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I'nlver.iUy "f Ore. Libra ry DAILY EDITION 1 Vol VIII.. No. Ml. high line westufrobecg reestablished llHCAPTt IUC OK RIKA r VIXAUF. . FARM MAKKfl POHITIONH IJFT. TKH AM STROXGKH BRITISH WRECK BRIDGES While FVonl Quit AfUH Turrlble OmUugliU l.jr Hints Who Muffer Rover Loaeas With tha UritUb Army. Apr. 19. The British have established (heir Una west of lloheruq by ra apturlns Riant d it Vlnaa? farm. The Ger mane ara bombarding Kemmel hill preparatory o frenh assaults today. Eihausted by (hair yestnrday'e it Ucka on (ho Givenchy-U llae front, (ha Germans spent a quiet nlxht. l-ondon. Apr. 19. The British have destroyed the brldgea thrown serosa Im Basses ranal by (ho enemy. Pari. Apr. 19. Tha French Isst night reduced German machine rub nests on tba front of yesterday's at tack southeast of Amiens. y Springfield. III., Apr. I . Al though Alsace-l.orraine la by no maana tba only obstacle to peace, no peace can torn, Uiula Aubert of tba French high commission declared In i speech here I ant nlxht, until tha tarrltory wreetod from Frsnre near ly a half-century am. la restored. "Th return of Alsace-Lorraine to France,1' ha aald. "would comment orate tba victory of tha principle for which we ara fighting. When llerr von Kuchlmann, or Count Caernln. proclaim that Alaaca-I.orralne la tha only obstacle to peace, do not believe them. . . Hut no peace la pns alble without tha result of Alsace and terrains to France for tha brutal severance of these French province waa tha flrat crime of the new Her man empire against democracy and out of that crime have coma all the other that hava aatounded the world." AlHTIUAN I'KOI'I.K AIIK RKADY FOR PKACK Amsterdam. Apr. 19. Tha T)o graaf reporta that the German ao ciallst party In Auatrla hai decided that work ahall be stopped on May 1 throughout tha country and that demonstrations In favor or peace ahall be held. GERMANY WOULD QUIT , ' TI1K AIR RAID GAM K 1,ondon, Apr. IS. A Rauter's dls patch from Amsterdam, aaya that according to advices from Berlin during yesterday's sitting of the relchstng, llerr Besche suggested msklng an agreement with the alllea to cease making aerial ralda on open towna. A government representa tive replied that no request hither to had come from tha alllea, but that ahnnld one come It would be exam Ined by tba military authorltlei . IS NOW A PILE OF RUINS Paris, Apr.' 10. nimliuH ha been n fire for a wock. It la nothing now hut a great pile of smoking ritlna. During the week the Hermann fired over 100,000 shells Into the heart er the. city. ITALIA FIGHT 111 FRANCE AuniHiiM-tMiiPiit of Italian Filthier" on Motitheni Hank .Merta With ApplaiiM In ltoHillti 'Home, Apr. 19. Premlur Orlando haa announced that Italian troopa will ba aent to tha battle front In Franca. t Tha announcement In tha Cham ber of leuullea waa greeted with a storm of applauae. Waahlngton, Apr. II. Tha Ital ian embaaay haa announced that Ital ian reglmenta ara already In Franca and form tha right wing of tha allied armlet, IThla places thmu on tha extreme aouth of tha French lines and prob ably releasee American troopa who have been atatloned there In train ing.) . Explaining the apparent anamoly of sending Italian troopa to France while French and llrlllah troopa are In Ituly, military experta aald that Italy ha many aoldleri available If properly equipped and maintained. The alllea have furnished thin. by Waahlngton, Apr. It. Tha gov ernment haa taken over the big planta of the Roach Magneto Co., of Massachusetts and New Jeraey. The company waa completely owned by alien enemlva. ROGUE III V Kit APPI.KM , DIWXHKUK.D IX FHAXt'F. In a letter Just received by the Rev, 1. K. Hammond from hla aon, Adjutant V. Ward Hammond, from France, the tetter aaya: "I had the pleasure the other day of eating some Rogue River apples. This goes to ahow what a little place thla old world la. I waa much surprised when I found what they were. It seems that the fruit growers' association sent them over for the Y. M. C. A. to distribute free to the soldiers. The apples came from the Triangle or chard near Medford. They were fine and beat anything In thla market by a long way." Ashland Tidings. UF.H.MANM OFFF.lt HKWAItll FOR AI.MKH' PIM H'A1 A N I IHTS With the American Army In Frnnce. April. 19. The aiilvltlea of the German military authorities In suppressing propaganda, at home are shown lrthe following quotation from a oVrman bulletin, which has been received at American headqunr-. tars: "Baron von Oayl, general com manding tha Seventh German army corps In Mnenster., offera 3.000 marks to the person who first succeeds In Implicating an English or American sirent aulltv of Inciting disturbances or revolutions In this district, In such a manner that he may be con demned by a court." HE Chehnlls, Wash., Apr. The rurtnry of the Chehalls furniture and manufacturing company was burned today with an estimated loss of 1110,000. It Is believed to have been Incendiary. London, Apr. 1. The coronation mantle of the king of Bohemln. which long ago" mysteriously disap peared, has Just been discovered In a little tthop owned by an old wom an -who has been guarding and treasuring- It devotedly, says n Central News dispatch from Praamo. GRANTS PAM. JOWEPU1XE OOCWTT, BRITISH LI STANDS FIRM BEFORE TEUT Line is Beet Bat Not Broken and German Offensive is Checked and in Danger of Failure; Six German Divisions Thrown Into Eleven Mile Front Near Givecchy Umdon, Apr. 1.--Tlie Germans were repulsed yesterday In attacking around Olvanchy. After heavy losses lhay had sac u red only a limited foot ing on one or two points In the more advanced Drltlsh defenses. There Is no change In the entire front. Attacks on tha British lines on tba northern part of tha I-ys battle area souh of Klmniel were repulsed. Tha night waa comparatively quiet except for the artillery fire. Bit different German divisions. (approximately 120,000 men) were engaged In the Glvenchy-Ht. Venant sector attark, on a front of about I Z miles. The British captured few pris oners and soma machine guns In minor enterprises during he night. Although the German offensive launched last week against the Brit ish lines from Olvenchy to Tprea has bent back the British front badly In tha entire area, the offensive stands checked today and Is In Imminent danger of ntter failure ao far aa tha larger results aimed at ara con cerned. General Halg'a troops met one or tha most severe tests yet put upon them yesterday by withstanding the German effort to broaden the aallent. They came through tha ordeal with flying colors. From Glvenchy to St. Venant. on an 11 -mile sector, tha German troops were hurled against the British In masses attempting to break through behind B ethune and compel, the British to fall back. Tha defensive line held. The British line Is now declared to be more secure than It haa been for daya. Further desperate efforts are ex pected as the Germans are In too much of an exposed position ' from enfilading gunfire In the narrow sa lient to rest comfortably, By Associated Press Reinforced by French troops, the allied line Is holding hard against further Incursions by the Germans In the region of 1. Bassee to the south of Ypres. TO START PROJECT John Dub u Is, engineer for this Ir rigation! district, waa In Gold Hill looking after the project at that place. The Gold Hill project will soon be In ahape for the calling of bids and the letting of construction contracts. ' '' The Gold Hill project, which Joins I the extreme' eastern end of the Grants Pass project, will construct a canal large enough to supply both districts. This Is the Intention at least, and depends somewhat npon I the answer which the federal board at San Francisco gives to the peti tion of the Grants Past district for the Issuance of bonds. The answer is expected any day. But Gold Hill la going ahead with their work and will be In shape when this district Is ready to com mence. .'efferson City, Mo Apr. . Ten thousand persons yesterday viewed the body of the late Senator William J. 8tone, which, for several hours, lay In state In the rotunda of the capol. The cortege loft here IbrI nlRht for Nevada, Mo., where inter ment wilt take place this afternoon umkT Maaonlc. auspices. A company of home guards and a large delegation of civilians acted as I guards of honor while the body wnt In" the city. OKHUON, FRIDAY, APRIL (everywhere the Germans have struck tha Una In an endeavor to press back tha defenders they have been repulsed with heavy losses and have bean successful nowhere In gaining further ground. Attacka of an extraordinarily vio lent nature are being thrown by the Germans on ten-mile front between Glvenchy and Robecq, where an deavor Is being made to cross the La Bassee canal and bend southward the salient which now outflanks the Important railroad town of Bethune. A division of troops to each mil la being used by tba Germans on this sector, but the British, at last ac counts were holding and Inflicting heavy losaea on the enemy. If successful, the new attack of the Germans would Jeopardize the entire Arras sector) which Includes the fs mous French coaling region about Lens, and tha equally famoua Vlmy ridge, where the Canadians are hold ing forth. It seems evident that thla la part of the strategy of the German high command to wipe out the salient by an enveloping move, rather than again to gfve battle to the British about 1-ens and Vlmy, two regions that already have proved slaughter houses- tor thalr men. . ' Following the usual custom prior to the launching of an attack, the Germane throughout Wednesday night, literally rained shells of all calibres between Glvenchy and Ro becq, the firing by daybreak having reached the Intensity of drumfire. Large quantltlea of gas shells were Intermingled with the high-powered missies. During Thursday, midway netween Ballteul and Tprea, the Germans rig oronsly attacked the British posl tlons aouth of Kemmel, which the British had recaptured from them on Wednesday, but were unable to gain any advantage In the face of the strong defense. Considerable fighting hag develop ed along the front In the northern Flanders between Langemarck and Klppe, held by the Belgians. TS WOMEN ALIEN BILL Washington. Apr. 19. President Wilson today signed the hill extend Ing the provisions of the espionage act to women, requiring womeu aliens to register. HTItlKK IX SYMPATHY I WITH UfMtVKV Newport, R. I., Apr. Govern ment munition plants here will be affected by a strike of all union inn chlnlHta In this district which has been called by labor leaders to be ef fective for 24 hours, beginning May I. The strike is In protest against the death sentence of Thomas J. Mooney, In connection with the fatal explosion at the San Francisco pre pared nesa parade. IRISH TO IHTTKKLY " HK8IST COXSCHH'TIOX l.ohdon, Apr. 19. The leaders of the nationalists In Ireland, including the Redmondltea, who are now led by John Dillon, the Sinn Feiuers. O'Brlenltea, l.auorltes and Clericals, are united In their determination to resist conscription "by the most ef fective means at our disposal,'' which la the wording of a resolution passed at a meeting of bishops nt Maynnoth yesterday IB. 1IH. HOUSE APPROVES MARINE INCREASE Bohllera Increased to 75,000 aad Will Go to FresM-h Front In Near Future Waahlngton. Apr. !. The house naval affairs committee haa agreed to Increase the marina corps to 75. 000 men and to provide a major gen eral of marinas to accompany them to the French front This . matter has been before eongreas for some time and thai action waa not unex pected. Anticipating tha call, a ma rina training school for officers has been established on each coast and Is already at work. The present strength of the marines Is about 40,000. 1 TURK ARMY IS London. Apr. ,19. On the Cau casus front the Turka In an Invasion of former Russian territory ars ap proaching the city of Kara. In cap turing Datum the Turks took 150 gunsand 3.000 prisoners. ' JKXXIK KAXK1X ItKFVSKD PKRM1S8IOX TO TALK Deer Lodge, Mont., Apr. 19. Miss Jeannette Rankin, of Missoula, Mon tana's representative In congress. was refused permission to speak In Deer Lodge last night, where she had been ached uled to give a liberty loan speecn. .. ' A meeting Of citizens Voled not to) permit Miss Rankin to speak here. baaing their action on her alleged as sociation at a liberty loan meet Ins at Butte Wednesday with men who had been prominent last summer in a mining strike, and who were accused of I. W. W. affiliations. . luiia ra HAVE BEEN SAVED New York, Apr. 19. Open ports on the lower decks of the Lusltanla were largely responsible for the ulti mate loss of the ship after she had een hit by a German torpedo, in the opinion of Frederick J. Gaunt lett. one of the surviving passengers who testified yesterday In the pro ceeding brought by the Ctinard Steamship company to be relieved of liability In connection with damage suits, amounting to $6,000,000. Mr. Ganntlett said that he was In the dining room when the ship was hit and that there was only one ex plosion. He shonted to the stewards. he testified, to close the air ports, most of which were open, hut they were not flosed. he said." CHARGES AGAINST Chicago, 111., Apr. 19 The charge against Professor William Thomas, a University of. Chicago professor, and Mrs. H, M. Groope, wife of an army officer, who were arrested recently In a room In a Chicago hotel, was dismissed today. The Judge ruled that the fact that they were found In a room together did not constitute disorderly conduc In the hoel. ASHLAXO PKKPAKIXCi FOR DIG ROI XIM'P Ashland. Apr. 19. On Sunday af ternoon. April 21. the preliminary Itrynut of bucking bronchos will take place nt the round-up grounds on Butler field. This will be n free-for-all show, and reserved seats will be available to all who get there early. WHOM; NUMBER 8339. LIBERTY m QUOTA ALMOST RfACHEDTODAY BIT 910,000 KUMAIX8 TO Ral MADE IP TO RK-fMIinwH THE BAXk APRIL 2B SET FOB LIBERTY DAT PreaidMit lasues Irucliuna41oti Ask. ing Watlosi to OoaxontnM to Pat Over Liberty Loaa At tha close of buslneaa today a total of J95.950 la Liberty bonds had been aubscribed for la Josephine ' county. ' The three banks hava guar anteed the entire allotment of 10s 000, and there remains to be sub scribed tha sum or $10,050 to pay back tha banks the amounts that they have advanced. With the voluntary subscriptions in and the county canvassed the com mittee will check np all purchases and pick out those who have not subscribed. The committee will call on' these early next week and every one will be given a chance to sub scribe. "No slackers will be overlooked," said Frank C. Bramwell, chalrmaa of the committee thla afternoon. "Wa will check up on our questionnaires and everyone who haa not subscrib ed and who Is able to buy bonds will 'w.,... "-" - '; Washington, Apr. 1$. Friday April 2. will be "Liberty ' day" throughout the United States, under a proclamation Issued last night by President Wilson, calling on cltlseas of every community to hold liberty loan rallies, and "liberally pledge anew their financial support to ana tain tha nation's cause." Patriotic demonstrations, similar to those of the opening day of the campaign, will he held on April tl, and the day devoted to giving ths race toward the three billion dollar war credit goal a new Impetua for the final week. Now with the loan campaign also almost half over. $1,08,794.900 sub scriptions hare been reported to the treasury and committees 'n every district have received orders to make extraordinary efforts to gather In. pledges faster, in the hopes of meet ing Secretary McAdoo's expression hope for an oversubscription of tha three billion dollar minimum. Sunday, April 21, will be devoted by thousands of preachers to special liberty loan sermons. The treasury has received a flood of letters from ministers promising their support of the loan campaign on that day. San Francisco. Apr. IS. One hun dred and hlrty Oregon cities and one county have been awarded honor flags. Honor stars, designating; 100 per cent over-subscription have been awarded Carlton and Cornelius. BRITAIN, FRANCE AND URUGUAY SIGN TRKATY Montevlleo, Apr.- 19. Treaties providing for ?ompulsory arbitra tion between Uruguay and Franca and Great Britain have been signed. OREGON MAY GET BETTER FREIGHT RATE Washington, Apr. 19. The inter state commerce commission has ten tatively approved the filing of new rates on canned goods from Oregon, Washington and Idaho points In car load shipments to various destina tions In Manitoba and Ontario.