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llltill OITU'l.ll. BAVH T1IK IIUN8
IN AIMTUIA WIU, NOT KK.
Tl UN TO OU OKDIiit ,
Wi OPENED WIDE THEIR EYES
1'imiiI Sh ICtiravuuiuit'U of Mala
UJiiIiik Itoynl Court W 111 Strive
for Commercial Ex la lou ce
Vleiiuu, Doc. 31 (Correspondence
of tho Associated l'ru.) Iteturn
o (bo monarchical system of govern
xnent In German-Austria U out of
the question In tlio opinion of some
of tlio government loaders buro. One
high oirUlul who 1 believed to roi
, resent the views of government clr-
clu It quoted as aaylng that the
dynasty hud lout nvurly all Us popu
larity (JurliiB tlio war, while repub
lican Idea had mude extraordinary
progress wen In the mom romotu
parts of the country. Besides, he
said, the mans of Die people certainly
i not Inclined to contribute to
the coat ot maintaining- an expensive
royal court after the enormous fin
ancial sacrifices entailed by a calam
itous war.
Vienna is 'the heart ot Germau
Austria and all that relates to the
commerce and prosperity of this
part ot the old Austrian empire Is
f burning Interest. Government of
flclala point out that the German'
Austrian Industries are In need of
raw materials and machinery which
only Germany can supply. Tho pa
per mills, leather and woodwari
manufactorloa. aurlcultural machln
ry and engineering works,-especial
ly the electro-technical establish
ments have beon conducted on i
scale ,to fulfill the requirements of
a great empire. The manufacturers
bow sea that their marketa will be
less extensive than under tho empire,
It I expected that the Czocho-Slo-
vaks, the Poles, the Hungarians and
the Jugo-Blavs will erect customs
barriers tending to exclude from
these separated countries German
Austrian goods. Besides, Austria
will have to make formidable Czech
competition In Poland and expects to
be excluded from competition In the
Dohemlnn marVot owing to the
chenpor cost of living In Bohemia
and the proximity of coal supplies
there. Apart from tho magnoHlte
ores In Slyrla, German-Austria Is
poor In natural resources, while hor
stocks of raw materlul aro said to be
more depleted than those of any of
the former groat nations of Europe.-
BOLSHEVIKI ATTACK
ArchuiiK'il.. Jan. 22. Ilolbliovlkl
forces attacked tho American mid
Russian positions on the northern
front Sunday. Tho defensive out
posts worn withdrawn,' but the at
tack on tho main position waa re
pulsed. MONARCHISTS CAPTURE
TOWN OF VALENCIA
I'nrlH, Jan. 22. Valencia, a small
town In tho northern part of Portu
gual, has surrendered to the mon
archists. SEC. BAKER RELEASES
113 MEN FROM PRISON
Washington, Jan, 22. Secretary
Baker has ordered the release of
113 conscientious objeotors at Fort
Leavenworth. They are to be fion
'orably restored to duty and imme
diately dlsohajged from-the army.
THE AMERICAN
That the ranch ors of the Rogue
Klver valley, as well as those term
ing the fertile .valleys of the many
streams emptying Into tho Rogue,
neod to get better stock cattle la the
opinion ot 0. W. King, a cattle buyer
of Montague, Cat., who Is In this vi
cinity buying up all the stock cattle
he can rind.
"The trouble with most of the
ranchers here," said Mr. King today,
'Ms that they have the poorest of
scrub cattle and do not feed Die in
through tlio winter. It's a losing
proposition, both In having scrub
stock and not foedlng thorn during
the wlntor months."
The editor askod Mr. Kins wbat
kind ot cuttle ho considered were
the best sellers. He replied:
"We cattle buyers are always look
ng for Diirhums or llerfords. We
fairly Jump at the chance to buy
cattle of these strains. Good dark
red cattle are what we want, but
during the past few days most of
the rattle I have looked at were yel
low, some spotted with all kinds or
colors, while others showed Hoi-
stein strain. Such stock never
brings the top price as stackers and
feeders, and It don't cost any more
to keep a good strain of Herefords
or Durham. What the ranchers or
this locality need la some good old
Durham stork to head, their herds
And I notice that most of the ranch'
era expect tholr cattle to get through
the winter without feed. That's a
mistake and always a losing game."
Mr. King states that he has pur
chased 83 head of tine cattle, ot the
Durham strain from James Smith,
on Sardine Creek, and expects to
ship them south next Friday. In
speaking of the stock Mr. Kins said:
'This Is the best bunch of cattle that
I have seen In this vicinity, and Mr.
Smith told me that he expeoted to
re-stock Ills ranch with the same
strain, only better ones."
IT A
IE
London, Jan. 22. Two thousand
agents employed by a London Insur
ance company have notified their
employer's officers that they will
strike nnlxHK tholr weekly waire of
about (14.65 is not Increased by $".
Tlicv have nlHO Inaugurated a move
merit to organize the aitents of oth
er companies, and thus enforce the
demand throughout tho country.
Tho men claim that the company
pays to its stockholders 40 per cent,
rroe ot income tax on a capitalization
of $5,000,000.
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IMPROVEMENT BONDS
The first mooting of the executive
committee ot tho Josephine County
Farm Bureau met with full attend
ance at the courthouse today. Pro
ject leaders had the 'specific work
outlined and a splendid spirit pre
vailed. ' :
The bureau went on "record as
favoring legislation for state approv
al of Irrigation and drainage bonds,
with proper safeguards; . the elimi
nation ot scrub stock, and the licen
sing ot sires. Bach ' leader seemed
to agree with the others ns'to the
Importance of his work and month
ly meetings of the executive commit
tee were decided upon.
. Josephine .County Agricultural
council stood high, among such or
ganisations In the state and this
committee, which supersedes ' the
council, promises to sustain the re
cord. ' '
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DrXlXUTKg HIXIKVE HOI-fWK,
VIKI QTK8TIOX MIST HE SET.
TLKI MUST OF ALL
WILSON MAY DEMI ABROAD
Frraoli Hold Out Firmly Against
lUxIx, nut Late Itcwrt Bays An
Agreement Is Itatrhed
Paris, Jan. 22. With the hope of
formulating a definite form of action
on the Russian question, the su
preme council of the peace congress
continues to study It.
The question of who President
Wilson will name as the fifth Am
erican delegate. If he Intends to i
turn from Europe, Is being discussed.
Ex-President Taft and EHhu Root
are mentioned. However. President
Wilson has not yet fully decided to
return. ,
The nrenlrlnnf anri T.lnvd rcir
are in agreement as to the Russian
situation, and It Is believed the set
Dement of that question Is absolute
ly necessary as a preliminary to the
league or nations. It Is dealred to
secure evidence of accredited Bolshe
vik! representatives on the status of
Russian affairs. The French opinion,
apparently, Is against the admission
ot the Bolshevist regime.
ine supreme council today con
sidered the Polish question and it
waa decided to send a mission to
Poland.
London, Jan. 22. 2:10 n. m. A
dispatch says that England, France,
the United States, Italy and Japan
have reached a definite agreement
regarding Russia.
Washington. Jan., 22. Director
General Hlnes says a reduction ot
freight traffic la Indicated for this
year. Consequently there will be
no great reduction In rates.
London, Dec. 31. (Corresoon-
dence of the Associated Press.)
Detection by British army investiga
tors of German "booby traps" saved
the' lives of many an officer or man
of the British armies during the per
iod when the Germans were retreat
ing from France. "I am convinced."
says one officer, "that we nipped
many of the Hun's favorite plans by
capturing near Bray a little factory
whore he made his booby traps.
When we occupied It we learned
much from the partly completed
raps we found lying about the
place.
"One ot them was an Iron Plate.
This the wily Hun dropped in a road
way so that It would likely be trod
upon by soldier or horse of our ad
vancing troops. The plate was In two
parts, with a spring inside, and usu
ally contained a detonator connect
ing with a heavy charge ot explosive.
When the weight of the foot was re
moved the spring sprang Into place
and exploded the detonator, and the
damage was done.
"These spring dotonators were the
German's specialty. They consisted
of a tube containing a little spring
with a book at one end. Attached
to the hook was 'a string or wire
connecting with the exploBivecharge.
Any arrangement by which the
spring cpuld be distended and then
suddenly contracted served to Jerk
the string, and the charge was ex
ploded. 1 .
"One night I received a call from
our lieutenant colonel who had spent
the day directing movements from a
"BOOBY TRAPS" ONE OF HUNS DEVILISH
DEVICES TO KILLAND MAIM THEIR FOE
STATE LEGISLATIKE MEMORIAL
IZES COXUHE8M TO COME TO
RELIEF OF MIXERS
SOUTHERN OREGON HI HIT
Slnnott Reclamation and Drainage
Iiill, to Complete Deschutes Pro
ject Is Also Approved
Salem, Ore., Jan. 22. The house
yesterday passed Joint Memorial No.
5, introduced "by Representative Bur
dlck, memorializing congress to pass
the Slnnott reclamation and drain
age bill. The bill will make available
funds to complete the Deschutes pro
ject, affecting 300,000 acres ot land
In Oregon, and giving employment
to thousands of returned soldiers.
The house also accorded favorable
passage to Senate Joint Memorial So.
3, urging congress to reimburse the
miners of the state, who answered
the government's pleas to open np
chromlte deposits and supply chrome
ore for the production of war ma
terials. The miners, the memorial
sets forth, spent much time and
money in building roads and trails
and in locating and opening chromlte
deposits. The war over, the market
for chromlte no longer exists and
the miners most of them indlvidu
als . ot limited means find them
selves facing rain unless accorded
governmental relief.
Most of the chrome deDosita in
Oregon exist in Grant and Josephine
counties. Representatives A. A.
Smith and C. A. SIdler were instru
mental in the passage of the mem
orial.
WILL NOT RAISE TAXES
. OX AMU8EMEXT HOUSES
Washington, Jan. 22. The war
revenue bill conferees have agreed
to not Increase taxes on amusement
admissions,
recently caprtired German dugout
He told me he was nervous, and be
lieved he was associating with a
'booby,' and asked me to send him
a suai of engineers to look it over.
I went myself.
"The colonel sat in the dugout,
about ten feet down, on a chair by
a table. Directly in front of the
chair was
a petrol can and it was
ih ,n , fo-j ii u j .. 1
tne can he reared. He had noticed ;
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it early In the morning when the
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UCOIIL U'n ftrnt npimlaft nit ha1
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been so busy during the day he had
had no time to examine it until
evening. Then he found nothing.!
but he had a 'hunch' that it was a
trap and wanted expert assistance
'I dug a little trench around the
can, but could find no wires, and
thou tapped it, but received no sound
other tlian that which might come
from any old empty can. There was
nothing to do but open It, and bor-
rowing the colonel's can opener I Sa, 0 j 22Thlrt
went at it as gingerly as I could fo(lr new
Jt rV'T 1 T aUUt the h0U8e of representatives MondaJ
eight pounds of one of the most afternoo recQrd ay
;cTecyBPTHerTeXPlSiVe; kUWn l The most '"W-f t'at mrl
and i shaT,? 77, Representative B. P. JonesT
fully, and In Mte bottom of the can . ni ,, D ?
found the spring detonator. It had 1 8nP cou"t,": author
been fastened to the bottom of trial ',,.n th.f. on of the Roose-
been fastened to the bottom of tlie
can In such a way that it the can had
been lifted from the' floor of the
dugout the charge would have ex
ploded and the colonel and his par
ty would have been blown to bits.
"The colonel paled a little when
I showed Mm just what he had" been
associating with all day, and very
rerventTr thanked himself for obey-.
muuui uibi vuu muue,
Salt Lake City, Jan. 22. Certain
tribes of Indians on reservations In
Utah have been almost decimated by
the Influenza epidemic, according to
unconfirmed reports reachlne the
state board of health here. The
scourage Is said to have caused the
death of at least 2,000 of the differ
ent tribesmen on a part of the Nava
Jo reservation in southern Utah and
Arizona, one report says.:
Advices from San Juan county. In
the southern part of the state, sav
that fully 2,000 perished. when the
epidemic swept the Navajo reserva
tion. Bodies are being fonnd in
many out ot the way places, it is
reported, where Indians, men. wom
en and children died alone and far
from medical assistance. A canvass
is being made in this section, and it
is feared that one or two small
tribes may have been wiped out en
tirely. Realizing the epidemic char
acter of the disease the Indians wan
der away from their tribesmen. It is
said, and strict account of deaths is
virtually Impossible. 1 I
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STRIKERS ARE HI
ANDISlIE LEAVE CITY
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 22. Between
35,000 and 37,000 workers are out
In Seattle, Tacoma and Ancortes.
Many ot them are leaving the city.
There Is no sign of a compromise.
A committee la preparing to aid the
needy member of the union. .
BIG SALE OF HOPS
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In spite of the certainty of pro
hibition in the" United States, the
price of hops has climbed to a high
point, and is likely to go higher.
says the Oregonian.
A deal has Just been closed in
Portland which old-time hopmen de
clare Is the largest transaction in boo
futures and the price the highest
that ever occurred In the history of
the American hop market.
The deal, which involved 9,000
bales of hops, mostly Oregons, rep
resented a total value of $500,000.
The hope were bought by the London
firm of George Bird & Co., and the
seller was Ralph B. Williams, of this
city.
The contract calls for the delivery
of 3,000 bales a year during the
next three years. The srrowers sra
J.'W. Seavey, who will furnish 1,500
a yettr; Juuus nncus, who will
- u m v.,
Bales & year; Julius Pincus, who will
iiuuie ovm uaies a year, an a num-
h. . n- ,j r,r v. T
Der " Oregon and Washington grow-
ft
ers wno dellv i ooo bales
The contract ; 0
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"' " " l pouna'
ASK FOR $5,000,000
velt military highway down western
Oregon from the Columbia river to
the California lino, at a cost ot $5,
000,000. The highway Is to traverse
Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln, ' Lane,
Douglas, Coos and Curry counties.
The United States government will
pay bait the cost of construction,
ana win build and own. the road.
The state Is to laut bonfls to fin
ance its snare,
ROAD ALONG THE COAST
SENATOR THOMAS' RESOLUTION
CLEARLY BRINGS ROAD MAT
TE! IS OUT OF CHAOS
HOUSE PEEVED THE SENATE
Assert That Senators Would "brosa
Etamlne the Sol tilers" to Elicit .
I Statements
Salem, Ore., Jan. 22. Senator
Thomas' resolution, calling . for the
highway commissioner to appear be
fore the legislature, culminated In a
session last night which brought the
road question out of chaos and
Placed It hefnra tha Mtlitim m.
clearly defined lines so that the exact
needs will be known. Commission
ers Thompson and Booth explained
the situation.
It 4s tentatively agreed that the
$10,000,000 bond issue be provided.
Salem, Ore., Jan. 22. Represen
tative C. Shuebell introduced a bin
to offset the raise In rates by the
Bell Telephone company, effective
yesterday. The bill would cause tire
pent cent ot the company's gross la
come to revert to the state in taxes,
"so the people will know that the
extra money they pay will go to he
state treasury."
The house with bnt two dissenting
rotes sent the bill appropriating
100,000 for soldiers back -to the
senate, . refusing to concur lnr - the
amendment providing soldiers re
ceiving ' money must make a com
plete statement regarding them
selves and their dreams tan ces. to
be filed with the secretary of state.
The bouse sent the conference com
mittee to the senate to confer on the
bill. It Is claimed that the senate
wants to "cross-examlnn tha linn1
and "put strings 'on their grati-'
tnde."
Salem, Ore., Jan. 22. Senator
Huston's bill giving former soldiers
and sailors preference In public em
ployment passed the senate. It af
fects veterans of the Civil, Spanish
and World wars.
Salem, Jan. 22. The Joint con
solidation committee adopted a pro
gram calling tor six separate bills
covering5 everything in the consoli
dation plan. Judge Carkln, of Med-
ford, will draw up the bills.
NOT STOP THE RIOTS
Amsterdam, Jan. 22. The city ot
Bremen is virtually in the hands ot
the workingmen. Dispatches say
the workingmen occupied the build
ing and posted machine guns in the
market place.
The soldiers in the barracks were
disarmed by workers. A . general
strike is proclaimed at Ramschled as
a protest against the killing of Dr.
Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg.
Factories are closed and traffic has
stopped.
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Dublin, Jan." 22. The legislative
powers of the Irish republio will be
vested In deputies elected from exist
ing parliamentary constituences.
There will be a president and tour
secretaries. Three Irish delegates to
the peace conference will be chosen
today. . v
WILL HAVE THEIR
OWN PEACE CONFERENC