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VOL. IX., o. ltd. V nrnn nrATrn liiiniinTii pmhF SEVERELY IN ATTKMIT TO ITT communica tion mm: ki t ark kepi ixed with heavy ixwhic8 LETTS START W Of launch Attack on HoWievIk Who IUire in Panic 4irmnn Com mandcr Killed lijr Mob Archangel, Mnr. 17.A futllo at tack by tliu IloUhovlkl Krltluy on tlio alllod-Aniorlcan force compriRed tho first serious attempt to cut the lino of communications of the Dvlnn Vaga columna. Tho attack wan frustrated and the Ilolihnvlkl mi (Tor ed a aovnro defeat with heavy losses. liOtta Start War Copenhagen, Mar. 17. The IHt lah offensive In the Mltan region la developing successfully. The talta have taken tho towns of Kandau, Benbeln, Bhagory. Orenshoff. Welt nflnld and Alautx and threaten to cut off the retreat of the Rolshe vlkl tn northwestern Courland to Milan and Riga. Tho Rolshevtkl are reported to tie retiring In a panic. Iondon, Mar. 17. Ooneral Count Blxt Vonarnlm, commander of the German army In Klamlora during the war, waa beaten to death by peaaanta at Asch. Bohemlal a dis patch atatea. He ahot at peaaanta who were gathering firewood on hla NORTH m ftV property. The mob killed him and pillaged hla chateau. KAIHER IllIX HH I V HIS THOUSANDTH TltK.K Amerongen, Holland. Mar. 17. Former Emperor William haa com pleted awlng Into logs hla thou sandth' tree since taking hla refuge here. Souvenlra will be made of a log for thoae who helped him. BULL BRINGS $20,000 London, Mar. 17. High prlcea tor blooded bulla, particularly thoso for export, according to report, ruled at the sale of shorthorn cattle In Perth recently. The top price waa $20,000 paid for the champion owned by Idy Cathcart. Other bulls brought from $15,000 to $7,500, tho demand being greater than the suppfy. DEEP Al DEL A three thousnnd foot well to ound out tho strata underlying this U und natural gas, and tho possible ' jeotlon of works to rompve coal ram the bed of the ocean, In area off the const nor,th of CreHcent City, ere two of tho momentous projects contemplated by A. C. Ross and his associates, according to a report from authoritative sources. Geological experts at various times have declared that there were very favorable Indications of oil here, and the coal cropping along the coast and visible on the surface indlcatos "that a large bed of fuel lurks near by, perhaps benoBth the bed of the ocean. In the early days a shaft was sunk a short distance above Pebble Beach to work this coal deposit But ow lng to lack of proper equipment, small demand and (insurmountable transportation difficulties it was abandoned. Del Norte. Triplicate. 11 ZAPATA'S REFUGE CiirruiiMt I'nrcc (Jain V'r Hand itml End Ing Ilelun of Terror, Whole Army la TraiKl Mexico City, Mar. 17. The stafe of Morolua, Just south of this city, is ooinplittely under the control of gov ernment troops after being overrun for ten years by bands commanded by Kinllluno Zapata. A campaign conducted by General Pablo Con tain, commander of the govern men t forcoa, haa been successful, Zapata and a few hundred followers being driven Into the almost Impassable mountain noar Punta do Ixtia, on the boundary between Mexico and Ouerrero. Hla capturo, with that of his chlot nontenants, Is cxpectod al most any day. An opportunity to confirm the government's announcement that Moreloa hna been pacified has been afforded the rdrrospondont of the as- sorlated Press, who has Just return ed from a seven days' Journey by railroad, mule-back and afoot through a large part of the state, In cluding virtually all of Zapata's for mer strongholds. There Is regular train servlco over the national rail way of Mexico between this city and Cuernavaca, the capital of Morelos. and colonists and artisans are being taken there free of charge by tho government. Cuernavaca, which bas been hold by government troops for several months, Is rapidly approach ing a normal condition. 1 Gustavo Kllsondo, a former rough rider, who Is In command at Cuerna vaca, report the discovery of a cava 10 mileo In length rn tho mountains where Zapata had hla headquarters. An average of 30 Zapatistas are sur rendering to General Ellsondo dally. If they care to serve In the govern ment armloa they are accepted and sent to the northern state. GOLD HILL EXPECTS ITER IN CANAL SOON All the contract have been award ed on tho Gold Hill irrigation canal. says the Gold Hill News. The board of directors have cloaed contracts with Toney Iloss for completion of the canal from Strieker's to Miller's gulch, with L. W. Van Houten for the canal from Miller's gulch to Champlin's line and with A . K. Karhart of Rogue River, from Foota oreek to the end of the canal. All these men are local except A. K. Gar hart, who Uvea near Rogue River. The contracts for the flumes have been awarded to F, 8. Carter from the head gates to Rock , Point and to Mr. McFarland of Grants Pass, from Rock Point to the end of the canal. With the exception of small pieces of construction hero and there, this will complete the whole canal. The water Is expected to be 'flowing through the cana In time for the first Irrigation this summer. . E Mexico City, Mnr. 17. Fearing that the mining crises now threaten ing Mexico will result in tho closing of mines in various parti of tho country, and idleness for thousands of miners, representatives for pre si.ntatlves of r;s trade will met soon in Mexico City to consider remedies for presentation to the government. The great decrease, since the ending of the war, of the price obtained for metals mined in Mexico, hna, it is claimed, made It impossible or many companies In Mexico to operate at a profit and there Is Imminent danger that tho workings will be closed until metal prices rise. MINES QUANTS PAH8, JQ8E I'll INK COUNTY, IITARY LEADERS ARE HANDLING PRES. EBERT Former Strong Man Said to be MertPoppet-Germany Warns Allies Abont Wilson's 14 Points-Will Act "Honestly" With Belgium in Reparation London, Mar. 17. Berlin dls putche say the military apd mon archist reaction is growing and is overshadowing the new government. Members of the military cast have reappeared as organizers of a new republican army to overcome the Spartacans, and President Ebert and Scheidemann are becoming mere puppots. Copenhagen, Mar. 17. If the al lies load the peace treaty with con ditions going beyond President Wil son's 14 point, the German national assembly would have to refuse to s London, Mar. 17. Art treasures In London, purchased by the late J. Plerpont Morgan, have been valued, for fire Insurance purposes, at more than $2,000,000, according to testi mony given by in trt' denier in a court ac'loti here. Fone of tbe pic tures, chip nd qter treasures are in the " Morgan res'Us&ee at Wall Hall. Watford, ami cuhers aaru the residence of the lato banker in Gr.ia verniT 3quare. 1 T it art dealer, who waa i 'lng an other "t expet? i i a commission for 'sing ts. plitur , di-tJ.ir-.-J tlu; Mr. Morgan secured ' nn.-d r:ilii(- i. his i ! taa If they were on tho tir' today they would bring higher prlcea than he paid for them, not only because of Mr. Morgan's care In making his se lections, but also "on account of the halo round Mr. Morgan' name." Among the picture described are a Troyon, valued at 175.000. a Crome, placed at $100,000, two pic ture by Fran Hala, valued at $125, 000 each,' a Van Hoffema placed at $75,000, a Greute, two Constables and a Breton. In the Watford house the dealer said, was a picture by Velsquex valued at $100,000, a "magnificent picture by John Rus sell, and a tine picture by Abbott of Lord Nelson." , The china, the witness said, In cluded "a magnificent. Sevres des- rt service." There are also fine Italian embroideries. The Grosver nor Square treasures were appraised, the witness testified, at $1,339,000 and those of Wall Hall at $785,000. NIIAW TAKKS CHARGE OF OLD SOLDIERS' HOME Salem, Ore., Mar. 17. Captain James P. Shaw, tho new command ant of tho Old Soldier Home at Roseburg, has left for that city to take charge of the institution. IXREO.ST FOR PERIOD OF ' MARCH 17 TO MARCH Washington, Mar. 17. Pacific Coast States: Frequent rains, with temperature below normal.- FALLS DEAD WHILE Portland, Ore., Mar. 17. Edward W. Rumble, general manager of. the Columbia Basin Wool Warehouse company here, fell dead today while exercising in the gymnasium. He was formerly in business at' Elgin and In the Wa'lowa country, His parents live at Joseph, Ore. ORFXJON, MONDAY, MARCH assent to the terms, Erzberger told a Berlin meeting, In favoring the formation of a league of nations. He said the matter would then be left to a referendum of the German na tion. ' Erzberger disclaimed Germany's obligation to compensate for acta she committed after the first peace offer in December, 1918, and aald the German people have confidence in Wilson and that there was ' no moral obligation upon Germany re garding compensation aside from the case of Belgium In that case Ger many would act honestly. Washington, Mar. ' 17 The act providing for the fourteenth and subsequent decennial censuses was signed by the president on March 3. The enumeration, which will be made in January, 1920, Is now less than ten month distant; and the census -bureau already has - under' consideration the selection and - a polntment of not to exceed 400 su pervisors who will have charge of the 90,000 enumerators. The super visors' districts will, in most cases, except in the large cities, have the same boundaries a the congression al districts. The supervisors, under the law, are to he appointed by the secretary of commerce upon the re commendation of the director of the census. Tbe following instructions have been given by the secretary of com' merce to the director of the census in regard to the procedure to be fol lowed in making selections and ap pointmenU of census supervisors: "Conforming to the assurances given the president in my letter to him of March 3rd, you will please be guided by the following instruc tions respecting appointment to the post of supervisor in connection with the taking of the 14th census of the United States: "A test examination, of which a record will be kept, is to be required for appointment to the post of su pervisor. In addition to this, a care tut personal inquiry is to be separ ately made respecting the qualifica tions of each candidates. Of this in quiry, also, a record will he kept." The supervisors duties will occu py their time for tho greater part of a year, beginning about July. 1, 1919. Their compensation will be $1,600, plus $1 for each thousand or major fraction of a thousand of population enumerated. The total compensation In an average-sized district, outside a large city, will thorefoy be between $1,700 nnd $1,00. Clerk hire and other necessary expenses will be paid by the government. candidates for supervisorships should address their applications to the director of the census, Washing ton, D. C. CHINESE FEAR REDS L GET Peking, Mar. 17. China . is alarmed over the reported formation of a Chinese workingmen's organiza tion at Petrograd, with 60,000 mem bers, to carry revolutionary propa ganda and establish Soviets In China. Measures are being taken to check the movement. 17, 101. POLES PREPARE! E Declare Aanlttice With Enemy No Longer in Effect Eighty Viola latlons Charged Berlin, Mar. 17. Dispatches to Berlin newspapers from Mraudenz allege that the Pole are preparing lor a general advance against the Germans, and have notified the Ger man outposts that the armistice Is no longer in effect. The dispatches say the Pole are charged with 80 violation of the armistice term. ALLIES ADVANCE LIMITS OP THEIR OUTPOSTS Berlin,' Mar. 17. The British and French forces report that they have advanced their outposts from the limits' of their present bridgeheads at Cologne and Mainz, respectively. The French penetrated into the cor porate limit of Frankfort. RATE CASE TO SUPREME COURT Washington, Mar. 17. Postmas ter General Burleson's authority 'to increase the telephone rates will be determined by the supreme court which granted the state of Kansas permission to institute proceedings against the postmaster general. questioning the validity of his or aer. rne court ordered that a re turn be made at its next term In Oc tober. DEER CREEK GIRL SHOT Myrtle Smith waj shot on Deer Creek last night anc died a tew hours later, according to reports re ceived here today. .She la the 16 year old daughter of Mrs. Welling, who, with her husband, moved to Deer creek from California about a year ago. No accurate details of the shoot ing could be learned today, nor could it be determined whether the shoot lng was intentional or accidental. Sheriff George Lewis, accompanied by Deputy Ernest Lister and District Attorney Miller, left for the scene of the' shooting early this morning. FROMSTATEUME PLANT Chief of McLane received a tele gram this morning from Gold Hill informing him of the fact that two convicts. Jack Harding and C. J Reupert, had escaped from the state lime plant at that place last evening. No particulars were given as to how the men made their escape and up to the present time they have not been apprehended. One of the men is, a cripple and walks with a slight limp. TIEN TSIN QUIET AFTER Washington,. Mar. 17. Minister Reinsch at' Peking advises the state department that all Is quiet at Tien Tsln, where there has been trouble between American soldiers and the Japanese. He said he was sending a full reifcrt of the Incident by mail, but the department Instructed him to report all Important facts by ca ble immediately. ALI1ERS GIVEN THREE YEARS AT McXElL'S ISLAND Portland, Ore., Mar. 17 J. Henry Albers, convicted of disloyalty and violating the espionage act, was to day sentenced to three years at Mc Neil's Island and given a fine f $10,000. DRIVE BOCH BACK - WHOLE NUMBER 2617. I LAW FOUND Ti E E COMMISSION SAYS WAR RECOG NIZED AS LEGAL METHOD OF SETTLING DISPUTES MERELY ACTED AS SOVEREIGN Suggest an International Tribunal for Trial of Criminal Regardless of Their Rank Paris, Mar. 17. The preminlnary report of the commission on respon sibilities show that an important question haa ' developed respecting the personal legal responsibility of the ex-kaiser from the point of view of the British and American law, says J as. M. Twohy In the New York World. Both maintain that the ex kaiser cannot he mad penally re sponsible for acta done In hi capa city a a sovereign, such a provok ing the war or violating Belgium. for in effect, as already stated In these dispatches, was la recognized a a legal method for settling differ ences. To bring the former kaiser to Jus tice it will be necessary to quote some criminal act, such as Inciting to the murder of prisoners or, for instance, if lie decorated the captain who sank the Lusltaaia, that would make him In British law an acces sory to the murder after 'the factT The commission proposed also to set up an international tribunal for the trial of criminals without regard to their rank. The French make it no secret their position is that to punish the former kaiser Is a matter of senti ment with them, with the 1,400,000 dead, and that legal niceties should not stand in the way. . The question also arises 'whether the procedure proposed would be In accord with the American constitution as Involv ing retroactive legislation.- The whole matter gees to the council of ten for a decision. BONAR LAW SAYS THERE . . WAS NO HITCH WITH HUXS London, Mar., 17. Andrew Bonar Law told the house 'of commons to-' day that there waa no foundation for the report that a' hitch occurred In the presentation to Germany ot the draft of the peace terms, dile to divergencies ot opinion on the sub Ject of the league ot nations. E m . . pelin bombs of uncertain age and . manufacture have been destroyed by the hundreds recently by Amerl-' can soldiers engaged in "cleaning up." after the withdrawal of the enemy. These bombs, of no prac tical use, owing to long exposure to the weather, were found , near a hangar in the region of Treves when the American army of occupation crossed into Rhenish Prussia from the Luxemburg border. The task of destroying thousands of tons ot old, 'and in many in stances worthless, German shells be gan several weeks ago, the explo sives being placed in great bits and covered with steel rails and wood and piles ot earth and fired by elec tricity. Thousands of anti-aircraft shells also have been destroyed on the summit of a ridge ot hills skirting the 'Moselle in this vicinity and ord nance experts in charge of the work expect to finish their work here soon and then move on to. other. German ammunition dumps awaiting their attention along the Rhine and other parts of the occupied territory. PUNISH Tfl FORM