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WEATHER
Fair tonight nntl tomorrow
May. ! Mln. .tl.
SECOND
.EDITION
nA
forty-fourth Yr.
WI8DKORI), OKISCJON, 'MONDAY, .lAXTARY 18, 1915
NO. 250
nmiv- -Niniti vrur
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EVERYONE 1ST WORK TO SECURE ACREAGE FOR SUGAR BEET FACTORY FOR ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
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beet acreage
Flnnl Effort Under Wny Tuesday to
Start Tlilnus In the Valley No
Connection Between Sugar Factory
and Irrigation District Proposal
Future of Section at Stake.
I'm Hand, Dr., Jan. 18.
Mnil Tribune, Mctlfonl.Oio.:
I'p'm iuwtigullon, Inn ii hi-
utilities prospcioiiH wheio hiu.'or
beets mo rnlM'il Mini fully run-
iiieed this will bo success m
Rogue Rhcr vullcv mill will Im
valuable unset. lloiu you will
succeed in obtaining rcipiiiod
iicii'iiki. y.i. cii:mri.
Vice 1'iwideiit I'. A, K. It.v.
"I'll vt sugar hel cnmmlilcu ilesiic
it to lut Ihnrouyhly nmlcndooil tluil
Ihcie In no connection between tin
Mignr beet factory pioponitinu and
tin1 irniiM('il irrigation dUtiiel proj
ect, nor n tlm miKMr beet signers in
miy wny iiotuinit thomsehon on tin
ii ligation project.
Tho Industrial futtiio of tin Mount
River valley is in tint scales toinoirow,
nml tlio day's wmk will decide
whether n lint nugur fncloiy with its
ntli'iiilmiiliPrDHtvil Ullage of tlir huiI
pay roll unit proiciItv will In- ae
Titi'il or rejected.
Hlorci of City 'loi
The stoics of tlio city will close nil
ilny. nml there will ln n ciineerltil el
fort to securu li rnpiunl acreage,
Ml tllll! till' lll'lll I'llll III) llll-I'll with
thi arrival of tlit beet miiir fnetorv
icpicscutnlivos thu niiilillu of the
week.
Thi) campaign today will ln in
charge of tin licet sugar eoFniuiltec
nml tlio Jueksou ('utility lniin
Mi'n'm iiHoi'iiition. Tlio hni for the
campaign will ho lluhhnid's stoic,
Mnin sheet nml Riverside avenue.
Fiom thin point iiutox will stmt into
thi' unions districts, facilities for
canning I till hn'l sugar winkers will
he pmuili'il. They will nii'i't thi'
farmers nml landowners ieisnunll,.
Kvcry stoic In thi' rity will close nil
ilny, nml thi' incut muikcts close ii Kit
111 n. in. Thu impnttnnco orllio pin-pii-cil
project is thoroughly impicssed
iipini tlio hem I of every wcll-wishcr
for tho vnlloy, anil no stone will hi'
ll'fl lintlllllt'lt III SCOUU) its HUl'1't'r.K.
Oppilllloll ltl'lllIM
Coupled with u niiiunilh'i'iil display
of puhlill-SpilileilllOSS lllLTII hits
arisen opposition simihir to thut
which for cnrs Iiiik made Oirgou tlu
most backward statu in tlio Union, of
those who always resist u changing
oiih'r for tho heller.
In mlilitioii to those who oppn-ii
progiuss on piinciph', oupiwition linx
ih'vi'lopnl fiom (liiihu who Ijuvd con
1'iiNnl thi) ilistrict iiUKHliim priipo-'iil
with Ihii HiiKiir fni'tiuy. Tlu'io is no
comu'ulion ht'twiTii thi' two, iik is
howii liy thu fiii't that ai'vai) i
hi'in koiiuIiI for IhvIk in thu (IiiiiiIm
1'iihh district, in Kviiiik alley, in
AhIiIiiikI mnl other M'ctioiiH,
II. ( loin nml other ninnhcrri of
Ilia iioiiiinlltcn ant In (IrantH I'iihh to
day, whnrn n final cl'l'oit in hi'luu
iiiihIi) to Koouro acrnio.
Tin Mcrchmil iihMiclatlou tonlylil
will iliHciiSrt tho subject i)t their
nioiithly hampict.
SENATE VOTE FOR
L
WASm.VnTO.V, Jnn. IS. Tim boil
ntu htll to t'fitulillHli thu Hnoky Monn.
tutu Nntlonut 1'arU, coinprlHliiK L'lll,
000 ncreH In Coloriulo, moHtly In for-
OHt 1-OHOrVCfl, WIIH )IIHBOll ll" till) llOIIKO
today, after uiloptton of hoiho liilunr
iinioitilinoiitH. Thoro wnB prnctlrnlly
no npu)ltnii,
o
o
N
BYT
STATES ATHENS WIRE
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I.O.SDON, Jan. J H. In n
illnialch In Uouter'H ToluBrmii
roniiuiny rfoin Atliuim, tlio
( Htateiiienl Ih mnili) t lint Ailrla-
noile, after ('oiintaiillnoilo
thu inoht Importnnt city In r
l'uriii'iiii Turkey, Iiiih licen
nlmnilonuit by thu TurlclHh
Kitrrlnou,
INDUSTRIAL ILLS
OF NAM TOLD
BY
NKW YOIIIC, Jan. 18. Suiuuel I'm
tcrinyiir. timtlOliiK toiliiy liuforu tlm
ItMcHtlKntlon of tlio fuilernl IniliiHlrlnl
relutloiix ioiuinliKlon lulu tho great
Incuri'ornti'il plilliiiitliroplc limtltn.
tlotiH, iiKDUiteil that tho ulinreliolitum
In ('orporauttoiiN tlint hao heeu or
Kiiulneil hy hnnl.liiK IntereMtn havo all.
milutely no voice In the niaiiiiKeuiciitH,
the illrcvtorH nml tryntccH IioIiik run
trollnl hy Him linnkx ami that the ll
iintlou hail narrow oil ilown In rail
mail ninttem until a iUinlluu affecl
liu: lahor coiulltlnan cotilil nlniont ho
ilerlili'il from one office.
' Ho Mtateil further that tho "Illicit
KntherliiK." of InrKU auiutintM of
iiioney hail cmmeit iiutrli poverty nml
that tho concentration of power ami
capital watt Kromly unfair to labor.
I'mler ttuch loiiilltjonij, ho nalil, thu
traito anil labor iiiiIoiih have no choice
nucccKufully to coiubnl tho wIhIich of
capital.
An ro til cil I ii I uioaHiireit Mr. I'litor
in) cr mlvocateil tho vMtabllKhiucnl of
feilerat labor oxrhanKOA, roiiipulnory
tate reKiilateil liiNiirauco aKiilimt nick
uoB, acrlilent ami iinnuiploymcnt,
fcileral remilatlou or corporation)!
controlling tarKo anioiintH of capital,
ami tho abolition or proxy voting by
tho ruireteiitnlleH of (luamicrH du
Hiring to iloiuluato tho linlimtrlon.
ELLIS IS DEAO
I'UIITI.AN'I), Or., .lull. 18. - It.
Kllic, who wu the liil repre-entii-tiwi
to ho electnl fiom the m-coiii!
t'liliKrt'hMiniiil ili"tiicl of Oregon in
18112, dieil here today from eerchial
hi'inonluiKe. Ilo wiih f.tii(kiti unev
peetetlly uud was foam! ilvini: hy hU
wife after ho hud ration to tho floor
lit his roMidcnoo here,
Mr. Mll'm was elected four lime to
rrvo an rcprchontnlive of thu second
ilMriot. Ilo previouily hml hcrved nt
pioM'eutiiijr uttorncy In (lie uvonth
.judicial dihtiiet of Oreou, Ilo was
l.i'in in Montpuuery comity, Indiana,
on April 'Jil, I8.0, nml graduated
from the Univeiity of lowii in 107 1.
After serving teini an ninyor of
llmuhuiL', Iii.t ho leuioved to llepp-
nor, dr., in 18811. In 18DSI ho wn
elected Oii'nu circuit ,pule. His
widow mid ii son, Kdpir It. V., Hiir
viv him.
ITALY APPRECIATES
WASIIINOTOX, Jan. IS. l'roal
ilont Wilson received a cabloKiain to
day from Khiff Mctor Kninianuol of
Italy, thank'liiK hi in for expressions
of Hyinpnthy, followluit tho recent
rartliqnako. Tho iiiohhubo follews:
"I approolatu vory imich tlio expres
sion of Hynipathy you havo boon o
kind n h to hoiiiI mo on this i1o1oi-6uh
occaiilon, l'leasu accupt, with niy
slnceroHl thanks, thu heuitrolt Kratt'
tudo or thu Italian people,"
UNTERMYER
X-CONGRESSMAN
QUAKE
F
T
German Offensive Expected on Wes
tern Battle Front Superior Slav
Numbers Force Teutons Back in
Poland Russians Rcoccupy Plock
Turkish Defeat Decisive.
LONDON', Jan. IN. London is re
calling that ibis In I lie Mill imnlvor
wiry of thu proclamation of Wllficlm
I an (liTinnn emperor ami In tho llrlt
Uh capital It Is expected that tho day
may bring news of widespread tier-
man effort to follow up with a still
more Important movement, tho suc
cess accomplished last wock at Hols
sons. Adopt llefemlw TikIIch
III London It Is believed tho Our
innns hnu adopted what In virtual
ly a defvuslvi) role to tho west of
Warsaw some llrltlsh observers ar
guing that this has been forced upon
Ihoni by superior Hussion numbers- -anil
that these defensle tactics syn
chronize with tlio movement of many
thousands of Teutonic troops from
Poland to tho French and llelglan
battlefields. Tim fighting at Kols
iions, Mime lirltlsh commentators de
clare to ho thu precursor of tho en
try of these new troops upon a vig
orous offensive, perhaps an attempt
to cross thu river Alsno. At Sols
sons thu I'rench failed to hold their
positions on the northern bank of tho
rler, nml for tho (ioniums to attempt
to gain tlm southern bank Is regard
ed nn n .duvclupuMinl to M .ujcpccJcd,
As to future engagements In this reg
ion, It appears to be n fact that tho
I'ruitch nrtlllory on tho hills south of
tho Alsno commands all tho ap
proaches to tho river and that It will
havo to ho reckoned with.
KiitsliiitH Aggr"svo
In tho eastern arena of tho wnr tho
steady pressure which tho nrrlvul or
one million of last year levies has
enabled tho Russians to exert upon
tho (Ioniums, according to news dis
patches reaching Loudon, has been
slowly pushing back tho German lino
to the west of Wnrsnw. Nowa dis
patches today report thu Russian re
occupation of Plock. Thi report
Iiiih not been confirmed officially, hut
tho Russians on Saturday crossed tho
Sl.rwh river a fow miles below that
point and may havo boon able to oc
cupy tho city. Russian forces al
ready had reached Slerpcc and (Join
bin, lying reseetlvoly directly north
and south of this provincial capital.
Tho Russian defeat of tho Turks,
If tho claims of Potrogrnd aro fully
borne nut, was so decisive that It may
mark tho close of tho Ottoman at
tempt to luvailo Russia In tho Cauca
sian region. Tho Russian victory
probably will freo enough of tho Cau
casian nrniy to opposo effectively tho
Turkish forces which aro approach
ing tho rruntler farther eastward
through Persia.
II
OF 27 DROWN OFF
NORFOLK COAST
LONDON', Jan. IS. Twenty-one
ono men of tho crow of 117 of tho
nrltln.lt iitonmer Ponnrth woro
drowned todny orf tho Norfolk coast.
Thu Ponnrth, with a cargo of maUo,
was sailing for Hull from tho IMvor
Plato.
Sho struck Sheoiiiighnm Shoal In a
hoavy gate and Is a n total wreck.
Six survivors from tho Pcnarth woro
picked up by a trawler.
Tho Penarth was 1950 tons net.
Another llrltlsh steamer, tho ticorgo
Roylo, also Is hollovod to havo boon
wrecked In tho biuiio locality. Sho
loft tho Tyno for Saint Nazalro,
Franco. Tho flnro of rockot signals
was observed by tho coast guards at
Croinor, but the stoainor disappeared
before ihe life boat rcachod tho scene.
Ouo of tho (leorgo Roylo's small
boats has como ashore The fate of
tho crow Is not known. Tho fieoreo
ltoylo was of 1522 tons nut,
KAISER
V DAN
I N V
STEAMER'S
CREW
YOUNG BRIDE, DESPITE
SEPARATION FROM
Alleging that after a sir weeks' boncymocn which was "one constant
demonstration of affection" on the part of her husband his treatment of her
beenrno such that alio was obliged to lenvc hlrn, Mrs. Ufflc Popo Hill Alsop,
twenty-two years old, has filed papers In a suit for separation In New York
against Edward I). Alsop, of Pittsburg and Washington, who, his wife states,
U "somewhere between scvctity-flvo and eighty yearn of age." At frequent
intervals since tho youthful Mrs. Alsop married the elderly heir to the Hussey
millions, she luui appeared In the public prints. Most recently she sallied a
plsco In tlio nowa spotlight by appearing on tho sin go.
liRGi; TELLS -
FAST IMPROVING
WASHINGTON. Jon. $. J. Pler
pont Morgan discussed tho foreign
exuhango situation with President
Wilson today and Informed thu pres
ident that conditions woro improving.
Ho mentioned, Incidentally, tho credit
of SI 2,000,000 established by tho
Russian government In tho United
States through Mr. Morgan's banking
firm. It was understood. Mr. Morgan
Informed tho president, that tho In
crease In American exports to Ku
ropo recently has greatly reduced tho
debt owed In Kuropo hy tho Ameri
cans at tho outbreak or tho war nml
that as n result conditions wcro pro
gressing favorably.
Mr, Morgan explained that his firm
has not arranged for n direct. loan of
money to Russia hut that debts ow
ing by Russia In this country for tho
purchase of supplies would bo met
through Morgan & Company. It was
understood thu president and other
administration officials had no ob
jection to this kind of arrangement.
'Mr. Morgan also planned to sec
Secrotnry Lane of tho Interior de
partment regarding tlio Copper River
& Northwostorn railroad, which ho
has offered to fell to tho government
ns a part of tho projected federal
rallioad system connecting tho Alas
kan coal fluids with tho coast.
TO
E
LONDON, JaJn. IS. An Incroaso
of 70 por cent In tho price of wheat,
as compared with n year ago nml
slntllnr advances In other foodstuffs
mo giving rlso to demand for some
form of state control of tho food sup
pllos. Tho general federation of
trades union has taken up this mat
tor ami Intends to urge tho govern
ment when parliament meets, to tnko
steps to prevent speculation In food
products, Tho price of wheat Is
now higher than at any previous tlmo
In no years, '
(lovornmental regulation of freight
rntes, transportation of food stuffs
over tlio sciih also ts ahongly urged.
WILSON
BUSINESS
CARESSES, SEEKS
HER WEALTHY HUSBAND
GERMAN ATTACK
ON WESTERN LINE
SITS TO NORTH
LONDON, Jim. 18. The (Ionium
attack on the wcMern front ha -drift
I'd northward from SoUnons, and
yesterday there wn a severe encoun
ter in the region of Albert. ToduyV
official Merlin Miitemcut hays that
tho German-, attuvkiui; with bayon
ets, drove tho allies from positions
iioithl'iist of Albert. In thu SoIsmiiis
region there is little activity. Several
French trenches in tho Arpjnno are
said to hiivo been cimtiired.
The official statement from l'uri
disputes the German claim of victor
in in the Arguiine, buying- that the
attacks were remiNcd. Several
minor victories for the allies aie re
ported, mostly in artillery enguge
meiiltf. The official observer attached io
the llntish in my licndumutera denies
the recent report from St. Omer
Franco, that the llritish troops hml
advanced one mile near La llassot,
capturing the German positions.
In Fast I'riisMu, so far us the of
ficial communications show, there is
no marked chainje. At Uerlin it is
said that attacks hv tho Russian
forces in North Poland, which are ut
teinptinjr to advance toward thu west
Prussian border, weio repulsed.
FOR WHEAT $1.51
PORTLAND, Or., Jail. 18. Port
land wheat prices shot sky-high to
day. After 10,000 bushels of May
bliiestcm had sold for $1.30 per
hiwhel, 1000 more sold ut $1.31,
which is said to hu tho highest prices
prevailing at any market in the
world. This top puce marked tin ad
vance of ti'j cents over last week's
reeoul.
Not only wheat, hut oats and liar
ley nuulo new records, Maruh feed
hurley advanced $1.30 per ton to
$:i:i.30. . February mils brought
$1111,73, an advanco of '-'3 cents.
March club wheat advanced !l
cents, selling: at $1.4U. February
foity-fold sold at .-r 1 . :t, mi advance
of half a vent,
PROPERTY LOSS
AN
QUAKE
m M ON
Rescue Work Prcceeds Under Diffi
culties Thousands of Soldiers and
Civilians Struggle to Release Cap
tives Earlier Reports of Disaster
Fully Verified.
KOMK. Jan. 18. Rescue work
throughout thu wilderness created by
the earthquake Inst Wednesday con
liuties slowly and under great diffi
culties. Kneh excavation serves to
verify earlier reports of the probable
casualties, though here nml there, de
spite the fact that five days have
elapsed since the catastrophe, living
victims are being released Irom their
prisons of crumbling plaster and
fallen timbers.
Thousands of soldiers and civil
ians, including many members of the
nobility, gradually are systematizing
the relief work and nre getting food
and shelter supplies over the ob
structed roads to stricken towns nml
villages. The relief work now, how
ever, overshadows ihe rescue efforts.
The pope, according to ihe Obser
vatore Romano, has -rut aid to all
the bishoDs of the dioce-es in the
earthiimike zone. A fund of '20.000,-
000 lire (. f 1.00.000) has been receiv
ed by the pontiff thus far. About
7300 refugees, 2000 of them injured,
have reached Rome to date.
One estiinu e of the prooerty loss
says it will exceed :t00.000,000 lire
(.5110.01)0.000). No official figures are
as vet available.
In dozens of villa-res citizens who
escaped with their lives are still In
fear that new shocks will tumble their
building- about their heads and arc
cnmpiP out to avoid further danger.
Gradually, however, the seistuiu dis
.iirliances rc les-ening. and none has
been reported since esterdav.
The greatest care is bcim.' exercis
ed to a'vcit tliease epidemics threat
ened bv interrupted water suiiplics
and the abnormal manner in which
the people are now- living. Physic
ians are uttiii- health measures into
effect.
iwuwi
NJURED 10,000
AVKZZANO, via Home, Jan. 18.
More than '2000 soldiers under com
mand of Lieutenant General Mariui
are at work on the ruins of Avezzano,
whielf may bo described as u wilder
ness cMeuditig for several square
miles. Signer Ciufelli, minister of
public woiks, estimates the number of
dead in tho Avezzano district ut
20.000 and 10,000 injured.
So altogether ruined is tho city
that it is difficult for thu inhabi
tants to recognize streets, much lcs
individual houses. Prince Giovanni
Torlonin, while clambering with the
Associated Tress correspondent over
piles of broken masonry in the Via
Delhi Stazione, one of the uriuciiml
residential streets of thu city, re
marked :
"Almost every house in that long
sheet was occupied by my friends,
They weio people of independence,
forming thu intellectual life and en
terprise of tho city."
Avezzano was iinpoitaut as a man
tifpcturing and trade center. The
sugar woiks cost $t,'230,000. Some
of tho machiuerv may still bo of
value. Other mills, less impottuui,
represent a property valuo of some
$:,000,000.
I'riuee Torlonin, out of tho greatest
landed proprietors in Italy, is tho
heaviest loser finunoially, but he de
clined to consider that at this time.
When seen by the correspondent In
had been up all night working in the
wreckage, The great Itonuui prince
looked rather like a coal heaver, n
hu had been hiborinj physically in
tho wink of rescue.
AVEZZANO
DA
NUMBER
?nnnn
PULL UP FRUIT
TREES TO GROW
BEETS.C0LDRAD0
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Farmer Recently From Colorado Tells
of Beneficial Effects of Sugar
Beet's More Money Than In Orch
ards, Which Are Belnrj Pulled Up
Rogue River Superior to Colorads.
To the Kditer: ' '
J am writing mv experience in su
gar bccti, and to show tho people of
Itogue Itivcr valley that thev ought
to tnke interest in ns pood a pro'po-
"ition as a beet sugar factory.
I Iiii0 raised beets successfully
and have never seen nny one fail that
tried. I worked for thu factory at
Fort Collins, Colo., this winter and
found that thev ny trood wages nml
are sure pay. Ami I believe Hint it
is one of the best industries there is,
without-costing the farmers anything"
to get.
Heels a Sure Crop
I notice n great difference in fruit
growing valleys nml in sugar beets,
for (here is plenty of work nearly all
the jear at Fort Collins. In fact,
the whole stnte of Colorado, for there
are ten factories in Colorado. Hero
there is work only part of the time.
Colorado orchardists havo grubbed
out many of their fruit trees nml
planted augur beets, for that is u
sure crop, and no matter how largu
the crop, the price is the same, but
where they rnisc fruit, if thcro is a
Inrgc crop you take what they givu.
Sometime. it.KCrelyvHyH for .tho
picking, ami they nre lucky if they
get that much after expenses are
paid.
There are some jwoulo In the Rogue
Itivcr valley that say that it is ton
much work. Well if they will nut as
much work on forty acres of beets
ns they do on forty acres of fruit,
they will have their beets ready to
market just as ipiick ns thev do (heir
fruit, nml not so much expense, and
if they think thoro is too much work
they can ufford o hire some of tho
people that have no farms to n;:su
beets on. There are lots of them
out of work.
Grub Out Orchards
When thev et their checks for
their fortv acres of beets it will look
different to what the -"I from foity
acres of fruit. They will grub out
their fortv acres of trees and huvu
eighty acres of beets next vcar. It
will pay $:10 to $10 per acre above
expenses. Can bu do that with
fruit the year through I
M- opinion is that if thu petiole of
Rogue. River valley don't get this fac
tor- thev will miss the best tliimr
they will ever get for nothing, for it
gives work for hundreds during tho
Mimmer and from 300 to 800 for two
(Continued on pact I.)
:vtrs:
CALIFORNIA RELIEF
HELPLESS AI SEA
HIP
BELGIUM
HALIFAX, N. S., Jan. 18-Wire-less
operators along thu Nova Scotia
coast were listening today for soini)
word from tho American steamer
Camino, which repotted yesterday
that sho was helpless at sea, having;
lost her rudder in a storm south of
Sable island. No niessngo had been
received fiom tho slimmer up to
early afternoon,
Thu ('amino was hound from San
Fr.inuisco by way of thu l'anamu
canal for liclgium with relief biip
plies. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. IB. Tlm
California relief ship piuniiio, report
ed in distress last night off the enilt
of Nova Scotia, wax in no iiumeiliato
danger today, and her officer' ex
pected her to be lowed into Halifax.
Thu vessel has On board &!QO,()00 u
worth of foodstuffs und supplies for
the relief of destitute HetfliMIW HHtl
is bound for Rotterdam,
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