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SECOND
EDITION
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NO. 257
Forty-fourth Ytnr.
iMIIv Nlnlli Yiinr
MEDFORD, OltlttlOtf, TCKKDAY, .JAN TAW Y H), 115
S fy Vow Friends for Sugar Beet Acreage and Secure Factory
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BUSINESS
MH
OF CITY SIGNING
BEET ACREAGE
Mnijiilflccnl Display of Public Spirit
Shown In Mdfoid Stores Close
While Merchants "Canvass Antonn
Farmers to Secure Arreane De
mantled for Beet Sunar Factory.
rrnctirnll)' tho entire city l ut
today posting for tliu establishment
of u rtno,ouo beet nugnr factory In
Hie Iluguo ir valley. Ashland,
Hold Hill, Central I'olnt ami JjkUhoh
IIIk aio aluo kMiik '"lit. nml when
tin- ilii) In iloim It Is confidently ox-Wti-it
tlml tho required acreage will
! xlmioil up, iitnl tho seuind stop I"
I lif toitirliiK of tli Iniltmlrlnl propo
sition pill miiliir way. ,
Willi tho exception of ono or two
cwiy Ntoro In Hut oily elood, or has
MiriHiiiliillwM In tlio fluid, llllug
fuimem mil landowner. Anton to
tin- number of twenty-five or thirty
nn nimnniiil In (ho work, rnrryliii;
banner rending "Hugar lllii MoaiiH
fiend Monny."
.Miitli Interest Shown,
Am showing tho Intercut, In tho On.
trnl I'olnt district, two farmers own
Ink the aeio Uiicls, signed up for
I In co acre this morning mid reports
fiont tho firing lluo Imlhnto Hint tliii
riiiiipiilKiiorH nro meeting with Mir
(.on. (Jiants I'm nn Iiiih n roiniiilttoia
out mid expects to M'Ctito 1500 or
Soon acres,
Mnny of tho farmers of the vnlloy
rurvUwyJiuuroIiiu tliut tho su
gar la-of and irrigation project worn
ono nml tho same. This was orron
coiin. Ktfiti'iiiotitK refuting tlii'Ko ru
iiioim were iMtii'd this morning by tho
xiitfiir hoot coniiulttco nud tho Jack
mm Coniity Kindness .Mon'n Awoola
t Inn, ho Hi organliutlons making
thorough Investigation. Tho work
lodny coiidlHtu largely of dlsnbiislng
tho fanner's mind of thin, tlio report
untiling wide olrculiitlon Mondiiy aft
ernoon, Itoportn roeclvod nt noon slated
Hint W II. (lore's car lind signed 214
acre and nthur roportH show Hint
ouch of SO odd cam hud signed up mi
iivcrngo of R0 norox.
Tho sugar boot committee have Is
sued tho follow lug:
IIiiiiioi' Cm reeled,
To ronort a rumor current and cir
culated upon tho streets aud'thiough
out tho vnlloy. to tho effort Hint tho
ontubllshnioiil of a sugar hoot factor;
In tho Itnguo i Ivor vnlloy wns n
m-Iioiiio to furtlior IrrlKotlon, tlio
coiniiillteo Inn Iiik In chnrgo tho secur.
lug of acreiiKo for tho ludiiHtrlat pro
poMtlon dohlro to omplintlcally Htatu
that thoro Ik no connection In nnj
(Continued on page two)
OF
MISSOURI PACIFIC
ST. I.ni'lS, Jim. 10. The (loul.K
nin no longer ill coutud ol' tlio Mis
souri Pacific, it was louined from uu
iiullioiitittivo miiiico licro today, and
Willi tllO lM'l'llil)l (if blllUl'n lielil li
Mi. Helen (lonld Slicptilil) tlio lioM
iKH o' tlio Cloiilil i'liinily don'l o.
eeeil iiiroxiiiiillely '' 10 hIiiuch. A
linl of tlm hlinroluildois oL' tho com
puny lias hcuii filed will) tlio MWhOiiri
pulilio Hoi'ii!o eonniiihHion, and it wilt.
lliiH lint (lull hIiowciI tlio (lould I'liin
ily no oilor eonlrolH tlio nioneily.
ItepoilH Hint a icniptiiixntioii nl'
the eoiiipiiuy mih imminent mo de
nied. ALL STOCKS RISE
IN WALL STREET
GOULDS
NKW VOIIIv, Jon. ill. -All recoidh
for MmiikIIi nntl notivilv jinco Hi"
lOHIIinplloll Of llUHilHWS WOIO HIIIUKH.
ed y toiluy'H stock inuil.el, Tin en
tuo list moved I'nnvunl, umli'i' loud of
foiniur ftiMii'iivb,
SOUTHERN ITALY
BADLY SHAKEN
BY
All Calalirla In Terror Mo Lives
Lost as Known, People Reftisinu to
Return to Homes ricllcf nntl Res
cue Work In Ruined Rcn'ons Pro
Uicssli:; Heavy Mortality.
IIO.Mi:, Jan. ID. An eiiilliipialie
of K roil I foi'ec lili hlmUi'll nil Cntnli
tin, in 1 1 i,o hinilliHiwIetu pint of 1 1 nly.
hut no far n I known hn oiiuoed
no Iok oT life.
Tlio ftlmcl, j i p on i lo have Ihtii
IimioI sovenl in tho iieicliliiiiliiMnl of
CiieiiJi, oiipilnl of the pioviueo. Il
fimlitened llioiiiind of peiotm mid
iImivo tlieiu inlii the np n, where they
MlH.vinir. They prefor !
I Hit eold mid il eimxeipieiiec mlher
I tut ii mil the rik of lioini Imried in
(he ruin- f their lionnm,
Tlitoiieliniit tlio euilliipinke lel in
cenltnl Italy, ohii,iii town" ulicie
ninny TiT Hie liuildinss are htill lnnd
ine iippaientlv iuliiet, the wurvivor
of tlio enlu4ioplio refiiKO to ieek
"holler in their liouxcs nml nro wot'
foiinjt tenililv fioiu i'poiire.
rntalllloi llemy.
Ah telief nml iimoiio worlc poo.
forwaiil, it appear Hint oine !!
tiietK jiikI mouIIi of Avenno weie
iim Imillv aniietcd an (lint town, wi h
tlio porocnliifo of dead to the total
population iilnio"! ok larxo. Tho wit -tuition
in the citno of iiinnv Idwiih
and .itliij0H U more diperale lio
cutioo n et aileipiato lelief incnu
iiron have not lieen tiiken.
Oitueeliio, nouth of Axcxzaun,
repoited it" liaunif at le"l 000 ic
tiniH, fulh hajf of whom have lieeu
found Imried in tlio iuiu of tlio
eiitlicililil lliore. The town lias lieen
irluall nixed, and now, more than
i da nflcr tlio fiivt lioek. sani
tnrv eonditioii uinoiiK lite lixitij; aio
hecomuiK ahuo-t unlionnihle.
The wHine .tor eonio fioin oilier
town in tlio Meinity from San
Itcnoilotto, with inot) of in l.'flO pop
ulation di'iid; t'elano, ''.MH) feet up
in Hie inoiiutaiuM, with 11X11) dead;
I'ateino, with onlv t00 of its 'JOOII
poioiiH htill alie; I'eeina, with
inOO and tiioio Imiied, and many
IllllOr tllWIIH,
ItoaiU UloikiiiliMl.
TIihiikIi many of tiioio laee arc
near AM'Mano, the mippo-ed center
of tlio ditiirlanee and tlio coui-e-(picnl
relief work, tlicv liao lieen al
most iuneoonMhlo liconu-i' of hloek
aded irtiiilo. Tin' food supplies nro
reported as er.v intil'fieieiit ami the
sheltoiH inadeipmte. Tlio nrpiiiircd
Icm'uo woil; U liciiiK pushed with all
haslo to leach the inhaliitauts of
thcxti towns in limo to pi event grout
loss of liTo nmoiu; Iho Hiinivors.
King Victor Knmianucl is louriiiK
Iho stricken diliiol liv aiitoiuoliile
couhIiiiiIIv, distiihiitmir supplies,
I'ICTHOtlUAl), via London, Jnn. 19
-Tho (lormnn forces In Centrnl Po
land uro coutliuliiR tholr offorta to
advance west of WnrHnw, lietwoon
Hocliaczow and llollmow and nouth
wt'Kt of WaiHiiw, hetweon 8klernlo
wlco and Orodllk, nltbotiKli tholr loft
flank Ih cndaiiKorod by tho ndvnuco
of UuhhIiiu troops along tho rluht
bank of tho VlHtuln woHt of IMock,
and Iho poHltlon ot tliotr rl?ht flank,
acconlliiK to IIuhhIiui roporta la no
loiiKor tennhlo,
TIiIh forward movomont of tlio con
tor or tlio (lormnn Iiiib boon unsuo
coKHful Hiiih fur, linvhiK boon noted by
UuhhIiiu uoioplnuctt nud' chocked by
artillery. All tlio tronclios which tho
(Jormnna micccodcd In taking lvo
been iccupturcd by tlio ItiiBtdniiH,
It U now tho cniiBonsua ot mllltnry
opinion horn Hint tho (lormnn nrmy
niuat olthor forco Its wny through tho
ItUHslau lluo In tho contor, whoro Ita
prcHont cffoita nro directed, or oIbo
rotiont to tho AVnrtn rlvor, which
would menu falling bnclc to within
alit.' l."onty-flo inlioa of tho Gor
man frontlor, Tho IluBalim movo-
NEW
QUAKE
USSIANS HOLD FIRM INlOLAND
EU BEGIN
FRESU ADVANCE
AT ST. MIHIEL
Another German Field Works In For
est of La Pclre Captured Press
Inn Forward Upon Fortress Ber
lin Asserts Repulse of Russian At
tack North of Vistula.
LONDON, .Inn. 1(1. A furthoi ad
vaueo in the el foil lo picieo the On
man line ahoe St. Milnel, near th
eastetll cud of the liilltle line III
I'nnn'0, i "iinnoiuieoil in the olliciol
coinmmiiealiou today from Palis, Il
'ih said Hint another (leruiaii field
wnik in Ijic foitl of l.ii 1'iette w.h
eaptuieil and Ihal nill) ,oiiU of the
Ooiiiinn tieiieliCH 11 have now lieeu
oeeupied.
At Iho siiiiio lime Hie nllios me at
leinplin to pio-s forwaid to the
iioiHiwoM of St. .Milnel. Tlu.c two
inoVenieiitK, if sueecs-lul. wmild
either cut llnouli the fierman line
or I'oiupcl the cwtcuution of St. Mi
llie), Tenure of this town liv Iho
(leiiuaus ro"idU in n -hart hend in
f i .li.- ,.. .
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menace wind, thev haw Ihiii en -
ileiiMiiiup for weeks to n move
Itetako Captiueil Tii'iiclie.
The rYeiicli lino ictakcii the po"i-1
lions at I .a Itoissellc captured by tho.
Micrmnus, nnin s Miiieinoni irom
I'aiis asseits. Tho Oerman official t
announcement hjiys that no action of
importance occurred iiIoiiji Hie entire
wcstcni-l'roiil.'"
Russian attacks north of the Vis.
tula river weic repulsed with heay
losses, the lloilin slalement nsserl.
Military men in Pelioj-i.ul aio of thoi
opinion t Iim t the Kusjmi cneircliuu
movement in both the north and
south will eompel the Hermans to at
tempt to break Ihioueli the Warsnwf
front, or, if unsuccessful, to retreat
ucaily to Hie Oerman boi'dcr.
ItusslaiiH In Hucary.
So far as can be suimiscd liv Rus
sian mililarv critics, tlio ficnuans
'have no intention of inaugurating in
the iinmeiliate future a wliolcsale nv
saiilt which would precipitate Hie de
cisiso contest. Xevertliclcss, they
continue their nm:rossiw movements
liv means of scnlteiinjj attacks nlenj:
tho whole front. Ilcccnllv these at
tacks hnvc been diminishing in num
ber and in intensity.
Tlio Hussinn aimv reported to oc-J
ciipicd Ibc rarpalhian paws, now
said to have cnierKod in'o Iho plains
of Uttiik'nrv. Iliiitv miles- from the
honlcr of Ilukowiua.
Portland Livestock Market
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. 10. Cattle
-Receipts 1 1 ; seadv and iincliaimcd
lions Receipts llli
Ill to l.'ie
lower. Pi imp lijshl,
ehoiee, if(l..'iOof(1.70.
Sliccp Steadv.
f H.70(ii tl.80;
v
mont dcBlKiied to cnclrclo tho Oor
miiu flnnkH will mako It linpoaslblo,
miliary men miy, for tho (lurmnnR to
maintain t)ielr presont positions In
tho contor.
Tho ovpocted co-operation ot Aus
trian forces fiom tho Boutheast haa
falloil to nintorlnlUo. Tho nttomptoil
ndvnnco of tho AustrlniiB enst of I'lot
rkow," an voll na In tho Tnrnow j-o-glon,
on tho Dunnjec, hna boon
crooked successfully by effective, work
ot tho Husalim artillery.
Along .tho Inimedlnto AVnrsnw
front tliofo lins boon no mntorlal
chnugo In positions recently. In tho
oNtroino north tho HiiBBlnna roport n
Htcaily ndvnnco toward east Prussia,
and In the oxtromo soutlulhoy atato
thoy nro moving forward successful')'
In tho Carpnthlnna. Tholr northorn
movomont Iuib boon retarded near
Lootxon by tho CJormnn fortlflcntlona
and tho gouernl Impenetrability ot tlio
country In tho Mnzurlnn I.nko region.
In tho Routli, howovor, tho Russlnna
(ippnrently bnvo ocouplod nil tho Cnr
pathlnn pnaaos nnd hnvo crossod tho
bortlora ot Trnnalviuilii.
SOCIKTV (.JUL TO 11
fa
, ...
do of tlio
Annoiiin cineiit tint Im-oii mai!
of IMillailu la. to .Mr A.foiiHO 1' Ilia,
I.lpplncott li a dnusli or of tlio Into Franklin II. Mppinrott, of Phlladelphta.
, . jianlmon. . tho wife of Colonel II M. Jfiiplcon, of the I
ItritUh Army. MIm I.lpplncott ling many frlemU la society. Mr. Villa U a
gruduutu of Uio Unlvirslty of Turin and a Chevalier of the Crown of Italy.
4000 ENTOMBED
IMA
ihH li
ONLY FEW RESCUED
TAtSI.IACOX.ZO MnUomo. Jan. 10.
-Not les8 nemo than tho mlsory and
PES
UiltO
Miiiioniii; oi mo pcopio oi Avozinno . ... ,
I, that or tho Inhabitants of tlio on. 'eprenlatiw. ot tho hous boaid
tiro district 6( tlio south, In Iocliu. M '" l--ltt.r uddit.s that liod
Snn Ilenodctto, Olojl do Marnl and.todny when Mis- Marion II. Tow-no.
other towns. Tho loss ot ;ifo and
damaRo to porporty In tltoso place Is
equally na great but tho needs of tho
sufferers hnvo received fnr low at-
tentlon.
J'nterno. blRlt up on tho mountain-
Ride, has suffered probably inoro than
any other town In tho wholo earth
quako region. Loss than 200 porrons
hnvo been saved out of n population
of 2000 nnd not a single houso re
mains standing. All nro shapeless
ruins.
Along tho mnln rond from Patorno
to Pcsclna trafflco lias consod oxcopt
for a fow motor cars carrying supplies
nnd Home country carta which, whon
encountered, woro generally ladun iunos,o of tho bill. 1 nnticiputo no
with two or more coffins. opposition to it, unless it conuv from
Moro than 1000 of tho peoplo of 'cither RopuwnUtivo Smith or Itcp
Posclnn nro burled imdor tho fnlleti rosontnlho I'oih.."
buildings. Some of tho corpses which j Rcprcscntntivo Smith prompt'v
hnvo boon recovered Ho on tho ground i arose and oliiin pioncd Hie Ifll'.
at street comers, whllo others nro
hastily enclosed In coffins mnilo o
:
tho fit st wood obtainable.
Although living persons nro still
being dug out of tho ruins thero nro
only ISO soldiers nt Posclnn to assist
Iho survivors In rescue work. Tho
fow RiirvlNlug town officials complain
Mitel ly of tho government's neglect.
Thoy say no biead haa been obtalna
blo slnco Saturday, and that tho poo
plo nnd soldiers lino had nothing to
eat but egotables brought fiom tho
neighboring villages.
Pcsclna lost its most famous Inud
tnnrk, tho sixteenth century cnstlo of
tho Plccolomlnl family nnd tho houso
Micro tho famous Cnrdlnal Mnznrln
f.-as born.
SNOW FALLS ON
T
AVKZXANO, Italy, Jnn. 10 Tho
condttton of tho enrtbqunko survivors
In tho central districts ot Italy was
rendoied worijo today by tin abundant
fall of snow, which In elevated vil
lages has assumed tho character of a
anowHtonu, and Ih copiplotlng tho
devastation caimcd by (ho onrthqualio,
K ITALIAN'S 1UDE. (
. . ,, ,, . , , ., , I
enpiKcmeat of .Mi- Ilelcn Mpplncott,
of Turin, Itnly, and New York. MIm
CRATER LAKE BILL
BY MISS TDWNE
1 SAI.KM. Or.. Jen. 1!). -For Hi-
lft, Vmv m ,m. ,l)ov f
representative from Jiickon eomitv
ke in ll(.hu,f ,lf ,,, int r.i.lu.-is.I
, ., , , , ,
h' ,,u 'Uvl'"" l',mu,y tl,'1nt'""'
i which would edo to tho United Slates
om-Iimuvo jiiriMlietiou tifor tho Cm-
ter Lake National park. Tho bill
wji pnsed imnndiiiMv'nftT hor ar
iiiuiont in it fax or.
''A few noople hnvo tlio idea that
this bill creates n park' said MW
Towne, "but it doos not. It is a mere
founality. The aovenimcnt desires
to polico tlio -ark, nnd to hno its
courts PM'rcUo poni'iloto jurisdiction
over it, and to noeonHish this is the
PASSES CHAMPIONED
- UP TRANSFER OF SHIP
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. Tlio
Drilish gou'tninont will not consent
to allow the steamer Daeia, recently
transfericd from Oerman to Ameri
can teyistry, lo proceed to Rotter
dam under safe conduct with hor
cargo of cotton, the stuto depailmenl
wns notified today fiom London.
Tho lliitish icply to mtftgoMions
for a snfo eouduet recently mndo by
Iho Mate dopuitmcut, camo Hirough
tho Amoiicaii embassy at londou.
Whilo the text of tho uu'ssajjo was
withheld, it is known Iho llritish ob
jection wiu luised broaiUv on a re
luctance to create a precedent, which
it is folt woufd be followed by many
similar purchases of Oeiman ships in
America, and of foils to operate them
on tho former fleuunn trade mutes.
Tho lliitish note does not under
take to usscit tho right of Orcat Rrit
aiu to interfere with ships purchased
nnd tiansfencd to'tho American flag
in a legitimate way. The object to
tho transfer of tho Daeia, according
to tlio Rritish view, is tlifit it was not
genuine, it being intimated tlio Hut
ish government believes tlio Ameronn
o :
u
FAIL TO AGREE
LEAVE CAPITAL
Villa Said lo Be Unable to Further
Co-operate Willi Zapata Obrc
cjon's Forces Menacing Cily No
Confirmation of Report That Villa
Has Entered City of Mexico.
WASHINGTON. Jan. III. Din-puti-liis
filvil re-tonlnv lit Moxieo
'( i said that while it was reported
(linir.il Villa with a larsu furee wn
i . ........
(-oriin to Hie cnpuni, rciiaiuc uuor
ii'ut on iiidientrd 'he would not move
farther -with from QuortnVo.
I Agents of the Aiiiciiean ocrn-
'ment in the Moxicmi capital uid thoy
, wire at a )o-- to iiudertnml the lien
phnt-c ! the situntioii. One niinj:e
sitc-tcil Xillu's top at Qucrctnro
imlit mean that he finds himself tin-
alilo to i i..i(s'fnte further with the
(.npntii forces.
t A l d.iv cs onlay oflieials of the
di p.irti. cuts -et up liv t.he eonven
tioii siovennncnt were paekinj; tlicir
rcc'irds tirepnriitorv to soiny north.
' ." .
,)" ,,r " """" "" " ""
m"u" '"" "' "" ",rK "
"",- nWi-H f "
f banuony
inlcrview-
in the Mexican uew-spnpers bv flen-
oral Palafo, n Zapata leader, de
nnunoiii'r Hie convention troovs for
iioi-upviu'.' Oriaha, which, it is be
lieed. prioulv was s-urrisoneil bv
Ziifiata troops.
The advance from Pnebla of the
I firec of (ifiierul Olirvgon. a Cnr-
it-miza ebief. olid Iho fiid.lrn opnrtnn
ol General (lutierioz from rcxico
,('it with .1(11)0 mu. bus proen a
menace o Hie iHitital. In ninny
'iitiarteis heie the belief prevails that
Vi'la )laiis to oinpmitp Mexico City
and stieiiBtbn hii- lines north of th"
capital, milking an effort to obtain
control of a'l he noitbeni "trite be
fore to mine hi "attention to the cap
ital and the south.
State department officials up to
noun today hod iPcntMl no confirm
n'ion of rvuorts Hint Villa had al
ready reached Mi" ico City,
BETHLEHEM STEEL
PAYS BIG DIVIDEND
XBW YORK. Jan. 19.-The Ileth
lohom Steol corporation today declar
ed an annual dhldend of seven per
cent on Its preferred stock, which is
two per cent In excels of tho distri
bution mndo n ear ago. Tho divi
dend Is payable In quarterly Instal
ments of 1 3-4 per cent each.
Tho Hothlohom Steel corporation
has received largo orders from for
eign governments within tho last sev
ernl months for munitions of wnr.
'purchaser was roall acting for Ger-
man principles.
The Jlaeia's cotton cyrgo admit
tedly is not subject to seizure and
tho riritisli note leavas it to bo in
foired that if tlio owners of the cot
ton do not mako other arrangements
for its shipment to (leimau.v and the
Oaeia puts to sea, tlio cotton cither
will he unloaded in an I'.nglisli port
and placed at tho disposal of the
owner to forwaid to (leimauy by
another and neutral ship or appro
priated by tho lliitish gowiniuent
upon payment to the owners of its
invoice value.
Tho state depaitnient already has
informed Mr. ltrituiij; of. Marquette,
Mich., tho owner of tho ship, ot tlio
lefifriil of tho British government to
promise not In seize the Oacia on
this particular trip. As ho has stat
ed to tho dopailmcut that the freight
charges upon tho cotton with which
tho Daeia is loaded would about equal
the, purchase juice of tlio vessel, it
is assumed that die will take the
chance of milking tlio voyage, and if
tho ship in seized, will go heroin n
Hiitis.li prizo court,
hJICV PAN PU LT
STRIKERS SHOT
DOWN IN RIOT
IN NEW JERSEY
One Dead, Nineteen Wounded, Four
Mortally, in Battle With Deputy
Sheriffs at Roosevelt None of tho
Deputies Injured, hut Workmen
Perforated With Buckshot.
ROOSKVKLT, X. J., Jan. 10.
Nineteen men were shot, four of
them beiiii' moititllv wounded, one of
the wounded, Michael I tacky, dyiug
on the way to-!tho !iir.pitul, in n
bntlht' between 'jot) Striking laborers
and fit'U deputy sheriffs at tho plant
of tho American AVricuHurat Chem
ical eoiiipniiy hero today. Most of
(ho wounded arc foreincro and thev
are sufferim; both from hnck"hot
wounds nnd bullets.
The Ha hi stnrted when the lrikeri
slopR'd a Central Railroad of New'
Jersey train from Klimbelhjtort in
see if the train brought strike-breakers
to the jilant. There were no
s i lki-b makers aboard, but n few ot
fice employes who were jtassengcrs
started nu outcry, apparently Iielicv-iti-r
that tho strikers intended harm
to them. '
General KiU-ounter Follow.
Iii answer to tho call, fifty nrmed
dejuity sheriffs ran to the scene from
the company s plant, where they had
been stationed for the past two
weeks. A general encounter between
the deputies nnd tho strikers follow
ed. At first only. -stones, worn used.
Then someone firedTtfiol?ttii4'wns
the signal for n fusillade which camo
apparent I v from both sides. Xono
of the deputies was injured, but
many of the strikers fell. Most of
tho wounded were shot through tho
legs, ns the deputies fired low. Tho
strikers dierscd, soino enrrying the
wounded men away.
The four most seriously wounded
were taken to a hospRnl at Elirnhetlw
jiort, not fnr awav. It was said Hint
these men probably would die.
The offieo employes were escorted
from tho train to tho plant bv tho
dejuities without further incident.
Strike In Two Weeks.
District Suiu'riiitciuU-nt Clinmpion
of tho coiiiany, who Is in charge of
Hie plant here, said that the strikers
had held up the train by juling ties
across tho tracks.
The strike at the jdant has been on
for two weeks. According to tho
ooiiiuns statement-, approximately
half of their -100 cmloyes nro nf
fected. Tho strikers uro unskilled
laborers, it is said, who quit work
when their demnnd for mi inerou"p
of 10 cents a day was refused. The
men receive niiroxiinotely $'J a dav
each. Xo other class of workers, it
was said, had been affected bv the
strike. The plant is still in opera
tion. BILL SOON LAW
WASHINGTON', Jan, 19 Passugo
of tho administration ship purchase
bill during tho presont session of con.
gross Is regnrdod aB extremoly prob
able by Prcsldont Wilson. Uu told
callers today ttiero might bo slight
changes In tho bill, but that ho did
not anticipate material alteration.
Tlio president profora a shipping
board comopsed ot inomborH of tho
cabinet, as originally plannel, to thu
substltuto suggested by some progrca-slve-ropubllcan
senators for a non
partisan board, made up ot men not
connected with the government.
Mr, Wilson said ho did not think
tho apnprent reluctance of tho UrltUli
government to allow tho Dnpla, a vp
sot recently transferred, from Oerman
to American ownership to sail un
challenged would have any bearing
on tho purchaso qf ahlpa under tb
shipping bill,
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