OREGON QTY ENTEIRPKISE Tk Wtakly KMarprUa bj trtrtH I'M ark. C- pa It wtlll at h art a than ubrtl. a) FIFTVflMT VIAA-NO. 10. OREGON CITY, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1917. IITAILUHIO IMS PICKLED AUSTRIAN NABBED BY BURKE P Jill I NS it lh'M(f lilatrlcl Attorney Tmii Burse and Jil 'ilc n (if tlm Ivaco John N. Hlnti-r hIimmI mi ilia Link platform ill Ilia trailer mi their way to tbelr home lu (iUilnloiin Tii'oil.ijf evi'll I UK when lliu I 3U I'Mf lifl Highlit end Main alieeta. Ther waa nothing uniiaual about' this. Tim only imuaiial feature about llio rnllrn car waa two Aualrlans. 0110 of hum was lit up Ilk" Broad Aiy, S Y. Something Start. Hut when lliu fur r iv lin.l Knur li- iilli street iiiiiiiiiml things hecati lo happen. A llilnl Auntrlnti boarded I hit tar. I In 1 arrli'l lu aullcasea Ami In I In,. iaya of I..1111I11 anil nnirr. Mil 1 1 lM ) pro over Bilnpli loila. Thn U:nlli Aiintrlun, nil spying hi rnuiilr) iiiiiii. ruihrd in llm platform nml ran fully ilt(il lilm III K-1 1 In rt tlm nill' am ul'ird II" lru,;lil 1 In-in hack lu the rr.ir ilolfonn and illl thrill down at Hlt'Vers feet. 'Ill bet there's Uhih In them," nlil Hlevcr "Hurv." replied Burke. Leading Question, Thru turning lo llm newcomer he naked. "Mow much Ihhio Imvii you Hut In there" '1 dunlin," r"lii'l lli other. ' It'a lila - lln Indicated the. it'll lirutliiK brother. lliirkn Kn lln nlli':i" on IiiijiiImi tln kirk. Tlm trilull na a tery de cided unit M r)' atiHi'li luua rllnk. "I (tu.KH we'd ti'iitrr nil gel off here." kiiI. I II1.1 deputy ill-lrlit uttor-11.7. Gel a laugh. The Aualrliuia made. 110 rmuiilullit. Willi tliu three unfortunates between them lliilki' liml Slevcra prut i'Bltilll down the ulhV, earning lliu aiiltcant-a. Tin' car was In 1111 uproar. (In III" riilliinolia III tiladatonn tliu men aaked llm A minima to oii'ii tho siiltcuacs. They roniilli'il In III" case of exhibit A, but when It came to cx hllilt II tlm In-liquored Aiialrtan roiilitn'l II ml the key. Ilnrho suggested something alimil J11II anil tlm key made a mimical n IM'urnnrii. Five nnurta nf wlno wer exposed. Coma Back. nvn minutes l.il.'r a lurK crowd W1IH I 'll lll'llltlll ill (illlllllDtltl mid llio peace officer mid attached Austrian Ixuirili'il the cur buck to Ort'Kon City. ulii'io Ciiiinlaliln .Lick I'Vnxt uh i uIIimI In to i'li:n it armtil drawn liy llurki iiiiiIit lliu now iirohlliitlnii hlatiiti'. (Jiii'atliiuliiK Inilh iitoil Hint Hi" In "lirlali'd iiii'iiiImt of tlm crniip im til" only rt'iilly K"l"- l Hi"' m t n tt ! ex I ortJitliin i f win1. 110 lio wiih tlm only mm nrri'.Hto I. II" mid lm M on III av to I'ortliiml to nihil 11 (rain for I'lilniKo. "Good a Dyol" "If you lire li-t off Willi it ll:ii' will you Imvii Or 'Kim I'lly rllil iiway and not t'niiio li.'tcli?" in. I "d Slrvi'i H. "(ioodii live!" rrturnrd llm Ann- Irlmi Willi rouii'iitrali'il i'loitii'm:o. "All rliihl," riMilli d llio JiiHlli o. And li'i IIiiimI I1I111 $.'. Tlm liquor wiih con llm'ali'd. . Tlm naiim of (In1 niuii who wan lltmd wim Morlinr Urollo.; llio oilier two wt'ro Phillip Minify mid Aurca, Ith'uU. All IhriMi woiUi'il at (ho Crown Will aiui'lto 11 1 1 1 1 m mid llvi'd ut rourlin'iith mid .lui'Kxon ut votH. Bugles and Brass Buttons Appeal to Felix; He Wants To Be a Regular Army Man l-nrnl lo Vani'iiuvrr by Ilia apl. 11. dor of (!! t.-r uiilfnriiia, Ki-lu I nit (Inr, 1 1 yrur nl'l aulf, alio baa bwo morn or lin a ard of (.'oiittalilu Jt k Kroat, Jiitrtillit nfflirr, iliirluK Ibnlaat turn wi't-ka, aa Ink -II Into rualoily by Yuiii'outrr ofTi "ia Tu ady mkIiI K'roal rn to Vaiiriiuvi-r Wadm-a-lay ami bmutlil I1I111 l' k Inaaimn li aa Hi" boy la antloiia lo go In Ilia atale Ir.ilnliiK a ImmiI In rum m la loo young In ri-1 Into llm army, II I xaallla dial In' lll I" 1M1I to Huli iii. IVIli told t'roal an olllrr fiRtrt'M wbi'tl lm ana lir-m failli-r III Hi" " k that tbra aa nu(lilii( ba an I ad ao much aa lb rlcbl lu Jolu Ilia army. I l.h tb all my b-art that I rould," ba aalil. Tba I ml 'run aaayy from bla boina al Wrhhia, imar Mount Hood Ik lauae, ba auld, bla fa I In r lat and bbuaxil blni. ila drfuria to o bark. Ilia fattier baa born aarimd by Iba offln-ra that ba will hao lo tak tar of tba lad or atuud trial 011 a rlmrgs of roiitrlliutlliK In tba delliiqurnrg of Ilia ililiil lln ftiia siiim-I In luva o K-IU a J..I1 taliKii llm lad li ft Ora i"ii I'lly Tui tion rabruar lubmarln Victim. COPS SMELL MOUSE RAID CHEESE PLANT SEIZE HARD CIDER BALIM, Or., March 7 Sia bar. raia of bard ciilar wara sld In a raid mailt yetlerday afternoon by O'puty Sheriff Dower and Con stable Varney on the cheesa fac tory of f. A. Bchublnger on Hie Asylum, road II WIS HAVE PRAISE FOR VV ILSON Total lonnayn auiik alii'o nilhkaa snliMiurliid aarfaru bt'an Knbruary I, r.,l7. llrttUb ahlpa sunk, 110, Othnf bidllrTfiils' ships sunk, 20. Aiimiiran ships sunk, 2. Oi her neutral ships sunk, 61. Total ships sunk, . Ilrrllo press bun-uu report of l-'i hrnary 20 ustlinutH Junuury slnklriK by sulunuiiims and mines at Tl ships, total ton liK 419.M0-1I llrltlah, ",'t other litflllKorfnis and li neu trals. Iloatlli ships sunk alum bo KlmiliiK of ar, 4.3r,7.MO ions. Neutral ships sunk or con demned, iot ships, Cll.oon tns. RERPOOF FOR LANE 1 VICTIMS FALL i IE TO II PRESIDENT STATES STAND OF NATION IN PEACE OR WAR PRE ""KlHTo(,M(.H(w roi.rn.-y !,, u Itir T , ' "Ml4,, Ore T"t"' mm CERTAIN WA WILSON SOUNDS GRIM WAR NOTE ADDRESS .CHINA TO ACT. PKKIN, March 7. Thn linmcMlliite hriMikliiK off of rclatlmiH with (!iniiany In xpi'rlcd hero. H Ih Rcmirnlly pro- dlrti'd Unit China will Join the etiti'iilo. I WASIIINino.V March I. I're.l dent W 1 1 nun MMimlid a new dortrlnn of Inli'rniitliuiiillKiii nml world pcam In hla ItiuiKnrnI nddrena toilav, but In Hi,, mini" lire.iih warm-il that tlm I'iiIIimI rtuies may reipilre "atiiorvlm mciiimii iHnoiiallon Willi llio War tli nil iiioni anii. il iieulrullly. lln KpoVi! of u unity of Aiiicriiun lli.ini:tit, spirit and iirtloii. and volred llm view that Ihla iiiuat be oil A tiler I (Milium Met-pi'd In world spirit luad-ud of llm lalonli'd nittlonul vie of llio pa-it. World Peace. Ills prlin lp.il' pint for world peure. upoheii Peforn (lm tliiiiihtimlit attend Iiik hlit M-i-oml Ilia iir u rut lull, cnlled for: Limitation of world nriiut mi-tit Kqual Inter, nt ami reHponllillly of nil iiallinu for inaliilalnliiK pejiro. Kquallty of nations lu all niattern ot rli:lil or prlvlli'K-e. Iii'i'triirtloii of tlm "armed lialanco of power." Thai nil the world hIiuuI'I support no other power than tliu view that "CovernmeiiH derho nil th 'lr J1111I pow-erH froin the roiiHeiil of tlm kov erned." Free Seas. Kreeilom of llm hour equal to all. I'rnshlni? of any ntteinptu within a nut Ion to organ!?." or iinhIh! a revolu tion iix.tlnxt iiiinther nation. l-:ieiirli' with (lie support of patriot- linn of AinerlcanlHi-i. of 11 new world unity, Ih" (ipeeeli solemnly nucleated that ilenpll( Hie war llres raRlni; mul despite tlm pnnillilHty that HiIh nation liim t take 11 broad T liand, Htlll that pein e Ih coining hood. WILSON SNEEZES. The On ton City Commerclul rliib. IhrniiKh (ha I. ho Wires, w.-nt on r-. ord Tueaday, by iiiunlinous vote, to eupporl the preal.leiit In his endeavor lo ait iiri. from ronyreaa u freu bund In direi llm; the forel;n poll. I. h of the roiinlry. ami lu a rim.-iiiK r"nluHon enii'leiiiii.-d Seiiutor Harry Ijiiib for bis utipiitrlotlo i-oiidu. t In hlui klnK in., etlorla or the 1 hlef execiitlve to pmtit I tlm hntior of the country. The revolution fo'lows: "Win n a... Our country Ik fucliiR a rials Unit may lead ua Into war with one or mor of the Kuropeun nutlons, nnd ' Whereas, It Is our duly us patriotic American cllUens to stretiKlhen the bands of the thief executive of this liutlnn. who bus been ctitnmtcd with llm ii'linlnl-trutli'ii of Its foreign policies, and "Whereas. V bellevo the president of thn I'nlled Slates Is netliiR for the Kood of the country and for the. lib erty of lot cllliens; tlierefnro bo It 'Heaolved, That the Mvo Wires of tho OreKon City Commerclul club do hereby pliilue their earnest supixirt lo I'realdent Woodniw Wilson of the I'nlled Htatrs In any action ho may deem necessary to lake in tntiinlulnlns; thn honor und dignity of the people of the country that w all love; nnd he It further "Hesolved, Thai we most eniplial Icnlly condemn the nrtlon of I'nltcd Stales Senator Harry Ijino of OreRon In his refusal to support the president at a tlnm when the chief executive of this nation was entitled to tln unani mous endornement of tlm American people. We characterize Senator line's conduct as a dlsgraco to our state; und bo It further "Kesolveil, That a copy of this reso lution be forwarded by mail to each member of tlm OreRon delegation In the I'nlled Suites senate nnd house, of rcpiYHcnlutlvcB." BREAKS OUT ANEW HAN KUANCISCO, Cal., March 6 Tlm few Chinese who ventured Into the streets of Hie I'anlk ("oust China towns walked worth today and went heavily armed. In realization that the bitterest tong war In recent years Is in today. Advlccu from half a doien cities early todr.y indliuted that so far seven Chinese) h.-ve been slain und s 'vcnil wounded In the first audden ( hihli of rival tones. Three Chi nee wer.- Hlui down In different parts of Kan Kranetsco's Chinatown at tho same hour. Simul-ttiiii-oui.ly cunmen went on tho war path In Oaklind. Stockton, San Jose, Seattle and Ijos Auk lea. Two were sluin In Stockton and one rnrli In Oak land and San Jose. 12 E INAGURA L WAS GREAT PICTURE AS WASHINGTON. March 5. Twelve senators fought the armed neutrality bill, preventing its passage by the senate before formal adjournment at noon Sunday. Through 26 hours of talk these sen ators held back a vote on the propo sition, ulthough it was known that all tho rest of the senators favored the bill. Following are the names of the senators who by filibuster prevented tho scnute from voting on tho bill: Moses K. Clnpp, of Minnesota; Albert U. Cummins, of Iowa; Asle J. Gronna, of North Dakota; William S. Kenyon, of Iowa; William F. Kirby, of Arkan sas; Robert M. La Folletto, of Wiscon sin; Harry Lano. of Oregon; George W. Norns, of Nebraska; James A. 0'- Gorman, of New York; William J. Stone, of Missouri; J. K. Vardnman, of Mississippi; John D. Works, of California. WASHINGTON, March 7. I'resl nt WIIhoii took to lila room today with it cold contracted nliiiut a week 111:0 and mud" worso during his liunifr uralou. IV PAY W. INQUIRES BETTER ROADS BOOSTER IN ARGUMENT FOR BOND ISSUE Most pooplo who get nheiid In this world start a NtivlngH account with thoir first cnrnlni;n nnd after 11 suffi cient amount Ih sot by to make, tho llrst payment on a home, purchiiHO Ib mado, with nolo und mortgago for tho balance Ily this sytem they hnvo tlio uho of tho homo from llio start their pay ments monthly on account nro buying thnm something nnd within a Rhort tlmo thoy own their homo. Iivory thlng paid Is a gain. Not so when pitying ront. Hvorythlng paid Ih a loss. So It la with our rond problem. We havo boon doing tho same as paying annually a small amount which has been paid out for smrll repairs hore and now work there. Still nt tho end. we havo paid out a lnrgo amount and have nothing to show for the pay ments tho roads are practically as bad today as when we atarted, wltn the exception of tho few miles of hard surface recently placed. Why continue to pay rent 7 The legislature of 1917 did one good deed If nothing else. They favored tho Htato by passing to tho people for their approval 11 law which will enable tho stnto to secure roiulH lmmcdlntoly by n bond issuo of $,000,0()0. Tho money will bo available. $1,000,000 In 1017. $2,000,00 In I!) IS. $3,000,000 In mi 9. Tho rate of Interest la only 4 pot cent. Within a few yours we will have htimlroilH of miles ot hnrd surface roads to be suro wo will havo to mortr.ngo tho stato to securo the money, but liko the man who mort gaged his home, we will have use of the roads whllo we are paying for them. Tho bill provides that tho bonds must bo taken up within 25 years, ono-twontloth each year after 5 years; that the payment of Interest and prin ciple bo taken care of from the auto mobile liconso fund and from the pres ent one-quarter mill stnto tax; that there shall bo no qroater cost to the tax payer and that tho automobiles pay for their own roads. Vote for tho bond Issue and stop paying rent BETTER ROADS BOOSTER. ' WILSONWOK OATH pflRENTS- DAVflT WASHINGTON, Mar. B. Hanked by thousands, upon thousands of his countrymen, rrosldcnt Wilson was lu ducted Into his second term today. .Tho Bplrlt of tho tlmo harked back to tho duys ot Lincoln. Tho thrill and solemnity of war wns stamped upon tho simple, dumocrntlc ceremony, tho 11 strain of peace run through tho pro ceedings, too. Kisses Book. It w;s Just 12:17 o'clock when Wil son kissed tho Bible, completing tho oath which ho hud taken twice within two days. Standing with burod head, ho ac- ci'pted the Boletmi, serious gift of nation still at pence, but touched on 1111 sides by tho llamos of war. Behind tho blaro of murtlal music, behind tho patriotic clamor of tho throngs, behind tho pomp and splon dor ot marching soldiers, murines. civilians, tho war note rang clear. The president was preceded to his place on Hio platform by membors of tho United States supremo court In their somber judicial robes. Puts It On. Then followed tho diplomatic corps, which took seals to tho left ot the platform. Tho senr.te nnd houso marched down In a body nnd sat nt the rear ot tho platform. Tne president wore no overcoat when ho took hlo scat outsido, but within a very few minutes tho raw wind proved too Much nnd Mrs. Wil son ordered him to don an overcoat and his hat. He did. Then, apparently feeling tho crowd noeded a little exercise, he stood up and waved his sillc hat Tho crowd choered wildly. SCH001SAPPR0VED BY SUPL CALAVAN Barents' nnd school fair day wns ob served In 1110 schools ot Clackamas county Friday. At every school In tho county parents visited in large numbers and inserted tho work of the pupils. .Superintendent Cnlavau visited eight schools during tho course of the day. At each of them, he reported, he found pleasing examples of work in science, manual training and other de partments. He standardized the Springbrook school, Miss Dele Lovell, teacher. WASHINGTON, March is-Wood row Wilson retired as president of the United- State Sunday and imme diately bora me preiident fur another four-year term. He was formally Inaugurated Sunday, with Chief J unt il White officiating. Today Wood- row Wilson was publicly inaugurated. following are extracts from the president's inaugural speech today: Although we have centered coun sel and action with such unusual con centration and suoceai upon the great problems of domestic legislation to which we addressed ourselves fourl years ago, other matters have more and more forced themselves upon our attention, matters lying outside our own life aa a nation and over which we had no control, but which, despite our wish to keep free of them, have drawn us more and more irresistibly into their own current and influence. Keep Calm "It has been impossible to avoid them. They have affected the life of the whole world. It has been hard to preserve calm counsel while the though of our own people swayed this way and that under their influence. "We are world citizens. "We have been deeply wronged upon the seas, but we have not wished to wrong or injure in return. we are obliged to arm ourselves to make good our claim to a certain minimum of right and freedom of action. "We desire neither conquest not advantage. "These are the things we stand for, whether in war or in peace: Real Peace "That all nations are equally in terested in the peace of the world and in the political stability of free peo ples and esually responsible for their mantenance; "That the essential principle of peace, Is the actual equality ot nations in all matters of right or privilege; "That peace cannot securely or justly restupon an armed balance of power; "That governments derive all their just powers from the consent of the governed, and that no other powers should be supported by the common thought, purpose or power of the fam ily of nations; "That the seas should be equally j free and safe for the use of all peo-1 pies, under rules set up by common agreement and consent, and that, so far ns practicable, they should be ac cessible to all upon equal terms; Limit Armament "That national armaments should be limited to the necessities of nation al order and domestic safety; "That the community of intesest and of power upon which peace must henceforth depend Imposes upon each nation the duty of seeing to it that all influences proceeding from its own citizens meant to encourage or assist revolution in other states should be sternly and effectually suppressed and prevented. "Tho shadows that now lie dark upon our path will soon be dispelled and we shall walk with the light all about us." TO ECILL VERY 8001 in OCA E II L TRY ONCE AGAIN ATJUNEELECTI01I WASHINGTON. March 7. The sen nte of the United Sutes having agreed to curb filibustering. President Wilson bus determined to call congress In ex tra sealon about April 1. When congress reassembles It will find that the president has acted In the matter of arming merchant ships. It w ill not be requested to confer such uuthorlty upon the chief executive It may be asked to empower him to employ "such other Instrumentalities and. methods" as may In bis judgment be necessary and adequate to protect American vessels and American cltl x -ns In their lawful and peaceful pur suits upon the high seas. TONGS AT DEATH EDIE I! GRIPS INSANHNCISCO PORTLAND, Ore, March 7. "No quarter" Is the cry of the warring Chinese tongs and the Intent now Is complete extermination of all enemies. Members of the six societies involved expect to shoot or be shot on sight Backed by strong war chests, with an abundance ot automatics, revolv ers and ammunition, and spurred on by deepest hatred, the belligerent tongs are now engaged In one ot the greatest wars ever staged on the Pa cific coast - -' - Before it Is ended It promises to eclipse all previous troubles. On one side are"" merchants with practically unlimited financial resources. On the other are tongmen who make up In aggressiveness and daring what they lack In money. Each faction desires above all else to so weaken and humble the other that In the future there will be only ono undisputed master tong. Nine victims fell before tong gun men In San Francisco bay cities today. WOMAN RESCUED Buried Alive By Mexican Digs Way Out Another attempt lo divide Clatka maa county and create a n Caarada county lo the eastern auction la on foot, recording to reports which are given wide credanca locally. Tba I. te.t move of lbs dlvlsloolats la lo put Ih proposition to the volar ot the county al a sixxiul lriloa lo be held June 4, In connwtloa llh the road bond lsaui election. Will Try Again. At that time the idvorsti-s will try to make Cascade county a twl by ob taining t'j per cent of tt.a vote caat In tbe affected part of Clarkama county and 35 per rent of iba vole caat In tbe remainder of Ih vounty. According to a law, paaacd In 1913. a new county can be divided by vote of the people of Iho county. If thoae percentage of affirmative votee are obtained. ftms Probable. If the move actually Is made, as It seems probabla It will. It will be tbe third effort of the people of the east ern part ot the county to obtain a s-at of county government nearer to their homes. In 1712 they placed the matter be fore tbe people of tbe stale at a gen eral election, but It was snowed under by a heavy negative vote. Tho following year the Icglslutura mado It possible for the people of any county to pass on the question of di vision themselves, specifying that the section which was to form the new county should favor the measure by a vote of 6i per cent of the voters living there, and the other part of the county by 35 per cent Withholds Right However, the legislature withheld to itself the prerogative of dividing a county by legislative enactment In case the lawmaking body cared to authorize a division. For this reason the people living In the Cascade district at the last scsalon attempted io get the legislators to put through a bl'l creating a new county. Killed by senate. The bill passed the house and died in the senate. The new move is the last within the range offered the ad vocates ot the new county, although It would be possible for them to put the matter up for a vote at any other time, or to get a bill Introduced r.t the next legislature. Owing to the fact that the election will be held at the same time as the road bond election, tbe cost to the county will be very little. It is under stood that petitions will be In circula tion soon. A delegation from Euta cada was In Portland Thursday, ar ranging certain legal preliminaries. JAPAN HAPPY OVER FROM FLAMES BY PLUCKY NEIGHBORS 5j'JSji'Sij HAWtEY MILL GROWING Weston. O-W. R. ft N. company will fill high crooked trestle over Deep creek. Orowth of an Oregon Clt- in- S dustry, is illustrated by the 1916 ? record of the Hawley. Pulp & Pa- ? per company. j r Men employed 425 Pay roll per year $400,000 Logs consumed, board $ Measure feet 18,761,000 ? Products, 1916, pounds ? & Wood pulp 14,700.000 Sulphite 20,350,000 J Paper 36,450,000 ? Whore Marketed: $ Idaho, Montana, Colorado, $ ? Utah, Oregon, Washington, Call- ? fornla, Columbia. $ By April of this year, enlarge- mcnts of the Hawley plant will $ -$ be completed to double its out ? put making possible the employ- S ment of 200 more men. S Rushing back into her burning homo when she remembered some valuable papers which were endang ered, Mrs. Benjamin Howes, of Mulino, would have been burned to death it Arthur Mallat and Joshua Mallat. neighbors, had not dashed Into the blazing building Hnd carried her out The blaze broke out at 2 o'clock Tuesday. Flames soon wrapped tho building. Neighbors rushing In saved such furniture as they cou'd reach, but this did not amount to much. At a tlmo when the house was clearly doomed, Mrs. Howes suddenly started back Into the building. Only the quick action of tho Mallat brothers prevented her from being lost. Both Mrs. Howe nnd her husband are elderly people. For a long time they have lived in n littlo house in Mulino. The cause of tho fire has not been determined. Thero was no In surance. PHOENIX, Ariz., March 7 Buried alive by two Mexicans, who thought they had killed him when robbing him of his last $3, Chris Rasmussen, a prospector, dug him self out of his shallow grave hours afterward and staggered into Crown King, miles away. Armed posses are searching Crown King hills tonight for the two thieves. Rasmussen, in company with the two Mexicans, was on a pros pecting tour of the mountains. Miles away from any camp, the Mexicans suddenly attacked Ras mussen and beat him Into Insen sibility. Then they buried him and fled. Ill AND GERMANY TOKIO, March 7. The diplomatic rupture between tho United States and Germany was welcomed with en thusiusm throughout Japan. The press devoted columns to the news. Attorney General Says Lane Can't Be Recalled By Voters SALEM, Or., March 6. Because United States Senator Lane is a fed eral officer he cannot be reached by the recall law, according to an unoffi cial verbal opinion rendered today by Attorney General Brown. WILSON REHISES TO KNUCKLE UNDER TO "I WILL ARM SHIPS DESPITE ALL MISER'S DOZEN; Traitor Gets Five Years in Pen; Sold Secrets to Germany MINNEAPOLIS, March 7. Paul L. Schurfenberg, of St. Paul, a private in Company L, 1st Minnesota in fantry, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., February 5, by a court martial at San Antonio, for furnishing mili tary Information to Germany. WASHINGTON, March 7. Ameri can merchant ships are to be armed by the United States government and sent on their voyages to the ports ot the seven seas 'regardless of submar ines, "barred zones" and other ob stacles which the war has, placed in the path of American commerce. President Wilson definite'y decided on this step today. Fortified with the opinion of the attorney general that he has the authority to make such a move with the approval of administra tion supporters in congress and the le gal advisers of the government, the president is convinced that he is act ing within his rights, even though the congressional approval which he sought before the daath of the Sixty fourth congress was withheld. The president called to the White House this morning six Democratic senators who have been active in be half of administration measures Owen of Oklahoma, Walsh of Montana Swan- 1 son of Virginia, Smith of Georgia, Reed ! of Missouri and James ot Kentucky I and informed them of his decision. He also took up with them and approved the proposition of changing the senate rules toward a modified form of cloture which will hereafter prevent at:y "lit tle group of wilful men" from holding up legislation vitally affecting the nation. Germans Fail To Get By with India Plot; U. S. Agents To Fast WASHINGTON, Mar. 7. German plots to foment revolutions in India, which date back many years before the European war, were said at the state department to be entirely un der control as far as operations in this country are concerned.