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TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAN. TIIUESDAT. FEBRUARY 15, 1917.
REVOLT
RAPIDLY
SPREADING
III CUBA
Lansing Cables Second Warn
ing and Wilson Approves
Sales of Munitions.
ZAYAS BELIEVED ELECTED
Suggestion Offered That XTprisInj
Was Precipitated by President
by Causing Arrest of Po
i litlcal Enemies.
WASHTNOTONr, Feb. 14. Reports
telling of the spread of the Liberal re
volt in tuba aroused such apprehension
here today that Secretary Lansing
cabled a second warning to the people
of the republic that the United States
would not regard as legal any govern
ment set up by violence. The message
went to Minister Gonzales at Havana
and to every American Consul to be
circulated all over the Island.
Mr. Lansing pointed out the responsi
bility of the United States in connection
with Cuba and Intimated clearly that
revolution was not to be tolerated.
Warlike Mo-re Not Planned.
Minister Gonzales' reports of the
growth of the revolt were submitted by
the State Department to the Secretaries
of War and Navy as promptly as they
were received. In neither of the mili
tary departments was there Indication
that any warlike move was being pre
pared In connection with the situation,
but because of the experience gained
In two previous interventions, military
operations could be Inaugurated in
brief time without much renewed study
of plans.
Secretary Baiter announced that with
the approval of the President a deal
had been closed yesterday for the sale
of 10.000 Army rifles and 2,000,000
rounds of ammunition to the Cuban
government. Negotiations for the pur
chase had been In progress for several
months.
Shipments to Be Hastened.
The President Is authorized by
statute to approve the sale of arms and
ammunition to Cuba, whose soldiers are
the only ones In the world other than
American who carry the United States
Army Springfield rifle. Shipment of
the guns and ammunition will be
hastened, as they will be needed by
President Menocal to arm his volun
teers. Official news from' Cuba convinced
the Administration that the rebellion
already has assumed greater propor
tions than had been expected. De
velopments of the movements were re
ported from widely separated points,
and the Cuban government's call for
volunteers served to support the suc
cesses claimed by the rebels.
Reports of the special election that
was announced for today In Santa
Clara and which was expected to de
termine beyond doubt the winner In the
presidential election had not been re
ceived at the State Department late today.
Information already received from
Cuba has made It appear that there- was
no doubt Dr. Alfredo Zayas. the Liberal
candidate, was elected. One suggested
cause for the present uprising was that
it had been precipitated by the Presi
dent when he ordered the arreBt of sev
eral civilians and army officers on the
charge of complicity In a plot to depose
him.
Woman Pleads for Son.
An appeal was received today from
Mrs. Rita Castellanos In New York,
urging the President to Intervene in
behalf of her soil, a young Lieutenant,
who Is reported to have been sentenced
to death on the charge of complicity in
the plot. Minister Gonzales in Havana
was instructed to make an Investiga
tion of the circumstance.
It became known after the transmis
sion of the warning to the Cuban peo
ple that a similar warning was sent to
every Central American country after
the overthrow of the Gonzales adminis
tration In Costa Rica.
3 IilBERAIiS APPROVE POLICY
Cubans In United States Scorn
Power Gained Illegally.
NEW YORK, Feb. 14. Dr. Orestes
Ferrara. Speaker of the Cuban House
of Representatives, and Dr. Ralmundo
Cabrera, now In this city as special
representatives of the directorate of the
Liberal party in Cuba, issued a state
ment tonight In which they approved
the attitude of the United States Gov-
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eminent as outlined In the note of
Secretary of State Lansing to the
Cuban people, warning that any gov
ernment that might be established by
revolt in Cuba could not be recognized
by this country.
The Liberal party, they declared,
"does not want to get into power by
force or illegal means."
GOVERNMENT TROOPS PCRSTJE
Rebel Colonel Reported Killed and
General Wounded.
HAVANA, Feb. 14. It Is reported
that Colonel Baldomero Acosta, Mayor
of Mariano, who is said to have led
the rebels engaged in a fight with
rural guards 40 miles from Havana
yesterday, has been killed and that
Major-General Enrique Loynaz del Cas
tillo, has been wounded. This report
has not been confirmed. Major-Gen-eral
del Castillo represented Cuba at
the fan ftrancisco Exposition.
The latest official communication
says government troops are closely
pusuing Colonel Acosta's force. Small
disturbances have occurred in Mataa
zas and Santa Clara provinces.
Confirmation was received today of
the revolt of Lieutenant-Colonel Qui
nones in Camaguey Province with 62
followers. Fighting is said to have
occurred in which Commander Salono,
recently sent to Camaguey to take
charge of the loyal forces, is reported
to have been killed. The government
would not confirm the report regard
ing Commander Solano.
in addition to the force of rurales
in Camaguey. troops numbering 800
under Colonel Collazo are marching to
attack the insurrectos. Wire commu
nication is still-Interrupted.
GERMAN" PLOT IS SUSPECTED
British Say Agents Have Long Been
Active In Cuba.
LONDON. Feb. 14. British officials
are interested in the news of the revo
lutionary outbreak In Cuba, where,
they assert, they have reason to sus
pect German agents have been at work
for a long time. Only a few weeks
ago Captain Hans Boehm, a German
army officer, was taken from the
Dutch steamer Zeolandla at Falmouth.
He had in his possession a chart of Santa
Lucia Bay, Cuba, where, according to
papers seized at the same time, Ger
man agents had secured an oil con
cession. It is the belief here that the
Santa Lucia project was being de
veloped by means of money sent from
New York to Havana.
The British naval authorities, while
they have failed to discover any Ger
man submarine base in the West In
dies, declare that they have 16ng had
reason to suspect the Intention of the
Germans to establish one there, and
as a consequence they look with sus
picion upon the Cuban oil project as
possibly a blind to hide the - estab
lishment of refuge from which sub
marines could operate.
Harbor of Santiago Mined.
SANTIAGO, Cuba, Feb. 14. By order
of the military commander of Santiago
the entrance of the harbor has been
mined. All ships entering this port are
required to take on a pilot as soon as
they reach Cuban waters. This order,
it- is explained, has been Issued for
protection.
TRAINING PUN OFFERED
ARMY GENERAL STAFF GIVES DE
TAILS TO WAR SECRETARY.
Kidney and Bladder weakness result
from uric acid, says a noted authority.
The kidneys filter this acid from the
blood and pass It on to the bladder,
where it often remains to Irritate and
Inflame, causing a burning, scalding
sensation, or setting up an irritation at
the neck of the bladder, obliging you to
seek relief two or three times during
the night. The sufferer is in constant
dread, the water passes sometimes with
a scalding Bensation and is very pro
fuse: again, there is difficulty in avoid
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. Bladder weakness, most folks call it,
because they can't control urination.
While It is extremely annoying and
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source of irritation to the. bladder and
urinary organs, which then act nor
mally again.
Jad Salts Is Inexpensive, . harmless,
and is made from the acid of grapes
and lemon Juice, combined with lithia.
and is used by thousands of folks who
are subject to urinary disorders caused
by uric acid irritation. Jad Salts is
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effects whatever.
Here you have a pleasant, efferves
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relieves bladder trouble.Adv.
ELL-ASMS
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Fall Year Is Absolute Minimum Fixed
tor Actual Service. Recommenda
tions to Be Made Public.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. A detailed
plan for the establishment of a Na
tional policy of universal military
training and service was laid before
Secretary Baker today by the Army
General Staff. It differs radically from
that provided for In the Chamberlain
bill, favorably reported Saturday by
the Senate military committee. In that
a full year of training would be re
quired as the absolute minimum. The
Senate bill is based on six months'
training.
The staff bill was submitted to each
of the 36 members of that body and
represents the consensus of their
opinion. It Is understood to have been
worked out in much greater detail
than the Senate bill, which leaves wide
departmental power to prescribe reg
ulations. Secretary Baker has Indi
cated that the recommendations of the
staff will be made public later, even
In the event that the plan does not
receive the Administration's approval,
so that it can serve as a basis for
discussion before the country after the
adjournment of Congress and can be
compared with the Senate plan. Advo
cates of universal service have urged
that a referendum be taken when
public sentiment has been crystallized
on the question.
In numerous publlo addresses Sec
retary Baker has made references to
compulsory service, which have been
Interpreted by some Army officers as
an indorsement of some such system,
but neither he nor President Wilson has
definitely committed himself. With the
staff and Senate bills now available,
many officials believe the question will
receive serious consideration at the
White House, particularly In view of
strained international relations.
OUTLAW SUSPECTS HELD
PAIR BELIEVED LEADERS OF GAJtG
OF HORSE THIEVES.
BRITISH SAY U-BOAT
PERIL IS
PRAM
Loss o Commerce From Eng
lish Ports Since February
1 Is One Ship in 35.
MANY ATTACKERS ARE SUNK
Wide Operations In Wyomlnjr, Nebraska
and Colorado by Well-Organised
Band Is Indicated.
VALENTINE, Neb., Feb. 14. Two men.
believed to be the leaders of an organ
ization of horse thieves who have been
operating In Colorado, Wyoming and
Western Nebraska, were arrested late
yesterday In the Wildcat Mountains,
near Gering, according to word re
ceived here tonight. A number of
horses, known to have been stolen,
were found in the possession of the
men.
Sheriffs from several counties In Wy
oming, Colorado and Nebraska, who
have been investigating what appeared
to be well-planned thefts of horses, are
certain the men. one or whom is called
Cunningham, arrested in the Wildcat
Mountains, are leaders of the large
gang which hae stolen horses for many
months in the Middle Western states.
Two men arrested in Laramie. Wyo.,
a few days ago will be held in connec
tion with the horse-stealing operations,
it was said.
Aviators' Bombs Kill Children.
BERLIN. Feb. 14. (By wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.) A dispatch from
Bruges. Belgium, to the Overseas News
Agency says that 16 children were
killed last Saturday by bombs dropped
by British aviators in a crowd of
skaters.
To Prevent the Grip.
Colds cause Grip Laxative Bromo Qulnlna
removes cautie. There Is only one "BHOMO
Ji.W.Grove's signature's, box. 2s
Prediction Made Germany Soon
Will Find Itself Without Sab
marines Enough to Continue ...
Ruthless Blockade.
BY ARTHUR 8. DRAPER. '
LONDON. Feb. 14. (Special.) Ger
many's campaign of submarine fright
fulness, heralded as a starvation meas
ure against Great Britain, which would
cut off the food supply of the United
Kingdom within six weeks, is slowly
revealing Itself as a phantom.
.every day the number of vessels
caught in the meshes of the U-boat
barrier drawn around the British Isles
with portentous solemnity by the
Kaiser's government is growing less.
The sinking of four ships today, of a
total of only 10,298 tons, indicates that
the- German hope of blockading her
greatest enemy is being smothered.
One of the brightest features in the
situation, according to British authori
ties. Is the fact that the number of
German submarines is being reduced
daily perhaps in a greater ratio than
in the case of their victims. If the de
struction of these undersea craft con
tinues at the present rate Germany
may speedily find herself without"
enough to continue the blockade, while
the shipping of Great Britain will have
been practically untouched.
"More ships have entered and left
English ports in the last few days than
for months past," said a high Admiralty
official today. His figures yesterday
showed that more ships had arrived
and departed than on any day for six
months. The average loss to commerce
going to and from British ports since
the campaign began on February 1 was
one ship out of every 85, the official
said.
Losses In Channel Small.
One of the most significant features,
the official pointed out, is found in the
effect of the "sink-on-slght" policy on
British naval communications in the
English Channel. Here, at a period
when a greater number of ships than
ever before are plying between Eng
lish and French "ports, the losses in
the last twottweeks have been extraor
dinarily small, he declared.
The first shock over, Britain has al
most come to a spirit of optimism re
garding the undersea attacks. Al
though all the responsible authorities
Admiral Jelllcoe, Lord Lytton, Sir Ed
ward Carson and Lord Beresford ad
mit the gravity of the situation and
predict the continuation of the high
tension for several weeks to come and
counsel against overconf ldence, naval
officers generally feel that the U-boats
will be taken care of now as they were
in the second year of the war.
While this daily toll of destruction
Is unquestionably lessening, nobody
doubts that Berlin, with an eye on
the coming western offensive, means
to carry on the campaign regardless
of the consequences. An Illustration of
this was furnished today in the sinking
of the American schooner Lyman M.
Law, carrying a non-contraband cargo
and with eight Americans Included in
the crew. The other ships reported
sunk today were the British steamers
Roanoke, Inishowen Head and F. D.
Lambert, the first named, measuring
3750 tons, being the largest. There
was no loss of life, according to re
ports. By these sinkings the German sub
marines brought their harvest for the
two weeks of the campaign up to 96
ships, of 206,172 tons an average of
about 15,000 tons a day.
Effect on France Ketglble.
The campaign has had almost as In
significant an effect on shipping entering-
and leaving French ports, ac
cording to Marcel Hutln, the excep
tionally well-informed editor of L'Echo
de Paris. On last Monday, M. Hutin
declared today, 112 French and neutral
vessels entered French ports a figure
that shows little decrease from the day
preceding the unrestricted submarine
campaign. "Ineffective." M. II u tin
terms the German effort.
All possibility of a German plea that
sha was ignorant of the nationality of
the American schooner Lyman M. Law
is forestalled by the official report de
claring that the crew from the subma
rine attacking her boarded and sunk
her by placing bombs In the hold.
In addition to this, there arrived to
night fresh warnings, which have been
published in semi-official organs of the
Berlin Foreign Office, announcing
categorically that if the steamers
Rochester, Orleans and JSL Louis enter
tne suDmarine zone tney will be sunk
without mercy.
BRITISH XAVI IS CONTTDEVT
High-Tension Submarine Operations
Do Xot Daunt British.
LONDON, Feb. 14. Although naval
officers here express the belief tha
submarine operations may continue at
high tension for a couple of months,
they show the utmost confidence in the
ability of the navy to cope with the
latest campaign with approximately
the same success as the campaign
against the U-boats in 1915.
An Admiralty official showed the
Associated Press the figures today of
arrivals and departures for yesterday
at English ports, indicating that a
larger number of vessels entered and
departed than on any day during the
past six months. Taking a day at
random during the period since the
latest war zone was declared, out of
140 British arrivals and departures,
only four vessels were sunk, and these
figures, according to the official, gave
an excellent idea of the percentage of
loss to vessels taking the risks.
In the English Channel, where Brit
ish communications are most vital. Ad
miralty officers say. the losses have
been extraordinarily small, at a time
when more ships than usual are being
routed through the channel.
NEUTRAIi CONVOY IS "IJIJICXE"
Germans Will Not Attack but Warn
Against Danger From Mines.
LONDON. Feb. 14. An Amsterdam
dispatch to Reuters says that an
obviously inspired article has been
published In a majority of the German
papers dealing with the convoy of neu
tral ships through the barred zone. The
article says that, convoyed or not, mer
chantmen in the restricted region will
be exposed to all the possibilities of
intensified submarine warfare.
It adds that submarines would not
attack neutral war vessels acting as
convoys, but that such vessels would
enter the prohibited zone at their own
risk in view of the danger from mines.
ington. Feb. 14. Representative Sln
nott today filled two vacancies in the
list of appointees at the West Point
Military Academy, appointing as prin
cipals Merrill C Jasper, of Baker, and
Ellis V. Williamson, of La Grande. As
alternates he appointed Clinton Ingle,
La Grande; Brynton B. Finch, Lake
view: Asa T. Williams. Baker, and Vir
gil R. Brattain, Lakeview.
BRANCH BANK IS ROBBED
Employes Forced Into Vault by Men
Who Escape in Auto.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 14. Two
masked men help up the Westlake
branch of the Home Savings Bank here
today on South Alvarado street, ordered
two employes Into the vault and es
caped with about 12500 in cash.
F. H. Soudera, teller In charge of the
branch bank, and W. C. Rowland, book
keeper, were forced into the open vault
at the point of a Vevolver. The money
on the counter and In drawers was
scooped into the bookkeeper's lunch
box and the two robbers escaped in an
automobile.
The robbers got more than $2000.
This is the second robbery of a branch
of the Home Savings Bank here within
IS months. On August 20, 1915, three
robbers entered the Boyle Heights
branch and escaped with 12373. They
were cornered later In a house in San
Francisco and one of them, George
Nelson, was killed in a revolver battle
with the police. William Juber was
captured and later convicted, while a
third bandit escaped.
Sinnott Names Cadets.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash-
BOY SHOOTS PLAYMATE
Rifle Used In Retaliation for Fall in
Wrestling Match.
BUTTE, Mont, Feb. 14. Glen Mc
Gready, aged 14, of Laurin, Mont., is
in a hospital here with a 80-80- rifle
bullet in his head as the result of what
seemed a friendly wrestling scuffle
with Chris Aren. another youth, at
their ranch yesterday.
McGready threw the Aren boy in
their wrestling match and then went
to the barn to attend to his work.
When he returned to the house, Aren
met him with the rifle and saying, "I'll
get you," fired the bullet, which lodged
in the boy's head. He will recover.
THAW'S CONDITION SERIOUS
Pennsylvania Governor Asks Action
Bo Held in Abeyance.
NEW YORK. Feb. 1. The District
Attorney's office received a letter from
Governor Brumbaugh, of Pennsylvania,
saying the condition of Harry K. Thaw
was still serious and asking that any
action here be held in abeyanoe until
Thaw was able to Jesve the hospital in
Phlladelphia.
Thaw is under indictment here in
connection with the alleged whipping
he Inflicted on Fred Gump, Jr a Kan
sas City youth. Christmas night.
PRIZE INCLUDES NEUTRALS
French Dcpfaty Would Reward All
Who Sink Submarines.
PARIS, Tuesday. Feb. 18. A prize of
500,000 francs for the crew of any
French, allied or neutral vessel which
succeeds In destroying an attacking
submarine is provided for In a resolu
tion Introduced in the Chamber of Dep
uties today by Andre Lefevre.
The resolution says that the Germans
are attacking without distinction ships
of all nationalities, armed or unarmed
and that this creates a new situation
which xust by no means be neglected.
WILSON READY TO. ACT
(Continued From First Pas;.)
from experience as head of his firm's
transactions in war orders for the en
tente allies.
It was said today that It was en
tirely possible the Government would
take no steps towards actually fur
nishing arms to American ships unless
and until the President decides he
should go before Congress.
While the State Department takes the
position that the Government has tne
right to furnish the guns, other ques
tions which make the question more
complex have arisen. The greatest of
these is the determination of the Presi
dent to do noth'ng which might give
Germany the excuse in any trouble
which may follow to place the respon
sibility upon the United States.
Consul Treadway at Rome forwards
dispatches today showing that the Law
was sunk by "an Austrian submarine
without flag," apparently by placing
a bomb aboard after the vessel had
been stopped. The reports indicate that
the vessel was illegally sunk, as her
cargo of lumber is not considered con
traband by this Government and that
the recognized rule of the sea that a
war craft must show its flag before
taking hostile action was violated.
Austrian Phase Serious.
Most serious of the -aspects of the
case is the statement that the sub
marine was Austrian. In replying to
the queries that will be sent to Vienna
as to the facts of the sinking, it is
thought more than probable that
Austria may make some statement
which will precipitate the expected
break with that country. Officials have
admitted that Austria has sent a sub
marine note identical with Germany's,
but so far this country has held off
from extending the severance of rela
tions to that country.
The question of the armament of
American merchantmen seemed to be
temporarily disposed of today by the
official statement that there were no
guns in the country to be had by ship
owners unless the Government pro
vided them, and the strong intimation
that the President expects to go before
Congress again before committing the
Government to a policy of furnishing
arms.
- Congress Will Be Consulted.
President Wilson is said to feel that
he promised Congress he would consult
that body again before he took the next
step towards protecting American lives
and property on the high seas, and that
official participation in the armament
of merchantmen would constitute such
a next step.
The detention by Germany of the 92
American sailors brought in as prison
ers on the prize ship Yarrowdale will
result in a peremptory demand for
their release within a few days.
Reports in answer to queries by the
State Department already are coming
In from the outlying possessions of
the United States -as to the treatment
of German crews there, and a complete
statement on that subject will be sent
to Germany as soon as possible, ac
companied by the demand for the
freedom of the American sailors held
in Germany.
Exclusive of the 72 Yarrowdale pris
loners. it is thought the number of na
tive Americans in Germany has fallen
since the break from about 500 to less
than 250, with perhaps another 50 in
Austria. The exact number of native
Americans in Bulgaria and Turkey,
who probably cannot be reached in
any circumstances, is unknown.
Factory Workers Need 40 Homes.
NORTH YAKIMA, Wash., Feb. 14.
(Special.) Forty new cottages will be
needed at once for families of beet
sugar factory, workers, according- to a
.Thursday, Friday and Saturday
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In the house where no one is allowed to laugh. Still
loyal; still loving him; but oh, so lonesome. Lots of
gladness, just enough sadness. A story you will be
glad to see. A story we are glad to show. Jensen &
Yon Herberg, Mgrs.
THE ROAB
AGENT
is a comedy from Sennett's Key
stone Fun Foundry, with Harry
McCoy and Slim Potal. Made for
laughing only.
A THIRTY-THIRD
DEGREE
SNOWBIRD
is the most remarkable Picture
we have ever shown.
jlODlLffllMllDi
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temple of the motion Picture and Shrine
of music and JJ! Heel Arts
COMING SUNDAY: -
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AW&Ki the-draw Bad Man.
survey made by officials of the Utah
Idaho Sugar Company, which Is erect
ing a factory here. The company
Itself will build the houses -unless lo
cal capital becomes ' interested.
Chicago Bridges Guarded.
CHICAGO. Feb. 14. Chicago's 44
bridges, valued at $20,000,000, were or
dered guarded today against possible
damage by some fanatic.
Centralis Telegraph Man Returns.
CENTRA LI A, Wash, Feb. 14. (Spe
cial.) Rex Miles, local manager of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, is
with the Washington Signal Corps,
which arrived at Vancouver today from
the border. Mr. Miles was a member
of Company M when the state troops
were mustered Into the Federal service
last June, but owing to his aMlity was
transferred to the Signal Corps shortly
after his arrival at Calexico. will
resume his duties here as soon as he is
mustered out.
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