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VOL. XXXV.
WORLD'S DOINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
Brief Eesze of General News
fraAilxcrJthskrli
CTSS'l RATTDCaGS CI A KOI
Uvs News Items of Ail Nations and
Pacific Northwest Condensed
for Our Busy Readers.
Two mor drednaughu and four
battle cruiser ar to b provided by
congr at this saaelen.
The rapid advene In th prlc of
gJln spur congrea to push IU In
vestigation M to th nun,
Six thouMnd out of 10,88 J slgna
turM on a rcll petition In 8n Fran
cisco hav bon declared fraudulent
Chang Chow Fu, ono of tka largeat
eltlM In China, baa declared iu Ind.
pendenc of tho government of Yuan
m Kal.
A lJ,000-ton RuMlan tramport with
troop and war materials aboard waa
unk by a Turklah submarine in tha
Black Ma on March SO.
A Salem, Oro., woman aliithtlng
, from buggy, tripped on ina laprou,
which caused her to fall head ftrrt on
tha curbing, killing her Inatanlly.
llnlvaraltv of Ore eon students of
Journalism taka ontlra cbarg of tha
lltrUt arvl renortorlal department
of tha Euirana Dally Guard for on
waek.
Lloyda raporta that tha Brltlah bark
Bangairn haa boon aunk by a aub
mvtrw. " Part of Uia craw war picked
up. It la aald tha vl waa not
armed.
Constantinople" dispatch aay that
tha Turklah troopa on tha Caucaalan
rt haw MMlvad eoneldarabl rein-
forcemanu and that tha Kuaalan
offtnalv baa been checked. Recently
tha only fighting haa been among amall
detachmenta. . .-..
nraaldant Wllaon olaM to OCCUPJT
'"Shadow Lawn," tha aummar homo in
vi. juo AfrMut him h tha neoule
r the atat. aa aoon aa eongraaa ad
journ. In caaa oongraaa iainaaaalon
a. .!., Ka itimnuf ha nrohablv will
apand wek-nda thara before adjourn
ment
; A claah batwaan Haitian UndiU and
polic In Northaaat Haiti la reporter
la tha Navy department by Admiral
rnartim. United State for war
not involved In th fighting." On po
)lc man waa killed and thra wounded,
whila tha outlawa loet aeveral killed
and a numbar captured. ,. .
A llavaa dlapatch from Athana aaya
th Bulgarian government uae
that It haa arivan ordar for
evacuation of polnta on Creak territory
occupied by Bulgarian troopa. Bul
garia aaaurad Greece of tha Intention
to do everything poaaiul to maintain
1 rlandlv ralatloM between tha two na
tion.
rwtns tn a atriVa amort? tha dairy
man who aupply Chicago with milk, It
la aald there la only a three-day aupply
Of milk for W? WWI. in gairynwn
ara endeavoring to force the distrib
utor to pay mor for their product.
by holding back 1,000,000 quarU a
day, and of thia 600,000 quart are
being fed to the pig.
. An account of tha torpedoing of tha
Franco-Russian hospital ahlp Portugal
I. th. nuti sua March 80. with the
loaa of many Uvea, Including thoae of
Rod Croaa omcial and tsiaiara 01 vnar
' Ity, waa cablod from Petrograd to the
d..i. imluai at Washington and
nmhablv will be filed with the State
department for ita information. Tha
T.,.Li.h onnmnuint haa officially de
nied that any of ita lubmarlne made
tha attack, and it ia assumed In allied
diplomatic quartern here that tha Port-
nral waa the Victim OI an Austrian
craft. . -;
The municipal woodyard of Portland
thuiaand corda ' of Wood.
and no one tee mi to know what be
came of It.
Two masked robbera attempted to
bold up a Saattla bank, but a young
lady atudent of tha University of
Washington, who waa the only cua
tomer In the bank at tha time, argued
and protected with the men until way
bad to flee or be captured.
Captain Hana Tauacher, husband of
Johanna Gadakl, tha opera alnger, and
aald to be an officer In tha Germany
navy, waa errerted In New York on a
warrant charging him with being con
cerned In an alleged conspiracy to blow
up tha Welland canal In Canada.
An Investigation Into tha enormoua
increase in the price of gasoline haa
been ordered by the aenate.
. After killing every one of the 172
men In the garrison at Guerrero, Fran
cisco Villa Is aaid to have moved north
ward, according to unofficial Informa
tion secured by General Funston.
All foot and mouth diaeaeti quaran
tines and restrictions on the shipment
of livestock ara removed by an order
Issued by tha department of Agricul
ture, and the announcement ia made
- that the country Is now entirely free
of tha Bcourg,,
mm caym agaim rout
VILA BANDITS; TUBOY KH1ID
Ban Gerotilmo, Chihuahua Via aero-
plan to Cotonla Dublan and by wire
less to Columbus, N. M. Two hundred
American cavalryman under Colonel
W. C. Brown, Tenth cavalry, defeated
an equal force of Vlllieiaa in m sec
ond engagement of tha campaign at
Aguaa Callentee, 80 ml lea north of
Cuerrero, on April 1.
This report waa made to General
Pershing Wednaedsy by two Mexican
ranchman, who aald that tha Mexican
fnreaa iuet 10 man and 40 boreee, while
the Americana Buffered no casualties.
Villa waa not with the band, accord
ing to tha ranchmen, who assarted
that tha 'American troopa believed at
first they had encountered the bandit
chieftain. An Investigation showed
that ha bad not been with tha detach
ment.
For houra tha American cavalrymen
followed Manued Lope, one of Villa a
JUDGE C A. DOUGLAS
7
j,,.. CMmrimm A. Doualaa la Uia la
i arfuiur a tha Carransa faction and
repreeent It In legal metiers m
uiuM.irfiuL Ma la a wall-hnown law
yer and haa handled many Internation
al eases.
it anl hl handita. throuirb
tortuoua winding canyona and almost
Impaaaabl traila of W mouniaina.
n.n..i. th thee had eluded their
pursuer the bandita relaxed their vig
ilance and before they realised It they
were confronted by the troopa of the
Tenth cavalry, General Ferehing'e old
i.t .hlh had bean atationed
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near the town to Intercept stray bands
attempting to ma tneir eecape.
rti tha nut munr dataila of th
ensuing engagement were brought her
by the Mexican ranenmen, nn m
mn nanacta It resemble mat pi a
..I .m, at Ran Rronlmo. Immedi
tely the bandiU realised tha presence
of American troop way oegan a nur-
r ad. d sortran sed nigni irom uicir
camn. some Belling their poniea and
others try ng 10 maae vneir eet
. Thu want alnfflv and in small
B4W. " - F. -
nartiea. all firing at th American
tha .! Nona took. aim.
tha ranchmen aaio, ana aa
nnna of tha bullets found a anaai-ciaa
mark. ' '
Principal Resaits of Tuesday flcdions.
v1lnr,i- lm m lummirv of tha
A VIJV V ew w T -
ai.ltanf last Tuesday's elections held
u ..w..l aaatarn atataa and citiea:
Chicago Democarta carry 21 wards
tnr Aldarman: Mayor Thompson loses
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Rnmihl leans make sweep in Kansas
Social Democrat lead for mayor of
Milwaukee.
Butte, Mont, retires all Socialists.
u.n VnrA InaHa Senator Smith
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Raniihllcan choice for President in
Michigan, but lead la being cut down.
Mnaknma- Ok la.. Koea Democratic
MMIna and Waukeiran. 111., oust S-
lu.na. Rlnnmlnirtnn and LockDort. for-
W I .w.--- & - -
marly dry, go wet; women vote Mo
line dry and feminine vot makes Eaat
Dubuque wet
North Platte. Neb.. Eoea dry for
Raracra and Clara counties. Michi
gan, added to dry column.
Standard Oil Boycotted.
Pittaburg The Pittsburg Auto Deal
m aaanciatlon has declared a boycott
on tha Standard Oil company until the
price of gasoline la lowerea. u nwni-
i ntu1mu1 thnmaalvea not to
WD jiiw,
use ffasoune xrom we bukbwi cvm-
nanv. John J. Boll, president oi ine
association, haa written to tha council
that tha Standard com-
uuiimiiumg - -
pany'a contemplated move In Installing
numerous small gasoline lanne yn
.t. nnnanmnra ha nrohibited. The
company ia planning this move to com
bat the auto dealers.
Parole Refused Youtsey.
Frankfort, Ky. Parole waa refused
Wednesday by tha State oo&ra oi prie
.ntnmUainnAra to. Hanrv Youtsev.
convicted 16 years ago of conspiracy in
tha aaaasa nat on of uovernor uoeoei
and sentenced to life imprisonment
Youtsey is the only person among
tha six accused of complicity in the
asssaBinstion who is serving a prison
term. Tha others either were so
ouittad or received executive clem
ency.
WESTON, OHEOON, FRIDAY, APIUI
CARRANZA COLONEL
REPORTED IN REVOLT
meriai Officers Crefit tor
M Cano Has Joined Yik
TRAIL Of BANDIT LEADER $ LOST
ershing Now Thought Deceived As
to Villa's Injury Systematic
Search to Be Continued.
El Paeo. Tel. Th queatlon of tha
loyaty of tha Carransa troopa baa
again coma vary near to tha for oar
folllowlng persistent report that Col.
Cano, tha Carrama commander at
N.mlmilna. haa iolned Villa.
Andrea Garcia, tha Carransa consul
l k.. ..r.il tn eradit theae r-
porta on tha ground that Cano ia a bit-
UrptnoniltMinj oi
I- a U- eaklnrw llAa han llUt&rd
HnUiw U1S iPVvaaas.jfc
from the Naroiquipa commmnder for
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rt.. rfinart Information that baa
coma from Namlqulpa since then haa
been a paragraph In a dispatch f rom
Gen. Pershing In which it waa atated
that half the garrison at the town bad
disappeared and It waa sua ported soma
. ..' r . 1 Will-
or mem naa joinew
Americana who arrived her from
-in... rit Rnndav aaserted that
CoL Cano waa with the Vllliataa de
MHItHM"Mi '
feated near Guerrero ny vol uooa.
AntnnlA Tex. Gen. Funston
Sunday waa in receipt of State depart
ment information In regard to condi
tion. In Chihuahua and other parte of
Mexico, but refused to make it puouc,
i. atatad at hia headnuartera. how
ever, that there appeared to be reason
to believe that Urt. teno, wnw
i...ii. nt tha heavier forces
anlnat Villa, had revolted against
Carransa and bad joined viua.
c. a.nln Ta Unleea Francia-
eoWllla la definitely located within the
next day or two it I believed here
that Gen. Pershing will begin a dogged
aearch for him in the mountains west
and eoiith of Guerrero. Sine the
j.. . -e vnia'a fHa Marcn zs. in
and near Guerrero, Gen. Pershing has
had lightly equipped moon
menu of cavalry aweeping whirling
fashion through the district boom me
. i t,t tha Santa Maria river.
tn effort to locate me eiumvw uaiiv
rcuavBu w - - - a - -
wl tn hava omna in mat airocuoo
Biivr uvina - j
r Li.. AlA nnt nt a renort
through to Gen. Funston Sunday, but
hia chlei or atan reponeo. inuii.au..
thatth Una) of communication waa
maintained ana no menvion
t villa aa mada. There ia in-
newa v . i.iw "
creasing belief that Gen. Pershing
l - Jaalvad In recrard to
mai utw -- .
the direction taken by Gen. Villa and
even concerning nia mjunw. ov.
report Indicated that h waa not In-
1 A .11 inataad at tmlniT nOTth-
eaat of Guerrero ha had moved into the
hills to the south and east, a direction
American officers had expected him to
tax. .
Band Meters and CoascHntca
Mix Over license; Three Sboitcd
CI riM Tn a Hitched battle On
the streets of Turner Saturday night
a a avl Sa-V liaeul
between memDera oi me i un
ami member of tha city council assist
d by partisans of each faction, three
men were stabbed, one probably f atal-
uie - .Ida, vaaldAnta of TUT-
1IU a IWI, VVMV
ner suffered from bruised beada aa a
i. atmi.lr hv rltiha and
rocks which wer need freely In the
melee. '; ' ' -
The trouble aroa during a periorin
ance of a carnival company, which had
i h tha Turner band to
unu nv J
give a benefit entertainment The
i j !t Ktit waa atannad bv tha
.. .t.ol An nntav nf tha Council.
til. J uwDtm w. v. - -
because the carnival company
paid the M license which ia required
....1iniT ahnwa. Tha bandmen pro-
taatad tha coUncil'B action and the
klM faallnm raaulted In ClaM in
UlbVW . w .
front of the ahow grounds.
Jaws Sent to Siberia.
New York The Russian govern
ment haa decreed that Jewish hostages
t .nk. and other Galician cit-
1IVIU
ies, who are now in Kiev, and tnose
who have been expelled irom uutcia.
. I t fiihcrla. accordillir to
H1UBI. W avu .v .
information obUlned by the American
Jewish committee. 1 no aecree oi
tn Siharia (a Raid to have been
in response to the Jewa' petitiona for
release from arresi ana porauiuu w
thalr native COUntTV. NoH-
rvvuiii w wv .
Jewish hosUges may choose places 6f
residence outside me military epne.
Smyrna Forta Destroyed.
London Forts St George and San
Llf mm wll mm tha OUJr COUUU Q9-
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-a.A. A Cinuyna WAffl Heatroved Fri
Idiictvcs ia. - v -
day in a three hours' bombardment by
a British warsaip, saya a oiepaicn w
tha Times from Salonikl. The Turks
AM nnt ranlv to the fir of th WSX-
San Jak Is the chief work eommand
in tha antranca to . Smvrna harbor.
St Geroge Is about three mile to the
southeast
unini iiiim nirr TA Alffll
5000 n AKn-amouc o
tl. hlll MaaaTha local C01D-
nanv of sUU militia was called upon
by Mayor Albert U 3artlett Tuesday
night to assist me police in convronn.g
a crowd of 6000 persons concerned In
a riotous demonstration In tha vicinity
of tha city hall. Many windows were
broken by missilaa.
The crowd assembled aa tha result
of an attempt to hold the meeting In
the city hall ror discussion oi state aiu
tnm urfi.n arhnola. Tha meeting
waa regarded a anti-Catholic Thonv
aa E. Leyden, r Bomerviiie, wno w
announced aa a former Roman Catholie
prleat had been advertised as the
speaker. When tha hour for the meet-
Ing arrived tne crowo in ironv w
h.ll waa ao dense that the polic decid
ed that the meeting could not be bold
and the doors were closed.
For aeveral hour the crowd, in-
creased In sise by curious citizens,
marched up and down the street ahout-
Ina-and committing various acta oi
Umr u Amu la tha Braaldent of
the Tariff Commission league and for
year has been a.faremaat worker In
the eause repreeefltea oy tnax aani
cation, tha reasonable edjuetmant ef
th Uriff on boat
minor mischief.
Eleven falsa alarms or nre were
rung in a if by a preconcerted plan.
fn .1 urtl nr til CUT.
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RiiiiiF tha nnlica Dowerleas. tne
.... A-rtAaA ahont 11 o'clock to Seek
the aid or tne miliua. n awoiwi
tka militia airaal on the fir alarm
had the effect of bringing to the scene
mora thousands, curious aa to wnai ac-
.. .ha ltin anldlara would take.
on. aartinn of the crowd around the
kniMina- a-ant to tha residence of Dr.
HarhortEL Wale BJM1 BlMCKeO UIB
u i u. a - -.
house. " ' . .' ''
r. Waiaa was interested tn Ley-
den's coming here. The residence of
Rev. Franklin Babb, another of the
tha maetincr waa treated
ll( Ullivvvi v v. a
... . . . . . .a .1. . .nJ
in similar rasnion. ran oi ure aww
went to the home of Alderman Charles
Hnvt commissioner of public saxety,
1 M.J, a itamnnatration.
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The rooms of the National ciuo
afltalrntfl , anfl Ufl IUTmBIl I1K.
wrecked. Squads of police were sent
to guard the residences oi mo mayor
and other memDera oi me city govern
ment - ' "" ;',
Via. Uowoucdcd. With Only 8
Kco, Kahns Rate w Parrai
V. Paao Francisco Vila, unwounded
and accompanied by only eight men.
at afflvn &u miles sou in oi vui-
huahua city, two daya ago, according
to information received here Tuesday
fmm Mnxlcan sourcea.
If this informauon ia correct k
bears out previous report that tne
bandit chief is headed .toward Parrai
and i leading hia American pursuers
ht last 60 miles. The nearest
.int t stoo which the Americans
fwwn. ara lrnnwn to have reached ia
Ran Antnnta. KU m iei W uio nwwr
wvi , . .
The route said to , hay been taaen
by Villa ia one with which he ia thor
oughly familiar and which, indeed, ia
known smoni? the peons aa "Pancho a
road." .
Cold Kills Taxaa Stock.
Dallas. Tex. After rising slightly
further Tuesday, the Trinity river at
n.n.a atnnd S9 i feet the highest
.na M. 1908. when a stag of 52.6
feet were recorded. ' Property damage
fc. kun Mnnrtad. but there baa Deen
nn loaa of life roDorted. Points north
of Dallas reported ma river siowty
f.llinirand it is believed tha crest
las TM.aaaw4
Cold weather following a 40-nour
rain haa caused considerable loss in
livestock in tho Panhandle and western
a Kwva . . a
sections of Texas.
' Canal Found Favorable.
Panama Major General George W.
n.tv,.!. nw.rn of the Canal sone.
made an examination Tuesday of the
slide area in the Gsillard cut He said
that tha situation looked even more
favorable to him than he had expected,
that Anril IS would remain un
changed as the date for re-opening the
waterway. General uoemais -
naoa tha hlif Outf tilO CSl WOUlJ
not ssrain be closed to traffic on ac
count of slide in tha cut
HOWARDH. GR0S3
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7, 1910.
NEWS ITEMS
Of General Interest
About Oregon
Biennial School Report Shows
Increase of Pupils and Teacners
In preparing the official record for
hia next biennial report. Superintend
ent of Public Instruction J. A.
Churchill flnda that ther wer 272
.... .a a a a a
mot children enrolled in in acnoois
of tha state last year than during th
previous year, the total number being
161,799. There waa also an Increase
of 803 in tha number of teachers, 6058
of whom wer employed in public
schools and 609 in prlrst schools.
The number of students enrolled in
private schools wsa exactly 10,000.
The per cent of attendanc waa a little
over 93, Indicating mai u ainu
ane waa regular and that ther wer
very few children absent from school.
The total coat of the public schools
last year waa $7,065,018.63. Of this
amount $3,786,697.98 waa paid to
teacher. $1,111,461.94 was osed In
building new school bouses ana in me
purchase of building sites, $645,286.46
waa amended for repairs and janitor
work and $421,791.84 waa spent for
fuel and School supplies. dcooih oir
naid 147.198.60 for
their service. Tha Indebtedness of
U B.W - " w W ' "
the district at the close or me issi
school year amounted to $5,660,894.17,
of which $4,718,849.14 was bonded In
debtedness which had been assumed in
the erection of new school building.
Two Klamath Lumber Mills
Resume Operations at Once
Klamath FaUa Next week will see
additional lumber plants in operation
in this section, with good Increases to
rt.in.ih Maintv'a rtavrolls.
The Algoma wtmoer company
at Algoma, 1Z miles norm oi mis my.
will begin cutting early next week.
aMirdins to Manairer Ca. i. uraire.
ThiamiU wiU cut about 28,000,000
feet of lumber during the present sea
son. The company "a logging cam pa have
kun In Anaratinn aeveral weeka. The
Algoma mill cut 125,000 feet of lum
ber every 10 bouts. me company
also operate a box factory th year
round, empoying about 50 men.
The KJamatn Manuiaciunntc com
pany's sawmill, on Upper Klamatn
I aba at Nhtnmncton. a Buouro VI una
city, will begin Monday cutting 70.000
feet of lumber per uay. im compaiiy
also operated a box factory steadily
all winter. -
Beginning the first or May me
Ewauna box factory, in thia city, will
not on a cfght crew to take car of the
rush orders.
First Train Enters Marshfield.
Vniraiia-PuiMinr aervice between
Eugene and Marshfield waa inaugurat
ed over the Willamette-Pacifie railroad
Wednesday with on train each way
daily.
Postmaster E. L. Campbell, an
nounced that mail aervice over the new
railroad also began on that day. ims
m.;i ainlNi haa heen broucrht about as
the result of an exception by the Poet-
offic department wnicn, n is eaiu,
rarely enters Into a contract with a
railroad to carry mail before ita actual
completion., . . .
The letter man naa oeen going uy
ataM tmm Rnsebnro' to Marsnneid,
from Drain to Gardiner and from Eu-
...... n rinranca: the second-class
mail has been sroini ay Boat
. . . i . m
Portland to Marshfield. ,
There waa no celebration tn connec
tion with the completion of the rail
.t aithav and of the line. Such
an event on an elaborate scale ia being
planned for a date in July, wnen me
Umpqua bridge will be completed.
Coos Sale Is Reported.
unrth Rand After the departure
Wednesday of Dr. J. H. Dennison and
John B. Rogers, San Francisco capital
ists, Frederick Hollister, oi me rirst
National bank of North Bend, an
nounced that the visitor had negoti
ated for the purchase of the estate
fnrmarlv held bv Maior L. D. Kinney
nn Tone, and would close the deal
within the next few weeks.
xvanir 3 Waits, who holds a mort-
nm of aeveral hundred thousand dol
iara on the property, win reacn
Ravthia week to attend to details
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which Interest him In the transfer.
. Ancient Art ia Revived.
Eugene W. Everingham, of 674
Thirtaanth annua, haa restored a lost
art in Oregon. In th days before the
.in r tha whita man. the Indian
wu.a.io "
obtained yew wood in the mountains of
Lane county, from wnicn tney maun
,ki. hn,. and imn. Mr. Everintr-
bllVy ( . " H ...... - -
ham ia making occasional pilgrimages
to these same forests, where he selects
choice cuta and shapes them into arch
ery aeta. He began the work aa a pas
time. Now, working only at odd times,
hia aalaa afrmreirate aeveral hundred
dollars a year, some going to Europe.
Park Tract Given Salem.
Salem The city council haa aceept-
i tha ntTar nt A. N. Bush, of Salem,
to convey to the city a 60-acre tract oi
land in tha southeast part of the city.
Rush's pasture. Under the
terms of the proposal the city will ob-
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ti n tit. a after me aeaui oi mise
R,wh a aiater of A. N. Bush. The
tract will be used for municipal park
purposes, and will be known aa Bush s
Pa.tn-a Park. It will be a memorial
for the late Asahel Bush, pioneer Sa
lon banker.
Nim-BGKT HIED CI A3-
run m tm ekoa,m)
London Two squadrons of Zeppe
lins, flying over England Sunday night
in th most extensive air raid of the
war. killed 28 Demons and wounded 84
others in tha discharge of at least 90
bombs.
One detached ship, msklng a raid
over th northeast coast, wsa disabled
by tha fire of tha anti-aircraft guns,
which followed the aearchlighte ' play
ing on th raider. ine craii wsa
brought to earth and its crew, number
lr,s 1? araa eantured bv a British pa
trol boat In the estaary of tha Thame.
Th members of th captured crew re-
nnrtarf that thev bad drawn iota w ue
imln. who ahoold remain with tha
disabled aircraft and destroy it after
the other had been safely landed. The
task fell to the junior officer, to whom
it meant practically certain maw.
When the patrol boat approached the
Znnlin an explosion occurred, it is
thnoirht. in the motor room. Tha air-
shio shortly alterwaro erumpiea up.
a a
ARCHDUKE FREDERICK
Thia la tha most recent of tha few
photographs that have reached Amer
ica ef Archduke Frederick, comman
der In chief of the armies of Austria.
in additinn to the 17 unwounded Pris
oners there were others captured who
were suffering from injuries.
Tha 7mnplina remained at a (Treat
height in tha raid, and their marks
manship, consequently, waa poor. in
one town 11 bombs were dropped with
nn 4amam twiner dona. Crowds on
the streets watched the battle with the
raiders and applaueded me land d&
teries. Bda Witet Sabsariae Data;
WasTiicgtoa Walts lavcsltgatioa
Washintrton. D. C. The German
government haa informed Ambassador
Gerard that it is without official con
firmation concerning the explosions
which damaged the British channel
steamer Sussex and sunk the British
horse ehip Englishman, both of which
were carrying American citizens.
In a dispatch dated xnursaay onu
reaching the State department Monday
Mr. Gerard said the German govern
ment had only newspaper reports on
the two caaea and was making an in
vastliration which mis-ht be concluded
within three or four days. The Berlin
foreign office promised to iniorm sr.
Gerard when the inquiry ia completed.
It is realised here it may be a week
before all the German suomanne com
manders who might have been con
cerned have had opportunity to report
, Turk Will Accept Aid.
Washington, D. C The American
Red Cross received word Monday that
Turkey, for the first time, ia ready to
accept aid for a hair-miinon oi ner
citiiena who face starvation. Hun
dreds, it was said, are dying for lack
of food. Ten thousand dollar was
cablod to ' fill , immediate needs. A
message from Red Cross agents in
Turkey said the American orgamia-
tion would be permitted to neip elim
inate suffering throughout the country,
particularly at Constantinople and sub
urbs, at Adrianople, Bruss and Smyrna.
33 Shipa Sunk in March.
TinnTha Board of Trade's Bum -
mary of casualties to British shipping
reported in Marcn snows mat is
... am aor eratintr 44.609 tons and
eight sailing vessels of 1865 tons were
nnk hv enemv warships. I en steam
ers of 13,532 tons were sunk by mines.
l-lna ataamnr nf 2131 ton WAS BUnk
either by an enemy warship or a mine.
Forty-three lives were lost in me cao
of the steamers sunk by warships and
81 in steamers sunk by mines.
Germans Repulse French Near Vaux
Berlin, via London The German
official statement issued Monday an
nounce that Teuton troops nave
innn vardaof French trenches
northeast of Haueourt in addition to
Ul. JWtw"
Tha nnln mnntion of fiehtinir around
tna;,;na talran Mftrch SU.
Varvlnn Snndav tells of the repulse of
a IWh counter attacn alter a
rific artillery bombardment near Vaux
Th. r..mnni took 731 prisoners in
this battle.
f'Z
NO. 42.
U.S.W0UT ACCEPT
WORD OF GEffl
Ccimnad Kaiser lias tntcrcd
k tmmi cn si,::,r::is
Recent Attacks on Merchant Vessels ;
Without Warning Causes Anx
iety Crisis Seems Near.
nra.Kinirtm Ti f" Tha apcumula. '
tion of circumstantial evidence indicat
ing that Germany has engaged upon a ;
campaign of submarine warfare which
has no regard for th rights of Amer- '
iean citizens traveling on merchant ;
ships of belligerent nationality, th
administration considers, haa created
on of th most aeriooa situation
which ha confronted the United State .
sine th beginning of th war In '
Europe. J
Every agency open to the Stat de
partment 1 being employed in an
effort to gather an unimpeachable ar-
ray of facta regarding the explosion
which damaged the British channel
ateamer Sussex, the sinking of th ,
British ship Manchester Engineer,
Englishman, Eagle Point and th
Dutch steamer Tubantia and the al
leged firing of a torpedo at th French
passenger ship Patria.
All of these ships carried American ;
citizen nd all apparently were at-
tacked in violation of Germany's re- ,
eently assurance to the United States.
Th next step of th United State
i said authoritatively to have been do-
termined upon. Unless Uermany in ,
reply to th inquiries through Ambas
sador Gerard make some statement to
eause the Stat department to change
iU present intentions, it ia understood ,
that alt tha recent aggravating inci- -
dents will be combined in on general
formidable indictment which will bring
the entire subject to a clear cut issue. ,
Should Germany admit responsibility (
for any of the attack and attempt to
satisfy the United States by saying -
. miatalra had heen made, offer .
to make reparation, and to punish the
snbmratne commander, tn issue wouju .
k ,nt mfni ha disuoeed of. It
is regarded a certain that the United
States will not accept aucn an explana
tion aa satisfactory, at least until time
haa shown what punishment actually
waa meted out to the offending sub
marine commander and whether any
value longer could be attached to Ger
many's promise. ' ;
In the event of Germany disclaiming
responsibility for the disasters, th
United States will proceed with its in
vestigations to determine to its own
satisfaction whether the evidence
which now strongly indicates that the
Sussex and other shipa wer torpedoed
without warnnig can be regarded aa
conclusive proof.
With such proof before It, the gov-
ai mmhahlv Would act Promptly."
Officials refrain from discsssing what
the nature of the action would be.
Carnnza Grants to United States
Eight to Use Mexican Kortfewcstcra
Washington, D.' C One of tha
army's most aeroiua problems In hunfc-
; ... vul Thnradav when
u "" ......
General Carranza granted th renewed
request of the Stat department for
permission to use me aiexican oiw
western railroad.
Kacratarv Baker issued thia state
ment at the War department:
"We have directed uen. rTinsron w
..na,. f railroad shipment cariroes
of supplies either directly to our mili
tary men or to civilians. mis uuea
not involve any tender or muniuone
for such railroad transportation, nor
does it involve the use of American
military guards on any Mexican
trains."."
Reneral Carranza's answer was con
tained in a brief message from James
L, Rodgers, special agent oi me uiiifc-
ed States at Queretaro, aaymg tho
head of the de facto government
argeed to the commercial use of the
line. : . . '.
Officials here assumed he would be
equally prompt in notifying hia offi
cers on the border and that Gen. Fun
ston might begin shipment at once.
One-Term Bill Offered.
Washington, D. C. Representative
Bailey, of Pennsylvania, ona of the
friends of W. J. Bryan in the
house, introduced a resolution to in
crease the Presidential term to six
years, with a one-term limit in a
Mr Raliev said the Demo-
eratie party and President Wilson had
been unjustly criticised in connection
:.u k .inirla-tarni nlank of the Bat-
wiwi iju in..,,. - r -
timore platform and pointed out that
Mr. Wilson did not pledge mmseu tu
one term, but merely was pledged by
the convention to that principle.
Ship Yard Is Assured.
Seattle Plans for a shipyard, to
build lumber carriers for overseas
trade, have reached the stage where
options on two semi-diesel engmf-i
have been taken, and a location for tha
yards is now sought in beanie, accru
ing to A. L. Flewelling, of Spokm
vice president of the MilwRukee Ln'l
company. The active head of tN? rw
concern will be Harry I . Spm, a
Philadelphia naval architect and i '
ernment iiiBpector.