Falls City news. (Falls City, Or.) 190?-19??, July 17, 1915, Image 1

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    SUBMARINE FIGHTS
AS TOLD BY SAILOR
British Jackie’s Slangy De­
scription of His Activities.
SHELLED BY TURKS’ SHIPS
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and
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M e m b e r o f C r o w of B i t G a y a In D e ­
s c r ip t io n
of
U n d e rw a te r
C r u ie o
T h r o u g h th e D a r d a n e lle s.
Lot
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A n g s ls s
W om an T akst
In t o F a m ily .
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B in g s r
I.o t Angeles, Cul.—Tile sw eet voice
o f Alois M ayer, tw enty-seven y ears
old, w ho e a rn s his living by singing in
« cafe and wboac p u m a s w are ullve
in (icrm uiiy th e la s t be beard, wou him
a fo rtu n e w hen th e superior court
g ra n te d th e p etitio n of Mrs. Edltl)
Amos, forty-seven, to udopt him as a
son.
Mrs. Amos, w ho said she had been
a ttra c te d by th e singing, w hich re­
m inded h e r o f h e r ow n dead boy, Is the
d a u g h te r of Mre. M ary A. liu rk e of
Han Francisco. A t h er d e a th Mra.
IlUiko le f t an en tate valued a t about
• 1 , 000 , 000 .
"I couldn’t v ery well m arry him ,”
Mat, Arnos told Ju d g e Mld.'iey N. Hoove
In rrg ln g h e r petition. M ayer cam e
h ere from M unich a couple o f year*
ego. l i e aald he had not h e ard from
his p aren ts for m onths.
Lonrioti. T be followltiy a r c u iu t by
ou« of tlio crew o f th e exploit o f Ulu
lli ItUli m i I huh i ini- lv l 1 , for w klrli
COST $17 TO HANG MAN.
L leulciiaut fo u iu u m lt-r N h m ii UI i re ­
ceived tin- V ictoria cross am i each of O ld W a r r a n t s In R u s h C o u n t ) S h e w
bln lu m the ilUtliiKUlalicU service nm l-
S t a t is t ic s .
al, lisa Just imx - u received lit re froui tku
R ushvllle, In d .—T he first record of
Durdaoellea:
w a rra n ts ev e r need by a tre a su re r of
"W e l i f t luibroa ooe m orning a b o u t
Itu
sh county, covering th e period from
3 mill it,-a'..m l to o a n l th e D ardaiw lli %
cm] dlv-d ns (lay w as breaking, a u d — 1823 to 1841, w as found In th e treas-
T h e record
« ell, got th roug h th e n a rro w s O. K., u ie r's office recen tly .
arriv ed on th e o th e r side i.ud saw tw o show ed th a t It coat the county only
bnttleshliM. W e w ere g e ttin g ready to $17 to h a n g K dw ard I. Sw anson, th e
torpedo one of ’em when th e y siiot'ed only m an w ho ev er paid th e d eath
ua, o|ielied lire on us and nipped, b u n k ­ penalty In Hush county.
ed mid ran aw ay.
H e w as convicted of the m u rd er of
“ We I lieu Journeyed on fo r a int'e or F ilsh a d a r k In April, 1820, aud n fte r
tw o and then w ent to th e bottom nnd a motion fo r a new trial failed w as
rested Multi abo u t 8 p. in., w hen w e bunged In May o f th e sam e year. The
cam e up. i t waa d u sk ; no we looked w a rra n ts Issued show th a t $5 w as a l­
around. N othing in sight. W e broke lowed llcverly It. W ard for m uklng u
th e surface an d entered th e aeu of coffin for Sw unsou, 82 w as avow ed
M arm ora nnd buui|M<d aro u n d for a D avid Looney fo r digging th e grave
few days w ith o u t slg h tiu g u th in g u n ­ and $10 w as pakl W illiam L. Uupelt
til Sunday m orning, w hen we Were d iv ­ fo r “rope, cap. shroud and gallow s for
ing outside of t'o u sta u ljn o p ie a n d saw th o execution o f E d w ard I. S w anson.”
a big gunboat, and a t *l:2fi a. in. w-a
g a te her a ’tin dab.’ Jty 0:30 a. in.
aln- w as no m or». b u t before abe snuk,
Black Birch For Rifle Butts
" bile she w as m t lr * over, Un-y opened
Black birch has lieen selected as
tiro oi. ua. T he second sh e ' h it o u r
periscope uiid ’d o r’s It In.’ T h a t g u n n er the material for the butts of the
m u st have been n eaol card, eh?
$28.000,000 worth of rifles to be
’■fir, M o.ii.a" we alghted a atea m rr,
catue to tue su rface » ’nugMide h e r an d manufactured by the New Eng­
told her to stop. Mie atop|e-d, au d th e land Westinghouse company for
m en w ere ao anxious to g et c le a r (b n t
the Russian government. This
one bunt capsized No lives w e re lost.
T h ere w as a 1 nnkco co rresp o n d en t waul was chosen instead of black
a b n ird w ho tried tc bluff; no good, walnut, which most of the bidders
though, ’cca nn officer a n d tw o men
! figured on, because it is cheaper,
boarded lu r m u’ dim overed sh e bad n
six lie'll gun, several gun m ountings easier to obtain, and is claimed to
an d f*fceeu Inch nriim uultlon aboard. be satisfactory as to weight and
So we blew tier 14-
durability.
“A few n'dilutes a fte r w c sighted a n ­
o th er ste a m e r and told her to stop. She
Logging Camp to Open.
w ouldn’t. W e chased h e r Into th e luir-
]>or, nnd wliei she w as securing along­
The Bradley lagging company
side n pier we torpedoed her.
"Soon n fte r we sig h ted an o th e r is now making preparations to re­
Steam er nnd chased h er till she ran sume operations at its logging
ashore. W e w ere a b o u t to board her camp at Cathlamet, on the lower
w hen si uie cavalry cnuie u p an d open­
ed lire. W e replied nnd dropped a few , Columbia river, after a long per­
and then d ived nnd torpedoed th e ship. iod of inactivity. It is expected
"N ext day o u r sk!|>pcr decided on e n ­ to have work under way by July
terin g C onstantinople.
To m ake n
long story sh o rt <ve got lin o th e h a r­ 20. J. S. Bradley, one of the
bor w ithout m ishap a n d fired tw o to r­ oldest logging camp operators in
pedoes, one o f w hich sunk a tr«ns;-ort the Columbia river district, be­
loaded w ith troops a n d th e other e x ­
ploded on sh o re som ew here. W e le a rn ­ lie .es that the demand for lumber
ed a fte rw a rd th a t It caused som e p aric. as soon as the European war ends
T he troops refused to go on an o th e r will be the greatest in the history
tran sp o rt, th e shops closed, and peo-
p!a t;i" mi th e hills— In fact, It caused of lumbering in the Pacific north­
west.
u p ro a r for a time.
"T he«follow ing F rid a y m orning wc
caw five tra n sp o rts escorted by d e ­ Hot at Heels of Young Rockefeller
stroyers, W e banged th e Are’, and big­
Chicago, July 13.—Representa­
gest one, w hich san k ‘u ul.’'a t th ree
m inutes.
tive Frank Buchanan declared
"A few d ay s la te r we w en t back to here today that he would intro­
o u r old corner, w here we sa n k th ese
o th er th ree end c a u g h t n supply ship duce a resolution at the next ses­
napping.
sion of congre Vi to compel John
"A few d ay s a f te r we tori>edoed a D. Rockefeller Jr., to answer
G erm an tra n sp o rt an d th en wa got no
m ore blood fo r a tim e. On o ur way the questions of the federal com­
back. Ju st before en terin g th e N arrow s, mission on industrial relations or
we sunk- a n o th e r tra n sp o rt. T h a t w as be jailed for contempt.
our farew ell sm ack.
"The Rockefellers should be
‘‘W hen we broke su rfa c e th a t even­
ing wo found a m ine h an g in g over our marked with the stamp of the
bows. We chucked It off ns (jlilrk as criminal, ’ ’ said Buchanan. * ‘They
possible, w hen our oaeort cam e up,
have violated many statutes.
gave us th re e cheers an d off we went.
"W hen wc en tered th e h arb o r It was Other violators are in the peni­
dark. H ad It been d ay lig h t th e ndhtl- tentiaries.
Why let the Rocke­
ral would have m ade us steam roitoid
fellers
go
free
and tjo as they
th e fleet. All the ships w e passedfns
we w ere m uklng for th e A dam ant please?”
cheered us. T he A dam ant, although
Buchanan denounced the sen­
th e sm allest ship of ’em all, gnv
tence
to life imprisonment of
th e best cheers. I t whs good to
John R. Lawson, leader of the
It and to know th a t w e had
Colorado miners.
done som ething w o rth y o f praise."
"The undersigned has the honor
to make the following reply to his
excellency, Ambassador Gerard,
to the note of the 10th ultimo., re­
garding the impairment of Ameri­
can interests by the German sub­
marine war. The imperial gover-
ment learned with satisfaction
from the note how earnestly the
government of the United States
is concerned in seeing the princi­
ples of humanity realized in the
present war. Also this appeal
finds ready echo in Germany and
the imperial government is quite
willing to permit its statement
and decisions in the present case
to be governed by the principles
of humanity just as it has done
al ways.
"The imperial government wel­
comed with gratitude when the
American government in the note
of May 15 itself recalled that Ger­
many had always permitted itself
to be governed by the principles
of progress and humanity in deal­
ing with the law of martime war.
Since the time when Frederick
the Great negotiated with John
Adams, Benjamin Franklin and
Thomas Jefferson the treaty of
friendship and commerce of Sep­
tember 9. 1785, between Prusia
and the republic of the west, Ger­
many and America have jointly
advocated progressive principles,
and practically the abolishment
of the right to capture at sea and
the protection of the interests of
neutrals.
Good Intention* Avowed
"Even at the beginning of the
present \var the German govern­
ment immediate'y declared its
willingness to ratify the declara­
tion of London and thereby sub­
ject itself in the usé of its naval
forces to all the restrictions pro­
vided therein in favor of neutrals.
Germany likewise has been al­
ways tenacious of the principle
that war should be conducted
against the armed and organized
forces of an enemy country but
that the enemy civilian population
must be spared as far as possible
from the measure of war. The
imperial government cherishes
the definite hope that some way
will be found when peace is con­
cluded, or perhaps earlier, to reg­
ulate the law of martime war in a
manner guaranteeing the freedom
of the seas and will welcome it
with gratitude and satisfaction if
it can work hand in hand with
the American government on that
occasion.
Germany Held Guiltl***
" If in the present war the prin­
ciples which should be the ideal of
the future have been traversed
VOU GET GOOD CLOTHES TOO.
COME QUICK.
GET BEST PICK.
D U R IN G JU LY
P r ic e s a re lo w e r on n u m e r o u s item s,
c o m e in to o ur store, you w ill be p le a s e d
w ith p ric e s n o w in effect.
N. SELIG’S
F A L L S C IT Y D E P A R T M E N T S T O R E
«
more and more, the longer its du­
ration, the German government
has no guilt therein. It is known
to the American government how
Germany’s adversaries, by com­
pletely paralyzing peacable traffic
between Germany and neutral
countries, have aimed from the
very beginning and with increas­
ing lack of consideration at the
destruction, not so much of the
armed forces as the life of the
German nation, repudiating in
doing so all the rules of interna­
tional law and disregarding all
the rights of neutrals.
“ On November 3.1914, England
declared the North sea a war area
and by planting poorly anchored
mines and by the stoppage and
capture of vessels made passage
extremely dangerous and difficult
for neutral shipping, 'actually
blockaumg neutral coasts and ports
contrary to all international law.
Long before the beginning of sub­
marine war England practically
completely intercepted legitimate
neutral navigation to Germany
also. Thus Germany was driven
to a submarine war on trade.
"On November 14, 1914, the
English premier declared in the
house of commons that it was one
of England’s principal tasks to
prevent food for the German pop­
ulation from reaching* Germany
via neutral ports. Since March
first England has been taking from
neutral ships without further for­
mality all merchandise proceeding
to Germany, even when neutral
property. Just as it was also with
the Boers, the German people is
now to be given the choice of per­
ishing from starvation with its
women and children or of relin­
quishing its independence.
"While our enemies thus loudly
and openly proclaimed war with­
out mercy until our utter destruc­
tion, we were conducting war in
self-defense for our national exist­
ance. and for the sake of peace of
an assured permanency. We
have been obliged to adopt a sub­
marine warfare to meet the de­
clared intentions of dur enemies
and the method of warfare adop­
ted by them in contravention of
international law. With al' of its
efforts in principle to protect neu­
tral life and property from dam­
age as much as possible the Ger­
man government recognized unre­
servedly in its memorandum of
February 4 that the interest of
neutrals might suffer from the
submarine warfare.
However,
the American government will
also understand and appreciate
that the fight for existance which
has been forced on Germany by
its adversaries and announced by
them it is the sacred duty of the
imperial government to do all
within its power to protect and
save the lives of Germán subjects.
If the imperial government were
derelict in these duties, it would
be guilty before God and history
of the violation of those principles
of highest humanity which are
the foundation of every national
existance.
Lusitania Case Cited
"The case of the Lusitania
(Concluded on page 4 )