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i n if .Jh rr I, I. " -vj ... i ' j , DAILY EDITION VOL, Vf., No, 01. O HV CHANTS PAKH, JCWKI'IIIXE COUNTV, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JAJTUARV 8, 1916V ' ' . 4 WHOLE NUMBER 163a. v ;;. ,,. j No Other Town in the World the Size of Orants Pass lias a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. " 1SS Wilson and Lansing Confer Over Latest International Complications, But Are Not Yet Ready for Action Washington, Jan. . 6. President "Wilson called Secretary Lansing Into conference regarding the Internation al situation arising from the Persia case shortly boforo 11 o'clock today. At tbo conclusion of nearly an hour's session, Lansing said the coun try Is "still raiting for tit facta" In the Perils case. The secretary hoped that Ambas sador Penflold at Vienna would be ablo to enlighten the admlnltratlon within a day on the details of the case. Indications were that a cer tain time will be given for informal Inquiries at Vienna, and if these de velop nothing, specific requests will be made on Austria to aid the admin istration in determining the nation ality of the submarine which attack ed the Persia. That It was Austrian, 'however, was the impression, inas much ft only Austrian submarines a reported to have boon operating In tho Mediterranean. . iAs far as other negotiations be tween Austria and America are con cerned all evidence indicated that the situation la clearing. Lansing said that probably no further noto will be sent to Austria in the Ancona case. This indicates that the loose ends In that situation will be settled In conferences with Charge d'Affalros Zwledenek. , . ' If it is Anally found that an Aus trian diver sank the Persia, there Is a strong Indication that the fact that the liner oarrted a gun will be the main bone of contention. Lansing said in th! connection that naval authorities probably will bo asked to determine the efficacy of the Persia's 4.7 inch gun. with a view to show ing, whether its presence was lufll dent excuse for an unwarned attack. Lansing, denied that the govern ment la considering a note to Aus tria yet. . With regard to a report that the administration would warn Americans not to travel on armed merchant vessels, he declared that It "had not been discussed. OFFERS REV- , (By United Press Leased Wire.) Saa Francisco, Jan. 6. Yuan Shi Kai has offered big rewards for the arrest of taong Kl Chu, eminent Chlnoee statesman, and other prom Inent men of China who oppose his ascendency to the throne, according to Shanghai and Pekin cables to the China World, a iocal Chinese news paper, today. Leong Kt Chu is reported to be hiding at Shanghai, awaiting a favor able opportunity to stowaway on a hip to America. Cables to the China "World also stated that Funk Kwak Fun and Chong Fun, governors of the southern provinces, had appealed to "Yuan Shi Kai to relinquish his mon archlal plans or the southern pro vinces would secede. ' I Washington, Jan. 8. -Expenditure of $1,250,000 for a 16-foot levee at Volcano lake, . to prevent flooding of the Imperial valley, California. Is ; Justified, General W. L. Marshall, a Kovernmenr engineer, reported to congress today. MRUS FOR OPPOIIEIITS AUSTHIANS ARE FORCES ACROSS THE RIVER PRUTH London, Jan. 6. Under heavy bombardment, tbo Austrians have re tired acroes the Prutb, north of Cnexnowltx, Bukovlna, according to Bucharest message today, which, however, did not confirm Potrograd reports of Russian occupation of the city.. . ; In their retirement the Austrian! were said to have blown up two of tho Pruth bridges. Meanwhile the Russians were reported to be shelling tho south side bridgeheads, In an at tempt to ford the river. Inasmuch as the Bucharest-mes sage was not dated, it Is regarded as possible that It was filed before re ports of the Oernowlts evacuation reached there. The Hague reports said civilians had been ordered to leave portions of Czernowits, and claimed that the Austrians are rein forcing their lines in that region. The Russian war office said merely that Slav forces had occupied a line of trenches northeast of Cserndwits and had repulsed enemy counter attacks. ' PORTLAND STILL HOPES L 'Oy United Press Leased Wire.) Portland, Jan. . There's still hope tor Sunday baseball in Portland, even though three federal judges have in jected life Into a blue law of the vin tage of 1864. Baseball .fans realized this today when Circuit Judge Gantenbcln an nounced that the final hearing for a permanent Injunction restraining Multnomah county officials from en forcing the law will be held tomor row. - ':- " Twice in the face of contrary su preme court decisions Judge Ganten bcln , has declared , the hoary old statute unconstitutional. For this reason It Is not believed 'that the federal court decision will deter him. Neither the state supreme court nor the federal court passed directly up on the point which Judge Gantenbein declares unconstitutional,' the , old law which menaces baseball. Judge Oantenbeln's two decisions declared the law unconstitutional because it refers to Sunday as "Lord's day." This constitutes religious legislation, the Judge said, and is contrary to the constitution of the United States. Judgo Oantenbeln's doclslon will ap ply only to thla county and will not prevent the enforcement of the dol ing law la the rest of the state. TUB KAISRll HONORS -':".' GERMAN CONSUL BOPP (By United Press Leased Wire.) "' San Francisco, Jan. 5. Kaiser Wllhelm has sent German Consul Bopp here the Red Eagle of the third class. ' '".'. ATTEMPT MADE BY . T RIDERS TO KILL ATTORNEY , (By United Press Leased Wire.) ' ' Ada, Okla., Jan. 5. -Night riders attempted early today to assassinate County Attorney A, L. Bullock, tout ha esoaped death by throwing himself to- the floor after he heard the grat ing of a shotgun barrel on the sill of the library on the ground floor of his home, where he . , was sitting. A charge of buckshot rattled over his head just as he dodged. A por-i with bloodhounds U hunt ing thtvr1d'ers.; S SUNDAY EL HIGH SOLONS 1 ft iisi Legist atnre ot the, Southern State Is Called by Governor Johnson to Straighten the Tangled Election Laws Sacramento, Jan. 6. The extra session of the California legislature, called by Governor Johnson to dis entangle the state's primary add re gistration lawa, began at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The first business of the session was the reading of the governor's proclamation, after which the two bodies organised. Governor Johnson's message to the legislature followed. The reasons for the calling of the special session of the legislature may be summed up as follows: ' The 1915 legislature passed a non partisan primary election law (to ap ply to state and national officers) and a non-partisan registration law. Party leaders started a referendum against the former, but not against the lat ter. The people supported the refer endum, and this left the primary law of 1 91 J In force. . . The salient feature of the 1913 law is that electors can sot vote at a primary election unless registered as affiliated with a political party. With the non-partisan registration law also In force, a' voter, as the situ ation now stands, can not cast a ballot at a primary election. ' Although Governor Johnson ex pects the session to be over In four days, many believe It will last con siderably longer, because of the de termination of the party men to. fight to a finish. C. C. Hancock has returned to his home In Cornelius,' Oregon, after having spent a couple of days in this district Investigating business condi tions and looking up land. (B United Press Leased Wire.) . j The political and personal relation Washington, Jan. 5. Unless it is .ship between former Secretary, of materially' modified. ' President son's military 'preparedness program will he beaten, the administration it- sou 'veneres, u was ouiuunmuvny . learned todays . ; va . (making plana against the admlnlstra- Senate tender Kern'rl Defection! Uon Program. '1' V,1 ' " ' from the ranks of supporters furnish-1 Leaders with whonij Bryan talked ed final proof of this to tne White j BW that he Is viciously . bltterngalnst House.-! He1 has talked at the pro- j the president's preparedness program srram because he held that his 'In- and that he threatens to chimp the dlana constituents are opposed to It. Thin leave the program unsup-.tion next June to arouse sentiment ported 'by the leaders of both houses. against the preparedness issue and Majority Leader Kitchin of the against a second , term for Wilson, house held off from the first, and an-jTnejr said, however, that Bryan does nounced he could not give his aid to , not intend to bolt the convention it it the program, but Kern was expected supports Wilson, hut that he hopes to lead the administration fight in the to prevent this support. ( ' senate. i 1 ' , f . Preparedness hearings were begun The preparedness sentiment which toA by the nouBe navaI committee swept the country several weeks agoland Promise to last for several has reached its crest, some leaders lmonth, Hearings on the army mea thlnk. Moreover, President Wilson 8um 1(1,1 beRln la the house 'tary Is receiving discouraging reports 0f the situation. , . The opposition t6 the nroiiram ten - ters In Secretary Garrison "array plan," which includes military train- lng for a vaet WttMnV artrty. . The, people vbok'home,,vdo not Ilka it, many congressmen report. ."ItH sta-ftd byVn)' statement that generally I will support the prepared - ness program, but which of several plans t will approve l oan not say," commented Kern, today.' INDICTED ID Loren Donnelly and Seth Bailey Enter Pleas of. Not the Circuit Court Today The grand Jury today found seven true bills In the cases brought before It, and two of the men who have been held in the county jail for some time past were arraigned before the circuit court. Loren Donnelly was arraigned upon the Indictment return ed charging him with illegal sale of liquor to Harry Hawkins on Decem ber 20. He plead not guilty. Seth Bailey also plead not guilty to the indictment against him of obtaining money by false pretenses, the specific charge being giving a personal check for eight dollars to Cecil Schilling when he had no funds in the bank. Other indictments returned are against Alfred. Hutchinson for the wanton killing of an animal. Com plaint was made "by Al Zuver. of Waldo, with Bert Eggers and John Evitt as witnesses, acuslng Hutchin son with killing a yearling calf be-i longing to Zuver on December 22 last. -. '' , ; A true bill also was found against Albert Tucker snd George Barlow for wanton killing of a mare, charges preferred by W. H. Farra, O. O. Vin ing and C. O. Lefferson, of the Wil liams valley district . :' Indictments were brought against John Doe Dunlap and John Doe Por ter, charging them with assault with dangerous weapon upon the persons of R. O. Smith and A. L. Smith, on the night of December 81 last The bill charges the defendants with hav ing struck and jhot at the complain ants with a rifle on New Tears eve, when the Smiths went out to the Hammersly mine in the Jump-Off-Joe region. . yV:,.- Wil-.state Bryan and Kern always has oeeh close, 1 and ' kern's detection , is traced to the ex-premier, 'who spent two' days' with' Congressman Kltchln country prior to the national conven- ,commuree tomorrow, Secretary Garrls6h la slated to be the first person examined by the members. ' .-. t-;.i The administration Is confident that two "'battleships and a number "of auxiliary Vessels will bo authorised, The need fdr 'more' ' government docks where' 'battleships and imklfer .vessels' can he built was the general tenor of the testimony Admiral Stanford before committee, ' V of the Roar naval TIE SENATE IR FOREIGN POLICY Washington, Jan. 5. Chairman Stone of the senate foreign commit tee this afternoon brought to an end a warm debate in the senate that threatened to embarrass the admin istration's foreign policy. He with drew consent to consideration of the foreign policy. . Senator O'Ctorman of New York said that the government had repeat edly warned citizens in Mexico to re main away from the fighting area, yet had not considered this as a sur render of American rights. Then he asked why Americans should not waive, lor the present, their right to travel on belligerent vessels. Senator Nelson of Minnesota queried as to whether American Consul McNeely was unpatriotic hecause he sailed on the British liner Persia. At this stage Stone headed off fur ther discussion apparently acting in compliance with the wishes of the administration that the foreign situ ation be kept out of congressional dis cussion if It tended to be embarrsss- lng. '7:.;" Senator Gore Is father of bills to bar American citizens from belli gerent ships which 'brought on the discussion. ! TRAMP 8TOIJ3 "JOCST POR ELECTRIC COOKER Marysville, Cai., Jan. 6. Tramp life de luxe has been discovered near here in a "jungle," where a hdbo had a home-made electric cooker, the "Juice" for which he got by hooking a wire to a third rail. ;! , r COST OF THE FORD PtE MOVE WILL BE HALF MILLI Copenhagen, Jan. 5. Expenses of the Ford peace expedition have been $300,000, Business Manager Plan tiff said today, and they will reach at enemies, that the British people havo least 1500,009, exclusive of the cost. their heart ln; the,. war, and are pro of the permanent peace tribunal to ( pared to, meet, any, call." ,, be established after the party returns i It is estimated ' that the Asquith to America. r v jbtll will add between , 400,000 and Madame Schwtmmer, Hungarian 500,000 when it becomes effective, peace advocate,' will not return to the j Sic John Simon, in explaining hit United States, but instead will remain Resignation from the cabinet, urged with the tribunal In an advisory capa- parliament to resist the conscription city, drawing a salary from Ford. program. ' ' ' The expedition is preparing to go, ' : - v. to The Hague Friday, but the German London,! Jan. B.The' battle " over minister here admitted that it la poa-conscription, ,whlch may mean a new Bible that the Berlin foreign office crisis - In England's domestic affairs, might still refuse permission to the opened In parliament today. Premier delegates to cross Germany. 1 Asquith was prepared to Introduc Cahled New Tork reports that Ford the government's' conscription' hill had changed his views as to the cause and it was expected he would oppose of the war, and that he now believes the failure of the Voluntary enlist the people, of the belligerent nationament.,plan. and anticipate the argn favored the struggle and that It was ,ments of the conscription opponents, not poshed "by munitions Interests, ( Lord Kitchener was expected to do caused consternation among the dele- - likewise In the house of lords, gates. Madame Schwlmmer declared Sir John Simon's explanation of the reports are Untrue. this resignation from the cahinet.' It v'.1rr n ' it U. S. ARBITRATE" ! GERMAfl PROTEST London, Jan. 6. America may be come arbiter in questions raised by naval warfare. Thla nossibllitr was BMn today from the ofher of 81r Ed ward Grey to submit to an "impar tial tribunal, say of officers of the United States navy," disputed cases, including the Baralong incident. In the Baralong case, Germany protested through America tq (Eng land that the latter had transgressed warfare rules In the iBaralong'a sink- lng of a German submarine and de- structlon of her crew after the crew had surrendered. 4 mm FOR DRAF1 OF BR PresierPressnts Ccnscri;tica But tie Irish Are Exempt Frca Its Previsions London, Jan. 5. In introducing the governments conscription bill in the house of commons today. Premier Asquith declared England does not , plan to draft all men of military age at present. . "Results of Lord Derby's enlist ment campaign show that the case 'for general compulsion Is not yet' proven," Asquith declared. Ireland, Asquith announced, is ex cluded from the provisions of the conscription bill. This step was taken to avoid the opposition of Irish leaders. : ' -. , . ' ; The bill drafts all Bingle men be tween the ages of 18 an4 41 eligible to military service; and also widowers of the same ages without any persona dependent upon them. It exempts, however, bachelors and widowers engaged in "indispensable and special occupations," like making munitions or working on railways; it also eliminates , those who are sup porting relatives, and those with con scientious scruples against war, such as the Quakers. ' After rejecting the suggestions of , Lloyd-George and others favoring general conscription, it Is understood that Premier Asquith prevented re signations from the cabinet, other than Sir John Simon's, by means of compromises. , i '' ' Though the,, Derby plan did not meet expectations, Asquith told the house of commons: - .. ';, , , "The figures are wonderful. Nearly .3,900,000 men signified their wllling- ness to serve their country. Thla should convince. the allies and their was anticipated, would be tho signal tor attacks upon the government mea sure, for he Is generally supposed to have quit hecause of the compulsory service, plans. ? . S . -i' It was understood that the 'bill ex empts Ireland, from conscription.. LOVE TRIANGLE HAS ITS USUAL ENDING New Tork, Jan. 8. The grim tra gedy of a love triangle came to light here today, when the bodies. of Chauf feur Wm. Beirea and Mr CfithnHnii Walsh',, J7 years old, wife of a wealthy Atlantic City, man, were found side by side In the dining room of their home. ;.v v ; . ; ...MrSn .W.alsh, eloped with Beggs a few ip.onths ago; then his love turn ed cold, so she, shot and killed him and thn herseif. r ' ".' ' ' ' The woman left a letter for her husband, but no. word for her two children. , 18 sWttXHrav..M'