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' .1 ... DAILY EDITION VOL. VI., No. mo. GRANT PASS, JOSEPH I VE COUSTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, IMS, ..J , . WHOLE NUMBER 1673. Xo Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.- BATHH0.US E TEASE UP li COUNCIL Ordinance Turning Park Priv 1 ileges Over to Private Party Defeated, and Propo sal of Citizens Considered . The mooted questions beforo the city oouucll, that of tlio leasing of tho municipal bathhouse and tm lower ing of tint Uconse for (he maintain ing of billboard through out the city, like llit'iio' ghoul, refuse to down. Tliwy uro still live Untie, tlio mem ber of tho coi tt( II Uo Hnlug to part compiiny with thum when the oppor tunity prwenicd Itself. All member of tho council were In tholr seats whun the billboard , queeuua a vrvmnw .ur.B,. .i.eu.uui oi a iroici iroui tue emv Improvement committee of the LadieV Auxiliary. The protest, ad dressed to the members of tho coun cil, read aa follows: Yl'a thtk iirwInrBlirnrw! mAliilwtt ttt h iv, i,,v.m.n Mm..itiM.. .IMuikiB In Uhalf of the Ladio.' 4. .-in n n..- ...k...i. r ii . v... n.M.r.nn in regard to the billboard ordinance: "The petition filed by the ropres'en tatlve of the Pacific Coast Advertising association la In direct oppoaltlon to and will tend to counteract all of the work carried on by thla committee. The matter of a restricted district for the placing or tho blllboarda seems Impractical, and hardly advisable, as a thing so thoroughly oboctlonablo In one place In our city could hardly prove a benefit In another location. "As an advertising agent, wo heartily disapprove of It,- believing that any concern wishing to adver tise in the community should use the legitimate means or advertising through the medium or the press. "Wo heartily approved tho action of the former council In placing the giB tong lay at the Good Samaritan license fee at tho figure of $200 or hospital today and stoically refused annum, having given them a voto of If 0 Offor Bny suggestion why a mem thnnlca for their action, and wo re-!llH,r 0f the Uow J-oong tong should epectfully pray that your honorable jhavo shot him. Ho had five bullets body will not lower this fee and thus permit this nuisance to be Imposed upon a protesting public." The ordinance reducing the bill board license from tho $200 at which It was placed last yoar, to $20 per annum, where It had previously been, was read, but tho council declined to advance the measure and take final action upon It. It will, therefore, come up for final action at the next regular meeting of tho council, Tho ordinance providing for the leasing or the municipal bathhouse and park privileges to II. J. Schmidt was taken up through the presenta tion of an ordinance prepared at the Instance or a citizens' committee. This ordinance rollowed the Schmidt or dinance In Its provisions, guarantee ing the city Ave per cent or the gross receipts from the bathhouse and other park privileges. The essential differ ence was that the profits from the operation or the park concessions are to go to the betterment ot the city park property. It provides that ir the lease with the citizens Is made that a company will bo Incorporated to 'conduct the business, The Incor porators are to he Messrs. Cramer, Lnndburg, Macy, Macduff and Snbln. The Schmidt ordinance, which has noen before the Council for six months, was killed when placed on llnnl pnssnge, all fhe councllmon ex cept Burkhalter votod agolnst the ordinance. A motion then made to advance the citizens' Imthhouse or dinance and plnce It upon Its socond reading was lost, and this will come up at the next meeting. Tho most voluminous petition evor rend hofore the council was presented In protest BlST TRAVEL OIIIISK (liy United rresa Leased Wire.) Washington, Fob. 18. In reply to the Auatro-German decree for war fare attaint armed merchant ahlpi, Sweden has warned bor people not to travel on untied ships, Conaular and diplomatic represen tatives were instructed to warn citi zens of Sweden that pannage taken on armed . merchant vessel of tho belligerents would be at their own porll. . Sweden la known to be friendly to Germany, and aome ibelleve Germany may have Influenced her In thla warn ing became of the possible Influence It mlftht have In America. NO 8-HQUR DAY FOR (By United Prena Leaned Wire) Sacramento, Feb. 18. - The igprecklc sugar uenning company oi SaBMt Ctt, cxelpted from the eight-hour law for women by the at torney general today. State Labor Commissioner Mc Laughlin charged the company with violating the law by working women !" he Juratory 12 noura a day The attorney general In ruling the 'company exempt aaya: "Persons employed in the labors- In work which Is necessary In con nection with the curing of sugar beets, which are perishable vege table, and the law makes exemption In case of the harvesting, curing, can ning or drying or any variety of per ishable fruit or vegetables." T 10 THE HOSPITAL (U) United 1'ress Leaned Wire.) Portland, Feb. 18. Apparently dying, a member or the Chinese Hop In his body. Another Chlneso, a member of the peaceable Hot Yin Qnong tong, had a bullet in his log, but smilingly assured officers that it waa all an accident. Loulo Quon was In jail. Ho cheer fully admitted shooting the Hop Sing man who, he said, tried to steal his wife. Louie Quon Is a San Francisco tnenibor of the consolidated Dow Leong tong. Chinatown was In a state of sup pressed, excitement today. All Chln eo denied that last night's shooting was part ot the recent tong troubles In California, but police recalled that the 'Bow Loongs were reported to be allied with the Suey Sings In Novem ber, 1914, when the Hop Sings were badly booten In a1 street battle here. Jung Qnong, president or the local Bow Leong tong, Is also In jatl. He was round hiding In a basement and was arrested under the so-called "general cussedness" ordinance. .. Hundreds ot Chinese were crowd ing the Eleventh street theater when the shooting occurred a dozen blocks away, A squad ot police ruBhed , to the theater, and while the Chinese aotors iblandly. proceeded with, their drama, the American officers searched every man In the , audience tor weapons. ' .; , - - : i ,,The Hop Sings are enraged. They are the most powerful tong in Port land and the polloe are fearful, of further, trouble. to the lonalng of the bathhouse' to private parties tor Individual gain nnd supporting the proposal made by ,the cltlzons committoe. , SUGAR REFINERY DNG MEMBER GOES aiDiis EXECUTED IN SI SING Unfrocked Priest Goes to the Electric Chair for the Har der of His Sweetheart, Anna Aumueller, in New York Osslnlng, N. Y., Feb. 18. Hans Schmidt gave his life In tho electric chair here at dawn today for the murdor ot bis sweetheart, Anna Au mueller. He went to death as calmly as be would have conducted religious services In the days when he mas querated as a priest, Ma dying words were for his old mother in Germany. Down the dark chambers of the death row sounded his good byes to 20 other condemned men as he vanlsned out through the "little green door" on his last Journey. Father .Cashln, prison chaplain, who had prayed with .him through the night hours, accompanied him to the chair. Both the chaplain and the guards were surprised at the con demned man's haste. Disregarding the usual measured tread of the dead march, Schmidt, erect and unfalter ing, hurried to the chair. He was calm and collected. , Suddenly as be reached the rub ber mat before ihe electric hlr.-ho j halted abruptly and wheeled. Above I his head he held the ebony and silver crucifix, the symbol which In other I A fa ti a l m 4 .M a A a mmkIi am He snapped aside the reaching arms of the waiting guards, and rasp ed out: "One minute, please; one minute, until I say my say." The witnesses, In breathless ex pectancy, leaned forward as the un forcked priest declared In tones that rang sharp and clear in the little room: "Pardon me. I beg forgiveness of all whom I have offended, and all whom I have scandalized. I forgive all who have offended against me. j My last thought is for my mother. Please give my mother my last good wishes. , It is tor her, I " ' "My Lord and my God" In terrupted Father Cashln, and Schmidt quietly repeated the final prayer, j At Its conclusion Schmidt sat In the grlirt chair, seemingly unmoved. Dumbly he gazed at the witnesses for a moment as the electrical apparatus I was clamped on him. Then he closed his eyes. There were no signs or a shudder, but his race went, chalky .white as the lat piece ot apparatus was strapped firmly beneath his chin. He died without uttering a sound. , Three shocks were given. Each was .v'jro?' t :r- Washington, Feb. 18. With the submarine warfare negotiations be tween the state departmetn and Ger man Ambassador von Bernstorft at a temporary standstill, the cabinet and Benate today debated the future course ot this government. Non-patrlsan congressional support waa promised for the administration stand against the decree by Austria and Germany, announcing their in tention to attack armed merchantmen without warning. The cabinet was expected to con sldor whether to protest formally against the Gorman and Austrian pro nouncements, though it was believed the government would decide to await actual developments before making such a move. ' The delay of the allies In advising the administration as to their course RELATIONS WITH rii I n ifjy ti m oi iiroori o iV TO NEXT ATTACK VtbbtLb Al BLACK SEA PORT " m a a a ' ( 1 : Giant Shipbuilding Plant, to ' Give Employment to 1500 Hen, to Be Constructed on Flats in SotfPart offo'ty I:' ' Portland, Feb. 18. A giant ship building plant Mil be located on the South Portland Oats adjacent to the Northwest Steel company's plant. Announcement was made today that arrangements are under way be tween the Willamette Iron & Steel works and the Northwest Steel com pany tor the construction of ship yards which will give employment to 1,600 wen. A contract Is now ready for signa ture calling for the construction of two 8,800-ton steamers for foreign interests at a price nearly five times what the vessels would have cost dur ing peace times. Owing to the al lurements held out by this contract, and the assurance of huge profits from the start, the success of the plant Is assured, officials of the two com panies asserted. The Identity ot the two companies will not be lost In the amalgamation, One company will build the hulls and the other will make the engines, Woodwork will be sab-let to Portland firms. The services of a master ship builder known throughout the coun try already have been secured, It was said, bat officials refused to reveal his name. Construction of the two big steam' ers will begin within 90 days. The cost of each will be over 81,000,000 The two craft to be constructed will be of the same type as the vessel purchased by T. B. Wilcox, or Port land, from the Unton Iron Works ot San Francisco. They will carry 8,800 tons of dead weight cargo and will fee equipped with engines capable of driving them at a speed of 13 or 14 knots. The first ship will be dollvered within ten months and the second within 15 months. The two plants concerned in the big deal are among the oldest and most firmly established In Portland. . of 1,880 volts, the first at 5:51 a. m. Eight minutes later he was officially pronounced dead. , ' Through hla attorney, Schmidt had Issued a dying statement during the night, denying he had killed Anna Aumueller, and asserting instead that she died from the effects of an Illegal operation, , ,, ' SENATE DEBATE toward the decrees Is hampering the state department negotiations with Berlin. Though British Ambassador Sir Cecil Sprlng-Rlce promised a joint allied note on the subject, this has not been forthcoming. Independent ot any position the allies may assume, however, the ad ministration Is committed to a de mand that Germany shall pledge that her future submarine, efforts shall conform to the established Interna tional code. ; .. . ,i The state department Intends to ask England concerning her alleged secret order to merchant vessels to take the offensive against submar ines, which Germany transmitted with her new decree. ! , Germany, though displeased over the delay in the Lusitanla ncgotia- (Uy United Press Leased Wire.) London, Feb. 18. Following upon the capture of Ezrerum, Grand Duk Nicholas' Russian forces are aiming at Treblzond, the Block sea port of Asiatic Turkey, 120 miles diatant Already the Slav right wing is within 50 miles ot the city, after hav ing captured Balbort en route. The tall of Treblzond la expected within a rortnignt. While this new drive Is on, an In vestigation ot Turkish atrocities In Armenia will begin lmmedately at Erzerum, and the executon of Turk ish officials responsible for them is predicted. The registration of prisoners and booty in Erzerum has only begun, bat It was revealed today that 25 more guns and 1,500 prisoners had been taken In the outer forts. The Post's Petrograd correspond ent attributed the capture of Erzerum to the "cyclonic rush of the Incom parable Siberians." BimSOM SENTENCED TO LIFE IX PRISON McMlnnville, Feb. 18. Judge Belt today sentenced William Branson to life imprisonment for the murder of William Booth at Willamlna Octo ber 8. .; ';; ;.' ,.. :, The trial ot Mrs.' Anna Booth, wife of the victim, who was Indicted with Branson, was set for March 6. Bran son Is 21 years old.. HOUSTON SLATED (OR WAR SECRETARY tr: '!": ' ' i ; ,t in'", Washington, Feb. , 18. President Wilson is looking for a successor to Secretary of Agriculture Houston, It was stated today, because he has practically decided on Houston as sec retary of war,;. When a change in the agriculture department was mention ed, every suggestion has been that Assistant Secretary .Vrooman , would succeed Houston if the latter retired. New York,' Feb. 18. Politicians put their heads together today in an effort to decipher, the meaning of Thomas F. Ryan's dinner to United States Senator Oscar Underwood, last night. Ryan came up from Virginia, while Underwood came on from Washington. Guests Included John D. Archbold, of the Standard Oil company; Daniel Guggenheim, mil lionaire mining man; Charles M. Schwab and Henry C. Frlck, steel magnates, and D. O. Reld, tlnplate king. ''' ..' :- The banqueters denied that politics were discussed, except casually, but, Ananfta Vi t ffunaoa, Knn IV. a fpn la. ran from a surmise that the million aire's wanted to know the contents ot the next democratic platform to the suggestion that they desired to have the government armor plate and shipping bills killed. The dinner was at the palatial Ryan residence, two doors below where the Gary "billion dollar din ner", waa given to Colonel Roosevelt. tlons, is not believed likely to with draw her last terms. These are said to be satisfactory to thfs government, aside from the fact that assurances for the future are desired simultane ously. The state department heads bolleve von Bernstorft was not authorized to suggest postponement ot the unwarn ed attack decree, but that In so doing he was prompted by a desire for an immediate settlement ot the LubI tanla case. RYAN BANQUETS UNDER OOD TEUTONS Senator Lodge Tells Seixte His Idea of tie Geriiki. and Austrian Scheme cf Attack cn MercH Ships Washington, Feb. 18. -Austria and Germany were charged by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts today with proposing piracy in their plans to attack armed merchant vessels with out warning. Discussing the Sterling resolution against recognition of their plans, Lodge said it Is Inconceivable that the United States would accept the Teutonic decree. ,. He cited precedent to show that arming of merchant ships for defense had been allowed since the days of the Barbery pirates. He recalled that America had ap proved such armament during the present war, and declared that any change from this position now would be an unneutral act. "The abandonment of the right of merchantmen to arm themselves or the right ot Americans to travel or ship their goods on them," said Lodge, "could rest only on the ground that the centurles-old right ot neutrals mast be coat aside so that a new Instrument ot maritime de struction should not be Impeded In Its work of death and murder. ; 8nch a doctrine to revolting; to. every In stinct of humanity and to every prin ciple of law and Justice." Re said abandonment of the pre sent system would be a warlike step against the allies which at the same time .would make, thp United States Germany's ally., Senator Sterling, who introduced the resolution several days ago, fol lowed Lodge. . -v- fV Denouncing the Teuton decree as a reversion to the ldeaa of the Dark Ages and . as creating a sltnation which constitutes "our gravest Inter national crisis," Sterling declared: "Let another sea horror occur In which Americans are Involved and the administration and the world will know that there is a. real America, not supine, not apathetic and hesi tating, but strong and militant" Referring to the Lusitanla case. Sterling said that the administration "at first appeared bold and uncom promising in behalf ot Feat Prln" ciple, but In the end yielded the sub stance for the word. ' " r "The vice in the state department's suggestion that the allies disarm merchant vessels," said Sterling, "lies In the. idea that. because the deadly submarine is not strong on defense ltseir, we must maKe mercnant snips helpless "against It." i i ;. Sterling urged Issuance ot a very strong, protest to Germany against her new plans. . 1 - i , .," ' Following . Lodge and Sterling, Senator Thomas read Into the record recent reports that the administration intends no approval of the decree, as the two previous speakers suggested. He charged that the republican at tacks were for nolltical effect and were not 'based on facts nor upon a sincere desire to better the diplomatic relations of the nation. . u REBELS WIN VICTOR OVER CHINESE TROOPS San Francisco, Feb. 18. The bloodiest battle ot the Chinese revo lution, raging for eeveral days at Pah Kong, has been, won by the rebels, a cablegram from Shanghai to the Chinese World said today. , The battle started when a Yuan Shi Kai division was hurled at 2,000 rebels at Pah Kong. The rebels sur rounded the government troops by a (ruse and turned several batteries of maenme guns on mem. ,