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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. ,