DAILY EDITION
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VOL. VI., No. 181.
yoff. -HANTH PARS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREOOX, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1910.
WHOLE NUMB Kit 1675.
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No Other Town in tui World the Size of Grants Pas3 Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.
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DEADLOCK ON
SUBMARINE
ARE
Point Reached in Controversy
Between the U. S. and
Germany Where Neither Will
Yield Further Is Belief
Washington, Fob. 2t. A deadlock
between Germany and America on
the question of submarine warfare
appeared today. Administration
circle believed that the Iwtuo over
the Teutonic decree for unwarned at
tack on armed enemy merchant ships
will be outlined clearly thla week.
Slate department officials privately
admit od that an impasse wm ne
reached if advices from United!
Press Staff Correspondent Ackerman,
giving advance Indications ' of Ger
many's probable attitude, are 'borne
out. These advice were that' Ger
many had aald her last word In the
Lualtanla cose and dld'not care to be
too closely questioned as to how she
planned to carry out her armed mer
chantman decree.
Authorlttea made no attempt to
disguise the gravity of the situation,
but they said a crisis would not be
Teached for several daya, at leaat not
until formal notes between Germany
and the United States outline the
positions of these countries toward
arming vessels.
Senators Stono and Williams and
several republicans planned to dis-
cuss the decree In the. senate. The
Indications were thnt Berlin will see
congress vigorously back of the 'ad-
ministration's opposition to the de-Jot
crce, ' '
Officials thought It would be sever-
al days before Ambassador von Berna-
torff could receive Germany's reply
to Ambassador Gerard'a Informal
outline ot the Amorlcan opposition
to the decree. "
While there is little outward in-
dtcatlon t-it relations botween Secre -
tary tanslng and Bernstorff are
trained, their next meeting is ex-
pected to develop frank, If hot sharp, England la inclined to-doubt Amer
discussion of Lanstng'a irritation over 'lean reporta that Germany may poBt
the embassy's Improper "propaganda" pone operation of her decree, for
In the matter of recent negotiations. Gorman newspaper comments have
Officials declared today that Gor-J convinced the authorities that the
many had Jumped to Improper con-1 Teutons are about to embark on a
elusions from the American note to new campaign designed to strike ter
the allies, suggesting disarmament of ror to enemies and neutrals alike,
merchant vessels. It waa pointed out la this connection, the recent state-
that the United States could only act 'menta credited to Die Zukunft, Maxi-1 Portland, Feb. 21. Chased
if the allies agreed to. disarm in be- mllllan Harden'a paper, are regarded through the crowded streets of China
half of humanity and to save lives, 'as especially significant. He was ere- town by four highbinders, an aged
despite the tact that this government di ted with suggesting that Germany member of the Bow Leong tong was
was Inclined to favor the German view
that vessele ought not to he armed.
Germany apparently took the sug
gestion to the allies as an American
acceptance ot the Idea that merchant
men bad no right to carry armament.
Some authorities crltlclre Germany
for provoking a new dispute while
America was trying to arrange with
the allies for amendment ot the, gen
eral aea warfare code.
II
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London, Feb. 21. Premier As
qulth today Introduced In the house
of commons a request tor a new war
credit of 420,000,000 allghtly more
than $2,000,000,000.
This makes England's total war ex
penditures about $8,640,000,000. .
Aecordlng to unofficial estimates
the belligerents have spont about
$40,000,000,000 since the beginning
of the war. ' ;;
It is bolleved Germany has spent
($8,600,000,000 nnd. France $7,B00,-
000.000. RiiBsIa and Austvla have
.dlBcoiirugeil eHtlmntlng expenditures
iso their amounts are doubtful.'
11 BILLION DOLLARS
LAND'S
WA
EXPERT III BEET:
CULTURE TALKS
THIS AFTER!
The aiHombly room A the Com
merclal club waa not nearly large
enough to hold the great crowd that
wanted to hear what Geo. Austin, tho
cultural expert of the Utah sugar In
terest!, and the other "gentlemen who
arrived with him today from Salt
Lake had to aay. When the meeting
waa called to order at three o'clock
there waa not even standing room
left Mr; Austin dwelt upon the ini
portance of proper and timely cul
ture In the raising of beets, and
whllo he said that he waa not ac
quainted with condition! in the Rogue
valley, be did know that aucccss in
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Ul'Ull UU1UH luv ww.iv .
mating came too late In the after
noon for tho .Courier to report Mr.
Austin's address today, but its essen-
llal . ...HI k. .lu.n In, a
Arriving with Mr. Austin on train
th!, Vf ternoo'n wer0 Mex NH
u . MCnU of th, Oregon-Utah
itf fa AiiMtn inn V.A
kttttln , pftt,onBin .nd f.mlIy.
Vnnrrrrvf t nA trnnilAniAn 4' 111 at ft
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10 vmiU'rYiiiu, wuere n mvuuun him
be held with the farmers, and later
in the week meetings will be billed
for the Medford country.
LONDON FEARS
THE KAISER'S PLANS
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i nnnn f4v S I .with Germany's'
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i..AAi.moilnii nt fir tntnntlnn to at-'
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tack armed enemy merchant vessels
without warning operative only nine
idaya hence, tho newspaper here to-
day demanded that prompt steps be
'taUon to combat thla new campaign
?'f rightfulness.".
8ln,uIUn00U,'r lne' ,MUe WBrn
ing that another air raid may follow
that of yesterday against the east
and southeast coasts, when three per-
sons were killed and one wounded,
I. Paris reports of an attempted at-
tack by a raider agalnBt the French
liner Chicago Increased the belief
1 here that Germans are planning spec-
(tacular demonstrations on the sea and
la the air.
will aoon pay no attention to neu-
trail.' . ' ' ". ''
The German raider that captured
the British liner Appam la expected menybers ot the Hop Sing tong, sud
to co-operate with submarines in at-'denly assailed the aged Chinese near
tacking armed ahlps, until auch time
as the allied warships end her career.
The raider Involved in the Chicago'
Incident may have been the sante that
captured the Appam.
The Chicago, only a 16-knot vessel,
escaped her near the, Bay of Biscay,'
indicating that the raider la a com -
paratlvely slow ship, which should
be easy prey for British crulBors.
Shortly bofore the stranger ordor-
ed the Chicago to heave-to on Thurs-
day night, the French ship waa warn-
ed by wireless that
a raider was In
the vicinity. (
JKHS WIIiliAUO HKGINS
TRAINING VOll FISTIC ROUT
Ohlcngo, Fob. 21 Jess Willard'a
cold has improved so much that he
was able to resume light training
today. Ho Is doing practically all
ot his work indoors, however, and is
not vonturlng forth much or taking
chances with his cold. ;,
Reports whlrh were circulated here
Sunday, thnt Wtllard had t taken ft
sudden turn for the worse, were ridi
culed, by 'Tom, Jones, his manager.
3 CORPS OF
ARE
SOLATED
The Russians Pierce Line of
the Ottoman Troops in
Two Places, and Continue
Drive West of Erzerum
rotroKrad. Feb. 21. The Turkish
front has been cut In two place!, and
three corps have been separated y
the rapid Russian drive westward
following the Enserum victory.
One corps, forming the left wing,
is retiring on Trcbltond. The
. . ' ...
harassed and floundering in
ln, has been iaolated from the
"
Pletely cut off. It lacks food and
.
munitions and is In disorderly re
treat.
I The Russian left wing haa captured
Pasur Akcheetn, southwest of Mash.
.The vanguard of the Russian forces
advancing on Trebizond la now lesa
than 65 miles east of that port, while
another Slav force Is coming up from
the southeast.
INTKKXEI) GERMANS ARE
TAKEN' TO AUSTRALIA
San .Francisco, Feb. 21. Fifteen
thousand interned German prisoners
,who have been interned In China
alnco the opening of the war have
been within the past week smuggled
out of that country Into Australia,
according to officers of the Japanese
Hner Chlyo Maru.
The' reason for this wholesale
selsure of prisoners has been cloud-
ed In mystery.. They were removed
on British cruisers. It 'was rumored
n China that plots to escape had
been discovered and that a revolt
against the English In that country
might follow. Where they are to be
placed in Australia is not known.
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IIG IJEIJBER III
probably fatally snot at a ociock
this afternoon.
I The four Chinese, believed to be
sixth and Everett streets. The Bow
Leong drew , hla own weapon, but
when he saw how many were after
him, he fled.
The four pursued hlra madly, two
of them firing at close range. Nearly
a block they ran before the aged
Chinaman dropped with a bullet In
his abdomen. One ot the highbinders,
'described as a tall, lean Chinese,
leaned over the prostrate Bow Leong
nd deliberately emptlod his revol-
ver into his writhing body.
Two of the gunmen (then dashed
up a stairway leading into the Hop
Sing headquarters. Police were hot
upon their heels, for the firing had
continued long enough to attract
sergeant and two efflcers.
,The swinging doors of the Hop
Sing club rooms had scarcely closed
bohlnd the gunmen when the police
burst through. InBlde all was ser
ene. There Were no hlghblndors.
They had disappeared as completely
as if thouRh they ;had gone up In
smoke.; . ' u ..
. Vr. W. A. Mathews, a witness to
the shooting, deelnred the tall, lean
gunman loaned over his prostrato
TURKS
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SEEK PE
AND FOOD IN
BERLIN
Demonstrations in German
Cities Have Been Broken
Up by the Police, Is Ad
mitted by High Official
Berlin, via Bayvllle, Feb. 21.
Peace and food demonstratlone have
cities. Dr. Lewald, an official ot the
Interior department admitted today,
though he termed them as ot minor
Importance. He denied that police
bad killed any one, however, or that
It had been necessary to call soldiers.
In ChemntU there were rlota be
cause of the high price of butter, but
the pratlclpants were dispersed by a
stream from a fire hose.
Three peace demonstrations have
occurred la Berlin, Lewald said.
Police dispersed the first one and ar
rested six persons. In breaking up
the second one. attended by 1,000
persons, two ofr the crowd were
slightly Injured.' Small groupa par
aded on Friedrlchstrasse in the third.
These facta were given out by the
semi-official news bureau today aa
the eubstance ot an interview with
Lewald.
PORTLAND TONG WAR
PUTS CHINKS IN JAIL
Portland. Feb. 21 Five more
Chinese, alleged gunmen, were in the
city pall today as a result of police
activity to aupress the tong war.
Two armed Chinese were arrested
on the street last night Shortly
afterwards three auspicloua looking
orientals arrived from Seattle and
were immediatly thrown In Jail. -
Certain ot legal difficulties, the
Bow Leong tong has employed one
of the best legal firms in the city.
The Hoy Sings keep a lawyer hired all
the time.
T
PORTLAND STREET
Tictlm, thrust the revolver in his eye
and -deliberately pulled the trigger.
The firing pla snapped on an ex
ploded cartridge.
The two highbinders who did the
ahootlng dropped their rovolvera in
the street. Heretofore the possession
ot a revolver which smelled of burnt
powders waa one ot the few means ot
identification when the police arrest
ed a gunman after a ahootlng.
This la the second ciasn wiween
tong men in Portland within a week.
Two other Chinese are in the hospital
with bullet wounds aa a result of the
first shooting.
BRITISH TANK STEAMERS
BOMBARDED FROM AIH
Berlin, via Sayvlile, Feb. 21. Ger
man aeroplanes in yesterday'! raid
against England 'bombarded two Brit
lsh tank eteamers, the admiralty an
nounced today. ...
The main railway station and docks
at Lowestoft were hit repeatedly.
"Naval aeroplanes at noon Sunday
attacked the British coast," said the
official statement. ; "Bombs' were
hurled successfully on factories near
the railroad docks and one fell on
the gas works at Lowetttoft. The main
station and docks were hit several
times. A gasometer broke down un
dor effects of thef bombs. Two tank
steamers were bombarded. s
"Despite fire and pursuit allien,
paged returned snfely."
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FIVE KILLER III
RAILROAD VRECK
suhday nanuiiiG
Spokane, Feb, 21. Offlclala today
had practically determined that a
dense fog was responsible for the col
lision at South Cheney early Sunday
morning, when five men were killed
and three seriously Injured.
The bodies of the dead were claim
ed by relatives and taken away to
day. They are: . .
Professor Elton Fulmer, state
chemist, Pullman, Wash.; L J. Mln
nlck, deputy oil Inspector, 8pokane:
Lee N. Conry, Northern Pacific travel
in g passenger agent, Spokane; B. L.
Berkey. Portland, and J. J. White,
Spokane. . .
The injured, who are still In Spok
ane hospitals, are R. J. Spear, Pom
eroy. Wash.; Dr. ; John Mathews,
Everett. Wash., and J. A. Payant, ot
Los Angeles.
Superintendent De Force of the
Northern Pacific division learned on
Investigation that the engineer ot
the eaetbound North Coast limited
was unable to see the flagman sent
out by' the eaetbound Burlington
train when it stopped at South
Cheney.- In the dense fog the train
dashed past him. A torpedo was ex
ploded Just before the limited crashed
into the standing train, but not in suf
ficient time for the engineer to stop.
In the pocket of Prof. Fulmer was
found a traveling insurance card
worth $25,000 In case of death on
the trip. He had purchased it only a
few hours be tore he met death.
E THE U. S,
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Washington, Feb. 21. Enlarge
ment and improvement of the army
aviation service, bringing it up to
European standards, will be recom
mended to congress soon. Individual
members of that ibody are convinced
that the country has done too little
with aeronautics, and the improve
ment will be sought regardless of the
outcome of Senator Robinson a
charges against the San Diego avia
tion school.
"W once led in aeronautics and
we might have been ahead ot all other
nations in military flying," said one
congressman today. "But we let our
advantage slip until we well, we
have perhaps as efficient a corps as
Serbia had."
The army aero service has never
been given more than- $250,000 or
$200,000 yearly, while -army 'men
claim that tour to ten times that
amount is needed.
As a result ot the determination to
build np the aviation service, it is
probable that cavalry will receive less
attention, because experts believe that
aircraft have largely superseded cav
alry as scouts. '
THREE COUNTRIES
RAIDED BY AIRMEN
(By United Press Leased Wire)
Berlin, Feb. 21 German airmen
raided England, Belgium and France
simultaneously Sunday.
While they were engaged against
Lowestoft and Walmer In England,
other aviators were raiding Furness
and Poperlnghe, In Belgium and
Amiens and Lunevllle In France, It
was-officially announced today.
All the aircraft and mon returned
unharmed. 1
Concerning western front opera
tions, the war office said the British
had unsuccessfully attacked against
tho Germans occupying ground re.
cently gained near the Ypres canal
and southward along the Loos high
road.
On the east front, Russians attacks
near Dvlnsk tailed.
tail
sun
BlAI 18.
ItSOOEOR
BREAK
Ecglish Press Places Upon
lio RespcnsibiHly fcr Es
bracgeceEt Between Lo
sing and Yea BercstcrS
London, Foo. 21 President Wil
son waa held responsible by news
paper here today for the reported
estrangement between Secretary of
State Lansing and German Ambass
ador von Bernstorff.
Washington reports of that sit
uation iere given prominent display.
The Observer regretted that the
English press had harshly criticized
President Wilson when it was first
reported he would accept the German
decree of warfare against armed mer
chant ships. They were afterward
forced to withdraw their criticlznj in
riew of the American position against
the decree. "
The Observer took the view that
President Wilson dictated Lansing's
personal attitude toward the German
envoy, because the administration
had heen embarassed at stories cir
culated by the German embassy.
The paper suggested It would be
advisable for the allies to send a
distinguished envoy to America to
acquaint the government with'., the.
allies Ylewpoint
110 liUdUlMillll
JAPAN WANT PEACE
. (By United Press Leased Wire.) "
San Francisco, Feb. 21. That
Russia and Japan apparently want
separate peace and Intend to Join
with Germany after the war to divide
a generous slice of Chinese territory.
was the report Newell Martin, an in
ternational lawyer of New York, and
T. G. McDonnell, Manila journalist,
brought here on the Japanese liner
Chlyo Maru today. .
They said far-eastern dlplomata
think Russia and Japan are preparing
to. arrange a separate peace with
Germany, while England and Japan
are reported to be in acute dlsagree-
nwui uyer jipui niovemenis m
China. '
Japanese and European agents are
thought to be fostering the present
Chinese revolution in order to give
Russia. Germany and Janan an ex
cuse for Interference after the war,
the travelers said.
Reports of England's anger over
the gradual loss of control in the
Chinese situation are reflected, they
say, In bitter Japanese press com
ments against the English attitude.
Martin's father, W. A. T. Martin,
has been many years In China, and la
In close touch with government
officials. ,'
JI RT CONVICTS STATE
' OF ASSAULT AND BATTERY
(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Tonopah, Nev., Feb. 21. A Jury
that was not versed In legal phrases
cqnvtcted the state of Nevada, tor as
sault and battery by making it in
stead of Emmett Johnson, the defend
ant in the case.
ASHLAND MAN SUSPECTED
IN STORE ROBBERY
Redding Cat., Feb. 21. Craddock
Norton's clothing store was robbed
of $150 worth of goods early today
by a thief who cut a bole In the panel
ot the rear door and then threw the
bolt. John Burns, from Ashland,
Oregon, was arrested as a suspect a
few minutes later.
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