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ill jlll DAILY EDITION VOL. VI., No. 18 GIUVT8 PASS,, J08KPHINB COCNTV, f WECOX, ' FIUDAV, FEBBUAHY 23, 1916V whole xnrnER m. "Ay.,.. t;L.!,:;i" ?'''hrfr '" No Other Town in the World the Sizc'of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. t r V. !( Alt S UNCLE SI 10 EXPM Wants DeEnitbcf Defensive Arn:n:c:ts, and Report Is That Cermay Is Prepar ing to Yield the Poist London, Feb. 25. Germany's reply to the American refusal to accept her armed merchantman decree, now en rout to Washington, aika th United States to define defensive armaments, according to an unconfirmed Amater dam . message today. . The reply should roach Washington within a few days. Officials here take the reported German query aa Indicative that Ger many doea not want a break with America and la preparing to yield. According to the Amsterdam nie ' sage, Foreign Secretary von Jagow aaks what alt gun 'America deema Broeaaary (or defense of merchant, men, In view of her contention that these ahlpa have the right to arm strictly for defense. In thla way It la thought Germany hones to force the state department to define defen sive armament and to embarraea bel ligerent ahlpa entering American porta with large guns. It la believed that the query la In tended io prolong negotiations be tween the two nations until the ex cltemcnt In Germany over the decree subsides. Then It la presumed Ger-- many will find s graceful way to ex tricate herself from an awkward posi tion. The Amsterdam report has tended to upset the English forecast that Germany Intended to defy the United Statea. HAUL FROM mm lt- lilted I'reas 1.1'as-d Wire t"acoma. Feb. 2D. More than $64,000 In negotiable paper and re-i glstered mall sent from Tacoma alone was obtained by the bandits who held np the eastbound North Coast Limited of-the Northern Pacific rail road near Covington and rifled mall HITS MAKE 111 pouches.lt was learned today. tton of ,argef tnan nJW 8r ... " Dr. D. H. Boll told the post office ! not believe that the omciaia mat in one or me sucks oi mall taken was $4,600. worth ot ne gotiable certificates of deposit that he had sent to a bank at Konmare, North Dakota. ; It Is reported ,t'emt,,any." saou worm or nona coupons, seiu by a local bank, were In one ot the stolen pouches. , .' . . . Post office Inspector Barclay has V Several deputies working on the rob bery and checking up parcels and letters contained in the registered " Kami, &mJ Alkitnbloi i tt t SI HMli Si AH mall sacks IS. O. niannhard. eeneral manager oi the Pacific division of the North- ,1s here today arranging' for construe ern Padflo railroad, said at noon to-tlon of a $170,000 hydroaeroplane, !ay that no word had been recolved.ln whloh he, DoLoyd Thompson of from the company's special agents ( the Aero Club of Airierlca," Donald who are out with the posses search-.W. Douglass and a navy represent, lng for the bandits. 4 Itlve, probably Lieutenant II. B. A report was received at the lff's office this afternoon that posses searching for the robbers had traced them ' to Maple Valley, 10 miles northeast of Ravensdale. The posses have several bloodhounds to help trail the bandits. 11 I'M AN FLESH W r TUB IDEAL JFOOD ! ; Madison, Wis., Feb. 25. Human flesh, considered from the standpoint ot nrotelns and dlunstlbtlltr. Is the Ideal food, Dr. H. C. Bradley told Cnlversfty of Wisconsin" physiology students. I IS STILL IKE TO GREAT HI Tenerlffe, Feb. 25. The German commerce raider Aloewe harried Brit ish commerce off South America be tween January 10 and February 1, according to the captain of one of the victims which arrived here today. The captain said that the where about of the Moewe had been a mys tery but that between the datea men tioned he had cruised between 8outh America and the Brazilian Island of Fernando de Noronha. r The Moewe encountered the 4,636 ton British steamor Flamenco while the latter was heading for Valaparlso. This veaso tried to escape and wire lessed for help, but she waa over taken and aunk by two shots. On seaman was drowned and two were wounded. The captain of the unnamed victim also related that the Moewe took the British steamer Cordbrldxe into the mouth of the Amazon, transferred her coal and then sank her. The Moewe has been reported to be the raider which captured the Appam, recently taken into Newport News, Va., aa a prize. It wa thought, too, that she was responsible for tak ing the British steamer Weatburn, which was brought Into the Canaries this week and later taken out within the three-mile limit and scuttled. I SHIPS TO Washington, Feb. 25. Transfer ot reserve ablps of the Atlantic fleet to the Pacific coast waa, suggested by Congressman Stephens of California to the house naval committee today. , Admiral Wluslow, Pacific fleet commander, said, however, that tbla Is Inadvisable at present, and' he ex pressed the desire that the Atlantic fleet be kept Intact. , He was In favor of improving navy yard facilities on the Pacific coaBt and ho thought the Puget Sound yard should be better prepared, though he regarded it as questionable whether the nation should spend money on the Mare Island yard. V "Wonldn't you favor sending a board of officers to the coast to lo cate a new yard, If one Is establish ed?" asked Stephens, "Yes," answered the admiral. Wlnalow said that 48 submarines i for the Pacific coast would not be ex- an, ho colinR(,, eon-t'rue. Mare Island yard could be developed into a first-class yard, as when it was selected "there waa no Idea, of the large ships we would build PLAX TItIP AROUND THE WORLD IN TUB A1H BMM p " - " trip around the world is planned to start from here within the next four months. Porter H. Adams, of Boston, DIE THE PACIFIC slier-.Douglass, plRn to make me night, The itinerary given by Adams is: flan Franclnco t Honolulu, Man llo, China, Port Sald, Spain and then across the Atlantic to Boston. . The airship-will carry seven pas songers and will be 188 feot wide and 85 foet long, wlth"e!ght motors. IOST 14 POUNDS THKOVtSH 1LT.TREATMKNT '--' H.-.. . ; New York, Feb; 25. Mrs.' Jean Frasor Henry asked a divorce on the ground that 'she had lost 14 pounds In eight months W-tesun of Ut husband's 111 treatment. siKionisruiio - . ;' - - ", ' j. ' .- Berlin Reports That the Gercaa Drive Ag&st Vercb Is Ccfcuisg, ad That Tfcszsasds cf Prisoners and tluch Eccly Ha?e Been Captured Als:g tie Eight-t!i!e Frc:t Bdsre the Beleaguered French City (By United Press Lessed Wire.) London, Feb. 25. Though Paris officially reported today that the vio lence of the German drive against Verdun was diminishing, the Berlin official announcement told of the cap ture of aix more villages, and thous ands of prisoners along an eight-mile front before the city. : At some points the German crown prince's men are within two miles of ! their coveted goal. Not only have ,the French wings been driven back .but the center, too, has ibeen forced to a point within six- miles ot the 'city. . : '. j It is s trail of blood the Germans t$r leaving. Distorted corpses of the (best fighters of France and Germany and thousands of wounded are the battle's harvest. Berlin said the French tosses had (been particularly heavy and the Ger mans lost only what might be ex acted from the magnitude of the 'struggle. I The Parts communique, while 'claiming to have checked the Ger Imanitor "the time being," virtually 'admitted, as Berlin said, that the ( Germans had taken Champ Neuville, .Beaumont, Ornea and the farms and villages between, including Cottel lette, 'Marmont and Chambrettes. General Joffre, French commander- ln-ohlef, has taken personal direction 'of the French defense. Paris hails this enthusiastically, as meaning a sure turn of fortune. The apparent contradiction la the official statements Paris telling of 'a check and a lull in the infantry and artillery battling, and Berlin re 'potlng fresh gains was probably due to the fact that the Paris state ment Is later. The Berlin statement mont probably covered events of the early night, after which, as Paris said, the were no Infantry attacks. in addition to revealing appalling losses, Berlin claimed 10,000 pris oners had already been taken, to gether with much booty. meet asks that BE ESTABLISHED (By United' Press Leased WfreV I Washington, Feb. 24. Reprcsen- tatl.ve llawley has taken up with the . department of the Interior the Ques-j tion ot locating & mining experiment station In Oregon. He is urging the 'location of such a Btatlott in the vi cinity of Oranti Pass. J i He says he' finds there is a dl'sposl- ( tlon to concede one of the stations to the northwest, He also finds that the . policy will be to select eltes not so much with a view to assist merely the ( leading' mining districts, where large corporations are operating, but toj neli) in the" development of othor promising districts, M the benefit of the lndnstiy as a whole. He Is urging that the southern Oregon district is the one In nnrthu-Ml nffAt-lnff hft best field. the He --- --- T" i pointed oui inai array unsuiBuio favor development of a harbor at rescent City, Cal., to which point a railroad Is headed from Grants Pass, 'and that the greatest needs ot the' southern mining belt are transporta tion and smelting facilities. At present ores have to be sent to jPugot sound for smelting. The plan is to secure a smelter at a convenient 'point, and. with relation to the fact that there Is a large limestone cliff on the road to Crescent City from Berlin, Feb. 2$. Fortified French villages and farms,' including Champ Neuville, five miles' north of Verdun, have been stormed and captured In the German drive i for Verdun, said an official statement today. Prisoners taken' Id the drive now number 10,000. Towns taken are Champ Neuville, Beaumont, Cotel lette, : Marmont; Chambrettes and Ornes, east of the Mouse on aa eight mile front Paris) Feb. 25.- The offensive of the German Crown: Prince Frederick William against Verdun shows signs of a slackening, .the war office an nounced today. There were no at tacks last night and the artillery fir ing was less violent , The French artillery is now hold ing Its own slong the 25-mfle front before Verdnn and there is every In dication that the giant German of fense has been checked, temporarily at least,-, TheFrenoh are organizing new positions behind Beaumont and. the heights east of ChaynevM, not , far from Verdnn. life nrpRisojrarETr Fon stAtma corsrs , (By United Press Leased" Wire.) Baker, Feb. 25. James Macomb will be sentenced to life Imprison ment tomorrow for killing Leonard Gonl, his cousin, November 18. Af ter deliberating 25 minutes, a jury last night convicted Macomb. Re pleaded insanity. EXGLAJfTJ GETS AXOTFIER PROTEST FROM THE V. S. Washington, Feb. 25. A. protest against British seizure of Germans from the Chinese Mall liner China (American) while en route from China ' to San Francisco, was for warded by the state department to England today. . ijiiig sr. AT HITS PASS which a supply of flux can be had. The purpose ot the mining station would be to bring to that field' expert advice as to smOltef construction, treatment ot ores and modern meth ods ot mining. At one time the for est service objected to a smelter be cause of damage t forests and crops from fumes of the plant. F. G. Cot trell, chief of the bureau, ot metal lurgy, Is said to have conquered the fume nuisance and converted It Into an aeset by making arsenlo from the product of the smokestacks and at the same time deriving potash In merchantable quantity from the re fuse ot the furnaces. ; . , . Mr. llawley Is asking the depart ment to Bend Dr. Cottrell to Oregon and have these processes explained. He thinks the mining Industry will take on great activity If the mining station goes In. The ores ot the sec tion have a copper base, but carry good quantities of gold and silver. He has been Informed that the de partment will not take up the ques tion ot location until after congress at this session has made the stations themselves a sure' thing" 'by appro priating the amount authorised for their construction. kThe appropria tion will be carried as an Item ot the sundry civil bill. , BILL I D DIE TRAVEL Oil ABIE VESSEL ILLEGAL Washington, Feb. 25. Immediate ly upon the convening of the senate! today. Senator Gore introduced bis j bill making it Illegal for Americans ! to travel upon armed vessels ot the belligerents during the war, and also a resolution providing for a warning to them to refrain from such travel. A resolution by Senator Jones of Washington, requesting President Wilson not to sever diplomatic rela tions ' with any nation and not to place America In a position where she could not honorably avoid war, was tabled. . . Senator Jones' resolution recited that Inasmuch as the' honor of the nation Is not In the custody ot one man, but In the custody of the people, It is the president's iluty to present to congress details of com plications that might lead to war be fore taking an Irretrievable position. Senator Stone disposed of dis6as- sfon of either the Jones or the" Gore measures by insisting upon tabling them for a day. . Tension marked the senate pro ceedings, and Stone twice refused to allow unanimous consent to discus sion of bridge bills, fearing that the talk might veer to the international situation. . , , . L lili SI iiiii Oakland. Cal., Feb. 25. That Adolph Uhl, San, Francisco million aire, was traveling at a terrific rate of speed when the machine he was driving struck atfd almost Instantly killed Miss Bess Smith at Walswortb street and Oakland avenue last night was the declaration of Captain ot Detectives Walter Peterson, who an nounced today that if the family of the dead girl falls to prosecute the wealthy automobillst he himself will carry on a charge of manslaughter with which Uhl Is now charged. Peterson and a corps of detectives by investigation today found that the car, after striking the girl, dragged her body for 130 feet before the mangled form was torn loose from the machine and that 160 feet In all were required to (bring the machine to a stop. Police' autos' traveling at the rate of 25 miles an hour were brought to a stop In a 30 feet width with only one brake in use.. , Uhl today stated that he was not driving his cer at a fast rate and that he did not see" the girl until after she had been struck to the pave ment ' . Chicago, Feb. 26. After its sen sational slump yesterday,' wheat ad vanced sharply today in the early trading. The market seemed con fident May wheat sold at Hi . 7 RIVAL LAND GRANT BILLS ARE ARGUED (By United Press Leased Wire. I -Washington, Feb. 25. To support their opposing bills in the Callfornla- ?regon land grant cases, Senator hamberlain and Congressman Haw- ley appeared today before the house publio lands committee. . Chamberlain said his measure gives the railroad everything that it can legally claim; yet pasBOB agricul tural land Into cultivation and se cures for the people proceeds of valu able timber. He doubted the power (of congress to convert the ..land grants into a forest reserve because a settlement right was conferred by the granting act. " ,. I ' On the other hand, Hawley said that congress is powerless to resume the title but must dispose " of it through the railroad. WIS AUGHTER 1 PRESIDE!! Ell 10 HIS SID Argils cf Coherence tttzftit M to Sucnre 2 fowiiSye h PcSy Washington, Feb. 25. Arguments of bouse conferees on the German situation falW to swerve' President -Wilson today front bis stand that the German armed merchantman decree trangreesea International law and that Americans ought not to be warn ed from such vessels. ' - After" nearly an hour's session with' 1 Speaker Clark, Majority Leader KltChln and Chairman . Flood of the bouse foreign committee, there was still a disagreement between the pre sident and congress as to the decree. The upshot of the session, however. was no action was 16 be taken by congress today, at least. President Wilson emphatically told the conferees that 'he would not budge from his plan of insisting that Germany recognize every American right. v :' '' JusC as-'positively; Speaker Champ Clark t ep&tSd that the house is over whelming in favor of Issuing a warn-, W ' - ..- : Following the conferees confer ence an epochal session of the cabinet 1 was" scheduled to consider the Ger man problem. Senator Stone's letter announcing his view that a warning should be Issued to Americans not to travel on armed belligerent merchant vessels elicited another letter from the pre sident last night. In which he adhered to the decision that while, he would try to maintain peace, he would do so only If the honor of America was up held. . ' ' Stone announced,' however, In his letter that be would try to prevent an outbreak in the senate on the subject of issuing a warning. . The Stone letter followed a report ed disagreement between him and President Wilson in their Monday night conference. Stone said he bad revealed' the president's position in so far as he could without violating confidence.' This position showed the president to be firmly tor insistence upon the rights of Americans to travel 6n armed! ships. For the present the house will take no action, the conferees said. It is not believed that members, will evolve their decision before next week. In the interval Germany's reply to the American position will undoubtedly be at hand, so that the president will have an opportunity to determine his further action, which undoubtedly will have a bearing on the position congress taKes. In leaving the conference,' Speaker Clark, 'besieged by newspapermen, said: '.. ' : "I told the president what the sen timent of the house Is. Senator Stone's letter and the president's reply are the last word oh both sides ot the question. When the. house members read these letters they will determine what the situation Is." . .. While the conferees admitted that neither side had succeeded In chang ing the convictions of the other, they said they bad promised the president their utmost support in preventing summary action on the part ot the house. ' Upon reaching his office at the capltot, Speaker Clark elaborated his previous statement, saying: "There Is a rumor that Germans will postpone operation of their de cree to the middle of March or the first of April. I am Just guessing at this, but if it Is true, It will give more time for consideration. It they post (Continuedon"page" 2)