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DAILY EDITION
VOL. VI., No. 18
GIUVT8 PASS,, J08KPHINB COCNTV, f WECOX, ' FIUDAV, FEBBUAHY 23, 1916V
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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. .
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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. . , , .
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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.
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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-,
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: 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
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