DAILY EDITION VOL. VI., No. I7.. (JIlAN'TH I'AKS, JOSEPHINE "OUNTV, OUKOON, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1016. WHOLE 5 UMBER 1717. . No Other Town in tle World the 8iz of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Seme. - ; j e m 10 SIERRA Bandit Leader, With 2C0 Fol lowers, Reported a Day's Travel Ahead of the Pur suing American Cavalry El 1'uho, April lO.lvmswlly trull Inn Francisco Villa, American cav lrymen today were believed to be In thu desolate Sierra Madre aruiiud Parral. At least one full day ahead of thin "Nome!," the bandit chieftain was reported with 200 follower at Maglslral, a mining camp In Durango state. He In making every effort to Join the.Arrleta brothers, who have 3.000 iiKn Around Durango City, according t5 Information from American officers of a mining company at Parral. Villa passed I'arral Saturday. Magistral 1 nearly 75 miles south, over bad trail. The Sierra do la Candcla In that ret; I on rears It peak to a height of two Dillon, offering greater hardship than the Unltod State forces hve yet encountered. . Although apurred on by a desire quickly to end tbe chase and relieve Carranta from tbe danger of revolt threatened by general opposed to the expedition, the American are be lieved falling behind. Villa obtained fresh mount at I'arral. With hi great knowledge or the mountain trail, hi chance of eluding tbe pur uer for an Indefinite period are considered good. While official Mexican advice Mill Insist that Villa la wounded, Jamea Hamilton, a British rofugee from Parral, ld he bad absolute authen tic word from Mexican miners that the outlaw I unhurt. Hamilton, who 1 acquainted with the Candela dis trict, ald he thought Villa wan prac tically safe from capture there. Officials refused to take seriously the news of General Salazar's de parture after Issuing a proclamation asking all Mexican to join his new revolution. Salazar 1 known to bo ' opposed to Villa. Alarmist rumor of Imminent dan ger from El Paso Mexicans rising up simultaneously wltb a Mexican mu tiny at Juarez were treated lightly. General Gavlra Is reported to bo considering aolna to Chihuahua City for the purpose of participating In' the Villa hunt. If he should do so, 1 General Perternlllo Hernandez moyj succeed him a commandante at' Juarez. 5 SUNK IN U HOURS London, April 10. Five more "UrltlBh merchant vcssols fell victim to submarines or mines .during the past 24 hours, according to reports in shipping circles today. . The unarmed vossol Yonno, which Is not listed nt Lloyd's, was torpe doed without warning, survivors charged. Tho othors destroyed wore the Silsworth Hall, 4,777 tons; tho Znfrn, 8,D7ft tons, nnd tho Glen Almond, unlisted. All tho crews were reported saved. Later In tho day tho steamer East ern City,' 4,34 1 tons, wns added to the llHt of victims, Jlio wan not Armed. j INTIMATE OF GERMAN MWSKH IN' Till) WAR London, April 10. Gormnn war losses to date total 2,730,017, British newspapers figured today from Ger man casualty lists. Thl Includes V581.437 killed. mm Tl OFFERS PHIZES TO BEET GROWERS Tlio Oregon-Utah Sugar company bun Jut annouucod a nodes of cash prize to youthful grower of sugar boot during the present season. To t ho boy or girl under 1J yar of ago who grows the heaviest tonnage, of hei'ts for the GrantH Pass factory from tracts of land of specified sizes, prizes will be awarded as follows: One-half acre First, $10; second, 5; third, (3. One-fourth acre First, $5; sec ond, $3; third, 2. One-elRhtb acre First," 3; second, 2; third, 1. Knch contestant must sign a con tract with the sugar eompnny to rover the oerrago to N planted. It Is un derstood, and must bo so agreed, that the person signing "the contract to prow beets for a prize must do all the hand labor In growing and har vesting the beets. Another form of contest ha also been Inaugurated by the Oregon Ttah Sugar company, cash prize be ing offered for beet testing the high est percentage of sugar grown from tho sample packages of beet seed be ing distributed by the company. Three beets will be accepted from each con testant, and a first prize of 13, sec ond of 2 and third of It are offered. ARMED POSSE HUNTS Auburn, Cat., April 10. More than 100 heavlly-armcd horsemen maneu vered over the bills between here and New Castle today, hunting for tho Cox brothers, Jim and Dave, who shot down Constable F. H. Dependenner on the court house steps last night when he refused .to liberate their third brother, Bert, arrested for dis turbing the peace. Dependenner Is seriously wounded. Witnesses say the Cox brothers ap proached Dependenner as he stood on the court house steps and demanded their brother's freedom. He refused and started to walk away. As his back was turned the two men opened Are. The constable quickly drew his own gun and dodged behind a post. In tho duel ho was hit In the stomach, leg and head, and dropped senseless. Church bells were ringing and many families were strolling In the main streets as the shots rang out and the Cox brothers ran to their horses, flourishing smoking revolvers, threatening to kill any person that tried to halt them. VMM. WIIJiON KITFKKH FKOM TKOl ltlJ:S0MK COM) Washington, April 10. President Wilson, suffering from a troublesome cold, cancelled his engagements for today and remained secluded In the White Jlouso. The cold was contract ed Friday. Dad weather forced him to quickly return from a cruise on the Potomac In his yacht, tho May- flower, by which he hoped to throw oft the Blight Illness. He Is reported Improving. DENY LOSS OF TWO SLAV TRANSPORTS i Petrograd, April 10. Turkish communiques describing tho sinking of two ItiiBHinn transports in the lllack sea were officially pronounced fabrications today iby the war office, German aubmniinos, flying the Turkish flag, Inflicted negligible losses on Slav transport and Btipply ships, according to the Russlnn vor slon. ' A Slav destroyer,' It was stated, rammed an enemy submarine near where the hospital ship Portugal was ; torpedoed. ' COX BROS. AT AUBURN B AT TL E OF VERDUN IS APPROACHING CUilflAX Army ot the Crown Prince Hurled Against the Fortresses of the French City, and the Most Furious Fighting of the Worlds Greatest Battle Progresses in An Attempt by the Germans to Break Down the Steel-Clad Ring London, April 10. The greatest buttle In history entered Its fiftieth day this afternoon with tho German crown prlneo launching mighty blows at the fortress of Verdun. As tho day drew to a close thu shell-scarred old hills and villages ainontf which tbe struggle Is raging saw moro furious fighting than has occurerd since the smash at Verdun began. Throwing more tban 150,000 men Into action on an arc-like front, the crown prince and his consulting gen erals have Issued orders for every ounce of power to be brought to bear In a titanic effort to break the steel clad ring of defenses. While regiments are advancing un der a curtain of shrapnel on the main front, the Germans are pounding at tho northwestern and northeastern gotes of the city with their heavy artillery and their hardiest veterans. Paris, April . 10. Germans pene trated French trenches for a depth of more than BOO yards on Hill 295 and Dead Man's hill In a aerie of terrlflo assaults during the night; the war office admitted today. The Germans started a general of fensive against Verdun Sunday along a front of 12 mile on both tanks of the Mouse. They were only success ful, however, at Hill 295, according to the communique. This rise Is on the slope of Dead Man's hill. Else where they were hurled back. On the east bank there was a bloody hand-to-hand struggle south of Douaumont. The French claimed to be making progress In their work ot seizing German communication trenches. After squeezing the French from the Dethlncourt salient,' the crown prince rushed up fresh troops with out delay, said the communique. Since the battle ot Verdun open ed on February 21, the Germans have rolled back the French on both banks of the Meuse, capturing 150 square j miles of territory and nearly 30 vll-j SEND MORE MOTORS AMD AEROPLANES TO AID IN THE MAN-KUHT IN MEXICO Washington, April 10. Hope of breaking up the Vllllsta bands In Mexico grew here today, a month af ter tho orders to do so were Issued. Army men thought that Major General Fred Funston's code reports might bring news ot Francisco Villa's capture before the week ends. The warm trail the United States cavalry is following Is believed to be grow ing warmer. When iGeneral . Per shing's men close In, If they are In onythlng like fresh condition, Mexico will be rid ot Villa, experts here as sert. The state department is probing tho sources of rumors which tend to prejudice rolatlons between the United States and tho do facto gov ernment. Despite tho usual crop of wild reports, officials declare the Car ranxlRtas have manifested nothing but friendliness and a dcslro to be of assistance In tho hunt, Tho army transportation situation is now under control and more auto trucks will bo ordered If needed. But It Is hoped that tho speedy capture of Villa will make further purchases unnecessary. Two more aeroplanes will be sent to the border this week. - "General Pershing' comments show that there Is every Indication that the de facto government troop lages, It was admitted. Nevertheless, the most terrific artillery bombard ment In the world's history won only a single fort, Douaumont. It Is es timated that losses on both sides total moro tban 200,000. London, April 10. With not a mo ment's lull in the fierce fighting northwest of Verdun, the Germans have followed up their advance at Bethlncourt with drives against tbe French wings, which are five mile apart. The battle Is becoming more furi ous than any engagement on tbe west bank since the smash at Verdun be gan, advices declared today. Doth sides' losses In Sunday's struggle were appalling. The Ger mans sacrificed hundreds ot men at tempting to duplicate the ''nut cracker" tactics by which they squeezed the French out of Bethln court. The Teutons hope to force evacua tion of all outer fortifications to the northwest. The "nutcracker'" right Jaw broke the French line northeast of Ato- court wood. Immediate French counter-attack ousted the attackers from their hard-won gains. At the opposite end ot the battle front the left Jaw of the "nutcracker" was hurled against French rank be tween Dead Man's hill and Cnmleres. It was heavily repulsed. Emerging from the protection of the forest, the Germans were caught In a withering fire and halted in disorder before they reached the defenders' breast work. , Berlin, April 10. Sileslan troops cut off and captured 714 French sol diers who were retreating from Beth lncourt with 15 large guns, the war office announced today. Germans also cleared the enemy from the district north of Avocourt and south of Crows woods, where 276 more prisoners were taken. desire to aid the Americans to the full extent of their ability," said a war department statement General Gutierrez, at Chihuahua City, has also offered full co-operation. With regard to El Paso reports that Carranza would demand with drawal of United States forces front Mexico, Secretary ot War Baker said : "I do not ibellove Carranza Is com municating with us through El Paso." Baker would not comment on re ports that Carranza had established a "deod line" at tho Durango etate boundary, beyond which the Ameri cans can not. go. It Is known that a change in the proposed protocol which Secretary Lansing Is under stood to have found acceptable pro vides a limitation for the American field operations, but the exact nature of tho restriction "has not been ' learned. DR. WAITE ENTERS PLEA OF NOT Ot'lLTV OF MURDER 1 New York, April 10. Dr. Arthur Warren Walte pleaded not guilty to day to a charge of murdering John Peck, Grand Rapids, Mich., million aire, his father-in-law. The plea waa REM SOLDIER KILEEI BI TEXAS STATE RANGER San Antonio, April' 10 "So they may have a chance to "work off ex cess; energy," Major-General Fnn- ston announced today that he had ordered tbe transfer of negro troops at Del Rio to Mexico. These soldiers,' who are a detachment of the Twenty fourth Infantry, were In trouble with the citizens during tbe night. Dur ing the lighting, a state ranger kill ed one of the privates. Funston also stated that tentative plans for the removal of the army base at Columbus to a more southern border point had ibeen abandoned. FIND MEW DROWNED NEAR EUREKA HARBOR Eureka, CaL, April 10. The bodies of John Jacobsen, J. Johnson and Leonard Rlggs, three seamen of the gasoline vessel Magnolia, were wash ed ashore at the mouth of the Klam ath river and brought hereJ today, following the capsizing ot their craft In a heavy surf. Towed by the tug Relief, the wrecked Magnolia was brought Into Humboldt bay. It Is be ing pumped out. The body of En gineer Ed Baker was found In the engine room. It Is hoped that the remain of Captain Johnson may be found there also. SENT TO MEXICO El Paso, April 10. Reinforce ments and supplies continued to pour into Mexico today as If there were no prospect of a withdrawal soon. Ac tivities In connection with the cam paign were speeded up. A field tele graph had already been rushed to Galeana. Meantime, Francisco Villa and his men are south of the Durarrgo state boundary, which rumor persists In saying is the "dead line" beyond which Washington has promised the United States troops shall not oper-' ate. ' With a following of 200 horsemen, the bandit chief is marching rapidly toward the Interior, apparently In tending to effect a Junction with) Canuto Reyes and Arrletas, both of , whom command considerable . forces 1 of outlaws. I Villa is at least 50 miles ahead of the most advanced American troops, and Is in territory so rough and wild that it is unfavorable for swift pur suit. On the revival of rumors of an Im pending withdrawal of Untted State troops from Mexico, officials and lead ing business men here conferred to plan to meet any acute situation which may develop from the activi ties of Mexicans In El Paso and Juarez. It is feared, also, that dis gruntled Americans may cause trouble. General Salaxar's where abouts are causing Juarez officials considerable concern. Department of justice agents who only last Thurs day questioned him with regard to antl-Carranza plots have been In formed that he crossed the border Into Mexico with a small escort of former Huerta adherents. It Is re ported that Salazar Is acting as head of tho Feliclstas In Chihuahua. The statement that in a secret pro tocol Washington had promised Car ranza not to pursue Villa beyond a fixed distance, and that since Villa wus already heyond that limit the Americans would have to withdraw from Mexico, was declared ground less by Consul Garcia. entered In the court of general ses sions. Walte's counsel asked leave to withdraw this plea or make such motion as he might soe fit within 10 days. After the proceedings Walte was returned to a cell In the Tombs. ENFORCEMENTS AGAIN Al SUBMARINE POLICY Secretary Lansing and Am bassador von Bernstorf Discuss Situation Involving the Two Countries Washington, April 10. Germany having pleaded not guilty, according to press cables, to the Indictment charging It with torpedoing the Brit ish channel steamer Sussex without warning. Ambassador Ton Bernstorff and Secretary Lansing discussed the general charge of illegal submarine activities today. The conference lasted ten minutes. If the state department consents to reopen the whole submarine sub ject, Germany may precipitate a com prehenslre controversy on the en tire question of submarine attacks against allied freight Teasels. There are numerous indications, however, that since Lansing ceased Informal negotiations with Bernstorff on the undersea boat Issue the state depart ment does not believe such proceed ings to be of any value whatsoever. It remains to be seen If today's conference was the first of a new series ot informal discussions. Bern storff said he had merely been seek-" lng information. He asserted the Sussex case was not mentioned. Asked if the conference had changed the situation, a state de partment official replied: 'It could not be said that it has. 8HIP OREGON PAPER TO EAST IN QUANTITY Oregon City, April 10. Workmen were busy today loading 25 freight' cars with news print paper, to be shipped to a large Philadelphia news paper. This is the first order re ceived by the Crown-Willamette Pulp ft Paper company from the east" ASK FRANCE TO TELL OF ATTACK ON LINES Washington, April 10. The state department today asked France for any information it may have con cerning the submarine attack upon the liner Patrla. Affidavits describ ing the attack hare been laid before the department. JIBE DEMOCRATS . Washington, April 10. Repeal of the free sugar clause In the tariff bill came under consideration in the sen ate today. Both parties were pledged to the repeal, but the republican side seized the opportunity to jibe at democrats for what they termed the abandonment of another pledge made at the Baltimore convention. When the matter came before the house It passed a straight repeal measure. The senate bill only re peals free sugar until 1920. MEXICAN FEON8 THROW STONES AT AVIATORS San Antonio, April 10. American aviators who landed In Chihuahua state were courteously treated by General Gutierrez, commandante there, although crowds of peons threw stones before they realized the Americans had come on a friendly mission, It was learned at army head quarters today. Headquarters was not fully In touch with the United States columns In Mexico,'' but It was stated the officials here would not be surprised it Colonels Brown or Dodd reached Parral today. BACK UP POLICY