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DAILY EDITION HI VOL. VI., No. 181. "Ull- GRANTS PARS, JOSEPH I JTB OOUNTl, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, !!. 4 ( WHOLE NUMBER 1728. tfo Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. 3 "5 PRES. M Chief Executive Explains to House and Senate in Joint Session of the Dispatch of a Demand Upon the Kaiser for a Cessation of the Under-Sea Warfare Imperilling Lives ol Non-Combatants, Giving Data Leading to Crisis Washington, April 19. A brilliant audience hoard President Wilson's message to congress today regarding relation! with Germany. The diplo matic and cabinet galleries were crowded and few member of the house and senate failed to have their faculties prevent, tan liefore the president arrived at the rapltol rowda were Jostling for standing spare In the halla outside the nailery doors. ConKreatman Si'hall, the blind Mln netotan, wu the drat member on the floor, After a page had led htm to his seat he sat In solitude for more than half an hour. Congressmen, eaxo'r to learn the president's course, urrounded Representatives Flood and Cooper of the house foreign rela tions committee. Cooper expressed dissatisfaction at the president's course In this respect. To guard the executive, every avail able member of the rapttol police forco was on duty. They guarded very door, and those without tickets humanity and has long ibeen estab were not admitted. jllshed with the approval and by the After the address the senatora rev! express assent of all civilized na- turned to , their chamber and the house resumed consideration of the agricultural hill. "It waa a hypocritical speech," sld Congressman Mann, "probably Intended for campaign purposes. The president hss been pro-English all through the controversy. I said at the time of the McLemore resolution reduced to a minimum by the In that the president wanted to get us'structlons which It had Issued to Its Into a war with Gcrmsny, and I say the same thing now." "If the contents of the messsge were to be the basis for a declara tion of war by congress, I would not vole for war," said Senator Sher man. "I donH believe Americans should travel on belligerent vessels," said Senator Jones of Washington. "If i tbey do, I hope these travelers will ( e the first to enlist 4f war cornea. . The American people would never ap prove war on the grounds named by Resident Wilson." "There Is nothing In the message leading to war," said Senator Chanv Vrlain. The note to Germany sets no time limit, It Is understood, but demands only upon the high sea surrounding attention. Assurancea similar to those. 0"t Britain and Ireland, but wher Ttlven concerning operations In the'' ner eoW encounter them, in Mediterranean will not aatlsfy this way that .has grown more and more tiovernment. In sp4te of German onl- ruthless, more and more Indlscrlm dials' views. The point Is that Ger-te the months hae gone by. many has not observed Its previous "d less observant of restraints pledges and to not la a position to do. "d have delivered their wo without abandoning Its submarine stacks "Knout compunction against ctlvltles except as directed against vessels of every nationality and vessels in actual aea warfare. Washington, iprtl 19. President Wilson today told congress of the dis patch of a note to Germany that may mehn the breaking of friendly rela tions with that power. He spoke as follows ; "A situation has arisen In the for eign relations of the country of which It is my plain duty to Inform you very frankly. It will be recalled that In February, 1915, the Imperial Oer man government announced Its In tention to treat the waters surround ing Great Britain and Ireland as em braced within the seat of war and destroy all merchant ships owned by Its enomles that might be found with In any part of that portion of the "high soas, and that it warned all vessols of neutral, as well as of bel ligerent ownership, to keep out of the waters It had thus prescribed, w else enfer them at their peril. The government of the ' United States TllJLa: rw;:r;;, : Sn Tbat 3- i m m noVh. . . I earnos tnrsued without the practical cer- GERMAN SUBMARINE Ull talnty of gross and palpable viola tions of the law of nations, particu larly If submarine craft were to be employed as Ha Instruments, loss much as the rules prescribed by that law, rules founded upon principles of humanity and established tor the protection of Uvos of noncombatants at sea, could not In the nature of the case be observed by such vessels. It based Its protest upon the ground that persons of neutral nationalities and vessels of neutral ownership would be esposed to extreme risks and that no right to close any part of the high seaa against their use or expose them to such risks could law fully be asserted by any belligerent government. The law of nations In these matters upon which the govern ment of the United States based Its protest Is not of recent origin or founded upon merely arbitrary prin ciples set up by convention. "It ! baaed, on the contrsry, upon manifest and Imperative principles of tlona. ....... "Notwithstanding the earnest pro test of our government, the Imperial government at once proceeded to carry out the policy It had an nounced. It expressed the hope that the dangers Involved, at any rate the dangers to neutral vessels, would be submarine commanders and assured the government of the United States that It would take every possible pre caution both to respect the rights of neutrsls and to safeguard the lives of noncombatants. "What has actually happened In the year which has since elapsed hss shown that those hopes were not Jus- tilled, these assurances Insusceptible of being fulfilled. In pursuance of the policy of submarine warfare against the commerce of Its adversaries thus announced and entered upon by the Imperial government In spite of the solemn protest of this government, the commanders of German undersea vessels have attacked merchant ships with greater and greater activity, not bound upon every sort of errand. Vessels of neutral ownership, even vessels of neutral ownership hound i from neutral port to neutral port, have ibeen destroyed Along with ves sels of belligerent ownership. Some times the merchantman attacked has been warned and warned to surrend er before being Bred upon or torpedoed-; sometimes passengers or crews have been vouchsafed the poor secur ity of being allowed to take the ship's boats before she was sent to the bot tom. But again and again no warn ing has been given, no escape even to the ship's boats allowed to those on board. " : "What the government foresaw would happen has happened. Trag edy hns followed tragedy on the seas In such fashion, with such attendant circumstances as to make grossly evi dent that, warfare of such sort, If warfare it be, can' not be carried on without the most palpable violations of the dictates alike of right and of , humanity, Whatever! disposition '- Imperial German . iff . . . r a i;onuuuea..pn rage . FIND NEW BOMB PLOT EVIDENCE New York, April 19. The arrest of Wolf von Igol, formerly secretary to Captain Franz von Papen, of the German embassy, and the seizure of papers In bis Wall street office were reported today to have revealed much new Information concerning bomb plots of an international aspect sec ond In Importance only to the sub marine Issue. It Is understood that German Am bassador von Dernstorff has laid the matter of von Igel's arrest before Foreign Minister von Jagow In Ber lin. Secretary Lansing Is being kept Informed concerning local moves in the situation. Bornstorff Is said to be very anxious to recover the seised documents. He has demsnded that they not be photographed and that they be returned to von Igel Imme diately. The papers, however, are still In the United States district at torney's hsnds In New York, and they have been both photographed and copied. Von Igel la Indicted for a crime alleged to have been committed In September, 19 14. It Is reported that he did not become a German embassy employe until one year afterward. WOMKX WORKERS MAY HAVK WAGES RAISED Portland, April 19. The wages of woman workers will be raised by law If recommendations of a sub commltee to the state Industrial wel fare commission today are followed. The sub-committee proposes a gradu ated scale of advancement according to the ability and length of service of the employes. Nsmtqulps, Mexico, April 18. (Via Motor to Columbus. N. M., April 19.) The country hereabouts Is being combed on the theory that Francisco Villa may possibly, have doubled back after the fight at Guer rero and that he may be hiding tn the hills and villages near. Naml qulpa. He Is almost dally reported from all points of the compass in places hundreds of miles apart. The entire territory is therefore constant ly patrolled. With troops marching In and out at all hours, army head quarters is probably the busiest spot on the whole system of communica tions lines. Several minor clashes with Villlstas to the southward have been reported, but they are not veri fied, Constant reports of scattered Villlstas units come in, but Villa him self has apparently , dissolved Into thin air His wheseabouts Is a mys tery to iGeneral Pershing and his staff. ' The . strongest circumstantial re port is that Pablo Lopez, who has been repeatedly declared dead, but who Is known to have heen wounded In the dash with Colonel Erwin's cavalry at San Qeronlmo, has aban doned the litter In which he was being carried between two mules and Is now riding with twenty men. Manuel Baca, reported killed In the same fight, was later seen v In j Namlqulpa and Is believed to have a small force In the hills. Even the 1 former VIlllHta, '.General" Cervantes, Is reported In the mountains with 80 men. . . Their ability, to keep beyond the Americans Is due to the rugged. char acter of the district. Las Cruces cap- THINK IU W IE BACK-TRACKED I ANO COUNTRY HEftR BORDER CDMOEO DIAZ H fl II Hunt for Villa Is Halted Awaiting Confirmation of Razors of Bandit's Death and for Reinforcements El Paso, April 19. While the American expedition hunting Fran cisco Villa halted awaiting confirma tion of his reported death, or wait ing for reinforcements to enable It to pursue the chase safely, the revolt of Felix Diaz again raised Its head today. Secret service agents are Investi gating reports tbst a Diaz revolution waa being perfected at border points and that it would break out Immedi ately after the withdrawal of the American expedition. Financial In terests favoring Intervention In Mex ico were reported ready to back the new movement if the expeditton'a operations did not result In interven tlon. Department of Justice operatives were trying to run down definite clews' which might lead to the insti gators. Diss Is understood to be hiding In the eastern part of Mexico, hut he is said to he In touch with his follow ers here and abroad. The movement In which he was interested was tem porarily suspended. It Is said, when the American expedition entered Mexico. Carranzlstas at Juarez, disappoint ed at the ridicule of American officers at El Paso, still Insist that they ex pect confirmation of Villa's reported death and burial before night. Amer icans have practically discarded the theory that Villa is desd. yon, through which . General Per shing's headquarters moved from Dublan to Namlqulpa, is a succession of steep, Jagged walls, Its floor cov ered with rocks and loose stones, which endanger horses and men. The whole country la Villa's old stamping ground. The Villlstas know every foot of the trail, every road and every cave. Pershing's headquarters have en camped In a plateau near 'Namlqulpa. The altitude Is 7,000 feet and the nights are almost unbearably cold. Heavy winds render the tents un stable, and It la even difficult to walk In the faoe of the chill galea. BALLOOHISTS ARE LOST IN DESERT Los Angeles, April 19. A search; Ing party, made up of city police officers, with a large automobile, pre pared to go to the rescue of three bal loonists believed lost on the desert. Hubert Kittle and Frank Edmondson, both of Chicago, were members of the party. Jack O'Connell, pilot, was the third member. The trio had Intended to attempt to break the world's record for a parachute drop. Kittle planned to step from the' basket at a height of 15.000 feet. When last seen late yes terday, the 40,000 cuhio foot gas bag was drifting east toward the desert over the Sierra Madre mountains. The men carried three days' provl Ions. 4- QUIT SUBMARINE 4- WARFARE OR BREAK WITH UNCLE SAM . , f Washington, April 19. 'TJn- 4- less the imperial government should now Immediately declare and effect an abandonment of 4 its present methods of submar-4- ise warfare against passenger ' and freight-carrying vessels, the 4- government of the United States f can have no choice hot sever diplomatic relations with the f German empire altogether." 4- This is the demand of the 4- note given to Germany given 4 oat this afternoon by the state department. ' ' 44 4444444-44-4-4-44--T CREW OF 25 III Iff A crew of 25 men has just been put at work upon the new railroad surfacing the entire line to Waters Creek. The work has been in pro gress in a small way Just across the river for some time, and the won derful improvement made In the roadbed is at once noted. As soon as this crew gets its work well un der way, the steam shovel will be put In operation again, and more ballast will be spread. The decomposed granite will be taken from the deep cut at the Jerome Prairie hump. Equipment for the new road is ar riving from the shops at Portland as fast as it Is completed, another flat car having come over the Southern Pacific yesterday, and two box cars are now on the road between Port land and Grants Pass. VILLA'S ALLEGED BODY NOT YET EXHUMED Mexico City, April 19. Official dis patches received here today said that the exhumation of a body supposed to be that of Francisco Villa was pro gressing. Confirmation of its iden tification is momentarily expected. SUGAR PRICE AGAIN ADVANCED IX PORTLAND Portland, April 19. The price of sugar Jumped another ten cents to day, reaching the 1 8 mark, the sec ond highest ever recorded here. The highest was in August, 1914, when a hundred pounds of sugar waa worth $8.05. SUVS PURSUE . FLEEING TURKS Petrograd, April 19. The Turkish garrison at Treblzond, : important Black sea fortress and port, escaped when the Russians entered the city, but Slav troops are closely pursuing the fleeing Moslems, according to dis patches from' the front today. It is expected that the Turks will make a stand after crossing a stream which empties Into the Black aea, six miles west of Trebtzond. The Rus sians are now attempting to straight en their line by advancing against ETzlngan, the headquarters of the North Turkish army, where resistance is expected. " ; Since the entrance of Grand Duke Nicholas Into Armenia he has con quered nearly 20,000 miles of terri tory, almost twice the area of Euro pean Turkey, It is estimated. , Treblzond was not strongly forti fied and fell quickly before a Burprlse attack. GERMANS DESTROV BRIDGES ACROSS GREEK FRONTIER Salonlkl, April' 19. Germans crossed the Greek frontier last Mon day and destroyed railway : bridges between Aklndual and Dolran, ac cording- to dispatches received here Iffl COAST ill j today,.,, .. ; . BEGINS OCI Workcen Ccraesce Diggh Canal That Is to Carry Water for Sugar Facfcry a:d fcrtrigaticaPcrpocss Workmen today commenced th actual digging of the new south-side ditch that ii to carry water lor the irrigation of lands lying south of tha Rogue, and which is also to supply water to the beet sugar factory lm South Grants Pass. The crew of ditch-diggers is under the direction of Joe Russell, who has much experi ence in the work, and will crowd the construction of the new canal so that it win .be carrying water by the time) that it is needed for the growing crops. The ditch is at the 110-foot level, taking water from the Mg pipe line at that height above the Golden Drift dam. A new pump will be in stalled to serve this ditch. v London, April 19. Predicting na tional disaster unless the British cab inet comes to an agreement on the conscription issue. Premier Herbert Asquith today proposed adjournment of the house of commons until Tues day. He said he" hoped to effect an , agreement with regard Jo conscrip tion In a few days. '-' Asquith informed the house of commons that several points of dis agreement in the cabinet had not been cleared up by the aeries of con ferences Just ended. If they are not settled, the result will he a breaking up of the mlnistery, he admitted. "The cabinet," said Asquith, "la united in the belief that this would be national disaster. I am hoping that wise counsel will yet prevail. London, April 19. Premier As quith at today's cabinet meeting made a final effort to prevent a break ing up of the ministry and a general election in the midst of the war. The crisis is admittedly the gravest yet faced by the. coalition cabinet Sensational rumors had it that David Lloyd-George, minister of munitions, other ministers, and Earl Kitchener, as well as other military heads, had threatened to resign un less Asquith yielded to their demand for immediate general conscription. The reports -wee discredited by rumors that the opposing factions had compromised during the night The capture of Treblzond by tha Russlans and reports that the United States was about to break with Ger many were used as arguments for a course that might prevent or post pone a break. The allied economic conference which opens In Paris tomorrow waa also cited to avert the threatening breaking up of the ministry.. - HARVARD-PRINCETON BOAT RACE TOMORROW Princeton, N. J., April 19. The annual ' Harvard-Princeton varsity boat race will be run here tomorrow. MULTNOMAH COUNTY HAS 70,940 VOTERS Portland, April 19. The names of 76,940 voters were on tho reglatra tlon books of Multnomah county to day. The books were closed last night until after the primary elec tions May 19. ASQUITH PREDICTS BREAK CABIIiET
