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VOL. VI., No. 181.
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GRANTS PARS, JOSEPH I JTB OOUNTl, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, !!.
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WHOLE NUMBER 1728.
tfo Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.
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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.
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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
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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. ' '
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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