DAILY EDITION
VOL. VI No. 18.
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1010.
WHOLE NUMBER 172T.
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No Qther Wo,',; the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service.
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teman rress terms ue-
mands to Submarine Con
troversy More ol" Wilson's
Bluff;' and Break Not Feared
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Berlin. April 21Prcaldcnt WIN
on', note demanding the end of
Germany's present submarine cam-
palgit waa convoyed to the kaiser and
the people today. Newspapers print-
4 It 10 full
Because this la Good Friday. It was
almost Impossible to obtain an ex-
presalon of opinion from the foreign
office. There Is little likelihood, how-
ever, that a reply will be sent berore
the end of text week.
It waa indicated that there would
be no public comment until Imperial
Oh.nr.iin, . Ton n.ihminn-Hoilwf
returns from his Easter visit to the
Icalser and the army on the eastern
.-,
8lne the submarine controversy '
-with the United Statea began It has ETHERS MESSENGER ,
been customary to summon Into con-( . IS SHOT BY BANDIT
terence beads of the marine depart-
ment, leading bankers and business Shreveport, La., April SI. A
men before replying. . This will prob- masked bandit early today shot L. C.
ably bo done In (he present easo and Phillips, an express messenger, and
; leading members of the relchstar robbed an express ear on the Loulsl-
may also be called In. u Railroad & Navigation train No.
"Germany will never ylold to 2. escaping when the csrs reached
America because of Wllson'a bluff." Alexandria, It was reported here. The
amid the Deutsche Tages Zeltung. scrount said the bandit remalnod on
"The attitude of the American press the train for an hour,
la In comical contrast to the really1
effoctlve power of that country. The CHARGE THAT GERMANS
best methods of advertisement, of, . INSTIGATED RAID
which Wilson Is a master, wear thin J :
In time. When the sword of Damocles Washington, April SI. Investlga
remalns too long suspended , we can Hon of alleged German connection
aee It la only a wooden one," j with the Vllllsta raid on Columbus,
"We havo heard enough of silly re- N. M., Is awaiting the return of the
j proarhea leveled at us by-America's American expedition from Mexico, it
' aoa-golng citizens," said the Berlin was learned authoritatively today.
V . . I . A ... Ll-i tln.nk. I. n '
I'ORl , ' l YVRHHMIKIUU Kmim-mru u
lleve we have nothing more Important
10 00 tnan 10 invesngaie wiiemrr suy
cattlo driver had a lock or his pro-j
clous hair ruffled while crossing to,
Europe on a munitions ship, then the
people in the White" House are
riwy mistaken. ny ao Americans
choose ships In which they can be
hurt. Doos the American govern-
meni aeny mere are raania -.uo.ih,
America's sonsi ir aucn rascais are
paid with English gold to make dan-
geroua ocean trips, why should WI1-
on make us responsible for tneir
Urea?
"It Germany should climb down,
erloua trouble Is bound to come from
within. Germany'a leaders prefer
that the trouble should come from
without."' ' ; . 1 .
The Vosstche Zcltnng assured Its
readers that there was no sorlous
danger of a break over President Wil
son's personal' views, since, It said,
there could be no decisive step with
out the approval of congress, which
la "opposed to any action that might
lead to war for England's sake."
InrO STORE ALCOHOL
RESPONSIBLE FOR JAGS
Tendloton, April 81. Purchasers
of alcohol heronftcr will have their
names printed ' In the local news
papers. Police loarnod that out of
SI arrests for drunkenness thus far
In April, all but throe Jogs wero the
result of alcohol bought at drug
tores. ,
I1ATTLESIIIPS ORDERED
TO PREPARE TO 8AII
Phllndolphla, April 81. Ordors
have boon rocclvod at tho navy yard
for tho battleships Connecticut and
Kansas to get ready to sail within 24
hours, It was reported today. Tho
collier Brutus, one of the navy's larg
est, left last night for the Pacific
Toast. '
II HO AIDED III
HOOPER S ESCAPE
Gill FREEOLin
Salem, April 21. -Governor Withy-
, combe today conditionally pardoned
Tiflne Cantaceso and Frank Mollno,
Cantaceso was committed under tbe
name of Joe Conlldge from Jotephlne
county September 8, 1915, to serve
from thre, t0 ten year, for a1,.ault-
Ing an officer and aiding prisoners to
escape. Mollno waa committed from
Multnomah county. Both will be de
ported to Italy.
Cantaceso, or Conlldge aa be gave
bla name when arrested In Cranta
r"' WM ,or " ttenpted
mlt upon il-year-old girl. He
I.Ua lalail Tnka k aa aa 1 1 aa, TT Ana I aa
,mivr
mr t PcUculir escape from
the county Jail when Sheriff 8mlth
wn uvm puwvrru ruu iikhcu up uj
th tw ,Tbf "
" cked 00 th "tre?t ew B,
u" . but Hooper Is
open. Conlldge waa
brouh to flal upon the charge of
assaulting an officer, and the more
charge that of attack upon
tbe U-''e"-?!d w" '
broudht lo Issue. The charge still
f1"0' Mln"t ,ho mftn' hTlB
" D0W De"
Ing out for him.
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RRVAN TELIS (XNGItKKS
IT HOLlS WHIP HAND
Waghlngton AprU 2i.Wm. J.
. crowded series of con-
tcr-(fcrence.( today tol(J memberg of con.
KreM UI they werfl free to exerclBe
the flnal dcclon wlth regBrd to a
,decUrlit,oll of war.
rreBdent wilaon has the power to
eyer d,ploniatlo re)atlons, but there
h, power endg( Bryan to,d tne lega.
ja0r
' Bryan believes a majority In con
gress la opposed to war. He Insists
that h Is not flghttng Wilson.-
15 ALL FOB I
Twin Falls Idaho, April 21.
Eight untnstructed delegates to the
republican national convention was
tho slate completed today by the re
publican state convention here. Sen
ator William E. Borah heads the
delegation. All of the other seven
delegates and the eight alternates
chosen are known as Borah repub
licans. It Is anticipated they will
try to start a "Borah for President"
boom on tho floor of the national
convention at Chicago next June.
The convention yestorday promptly
squelched n resolution evidently In
tended as a direct slnm at Colonel
Roosevelt. Tho resolution demand
ed that the delegates "vote for and
support, only republicans." Here Is
tho Idaho delegation!
Senator Borah, - Senator Brady,
James E. Allshle, of .Qrangevllle; fi
ll. Wlttle. of Coeur d'Alene; Stanley
Enston, of Wallace; E. P. Dewey, of
Nampa; Fred W, Gooding, of Sho
shone, and 'John W. Hart, of Menan.
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DELEGATION
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German Attack Repulsed asd
the Allies Advance Their
Lines on Both Sides of the
Heuse River During Day
Berlin, April Sl.German trenches
In Caurette wood were penetrated by
the French In a heavy attack, It was
officially admitted today. Elsewhere
on the Verdun front all attacks fere
heavily repulsed.
The Germans are hurling strong
counter-attacka against the French
occupying tbe Caurette woods and the
fighting continues with great ferocity.
In the region of Dead Man's bill
French assaulta were defeated with
alaughter.
Paris. April SI. Following a
heavy artillery bombardment, the
Germans during the night powerfully
attacked on a front of more than one
mile between Tblaumont and the lake
near Vaux, the French official state
ment aald today. South of Fort
Douaumont the Germans entered the
French lines, but later were tamed
out by counter-attacks. The French
made prisoners of a number of Teu
tonYand aelted two quick-firing guns
which had been brought forward In
the advance.
Not only were the Germans re
pulsed heavily, said the war office,
but It was said the French advanced
their lines on both sides of the
Me use In a renewal of fighting there.
In the region of Dead Man's bill,
on the west bank of the Meuse, the
French captured a trench at the
edge of the Caurette woods, taking
prisoners 150 men. On the east bank
the French progressed south of Hau-
dremont, rescuing several wounded
Frenchmen who were lying on the
deadly "no man's land" between the
trenches and capturing 20 Germans.
EXHUUED BODY DECLARED HOT THAT
OE THE HUNTED
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Chihuahua City, April 21. A ban-
dlt whoso life was spared by his cap
tors has pointed out the lonely grave
in the mountains supposed to contain
the body of Francisco Villa, it was
stated In advices received today, but
the corpse when exhumed was de
clared not to be that of the' bandit
chief. Other reports to United States
Consul Letcher asserted Villa is un
wounded and is in the state of
Durango.
.. The general in charge of the cuar
tel here announced today that he had
received a Carransa order, dated Sat
urday, prohibiting aviators from fly
ing over cities and barring the Amer
ican expedition from using telegraphs
and telephones. '
Carranza soldiers and citizens fired
a volley at an army flyer Wednesday.
At first he appeared to be attempting
to land here, but later he flew toward
San Antonio. It was believed he
came from Satevo.
Resentment of both soldiers and
populnre agalnBt continued presence
of the expedition In Mexico has be
come so general that the Carranzlstas
doclare they will soon be unable to
control the people 'unless the Ameri
can troops are withdrawn. Jetcher
reported that the fight at Parral was
not an Isolated case. He heard that
othor attacks upon one detachment of
tho expedition were believed to have
occurred. I
"I never did consider the reported
EEAREO If!
no
American Eipedidon on Hcnt
for Vffla Is Stalled ad Ad
vance Detachment Is With
drawn to Escape Traps
San Antonio, April 21. General
Pershing withdrew the advanced de
tachment of the American expedition
in order to save it from possible mas
sacre at the hands of Carranzlatu,
according to staff officers at army
headquarters today. Tbe expedition
la stalled. Future activities depend
upon tbe conference between Gen
erals Scott and Funston here. The
contents of Pershlng'a reports were
not ' revealed,' but It Is understood
they detailed the Carranzlstas' atti
tude.
Columbus, N. M., April 21. The
lull In tbe American expedition's
Mexican operations extends to the
local camp today. Few supplies were
sent forward. Only hospital supplies
and ambulances came In from El
Paso.
A battalion of the 24th Infantry de
trained here today. They are the
yaflguard of the 2,300 reinforcements
which General Funston Is sending to
strengthen the lines of communica
tions.
Aviators are testing five new mill
tary aeroplanes. Onlyi two of the
original eight planes which entered
Mexico are still In condition. They
will be condemned as soon as new
machines arrive for tbe airmen.
Portland. April 21. Easter ser
vices will be held on March moun
tain, one of the largest peaks of the
Cascades near the Columbia river.
A party of 75 will leave Portland to
morrow night to climb the tortuous
path leading up. the mountain. Ser
vices will be held at sunrise.
BANDIT
death of Villa, as having any founda
tion," said General Gutierrez. In
fact, I do not know whether Villa Is
alive or dead. ' For days I have been
unable to secure anything definite
with regard to his whereabouts."
Gutierrez would not comment on
a report that he was preparing a pro
test against an American aviator
flying around Chihuahua Wednesday.
1 Letcher's reports said that Villa
was probably not in the Guerrero
battle) at which he was said to have
been wounded.
The newspapers have already an
nounced an early retirement of the
American expedition. "El Demo
crata" printed a Washington dispatch
saying that the United States had de
clared war on Germany and that.lt
needed all its forces to fight the Teu
tons. Another article stated that Sec
retary Lansing was studying plans
for an early withdrawal. This article
gave Carranza credit for halting the
American advance.
' Concentration of Carranzlstas at
Parral and south of Parral Is appar
ently to oppose the Americans who
may attempt to march southward.
Mayor . Herrera of Parral was In
structed to Inform the Americans that
they must not advance beyond Par
ral. General Luis Herrera, whose
brother-in-law, Colonel Orozco, was
killed in the Parral Incident, has
gone to that city. It Is understood
that 2,000 Carranzlstas from the
Continued on Page 8.
CHIEFTIII
REPORT iTTLE
or hi
1 Paso, April zi. An uncon
firmed report from mining sources
stated today that 200 Carranzlstas
bad been killed In an attack by 8an-
uto Reyes and his Vllllstas npon de
facto troops under General Trevlno
between Torreon and Saltlllo. Gen
eral Gavlra discredited the story.
"Mexico for Mexicans," Is believed
to be tbe object of again making
public tbe order deporting all for
eigners antagonistic to the de facto
government. '
Consul Garcia today made public
a message from General Ooregon,
Mexican war minister, expressing a
hope that "our national and Interna
tional difficulties will soon be over
come."
Garlca also announced that the
government would establish a gold
basis In the Juarex customs house
May 1. If the Importers can not pay
gold and sell goods for depreciated
silver and paper money, its imports
will stop if the order Is put Into exe
cution. Some charge that the de facto re
gime Is trying to placate the Mexi
cans' dissatisfaction with economic
and Internal conditions by opposing
the American expedition. Ant!
foreign orders are similarly Inter
preted. It was reported that famine
had caused much recent banditry.
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iihiiu nuunn ur
VOH IGEL'S PAPERS
Washington, April 21. The seri
ousness with which the German em
bassy regards Belzure of Wolf von
Igel's papers by secret service agents
was revealed today when Counsellor
Hatzfeldt, accompanied by an attor
ney, called at the state department
and demanded their return. This is
the fifth time the documents tave
been aBked for verbally, and there
have been three written demands.
The papers are said to throw light
on alleged German propaganda work
in the United States. They were
taken when von Igel, formerly secre
tary to Captain Franz von Papen,
when the latter was a German em
bassy attache, was arrested in New
Tork in connection with a govern
ment bomb plot probe.
Ambassador von Bernstorff ia in
New York, presumably in the same
connection. Whether the state de
partment's proposal that the papers
be submitted to von Bernstorff for
him to select those which are prop
erty of the embassy will be accepted
by the ambassador ,1s not known. He
has demanded all the documents and
all the photographs and photographic
plates which have been made of them
by the United States district attorney.
The trap results from von Bern-
storff's desire to reclaim the docu
ments as embassy papers and yet not
admit officially that they are the prop
erty of himself or the embassy. If
the embassy' refuses papers involving
criminal propaganda, the govern
ment is free to use them. The docu
ments and the evidence of von der
Goltz are believed to show that Cap
tains von Papen and Boy-Ed, recalled
embassy attaches, were not the
"highest up" men In the alleged pro
paganda plots. Von der Goltz In his
statement declared that von Bern
storff quashed an alleged plan to in
vade Canada.
MISSISSIPPI TORNADO
WORSE THAN SUBMARINE
Debuys, Miss., April 21. A dozen
houses were wrecked and two Bteam
boats sunk by a tornado here today.
A cloudburst filled the streets of
Yaryan with ten feet of water. Mo
bile, Ala,, reported one woman kill
ed there and another injured when
their home was destroyed.
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Arrest cf Fcnner Secretary
to yon Papen bd Seizure
Washington, April 21. German
Ambassador von Bernstorff has been
caught In a itrap from which he can
not escape if the Interpretation placed
here today on the last few days' de
velopments proves correct " '' .
The situation was brought about
by the arrest of Wolf von Igel, form
er secretary to Captain von Papen.
recalled German embassy attache, on
bomb plot charges In New York, and
the seizure of his papers by secret
service agents. Washington has con
cluded that the '' German embassy
faces the" necessity of admitting Im
proper activities or having the facts
proved against it " Whether von
Bernstorff can show that Washing
ton is wrong remains to be seen.'
'Von Igel's papers form the prin
cipal basis for this belief. The con
fession of Horet Ton der Goltz, the
kaiser's alleged secret 'agent, now In
custody in this country, is another
element. The cabinet has consider
ed the situation. ' The department
of Justice and the state department
have been considering it for several
days. How seriously the German em
bassy viewed . it was shown when
eight demands were made for the re
turn of von Igel's papers and for the
photographic copies of them taken
by the United States district attor
ney's office.
It was freely predicted that von
Bernstorff might be handed bis pass
ports for reasons independent of tho
submarine controversy. " v...'
STOP CAMPAIGNING
OF
Washington, April 21. America
in its note to Berlin demands an im
mediate, stop to the present submar
ine campaign against merchant ships.
When this ia halted the way will ho
clear to settle the question of how
submarines ,' may proceed against
commerce without further' endanger
ing friendly relations between-the
United States and Germany.
This was made clear today in point
ing out that the United States will
not be satisfied' with assurances that
Germany will operate within " tho
beunds previously drawn namely,
adequate warning to all doomed ships
and assured safety for the passengers.
Germany's present campaign must
be discontinued until the two govern
ments can decide what is practicable
and legal in the way of conducting
submarine operations against enemy
commerce. By the term "immediate"
in the note the president meant with
in a time sufficient for the submarine
commanders to be notified to cease
their activities.
Grave danger now lies in a possible
attack upon a neutral vessel, particu
larly it there chances to be an Ameri
can on board. In such an event,
Germany must show that the sub
marine commander failed to receive
his orders to quit, or a break would
be practically automatic.
Kansas City, April 21. Definite
Information from Stover county. Mis
souri, and Bourbon county, Kansas,
swept by Wednesday night's cyclones,
was lacking today, but it was feared
the toll there might be 20 dead. Tho
property loss will run Into the mil
lions. "
cf Papers Develops Evi
dence Bad fcr Abassacr
SUBMARINES