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II DAILY EDITION TOL. VI., No. 107. ORAM'S PASS, JOSEPHIBTE COUHTY. OREGON, MONDAY, MAY H, 1910. WHOLE NUMBER 1741. No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Pas a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. i ' . Sv.,.. - - V con BY HAflY ACCEPTED U.S. Sends Kaiser Note in Reply (o Communication, Bat Declines to Link British Question in Controversy Washington, Mar 8.- The govern ment baa eccopted Oermany'a eub marina concessions and declined to ocede to the suggestion Unking the American-German altuatloa with the British-American controversy. The teit ot the American note to the kalier will be withheld until to morrow, but the United Presa learned today that the above ronatitutes the am' of the communication. Waahtngton, Mar 8. A brief reply to the German aubtnarlna anawer baa been forwarded to Berlin, Secretary leasing announced this afternoon. SKT8 HKASON FASHION VOn BATHING Kl'ITB Los An Rolen, May 8.-"l.ow neck" stocks, with powdered kneea, and silk knit bathing nulla, ot both the one piece and aklrt type, la tbe 1918 sum mer fashion otltlay for "southern California. Thla waa clcarlr estab lished at the parade of bathing suit girls at Venire yeaterdny. It waa es timated that 50.000 persona were at tracted by the parade. CONVICTS BATTLE WITH THE OFFICERS Lurcka. Cal., May 8. Fighting donpcrately axnlnat capture, four es caped convicts from the Mendocino county highway camp near Dyervlllo battled a poaao of deputy sheriffs and prison gunrda today. The fugitives are hoiivlly armed and maintained a desultory fire all night. Officers ran the convlcta Into a gully last night and aurrounded them. The men have built Improvised shel ters, from which they sent an occa sional 1ullet at tbe cordon. If the posae attempted to rush tho deapera docs It la feared there might be loaa ot life. They expect the convlcta to uho all their ammunition and sur render before night. ATTACK AT VERDUN BEGIN ANOTHER Varls, May 8. Military critics bore vleclared today that the German' at tack yesterday was tho prelude to a fourth groat offensive against the . fortress of Verdun. The fight west of the river Mouse .ttalned Its greatest violence yeeter day. Repulsed In attempts to storm Hill 804, the Oermana made a dank attack on the Fronch right, with some results. The object was apparently to force the Fronch to evacuate Hill .304 by threatening to surround It. Almost the same form was employed east of the Meuse, where for many weeks the Oermana havo been attack ing Pepper heights, four and ono-halt tnllcs north ot Verdun. , . -Facing frightful losses by making .frontal attacks onwcll entrenched positions, the Oermana are hacking .'persistently at positions In the ra vines west of Pepper heights, hoping ,'to drive through to the Meuse and lores "! retirement from strong works. Yesterday the Frenoh first line ' trenches fere penetrated on a front if 800 yards. ' U T E 8acramento. May 8. -Northern California's grape crop this year will be lesa than 40 per cent of the nor mal yield as tbe result of the unusual and killing frost of last Saturday night, according to reports received today from . the deputy vltlcultural commlaaloners by E. M. Sheehan, sec retary of the atate vltlcultural com mission. In the Napa valley district the grape crop la practically wiped out, with the exception of a small area. Sacramento county suffered beavtly. Commissioner Stephens reported to day that 90 per cent of the grapes In the Sacramento dlstrUt and along the American river are gone. Lodl reports a 80 per cent loss of grapes in the northern part of the San Joaquin valley. The vineyards to the west In the lowlands suffered most. The frost destroyed between fifty and sixty per cent of tbe grapes In Sonoma county', particularly In the lowland districts. Reports from Plscervllle Indicate El Dorado county grapes were badly damaged. Fresno report a no damage from froat. LINER CYMRIC IS London, May 8. The British liner Cymric, carrying munitions of war from New York to Liverpool, with a crew of about 100 officers and men, Is sinking, according to authoritative Information this afternoon. Aa well as other munition-carrying vessels, the Cymric was reported marked for submarine attack. The commander or the Cymrlo Is Captain K. R. Readnell. The cargo included 40 aeroplanes and large quantities of munitions. E BANDIT ROBS STREETCAR Spokaue, May 8.- While two de tectives waited for him In the sha dow of a nearby building to catch him, a hold-up who has robbed half a dom street car crews here during the last three weeks a little after midnight thla morning "stuck up" Conductor R. H. Langdon ond Motor- man Duncan of the East Sprague avenue car, fired a fusillade at the officers and escaped, driving the car men ahead of him. The officers tojd their superiors thoy were afraid to shoot because the carmen were In a direct line with them. The hold-up occurred at the end of tho line In a hlfmllnor mln nnd sleet. The car was left standing and the crew waa driven into a dosolote rocky section, over a mile away, where the highwayman released them an hour later. Three auto loads of officers were rushed to tho scene, but up to a late hour no trace of tho hold-up had be? n found. 3010 FRENCH ME TAKEN BY Berlin, May 8. In a renewal of the attack on Verdun from the north west, Germans captured the entire French dofenso system on the north ern slope of Hill 804, It wns officially announced today, with 3,020 prison ers. ' ' f The Germans have reached tho summit of the height. v Operations weat of the Meuae were executed with modorate losses and were successful. The enemy suffer ed extraordinary casualties, so that only 40 t unwounded officers and 1.280 juiwonnded soldiers were P T YEAR REPORTED SINKING SPOKAN GERMANS' laken, THREE SOLDIERS KILLED Situation Is Made More Turbulent, and Texas Is in White Heat of Rage Over the Latest Outrage by the VOlistas Along the Southern Border, With Cattlemen and Ranch ers Joining in the Pursuit ot the Marauding Band Alpine, Texas, May 8. American troops are ruabing today through tbe barren and desolate Big Bend coun try In pursuit of the Mexicans who rsldod towns In that territory last Friday night. killing three Unttsd States soldiers and a boy and kid naping two American cltliens. The raiders crossed the Brewiter county line and invaded American soil. Tbe section la white-hot with rage today. Cattlemen, ranchers and others are rallying to the hunt with vengeance aa their watchword. Fif teen cavalrymen dashed from Alpine at tbe first news to aid the email de tachment which had arrived from a nearby post to aid the stricken settle ment. Tbe Mexican raid began at 10 o'clock Friday night. A force estim ated at between 150 and 300 Mexi cans crept up on the settlement. They avoided the American border patrol by (making a wide detour, forded rivers and crossed the Intervening stretch ot territory In the night Nine men ot the Fourteenth regiment were in Glenn Springs to protect the settle ment. Other men in the village were C. D. Wood, W. A. Ellle, J. A." Deem- er and F. Coinpton, Deemer's clerk. A wax factory waa the only Industry there and the atore, the only trading post for many miles. A few Mexican families -made up the remainder of the population. When the attack began the Ameri cans retreated to a hut, barricaded its doors and windows, and began a desperate fight against overwhelming odds. They were routed when tho Mexicans, despairing of approaching the beleaguered Americans while they had any ammunition left, hurled fireballs upon the thatch roof. Three men fell as the little detachment fled from the blaxe. One was riddled with 10 bullets. The other two were struck many times. Those who sur vived reached the shelter ot a rocky Held and continued their battle until daylight, when the Mexicans, with HQ HOVE TO BE MADE AT PRESENT BTU FOR PEACE IN EtIPE Washington, May 8. President Wilson will not move to tiring about European peace at this time. The I veiled suggestion that he do so In the German note was not heeded at1 'tho White House. At the White j House It was learned on high autno rlty that, acting on the advice ot the 'American embassies In London and Paris, tho administration will not .1. ' ....HI thai mane any peace iuuiiuamo u..v.. , promised great offensive of the allies has been launched. This reply may.be en route to Ber lin even now. " President Wilson and Secretary Lansing conferred last nlifht with regard to Its contents. The. fact that it will not be made publlo until this afternoon was be lieved due to a desire to allow the note time to reach Germany. Tho communication will bo a form al acknowledgement of the receipt of the German reply, and. It will Indi cate, It is declared, that this govern ment, in accepting tbe new pledges, considers itself in no way bound to the conditions ot the answer. The president Is known to take the poaltlon that the United Statea Is dealing with Germany apart from Us negotiations with England, and that It will continue to deal with Eng triumphant yells, rode away, carry ing as captives J. A. Deemer and F. Compton, and leading pack horses loaded with loot No hope Is felt here for Deemer and Compton. Knowing the) eharae ter of the raiders, residents of the district are prepared for the worst. Tbe Mexican attack was centered against the American soldiers. When tbe surviving troopers, most of them severely wounded, escaped to the house In the rear of the settlement the raiders turned their attention to the village store. At dawn the build ing was set afire. Compton and Deemer were tossed into a wagon and Deemer was ordered to drive. The first alarm was spread by W. A. Ellis and his wife, who escaped on foot and ran to the hills when the Invaders appeared. After the Mexi cans bad departed. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis rushed back and found their automo bile, In which they drove to Mara thon. Sheriff Walton and Dr. Per verse, with veterans of many border clashes, started to the relief, t,, Mrs. Ellis graphically told the story of the soldiers' hopeless fight The troops were asleep when a sen try discerned the Mexicans stealthily approaching at a distance. He fired his revolver to awaken the settlement and the fight started. Driven from their first stand, the soldiers retreated to the adobe hut, where the conflict raged tor three j hours, with a dquble ring ot Mexi cans surrounding the little band ot Americans. The troops shot at the flashes of the Mexican guns. The bodlea of the three United States soldiers killed by Mexicans in the raid on Glenn Springs arrived here today and are held pending word from relatives. Survivors of the attack brought the body of the Compton boy to Marathon and ob tained ammunition and fresh horses before returning to the pursuit. General Funaton has ordered a ma chine gun company to join the new expedition. It leaves this afternoon. land without any reference to Its ne gotiations with Germany. It may be stated on the highest authority that the American message may be summed up briefly as accept ance of that part of the German reply which covers orders to submarine commanders and rejection of every thing else. The answer will eliminate the pos sibility of a break on any . .episode which has happened In the past. Future friendly relations depend on German adherence to the new orders Issued to submarine commanders. It was learned that the statement of Carl W, Ackerman, United Preas staff correspondent in Borlln, that the time was opportube for another trip ot Colonel House to Europe in the Interests of peace occasioned no surprlae at the White House. It Is no secret that Germany Is anxious to got started with the preliminaries for peace negotiations. Reports from the American em bassies In London and Paris, how ever, mode it Vlaln that prospects of this government's exercising the Im portant function of starting negotia tions would be completely nullified were an attempt to end the war made at present. President Wilson haa no Intention ot making a move to- TEXAS RANGERS 'MRRF FfJATF TO AID Iff PATROL rn nhMnrtM ALOIIG BORDER IU bUNPIIi ul Austin, Texas, May 8. Governor Ferguson today authorized Adjutant- General Hutchlns to enlist SO addi tional Texaa Rangers to aid the troops on the border. A call for 100 more men was considered. Captains Sanders, Ransom and Fox will com mand tbe rangers. San Antonio, May 8. Officers to day welcomed the aid of the Texas Rangers in patrolling the border, de claring tbe present force Inadequate for that purpose. One hundred miles ot border country la being guarded by a portion of tbe 14 th cavalry and troops In other sections are similarly overtaxed. While the cavalry column swung into the new campaign from the base at Marathon, Texaa, part of Company H, Signal corps, was order- el from San Antonio to Marathon to build a field telegraph wire to Glenn Springe.. General Funaton will shortly re quire the whole regular army for bor der dnty, in the belief ot many here. There is no way to check the Mexican raids otherwise. PORTLAND SCHOOL BOYS START ON LONG HIKE Portland, (May 8. Three Portland high ' school boys set out from the Portland Automobile club, 20 miles east of here, this morning to "walk t New York city. ; Yesterday after noon they covered the SO miles to the club house, leaving Portland at 1 p. m. The lads are Kenneth Holllstef, Wm. Slmraonson, and Raymond Moyer. Each bad $2.50 In bis pocket when they left Portland. They expect to take five months for the hike. They are musicians and will finish their musical education in New York city if they get that far. E ALONG THE MEUSE Paris, May 8. French troops have recaptured a large part ot the ground lost yesterday on both banks ot the river Meuse. A successful counter attack last night drove the Germans from communicating trenches. The Germans were ousted from trenches they had seized on Hill 304, said the communique. A series of night combats threw the Germans from the greater part of the 500 yards of threnches occupied between Haudremont wood and Fort Douau mont. . , The violent battle was started last night west of the Meuse and is, still in progress, centering around Hill 304. Aeroplanes brought down two German machines In the region ot Verdun Sunday. t ward peace when his advances might be rebutted. Proposals must come from both sides, or the suggestion from ope 'belligerent must be In such form that this government will have reason to believe It will be acceptable to the other elde. The general feeling among admin istration members was that peace without the fighting ot another win ter campaign was possible, and even probable, but that the - first move would be a matter ot njonths rather than weeks. It was hoped that peace suggestions might take definite form before snow fallB. 'but that depends on tbe success of an allied offensive, or on Germany's backdown from Its present poaltlon, The Champagne battle has demon strated that the allies are seriously considering the relative costs and valuesW a general offensive and con tinuance, of their virtual siege of the central empires. It the latter course Is decided on, it is recognised that there is little probability ot England . altering Us .blockade plana. , FRENCH ADVANC HUta Wilson Writes Letter in Favcr cf Actisa Upsa Appoint ment to Scpreme Besch, But Vote Agaia Pcstpcd Washington, lUy 8. Just aa the senate judiciary committee, which President Wilson urged by letter to act Immediately upon his nomina tion of Louis D. Brandels as asso ciate supreme court justice, waa pre paring to 'ballot today, two senator object and as a result the action waa postponed. Who the objecting senators were .. members of the committee would not say. It was understood that Senator Shields, who attended the Judiciary : meeting for the first time la months, was the chief objector.- President Wilson's letter,' It was learned, was received with resent ment When the meeting broke up friends of Brandels had failed even in getting an agreement to vote on his nomination at a definite date. The president's letter was in reply to Senator Culberson's note asking for the "reasons which actuated the president i the nomination." The letter was addressed to Cul berson and said: ' "My dear senator: I am much ob liged to you for giving me the oppor tunity to make clear to the senate judiciary committee my reasons for nominating Louis D. Brandels as as sociate justice of the United States supreme court. I am profoundly In terested in his confirmation by the senate. "There is probably no more im portant duty Imposed upon the pre sident than that of naming members ot the supreme court, and I need hardly tell yon that I named Louis D. Brandels as e, member ot that tri bunal only because I know that be is singularly qualified by his learning, gifts and character for that poaltlon. "Many charges have been made against Mr. Brandeie, trot the report of your sub-committee already has made plain to you. and to the country at large how , unfounded these charges were. They threw a great deal more light upon the character and motive of those who originated the charges than upon the qualifica tions of Brandels. I myself looked , into them three years ago, when I desired to make Brandels a cabinet member, and found they proceeded mostly from those who hated Bran dels because he refused to be ser viceable to them for the promotion ot their selfish Interests, and from those who had been prejudiced and misled. The propaganda In this mat ter hos been most extraordinary and moat distressing to those who love falrneB and value the dignity of a great profession. "I perceived , from the first that the charges were lntrlustoally inore dlble to anyone who had really, known Brandels. I have known and7 tested him by seeking advice upon some tf the most difficult and per plexing questions about which it has been necessary for me to form Judg ment. I have dealt with litm In mat ters were nice questions ot honor and falrplay as well as large questions of Justice and the public benefit were Involved. "In every matter In which I have made this test of his Judgment and viewpoint I have received from Mm counsel singularly enlightening, sin gularly clear-sighted and judicial, and, above all. full of moral stimula tion. : . . - "He Is a friend of all Just men. l a lover of right. He knows more than how to talk about right; he (Continued on page 2) LJ i
