V mm DAILY EDITION ou vi., No. aoi, GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTi", OREOOX, KRIDAY, MAY 12, I9I6 WHOLE NUMBER 1743. No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. $8 "It, . ,' "'),. ar--' . . ... ml ' i. . i . . ,. i ... 'V r v IRISH REBEL CONNOLLY EXECUTED lies oi Two More Revolu tionist Leaders Taken After Coortmartial, Only One of Seven Signers Being Left Dublin, May 12. Jauies Connolly, general of the Irlib republican army, And S. Macdlarmad, another revolu tloniit leader, were exeouted thla af ternoon. It waa officially announced. The two were convicted by court martial on Tueiday. Qenoral Sir John Maxwell approved the sen tences. Mardlarniad'a exerutlon loaves on ly Eamon Ceaunt of the aeven sign ra alive. The others have all been hot London, May 12. Premier As Slth, upon arriving today in Dublin it take chance of a situation which la admittedly growing more serious, Immediately ordered postponement of rourtmarttaU of rebel leaders ponding the outcome of his confer ence with officials. Tie met General Sir Johu Maxwell, officers of the British army and civil authorities, and urged Maxwell to speedily Inquire into the shooting of Editor Rkefflngton without trial, which act aroused Ireland's deepest Indignation. Several thousand messages pro testing against further executions of revolutionist lenders have reached Asqulth. Many urged the govern ment not to sratter the sparks of a new revolution by severe repressive measures. While agreeing with critic's of the government's policy that the killing of Skcfflngton was atrocious, Asqulth approves the execution of the 14 rebel leaders who have fared firing f' "Iliads. Ho Intimated that S. Mao flarmad and Ramon Ceaunt, both of whom signed the Irish proclamation of Independence, will receive the death penalty. James Connolly, gen eral of the Irish rebel army, Is wounded and In prison, and will probably be executed. Newspapers had differences of opinion as to whether Asqulth would attempt to establish a measure of home rule In Ireland on his present visit. All expressed hope of finding a way to conciliate hostile Ireland. flEN.VroH CUMMINS AT lMWKIltlWl TODAY Rosoburg. May 1 2. Senator A. B. Cummins of Iowa, candidate for the republican presidential nomination, spoke to a large crowd at the Antlers I water here at 10 o'clock thts morn . Later he delivered a short ad- t dress at the Oregon 'We left at 8 o'clock 'clock this afternoon for Eugene, where he will speak fo--sdght AUSTRIAN LINER SUNK IH ADRIATIC Berlin, via Wireless to Sayvllle, May 12. The Austria passenger ilner Dubrovnlk, unarmed, has been . aunk by a submarine in the Adriatic without warning, according to des patches received today, Home yestorday announced that an tstrlan munition transport had .on submarined. Possibly the Aus trlnns declared the same vessel to be a liner. The Dubrovnlk wis of H238 tons, FREHCN GAINS Oil n lies in IE 11110 Paris, May 1 2. Two heavy Ger man attacks, aiming at recapture of Wednesday's French gains on the western slope of Dead Man'a all), have been repulsed, the war office an nounced today. Near Avocourt wood and In the regions of Douaumont and Vaux there was heavy cannonading all night, but the infantrymen kept In their trenches. It was officially denied that the French had once contemplated re tiring from forts northeast of Ver dun. "On the contrary," said the com munique, "February' 23, two days after the battle opened, General Do Cary ordered every point on the right bank of the Mouse held at all coats. On the evening of the 24th General Joffre ordered the commanders to 'hold the front between the Meuse and Woevre with every v means at your command.' "On the evening of the 25th, Gen eral Joffre, sending General Petatn to take command, reiterated: 'I or dered the right bank of the river to Verdun held. Every commander who orders a retreat will be court martialed.' " PARADE IN NEW YORK New York, May 12.-One hundred and fifty thousand New Yorkers will march tomorrow In a parade design ed to attract attention to military and naval preparedness. The first do tachments of the unprecedented pro cession, consisting of business men and women, will start their hike at 9:30 a. m. and thereafter the tramp of feet will be heard all day until 10 p. m., when the national guards iiii'ii parade. It is estimated that 25,000 women will participate. Representatives of 1 0d trades and professions are to be jln line. At night a great white glare of calcium lights from the tops of skyscrapers will Illuminate the streets for the soldiers. Kleven thousand marchers will pass a given point every hour of the demonstration. . Mayor Mltchel and Major-fleneral Ieonard Wood are to occupy the only vehicles In line. There will he no banners or stream ers carried. The board of aldermen will march In a body, wearing derbies. PLATINUM DEPOSITS FOUND IN WASHINGTON Tonasket, Wash., May 12. Farm er Iester Smoot, while drilling a well, discovered rich deposits of pla tinum on his farm here yesterday, All the farmers In the community at once set to prospecting. BANDITS ESCAPE WITH RANDSniltQ STORE LOOT San Bernardino, Cat., May 12. No trace of the bandits who esoaped with 220,000 In gold currency and checks from the Randsburg general store was reported by pursuing posses this morning. Sheriff McMlnn ex pressed the belief that two men In stead of one did the safe-cracking Job. Tt was stated that the money taken was not a part of the Yellow Aster payroll. ORANGE GROWERS LOSE "CASE TO RAILROADS "Washington, May 12. California orange growers today lost their case before the Interstate commerce com mission In which they tried for years to obtain reparation for alleged over charges' for pre-coollng and pre- Icing oranges. .Deciding the Cali fornia Fruitgrowers Exchange case, the commission ruled that there was no claim for reparation. PREPAREDNESS iSsofi mm THE BORDER BRANDEIS Negotiations Between Obregca and Scott Are Broken Off, and 10,000 n Mexican Sol diers Sent to the Line Kl Paso, May 12. After negotia tions between General Hugh Scott and Alvaro Obregon bad been brok en off, the latter ordered General Trevlno to send 10,000 troops into the region opposite Big Bend, Texas, and parallel, it .waa learned today. It was believed that the purpose Is to prove that the de facto govern ment la able to control the bandit sit uation before Washington negotia tions open. Obregon Is en route back to Mexico City. El Paso, May 12. The Mexican situation reverted to Washington to day, following the failure of negotia tions between General Hugh Scott and General Alvaro Obregon. Provisional President Carranza's veto of the tentative agreement gov erning the occupation of Mexican territory by American troopa and steadfast demand for a time limit on the stay( of the American expedition split the conference. ...., Scott was powerless to accept the time limit proposition and, falling to find a satisfactory compromise, the conferees passed the Job along to the diplomatic forces. Carranza's diplomats are reported en route to Washington, with Instruc tions to negotiate on the formal re quest for an American 'withdrawal. Action on this request has been de ferred In the hope that the confer- ( Continued on page 2) TIE HONS OVER BIDED TROUBLE PASSED IIP TO CARRANZA Washington. May 12. With the border conferences closed and Gen-! eral Hugh Scott ordered home, the administration today cast upon the Mexican de facto government the bur- j , . V. - II urn ui im uici urKuiiuuuuB rcsaruiu i the presence of United States troops In Mexico. The cabinet threshed out the situ ation at length. No reply to General Carranza's withdrawal request is ex pected until Ambassador Designate Arredondo asks for it. Then the United States will answer that the expedition will not withdraw until the border la considered safe from further bandit Incursions. It was learned officially today that the administration Is none too con' fldent that, new terms can be ar- ranged through the diplomats of the United States and Mexico. General Alvaro Obregon told Gen eral Hugh Scott that' he could not write any agreement placing the de facto government In the light of con senting to the American expedition's stay In Mexico. Officials hope that the expedition may continue Its work unmolested by uncontrolled Carrania bands. After thecablnet session, one mem ber said: "It looks as thoijgh It were their next move." . Tt was announced that no change In the Mexican policy was contem plated and that no new troop move ments had been ordered, and that the situation so far as American action was concerned was, the same as be fore the border conferences. Anti cipating no trouble. President Wilson is leaving on his private yacht, the Mayflower, tor a week-end .trip. ' Senate Cocuziitee Again Takes Up Investigation Into Qual ifications of Wilson Nom inee lor the Justice Bench Washington, May 12. Testifying before the senate sub-committee In- vestlgating the qualifications of Loufs D.- Brandels as Justice of the United States supreme court, Louis Liggett of Boston, declared today that he employed Brandels to say whether the proposed merger of the United Cigar Stores and the Kikker Hegeman Drag stores was legal be cause Brandels was known to "lean backward" In favoring the enforce ment of anti-trust laws. "We thought that If we could get by him we could get by anyone." said Liggett's attorney, F. E. Snow, Brandels, they asserted, told them that the proposed merger was lawful. The forces opposing the confirmation of Brandels' nomination sought to show through Liggett and Snow jthat Brandels was out of sympathy with the anti-trust act and that be approves combines which the govern ment believes Illegal. ' "' ' Federal District Attorney George Anderson testified that he thought the merger Illegal, but said this was merely an honest difference of op inion. Llgget said that the department J of Justice was still suspicious that the merger might harm competitors if it wished to do so and that It was a violation of the trust law, although no suit had been filed. The merger waa completed. Washington, May 12. A situation more serious than at any time since the American expedition entered Mexico confronted the administration today as a result of failure of the conference between General Hugh Scott and General Alvaro Obregon. Secretary of War Baker directed Scott to return to Washington and Funston to return to San Antonio at his own discretion. The administration's next step Is conjectural. It ia feared that Mexi cans will get the idea that refusal to withdraw means an intention to do other than merely break up bandit bands. ' The authorities believe there is no 'way of diverting Oarransa from his Insistence on a withdrawal, though they hope he will be passive In that demand. Failure of the conference does not make continuance of the ex pedition's operations Impossible. It Is hoped that Mexico will take the situation calmly, as It has done In the past. . . Secretary of War Baker's an nouncement with regard to. the bor der conferences said that both sides earnestly sought an agreement, but that Inasmuch as they faded, they left the matter to the diplomats de partments of the United States and Mexico. It was understood that Gen eral Obregon feared the political prestige of himself and Carranza would suffer If border conferences were continued. As the American - border patrol stands at present, army men regard it as sufficient. No orders for fur ther 'mllltl movements are contem plated, it was said, unless border con dltlons become more menacing, , nun lie of THE IflSSI or II San Francisco, May 12. All hope that, as time passed, the extent of the North Pacific liner Roanoke dis aster might be lessened, was prac tically abandoned today when boats which patrolled the scene of the wreck hunting (or survivors returned with reports that they had sees no indication even of floating wreckage. It is evident that the only survi vors of the wreck are Quartermaster Elb and two Mexican firemen, who drifted ashore In a life boat with five corpses. The United States des troyers Hall and Truxton are search ing the waters which suddenly swal lowed np the historic old coasting steamer looking for bodies of the 50 souls that went to death with the ship. Fifty men are keeping watch along the San Luis Obispo coast, ex pecting that bodies may wash ashore. Quartermaster Elb's description of the disaster, supplemented by the stories of the Mexicans, Is all the government will have to go on in its Investigation of the wreck- Elb de clares that the vessel began tilting at 2": 20 p. m. Tuesday and that Cap tain Richard Dickson clung to the sloping bridge directing the lowering of life boats from one side of the liner. Those on the other side were useless on account of the sharp HbL Some of the life boats were dropped from the davits stern first and their occupants hurled into the water to drown. Elb believes the ' captain went down with his ship when It turned turtle. Several theories for the wreck have been advanced. A suggestion that the Roanoke struck a submerged der elict or unchartered reef, or that a time bomb placed among the tons of dynamite in its hold exploded and ripped a hole under the water line Is not taken seriously. It Is gener ally believed that the disaster was caused by the cargo shifting while the Roanoke rolled in a heavy sea. The three survivors will be brought to San Francisco as soon as they are able to be moved and will be request ed to testify at the government probe. SEATTLE RAID NETS 975,000 WORTH OF BOOZE Seattle, May 11. Forty policemen in plain clothes swooped down on ten drug stores and two storage ware houses late yesterday and seized liqu or valued at." $75,000. A parade of auto trucks carried barrels of whis key, gin and bottled beer to police headquarters. Mayor GUI announced that It would be dumped into the sewer unless the right to its possession was proven in court by the druggists. BE TELLING ON HUGHES New York, May 12. Supporters of Colonel Roosevelt saw expediency In EUhu Root's Red Cross speech in which he announced for prepared ness. Among other political items glean ed today was the fact that John Stewart, who is fathering the Gen eral Leonard Wood movement, an nounced he would soon Issue a state ment of the republican party's state of mind on Wood. The Hughes' boom, which has been without headquarters because he frowns on the use of his name, was received with rumors that Hughes is now more conciliatory since he re ceived letters from all parts of the nation, urging him to beoome a presi dential candidate, The Roosevelt advertisement In a weekly magazine, tt was pointed out, was an appeal In a new direction, since it is a bid for peace advocates' votes, lauding Roosevelt as a peacemaker. II PRESSURE W THINK TIME MM ROANOKE Disaster That CcstHalfalfcn dred Lives Off Ccast Be'zi Probed on Theory. That It Was Work cf Pktters San Luis Obispo, Cal., May 12. Attorney C. H, Sooey, of the North Pacific line, arrived here today to investigate a theory that the steamer Roanoke disaster waa caused by a time bomb being placed In the dyna mite cargo when It was transferred from the ships which brought It from Puget sound to the Roanoke in port here. Sooey wonld not divulge the grounds upon which be based this suspicion, bnt he declared he Intend ed to interrogate the three survivors carefully concerning It . The survivors. Quartermaster Elb and two Mexican firemen, are ap parently recovering from the effects of their terrible experience. Elb to day added a number of details to ,hls account of the wreck, chief among them being a graphic description of how Carlos Belgrano, Oakland high , school boy, who had shipped as freight clerk, came to his end. I Elb said that Belgrano was la the .lifeboat with htoJ.whett it w cap 's! zed. Both were plunged into the jSea and grasped planks. Together they attempted to keep afloat and , reach another boat. Elb said that j Belgrano got a slippery board and .lost. his hold on it repeatedly, always, , however, swimming for a moment and then again grabbing his support Finally, however, when another lifeboat was approching through the heavy sea, the Oakland hoy was over - whelmed by a big wave and his frantic grip on the plank was torn loose for the last time. Belgrano ' , swam desperately for a moment, try ing to keep his head above water un til the lifeboat came up, but he dis appeared under another wave while rescuers were extending their hands to him. Elb never saw him again, i Watchers along the beach, np to noon, had been unable to discover any traces of survivors or bodies of victims. The patrol Is being main tained, however, in the belief that corpses will drift ashore. , ' BRITISH SOLDIERS AND , GUNS AJRE CAPTURED Berlin,. May 12. Germans storm ed and captured several British lines southeast of the Hohenzollern re doubt, it was officially announced to day. The Germans captured 127 Brit ish and several machine guns. A counter-attack was repulsed. PORTLAND FRONT STREET THREATENED WITH FLOOD Portland, May 12. Backwater of the flooded Columbia river today threatens to submerge Front street warehouses ' in Portland. Several Arms are preparing to move their goods to higher grouna. BAYLESS SLAYERS Brownsville, Texas, May 11. A squadron of American cavalry today hunted the gang of bandits that yes terday murdered Curtis Bayless an American rancher, ' on his grounds near Mercedes, Texas. The. slaying occured about 10 miles from the Rio Grande. Bayless' corpse was found floating In an irrigation ditch, bullet-riddled. CAVALRY HUNTS i i