DAILY EDITION
VOL. VII., No. M. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE OOCNTV. OREGON, , MONDAY, JANUARY IS, 1917 , , WHOLE NUMBER 1W1.
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LAWSON NAMES
BIGMENINNOTE
LEAK HEARING
OMARGKH (HAULM AN HKMIV, OF
THK INVESTIGATING tMMIT
TICK, MENTIONED CABINET
Humor Aba llenurtad That tiernum
AmtHMMMlur vim Brntorff
11m Profited by
the Iak
Washington, Jan. IS. More big
Barnes war flashed in the house
Bote lek bearing this afternoon
Secretary of the Treaaurjr McAdoo,
Secretary of State Lansing and tier
man Ambassador von Rernstorff. The
namea of Secretary Tumulty, Paul
Warburg of the federal reaerv board,
Barney Ilarucb and othera again
were dragged In.
To rap the climax of an afternoon
of aenaatlona, Thomas W. Lawaon,
who waa doing all the naming, de
clared 'Representative Henry, hlm
tf, chairman of the Inveatlgattng
committee, mentioned (he name of a
cabinet member to him tkawaci) In
nectlon -with tfc,e leakV Wall
' street of advance Inforatlon on the
president's note to belligerents.
Anawerlng a aerlea of questions aa
to a member of rongreaa who had
mentioned certain namea to h(m,
Lawaon repeated several timet that
Chairman Henry waa the Informant.
Henry read a totter In which Lawaon
promised to name a cabinet mem
ber and banker.
He then read the Hut of cabinet!
members and all where eliminated
but McAdoo and Inslng.
Lawaon aald those namea had been
told him.
Lawsou w ranged for a moment
with Henry, then named C. U. Har
ney A Company aa having been iium
Uoncd aa a "aort of go-between."
lawaon declared Henry aald the
' committee had heard that the tier
man ambnaiador had profited over
two million dollars In the leak.
"I have held the name Lansing
nd the German ambassador out of
thin until now," lawaon aald, an
awerlng a question whether he meant
to drag Lansing's name In. Lawaon
aald he had heard the namea of Lan
ding and Bernard liarueh, banker,
mentioned.
In no case but Henry'a did l.awnon
Iirofess to have dlrct nowledHo.
llinry later denied from the atand
that he had named any cabinet mem
ber aa etated by Lawaon.
On a woman'a aay ao, Lawaon
named a reporter, Price of tha Wash
Ington Star, aa go-between tor Tu
multy and othera In leak deals. He
llkewlao named .big bankera one aa
telling him about a big leak deal,
the other having named aa actually In
on the play.
' Recounting a conversation with
Chairman Henry, lawaon aald the
latter had told him of hearing that
' Lanalng'a alleged visits to New York
nd any suspicious oapecta. More
over, he doubted that Lansing or
other Qerman ambassador hud hnd
any hand In the matter.
Henry took the atand and aald he
Bed absolved lawson from any
" violation of confidence over their
talk.
"And I aay to you," aald Henry,
"that I named no cabinet officer In
that talk, na lawaon haa Dated. "
Representative Harrison made a
; motion that tho following be sub
penned: , , .
Ari'hllmtd B, White, W. b. l'rlt. or
the WatTnlnnton Star; Mm, Ruth
Tomllmon Viscount; 1ho hand man
if C D. Unrney Company; Pliny
"Flalm, Pni Warburg, Muloom Mc
Adoo, son of Secretary McAdoo, John
RUSSIANS EXTEND
ES
lrmure Agalnitt German Thought
Sufllcirat to Affect the tarn
Mtlliii lu lUMimanU
tandon, Jan. 16. Ruaalan la ex
tending auch great preaaur on the
tierman line aouth of Riga that It
may conceivably have Ma effect on the
GermanX progress In Roumanla. At
aeveral placea the Ruaalana have
broken through the German llnet Ind
the poaltlona they took were those
constructed In the Teuton's twelve
montha of occupancy. The Ruaalan
edvancea were made alto despite
heavy anowa, rreeilngly cold weather
and great at retches of marsh land. A
m ms age from General Dimltiietf,
published here today, pays tribute to
his men'a heroism and citea their
capture of fifty machine guna. thirty
cannon and vast amount of ma
terial Including 100,000 bottles of
brandy aa evidence of the Irreatlble
force of th advance.
Already weakened at aeveral places
by the battering of the Slav aasaulta
It la believed here the Oermana must
make early reinforcement of their
lines In this theater or undertake a
general withdrawal. . If , reinforce
Dienta are given, It Is beUeved they
will be taken from the Roumanian
front.
Dispatches today Indicated that the
Teutons are again making efforts to
approach, Galati, near the aoutti Rus
sian border. For 1 0 days the (r
mans have not been able to make
progress Ward Oalata, although the
lateat Berlin atatement claims oc
cupancy of Vadenl, only six mllea
distant.
KMPKItOlt WILHKLM OltlfKHKII
PEACE NOTK PREPARATION
Amsterdam, Jan. 15. Emperor
William's directions to the Imperial
chancellor, von Bethmann-Holtweg,
to prepare the recent tierman peace
note were published today by the
North tierman tiaaette. The letter
waa dated October SI, and In part
read: '
"A 'peace proposal la necessary to
deliver the world Including neutrals
from obaeaalona. For auch an act,
a ruler la needed with conscience and
a feeling of responsibility to Ood and
his own heart. For my own and hos
tile peoplea I will venture It, relying
upon Ood. Please soon give a note
and prere everything,"
JAP" FiGHIER PUTS
BACK TO FRISCO POST
Sun Francisco, Jan. IS. With hor
two million dollar cargo 'badly dam
aged by fire, the Japanese freighter
Tsushima Maru today awaited re
pairs before resuming hor voyage to
New York. She made port after
fighting the Mate for ton days and
with her main steering, gear broken.
8he came through the golden gate
with the captain v handling a ruddy
Improvised Jury rudder aft,
The fir atarted In a case of cam
phor oil. There were no passengers
aboard. ' .
Rathom of the Providence Journal,
who had written a leak editorial and
Paul O'Hara Cosgrove and 8. Q. Orb
bonny, New York. , . ,
The motion carried and subpenas
will pot ba lashed for Tumulty and
McAdoo, but they will be notified and
have agreed to come. .
Lansing's name was not mentioned
In connection with the subpoenas or
the summons,
, Lawson began warming up toward
the close In his resentment at Henry
and tha committee suggested closlpg
tho meeting. This waa done and the
committee adjourned uutn tomorrow,
NEAR
DEWEY IS NEAR
DEATH TODAY IN
WASHINGTON
BULLETIN ISSUED THIS AFTER.
NOON STATE!) THAT AGED AIV
MIRAL WAS SINKING
EKB IS EXPECTED MOMENT
Hero of Manila Bay, and Pupil of
1'Nuragut, Boon to Em
bark oa HI Final
Cruise
Washington, Jan. IS At S o'clock
tbla afternoon, Admiral Oewey'a
pbyaiclan announced bla patient's
condition aa "rapidly sinking." It
waa said death was expected momen
tarily. Washington, Jan. 1 5. Admiral
Ueorge Dewey's death la expected
momentarily, according to a bulletin
laaued today by bla attending physr
clan, Dr. Fauntleroy.
After an Irrational night, the hero
of Manila bay began to decline. The
bulletin aaya:
"Admiral Dewey baa been aufering
tor the laat five days from a general
breakdown consequent upon hla 7
years if age. For several days there
waa some Improvement, and, at times,
It seemed aa If he might rally and
overcome the depression. Last night
the admiral slept fairly well, but at
times was Irrational and showed evi
dence of a gradual decline. This
morning he is very weak and hla con
dition la auoh aa to cause fear that
his once great vitality may fall at
any time."
Admiral Dewey waa at his office
dally until he waa taken alck last
week. The day after Christmas he
celebrated hla 79 birthday and held
a reception at his office at which Sec
retary Danlola and all the Tanking
naval officers In Washington wore
present. " '
Berlin, via Sayvllle, Jan. 15 Cap
ture by storm, In hand-to-hand en
counters, of the Vadeni, the last city
held by Ruslan forces aouth ot the
river Sereth, waa announced in to
day's official statement. The capture
waa effected despite unfavorable
weather conditions.
North of the Susita valley, the
statement said recently captured
Qerman positions were attacked by
Russlana and Roumanian forces, but
the enemy waa everywhere repulsed.
San Jose, Car. When burglars
wanted to steal a huge cash register
In a garage, they could not carry It
away. ' So they atole an automobile
In which to put their loot and drove
off. .
L CHI
IN
Winnipeg, Jan, 15, The bodies of
four school children were found frox
en to death early today near Cadillac,
Saak. Two little boys were allowed
to leave school Friday afternoon dur
ing a terrible billiard. Their sister,
aged IS, went In search, and a fourth
child also lefthe building. All per
ished on the prairie.. When found
the older girl had two of the boys
In her arms and the fourth child was
found a short distance away, Three
were the children,, of Oxide Bes-champs.
WIN LAW IS
UPHELD BY THE
HIGHEST COURT
SUPREME TRIBUNAL SAYS CON
.' VICTIOJf OF BIGGS AND CAM
norm coifSTrrrrioxAi,
III MUST SERVE SENTENCES
Court Holds Divided Opinion, and
Law Bareiy Geta Support ,
Extowgh to Save
It .
Washington, Jan. 15. The su
preme court today held that the
Mann white alave law appliea to non
commercial vice and Is constitutional
In upholding the lower court trial
resulting in convictions ot Maury I.
Diggs, F. Drew Camlnettl and L. T.
Hayes for violation ot the law. .
fit. M..U.IAm V . , 1. -
conrt nun at lntrnralnn ml" ' yaars.
the Mann law i
Dlggs and Camlnettl. sentenced 'to
prison and fined for transporting j
to another atate from their California j
homes, pleaded in their appeala that '
the law was not Intended to apply to j
aon-commerclal vice., .. . .. .-., s';.J.
L. T. Hayes convicted ot transport- ;
Ing a girl from Oklahoma City, Okla., ;
to Witchlta, Kaa.. appealed hla con vie-1
tion on a similar plea. All the- men I
were married.
The decision upholding the non
commercial application of the law,
barely got through. . -
Justice McReynolds took no part,
as be was attorney general while the
cases were up.
Of the other eight justices, the
two seniors Chief Justice White and
Justice McKenna and the Junior
Justice Clarke dissented.
The case Itself was one of the most
bitterly fought In criminal history In
this country.
Former Senator Joseph W. Bailey
was chief counael tor the defense In
the supreme court hearing, with Aa
sisUnt Attorney General Wallace not
ing for the government. Dosens of
convictions under the Mann law hing
ed on today'a decision.
With the Mann law applying only
to commercial vice, it would be Im
possible to obtain conviction It a
man transported a woman across a
state line for Immoral purposes, un
less a money consideration was
proven.
Justice Day read the opinion.
"There is no ambiguity In the law,"
he said. "It covera transportation
of a woman for Immoral purposes In
cluding purposes of debauchery. The
plain terms of the act must prevail."
'Congress," Justice Day ' said,
"plainly haa the power to regulate
the transportation of paasengera In
Interstate commerce and so to forbid
the transportation of women for Im
moral purposes."
There Is nothing In the act, hej
held, to limit Its application to com-1
merolal vice. ,
The decision was an unusually long
one.
San Francisco, Jan. 15. Maury 1.
DIsks and F. Drew Camlnettl must
serve terms In the federal prison tor
taking Lola Norrls and Marsha. War
rington to Rno, Nev,, In March,
1913. i , ...
Their four year tight for freedom
ended today when the United States
supreme court affirmed ' their con
viction In lower courts under the
Maun whiteslave act.
Dlggs must serve two years and
pay a fine of 13,000; Camenlttt must
serve 18 montha and pay a tine of
11,500. Both Dlggs and Camlnettl
were married and the .'fathers or
children when they were arrested.
Their prominence caused the case to
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CARL LIEUT
OUST GO TO 1
Gerniaa Social lt Leader Sentenced to
Jail at Hard Labor, aMl Ex
pelled From Ute Bar
Zurich, Jan. 15. Carl LlobknecM,
German socialist leader. h:s nccn
sentenced to fonr and one-hlf years
Imprisonment at hard labor and ex
pulsion from the bar, according to
Berlin advices today.
Uebknecb has been in almost con
stant trouble with the German au
thorities for his anti-war and social
ist ipeechea, both within and without
the relchstag. Probably the Zurich
report la the final sentence Imposed
on Lienbknecht eiter an appeal which
has been pendlngjor months..
The charge on which he was ar
rested waa participation in an anti
war May day celebration In 11 f and
on June 28 of that year he waa sen
tenced to 30 months Imprisonment
He took an appeal and was re-sen-tenoed
August IS to fonr years and
on month, tho court also depriving
him of all civil rights for a period
He appealed S days later.
The Zurich report of hU latest sen-
V memf " haa
appeal.
01
BY BAVARIAN KING
Amsterdam, Jan. 15. Lively ap
preciation of the kaiser'a defiance to
thtall!ea' and acquiescence In his
aeciarauoa tnat tne entente'a re
fusal of peace showa their "boundless
lust ot conquest," waa expressed In a
message from the king or Bavaria to
Kaiser Wilhelm today, according to
Munich dispatches. In part the king's
message to the emperor read:
' "The strong words expressing in
dignation over our'enemles' arrogant
reply, find a lively echo in all cur
hearts. All the German people share
your Iron will to break our enemies'
presumption the enemies whose war
alms disclosed their boundless lust ot
conquest and desire for our destruc
tion. "The aelf-sacrificlng heroism of the
troops of the empire and ot the people
will henceforth defy all attacks and
lead to victory. May Ood continue
with our Just cause."
RENEW FIGHT FOR
WARNING OF AMERICANS
Washington, Jan. IS. Possible re
newal of last year'a tight over warn
ing Americans off armed ships waa
presaged thla afternoon when Con
gressman Cary, republican, Milwau
kee, introduced a Joint resolution
calling tor such a warning to be Is
sued. BY LONDON POLICE
lxndon, Jan. 15. London police
made two spectaoular raids on mili
tant auffragettea yesterday. They
were carried out simultaneously on
against the printing office of the
Woman's Social and Political Union,
where forthcoming Issues ot Britan
nia, the woman's organ, were seized;
and the other against a flat occupied
by Miss Annie Kenney and Miss
Grace Roe. The latter la Mrs. Pank
hurst's private secretary. All pri
vate papers and correapondence In the
flat vat ransacked.
"The only reason I can assign for
the raids." said Mrs. Pankhurst "la
the criticism which the periodical
Britannia has recently aimed at the
government and particularly against
that section ot the government whtch
favors a compromise peace."
SIMIDUU'
BE TOTAL LOSS
CRllSEB WELL BE DISMANTLED
ANI HER SKELETON WILL
REST ON THK BEACH -
TOSAVEEifLlTaFUTE
Salvage Work o Srtaaarta H-S
Abaadoaed aatd Cnft . Win .
Bo lakes Overbad
' to tho Bay
Eureka. Jan. 15. Only the keel and
the hare skeleton ot the cruiser Mil
waukee will be left when the work
ot dismantling her, which will be
gin soow. ia completed. Definite de
cision to abandon all hope of saving
the ship will probably be reached be
fore night With it will come plana
for stripping the wreck. Navy of
ficers today said a trestle will be raa
to the hulk. AH equipment and use-
ful material on .board will be taken
off. even the armor plate the the ahip
will be stripped to the bones, as on
officer expressed U. .
Meanwhile the ceaseless battering
of mjghty, seas today continued. to-.
move the wreck farther In-shore. It
Is estimated that the cruiser is 59
feet nearer the beach than she waa
when ahe went aground In Saturday .
morning's fog. During the night she
settled perceptibly in the bow. Al
though she has a list ot 15 degree
seaward, naval men say that, unless ,
a big storm blows up, she Is In no
immediate danger ot turning over.
Salvaging work on the stranded "
submarine H-3 was abandoned to- '
day. The navy department will let
to private contractors a contract for
salvaging the diver by rising her on
Jacks and hauling her overland i
the peninsula to Humboldt bay.
Eureka, Caj.. Jan. 15. Hope of
floating the cruiser Milwaukee,
aground ! the surf near Samoa, was
practically abandoned today. Al
though the ship has been on the
sands tor only 48 hours, she is be
Einnlnr to break no. With Lieu.
tenant W. F. Newton, an eaoert en-
gineer, made a visit to the stranded
cruiser, and penetrated all sections
of the vessel. They returned with
the message that there Is no pos
sibility ot getting the cruiser off. The -sea
valves are already breaking open
and other sections ot the lower hull
are falling -away under the terrific
battering to which the Milwaukee
has been subjected. The command
ing officers today ' turned their '
thoughts to aaving the valuables
aboard, especially the ordnance, ma
chinery and other portable equip
ment. It Is reported a trestle will be
built from the beach 400 feet to the
cruiser's deck. Over this the big guns,
amunltlon and other valuables will
be brought to safety, It there Is yet
time. ; ,
The Milwaukee's list to seaward Is
Increasing perceptibly. Every big -wave
that smashes her lifts the hull
higher on the sand. The fact that
she Is lying broadside to the sea In
creases the possibility that ahe may
turn over.
The coat guard ship McCuliooh la
on the scene and her men are assist- '
Ing In such salvage work at can be
attempted. The McCulloch la also
rarethg for membera ot the Mllwan- '
raring for membera of- the Mllwau
wee'a crew.
the Pacific fleet, la expected to ar
rive here some time today on board
the cruiser San Diego.
Chicago Police are seeking "W.
J. Bryan" and "Hen, Fpd.,, a tat
man and a tall, thin man, respective
ly. Guests belongings disappeared
soon after the pair registered at
Hotel Plymouth. ' . .