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, .v. DAILY EDITION VOI VII., No. 10. GRANTS PAM, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1I7 WHOLE NUMBER 19H6, No Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper. With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. V - - ' ' ' ' .11 . '"U.S. ". " ' " i REGKrS THAT . son ran 1'llKti. IJCK I'ltOTKHTS TO IIOIHK OOMM1TTKE AT MTIIIKIC I'ltK- 4 VKNTION LKUIHLATION 1SPEEVEDATTHEADAMS0NUW Mead of llnHhrriiiKid ol Railway Tntlnrorw Raya Never Will llo Another Nation. Wide Strlka Washington, Jan. 19. neurit that the railroad brotherhood rescinded their strike order of last (all which resulted In passage of the Adamaon eight-hour law. waa expressed today by W. G. Lee, president of the liroiherhood of Railway Trainmen. He protested to the houae Interstate commerce committee against pamage if strike prevention legislation. In an linpRloned statement. Mid: "1 believe w will never have an other nation-wide strike." tie aald there may be until, In termittent strike, but never one In olvlng all employe! of rallroada froivw to coaat. "I"ln to Ood 1 had never re called the trlkeorder.' Lee ex claimed. "The trainmen are'slltlng Idly by Ilk (ood eltltena while the railroad head are fighting (he Ad amaon law In the supreme court. They are threatening to keep up their Aght for year to prevent It en torrement." Iee declared he never had Init iated or advocated passage of the law. The brothorhooda, he aald, merely ac cepted the president' InrltaMon. Arbitration committee of four la "boring men and four representative of employers, appointed by the pres ident to settle labor dispute waa advocated by I-ee. TEX SCHAPPER TELLS - 1Y HE CAME BACK Unslug, Kss Jan. Id. "Tex" dchupper, only one of seventeen Kan aai prlaoner Klven Ohrlitinaa parole who did not report back on time, told hla "tory. The atory appeared In the prison newapaper, of which he waa ,dltor before hla parole. "I ran aoroia eome of the wild bunch," 8chapper wrote, "down In Texan. They laughed when 1 aald that 1 waa coming back to face 10 year. They called me a fool for ven thinking of wbmlng back and, 1 tike the fool they thought 1 was, 1 wavered. "Juat aoroM the Rio Orunde luy Mexico, and I know Moxlco like you know (he palm of your hand.. To day there la an Inalitent demand for strong men south of the Interna tional line. Fortune and excitement may ibe had for the winning. Once across (he border with those old friends of the oampflre end saddle, no power under the sun could have .dragged me back, I was raised on that border, and I know whereof I peak. "But I could not go, Hundreds of miles from prison, ths 'square dear policy held me. I could think of nothing else. One morning when I picked up a Fort Worth paper and read ths .headline 'Square Deal Edi tor Only Man Not Back In Lansing," and the story whloh said the boys sat " around th table praying for 'Tex' to return, I knew I would go 'back. "It was the hardest battle I ever fought to my life, but tha honor sys tem hss won," GEORGE F. BAKER. New York Flnanolsr Said te te "ttrengett Man In Wall Street" Pholo by AiMiiMiii I'rm AMOclaltea. rronaotioa of Preaidrat'i ItreoMl rVlend and lhrlciJUi to Be Rear Admiral a Hrouuloai Waahlnglon, Jan. It. One of the loveliest little rows the senate has kicked up for some time Is expected on the president's promotion of his personal friend and physician, Lieutenant-Commander Carry T. Grayson, to be a rear-admiral. Promotion of U ray son means, an over-lwtplng of everal grades, as well as a raise of about f 5,000 annuttMy in pay. There was no attempt to conceal the sen sation the promotion cauaed among other naval officials here today. While republican senators are ex pected to oppose the promotion, It waa admitted It would go through. IU'II,I ltOAI OVKIt WHICH TO HAI L HTIIAN'DKI) MYKIt Kureka, Cel., Jan, 19. Prepara tions tor hauling tha stranded sub marine 11-3 arrow the peninsula Into Humboldt bay were started today. Hydraullo Jacks will be rigged up to hoist the undersea boat out of the sands, A road will be graded to the beach and within a few days, with favorable tides and weather, the H-8 may be lifted. k Sailors already are removing per sonal effects and fixtures from the stranded cruiser Milwaukee. NO STATEMENT YET Philadelphia, Jan. 19. The condi tion of Harry Thaw showed no change during the night, acoordlng to an nouncement from St. Mary's hospital today. ' When Thaw awakened this morn ing hi head seemed cleared, and he smtled t the sisters, who visited his room, but he still la not even per mitted to say so much as "good morning," Frank K. Johnston, head of Thaw's force of lawyers, declared Mrs. Thaw will have no statement for public tlon until she la absolutely certain of her son's recovery, She had expert ed to nuke her stand several dy ago, but twice It was postponed. n ' HOII BOOST IS CAUSEDF ROW mm URGES THAT CONGRESS GET UP SPEED LANH IS APiMilKD BY PREBTOKNT TO HIKKY LKGISLATIVK i I'ltOORAM CIlllllIII Programs) Arranged lactates Mean ore KareeaUy Desired by the PreaMeat to Paaa Oongwaa Washington, Jan. 1. For two hours today President Wilson urged the senate steering committee to speed up In an effort to avoid an ex tra session of congress. When aaked if the failure to pass railroad legislation would neeeatltate aa extra aeaalon, the president re plied he would never anawer hypo thetical questions. Following the conference. Senator Kern stated that strike prevention legislation wan discussed "In a gen eral way.'' He saM such legislation was earnest',- desired by the presi dent. About the only thing decided upon definitely was that speed and more peed was to be tha order of (he day. A tentative program has been ar ranged as follow: ...aallroad bU.1,1 containing strike prevention clause. Webb export bill. Corrupt practice bill. Water power bill. Porto Rican Mil.. The steering committee will meet Monday, when a definite proxism will ibe arranged. Night smslons soon are likely, Kern said. I'MATILLA MAYOKK8S WILL HAVB NO MAItHHAL fniatllU, Jan. 19." We will not have city marshal In Umatilla," said I.ura Starcher, the mayoress, In very firm voice today. Council man Stephen, one of the two males of the feminine administration, with drew hla opposition gracefully. When he attempted, to argue In favor hav ing a marshal, the mayoress crushed him. The administration has determined to abandon the old town hall, be cause It Is out of date, and has al ready used the axe to slash $57 monthly off the expenses of govern-, ment.. . T ., Portland, Maine, Jan. 19. Bear ing the mark of shell and with two wounded seamen aboard, the British freighter Palm Branch arrived here today with a eiory of a forty-minute chase by a German submarine. The freighter is In command of Captain Mailing. The vessel was coming here from Cardiff and while In the English channel was suddenly approached by a submarine, whloh came to the sur face within a few hundred yard. Captain Mailing changed hi course and put on steam, while the sub marine followed, Wring explosives from large gun. According to the captain and member of the crew, 15 out of the 60 hot fired took effect. Fortunately all the shots were above water line. Four life boats wore carried away and one shot exploded in the engine room. During the ehaae two of the sailor were wound ed. The aubmarlne finally sub merged supposedly because- of", the proxmtty of a number of traw ler and the freighter continued her .voyage. 9JHK INVOLVED IN nil id OONSIX KTKWAliT AT PEItXAM MCO HAYS ALL C1T1ZKX8 OF . ' t. H. AJtB SAFK 4 . Kvldeao Shams That Live of No AaaerteJU Were Sacrlflretr Ia the Destroying of Vessels Washington. Jan. 1 . 4'ine Am ericans were Involved in the German raider' activities in the south At lantic, according o a tat depart ment dispatch from Conaul Stewart at Pernahibuco. The department menage with por tion deleted by Official, follow. "Hudspn Maru brought , 237 St. Theodor crew. List (bowed Ameri can: Ben Steven, Royal Gregory, Frank McCee. David Johnson, E. Judy, all colored; and Fted Shilth, Harry Plcot and Guy Van Doren. "Minlelk show Charlie Jones. No Aniertcanji en other vessels named. AH nlde here safe." "Survivors state that Yarrowdale, Georgic, Mount Temple, . Voltaire, Snondon Ranger (probably the Snow don Grange), King George, one Eng- Mh schooner tad- ; one Norweglanr were captured to December 12. when prise crew and 440 prisoners were placed on Yarrowdale and not heard from since." While the department declared yes terday that It bad no dispatches about the raiding, It "revealed that Stewart, under date of January 16, sent the following message, which was re ceived on (he morning of January 17: "Crews of 8t. Theodore. Drama tist, Radnorshire. Minleh, Netherby Hall, Xante and Aniere arrived to day. Several American. Reported no live lost." , The department announcement waa that It did not know whether ft had directed any inquiries about the Am erican, but "probably one or two had been ent." Insofar aa the Stewart message was made public. It showed no rea son for complications with Germany. Officials said that as long aa the Am ericans were given a place of safety, the department would have no fur ther Interest In the matter; On the other hand, they declared that If any American Uvea were sac rificed. It would undoubtedly . mean serious complications at once. A message from Consul ; Gotts chalk at Rio de Janeiro this after noon aald that th Minleh wa sunk on the ninth: that one American. Charles Jones, was aboard, but safe at Pernambuco. It also aald the St. Theodore was captured on (he 12th. COLI'MltIA FISHERMEN WANT LONGER SEASON Portland, Jan. 19. Columbia riv er fishermen today petitioned the leg islature for permission to continue operations until April. The fish com mission has ordered river fishing halted March 1. Dealer say the eastern salmon market will suffer if work stops. WENT VIRGINIA MOll FAILS OF ITS WltrOHK Charleston. W. Va., Jan. 19. Sixty armed men this afternoon stormed the Jail at Cray, W. V with the Intention of taking out Andrew Samson and his son, Howard, who are being held on a charge of mur der. After firing several shots, prominent citisens persuaded the mob (o dUperte.' REAR ADMIRAL LACAZE. dtlnlstor af Marine In Re remind French Cabinet. BASE IS FAVORED Oregoa Leaalaton Griad Away, aad Joaephiae MemtM ' WooJd Lieease F1reaii ' tf.lem, Jan. 19. 3ena"r Uidie weber'a Joint memorial irglng con gress to appropriate $2,000,000 for a naval base at the Columbia river mouth, waa unanimously adopted to day by the upper house. A resolution of sympathy and re gret on the death of Admiral Dewey waa adopted and Instructions Usued that copiea be sent to President Wil son and Dewey's family. Senator Mlnton preset teu a new vehicle registration meaente.. :t fixed the license fees of steam and gaso line vehicles at fifty certs per hun d!'dvtlght and fifty cen:s pqr 1 orse l'jcr. Electric pleasur) vebie'e will be taxed at $10 under this law, and motorcycles at $8. In the house, Sweeney of Josephine county, introduced a bill to license all rifle and shotguns carried on any ground not owned by the hunter. Tills, he says, would halt the evasion of the hunting license as every man with a gun would have to show a per mit (o carry it. BOMBARDMENT REPOltTKD IN THK TROTl'S VALLEY Petrograd, Jan. 19. Bombardment by heavy enemy gun of Okna and Bordaneshtt, tn the. valleys of the Trotue, and Ottus (Roumenla.) waa reported In today' official statement. HAVE NAVAL BASE San Francisco, Jan. 19. -Passengers from the Japanese steamer Anyo Maru, arriving from South America, today told of French sailing ship hastily putting back Into Valparaiso harbor, after sighting a hostile sub marine in the Pacific a month ago. Rumor were rife In Chile that 4he Germans have a secret naval base somewhere In 8outh America. Captain Shotton of the British oil tanker Oylerlc, arriving yesterday, satd the British admiralty knew 22 day ago, when he left London, that a German raider wa roaming tha Atlantic. COL ST. THEODORE CAPTl-KED . BRITISH, STEAJaTKB I'SUU AS Al'XIUARY CRCKKR BY ATLANTIC RAIDERS L10EWE EEUEVED SEA ESVEfi Brttinh Meet Seoara Oceasi in Search .. of Vessel That Hmjt Smmk M Meifhatitiaf m , thHJt4i8eaa. Washington, Jan. 19 The cap tnred British steamer St Theodora baa feeea armed with two. gun and at now operating a aa auxiliary crud er in (he Atlantic under a German. crew, according to a state department dispatch today from Rio de Janeiro. By C. P. Stewart (Copyright 1917 by 'United Press) Buenos Aires, Jan. 19. Not only the raider, now believed to be tha - Moe we, but (wo or mora German commerce deatroyera are still plough ing tha aea somewhere around South America and by this time have prob ably takes farther toll of allied shift Pin. t :. .i.,,;-. , A United pre dispatch from Rio de Jaaelro today stated that . aur- vivor from the Japanese steamer Hudson Mara had declared the Brit ish merchant ahip St. Theodore, first of th captures mad by the. Ger man raider, had been armed and out fitted. . The St. Theodore waa need as a consort, the survivors landed at Perns mbuco said. That she and tha German raider steamed together ta marauding operation waa also con . firmed In tha log of tha captain of the British steamer Radnorshire, which mentioned being pursued and then captured by "two stranger." Th same log mentioned the German. commander of the raider as explain- tng his instructions were to .spar vessels carrying large cargoes. . .This waa taken to mean he wa (o take hla pick or the big veseels nd nae them aa auxiliary vessel if necessary. The British ateamer -Ortega, of 8,000 tone, and Jknown a a very speedy , vessel, has mot yet been ac counted for in any of the storiea told by survivor. It may' be that she also has been pressed' Into aer- vioe a a raider, on account of her special fitnesa for such . work In peed, rise and seaworthiness.. It Is known she was among the number overhauled and captured by th raider. ...... The frank belief that there Vera a number of raider now operating. waa jexpreesed In shipping circle hare today.. That the same opinion waa entertained in other South American, port was evident from the exceeding care with whloh owner and master of allied ahip measure their chance of getting out of -port. A number of sailings, were Indefinitely post poned. The French steamer1 Sequaha, which nailed yesterday from Rio 8 Janeiro to Bordeaux, dropped her anchor at Cobra Isle and atopped . awaiting further order. Evidencing how widespread 1 the fear of further depredations and (ho grudging admiration accorded th raider' or raiders' aotivitle, dis patches from Santiago, Chile, on th Paoltlc side of South America aaJd ' a number of sailings of allied mer chant ship there had been cancelled or delayed, admittedly because of tha tear that raider might be operat ing In th couth Pacific. Tha Braslllan pre today united ta denunciation of th German raiding operation In water adjacent to South America, They pointed owt that such depredation were tortoua. Continued on Pag I) a