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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2H, 1917
OREGON WEATHER
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ONLY THE
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Fancy Dried Fruits
APRICOTS
IlLACK FIGS
PEACHES
WHITE PltiM
PRINKS
KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY
Ql'ALlTY FIRST
OF
Tonight and Thursday
north to east winds.
meet the new menace. The rapid
improvement of defensive methods
has teen shown by the frequent fall-
fair; ;ing off in submarine victims dur-
,lng the last days of the month.
" t. ..? proportion to their numbers.
'merchant ships of the allied powers
A GOOD APPOINTMENT
The appointments announced by
Governor Withycombe upon the new
slate highway commission seem most
acceptable to all portions of the state.
From the first district conies B. J.
Adams, of Eugene, centrally located
within the district, and known to be
man above personal prejudices and i
petty bickerings. He will be especl-
ally Interested In the Pacific HIgh-j
way The appointment of Mr. Adams
i
meets with favor in Josephine county :
where he Is known to many of our
people as an enterprising, upright
and progressive citizen. The naming
of Mr. Adams will give the people
of this district greater confidence in
getting behind the proposed $6,000.
000 highway bond issue. Mr. Adams'
can take care of themselves. It ts
the unarmed neutral shipping that
proportionately has contributed most
seriously to the increased sinkings
since the submarines began to fire
on all vessels at sight. If neutral
vessels arm themselves and defend
their right to traverse the seas, there
win be a still further drop in the
number of submarine victims."
GERMANS STILL HOLD
Berlin, via Sayville. Feb. 28.
I First editorial comment of German
i newspapers on the sinking of the
colleagues upon the commission are:Cunard liner Laconla. Justified this
also men of capacity, S. Benson, of.,BteBl exampe of the German suo
j Now York. Fob. 28. - Kdltorlul
comment on the sinking of the La
conla, and the International nil na
tion In Keneral, follows:
New York Tribune Ai last the
administration faces an "overt act"
on Germany's part, which It can
hardly explain away. Mr. Wilson has
said many times. that he would not
tolerate any more such murders. He
has pledged himself again and again
to "protect our people In their legiti
mate and iteaeefiil pursuit on the
seas." Now the occasion haa come
which compels him to make his
words good. If those words mean
anything, the administration Is bound
In honor to ask congress to declare
war. Nothing short of a declaration
of war will suffice,
New York World It Is a disgrace
to congress, It Is a disgrace to the
j American people. It Is a disgrace to
Washington, Feb. 28. Ilow U-.the eternal principles of the repub
conla life bont No. S. lu which MrB.H. t thr could have been an
and Miss Hoy died of exposure at i hour's wrangling and haunting over
sea, was raked and flung against the the question whether the fnlted
Cunarder's portslde by a mountain-, Slates should maintain Its honor or
ous swell, was briefly but dramatic- surrender abjectly to German ruth
ally told today in two more state de- j leesness. There has been enough of
nartment dlanatchea from Consul national humiliation. A congress
I
Frost at Queenatown, and Ambassa
dor Page at London.
Page's cable merely said the ad
miralty had officially Informed him
the ship was torpedoed without
that Is not unqualifiedly and reserv
edly American In this crisis, has
make Itself the kaiser's ally.
New York Herald All doubts
about the necessity of the govern-
for
Portland, being the father of tetter
marine warfare by suggesting it was
: merely a carryinz out of the tier-
highways In Oregon, while Mr. j mM warnlngg tnat ho8tlIe gnlpg
Thompson, of Pendleton, the third ! would be torpedoed in the barred
member. Is one of eastern Oregon's gone.
big men. The Tages Rundschau called at-
j tention to the practice of the British
i admiralty In changing the character
of Its ships.
In a summary of the operations of j ..jne Laconla," the editorial as
the German submarine fleet since the ' serted, "was on the British list ot
war cruisers In 1916. If she has
THE SUBMARINE CAMPAIGN
warning and that Austin Hoy had,n?nta taking immediate steps
called at the embassy to say his the absolute protection of merchant
mother and sister were native Am-vessels have been removed 'by the
erlcan cltlaens. The dispatch from "Inking of the Brlttsh liner Urania.
Frost said: j New York Times Casuistry cannot
"Have separate affidavits Floyd disguise, nor Ingenuity palliate Ihe
Gibbons. Arthur Klrby, Father Joseph crime of the German submarine
Warning. Mrs. Harris and Robert commander who sank the Ueonla.
Olllls, and Joint affidavits 15 Amerl- : H murdered American cllltens.
can negroes. Joint affidavits six senior j Every circumstance of atrocity Is
officers and Joint affidavit crew sur-, present In the case of the Ueonla.
vlvors boat No. 8 and sworn mem- We are now called upon to defend
orandum from Third Officer Choppln' the liberties of the nation,
who conversed with the submarine j Chicago Tribune The nation Is nt
commander. j the turning point of the road. The
"Glllls was nhl watchman, from ' president haa asked for a painted
Scotland, na'turallzed In New York,! lath to wield In a field of steel. If
December 8. 1906. J congress turns away from the ob-
" Deaths of Hoy women and negro 'nn need of the nation for full and
Coffey, covered by affidavits, show! swift preparation, und. refusing the
boat No. i was raked and flung 'by, warnings of experience, continues to
lowering against port side and filled, shirk, and postpone, we sliull pay for
with water at once, but floated away 'It In blood and humiliation,
by its tanks: became separated from Chicago Herald -The eyes of the
other boats and was picked up by , world are turned on congress. I'res-
Ulgni or us . occupants '"n""'" ' -
! with assurnnce of a congress mat is
announcement of the new campaign
rnthlpMness inaugurated Febru-
I urvlpa ijilo ts nna nfl.a mil nf manv
ary 1st. It is shown that except for,. A. .j...... J'aiiceumbed during the nklit
the greater destruction of neutral ,hp. mted f war.hp. one t(me "Mrs. Hoy was the first to sue-! sil l ta king o a HUhus " '
vessels, the campaign ha. accomplish- warships, then as passenger ship. , 1:10 .. m. Then the negro, this stale of m nd which make I.
... u ... u. ........ .Lt 'Coffey about 1'45 a. m.: then F. la- many willing to undertake an out-
ed nothing forhe central powers, j hen a. hosp tal ships. Whether u 2 30. Irage such a. the sinking of the U-
The total tonnage sunk during the J-jj. fa tactca -' -J Seve. bodies were thrown over-1 conla-the long feared "overt act."
month 1. recorded as 456,817. which Jjj board during the night. but the Hoy(For congress to fall at th, . crisis: to
included a total of 183 ships. Of f Q ofd 1 .bodies not until daybreak. .endure a ordsr to es-
these. 110 were.British and 20 were Llp,,. "Coffey address was , care o, ; M.? ,
... .. jnnH. xix wuci street. Baltimore. diihwi... . j
iu iaK nuuuaiuBU i uie ur, , - ,,.,.,.... ,.rl.hl
rurny s aauress was uainunuKe, .' t-
under the flag of other of the bel
ligerents. Two of the ships were Am- of the Berlin newspapers to make
j c. . i ,A,h.,, 'editorial comment on the Ueonla.
erican and 51 belonged to other neu-1 ...
,, Berllners are in entire agreement
trals. Press reports from Berlin es-)n th(j eomp,ete gllcceB. of ,he gb.
timated the sinkings during January j marne war ag expressed by the Im-
of 228 ships, with a total tonnage , perlal chancellor In his speech before
'I
of 439,500.
Basing his. comment and deduc-j
tions from these figures, J. W. T.
Mason, correspondent for the Tnlted
Press, makes the following state
ment: "Germany's campaign of unrestrict
ed submarining has been in opera
tion a month without demonstrating
its effectiveness for bringing the al
lies to terms. Serious damage has
been done to allied and neutral ship
ping, ojit not sufficient to give real
hope of victory to the German gov
ernment. "More than twice as much des
truction of shipping as has occurred
during February must fall to the
submarines monthly before a real
danger line of defeat may become vis
ible to the allies.
"If the Germans have put forth
(heir best efforts during the past
mcnth, as is probable, the February
record cannot be seriously surpassed
while the submarine campaign pro
ceeds. "On the contrary, the Increase of
precautions by the allies, Including
chiefly new mine fields off the Ger
man coast, the most effective arm
ing of merchant ships and the hast
ened construction of new ships, ought
to give a slowly Increasing advantage
to the allies.
"Germany's largest totals of vic
tims occurred during the early days
of February before the British gov
ernment bad mads fully ready to
Y. Douglas Adams' address,
18th street, Newport N".
"All survivors except fo.i hospital
cases left Cork at 4 P. ni the 27th
and will reach London rmrnlng 2Mh.
Ueonla carried 17 won en and live
children, all saved exce.it ne Hoys
london tomorrow.
London."
Gibbons is In
the reichstag yesterday.
This session of the reichstag was
a notable one.
One new feature was a plan by
which all newspaper correspondents
admitted to the galleries were furn
ished "Journalist's cards," on which
were photographs of the man thus
accredited.
The tribune, from which the chan-i '
cellor made hi. speech, wa. not over- j THEATRE AUDIENCES,
crowded with official, as customary
In such big speeches. The chancellor , a fermon Far Those Who Arrive Lata
was accorded enthusiastic applause. and Otpart Early.
He spoke nearly an hour. It H one or our iimxt hallowed na
Announcement was made last night tloiml i'IihIomik not lo go Into n tl (er
that there wa. a case of an infections "'"til tho inriiiln bus risen. If by some
disease In the town where the prls- i tlil blunder we Imve urrlved punc-
nnar. 1 UIIIIIV we SlIIOKe II CIKII IU III IIIV
brought Into port on the steamer
Yarrowdale, were Interned. For this
To refuse to support
:,7s,,the president would be little short of
a calamity.
St. Uula Globe-Democrat The
sinking of the Uconia is striking
and convincing proof that ib tier
man government ts putting unre
stricted submarine warfare Into op-
"Hosnltal cases all due to trans-i eration. If tne president weie sur
shipment from boats to admiralty v. s-1 rounded by strong official advisers,
sels and then to danger by heavy whom the people could trust, there
swells In the darkness. I would .be less perturbation, 'but he
Mrs. Harris Is well; will reach , minus ami Bci mono aim rn.
Patriotic Lectures
Romanism Revealed
OH
Twelve ivaaoit why I denounce The Itomiut fatludlr tliun
Guy Fitch Phelps
Author of, "The IUak Inuhe4"
"The. Momji or The Til"
"Tho llMtle Hunt" ami
The Mountains of The Morning"
The "HIiMk Pnipliet" lou hreu termed "Th I'ncle Tom's Cabin ol
CmhollcUm"
Wed., Thurs. & Fri.
evening t 7:;H
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
KKKK
KUKK
ruin. The president Is entitled to .
the undivided support of congress!
and the people. !
Portland Journal - An undivided :
America can give strength and power
to President Wilson's representa
tions. An undivided America would !
bs en impressive and convincing ar-;
PORTLANDjyiA RKETS
gument with the Gorman chancellor.
IN REICHSTAG TODAY
Portland, Feb. JH. Today's mar
ket quotations were:
Wheat t'lilb, Km; bloenteiu. 161.
Oat -No. t white feed. 3 . 2 &.
Ilarlcy- Feed. SN .5(1.
Hogs - Ileal live, 12 ST..
Prime steers, 50 9.SII; funry
cows, S.:0; best calves, lO.tlU.
ttpring In in Im, 13.00.
Hutter t'lly creamery. II; emm-
ry. ;h
llutterfat I' n 'hanged.
Knurt S.'li'ciii',! linn I entras, ifi
Berllu, Feb. 8H, At today's meet
ing of the reichstag, Chancellor von
lU'tliiiinnii'llullweg, in a mil li-sp-pluudud
speech, reviewed the pollll
cal, naval and milllury situation as
developed since the beginning of un
restricted submarine warfare.
The bouse wax crowded, ulmonl all
diplomats staying in llcrlin being
present. "The chancellor beKanrhls
speech in a clear, loud, ringing tone.
The chancellor spoke In the iiioni
vivacious fashion, with eNpei'ial en
ergy and brilliancy. Almost every
sentence was accompanied by expres
sions of general approval on Ihe part
of his hearers. Frequently .members
of parliament applauded.
After he had concluded there was
general applause and hand-clapping,
Joined In by the galleries.
II. nx. IS ' I 'I. bliilleis. :'0; aeese,
U" 'H 1 3
flipper. 30.
POSITION LOST IS
Why Catch Th.m at All?
Au Indianapolis man recently saw
for the llml time a "flock" of flying
flub III the I'm Ilk' m-eilli,
"I am perplexed iix to ihu projier
thing to do In the esse of living Anil,"
be writes. "Should one ciilib them
Willi H honk mid Hue, b'"'l tbem or
use a bird in f.1" I u iIUi uti I1m New.
falling cards at th i fourler.
llerlln, via Sayville, Feb, S. "U
the Am re sector, Infantry engage
ments In the forefleid of our posi
tions look Ihe course desired by our
commanders," declared today's of
ficial statement.
"Kngllsli recnnnollerlug advancna
SKalnnt some places on the Artola
front were repulsed," the statement
continued. "West of the valley of
, the Alsne, one of our river proteo
j tions was surprised by the French
; but by a counter-thrust the outpost
I iiosltlon and the garrison came Into
our hands again.
j "On the left bank of the Mcuse.
I French, partial attacks failed."
Job printing at the Courier.
A classified ad will give results.
reason the prisoner, are still kept
In the town. It I. recognized that
neutral, cannot be expected to per
mit the American prisoners to enter
their country with the danger of In
fection present, therefore the Am
ericans have been temporarily held
in quarantine.
It I. officially stated that none of
the American, are Infected and that
they are all well.
When Not to Smoke.
By exhausting the salivary secretion
smoking before meals prevents the
physiological action of the saliva on
starchy foods. Hmoklng Just before
going to bed Is often followed by In
somnts, lie'sime the sinmnch contains
a jnn Ut.v of liuni'iiiniiU'cil Juice, which
Irritates Ihe uui'iisa slid gives rise to
s aeiisntloii nf hunger. "This distress
lug roiiNeqiieiico limy be n veiled by
Inking either some llihl fond or s lit
tle tilfsrhouate of sous liefnre retiring
to rest In order lo ntilr.llx the seore
Uou. I.iuhIoii l.sicet,
I lobby
Ho Ihu cunning pluyw right tukesenre
not to slurt his Klory until at Icnxl live
minutes Inter. Ho occupies I hew live
minutes with s colorless sceuu of some
kind Juki to keep Ihu groundlings
amused. In Home ciimcs ho will hrglu
each ii' t In l lie sumc. viiy. It ileiiciuls
on how faslilonuhle bis iniillcin e is and
bow Ihlrxty, For u coin emu ri'iixnn be
must lliilxli bis pluy live iiiIiiiiIcn Im
foru Hie fliiul ciirlnlu falls
Anolber of our uiilloiiul ciimIoiiis Is
to leave Hie theater the moment Kd
win bus emlu'iiiiil Aiigellnn, although
the author miiy Iinvs reserved a quaint
comedy touch or a dramatic surprise
for Hid actual end
It Is no use altering the hour of per
formuiice. Ileglu at midnight If you
like; we ahull not come until five min
utes after, Leave off st 10; we shall
go out live minutes before. II 1. In tho
bliNxt. The Men that sn audience owes
any consideration to authors or iielors
Is entirely foreign lo us. Tim very
suggestion of II I. almost nn Imperil
nence.-louls N. Parker lu New York
Times.
Envelopes at the Courier.
U. no Indication of Infallible wisdom
St. liOiils Republic Presldep'. Wil
ton should be free. Congress should
yivs him power. We are, In short,
In a situation such that the ex. u
tlve branch of the government must
be strengthened. iA lioard of man
agers may sail a ship In fair weath
er, but If they are wise they will de
fer to the captain when a storm
threatens.
Kansas City Journal They (the
Germans! a're liable to miBtake dla
cusslon for weakness and lack of
loyalty. Nothing could be further
from the truth.
Kan.a. City Star-In this crisis
there Is no time for hesitation. Con
gress ought to go tho limit In back
ing" Ihe president n energetic step,
for safeguarding American rights,
Hocky Mountain News (Denver)
Congress should give tlm president
every lola of power for which he
slakes up to the limits provided 'by
the cmiatltutlon, llut It Is our hope
thul the president will also grant to
congress Its fair place in the task
that the sinking of the llrlllsh liner
Ueonla brings appreciably nearer
that, he will call the new congress In
to session that It muv, with new
blood and new Ideas, overset the old
Inertia.
Portland Oregonlnn The pen o nt
any price or avoidance of war at any
cost propaganda Is the counsel of
cowardice and Ignominy. It cannot
and must not be heeded. Ife means
national loss, decay, degradation,
Knock at Our Door!
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ure on the treoa. Ilirds are reluming from the south. Illossoma
urn appearing on many ot the trees. Just the right kind of weather
tor out door recreation, You can afford to spend few weeks In
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amusements will Improve your health and HICAI,TII IH
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