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III DAILY EDITION r VOL. VII., No. I, Ml. GRANTS PAM, JOSEPHINE COUNTY. OREGON, THIItHIMY, MARCH N, II7 WHOLE NUMBER 1M. No Other Town in the' World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Newspaper With Full Leased Wire telegraph Service i St ,v BAGDAD 1 TO FALL S BNUIJKH TROOPS AUK ItHI'OltTKI) WITHIN' I J MII.D4 OK ANCIENT TTT TURKS RETREATING TO NTH Low of City Will ll llxsvy Mow lo Hi Prmtlge of Iho Ottoman i Kmnira London, Mar. 8. The ancient city vt llagdad, ulnre U3H held by tli Turks. U about to fall Into British Hands, lis capture by the British Mesopotamlan force. Is Foregone conclusion. Ofllclal reports today put the Urltlah cavalry within twelve miles of the ancient capital. "The city cannot be defended," de clared General P. II. Maurice. In charge of military operations, In an Interview granted the United Press today. "I expect the Turks to make . a defense at a point about six miles from the city. If they are defeated, they have no recourse but to retreat north." Bagdad, singularly enough, hat baen long known as Dar-es-8elam "City of. Peaces During the last few weeks It has been menaced in two directions by. allied force by the British pushing forward from the south, and from the Russian forces of the Orand Duke Nicholas, who are now around Hamadan, lo the west of the Turkish city. If Bagdad falls, the victory will be a tremendous blow to TurkUh prestige. The rlty Is the very center of Arabic traditions, hav ing been founded early In the eighth entury. It has remained unbroken ly Arabic and Turkish through all tlie centuries since that time, except for a brief period In the thirteenth century, when the Mongols seised It. Bagdad Is where the famoua Hsroun Al Raarhld, famed In song and story, once held forth. OF STONE CALLED New York, .Mar. 8. Calling for Stanator Stone's resignation as chair man of the senate foreign relations committee, the New York World to lay said: ' "tinder disguises as transparent as any assumed by the Innumerable gents of Iho kulser's propaganda In 'this country, he hits been revealed time and again as one who, In the presence of Germany, would equivo cate, abato and even sacrifice Am erican rights. He 'has made this plain from the day of the I.usltaiila horror, which he dismissed an lightly as any Junker and for which he found as many excuses as any In structed 'German-American.' In all essentials Involving Germany he has been persistent in opposition to the United States and yet 'has retained a aenate chairmanship which gives trim Immense Influence upon the for eign policy of the United States." The New York Sun bitterly at tacked Senator Stone, declaring he ahould be deprived of his chairman ship. "No fact In the record of William Joel Stono entitles him to the Im portant and confidential office he liolds today," said the Sun. "His s.onltunnnce therein constitutes a i menace to the safety of the United States. His disappearance there from would take a load of fear off the mind of every patriotic American t home and abroad," INT BfilTLSH HAND U.S. AMBASSADOR GUTHRIE IS DEAD American Representative to the Court of the Mikado IHed of Atilny at Toklo Today Washington, Mar, 8. Ambassador Guthrie at Toklo died suddenly to day of apoplexy, according to a cable gram to the state department this afternoon. Pittsburg, Mar. 8. George. Guth rie, I'nlted States ambassador to Japan, la dead according to announce ment at hla law office here today. It was said there that a cablegram re porting hla death In Toklo had been received. Further Information was withheld. Colonel W. R. Guthrie, a brother of the anrbaseador, would not make any statement Immediately after re ceipt of the cablegram. HUM A t New York, Mar. 8. The French liner Rochambeau arrived here to day with a rapid-fire three-Inch gun mounted on the bow and a four-Inch gun on the stern, the first large pas senger ship to reach this port from K ii rope with guns mounted both fore and aft. The big liner, bringing 82 passen ger ln the first cabin and 1 la the second, passed through the submar ine xone under convoy of six des troyers without sighting any aubmar. Inea. A tumultuous voyage was reported. A monster wave that struck the ship when she was three days out, almost turned her over, dumping passen gers out of 'their berths and giving rise to a panic through fear that a torpedo had caused the shocks. KIRK DESTROYS TKKKA (WTA POTTERY PI.AXT San Francisco. Mar. 8. The plant of the 8telger Terra Cotta Pottery company at South San Francisco was almost totally destroyed early to day by a tire believed to be of In cendiary origin. The damage Is es timated at $200,000 partly covered by Insurance. A doxen of buildings, four of them large structures, were burned, only the staples, packing sheds and offices escaping. The plant has been closed for three weeks as the result of labor troubles. W. E. Deunlson, president or the company declared today thut he had no doubt Incendiaries had started the blase. The San Francisco and South San Francisco tire departments were sum moned but could do little as the In tense heat caused the water mains to burst. E TO ENGLAND'S IDOL London, Mar. 8. Upon the late Lord Kitchener, England's Idol, ana the early war council,' was flxed'the 'blame today tor England's Darda nelles failure. A special Investiga ting commission, appointed In re sponse to parliamentary Inquiries and complaints, as to the costly experi ment against Turkey, made this re port today. "Although the main object of the expedition was not attained," the re port concluded, "certain InnjUsnt political advantages were secured by the expedition. Whether these were worth the loss of life and treasure Involved, must always remain a mat ter of opinion," i (Continued on Page ti U.S. SENATE ABOLISHES THE CLOTURE RULE ONLY TIIKKK MKMI1KKH VOTK AGAINST PITTING MlPFLKIt OX DERATE UFOLLETTE, GflONNA, SHERMAN New Itule la Modified, But WUI Pre. vent Small Body of Senators Filibustering Washington, Mar. 8. The United States senate late today abolished Its ancient rule or unlimited debate, when a modified cloture rule, provid ing that a two-thirds majority may limit debate, passed by a vote of 76 to three. Senators LaFollctte, Gron na and Sherman opposed it. The senate then went Into execu tive session. Washington, Mar. 8. The sacred senate prerogative of limitless de bate the rule for 108 years may pass Into history within 48 hours, possibly sooner. This was indicated today when the "wilful twelve" senators, who, In the closing hours of the congress blocked President Wilson's plsns for armed neutrality, admitted no4means re mained at their command of further hindering pasasge of the rule. With unlimited weeks before the senate, the "wilful brethren" aband oned all hope of gaining their ends by continued filibuster. While sev eral will take the floor to make their position clear before the country, the now famous last stand Is a thing or the past. Bitter denunciation by Senator Sherman of President Wilson's state ment that It would 1 useless to call an extra session of congress until the senate rules were amended, marked the opening of the battle for a clo ture amendment. - Sherman, however, reiterated his approval of armed neutrality, declar ing It Justified by the German man date of unrestricted submarine war fare and the "kaiser-mlkado-Carranxa plot." This, he said, "was sufficient evidence of hostile intent, whether it would come to any practical end or not." He also took a fling at republicans who are now heaping abuse on the heads of the 'wilful twelve, after they themselves had connived In the filibuster." Since a filibuster could not In an extra session prevent passage of the armed neutrality bill, Sherman held the president "Is merely taking ad vantage of the present crisis perma nently to alter the senate rules." "The jx-esldent Is seeking to ab solve himself from his long delay In protecting American rights by dis crediting the few men who courage ously objected to hasty decision In the closing hours of congress after his procrastination had prevented sufficient time for consideration." Sherman ahouted. Sherman' defended the "little group of wilful men" as doing what they did, because they thought they would save "the unnumbered souls arising from the battlefield of a possible fu ture; for the widows In "black and for .the men behind the plow, whose red .American blood might be spilled on a foreign strand." Senator Stone pledged his support to the amendment, although he ex plained he realised It Is to be used for the "particular purpose of passing the armed neutrality bill, to which t am unalterably 'opposed," , Stone favored a majority vote fea ture of the amendment, Washington, Mar. 8. Fight tor a cloture amendment to the senate (Continued on Pave 2) CITY TO JOIN , FOR LIBRARY f COl'.VCILMEN AND COURT IN HAR MONY FOB CO-OPERATIVE PLAN ' ALSO TALK OF JUt AUDtTORlUM 8, CouUnt and Mrs. Alice Bacon ' New Members of the County Pair Board The county court received the dele gation from the city council this fore noon and discussed fully the proposi tion of the erection of a Carnegie li brary building upon the county court house block and the maintenance of the library by both city and county. The councllmen present were Nut ting, Demaray and Allen. 'The plan met with the approval of the court, and the proposal will be submitted in written form, it was explained by the councllmen that an appropriation of $1,200 was now provided from city funds and $800 from county funds for library purposes. By building the library npon the county block it could be heated from the county furnaces, and this, with jan itor attention, would about balance toe amounts, provided each year by city and county, making available $2,400 to $2,500 annually for main tenance. Another proposition that was dis cussed by the councllmen and the county court was that of transform ing the material from the old court house Into a public auditorium after the new court house was ready for occupancy. H was suggested that the citizens could procure a suitable site and use the lunber of tho old court house in putting up a building that would house the larger public gatherings of a general nature. The plan met with approval, and will no doubt be worked out at a later date. The county fair board was complet ed through the appointment of Mrs. Alice Bacon, county superintendent of schools, to membership, the county office carrying with It membership upon the fair board. A. S. Coutant was also appointed upou the board in place of H. H. Harter, who has removed from the county. L. ;M. Mitchell, of Murphy, Is the third member of the board, being the only hold-over member. WIEDIM San Francisco, Mar. 8. Evidence of a nation-wide conspiracy among San Francisco Hindus to InVade In dia via China, will be presented by United Stntes Attorney Preston to the federal grand Jury, it was learn ed today. The evidence was gather ed during a two months Investiga tion. Ram Chandra, editor of the Hindustan fladur, 'was named by Preston as having knowledge of the conspiracy. Preston said he did not know of any connection between this plot and the one unearthed In New York. v Ram Chandra denied that any such plot, had been hatched here. He de clared he had confidential advices from Washington that notice had been served upon the United States by the allies that this country would be expected to pay damages result ing from Indian revolutions plotted in America. He said the Hindus here are anxious to see India released from. British rule, 'but are not the originators of the plot. KAISER SEEKING i VILLA'S SUPPORT Germany I "lays the Bandit Leader Apslnst Carransa In Fomenting ' Trouble for V. 8. Laredo, Texas, Mar. 8. Germany la playing Villa against Carranxa. Great sums of German money are pouring Into the bandit leader's hands, Inciting him to activity against the United States and against Car ranxa, while at the same time Ger man agents work through officials of the Carranxa government, seeking to align that aide against the. United States. ' 4 Just back from a trip Into the in terior of Mexico the correspondent can state these facta on the highest authority: V Agents of the German government in Mexico approached Villa at his headquarters at Bustillo's . ranch, about February 12, with a proposi tion to renew his raids on the border In case of a declaration of war be tween 'the United 8tates and Ger many.. Two German agents reached the bandit leader. The conference extended over two day. ... At first Villa demurred against any attack on the border In force un der any circumstances. At length an agreement was reached that In case of war, Villa would send small bands, as unattached bandita, to operate at widely separated points along the boundary and to make sporadic for ays to harasa American troops. Under tbe terms of the agreement the German agents promised to pay Villa' 500,000 pesos at once to seal the compact. He refused to enter Into the plot until the first payment fCoa tinned on Page 2) opposition m BRITISH PRETillER London, Mar. 8. For the first time since he assumed the premier ship, Lloyd-George today faced a bit ter minority of opposition in the bouse of commons. Exactly how far that minority will go In its opposition was expected to be decided today. The division, long expected, comes over the Irish home rule question. Yesterday's debate In the house of commons was the most bitter in months. ' It resulted in formal with drawal from the sitting of the Irish nationalists as a protest against the form of settlement of the perplex ing question suggested 'by the pre mier that home rule could be had by any part ot Ireland desiring it. but that coercion would not be em ployed to force Ulster's acquiescence. The. Irish nationalists were to meet today In conference. The great est interest attached to their deci sion as to a future policy.. Specula tion on what the party members would vote ranged from predictions that they would formally withdraw from the house to guesses that they would continue in commons, but adopt a policy of active opposition to Lloyd-George, In an attempt to force a general election. Several London newspapers, com menting on the situation which the premier now laces, deplored his state ment of government policy yester day as one calculated to arouse op position, and attacked John . Red mond, Irish leader, tor his attitude. The Morning Post suggests the na tionalists are 'henceforth In ."definite hostility to the government, though presumably they will do nothing to Interfere with the prosecution of the war, they will otherwise put as much sand in the parliamentary and min isterial machinery as possible." .; ThelVaily Telegraph predicted the Redmond adherents will "go Into ac tive opposition to the government and seek, to make It untenable, with a view to bringing about a general elec tion." ..... .j coSiii nncrrr NEWLY APPOINTED OFFICIAL TO BE GUEST OP COMMERCIAL CLUB . ISTiIE:ffi,e,a E. I. Adaaaa, of Eugene, Accepts lav ., ritatloai to Look Over Bond . Matters Berw The citiaena of Grants Paaa will' be hosts to the newly-appointed mem ber ot the state highway commission from thin congressional district when E. J." Adams, of Eugene, will come here at the Invitation of tha Com mercial club officials. Mr. Adama was Invited to (be present at the an nual banquet of the dab : Monday evening, and the roada and highways committee ot the clnb will taka his entertainment in hand and make him as thoroughly acquainted with high way conditions in southern Oregon as Is possible daring hla stay in tha city. .Monday and Tuesday.. Immediately after word was re ceived, from Mr. Adams announcing his acceptance ot the invitation to come here, tho secretary of tha Com mercial clnb wired to both the other members of tha eoaunissioa, Stmoa Benson of Portland and W. ... L. Thompson of Pendleton, asking that they also come.' Replies to these in vitations bad not been received late this afternoon, bat should the en tire board be present, Monday will be resolved Into a southern Oregon good roada day. Highway Commessioner Adams will be npon the program of speech makers for the Commercial club baa qnet. as will also Messrs. Benson and Thompson if they are present It Is proposed by the local highway com mission to show the commissioners as much ot the highway in Josephine county as is possible during their stay, especially the post roada and the forest roads that need attention. FRENCH TAKE PRISONERS . . AT THREE PLACES Paris, Mar. 8. French forces took German prisoners In actions at three different places on the western front, the official statement today declared. . "Between the Oise and the Aisne very lively artillery actions continu ed," it stated. "During the night northwest of Embermenll, in Lor raine, the French raided. German trenches and brought back prison ers." FOUR Will Boone, Iowa, Mar. 8. One aged woman and three men, all inmatea of the Boone county poor house, eight miles north of here, were burned to death in a fire wfilch destroyed the structure at 10 o'clock last night Fifty-six other Inmates narrowly es caped In their night clothing. There was no fire protection at the Insti tution and the Boone Are department was not called. Superintendent Heed well ot the poor farm, aided by em-. ployes, succeeded In getting all to safety except the four aged person! on the third floor, who lost their lives. ;, The fire Is believed to hare started from defective electric wiring. Tha building, a three-story brick struc ture, was a total loas. . O. V. Myers la a local visitor for the day from Medford, attending to : business. ...