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j rs DAILY EDITION ,:.. : " vV V VOL. VII. No. 147. N. ORAirTO PAjM. JOSKPHIWE COUlfTV. OREOOM. WKOWaDAT, MABCH , IMT WHOLE Wt'MBER MT. V tier Town n e or toe Size of Grants Pass Has a Newspaper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service URSEUS. WILL FOLLOW. IF WAR COMES MrT I'llOllAW.K THAT AllMKII IU K WOUM III! HUNT TO ' Kt'KOPRAK rncuM OPEN .POUTS TO ALLIED SHIPS Member of (Mriwl IMalU I'laiM by Which ttoveiwweat Would Prva. out HiMtlllttM Washington, Mar. II. Till It how one of President Wilson's cab I art members described today lh lirousblc course of action this na tion will tsk if war with Oermsny comes, s Is now expected: Alignment with the entente allies. Th British and French fleet now In western Atlantic water would be released (or duty elsewhere, es pecially In tha submarine ion by being replaced hy lbs America At lantic fleet; 'this oountry doaa not at present plan seadlag an armad ex pedition to Kvrope, because tha al IIm hava all tha man they nard. Our porta would ha thrown open to silled ships (or all purposes. Kxtrnslon of unllmlttd credit to tha allies ao that thay would bs able to purrhss all tha necessary am iniinlllon, food and supplies. While nothing official could fee learned regarding the meeting U It Vootfn that tha defense council for weeks baa been consulting with the nation's largest ' mtnufscturers of powder, explosives of all other des--crlptlons and of rlflea and all man ner of gum, In tha Interest of standardising all output with the least poMtbla delay and expense. It alio Tim been one of tha ob ject! of munition standardisation division to formulate the 'moat de tailed plan for tha purchaae of muni tion! and elimination of "super charge!" that have been made the government in former wan. s The flrat Installment of blda for the two 'hundred or more submarine vhaaers for the navy were opened at noon. Nearly one hundred additional "host building concern! were request nd to Inform the government of their -capacity for turning out the chaser 'boat!. Keala for no ara now being laid at .the New York navy yard and for four at tha New Orleans yarde. Every wpeed-up meaaure, Including suspeiy wlon of tha eight-hour work day reg ulation! In the yards, will lie put In gore, Chicago, Mar. 21. Number two yellow cash corn ild In the Chicago market today at I1.1t er iMiihel, .the hlgheat In history. Number (threa white sold at the same figure. ;SULZER REPRESENTS ; ALASKA IN CONGRESS Juneau, Mar. 21 'Charles A. Bui txer, democrat, will receive the" certif icate as delegate to congress from Alaska by .virtue of a decision de livered yenlerdsy by Judge RolMrt W. Jennings, of the United Slates dis trict court. James Wlckershnm, re publican Incumbent,' was declared by !lhe canvassing board to have been re-elected, tut tha court held thai (the 'hoard counted Illegal bnllota for "Wltikersham and found Sulner'a ma- 1 I... ... ... U ' i joniy iu u i uiv. Tho decision wa one Of the most wxhaustlve ever rendered la Alaslia. f HTATK DKI'AHTMICNT . HKKH WAR AHK.il) . . . Washington, Mar. 21. The state department made It clear today that In war operations that tiiay come there muat be co-operation between the allies and the I'nlud Slates. . The department Indicated It believes war la Inevitable. TVMrr Wreclui lraoilcallr Kverr llulldlng m IMmark. and lajnrea ''' ' My I'eople Little Ro'k, Ark., Mar. 21. Heven persons were killed and eight Injured In a tornado near Oelmark, early today, which wrecked prac tically every building in Delmark. The dead: Charles Weathering-ton and wife; Albert Herring: Milton Herring: Milton Hutohlnson; Wattle lleara; Lewta Roberta. ' ADVA.VCR IIATK TO THK ofBMijro op wAwiHir rant , Washington. Mar. i I. Secretary f the Navy Daniels lata today di rected that the data for opening W on the IS bew destroyers 1m advanced eleven days, from April i to March 24. The department announced al so that It would at once order ad ditional destroyers under'the Ill8, 000, poo naval emergency fund which President Wilson haa liberated for use. Bhtpyarda were notified to send representatives' at once to Washing ton to confer In the matter with naval experts. London, Mar. 21. The German re tirement haa apparently not yet reached the "Hlndenburg line." Nevertheless, a slowing up In the speed of the retrograde movement and a stiffening of the fighting, re ported front both the French and British fronts, Indicated that the mo ment when German troops wilt settle down In tlfelr prepared posltiops and make a stand was fast approaching. The .line on which fighting was In progreaa today apparently extends southward from a point near Arraa to 8t. Leger, Velu, Canlay (all on the British .front) and thence, on the French front, to Honpy, Tergnter and the Ban Quentln canal. ! In several places, at least the line of today's fighting la within two or .iiiti ilium hi inv i.iHuc.iwiuH iur, as experts here have picked It up The French are' nearest the German permanent defenses. The Drltlah have mude haste more slowly, preferring to rolmlUI the destroyed country over which they advanced. Knglnnd Is awaiting a great battle. HATING IH ItKHTOHKI) Tt i NATIONAL (U AUIWMKN Wnshlnnton. Mar. 21, President Wilson Iiur tHuued art executive or der restoring to their former civil aervlce stattia all national guardsmen who! as a reault of border eervlcf lost their rating,' the department of commerce stated today. The presi dents order was that the eligibility period, b extended In cases of guards men so that they could be restored to the rating they held at the time of their call to the colors. Guards men were requested to write to the civil aervlce commission, giving the time of their call and the time of their mustering out. Several thou sand men r. alTootod s TOillO KILLS 7 IN ARKANSAS OF Aijreshre Aclica Will Ik Tide:? Ag3 teiral Ptn, Waahlogton. Mar. 21. Prealdent Wilson called congreea Into ' extra aeaalon for April 2. He haa decided to meet Germany"! high aea affronts with sweeping action. War today seemed just ahead." Congress will be asked to consider aggressive steps to be taken toward the Imperial German government With a atate of war admittedly ex isting as a reault of V boat attacks on American merchant ships, a decla ration of war may reault as tbe'flrst action taken by congress. If the president doea ot ask declaration of war, congreaa may de mand one. , ', ' la any event, atepa will tie taken to pot the American, navy and army on a war footing. ' This footing wilt he of such preparations id these toranchee of the national defense have never befpra aeeamed. . .. ' Poealbltlty of averting open hos tilities with Germany appears to have been killed. ' The president's decision wa based qn a tremendous appeal from the country for revenge for Germany's killing of American cltiiena and des truction of American property In contravention of all International law. The president's course marks the end of his constant efforts efforts which have been alike strongly commended and bitterly condemned to keep this country at peace, even with Germany. In order that It might perform the "greater aervlce" or restoring reason to war-mad Europe. 'Yn reaching his conclusion to lay before the congress the (rave problem of determining upon this goven ment's policy toward Oermany, the president brought to end a atrvggle for peace not only with hla advisers THAT LITTLE WHICH HE HATH SHALL BE TAKEN AWAT. flP- 'flrisssn , , but with himself perhaps the most dramatic In history. '; ' Holding out against arguments for positive warlike action until tha last, Wilson was loath to" take a course which' be believed might be constru ed "aaorclng the hurae." ' Appeals were made to him by his csibiaet and through many telegrama from prominent' people 'thai '' abtloa was demanded Immediately, "not only for the bake of America's con science, but for the sake of the peace of the world.? r-v-v.-rr, - T , In this connection. It Is recalled that President Wilson, about a year ago declared" to some of hla advisers that lis had reason to believe that If the United State entered the wax actively.' there woold be a termlaa tlon of the struggle within a few' monthp. Hla advlaera told hlni wltn a that laat twenty-Tour, hour,, that to assume now a ' positive" stand against Oermany would be to enconrV ak the new Russian government. hearten the allied troops la the field, perhaps create an Irrepressible de mand tn Germany for the overthrow of the autocracy there and bring last ing peace to the world vastly nearer. It became known tttday that In the past few weeka telegrams and much or the advice that have gone to the White House have' counselled upon war and have been frank in declara tions that a high note of patriotism must be sounded at onoe; they have declared this to be no time for "wait ing to hear from the country." They have declared, the country haa need now of a leader who muat tell the country and people what they muat do; they have declared It la finally (Continued oa Page 2) a-Oessre In NsW Yrk f vnlna Pest AMHTtSKUAM HEARS 1W . ' KIOTIXO I BEKM-r Amsterdam, Mar. ' 21. Ra- t mora of serious rioting la Ber 4 II n, so great as to require pre- 4 ewe of troops, were circulated her this afternoon. The rumor f had It that many detachments 4 4 of troop had teen called from 4 the east front to pacify the riot- er. - ....;(.-!-. f t i 1 1 1 .. t GEew:i COllMCE Agenu of the Kaiser Saad to Have Recently Vlaited HoOasMl aad '' Hwttaertand vrltta' tfoaala ' New York, Mar. 21. German agent have recently visited Holland and Switzerland to sound allied feel ing a to fresh German peace pro posals, according to a dispatch from tha Hacaa. poMlnhed today by the New Tor Times. ....... "A German government official." the dispatch related, ."said Russian events had modified the altuatlon. Germany can no. longer claim her eastern objects, such as freedom of the Polea. Lithuanians and other sub ject races, since lheae,,wUl obtain full liberty through the Russian rev olution. He suggests that .GermaAy might he able now to consider re storing Poland to Rusaisn Influence under a guarantee vjf complete au tonomy. . Another German visiting Holland said there were discussion in Vienna concerning' the' possibility of providing autonomy tor the small pVopVeS' wIthln the existing 'sUte lim its and without severe disturbance or exlsiing 'frontiers: ' rI"1", "Jt is understood that Inquiries, particularly regarding the .'American .view on this point, are bvliig. .cau tiously made by way of Swltserlsnd." ISSUES STATEIM Paris. Mar. 21. "We are now In a position where we csa tight with equal strength or arms ss lone; as necessary having what our enemies do not have, the sentiment thai we are defending the cause of right sad ot civilisation." -. . i' So read a attiring eaatement Issued by the hew premier, Alexandre Rlbot, today to the people of France. It was hla format cabinet declaration. Rlbot re-affirmed Frapce's inten tion to continue to the end. : Re lauded France's victorious soldiers, ! "already liberating part ot the ta Vraded, territory, which la only a pre face to new and supreme ' efforts jagalnst the enemy." . . r The new premier likewise declared his Intention to direct a general po litic, war, with parliament, leaving generalissimo In complete direction of. army operations. ' - He announced new taxes and a law to prohibit Importation from foreign countries of articles unnecessary to the life of the country. "With our alllea," he concluded, I "we have the common Ideal and spirit Lof liberty and brotherhood, which I guarantee the future peace wished i by" the president of the great Amerl :!can republic, aa to condition and or ganisation of society and of nations," : ' The meaaage also "salutes Russia' and expresses the hope that the "rev. Solution will go on without shedding of 'blood." Pendleton, Mar. 21.-Wllllm Piper, 95, a pioneer of the day ot 1849. died this morning at hla farm home near here; He was one of the first settler th eastern Oregon. ffliJESTY IS DEKOFSLAV t -ft . t v'- r'- POIJTICAIi OVFRVDERB AJU5 RB. KTORFJ) TO IUOHT8 AJTI) LtB-"' ErTIriXB Hf" t&AaM ISSUED mwmBtn Wholal Aixeeta at Bittmiaii uf the RecbsM of - ITmai aw -.. . XtqhoUs An OnMw4. Petrograd, Mar. 21. A geaeral political amaesfy was decreed la a nkase isNed today1 by the Rusaisa proviacUP goveraatent h' .r-'-r-i . "Yielding to the Imperial demands of the aatlonal oonsdeaee,, iajL ,tb name of historic Justiceand in oom ttemoratioa" of t definite' triumph of the" aew ' regime; founded" npia right and liberty." the aka4laV- ed. "we ordered a geaeral poHUoal amnesty.. a., . . i7 The ukase also coarinned prevtoas MBOuacements of s'constHuUon for Finland and' ordered Immediate' ap plication sf.aacei. 4.''ivtstyc -for esrty conrvoeatloa of the nadtUk diet to: this and, -. ... t , London, Mar. Jl. Simultaneously . with Issuance of a ukase anttounclag amnesty' to political prisoner: 'the new Russian government today heajaa wholesale arrests throughout $ssta ot adhearent of the former burean- cratic regime. Even the esar and Ma family' were reported to have 'Veesi Incinded among those : who are order ed detained. '' la the case of U fom- f)r ruler, his "detention." Jadtiag from Petrograd advlcss, 4s to la the Imperial palace at Tsarkoe-Belo. At least one high dignitary" of the Holy Russian ' church,' Rajeff. chief of the holy ayaod, has been ai rested, with a former premier, Ke kovsoo and several leaders of ..tha black band.'' the Inner circle of bu reaucrats. 'Advices lste today added to tbia ' list of prisoners the names of Gea eral Gondattl, governor general of the province of Amur and General Nestchenkoff, a troop commander la the name province. Presumably the two officials refused to renounce their allegiance to the royalist regime. ' Khleff advice today said the cler gy there had mad formal recogni tion of the aew government , ., .. MIS OF ' a erai REVOLT Amsterdam, Mar. 21. Rumors ot a German revolution were circulated on the atock exchange her today. So tar as wsa evident from undis turbed telegrsphlo connection of rail way wires and regular arrival her of German newspapers, there was no baala whatever for the report' ', i The rumors, however aroused ex citement. . , , . , MOVIK PHOOVCKR AFTER , , lll-SHIA'H ItKPlisRD CZAR ;''- v" : '' New York, Mar. 21. An offer of 10.000 rubles a week (15.000) was cabled to Nlcboias Romanos or Rua ala today by Iouls J. Belanlck, movie producer, to come td' America tad. apiear In a film called, "Behind tha Throne." . . ,' t ,-1 A,i . Selsnlck, once a penniless exile, la now a millionaire. ' ' "