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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
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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
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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
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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. ' ' "