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VOL. VHh Ku. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREOON, ki:iiav, march 2a, ibit WHOLE NUMBER No Other Town in the Vorld the Size of Grants Pass Has a Newspaper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service AMERICW SHIP TORPEDOED IN ! "SAFETVM KTAKIlAHl) Oil, TAXKKH WAS i NOT IN I1ARIIKI AREA WHEN i HKMTItOVKM 11Y IMVEIt 2t of the Crew lost lives Mnrvlvor Ar Landed at VmuJihti, Holland, the Captain llelng I Among; Those Iteacnrd ; London, Mar. 22.-At least a score perished la the unwarned linking by a German submarine of tha Standard Oil tanker Healdton. according to latest Information available hart to day. The ship aa torpedoed ftYt in 1 1 north of Terschelllag. Holland, In tha middle of what baa heretofore WVrit lUHVHIIW -VJ MWt Ml,, WW wmw aI (ha "safety sone." In tb barred area. Thirteen stjrvlvora have "been iaadid at Ymulde n, Holland, of a to tal of mora than 40 on board tb ves- JMll. ' Ona Holland dispatch today nuotvd aurvlvor ai declaring that three Ufa boat Jrft tha alnklng tanker. Two of then, ona with seven men, and a second with 11, were picked up. Tha third, reported to contain twenty-one men, la at 111 tulsalng. Not all of tha Healdton'a craw wera American! and It la not Hated In Hoi- Hnd dlmatche irterbat' tuoaa, iiKaM . nlna were eltlietta of the Vnlted States. Some dlipatrbet from Yinut - den declared at lead a doaen men had been killed or Injured be tha ex plosion of the torpedo which ssnk tha HeaMtoo. Waihlngton, Mar. 22. The first tale department advices concerning reports of Isst night that 21 persons drowned In the torpedoing of tbe Slsndurd Oil tank sleamer llealdton came late today from Vice-Consul Krogh at Rotterdam. His message read: "American tank steamer Healdton, from Hayonne, N. J., owned by Stand ard Oil company, New York, en route Philadelphia via Bergen to Rotter dam, commanded by Captain Charles ' Christopher, American eltlsen, carry ing 0,000 tons petroleum, and hav ing 41 officer and crew aboard, re ported torpedoed and sunk without warnin uv Merman suomarine. i n evening March 21, 25 mile from Teraehelltng. Captain and It men brought safely to Ymlden. Ona died of' exposure In life boat. Twenty re ported drowned by canstslng. Cap tain among saved." CLARK EXPECTS 10 BE NEXT SPEAKER i, Washington, Mar. , 22. Speaker Clark expects to be re-elected o hour and forty minute after thi house meets April 2, he confided to- "How long will It take to organise the house?" he was asked. "Ono hour and forty minutes," he aatd. "Ten minutes for prayer Then a rollcall forty minutes; nom (nation of candidates for the speak ership -ten minutes, and a roll call on his election, forty minutes," "Who will be elected?" "I will, with from one to Ave ma jority,",,, Clark replied. HULKS OREGON MAY SHIP lUMV.H OIT OF THH HTATK Salem, Mar. 28,Llqimr can be shipped out of Oregon without vio lating the state's new bone dry pro. hlbltlon law, Attorney Oeneral Brown titled today. W TITO LEAD AllOy III PICE I'atriiMki Meeting Held In Madlaon Mnuara Harden Would Send Mu, tMK) Americana to" Europe . New York, "Mar. 21 An Ameri can army, 600,000 strong, fighting In tha trenches of France, and lad by Colouei Hooeerelt, Is tha answer 15, 000 persons who packed Madiaon Square Garden, would give to Oer niany. .... Though tha colonel waa not at tha garden jaet night, ha sent a loiter which precipitated a near-riot of en thusiasm wben It waa read. , Before, the meeting broke up, every person had voted for a resolu tion calling upon congress to declare Immediately after It convenes that a atata of war exists with Germany. Ellbu Root, President John O. Illb ban of Prlnoston, and other deliv ered patriotic addresses. ttE SAM TO SELL UIHH Washington, Mar. 21. Indian Commletloner Bella today advertised for bids for 010.000,000 feet of tim ber on tha Klamath. Oregon. Indian reservation, The timber, Sells hopes. "will relieve the acuta timber situa tion." Three tracts are Included In tha offer for sale. Ninety per cant of tho limber la yellow and sugar pin. A minimum price of 1 a thousand feet on one tract and f 3.2S a thou sand feel on tha other two was est by Sells. ' j Funds raised from the sale are to be used to put the Klamath Indians on a self-supporting economic, basis, Sells said. R .niL 19 liOndon, 'Mar. 22. full recogni tion was accorded the new Russian government by action of all the sill? today. It waa announced here on behalf of . the allies that all entente diplo matic employes In Petrograd hsd been Instructed previously to aocord full recognition when In their dis cretion the time had arrived for such action. Petrograd, Mar. 21. Ambsssa- dors of EnglandFrance and Italy todsy followed the example of Am erican Ambasasdor Francis and form ally conveyed to tbe foreign minister. Mllukoff, the recognition by their respective nations of the new Rus sian government. . (IKKMAN'Y TO IlLOCKAItH ; THK ARCTIC OCKAN Chrlstlanla, Mar. 21. The foreign afllc tndav received Infornistinn that Germany had Instituted a blockade or the Arctic ooean between Norway and Spitsbergen. The new blockade Is aimed to pre vent the shipments . to the Rusalnn port of Archangel, which will be free of Ice within a few months snd which ha always been a great center of Im port for Russia's war munitions. NKW RCORI SKT FOR ' WHEAT IN PORTLAND Portland, Mar. .22. Five thousand bushels of bliiestem wheat for May delivery sold on I the Merohanta ex change today for 11.75 a bushel, the highest price ever known here. An otlior record was sot by club wheat tor April delivery; of which 1,000 lu- shels brought 11.00. : HOADSffi increase in freight rate MOItK REVENUE FROM I'AHMK.V- flKH TRAFFIC IH AliMO IK MANREII IIY A Mj MXEH , ADOSON UW IS MOLE Operating Expenses Higher and Curt of Materials Increased I llrm of Railway Washington, Mar. 21. A general Increase of from 10 to IS per cent on all freight and passenger rate to cover the Increaaed coat of operation under the Adamson law. is asked by all the railroad of tbe country In a petition laid 'before the Interstate commerce commission, the receipt of whtchwaa announced today. , The railroads' petition slated that "In our opinion tbe only, practical method of securing proper relief Is by a percentage advancement In all rate. Thla, of course should b ade quate to cover the effect of the Ad amson law and other wage Increases already made and those which will naturally follow, together with In creases In the cost of fuel, material and supplies." It waa stated the road have met other heavy expense besides the Ad- amsoi a. wag increase and that, thejr want vo get tnemseivea in anape to aerve the country efficiently In time of war. Request waa made for a blanket Increase to fscilalte prompt action, the roada explained. . Itl'HHIANH IHHMIH)K TVRK8 AT ALIABAD Petrograd, Mar. 25. After 1 hours of desperate fighting, Russian force dislodged Turks occupying Aliabad, near Kerlnia, and forced them to retreat, today's official atate ment declared. FRENCH DRKADXACUHT HAS HERN TORI'KIK)EI Pari. Mar.. 21. A French dread naught has been torpedoed and aunk In the Mediterranean, It : waa - an nounced here today. Waihlngton, Mar. 23. Germany's latest affront In the torpedoing with out warning of the Standard Oil tanker Healdton will be answered by continued speeding-up of all prepa rations for actual hostilities, which are now regarded as Inevitable. President Wilson and Secretary Lansing are convinced that Oer - many' present course Is ' merely hastening a clash. The president and hi -premier are known from tha highest sources to have held the firm conviction even before the alnkmg of the' Healdton that the kaiser's government I determined on forc ing a declaration of war from this country. ,. , President Wilson met with the cabinet today to consider develop ments In the International situation and to dlsoust the progress made by all departments In preparing for hos tilities. ; There Is Indication today that the president, after congress has defined the status between Germany and the United States, will augment his cab' luot by one or more posts to cover the work of transportation and pos- COURSE PURSUED BY GERMANY IS UICTTIIIMP PI IPU llITU Till- II P I iifttiLiiuii ulhoii wim mt u. o. DEPOSED CZAR: MINE UNDER GUARD f , , : -' : ; .f FORMER AUTOCRATIC RULER IS PRISONER AT T8ARKOH--v SELO , -:- Nlriiola Yields Readily to WUhe of ' I hi ma eadere Now In (Xmtrol i In Itswela , t Petrograd. March 22. Tbe last of the Romanoffs was under detention at Tsarkoe-Selo today, hie guards esrlD the red banner Of the Rus sian revolution. Tbe former czar, tbe cxaina, the royal couple's only sdn and their four daughter are now boused In the place. Every deference baa been shown all these members of the former royal family. Formal granting of recognition to the provisional government by the I'nHed States waa a cause for public rejoicing throughout Petrograd to day. - Tbe newspaper Russkaya Volya's front page today featured a slogan in huge type, extending across tbe page and reading:. - "Long Live the Republic."" J Tbe former czar'a arrest and hi Journey here wera replete with dra matic incidents The four duma com- ! lsioner sent to arrest him awarded hi private train at Mob lien," Just af ter the dowager empress, his mother, had bade hia an affectionate fare well.. . . - "I am ready to go anywhere and aubmlt to any decision," tha ezar to)d General Alexlel, wbea the latter Informed him the duma commission era were watting. Tbe four duma leaders later talked with the caar freely. At Susanino station, the former ruler bid farewell to all his servant and his suite. "I thank you all for your services" he said, "Au revolr." Petrograd, March 22. The condi tion of the children of ' the former ciar took a turn for the worse today. Pour his daughters are reported suffering from scarlet fever and the eldest' of these, the Grand Duchess Olga, was said today to be delirious. The csarevltch Is also very III. , slbly a portfolio to handle the work of munition making. , v . Thla, however, la entirely tenta tive. The more likely course for the preaent, at least, Is believed to lc the continuance of tha, national de fense council as a special advUory body In preparing for war. i Government activity embraces uch I a wide range now that no accurate conception can actually tbe drawn as to the scope or effectiveness of the country's preparedness work. Pres ident Wilson Is personally directing all of theea war preparations. . Secretary Baker,, as chairman of the national defense council, Is pre paring to meet 'heads, of great In dustrial concerns to discuss what work Is necessary to complete tenta tive plans to place the country on a war footing. Secretary of the Navy Daniel Is directing his efforts to stimulate re cruiting and hurry warship construe tlon. " - - Whtlo the navy department bends every energy toward . making that (Continued on Page 1) PRESS WELCOMES A REFU3JC 593 PRISONERS Oil RAIDER fll'E Oman Warship That Hae Been Ouixing In Atlantic Had Aboard ' Manf Member of Crew Berlin, via wireless, Mar. 21. The Moewe brought 682 prliooere in to port, according to annooncement here today. Count Dohna, her com mander, arrived Thursday at his home port. He reported sinking 27 vessel In alL . . : . An official German statement re ceived yesterday by wireless an nounced arrival of the Moewe at her home port, but made no mention of prisoners aboard her. London, Mar. 22. The British ad miralty announced thla 'afternoon that, according to a German wireless dispatch, the raider Moewe had sunk these vessels: - French Prince, Eddie, Brecknock' shire, Rhodanthe, Katherlne, Emrer aldaa, Otal, Demeterton, Governor, Jean and Btaut." All were British except the Staut, which waa Norwe gian. - : The atatement also said it appeared that the St. Theodore had .been aunk. Tbe significant thing in the atove announcement Is that "It appears" the SL Theodore baa been aunk. The St. Theodore, according to atorlea of tbe raider's victims, landed at Per nambuco, had been transformed by the Moewe Into a raider Itaetf. Pre sumably the British announcement meana that tbe St. Theodore has been Lnk. by BrlUah patrol veaael. Of the lTahlpa listed above only one has heretofore been mentioned aa sunk by the German sea raider the 8t. Theodore. SKEfiiCA FEARS FOR FINANCES Buenos Aires,' March 22. South America la apprehensive that en trance of the United Statee into the r may seriously affect its finance. From high source In Argentine to day the belief waa expressed that such a step by the United States now regarded aa certain would re sult in concentration of American money into war meaaifres and result in a curtailment r,f foreign loans, ex cept to the alllea fighting against Germany. ' : '. In any event, official closely In touch with Latin-American senti ment, declared all .'other American nation would remain neutral, no I mailer mil oourae was auupicu uj ;the fnlted Statee. . The Argentine press today waa without comment on the extra ses sion call In the United States and the . lir-I.r.tions started there. I Henceforth Argentine's foreign po- llcy will be under direction of Fer nando Saguter. His acceptance of the portfolio was announced today. Personally he Is pro-ally, but It la generally understood In Argentine circles that he will be merely a rub ber stamp personality for President Irlgoyen. The post of minister of for eign affairs has been vacant for sev eral months. .. HYDROPHOBIA VICTIM - RECOVEHH HIS HEALTH Portland, Mar. 11. After going through the most violent manifest tlons of hydrophobia,, Frank Powers has been released from a local hos pital and today left for his home, pronounced by his physicians and Dr.'Roberg, state health officer, to be cured. ' Th Pasteur treatment was administered and Powers' recovery after the third day was rapid. His recovery after the case was so far progressed Is remarkable, physicians say.w, , , , RETREAT OF THE BRITISH MILITARY EXPERTS SO AKALYZE THE MOVEMENT OX . WESTKRJf FRO XT . TOMtlETDIJJTn Offensive Frosa the Entente Powers ' la Anticipated, and Hope of Diver ' Is Strong - ... London, Mar. 22. British military experts today saw a play for time as the reason .behind the German re tirement on the weatern front. ' - It la aa attempt to huoband her re source of men Im tbe hope of defer ring tha silled offensive. In the mean time, Germany hopes her submarine) blockade will bring the entente to atarvatlon. " .. According to the British military experts, Germany's leaders have fore- seen tbe necessity of eonAatting very ' soon an offensive from the entente of unprecedented power. The German militarist machine la coldly calculating the necessity ' of saving aa many men aa possible for the manning of Germany'a industries after the war, realising the nation will be hard put to anrvive la the fierce commercial war which will fol low peace. Withdrawal and devastation of the land Intervening between tha old Una ' and' the new "Hlndenburg line" . meana that the allies, before they can start their grand offensive, must re build everything. .: They must fight over a desert. . In the meantime Germany hopes her submarines will accomplish eco nomic defeat of the alHea SHIPS WERE SAVED BY FAULTY O New York, Mar. 21. Only faulty construction of homos manufactured by Captain von Kleiat, to be placed on allied food ships, saved hundreds of vessels from destruction. Detective Barth testified today In the trial of six alleged 'bomb plotters. Tbe bombs, he said, were taken aboard many ves sels, but they were not properly made and failed to explode. . . . . - Hundreda of bombs, Barth said. were found in the holds of vessels . a'ter they had reached France. Tha state department waa notified. Barth said he had been assigned to the cans in January, 121B, and had worked continuously to get evidence for a year and a half. " , 'Barth, who has traced , down nu merous Germain Intrigues, was not shaken by the cross-examination from the prisoner's six lawyer. A ohaaoe acquaintance In a water front restaurant and bar, he said, started -him on tbe real trail of his prey. For a year and four month he had been dodging about the wharves In search of the men. The courtroom was crowded, most ly wRh Germane. Two guards wars stationed at each door to keep the crowds back that were refused ad mission. Owing to the seriousness of the esse and Its ramifications, Jndgs Van Fleet would not permit parsons to stand In ths rear. The six pris on glared with enraged discom fort at ths man In th witness chair. They were dressed to perfection, all wearing black 'Prince Alberts ant light spats. ' George Esterly, of Takllma, tpcat a short time in ths city, stopping at the Josephine hotel. He returned is Takllma this morning.