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((ma DAILY EDITION Vol VIII., N. Iio. GRANT PAM, JOSEPHINE OOUMTT, ORIOOON, WEDNMIIAY, FKIUU ARV 27. IUIH W HOLE M'MIIEK 2U3. . -. GERMAN GAS ! KILLS THREE U K K mUMK U. U. gULUILHU TWO H)(MIlAIU.r. ATTAtKH MAUK IIV MI NK ( ,Mi:i'. POMITIONM Only KsreJlmil rrrimmliirjr Training la VulrklH'M h) Yuill.lt'a tie. cit ed Projector Attacks With ilia Amerkan Army in rranca, Feb. 27. Three Amnrl an soldiers ie Killed and ulna bndly "gassed" lb two formidable at tack maris by tha Germain un the American position hi the Tout sec tor early thi morning with iri))"c tor. Tha enemy also heavily bombard ed lha American batteries alth ga abella. hut without reault. Only tha ex client ro, armory IralnlnK In quickness by the A met. Iran troni prevented tha projector atlarka. tha Drt 'experienced by them from causing mora casualties. Tha attarka war niada within 10 minutes of each other and were di rected at a certain wood? Seventy live 8-Inch shells of SO per cent gii nd 10 hitch explosive ahidla wore fired from (lennan inlnenwerfnr. Tha niKht of tha projectile waa traced throuich the air, the gii she-lbi bursting In the air and tha hUh et plosive detonating when they cbiiic In contact with tha earth. Urge fragment of ehell flew from both "missiles." The gss'raifghf aome'of the men before they were able to arijtmt their mask and overcame other while aaleep In dugouts. SAFETY. FIRST FOR .! - AVIATOR STUDENTS Washington. I-Yb. 27. - Immediate etepa to reduce the number of tolll vlona by atudent aviator, by spread ing out training area, are bring taken by the war department. E EL Uindon. Keb. 27. The llrltlsh hoapltal ahlp UUinart t'aaile waa Hunk yeaterday In the Drltiah chan nel. There were no patlenta aboard, The survivors' were landed by an American"' torpedo bont. Eight bodies are ctlll adrift Newburgh, N. J., Keb. 27. -An at- tempt to blow up a machinery and ahlp yard plant here wa frustrated today, only after a guard picked up the bomb and hurled it out or (lon ger, where it exploded, doing ome) damage. , . . ., . . MAVAL TUG FOUNDERS: 40 Washington. Feb. 27. The nuval tug Cherokee, formerly belonging to the luckenbach company, foundered yesterday off Fennwlck island light. It miles south of - the Delaware capes. The survivors are being taken to Philadelphia. It Is believed, only 10 of 40 survivors are aboard. 1 f. i BaaiBaaaBaaaassaaBBBSBBBB j BY THROWING MB, k.' ' i i Til CARTURED PLANE POOR MATERIAL Vi'iy Inferior l ,.MnciluU I xil lu I American MiIiIiImi-w pimrriilly Washington, Feb. 27. Caturad German alrtMariPa brought to the i'nltril Htate, revesl the tact that the materials of which they tra com posed are vary Inferior to American iiimUidn. Apparently due to hhiirlaga of irure. 1 t MnN MAN' API0NTH AH AHMIHTANT IHIIMTOK Washington. Feb. 27. J. A. Franklin, of Kanaaa City, chief of the Brotherhood of flollermaker, Iron HhlpbnlldlnK and Helper, waa appointed today by Director-General Mr A don assistant director of the rullmad admlnlHtratlon' labor dl vlalon. He will assist W. it. Carter, director of the dlvlalon. In nagotlo tion with ahop trade. 100 ARE TRAMPLED, TO DEATH IN CIA tendon, Keb. 27. fly the col lapHe of Chinese public aland at the llong Kong Jockey club racea enter duv, 100 women and children were trampled to death. According to tha dlapatch a fire broke out and several hundred othera ware burned to death. OF UP Sim Francisco, Feb. 27. A round up of hourdera of grain and flour In California ban Jimt been completed by the food admlnlHtratlon. About 'i tlealcra are Involved. I'rone.'u- tlona are expected. I t TII.K :rHltT MAIK TO ". WKKCK TIMMI Tit AIX fiilnemllle, Tcxiis. I''ob. 27.' W'liHl In believed to huve been an ef fort to wreck a troop train by remov ing aplkes and bolt from the rail remitted In the wrecking near here late laat nlKht of a northbound San ta Ke freUht train. .The engine and two box can went down a 30-foot embankment. The troop train paitB nd over ahead of the freight without mishap. DESTRUCTION PLOT Portland, Feb. 27, Evidence seis ed by the United States marshal's ollke Saturday night In a raid on Portland headquarters of the I. W. VV disclosed the existence of a plot of destruction throughout the' north west. The proof of the plot was made public here today at the pre llmlniyy trial in municipal court of the 1!0 arrested. Some were held for the federal division, others were sunt to Jail for from 10 to 30 days, nnri several were released. The plot was disclosed by letters seized by C'hnrles V. Rohlson, special govern ment agent. A plot' to disorganise and do damage in the spruce camps lit the northwest where spruce Is be ing turned out for airplanes, and thus to upset the work of the I.oyal Legion organized by Col. Dlsque, U. 9. signal corps, spruce ... production division was discovered. The letters disclosed that much of the plot was directed from Spokane, where Fred Hegge, secietary-trens- urer, was alleged by the authorities to be laying plans for disorganizing tin spvt'ce production campaign. DISCOVER lEKYlIDE ACTIONS OF mm IIOlllfc:Vlkl'M lUI MT FOR AN AllMIHTIO: IH PROMPTLY REITHKII IH tliaocrllor vok HrrUInK Kaja icr- niMJiy'a Ititentloiia In VmM- Ara A guvtoe) and AKKraiullaemrat Aniitardam, Feb. 27. Although Chancellor von Hertllng said In hi lieech before tha relcbetag yeater day that (lormany'a Intention In the eaut are not aggression and aggran d lie men t, atlll German military au thorltlea refuted to grant aa armis tice, In view of the llolahevlkl to ac cept peace. Troops continue their onwsrd msreh. The itolahevlkl is bendlug every effort to save a revolution and I'et- rograd. It Is rumored the Germans have reached I.uga. midway between Pskov and Petrograd. Street fighting In Pskov con tinues. Workmeu and troops from Petrograd and. Moscow sr being sent .to check the enemy's sdvsnce. Men and women are building trenches and defensive positions around Petrograd. The Rolshevlkf government will retire to Moscow, If Petrograd la cap tured. A provisional government has been formed in Ksthonls and In dependence proclaimed. ' Paris. Feb. 27. The press gener ally consldors von .Hurtling' speech as dm ply a continuation of Ger many's efforts to create differen-es between the allies, and rail It by pocrlcy. "a Derlln. Feb. 27. German have captured two Russian regiments re treating north of Dorpat. , l-onilon, Feb. 27. Special din patches from Runttla say the soldier refuse to Jlght, saying "t-et the Ger- utnns Uke. ui." Workmen sre will ing to fight, but are untrained and It Is believed Germans will take Pet rograd without trouble. LOST SUB DESTROYER ARRIVES IN EUROPE Washington, Feb. 27. Safe ar rival at a European port of a 110 foot submarine chaser with a French crew aboard, which had, not been heard from since January 15, was announced today by the navy depart ment. The little craft was separated from her escort during a terrific gale while bound for Europe. No navigating Instruments were aboard, but after being blown far off their oourse, the Frenchman esttmat- ea tneir position ana neaaea tor port. To their remarkable seaman ship Is attributed the success of the voyage. With the engines disabled by the storm, the crew rigged up sails from bed coverings and sailed for 29 days. it i !' 15, ENTENTE PLANES BY Berlin. Feb. 27. Germans shot down 15 entente planes and three captive balloons yesterday. ' It la of ficially announced that the ! raider Wolf destroyed at least 35 vessels some of which were loaded with English troops. ; , OF STEAMER ARE CIUMK IH K.XItfciKli TO OFKI CI Alii WHO WKIIK , IXVWTN 1ATINU A I'lCO-lirX I'lJT Men Carried 9utli to ierniana In lower California and AlteiDitel to OlMirurt the Kraft . Puclflo Port, Fein. :7.-JThe mas ter, chief engineer and pureer of the steamship Centralis are held at Ban Pedro, where they were ordered ar reted on charges growing out of an Investigation of an alleged, pro-German plot. '.,,., , f , It Is alleged the . men took sup piles to Germans In Lower Califor nia and tried to obstruct the draft. Al'ltll, 0 Wll.li UK ' " WAIt AXXIVKItSAKY Washington, Feb. 27. April 6 wilt be tbe anniversary of the en trance of the L'nlted States into the war. Suggestion has been made by William M. Lewis of the national committee on patriotic societies that that day be fittingly observed as "National Win-the-War Day." Ef forts will be made not to have a hoi iday but to ring church bells throughout the country , 'at noon have every band play "The Star Spangled RaoiMts," factory whistles blow sod 'flags unfurled everywhere. OF New York, Feb. 27. Accusations of treason and disloyalty were made against sociaMst members of the New York board of aldermen during a meeting of that body today. The presentation of a resolution to or ganlxe the beard into n society for the sale of war thrift saving stamps called forth objections from the so cialists and Immediately the meet ing was In an excited turmoil. Var ious members denounced the social ists. Algernon Lee, socialist leader, was called a "traitor," and threats were made to expel htm. The resolution was finally adopt ed over the negative votes of the seven aldermen. Objecting to the measure, propoD ed by a speaker In behalf of the local war savings thrift stamp com mittee, Lee said: "Everything that' glitters Is not gold, and everything that Is done in the name of patriotism Is not pa triotic." Thin occasioned the outburst . ' condemnation. Albert Squires said the socialist party had betrayed Rus sia and would betray the United States If it dared. TURKEY HAS AGED TO E ,, Amsterdam,. Feb. 27. At the re jueBt of the Russian commander ir. the Caucasus and the president of the Caurasus republic, says a Con stantinople dispatch, . Turkey hr: agreed to fix a pla e for peace nego tiations. ' This announcement wn made by' the foreign minister In the chamber. He said that after trc withdrawal of Russian troops ffor the eastern provinces, the Tiirklr' trijops have cleared the provinces rr marauding bands and reached Bit ! burt. - mm UNDER ARRES STEAMSHIP CEHTRALU IS HELD l. f. I .. .. PRICE FIXING IS A FAILURE Hiuttr ltidtfe ItriMMincra Ku-I Ad- minUtratlon m an I nnereaaary Agency of Amnleure Washington, Feb. 27. Senator Lodge declared today that govern ment price fixing was a failure, as a method of preventing profiteering, and denounced the fuel administra tion as sq "unnecessary agency, composed largely of amateurs." OOVKUVOU OK JEIU'S.ILKM KOTEI) UTKKAKY AITHOHITY London, Feb. 27. Ronald Storrs. who succeeds Borton Pasha as gov ernor of Jerusalem, with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, Is a ion of the Dean of Rochester. He had a bril liant career in the service of the Egyptian government and filled Im portant posts under Sir Eldpu Gorst and the late Lord ' Kitchener. Mr. Storr Is an authority on Oriental literature, and a member of the commission for the ' preservation of Arab monuments. He I 27 yeaTS old and unmarried. HK J FMIH : IS French Grand Headquarters, Feb, 27. Trench raids along tbe French front have lncrcssed In intensity during the past month to such an extent that they have ' becomu in some Instances battles in which thou sands of men have been engaged and hundreds of prisoners taken.' The artillery Is throwing "unheard of quantities of shells. ' Tbe objects of the raids vary wide ly. Sometimes a raid is undertaken in order to identify enemy units, snd at other times to Improve the lines, or to capture observation ' points Again a raid may be made to destroy the enemy' works and prevent him from attacking. This' was the case in Saturday's raid at Aspach. Alsace, where the German were In strongly fortified lines which they had held slnoe December, 1914. The enemy positions were bombarded beyond recognition, and placed In such con dition as to hinder German opera tions. The correspondents watched' the showers 'of., metal tearing away the wire entanglements, flattening the gun emplacements and setting fire to the enemy's ammunition de- pots. The operation was a complete' surprise to the Germans and most' of them retired to the rear positions.! while French Infantry completed the; work of the gunners. On'y.a few' prisoners were taken, but .valuable1 information regarding the enemy ' disposition of troops was obtained1 before the French returned to their own lines. . IS UNION DELEGATE Washington, Feb. 27. -Labor unions have , selected Frank P. Walsh, formerly chairman of the. federal Industrial relations commis sion, as their representative on the board framing a national policy fori government work during the war.1 Taft was chosen by the employers. ' f J .it in ' "1 ii .Washington, Feb. 27 All canners are advised by the food administra tion to hold stock for war purposes until further notirec. They are ad vised to hold all canned corn, peas, tomntoes, string beans and salmor on hand. 1 : ' ' . , HUN AUSTRIAN TROUBLES ARE THREATENING U8TIUA.M PREMIKIl 8 AVI H8 WILL NOT hEXU TROOPS INTO I KRAIXE HUHS THREATEN TO USE FDCE AiuUla-Huagarjr InaieU Wie ' Will Take No Pan la Any AcUoa Against lUiaalaa aad Kunuaia Washington. .Feb. 27. An official dispatch from France quotes the Austrian premier aa relating that Austria-Hungaria wiy take no part in the action against Russia and Ru mania, and will not send troops into Ukraine. It saya there Is a serious conflict' between I u stria and Ger many, which the latter Is determined to settle by violent means if neces sary. ANOTHER HOLDIKR HHOT BY MEXICAN 8MPERS El Paso, Feb. 27. A soldier of IV S. cavalry border patrol was shot through the upper left arm while patrolling the border near San Ell foerlo, 30 miles southeaat of her The soldier was riding with a com rade when two Mexicans opened fire, hitting one. The other rescued his comrade and carried him to safety. Captain Joseph N. Mars.. commander of tbe border patrol In the city, wai shot in the right leg Saturday af ternoon bp-Mecao.- - . SPANISH SHIP VAS CAPTURED LAST MAY London, Feb. 27. American and British seamen aboard the Spanish steamer I got Mendi, says a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph, from Copenhagen, assert that they were captured May 21 last when the Igots Mendi was on her way to Australia with coal. About mid-day a 6,000 ton merchant Bhip, painted -black, appear on the horiton, steaming -slowly. Suddenly the steamer de tected the Igots Mendi and made for her full speed. One of the sides of the strange steamer was removed, displaying a number of cannon. Sev eral shots were fired at the tgoU Mendi. which was forced to stoi. It was found the strange steamer was the German cruiser Wolf. The Wolf hoisted a German flag and a prize crew was sent aboard the Igots Mendi. The next victim was the British steamer Matunga, which had' a val uable cargo. The British sailors were taken aboard the Wolf and evi dently were well treated. All three ships then began to move. The Wolf took the Matnnga's cargo, and the ship was then sunk by a bomb. London,' Keb. 27. Recent state ments in London newspapers of all shades or political belief that law lessness was spreading alarmingly in the west and south of Ireland, were supplemented today by the Times' Dublin correspondent, who says the government will have to tan- a prompt and firm step at repression. The law is Ignored In Clare. Sllgo, Roscommon and Mayo, says the cor respondent. The telegraph wires have been cut and trees thrown across the roads to hinder the move ments of troops and police. Farms are being seized In the name of the Tsli, republic. , . , ,
