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VOI VIII., No. lift.
GRANT! PAN, JOMKPIIINB OOVITTY. OREGON. THIIIHOAY, M UM H 81, IttlN.
WIIOLK M'MIIKH MIS.
44
IT BEATS 1
DUTCH TO GET
SHIPS SEIZED
AM. OK IIOLLAMi'il HUIPU IN
AMKIlHAX WATKIW WKRK
TAKKN L.HT NIGHT
SHE FEARED GERMAN EMPEROR
American Mr-reliant Martin l .
rrnaard If 11 VrtweK With Ton.
ttiqce rlllMtral at ACMMMMt
WsahlnKtou, Mar. t . All Dulch
shipping In American waters was or
dered slsd UmL ulvlit In prod l
mallon by President Wlln m The
prmlsnistlon was Issued, afio- the
war trade board received, wrd fr.m
London that Holland hud T-'ueil "e
American ultimatum (or a transfur
of the ships, aecOrdiug to the urlic
Inal agreement,' which llrrnun
blocked. v
All Hutch shipping In lirllkh wa
tor In (wing requisitioned simultan
eously. Approximately 77 vemmU, with
tonnage estimated a high a 000,
000 will be added to tin American
merchant marine. The ships In
'British water will add another
100,000 or sOd.Oftft lo .the- silted
tonnage.
Washington, Mur. 21. 8creury
Daniels announced that the naval or
der actually taking over the ships
went Into effect at f:05 o'clock.
Through the bureau navigation,
the department began severs! days
ago to onreutrule at the , portu
where the ships .art lying the naval
reaervlaia who are to form the new
crews. It la not expected that there
wlllab enough or these available to
man completely all the ahlpa taken
over, tut fairly complete flreroom
and engine room forcea already have
been selected, with part of the deck
forcea for moat of the ahlpa.
Home or the Dutch aallor will he
need and the othera will he kept In
thli country. If they , wish, their
wages being paid by - the tnlted
Statea government. Thoae who de
alre to return to Holland will be
transferred there aa faet ss accnm
modatlone can be found.
Final disposition of the 'tonnage
alfotted to thla government will be a
matter for future conference be
tweon the executive departmenta. It
la thought probable that tanker, at
'leant, will be added to the naval
supply flotilla. , .
New York, , Msr. it. Naval re
aervlata, acting under ordera from
Washington, took over laet - night
the SI Dutch veaaeli In (deleted)
harbor. When the work waa com
pleted the American (lag had been
hoisted. on veaaeli having an aggre
gate tonnage of approximately 100,.
00.
TO
0F WESTERN I V.W.
Washington." Mar. 2lASenator
Chamberlain today cited actlvltle of
t. W, W. In the weat, aa making ne
cessary the passage of the adminis
tration bill, giving, the government
, authority 'to commandeer timber and
' in pnndiiFt loulns: operations. : He
said It may yet be necessary to send
men with run Into the sprite district.
IBM 11 BY
SAFE PLURALITY
Victor lU-rg.r Will II the HmlalM
Candidal anil J. K. Ikavlea llaa
ll-VO Naiiml hy Ornwrrals
Milwaukee, Mar. I. -More or
less complete returns- from .every
county In the atale toduy sustained
the lead of Congressman Irvine I.
Lenroot, the loyalty republican can
didate for aenator, In the primaries.
delated returns today gave him
I, II more than James Thompson,
the (.aFollette candidate.
Thompson' did not concede defeat
pending complete returns.
Joseph E. Davtes, democratic can
didate had 54,171 votes compared
with 11.101 for Dr. Charles McCar
thy. The same advices msda the
Victor Hcrger (noclallnO vote SO,-
KB.
Milwaukee, Mar. II. Wheeler
Mloodgood. chairman of the county
council or defense, has announced he
will seek tha Indictment of Mayor
llosn, socialist, who has just been
renominated, and M try to have
Milwaukee placed under military
law.
"KNKjllTH 'Of l-HlKltTV"
. ) ACTIVK IX OKLAHOMA
Altus. Okla., Mar. SI. Two far
ntera of German descent, alleged to
have made pro-German remarks
early today were dragged from their
bed by bands of "Knights or Liber
ty" forced to kla the American
riag, flogged with blackanake whlpa.
tarred and feathered and driven
from their homes.
Today every road Intersection In
Jackson county la posted with no
tices to "Pro-tlermans and slackers,"
to leave the county or suffer similar
treatment.
1!
Moscow, Mar. 31. Germany hss
Increased her demands upon Ru
mania. She now asks for the sur
render of all her own munitions and
those the allies left In Rumania.
SENATE APPROVES
, TWO-FIFTY IEAT
Washington, Mar. SI. The sen
ate has approved an Increase In gov
ernment guaranteed price of wheat,
from two dollars to two dollars and
fifty cents per buhsel, adopting an
amendment to the agricultural bill.
K. O. 8IHTKK RKtiHINH
FROM FOKK8T HOARD
Salem, Mar. SI. E. O. Slecke,
deputy -state forester for Oregon for
the last eight years, has resigned
and' has accepted the office of state
forester for Texas. The resigna
tion was submitted to State Forester
Elliott la a message from Mr.
Slecke,' who Is now at Bryan, Texas
He explained that the spring fire sea
son Is now beginning In the Texas
forests, making It necessary for him
to enter upon his duties at once.
HRITIHH AXI FRKNCH
DKHTItOV KXKMY ("HAFT
'London, Mar. 2 Two enemy des
troyers and two enemy torpedo boats
have been sunk by a force of five
British and French destroyers. One
British destroyer was damaged.
GERMAN DRIVE ON IVES
Heavy Cttzczdi:? hn
With Sach Severity it Wu Pbifly Heard cn Ecglish
. Coast, Where Dccrs ad Window Rattled
London, Mar. It. Germans
shortly before dawn today opened a
heavy bombardment over a wide sec
tion of the Urltlsh front, from the
neighborhood or Vendeull, south or
St. Quenlln, to the river Scarpa.
The artillery action was distinctly
heard at Dover and other towns on
the east coast or Kngland, where
doors and windows were shaken. It
la the heaviest firing yet beard.
At Ramsgate the explosions dis
lodged tiles from roofs.
Vienna, Mar. SI. Austro-Oerman
artillery Is taking part In the fight
against the Hrltlnh and French on
the western front.
Paris, Mar. SI. There la an In
ar
ms BEEN I1CTED
New York. Mar. SI. Professor
Scott Nearlng, formerly of tbe Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and the To
ledo university, has been Indicted
by the federal grand jury, on a
charge of violating the espionage
act.
ltrXXRI IHtKAKINO
AIKPLAN'K WORK
With the Urltlsh rjnles In France
Msr. St. The air war on tho west
err. froU la record breaking.
One hundred and sixty-seven ene
my airplanes have been downed so
far thla month in daylight Hying, In
cluding S3 on St. Patrick's day. Of
these 10S were reduced to kindling
wood, while OS were forced earth
ward beyond control.
Night flying Is unprecedented.
There Is much mutual bombing; at
night. The British bombers, seem
positively tireless.
The night scenes at the airdromes
are most amasing. Huge airplanes
silently roll from the eheds Into the
moonlight. Big bombs are loaded
onto them. Hooded creatures climb
up. Then they v whirr away like
giant moths toward their objectives
behind the German lines. v
After an hour or to they return,
guided by the flare or landing tights.
The aviators assemble In their read
ing rooms, gossiping and comparing
notes, then absorb a "nightcap" and
climb Into their bunks.
AltMIHTICK WITH lU'MANIA
HAS ftKKN K.XTKNDKI
I Berlin, Mar. SI. The armistice
with Rumania has been extended un
til midnight of March SS, It was an
nounced In today's army headquar,
ters report. . . ,
ENT MEXI
If
Los Angeles, Msr. 21. Ricardo
Kloreg Magnon, once active in the
proposed Mexican revolution against
Porlforlo Dlax, has been arrested
here, charged with sedition. He Is
accused of writing sn editorial In
revolutionary pnpers, urglnj Mexi
can radicals and nnardilsts to rebel
against the I'nlted States.
This lhwi Befcre Daylight
tense sustained artillery bombard
ment on the sectors north and south
east of Rhelins, and also on the
Champagne front.
Urltlsh Army Headquarters, Mar.
SI Germans have launched a heavy
attack on a wide front In and near
the Cambrai sector, Infantry hss
attacked heavily from north of I.ag-
nicourt to Gauche wood. It Is prob
sbly the beginning or the grand of
fensive. i '
Amsterdam, Mar. SI. Big Ger
man guns have opened up a ter
rifle bombardment on a front of ap
proximately 50 mllee la northern
Pranre, on the areas or Somme, Ar
ras and Cambrai. '
IS SAFE III (KM
" Washington. Mar. SI. The Amer
ican Red Cross mission to Rumania,
which fled from Jassy to Odessa, to
escape advancing German armies,
haa arrived safely at Moscow. It
consists of 28 members, mostly phy
sicians and nurses.
-' 1
HKNSATIOXAL AIUIKST WAH ,
HIGH HOTIKTY LOVH 'AFFAIR
. Washington, Mar. 21. Suspicious
thst the quartet arrested en route
to Cuba were a band of spies were
exploded when government agents
found that a love affair between one
of the women and a neutral diplo
mat in Washington was the real bas
is of the activity of the four, which
had brought them under observation
of the department of justice. The
full disclosure Is withheld by the
government, out of consideration for
the neutral diplomat' and his asso
ciates. STATK POLICK ORGANISATION
TO UK GREATLY INCRRASKO
Salem, Mar. 21. The state emer
gency board was called today and
allowed the sum or $250,000 for the
maintenance or a state police organi
sation, which is to be formed for the
protection of shipyards and agricul
tural Industries. The forces will be
composed of four troop of 50 men
each, with an adequate motorcycle
attachment
GOVERNMENT TAKES
CONTROL FUEL OIL
New York, Mar. SI. The govern
ment took over . today control of
fuel oil east of the Rocky mountains
according to an announcement In
this city by Mark L. .Requa, d'rect'-.r
of the oil division or the futl ad
ministration. - Irregularities In dis
tribution caused by rail congestion
and the shortage or tank steamers,
have hindered Industries which use
oil for fuel so seriously that
President Wilson Issued an ' order
which gives st he fuel administration
power to distribute oil under a pri
ority list established In the original
presidential order of January 31.
Railroads and ships come first, then
the allied government. '
nr.
ER1CAN TROOPS
OVER THE TOP
Yankee Kaat of l.um-tllle Par.
tlclpated In Ibid Lat Mglit and
Peaetrated German Lines
With the American Army in
Prance, Mar. St. American troops
esst or Luneville, last night .partici
pated In a raid, penetratlnj Germau
trenches soma distance. Hand to
band fighting ensued. They stayed
10 minutes. Details are unavailable.
8m-F.HeKll BKLFXTKI TO
MIH8 FOX AT V. OP O.
Eugene. Mar." 21. Miss Louise
Ehrmann, a graduate of the Univer
sity of California In 1902, was ap
pointed as desn of women of the uni
versity during the absence of Miss
Elizabeth Fox, at a meeting of the
executive committee of the board of
regenta last evening.
Miss Ehrmann la a teacher of Eng
Dsn In the Los Angeles polytechnic
high school.
HOI SR PA8HKH WAtt FIXAXCR
HILIj BY- VOTK OF AA8 TO 2
Washington, Mar. 21. The house
has passed the administration, bill
for establishing a war finance cor
poration, by a vote of SSi to two.
TKCHXICAI, POH1TIO.NH
OCT HPrXIAli 1X8TRVCTION
Washington, Mar. 21. Provost
Marshal General Crowder wilt .begin
within a few days calling out for spe
cial Instruction the men In the draft
needed by the army in technical posi
tions. A general survey or the edu
cational institutions or the country
is In progress, It was announced to
day, to determine what colleges ana-
Industrial schools will be available
for British training during the sum
mer months. .
BLUFFER BILL IS III
A CONCEITED POSE
London, Mar. 21. Emperor Wil
liam has telegraphed to the Rhen
ish provincial council tbat "We are
at a decisive moment of 4he war and
;one or the greatest moments In Ger
jman history."
FOUR ARE KILLED Oil
BAIIJESTROYER
.
Washington, Mar. 21. One Am
erican officer and three men were
I killed on board a destroyer on March
19 when the. vessel collided with a
British warship. A number of sea
men were wounded.
, compelled by .force. The American
London, Mar. 31. British have; government and people ace too dep
taken three towns in Palestine and ly interested in the prosperity of the
repulsed counter-attacks of the Russian people for them to abandon
Turks. . Russia to the Germans. America Is
' i sincerely Interested in the liberty of
KLAMATH OOVXTY TO
( GET NKW COrilTHOl'SKthtng possible to safeguard the real
Klamath Falls, Mar. 21. A con
tract waa awarded today by the coun
ty court for the erection of a new i
court house at a cost of $131,775.
County Judge Marlon Hanks and
Commissioner Frank' McCormack
voted to let the contract, and Com
missioner Burrell Short voted
against the proposal, on the ground
that a 'courthouse building already
begun six years ago should be fin
ished In stead.' On this ' building
$180,000 .haa been spent, and the
lowest bid for .completing
$116,000. . ' 1
It.
T
ROW
SAYS
TO MUIS
OFF EH ACCEPTED AXU TftAJXED
OraiKIW AIlK,NOW EXAMIV
I.Q OO.XDITIOX8
HQ PBOfJEIM II-m
America U Aahed to Asstot la Or
tanking New Volunteer Amy,
and for Railroad Supplies
Berlin, Mar. 21. Kherson, In
Ukraine, 92 miles northeast of Odes
sa, haa been captured by Teutons,
the war ofllce announced today.
. Moscow, Tuesday, Mar. 19. Leon
Trotsky's reply to the entente allies'
Inquiries concerning reports that the
Bolshevlkl bad armed thousands ol
German and Austrian war prisoners
In Siberia, who now threatened the
trans-Siberian railway, was: "Send
trained officers and Investigate. I
will give you a train." The offer was
accepted and tonight Captain Wil
liam R. Webster, of the American
Red Cross and Captain W. L. Hicks
or the British military mission, left
for Irkutsk, Tchlta and other points
where the Germane are reported to
be provided with rifles, field piece
and ammunition.
The Bolshevlkl papers charge that
the reports of the menace of armed
German and Austrian prisoners In
Siberia Is part of the German propa
ganda to discredit the Soviet govern
ment and encourage Japanese Inter
vention. . '
M. Trotsky also has asked the
American military mission for ten
American officers to assist him aa In
spectors In organising and training
a new volunteer army and has re
quested the service of -American rail
way engineers and transportation
expert to assist in the reorganisa
tion of the railways. He also asked
for American railway' equipment In
the way of locomotives and cars.
There Is a marked change in the
attitude of the entente allies toward
the Soviet government. The entente
missions are nq longer rushing away
from Russia. The English, French,
Americans, Italians . and Serbians
now have military missions in Mos
cow, and they are taking quarters,
as they expect to remain. There are
many signs of renewed cooperation
between Russia and the allies.
Moscow. Mar. SI. When asked
today whether the American em-,
bassy would depart from Russia in
view of the ratification of the Ger
man peace treaty by the congress of
Soviets, Mr. Francis said: .
"I shall not leave Russia until
the Russian people and will do every-
Interests of the country.
AMAHS PLEDGE
AID TO RUSSIANS
Moscow, Mar.' 18. Ambassador
Francis has told the Russian peo
ple that they will become a German
province, It the submit to Germany,
and has pledged American aid . to
any government that will resist.
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