ft r y Jl H Ml Hi irtrtnrirnrrr irrr Today's News Printed Today " SALEM' QREGOUAdHlTIi , PRICE TWO CENggjj innimi nnuru in AiMrn ruuti io li! ffl 1IES itei Stales Will Take Posi tion That Law Must Stand HEIHQLD BOTH ENGLAND AND GERMANY TO PACT sfc jc sc sjc sc sjc s(c sjc jc sfc sjc sjc THE WAE LINEUP. England Press and public enthusiastically support plan for embargo against shipments to and from Germany. Urge allies not to permit themselves to be swayed by neutral protests. Turkey Anglo-French fleet resumed bombardment of Dard anelles. ,Fort Chaunk and Kilid Bnhr partially dismantled. Re ported anti-war demonstrations at Constantinople. Poland Petrograd claims Germans pushed back 20 miles along sixty mile line from Vis tula to Przasuks.. France rrencn dereated in Champagne region, Berlin as serts. Hand to hand fighting near Perthes. I'nited States' 'Administra tion determined demand bellig erents live up to established rules of international law gov erning war. President and cabinet considering British em bargo note. f "K. fr 't i sfi sfs s jfs KILLED WHEN BUIS I SUDDENLY EXPLODES tfent's Cabinet Carefully Considers Contents of England's Note (By John Edwin Kevin.) Washington, Ma roll 2. No nation ji the riplit to change the interna ::tnl rules of war. The traditions unJor which nation nkt war have fliaiiged radienlly, but 'to rules as suo.wriht'il to by ull the ;wm of the fforhl must he lived up Stripptil of local verbiage an.l iliplo ntii Ksnrnnoe of good will, this will Wtkitnw of the United States to I ( itioniiifiin'iit of P.nglaiid nml ftiwtof in eninargn asuint the ship E BLOCKADE GERMANY Protest of Neutral Nations Should Be Sent to Berlin Not London They Say (By Ed. L. Keen.) London, AJarch 2. Strong approval of the determination of Great Britain it d my oo'iimoilities to or from ' al"l France to establish an embargo 1 !. against the shipment of any comtuodit- 1 "!WVf position of Pres. Wilson 's ' ies to or from Germany was expressed 1 (taiiilmin and it will In, adhered j by lii( newspapers and general public today. The press expresses regret that neu tral commerce must suffer as the result of tlus step, but universally suports the statement i.iade by Premier Asqiuth in J tut ill dm. I frjm'ifent toilny einplisswil to inn Hit he believes the i'ltertiiition lltt of war ni'i'lv e.piM'lv to all Wjwtiti. All tave certain duties 1 1 tin man- Miw in a very friomllv but Thr I'resi.lent ami eahinet to.lnv con- Briri-h note at I, th Itm ""I'nt! arc still the mil.!,.,.. , .ii, ""?"' iiinfinu.h a it' is not clear .rent llritaiu espe.-ts to main- ltIo.-Kn.lo-' un.ler the :.,,.,,t,.,l of that term I. i .. .. .V.1- . . ." kit th. . rumu'i 1,111 1 said the Manuard, uer ui li i u-iii'.id . I..'' ii carefully avoided I .i; worm n concern tli l uited'lthe house of commons that the nllies "I". T 10V will I,a rni,,;n.l...l i . . ,. . ... "' '" imtl 111111 I III II UW LIHIIHflYlH HI Ul NWJI V- cil from their course by protests of oth er countries. Tin- Globe says: "If neutrals suffer, let them remember that the Germans chose to wae this kind of conflict. They should address their protests to Heilin and not to London." We have been long suffering," and have done miI'-hui..! , . ul " violence to our own prospects oi sue '. "Wraluiini u carefnlli- v,,i.i,i i : .v... i... ..... ..Li 11 the note '""",i mtm in mi- unci uhi ui iu'iiu.m cuiuiiicice. I'miJent H'il, ,.:.,.... ., ,. ."" ? come woon -rernai.onni k'"ean, I'remi r A , . . ' L"W 8.," ", "?"R,'r be 0',fv'''' " ,ue Wittbl.. " "'"r '' 01 lllwlesa enemy,- ., '" '"i:ni'n- ms mere- i m "' ""'loniireinciit of policy. The , ' , ""V1 ""o '''I'"' is still '41. it n! rT1"0 Tl" ll lmi"i ration IT ".v'ltil! their p.'ises 'hMniii u!.!" 110 ''oiicerti ,,. to -., ,, ,,, th,Ui wli,n thi,v tin: r i riitiii-iku r in t I'hit.i I l?... "liii l. .It ' ,n'Ut ' they - nun IliailKlin 11 ! 1 I a nice- rltl itl, .1. . . ...i'... . . American inicei iiimnit (H "" lucir onilKil' i .... . ' " 'imiiiHtration oi'fi,'ils After two years of service Walton Van W'inkle secretary of the desert land board has tendered his resignation l'1-itt.'sts list.T. nssistnnt etirrinenr .Tnhn K k.. " is eoiwi, ,m, ., .,. ' ..... . ... ... T"'iiitral iiatiuin m' t.', . , I """d "tm to the pomtton. It ''''Wotitn ioi , " Wlll''nrries a salary of $1800 per year. Mr, ' 'nitl i, ' . '.' , ,,,u' Vn Winkle, upon retirintr will take an 'Mthat such' a iv'' , 'J' 0,''!,'!!t,tl'l',J tour of the east and return ,1., .. ""'I- It IS CI wt till "Wli li. ''"'"'deration from Mates j to California whero ho intends to en K"e in business for himself in his I chosen profession, that of a chemist or sanitary engineer. Mr. McAllister, his chosen uuccessor, is a griiduuto of the TINQ LEOAL IN ARKANSAS, lock, Ark., Milr,,t, " t, , 'iniMrinK department of the Oregon "K ran .lutiiit l, in' , i " ""liriii vuiuvi urui is wvu i iiuu ,',,,"' ArknsH . ';" unhirefied to fill the position of secretary of ,'" hn,lf of t, ',., ,'1,''eJ '' the, the desert land board in which capacity ' Tl senate .,1,,,.. i, r"',"1'1-' ,0':'' '" called upon to handle uues- "'"ite. Tlie hill nil I'asse.l tions of grave import concerning irri- H'r"r for ,i ' ""W ,n'K''i"n mutters under contlderution bv "'i'talnre. , ,, i.,.i Mkr Protesting Corm,'. Am: giand Will Also Violate Law Salem Heights Man Is Hurled Twenty Feet and Badly Mangled HAT AND PIECES OF CLOTHING BLOWN FAR Leaves Wife and Four Children-Son With Him This Morning While blasting holes for fruit treea on the Hovel fajm three fourths of a mile south of Liberty Adolph Policy wns instantly killed this morning at 11 o'clock by the premature explosion of a stick of dynamite. Mr. Policy's body was blown a distanco of 20 feet and half burried in the soft dirt by the force of the discharge, his hat and other pieces of his clothing were picked up 100 feet from the spot whero the explosion occurred. His right hand was blown off and a hole smashed in his skull. One of his shoes was complete ly blown from his foot and the body horribly mangled. His 17 year old son was with him when the accident happened and said that his'father made but a single con vulsive movement after the explosion but showed no signs of consciousness. Dr. 0. P, Miles was rushed to the scene in his auto but too lute, of course, to be of any assistance. Mr. Polley.hnd bored the holes which he was loading with the powder and was carrying the dynaiuit in a carrier such as logan berry pickers use. He had fastened the caps upon the ends of the short fnse9 and inserted tho ends Into the stickt of dynntnito so that the holes could be loaded and shot nt once. Tn some unknown mnnncr one of the fuses became ignited and the dynamite was discharged while he was carrying it along iu his hnnd. Mr, Policy was about 15." years old and owns a small acreage tract noar Salem Heights, lie has built a neat modern bungalow and improved Ii is place from a rough tract In the last five years until he now has one of the nicest homes in that district. He was known as a sober, industrious citizen and a hard worker and his neighbors feel that his death will be a real loss to the community. He hns always been honest to the last cent and had manv friends In Salem where ho was weil known. He is survived by a wife and 'four children, two boys and two girls rang ing in age from eight years to 17 years. His young children aro attend ing school nt 'Liberty and when the doctor's car passed on Its hurry call were playing iu tho school yard with no knowledge of the fate that Lad overtaken their father. Later they saw the auto returning to tho city and con tinued their guinea as care free, and gaily little reulizing that the battered and shapeless corpse In the tonnenu was nil that remained of their father. E "'lie IVlr , ' '"'"iianv's V r'.,,r '"-let Inter '.. .tt 0 iocka, :,," T'tPB Ik. . "K,,"t. Kilt! Ull,! I 11.". 4ir " ,"'' iiiei Mh nl?.1'"'"''.''. the ,: 'Hi i. V'",""' he nH """m ,.. ,- " i", ear. h,' Med,;. : ',: "tt """"antie .... , v. f Hi;...1 "'"o'litcl i .. ,',"mi'1 to blZ',,,,"t " tin- w1'.. . "ullh,,. . . v" "e tint,., "'"lino I I, , 11 IIH.:. ""'Olllll . ... " u .. "U H. hin. i, '""lostli . "'lc nrtVi t jail lieiitrnU alike. I tiertiiuny cnnot be blockaded because the llnltic" coast line is safe from ut i tuck, The Anglo r'rench fleet may not I enter the llnltic with safety while the j Hiissiun fWvt is as fearful 'of the Oer 'man llnltic streniitii as the (iernitins ate f ''liiglund'H North sea sipiadrons, This nut gives an advantage to Mi-umjitin via over the other nentitils, Legitimate "'vie 'tions therefore could be made. The rights of neutrals will be ilistc Iturded by the lliltish procedure, but not niinihilated. While cargoes will hot be nertuitted to reach (lerniany, they will not be eonfincuted. They will be I'oii'fht by the llrjtish or returned to th - shippers. Ity refraining from niuk i'H till tiermnti Imports coiitrubainl, Kiiglnud cleverly evades all serlmis dis putes with neutrals nbout orbit riiry con- iiseatlons. A . ...... . t . .... I iieuirai na ion protinniy wouiu go to war if its siilns were sunk and its 'eitizcii drowned, but nei.tral nation will 'not fight to protect trade under hn?.ardous conditions. Therefore, la the presi-nt extra legal circumstances, Eng land has the upper band, Fire Breaks Out . Following Explosion -Rescue Work Is Very Difficult Itinton, W. Vn., .March 2. One hun dred und seventy one miners were eiiuglit in the l.nylniid mine of tint New Hlver and Consolidated Cotil company early today, when un explosion wrecked the shaft, ncording to lutest reports re ceived here from l.tiylund. Several hours utter the bin it, rescuers surcecded in clcnritig the debris from the shaft sufficiently to permit them i to enter und they report that there Is strong hope of rescuing some of the ; entombed men ulivc. The fan, which I wns wrecked by the force of the ex plosion, hns been repaired mid put in operation and nir is being circulated throughout the workings, .Most of the miners in the shaft are of the better class, including a number ;'nf Americans. I The blast runic ut H-.MI a. in, Just af ter the day shift went to work. Later today flic broke out in the mine. Mucking the rescuers. One party penetrated hulf a mile into the mine mid found two men, both probubly fiitnlly hurt, This afternoon rescuers found and brought out eight miners, all of them nlive and unhurt. Hescuers reported t tmt the disaster does not now seem erious as at first supposed. MAP SHOWING NEW GERMAN OFFENSIVE IN POLAND AFTER GREAT RUSSIAN DEFEAT HANZIG. mmmm mm y 5 ftsM if v y . mJ 3 SoJtolicaJ '3ttrp9 li 5 -- - HI MtHrrotwiCt. ' J GERMANS Instead of Improving, Situa tion Is Growing Worse-No Action On Ship Bill SCALE ii M)L The Germans having driven tho invading Russians out of Kust Prussia with huge losses are now apparently d recting their attention to tho lino of forts in Poland stretching northeast from tho Vistula. The names of the forts in this line are underlined in the above map. The greatest effort seems to be made toward Novo (Icorgiewsk (4), the fortress guarding Warsaw on the north, which the Russians believe to be the strongest in the world. Great forces of Germans have been concentrated between Serpct, and Ploinsk and, according to the latest reports, they are making alow but steady prog ress, Hrushes with cavalry from tho fortress have been reported. North of Augustowu (1) two or three German corps which came from tho south Ma 7.uri.m lake region are maneuvering withent much fighting in the direction of Grodno. Here, It is said, the overflowing of the Niemen will hamper serious ly the German operations, Another great force of the kaiser's army hns moved on tho rond tu Loons'. (3), and pitched battles wherein, according to Petrograd accounts, (he -Itussinns are tho nggressors, have begun along the marshy bank north of the Narew and Hour rivers. The Germnns aro said to have nine corps in this region. Another Gorman army is' attempting to mask the fortress of Ossowetz (li). The shaded portion uf the mnp (4) is the scene of tiie recent Knssiun defeat, whore the Germans claim to hnvo captur ed 100,0(10 prisoners and to have destroyed the Hussion Tenth army. The buttle line to the west of Warsaw, where recently little change litis been noted, is indicated by tho number 5. Washington, March 2. Continuous sessions of both houses oi congress from today until nooa Thursday, when the present bcssioii of congress expires by limitation, wore prodicted today after both tho senate and lower house had continued tho legislut vo day of Mon- lay until long past midnight. Instead of improving, tho legislative situation is growing steadily wurse. A seemingly Impossible number of tasks awaits disposal during tho next 48 hours. They ineliido action on these importuut mcusurcs: Compromise ship purchaso bill tho house, is still considering the conference report and tho senate has not yet taken it up. Kural credits compromise still in conference. President's trade commission nomi nations still before tho seuato, which is deadlocked over them. Tho entire naval building program which is still in conference. The rivers and harbors bill tho pass age of which is very dubious. IS l nc appropriation bills, carrying fimo.ooo.ooo. The appropriation bills are vitally important and unless they can be pass ed before adjournment it is expected tho president will bo compelled to call an extra session. The injection of the rural credits bill into the appropriation situation ny attaching it as a "rider" to tho agricultural appropriation bill has seriously intcrlerred with the ad iourmuent plnns. Indications this afternoon pointed to the defeat of tho rurnl credits measure and with It tho agricultural amiroprm tion bill either by voto or by a deal- lock between the senate and house, No one believed tho agricultural bill to which tho rural credits bill is at Inched as a "rider", could pass over veto. There is a strong possibility that the measure may dio in conference, the. senate anil house refusing to accept the amendments. ifty Shells Directed at City In Renewed Effort of Bombardment FRENCH DEFEATED IN CHAMPAGNE DISTRCT 11 Henry J. Schulderman of Floats Down River Supposed- State's Metropolis Will Sue- ly to Dynamite Big Bridge ceed Commissioner That the executive axe wns due to fall upon another official head and very soon after the adjournment of the leg islature has been well known on the Inside circles at the Btnto house for severnl weeks, and that Corporation Commissioner Hnlph A. Watson has been elected to furnish snid "official head" fir the iifotexaitl axe to fall up on has nlso been well known and un derstood, even by Mr. Wutson himself, but tho identity of the successor to Mr. Watson was not given out until Inst night when Governor Wlthycombn per mitted the publication of a statement to the effect Hint Henry ,T. Hehulder mini, n Poitlund attorney, would bo the man to take Mr. Watson's place. No time wns fixed, however, for the change to tnke plnce, but it will probably be on or about the fist of the coming month. Mr. Watson, n former newspaper man, who wns appointed private secretary to former Governor West and then to the corporation cotiiiiii''ionership, has 'held the position for the past, two years, and has made R good record In the depart ment, having put the new "blue sky" lnw Into effect nml worked It out suc cessfully tl ii -t ii if his Incumbency and Its experimental I'cilod. He was also respinsiblo fir the amendatory act enacted by the lift legislature, which corrected some nf the features of the original net which wero ndmHted to bo unconstitutional. fi'H.v aware that he would be the next victim of the executive pretogallve, nml he states that he Is fullv prepnred for It. Mr. Schnidernmn, his prospective successor, is 40 venrs of age, mid managed Gover nor Withyco'iibc's campaign prior to the nominating election. Located There The Weather HE r Oregon! Getter, ally fair tonight' and Wednesday) winds mostly westerly, New Westminister, It. C, Mnrch 2. Soldiers guarding thn New Westmin ister bridge fired early Huuduy on a mysterious gasoline launch which crept tip to Ihe'bridge, stalled its engine, re fused to answer challenges and then with the coming of a boat patrol, speeded away into the fog, it became known hero today. According to the story current, the launch came drifting down the river with all lights extinguished. It bumped against (he center span and stopped while Its occupants busied themselves with their work, which was believed by some to have been tho placing of explosives. The guards on the main span chal lenged the strange craft, but no answer being received, they piled Into a launch and started for the spun, Immediately the occupants of the mysterious luuiich heard the patrol start, they cranked their engine and (lushed away down tho river, amid a hall of bullets front the soldiers on tho bridge, and were soon lost in the fog. WHOLESALE BOMB PLOTJJNCOVERED Anarchists Oonfosa to Scheme to KtU John Rockefeller, Carnegie and Other American Millionaires. New York, Mnrch 2. -(evolution of n.l,l.l., I,,,.,, I, nliit which llli'llllled the nssasflinntion of John 1. Itockefcl- ler, Nr., .lohtl J), Hockefeller, ,lr An drew Carnegie and svverul other mil lionaires wns made todtiv in admissions by Frank Abiirno, Italian anarchist, the police, announced, Abnrno and two other men were arrested early today when Ihev were trying to explode a bomb near the altar In Ht, Patricks Cuthollc cathedral. Abnrno declared that tho plot cotiteniplnted the dyna miting of severnl banks and public buildings. Police Commissioner Wood announced this afternoon that the arrests wero merely the forerunner of many others equally as Important, Captain Ttintiey of the detective department has been working to round up tho bomb throw ers since the first attempt to wreck Ht. Patricks last fall. Ho asigned policemen, new on the force, to jobs as laborers among tho foreigners and these have been living In tho Italian colony for mouths. AGA N FIRE ON IK Petrograd Reports German Line Pushed Back 20 Miles From Vistula Work of Straightening Out Affairs of Defunct Com pany Trying By Henry Wood, Furis, March 2. Renewal of -the German bombardment of Kheims was announced in today's statement from tho war offieo. Fifty sholls were di rected at Kheims and several houBca fired, it was alleged. Tho statement also claimed French, successes in tho Champagne district anil in tho Argonne region. The French wero said to bo advancing in the Cham pagne region, in a urrving snowstorm. "We havo used mines etrectivcly la tho Argnnno district in re-capturiii( positions,1' tho statement continued. "German nttneks on tho heights of Vnuquuis hnvu been repulsed nnd a number of prisoners taken. Tho French also gained 1100 yards at Cellcs, in tha Vosges, "The British have repulsed German attacks at Vpres. " French Defeated. Heilin, via London, March 2. Defeat of French troops In tho Chumpugno re gion wns claimed in n statement is sued from the wnr office today. The statement declared that despite heavy losses mentioned yesterday, tho French renewed their attacks near Perthes, anil that hnnd to hand fighting at a dozen points followed. "Tho Germans," tho statement con tinued, "luivo taken several trenches, H0 prisoners and five mino throwers in the Argonne district. "The French unsuccessfully endenv ord to take Vaiuiiois. "We have retained our gains in tli Vosges in the face of counter attacks, "Iu Poland, a scries of night at tacks east of l.oiiizu and Plock wero repulsed. "Attacks soulhctist uf Augustof also were repulsed." Insurance Commissioner Harvey Wells, as receiver of the defunct Horti cultural Fire Belief of Oregon, this niortinlg gave out a stntcment in which lie denied most emphatically the story that hud been published lit a Portland natter to the effect that the Pacific Ntiites Fire Insurance company hud re insured the policyholders of thn Horn- Mirturitl Ftro Keller. Mr. Wells states that the Pacific Stutcs people simply mude un offer to the court to the effect that, if it be placed in possession of tho information concerning the status of the policyhold ers of the defunct conipnny it would itgrcd to rewrite insurance for them and pay the receiver of tho Horticultural company 10 per cent of the premiums of ull policies which It may rewrite re placing uny of the business curried by the bankrupt conipnny. In this con nection Mr. Wells suid: "This proposition was taken into consideration by the court and nil or itur was iniidu accepting it. The ar rangement is not In any way in the na ture of re liisiiraiice, it still being en tirely optional with tho policyhuldem of the companies under receivership (The Horticultural Fire Kellcf, the Oregon Merchnnts' Mutual nnd the Pa cific Home) to accept the policies in the Pacific, Htutcs or in any other coni pnny which they may prefer. How ever, by the above arrangement, any policy written III tne rnciiic nnm-n Fire Insurance compiitiywill result in n profit of 10 per cent to tho receiver of these inn Ion I companies which will be applied on their debts. ' lie receiver Itiienos 10 win,i up me affairs of the companies as soon its pos sible nnd expects to be nble to ninke a full report to the court within ,itl days. The former officers nnd directors nrc ttsMNting in every way itosiiiblo to straighten out the ttftifirs.'' In order to give the matter his time and attention, Insurance" Commissioner Wells hns taken up Ins heniltpiurters at thn offices nf the Horticultural Fire Kellcf company, in the Y. M. O. A. buii'ding, Comiiicrclul and Cheinckctu street. The officers and directors of the companies which have fone into re ceivership nrei President, H. .1. Miles; W. I. Ktnley, vice president! II. Pohle, ,!oho Pemberton, K. T. btiriics, L. M. Gilbert, 1.. T. Reynolds, William Ale Gilchrist, Hr and W. T, Jcnks, all of Hulcui, directors. Germans Pushed Back. Petiogriid, March 2. That the Ger mnns hnvo been pushed back 20 miles along the sixty mile buttle front, ex tending from the Vistula river to I'rziisnvsz, was claimed In a statement issued here today by tho war office. It. was declared the Itussiuns had found unexpected wenkness ill tho Gumma lines north of the Vistulu. I When Thief Is Found Makes Query, "Whasha Malla You?'" Hong, the Chinese noodle chef who) ni ii i li t it i ii m an emporium for the serv ing of the slippery oriental delicucy, was litidly worked up lust night over the loss of his ovetcoiit. Hong suid that It wits a good overcoat, too, and hud proved its 'worth by years of faith ful service, Home one made the mistake) nf pilfering the well known garment and Hong began a still hunt with tint aid of .Nine Churchill of the fire depart ment, nnd four policemen. Thn cout was limited in Scott 'h second hand stor where it had been deposited us security for II trifling loan und, on a description furnished by Mr. Ncntt, Virgil Jones, of this city wns arrested and lodged in tho city jail on a charge of larceny. Hong who Is a friend to everybody acordittg to his own stntcment was cha grined to find that he hud been de ceived. He was called to tho police sta tion to Identify the overcoat, and when ho discovered it wns his ho mude his charge direct to Jones. "Wash a itiullu vout" said Hong, "Me thittkee you hip good flen, all time. Wha' for you steal em o'eoat. Mack, he hip g I flen. He find em o 'clout Junk stop. Wush a mails youl" Jones did not answer the question but will have a chnnce to do so ia pulica court tomorrow. 1