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HEIHQLD BOTH ENGLAND
AND GERMANY TO PACT
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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.
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KILLED WHEN BUIS
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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
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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,
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ii carefully avoided I
.i; worm n concern tli l uited'lthe house of commons that the nllies
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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
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11 the note '""",i mtm in mi- unci uhi ui iu'iiu.m cuiuiiicice.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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