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CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL BRITISH PLAN MORE VIGOROUSCAMPAIGN Notwithstanding Peace Talk Will Actively Prosecute the War. London. Although peace talk fills the air the Lloyd-George government la aggressively going forward with its aneasures to insure a more vigorous prosecution of the war. At the same time troublesome domestic problems are being tackled. Semi-official Information was that the reply which the allies will render to Germany's peace proposals will go forward within a short time. It will be a new year's greeting aetting forth the entente'a indomit able purpose to proceed relentlessly with their war until "reparation, res titution and guarantee" is made cer tain. That determination to continue, rep resented In Lloyd-George's vast plans for harnessing every ounce of strength the nation affords, will therefore be formally announced through diplo matic notes. The l"r"d States will be the agency for communication, just as America was Germany's messen ger. The British note will be identi cal in form and phraseology with the Botes of refusal which every on of the allies will return to Berlin. English newspapers professed en tire Inability to understand what Pres ident Wilson was driving at ia his sole, and the statement of Secretary Lansing simply added to the muddle f trying to find some reason. The guesses at Wilson's Intentions ran all the way from indignant belief that he was "Interfering" after falling victim to the German peace propaganda, to atonic suggestion that perhaps he was -unwell." SENTIMENT AGAINST PEACE IN FRANCE i' Paris. By a vote of 194 to 60, the ench senate pledged its confidence the Brland government and firmly nounced to the world that France -trill not make peace while her enem ies occupy her territory. The vote came in a secret session f the senate. Its result was announc ed as the order of the day In the fol lowing formal statement: ' "The senate, considering that France cannot make peace with her enemies occupying her territory, hss resolved to bring the war. which was Imposed on Prance, to a victorious end worthy of the heroism of France's sol tiers." The statement explained that the vote on this resolution was agreed to nanlmously, all senators standing. Then the senate voted 194 to 60 Its faith in the present ministry, trusting that the present government under control of the French parliament, "will take the most energetic measures to obtain definite military superiority ver the enemy, organizing the army and the entire country if necessary to maintain France's prestige." ' BERLIN INTERESTED IN NOTE Tremendous Welcome Accorded Wll on's Peace Move in German Capital. Berlin, via London. A tremendous welcome was accorded to the an nouncement in Berlin of President Wilson's peace endeavor. The im pression of official and newspaper cir cles appeared In the newspapers un der large display headlines, reviving the interest in the German peace over tures, which bad sunk to a low point nnder the influence of the prelimin ary declarations of statesmen of the entente powers. The American embassy, to which the ambassador, James W. Gerard, mas returned from New York, and the American charge, Joseph C. Grew, were besieged by newspaper men, who ought additional information con cerning the president's peace note. Paris Dislikes Wilson Note. Paris. President Wilson's note and the statement of Secretary Lansing continue to be the sensation of the day and take precedence over every thing else in the papers. The presi dent's action by no means meets with favor among the commentators, who enly vary in the manner of expressing their opinion. Nightrlder Case Ends In Acquittal. Tacoma, Wash. "Not guilty" was lie verdict returned by a jury in fed eral court In the famous "night rider" case against 12 Pacific county men, charged with conspiracy to deprive Mrs. Margaret Ross of her homestead rights by forcibly ejecting her and her ons from their timber claim in the North river country. Luther Burbank Wedded. San Francisco. Luther Burbank, 1he famous plant evolutionist, was married here to his secretary, Misa Elizabeth Wut -s KING OF ROUMANIA 7 King Ferdinand, of Roumania, who was driven out of his capital by the Teutonic powers. BRIEF WAR NEWS Operations on the Macedonian front are being prevented by bad weather. Only artillery activity is recorded on the Russian front In the vicinity of Baranovichi. HI Artsh. to miles east of the Suet oanal la Egypt, has been captured by British troops. Except In northern Debrudja, where the troops of the central powers continue to drive the Russians and Roumanians towards Bessarabia, there has been little important activity on the battlefronts of Europe during the past week. Slowly yielding to the Teutonic pressure, the Russian rear guard in Wallachia and Dobrudja are being pressed backward to the north. Heavy fighting is In progress In the vicinity of Rimnik-Sarat, midway be tween the Buseu and Sereth rivers in Wallachia. President Wilson took the initiative to restore and maintain world peace when he directly addressed all ef the belligerents and neutrals on the sub ject. Independent of the peace sug gestions made by the Teatonic allies, the president has called on the belli gerents to "learn how near the haven of peace may be for which all man kind longs with an intense and In creasing longing." He does not pro pose peace, neither dees he offer me diation. He does, however, call upon the belligerents to "compare views as to the terms" on which the war can be ended. SHORT NEWS NUGGETS Boston voted to remain wet by a margin of 12,000. Motion picture films are admitted to the mails by an order of the post- office department effective January 1. Reports to the postoffice depart ment show that this Christmas season saw a tremendous international money order business. t The entire population of the United States and its territorial possessions is approximately 112,444,620, accord ing to a table of estimates given out by the government census bureau. The United States proper has 102,017,312. Congress will let the president have a free hand in his attempt to find a common ground upon which European belligerents can meet to formulate plans for a lasting peace. Both houses refused to indorse or take any action on the president's action In dispatch ing his now historic notes to Europe's warriors. The government crusade to end the high cost of living has come to an untimely end. It is expected that there will be a few scattered prosecu tions for conspiracy to keep up prices in certain cities. The department of justice has discovered that it cannot reach those responsible. They have been careful not to violate any laws dealing with interstate commerce or oovered by existing federal law. Villa Captures Torreon. El Paso, Texas That Villista forces are holding Torreon, an important railway center, while the bandit chief, with the main body of his army, Is moving rapidly northward to strike a deadly blow at the only formidable force of government troops now in northern Mexico, under General Mur guia in Chfhtiahna City, is the sub stance of reports made to United States authorities here, it was an nounced. Irish Rebel Prisoners to Be Released. London. The government has de cided to release the Irish prisoners who were interned after the rebellion in Ireland, Henry E. Duke, chief sec retary of Ireland, has announced. i . if-. A v i'i A WILSON NOTE SEEKS TEBKSOF PEACE Recent Statements of States men Regarded as Being too Vague. Washington. Information as to their exact moaning in seeking a "just and permanent peace" U the whole purpose of the note addressed to alii the belligerents by President Wilson. The I' n I tod States desires a tuiL prac tical and detailed statement from eurh of the governments addi-cnited. It was stated officially tor the administra tion. This government does not know and feels that it has been given no real moans of knowing what terms would be required by each of the belliger ents to make peace. It regards the recent speeches of the leading states men in all countries as vague and un defined and sees nothing In them that would enable a conference to draw up a treaty. What President Wilson wants Is their details. As the largest neutral facing grave problems, and as the friend of all parties concerned, the United States feels most earnestly that it Is entitled to kuow these facts. Unless some one of the group lays ! down its actual terms there will be no basis for negotiation and no pos sibility of peace till Aie world Is bled white, officials declare. Lansing's Warlike View Is Modified. The critical situation of the United States and the fact that the nation has been drawing nearer and nearer to war was responsible, Secretary Lansing officially declared, tor the president's move In the cause of peace. A few hours after Secretary Lan sing had Issued a statement explain ing the president's action, he was called to the white house. Exactly what transpired there has not been revealed, hut immediately after his re turn to the state department Mr. Lan sing issued a second statement, ex pressing regret for possible misinter pretation placed upon his words aud asserting that the United States had no intention of departlug from its course of strict neutrality. Congress Takes Recess. Congress adjourned for the Christ mas holidays, to reconvene January 2. In the three weeks of the session the house passed five government supply measures the urgent deficiency, leg islative, Indian, District of Columbia and diplomatic and consular appro priation bills more than ever were passed before In the brief period pend ing a holiday recess. Railroad legislation failed to get much attention in either branch. The house commerce committee decided to await initiative action in the senate, where, beginning January 2, the sen ate commerce committee will hold hearings on the proposed railroad ar bitration measure and the bill author izing the president to take over rail road, telegraph and telephone lines in case of military necessity. The senate passed the Immigration bill, with Its literacy test provision, j and it now is In conference. The sen-1 ate also began consideration of the District of Columbia prohibition bill, and fixed January 9 for a vote. TREATY IS RATIFIED AGAIN Danish King and Cabinet Take Final Action on Island 8ale. Copenhagen, via London. King Christian In the cabinet council rati fied the treaty providing for the an'" of the Danish West Indies to the Uni ted States. This follows the passage by both houses of the Danish parliament of the bill for the ratification of the treaty. The exchange of the ratifica tion Instruments 'will take place In New Tork, probably towards the end of January. Woman Gets High Washington Vote. Olympla, Wash. Mrs. Josephine Corliss Preston, of Walla Walla, can didate for re-election as state super intendent of public instruction, polled the biggest vote of any statehouse officer, according to the official cer tification of I. M. Howell, secretary of state. Her total is 192,236. H. O. Fishback, candidate for re-election as state insurance commissioner, is sec ond in the list with 189,646. Idaho Chief Justice Is Chosen. Boise, Idaho. Justice Alfred Budge is the new chief justice of the su preme court and will succeed Chief Justice Isaac N. Sullivan, who retires from office December 31. Bryan Pleased by Wilson's Peace Note Washington. President Wilson re ceived a telegram from ex Secretary Bryan congratulating him on his note to the belligerents. Berlin Bets on Peace Before August. " Rotterdam. Heavy betting on the stock exchange that peace will be signed before next August was report ed in Berlin dispatches. JOSEPH C. GREW I 'V , ' Ai! 1tV !, ' ' J Joseph C. Grew, Amtrlon chargs d'affaires at Berlin during the recant visit home of Ambassador Gerard. ROADS GIVE 8-HOUR DAY TO SWITCHMEN New York. An eight-hour day, an Increase in .wages of 6 cents au hour and a straight pro rata overtime wa.i granted to the members of the switch men's union employed by IS eastern and middle western railroads In an award tiled here by the federal board of arbitration that heard their differ ences. The decision of the board had been eagrl? awaited by the railroads In general and the four major brother hoods of railroad trainmen tor what bearing It might have on the contro versy between them over ths Adam son act. In which the eight-hour day la a question at Issue. Switchmen at present receive a maximum hourly rate of 40 cents. The award Increases this rate to 46 cents so that, aa explained by Judge Charles B. Howry, chairman of the board, on the eight-hour basis they will receive $3.60 for a day's work, 40 cents less than they received under the ten-hour basis. By working ten hours under the new rate, they will receive $4.60, or 10 centa more than under the old rate. BANK ROBBER IS CAUGHT Highwayman 8urrsndsre Without Fight and Loot of 14000 Recovered. Goldendale, Wash. The Ions rob ber who held up the Bank of Bickle ton, Wash., was captured with his loot of $4000 when he was cornered by a posse on Satus oreek in the Yakima Indian reservation. As the posse closed In on the rob ber, who gave his name as Henry Jones, he dropped parts of his loot along the way, where It was found by the deputy sheriffs. When captured he had $960 In his pockets. The robber rode Into town, com manded the cashier to deliver over the money in the bank, locked him In a room and rode away. A posse start ed In pursuit a few minutes later and followed close on the trail. Thirty miles from the scene of the robbery the highwayman's exhausted hort was found, as well as evidence tht he had fled on' foot. A package of $2000 was found near where ths horse had been abandoned. America Aided by Berlin. Waahlngton. Release by Turkey of the 200 Americans detained at Syria and Palestine was brought about be cause Germany, at the request of the United States, exercised its good of fices with the Ottoman government. Idaho Regiment Reaches Home. Boise, Idaho. The Second Idaho In fantry, after six months' border serv ice at Nogales, Ariz., arr'ved at Boise barracks, where It will be mustered out. THE MARKETS. Portland. Wheat Club $1.34; bluestem $1.89; red Russian, $1.34; forty-fold, $1.36. Barley No. 1 feed, $37 per ton. Hay Timothy, $21 per ton; alfalfa, $18. Butter Creamery, 33c. Eggs Ranch, 36c. Wool Eastern Oregon, 36o; valley, I5c. Hops 1916 crop, 610i4. Seattle. Wheat Bluestem $1.44; club $1.39; forty-fold, $1.40; red Russian, $1.38; fife, $1.39; turkey red, $1.46. Barley $37 per ton. Butter Creamery, 38o. Eggs 40c. , , .,- i OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAMNTEREST Principal. Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for lnforr mation of Our Readers. IntiTHtate commerce hearings will he held at I'urtlund Junuury 2:1 and 4 by Kxumluer Drown. The C'ottnao Grove commercial club will attempt to get farmers to experi ment with broccoli growing. K. J. MeCluiiiilmil nt Kugene was unntitmoiiKly fleeted president of the Oregon Poultry shh.m lullim. Three HhiuhmiiiI Oregon roneluin!e hine. gone to Peuns) huiuu from Cot tage lirove dining the pitat few weeks. The II aw ley Pulp & Paper company will begin soon the const ruction of a hecond additional unit to Its mill at Oregon City. The farmers of Klauiuth county have formally petitioned the commis sioners' court to place a bounty of 10 cents a head upon rabbits. A blanket resolution allowing the student body to bond lUelf in the sum of $10,000 tor an athletic field was voted at the I'nlverslty of Oregon. One of the tlritt farmers' organiza tions to be effected iu Oregon under the provisions of the rural credits law was formed at Hoseburg last week. The Portland postal receipts tor the first 20 day of December of this year exceed those of the same period of last year by approximately $12,000. The last of seven Hyde land fraud suits Instituted by the stale of Oregon for the recovery of 57,000 acres of school land was tried at Eugene last week. Including the sales made for the Thanksgiving trade., the turkey rais ers of Douglas county this year have realized approximately $56,000 from their birds. Oliver Lundgreu, 22, of Corvallls, was drowned In Mary's river when a canoe. In which he and Troy Uogard, of Wood burn, were paddling, upset In a whirlpool. labor Commissioner Hoff will rec ommend to the legislature the creation of the office of Inspector of mines, and bImo ask that it enact legislation on the subject of hospital fees. The latest school ceusus of Portland shows there are 48,364 boys and girls In the city between the ages of 4 and 20. This Is a decrease of 1543, as 49,927 were recorded In the census of last year. H. A. (Jeorge, one of the leading suc cessful poiiltrymen of Petaluiua, Cel., has been procured to deliver a series of lectures during farmers' week at the Oregon agricultural college, Janu ary 2 to 6. In a comprehensive review of the labor situation prepared for bis forth coming biennial report State labor Commissioner Hoff says that indus tries appear to have undergone a change for the better In 1916. Hot lunches are being served In the public school at Damascus by the teachers and pupils as a means of test ing the advisability of purchasing the necessary apparatus to continue the practice during the winter months. Dr. A. C. Seeley, of Hoseburg, was elected president; Dr. M. B. Marcel lus, of Portland, vice president, and Dr. David N. Roberg was continued as secretary at the annual meeting of the state board of health held at Salem. Nathan Hankln was shot at his home In Portland by a masked man, who rang the door bell and when Han kln answered presented a pistol aimed at him. Hankln slammed the door shut, but the assassin fired through the wood. Insurance for every employe In the service whose salary does not exceed $4000 a year, and extra month's pay for all whose salaries are not over $t800 per annum, were Christmas gifts of the O.-W. K. ft N. Co. to their many workers. Secretary of State Olcott has made public the budget of expenditures for the state of Oregon for the biennial period of 1917-18, together with an es timate of total requirements for all purposes of the commonwealth. The entire amount Is $9,317,628.46. A movement has been started in Umatilla county among the school au thorities to obtain from the legislature a law to permit the county school levy to be raised from 1 mill to 4 mills to the end that the district levies be greatly lowered or eliminated. In a report of the Oregon Conserva tion commission, just filed with the governor, It is estimated that there are 4,273,000 acres of Improved farm lands In Oregon, and that at least -3,-000,000 acres in the Btate can be Im proved or reclaimed by drainage. An amendment to the workmen's compensation law, making it compul sory upon the state, counties, cities, ports and school districts to operate under the act In all employments now defined by it as hazardous, and elec tive as to all other employments, will be asked from the coming legislature by the state industrial accident commission. Limitation of the amount of liquor a man may Import Is an Interference with his constitutional rluht and thure fore Illegal, Circuit Judge Medina ruled at I'urtlund. lie aluo upheld tu right of a man to iiiHiiiifaeture wine tor his own uhh, without Interference from the authorities. One of the largest lumber mills la eastern Oregon, and the lament In linker, will be erected at once by th Oregon Lumber company, acrordluit to aiiouneemeiit of IV C. Krcles, presi dent of the coinpsuy. He said tint mills would cost at lenst tUO.uoo, and probably more, and will employ Ut men, At a meeting of the floselmrt Sportnuii'ii's SRHiH-lntlon It was decid ed to make every punlllo effort to secure a trout Imtehery for timt;lm count next year, and to have the ra purity of the North ' finpciuu river h.ttchery lueresiied sufficiently to lib erale at leant 6,0U0,ntl0 suliuoli each year. One of ths blfi;ct itiaru strikes Ui years was reported by Albert and Frank (lelser, owners of the Connor Creek mine on the Hiuike river !n Ma ker county, They brought two re torts containing nearly IL'l.imii In gold. The deposit represented a seven day output of the new stump mill at the mine. ' Aitnew ft Hamilton, Importers of lie I Taut, Ireland, have cabled the Ore gon state board of control offering $14.40 a bag, or $4.11 a bushel, for Oregon flax seed. A bsg contains about three and one half bushels. The board cabled llolfaat that It Is willing to sell 4000 bushels of seed for $2.76 a bushel f. o. b. Balem, Attorney Uenerat Brown has been advised by Mrs. Millie It. Trumbull. of Portland, secretary of the child la bor communion, that a proposed amendment to the present ten hour law Is being drafted for consideration by the next legislature, so that hours of women will be limited to 48 for any one week, instead of 60. as now provided. The reclamation commission has unanimously recommended to Secre tary laue that he urge ou congress the appropriation at this session of $400,000 fur the construction of the Warm Springs dam on the Malheur irrigation project aud that he further urge the appropriation of another $400,000 to build the storage dam ef the Owyhee project In Oregon. The Eugene chamber of commerce baa expressed opposition to the plan to send a representative of the Oregon flax Interents east at this time to In vestigate linen factory prospects. The members of the Eugene chamber feet that such a step at this time would be too fur ahead and that funds which would be required could be expended at home to better advantage, so far as the actual development of the new Industry Is concerned. The success of the safety first doc trine In reducing accidents Is shown by figures prepared by B. T. McBaln, of the Crown Willamette Paper com pany, pioneer among the big Indus trial plants of the Paciric coast In the safety-first movement. In its mills at Oregon City the company employs more than 900 men, yet Mr. Mcllalu's figures show that the average number of accidents In a month Is only 28, although a slight cut or scratch is counted. Linemen In the employ of the West ern Union Telegraph company In western Oregon will travel and live In Pullman cars In the future. The old work cars have been discarded. The new model work train put Into com mission on the Coos Bay branch of the Southern Pacific system consists of a sleeper, a smoker, a car fitted with a bathroom, reading-room and lavatories, a dining ear and a car fib ted up for the use of the foreman of the crew. At the first open meeting of the Deschutes county court, Bend was unanimously designated the tempor ary county seat, and the officers as follows were appointed to serve until the next election: H. Haner, county clerk; Clyde McKay, treasurer; W. T, Mullarkey, of Redmond! assessor; S. E. Roberts, sheriff; Elmer Niawonger, coroner; Dr. Dwight F. Miller, county physician; George S. Young, county surveyor; J. Alton Thompson, school superintendent. ' Distriot Attorney Oale S. Hill has notified the state board of control that no action can be taken to prosecute persons who assisted Winifred Black after her escape from the girls' Indus trial school at Salem several months ago, when a number of girls succeeded la getting away from the Institution, He stated the statute was broad enough to cover anyone assisting an Inmate of that school to escape, but not anyone 'who assisted the person after the escape. Judge William Galloway, in the cir cuit court at Salem, decided that title fo 600 acres of land In Linn oounty was obtained by F. A. Hyde and his associates through fraud and collusion and that the title In equity to such lands, because of the fraud and collu sion, still is vested in the state of Ore gon. While the cause in question In volves only 600 acres of land, the de cision la of widespread interest, as this is the first to be decided of the seven Hyde-Benson cases.