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
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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.
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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
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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.