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Cincinnati Pacifist Was
Horse Whipped by Mob
First Man in the Navy
to Get a Medal of Honor
New Premier of France.
Leader of Capital Spugs
Sends Gifts to Soldiers
Famous British Chief Dead
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LONDON, Dec. 3 The mighty strug
gle around Cambral continued today
with both the British and Germans
stubbornly contesting every inch ot
the corpse-dotted and bloodsoaked
soil.
South of Cambral the Germans
have made a concentrated effort to
break through the British lines on the
southern edge of the salient, near
which the British and French armies
join on the northern end ot the Somme
front
Some ground was taken by the Teu
tons at a terrible cost In human life
and the British were compelled to give
up the village of Masnieres, but the
Germans failed to achieve their main
objective.
Coincident with the battle at Cam
brat there has been another flare-up
of fighting on the West Flanders front
near Passchendaele, where heavy ar
tillery duels have been in progress for
a week,
Germany is straining every nerve
and sinew to crush the salient thrust
into the Teuton front by the big drive
which General Sir Julian Byng launch
ed on November 20, and to remove the
menace which the salient offers to the
key positions defending the npper end
of the Hindenburg line.
No thought Is given to losses. Since
Friday morning when the German
counter drive was begun on the front
between Moeuvres and Vehhuile, it is
estimated that the Prussians have fed
two divisions or more to the reeking
furnace of death on this battlefield.
Some of the military critics believe
that the fighting along this front has
been the most savage the war has
yet produced, even including the bat
tle at Verdun.
An indication of the fury of the
struggle is shown by the fact that
some of the artillery pieces have
changed hands three times, being tak
en first by the British, then by the
Germans, only to fall into the hands of
British counter-attackers on Saturday
night and Sunday.
PORTLAND, Or.. Dec. 4. Waiting
room facilities of the local navy re
cruiting station are over-crowded, and
standing room even is at a premium.
Captain Eckhardt, in command of the
local station, has appealed for in
creased office space to care for appli
cants ot draft age who are applying for
enlistment in the navy.
The management of the Dekum
building, where the navy quarters are
located, is permitting Captain Eck
hardt to use practically the whole of
the second floor of the building to
care for the applicants who are ap
plying by the hundred, as only 12
days remain until December 15, the
time limit set when men ot draft age
will no longer be allowed to enlist.
It is expected by navy officers that
congress will enact a law whereby
drafted men can be transferred to the
navy service, as men are needed so
badly in the navy since the merchant
fleet has been under the charge of the
navy department.
While the local navy office is over
taxed with applicants, everything
possible will be done to take care of
men of draft age who wish to enter
the navy before being classified.
The local office Is advising men to
apply for any rating in order to be
accepted by the navy, and plan to
transfer later on to their most desired
rating. Transfer of rating is done in
the navy at the recruit's request only
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Congress
will immediately respond to President
Wilson's call for a declaration of war
on Austria.
The house foreign affairs committee
and the senate foreign relations com
mittee both will meet Wednesday, pre
pared t oreport joint resolutions for
the war declaration.
Senator Pittman's resolution, Intro
pared to report joint resolutions for
inate reference to Turkey and Bulgar
ia, against whom the president does
not call for a war declaration at this
;:me.
Both committees are practically un
animous for speedy action on the war
declaration. The house committee may
report the resolution Wednesday and
get action immediately. The senate
-ected to pass It Friday, A round
up of Austrians throughout the coun
try, who to date have remained at lib
erty under the alien enemy act, will be
ordered forthwith by the justice de
partment. North Bend Buehner Lumber Co.
to build dry kilns at plant here.
Herbert Bigelow, the Cincinnati
pastor and pacifist, was horse whip
ped by a mob which kidnapped him
and took him into the hills ot Ken
tucky. The charge against him was
his attitude on the war. But the act
has aroused a storm of protest in
many parts ot the community.
U. S. UNIFORMS TO CHANGE.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Dec. 3 Terrific fighting has
the American soldier is undergoing a
further change. It is a small one made
necessary by conditions. A large num
ber of coats of the same material, but
much shorter in length. "The new
ones strike the men above the knees,
while the old ones, issued in the Un
ited States, usually hit them about
the ankles. Because of the perpetual
mud. it was found that the long coats
soon became caked and heavy.
STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK.
PORTLAND, Nov. 30 Two hundred
members of the linemen's union who
went on strike with the operators of
the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
company, returned to work this morn
ins and the strike is declared ended.
This is the total number of lineraon
who cait work in Portland, but a fev
of 'ht outside unions are said still to
remain on strike.
Military Party Would Make
Him British Premier
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Sir Eric Geddes. first nrA t -j
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mlralty, whose sudden rise to high!
position has been
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of British politics, has been mentioned
by high officials in the war office in
London as a candidate for premier to
succeed Lloyd George. The dissatis
faction over the Paris speech of the
present Dremier and nihsF m-ft..n t.
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connection with the war has brought!
out so many objections to him that a !
determined fight to displace him is ;
being made.
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She Oblong Envelope Purse la Fashionable Again. Ilere Arc Three Styles
HH WOMAN who has taste in
C dress either Instinctive or ac
quired knowa the value of
good leather belongings; the
innalL gmtrt handbag: in the newest
fashion, the traveling bag that meets
convention' decree of latest correct
ness, the larger luggage that expresses
Ita owner's familiarity with the very
peat types of ita kind. Next to an
air of breeding there Is no more valu-
! asset, when among strangers,
in leather belongings that are be
yond crltlciam,
The shops are nsually full of the
Mateat things" in leather, many of
contrivances designed to catch
fancy of the unwary; expensive
luxuriously lined and beepat-
with metal trimmings that give
howy look, but have no obvious
on d etre; and unless the shopper
thoroughly conversant with the
aaaona of good form ah is Quite
pteir " mcJco a mistake and bur
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Patrick McGunegal of Washington
0., is the first man in the United
States navy during this war to be
given medal of honor. He rescued
the pilot ot an observation kite bal
loon of a cruiser in the war lone,
when it was struck by a squall.
Rewarded for Work
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Lord NorthelifTe, who spent several months In the United States In con
nection with British war work, has been rewarded by being given the
title of viscount. .Many Britons consider him, despite their dislike of
some of his newspapers, as being the ablest man of Great Britain.''
ARMY OFFICER AT U. OF. 0.
EUGENE, Or, Dec. 3. Colonel Wil
liam H. C. Bowen, U. S. A., retired,
arrived here late today to take charge
of the military department of the
University of Oregon. Colonel Bowen
has been voluntarily assisting in the
military science classes at Presidio
officers' training camp and comes
highly recommended from the head
quarters o fthe western division.
Vice and debauchery are as serious
enemies to our troops as are the
kaiser's soldiers. Subscribe to the
war-camp fund.
Beaverton starch factory receiving!
cull potatoes at fifty cents per 100. j
New Leather
some hideously shoddy belonging that
will only be a shame to her reputation
for taste.
Low-priced leather belongings are
never a good investment. They wear
badly and in their state of semi-shab-blness
take to themselves distressing
contours, whereas a good bag, suit
case, reticule or what not will have a
lingering distinction no matter how
battered and aged It may be. And
In the eyes that know, a good leather
belonging, however, old, is mucn pre
ferable to a smart, shiny new affair
whose cheapness cannot hide under
1U newness. The good leather belong
ing can also be done over, redressed,
rellned, fitted with new handles and
metal trimmings, for good leather en
dures through many years even
sometimes through generations,
There la a decided revival now in
leather handbags and pocketbooks.
The limp, soft silk or velvet reticule
is drawing toward the end of its day.
rJBCTIiCft .ULOKOta CLtriUKCAU
Senator Georges Clemenceau, who
has been the greatest critic otthe
war, and the most feared editor lu
France, has become premier. He Is
the most interesting of the many men
to have held the position during the
war, and the world is anxious to 'lour
it he can handle the Frem-h situation.
He is seventy-six years of age, but
as vigorous as most nun less than
sixty. This ia due to his care ot
himself.
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AMERICANS ARE SLAIN.
OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 3. The names
of the following Americans appear In a
Canldian Overseas casualty list issued
here today: Killed In action J. T.
Kennedy, Minneapolis; O. K. Llddell,
Ogden, Utah. Wounded F. M. Wel
ker, Lincoln, Neb. Died of wounds
G. H. Welch, Salt Lake City.
! Albany Local banks show deposits
iof 12,487,000.
Glendale Work starts on new Wolf
creek hill road.
Coos Bay has $1,000,000 worth of
government shipbuilding contracts.
Belongings
With Convenient IiimMo Compartment.
With Kllher Of TIi.-hc Little Unj lu Hand Kho Could Travel Hound TUo
World And Mtsa No Toilet Comfort That JU lieconio A Habit. .
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Mrs. llun Johnson, lewder ot the
"Spugs" of Watthlngton, the society
for the prevention ot useless giving,
has taken up the subject ot luduono
Ing American men and women to
send ChrlKtmua kits to soldiers In the
trenches and sailors on American
ships.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. The inter
state commerce commission this after
noon recommended the selture ot all
the railroads of the country by the
government as a war measure. The
recommendation that the roads be tak
en over was contained In a special
communication to congress.
In the event ot the seizure taking
place the commission affirms that the
government should take steps to guar
antee proper return to all Investors on
all present outstanding stocks and
bonds ot the roads.
In a special communication trans
mitted to' the congress today, the com
mission declares that one of two things
mudt be done to put American rail
roads on an operating basis that will
expedite the winning of the war:
FirstThe pooling of every railroad
In the country Into a mammoth system
to be operated under the direction of
some central body to bo designated by
congress, and the temporary suxpeit
slim of anti trust laws now prohibiting
such mergers.
Second The taking over of the en
tire American railroad system by the
president and Its operation as a war
measure. Speedy action Is demanded.
MILWAUKIE IS
MEETING PLACE
NEXT SATURDAY
The Milwaukle Parent-Teachers' j
club will hold nn Interestlt.g meeting j
in me grammar scnooi miliums on w
cember 8. and the following interest
ing program has been prepared by
those In charge:
10:00, music, Maxlne Telford and
Erma Calavan; 10:30 Clackamas
County Teacher's association, J. It
Bowland, Mrs. E. C. Shaw; 11:15 In
dustrial club work and what Is ex
pected of teachers, H. C. Seymour;
1:15 music, Milwaukle school; Music,
Maxino Telford; 1:30 writing, primary
grades, Brcnton Vedder; 2:00 Why
and how you should substitute food,
Lore.ne Parker; 2:45 election of offi
cers Clackamas County School league;
plans for year, N. W. Bowland and J.
V. Fike.
The war-camp fund Is part of the
effort this nation Is making to put in
the field the cleanest army of history.
from various Indications that cannot
be overlooked. It always has, and
probably always will be used to some
xtent by lu spsclal devotees, but It1
ould not hopt to be forever the dar-i
ling of fashion and It has had. al-(
rady, thre years of prime favor dur-l
Inc Us recsnt revival. So the leathor1
handbag comes back with autumn'
ta.ilorma.dos, and some ot the new tags
and pocketbooks are very smart at-1
fairs Indeed.
At me laxt is a pocKctbooK or darn
green pin seal with lining of flowered
Dresden silk In a moss roso pattern.
There are two compartments with gilt
frames, a mirror-pocket and deep side
compartments for papers, greenbacks,1
tickets, otc. On the right is a black I
vahetts lo,uher pocketbook with
double frame at the front and back
of the frame a lar'o compartment.
The mirror tucks ltjtelf into a shirred
pocket at one sldo. A very smart,
extra long: and extra narrow pockot-
I book Is shown in the middle. The
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OLH- r. O. MAUUC.
Guuornl F. S. Maude, who com
mamlod the British forces, which
recently recaptured Kut Kk-Amara, Is
dead In Mesopotamia, where he was
In command of the llrlllh expedition.
He had been lu command since the
summer ot lust year and had been
able to retrluve many British lost
In that field of the war.
US FALLS FOR
GERMAN BUNK AND
STOPS FIGHTING
PARIS, Dec. 3. A now era of In
ternationalism for the United States
dawns today with the opening ot the
supreme Interallied war conference
The conference will treat with politi
cal and economic matters.
The Interallied war council, which
will deal with mllltury affairs, will
hold Its first preliminary session to
morrow at Versailles. Americans will
sit at a council ot war, dealing strictly
with Kuropenn matters, for the first
time In history.
It Is an epochal event, giving the
United States a place in world affairs
Hhe had never known before this war
broke out.
Never hits there been such a gather
ing ot statesmen as Paris Is now see
ing. Empires and republics and king
doms great and small ore represented
herb. Notable figures, who are direct
ing the future destiny of the world,
throng the French foreign office.
The chief task before the interna
tional representatives Is the coordina
tion and unification of the conduct of
the war on the allies' sldo. Concen
tration and the elimination of waste
and useless energy In both economic
and military affairs, so that victory
may be achieved at the earliest possi
ble iimment, is the purpose.
PETROC.KAI), via London, Dec. 3.
Nlcholl Lelilne, partner with Leon
TrotHky In leadership of the Bolshe
vlkl government, today openly threat
ened to declare Huxsla's obligations
and debts to other nations Invalid un
less those nations accepted tho Bolshe
vik, proposals for a general armistice
ot all belligerents.
The very last vestige of support of
former Premier Kerensky In the capi
tal vanished when the doubtful ele
ments In the garrison decided to sup
port military revolutionary commit
tees. The revolutionary leaders today Is
sued a formal proclamation to the
armies, urging them to send delegates
t6 the December 2food conference.
From Moscow today It was reported
that soldiers are returning home from
the fronts In vast numbers. Of 11,000
formerly stationed at Khodynka bar
racks, It was asserted that only B50
remain, and at Khamovnlkl barracks,
700 out of 18,000.
The entire fifth Russian army has
decided to parloy with tho Germans
on peace, It was reported today, but
other forces are as yet undecided.
Embassy dispatches indicate that
entire German plan of offensive has
been foiled by the stern resistance of
the Italian linos, now reinforced by
veteran BrltlHh and French troops. The
Germans now are digging themselves
In and fortifying the Tagllamento, tho
loft bank of the Plave nnd the Cadore
zones. This Is accepted here ns nn
ovldonce that they have found tho Ital
ian Hues too strong to break at this
time.
Snow In the mountains Is interfering
with movements of the Germans' bis
guns and the Italians hope that the
weather will seriously Impair tho Ger
man lines of communication. It Is re
alized hero now that tho AuHtro-Ger-mans
had staked a great deal on tho
leather is black seal and the lining
deop blue silk orosabarrod In white
and sprinkled with pink roses. This
modol also has tho convenient double
fram6 and mirror In separate shirred
pocket. If one wlshos to be very
knowing ho calls her new leather
pocketbook her wallet; und tho girl
In a mannish tallorniado, with doublo
brcastod waistcoat of buff cloth, swug-ger-stlck
under one arm, wallet In
hand and foot clad In slim pumps and
light buttoned sputa, Is going to rep
resent the ultra type of autumn smart
ness. Tho little "ovcr-nig-lit" bug Is a won
drounly convenient affair, unci should
be a good deal of a comfort on u
short over-night trip away from homo,
or even an extended Journey; forev
crythlng nocosaury In a daintily com
plete toilet seems included In the fit
tings, The bug Is a trlflo largor than
an ordinary handbag and Is made of
black vachette leather with gold col
ored lining and gilt trimmings. Tho
toilet requisites are ot white celluloid.
In tbA.u.m .nlntura la ahnwn. a travel
Mortis Muetuner, a German residing
about half a mile from Willamette,
was taken Into custody Friday after
noon by V. H. Marshal Tlchonor.
Deputy U. H, Attorney Latourntto and
Sheriff Wilson, on a charge of sedi
tious utterances, lie was taken Im
mediately to Portland,
Muetmier owns a 2 acre place In
Willamette Falls Acreage tracts and
Is unmarried, He Is about sixty yean
ot age- Complaints were made some
time ago of treasonable utterances on
tho part ot Munnsnnr, and upon proof
substantiated through the efforts ot
Sheriff Wilson and Deputy Latmirett.
the U. 8. district attorney's office in
Portland asked that he be placed un
der arrest.
Moiitmtier will probably bo sent to
an Interment camp pending the war.
"CLEAN 'ER UP" GOOD
IS BATTLE CRY OF
ALL SEATTLE FOLKS
SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 4 A plan for
an anil vice campaign In Seattle, de
signed to remove the ban placed on
this city by Major General II. A.
Greene, commander of the Camp
Lewis cantonment, who has forbidden
his soldiers to visit here and which
may stop the movement tor the Im
peachment of Mayor lllram C. Gill,
has been submitted to Secretary of
War Baker.
Dr. Henry Hustallo. president of
the University of Washington and
rhulrman of the state council of de
fense, has telegraphed to Secretary
lluker submitting this proposal:
"If Kenneth Mackintosh, presiding
judge of tho King county superior
court, becomes chief of police ot
Seattle and directs a clean up cam
pntKn, will tho war department at the
proper time accept the aitsurniiccR of
Dr. Siner.ullo and Governor Ernest
Lister that Seattle has been cleaned
and rescind General Greene's order?"
j Mayor QUI has given his Indorse
ment to the plan. Juitfto Mackintosh
will rcftlun from the bench and suc
ceed Chief of Police Charles Necking
ham If Secretary linker accepts Dr.
SuzKallo's proposition.
It Is understood that Judge Muck
IntoKh would become chief of poHce
with full power and authority to take
any steps he found necessary to sup
press conditions complained of by
General Grreno, who charged that the
operations of a vice syndicate, with
"men high In authority Involved,"
had mado Seattle an unsafe place for
soldiers.
C. J. France, rhulrman of a Joint
committee ot tho civic organizations
backing tho movement, declared lute
last night that tho new plan for a
clean-up of Seattle would not stop
tho campaign for M-yor GUI's Im
peachment. Pino Valley Herald: Newspnpir
men will not abuse tho new postage
rates much If they will have the. ef
fect of curbing free space begging.
present campnlgn. They had robbed
all of their othor fronts of veteran
shock troops In an effort to carry the
Italian positions,
Tho general plan of Field Marshal
Hindenburg appears to have beon the
embassy advices say, to rush General
Conrad's army with the force ot an
avalanche over tho Sotte Comunl
plateau while tho armies ot General
Kroliatln and Gnnoral von Below hur
ried across the Brenta plateau, sur
mounted the mountainous barriers und
descend Into the Venotlun plains. This
collossnl offensive was to have taken
place on November 14, according to
captured German officers. Tho strong
resistance of the Itullans before Me-
lllto and Gnlllo upset tho scheme.
The lliillnn lines hold everywhere
after this attempt and the Anglo
I French reinforcements aro being
I niched up to weak spots. While the
wintry conditions nro interfering with
tho brlnjElng up of the men nnd sup
i lilies to the Anglo-Gcrinnii front lines
tho Italian defensive organization Is
I being miulo more and more effcctlvo.
ing toilet cuso which folds vory fl$
und closes with snap-fasteners so th4
It may bo tucked, like a magazlno be
tween tho contents of a traveling bag
and tho bag's sldo, and easily with
drawn by the handlo when noedod
without disturbing anything In the
bug. When the snap-buttons are un
fastened, the Btrlp of leather with it
various tollot appurtenances strapped
to a bluo moire lining, may be spread
out flat on a droslng table.
Tho largo drenslng case or suitcase
represents tho dernier cri In luggage
luxury. Tho bug Is of black grained
walrus, tho lining of rich bluo moire
silk, tho fittings of dull, plain silver,
and nothing seems to be omitted from
tho list of tollot appointments so
cleverly fitted Into the lid. Like many
of the now suitcases this one has two
locks.
Panther leathor Is a fashionable fad
of tho moment and some of the now
wallets and flngor-strap pocketbooks
are of this leathor which has a fine,
criss-cross grain. Carved leather, or
tooled leather Is another novelty ol
tha new mw