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FIGHTS LEAGUE
OF NATIONS
. WASHINGTON, Dec. Sl.The task
of tbo peace conference is if make
once with Germany, All other pro
jrnia, "having to deal with iea-ie that
at this time are vague or unknown,
should go over for Tutu re discussion
Mnatnr Henrv Cabot Lodge of
Massachusetts, who Will be majority
i.m.ier when the peace treaty ia be-
m thn wnau for ratification, laid
down this doctrine today.
Senator liOdge singled out five of
the president's 14 peace points which
h Mid should not be considered by
the peace conference and should not
be dealt with in the treaty.
They are: .
1 The president's first point relat
ing to secret diplomacy. i
J The second point, dealing with
the freedom of the seas.
3 The third point, referring to the
removal of economic barriers.
4 The fourth point, declaring for a
reduction of armaments.
3 Tb3 last point, creation of
hacue of nations.
CARL R. GRAY MAY
SUCCEED M'ADOO AS
RAILROAD DIRECTOR
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OVERSEAS VETERANS
RETURN TO CAMP
LEWIS ON MONDAY
HOl.L OF HONOR
TmnU cniU for the best that's iu
a man if he is to bo a national cham
pion. This photograph 'shows Capt.
R. Norria Williams, who formerly held
that title. He has higher honors now.
Capt Williams pave of his best in
the second battle of the Marne and in
recognton of his sertvees was dec
orated with the French War Cross.
KILLED IN ACTION
rrlvate Arthur It. Morgan, U. 8.
M. C, Ashland, or.
Private Frank S. Vlrtcii, u.
C, Pendleton, ur.
Private Robert 0. Ioop, Aiuuy, ur.
Private George E. Schulthlos, Hills-
boro.
DIED OF DISEASE
Private Josech L. Brill, La Grande,
Or. . .
Private Leo Fly nit, Tacoma, wasn.
DIED OF WOUNDS
Corporal Jens J. Solium m,
land, Or.
Private John H. Culbertson,
kanie, Or.
DIED OF DISEASE
Corooral Kenneth M. Welshon.
Condon, Or. '
WOUNDED SEVERELY
M.whnnlo John Simmy. Portland,
fr.
Private Jack Dalbrol, St, Helens, Or,
Lieutenant John C. Burgard, Port
'land. Or.
Lieutenant Fowler C. H, Cardinell,
rortland. Or.
nontenant George F. Netlson, Port
land. Or.
Clinton E. IlOKKW. Full
..'vt -
Port-
Chits-
WASHINGTON, Dec 23. Cart R.
Gray, who resigned last week as cWef
of the division of operations of the
United States railroad administration,
may succeed Director General Mc
Adoo, it was learned here today in
railroad administration circles.
Mr. Gray's name came Into relief
when It was definitely known that S.
M. Felton, who also resigned last
week as director general of military
railroads under the war department.
has d ecided to return to the presiden
cy of the Chicago Great Western railroad.
Before accepting the post as director
of the division of operations Mr. Gray
definitely sefered hia connection with
the Western Maryland railroad as Its
prjsident. His resignation from the
goveriment, position was due to the
.strain of work under which he has
been.
That he has been urged to accept
the place soon to be mad vacant by
Mr. McAdoo'g retirement was learn
ed today.
Carl R. Gray was formerly presi
dent of the Spokane, Portland & Seat
tle railroad, and other Hill lines in
Oregon, with headquarters in Port
land. When he was elected to the
presidency of the Great Northern rail
road he moved to St Paul and was
succeeded here by Joseph H. Young.
Mr. Gray came here from St Louis..
BANK ROBBER BACK
HOME: CONFESSES
TD POLICE OFFICE
PEOPLE AGAINST SOCIALISTS
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rnpF.VHACEN. Dec. 20. Drv Gus-
tav Stresemann, leader of the Nation
al Liberal party in Germany, has an
nounced that the German Psople's par
ty is absolutely opposed to a social
democracy, according to Berlin news
apers received here. The Center par
ty has been summoned to a confsr
ence which will be held at Frankfort
on December SO.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 23.
At Oregon City Sunday morning
a small, girlish appearing woman
hoDed on & north-bound Southern Pa
cific train with the assistance of
Detective W. H. Hyde. She entered
the drawing room compartment and
save mtle cry of joy aa she rush
ed to the waiting arms of Arthur C.
Davis, her husband, whom she had not
seen since the morning of November
1, when he disappeared after robbing
the East Side bank of more than
$40,000. DetectlveiHyde and Attorney
Roscoa P. Hurst closed the door and
left them to themselves.
It was with a smile of happiness
over the reunion with his w-ife that
Davis appeared In municipal co-art as
soon as he arrived at police head
quarters and walv?d his preliminary
bearing.
w "wvma throuEh clean , as
the police say, and has made a com
ninta statement covering his every
movement since th3 day of the rob
bery. He went to a lower Alblna room.
ing house In old clothes and with
a dirty face that day, and there he
stayed until November 5, when ne
hired an expressman to haul his valu
able trunk to the Union depot, check
ed the trunk and rode to San Francis
co In the day coach garbed as he
had been in Portland. "I hardly knew
myself in the clothes I had on," he
told the polic3.
UNITED STATES
TO SHIP FOOD
TO FINLAND
WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 The war
trade board today authorized the ship
ment to Finland for civilian relief of
10.000 tons of cereals, 2000 tons of
po-k products, 1000 tons of industrial
fats, ami 1000 tens ot s-igar. This
action was takn or. rerommendatlon
K- cable 'rem Herbert Hoover. This
vi.w tr nl,lir and iniurins ! food wrill be tne tirst sant 10 riamuu
AIRPLANE ACCIDENT
LISBON, Dec. 24. An airplane
'vhich was Tying low over the city
during the funeral of President Paes
fell
both airmen.
for civilian relief.
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cozy, comfortable warmth
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today. Dealera every whrn,
STANDARD OIL
COMPANY
(California)
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PERFECTION
OIL.HEATEK
J. L. LACEY, Special Agent, Standard Oil o., Parkplace, Or
Staats Hdwe. Co. Oregon City Bert Finch, Estacada
F. Bush & Son, Oregon City F. Hendriksen, Molalla
Hogg Bros., Oregon City G. Blatchford, Molalla
Estes Hdwe. Co., Oregon City A. Mather, Clackamas
F. Friedrick, Oregon City Madden & Co., Springwater
and. Or. .
Comoral John K. Erlckson. rair
visw. Or.
Privat Monro Daly, Mill City. Or.
Private Clare H. Sterrett, Portland,
Or.
trtvat Erroll V. Byrnes, rortland,
Or.
Private Paul 11. Pietok, Stayton. Or.
Private Vernon G. Weber, The
Dalles, Or.
WOUNDED. DEGREE UN DETER1
MINED
Sergeant Willsur Culp. Merlin, Or.
rurimral Georsa J. Hodder, Port
land. Or.
Private Clyde J. Ashby, Eugene, or.
Prtvata Harrv F. Madison, Port
land. Or.
Corporal Bernard Flnke, SlleU, ur.
Private Georee W. Webber, rort
land. Or.
Private Erick W. Llndgren, Mill
vllle. Or.
Private Henry-G. Amala, Portlana
Or.
Prlvata Edward S. Armstrong, Auro
ra. Or.
Private Archie H. Hogue, Ashiana.
Or.
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY
i.ipntpnant Charles A. Hoss, Port
land. Or.
Lieutenant Thomas E. May, Orass
Valley. Or.
Corporal Otto W. Anderson, Port
land. Or.
Private George Matin, Portland, Or.
Private Earl A. Tate, Ashland, Or.
. Private Roy L. Marlon, Goble, Or
MISSING IN ACTION
rnrnnral Georte Watkins, U. S. M
C, Marshtleld, Or.
KILLED IN ACTION
Private George F. Cook, Portland.
Or.
Private Alfred Christensen, Lents,
Or.
Private Harry Ponder, Le Center,
Wash.
Privata Guy M. Clausen, Seattle,
Wash.
Private Elmer F. Lindlkog. Oakland
Wash.
Corporal Hollis E. Empey, Idaho
Falls.
Corporal Frank Zelskl, Roy, Wash.
DIED OF WOUNDS
Private Poseph H. Bruseth, Everett,
Wash. ,
Private Charles A. Harper, Spokane,
Wash.
DIED OF DISEASE
Private Wilfred Kink, Hood River.
Or.
PrivatP N'elson E. Moak, Portland,
Or.
Private William L. Polley, Auburn,
Wash.
MISSING IN ACTION
Privatj Paul II. Kuhl, Portland, Or.
Lieutenant Louis Leidhl, Glenwood,
Wash.
Coriioral Frederich E. I)eerln,
Moxce, Wash.
Private James W. Ryrie. Seattle,
Wash.
SLIGHTLY WOUNDED, PREVIOUS
LY REPORTED KILLED
Private John McComs,, Seattle,
Wash.
RETURNED TO DUTY, PREVIOUS
LY REPORTED DIED OF WOUNDS
Corporal William J. Edwards, Sal
mon, Idaho.
WOUNDED SEVERELY, PREVIOUS
LYREPORTED DIED OF DISEASE
Private Joseph E. Gardner, Salem,
Or.
KILLED IN ACTION
Private Ernest vv. Jones, wauiu
City, Idaho.
DIED OF WOUNDS
Private Raymond A. Bennett, Cam
as, Wanh.
Private Roy Miller, Bancroft, Idaho.
DIED OF DISEASE
Private Edward Kuhert, Aberdeen,
Wash. ,
Private .Josaph M. Burghwr, Parma,
Idaho.
WOUNDED SEVERELY
Lieutenant Harry J. Mclntyre, Dav
enport, Wash.
Private Gustave G. Storaasll, Park
land, Wash.
Private Lester Dodd, WInthrop,
Wash.
Sergeant Frank H. Brocke, Cotton
wood, Idaho.
Servant Ray V. Racycraft, Sand
Point, Idaho.
WOUNDED, DEGREE UNDETER
MINED
Private Ralph T. Cooper, Bend, Or.
Private Charles H. Norris, Arling
ton, Or.
Privata Lewis E. Clark, Everett
Wash.
Private Olaf H. ' Becklin, Seattle
Wash.
Private Gay L. Simpson. Kent
Wash.
Private Lawrence W. Willis, Ash
ton, Idaho,
Private Sidney M. Baltczore, Ephl
("probably Eagle) Idaho.
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY
rrlvate Albert W. Fellner, Portland,
Or.
Private Frank Byllngton, Portland,
Or.
Private Ernest W. Shcrrard, Ewan,
Wash,
Private Huhcr O. Ness, Snohomish,
Waslo .
John E. Lehman, MacUy, Idaho.
MISSINQ IN ACTION
Corporal Guy B. Mardln, McMInn-
vlllle, Or.
Private Trumnn S. Powell, Jordan
Valley, Or,
KILLED IN ACTION
Sergeant Theodore lloppert, Win-
lonk, Wash.
Cantaiu John K. Crum, Pwcatel'o,
Idaho.
DIED OF WOUNDS
Piirtte Clyde T. Carson, Mull n, lda
ho.
DIED OF DISEASE
Private William O. Wanner, Pre
ton, Idaho.
Musk-ism Edward C. Cunningham,
St. John, Wash.
WOUNDED SEVERELY
Busier Pallia Allen, Portland, Or.
Private Kenneth 11. drubbe, Klkton,
Or.
Private Ray 8. IWequltl, Melrose,
Or.
Private Henry O. Lee, Kug -ne, Or.
Private WTIurd C. Holt, Thomas,
Or.
Private 'Chester J. Soely, Port
land. Or.
WOUNDED Dear's Undetermined
Prvr.te William A. Frewe, McCoy
Or. .
Private Clarence O. I-sPurge. Leban
on. Or.
Private Arthur P, Clough, Portland,
Or.
Private Louie W. Pregge, Portland,
Or.
Private Carl B. Screnson, Portland,
Or.
Private Peter Marmeta, Comstotk
Or.
Private John D. Singleton, Buckles
Or.
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY
Private Levi D. Simpson, Portland.
Or.
Private Otto Perry. Myrtle Point,
Or.
Private Grover Cherry. Ashland,
Or.
Private Ernest L. Taylor. North
Bend, Or.
Private Crazlo Bonaduce, Portland.
Or.
MISSING IN ACTION
Private Charles A. ZlelliiBkl. Salem,
Or.
Private Roy R. Drake. Ashland. Or.
Private Roy A. Wright, Portland Or
Private Arthur W. Arms, Dayton,
Or.
KILLED IN ACTION
Private Willis E. Jensen, Hanks, Or.
DIED OF WOUNDS
Private Joseph Wlrths, Portland,
WOUNDED SEVERELY
Lieutenant William H. Jllenburg
Corvallls, Or.
Sergeant Edward Hardy, Portland,
Or.
Cnrnoral Rodney C. Stovall, Port
land. Or.
Corporal Leonard A. Plnard, Port
land. Or.
Private Archie O. Plttman. Hlllls-
boro Or.
Private Call W. Powell, Thomas,
Or.
PrlvaU Edwin C. Stevens, Yahats,
This Fighting Chaplain ;
v - mm M Ik I . &
Took Machine Uun neti
CAMP LEWIS, AMERICAN LAKE,
Wash,, Hoe. 83. Large detachment
of men from different camps ami aim)
poms arrived here Monday for demo-
bllUattun. The men began arriving at
4 A. M., when 410 came from Camp
Kustld, Va. Later In the day 41 addl
tlonal men front Camp Eustia are to
arrive.
Fort Wordon, Wash., et 3:12 const
artillerymen today and 128 cum from
the Presidio, Sun KranelHco. All lhwu
men are from states north of Calif or-
niu, which "t men to this camp. The
SI I men from Camp KustU nr8 from
various units. 8om are oversea vet
erana, semi from Kantern ctimp. an
there w one lot which was on
transport en route tor K.irope and wan
sent back when the at malice was
signed. Office's said today incmin
movement to this camp fur ilomu'Ua
Hon would continue.
The dlxcharg, of the men will tm
a rapid un possihlo and It U hop
most of the men arrlvttiK today will
he homo for January 1. Men with
home in WashlnKton mid Oregon
were leaving today for the Chrlut
mns holiday. U Is estimated nearly
C-00 Californium Wt here t n Jur
lough Saturday and Sunday,
U.S. AMORS BIG
DOWN MANY GERMAN
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HAVFPOSTPONED
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EUHtUUK ur
PEACE TO FEB
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PARIS, 1C 21. The pnelimlnary
peace eoiifoiviicw et VermiM1 b
boen poKtponed until the hr(hitlng i
Frltruaiy at llW earlUwt, y Mr
Hutlu, editor of the Echo dc Pa ' .
This postponement I duo to i liaugf
.f t.lall limHe of President Wl'nti'
vlHlt to Kn:ar.;t and tlta reconstruc
tion due to th eli'dloii ot the Brit
Mi ciibinct which will nwttpy Pre
mlcr Lloyd tieo'se. Preliminary t-
tlmngen, which werw to tiessin loimy,
hiive ttWo I'ecit deferred,
Kltig Victor ICmtminuel of Paly h'fl
l'",rln tonight on hi wny t Hul
lii troop In UilKlum. Willi ! de
tmrture, Pari put ld her holiday
lit ro sml matter of fact connldwr..
linn of conference arrangement h '
unit in earnest today.
Pn'iulcr Oititndo and Forin M
U-r HoimJno. of Itnly, will ifvb
l'rli for Hotue tmimiif. epcinn u
return early In Jiinuary.
PLANES DURING WAR
WASHINGTON. Dee. 23. American
aviator downed 813 enemy planes
during the war. of which 491 were
confirmed and 354 were not. according
to Information reaching the war de
partment today. Major Hnrhord, In a
cable to the director of the air service
thus summarised the work of the I nit.
ed States flyer and the scope of the
operation of the air service.
On the day the arniltslce was sign
ed, 39 American aero squad-on wer.
In operation on the wet front
Compared with the enemy lose, 2 a
American planes were brought down.
The report show that 6,472 plane
a
were received ny mo a. r r, iroin
September. 1917, to November. 1918.
Eight different school of Inntruc
Hon were sstaullshed In France, as
signed to train 3S00 officer and 11.700
men.
There have been many I ghtlns
chaplain but few of them have had
more experience than the Uev, Kay
F. Jenny of poctuur, III,, who return
ed to Am rli (i on tin traimport Klcrr.i
While with the IPJth Pllnot Regi
ment for more nan a year he wn
wounded four times, At St. Mlhlcl all
the officer were killed or wounded.
When a aerg Mint. wh had taken com
miind, fell Chaplatn Jenny led the men
In a ucceHfiil attack on the German
machine gun next.
A
ANOTHER BOOST FOR
El
FINANCIAL AID BY
BANKERS OF NEW YORK
COIIUEE'ON PUBLIC
1
FAVORING IS CITY
WASHINGTON, D. C. I)c. 24-
(Speelal to the Enterprise! -The
Committee on Public Land this
morning ordered a favorable report
on Consressman Hawley' bill, num
ber 1277, which provided for the ad
d It Ion to the Oregon National Forest
of the ar.a desired by Oregon CHy
for the protection of i'. water supply
Congressman Hawley prtimles to
press thl bill for speedy passage at
hl session ct Congress,
A the water supply of Oregon City
come from the outh fork of tin
Clackamas rlvor It at present I not
under Eovernntont control and the
passago of thl bill will give It this
protection. ,
Or.
Private Herbert C. Burke, McMInn
ville. Or.
Priate Ennls S. Townsend, Estaca
da. Or.
Private Jess J. Bennett, Minam, Or.
Private Henry A. Daniel, Portland
Or.
Privat Arthur F. Witt, Portland,
Or.
Private Louie N. Net'son, Tilla
mook, Or.
Private Albert D. Lee, Madras, Or.
Private Thomas C. Baker, Pilot
j Rock, Or.
Private Jack I vermin, SUverton, Or.
MISSING IN ACTION
Priate Earl Orosdldier, Roseburg,
Or.
Private Jacob Capeluto, Portland,
Or.
i-ivntft William Tierny, Portland,
Or.
KILLED IN ACTION
Corporal Carl E. Alleman, VVood
burn, Or.
Corporal David H. Humphreys, Eu
g:ne, Or.
WOUNDED SEVERELY
f'nrnnrnl flrv.-lll C. SherWOOd, Port-
'and. Or.
Private Erick Tourial, Astoria, Or,
Private Ara 0. Llngle, Boring, Or.
I'rlvatc Ivan It. Yates, Hanks, Or.
Private Fred A. Jarvis, Myrtle
Point, Or.
MISSING IN ACTION
fnri.nral Lee C. Jordan, Indepen
dence. Or.
Privt te John C. Nielson, Tillamook,
WASHINGTON, Dee. 20-When
Alfred L. Becker, deputy attorney
gsnral of New York, resumed his testl
mony today on German propaganaa
before the senate committee, he told
how the German government wa
"gravely disappointed" In itg hope of
financing Its propaganda through
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., of New York.
German officials, hi declared, be
lieved that the standing of the firm of
M. M. Warburg & Co., of Hamburg,
Germany, would give them an Influ
ence with Kuhn. Loeb & Co., through
Otto II. Kahn, one of lis officers, but
the bank imposed such difflca't con
lltlons that they had to go elsewher
for financial aranRements.
Mr. Bi-cUer Rave the committee an
account of an affidavit mad" by Count
simes Minotto. an uai.an sunim
a son in law of Louis Swift whose In-
ernment was orde--d by President
Wilson. In that affidavit Count Minot-
o told of a conference he had with
Mr. Kahn in 1!)!" In whicii an tnvwt
ment In the Anglo-French loan by
Kuhn, Loeb & Co., was dlactiHsed. Mr.
Kahn was iptoted an saying that while
his firm had not. Invested in the loan.
bo and Mortimer Schlff did not deny
having personally Invested in It.
OREGON SHIPYARDS
IS EXPEC1ED SOON
OUTUND, Dec 21 Prup ct of
tiuother boost to Oregon a tiipiui'U'
lug Industry loomed ywtcrdtiy with '
the announcement by J. Fred Urwui
that contract for wood and steel
iiMimr and wood nailing ship woul;
be placed with local builders by Nor
wegian Interest as soon a th gi..
ernuft lift the ban on 'building
steel vms1 for foreign account asm
retmbtime the foreigner for the
ships commnndeered by thl goftrn
ment Some HS.000,000 I still owing con
cern of the Scandinavian countries
on account of their ship which were
cootralud for and later taken over by
th government a a war emergency.
At the Alblna Englna & Machine
work six stetd ateamera were con
traded for with Norwegian owner
a foreign principal. The a ship
wer taken over by the government
before they wore completed. Htiullar
contract w.e held by tbr teel
yard.
According to Mr. Larson, the Hcandl
navlnn countrle have lost 2,000.000
ton of shipping by German submarine
activities, The shipping firm of Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark have been
paid tho Insurance for thesi '-l
and they ere anxious to replace the
lost tonnage us cj.iickly aa poaslid.
TO
Or.
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY
PrivatP fVantt (1. Soarks, Pilot RocK
Or.
Private Geom Snhlewe, Portland
Or.
Sergeant Jerry Preston, Rainier, Or,
Corporal Horace B. Ritchie, Corval
lls. Or.
Chauffeur Theodore Justeson, Kent,
Or.
Private George A. Egert, Portland,
Or.
Private Bill Collans, Portland, Or
Private Wendell W. Hoffman, Pow
ers. Or.
WOUNDED. DEGREE UNDETER
MINED
Lieutenant Mortimer P, Cook, Port
land, Or.
Private Edward Jordan, Brooklan,
Or.
Lieutenant Julius C. Moreland,
Portland, Or.
t Private Roger F, Anderson, Flor
ence, Or. , ' , '
Private Charles J. Meier, Spring
field, Or.
Private Guv II. Vaughn, Baker, Or,
Lieutenant Tom Wynne Saul, Port
land, Or. , ,
PORTIAND, Dec. 24. Portland
dealer lr wheat flour substitute face
a loss of $r.0.0O0 If the government
doc not alter it present plan to
purthase the substitute goods at the
Eastern prlc to permit local dealers
to exrwt their stocks on hand. The
Cham'ior of Commo'co Is needing an
exten tlvo argument to the Oregon del
e-iiith.-n at Washington t obe presented
t o "ov Tiiinentak authorities to pre
vent the great financial loss that Im
pend for Pacific const buyers of
wheat Kiilistltuie.
CYCLONE AT EUGENE
SOI
ON THURSDAY NIGHT
SOLDIERS END
SEATTLE MEET
OF SOCIALISTS
SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 23.-G sorgo
F, Vaudervcer, Seattle socialist, uiw
. . . . . , -, i .1 . .
yer, Had just nnisneu an uu.-c w
a meet of Socialists here Sunday night
when the hall waH invaded by about
CO soldiers in uniform who turned out
the lights and made tin audience
move on. The spokesman for the sol
diers warned that his band was not
going to to'erate any Bolshevlklsm
here and that no more Sunday moot
ing would be allowed. There was no
disorder.
The action of the men in uniform
was brought about by two of their
number who had visited the hall In
civilian clothes and had objected to
utterances by Vandorveer. Word sent
out quickly developed the soldier
band.
6025 SOLDIERS RETURN
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
MAKES REPORT ON
FINANCIAL STANDING
SALEM, Of., Dec. 19, A Btatemnit
iHsiied by tho stat) hlghwuy commis
sion as part of the biennial report
Bhowa the totfil amount of money
celved from fill funds during the'yeav
1917 and 1918 mm V',MU,'M) V . The
total expenditure i were $2,SfiS,2."7,fi8
leaving a balance on blind of $fi7;t,
5:12.09. The report to the governor shows
that un average of six propo-nki were
received for each issue under th .
10,000,000 bonding act. Work accom-
pllfdiod dttrlna the bionnlum Is sum
med up aa 50 miles of hard surface
aid, 111.8 miles of broken stone or
. .. . j, i ...i
grave;', J34.& miles 01 ronuueu Kiauuu
and 40 bridges built,
Eugene, Dec. 21 Five very large
telephone pole and many large trees,
some of which were more than two
reel In diameter, were torn up In the
vicinity of Eugeno Thursdny night '
whi n a small cyclone vlnl'cd this sec-
Ion.
In Coburg, whore (lie cyclone hit the
hardest, it could bo heard for several
minutes b.tforo it actually tr;ick. Real
dents of that vicinity were awakened
by tbo loud crashes of falling Lees
and poles as It swept through tho
country. Tho main lino of the Oregon
Power company, which carrion tin
current to Brownsville, Albany and
Junction City, was torn down, accord
ing to Richard It, Jones, who drives c
stage between Eugene and Coburg.
Every window pane In the, homo of
Clyde Wells, proprietor of th. WoIIr
Dairy of Bantu Clara, wa s broken dur
in! th;) storm. Hu-te tree, lie iloclar-
riV ! ed, wore t-.vlslcv.l in two,
In Eiiftiue the rain fell Co: a d plh
of .75 of an inch, tho heuvlect of the
your, but no serious d. linage whh reported.
Uaifwnv-Fivn irrigation projects in
,.-c,a nt nvirantwatlnn for Baker
county. ,
NEW YORK, Dec. 23. The United
States transport George Washington
which took President . Wilson to
Frunce, and the steamship Cedrlc ar
rived hee today, bringing d025 m m
fmm nvfirseas in time to celebrate
Christmas in the United Stales.
The Cedrlc, from Liverpool, with 65
officers and 2168 enlisted men, docket!
first and was given a rousing re
ception, hut the welcome to the
George Washington, which arrived an
hoar later, from Brest, was perhaps
the most enthusiastic the city has yet
given a returning transport.
SAFE CONDUCT PROMISED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. The state
department -will give Minister von
Eckhardt of Mexico a safe conduct
through this country, if, in responding
to his recall to Germany, he desires
to puss through the United States or
to touch at a United States por.t. The
state department said Monday that it
hud no objection to his safe conduct,
Von Eokhardt's recall is the direct
result of his porslstcnt, propaganda
which continued even after tho amis
lice was signed.
ESTATE PAY8 $22,620 Tax
SALEM, Dec 24, State Treasurer
Kav has received a remittance of
$22,020 covering the inheritance tax
on the, LdWHrt Weiiiliard estate of
Portland, which was valued ut $1,100,
000.
BREAKS
AT
E
SEATTLE, Dec. 23.-Reporta re
ceived he'e from North Bond, Wash.,
said a Hhlnglo mill wan swept awny,
several houses w iro toppled oviT
and a portion of the Chicago, Mllwau
Kee & St. Paul railroad washed out
when a mill dam near Eilgewlck,
Wash., gave way early today. Tho
dam broke, it was said, as the result
of pressure water caused by leakage
from the city of R ttlo's Codar River
darn located above North Bond,
TO SELL HOUSING LUMBER
n
MARSHFHSLD, Doc, 24.-More than
500,000 font of lumber,, which the
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"Hi.um nilimnu i;i 1 1 1 1 II ,1 11 y IIHDII 111 f $
construction work In the Boutin trael if
of timber, which wan being opened fi-
airplane spruce horore the
'tho war, is to bo offered f-
clom tit.