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THE 3IORXTNG OREOOXIAIT, SATODAT, TECE3IBER 30, 1916.
HA1G CALLS SOME
DECISIVE TRIUMPH
Allies Declared to Have At
tained Three Main Objects
of Drive in West.
RESPITE DUE TO WEATHER
Morale of Enemy Declared to Hare
Been Sensibly 'Weakened Com
plete Collapse Only Prevented
by the Advent of Storms.
LATEST OFFICIAL WAR REPORTS
LONDON. Dec. 29. The battle of the
Somine is pictured as a sweeping tri
umph for entente allied arms in a de
tailed report by General air Douglas
Haig, which was Issued tonight and
which covers operations from July 1
to November 18. General Haig terms
the. battle a triumph in which the Ger
man western armies were only saved
from complete collapue and a decisive
defeat by a, protracted period of un
favorable weather that prevented the
Anglo-French forces from taking full
advantage of their successful advance.
He declares that nevertheless it was
a triumph which proved beyond doubt
tho ability of the allies to overthrow
Germany "when the time comes." The
Hritish commander shows himself a
firm believer in the doctrine that the
entente allies can win tho war on the
western front.
Enemy's Power Broken.
I deeire to add a few words as tc
future prospectus," he says at the close
of the dispatch, which covers 16 closely
printed pages. "The enemy's power has
not yet been broken nor is it yet pos
sible to form an estimate of the time
the war may last before the objects
for which the allies are fighting have
been attained, but the Somme battle
has placed beyond doubt the ability of
(he allies to gain those objects. The
Irrman army is the mainstay of the
central powers and a full half of that
army, despite all advantages of the de
fensive and supported by the strongest
fortifications, suffered defeat on the
Somme this year.
"Neither victore nor vanquished will
forget this, and, although bad weather
lias given the enemy a respite, there
undoubtedly are many thousands in his
ranks who will be in the new cam
paign with Httle confidence in their
ability to resist our assaults or over
come our defense.
New Armies Are Confident.
"Our new armies entered battle with
a determination to win and confidence
1n their power to do so. They have
proved to themselves, to the enemy and
to the world that this confidence in
Justified."
The opening; of the report outlines
the origin of the entente allies' decision
to begin the Somme operations.
"The principal of an offensive cam
paign during the Summer of 1916 had
already been decided on by all the al
lies,' says the report. "Various pos
sible alternatives on the western front
had been studied and discuesed by Gen
oral Jorrre and myself and we were
in complete agreement as to the front
to be attacked by the combined French
snd British armies. Preparation for
the offensive had made considerable
progress, but the date was dependent
on many doubtful factors.
"Subject to the necessity of com
mencing operations before the Sum
mer was too far advanced and with
due regard to the general situation.
deeired to postpone my attack as long
possible. The British armies were
growing In numbers and the supply of
munitions was steadily increasing, but
a large proportion of the officers and
men were still far from being fully
trained and the longer the attack was
deferred the more efficient they would
become.
PresNuiT on Verdun Decides.
"On the other hand, tho Germans
were continuing to press their attacks
at verdun, and both there and on the
Italian front, where the Austrian of
fensive was gaining, it was evident
that the strain might become too great
unless timely action was taken. Ac
cordingly, I agreed that the attack
t-'hould be launched whenever the gen
eral situation required it, with as great
a force as might then be available
oy me end or May the pressure on
the Italian front had assumed such
serious proportions that the Russian
campaign was opened early in June
:ind the successes gained against the
Austrlane at once caused a movement
of German troops from the western
to the eastern front. This did not les
Hen me pressure on v ercun and it was
agreed that the combined French and
British offensive would not be post
jioned beyond the end of June.
"The object of that offensive was to
relieve pressure on Verdun, to assist
our allies by stopping further transfe
or German troops from the western
front and to wear down the strength o
the enemy.
Three Main ejects Gained.
General Haig sums up the results as
follows :
"Three main objects with which w
commenced the offensive in July al
ready has been achieved in spite of the
fact that heavy Autumn rains pre
vented full advantage being taken of
the favorable situation created by our
advance at a time when we had good
ground for hoping to achieve yet more
Important successes. Verdun had been
relieved, the main German forces had
been held on tho western front, and the
enemy's strength had been considerably
wore down. Any one of these three re
sults is in itself sufficient to justify
the Somme battle. The attainment of
all three affords ample compensation
for the splendid efforts of the troops
and for the sacrifices made. They have
brought us a long step toward final
victory.
"The struggle for Verdun had in
vested that place with a moral and po
litical importance out of all proportion
to Its military value. Its fall undoubt
edly would have shaken the faith of
Germans on Western Front.
BERLIN. Dec. 29. (By wireless to Say
ville, N. Y.) French forces today
made counter attacks on the new posi
tion captured by the Germans on Dead
Man Hill, northwest of Verdun. The
War Office, in tonight's statement,
made this announcement and reported
the repulse of the attacks.
On the Verdun front yesterday Ger
man troops transferred from the Somme
front entered French positions on Hill
304 and on the southern slope of Dead
Man Hill, the War Office announces.
The statement reads:
"Western front, army group of the
German Crown Prince On the west
bank of. the Meuse yesterday, on Hill
304 and on the south slope of Dead Man
Hill portions of Infantry regiments
numbers 13 and 153 and of Fusilier Reg
iment No. 37. all gloriously known from
their operations on the Somme, made
advances into French positions.
"The detailed preparation by the ar
tillery and by the frequently tested mine
throwers, which, through their eiri-
iency, have become indispensable
weapons for the infantry, opened the
road to the advancing detachments Into
the second and third lines of the hos-
ile positions, from which 222 prisoners.
among whom were four ofneers. to
gether with seven machnie guns, were
brought back. Several French counter
attacks upon the captured trenches,
which also were repeated during the
night, were repulsed.
Several prisoners were brought back
from hostile positions In the Choppy
wood and Malancourt."
French.
PARIS, Dec. 29. German troops last
night delivered an attack in strong
force on a three kilometer front be
tween Hill 304 and Dead Man Hill,
northwest of Verdun, the War Office
announced today. The French Infantry
and machine gun fire broke the attack.
but one of the French trenches south
of Dead Man Hill being penetrated, and
this only by a few hostile troops. The
communication follows:
On the left bank of the River Meuse,
after the intense bombardment re
ported in an announcement of yesterday
and which later grew even more po
tent, the Germans late yesterday af
ternoon delivered a strong attack
along a front of more than three kilo
meters against our position located be
tween a point to the west of Hill 304
and a point east of Dead Man Hill.
'This attack was broken by our cur
tains of fire and the fire of our in
fantry and machine guns. Certain
small detachments of the enemy pene
trated one of our trenches south of
Dead Man Hill.
'On the right bank of the river we
have dispersed a strong German recon
naissance east of ilardaumont work.
"The night passed quietly on the rest
of the front.
'Flight Lieutenant Herteaux brought
down on December 27 his 16th enemy
airplane. It lias been confirmed also
that on December 17 French air pilots
brought down four other enemy ma
chines.
Tonipht's supplementary official re
port says:
"Between the Alsne and the nlsc our
artillery carried out a destructive fire
on German organizations in the region
of Quennevieres. Our patrols penetrated
enemy trenches which had been badly
shattered. They had been evacuated
by the Germans.
"On the left bank of the Meuse the
enemy violently bombarded during the
afternoon our positions between the
Meuse and Avocourt. We stopped sev
eral attacks that' were attempted, by
means of grenades, at various points on
this front. Everywhere else there was
intermittent cannonading."
tlnued until evening when the engage
ments slackened. In the sector of P.ira
nik Sarat and Boldu all the attacks of
the Invaders were repulsed by Lhe Rus
sians. The text of the statement reads:
"Roumanian front The enemy at
tacked the Roumanians on the front
north and south of the River Kaslno,
near the Roumanian front and west of
Govesha and pressed them back one
verst to the eastward.
"In the region of Kloshdenl and
Kostomira, 30 and 15 versts, respective
ly north of Rimnik Sarat. battles are
proceeding and attacks have been
beaten back by the Roumanians
"Roumanian and other own detach
ments which have occupied positions on
the left bank of the River Rimnik gal
lantly repulsed with counter-attacks
all enemy attacks.
"All attacks on the sector from the
railway near Rimnik Sarat to Boldu.
southeast of Rimnik Sarat, were re
pulsed. The enemy was overthrown by
our energetic counter-attacks.
"In the course of the day the enemy,
about two divisions strong, conducted
attacks in the direction of Amara sta
tion. 10 versts to the south of Boldu.
Toward evening the battle slackened
"Near Filipechtl station an enemy at
tack was repulsed by us. Elsewhere
there were artillery attacks.
"Dobrudja Along the whole front the
enemy conducted attacks against our
patrol guards."
Russians on Moldavian Front.
FETROGRAD. via London, Dec 29.
(British Admiralty, per Wireless
Press.) Austro-German forces continue
to advance at several points on the
Moldavia frontier, says the Russian of-,
flclal statement issued today. Battles
are in progress for domination of the
heights held by the Russians and Rou
manians to the east of Sesmezo. The
statement reads:
"Western front Attempts made by
enemy scouts to approach our trenches
in the region of Gukalov Forest and the
village of Grabovatz.
"On the Moldavian frontier. In the
valley of the River Oitu, the enemy's
advance continues at several points.
Battles are taking place for domination
of the Heights in the region east of
Sesmezo."
Italian.
ROME. Dec. 29. "On the Trentlno
front the artillery was especially ac
tive." says today's War Office an
nouncement, "and small encounters in
the neighborhood of Sano in the Adige
Valley resulted in our favor.
"In the Gorlzla area. the enemy
shelled the town and its suburbs with
out causing much damage.
"On the Carso yesterday the artillery
continued to be active. A small at
tack attempted by the enemy south of
Monte Faiti was repulsed promptly by
us.
"Hostile aircraft dropped bombs on
Ala in the Lagarina Valley, and on
Tezze In the Sugana Valley. No vic
tims nor damage has been reported,
and the airplanes were driven back
everywhere."
REGIMENT DROWNS
AS SHIP HITS MINE
Steamer Carrying Russian
Artillery Said to Have
Been Destroyed.
ANOTHER LINER IS LOST H -JU
Large Number of Persons Said to
Be Missing Vessel From Arch
angel With 126 Passengers
Aboard Also Struck.
BERLIN. -Dec. 29. (By wireless to
Sayvllle. N. Y.) The Finnish steamer
Oihonna, with a regiment of Russian
Coast Artillery from the Aland Islands : E
on board, struck a mine and sank in
a few minutes, according to a dispatch
to the Frankfurter Zeltung from Co
penhagen. All on board, with the ex
ception of 60 persons, are said to have
been drowned.
The steamer was bound for Helslng
fors. In addition to the men lost. 1000
horses went down with the ship.
According to the same source, an
other liner plying between Abo, Russia,
and Marlham likewise struck a mine
and a large number of persons who
were on board are missing. The acci
dents, according to the newspaper, are
attributed to badly anchored mines be
longing to the Finnish Bay mine fields.
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Progress of the War
PRES
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Germans in Roumanla.
BERLIN', Dec. 29. (By wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.) In Roumania yester
day Teutonic troops captured several
positions, taking 1400 prisoners, 18 ma
chine guns and three cannon.
The advance In Wallachla has been
pushed to a distance of 20 kilometers
northwest of Hlmnik Sarat. In the lake
sector 1400 Russians, three cannon and
several machine guns were taken. The
town of Ratchelu, In Dobrutlja, has been
captured. The official statement reads:
"Front of Archduke Joseph The
southern wing of the army group has
advanced eastward In the mountains.
German and Austro-Hungarlan troops
the intersected highland terrain of
the Transylvania eastern front cap
tured by storm and hand-to-hand fight
ing several positions, lying one behind
the other. Fourteen hundred Russians
and Roumanians were made prisoners
and 18 machine guns and three cannon
captured.
"Army group of Field Marshal von
Mackensen On the left wing of the
Ninth Army, Bavarian and Austro-IIun-garian
troops, commanded by Lieuten-int-Geneial
Kraaft von Delmensingen.
broke the strong resistance of the al
lied adversaries In the mountains and
reached Dumltrestl, 20 kilometers
northwest of Rimnik-Sarat. The right
wing of the army advanced northeast
ward between the Rimnik sector and
the course of the Buzeu, capturing sev
eral tenaciously defended villages.
"The prisoners brought in on Decem
ber 28 number 1400 Russians and the
booty three cannon and several machine
guns. .
"In Dobrudja, Ratchelu has been captured."
UESSING in upon Southern Moldavia
om three sides, apparently with
all their vigor, the forces of the cen
tral powers are making progress
against stiff resistance. On the Tran-sylvanlan-Moldavlan
frontier, in the re
gion north of Rimnik-Sarat, in the
Dobrudja opposite Braila, Berlin re
ports, the Austro-German and Bul
garian troops are advancing.
A new thrust seemingly has been
started by the Austro-Germans along
the Moldavian frontier, thus adding to
the difficulties of the Russians and
Roumanians, already hard pressed from
the south and east. Several lines of
new positions and 1400 prisoners were
taken by the invaders in the first day
of their offensive into Moldavia from
the west, which may have for Its pur
pose the cutting oif ot tho retreat or
the Russo-Roumanian troops now oper
ating along the Southern Moldavian
border.
Along the River Kasino and west of
Covesha. Petrograd says, Roumanian
troops were driven back nearly a mile.
A desperate battle also is reported as
taking place near Sesmezo, near Ocana
and within the Moldavian boundary.
North of Rimnik-Sarat all attacks were
repulsed, according to Petrograd.
Field Marshal von Mackensen has
reached Dumltrestl. about 12 miles
northwest of Rimnik-Sarat, and north
east of that town troops under his
command have captured several vil
lages. The number of prisoners taken
by this army totals 1400, in addition
to cannon and machine guns.
The Roumanian province of Dobrudja
now is almost cleared of defenders,
and Berlin says Ratchelu, east of
Match in bridgehead, across the Danube
from Braila, has been conquered.
Ratchelu is on the Danube.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. The Russian i
steamshio Kursk, while bound from
Archangel, Russia, for New Tork with
126 passengers aboard, hit a mine on
November 29 off Kirkwall. Scotland.
Ope passenger and two members of the
crew were drowned while lifeboats
were being launched.
Part of the Kursk's stem was torn j
off by the explosion and she was later
towed into Kirkwall by English patrol
boats. Her passengers and crew, how
ever, drifted all night In open boats
before being picked up.
News of the accident was brought
here today by the rescued passengers,
who arrived on board the steamship
Lapland from Liverpool.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. The Brit
ish tank steamer Paul Paix, which
left New York November 25 for Ca
lais, struck a mine off the English
coast and was towed into Swansea De
cember 24, according to a report re
ceived today at the State Department
from Vice-Consul Velverton at Swan
sea. The report also said the French
schooner St. Louis had struck a mine
on December 26 and sunk, with the
loss of three men.
LONDON, Dec, 29. The British
steamship Copsewood. 509 tons gross,
has been sunk. The Norwegian steam
ship Ida, 1300 tons, is reported to have
been sunk.
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SPAIN TAKES ACTION
Germany Warned of Measures
Against Submarines.
NOTE VIGOROUS IN TONE
TROOP A CAMP STONE DRY
Captain White Threatens to Coort
Martial Any Who Become Drunk.
WITH THE OREGON TROOPS ON
THE BORDER, Camp John M. Beacon,
Calexlco. Cal.. Dec. 29. (Special.) One
spot in California went stone dry to
day when Captain White, commanding
Troop A, Oregon Cavalry. Issued an or
der against the use of any intoxicating
drinks in his section of the camp here.
The troopers were told that if anyone
brought liquor in any form into camp,
or appeared in the troop street with
evidences of having been drinking, a
court-martial would follow.
A search of the camp followed but
no liquor was found. The order re
sulted from the presence of blind pigs
in the vicinity of the camp and was
intended to prevent patronage of the
places by the Oregon men.
Russian.
PETROGRAD. via London, Dec. 29.
(British Admiralty per Wireless Press.)
Violent fighting took place between
Russian troops and forces of .the cen
tral powers yesterday in Central Rou
mania. In the region of Amara. ac
cording to the Russian official state
ment issued today, a Teuton force 35.
000 men strong, launched an attack on
the Russian lines. The battle con-
West of the Meuse, In the Verdun
region, the forces of the German Crown
Prince have repulsed attacks by French
troops against the new German posi
tions on Le Mort Homme, where second
and third-line trenches were entered
by the Germans and 220 prisoners and
seven machine guns taken. Paris ad
mits a slight success for the Germans
in this sector, saying that one trench
south of Le Mort Homme was entered
by the attackers. Other efforts to ad
vance between the Meuse and Avocourt
and in front of both Le Mort Homme
and Hill 304 were repulsed by the
French.
Except for some engagements be
tween patrols around Brody, in Gallcia,
no activity is reported from the East
ern Macedonian and Austro-Italian
fronts. British and French troops have
carried out successful raids on the
west front at various points.
TENDER THROATS
readily yield to the healing
influence of
scorn
EMULSION
It soothes the inflamed mem
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to repair the affected tissues
to help prevent tonsihtis
or laryngitis. SCOTT'S
is worth insisting upon.
Scott Bowse. Bloom Bald. N. I 16-14
many in our ultimate success. The
failure of the enemy to capture it
despite great efforts and heavy losses
was a severe blow to his prestige.
Forces Tied Do
obtained both during
Foe's Main
"Information
the progress of the Somme battle and
since the suspension of active opera
tions has fully established the effect
of our offensive in keeping the enemy's
forces tied to the western front. In
November the strength of the enemy
in tne western theater was greater
than In July, notwithstanding the aban
donment of the offensive at Verdun.
"There Is, nevertheless, sufficient
evidence to place beyond doubt that
the enemy's losses in men and ma
terial were considerably higher than
those of the allies, while morally the
balance of advantage on our side is
still greater. During the period under
review a 6teady deterioration took
place in the morale of large numbers
of the enemy's troops. Many of them.
It Is true, fought with the greatest
determination even in the latest en
counters, but the resistance of even
larger numbers became latterly de
cidedly more feeble than in the early
stages of the battle."
General Haig frequently touches on
the handicap of the weather. In mid
October came the allies' great" chance
to break through the German lines.
Weather Checks Drive at Last.
"We had. at last," writes General
Haig, "reached the stage at which a
successful attack might reasonably be
expected to yield much greater results
than anything we had yet attained.
The resistance of the troops opposed
to us had seriously weakened in the
course of recent operations, and there
is no reason to suppose that the effort
required was not within our powers.
Unfortunately, at this Juncture, un
favorable weather set in and continued
with scarcely a break during the re
mainder of October and the early part
of November. These conditions seri
ously interfered with the work of the
artillery, and constant rain turned the
mass of hastily-dug trenches Into
channels of deep mud. The country
roads, broken by countless shell cra
ters, rapidly became Impassable, mak
ing the supply of food stores and am
munition a serious problem. These
conditions multiplied the difficulties
of attack to such an extent that it was
impossible to exploit the situation
with the rapidity necessary to enable
us to reap the full advantage we had
gained."
PORTLAND MAN IS DEAD
Casper Shelton Clark Expires Short
ly After Reaching China.
Casper Shelton Clark died In Hong
kong December 24. from smallpox, ac
cording to a message received yester
day by relatives in Portland.
Mr. Clark left Portland last Novem
ber to take a position as representa
tive of the Imperial Rice Milling Com
pany, of Vancouver. B. C. in Hong
kong. He sailed on the Empress of
Asia, November 2.
He was the son of Mrs. R. J. Fuller,
formerly Mrs. W. J. Clark, and was
born in Eugene. November 28, 1889.
He is survived by his mother, an
aunt, Mrs. W. H. Luckey, and an uncle.
Robert C. Shelton. of Portland.
The body is to be returned to this
city for burial.
Tuesday Instead of Monday, as Is usual.
Notices of the change in day. owing to
the regular meeting day being New
Year's day. have been sent out by Alice
M. Duniway. corresponding secretary.
ESTATE IS LEFT TO WIDOW
Sons of Late Vaklmn Man
Ten Dollars Carta.
Will Get
PRICE REGULATION FAILS
German Proposes That Towns Shall
Buy Staple Articles of Food.
BERLIN. Dec. 29. (By wireless to
Sayville, N. T.) Adolph T. Van Ba
tockl. president of the Food Regulation
Board, has sent a circular to the Ger
man federal governments explaining
that the system of maximum prices for
food has not yielded satisfactory re
sults and saying that a change will be
proposed In the immediate future, says
.the Overseas News Agency.
In consequence of the difficulty in
distributing from one central place ar
ticles like butter, potatoes, meat and
milk, Van Batocki proposed that the ! sions
towns should make contracts with the
producers of all these articles in a
I manner similar to that In which they
now contract for pork.
Hi -lit of Central Powers to De
stroy Ships of Nations Which Do
Not Assent to Interpreta
tion of Law Denied.
MADRID, via Paris, Dec 29. In a
note addressed to Germany on the sub
ject of submarine activities, the Span
ish government announces that the
Cabinet has decided to take energetic
measures to avoid tne constant ujimnu
tion of the country's merchant marine.
Another meeting will be held to give
precise form to these measures, the
nature of which has not been disclosed.
The note reviews at length the sub
marine question by the Spanish gov
ernment and the policy of Madrid from
the time the nrst Spanish ship, the
Isidore was torpedoed, in August, 1915.
It declares that the Spanish govern
ment has always maintained that it
was illegal to d'-stroy prizes, as Is the
constant practice of submarines, and
that the Cabinet also demanded the ob
servation of the declaration of London,
notably article :0. which it Is main
tained submarines violate by abandon
ing the crews of sunken ships to the
mercy of the waves far from land.
The note further recalls the vigor of
the representations of the Spanish gov
ernment, which it says sometimes
caused the Berlin government to be
surprised at the radical attitude of
Spain, whose protests. It is said, have
been more energetic than those of any
other neutral state, even the United
States.
With regard to the contraband ques
tion, the note says: "What the Span
ish government does not admit is the
central empire's interpretation of Inter
national law whereby they destroy
ships of nations which have always
complained and protested against such
an interpretation."
The note concludes with an an
nouncement that further st;ps are be
ing taken to avoid or diminish in fu
ture the risks to Spanish shipping.
SOCIAlilS WANT PEACE
DERL1X HKAI1S OF SEXTIMKXT U
BJODMY COUNTRIES.
NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Dec. 29.
(Special.) The estate of Patrick Mul
llns. who died here about a week ago,
is left to his widow. Mrs. Nellie M .11 Ins.
with the exception of bequests of $10
to each of his three sons. Mrs. Mulllns
is named as sole executor and trustee,
without bond, and she Is to administer
the estate without intervention of any
court. The estate Includes the Wash
ington. Michigan and Montana hotels
and other property here and several
hundred acres of valuable ranch land.
The will, which was filed today for
probate, provided that in case Mrs. Mul
llns died before her husband the estate
was to be divided equally between the
sons.
BOOTLEGGERS ARE FREED
Stato Drops Case on Appeal When
Chief Witness Vanishes.
William Rainey, who conducted a
bootlegging business on a small scale
with his brother, Ulis. in a downtown
lodging house, according to the Dis
trict Attorney's office, will not be tried
in the Circuit Court. He bad appealed
from a sentence to 20 days in Jail and
a fine of f 250 in the District Court, but
his case was dismissed by Judge Davis
yesterday on motion of Deputy District
Attorney Ilindman.
There were two reasons for the con
sent of the District Attorney to the
dismissal. One was that the chief
witness against Rainey was missing;
the other, that he had already served
28 days In jail In awaiting trial.
DAIRY CHANGES URGED
Bl'TTER AND CHEESE MAKERS LIST
DKS1RED LEGISLATION.
Labeling of Cold Storage Prodnrli
Hfrooimfndrd and Absorptloa of
One Department Proposed.
SALEM. Or.. Dec 29. (Special.) Ab
sorption of tho weights and measures
department by the state dairy and food
department is one of the recommenda
tions contained In resolutions adopted
today at the seventh annual convention
of butter and cheese makers of the
state. Legislation also was asked for
empowering the Dairy and Food Com
missioner to make unfit for use all
cream that has been condemned.
The convention also went on record
as favoring a law to compel pasteuriza
tion of all cream that is used for but
ter making; to compel all butter
makers who use cold storage to mark
upon the butter cubes the date of stor
age and the date of making; to pass a
law prohibiting creameries from loan
ing cans to their patrons and also to
do away with the license of Jl a year
imposed upon butter and cheese makers
for expenses.
In addition National legislation wa
recommended to protect creameries
against unreasonable action on the part
of international revenue service in en
forcing the butter adulteration law.
Speakers today were Otto Frledli.
Portland: P. S. Lucas. Corvallis; H. IS.
Fish, Ash; John Zollie, San Francisco:
O. W. Holmes, Portland. The conven
tion adjourned tonight after a banquet
given by the Salem Commercial Club.
The executive committee will set the
place and date of the next meeting.
France Said to Be Restraining Mem
bers of Party From Neutral States
From Giving; Information.
TYPING IN SCHOOLS URGED
Day of Pen for Pupils Is Passing,
Says Chicago Professor.
CHICAGO, Dec. 29. Typewriters In
stead of pens for public school chil
dren were advocated today by Pro
fessor Franklin Bobbltt. of the School
of Education of the University of
Chicago, in addressing the Illinois
Women's Legislative Congress. He
said that public schools were only 50
per cent efficient.
"We have passed the quill pen stage
In education. We are now at the type
writer stage. If our schools were prop
erly equipped they could do In half a
day what they now do In a whole day."
TREATY IS NOT RATIFIED
France Docs Not Agree to Terms of
Tien Tsln Conference.
PEKIN, Dec. 30. The French govern
ment. It Is announced, has refused to
ratify the proposed compromise settle
ment of the Tien Tsin concession dis
pute. Numerous conferences between Dr.
Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese foreign
minister, and Count de Martel, the
French Charge d'Affaires. a Pekin dis
patch on December 16 announced, had
resulted In a tentative compromise set
tlement of the Tien Tsin concession dis
pute. This compromise. It was said,
provided for restoration by the French
to China of the territory in question
and the return of Chinese policemen.
China, for her part, agreed to make
the district an international settlement,
open to all the treaty powers. China
also was to promise to make an effort
to check anti-French boycott demon
strations at Tien Tsin.
FORESTER IS PROMOTED
A. St. Cousins Sent to Take Charge
of Ogden Depot.
A. H. Cousins, who has been fiscal
agent for this National forest district
since the establishment of the district
forester's office here in 1908, hps been
transferred to Ogden, Utah, where he
will take charge of the forest service
supply depot. Announcement of Mr.
Cousins' promotion was made at the
district office yesterday. H. I. Loving,
of Denver, will come here.
The depot at Ogden handles all the
supplies for the National forests. He
will also handle contracts for wire and
similar articles used In telephone line
and wire fence construction in the forests.
Property Is Christmas GlfL
LA GRANDE. Or.. Dec. 29. (Special.)
Mrs. J. E. Foley has been given a
deed to 11 acres of land near La
Grande, as a Christmas present, the
donation coming from her mother, Mrs.
Gangioff, of this city.
BERLIN. Dec. 29. (By wireless to
Sayville, N. Y.) Berlin newspapers
publish numerous dispatches and com
ment at length on the recent discus-
and other activities of socialist
committees and Congresses in other
European countries. The newspapers
report, says the Overseas News Agency,
thnr while Great Britain permitted
delegates oi tne umsn lauur , i I the
visit England, tne rencn ounisior at
Copenhagen refused to give passports
for France to three Scandinavian dele
gates to prevent the French Socialists
from getting Into touch with the Scan
dinavians and from, receiving neutral
information. The Vorwaerts, com
menting on the meeting of the French
Socialists, says:
"Private reports are to the effect
that an essential increase of peaceful
tendencies has taken place. A resolu
tion was proposed to the meeting urg
ing that the government should not
decline peace proposals on principle,
but examine the situation recently
created conscientiously."
After discussing the resolutions of
the French Socialist convention, the
Vorwaerts refers to the Interest shown
there concerning the German peace
conditions and adds:
"If these were known In France then
the French people would know that
this war. as a war of defense for the
existence and honor of France, has ter
minated, and that It can only be con
tinued, if France so wishes, as a Rus
sian war of conquest."
Rrldge Manuals Prepared.
SALEM, Or., Dec. 29. (Special.) The
State Highway Commission, under tho
direction of John H. Lewis. State High
way Engineer, has prepared two man
uals In pocketbook form in an effort
to standardize state and county prac
tice in construction and maintenance
of bridges. One Includes a manual of
cost keeping and accounting and the
other is a bridge manunl. Distribu
tion will be among county roadmapters.
surveyors, supervisors and others in
authority.
Painless Dentist Arrested.
K. R. Schoenborn. an employe of
"Painless Kuhn," dentist, at First and
Morrison streets, was arrested yester
day by Deputy Sheriff Roy Ward on
charge of practicing dentistry
without a license.
REHEARSAL IS SUCCESSFUL
Children Enjoy Symphony Orchestra
Preparation for Concert.
The rehearsal yesterday by the Port
land Symphony Orchestra of the music
to be presented at tomorrow's concert
at the Eleventh-street Theater was
successful in every particular, and the
school children who attended had a
great music treat. M. Christensen was
conductor and he had his orchestral
forces well in hand.
The symphony. Mozart's "No. 41.
Jupiter. In C Major." is a revelation in
melodic, orchestral architecture. It has
a succession of key changes, and is a
presentation of unusual beauty. The
overture to Wagner's "Flying Dutch
man" Is of rousing character, and was
magnificently played. Tho other num
bers were also all finely offered, and
the prospects for a successful concert
tomorrow are first-class.
GERMAN CANAL PROPOSED
Manufacturer Gives 13,000,000
Mnrks Toward Neckar Enterprise.
BERLIN. Dec. 29. (By wireless to
Sayville. N. Y.) R. A. Bosch, a manu
facturer of .Stuttgart, has given 13.
000,000 marks for the canalization of
the river Neckar.
Until the project le staretd the In
terest on the fund will go to the mu
nicipality of Stuttgart for war relief
purpose, and should the project not
be carried out all the money will be
given the German government for med
ical research and the fight against
epidemics.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
Women's Colon Meets Tuesday.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Portland Women's Union will be held
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