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TITE MORNING OREGONTAX, 3IOyPAY. JAXTJARY 7, 1918, RAILROAD BILL TO SUFFRAGE LEADER WHO WILL BE FIRST WOMAN TO GO ON - UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MISSION ABROAD. HAVE RIGHT OF WAY eo; Legislation Asked by President lliil! 1 Wilson in Connection With Government Operation. m . loo) 5 7Ualrty. 3o o5 1 COAL AND OIL LEASES si .ire. Talking Worn a a So f trace to B 6ettled In JIoaM Iff xt ThuradaT, When Voce oa Constitutional Amend ' nrat "Will B Taken. m Si ... WA5HIXTTOV. Jaa. - t-1lat!o Uk4 ay Preeident Wilson In connec tion with Government operation of th Ntllon'a railroads ha th proirrainm of Con-res this e Interstate corn marc commltt of th Senai and House snwt tomorrow to bearta coaald rration of Ih- Administration bill. Th ent corsnittte tomorrow will hear prominent railroad executives and tbe Houn commltiro will decld whr tearirrs will be held. DipoI tomorrow of th Walsh nuniaa coal and oil land leaslesT bill la espected tn th fWnat tomorrow. It I d')inH to open up vast Western natural resources. Th Senate Democratic steerlnc com mute will meet tomorrow to fill to tarant chairmanship of the Interstate toaacici conimllUe. Tha leader gen rally expect tbe selection of hen a tor rrnlth. of aWMith Carolina, OTr tcator i"umrrn. of Ohio. i ) fmllrmic Tot Trday. Woman auffr.ee I to ba settled In th Hou next Thursday, when a vot oa th reaolution for submission of th fuses) B. Anchor amendment to th t'onstitutloa la scheduled. Tha result la in doubt, with a very close vote empeeted. Tuesday th Henate'a prlTl Itaea and election commute wilt re sum consideration of iterator Ia Kuilette a.leiced dialoyal u Paul speech and make plana to bee; In hear ing, probably with ea-Secretary tiryaa as th first witneaa. Th war inquiry of tha 8enat mili tary commute alii continue tomorrow, and th ilouit naval commute will resume examination of iavy Cepart tnent head. Investigation of tha delay la con- trucuna merchant ships will ba re sumed Tuesday by th Seaat com anerc committee. Th col arri suffer shortair In quiries of th Penal manufacture' commute will eontinu.. ApprapeUtloa Bllla Walt. Several appropriation bills are near- Ins; completion for early constderallo la th House. but petponemn for aom time for further taxation or revenue lecistatton is planned by Sen ale and Houa leaders. Th rulaa committee of th Houa preparing- to lake up th I'reeidenf proposal for creation of a special Uous committee to ha oI Juried. ctlon aver water-power les; elation, ao tha the draft of a bill prepared under th direction of t.crtarla Lane. Hake and Houston ma be rushed through tha Uous and put before th Senate. mmm MBS. Copyright Underwood k. Underwood. HORMAX DE B, WUITtHOlSK. TEUTONS TO BE TOLD la NEEDS TO BE MET LIVESTOCK JeJKM TO HEAR TALKS t'KOM KjaTTOsj'S UlDKHx. Teplea f Paraaaoaat I as pert t Caaa try ta I reseat rteie Be I'La-e-asaed at Salt Lake. SALT LAKE C1TT. Utah. Jan. I'lacuaslon of questions of paramount Interest to th livestock Industry and tf vital Import to th country In th resee, t war crisis Is called for by the ffirl.I prosramrr of tli American Manorial Livestock Association, which will hold its 21st annual session In tialt lke City January It to 1. Incloaiv. Tha official programme waa an-aouiu-ed here upon authority of Secre tary T. W. Toinitnaon. of th National Association A number of leading; liuv arnmrnt offlriala and trie most promi nent livestock men of th country will speak. Anogg Government officials who irt to tea part are: I'avid K. Houston. Secretary of Agri culture: Juhii It. Kendrlik, United plates termor from Wyoming, and first vtre-prealdrnt of th Livestock Asso ciation; Joseph P. Cotton, director of he meat oivislon. I'nited Males food administration: I'hillip 8. fmith. United Males licoioalcal Survey; Will C. . !rnes. assistant forester ef the Unite J Males: lr. K- W. Nelson, chief of th ptoloalcal survey; L'r. C. I'. Marsh. lov arnment physiolvlcal: Louis I. Hall. f th United Matea Hureau of War Ik eta. and John H. ilohlsr. chief of the Iiurita of Animal Industry al Wash ington. Among th speakers at ith conven ion whoa aubjecte bava not been an r.ounced heretofora arc: A. K. U Jtlcqle. Denver, whose subject will be "A Livestock HoIVy for Washington": f'hltilp a. Smith. Washington, who' will discuss tha sta-acr bomeataad bill; Dr. LI. W. .N'tlion, Washington, whoa sub lect Is "Noxious Animal Pasts"; llev. Klraer I. Ooshen. Salt Lake, who will Ulk oa "Patriotism." and John T. Calne. Utah Agricultural College, who will ttiscuaa "Hints en Economical Meat ,'roductlon." TWO OFFICERS ARE SHOT federal Re-venna Acenta Battle With Cltf Detect ives bjr Mistake. KA.vaAB CITT. Mo. Jan. As a re pull of mistaken Identity John Tully pad Albert Kallhel. of M. Louis, Ked rral revenue aaenta, are In a hospital rr tonight suffering from gunshot wounds received tat yesterday la a p.siol fight with city detectives la a bouse where th officers suspected drugs were being soid and had gone to paid. Member of each party thought tha exhera th suspects they had gone to arrest. Mere than shots wars exchanged aad th mistake was not diacoversd tiattl polic reserve had responded to a riot call. I 03 Quart or Whisky Confiscated. !krr?KOGEE. Okla Jan. (Federal afficiala confiscated 1071 quarta of avhtsky cencead In gunny sacks In a railway or car a few miles rforthweit of Musko; yesterday. 'lve men of lh train cre-,ar under arrest charged with Introducing liquor. into dry terri tory. 4 nJ rnwe tke aaaw. LAXarnrc BROato QCIMNS TsSisis tak-a la time KI prevent O'l? a W OUoki f i- i ie se , American Woman Will Make Clear U. S. War Aims. UNIQUE TASK ASSIGNED Mrs. 'orraan De R. Vthltrhoae Apiolnled Propagandist to Resell German Peopla by Operating"- Tliroujh ntral Xatlonse- WA5HINGTOV. Jan. f Mrs. Norman ffR Whltehouse. chairman of th New Tork Plate Suffrage party, who has been selected by Chairman Gcorg Creel, of th Federal Commltt on Pub lic Information aa on of a group of prominent persons to tak to th Oar- man people, through neutrals, th war alms and Intentions of th American people. Is th first woman to go abroad on such a mission for this Gov ernment- It Is probalflt that Mrs. Whltahoua 111 go to-riwitierland. Tbe exact In formation h will ba expected 10 dls seminal has not been compiled, but It la understood that her texts and In formation will be taken from tha pro aouneement of th President and other accepted public utterances. Mr. Whltehouse waa on of th tnoat Industrious workers la tha recent auf frag victory In New York atat. and much of th credit for making women of New Tork atat votcra roes to her. Mrs. Whltehoua speaks French flu ently and can mak herself understood in oerman. ah know th German nd European aituatlon from personal study. During th first two months of 1314 sh waa with Ambassador and Mrs. James W. Gerard at th United tflalee Embassy In Berlin. between tha big guns, as a reminder that the' war has not been finished. As! from this, however, comparative quiet prevail. .Th Germans ar Industriously con ducting change In their back areas, which lends aupport to tha general im pression that they Intend to attempt offensive operation unless peace is concluded shortly. BRITISH TIE TRENCH CEBMAN SOLDIEKS CAPTURE SOME PBISOURS AXD GUMS. Fifteen F-ateat Airplane) aad Fear Ballga Skat Diwa by Haaa la Aerial Eagageaaeata. LONDON. Jan. (.British troop last night attacked and recaptured from th (Sermapa a trench aectton which th Teuton bad occupied earlier in th day east of Bullecourt, on th Arraa- Cambral front, th War Office an nounced today. BERLIN, via London. Jan. . Ger man troops yesterdsy penetrated th French line near Juvencourt. on the Alan front, northeast of Avocourt and west ef Heaoavaux, on th Verdun front, and captured numerous prisoners and soma machine guns, th Ucrman War Offic announced today. In Allly wood. In tha 8u Mlhlel aallsnt, th French mad two attempt to pen- rat th German trenches without suc cess. In th Champagne Krench attacks were repulsed after hand-to-hand fighting Fifteen anient airplanes and four captive balloon war shot down on Friday snd Saturday by tb Gar- man aa th result af atrial fights and anti-aircraft fire. (Pr th Associated Press.! WITH THE BHITISH ARMIES IN FRANCE. Jan. Freeilng tempera tures continue ta hold th British, front In aa ley grip. Many of th road ar Impassable to motorcar because of nowdrtfta. and th fighting necessarily Is desultory, owing to th weather eon- itions. Th Oermaa. however, ar aceedingly active, carrying out raid on vsrious parts of th Una. Their exploit of yesterday morning ast of Bullecourt, In which they cap- ured an advanced British post, resulted in a heavy lose of life ao tha attacking roops. Lata yesterday tfternoon th British organised a counter thrust and recaptured th position. There has bn considerable activity iitaoiv Ho. sl-'o "i.uilnM".! wrnnrllre EMPIRE -BOWS IN- PRAYER British Return Thanks for Victories and Ask for Final Success. LONDON, Jan. . Klris; Geonre'i proclamation fixing today for prayers throughout the British Empire for what has been accomplished in tbe war by British arms In tha caus of freedom and an invocation for th suc cessful, speedy termination of th war was observed In the place of worship of every denomination. Tb Lord Mayor of London and Sher iff attended the St. Paul's Cathedral in state, fuldier and sailors on leave, som of them Americans, filled the churches. On of th features of the Occasion was tha closing todsy of all saloon for th first time sine the war began. EXPULSION MOVE STARTED Summary Action Regarding; Alien Enemies bought In Hawaii. HONOLULU. T. H.. Dec. J.7. (Spe cial. ) Frederick Funston Post No. $4. Veterans of Foreign Wars, of this Island, has drawn up a resolution which will be forwarded to Congresa asking that all .known enemies of alien birth, their sympathizers or any other persona found guilty of giving assist ance of any kind to the enemy be ex pelled from American soil for the du ration of the. war. The Oahu Post hopes that this matter will be taken up by the Spaninh War Veterans and other soldiers' orgentx tiona throughout, tb mainland. m Schumann-Heink makes a masterpiece of an Irish folk-song -3 . ft. I i S 11 w US Danny Boy Ernestine Sctumann-Heliilc . j Victrola Red Seal Record 88S92. Twelve-inch, $3. In "Danny Boy" there is the every-day touch of devotion and pathos that makes a song extremely human. There is a seeming bond of harmonyj between such a song and the rich, sym pathetic contralto of Schumann-HeinkJ ' Her glorious voice gives beautiful and tender expression to this simple plaint of ' a hopeful heart. Every Victor Record collection will be the richer for having this new Schumann Heink record a worthy addition to the music-of world-famed exclusive Victor artists. , Go to-day to any Victor dealer's, and hare blm play this new Schumann-Hcink record for you.. Victors and Victrolas, $10 to $30, ' rvs, i O-a.? J. 3 V-.V Victor Talking Machine Col, Camden, N. J. Important Notice. Victor Record and Victor Machines ar edentificaSy coordinated and ayncbraaixed in tha ptacesass ef manufacture, and their nse. ens with tha other, ia absolutely esanntial to a perfect -reproduction 7w Victor Records oViaonstrataJ at- afl dealers oa th. 1st of aarb moats Viiii i as Ylctrola Is the Registered Trade-mars: of th Victor Talking Machine Company designating tha products of this Company only. ye ATTEMPT TO KILL ALLEGED Former Snitor Accused, by Girl Left lo Perish In Flames of Home. . SPRINGFIELD. Mo, Jan. . Hiss Rayma Faraon, an 11-year-old girl, told the prosecuting attorney today a former sweetheart waa tha man who bound and gagged her and left her to perish in the flames of her home near Willard last Wednesday. A farmer found the girl on the porch of th burning house and carried her to safety. A warrant has been Issued for her former suitor. MOUNT 1RAZU THREATENS Costa, Rlcans In Alarm Over Pros pect of Volcano's Eruption. , CAN JCAN PEL, EUR. Nicaragua. Jan. f. I ram. a volcano 11,471 feet high near the cily of Cartage. Costa Hico, if manifesting signs of eruption. Th populations of San Jose. Coots Kican capital, Cartago and neighboring town ar becoming ay. the the un collect Head's Will I, for College. CEDAR RAPIDS. J a-, Jan. S Will- lam W. King, for 44 years president of th Cornell Collage at Mount Vernon, hss just completed rifts totaling filOO, 000 to the college. Of this $100,000 was riven to found a fund tn the nam of hi deceased daughter. BIG EXPANSION PLANNED PARCEL PQS-J SERVICE TO COVEIl LARGE FIELD. Extension, Effective Wit tin Three Mentha, Will Cover Rente of Over SOOO Miles, WASHINGTON, Jan. . Within thr months tn Postoffie Department's motor truck parcel post service wili be extended, it was announced tonight. to routes totaling- between J000 and 4000 lElles. One chain will extend from Portland I.e.. to New Orleans; ona will cover large stretch of territory in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and West Virginia ana otner will eerv several cantor nia cities. Rout already are in operation con necting Washington with towns in Pennsylvania and Maryland. It is the belief of tbe Postoffice Dapartmen that the new routes and still others to be established later will aid materially in the distribution of parcel post mat ter and lower th cost of food prodr uets. Introduction 'of motor trucks on star mail servic routes where' roads permit is planned by . the department under a recent law permitting it to specify the type of vehicles used. MacKlnzte, chairman of the Whitman County Council of Defense, will open the thrift stamp campaign here Janu ary 7. Four-minute men who will speak in the theaters dnrlnsr the week are C. F. Bensel. Rev. J. H. Bainton, J. N. Pickrell and Charles L. Mac-Kenzle. 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