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THE 3I0RXIXG OREGOXIAX, TVTvDXESDAT, JAXUART 9, 1918. ALLIES WILL STAND II JGETHER UN United Fight Democracies Will to Finish for World's Freedom. DEMANDS CLEARLY STATED Free-dora of Sea. OppoAnnitj for Itatla. Evacuation of Invaded roonirlf and Reparation for Ml Wrongs Are Demanded. Ci1 T-rm Fr rff had taken, the negotiations wr broken o'f. 1'pon the question of whether ths Russians anj the world r to II it'll to th military and Imperialistic mi nority which ao far h dominated the Teutonic potior, or to th liberal lead ers an 4 parties who apeak the spirit end Intentions of . the resolutions adopted by the German Reichstag Ist July, the President declared, must de pend the peace of the world. This waa la line with Me previous declaration hat the word of the present rulers of Germany could not bo taken for any thin; worth while, but he took care to disclaim any Intention to suggest a change In German Institutions. As dress la Well Rrcelrrd. Everywhere In Washington It waa screed that ths President had made a crest address and had given expression, to ths news of the American people as a whole. The difference of opinion was aa to whether It waa a peace or a war speech. Soma members of both bouses f Congress professed to believe that ths Germans might find the terms laid down acceptable as a basis of negotta Hons and to hope that a bona fid offer mtcht result. In most quarters, however, there waa ao such optimism, and the speech was looked upon as a great war document. clearing tha atmosphere for the gov ernments and peoples fighting tier many, heartening the disorganised Rus sians and furnishing a light for the German people themselves when they want to see it. la response to the universal query aa to the reasons which Impelled the Chief Executive to make his appearance so unexpectedly before Congress again to enunciate ths alms of the United States aad Its co-belllKerents, It waa stated authoritatively that. In ths opinion of President Wilson, tha psychological mor cnt had arrived when it was abso lutely necessary to make a strong ef fort to counteract the evil effects of German duplicity and double-dealing upon the Russians, who hj.d been charged to meet the trained German negotiators. It Is felt that 10 efforts should be spared to prevent a resump tion of the Urest-Utovsk negotiations by Russia without earnest but kindly admonition by the allies and America of the terrible dangers to which she Is exposed. Caferewe. May Be Reereaaed. The President assumed In- his mes sage to Congress that these negotia tions have been broken off. Yet. It Is fell In official circles hrre. that, alarmed at ths Irritating effect upon their own people of the sudden with drawal of the longed-for peace with their eastern nrtxrhnor. from whom tiV-y bad confidently expected to draw vast supplies of fool and raw material with which to relieve their sufferings, the Germans will make a supreme ef fort to entlca the Russians to resume ths conferences by abating their first axtreme demands or by presenting tnem peace In fresh and specious lan guage calculated to cover their real meaning. Another reason for today's addresa is found In ths necessity of making aome reply to tha request of Leon Tr-naky, the Rolshevikl Foreign Minister, that America and the entente allies Join In the peace conferences. Germany having made It a condition of any peace agree ment that Russia should bring her co belligerents Into the negotiations. Not having recornlted the Bolshevlkl regime aa the Luaaian government, ths only faii!e way of communication with It appeared to be through a public enun ciation of American war alms, follow ing tha example of Lloyd George. It will be necessary to tha auccess of this purpose that circulation of Presi dent Wilson's addresa shall bs effected In Russia, to which end tha full text of the speech was sent by cable and wireless to all the principal capitals of ths world for telegraphic distribu tion. Uraau Will See Message. Probably. In spits of ths drastic Ger man censorship rules, designed to keep the German people In Ignorance cf the truth, the substance of the address also will leak across ths German frontiers from neutral neighboring states and thus strengthen ths hands of the 'ier man Socialistic party In Ita struggle with ths Pan-Germana and tha military Party. There are Intimations, though no of ficial admission, that President WlUon and ths British Premier spoke with a f all understanding as to what waa to be said, and that ths President, who said today. "There la no confusion of coun sel among the adversaries of ths cen tral powers," mads hia address supple mentary to that of the British Premier. Lloyd George's speech waa prepared before tha abrupt termination of ths atreet-Lltovsk negotiations, and ha took a rather hopeless view of Rusala'a fu tars, declaring that "If Huaaia acta In dependently, wa cannot help tha cav tastrophs." President Wilson Is much mora optl snlstio and hopeful of ths awakening of the Russians to tb. dangers of ths pit fall which Germany haa dug for them. The third article tm ths President's programme, declaring against economic warfare, la regarded here In Una with the better. reasoned conclusions of ths entente Ministers at present, though on Its face It Is In conflict with ths dec laratlona of the Paris conference. Italy's Rights Keeva-uiaved. The demand for tha readjustment of Italy's frontiers along naeional Unas Is expected to ba welcomed by the Ital ians as full recognition of their "Italia Irredenta" aspirations, something here tofore not forthcoming from America. In bis article providing for an Inde pendent Poltaa state, tha President Is aid ta mean that freedom shall ba given not only to Rosalan Poland, but to the Poles In Austria and Germany. It also Is stated that ths demand for "free and aecurs access to ths sea" for the new Polish stats doea not mean that Poland should sxtend her sovereignty over Eastern Prussia to the Baltic Sea, bat simply that aha should ba given the right to free communication with North Sea ports, a privilege similar to that enloyed by Oerraany la traversing Holland's territorial waters at ths mouth of ths Scheldt. Tha President spoks aa follows: "Gentlemen of the Congress: One saora. as rspeatsd:y before, the spokes men of ths central empires have Indi cated their deair he eUacuss tha ob jects of tha war and tha posslbls bases of general peace. "Parleys have been In progress Brest-Lltovsk between Russlsn repre sentatives and representatives of the central powers to which ths attention of all tha belligerents hss been In vited for tha purpose of ascertaining whether It be possible to sxtend these parleys into a general conference with regard to terms of peace and settle ment. The Russian representatives presented not only a perfectly definite statement of the principles upon which they would be willing to conclude peace, but also an equally definite pro gramme of the concrete application of those principles. Tha representatives of the central powers, on their part, presented an outline of settlement which. If much less definite, seemed susceptible of liberal Interpretation until their specific programme of prac tlral terms was added. "That programme proposed no conces sions at all either to the sovsrelgnty of Russia or to ths preferences of the population with whose fortunes It dealt, but meant, in a word, that the central empires were to keep every foot of territory their armed forces had occuplsd every province, every city, every point of vantage, aa a per manent addition to their territories and their power. Negotiations Brakes Off. "It Is a reasonable conjecture that the general principles of settlement which they at first suggested originat ed with tha more liberal statesmen of Germany and Austria, the men who have be run to feel the force of their own people'a thought and purpose, while the concrete terms of actual set tlement cams from tha military loaders who have no thought but to keep what they have got. Tha negotiations have been broken off. The Russian repre sentatives were sincere and In earnest. They cannot entertain such proposals of conquest and domination. "The whole Incident Is full of sig nificance. It is also full of perplexity. With whom are the Russian represen tatives dealing? For whom are the representatives of the central powers speaking? Are they speaking for the majorities of their respective parlia ments or or ths minority parties, that other pcoplea of tha world as against force and selfish ag-ression. "All he peoples of the world are In effect rr-rtners In this Interest and fo our own part we see very clearly tha unless Justice be done to others It wll not be done to us. The programme of the world's peace, therefore. Is our pro gramme, and that programme, the only possible programme, as we see it, is this: Oats Dealing; DenaaLed. . Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at. after whlc tfc to shall be no private int irnatloaal understandings of any kind, but diplomacy shall pro ceed always frankly and in the pub lic view. "2. Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial wa ters. aliLe in peace and in war. except as the seas may be closed in whole and in part 1 international action for the enforcement t international cove nants. "3. The removal, so far as possible. of all economic barriers and the estab lishment of an equality of trade condi tions among all the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for ita maintenance. 4. Adequate guarantees given aad taken that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety. '&. A free, open-minded and absolute ly Impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the Interests of the populations, concerned must bava equal weight with tha equi table claims of the government whose title is to be determined. Evaeaatloa la Required. (. Tha evacuation of all Russian ter ritory and such a settlement of all questions affecting Russia as will curs ths best and freest co-operation of the other nations of the world In obtaining for ber an unhampered and unembarratv-ed opportunity for the independent determination of her own political development and national policy and assure ber of a sincere welcome into the society of free na tions under institutions of her own choosing, and, more than a welcome. assistance also of every kind that she mi liary and imperialistic minority j maT netd 4nd mxy nerself desire. The which bss so far dominated their whole policy and controlled the affairs of Turkey and of the Balkan states which have felt obliged to become their as soclatea In this war? "The Russian representatives have lnsl(,d. very justly, very wisely and in the true spirit of democracy, that the conferences they have been holding with the Teutonic and Turkish states men should be held within open, not closed doors, and all the world has been audience, aa waa desired. To whom have we been listening then? To those who ppeak the spirit and Inten tlon of the resolullona of the German Reichstag of the ninth of July last. the spirit and intention of the liberal leaders and parlies of Germany, or to those who resist and defy that spirit and Intention and insist upon conquest and subjugation? Or are we listening In fact to both unreconciled and in open and hopeless contradiction? These are very serious and pregnant ques tions. L'pon the answer to them de pends the peace of the world.- Rut whatever the results of the parleys at Brest-Lltovsk, whatever the confusions of counsel and of purpose In the utterance of the spokesmen of the central empires, they bave again attempted to acquire the world with their objects In the war and bave again challenged their adversaries to say what their objects are and what sort of settlement they would deem Just and satisfactory. There is no good reason why that challenge should not be responded to. and responded to with tha utmost candor. We did not wait for it. Not once, but again and again, we have laid our whole thought and purpose before the world, not In general terms only, but each time with sufficient definition to make it clear what eort of definitive terms of set tlement must necessarily- spring out of them. Britain's Psrseaes Stated. -Within the last week Mr. Lloyd George baa spoken with admirable can dor and in admirable spirit for the people and government of Great Brit ain. There la no confusion of coun sel among the adversaries of the cen tral powers, no uncertainty of prin ciple, no vagueness of detail. The only secrecy of counsel, the only lack of fearless frankness, the only failure to make a definite statement of the objects of the war lies with Germany and her allies. The Issues of life and death hang upon these definitions. No statesman who haa the least con- option of his responsibility ought for moment to permit himself to con tinue this tragical and appalling-outpouring of blood and treasure unless he is sure beyond a peradventure that the oblects or the vital sacrifice are part and parcel of tha very Ufa of so- treatment accorded Russia by her sis ter nations In the months to come will be the add test of their good will, of their comprehension of her needs distinguished from their own Interests, and of their intelligent and unselfish sympathy. "7. Belgium, the whole world will agree, must be evacuated, and this will serve to restore confidence among the nations in the lews which they have themselves set and determined for the government of their relations with one another. Without this healing act. the whole structure and validity of inter national law Is forever impaired. vYrssga Mast Be Righted. " All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restored, end the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1471 in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled the peace of the world for nearly 50 years, should be righted. In order that peace may once more be made secure in the Interest of all. "9. A readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be effected along clearly recognizable lines of nationality. "10. The peoples of Austria-Hungary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured. should be accorded the freest oppor tunity of autonomous development. '11. Roumanla, Serbia and Montene gro ahould be evacuated; occupied ter- ritoriea restored: Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea, and the relatione of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established llnesof allegiance and nationality, and international guarantees of the polit ical and economic Independence and territorial Integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered Into. "12. -The Turkish portions of the pres. ent Ottoman Empire should be assured a secure sovereignty, but the other nationalities which are now under Turkish rule should be assured an un doubted security of life and an abso lutely unmolested opportunity of au tonomous development, and the Darda nelles should be permanently opened as a free passage to the ships and commerce of all nations under inter national guarantees. Poland ta Be Independent. "IS An independent Polish state should be erected which should include the territories Inhabited by indisput ably Polish populations, which should be assured a free and secure access to tne sea and whose political and eco nomlc Independence and territorial in tegrity ahould be guaranteed by inter' national covenant. "14 A general association of nations must be formed under specific cove nants for the purpose of affording mu PATRIOTIC EFFORT iiiiiiMiiniiiniiiiniiiTiniiiiMiiiniifiiiniiiiiiitiiiiiiniiniiiin lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllillllllllllllllMllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliitiii" z. 10 WIN WAR URGED mm Jackson Club Speakers Laud Wilson and Suggest McAdoo for Next President. PEACE TALK IS SCORED Mrs. Alexander Thompson, Repre sentative In Legislature, Declares Anyone Who Talks for Peace Now Is Traitor to Nation. Tribute to the character and democ racy of Andrew Jackson and patrlotii appeals for taking up vigorously the duties of today were blended In the an nual Jackson day meeting of the Jack son Club at Library Ball last night. The big room was filled with Inter ested people and frequent applause marked approval of the high patriotic note struck. W. T. Vaughn, president of the club. was in the chair. To the meeting as speakers came representatives of dif ferent sections of the" state, so that a wide representation waa apparent. Music was of a patriotic nature. ' Wilson Is Praised. John H. Smith, of Astoria, was the first speaker introduced. He said that In President Wilson the American peo ple have found a man like Jackson and a man like Jefferson. He said he was elected the first time accidentally In a way because of a quarrel in the oppos ing party, and In the second election he got the largest majorities the far thest away from, the money centers. while the closer one got to the money centers of the country the bigger the majorities for the opposing candidate. He urged close adherence to American Ideals. McAdoo for President to follow Woodrow Wilson was the urgent ad vice of Walter M. Pierce, of La Grande. He said dark days have Come to the country in the past, but perhaps none darker than those we are now facing. The day we now celebrate, he said, is perhaps the most pivotal in American history. He spoke of economic changes n plenty that are being brought about by the war and gave thanks to God fr Woodrow Wilson. Judge White Speaks. "Don't talk to me of business as usual when our boys are crossing the ocean," e said, "when thousands are shot down very day in the bloody battlefields and where we must do our utmost to ship them food, supplies and munitions. It Is not business as usual; war is our business now A resolution was adopted to send greetings to Dr. Esther Pobl Lovejoy, a member of the Jackson Club, now doing war duty in France, in apprecia tion for her work for world democracy. The growth and extension of Ameri can democracy was the topic of Judge Samuel White. He said the mission of American arms is to carry liberty and democracy throughout the world and make all nations safe for democracy. "The mission of the American peo ple is a pure, holy and inspiring one," he said. "America cannot and will not yield until the Kaiser is dragged from his throne. When the r is over. 1 ,.;.T PI ill il ill A ' '! KM B j j j : ' 1 - f ; -u Vmi it 1 Take Your S.&H. Stamps; They're Cash If and belong to you a price saving on r every cash purchase and promptly paid monthly charge accounts The Universal Lunch Kit Neat, compact, with vacuum bot tle, complete, dur able, light. $3.25 to $6 Free, your initial if you wash. 1 )&&t A Real Rubber Store. Ours Sickroom and household needs ; the very finest grade of Para rubber a guarantee of quality with each. Hot Water Bottles, Fountain, Bulb and Syringes, Invalid Rings, Air Pillows, Sheeting, Atomizers, Nipples Douche Gloves, PLAY SAFE ! DON'T GUESS ciety and that the people for whom he tual guarantees of political indepen nence and territorial Integrity to great and small states alike. All Nations Partner. "In regard to these essential rectifi cations of wrong and assertions of right we feel ourselves to be Intimate partners of all the governments and peoples associated together against the Imperialists w e cannot be separate in interest or divided in purpose. We stsnd together until the end. "For such arrangements and cove nants we are -willing to fight and to continue to fight until they are achieved; but only because we. wish the right to prevail and desire a Just and stable peace such as can be secured only by removing the chief provoca tions to war. which this programme does remove. We have no Jealousy of German greatness and there Is nothing In this programme that Impairs It. We grudge her no achievements or dis tinction of learning or of pacific enter prise such as have made her record very bright and very enviable. We do not w.sh to injure her or to block In any way her legitimate Influence or power We do not wish to fight her either with arms or with hostile ar rangements of trade. If she is willing to associate herself with us and the other peace-loving nations of tha world In covenants of Justice and law and fair dealing. We wish her only to ac cept a place of equality among the peo ples ot the world the new world In which we now live Instead of a place 01 mastery. Clear llslesest Desired. "elther do we presume to suggest to ber any alteration or modification of ber Institutions. But it is necessary, we must frankly say, and necessary aa a preliminary to any intelligent deal ings with her on our part, that we should know whom her spokesmen speaK tor wnen tney speak to us. whether for the Reichstag majority or for the military party and the men whose creed is Imperial domination "W have spoken now, surely In terms too concrete to admit of any fur ther doubt or question. An evident principle rurs through the whole' pro gramme 1 nave outlined. It is the prin ciple of Justice to all peoples and na tionalities and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with one another, whether they be strong or weak. Unless this principle be made ita foundation no part of the structure of International Justice can stand. The people of Ihe Cnlted States could act upon no other principle and to the vindication of this principle they are ready to devote their lives. their honor and everything that they possess. The moral climax of this, the culminating and final war for human liberty, has come, and they are ready to put their strength, their own highest purpose, their own Integrity and devo tion to the test." speaks think them right and Impera tive aa be does. There is. moreover, a voice calling for these definitions of principle and of purpose which la. It seems to me. more thrilling and more compelling than any of the many moving voices with which the troubled air of the world is rilled. It Is the voice of the Russlsn people. They are prostrate and all but helpless. It would seem, be fore the grim power of Germany, which has hitherto known no relenting and no pity. Their power apparently is shattered and yet their soul Is not sub servient. They will not yield either In principle or In action. Generous plrtt Shews. "The conception of what la right, of what It la humane and honorable for them to accept, has been stated with a frankness, a largeness of view, a generosity of spirit and a universal human sympathy which cust chal lenge tha admiration of every friend of mankind: and they bave refused to compound their ideals or desert others that they themselves may be safe. They call to us to say wbat II la that we desire, in what, if in anything, our purpose and our spirit differ from theirs; and I be lieve that the people of the United statea would wiah me to respond with utter simplicity and frankness. Wheth er thsir present leaders believe It or not. it is our heartfelt desire and hope that some way may be opened where by we may be privileged to assist the people of Russia to attain their utmost hope of liberty and ordered peace. "It will be our wish and pu.-pose that the processes of peace, when they are begun. shaU be absolutely open and that they shall Involve and permit henceforth no secret understandings of any kind. The day of conquest and ag grandisement is gone by; so is also the day of secret covenants entered into In the interest of particular gov ernments and likely at some unlooked for moment to upset the peace of the world. It is this happy fact, now clear to the view of every public man whose thoughts do not still linger in an age that Is dead and gone, which makes it possible for every nation whose pur poses are consistent with Justice and the peace of the world to avow now or at any other time the objects It baa In view. Nation Fsrved 1st War. "We entered this war because viola tions of right had occurred which touched us to the quick and made the life of our own people Impossible un less they were corrected and the world secured once for all against their re currence. Wbat we demand In this war. therefore. Is nothing peculiar to ourselves. It i that the world be made fit and safe to live in; and par ticularly that It be made safe for every peace-loving nation which, like our t wn. wishes to live Its o Ttf e, deter mine Its own Institutions, be assured i,t Justice aad lair dealings by the national duels will be viewed with the same disfavor that individual duels are today." Womas Legislator Speaks. Mrs. Alexander Thompson, of The Dalles, member of the - Legislature, made the closing address and she aroused great enthusiasm. She was introduced as suitable material for congressional honors and it was sug gested she would be a good colleague for Miss Rankin at Washington. She traced, briefly, the history of Jackson and said he was the first ex ample of one of the common people be ing elected to the position of Presi dent. He has, she said, been called the first American president, as In a way he was. "Jefferson's belief of the right of the people to rule was more or less philo sophic." she said, "while Jackson's democracy was" bred In the bone. Jack- sonian democracy today means as much as it did 100 years ago. 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LINE MAY BE EXTENDED Railway May Be Ran From Astoria to Young's Bay Plants. ASTORIA. Or., Jan. 8. (Special) The first oTflcial step toward securing the extension of the Smith's Point Rail road spur to a connection with the In dustrial plants located, on Young's Bay was taken today by the Port of Astoria, when It authorized ita port engineer to make , preliminary survey and lay out the route at once. While no definite plans were -made as to the method to be employed es the construction of the rail line. It is un derstood that the North Bank Railroad te to stand a portion of the cost and possibly the Government will become a party to the improvement on account of the Government work now going Of in that district. Rockefeller Gives $5 00,000. NEW YORK. Jan. 8. A gift Of $500.. 000 from the R. okefeller Foundatioa toward the fund of el.750.000 whic the Young Women's Christian Associa tion hopes to raise n a week to carry on its war work, was announced last night. HOTEL PERKINS FIFTH A.D W A SHI MO TO. STREETS, PORTLAND. OREGON. HANDY FOR HOLIDAY SHOPPERS. Rates to Suit You Special Low Rates to Permanent Umeata, WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. In answer to German claims of accomplishment in their encircling counter attack at Cam brai, Brigadier-General McLachlan, mil itary attache of the British Embassy here. Issued a statement tonight re counting some of the things done by I the British and French, with the com ment that there is no necessity for pes simism. 'On November 20. 1917," said General McLachlan. "the British made their cel ebrated attack opposite Cambrai and captured both the Hindenburg line and the Hindenburg support line along a front of some nine miles. Ten days I later the Germahs heavily reinforced their troops there and tried to recap ture all of the lost ground, and. In their n words, to 'turn the British em bryonic victory into defeat by an en circling counter attack." They alleged they took 9000 prisoners and 148 guns. I do not admit the accuracy of these means more. Never has democracy , figures, but assuming for the sake of meant so much as It does today, when a very passion for democrary possesses the world. Musical Knnbera Given. "Today the first business of America is the winning of the war. Any man or woman who talks peace today is a traitor. There can be no peace until the Kaiser's crown ia thrown Into the Junk pile." 1- rank Irvine was called upon to speak and he made a few remarks of appreciation for what bad already been said. Musical numbers during the pro gramme were given by. Misses Agnes and Dora Dooley, Robert F. Jacobs, Mrs. George F. Alexander, Miss Ber narda Harry and Mrs. Alice McNaught. Te Prevent the Clip. CitUl ram OKD LAXATIVE BROVO QUININE Tablet remove the cauae. Th.r a only on Dromo uulalne." L Vi. GROVL'fi siaoalur oa boa. 80c Adv. LODGE DUES TO BE PAID Vancouver Man to Attend Modern Woodmen Meeting at Denver. VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. S. Spe- c'.al.) James O. Blair. County Attorney of Clarke County, haa been elected delegate to attend the special session of the Modern Woodmen of America, and will leave Saturday for Denver. This session of the grand lodge will be held to enact legislation that mem bers of the order who have enlisted in the Army may have their dues paid at home. The local lodge already has provided a way to care tor ita members. American Soldiers Die In France. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. Deaths of the following private aoldiers In France were reported today by Gen eral Pershing: Philip V. Campbell, pneumonia. Pic ture Gallery, Utah. Nell Sharp, pneumonia. Denver, Colo. L. Altman, meningitis. Long Branch, Wash. William C. SockwelL pneumonia- mother, Effle Wilkins, Ferry, Wash, Military Road Proposed. GREAT LAKES. 111-. Jan. 8. Com mandant William A. Moffet Is planning to have built 20 miles of railroad track within the naval training station here. which will connect with all camps for shipping purposes, which he estimates will save the Government in freight rates at least $50,000 a month. Shipyard Worker Killed. argument that these figures are cor rect, I should like to give a few facts as to wbat the British did. These guns were the first guns lost by the British on the western front since the second battle of Ypres In April, 1915, and be fore this battle of November 30, 1917, the British on the western front had only lost 84 guns, whereas the number of German guns captured by us since the beginning of the war Is l. "The net result of the fighting on the Cambrai front Is that we still re main In possession of both the Hinden- burar line and the Hindenburg 'special' line on a front of nine miles. On this front we have advanced a distance of between 8000 and 4000 yards. We have captured since November 20, 11.000 pris oners and 138 guns, captures wblch are considerably greater than those claimed by the Germans. In addition to tnese results we nave inflicted casualties on the enemy which are out of all propor tion to our own. "During the year 1917 In all theaters of war the British have captured 751 guns and 116,000 prisoners. Of these, 631 guns and 73.000 prisoners have been captured on the western rronu LIQUOR RING IS BARED FEDERAL OFFICERS ARREST EIGHT OS CHARGE OF BOOTLEGGIXG. manhattan shirt sale! buy immediately at great reductions $1.75 shirts shirts shirts shirts shirts ASTORIA. Or.. Jan. a. (Special.) Jacob Alenius. a riveter employed at the McEarhern Shipyards, was instant ly killed this afternoon by falling from a swinging staging. ua neck waa I broken. Department of Justice Agents Say One I of Accused Admitted Plot to Im port Liquor Into Oregon. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan, 8. Eight per sons, one of them a woman, are under! arrest here on charges of being con nected with an alleged plot to sell large quantities of liquor in Oregon. The I arrests were made by the Department I of Justice. , I According to a Department of Justice I operative he rented a room In the same hotel In which one ot the accused men was living and agreed to accompany the latter to Portland on a trip to sell liquor. The couple were arrested at I the Ferry building. Later, it is alleged. the accused man confessed the plot to I the operative. . The Federal authorities tonight as-1 serted they bad seized four barrels, six I trunks and three suitcases containing! liquor. All the defendants, it waa said, I were to be taken to Oregon for trial. 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