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0 86 Pages Section One Pages 1 to 22 V VOL. XXXni-XO. 49. PORTLAND. OREGON. SUNDAY MOBXIKfl. rwr n ,o,. . UTILE CENTER SOUTH OF LODZ Heavy Fighting Also Rages North of City. :;; GERMANS REINFORCE CENTER Russian Successes Declared Due to Tireless Aggression of Siberian Troops. BAYONET IS MUCH USED District Is Graveyard, With Hospital Corps Three Days Behind With Wounded. PETTtOGRAD, via London, Dec. 5. The' center of the field operations in the .eastern arena of the war has moved to the south of Lodz in Rus sian Poland. The German effort cen ters at Szczerczow, 20 miles west of PiotrhTow, with that town the objec tive. Heavy fighting is reported also along a line from Glowno, 16 miles northeast of Lodz, to the Vistula River. Germans Estimated at Five Corps. The strength of the German forces opposing the Russian left wing is es timated at five corps, each corps oc cupying a front from eight to ten miles in extent. There are indications that owing to exhaustion of the troops composing the German center, most of those regi ments which lost a large percentage f their fighting strength have been withdrawn or are resting on their arms, and that fresher troops are holding the' line during a temporary cessation in the battle. Siberian Troops Tireless. News dispatches from the front at tribute the Russian success in crush ing the German forces near Lodz chiefly to the miraculous endurance and tireless aggression of the Siberian troops. The entire wooded region from Brzeziny is described in , these dis patches as a German graveyard. Here a unsupported Siberian battalion is reported to have charged a battery of heavy German artillery and to have bayonetted the gunners. Field Not Clear of Wounded. The dead and wounded in this dis trict are reported to be so thick that the Russian hospital corps, . after working three days, had not cleared the field. Most of the Germans treated showed bayonet wounds. The fire-blacked ruins of the vil lage of Kurpin, despatches from the front say, are packed with charred Concluded on Page 8.) I 11 x. GIRLSEENSTEAL1NG TAKESAC1DANDD1ES MARTHA FAIR. .MAX, OK MULT XOMAH CLUB, EXDS LITE. Need. Is Said to Have Prompted 16 -Year-Old Marathon-Swim . "Winner, to Rifle Locker. Leaving- a farewell' note to her parents and brothers, .Martha F airman, winner of the Marathon swim in Port land last August, drank carbolic acid at her home at 90 Texas street, yes terday and died shortly afterwards at the Good Samaritan Hospital. The police say she committed suicide be cause she was caught rifling clothes in a locker-room 'at the Multnomah Club, An employe of the club is said to have detected the girl searching the pockets of clothes In the -ladies' locker-room yesterday morning. Miss Fairman was taken before Superintendent Dow Walk er, who told her no charges would be preferred against her if she would go home, tell her mother about It, and re turn with her mother at 4 P. M. She went home and drank acid, the police say. Following Is a police copy of the girl's note: "Mother Dearest Don't take it hard. Go to Mr. Walker at the club at 4 o'clock. He will explain, all.. Tours with lots of love to John. Papa, Bob and yourself." Kriends of the girl say the tragedy was the result of Miss Fairman's am bition to excel in athletics. She joined the club, they say, when the family was in prosperous circumstances. Last Summer she won the five-mile Mara thon swim given under the auspices of the Multnomah Club. Lately, friends of the girl say, the family has been in straitened circumstances, and they be lieve that she committed theft because of real need. Miss Fairman was 16 years old. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Fairman. This was her freshman year at Lincoln High School. She is sur vived by her parents and two brothers. BLAST BLOCKS RUSSIANS Up, Severing Great Tunnel Blown Servia-Roumania Communication. AMSTERDAM (via London). Dec. 5. The great tunnel near Tychjetchar (Tekija) has been blown up by dyna mite, thus severing communication be tween Servia and Roumanla. according to advices from Nish. Servia. to the Rotterdam Courant. The passage of Russian transports along- the Danube, the dispatch says, has therefore, become impossible. , , INCREASED REALTY.. .SALES GIVE TAXfilBUi EVIDENCE . OF PROGRESS. An Indication of the trend of the times may be read in the number of realty sales that were closed last week, involving the transfer of ownership of business and residence property v in Port land -and of farm holdings throughout thestate. During the week the officials at the Courthouse were kept busy recording the transfer of 427 dif ferent parcels of local property. The aggregate value of the prop erties exchanged waa quoted at 1238.296. but if the real consid erations had been announced the total would have crept far above that figure. Nearly 30 of the deeds admitted consideration ranging from $2000 to $100,000. The war tax was the means of bringing out several old deals, but a great majority of those re corded told of recent transfers. In the real estate department of The Sunday Oregonian im portant farm sales and trades are listed as follows: A $100, 000 sale in Union County, a $90, 000 sale in Douglas County, one 126,500 and another $7800 sale in Morrow County, a $50,000 trade, a $28,000 sale and a $25,000 trade at Eugene, in Lane County, and a $12,000 trade at Albany, in Linn County. CARTOONIST REYNOLDS COMMENTS PICTORIALLY ON SOME LEADING EVENTS IN THE PAST WEEK'S NEWS. 4 lilLl :7H 4. i 1 11 : UNION OF TWO CITY BODIES ADVOCATED Now Is Best Time, Say Business Leaders. ECONOMY PROMPTS MERGER Tie of Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club Looms. PLAN IN GENERAL, FAVOR Prominent Members or Both Organ izations See Greal Opportunity to Make One Big Portland Force for Good Out of Two. FOUR REASONS A3EJ GIVEN FOR CONSOLIDATION OK OROASIZATIOV3. Opening of the Panama Canal and the attention attracted to Pacific Coast in 1915 make thia time especially opportune for united effort - in development work for Oregon. Greater strength and efficien cy can be obtained by union of two great and successful com mercial forces In the city. Reduction of overhead expenses would make for economy and make possible a larger amount of work on the same funds. Duplication of work in various departments of both organiza tions would be eliminated. Consolidation of the Commercial Club of Portland and the Chamber of Commerce in 'their work for thtf de velopment of Oregon is most desirable and the present is especially opportune for the development of a definite plan of consolidation. ' This is the almost unanimous , opinion expressed yester day by members. and officers of both organizations. ., . '-. . '7 . , That the ' two civic bodies have de veloped to a. condition of high effi ciency In the lines of service in which they have' been active and, combined at this time to concentrate their ef forts in the future promotion of the state s development, would seize the beginning of a new epoch in the growth of the West In which their combined work could produce wonder fully efficient results, is the general belief. Mr. Averlll for Mercer. "I have dreamed, talked and strong ly advocated the consolidation of the Portland Commercial Club and the Chamber of Commerce for years," de clared A. H. Averlll. president of the Chamber of Commerce and the head of the Averlll Machine Company, yester day. "The time Is ripe when this should be accomplished. It is useless to have two commercial bodies, both doing the same work, both having the same sub committees and both accomplishing the little things. I look on this pro posal from the standpoint of a busi ness man and It appears a waste of money and time for the business men of this city to be paying for the up keep of two bodies performing the same functions. . - "v Waste of Time Fiamres. "Then again, there is the time wasted. Many business men are mem bers of both organizations. For in stance, on a Monday night a business man attends a committee meeting of the Commercial Club. Tuesday he at tends another at the Chamber of Com- tContlnucd on Page 18. ALL. Ofr IASCS AS s-?jl G o7jS s INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS TESTE RD AT" S Maximum temperature. 4T.S degrees; minimum. 37 degree. occasional rain; southerly winds. ' War. British observer says Germans destroyed Tpres In revenae lor failure to capture It tif1 Inn 1 - T. Italy's position praised In Germany. ! inn 1 . . .. Civic Federation urges creation of council v. .iuvui uvieun, oecuon J. page a. Lord Roberts was opposed to war censorship. ' Section 1.- page . Center of desperate battle in east is now nnth nf T .-.. - .1 . . British .cruiser .Venus driven on English coast by gale. Section 1, page 6. British poet laureate .takes band In football mwuwu j. yac a. - Mexico. Saluar and Camp bead new revolution in Mexico. Section J, page 10. National. Senators stirred by Lane's frank character isation of coUeagues as "mutts." Section L naae B. Colonel Roosevelt denounces Admlnlstra- tlon s poller toward Mexico. Section L Page 1. Domestic. President- Snroule.- of- Southern Pacific, says Canal comostitlnn v. . . v-- .. . . . tatlon crisis to West. Section 1. page 10. " accuser or. millionaire charged with bribery, marking policy of scrutinizing motives in "white slave" cases. Section L nace 5.. . Little girl brutally killed In church In Sae ramcnta. smh.. -i - . Colorado mlneowners' attack on union labor .uvcBugation. section 1, page 4. Sports. Evan Evans to be sold by McCredle. Section Z. navM A. chlef Bender fourth famous baseball player ox x- cucmiij irom -otaer leagues in week. Section 2, page 4. Berry plans trip to East to snare players lor Seals. Section 2, page 4. Best boxers of city promised for last Ar mory Club smoker of season. Section a. Dace K Maty fInd lessn 'n Boston victory for - o are at tau-ena. section z, Pe e;' Stanford's interest In California's fight for American football high. Section 2. page 2 Seals lead Beavers In starting double plays rrom shortstop. Section 2. page 4. Basketball and soccer get turns in spotlight at State Unlvrsltv o i Basketball draws all Aggie eyes. Section 2, First game of hockey to be played Tuesday night. Section 2, page 2. Golf is peculiar unto Itself. Section 2, Page S. Proposed Johnson-WIUard fight raises storm Of Drotest RMtln. o - . v. l-wenty-round bout now permitted in only one state. Section a, page 5. Washington falls to dictate schedules ti . conference. Section 2, page 1. Pacific Northwest. Elections to be held In Linn County to morrow. Section 1. page 11. ... Budget system to be suggested as comple ment to state administration. Section 1. Page 8. . ' Industrial Insurance declared success ' by pace 9 tOD "im,nl,itrator- ' Section 1. Representative-elect Schnebal will offer bill to repeal all standing appropriations. Sectlo.-i L cage 11. Labor data shows that 80,878 women work in Oregon. Section 1, page B. Moral Milwaukee is demand of speakers at massmeetln. sotm.., i . .. . s vj u. CMorce Kolomorr Is indicted jointly 'with JiVr: va1 Grler for murder of Qrier near Mill Cit''. Kerflnn f T Almost all Washington Industries employ- -w.uou jho minimum wage recom mendation; , Section 2. page .7. . Cemmerclal and Hsriaa. Mention of Oweenee's speed brings defiant . 1.1 u.u ot inaia attach. Section 2. oun a Oregon ports hopeful of having cherished protects carried out. Section 2, page ft. Columbia bar data out. Section 2, page . Wheat holders In Northwest in strong po sition. Kectlnn 2 nor- i K Chlcairo wheat market higher because of - u li j .us- secuoa page 15. Stocks advance, but bonds decline in Wall w owuuu , page io. - Portland and Viclnltv. Merger of chamber of Commerce and Com- . ,u" aavocaiea cy leadera Section 1. Yiajm 1 Present defense system of country thought . . . "i j vuicor. section l, sue 1&. Slngers. dancera comedians await big Mult, i nomah Club show. Section 1, page 19. Farmers urged to produce denatured alcohol ouffivuioui. iBwiiae xuei. section 1. 1 na i'M 1j North Plains sends carload of supplies for Associated Chanties Christmas fund. Section 1. nna-M 1ft Sessions of Oregon Cheese and Butter Asso- .-... n uuv uci uccDniDer v to 12. sec tion 1. page 13. Body of ' late Professor Warren lld in mausoleum in Klvervlew. section L -page 16. T. W. Bucklev takes charge of sneclaJ v.n. at Livestock -show. Seettnn i - to Martha Fairman. 16. commits suicide after being caught rifling Multnomah -Club locker. Section. 1. page l. Kyo Kumasakl. new Japanese Consul la banaueted by Oriental-Pacific Society. Section 1. naare A County advisory budget committee recom- TYl ..Till, 'i T mill Ini'u ..11 . .. . . - " 'J ..iliii i. j. xieeus. S.'tton 1 n. 10 Ben Selling gains pledges of votes dally for Speakership of House. Section 1, page 6. Steel frame for iron plant rushed. Section 4, NATIONAL DEFENSE IS STRONGLY URGED Creation of Council Is . , Advocated. JORDAN AGAINST ARMAMENT Educator Would Rather Lose Pacific Than Fight Japan. G0MPERS FAVORS ACTION Civic Federation Takes Strong; Stand for Preparation Against At- tack Xavy tc Hold Sea for Year Suggested. NEW YORK, Dec. 5. Resolutions ad vocating the creation by the United States of a council of National defense were adopted today by the National Civic Federation after a discussion on National preparedness against attack that occupied much of the time of the last day of the federation's conference here. The duties of the- council recommend ed would be "to consider, decide and report to Congress what legislation is necessary to provide for the National defense without waste or unnecessary expense." Definite Peace Policy Wanted. Any recommendation of the proposed council should, in the language of the resolution, "aim to i-nr ih. ciency of existing forces on land and sea ana a definite policy to insure peace." . The resolution, moved by Talcott ...mains, director of the School of Journalism of Columbia University, was adopted unanimously, being sup ported in remarks by prominent mem bers of the federation who had previ ously discussed from various angles the question of National d r ATI : The. speakers included Dr. David Starr Jor- oan. cnancellor of Leland Stanford Uni versity; Colonel Robert M. Thompson, of the Navy League of the , United States; Franklin P. Roosevelt, Assist ant Secretary of the Navy, and Samuel Uompers. Jordan Opposes Mere Armament. Dr. Jordan protested against what he called a "tirade against the so called inefficiency of the Army or the Navy." and declared we should protest against an agjtation for more arma ment "at a time when the nations of the earth are crumbling each other be cause of their 'perfect equipment.' The lesson of this war is that preparedness for war brings war." he declared. "Now that the world is drunk it is not the time to lay in additional liquor." He asserted that there need h. fear that Japan would attack u - L1IC United States. As for the the Pacific, he said: I would rather give up the Pacific than see this country a-o in w.r Japan. . Plea for Navy Made. Colonel Thompson, on the other hand, advocated a Navy that would be able to hold the sea for a year against any Invader. "That would give us time to make ready our army for the field." he said. Mr. Roosevelt said there should be resentment against the classification as a "military", of every person who does not believe in total disarmament. Re garding suggestions that this country should lead in disarming, he asked his hearers to Imagine North America un armed, with Europe on one side, and Asia on the other, and then of a pos sible disagreement arising between the United States and another great power. Samuel Gomperg. while speaking for (Concluded on Page 27i V 7- A7A H'JS- 77Vf OJLO WAfZ GOO J L Saturday's War Moves ALTHOUGH fighting has been re newed on both the eastern and western fronts, there have been no ma terial changes in the posy ttlons of the belligerents during me last 21 hours. It would seem as though the vast ar mies have been engaged largely in making preparations for new battles. Here and there heavy -cannonades or Infantry attacks have occurred, all of which, however, were more In the na ture of feelers to try to rind out the enemy's strength than a serious design In the way of an offensive or for the purpose of an advance. In Poland the Germane, whose dar ing stroke to penetrate the Russian center apparently has ended in failure, with heavy 'losses, according to the latest reports from Petrograd. are forming a new line extending roughly from Kutno in the north to Cracow in the south. The right or southern wing of this army, which rests on Cracow, is com manded by General DankL He is sup ported on tho north by the army under General Hetxendorf. which is based on Czenstochowa, while the new army which was sent from the west fills the gap between this force and General Macken sen's army, which, after extricating itself from the Russian meshes, is now In the new position extending from Kutno southward. The eighth East Prussian army presumably has taken up the northern part of the line. Thus it will be felt that an entirely new battle is about to be fought, for the Germans are determined at all costs to keep the Russians out of their ter ritory. The English correspondents are confining themselves to reports of the previous battle around Lodz, which is described as the most sanguinary of the war. On the western front, interest tends to shift from Flanders to Lorraine and Upper Alsace. There has been little fighting in that part of Belgium still held by the allies, and the French have taken some old German trenches, which has given rise to the belief that the Germans have decided to fall back to new positions. Operations of more serious Import are taking place on the borders of Alsace-Lorraine. In Upper Alsace the French apparently have made consid erable progress and they also are mak ing desperate efforts to sever the cdm municatlons of the German force which has been holding St. Mlhlel on the Meuse for many weeka Everywhere, however, siege warfare prevails and for the most part the gains extend hardly more than 100 yards. In the near East similar conditions prevail and nothing haa occurred which might be termed a battle. Naval warfare, so far as Northern waters are concerned, haa been post poned by reason of the weather, which, as usual at this time of the year, has been exceedingly severe. BRITISH PRIVATE WINS V. C. Conspicuous Honor Bestowed on ' Soldier Who Captured Gun. LONDON. Dec. 5. The Victoria Cross has been bestowed on Private George Wilson. Second Battalion Highland In fantry, for "most conspicuous gallantry on September 14 near Verneuil in at tacking a hostile machine gun." The official announcement describing: Private Wilson's gallantry says: He was accompanied only by one man. When the latter was killed he went on alone and shot the officer and six men who were working the gun, which he captured." I Z ETTA JEWEL IS MARRIED Former Footllght Favorite Bride of Member of Congress. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Dec. B. Miss Izetta Jewell, once footllght favorite in Portland, and for the past two years leading lady of a stock company in this city, was married in Baltimore today to Representative Brown, of West Virginia. Reports from Baltimore say the bride will give up her stage career. Several tmes in the past few years it was falsely rumored that Miss Jewel was to be married to Frank H. Hitchcock, ex- fostmaster-General. SMIL.E at w - aWe.'V 7r COLONEL FLAYS MEXICAN POLICY "Futile, Inglorious War" Declared ;of No Avail. far-reachi?:g harm done Nation Made Responsible for Some of Wcrst Acts Ever. Committed in War. AMERICANS MADEV!CT1MS Bryan Said to Have Cited Crime Against Iowa Women to Justify Non-Action. OUTRAGES FOR WHICH ROOSE VELT DECLARES UNITED STATES IS ; I II, Til, Y RESPONSIBLE." Violation of scores of nuns. Murder of priests and others in cold blood. Wholesale robbing and expell ing of priests and nuns. Sacking of schools. Institutions of learning and libraries, and de struction of astronomical and other valuable machinery. Profanation of cburch-es and sacred vessels "in a thousand ways," including "orgies of the soldiers and their women before and around the altars." and throwing the sacred hosts into the feed of the soldiers' horses. BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT. (Copyrlfht, 191. by the Wheeler Syndicate. Incorporated. An astonishing proof of the readi ness of many persons to pay heed ex clusively to words and not at all to deeds is supplied by the statement of the defenders of . this Administration, that President Wilson haa ''kept us out of war with Mexico" and has "avoided interference iu Mexico." These are the words. The deeds have been: First, an unbroken course of more or less furtive meddling in the internal affairs of Mexico carried to a pitch which imposes on this Na tion a grave responsibility for the wrong doing of the victorious fac tions; and, second, the plunging of this country into what was really a futile and inglorious little war with Mexico, a war entered into with no adequate object and abandoned with out the achievement of any object whatever, adequate or inadequate. Denial Is Mere Play on Words. To say that wo- did not go to war with Mexico is a mere play upon words. A quarter of the wars of his tory have been entered into and car ried through without any prelimiuary declaration of war and often without any declaration of war at all. The seizure of the leading seaport city of another country, the engagement and defeat of the troops of that country, and the retention of the territory thus occupied for a number- of months, constitute war; and denial that it is Contlnued on rage T.) 1
