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VOL. XIII. NO. i 246.
I PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1914 SIXTEEN PAGES.
THAW ORDERED
TD HEW y
TO FACE TRIAL
United States Supreme Court
Reverses Ruling of New
Hampshire District Court
as to Fugitive.
HE IS CHARGED WITH '
REAL CRIME, IT HOLDS
Thaw Must Now Face Trial
for Conspiracy to Escape
- - in New York State.
Thaw's Mother Breaks Down.
Plttaburg, Dec. 21. Mrs.
Mary Copley Thaw broke down
here today when told that her
4 eon Harry had been ordered ex-
tradited from New Hamshire to
New York, to stand trial .for al-
leged conspiracy In hia escape
from Matteawan usylum.
-l simply cannot believe !t."
- waa all aha would say.
(United Frew Lie Wire.
TCeahlnfftnn Dee. 21. Harry K
i Thaw, alayer of Stanford White, waa
: ordered extradited by the United
States aupreme court today from New
tTnmnahlra to New York.
I m . . j..eirtn n r a n tTldt
r ine couri i ummivu ...........
Thaw must return to New 'York and
fiir trial on a chars: of conspiracy
The ruling today reversed the decision
al. -nt.0 Mamnahim iutireme court.
VI in. " . . - -
which granted Thaw's application for
"a writ of habeas corpus.
Whether Thaw will be returned to
the Matteawan asylum for the criminal
Insane will depenflt on the New York
authorities. Thaw's attorneys here
declared that If their client was not
tried for- conspiracy or if attempts
were made to hold him as an alleged
lunatic, another habeas corpus writ
would, be sougbi. .
'The court's opinion was read by
Justice Holmes. It overuled nearly
every point made by ; Thawa counsel,
aaying in part!
-Thaw Pugltiv- Promt - Juatic. -
"Thaw was a fugitive from Justice
and waa charged with a real crime.
It is for ft Jury In the state of New
York, after considering the laws of
that state, to determine whether or
not Thaw was Insane at the time of
the act or whether he is guilty of
crime against the laws of New York.
"Thaw's attorneys alleged It was no
crjme for a man In an Insane asylum
In the atate of New York to walk out
If he could do so. Therefore, it was
contended that It was not a crime to
do thia thing. But that doea not
- necessarily follow.
"It la no crime for a person to with
hold his patronage from a certain
shop, but If a number Of persons con
spire together to withhold their patron
age from that bhop It becomes a con
spiracy, punishable legally, and, there
fore we are obliged to hold that the
withdrawal .of Thaw from an insane
asylum, Inasmuch as he did it to ob
struct the law, was a conspiracy for
that purposek and consequently the in
dictment on which the state pf New
York fought to bring Thaw tack to
New -York, charges a crime. .
Must Prove Insanity. .
"We are also obliged to hold, on the
same. theory, that Thaw is ft fugitive
. from : Justice. It has further been
' contended that lr Thaw Is Insane, he Is
not gully f any crime under the
laws of New York, and that. If he la
not Insane, he would have been, dis
charged from the asylum. But the
statutes require that If ft supposedly
Insane person commits a crime. It is
, necessary for the defense to prove
that that person was Insane at the ac
tual moment of the overt act. It has
been held that ft person may be Insane
and yet realise at the time of the
crime that it was wrong.
"Now. this is not Thaw's trial. That
must be decided under the laws of
New York, by a New York Jury, and
furthermore no discretion Is given in
". the law providing for extradition, and
It plainly aays that, upon an Indict
ment charging fraud being found, and
pi oof -of that submitted to the state
to which the fugitive has fled, the
fugitive must be surrendered to the
demanding Btate. For this, and other
reasons, we reverse the decision of the
district court of New Hampshire."
Steamer Drummuir
Sunk by Leipsic
Vessel Owned by San Francisco Firm
ftad Consigned to It Reported to Hare
Been Sunk by German Cruiser.
San c Francisco. Cal.. Dec. 21. The
British steamer Drummuir, from
Swansea. England, owned by and con
signed. to Hind, Kolpli & Co. of this
city, is reported to have been sunk
by the German cruiser Lelpslc, short
ly before that cruiser waa sunk by ft
British' squadron off the Falkland.
This meager Information was re-
, ported In San Francisco today m a
dispatch from London. Ttie crew
with Captain Eagles, was reported to
have been set ashore lit Cape San An
tonio.
The Drummuir Is now 93 days out
from Swansea, and has not bee:-, heard
from. Mayor Rolph is inclined to
doubt the ship is lost
Hold Services In Street,
The usual Sabbath services were
held yesterday In front of the Taylor
Street .Methodist church. Rev, Mr.
Walters preched the sermon, Mr.
Bayer led the singing and Samuel
Connell delivered the prayer. The at
tendance waa large, notwithstanding
the eold weather. . A substantial
Christmas offering for the poor waa
. mad. ,
OR
iniJiiuii Luiiai
Bride" Arrested
by Mother-in-Law
Mrs. Keith Donaldson Goes- to Visit
ex-Husband's Mother In Phil a- .
delphla; Pulls If air.
Philadelphia, Pa, Dec 21. Mrs.
Keith Donaldson, the divorced wife of
Keith Donaldson of this city and New
York, and formerly known throughout
society circles of the south , as the
"million dollar bride," Saturday night
was arrested and locked in ft cell on
charges preferred by her mother-in-law,
following ft sensational hair pull
ing match at the tatter's home here.
Mrs. Donaldson, who cam to thia
city several days ago, shortly after
her arrival from London, Saturday
night, went to the hom of her mother-in-law,
Mrs. Wllliftm Donaldson, and
requested permission to se her 7-year-old
daughter, who had been left
in her husband's custody after her
divorce several years ago. When her
request was refused and she attempted
to enter the house, ft scuffle started
between her and ft maid, each after
ward accusing the other of pulling out
her hair.
Mrs. Keith Donaldson, before her
marriage in 1896, was Miss Evelyn
Hunter of Memphis, Tenn. She was
one of the most noted beauties of the
south, and was also heiress to great
wealth. When she was 21 years old
she was given a birthday, dinner, and
under her plate was a check for $1.
000,000. the gift of her uncle, Charles
H. Payne of Texas, a partner of James
Henry (Silent) Smith. This gift re
sulted in her becoming known as "the
million dollar bride" when her be
trothal to Keith Donaldson was an
nounced. Her father, Willis Hunter,
a cotton broker of Memphis and Chi
cago, was also wealthy.
Forts on the Coast
To Be Kemodeled
"Radical Changes to Besnlt In United
States From lessons learned In th
Great European War. .
(United Frew Leased Wire.)
Washington, Dec- 21. Radical
changes are to be made In the coast
defenses of the United States. They
will include Increasing the caliber of
coast defense guns, remodelling cer
tain of the forts on the east and west
coasts and radically changing some of
what, up to the present, have been
claimed to be impregnable fortresses.
This action will" follow a report to
be made thia week to Secretary of War
Garrison by a commission named by
him to investigate the lessons to be
learned from the European war.. Last
Octoher, following, th capture of the
great French "fortresses" of Maubeuge
By the Germans, and the making public
of the manner In Which Liege and
Namur fell. Secretary Garrison, bedded
that this country should see whether
there was not a lesson that could be
learned by Its defenders.
After discussing with his advisors,
the secretary named Assistant Secre
tary of War Breckenridge to represent
the civilian end of the service. The
other members of the commission were
the chief of the coast artillery, the
chief engineering corps, the' chief of
the ordnance bureau and Major Gen
eral Wood.
'Who Are You?' Tm
Just Yoo He Said
Who?" "Too" and His Master, Frtnc
Xampengpetch of Slam Will Ask th
Xing to Chang th Captain's Ham.
Chicago, 111., Dec. 21. Prince Kam-
pengpetch of Slam promised reporters
before he departed for San Francisco
that he would have his. brother, the
king of Slam, issue ft royal decree,
changing the name of Captain Yoof
the impenal army of the country maa
famous by twins. '"':.
"And who are your" reporters po
litely asked Captain Yoo when the
party arrived today.
"Yoo, responded in captain.
"Who?" aBked the reporters.
"Yoo," he repeated. . ,
The questioning was developing into
a burlesque when the prince appeared.
He spelled Yoo's name.
Angry Man Shoois Three.
T51 V, .-Ml Artr Tlr. 1 . A 11 n I
his stepfather-in-law, Frank Skinner,
horl hoon Intimate with hi wife and
with the avowed intention of wiping
out the whole family as wen as mm
self. Buford Faldwell Saturday
shot his wife, his mother-in-law. Mrs.
Frank Skinner, and himself. All are
seriously Injured and may die.
XMAS VIOLETS AND A
FARM WAGON,
The name of the classification in
which it appears today precedes
each of these Journal Want Ads:
70S SAW mSCJfe&XtftHEOUS 19
"XMAS box of violets, a tasteful
and attractive Xmas present at
a very moderate cost. Each' box
artistically arranged with maiden-,
hair fern. Boxes 60c and f 1 each."
FTSWISHED FX, ATS
60
"FINEST 5 room flat In city, fully
furnished, only $20; cleanest,
brightest rooms; corner house; gas,
bath; 2 carlines. walking distance.'
70S HALE HOUSES
61
"HALF acre with goods house
$1275 New 3 room plastered elec
tric lights and water In house, big
front and back porch, also chicken
house 12x40. only 30 minutes out.
1 block to good carline, easy terms,
Spa owner.
SWAP CO&UJgjr
25
"GOOD horses, cows, . furniture. 8x
10 camera, cooking range, or
cream separator, for second hand
piano, or will sell t h ese cheap."
'DRIVING mare for phonograph;
farm wagon for buggy." -
You can gain many good sugges
tions from The Journal Want Ads
Read them over.
THE
NEW YEAR'S GAIETY
BIDS FAIR TO REACH
ANOTHER HIGH MARK
i
Tables at Local Hotels and
Grills Already Being En
gaged and Cash Deposited
Portland's good-bye to the old year
bids fair to be Jtrst aa hearty and care
free as ever this coming New Year's
eve. with advanc renervatlona that
already almost equal the capacity of
the hotels and high class grills.
If Portland's officialdom really In
tends to enforce its ban upon the
year-end revelry, the fear has not yet
reached the usual merrymakers, who
have put up larger cash deposits for
the reservation of tables than, usual.
One hotel Increased the deposit from
12.50 per seat to $5, but the effect of
this was rather to stimulate the reser
vations than otherwise.
"Every year Just such orders are
issued by the c'lty authorities," said
one hotel manager this morning. "But
so many peoplej demand the right to
watch out the old year that the orders
hardly ever are! literally enforced."
Special progra,ms will.be put on by
the leading hotels, and the cabaret
features of the grills will be elab
orate. Definite programs have not
been prepared, hut the various mana
gers are working out new ideas that
they say will make the food and drink
not the sole attractions.
Mo6t of th hotels are planning to'
encourage the grotesque In the enter
tainment and conduct of guests. : Long
noses, harlequin ; hats, clown costumes,
the light wings : of the fairy will be
deck the diners,; and It is planned to
make the night one of freedom, and
Bohemianism. i -.
Although th forms of decorum
will be insisted upon, the tip has gone
out that the guests may have as good
a time as, their personal creeds allow
them. - ,
Appeal Refused
Leo M. Frank by
Federal Judge
Judge Newman Changes His Mind
and Refuses to Certify Murder
Case to Supreme Court.
Atlanta, Ga.. . Dec. 21. After an
nouncing Saturday that he would per
mlt Leo M. Fran!:, convicted of the
murder of Mary Phagan, to appeal
again to the United States supreme
court. Judge Newman of the federal
district court here, refused today to
certify the case to the higher court.
Wendel Sisters to
Inherit $55,000,000
"Hermit of Fifth Avnue" Xft Ho
Will and Sntlr Xstat Will Oo to
His Four Slaters-
New York, Dec. 21. Two of. the sis
ters of the late John G. "Wendel. "The
hermit of Fifth I avenue," have applied
at White Plains for letters of admis
sion as his next! of kip. As Mr. Wen
del left no will, his entire estate, es
timated at $55,000,000. will go to his
four sisters and that there Is entire
harmony in the manner , of dividing
the vast property Is shown in that
the application of the two sisters for
letters of administration is accom
panied by a sworn renunciation of
rights of administration by. the s other
two. together with the consent of all
that the letters be-": granted..
Mr. Wendel, who owned more Broad
way real .estate than any living man
and more New York realty than any
body except th Astor estate, died In
California a few weeks ago.
1
DRESS
REFORMER!
GUTIERREZ DIRECTS
HIS MEN TO I MOVE
Tl
Washington Reports Naco
Situation Much Improved;
Villistas Win Big
Battle.
v..trajta4 prMa. team Wire.)
Washington. D,ec-. 21.-4-Prvislenal
President Gutierrez of Mexico notified
the state department today that Gen
eral Maytorena,' commanding the Villa
forces, would move back from hfs pres
ent position at Naco, Sonora, to a point
beyond range of the American border.
"The situation at Naco is very much
relieved," government officials an
nounced today. They admitted, how
ever, that they were watching develop
ments, in the interior of Mexico as a
result of reports that General Carranza
had ordered wholesale executions at
Vera Cruz. Executions elsewhere also
were reported. t
Official dispatches to the state de
partment from Mexico City Indicated
the peace convention meeting on Janu
ary 1 would depose Provisional Presi-
eht Gutierrez. S
Crushing defeat of the Carranzlstas
at Puebla by a force of Villa trooos
yesterday waa reported In; official ad
vices received this afternoon from
Vera Cruz. i
Nine cars of wounded soldiers, the
dispatch said, already have - reached
Vera Cruz, and more are expected.- The
bodies- of four dead officers also have
arrived at ;Vera Cruz.
Reported Trouble in Vera Cruz.
El. Paso. Texas. Deo. $1. Uncon
firmed reports received here today
said the Mexican troops at Vera Cruz
were . beyond General Carranza' s con
trol, and , were making scores of ar
rests. Numerous executions also were
reported. , ..- I -
Dardanelles Outer ,
Forts Are Forced
, . i
Allies' Warships Reported to B Shell
ing znar Forts of the Straits Seft
of Marmora Wext Obstacle.
Athens, Dec. 21. Sunday's account
of the forcing by th combined British
and French fleet of th outer defenses
of th Dardanelles was supplemented
today by th reports that the warships
were shelling the strait's! inner forts.
These stories were unofficial and
details were lacking, but the state
ments came from reliable -sources and
were generally believed, f
If true, they indicated that the fleet
had reachef the narrowest part of the
Dardanelles, having threaded the mine
fields which guarded their entrance,
and were likely to be heard from next
in the Sea it Marmora, j which they
will have to cross before reaching the
Bosphorus, on which Constantinople
s situated.
Senate Postpones
Action on Bland
Washington, Dee. 21. Acting on the
request of Senator Reed iof Missouri,
the senate judiciary committee today
postponed action on. the nomination of
Ewlng Bland as United States marshal
for the western district of Missouri.
The sub-committee of the Judiciary
committee also reported j unfavorably
on th nomination of Frederick Siddons
to be a Justice of the supreme court of
the District of Columbia. ( ;
WANTS YE0N RETAINED
i .
, Through , its secretary.? Edward I.
Failing, the Failing - McCalman com
pany this morning requested the re
tention of John B. Yeon as roadmaster
or tne county, saying that Yeon's loss
would have a bad effect os th effec
tlveness of the road work.
FROM
BORDER
WN
SHERIFF
WORD LOSES
ROUND OF
FIRST
CONTEST
Court Holds Suit Against
Hurlburt Brought Under
Wrong Statute, . .
Sheriff Tom SVrpra lost th first
round of bis contest to retain his of
fice to which Thomas M. Hurlburt was
elected at the election last month. Cir
cuit Judge Kavanaugh ruled that th
contest should have been brought un.
der the corrupt practices statute
passed by the people in 1908, instead of
under the statute of 1854. Under this
ruling he allowed the motion by Hurl-
burt's attorneys to quash the petition
for a recount of the votes cast.
As . the ruling automatically ended
the case. Judge Kavanaugh did not In
quire into the merits of the contest.
Attorney Paul Farrens, representing
snerirr worn, saia mat new proceed
ings would at once be started under
the later act. The decision In sub
stance follows:
"It is alleged that the judges and
clerks of election in each voting pre
cinct in the county made an erroneous
court of the vote cast for the contest
ant and the contestee., and also counted
for the contestee several void ballots,
There is a separate allegation for each
precinct In which there Is specifically
stated the respective number of votes
counted for the contestant and con
testee. together with a statement of
the true number of votes actually cast
for each of the parties, and also the
number of void ballots alleged to have
been counted for the contestee.
"To the notice of contest th con
testee appeared specially for th pur
pose of the motion only and moved
to quash and set aside th service on
four separate grounds, especial insist
ence being made that no petition had
been filed as provided by section 3532
L. O. L., that no bond had been given
and . no citation Issued or served as
required by said section.
"This .proceeding was instituted un-
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Parcel Post to
Receive Packages
Up to Midnight
Record for Business in the Local
Office Is Likely to Bo
Broken Today. ; A
Owing to the Christmas rush, th
heaviest In the history of th Portland
postofflce. Postmaster Myers today
announced that, beginning today, par
'eel post packages vill be received up
to midnight until Christmas.
On Saturday the parcel post did the
largest day's business in its history,
and indications tnia rorenoon were
that the Saturday record would b
smashed by closing time.
To relieve th congestion at the
main postoffice and branches seven
sub-postoffices have been temporarily
opened In the big stores and by this
method the work of getting gifts off
to their various destinations is being
handled expeditiously.
In the main postofflce eight parcel
post windows are now open, in place
of the customary two: , Stamps are
sold already canceled to save labor.
ray of Repentance
Set in Germany
Archbishops and Bishops Tlx January
10 as Day for Prayer, Says Cologne
Dispatch.
Amsterdam, Dec. 21. Archbishops
and bishops throughout Germany hare
set Jinuary 10 as a day of prayer and
repentance, according to a Cologne dis
patch received her . today by th
Nleuw Rotterdamsch Co u rant.'
ELECTION
MILLION IN IN
DEFENSIVE LINE
ABOUT WARSAW
Russians Reported to Have
Formed New Line to Guard
City, Extending From
Skierniwicz to Pilca River.
VISTULA FREEZING AND
RAINS HAMPER GERMANS
One Detachment of 2000
Death's Head Hussars
Trapped, Wiped Out
(rutted Preni tased Wlre.1
London, Dec. 21. The Russians were
believed here today to have formed
an entirely new line for Warsaw's de
fense. A specific statement to the ef
fect that this had been accomplished
was lacking, but it was so strongly in
dicated in dispatches from Petrograd
that British military experts- felt no
doubt concerning the fact.
The best judges were of the opinlen
that if tne Germans broke throuch
the Slav front at all they would do to
only at the expense of a terrific bat
tle, on a scale which even the present
war nas not yet seen.
It was said there were more than
1.000.000 men in the Warsaw defen
sive line. I
The Slavs were described as massed
along a 60 mile front extending from
Skierniwicz to the Pilco river. This
fronfs extension to the southward
was said to have been necessitated by
the Austro-German advance in the
Pietrc-kow region.
in main German advance, it was
stated, was along the Bzura river and
the railroad from Lowicz, which Mar
shal von Ilindenberg had captured, to
Warsaw.
The Vistula river waa reported to
have begun freezing over and snows
and chilling rains were declared to
be hampering the Teutons'
seriously.
progress
The fighting of the past week, all
accounts agreed, was. Wf th moat
desperate character.
A detachment of 2000 of th kai
ser's famous Deaths Head Hussars
was said to have been trapped near
Mwie, ana nearly : -wiped out, only
(donjclnded on P Two, Oolnma One)
PEOPLE SHIVER WHEN
MERCURY TAKES BIG
FALL AT EARLY
Fortunately This Is One of
Shortest Days of Year;
Thermometer Shows 21,5.
Portland shivered Just a little hard
er this morning than on any previous
morning this, month. And th shiver
ing was at iXs best, or worst. Just at
the time thousands of workers were
rushing fifora their homes to .stores,
offices and shops.
At 7:3 o'clock the mercury dropped
to 21.5, above lero, marking the cold
est hour of the month. At 8 o'clock it
was down to 22 degrees.
This was the coldest day of the
month and comes within a second or
two of 'being the shortest day of the
year, j Official Information is that to
morrow will be a few seconds shorter
than today. (
'Acting District Forecaster Drake re.
ports today that a "slight distnr
banc" has been discovered some place
up near Dutch harbor, along the
.Aleutian islands, and it may mean
that a storm, with warmer weather.
Is headed this way.
Be that as it may, he anounces that
there will be no change for the next
24 hours and he cannot be sure that
the cold spell will break in 36 hours.
But that little disturbance up in the
reighborhood of the southern portion
of Alaska is far enough south that it
ought to mean rain and showers here
In the next two or three days.
. The tendency today la toward cloud
iness and this will keep th mercury
a little lower than yesterday, when,
in the afternoon it went up to 40 de
grees. , ' .
Hotel Proprietor Is
Stubbed and Robbed
Owser of Two ClTlnd Hotels Pound
Dead, HI Diamond and Money
Kissing; Zaives JTear HJm.
Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 21. With nu
merous stab wounds about the" heart
and back, the body of "William Troy,
proprietor of the Troy hotel and the
Hawley house here, was found dead
today in the Troy hotel. The body
was fully dressed. Two large knives
lay on the floors nearby. Troy's, dia
monds and money were missing.
Eugene Zimmerman
Dfes in Cincinnati
former President of th Moaoa S all-
road aad Father of th Duchess ' of
Manchester Dies at Els Club.
Cincinnati. Dec. 21. Kx-Prenident
Kugene Zimmercan. of the Monon rail-
road. millionaire and father of the
Duchess of Manchester, died suddenly
yesterday at . his club of hemorrhage
Of th lungs. .
HOUR
WheatSalesReach
Highest Prices
Kno wn in Market
Actual Bids in the Northwest Go
as High as $1.23 Per Bushel
for Spot Offerings.
The highest official prices vr re
corded in th Pacific northwest wr
today reached in the wheat markt
here. Actual bids for wheat In the
country ran go up to 11.25 a bushel
for spot delivery bluestem, based upon
tidewater track delivery.
On the Merchants' Exchange today
record prices were named with th
sale of S000 buHhels club, February de
livery, at J1.26H. and (000 bush
els red Russian for similar delivery at
$1.23 a bushel.
At the same time there was an ad
vance of lc to Ihic a bushel in the
bids on th local exchange, with spot
bluestem tl.24. fortyfold 1.23. club
tl.2?. red Russian $1.17 and red fife
$1.17.
The scramble for wheat by Euro
pean nation is far th greatest ever
known in the trade her. It is esti
mated that about 4,000.000 bushels are
still held by Pacific northwest grow
ers. There was an advance of 4Vid
to 6d In , th price of cargoes on
passage at Liverpool today, which
means in American terms a rise of 9c
to 12c.
Cmfcago option prices wer up He
to 1 He a bushel over Saturday. In
the middle west, owing to the report
of sever damage to the growing crop
by the cold, weather, there were sharp
gains in quotations. Omaha prices
were advanced 2c a bushel for th day.
WAR SUMMARY
BY J. W. T. MASON
Former European Manager for
the United Press.
New York, Deo. 21. Berlin, for th
first time, suggested today that the
offensive in northwestern Belgium
had passed from the Germans to th
allies.
In connection with this intimation,
the further fact was made public that
th long expected general attack on
the Anglo-Franco-Belgian forces had
not" yet developed.
The official form of th Berlin
declaration waa a speculative sugges
tion that this new offensive might
now be beginning.
It is apparent that th Germans are
feeling the pressure which the allies
have been bringing to bear against
their front in Belgium and northern
France In the past fortnight. Reports
from French and British sources have
conveyed th Impression that theso
attack wer not more than reconnoiH
saneeS'ln fere,., ordered by Oeneral
Joffr to determine the relative
strength of the varlou German posi
tions. Berlin, however, places a more
serious Interpretation on th allies'
purposes. .'
Gains Becom Hoticahl.
Undoubtedly this means that th at
tacks on the German trenches are In
creasing In violence and that the
gains they are making are becoming
roticeable.
The supposition was that Joffre in
tended to delay his main offensive
until spring, when he wi.ll have a
much larger force at his disposal than
at present. The new development of
new conditions, however. evidently
caused it to be launched much earlier
than wan anticipated.
Presumably theBe new conditions
consisted In the unexpectedly rapid
dHivory of arms and ammunition to
the nllies quite possibly from the
United States.
It has not been lack of men- but
lack of equipment which has been the
prime reason why the allies have been
the Germans' inferiors since fighting
began in th western war sone.
Joffr Secretly dr.
All these circumstances seem ' to
imply an early attempt of the Anglo-Franco-Belgian
force to drive the
kaiser's troops back to their Rhln de
fenses. At the same time it must be empha
sicod that General Joffre ha learned
extreme caution from th lessons of
th first few weeks of th" war In
Alsace and Lorraine. Heflc it is cer
tain thnt no order will be given for f
a general advance until conditions are
as nearly as possible! what the French
commander wants them t b.
lie is th most patient, secretive
warrior of his time, and military ob
servers may be deceived concerning
his intentions.
Power Concerns
Over-Capitalized
Former Forest Berric Expert Quote
Figures to Beast Public Ztaads Com
mittee to Prov That Contention.
Washington. Dec. 21. As tending to
show the over-capitalisation of the
water power companies which have
taken over those water power sites
already utilised, Phllipp Wella, former
water power expert of the United
States forest service, before the senate
public lands commission, used a mass
of census figures." He showed that the
average capitalisation is 1430 for each
kilowatt hour, and on this, he de
clared the companies pay an average
of 3.6 per cent. He then cited th
statement before congress of President
Paul Lincoln of the American institute
of electrical engineers that a cost of
more than $100 per kilowatt hour from
th time the first penny was ' spent,
until the current was turned on would
be prohibitive.
Mrs. Victoria! Hobbs.
Glendale, I Or.. Dec. 21. Mrs. Vic
toria Hobbs, daughter of Gabriel Hard
lson, the fourth white child born in
Oregon, died - here Friday, aged 66
years. She had resided in this vicinity
for 32 years. She married John Hobbs
in 1S6T, and Is survived by th follow
ing children: Charles and Mollis
Hobbs and Mrs. It. M, Moor of -Glendale;
Mrs. Dessie Whit of Prloeville;
George and Iee of.Powells Butte, and
Mrs. Lottie Vandevert of Eugene. i-
U-
Uobbefl to Hut Presents.
Placervllle, Cat, Dec. 21. Charles
Wiley, aged 18, has confessed that he
robbed tne camin postofftt Of 21
to ouy ruunaa,prnt. i
Entire Line of German
Trenches Southwest of
Loos Occupied by French
and British, Says Report.
HOSPITAL IS SHELLED
BY GERMANS AT YPRES
Progress at All Points Is
Claimed Against the Ger
man Forces. - .
p,,,'1'' Lfll wire.)
.t,, C- 21T-?luPtln by the
allies of the Germans'-veilre line of
trenches southwest 4f-i Loos -was An
nounced in the warj jBlfice'. offlcaf
statement posted here' today. -
In their advance fea peraha the'
destruction by the Frencb was' also
reported or the Oerriw trench,..; nd
two pieces of artllleryeast of Albcrl.'
Imporunt gUm weii claimed lse-
TH.-I? U' rran Belgrum. ,
bardlnri7n "v" r ''"ed of bom
barding the Yres hospital Sunday. -righting.
f0r aonuj,.
The war office added that' It was
"J true th BrltW,;hl(1 ,ako,, RT'
c'"i as renorted i,m n.h.i . ...
town, u was stated, iwi ln progress
Constant advance, bvfu.e al 1 w.'r
reported in the Ait S ' vlZi
Klona
.J..! mo new. of th
in-i ","v"' irainioad after traln
ioaa of Uerman wounded from ih.
from h
twill. if.
It Wan ..U .u. ft'-
- . me Kunart lorcea were
threatened wtth a ,ypoid ,e
nCmb'r 20'" "dVthe- statement,
in BefgTunr" "r' Pnt'
Hospital Sontarded. ,
"The Germans tomb.-ded th Veres
nospital. ; ,j , .
French took the wood near-Alx Nou
r!ti.WheI!? w -uilt the enttr.
T'"l Un "5 Qermari, ffrencbes soutlu
west ot Loos. - ,. ji T
Th .French artnk?y silenced th
German gun. east kiit . Albert and
smashed the trench j nnrf put o
cannon out. of comjfjssisi kouthosst
of f arnoy. ! "
"VVe are gaining Ch Yd.v tn.'aJ in
the regions of the AWne. -
"Progress also is fykng mad kl
V.'e.c"Urc line hetweanlsiic Cl.ampahn
district and the Argoji&e,,, .and Mu.
'Vie ate advancing io the height of
the. Afeusc and elsewhere.'
. Hi ' ' - ;
Warships Akf allies.
Paris, Dec. 21. Fighting in north--cm
France and nortyj-vstern Belgium
was increasing In vlhiic and extent
today. Warships off jtfee Belgian oost
were aiding the slllejj by shelling the
Germans" riRht furloijy. In the Bel
gian fighting it wtisJittate'd that M)d
dlekeike had b;eh feaitured by the
allies. . , . i ;.
Infc France the rkpituee was an
nounced of I wo more! ifnes of German
trenches southeast oiffta Basse. .
OF
THI1R1G
Holdups Stop G B,
vici as He Lfewes
Ludeo
Home for Place of Business.
- v
The most successful hcldun of any
In the string of half a, dose.t that;
nas occurred jn tne. last two weeks,
took place Just before 6 o'clock this
morning when O. B. 7,udcovlcL of J39
East Sight street, was" confronted by
two masked gunmen -Just -as h was
leaving his home to go to his saloon,
and forced to give up .$300.
Ludeovlci runs theit saloon nt I East
Clay and Union avenue. Th man.
who gave th holdup; order spoke in
the Italian language. ':, "
Without hesitation ijth men Went to
his right hand hip pocket, and found,
the wallet containing $10 a.id $29
bills. They searched no further, and :
the holdup was a matter of less than
a' minute. -:
In another' pocket Ludeovlci had
$110 in smaller change, but in their
absolute certainty they passed up all
the other pockets, xtw of the rubbers
was very tall, whil j the other on
was of short stature. . They wer;
heavily masked and faell covered with
overcoats. Both carried revolvers.
Burglar Imprison J Watchman. .
When tli watchman at the con
struction Job- on tlt- v rjew iron works
m r.BBi iweniy-mnijii jana Ul;i:amas
streets. went to the tdol house on his
round of inspection last Mght, ne was
met at th door by man with a :
revolver. The watehrrwp was forced;
to, thrown up his hand and back into
th tool house. Th burgla- then
locked the. door from tiie outelJe. The
watchman, was. -imprijS?ned, for everal
hours.; .- ii '
; ; Supreme Court Jflecesjie. ' .
Washington, Dec. j ji.The United '
States supreme coVirij Concluded hand
ing .down opinions i Shortly after 1
o'clock thia afternoon and announced a
ROB SALOOpAN
300