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NEUTRALITY
VIOLATIONS
DENOUNCED
President Wilson Reads Mes
sage to Congress, Most
Sensational Feature Being
His Condemnation of Hy
phenated Americans.
PREPAREDNESS MOST
PRESSING, PROBLEM
He Calls Upon Congress to
Assemble Resources of the
Nation, Naval, Military and
' Industrial, to See That Her
Liberty Be Guaranteed.
Washington. Pee. 7. I. X. S.)
Ptaixlin;: erect behind tbe fending desk
in the house of representatives today,
President Wilson delivered In person
to a joint fission of congress and
through, it to the people of the United
States, the most remarkable message
In the recent history of this govern
ment. With national preparedness as his
theme he cali-d upon congress to unite
in assembling all the resources of
this nation Into one mighty weapon for
defense.
The president not alone called for
lm reases in the army and navy, but
aso demanded moblllxation of the en
tire Industries and resources of the
country as anothe. step in the right
direction.
Denounces Hritrallty Violators.
His words were vitriolic as he de
nounced citizens of the United States
who have taken part in various at
tempts to violate thin nation's neu-
Coneieded on Pf"J Two. Column Tare)
STANDARD OIL BOAT
STRUCK BY AUSTRIAN
SHELL; 1
Austrian Submarine Fires on
Petrolite in Mediterranean
West of Alexandria.
Washington. Dec. 7. (V. The
cruiser Des Moines, on Mediterranean
dt ty, reported to the state department
this afternoon that the Standard Oil
tanker Petrolite had been shelled by
a submarine Sunday, 300 miles west of
Alexandria, and that one. member of
the crew was injured by a shell. The
department announced it would inves
tigate immediately.
"Petrolite. bound for New lork. at
tacked 6 this morning by submarine
with Austrian fla. Looked like a big
cruiser," said the Des Moines' mes
sage. The commander, however, did
not indicate whether there had been
try warning to the vessel a point,
vital in connection with future nego
tiations, should it prove the subma
rine was an Austrian.
$500,000 Fire at
Hoboken, N. J.
Hoboken, X. J., Dec. 7. (I. X. SO
A disastrous fire struck the water
front here today. It had its origin In
the garage of A. P. Hexamer and thi
building with 76 automobiles was soon
destroyed. From the garage the flames
spread rapidly to an adjoining livery
stable and this building was aloo
quickly destroyed and an adjoining
building Ignited.
The fire was controlled after dam
age estimated to exceed $5"0 000 had
been done. Volunteer companies of
the Xorth German Lloyd line and of
the Hamburg-American line assisted
the Hoboken fire department in sub--duing
the flames.
One hundred tenants were forced to
. flee when a row of five story tAemcnt
; buildings were threatened.
$3,000,000 a Day
In War Munitions
In Fire Days Last Week Fifteen Mil
lion Dollars' Worth of Xdfa .Destroy
ing Material Waa Shipped to Allies.
New York. Dec. 7. (I. X. S.) Com
pletion of the reports of the New
York customs house by the foreign
trade department of the National City
Dank shows that for the five business
days rt last week there was an aver
age shipment from this port of $3,000,
000 a day in munitions to the allies.
More than $10,300,000 of this was in
explosives, approximately $2,000,000
worth was in empty shells and about
$3,060,000 worth in other materials.
. .. The President's M essage
Is Given in Full on Page 10.
WOUNDED
Steel Goes Up
When Message
Is Published
Railroad and Industrial Stocks
Are Strong as llexult of Favor
able Suggestions Made.
New York, Dec. 7. ( L I'.) Follow
ing publication of the president's mes
sage L'nltd States Steel Jumped 1
points to 8, within point of top price
of the year. Shortly before - o'clock
steel climbed to 88 '4. The irarket was
bullish.
Railroads and industrial stocks nere
strong, apparently on the strength of
the president's suggestion that rail
roads need help, while his sugejytion
for a commission to investigate them
in these circumstances was interpret
ed as a favorable move. Cmon Pacific
reached 133i.
The. market closed lower and active.
OF
ONLY SEE W00DR0W
St. Louis Seems to Have the
Best Chance of Getting the
. Next Convention of Party.
Xing' Is Seated.
Washington. Dec. 7. Will R.
King was seated today as Ore
gon's delegate to the national
committee. King Cave his
proxv to Harry B. Hawes of
Missouri, which was consid
ered to be an excellent strategic
move, as St. Louis is considered
as 1-ading for the convention.
Senator Lane has the proxy or
It. M. Easterley. the contentant.
The rules committee favored
Kins on the understanding that
Ksterly would succeed him
after the convention. The com
mittee also held that the rule
adopted at Baltimore for the
primary election of committee
men applied only to successors
pf present members.
;
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Washington. Dec. 7. fU. P.) St.
Louis seemed to be ahead In the race
for Democratic convention city when
the Democratic national committco
got down to business today. Dallas.
Texas. Mas still figntlng. Chicrcroj
campaigners kept more or less in the !
dark, and only little was heard from '
San Francisco boosters. All delega
tions, ntv rtheloss, were rooting harl
though quietly. June 12 or 19
seemed the likely date for the con
vention. The opening session was har
mcnious and the fight to oust Chair
man McCombs failed to develop.
That the committee will vote by ac
clamation in favor of the renomination
of President Wilson was unquestioned.
The opposition to Vice President
Marshall as his running mate, how
ever, seomed crystallized into a defi
nite plan.
Suffrage Searing's Due.
Hearings for suffrage and anti
suffrage deiegatlons, contesting dele
gations for convention city, and oth
ers promfced to delay the balloting
for the city.
There were eight vacancies on the
committee. In two of these there
were contests, from Oregon and Ken
tucky. X'rey Woodson and General
W. B. Haldeman were the contestants
for Kentucky's seat and Will R. King
and H. M. Esterly for Oregon's.
Both contests presented novel tanele3.
Woodson was chosen by the Ken
tucky state committee. At last sum
mer's state convention General Halde
man was namd national committee
man. A similar family quarrel was
the Oregon case. King was selected
by the Oregon state committee and
in last year's primary election Kst
erly was chosen by ' the Democratic
voters.
ronx-Tear Terms Necessary.
Democratic precedent provides full
four-year terms for each committee
man. The national committee was pre
sented with the problem of overthrow
ing choices of state committees, ac
cording to established precedent, by
recognizing the choice of party conven
tions and the rank and file in a rn-
marv contest, hull authority and d!s
cretion was vested in the committee to
decide the contests. 1 1
Winer new xnemuers seaieu lotiav
were Vincent Miles, of Little Rock.
Ark., to succeed W. H. Kavanaugh, for-
league, deceased; John T. Barnett. of
Denver, Colo., succeeding Thomas J
Mcw.'ue, deceased; W. W. Marsh, of Wa
terloo. Iowa, succeeding Martin .1.
Wade, appointed federal judge; Charles
E. Johnson, of Waterville. Me., suc
ceeding E. L. Jones, resigned; Repre
sentative Cordell Hull, of Carthage,
Tenn., succeeding R. E. L. Mour
nr.
tie, deceased, and Z. R. Cheney, o
neau, Alaska, succeeding A. J. Daly,
deceased.
Fanes to Be Secretary.
The committee had to elect a secre
tary to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Joseph E. Davis, chair
man of the federal trade commission.
Thomas J. Pence was named temporary
secretary. This choice forecasted hia
permanent selection.
A spectacular feature of the meeting
was the suffrage, battle staged by dele
gations of pros 'and antis. Hearings
were granted prominent representatives
of both factions. Declaration in the
1918 platform on equal suffrage was
advocated and opposed.
Another discussion within the com
mittee was threatened over proposed
resolutions Indorsing the administra
tion's national defense program. Pro
Bryan committeemen were prepared to
head off such action. The committee
will, however, before adjournment,
adopt resolutions commending the Wil
son administration and achievements
of Democratic executive and congress.
NATIONAL
COMMITTEE
DEMOCRATS
CAN
i
COMPANY
GIVEN EQUITY,
Judge Wolverton Hands Down
Decree in Coos Bay Wagon
Road Grant Case; Defend
ant to Pay the Costs.
CONGRESS TO OUTLINE
METHODS OF SALES
Timber and Minerals De
clared Part of Land and
to Be Sold as Such.
The disposition of 9S.0OO acres
timber land, largely In Coos county
of
Is
put in the hands of congress by the
decree of Jude Wolverton, of the
federal court, filed this morning, in
the case of the United States against
tiie Southern Oregon company, claim
ants of the land.
The decree amount to a forfeiture
of all claim of the company in the
land, except $:.."i0 an acre, which w-p.s
the price named in the congressional
grant of 1SS9 for the selling of the
land. The decree also forbids selllr,
the land in tracts of more than 1-M
acres to one person, and holds that
timber, mineral or other deposits are
part of the land and may not be sold
separately.
In general the decree follows the
I opinion of the Prilled States supreme i
! court in the government's suit against
the Southern Pacific for the forfeiture
of the .". 300.0.10 acres in the Oregon
& California land grant.
Company Za Enjoined.
The Southern Oregon company is
enjoined from taking any action for
the disposal of the land, or cutting its
timber or removing Its mineral "until
congress shall have a reasonable op
portunity to make provision by legis
lation for the disposition of said lands,
timber, mineral or other deposits," at
the same time securing to Is company
"all the value that the granting act
conferred upon the state of Oregon, or
the wagon pad company."
Ttiat value was J2.5u an acre.
The grant was made to the state
of Oregon, whose legislature transfer
red it to private Hands on condition
that its original terms be carried out.
(Concluded on Paje Thirteen. Column One)
52 Are Drowned in
Sinking of Umeta
British Steamer Toped oed In Mediter
ranean and 47 X.ascara and rive
British Officers Lost With Ear.
Malta, Dec. 7. (I. X. S.'i Forty
nine survivors of the British steamer
I'meta, torpedoed yesterday by a sub
marine, landed safely here today. Five
British officers and 47 Lascars per
ished in the I'meta's sinking.
Swedish Steamer Sunk.
I-ondon, Dec. 7. (I. X. S.) The
Swedish steamer Greta, formerly the
Xerrvek, has been sunk, presumably
by a submarine. The crew was saved.
Greek Allowed to Go.
Messina. Dec. 7.(j x. S.) The
Greek mail steamer Spetzai. arriving
nere today, reported that she was in
tercepted and searched by an Austrian
submarine off Cape Spartivente.
Although Serbian officers were
aboard the vessel was allowed to pro
ceed. Big Liner to House
6000 Wounded Men
Brittanic, 50,000 Ton White Star Boat,
Just Completed, to Be Uied as Hos
pital Ship by British Government.
London. Dec. 7. (I. X. S.) It is
learned that the Hrittanic, the 50,000
White Star liner just completed.
is to be used as a hospital ship,
She
will be equipped with (0i0 beds.
The Mauretania. which was visited
! I'JlL tTI"' . I.n'sh an,i
allegations that she is not a hospital
!t'hip. has made it tossihlc to brln-
wcunded from the Dardanelles to this
country in a week, revolutionizing the
schedule of the ordinary hospital craft.
Vice Presidents
Cigars Are Stolen
Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 7. (I. N.
S.) Burglars have ransacked the
home here of -Vice President Thomas
R: Marshall, who for the past two
Telts has been at the bedside of his
wife. Clears worth $30 were th
only things of value obtained, other
valuables having been deposited' in
safety deposit vaults.
$250,000 Fire
Imperils Lives
2.50 AN ACRE
Springfield. Mass., Dec. 7. (I. N.
S.) Fire breaking out in the base
ment of the Boston store here today.
Imperiled 100 lives and for a time
threatened the destruction of an entire
block. The loss is estimated at $250.
000. . - . ..... ....
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Strangles Mad
Dog, With His
Naked Hands
Woundcd Man Ieaps From Operat
ing Table to Rescue Women
Who Cry for Help.
Ixs Angeles. Dec. 7. (P. N. S.)
Jumping down from an operating ta-1-le
of the receiving hospital, H. A.
Kell, an automobile man. ran to the
rescue of several women who had
been attacked In me street by a mad
dot;, amd with his bare hands choked
the animal to death. Kell was bit
i.n several times, and he will be given
the Pasteur treatment.
.Suffering with several deep abra
sions of his arm, Kell had been taken
to the hospital to have the cuts sewed
up. Just its the surgeons were bend
ing over him. a woman ran into the
institution, screaming th.it she had
teen attacked by a madidog and that
others were in danger.
Kell leaped off the table and made
for the street and In another second
was in deadly combat with the animal.
W, MONTENEGRO, IS
TAKEN BY GERMANS;
Fl
Strategic Movemenfin South
ern Serbia Compels Retreat
of French Forces, -
Berlin. Dec. 7. (I. X. S. (By Wire
less to Sayrille) The German general
staff today announced the capture of
Ipck In .Montenegro. 73 miles from
Scutari, together with 1250 Serbians
and Montenegrins, also execution of a
strategic movement against the French
In southern Serbia
The announcemetit stated that the
French were outflanked and compelled
to give up positions In the salient be
tween the Cerna and Vnrdar rivers, the
threatened envelopment forcing them
to retreat.
In the western theatre, announce
ment was made of the capture of a
French trench along 250 yard front
in the Champagne district east of Au-
t erive. Sixty-five prisoners also were
taken.
At Berry Au Bac a French trench
was blown up by a mine and all the
occupants killed.
AJlies Are Worried.
Athens. Dec. 7. (U.
fighting In northeastern
P.) Severe
Montenegro
(Concluded on Pape Fire. Column One.)
Italians Are Again
Attacking Goritz
Vienna Tells of Renewal of Strom,
the Battle Being' Particularly Severe
About the Bridyehead.
Vienna, Dec. 7. (U. P.) After a
brief halt in the cyclonic shelling of
Goritz. the Italians are again directing
their fire against the crumbling city.
The war office admitted today that the
battle is particularly intense against
the bridgehead, and that the village of
Sankapeter, near Goritz, is under heavy
fire.
Concerning southeastern operations,
the war office indicated that the Aus
trians will soon be in possession of
lpek, in Eastern Montenegro.
TTnno A Via n t nn prl
XXWv iiuumuu. ,
For "Wells' Recovery!
I
Treasurer of Home Telephone Company
rails to Beoover Consciousness Alter 1
Stroke Of Apoplexy.
Xo improvement was reported today
in the condition of Eben F. Wells,
treasurer of the Home Telephone com
pany, who suffered a stroke of apo
plexy last Thursday night. Hope for
his recovery has been abandoned by
his friends and it is thought that his
death is only a question of a few hour:--.
WAR SUM MARY v .
BY J. W. T. MASON
Former European
the United
Manager
Press.
of
Xew York, Dec. 7. The reported I
appointment of Marshal von Der GoP.i '
to command the Turks in Mesopotamia
probably means that the Germans in- I
tend to try to drive the Britisn ,
through the ancient site of Hh Gar-!
den of Eden to the Persian gulf.
The BfitisJ) defeat around' Bagdad,
first indicated in dispatches from
I'nlted Press Correspondent Ackermun
at Berlin, came at a time when it
seemed the city must rail Into British
hands. The Germans said the defeat :
was due to a revolt of the Arabs; ',
the British as a result of overwhelm- '
ine forces- of the nemy.
Probably
both versions are to an extent tru..
For" the moment, the British are
safe in tho strongly fortified, town of
prain irulf. Xow the British are in I
r,ntfinn to shiD suDDlles in larae
steamers to the gulf and
thence in
small boats up thj Tigris to Kut-e'.-Amara.
v.hile the Turks must ship
rnair K ll ulira tiu unman tiuiiijir. ,
ir.nn mllca to Bagdad, via a raTTwnv
which has a gap in it for a distance
or 300 miles.
Aberdeens to Live on Coast.
1ENCH
OUTFLANKED
Los Angeles, Dec. 7. (P. X S.) 'Bank of Manitou here except Cashier
Lord and Lady Aberdeen left todav' Frank Campbell, were out at lunch
for San Diego after a stay in Lcs'thls afternoon, an unmasked higliway
Angeles of several days. Lord Aber-: man at 1 o'clock, entered the bank,
deen declared as he stepped on the forced Campbell' into a vault at the
train that he expects ultimately tol point of a pistol, locked him in and
make his permanent horns In Calif or-1 escaped on a westbound Mountain train
nla. - ; wlth $3000 in ,h.
CHARGE TRUST
IS COBBLING UP
FAIR BUILDINGS
Ridiculously Low Prices Be
ing Paid for Expensive
State Structures at Panama-Pacific
Exposition.
CERTAfN FIRMS DIVIDE
BUILDINGS, ALLEGED
Some State Commissioners
See Indications of
Agreement.
San Francisco, Dec. 7 I P. N. S.)
The New York State building at the
exposition, which cost 1200.000 to'
build, was sold at noon today for
$3000 to Robert Trost of this city.
The structure contained SOO.OOO feet
of lumber and wps provided with a
lighting, heating and electric plant
costing $25,000.
r That there are indications of an
, agreement amont; contractors bidding
on the wrecking of state buildings is
le charge of several state commls
t loners today.
Bull dings Ar Sacrificed,
The commissioners say that hun
dreds of thousands of dollars' worth
of valuable building materials, hard
ware and plumbing, lumber and' struc
tural steel, are being sacrificed prac
tically as Junk because of the small
figures offered for the salvage by the
small group of contractors who are
bidding.
Following are some figures, show
ins cost of state buildings and salvage
prices offered. at which prices most of
the buildings already have been sold:
State Cost
Idaho $ 17,000
Illinois 90.000
Best bid
$ 270
1.7S0
1.300
225
350
400
250
300
1 .950
1.000
i.52a
250
oo
Xomin il
Indiana 41.0.M)
Iowa . 28.000
Kansas
22,000
Maryland
20,000
7.000
, 35,000
38.700
27.000
200.000
60.000
72.000
Massachusetts .
Nevada . . . .
Nw Jersey . . .
New York City.
Xew York state
Ohio
Oregon
Texas
10.000
Washington 46.000
Wisconsin 30.000
All Well Equipped.
Each of these buildings
is well
equipped with plumbing, ornamental
hardwood, structural steel and valu
able timber, including In many cases
much rare hardwood. The prices of
fered are, according to the state
ments of various commissioners, not
more than 10 or 20 per cent of the
actual salvage value, deducting the
cost of wrecking. In no cases have
more than 10 bids been offered for any
of the buildines. and in nm a r-
the advertisements for bids have elic
ited only two or three replies. The
uniformity with which certain firms
have divided the choicest buildings,
on which the largest profits are an
ticipated, also has been the subject
of much comment.
The Oregon commislsoners recently,
in announcing the sale of the $72,000
Oregon building for $1520. said they
were highly pleased at being able to
secure as much as they had for the
Oregon building at the exposition.
which is made up of Immense Oregon
fir logs. They said they had figured i
the cost of wreckage would be heavy
dispose of the building themselves, the
state stood a chance to lose heavily
' owing to uncertain labor conditions and
. markets in San Francisco.
F
INE
SUNK BY AUSTRIAN;
EIFFEL STEALS NEWS
i Eiffel Tower Wireless "Lis
tens In" and Learns ot
Loss of Vessel, -
j
Paris. Dec. 7. (U. P.) The French
admiralty announced today that it had
received information that the French
submarine Fresnile was destroyed by
an Austrian warship December 5 and
two officers and 26 men taken prison
ers. The Eiffel Tower wireless, by "llsten-
Jntr in" on messages passinrr between
I wireless stations in Germany, obtained
1 tne Information, which !s assumed here
. to t,e true
, The de8(royed 8ubniarlne was built
six years ago.
Capture of 1250 prisoners
Capture of 1250 prisoners by the
Auetro-Uermans In taking lpek. east
ern Nontenegro, was reported. The
French have evacuated positions in the
Gerna-Vardar region to escape being
I outflanked.
Robs Colorado Springs Bank.
Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 7. (I.
X. S. yiille) all the employes of the
RENH
SUBMAR
Late Telegraphic News
Sunday to Speak in New York.
New York. Dec. 7. (U. P.) "Base
ball Billy" Sunday, evangelist, will
spread his sawdust trltil in New York
In 1917, the Sunday committee for
mally announced today.
Japan to Send Cruiser.
Tokio. Dec. 7. (I. X. S ) As a re
sult of the disturbed conditions in
Shanghai, It was understood today that
Japan will adopt mea.su res for the
protection of Japanese residents and
interests there. The cruiser Tsugari
which has left Yokohama, is believed
to be enroute to Shanghai;
Albanian Port Shelled.
Geneva. Dec 7. (I. N. S.) An Aus
trian squadron from Cattaro bombard
ed San Glovannlel Medua, Albania,
December 6, according to a dispatch
received here today from Scutari. A
Greek vessel carrying arms and am
munition to Montenegro and an Ital
ian vessel also were sunk, the same
dispatch says.
British Troops Hungry.
BerUn. by (wireless to Tuckerton, N.
J ). Dec. 7. -U. P.) The British po
sition at the Dardanelles grows daily
more perilous, the Constantinople war
office reported today. Owing to stormy
weather the invaders cannot land their
winter provisions, and the troops are
suffering, too, from lack of water.
Movie Actor Ha Fatal Fall.
Los Angeles, Cal.. Iec. 7. ( U. P.
Glenn Gano, a motion picture actor,
fell from the Fourth street bridge
while performing in a comedy, and
was fatally Injured.
Postpone Sacramento Case.
Washington, Dec. 7. (I. X. S.) An
nouncement was made here by the de
partment of Justice that the govern
ment's suit against the owners of the
steamer Sacramento, alleged to have
taken coal and supplies to a German
warship off San Francisco, has been
postponed indefinitely, but probably
will come up in February.
Tells of Schmidt's Arrest.
Los Angeles, Cal.. Dec 7 (IT. P.)
Police Captain Deevy of New York in
the Schmidt trial today described how
he arrested M. A. Schmidt on Broad
way. Xew York, on a charge, of mur
der in connection with the dynamiting
of the Times building here. He aald
Schmidt struggled. Other witnesses
described explosions alleged by the
state to have been dynamite blasts for
which tbe MeNamara were respon
sible. Battle on Xaeozarl R. R.
Douglas Ariz . Ds. 7. (TJ. P.) A
cattle Is developing along the Hn of
FEAR MINNESOTA HAS
BEEN TAKEN OVER BY
HER MUTINOUS CREW
Silence of Distressed Vessel
Alarms; Others Suggest It
Due to Lack of Power.
BelleT Wireless Has Palled
Inability to locate the Great
Northern liner Minnesota is be
lieved by Portland shipping
men to be due to the failure of
her wireless. As her last set
of boilers had been reported
out of order It Is supposed
there is now not even suffi
cient steam to turn the dynamos
which supply power for her
electric lighting and wireless
system. The Minnesota was
equipped ,with the best wire
less set on the Pacific but it
required considerable power
and the supposition is that
that power has now been shut
off.
J
I
San Francisco, Dec. 7. (P. X. S.)
A suspicion that the great steamer
Minnesota of the Hill line, carrying a
$1,000,000 cargo for Kngland. has not
only been disabled off the coast of
Lower California, but has fallen com
pletely Into the hands of' mutineers
aboard, swept over the waterfront and
through shipping circles today.
The spasmodic distress signals whlrh
have come from the ship since last
Thursday, coupled with the mystery
which the Minnesota's wireless main
tains as to the ship's exact position,
has aroused the worst fears here as to
what has occurred aboard.
Yesterday the only message received
from CaptAin Thomas Oarlick. com
mander of the vessel, was at 6 a m ,
when he gave the position of the Min
nesota as longitude 116 degrees 28 mln- I
utes west, latitude 2S degrees 30 min
utes north, which placed the liner in
a position 279 miles south of Point
Lorna, bearing north 7 degrees vest,
and 99 miles north of Turtle Bay.
Bsporti at Variance.
This Information was so at variance
with previous positions given by
the
ship that it has caused the gravest
anxiety about her.
Another strange circumstance Is the
(Concluded on Pif Thirteen. Cofnmn Two)
TWO CHILDREN DROWN
Two Japanese children, a boy two
years old, son of T. ShoJi. and a girl,
18 months old. daughter of J. Taka
hara,' were drowned this afternoon
when they fell Into an uncovered cess-
! pool 1 nthe yard of P. Okawa, at Co
lumbia boulevard and Kaat Fifty
seventh streets. The bodleaare at the
morgue. No inquest will be held.
the Xacoiari railroad where General
Kodrlg-Jez, at the head of 0(10 rebels.
Is seeking to smash through the Car
ranza ranks and gain Chihuahua. Gen
eral Obregon is defending the railroad
with 3500 men.
Villa Near Madera.
Kl Paso, Texas. Dec. 7. 1. N. S.I
Advices received hete today utabed
that General Villa is approaching Ma
dera, Chihuahua, with a small force.
with General Estrada in close pursuit
vmas troops were reported in
wretched condition, exhausted and nair
starved.
Greece Arranges Conference.
Athens. Dec. 7. (I. N. S.) Premier
Skouloudla today announced that an
agreement had leen reached for a con
ference between military representa
tives of Greece and the alliew relative
to the necessities of the military situa
tion with respect to both Greece and
the allies.
Dr. Jordan 111.
Phoenix, Ariz.. Dec. 7. (U. P.) Dr.
David Starr Joedan. chancellor of
Stanford university and peace advo
cate, is seriously ill here today with
grippe. He was forced to cancel all
lecture engagements in Arizona. Doc
tors said that pneumonia might be the
outcome of his illness.
Purely on Suspicion.
Washington, Lec. 7. (I. X. S.)
From a source close to the German
embassy It was learned that Ambas
sador von Rernstorff will make no
recommendations to Berlin regarding
the recall of Captains von Papen and
Boy-ed. Embassy officials believe the
I'tiited States is requesting the recall
of the two attaches purely on the sus
picion "that they have been up to
something" without knowing what that
something is.
Gonipers May Testify.
Xew York. Dec. 7 (I. X. S.) Unit
ed States District Attorney Marshall
todav requested a conference with
Sarmiel Gonipers, president of the !
American Federation of Labor, relative
to the bomb plots of Fay and other.
It is believed that Gompers will be a
witness before the federal grand Jury.
Says He Is British Agent.
Tacoma. "Wash.. Dec. 7. (V. P.)
tfat
statement made by his attorney
Louis J. Smith, under arrest at
Han Francisco, is In reality a British
secret service agent, was made by
Smith during his sojourn in Tacoma.
"I'm just fooling the Germans,"
Smith told a local business man.
C. T. L. Agassi, British vtc consul
here, and British secret servlcs Agents
positively denied today that Smith is
or ever was connected in any way with
the British government.
L
AT
IS
NOW IN FULL SWING
Finest of Cattle, Sheep and
Hogs on Display; Judges
at Work,
If a realist were to write a descrip
tion of the Fifth Annual Pacific In
ternational Livestock exposition, which
opened yesterday at the Union Stock
yards, Xorth Portland, he could do It
in three little words:
Moo, Baa, Grunt.
Multiply those by several hundred.
u I however. And you have five bl tents
I full of (eatureo that delight the eye.
nmMi pucjiei-uuvK tai ana mean
bacon, porterhouse steak and lamb
chops on your table, or ice-cream at
the corner confectionery.
Since Pindar poets hare sung the
praise of the lowing klne, generally
to be found on the lea.
Likewise they
have written many a beautiful line
concerning the pastoral block. The
nog, however, seems to be compara
tively modern. It has taken the pack
ing house to make him what he is.
Treat for Old and Tonng.
But one doesn't have to be poetical
ly Inclined to appreciate and enoy
Portlands livestock show. It is a'
treat for everyone, old or young, coun- I
try bred or city bred. It is the great- !
est aggregation of blooded registered i
stock ot all varieties ever assembled j
in this part of the country.
VESTOCK
SHOW
NORTH
PORTLAND
Xone can fail to enthuse. There are rtht country. it consists of the fol
great upstanding broadchested. 1 iowi-
straight-backed, powerful ahorthorni., I ,.t r!, i.i- v-. tii . r it. At
massive blo. Ky Hereford, gentle, re-1 ChU, Rlf,'f.rd an "U.' M?'
fined Jersey, and Guernseys and wi Lie ' ?m'?r I " Ln,Wlty
barreled domestic Holsteins In the ? , ; , , T w
cattle classes. There are prime steers 1 tft ' Vr.mhd JI CO
that will make the finest of beef. 1 Avf .l'!!!' . .
And sheep! Baa, baa, black sheep
have yoiiany wool?" There are sheep
iCoD4o4el oo Par rirto .Columa Onml
Fuf Coat Cheap
Trade a Horse
Among the problems facing you
probably la one or more that can
be solved by employment of a
Want Ad. Hundreds of people
daily find in Journal classified
solutions to their problems.
For Kent Houses 13
MODERN' burgalow, 4 rooms, and
bath. gas. electric lights, etc.,
$10 ier month.
Horses, Vehicles. Xtc. 18
1200 POl'XD young horse, true
puller, harn, wagon, reason
able; or exchange for cow or any
thing I can use.
ror 8le Miscellaneous
FOB. SALE 1 40 fur coat for $5.
These are only three of the hun
dreds of Classified Ads. offering
bargains, on pages li and 16.
GERMANS GET
CURT
L
, , n rrv.ll.i
state Department rorrnauy.
Declines to State Its Rea
sons for Asking Recall of
Boy-ed and Von Papen. -
"VERY UNFRIENDLY" IS
COMMENT OF EMBASSY
Ambassador Von Bernstorff
Reported Angry With -Wilson
and Lansing.
Washington. Dec. 7 fl'. P.) Ths
state department's formal refusal to"
give Its reason for asking recall of,
Boy-ed and Von Papen, German em
lassy attaches, was forwarded last
night to Berlin and given to Ambas- '.
tador von Bernstorff, It became known
today.
The embassy Interpreted this action
as "very unfriendly" The embassy
explained, too. that the Berlin foreign
office had asked that America's rea
ons be given secretly, if the state ds
jartment did not care to make thqm
public. .
Secretary Lansing, however, the era- .
bassy said, refused any information.
State department authorities did not
minimize the effect the. refusal reply."
wxuld have on Berlin, liut'.ftiev ootnted -
out that Lanalngs merely abiding by -a
strict- custom.
The possibility that Germany will
recall Ambassador von Bernstorff if
Germany refuses to recall the'attaches
and America then dismisses them, was ,
widely discussed here 'today.
To the moment of going to the capl- r
tol to address congress, the president
discussed with his cabinet concerning
the German-American situation. From,
them he gained approval, of the scath-
ing denunciation of hyphenated Aroeriw .
cans he delivered to the bouse and
btnate.
Showdown Called Tor.
The refusal has the effect of calling
for a. showdown ,trom Berlin. ' '
Germany probably will ask that.
Bernstorff now confer further with
Lanalng on the subject.
With these developments giving
new tinge of seriousness to Germaa
American relations, it was admitted
that negotiations over the German
torpedoing of the liner Lusltanla Will
be hopelessly muddled if Germany
makes good any diplomatic bluff sha
may be attempting in the Boy-ed-Von
Papen caae. For, either breaking off
diplomatic relations or a complete ac-
( Concluded on I'.ire 8eTenten. Column Three)
PANAMA CANAL TO BE
INVESTIGATED BY TEN
EMINENT SCIENTISTS:
President Wilson Names - a
Commission Which , Will
Start for Isthmus Saturday,
Washington. Dec. 7. a. Jf. g.)
President Wilson is determined to as
certain the facts with inspect to ths
slides in the Gail lard cut that hsva
1 put the Panama canal out of commis-
slon for the commerce of ths world
i and prevented the use of the canal
by the American navy for an indefin
ite period. With this object In view,
announcement wae, made at ths wr
department today that a commission
of 10 engineers, geologists and scien
tists had been designated to go to ths
Isthmus of Panama Immediately to
investigate "entire subject of the slides
of ths Panama canal" and submit
report- to the president thereon.
The- commission will sail for ths
l'thmus next Saturday and will in-
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verslty, California.
US
FROM
ANSING
Whitman Cross of Washington, D. C.
Harry Fielding Reld of Baltimore,
geologist.
Dr. Charles D. Walcott of Washing- :
ton, D. C president of the Smith
sonian Institute.
Rolln Clinton Carpenter of Ithaca, -
I X. Y., president of the engineering ds-
j partment st corneu university. . i
j Arthur Powell Davis of the United " -I
States reclamation service,
i John Ripley Freeman of Providence
j R. I., civil and mechanical engineer. ' '
i , .-
jRoumania Mobilizes '
j All Her Foreigners ;;.
i .
! Bucharest, Dec 7 I. X. 8.) Tfc
I Roumanian government today ordered
the mobilization if all naturalized for-;--?
' eigners, nd foreigners under the pro
' tec Hon of Jtoumanian laws, up to 40 ' "
! years of age. :
tliops Wife With' Ax.
Gaiesburg. 111.. Dec. 7. (U. P.) In
a quarrel today with his wtfa. William
Sweeney nearly chopped -her body to '
pieces with an ax. . ;
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