"IT'S ALL' HEpJe ' : A ' V Falr'tonJcat m u tuJOL r - tnd tomorrow j tomorrow i VT HT easterly V-wlnda; V trS ALL TRUE i&v-voiJ'iwijifc 238. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING DECEMBER 14. 1916. TWENTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS $Z&lJtf ggfiV III I II ll:inill I ' a wm . i . - - 111 I: II -I In! II I 111 I II II UUILL niirr rnh Th 1111.1 -I rlll III Embassies at - Washington Permit) It ito ;Be;;Knovyn That Proposal From Ceh tralj Powers' to End "War To be Given Consideration. i TENTATIVE TERMS MAY FdRM BASIS OF PEACE President ' Wijson Receives Proposals From Germany and jlmmediitely Forwards Them to Nations invoivea in European Conflict. i I, . Wa'uhtn'lrton. Dec. 14. a. N. 8.) , The allied embnnslea this afternoon allowed ti to become known that the .allied foyernmpnts will make repre sentation to Germany, with a Tlew to securing terms of peace which might form the baala for the opening of peace negotiation. The position of the allied govern ments. It was said, will be that Ger many brought on the war and that ..If she now la willing to make con- ' cessions wnicn ui too me iiuurc of the danger of a renewal of the titanic struggle' resulting In the am. bltlon of German militarism," she will be given opportunity to do ao. Washington, Dec. 14. U. P.) Ger many peace proposals reached the ;atat department overnight. The pro posals wre immediately forwarded to rne oeniferent countnea invoivea. m accord With Qennany's request. Secretary Grew ef the Berlin em bassy transmitted with the note a confidential memorandum for the president and secretary of state, to be used as guidance for them In dealing with th peace subject. .. The pface message came in state department code, and waa deciphered in tne eariy morning nours. boiq tne prpposaii fcnd the -rnemorancAm were ready fir, Secretary Lansing's consid- today. 1 Implicates Seat to President, Duplicates of both messages werw forwarjed at once to President Wil- aon. I The et of the rn?ssas:e was to all CoDClsdd cm Pgr Thirlfi-n. I'd I u inn Two) f 1 i IN GERMANY HELD TO BE CAUSE OF PROFFER Lord Northcliffe Asserts That . Strained Relations Among Teutonic Allies Factor., , By Lord Northcliffe. (Copyright, imtl. It th l niti lress. Copy rlfhl In t;n-t Krltaln.) London. Dec. 14. (U. P.) jGer many'a peace proposals are due to the fact which interned neutral corre spondents In Berlin have not been al lowed to Indicate, that during the last few weeks grave Internal dissensions have, arisen, owing to the food short age and the reign of terror. Moreover,' relations have been great ly strained between the various Ger man and Austrian states and also with Turkey. The Prussian government also has learned that the British empire will during ltlT, put forth an effort equal, at least, to that of Germany in 1914, an.l from the point of view of guns and. shells, three times that of Germany nt any period, of the war. The proposal have been , received here with contempt. We are gratified that the American senses of humor and Justice have seen through this bluff. France. Russia, Italy and little Bel glum are firm as Plymouth Rock. Premier Sounds Warning. Paris, Dec. 14. (I. X. S.) Tne warning sounded by Premier Brland m the chamber of deputies against the .German peace proposals was hailed to day by the press as souni advice to be considered carefully. T&e premier's speech is regarded as . France's answer to the peace proposi tion of Von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German chancellor, although the peace note has not yet been formally handed in by the neutral emissaries. Tbe chamber adopted a! resolution of confidence in the reconstructed gov ernment. , i Whiskey Dispenser Is Caught by Police Good whiskey a 25 cents for a one ounce drink was being dispensed to , th thirsty through the north end yes- terday by Edward Barry, according INTERNAL DISSENSION toI arrested him in th Blaxier pool room last .night. The purchaser In the Bar ry scheme, . according . to the police, ' took; th -four tablespoons of whiskey, drained the bottle, and then returned the container s u could be filled for future business. I. - Swedish Ships Are to Call at Johnson Line of Motor Vessels Will Make Local Connection Wltbln Six Month From fto Portland will be a port of call fur the Johnson Una of Swedish motorahlps v.'lthln six months. Dr. A. Sand berg, one of the directors of the company, whose borne Is in Stockholm, was In Portland today. leaving early in tbeaaftemeoa for Kan-f Fraociaco. where he will take steamer for Gvatamala. "The' Johnson line wilt be in Port land within six months." declared Dr. Sandberg. "We are building six mo torahlps In Copenhagen, three in Goth enburg and have, six in service now. They are of 10,000 tons dead weight capacity and Intended especially for this North Pacific service They wul make all the porta on this coast and the more prominent Scandinavian ports prodding better than a once-a-month service between the two countries. "Sweden has great faith in the fu ture of its trade, both with you an.l the folk on the west coast of South America. Last, year, despite the hifh freight rates, we did a good buslnees out of San Francisco. 'Ve plan on buying our own grain here. Shipments of grain, canned sal mon, canned fraits end other products of your country will be assembled ber for shipment to Sweden, Norway and Denmark." The Johnson line. In addition to Us new Pacific coast business, has a fleet of 28 motorshlpa In service In South American countries on the Atlantic coast and la one of the big factors in thla trade. Their Interests on thli coast have been handled by W. R. Grace St Co. In the past and these rela tions will likely continue. EF AT Position Is in Dangerous Proximity to Left Flank' of Gen. Sarrail's Allied Army. London, Dec. 14. (I. N. S.) That King Constantine has massed a con siderable force of Greek troop around Katerlnl In dangerous proximity to the left flank of General Sarrail a allied ls.r ray . in, aceaom.M jbcuu&icu y Vices received here today. Katerlnl is near the western shore of the Gulf of Saloniki and is about 80 . . . i m kl.. t a D miies oum.i w. (""-' lv it was the scene of fighting be- tween Greek royalist and Venlzellst troops. Afterwards a detachment of French marines was sent there to pre serve order. A wireless dispatch from Berlin yesterday reported the fighting be tween the Greeks and entente troops has already begun at Katerlnl. Ac cording to this dispatch the allies were driven from the town and it was afterwards occupied by the Greeks. Oil Concern Raises Wages of Employes ' j Port Arthur. Tex.. Dec. 14. (I. N. j at n;. inKMiiaa nruntin. ... average of 10 per cent, affecting S0M employes In this city alone, were an- nounced today by the Gulf Refining! the largest independent oil company. concern In the United States. This will add $-'00,000 a year to the local payroll. Copper Companies Raise Wages. Redding Cal.. Dec. 14. (P. N. S.) Wages were voluntarily advanced Zb cents a day by the Mammoth Copper company of Kennet. the Balaklala Copper company of Coram and the Mountain Copper company of Keswick today. Two thousand workers are benefited. The new rate will last as long as copper is quoted at 25 cents. A few months ago the same companies voluntarily increased wages" 50 cents a day. Fire Is Wiping Out Town in Wisconsin Park Falls, Wis.. Dec 14. (I. N. S.) si! '"Si fire i, still Fire is wiping out this $100,000 loss already, the burning. Cold is handicapping the fire-fighters. St. Johns Banks Will Consolidate Jan. 1, Is Report Reports indicate that nego tiations carried on for several weeks will result In the con solidation of the Peninsula National bank with the First Nat tonal bank of St. Johns un der the name of the former. It is stated that the consolida tion of the two banks, which work in the same territory, will occur the first of the year The capital stock of the Peninsula national .will be doubled to $100,000 stockhold ers of the First National of St Johns, taking the Increase. At present It is planned that the consolidated banks occupy the present quarters of the Peninsula National bank. 101 Philadelphia street. Both banks have experienced fine growth sine they were established . and the console dated bank is expected to be in a still better position-to take car's of the financial needs of th Peninsula community, . Seaport CQNSIDERABt URGE OF GREEKS MASSED KAMI REPORT BRITISH CREDIT OF 400,000,000 POUNDS ASKED New Government Makes Its Plans for Further Prosecu tion of War and Regulation of Food, Labor at Home. ; BURDENS ON NEUTRALS WILL BE MINIMIZED Cabinet Is Hastening Effort to Clarify Situation in Greece. iaoyd-Oeorge Worse Tbday. London. Deo. 14. (I. N. S.) It was reported this evening thai the condition of Premier Lloyd-George has taken a slight turn for the, worse. His phy sicians have ordered him to re main In bed a few days more. London. Dec. 14. (U. P.) A vote of credit for 400.000.000 pounds was moved in commons today by Andrew Bonar Law. Law said the average daily war expenditure bad now reached the total of 5,710,000 pounds (approxi mately $27,807,700). Votes of credit since the outbreak of the war have now reached a total of 3,852,000,000 pounds, or approxi mately $18,759,240,000. The new government intends to cre ate ministers of food and labor, it was announced in commons this afternoon. Ha also announced that the govern ment had "taken such action as con sidered necessary" in the case of Cap tain Blalkle of the Caledonian. Blaikle was taken prisoner by a German sub marine and Is supposed to be facing possible execution for ramming a sub marine. Bonar Law told the commons that no peace proposals had yet reached the government. The other feature of tcday's note worthy session of the commons waa answering of queries by Lord Robert Cecil, new minister of blockade, as serting that it was the new govern ment's Intention to enforce rights Of belligerents with as little Irlfcsonjeness to neutrals as possible. Ht Ulsll 9.1M nounced that the cabinet was hurry ing to formulate demands on Greece', with a view to clearing up the situa tion there. Xovoe Vremya Has Tip. Petrograd. Dec. 14. (I. N. S.) The influential newspaper Novoe Vremya states that it has received information from a high authority that the allies will continue the war despite Ger many's peace proposals. n :i a ii -l i. VjUUUUlJljUclLl XXlUlllillb 2. Assessed f me j JOim AiDncni. mraioer or me ure J gon City council, was convicted in the municipal court this morning of driv- ing. an a'lt0m0.b,-ev. W?U Intoxicated, a-'d was fined $;. by Judge Langguth. "8"al ,ha,f hour-long lecture pre- l ceded the imposition of the fine. A'- bright was driving his automooile at j Prk a " d, T,a ' 0,r greets Saturday eve- nlng, Dec. 2, when it collided with an Olds. AVortman & King wagon. One of the horses was so badly Injured that it afterward, died. The takini: of teti I monr' in the case was flnlnheH th' morning. Attorney J. R. Latourette represented Albright. Bank Robber May Be in Jail Now Seattle, Wash.. Dec. 14. (U. P.) The authorities of the State Bank of Bothell are investigating a report this afternoon that one of the bandits who held up and robbed President Hubbell I of the bank last week of nearly $4000, is in tne city jail nere. The rumor was current in Bothell that the robber was betrayed Into the hands of the police by a woman. "Billy" Sunday to , -? . T J , lie vive JNew iotk New York. Dec. 14. ( r. N. S.) The New York William A. Sunday Evan gelistic association was incorporated here today with half a dozen million aires, including John D. Rockefeller Jr.. as directors. Sunday will conduct a revival in New York in 1917. Evangelistic work in the city of New York and vicinity is the object. Big Snowstorm Hits Arkansas, Oklahoma Fort Smith, Ark.. Dec. 14. (I. N .) Western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma were visited today with the 4(1 heaviest snowstorm In 15 years. The fall is from seven to 16 Inches deep. With one exception the blanket here is the heaviest in 33 years. I. C. C. Investigates Coal Carrying Cost Washington. Dec. 14. (U. P. With a view of reducing soaring prices on coal, the Interstate Com merce commission today instituted a nation-wide . investigations of coal transportation cost, including all rail roads. - i - -v . Lady Senator a-- .-'nrw; UD 10 To Fit on Togs Kathryn Clark of GJendale Forsake Politics in Oregon to Work in Cloak Store in Los Angele. State Senator Kathryn Clark of Glen- dale, Oregon's first and only woman member of the upper house of the legis lature, has forsaken politics and af faire of state for the realm of busi ness and is now busily fitting cloaks In a Los Angeles department storu. according to word recently received here. In other words. Miss Clark has cast the senatorial toga from her shoulders to throw robes et manteaux around the shoulders of others. As her term does not expire until next month she Is both a state senator and a sales woman, having, as It were, a dual per-" sonallty for the present at least Miss Clark, who was formerly en gaged In the hotel business in Glen dale, was named state senator from Douglas county try Governor West to fill the unexnird term of Rtnrr j Neuner J r., whom he appointed dis trict attorney of that county. There was some doubt aa to whether the governo had the authority to maks such a legislative appointment and Miss Clark at a special election bested two males who ran against her. She served during the last legis lature and was particularly active in legislation for the enforcement of pro hibition and for the establishment of an industrial school for girls. Senator Clark waa urged to run for reelection at the present election but refuted, saying she preferred a busi ness career. She expects soon to buy a ranch in the vicinity of Los Angeles but in the meantime is showing the latest mcde to tne customers or tne New Paris. IMMIGRATION BILL IS ADOPTED BY SENATE WITH LITERACY TEST Amendments to Meet Japan ese Problem, "Picture Bride" Clause Defeated. Washlngton, Dec. 14. The tmmlgra tion bill with literacy test attached was passed by the senate by a vote of 4 to 7 today. - Tbja. prasidagi uiiuu mwU WW "WW otcause of the literacy clause. Eleventh-hour efforts 6f Pacific coast senators to amend the immigration bill to meet the Japanese problem were voted down yesterday afternoon. Senator Poindexter of Washington led a new fight to amend the bill In clear and unmistakable lan guage to exclude Japanese and all other Asiastic immigration. His amendment, denying admission to all aliens not eligible to American citi zenship, was voted down 41 to 24. . "Picture Bride" Clause Rejected Senator Phelan of California tried unsuccessfully to have bis picture ! bride" amendment written on the bill. ! ;rehet znzzi was designed to pre- importatlon of Japanese women to California to become the wives of Japanese men already ad mitted. Senator Phelan said 3S74 such women were brought Into Cali fornia from Japan in 1914. There was so much wrangling over the Japanese question throughout the day's session, that Senator Gallinger of New Hampshire admonished sena tors to "curb their tongues." Paolfio Controlled By Japan. "Japan controls the laclfic now." I he said "Our commerce has been swept from the Pacific. H is our own i fault. We are on friendly terms with Japan. We may possibly regret in the future what we are saying now. 1 i hope we soon will get through discus- sing our relations with a nation that has given no reason to entertain any i thing but friendly feeling toward her." An amendment letting down the bars to the immigration of Russian Jews denied the opportunity of educating themselves to nieet the literacy test was accepted without opposition. "Cut-Throat" Aliens Barred. Another amendment requesting aliens seeking admission to the United States to state under outh that they have not come for the purpose of seeking tem porary employment and then returning to their native land, were adopted. The amendment Is calculated to shut out immigrants, particularly from south ern Europe, who come to the United States to work for "cut-throat" wages for several years and then return to their fatherland with their savings. Thousands of aliens who have gone back to Europe to fight in the war will find themselves barred out. if they at tempts to return to the Uriited States under an amendment accepted without opposition. In response to demand from Cana dian border states, the bill was amended to permit the admission of Canadian laborers to aid in harvesting crops. Man Is Trampled to Death byN. Y. Mob Crowd of 500 Kills Man Wno Triad to "Shoot Up" Historic Greenwich Til lage First Lynching; la r ; Tears. New Tork. Dec. 14. (X. N. S.) For the first time In 53 years, lynch law held a section of New York In its grip early today, when an enraged mob of 600 men and boys stamped out the life of Paulo Boleta as n penalty for trying to "shoot up" historic Green wich village. Today the police searched the neighborhood for the ringleaders. Boleta pulled a revolver In a crowd ed thoroughfare, and one of his many bullets wounded Archibald Madison. Then he ran. An angry crowd pur sued, dragged him from the single officer who tried to protect him, and trampled him to death. . Police re serves dispersed the sMfc"'-..jT,'';iw,r RESCUE BEGINS CI IILI Line Is Made Fast to H-3, Aground at Humboldt Bay, and Breeches Buoy Used; Two Are Badly Injured. NARROW ESCAPE FROM ASPHYXIATION RELATED Story of Happenings Aboard Diver Told by Signals From Submarines. Eureka, Cal., Dec. 14. (U. P.) The rescue of the 20 or more men who were aboard the United States submarue H-3 when she went aground off here today began shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon. The line which had been shot across the boat's stern was made fast at 3 p. m. and a breeches buoy was rigged up' to bring the men ashore. By signals, members of the crew told those on shore that two of their number had been severely Injured when the boat rocked and pitched in the surf. They also declared that the en tire company had a narrow escape from asphyxiation. Chlorine gas was gen erated in the interior of the subma rine and the men escaped its effect only by huddling by turns in th con ning tower. The battery room, whe.-e the gas was generated, was isolated and closed off. Lieutenant Commander Howe, who is at the scene, haa taken charge of the rescue work. At 3:20 the subma rine had stopped pitching and was rid ing more steadily. It was then expect ed that the entire crew would be ashore before 4 o'clock. Until - Lieu tenant Bogu-ch . comes ashore, how ever, no official statement of what happened can be made. At 2 o'clock five men suddenly ap peared on th deck of th vessel armed with axe and cut away part of the superstructure. - Then they mad an attempt to make fast to theTaft line LsfcMeh hn-l .tean aaacd Jayth lifesavers an hour earlier. Tney failed and disappeared below deck. These five men appeared after a sin gle man had come out on deck and made a similar attempt without avail. ne monitor Cheyenne, parent ship of the submarines H-l, H-2 and H-3. came into port this afternoon, and Lieutenant Commander How-e, in com mand of the diver flotilla, came ashore and hurried to the beach near where the submarine is aground. He said he had no idea as to what happened to cause the plight of the H-3. Other oiflcers from the Cheyenne, however, expressed the opinion that the diver had had battery trouble. The five men who came on the sub marine's deck made no signals and did not attempt to communicate with the shore. , At 2:25 the H-3 was apparently rid ing much easier, and she had turned partly around, until she was head-on toward shore. Eureka, Cal., Dec. 14 (U. P.) Within a short distance of the shore, the L'nited States submarine H-3 was badly damaged In the breakers at the entrance of Humboldt bay opposite Eureka early today, having been rolled over at a heavy angle by the seas. After an alarm had been sounded and in; coast guar a crew in cuiiers naa hurried to the rescue, the submarine blew three blasts with her siren and signalled that all on board were safe. The coastguard crew arranged to bring a gun up the beach at once and to shoot a line over the diver, In order to take the crew off. At 11:40 the fog. which had lifted temporarily, dropped down again and the submarine was lost to view. Many reports were current among the people on the beach, but none could be con firmed. One was that bits of wreck- (Concluded on Pe Twenty-one. Column Fire) Jury Decides Novel Libeled Magistrate New York, Dec. 14. ii. N. S.) Magistrate Joseph F. Corrigan was awarded $35,000 damages today in his libel suit against the Bobbs-Merrill Publishing company of Indianapolis and George Bronson Howard, novelist.) He sued for $200,000. Magistrate Corrigan charged that one of the characters in Howard's novel. "God's Man," libeled him. He alleged that the author wrote the book in revenge for an adve:sc ruling he had made when Howard was before him on an assault and battery charge. Mrs. Margaret Sayville Howard, the novelist's divorced wife. Is held on charges of perjury In connection with the case. Aerial Plunderer Being Hunted .by Postal Officials Redding. CaL. Dec. 14. (P. N. S.) An serial plunderer is i be : rig hunted by postal offi- cia's here today. The aerial tram line from Coram to Balklala mine, seven -? miles west of here, was robbed 4 in midair last night. Th thief climbed the tower and caught H the mail pouch in its flight. The sack was found at the base of the tower, cut open and $400 ' missing. ' ABOARD u STRANDED DIVER Marked Gains In Busihess Are Rei Portland Surrey Shows That the Increase Over Year Ago Will Reach Twenty-Five Per Cent. "Business in Portland will average a 25 per cent increase over that of a year ag." declares a report which was made by the survey committee of the Portlaild Ad club that was sent on its way to the research committee of the Associated Advertising' Clubs of the World. The organisation Is conduct ing its third annual Investigation of consumer demand, and whereas Port land showed as a dark spot in Its re port last year, tills city and district will be given thla year a much higher rating. "Men's clothing Is 15 to 18 per cent better than a year ago, though prices are on the whole higher," continues the general Portland statement. "Collec tions are uniformly good. "Drugs are 20 to 39 per cent better than a year ago though Increased price of chemicals makes profit mar gins smaller. .Both collections and credits are upward. "Hardware stores are doing excel- jlently. One firm reports (0 per cent I 4 . - u . A(tl,rM. M,tv -runVehie "Grocery stores are noc so optimis tic. They feel public market competi tion and wholesale prices' are up 25 to 80 per cent. "Department stores are away ahead of last year. Their trading radiua seems to have increased. People who sell $2 potatoes and $1.60 wheat come to town with their money. "Jewelry Is 15 to 25 per cent better than this period in 1915. Cash pur chases are heavier than those made on time. "Jobbers in all lines for this terri tory are much ahead of last year." Sensational Break In Stock Market Dumping of Holding Great That Tickers Are Swamped; Halted States Steel Sevan Points Off. New York. Dec. 14 IJ. P. The break in the stock market this aft ernoon was more serious than that of Tuesday after the announcement of Germany's peace proposal. It - ex tended to the curb, where breaks of 1 to 6 points were mad by "munition stocks. Ralls offered some resist ance to the general excitement on the exchange but Reading yielded 2 points before the hammering of heavy sal. At 3:2 the official stock exchange ticker bad- not yet caught Aip with closing sales, so, great was th dump ing of stocks. United States Steel waareptd Mvtn points off at onei time. During the last hour 750,000 shares were sold on the stock exchange floor, making the total day's sales approxi mately 2.500.O00 shares. United States Steel closed at 113S off 6ht. Test Safety Belts Of Window Washers Preliminary steps have been taken by the municipal department of public works Tor the regulation and scien tific testing of safety beltg for win dow wasners to eliminate the many accidents resulting from faulty life belts. The first test conducted in Portland was on the belts to be Installed on the Yeon building. The test war con ducted in the basement of the building by representatives of the municipal building department and consisted In dropping a 250 pound sand dummy to lh onri nf flip htt nmnnaoil fr- huildinrr. A drop of four and a half! feet tore the safety belt a little, while the three and a half drop loosened t ie rivets. Commissioner Oieck has or- ported cutters haddered Plans and specifications to b arawn oy tne Duuaing department for the installation of a permanent plat form and trap device for the resting of all safety belts. If the apparatus is practical it will be adopted by th city. Salem Pastor on State Parole Board Jiaiem. iir.. l-c. i. nev. james ki- vln. pastor of the First Congregation U pointed a member of the state paro'e board to succeed Rev. O. H. Holmes of Forest Grove, who is moving to Walla Walla. Wash., he having resigned. Rev. Mr. Elvin has taken a leading part In ! civic affairs since coming here. Mr. Elvln has been on the Pacific coast since K09, first in Seattle anl then at Salem. He Is president of the Marion County Sunday School associa tion, active in Commercial club and civic and Y. M. C. A. work. Will Protest Plan To Transfer Daly An organized protest will be made against any move to transfer City Commissioner Daly from the position of bead of the department of public utilities, as has been intimated would be done In connection with the jitney controversy. A delegation of citizens will visit Commissioner Daly tomor row to express their approval and ap preciation of the work he has done as head of that department and as sure him of their support. 'Among' those in the delegation will be Judge Henry E. McGinn, C E, 8. Wood, El ton Watkins. John Stevenson, T. B. Neubausen and C. It. Chapman. Britain May Arm All Merchant Ships London. Dec. 14w I. N. 8.) Offi cial announcement was made in the house of commons this afternoon that the admiralty la earnestly considering the question ef aiming all merchant ships. . - ' ' . -- j BULLETINS Somner's Passengers Taken. New York, Dec. 14. tl. N. 8.) The government transport Kilpatrlck this afternoon took off the remaining 100 passengers of the transport Sum ner, which is ashore near Ba rne gat. N. J. The women and children were taken off yesterday. The men remained. It Is thought that the Sumner can be floated with the aid of tugs. SLt Months' Term for Speech. Ottawa, Ont.. Dec. 14. (U. P.) Colonel Pagnuelo of the 206th battal ion, C. E. F., has been sentenced by court martial to alx months in Jail for making a speech of the character "o encourage his men to desert. The sen tence must be confirmed by the gov ernment. President Shops fur Christmas. Washington. Dec, 14. (I. N. S.) Th president and Mrs. Wilson went Christmas shopping today, visiting Jewelry and other shops. They were accompanied by three secret service men: Railroad Program Hearing Set. Washington, Dec. 14. (I. N. S.) The senate Interstate commerce com mittee this afternoon 'set January 2 for the beginning of hearings on the president's railroad legislation pro gram. " EDITORIAL COMMENT F PEACE IS PESSIMISTIC Too Much to Expect Immedi ate Success but First Step. Is General View Taken. By Carl W. Ackerman. Berlin, Dec. 14. (IT. P.) "Well It would have been too much to expect the move to succeed Immediately; but It's the first step" about sums up today's Berlin general public and press view of th reception in entente capi tals of Germany's peace proffers. Newspaper editorial comment was dfstinctly pessimistic. Count von Reventlow of the Tages Zeltung, led in the pessimism, in an "l-told-you-so editorial. Conrad Haussmann, a member of th relchstag, writing in th Tageblatt, declared: ' v "Germany has received her Christ mas present now. While the snow U on the ground. 1Mb wrong to hope for flowers before May. Austrian Cabinet Is Reported Resigned Amsterdam, Dec. 14. (U. P.) Res ignation of the Austrian cabinet was announced In dispatches received today from Vienna. Alexander Spitimuellcr is to attempt formation of a new min istry. If the Austrian cabinet resigned it has attained the unique record of la.t ing for a shorter period than any mlr istry of recent years in any European country, unless It be Greece. Dr. Ern est von Koerber, who succeeded to the premiership on the assassination No vember 1 of Premier Stuerghk, formed a cabinet on that date. Fumes in Hothouse End Lives of Two Joplin. Mo , Dec. 14. (I. N. S.) Rev. Ray Cornell, an Itinerant minister, an 1 John Russell were found dead in a greenheuse here today. That carbon dioxide, thrown off by flowers anl plants In the greenhouse, may have caused the death of the two men Is a theory advanced by authorities. They had been living in a tent near the greenhouse until yesterday when it be came very cold and they obtained per mission to move a bed into the hot house. . TT7 f r (1111 Gilt WOrkerS Win Strike Point New York, Dec. 14. (I. N. S.) Partial victory was won by the gar ment trades strikers here this after noon when it was announced that several manufacturers had agreed to accept the strikers' demands of a 48 hour week and wage Increase amounting to $2 a week. Poet Pinched for Riding Pegasus Upon Burnside St. N BERLIN ON OFFER 0 H0DUSESDAHET0 BESENTABROAD Portland to Aid in Rehabilita:. tiorr of War Stricken "EU: .rope as Result of Plant to Be Established Here Soon. TO EMPLOY 1000 MEN : IN LOCAL INDUSTRY Peninsula Lumber; Co.;Adds; New Feature to Its Port-v land Plant. Portland Is to play Its part in tn ;, upbuilding- of Europe. A factory for the building of house which, knocked down, will b shipped to Europe, India, South ; America, , China and Japan, will be established by the Peninsula Lumber company, In conjunction with its shipbuilding Plant and lumber mill, at th foot of McKenna street. v, v;. A contract for the moving of SOO.OOO . yards of material, which will" prepare ; a site tor the plant, has been slgneJ V with the O-W. R, A N. Co Whos tracks run through the plant. 'V ,, The sawmill and its subsidiary plants are expected to employ . 1000 ' men by April 1, according to tbe of- ficers of the company. ' . The possibility of establishing auch ' a plant haa been In the mind of 7, C ' Knapp. president of the company, for several year Us has Investigated the J field thoroughly snd believes that a wide sals for the products can ' be worked up. ""?: ;i V "'. The Peninsula Lumber Co, has ' spread out considerably during th past two years. It has a modern rn'.ll, . cutting 200,000 feet of lumber a day. It has built a wharf from which coast wise and foreign lumber shipments can . be handled. Its shipbuilding plant I being enlarged so that four ways wilt be available by January 1 and Its first vessel, the Alpha. Is practically com plete. , Owing to trouble in . launching the vesael. she probably will not be placed in th water for several weeks, -changes being necessary in the way under lier. , ' ' The company i said to 1 planning -numerous other sld lines also, all of ' them Mon xhwW tff-fhe trUllsatlon"" of the products of its mill.. A broom; and basket factory is one of tbese ad -Juncts, It is said. PROHIBITION BILL OF House Judiciary Committee Makes No Comment on the Suffrage Measurei , Washington. Dec. 14. (U. P.) Th . hrAjse judiciary committee today re ported favorably a bill for natlon-wlds prohibition, reported the women's suf frage bill without recommendation and reported favorably wl bill for a nation- ' wide food Investigation. Representative Kaker of California is author of the suffrage resolution. Both ( n .Via U'.hK nutl.n,l nrftklklllnn . IV BIIU VI.V ........ i,u,, wil. p.. VIM V fc.WM ,' amendment must pass the house and t . V.W Iwn.lhlrila v.it mnA 1 . i ratified by three-fourths of ths states. The Raker resolution provide as an amendment to the constltutlonr Secon 1 The rights of the sltl xens of the United States to vote ahall not be denied or abridged by th - ' United States or by any state on ac count of sex. . Section 2 Congress shall have power, by appropriate legislation, to . enforce the provision of this article. i ne vveuu pruiiiuiuon tinrnaiDMii- provides: ,', , ';,' "Section 1 That the sale, manufac ture for sale, transportation for Sale and Importation for sale Of lntoxicat ; ;. lng liquor for beverage purposes in the L'nited States and all territories : annexed to the Jurisdiction thereof. and exportation thereof, ar. forever' prohibited. ;, ' "Section 2 That th congress and -the states shall have power, lndepenl- . ently or concurrently, to enforce tbt . article by all needful legislation.'' The resolution of Representative Borland. Missouri, for an investigation by the federal trade commission of V Increased prices of all foodstuffs Was , the food resolution which the commit tee reported favorably. t ftermanv'a Answer To Protest Is Here Washington. Dec. IS. U. P.)-l3eT-tr.any's answer to the American . pro test against deportation of Belgians is in the hands of the stats depart ment today. The text is practically the same as revealed in press dis patches from Berlin, which offer rtlanatinria" tAi 7rmnri w" m WHIM, " 1 m 1 ' ft.i !; "' England Provides : For Additional Men London. DeC 14. (U. P.) A war office supplementary estimate today provides for an additional 1,000.000 men fit all ranks in the armjr for the year ending March ai, 1117 making a total of i.OOO.COO for that twelve month period. - - - - . NATION WIDE SCOPE IS REPORTED WORMY