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Embassies at - Washington
Permit) It ito ;Be;;Knovyn
That Proposal From Ceh
tralj Powers' to End "War
To be Given Consideration.
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TENTATIVE TERMS MAY
FdRM BASIS OF PEACE
President ' Wijson Receives
Proposals From Germany
and jlmmediitely Forwards
Them to Nations invoivea
in European Conflict.
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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. ,
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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. 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