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Newspaper Page TextTI1B WEATHER "ITS ALL DERB Rain tonight; and stomorrow;', southerly , wladst humidity 75. 4;' k IT'S ALL TRUE- VOL. XV. NO. 244. . PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1916. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS SARSPJE?? ATIVE IN EFFORT TO Chief of Nation Sends Personally Prepared Iden tical Notes to Belligerents Suggesting That They Compare Terms on Which' Each Is Willing to End War; Offers His Services. ACTION ENTIRELY INDEPENDENT OF PEACE MOVE OF CENTRAL POWERS Warring Nations Are Asked to Join Proposed League to Enforce Peace; Cooperation of Other Neutrals and Vatican Assured. Washington. Dec. 21. (I. N. S.) -President Wilson as chief execu tive of the greatest nation which hac been able to keep free from the European war, has taken the . Initiative to restore and maintain world peace. He has directly ad dressed all of the belligerents and neutrals on the subject. Independent of the peace sugges tions made by the Teutonic allies, the president has called on the bel . Hgerents to "learn how near the haven of peace may be for which all mankind longs with an Intense and increasing longing." Does Not Propose Peace. lie does not propose peace, neither does he offer mediation, lie does, however, call upon the belligerents to "compare views as tot the terms" on which the war can be ended. Announcement of the action of the president was made personally by Secretary of State ;JUnsing, The . t greatest sepfecy 2 bad enshrouded JTkn ,a, tea tirAnarorl Kv 11 itr sonally after conferring with his cabinet and was sent in code on Monday to the United States am bassadors and ministers.' Duplicate Notes, Are Sent. A footnote to the copy which was addressed to Ambassador W. II. Page in London announced that a similar communication had . been sent to the representative accred ited to the governments of France, Italy, Japan, Russia, Belgium, SERVICE IS URGED AS PEACE MOVE OF IL S. Army League Secretary RajDs Present Volunteer System of This Country. Washington, Dec. 21. (U. P.) The most Influential peace society this nation could organize would be 2,000, 000 to 3,000,000 young men under uni versal military service. Secretary George Hewitt Myers of the Army league declared today. "The strongest Influence for honor able peace," he said, "would be a sys tem of universal military service Under our present volunteer system, everybody outside the regular army and the National Guard expects the Other fellow to go whenever there Is any danger of this country being plunged into war. The average man either says open ly or thinks that there will be plenty of men of a venturesome spirit to fill up an army. With this Idea in mind, It has been frequently declared that W could raise 1,000,000 men between sunup and sundown if the country was threatened. "But this does not prevent men of .jingo proclivities from demanding that we rush into war often without a just cause. ' . Myers holds. In common with mili tary men, that if this nation hopes (or a world guarantee of peace it must contribute a larger military share to the guarantee than it can now offer. Taft Issues Warning. Tall River, Mass.. Dec. 21. tU. P.) William Howard Taft. SDeaking for the League to Enforce Peace yesterday, predicted that if the machinery of war continues to grow, the next conflict will find, the United States a partic ipant. "All nations when the curtain falls upon the terrible panorama of strife 'and bloodshed on the European battle fields, will be looking to us." he said. They will look to us to prevent a rep etition of the. terrible catastrophe that ' has shocked the world and all but : prostrated nations.' This places a trust upon'" us. It is a trust to help, if we can. the less fortunate brother i "If the machinery of war continues . to enlarge, and grow more terrible, the next war, as President Woodrow Wil son has. stid, ; will be a war with no neutrals.'' - :-X'- jtfi v-Vy UNIVERSAL MAY Montenegro, Portugal, Rou mania and Serbia and to all the neutral governments for their informa tion. The note to Ambassador Gerard in Berlin said copies had been for warded to Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria. It was said at the state depart ment last night the representatives of the United States in Great Britain, France, Italy and Russia and in the countries representing the central powers have been in structed to report every indication of peace sentiment. Appeal May Be Effective. Officials here declare they be lieve the belligerents must heed the appeal of the United States. And it- is already certain that a majority, If not all, neutrals 'and thd Vatican will 'join in the effort not only to end the war, but to make further conflicts of this stu pendous character impossible. Twd ?;-hetietMUelly''''-lhe,a.Nie; wia itumuit Biuca. i ill note 10 inn i entente, with the variation found In (Concluded cm Page Seventeen. Column Two) NEW YORK PAPERS COMMENT ON NOTE; VIEWS FAVOR PEACE No Objection Can Be Offered by Belligerents, Says the New York World. New York, Dec. 21. (U. P.) New York newspapers today commented on President Wilson's note as follows: World President Wilson takes the first definite step toward ascertaining the terms upon which the belligerent nations will consider peace. He has taken it in a manner to which no belligerent can well offer objections. Tribune American influence for real peace is now abolished. Today we have become the agents and pur veyors of a German peace. Times It is difficult to see where It (the note) can do harm. It may serve to turn the minds of the belligerents to peace. Sun The president makes plain hU Intention to labor for the creation of post-bellum conditions that in inter national transactions will involve this country in a manner that It has hith erto scrupulously avoided. Herald The temptation to be the president of humanity Is great, but ;t should not permit Mr. WlUon to for get that he is president of the United States and that to him have been en trusted the vital Interests of the American people. Staats Zeitung The note which President Wilson addressed to tbe governments of all the warring na tions may prove to be a step of quite incalculable extent in the interests of all the peoples Involved in the fearful war. San Francisco Examiner We be lieve the president's brave and manly and opportune appeal to the nations at war ends the war. It is the greatest and most memorable Christmas gift that ever was given. Dallas, Texas, Journal President Wilson has spoken, seemingly, at the psychological moment The appeal, soundly based and strong ly voiced as it is, should more strong ly direct the tendency toward actual discussion. Chicago Evening Journal Presi dent Wilson's note urging the bellig erents to state their peace terms will be hailed by hotheads on both sides as. a move in favor of Germany. Landsthing to Vote On Sale of Islands Copenhagen, Dec. 21. (I. n. S.) An immediate vote is expected in the landsthing upon the proposal to sell the Danish West Indies to the United States for $25,000,000. Or. the prelim inary canvass it was indicated that the vote would be in favor of the sale, thu giving ft final ratification.; ,Th ratification bill was-passed yesterday by- the folksthing by s to Ity - . ; Woman Hides $525 in Waist; 'Lost in Street Guest at Portland Hotel Drops Big Roll While on Way Home Last Night. Police detectives today are endeav oring to recover 1525 which was re ported lost last night by Mrs. L. Babcock of the Portland hotel. Mr. Babcock told the detectives she went to the Campbell Hill hotel. Twenty-third and Washington streets, last evening, where she dined. To pay for her meal she took the money, which was all in bills, out of her waist, replacing what was left. She walked to Fifteenth and Davis streets, where she boarded a streetcar, arriv ing at the hotel at 9 o'clock, later discovering her loss. The money was all she had. Detectives Snow and Coleman are working on the case. NEUTRALS WILL BACK PRESIDENT WILSON'S REQUEST FOR TERMS Executive Acted With Knowl edge Others Would Stand Behind Him in New Move. Washington. Deo. 21. (I. N. S.) Count von Bernstorff. the German ambassador, made an appointment with Secretary He Lansing today. It was stated that he expected to discuss with the secretary the presi- if? dent's note on peace and also the German attitude in the jjt light of Lloyd-George's recent address. Before going to the state de- 4f partment. Count von Bern- 1ft storff expressed absolute con- Jf ifr fidence that a peace conference eventually will be arranged. By Robert 3. Bender. Washington. Dec. 21. U. P.) In making his first formal effort to get a statement of peace terms from the belligerent powers and to evolve from the European ,war- means of prevent lng a simitar world tragedy. President Wilson .acted with knowledge that the AfW. wl9" itirrli -wstitlrV t'tart ha. , h. ,.-.. He has the greatest confidence that his efforts will succeed. Official and diplomatic Washington (Concluded on Page Six, Column Two) Robs Benefactor of $600 Indemnity George Salavich, a Serbian laborer, was arrested at Third and Couch streets this morning by City Detec tives Snow and Coleman, charged with stealing $600 from Anton Tepavich on November 7. Salavich is accused of taking the money from Tepavich while the latter was unccnsc.ious, VollQWlng a fall nt Broadway and Washington streets from a St. Johns car. Tepavich nad paid the other's fare on the car ai.d had exhibited his roll at the time. Tepavich was permanently disabled while working for the Hamilton Creek Lumber company in 1913, and had been paid $760 indemnity by the Washington Industrial Accident commission the day prior to the alleged robbery. He had paid his doctor's bills and had Just $600 left, he claims. Tepavich's friends say that Salavich was seen freely spending money after j the accident at Broadway and Wash ington. Salavich is held on $1000 bail. Pleasant Surprise to Electric Employes Employes of the Western Electrl. company plant at Union avenue and East Ash street received a most plcaj ant surprise. Condon It. Bean, manager of the Portland branch received notification of the company's Christmas present to its men. Each man in the plant, who has been with the company a year or more, will receive 10 per cent of his monthly check for the next 10 months, his bonus accompanying his monthly pay cheek. Each man who has been in the em ploy more than six months, but loss than a year will receive 5 per cent of his monthly stipend for 10 months. New Cabinet for Austria Is Formed London. Dec. 21. (I. N. S.) Count Clan-Martinex, to whom was en trusted the task of forming an Aus trian cabinet following the failure of Dr. SpitxmUeller, has announced his list of ministers, according to a dis patch from Vienna today. Count ,Clan-iIartiniz has the dou ble post of premier and minister of agriculture, while the portfolio of minister of fjnance was allotted to Dr. Spitsmueller. Missouri Pacific Ordered to Be Sold St. Louis. Mo., Dec. 21. (I. N. S.) United States Circuit Judge Hook, sit ting in the United States district court, today ordered thv sale of the Missouri Pacific railroad to satisfy a first and refunding mortgage on the lines, The order of foreclosure ws asked by. tbe Guaranty Trust company of New - York and . Benjamin F.. Ed wards, St Louis, trustee.-' BULLETINS Appointments Are Confirmed. Washington. Dec. 21. (I. N. S.) The appointment of Judge Kimbrough Stone, son of the senior senator from Missouri, as United States district Judge for the eighth judicial district, was confirmed by the senate late to day. The senate also confirmed Duval West as federal Judge for the district of western Texas. Commander Ralph Earle, U. S. N., was confirmed as chief of the bureau of ordnance. Christmas Bonuses Large. Chicago, Dec. .21. (U. P.) Christ mas bonuses amounting to $3,50p,000 were announced today by the Western Electric company, the Crane company and Andrews & Co., stock brokers. The Western Electric company will give two to four weeks' wages and the other firms 10 per cent of the an nual wages. Election Certificate Issued. Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 21. (lT. P.) Secretary of State Osborn today is sued a certificate of election to Tom Campbell. Republican, elected govern or over Governor George W. P. Hunt by 3d votes. Hunt immediately renewed his con test proceedings. Inspection of the ballots being recounted in the superior court was resumed this afternoon. Durban k Secures License. San Francisco, Dec. 21. (U. P.) Luther Burbank, C6, tlie plant wizard, and Miss Elizabeth Waters, 32, his secretary, at 3 o'clock this afternoon obtained a marriage license and went at once to the First Unitarian church, where they will be married. U. S. Invited to Join Loan. Pekin, Dec. 2J. I. N. S.) Tne United States has been invited by Russian. Japanese, British and French interests to share in the proposed $50, 000,000 loan to China. OF TO AT Market in Danger of Being Closed; Selling Becomes Furious; Margins Raised, New York, Dec. 21. (U. P.) Presi dent Wilson's message to the Euro pean belligerents and Secretary - Lan i ffB'Wsta t ewe f iiBgt -two 1 stint panicky breaks in the stock exchange today. To these bear factor this arternoon was added a mass- of s?.les forced by the demands of brokers for greatly in creased margins, in some instances as high as 60 per cent, to prevent the market being driven into such panio conditions as caused the closing of the exchange at the outbreak of the war. These precautionary measures brought a flood of selling orders from the west and south. At 1:30 United States Steel sold at 102, off 6; Industrial alcohol 98, off 9; Reading. 10O. off 6; Crucible, r.2, off 8V4; Union Pacific 14 4. off (Concluded on Pige Eight. Column One) Cashed Check Twice At the Same Bank O. A. Swanson, a railroad laborer who succeeded in cashing the same check twice on a Portland bank, has been apprehended in Seattle accord ing to word receiyed by District A: torney Evans this afternoon. Swan son had presented the check, which was for $62.50 at a paying window of the bank and as the clerk had finished counting out the sum and had mo mentarily turned his back before mak ing the exchange, Swanson grabbed both the money and check and quickly presented himself at another window and succeeded in having the checic cashed again before the alarm wa; raised. He had had $300 on deposit which he had previously withdrawn. Christmas Cheer For Messenger Boys Some fourscore messenger boys. comprising the day force of the West ern Union Telegraph company, will be the guests of the company tonight at a dinner and theatre party, ine din ner will be gtven in a private dining room at the Hotel Multnomah, after which the party win aitena "Twin Beds' at the Heilig. The Sons of Veterans Drum corps will also be guests of the company at both din ner and theatre, w. a. kodd, fore land manager fr the Western Union, will preside at the feast, and O. M. Plummer, member or tne scnool board, will be the principal speaker. Warrants Issued For Auto Owners Two John Doe warrants for the arrest of automobile owners who failed to report automobile accidents to the police were issued out of the murrictpal court this morning. These are the first prosecutions of this nature started. Provision that drivers must report accidents was made in the nwv traffic ordinance that went Into effect the first of the month. St. Ursula Was Sunk -Without Warning Washington, Dec. 21. (U. P.) The American consul at Malta reported to the state department ' today that the British steamer St. Ursula with six Americans aboard had been torpedoed without warning. -None of tbe Ameri cans was killed. C "v V" ' MSA WSON NATIONS WAR CAOSES STOCK BREAK Game Is Off When Mamma Learns of Job "Society" Man. Posing a United States Employe, Worked on Business End of Streetcar. Sah Francisco, Dec. 21. (P. N. S.) A broken-hearted debutante, an irate mother and an unmasked im- poster are the principal characters m a shattered romance here today. Meantime, W. H. Tidwell, special agent of the treasury department, is deciding whether or not he should prosecute Louis Cunningham, street car conductor employed by the United Railroads, for impersonating a gov ernment officer. Cunningham, according to facts laid before federal officials, has been a brisrht lleht In a nromlnent local society st foa a year. At first he referred vaguely to his employment by the government as an executive in the customs service. Later he went into details. This was after he had confessed his love for one of the girls of his acquaintance and sought her hand. The girl's mother demanded facts. Cunningham supplied them. Starting as an inspector, Cunning ham, it appeared, had risen by rapid strides to tne position oi ciuei uuiiu ing officer. To substantiate his story, he announced that he would have both Tidwell and Collector of Port Davis call the mother over the phone. Both calls were made. Later Davis, or so he named him self over the phone, called and told the young lady that Tidwell was due back from Washington in a few days, and that he was arranging c formal re ception in Tidwell's honor and wanted her to attend. The gin ordered a gown fitting for the occasion, and was preparing to attend when Cun ningham notified her that the function ha.l been called off. About this time the mother,' motor ing down Market street, saw her would-be son-in-law at the business end of a street car, in uniform and right on the Job. The game was all off. Parent-Teachers Holding Toy Day Flaythlmrs and Other Things Suitable for Presents Are Bainf Delivered at Social Service Bureau. This is toy day with the Portland Parent-Teacher associations. FOr weeks past the women who make ur the Parent-Teacher organisations hav foeen gathering up the dolls, the toys, the books and playthings that have been outgrowsrf, sip Ijave been ptende, and ft in order generally and assembled at -the social e$rj;ii;e bureau, corner Fourteenth an3onnson streets. In this work the women have had the practical assistance and cooperation of ! the boys and girls In the manual train ing departments and domestic science departments, the former having mend ed the toys and dolls and the latter having dressed the dolls. The result is hundrels of attractive and useful gifts are today being dis tributed among the children who would otherwise have no visit from good Saint Nick. Irish Pacification Appears Probable X,ate Developments Point to Determin ation of Uoyd-Oeorge Governmeat Prisoners Kay Be Seleased. London, Dec. 21. (I. N. S.) That the Lloyd-George government has de termined upon a scheme for the paci fication of Ireland is Indicated by developments of the past 24 hours following the interpellation of Henry E. Duke, chief secretary for Ireland in the house of commons last night. It was predicted by the newspapers today that a majority of the Irish prisners interned after the Sinn Fein i rebellion will be released Immediately. There is a strong movement under way also to have martial law abol ished in Ireland. Submarine Seen in American Waters New York. Dec. 21. ( I. N. S.) The steamer Advance from Christobal ar rived here today and reported sighting a submarine on Tuesday in American waters. The undersea boat was about a mile distant and her nationality was not determined. The Advance brought P. K. Fong, Chinese consul at San Francisco. Cubans Seek German Base. Havana, Dec. 21. (I. N. S.) At the instance of the French government Cuban vessels today began a careful search of the keys at the eastern end of the island for a suspected German submarine base. The Cuban minister to France was requested to ask his government to make a search. Mob Attempts to Take Alleged Slayer Omaha. Neb., Dec. 21. (I. N. S.) F. W. Fuller, who narrowly escaped lynching following the shooting of Dorothy Rader, 25, admitted that the girl was formerly his wife, but would not comment on the statement of a streetcar conductor that he (Fuller), killed her. The conductor, according to the po lice, declared that Fuller slightel from his car, approached the girl and without a word shot her four times. A mob tried to take Puller from the police after he ' had been arrested. Grazing Homestead Bill Eeport Adopted Washington, Dec. 21. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.) -The senate today'' adopted the con ference report on the grazing homo- stead - bill. The measure will ; next come up - in mi nous .:,y; NOTE RECEIVED IN LONDON, BUI IS KEPT SECRET Contents Were Cabled to British Press Last Night but Dispatch Indicates It Is Held Up by Censor. NO ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RECEIVED FROM PARIS Cables From Both Countries Silent So Far as Comment on Note Concerned. London. Dec 21. (U. P) The I press bureau this afternoon issued for j publication Friday morning the Wll j son note to belligerents regarding peace. Iondon, Dec. 21. (U. P.) President Wilson's message to the belligerents had not beer, released for publication here at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The note has been received at the foreign office, but its contents remain I undisclosed. Uondon, Dec. 21. (U. P.) Publica Ition of the American peace note has (been withheld in England pending an 'exchange of views between the al j led governments. It was stated on -thoroughly com petent authority this afternoon that the note will not interfere with the proposed allied answer to the Ger man peace proposals. It Is apparent fro'm the above dis patch that the British censor has held up all press dispatches from the United States regarding the message. (Concludrd on Page Eleven, Column Two) 2200 Families Are Newcomers Here "Twenty-two hundred new families have made homes In Portland since last June, according to records on our electrical service. ald A. C Mc Micken, salesmansgcr of the Portland Railway,- I.iBt & Power company. this morning., . . "Portland is definitely swinging .back toward normal good times. "Recent investigations that we have made show there Isn't n unoccupied house with a bathtub In the St. Johns district. There is quite a good deal of new settlement In the district south of Division street on the east side, and In South Portland on the west side. Much of this additional settle ment Is directly du to the shipyards and sawmills." Salvage of H-3 Is Abandoned for Time Eureka. Cal., Dec. 21. (P. N. S.) Temporarily abandoning all efforts to salvage the United States submarine H-3, which went aground near Hum boldt Bay last week In a heavy fog, the monitor Cheyenne, carrying Lieu tenant Bogusch and part of the crew of the wrecked diver, left today for San Francisco, accompanied by the navy tug Ararahoe and the revenue cutter McCullough. Jt is understood that the work of salving th diver will be turned over to a wrecking company. Von Shack Admits Buying Bomb Model San Francisco, Dec. 21. (P. N. S.) Vice Consul EX II. von Schaek of the German consulate, under direct 'exami nation In the bomb plot trial today, ad mitted having paid $25 to Johannes Van Koolbergen. the double-dealing spy, for a model of a bomb. Von Schack declared, however, tht the purchase was made with a view to the bomb's possible use in the trenches. It is expected that the chief defend ant. Consul General Franz Bopp, will take the stand later in the day. Union Pacific Gives Its Employes Bonus New York, Dec. 21. (U. P.) The Union Pacific railroad today declared an extra dividend of 2 per cent on its common stock and a bonus of one month's salary for employes who re ceive less than $1800. This bonus' was granted to all em ployes without discrimination as to membership In the brotherhoods. The directors also adopted a plan for Insurance for all tbe road's employes with salaries under $4000 a year. Oppenheim to Come To U. S. Under Bond Washington, Dec. 21. (U? P. The bureau of immigration today decided to admit to the United States, under bond for three months, Baron Robert Emmanuel Oppenheim of Paris and London, pending investigation of hta case. Oppenheim was detained at Ellis Island last Monday. Four Aeroplanes Brought to Earth Paris. Dec. IX (C. P.) Pour Oer. man aeroplanes were brought down on the v Somme v front.-' today official statement, asserted. . Otherwise there was a lull In flghtlnavw- u-, V-t''v '- Fair Motorist Plays Tag and Pays $10 Fine "Here's a Merry Christmas," Re marks Miss Helen Case, As She Turns Over the Money. Good icoks will not soothe the anger of a motorcycle patrolman when he Is on the way to a shooting and has a fair automoblllst choose to play tag with him in the city streets. Miss Helen Marvel Case, an Irving ton girl, residing at 574 Rodney ave nue, learned this at $16 per lesson before Judge Langguth !n the munici pal court this morning. Motorcycle Patrolmen Bales and Gouldstone were Just swinging north into Oak,. hurry ing to East seventh street and Alns worth avenue, last night, where Na than Hankln had been shot. Miss Case joined the procession, driving a seven passenger machine, swinging Just behind Bales and in front of Gouldstone. The motorcycle traveled at 25 miles an hour, the emergency vehicle limit, but Miss Case bung Just five feet be hind Bales, who jockeyed back and forth across the street trying to get out of the path of the big machine. Gouldstone warned her at Burnslde street to get out of the parade, but on the steel bridge she speeded up and passed the motorcycle police. They followed and at Union avenue and Hoi. laday ahe was stopped and told to re port to Judge Langguth. He Imposed a fine of $10, despite her . assertion that the police were playing' tag with her. "I wish you all a merry Christmas with this money," she remarked, as she tendered a $10 check to N. D. Beutgen, clerk of the court. I. W. W. Are Jailed For Street Speaking Bakery Strike of South End Keeps Folice Busy Arresting Alleged Dis turbers; Street Cleared roar Times. Seventeen members of the I. W. W. 1 were arrested at , varying times during the forenoos) by Police Ser geant Carlson and a squad of officers for picketing and speaking in front of the Oregon Bakery and Coffee House, First and Madison streets, where a strike of waiters and dishwashers has been declared. Eight members of the organisation were taken in the flrsk time, six the secqnd, two the third, and one ar rest was made the fourth tlmy that the police cleared the street. More and more of the Industrial Workers arrived at the soentj to replace those Jailed, and police reinforcements were sent to the scene at noon. - - . The strike was over a Matter of wages and hours of employment. The waiters claim they received $10 a week for 13 hours, seven days of the week, and they are demanding a scale of $13 per week on a six day, ten hour schedule. They were charged wltn vagrancy, but when their caes came before Judge Langguth he dismissed them. Postal Receipts This Month Equal All '90 No abatement was noticeable today In the throngs at the postofflce and its sub-stations. Clerks and carriers. reinforced as they are with additions to their numbers, found no time' to slacken their pace. Late mail trains are the rule. To day's train, due this morning at 7 a. m will not arrive until 4:30 this aft ernoon. Sub-stations have been Inaugurated In the department stores and are found a great convenience. Express offices are by no means slighted by the Christmas shoppers, for growing piles of packages and boxes are stacking up there. Apples by the box seem to be a popular gift for eastern friends. The month of December will tally with the entire year of 1890, for pos tal receipts, says Postmaster Myers. Prohibition Bill Receives Support Washington. Itec. 21. (U. P.) The national prohibition bill was reported favorably by the senate Judiciary committee today. The bill as amended by the Judi ciary committee becomes an ironclad dry measure. Senators Reed. Culberson and Brandegee were the only members to vote against it. As amended, the bill prohibits "the sale, manufacture or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the impor tation thereof into, and the exporta tion thereof from the United Htatea and all territories subject to the Juris diction thereof, for beverage pur poses." ' Section "two of the bill provides that "the congress shall have power to en force this article by all appropriate legislation." Berlin Says TJ-Boat Torpedoed Suffren Amsterdam, Dec. 21. (U. P.) The French battleship Suffren, reported as lost In a French official rtatement of December 8, was torpedoed by a Ger man submarine, a Berlin statement re ceived here today asserted. The un dent boat sank the warship on No vember 26 off the Portuguese coast, and the entire crew of 71 S men was lost. Express Drivers of Chicago Plan Strike Chicago. Dec tl. (I. N. S.)A strike of drivers for the express com panies will be called today, ac cording to Michael Winek, secretary of the Railway Express Drivers union. Polic reserves have been ordered held ready for any possible contingency. U. S. URGES SHOlWill Secretary of State Lansing Says President Wilson's Message to Belligerents; in Europe Prompted by Desire to Ascertain Facts.' NATION MAY BECOME ' INVOLVED IN THE WAR Government Would Know Ob-' jects Sought by Both Sides' That It May Shape! Course of Conduct in Future. " By Robert J. Bender. Washington, Dee. tl. (U P.)- Plainly hinting that there 3s danger . of the United States being drawn into the war. Secretary of State Lansing' today said this was the real reason : behind President Wilson's messagt to - the belligerents. The situation of the United Stater, as a neutral, is rapidly becoming in tolerable, he said. Therefore the presi . dent has demanded a showdown, 1 ' "Our rights have been invaded end . the situation Is becoming so Intoler able that It cannot go on long," aajd Secretary linslng. . ' - ' "More and mora pur rights ar in vaded by the belligerents on both sides, no that the situation Is besom . lng increasingly critical. I mean by that that we are drawing nearer to-the . verge of war and therefore are entitled to know what each belligerent seek In order that we can regulate our con' , duct in the futura. "It was not our material Interests that were concerned when we" said ths (Cunrlnded on I'age Six, Col awn One) ,: IL1CY OF ? THE PAST TO REMAIN, Explanatory Statement Is Is- sued to the Public by the" Secretary of tate. ; jJt Washington, Dec. 21. (U. P.) TbS United States government Is "not con slderlng any change in Its policy of , neutrality'' toward all the belligerent nations. Secretary of State Lansing de clared this afternoon in a format state ment, which he explained supplemented ' one he made earlier today. This sec SQ LANSING DECLARES ond statement was made, Lansing said, . because bis first had been subjected to "various constructions he had not meant to, convey." .' 1 i The secretary said thst If It were found that that portion of the presi dent's communication to belligerents, where it was said the situation is be- ' coming "'Intolerable'1 to this country., was found to have experienced tha same "misconstructions," It might bs necessary to send a supplementary or explanatory note to the belligerents. The official copy of Secretary Lans Ing's second statement said: l ' "I have learned from several quar- 7 ters that a wrong Impression was made by the statement which 1 mads this 5 ' morning and I wish to correct that im pression. My Intention was to sug--gest the very direct and neceisary Jn '" terest which this country, as one 'of ' the neutral nations, has In the possible ' terms which the belligerents may have in mind and i did not Intend to In- ; timate that the government was con- slderlng any change In Its policy of neutrality, which It has consistently pursued. I regret that my words were open to any other construction I, now realize that they were. I think that the whole tone and language of the note to the belligerents shows the purpose without further comment" on " . my part. It Is needless to say that I am unreservedly in support of that ' purpose and hope to see it accora plished." - "How about the first statement Is- ' sued early in the dayT" Lansing was.. asked. "Does that still stand 7 ' Why certainly," he replied. -', "Th - second would be unintelligible with- . out the first." 4 ,'' , "Did your visit to the president this afternoon have anything to do with the Issuance of this second statement , be was asked. v. "You will have to ask the president about thst," Lansing replied, v Christmas Gifts To Be Delivered :; By Mail o(n Sunday Christmas parcels will be de livered to Portland homes on Sunday, says 1, - Pastmaater Myers, in order fo alleviate ths 'congestion of mall generally and to accommodate ' the peo ple also. First class mall is not included In this arrange-; tnent and Inasmuch as regular employes are not permitted to be employed on Sunday, extra carriers and distributors will be mustered In. - , - v ! ;