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ion eurmo iid i" irHiiw in in L J I I I II II 1 1 111 II hiiiiuui uuu lllllll UJIUUII UJ Those Who Had Doubts Whether- New Years Would - Come .Without Reveler's ; ' Attendance Are Convinced. INFANTSON OFJIME IS CORDIALLY GfiEETED Fortland's First "Dry" Cele bration of Changing Calen dar Is Glorious Success. -i Mr. John Barjeycorn Bacchus wm not among: -those present in Portland last night to celebrate the coming of the New Year..-; ; ? Many may -have mourned his en ' forced absence from public places but It was to-be noticed that the new twelvemonth camo precisely at 12 a. in, just as in years gone by. ' Those Who had lingering- doubts ns to whether '1817; would really come Into being' without Mr. Bacchus on tl.e job received a grand surprise. Portland proved to herself last night that the New Year can.be greeted fully as heartily without' wines -of a vint age a! with. Portland celebrated the-eomlng,of a New Year last night for the flint ome under a prohibition . era. The celebration was a success. j p Grills Are Jammed. Street --were crowded with holiday makers; hotel grills were jammed; the atres were packed at regular and spe cial midnight performances; -churches attracted many for watch services. .- And the crowds were fully as Jolly nd apparently , enjoyed . themselves folly os much as in the days gone by, when New" Year's day headaches were tne - rule ; '. Portland's experiment with a "dry' New Year's eve celebration, was em phatlcallya success. v Tin horns, aquawkers, rattles and Other noise .provokers made fully as muen soana with the dawning or 1917 as they did on the occasion ot the his toric departure- oi 1 918. foully- as ,luj?y were the cries aftd vrelwired at midnight to announce The new year. - . , . Supper parties before midnight and jpanclng after that .witching hour were the 'rule. ' Dancing' was prohibited be- liCnscloded on -Twelve, oln&n Tbrte) NEW - YORK INTENDS ?T0 CELEBRATE NEW t vtaivp tmo Tiriimn fCMa 0 inlu LTLWnu Mayor "Mltchehaa Police De- T apartment Stanq' brrm on urders, , 'New York, Jan. 1. (I. N. S.) Solem nly of sobriety, Into which the tinkle "I glasses, popping of champagne corks vnd ribald hilarity of celebrators never niiceu, Hitti icu tun uftnic,i w, a car hat-ever came into New York. Gone verethe revets, the noise, he drink tig and the flagrant disregard for toner - . Young 1917 marched ntd hitherto y fcjotham with a stately and solemn reao. - . Mayor Mitchel and fe police depart ment were responsible. Strict order bat the sale or annus was to stop at 8:45 werev faithfully observed by h-oadwsy - hotels and restaurants. 'en places that have advertised for ears that they bad no keys dug theui ip rroro somewnere ana ciampea on be lid, ' ' Most of the down-town hotels served pec la! New-Year's dinners last-night. aodwul serve -- them again tonight. any of them have notified their pa eons tnat tonignt wui De oriiciany oo trved as New Year's eve, and are mak ig preparations to take care of the hrongk. n vPtn n ni n aa Unn' JCtll i- X ClJaUloUU JLLCbO Big New Year's Eve ' San Franeisco, Jan. J. (P. N. S.) While the "lid" was clamped down $ht 1 most Xt .tha big eastern cities, o Francisco celebrated New Tear's m in lh same Old boisterous fashion spite the, fact Jhat it was Sunday, rht. j - . Market street began to fill up early, th throngs-of merrymakers, blowing Tns, throwing confetti and jangling bells and using other noise pro Uiir. lhatruments.-K.vj,H, V r Until after ? o'clock:, the throngs re ined In the street ana. me carnival Jrlt" reigned everywftere. ; - . ' More than v I,00J ? persons particl ted in the merrymaking at thet big -staursnts and hotels, which pre ! dd the actual- Scorning of tna New ! ar. It -was - estimated today that I early vJ400,ooo was? ;epent m- i&w ear's reyelry ifK Sanr Francisco; iak i.i 95,000 TonsEails Anreles. CaL. Jan. 1. (P. NJ S.) he Santa Fe railroad.' baa ordered 3.60 -r-tonav of . steel - rails, costing aout 12.600,000, for 191S delivery,; ac rding to an announcement here yes- rday.. Everybody Excited Over 191 7 Nothing Like It at Lake La bisk 1 hat JLf ear Leal By Klla SfcMnnn, Last night I saw the ' old- year out and the new one in, and although I have welcomed many more New Tears than it pleases me to remember, this is my first one where I have seen the people get so excited over It. Down at Iake Labish there was a man who got so full of patriotism or loganberry juice or something that at midnight he disturbed the frogs and the rest of us by. shooting off half a dozen terrible blasts. But he didn't wantonly waste bis powder' Just to make a noise,, for the day before he drilled holes In some large stumps he wanted removed from his' field and put the powder in them so that he really got some' more work out of himself " every time it was New Years, and as it was only four hours before his getting up time anyway, he just stayed up and put tallow on his boots or read the almanac till morn ing. " . Xione Celebrant Is Gone. But his - stumps ran out a good while ago so he couldn't celebrate, and besides that he Is dead anyway. Last night the people wandered the cold streets in droves, like sheep when a storm is coming and the herder FIGHTING NINTH IS STILL ADVANCING IN CARPATHIAN PASSES Russians and Roumanians Make Violent Attacks in Vain, Berlin, Jan. 1. (I. N. S.) (Via Say ville Wireless.) Field Marshal von Mackehsens -troops have captured Herestrau and Ungureln, two towns In the Zabala valley, the war office announced today. In a statement on operations on the It&umaulan front. One thousand prisoners, four cannon and eight machine guns were captured fii-yesterday's fighting- east of" Macln; the official statement caid. . ftV-"i . The text of the official statement J follows: . "German "rifles in the Carpathian forests have captured a hostile block house with its garrison. "Between tho Us and Putna valleys German and Austro-Hungarian battal ions captured by storm several posi tions on the heights. They repulsed vioiant Roumanian and Russian coun ter .attacks. Snssiaha ICeet Defeat. . "Herestrau and Ungureln in the Zabala Valley have been taken by Field Marshal von Mackensen's army group in the north. The Russians once more wtre defeated. f "The ninth army pushed back the enemy into positions half way to Rlm-nlk-Sarat and Focsanl. "Tho Danube army has forced tho enemy back into the bridgehead of Braila. In Dobrudja, the successes of the German and Bulgarian troops penned j up a Russian bridgehead position eastlP"es, aue 10 me auiea Diocnaae. of Macin, and there yesterday 1000 Troops Oo to Pelopoaaesns. prisoners, four.; cannon and eight ma- cnine guns were captured. i "In the district of the mouth of the Danube river the river guard annihi lated a party of about 50 Russians who had crossed the branch of St. George s hi canoes. - Quirt on Hscedonlaa. front. "On the Macedonian front there is nothing important to report." Quiet ushered In 1917 on the western front, the war office announced -'today.' Sharp fighting in which German troops were everywhere successful was reported today by the war office statement on the eastern front.' - ' .."South of Riga and near Sorgen,"; said ' the statement, "'strong Russian raiding detachments were repulsed. 'On the .north bank of the Pripet, near Pmsk, German cavalry on foot tormed two Russian positions and brought in at the point of the bayonet one officer, and 35. men as prisoners. w " -: ' . '" ..Great Offensive Admitted. Petrograd, Jan. i. (UV P.) An of fensive of great proportions launched by the Germans on the Dobrudja front was announced Jy the war office to day. The Russians were forced to withdraw .to their second line. Twenty-three .German' battalions took part in the attack. the official statement said. The assault was di rected againsttthe Russian center. On the Italian Front. Rome, - Jan. 1.- fCr. n. S.) The fol- lowing official announcement made' here Sunday '.' was 'There.was the usual artillery fight ins yeaieraay in toe mountain area east of Gorltlzia and on the Carso. Di rect hits on the Carso caused the ex plosion of an enemy ammunition depot." Mother, Fires Gun; DaughterDrops Dead Louisville, Ky. Jan. lJp (I N. is.)"- During a New Tear's celebration, in which a pistol salute was fired, j Mrs. Sophia ' Applehouse ' accidentally shot and kflled r her ; JS-yearold- daughter. Margaret earijr.todayv.;-.. 1 Harry Laudeir'iSoii : t. -TTii :i . -tv" a j mis iuiiea lnyjoatue 4 ... .V iV ; Jl,0don-; Jan.': 1-XJ. f X)4-Oi ntain John Lauder.- son of Harry Lauderw the Scotch comedian, lias been killed at th xront, it was announced today. , .-!- Year b one, l oo knows that' be has to keep them moving- so the snow won't bank , up over them. Apparently they had no pur pose, for the same ones , passed and repassed the same places, and on all their faces was a loolr as .if they were waiting- for something.- And I couldn't help, thinking how surprised we would be if there shouldn't any new year, after all; and when the music began a slow dirge and the lights grew dim, I wondered what kind of a cry would go up if it suddenly dawned upon us that we had reached the end of our rope, and how many of us would want to be Just where we were If It should transpire that it was Gabriel blowing his, trumpet, instead of a man announcing the next show inrougn a megaphone. However, the people who had gone to tnree snows, eaten two suppers and danced around in a beautiful tangle of paper ribbons, didn't feel very solemn, and w,hen a woman sang "Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?" they all clapped their hands and agreed that it should be "forgot," Just as if 1918 were the worst year in the world, and 1917 were going: to usher us Into new wisdom and virtue and opulence. But personally I like the old year, ana was sorry, to see it go, because It was leap year.' GREECE WITHDRAWS WITH ALLIED WISHES Blockade of Ports Is Making Itself Felt Throughout the Country. Athens, Jan. 1. (U. P.) Greece is hurrying transfer of her troops south ward with all possible speed, the pinch of the allied blockade now being gener ally felt. New demands from the al lies, presented yesterday by the Italian minister, are expected to hurry this movement of troops. y The .new. -demands are for: more de tailed compliance with the -allied de mands that the Greek government place itself In a position where it cannot a ny. measure JnUrf ere .withthe enten te's campaign in Macedonia, and it Is expected King Constantino will acqui esce in them, as he has In the previous less detailed demands. Transfer of the entire Greek army. except that portion necessary to pre serve order to Peloponnesus, is the principal requirement made in the lat est note of the allies. XTote Demands Apology. The note demands art-apology for the imprisonment, on December 1, of sev eral . Venezellsts and a" reduction in grade for the general responsible. Restoration of allied control and pre ventive measures to keep Greek reserv ists from crossing a neutral sone are also demanded. A blockade will con tinue, the note says, until satisfaction is given. The note was signed by the French, British and Russian ministers. Dis patches from interior Greece described the situation as bordering on the des Derate on account of the lack of sup- The government has been hurrying its compliance with the previous allied demands,- and withdrawing- troops from Thessaly as fast as possible. This withdrawal ln the northern Greek province is expected to be completed within a couple of days, the troop being sent into Peloponnesus. Demands were presented to tho Greek, government yesterday, which call for a more detailed compliance with, allied demands that the Greek government place Itself in a position where it cannot in any way interfere with the entente's campaign in Mace donia. Hamilton W. Mabie, Noted Editor, Dies Summit. N. J., Jan. 1. (r. x. S.) Hamilton Wright Mabie. the noted author and editor, died yesterday at his home here. As associate edi tor of the Outlook, he paid his last visit to the offices of the magazine three weeks ago. Since then his con dition became very much worse and he never rallied. 'A weak heart over burdened with other ailments-was the cause of his death. He had been in for a year. He was born hi Cold springs, N. X.. Decern! 13, 1846. Newfoundland Goes r Oh Water Wagon : St -John. N. F-, Jan. 1. (t. N. S.) New Poundland was dry today for the first time in its history. ; ' ' Promptly at i midnight -the new liquor law went Into effect, and sale was stopped in all hotels and restau rants where New Tear watchers were celebrating. Many took advantage of tho occasion to lay ln a supply, of In toxicants for future reference. --v Even : a long list of V. patent medi cines, containing a high percentage' of alcohoL has , come (tinder the . of f iclal ban. "t f - ? Hampton Terrace : : , ;: Hotel - in Flames - . ": - ' 1 ,: J'i'.Augustai'?Ga J"anJlli--ii.3 K. S.) The u Hampton ': Terrace ; hotel, v famous tourUt r resort.- was burned to the grou nd with a -loss -of about 860 0.OAO. The hote had-Just been i renovated and prepared .o open forrthef season Tbnrs? dawlaurance .was 1200,009. TROOPS ACCORD 1916 BEST YEAR OF UNITED STATES High Records Set in Nearly! IN HISTORY AH LineS Of Trade and In--Sunday, postal receipts for the Port ni,. rr;. i land postoffice this December were the dustry Make Figures for ldrsest o any month ln tn5 hlstory of Past Years Appear Small;; TITLE NOW SECURE AS GREAT CREDIT NATION In Addition to War-Created .Business Domestic Trade1 Grows Marvelousty. J- New Tort. Jan. I. Nineteen hu dred and sixteen was a wonderfal vear. but that characterization- does only partial Justice to this latest and J greatest 12 montns in tne country s history, is the way Bradstreet's re views the business and financial sit uation. Jt was said of 1915 that adjectives were lacking fitly to portray that year's progress. So it may be said, of 1916, in turn, that comparatives fall to -describe the repeated examples of high records set up ln nearly all lines of trade and industry, only to be dis placed in turn and relegated to the rear by new and hitherto unheard-of totals of industrial production and trade volume, of bank clearings and building expenditure, of transportation earnings on land and on water, of ex port and import trade in merchandise, in' gold and in silver, of mineral out put and ship construction, of prices of all commodities, and of high levels of wages paid in. most industries and of dividends paid by enterprises of all kinds. It would be far easier. In fact, to single out the lines that did not break records than to attempt to enumerate the multitude of directions in which trade expanded, industry set up new milestones of progress, and finance sought wider fields of exploitation. Foreign Uanidatloa Concluded. In 1915 the bogy of troublesome li quidation of our own stocks and bonds held abroad was finally laid, and we began, to offer a market here for. for eign securities; but In 1916 we defi nitely secured title .to our position - as a. creditor nation, loaned freely to the entire' world; and, despite hitherto un equaled, purchases by us of belligerent securities, ' became possessed- f gold (Continued on Page . Twe. Column Two.) - PINNED 'NEATH AUTO; HANDS, FEET FROZEN Claud Sloan, Echo, Held Pris oner All Night on Road Near Echo. Pendleton, Or., Jan.' 1 Pinned be neath his auto in the snow, where he had been imprisoned for 14 hours, Claud. Sloan,' prominent Echo sheep man, was found this morning a mile from Echo, frozen 'almost to death. Both hands are frozen to the wrist, both feet are frozen and one leg is frozen as far up as the knee. He is in a serious condition. Sloan left Echo about 7 o'clock last evening for his home, four miles Op the river. When going up a sidehill road about a mile from Echo, his car slid in the snow and turned over, pinion ing him beneath. The road is but little -traveled dur ing this time of the year, and no help came until 9 o'clock this morning, when Nelson Taylor, a young man liv ing in the vicinity, came across ; the upturned car as he was driving to town. Sloan's wife had not been un easy because she thought he was at tb sheep ranch. In the early hours of the night the thermometer, was near zero, but - the weather moderated during the night and an inch of snow fell. Sloan is now at his home under a doctor's care. : General Haigls Now Field Marshal liondon, Jan. .1. (TJ. P.) General Sir Douglas Halg, British command er-in-chief of the expeditionary forces. is elevated to field marshal of Eng land in the usual New Tear's list of honors announced today.- Major General Jan Christian Smuts, commander-in-chief of the' British forces in East Africa, who has ; ren dered such invaluable service to Great Britain there, was rewarded' with promotion to - the rank - of : honorary lieutenant, general. . .- Phipps1 Shares His i Profits With Family ; 5 . .... " -Denver, Colo.. Jan. . 1. (I. N. S.)- Lawrence C- Phipps started the , new year by giving checks for 150,060 each to Mrs.. Phipps; .Lawrence - Phipps Jr. and -Miss Dorothy Phipps, a daugh ter by his former wife. These gifts are in the nature of profit-sharing, for Mni Phipps as fourth largest share holder ofathe United States Steel cor poration has profited largely by., the increase 1b ' the f value of ' the steel EASTERN OREGON MAN Record Broken by Postoffice In December Business Was Over f 700O Greater Than During Ehtire Year of 1880; Increase Over 1915. Although there was one less business day than in at!" ordinary month of De cember, 1916, on account of an extra office, totaling $132,915.65 Receipts for the year 1916 were $1,- 320.487.89, a net gain of 853,194.86 over 2915. Business done at the Portland postofftue last month exceeded by 17144.41 the postal receipts for the en tire year of 1889, which were $125, 171.14. . Also, the Portland postoffice receipts for 1916 were greater than the receipts of the entire United States 100 yearB ago for any 12 months. ( DETECTIVES SEEKII WEALTHY CHICAGOAN Beautiful Model Found Dead x in Her Rooms in Philadel phia Had Many Admirers, Philadelphia, Jan. 1. (I. K. S.) A wealthy Chtcagoan, with membership in several excliwslve clubs ip Philadel phia,, is being sought by detectives In connection with the slaying oft; Mrs. Grace Roberts, artists' model, who was found beaten to death in her apartment at Fifteenth and Poplar streets. Discovery of a Chicago-time table in the woman's apartment,, together with fear expressed before her death that a man from Chicago had vowed be would come east and "get" her, started the murder squad on a new trail. The police believe that the woman, Known as "Tne Hosiery uiri, Decause of the reproduction of her photographs in advertisements of hosiery, was slain by a man she had beggared and then discarded. Twelve photographs of men prominent In the, social life of Phila delphia and New-Tork were round itt the- apartment. 'The woman evidently had struggled fiercely with her assail ant; , Bloody finger-prints "were found onvxne winaow curtains, auu said that the -model had-ew-sWek. with a f latlron. - From a gas let a rub ber tube led to the woman's face, but the gas had not been turned on. In the boudoir was found a man's blood-covered shirt and collar bearing a man's finger prints. The articles bear no other identification. Police learned that among the dozen male admirers of the woman was one known as her "New York friend,", who visited her at stated intervals. The Janitor of the apartment occu pied by tho Roberts woman said that Bessie Colbert, a sister of the victim. had tried valnly all day to reach Mrs. Roberts hy telephone. She then called personally, and the3anitor entered the Roberts apartment on a ladder from the outside. He found the, woman's body, her face blood-covered, lying among broken dishes anil glassware. The Roberts woman came to Phila delphia three years ago from Kane, Pa. She then was a widow, her husband having died two years previously. Man Eelates Weird Story of Assault M. B. Maxwell Says He Was OlTea Ammonia While Asleep, Then Bound and Beaton by Trft Mm, Almost strangled by the , 'Contents of a small yial of ammonia . poured down his th,rat while he slept, M, B. Maxwell, one of the proprietors; of the American club, 108 . North Ninth street, awoke to find twoi men tying his hands behind his back. When he became conscious the two men, whose description he could not give, beat him on the head and body. After inflicting a two-inch gash on his head and severe bruises, the assailants fled. Maxwell reached the window in time to see the men tunning down Flanders street. He called the police and Motorcycle Patrolmen Irvln, Mor ris, Tully and Russell responded. Their Quest was futile owing to. Max well's inability to describes the men. Maxwell was taken to the Emerg ency hospital and later to Good Sa maritan .hospital. TJ-Boat and Raider Warning Are Given Norfolk, Vs.', Jan. 1 (I. N. SJ) Allied warships off the American -coast flashed wireless warnings to all allied shipping early today to be on guard against submarines. The warning stated that German U-boats are expected to become Increasingly active in Atlantic waters from now on. " . . - - T Allied merchant vessels also were again., warned , against one or , more German -raiders which are supposed to be operating in the Atlantic. - diiildf ehTJnder 14'T ;Outof Cotton: Mills . - Columbia, 8. C. Jan. r. N. S.1 Two thousand, four-hundred children were" automatically shut out o'f the cotton mills of the state today by the rew. law -taking effect which prohibits the employment of chlldrenrunder ,1 4 in the textile establishments of South Carolina, according- t state:- officials. The mills prepared fol the new situa tion and had gradual; curtailed child lebor in advance. - v MURDER MYSTERY RIOT lit FIGHT OF Tom Campbell, Governor lect, Refused Entrance to Executive Chambers, Al though Admitted to Capitol. LARGE CROWD PRESENT SHOWED ANGRY MOOD Dispersal Results Only After Campbell Himself Begs for Peace. Phoenix. Ariz., Jan. 1. (U P.) Foring his way through cheering thu sanda, -surreuftU4 - by aTnae'oTguards Tom, Campbell, Arizona's new cowboy governor, entered the capitol grounds shortly before 11 o'clock this forenoon. A caretaker opened the portal a few Inches and Campbell, his attorneys and a. few newsDSDer men enteredi After completing his inaugural speech. In which he declared, amidst a wild demonstration, that tne nanot box must not become a Juggler's hat. he demanded admission to the execu tive chambers, which were guarded by deputy sheriffs. The officers refused to open the door ort the ground that it was a legal holiday. The crowd out siri hp can to murmur, but was in-: formed that law and order must take Its course. Mandamus Proceedings riled. Former Supreme Court Justice Sloan, and the last territorial gov ernor, at once filed mandamus pro ceedings in thesupreme court to oust George W. P. Hunt from the phy slcal possession of the office. , Hunt is contesting Campbell's election and the recount is not completed. "'My office is in the saddle," said campbeU I wilt be at the capitol tomorrow ready for business." Hunt left the building shortly be fore Camnbell : arrived. His secre tary remained in the office behind locked doors. - 1 Several windows In the south wing were broken during the night in spite of heavy guard maintained.. . . Hunt says , he will be at his desk asoisuai-tomorrow,;', ... .,. After Campbell entered, the crowd efosdt-vbe-Oapiit-grognd (CeaelDded on Pax Eight, Oolana Four) STRANGE ATTACK ON Revenge for Identification Be lieved Cause of Assault; Spokane Man May Die, San Francisco, Jan. 1. (P. N. S.) Struck down by an assailant in a crowd of street revelers near the close of the New Tear's celebration. J. R. Buckley of Spokane, a traveling salesman for the J. A. Folger" company, lies at the point of death at the central emergency hospital, suffering from a basal frac ture of the skull. His companion, Edward Laf f erty of Portland, is suffering from contusions of the face inflicted by the same assailant-Suspected of the attack and captured by the police after a chase, Harry Ms guire is held in Jail on two charges of battery, with ball fixed at $1000. Information was received by the po lice to the effect that Buckley and Laf fertyhad identified a man responsible for s. drur-store holdup, and that the eaTly morning, assault was for revenge. A telegram to Mrs. Raymond Ed ward Lafferty of 531 East Tenth street, from her husband, received at 11:40 this morning, said tnat ne Him self was not injured at, all and that the report concerning him was a mistake.- Buckley, however, was serious ly hurt and Lafferty will be detained as a witness. Mr. Starrett, whose headquarters are Montana, and who is also a sales man for the Folger company and at tending ' the annual . meeting of sales men with his wife and the two, com-; prised' the evening party, the telegram said, ' wtien-5 the assailant attacked Buckley;- . ; More Divorces and Fewer Marriages In 1916 Than 1915 4K 1 Marriages- are on the de-:: 4K crease and divorces on the in- 4g crease wihi aey, nootiaeepert ot tne. county ... clerk's department, in bis report for the year- just ended.' The total - number - of ' marriage li- v r censes -' issued in-. Jdui tnomah county s was . 1 1 77. or 71 ; less than for tns preceding year. ' m IuriAg , the. same period .172 .. & divorces were granted, an In-i; crease of 12 orer the figures .of , f 1S15. Liquor shipments for the -year show a total of 299.65? f-- 4n 'fidavits. The number ot cases - ' In the circuit courts amounted H, to $57$,. which was.-129 less " than last. year's record. PORTLAND MAN MADE IN NEW YEAR S CROWD Ex-Sailor Is Wybm in ing Real Old Tisne Melodrama Is rer formed oriIain Street of Sheri- -dan bj Iad Slan With Clan. ; Sheridan. W!yo.'r Jan. I. (I. N. S.) Sheridan had the thrill of Us life In a new year, starter when a gunman who gave his name as James . Allen, 23, ex-sailor, who! said that his home was Oakhill, 111., Jield up the chief of polic and two of his best and trusted policemen on i the main street at the point of a gua. The ex-sailor then marched the chief and trusted - men through the center of the city in full view of hundreds of citizens to "the railroad yards, locked them in a box car, shot the hat off William Wallace, prominent coat cperator, comaiandeerej a wagon and tried to make his escape into the country. 1 & Two hours I after the exchange of nhots and Imprisonment of the fil ters occurred, Sheriff Ole Mossbrg with a posse captured the bandit itt a deserted barn flv miles east, of Sheri dan. . r - - .a . t " . Allen attempted to pass a. check for $45 on the Golden Rule , ibre and captured the officers when they came to arrest him.i : OF WILSON WAS TO BE SENT, SAY DIPLOMATS British and French Assert German j Peace Proposals Were Made as Result. " "vvasblngton, Jan.- 1. (U. P.) That the German government was informed ln advance that President Wilson was to send His now historic "peace notes" to the belligerents, and that Germany therefore hurriedly promulgated and as" hurriedly dispatched the Gefman peace proposals to make it appear the president was backing up ' German peace plans, was the frank statement made to the United Press today ln French, and British diplomatic circles. These diplomats commented frankly today on what tbey termed the "clever diplomatic victory of Germany" over the United ' States, at the .beginning nf 4hn jiraMnl hmm nffntlttlnnl. i T J - .These diplomats hinted they .believe abat. Germa -diplomats 4n this-ountry ln some way ; obtained advance infor- matlon of the) "peace notes,-' and im mediately wirelessed tne Berlin gov ernment the information. 1 They say tbey are positive Germany knew of the president's' intention to send his peace note before she made her peace orrer. By this course Germany expected either to strengthen her own offer of peace or to create ill feeling between the United State ; and the allies, . The British and French public near ly fell into the latter trap, as the editorials and presa comment the first few days after the president sent his note showed, these diplomats pointed out- They said they believed, how ever, the allied public . and officials now see through "the German scheme" and had less feeling against the Unit ed States for the act of President Wilson. But they did admit "a con siderable amount of unfavorable allied opinion breathed by the president's peace note still exists." Raid Protested by Bomb Case, Defense San -Francisco: Jan. 1. (U. P.) A vigorous protest was voiced today by the defense In the preparedness day dynamiting cases over the raid by the police on the offices of "The Blast." a radical paper, and the seizure there or ail tbe editors letters and manu scripts. Alexander Berkman. editor. was away at the time and the office was in charge of a girl assistant, she alleges that she was forcibly held while detectives ransaked the office for threehours. - District Attorney. Fickert declared today that the raid resulted tit finding evidence which will be used durlna tbe trial of Thomas J. Mooney on a charge of murder "in connection with the suit. case bomb explosion. Shortly after uie do mo was exploded, pickets'- as sistants declared their belief that the alleged dynamiting plot was- hatched by Mooney in: the -office." of -; "Tne Blast." " -.' v ' -- - TJ. S.'MaririestoTake Panama; Canal Trip 'Wasihlngton Janj t-With '.tha pros pect of viewing- the greatest 'engineer ing feat of the century, hundreds of United VStates marines, sow serving with.- the Atlantic fleet, are eagerly looking forward to March 17, when battleships, cruisers and destroyers are scheduled to make a five day trip to the Panama canaL - .The war in Europe eurlalleJ the cus tomary visits of the "sea soldiers" to many foreign ports and, while no for mal arrangements have been - decided upon, plans are being made to enable the men of the fleet to make an an nual visit to . South American and other neutral parts, mainly for educa tional and" recreative purposes, until a' world wide peace has been estab lished. . - , - ' f ' World's Champion t. r Weight Lif tef; Dies ' Cincinnati. Ohio. Jan 1. CT. N. S.l Henry Holtgreve. 65, world champion ( heavy welgbt lifter, --died at; his home here early today, Holtgreve began his athletic4 career at 19 and 'was never defeated ; at heavy : lifting. ? best record at lifting with' his b; k was 4104 pounds. . ' , ' 4 . GERMANS KN EW NOTE iiiif to Peace Note From i ; President iWHsont May Be SuDDlemehtarvltbNotetof : Central PoWersMlWfefK- ' - J- .." -V:- . : ikt? EXPUCIT STATEMENTe rpi iPVPn prmTHnftMiwn w ess bbs) 4 mm W mm mm I r I f s w Iff H Translation of: Frencff jqrcl i mm Cause of Comment. i4 Z:. Lnnrtnn" T. 1 IT t .Wlth If - , .. ... - ..-.. . every word of the allied reply, to iOer rainy Deing approved by peess i PubliCi attention eentered'today, oi Just how much further , the entento would go In specifying its .stand itt' V' the reply to President Wilson's peace.,; note. , . t.- 'i' .:- '-; I". The general belief today, was that - ? the allies, having outlined In a broad V general way In the German note the ' position they most adopt with , regard V. to Germany's peace proposals, Jwould ,i make the reply to America a sort of y supplement, which would go more exhaustively Into the alms' and. pur- ' n.. I .1 . I t t U . t J . . no uuiinaiini inn allies n mtir utr terminatlnn n rantinui th ir . In t' some . quarter it. was held the reply r: to Germany was a full and sufficient. : ? answer to America. ' .:rS-':?riff ji'-f',- . Position May Be .'AjBpUflae'i4Vr Most officials, . however,'; privatelr v? expressed the belief that KHgland and ' her allies should set their 'position be fore the neutral world even more ex- -pJlcitly by an amplification ii the nota , to America. ' n '-.r..ifyf ' There were only a' 'few notes of criticism In the general chorus of ap . proval of the allies answer to Ocr-t many. That was in the editorial com ment of the Daily News, which feared that faulty translation into English-o note's text might lay the allies .open to the charge of yindietlveriess tThs 7: f Daily News pointed- ut 1 tbat Soma newspapers had 1 translated tbe word . "penalties" and; some ;! retributloh' :'v and some "reparation.-.iff Sf J8 hf. JPh'astaf Xs .CrttiolssaVJ :': (ii ha ;Trench:..wcfd 'sanctions ytbS'u editorial asserted "la ather a iyno . nym'irr.V:eTuaraMeeshajfc-4atMaat (Concluded on Pf Xtro. Coluas four. '. l 1 1 ! II I II I I HI .J . '.4 . I E BUT IT SAVED LIVES Lodging House at 255:F1ftli ; Street Damaged by -Firet But Occupants Escape,":'.; - When J. E. Bennett. 53 FifthT street, h fired a revolver shortly after 8 oclocW . this morning roomers In, the eattio v house awakened, thought someone was -celebrating the passing of the old 'year: and the advent of . the new, turned . over in their beds, voiced their idls . ' approval of the shootina; with sleepy : grunts, and tried to sleep again.' A few moments later loud poundings were heard on the .noors and ' noisV footsteps i th halls. The roomers sleepily cussed the - tiolsemakers f ort ,: , disturbing their slumbers, but now - they are thankful, for they' are alive and have their valuables, while tHe' . rooming bouse is ' badly - damaged by fire; . ! . . " The roomers were awakened by th barking of the revolver and the pounds . Ing the doors, but they did not realiser that- the house was afire until' they. found their rooms filled with smoke. .. ; " Beanett Aronses Sleepers. 'A i ') . " Ten men.' women and children were -" asleep' in the lodging house when tha v fire was - discovered. Most of v-them,- ' got out only in their night clothes, air - although ',' several y ot - the -women 4 stopped to slip on shoes. Those who. left their shoes behind are still, tell- lnge how it "feels- to walk- around in, the snow' and ice, in their bare feet v; i - The fire was first seen py Charles . Hoch, JS Mississippi : avenue- who.' was passing the- house. : lie aw tha " flames. pouring from a. basement win-' ' do w and' immediately ran Into tlie house, breaking through 'a door- lead- -Ingto the-.apartments occupied by, J. . B. Bennett, wife and daughter ' . Mr. - Bennett immediately , fired the contents of his revolver out of a win dow, to arouse the sleepers and then Uoch went through the house pound- ' ing v on the doors, i A. La rush, 24t Fifth street:, also assisted in awaken- " ing the roomers." - Three small children la- tne house were carried out by their parents as- stated by: Patrolman C.'K. Btaton. who arrived a few minutes after the fire - was discovered. Cause Xelaf Xavestig-ated, " 1 The fire started In unoccupied rooms . in the. basement of .the building. Fir -Marshal Stevens is mekirrg a thorough investigation, working on the theory . that the fire. was of lnoendiary origin, ' Among, those who were driven from ' the house by ( the early morning fire , were Mr.l and1 Mrs. J.i K.' Bennett and two year old daughter; Mr. and Mr. J. E. Kelly, and thefr year, old baby; Mrs. ;M.-'- Gonsa and her seven ' yea r oM sonl.iNeigbbors cared for thoe -driven-out of .the house. About $500 tlamar was'done. , The furniture was owt ' by Mrs. Carrie Quate. and lha build, by T. B.' Seufett. . - ' BARKING OF REVOLVER MAD LODGERS MAD