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' -ITS ALIi. HERI5 , A.1' . 1 and , ' . I ITS AM. TRITE . : I- i t VOL., XVI. NOM74 -- ' - - - - . i . . .- . r : .- t - ' r i ,.V ...... : : ; : 1 -. - , ' : nimni fl in m- illnftlinnmm in W. , Tlini I ii-K iunn I . ' . . : : : : TT ir-n-rr-p-c- vm nuoaiH lo RlSi TO DRIVE OUT Kin Provinces on Brinlt of Anti-Bol-? sheviki Revolt, Declares Mini malist Courier Who HasAr :! rived at Stockholm. ' Lenne-Trotsky Combination Tries .Desperately to Obtain Sepa- - rate Peace With Germany to Save Selves. STOCKHOLM, Dec. 1. (I. N. S.) Bread rfots are 'imminent in Petrograd, it waa -1- V declared by travelera reaching -v here today from the Finnish : ' - frontier.? m.' ,i They ;'r stated that It c : was A ' chlafl the failure; of ;Lenlnef , t .to BplreJJie..i.foopr)hiemaj-4. i - that destroyed "HISnTruence with the lower classes, thous-, ' rv ands of , whom are on the. t : verge of absolute starvation. -VItt'yiew of the terrible suffer c. 'ing in Petrografl and ''-else-.r.. . "where the opinion- was - ex pressed , that the , BolsheVlkl ' .cannot retain any power much lonuer.. . - ' .irt'::'&--. ' - i , ' Stockholm, Deo, 1. (U. , P.) Russian provinces ar on the brink of an anti Bolshevlkl revolt. .. Bolshevlkl commissaries are resisn- L . - vast apprenensive or ueir ewn suety. Trotsky.i ljenlne and others of the Bolsheviki ring in Petrograd are wildly striving by merciless persecution of ele ments opposed to them to reach a sepa ;r. 'rate--peace --.with Germany before, the deluge. . , - 1 iT A. aeparate peace would mean the he- ginning of" a Russia-wide civil war. . ' " ;" Coarler Brians Story ; ; Such was the story brought here to ,Jay by a Minimalist courier, direct from : Petrograd. , x , S He told the JLTnlted Press that the Russian nation "is rising ttf stamp out ine iMMsAeviai. ', . . , . ' - The Bolshevikr commissaries, Nagin. v V Mllutln. Tarn, Lunapchalcy, Mrs. KoUxal , : and others, have formally resigned In I v protest aa-sinst excises ' 6t the Miif. view of the Bolsheviki leaders' violation of lif e of liberty . and freedem- of the press , and speech, - the nation Is being; J.T Many provinces .are, .almpet . ready .lo wuas u uoisneviKi oy force. V'. i ' leslse Party Desperate , : Th courier: asserted that Lenine. jKiTowqr- ana tneir .- ministers. Kame- nerf , and Zinovieff. now. formed 'a vir " tual ; quadrumvirate of control. They rn.ro aeeperaiety'veeainf; to retain that iPOwer-by ; merciless- persecution nn of the oldest and most revered veter- ...ans-fOr otner. revolutions. ' h xne - iwo Maxunaitst leaders. Ple- ? chanoff and Smirnoff, it tras said, had . been beaten by Bolsheviki emis saries tvno jiaa attacked them in the w puBiio streets, j... . . . x n aimunaiist representative said .uwnuiuT reports naa een received : by his party leaders In Petrograd show. lng. that free Russia would never con--sent: :to- peace. - A;- counter-revoluUoit, " ... wr. wouiq occur when ; peasants who form nearly co per cent :. i. ins pqpuiauon, re&iued that the Bol i v sneviki . had plaj-ed into Germany's - sniMi . - Siberia Want Independencv Copenhagen. Dec'L I. N. S.) Reo resentativea from aU parts of -Siberia have gathered at Omsk and are prepar ing to declare the Independence ofJ beria from Russian rule, accord ins- -t InfiiMMftlliui t. - . . v I . 'Shortly after tha'Btonevikls'fte control of Petrograd it Was reported f ; that SIherta had declared her iadepend- i ence an had chosen former Csar Nichi I olas a the ruler. : - ""i'-i -t ; ; Wabash Passenger -i : .; . Train Is . Wrecked Three sleeping- cars of a Wabash pas- penger train turned? over and 400 feet . of track was torn up in a wreck at Ed wardsvHle UL. according to reports re , oeivod here today. No -details Were . civen in the report. ' A rail was missing from the track, be lieved to have been removed by persons who intended robbing the train. Blood-J-"'.:--'! f ;-a.f -ourlrs the ccu-trysia. i lERICA HAS 582 SHIPS TO FEED TROOPS WASHINGTON, DEC. 1. (U. P.) THE AMERICAN COM MUNICATION I I N E TO ;THE EXP EDITION ART FORCES IN FRANCE "TODAY CONSISTS OF 682 CARGO SHIPS AGGRE GATING S.721.80 TONS. CHAIR MAN HURLEY OF THE SHIP PING BOARD REPORTED TO SENATOR HITCHCOCK, NE BRASKA. THESE FIGURES AND A COMPREHENSIVE RE PORT ON THE SHIPPING SITU ATION WERE OBTAINED BY HITCHCOCK FOR USB IN CON GRESS. THE TONNAGE GIVEN; WOULD SUPPdRT ABOUT 870. 000 AMERICAN TROOPS IN FRANCE. ,. BETWEEN JANUARY 1 AND JUNE 1 THIS YEAR 65 STEEI, SHIPS AND 82 WOODEN ONES WERE LAUNCHED. THKIR COMBINED TONNAGE BEING 603.822. DURING THE SAME PE RIOD CONTRACTS WERE MADE FOR 894 SHIPS TOTALING 2, 784,867 TONS. " HURLEY SAID THAT AL THOUGH LABOR TROUBLE IS DELAYIN . GCOMPLETION OF TONNAGE IN MANY PRIVATE SHIPYARDS, THERE IS NO IN DICATION THAT THE SHIP PING BOARD WILL FALL DOWN IN ITS EFFORT TO PUT SIX MILLION TONS OF FULLY EQUIPPED SHIPPING IN THE WATER ,BY THE END OF 1918. THE NEW GOVERNMENT OWNED SHIPYARDS AT HOG ISLAND. PA., -TPORT5 NEWARK AND BRISTOL POINT WILL BE READY TO BEGINWORK 'EAR LYtlN 1918,'HUREY SATD. Traffic Director Winchell Says Railroads M ust -Haal to Ports ' Where Cargoes Obtainable. "Get some ships running." hub point was reiterated and re- emphasised by B. L. Winchell. traffic director of the Union Paclfirf system, at the meeting Thursday afternoon in the office of J. D. FarrelL nresldent oi ,ine o-w. R. N. It was a meet lng that had been arranged by H. L Corhett. ' president of the Chamber of Commerce, that the business men of Jtfortiand might confer with Mr, Win chell before his ' departure for the east relative to establishment of transoacifk: shipping business out of the Port of Fertland. . Mr. WinrhAll At A it v- sentiment' in so' many words, but he declared, .that the Union Pacific sys tem is reaay and willing to cooperats wjm me pert in any way. ; Xatt Go Where Steamers Are "We would be -only too glad to work Win .steamship, lines out of Portland. V. I M trrrr . . . ... tt a ponuveiy will not go into- uw sieamsmp business. 'It is busiriess t within , itself. We feel that we 'have our' hands full in running our raiiroaa : DUBiness. The only question, therefore.-is to get steamships to come to Portland; ' At the present time it has . been a question of our . going where the steamships are running. It must be this or for us to rive us en tirely -the business of hauling freight across thhe country for transpacific shipment. I assure you that there is no intention on the part of the Union Pacific system to be impartial to Port land, An Important point in this con section is the fact that we get no more money for hauling freight to Puget Sound., than we do at Portland. The same rates apply to both points." ; ; "Could thero be ; any more positive. assurance ox tne willingness of the i .(Coachidea oa- Page ; Twe. . Coltuna roar) Vice President Sees . I?ure: Americanism r Washington, Dec - l.-(L; N. S.1 "Thu war wm he worth all it costs the -United States., It will give 'tis a pure Americanism. " Within a year we shall b4 able ( to weed out; the pro- uermanism in ..every.."- community. Thls statement ' was made this aft ernooa by Vice . President , Thomas R. Marshall. V The 'Vice president arrived in Washington, today after a" "suing around. 7 the western . circle." " - 1 " : . . . ,-r Kerensky Under ? arrest, cumor i Stockholm. Dec. - l.-L N. RW-Pt. inler- Kerensky of Russia "has been ar rested at Vladimir by Bolsheviki sol diers aqd Imprisoned, according; to a re-' port from Haparan todays ; i Vladrmir .Is 110 miles northeast' of Moscow.;."- s vvu;". ,; - :'? .- 1 It was Teported"in Pet me-rariT i y that Kerenaky had fled ttr Finland jrtera re Is cc-v la Hi'--. j R0GM CflivlF PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY; EVENING.. DECEMBER . 1; 1917. IS BY AHGA President Wilson, Promises Sup port Now, at Peace Table and After War as Encouragement to Smaller Nation by U. S. Message Is Also Sent to Mikado Declaring Result of Ishii Visit Will Be. Happy and Permanent as People's Friendship. Washington, Dec 1. (U. P.) To en courage Roumania, now in a- difficult position because of Russia's defection. President Wilson today sent a message to the Roumanian king promising sup port no', at the peace table and after the war. . . , At ' the same time President Wilson sent the Japanese emperor a message declaring the result of Viscount Iahii's visit would be "as happy and as per manent as the enduring friendship of the peoples of the United States and Japan." . L "The people of the United States,' said President Wilson, "have watched with feelings of warmest sympathy and admiration the courageous ' struggle of your- majesty and the oeoolo of - Rou mania to preserve, from the domination of German militarism .their, national in tegrity, and freedom ' -Th government of the United States is Jelermlned to continue to assist 'Ro tetania tn-'tha ltesisvYfS-''rr,Wr .J.t'r- ti . Z At the same time, I v wish to assure your majesty ' that the United States will support Roumania after the war to the best of Its ability and that in any final negotiations for peace it will use its constant efforts to . see . to. it that the integrity of .Roumania as a free and Independent nation is adequately safeguarded." The -message to the mikado said : Coaclsded oa Page Two. ColaiaB Two) Total of $1,84r,647.04 Provided .For, Which Will Mean a Deficit of $35,000. Budget, estimates for the calendar year were adopted by the board of directors of Portland school , district - No. 1 today. ,The estimate consists' of $1,74,600 to be raised from the 6 mill levy for general school purposes, ! sinking fund and . other - exoensea on the bonded debt, and for this purpose a special levy of three tenths of a mill is provided in the. budget. The cost estimate for all school purposes for the year , is 12,483.000. , According to School Clerk Thomas the district faces a shortage of about (35,000 for the ensuing year. -.This estimate is based on the assumption - that the as sessed valuation for the year will about equal that of 191. namely. 1288.121.760. which amount includes the assessment valuations on public service properties. r Oae Leae Elector Appears . v County Assessor. Henry E. Reed has' raised the -1917 valuation , about 1900, 000, but it is understood that the pub lic service valuations will be reduced correspondingly Although the school board had caused noucoa m ine meeting to be published present' when the budget was adonted. on motion of Director . Q.1 M. Plummer. Clerk Thomas read the motion and the vote, which was unanimous, followed without discussion by any of the board members. -. . ; , - .-, After 'the budget bad been adoDted oneone elector strolled into the room, r issumatea disbursements include i Bet terments, portables ? and imorovementa of grounds. $28,256; streets, sewers and sidewalks. J90007 equipment for cooklnr. drawing; general., janitors, manual train ing, physical training, sewing and music. $51,450 ; free text books. $2000 : a-raduat- ing exercises, $1000 library and refer-i ence books. $5000 ; salaries of principals and teachers. $1,668,180: princloale' sec- retarles, $8585; upkeep of grounds. $2195 ; Conclude! on Pars Two. Colnma Ox) Appeal iffiBehalfMlS ,vumbemeEFiled "-Vi':."1 ' .: - - SCHOOL BOARD'S INTERNAL REVENUE BUQGETADQPTED REPORT IS ISSUED -1 . -, wasnington. Dec--J-J. -H R) The'the first time this i fall, la a source of department -of agriculture today filed; much, Joy to, the 'farmers' and stock - an appeal from the proposed increase men. . Fall ! plowing was hindered . by "f. "t ,!l . . viiiara-i wlt e k - : " SiOTU - ' r s- , 1 m,. v t. 1 , ' V tt,a- .1 r.f l.,v , - 1 ' . . . .... viui : 1 ' " ! 4 r m YOUNGSTERS CAN: HELP TO WIN THE WAR m ASHINGTON, DEC P.) THE DRUMMER BOY 3PHIT OF. . 7 WAS IN VOKED AGAINST GERMANY BT SECRETARY M'ADDO .TODAY. APPEALING TO THE SCHOOL CHILDREN TO SET THEIR ELD ERS A SACRIFICING EXAMPLE IN THE! $2,000,000,000 WAR THRIFT CAMPAIGN OPENING TODAY, THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY . SAID : "WE MUST WIN THIS WAR. WE CAN AND WE SHALL WIN IF THE , BOYS AND GIRLS OF AMERICA 'SAY SOi AND MEAN IT. AND FEEL, ANDLIVE IT. AS THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF 76 LIVED ; AND FELT " AND HELPED. ) "THE NATION NEEDS THAT SORT OF BOYS AND GIRLS TO DAY. . NOT TO BEAT THEIR DRUMS v NOR TO LOAD OUR MUSKETS' BUT ' TO START A GREAT WORK WHICH MUST BE DONE. IT IS THE PART OF BOYS AND GIRLS TODAY TO TEACH THE GROWN PEOPLE OF THE NATION THE LESSON OF THRIFT-SAVING TO THjS. POINT OF SACRIFICE. SELF DENIAL AND EVERYTHING NECESSARY. . , "IF EVERY BOY AND GIRL, SAYS AT HOME TONIGHT: WILL. FIGHT IN THIS WAR, IT WILL SAVE EVERY PENNY AND LOAN IT TO MY GOVERN MENT Tq HELP SAVE THE LIVES OF THE BIG BROTHERS OF AMERICA? -T WILL TRY TO. TEACH EVERY AMERICAN I SEE TO DO THE-SAME,' THEN TWENTY MILLION HOMES. .THE "HOMES Q JrAX ti- AMEBlCAi SPIRIT OF vll. -f f i .rw"--"AMERICA -WTLL WIN AGAIN AS ' IT ALWAYS HAS WON, THROUGH THE SPLENkDID STRENGTH.- COURAGE AND SACRIFICE. IN THE HEARTS OF YOUTH. THROUGH . THE MES SAGE - WHICH ITS SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL CARRY HOME." ! . j Collections for Fiernl Year FnA VUIICI.UUII5. lor riSCai, Tear tnO-T ing June 30, Estimated at $3,400,000,000. Washington. Dec N. ai-lnt.r, nal revenue oollectlons for the 'fiscal yar ending June 0, 191t, will amount to t M00.000.000 and for the following rlaeal year to S3.425.000.000 bn the basis existing revenue laws, L according to nal Revenue Daniel Cr Roper, contained in nia annual report submitted to con gress today, i The estimates are sub divided as follows: - " For the fiscal - year ended "June 10, 1118 : Ordinary. Uquors, tobacco, etc, $445,700,000; new revenue law, excess Profits tax, 81.22S.000.000; individual in come tax, 3666,000,000 corporation in come tax. $533,000.000; 'miscellaneous war taxes, 8630,537.500. , . . : S8MS,646 Collected in If 17 .For the fiscal year ended June 80, 1917, the commissioner reports that $809,393. 640 waa collected, ": the iargest internal revenue in the history of the bureau. Of this uru $179,539,631 came out. of the pockets of corporations, an increase' of $122,566,910 over what was collected irom corporations the preceding year. Income tax collections from Individ-1 """" " ""XT." u- n " ' StaVwi.VLrJ2 from t Individuals the preceding year.-; Other collections for the year include : I Distilled geirita. $18748,082; tobacco, cigars, , etcw v $102,23005 ; fermented uquors. eic i.uBi.oii ; mumuons man- ufacturera,' $27,663,939. ' , .1 j Cost of Collection Redaeed ' ' ; '' '. The cost Cf collecting- the Internal 'reve nue during the last fiscal year was $9.5X Mf 7 11000.' nnmniMH with - t4 nj i . ; year and an average of $23.21 for the history of the bureau. The 1917cot i! the low record. - ' : . . r XH ; aimmiMinnrr rmmn.n. .W- ! existing laws be amended and strength- V enea I. tEiilJI-J:" nnr rnsuactrers. nea.ers, eOmar- : (tkioclBdee u Ha Klevea. Colante Two) . SriowlFallslin p Vn Irivvi r IT 11 . - , , , X (iKUH.fr V alleV &l';-r'j:xiy. sj tY i -?.cTtSi Iklm: J,Wa!' 1- l-Snow f which fell yesterday In. the valley fee-the tne - .ory conaition or the eoll. . end , the i l atterly failed - --i"i'"'5. in- SnOW is SOft and. Is brlnr r.rrl Inla - . ., . . T. , " i .ol"mi4 yicviju.icu .00 vl !i incn. 01 1 . .. j . I v h if r am in t & -coverinsr 01 from iiii Supreme Council Ready for Prob lems as Resuft of Work at Earlier Meetings of Repre sentatives in Paris. Russia's Representative Says America Can Best -Aid New Democracy by Leading Move for Restatement of War Aims. ' By Lowell Mellett Versailles. France. -Dec. 1. fTT. W .in me city where. In 1871. Wilhelm I was proclaimed emperor of a. united Crermany.- representatives of the na tions aow fighting his grandson met in conference today. ine ames' supreme war council opened its all important sessions at iv o ciocK. Premier Clemenceau of fTance presided. The delegates were brought from Paris- by electric train. Colonel House and General Bliss, the two American delegates, were accom panied by their aides. no time is to be wasted by the supremo council in attacking the prob lems before It. The way has largely been cleared by the . work of the inter allied conference in ; Paris, . so. that the coinmiOTioners vxoaay hxet " practically with their decSL 1 ra ixianv wiinta 4C4cyPiiei3rtteTKarioa. iw.wwauuuuoBm w. uiese conclusions nas yet been made. -. .- . .Saeeeeds Balky Coafereaee me bulky inter-allied conference. with Its multitude of committees. la now to do succeeded by the mora com- pact organization of the war council. A great many minor officials assembled ; in Paris for the preliminary conference ihad left today. . General Pershing, who I was present at the conference, has departed. . . America's greatest aid to Russia now :would be to assume leadership in amove-' fiwni .or ine . awes to restate their I aims in simple, unmistakable lanauase. In .. the opinion of Russia's -envoy at the lnter-allied conference. That Colonel House and the Araerl- c&n mission Dacic such a form or aid 4 10 mo Btruggimg aemocracy was states t. Rassiaa Is Hopefal I - M. Maklakoff. whom Premier TCren-1 imlty appointed ambassador to France. nd vho .it. v trtv r. iIrZ allied conference as Russia's unofficial representative, told the United . Press today, he was hopeful of the conference approving such a plan of support and of restating the allied alma "How can America best help Russia V he reiterated, answering the United Press correspondent's question. ' "Flrst of all. by helping the other allies in their military work. It is lm- (Oneloded oa Page Xmv Oolama Three) Sense of Mass Meeting Is That j Chief Executive and. Chief of PolicetMustGet Oiit. SeattJe, JJec L (I. N. S.) That further mllltarv- ouarantliie oritrnlhAt would forbid sailors from .the Purot Pu8et Sound coast defenses from visiting Se- atUe will soon be issued, was the I tsouna .avy yara at ziremerton ana I statement today of John McCourf- of j Portland, xepresenting ; the. war . ae-l parunem. , - , , I Mcuourt came to seattie to conduct I runner, .investigation -.-into existing! vice conditions here. Two weeks- ago Major . - General I . weene, wmiMnuer qi uusp mvb, if? an,5r tolhlf '"V,?? 40 000 icers and, soldiers at- that cantonment. - from coming to - Seattle I except when granted - a special pass. . P1n foLl Bna,Wn.,t, a-ganixed de- rrv - -7- -T' PLAN ACTION TO ! v a rcommittee- representing 2a cWie clubalround all railroad property here today aad organisations of ; the clty. ; ; J following the discovery of what was be--.-.The committee was authorized to' take Meved to be an attempt 'to destroy the : this action at a mass meeting held last Norfolk fc Western bridge between here night at which sooo people-Joined in J" for ttie ouattag f the mayor Chi of PoUc C- Beckingham.' Resolutlona- were adopted condemi and i condemnlne tlment that the mUltary ban placed upon I city by Maior General IL a. n icommanoe of Camp-lwls. cannot be .lifted - until the' mayor and ' his police chief are removed from office. - ' The7 resolutions claimed that beth 1 w aaBUK. me suvemmeni in overtbrow-1 1nn Hm In ,. ..4 v.u .1 -s iiwu uw mijror I in. mora i . m rn. tvi 1 1 - ' f hattered aid 'vice la i unniEj rampart 1 1-!-. -.'-- -J . . T r . . ' ' .k.iuiiiiii la FOURTEEN PAGES. BATTER GROUND NEAR CAMBRAI MAP OP THE COUNTRY west and south of Cambrai, where a desperate battle is raging as the result of German attempts , to retake portions of their lost terrain. In the north Bourton woods and Fontaine Notre Dame are held firmly by the British. In the south Byng's lines back as far as a again taken this town. . O - I . -. 2.. - . - . 31. II-FOKMCR. BATTUE. Devotes Much Time to Finishing Touches; Chamberlain; Favors Declaring War on Austria. Washincton. Dec 1 T. N. R I President Wilson will read his tnMuira 1 to congress at 1Z:30 p.. m., Tuesday, I The time for reading the message was fixed today after consultation v with Speaker CUrk of the house and Vice I President Marshall who had lust re- turned to . Washington. President Wilson devoted much of his time today to putting finishing touches to the message. ' The document prob- ably will be sent to the public printer tomorrow night. Senator Chamberlain will secure ac- tlon on his bill providing universal mlll- tary training at the present, session of congress, he announced when he reached Washington today ' The Oregon senator ravors war.-, on Austria, but said? he would not ' urge a declaration of war unless .President . Wilson . recommends such action. - The complete success of the- selec tive l service law has laid the founda tion for - universal . military, training,' Senator Chamberlain said. "The coun try la in a receptive state of mind and I believe that the bill will quickly pass after being reported ty the committee." Senator Martin, the Democratic leader, believed "when; he reached .Washington this afternoon that the session of; con gress beginning Monday will last until well f Into- August perhaps longer. De Saulles Case vf Mlneela.- NV 'Dee. lvL-N. S.) for tbe Tuler of he7'huband. John Loner de Sautles. orobablv- will know h. V. sirs. BUnca de Saul 1m,. on trial here afternoon pointed to the case being KVen to the Jury before ft, o'clock. At 11 :40 o'clock court adjourned un- tu i clock, when the arguments will beein. . Then will - follow- Jude Man- nlng'a charges to the Jury, i tm w ' " -:f n . L lllQlIlfC 01 UVIiailllte "" J f wy pauses Precautions - Petersburr. Vs- Dec'l.-O. K a. a nu. i. , anajamp ties. Ten sqcits or dynamite wlLn u" miiu . caps- were. louna ; close to xne bridge. - " , - . ; ATff 6111111 a X 6elS : :Qambliiig Losses Buenoer Aires. Dec' 1. (X. J. S.l-Ae- tlv: campaign for tb; Wppresskm of gambling is being carried on- here. The , .. Z..- - - . ... . pronaeni im receiving 'proclamations in lotteries, raectrack betting and rou- jntterare nYblns the country cf Its maxl- sjEIBasBsssBM!ZSrrT!S?wM?yFwM'MM'MMM i MN TO READ ;IHS AGENT OE MESSAGE TUESDAY GERM; CLAIM PRICE TWO the Germans" forced General Vacquerie, but the British have SCA.UE OF MILE.S UNE. RAILROADS "'ROVD3 ' - - TT Chicago Broker Asserts Murder Case Defendant Said He Used 4 y Knowledge in Deals.- 1 , Courthouse, Concord. N.. C, Dec I. 11. .n. b.) oaston B. Means, on trial nere on the charge of murdering Mrs. Mauae a. King,1 was ah agent of Ger many in America, according to evidence presented here today, Backed . by German ' information Means operated on the stock exchange wim ju.ro. xiong s money, the state eon tends. ' . John R. Todd, a Chleavo hrnltxr fw tified that Means had told him he waa a commercial ; secret agent for ; Germany. Means, claiming: knowledge of the terms of the German chancellor's speech, baaed speculations upon this knowledge. Todd ueciareo. : : - Means even knew of Germanv'a' th, less U-boat policy in advance, Todd started to testify. His testimony to wim eiieot was ruiea out by the court. Mrs. - Annie lb Robinson. 76-vear-oM mother' of Mrs. Mauds A. King. was wneeiea into ttie court room Fridiv tn tesmy against Means. ',.- - - - As the elderly lady entered the fnurt room, her daughter, Mrs. May O. Mel vin, rushed up the aisle to rret ,- Attorney McDuff ie, for Mrs. Robinson. .w-tw v - luvnui - ld an- urpwn iwr raoiner, - i WW IHA Tlr attempt Mrs. Mel vln had made to com municate with. her. mother 'since th. death "of Mrs. r King. - 'Mra. '; Robinson '; testified :, that.?, r-. King had established ; a trust fund of $135,000 .in her favor. When askwt identify her signature on the paper re voking the trust' fund presented by Means to the Merchants' Loan A. Tmt company, she declared that the signa ture. w iibi unrm.' ojie aisa swore that she had at no time ever signed ' any paper revoking the. trust established for her by Mrs. King. She also- declared she-; had never authorized Gaston B Means' to take the securities of - her trust fund. ' Diambnd Thief at :- Astoria Makes Haul Ast6tia. Or.',' Dec. 1. Dlamond val ued at $2000 were stolen from, the win dows of ShanerJBrothera. eweiera,ae midnight Friday, v while . hundreds of people returning .from a dance were n the vicinity. No Lone saw the rHi bery- It la believed! that the lab the -work of an expert because of the fact ' that though ' the 'big. plate glass window was, broken.! no one heard th smash, Although sr chauffeur's- stand ta maintained across ' the street. . j -. In the window i with the diamonds were wrist '. watches, bracelets - And men's and women' rings of aU kin da, but - 4hes were;- not, touched, v - - . - Wurks Shell Mosque," 01 Prophet - London, rec. 1. Turkish troops again FYWay bombardevl the. -mot- nup poei to contafa the tomb of tl- . ropht Eam'Kl, an offkia.1 FtatPiric-' -c'rei. CENTS fatter &ER: Terrific, Battle Rages at Gouzea ' court on Cambrai Front, British Forces. Resisting and Throw-,i ing Back German Attacks. Crowrf Prince Rupprecht '.Throws' Solid Contingents Against Byng's Lines, Hoping to Re- take Important Positions. . ,By William Philip fiimmg, '.A WITH the Brmso Armies in ? . Prance, Decl V 1 -(U; P.) r-rTerrifia fighting hag marked , . British.' resistance ta a- strong - attack-' launched- by Cfown : Prince Tluppfecht'alonk.a ninev , nine near Cambrai. , ' At' one time the' " German 'f ? forced the -. British back .twa ' t miles, v - , ' Gouzeacoxirt, which ' ; was overrun by the Germans had been cleared of the - enemy this afternoon. ; ' 4 The streets were pared with ' - German dead. The ruins of hooses; 'blasted 'by British Biins in driving: off the enemy, . : were . festooned ,i with corpses' " German machine - suns, sa- 4 bers and otherwar equipment - littered the' streets to be kicked " under foot by the ' British when the territory. was regained. ' - -" " The heaviest fighting In. a;: double blow, which was launched by Rupprecbt against the British lines occurred Fri day.? But lhe battle was still on to-' day its fury little diminished, -- Five iriTlsieas Tsed ; fFlve German - divisions (probably about 160,000 men) were thrown against the British line in the northern at tack' launohed by. . Prince - Rupprechu These divisions centered their attack; along a five- mile front. ; That their first day's efforts laUed was due .to the Spartan . courage of - the- British Tommies, , wb contested every; Inch of ground." "' - ' 1 ' -. i- The first rush f the Germans (Oosctaocd on Tags Eleven. - Cotttma. your1, Mediation Board r: At Seattle! Today Seattle, Jea f.-!U. P.V President ; Wilson's mediation commission,, headed - by Secretary of Jjabor- WUson,..whlch arrived in r Seattle last , night, shortly' after S o'clecltj announced a "fair and Impartial inquiry" into the facta relat ing to the telephone strike with a view to arriving at - a settlement, would be started today.. r i ' . " -t- - The commission Vas . met by "repre sentatives of -various political, civic and labor delegate last night when. It ar rived from Portland, t Felix Frankfurter,;? counsel for the' commission, requested the awaiting dele-' gatef to excuseSecretary Wilson as he -was under instructions to go tpr bed. 1? snid t he was feeling better but, needed rest!-. r A Mother of Soldier ' Receives Decoratibii Chicago. Dee. . N.' ; RMlm, James A. PatUn,.wif of .the board of trade operator, today is tb first Ameri can woman to receive the French mother war cross The cross was given her aon.' Jack: Patteh for distinguished service ! near- Verdun, and the French custom -permits son to confer a duplicate cross on bis mother, . - . - -, ' - Eight Collisioris5ln . 1 St. Louis Fog Result ti Unit. rec.- 1 (L N.TIV-One" of' the- denseati fogs in the. city's history here today Vaused eight collisions with minor injuries and tied tip all train and streetcar trafia..4 s The weather men says a heavy mlft was' general-, over, the M;ir-irs:: i and tr.wor Mi"iiiri valleys' fc'jt v. '