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Relief Train Is Reported to Have
Broken Through 5Snow Drift
'; and Taken Succor to Blast
Victims; Storm Continues.
Twenty Thousand Persons Have
, Been Left Destitute and City
f Calls ' for Contributions From
Canadians; Loss $25,000,000
ST. JOHN, N. B.. Dec. . 8.
(U. P.) The toll of the
. Halifax disaster was today of- .
ficially. placed at 2000 dead
and "4000 Injured
Reports received, here . this t
afternoon state that the ' Bos
' toa,felief , trains has broken
; through. ; the great snowdrifts i
anrf Is rnshlng on' to the scene .
4 of the catastrophe after ser- -1
eral hours delay. .
' Halifax. N. 8 Dec. S. (JJ- P.) A
lashtng ' noreaster. burdened with sleet,
that howled in from the Atlantic all
night, and was still raging early today,
failed to bait relief work in this stricken
. city. -
Twenty ' thousand destitute jnen,
women and children were sheltered in
buildings : and homes which still re
main standing. Barriers of tar paper
. were built in the shattered windows to
shut out the bitter gale.
iThe loss in Halifax falls heaviest
upon the children. Whole schools filled
with pupils were demolished, leaving
but- one , or two survivors. In . other
schools every child was injured by fly
ing glass, i
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(Two thousand dead, five thousand in
jured, twenty thousand homeless, was
the toll in Halifax and its suburbs
when the French munitions ship Mont
Blanc blew up In the harbor Thursday,
according to , citizens committee esti-
.,raates " today. The damage Is 130,000.-
- 009. . ; "
The thorough checking-up work of the
dtlsens committee resulted in every
1 (Conelnded on Pare Nine, Column Foori
Watchman Named to
Guard Draft Cards
, i A night watchman to guard the regis
tration and draft records in room 145,
courthouse, has been appointed by the
county commissioners on the suggestion
of W. Woodward, chairman of the
combined local exemption boards ' of
Portland.- -
The post was given to Creed Evans.
. .His appointment was confirmed by the
; board Friday.
Chairman Woodward, in a letter to
the board, pointed to the great disrup
Uw in the draft machinery, that would
be inevitable if any of . the draft or
' registration records were mutilated or
destroyed. .
Hundreds of Halifax Victims Were
Spectators of Dock Fire Which Was
Burning
Boston, Dee. 8. (JL: N. 8.) John E.
Arbuckle of - Brockton, Halifax, .agent
S ot a large " American packing house,
arrived today on the ' second train
which has coma out of Halifax since
the disaster there.
v His story of the explosion and sub
sequent1' fire has cleared up several
points in connection with the disaster.
' If explains why so many people were
killed near the docks and tells in more
detail the causes ot the original explo
sion on board the Mont Blanc Hero
" is his story : -
i "To begin with, let me straighten out
, the story of the causes of, the whole
thing. : The Belgian relief - ship Imo.
got on fire at sea and with her .holds
- ablase and her pumps pumping water
into her 4. to keep down . the . fire, she
k rushed for Halifax - ' :
"As : she came, up ; the narrows the
Mont Blanc, loaded down to her deck
with explosives, - was just' leaving her
-.. dock for Europe..; Of course there was
a great deal ot confusion on board the
Imo and It may be that her pilot being
3000 GIRLS
TO "DANCE AT
CAMP LEWIS
SEATTLE, Dect 8 (U. P.
Three thousand girls - will
be enlisted eventually by the
Y. W. C. A. to live In a special
hotel at the gates of Oamp
Lewis America's biggest army.
cantonment and act as danc
ing partners for soldiers in tha
pavilions that are to be erected.
Seattle men who were ln
rited to study the concession,
which would involve structure
of the dance halls and the ho
tels, declare that an expendi
ture of a million dollars will be
made in the amusement zone.
Many Pacific coast society
girls are expected V do thetr
bit dancing.
The plan was worked out In
cooperation with Major Gen
eral Greene, by a citizens' com
mittee, directing the establish
ment of the amusement zone,
which will be built In Swiss
chalet style.
A minimum wage of 115 a
week will be paid to the girls.
and they will report to matrons
and' be checked each afternoon
and evening. They will re
ceive a commission of five
cents on every dance. Soldiers
will pay 10 cents.
American Consul Sends Word of
Rumor; to asfungtoff of .
Flight From .Siberia.
Washington, Dec. S. -(U. P.) That
Nicholas Romanoff, . deposed czar of
Russia, had. escaped from his place of
confinement In Siberia was the rumor
the American consul at Tiflis reported
to the state 'department today.
The department's advices gave no de
tails, merely reporting a rumor at
Tiflis to Ule effect that the cxar had
escaped.
Nicholas, following his dethronement
Dy tne . revolution last spring, . was
spirited out of Petrograd to the small
prison village of Tobolsk in Siberia.
He was reported to have been housed
there under heavy guard, accompanied
by his wife and their children. Their
home was set up in simplicity that con
trasted sharply with their former
splendor in a large house In Tobolsk.
Recently a statement purported to
have been made by the deposed czar
through a neighboring monkery dis
claimed any intention of seeking to re
gain the throne. But officials have
never ceased to speculate on the -possibility
that out of the present chaos in
Russia the monarchists mght not at
tempt to liberate the cxar. Certain
units In the army are still believed to
be loyal to him or amenable to the in
fluence of their officers who might be
brought to lead . a monarchist counter
revoltulpn.
There is nothing to confirm the rumor
of the escape, however.
Bandits Take All
Money From Bank
Culver City, CaU Dec 8. TJ. P.)
Ten thousand dollars, which literally
cleaned out the bank, was the loot of
bandits who held up the cashier. J. J.
Byron, and Vifled the Culver City bank
today, escaping toward Venice In auto
mobiles. . 1
TIRIS SAYS CZAR
HAS MADE ESCAPE
at Time of Big Explosion
so worried about his getting his vessel!
to the wharf to get hose lines into her,
mistook the signals. Anyway the two
ships came together. "
Beasiae oa Deck Boo a Igalte.
"The t deckload of benslne , on, the
Mont Blanc got afire from the flames
from the Imo, and . after that ao thing
could have stopped 'what happened.
X don't make any bones about saying
that I beat it. I ran out Into the street
and found it filled with people, crying,
praying, but ' all running. Somebody
said 'Run south. because the explosion
was to the north ef us. ' : ..'
"Believe me, I ran south but I wasn't
alone, r Everywhere the windows were
broken - out and ' the - street- filled with
debris. '' Windows of jewelry stores were
broken out' and diamonds and watches
lay open in the cases, but nobody paid
any attention to them. I guess every
body -thought the same thing I did. to
get to an open place as soon as possible.
"As- luck would have it there had
been a big fire at the dock yards and
a large : crowd - of people were there
LUES 1 5
Claim to Have Pushed English
Back About Half Mile in Con
tested District ' About Gram-
court Is Only German Boast.
No Assertions Are Made of Any
Progress on Cambrai Front
Nor Is Any Advance Reported
by Teutons on Italian Front.
JgERI
ERLIN, via London, Dec. 8.
(U. P.) On both sides
of Graincourt the British have
been pushed back 100 meters,
an official statement an-'
nounced today. At Lavac
Querle, many British attempts
to regain ground broke down.'
On the Cambrai front, or
ing ' two" days' fighting, twd
guns and: three machine guns
have been captured, the state
ment added. '
On the Italian front, cap
tured positions at Sisemol
have been cleared of the
enemy.
Vienna, via London, Dec.
8. (U. P.) Italian prison
ers taken by thp Austrians
now number 16,000, an of
ficial statement announced to
day. East of Asiago, strong
points near St. Enfle were
captured, the statement said.
With the French Armies in Italy. Dec.
8. (U. P.) French troops are In action
today against ever-increasing masses of
Austro-Oermans who are plainly prepar
lne for Germany's supreme effort to
break through the Italian line.
The battle all along the Italian front
is becoming heavier. The enemy Is
massing men, guns and material.
Heavy artillery, which the Italians de
struction of bridges and roaas aeiayea.
is now being brought to the fighting
line in dally increasing numbers. The
shellfire over Italian positions is daily
more violent. More troops In great
masses are being concentrated In various
sectors, according to word brought back
( Concluded on Face Nina, Column Twe)
Physician Faces
Long Prison Term
Chicago. Dec 8. (I. N. 8.) Dr. Ar
thur L. Blunt. 65 years old. today is
facing what virtually means life im
prisonment for violation of the Harri
son ' anti-narcotic law. He was found
guilty on IS counts charging- illegal sale
of drugs, each ccunt carrying with it
a maximum sentence of five years. It
is alleged he profited to the extent of
810,000 per month from the sale of
drugs..-
wuumnif n. wnen tne explosion oc
curred it was among this crowd, not a
nan a mue from the explosion itself,
where the greatest number ot deaths
occurred. At this place the force of the
explosion ' was terrific A lonr at ink
was blown dear through the head of the
lire citier. :- . .
;There has been some doubt about ,
the time the thing happened. X know
the clock in my office stopped at just
8:05. I was coming out of the door
of the office at the time. The first
thing X knew I was sitting on the floor
in the hallway, wondering; what It was
that had ' happened. ; Most people say
they thought it was a German ship
shelling the town. v. Somehow I didn't.
My first thought was that the cltidel
had been blown up. ' - .
' ' rseless te Talak et Helsiag . ' .'
iIt was' fearful with live wires down
all over the streets and in the buildings
that were shattered, we could bear the
wind crying. Trying to help at that
, (Conciode oa Pace Klae, Oofanoa TttrceX
COURTS MAY
CLOSE TO AID
DRAFT MEN
DENVER, Dec 8. (I. N. S.)
Colorado may be with
out tribunals for several days.
beginning December 15. . Tho
lawyers' committee in charge
of arrangements to assist
drafted men in filling out their
Questionnaires tleclare that at
torneys will be handicapped it
courts are in session while tney
are aiding the thousands of
drafted men, and today recom
mended that all courts through
out the state suspend until the
work is completed.'
MIDDLE STATES
IN GRIP OF COLD
Kansas Is Covered With Six to
13 Inches of Snow; Mer
cury Is Five Below.
Kansas City. Dec 8. (L N, 8.)
Kansas City and vicinity Is In the
grip of real winter weather, .the mer
cury registering 5 below zero here this
morning. Low temperatures prevail
over Northwestern Missouri. Iowa and
Nebraska.
The entire state of Kansas Is cov
ered with snow ranging; In depth from
1 to IS inches. Reports, from; the wheat
belt indicate ' that sections ot .Kansas.
aa well as Northern . Oklahoma and
Southern NebraakaT'lcid' received 'the
moisture It sorely needed tn an aver
age, snowfall of three .Inches.
l "heavy wind - and snowstorm is
sweeping over Indiana. Traffic in
Indianapolis is demoralised. Trains in
central Indiana have been delayed for
hours.
Storm warnings were hoisted on the
lakes and a severe storm is predicted
to sweep all the lakes except Superior
today. No boats are venturing from
Milwaukee today.
Unprotected cattle in Kansas suffered
intensely when the temperature dropped
to zero and 3 below. St. Louis, with tem
perature near zero, reports a snowstorm
which raged most ot the night and tied
up traffic most of the night. Telephone
and telegraph communication In Oklaho
ma has been hampered by a 50 -mile
norther, which -brought snow, rain and
hail as far south as Oklahoma City.
Weather officials say the storm has
spent Itself and that temperatures, ex
cept In and around Chicago, will not
go much lower.
Storm Sweeps Louisiana Coast
New Orleans. Dec 8. (U. . P.) A i
storm sweeping the Louisiana coast
early today blew down the grandstand
at the new Shrewbury race track and
otherwise damaged the course. The
wind reached a velocity of more than j
60 miles aa hour and caused consider-,
able damage to roofs and windows in
the residence sections. Plate glass
windows were blown out of business
houses downtown.
Seven Drown Off N
Mouth of Calumet
Chicago, Dec 8. (L N. 8.) Seven
men were drowned here today when
the steamer Desmond capsized In the
harbor off the mouth of the Calumet
river. The waves churned up by a
strong wind caused the cargo of the
vessel to shift and it turned over be
fore the men- could leave.
Six members of the crew were saved
by the men of the South Chicago coast
guard station. .
The dead men are Captaia L. Thorsen,
Milwaukee ; Chief Engineer Jack Stahl
of Milwaukee ; Fred Cuby, fireman. Mil
waukee; Oust Olson, a wheelman and
a fireman, cook and wheelman whoee
names are unknown.'
The men saved were suffering from
cold and exposure and at least one of
them may die. -
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Socialist Offices
Iri Chicago Baided
' ' ,. ! i" '
Chicago, DecI tiKU. V P.) Socialist
headquarters here was raided by fed
eral operatives this . afternoon and a
quantity of literature and records con
fiscated. It b understood the records
showed the origin of several financial
donations. The evidence will "be pre
sented to the federal grand jury.
Symphony Director;
Is VQnder-Arrest
Cincinnati. Ohio. Dec I.- TT. P.) Dr.
Ernest Kunwald. director of, the Cincin
nati Symphony Orchestra association,
was arrested today in the association's
offices by United . States Marshal De
vanney on order of Attorney General
Gregory of Washington. Kunwald la an
Austrian. He was arrested under sec
tion 13 -of the 'president's proclamation
ot April C as an enemy alien. - ,
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run to
idc nun t
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Government . to Commandeer
Polo Grounds at Vancouver
Barracks for Greatest Spruce
Mill in World.
U. S. Signal Corps Will Assist
Reputable ' Concerns to Find
Spruce Stumpage; Many Men
Will Be Employed.
REPUTABLE concerns that
.wish to find spruce stump
age and have been unable to
do so, will be aided by the
United States signal corps.
Colonel Brice P. Disaue an
'. nounced this - morning.
- :?We have been . told , tllat
many concerns wishing to go
' ttf ' wbrtf HavB been unable to
find stumpage," said Colonel
DIsq'ue.- "If they are reputa
ble tconcerns. with machinery
and ready 'to go to work, ap
plication to this office will
result in prompt and satisfac
tory arrangements."
The government will build the biggest
spruce "cut-up" plant la the world, com
mandeering the polo grounds at Van
couver barracks as a site.
The plant will have a working capacity
equal approximately to 12 ordinary mills.
It will employ between 400 and 600 men,
especially selected from the spruce di
vision of the army, and will work in
three eight hour shifts Z i hours every
day.
Decision to build the plant was reached
Friday.
Work will begin actively next Monday.
(CceclodeS Ptfe Klne. Coiesia 8U)
PLANT, MEN QUIT
Strike at Carman Furniture Fac
tory of 150 Men Due to Sub
stitution. It Is Said.
About 150 mployes of the Carman
Manufacturing company walked out on
strike Friday morning, because. It is re
ported, the company has been hiring
girls and women to do practically the
same work men have been doing.
Officials Of the company said this
morning they understood that aa agree
ment had been reached by the men for
their return to work Monday. No agree
ment was entered Into by the company.
its officials say. -
Because-of the scarcity of men. the
company declares. It, has been forced to
hire girls and women. Although the de
mand for furniture during tha last few
months has Increased, It Is ' said, the
output has not, due to lack of workmen.
Anticipating a strike among the men
for some time because of employment
of women the company has been train
ing as many girls and women as pos
sible. .Toe Carman company is the only
furniture manufacturing plant in Port
land to employ female labor. It Is
although many women and girls
working for furniture upholstering con
cerns. ' ,"., ;
About 259 . men are employed. In the
Carman plant. Striking workmen there
are members of M 111m en's local No. 1120.
Last August' their demands for eight
hours a day with no jJecreaae fat pay
were granieo.. ,
CASUALTIES IN .
1 FORCES OF U. S.
WMiietna. Dm. S. (C.
ot aaoOsar i rtre
daUia in the Umntlae
of fldaur todai :
Th eaad: - -FUT1TI
CHARLES W.
COWfE.1, ni-
tbc - S.
bit ad. Miaa. -
PRlVaTK iJrroJW valcbio. taraatnr. D-
esbr t. at eertdartal wanBds; luly.
PRIVATE FBITX rOlE.
bw : flJcad. M. K.
WOMEN HIRED AT
DESTROYER SUNK BY TORPEDO
1V CLASS OF U. S. DESTROYERS, the'typ'of e
lll ' Jacob Jones, which was sunk by German submarine
while on patrol duty in foreign waters. The Jones
went into service in February and was one of the new type of
oil-burning destroyers.
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Navy Department1 Issues
v Roster of Jacob Jones
J Washington. Dee. t---l. 1. RV-The I
i complete oeter ef thm Jacob Jones was I
UUM1SJ fVUU VV WSJ USBl V J ty
this afternoon. The list does not show
which members are missing. It follows :
omczRS
.LIEUTENANT COMMANDER DA
VID WORTH BAG LETT ; mother, Mrs.
A. W. Bagley. The Dupont. Washing
ton. D. C
UEI1TF.VAST J. fC- RICHARDS:
vrifiL nnmihT ri T?l-hrd Waahlnston. I
DC
LIEUTENANT NORMAN SCOTT :a": 'fT' KAtl Forstrom, Brook
fathp. Robert F. Scott. Ill North I J-
Main street. St. Louis. Mo.
ENSIGN N. N. GATES : aunt. Oer-
tnide F. Gates. 1211 Center avenue. Bay
Qty. Mich.
ASSISTANT SURGEON L. L. ADAM
KIEWITZ: mother. Victoria Adam
Klewlts. Milwaukee. Wis.
GUNNER HARRY R. HOOD ; mother.
Bella Hood, Ashevllle. N. C
CBEW
HAROLD WILLIAM AAGAARD.
man. second class: father. Peter
Aaraard. Elisabeth. N. J.
HENRT P. ANDERSON.- gwnner'e
mate, third class ; father. Jeas P. Ander
son. R. F. D. 18. Beldlng. Mich.
JOHN WILLIAM BIELATOWICZ.
seaman, second class; uncle, Anthony
Juchata. Baltimore.
JOHN THOMAS BRA MM ALL, water
tender; wife, Jessie Bramman. rew.
port. R. L
PHILIP JACOB BDRQCK. seaman.
second class; mother. Elizabeth Burger,
28 Eleventh street, Lanmlngburg (Troy),
N. T.
JOHN EDWARD BUTLER, fireman.
eon class' wife. Koran jsuuer.
Charleston. Mass.
JAMES BRANNINOAN. nretnaa.
third class: mother, Mary Hecaer.
Johnstown, Pa.
CONGRESS RESTS;
H
Senator -Borah Confident AdvO-'l
. cates Can Pass Resolution De
spite President ' .
Washington. De. 8. (U. P.) Having
shown the world America's unity by
practically unanimously declaring war
against Austria-Hungary. eengreSs
tested todar. ' Meanwhile committ
forged ahead on the great appropria
tion measures.
Sentiment - for a declaration of war
on Turkey and Bulgaria promises to
develop a fight. ' Senator Borah. Idaho,
expects to introduce a war resolution
against .these two vassals of Germany.
Borah belle ree. oengTeeslonal sentiment
strong: enough to pass the measure,
Is
despite opposition from administration
forces. v . . .
' A clear -majority la both houses Is
ready to vote. for the war resolution
the minute assurance Is received that
Americans hare safely escaped from
Turkey, according- to" advocates ef the
measure.. .... !
.Tuesday-the house takes up the first
f the big , Supply measures, tho post
office appropriation . bill, earrylag
sm. 000,000. . . - '
Election contests are also scheduled
for Tuesday when the house convenes.
The Judiciary committee may formally
report the woman suffrage and national
prohibition resolution at that UmaAlsoJ
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OEOROB TRKX BRYAN, i seaman,
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Qulocy," Mass.
DAVID RAT CARTER, fireman first
class; father, David Carter. For-
sythe, Ga.
HOWARD N. CHASE. Quartermaster
father, George C Chase, Nantucket,
suass.
riuRK w. chappie, seaman sec
ond class: father. Relnhold ChaoDle.
Chariestown, Mass.
' JOHN J. COO NET. chief water ten-
.CHARLES CHILTON, runner's mate
father. Robert Chnton.
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CHARLES CHARLESWORTH. boat
swain's mate first class; wife. Annie C
Charlesworth. New York city.'
haukh-k J. OJimaAN.' seaman
mother, Jane Coetlgan. East Boston.
Mass.
JOSEPH A. COSSAIRT. chief yeo
man ; uncle. Albert Cbssalrt. Bloom
field. Mo.
CLIFTON CRANFORD. electrician.
radio operator ; mother Faaaie Craafora,
Hatfield. Ark.
JAMES F. M. CROSS, gunner's mate
first class ; wife Mary Croee, Baltimore.
Md.
CLIFFORD VERNON DEFORREST.
chief electrician, wife. Beulah. 82S West
(0oee!ae4 ee Px Blares. Cehuea Tarte)
Helena Bids $5035
For 'Gridley Hour '
Wagers ef Tsoateass ef DeHsrs Male
That Bette VIO Doable Ca altars Bid
far Trof y Started Frest Heaelalm.
Helena, Mont, Dec L. (L N. S.
The lamoas "Tiridlejr' sack - of flour,
started on Its journey by the Honolulu
temple ot 8hrtners, to be auctioned at
all temples In the. United States for the
benefit of the Red Cross, broke all rec
ords here last night when Algeria tem
ple ran the auction up to SMIS. almost
five times the sura bid by the Honolulu
tempie, wtuca was licit.
Next Friday the Bagdad tern Die ef
Butte will auction the sack. -Wagers' of
thousands of dollars have-been made
. w a writ 4amKU v. tr.tM. -
Butte Shrtners last night were here
ana oa vnm pnc up la i w. i ae now
was resacked here in bearskin.
Revolution Breaks
Out in Portugal
London. Tee. 8 U. P.) A revolu
tion has broken out ta Portugal. Of
ficial ad noes received today confirmed
reports of aa uprising.' '.
Rioting and pillaging la reported from
Oporto. The - revolution Is centered ta
7""
Lisbon, v
.'Americans Are Safe
Washington.' Deo.' fts fU.. P. V State
I department messages this afternoon say
Anwivau ot w man uw btj . re
mains loyal to the gorernment.
The uprislngwas said te have been
caused by political differences. -' , ,
Girl Bandit Puts
Scare Into Denver
Denver.. Dee. tWL N. 8.) A fash
tonably dressed girl I the latest' addi
tion U Denver's holdup colony. . Po
lice today were searching for a gjrl
bandit who held up Mrs. R.. Whit lock
at the point of a gun last night sad re
lieved her of a puree containing 12.
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LOSS OF 12
German Submarine Torpedoes
and Sinks U. S. Vessel Jacob
Jones; 37 Survivors Are Res-,
cued by Two Other Vessels.'
Lieutenant Commander Bagley
a Brother-in-Law of Secretary
Daniels. Among Those Believed
to Have Been Lost in Atlantic.
ASHINGTON. Dec. 8.--(I.
S.) Probably 70
American seamen, including
Lieutenant Commander David
Worth Barley, of NortU Ca.ro- , , .
Una, brother-in-law of Eecre-r
tary " of the : Navj ' Josephus - ;
Daniels, perished In" the Atlan- .. . -tlo.
Thursday tight when .
German; -eubmn lue torpedoed
and sank the destroyer Jacob :;.
Jones of ' the Atlantic fleet, -. "..
while on patrol duty, ift' for-,
eltm waters, on- Thursday
night, December 9. at 8 ,
o'clock. . . '- ' -
Thirtyseven of the person-. v
net of the Jones, including; '
three Junior officers, were res
cued by a sister destroyer -which,
picked them off : the ' r
Jones' Hferafts. . , v
It Is possible, but not prob- -
able, that there will bV others
rescued. . '- . -
American and entente war-
ships nre searching the teas .
near where the disaster . took
place. The fact, however,
that the rescued seamen were'- -taken
from a lifer&ft la ac
cepted In naval circles as con
clusive proof that the Jones V .
sank so rapidly that it was
impossible to launch, any of
her boats. .
And. even though the members ot
the crew wore lifebelts . when their
sank, they ' oould not lire long .
In the wintry waters f the Atlantic
i The news of, this latest ; disaster w
the navy was received la aa orrvctai
(CeerleM ea Pete h'lee. Celests sews)
M'Giisker to Create v?
- Loyalty-Board Here
. - . - - . .
San Francisco, -Dec. IsCL N. 8.V To
assist the government la every way pos
sible In he task fit stamping eat dis
loyalty to the United States, the .Pa-.
dfls Coast Federatloa of Employers, .
comprising five states, Oregon. .Wash
ington, California Idaho and Montana,
at its in"TF' meeting here directed that
committees be appointed to prosecute '
campaign- to be started at once. -
The question oi cisioyany came ra
for - considerable discussion. It was '
pointed out by Thomas McCuaker of
Portland, who attended the seseloa. that
the federation could perform a most pa
triotic duty by Joining hands with the i
government In preventing aa far as poe
slbte acts of violence by. disloyal dtl
sens. . . -
With this end tn view a committee -for
each state wlU be appointed to carry t
out the work m Its particular territory.
The committee for Oregon win he named
by Mr. MeCusker after he returns to
Portland. ..''; --: , , . - . ,
Marion Valuation
- Shows an Increase
Salem, Of Dec. t-Aseeseed valoa-
tion of all property la -Marion .county
for 1117.1s Si2.ea.eai. accord tag to tax
rolls Just completed by County Assessor ,
Ben Jr. West. This is aa ' increase ot
IW1.4U ever last year's sssissitient.
- Assessed valuation ot cities and towns
In the county, which totals SlJ.Ttt.m,
Is reported as follows : '
Aomsiruie. 81X8.872: Aurora, S178.8U:
BntteviUe, 1S.47; - Donald.- 878.79;
Oervais. 81M.848; Hubbard. . ItOC.tllj.
Jefferson. $2Z7.7(T: Mount Angel. 8114.
788; Salem.. S1LS.T8S: 8cotU Mills.
881.888: Sllverton. ILS8TJ82; Stay ton, '
8S8S.011 ; Sablimlty. l.5f ; ' St. Paul.
848.817 ; Turner. -11(243 i 'oodburn.