-WAR REVIEW THE WEATHER r j The Pictorial Review of tie War, a Mr feature ol Tk 8u4ir J earaal. It eeatlaaed today. . Psget H 1 ef 8mUi Two. ' Two pictorial pages , ,.; - will bo nabllthed eah aeecedlag Baa- ,, dor until the fetr is concluded. Yo will v Had It eoa vealeat to . HI away these pages for rtt ereaeo. - , Portland asd vterattyt Saacay, ratal streag oeataorty wladsv, v . Oroffoa aa Wasaiagtoat ' Saaday ; ratal ttroag totUerty wtait, - 'j ' a V PORTLAND,' OREGON. SUNDAY - MORNING. ' DECEMBER -. 18. . 1917. PRICE '.FIVE CENTS - VOL. XV. NO. 39.1 CITY EDITION isi HfiiiKF UULi IIUUUL nnrAitmiirn I. IWIr it! I II I lil IF lit litLIVIIUIULUI Head of American Mission to Su preme War Council in Europe - Regards Trip as Complete Suc cess ilssuesCome to Focus. Allies All Working Together Now Is His ReprtjFindsMorale Among FrencHdj British Is Splendid Navy&v Griat Aid. News Index SECTION PAGES Cole net Houee Return to U. M. Conru to Inveatioate Throly ned" Rupert HM for nee Thoft - SO Velunt Lett Oar Portland' Mle Port Cmptiatlxad Council to ld War Supply Work Beaten' Want atari on Lewor Rl Inland Oioacod Wtth War Maston Katoaf t PMC. aid IiM4 ' OotMerlpttefl aifl Imu lo Canada Italian Retire for Hun. alp Annoy Von guinea Llehtl Order errectlv Tonight Another atari Shipyard Probable flow of tli Court Arm and Nary Club far Portland Unlvwttty Tak an .MIIHanr Aipoc TlpJion Emptor oempiain -? Oama Lewie rHMM In Rain War Savin. eemsslan to Reeh All Count tc. . Auto Headlight. Pall In Tt tin Practice oa at Oamp Lwl Vlmy Rides Vuran Relate giperlene Mora Aviation Offloor Nodd Editorial rlaf Information 1 ? Town Topic ': v Holiday Rat LteUd Whan Prldnt MM Addr Con- 10' RUPERT ACCUSED OF BOWEFI . . . I - srssywasjasaaas.sB. I 11 11. la id. 17. 1. so. 11. a. Wllaon'i Manat Reaffirm Stand Profram for Stata Teaoherc Meetln Red Or Want S40, OOO ajombor Joruialam A tain in Cbrirtlao . Hand Load Adlr for Rotlstrants Oraoon! Share ef Educational ISonor State Bank, in Bicallent Condition Linn Road Wort an ateot Salem Sea. Store River Soreloo OontlnootMi of Road Work Uroed Paper Mill Striker Bspoet Report How Tax Homy Will B Spent Germany' Peace Prpial to Rutfla By Prank M. abnonde Rain No Bar to Training Program , Yank aunnon en Merchant Ship Ruaila Drunk on Proodom By U. O. Travl . Prank Patrick Will Retire a Active Player Rational Laaau' Record Orump . Loading Jock .7 of Sie.an ; AfilEIUCANt JUSSION RETURNS r;V:rBOVEColonel Edward M. House; head of -the .United States mission' to the allied; war council at Versailles. x Below, left to jight Gerieral.Tasker Hi Bliss, chietof staff of United States army, and Admiral' William S. Benson; chief of operations of the .United States navyi who with others accompanied Colonel House on his mission to .Europe. - , : Ja - Former M. A. A. C. Football Plavpr. FT-Pnllrpman and Bank Ciller A Aprap4a4 in Pnnna Vi e n I. UUUIU tl I III WVIIIICbUVM With Disappearance of Bonds. Charge Follows Identification . by Ship Stock Broker of Prisoner as; Man Who Paid for Stock With Liberty Loan Securities Three hours after boios ojiioaUoaod by offlcUIa of Uio NoTthweatora KaUonai bank and H. Mller of the' Burn In ternational rtectlve Aroncy resardlnc the dlaappoarance of 119,500 worth oi Idbertr bonds. Clyde Rupert, famillarlr known aa "Red" Rupert., former M. A. By Hugh Baillie " NEW. VjORK. ? De& ;J3U. P.) Peace was never tn'enUoned at the allied conference tn Paris or. the supreme war, council which recently, met at Versailles, Colonel' E. M. House, head of the American mission, which recent ly visited England v and France, declared tonight upon his arrival ' from Europe. ' i '" 1 1 otise said tlie allied . confer- ence "brough,t 'things to a fo cus."i lie .will report to Pfesl-' ' -.' dent Svi Ison ' on ' Monday. The allied naval conference, formation of which his just been announced In Washington, ts tho ftrat result of the meetings : of ' American delegates and ,eprosentatlyos , of tho other allies, v" t Colonel ,liouso .said. ,t r VV s ' -r nsti Trip as' Saeeed's ' "Before 'tho " eo'nlorowae, '"Colonet Uouso . stated, "coordination was nof - Kolngr on vclL - ' ' "But now wo ara working; bll to gether. We sot together principally u the oconomlo situation, embargo, : food and finance. I regard the trip as a complete success. " . - ; , ColonI House said that .the - govern ments must ratify all action taken. Ho said ' an announcement of the 'work accomplished by the American mission might , be expected from . Washington : shortly. . .i Tho supremo war council, ho said. is a permanent body and the United States has permanent place in it. If it so desires. The matter of . Colonel Houbo making another trip to Europe in the near future la entirely at the disposition Of President Wilson. m- Tho morale among the people In both Great Britain and France Is splendid," ho saia. '"Even French pacifists admit that tho morale was never better. : r American interests in Europe are al most paramount," he added. V Fertalag Doing Well Colonel House visited the American troops, and said tonight they were In tho very best of condition and would be ready to fight when tho time cbmes. -General Pershing," he said, "has a very difficult task and Is doing it well." Tho entire American mission returned with Colonel House.' except Commission ers Crosby and Taylor. They wlU return In tho near future. .- The Inter-allied council. Colonel House said, should 'be called tho "allies' prop- erty board." Colonel House emphasised tho fine work being done by Admiral Sims and the American; naval forces in cooper a- i Uon with tho British and paid high tribute to bjls fellow delegates on the mission. , The- American mission, - while In Lon- don,, lunched, with Foreign Minister Bal four, ' Premier Lloyd George and the -v king. ? . as. A. C football player, formerly a police Portland Retiree From Paclfta Ooaat I officer and for more than two years Hockey Auoclatlon May Drop Spokane I ' Qiub I and Washington Saturday afternoon by I UnlvonKy of California After Ooeca I Detective John Moloney. Rupert . la BletXT Ah.nrl with l.nvnv fh- Kr,. mrtA J!Z22.IZ!2 on "-is held to the county Jail in default f 14. fs-ta. 29. ao. fafl,. 1. - . - a. -A- . : 40. 11. It. IS. 1B.: North areat Soholaetlo Team Pootball Only Sport Rot CurtaJleO by .- wortnwettera oenrerence . Orazlna Claim Delay' . .. Irrigation for Jeffenon County ' Real gttat anO RulMlnfl Want Ad Market, and Finance Marin-, SECTION TWO 16 PAGES Cantonment Material Knortnou In VaudavMI Photoplay Raw - In -Otaeland - r - - The Week in' Society Por Boy and Sir I. ' The War In Pictorial Rovtow 1 The Realm of Mtule Women' Club Affair ' tn th Pabllc School. Fraternal Raw Th Rook Comer Automobile and Rood Road Faehkm Chat. Ry Mm. Qui VKre Women Btlnd the Slacaer. By LHtlan , RtUMll .... , , . - Chrlrtmaa Panoiet, by Asm Cuity $20,000 ball. A- fedeial warrant suboe auently was served upon him by a dep uty United States marshal. Bonds Are Missed Rupert's arrest was the result of five dayi .'Investigation by the Burns. international Detective agency into tho disappearance early in the week of $19, 600 worth of Liberty bonds which had been sent to the bank by different coun try banks. According to'the statement of the bank, the bonds were received Monday by express-' and recefpted, for at ' tho teller's window. Rupert, standing near, was asked to deliver them to tho bond department. A letter received from aft out-of-town bank shortly after re questing' aft acknowledgment 'of the bonds .disclosed tho fact that they had never reached the bond department. In vestigation was at once started which took In every employe of the .bank, Ftve "thousand dollars' worth oOiht MstRbedc-.i- located Saturday moralng -tbrougn . noxieea sane out xti day by tho Burna agency, to tho differ eat banks requesting that they watch for Interest coupons. ,duo Saturday Tromf a Lot numoer -of ih bonds, which might bo presentea ior payment ana w noio person presenting . them. ' one or . tno banks' reported presentment of coupons shortly-after 10 o'clock Saturday morn- Concord, NV C-, Dec 15.(1. N. S.) They were ImmodiaUly traced to Al- The life of. Gaston B. Moans . tonight fred.S.-Rlx, dealer In ship stocks.. who hangs in the hands of a Jury of farmers 8aid fT!1 IZ.TiV payment for shares of stock In a ahlp- and mill operatives. Judge E.. B. Cline. building concern, tho actual amount of sitting in the case charging Means with I stock amounting to 14750. Rupert the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, com-jceived the balance of 1250 in cash from , pietea ms cnarge auia sent toe jury to I tcix. adoui noon, in cumyanj wun 1U deUberaUona at :57 p. m. I Miley, Rlx went to tho bank and pointed Judge Cllne spent two hours and six I out Rupert as the maa who had given minutes in delivering his charge to the him the bond. Jury. As he concluded he told the Jury J Bapert Is Aeeaied that If necessary he would take a ver- fcjjjert was called into tho private diet on Sunday. of fie of tho bank and there confronted At 10 :30 o'clock the Jury notified I with Rix' assertion, to which Runert Sheriff Caldwell-that it would not be 1 1 IH tn h.v. ronliMl. "Tou ban nath. able to agree -tonight- The Jury retired j m- on me you can't bulldoso mo and SECTION MllREE-M 1 PAGES r ' '-. o.t'oM .oasloo"'! ""SECTION '"FOini 4 PAGES ",s , r Oomio .. f ':':;- r' Means" Jury Retires , decide Sis Pate for the night. A reached Sunday. verdict may be Spreckels Hard Hit, Is 'Sore Says Hoover you had better let me pass." With that ho left the bank by a roar door. Captain of Detectives Baty and Police Captain Moore were notified and 20 minutes later every , railroad station and all roads leading from the city were being watched. At the time of calling Rupert Into the office no warrant had been Issued for Washington, Dec. 15. (U. P.) Claus J hla arrest, as not until the story from Spreckels" accusations before sugar J naa any suspicion been at- probers that the government price "Ttf '' . t 4 fixers were hand in glove with the 1 tne urna agency bsjq uperx was caurxi "sugar trust" brought heated answer I l" v..iu. wuou:i m wvuia amy or from Herbert Hoover tonight that dm,t Ja nd to Rlx, Spreckels lhdependent Is "sore at the Rlx Iaaoeoat Farchaier food administration" because his tax s connection witn the bond Docketbook haa 'been touched by fed- transaction was from tho first that of eral regulation. 1 an innocent purchaser. Statements ta This statement marked the culmlna- l" enect inai ne ws apprenenaeo in Upn of Spreckels' spectacular testimony connection wiin tne inert are erroneous. In the Inquiry. J aa he had notified the Ashley & Rum el In Onuul. lart hmut will rin1a I no . uviiui miiu ura earlv next week. If the Christmas re, u?u "ereu avt oi request cess does not intervene, the committee t0..le.J?JZL?, IMB-'tW' r.!-"C-..'' t NboaaasMaWV , s rrw i t - '. , ! . j. ''ill kr ., V - ' .... 'Bm B ajg'SioSSs 'aaaW iaaaaa?HSarul t If -s,?n ti hi. i h" ; ; iii I'.', V ''11 y - ; - 41 k -lv. , w ms m 0) OF 1 1 C 1 B I II ' 'i " V 1 1 . 111 111 1 w , i '. ' ' , . ' . . .', I . ' . . WORST STORM OF I mm mm IL f! IIL UWTEERS Names Are Taken and Card Given to Applicant to Present When He Calls Later to Be Exam . ined for Admittance to. Service All Manner of Red Tape Is Done ' Away With in Office of Local : Recruiting Station During the Great Rush in Closing Hours. About CS0 volunteer who were ao eoptod by th Portland recruiting sta tions during the big rush of Friday and : Saturday are waiting for tho examine- i tlona which, if passed, win make them j recruits in tho army or navy. All manner of rod tape was done away with at both army and navy recruiting station Saturday morning, that all roam who presented themselves before 12 I o'clock might apply for enlist moot. In stead of having the men go through th regular blank-filling form of enlistment, recruiting staffs simply took tho auvmo of tho applicant and gav him a card to- present when formal application will bo made. I At the navy station 350 applicant of Saturday morning and lat Friday were found to bo left over after tho open period of enlistment -closed at noon. The will bo given preliminary exam lnations early this week and sent to tho training station at Mar Island in a gregatloiui ot 160. , IM Eager to Jala Army Three hundred army enlistment were unexamined when the office closed Sat urday evening. - After their first exam I- GOVERNMENT; WILL ERECT HUGE PLANTS! WASHIKGTOX. Poo. (r. T.) JUar than tM.ae, will expended by the gov. orasieat la th erection of govern Meal expletive blasts. Secretary ef War Baker RnBoaaeed tonight. DaaSet C iaeallng. Baa Fran eleeo, was appointed to take aharg of tho balldlag f those plaits. Th now govornntoat plaats will bo bfl to sspplomeat tie nreoonl oaipst of oxploslvos by nrtvau SBanafaeUrera. eoatldorod tesaf flrlont to nieet tho government's needs.. Jsokltag Js mssagnr director of a grosy ef eoppor atlaeo which pro daoo a largo pretag of tho entry's eoypor. Vie will net nac or aatkorltr f ft (rotary Baker, by was at h was appolatod. mis sup Is in aer(ssee with tho . gevornntoat's pa rye to to keep abreast of Us war' roo.atrosioaU aad whsr noeossary to aatlelpato Uoni by for hasted aeUoa," aald Sooretanr Baker k . . , t 11: uUflGnip 111 DIG It f V" ... -- . . , , . " .' f . I - . ' f ' OTHER PORTS OF COAST CONGESTED, PORTLAND IS IDLE Solid Effort of the Community Should Back Attempt to In duce Government to Use Fa cilities Here, Declares Dodson Lawmakers Determined to 'Aster tain Whether Men Serving tfo Government ;nre GlvingrTheir t i iiue iw tuipa. r.ciouiioi viaiw. " -' T. a . . 1 ' fc - 4- j - ; i ; Heads Will Come Offjf Crjarges Are Proved, but as. One! Mem ber Has Put Jt, Congress Is Not Trying to "Get"! Anyone. WASHES p.)- At Puget Sound Sill carloads of nation- in tho off ice they will , go to freight for foreign ahlpmint are congest- .ZZZlr' .. . U.. n railroad yard, becaoao handling I station wer disappointed ojpoo .rrtv-l.fmc,utl? r noVquai;t th 'task of Ing too lata to bo taken tn. f Kvery man 1 unloading tho earn as tey arrtv.. who won on Band oeror uo cioct was I 'At'tUn Frrfea itit arfpn.tl ' v ZTT.J -T -Ii - - - - - vaoiigation sktw nir , - s ASIlLNaTON, Dec, 11 (U. ' -Congrcs .. . tooight la determlQed to learn wbelher'dnr men otnlb!y.erTlni th; gov ernment at great - pertrul mljk rifice are realty doing it at great' fkin. The development followed, qalckly on .the neels of diaclon- " urea In eongreaalonal 4nTcstl;a-l tlona . Into the - conduct- of - lha , war.' t '-h' : " It tujpidon now lurking via the minds , ef noma ; eonTe-; " aiooal leaders are shown l have foundation. offJcar bead . ara aure to , be lopped off. It was -predated- . tonlsat- at ; the ; capital : ' If the . suspicions have I r fouada tlon. the country wlU loamj through ln- listod. however, and the chagrined one fallal to be. aentad bacansa, thav did 1 o . waiuag - to DO- rouovoa OI , thOlr I como. not arrlv n-m.T,V, r ' V.onistlasj U XrtXgbt onign fT'Z'soiii : -L,''i ' vrirati, out neta up aimoot -an ta' v,i -. - . . breathlaaoly. put an. appearance at . - :Wt6i. j,ul eLji.ti Cotigre U determined to rrtolie i ert. the "navy recruiting office about I P ' L1???Z- taclHtJe ncornptenc, grd or any other fault o-olock t h ,iornoo.'but,vo W;n6lT 3TW'f ita froigbt which' might aortooaly taterfora wnh ceptod becau they had applied. 1 tho fast io)ch' to prevent eoacMUon.. ' speedily putting this country' aUms- (.dy . before . to tho lA.Orand: posvl ' AU Portland, or any other wolot v oC 1 acrpaa and ondlna; th war - raasur. .-;-,,;.-, -r i- v. traaaahlpmoat. on tho Xlumbiav rtver," .Vegro Ut tryia - "gtr any- rUTlngthji arternoon.tha. navy - ren- there are no loaded car hold oat. dock body,' osid on senator tonight. "Borne tlnued to accept registered . men who are not receiving freight destined to individual congroearooo obU would arrived after II o'clock but who had th oversea porta. . warehouse canadtv - ta iik u aitaaat torn individual mam bar tnecesaafv certificate from ; their local I nnt enitw v.w l .v ...t ' lini eraaa aa a boards showing, that they were not I duties are almost unused Bad ships are 1 whoi. has-but on Idea In Investigating ' TmkA- tn thai "rnrr.nt A rm ft Aa Inn I I i m I . . i. . .Ium Ihlnra . -- - - - . - imwMuiii wr kj (U. i tn - luiciiwwn. 1 w . mn "I" jiieounv .uca veriiit- i WBUO port tO th BOTtA and BOUth I ST going BOO. U Uy OTO BO"" wewj. ' cat thoy wUl be aeceptad for naval ha v Snore buslnaa than they have fa-1 oorroct by whatever, moans is docoo aorvlc. 'The army atatloa U closed. I cillUaa to handle. Portland and the- rvw I ear v. Conmmm wUl go right down th . A Bill MHara-ft MM, I . ... m . . - .. . k 4. . V A . ' that Its wartime government La however, to all re sis tared men. I Forty Seat t star ItUad WAS will give an early hearing to the food administration side. 171 Hi - . j y By Ed L. Keen ' (Copyright, Hill by the UnKed Pre.) London,- Dec; 15. (U. P.) Colonel House's visit to Europe mark a new epoch sin, world's history and a new fu ture in conduct of world' affairs. Pre mier IJbyd George of Great Britain an nounced tonight. - - Informed - of tho arrival of the head ot the '.American mission In New York. against,., the prime" minister asked the i United, Press to .cable the following statement to - the United States , for American citlsens to readt ..! an very glad to learn of the safe return of the first great American mla- alon to Kurope. - -I aay the first' -because I hope it will i be a prelude to many more. "The experience .we Jhave gained on ' this occasion has brought homo to.jne even more strongly than before, the par- amount importance of even closer and ' more constant association between the United States, the free democracies of . Europe and the nation of the British commonwealth not" only in ; tho prose- : cution of the war, but in the future con duct of the world' affairs. - . FXhe : mission, ' which has Just success- There was nothing clandestine about my taking tho bonds," said Rlx. "I had talked with Kupert about his pur chasing some ship stock, a security which I thought a desirable investment. He told mo months ago that he was expecting a legacy from, an estate and that he -wanted to invest it., so when he asked me recently If ho could buy. the stocks with' Liberty bonds. I thought nothing was amiss, because man? estate funds of lata have been Invested in such securities. 'A a matter of fact.' Rupert handed mo the envelop containing the bonds In the main lobby of the Northwestern National bank. I was .asked to act as his' trustee in tho stockholding, because he said fo family reasons' ho did not fully terminated Its labors.' was. as I far as we are concerned, an unqualified I many people in business do not, wish it did not-receive a great advertise ment at the ' time because - Colonel House rightly . insisted that it be first and last a business . affair. But the fruits of its labors' will be seen -by all in time to come. - It not. omy enaoiea me united -States and the allies to coordinate preparations so as to produce ' maximum military effort against the jeommon enemy In tho short- TTt 1 1 "sTk- t ngiana jiigniy rieasea With Mission Sent bv This Gfouhtry to Europe TO BE NAMED TO AID . 1 ' - IN SUPPLY WORK Secretary Baker Says New Board Will Bring; Into Closer Touch Army in the. Field and WarDe- partment at National Capital. lumbia rlvar on, of th boat port on tit Pacific coastawait utilization such Although recruiters of "soldier of I a would halo th government In It tho sea" bad their hands full in recetv-1 urgent necessity and aid tho nation' lng applicant, they were able to fm out I war time foreign commerce. all applications and 40 recruits, thol 7alllU Are Br aaya-enlistment numoer. wer sent on I -While the sovernmont Is nlaadina: for their -way to Mare Island early Sunday ,,. i,lu nf , Ik;wa. morning. I emerrancv need for - swlftlv movtnr Washington, Doc IS. (WASHING- freht may be met. car are being used T-rw TiT-ny att rv tup lni-pwii i as warenouse in two .tbcum coast pons r. wirkvK. tt.ro... sw. and tho third U neglected. McNary asked the war department to I . awoorom m-rtmrr tha Tim Tar anILatmnt of man I " iiuvuuwui.ni, tu iuiuin w who will bo credited on tho state s quota Columbia rlvr by sending her (aa volunteer In making tho new draft. T1" aaonaTDoa to u carrying or Th ilMartment reoUed It was nnabUi I gram proaucxs to to war zona. to extend credit for men enlisting after " ' rw ICoDClBOed ea Pago Six. Ooltuna Two) I. W. W. Arein JaU Under Washington. 'Dec. 15. (U. P.) Cre ation of a war .council ; within the war department to oversee and coordinate all matter for th uply of .' th American field-army was announced tonight by Secretary of War Baker.' The war council will also bring tn closer touch the relations between th army In the field siid the war depart ment. - v ' Members of. the council at th be ginning will bo the' secretary of war. tho assistant secretary of war, chWf of staff and Generals Sharp, ..Weaver, Crosier and Crowder. - When General Bus, chief of staff. returns from Europe he will aasum ac tive supervision of th council. Hi knowledge of condition aa they affect all branches of service, will aid th war denartment In prosecution of the war. . Later, officer of extensive experience will be added to tho council and It will constitute the -main reliance of . the de nartment In Initiating plans. .The new organisation will not assume specialized duties of th general staff or th war couege, out wui aavise tn war department in broan eons. ' it embers ot the eonncil will, from time to time, visit the theatre of war to make noon today. Chicago. , Dec IS. (U, - P.) Ono lmB- Kit) 4 ,M..wW W . J at 1 A arnenR A, at4 Bara. 1 1 . V a new perspective tq bear on the allies' iw. W. arraigned in led eral court uto " " rn t prooieros. . its work culminated In, the I today on Charge oi violating th as- 1 " --- - ; first meeting of the supreme war coun-1 plonage act, were under heavy guard j . , -. cu at . versauies the outward visible I in . the : county jail late tonight, where sign of a new unity of new vigor in the they will -remain ' until January cooperation of the world's great democ- That was the data set by "Judge Lan racles In the fight for triumph of the dis for the arraignment ot any other Ideal tney represent. To that confer-1 defendant : , who may be arrested ' or enc th president could not' have sent I give themselves 'up befor that -timi. more sagacious or more useful retrs-1 The other are at liberty undor bond. sentatlves than Colonel House and the! BHfty indicted members of the organ- accompanying members of his mission. laaWon are still at liberty. George Colonel - House, indeed, proved himself i Vanderveer t of Seaule. Wash chief not only a worthy represenUtlve of the I counsel for ' the defense, announced. In United t States,' but he won the friend- court that ho-'t ,W. CW - through Its ship and tho respect of all European al-1 publication, . had urged - these men to House Will Vote on . ProWbitibii Monday Washington.1 Doc.! 1-U.: p.y-lAftor decade ot eeaselaa. agitation, national prohibition had won. its way to a pre ferred poaltlon before tho hoc a of rep resentative tonight It will come up for Immediate consideration Honday and will be - voted on before night, under unanimous -'agreement reached today. ! ON L A RIVER . waMejvOMaBBnlBaBaiaKa ""."- " T Wind: Saturday. Night Attains j Velocity, of :65 Milesj Fort Stevens VVaterless .TwoDays Washington Streams' Flooded. ! ; . ' ' ' : ; ." i Astoria. Or, " Dec. 15. The' worst storm ot th season- is sweeping . the lower' Columbia river district tonight. I after evera day of .Tain' that ."broke ail record for ; a few years, Astoria Is experiencing a gala tonight that ha at tained a velocity of over s5, mile, an hour at the mouth of th river. Ship ping 1 delayed until Che storm su bo idee. Only minor property damage was re ported tonight as a result of th wind Th steamer Nahcotta. connecting Astoria ' and Megler. tha terminus -of th Oregon-Washington Railroad North Beach lino, wa unable to land at Meg ler Saturday afternoon because of th storm. Returning to Astoria. the sud den lurchinr of tho boat eauaaMl mm. of the passenger to 'be slightly hurt oy ratlin; against in id or th cabin. ' Reports received her tonight say that lido on b North. Beach line of th Oregon-Washington railroad- Mopped traffic Saturday. Workmen ar re moving the slid now and service will bo resumed Sunday tf possible. . Damage to tho water trunk line Wed nesday night ha been '. repaired and water was Buppllod ail over ' the city tonight. - i - , . . The Warrenton water system has also been' blocked by -slides, aad Hammond. Warrenton and Fwrt Stavona. where hundreds of Idlers' . ar encamped have been . without water for th peat two dara ported to tho public ervio commiasloa of Oregon by tho public rv1o commis sion of Washington, and th railroad commission of California. Th Information that car ar not be ing held out bore come from tho rail roads and Is general y known. Tho report from the Washington nub ile aarvtca commission shows tK rmrm Kansas City. Mo. Dee.' 15. (U. P.) oonalsrned to shins' tackl. Seattle ajul Frank A. Vandorllp. untn a few week Tacoma. on December 10, but 1 a fair ago, head of th largest bank tn New showing ot tho condition any day re York city, but now directing the gov- eontly. ernment campaign for a 12.000,000.000 . Exmct rinr(l civa war saving thrift campaign. In five Tf ., th vi,. -r..r- v,,, 'Job Biggest Put TTp.to Any People' sneeche today - told the southwest about "the Job ahead of us." Her ar exoerpts: Vla C?akskas t m av V V f .4 ton- vf bTm tTanr tmoU Sa r"' Ooldbar. II at ir0.b.'r'r fV? dVr wrrL.?ra Tancouvar. B. C a total ot Ills car, yardstick of th collar wont measure l M . at i. ts-emra at Kaajti .wi- -K tS7A.mi,at have, tha U M. S Bl r, B3 CSX at BOatUO, Ml cars at Seattle, '171 at Tacoma, 41 at' Auburn and 21 at Sums, a total of 1211 car. Tho Great Northern. 0J this Job. We- must have th ooopera Uon of all the people. "No Spartan mother would have sent her son to war without armor. Unless everything 1 don that makes for our men's effectiveness and their safety, we ar sending them to greater danger. "If the sale of war certificate gives us S. 000. 00 naw stockholders In th government w will b different po litically." Hi at Tacoma,- approximately to out on th line ; total. HO. Th 0-W. Bv (Cose haded oa fata Toe. Cohuaa Two) iiu ntiHl it Ha don that." - Summing up Ot result tnus xax ot . th two chief Inqmrio. . congrBmen agreed th outstanding facta ar; - That th military Inquiry haa shown partial paralysis of th vital ordnanc department through causes not entirely explained. .,. s . . - That th augar probUra; has shown sinister mixing ot private affairs with pubUe business. - J - '' ? ', seme JUgart Charge as. WM . Another figure entered th lnvtlga Uon field today when Thomas W. Law- . bob, - tho Boston financier, jwlrod many senators a demand that war profit be Investigated. . . - . - ' ' Lawson charged that tho government 1 being mulcted of bug sums by con cerns furnishing munition and . aup plles for th army and navy.. " -J Tb country. taprlon-la grow wtred Lawoon. . "that-from third to a half the government's funds are profit to camouflage ur front. well." ' ... 2 ' '.'til -Laarsoo'a. chaJlengO did not find-tm mediate answer tn th senate. Mxn- ; bora said "too many investigations t one might ,dfat,. the purposaj of aU of them.": . ,' . - Others referred to Lawson's state ment as "somewhat wUd." suid "hardly Justified." i J " When th military Invaotlgatloa by th -Mnat military affair oommitt-1 r umed Monday, Goneral William Crosier,, chief of ordnance, will again bo on th ; Stand. . .. - ' ' - .! , :,'" t . Todays Bosstotf Jvotop4 vtdmco of what : ChaaborUia - called Satisfactory -pr cj gross" . In production- of heavy ord nance field artlUery and onogt-guaa. Wanted A Pair of Pcr - feet Diamonds Swell Sport Car For Sale -'-.-- y -' ' : f Kaiser s New Peace Bid mably to Come With Offensive iniWest Is Presu two daya. - Hoqulara. ,Wash, Dec 15. (U. P.) This section is gripped tonight by th worst' storm In thro year. - Tha ore. cipltatloa sine 1 Wednesday- night has been tJ5 inches and nearly ail . parte ot the city ar tnurydated. , . -, Incroastng. vtoietio - of the. .storm tonight ha put t many street .llghta out ot commission. Shipping .Is paralysed, country , roads are. Impassable In. many places.. ' and', 'all nearby creeks ar swollen.: - . -..r Wasted Mlorenaaeo - WAXTEI Pair eaifer dtamaaoa. 1 ta 1 U kanc Gite fail detailsi aaaot be bergaia. Aatesieblloo Aeooooorloo 44 OXI sweU apart ear, alee eeveeal atylaa lot aJ Kxehaaso Seal Kits to 14 TO TRAUK A . k ta Alaraa fat work Th JOURNAL WANT COLUMNS ar really an Index to ucoeo If one will only us them. Young people with their future befor them . should read tho JOURNAL WANT ADS dally. It only take a few mo , menu at tho moot, and In those few ; moments a bright and happy future may be placed within the reach ot any man or woman through a tiny ; JOURNAL WANT AD. ' JOURNAL WANT ADS are brim ful of opportunities of many kind they point to chances worth while , m buying, oaiiing. . renting, hiring. exchanging. TRY ONE TOUROTLF By Lowell MelUtt London. Deec IS. (U. V. Germany' a expected bid for peace, long forecast. Is to com tn th form of a Christmas roes- sag by th kaiser to his people, accord lnsr to reports which reached br today. Presumably, th war lord hope to ttm ft with a Ormtn offensive on the west front, already confidently announced by tho Germ a press. . - Th fact that th kaiser hlmeelf Is x Dctd to roak tha proffer was regarded hero as another ovidene of tho determ ination wtth which Germany t conduct Ins a "peace offensive" now when her military atrongth Is at Its topnotch and before tho arrival of American troop on th line a Del la th beginning of th end for hi autocracy. Th kaiser does not propose to trust Chancellor von Hortllng with th nronunclamento. - London was not cone ot nod with peace proffer tonight. - Premier - Lloyd Ueorve ' ringing ' speech - of Friday coupled with President Wilson's recent address to congress, have roused British opinion to reconsocration of its aim for a oeaco only to be won by allied victory. Oormany's maneuvering for peace baa boon patent to - British observer for weeks. Tho military offensive which is to accompany that peso offensive was, . howewer. mainly tn England's zalnd to- . nigau ' . - '.-! ,: . Public officials ar under no delusion as to tho strength of this expected blow. Russia s downfall give ta' enemy a great number of veteran troop. Groat numbers of guns taken In the Austro Oorman drive in Italy giro th nemy powerful artillery support.' - It has been born bom to British . official that widespread storios ot a toady breaking down of German mor ale, of lack of ad equal reeervoa, i scarcity - of natal curtailing artillery, and ammunition, must now' be swept aside, and that th nation trill need U moot determined efforts against th foe. ; Hmdenburs haa now gained th Ini tiative. Halg has Jost it. i . ? . Many London newspapers ar ' now vigorously urrtng th abaadonrnsnt of British campaigns In Mesopotamia. Pal estine aad South Africa and th cn oentratlon. of large -force of British troop now ia these far distant thesue ef war, oa tho western front. - . mm t