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Depth Charge Rips Open Sides
of If -Boat, Compelling Crew to
'. Come to Surface and Surren--.
derj Germans Well Cared For.
Commander of Destroyer Fanning
. and His Men Commended for
Bit of Daring; Americans Risk
. Death to Save Enemy.
HERE Is a startling compari
son of how America and
Germany treat their prisoners.
The official report issued by the
navy department today of the
capture ef the crew of a Germ
5 man submarine says:
"After being taken on board
f the prisoners were given , hot
i-coffee and sandwiches. Though"
jnder strict guard. theyrseemed
contented arid after a short time
began to sing. To make them
comfortable the crew of the de
stroyer gave them their warm
coats and heavy clothing."
American seamen have testi-
fied under oath that, after be
ing picked up at sea by a Ger
man submarine, they were lined
up on the deck, their life pre
servers were taken away from
them and then the U-boat was
submerged.
Washington, Dec. 29. (U. P.) The
. United State destroyer Fanning, aided
by the United States destroyer Nichol
son, was officially credited today with
capture of the first Gorman submarine
prisoners of tho war. The event oc
curred in November and cable reports
gave only scant news of the capture.
1 Special commendation by the Fanning
- commander, lieutenant A. S. Carpen
ter, was accorded the officer of the deck.
(Coachided n Page Seren, Column Six)
War Upon Small
Butchers, Charge
Independent Tallow Hanafactarer Tes-
. tiflea of Large Sam Offered for Plant
Br Swift Co. and of Threat. ,
Boaton, Dec. J9. (U. P.) Testimony
n tne reoerai traua commission hear
ing on tho meat industry before Com
missioner Victor Murdock here Friday
lenaea to snow attempts to rorce the
email retail butcher out of business by
. rtieans of "chain stores," camouflaged
Under various names.
John GTennle, tallow manufacturer of
, JJorth Hanover, said to be the only
' Independent rendering manufacturer ii.
the state,- asserted representatives of
Swift & Co. approached htm offering
IC00.000 for hla plant, which was valued
at $35,000. .He declared the Swift com-
; pany had strong Influence over the
Boston & Maine, railroad and that, upon
"' hla refusal of this offer, he was told
-no would find It difficult to get freight
; wougn on mat railway.
Woman Masquerading as Man, Is
Arrested On Belief She May Be
f amous
Los Angeles, Dec 29. (U." P.) The
' Intense "woman hunt" for Mme. "H"
beautiful associate of Franz Schulen
berg, alleged xnaater German' spy de
veloped a new course today coincident
with, the arrest at Seal Beach of Miss
Beebe Beam, alias Jack Beam, alias Jack
.Haines, a frail girt masquerading as a
, man, whose career since under detective
surveillance has excited mystery and
suspicion, the arresting officers declare.
In the arrest of Miss Beam, .Captain
J. Hunter,: chief detective of the dis
, trlct. attorney's, office, declared he. has
uncovered a new angle to Schulenberg's
German plot and "possibly had cap
tured the alleged Mme. H" - -'
No amount of questioning will break
the girl's silence. .
-."Whether this woman is the mysteri
ous Mme., H.' is lmpoe&ible to aajr deft-
O, Dm. IS. (I. 2T. S.)
with high treason by
if military umti of the
government to the raited
Maria Gtnt DeGaerro, a
itlfs.1 Hexleaa masie teacher. It
arrest at Jaares today. Sha
'Wat arraitad by General .Fraselseo
Start-ala, eommaadlaff tha Korthera
dlTltloa ot tbe Mtxieaa arny.
It it reported the already hat bee a
tried by ooartmartlal aad her axe
cation It feared. At the eoartiaar
tlal trial, it it declared, tha ap
peared inrroaaded by M tmall chU
drea, her matie pvpllt.
The girl hat beea employed by
V. Jj. Held, V. . Immigrant latpee.
tor, at a tteaocrapher. Imailrra
tloa offlcialt have oappealed to
Jaarei military aathorltlet for her
release, declaring; the hat beea
faltely aeevted by 31 art; la.
FREIGHT STARTED
President Will Address Congress
Next Friday to Ask for
Legislation.
washlnrton. Dec 29. (V. P.I Di
rector McAdoo today began the move
ment of war frelnht throughout the
country without .regard to indlTlduai
lines. Simultaneously, tho railroad war
board, through which McAdoo will di
rect all operations, for tha present,
worked on a definite ors&nization plan
for tha future. .
How long- this board will act as Mc
Adoo.' -operating- agency appeared to
depend on its initial auccasa in roeetlng
demands. ' , -t .; . ,v
Pooling of freight equipment and x
pendlturea will be accomplished aa rap
idly aa machinery for auditing these
revolutionary changes .can bo estab
lished. When McAdoo's plans are final
ly worked out, it ia stated authoritative
ly tho railroads will be operated as a
business unit Under such operation tho
government should net SzSO.OOO.OOO a
year above compensation to bo paid the
roads, federal control enthusiasts de
clare.
There la a difference of opinion In
congress on how far McAdoo can go
oeioro legislation must be passed to
give him powers. The interstate com-
(Concluded on Pas Nine, Column Two)
Prosecutions Are
Forecast by Heney
Boston, Dec 29. (I. N. a) Srxvrfal
Counsel Francis J. Heney of the federal
trade commissions , In a statement to
newspaper men at$ the close of the
packers investigation at noon today,
declared that following the hearing
which will be held in Boston at a date
in Che near future, criminal prosecutions
will follow the disclosure of certain evi
dence.
Balloon Lands in
. Mexico; Man Hurt
San Antonio, Texas. Dec 29. ( U. T 1
An American army balloon which left
nere -rnursaay nignt, with Captain Mc
culloch and six student balloonlata-
landed today in Mexico with one of the
party baaiy injured, according to word
received at the Missouri Aeronautical
society Dauoon scnool here,
French War Loan
Is Over Subscribed
Paris. Dec. 29. (I. N. S.) The French
war loan, which has Just been concluded
was oversubscribed about $55,000,000. it
was announced today. The loan waa
for $2,000,000,000.
Master Spy,
nltely," Captain Hunter told the United
Preaa today. "She has changed her
appearance by cutting her hair man
fashion and wearing man's apparel. -But
we are on the trail of something big,
and T cannot afford to Jeopardize my
investigation by premature announce
ments.. There will be something later."
Smartly groomed as a man the young
woman is said to have frequented many
of the. city's - exclusive dubs, as Jack
Haines. She associated with newspaper
men, young - army officers and . others
with government . commisajona, the de
tectives assert. -i-v; :
Suspicion was first directed toward
her through advertisements she had in
serted In. newspapers soliciting "attract
ive young 'women for actresses." ' Evi
dently "tipped" that ah was under sur
veillance, the detectives say. she slipped
Zero Weather Prevails With
Swirling Snow and Marrow
Chilling Vyind to Add to the
General Discomfort
Thousands of Dwellings and
Apartments of tho City Are
Down to the Last Few Tons
of Fuel.
New York. Dec" 29. U. P.) Zero
cold, with swirling snow and marrow
chilling winds, brought another crisis in
New York's coal shortage today.
The worst cold wave of the winter
found the greater city with practically
no reserve supply of fuel and with snow
threatening still further to clog trans
portation. The thermometer touched
the xero point on downtown street in
dicators early (today.
. Thousands of dwellings and apart
ments in the city were down to their
laat few tons of fuel and found frantic
pleas for more fuel In vain. The situa
Uon was extremely critical on the lower
East Side, where coal is doled out by
the bushel. The city fuel administration
today declared dealers in this section
had been put on the emergency list and
would be given all possible of the pre
clous store left.
Plans for strictest curtailment ot un
necessary lighting In 'the streets, of display-signs
and of stores, already dis
cussed, will probabbr be put Into foroe
at once. teTut -down consumption , of
coal by electric lighting eompaniea. The
prospects were today that Broadway
would go into almost total eclipse to
night
All the east reported cold weather and
a bllzcard raging today. All the large
cltiea likewise reported shortage of coaL
Chicgo Reports Deaths
Chicago. Dec 29. (I. N. S.) Three
deaths, intense suffering among the
poor and one of the busiest times In the
history of the Chicago fire department
resulted from the aero weather that
held Chicago in its grip today.
Blinded by the wind and snow, John
Balazaras, a laborer, was struck by
streetcar and killed.
The body of an unidentified man about
70 years old was found frozen to death
in a doorway and the body of another
man about 45 years old was found fro
zen in a prairie on the outskirts of the
city.
Thirty guests of the new Hotel Cen
tral were driven through smoke filled
passageways by flames that did damage
estimated at $2000.
. Timely awakening of Mrs. Mary Huck
(Concluded oa Pat Two, Column Four)
Fortress of Metz
Bombed by French
Paris, Dec. 29. (I. N. S.) The great
German fortress of Metz. in Lorraine.
has been bombed by "French airmen, the
war office announced today.
Bombs were thrown down on Thlon-
vllle, Rethel and other important Ger
man bases.
Padua Bombed, 13 Killed
Rome, Dec 29. (I. N. S.) Thirteen
persons were Kinea ana three score
wounded wheii German airmen bombed
the historical Italian city of Padua yes
terday, the war office announced today.
Vesuvius OnceMore
In Violent Eruption
Rome. Dec 29. (U. P.) Vesuvius
again in violent eruption, according to
wora receivea nere today.
Madam
"H
99
out of the city and took a cottage at Seal
.dvwu. ii waa mere tnat her arrest was
effected quietly, late yesterday. Cor
respondence seised at ber cottage, where
she lived alone. Indicates she had
been In communication with a man in
Chicago. Officers 'refused to divulge
the nature of the correspondence.
IShe was in' China, during the Boxer
uprising and admits having traveled ex
tensively abroad, c .
Kept Two Residences In Portland
': Investigations of the operations of
Franz Schulenberg. arrested Monday in
San Francisco, as a German spy. have
revealed that -. during, last winter and
early spring secret service officers were
vainly trying, to . entrap, him here for
(Oooeladed e Page Cohnsa raw)
aul Hennig, Naturalized Citizen
of This Country, Accused of
Deliberately Tampering With
Gyroscopes on Torpedoes.
Maximum Penalty in Case of
Conviction Is Death; Denial
of Charge Is Made by the
Accused.
New York." Dec 29. (U. P.) Charged
with deliberately tampering with the
delicate gyroscopic machinery of tor
pedoes for American ships, Paul Hen
nig, a 'naturalized German, -and an em
ploye of the Bliss Torpedo works, waa
arrested today and arraigned on a trea
son charge.
If convicted the law may sentence mm
to death.
Lieutenant Francis D. Shea, TJ. S. N.,
torpedo Inspector for' the plant, dis
covered that many exceedingly delicate
bearings and parts for gyroscopic
mechanism on which the torpedoes ef
fectiveness depends, had been deliber
ately tampered with, filled with emery
dust, or Jammed. He traced the parts
to Hennig, it waa asserted.
Hennig declared he is innocent. He
will be examined Wednesday. One of
his sons is Interned on Ellis Island.
Officials stated that certain of the.
defective parts, which It seemed Hennig
deliberately : damaged. " might have
caused a torpedo discharged from an
Amsticairwabipc, tolrcla,.backaiiA ex
plode against that ship's side, instead
of the target at which it was aimed.
Following the arraignment of Hennig
and- bis plea of not guilty, the district
attorney's office issued a formal state
ment outlining the charges against him.
Hennig, the statement said, came to
this country from Germany in 1908. He
(Concluded on Pace Two, Column rTr)
CHIEF EXPLAINS
ARMY DRY ORDER
Ban Against Strong Liquor Not
Injunction Men Must Drink
Wines and Beer.
By Newton C Parke ,
With the American Army In Prance.
Dec t9. (I. N. 8.) Dispatches from
the United States, telling of the tern
pest in a teapot stirred up through the
announcement of General Pershing that
ohlv light wine or beer may be given
or sold to the American soldiers, have
resulted In a statement from the Ameri
can commander, explaining the position
of the troops in France.
General Pershing received the corre
spondents and said to them:
The question of prohibiting the sale
of ail intoxicants to American troops is
now under discussion with .the Trench
government, but there are difficulties
here which do not exist tn the United
States.
' "The general order Issued on the 18th
was a long step toward the preventlou
of drinking among the men.
"But it was not intended by any
means to convey the injunction that the
American troops were to drink beer and
Itrht wines. It was a reserve order
drawn to conform with the French regu
lations on the subject. It stated ex
pressly that only light mines aid beer
be permitted, and prohibited the par
chase or acceptance as a gift of whis
key, brandy, champagne and similar al
cohol to beverages, it ordered all drink
lng-nlaces where such liquors are sold
to be placed out of the bounds of th
American troops, this same regulation
having been Issued for the British aad
French armies.
"Though I am heartily in favor of
prohibition in the United States forces
the situation in this country is alfferent
from that at heme. Comparatively few
French people drink water as we do,
drinking wine liurtead.
"This is partly because the French
water supply is not as pure as ours.
The French wines are light and are far
less intoxicating than generally sup
posed. An intoxicated Frenchman is
rare fight. Indeed, the French beer la
by no means strcng, as the French gov
ernment issues its soldiers regular ra
lions. Obviously, there are obstacles tn
the way of forbidding wine shops tn the
army son to do any business at all.
Local sentiment will play a large part
in determining tne question.
"The same crder forbidding soldiers
from taking strong drink contained the
most rigid regulations preventing the
spread of-disease, two questions closely
connected. Thus far the army's record
In both respects Is excellent, and It la
highly gratifying, to roe. It is a test!
rnonlai to the high character of the
i American soldier. .
"Everything possible Is being done to
protect his morals and his health and to
make him an honor to himself and "hla
r ell o w-coun trymen." , - ;
HUN'S WON'T
LET CAPTIVES
HAVE RIGHTS
XEBICAir YIELD HEX0
QUABTEKS IX FBAXCE,
.See. is. U. PJ Asteiieast
who may be eastsred fey the Ger
as are to fee rtrarded at aot en.
titled to the oralaary cesrtetlet ae
eorded yritesers ef war, aeeordlag
to Isfersiatioa reaealag hire today.
It It preiamably the lateatlea ef
the Gtrmast to employ Americas
rltoaers la lower forms ef labor
aad sader wretched eoaeJUosa, seek
as the Teatoas lmpessd ea the Rat
tiest la the satt. The Germast re
garded the Battles srltostrt at lit
tle setter than aalmalt aad com
pelled them te live la frig ltfal tar
roendlags. SHOES FIT POORLY,
E
Quartermaster General Issues
Statement, Placing Blame
Partly on Soldiers. '
Washington, Dec. 19. KL N. 8.) Only
15 per cent of the men In the fighting
forces of the United States have shoes
that fit them correctly. Quartermaster
General Sharpe admitted in an offdlal
statement Friday.
The statement was called forth by the
criticism of the quartermaster's depart
ment in the senate military committee's
Investigation for supplying shoes too
short for newly recruited soldi era Much
of the blame for the Improper fitting of
shoes Is placed by the quartermaster
general on the men themselves.
Figures . have - been collected by the
surgeon general's of floe on the fit of shoes
worn by 82,859 men. one group on the
aiexican ooraer, one at a nanonai army
camp, another at a national guard camp
and a fourth at a naval camp. The per
centage of misfits reported from each
examination was a Bout the same
Examlaatieat Beveal Ceadltloat
From examinations at Camp Devens
It was shown that 28 per cent of the men
had shoes half a size too short. 21 per
cent had shoes one else short; 19 per
cent wore shoes 1V sizes too short and
per cent had shoes 8 sizes short. Four
per cent had shoes too long or over ZVk
sizes too short. Fifteen per cent were
properly fitted.
The quartermaster-general says in ex
planation that soldiers recently recrujted
Judge the fit of shoes according to their
custom in civil life and insist upon shoes
too short to fit them. He says faults
ot method and supervision of fitting.
insufficient numbers of larger and nar
rower sizes and incorrect marking of
sizes by manufacturers are other causes
for the larger proportion of misflta.
Major General Wright, commander
of the Thirty-fifth division, oorapoeed
of Missouri and Kansas National
Guardsmen and 2500 draft men front
Camp Funston, encamped at Fort 8111;
Oxl a took the stand this afternoon.
Lack ef Sine Stvorted
General Wright testified he bad 84.
800 enlisted men and 950 officers in hi
command. The division is short S114
rifles, 688 automatic rlflea, 224 heavy
machine guna. nearly all field artli
lcry, 10.920 pistols. 9818 bayonets aud
rrany other Important pieces of equip
ment. General Wright testified.
"How much of such equipment should
you have for training purposes?" Sen
a tor Hitchcock asked.
"Ought to have It all." answered the
general.
"Have you any assurance when you
will get it allT" aaked Benator Hitch
cock.
"No assurance until we get abroad.'
replied General Wright.
Chamberlain Atks Q at t tloa
Senator Chamberlain said he knew
of one young man who was "put on the
carpet and read the riot act. because
he complained to someone outside.
"I'd. like to know If that condition can
erallyl prevails In the army." said Sen
ator Chamberlain.
"I thfnk it does, but in this way. The
young man probably was placed on ht
carpet for going outside with his com
plaint Instead of going directly to his
commanding officer," replied the gen
eral. Returning Exiles
Disrupting Russia
San Francisco, Dec 23. (U. P.)
Nearly 1000 German agents have gone
to Russia through 8an Francisco since
the revolution, playing a big part in
the disruption of the Russian , armies,
according to charges made to federal
authorities today by George Rosen. Rus
sian attorney. He alleges three were
from San Francisco, seven from Los
Angeles, 200 from Chicago and TOO from
New York.
The Kerensky government paid their
expenses, believing they were political
exiles, J
La Follette's Name
- K
Stricken Trom Roll
Madison. Wla Dec"2. L N. S.")
The name ef Robert U. LaFoIlette has
been stricken from the membership rolls
of the Madison club today. Senator La
FoIlette was expelled from tha dub for
-unpatriotic con duct and giving aid aad
oomfort to the enemy.-
DECLARES SHARP
Ill LABOR
REPLIES 10
PEACE BAIT
National Conference in London
Takes Determined Stand to
Repudiate German Schenfe for
Early Ending of the Struggle.
Belief Now Is That Central Pow
ers Will Make Another Peace
Offer Russians Not Unit in
Effort to Conciliate Teutons.
STOCKHOLM. Deo. . (U. P.)
NL StiUUvtki. lesder of the
SoclsJ-RevoIutionisU and Rug-'
Ian peace party, returned here
today from BresV-Lltovik declar
ing that the negotiations with
the Germans amount to treach
ery, lie resigned his place as
oojg of Russia's representatives
la the peace conference.
SntsravBsJ declared that the
Germans were ostensibly ac
cepting the Russian peace terms,
but applying their own Inter
pretation. He demanded an im
mediate break In negotiations,
calling for a Socialist confer
ence in Stockholm to discuss a
general peace,
London. Dec 19. (L N. 8.) The post
Uon of the British government in its
stand on peace was greatly strengthened
today by the action of the National La
bor conference in voting for a continua
tion of the war.
This attitude taken by labor waa dou
bly significant In view of the fact that
(CoechMUd oa Pa ba. Cahuaa Tbr)
FAMILY IDE BIG
E
Brother of Woolens Manufac
turer Chief Adviser to Federal
Supply Committee Head.
Washington. Dec. 29 (1. N. S.) The
senate oommtttee Investigating the con
duct of affairs of the war department
this afternoon again went Into the con
nections of the Kaplan family, woolen
manufacturers, with the supplies com
mittee of the council.
Ira Kaplan, president of the Base As
sorting Plant. Inc. is a brother of Sara
Kaplan, chief adviser to Charles Else
man, head of the supply committee.
The aasortlng company is alleged to
have made an exorbitant profit on gov
ernment work until the quartermaster's
department, after Investigation, decided
to terminate the contract.
Els man. General Sharpe testified,
protested against "canceling the con
tract, although it had been shown that
the company was charging the govern
ment at least three times a reasonable
profit.
Bejeeted Offer Ceet XlUioat
Captain ' Peerless said tha aasortlng
company bad a contract also for hand
ling used army blankets, which would
have netted them a profit of about
S 1250.000 a year.
The committee brought out the fact
that the wool for winter clothing waa
not- purchased until after September lv
five months after the declaration of
war.
Senator Weeks tried to learn why the
war department rejected an offer of
Boston manufacturers to furnish suffi
cient wool on April a. the rejection.
(Coaetaeas aa rasa Twe. Oatema fw)
Japan May Send
New Ambassador
Toklo. Deo. J (U. P. Despite of
ficial denials, the Jepaneee press to
day placed credence In a report pub
lished here that Ambassador Sato, now
representing Japan at Washington. Is
tj be recalled.
Among the men mentioned as his suc
cessor are Viscount XshU. formerly Min
ister . to Peking Hiokt and Vice For
eign Minister- Ebidehara. Bhtdehara
waa formerly counsellor of tho Japanos
ern ha say at Washington.
PROFITS
S CHARG
British Lose 3
Vessels, Huns a
Zeppelin; Liner
Sinks a U-Boat
L'
ONDON, Dec. 29. (U.
P.) Three British de
stroyers were mined
and sank on the Dutch
coast last night, the admir
alty announced today.
Thirteen officers and 180
men were lost.
The Hague, Dec. 29. (U.
P.) Three allied destroy
ers were attacked and sunk
by German naval vessels,
according to areport reach
ing here today.
LONDON, Dec. 29. (I.
N. S.) British naval
men had high words of
praise for American gunnery
today as , the result of the
exploit of an American pas
senger liner which sank a
German submarine with two
shots.
It, took the Yankee gun
ners just two seconds to
send the U-boat to the bot
tom. Before the passen
gers were aware what had
happened the signal, "a di
rect hit," had. been flashed
and flying debris. 1500 yards
in the wake, of the yessel .
showed where the subma
rine had met its Hoom.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. 29.
(I. N. S.) A Zep
pelin is reported to
have been destroyed while
on patrol duty off Jutland.
Jutland is the western
portion of Denmark, just
south of the Skaggerrak.
Washington Streams
Are Raging Torrents
Seattle. Wash, Dec 21. ft X. 8.)
Western Waahlngton streams are raging
torrents as a result of heavy rainfall
and a warm wind that Is melting deep
snows in the Cascades. Tuch damage
Is threatened, according to the King
oounty engineer, in the valley of the
White river between Kent and Auburn.
Wash. One brtda-e already has been
washed out near 8noquaImte.
tleavy Damage In Whslromb
Betllngham. Wash.. Dec. 2J. (I. N.
8.) Damage by a allver thaw and floods
In Whatcom county is estimated today
at not lees than 9100.000. Belllngham Is
stormbound. Great Northern trains are
blocked both north and south of this city.
The Belllngham Northern tracks are
washed out la several places. The Nook-
sack river has overflowed Its banks aad
Is running through the streets of Ever
son. Wash. The river continues to rise.
Yakima River Overflow
EUensburg. Wah Dec t$. Yakima
river Is overflowing. The worst flood
conditions, surpassing those of 11 years
sgo. are predicted. U. S. reclamation
officials say they have lees control over
the reclamation dam at Lake Cle Cum
than in past flood a Hundreds of acres
of land tn Kittitas county are covered
with water. Train service from the east
Is delayed.
State School Fund
Richer Through Gift
Sim Aecmsi slated Pre at XlseeOaaeeas
freeree Tamed te State School Pass
s Gift Press Treats rer.
Salera, Or Dec tl. State Treasurer
Kay today will turn over to the
common school fund of the state fMOO
received from miscellaneous collections.
which under former admialstratSons
went into the pocket of tha treasurer
himself.
As tha state has no legal title to the
money, the sum was conveyed to the
school fund as a gift, this being the
ccly way the state could receive it.
When Mr. Kay first became state
Ueasurer seven years ago. ho abolished
tUe practice of charging foes which be
could keep for his own use. But tn the
Moceas of making the Changs tn the
business methods ' of the office, tho
f ISO was accumulated. .
It Is estimated that former stats
treasurers made from fees and Interest
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HOLY CITY
Sixty Thousand Troops Making
Desperate Effort to Crush tht
British Army of Half That
Number Now Near Jerusalem.
Heavy Fighting Is Reported In
Progress) Enemy Repulsed in
Effort to Break Through. Una
on
Jaffa-Jerusalem Railroad.
WASHINGTON, " Dee, (U..
P.) Pour Turklah army 7
dlTlalong upward of 60,000 men .
reinforced by Austro-Germaa :
troops from the Russian and ' ...
Roumanian fronts, have begun
a dttptnt campilfn to relax "
Jerusalem and drtva the British -'
.from the Holy Land, according
to official report reaching Wash ,'
tnirtj-lody. '--r-r' i ;V ;
Heavy fighting I in progress
fever a line exlendng from Jaf- '
fa through Jerusalem and along,
the Jericho road almost to the
river Jordan. The Turks vainly
attempted to break the BriUth 4
grip on the Jaffa-Jerusalem ;
railroad. Abortive effort to turn .
the British flank in the neigh- ..
borhood of . Bethany, northeast T
of Jerusalem, failed.
At some points along the line Get
oral Allenbys expeditionary force, Is
outnumbered two to one. According
to official reports, he Is making a
determined stand against Oeneral Fal,
kenhayne's combined Turko-Attstro .
German divisions. . '
The temporary cessation of British ac-
U Titles In PaleeUne, because of heavy
rains, the past two weeks has given Oen
eral Falkenhayn ample opportunity to
re-organise Enver Pasha's disheartened
Moslems and to rehabilitate tho spent
Turkish ranks with fresh Teutons from
the Russian front. A large rorce is re
ported to have been detached from the
Tnrko-Teuton army operating near Bag-'
dad and sent into the Holy Land.
ICberhnU ee Po m. Ortaa Twf
King of Roumanla Abdicates In
Favor of Crown Prince : . '
- Charles. ; J
London. Dec 21. (L N. B.V The war
has cost another monarch his throne.
According to an aeon firmed report re-.
eel red from Petrograd today King Fer
dinand of Roumanla has abdicated in
favor of Crown Prince Charles.
Ferdinand is a member of the Eohen- .
sonern family of Germany and ascended
tho Roumanian throne la October, lilt,'
shortly after tha war began.
For some time there have neon ru
mors of a rsvoluUonary plot la tho Bon-,
maniaa army ana it is supposed rurtbor
that tho king's retirement was hastened '
by the peace negotiations between Bus-
la and the central powers. . .
1917
IN REVIEW
Ths epochal trantformitioa
from a peace to a war basis bis
been tht outstanding feature of .
tb year at borne,
What his beea don la this ;
regard by the - government will
be competently reviewed" in . th -Samliy
Journal tomorrow.
-Additional articles will get
forth in thorough and concise ,
fashion the . part Oregon has
- played in this movement.
j The Sunday Journal
a Cents tho Copy EverywWn -
: Tomorrow
FERDINAND QUITS
SO LONDON HEARS
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