I RED CROSS REPORTS OF CURRENT WEEK C hairm an o f W ar Council Sola F o rth at L en g th \ a st A m ount o f W ork T hat Has Been P erform ed. 3 CONTINUE NEUTRALITY K ings o f Throe S candinavian C o u n tries E n ter In to P a rt M erchandise to IU* K xrhnnged Freely. E W ashington. D. C.—Six m o n th s of C h ristia n ia - T he kings o f N orw ay, e ffo rt to m eet th e m ost fur reach in g D ontnark and Sweden, a t th e ir con­ Brief Resume Most Important ap p eals for relief iu h isto ry is do- Bloody Battle Rages at Cambrai feren ce here, says an official s ta te ­ Washington Warns Against Con­ scribed in a re p o rt to th e A m erican m ent, reached an a g re e m e n t on th e Daily News Items. All Day Sunday. demnation of Bolsheviki. people m ade public T u esd ay night by follow ing p o in ts: H enry 1'. Davison, c h a irm a n of tho F irs t, by reason of tho harm ony e x ­ w ar council of th e A m erican Red istin g betw een tho e m ain ­ w ar fund c o n trib u te d by th e people tained. has been a llo tte d fo r ex p en d itu ro at E vents o f N oted People. G overnm ents Men, M ainly From New- Y ork, ( ’a u g h t Second, in conform ity w ith th e p re ­ llop«> E n te rta in e d T h a t Itusaiana Will hom o and abroad. vious d eclaratio n s and policies o f tho and Pacific N orthw eot and O ther Betw een O pposing F ires, Dig to Not D isregard T restle« W ith E n ­ D em ands from E urope co n tin u e to th re e co u n tries it is th e full in te n tio n in crease, and ou th e rec e n t basis of Thin*» W o rth K now ing. o f th e ir gov ern m en ts each for its e lf to S afety D rop l ’icks for G uns. te n te A rm istice May Fail. ex p en ses th e council e stim a te s th a t observe th e u tm ost d eg re e o f neu­ tra lity tow ard all b ellig e re n t powers. th e w ar fund will not last m uch bey­ T hird, th e d esire is ex pressed re ­ ond spring. So far about $88,000,000 A Long Island, N. Y ., gro cer is W ith th e B ritish Army in F ra n c e .— ciprocally to aid one an o th er w ith W ashington, D. C. R ealizatio n o f in cash has been paid into th e fund offering as a prem ium , in stead of tra d ­ S u n d ay n in e se p a ra te c o u n te r a t ­ m erchandise d u rin g th e p re se n t diffi­ th e d an g er of causing a reactio n in ing stam p s, a lum p of su g ar w ith by th e su b scrib ers. tack s launched ag ain st M asuleres by cu ltie s and special re p re se n ta tiv e s are R ussia fav o rab le to th e c en tral pow ers Of $40,272,657 ap p ro p riated by the every 10-cent purchase. stro n g G erm an forces w ere all re ­ to m eet im m ediately to fa c ilita te the by in terv en tio n in th e (silitical affairs of th e new dem ocracy has caused offi­ R obert P. P erkins, of New York, council, $7,659,000 h as been advanced pulsed a fte r most sa n g u in a ry fig h tin g , exchange of m erchandise. A t th e m eetin g th e re wan a discus­ cials here to sound th e note of w arn in g has been appointed Red Cross com m is­ to c h a p te rs for th e p u rc h a se of ma- ulth o u g h th e B ritish pulled th e ir line sioner to Ita ly by th e Red Cross w ar > te ria l and will be refunded. F o r work back som ew hat to lessen th e sh a rp sion in re fe re n ce to leg islatio n d ealing ugninst hasty condem nation of th e Bol- w ith th e re la tio n s o f fo reig n ers and •heviki. council. He w ill serv e w ithout salary. ab ro ad $27,885,816 has been ap p ro p ria salien t th ere. An Intense b a ttle raged S candinavian su b jects. An a g re e m e n t Back o f w hat is described as a to l­ S ta b iliz in g of su g ar prices, th e food ted. $20,601.-40 of th e am o u n t going all day, and It is stall'd th a t th e B rit­ also w as reached re g ard in g a co n tin u a­ e ra n t (Milicy in d ealing w ith R ussia ap ­ ' to F ran ce, w h ere su ffe rin g h a s been ad m in istratio n announced Monday ish killed m ore G erm ans betw een d a y ­ tio n o f p re p a ra to ry m easures tow ard paren tly not only is a purpose to d em ­ n ig h t, probably w ill be accom plished ' "beyond d e scrip tio n .” F o r w ork o u t­ lig h t an d d a rk th a n In uny sim ila r sa fe g u a rd in g th e common in te re s ts of o n stra te fa ith in th e u ltim a te s ta b iliz a ­ b efore th e end of D ecem ber. Prices sid e of F rance, exclusive of $750,000 period since th e w ar began. It was n e u tra ls d u rin g and a f te r th e w ar. tion of th e dem ocracy, but a fa in t ho|ie now a re w idey d ifferen t in m any p arts recen tly se n t fo r em ergency relief in v irtu a lly co n tin u o u s fig h tin g from the T he d e sira b ility o f co-operation b e­ th a t the e x tre m ist faction which is for of th e country. tw een th e th re e co u n tries w as e x ­ tho m om ent in control o f the g o v e rn ­ Italy, th e follow ing ap p ro p ria tio n s s ta r t of th e first co u n ter attack s. pressed, as a t previous conferences. m ent will re fra in from v io latin g R u s­ A utom obiles caused th e d eath of 801 have been m ade: B elgium , $720,001; T he enem y kept su rg in g fo rw ard in s ia ’s tre a ty pledgeH to th e e n te n te a l­ persons in New Y ork s ta te d u rin g the E ngland, $1,066,520; Italy, $214,000; lies and m ake a se p a ra te |>enre. first 10 m onths of 1917, an increase of R ussia. $1,359,440; R oum anla. $1,518,- waves and as each cam e up It was So long as th e re is a (MstHihility th a t 197 over th e corresponding period in 398; S erbia. $493,203; A rm enians and cau g h t by th e fire from th e B ritish these o v e rtu re s will fail bocause o f the a rtille ry , rifle s und m achine guns. T he 1916, according to a rep o rt o f the a tta c k in g forces w ere mown down like F a ilu re to Receive Q u e stio n n aire May ap p aren tly irreconcilable differences N ational H ighw ay P ro tectiv e society. S y rian s. $1,800,000; o th e rs. $113,012. T h e re p o rt d escrib es in d etail how g ra in before th e reap er, but, w ith betw een the B olsheviki peace schem e F o rfe it E xem ption. S to ries of g erm -laden balloons th a t all th is m oney has been sp e n t, and founded on “ no an n ex atio n s and no in ­ c h a ra c te ris tic P ru ssia n discipline, they (Krxnn A d j u t a n t (¡«-ru-ral. O N G ) « floated across th e line from the G er­ d e m n itie s” and the G erm an dem ands tells of th e vast o rg an izatio n se t up co n tin u ed to fill th e ir ra n k s und a d ­ m an fro n t w ere re lated by th e m em ­ P o rtlan d — E very m an re g iste re d for com |iensation and ‘1 adeq u ate safe- vance u n til a fte r th e n in th assu u lt hud bers of a p a rty of 18 A m erican volun­ by th e w ar board sin ce its a p p o in t­ failed. under the d ra ft law who has changed guards for th e fu tu re , ” it is reg ard ed te e rs in th e am bulance service who m ent. It reco rd s th e fo rm atio n of th e his residence o r (»ostofflce add ress ^ j )H( j p,,iir y e x e rt any p ressu re W ith th e B ritish Army In F ran ce.— should im m ed iately w ith o u t fail, no- from th e outside a t th is sta g e . To do a rriv e d in th is country on T h an k sg iv ­ U nion Red C ross. N aval A uxiliaries, in g Day. th e Cam p S erv ice B ureau, th e S an i­ L arge n u m b ers of A m erican arm y e n ­ tify his local board o f his p resen t ad ­ it is believed would only tend to causa g in eers w o rk in g on th e B ritish ra il­ Lively sk irm ish n g betw een th e B rit­ ta ry S erv ice B u reau and o th e r d iv ­ w ays In th e region of G ouzeaucourt, d ress so th a t he w ill receiv e th e Q ues­ resen tm en t in R ussia and to solidify ish forces cam p aig n ing fo r Jreu salem isions, and d escrib es th e m em b ersh ip cau g h t In th e G erm an tu rn in g m ove­ tio n n a ire he is required to fill o u t un­ th e various elem en ts around th e P e tro ­ grad regim e. and th e opposing T u rk ish troops, in cam paign w hich b ro u g h t th e num ber m ent. escaped by lying In shell holes d e r th e new d r a f t reg u lations. T his ap p lies to all re g is te r« ! men, An additional reason for m ain tain - w hich th e B ritish cap tu red m ore th an of Red C ross m em b ers beyond th e and prone on th e ground w hile the B ritish fired over them . T h e re they even those previously exem p ted or dis- ¡n^ an Mttituses of th e in ter-allie d con­ m in iste r, has issued an order th a t no fund is deposited locally by th e c h a p ­ rep ly in g to th e enemy. se n t to re g iste re d Bien on D ecem ber f,.r, a s s e m b l e d in P aris. T h ere T he B ritish com m anders re fe r to B ritish su b ject shall receive p erm its to te rs and cam paign co m m ittees. A bout th e ir v a lia n t behavior w ith th e great 15. Each m an w ill have only seven art. in tim atio n s th a t su g g estio n s have leave R ussia pending th e se ttle m e n t of lays in which to fill out an sw ers to th e reach,Hl W ashington from tho F rench th e cases of R ussians alleged to be in­ 3500 b an k s now hold th ese d ep o sits in est en th n elasei. A m ericans elsew here took a busy m any questions asked and re tu rn th e c a p ita l th a t it would be well to avoid th e nam e of W illiam G. McAdoo, tr e a s ­ te rn e d in E ngland because of th e ir po­ hand in th e fig h tin g and w ere u n d er Q u estio n n aire to his local board. adverae c ritic ism hurt) o f the R ussian u rer. litic a l convictions. F a ilu re to an sw er tho Q u estonnaire tan g le, hot G erm an shell fire. N um bers of leaving th e com m issioners F o rty -n in e arm y base h o sp ital u n its them v o lunteered for p atro l w ork In and re tu rn it to th e board w ith in th is g a th e rin g in P a ris to deal w ith it, a t W ar crosses have been aw arded to and five fo r th e navy have been re ­ th e d a n g e r zone and all acq u itted seven-day lim it w ill en d an g er a m a n ’s th is sta g e a t least. B enjam n B urton, J r . , o f Colusa, C al., rig h t to claim ex em ption, reg ard less c ru ited , organized and equipped by them selves finely. No su rp rise is fe lt in dip lo m atic and H e rb e rt Hope, o f O akland, C al., T he crew of a tra in had a narrow o f w h eth er he did riot receive th e circles here a t th e sjieedy acceptance th e Red Cross. More th a n 12 of the of th e A m erican Field S ervice in escape. The engine d riv e r, w hose hom e Q u estio n n aire. by G erm any and A u stria o f th e lasninu F ran ce. Mr. B urton and Mr. Hope arm y u n its and tw o of th e nav y u n its is In St. I^ouis, was sta n d in g beside H ence it is u rg e n t th a t ev ery re g is­ profiosaln. It had been assum ed th a t drove a m otor tru c k under heavy b o m -; h av e now been m u stered in to th e ir his engine ta lk in g w ith a B ritish sol tered man whose address has been w ith no in ten tio n w h atev er of accept- b ardm ent O ctober 8, tw o men w ith resp ectiv e m edical corps and a re see­ d le r w hen th e a tta c k sta rte d . A shell ch an g ed should, fo r his own p ro te c ­ | ing any o f th e su b sta n tia l dem ands of stru c k n ear by and killed th e B riton, them being killed. ing service. T h ese u n its can c a re for b u t th e A m erican seem ingly m iracu tion, a t once n o tify his local board of th e B olsheviki, th e G erm an and A us­ a 500-bed ho sp ital each, and som e of lously escaped. Two m ore sh ells ex his change in address. The final sh ip m en t of th e first 2000- tria n chancellories would not m iss th is So im p o rta n t is th is m a tte r consid­ g re a t opp o rtu n ity to e lim in a te R u ssia ton consignm ent o f refined su g ar has them h av e been rein fo rced to en ab le ploded on e ith e r side of th e locom otive and th e en g in eer th o u g h t It tim e to e r« ! by P rovost M arshal G eneral C row ­ as an offensive m ilita ry force for th e a rriv e d in Stockholm from G erm any. them to tak e o v e r la rg e r ho sp itals. move. d er, a t W ashington. D. C., th a t he has m any days, w eeks o r even m onths A fu rth e r 1000 tons now is being load­ T h e Red C ross h as a lso organized He and th e crew “dug them selves In ed a t S te ttin and is expected to a rriv e 45 am b u lan ce com panies, w ith a to ta l in shell holes, and. a fte r m any hours. issued th e follow ing in stru c tio n s re la ­ d u rin g w hich d ip lo m a tists m ig h t pro­ w ith in a few days. I t is declared th a t perso n n el of 5580, all of w hich have escaped. The ra ilw a y w as blown up tiv e to g iv in g it full p u b licity : tr a c t th e n eg o tiatio n s for an a rm is tic e “ P lease cause tho b ro ad est and m ost and [leace. th e su g a r has been received w ithout by th e G erm ans soon a fte r th e Am eri e x te n siv e and continuous p u b licity to any special com pensation from Sw ed­ been tak en in to th e arm y m edical can s hid them selves. corps, som e for se rv ic e ab ro ad , o th e rs e n ’s resources. A B ritish g en eral told th e c o rre ­ be given th ro u g h th e A d ju ta n t G en­ for th e cam ps and can to n m e n ts. A spondent th a t he could not p raise them era l, local and d is tric t boards, th e new s­ P o tte ry and g lass m an u factu rers in g en eral h o sp ital, for th e use of th e too highly. I t Is rep o rted th a t several papers, and by all o th e r possible E a ste rn Ohio, N o rth ern W est V irg in ia navy, h as been esta b lish e d a t P h ila ­ A m ericans w ere cap tu red , b u t escaped m eans o f w arn in g to all re g is tra n ts C o nvalescent hom es have a fte r a few h o u rs and rejoined th e who m ay have changed th e ir places o f V o luntary E n listm en ts U rged Before and W estern P ennsylvania w ere Mon­ delphia. December 15. day notified th a t th e ir products had been b u ilt a t F o rt O g leth o rp e and B ritish . abode and postoffice address to com m u­ T he en g in eers were m ain ly from n icate im m ed iately w ith th e ir local been listed as non-essentials by the F o rt .M cPherson, Ga., and m obile lab ­ ( Fro m A d j u t a n t G«n«r»L O. N. G. govenm ent, and m any m an u factu rers o ra to ry cars are to be provided for New York. boards w here th ey are re g iste re d , and P o rtla n d —T he O regon C oast A r til­ use in c a se of em erg en cies a t the took th is to m ean th e ir plants would cam ps. fu n rish th e ir p re se n t address so th a t lery needs 131 re c ru its to b rin g it up be closed fo r lack of tra n sp o rta tio n Q u estio n n aires, w hich w ill begin to be to full w ar stre n g th , and i t n e « ls th em F o u rteen th o u san d Red C ross n u rse s fa c ilitie s and fuel. m ailed D ecem ber 15, w ill reach such rig h t aw ay. have been enrolled for duty, and a p ­ p ro x im ately 3000 have a lre a d y been T en C itizens D raw Down More T han re g is tra n ts w ith o u t delay. H ere is a chance fo r p a trio tic young P rince Ong Chow A r titt, nephew of called into a c tiv e n u rsin g serv ice, of ‘‘R e g is tra n ts a re bound by law to O regon m en to e n lis t in one o f th e th e k in g of Siam , a rriv e d in San F ra n ­ whom 2000 are w orking abroad. $5,000,000 A nnually. keep th em selves advised of all proceed­ m ost a ttra c tiv e branches of th e arm y cisco S atu rd ay from th e O rien t on his in g s in re sp e c t o f them , and fa ilu re to service, th e heavy a rtille ry , befo re th e W ashington, D. C. — Tw o h u n d red way to W ashington, D. C., w here he and six men w ith m illio n a ire Incomes. do so m ay re s u lt in th e ir losing rig h t ban goes on vo lu n tary en listm e n ts by ex p ects to a rra n g e fo r his naval edu­ 10 of them w ith an n u al Incom es of to claim ex em p tio n o r d isc h a rg e .” men of d r a f t age, on D ecem ber 15. cation in th is country. T he prince, m ore th a n $5,000,006 and 196 w ith in­ On and a f te r th a t d ate, no m an of who is 14 y ears old, is accom panied by P re sid e n t A u thorizes 35 C ents P er com es ra n g in g from one to five m il­ R ecap tu red P riso n e r Dies. d ra ft ag e w ill be p e rm itte d to volun­ a p riv a te se c re ta ry and a m em ber of lions, a re show n In th e Incom e tax Ton Increase. S a n ta Fe, N. M .— C harles C raw ford, te e r in th e arm y, and he m ay volun­ fig u res of th e In te rn a l R evenue B u­ th e S iam ese leg atio n a t Tokio. who escaped Sunday n ig h t from th e te e r in th e navy o r m arin e corps only W ashington, D. C.—A g en eral In­ reau for th e fiscal y ear 1917. Six men T hursday atta c k e d th e crease of 35 c e n ts a ton w as added to W hile 437,036 persons paid Income Taos county ja il, w here he w as held when he has a certific ate from th e H uebner brew ery com pany p ay m aster th e p rice of a n th ra c ite coal a t th e taxes last year, previous e stim a te s set on a charge o f fa ilu re to re g is te r fo r ch airm an of hia local board th a t he is a t Toledo, Ohio, and g o t aw ay w ith m ines M onday by P re sid e n t W ilson, th e n um ber as high as 700,000. T he th e se lectiv e d ra ft, died F rid ay n ig h t so fa r down the list he w ill not com e to m eet a proposed w age in c re a se for n um ber of m arried men su b ject to the in a ho sp ital here of wounds received w ith in th e c u rre n t d r a f t quota. $35,000. a n th ra c ite m iners. T h e new p rices Income tax u n d e r th e old law w as 356,- w hen he w as recap tu red Tuesday. T he O regon ('o a s t a rtillre y , in com ­ The d eath of ten soldiers a t Camp a re effective beginning M onday and 107; u n m a rrh d m en, 47,461; u n m a r­ C raw ford fled to La M adera a f te r his m and o f Colonel C. C. H am m ond, of B eauregard, n ear A lexandria, Va., will add m ore th a n $30,000,000 to th e ried women, 26,833 and m a rrie d wo­ escape and w hen a posse w en t th e re E ugene, is one o f th e crack heavy a r ­ d u rin g T hursday, w as announced, m ak­ public's annua! coal bill. men m aking r e tu rn s se p a ra te from to a rre s t him he offered re sista n c e . tille ry o rg an izatio n s in th e U n ite d ing 22 d eath s in th e last ten days. | T h e wage in crease w as ag reed on th e ir husbands, 7635. H e w as sh o t by tw o possem en, one S ta te s. I t is now in tra in in g in fo rts by o p e ra to rs and m in e rs’ re p re s e n ta ­ T he num ber re p o rtin g incom es be­ Some of the d eaths w ere due to pneu­ a t th e m outh of th e Colum bia riv e r. tives h e re two w eeks ago, c o n tin g e n t tw een $3000 and $4000 was 85,122; be­ b u llet p iercin g th e stom ach. m onia and m easles. on h ig h e r coal prices to ab so rb the tw een $4000 and $5000, 72,027; betw een Colonel H am m ond hopes th a t ev ery The B razilian governm ent has raise. W hen th e ir n e g o tiatio n s w ere $5000 and $10,000, 150,551; betw een G erm any S till H opes to G et In d em nity. tow n in th e ¡»tate h aving a com pany in reached an a g reem en t w ith France for ended the o p e ra to rs and m in ers tu rn ed $10,000 and $15.000, 45,305; betw een London—T he Saxon finance m in is­ th e C oast a rtille ry will m ake it a p o in t th e use under th e B razilian flag for o v er to th e fuel a d m in istra tio n th e ir $15,000 and $50,000, 59,311; betw een te r, d u rin g th e b u dget d e b a te in th e of^honor to see th a t its com pany is one y e a r of 30 fo rm er G erm an ships, a g re e m e n t and e stim a te s of w h at it $50,000 and $100,000. 10,452; betw een Saxon d ie t, according to a d isp atch to fill«! np befo re D ecem ber 16. And he would add to th e ro s t of production. $100,000 and $150,000, 2900; betw een held in B razilian po rts, fo r provision­ T hey asked th a t prices be raised a t $150,000 and $200,000, 1284, and be­ th e T im es, from A m sterdam , said th a t hopes th a t all th e o th e r tow ns will do in g th e allied countries. G erm any m u st dem and a larg e indem ­ th e ir p art. le a st 45 cen ts a ton. tw een $200,000 and $1,000,000, 2238. n ity w ith o u t b o th e rin g w hich o f h e n Food A d m in istrato r H oover’s plan to W omen C onductors N ext. a d v e rsa rie s should pay it, adding: ta k e a larg e q u a n tity of su g ar held in Monroe Man Is H andled. Indian R ecru its Sought. ‘‘L e t th em only th in k o f A m e ric a .” Tacom a, W ash.— W oman conductors th is country for foreign account and E v e re tt, W ash.—G eorge W . Croff, S alt Lake c ity .—C hief Mexes, a Mes- on Tacom a s tre e t cars is not a t all im ­ pay fo r it w ith g overnm ent funds was m e rc h a n t of M onroe, a tow n n e a r ealero Apaehe of th e fam ous W olf clan, A m erican W omen D ecorated by France. p ro b a b le if th e w ar continues to d e ­ approved as legal by the controller. h ere, w as seized on h is w ay hom e arriv e d hi re M onday In com pany w ith W hile th e P a ris — In th e list o f persons m en­ crease th e supply o f men. T he ap p o in tm en t o f Leonidas R. S unday n ig h t by five m asked m en, his wife to co n duct a cam paign for tioned in th e official jo u rn al as being Tacom a R ailw ay & Pow er Co. has n o t W hipple as pro fesso r of journalsim a t tied and tak en by au tom obile th re e o b tain in g re c ru its am ong th e In d ia n s th e ^recipients o f silv e r m edals aw arded y e t tak en the m a tte r u n der serious con­ th e U n iv e rsity of V irg in ia w as re - ' m iles from tow n and released . L a te r for service in th e U nited S ta te s arm y. fe r h o spital work a re th e nam es o f th e sid eratio n , it has given th e q u estio n of Bcinded F rid a y by th e board of vis- j a can of ta r w as found th e re . C roff T he chief, who b ears th e m essage of D uchess de C hoiseul, fo rm erly C laire em ploying women som e th o u g h t, a c ­ had a large sum of m oney In his pos­ Chief T h u n d er W ater, co m m an d er of ito rs, a f te r an in v e stig atio n of alleged C oudert, o f N ew Y ork; th e M arquise cording to the su p e rin te n d e n t of tr a n s ­ session. b u t it w as n o t ta k e n . H is d isloyal se n tim e n ts expressed by d au g h ter, who w as w ith him a t th e the Council of T rib es of A m erican In ­ de C ham brun, form erly M arg aret R ives p ortation. dians, Is to u rin g th e co u n try and ex­ W hipple in an ad dress last week a t tim e of th e a ssau lt, ascrib ed It to h e r pects to enroll m ore th a n 5000 A m eri­ N ichols, o f N ew Y ork, and Miss E lsie The Tacom a R ailw ay & Pow er Co. ia S w e e t B ria r College, V irginia. exp erien cin g e sh o rtag e o f men. fa th e r’s alleged anti-w ar a ttitu d e . D« W olfe. can Indians. COMPILED FOR YOU U. S. ENGINEERS AID NO PRESSURE, POLICY NOTICE TO WAR REGISTRANTS NEED MORE ARTILLERYMEN 206 MILLION-A-YEAR INCOMES COAL GOES UP WITH WAGES