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i - t f JfV ftf- wvm- fttfr' -if.fK w ' 'V. DAILY EDiITION (;IUNT PASS, JOHEI'HINE COUMT, OIIEOON, THURSDAY, DEC. 10, 1015. WHOLE NUMBER 1020. ' ' fir- No Other Town in the World the Size of Or ants Pass lias a Paper With Full Leased Wire Telegraph Service. 0 MEET 11 MORRIS SHEPPARD. ISAAC R. SHERWOOD. V TEST IE IS H AD ON I'll TAX BILL First Round in House Indi cates Passage of Adminis tration Measure by Prac tically Partisan Lineup Waalilogton, live 10. The adwla tatratlun ntfanure extending the pre sent emergenr1 war tax another year passed the bouM early tonight by a vote of 205 to 180. Washington, Due. 16. Enactment of the emergency war tax extension measure, fostered by the admlnlstra Hon, waa Indicated thla afternoon In the first tent Toto on the motion to facilitate its paaaage. Thla atood 208 to 192, with Democratic Represents Uvea Galloway, Keating and Hlllyard voting with the republicans. Before thla vote the bouie resound ed with partisan debate. Minority Leader Mann called the measure "ne farious"; Congressman Fordney de clared that "the democratic party la . forced to thla to aave the treasury from bankruptcy"; while Majority Leader Kltchin repltod. "No tax la popular In war tiroes, but the bill Is necessary to prevent a treasury de ficit." The senate finance committee re ported the extension proposal favor- LICENSE POIt WEDDING OF PRESIDENT I ISSUED Washington, Dec. 16. The license for President Wilson and Mrs. Nor man Gait to wed, taken out today, named Rev. Horbert Scott Smith, of St. Margaret's Episcopal church, as the minister. ' The license, No. 72,225, was ob tained by Chlot Usher Irwin Hoover, of the White House, who paid f 1 for It. It gave the president's age as 69 and Mrs. Gait's as 43. IMS IS HELD UP AND ROBBED BY TRIO OF BAN! (By United Press Leased Wire.) Kansas City, Dec. 18. Three ban dits early today held up a , Kansas City Southern passenger train near "Eagleton, Ark., forced the englneman to dotach two baggage cars and the mail car, then dynamited the Wells Fargo express car and robbed the mall . They secured little of value In the exprees'car except four rifles, ac cording to the railroad officers, Four registered loiters, of unknown value, were taken. Passengers were not molested. The tandlts, moulted and hoavlly armed, trawled over the tender and covered tho engineer and fireman. 'After see ing that they pulled tho detached sec tion ft short distance away, the hold up men blew tho sate of the combina tion bnggage and express tar, badly damaging It. . With tholr task finished, the com manded the engineer to .proceed ahead slowly, while they made good their escape. . Tho balance of the crow was loft with tho pnwngors. , The contonts of the safe wero so badly scnttwed that the bandits did not attempt to gather up the loot. Mall clerks who barred the door of the car were compelled to open It un der threats that tlie engine crew would be killed If they did not, Four registered mall packages, however, wero taken,"' ' v TRAIN ITS Senator From Texas It In Favor of Blggsr Army, . A- ' ..' v ) jj, I j , h 110 (IDLE ! FOR AUSTRIA IH AIlCQIiA MUDDLE Washington,' Dec, 16. Austria must directly comply with or refuse American demands In every respect in the Ancona torpedoing case. With reports all Indicating that Austria's reply, now en route here, is merely a play for time, the above Is the administration's attitude, V ac cording to an official today who has conferred with Scretary Lansing on ewry step of the case. Thla means that the administration is tired 'of temporising, that it will not brook the dilatory tactics whjch Germany followed In her submarine negotiations. It la pointed out that Austria has admitted she torpedoed the Ancona while the vessel was standing still. Only the moat positive aasursnce that this report waa mis taken will be accepted as a basis for delay. During the day Charge Zwledenek personally assured Secretary Lansing that the foreign office waa not re sponsible for the admiralty's state ments In the morning papers. : In this. the admiralty was quoted as saying that under the dangerous circumstances In which th sub marine commander; found himself his course could not be disapproved, and, moreover, that If he had not done as he did he would have failed to per form hla duty. Washington, Deo. 16. Another and more peremptory demand for dis avowal of the Auatrian torpedoing of the Italian liner Ancona waa under consideration by the administration today. Outline of Austria's reply to the first strong demand were pro nounced evasive and unsatisfactory. The new note will curtly Insist up on an Immediate compliance "with America's demands. This will cite the Austrian admir alty admission that the ship waa de liberately sunk while passengers were aboard and that debarking passen gers wereN shelled was sufficient "evidence sustaining America's posi tion. The reply was regarded as play for more tlmo. " ' ' An unofficial report at the state de partment today said that tho Aus trian reply had 'been cabled to Borne last nlnsht for forwarding today. It Is xpoctod here tonight. NO 10-IIOtIt DAY FOR CLERKS DURING HOLIDAY SEASON J (By United Press Leased Wire.) Portland, .Doo. 10. Tho Btate In dustrial wolfare commission has denied the petition of the Portland chanVber of commerce to permit wo mon employed In stores to work ten hours per day during the Christmas season Instead of the prescribed eight hours and twenty minutes. AUS Iff, 11 OF UNITED STATES Tone of Reply to toe American Note Is Ccnciliatory, But Does Not Comply , With Terms Proposed in the Com munication Sect by Secretary Lansing Bearing Upon the Question ot Indemnity, Etc., for Americans Lost Amsterdam, Dec. '16. Austria has failed to meet the American demand for disavowal of thie sinking by an Auatrian submarine of the Italian liner Ancona with loss of American lives. Vienna dispatches today said that the reply was handed to Am bassador Penfleld yesterday, asking further time and more negotiations. It was reported, too, that Austria did not reply to the request for pun ishment of the attacking submarine commander and asserted it .would never do this. The tone of the note, however, Is conciliatory. It deelre an exchange of views with the Idea of arriving at an amicable settlement and expresses regret that American lives were sac rificed. . In this connection th mes sage suggests that the Indemnity question can be easily settled after an agreement Is reached on the prin cipal issaes. . - , '' A clearer atatement of reasons for questioning the submarine command er's acts Is suggested. Moreover, dispatches declare, the foreign of fice said that In view of the firmness with which America voiced- her de mands she must have actual facts concerning the torpedoing which she did not set forth In detail in the ori ginal note; therefore, "she requests the United States to present them in another note. She assures America that Austria will accept in a Judicial spirit any evidence In the Washington govern ment's hands, but that the facts now in Austria's possession do not war rant America's conclusions as to Aus tria's culpability. Press dispatches quoted the note as saying: "As can easily .be recognised, the presentation of the circumstances contained In the note allows numer ous doubts and gives not at all suffi cient reasons for blaming the com mander of the submarine, and the Austro-llungarlan government, even if the representation proves correct in all points and judgment In the case is baaed on the. moBt rigorous legal Interpretation." As for the American statement that persons gave It evidence contra dictory of Austrian claims concern ing the . torpedoing, the dispatches say the note suggested Secretary Lansing "had omitted to name these parties upon whom It apparently be lreves It must place a higher degree of trustworthiness than on a com mander of the Imperial and royal navy." The Vienna foreign office admits GLASGOW GIRLS - V ;. H pi i v ' in n-. -.vW ( V ' 1 1 ssj,aTDlT wwwww jsiWiiii,Tsasis.psslii MW 1 1 .mmtmmrnmmmufis.-Hnmmum I Photo by American Press A ssoclatlon, , '' . . The growlug scarcity of men In Ghnirnw now hna mtrnrvrnmen on Its willingness to indulge in an ex change of opinion Id view of Amer ica's announcement that some Amer ican citizens perished, On the point raised bv Washington that Austria knew of the corres pondence with Germany relative to submarine warfare, dispatches say Vienna denied she knew all of it. Moreover, even a. full knowledge, Vienna believed, would not be , ap plicable to the Ancona case, which, she felt, differed from ; the others. For 'thla reason, according to the advices, the reply left it up to Wash ington to draw up "the individual legal maxims" upon which America bases her contentions, at the same time reserving the right to urge her own interpretations of tbe case. TACKS STREWN IN PATH ' OF PORTLAND JITNEYS Portland, Dec. 16. Street cars on Third street did a flourishing busi ness yesterday because some person who had little 'sympathy for Jitney cars Industriously strewed tacks for a block over that thoroughfare. Hardly a Jitney escaped the field of sbarp points. . Dozens of other auto mobile suffered. ALASKA RAILROAD WORK TO REQUIRE TO . (By United Preaa Leased Wire.) . ..' San Francisco, Dec. 16. Between three and four thousand men will be needed on the construction of the government railroad in Alaska next spring, said W. S. Eades, one of the Alaska railroad commission, today. Eades is en route to Washington for a conference with Secretary of the Interior Lane and Thomas Rlggs, an other mem'ber of the commission. , Lieutenant Mears, third member ot the commission, la In Alaska, and will not attend the coming conference. Congress, 4n ita bill providing for the construction of 1,000 miles of road, fixed a maximum cost of $35,- 000,000. To the present time 13, 000,000 has been spent, 47 miles of the route surveyed from Anchorage. on Cook'a Inlet, fifteen miles bf track laid and 75 miles of the Alaska Northern railroad tracks purchased'. 3000 400 ME LEARN TO BE TROLLEY DRIVERS IK . v. it .r. V- M , . II :y,l j) 'V ; 7 i" I! jj U Scotlaud has made It necessary for the It" electric earn. m -' ..:r:. : ..... ,, . 7Awmi Ohio Congressman Declares Against Wilson's Defense Plan. y r i V -. . 1 I ''!" .' -j ft., .. f- .. . Photo D7, American Preaa Association. Athens, Dec. 16. Thie allies are transforming Salonikl into an almost Impregnable fortress, in anticipation of an attack from the central powers. Gangs of Greek laborers are work ing alongside of ' allied soldiers In throwing up earthworks. On . the heights commanding approaches to the city the allies' artillery has been stationed, and the railway to the north has been mined to prevent the central allies' forctes from having a clear road. Three transports debark ed their forces 'yesterday.' ,; ' The entente allies at Salonikl have no doubt that the central troops will invade Greece In force' -within a few days. Nevertheless,- Greeks here doubt that the Teutons and their Bulgarian cohorts will attempt such a move. Those holding this view Bay that the Germans realize that an at tempt to dislodge the allies at Sal onikl would be hopeless. The newspapers declare that not a single Bulgar soldier will be allow ed on Greek soil. MANY ENLIST IN U. S. v ARMY FROM FRISCO , San Francisco, Dec." 16. San Fran cisco leads ' all cities in thV. United States In the number of men enlisted tor the army in proportion to its elze, Colonel John Gardner, Sr., in charge of recruiting, said today. "The war has little, if any, effect on our enllstmenta,", he Bald. "War rumors bring us a few more Inquiries for service, but most of them come from very young applicants" - ' K.I ' Tr 1 ... women to Oil tnsny o' their positions , ' , FORTIFIED BY THE ALLIED lATlONS SUCCESSOR III lil Britea Acscccs Chre cf Ofzirhirs ca tie West ern Bfls Frc:t, With OJicr Shiits d Pre erect London, Dec. 16. With Sir John French no longer commanding Brit ish forces on the western 'battle front, and General Sir Douglaa Haig named to sncoeed him, the changes in the British forces have only started, it was hinted today. J Reporta Intimated that there will be other radical shifts in the higher army commands. . ,;,. Sir John French retires at his own request and will be commander of forces in the United Kingdom. While there probably, will be no violent shake-up, a gradual replacing of field commanders la apparently slated before the expected spring of fensive starts. Those responsible for the failure before Loos in the "big drive' last September will be trans ferred to less Important posts. The appointment ot Haig to the chief command In France and Flan ders yt&a hailed enthusiastically by the public today. The change came as no surprise, for the wave of critic ism that had been directed against Earl Kitchener turned toward Gen eral French after the Loos combat Sir John," however, retains' the friendship of the public even though he does not hold Its confidence. 'Haig Is a Scotchman, 54 years old, with a record 'behind him for service in Africa, the Sudan and India. In the present operations he has been mentioned In praise by Field Marshal French several times. French is past 60, and his record,, too, is excellent, though of late stories had circulated that he had men upon his staff who were unquali fied for preferment TAKES SUPPLIES TO (By United Press Leased Wire.) New York, Dec. 16. Crushed and starving Serbia will have at least some of the food and clothing she eo badly needs,, for the "Christmas ship," the Greek liner Frixos, today busily took aboard tons of both these kinds 'of supplies. About the dock there was a feverish anxiety, r , The- New York Red Cross chapter reserved space aboard her for 400 tons of suppltee purchased with' $30, 000 furnished 1 by" the Rockefeller Foundation, and $20,000 additional contributed as a result of Madame Grouitch'a appeal through William G. Shepherd, XTnited Press staff corres pondent, recently. , ' The ship plans to reach southern Serbia via Durazzo. Federal officials suggested that the public not burden consuls, but send relief to the Ameri can Red Cross. SKItniAN KING WILL . TAKE REFUGE IX ROME fBy United Press Leased Wire.) Rome, Dec. 16.King Peter of Serbia will arrive here in a few days from Scutari. King Victor Em manuel has placed the royal villa at Caserta at, Ms disposal, and Is .also preparing to receive the Montenegrin royal family In case the Austrlans overrun ' Montenegro. The 'Italian queen Is a daughter of King Nicholas of Montenegro. , ( CHRISTMAS SHIP SUFFERING SERBIA r iff lin.i
