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4 j DAILY EDITION vrn m, No. hh. ;IU.VfS 'AHM, JONKPHINE COUNIV. OIlKUON. THl'IWDAV, DECEMBER am, WHOLE Xl'MBER 1M7. .to Other Town in the World the Size of Grants Pass Has a Paper With Full leased Wire Telegraph Service. NEW NOTE IS SIM CARRANZA Instead of Signing Protocol For Removal of Troops, Provisional President Sab raits Another Proposal Washington, Da II. Lull Cab fm thU afternoon presented to 8ee ratary Lane, who U chairman of tha American group of Mexican-America pesos commissioners, General Carreasa's answer to th Uit ITnltod State not regarding tbi troop with drawal protocol. 'Presentation of the note under the clreumstaaoe u generally Interpreted m meanlig Carranxa, In stead of signing the protocol, has de cided onr tnore to sib-eounter-pro-posala. The communication was long one and written In Spanish, and Before It la made public ty Secretary Lent will ibe tranalated and sub mitted to the other membera of the American eommlaalon. WILSON MAY VETO -PORK BARREL BILLS "Washington, Dee. SR. -The to called "pork ibarrel" trlpleti the public bulldlngi, flood control and river and harbora bill approximat ing about 1120,000.000, are due for cold reception If they are left on the White House doorsteps. It was learned today. Owing to the tremendous needa tor revenue during the neat fiscal year, the president and Secretary of the Treasury MeAdoo are determined, H la declared, to prune the "pork barrel" measures to the limit. If they are passed In their present form and sent to the White House for ap proval, It la declared the president will veto them. IYNAMITRR CAPLAN flKTS MAXIMUM SENTENCE i.ua nuftviva, uvv,t in, iscnyuin the motion for a new trial for David ) Caplan, convicted of manslaughter In connection with the Los Angeles' dynamiting In 110,. Judge Willis sentenced Caplan prlsonment today, mum penalty. to ten years' Im Thla Is the maxl- juiiimn ninA.niiii sins I IN THE MEDITERRANEAN) ttalveston, Dec. 28. The British learner Istrar of the Bates line, was submarined In the Mediterranean near the African coast, according to a. letter from on of the vesasl'a of ficers to a relative In Galveston, All of tlie crew was saved! The sinking of the Istrar has not been officially reported. ROUMANIAN OIL FIELDS DESTROYED London, Doc, 18 A British mili tary mission In Ron mania destroyed Roumanian oil fields valued at $160, 4)00,000 bofore that territory fell Info Oorman hands, W, W. Ruther.'ord, rnenVber of parliament announced at general meeting of the Roumanian Consolidated Oil Fields company to day. Ha said th property ftnd stock obtained by th Germans was of no inliii , SINKING OF THE DELTQ JUSTIFIED 111 GERMAN REPLY ; Berlin, via Sayvllle, Dee. II. Germany's answer to American in quiries aa to the sinking of the Nor wegian steamship Delto (or Delta) as transmitted to Ambassador Oerard today, Justifies sinking of that vessel, on the ground that ahe waa violating neutrality and dismisses the conten tion that bar passengers were Jeop ardised aa unjustified. The German reply follows: "After Investigations made tfy Ger man naval authorltlea, the ahlp Del to, chartered by the Italian govern ment for transportation of coal, waa topped October IS of this year about 40 sea mllea southeast of Cap Poloa and sunk by artillery fire fof assist ing tbe enemy la a way contrary to neutrality" and here the German I government eltes article forty-six, tflrst paragraph, line A three of the ! London war law declaration. "After the German commander lisd, taken the shlp'a papers and jciused the crew to go Into the boats, ; ha'f an hour waa given the crew I to leave the ahlp. The weat'.er waa , fcooil and very bright with Mireme (ly low sea, The boitt had ti travel joM. short way to tlitf Spanish coast, so that the usual security was given for the crew's safety. Tbe conjecture expressed by tbe Amer ican government that the life of Am erican cltlsens that might have been i aboard the Delto waa endangered. J therefore la not Justified." j - ; lOt IllJC ERUPTION OF , I MT. LASftKN IN PtUKJRsCftS j Redding, Cel., Dec. IS. A "double .eruption" of Mount Lassen. Call ; fornla'a volcano, has been In progress i since sunrise today, presenting a beautiful spectacle. Two columns of , smoke rose from the mbuntaln. One 'came from the main crater, ascend jlng 1,000 feet before mushrooming out. The second cam from the northeastern crater. PRESIDENT IS 60 YEARS OLD TODAY . Washington, Dec. 18. President Wilson la alxty years old today. From a "close-up" view he looka at least ten yeara younger. A aid view of the executive aa he stepped almost Jauntily through the corridor leading to his offloe Indicated he looked not more than'half his three score years. The president Is In excellent health. Plenty of out door exercise of a mild nature la what la keeping him so fit, Dr. Grayson declares. Three years ago, the president waa reported from time to time as being In a bad physical condition. He continually suffered from colds, which held on tenaciously. Walking and golfing have driven away his weakness for colds and hi added weight gives him the appearance of perfect health. FIVE MKN KILLED IN , COLLISION IN CANADA Montreal, Dec. 28 Five men were killed- and alx Injured early today In a rear end collision, when the Cana dian Pacific Toronto train for Mon treal ran Into the looal train from Cornwall to St. rolycarpe. Owing to a heavy fog, U Is supposed the engin eer of the train from Toronto had failed to see the slitnals or misread them. MILLIONS MADK THIUKJII PICACH NOTE INFORMATION Washington, Dec. 28. Over sixty million dollars was made In Wall street by those having advance In formation of President Wilson's peace not, according to a telegram from Tom Lawsen to Congressman Wood, of Indiana, today. . , CONFERENCE INVASION Of ONADAH SlAV SOIL Bill FAILS IS PLAN Meefcg of Railroad Brother hood Heads and HRJ.Ien to Attecpt AgreeceEi on 8-Hour Law Goses Abruptly New York. Dec. 18. Railroad 'brotherhood heads and th confer ence committee of th railroads held a secret session here today which broke up within a short time with erldenoe of having been closed abruptly by a disagreement. ; Th confernc waa held In an at tempt to reach some agreement re garding the Adsmson eight-hour law. Both sides refused to disease what tranaplred, tbe railroads giving the Impression that th brotherhoods had asked something which they could not agree to. Before entering the meeting W. O. Lee Issued a state ment, attacking th compulsory In vestigation in strikes feature of the Adamaoa MIL 1 Previous to that reports had 'been current that th brotherhood would agree to a plan advocating repeal of the eight-hour law for the sake of re pealing with It the compulsory In vestigation clause, f. nrewUwa7 managers said they might Issue a atatement regarding th . situation later. - W. S. Stone and William Carter went from th meeting room to the Pullman window, planning to leave the city at one. Although neither the brotherhoods' or railroads' chiefs would say when th conference would be continued, It Is believed the conference has been closed until the supreme court deci sion on tho Adamaoa law Is handed down. HERMAN HIRMARINES COMMANDER DECORATED Amsterdam, Dec. 28 Submarine Commander Valentler of the German navy haa been decorated with the or- PFIZE POSTER FOR PREPAREDNESS If '. 1'T ", Selected as ths best descriptive held u New York city Dec. H 'il. holdlug the baxaar German Attempt to Carry the War bto Rcssba Territory North cf Dchrdja Is More cl Marshal Mackecsen London, Dec. 28. Attempt to In vade Russian soli north of Dobrudja or east of Moldavia, la th next de velopment in Field Marshal von Mackensen's eaatern offensive, la ex pected here. Advance of th Teutonic columns ia being opposed in fierce fighting by tbe Russo-Roumanlaa troop. The German forces have lost heavily In their northward advance, and from now on they will have even heavier fighting cut out for them, as th Russo-Roumanian lines are now at taining their greatest strength through consolidation. Very little doubt existed her to day In the minds of military i perta that Mackensen's objective was Odessa, the great Russian city on the Black sea. They recalled re cent despatches from Mackensen hinting that thla waa the point be yond Bucharest at which the Teu tone wer aiming. . '"' - Almost eevea-eighta of the esrttr territory of Roumanla la now in Ger man handa. v Moldavia alone remains free from the invader. But here th Slav and Roumanian force are be lieved aafe from tbe sort of mtiltary tactics by which Mackensen and Hlndenburg achieved most ot their sucess in tbe Roumanian campaign flanking operations. On th west, the allied front la protected by the great Carpathian range and on the east the river Prulth la a safeguard London hopea for a stiffening ot the opposition along thla Moldavian front, and a halt put to the Teutons. der Pour le Merit for hi exploits In sinking 118 ships with a total of 282.- 000 tons, according to Berlin des patches received her today. I 'at i A.ViWV poster of th preparedness bataar to be I.esillnu patriotic and relief societies are MEXICAN SNIPERS HAL El Paso, Dec. 28- After an Investi gation of tbe outpost skirmish early today between Mexican snipers and a' patrol deatchment of the Third Kentucky national guard, during which hundreds of shots wer fired across th Bio Grande, General Boll announced he Is aatlafled th Ameri can outpost was fired upon from the Mexican aide Brat- On man of Company L waa lighting his cigarette when three shot were directed at him from th other bank of the river. - '" El Psso, Dec. 28. Because of con flicting reports of the affair, an In vestigation ia under way today Into the skirmish early today between Mexican snipers and a patrol of tae Third Kentucky natonal guard dur ing which more than 200 shots were fired across the Rio Grande by the guardsmen, after a fusillade of shots from the Mexican aide. The entire city and the militia .camps were aroused by the sound of heavy fir ing shortly before 1 o'clock today. Regular army officers In the vicinity at the time declare they beard no shots from the Mexican aide while others snd officers of the guard on patrol state that scattered firing con tinued several minutes from the other tank. Captain Clark, in command of Com pany L, Third Kentucky on patrol doty above the union station stated that the first shots were fired at- th patrol" under Lieutenant Hale. The guardsmen dropped to the ground opened fire at the apot where' they saw flashes. Another detachment ran up and Joined in the volleys, shooting at the flashes of Mexican rifles. So far as known there have ben no casualties. United States ' authorities have made a demand upon the de facto commander at Juares to ascertain whether any of his men were sta tioned at the" point where the shoot ing occurred or took pert In the sniping.. ' 25TH VICTIM FOR FRENCH AVIATOR Paris, Dec. 28. Sub-Lieutenant Guyenemer, France's premier aviator, has brought down his twenty-fifth enemy aeroplane, today 'a official statement asserted. The report de tailed considerable aerial activity on the western front, with aerial bom ibardlng expeditions on Rompach, Dllllngen, Drley and" Hagondange. Two French dirigibles, It waa aaid bombarded factorlea at Neusklrchen. South of the Avre, a German raid ing party was dispersed, the state ment asserted, and in the region of Beauvralgnes, French forces success fully exploded mines against Ger man positions. The crater ot one of these measured 160 yards In length and forty yards In width. German attacks on the eastern slopes ot Hill S04 wer checked. CHRISTENED WITH WATER SHIP RKFV8K8 TO LAUNCH Portland, Deo. 28. Thst there Is only one liquid with which to prop erly launch and christen a ship Is the double cinched conviction today of a large majority ot persons who went to Ridgefleld, Wash., to witness the launching of the steamer City ' of Ridgefleld. A bottle ot water was broken over the prow of th newly constructed vessel, but despite large quantities of grease which had been smeared on th waya and all known means of starting .ships down, the skids, the boat refused to budge. FIRE ON NATI GUARD AT BORDER PEACE IJOIE RECEIVED Gercjs Asswer to tz WOsca Proposal Reaches thi State Ikpteist- ari Testis Ghrea the PdHc , Washington, Dec. 28. Germaay'a answer to President Wilson's pea not reached the state department to day.' 'The official who announced tho receipt of tho reply said nothing confidential was attached to the an swer. There had been suggestion that Germany might give her terms secretly la a message to Ambassador Gerard for transmission her. The atate department cable office notified Secretary Lansing of receipt of the message about 10 o'clock and Immediately provided him and Pres ident Wilson with copies. Secretary Lansing bad purposely avoided study of th note aa contained la press re ports ao bis mind would be clear on the exact points mad by Ger many and not confused by any pos sible ml statements In press texts. The official copy waa understood. however, to conform In all essentials with the jqress versions. Secwtary' Lansing gave out th text, which waa practically identical with that sent to the press by wire less. London, Dec. 28. Despatch of tho allies' reply to Germany's peace prof fers Is imminent. Information today Indicated that the phraseology ot th Identical notes, to be sent by all th entente natlona, had practically been settled upon. Russia's reply couched In th terms, agreed upon by the allies already la en route to Paris, where It will be handed the American am bassador with France's note, for transmission to Berlin some tlma within the next few days. From authoritative sources, the United Press 1 earns the allied not will contain: A rejection of a peace based on German-made plans. A vigorous worded summary ot tbe principles tor which the allies allege they are fighting for to re move the menace of militarism, of might over right, of the rule ot force over International law. Probably the allies will make still clearer their alms and purposes by a recital of the "crimes" tor which they purpose to hold Germany re sponsible. The note, however, will not state specifically the terms on which th allies will consent to talk peace, such terms must be lnferentlally drawn from ths statement ot the. alms and guarantees for which the alltea contend they are fighting. It will not admit the timeliness of the German plea, nor ot President Wilson's suggestion. At the earn time these allied notea go forward to the central powers, through the diplomatic agents ot Spain, Switzerland and the United States, the alltea probably will for ward an Identical not answering President Wilson's peace suggestions. This American note Is likely to point to the German reply and elaborate somewhat In meeting the American president's plea for a statement of principles. Probably also it wfll em phasise the importance to America ot th establishment, eventually, ot a peace of such permanence as to prevent all recurrence In the future of another such world dlatrubnaoa, according to authoritative Informa tion today. Such t peace, th note will point (Continued on Page I) i. f,