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;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."
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; 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
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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
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