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MAKOl IH III1 l.iNHDOWNKH PICO
IMHAI, MKKTH lit HUH WW. Ol-'
I'lUrTrKT l KNGLAND
10ME CONSULTED OH. LETTER
Lrllng llitilk Men In Itrlmln rlx
Keea llrgrrt Thi Much ln-
pnwtl Mhoulil IWi PnblUlied
tandon. Dee. I. -The letter of
the Marquis o( Unsdowua, asking
tn nllle lo declare anew their war
sini. and tutoring mi attempt
urn..pear bfur."tha war leads
tn the ruin uf the worlda civilisa
tion." la lh eubject of much bitter
discussion tn Kudu ml.
!.nrd Robert Cecil and Andrew
Bou.r U have mndu It plain that!
1j,Bdowiie' vbwa are not thoe of
anr nemh.r.or the cMn t.
At a meeting of labor tinlnnl.i t
which over f.Ano dolegate wer In
attendance, re.olutlon wwn adopt
ed deploring the letter. J. titln,
Chamberlain alale. thia he and hl.j
aaorlate viewed tb letter with n-j
-felgn"d regrrt. , . '
I on Jon. Iteo. I. The 1nrqila of
l4litdnwne wa. Interviewed b lb
Dally INrr ronrernlQU hi lujlcr
and aaJd:
! idioiild like It known positively
IbkU the W-lter waa enllrvly mr own.
X eualuU'lMJtt)0ll;-,o,,1 An
almiinl liln h. been eprend that
tha Iden w. miUKe.ted by other pT
eon, t wl.h to deny tliMl."
IiiTERESTlNG TALK
Tbe OismWr of Conniwree l-irtrl-j.
eon ilonJ.iy no.in will ! Wi tn n:i
Hit uf u .'"l to Dr. KohmV ck
okIImiiI talk Krlilny mm. Tin
gpeukor of li Uny will lt ll-ju. Por
ter J. Nt'ff. of Mcd'or.l. .no the
leading ntloriu.ys or aou thorn Dre
gon', a man who ba tmvel)d 'In (Ifr
many ns well other section, of
Kuroiie und lias famlll tri'cil hlm
elf, by flrht ItBud InveatlKatiuna, or
the true tleruiiin conception of tlicli
philiMopby tor-"reunion,'"' a Mr.
.Nnff call ID of kullur.
Acceptances for others luncheons
.In the near future Ijave been recelv
ed from (lovernor Wlthycombe.
Sjietiher Stanfleld, Pres. Campbell of
the state university, W. K. Newell.
asDlstant food administrator of Ore
.Con. State Superintendent. Churchill
M4 Prealdent Kerr of O. A. C.
WlliiOX WANTS (VNURKNfl ,
TO PAHH WAR MKAHCRKH
Washington, Deo. 1. - President
Wilson Is known to have expressed
tbe opinion that congress should
confine Itself plmoitt entirely to loR
(lslatlon for the vigorous prosecution
rof the war, at the coming ne.slon.
i Hwttlle. Dec. I. The Itnllun nr-
rented, In Milwaukee. chni'Ked v with
oUntliiK a. bomb at the, police stu
tion Saturduy nlghtu helon to the
Clreulo iftudl Honlull, It wits uti
nonnced here today. . -
FRENCH DEFEAT TWO
: POWERFUL ATTACKS
; Paris, IKhc 1. The Hermans vio
lently attacked 'In the Verdun sector
'' making two iKiwnrful efforts. They
f-were dvfeuicd by Hip French' who
IteM the lines ntuct nfler -mn
.MeMt:i '.vhlc'i wei'. ertror
l-p.-v,
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SEATTLE PEOPLE
VOULO OUST GILL
Mnm Mrrllng DerMMiiiK iMurtou
Mayor's IUmtl. hiirrlfl Hlrt
Inilriwiiitevt Clean l't
Seattle, Dec. I. Mayor Gill to
il y refused la comment upbn the
lirtloo of III mtu meeting held hit re
last night. '
Sheriff Stringer lie. announced
(but til office ha Independently
started a "clean up." Twenty depu
tlea ere gathering evidence upon
which to taka action. Tbe ataorlff
baa a.hed General Iron, at Camp
lwl lor 20 military police to help
oust tha trie but tb general de-
clsred Hut auch actlou would be
Inconsistent with tha army' pollry.
Seattle, ee. I. -More than 8.000
person, assembled In masn meeting
IttHt night and denounced Mayor Olll f" of ne"--
for hi laxity In law enforcement The enemy easiialtle were exceed
and failure tn comply with the de-jlngly large. The British probnMy
mend of - Major-tleneral H. A.-o"t con.lderable number of men
Greene that 8eattle.be made iife;aUo. .
for .oldlri. to rl.lt. i The Brltl.h do not attempt to con-
Rlnrlna resolution, fnvorlna m-
pea hnient by the council werellhem an ei.eedlngty uncomfortable
adopted without a dlmienUng rote.ihour or two but tne aituatinn toaay
and the machinery waa Immediately
et In motion tn bring tha action
0f the meeting Mo tbe attention ot
thai legl.latlve body.
FOOTBALL VICTIMS
FB'.TR THAII USUAL
i
Chltagu. Dec, I. Football cl lin
ed 1 vtctlnm thl. aea.on, U le.
than In lain: and four lei than In
11MJ. . The dofendem of tha gn'm
point out that not a fatality or even
serious Injury occurred In college or
unlver.lly game, where tha -training
I develoiM'd umler the direction of
expert phy.lcal iulturlnU. Most of
the acclileutH have been In hliih
.chool.
I'lTTMIiriUl WOMK
Tt MS HTItr'.KT I'AltM
Hltlxlmrg, IH'C. l.The Pittsburg
IUI1 way Company today advertised
In the afternoon papers for women
conductor to operate "trippers"
and "trailers." the extra cars used
during the rush morning and even
ing hour. Women dn.lrlng employ
ment were Invited to. make applica
tion hy letter. About 200. It wa
said, wonld.be needed.
E
llullnn 'Headquarters In IUly,
Thur.ilay, Nov. 29. Tim !enlim
of the Intensity of the enemy'' at
tacks at pluces . nloug the northern
front Is reiarded a forecasting th
moving of activity to .othnr points.
elhi'. fur msHued attacks or In
!Tar:ittoi of rlfi.i).le poltliins
cupable of meeting the .Italians, ic
Inmrced by the. British and French.
In :i concerted advance. ' .
Avliilors report that the enemy Is
feverishly active along the Taglla-I
mento river, where he la compelling!
tlic clvlllnn population to assist In
the conHlrut'tlon of linns of defen
sive trenches and work, on the eust
ern hank of the river' to which he
probably would fall back in case of
a reverse alons; the Wave.
CAXNOX H.W.H lROIIT
WAR AtTlOX CKRTAIM
Wiishlngton, Dec. I. .Prompt and
nilequate npproprintlon by congress
for further prosecution of the war
Mere predicted today hy ex-8peeker
Cnnnnn upon his return for lb
n n , session. . '
Mlneoln, N. Y., Dec 1. The ense
rt'lllarfca HeSuiille , will probably
(in to the Jury tonight.' She Is
clmreil with the murder or her
husband the former famoiia Yale
football player.
GERMANS DRIVE BACK
mm new lines
la a Powerfd S:rprb AtUck, Testes Fcrce Bjx
Reli:q:isi Two Cb f Recently Wca Gmd.
bster-Atbdts Step Gercza Prepress
'British llaudqiurter In r"rn.
Dec. I. In tba operstlon of tbe
Oormana yesterday fl tha Cam bra I
radon, tha enemy undertook a tnrn
Ini iuovamint but tba Biitlah wart
able to pull back and prevent their
bring caught. Tha Brltl.h blew up
number of cunt to prevent their
falling Into tba band of' the enemy.
,So far a ran he learned, no guns
l the fcl that the Oermn gave
la Dot one to le particular unea.l-
ne. Koine acattered Hrtti.n in tne
front line were captured hut niot
of the troop were aafely withdrawn
Some ground wa lo.t but unle tin
foraeen event arlae the German
ptun have been fruntrated with the
Inrurlng of evere lo.te. upon them
elve.
VWiO 0ESO5PT10; OF BRITISH ARTILLERY
i
Umili.n. Inc. l. A German dn
crlpllon or a British bontbnrdmeut.
.moke screen, attacks with gat
fluine-throwers and lauka followed
by a chsrge o,' Canadian and Srolr
published by the Berlin 'rust Is eu
lltled "In the Klanders Hell." '
"For weeks, day and nlht."
the writer, "the British kept our po
sitions under Hi. Kver rinrcer
burned the glowing streams that
poured crackling down upon us.
Bvery day this lire gtew bolter. Our
artillery replied powerfully. The
army communique spoke of a con
centration of enemy artillery fire on
Individual sectors. Even we cannot
describe what that mean. The his
tory of the world hns never seen
anything more awful. All calibres
were brought Into action, and a cra
ter of unprecedented extent opened
beside the other, waa - excavated
afresh, swallowed up the old ones,
spread out beyond the lime trees
and threw up hinterland. Nothing
remained intact of all that ntght of
hard labor under the enemy fire
hud created.
"The destroying fire did IU work
with depressing thoroughness, aeetn
Ing to extinguish all life, and now
came the turn of the amoke shell.
Thick smoke lay before our- eye. o
that we could aee nothing, and yet
ever further forward must we push
our death-defying post. A real fog,
A TOLERANT POLI
Washington, ' Dec. 1. Adminis
tration officials have sounded a note
of warning against a hasty condem
nation of the Bolshevlkl regime In
Russia. The fear Is expressed thut
such a course might prove to have n
reacting Influence upon the Russian
people and lend, them the more read
ily Into the hands of German
schemes.
Buck of what Is described ni a
"tolerant policy" In dealing with
Russln, apparently not only Is a pur
pose to demonstrate faith In the ulti
mnte stnhlltr.iitloiv of the democracy.,
but a fl nt hope Unit the extremist
faction which is for the moment In
control, will refrain from violating
Russia's Unity
pledges' to t!e en
The fighting la continuing today
with tbe Urltlnh counter-attacking.
Berlin. Dee. I The Oermana yea-
terday aaptured 4.000 Brltdh and
several butterle In ;he Csnibral r-
floa.
Brltl.h Army Headquarter ,1a
France. Dec. t. The Ciermana de
livered a pretention aoaault In force
ve.terday morning on the Brltl.h po
nltlont Jtween Bourlon wood and
Moenvre toward the wet. Tnder
power of a tremendona artillery fire
directed on the Brltl.h line. ' (he
(lerman in their 6rt m.h pa.hed
over the treat of the ridge wert of
the wood and down to the vicinity
of the Bapaume-Cambral road, Juat
north of Ornincoort. . ' '
The Brltl.h, after the flrat hock.
oreanlted a counter-attack and
flung them.Hvea agalnat the ad
vanrlng Germana. late ye.terday It
a a. reported the Brltl.h had tuc-
reded In pu.hlng back the enemy,
although the Intter waa retiming!
fiercely. .
i : r "Wv. -
U run iiguih 7Jrk couiiard with
this artificial fog fthfeh the British
send out 'ln W'ler to veil their dla-
poauitin. yl i,
"Who' tills apeai'ed Inadequate
the enemy employed gas. and the
evil mlsla came rolling toward, our
lines and puswul over theiu; only our
gas musks preventea every living
thing from being destroyed. The
ks has a singular effect on our
weapons; all Iron wutt covered with
thick rust.
"The Kniiltsh now judeml thnl
they hud done enough prepurat'ory
work, for suddenly drumfire started
with tbe most . terrifying effect.
Shells of the heaviest calibre thun
dered across, with mines, machine
gun volleys, and hand grenudea all
uniting In a blood cTtrdling. . hellish
pandemonium auch aa even a Dante
would never be able to describe.
"And then the enemy was on us.
Tank after tank loomed forward.
These monster appeared Invincible,
and If one of them waa hit by a
heavy shell the guns and machine
guns inside were -kept going unre
mittingly, nnttl finally their Iron
hall reached our lines. And behind
the tanks cani Scot and Canadians.
We see nothing but endless rows of
enemies.
"At ' last . our"; reserves' deliver a
counter-attack.' Murder ', breaks out'
fresh. The field of dead become
once more a battle ground. "
tente allies and make a' separate
peace.
There , are -intimations that sug
gestions hare reached Washington
from the French capital . that it
would be well to avoid adverse crit
icism here of the Russian tangle,
leaving the commissions gathering
In Paris to deal with It. nt this stage
at least.
, No surprise Is felt in diplomatic
circles here at the speedy acceptance
by Germany and Austria of the Rus
sian proposals.. It had been assumed
that with no Intention whatever of
accepting any substantial demands
ot the Bolshevlkl, that the German
and Austrian chancelleries .would
not miss this great opportunity to
eliminate Russln as an offensive mil
itary force.
Washington, Dec. 1. The presi
dent has approved nn order Increas
ing the .price of anthraolte roal nt
the mines throuho't the country.
to cover the Increase In wages.
IB
BY ALL ALLIES
Mulatto, l-'raare and Italy Are Fee
ing Hrrtuua 8boHao of rMrl lor
War Making latdaitfriea
Home, Dec. 1. IUly aeeda 100,
00 ton ol coal to run Ita railroad,
munition factorlea and war Indua
ttiea. Virtually no coal la required
for domeatle purpoaea, alnee heat
ing ha been auppresaed except tn
ubllc building. . .
Indon, Dec. 1. Coal for domea
tle purpoaea here haa been rationed
and price have been Used. The
price, range from 41 hillings and
pence for the best grade down to
tS ihllllng for poorer grade.
Part. Dee. 1 .-"-Strict economy In
the ne of coal In France la neces
sary this winter to avoid abortage
Tbla I being accomplished by tbe
iMiianee of coal card y which an
amount la allotted to each family.
with a limit of 2(4 pound month
for famllle up to four peraona.
WllitOX PIJCIKHCH BlTPOItT
TO ROCMAHTUfl KISG
" Washington. . Dee. 1 . Prealdent
Wilson baa' aent a meaeag to ' the
king of Ronmanla. pledging ' Am
erica' help In an effort to maintain
Roumanian Integiity. . '
WT AHiSTi
rates o:i iu::ei
W..hlntoifJ!W. I. -The depart-
mem of agriculture Ol protested to
the Interstate commerce coiUkUfsAlo"
against the proposed ' Increase' in
freight rates on lumber from the
Willamette valley point. The de
partment alleges that the rate are
In effect a discrimination against
the Willamette valley mill and as
aerta that the higher rate would pre
vent the production needed for war
purposes.
This protest backs up the action of
the Willamette Valley lumbermen's
association In Its action before the
Interstate commerce commission.
THREE B AGE
Oil HAL PiW,1
A .
Christiana, Dec. 1. The kings of
Norway. Denmark and ( Sweden, at
their conference here, agreed:
First, to maintain , cordial ' ; rela
tions with all nations no matter
what course the war takes.
' 8econd, to observe, to the utmost
the rules of neutrality. "
Third, to aid one another with
merchandise during" difficulties and
to appoint special representatives at
once who shall meet and arrange for
facilitating the exchange of mer
chandise.
HAY HAS LOST
III
Christiana, Norway, Nov. 20.
Correspondence of the Associated
Press.) The Storthing recently
passed a bill instructing a ."White
Book" with reports of Norwegian
ships lost through German warfare
and quoting the testimony given be
fore naval courts.
The book has Just appeared In
two volumes and gives Information
up to July 1.. '1917, recording that
: total of 588. vessels of SSS,S7
tons, together with fiJS sailors have
been lost.
Fort OKlethorpe, Ga., Dec. 1.
Two hundred and forty cases of
mumps and HO cases of measles pre
vail among the 30,000 soldiers at
this post, but there have been few
deaths and the situation Is not
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KXTHKMItm AMOXU Rl'NHIAM
IlKACn WOKK1XO AGKKDtKXT
X)R GOVKK.VM EJIT
SIBERIA TALKS SECESSIQR
AfltftUc RaaaU About 'to IkecUre It
IrMiepradrsce. AmhtMaadur to
fVaam. U IXaaat ed
London, Dec. t. A dispatch from
Patrograd to the Dally Mall say ,
that Siberia la about to declare Its
Independence. Minister, already
have been appointed and are holding
session In the goveraor'a palace at
Omsk. Considerable aeatlaxent !
displayed for the movement an4 a
flag la flying la many place. The
dispatch says that aa a resutt of tbe
election to the coaitttueat asaemblr
Ik Petrograd, the brnlaltea' won itz
Mat, the constitutional democrat
four, the extremist two aad the)
other paatlea were not represented,
owing to the imallaea of their polla.
' ""-. ,
Petrograd. Dee. l.-Loon Trotsky,
Bolshevik! foreign minister, haa dis
missed Mv Maklakoff. Russian am
bassador to Franc beeaaM be par
ticipated In the Inter-allied confer
ence, , '.
fetrograd. Thdrsday, Nov.
Tb MMlllllUtotot- wltB tne
revolutionaires, of the Left and the)
Minimalist Internationalists, have
arrived at aa agreement concerning
the organisation of the governing
powers of Russia, A people's coun
cil la being formed consisting of 100
representatives of the central' execu
tive committee of the workmen's and
soldiers' delegates, 100 representa
tives, of the peasants' deputies, " 11
representatives of the .army and
navy,- 55 representatives of . the
trades unions and 15 representative
of the railway unions. ...
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SIMPSON WILL N'OT ' 1 :
RIX f)B tWGRKSS
North Bend, Ore.. Dec. 1. L. J.
Simpson of Shore Acres tonight an
nounced that he would not be a can
didate for congress in the primaries
next spring.. This refute the re
ports given considerable prominence
in this section that he would op
pose Congressman Hawley.
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ASKVAGEIhEIM
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Cleveland,'., 'Dec. , 1. -Practically
every railroad tn the United States
1-from the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen and order of railway con
Trainmen and rder t railway con
ductors for an increase in wages ap
proximating 40 per cent.
DOUCTGS
m TBS us
Tacoma. Dec. 1. Woman conduc
tors on Tacoma atreetcara is not at
all Improbable If the war continues
to decrease the supply of men. While
the Tacoma Railway ft Power com
pany has not yet taken the matter
under serious consideration, it has
given the question of ' employing
women some thought, according to
George W. Rounds, superintendent
of transportation., !
The Tacoma Railway ' & , Power
company Is experiencing a shortage
of men, Mr. Round Bald.
Aran