DAILY EDITION VIM. Mil.. Nu. lit. riRANTt PAW. JOHKPHIME COl'NTT, OKKQO.N', WFDNr.HUAV, DM KMItKII S, IttIT WHOLE M'MRKH SMS. i 1 AUSTRIAN Id . DECLARATION NOT FOR WEEK AHMIMHIUATloX I.KAOKII 11 , SOT K.XPKIT I' IHSAliK OK lll , HOUTION AT ONt'E MM! AU3TR1ASS ARE LEAVING War Ihwlitralttiu Mill I HHitii-ly I'Ure Ctl4im of Aunlrl In Clime iif A lira Km'iiilr WaaUliumn. Ix-c. II. The Iiiiiih 111 vote tied Friday on lb decUra Uon of war with (Inrmuu) ' ally. Austria. Washington, Dee. l4il dla- imli'h t -A postponement of the dec-' larallnn of war against Annlrla liyj conaresa until some time next wcekj In probable, said 'ongreninun Flood this afternoon, lie don not Mleve Home. Dee. ii. The enemy begun the senate wilt -( this week unlo " . k on the Italian line tbl af n arrangeemnt In made for th al-'tenmon along the Aaluno plateau. raultenoous roiinlderallon resolution Itv lioth hniiM. Washington. Dec. 5 -Score of ' Aimtro-lliingorlim subject suspect-; Italian Headquarter. Dec. 1. A d of tln enemy axi-nta In thla i Knut forva of im-n and k'nna havr niiintry will ha arrratril within u faw ! M.fii immwd ,y thr AimtrlaiiN and bourn after a dmlarttllon of wnr c iiiuub In thn AIhk acrtlon, It la a'altMt AiiHirln. Mnnv of Ihi-ne im'nirHrtyd. A raaumptlon of offynalvn hava Wn under aiirve!llnnii hy da- oiirrallona la eximi ted. It N reiiorl partnipnt of Juxllrr aRenla fore( thai. Hie enemy In niploi Inu len montha. Imt have not hemi tiikeiijiilvUlnna of Irmipa. Into runtody heraiue of luck of def- , Inlta evlden.e aualnHt them. j irn. Iec. .'i.The Aimtro-livr- fiorernmeni inveKtiKiitora recently , rp..rled an exodn. of odi.ea.ad A.i.- trlana from the I'nlted State and.lt - U believed they fled In anticipation ; of a formal dccliiriitlon nc.ilnit their country. of war TWO V.W IH V l TIHIH K 11X1.0 IN 1 IIH T Toronto, Dec. ," - Two iljem'nTB of the Itnyii! Klylnu rmpH In triilliln here were Ihil.inll) Mlled here to day whi n tliey were Btrnck hy a f nil 'In airplane drlten hy Cadet .1. II. Macon, of Oand Korku, N. I. The two men were riding; a motorcycle with a aide care In thn vicinity of the ulrdrome when the plane fell nnd Hlriirk. The aviator ramped aerloim Injury. IMMlTK. KIONAITI'ltS ox hi'. aim ( mitt.c MiirBhfleld, Mo l..c. r.. -Clande (Mersol. the ronvleted kldimpiier of haov Lloyd Keet. Inm lioen nerved; with a warrant clinrk'lnn him with1 lhn denth of tho kidnapped hahy. SUE .10 HAVE CHAUTAUQUA The plucky llltlo town of ltoKu.. JUver, nine mllca up tho river, ia :t.iHliiH a thret; duy ehaiitaiiiiia, D- of the lieat.fmn lahed hy the Kill-non-White circuit which furnlahed thn uttriu'tloua lor the Cranta I'iikh ohuntituqiia Inm aprlnK. Not only nre the pnteritrlilnij ieo ple of our neighboring town to he tonxratiilnled upon their effort, but It ahoiild be aupported. The maii flwment hiia iinnonnced that until Krldny aeiiHon tlrkels run lie" pnr rbiiHcd at $l..iti. After Friday the price will lie $J. To lu'fsoiiH run puichaae a ticket Jointly nnd divide lhn nttnictlona between them no thai none of them need be missed. The ehiiulniiiiin l: one of Amer b a'a moat doaervlni; Inst It ut Idiih. It bullda nnd brondena a communlty'a life. It's lnfluenco for ifood should lie extended by encournglnK the timnller roiyniunltlea to nrranne for then? aennona, noi?ue Ulver'n jx mpl ahntild find Imlhtnr. HIS GATHERING FOB SECOND BLOW Teoloiilc loni-a Today 'iiiiiiii-iHf ii"licr OrTcimlve Auiiit IIuIIho I.Imk Milking hllulil (iul4 Washington, Dec. S--Austro-llun gur Inn, troop iir taking the lead In Hi new attempt lu break through thu lulliin front (o compel the re Irrut of' (jeneral Mat's armies from Mix iiioii ii l u I iiH. rapture Venice and lii'tnilt tha Invaders to ewarni over h wide exN'nt of northern Italy'i plain. A break In tho Itullnn Una would flunk Hip Pleve Una and ren der the lino uf Brents Impossible to liold. lima roiniifllliiK an Italian re treat to Adlge, noma 30 miles to the utard. Tim I'nlted Htute decimation of war on AuHtrla would aid In the use of American troop In Italy, It In pointed out. Tim lulluim have withdrawn fiom some of tha morn adsnred positions Iwlwwn Monte Tonderacar and Mont lludoiiourrlio, In northeust Aalago. of the ( The only gain ware of noma post ilion, tha Iom of w lib It do not effect I Ihn Kalian linn. .. , w.ir.iii i-niiiui.ti .m... i.m ,,,,, ,n romnn,. ,p!iilllen H fVUmel jndaim'a .eporl- nioinitiilnoiin front of northern f t a I y . WHhlni!toii, Occ. j. Cniuiemj Iiuh t.iken ip the worH of a ilei lara-1 tlon of war upon AiiMtrl.i. The hcii iiin huh not In ai'MHlon, hut. the for elun rnliilloiiH eommlttee wan In con ference. Ill the hoiitie Itoprcticntutlve lllooil inlroiliiced a Joint renolutlon drafted In nrrordnnre ' w ith Ibo prenldcnt'a view a, declaring' "thut a Kioto of war exlata" nnd "bna exlated" nlnce noon today nnd directing! the em ployment of the en'lre nuvnl nnd military forcea of the Cnlled atatea In the proHeriitlon of the name. SOI Til AMI ItlCAN Kl IIMN X t. S, lll, ( KI.IST WiiNhlimton, len. it.- A hlurkllat or I, Mto firm In 2i Continl nnd South Atnerii'un cotintrlea with whom merchants of the 1'iiited Stntea are forlilddeii apeclflenlly to do '.i i' lnesa. exee;it i'oder si eelrl II- jeenae, was promulnutd lnnUhl bvj ! ,hn nr ,r"d b,,an1' " omcl,,,,vj 'aiyien enemy irnninv uai, una con-t atllnti's the first xertlon of n record (which eventually will Include the I names of flrnia In moat of the eouti- trloa of the world, Including the I Fnlted Htatea Itaelf. Ithree plead guilty San Kriuiclseo, Dec, S. Lieuten ant Wllbelm von Hrlcken, ' (ieorge Itodlek ii ml II. A. Sibroedet, three of the most prominent of the 34 ile fendniita eharKi'd with rojiaplrini; to foment a revolution In India, have pleaded nullly In order o avoid, fur thor dlaelnaurea In court. "The lean an lit about the enne. the better It will be for (lermtiny," was their statement. T AtlLIUI AN ItLTIIKKKXTATIVK AT PKTIKMiltAlt INHTIUITK.D MIT (H'lHiNKIi HOIXHKVIKl OFFICERS STEP COUNTERACTED hvimlisli I'aptira I'rufeea to Hen lit TliU AMMmle of iUft IMwcm Am ri and Mw Alliee Vit.li I ii urn, Ijic, u. It waa olli dally deelared at the atate depart ment that both Ueulenant Colonel Judhon Head, heiul of Amcrliau military oiIhhIoh in llunxln, and Ma jor M. ('. Keiih. temporary military Httuilie at the I'etroicrud emhuHNV, bad acted without limtnictloni from thla xoveinment In ireaentllii coin miinleatlona to the HolHhevlkl ov etniiinut on the attlliidH of thn I'nlt ed Hi ii ten toward their effort to effect aeparute peace or armlMlce with (ierinnny. Htockholiu. lir. fi. The pro-(ler-man, pieH In Sweden la aTeatly edit ed ovor the rrort f hut l.leiitcnatil Colonel William P. .IiiiImid, chief of the American military mlaalon to RiiNnla. paid a friendly vlalt to l.eon Trotiky, the foreUn nilnlater at I'etrocriid. and "anMiircd him that KiptNla hud a rUht to atari peuce ne- Rotlntlnna," and I hut the "time for nienaca analnt the BoUhevlkl had iaed." I Kven newpaperH tavorulde to the led B'flnn ludlcatlonx that "America InrliueH to Accept the ennHequencea of the HolHhevlkl rnlo and thut Prance and England will he left to entry on the war aloni. The I'etronrad TeleKraih nwenuy. which in rontrolled hv the llolstio- vlkl, on Monilny announced that Mentnnunt-Colonnl .IihIkoii had paid1 an "nnofllelnl vlelt to the Smolny Inxtltute," the llolwhevlkl headqtiar- tern, and that the vlnll had runaed a aeimallon In entente allied dlplnmn- tie aphereg. , FIGHT SI BY SIDE London, l)ec. j. The Hrltlttu, act liiK with u force of HuhsIuhs, car ried out a sueceaHful operation in Mcaopotttmia, With tho lliitlah Army In France, Dee. V---TI1M GermaiiH up to noon today hud not renewed their at tempts of yeaterday to amaah the l!iltlah front HOiilh or MurcoiDK, but it Hcmiis Improbuhle that the enemy will allow mattera to remain as they now are. Y Wiiablntiton, Dec. . In ordering an lmestlKntion of complaluta of ul lcKcd (llaeriiulnatlon axalnat colored men In the army. Secretary linker today mude It plain that he consider most uf the 4'0mpluinta unwarranted and due to (ierman propngunda. ;ovi:i;oit aimihnts oi xxk to statk iiisrriox Salem, Ore., bee. .V tiovernor Wlthycomlie unniiunccil (lie appoint ment of Dnvid M. Ounne or Portland an a member of the atate educational and vocational board. The board will have iharna or administration of ir,oni allotted by the federal jtnvorniitent for Industrial education In OreKon. AM RUSS ACTION ITALY SENDS GREETINGS TO H ER NEW ALLY ITAUAX I'KKMIKIt'H MIXS.UiK TO VKUVhK OK .VMKItlf.l VOICKH AI'I'HI'X IATIOX ONE ENEMY-OHE BATTLE LINE I lUt Will Leiul With lrreatatubie Krr Ut Victory for liberation of the Humaa ltae I'arla. Iec. 6. Premier Vittorlo Orlando of Italy, who baa been in attendance upon the allied confer ence here, aenda nieaaaxe to the Amerlcuii people tbrouuh the Asso ciated Pi em, in which he ay: "The moat alarniltiK period of the rials may lie considered aa paat, Itnly'a aoldlers, with admirable hero Ism, have aucceeded In oppoainx the barrier of their hreaata to the Inva der and behind her army stands the Italian people to a man. "Our allien' aid bat come to na spontaneously, aa from brother, at our moat troubled hour and Ipl y fully appreclatea the hluh value of the sympathy and support which have come and continue to come every moment from the United Slates. The democratic soul of Italy knows well that It ran have the fullest confidence In the American democracy "It la with the utmost Joy that I have noted the direct participation in thn Inter-nllied supreme war council at Paris of authorized repre sentatives W the Vnlted States. "Henceforth we all have but one slnR-'e enemy, .lust an evidently It ia a sltiKle will which guides the ef forts of the opposition, champions of violence and autocracy represent only a single people and a single army. "Such unity will conduct us with irresistible force to victory., which we shall salute on each side of the ocean as, a radiant liberation of the humnn race." Washington. Dec. 5. The govern ment's operation of the railroads of the country during the duration of the war, If u unification of the trans portation systems Is not permitted by congress. Is the recommendation of the. Interstate commerce commis sion. As fin alternative, the commis sion recommended nn Increase ofi railroad rales, a loan from the gov-j eminent and the suspension of the; antl-truust and anti-pooling lawn for( railroads during the duration of the. war. ILLINOIS HAD MF.X AUK StHIX CAPTI KKI) Jollet, 111., Dec. 5. Twelve or the 13 convicts who escaped from the state prison here, have been re captured. lindon, Dec. 5. The British steamer Apapa has been torpedoed and sunk, acrording. to the morning papers. Eighty passengers and the crew of the vessel perished. About ; 120 passengers were saved. j It is reported that the submarine! Bred on women and children in open; boats. EL1 ESCAPE MOT If Xet Amiy lalipl MwiiilM-ra Lena Hum Million Men, Tills County I'robulily Kxrmpt A lottur received ttf the loai reg istration board from the adjutant general's office, state that each county will receive credit Jo ' the voluuteer enlistments in tnu army since June 30 last, In filling- the next army quota. The last draft was for an armr of 675,000 men. The quota of Orexon, before any deductions' for enlist ment had been made, waa 7,374. On a population baala, the cross quota of Josephine county waa 89. Aa the connty bad already furnished mote than that number of men by enlistments in the army prior to that time, thla county waa not called up on for any In the draft. The queatlon of what the county will be called upon to do when the next draft comes, will depend, of course, upon the size of the army to he raised. , It Is probable, however, (but If the call Is for 1.000,000 men or less, this county will attain hare sent its full quota by volunteer en listments before the time of , the second draft. The number of enlist ments at the local recruiting office since June 30, ha been 92. This Is about equal to the county's quota on a draft of a million men. 1 Havre. Dec. S. The Belgian arm was composed of 117.0U0 men at tha beginning of the war, Increased ny 20,00)1 volunteers In Augusut, 1914. and was reduced to 00,000 men T ter the battle of Yser. By measures applied to Belgian refugees and by the enlistment of volunteers who braved the live wire barriers rained on the Holland frontier. It now has been brought up to 10 divisions of well trained forces ready to take their part In the offensive In Flan ders whenever the word Is given by the commonder-in-chlef. The Asso ciated Press Is Informed hy the Bel gian minister of war. NATIONAL (U'AKHS AUK MOV Kit TO ST. I'AIL St. Paul, Dec. 5. Kleven com panies of .Minnesota home guards from cities outside St. Paul tonight were ordered to report here because of fear that outbreaks would follow the proposed convention of all labor unionists of the twin cities, nc fled til ed to meet here. A general strike In sympathy with the street railway employes is experted to result from the meeting. Portluud, Dec. 5. Kueiny aliens j may cross the bridges spanuing thej Willamette and Columbia rlversj here only on trolley cars, according! to a ruling received today by Federal District Attorney Realties from Washington. It was also ruled that enemy aliens may not visit any rail road depot except for the purpose of taking a train without unnecessary delay. . I. KASTKKX CITIES SWING HACK TO WET (XILOIX Boston, Dec. 5. License forces won a decisive victory over the op ponents of the licensed sale of liquor hy swinging four additional cities into the "wet" column n the eigh teen municipal elections held In thin stato today. Fall Tttver, Flichhitrg. Haverhill and Taunton changed from "dry to wet." OSEPHIM I NINE BILLION E T HM'KKTAKY McADOO'B KHTU MATK8 WAK KAPKXDITl KKS IlKAfj IX I.AIIiK FIGl'RKS TO LOAH ALLIES SIK 11101 Total lliflburmtnenta to inly,' Are KMlmata! at Nearly Mnete. Rlllion Hollars Washington, Dec. 5.Cogreaa was Informed by Secretary McAdoo in his annual report submkteJ to- 4y that f6.12l,203,793 must provided In addition to funds from taxea and bond lasues already thorlxed in order to make estimated receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30, lilt equal disbursement. If this deficit Is met by a new laaue of bonds, the total amount of se curities to be issued In the next seven months it estimated 19.919,- 433.8S0. For the next fiscal year, ending Jane SO, 1919, the estimated excess) of disbursement over receipt! la $7.6J7,97S,980. Huge war expenses and loans to America's allies at the rate of a half billion dollars a month have made these estimates many time larger than any ever presented In a secre tary of the treasury's annnal report. Of the $ 12,31 (,000,000 estimated ordinary expenditures for the year ending next June 30, 111,5:7,000. 000 is for war purposes, and the pro portion ia about, the same for the fiscal year ending in 1919. Total estimated receipts for the current fiscal year are $12,580. 732, S00, which, with a balance In the treasury last June 30 of $1,066,983, 361, makes a total of $13,647,716,: 16). Most of the receipts, or $8. 6K6,0(i0.oi)0. are from sale of bonda and war savings certificates; ordi nary receipts are $3,886,000,000, largely from war taxes; and the Pan ama canal income is ii.nou.otiu. Ordinary disbursements are esti mate at $12,316,295,223: loans to allies In the year at $,1 15,000,000; public debt disbursements at $321, 000.000; and Panama canal expenses $23,693,000; making total estimated disbursements $18,775,919,955. In order to allow for a balance In the general fund of about $500,000, 000 next June 30, congress muust authorise raising of about $5,640, 000.000 additional funds. This fig ure, together with the $3,666,000, 000 of authorized but unissued Lib erty bonds, and $663,oiio.uuu esti mated receipts from war savings, make the $9,969,000,000 which Mr. McAdoo believes Americans most loan the government between now and June 30, 1918. XKW VOKK WOMKN FI.F.CT DISTRICT LEADERS New York. Dec. 5. Newly en franchised women voters of , New York cast ballots here yesterday for the election of district leaders. Miss Mary Garrett Hay, city chair man, today adised women voters to wait and attend the suffrage school for votes before affiliating them selves with any of the parties. 'LOSI IE( Pittsburg. Dec, 5. At least, 10 persons were killed and about 40 In jured In au explosion at the Heldel burg plnut of the Aetna Explosive company, which is located about 10 miles front this city. The plant where the high explosives are manu factured was completely destroyed and all the buildings nearby. baJly damaged. M NEEDED IN NEX YEAR I