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DAILY EDITION
Vol VII'., V. II.
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ARMISTIC
ALONG RUSSIAN F
Russians Meet in Parley With Teutons and While De
mands are Not Ail Granted Hostilities Will Cease
For Period to Permit Further Consultations
liiirllli. Hc. II. A auspctihloii of "The enemy delegates submitted
hoMllliic ner tliti whole of lln Una-, project for ait armistice from tbe
Ian front fur ten dm beginning at llalilc to the lllack sea, which,, In
iiDon Friday, hit been arran Kl , : view of I heir evasive rnpllu lit the
' j Ruaalan proposal, the Russian dele-
tiomlon, lr. 0. The feellnM here mil en atilimltled to the Kussiun mill
U that the Hermans will make little tary expert.
headway with the effort toward a.
separate pen. e wit It the llolshek Ikl.
Many of the Russian demand are i I'ltlmately 2H" duya were agreed upon
aueh that the flermnna .'annul grant which may ho automata ally prolnng
theiu. 'ed. The Itiisslnn requested that the
A Russian rominunlcatlon dealing net meeting he on HuhkIhii territory
wtlh the armistice negotiation, re- after a lapse of seven day "
reived here hjr windc, a.va: ,
"The enemy delegate replied! Vienna, l'c. 0. The following
evasively to the two Initial Russian official statement ha been Mailed
proposal, hut protnlited to consult , from the iienerul headquarter:
their government ronrei nt;i!i them . ' .'The commander-in-chief of the
The RiirsIiiu proposed aa (he prln-' It iixhIii n-Knu inn n t u n troop hgtween
rlpul points of an Hi mlatlre that the the Dniester and the llliirk sea yea
enemy should not undertake to aend ' terilay apiiroarhed Archduke Joseph
force from the Russian front to 'and Field Marshal von Mnckensen
front of RiiHrila'a allien: also that j with a propoaal for Intruiliii'lnic ne
th Herman detachment he wlth-j gotlntlnn toward an armistice. Army
drawn from the Island of Moon j lender answered In the nfftrniutlve
sound The (Icrtnim delegate n-.and deputation will proceed with
fnaed thee proposal, I tieiice neitotlullona."
UK VTTI.K MK.VT I'At KHHM
(. (it T tN STItlhl-:
Heattlii, Dec. It,-. -I'lilon ennilout;
,.t ihp,.o i, .a,. t ,.,...L I,,,, i. ........ yum
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out on Mrlke here today for a recoit -
nltlon of their union and u unlfnrm
worktnpr lontriu't. Set en ..hundred
men are nut.
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WiMhiDKtnn, Dee, li - 1'pon tlm exel
of I'realil. nl Wilaon' recorunieniln-!
hot: to . oiikTri'ri that t liTitin n 'm iillv-Austrlu-lliinuary,
alxo i ciuit-liicn-.l
an enemy country, leuular army re
citntitiK rc.ii hud the blithest point
kilicfl the I 'lilted State entered the
world's war. Figures given Tut'sdny
uftei'tinou show tliul 2,!3 1 recruits
wen) iiiTcpii'd Mnniliiy, North Pukotit
foninli'tlnn Its.quotu with a total of
l.lli!. DIHrlula have nn cxjilituiitlon
fur the recent boom In recruit lim
other than the steadily growing war
Hiilrlt of the country at lurjie.
Kl.lll l.H TAUK CITY
I'A NH-
IS KFSI'I.T
Peking. Dec. S.--I(elwht have tak
en the city of ChniiHking. A state
of panic exislH there.
Japanese marines have landed to
protect foreigners.
Amsterdam, Netherlands. Dec. 6.
; In ninny districts on thejDutch
Orninn borderline, thero la a steady
outflow every morning of
Dutch
workmen, women and girls across
the Ti on tier. They go for the day
to work at high wages In German
factories Just over on the Herman
side. In the evening, a return tide
set In of hungry crowds, for the
Dutch fBdory hnnds find eager pur
ii shots for the contents of their din
ner palls,
Dnaplte ciuerul watching by tho
Dutch frontier guards and police
matrons, attempt at smuggling con
stantly occur. Five hundred por
tions were convicted of smuggling at
the frontier town of Heerenberg In
three weeks,
GEO
"A fortnight was first
proponed.
armltlre.
1 for Ilia duration of the
SAVIXtl WAHTK UMiM
Alt t'AMI'H I'UOI ITAI1I.K
lindon. Di" li. t'tlli.atlon of
id. i.,.,.,i,,,.i. ,.f r..,i..n. .A.i a.ifi
V-l-""""-
1 throughout army
ramp haa become
a hlu Vo-lni u and hn effected
iroflt 'f clime on five million dol
lar a year.
SLIGHT GAIN IN LIS!
: , OF MOAT
London, Mc. Submarine or
W'c responsible for the sink-
Ing last week of 10 llritlsh merchant
ships of more than l.fioo tun each,
n compared with 14 t lit. previous
week. Only one vessel under I, BOO
tons wus sent to the bottom, how
ever, us compared wh seven the
preceding week.
PREPARE FOR DRIVE
London. Dec. tt. The- Hrillsh nd
vaiiied slightly southwest of I. a
Vncnuerle on the Cainbrai front this
morning.
Tuesday night the llrltlidi with
drew to the southwest of Noyolles.
Snr Lesrnut and Unuiion Wood. The
withdrawal was accomplished ' with
out the tieiinans appearing to be
aware of It until late Wednesday af
ternoon.
There Is no Indication that (ien-l)ast
eral von dor Marwit' great offensive j
has been nliiindoned mid presence of
ninny further fresh ' Infantry dlvl-!
shuts In the Cumbrnl iirens show
that the onemy has not lostj
hope of Inflicting n sharp defent. oaj
the nritlHh. Tho llritlsh line Is now
very strongly held and can with
stand any sledgehammer pressure
and the anxlnty the natural effect
of the Drat two days onslaught has
been followed by a feeling of cheer
fulness and complete confidence.
roim,.XI) PKOI'LK DOXATK
PIKfit) MiASSKS TO NAVY
Portland, Doe. ,-WIthln the past
10 days more than "5 field glosses
fiA telescopos have been ilonnt.ed to
the United States nnvy through the
recruiting office of the nnvy hero anil
are on their way to Assistant Seerc-jbut
tary Of the Navy Franklin D. itoose-i
vehV who will distribute them to vea-,
sets most In need of potlcnl Itmtni-'
ments.
TEUTONS
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AST ITALY
liltKIHl AHAt I.T MIIIK WITH IHMSK COMMIT! hi) HAH ItL
IHYlMIONK llJtOK.MT HtO.M HHtTKU FAYOIUItl.Y MKAH
IllKSIW .IM-:m I AHkHU IIV WIIAOS
IM GIVE M SLIGHTLY
Fir tlie lMt Part (m-iiiimiim Are lie!
pnlx'il With liiiiiicnae
Fighting lel riitioiis
Koine, Vt-r. G. (I-ate dispatch)
After fighting all day, the Italian
withdrew their line from the lopea
aouth of Mont Ctelgoiiilerto t'0f the nation armed forre aitalnat
Koxa Hiur.
Italian lleadiiiartnr, lic. The
enemy' attack on the AhIiuu pla
teau, one of the tuoxt furlou In the
war, ha heen ropnlaed with liiinienxe
Iohw to the (ierinan and with the
defendlna line loon In it only a few
outpoHt and forward trenche a follow:
around Mont? Tondereiar. j "Whereaa, the Imperial and royal
Kreah Cerman and Auatrlan dlvl-' Aiinlro-Hiiniiarlan Koaernment haa
alon have been brought from the aevered diplomatic relitlon with the
ItiiHHtun and French line and more j government .of the 1'nlted Rtnte.
are continually arriving In Italy. 'and ha committed acts of war
jMalnat the Kovernntent and th peo-
llerlln. hee. .Kleven tho.iaand ' "' of ,h8 '" "f Amarlit,
Itallana have ln captured In a rcian,on wI,,lh r" lu 'Ih'nce to
newed offensive lift northern Italvv"1" "oI,,'r of "Men aubmarln
The trnnK poHlilon, In the Meletta ! ar,8,e optd by Ita ally, the lm-
! reulon have been taken ami are held
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by Teutonic force who alao raptured
,;over no (una.
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Italian Headquarter. Per.
T,,fl ' ""iilted with an Intenae
artillery fire
liquid ga and In In-
fnntry wave
morning.
ahout Asia no this !
AGAIN RAID 10MN:
London, Dec. 6. Seven were kill
ed and 20 Injured In the raid. About
half of these were in lxndon. .
Umdou, Dec. 6. About i'5 air
plane raided Kngland last night.
Six of them reached Ixindon of whom
two were brought down, and their
crews of three men each were made
prisoners.
Ilomhs from the planes Blurted a
few fires which were easily put tin-
tier control. It Is believed the cas
ualties were light.
San Francisco, Dec. 6. A trespas
ser killed two members of crew of
the Southern Vaclfic train "Califor
nia Express" and Injured several pas
senger slightly, when the two en
gines drawing the train turned over
between Sisson and Upton today.
The cause of the derailment is
I unknown. The train left Portland
night,
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Amsterdam, uec. . AUtomoouei nRoribed "Welcome Home" spans
works in Germany are preparing for i the gtreet opi)09lte the homecoming
expansion ou an enormous scale forn,rog house. .
the production of aircraft. One of: ,. . "
the foremost factories has Just voted
to In. lease its cupltal from $11,000,
11(10 to S,()0O.OIMI. Special facili
ties have been grunted by the Clor
nuin government for the flotation of
the new shares.
A circular Issued by tho conipany
says: "We entered the war with
large reserves for extension purposes
this has been used tip
large demands of the war.
no longer speak of 'expanding' our
works, but must use the term
jtlplylng' theru,"
QUICK WORK
AUSTRIA WAR
RESOLUTION
; WILL BE 10PTE0 TOMORROW
stte of War Hold in taint With Aus-
trla. Turkey and HulgitriM Are
X Mentioned
ft
Conforming to the president's rec-
'ommrndatlon. the resolution, which
' aulhorUe and dlrm la nnplo ment
Anatrla and pledgee tbt country' r
anurre to victory, applle to Auatrla
nlone.
Oerniany'a other alllea Turkey
and Riilxarta are not mentioned.
Aa preferted by the houae commit
tee and ordered reported without a
riltutentlnff vote, the resolution read
leriai uprninn Rovernment, witn
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n , n ...
,acnve anp port ana aia on Dotn.iand
jnnd aea. in prosecution of war
I nt the aovernment and the neo-
of ,h. rnltp(1 gutM of AniPrloai
therefore, be It,
"Resolved, by the senate and
i house of representatives of the 1'nlt
ed States of America, In congress ns-
Iseuibled. that a state of war be, and
1 1 heieby. declared to exist and to
have existed since nool of the Fifth
day of December, 191", between the
ed States of America and the
periul and royal Auatro-llungarlan
go eminent; and that the president
be, and hereby Is, authorized and
directed to employ the entire naval
and military forces of the t'nlted
Stales and the resources of the koV'
orntiitnit to carry on war aualnst the
Imperial and royal Austro-Hungar
Inn government, and to bring the
conflict to a successful .termination,
all the resources of the country are
hereby pledged by the congress of
the Vnlted States."
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Cadlff, Wales, Dec. 6. A appro
priate way of welcoming the men
who return on leave from the front
ban been adopted by South Wales
towns and villages. The news that
a soldier from that neighborhood is
on his way home Is a signal for the
whole, town, from the main streets
to the most dingy street In the dis
trict of'coal-mlnlng villages, to blos
som Into a gorgeous display of flags
and bunting, tamp posts are trans
formed Into Venetian masts, the
flags of all the allies flutter from
cottage windows, and a great banner
ALLIES OE GERMANY
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Washington, Dec. 6. The House
by the foreign affairs committee has report
We can ed unanimously on the Austrian war
j declaration resolution. It will be
'mul-itnken up by the house tomorrow and
will probably be passed before night.
DEATH: RUIN WROUGHT
BY HALIFAX EXPLOSION
Sixty Percent of Nova Scotia Capital Laid Waste a:J
Thousand Dead From
Munition Ship acd
Montreal, Dec. (. Direct telegra
phic advice from Hallfai aay that
the exploaion waa on a French mu
nition hip, not American ai at Oral
reported. She waa rammed by a Nor
wegian boat carrying foodatuffi, dur
ing atorm.
The dead are estimated at 1,200
by offleiala of the telegraph company
although It i explained that the In
formation la unofficial.
Sixty per cent of Hallfai I In
ruin.
St. John, Pec. 6. Nearly half of
the north end of Halifax haa been
dewtroyed. A great flr I atlll ras
ing. The dead are lying thick In the
atreet. all hospital being filled to
overflowing. Many of the Injured
are compelled to walk the afreet
untreated.
Truro, Novla Scolla, Dec. . Re
port reaching here state that It I
probable that several score lost their
Uvea w hen the raft way station at
Halifax collapsed. Twenty-five rail
way worker were killed on the
tracks near Richmond. The number
of dead from the explosion I de
clared to be 200. It also states that
the steamer which rammed the mu
nition ship was a Red Cross boat.
The explosion destroyed, the Insu
lations In telegraph stations and
ONLY HALF ENOUGH
SPRUCE BEING CUT
Portland. Dec. . Colonel Brlce
P. Disque. in charge or the govern
ment's effort to secure spruce and
fir timber for aeroplane construc
tion, has issued nn emergency appeal
to loggers and lumbermen of the
northwest In which he says:
"The government is not getting
i0 per cent of the airplane stock re
quired: It is understood that cli
matic conditions will naturally cur
tail production during December and
January. -
"Knowing the situation here and
having in mind the critical condition
of our. war program for 1918. in soj
far as it relates to aircraft, I feel I
Justified In asking all logging camps
to confine operations through the
holiday period closing down only
December 24. 25 and 26.
"There are some 20,0no loggers
nt ttfirV In Wnshlncrtnn or,,) 7
and every day is vital to our mutual
national welfare at this time.
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Washington, Dec. 6. The status
of several thousands of Poles, Hun
garians. Bohemians and others aw
ing allegiance to Austria-Hungary
who are serving in the American
military forces, furnished an embar
rassing complication to the prepara
tions of the United States for a dec
laration of war with tho dual em
pire. The problem is being discussed
by Secretary Lansing and Secretary
Baker and congressional' leaders,
with a view to legislative action.
SANTA MONICA YOTKA . N
OVT A Mi HKK SAMKNS
Santa Monica, Cal., Dec. 6. Santa
Monica's eight saloons and three
wholesale houses will close their
doors December SI. Complete re-
turns give tho d.rys 6.2S1.
wets
1.405.
Explosion I Rammed
Fife Which Followed
telephone nation for a distance of
10 miles. Report are coming la
very slowly.
Halifax, (via cable). Dee. .
Hundreda of persons were killed and
thousands of others were Injured,
with half the city of Halifax In rnina,
as a result of the explosion of a mu
nition ship in the harbor this morn
ing. The property lose will reach the
millions. The whole north end of
the city Is In flames.
Amhearst, Dec. J. The report
reiihes hare that an American mu
nition steamer was moving oat from
Its pier and was rammed broadside
by snotber vessel. The two ship
were destroyed and their crews
killed. The concussion caused the
roof of the railway station to col
laps, damaging a string of ware
houses. Fire started. Messages were rush
ed to nearby towns for fire engines,
doctors, nurses and supplies. These
towns promptly responded and are
rendering such aid as they can. Much
food Is believed to have been destroy
ed. The force of the explosion blew
frelKht cars from the tracks for a
distance of two miles. It Is believed
that It wlll.be days before telegra
phic communication wilt he folly re
stored. STENOGRAPHER HAS
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Miss Elsa Cebers had a narrow
escape from death yesterday when
she fell from the upper floor of the
Albert building through the glass
skylight and down to the floor of
the Spa confectionary.
The accident occurred about 4
o'clock yesterday afternoon , when.
.Miss tlebers, who is stenographer for
Blanchard & Dlanchard, went into
an ante room near the office, and
the lock of the door failed to release,
leaving her a prisoner. In trying to
get out she climbed from the win
dow that is some six or seven feet
above the skylight with the inten
tion of going through another win
dow into the hall of the building,
evidently thinking that the glass
skylight, which was covered with
dust, was a floor, she started to walk
across it and crashed through, fall
ing 20 feet into the confectionary
store, bringing a shower of glass with
her.
The heavy wire glass broke the
fall to a considerable extent and the
fact that Miss Gebers fainted when
the glass gave way probably saved
her life. . She Is badlv hmtwH
cut but no bones are broken and
there are no Internal Injuries, as far
as can be determined.
She was taken to the home of her
brother. Frits Obers. at 511 South
Fifth street, where she is resting as
easily aa could be expected under the
circumstances. ' '
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Washington, Dec. 6. An Informal
understanding for a vote In the
house on nation-wide woman suf
frage ' and nation-wide prohibition
constitutional amendment bills on
December 19 and 20, respectively,
was reached today between house
leaders.