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A . WIS DAILY EDITION VtU VIII., No. Ih. GRANT) PAH8, JOHKPHISK COI KTY. OREGON, FIMDAV, KM K.MIIKR II, II7 WHOLK NIMIIEB tCttS. A. r 4 TEUTON RAID UPON ill NETS NOTHING tiUV.XT GKIIMAN lAtHH MoitK THAN COMI'tSHVIM TIIK KKW VARDH OK THKN4 IIK.H WON ITALIANS HOLDING LINES FIRM 0im Atrial lunula Itrwull In Dvatli of M'tcntl American Kiigl IMrn llrhlml Kir-itch Unr Today's war resume by lh Aim oUled Press said: The British slightly Improved thlr positions east of llulleroiirt today by bomb ralda. Tha latest attack or the Germane, made In the Cambral region, lie- Hiillwouit and Queant, w a complete failure when the Teuton lots In men killed and made prla oner am put in the balance with their mall Rain of (round against the British. Another attack by the German crown prince In tha Canr lerea wood, on tha Verdun tor, whlrh was delivered with large efTec Uvea, haa mm wih tha customary repula. Finding (hat tha effort of tha Atmtrlana to break thrniiah tha Ital ian front and debouch upon the plain of Venetla were futile, tha Ger man troopa under General Ton line low have reinforced their alllea and with them have delivered another powerful assault between tha flrenta and I'lava rlvera. At only one point, however, were tha combined Teutonic forte able to dent tha line of tha defendera. on Mont Rplnonrla. where they secured temporary foothold. Here the Italian ara striving valiantly to re take tha loot position. Hhow and mlat are hamperltw Mia uperatlon In thin region. Aerial bombs dropped by the tier mn on a town behind the British front have reunited In the death of a Dumber of American railway eiml neera. In another town (lerman vl atora attempted to bombard march ing American columns, but the men escaped iinHralhed. althoiiKh the mlssle exploded dangerously near them. Italian Headquarters. Hen, 14. After three daya of righting, the Italian line holda rant. Berlin, Doc. 14. British troop which endeavored to regain the trenches loat on the Cambrnl front, have been beaten back. IE DEAD, FIVE HURT AT ACID PLANT Wilmington.' Del., Dec. 14.- One le;id and Ave Injured la Xho casualty toll from a fire following an explo sion at the add plant of the Dupont Powder compnny'a plant, lit mlloa from hore. HERE MONDAY NOON X. K, Newell, lUHxlHtunt food ail aiilnlNtiator of Oregon, will be the appaknc at Monday' Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Mr. Newell, licxlilcs being one of the londlng mini of the state, and a good speaker, oi)iea with n vital message to any American and every .member ahould '.hear him. Women who make reser vatloiiK by phoning the Chamber of "Commerce -Siiturdav, w.111 be wel-iecv.iL'. HELMSMAN iijiii Y A SPY Wwrtflan Htii-rliig Hlilp Which Ituimmxl Vimxm-I at Halifax iN-uln- nl it German Kpy SiiMprct Halifax. Dec. 14. An official In qulry waa commenced today to de termine, If possible, ttia cause of the explosion which wrecked a larxa pur Hon of thla city. John Johansen, helmsman on tha Norwegian steamer lino, tha Belgian relief ahlp whose collision with the animiinltlou steamer Mont lilanc lei! to the disaster waa detained as a (lerman apy euapect today. Ha waa turned over to the military auihorl Ilea by officials of Manaachustote'a relief hoapltal where ha haa been un der treat mailt. One of the nuraea at the hospital a young woman from New York whose name waa not revealed, yea terday noticed that her patient waa artlnit queorly and thut he did not teem to be wounded. Physlrlana ex mined the man and the conclusion waa reached that he waa shamming IIIhcm. lter, It waa aald. John en offered nurse $:n If aha would Ko out and buy him a newspaper, tha assumption being that he In tended to earaixt In her absence. After that Incident a military (tuard waa placed on duty by hla bed The provoat guard wa sent for to- day and Johansen waa locked up I KERR TO AT Curvulll., ore., Dec. 14. Prosl- dani Kerr of the atate agricultural college will remain at hl pout here In aplle of olfera from the urlcnl tural colleiie of Kanaaa'. He an nounced hla ilm ldlon to remain Wed neaday to J. K. Weatherford, preal dent of the board of regenta. Presi dent Kerr makea a rnnalderuhle mnnetary aacrlflre In remaining, the board of regenla deciding that a aalary of $h, 400 waa all that It could offer him. Kannaa had offered him ift.onn to gn there. S WERE REALLY SLAVES OF GERMANS 8an KranclHCO, Dec. 14. A Hindu aerviini testified In the trial now In progreaa here agalnat u number of defendunta charged with undertak ing to foment trouble In India, that Hum Chandra, a Hindu editor who la one of the defendant, aold live Hindu aervanta to the Herman gov ernment for 1 1 4,000 who were forced to work for the Germans at $2 a month. HKK ON NAVY TtO IH K AT All TO THKKK Washington, Dec. 14. Three men were fatally, and a fourth sec loualy, Injured In the fuel oil fire on the navy tug Natal at an Atlan tic port today. SEVERE RAIN ST01 Portland, Dec. 13. A violent rain and wind storm which set In last night over the Oregon and southwest Washington coast section, waa still rnglng today, and considerable pro perty damage waa reported at a few points. At Astoria, Ore,, a water-soaked hillside slid and brought down sev eral tons of rock on a bunkhouse where a county road gang was sleep ing. Although one end of the bunk house was badly wrecked, no one was Injured. Another altde lit Astoria carried outa trunk line water main. Astoria achools were closed todny for lack of water. P REPORTS VARY ON CONDITIONS SLAV CONFLICT IIOTIl KlllKH CLAIM VKTOItlKH Will I. H t'At.T A KK OIISCt'ltKII TO Ot'TKIItKKM KxfremiMta Onk-r Arrrat of All .Mem- lra if 4'oiiHlltutliMial Asaembly .Not In Arronl Willi Tlirm Petrograd, Dec. 14. The Uolahe vlkl staff report aayi that Kornlloff's coasacki were defeated near Hiel- gorod and retreated to Vaall Ika. The evening papert report that the cosaarka were victorious In a battle at Rostov and that the Bolahevfkl retreated across the River Don. London, Dec. 14. Bolahevtkl troopa occupied Tamanovka and Kaluga, according to a Reuter'a dis patch. l,eon Trotxky haa announced that If an armistice for the eastern front la algned at Brest-Utovik, the Russian delegate are empowered to enter Into negotiations for peace. London. Dec. 14. The struggle for power In the Interior of Russia Is growing more bitter. Roth aides claim advantages In the civil war fare. The Uolshnvtkl uthorltlea have ordered the release of all civil pris oners In exchange for 4,000 Russian officers) In German prisons. Reporta aa to the progress of the operations between the - Rolshevlkl and Kalendlnos' forces In Russia are beclouded by reason of variant state ments of results. Roth aides are credited with vic tory In different versions of the oper ations. One report says Kaledlnea Is besclglng Rostov-on-the-Don and that fighting Is In progress In the vicinity of that city, where men and guns from the Black sea fleet are aiding the Bolshevik!. ' Another dis patch asserts that General Kornllnff has routed the Rolshevlkl near Riel gorod, while still another saya that Kornlloff haa been wounded and Is n danger of capture and that at tentats by Kaledlnea' followers to rut off food supplies to the Bdlahe vikl In Moscow and Petrograd and from Siberia have failed. Petrograd, Dev. 12, Wednesday. The people's commissaries hare ordered the arrest of the constitu tional democrat delegates to the con stituent assembly on charges that they are allied with the Kaledlnes plot. The Bolshevik! have caused the arrest of the strike committee of government employes, who declined to work for the Bolshevlkl. M. Zlno vleff. a Bolshevlkl leader, makes the following declaration concerning the assembly: "Thla constituent assembly la the same 'sobot which was called in 1613 and finally elected a czar." Xt)T A KH.OT KIRK I) WITHIN JK.Rl'SALKM Rome, Dec. 14. Jerusalem was undamaged when General Allenby's British troops occupied It, the pa triarch of Jerusalem wired the Va tican today. He said not a single shot was fired In the city. L L NOW BE INVESTIGATED Washington, Dec. 14. The house subcommittee to ' Investigate the conduct of the wnr so far aa the navy Is concerned was created today by the nHvnl committee. Secretary Daniels, the bureau chiefs and offl. cers are to be called. CROZIER AND SENATORS IN SUP CLASH OltMNANU: (II IKK KAI'II.NM HHOIITAtiK OK ItAI'ID HUE ll NH KOIt AltMY ' BAKER CHANGED TO NEW MODEL Minify Appropriated by (Vmgreaa fur lllrlra Man lard by lwrtntfiit in I'urchaae) of Revolver Washington, Dec. 14. The lam ination of General Crosier at the ex ecutive sesaion of the senate commit tee today went further Into tha de tails or the rifle and machine gun situations. Some heated exchanges between the senators and General Croxier took place which Indicated that some members of the commit- tes were Inclined to blame Dim for a reduction of SO per cent in the rifle production due to a change In type. A failure of the department to uae appropriations made for the purpose Intended, waa developed. Five millions of dollars that con gress Intended should b used for rifles were used for revolvers, some at high royalties from private con tractors. Responsibility for the machine gun situation was placed by the gen eral squarely upon Secretary of War Baker, who, he said, had taken a personal Interest in the matter, and ordered an investigation which re sulted In the adoption of the "Browning type." This . statement cams when Chairman Chamberlain said hs waa not satisfied with the explanation that the delay had been caused by Investigation. "Neither am satisfied," respond ed the witness, "but I am not per sonally responsible." Nearly every member of the com mittee Joined in the examination and questions were fired across the table as rapidly as the general conld an wer. When told of General Orozler's testimony, Secretary Baker aald the senate committee was properly seek ing all Information aa to what was being done by the war department. He declined to comment on the statement as to machine guns. DR. 8TTLI,, FATHKR OF OHTBOPATHY, DF.AD St. Louis. Dec. 14. The father of osteopathy. Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, of Klrksvtlle, Mo., died here Wed nesday at the age of 89 years. He was known throughout the world as the discoverer of osteopathy and the last SO years of his life was devoted to this cause. P BE Salem, Dec. 14. The war depart ment had intended to abandon Camp Mills as training quarters tor sol diers, even before protests ;were made by Oregon officials at alleged hardships endured there by troops from this state, according to a tele gram received today by Governor Wlthycombe from Secretary of War BRker. MEDIATORS LEAVE . SEATTLE FOR EAST Snttle, Dei-. 14. The members of President Wilson's mediation commission are expected to leave for Minnesota tonight. It will not an nounce Its conclusions In the lum ber situation until their law recom mendations are before President Wilson. SfPARATE m ITRAPPER SHOT IBJUDS for pub Men In Amrrican Arralea of Trutuatr lllrth t.hrn ripndal Detail at I'olnta In Thla Country Waablugton, Dec. li. The Drat atep to place the aoldlert of German or Austro-liuncarlaa birth at dullei apart from be actual fighting forces of the Coiled Statea waa taken' to day by the bailing of war depart ment order (howlng tha transfer of.lJipiJfV firjri PP 01111 D IV nearly one hundred of the regulars lYIIUll 1 1 lAjllLlOO UUll I LA I or national army men to duty with the disciplinary forces at barracks and at Fort Lavanworth. Three of the soldiers cam from tha forces la Francs and tbs others wars taken from recruits about to sail to Join Pershing's troops. KLAMATH FOLKS FORM AN IRRIGATION DIHTRKT Klamath Falls, Ore , Dm. ,14. With a total opposition of five votes out of 169 cast at a recent election, Klamath water users hare voted to change from a water users associa I Hon to the Klamath Irrigation DIs- trlct, taking Advantage of laws re cently passed by the state legisla ture and .following the example of.,, t lo.io rifle when he aaw Oros many water users on other reclama tion projects. STATE EXPENSES TO TOTAL $3,454000 Salem, Dec. 14. The tout ex pense of administering the state gov ernment for 118 will ba 13.454. 252.09, and of thla sum 12,856,205 must be raised by taxation, accord; ing to the state levy made yesterday afternoon by the state tax commis sion. The balance will be derived from other receipts, and totals 1598,- 047.09. GERMAN SPY WILL FACE RIFLE SQUAD Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. ll.Kederal officera were believed today to be rapidly preparing to close in on the alleged German plotters wno brought about the murder of Mrs. Emma Frltxen Beyer. On high au thority. It waa stated here this af ternoon that the murderer of Mrs. Beyer will be 'the first German apy to face a firing squad in the United States since this country entered the war. JAPAN MAKING LOAJiS TO ALLIKD NATIONS Toklo, Dec. 14. The finance de partment has announced that the loans raised In Japan by foreign powera up to October 1 aggregate 566.000,000 yen. Of thla sum 105, 000,00 yen. went to England: 77, 000,000 to France; 379,000,000 to Russia and 5.000.000 China. POLL OF'SENATE IS T E Washington, Dec. 14. An Infor mal poll of the senate on the nation al woman suffrage amendment shows as follows: - . For Republicans 2S, democrats 22, total 51. Against Republicans 12, demo crats, total 37. Doubtful 8. Two-thirds of the senate 64 votes are necessary, if the eight doubtful votes were added to those for the amendment there still would be five lacking for the majority. Washington. pec. 14. The Shield's bill tor the development or water power projects on navigable rivers, passed the senate today. ' BY LOCAL BOY PORTLAND MAN MIHTAKKX BT FLOYD CK FOB COIGAK AND HI KT Only Poor Marhswuhia of Yoath Raved liaocml Haa From Death. Bet-oad Masilar Stnat ' C. A. Groseett, of Portland, u shot and painfully, but not serious ly woundsd by Floyd Flck who mis took him for a cougar. The accident occurred Just below the Leonard Orchard Company' farm at about 6:45 last evening. Flck, a boy of IS and tha son of Herman Flck, Is employed on th farm of H. Schmidt. Ha goes to his) own home each evening and was re turning from hla day's work, carry- sett In the road about 100 feet ahead or him. Wlthont calling or taking means of ascertaining who or what ha was, bat, as ha tells the story "thinking he waa panther" ho threw np hla gun and fired three or fonr shots. Qrossett Jumped to on side of the road, shouting at the) aame time. One of the bullets from Flck's gun hit a rock in the road shattering tha ballet Into several pieces, three of which entered Grot sett's right leg Just below the knee He wss hurried to the Good Sa maritan hospital In thla city and given" ' prompt attention ..by Dr. Lough ridge who extracted one pleca) of the bullet which had been imbed ded Just below the knee cap. Qros sett had managed to dig out the other pieces with hla Jack knife. Bar ling complications, the Injuries will' not prove more serious than to con fine Grossett for a few days. Grossett Is a trapper and was re turning from a visit to his traps when the accident occurred. He atates that the first knowledge he had of Flck's having any thought other than to pass him naturally In the road waa when the first shot was fired. Neighbors tell of another occasion when young Flck reported his having fired Into the bushes at the side of the road "at some wild animal" and not Investigating after wards as to what caused the noise which led him to shoot. No complaint has been lodged against the boy with the county au thorities, b t the sheriff's office ia investigating the matter with a view of acting on Its own, Initiative. s Camp Lewis, Dec. 14. Two small Dres in the officer's quarters today were extinguished by . the camp tire department, companies. . The loss was about 1250. The fires wers caused by defective flues. , There have been 25 fires on the grounds since the camp was estab lished all of which have been handl ed by tha camp fire fighters. IS El An Atlantic Port, Dec. 14. The report that a bomb was found in the shaft alley of the Norwegian steamer Dergsdallen, which sailed from here last week, has been verified by a letter received today. It stated that the Infernal machine was discovered by the chief engineer.