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DAILY EDITION
VtU VIII., No. Ih.
GRANT) PAH8, JOHKPHISK COI KTY. OREGON, FIMDAV, KM K.MIIKR II, II7
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THAN COMI'tSHVIM TIIK KKW
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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
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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.