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S. A. NATIONS
AGAINST U. S.
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TF.It(:iTF.I MKHMAUKM
USED PRESIDENT AS CATSPAW
UlU Aiwrirtm at Washington Be
lleve Thai Argeallae Will Bone)
PurUn War I'poa Germany
Washington. Dee, II. It U be
lieved here thai tha publication of
tha series of communications be
tween Count Luxburg, formar Oar
man minister In Argentina, to hit
home office tn narlln, will certainly
mult In n declaration of war by
Argentine against Germany. Thay
ahow vary clearly how, for several
tnonlha, extraordinary effort! were
made, through tha president of Ar
gentina, to direct the course of thai
country against tha I'nlled Rlalea
and Into the plant being formed In
Germany for Teutonic colonisation
In Booth America.
The mesaages given out laat eveu
Ing wararo dpubel leeOcmfw vbgkhg
log were made public by, the atata
.department In agreement with the
Argentina government, wlilrh. In an
acrorapanylag tateuient by Ita for
eign nilnlater, aayi tha "Inaccura-
dee" of tha German dliiloiiial'a re
porta are "ao surprising that no epi
thet will lit them."
Tha meaaagaa were tent to Argen
tine aoon after the atate department
gave out the Ami aerlee of Intercept
ed telegram, but heretofore de
mentia for their publication have
been In vain,
All of the correspondence wan ex
changed during July, August end
'early September, and moat of It dealt
with the- negotiation a then In pro
greaa over tha sinking of Argentine
ahlpa by aubmarltiea. He fore the mc
aagea fell Into the hand of the
American government, Germany vir
tually, bad aetlled the question by
agreeing to pay Indemnity and to
treat Argentine ahlpa according to
International law.
' Throughout the messages Luxburg
dwell upon hlit difference with the
foreign minister and upon hla Influ
ence with the president. Finally he
wa conducting negotiation directly
with the prealdent, although the for
eign minister'! attitude made thla
troubleaome. How far Prealdent
Irlgoyen'a project! for an anti-North
American alliance went, the eorret-
pondence doea not develop.
PROPOSAL MADE FOR
TO
E
"' Quebec, Dec. 21. A propoiial that
"the province of Quebec seceed from
the confederation of the Dominion
of Canada, waa made In a motion
Introduced Into the provincial legl
latlve assembly by J. N. Fracouer, a
deputy from Lotblnlere.
Quebec waa the only province that
- voted against conscription at the re
ent election.
IW TOOK MOST OF
Washington, Dec. 21. Chairman
Hurley today told the sonate nnval
affair committee that the ' navy's
utilization of much of the country's
available shipbuilding facilities was
one of the principal reasons for the
alow progress made In ship construe
tlon. Hurley said that he waa now
-aglely responsible "for the ship pro-
.irrain. ,
IS
IS STILL
Government . Kalwe Already II lull
Price and Offer IUwumh In KfTort
lo (ri .en.plnne Hlm-k
Portland. Dec. 11. Within a few
houra of hla announcement that f
per tliouaand would be paid for air
plain apruce, properly cut by far
mer or othera who enter the busi
tie of helping the government ob
tain thla timber, Colonel Uric P.
(liiie of the apruce production dl
vlalon, rained the price to 9 and
In an effort further to apeed up pro
duction, announred that aeveral
bonuiaa will be paid. A bonua of
40 per thousand for apruce accept
ed up to January It, 111, and of
30 for that accepted up to Febru
ary It, were announced.
The government will contract with
any reputable person or company to
purcbaae all the rived apruce they
produce for a period of 11 month,
Colonel Dlnque announced.
FOR GIVING ORDERS
Wellington, Dee. 21. -Quarter-uialer
General Shan today told
the senate military committee that
the war department, without wait
ing for congreaalnnal appropriation,
hail aiithorlaed the giving of order
for luppllea for a million troop, be
fore the I'nlled Bute had entered
the war, -
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IIIO MAI I, MAI'K IIV
ILLIXOIH RANK lit IUJLAUH
Chicago, Dec. 11. Burglar drill
ed through an Is Inch steel and con
crete will Into the vault of the Sum
mit Htate bank at Summit, 111., about
IS mllea wet of here, early yes
terday and stole more than $11,000
lo cash and currency.
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DISPATCH SAYS THAT
S REJECT PEACE
London, Dec. 21. It li reported
here, unofficially, that the Germane
have rejected the peace term itated
by the Bolahevlkl government. The
report cornea through a dispatch of
the Kxchange Telegraph company.
Seattle, Dec. 21. 8. V. Fowled
and John Prfrrla were In Jail here
having been arrested In connection
with tke murder at Auburn, Wash..
Wedneaday of William Applesteele,
a warehouse watchman of the North
era Pacific Railroad company.
HUN SHIPPING SPIES
HAVE BEEN INTERNED
fiaygliore, N. J Deo. 21, Henry
Schneider, a German ' Jewler, haa
been Interned at Rill Island as an
alien enemy, and Henry Heuer, i
German grocer, Is under gunrd at hi
home here where he Is crltlcallv 111
with pneumonia, after federal agents
discovered a wireless outfit In Heu
er's barn with Us government seals
broken. .When the barn was search
ed memoranda of movements . o!
transport! and troops are alleged to
have been discovered. t
THREE NEW; FLIERS
KILLED IN COLLISION
Fort Worth. Tex., Dec. 21. Three
British aviators training here, were
killed when two mnchlnes collided In
the air at a low altlfmle. The
were two men In ench machine.
PRICE 01
PRUCE
HIGHER
HENEV PROBES
INTO SECRETS
OFSHYABDS
I.NFOH.MATIOX HHtTKKI) THAT
AltMOMt AMI PKINCK tON-
tiuu, Chicago mhiikhm
New (liaptfra In Fretiiled Ktaaeee
Dim-lamed In Federal Investigat
tlmia at Washington
Washington, Dec. 21. Swift and
company of Chicago have refused to
deliver to the federal trade commls
lon, the record desired In the In
vestigation now being made Into the
parking Induatry. Attorney Heney
announced that be would take dras
tlo action to force the production of
theae reeorda.
It waa flatly admitted by-W. M.
Madden, former treasurer of the
company, during the ' Investigation,
that . Ogden Armonr and F. H.
Prince, the latter of Boiton, owned
the Chicago Stockyard company and
the terminal railroad. The etock
appear In about IS other namea.
Washington, Dec. 21. Chicago
meat packer were target for the
federal trade commission at the
nienlng of Ita food Investigation to
day under the direction of Francla
Heney, San Franclnco, apeclal conn
tel.
Heney directed hi tire toward the
Colon Stockyard compaay, Chicago,
and allied concern, In an effort to
show that the big meat packer were
the real owner a fact alway de
nied by the packer.
How Chicago Junction Railway
& Stockyard company was wrecked
and hlgber price saddled on the
public when packers obtained con
trol of the yards, waa developed at
the opening of the hearing.'
Through J. R. Hart, Boston finan
cier, Special Counsel- Heney uncov
ered frensled finance; how Frank R.
Pegram an alleged "dummy" of no
wealth, purchased $1,000,000 worth
of stock waa developed..
By threatening to remove hi
packing plant from Chicago, J. Og
den Armour, It waa charged, forced
a reorganization of atockyardi own
ership by which he obtained a bonus.
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SPECIAL RY. LAWS
Washington, Dec. 2l. The presi
dent will send a apeclal message to
congress recommending the enact
ment of legislation ' to meet . the
transportation situation Immediate
ly after the holidays. He ha re
quested ' the Interstate commerce
commission to withhold any further
investigation for the present.
London, Dec. 21. Henry Thomp
son of Dswesmere, a potato dealer,
was fined $9,000 for selling pota
toes above the price fixed by; the
food controller. ' ' t
S:
Washington, Dec. 21. Cardinal
Gibbon gave his sanction today to
Koman Catholic mlnera working on
thu holy days falling within the
holiday season. In a letter to Fuel
Administrator Garfield lie approved
of a suggestion that miners take
only Chrlstmns day and New Year's
day off and further proposed that
saloons might co-operate by cltmlnit
from 9 o'clock In Hie evening until
S oVIock the following mnrnlnn.
CHAOS RULES
INTERIOR OF
U DOMAIN
ALL DISPATCH KM TELL OK VI
ItlHIXGH, XKW LKADKIM AND
riKHCK CONFLICT
E TO FORE
HoUhevlkl Have Opposition on Kverjr
Hand With Armies Headed lr
Haajr Dlvergeat Leaders
London, Dec. 21. A Bolshevlkl
force commanded by released Ger
man and Austrian officer-prisoner,
has defeated the antl-Bolshevlkl ele
ment at Tashkent, capita) of Rus
sian Turkestan, according to a Pet-
rograd dispatch to the Morning Poat.
The dispatch also says It Is believed
thst a force of released Teutonic
prisoners, equivalent to two army
corps, commanded by their own of
ficers, Is now within striking dis
tance of Petrograd.
Another dispatch says thst the
Roumanians on the southwestern
Russian front have Joined the Uk-
rsnlans and Lieutenant-General D.
G. Stcherhatchef, commander of the
Ruaalan. forces In Roumaola, . has
been apotnted commander-ln-cblef
of the whole IJkranlan front. The
Bolshevlkl and Ukranlan troops are
reported to he advancing on each
other, being three versts apart.
A Reuter dispatch dated Decem
ber 1. aayi that there have ;been
three days' sanguinary fighting be
tween the Bolahevlkl and Ukranlan
owing to the refusal of the latter to
allow passage of reinforcements tor
the suppression of the Don Cosaecks.
The Bolshevlkl leader was killed.
Ixindon. Dec. 21. A dispatch to
the Kxchange Telegraph company
from Haparanda reports that M.
Kerensky, with an army, la now
marching against Moscow while
Grand Duke Nicholas has gathered
a great army of royalists In the
Canrasns.
Washington, Dec, 21. Seeds or
revolution sown by the Bolshevlkl
are beginning to take root In Aus
tria. This was the Interpretation placed
by administration official! Wednes
day on a cablegram from Lyon II
quoting a Zurich dispatch to a
French news agency, to the effect
that a demand has been made in
the Austrian - chamber of deputies
that the central powers accept the
Bolshevlkl reform principles and di
vide the land held by the nobles
among the peasants.
Odessa, Dec. 21. Fighting be
tween the Bolshevlkl and the.l'k
ralnans was halted today. Both sides
agreed to mix patrols through : the
city to maintain orders.- Scores' of
.shops and residences have been pill
aged. The fighting ot armed forces
had been seised upon by bandits as
a pretext for wholesale robberies. L
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POSITIONS ONCE LOST
Rome, .Dec. 21. A , Considerable
portion of the ground gained by the
enemy Tuesday In the region y of
Monte Asollne, east of the Brenta
river, has been retaken by the Ital
ians who have held the retaken posi
tions despite . most violent artillery
fire from the Teutons. ;
AlHTItAMAXS BALLOTING
OX t'OXSC'KIlTIOX I'LAX
Melbourne, Dec. 21. Balloting to
determine whether conscription Is to
be put In effect In Australia began
yesterday.
FARMERS' COUNCIL
II
Agricultural Council ot This t'osmtr
AdilresMNl by (Mate Lead In
I'rograwlve Farm Work
The seaalon of the annual meet
ing of the Josephine County Agri
cultural council are being held to
day at the rooms of the Chamber of
Commerce.
At this morning's session officers
for the ensuing year were elected aa
follow: President; A. Wylberg, re
elected; vice-president, Clyde E.
Nile; secretary-treasurer, William
Auslsnd. The executive committee
will coailit of the above named of
fflcer and H. T. Hull and W. B.
Lindsay.
In sttendance at the meeting are
Dr. Hector McPherson of O. A. C,
who Is recognised aa one of the fore
most authorities In the United
Statea on marketing problems. He
wilt confer with a committee of the
local council on the matter of co
operative buying of such supplies
a seed grain, sltos, hay; machinery.
etc., and the marketing of - live
stock and other farm produce. Dr.
McPherson and'tT. Li Upson of this
city are given one day at the forth
coming conference at O. A. C. to
lead a discussion on this Important
matter.
Prof. Paul Marls, state leader of
extentlon work, Is at the meeting to
outline next year's program.
3. W. Brewer, former president
ot the Oregon Irrigation congress,
and now representing the United
8tatea government In Oregon, In
charge of the farm labor problem, la
also present and will speak later In
the day on the plana the agricul
tural department is making for pro
viding ample labor for farm needs.
(MINCE FELT III
PERSHING'S ABILITY
Washington, Dec. 21. Direct as-
surances of the confidence of both
British and French commanders in
General Pershing's ability and the
soundness of his plans of preparing
the American forces for the Import
ant part they are to play in future
campaigns on the western front
were brought back to this country
by Major General Hugh L. Scott.
WOKEN USED IN PLOT
FOmENT INDIA REVOLT
San Francisco. Dec. 21. The wife
of Saran Gada Das, a high caste
Hindu, testified today In the trial
here of a. number of defendants
charged with Inciting a rebellion In
India, that the Germans used wom
en throughout the world In their
plot to foment trouble In India.
FIVK HVXDRKD KXIJST
FROM STATK UNIVERSITY
Eugene, Dec. 21. About 525 Uni
versity or Oregon men now have en
listed In the service, according to
Karl Onthank, secretary to President
Campbell. Many or these have en
rolled in the ordnance courses of
fered by the university. - Withdrawal
cards have been Issued to more than
30 students by the registrar's of
fice within the last three weeks. .
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TO
Petrograd, Dec. 21. The Danish
French. British and Belgian consuls
here crronged today with Foreign
Minister Trotsky, for the exchange
of courtesies to official oourlers.
HOLDS ITS I
ONE COUNTY
TOPS QUOTA
OF R. C. DRIVE
UMATILLA tTUNTY PROBABLY
LKADS NATION IX FINK MEM
nUKHHIP RECORD .
WHOLE STATE IS MS IIP
With Twelve CoanUes Not Report
leg. State Shows Thirty Five Per
Ceat of Allotaaeat Seosred
Red Cross Christmas membership
workers are asked to report to Mr.
Macduff, campaign manager, the to
tal number ot memberablps secured
and the total amount of cashcollect
ed not later than Monday noon, De
cember 24. All funds collected
should be deposited In any bank to
the credit of American Red Cross,
N. F. Macduff, manager, and the du
plicate deposit slips delivered to
him, or the funds msy be delivered.
to him for deposit.
Williams. Oregon, 1 the Brst pre
cinct to turn In a complete report.
With a quota of C5, It secured 81
memberships, with the possibility of
more yet. Williams claims tke dis
tinction of enrolling the youngest
member so far Lelaad Forest Sor
rels, three weeks old and a grand
son or Ira Sparlin. W. J. Rowley,
sO yeara. Is the oldest member from
the Williams creek district, but he
says he's never too old to serve hla
country.
' Portland, Dec. 21 Umatilla coun
ty goes over the top for the Red
Cross with 102 per cent, having
more than completed ita quota of
7,500.
Union county, second, 70 per cent:
Coos, third, (7 per cent: Clatsop,
fourth, 14 per cent; Harney, Gil
liam, Sherman, Curry. Wasco, Lane,
Grant, Baker, Malheur, Desfchutes,
Western Washington and Wallowa
are all over 40 per cent.
Portland Is picking up rapidly
and the entire state Is going to make
good.
Portlabd has now achieved about
35 per cent ol ita allotment ot HO,
000 members for the Christmas
drive of the American Red Cross,
the spectacular Jump In the show
ing being mainly due to the Improv
ed showing In Portland, which l
now 23.JJJ members. The state
outside of Portland la SS.lSt mem
bers,' making the grand total for
Oregon 82.1S2. . .
The following counties In Oregon
(Continued on
S.)
RUSSIA AliO JAPAN
HAD PACT ON
Petrograd, Dec. 21. The news
papers here today ' published the
text of a secret treaty between Rus
sia and Japan, signed last year, pro
viding for Joint action by those two
nations to prevent any third coun
try from achieving political influ
ence tn China. The treaty is sup
posed to be aimed at England and
the United States.
AS A SPY SUSPECT
Chester, Pa., Dec. 21. Charged
with planning the destruction of
shipyard property, George Berger
was arrested at the Chester Ship
building plant. Letters found on
the prisoner, according to the police,
contained the statement that he
"could do great damage to the ship
yards here with proper materials."
The police declined to. state to whom
the letters were addressed.