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INTHHHNTIXO TAI4C OK HIM
WORK IN PHAKCH
Of OWUM lumhroe,
Rm I Arte Attendant to Iterrlve
Mmmi From Trrwrhee
This hi red letter day In the
history of the Chamber of Commerce
when Lieutenant Robert F. Pelouse
addressed thoM fathered at the
noonday luncheon and described bla
Ufa at the front In France, where
he kaa bean serving aa an ambulance
-driver.
Uoutenant Pelouea doia not claim
to be a publle epesker, hut, aa he
described hli experience hark of
' Verdun, everybody forgot that he
u not an orator In their drop In
terest In the scenes portrayed.
Ha dssrrlbed the French soldier
a a perfect rtKhttnar marhlne devot-
; ad to the ran of hla country and
; told of the work being done by the
woman and old men, together with
'those who warn In the tranches and
M4 bark crippled but. amloua to
do thalr all for Prance. Woman
eenduMors. women In tha field and
factories, woman everywhere taking
tha ptsees of men who tiara been
, called to tha front and nearly all of
them dreoeed la black .becatiee of tha
loaa of buabanda and falhera and
eons.
Ha told of General Pershing's
. troop marrhlng through tha streets
of Tarla on the Fourth or July, the
Ural foreign troop ever to march
there before and how the French
dung to them with teari flowing
down their cheeka, teara of grstl
' tude, and by evsry human amotion
-. showed their great gratltudo to thla
country for It help, Of all people
" ha aald, lha French are certslnly the
'noat grateful.
. Than, too,, ha told of hla Ant ex
perience with German atrocities. . At
a email village ha mat two little chll
- dren, one seven and the other eight
year of age, wfio hands had, been
cat off by tha Germans. Ha exhibit
ed tha aharp Instrument that fler
maa arlatora have bean - dropping
tag over French village as the
; school are being . dismissed, tha
points of which were treated with
deadly polaon, to that If a child la
touched It will die of the effect a. ,
Ha. described an air battle wtiere
la three French and .two German
machines were engagad, all of which
' ware Injured and all came to earth
wthln French territory.
Ta, and he . told of 450.000
Frenchmen going over tha top at ?
' o'clock In the morning at Verdun,
t of tha terrible barrage, of the, work
of the Red Cross under fire, and of
many other things, so many tilings
that they cannot fee mentioned hare.
' It Is unfortunate that everybody In
Oranta Pass could not bear what he
,hd to aay.,f
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MJTISTS STUDY -;
DYE MAHUFACRIRE
UhlcngOi Jan. 7, FiUBtratlon - of
Germany's plans for control of the
dyentulT market after the .war Is the
object of an Industrial fellowship es
tablished at the University of, Chi
cago for the scientlclo study of meth
ods of making dyes. Industrial con
cerns are meeting the. expenses or
the fellowship.
Prof. Julius Sllegtlts or the chem
latry department, who advocated the
establishment of the follownlilp,
characterize the move as a step to
ward the "chemical independence"
of the United States. '
GERMAN CRUELTYJS DESCRIBED
Portland, Jan. 7. Portland haa
stepped to the front again. Aatonlsh-
Ing figures from the official navy
bullutln ahow I'ortland to bead the
list for navy, recruits during tha
final two weeks' rush of Recruiting.
New York district with a population
of 6,J,4s, had to take second
place with 47 enlistments for the
week ending December It. Port
land district with Its population of
tl.m, which Is 4.JJM80 people
lesa than In New York leads all dis
tricts In the rnlted Bute with an
enlistment of 714 men. Compiled
figures for the total enlistments
from December I to IS, show Port
land still In the lead with l.liO vol
unteer signed up, and New Tork
aoeond with 1,11 J.
Portland, as far aa population
goea. Is one of tha smallest districts.
Philadelphia, Chicago, Bt. Louie
Atlanta, and several other districts
have a population of more . than
1.000.000. while almost all have
from 1,000.000 to 1.000.000. j
Washington. Jan. 7. Paririe
Ooaat fltatee ralr accept occasional
ralna over north portion second half
of week: moderate temperatuea.
JOHN AVIATORS
FLY OVER GERiMWlY
With tha Amerloan Army (a
France,' Jan. 7. -United Btatea avia
tor have flown over the German
battle line and -saaeed frsjeabs, -In
conjunction with British and French
pilote. The flight of the Americana
virtually was a reprisal for tha kill
tng of two American woodcutters
during a Germsn bombing erpedl
tlon a week ago.'
Through tha courtesy of tba Brit
ish and French , flying authorities,
the American avlatora , also have
taken part In observation and photo
graphic work.
IIKITIHH PATHOI HAVK
1 CIMNiMKU THK PIAVK
Rome, Jan. 7.r-British patrols
have crossed the Ptave and forced a
passage at varloua polnte, causing
alarm In the enemy lines.
SNOW ATCRAra LAKE
IS
Klamath Falls, Jan. 7. Dr. and
Mrs. R. R. Hamilton and Mr. and
Mrs. II. b! Momyer returned ' last
nujtht from a short auto trip to Cra
ter tiake "park. - They-were able to
get a mile or more Inside the park
limits with the automobile.
Mr. Momyer and Frank Burns of
Fort Klamath then went on with
snowshone to the camp at headquar
ters. They report that there Is only
about two feet of snow at that point
now.
QURRS IJIA'OKAIilM'H ; '
, WILL TO BH CONTK8TKD
Honolulu, T. H Jan. 7. Dele
gate J. K. Kalanlanaole to congress
and heir under the will of 1907 to
the estate of the late Queen Llluo
kallnl, will fight both the will' exe
cuted In 1009 and the alleged will
of lJ7i he, announced today
'1
ER IS VICTIM
New York, Jan. 7. The Ameri
can steamship . Harry Luckenbach
haa been torpedoed and sunk. , It
carried a crew of 30, not Including
the naval guard, eight of whom are
missing.
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STEAM
BcMttviki GovercsjEt Stresjltesi:? Fred Will Sed
Hcst AO Who Dj M With la Fight
Fcr . Rsw2n IhSsIs
liondon, Jan. 7. 'Petrograd ad-
vices state that the Dolehevlkl
ernment la definitely strengthening
the front.
M. Radek, a Russian delegate who
took a prominent part In the veace
negotlatlona told tha Daily News cor
respondent that the Bolshevik! In
tended to aend homo all who did not
wish to fight, so aa to have an army
willing to fight for ideala. He aald:
"We do not desire help of the al
llee. Our etrength Ilea In our weak
neea. Wa atand for a democratic
peace. So do the German working
clasaea and if Oermany attacks us.
It will display Iteelf to our own peo
ple in IU true light."
London, Jan. . 7. Russian efforts
to have Oermany aoquleea In trans
ferring of negotlatlona from Brest-
Utovsk to Stockholm, have appar
ently failed. A report from German
sources ears It la feared there would
I Wit
BBXUDEUD
Washington, Jan. 7. As Brat
atep In government . assistance , of
railroad financing, railroad presi
dents have oeen requested te tele
graph to lha, Interstate , commerce
commtoaloa Immediately, the amount
of capital required for thla year and
also for the first six months.
BY
Amsterdam, Jan. 7. A handful of
captured American , soldiers , under
crosa-questloning by German officers
before a crowd of grinning Teutons
wss feartured In the latest Issue of
"World In Pictures," an Illustrated
weekly printed In ten languages and
distributed throughout the world by
the German government's propa
ganda department. Another picture
shows the prisoners riding In a
motor lorry under heavy , guard.
Thla la entitled "American prisoners
arriving In the German lines," giv
ing the impression that the 1 are
only a email section of a large num
ber.,.: . . , . ; , .
NRXT WRKK TO BR
"FREIGHT CLEARANCE"
Washington, Jan. 7. Director .of
Railroads McAdoo haa designated
next week, as "freight, , clearance
week," and. will conduct a campaign
to Induce shippers to unload cars
qulokly. - - vf
BAN
MT APPRECIATED
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W t : '' T " ' V r. - .r ;','
j?,. . frfSi 1 64 ni Wm
be Intrigue In Stockholm, on the
guv-'part of entente Interests that would
endanger the work of the plenlten
tarles. Thla la not confirmed from
Petrograd, however.
Foreign Minister Trotsky went to
Breat-Lttovsk In a vain effort to per
suade the Germane to go to Stock
holm.
. In Oermany tha political situation
Is much disturbed over the attitude
of the liberal parties concerning the
government's atand on the proposed
transfer. The socialists appear to be
the stumbling block. There Is dan
ger that they may desert the relch
stag majority, making It necessary
for the government to reform party
alignmcnta. , ,., . ,
It Is denied from Berlin that Gen
eral , von. Ludendorff, first quarter
master general,, has resigned. Lud
endorff was also tha general In com
mand of tba recent German drive
Into northers Italy
FOOD AKCE; III
FRANCE IS REDUCED
Washington, Jan. , 7. Only the
vary poor and men and women do
ing the bardest , kind of manual la
bor may hawe , more , than. ...aefoa
ounce of war bread a day Jn France
from sow. on, tba food administra
tion haa been advised by the French
government. The entire .French
wheat crop has been requlstloned by
the government. , .
This sacrifice pas beep , accepted
by the French people uncomplain
ingly on the government'a eiplana
tlon that only by aurp J restriction
can American i reinforcements , be
transported In ships that otherwise
would carry grain ' for their bread
and that, In addition, thla grain for
French bread can come from Amer
ica only by virtue of the actual sav
Ing of this grain by reduced coneump
tlon of bread fey American people.
PORTLAND STREET CARS
, TO CHARGE SIX CKXT8
Portland, Jan, 7 the long drawn
out fight of the Portland street car
system for an increase of fare from
five to six cents has finally culmin
ated in a decision by the public ser
vice commission, approving It. The
increase will become operative Jan-
TACOMA POST OFFICE "
HOMIER W.CAPTrRKD
Tacoma, , aJn. 7,-r-John Jphnson,
who waa eaptured at Kelso, haa con
fessed . to . robbing Cleelum poet of-
Oee. Chrlatmaa . eve. . He implicated
two others. . .
CHICAOO DAILY NSW.
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Chicago, Jan. 7. Tba city Is dig
ging Itself out of drifts after one of
the worst blUzarde In history. The
temperature la . 10 degreea below
sero, with the wind blowing 10 miles
an hour. Traffic la paralysed, there
are many collisions and as a result
many persons have been Injured.
PHUOMK PIIODI'CTIOX OF
CALIFORNIA DfCRBASUfG
Ban Franclsoo, Jan. 7. From an
annual output of t.000 tons of
chrome ore before the war, the state
of California now la porducing In
esceaa ,of 60,000 tone each year ac
cording to estimate of the state
mining bureau.. The coat haa ad
vanced practically 100 per cent
Chrome ore la need la the treatment
of steel and enters Into tba mano
facturo of all kinds of war muni
tions..: .. . ... i.
SO IMPORT A XT ACTIOJIS
OX THE BATTLEFROXTB
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,. London, Jan, 7,There are lively
activities on the western and IUllan
front, but no operations In etrength.
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act msm
, Washington, Jan. 7. The selec
tive service act waa today held by
the supreme' court to be constitution
al,--The ' government's contention
that power be given congress to de
clare war, Includes the power to
compel citizens to render military
service at home and abroad,'' waa
sustained. Chief Justice White de
livered, the opinion of the court,
which was unanimous. The , court
concluded that most of the conten
tions were imaginary, and not real.
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III
' Western mines, aa much or more
than any other industry have direct
ed the eyes of the world thla way.
Our government, and the allies "to a
large extent depend on these mines
for their munitions of war. The pub
lic generally haa little Idea of the
magnitude of the Industry or . the
thousands of men It employs In
mine and smelters. AThe average
cltlsen thinks of a mine as an easy
place to make money. As a matter
of fact developing a bine takes more
nerve, energy and money than any
other, line of business. . Never be
fore was the mining of copper-lead.
Iron, sine, ' silver, J gold and other
metals of such paramount Import
ance to our' nation ii4 " never Wore
waa It so highly important to en
courage heee industries In every
manner' possible by Just and equit
able legislation. '
COAL AND OIL LEASING
BILL CONSIDERED TODAY
. Washington, Jan. 7 Under agree
ment to vote before the end of the
day "on the coal and oil leasing bill,
the senste considered amendments.
S20.000.000.00 FOR
Washington, Jan. 7. An omnibus
river and harbors bill Is assured at
this session. The measure will ap
propriate approximately $20,000,
000. Two hundred and fifty thou
asnd for the Columbia river and the
Willamette river below Portland wlln
probably be Included.
HAS APPARENTLY BE EX ABLE
TO CARRY OX HIS WORK FOR
A LOXO TIME I
HilS SERVED IH WfM Of
His Father Is Qjianeraastessgea
era! aatd His Brother a Soldier hi
Gensaay
Taeoma, Wash., Jan. 7. Held ta
connection with the disappearance
of Important government documents
and suspected of having divulged In
formation of a military nature alone
other lines, Thomas Helmuth Rlttsr,
sergeant-major to the division adju
tant and holding the highest non
commissioned rank la tha entire
Ninety-first division, is la the county
Jail at Taeoma, swatting. telegraph
Instruction from Washington, D, C
.Checking op Rater's record sine
his arrest shows him to be 2! years
of age, born and educated In Ger
many, and the son of a quartermas
ter-general of the Germany - army.
with a brother also in the service of '
the kaiser. His mother still lives
in Germany. mi,, Jl.f-
; Going to South Africa la ltll, lie
Served , In the German artillery or
ganisation there and in lilt return
ed to hla native land, coming to tk
United Bute In tha spring of 1114.
by way of Franco and Italy.
. Bpeeulin on day la New York ho
hurried to Chicago and there too It
out hla first citliensblp papers' be
fore enlisting in ths American army
and' being sent to the Philippines.
While there he was known to have
been on intimate terms with ' the
consul general for Germany at Ma
nila. " 1
In 1015 from some unknown
source be came Into possession of a
large sum of money, and purchasing
his discharge returned to the United
States, first attracting attention in
San Francisco. ' Spending money
right and left and ' dressed In the
latest 'fashion, he made many ac
quaintances to whom he stated that
he was being "taken , care of" by -
German Consul-General Frans Bopp-
,. Shortly after he Joined the 14th
Infantry, a ' regiment ' of regulars, .
and with that organization saw ser
vice on the border. " He was exceed
ingly pro-German howerer, so much
so that he was constantly getting in
to trouble with bis companions and
was Intensely disliked by the men
and officers of his owh'compahy.
So 'warm 'did things become for
him that he deserted and for , five
weeks eluded an efforts at capture.
Finally, captured at Blsbee, Arts., he
was taken (back to Noglas for trial,
in some manner he 'managed to get
around the eoart-martlal and was
(Con tin nod oa page I.)
nous no M
.IDISJiAO
Amsterdam, Jan. 7. Caught at
Zevenaar by a special agent of the
Hague police, while she was at
tempting to smuggle Into Germany
11 large boxes said to contain under
clothes, shoes, coffee, tea and other
foodstuffs, Countess von Platen has
been held at Arnhem court.
The countess ihad carefully pre
pared for her encounter with the
custom authorities by a telephone
message supposedly from the foreign
office at the Hague, and a telegram
from the local German consul ask
ing for considerate treatment: but
the special agent arrived in time to
overrule these Instructions and in
sisted on examining the countess'
luggage where he found the contra-1
band.'