4 DAILY EDITION VOU IX., No. 77. QUA UTS PASS, JOSEPHINE OOUSTF, OIIEGOX, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1918. WHOLE NUMBER 2848. 'o, v - CRESCENT CITY ASTIR OVER U TUGS UAlUIOll AND RAILROAD TO MEET IN DEL NOHTK, 8AY8 IUKKCKNT CITY l'APKIt SALE OF BONDS HAS BEEN Ml Anglo-Pari mul Iiomlon Ibuik of Bam IViuicJik-o Intwuted 70-Mllo Railroad to Il Ilullt ' Harbor and railroad possibilities passed from tho visionary to within tit realm ot reality In Dal Norte county this week, says the Del Norte Triplicate published at Crescent City, and commencing with tho signing of contract early In the week for the sale of tho bond Issue of $200,000 to the Anglo-Paris and London Dank of 8a n Francisco, and closing the week with action by a group ot cap able men who contemplate construc tor the 79 mile connecting link of Tmllroad between Crescent City and Ormnta Pass, Oregon, the construc tion of which Is the contingent point npon which pivots tho entire federal Appropriation for tho Crescent City ' harbor. . Hepresentng the Anglo-Paris and London Dank at a meeting with the oonnty board of supervisors, J. W. Ilarrlson, bond expert of tho bank poke of tho conditions surrounding tba bond Issue In Ha relation to get ting a railroad guaranteed to this point to coniplctttly comply with the government's requirement In meet log Its quota of the harbor expense. IIo also stated, to Impress thoso who were not familiar with tho methods of financial affairs of this sort, that while the money In payment for the bonds could bo mndo Immediately payable to the county. It would not bo advisable to conclude that part ot the dottl until the link ot railroad was guaranteed, or the money could bo paid Into the county Iruusury and again be Invested In government bonds pending tho completion of the railroad requirements. HEAVY KNOWS IX EAST Chicago. Dec. 24. A heavy snow fell bore today, with a strong wind. Street cars have stopped running. Kansas City. Mo., Dec. 24. The (round here is covered with 11 inches ot Miow, and a car strike is on. ABOUT HIGH PRICES New York, Dec. 24. Thero, aro widespread complnlnts by home-coming soldlors of tho exborbltnnt prices charged for service In Y. M. C. A. ennteon ovorHons. Tho matter will be reforred to tho war depart ment tor investigation. BAILOKS AND (Jl'AHD IN CLASH Berlin, Dec. 24. A squad of sail ors blockaded tho Gormrn for-l'.sn office end sent of government fur an hour and a halt yesterday and ex , changed shots with members of tho republican soldier guard. There were a number of casualties. POLISH PIANIST TAKES v Copenhagen, Dec, 24. Ignace Jan Padorewskl, the famous Polish plan- and prominent In rehabilitation, rived here aboard a British cruiser, la believed that his mission Is to ind a new Polish government un Jer tho entente auspices. PLANS BEING MADE TO HELP'SOLDIERS Government Making a Labor' and "Help Wanted" Survey of Uu Country Major John D. illbbard, ot the United States army,'' was In tbo city Monday afternoon. The major, at a quickly-called meeting, stated that It was the aim of the government to secure a labor survey of tho country and to do everything possible to find ready employment for returning sol diers. To systematise the work, Mayor Geo. L. Raker, ot Portland, has boon authorized by the chairman ot the committee appointed by Gov ernor Wltbycombe, to secure defi nite Information In regard to- the 'help wanted" situation, and the Portland mayor Is being assisted by Majors Illbbard and White. Major Illbbard asked that a local committee be formed and a detailed report be sent In to Mayor Baker, showing approximately how many men can bo used In this county, and that if none are wanted, to so state In tho report. All Information gath ered will be placed on file at the In formation bureau at Camp Lewis, where the returning soldiers can get a line on the communities that need help. , Tbo major stated that thero will not be an employment bureau at Camp Lewis, but the gov ernment will have an Information bureau there, where tho boys who return ran secure accurate Informa tion. "Only absolute facts are wanted," says Major Illbbard, "and If Josephine county wants any help In the mines, on the farms, or In any other linos ot business, the bureau wants to know about It; also, accu rate Information Is wanted In regard to any publls Instda Abat may be opon to entry lands on which a re luming soldier can actually make a living." The major left last night for Hose burg. He Is visiting all the county seats. Mayor Domarny was at the meet ing yesterday, and Immediately af ter Christmas a committee will be formed and tho desired Information as accurately as can be gathered will bo sent In to headquarters. - WEI LAUNCH ATTACK Pullman. Wash., Doc. 24. Not In gray uniforms, but In brlcklsh red and black, and perhaps other colors, will an army ot 30,000,000 advance to tho attack In Walla "Walla, Klick itat, Whitman ond Columbia counties of Washington next spring. Tho Invading army will be com posed of ladybugs gathered this win- tor by county agricultural agents or their assistants and carefully cared for during th'n winter In bnrrticks of excelsior nnd preen debris from the woods. After the period of hiberna tion, the ladybugs will bo Invited to attack tho aphid pest In the gardens and fields of these counties.' It will I be a "major action," for the test was tried out on a small scale with suc cess this yoarj Each Indybiig, nays exports at the Washington state college, can de vour 150 aphlds, and produces some 200 ot lis own young In a season. Treatise of theso known facts, the agricultural agents hope to reduce the esttmnted $2,000,000 loss of this past year In various crops, duo to the aphlds. V. S. SENATE PASSES WAR REVENUE BILL MONDAY' ,i ... Washington, Doc. -24. Without a record vote, the senate last Monday night-passed 'the war revenue bill, reduced to raise about $6,000,000, 000 In 1919, and $4,000,000,000 In 1920, as compared with the levy ot $8,200,000,000 tor next year pro posed In the bill passed by the house three months ago, . When the final vote was taken at 10:40 o'clock, the senate' had been In continuous session tor nearly 1$ hours. V Christmas Dream, little child 1 The shadows falL Over the land the mystic veil That hides the morrow from our eyes ' Is swaying In the starlitfht pale. ' Dream, little child I Tis Christmas eve. Dream while the magic hours slide by. Each wind that blows the snowflakes wild Is laden with sweet mystery. . ' m Dream, little child I The glowing coals Are painting pictures on the walL Out from the quivering shadows there You almost hear the thrilling call Of "Merry Christmas, little maid 1 I hope I've brought your heart's desire.7 And Santa's shadow Just above ' "' ' "M Grows lifelike by the leaping fire. Dream, little child 1 The Christmas air Is glowing with your visions bright. And all the Joys tomorrow holds Are shining on the page of night Dream, little child 1 And may the years To you their richest treasures leave. And may all happy dreams prove real That come to you this Christmas eve ! NEW RULING WILL WIPE Washington, Dec. 24. The opin ion ot the judge advocate generals, approved by Secretary of War Daker, and mndo public today, holds that of ficers and enlisted men' of; tho na tional guard will revert to civilian status when discharged from' the federal service. The effect ot this ruling is to wipe the national guard out of existence, as It was organized prior to the war. General March asked tor an opinion as to the status of the guardsmen when discharged. Berlin, Dec,' 24. Turkej- wljl de clare Itself nationally bankrupt, ac cording to a report received hero today. ALLIES TO MAKE NO ? Paris, Dec. 24. The entente gov ernments are understood to refuse to undertake a vast military expedition Into Russia. They consider it Rus sia's part to get together her order ly elements, which will then find support from the allied nations. Eve BACK THE ESTONIANS Stockholm, Dec. 24. The Bolshe vikl forces are making- considerable progress with their penetration ot Esthonian territory. They have taken Dorpat and forced the Esthon ians back on the Wesenberg front northwest ot "Lake Pelpus. The Ger mans are continuing to fall back on Riga. VOLCANIC ERUPTION Cordova, Alaska, Nov. 30. (B mail). Salmon returned this year (for the first time, In full numbers to some of the Alaska waters which were gutted with lava and ashes by the eruption in 1912 ot Mount Kat mal, said to be one ot the world's greatest volcanoes. After the big eruption and Its at tendant dlstrubances, salmon disap peared from the nearby streams tor several seasons. Gradually they re turned. By next year, It Is thought here, nearly all the streams affected will be alive with fish again. OVER SIX -DUB ARE SLAIN III 11 Raasi Suffers Staggering Losses, ' Her Casualties Amounting to ' Over 8,000,000 Men Copenhagen, Dee. 24. Russia's war casualties total 9,150,000 men, according to a telegram received hero today from Petrograd. Of this number 1,700,000 -were Mled. ' 11 Tho disabled men number 1,400, 000 while 8,500.000 other soldiers were wounded. The Russians taken prisoner total 2,500,000. ' ' ! Estimates ot the Russian casual ties in the war made last week by the Russian Information bureau di rector, A, J. Sack, In New York, fig ured tho total at "not loss than 8,000,000 men, of whom 1,000,000 were killed and about 1,000,000 dis abled for life." Figures compiled by tbo Cologne Gazette and published November 25 placed the total German easnaltles at more than 6,000,000. Of this num ber it was estimated that about 2,000,000 wero killed. Tho French soldiers killed In the war, according to a statement In the French chamber of deputies on De cember 20, by iiucien Votlln, a so cialist deputy, number 1,400,000. Italy lost 500,000 men in killed or dead ot wounds. A statement to this effect was made In Paris, De cember 21, by Salvatore Barzilal, a former member of the Italian' cab inet, who accompanied King Victor Emmanuel on his visit to tho French capital. The British army official losses In killed total 658,704, ' it IS I J '. St. Louis, Dec 24. E. de Cartler de Marchlenne, Belgian minister to the United States, speaking here be fore the commercial club, declared that with Belgium despoiled by the Germans and their factories ruined, Belgium faced the future and recon struction with the same spirit that it faced the German hordes and that Belgium did not intend to become a public charge upon the charity ot the world. He declared Belgium looked to America, not for acta of charity, but a brotherly help in industry and trade. "Germany has deliberately put our factories out of commission," said the minister, "and by declining to fight further has maintained her own plants Intact. She has been forced to give up her dream of a German military empire of the world but still hopes to dominate the trade of the universe and endeavors to ob tain that domination by maiming her commercial rivals In Belgium and northern France. . "Belgium stands ' broken and mu tilated, bnt full of courage. We know the sympathy ot America and we look to you with confidence to work hand In hand with us In the future, as we have fought shoulder to shoul der In the past. "We do not wish to be a public charge upon the charity of the world. We want to work and to stand upon our own feet and we look to you Americans to give us a helping hand, not In acts ot charity, but brotherly help in industry and trade." HIGH GERMANS WILL RETAIN THEIR OFFICES Basel, Dec. 24. The Berlin'Lokal Anzelger says that an agreement has been reached between, tho Ber lin government and this German gen eral staff "by which Field Marshal von Hlndenburg and General Gree ner, chief quartermaster general, will retain their offices. PORTLAND CIGAR MERCHANT 19 ROBBED OF $500 Portland, Dec. 24. S. Rich, a well known cigar merchant of this city. was held up and robbed ot $500 while on his way home early today. HOOVER Villi MANAGE FOOD ; PROPOSITION FRENCH GOVERNMENT ASKS PERMISSION TO REHABILITATE ; ITS MERCHANT MARINE. '-' President Insists on Ealing Out of too Kettles With, the Common Sol- ; ' dlei si Leaves Paris Tonight Paris, Dec. 24. Food Admlnlstra-' tor Hoover and Chairman Hurley ot the shipping board had a conference with President Wilson last niaht. Suggestions that relief work bo placed in the hands of an interna tional committee came from the en tente countries, bnt It now seems as sured that the original plans will bo adhered to and the work of supply ing food be retained under one head, probably Hoover, In the Interest ot rapidity. Chairman Hurley discussed ship ping subjects. The French government has ap plied for permission to rehabilitate its merchant marine - through ' tho use of "American shipbuilding plants. trance has reminded President Wil son that France was compelled In common Interest with the entente to suspend ship construction, to supply munitions for the allied armies. Chairman Hurley ,1s disposed to with hold American facilities -until -.tho peace treaty is signed., ' Paris, Dec. 24. President Wilson will leave Paris tonight and not re turn until New Tears day. ! He in sisted on taking "his CHristmas din ner with the troops and eating from the mesa kit with the soldiers abont him. . He will have a formal dinner with General Pershing and other of ficers later. The president has pro pared an address to the troops. Late tomorrow President Wilson will start for London." "Today, with Mrs'. Wilson, he went Christmas shopping and was recognized In some of the places he entered. OF Y . . ..,'. Amsterdam, Dec. 24. A remark able proclamation has been ' issued by Field Marshal van Hlndenburg from German main Headquarters at Wilhelmshohe, dated "ChristmaV 1918." - Yk The Cassel Alleemelne Zeltune publishes the proclamation, whldh refers to "the mighty achievements In war of the Gernran nation in arms, trained to warfare, which did not collapse before a' world ot ene mies." ' The proclamation declares: .'' "It drew this capacity from the noiy nre ot patriotism,- win to vic tory and a spirit of loyalty. Tho1 German army." it continued, "has vanished, dissolved, disbanded, al though until the last) It was feared and respected by Its fenemles. " "To the officers, high and low, aa trainers and leaders f the national army, Is undeniably 'due a great share of the glory, ind It is petty revenge to deprive .ttiem ot their in signia and arms and declare them Incapable of 'exercising command. f "Tho "utter destructlbn ot the na-. tlonal strength of the German peo-' pie Is the intention of those des-I tractive, disruptive spirits who are working to Impede 'the reorganiza tion of the empire bn a sound politi cal and economic, baais." ' -f CHRISTMAS RECESS Washington, Deo. 24. Congress began its Christmas recess today. ' HI TO SUSPEND SHIPBUiLOlHS