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H NOTE
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Submarine Situation Again Acute
Final Course of Action Not Yet
Determined Marina Proves Not
to Have Been a Transport and
Was Entitled to Immunity New
Note Likely to Clear Up Differ
ences of Interpretation.
WASHINGTON", Deo. 8. A now
nolo to Germany on the general sub
marine situntinn appears to be nmonir
the possibilities which may eome out
of the lutest activities of tho under
sea boats.
1( decided upon, such a note would
be for the purpose of flouring up
what appear to be differences of in
terpretation in Wiis-hinfcton and Hor
lin n.s to what Germany's pledges in
the Sussex case covered, and espe
cially as to united ships.
Secretary Lansing; said today no
final course of action had- been
agreed upon by President Wilson and
him.
General Action Justified.
Although the state departmeat has
been going on, the principle of decid
ing each case separately on its mer
its, it was said today that the num
ber of cases bad reached such pro
portions that some general notion
would be justified, although it was
made clear that nothing had been de
termined upon.
The day's developments in the sit
uation were:
The United Stales nskod Great
Ilritain for information to determine
' the status of the V: & 0. liner Ar
abia, which a German submarine
commander took for an armed trans
port. Official information coming to tin
state department established that (ho
liritish ship Marina torpei'ocd with a
loss of six Americans was in no sense
n transport, and was entitled to the
immunity of n peaceful merchant
man. In both cases Germany has ex
pressed willingness to offer amends
if her pledges were broken.
' U. S. (Stands Snumloy.
It was reiterated again today that
the United States stands squarely on
tho position it took in the Sussex
case. This, combined with Germany's
statement, that she, too, holds to the
pledges she gave in that ease, leads
officials to declare there seems to be
some differences in interpretation.
A new note, if it should he decided
to send one, would be to clear this
up and make plain beyond ipicstion
that, tho United States expects all
merchant ships, under international
lnw, shall not be destroyed without
warning or having crews and passen
gers removed to places of satcly.
Affidavits on the sinking without
warning of the Italian liner Palermo,
on which state department records
show there were twenty-three Ameri
cans, are being collected as rapidly
as possible. As yet there are no in
dications that any American lives
were lost, but from information at
hand the case seems to parallel
closclv the Arabia and the Manna.
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LONDON, Dec. 8. The Anchor
line steamship Caledonia of 9.223
tons gross, is believed to have been
sunk, says an announcement made
today at Lloyd's Shipping agency.
irvvnnv Dec. S. Lloyd's Ship
ping agency announces that the Bel
gian steamer Kelzer and the .Norwe
gian steamer Meteor have been re
nnriml on nL- nnil their crews landed.
The Belgian steamer Keltier of
2.360 tons gross, was last reponca as
leaving New Castle, N. B., on Novem
ber 21 for Queenstown.
The Belgian steamer ixeizcr is m
listed in available records.
The Norwegian steamer Meteor of
4.211 tons gross was last reported
leaving Philadelphia on November
21 tor London.
MANY
ON U-BOATS
-An a ft
Br V ' l"'r . '
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7 .
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aid.
This is how the great ltarlholdi
statue of liberty, in New York harbor,
looks in her new robe of white light.
President Wilson touched the button
that litthtod the statue from base to
torch, while a squadron of battle
shins plaved their searchlights upon
it. Heretofore only the torch at the
lop wits lii -nt niht-. - -
SEATTLE HOTEL
SHATTI.E. Wash.. Dee. S fix
tures and furnishinss, vali. c-at $40
una in the barroom and dining room
of the Hotel Cecil on upper First
avenue here, were destroyed with
axe.-- by the dry squad of the Seattle
lolioc force early this morning for
i.lbpod violation of the prohibition
lnw. John K. Savaao, proprietor of
the hotel, and two Japanese hell hoys
were arrested on the charge of unv
lawtully having Intoxicating liquor
in their nosession.
Tb drv squad catered the hotel
shortly after midnight and, accord
ins to Police Sergeant Putnam, who
directed tho raid, found In the bar
room cash drowcr, two marked $1
Tills which, the sergeant declared, had
been given by ngenls of the police
in payment for the liquor.
Snvago at onre telephoned to Maj
or filll, and the destruction of prop
erty was delayed by tho mayor's order
unli!, after an Investigation of two
hours, lie was convinced the law had
been violated. Then four trusties
from the city jail, under direction of
members of the dry squad, smashed
the fixtures with axes. A mahogany
bar and two plate glass mirrors, said
to he some of the largest ever brought
to the Pacific coast, were among the
property destroyed. Savage declared
no liquor had boon "-old In the hotel
since the (joins' Into effect of the
prohibition law.
I.US ANHKidiS. Cal., Dec H. Al
bert .1. (,!i it litb, a p;ilror,nan on the
I.t,- Ani'ele- iuiec Inne for four
year-, i-imlV-seil tfdav, i online tf
tlie police, that he was the robber
jttho held in an e:ie-r- jjuard y-
terdev on a hu-y -trect and made otf
1 willi alu.iit ..( Htu in ea-h and .t l.iMMi
in ehr U, ihatl- am! other bankini:
paper. M"-t oi llie iifiiey re-
co ei cd.
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K'V'HIJ: i ky I
tits-? '
GERMANY SAYS
BELGIAN POLICY
BENEFICIAL
Germany
Justifies Deportation of
Laborers to Germany as
Belgian
Social Necessity By No Means a
Hardship for Belgians, Who Are
Degenerating From Idleness.
Citl.lN, Dec. S. The German
government issued a statement today
in explanation and justification of
the transfer of Belgian laborers to
Germany. It says the measure is by
no means a hardship for tho laborers,
but is n social necessity.
Owing chiefly to the British em
bargo against Belgium's overseas
trade which before the war operated
;i largo part of the Industrial popu
lation, large numbers of Belgian
workers are Idle, the statement says
and conditions are growing worse.
Many families have become objects of
public charity. This state of things
is not due, as asserted in Belgium
to German requisitions of raw mater
ial, it Is explained, for these requi
sitions occurred, as a rule, only where
factories were unable to continue op
erations.
l'opubitioii Idle.
Of 1,200,000 employes engaged in
Belgian Industries before the war
505,000, Including laS.000 women
are now wholly without work and
130,000 Including 40,000 women, are
partly without work, making a total
of G5ri,000 persons dependent on pub
lic aid. In addition to these there
93,000 wives and 612,000 chil
dren of men without work, so that
1.500,000 persons or one fifth of the
total Belgian population, require as
sistance. More than 300,000,000
francs already has been spent In sup
portlnf; (hose persons and 2O.O00.0pQ
francs monthly will be required
henceforth. '
These masses of idle pooplo, the
statement says, are degenerating and
drunkenness and social depravity affe
resulting.
Von Hissing's Policy.
The German governor general, Gen
eral Von Hissing, early recognized the
necessity of taking measures to help
the idle to obtain employment. He
caused municipalities to undertake
public works to create employment
where this was possible without im
posing too great financial burdens
Upon the suggestion of Belgians of
practical insight, tho governor gen
eral issued an ordinance in August
of 1915 against persons unwilling to
work, which was made more strin
gent last March. These ordinances
provido for compulsory transfer of
workmen only when Idle persons re
fused to accept work at reasonable
pay without adequate reasons, the
provisions of International law pro
teoting them against working on war
material being recognized as adequate
ground. The ordinances wero dl
rected chiefly against organized in
fluenee aiming the prevent laborers
(Continued on Page Six.)
SUFFREN GiVEN-UP
AS LOST A! SEA
I'Al.'IS. Dee. 8. The battleship
Sul'lron. which left port on November
J I. has not boon hoard from since,
and the minister of murine considers
ho vcs-el lo.-t with all on board.
The Suffren sailed for lenient, a
Kronidi naval Malion in J'ritlanv.
The IVcm h hattle-hip Suffren di-.-j.Lcfd
I'J,7"(l (on. Mcr ninual
complement was men. She was
410 feet lony: and 70 I'eet of beam,
and was laid down in lHUH. She wa-'.
armed with four 12-inch, ten n. 4-inch
and eiyht 4-im-h aims, twenty-two
pounders and four torpedo tubes.
I.:i-( year the Suffren took part
in the bombardment of the Turki-h
forU at the Danlanclles, hc entered
the strait to attack Turkish batter
ies and, according to an oil icial
Turkish annonnci-mi-nt. wa datna?
ed -erioii-ly mid withdrew in flume.
Mie nil- -ent back to Toulon for
relian t.
GERMAN CONSUL ON TRIAL FOR
CONSPIRACY IN "BOMB PLOTS
tf 4:
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FRENCH DEPUTIES' '
VOTE -CONFIDENCE
IN GOVERNMENT
PARIS, Dec. S. The volc of con
fidence passed by the chamber of
deputies yesterday is on the whole
well received by the press, which ex
presses the hope that tho measures
promised in the resolution may bo
carried out speedily and energetically
and above all, thoroughly. The I'i-
aro, which represents the tempers
ate opinion and Is well disposed
toward the ministry, says:
"Bound by force of discretion wo
can only remark that tho chnmber
was In a talo of extreme exeitomont
and that In Hplle of attacks which wc
can see from certain public utter
ances, were levelled against tho gov
ernment, the majority of the deputies
rallied around it and expressed their
confidence in Premier Hriand. But
we must also note that the minority
increased between the first mid
second secret session. Last June the
opposition to the cabinet only mini -
hered 97 voices. Today it numbers
1(10. The number of discontents or
impatlents has doubled."
DUTCH TO SUPPLY
LONDON. Deo. 8.- An Aiu.slcnlam
dispatch to tin1 Times says that the
llci'lin Vo--i-e!ie Xoitumr nunounocs
that an u-'icoincllt bad boon reached
1. 1. ....... ii. u , i :. ....
cardin- the cM..rtali..l ol food-luff,
i.lontical to Uml exi,lin... between
MullMll.
1 and Kio'land. The Ant,ter-
iliim c(irrr.,Mitiilont of the 'os-i,cbi'
Zoitun say., t ii.it it is really, if not
leohnically, un ay:rooiiiont between
(icrmuny and Kii'.'hind whereby bulh
may obtain food from Holland
The Times oirrosondeni
inter-
I .rot s this n, lllOiltlitl'' (hill Dot
-liiiw .-Mirving food to Knali.n.1 will
n moic-tcl bv (loioian -iibmur-
. -,.i.,l l v dciinvois ii..
,!,!..
"It i- purl of a wide u-rooinent."
and nl-o ,:n, thiit the iiiiiior-toji.i-
iio.' with lloiland Innvi.los for the
li-ritnt of fooil-'iiiii's by ficnr.an
troairy notes uml bank annuls."
M
5 vyy
(ermau (ousul General l'Tnuz
Loiqi. nt lelt. now being tried in San
Irancisco by the t inted States gov
eminent on charges of conspiracy to
violate neutrality.
Lieutenant Willielm Von Brincken
at right, attache of the German con
sulate.
Louis .1. Smith, below, Is one of
the men supposed to have been hired
by tho alleged conspirators, lie will
testify for the government.
CASE AGIST
SMITH A FELON
SAN KliAXClSCO. Die. S. Tin
invernnn'nt's r:isr 11 saihst Fmuz.
I!o) and other (iermnii consular of
ficials hr vi was appnrcntly jr'opnr
dized todiiy by n cltai'.ui' niinlc hy tlie
pi.iniM'l liir ili'l'i'iiso (hat Louis
Smith, tho unytTntiu'iil s situ wilnes
wits: onci' cnavirlctl of n IVlonv uml
is thus hani'd ' i'rnm ti'slilyiii in
iVdi-ral i-onil.
I'rcsidiMit Wilson litis lti'rn askrd
to ivtoit' Sniilh's citizcnshiit and hi
rijj.t to testily hy piirilonin Itis o'
rcn.-i-, which was romiaitlrd while
silni, Wlt
i'ulih-d man in the
I'uited StnU' n i my, John V. Preston
I'niteil States dUlriet Mtnniey, siiid
Preslon declared, however, that
Smith "'us tit if diMpialilied in n led
ei-nl emtrl, a he had been, eotiviete
ami sentenced bv an armv court
martini.
! .Judiie Hunt iznve the ilel'ensc until
j Monday to prove thai Smith is
ivimi. Tin- trial nmeeeded with the
te-timonv n' (. (J. OImh, a Tacoma
1 tugboat man, who said Smilh. under
: iH. name of "Walter Hrown," hiniiiht
'Jl)0 i'eet of I'iim1 I roni a pnwdcr com
pany witli which OIen shared a jlock
IIK1-BNA, Mont., Dec. 8.- 'harbM
Kiel), engineer on the Kant hound
Northern Pacific passenger wrecked
a quarter of a mile east of Hast Hel
ena, last niht In a head-on collision
:a quarter of a mile east of Kast llel-
,:""- " "' -"
lwi,h a fr, 'Khl l,'a1"' who wa badly
!"IJ 1 u' 11 lo""- saociiuiueo
to (lie efforts of a orusned skuii ami
bud burns from (he steam.
It develops (bat (he freight train
crew were responsible for the acct-
dent, which also caused the death of
I (lilsnou mrr i n t'ni.ni, n,
.... it r
Iluffka,
who was instantly killed, haviiiK for
KOtti-n the passei.Kor train.
overnor Slenart. who was a pas
;se:iKor on the flyer, hound for Wash
Innton, tlioush DnHly sliaiien up, win
I rcs""lc '"" J'nriiey lunirnt. nisower fimires. Potatoes I but sold for
jcomimnioii. Adjutant (leneral Phil ( t.i pound straiaht, so now for
;roc'ian of the .Montana national nix pounds for 1'J cents, (.'otiace
K"ard, whole ribs were broken, will , boose that lirmmbl I.', eonls a pound
,''0 ' ",0 "hospital for some time. ',. ,e bad for 7 cents a pound.
GREY REPLACED
BY BALFOUR IN
NEW MINISTRY
Lloyd-Gccrge Completing New Cab
inet Bonar-Law, Chancellor, Car
son in Admiralty, Derhy in War,
Henderson, Labor Suffragettes
Make Demonstration.
LONDON. Hoc. 8. The following
nhinct appointments' arc certain to
made :
Chancellor of the exchequer, An
drew nonar-l.aw.
Secretary lor foreign nffairs--..
. Balfour.
I'ndor-socretnrv, Lord liobort C.ft
il. ' . ,
First lord of the admiralty, Sir Kd-
ward ("arson. '
Secretary for war, carl of JVrhy.
Socrotarv for labor, -Artlinr Hen
derson
Lord -high chancellor, Sir Uobert
l-'inlav
The lioiue office port 1'idio, lu'cord-
lo the nowspniiors, was 'offered
Sir l'Yodoriok I'.. Smith, attorney
general in the coalition cabinet, but
he preferred to retain the uttoinev
neralship.
Asqiiitll Slill Leader
Herbert II. Asquith declared lit the
niceties '' liberal todnv that al
though he had resigned the preniier
shii, he bad not given up leadership
of the liberal party. The former pre
mier said there had been a carefully
nsineerod eamiaiun against him, bill
he uctiuiltcd Mr. I.lovd (leorue and
his other associates in the n'ljritur
-oveiinnont of complicity therein.
mr!
)n Kriday of last wool;, Mr.
piilh snid. be received Mr. I.lovd-
(leoi-Ke's proposal lor n smaller war
eonneil. I he same Hay he replied
li'al On- pri minister must preside
over such a body. Mr. I.hiyd-'dcor-o.
did nol a.rce lo Ihis, mid on Situdnv
the uuinnist ministers intimated I hey
had had u mooting at which thoy do-
idod they could not remain in lhe;no,lIlces that the Ciermans have been
government it' he did, ami that if be
did lud resign they wijuhl. lie saw
Mr. Uoyd-fieoriie later and, lieinjr de
sirous of unity ol' government, ap
pealed to Mr. liounr-Lnw to remain
in ofl'ice. Thev had a conversation
and tried to accommodate their views
as lo the relationship between the!
premier and the war eonneil and us
to the personnel of the council.
Iteslun Portfolio
The next morning he J'ound n
statement in the newspapers that tlie
premier was to be excluded fiiuii the
war council, lie then wrote Mr.
IJoyd-Ocorye that he was not prepar
ed to remain in the cabinet as a spec
tator id" the war and that it wok not
possible 'to have n war council with
out the premier as cliairnum. After
cori-ultiritf with his friends he re
signed, believing he eon Id serve t he
new government to best advantage
oil) -idc llie cabinet.
A small party of sulTrntiettcs b-nl
variety to the arrival of the liberals
at the Kcform club at noon today lor
a meetiuu 'd' the libera! parly to de
cide its attitude Inwards the IJnyd
(ieorue ijnvernuieiit. The women
greeted Ihe earlier arrivals wilh the
cry "another wait and sec."
The suffragettes became more au-
ressive when .Mr. A-oiiitli droe mi
and on bcin forced into the road
way bv the police, they contented
themselves wilh cries of "Traitor!'
and other abusive terni-. Lord Hal
dane was i:rectei1 with "Kaiser Hal
danc."
roF
I'OltTI.ANK. Dec. S 1'iices of
i ""or commooi-
ties featured In Ihe cnmpalKii aKaiast
ine nin cost or living, wnicli rori-
lund housewives have opened, wont
tumblliiK in the public and other
Portland markets today,
kkbh that sold at .". anil 70 cenis
dozen have fallen to a flat r.O cents.
tiio iK'st butter dropped today
I
from l.'i rentH tr cents and ruueK
that recently sold for I u rcnlH a
pound, may now he bought for three
pounds for a quarter. The lie-t qual-
uy 0f dried
laana may be had at
000 RUMANS
SURRENDER
TEUTONIC HOST
One DMsion Fc recti to Capitulate In
Battle on Alt 10,000 Retreating
From Altschanz Pass Cut Otf and
Captured No Stand to Be Marie
Before Line of Buzeti Is Reached.
lllClll. IN", Dec. 7. The surrender
of a force of S.auo Ktimunians is an
nounced hy die war office in the of
ficial statement issued this eyenltiK. .
' ''The Unmans on December (I, In
addition to (he fortress of lluelid
rest, and the most important com
mercial towns, lost one division whleli
was forced into an engagement on tho
Alt. and was ohllKod to capitulato
with S.ono men and 2ii ennnon.
Itumaalan troops retreatlns from
the Predeat and Altscluur. passes
were cut off hy Teutonic forces and
most of them have been captured.
la Western Hum an hi the pursuit Is
beliiR ei4itlnued by tho Austro-tier-
man troops, which yesterday took
more than 10,0(10 prisoners.
Hot IriiiK to lllloil.
SeemfiiKly the itiinianians and such'
troops as were aiding them nro stit(
on tho retreat northeastward and"
military commentators for tiie most
part, do not ex'pect a 6tand to be made
by the Ituinaiilans before the Hue of
tho Huzcu river Is reached.
This lino virtually closes the nock
of the province of Moldavia, running
eastward from the litinaarian fron-
ncr to (lalata. on the lower Danube,
on tne nessarubian border. It is re-
As-Uaniej ns a stroiiK. defensive line and
., c,.allv sac01Jl ti.i0 retnforee-
,,,, from Uasslun sources.
Oo the Vmncn.ltvliiiu'n f.nni ilm
Dnv ,.0Mnt operation of nolo ha,'.
,n . Verdun' ronton whern ihn
Germans yesterday claimed the cap
ture of tho summit of Hill 304, west
i of the Mouse. Today Paris aa-
driven from a "section of the Irene hen
on tho eastern slopes of IU11 H01,
which thoy had occupied.
In Macedonia the HulKnrlnns nro
violently contesting the efforts of the
Serblnns to make further advances
east of Monustir.
OF MARKETING
CIIH'AfiO, Dec. H. li'esnluliojis
calling upon congress to investigate
the entire iirolilcm of agriculture in
the 1'nited Slates and calling tor fin
investigation of the .marketing id
livestock were adopted today nt ihe
closing session of the fourth nalioiial
ennfereiiee on markelinu; and farm
cn-dils.
In an address by O. I). Anderson,
president of Ihe 'arineis Co-oper- ,
alive association of South Dukidn,
speculation in !rain was eoiidemued
as a barrier to "just relunis" to tho
producer. iw aovneateil that specu
lators should be forced lo limit Iheii
nles to the amount of wheat actu
ally in exi-tetice.
Tlie Chii-airo board of trade wa
did'ctided by ,1. V. (irilTm, its presU
dent.
'fhe rcsolul toii-i adopted by thrt
congress oppnx-d Ihe Shields waier
powcr bill and jiII foiins u' embargo,
'flic ri'snlutions remark that there is
some doubt w helher government,
loans fiin be legally laid on lands
whicli I'ouii a part of irriLrationt
drainave or reelamntion districts, on
account nt Ihe lieu against thesn
l.-ilids foi' the lionds that are out
standing. It w recommended that
Ibis point he cleared up by leisla
lion, if necessary.
GERMAN EXCHANGE J
DROPS IN GENEVA
CKNKVA, Dec. S. Thr Gorman
hundred mark bill has dropped an
other point and a quarter on tho
(leneva lion rue and a point and threq
nuarterH on the Zurich bourse. It Is
now quoted al 7! francs and 7S
fraiH's, 7"i eenlhnes, resieclitly.