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'!' '.-XV, -s. v Univursitv of Oreoon library I i Mebforb M FORECAST Tonlglit and tomtit row, Italn. WEATHER Mnvlinmn yrslonlay :t7 Minimum I.kIhv, JI. Fortv-8'h Tear. l.i!ly--Klfvnth Tffir. UEDFOIM"). OREGON. SATERDAV, 11ECEMRE1J Hi. 191(1 NO. 2-2) ail Tribune i' FRENCH WIN BIG VICTORY AT VERDUN Nine Thousand Prisoners and Eighty Guns Captured in Smash, Which Retakes All Ground Gained by Ger- amns in Verdun Drive Last Feb ruary Advance Made on Six-Mile Front, Advancing Positions Two . Miles Germans Unprepared. PARIS, Pee. 1C The number of Runs captured from tlio Germans in Oenerni Neville's victory on tho .Ver dun front, as counted ui to the pres ent, is eighty, according to the latest repo-.s reaching Paris. Nine thour tiiv, . Hsonors were captured. j PAR!S, Dee. Ifi. As his last act before assuming the chief command f the French armies on the western front, General Nivelle today smashed She German line enst of the Jfeuse Mlunx a front of six miles. The vie 'tory iidvnneed tlio French positions two miles and they are now within a short distance of where the Germans stood at the outset of the great Ver dun drive. The military authorities describe the victory as complete and crushing and carried out without a hitch. Preparation Quiet. Since his last great stroke, when tlio blood-soaked ruin of Fort Vaux and Pouuumout fell once more into the hands of Verdun's defenders, General Nivelle has been quietly pre paring in -jwinlr 4-mvnntse by. fitr attack oil u larger scale. Jlen and guns had been assembled, shells piled and everything was in readiness for file moment when the general should see his opportunity. Then the blow fell like a thunderbolt. A terrific ar tillery preparation flattened the Ger man defenses, then the guns were ele vated and threw a curtain of steel behind which the infantry from ev en' trench from Pepper Hill to be yond Dnmloup dashed forward on an enemy still stunned by the bombard ment. One after another, Vache rauville and Louvemont villages. Chambrette farm and the llurdau mont and Uesonvnux works, fell without the defenders having time to carry nwny cither guns or material, and prisoners began to stream stead ily rearward to prisons prepared for their reception. Complete Surprise. The weather, according to hither to accented idens, was nguinst the best efforts. It. was wet and misty, and this fact undoubtedly led the Germans to miscalculate the proba bility of an attack. The large number of prisoners, ac cording to latest advices nearly !l(IOn, is an indication of the surprise nature of tlio onset. Promptly at 10 a. m. the five at tacking divisions, each of which cov ered a front of one and one-cpiarter miles, advanced behind the screen fire of guns of all calibers. They wanned rapidly into the German trenches, The German troops in these positions, surprised by the sud denness of the attack, offered com paratively little resistance. . . In the village of Vncherauville, where the Germans had installed a quantity of machine guns, the strug gle was sharp, but nevertheless short. More to the east the French forma tions charged the slopes of Pepper bill, carrying all before them. As they rushed to the attack the soldiers cheered and from time to time the (Continued on Page Two.) PACKERS PAY FINES .lEFFEKSOX CITY, Mo., Dec. Hi. Five packing companies each paid i lfl2..'ifl0 into the state treasury here today, it was announced, in settle ment of the fines of $2.,100 imposed upon them by the Missouri supreme rourt for violation of the stale nnti- trust laws. The pavmcnt was made under nn agreement with John T. r.orkcr, attorney general, that but half of the lines should be paid. RUSSIAN DUMA SPURNS GERMAN PEACE OFFERS President Declares Cannot Trust En emy Who Is a Wornout Felon, Seeking Tempccary Armistics 'in Order to Recuperate Before Mak ing a Fresh Onslaught. LONDON, Dec. i.. .v.; sJdro.'s before the Russian rtuina, which yes terday adopted n resolution opposing acceptance ot the peace proposals of "the central powers, Michael Rod.lnn l;o. president of that body, Ravi the reasons why, In his opinion, the pro posals should not ho accepted. Kou- ter's l'etrogrnd correspondent (pioter M. Kodzianko as follows: "The enemy proposes peace In cir cumstances which aro exceptionally advantageous to him. lie claims to be the conqueror. We cannot trust our adversary. He is a worn out fel on, who seeks not lasting peace, but a temporary armistice In oredr to re cuperate before making a fresh on slaught on the allies with greater vio lence than before. "In the second place, wo aro unit ed to our allies by Indissoluble ties, by common sacrifice, by blood which has been shed. Our object is sup pression of German militarism. We desire that the world shall be able to live free from the threat of tho Ger man first, on the basis of right, free. dom and equity. We shall agree to negotiate only when the enemy Is fi nally beaten. Ill concert with our valient allies, wc) shall sign a peace treaty which shafl.guarantee peace to the whole world i Tills is the solu lloii of thOi hi-slotfc problems' which will repay us for what we have suf fered. ; ' "We sar to all naons: 'The enemy in the midst of a clatter of arms is seeking an honorable issue from the struggle, foreseeing defeat in the near future.' We say to Ger many: 'You began the war, you have brought unspeakable suffering upon humanity. When you have been brought to your knees you will be held responsible.' " PART OF LOSS ON PEACE REJCTIONS CHICAGO, Dec. IB. Wbeat leaped upward today In response to the Russian duma's rejection of peace and because of reports that the Unit ed States would not Intervene at pres ent. First sales showed an advance of ns much as SViC a bushel, July Jumping to $1.40 as against $1.31 at yesterday's finish. Developments over night were con strued by tiio trade generally as indi cating that peace was still a long way off and there was a consequent widespread rush to buy. In a tew moments some transactions showed a rise of ten cents a bushel. After a maximum ascent of 10 Vic, sellers were somewhat bolder and a reaction set in. It was more than hair an hour before comparative steadi ness was established at a range of o to 7 cents from yesterday's latest figures. May wheat at the top of the bulge touched (1.64 Vi, w hereas the previous close was (1.51 to i.r.:.'.4. Increasing discouragement as to peace was evinced later owing to more definite reports from Washing ton, adverse to a probability that any formal negotiations were in any Im mediate prospect. The market closed with a net gain of 4 i to 9c, with May at (l.C2i to (i:3 and July at (1 ;17 to (1.37. NATURAL GAS SHORTAGE CLOSING WHEELING FACTORIES WllLiaiNC. W. Vn., Dec. Hi. Kitlern thousand workmen arc idle here today as a result of a serious shortoge if natural jkis which has fon-ed alnin-t every factory and mill in the Wlici-lin di-trii-t dependent upon gas for iuel'to clu-c. UMATILLA, OREGON, UNDER PETTICOAT GOVERNMENTS (( C 5 - J Women officials of I'matilla, Or.: Merrick, city treasurer; Mr-.. Roy V light, Mrs. V.. V.. Sturdier, mnyor: Mo OF FRIENDLINESS PARIS, Dec. 16. An official tele gram nunounciug that Greece had ac cepted unreservedly the conditions of tho allies was received at the foreign office at midnight, according to the Petit Journal. LONDON', Dec. If.. According to an Athens dispatch to Kcutor's, Greece has replied to the allies' ulti matum by saying that it accepts the demands made upon her as It is de slrlous 'of kIvIii's another manifest proof of the sinceroly friendly feel ing which have always animated It townrd the entente. The reply says tiiat no hostile movements of troops have ever taken place or been project ed and that the transfer of material northwards will immediately cease. Orders have already been given, It is stated, regarding the movements of troops and war material and will he carried out as rapidly as possible. In respect to the attack on British and French marines in Athens on De cember 1, the government declares that it desires to give every legitimate satisfaction and refers to its pro-' posals to arbitrate. It expresses the hope that the allied powers will re consider their decisions to continue the hlorkado which, it says, is strain ing relations and impressing public opinion. The reply concludes with tho ex pression of a dcslro from the govern ment and people of Greece for a re sumption of the excellent traditional confidence which has previously ex isted between Greece amj the en tente nations. T Xi:V YOKK, Dec. Hi The first real snow Morni of the winter will cot New York City about ..')i)t,0rm. A loot of snow fell yesterday be tween ." a. in. and 7 p. m. and the strcet-elemiiiiv department will be busy for two or three days eartiii; it away. The fall was the greatest here in any day since December '!( L'7, 1H!M), when fourteen inches fell in twenty-four hours. Traffic is still blockaded today, owing to the shortage of men to clear the streets. CTIICAfiO, Die. 111. With the mercury hoveling around zero mark, Chicago hoii-cholders face n ooul famine within Ibc next ten days, ac cording to (Icoi'lc ;. Ciisliin, edi tor of the l!luek Diamond, the organ of Ihc local coal dealers. Mr. Cu-h-ing asserted today thai tile shortage in domestic coal supply i- due prim arily to a slntrtuge in coal ears. I!fSTON Dee. Hi.-Kiaht and one-half inclie- of snow were on the ground at daybreak today when a storm that had ra.i:ed diirin;: the nilit ubalcd. Lett to right, upper. Mis. II. ('. Moans, eoiuicilwonian: Mi-, Koherl . rnuui. coiincnwoman: .Mrs. J. I. . (. (i. Itrownoll and Mrs I!. Spinning, cuuucilwomcn. INCREASED RATES i FROM COAST TO! EASTSUSPENDED Pacific Slope's Output of Dried Fruits, Canned Goods, Wine, Bar Icy, Ber.ns and Other Foods to Move East Under Prevailing Freight Rates. - "WASHINGTON; Dec. Kl.-TirC Pa cific coast's cntiio season's output of dried fruits, canned goods, wlno, beans, barley and other foods will move east under prevailing freight rates, notwithstanding the authority given to the railroads to advance them 10 cents per hundred noumls. Such a decision has been reached vol untarily by the trans-rontiiieiital rail roads and communicated to the inter state commerce commission. The new freight rates, which were to go Into effect December 30, will bo suspended by the railroads own ac tion until March 1, next, liy that time, It is thought, tho entire pro duct of the orchards, vineyards, and truck farms of California, Oregon and Washington for 1D16 will have been delivered in eastern markets. Itatcs Air SuSK"ltded. Suspension of the increased rates is due, It' is said, in large measure to congestion of traffic, which has ham pered the free niovoment of the com modities involved and delayed tlioir transportation eastward from two to six weeks, "flic movement is at Its height at present. Increased freight rates on west hound traffic to Pacific coast ports will become effective, however, De cember 30, unless the inter-slate commerce commission suspends them which it Is said to bo unlikely. The chief commodities Involved In the westbound traffic are iron, steel and other bulky shipments also transport ed by water through the Panama canal. The increases are ten cents per hundred pounds in carload ship ments and 2-", cents per hundred pounds in less than carload lots. E .N'RVV YOKK, Dec. IB. The prob able attitude ot the entente allies toward the Germanic proposals, as shown by the Russian duma's firm stand, and other overnight events, which served to discourage the Idea of early peace negotiations prompt ed much short covering during to day's brief session. Specialties niado further recoveries of 2 to 5 points, with 25 for Bethlehem Steel. Some of this advantage was relinquished In the dealings or the second hour, f.alls again stood out for their con sistent strength, the shares com prising the southern group sub stantially augmenting recent gains. Ilich grade issues also moved to higher levels. The closing was strong. Total snlcs were estimated at 7.'b, 000 shares. Ilonds were irregular. Cherry, recorder. Lower row, l.-t t to TRYING TO PULL INE OFF Kl'KKKA, Cal., Dec. 16. It was possible to wade within twenty feet of the United Stntes submarino H-3 still rolling today In the breakers two miles north of here, where she struck Tuesday morning. Salvagers under command ot Lieutenant V. It, Howe succeeded In making fast a ten inch hawser lust night and it was hoped to get some of the rescued crew aboard tlio 11-3 by noon to . open hatches 'tor the et-vapo of chlorltw- gas and to empty tho diver's tanks Lieutenant. Ilowe, commanding tho monitor Cheyenne, mother ship of the H-boats, said he expected to take a pull on tho H-3 from off shoro at high tide tonight. A coast guard crew will attempt to carry a line in shore from the U. S. S. McCulloch. During the night tho 11-3 swung around bow to shore at right angles. lioatswain's Mate Davidson of the monitor Cheyenne, boarded tho wrecked submarine H-3 this morn ing and returned reporting conditions good under deck. Although he did not, enter tho craft, he said that It Is possible to do so. There was nine feet' of water under the stern of the submarine, he said. This afternoon, with conditions lavorablo, tho coast guard cutter McCulloch will make the first effort to pull the sulimarine off the sand. IT E lll'MtLIN, Dec. 1 ft. The Teutonic Toices In Kiimanla aro continuing their advance all along the front, it is announced in today's war office statement. Two thousand move prisoners have been brought In. In Dobrudja the Husslans have retired. Tho stat cut records the Torclng of tho Illi.eu river sector at twe points by tiie Teutonic troops under Field Marshal Von .Mackcnsen. The statement reads: "South of the t'zul valley, Ituisian .attacks twice repeated were halted by lour artillery fire. Tho left win.! of I the ninth army, In indefatigable en gagements, has reached the roa.l from llu.eu to lilmlsoul. "An additional 2,00(t prlson-'rn lias been brought In. The Danube army is Irresistibly advancing noi-theasr. "In Dohrudja the llu.-.slans gave up most of their southern positions. Itul garlan, T'lrklMi and (lermau troo;n in rapid pur.-ult. have crossed the line of Cogetir-Cartal-illrzova." SUBMARINE SINKS . , GREEK STEAMSHIP v -r- : PAI.'IS, W. Kl. The sinking of the liiuill-ton Crick steamship Sal amis by a (i,-i nan subaiaiiiie is re ported ill A Jtil'.'iK dispatch from Madrid. The ci,-v einbaikcd in eight of the ship'-' br-. ; . which were low ed by liu' M,h",;:iimc to a point ncur tlif coast. . ) MUNSTERBERG, NOTES OF PEACE SPOKESMAN OF FORWARDED TO GERMANY, OEAD ALLIED CAPITALS ;,4 Distinguished Psychologist, Author and Professor of Harvard Univer sity, Dies Suddenly of Cerebral Hemorrhage While Lecturing Presented Teutonic Views. C.MI',i;il)lii:. Mass., !.,.. Mi. llii'o .Miuisteriii rg, ilis'iutiushcd psychologist, .mm I ho i- and professor of psychology and director of the psy- hologicul laboratory of Harvard univcisity, died suddenly in a class room ul Ivadclifl'c college today. I'rore.ssnr Muustei'liei'g had begun a lecture on elemonlory psychology before sixty young woawn. He had talked for about a half hour "w hen he stretched his hands toward tile desk as though to steady himself. llefore any one could rcncli him, he had lallen ami was unconseious when Dr. Harold K. Iluilt, an instruc tor, sprang to his side. Deatli came in twenty minutes. Professor Muusterherg had ap peared to be in Ids usual hcallh mid on last Monday night delivered an address on "'flic Psychology of llus iness." Well known in educational circles for many years, Professor Mimstci' bci'g became prominent publicly soon after the great war began. A Cier iiiiiu by birth, lie presented in ad dresses and in written articles the attitude of the Teutonic allies as lie understood it. (ii'adunllv he enme, to be regarded as a spokesman in New Kugland fiir..inatl.vticrmur)i.ajid,,jlh ers who favored (icriiiany. As a V suit, he was brought into eonlrovers ies wilh other members of t lit liar varil faculty who were outspoken in the defense of the allies. Professor Mniislerbei-y; leaves widow ami a daughter. I'l olcssoi' tiohert .M. el'Kes, an assistant ill tile deparlaienl of psy chology, :i Harvard, said dentil probably was due to cerebral hemor rhage. famous us Psychologist. Born in Danzig, f.'erinany, in -I Still, aller ilisfiiigui-lied work as an edu cator in his native laud. Professor Muiistei-heig came to Harvard in I HIM us professor of psychology. In 1 ! 1 II he i-eliiined to (icrnianv ns liar vard ex'ehaac professor at the Lni- versity of lleriiii. In tiie following your he organized and became the head of the Amerika Institute of the fierniaa goveiiuaeiil. Al the expira tion of his term as exchange profes sor in 1012 he resumed his work al I larvard. lie was made president of tiie American Psychological ussociu lion in ISils. At llii' lime of hi: death he was president id- tin1 llos Ion (lei-man association. Mrs. Muas-lei-herg was formerly Miss Selnia tippler of St rosslmrg, Ctcriiiauy. They were married in IHS7. for twenty years Professor Muiis tcrherg hail written evleiisixely on philosophical, psychological and sci entific subjects, tine of his best known works was "The Amci i-aii." lie was twice dccoialccl by the (ler mau emperor. WASHINGTON, Dee. lii. -forecasts lor tin week beginning Sunday wi re announced by the weather bu reau today as follow s ; Pacific .-talcs; l-'rei'Mcnt ruins ill Washington and Oregon. (ienerally lair in Colilornia. Temperature aca r ii"-iiiiil a erage. NEW YORKSTATE BAR Al.UANY, N. V., IV". H;.('lmHi K. IIiilii'- fir been Ti;ini'! IV. r tin1 (irc-hlt'iii'v l tin New Vni'I; Si site Iir i--oti;tl ton by tin- imniinnlin'; coii.tpit h-i- ni' lli. it Mpjjinimtinn, il H :.- ;t ti If tit M ttni;i y li,V I In -rrn'- i;try, I'lcdciirk K. V;nlii;uit-. of llti- Offers Transmitted by President Wil son Without Any Mediation Oftar by United States Bernstorff Culls " Upon Lansing to Discuss Subject of Peace. V WASIIINtlTdX. Dee loV-The. Herman, Aitstrian and Turkish uotcs proposal;, peace wei'v started on their way to t In- entente capitals late to day. No .MtHlliUli.ii Ofiec. WASHINGTON. Dec. Hi. Presi dent Wilson's decision to forward tho central . powers' pi notes to the entente allies without any mediation offer by the American government left today only the task of translation and revision of phraseology to be finished he fore they are transmitted. The president's determination to have Ihc I 'nit el Slates u a medium for exchange of the notes between tho hostile belligerents was made after u prolonged cabinet meeting late yes teulav. W'ASIIINdTON. Dee. Hi. Count Von llernsioiLi', M. (leraiun nmhns--ador, conferred with Secretary Lan sing today, seeking information of the attitude of the 1'nite.l States toward tiie peace proposals of the central powers, to discuss t he general sub ject of paec froin this government's viewpoint and lo give nay informa tion Mr. Lousing- migiil desire on the altitude of Ilia (Icrman government. Ambassador Hurnslprff said a f Mjh a teii-minulc' isil with' Kec'ietary Lansing: ... ; .'.' Terms .Not Discussed. ''Wc did not discuss peacc'tcinis in any way. I have not. received itny foimal leinis ami the American gov ernment knows officially Hint no for mal lornts have been proposed. All (ici'iiiony has suggested is that the belligelelils gel together and talk. If thai proposal is urocplci! definite tonus naturally will be discussed, but till Mien it will not he proper to uicn liou Ihcin, My visit to the secretary was purely for general discussion." 'flic aiuliassiiilor indicnlcd that the aclual place fur the holding of a con ference and the (piestion of whether it should be by direct negotiation or through iutei'inciliaries were rptcs lions entirely dependent upon the wil lingness of the entente allies to dis cuss the situation at all. He indicat ed also thai he had not discussed tho American action in sending on tho Teutonic notes without consent, ns Ihnl was purely a mallet' for Ihc conn! ry lo decide for itself. TREAT! WITH O.S. ML PASO, Tex., Dec. Hi. --Proposal i made by a .Mexican claiming to be a representative of Prauciscn Villa lo military authorities here for , an agreement between ilia and the I niled Stales regarding the protec tion of lori'ign life and property in Mexico, were lorwaided lo higher au thorities today by Hie military offi cer to whom Ihc proposals were first silhmilled. 'flic Mexican claimed to have come lo I lie border from Villa's camp with a Icniative proposal Hint Villa would protect all foreign properly and cease to kill any foreigners in' return for a promise ilml his campaign against Cananza would not be interfered with, a high military authority here -aid today. GOVERNMENT TAKES LONDON, Dec. ifi Tho govern-1 inent has decided to tako over tho Irish railways, according to an an nouncement today by James Henry Thomas, labor member ot parliament Tor Derby and assistant general sec treaty of the Amalgamated Soir of Hallway Servantr. It was hoped. It was explained, thus to avert a threatened strike