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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