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I'ltOHAltl.Y 1MIX.
Forty-sixth Year
jviily KlfVftnth Year.
Technicalities Taken Advantage Of
by Enemies to Delay Vote on the
Measure Until After Holidays
Ashurst Pockets Bill for Which He
Had Asked Consideration.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. The pro
hibition bill to mako the capital dry
fell into tho toils of a filibuster Into
tAday when Senator Asliurst, who ra
vers It, without intention of imper
ils a vote, got uiiuninioua consent
for consideration of a miscellaneous
land bill. The opponents of the pro
hibition bill were quick to take ad
vantage of the opportunity to con
tend that it had been displayed bc
foro the senate and was supported
by a ruling from the chair. Senator
Ashurst then sought to withdraw the
land bill and did so physically by
stepped to the desk and putting the
document In his pocket.
Senator Reed of Missouri Insist
ed that such a method of withdraw
ing bills was new In parliamentary
procedure
Stroni? Arm Met hods.
"If men are permitted to dispose
of legislation by physically approach
ing strong arm methods and grabbing
bills out of the possession of tho sen
ate," said Senator Heed, "legislative
Buislness will then resolve itself into
grabbing and running. Under these
circumstances the man who can grab
the most and run the fastest would
be the greatest statesman. If we
are proceeding under Marquis of
Queensbury rules, it Is time we knew
it. Wc may even descend to packing
house rules, which I understand per
mit using the thumbs and even the
lallne method of scratching with pie
finger nails." .
Senator Ashurst declared he was
not disturbed by Mr. Heed's attack.
"The senator from Missouri," he
said, "Is Incapable of carrying out
here or elsewhere any threat he
makes against me or against anyone
else. He Is fond of a joke against
anyone else but when it is on himself
ho dancos around like a rat on a grid
dle trying to get off."
"Whisky Still Itcigns;
lie declared that if Senator Hood
were fair about the prohibition bill
he wnitlH nllnw it tn cnnin tn n vnta
yk "The saloon lost out in Arizona and
elsewhere," he continued, "by such
tactics as these. It committed sui
cldo when it spread the sllmo of pol
itics like this on ilsnir.
"It ill becomes the senator from
Mitsourl to use technical Ideas and
motions against this bill."
As he concluded , tho Arizona sen
ator walked slowly down the aisle,
saving tho bill over his head and re
stored It to the clerk's desk.
"The Indians of Oklahoma may suf
fer, but whiskey will still reign In
Uin national capital," said he.
The debate which followed took on
the nature of a filibuster. Friends
of the prohibition bill fear it cannot
Le vassed unless it Is voted on before
tho Christinas holidays.
200 Ali
HELD IN SYRIA
TO BE LIBERATED
WASHINGTON'. Dec. 20. Tile 200
Americans detained in Syria and Pal
estine by the Turkish military au
thorities have been granted permis
sion to leave via Jteinit on condition
that they intern at IVirut for a
month to make valueless any military
information they may have.
The United States has repeatedly
made diplomatic efforts to free I he
Americans, some of whom arc mis
sionaries and others naturalized citi
zens, and until now every efforl has
been thwarted liy the Turki.-h mili
tary commander.
Ambassador Etkus at Constanti
nople reported the portc's action to
the state department today. KfTorl
will he made to have the time of in
ternment shortened.
The cruiser lies Moines, now at
Alexandria, wiii go to Hciritt to take
"a tlic refugees.
FILIBUSTER TO
to PASSAGE
!0F PROHIBITION
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.ISKHUX, Dec. L'O. A peace
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movement is being considered bv
Norway, Sweden, Denmark and
Switzerland, in which they wish
the 00-onerulion of Holl.-md.
according to Deputy Sehuper of'
the Dutch parliament, as quoted
in u dispatch to the Overseas
News agency from Koltcrdam.
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I'KTIIOGKAD. Dec. "0 Uiissinn
troops opornling- in ihc region of the
liver Ilvsliitsa, in (ialicia, says the
Russian official statement issued to
day, broke through the barbed wire
enlanclcnirnls in front of the Austro-
ieniian advanced posts yesterday
and pcnetrnlcd into llohordczany
SI are, southwest of Stanislau. The
Teutons are said to have fled in dis
order, leaving some prisoners in the
hands of Ilu' Russians.
Further developments in the pence
movement in Knrope now await the
present at ion of the formal reply of
the entente allies to the proposals of
the central powers. David Lloyd
George, the liritish premier, and Pre
mier liriand of France have admitted
that this reply will speedily be forth
coming.
Military operations in Hie fuiro
pen n field of war are at a low ebb.
I'hc driving campaign of Field
Marshal Yon Mackcnscn in Kmnnnin
seems nearly at an end. In any
cvcnl, whether or not some further
move of an important nature is in
contemplation in this war theater, the
reports show comparative quiet to he
prevailing at present.
On the rVunon-lielginn front al
there is a lull with the quictinc. down
of the recent activity at Verdun,
while lalesl reports from both the
Russian and Auslro-'italinn 'fronts
show litlle but artillery duels and
skirmishes.
In Macedonia the reports show
rains and fog prevailing, wilh no mil
itary movements with the exception
of pat rid ciiungeinents.
A.MST KKDAM, Dee. 211. Com
menting on Premier Lloyd George's
speech the Tnegiiche lluiidschau id'
M rlin says : '
"licparation could he demanded by
Holland only if Geniiiiny had declar
ed war on Knglnnd, if we were to
Illume lor the war, if we had eom-
tted crimes against international
I law and if we had been defeated."
The l.oknl Anzeigcr takes the view
point that Mr. I.loyd George's re
marks about reparation are of no
value, inasmuch us nothing lias been
said thus far about peace conditions.
This newspaper continues:
"If Lloyd George means tn post
pone satisfying Knrope's desire for
pence until the tune when the entente
is sacec-sl'iil in compicriug Ger
many's armies and those of her al
lies, then the whole of Kurope, as
well as I.loyd Geni-,e, knows fall well
that this announcement means eter
nal war. unless it is in the power of
the German command to brim? it lo
an earlier termination than I.loyd
George suppose-."
The Tau.-hlatt says it prefers to
aait the promised iplv of the Ca
nute, adding :
"For ihc present it appears that
tie gulf is very great between I.loyd
Gourde's standpoint and ihat describ
ed from tlic German side as the basis
lot- peace,"
M EDFORD,
RUSSIA CARING
FOR RUMANIAN
WAR REFUGEES
Thousands of Homeless Are Pouring
Across Border Fleeing Invaders
Constitute Most Serious Refugee
Problem Since Invasion of Bel
giumProviding Wcrk and Shelter
PHTKOGRAD, Dec. 20. The pas
sage across the Russian frontier of
thousands of Humaniaus who have
abandoned their houses and property
In the face of the invading Germans
and Bulgarians has cast the shadow
of a new refugee problem on tho llus-f-it-.n
empire. These refugees have
been pouring into Odessa, Kiev and
other southern Russian cities in a
destitute and helpless condition and
present a problem which threatens to
ue more difficult than any which has
confronted a belligerent power since
the Invasion of Belgium.
Russia has only partially succeed
ed In colonizing and assimilating the
millions of homeless Poles, Jew? and
members of other races who fled to
tho interior during the first yea.' and
half of the war. This is naturally
the worst time or the year in which
to care for refugees and the econom
ic readjustment which the present po
litical crisis has emphasized adds to
the difficulties of clothing and sup
porting a new nation.
Wandering Peoples.
The magnitude of Russia's econom
ic burden is appreciable when it is
considered that the country has re
ceived already, since the beginning of
the war, a. refugee population far ex
ceeding the combined citizenship of
the Scandinavian countries, while the
resources of the country have been
taxed to the utmost to provide for the
wandering peoples whose homos have
fallen within enemy lines and whose
means of livelihood are either tem
porarily or permanently forfeited.
The wretched condition of the ref
ugees has been steadily improved
through the systematic efforts of the
Russian government, working thru
tho various refugee committees.
These committees, looking beyond
the immediate necessities, are suc
ceeding in distributing the migratory
population throughout the interior,
encouraging their colonization in fer
tile agricultural districts and giving
them work in making boots, all sorts
of clothing and other immediate mar
ketable articles. A great number of
these refugee products aro now in
use by the military and civil popu
lation. Special schools have been or
ganized lu many parts of the country
for refugee children and every means
taken to prevent the war victims from
becoming a burden to the state.
Americans Aiding.
The American relief committee,
headed by Thomas YVhittemore,
working in conjunction with the Ta
liania committee, organized by the
empress, has made valuable contri
butions to the relief work and is now
devoting its energies to meeting the
Rumanian problem. Temporary bar
racks and numerous food kitchens
have been established at all distrib
uting centers to receive tho Incom
ing Rumanians. From these places
the Rumanians will be sent to the in
terior.
Despite ail efforts, however, the
enormity of the task has defeated all
efforts to adequately handle the
gigantic migration of people brought
about by the war. The refugee ranks
have been inevitably thinned by dis
ease and many have fallen victims to
cold, lack of proper food and cloth
ing and the unsanitary conditions
which are bound to accompany the
suden unloading of a vast additional
population on a country at war. -
EXTENDED 3 MONTHS
PARIS. Gee. 20. An ex-cm-on of
the moratorium for thrc-o months
from January 1 Is presided In a de
cree published in the Joatu.i! Otficial
The decree is accompanied by a note
from the minister of commerce stat
ing that there remains unpaid only
1,:i4a.oiio.ouu of a total of 4,1 x?,"t,
Onn f ranees of paper benefitting from
the moratorium which was held by
the Itnnk of France In August of 1911
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OU'l'XiOX, "U'KPXKSPAY.
IAIL
FIGURES IN REORGANIZED FRENCKMINISTRY PEACE DISTANT GREAT BRITAIN
u n s.
.VIWtrW
Top, left. Gen. .lottVe, ;io resigned as supremo conuunmlcr of the
French army; top, right, Ari-stide 111-land, premier of the lien- minister:
bottom, left to light, (ien. (iallicni,
Pnisslans in 1K7, and secivlnry r
tieil. .lofl'i-e as head of Ihc nnny, anil
MAIL SEIZED BY
ALLIED
DURI.IX, Dec. i!0.' "From Decem
ber. 1913, until the last of September,
191C, the British and French naval
authorities seized 24,200 mail bags
from Germany and 10,800 bound for
Germany," says the Overseas News
agency. "Of those from Germany,
17,110 bags of mall were bound for
tho United States and 0,225 were
bound for South America or Spain.
Of the mall bags on the way to Ger
many 13,837 were front the United
States and 2,4;is from South Amer
ica or Spain. The remaining bags
were In transit between Germany and
Dutch ports. '
"It is shown by notes Inscribed on
the few letters which were released
and forwarded to Germany that the
letters seized were read by both Urit
ish and French censors who apparent
ly exchange seized mails, reading
tho letters to gain a clear Insight In
to trade relations of citizens of the
United States and South American
countries with Germany. Thus Is
made possible establishment of the
blacklist and other measures. '
"The German Transportation Ga
zette states that these seizures are
in contravention not only of the In
ternational postal union treaty, which
is valid in war times, but also of the
concluding convention at the second
conference at The llairue. mirier
which mail bags, private as well as
official, are Inviolable, whether from
neutruls or belligerents and whether
found on board neutral or belligerent
ships. If such mails are confiscated
the convention provides, they must
be forwarded without delay."
FOR MS A! HOME
KAI.KIGII, X. C. ),.,.. I'd. So
'hey may spend I'hlistmas at home,
"trusties" in Xortb Carolina orisons
and prison camps will In- paroled for
three days beginning next Saturday.
Such illslrto-tioiis hiivn lw,.,i
to state anil r-ounly prison authorities
by Governor Criiig, The convicts
will be required only to give their
word of honor thai they will return
to tin' prison before noon, Decem
ber -7.
Governor Craig last ( liri-lmas
paroled more Hum hmi prisoners un
der siiuihir condition-, anrl all re
ported to tin- aullioritii-s u (If,. iIIM.
designated. It i. not yet known how
many will be released nexl week. I.ul
it is c ted the number will he
Stealer llian la-t your.
40,000 SACKS OF
rm
DKCKMMKIt ''(). -lf)lf?
UslltnOV IWlOCs f I
noted defendei' if l'arls against the
nr; in. Xivello, who succeeds
(ien Petnin, (li-reiidcr of I'erdun.
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SAN KHANTISCO, Dec. He
cause the German consulate here em
ployed spies ami no dynamiters,
Theodore Ifoelie. chief of counsel for
the defense, declared Hint the gov
ernment's case against Fran, ltopp
and his associates tor alleged dyua
.inite conspiracies falls down.
lioolie declared in his opening
statement that he was prepared to
prove Ihat the Union Iron works of
San Francisco built submarines here
during lill.'i for the entente allies and
shipped the parts lo Canada for as
sembling. Hi' declared liritish war vessels
hail transferred Japanese from San
Francisco, placing t hem aboard Jap
anese warships cruising in the I'a
cil ie.
All important objections mailt- by
the defense lo continuance of the
trial on the ground Ihat the govern
ment hail no made out a prima facie
case were swept aside by Judge Wil
liam II. Hunt.
In outlining his defense, lioche
added that C. ('. Crowley, l.ouis I..
Smith, J. II. Vim Koolliergrn and Mrs.
Margaret Cornell, consulutc spien.
were -apposed to keep lab also on en
tente munition shipments. It is on
.Smith's story of uticmplcd dynnmit-in-s
thjit tho uovfi-nmcul relics mainly-
As for I'opp, liooho sairl he was in
Kurope unlil .March 1.1, ami that Vou
Si-hai-k hired the spies. Vim
Mriur-kr-n, Roche sairl. volunteered his
services to the consulate.
CONFERENCE UP
I.MXDOX. Dec '.'(I.-At a niceling
of the empire parliamentary associa
tion today Waller Hume Long, secre
tary of state for the colonies, said
the time of lloldin-.' the imperial con
ference mentioned by Fromier I.loyd
George in his spci-,-h yi-slcrday de
pended on the overseas dominions.
Their premier-, he added, were en
gaged in work a- strenuous ami anx
ious ami as important as Ihat of
(hose in Hie homo government.
OLIVER LUNDGREN OF 0. A. C.
DROWNED WHILE CANOEING
COUVAI.I.IS. dr., Dee. (. (Hi
vcr l.uiidvron, Corvalli-, a junior at
the Oregon A-jrn-ullnial eullrio-, was
drowned here today when a canoe
upset and threw him into Mary's
liver. Another student in Ihc canoe
-wain ashore.
'RIBUNE
ABOUT A YEAR
Best Informed Opinion Is That Peace
Councils Will Not Begin Before
Next Fall, When Shortage of Food
and Munitions Becomes Compelling
In Germany.
DY GII.SON GAKDXKU.
WASHINGTON". Dec. 20. That
peace in ljuropo is distant about one
year Is still the opinion of the best
Informed in diplomatic circles. By
next fall It Is believed the peace coun
cils will have begun. These conclus
ions are based on a number of facts
among which are:
1. Germany and her allies do not
have to make peace at this time. The
real necessity will bo created by the
exhaustion of fats and other matorlals
essential to munitions manufacture
and food. This shortage will not
become compelling for ton months,
At the end of thut tlmo It will become
compelling.
Allied Opposition.
2. The allies, and particularly
Kngland, are opposed to stopping tho
war oikany terms which Germany and
her allies would accept at this time.
To stop at this time, even on a basis
of a return to conditions as they exist
ed before the outbreuk of hostilities,
would be regarded by the' allies as
victory for the central powers. They
have not the slightest Inclination to
make peace on such terms.
3. The treaty which binds the nl
lies to make no separate peace makes
It possible for llussia to block the
road to peace until that power has
achieved Its ambition to possess t lie
l)ardn!i-'lVs,,j(hiV German successes
In Rumania and the disaffection of
Greece mako it Increasingly difficult
for the allies to fulfill their promise
to Russia in the matter of the Dar
danelles. 4. The necessity for a marked suc
cess by the liritish forces. The Brit
ish army is just reaching the maxi
mum In numbers, equipment and
training. British public opinion de
mantis that Its urmy mnkc gootl.
French .Most Confident.
3. Confidence in Franco, Inspir
ed by Verdun, that something more
than n mere check can be administer
ed to Germany.
B. Unwillingness of Hie United
States, under tho Wilson administra
tion to throw any weight In tho bal
ance against the Interest of either
nation, with the consequent failure
of all efforts to secure a conference
of neutral nations to discuss or pro
mote terms of settlement.
7. The tremendous difficulty of
even beginning to harmonize the bit
terly antagonized and terribly com
plicated Interests until ono or the
other side Is practically helpless. The
central powers lire still far from that,
and will not begin to be so, perhaps,
for another year.
Such, according to the diplomats
are tho main facts and considerations
which govern the making of peace.
Offer .Not n Surprise.
In a way tho German peuee 'offer
does not come ns a surprise. The
open character of the offer and the
method of making It directly lo the
hostile powers does come as a sur-
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LONDON". Deo. I'll. According to
some of the nr-w-papers, two days in
which the food regulation has been in
action has bcr'li sufficient lo prove
it futile. They say that not only lias
il failed In cheek consumption, lo.l
in ninny instances it has inrrou-cd il.
Il is claimed Ihal there is no super
vision ami thai many customers,
finding that tbev i-mi imlali;e in m-v.
era I servings of the sumo dish with
out having more than one course
counted again-) them have availed
themselves freely of Ibis loophole.
Moreover, there is nothing to prevent
anyone from taking a succession of
meals in different places. 'file pa-
pers urge fund liekels or a i-heck on
hold and rcsinurnnt bills as in I'aris.
SAYS DIPLOMACY
!
WEATHER
Maximum YeMvixUy 4'2;
MIh. Today 17; lie. .01.
XO. 2:V2
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ALL BUSINESS
Lloyd George Program Calls for
General Mobilization of Labor for
War and Vital Industries, Indus
trial Conscription, Nationalization
. of Shipping and Other Resources.
LONDON". Dec. 20. The British
public has much to reflect on this
morning. The reply of Premier Lloyd
George to the German peace propos
als had been anticipated and pas
sages of his speech dealing with that
question appeared in the last editions
of yesterday evening's newspapers.
The domestic program of the new
government, however, was not uuu
lishetl until this morning and It was
too vast and too briefly indicated
for the immediate crystallization of
opinion.
The most Important of theso points
foreshadowed by the premier was the
general mobilization of labor for war
and the vital Industries. Mr. Lloyd
George indicated he meant to begin
with a voluntary plan and that If this
failed ho would ask parliament to
give the government compulsory pow
ers to place all the labor of the state
at Its services. Ills proposal there
fore follows somewhat on tho lino of
the German mass levy.
' lailMii- Is Dubious. -When
Mr. Lloyd George Invited tho
labor representatives to join his cab
inet this scheme wns put before them,
but they deferred Judgment until de
tails were given to them.
While expressing the opinion, that,
after compulsory military service In
dustrial conscription Is not Imprac
ticablCj the labor Jeartf are' dubious
as to its success, feeling the outcome
depends entirely on how the workmen
take It. If there Is hostility in tho '
rank and file of organized labor tho
scheme they believe will fail,
herlaln, who has been appointed dl
berlaln, who has bee nnppolnted di
rector general of national service, of
scheduling certain industries as Indis
pensable and supplying them with the
necessary labor and material and at
the same time putting the Indispensa
ble Industries on fixed allowances of
labor, raw material and man power.
Is considered n stupendous one, but
Mr. Chamberlain's great experience
In business Is expected to carry him
through. He will have a military di
rector under him to conduct the re
cruiting for the army and a civil di
rector In charge of recruiting for In
dustry. Government Control.
Dealing with tho relations of tho
war cabinet with tho general govern
ment Mr. Lloyd Georgo suggested
that the connection be maintained by
circulation of reports of the proceed
ings of the cabinet. As to pnrllu-
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EAR CUTTER FOR
AFIER DEFEAT
JI AIIKZ, Mrs., Dec -n.- Haudcl
ii o Uribe, a follower of Villi , who is
-aiil to have instituted the practice
of culling off Hit- ears of Carrnnza.
prisoners, and seventeen of his bund
wore execute, by "home guards'' and
"many Villa ti ps" killed in a battle
southwest of Chihuahua City, n mem
ber of the "home guards'' reported
today.
Itam-hcrs. small storekeepers and
cattlemen of Tctotocachic, be said,
organized a baud to prevent raiding
of their properties.
After five of Villa's men were kill
ed in an ellompfcd raid on Te.jolnen
chic, he said, Villa sent a punitive
expedition.
Couriers were scut Ihrou-jhoiit the
Guerrero di-trir-t ami more "home
guards" .-ailed lo arms. A battle fol
lowed six days ago, he said, in which
Hit line. in, I of Julio Ar-o-tn was de
feated ifud niaiiv Villa followers
killed.
Following Hie bailie, he said, n
Caiianza command moved in nud
caplared Uribe ami seventeen others
who he -aid were executed.
TO NATIONALIZ