$ $
FULL LEASED
t WIRE DISPATCHES
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CIRCULATION IS
, OVER 4000 DAILY
TIIIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1915
PRICE TWO CENTS
LULL IN THE
mm mm
ars Chary About InyadingU ece Allies Fortify On
Greek Soil but Keep Falling On Salonika-Asking
For War Credit of $2,500 ,00t 3 German Secretary
of Treasury Blames England for Continuance of War
and Predicts Her Speedy Downfall
PRESS AGAINST TEUTONS
London, Dec. 15 The Athena
press today almost openly de
fies the central powers, declar
ing that the Greek people are
opposed to permitting a single
Bulgarian to cross the Greek
border.
Meantime, the allies are un
loading troops and heavy guns
at Salonika day ani night,
while engineers are erecting
fortifications. The British hold
positions north of Kilindir,
Athens, Dec. 1(1. Official dispatches
today told of a lull in the strugglo
along the ScrboGioek border. These
said no largo Bulgnr forces had yet
invaded Greece, and that scouts on the
heels of the retreating entente men im
mediately withdrew when they discov
ered the mistake they had made in
passing beyond the Greek border.
It is possible that Inter press reports
ooucerning a Bulgar invasion are true,
though officialdom does not believe
that the Hulgars will invade.
Meantime, "the ministry has de
cided to shape its policy according to
I tie course of events," said a semi-official
statement. This is taken to menu
that Greece is keeping nn anxious eve
ou the problem or pursuit by tne Bui-
wars and Teutons. Some reports say
Germany has questioned tho allied oc
cupation -Grecian territory.-- ,
The main body of allies lias driven
further toward Salonika, but about a
divisoiu remained within the trenches
just inside the border to opposo the ad
vnnce of tho central allies forces. Des
ultory artillery fighting across the bor
der was the only fighting yesterday.
England Blamed For All.
Berlin, by wireless to Sayville, Dec.
1 15. Germany's financial foundation is
Tock ribbed; England has been weighed
in the balanco and found wanting; her
dissolution is at hand; and upon her is
the blame for continuance of the war."
This summarizes the speech of Dr.
. Carl Helfferich, imperinl secretary of
Hie treasury before the reichstag today
in discussing the problems of German
finance.
"We stand like rocks in the soil of
their home country," he said. "Ou the
columns of the British empire were
written in glowing letters tho same
words as were .witton upon Belshni!
zar's nalace (mono mono tekel uphar
sin) weighed in tho balance and found
wanting.
Quoting from the scriptures, Helffer
ich predicted these columns would
crumble and that England would fall
and dissolve.
"The responsibiitr for the blood
which 'will flow from now on," he con
tinned, "for the world's misery and
the danger to which civilization is ex
rosed, falls not upon Germanv but up
nn those who cannot resolve to draw
the conclusion from Germany's mili
tary successes, which nolutlv can dis
imt'e.
"The responsibility falls upon those
who in their foolish criminal allusion
nl ill now speak of Germany's nnniliil
ntion nnd partition, and of winning a
war of esrcinustion.
Helfferich thereupon contrasted Ger
many's financial situation with that
of her enemies. His speech was In con
nection with the first reading of the
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Abe Martin
Th' bashful pianist an' th' Vlctrot
ore sworn enemies o' th' drawin
room. "I'll be glnd wbeli winter
comes 'cause ther halnt so many jobs
flontin' around." said Mew Nugent,
our lendin' pool player.
STRUGGLE
bill providing an additional $2,300,000,
000 war credit.
Bulgaria Rejoices.
London, Dee. 15. Bulgaria is exult
ant. Her capture of Doiran, Strugn
and Gievgeli in Serbia, officially re
ported in tho war office statement re
ceived hero early today, was hailed as
marking a day "ot great historical im
portance" in Bulgarian history, inas
much as it cleared Serbia of tho last
of the foemen.
"Macedonia is freed," said the So
fin announcement. The enemy every
where is beaten."
In Doiran and Gievgeli, the populace
hailed tho conquerors joyously, the of
fice cl.iimcd. Before quitting Gievgeli.
the French did considerable wrecking
to delay the Bulgars.
The French, the statement said,
fought, more valiantly than the English
in the 10 day campaign which, Bulgaria
said, Bwept them back upon neutral
territory.
Greek King Is Sick.
London, Dec. 15. King t'onstnntine
of Greece, is suffering from a mild
case of influenza and fever, according
to reports today. Physicians advised
liim to remain in his room and not to
participate in state affairs.
Though the story was unconfirmed,
officials manifested particular interest
in it, inasmuch as inability to direct
diplomatic affairs and participate in
electons coming Sunday might nave
important results, not alone for Greece
but for tho warring powers.
Cabinet May Resign.
London, Dec. 15. Unionists dissent
ers, hooded by Sir- Edward ( arson,
former attorney general, have been
asked bv C61oninl Secretary A, Bounr
Law to "lay their cards on the table."
Speaking frankly to them last night
he invited them to .go into an opposi
tion party and force the overturn of
the present regime if they felt such a
step necessary to bring a successful
conclusion to the war. At. the same
time, he hinted that he will retire if
dissent continues.
AUSTRIA LIKELY TO
This Government Will Not Put
Up With Quibbling Answer
Must Be Direct
Washington, Dec. 15. America will
tolerate no plea in the Anconn case that
Austria has not been formally advised
of the American attitude ou submnrine
attacks. Vienna reports today indicat
ed thnt tho foreign office might "at
tempt to prolong negotiations by such
en excuse.
Secretary of State Lansing precluded
such a pretext, however, when he said
in the Anconn note: "The Austro-Hun-garian
government has been udvised
through correspondence, between Amer
ica and Germany regarding the Amer
ican attitude on submnrine attacks; yet,
with full knowledge on the part of Aus
tro Hungarian government, the Ancunn
nttatk was made."
Aside from a possible attempt to dul
ly in the negotiations, however, Aus
tria is generally regarded as likely to
accede- to the American demands.
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MOVES TO EXTEND
EMERGENCY TAX
Washington, Dec. 15 The ad
ministration bill, proposing ex
tension of the present war em
ergency taxes a year in their
present form, wns introduced
today by Majority Leader
Kitchin. no desires a vote
thereon tomorrow.
In presenting the measur.
Kitchen pointed to lossos in
customs revenue amounting to
82,000,000 nnd in tobacco and
liquor to 25,000,000.
Taxation of rich men's in
comes is a plan to which the
ways and means committee is
turning to secure revenues to
moet increased preparedness
charges.
A democratic faction now
threatens to oppose any taxes
for preparedness except on In
comes and inheritances, unless
the government monopolizes the
making of munitions.
k
JAPANESE FINANCIER
IS ADVOCATE OF PEACE
' Los Angeles, Cul., Dec. 15.
Baron Shibusawa's plan to
bring about permanent peace
through the united efforts of
America and Japan caused
much comment here today. His
appeal to his countrymen hero
to work constantly furthering
friendly relations between the
United States and Nippon was
published in tho local Japanese
newspapers. The eminent Japan
ese financier is en route home
today, via San Francisco.
S
IFE
Out of Work Took to Drink
and This Leads to Butchery
. of His Wife
Oakland, C'nl., Dec. 13, His brain
fogged by liquor Charles C. Lawrence
out of work, crushed his wife's skull
with a hatchet early today and then
lay down to sleep beside the corpse.
Eight year old Mary Lawrence- heard
noise outside her room. 'Frightened,
and thinking only of burglars, she
tiptoed out to her mother's room
There, screaming, she found the moth
er's lifeless body and tho form of her
father snoring beside it.
tier cries nroused neighbors nnd the
police. When tile latter battered their
way through the front door, they found
the nusliand muttering incoherently.
Investigation showed the tragedy to
bo the old story. Lawrence was out of
work for weeks. His search for em
ployment proved unavailing. Then he
took to drink. At last, the wife could
stand it no longer and she turned the
husband out of doors, and made her
way the best she could with the child.
The husband tot a room elsewhere.
He tried suicide. Then in the early
hours today, he crept into the wom
an s home how, the police do not
know battered iipr brains out, and
threw the bloody hatchet into a bath
tub. nnen j-nwrenco enmo to his senses
in tho police station, ho broke down in
remorse.
"Make my charge first degree mur
Jer," he begged. "1 want to hnna for
it ns soon as possinie."
ino Kiiimn was an a mur to linn
though he claimed he was not drunk
despite the stupor in which police
lounii nun.
if anyone murdered her. I did
he told the officers. "1 went out to
the house with the idea of getting her
to come back to me. 1 had an idea of
killing her if she didn't. Wo talked
it over. Sho said'sho'd decide in the
morning.
"We went to bed. I remember get-
nng up aim getting tno hatchet,
struck some one; 1 don't know. Then
I found some whisky in the bureau and
I drank several gulps. Then the police
came.
lie paused, his head bowed in his
hands, and tears in his eyes.
"Give mo a gun, will vou," he went
on, "1 11 save you tho trouble of hang
ing me."
Lnwrcnco told the police he and his
wife separated in Los Angeles last
year. Lnter they were reconciled
They moved to Fortuna, Humboldt
county, nnd thence to Oakland. There
new trouble brewed. The woman took
in washing, her little girl worked in i
store nnd Lnwrence, the police say
drank.
EMPEROR YUAN SHI KAI
ANNOUNCES PASSING
OF CHINESE REPUBLIC
(Copyright 1915 by the United Press.)
(Copyright 1n Great Brituin.)
New York, Dec. 15. In the first pub
lie stutement by Kmepror Yuan Hhi
Kni, cabled to the United Press, the
newly proclaimed monarch of China
makes known to the world the domin
ating reasons for abolition of the ( h .
ese republic.
He also announces his future policy
toward America und stutes his purpose
to employ every effort to cement tin
friendship between the two.
The cablegram follows!
Tinted Press, New York:
"Peking, Dee. 14. Your telegram has
been translated and submitted to his
majesty for perusal. I am instructed
to reply as follows:
Crown Forced on Him.
" 'The sovereignty of the Chinese re
public resides ill the whole body of the
people. The convention of people's rep
resentatives, considering a republic uil
suitable on nccount of historical reas
ons, and public opinion, wishing to per
manent peace, have unanimously adopt
ed constitutional monarchy. Tho acting
legislature bus reported to me and
Intii.l flint ia nnttvntif IfitiM nf llta rrv
pies representatives havt unanimously
l elected me emperor.
"As a firm refusal was unavailing,
CHAMBERLAIN I
IN FAVOR OF ALL
Says "Compulsory Service Is
An Idea America Must
Come To"
FIVE MILLION MEN IN
, THE ARMY IN TWO YEARS
Service Each Year Would Be
For Only Short Time-Plan
Like Switzerland's
Washington, Dec. 5.Fivc million
men in a citizen army within two years
tins was the prediction of Chairman
luumberlaiu of the senate military
committeo in a statement urging com
pulsory service on this nntion.
After he and army officers went over
Ins bill proposing such Bervice, Cham
bcrlain estimated that 2,318,883 boys
between the ages of 18 and 23 would be
trained under it the first year and more
than double the second year. There
after the increases, he figures, would
probably bo in proportion to the in
crease in population.
i.ompiiisory service," lie said, "is
au idea we must come to. It is nothing
less tnan down .'lfclit murder tor a na
tion to continue a idan which mav nnv
day send untrained troops against the
skilled veterans of other nations.
llio peotb must be educated to see
this ",,ian or s nothing like it wh'ch
would have the vierits of keeping them
in civil life most of the years, yet give
tliom valuable miliary service f r i
time. A French ct'iiccr who serv-vl in
the battlo of the Marno, and Hwiss of
ficers who have studied their own and
other systems, told mo that it. would
give a vast numbei -of men, who under
skilled officers, could quickly give a
good nccount of themselves.
"1 believe that, in time, tne system
would leud to abolition of the Tegular
army altogether. We would simply have
skilled, otiiccrs and a vast number of
fairly prepared men. Tho Hwiss have no
standing ii'.my.
I lie men themselves would be ben
efited by the o.erciso und training and
I believe the plan would prolong the
life of the average American many
years. Willi so short a time of serv
ice yearly, there would bo no danger
cf arousing the so-called 'militnryisfic
spirit.' '
The estimate of (5,000,000 is based on
the thnoiy that five per cent of eligi
bles would be excused on some plea.
I no plan provides that men with a
truiaing equivalent to that which the
bill proposes would be exempt from the
compulf-ion, C'liamberliiin plans to seek
additional liuuiicinl aid for schools and
colleges in training cadets.
CONDITIONS ARE NORMAL.
few York, Dee. M. With
the return of favorable weath
er today, railroads, crippled by
an unusual storm, nro again al
most normal. Trains with food
tied up, rushed into the city,
and unless another storm
breaks, there will be no food
shortage in the enst.
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I have been forced to submit to the peo
ple's will anil nave instructed the uif
i'ereut ministers and departments to
make preparations, The necessury pre
pnrutit'tis having been made, I will bo
requested to curry them out with due
considorution.'
Is Friendly to America.
"Relations between China und Amer
ica have always been most friendly,
ni.d the monarch's policy will be to
cement still closer this friendship nnd
to exert his utmost endeavors to pro
mote industrial and commercciul (level
opments of the two nations.
"ADMIRAL THAI TAI TANO,
"Private Secretary"
The Chinese emperor's stntcmeut to
the United Press is the first informa
tion that the new monarchy la to be a
constitutional monarchy.
Press dispatches from Peking stated,
thnt Yuan Shi Kni did not intend to
assume the throne -for some time
though he had formally accepted. How
ever, in the messugn to the United
I'ress, the ruler said he would "submit
to the people's will" when the "neces
sary preparations had been mnde. In
transmitting the cablegram, however,
the private secretary referred to Yuan
u "his majesty" Indicating In effect
at least, he is now emperor of China,
SERVING III ARMY
VI KODLBERGEN
El
T
lit
Says He Was Employed Jo
Blow Up Tunnel On
Canadian Pacific
BOPP PAID HIM $500
AND VON BRINCKEN $1750
Von Koolbergen "Gave the
Scheme Away to Canadians
and Did Not Do Job
Providence, B. I., Dec. 15. German
Consul Bopp of San Francisco was
named as hend'of an anti-ally plot to
wreck Canadian railways tunnels in an
affidavit signed by "Count" Vau
Koolbergen, printed by the Providence
Journal today. Koolbergen is reported
now under arrest in Calgary, Alberta,
as an alleged forger, though it is said
he will later be taken to Sun Francisco
to testify ns n witness in the alleged
'Jermunic bomb plot cases there.
Tho affidavit indicated Koolbergen
'framed" on tho .Sun Francisco Ger
miius. He told them, he snid, that he
could do a job for them in Canada.
Then upon he was assigned. He was to
bo well paid for his work. Then, with
the collusion of the Canadian Pueifiz
officials, he caused to bo printed re
ports of damage to a tunnel in the Sel
kirks. Afterward, according to the affidav
it, Koolbergen returned to Han Francis
co for his pay. This was given him by
tho vice consul at the direction of Bopp,
he said, though nut until the consul had
made some inquiry as to the truth of
Kooluergen's story.
Three thousand dollars was the
agreed price, Koolbergen cluimed. The
first installment amounted to 500, then
Koolbergen had to threaten to get more,
ho claimed. Finally, through Baron Von
Brine.l en, one of the alleged Nan Fran
cisco plotters now under arrest, he said
he received 1,750, under a compromise
arrangement.
At that time, Koolbergen claimed, he
was ii'formed that a steamship agent
named Capello (probably Hobcrt Co
pello of the North German Lloyd, notv
sought as a witness in the San Francis
co cases) was investigating just how
much damage hnd been done to the tun
nel which Koolbergen snid he had ar
ranged with Bopp and Von Brinekeu to
blow up.
The alleged affidavit was signed in
Snn Francisco, August 27 Inst, and cov
ered events of several months earlier.
Consul Bopp Indignant.
Ran Francisco, Dec. 15 (Ironing evi
dence in the government crusade
against alleged plotters, in which Ger
man Consul Bopp's name Is linked,
drew from him todny aa angry denial.
Particularly did he deny any connection
with "Count" Vau Koolbergen, alleged
plotter.
"You might ns wen sny lie nrougnt
a ton of dynamite to the consulate ns to
say some of the things tne papers quote
him as saying," Bopp commented, lie
denied he had used the man as a dyna
miter, and suggested Koolbergen was nn
adventurer.
Polk Takes a Hand.
Washington, Dec. 15.- Heeent rapid
lcvelopiiionts in the alleged plot cases
on the Pacific coast resulted today in
a long conference between Counsellor
Polk of the state department and As
sistant Attorney General Wnrren of
tho department of justice, who handle
discs of neutrality violations in their
respective branches.
Polk's Interest in the Snn Francisco
investigation is believed to Indicate
that other diplomats than the recalled
Attaches Boy-ed and Von Pa pen of the
German embassy may perhaps bo in
volved in the government's cases.
Previously Justice department offi
cials said that the fact Von Papcn was
on tho coast in Septelnber was not sig
nificant. In view of letters In the Snn
Francisco indictments, which aro snid
to refer to Papon and Gerniun Consul
Bopp of Hnn Francisco, they now take
a different view of the Pnpen trip.
Moreover, the fact that Prince Hats
fcldt accompanied Pnpen west has led
to an Inquiry concerning his move
ments. It is thought, however, thnt
lfatsfeldt, like Ambassador Bcrnstorff
has kept his skirts clean of any illegal
or displeasing operations,
"OUT OF WORK"
Here are two gory trngedies
written around out-of-works in
one day's news:
Charles Lnwrence, Onkland,'
lincks wife to death offer he
was nut of work and had been
drinking heavily. Be pleads
now for death himself.
Frederick Shaffer, New York,
out of work and ill, kills daugh
ter, mother ln lnw and himself
and wounds his wife.
MAKES AFFIDAVi
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LOSES ON BONDS
New York, Dec. 15. With the
sydicate floating the allied half
billion dollars worth of bonds
closing today, the bonds hit
91 1-8, their lowest mark yet.
The sale to the public, at the
original prico of 98 did not ex
ceed $30,000,000 worth. The
cost to the underwriters was
about 90.
It is understood that the un
derwriters did not withdraw
their full allotments from the
syndicate and so at the present
figure, they will pay more than
the bonds are bringing in' tho
open market.
SCHKI"SMIDDY"
Lodging House Keeper Says
He Visited McNamara
at Her Place
Los AncelcB, Cnl., Dec. 15. A suit
case containing four coils of fuse, a box
of dynamite caps and an nlarm clock,
a. bundle of fuse wrapped and attached
to a tin can, and San Francisco news
naners contniuing accounts of the
Times explosion were identified todny
by Edwnrd (iibson, a former pan irnn
Cisco policeman, in tho M. A. Hchmidt
murder trial, as being the same thnt
he had seen at a baggage room of the
Oakland ferry, on January 24, 1910.
The suit case was opened nnd tho ar
ticles displayed before the jury as evi-
dece and accepted.
Mrs. liosa Brown, who wns a roomer
at i'110 Mission street, San Francisco,
where Schmidt, according to the testi
mony, made his homo for eight months
nrinr to the exiilosion, testified to
knowine the defendant. She said that
David Canlan called on one occasion
nnd Hint Schmidt left the place with
suit case, shortly after tho Los An
ergics disester.
She bIso declared that she saw him
buy a pnper October 1, 1910, tho day
the explosion occurred.
Link by link, the proseciit'mn is fight
ing to 'establish the connection of the
defendant with these vnrious bits of
evidence.
Schmidt watches the proceedings
closely and keeps a careful memoraiuj-
Iiai- n'P witnesses, the evi
l1t,1(,e j,rPSPI1t,i and exhibits accepted
Los Angeles, Cnl., Dec. 15. Defense
attorneys in the M. A. Schmidt murder
trial today fiercely attacked the testi
mony of Mrs. Lena Iuuersoll, Snn Fran
cisco lodging house keeper, who posi
tively identified Mclimiilt as tun mys
terious "Smiddy" who visited her
place while J. B. McNamara, whom she
knew ns "Brice" was rooming thero,
prior to the blowing up of tho Times
building.
Mrs. Ingcrsoll insisted that her iden
tification was correct.
"Yes," she asserted repeatedly, nod
dinir toward Schmidt in the court room,
"that man is Smiddy. Only when I saw
him in San Francisco ho was n little
heavier and did not wear that mous
tache." She declared Hchmidt und Brice con-
fi rred munv times before October 1,
1010. nnd that she heard Brice, or M
Numiirn. uriillir Schmidt to perform
so-ne kind of work, to which he ob
jee'ed. After the Times explosion nn
(i,.i,ilicr 1. she reiteruted under cross-ex
amination, Brice came back to her
house and bogged her to rent lum n
room, because she refused, because the
house was full.
Dr. F. 1). Ashworth, San Fraacisco
Inntist. testified to having seen
Schmidt and McNamara together in Snn
Francisco with Mrs. Belle l.avin, a
rooming house keeper, about a month
before the Times affair.
District Attorney Wonlwine today
paid the 10 fine for contempt of court
which Judge Willis Imposed when he
Insinuated Defense Counsel Job llarri
muu was milking false statements.
Ford Shin Lands at
Kirkwall, Scotland
London, Dec. 15. The Henry Ford
pence ship Oscar H, arrived ut Kii-l'
wall today. Kirkwall is a Scotch hnr
bor. Press dispatches last, night reported
the Knalish government authorities us
indifferent to the Ford expedition and
scarcely likely to do anything to bring
him near the KiiL'lish const. These mes
sages said thut It was scarcely expected
Ford would enter Kirkwall.
New York reports last night indent
ed Ford due at Christiuosnnd Norway
during the niulit,
It is understood the Oscar will bo do
tal ned a few hours for the usual exam
Inntijn for contraband.
WAR NEWS OF ONE
YEAR AGO TODAY
German cruisers shelled the
British northeast const towns of
Scarborough, Whitby and Har
tlepool, killing IM non-combatants.
A great Kussinn bnttlo
south of Cracow was predicted.
Servian soil wns clear of tho en
emy. Allies tried to advance
from Miepnrt under cover of a
fleet bombardment.
I
figures So Large They Are
Bewildering and Beyond
Mind's Grasp
WHEAT AND CORN WORTH
4,000 TONS OF GOLD
To Pay For Total Crops This
Year Would Take 15,000
Tons of Gold Coin
Washington, Dec. 15. The 10915
whont crop will total 1,011,505,000
bushels against 801,017,000 in 1014, the
department of agriculture announced
todny.
The corn crop is 3,054,535,000 agninst
2,672,084,000 while cotton is 11,101,000
bales against 10,135,000 the past year.
Tho value of the wheat crop as an
nounced today is 930,302,000; the corn,
at 1,755,8511,000, nnd the cotton, at
(i02,31)3,000.
The upplo crop wus placed in today's
figures ut 70,070,000 barrels valued at
1511,407,000.
Taken in conjunction with Secretary
Houston's annual report these figurca
mean that the American fnrmers pock
ets are bulging,, that Ihe old sock he
nonth tho muntel piece is overflowing
and that the bank account is fut an
lusty.
Houston's report told of an estimated
valuo of !1,N73,000,000 in 114, a rec
ord breaker, which soared nearly 83,
000,000 above the 1013 mark.
At the same time, ho showod particu
larly honvy agricultural exports for the
first part of tins year noarly $1,001),
000 to June 30.
Tho seeretnrv advocated mora racnfc
.animals and cullud atUution to the rav
ages of disease.
He wanted, too, prompt action to
check citrus fruit diseases in the south;
a land mortgngo banking act; nuthor-
ty to issue wnter power permits in the
nationul forests; provision for better
marketing conditions; creation of grain
nnd cotton stundnrds und a form or
waiohouso net.
I
So Says Congressman In
Arguing Government Con
struction of Road
Washington, Dec. 15. Tho Nuvy
league was called a branch offico of
tho "J. P. Morgau war trust" by Rep
resentative Tavenner in tho house to
day. In urging government construction
of nil war equipment, ho charged that
tho league is backed by contributions
from makers of munitions,
"We have paid for armor plate nn
avoragn of 410.40 a ton, when tho gov
ernment could have produced it r
238," ho said. "Of the 102,000,000
spent for armor pinto since inn wnn
companies under Schwab nnd Morgan
control, wo could have saved 3.r,00il,-
000. These concerns linve a monopoly
on nrmor plate business.
"Wo could linve a nnvy ono-iourin
lnro-or. without nnv more taxes if tho
government mndo its own armor pinto
and munitions."
When Tavenner charged that Amer
ican companies have sold Uussia armor
plate for 2111 a ton, while they rhargeil
America as high ns 111(1, "Cyclone '
Davis voiced an "amen" with renl
camp meeting fervor.
Further, Tavenner claimed that Col
onel Thompson, president of the league-
is a director in the jvickci company,
which sells its products to tho armor
plato concerns.
Oreffon Christmas trees will rarry
Oregon's cheer Into California which
is almost ns comniondnnie as giauuea
ing tho hearts of Belgians.
THE WEATHER
Oregon) Fair
tonight and
Thursday; winds
mostly westerly.
CHOP EVER GROWN
BY ANY COUNTRY
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