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FULL LEASED
WIRE PISPATCHES
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CIRCULATION IS
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JAPANESE LINER
All HANDS SAVED
Yasaka Maru Torpedoed In
Mediterranean No Warn
ing Was Given
FRENCH SHIP RESCUES
PASSENGERS AND CREW
Varna's Fate Still In Doubt-
Germans Assembling Big
. Army In Serbia
I.onilou, Dm. 2;!. Sinking of the Jap
unosc liner Yasuka Maru by a sub
marine in tlie Mediterranean at n loss
of over 5,0U0,u(i0 was claimed by the
Telegraph today.
Press reports said all aboard were
mi red.
uispuicues snui nearly jjuu persons
nboard, including ono American, were
rescued by a French warship and land
ed yesterday at J'ort Knid.
Agent claimed tho vessel was not
warned. Tho ship remained afloat an
bour, enabling passengers and crew to
roncu the boats.
This case is one of few instances in
which all passengers aboard a liner, tor
pedoed without warning, were saved.
Ueporta said she. carried 50 women and
dozen children, that they were till
taken off without confusion, and that
the lifeboats transferring nil to the
warship met with no mishnp. The Yn
paka Maru was a 0,789 ton vessel, built
recently.
Prepare to Invade Greece.
Athens, Dee. 23 M. Oounaris or some
other neutrality advocate will probably
lie made Grecian premier touiiiht, ac
cording to reportB todny. These stories
went that Premier M. Skouloudis wishes
to retire from his burdensome duties in
favor of another younger mnn.
Salonika messages reported the ecu-
southern Weroia. Tins massing or teu
ton enemies ia taken as foreshadowing,
id the minds of allied authorities, an
invasion of Greek soil within 10 days.
Meantime, however, tho allies are do
ing all in their power to make their
aoreoses staunch against the expected
ttttaCK.
Fate of Varna In Doubt.
Londou, Bee. 2.1. The fato of Vnr
v.ti, Bulgarian Black sea port, is clouded
today in conflicting reports. From sev
eral sources come stories indicating the
dace has been under heavy Russian
bombardment.
Reports that Varna had been captur
ed by the Russians were disposed of
tnus ly a retrograd message today.
"Two Russian torpedo boats pursued
a torpedo bont toward Varna. Bulgarian
euore catteries forced them, to with
draw."
At the same time a Bucharest dis
patch said 40 Russinn vessels, including
mine sweepers, crept in close to Varna
tinder a hen-vy curtain of fog and bom
lmrded the city. Without mentioning
my landing, the reports said that the
Eussinn squndron rciurned to its base
uoarby.
Despite these statements the News
printed an Athens dispatch saying the
jcnssinns nnu landed Monday at Varna.
English Bankers Appeal,
London, Dee. 2.1, Every "man, wo
man. Vnntli nn.l nmi.lmt' in ll..L:..l.
dominions must aid in economy; they
must see to it that production and cori
luimptiou of nonessentials is halted;
(Continued on Page Tour.)
Abe Martin $
in kin alius bet when Lib Pash
on a red table cloth she's goin'
ien a con o' peaches. Stew Nu-
oacK iroin in jeiiersonviiie re-
a... 1 at. ...I. u. HI .
enrer.
Portland, Or., Dec. 23. The
price of wheat struck the high
est point of the season to date
at Portland today when sup
plies of Hluestem were firnilv
held at $1.02 per bushel anil
Fortv Fold nt $1.01. There is
an unusually heavy demand for
whent in the ' '-ior for ship
ment to Eur el r rail to the
Atlantic col o fiddle west
millers are al vy bidders.
c sjc sjc 3fc 5fc
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Ship Load of Christmas Cheer
On Way to England's
Tommies In Trenches
By Wilbur S. Forrest.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
London, Dec. 2.1. Three million
pounds of "yo olde plum pudding,"
destined to tho "Tommies" on overv
front and intended to ...mir a touch of
gladness to their heart and stomach
on Christmas are en route today.
"Tho tniddintr nnecinl " ivlth Ifa
vast, precious load of the traditional
vulotide concoction inln wliiuli hn
Tommies will plunge their teeth Sat
urday, crossed tne channel today. Just
ns carefully as a cargo of 'hiimnii
freight was it. mnml,.,! A fnrt,,;,,i.f
ago a cargo boat went Into the Dardan
elles wim tnousn ads of tons of pudding
each piece neatly packed in a strong
tin box which canMie nspil nPtnrn-nr.l
for hnad grenades. Other steamers.
carefully timed, ore carrying the pud
ding of soldiers in Mesopotamia, Af
rica, India, and the Balkans, and to
King George's men o' war.
Ol'imni.ntinnH nnil nnuGimiiAyn nia,1
1."0,000 to see that Toiniup is well
uuiirisuci on me merne l nristmas.
Federal Official Says Indict
ments Coyer Only Fraction
of Known Offenses
San Francisco. Dec ri r,..rt t...
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a score of subpoenas were put in the
ultima oi process servers today for ser
vice on witnesses wanted to appear be
fore the federal grund jury and tell
what tliev know nf (tin nl'lnon.l .,.,..:
aey against American neutrality now
being probed here. It is intiintaed by
vuvrni omciui mat more startling and
unexnecteil chnruaa mill l.n In 1.1 .. . il...
doors of C. C. Crowley, detective; Bar
on Von Brineken, German consular at-
iniiiB, unu wrs. Margaret Cornell, n
friend of Crowley.
A high federal official stated that
the accusations mado in the grand jurv
indictments against the trio refer to
but a fraction of the fresh evidence
now in the hands of th fed in-ill nntli.
orities.
Moro subnoenna will ha l u ..
investigation of the steamer Maverick
which wns suspected of conspiring to
WVIIMU HIMI 11 UMl y,
it is lllliterHtnnil tlm nut,,-., ,..... :tl
bo brought here to tell the grund jury
uiium iiiD mystery snip s operations in
the Pacific during tho early stnges of
the war before the German Pacific
fleet wns destroyed.
- Federal olficials point out that Con
sul Bonn, head nf tlm C.inmm ,,,..
late ill Sun Francisco has refrained
lrom discussing the cose and has made
no further charges of pro-ally sympa
thies on tho part of federal authorities.
It is intimated that Hopp hus received
instructions from Washington to cease
the discussion,
Von Koolbergen Wanted.
San Prniniin linn "'t Tl..
tlOll 111 the cases nuninyt U ..
BriiickeiivC. V. Crowley and Mrs. Mur
gnret Cornell want " Count " Von Kool
bergen, now under arrest in Canndu us
u ifuvernniiMit wiiiienu U. i,.i,.,i,..A
known today. Efforts are being made
in uuxe ..,naiin send ii i in Here.
Mrs. Cornell ' nil III'llllV tt'iiCA allilA.l
to seek dismissal of two charge against
her.
Glendale Land Owner
Killed by His Agent
Glendale. Oil., Dec 5.1 n,.rf pi,.i,.
ardson, wealthy Glendale land owner,
was snot to aeutii toduy liy Frnuk Miz
ner at the entrance of Forest Lawn
cemetery,
After the sliooting, Mimer, who Is
ogent for Richardson's property, fled
to his home and threatened to kill any
one apprcinchlng. Wen the house wiis
surrounded by Olemlnle police, ho
fired at it three times, Mir.ner came out
niul surrendered.
Ho wns turned over to Sheriff Cllne
ond removed to l.os Angeles.
At first Mizner refused to tell the
circumstances or assign a motive, but
the quarrel was believed to have, been
1
MANIFESTO SAYS
KAISER MUST FAIL
Campaign Waged to "Satisfy
Insatiable Greed of Prus
sian Conspirators''
WAR IS NOT WAGED IN
DEFENSE OF GERMANY
No Peace Until Kaiser Is De
posed and Conspirators
Executed
Rotterdam, Dec. 2.1. Germans were
ailed upon to quit the trenches and to
depose the kaiser "from tho throne h
has fouled," by n Christinas manifesto,
issued by "tho German humanity
league" todn(v. 1'ho document was
signed by Karl Bernstein and nine oth
ers. '
In unsparing terms, the manifesto.
said:
'On the eve of Cliristmna
bloodstained niortarchs are exchanging
nuHKiKrH oi peace nnu good will with
the sovereign pontiff at Rome, our
bravo soldiers arc still shedding their
lifo blood as nawns nf a rniMim
clique, without Hharno or pity for the
wiuows anu orpnniiH or the fatherland.
Our homes are still boing desolated.
"This campaign is not waged in law
ful defense of Germany, but instead to
satisfy an insatiable and savage greed
of Prussian conspirators.
"Today the German name is n scorn
to civilization. The German fl n nr li n
become nn emblem of infamy. Ger
man chivalry is buried in the trenches
in jMiimtors nn.l in the grave plots of
Belgium villages. We are loathed by
all honest men.
"Napoleon failed. The kaiser must
fail. There can bo no peace until he is
deposed from the throne he has fouled
and his fellow conspirators hnvo met
their fate at tho hands of the execu
tioner," Dope Was To Be Used
To Bunco Den Owners
Pan Frnncisco, I)ee. 2.1. That own
ers of a string of opium dens being es
tablished in Tia Juann. Moxi
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uu.c uci'i vii'iiinn oi a million dollar
bunco game worked through the sale to
them of the cariro of fake oninm ei,l
a few days ago by federal officers
aboard tho Japanese liner Beiyo Maru,
wns the statement today of Louis Zeh.
oi me muio uoard or pharmacy. Own
era. of dens bcin- onened in the Meii
can town have been closely watched by
inapcciors oi tne uoarn, who say the
fake cargo was destined for them.
"Tho tins seized bv the federal In-
spectors contained not glucose, but mo
lasses, tinged with a bit of ipiuui,"
said Zeh today.
"Certain Japanese intoreHts were en
gineering the deal. The Make dope'
was to hnvo been turned over to the
proprietors ot tho new opium dens,
luses oi uie rem oopo' Deing mixed in
now und then to irivo credencn tn the
claim that it was nil opium."
Ferry Boats Collide
In San Francisco Bay
ciin rrnnciscn. nee. l. in n hnnt-v
log which mnntled San Frnnciscn Imv
early today and delayed thousands of
commuters, the ferries Piedmont ami
Santa Cairn narrowly averted a col
lision. Quick action' ly the captains
probably saved one or' both steamer
lrom sinking.
Only when within n few vnr.ln nf
each other, wnro tho two vessels siowed
down, nnd the Snntn Clara met the
Piedmont's bow amidsiiins. The Pie.l.
innnt struck tho Santa (,'lnrn n IT III lie! II sT
blow.
Many women aboard wore thrown
into a senil-unnic, for n few
and the passengers rushed to the rear
of the vessels, brncing thenielves for
an expected shock,
The Piedmont narrowly escaped col
liding with the steamer' Thoroughfare
on the previous trip. Four steamers
were lost for a few minutes iu the
mnze of fog in the snmo vicinity.
The fog on t "no Imv was one'of the
heaviest in years. Thousands of com
muters were late In nrrivinir nt. nfficn
and workshops.
At nenicln tho trnin steamer Solano
from Port Costa bumped into the pier
in landing, doing 15,(100 damage to the
piling. The boat escaped with slight
dainnge,
MIRISTMAS ROOK PILE
rortlnnd,' Ore., Dee. 2.1. A munid
pnl rock pile will be the Chrlc.tmns
present of the city of Pnrtlund to the
unemployed. Tlie'instltution will open
Monday. Breaking half a yard of rock
will entitle a man to thrco meals, a bed
nnd tobacco.
over business affairs.
Kirhnnlson was well known through
out southern California. Ho hnd lari!c
sums Invested in many important realty
projects,
: Hot Springs, Va., Dec. 2.1.
Snow kept President and Mrs.
Wilson indoors today, so the ex
ecutive cleaned up a' mass of of
ficial business. Despite the bad
venther, the couple planned tj
take a ride or walk this af-er-noon.
Newspaper comments on their
wedding and editorials on the
international situation com
manded part of tho president's
attention.
Guests nt the president's ho
tel are endeavoring to persuade
the couple to participate in a
Christmas celebration.
PEACE DOVE LIGHTS
Villista Leaders Flock to Car-
ranzista Standards Villa
Headed for New Orleans
Kl-Paso, Texas, Dec. 2.1. Peace In
war-shattered North Mexico seemed to
day nt hand. Villista leaders flocked
to the Carranzista standards seeing in
signing of peaee terms no hope for
continuance of their campaign.
Chihuahua is reported in the hands
of Carranzistas. Firm control of Juar
ez by the same forces is anticipated
at an early date. No further reports
of rioting came from there.
Meantime, reports hinted that Villa
is heading for America for refuge. Sev
eral Villista leaders are said to have
been given commissions in tho Carran
zista army, notably General Ochoa,
who had nt first declined to agree to
peace terms arranged a few days ago
just across the border.
On Way to New Orleans.
New Orleans, La., l)ec. 2.1. General
Villa's wife had a message from him
today saying he would be here this nf
ternoon. She expects to spend Christ
mas with uim here.
His Brother Arrested. -San
Antonio, Texas, Dee. 21. Col
onel Hipolito Villa, brother of General
Francisco Villa, is under arrest here
today on a charge of swindling, pre
ferred by El Paso authorities.
Where Is Villa?
Washington. Dec. 23. General Villa
is in the Chihuahua mountains, accord
ing to state department advices today.
He has boen variously reported in press
dispatches as In r.l Paso, as heading for
rtew urleaus, and as preparing to flee
to American officials' protection..
WAS ONLY EXPERIMENT
His Friends Trying To Con -
' O m "
vince Him the Whole Coun-
try Demands He Run
New York, Dec. 23. The boom for
Colonel Roosevelt for president was
projected to see how it would "take"
in tho opinion of severul republican
national committeemen and lenders
meeting todny with Chnirmnn Hilles of
the republican national committee.
Committeeman Spies of New Mexico,
does not believe that Roosevelt him
self is trying to obtain the nomina
tion! Cameron of Arizona, said the col
onel's friends nre trying to convince
him against his will that tho country
is dfmiandiug him. Cameron opined
that a "dark horse'" perhaps will Ii
nominated. .
The committeemen hero do not favor
Roosevelt, though they suid there Is no
significance in the fact that the col
onel's opponents, are conferring.
Name May Be On Ballot.
Minneapolis, Dec. 2.1. Colonel Roose
velt's nnmo may appear on the republi
can primary ballot in Minnesota, ns
friends toduy nre making a movement
to this end, following Root's refusal
to go on the ticket.
Root's letter said; "I am not a can-
diilnte for the nomination in any sense,
and 1 am unwilling to have my nnnir
used. If it is lined I shall insist that
it be withdrawn."
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Stocks All Stronger
In Spite of Christmas
(Copyright 1015 by the New York
Kveniug Post.)
New York, Dec. 21. On a volume of
business larger than wns expected in
view of the nearness of the Christmas
recess, prices rose on tho stock ex
change today. Copper shares led bo-
ause of an Improved nictnl market.
Copper was over 20.3 cents which
cipinls ihe highest mark since early in
i in i , .
Steel common was a. point above yes
terday 's figure, and miscellaneous war
shares were mostly higher. Railroads
moved spiritedly only in the closing
hour despite accumulating ovldonca of
their, remarkable prosperity.
a i iinivian i viioiii aiuivi nc t iiiuiuii i iu i
AND S. S. Ift'ME
it Ul
Ford Also Quits Ship As It
Proceeds With Balance of
Party to Stockhom
CABINET MEMBER SAYS
MOVE MADE TOO EARLY
Detroiter Worried by Bicker
ings In Dove Cote Forced
to Take Rest
By Charles P. Stewart.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
Ciiristinnin, Dec. 23. The where
abouts of Henry Ford, dreamer of the
ilream of getting Europe's warriors out
of the trenches by Christmas, was un
known today. His party had gone on
to Stockholm in furtherance of their
pence mission; S. S. McClure, New
York publisher and Governor Hnnna.
of North Dakota, irre leaving to tour
ueingerent countries.
Physicians explained Ford s absence
with the statement that his illness
made it necessary for him to detatch
himself from the remainder of the ex
pedition in order to obtain rest. Wheth
er he went on to Stockholm, or immedi
ately followed the delegates was not
learned.
Where the Detroiter had been bom
barded with ridicule and coolly receiv
ed, a new sentiment sprung up today;
he was even mentioned for the Noble
peace prize,
Norwegian pence advocates did not
accompany the party to Stockholm,
and they objected to separate an
nouncement of their names iu connec
tion with the peace expedition. Heure,
there will not be made public until del
egations have been obtained from all
the European neutral nntions.
A Norwegian cabinet member said
today that tho time is not ripe for
peace, and he told Mme. Sehwimmer,
who proposed the peace cruise that a
spring pence movement would be use
less. Sloreover, he declared that even
if President Wilson asked Norway to
join peace move, she would not act un
til she had conferred with Denmark
nnd Sweden and the trio had agreed to
act as a unit In nny move for peace.
An instance of how liberally Ford
is spending his money on the peace ex
pedition came to. light today with in
formation that he is reimbursing
Judge Ben Lindsey of Denver, for sac
rificing a lecture tour.
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In Relations, Remote
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heilSllin Of lirenk in rt lilnmnli,. ruin.
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With the American Anemia rejoinder
dispatched, and officially reported re
ceived at Vienna at fl o'clock Tuesday
night, a "cooling off" wait is ex
pected. Unofficial reports said that Foreign
Minister Buriiin niny go to Berlin to
confer with German authorities before
muking his answer; nt any rate, Ger
mun influence is expected to be in favor
of Amerca.
Amsterdam, Dec. 2.1. Vienna was re
ported today ns pleased over the tone
of the American Anemia rejoinder, and
upplnuding its conciliatory tone.
Paul Koenie Indicted
For Welland Canal Plot 3
New York, Dee. 21. Paul Koenig, re-
puted head of tho German secret serv
ice iu this country, wns Indicted by the
federal grand jurv today in connection
with the alleged plot to blast the Wei
laud rannl, while Richard Lvcinlcckor
and F.dmiind Justice, said to be his col
leagues, wcro indicted on chnrges of
complicity in Teutonic activities.
Two indictments were returned
against Koenig, technically charging
that he attempted a military expedition
against a irimmiy power, wno, ei arge
oniiection with the alleged Wetland
plot; the other thnt he sent Justice on.l,
Frederick Metzlor to Quebec to spy on
transports ami destroy thnin If possible,
leveiiilecker wns charged with par
ticipation In the Alleged Wetland plot.
Met.ler who confessed, wns not Indict
ed. Nn hearing will be held before the
Christmas recess,
JUST "GILBERT"; THAT'S ALL
Prattle, Wash., Dee. 2.1. "Gilbert,"
nn unknown man who committed sui
cide by gits in a rooming house here
yesterday had not been identified to
day, lie destroyed every menus of
identification with the possible excep
tion of n new derby hut bought in
Portland and a tJiotogrnph nf n girl
bearing tho autograph, "From Mae to
bearing tno autograph, "rroi
Gilbert, with fondest love,"
ABANDON PARTY
North Clarendon, Vt., Dec. 2.1.
W. L. Plumley owns a tree
climbing freak pug-bull dog.
The animal is three years old.
Sometimes he sleeps in tree
branches 20 ' feet above the
ground and has been known to
, ascend 32 feet. Veterinarians
who examined his feet were un
able to, explain how he grips a
tree trunk, except that the nnils,
more pointed than those of an
ordinary canine, may help1.
Open Declaration of War
Against Monarchy May Be
Made Public Today
San Frnncisco, Dec. 2.1. An open
declaration of warfare ngiiiiiBt Yuan
Shi Kai in China was expected at any
time today by local Chinese, following
cable advices that one of the most pop
ular governors iu the country had re
signed, because of Yuan's assumption
of the imperinl titlo.
The immediate execution of Yong
Doo intimate friends of tho emporor
and a number of his associates, who
have been working for the monarchy,
was demnuded by generals In charge of
tho garrison nt Yunnan and Kwei
Chow,
Chinese revolutionists may gain aid
within this country from Sun Fo, son
of Dr. Sun Ynt Sen, once provisional
president of China and himself a revo
lutionist. Tho former president's son, now a
student at the University of California,
showed that he is strictly against the
change to a monarchy when ho address
ed the League for Home Rulo in Taxa
tion. Tho monarchy, he claimed, Is not rep
resentatives of. the Chinese peoplo'a
sentiment; the election which over
threw the republic ho branded as ji
farce, in which only a smnll portion of
Chinese participated.
The meeting adopted a resolution
calling on President Wilson not to
recognizo the monarchy.
THE SCHMIDT TRIAL
Some of Prosecution's Evi
dence Proved False by
Reliable Witnesses
Los Angeles, Cab, Dec. 2.1. Tho do
fense in the M. A. Schmidt murder
trial scored heavily todny, when U. F,
Grow, chairman of tho general striko
committee miring tne Aiotal iru.lo
strike in 1910, testifieil that not a dol
lar of tho money received by tho com
mittee was expended for nny other pur
pose but tho relief of distress among
tho strikers.
His testimony contradicts evidence
introduced by tho prusocution tending
tn show that the thousand dollars con
tributed by tho National Structural
Iron Workers union was paid to Capluu
and Schmidt.
A detailed report of the striko com
mittee npuroveil bv all the members of
thnt body was entered as evidence, af
ter ucing iiieniiueii iy urow.
He said it was a full ami comploto
report of tho moneys received nnd paid
out by the committee during tho strike.
Alfred niul Homer .lolinniisen, sons
of Anton Joliiinnsen testified that they
were with tneir tuther und mother and
spent wo weeks the latter part of
July, lIHO, in Veuico. They donloil
Ihllt Ki'hmiill VIHitcil Ihnii- Iwtitui iliirlmr
that time, either alone or accompanied
oy it .Mrs. lung.
I'-ll wns brought out In tho testimony
of Mis. Mario Upton that Cuplau had
not made the statement that he had to
n i a lie a Into train to Los Angeles the
night before the Times building was al
leged to hnvo been dynamited.
Sim testified that un tho niuht In
question she and hor husband, George
iptou, spent the evening at Tho
I'hiites, San Frnncisco, with Schmidt,
aplun, Mr. and Mrs. Joliiinnsen nnd
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l,.ve the party early to catch a train.
ror Los Angeles.
Made Strong Point.
Los Angeles, Cnl., Dec, 21 Stop by
step, the det'enso in the M. A. Hchmidt
murder trial today proceeded with its
work of trying to shatter in detail
ilho carefully constructed prosecution
case tending to connect Hcliniidt with
tiie Times building dynamiting hero.
Ono of the hardest blows nt the
states mass of circumstantial evldenco
was struck when A. I). Iliirrows of (Ink
land, owner of the launch I'nstune, tes
tified Hchtnidt was not the man who
rented tho boat from him shortly be
fore the Times wns blown up. The slate
Hums c n in 1 1 t rented the launch and
used
It to transport dynnmlto from
Giant, Culiforiiia, to Los Angoles.
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TAX Oil 1IES
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Germany's Treasurer Says
Taxes After the War Will
Be "Colossal"
APPARENTLY ABANDONS
HOPE OF INDEMNITY
Income Tax But Intimation of
Frightful Load Which Coun-.
try Must Carry
By J. W. T. Maaon.
(Writton for tho United Press.)
Now York, Dec. 23. The first im
portant new German taxation aince the
war started is the increase of 20 per
cent in the income tai levied agnii-
tho grand duchy of Baden. Other
states have announced their intention
of laying similur taxes, while the im
perial government is preparing likewise
to meet tho burdens entailed by tho
war.
When tho examulo of Badon snrcads
throughout the empire, then the Ger
mans will come to tho full realizatior
how seriously the wnr will affect the
pocketbooks of future generations. And,
this realization is likely to have its
effect on tho outcome.
Dr. Karl Holfferich. director of Oer-
that war taxes shrdlu un un nn nnunn
many 'a finances, who once declared
that war taxes would be unnecessary in
Germany because her enemies would
pay indemnities, admitted in the reic.h
stag this week, that despite nossiblo
indemnities, tuxes after the war will bo
"colossal." .
Ilia declaration indicated that Ger
many ia not now so confident as she ;
once wns that her enemies would foot
her war bill. In it, lies one of the
hopes of shortening hostilities, for a.
demand for Indemnities always means
that B nation will continue to fight
more fiercely thnn for almost any oth
er reason. If Germany U losing hope
of getting an indemnity, then there will
bo somewhat less reason, perhaps, for
tho allies continuing their efforts to
the bitter end.
The Income tnxes laid by the state
are only an intimation of the fightful"
load that tho reichstng eventually must
saddle upon Gormnny as a whole
this load becomes a realisation, early
enough Gormnny may balk at having to
boar it.
Blames Ragtime Music
Not Those Who Dance To It
Sncrnmeno, Cab, Dec. 23. "Rug
ging" is awful but the young folks
who "rag" ure not so much to blame.
It's tho music.
Thcso aro the views expressed today
by Dr. Margaret Hcliallcnbergnr Mc
Naught, stato commissioner of element
ary schools.
Bho characterizes ragtime music as
coarso and degrading and admits that
young folks aro quite unable to "make
their feet hehnvn" when ragtime musie
is played and tho rhythm such as it
is gives riso to syncopated movements
that Dr. McNnught calls terrible.
"Dancing is here to stay," she says,
"wo can't force it out but the objec
tionable fenturcs should ho eliminated.
This can best be done not by continu
ally harping nbout it but by substitut
ing higher ideals art, grace, high
grndo miiHic nnd so forth."
Logging Dam Breaks
Centralia Flooded
Contrnlia, Wash., Dec. 21. Heavy
rains and high water in tho Bkookum
ibui'k river caused the Hucoda Logging
company's dam tn break and Centralia
in inundated todny.
Persons nro going to nnd from work
on rudely constructed rafts and iu
boats.
Tho town of Vnder Is nlso flooded.
Tho I'ncitie highway between n
trulin and Chelinlis has been closed, ow
ing to land slides,
At Kelso, tho Cowlita river Is 13 feet
abovo low wntnr nnd still rising.
J THE WEATHER :
SOIOOT-N
0 Oregon i Fair to
Sjyt night, cooler ex
cept near to me
const; and Fri
day fair; north
westerly winds.
INHPEREH