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KING PROROGUES PARLIAMENT
INDIGATli ENGLAND IN NO MOOD
TO mm PEACE
Feeling In England Is Intensely
son's Peace ProposalBonar Law Outlines Government's'
Position In House of Commons and Is Generally Ap-.
plauded by Press of Empire-Intervention by United
States Is Feared by Allies
the -811168 to give up all principles and
. retract all official utterances regarding
London, Dec. 22. Prorouging parliament today until the war's aims that have been 30 em
Ffebruary 7, King George added the weight of his words phaticaiiy announced heretofore,
to the allies stern rejection of a German made peace. I Am"" correspondents tonight
i i "The vigorous prosecution of the war must be our ZlJt vTi ove.yw,,,,,v
. ' i i u i-i i t i su'ong the government nuinorities over
6 ingle endeavor, ne declared, until we nave vindicated the peace note, in sumo quarters con
the rights 30 ruthlessly violated by our enemies and J3G!&2S
established the security of Europe on a sound foundation, upon Germany that the United states
King George thanked the house of commons for its
"unstinted loyalty" in providing funds to cover the bur
dens of the war.
"In this sacred cause," the king declared, "I am assured
of the united support of all my peoples. I pray God may
give us his blessing."
"My government," the king continued, after sum
marizing the nation s aims in the war, was reconstructed
4-1 i U44. 4,..4-u..: 4.1
wiui me ssuit; uujecL tu iu uieiiiig muse aims miiuiei eu
and unimpaired.
"I am confident," the king's address continued, "that
however long the struggle may be, my army and my navy,
with those of my faithful allies, aided by subjects
throughout the empire will achieve victorious consumma
tion of the aims for which I entered the war."
King George was not present in person before the
house of loards, and his prorogation address was read office announcement today.
there by the lord chancellor. h-ah i. teamed Egyptian town
T , 1 p ,1 i 1 i i .011 the Palestine border at the mouth
In the house of commons the king's address proroguing 0f the River wady-ei-An3h (or "Biver
parliament was read by Speaker Lowther.
By Ed L. Keen,
( t'nited Press Staff Correspondent.)
'.ondon, Deo. 22. The more England
digests President Wilson's peace note,
the more bitter it feels. That was thn
conclusion to be drawn from news
p'lper editorials in the afternoon papers
.which went even farther than those
of the morning editions in denunciation
i' the American executive's move.
The afternoon press was a unit in it-s
reentf ttlness. This bitterness w.is
pi rticularly manifested against Wil-
aon s aasertior
which all boll
that
aronts
the objei
ts for
riving
were
w re nearly the
'I t is singular
Standard declare
(f Wilson pesapic
t e delusion that
deed
he KveniiH
; tatcsmai
labor unde
can
lOVC id' his to
elcomed by th(
f the situatioi
intervention i
resident Wilsoi
immentcd, "bu
nil peace
.ies. The 1
iould warn
1 desired.
"We since
ul(
not 1
the (Slob
iiave grave
II being."
Our feeling!
hi to slop till
1 objects lm
ly what Pies
1 decessor felt
'fi
II
been attained
lent
v. hen
VVils
it
threatened with1
British Army Keeps Busy
Plugging Away on West Front
By William Phillips Simms
(United Press staff correspondent)
With the British Armies in the Field,
Bee. IP. (Delayed) While the Preach
are rolling back the German crown
prince's army before Verdun, the lirit-i.-!i
army is not idle.
Through the heavy snow and driving
rain with a cold tang in the air remi-
aueem 01 i nnstmas the ISntish armv
Js plugging away in perfect accord with
me oongnty Heroes defending the his- j
toric citadel of Verdun. J
ff the news from this end of the lirfe!
at present isn t very sensational, it is
because the allied plans decree it so.
No one need doubt that absolute unity
ol retion exists along this front, from
th? salt water to the Swiss mountains.
After the latest victory at Verdun
th? British army straightened for a
moment to applaud its brothers in arms
1 and then Lent back to its task.
That the British do not intend that
the enemv shall have any more rest un
til the end of the war is apparent. Vis
its to back areas give this impression
as distinctly as those to the front lines.
There is a vast' war plant there buzzing
HM a great, busy mill.
In the trenches powerful mortars are
-: .mining away continually, mcthodical
ly lobbing over sinister bombs from
the size and shape of a wine bottle to
those of a footbsil almost keg size. I
Bitter Over President W -
I European intervention in the middle of
! the civil war," declared the Westmin
ster Gazette. "But if President Wil-
I son has knowledge, hitherto denied US,
that the enemy is willing to ackn rwl-
: edge our statements, he well knows we.
: would be the last to reject his good
: offices. ' '
The favorite remarks With which the
Wilson note has been greeted were that
! it. was ''ill timed," "inopportune,"
"doubtless well intcntioned but ill ad
vised" and ''deplorable blunder."
Pew question the motives or the
spirit which impelled the note, but
I most of the editorials point out that it
was unhappily conceived and tactlessly
worded especially in its references to
((smal nations. " This it was contend-
j ed, conveyed the impression that the
allies were equally guilty with the cen
tral powers in this respect.
What Bonar Law Says
Entire appreciation was vioiced
h the
press
utt
sauc 1
ght
ind by the public in
ances of Chancellor
Bonar Law. in corn-
of the E
regarding peace. His
construed as a direct
rica.
rv well to sav 'let us
Ann
(Continued on page three.)
Snipers Brack away at every head that
shows itself for a second.
Planted further back field guns add
to the havoc wrought by high explosives
in the opposing trenches. Now and
then mines placed by sapping under ene
my 's positions explode like the disinte
gration of the world.
Apparently it is the British policy
to keep the enemy everlastiagiy
on
Ii i -
ueeuies and pins wearing down
nerve day and night.
British raiding parties suddeulv
ap-
pear oetore German trenches, scatter
ing death among itn occupants with
grenades and taking prisoners.
Rapidly body-to-body struggles in
which the British excel and which the
Germans dislike are often a feature
of these raids. Dugouts are frequently
raided where the Teutonic defenders,
sleeping the sleep 0 i'exhauBtion, have
been awakened from the arms of Mor
pheus to find themselves in the arms
of British Tommies.
All this contributes to the highly ner
vous state almost daily manifested a
long the lines.
While these things repeat themselves
until they become routine along the
front lines, in fhe back the organiza
tion and preparation goes on. Britain '
punching power tn French is daily
becoming mightier.
PROPOSALS
tEf5&22V1iM
In Sending Peace Proposal
By Ed L. Keen.
(t'nited Press staff correspondent.)
London, Dec. 22. British official cir-
cles refuse to believe that America, in
the note by President Wilson, is asking
may tie torcecl eventually to enter the
war on the side of the allies, unless Ger
many accedes to the allies' demands.
But as a rule, utter inability to under
stand the motives behind the presi
dent's note were apparent.
The Evening News' head to the text
of the Wilson note was the triple nega
tive, in big type, "No! No! No!5' witli
the further caption "This la Britain's
Answer, Wiven Without Hesitation to
President unison's surprising Note."
!' President Wilson's seal for human
ity has evoked a step which will create
the bitterest resentment of all those
who fighting, working and dying for
the very principles he has at heart,"
declared the Pall Mall Gazette.
WAR BULLETIN
Loudon. Dec 2L After two venrs oc
cupation by the enemy British forces
1 ... 1 ... I I J' . i -
ot Egypt") on the Mediterranean sea.
( The war office said the Egyptian city
had been taken by the British troops
yesterday.
Cannonading in West.
Paris. Dec. 22. Violent cannonading
last night in the region of Louvenioat,
, north of Verdun, was reported in to
day's official statement. Elsewhere
filling the western front it was quiet.
The statement also detailed an artil
lery duel yesterday north of Monad ir.'
yvlucli is still continuing today. Pa
trol engagements on the Struma front
were also reported.
Bulgarians Wiped Out.
trograd, Dec. 22. The greater part
r
oi a Bulgarian detachment advancing
eastward to Lake Babadag from Enisal
(in Dobrudja) was forced into Lake
Ibolota and many were drowned, to
day's official statement declared.
The Russian troops took 115 prison
ers. 1 A1MF0
BY VILLA S FORCES ,
Only News of Attack Comes
In Brief Bulletin to
1 Paso
El Paso, Texas, Dec. 22. Villa's
forces attacked Torreon at 4 O'liioCkl
this morning ami a ba tie for possession
of the city was raging at daybreak to- j
day. This information reached here by)
wire to Mexican government officials.
The only news of the attack was a j
brief bulletin sent out of Torreon to !
Chihuahua City by the government wire
less as the assault started. The message
reached El Paso by land wires.
Early yesterday Villistas Captured
Bermijillo, about thirty miles north of
Torreon, after the garrison had fled
to the latter city.
Torreon is the railway key to north
ern Mexico, many lines converging at
his point. In possession of Villa, the
bandit chief could dominate the rail
ways leading to the northeastern bor
der. The population of Torreon is a
bout 40,000.
Villa with 5,000 troopB was reported
yesterday as approaching Torreon and
driving back government troops sent
north to oppose his advance.
Military observers here point out that
Villa should have little difficulty in
taking Torreon, as the garrison there
was weakened when General Murgia
marehed northward to the aid of Chi
huahua City.
There are over 800 independent com
peting railroads in Uncle Sam 's land.
The express companies still use dog!
cledges in parts of Alas':a.
sfc sjc 3(c -4 4 4 4 4 4
CAR SHORTAGE CAUSED IT
Washington, Dec. 22 Adjust
ment of the nation-wide car
!nt t ! declare by federal
authorities to be largely respon
sible for the present high cost of
living is lieing hindered by re
fusal of eight railroads to co
operate with the American Rail
way association, according to a
statement of the car shortage
commission of the association
tod aw
INTERSTATE BRIDGE COMPLETE
Vancouver. Wash-, Dec. 22. With on
ly a light breeze to make the operation
nil in till, mi- mm :m ui me iinei-
; state bridge between Oregon and Wash
ington was towed into the Columbia riv
er today to be floated into place. The
work will probably take all day. If the
wind becomes strong, bridge engineers
may halt the job and attempt it tigain
tomorrow.
E
T 1st tl I
TedlllP3 That HP FynPnitpil
IGMIIICa lildl IK LApemitU
Large Sum For German
Government
dun Fraueisco, Dee. 22. Franz Bonn,
German consul general here, admitted
on the witness stand today that he had
purchased eontrabrand of war for the
German government and that he had
spent "a great deal of money" in suchll
purchases during the months sueeeediiiL' 1
the declaration of war.
He made these statements in cross
examination by I'nited States District
Attorney Preston during the trial ol''
himself ami associates on charge of
neutrality violations. When Hupp ad
mitted having purchased rubber and
nickel in lame Quantities. Preston In
sisted that these two products are both
I munitions of war, but Bopp denied this,
i The district attorney questioned Bopp
at length regarding the so called "se
jcret fund" said to have been placed at
the disposition of the consulate bv the
I Berlin government. This fund is said
I tO have amounted to tlO&OOO. Mono
said he used "a great deal" of money,
but wouldn 't specify the total.
Bopp said that he personally was in
charge of this fund and that he made
reports regarding disbursements direct
lo (he Merlin government, send'nur all
vouchers, etc., there. For this reason,
be
he could not detail the dis-
bursements, as he had no! ken! anv roc
ords for himself.
"What expense, need or desire did
you have for $100,000 in March W15t"
Preston asked.
"That has nothing to do with this
ease." was Bopp's peppery answer.
Asked who had requested the so call
ed "secret fund" from the German
government, Bopp replied merely: "Ask
Von Sehaack," (the vice consul). Bopp
finally stated, however, that he needed
such a fund to make extensive purchas
es of rubber and nickel, When asked
direct whether he had purchased "mu
nitions of war" he said he hail not and
refused to admit that rubber and nickel
W i
Ud
you purchase
Pre:
"I will not tell," said the witness.
Bopp was questioned at length re
tfding the employment of C c. Crow
ley as consulate agent ami he repeated
the testimony given earlier in the week
by Vice Consul Von . chaack. He spoke
with a good deal of contempt of the
bomb model which Van Sehaack had
purchased from Johannes YnnKoolbei
gen for $2o. Bopp said the bomb had
lain around the consulate for a long
time "and we occasionally took it Up
ami played with it."
Roosevelt alius goes some place where
nobuddy knows him after an election.
Th' best scheme is t' love yourself and
take no chances on your neighbors.
I . : . LI w rmKHsn
Statements of Lansing
Are Transmitted Abroad ;
Allies Will Reject Peace
By carl D. Groat
(I'nited Press staff correspondent)
Washington, Dec. 22. Secretary nf
State Lansing's two statements of yes
terdav, in interpretation of President
Wilson's pence note, were forniarded
today to American diplomats abroad.
Tl... 11akI :., !.,,
,;,!!.. it,.. .,..,.';. .I,-',. fcJ
might be no misunderstanding or mis
interpretation of the text abroad,
fhe diplomats will be free to inform
foreign offices of these official texts peace terms.
and it is felt that the second statement in the house, Representative Bailey
will serve to correct any misconstrue- inuwetl that that body go on record as
Hon which might lie placed upon the approving the president's action. The
first. I resolution was referred to the foreign
Dispatch of the two notes will prob- j atiairs committee .
ably obviate the necessity for a supple-1 Tn the senate. Senator Hitchcock, Ne
menta note, which Lansing said he bskn, offered a substitute to his reso
would send if his first " verge of war") lutim, of yesterday. The substitute
remarks were misinterpreted. ! rrad
The fact that the texts are forward- I" Resolved, That the senate approves
ed to the diplomats will enable them to Jrongly endorses the action taken by I
present to the Ruropean courts as the (n0 p,,,8inpnt in sending diplomatic
of ficlal attitude of this government the EotM of December 18 to the na
idea that the Tinted States regards Ni.-. .imffed ;,, wnr. suirirostini;
transgressions on its rights as increas -
ingly grave, but as thus tar causing
no I'onsHterntion
neutrality policy
., f ,.l,i,,.... ,. 11,..
in the
WiU N0t Flatly Reject
Washington, Deo. 22. For the same
,easons that Great Britain and lo r al
lies did not f In 1 1 v reject the peace pro
DO sals of the Teutonic powers, thev will
1 1 ,, -..
not tlatlv turn down the suggestions
made bv ' President Wilson in his pence
messages, was the expressed belief
ol
some entente diplomats here today.
This opinion was voiced to a I'nited
Press correspondent in intimate and con
fidentlal talks at two of the most im
portant entente embassies in Washing'
ton.
At these embassies two reasons wen
given for the above opinion:
To show officially and formally '
"'S"'et " over the president's peuee
any
sug
gestions by tint I y refusing 111s request
for specific terms would be playing di
rectly into (ierniauv 's plans, since Ger
many then would have opportunity to
reiterate oft repeated protestations that
the entente allies are responsible for
prolonging the war.
Such a flat turndown would tend to
weaken what sympathy there is now
in the United States for the entente al
lied cause.
These allied diplomats did not hesi
tate to admit "chagrin" over the pros
blent 's suggestion that specification of
war objectives is necessary. They said
allied speakers have been specifying
their objectives for two years and n
half and that they ought to be appar
ent to all students of the war. It was
this phase of the president 's note one
which seemed to cause more regret than
bitterness which wus particularly em
phasized by the diplomats.
SOUTHERN DIPLOMATS MUM
By Charles P. Stewart
(i'nited Press staff correspondent)
Beunot Aires, Dec. 22. The first)
Statement of the American Secretary j
ot State Lansing, caused officialdom
here to close up clam-iike. His subse
quent modification failed to restore
talkativeness. Officials evidently con
sidered the situation too delicate to dis
cuss. Neither the Wilson note nor the Lan
sing statements have yet materially af
fected South American markets. A ma
joritv of the traders do not expect any
speedy results from either.
Press comment is typical of this view.
Editorials agree that the note is
ii
la.nl and sensible and expresses the
tinients of belligerent peoples as
as neutrals."
The newspapers agree that the 1
Fourth Member of
Alleged Bank Robber
(km Arrested in Seattle
I Seattle, Wash., Dec. 22 - Albert Wolf,
married, a real estate man, was arrested
at his home in Bainier Valley, near the
Taylor mill, by detectives at six o'clock
this morning, as the fourth member of
the gang of bank robbers implicated
ii, the emifessiiiil nf ( Isen r I, owe. one of
the alleged Bothell bandits, a few hours
tier (liber inula mi. exnoetcd to-
day.
I Ed Hagen. a suspended patrolman,
has uncovered operations of the alleged
band of robbers and was instrumental
jin rounding them up early today,
i Oscar Lowe, age 27, a blacksmith, ar
i rested in Tacoma by Hagen and Do
j tective Cochran, at the Park hotel there
has admitted being one of the three
ate bandits who look $2,790 from the
j Bothell State Hank, December 0, ac
I cording to the police, ami made confes
( alone revealing the names of the oth
ers connected with u series of daring
crimes in the northwest.
Hagen worked up the case, and ar
rested A. .1. Hounds, who recently pur
chased a blacksmith shop at Auburn,
j Thursday afternoon.
At .1 0 clocK tins morning nagen aim
Acting Captain of Detectives Kent, ar
rested Walter McDonald, a longshore
man, at his home here.
These two men ami Wolf have refused
to admit any part in the robberies, but
Lowe, the youngest of the prisoners
has implicated them, according to de
tectives who worked all night on the
case.
Wolf is not believed to have had an
active part in the Bothell bank robbery
but was a planner lor the others who
have operated for more than a year, in
the vicinity of Seattle ami Tacoma, ac
cording to detectives today.
nosis President Wilson seeks is obvi
ously necessary to cure the present disease.
Another Resolution
Washington, Dec. 22. Representative
Bailey, Pennsylvania, today introduced
a resolution calling on congress to
en
lorse and approve" the president's act
ion in sending notes to belligerent nn
lions of Europe asking a statement of
, rH.0mmeuding ,iat those nations!
,t t, , w ,
. . .. ... -
properly be discussed.
Hitchcock said he introduced the sub .i
stitute because his first resolution had
been sent to the foreign affairs com
mittee, where it probably would re
main. GUalA ft.lltH.ua ,.l,;l.l !,:..
. , , .. , .7. . J .., ,,
1 that action be deterred until after the
. ,. .
ll0'luayB; .,
1 ne ftimev resolution was almost a.
verbatim copy of William Jennings Bry
an's telegram of congratulation to the
1 president yesterday, it was very simi
lar to that id' Hitchcock. He declared
the president has rendered an invaluable
service to a "war stricken world," and
has afforded the belligerents un oppor
tunity which it is fervently hoped they
may not disregard.
"It would be a reflection upon the
nations at war to doubt that they know
the ends for which they are fighting or
10 assume that they have any purpose
which they are unwilling to reveal," the
r .solution said.
A statement by both sides, it was
said, no matter how divergent, would
(dear (he way for pence by giving a
basis lor negotiations, "because we be
lieve neither side will consent to as
sume responsibility for continuing the
unspeaaanie norrors 01 tuts conflict,
any reasonable terms can se secured.
The resolution asked that the presi-j
dent be congratulated by congress for
,lls s,a"'1-
Beady to Name Terms
.. .. ...
The Hague Dec. -.-Germany will,
dlKloM her ch.et peace terms imnied.-,
ately, if the forthcoming note from
11. ,11,
loo eilieine powers, in it in 10 ieui-
iiiaiin-Ilollweg's peace proposals leaves
the peace door open, German dispatches
said, it was semi-oi 1 icially announced
1 today.
President's Free Hand
Washington, Dec. 22. Congress
will
let the president have free hand in his
attempt to find a common ground upon
which European belligerents can meet
to formulate plans for a lasting peace.
Both houses today refused to endorse
or tuke any action on the president 's
action in dispatching his now historic
notes to Europe's warriors.
The senate tor the second time today
refused to net on a resolution of ap
proval. -Hitchcock Fuili
Washington. Dec. 2:;.
Again
L
-ceiiHiui iiiicu-
COC railed tOUay m ms seconu uuempi
to have the senate endorse the
action
(Continued on page ",ix.)
WiOsam Jennings Bryan
Wires His Commendation
to President Wilson
Washington, Dec. 22. From William
Jennings Bryan the president today re-l
eeived a long telegram Congratulating
him on the "invaluable service to war
tvlrtleflti emmtpies ' 1 nt'fercd iii the com-
nuinirations 01 tin
i belligei cut nation
I'nited States to the
Bryan's telegruiu
follows:
"You have rendered an invaluable purpose is to oesiro.v. ku
service lo a war stricken world in ask-j the (termini public, it is feared, will
ing the belligerent nations to set forth j even more strongly support the very
in specific terms the conditions und as- government England is bent upon "is'"
siiranees which thev deem necessary to tegrnting and will demand more 111th
the establishment of a lusting peace, ft . U-ss, more unrestricted and more deter
would be a reflection upon the nations mined pursuit of the war, on the sea
at war to doubt that they know the particularly. This would endanger Am
ends for which thev are fiUhtlnfl or
assume that they have any purposes
which they are unwilling to reveal."
Butter and Cheese
Makers Come to Salem
The seventh annual convention of
the Oregon Butter and Cheese makers
association will meet in Salem Decem
ber 28 and 29. The dairymen of the
county will meet on the 29th.
The meetings will be held in the nud
itorium of the Commercial club. Ad
dresses will be made by W. K. Newell,
president of the Oregon Dairymen's as
nidation, on "Value of Improved
Breeding." W. K. Ilannermnn is on
the program for an address on " Results
of Cow Testing Work." E. V. Eiling
ton, assistant director of the western
dairy division, who lives in Salt Leks
city, will speak on "The Work of,
Dairy Division for the Producer"
OFFICIALS EXPECT
MOVE FOfl PEACE
BY BELLIGERENTS
Resentment On Part of Allied
Nations Is Calming
Down
HOPE THAT PROPOSALS
MET RESPONSIVE CHORD
Secretary Lansing's Two
Statements of Yesterday
Mystify Diplomats
By Robert J. Bender.
(I'nited Press staff correspondent.)
Washington, Dec. 22. Recovering
slowly from the dizzy whirl of yester-
day'o history making developments,
government officials and foreign diplo
mats here today looked to the foreign
effiee of the belligerent nations for the
IK xt peace move.
As outlined in early reports strong
exception was at first taken to Presi
dent Wilson's overtures in both English
ami Canadian press. The outspoken ex
pirssion, seemingly (oday has been toned
down, the move now being called mere
ly "inopportune." The attitude of al
lied diplomats here also shows a trend
in the same direction.
The ndministra(ion believes, how
ever, this feeling is not sufficient to
east any real gloom over the situatioa-
It appears the same surprise and won
derment was occasioned in Europe by
the president's overtrures as woer mani
fest hero when his move became known.
The first wonderment over, the presi
dent believes the warriors will feel far
more inclined at least seriously and
rarefnUy to consider his suggestions.
Accurate sounding of the allied gov
ernment's attitude cannot be-definitely
known for several days at least. Thi
eovernment is meanwhile convinced
it."., . ... ,...... smmdic i. tak
Hhow the proposals struck a
' . J . , 1 r
rr"t'0'' what Did Lansing Mean?
Aflt-v struggling with attempts to
Mm just what lay behind Secretary
Lansing's two announcements yestorflny
,,unlifying the other so as praeti-
H J uf t
nom cMt lim, diplomats here
meaning-
, n . , . , ,
reacneu mo ioiiowiog
day:
President Wilson has mnde his first
step in a more vigorous course deter
mined upon to maintainAmerican rights
during the wnr.
He has warned both sides that in the
event of any herculean and final des-
neral
effort to win-should present
pence overtures collapse-
met tea must
not be made to suffer.
The move was prompted primarily to
bring peace before further blows may
be struck at tho structure of interna
tional law.
II was made not only in the interests
of the United States but wus lnflueneeo
by the appeals from all neutrals to this
country for some strong positive stand.
The United States government is de-
terminer! to renin
.1 fn renin rr out ot the war It
- ., , , , , IlP --
.,, pin siiiie, inn warns 1 ne uhmk'-
i"" , ' :. ... . , ,,; ' . olwiidd
strieicil linmun ujr un..Sv.v...
i t he SI I' I T e c o 1 1 1 1 11 it ' .
t he si nte continue
So far its attitude on neutrality is
concerned, President Wilson has not
changed.
He has not switched from his strong
ivietion that the country docs not
want war if peace can be maintained
with honor.
He will use every human means pos
sible to keep the country uloof from the
struggle.
But he sees in the possible failure or
present pence negotiations uciite datig-
er
troin the iniuieuce 01 un tu.....
Jieopie.
This government s view nas
1 been that
hould the allies refuse to
discuss pence
with Germany, the Ger
man people will be convinced England a
erica.
Allied diplomats believed Secretary
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THE WEATHER
i.
Ore gon : To
night and Satur
day rain west,
portion; increas
ing winds, mostly
southerly, with
rain or snow east
moderate to fresh
gale along the
eon coast. A
dt