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RUSS AN ARMY
CLOSING IN ON
SOVIET GOV'T.
I'K.MKU.XK'B ARMY ..M FORCES
FROM NOUTII CLOSING IN ON
Ilin8 CAPITA IV
:il SMASHED OK WIDE FRONT
llolalll'Viki I00 TlMWNMMb of Pris
oners When Oil) of Orel Falls)
Pole Itagln Offensive
l-omlon. Oct, 15.-Wlth General
IVenlkene's army advancing from
the eouth and 'northweatern"1tussltn I
forces almost within striking dis
tance of .Petrograd, the soviet gov
ernment of Russia appeared today to
be facing a crisis.
The northwestern Ilusslun army
.pirently has crushed through the
bolshevik! linen over a wide front,1. . ', u ,
. ,. , , , iliem waa aentenoed 1o three years In
and the capture of Yamburg nd ',..-,, . ., . .,; , , ,
, , . j , . . ., , .? , ., the federal prison at McNeil a Inland
luter developments Indicate that the . , ,... , .
line of advance Is to bo 125 miles
In length.
Uindon, Oct. 13. .General Denl-
V i ..i.,.. 1
enos anll-bolshevlst army him cap-1
tured the important city of Orel, lo-1
gether with thousnnds of prlnoners,
It la announced
hero today.
In advices received
Stockholm, Oct. 15. The Poles
have begun an offensive against German-Russian
forces In the Baltic re
gion and are reported to have cap
tured Kovno, nenr the Courland bor
der. T
TO"
Irfilpslc, Oct. 15 Itoliert Schmidt,'
Curniany's ftMid and economic minis-
tur. In a epecch at tho 1xlpslc fair
said Germany was "sick with two
diseases, lack of raw materials and
fuel.
"During my visit to the fulr build
Inns," Tie said. " 1 heard coiiHtunt
complaints about the lack of coal.
Wo have the workers anil we liavej-1" 1,8 ,,n' of llie features upon the
the orders In plenty, wo can easily lronram for the entertainment of
gel millions, .even billions of orders. J 'visiting biiRlnees men who will
Hut when I asked oauh Indlvlduul , he here with the Portland excuralon
exhfbllor why ho did not r.cco;t or- j Friday. The dinner will be sorv
dors he replied invariably that he,P1 at the coiirthoime at 6:30 In the
lacked raw material and fuel. It Is ! evening and will bo arranged by
true that every effort Is being made;"1 ladles of the uuxlllary. The
to force Germany back Into an Infer
ior place, not In the umjal way of
competition but through political
methods. German trado however,
will build its way In world trndo for
no power can prevent the hunger for
goods where It can be advantageous
ly satisfied.
"People ere arcualng us of again
having rccounte to the 'dumping
syetoni.' We do not merit this ac
cusation, and 1 must deny It most
energetically. I have the liope that
In spite of all 'hlnderances we ' will
soon climb up to ipronperlty It work
and constructive power, raw mater
la 1 and coal are placed at our dis
posal In sufficient quantities.
"We need the world -market. The
pressure will be removed from Ger
many, and we will get credit abroa'd.
Wo 'nuist be convinced that we are
again to climb. This people Is not
to be destroyed economically. If all
oh orgies revive I hope that we are
not t the end of our rope, but that
the German people will overcome
these aa'd -days and that the Joyful
times will come Again. I nm build
ing on the never falling creative
power o( our Industry, our tochnl
que, ,art and aolonce."
lT.WiV XA.MJ4M RICPHKSHNTATIVK
IXoniff, Oct. 15. It Is officially an
nounced here today that Foreign
Minister Tlttonl will reprownt Italy
In tho league of tuitions.
H. ALBERS'APPEAL
BE HEARD TODAY
Wealthy Miller of Portland, Aiun
nl IHNloyulty, Will IUi Given
' KoooihI Hearing
Portland, Oct. 15. Henry Atbers1
appeal io the United State court of
spixials will 4)0 heard In San Fran
cIhoo today. I'nltod State Attorney
Honey amj hi first assistant, liar
nutt Goldstein, are now In Sun Fran-
cliico ready to represent the govern
ment.
The Albers case i one of the most
notfld 'local trials growing out of the
war. Mr. Albers, who was formerly
president of the A I bora Bros.' Mill-
ItiK Co., waa found guilty In federal
court of making Invldloua compari
son betweon yie United State and
ierinany. All the witnesses testl-
flnd that the miller waa under the
Influence of liquor at the time, the
statements lining made In the smok
ing compartment of a sleeping car
while Mr. Albers .was returning to
Portland from Ban Franclaco. .
. After a long deliberation (he Jury
',Tli defendant now la appealing his
ji-ase to the tribunal sluing In San
I Francisco. Owing to the prominence
' nt T W IfUK. n,l ' t. - ....... I
. (liwin nun II n nilliuuinv
, . . . .
- " " - mum mil 11111111 mail
ordinary Interest, following as It did
the trhtl of Dr. Mario Bqul. con vie t-
jod of making statement derogatory
to the, American soldiers, Dr jjqU
.being Identified iwlth the Industrial
Workers of the World.
IMItlH OKIlKltH f. H. Tlt4MPS
TO KMHAItK YK SII.ICHIA
Valilni?ton. Oct. H. American
troops which will form part of the
force to occupy the province of Sl
IoIbW if surh action is ordered by the
eupromo council 1u Purls, will sail
I this wuok , from Now York on the
triiiieport President Orant, Secretary
i linker announced today.
E VALLEY PRODUCTS
AT THE FRIDAY DINNER
litogue valley products dinner
menu, as far as possible, will be
composed' of products of the llogue
valloy and 'will Inoluilo corn fed
turkey, luscious strawberries, and
many other dishes and viands that
are now obtainable. One course will
no douht.be of llogue river nteelhead
trout. Places nt the banquet board
should be reserved without delay.
Tho various committees having
the details ot the day's entertain
ment in hand are making excellent
progress in bringing the details Into
shape, and the complete
program
will he announced tomorrow. The
dinner .places can be reserved by no-
tlfylng Geo. Lund burg or Sam
Baker, the committee In charge
the ticket sale. , ' v
of
THE STRIKE CROWDS
Honolulu, T. IH., , Oct. 15. Jap
anese Geisha girls of Honolulu haVe
won A short-lived strike for an In
crease In pay alid hereafter will re
colve 1.50 an hour, an increase of
50 cents over the former rate. Tea
garden proprietors will pass the ad
ditional entertainment cost on to
their patrons. Tho Geisha girls de
manded the increase becauso of the
hlghcost of thing.. Rice has gone
ip nevernl dollar a sack.
ORABTTa PASfl, JOflErHDTB OOU7ITY. OREGON, WKDNEHDAY, OCTOBER 15, 119.
STRIKES STILL OCCUPY
SPOTLIGHT IN AMERICA
Capital Asks For Immediate
to Adjournment of Labor Conference 15,000 Long
shoremen Return, But Coal Miners Ordered Out
Washington. Oi-t. 15. The de-'
mand that organized labor's proposal
tor arbitration of the steel strike he
made an immediate issue in the' na
tional Industrial conference was
made -today by the capital group, Af
ter the public group had .proposed
thut action bo postponed until Thurs
day. The latter proposal waa adopt
ed.
Washington. Oct. 15. President
Wilson will not sanction the ad
journment of the Industrial confer
ence until It has exhausted every
means of finding a solution of the
present industrial situation, It was
announced today.
The president declared that t he
situation in the conference resulting
from labor's demand for arbitration
of, the steel strike should not endan
ger the ultimate success of the con
ference. Gary. Jnd., Oct. - 15. 'Purporting
to be a proclamation of tho com
munist party of America, a handbill
advocating the overthrow of the mil
itary in Gory was given to correspon
dents at the afternoon press confer
ence with Colonel W. II. Mapes. com
mander of the troops occupying the4
city, who stated four copies were
found in possession of a striker who
weii Hen -
Fllll MLfiCER Of
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 15. No evi
dence indicating murder or suicide
had been found up to today by offi
cials Investigating the drowning
here Monday of Mrs. Walter Miller,
said T. 11. Patterson, deputy prose
cuting attorney. Miller is being held
on an open charge. ,
Mrs. Miller's body was recovered
today. There were no marks on her
lody, but an Inquest will he held.
u. s.
London, Oct. 15. Sir Herbert
Roweil, formerly president of the
British Shipbuilding Employers
Federation, who has Just returned
from a four months' tour of the
UnltedStates. Japan and China to
Investigate shipbuilding In those
countries, says he Is convinced that
Oreat Britain can hold its own place
in the struggle to maintain suprem-
acy only by exerting every ounce of
Its energy and brains.
..Whlle ...,.. v- ..T
. felt tnvBAlf fin ttlA tnMat n.f 1.IMHIM.
stances which conveyed conclusively
to my mind a real potentiality iboth
In shipbuilding and ehlpownlng. I
cannot dispel from my mind the pos
sibility ot serious rivalry in the fu
ture when I picture the transforma
tion which had taken place In Amer
ica. "I .was surprised to find that shli
building in China and Japan was so y, and 8la,vle iooi diaall).
far advanced. hen China awakens ( 1)eared from ' the market.
we shall have another serious rival j the troops ,wept on ,eavng b
t0 ace' ' . . jhmd them cavalry and artillery
"Japan," 'he says, "has not devel-i horses killed in action, men and
oped her shipbuilding Industry in women from the Budapest suburbs,
the same degree as the United States. (made desperate by, privation, de
Raw material is her greatest needjscended upon the battlefields and
and difficulty In shipbuilding and, in i vied with one another for the meat
addition, the Japanese have not got supply thus made available. They
commercial enterprise In the same
dogree as the Americans. Generally
speaking the Japanese will not risk
thetr money as the Americans do."
iv y
Settlement - President Opposed
was stopped on the street fcy'aerret
service man, but not arrested.
New York, Oct. 15. The long
shoremen's strike which has iaralyz
ed port activities here for several
days were broken today -when the
ferry workers returned to work and
15,000 longshoremen resumed their
la.tx.rc. Union leaders said that all
longshoremen would return to work
by Friday.
Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 15. An
order calling upon the bituminous
coal miners of the country to "cease
production of coal at midnight, Fri
day, October 31," was issued from
international headquarters of the
United Mine Workers of America' at
noon today.
Washington, Oct. 15. Samuel
Gotnpers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, Is confined to
his home here In a state of nervous
exnaustion. He is under the doc
tor's orders to remain In bed.
After the announcement of Mr.
-oompers illness by ls secretary
tipon the convening of the labor con
ference today;-: later message from
Gompers said that he would attend
the conference tomorrow.
Washington, Oct. 15. The presi
dent had a good night's rest and
continues to show improvement,' ac
cording to a bulletin issued today
by his physicians. His condition
which caused restlessness Monday
njgbt, the 'bulletin aid, gave no
trouble last night, and the presi
dent enjoyed his breakfast this
morning.
AL. BURLESON JOLLIES
THE HARDWARE MEN
Atlantlo Cty, Oct, 15. Postmas
ter General Burleson today told the
national hard-ware association in a'
J speech here that .the postal adminis
tration was remarKaaie in develop
ment, wonderful in organization, and
that Its standard ot efficiency bor
ders on the miraculous."
It was Mr.v Burleson's first public
address since entering the cabinet.
CITY STRIPPED BARE
BY
Paris, Oct. 15. American Red
Cross relief men Just returned here
from Budapest tell a harrowing
story of the extremes to .which the
civil population were reduced when
the bolshevik and Rumanian armies
Rt.m -jrirteil fni 4hn
fell upon the carcasses cutting away
chunks of meat -with pocket knives
and cleavers, and carrying them off
wrapped 1n old newspapers.
SUSIHGPOISOr
GAS III lA FIGHT
liotis and Kstlionlana Defending Po
sitions; Criticise Allies for Agree
ing to Armistice
London, Oct. 15. Direct new
from Letvia Is being delayed on ac
count of the disturbed state of tele
graphic communication. Reports
have been received in official circles,
however, showing that the Letts are
splendidly defending their positions
at Riga against the invaders, while
the Esthonian government has al
ready rushed every available armor
ed ear to their assistance.
Considerable bitterness Is display
ed by newspapers in Eethonia In re
gard ito the policy followed by the
e!!!. These papers assert that the
German 'forces in the Baltic bad been
defeated lat July and that the cam
paign would have been carried to a
victorious completion if the allies
not insisted upon an armistice.
The labor organ, Wabama, de
clares that the menace to Letvia
threatens the entire peace of all Europe.-
Copenhagen, Oct. 15. "The Ger
mans are attacking Riga with poison
gas and also bombarding the town
with trench mortars," says a Lettish
foreign office communication Issued
Monday.
rn
ON ARMISTICE DAY
Final organization of the local
post of the American Legion was ef
fected Tuesday night at the business
meeting In the rooms of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
Nominations for post officers hav
ing been made at a previous meeting,
final action was taken and the fol
lowing staff will administer the af
fairs of Grants Pass Post No. 28, for
the ensuing year:
Poet Commander .Neil R. Allen.
Post vice-commander Marry Har
per.
Post adjutant Dr. , Elmer J. BI1-
llck.
Post .finance officer Hal TruaX
Post historian Charles Dana
Ament. "
Post chaplain Karl M. Wine-
trout.
Executive committee Jesse N.
Johnston. Luther TIngley, James M.
Hum, Wirbur Bearss' and Allen Un
derwood.
Plans for a fitting celebration on
November 11, Armistice day, were
discussed at length, with the decision
made to stage a football game in
the afternoon and to make a big so
cial eent of the American Legion
dance In the evening.
The American Legion is organiz
ing a football team of service men,
and will challenge a Legion team
from Med ford or Ashland for a game
here on Armistice day. The entire
legion membership of the post . ac
cepting the challenge will be the In
vited guests of the local service men
on that day, and 'will be the guests
of honor at the dance.
Fred T. Collins was. appointed
football manager and already has
his team under way. Excellent ma
terial Is at hand this year for an ex
ceptlonlly heavy and aggressive Am
erican Legion team.
The post commander appointed
dance committee of three, fully era
powered to proceed iwlth plans for
the Armistice day ball. The com
mittee is working under a voted au
thorization of the post to make of
the dance as brilliant an affair as Is
possible. '
James M. Lfum is chairman ot the
Armistice day ball committee and is
aided Iby Karl Winetrout and Gale
Smith.
Paris, Oct. 15. Formal ratifica
tion of the peace treaty with Ger
many will not take place this week,
as had been expected, It was . an
nounced today by the American dele
gation at the peace conference. The
postponement Is indefinite..
WUOLH NUMBER 879.
GREAT PLANE
B1TSKY PILOTS
"FLVIXG PARSO.V PASSES SALT
LAKE TODAY JfOON OX WAT
.EAST
CI SPm RETURNING WEST
.Martin Bombing Plane Wrecked Xear
Omaha; Doty Burned to Death
When Plane Falls
. Salt Lake City, Oct. 15. Lieu tear
ant 'B. W. Maynard, .eastbound oa
his return flight in the transconti
nental airplane race, left here today
at 12:28. ' . t- - .
Mineola, N. Y., Oct 15. Major
Carl Spat started on his return
flight to San Francisco at 2:28 to
day. In the ' transcontinental ' air
plane race.
San Francisco, Oct. 15. Lieuten
ant R. H. Sheridan and lieutenant
Colonel J. N. Reynolds, contestants
in the transcontinental airplane race,
arrived here today from Mineola, one
minute apart.
' Omaha, Neb., Oct. 15. The Mar
tin bombing plane, entry No. 108,
piloted by. Captain Roy V.. Francis,
was completely wrecked and the
pilot and his three passengers se
verely shaken np when --the - plane -crashed
to the ground in an alfalfa
field a mile south of Yutan, 30
miles west of Omaha, shortly after
10 o'clock Tuesday. The plane was
forced to land during a, dense fog
and became entangled in telephone
wires which caused Captain .Francis
to lose control of the craft. The
crew returned to Omaha aboard a
train.
Automobiles, loaded with 30 sol
diers went toYutan to salvage the
wrecked plane.
I
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 15 Lieutenant
J. T. Johnson, piloting plane No. 10S
was severely bruised and the axle ot
his plane was broken when he. at
tempted to make a landing about
three miles from Ak-Sar-Ben field at
9:30 Tuesday when he lost his way
in a dense fog. He later ascended
and made his way to the flying field,
landing there at 10:19:52.
Captain Felix Stelne and observer
Sergeant H. Meyhers, piloting plane
No. 22 on their way from Des Moines.
to Omaha, were forced to land In a
corn field southeast ot Council Bluffs
when they became lost In the fog.
San Francisco, Oct. 15. Airplane
No. 31, with Lieutenant B. W. May
nard as .ipilot and Sergeant W. E.
Kline, observer left the Presidio here
t 1:22 o'clock yesterday on the re
turn flight to New York. This was
the first plane to start the return
Journey from here, In the trans-con
tinental air race. ;
Baltimore, Md., Oct. 15. (Lyman
W. Doty, pilot of one of the New
York-WrashIngton mafl airplanes was
burned to death today at the Rolling
Roard Golf club, Calonsville, a sub
urb, when his plane crashed nose
first Into the ground and the gaso
line tank exploded. Doty's home
was in Biggs, Cal.
T GET
OF
London, Oct. 15. Rats do a year
ly damage in the United Kingdom of
$200,00q,000, or nearly $5 per
head of population, according to
generally accepted figures. The
pre-war estimate ot this damage waa
376,000,000. The seriousness , of
the situation has resulted In the in
auguration of a country-wide cam
paign, headed by the board of agri
culture, for. the destruction ot the
pests.
KRESUMED