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' ' S' - OrCffon Historical Bocleti : - . ' THE EVENING ilf THE WEATHER Tonight and Friday, Fair. ' Highest tmp. yesterday......,.73 Lowest temp, last nlght...:....o5 1 his Papei Has Enlisted With the Government in the Cause of America for the Period of the War The Only Paper in Roseburg Carrying AssociatediPress Dispatches r k'b'ii'i"! "n-im-iinn-mn wimhw n.j VOL. EX. ROSEBUItO, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON THIKSUAV, OCTOliEB 81, 1018. - NO. 28B ELECT REPUBUCAN CONGRESS SATS TAFT ANDsTEDDY BY EXPfiESIOfflTS Alleged By Roosevelt and Taft That Executive is Nar. rowly Partisan. IS REMARKABLE APPEAL Only Two Living Ex-Presidents Buy Unconditional Surrender of En emy Has Not Been Demand edi By Administration. . (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Oct. 31. Unique lr. the annals of American politics If Cue appeal Issued jointly today by Theodore Roosevelt and W. H. Taft, urging the voters to elect a repub lican majority In both houses of con gress. ' This. is the first statement oi the kind ever composed and slgnec by two former presidents of the Unl ted States. In this patriotic appea - to the voting nubile the only ltvlni ex-presldenta of the nation declare that partisan lines have been drawn by the president himself, thereby paving the way for those he has maligned to defend themselves. They state that Mr. Wilson has not de manded, unconditional surrender of Germany and other enemies as the ; American people demand, and will insist upon. NO ARMISTICE TERMS. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 There is no indication from Prance as yet ' that the armlsltice terms have been framed by the supreme council. FOCH'S TERMS REACH UKRLIN. LONDON, Oct. 31. According to Copenhagen dispatch, General Focli's armistice terms have . arrived in Ber lin. ; . : " .'"; ' ' " Wild, EVACUATE ITALY. VIENNA, Oct. 31. The Austrian Hungarian war office announced to day that all troops fighting on Italian soil will be withdrawn. NATION BREAKING UP. PARIS, Oct. 31. The Crotlan par liament at Acram has voted for a total separation of Croatia, Slavonla and Dalmatia from Hungary, accord ing to a Geneva dispatch. The Cze " cho-Slovaks have cut the railroad line between Berlin and Vienna, in terrupting communication, andl for this reaaonGerman trains can now go only as far as Schnadau. CHARLES MELTS AM (By Associated Press.) ' ! BERNE, Oct 31. The German state of Arizona was created by the German national council of AuBtria, and a note sent to President Wilson notifying him of this action. The new state will be Independent of either Austria or Germany, and claims all that territory of old Au stria where the majority of the po pulation is German. The note de mands that representatives of the new state be admitted to the peace negotiation, and the government set up, recognizes the independence .of tht Jugo-Slav and Czecho-Slav states, but claims Moravia and Silesia for Itself. AUSTRIA FACES ANARCHY. ' LONDON, Oct. 31. Conditions in The interior of Austria-Hungary vir tually preclude continuance of the ngnting. jiccurums . ,r ---railways are utterly disorganked and unable to handle traffic. The monarchy faces complete Internal anarcny. SHOP, NOT THE, NEWS This local -telephone service Is going to get somebody In bad. Only yesterday a resounding ring came in and the desk man promptly respond ed, expecting to hear of the police having made a big haul or perhaps w,a,irAfl nnTt someone killed. In response to the challenge, "News office," a peevea out wunai sweei feminine voice replied: "I don't -. kA Van nfflr-A. nor did I call am ..v.-- . -- vou." The conversation ended right there, and the news si?nm nopea ine lady failed to get the chuckle that was scarcely repressed. In a mo ment the telephone rung sharply. "News office," called the telegraph editor. It was the same feminine voice that came back in this way: "Is that you again?" The News man laughed admitted his guilt and the receiver was hung up once more. In about a half a minute the bell again sharply pealed out its sum mons. With a "hunch" that It was the same lady at the other end of the line, the receiver was taken down and the old response, "News office' given. It was a good guess, and the lady may be forgiven for exclaiming. "For Heaven's sake.. I don't want the News. I want the bakery, 35." Really, it was funny, but that exas perated housekeeper, who wanted something from the bake shop for dinner, probably failed to see it that way--at the time. , : , Fuel Shortage So Great Thai Untold Suffering Is Bound to Result. FOOD SUPPLIES SH0R1 Street Cars and Motor Vehicles WU Probable be Unable to Operate Cities Will Be in Darkness is the Prediction. LONDON, uept. 26. (Correspond ence of The Associated Press.) Rus sia Is facing a winter of hunger and cold augmented this year because of the extreme scarcity of fuel which prevails In all parts of the country. The lack of coal has been keenly felt ever since the loss of the Donetz basin , to -the Germans" early " last spring. It affected the railroads am caused, factories to be shut down. ' The Czecho-Slovak operations li Siberia and in the Ural region hav prevented any relief from that direc tion. The stores of wood in Moskau an Petrograd, owing to the lack o transportation facilities and othe- difficulties too numerous to mention are far from sufficient to meet t li demands of a long winter. A Mos cow paper estlmatea months ago thn the supplies of wood in that clt; would hardly suffice to satisfy- th( needs of public utilities this winter and that in consequence all prlvati enterprises and homes could not hopr to get even a limited quantity of it - To one who has experienced th discomforts of a cold Russian win ter even under better conditions, thr situation is far from aauring. Tht chilly atmosphere of an unhentef' appartment, darkness in the street: and homeB, the quiet of a city un disturbed by the rumble of stree' cars and motor vehi? es, and, lastly, the uncomfortable feeling of an emp ty stomach such are the prospectr of the coming winter in Russia. . TROU1.LESOME TIMES. MOSCOW, July 20. (By. Asso ciated Prss Courier to Stockholm.) Bolshlvlk leaders are divided as f' the best means of perpetuating sc vlat Russia. One faction wants a Teal army to fight Germany audi believes actual war with Germany will be ne cessary. Another faction, which In cludes those who lean toward thr social revolutionists, would wage guerilla warfare against German' and attack Germans wherever am' whenever possibles The third an! predominant group urges the pre servation of the Brest peace an clings to the hope that social revo lution in Germany and all the rest of the -world will be brought abou by .constant agitation. 8uch a revo lution in Germany, in the opinion of this group, will mean the restor ation to Russia of all Its territory and the permanency of the soviet government. Many foreign observers believe the flower of the Russian army anil the best of tne oid officers, fell in the first three years of the war. Other observers are confident the officers and men of the disbanded army constitute a mass out of which a smaller army will some day to create, to overthrow German op pression. REGISTER IN TOKIO. TOKIO. Sept. 13. Sixty Americans registered for military service In Tokio yesterday and 76 in Yokoha ma, unaer the new ,aw requiring re gistration between the ages of 1 8 and 45. The returns from other cities in (he Jaeanese Empire are not yet ' available. Dr. J. M Outherie. of Oakland, who has been visiting friends In this city, returned home this afternoon. Armistice With the Allies Is ; Signed at Minos This -;. Morning. EFf ECTIVE I00N TODAY Moslem Army in Mesopotamia Cnnt ., vrcd HoHpliorus Forts will 'bo Occupied by Allied Troops Dardanelles Opeiiod. . (By Associated Press.) - LONDON, Oct. 31. Reuter's News Agency has been Informed that Great Britain nas officially received de finite peace proposals from Turkey, which are regarded as' tantamount to unconditional surrender. ARMISTICE WITH TURKS SIGNED. PARIS, Oct. 31. It was Otdeially announced here this afternoon, that the armiBtice between the allies and Turkey was signed today at Minos. ARMISTICE AFFECTIVE AT NOON. (LONDON, Oct. 31. The Turkish armistice took effect at noon today, and is nothing short of unconditional surrender. Tne terms of the armist ice include the -free passage of the Dardanelles to the allied' fleet, and in addition all forts along the Dardanel les and on the Bosporus will he oc cupied by enieme troops. The entire Turkish force on the Tigris' has been captured, and General Townsend, a British commander captured at Kut-el-Amara, has been liberated. , TURKISH ARMY SURR HNDEUS. LONDON, Oct. 31. Ismail Hakki, commanding., the Turkish armies In .the . TlgriB river region'. In Mesapo- tamla, hae surrendered with one en tire division and the best part ol two others, according to the Evening standard. PEACE COUNCIL MEETS. LONDON, Oct. 31. The prelimin ary sessions of the allied representa tives to the Supreme Peace Council are concluded, and the more Import ant discussions are beginning this afternoon. Chancellor Bonar Law crossed the channel in an .airplane to participate -In the deliberations, and there is official declaration that armistice terms may be decided upon this week. . ( . . POLICY COLLAPSED. BASEL, Oct. 31.. The Berlin Vor waerts today declared that the "con tinental policy of the German empire has conapsea. ine nainuurs-DHBuavi line has been reduced to the Ham-burg-Bodenbach road." " ' " ; RENEWS PLEA FOR PEACE, i WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.--Austrla's renewed plea to the president for an armistice has been transmitted to the allied governments, and will doubtless be submitted to the su preme peace council at Paris. . 1 50,000 PRISONERS. ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS, Oct. 31. Austrian prisoners to the num ber of 60,000 have so far fell Into allied hands. Many hundreds of guns and ar lllery pieces have been taken, ti e rnemy apparently aban doning ail hope and leaving their guns on the field. NEI ELY &NEELY HEIR GROCERY STORE Neely & Neely, local grocers, are closing out their stock and1 will, at an early date, suspend their grocery business in this city, Mr. Neely hav ing decided to return to his farm at Ten Mile. This local concern has enjoyed a very-profitable business under the present management and Its many friendB and patrons will rcsret to learn tnev have decided to leave tne neia. r. a. meuei, ms popular clerk in this establishment, ..MnlaJ a nnnf'lnn With the nin ... . u , . .... f - ----- Swartz Furniture Store and will en ter upon his new duties tomorrow. FOR ANOTHER WEEK The city health officer was noti fied today by the state health orflce tha niiAFAntlne nlaced on Rose burg would not be lifted for anotber week at the' leftist. ' Conditions are materially tm.wuvd locally In regard to the lnfliion'zhi stilt they have not I so tar advanced that the state au ! thorltles believe the i quarantine should be annulled... However, it is thought that with the present gqod results being obtained here, the "lid" will probably be lifted within- the next two days. , ; , i 7 PASSENGERS IN FORD HAVE ACCIDENT Ben Farnum and. family, of Tuc son, Arizona, had a narow escape on RobertB mountain Tuesday morning While descending the hill on this side. Besides 'the drlvet there were six other members of tne family In the Ford car, which also hau a trail er attached, and -as they were com ing down one of the steep grade's on the mountain a pin worked loose in one of the cops of the rear gear, throwing all of the. brakes out of commission and letting tne car race down the Mil at terrific speed. Mr. Farnum, seeing that he was unable to control the machine, after having held the road far about' d half mile, turned the car Into the bank which caused the ,car to swerve, to the other side of the road and off. the steep emoankment, carrying the sev en passengers with it. All were more less injured before the machine fin ally stopped in its downward flight, but fortunately no one seriously, which is miraculous, considering the rapidity- with which tlfe car was traveling. Mr. x arnum and his fam ily will make their home In this city permanently, having decided before leaving . Arizona that - Roseburg would be their desJnatlou . I IN THiS CITY TODAY William Harmon, a weir known man of this city, passed away this morning after a lingering illness of several years, death being due -to heart trouble. The deceased was 44 years old and unmarried, and leaves one brother who resides in Alaska. Mr. Harmon came to this city from Birmingham, Wash., about ten years yearB ago and for a num ber of years was employed as an S. P. freight brakeman, having a run out of this city. He was a member of the local order of Elks. Funeral arrangements, had not been complet ed at a late hour this afternoon. HARRY COOl, IMPROVING. William Cool, a clerk on the local draft board; has received a messnge stating that his brother Harry, who has been critically ill witn pneumo nia at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, had passed the crisis and was Im proving. The many friends of Harry Cool will be glad Indeed to receive the good news. Mr and Mrs. H. B. Davis, of Drain. arrived in the city last evening, and the lady was admitted to the hospi tal today, where she will undergo an operation Saturday. Mr.. Dnvls re turned north this afternoon, as furin work requires his attention, but will come down again Saturday to be with his wife during the operation. URGES VOTERS GO TO 'THE POLLS (By Associated Press.) SALEM, Oct 31. (Special to The News. Ab patriotic Amer- leans I trust the electorate of Douglas county will go to the polls November 6, and express their convictions as to the can- didates for the respective offices . and the measures on the ballot. This Is a sacred privilege, and and should be exercised by every citizen. ' - JAMES WITHYCOMBE. - ' In the above coincise manner Oregon s governor urges all vo- ters to register their ballot on election day. The suggestion is timely. ' The governdr does not undertake to advise the electorate how they shall vote, but asks that citizens make It a point to cast their ballots. It Is not only a privilege, as the governor says, but it is a duty that every citizen owes tno country. Take a day 'off next Tuesday and go to the polls and there express your choice. , , IN FULL RETREAT Allies Forcing the Enemy Out : ;." Of Italy and Serbian". " Territory. 200,000 MEN IN NET Fifteen Divisions Out On by Capture of ..Mountain ..Pass ..Blocking . . Austrian's Escape Hodios . of Slain Cover Field. ' '. (By Associated Press.) ' : ' WASHING'! ON, Oct. 81. Fifteen Austrian divisions approximate!; 200,000 men, operating between the Brenta and Plave rlvors, have had their retreat cut off through the cap ture of tfie main pass of Vadal by Italian troops and their allies.. This remarkable advantage Is being press: ed to the utmost, according to Rome dlspatcnes, and a crisis is near. Au strian losses In the fighting that oc cured In thiB sector are described as appalling, and the dead are litterally piled up in heaps and scattered over the field of bnftle far and near. Oc cupation of the valley of Quero by the Italians threatens Feltre ana ex poses the enemy in the Grappa re gion to a flanking movement which it is expected will compel immediate retirement of the Austrian forces. Italian forces are advancing steadily toward Oderzo. All dispatches flatly deny the Austrian claim that Italian territory IB being voluntarily evacu ated. , ; , ' 1 i . ITALIAN KKONT ATlTiAKK. ' LONDON, Oct. 81. The entire Italian front- Is ahlazo today with terrific fighting, and all the allied' armies In the Held there being in action. British troops have reached the Livenzla river at Frnncenigo while Italian forces have occupied Oderho. . . i . - , WANTS AN ARMISTICE. LONDON, OC. 3. The Austrian commanoer In chief on the Italian front, apparently realizing the fu tlllty of further bloodshed In a lost cause, has applied to Oeneral Diaz commnnder of the Italian armies asking for nn armistice, necordlnr to the Exchange TeleRi'aph Co. The application was forwarded by Diaz to Tersallles, where It will he the subject of a conference. '" CROKSINO THE DANUBE. VIEMSA, Oct. (31. Anstro-Hun-garlan troops on the eastern wing in Serbia are rapidly withdrawing from Italian territory, and alroady com pleted a crossing of the Donuhe river, says an official statement from the Austro-Humtarian headquarters. Elsewhere in Serbia, tho Austrian withdrawal of troops continues. I? 'KILLED AT GLENDALE A telenriin was rocnlved 1n this city today stating that Nels Stranne, a section foreman at Glendale had been killed by a freight train near Olendalo. Details of the tragedy could not be learned. Coroner Rit ter will leave for Glendale this even ing and make a thorough investiga tion regarding the death of Mr. Stranne. '. nn.n.u,(. nf rinVArnnr Wlthv combe have devoted all of their time . A.itintBlnir itilnnr flntalls Of Ills administration, ana in doing so, In nuendo, misrepresentation and mis statement of facts have been freely. A 1. 1 ..ual ir nmnlnVAfl None Of his critics has had the fairness to say that Governor wunycomoe is loyally, patriotically American, and i - n nii HmoH ournestlv co-onerat- ed with tho administration in tho prosecution of tho war. None of these critics has pointed out the fact that It was duo In largo measure to thel leaoershlp of Go vernor Wlthycombe that Oregon has led all other states in responding to the country's call for soldiers and sailors, liberty bond and Redl Cross drives and all other patriotic endeav ors. Thoy have neglected also to relate anything of the splendid effici ency of the Statea', mllltnry organi zation at the outbreak, of the war, and for whose efnclenoy the Gover nor : was responsible. , Neither, have they told tne people or the State that Governor Wtthycombe in the or.ian izatlon of the military forces of thi state, the medical corps, selection o! officers and the formation .of draft boards, absolutely ignored politic! and choose men solely for their nt neas tend competency. - .:- ; ' Governor Wlthycombe nas 'a re cord! for a sound huBlness admini stration and loyal and earnest eftori in the nation's present crisis that should command the approval and support of the wholo people." ' NO IjAiUEUS HAVE ARRI VED. ' Unless there is a 'considerable ex tension of time when the Chrlstmae present may be mailed to the boys lt France, the chances are that thous ands will be obliged to " lhlsa the home remembrnnoe. Ab yet, no on has appeared at the Red Cross-headquarters with one of the labels- and ti-j lust day when eartons can be mailed Is November 20. " ' .. ALLIES HAVE HUNS Zepplins Fly So High Thai Men Were Unable.to ,',, Operate Engines. . DARING AERIAL FIGHTERS .i ' Briton Swoops Down to Within Two .. Hundred Keot and Itomba (Jen-' v :. nun Gas factories and Gets vv!. .'.' . ; Away Scott Preo,, LONDON, Sept. 80.f (Correspond ence of The Associated' Press. ) Ever since the great. Zeppelin . night raid on London Oct.- 17. 1917, the pub lic has believed that the Zeppelin commanders stopped their englnei and allowed the giant craft, to drift silently with the wind across the city which was unaware of the enemy's presence until bombs were actually dropped. . - - - ' But the facts; now made known, were that the apparent Bllence of the Zeppelin engines was due partly to abnormal acoustical conditions, part ly to the great hlght at which the atrshios flew In order to be above the range of brltiah anti-aircraft Are, and partly because some .of the en gines did stop although not by any desire of their engineers. The few englnos.that stopped, prisoners have disclosed, did so because the crewr were too height-sick to operate them. Experts say, that the abnormal acoustice of that -night nre not likely to rocur and there probably will be no return or the ''silent" Zeppelin Airplanes, on the other hand are capable of making a silent descent upon a town, as was proved, It If pointed out, by the raid of British machines on Mannheim on tno nlghl of August 26. One pilot glided down to 200 feet 'from an altitude of 6,000. Ho was enabled to make a direct hit with every bomb droppof and he circled around for seven min utes, sweeping the Badlsh polsor gas factory and other works, alsr searchlights, with machine-gun flrf and finally. got away scott free. SUPREMACY ADMITTED. ' AN ALLIED AERODROME IN FRANCE, Sept. 80. Entente all supremacy Ts admitted In- German documents ' recently captured. A German battalion report captured on tho Flanders front says; . ' "Enemy airmen aro absolutely masters In the air here. They are far more numerous than ours. They carry out their roconnolsnance ' by day and night and scouts, singly 0! In larger formation,, penetrate .far nnhlnd our lines. "The same German report goes on to reveal that troops In that sector hod! received no hot fooa for three days owing to their kitchens being destroyed by oomDing roacinuen.. "The Inadequacy of our protec tion against aircraft, ' another re port by a uerman corps commando states. "Is being felt more and more. All the aerial combats were on our side of the lines.'" ; , BORN. ' D1IRBIN In Roseburg. Thursday. . Aninkn- n lots, tn Mr and Mrs - Roy Durbln. a seven and one-half pound daughter. - Wm. Powell the local second-hand dealer Is 111 at nis nome in mis on with a threatened attack oi intiu enza, " AUTOMATIC TRAINS Stupenduous Preparation For Supplying U. S. Army With A Food and Munitions... j 32,000 CARS A MONTH French VIUuko of 8,000 People Now ' xoeming un American Military . Camp of Intense Activity. ' .. Immense Warehouses, t .- ..:,,)'. t--. AMERICAN RIOQtJLATINfi" habit ADVANCE iuNK FRANCE, Sept. .(Correspondence of The Associat ed Press.) 'The "automatic train" IB one of the strange devices; whiclr has sprung out of the war, and there is nothing quite like it in the whole range of railway transportntl6n. It has been developed) by- the American military authorities here as one of the necessities of keeping up an au tomatlo dally Bupply of food, forage and all requirements, to every unit of the Amerloan Expeditionary Force in ii-rance. io do this w(th unvary ing regularity each day, so that every man in every division stretching over a vast area along 300 miles affront; would nave his dally needs suppllod wae a huge problem. , , , v The only solution was' to secure absolute uniformity, or a standari zatlon of trains by whleh the make up would be automatic . aay after day. Andi out of this has come the automatic train" of the American . irmy, which is one of the wonders of American organization. , Watching the make-up of the "au tomatic trains" as they go forward ) to the American divisions'' on ' the fighting front, is like watching some. . gigantic' jlff-sa puzzle, for there Is - the same fitting together of contused parts, until at last all the pieces form a complete whole of fifteen of these so-called "automatic trains" 50 cars to a train, each train moving off to one of the American, divisions. Here at u" small interior village of the American Advance Force' la the center from which the automatlo trains move out dally. . The place Is well forward In the advance zone, lust far anough away from the light ing, to be ouu of reach of .hostile raids and yet near anough. to permit the supplies to move forward with the greatest facility. It was a sleepy village laBt Octo ber, with 2,000 lphabltants, today It Is a center of intense activity, with ; an American working force of 22,000 eleven times the population a year ago with 72 miles of yard trackage, 46 enormous warehouses, andi rail ways radiating to every point of the long front held wholly or In part by American troops. . Last month' 32,000' cars were mov. ed, or over 1,000 a cay in thle stti rendoiiB stream of supplies going forward to the fighting, forces. . Colonol Hllgard, Commanding of Bcer, and Captain Blffger, rogulatlng : officer explained the details of those automatlo tralnBand lator there was an opportunity to see the trains as sembled like parts in a huge puzzle and started on their way to the front. The basis on which the automatic trainB are made up Is as follows: 2 cars or refrigerator fresh beef.. 2 cars of fresh brend, -' 7 cars of '.ood comprised! In the soldier's ration. 4 cars of met for cooking. ' 14 cars of forage for horsej. 1 car of gasoline, mineral oil and lubricants for motors. - 1 car for mall and packages. ' ' These are the fixed and praotlcally Invariable elements of each auto matic train, tne same wants of food and forage being repeated day aftor day.: ' '' ' " ' : , In addition each divisions has varylpg wants Of clothing, ammuni tion, medical supplies, etc., as It may be In the mldBt of tho fighting or further back In a. calmer section. These varying elements are addedi to ench train, according to the needs, of the division. 'Thus, 16 trains go out daily ia 16 directions, each train having some 30 to 35 cars in the fixed and auto matic make-up, and some 16 or 20 cars with the varying elements ot ammunition, modlcal supplies, doth inlg, etc., dopendent in tne proximity to the fighting. , , -, Will Spend Winter Here. ' Mrs. M. E. McCllntock and dnu nhtor, (diss Alma McCormaclt, ot Welsor, Idaho, who have been visit? Ing at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Rose, of (this city, left this af ternoon for Cottage urove, wnoro thev will Join Mr. McCormock and also visit with Mrs. McCormack 1-