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THE .3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER. 8, 1917. 3 ITALIANS RETREAT TO LIVENZA RIVER Brief Announcement of Ad vance Made From Berlin Says Prisoners Are Taken. TEUTON ARMIES ARE FIVE Allied Airplanes and Airships Re peatedly Bomb Enemy Troops at Work Repairing Bridges, or in Movement Across River. BERLIN. Nov. 7. via London. Austo Cerman troops advancing in Northern Italy have reached the line of the Li venza River on the Venetian Plain. Dur ing the pursuit several thousand pris oners were taken. ROME, Nov. 7. As the low water in the Tagliamento rendered difficult the defense of the river, Italian forces have withdrawn toward the Livenza. The retirement was accomplished in good order, under the protection of north ward covering units and of rearguards towards the south. Airplane Bomb Enemy. Testerday and last night Italian air planes and airships repeatedly bombed enemy troops at work in repairing bridges over the Tagliamento or in movement across the river. Four hos tile machines were brought down. .The Livenza is the next river line Dehind the Tagliamento. Its mouth is 12 miles below that of the Tagliamento. Its course is tortuous and it has been generally assumed that General Ca dorna would undertake nothing more than a delaying action there, making his stand along a more favorable line, such as that of the Piave River. LONDON, Nov. 7. It is announced at the Austo-Hungarian army headquar ters, according to a dispatch from Am sterdam to the Exchange Telegraph Company, that the Teuton armies oper ating against Italy number five. They are under Generals von Kro fcatin, von Krass, von Below, von Hen rique: and Wurm, with the leadership vested in Von Below, who commands the center army. There is a possibility, the dispatch adds, of the Austro-Hungarian fleet co operating with General Wurm's army along the Adriatic coast. LONDON, Nov. 7. Throughout the Italian retirement from the Taglia mento, according to a dispatch to the Daily Mail, from Italian headquarters in Northern Italy, the cavalry scouts are fighting according to plan. Enemy scouts on Monday were in the neigh borhood of Maniago, 12 miles west of the Tagliamento. Troop Are From Rumilan Promt. All the new troops with which the Italians have come in contact during the past ten days were brought from the Russian front, according to the ac credited British correspondent with the Italian army. He adds that the British hospital unit, which became lost during the retreat from the Isonzo, has now Joined the Italian forces. PARIS, Nov. 7. The new Italian line of defense will run along the course of the Piave River, says the Rome cor respondent of the Matin. He describes this line as one which an army that has pulled itself together and is de termined to resist, can hold for a long time. "It is hoped here," the dispatch con tinues, "that if an energetic counter offensive becomes necessary at one of tVe most threatened points. French and British forces will participate. In this way a retreat to the Adige line may be avoided. The Tagliamento was not fortified heavily and could not be held." PRESIDENT WILSON CALLS UPON NATION TO THANK GOD FOR BLESSINGS IN MIDST OF WAR. WASHINGTON, Nov. . President Wilson issued tonight his 1917 Thanksgiving proclamation, calling upon the Nation,- even in the midst of the sorrow and great peril of a world shaken by war, to thank God for blessings that are better than mere- peace of mind and pros perity of enterprise. The proclamation fixing Thursday, November 29, as Thanksgiving day follows: "Thanksslvlng, 1017. By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. "It has long been the honored custom of our people to turn in the fruitful Autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for his many blessings and mercies to us as a Nation. That custom we can follow now, even in the midst of the tragedy of a world shaken by war and immeasurable disaster, in the midst of sorrow and great peril, because even amidst the darkness that has gathered about us, we can see the great blessings God has bestowed upon us, blessings that are better than mere peace of mind and prosperity of enterprise. "We have been given the opportunity to serve mankind as we once served ourselves in the great day of our Declaration of Independence, by taking up arms against a tyranny that threatened to master and debase men everywhere and joining with other free peoples in de manding for all the nations of the world what we then demanded and obtained for ourselves. In this day of the revelation of our duty, not only to defend our own rights as a Nation, but to defend also the rights of free men throughout the world, there has been vouchsafed us in full and inspiring measure the resolution and spirit of united action. We have been brought to one mind and purpose. A new vigor of common counsel and common action has been revealed In us. We should especially thank God that in such circumstances, in the midst of the greatest enterprise the spirits of men have ever entered upon, we have, if we but observe a reasonable and practicable economy, abun dance with which to supply the needs of those associated with its. as well as our own. A new light shines about us. The great duties of a day awaken a new and greater National spirit in us. We shall never again be divided or wonder what stuff we are made of. "And while we render thanks for these things, let us pray Almighty God that, in all humbleness of spirit, we may look always to him for guidance; that we may be kept constant in the spirit and purpose of service: that by his grace our minds may be directed and our hands strengthened, and that in his good time liberty and security and peace and the comradeship of a common Justice may be vouchsafed all the nations of the earth. "Wherefore; I. Woodrow Wilson, President pf the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, the twenty-ninth day of No vember next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer and Invite the people throughout the land to cease upon that day from their ordinary occu pations and in their several homes and places of worship to render thanks to God the Great Ruler of Nations. "In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done in the District of Columbia this seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and forty second. "WOODROW WILSON, "By the President. "ROBERT LANSING, Secretary of State." NEW REVELATIONS MADE GREEK K1XG PLEDGED WORD NOT TO HELP ALLIES. Visit of Princes to London and Petro grad Explained In Telegram to Kaiser. LONDON. Nov. 7. A dispatch to Reuter's from Athens says another series of telegrams which were dis patched to Berlin during the regime of King Constantine have been published and that they show the secret efforts of the former King to help the Ger mans win the war. One of these dis patches, dated January 21, 1916, follows: The King of Greece pledges his word to the German Emperor that in no circumstances shall any soldier or native be employed by the govern ment against the German troops or their allies." Another telegram dated two days later, says the correspondent, explains the journeys of Prince Nicholas and Prince Andre to 'Petrograd and London had no political character. It says the visits were extended "to draw closer the bond3 which existed between the royal house of Greece and the courts of London and Petrograd bonds which of late have very much relaxed." In later telegrams, the correspondent concludes. King Constantine bewailed that he could not do what he wanted to do because of entente pressure and the blockade. ALLIES HELP GREATLY NEEDED Central Powers Stake Everything in Trying to Crush. Italy. (By the Associated Press.) ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN NORTHERN ITALT, Nov. 7. On the effectiveness with which a reconcen tration can be carried out on the newly-chosen Italian front depends the is sue in the military movement now in progress. This reconcentration is de veloping with reasonable promptness, considering the magnitude of the re organization necessary after the recent retreat and the enemy's pressure, now extending along 15 miles of the Taglia mento. In military circles it is felt that something more is needed than assur ances from Italy's allies, as time presses for getting actual reinforce ments of men and munitions on the threatened lines. It is considered that this is an emergency which should stir the allies to real action in sending im portant help, as the enemy masses are so overwhelming that small addition to the defensive forces will not turn the tide at the decisive moment. These reports indicate that the cen tral powers have staked everything on trying to crush Italy while she alone is bearing the entire campaign with the allied Teoutonic forces. The feeling is thererore that it is no less in the in terest of the allies than of Italy that adequate reinforcements should second the effort to stop the immediate on slaught and be in a position to follow up what must inevitably develop as the resut of the present operations. General Cadorna has issued an order including in the zone of military oper ations all territory to the north and east of the Po and Mincio Rivers. This district takes in all of North eastern Italy, from a point on the Ad riatic coast about 30 miles south of Venice, westward and northward of Lake Garda, on the Trentino front. FILIPINO ADVOCATES WAR Islands Declared to Have More at Stake Than. America. MANILA, P. I., Tuesday, Nov. 6. In an address to the Senate today, Manuel Quezon, president of the Senate, urged that the Filipino people show their gratitude to the United States by espousing its cause in the war, in which, he asserted, the Philippines have more vital interest at stake than Amer ica herself. He said the United States would not be endangered by a defeat, whereas the Philippines stood to lose all their hopes of liberty in the event of a German triumph. "Let us fight for America and the cause of small nations, which means the ultimate fulfillment of the hopes of the" Filipinos," he said. "If assist ance of the Filipinos is accepted there will be no need of compulsory service. The Filipinos, even veterans of the in surrection, will volunteer to fight .for the sake of liberty." GREAT REVOLT LOOMfNG (Continued From First Page.) taken to defeat any attempt at a re volt. In addressing the preliminary Par liament Premier Kerensky charged the military committee of the Soldiers' and Workmen's Delegates with having dis tributed arms and ammunition to work men. "That is why I consider part of the population of Petrograd in a state of revolt," he said, "and have ordered an immediate inquiry and such arrests as are necessary. The government will perish rather than cease to defend the honor, security and independence of the state." Kerensky Gets Support. The preliminary Parliament voted to work in contact with the government in response to Premier Kerensky's ap peal for a vote of confidence. The reso lution, which originated with the Left, was carried by a vote of 123 to 102, with 26 members abstaining from vot ing. A resolution offered by Centrals call ing for the suppression of the Bol shevikl and a full vote of confidence failed to reach a vote. The Petrograd military authorities yesterday broke oft relations with the military committee of the Soldiers' and Workmen's Delegates, which ordered troops in the city to disobey th,e gov ernment. The bridges between the workingmen's quarters of the city and the center of the capital were disconnected. Phone your want ads to The Ore gonian. Main 7070. A 6095. BRITISH TAKE GAZA Whole Turkish System of De fenses in Region Captured. FURTHER ADVANCE IS MADE t Repeated Counter Attacks Through out Entire Day Are Repulsed by Troops, Who Display Magnifi cent Dash and Endurance. LONDON, Nov. 7. The British have captured the city of Gaza, in Palestine, the War Office announces. "The British have made an advance of nine miles, carrying the whole Turkish system of defenses in this region and capturing two towns in addition to Gaza. A further advance also has been made north of Beersheba, a town 11 miles above that city having been cap tured. "General Allenby reports that our troops captured Khuweilfeh, 11 miles north of Beersheba, soon after mid night Monday, and that repeated counter-attacks throughout the whole of yesterday were repulsed," says the statement. "Further south our troops, advancing in a northwesterly direction from Beersheba, carried the whole Turkish defenses south of the line of Tell Abu Harene-Tell Esch Sheri-Ah, capturing both these last named places. This is an advance of nine miles from the posi tion of departure. "General Allenby states that through out the operations the troops dis played magnificent dash and endur ance. Estimate of the captures are not yet available, but on one portion of the front of operations six guns have been taken. "A later telegram announces that Gaza was captured this morning. No i further particulars have yet been re ceived." The new British offensive In Pales tine, which Is being prosecuted vigor ously now that the oppressive heat of the Summer season no longer causes enforced inactivity, is being developed along a front extending eastward from the Mediterranean Coast. Gaza is 30 miles north of the Egyptian border, near the coast. It is about 30 miles southwest of Beersheba, which the British captured a few days ago, and 50 miles southwest of Jerusalem. - INFANTICIDE IS CHARGED GIRL CAUSES ARREST OP HER MOTHER FOR ALLEGED CRIME. 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The hush ing of the song of a canary bird by covering its cage at nighttime fanned the embers of memory and suggested to Miriam Gleason that she should tell her fcur-year secret of how, according to her story, her 3-weeks-old baby brother was placed in a bureau drawer by her mother, Mrs. Helen Gleason, and so closely covered with a blanket that "after a while it never cried any more." The suggestion was given to tell the story and her resolve strengthened, she said, by reading Gene Stratton Porter's "A Girl of the Limberlost." and a book entitled "Telling the Truth," according to her testimony on cross examination today in her mother's trial on a charge of infanticide. The girl admitted on cross-examination that she did not see her mother place the baby in the suitcase in which it was supposed to have been buried in the yard and that it did not cry while in the suitcase. The police searched the yard where the burial was supposed to have been made at 673 Fifth street, but were unable to find any trace of the remains or the suit case. The girl being the only witness to the strange incident, it is admittedly difficult to prove what the lawyers cal! the corpus delicti. WOLF 'The Fashionable Fur of the Season TAUPE is the smart shade that clever fur riers have given this modish fur, so now the dernier cri in neck scarfs is TAUPE WOLF Today We Offer SO of These Smart Furs VERY SPECIAL $37.50 They gifts, make acceptable Xmas Third Floor Upman, Wolfe & Co. A Sample Line of Warm Flannelette GOWNS VERY SPECIAL AT $1.39-$ 1.79 Just one or two of some kinds and a good supply of others, but the values in every case are wonderful ! The very best of flannelette has gone into their making. Some are pure white with touches of fancy silk; others are striped, with hemstitching and fancy colored edging, and many are plain tailored. 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Let us help you improve yfT coiffure. Mezzanine Floor. I On t WO COLLEGE QUOTAS ARE SET Number of Men to Train at Third Series of Camps Is Announced. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 7. The quo tas from various Western universities and colleges designated to enter the third series of training camps for com missions as Second Lieutenants were announced at headquarters of the "Western Department of the Army here today. The camps open January 5, 1918. Among the quotas from each insti tution and the camps to which the can didates, who have not yet been select ed, will be sent for training are: University of Washington, 32: Mon tana College of Agriculture, 6; Oregon Agricultural College, 36; State College of Washington, 34. all to train at Camp Lewis, American Lake, Tacoma. University of Idaho, 23: University of Wyoming, 21, both to train at Fort Hi ley, Kan. A PLEDGE OF WAR SERVICE As a part of our war service in this great crisis, THE EQUIT ABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE U. S. hereby pledges to invest, in future United States War Loans, the amount of its in come received from first-year premiums on insurance issued during the continuance of the war. Thus Every Dollar Paid for New Insurance Will Also Mean a Dollar Loaned to the Government to Help Win the War. This action will supplement and aid the patriotic work of our Field Forces in carrying the Nation's urgent message for war-thrift, war-sacrifice and war-service in its various forms into the business places and homes of the people in this hour of National peril. Our Policyholders, Numbering Over Half a Million, Are Urged to Co-operate in This Effort to Enlarge the Society's Public Service at This Time. 4 W. A. DAY, President THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY New York, Nov. 1, 1917 EDGAR W. SMITH, Agency Manager 306-9 Oregonian Bldg. Portland, Or. BMMK MOT WATER W TOM BESHffi A ROSY COMFLEXHOH Say we can't help but look better and feel better after an Inside bath. To look one's best and feel one's beet is to enjoy an Inside bath each morn ing to flush from the system the pre vious day's waste, sour fermentations and poisonous toxins before it is ab sorbed into the blood. Just as coal, when It burns, leaves behind a cer tain amount of incombustible material In the form of ashes, so the food and drink taken each day leave in the ali mentary organs a certain amount of indigestible material, which if not elim inated, form toxins and poisons which are then sucked into the blood through the very ducts which are Intended to suck in only nourishment to sustain the body. If you want to see the glow of healthy bloom in your cheeks, to see your skin get clearer and clearer, you are told to drink every morning upon arising, a glass of hot water with a ieaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it. which is a harmless means of wash ing the waste material and toxins from the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels, thus cleansing, sweetening and purify ing the entire alimentary tract, before putting more food Into the stomach. Men and women with sallow skins, liver spots, pimples or pallid complex ion, also those who wake up with a coated tongue, bad taste, nasty breath, others who are bothered with head aches, bilious spells, acid stomach or constipation should begin this phos phated hot water drinking and are as sured of very pronounced results in one or two weeks. A quarter pound of limestone phos phate costs very little at the drug store but is sufficient to demonstrate that Just as soap and hot water cleanses, purifies and freshens the skin on the outside, so hot water and limestone phosphate act on the inside organs. We must always consider that internal sanitation is vastly more im portant than outside cleanliness, be cause the skin pores do not absorb impurities into the blood, while the bowel pores do. Adv. KEEPS KIDNEYS . ACTIVE WITH A GLASS OF SALTS Must flush your Kidneys occasion ally if you eat meat regularly. Noted authority tells what causes Backache and Bladder weakness. 1V I! O BREAK A COLD m i day U fw tta. 25e EE K S BUtAK-UP- fr ; EH No man or woman who eats meat reg ularly can make a mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, says a well known authority. Meat forms uric acid, which clogs the kidney pores so they sluggishly filter or strain only part of the waste and poisons from the blood, then you get sick. Nearly all rheuma tism, headaches, liver trouble, nervous ness, constipation, dizziness, sleepless ness, bladder disorders come from slug gish kidneys. The moment you feel a dull ache In the kidneys or your back hurts, or if the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sediment, irregular of passage or at tended by a sensation of scalding, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any reliable pharmacy and take a table spoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and- your kid neys will thei act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon Juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to activity, also to neutralize the acids in urine so it no longer causes irritation, thus ending bladder disor ders. Jad Salts is Inexpensive and can not injure; makes a delightful effer vescent lithia-water drink, which all regular meat eaters should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and the blood pure, thereby avoiding se rious kidney complications. Adv. IX SANITARIUM THREE WEEKS. Splendid results In the relief of kidney and Madder troubles are being achieved by Foley Kldney Pills. Mrs. Effle E. Kleppe, Averlll, Minn., writes: "I was at Fareo sanitarium , for three weeks at one time and two weeks J another time for rheumatism and kidney irouuie anu sot no reiiei. un my return noma I beuan usinK Foley Kidney Pills and found lmmedite relief. A bottle completed the cure." They take away the aches and pains, strengthen weak backs, drive out stiffness and soreness and relieve bladder troubles, too. Sold everywhere. Adv.