THE .3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER. 8, 1917.
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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withdrawn toward the Livenza.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
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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.
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BRITISH TAKE GAZA
Whole Turkish System of De
fenses in Region Captured.
FURTHER ADVANCE IS MADE
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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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Four-Year-Old Secret, Daughter Saya,
Could No. Longer Be Kept After Read
in it Books About Telling the Truth.
OAKLAND, Cal., Nov. 7. 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.
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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
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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
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President
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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
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GLASS OF SALTS
Must flush your Kidneys occasion
ally if you eat meat
regularly.
Noted authority tells what causes
Backache and Bladder
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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.
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Madder troubles are being achieved by Foley
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