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VOL.' IVII. XO. 17,774. PORTLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY, XOVEMHEK 9, 1917. PRICE . FIVE CENTS. LATEST FIGURES GIVE OHIO TO WETS TEUTONIC WEDGE IS ALONG ADRIATIC FOOD STRIKERS FED WITH RUBBER TUBE SHIPPING TOPIC IS GERMAN OFFICERS TRAP THEMSELVES COUNCIL IS LAVISH WITH PAYINCREASES PROHJBITIOXISTS HAVE .NOT CONCEDED DEFEAT YET. JAIL, DOCTOR SAYS MILITANTS MAKE XO PROTEST. KSCAPKD MEX TAKE CUSTOMS INSPECTOR FOR COWBOY. REVOLT III RUSSIA OUSTS HUSKY ITS Cruiser Aurora Bombards Winter Palace MAXIMALISTS- RULE CITY Guns of St. Peter and St. Paul Fortresses, in Hands of Rebels, Open Fire. PEACE IS FIRST PURPOSE Congress of Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates Issues Proclamations. RUSSIAN SITUATION IX NUT SHELL. Petrograd again Is In turmoil. The provisional government has been thrown out of power by the extreme radicals, headed by' Nickolai Lenlne; Premier Keren sky has fled the capital; several of his ministers have been placed under arrest, and the Winter Palace, the seat of government, has been bombarded by the guns of the cruiser Aurora and of the St. Peter and St. Paul fortresses ' and forced to capitulate to the revolutionists. A congress of the workmen's and soldiers' delegates - of all Russia has convened in Petro grad and will discuss the ques tions of organization of power, peace and war and the formation of a constituent assembly. A delegation has been named by the congress to confer with other revolutionary and demo cratic organizations with a view, to Initiating peace negotiations for the purpose of taking steps to stop bloodshed. PETROGRAD, Nov. 8," 9 A. M. Government forces holding the Win ter Palace were compelled to capit ulate early this morning under the fire of the cruiser Aurora and the cannon of the St. Peter and St. Paul fortress across the Neva River. At 2 o'clock this morning thei woman's battalion, which had been defending the Winter Palace, surrendered. The workmen's and soldiers' dele gates are in complete control' of the city. Kerensky Flees From City. Premier Kerensky has fled. He was reported last night at Luga, 85 miles southwest of Petrograd. Orders have been issued for his arrest. Ministers of the Kerensky government who have been arrested are: ' ' A. I. Konovaloff, Minister of Trade and Industry. M. Kishkin, Minister of Public Wel fare. M. I. Terestchenko, Minister of For eign Affairs. M. Malyantovitch, Minister of Jus tice. . M. Nikitin, Minister of the Interior. Peace to Be Proposed. A proclamation says the new gov ernment will propose immediate peace. A call has been issued to all army corps to send delegates to a council, one delegate for every 25,000 men. . Late yesterday evening, after the government forces had been driven into the Winter Palace, the palace was besieged and a lively fight of machine guns and rifles began. The cruiser Aurora, which was moored at the Niecolai bridge, moved up within range, firing shrapnel. Meanwhile the guns of the St. Peter and St. Paul fortress opened fire. Palace Good Target. The palace stood out under the glare of the searchlights of the cruiser and offered a good target for the guns. The defenders held out for four hours, replying as best they could with machine guns and rifles. There was spasmodic "firing in other parts of the city, but the workmen's and soldiers' troops took every means to protect citizens, who were ordered to their quarters. The bridges and the Nevsky Prospect, which early in the afternoon . were in the hands of the government forces, were captured and held during the night by the workmen's and soldiers' troops. Battle Is Spectacular. The battle at the palace, which be gan shortly after 6 o'clock, was a iConcludcd on rase 2. Column 1.) Suffrage Beaten by About 13 6,000 Votes, While Incomplete Major- ' ity in Xew York Is 91,456. CINCINNATI, O.. Nov. 8. The result of Ohio's prohibition election was still in doubt tonight. Complete returns from the 88 counties, 67 of which had reported officially," gave the wets a lead of 3643 The vote stood: For pro hibition, 518,448: against, 522,091. The fact that none of the large counties of the state are included 'in the 67 which have reported officially Increased the' confidence of the anti prohibition faction, but the drys have not conceded them victory. Figures from nearly every county tonight indicated the defeat of Presi dential woman suffrage by approxi mately 136,000 votes. NEW YORK, Nov. 8. Returns from all but 352 districts in the state show a majority of 91,456 for suffrage at Tuesday's election. The vote as 646, 524 for and 555,068 aganist the proposi tion. NEW YORK, Nov. 8. The Anti-Saloon League of New York, in a state ment issued tonight, declared it would have introduced at the next session of the New York Legislature a bill to prohibit the manufacture, sale, impor tation and transportation of alcoholic liquors in the state during the period of the war and during demobilization. JAIL YAWNS FOR J. CLANCY Last Obstacle Removed lor Making Well-Known Seattle Man Serve. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 8. (Special.) The denial of the Supreme Court to grant John Clancy a new trial on the charge of having liquor in his posses sion at his roadhouse near the Mead ows, has set aside the last obstruc tion to a Jail, sentence for the well known Seattle man. Clancy pleaded guilty in October, 1916, and was sentenced to a fine of $100 and 20 days in Jail. He immedi ately gave notice of anpeal to the Su preme Court. The decision of the lower court was sustained on July 25 and Clancy moved for a new trial. MUNICIPAL FARM PLANNED Feed for City Horses, Possibly Veg etables, to Be Raised on 40 Acres. A municipal farm is to be. 'the next innovation in Portland. The City Coun cil decided yesterday to establish a farm for the raising of hay and other feed for city horses on the 40 acres of ground purchased three years ago near Troutdale for a site for a deten tion home for women. , The ground is now leased to. Japa nese. The city proposes to cancel the lease and put in a hay and grain crop, and possibly also raise vegetables for use at the Washington Park Zoo and the City Jail. ESPIONAGE ACT VIOLATED Swedes Plead Guilty of Attempt to -Export Tungsten. NEW YORK, Nov. 8. Pleas of guilty on a charge of violating the espionage act by conspiring to export tungsten, used for hardening steel, from this country without manifesting it as re quired by law, were entered in the Fed eral Court here today by Fritz Oerun dal, steward on the Scandinavian American liner United States; Walde mar Adams and Robert Collin, Swedish booksellers. Sentence was deferred. ISHII PARTY ON WAY HOME Japanese Mission Arrives on Coast After 3 Months' Stay in U. S. A PACIFIC PORT, Nov. 8. Viscount Ishii and members of the Imperial Jap anese mission arrived here late today from Washington. The mission is on its way home after nearly three months in the United States. , Viscount -ishii was greeted by rep resentatives of the city and Federal governments. No formal arrangements have been made for entertainment of the party. WOMEN KILLED IN CRASH Collapse of Pour-Story Building Followed by Explosion. NEW YORK, Nov. 8. Six women were killed when a four-story building which, authorities say, was condemned 20 years ago as unsafe, collapsed in Brooklyn today. Five bodies have been recovered. Firemen battled a, blaze originating after the explosion of an ammonia tank in the basement After the crash occurred. Heavy machinery on the top-floor -Is believed to have caused the collapse. LAWYER ENTERS SERVICE Son of Commissioner of Immigration to Fly for Uncle Sara. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8. Anthony Caminetti, Jr., son of Commissioner of Immigration Anthony Caminetti, today enlisted in the aviation section of the United States Signal Corps for train ing as an observer. He enters the service as a private, first-class. He is married and is a prac ticing attorney here. Armigtf! occupying rruili Plains. INVASION MENACES SEAPORTS Aim of Germany to Become Mediterranean Power Near. ALPINE BOUNDARY IS GONE Berlin Reports Crossing of Levlnza River Forced, and 17,000 Prls ers, With One General and . 80 Guns Surrendered. BERLIN, via London, Nov. 8. Ger man detachments have broken the re sistance of the. enemy rear guard., By an outflanking movement German forces' cut off the retreat of the enemy troops still holding out on the middle Tagliamento between Tolmezzo and Gemona and on permanent fortified works at Monte Saint Simone. Up to the present 17,000 Italians, among them a General, with 80 guns, have surrendered. In the plain, fighting has developed along the Llvenza River. By a vigorous advance German and Austro-HungarUm divisions forced a crossing and have thrown the enemy back westward. Prinonrri Said to Number 250,000. The total number of prisoners cap tured has been increased to more than 250,000 and the booty in guns to more than 2300. ' t (By the Associated Prm.) ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS. Nov. 8. The bulk of the Austro-German in vading forces today presents a main frontage of about 35 miles back and along the Tagliamento River, with reconnaissance parties thrust forward eight or ten miles west of the river for the purpose of feeling for the points of least resistance. This is producing de tached engagements, but no battle In force has yet occurred. . The Llvenza River, to which the Ital ian withdrawal is how progressing, is only one of a series of successive de fense parallels. Italian Reserves Large. The Italian army still has In reserve large bodies of troops which, however, naturally feel the effects produced by the recent retirement of their main body.- Large reinforcements at this moment, therefore, would render in valuable assistance, in the opinion of the military authorities. . ROME, Nov. 8. Withdrawal of Italian troops continued yesterday. The larger units retired without being mo lested by the enemy. Numerous engagements took place between the hills of Vittorio and the confluence of the Monticana and the Llvenza. in which covering troops suc ceeded in detaining the enimy's ad vance. In spite of strong resistance on the Concluded on Page 4, Column 1.) THE RUSSIAN Suffragist Headquarters Indignant ly Deny This Prisoners Are Kept From Interviewers. WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. Miss Alice Paul, head of the Woman's party, and Miss Rose Winslow, "hunger striking in the district Jail hospital, were fed late tonight by the Jail authorities. Liquid food was given them through rubber tubes, breaking a fast of something over 72 hours. Whether fore was employed may be always a matter of dispute. Dr. J. A. Gannon, the jail physician, said it was not and that both women took the nourishment without protest. At the Woman's party headquarters, however, it was indignantly asserted that such a thing was impossible. The women pointed to Miss Paul's record at.Hol loway jail in London, where she en dured tortures through forcible feed'' ing when she was an aide of Mrs. Pank hurst some years ago. Miss Paul and Miss Winslow, who are serving terms for so-called picketing of the White House, went on their strike in an effort to compel the Jail officers to provide for their fellow pickets the same special food eggs and milk given them when they were transferred to the hospital section. Dr. Gannon called in several other physicians, today to examine the strik ers and give their- opinion as to the necessity for forcible feeding. ' It was agreed that both women were In such a condition that they must be fed. Tonight the physician would say nothing more than that-the prisoners had accepted nourishment without pro test. The Jail superintendent refused to perm 4 anyone to see the prisoners and to make any statement whatever concerning their treatment. PASTEUR METHOD SAVES H. E. Crane Returns to Klamath After Treatment In Portland. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Nov. 8. H. E. Crane, of the firm of Crane & Wit ters, farmers in the Klamatb Basin south of this city, has Just returned from Portland, where he took the pas teur treatment following an exposure to rabies. His dog licked a hand that was scratched, and it was later dis covered' that the animal had the rabies and had to be shot. Mr. Crane immediately went to Port lend to be treated and was informed when he arrived there .hat had -lie waited one more day- th treatment would have been too late.. As It is, however, he will suffer 4id 111, effects. ICELAND MAKES DEMANDS Greater Independence or Separation From Denmark Alternatives. LONDON, Nov. 8. Th people and Parliament of Iceland are demanding a flag of their own and more independ ence, although the island possesses extended home rule, according to a dispatch from Iceland to the Polltlken, of Copenhagen, and forwarded by the Exchange Telegraph Company. The correspondent of the Polltlken says that the newspapers of Iceland express the hope that the King of Den mark will sanction their demand, otherwise he sees no other solution than a separation from Denmark. SAMSON IS NOW TRIMMED GOOD r : V: - Jftl OF GREAT IMPORT Allies Will Work Out Tonnage Policy. MISSION NOW IN LONDON Colonel House Says No Sub marines Were Encountered. MEMBERS ARE AT WORK Ambassador-Page and Secretary Bal four Greet Americans at Rail way Station in British Metropolis. WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. Aside from the subject of actual military opera tions, shipping will be the most important-question taken up by the allied war conference. Officials said today an international policy respecting the disposition of tonnage must be worked out. The American view of the situation will be set forth by Balnbridge Colby, a member of the commission represent ing the Shipping Board. The Shipping Board also sent with the commission Charles Day, a Philadelphia marine en gineer who will study English ship building methods, particularly the con struction of fabricated steel ships. Eng lish builders. It is said, already are turning out fabricated ships in large numbers. . LONDON, Nov. 8. The special Amer lean commission to the allied confer ence arrived In London last midnight. It is headed by Colonel E. M. House as special commissioner with the honor ary rank of Special Ambassador. No Submarines Seen. "We had a pleasant and uneventful voyage." Colonel House told the Asso ciated Press. "The weather was fair There were no submarines. It was the best vacation I have had in two years. - The commissioners were met by Am bassador-Page, Vlce-Admlral Sims, commander of the American destroyer squadron, and Foreign Secretary Bal four. There are 27- persons in the party, including Mrs. House and two women, who are acting in secretarial capacities. Colonel and Mrs. House were driven to the residence of the Duke of Rox burghe, where they will stay while in London. The members of the mission rose late this morning. The first thing they did was to go into conference for one hour, Colonel House presiding. Colonel House outlined a tentative programme for the next few days, calling for a series of conferences with their officials. Each member of the mission will discuss his departmental problems with an official In charge of similar activities in Ear land. Admiral Benson had an early call to make on Admiral Jellicoe, First Sea (Concluded on Page 4. Column 1.) AND PLENT. Lieutenants Berg and Loeschner, About to Cross Into Mexico When They Are aJiled. LAREDO. Texas, Nov. 8. Mistaking United States Customs Inspector Kum sey for a cowboy led to miscarriage of plans to cross into Mexico near here today of Lieutenant Hans Berg and Lieutenant Alfred Loeschner, who on October 23 escaped with eight other Germans from the internment camp at Fort McPherson, Ga. After eluding the officers of' several states In their 1200-mile journey. Berg and Loeschner had been In Laredo three days without exciting suspicion until today, when Rumsey discovered them six miles below Laredo on the Rio Grande waving to a Mexican on the southern side of the river. The Ger mans, mistaking Rumsey for a cow boy, replying to a question as to what they wanted, said: "We are German prisoners who es caped from Fort McPherson. We are trying to get across into Mexico and from there will return to Germany." Rumsey was joined by Customs In spector Chamberlain and the officers immediately arrested Berg and Loesch ner. LIFE SAVED BY COMPASS Bullet, Fired by Hunter, Strikes In strument on Coos Man. NORTH BEND, Or.. Nov. 8. (Spe cial.) Clint Crouch, of North Bend, had a narrow escape from death yes terday when he wa struck by a bullet believed to have been fired by a deer hunter in the timber belt about four miles south of Powers. Crouch was in company with George Gothro, a timber cruiser, and was act ing as compass man. He was carry ing a 4-inch compass. Chancing to look at the instrument, Gothro noticed a small hole in the leather case. He foand that a rifle bullet had struck the thick brass frame of the instru ment. The compass waa completely ruined, but it undoubtedly saved Crouch's life. No trace of the man who had fired the shot could be found. RED CROSS PLANS DRIVE 10,000,000 Members to Be Sought Between December 17 and 2 5. WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. A Nation wide Christmas membership drive by the Red Cross War Council to build up the membership to 15,000,000 is being .prepared. . . This means the addition of approxi mately 10,000,000 members. The drive is to start December 17 and continue to Christmas eve. FINANCES ARE DISCUSSED Governors of Reserve Ranks Confer with Federal Reserve Board. ... H WASHINGTON. Nov. 8. Governors of the 12 reserve bank districts today began their semiannual conference with the Federal Reserve Board, discussing administrative problems, particularly those arising out of the Government's immense war financing programme. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 60 degrees; minimum, 43 degrees. TODAY'S Kaln; moderate southeasterly winds. War. Teutonic wedge driven southward along Adriatic. . Page 1. First unit of American artillery returns from trenches. Page 4. German officer admits superiority of British artillery. Page 4. American gunner on merchant ship sinks auomanne. page l. Foreign. Threat of military dictatorship awes Ger man progressives. Page 3. Maximalists give own account of revolution. Page 2. French pay tribute to American dead. Page 8. Kerensky power may be regained. Page 2. Civil war looms In Russia. Page 3. National. Suffragist hunger strikers fed with rubber tube. Page 1. Domestic. Latest figures show wets leading In Ohio. Page 1. The Doughboy has come Into his own: plays . while officers work. Page 0. Secretary Wilson confident Presidential La bor Commission can end phone strike. Page 10. Boxing managers continue to Quarrel over fight referee. Page IT. Sports. Commerce defeats Benson eleven. 12-3. Page 18. Camp Lewis eleven prepares to meet Ma rines. Page 10. . Sacramento version of Portland baseball deal given. Page 16. raclfle Xorthweat. General Greene willing to give Seattle rea sonable time to clean up. Page 7. Senator McNary appeals to Mr. Hoover for rellet lor Oregon wheat growers. Page 10. Commercial and Marine. ) Government control of burlap and Jute In dustries is expected. Page 21. Corn -slumps at Chicago as result of Russian developments. Page 21. Stock prices drop sharply on news from Rus sia, page zi. Port Commission fixes maximum amount In naoiiity cases at sio.ooo. Page 10. Dock Commission considers charging rent for use ot vacated streets. Page IS. Portland and Vicinity. George T. Dalton, of Federal Trade Commis sion, investigates local conditions. Page 7. Y. M. C. A. plans $200,000 drive. Page 0. Weather report, data and forecast. Page IS. High School canning teams compete for cash prize ottered by Mmon Benson. Page 0. Mr. Beverldge opposes plan for preserving recorai uy pnoLograpny. rase 14. Christmas packages to soldiers In France to be sent under one export license. Page 13. Wives of young men warned to prepare for reunquisnmeni ot nusDanas. Page 13. Council budget makers boost salaries freely. Portland people to raise ''2.00O for estab lishment ol jclubroom lor soldiers. Page S. Walter Standley. of Baker, receives Jail sen tence ot nine months lor being; slacker. I'ase 5, Mr. Barbur's Men Gen. erally get Rises. WARNINGS ARE UNHEEDED Commissioner of Public Works Says Course Is Necessary. GOOD MEN GROW RESTIVE If City Zoes Not Fay Them Well They Will Go Klseivhere, Mr. Barbur Declares Mayor Captions Bud-Ii Makers to Go Slowly. The City Council, in session yester day as budget committee to fix appro priations for next year, forgot its pol icy established the day before of grant ing salary increases only to lowly em ployes, and handed out rises to higher ups with a lavish hand. The lavishness started when the pay roll proposals of the Public Works De partment, under Commissioner Barbur, were taken up. Men of all classes were boosted from $5 a month in some cases to $25 a month in others without appar ent regard for the amounts they have been receiving. And at that the Council refused to go as strong on the increases as had been recommended by Commissioner Barbur. ' In passing through the budget the pro posed Increases were cut down a total of about $10,000. This $10,000 was lopped off by the granting of $5 and $10 rises In place of the higher rises recommended by Mr. Barbur. Cat Thus Far 33,000. As the budget for all departments stands now It Is but approximately $53, 000 less than it was when the Council started its budget committee sessions. Cuts aggregating about $92,000 have been made, but new items amounting to about $39,000 have been added, making the net cut $53,000. The Council in considering the public works budget granted $25 a month more to Assistant Commissioner Johnson.' boosted Chief Clerk Kruse from $160 to $170 a month, clerks $10 a month each. Chemist Dulin from $150 to $160 a month, a cement tester from $125 to $135, a building Inspector from $140 to $150, instrument men to $125. Engineer Kremers from $200 to $210 and a long string of others $10 or more a month. Street laborers were Increased 25 cents a day, making their wage $3.25 a day. Sewer laborers were increased B0 cents a day, owing to the dangerous work they have to perform. Barbur Saya It Most Be Done. In all the increases - Commissioner Barbur contended that they are neces sary if the men are to be retained. He says the outside is constantly offering bigger wages for competent men and the city must meet this competition. Commissioner Blgelow took the in itiative in holding down the increases and Mayor Baker continued to warn the Council against going "so strong." "This is only one department," he de clared. "We have to look out for all. What applies to one applies to all. We are limited in the amount of money we can raise by taxation next year. City Laborers to Get More Pay. Laborers in the street-cleaning bu reau were granted an increase of 25 cents a day. Other men in the bureau drawing $3.23 and $3.50 a day were raised 25 cents a day also, except in the case of one broommaker, whose pay was not raised. One repairman was cut out of the service. The Council cut $2302 out of supply items of the street-cleaning bureau. An allowance was made of $12,000 for the purchase of two additional street flushing machines. Marketmaster Eastman was granted an increase from $110 a month to $135 a month and the assistant marketmas ter was raised $10 a month. City Health Officer Parrish was refused an increase from $250 to $300 a month. The salary was cut from $300 to $250 when Dr. Parrish was made Health Of ficer July 1. LEG IS BROKEN THRICE Injured Baker Man Crawls and Hops Two Miles to Aid. BAKER, Or.. Nov. 8. (Special.) With his leg broken in three places. Henry Sllnkman, a rancher living near Durkee. hopped and crawled for two miles to a ranch for aid. Mr. Sllnkman was hauling a load of potatoes from his farm to Durkee and was driving down a hill when, the double-tree on the wagon broke, start ing the horses on a run. The driver was thrown to the ground and both wheels of the heavy vehicle passed over him. The limb was fractured in three places. The injured man is reported to be resting easily. STUDENT AGE LIMIT DOWN Enlisted Men Must Be 2 0 Years and 9 Months to Get Into Camps. WASHINGTON. Nov. 3. Secretary Baker today reduced from 21 years to 20 years and nine months the minimum age for students in the third officers training camp, which is to be opened in January for enlisted men.