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.