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TIIE MORNING OltEGONIAN, TIIUItSDAY, DECE3IBER 13. 1917.
i PEACE . IN RUSSIA
MADE
GERMANY
iHemobiization of Russian
Forces Has Begun, With
t Hostiities Suspended.
POWERS MAY EVACUATE
Restoration of Territory Keported
i Possible on . Condition Sew Jy
; nasty Is Established in Sym
- pathy With Hohenzollerns.
I COPENHAGEN. Dec. 12. The semi-
official German news agency says de
' jnobilization of the Russian force al
ready has begun and that peace nego
tiations, restricted to the Russian front,
"have been authorized.
i The news agency's dispatch says that
'General Oherbatchoff has been ap
"pointed commander-in-chief, "with the
assistance of the allies," (Teutonic?)
,and that he has been authorized to
.open peace negotiations with Germany.
; JASsV, Roumania. Dec 10. Official
-announcement was made today of the
signing of an armistice in accordance
with which hostilities were suspended
"at 10:30 P. M. yesterday until further
notice.
" LONDON, Dec. 12. The central
'powers appear to be willing to evacu-
ate and restore Roumanian territory
Jon condition that a new dynasty be es
- tablished, the new sovereign to be a
'sympathizer with the Hohenzoyerns
and Hapsburgs, says a dispatch to the
.Manchester Guardian from Petrograd.
Bolsheviki StiU Agitating.
On the other hand, the message
"states, the Bolshevik! are carrying on
a republican agitation In the Kou
.manlaa army.
; PETROGRAD, Dec 10. (Delayed.)
Representatives of all the Russian
fronts started tonight for Brest-Li-
tovsk to resume the armistice negotia
tions with the Germans. Lieutenant
Colonel Fokkeh, the general staff
member of the armistice committee.
. believes that the Germans will make
i considerable concessions and will even
consent to leave Moon Sound. The
Germans have eliminated the demand
that Russian troops leave Macedonia
and France, because the Russian dele
gates said these armies were not under
their control.
Russian Literature Distributed.
The Russian delegate at Brest-Li-tovsk
telegraphed to Petrograd today
that the German commander there had
demanded the immediate cessation of
'the distribution of Russian literature
to Germans and Austrians. He said
J that 8,000.000 leaflets already had been
, distributed among the Teuton forces.
' At a preliminary meeting Saturday
I organized by the representatives of
' the army and navy to discuss armistice
negotiations, the general trend of the
remarks was that the Russians would
I fight to a, finish- if the Germans re-
fused to conclude a peace on honorable
J terms.
CIVIIi WAR STIM IX PROGRESS
Cossacks Clash With Bolshevik!,
J Who Are Defeated.
I LONDON. .Dec. 12. The fighting at
Tamanovka, according to a Reuter dis
,. patch from Petrograd. appears to have
baen between detachments of anti-
Bolsheviki shock battalions and local
, troops assisted by sailors. Red Guards,
j Infantry and armored cars sent from
t Petrograd and troops from Kharkov.
The Russko Slovo of Petrograd says
the fighting lasted all day and all
.night. It adds that it was very severe
( and that there were a great number of
, casualties.
Reports of fighting at Mohilev, Rus-
sian general headquarters, between
t troops newly arrived there and the
' Bolsheviki garrison, were received in
Petrograd Monday, according to the
(correspondent of the Times. It is also
reported that shock battalions and Cos
, sacks advancing on Mohilev clashed
with the Bolshevrki, who were defeated.
'"BLAV COURTS ARE ABOLISHED
. Senate Dispersed and New Tribunals.
Set Up by Bolsheviki.
Z PETROGRAD, Dec. 10. The Bolshe-
- viki have dispersed the Senate, the
2 highest Russian court, and all the
other courts at Petrograd, in keeping
with the recent decree of the people's
"commissaries, substituting new revolu
tionary tribunals. The only opposition
- met was at the Congress of County
T Judges, who refused to be dispersed.
.- They were arrested;
The soldiers, peasants and workmen
In each district, according to the proc-
- lamation, name a permanAit president
of the court and six jurors, the latter
- serving only one week. They have
"full power to impose fines, imprison--ment
and banishment. Each juror can
cause an arrest in an emergency, but
- the entire court must approve later.
; Any member can cause a prisoner to
A Sure Way to
End Dandruff
- There is one sure way that has never
failed to remove dandruff at once, and
. that is to dissolve it. then you destroy
It entirely. To do this. Just get about
- four ounces of plain, common liquid
''arvon from any drugstore (this is all
you will need), apply it at night when
-retiring; use enough to moisten the
scalp ana rub it in gently with the
the finger tips.
- By morning, most, if not all. of your
.dandruff will be gone, and three or four
- more aoollcations will completely dis-
- solve and entirely destroy every single
sign and trace of it, no matter how
jnuch dandruff you may have.
You will find all itching and digging
of the scalp will stop Instantly, and
jrour hair will be fluffy, lustrous,
.glossy, silky and soft, and look and
feel a hundred times better. Adv.
ELL-AM S
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Druggists
refund money if it fails. 25c
I Use Santiseptic After Shaving..
Bootblng. cooling, refreshing. XjeaTes mott, vet
ptT finiah. Instantly relleTes and nrerenta lrrl-
. tatlon. Pmeiiu Infection. You'll like it
- cleuuy, Healthy ooou ouc Alt orassuta.
, AdH
be released. The Petrograd Advocates"
Congress has decided to ignore the
law.
Announcement was made today that
revolutionary courts would be estab
lished throughout the country on. De
cember 20 to assist in carrying on the
struggle of the Bolsheviki government
against counter revolution and to'stop
brigandage, sabotage ami speculatiSn.
Members of the. courts will be revo
lutionaries chosen by local councils of
soldiers' and workmen's delegates.
According to the . announcement tne
courts will have free choice of means
of dealing with those who disobey the
orders of the revolutionaries. The fol
lowing punishments are suggested:
Fines, public- disapprobation, refusal
of state credit, compulsory labor, im
prisonment. Every citizen of good
standing is entitled to the services of
a public advocate. .AH cases must first
be submitted to an investigating com
mittee nominated by the soldiers' and
workmen's delegates.'
LEON TROTZKX CLEARS SLATE
All Russian Ambassadors and Their
Staffs Are Dismissed. -
. PETROGRAD, Dec 10. Leon Trotz
ky. the Bolsheviki Foreign Minister,
has issued a decree dismissing all Rus
sian Ambassadors and their staffs be.
cause they ignored the Bolsheviki de
mand that they denounce the Kerensky
government.
"We have declared them deprived of
all further rights and pensions,"
Trotzky said.
15 OFFENDERS -PUNISHED
COURT-MARTIAL, SENTENCES AT
SAN FRANCISCO AFFIRMED.
Lone Terms at Hard Labor With Loss
of Pay Imposed on Several Sol
diers at Bar City Camp.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12. Convic
tion by court-martial of Private Frank
J. Mode,. Troop it. First Cavalry, for
striking an officer on the head with
a demijohn, and of Sergeant Frank H.
Mitchell, of the medical department,
for giving intoxicating liqour to three
prisoners of war at Fort Douglas, Utah,
was affirmed by Major-General Arthur
Murray, commander of the Western
Department of the Army, here today.
Mode was given a sentence of Blx
months at hard labor with loss of pay
and Mitchell was reduced in rank, and
given a. similar sentence.
Private Edward Pierpont, of Troop
M, First Cavalry, was dishonorably
discharged and given three months of
hard labor for striking a corporal.
Six men, convicted of desertion, were
given sentences ranging from forfeit
ure of pay for two months to dishonor
able discharge, confinement at hard
labor for six months and fortfeiture
of all pay and allowances due In that
period.
Three men who absented themselves
or slept at their posts while on sentry
duty were sentenced to forfeiture of
pay and allowances for periods ranging
from three to six months, and confine
ment at hard labor for corresponding
periods.
Three men were convicted of stealing
Government: property. They received
sentences ranging from- confinement at
hard labor for six months and for
feiture of pay for a like period, to dis
honorable discharge. conXinement at
hard labor for three years and for
feiture -of all pay and allowances.
HALIFAX TOLL IS 1226
OFFICIAL ESTIMATE OF DEATHS
FROM EXPLOSION MADE.
Five Hundred ' Houses Wholly De
stroyed, 5O0 More Wrecked Beyond
Repair, Is Statement.
HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 12. The toll of
death resulting from the explosion of
the munition ship Mont Blanc in Hali
fax harbor was officially fixed tonight
at 1226, including identified and un
identified bodies and J.he missing. The
known dead total 800.
From 300 to BOO persons are totally
or partly blind and 200 children have
each lost both parents, according to
the American and Canadian workers in
vestigating the situation. The Boston
relief ship Calvin Austin entered the
harbor today. ,
The formidable estimates of casual
ties made during the hours immediate
ly after the explosion apparently were
due, it developed today, to the fact that
some of the bodies were counted sev
eral times. The relief workers ex
plained that even today's revised fig
ures are not to be regarded as final,
inasmuch as many entire families were
destroyed, no members being alive to
report such losses.
It Is estimated that 500 nouses are
wrecked beyond repair; that S00 others
were totally destroyed .and that an
other 1000 can be restored to use.
Conditions in the town of Dartmouth
were particularly distressing today.
Some of the inhabitants who were in
jured by the explosion, fire or tidal
wave had not received medical atten
tion up to this morning and the relief
system, is being reorganized so they
may receive necessary aid at once. In
one shelter in Dartmouth investigators
found 300 men, women and children.
A general funeral service for all the
dead is to be held Friday.
BAKER FARMERS ORGANIZE
Committee to Aid in Conservation
Move; Acreage Increase Proposed.
BAKER, Or., Dec 12. (Special.)
Henry McKinney, of Lower Powder,
former member of the State Legisla
ture and president both of the Baker
local and Baker County Farmers'
Union, was 'yesterday elected president
of the county agricultural committee,
organized by Professor Henry Tweed,
the newly designated farm agent for
Baker County. F. S. Heard, a Haines
farmer, was elected vice president and
Mr. Tweed secretary-treasurer.
This is the first attempt made at
organizing the farmers of Baker Coun
ty in the food conservation movement
and the principal object of the county
council will be to Increase the 1918
grain acreage, although other matters
will receive some attention, notably the
labor situation, which it is believed
will be acuta next season.
German-Canadians Enemies.
The naturalization of Germans in any
other country does not alter their
standing as alien enemies of the United
States. This ruling was made yester
day by the United States Attorney's
office in response to numerous inquiries
by aliens who have received their nat
uralization papers in Canada or some
other country. On section of the re
vised statute on alien enemies, which
at this time includes both Germans and
Austrians, provides that "an alien en
emy Is a native, a citizen or subject
of the German empire, even though he
has taken out his first naturalization
papers in the United States or has re
ceived naturalization papers in any
other country,"
LOYAL AUSTBWHS'
LIBERTY ASSURED
Proclamation Issued by Pres
ident; Few Restrictions
Are Imposed. .
TRAVEL FREELY PERMITTED
Residence In Districts Barred to Ger
mans Allowed Only Persons
Suspected of Enemy Activity
to Be Interned.
WASHINGTON, Dec 12. Austro
Hungarian subjects in the United
States, most of the million or more of
whom are laborers and are loyal to
the allied war cause, will suffer few re
strictions as a result of war between
the lands of their birth and adoption.
In a proclamation today declaring a
state of war with Austria-Hungary in
accordance with the act of Congress,
President Wilson specified that un
naturalized Austro-Hungarians, unlike
the Germans in this country, should be
free to live and travel anywhere, ex
cept that they may not enter or leave
the United States without permission
and those suspected of enemy activities
may be interned.
They need not register with police
and postoffice officials, as Germans will
be required to do shortly, and are not
barred from the 100-yard zones about
the piers, docks and warehouses closed
to Germans, and are not required to
leave the District of Columbia.
President's Motive Shown.
The President's motive in drawing
distinctions between Germans and
Austriane was described as two-fold;
First, it was realized that the sympathy
of Hungarians, Roumanians. Poles,
Serbians, Czechs, Slovacks and other
immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian
empire generally is not with the
mother country In the war and they
have not been guilty of the multiform
campaign of violence practiced under
the German war system. Second, such
a large proportion of laborers in mu
nition and eteel plants and coal mines
consists of Austrian subjects that it
was found practically impossible to ad
minister against them the rigid regula
tions Imposed on the Germans, who are
half as numerous and more individual
istic The Department of Justice even
abandoned its former plans to register
Austrians along with Germans because
of the immensity of the task and the
Administration's determination to min
imize embarrassment to Austrians,
thousands of whom have demonstrated
their loyalty to this country by enlist
ing in the Army and Navy.
Austrians Net Enemies.
As an indication of the President's
difference in feeling toward subjects
of the dual monarchy, it was pointed
out that nowhere in the proclamation
did he use the phrase "alien enemies."
as was done in previous proclamations
referring to Germans. Repeatedly he
referred only to "natives, citizens, deni
zens or subjects" of Austria-Hungary.
Attorney-General Gregory explained
the proclamation in this statement:
"The proclamation Issued by the
President today proclaims a state of
war existing between this country and
Austria-Hungary, calls upon all citi
zens to perform their duty, warns sub
jects of the enemy to conform to our
laws and enjoins upon American cit
izens the duty of treating subjects of
the enemy who remain loyal to the
United States with such friendliness
as may be compatible with loyalty and
allegiance to the United States.
"This proclamation differs from the
preceding proclamation relating to the
subjects of the German Empire in that,
while it authorizes the arrest and in
ternment of any subjects of the dual
empire whose conduct may be a men
ace to the safety of the country, the
only restrictions which it contains are
prohibitions against either entering or
leaving the United Ftates without first
obtaining permission.
Many Austrians In Army.
"Many subjects of Austria-Hungary
have already demonstrated their strong
loyalty to this country by their faith
fulness in industrial work, their organ
ization of recruiting committees and in
service with our armies. For the pres
ent, therefore, no restrictions will be
placed upon the movements of sub
jects of Austria-Hungary.
"They are not subject to the restric
tions of the previous proclamations re
lating to German enemy aliens; they
will be permitted to reside and labor
in prohibited areas and to travel free
ly without molestation. Only those who
are dangerous or disloyal are subject
to arrest."
Since Congress adopted the war reso
lution, the Department of Justice and
other Government departments have
been besieged with anxious queries
from big manufacturers and coal oper
ators employing many Austro-Hungarian
laborers. Fear was expressed that
with labor already inadequate for the
war industries, any drastic action
against Austrian subjects would seri
ously hamper war production. These
industrial leaders were told at first
that the department planned only to
compel Austrians to register.
Few Austrians Arrested.
Within the last few days a number
.of Austrian subjects have been ar
rested in the United States and held
for investigation to determine whether
they should be Interned during the
war. The identity of these men and
the extent of the roundup has not been
made public by the Department of Jus
tice. John Lord O'Brian. special assistant
to the Attorney-General in charge of
alien enemies. Indicated today that the
regulations for registration of Ger
mans would be issued late this week.
Demands for a multitude of adminis
trative' changes in the original plan
have caused the delay.
Ordinance to Eliminate Conflict.
So- that there will be no conflict in
authority -or responsibility between the
city and the county regarding repairs
to bridges and approaches within the
city limits. City Commissioner Barbur
has presented an ordinance to the
Council fixing city and county bound
ary lines - on all Willamette River
bridges and on the Union-avenue via
duct and other structures partly in the
city and partly in the county.
45 Negroes to Be Sent to Prison.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 12. Forty
five of the negroes of the Twenty-
fourth Infantry, convicted of partici
pating in the riots at Houston, Tex.,
August 23 last, will leave Saturday un
der military guard for Fort Leaven
worth, Kan., to begin their sentences.
Forty-one face life terms and four
shorter periods, the longest being 2H
years.
Colds Cause Headaene and Crip
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE remo 'ea
the cause. There la only one "Bromo Qui
nine." E. W. OROVBTB signature oa box. SOo.
Adv.
Until Saturday Nights
and Then Gone Forever
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As Big as
"The Spoilers"
IS
Spirit of People Not Sapped,
Says Asquith.
WAR OUTLOOK FAVORABLE
Germans Mast and Will Iicarn That
Enthronement of Force la Bad
Business, Declares For
mer Premier.
LONDON, Dec. 12. The ungrudging
sacrifices made by the British people,
former Premier Asquith declared In an
address at Birmingham yesterday,
proved that the ancient and ingrained
spirit of the British people had not
been sapped by luxury or staled and
withered by dotage.
"We loolc to the end." he said, "with
the assured and ever-growing belief
that both in the council chamber of
peace and in the ordering of our own
household, a new era of liberty and
Justice will, be opened."
The former premier said that he had
a large part in Great Britain's enter
ing the war and he unhesitatingly be
lieved it had been worth while if the
war ends in a peace of security and
permanency. He endorsed President
Wilson's latest words as expressing
clearly the intentions and desires of
the allies Adverse criticism of the re
cent letter of the Marquis of Lans
downe, he added, was caused by read
ing Into it meanings and intentions
which the letter did not convey.
Mr. Asquith said there was abundant
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A wonder of an actor who played the lead
in productions like "Where Are My Children?"
Herman
REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES
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The CO-RESPONDENT
WITH
Elaine Hammer stein
evidence that the enemy peoples are
misinformed of the allies' objects,
which are not to annihilate the Ger
man people, but to destroy the military
domination of Prussia. He said that
Germany mufet learn that the enthrone
ment of force is bad business.
"An enemy misconception," he con
tinued, "is that the allies, especially
Great Britain, are aiming at the de
struction, for their pwn political and
economic objects, of what vaguely is
called 'the freedom of- the seas. This
formula, if it possesses any revelance,
can only be used to indicate some new
limitation in war time upon belligerent
rights of the power which happens to
have command of the sea. No corre
sponding limitation has been suggested
for land warfare, where existing con
ventions have been in this conflict sys
tematically violated by the enemy. I
do not think we are likely to hear
very much from enemy lipa of free
dom of the seas.
"The allies are still unflinching In
their purpose to use all legitimate
methods, economic and military, to se
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I JHERES a motion picture in town
X that is out of the ordinary; oae that
vill make you tit forward on the edge
of your seat and exclaim, "Say. this is a
bully showr It is the Paramount serial
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KATHLEEN CLIFFORD, the
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Anna Katharine Green, famous mystery
writer, is the author of the novel. It is
a melodrama, full of thrilling stunts, but it
is a melodrama splendidly produced, with
a charming lore story and settings, scenes
and costumes of distinction. It's at a
s nearby theatre now. Co and see itl
See this serial at the Globe Theater.
Eleventh and Washington Sts on
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SUNDAY
cure a lasting and fruitful peace,
which the world needs. The allied po
sition is stated with perfect lucidity
by President Wilson in his recent ad
dress, and I especially subscribe to and
endorse the language he used. When
that object is accomplished we shall
be free, as be well and wisely said, to
base peace on generosity and justice
and to the exclusion of selfish claims
to advantage even on the part of the
victors."
BAKER FUEL STOCK LARGE
Mild Weather Averts Shortage;
Cord wood Plenty.
BAKER. Or.. Dec 12. (Special.)
The fuel situation in Baker is much
better than a year ago largely because
of the exceedingly mild weather
throughout the Fall, which still con
tinues. Takinsr warnlnar from predictions of
tan
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Your Money
Refunded if You
Are Dissatisfied
a. coal shortage, fuel dealers Increased
their stocks of cordword as much as
possible and they confidently believe
that, with coal continuing to arrive
through the Winter in the same
amounts as during the Fall. that, while
there may be a shortage, there will
be enough to supply everyone with
small lots and avert the real famine
which was occasionally suffered last
Winter.
Phone your want nHo to The Orego
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Stomach Trouble mm Coaatlpatloa.
Those who are afflicted with stomach
trouble and constipation should read the
following: "1 have never found any
thing so good for stomach trouble and
constipation as Chamberlain's Tablets.
I have used them off and on now for
the past two years. They not only regu
bte the action of the bowels, but stim
ulate the liver and keep one's body in a
healthy condition." writes Mrs Benja
min Hooper, Auburn, N. T. Adv.
For Constipation
Carter's Little
Liver Pills
will set you right
over night
Purely Vegetable
Small Pill, Snail Doae, Small Prio
Carter's Iron Pills
Will restor color to the faces of
tboae who lack Iron In the blood,
aa moat pale-faced people do.
How He Quit Tobacco
This veteran. S 1J.
Lamphere, was udd.ctel
to the excessive ue of
tobacco for many yearn.
.He wanted to quit, but
needed aoinethinif
help him.
He learned t-f .1 :
book that te.lt a
' conquer Jt qu r
:TV ami mie.v I
recent letter h writes: "1 have no -VM-. v
tobacco any more. I feel l:ke n new man. "
Anyone desiring a copy of thlw fr.k -bacco
habit, smoking and chewing, rnn tr- t
It free, postpaid, by writing to Kdw.ii . J.
Woods. I;. Ftation E, New ork ! .
You will be surprised and pleaded, l ook for
quieter nerves, st ronni-r ha rt. bet ter ti ifit-s-t
ion. Improved ey-Piirh t. increased v:ri! .
longer life and other advantage it you quit
poisoning yourself. Adv.
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