THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, .1917.
TEUTON PRISONERS
MENACE PETROGRAD
Two Army Corps of Austrians
and Germans Within Strik
ing Distance of Capital.
KERENSKY AGAIN REPORTED
thence representatives of their foreign,
marine and finance departments.
Today's advices from Petrogrrad show
that rail and wire communication with
the Caucasus army has been cut.
I. W. W. QUARTERS RAIDED
Officers Arrest Men and Seize
Large Amount of Literature.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Dec. 20. Police
men and Federal agents raided L W.
V. headquarters on First avenue, said
to be frequented by lumber workers,
late today, made six arrests and seized
five truckloads of literature. The men
under arrest will be questioned by Gov
ernment agents.
TEUTONS DRAWING
NEARER TO VENICE
Situation on Southern Front
Is More Serious, Says
Italian Statement. .
WEST WILL GET BENEFITS
(Continued Ffom First Ps ra. )
Ousted Leader Sow Said to Be on
March to Moscow With Army and
Grand Duke Xlcholas Is With
Great Army In Caucasus;
tOXDON. Dec 21. A Bolshevik!
force commanded by released German
and Austrian officer prisoners has de
feated the anti-Bolsheviki at Tash
kent, capital of Russian Turkestan,
according to a Petrograd dispatch to
the. Morning Post.
The dispatch also says that It Is be
lieved that a force of released enemy
prisoners equivalent to two army corps,
commanded by their own officers. Is
now within striking distance of Petro
grad. A dispatch to the Exchange Tele
graph Company from Haparanda re
ports that Kerensky with an army is
now marching against Moscow, while
Grand Duke Nicholas has gathered a
great army of royalists In the Cau
casus. The Roumanians on the Southwest
ern Russian front have joined the
Ukrainians and Lieutenant-General D.
G. Stchernatchef f, commander of the
Russian forces in Roumanla. has been
appointed commander-in-chief of the
whole Ukrainian front, according to a
report received in Petrograd and trans
mitted here. The Bolshevik! and
Ukrainian troops are reported to be
advancing on each other, being three
versts apart.
A Reuter dispatch dated December
18 says that there has been three days'
sanguinary fighting between the Bol
shevik! and Ukrainians owing to the
refusal of the latter to allow the
passage of reinforcements for the sup
pression of the Don Cossacks. The
Bolshevik! leader was killed. There is
the greatest danger in the harbor, the
dispatch adds, where the crews of the
naval units are divided between the
two factions.
LONDON, "Wednesday. ZJec. 19. Dia
patches from Petrograd indicate that
the struggle between the Cossacks and
the Maximalists in Southern Russia is
increasing in severity. The correspond
ent at Petrograd of Reuter's, telegraph
ing under date of Tuesday, says the
flame of civil war is spreading north
ward along the Volga River from
Astrakhan to Samara.
The Maximalists hold Astrakan, from
which place the Cossacks were reported
on Monday to be 20 vers'ts distant.
Fighting probably has now begun.
Maxtmallata Short of Cannon.
The Maximalists are said to have
many machine guns, but are almost
without cannon. The Cossacks are re
ported to be equipped with light field
guns.
An -extraordinary state of affairs Is
depicted at Tsaritsyn, in the province,
of Samara, where neither the Maxi
malists nor the Cossacks have gained
the mastery, both being beaten by the
forces of Heliodorus, Abbot of Tsaritsyn
and known as "Iliadore, the Mad
Monk," who advanced against them
singing "Save, Lord, Thy People."
Orenburg Cossacks, commanded by
General Dutoff, are advancing against
Samara, the Maximalist garrisons en
route being dispersed. Cossacks have
occupied all the eastern part of the
prpvince of Voronezh, in South Cen
tral Russia.
Fighting continues at Odessa, where
Ukrainian troops hold the arsenal and
the telegraph and telephone stations.
The municipal theater repeatedly
changed hands before finally remaining
In the possession of the Ukrainians.
The Maximalists hold the port, which
the Ukrainians shelled with heavy and
field artillery in response to a bom
bardment of the town by naval guns.
General Peace Advocated.
Russia Is party to a plan seeking to
compel her late allies to join in the
negotiations which the Germans have
been striving to bring about for more
than a year.
It was understood that the Bolshe
vlki government in obedience to the
suggestion of the German peace pleni
potentiaries has undertaken to sound
out not only Russia's European allies,
but also the American Government.
It is apprehended in some quarters
that the mere discussion of this latest
German peace move is likely to prove
very embarrassing to England, where
the labor councils are about to as
semble and record their views as to
war alms, and also In France, where the
Socialistic elements are still strong In
their opposition to the government.
Vkralnlana Are DlaarmfngT.
Ukrainians are disarming and
removing the Maximalist troops in the
province of Kiev and at Konotop, about
100 miles east of Tchernigov.
The Ukraine central rada has issued
a message to Ukrainians proclaiming a
Ukraine democratic republic to form
part of an all-Russian federal republic
Fending the meeting of the Ukrainian
constituent assembly in January, the
rada In its message recognizes the prin
ciple of expropriation without compen
sation of private lands, monastery
lands and some church lands for the
benefit of the laboring classes.
In the expectation of an early peace
Russian, soldiers in increasing numbers
are leaving the northern front. Urgent
telegrams are being received from
Petrograd for reinforcements, the
soldiers being promised the best con
ditions and food. Dr. Petrofsky, a lec
turer at the Moscow University, has
been deputed by the Bolshevlkl gov
ernment to discuss peace questions
with the Germans at Brest-Litovsk.
According to the Russian official
news agency delegates of the Ukrainian
council of workmen's and soldiers' del
egates recently met at Kharkov and
resolved to regard the rada as a bour
geolse and anti-revolutionary institu
tion and to oppose it.
CONFERENCE INTENT DOUBTED
Some Petrograd Dispatches Declare
Meeting Is Only Preliminary. "
LONDON". Dec. 19. Some of the
Petrograd dispatches say that the con
ference between the Russians and Cen
tral Powers at Brest LItovsk is only
a preliminary affair and that the final
decisions will be reached at a confer
ence in a neutral place, probably Stock
holm. Nevertheless the diplomats in
the central powers going to Brest-L.lt-ovsk
include not only the German
and Austro-Hungarian foreign minis
ters, but the Turkish foreign minister,
Nesslmy Bey, and the Turkish under
secretary. Hikmet Bey, who have ar
rived at Berlin on their way to the con
ference, whils, the Ruasiaaa have mbA
avowed policy and attitude of the
Shipping Board made a matter of open
public record.
By questioning witnesses Senator
McXary also wants to lay bar the
conditions which the Shipping Board,
up to this time, has been imposing
upon yards which have undertaKen to
contract with allied governments for
ships, such as th? reserved r.ght to
commandeer machinery of all such
ships at any time and the refusal to
grant foreign registry to ships built
for allied powers.
These conditions have made it im
possible for Pacific Coast yards to ar
ry out contracts with any of the allied
governments, even after being author
ized by the Shipping Board so to con
tract, and as these particular yards
have been able to get no contracts di
rect with the Shipping Board they are
held in idleness. This policy the Sena
tor condemns.
Wooden Ship Target.
Thirdly, Senator McXary says he will
get at the real attitude of the Shipping
Hoard with regard to wooden ships.
Publications appearing in Eastern pa
pers recently Indicate a desire on the
part of some Senators to use the Ship
ping Board investigation as an instru
ment for condemning wooden ships,
with a view to concentrating hereafter
on steel. There has never been a con
cise statement of the Board's attitude
toward wooden ships, and Senator Mc
Nary will nk for such a declaration
from the more Important witnesses who
testify.
Senator Chamberlain Is a member of
the commerce comlttee and will have
full privilege of participating: in the in
vestigation. Questions Are Set Forth.
The statement, issued on the eve of
the inquiry into the progress of the
Government's shipbuilding programme
by the Senate commerce committee,
which Is expected to inquire, among
other things, into reports that the
board unnecessarily had blocked con
struction for private - account, sets
forth:
"That the board will not encourage
construction of steel ships for private
account because of the necessity for de
voting all steel building resources of
the Government to the programme.
"That the board will encourage the
construction for American interests of
tugs and barges for use on the coast
and inland waterways.
"That the board has no Intention of
discouraging the construction of wood
en ships where their building- does
not Interfere with the Government pro
gramme. Where permission ' is given
for wooden construction preference
will be given to American owners.
Private Orders Discussed.
"The shipbuilding facilities of the
country having been largely increased
by the board within the last six
months," says the announcement, "it
will be the policy of the board here
after to devote Itself to the expansion
of these new yards and the old yards,
rather than to the creation of -any fur.
ther new yards unless It is found neces
sary to do so."
Proposals without number for the
building of ships for private account
havo been turned down by the board
on the ground that a large amount of
private construction would disrupt
la'oor conditions and interfere seriously
with the board's flow of materials to
yards engaged on Government work.
Many of the proposals come Irom rep
res;entat es of foreign governments.
Northwest Gale Sweeps Ireland.
- LONDON, Dec. 18. A northwest
gale, accompanied by snow and ex
treme cold, swept Queenstown Satur
day night, according to a delayed Cen
tral News dispatch from that Irish
port. Many persons were Injured in
the streets. St, Colman's Cathedral
was damaged. The police barracks
any many houses were unroofed. Giant
waves swept over vessels in the
harbor.
MONTE AS0L0NE CAPTURED
Invaders Anxious to Get Down From
Mountain Heights Before Win
ter Sets In Berlin Reports
9 0 00 Prisoners Taken.
ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTHERN ITALY, Wednesday, Dec.
19. (By the Associated Press.) The
situation in the northern fighting zone
has assumed a more serious aspect,
with the enemy's occupation of Monte
Asolone, whence there is a stretch of
hills between him and the level plain.
Monte Asolone is the last of the heights
In that section, with an altitude of
more than 4000 feet, and snowless ex
cept during a severe Winter. This re
maining stretch of hills is about seven
miles across, with Bassano four miles
further on.
The enemy's heavy guns already have
the range' beyond Bassano, which lies
on the Venetian plain near the en
trance to the Brenta Valley, and while
the city itself is not being shelled, oc
casional shells have fallen in the out
skirts and some have passed over the
city to the suburbs beyond.
Teutons Have Larse Force. -
The reports show that the enemy is
employing 17 divisions in his oper
ations between the Brenta and Piave
River. Of these, six are certainly and
nine probably German. Deserters who
ccme in say that the enemy troops de
clare they will be in the plain by the
holidays, as they are strong in their
desire to get down from the mountain
heights before the hardships of Winter
set in.
Five different attempts to cross the
old Piave near its mouth indicate that
the enemy is adopting the plan of
striking the two extremities of the line
with the purpose of bending one or the
other back on the center.
Hons Aim at Extremities.
The drive to Mount Asolone takes the
enemy line some distance south of the
Italian and allied positions on the
Upper Piave. The exact positions of
the British and French forces cannot
be stated, but, generally speaking, they
are not at the extremities and it ap
pears to be part of the enemy's cun
ning to strike at'the extremities, where
the Italians ar holding single-handed.
The place where the enemy gained a
foothold on the west bank of the old
Piave and was driven back to the
water's edge, is the nearest point he
has approached to Venice, but this is
not regarded as a serious menace to the
city, as the remaining stretch is s
marsh of lagoons and the occupied
point is within range of the warships
off the mouth of the river.
ROME, Dec 20. Complete repulse of
yesterday's attack by the Austro-Ger-man
forces which was delivered on the
Tasson-Col-Del-Orso front, between the
Brenta and the Piave, was announced
by the War Office today. The enemy
suffered heavy losses.
Enemy Attempts Frustrate.
New attempts by the enemy to cross
the Piave Vecchia were frustrated.
BERLIN, Dec 20. Repeated Italian
counter attacks against the positions
recently captured by the Austro-Ger-mans
on Monte Petlca were repulsed
yesterday, the German general staff an
nounced today. Since December 11 the
Teutons have taken nearly 9000 prison
ers in the fighting between the Brenta
and Piave rivers.
To Cure a Cold rn One Day
Take LAXATIVE! BROMO QUININE Tab
let. IruSKlta refund - loney If It falls to
cure. E. W. GROVE'S algnalurs la on aca
bo SOc Artv
Lincoln County Isolated.
NE P WORT, Or., Dec. 20. (Special.)
Railroad washouts between Elk City
and Smitt Isolated Lincoln County to
day, no mall or passenger service being
attempted. Telegraph wires also are
out of commission along the Corvfellis
& Eastern Railroad. Indications to
night are that the storm is over. Fifty
feet of the main pipeline emptying into
the reservoir was carried away, leav
ing Newport without water today. The
break was temporarily repaired.
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Main Floor
The Most Popular Xmas Center in Town
Our Bargain Hall Sixth Floor
at 19c
. Cut Glass Individaul
Salt and Pepper Shakers,
Bud Vases, Pottery Flow
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Hand. Painted Powder
Boxes and Hair Receiv
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Forks and Sugar Shells.
at 23c
Hand Painted China
Plates, Mahogany Bud
Vases, Pottery Candle
sticks, Pottery Ash Re
;eivers, Vases and Fern
Dishes in Wedge wood
Jesign.
at 29c
C hin a Bud
Vases, Pottery
Flower Bowls,
Mahogany Bud
Vases, Hand
Painted Plates and
of other
scores
gifts.
-at 39c
Hand Painted
Placques, 7 inches
long.
at 45c
Dainty Cut
Glass Han
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at 49 c
Bohem i a n
E n graved
and Gilt
Comports.
at 59c
Cut Glass Spoon
Trays, Cut Glass Han
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Jars, Pottery Bowls with
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graved and Gilt Bon Bon
Dishes.
at 69c
Imported Brass Can
dlesticks, Mahogany and
Glass Ash Receivers.
Three Compartment
Hand Painted Candy
Boxes in Bamboo and
China.
at 79.
Imported Brass Can
dlesticks, Hand Painted
Comb and Brush Trays.
-at 95c
Wood Nut Bowls
with Anvil and Wood
Hammer. 7-piece China
Berry Set, 7-piece
China Cake Set, Cut
Glass Sugar and Cream
Sets, Imported Bronze
Incense Burners.
EXTRA
SPECIAL
Thin China Dec
orated Tea Cup
' and Saucer
15.
Thin China
Hand Painted
Tea Cup
and Saucer
23.
Sixth Floor Tables In Front of Elevator.
A Sale of Xmas Georgette
BLOUSES Special $4.45
A new shipment just received and underpriced for Xmas giving!
They're just as dainty and attractive as can be; and, oh, wouldn't any
woman be pleased to have Kris Kringle leave one for her!
THERE ARE WHITE. FLESH. TAUPE.
NAVY. BROWN. PLUM AND BURGUNDY
BLOUSES SOME BEADED, SOME EM
BROIDERED IN CONTRASTING COLORS
AND SOME TRIMMED WITH HEM
STITCHINGALL VERY SMART!
VERY SPECIAL TODAY AT $4.45
Third Floor Llpman, Wolfe Sr Co.
A Wonderful Sale of
MIRRORS
SPECIAL AT
$3.98 $4.58
to $17.95
Some are handsome French gold frames
in the most artistic shapes, curved and dainty
bow-knot designs, and many have beautiful
colored pictures at top or top and bottom.
Both panel and oblong styles are included.
And, oh, what a merry Christmas morn
ing it will be for the lucky ones who receive
these charming mirrors for gifts! It will be
a happy face reflected in the mirror!
Picture Gallery, Sixth Floor.
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NEW SHIPMENT OF KHAKI WORSTED
For Knitting Soldiers' Sweaters $1.00 the Hank
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'WHERE YOU SPEND THE LEAST AND GET THE MOST FOR IT'
GREAT XMAS SALE
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Men s
Shirts
95c
A NEW SHIRT, always a practical, useful, acceptable gift!
And these are real beauties at a wonderfully low price!
Fine quality corded madras, fancy woven madras and Bedford
cord, as well as fine percales. They're made in soft cuff and
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greens, helio, purple, gray and other stripes.
ALL CRISP, NEW, FRESH
JUST DISPLAYED FOR THIS XMAS SALE
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v 98c to $6.50
You couldn't please the little fellow better than
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the older boys in uniform! There are Soldier, Cow
boy. Indian and Scout Play Suits. Priced from
98c to $6.50!
SIXTY BOYS' BATH ROBES
Special at $2.23
Sizes for the little fellows 4 to 10 years old.
Heavy blanket robes, made of end pieces of men's
robes. Special today at $2.23.
Fourth Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
The Children's Happyland, Has These Specials Today
BUZZ WAGON
Special $1.98
A sturdy little wagon that can
be run by "foot power" or pulled
by the tongue. The two front
wheels turn and there is a steering
wheel to guide them.
Teddy
the popular
barking
DOGS
in all sizes
10 c, 25c
and 50c
FOLDING GO-CARTS
Special 85c .
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Made with steel frame
and black or brown
leatherette. Special at
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j Examples of Great Xmas Savings Are in Effect Here
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