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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1918. QUEST FOR ERMINE FOOLS WISEACRES I Attitude of Candidates for ; Supreme Bench Not Wholly Known. : KAVANAUGH IS UNDECIDED Statchoase GoMip Says Olson and adgc Knimln Will Not Ro Kelly to Dale I the Only Avowed Candidate. . SALEM. Or, Feb. St (Special.) In- ' formation received here through a re liable source la to the effect that State . Senator Conrad P. Olson, of Portland. . and Judge J. W. Knowlea, of La Grande. will not be randldatea for the Supreme Bench, althouch their namea have been mentioned prominently In this connec tion. Both Senator Olson and Judae Knowles. It la understood, hare defl : nltelr expressed themselves aa bavins; decided not to become randldatea Judge John P. Kavanauab. of Portland. the same source of Information states. Is still undecided aa to what he will do " and has so expressed himself, althouch he is understood to have a leaning to ward staylns; out of the race Just at this time. Judae rrrcr H. Kelly, of Albany, has . formally launched his candidacy. Jus- tice Wallace McCamant. the Incumbent ' whose successor Is to be elected, will not be a candidate for re-election and the question now simmers down as to how much opposition there will de velop for the place. Allaran Bailee Awalta CalL Assistant Attorney - General J. O. Bailey, of Portland, would have no ob jection to donning the ermine, but It is pretty generally understood around the Capitol now that If he aspires to ; any Judicial office at all It will be to one of the vacant Circuit Judgeships In Portland. It la barely possible that Senator Ol t son may have some such candidacy In view. The fact that he haa re . nounced his Intention to become a - candidate for the Supreme Bench. If . Information received here Is correct. makes It appear doubtful whether he I would accept the appointment for that t place should Justice McCamant resign before his term expires. It haa been . suggested here that Senator Olson may ' be a possibility for an appointment to ' the Circuit Bench in Portland. Jaeae Uaateaaelsi Xet C'aadleate. Judge Gantenbeln haa definitely stated that he will not try for the Supreme bench, his military duties excluding him as a possible contender, and he prob- ably will be compelled to resign from the Circuit bench la the near future be- . cause of an expected call to the colors. OOTtrnor Vtlthycombe haa stated h ' will appoint Judge Llttlefleld to (Til . Judge Gantenbeln'a place. If Judge Lit tleneld wishes to accept. But Judge , Llttlefleld recently announced his In tentlon of not being a candidate for the Circuit Judgeship, and with that announcement In view It la considered ; a possibility that he would not accept another appointment for the short Interim which would elapse between his appointment and Ita expiration. If he does not accept the appoint Tnent. following Judge Gantenbeln'a re election, politicians see a chance for Senator Olson being placed on the Cir cuit bench, and if he accepted he no doubt would be an aspirant for re election. Just how far this consider- ation weigh In Senator Olson's de cialon not to take a chance at the Su preme bench opening Is not known, but speculative wisdom here sixes the aitu- . atton up In about that manner. All of the namea prominently men tioned aa candtdatea for Justice Mc I'amant's place seem to be covered so far and apparently the only possible - opposition Judge Kelly will have In 1 sight from the present viewpoint la that of Judge Kavanaugh and It Is not ; at all certain that he will get Into the race. for Dvlnsk on Wednesday, no news has been received from them, says announcement made by the commit .artes. as forwarded In a Reuter dis patch from Petrograd. The announce ment adds: "It seems that the German govern ment Is putting off Its reply and evi dently Is refusing peace and carrying out the wishes of the capitalists of all countries." A dispatch received via Amsterdam last night said the Russian written confirmation of the acceptance of the German peace terms had passed the German lines. PETROGRAD. Thursday. Feb. II. In a proclamation announcing that they had agreed to sign German peace terms, the Peoples' Commissaries declare they are firmly convinced that the -German working classes will not permit the Russian revolution to be crushed by the militarists. Appeal la made to local councils to Increase efforts to reor ganise the Russian army. The procla matlon. which Is addressed to Russian workmen and peasants, says: "We agreed to sign peace terms at the cost of enormous concessions In order to save the country from final exhaustion and the ruin of the revo lutton. "Once more the German working class. In this threatening hour, has showed Itself Insufficiently determined to stay the strong criminal hand of Us own militarism. We had no other choice but accept the conditions of German Imperialism until a revolution changes or cancels them. "The (-re r man government la not hastening to reply to us. evidently aim ing to seise aa many Important post tlons In our territory as possible. The enemy has occupied Dvlnsk. Warder and Lutsk and Is continuing to stran gle by hunger the most Important cen ters of the revolution. We even now are convinced firmly that the German working classes will rise against the attempts of the ruling classes to stifle the revolution, but we cannot predict with certainty when this will occur. The German imperialists may hesitate at nothing for the pur pose of destroying the authority of the councils and taking the land from the peasants. The commissaries call on all loyal councils and army organisations to use all efforts to recreate the army. Per verted elements of hooligans, maraud ers and cowards should be excelled from the ranks and. In the eventa of resistance, wiped off the face of the earth. "The bourgeoisie, who. under Keren- sky and the Cxar. evaded the burden of war and profited from Its misfortunes." says the proclamation, "must be made to fulfill their duties by the most de cisive and merciless measures." PEACE XEGOTIATIO.VS DELAYED Von Kurhlmann Too Busy at Prrs- e cnt With Kou mania. AMSTERDAM, Feb. 2!. A Russian courier with the peace proposals of the Kussian government haa arrived in Berlin, according to advices received here. The Korddeutsche Allgemeine Zeltung. the German semi-official or gan, aays the reopening of the nego (tauons witn the Kusslana cannot be expected for some time. Dr. von Kuehlmann. the German For eign Secretary, aays the newspapers, will employ the interval in conducting negotiatlona with Roumania. for which purpose he left for Bucharest Thurs day. The Roumanian delegation al ready baa arrived there. JERICHO CAPTURED BY BRITISH ARMY way an English outpost was taken by surprise and captured. "Iuring the last three days 24 enemy airplanes and two captive balloons have been brought down in aerial fighting or by gunfire." Bugles, Not Ram Horns, Blow This Time in City Once Taken by Joshua. ANZACS FIRST TO ENTER ; RUSSIA CALLED TO ARMS . wn'InuM From First Fag. , beyond Ronneburg. Wolmar and Span dan. Our troops marched Into Rleahitss. , amid the rejoicings of the'lnhabltanta. Thence they pushed on to Leuztn. -Minsk has been occupied. "Army group of General von Llnsln- , gen Progress has been made In assisting- Ukraine la her struggle for free dom. At Novograd-Volhynakl we came Into touch with Ukrainian detachments and other columna marching onDubno." AMSTERDAM. Feb. 22 Emperor William, according to the Frankfurter Zeltung. replied to a message from the Luback Senate appealing to him to . help the Eathonlana aa follows: "Four words have found a lively ' echo In my heart. The despairing cry ui Diiirtu wnicn ' nr wnnrm nrr.ntT. ' reaching our ears from the Baltic coun try, shall not go unheard. Effective measures must be taken to safeguard 'the tortured population from the burn ing and plundering of robber hordea and end the state of complete lawlessness." r.ERMA-V SINCERITY DOUBTED Omun Government Delay An awer to Peace Communication. LONDON. Feb. 22. Although the delegates sent by the Russian com missioners tq Inform the Germane offi cially of Russia's capitulation departed GETTING TOO FAT? . TRY THIS REDUCE People who don"t grow too fat are the fortunate exception. But If you find the fat accumulating or already cum bersome, you will be wise to follow this suggestion, which Is endorsed by luuuuiima vi propiv wno Know. Ask your druggist (or If you prefer write to ine Marmoia o.. woodward Ave. Ifetrolt. Allen.) for a large case of Marmoia Prescription Tablets. 7 So Is i ne price ine woria over, ny doing this ou will be safe from harmful drugs and be able to reduce two, three or lour pounds a week without dieting or PETROGRAD. Feb. 22. An official statement. Issued today, says: "The Russian parliamentary messen gers started In a motor car from Rle shltsa for Dvlnsk. but near the station at Antonopol were met by a German automobile armed with machine guns. "The Russian motor car was allowed to pass, but the parliamentary repre sentative and the commissioner of the Fifth army were detained and brought back to Rieshltsa In the German auto mobile." Rieshitsa la about 100 miles south east of Riga and about SO miles from Dvlnsk. Antonopol is a village about 29 mllea from Jtleshltsa. It is pre sumed that tha parliamentary messen gers were carrying the formal accept ance of the German peace terms to General Hoffman, who la somewhere along the Russian front. BERLIN. Feb. 22. via Amsterdam. The main committee of the Reichstag today adopted the peace treaty between Germany and the Ukraine. DEFENSE TO DEATH ORDERED Arrival of Allied Troops at Famous Point In Holy Land Important From Sentimental Standpoint Rather Than Significant. V LONDON. Feb. 22. The British have raptured Jericho In Palestine, the War Office reports. The city was entered by Australian troops yesterday. Little opposition was encountered. Subsequently the Aus tralians established themselves on the line of the Jordan -and the Wadi-Auja. The text of the communication fol lows: "Yesterday morning, after an une ventful night, our forces operating east of Jerusalem resumed their advance to ward Jericho. Little opposition was encountered and at 9:20 A. M. Aus traltan mounted troops entered the vil laae. subseauently . establishing them selves on the line of the Jordan and the Wadl Aula. "The weather contlnuea bad, with mist and heavy rain. "Our casualties In the fighting Wednesday again were alight. Korty- slx Turkish prisoners were taken be tween Tuesday and Thursday. Advanced Positions Secured. ' "North and west of Jerusalem our ad vanced positions were slightly extended and secured. Since the capture of Jerusalem, the British have been pushing ahead steadily, striking out to the north and easL Apparently the Turks have of fered no determined resistance .to tha rapid British advanoe. Aside from its historical Importance, in connection with the British plan to free the holy land from the domina tion of the Turks, the capture of Jeri cho Is of little significance. - It con sists merely of a group of squalid hovels and a few shops, with about 300 inhabitants. Jordan Valley Dominated. Its chief strategic value lies in the fact that it gives the British domina tion of the Valley of the Jordan, and also control of a network of highways radiating from the town. A further advance eastward of 25 miles, however, would take the British to the railway from Damascus to Mec ca, which would cut off the Turks' line of , communication with Arabia and greatly assist the revolting Arab tribes which are co-operating with the British. BoLehevIk Proclamation Takes Cog' nixance of Grave Peril. LONDON. Feb. 22 "Defense to the death" against Russia Is ordered In the proclamation of the Russian Commit series, Reuter'a Petrograd correspond ent telegraphs. The commlssarlea an peal to the soldiers to destroy railways and provisions and compel the Bour geoisie to dig trenches under penalty of aeatn. The Commissaries' appeal to the country also Intimates that the Ger mans plan the capture of Petrograd. The Germans." it say a "desire to establish their own order In Petrograd ana bjev. The republic Is In the grav est danger. The duty of Russian work men and peasanta Is defense to th death of the republic against the masses of bourgeoisie and imperialists of Germany. " An Lachange Telegraph dispatch from Petrograd says the evacuation of Finland baa been ordered by the com missaries. In the appeal for reorganisation of a defense of the revolution against Germany, the Council of Commissaries aays: 'The Socialist Fatherland la In dan ger. In order to save the country In ita exhaustion from further trials of war we resigned -wureelves to making mmense sacrifices, our delegatea on February 20 left Regttsky for Dvlnsk. but up to the present no news has been received from them." After stating that It la the duty of workmen and peasanta to defend the republic to the death, the appeal con tinues: "German militarism wishes to smoth er the working clasaea and the Ukrain ian inasaea. to give back the land to the land owners, factories and work shops to tha bankers and power to a monarchy. ELL-AIMS Absolutely Removes Indigestion.. Druggists .refund money if it fails. 25c Itching Rashes Soothed With Cuticura W 23e. Oiataseal 2S mm4 80. ENGLAND'S POWER LAUDED British Consul-General Says John Bull Could Win War Alone. CHICAGO. Feb. 22. England alone can keep Germany's forces Impotent. Horace . Nugent. British Consul General to Chicago, said today, in ad dressing a Daughters of the American Revolution convention. "Even if every one of England's allies for some reason "ihould desert her or become helpless. England would keep on fighting and alone could keep the German hordes impotent," he said. Rer. T. C. Illff III. DENVER. Colo, Feb. 21 The Rev. T. C Illff. widely known -throughout the United Etatea for hla work In home missionary and other church work of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Is re ported critically 111 today at St. Luke's Hospital. He is not expected to recover. Biblical Story Recalled. Jericho Is near the northern ex tremity of the Dead Sea, 14 miles north east of Jerusalem. The ancient Jeri cho, which was situated to the west of the modern Jericho, was a town of con siderable slse.lt was the first Cana anlte city to be reduced by Joshua and the Israelites who, the Biblical story relates, encompassed ita destruction by the blowing of trumpets. LONDON, Feb. 22. With the capture of Jericho, General Allenby has made another stride forward in his task of clearing Palestine of the Turks. - The tracks and road a which pass over a great concrete bridge that the Ger mans had built across the Jordan since the war began and convenient fords make it an important military base, the capture' of which gives the British another road leading northward to the Turkish base at Nablus. In addition, the city controls the road to the coast and the direct mountain highway from Jerusalem. The Turks also are deprived of an Important road running behind their front that enabled them to send troops to threatened sec tors and It Is even possible that the Turkish forces have been completely separated. ALLIES BOMBARD IXXSBRCCK ENTIRE WEST FRONT ACTIVE t Heavy Artillery Fighting Reported in Official French Advices. PARIS, Feb. 22. Heavy artillery fighting on the whole front Is reported in today's official announcement. The statement follows: "Heavy artillery fighting occurred along the whole front, especially in the regions of the forest of Plnon, Chev reux and the California Plateau (Aisne front), Butte de "Mesnil (Champagne front), and Hartmanna-Weilerkopf (Al sace)." CITT LIVES IN NAME ONLY Visitor Finds Only Small Hotel and Tents of Bedouins. "There is today no Jericho unless one might call the hotel and tents of the Bedouins a city," said Dr. John H. Boyd, of the First Presbyterian Church, who made a trip to the Holy Land. "The hotel, built to 'accommodate tourists, has probably 40 or 50 rooms. As Jericho is only 18 miles from Jeru salem the traveler is content to make the trip to the site of the old city and more content to get back to Jerusalem. "The news dispatches lead one to be lieve the British right flank just dropped down on the site where the famous old city once was. The site is 1200 feet below the Mediterranean Sea and no one but the Bedouin in his no madia life could or would live there. "The old city of Jericho now is really represented by the village of Erlha and lies near the north extremity of the Dead Sea. The encyclopedias give the village as situated 14 miles east northeast of Jerusalem." HAWAIIANS T0FIGHT H. C. L. Chamber of Commerce Organized of Native Islander Business Men. HONOLULU. T. H.. Feb. 11. (Spe cial.) Business men of Honolulu of Hawaiian birth have organized a Ha wallans' Chamber of Commerce, with the avowed purpose of attempting to lower the high cost of living. Mayor J. J. Fern, of Honolulu, who is a Ha waiian, has been named the chairman and other prominent Hawaiians are on the executive committee. The newly organized society will undertake, first of all, to reduce the present high cost of "pol," which Is a Hawaiian food made from taro plants, the growing of which is now entirely In the hands of Chinese. The Hawaiians claim that the Chi nese have formed a trust and boosted the price of "pol." The next project of the chamber will be to reduce the high cost of fish. In general its programme s to bring the high cost of living down to a pre-war basis. Co-operation Is Urged. DES MOINES. Ia.. Feb. 22. Co-op eration with the Government in the sale of war savings stamps was urged In telegrams sent today by A. O. Hauge, of Des Moines, treasurer of the Luth eran Brotherhood of America, to state chairmen of the organisation in 45 states. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. The Best School Shoes for Boys and Girls Are Here Most Moderately Priced Boys' Shoes In sizes 9 to 13 at 1.98. at q Pf f S2.48and 3O.OU In sizes 1 to 5y2 at $2.9S, at Ai ha $3.50 and JfhiDU Both button and blucher lace styles in English last. They are extra well sewed throughout and made with good heavy soles. 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Five entente allied airmen, flying- over the Julian Alps Wednesday afternoon, found that the town of Innsbruck, Austrian Tyrol, was not protected by anti-aircraft runs. The airmen thereupon swooped down to within 300 yards of the ground, picked out targets and copi ously bombed them. Including; the rail road station, barracks and two ne munition factories. Soldiers and civilians were surprised and, Delna; unaccustomed to an air at tack, rushed into the streets and many were killed. The German Consulate was hit and trains loaded with soldiers on their way to the Trentlno front were at tacked by machine guns from a low altitude. WASHINGTON. Feb. 22 Official dis patches from Rome today interpret the recent closing- of the Swiss frontier by Austria to indicate troop jeiovementg to the Italian frontier in preparation for a renewed offensive. . LONDON, Feb. 22. A British official communication dealing- with the oper ations of the British forces in Italy, Issued this evening-, aays: In Italy during the past week sue ceasful raids have been made across the Plave and prisoners captured. There Is successful counter battery work dally. "Our airplanes have made several successful bombing raids apd destroyed an enemy dirigible shed. Theenemy continues to bomb back areas and towns when the weather permits. Two of his machines were destroyed re cently In returning. 'Sine the British arrived here our flying corps has destroyed E8 hostile machines, principally German, while we have lost eight. Many other hostile machines have been downed out of con trol." . ROME, Feb. 22. The following of ficial communication was Issued by the War Office today: . "There have been artillery duels of Ismail intensity from St. Elvlo to the Kl.tiii Tha firing was mnra lnt,nu on soma other parts of the front. 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