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.THtE OREGON .SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 18, 1917. LETTING DOWN OF POLITICAL BARS BY A. F. OF L. PLEASES Socialists' See Opportunity - to Double Strength, Though ' Gompers and His Friends See Little Significance. Birth of National Ubor Party Is Possible, View of Others : 'Seaman's Union Head ' Opposed Meeting Change. -Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 17. U. P.) Th American Federation of Labor's ".'new political plot which It got by voting" for It today, had already began to' seethe and babble tonight. Socialist delegate were In high gleo over official letting down of the non ; partisan bars they never have been . .'able to hurdle. They claimed that, . '.through th Influence they hope to . awing ta local and national organised . labor bodies under the new regime, 80 clallstla strength will be doubled . V throughout the nation Within a year. Friends of the so-called Gompers uWilson coalition hooted the Socialists' claim and declared that so long as the amicable understanding exists between ,;,ths present administration at Wash ington and President Gompers, Demo j cratlc control of congress and Demo cratic political ascendancy ts assured. Oompers Discounts Effect ''-, :' President Oompers himself declined to see any great political significance : In changing the date of the annual convention from post-electio.i days In ., November to pre-election days in June. "There always have been discussions ' ' In the ranks of the conventions, said Oompers, "but heretofore it has all been non-partisan discussion." . : There were those who saw evolving . frcm federation labor politics a na tional labor party such as there Is in England, with individual labor repre sentation In state and national leg's latlve bodies. The apostles of this creed. Who are principally Socialists in ' their own right,, foresaw a coalition on a "government ownership" platform of : the Socialists, the radical laborttes ' and the middle and northwest farmers, ruruseth Opposed Change : President Andrew J. Furuseth of the International Seamen's union, opposed the political date change. He had ear j ' Her In the day declared that the labor of the world ought to let labor and peace talk atone, "hoe its row and re fuse to hate." ' His fear 1 that letting down the ' political bara will send a deluge of ' pacifists and Socialist propaganda down upon the convention in June In . an attempt to embroil the federation in . Just the kind of strife it has sought to ut out , It la a foregone conclusion that be - fore the present convention ends, a '. week from today, the federation will have outlined a complete pro-war pro- UNDER. GERMAN FIRE ON VISIT. TO FRONT Representative Albert Johnson of Hoqulam, Wash., who was one of Are American congressmen to experience German shellfire on a recent visit to the Belgian front. PACIFIST-MER OF t. GONGRKSS IS NOW FOR -FIGHT TO THE FINISH Representative Dili of Wash ington Warlike After Visit to the Front. ' STILL IS OPPOSED TO WAR ; : ; Talks Wit Soldiers, aad Scene of Sac olatloa Left by Germans Change . Congressman's Tiw. HAIG DRIVES GERMANS NEAR OUTER EDGE OF PASSCHENDAELE RIDGE Germans Now Wold but Two Square" Miles High Ground i Local Attack Win s - London, Nov, 17.-(tf. RAbout jix: months . ago Represeatati-v . DUX iot Washington ' state, U. 8. A.. Voted against war. '. -':-:-r ' 1 , Today, completing a visit to the Brit lsh, French and Belgian fronts, he said: "I saw much to confirm me in ths re solve that wo must fight to the finish. "If I had it to do over again, I'd veto the same way." , "Impossible," the correspondent inter jected.' - ' v '., v - No," Dill resumed. "I voted In the light of my pledges to my constituents. "But the war is now a fact. A fur ther fact is that it's a Just war, as far as we allies ar concerned. .' j Soldiers Oonvince Kim tit must be! won,. This is my -conclu slon not as the result of conversations with BrltlSH" leaders," with President Poincare, Professor-Painlevs and other French statesmen, with that fine demo cratic-icing, Albert of Belgium (who, by the way, is apparently mors Interested in. suffrage than in any other American development, obviously considering its application to Belgium after the war), but in conversations which X have had with private soldiers and with civilians of the three countries. "I "I haven't changed ray opinion that war la a. most hateful business. "But I am equally, convinced America must : utilize every, resource - to stamp out -th military ; spirit forever. And that m only - possible through whole hearted participation. Attitude zs Tjrnderstooa 'Germany' campaign of abomina tions must not succeed. ! - "We American congressmen saw the ruins of Bapauxae, which the Germans evacuated, and in which they left bombs, , hidden away, and designed j to explode nine days after -the civilians London, Nov., 17. (TJ. P.)' Field Marshal llalg pushed successfully for ward again today, driving- the Ger mans still further; toward the outer most edge 'of Fasschendaele Ridge. His day report mentioned the fight ing as "a successful operation." Pre sumably It ' Was a concentrated local ; had re-occupied tho clts suae, earned out yesterday evening "This was one f the most damnable ru'" "l enemy possums- oi me : episodes la the history of warfare;" j It mam riage nonn or rasscnenaaeie, in- outclasses the infamy of poisoned wells, w'u i.ouBiy iuriiea xaiTn, wero of ruined trees ' of desolated villages. siorroea ana neia. west or -ass-; -u makes it possible for everyone chnIe other advances wer regis- ;to njer8tlknr tns Mo quarter attitude tered,by thoBrltish.- The Gorman- ao- of Arrtcan8 at the front-even If the tivtty has been mainly confined to jcHl,.,. f I .,-,.n w.o -1,11 -ii o... deliberate cutting of the throat Of one American victim la the German raid posi lions. ... . - . : had not m.A M r.AMiM 5 ronigni tne urittsn commander-m- , , r chief reported . coasolidation of - the j . t 1.1 rw ground captured la this "posh," men-; ft LL III DRAFT tiantnr ra.xar rrll trvn & m i j have received In- ease of other ana. ploytnecta .. . .1 . Registered men for the nrsi urns. ars permittedv if - they - so desirsv to , enlist in ths navy or marina corps. Permission to do this 1 granted, how;-e-rer, only la case the number -of th , man is mo far. down on tho order list that ha is not subject to call la. tho seoond draft. " - -. . ' " ' s v C. An cntirel-r new system or pnysi- cal examination is ordered, .whereby a man. Is examined not only by tne pny Sicans of the local board but by acn expert board of aeven specialists bo fore being finally accepted for or dis charged- from, military ty. M v atnlatloas Affect .an T. The provost marshal general's of fice. . km ben triven. . th assistance of the entire postal machimry of the country la tracing' down men wno have moved from their original Jurisdictions leaving 'no address oehlnd. ' General Crowder said today tnat 11 could not be mads too plain that the regulations affect every one of the registered men not at present m uni form of the United States. Every man not Included In , the 687,900 already drafted is required to answer the ques tions of the questionnaire anL sub ject to th new rules, which supercede all former rulings and regulations. All exemptions and discharges grant ed under the old rules are automatic ally cancelled and are waste paper so far as the government Is concerned. Credit f os Xnlistments Ths rules will become effective in part on November 20. They ara to go into effect as a wnoie on a oaie 10 00 set by the provost marshal general, which probably will be December 15. There will be no change In the meth od of determining quotas for call un der the new rules.. AH districts will be erivan credit in th determination of the quotas for men who voluntarily ealisted between June 39 anc a uw m be set in advance of the actual date of tho McAnd call To assist registrants In preparing questionnaires, legal , advisory boards thfit, mombM'a each will be attached n ..rh nr th local boards. Similar 1 t.unn boards will be cre ated, one for every few districts, head ed by a member of the surgeon gen- amVm rff fa. Th local boards for the first time are clothed with Judicial auuioniy au may call the assistance of the police, Tnlted States marsnaas ' a-"-"" serving machinery If necessary. B0LSHEVIK1 FACTION : WIELDS POWER IN RUSSIAN CAPITAL (OMUnoed Jftom Pe Onel any physical or moral, support to Oermaay - by declaring peace. The Maximalist and Nlcolal Lenine, pre mier, of th ; Bolaheviki - faction, have already been supposed to have started peace negotiations with the Teutonic powers, ' -v - . ienina Is reportedirady to hava mad a demand on th bankers of Petrograd for 10,000.000 rubles but th ' banker saw . him ; coming and promptly closed, and -barred - their door. Whatever the support Lenine may hav among the f soldiers and sailors, it Is still beUeved her that h is lacking the financial backing required for- him to prosecute any sort of administration or to mak any stand, against the Kerentky forces if the latter are properly coordinated, aa there' is etill some hopejn quar ters here that they may be. No idea of th scop of th reported Socialist control can be had here, but Ambas sador Francis' message makes It quit clear that th. revolutionists were without real organisation. , Bom of th aristocrats are reported to be Joining with the Soclajist regime, but faith is ami held hr in th power of the Cossack soldiers. Ksrensky, ac cording to unofficial sources. Is losing hla hold In districts outside of Moscow, but whether h will be able to bring these forces again under his power is something which th stats department is eagerly awaiting to learn from later dispatches, . - . Ambassador Francis' messages all cam together. They were dated No vember II. II and and parallel re ports of th safety of Americans In Petrograd and Moscow and - of th deaths of hundreds In the fighting. In cluding many women. a - Regarding the status of the sup posed Socialist regime, a high official said undoubtedly ther would hav to be some communication between th new Russia and this government, but that It had . been made quite "apparent that this government would not rec ognise the Socialist rule. Moreover, the thousands of people who would have deserted the United States to go back to "Pre Russia" will not be al lowed to return to this country., They went away, the greater part of them, without obtaining passports and tney will not be permitted to come back. Political Leaders Have Eyes on Paris :J Parts. Nov. 17t a. N. a) Specula tion Is rife today in th political world as- to tho probable strength of th cohesion which may be shown against ;3eorges Clemenceau's new ministry of th group of Socialists and radical Socialists. . Wall- Informed political leaders be lieve that It will be Impossible for the radical Socialists to set as a unit with' the Socialists and for this rea son Premier Clemencesu may- expect support rrom som otner source. Tank for Motor Bandit Chicago, Nov. 17. Motor bandits are flourishing to such an extent in Chicago that James L. Mooney, chief of detectives, has designed a sort of pocket edition "tank" to combat them. He will mount a machine gun on the hoods of police automobiles used In pursuing bandits. Italian Fighters; , Are Given Medals Xlaff Zmmaaual Howards Aviator aad 4' Infantry Officer for - Extraordinary j Talor.' i Washington, Nov. 17. (X. N. S.)t Two : Italian fighters, hav received gold medals directly from King -Victor - Emmanuel for valor in action during V th German invasion, official dls- : patches this afternoon revealed,- They -ar Lieutenant Ouiseppe. Castruccio, ' aviator, ana bituientni ADumo aniCO i. of the infantry. ' Castruccio was aboard aa airship disabled by the enemy's guns and was about to fall into the enemy's territory. He climbed over the gas bag and with great personal danger h remained hanging by th ropes for over an hour, causing the airship to land with- ' in the Italian lines. Lieutenant Panlco was awarded a medal for gallantry hear Selo. i AGE SUBJECT TO WAR DUTY (OberlWd Tivisr aireBJ'-, fe west and north of Paaschendaele." "East aad northeast .-of Tpres ther was consideraabl artillry1ng.v h- grsm and gone on record as standing added. "Southt ' Of ScarPSTlva High- solidly behind the government in Its land reeglments carried: out a -success-prosecution of the conflict. Jful -HMjttBlaiMhilnr..c,-, mesoluuoas Ars AaontA. iKHTili si1rtMIe,'; atVa.'flatast- Whether tne new political aimos-1 Zii..T.il rrZIK.-'': -,:r r, t wm SaiTecalJed. Thev will not :h ... . a . . 1 UX IfXllIULLIlT- LWU - BSSS laSBLrSB) - Ttl 1 IS S -WWT Tna ; ' . i - . . pnere win arroro .a ioopnoi.jjarge l, Xr but -will, . put Ion eoougn ror anyooe to.: ger xnrouga anu s--: Zr TlTZZ. vmmt work., UHer mtuxmr by Inch out of this ground-on? th : iCzif. Tii "'Sh1?1- only highland betweeen T Passheadalt1LV.y"?l and Bottlers, the baasic bolnt i lh the J Uerman , ubb or c-.miuiunt-attni . to the submarine bases on the Belgian I coast. . . seriously menace that stand and pro gram next June, remains to, be. seen. Meantime, th convention itself went ahead on Its program of resolutions, 1 adopting several important ones be fore adjourning until Monday morning. The only new resolution of general in terest was one proposing" th abolition of all private employment agencies and concentration of increased effi ciency of state and federal .agencies. This was referred to the executive 1 stopped an attempted enemev altars council. ' j tonight's official statement asserted. ' The resolution proposing ine, organ ization into unions or Mexican miners f . - - r.- - in the southern and western states was j UftD&rtniGnL StOrft adopted, giving the pan-American Fed- VM'J fAiaOlaU U U , ration of Labor -conference committee, of which Oompers is a member, full power -to act. This affects about 1,000,000 Mexican workers on United State aolU . French Stop-Attack Farts,' Nov; 17. U. P.) Northwest :..:"rf . "r" r nox of Altklrche French fir. eomnit-ff w: " as tney retam suf ftcent to, accomplish; th total x-. empuonv px a mas. " : r r: i -- . . Other fixtlistmeat Allowed '1 4. Men employed In the build! nr and fitting v of ships for ,th navy and' emergency neet corporation tarorjnot Kaiser Blames God For Italy's Break 'Amsterdam. Not. 17 (U. P.) Italr a "terrible collapse is Ood a Judgment," according -to Kaiser Wil helm.. Copies of the Cologne Gasette received her today quoted the kaiser as believing- the Deity had. gone with bis Oermanlo troops over Italy. "A. higher power must have partici pated in. tne Jiauan orrensive.-; ne i , Washington, Nov. 17TJ, p. Th was aeoiarta to nave mho. nis troop country s business interests were as at the Tarllamento river line, on the sured by Priority Director Lorett in a rormai statement today that non-essential Industries will not b eliminat ed wtthout reasonable notice and an opportunity to he heard. To Be Reorganized Chicago Nov. n.ltf. P. -Marshall Field A Co. 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