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TTTE OirrOOX TATTMAfi TIKSDAV. XJVKMIIFR20. 10 IK. tfe American Bed Cross in P VICTORY MEANS MUCH TO ITALY ; : IN MOUNTAINS Recapture of Trcntino Re J - ' moves Ever Lowering ri ;y ' Menace 5 r--Tv-'? -ri p GERMANS ARE AWKWARD mH J$JM r . U j, . ) i v I Use Blundering Tactics Dur ing Long Rule Over the Top of Peninsula By the time the armistice with . Austria went into i effect, Italian J troops had already pushed far north into the mountains of the Trentino. The" region west of the Adlge had fallen Into Italian hand., many Aus trian strongholds had beenl yielded up, and patrols were cieepdg along the river in the direction oi liolzano. In a word. Italia Irredenta was vir- j tually won back. When three o'clock struck on the afternoon of November 4, .the Italian army staff was in headquarters in the city of Trent. The recapture of this severed por tion of Italy means the achievement of a hope which has been cherished by the Ita'.Ian peple ever since the premature peace of 1866 left a num ber of Italian provinces under Aus trian domination. It also marks the culmination of one of the most ar duous undertakings ever attempted in modern warfare. Tnent, ati'rnunaea Dy mountains,-! a characteristic Italian ritv of 30.-! 000 inhabitants. The Trentino dis trict is occupied almost exclusively by Italians. Even the last official l . AUBiri&n census, cuiupiieu vj irn- I na, admitted that 370,000 of the 380,000 population were Italians. Tllva, on Lake Garda, and a doten other cities of the region have Ital ian populations and are full of ex amples of Italian architecture and art. And it is not only the cities that are Italian. The surrounding val ley and mountain slopes can scarce-- ly show one German for every thou sand inhabitants. ' It is one of the anomalies of his tory that such a province should have ' remained for over a centnry n.ider Austr'an rule, but it has been highly prized by the Hapsburgs be cause of Its military and strategic possibilities. Italy has bitterly re lented the exstence of this mountain ous wedge, barbed on all side with fortresses, projecting into the midst " of the Italian plains. As one Italian Journalist expressed it: "The pos- session of the Trentino for the Ger mans is like the holding of an enor mous foot-shod with mountains, up on the neck of Italy. 'Austria's sway has been Irksome mni. solely because she has menaced Italy In a military way, but also h which she has dealt with her Italian provinces. In some respects, (he dual monarchy has been, stupidly brutal; la others It has been rather adroit From IS 66 to 1917, the regions of the Trentino and the Julian veneto 4iave been carefully watched for evi dences of anything that seemed like the beginning of a revolution. Indi viduals suspected of being agitators were imprisoned, banished, or. in a number of cases, executed. Schools were Germanized, newspapers, books ana piays were censored In the strict est manner, and every expression of Italian allegiance was stifled. In addition to these blunderine ef forts to re-make the Italian provinces Into faithful German subjects, the YIenese authorities must be credited with a certain degree of cleverness in-stimulating Ill-feeling between some of the subject races. In order to. avoid the danger of any union ftmong then against Anstro-Hungar-tan rule. It is the old Hapsburg game of "divide and rule!" Austria is accused of having practised this poJUey extensively among the Jugo slav and Italian Irrldentists. Th result has been a wave of antagonism between the provincial Slavs and Italians who, by rights. o.ght to be allies and friends. The wisest lead ers among these peoples recognise the futility of bickerings about the Adriatic lands, but the distrust sown h largely by Austria will be hard to uproot. Italy's campaign in. tho war ha - ... oeen attenoea witn serious dlfrieul tietcThe exigencies of mountain war- . - -r - J . . .Is&fo m , iff iTO rain, felS W 1 1 Amtrtca'n Rad Cross haadeuartar In Jamialam, naar tha Jaffa gata. Scena ehetegraphed upon the occasion of tha formal opening of tha building. July Fourth. 2 General Allenty arriving for tha Fourth of July celebration of tha American Red Crosslin Jerusalem. Received Dy bo:onci rmicy. neao o ins Mmmn aion to Paleitino. Fleelna beforo the Turks, thle Syrian family owning Urge aetata aast of the Jordan, find camping place on the Mount of Olives. (Photo from American Red Cross.) 4 Orohan children. Syrians, Armenians. Jews and other nationalities, are cared for by tha Syrian and Palestine Relief Fund, assisted by the American Red Cross. In the Austrian Hospice building In Jerusalem. 5 when the children fled from Es-Salt. aast of the Jordan, to Jerusalem, their teachers followed them in their eailo and hero are few of them. (Photo fram American Red Cross.) s The Bishco of Jerusalem (central figure In white) who attended the formal opemng of the American Red Cross activities In Palestine, July Fourth. 7 Armenian refuaeea from far-away provinces in Asia Minor touna sne Jerusalem and were fed and clothed by the Syrian and Palestine Relii assisted by tha American Red Cross. s formal 2 rth. hotter In I lef fund, 2 Near the Jaffa gate In Jerusalem Ktan!4 the l;ealiuarters of the Am-rl-'-i!i lted Cris.s In Talcstlne. Terliajis j on -know, perliss Ju do cot know, that followiug the reclamation of I lie floly Land by the British troops un der the lealerliip of General Sir 1M mund Allenhy, the American I ted Cnss was early In liie fi I'l to carry with Its great Imitiuiiiiarinn activities The coininlssiciu bended by John II. Finley. state commissioner of elu-a-tion of New York, other membera le ' Ing K. St, John Ward, Major Waters and Major l-mtensteln. Heiieath n larin sun. . itli no boom ln of cannon; except Mint which came ooasion:il!y fi-om tlie front out touaiil Jericho. arriM the liHIs, the Americnti Red Cro firmally inaugurated Its work In I'altmtine and celebrated the National holiday on July Fourth. Ca blegrams, many dnys delayed, told of the celebration at the time, anil xmsv, after devious wamlerUigs en route, the account of the. affair in detail tins readied the national headquarters of the lied Crois In Washington. K C together with a group of Interesting picture, (some of which It would seem vvt-re liierally taken from an Illustrated elifion of the Holy Bible. The mission of the American Hed Cross to Talestine is tK-st es'plained briefly -Jn. the words of Colonel Finley on that memorable day In his address of welcome to General Allenby, the honored guest of the occasion, which in part was as follows: We have brjpht surgical and med ical supplies, nexdlcal, engineering, in dustrial and social skill, material for raiment and for the establishment of GL7 . .-r SWfcrV j F i--, l i , - v-; t-x I WJJ 'i. i-r' Industries, plows, water pipe, sanitary equipment and much else, that have temporarily congested your railroads, but will ultimately contribute, as we hope, to the rehabilitation of the land that has In many parts been iennltted to deteriorate till it seems that Isaiah's prophecy of destruction has come upon It." Allenby Welcomes American Red Cross. General Allentiy, In khukl and cover ed with dusi from his ride of twenty miles across the hills from general headquarters, was a powerful figure in t'.ie uisungusMiea nssenij.iae. A man with a determined face and with the kindliest ejes. he is just the tyje of commander the civilized world would wish to lead it in the recovery of Its Holy Ijiml. In replying to Colonel Fin ley'a welcome, he sitoke briefly, in port, as follows : "Much 1ms been done In Jerusalem since I entered here In company with the heads of the French and Italian de tachments on December 11, 1017. At that time the American Military At tache accompanied me, and 1 remetn lcr that he assured me of the very special Interest of America In the cap ture of Jerusalem and In the future development of the country. Though there were no American troops partici pating at that time, for America had not declared war on Turkey, yet 1 was assured that the heart of the American people would resiond with peculiar In terest to the apfeal of the new oppor tunities for the development of the Sacred Land. There Is Inevitable a certain amount of destruction In war. You have come to help set right the wrongs and to rebuild what imUnry force has destroyed, and It is for th!a work" that we particularly welcome' your co-operation.' 'I gltod to greet the Americans to Jerusalem and esj clally the members of the American Red Cros Commission to Palestine on this, their National holiday." Colossal Undertaking. Since the inauguration of the work on July Fourth, according to recent ca ble advices, the American Ketl Cross has extended Its territory of service to Include all of the occupied area binder the control of the British, of uldcti General Sir Arthur Money Is the mili tary governor. This means a colossal undertaking and one which It Is Impos sible to visualize at this ditunce. It means that la Jerusalem alone the American Bed Cross hospital, which, by the way. Is located in one of the spacious buildings of the Bi;ss:nn Coin jmund. Is filled to tts capacity, that tho bacteriological laboratory Is In full op eration and that a children's hospital of twenty beds has been opened. In addition to this two hundred patients are cared for dully at the clinic and GRAND MUFTI AND KADI OF JERUSALEM WELCOMES AMERICAN RED CROSS COMiUSSIOH TO PALESTUiZ about fifteen hundred Moslem, Jewish and Christian women alike In a large field of occupations, embracing spin ning, weaving, knitting, dressmaking. basketry, rug making, manufacture of mattresses and other bedding, lace work and embroidery. In Jaffa a sim ilar work Is being carried on. and at the Armenian camp at Port Said, where about seven thousand Armenians are assembled, the ItediCns is actively engaged In Industrial, educational and relief work. Co-operates With Zionist and Catholic Units. And the Commission has rot neg lected the vacant lots of Jerusalem. They have set the people to work cul tivating the vacant lots of the ancient city, much after the method employed by the Junior Bed Cross Membership in their war gardens, and oxen are be ing supplied on rental for plowing. Of course there Is the American Bed Cross Motor Service In Jerusalem, and practically every car Is employed In . t .inl. . I .1 1 : t II UII!tHJI uiifc uik ntruuiit-u i i:mmi- dlspensary, and ti.cdicnl scrviee U also cr from villages within motoring dis- . ALL CHILDREN LOVE given In various children's institutions. On. the crest of Mount Zion, sur rounded by a beautiful garden, an or phanage has Iteen established this U the girls' orphanage. A boys' orphan age has also been oict)cd. Including a small school for the blind. Approxi mately four hundred children are be ing looked after in these Institutions. Then there Is a day nursery, conducted along lines similar to those in America, for tho accommodation of children whoso mothers are employed during the day. For Busslan pUgrb.v women, strand ed In Jerusalem, the Bed Cro-s Indus- I liberal upport to well organized Catb- trlal department conducts two large oli: li'itntlotis. ; workrooms r.nd several village work-j A real Innovation In the life of Je shops. F.mplo meiu Is ghui to ris;!i':u has been the organization of lance of Jerusalem. Flans are under way to send the Mobile Medical Unit, together with social workers, to the Nablus district In ancient Schechetn, and another group of workers will be sent to Bs-Salt, leyond Jordan, to re- ' turn with five thousand refugee to whom the Bed Cross has been minis tering. The Commission Is working In close co-operation with the Zionist Unit, which Is ministering to the Jews, and is supirt!rig the Syria and 1'alestlne Belief orphanage which are raring for tlv tiiimlri,! finihnn If I fitssi "ivtfi Of all the interesting speeches that Lave tcn tHrrl te tU American Red Cross Commission to 1'alcstlne since the formal 'pe of the headquarters on July 4 last none has sun-aed that of the Oraad Mufti of the Mohammedan Community of Jerusalem ! j'islniDess of phraseology and Oriental charm, delivered at a rerptktw wbKfc be tendered the Commission at his home late In July. TUe ; U ta3 follows: Your Excellency, the Fres'.dent. and Members or the Americas) Red Cross Committee: Cod has created men varying la character ss much as they vary in appearance Some are wicked, others good; some are plou. others Impious ; some cr mischievous, others well-doerm. Those to whom he wa well disputed be made do good; thoee pre ordained to do evil, do eviL This Is the law of Cod In this ercaUoo. and no one can change Il!s decrees. No one can dispute the fart known to Cod and cmflnrwd ty yor noble history. Oh, cltlxcns of America, that out tf cuu;-rf sad charity He created you to do good to humanity and has, through jou, always accomplished good work, keeping jou Innocent of all eH duing. Joy and gladness to you and may Cod b pralr! who slwwrra good on those He desires. N one can wuoder at this when joo are the Children of so generous a Mother, the great nation. I mean Ores I Britain with her glorious past and exalted g'ory. When gold Is found In a gold mrae no ote wonders. When things are found where Nature Las placed the.n, again no one womb-ra. A cup can only yield what It contains. Su?n cubs can only be the off spring of such Bona Your good works cannot be counted: that yon stndd extend your arm from beyond the seas to grasp the band of tlt Mtt.rr. full of lot and compassion, for one reason only, to further the cause of it op pressed and to turn atide with blows the hr.nd ef the erf rr' r in this bloody and fearful war. the l.ke of which r.mn has ner " lfre and. by God's w Dismay never see again, such glory and honor before God and man will sufT.ce. To extend a helping hand to the children of Syria and Paleattne In your native land, America, wa not eno.:gh. but yo nave crossed the sea and desert and undergone the bsr-l-liij-s of this present time te succor the poor and hoiodi-iitwt and orphan of all rate.ln and, more especially, of the Holy City, the City of Prophets of God. where we are all now united. On behalf of these In general, and o V.lrmi in particular. I bum tncet.se on the altar of gratlttsde and pray the grcal Gl to snake joe a good reward, defend yoa frcin ccry !. make your t-ticolut un dertaking successful and hasten the days of peace wl.i.h we all awsll Impatiently. I c!oe by praying for Id Majesty. King Oeors and Id nation. fr the President of the United States. Mr. Wi;..n. and b:s countrytaeu, and for all those who love gd and peace. Amen. on advisory Belief Council, with rep rcsentatlves of all relief organisation Wi tlie Jerusalem tone represent.!, ni.d n tiit-inlter of the American Bed Cru J Cimmi.siiii as thairman. Many other service ore In oj-m-tl. and In hit nn-ently cnl !! r-irt Colonel FinUy states that he I" -p eiioll.ef A:oern-nn Be.1 l'n. nait faC t'jlesiine will le sit.t !.riieL for the fif-d of sucji Is i:re tl nn tUtuSled hy tin r-o ry f ile nd-h-! area. "It Is !l e t-f way to gi e nppi to the AV !i-s in t'.f ir i-:. rf ,tl u-l aa-leC 'ot-ir.ll AMet.'-y," he j;s In oncla- ; VSYRUP OF FIGS" FOR - " LIVER AND BOWELS no n- -- . liivo (t when feverish, cross, bilious, ! for -baa tireaih or sour stomach. hook at the tonaue. Mother! If coated, it Is a sure sign that your Uttle ono'a stomach. 1 ver and how els need a gentle, thorough cleansing , at once- Whon peevish, cross, listless, pale oehn i sleep, doesn t eat or act nat nrally. or Is feeverish stomach nour breath bad:- has stomach ache, sore throat, diarrhoert. full of cold, rive a fraopoonful of "California Syrup of Fi,?s." and in a Tew hours all the foul .constipated waste, undtzested fool and sour bile gently moves out tf Hs little liowel without Kriping. and you have a well, playful child rgam ' You needn't coax sick children to t:iko this harmless "fruit laxative' they love its delicious taste, and it always makes them feel snlendid. Ak your. druggist for a bottle of '.'California Syrup of Figs," which tiaa -'iHreetiona (or hatilx lillrlrii of all aeu and for grown-ups plainly rn1he bottle. Beware of eounter ' fetts sold here. To be sure you get the genuine, ask to see that it is niado by "California Fig Syrup Com p;ny Refuse any other kind with coutvuipt: . fare have forced the Italian t-oops t I contend not only against superior Austrian forces higher up in the hills ! but also against rock precipices, ice' slopes and freezing weather. In three I years of continuous, obscure, hand- '. to-hand righting all along a chain i of forbiddingly rugged mountains oc. ' cupled even to the loftiest peaks, thel Italians took from the enemy 4.489 officers and 169,836 private soldiers. Some idea of the engineering feats involved can be gleaned from the fact that it was necessary to build l.ri0 kilometers of entirely tew traf fic road and to swing 1,500 kilome ters of telepheric cables from cliff to cliff, for the transportation of troops and supplies. The problem of roan-power has been acute. From tho beginning of the war,1 Italy has called to arms a little less than 5. 500.000 men and has suffered a loss of 1.500.000. In the recent fighting on the Austrian front Italy has had at her disposal only 54 divisions with which to op pose 70 divisions of th.i eremy. t is also said that the forces sent by Italy Into France, Albania, Macedon ia, and Palestine have been greater than the combined forces sent into Italy by the Allies. Until the con clusion of the. Austrian armistice, there was not a single existing divi sion of Italian troop which was not active in some one of the theaters of war. la the matter ft Industries and natural resources, Italy was not welljpvrn 'once again. The ftal'an flar prepared to enter the war. She lack- . which floats over the newly won ed coal, for example. In spite of j Trentino will be hailed with the great laese various nanaicaps, Italy has I :t : s ....... ri v... ,.,u,.u. fnrt, -. v., . 'they have always been thorouhgly . bad breath or other condition au'd wg!i fi.i- C!t Tn I Itallan "Peech. traditions, and Pa-. by flowed digestion, a Foley fa- ner bravest flentine men hit Wn . , ., V . . ... ----- a .iriniigm. Tlurllf l:il.:r win p ta i.rfiliint r,-- i j lief. It is a gentle, wholesome. thr- wy . ioughly tleanfirg physic that Uave Anaal tCOlball Lame n ba.l afl r-cff. cts. J. C. Perry. In't Invite m Cold or the Grip. ' If you feel "stuffed up." bloated. ' bilious 'hmeiiid or have slrk head-! est satlafr.ction by the population, for : s he. s'ur FtonuKh, routed tongue. soldiers from the unredeemed prov inces of the Austrian Tyrol. The re occupation or these lands merely means that Italy has got back to her EAT ONE TABLET AND . INDIGESTION WILL GO aK's l)iacpiiii instantly a distressed. npet stomach. relieves Lumps of undigested food pain. When your stoinarh gassy, sour, or you heartburn, here is no waiting! causing Is Held, have flatuetxe, instant relief P7 f-wm rA rm $ Cifilrlnn 1 l.IIU Ul UilVCIIVII, ... ... . . siiAKUTwv. or. Nov: 2 .-(.spec-l W or Work Requirements Just as HKn as you eat u tabht or two of Pane' l)j;n iiiii nil llii lv. pepsia, IndiKipn and stomuch dis- Putnam, full inrk. tress en'is. I nese pleasant, harmless tablets of Pape'a I)iaiepsin never fail to make nick, upset stomachs feel fino at once, and they cost very little at drug stores. iiil to The Statesman The Silver- ton high school .boy and the high fthool alumni bo are planning for j their annual lord hall game. It bus been the custom for a number oi ' year. to p!ay this game on tho after noon of Thanksgiving: dav. In sDite if the fart that ncurlv all of the old r',r'' . . i. . ... ' r eiitoti oo-oau rs an: in me army or 'rn ab to play th- iiliimni boys intend to .cent the hg!i schol challenT. I and play the game. The prs;dhlr lln-nn tor th'.o-hiiM sho i'ys will be: guards. Ilarvy Jack and Clarence S-bn .enter, (iuincy l:ivis: tackles. Victor Mads n and tJnil Jones; ends. Milton Knanf and Alvin Are Met by Polk County i DALLAS. Nov. 1. t Sp rial to The statesman I - Polk county has 1 again gone over the ton in tb n-iiie 1 war wrk cainpiieii just ended ac cording to a report lued bv II. I. county (hairman for the diie. Polk's iiota was I.7"mi ami the rnite iiiooiint with Mme to .ptre was coiitributed by the loyal iitixens f the county. The school children I'd their share in the lainLiirn. the Falls Ciy school being the fiit to raise its n'lota of $Loi.o. The oio ta for the h.ill.is high school was t-ey rT - f inereuowwnovc 1 7' vi arpTea wurv Jim the other night ran up against the shock of his life. fC5si r: I '4 W 1 e-. -V Jim knows tobacco. And before he got through, Jim made the fellow admit that Real Gravely tastes better and gives a satis faction you can't get out of ordinary tobacco. A small chew of Gravely lasts so much longer that it costs nothin&extra to chew this class of tobacco. e a tl face fmrtkrrlket't e- rmm frt the fi Ittf tU feiiarcc truhtmS txtr ntt. i 1 1. L. .. . t. . .t . . .. - ..... . , i oni iMM'-ie i ne en-l 01 incriin- llobard: halves. Alfrc4 Jensen and- i .i . . . .. . . . . ....... ' . . . . ... MUKI1 lilt- rilIM-llh II. I U a I'M.U Wilbi-pi r-andel; (iiai l rlta k. Homer J(. Nicolai Nel?nn. Tliese bova ari scattered somewhat but it Is thought possible to get them together as most of them are attend ing collegn and will le home for the Tliankssiviuj vacation. hi Speaking of the famine abroad t'ernuny. could the people mor there, using the irrnanilar of tail way employes. m refer led to us a "htrins of empties:" PEYTON BRAND Real Gravely Chewing Plug each piece packed in 3 pouch STATESMAN CLASSIFIED ADS-ONE CENT A WORD