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Newspaper Page TextflLD HAPPENINGS : IF CURRENT WEEK Brief .Resume Most Important Daily News Items. - COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Governments J end Pacific Northwest and Other Things Worth Knowing. , Thomas B. Love, of Dallas, Tex., Has been nominated to be assistant sec retary of the Treasury to fill one of he new offices created for the war. i j Petrograd newspapers report that phinese troops have arrived at Harbin, Manchuria, to protect Chinese inter--sts, according to the Berlingske Tidende. j Interruption of interstate railway ervice' by labor disputes has been al nost negligible since the Federal ,5oard of Mediation and Conciliation vas organized four years ago, says a eport of the board presented to the president. I By unanimous consent the house ;-greed to consider on Monday the con jtitutional amendment for nation-wide irohibition, which already has been ..assed by the senate. The judiciary 'ommittee favorably reported the '.mendment. r. ' 1 The marriage in Berlin Monday of ' ,3ount Christian Gunther von Bern 1 1 torff, son of the former ambassador to he United States, and Mrs. Margarite ivian Burton Thomason, of Burl 1 "ngton, N. J., is reported by the Ber 1 :n newspapers. i j Regulations regulating display ad t t ertising have failed to conserve the . mount of fuel hoped for by the fuel i dnimistration and a plan is Under con I ideration to stop all outdoor lighting, I ave street lights, at least three ' ights a week. i The Rev. Dr. E. P. Ryland, a dis Ijrict superintendent of the Methodist episcopal church at Los Angeles, will : e, removed from his post next Monday vnd assigned to some other duty be . ause of his unwillingness to support ie church's patriotic attitude. .' Rome dispatches Tuesday, confirm ' ' ig earlier reports of a lull after the i erce fighting in which the Teutons 'ailed to break through the Italian nes, says the Austro-German com lander sacrificed hundreds of thou- mis of his best men without improv . , lg hi3 position. With below zero weather prevailing, ' e coal shortage was so acute in Ohio uesday that Governor James M. Cox slegraphed Dr. Harry Garfield, fed- ral fuel administrator, at Washing t n, that unless Ohio people get imme late relief, they will "lose confidence j i the government." ; j A general inquiry into the opera r'ons of the war department in arming . id equipping the American forces as decided upon Tuesday by the sen- tary Baker - and other department i ';ads will be called to explain various matures of war activities. i J. A. McHugh a rancher of Auburn, i "ash., and his son, John E. McHugh, Imvicted in the federal court of con piracy to violate the selective draft w by making false affidavits sup ,rting the son's claim for exemption, ere sentenced late Tuesday. The ' ther was given six months in the 'iunty jail and fined $500. The son, ')W at Camp Lewis cantonment, was ,'ied $50. ;"East Africa has been completely I eared of the enemy." This announce ment was made by England Wednes ,iy. jTo prevent bootleggers from operat g among the soldiers stationed at touston, Texas, the city council has ',issed an ordinance putting out of ,isiness aDOUi zzo ueer saioons anu I 'tween 5U ana tu saloons wnere wnis : v and other liquors were sold. The 1,-iw ordinance becomes effective Janu ,'y 1 and applies to all places where ; -toxicating liquors are sold, except in 'i 'e business district. .. 'i 1 Nearly 9,500,000 acres of winter leat was sown in Kansas this fall ac 'rdingto an estimate made public ' ednesday by the State Board of Ag- culture. I .! Vladimir Schneur, one of the repre sentatives of the Bolsheviki in the ace negotiations at Brest-Li to vsk, ' (is arrested at Petrograd a fortnight i fore the revolution of last March, as German spy, according to informa- m obtained by the Associated Press jm a well-informed source. y , The working balance in the U. S. :. ;asury was raised Wednesday to a ;w high record of $2,515,000,000 by ' ;t issue of certificates of indebted- ss due next June, and $42,000,000 t ' m Liberty Loan payments. ' ! German has been dropped from the 1 arse of study in 30 high schools of 1 a state of California, since the open : i g of the present school year because ' r pils have discontinued studying the iguage, Will C. Wood, State Com 1 ssioner of Secondary Schools, an-inced. JERUSALEM IS TAKEN Turks Surrender Holy City to British Moslem Stronghold for 1200 Years Again Possessed by Christians, London Andrew Bonar Law, Chan cellor of the exchequer, announced in the house of commons Monday that Jerusalem, after being surrounded on all sides by British troops, had sur rendered. ' The Chancellor said British, French and Mohammedan representative were on the way to Jerusalem to safeguard the holy places. "General Allenby reported that on Saturday he attacked the enemy's po sitions south and west of Jerusalem, the Chancellor said. Welsh and home county troops advancing from the di rection of Bethlehem, drove back the enemy and, passing Jerusalem on the east, established themselves on the Jerusalem-Jericho road. At the same time London infantry and dismounted yoemanry attacked the strong .enemy positions west and northwest of Jeru salem and placed themselves astride the Jerusalem-Shechem road. The holy city, being thus isolated, surren dered to General Allenby. The chancellor said General Allenby entered Jerusalem officially Tuesday, accompanied by the commanders of the French and Italian contingents and the heads of the French political mission.. British political officers, together with the British governor, were in the party that had gone ahead on the safe guarding mission, the chancellor stated. The capture of Jerusalem had been delayed to some degree, added the chancellor, in consequence of the great care that had been taken to avoid dam age to the sacred places in and around the city. The capture of Jerusalem by the British forces marks the end, with two brief interludes, of more than 1200 years' possession of the seat of the Christian religion by the Mohammed ans. For 673 years the Holy City has been in undisputed ownership of the Turks, the last Christian ruler of Jeru salem being the German Emperor, Frederick 11, whose short-lived domi nation lasted from 1229 to 1244. Apart from its connection with the campaign being waged against Turkey by the British in Mesopotamia, the fall of Jerusalem was the definite col lapse of long-protracted efforts of the Turks to capture the Suez canal and invade Egypt. Almost the first move made by Turkey after entrance into the war was a campaign against Egypt across the great desert of the Sinai peninsula. Id November, 1914, a Turkish army variously estimated at from 75,000 to 250,000 men marched on the Suez canal and succeeded in reaching within striking distance of the great artificial waterway at sev eral points. For several months bitter fighting took place, the canal being defended by an Anglo-Egyptian army, aided by Australians and New Zealand ers and French and British forces. TO ASK FOR UNIFIED ROADS Wilson to Appear Before CongTess for Better Railroad Service. Washington, D. C President Wil son will go to congress for special leg islation to bring about unification of the railroads during the war. The fact that the President has de cided definitely on such a move be came known Tuesday night after he had gone over the whole transporta tion system with Senator Newlands, chairman of the senate interstate com merce committee. He probably will ask for the legisla tion in an address to be delivered be fore the Christmas holidays. Indications are that the President had confided to none of his associates his full intention, and officials were doubtful as to just what he may ask. Some were of the opinion that he might request action in line with the suggestion of the Interstate commerce commission that anti-trust laws might be suspended during the war. Others pointed out that the Interstate com merce commission's report also carried the suggestion that additional legisla tion might be needed, were the gov ernment to decide to take over opera tion of the roads. The President's advisers are divided in their views as to what is necessary to be done. Most of them, however, have come out for government opera tion, and some of the strongest sup porters of this proposal declare that the executive under the army appro priation act has power to take over the roads for operation under an ad ministrator. Pacifists Sent to Jail. Los Angeles, Cal. Three so-called "pacifists" convicted on three charges of disorderly conduct, were each sen tenced Tuesday in the police court to serve six months in jail and fined $1200 each. The men sentenced were the Rev. Floyd Hardin, of Atwater, Cal.; the Rev. Robert Whittaker, of Los Gatos, Cal, and Harold H. Story, of Whit tier, Cal., all leaders at a series of meetings held here recently in subur ban homes after the police prevented open meetings in halls. Ten Women Are Carriers. New York Ten women letter car ries were Monday added to the list of women who entered various lines of public service in New York City. t is understood here that if the ex periment proves a success Washington authorities will authorize the regular employment of women in many divis ion! of the postal service so as to re- leaSp men. fpi;. war service or pther ljn.l of employment. INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE. INDEPENDENCE, OREOON. 1 ' - 13 HO SOLDIERS F. Troopers Pay Penalty at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. AFFAIR KEPT SECRET Sixty-Three Men Tried by Court mar tial, 41 of Whom Are Sentenced for Life -Others Get Less. San Antonio, Tex. Thirteen ne groes were hanged' at Fort Sam Hous ton at 7:17 a. m. Tuesday for com plicity in the riot at Houston August 23. The announcement of action on the court martial's verdict was made at Southern department headquarters at 9 o'clock by the chief of stalF, who also gave out a formal statement in which the names of the men sentenced to death were given. Only army officers and Sheriff John Tobin, of Baxter county, were present when the sentence was carried out by soldiers from the post. No newspaper men or civilian spectators were al lowed, the time and place of execution having been kept a secret. Of the 63 men tried, by the same courtmartial, 41 were sentenced to dishonorable discharge from the army, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and to be confined at hard labor for 2 years. Three were sentenced to be dishonorably discharged' from the army, forfeit all pay and allowances and be confined at hard labor for two years. Five were acquitted. Following the hanging of the 13 men the chief of staff of the Southern de partment gave out a written state ment, at the same time refusing to answer any question. The rioting in Houston occurred while the third battalion of the 24th infantry was guarding new buildings being erected at Camp Logan. Dur ing the afternoon of August 23 a re port was circulated in the negro camp that Corporal Baltimore, "of the bat talion, had been shot and killed by a Houston police officer. This was said to have been directly responsible for the trouble. According to the testimony pf one of the participants the negroes obtained their rifles and a quantity 'of ammuni tion nftpr rptrpRt the same evening. and after dark started toward Hous ton. There were about 125 of these negroes, according to the statement, and they opened fire on an automobile in which an American was riding. He was said to have been the first one killed. 'OPEN SHOP" IS HELD LEGAL United States Supreme Court Issues Important Labor Ruling. Washington, D. C Decisions defin ing in general terms the rights of both organized labor and the employer were rendered Tuesday by the bu preme court. While the right of work men to organize for lawful purposes was re-affirmed, the court held that employers legally may operate their plants as "open shops" and prevent conspiracies to bring their non-union employes into labor organizations. The opinions were rendered in the cases of the Hitchman Coal & Coke company and the Eagle Glass Manufac turing company of West Virginia, the court deciding that both were entitled to operate their plants as "open shops" and upholdng injunctions issued by Judge A. G. Dayton, restraining union officials from attempting to or ganize their employes. Lower court decrees holding that the United Mine Workers of America, and the Ameri can Flint Glass Workers' Union, were illegal organizations and that under the Sherman law they were secret con spiracies in restraint of trade were ig nored by the Supreme court opinion. In the Hitchman case the majority of the court held that the officails of the miners' union "deliberately and advisedly selected that method of en larging the union membership, which would inflflict injury" upon the com pany and its loyal employes, and de clared that the "conduct in so doing was unlawful and malicious." Lakeside Inn is Raided. Tacoma, WTash. Swooping down on the Lakeside Inn, a resort on the moun tain road famous for its chicken dinners and open "all night" policy, police cap tains Falconer and Strickland, Deputy Sheriff Sears and Lieutenant Folston, of the military police, early Monday morning broke in upon a mixed crowd of some 150 civilian men, women, army officers and soldiers in the main dining room, while upstairs, stretched out on a bed they found Florence Webb, a do mestic, half unconscious from drugged liquor and in a delirium. Phone Workers Get Lift. New York General salary increases to meet the increased cost of living will be granted to its employes by the New York Telephone company, instead of the yearly bonus which the company has heretofore given, it was announced Tuesday. The increase in the aggre gate will amount virtually to double the bonus granted last year, it was stated, and will in no way affect ad vances awarded. "from tmeio liSm -in-J ecoppggji ot enyyency." HANGED RIOT ITALIANS GET HELP Allies Arrlre .t I'ront With Men and Munition in Time to Se Any Further Invasion by Teutons. ifi;un Hoadmiartera in Northern Italy-The battle of Aaiago has been !n,.n misnended. with the enemy checked, if not defeated, in his main design of breaking thrown to in. Brenta valley and the plain a hw Jmlnw. althouuliho succeeded in advancing his lines ' a short distance when the Italians fell back to new po sitions, guarding the Frenia and Ga dena passes, have successfully resisted all enemy effort. 'J the Italians on thfi BtPCD heiirhts on each bkIo oi me passes rain down artillery and rn fira and release huge boulders eory time the enemy forces try to Kt through. t ' Ti,:a h.. i.nntmucd until the Italians seem reasonably assured of holding the passes and compelling mo ciiunij to look for another line of approach. It will be cheering news to the allied world that allied reinforcements have taken their place on the Italian front and are now occupying trenches in the battered positions held by tho Italian troops, now relieved for aj needed respite. The British position is around the heights of Montello, on the Upper Piave, where the batteries on the heights are all ready in action, and rifle fire answers the steady sniping from across tho river. The French position cannot as yet be indicated, but it is in an equally important sector. The formalities of transfer have been in progress for the past week, and now are definitely accomplished, when the Italians saluted the British flag and the Tommies cheered tho men in gray as they went for their well earned rest. This transfer is significant First, it is visible evidence of alllied unity, not alone in conferences, but on the fighting lines. Second, it is the in fusion of new blood, new life, new spirit at a timely moment. The Italians have done wonders in resistance in the' last month, but there is a limit to human endurance, and the arrival of new men, materials, suppiles and guns brings reassurance, as well as needed relief. REBEL AGAINST BOLSHEVIKI Kaledines and Korniloff Revolt Gains Power in Russia. London A proclamation to the Rus sian nation has been issued by the Rus sian government announcing that Kal edines and Korniloff, assisted by the Imperialists and constitutional demo crats, have raised a revolt and de clared war in the Don region against the people and the revolution. The proclamation adds that "the constitutional democrats and bour geoise are supplying the revolting generals with Bcores of millions. "The workmen's and soldiers' dele gates have ordered the necessary movements of troops against the coun ter-revolution and issued decrees au thorizing the local revolutionary garri sons to attack the enemies of the peo ple without awaiting orders from the supreme authorities, and forbidding any attempts at mediation. General Kaledines, the Cossack leader, is at Novo Tcherkask, where, apparently, he is awaiting events, ac cording to dispatches published by the Petrograd newspapers Denuj, says a semi-official Russian news agency dis patch from Petrograd, dated Saturday, In all the other Don districts, accord ing to this information, the power is in the hands of the soldiers and work men and the Ukranian authorities. "In soldiers' and workmen's cir cles," continues the dispatch, "the opinion is held that General Kaledines has prepared for an armed demonstra tion. The government is taking the most vigorous measures to repel him.' 150 Planes Bomb Huns. Rome An exceptionally large air raid was craried out Sunday with a fleet of 150 Biplanes, including Italian light and heavy squadrons. The huge fleet new low, scattering more than 2000 bombs, which caused extensive damage in the northern sector, where the enemy is assembling forces and supplies. Troop trains were scattered, railway depots destroyed and munition suplies blown up. Large fires marked the route of the raiders, indicating the ex tent of the destruction. Reforms Are Demanded. Amsterdam In a debate on the franchise last Thursday in the Prus sian lower house, Herr Lohmann, na tional liberal, acknowledged the neces sity of a reform, especially in the na ture of a direct, secret franchise. Herr Stroebel, independent Socialist, demanded an equal franchise for wo men, Vice President Friedburgh said: "It is a question of the King's pledge which must be redeemed and not trifled with." Cuba May Declare War. Havana The belief was expressed by Beveral .congressmen Sunday that President Menocal would send a mes sage to congress asking that a declara tion be made that a state of war exists between Cuba and Austria-Hungary. Cuba was the first of the. Latin-American countries to follow the United States ioudeclaring .war against Ger many anJ the .expectation- .is that she will duplicate this action, in the case of Aust-Hnngar U, S. HAS BLACKLIST SixtH.nK.portFirm.IorblddctoI) llu.lnrM KP Vndft vehl Ucvn t '"1"' ',rm"n A,J" names of firms in I"""1 U.' c, ?rl"i'r tho world, includlnK tho Unit ed States Itself. f . Latin America Is deal with f 1st because ot the largo numbers or U r n m firm, in the southern republic. " ... ..,,....,- inv'a rlllMP. r.Vl- active m aiuinR . . , deuce put before the War Trade l oa d has ahown that many of th' trm. lm.,uiii,)l? ptiia utilities "'? ;; have financed to a largo r, (, r- man propaRaiula won ii " Statrs. All those named In have been lmrKed with seerrlly or openly assisting America's fii.-inl'S. ti, nrtl.m li taken under authority conferred on tho presldwit by tho trading with tho em-iny ei ami un signed solely for tho guidance of American concerns to enable thorn to observo tho provisions of tho law. I lie act forbids not only trading KXrcpt under special license with an enemy or an allv of an enemy, but prohibits commerce as well with a person con ducting trade on belialt or for the ben- oflt of an enemy. Any license issued for trading with firms named In tho list will be apart from tho regular f H'ort ami Import li censes which must bo obtained for the shipment In or out of tho United States of most commodities. Issuance of tho list recalled tho vig orous protest made by this government to Great Itritaitl when tins Iirsi uriusn blacklist, containing the names of many American firms, first was pub lished. Tho Hrltlsh reply, however, was considered In many quarters bre as establishing the legality of the action. It is possible that In many Instances licenses may be issued, as It may be found that trading In certain commod ities with those named In the list will not work to any advantage for Ger many or her allies. To mlnlmlzo Inconvenience to nier chants In this country, arising from the declaration, the War Hoard will classify the names of mm enemy firms dealing in the same commodities who may servo as substitutes for t!.o black listed concerns. In every case the beard will take pains to assure Itself through consular officers or other agencies that the substitutes aro not acting as agents. It will not, however, assume responsi bility for their financial standing. In Issuing the list the board makes It plain that It cannot be made com plete and that merchants trading with enemy firms net named are In no measure relieved from prohibitions and penalties contained In tho trailing with the enemy act. It Is considered certain that until all sections of the list have been Is sued the law of necessity will be en forced with some degree of laxity. Most of the firms named in tho lint Issued bear German names, although others evidently aro ot Enellsh, Span ish, French and Portueuese deriva tion. The list as It applies to lirazll contains the greatest number of firms, with Mexico second. FEDERALNETFOR AUSTRIANS U. S. Has Suspected Agents Under Sur velllance and Will Arrest Scores, Washington, 1). C Scores of Aus tral I ungarian subjects, suspected of being enemy agents In this country, will be arrested within a few hours after a declaration of war acainst Aus tria. Many of these men have hpen nmlt.r surveillance by department of Justice agents for months, but have not been taken into custody because of lack or definite evidence against them. When congress adopts President Wilson's recommendation that a state of war against Austria-Hungary bo de clared, unnaturalized subjects of the dual monarchy automatically will bo come enemy aliens and be subject to summary arrest and Internment. For several months government agents have been gathering Informa tion on tho hostile aetlvities of Aus trians who were not subject to the re strictions imposed upon unnaturalized Germans by the state of war wilh G-r- iminy, ana inose caught in Illegal acts were arrested and tried under the usual criminal statutes. Many others were free to travel and obtain 'info niation valuable to America's enemies however while keeping their conduct technically within the law Nearly a minon Austrian subjects in the United States would be a fi by a declaration of war. Palestine Convention On New York.-A rabbinical Palestine convention attended by Jow)f,h .,,,,, from all parts of the eon, Fry was he gun Thursday for tho pur. oL nf thering the movement n n fur" with the declarati mpf'r" XT? avoring the establish a o T ish 'home land' in 1'alentmn f neetion with the conVOnUon V""' meetings in many elation and theJ ImSoviH 8 xeet vo c0ramittee for gen0 Manipulation Is Barred Uncago.-Re.strictions renulrci v visions trading werP , pro' board onr:a!zrBTr:rihy day. "uiauay, effective IM- ProvoensratuWt,o of pork, ribs and lard S7 tcr.rlse ".it of future eontracu Tn8!8th0 ribs must not fluctuat ard aud cents per hundredwel 5, T8 thaQ E II. S. DESTROYER IS SMIIIE vn Jacob Jones Torpedoed in War Zone Last Thursday. 76 LIVES ARE LOST First American Warship Sank by )Tir Commantlrtl by Itrothrr-ln-Lsw of Kwrrtary Danlrln. Washington, 1. ('. Three offic and 73 men were bdloved FatunUj night to have gontt down with th American destroyer Jacob Jones, tor. pmloed and sunk in the war tone dyi G. rnmii submarine nt 8 o'clock Thur. day night, , Vice Admiral Sims up to a lnt how had been able to supply only meag dotails in reply to urgent liiesae from Secretary Panels, whose brother-in-law, Lieutctiaiit-Cosmiiiandur llavij V. Hwgley, com in a ruled the bwt vw and was reported amon the mUiinj, IVntmamli-r llaglcy was a brother c( Knsign Hgly. the llrst man killed io the Spanish-American war. , Three ollicers and 3 men were picked up by other vessels from lif rafts to which tly clung, but tb names of only 10 of these had bm transmittiHl to Washington. The Jaed Jones, one if the largwt and newest American submarine cW ers of tho t o oerntii!g in ths At lantic, whs the first American wsrthip to fall a victim to a German subma rine, but was the second Arncricsn d stroysr to be lost in foreign watn The Chauneey sunk with hrreon. inumlcr, Lieutenant Walter E. Ileno, two other ofJWrs ami 18 enlisted men, after being cut in two by tho trr jMirt Uuse early on the morning of No vember 20. The imrno of iloyd Martell llarnp, of Cashmere, Wash., ap.-ars In the lilt uf enlisted men on tho destroyer. Hamp enlisted as an electrician. Sims' terse message resrtin(t Uw loss of the Jacob Jones did not lUU how the attack was made. It U kriuwn, however, that tho Jum-swai on patrol duty between 400 and 500 miles on shore. What vessels accom panied her was not revealed, but Ad miral Sims' report showed that on vessel rescued 30 men and another seven. They sent this Information b radio and it whh immediately tran mitted to Washington. RELIEF OF 20,000 UNDER WAY Halifai Surirors Set to Work Aidisf Destitute Inhabitants. Halifax. N. S. Halifax has ceawd to number its dead run! is directing it energies to the aid of the living. The total lives lost as a consequent of tho explosion on the Fronrh ammu nition ship Mont Iilanc. Thursday may never be known, but for the moment the number is of secondary imjiortance, Four thousand persons were killed according to estimates by officials. This estimate, higher than any here- t,f,.ri, iihiu ...... I ..!.. a uii.lrnv nf (tit jdevafted district of Richmond, where neres of debris probably will not b cleared for a month. Iiut the outstanding fact that ha been faced by the local authorities, ! with a courage that challenges the d' ; miration of their kinsmen from th south of the border, is that 20,000 per (Hons are destitute and of the number perhaps one out of seven is sufTering j from injuries which in many case r i bound to prove fatal. I The work of organizing the various j relief units into a workable whole, I with a general direction that would j avoid duplication of effort and tend to greatest efficiency was well underway, Federal, provincial and Red Cros aid, supplemented by volunteer unit from ether cities and the United States, were being utilized to tho best advantage. The Massachusetts relief train, which had been stalled in snow drift near tho Nova Scotian border, arrived Sunday, bringing the first contingent of physicians, nurses and supplies. ' was the first of several trains en route from tho American side. Mormon Temple Damaged. Salt Lake City A mysterious fir which broke out Friday morning " the Logan, Utah, temple of the Mor-. men church, caused a loss of more than $250,000, according to a report received at lh Vinmlnimrtcrfl of te church hern. Pull information S 10 the origin and complete extent of the fire was unavailable. . '1 he entire interior of the tcmr was destroyed. The structure, whif" Was onn nf n,n ln.ut- ond liest-bU"1 temples of the Mormons, was fm' pleted in 1884 at a costof $700,000. Tacking: Plant Men Quit. Tacoma, WashAll union employ except the engineers walked out at tn Carstens Tacking company plntb." urday in sympathy with the strike meat-cutters. 9 The engineers remained on duty a patriotic RnrviM-'an that frefltl ' killed meat in the cooling rooms woo not spoil. They will also walk u when the meat Biinnlu nn hand 1 e ' hausted or if nonunion meat-cutten jre employed, it is said. "