HUNGER GETS TROOPS
KILLED 8Ï BOMB
Russian Commandfru at Front Con
tinu? to Send Orninoli* Report*
on Condition* Many Die.
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STATE N EW S
IN
RAILROADS
UNIFIED
Revolutionary Move Affecting Eastern
Lines Announced by War Hoard
and Emergency l>eelared.
For the first time since the National
Apple Show was inaugurated at S( h >-
l.ondon A belated dispatch to Reu kane. Hood River will fail to have a
ter’s, Ltd., from Potrograd, dated No representative at
the horticultural
Milwaukee Police Station Scene vember 21. says:
i event.
"T he commanders at the front con
The first shipment of lime from the
of Tragedy. '
tinue to send in moat ominous dis Portland Reaver Cement company’a
patches concerning the exhaustion of Gold Hill plant was made recently,
which consisted o f a 40-ton shipment
supplies and reports of forthcoming
consigned to Medford.
Large ship
hungry hordes o f soldiers invading the ments will lie made to other |<oints as
soon as cars are available.
center of population.”
A dispatch to the Exchange Tele-
With this year’s business building
grah from Copenhagen gives] similar just coming to an end at Rend, an
Infernal Machine. Planted in Italian
reports. It says advices received from nouncement is made o f new construc
tion to lie startedjn the spring.
W.
Evangelical Church, Turned Over
Russia describe the situation a* more
P. Ik»wning has just purchased a
to Police for Examination.
desperate than ever and assert that 50x140 business site and will erect a
the country is on the verge o f a bloody pressed brick building at an estimated
cots of $10,000.
civil war.
GERMANS AOIITED
ON 32-MILE FRONT
Washington, D. C. Operation o f all
railway tinea east of Chicago as one
centralized system was decide«! on Sat British Capture 8000 Huns and
urday by the Railroad War Board, to
Advance Continues.
obtain a maximum o f efficiency in
traffic movement. Cara and trackage
facilities will be |>ooled regardless of
ownership or the railroads’ individual
interests.
This almost revolutionary move was
announced after an all-day conference 1
between member* o f the War Board j
and govrnment officials, at whirh many In Heavy Storm and Without Artillery
remedies were offered for the freight
Preparation, Britons Tear Gap«
congestion that has paralyzed trans
portation in the East. It was adopted
in German Entanglements.
as the beat and readiest means of
meeting a situation that has threat-
ened the production
and dispatch
According to this dispatch, the* Rus
Milwaukee, W is.— Ten persons were
Although expressing faith in the abroad o f war materials.
Ixindon By the most (lowerful blow
killed and several injured Saturday sian newspaj'er Volka Narodna assert* ultimate success o f the Tumalo proj
The roads will be o|>erated by a com delivered this year on the Western
night when a bomb, designed to de that the Russian armies on the north ect, the Rend Commercial club, in ac mittee o f vice presidents o f the lines,
front, British forces Wednesday broke
stroy the Italian Evangelical church in
cepting the report of a special investi under the general direction o f the War
the
Hindenliurg line on a 32-mile front
ern
frogt
have
for
several
days
been
the heart of the Italian settlement,
gating committee, went
on record Board, itself comprising five o f the
from
Ht. Quentin north to the Scar|io
without
food
and
that
soldeirs
daily
exploded in Central Police station,
against petitioning for the appropria country’s railway heads. The commit
river
and penetrated Gorman |*>sitioris
where it had been carried for examina are leaving the front in hundreds or tion of funds with which to make a tee of vice presidents will be given
tion. Seven detectives, two policemen are dying in the trenches from cold survey for a canal from the Deschutes 1 full authority to adopt any measures to a depth o f from four to five miles.
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
and one woman were killed.
river to the Tumalo creek.
found necessary to accomplish a unified
Wednesday night re|*>rtod that the at
The bomb, which was of scientific and hunger.
Coquille men, Leo J. Cary, Joh n ! operation.
tack was unchecked anil that in excess
The newspaper adds that mutinies
construction and evidently with a time
The operation program calls for the
Yoakum
and I„ P. Rarnstetter have
of 8000 prisoners, including 180 off!
fuse attached, was found in the base due to hunger have broken out on sev
following;
shipped seven carloads o f cattle and
cers, had been captured. The nurnt>er
ment of the church. Police headquar eral parts of the line.
Diversion o f locomotives, employes
sheep
from
the
county.
The
Coquille
of guns and booty taken has not been
ters were called and Detective Mc
General Kaledines, hetman of the valley has contributed several, train and machine tools from Western to ascertained. Many village« have been
Kinney was sent to get the bomb. On
Don Cassocks, according to the Petro- loads of cattle during the past summer Eastern railroads.
captured.
his way he met an Italian named
Utilization o f repair sho|Mi on West
grad correspondent o f the Morning and the recent shipment is among the
The great forward smash whirh was
Mazuinni, who was taking the bomb to
Post, is the master o f the Russian sit last that will go out for some time. 1 ern lines for repairing Eastern equip conducted by the British Third Army,
headquarters. McKinney accompanied
uation. With a trustworthy and disci The price o f cattle is expected to be ! ment.
commanded by Sir Julian Kyng, re
him back to the station.
Pooling o f all tracks and equipment
plined army he is reported to control lower.
ports from headquarters say, is going
While Mazuinni was being taken
in the East wherever practicable.
the bulk of the grain-growing terri
on
despite a heavy storm which began
into the office of Lieutenant Flood for
At a meeting of the Oregon State
Pro-rata distribution among Eastern
tory, and is rapidly capturing the re
questioning. Desk Sergeant
Henry
fair board in Portland this week, Sec roads of open cars on a basis of ton just as the British launched their at
mainder. The Russian gold reserve,
Deckart took the bomb into the patrol
retary Lea filed his annual report and nage carrying capacity o f the equip- tack.
which the correspondent says was re
British troops have penetrated to
men’s room.
turned over to the board $19,297.44. ment in the pool
moved
to
the
interior
o
f
Russia
in
...
-
.
.
.
.
.
th*
Mareoing-Masnieres line, and other
Meanwhile detectives were answer
as cash on hand after payng all ex- , Diversion from congested lines o f
hnvo r„ H1.hed
Noye„ ^ 3j
ing rollcall on the second floor and just 1913, is now held by General Kale penses o f the 1917 fair.
This
repre-
j
all
freight
that
can
be
handled
by
nn* miles from t’ambrai.
before dismissal they were informed dines.
sents twice the amount of cash turned open route.
The British infantry and tanks, re-
that the bomb had been found.
On
over
after
the
191G
fair,
and
the
turn
London—Grand Duke Michael Alex-
|iorta
continue, have captured and
going downstairs they grouped about androvitch, brother o f the former em over at that time exceeded any in the
LAW V I O L A T E D BY C I T I Z E N S (tressed over a mile beyond the s«*cond
the missile. Without warning it ex peror, according to a Petrograd dis previous history o f the institution.
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line o f German defenses, which is
ploded, killing seven of the number patch has been imprisoned in Smolny
Actual construction of the state ma
known as the Hindenburg support line.
instantly.
Institute, the headquarters of the Bol- chinery for the second draft got under («mmisaion Severely Criticise« Impor
The British have captured Benavis,
It is the belief of the police that the sheviki.
tations
at
Bisher,
Arizona.
way Wednesday when Governor Withy-
Lcmnu wood. La Vacquerie, the de-
bomb was placed in the Evangelical
combe appointed the members of the 1 Washington, I). C.— Severe criti fensc known as Welsh ridge and Kibe-
church by ancarhists friendly to the
Italians recently arrested for breaking MISS R O M A N O F F IS F L E E I N G central advisory board to handle the cism o f the person* res|>on*ible for the court village.
legal phases of the conscription act. de|H>rtation o f 1186 striking copper
The entire German line west of the
up a patriotic meeting being held by a
missionary from the church.
A meet Daughter o f Ex-Czar Escapes and Will The personnel of the board includes workers from Bisbee, Ariz., and tho Canal du Non! to the Haupame-('am-
George M. Brown, attorney general, Warren mining district, last July 12, brai roads is in British hands. Couil-
ing was to be held in the edifice Satur
Land at Pacific Port.
chairman; J. N. Teal, Portland; Colo- is contained in a report to I’resident let wood also has been taken.
day night and it is believed that the
1 nel Sam White, Portland, and Richard Wilson’s special labor commissioner,
The attack began without the cus
bomb was so timed that it would have
Denver— Mrs. Margaret Barry Car
W. Montague, Portland.
tomary artillery preparation, and the
exploded during the meeting.
made
public
by
the
President
Monday.
ver, wife of an American banker’ with
The deportation was carried out by Germans were completely surprised.
An oil excitement is reported at
Petrograd interests, was here Tuesday
the
sheriff of Cochise county and about There is every evidence that the Ger
Powers,
in
Coos
county.
*
In
some
of
RUSSIA MAY B E C O M E E N E M Y on her way to a Pacific port, where,
the wells there oil has been [found, and 2000 armed men, “ presuming to act a* mans fled or surrendered without mak
she admitted, she is to meet Miss Ta it is believed it may mean a big dis- deputies under the sheriff’s author ing any serious attempt to hold the
Bolsheviki Peace Move Regarded Ap-
defenses, which were o f enormous
tiana RomanofT, daughter o f the de covery. There will be an investiga ity ,” the report said, “ and was whol
prehensively by Washington.
strength.
ly
illegal
and
without
authority
in
law,
tion
to
ascertain
whether
there
is
oil
posed emperor of Russia.
in commercial quantities.
Powers is either state or federal.”
Washington, D. C.— Officials o f this
Tatiana Nicolaevna RomanofT es the headquarters o f the Smlth-PowerH
After extensive investigation o f the A L L Y V IC TORY
government regard the Bolsheviki
ST IR S U. S.
move for an armistice between Russia caped from Siberia and will arrive at Logging company, and is located in causes and circumstances surrounding
a
Pacific
port
in
a
few
days
to
make
and her enemies and the opening of
the southern part of the county on the j the copper miners’ strike, the commis
sion found that the deportations were Washington Cautious in Commenting
immediate peace negotiations as an her home in America, according to an South Fork of the Coquille river.
on British Smash.
announcement
made
here
by
the
Rus
planned by a number of Bisbee citi
act that would place Russia almost in
Blackleg and rabies among cattk-
sian Civilian Relief society, o f New
zens, including officials of the Phelps-
the list of unfreindly nations.
Washington, I). C. Official Wash
are still making their appearance on
Dodge and Calumet & Arizona mining ington wa* deeply stirred Wednesday
Press dispatches telling of the peace York, with whom the former grand
the
ranges
of
Crook
and
Deschutes
interests, although no disorder or vio as press bulletins began to unfold the
movement were confirmed by a cable duchess will become connected.
The story of the young woman’s es counties. The past week 20 head of lence had been threatened by the scope o f the smashing victory on the
from Ambassador Francis received
range cattle died from blackleg and
miner strikers.
Monday at the State department. It cape reads like a fairy tale. She ex-
western front.
rabies.
The latter disease is being
Most o f the men forcibly herded to
said that Leon Trotzky, national com- eeuted her plan by first going through
While army officer* were cautious in
disseminated
among
livestock
by
dogs
gether and sent out o f the state on a commenting on the significance o f the
missioner for foreign affairs in the with a mock marriage, after which she
Bolsheviki to diplomats at Petrograd made her way from Tobolsk, where the *ndc0y0,te8’ Practical|y a,1k «‘ «^»nen special train o f boxcars were law-abid drive in the absence o f official re(x>rts,
¡m™.«-.i
i.
having stock on the range where black
the report it was evident that officials regarded
that his government had proposed an exiled former imperial family is held, leg is prevalent are vaccinating young ing American citizens,
said, and few were Germans or Aus this as the greatest blow dealt the
to
Harbin,
Manchuria
and
thence
to
armistice with a view to immeidate
cattle against the disease. In co-oper
trians.
Japan, whence she sailed for America
peace negotiations.
Germans since the war started. They
ation with the United States biological
under
the
chaperonage
o
f
an
English
No reference was made in the re were especially inspired by the dash
It was pointed out that should these
survey, federal predatory-animal hunt-
negotiations be successful, it would be woman. Her guardian in this country \ era are being placed in sections where port to the question o f whether any an 1 power displayed by Field Marshal
were members or leaders o f the Indus Haig’s great war machine.
most difficult to deal with Russia as a will be Mrs. Carver.
i coyotes are most numerous in order to trial Workers of the World.
neutral country in view of the position
There were hints in some quarters
| destroy rabies carriers.
The commission reported that the o f previous information indicating that
she has held as an ally o f the nations
V
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A
MAIN
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C
E
IN
HIDING
United States Senator McNary, upon deportation interfered with operation a shortage o f ammunition contributed
fighting Germany and the marked ad
his return to Salem from a trip | o f the selective draft law and suggest to the German defeat. According to
vantage in the war that such a course
Juarez Military Authorities Uneasy through Eastern Oregon announced ed the President refer the evidence to this view, the German western line
might give the latter country.
that at the next session o f congress he . Attorney General Gregory.
It was hHH been stripped o f ammunition re
Ambassador Francis has received no
Over Move o f Bandit.
will offer an amendment to the food also found that the leaders in the en serve and men from the Htragetic re
instructions to deal with the Bolshevi
Juarez— A train left here late Tues control bill specifying definitely one or terprise utilized the local office o f the
ki government. In reporting to the
serves to build up the machine which
State department on the peace move, day carrying the 500 troops from the more points on the Pacific Coast as Bell Telephone company and attempted rolled back the Italian line.
to exercise a censorship over (tarts of
he made it clear that he had not for Ojinaga garrison who will be incor primary markets for wheat.
The German high command, it was
interstate telephone and telegraph said in this connection, had counted
mally acknowledged receipt of the porated into General Eduardo Hernan
Attorney General Brown has been
lines to prevent information concern
Trotzky note. He said he had been
dez’ forces as “ shock troops,” in the asked by the State Fish and Game ing the deportations from reaching the absolutely upon Winter and French
advised that the Soviet congress had
and British force* transferred to sup-
\ commission
for
information as to
adopted a resolution instructing gen campaign against Villa in the north whether it can legally sell about 200 outside world. This situation should (K>rt the shaken Italian lines as mak
erals at the front to enter into negot- eastern
zone o f Chihuahua state. deer hides which are alleged to have be referred to the Interstate Com ing impossible any major offensvic on
iations at once with the German com These troops were brought here Satur been illegally shipped into the state merce commission for investigation, the western front at this time.
j the commission suggested.
manders relative to a three month’s day from Marfa, Tex., having been in- I
The daring displayed by the British
from Montana by G. W. Ross and a
armistice, with instructions to report terned there after escaping across the \ number o f associates. Ross was ar
in launching their assault without ar
to the congress.
Rio Grande from Ojinaga when Villa ! rested a few days ago at Albany.
A M E R IC A N S T E A M E R IS SUNK tillery preparation was commented on
Reports that Russia was seeking captured the town November 14. They j
by the officers. It is the first time an
peace created apprehension in official were equipped with new uniforms and
Bean growers in the Upper Coquille
assault upon thoroughly organized
Schuylkill
i*
Torpedoed
in
Mediterra-
circles and every dispatch from Petro were reissued their rifles, ammunition valley who had out extra acreage this
trench lines has ever been made ex
nean; 10 o f Crew Landed.
grad was analyzed with the hope that and field equipment, which were taken season and garnered heavy crops, do
cept after the guns have blasted away
some promise might be found that Rus from them by American soldiers when not find a ready market for their prod
Washington, D. C.— The American through for the infantry. The use o f
sia would continue the fight. Ambas they were interned and sent here in uct, since the buyers who in other steamer Schuylkill has been torpe the tanks to clear away barbed wire
sador Francis’ dispatch dated Novem bond.
years absorbed the offerings in this doed and sunk in the Mediterranean. entanglements and other strong points
ber 21, apparently dispelled any hope
The suc
No reports were received regarding vicinity are not purchasing freely. The Navy department was advised also was a novel procedure.
o f a strengthening of Russia’s resist the persent whereabouts o f Villa’s The slowness o f the market is attrib Monday that 40 men o f her crew had cess o f the movement probably depends
ance unless the Bolsheviki government main column and this is causing the uted to the uncertainty o f the food been landed at a Mediterranean (>ort. wholly upon the complete surprise
should be quickly overthrown by a local military authorities much uneasi control propaganda and buyers are ex There was no naval armed guard which was possible only by moving
counter revolution.
pecting price-setting to be announced. aboard.
ness.
forward without the usual artillery fire.
A NAR CHI ST S B L A ME D
Quarters Are Questioned.
Washington, D. C.— New quarters
in circulation since August have caused
such a multitude of queries as to their
genuineness that Director of the Mint
Baker explained that a slight change
in the design had been made to im - 1
prove the beauty and stacking qualities
o f the coins. Draperies o f the Goddess
o f Liberty on the face and the flying
eagle on the the reversed side has been
placed higher on the coin, with three
stars beneath.
.
Seattle Clean-Up Likely.
Seattle, Wash.— After a prolonged
conference between the executive com
mittee of the Seattle Minute Men, a
patriotic organization, and Mayor Gill,
Sunday, it was announced by the Min-
ute Men that a plan had been agreed
upon for a clean-up of Seattle that
would undoubtedly remove the ban
placed on this city by Major-General
Greene, commander o f Camp I^ewis,
who has forbidden soldiers to visit here
because o f alleged vice conditions.
J. A. Turner, representing the Pa
Sailors Will Get Medals.
cific Potato Starch factory, has been
Washington,
D. C.— A special medal
in Gresham for the past few days in
probably will be provided for awards
teresting farmers in raising potatoes.
to men o f the United States naval
Nineteen road
districts,
created service who distinguished themselves
from the old, unwieldly districts have in the warfare against submarines.
applied for special elections for road Secretary Daniels, it was learned Mon
funds, and the County court named day, has taken preliminary steps to
November 24 as election day in all this end. The action of the depart
precincts within the 19 districts. Ten ment is prompted by the fact that un
o f the new districts are on the Coos der the law no member o f America’s
Bay side of the county and nine in the armed forces can accept decorations
from foreign governments.
Coquille valley.
TEUTONS
SURPRISED
Near Mutiny is Reported.
A Pacific Port— The steam schooner
Pasadena turned back into this port
Wednesday as a result of what mem
bers of the crew said had been a near
mutiny.
Charles Johnson, a sailor, charged
that Captain M. S. McGovern, master
o f the ship, had attacked him and
other members o f the crew without
provocation and said he and others had
refused to continue the proposed voy
age of the ship.