DAILY EDITION VOU VIII., No. 40. QUA NTS PAM, JOflhPUlXK COlKTr, ORKUOX, III DAY, .VOVKMHKIt 3, 1017. WHOU: MMBkU VIM. 1 SAILORS IN AT E HUhOKH MS IIATII.KMIIP hltOX I'llIN M'HLKHVlrlinrm IN MITIXY iniiinn Tiinnum nwrnnnmn -' I I 4'4wm OhJc1 In Ik-lug Drafted lulu Ihe Mil.N,,,rW Hfrrtlrr. Are 111, I a.br rroi ! : NAVAL BAS m . "'''"' of the'iimllmct. in defiance jrnr ...i. (.M f hay. grain and flour, the U.iiiU,... N..i, i. Thro., '""'".of ,.o-l,,o, , ,l,.r i.M,.., by!,.,,,,, , .mounting to about 115.- j ml a uiimlior of millom of thr l.i'r iiuii nnvy iTf kiiivii in iuioiii.m i n iliii. mI KUiI" :irlv In ti.titiiiilM'r. 'ui.Mtr.lltitf .i dlt.tal.h fri.nl Aliw . ..... it . . ..-. Mtoi'dum III Ibn Dally ha lrn. 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U niiion- of -n,r .lo.Mw'bnlldlnit the hnlfn of burning hav. sbii.'a d-,k Mari.il ll.r olDri.m and fxi,,,.( ,.rjr r llt ,. ,,. ,, ,.,, ,he flr- hu(, anv hM(J. .Mlor. follor,.,!. Tlin- ofllioia an.ljUil.-il Sli.l l.l.r.-.l tli. nr." tbfllway. Thay aii.wdwl In removing ii nuiirii r oi annum w.Ti aiin'ii. rim-; liar ri'iii oiTiirird on tin- Hrtilna-, wlv-llolnialn.. ' j Adinlnil Ki'biulilt it r.-Ki'iicil. out It ix iicriMiu') for him lo Ifiivf Kl.li All thr rtiivlvlng iiiutlnoor rro iirri.nl.il. . Tb liultti-xhlo Kruiuirlna dlHilu..' .'r..:'i.1 ions and w-iift hulll III mi.. M..r ioiiiii'iii'iit In l.llti iiimii. Thw H..ilf-.n-.-UoUl.'lli !.- 'i.h'ld In t (ll)i; iinil iiit-iiHiiri'H l3,iiiHl liiiil. Hlu-, i nn Ion 7 tui'U. V Admiral von i'gUe. tier....... niliiiMii r o niurliH', Hiiiioiimed In the' i. l. hKiiiK on (KliilM-r I' the dhu-overy n id.; In the iieiiu..n nnvy. IH-1 H.H.h.-H from unii.-rilniii and l.on- lon r.'iortid (hut Ihe rn-wa or tour l.iitlleihlps if Ihe I'.ernuiil fleet had u.v In . mutinous outl.r.nk at - t,,r, o, ,e u.i.iii.itf were shot, whi heavy sen- tences were Imposed on Ihe others. This outbreak was suld to have oc-i a,i .1, wmIiu ..ni.l..r or nhoiit the nrsl .r Heplemlier. d-J MenilicM ot the liuvul crvw--.linnet j miral von Cnpelle Hitcused three rud-lW- Henry, seumun, becond i-Iii-ih,, li-nl Micliillst ilcjiiitl fluking pnrtjJ'''I- Nfxt of kin, Hoe Henry, llur- j In the plot, but the (lei nuin govern-1 riMon, X. J. . i ment baa. not taken nny action j hkuIiihI the members of the relch- stag. SEATTLE DANCE HALLS v ORDERED CLOSED KKATTW'. Nov. 2. All Seuttle ilanee hallH today were ordered closed by Muyr Ilirum COill, who kii'iU he acUn! on tbe reoonuueudution of John McCourt, former United, SI utc dis trict iittorney for Oregon, who has len Hent hern to investigate allfped immond conditions oomptained of by Major Genoral li. -A. Qrceno. voov wander of tho Cutnp lwm runtou ment ' ' The cliniinjf of th dunce hiUlw waa onHidi'red the firnt step in tho cleah up of the city, whioh wim promiaed Oencnil -CiTexnu by Jiuyor Gill and other city l't'ic.iiilH.t Ocnerul Greene Miiid he .wul.l order hit troops ,not to visit Hen tt le if cewlitioim were noj lietteri'd. int.iii, mux iik riiAvr (MtAVAHY rXn AI.I.IKN rtlo do Janeiro. Nov. 2. President rira., wrltjhg to Presidents of the vitflmni states or Hrazll. decliires that llrnzll fan's without falterlim the Miicrlflces she will he culled upon to mnke hecaiiHe of her entrance tn to the war. He urges co-operation In keiiplng ilovyt ex-iM.tliire imd Increasing uatrJcultiirul pi'Ddi'dtloii,' th'it llruT.I' ina-"bei'oirio tlie iunniy of. thu allies i ... -mm 1ft.... V 1 .-Icphoiin I iniHtiii Aguln Itefu In Hii-ouiiIm. ( t nlon of Din 0Nntlira , SAN niAXriM'O, Novi .,.-it.- .'giiitmti . ui' telephone niM-riilor' I iinioiiH, urged by Winer . lived, led- fill iiu'iliiilnr, u u incuiiH nf ending tln sink iu I In- I'ui-il'ie northwest, Mil liUllill 11-llli.cd llV III.. I'x..it ir ...... company nniiiiuiii'ril willingum, to regulate nil oilier UHr.lioiih ut Ihkui. ..... . . , . ", '' "Winged electrical workers and girl operator which, Iiiim purliullv paralyzed t i in tn-uille, i niu mid oilier loiiHt Million cnprcri-c hero, wn- predicted .. .,.,. , ,,, ,.., -i i ... ' .'i Tin' rollllUIIIV, ill lt announcement. I'Ollll'llilcil Air. lll'I'll llllll n'l'I'ISI'il III. f'nlil..iil...l l H.....I . ...1 ... i r " if..H,,1i1.. i.:,.!. I...I i,; ,t .iniimny Mini ut il- t-liili-iurnt ud-! ,rr,,,., j(r, 1 !. EIGHI ARE 10SI ON IP Fl NAM 1 1. Mi I oy, Nov. ''. Kight liicilltri. .I.'ii.l noil nno I ur l. iiiinkiiiu 1 a- ll....,.lt ot th.. t i..r.M..I.. , . , ,,, ,,,, lrullN. j,,,,., )v riaaiaia Militiuir- j,,,., flif inn v nml ur ileurliiioiiN ,.,. dvi.., ,v otlinnl i-nl.li!.. Two . M ( , . '. ,.i ...... r ,i i . - . , ""'', . moil rz:!.: s. - , ., , n privuii. nml ii linn iiicinlifm of tlic Vi:i!iin.l's .-rew. The eiixtiully li-l wn uliuoiiiiced iif follows' ; Newton !. IIcimI, m'iiiiiiiii, ileml. Next of kin lint tfiven. Home mlilress, I Clevcluhil, (iu. I'oiler Hilton, hi'iimuii, second cliiNh, nuHxiii-K', Mot lier, Mrs. 1mr.ie Hilton, Toecoii, Oh, Army I'rivute lioster Hiukey, iu I'untry, drowned. Ftither, Thomus Hickey, Chicnpo, 111.. Cliurlcs H. Maxwell, colered, transport workers' buttulion, drown ed, jlrother, ThomiiH K. Miawell, Coniiord, N. C. i Members of Finland crew: M. Curilor.0, firvnuui, drowned; no emerneniiy addrrHM. . ARE PROHIBITED WASillNUTON, Nov. 'i.-The war trmln hnurd todny prohibited tlio ex port of Corn exempt in cases where evidence of tho necessity of export ing bus iiecn submitted, This is due to tliti lutu nrrivtiPof the new norn liurvi'Kt, the buar4'n niiuouiicemcut iloclurcd, ii ml exporters' Imve been warned hot to mnke nny shipments or nny contriicls for shipment im Iomn liminMCs for export previously bus been semii-rdY1 "In (lie pnst e.Npurlei's linve iiuulo 'lilHiienti nml t'lietf nttl'iiipteil lo use llie fnct .Hint they were puyini: de 'hiirrime. ns u rensoit for relensin "'tell sliiruncnlN. This vc ihoii cnniiol 'n.r ohtnin and henceforth export 'ieensott will be retusml if uliipments of com nra made previous to'seanr ;.ii4 lieensw," I V ' LALfl OA mi ncoTDnvQ rccn OTnoc! CilMTS on iRinoT niOAOTDni 10 nnc ! i wi iiiiii i iii tn iiiiiii i rinr i J III .11 llll. 1 I I I II .1111111 I U I V I I IV I J I LLU ll UIIL WMIMaaM Burkhalter and Habermans Gutted and Contents . Loss $15,000 I . un-annoim urn ocnirreu hum morning ut aixiul K:30, ruining the new concrete building on J alrwt Hour Sixth, reo-iMly completed by Htirkhalli-r A llalierman and occu pied by tlmm an a feed atore and warehouse, and destroying several 'uoO. The Hip started In a small idle of lrw itMnlnra hl.h ... .vuln.l 1. 1.. ,.il. ..t I..I.J -lf..lr.. ....I ui n ii. ... timmu hiiiiiih iiq, . .iiiu .... .. .. a hale or two, but In a minute the : whole Interior of the building was a man of flumes and black smoke rolled out of both front and rear doom. The fire department waa on jhnnd without delay but It was ini !posalhle to do more thnn confine the blH.e In the one building, then a , roaring furnace. As the wood front. which waa covered with sheet Iron, burned, biilldlaKe an tbe opposite 1 """,,,"K'' ,M oiU'oa"" islde of .1 street worn smoking from , th Intense beat, and only the ab sence of wind prevented a cnnflacra k rat Ion. There were three or four cur loads iof 'baled hay In one InimenKe pile " - " In,,'nw' neM- n, onl b- , "' f Pvented a oonnncra- It.ROO. KPft,lon- There la no apparent cause for the Tl",r" ,r' ihr" or fo,,r cur '""''"(OflRln of the fire as there was noth- '"' ,my ln one ,n,mnK n";ln(r at the rear of the building from ''! It made a hard fire to fight, the'whlch a fire could atart. and It Is l'es ne-, , twee n bales and the big 41e had to be torn down and soaktd with water. zz :ftejn.r or more of feed, and a considerable OF COI'KNIIAGKN, Nov. -.'.The Xor wej;iiiii minister lit IWrlin today liuniled the Berlin minister of foreign nffiiii-N Ihe following note: "Ai-eordiiiR to the information so far received, it imp.! be rc-jnnled as authenticated that certain ships of the German navy in the Xorth sea on (h-tober 17, after sinking escorting Itritish vessels, sunk also a number of neutral merchant ships, among which were several Norwegian ships, without taking any stops either to at tempt to save, the, crews or give them tune to save themselves. Tho con duct on the part of the Gorman war chips was the cause of a great num ber of Norwegian sailors being killed or wounded' by shell fire or losing their lives by drowning. "The Norwegian government will not nguin state its- views,- an it nl- rendy hits done so, to tho violation of the prineiplo of the freedom of the sens incurred by the proclamation of liir tracta of the ocean as a war xone and by the sinking of neutral monihnnt ships not parrvidir 'contra band. (J HANTS PASS 1IOY HON'OUKD AT AOItKTITl'ltAI. COMiKXJK Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vnllls, N'ov. 2. The student body of the Oregon Agricultural College to day elected Theodore Cramer Its president to fill the vacancy left by Stanley Smllle, now In the officers' reserve training camp at San Pran Ikco, Cramer la a senior student and la prominent In actlvHIea on the impuH. He le a member of Lambda W Alpha fraternity and a resident of Orajita Pass. . New Buildiog oa J Street! Completely Destroyed. Insurance $2,500 iiualilllv of riour. whkh all dba - iroyud. j Ilernioni Kliowo. Tlio . coiupauy'a auto truck was!- The aafe retirement to the Taglla saved by pushing it out of the l.ackiment0 was due to tbe unexampled door, and Miveral drawers from thel i,,u, , . . A, ... , , . i Heroism of large bodies of Italians desk were taken out. together wlthl , . a nart of tha lw.k. f ,h- fir.., .... ' ,uch vlrH as the Alplnl on Monte nothing more whs saved. The building was oucret true-, turn oOtlUw feet and two atorlea ; MagKlore, which peruihed to tbe last hlKb, and bad been completed aud j man rather than yield ground. It occupied only about a month. The, waa because of such resistance In wcond flMir was intended for ator-lfhe face of overwhelming forces of axe. but aa yet was not in use. . The enemy artlllcrr and Infantry that tbe iniiitiing m a complete wreck, the concrete wall being cracked - and! bulged, making the top story, at ifUHt, tinsaretor nse. ' "ln rear oi me uunuing was a' pole carrying electric current linme-, illately connected with the hlwh ten- down by bursting bombs. Tn Prmlr referred to the yean hIoii feed wire of the California- Ore-i The aplrlt of the army now con- ,n wh,rn Rul had foaght her owm gon Power-company. The wires were! fronting the enemy Is excellent xhei campa,Kn ,one. wltn no lslano cut and Ihe pole and cross aims j troops are fired with tbe determlna- l""'h M hM been Mlnll to franea burned. It was necessary to send !tion to expel the Invaders rrom Italian ! bv Great Br,taln now DT America, to Medford for additional linemen ' soil. i ,,e Mlrt h f"14 help was needed nr- to make repairs, and the south end! Screened by ('valry. i gently and that Russia asked It as nf the city was without electric cur-1 The cavalry rear guard continues n"r r,ht- ,,e ur8e1 that the Cnlted rent until late this evening. The! to screen the movement of tbe main!S,a,es lve ld ,n the ,orm 01 Courier waa imsMa to set a line of type for tonight's Issue until after J:30 o'clock this afternoon. Mont of the type for this issue being gup - Piled by'1 the Medford Mail-Tribune,' .General Cadorna's bulletin last ', uk,n n enormous part in the atnig-Im-Iiik riiHhed to this city by automo-; night gives the first idea of where le anl ,h01" who ald ,n WM ut bile after tbe printing of their even-1 'Inn's edition. Tli-liiill.liuic being of Vontfretc, .nu ou.j iii.iiiniai uimirMiire oi '"". nl the .omenta carried nejievrd that Incendiarism was the cause, Inasmuch as there seems to he a determined effort throughout the rountry by national enemies to destroy all grain and feed stocks. PART OF ITALIAN !Y . LONDON', Nov. 3.-Tu'e Daily MuiJ'8 cnrropondL-nt at Ituliau hcad qttH i ters in a dipateli duted Wednes day, say: "Geuenil t'adornu'a candid admis sion of the failure of the neutiou of his army gives a due to the real causes of the enemy's advancu. On the other band, in most, case, really desperate resistance was made. "The men ou tbe liainsizxa plateau who bud suffered worst from the shelling nevertheless brought up mu vhuie guns, held off the attaclung forces for an hour aud made several huudred prisoners. Tha retiistanue ou Alonte Nero was especially des perate. , "While the 1'it'tu ik-rsaglien brig- auo neiu me uioouck nugu . many hour!j. other trooDs defendinir tl. di. Mur entrance to tho puss into Italy at St. Lucia fought desperately, tbe village of Ht. Lucia being taken and reluken ut least eight times. "Tbe Alpiui, on tbe heights ol .Monte Nero, never gave way before the Ueruian uttuuks. They were still holdiug out Saturday, three days later, altho they hud had only one Oay s rations Airpluuus Dew over and dropped loavc of bread, hoping j lo reach, tbe Alpini troops.'' XKW VOUK i ITV WILL Hl'Y AND HKI.I. rXkD New York. Nov. 2 John Mitchell. i state rood commissioner.- late today granted permission to New York I City a-irttiorhiei to buy and sH food load fuel. ' . ' ; ITALY PREPARES COUNTER-OFFEHSE f.reat llttle on 14m of Tagllanumto Itlvrr l-nrl hi ArltiU.tr Hm lit lloth Hide j !,, nut, Aumro-uerman t patrol hive advanced to th banki j of the Tagliamento river, along which tbe iuiian are making a atand. Tha I war office announces that then pa- !,roU were repuld. ' Nero, wlu refused to surrender, and the regiments ot Bersagllerl at Monte civil population was able to retire, It was owing to the valor of Italian ' aviators, combatting the Auatro-Oer- man army of the air that fleeing wo- men. children and old men who' rrowded the roads were not stmckl 'body of the Italian armv to Its newlv j chosen position and at the same time j j to check to advance of the enemy I : linen. ! the advance la making Itself felt along the hills conecting St. Danlelei roiwun.nce iiewnnmg. nel'Friilll. the Ledra canal and Pbi- ; " -.ha . fought eonslatently xueolo Del Grulll, making a curved 's,nce ,he ginning.- She la now line some mIes west of the Isonxo 1 worn out by the straln and eMm M rver j her right that tbe allies now shoul- Milltary necessty still' restricts rig-: der lh burden-" Idly the sending of details of the" Thn" Premle' Kerensky explained (Continued on page 1.) 5 FAVOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE NKW.YOKK. No'v. 'J. Five mem-' hers of President Wilson's cabinet indorsed woman suffrage in state ments made public liprc today by Mrs.' Xonnan IVII. Whitehouse, chairman of the New York state wo man's suffrage party. Following are extracts from statements: Joseph us Daniels, secretary of the nnvy The mothers of men train their boysf or citizens, and if they are to I.e trusted with tile earlv edu cation 'and shaping of the character their boys for citizens,- and if they they should not be i rusted with the ballot f ' Franklin K. Lane, secretary of the interior I Ree no reason to fear wo man suffrage. It has not worked dis aster in California. As a mutter of political philosophy, suffrage cannot be put aside, and as a matter of wise policy it is not to be denied. David F. Houston, secretary of agriculture The patriotism, the self control of, women.; in the present emergency and their intelligent ac tion lend support to , the argument and should dispel any doubts fair minded men may have entertained us to the wisdom of enfranchising the women. ; William G. MoArfoo, secretary of the treasury The time . has come when suffrage should be givdi to the women of America. It should bo given promptly and Hncnidginclv. William G. Redfield, secretary of j commerce I am an earnest believer in suffrage for women. There arc large sections of our public affairs in which women merely heeniisc. they nre women are experts. AMKRICAV AVIATOH IS K1M.KD IX JAPAN Toklo, Nov. 1. Frank Champion. and American aviator, fell and war I killed - while- maWag ,a flight over. Kochlo today. , RUSSIA READY TO GIVE UP THE STRUGGLE rilKMIhll KKIEEN8KV 8AVH JI4- TIOJf.lH U'OKX Oil BV TH UtSO ST HIGGLE ' WILL NOT BE OUT OF THE WA3 r. H. HUihIs Jljr w ItoomUle Wltk aa AddttioiiaJ Loan of Onsr .10 HlUloa Dollars PETROORAD. Not. . In vlesr ot reports reaching Petrograd that tae Impression was spreading abroad that Russia was virtually oat of toe war. Premier Kerenakr discussed the present condition of the country frankly with the Associated Press. He said that Rnsta , was , worn oat by. the long strain bat that it was rjdicn, loua to say that the country .was, out of the war. and uPPe nd appealed to the world not jo lose faith in the Rt slan revolution. . , Russia, M. Kerensky added, was ! of 11 muRt haTe snort mmorles. uussia s position to tne correspond ;ent. The premier was seated In the j library of the former private office J of the emperor In the winter palace. Tbe correspondent called attention to widely contradictory reports on Rus sia's condition and asked the premier for a frank statement of tbe faots. "It has been said by travelers' re turning from England and elsewhere to America that opinion among the people, not officially but generally, that Russia is virtually out of the war." It was explained. "Is Russia out of the war " the premier laughed. "That," he an swered, "is a ridiculons question. Rus sia is taking an enormous part ln the war. One has only to remember his tory. Russia began the war for the allies. ' While she was already flght- ( Continued on page S.) STEAffflP ALKI, IS A TOTAL LOSS SEATTLE, Nov. 2. The stranded Alaska passenger steamer Al-KI Is a total loss. She is hard on tha reef on Chlcagoft Island, near. Juneau, Alaska, where she grounded tn a snow storm yesterday, according to reports received today by the Seattle Steam ship company, which owns the ves sel. Passengers, mall and express pack ages were taken rrom the Al-KI last night by the cable ship Buraslde, which was expected to reach Jnneau today.' !; '' - , The Al-KI piled between southeast ern Alaskan points and Seattle and was enroute from Juneau -to Sitka when she struck. The company today estimated the boat's value at between 175,000 and $100,000. t Marine records here show that the Al-KI was one of the oldest boats on one," said Kerensky. "It la a ques the Alaskan run and in the stampede days ot 1898 carried many prospect ors north to Juneau, Skagway and the gold fields'. She was built at Bath, MalnAjn 1884, s8h registered 1359 tons gross.