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DAILY EDITION you, ML, No. I.V aiUNTt rim, joskphinb cochty, orkoon, thuwday, kovkmhku , inx. WHOLE .M MBKR 17.000 IRE ITALIANS ARE PRISONERS troop it or HUI It ft TKKAT It V TIIH AlKTIHMiMI. MAN HIU.H TOTAL NUMBER NOW 250,000 Italian Amiy (Wlnaliig llftmu Hiwtwasd Nrr VrartlitaJ Plain Airplane Hinder Invade Herlln. Nov. 8.Aimtr-Urman hvw roMid the Vkenta river, flev- Imi thousand Italian troop weie ewt off from the Taicllaiufnto and captured. Italian captured by the enemy low number 280,008. Hwmmary of thvratiun ' Tha Italian nrmle ara continuing their retreat weatward over lb Venetian plain from tha Tagllnmento Hv-r and southward from tha Dolo mite and Cnrnle Alp region toward tha plain. . . Tha retreat I declared by the Italia war offlcn to h an orderly on with tha rear guard on both fighting front holding bach tha run My and with airplane alio playing a Imiiortani part In haraaalng the Invader, dastrnylng bridge that have open thrown over tha Taglla mento and bombing troop trying to oroat tha stream. Although tba ikirlin offlolal torn mualcatlofl aaxeru'taai tba' Oermaa have reached tha IJveux river on the Venetian plain, along which II hail btwn ax peeled General Cadorna would riKht n retarding ortlon, U Ik believed thai thla la only lu the cen ter and that tha greuter portion of Clenerul von llclow'n force still in negotiating a imnxaiii- or tha Tadlit manto or working It way wnstrnrd over the Hut ronnlr.v. , There haa been no Inillcallon u to where tbe lino of the Italluu re treating from tbn hlllM southward baa reached. Nor l there any In formation concerning whare tlenernl Cadoroa, reinforced by tha Ftrltlnh and French will uiaka hln atand, but the belle'f fit 111 prevail that the Plava rlvnr will be chosen for thin pnrpoHa. That aid by tha allien I required and in no unstinted measure baa been ansrrted In Benil-oflU'lnl quarter In Roma. The Teuton ara declared to Iihv staked everything n their attempt to cruh Italy, and tba allien must rnah up assistance with tha iittnoat speed If Cndornn la to check tba enemy. STRIKERS QUIT BROTHERHOOD IrtWal .Mmllafair Matt I tool With Mortliwral Telephone Operator eWHnlrly Hun Frenclaro, Nov. I. A tela drain from V. K. Delan from 8a- atlle announce that Ih northwaat telephona worker have aevared all relation with the International Brotherhood official here. Federal mediator w have to deal with the north wet separately. Lit t Angele, No. V. Secretary of' lAbor Wllaon and party arrived en route to Han Ktamico. The aacretarjr aald. "I am quite, confl dent we will be able to aettla tha telephona atrlka," I Af.'OnG ITAJJAH TROOPS (.ondon, Nor. 1 Jdajor-Ceuaral MAXIMALISTS KEREW GOVERNMENT nFFFiT mnsn gives la L.I L.1 1 1 I mil nrTimnn luaii ntiumiD Russia Thickened With Civil War-Kerensky Flees Frca Petregrad and His Arrest Is Ordered 1 Allies Net Disleartexd thernibarrlotbHi of Kromd liberty iUmOt Amouala to Over . M Per Oat Kraderlck U. Maurice, chief dlrw tor of military operation at the war of Ilea, In hi weakly talk with the Aa oclaled lrena today, aald. "Tha Italian tltuatlon la verloua, but a convldarable part of the Urm ia! talk I untrue. The report that roe Mackeoaan made tba attack with an onrwhelmln force of 100,000 ruun I a fabrication. Tba enemy force warn commanded by von lu luw. Moreover, tha attack waa no aurprbe to General Cardona, who knew It aa coming ao far In ad vance that be aued a communique warning the troop about IL "It la. not. aeary to ay mufb here aa to tha cauaa of the Italian full ii re, except to note, that the Ger man aceompllabad nt leant nomeJ IhInK throunh Inaldloua propummda among tha Italian troop. . ', , 'Th withdrawal of tha Italian from the Tairllamento lino need ratmn no dlcoiiraRement Iwcauae (hi wu purl of Cudorna'a achemo from tha moment of tha flrat fatlliiK buck. Development now depend largely upon the time In which allied reinforcement reach the line In ade quate nutnhnr." IWorrlnn to the iierman claim of an enonuou bn of primmer, Cin eral Maurice exprentted the opinion that thea were larxely overdrawn aylng: "The Germans nuturally make the bent ponarhle atory and It I likely thnt they have counted all the civil ian In the total of prlxoner they announced." l-ondoo, Nov. S, Maxlmallat bate gained contiia) of I'etrotrad and have liaued a proclamation which atatea that the new govern' mant propone an Immediate peace. The new agency announce that the Mailmallit were aaltd 4y the Petrograd (arrlion. Some member of the provlalonal government were a r re ted and Keremky ha been de poned. The aaitanie of the Petrograd garrlaon enabled Matlmallita to e- eure coup de tat without bloodhed. The preliminary parliament ha fcean dissolved. Wlrelesa from Petroarad saya the council of soldier and workmen's delegate haa announced that the apllt in the council haa been healed and a call bat been sent out for one delegate from rrh 25,000 of the population, to express the wilt of the Ruaalan army. The Ruiiilaa new agency ha been aalxed by Maximally. ' ft I announced that the soldiers' and worklngmen'a delegates Insued a proclamation laying Petrograd was In their hand. The new government wilt propose an Immediate and Just peace, will band tha land to the peaa anta, and will summon a nonatltuent aiwrmhly. leon Trotsky, prealden! of the central committee of the council of delegate, declared that the pro vIhIoohI governniant no longer exlut- ed, nnd thnt the prellmlnnry parlia ment wa dUxnlved. Wahlngton, Nov, g. American responded to the call for a second Uberty war loan by subscribing li,- fl7.SII,300, or over-subscription toy 54 per cent of the $3,000,000,000 clal newa agencies declare tbat or- "Kel and oa,T 000,000 lei dam have been Issued for bis arrest. Maa the f 5,000,000,000 maximum fixed by the treasury. Petrograd, Nov, T. An armed Tabulations completed last night. naval detachment under order of the eleven das after the close of the Maximalist revolutionary committee, nation-wide bond selling campaign, has occupied the offices of the official (howed that every federal reserve Petrograd telegraph agency. district exceeded Its quota and I,- The Maximalists also oocupled the 400,000 person subscribed In the Central Telegraph office and the big war financing operation. State bank at Marie palace, where Half of the over-subscribed aum the preliminary parliament had sus-lwlll be accepted, making the actual pended Ita proceedings. In view of I total of bond to be issued 13 808 - the situation. 7(8,150. Ninety-nine ner sent of the The general life of the city re- subscribers will receive the amount nialna normal and tha afreet traffic for which they bargained, all sub ha not been Interrupted. Iwrlptlona for f 50,000 or less belnc Numeron precaution have been Hotted In full and those above that taken by Premier Kereasky to aBoum being pared down- la varr- thwart the threatened outbreak of '"a proportion, ranging from a 0 the Bolshevlkls. The soldiers guard- P' cat allowance on subscription Ing the government building have '"'tweca $50,000 and $100,000 to 40 been replaced by men from the offl- P'r cent for the largeat single aufe- eer training scboola. Dfanr guards ctption of $50,000,000. hgve been placed at the embassies.! The success of the second liberty The women's battalion 1s drawn npl'oan, like tbat of the first, la a dis- In the aquare In front of the winter tlnct triumph for the people of the pakre. Called States." aald Secretary Mc- , The commander on the northern Adoo, announcing tbe loan results. front haa Informed the premier that I "It not only demonstrated their abll- hla troop are ready to come to Pet-llty, patriotism and resource, but rograd to quell a rebellion If neees- augurs the certain auccesa of ' any l i . ... . sary. taat may De offered by the gov- In tbe early hours of tbe mornlngleninient." SEVEN KILLED IN mm EXPLOSION HKAVV MACHINKKY IN I'PPKB FliOOIW (AlKfX OOUiAPMC, YMXWKD BY KUUC SUPPLIES mo;o 1 14.. PltOHIHlTION' CAItUIH IV THK HTATK OK OHIO . Cincinnati, O.. Nov. H. ITnofficlal complete return show prohibition carried In Ohio. HOW I HAVE GONE TO W ll f ni ii rn inr nrrn ALL nULto Ant m Hy llooth Tarklnxton No; there I no end to "auhHcrlli Ing," becauae we have gone to war and "all rule are off." The rule of peace-time, when we thought our money wa something ancrod to our acJves. when we thought that It wax onr own money, 'because we hud Earned It. or 'becauae aomebody hud willed l( to us, or bocuuae Inveat wents had "made It" for uh thoae are the ruin which arc mimt par ticularly and violently "off." Noth ing could give it a much greater sbix-k than the dlacovory that "our own money" doe not actually be long to our own Reives, nftnr all, dona belong (nnd will certulnly go) where II la moat needed 'by the na tion. Till I a mutter plainly revo lutionary and of tho Rrerttent rillll otilty and even palnf iiIiiohh. In re xrord to our mental ndJiiRtmnnl ui it: and yet it cun be proved with the titmoHt almpllclty. Thus:' No dii? can Interfere wlt!i the distribution of hi money where It I most need ed by the nation, and go without Hhame -both inward shame and no torious shame. That Ih. he ha done wrong, and know It hlmHnlf, and, moreover, hla neighbors know it. Why la thla true, If he ha only kept tight hold of hi own money? If It were hla own, It wouldn't be wrong for him to keep tight hold or It, No; the wur la proving to ua that all money belongs where It I niOHt needed by the nation and not where It' ' I ninnt dealred, nelfUhly, by the Individual. And In war the nation needa money moat where money will do the numt good to the aoldler. We HHy, "I gave to the lied Oohh." No; that Ih a mistake; we didn't "give." Money conalata of marker or "chip" representing accumuluted la'bnr, and when we purl with money we reienxe atored-up lubor; thnt la. a form of energy. The Ited Cross la Working for us; It I working for! the mot vital possesion that we have, In time' of war, our soldiers. Washington, Nov. 8. Kerensky's fall aud the collapse of his govern nient Into tbe hand of Maximalists la regarded n threatening Itussla with dvll war. It probably mean the re-arrangement of war plan. Entente allien are shocked . but not disheartened. It Is believed thut Kerensky and hla followers will set up a new government at Moscow, leaving Petrograd, and an armed clash I among the Hist possibilities. It la expected that moat of the army will remain loyal to Kerensky. Thl revolution la considered a triumph for Insidious German propaganda. Umdon, Nov. 8. Kerensky ha fled from the capital and seml-otn- 'U.S.S. ROCHESTER TORPEDOED IE 2 (Continued on page S.) El LARGEST IN HISTORY Washington. Nor. 8. That the 117 corn crop 1a larger by 66.000, 000 bushel than ever before grown In America Is Indicated by an est I mate of the department of agricul ture. The crop is estimated at 3, 1 01,088,000 bushels. HI GILL MORE TIME Seattle, Nov. 8. Major General Greene, commander at Camp fiewla, has notified the Seattle Rotary clno thut he would give the authorities "h little more time" to 'better tbe cond lions In Seattle before Issuing an order forbidding soldiers visiting the city. Copenhagen, Nov. 8. The pro ceeds of the Danish sea fisheries more thun doubled during the past year, while the quantity of the catch Increased about 40 per tccnt. The value for last year wa nearly $16,- 000,000. a Delegation of Cossacks appeared at the Winter palace and told Premier Kerensky that they were disposed to carry out the government's orders concerning the guarding of tbe cap ital, 4ut they Insisted that If hostil ities commenced. It would be neces sary for their forces to be supple mania,! tv tnfnntrv tintta. Thar fur- in.. j-.u,.Ht .hit ih. i.remler de- 'ndon, Nov. 8. The American fine the government's attitude to- ,e'"hlP Rochester was torpedoed ward the Rolshelkis. citing the re- iunk November !. Four lease from custody of some of those 8al,or8 re knn ve lost their who had been arrested for partlclpa- no one D0". w,tn " wrond tlon In the July disturbances. Therale nd 14 men' ' ""'m'"- Cossacks virtually made a demand that the government proclaim the Bolshevlkls outlaws. The' premier replied: "I find It difficult to declare the Holsbeclkls outlaws. Tbe attitude of London. Nov. ' 8. The British the government toward their presentjarmy in France gets nearly 2,000, actlvitles Is known." 000 pounds of jam every week from The premier explained that those this country. The daily ration of who had been released were on bail cheese calls for a shipment of be- and thnt any of them found partlcl- It ween 1,000.000 and 2.000.000 pating In new offenses against the pounds weekly while the daily ra- peace would be severely dealt with, tlon of just over half an ounce of tea absorbs over half a million pounds each week. V . i : Thirtr-tlvw Haudred Baca of for Troop ia Praac Are Pewtrof. ed With BaDdlac New York, Nov. t. Five woavsa and two me a art believed to be kill ed la the collapse of three floor of four story building la Brookiya owaed by the' Johaaaa Steamship company, which company Is aapp ty ing provisions to the United State government. The- collapse - of the building was followed by aa explo sloa aad fire. .. Heavy machine rr stored oa the upper floors la be-., lleved to be responsible for the col lapse. ; - The machinery dropped t tbe basement, causing an ammonia tank, to explode. 1 Thirty-five hundred bag of beaaa for th American forces la Franca were ruined. Th bodies of fonr women were recovered. SlluiiuiaMiiES EI -.6UIE12IT. AMKK1CAX JAM FOH HKITISH ARMY IX KIUXCE Iondon, Nov. 8. A marked de crease in tbe British merchant ahipa sunk during the last Week ia notd' In the admiralty report last night. Only eight vessels over 1.(00 tons were sunk by mine or submarine and four under that tonnage. No fishing vessels were sunk. ' ' The sinking of British merchant ships recorded in the latest admiral ty report aw the smallest In point' of number since the unrestricted submarine warfare began. PETHOGKAJ) XEWSPAPER8 HAVE THEIR TROCBLKg Petrograd, Nov. 8. The "Associa tion of Managers and Editors of Petrograd daily newspapers has pub lished a statement Informing news paper readers that the press may' very soon find ltaelf In a critical condition In consequence of the en ormous Increase In the cost of ma terial and labor, wear and tear of machinery which cannot be replaced and of the strike In paper mills. MS H H THURSDAY HEIIR M. IS PUNNED THAHKSGIVfflG London, Nov. 8. The special American commission to the allied conference arrived in Ixndon last night. The commission la headed by Colonel K. M. House, special commissioner. Washington, Nov.. 8. President Wilson issued today his 191? hi. i. i . . . . . .. (iKItMAN Sl'llMAIUNK SITPMKS "'-""K'.u8 prociamauon. calling HXS AlOIS AMJWVN1TIOX UPn tBe nUOn' even ,n the mld8t or tne sorrow and great peril of a . I ... 1 .1 V. 1 1 - . . . . . Stockholm. Nov. 8.-The existence """ "" y war. to mans uoa of a Finnish weapon and ammunl- oener xnan tlon depot somewhere off the west P" peaee of mind and prosperity Botha coast, which Is being supplied enterprise. . , ., by Oerman submarines, Is clearly In- ,ne proclamation, fixing Thurs- dlcated by preliminary Investlga- aa- November 29. as Thanksgiving tlon Into a conflict between Finns and Swedish custom authorities oft Holland. A niotorbout maned by Ave Finns and laden with arms and ammunition was discovered by Swed ish customs officials who were driv en off by the Finns. Finns living at I'meo have testified that (ierman submarines delivered arms and am munition to Finnish boats. Tl'ltKS MAKIXN (iF.XKUAl. RKT1RKMKXT IX SOl'TH 1ondon, Nov. 8. General retire- day, follows: "By the President of the United State of America. "A proclamation: "It ha long been the honored cus tom of our people turn In the fruit ful autumn of the year In praise for thanksgiving to Almighty God , for His many blessings and mercies to us as a nation. Thnt custom we can follow now, even In the midst of the tragedy of a world shaken bv war and immeasurable disaster in the. midst of sorrow and great perl! be cause even amidst the darkness that upon us. blessings that are better than mere peace of mind and pros perity of enterprise. , , "We have been given the oppor tunity to serve mankind as we once served ourselves In the great day of our Declaration of Independence, by taking up arms against a tyranny that threatened to master and de base men everywhere and Joining with other, free peoples In demand ing for all the nations of the world what we then demanded and obtain ed for ourselves. In this day of revelation of our duty, not only to defend our own rights as a nation, but to defend also the rights of free men throughout the world, there has been vouchsafed us In full and In In spiring measure the resolution and spirit of united action. We have been brought to one mind and pur pose. A new vigor of common coun sel and common action has been re vealed In us. We should especially thank God tbat in such clrcum- ment northward by Turkish forces; has gathered about us. we can see slance8 ,n tne nildst of the greatest In Palestine I Indicated. , the great blessings God has bestowed (Continued on page J.)