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1 MM DAILY EDITION Vol Mil., No, in. ' GHAUT PAM, JOSKPHIXB CX)VNTT, ORIXiOX, FRIDAY, XOVJ.MHKK . 1IT WHOI.K MtMROTt XatH. RUSSIA ' IS Oirr -1 11 f FACltO Innni REVO ON ALUES TIE COMMAND OF ' ITALIAN ARMY W 4 1( nnll, DM'IHKN OS JOINT fONTIMM, WITH UKS. MAX IN OMMU FREMCH-BRfTISHTROOPS ARRIVE llrpoar of Venice lpriiiU I miH TWIy ArrHal of Ami Kpmw Ar- mini rf Italy' Allien j the military poll at Camp Iew1n, Homo, Nov. 9.--Tlii Italluiia are tnnt night lantied the following tate holding 1ark thi Teutons, wh theifienl: m.m.h .i.i..h -.... m n,i. niv thi.. afternoon from the northern front. I The rear guard action la nervine to allow the main army to become es tablished In position which hava been aelat trd for them. General IMnx ha been appointed I rut In command of the Italian. " ' whom the federal aiithorltiea ran Italian Army Headquarter. Nor.!wwrk wh ,,,.,,, if there ara I. -The conference of the allied ' ny f,Upr, offlclal. who have any tlona resulted In tha creation of a . conf,jpnM, , tneM ,, have fall- permanent Inier-allled mllltnry -om-i mlttea whlrh will provide a now leaderahlp for the Italian army. General 'ordona, who haa lHn lit anpreme command of tha Italian - given , a place, in the rommiiiaa... Italian Mllltnry Zone. Nov. -a. II. .11. HoIiI..!, anil LVMltnh IVlulIlM fir infill ii,iini m,,i , - w.- j going toward the front In help the Italian forces slcm the Teutonic tide of Invasion. Representative of the ministries of llrllulo. and Krame, an well aa Italy, who recently came to tha .... a..- afi.H.Au t it litaa lntlut ,rm,l."'r " 1 1 , , '" . .Jiphona operator striker, will not be way the allle could annlMl Italy In,1 .... , ., her irlnln. had a two hour confer ance with the king of Italy today and upon leaving they visited. In com pany with the Italian klnu. the linen of MrltlHh and French soldiers on their way front-ward. In the party were l.lovd George. Premier Paul 'uul linn and , Pulnlevfl. Vlttorlo Orlundo, Italia premier and cernl RencralH their staff. HOPE ABANDONED FOR 21 . - - .. . , ! WiisUlnuton. .Nov. .-- m.i'e i lh safety of IJeutennnt John T.i Melvln und the i!0 enllaled men. rn-l M,)0o. fptU hnN ,.pn ported liilnslng rter the tnnujdolng;,, from ' ,i,e championship of the American patrol ship Alcedo.i Mr,y. , lhH t,5w,n by being bus been abandoned. 'defeated bv both the other hlRh ' Secretary Daniel. aut!,o. l.ed ( m.hoo, ,Pnnm hl tllft HttUcment: t Ashlnnd and tlrnnts Puss played "Tb navy dopartment la recelv- goor(lp((1) tt( Bt A8,llnlu on October ed a report from Vice-Admiral 8lm27 Bnd -Hn(,e Um( dup ,,oth u,uim hinting that no trace had been found. hRye MenteA Medford by scores of of the one offlcer and J4 men report-l52 tft Q ftnd 48 t() ft reilleotlvoiv s0 ed missing after the sinking of th? tpBmg are oyen,y nmtclle(l nn, .Ajnerlcnn patrol vessel Alcedo. Sev- B v1m fUm of hmiId ,.rul venseln which were smirching for ,)e )en .hon t()e t(ln(!,e t0. posalhtn survivors, have given up the, morrow aftarnoon at 2:30. search. "It I believed that most or, the mlsslfig men were killed by thej explosion of the torpedo.' The Alcedo. a converted ynnht,; was torpedoed and sunk by a ub-j marine enrly Monday morning', being; the first American warship Jo gOj rioan since the war legan. No de- lulls have been made public. ' " HIUTIHII roNTIM'F. TO I toward the north, llrltlsh nlrplunes DKIVF THF, Tl'RKSiara following the retreating Turks i i ' , and bombing them. Forty Turkish Umiloii, Nov, ft. Tekrlt, on rhe ' giina have been captured by Mie flrlt 'Tlgrla river I 'MeHopotiwnln, 90 mllelh and French navab force co- mirth west of tlagdud, was occupied by, the llrltlsh on November (I, the wr ofllcc nnnoitnced today. . GILL Will CLEAN CITY IF SEATTLE Frallr Mnyor Hnn Me Now I'mlrf What llif Krlerul iotrrn WanU mid Will limply' .Scuttle, Nov. ft. A move In Mayor III !IU' plan to "clean up" Seattle 40 men iind women were ar rested today In various rciort anil booked iflnordarly person. Tacoma, Nov. 9 . In answer to tbe ntatciiieni of Mayor fSIII of Seattle yesterday that- he "now h a Rood Idea of what th government want and will undertake to meet every de- lmnd that the army aulhorltie mity ! mM, ,0 ,,. 0,,jltlon In Seal- ill." Colonel M. K. Huvllle. hadof "A head of the military polka of the Urgent cantonment In the I'nlt ed Stale. I wlnh to publicly explain exactly what 1a wanted and why. j "First. Mayor Gill should prove jtlie sincerity of hi atatement by at ,oni'e replacing the present chief of police, chief of detectives . nd In snertor of Dollre with men with d rind them "Second. Seattle la today a hotbed o( treaaun and cannot be cleaned tin all official nut In their beat llrka (0KP,her. - . THe nation la now doing h,. th(1 rt,rof b.uk, Hl(BB, SEATTLE STRIKERS Hfiitlle. Nov. A. North weal tele- reirenented at the mcdJlHtion con ' t .. I... UmivatiKV ,f Ijiluir " - " Wilson at 8nn Francisco tomorrow. The Sonttle worker claim the con ference should lie held lu Seattle. m. l I ' IS 1 For the flint time lu years the ' foollmll Icuiil rvprencnthlH (jnuils Push high niliool will play for tbe football i'bampiouHlili of the Rogue river valley when the loeuls meet Ashlnnd hlKh school on the hitch .,,., ; .....j tomorrow In this .. nn,,r f years the RE OF j ' Londou, Nov. 9 The entire Turk- 'iah army In Palestine Is retreating 'operating against the Turkish lines lot communication along the Modl- terreait coast ERENSKY IS DEPOSED nAMOAie iM nnMTnni rhuiuhloih uumnuL Conservative Thought Among the Allies Sees ia Russian Situation Little Hope of PreYez&g Arced Clash Betweea Varies Factions . Wanhlnitton. Nov. . Keport from German aourcca ara the only new received on thla nlda of the water today on the Runatan alltia lion. There la no authentic confirma tion of the report that Kerenaky ha been arreated or that the army -or any part of It ha Joined tha Maxi mally. ' ' A Klnlaod dlnpatch atatea that delexate from the Baltic fleet and committee from the armlea, ' hare renolved to adhere to tbe revolution ary party, which haa occupied atra IckIc ponlrlnn at lleval. I'etronrnd. Nov. . At a meeting of the Soldier' and Workmen' council held here today, a member of the revolutionary committee stat ed that Keremiky addrexaed 6.000 aoldlcr Wednesday at Catrhln. Z3 mile from Petronrad, wno were then on their way from tha front to Petrourad. After a conference, following Ker- emckya-addresartlie aoldiers decided Rna- soldi!' dele-ratea" Govarnmont not to proceed to Petrograd for thejrommigjMirie, are relieved of their time being. functions. Presidents of the work- A military roinmlttne will bring i men' and soldiers' delegates are to (iencral Kornlloff, leader of tbe re-1 communicate direct with the revoln cent revolt, and ome of his l-tonary government. All member porter, to Petrograd to place raem Ion trial for that action. It la Itatnn nore oy meniner oi the new government that the arrest of certain members of the Kerensky government wan not an act of ven gence hut to try them for complicacy In Kornlloff' revolt. . Thl I the explanation given aluo by I.eon Trotsky, president of the executive council of the Soldiers' and Work men' delegates. Amsterdam, Nov. 8. A dlnpatch from Stockholm states that Keren sky has been put under arrest. Iindon, No. 9. A telegram from a liermnn source states that the Rus sian army on tha northern line haa jollied the Maximalists And la march ing upon Petrograd. MAKES Y.L1.C.A. Second only In Importance to the i .. .. .1.. ..... i .. n, i iii. iiiri it. ii.i hi i..i i ......... ... crty limn of 191", Is the cauipulsjn to be waged during the week of No - vember 1 1th to 19th by the National War Work council of the Y; M. C. A. for the purpose of raising a fund of $:ir..0()(l.0tl0 In the I'nlted States with which to continue the work ' the association In the national army cantonments and along tho battle! fronts overseas. The necessity for such a larRe sum in ctcariy set tonn oy jonn GREAT IL1P0RTAHCE OF ARMY f.lORALE i Molt, general secretary of the Y. l.:(nal mlmUer to wUoin we have a l A. In the November Issue of "As- msslon, the colossal magnitude of soclntlon Men" wherein he says: "The sum of $35,000,000 is need ed because of the vast number, of men to be served, llcfore next July the American army and navy will all probability Include 3,500.000 men. The Nutlonal War Work coun cil Is also called upon to extend Its work thorughout the Russian army of over 7.000,000 men. the French army of about 4,000,000 men, the Italian 'army of possibly 3.000.000 Iterlln, Nov.. V. The Autro-Ger-mana, Imvlog overcome the ' ral tanc of the Italian raar guard, arc advancing toward tha Plava rlvar. , I'etrograd, Nov. . Tha conire of soldier and workman ha appeal ed to the army to protect tbe revolu tion amlnat attempt at Imperial Inra until tbe new fovernment haa "auc caeded In securing a democratic lieace." A delegation wa named to Initiate peace negotlatton with the other revolutionary and democratic organ 4-atlona. "with a view to taking itep to atop bloodshed." Tbe offlclal new agency today road public tha following atatement: - "Tha eongrawi of the Council of Workmen' and Soldier' delegate of all Ruwl. which opened last 1 evening lamed this morning three- following proclamation: I "To all provlclal councIU of work-! men' and soldier' and pennants' delegates: "All power lies tn the workmen's 0f atrrlcultural committees, who I have, been arrested, are to be set at liberty Immediately, and the com missioners who arrested them are, tn turn, to be arrested." Tha second proclamation read as follow: "Tha death penalty re-established at the front by Premier Kerensky la abolished and complete freedom for political propaganda has been estab lished at the front. All revolution ary soldiers and officer who hava been arrested for complicity In so- called political crimes are to ba set at liberty Immediately. , Tbe third proclamation says: "Former Ministers Konavaloff, Klsjhken. Terrentschenko. Malyan- tovHch. Nlkitln and others have- (Continued on page 8.) WORK A NECESSITY and the smaller armies of Uelglum, 'Mesopotamia. India, Kast Africa. I Kgypt and Roumanla numbering nrohablv 1.500.000 more. Moreover i,hB B nftn nun nrinnner nf r im - t, , ' -.,., tne contnue,i -tjj nilnlstrv of America! thrn,..r, Da,npBi.in Hme ihn total of 24.000,000 men whose vsical Intellectual social amlioeeu secretary of a local children's .11pllol ,.,, .,., . ,,,, )n ..... . ...h remember that in ., nmvlnua r have more than noo 000 men ,)((en 0)posed t0 eal.h ,,., 12 tlmm 'th(, ,indprtllklnar Is anuareiit. "To fulfill our obligation to our $35,000,000. As the post three yeara h'av0 imr0lclod It has become Increasingly clear to the American people nnd their leaders that In a j very true sense the allies have been fighting not only 'for themselves but also for us. In entering the war we (Continued on page t.) - CHRISTMAS CHEER SENT TO SOLDIERS IxxMtl Hod t'roea ConuulUra Hod hplendid AUutuieiit of I'wkatfea to Itoro Along Krroch Front Tbe Red Cros. commit.. appoint- H , in,.t, .ri-, ih. Hin. f ' Tirl1mo n.xk.. tnr lha uiMUral overoeaa. haa made It report. Tha committee consisted of Mr. Jennie Moon, chairman; Metdame O. 8. Rlancbard, P. B. Herman, 0. H. ear ner, Carrie Altyn. C. H. Demaray, Krdent lister, and Mlaa Fannie Abram. Jessie Maatln, Anita Crelln. Kathryn Ryan and Grace Oreane. The Seattle headquarter allotted to thla chapter tha riling of 100 package and that number waa seat forward In two shipment on Octo ber 29 and November S. Eack pack age contained: Khaki handker chief, tablet, envelopes, pencil, oap, half pound candy, half pound fruit cake, package gun, tS-cent plug of tobacco, and either a deck of play ing card, or dominoe or knife and a icrap book or hnmeroua magazine. Tha package were wrapped and shipped In full accordance with In struction received from the 8eattle offlca. ' Warm praise la due thl commit- tea or tha thorough and expaditlou manner In which they discharged thla duty. Tha package Trent for ward In first claaa shape and -will donhtlee bring much comfort and tcood cheer to their recipient. HIGH JUDICIAL POST Henry Fielding london, Nov.- 9. Dickens, sixth son of Charles Dick ens, the novelist, has Just beeu ap pointed to the lucrative post of "Common Sergeant,", a the chief Justice of the London city courts Is called. The salary' of the post i $15,000 a year. , Mr. Dickens Is 68 years old, and has been a practicing member' of the Uondon bar since 1873: His young- egt ,, Major Charles Dickens, was : killed In action last year.'. . , ! AGED WOMAN IS ABLE 10 jurer, the work of computing tha In- ,'- ,' , Iterest on tha vast number of war-' Spokane, Wash., Nov. 9. The . . I rants together with the other wort: fact that Mrs. Margaret 1,. Bobb of' . ,,- m- ,v-n Tr- this city has Just passed her Mth birthday does not prevent her from dolni; her share in helping to win the war. She recently completed knitting sweaters, six helmets, six pairs and six pairs of wristlets 'for the men of the United States navy. ' i Mrs- Bobli has been active In church work during her 28 years , i residence here and for 18 years has .home. RESTRICTIONS DUE 10 E: fuel Washington, Nov. 9. The adm,nlstratIon ha forb,ddpn tne use, of coal to create the current used In electric sign advertising before 7:45 p. m. or after lip. m. , It plans to reduce the allowance of coal to uotv essential Industries shortly and may cut the supply off entirely If lshortn.se lusts. GRANT LANDS TAX MONEY TO LOWER DEBTS IWtSTV TUCAMUKIl C ALtS U M..y OIT8TAXIMXO WAR" R...VTS VOH REIJIOIFTKMI L DISTRICTS BHCEFIT Uuve Tax Payment Knoa Oedaral GorerDBX-at Will Rduea Jo phlna Coaaty'a latere BUI The money received by tha county from tbe government for the delin quent tax list on the O. 4k C. land grant will go far In reducing tha In debted nets of Josephine county aa4 thereby (top the Interest a wall aa addint; to tha treasury of a large per centage of the school district with in the county. The amount of the government- check for tha O. C. land : waa $109,101.13 out of thla amount tha school district containing taeee ianda will receive 1 11.989.64. The Grant Pa school district receives the largest amount, Mas $944.89. Merlin, district No. 7. la next and get 1899.67. Kerby, Dta trict No. 3. ia the third and receive 9852.36. The other school district receive ' amounts according to ' tie amount or O. C. land within their border. " The county general fund waa given 972,096.93. Within the past weak the sheriff office has turned over to the county treasurer $204,577.66 and the aa- ,"",ROr hM reml,ted ?86-50 In, W' meni ior me unserurea persunw pro perty tax. "The reduction of the county' in debtedness by the calling in of out standing -warrants dated up to July 1, 1912, will be approximately $76, 000. ' Besides, road warrants to tha amount of $13,866.77, while another call for more outstanding warrants will be- made November 15, amount ing to $22,255.47. . The total amount of these call la $112,092.24, which will be a sav ing 'Of tha county In ' Interest of $19.33 a day. In order to pay these outstand ing warrants as quickly as possible in the office of the county treasurer It was necessary to have an assist ant in the office of the county treas- urer Calhoun could attend to and Mrs. B. M. Hall has been secured to assist. Some of these warrants ara 'held by parties In the east and other 'parts of the county but the bulk of 'the money will remain at hdme and . find Its.way to the pockets of Jose- phlna county cltisens. WOLF CREEK GRADE Salem, Ore., Nov. 9. J. E. Nel son, who has been engineer for the state highway department on the Clatsop county paving work, was tn Salem today on the way to Douglas county to begin work on the Wolf Creek-Graves Creek stretch of the Pacific highway A contract for this work was awarded Tuesday. Mr. Nelson will establish headquarters at Wolf Creek. The main part of this job Is rock work and the contractors will tho.be able to operate practically . winter. . all
