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PEACE DESIRE
13 CAUSE OF
RUSSIAN COUP
HMtKVHKV'N rKtl'llAltlTY IN
IM'M KXTIHM.V TO I'MH'I.ICH
IM-'JilltK HU I'KACK
HwUirvlkl Hmui to Mill CimUid IV.
mgiwd With Krraky'a Where
about and Strength I itknimji
Communlcatlnna lll Ilia city of
Patrograd hv been resumed but
no direct word ha been received
from the capital aa to. the allunllon
ther. Ont report Mate thai the
bolihevlkl Mill control th rlty while
Kerenaky and hla troop ate retir
ing. Another report nay a that they
are. marching upon Petrogrnd.
Kfforla of the socialists to effci
-
ft arltlement with the boUhcvlkl and
form new coalition government,
haa fulled. Hull another report aar
that tnln and Trotsky are losing
tbelr popularity.
' The bolshevlkl are reported lo
have Irtiea defeated In the Miwrnw
atreet fighting, v
Stockholm. Nov, It. A Hnsslsn
who arrived at Haparandu from Pt-
rograd Wednesday aaya Krenky'i
troopa had not entered I'etrograd
Monday and hf did not txilleve tlievi
would enter, a th garrlaon. nutn-
Bering 50.000. remained faithful to'tha Inter-ally war coucll which
the Mtlmllt.
jTheraus of Kerensky' unpopu
larity, aocordlng to 1Mb Hnsslsn,
waa hla opposition to peace, and he
further declared Ihnt If Hie Mull
mallst could have made peace they
would be inaMlera everywhere. All
hope waa In the proposed coalition
cabinet and he added: "If auch
government cannot he formed, we
will have civil war."
DON'T KILL TURKEYS :
THAT ARE TOO SMALL
Portland, Nov. 16. The following
Instruction have been Issued by Act
ing Federal Food Admlnlatralor W.
K. Newell here, to turkey grower
of Oregon:
"Ship no bird weighing lea thmi
10 pound dresMcd weight for loin
and liiiiH pound for hen, There is
absolutely no cnll for light, thin
bird. Ship all bird dressed and
thoroughly chilled overnight before
packing. Pack carefully In barrel
or boxes,' washing blood rrom head
nd wrapping heads In paper. The
Important point Is to ship only ful,
mature slock. The cost of addi
tional feed for carrying Ihlu birds
r.r rhrUtimis trade I will lie
addition..)
more than met hy the
ffrice paid for good stock.'
COUNTIES WILL HAVE
FUEL
Portland, Nov. 16,-To assist the
federal fuel BdmlnlHtratlon, liruco
Dennis, director of work of the state
ouncll of defense Is asking rounty
halrnmn of the council of defense
to appoint local ruol Inapnilors. Onej
man will be numed In each c-tty orj
town and he will report direct ' to I
Fred O. Holmes, federal fuel admin
iHtrntor, on the fuel need of hi
section.
' The locul fuel liiRpnctor must not
im'a In the fuel business even In--dlrnrtly.
' Thoy represent the people,
and their duty will bo o bcc llial
t,ho amount of fuel In the hands ol
local dealers and tho probable de
mands for fuel, are reported en"h
week to the fuel administrator.
XMAS DRIVE FOR
R. C. MEMBERSHIP
Ureal aiiipnlgii to Treble Member
4ili In Organic! Ion Will I'rwed
('OMllllg Holiday
Washington, Nov. lb -- A great
membership drive for Ilia American
tied Crosa mill It launched th lust
bitlf of )c n lii-r. It will commence
December 17 and continue unrea
Irmly until Christmas ve. -
Theo. N. Vail, president of the
American Telegraph ami Telephone
company ha lun appointed by the
war council (ns rlialrmun of the n
llnnal Chrlslma nicmbcmhlp drive
committee, with such mm aa Dr. II.
N. McCmcken. rinldtnt of Vr
college. Cardinal Gibbons, Dr. Henry
Van Dyko, Hx-Mayor John Puron
Mitchell of New York and John W.
Hrilton of Han Francisco, aa irifm
bar of tha am.
fiv thl. drive the organization
hope to Increase the membership
from fi.000,000 to 1 5.006,000.
IIAVAL LEADERS RX
ON ALLIED PSOGRAM
Wlilnfclon, Nocv. !. Aa a re
ault of preliminary oonferem-e be
tween Admiral llenaoa and allied
naval leader In Umdon, agreementa
have been rearlmd on certain fea-
tnrea of the allied naval policy. Seo-
retary Ihtnlol said today. He would
give no detalla of the agreementa.
Admiral Henson -t the naval mem-
ber of the American delegation to
la
J about to meet In Pari.
MAIIHlattKI.H IS ArTKU
XATIONAI, ta'Alllt AllMOltY
. I
I
Maraliflnld. Nov. 16. The .MarHb-J
fluid Chamber of Commerce will en
tertain Adjutant (ienerul William
and hi Rtaff Thnrwluy night with ft!
amoker at the Mllllcoiua club. The
nartv are her for .the purion of
paimlnK on the armory lte offered to
the Male by the city of Matuhfleld.
FIIIHT IXKTAUAIK.NT on
MHKHTV HON!) KKCttlYUU
Washington, Nov. 1 6 Installment
buyer of Mherty bond paid In
about (ISu, 000,000 today, the first
IK pe cent required. Of this l30rt.
000,000 will Immediately be turned
over by the treasury to take up
recent certificate. Issue.
ENGLAND THINKS SHE
London, Nov,
18 It
house of
"ceiiuln
waa an -
common
I noun-ed In the
eminent
this week thut
American geologists, who have conieiuU that probably an electric alarm
:rrom the United State, to advise the!s.vstem rrom tne city nau to ...r
I government, hold that It Is well, homes or the- several firemen will
I .mi. in .nund a ennsldcrahlft be Installnd In the near future.
Iium of money In exploring the pos -
Hlble petroleum deposits In Creatine tank will proouoiy oe nurcna.
iBrltain." lnA the chemical tank of the truck
i The speaker, a .pokesman for' the' now In use placed on the new one
board of trade, added: "It Is Inrpos-1 Riving a double tank for the new
;lble to exaggerate the Importance I machine, as well a making room for
or finding oil In tht country. We the pump before mentioned. A. a
cannot yet say that It I here, lmtiiuajoniy o " ....u.n...
r (g CB.tn,ny worUl ,ooU,nt fnr. oiljlhe chemical engine this Idea seem-
Is almost more Important at this mo- d to meet wun tavor. u i ei.w
ment than anything else. You mayed that another paid fireman will be
hnve men, munitions, and money. added to the force.
hut If you hnve no oil yon are with
out the greatest motive power we
are nsing, and the rest will he of
little value."
AMKMCAY NTKAMHII IS
HKMKVKU TO UK f.OST
VVashlngton,' Nov. 16. The Amer
ican stenmer Kansas City I believed
to have been lost at sen as ' It has
not been heard from since It wa
separated from Its convoy during a
storm on September t,
CANAL GATES OPENED
TO PROTECT VENICE
Testesic Fcrccs Are Osly Scvestcca Miles Frea Venice.
Chril Pcpslatisa Has Fled Mi:g AH Pcrte
Art Treasures Italian LceY Still Held
Home, Nov. 1 . A 1 1 along the
iimunlaln froul from Aalago to the
I'lave river, the Auslro-Oerman at
lacki, seeklug to crush th Italian
lluu, have been repulsed. All the
poHlllon attacked have remained In
the Italian' handa.
The grealett portion of I be pop
ulatlort of Venice haa left the city.
from which all portable art treasures
have been removed. The city la now
a ecant 17 mile from the battle
line. It may not be defended In cane
of an attack, ao aa to apare the mon
umenta of art and treaaurea illll re
maining. ,
Kome, Nov. 16. iirrat enthul
aaroj and patriotic feeling marked
thla afternooua alttlng of the Italian
chamber of dnpullea. !rofeor Vlt
torlo Orlando, in hi flmt ieech ai
premier, Mtrurk the keynote of hi
policy, namely, that the nit nut Ion
called for act rather than for word.
Tbe premier poke feelingly of the
awilNlance being rendered by the en
tente allies to Italy, and xpreedi
the cordial gratitude of Italy to the
"great American republic, for her
willing and powerful aid."
Alluding to the creation of an Inter-allied
auprein council and a
military council, Vrofemor Orlando
announced they would Include rep-'
reiientatlvea of the Vnltetl State. ..
. A vote of confidence, in the. gov
ernment calling for nittlonul concord
wa moved by former I'remlnr lloae
III and waa rurrled without dirllon
amid great enthusiasm.
IICIL STUDYING
CITY FIRE SYSTEM
The city council held their regu
lar Reml-monthly meeting last even
ing with all member present except
Councilman Hunch. ... ,
An ordlnunce was passed amend
ing See, 5 ot Ordinance No..., 18 K.
relative to the seizure of stock run
ning at large within the corporute
limits of the city and fixing the cost
of seuture ut 2.l0 for ft single nl
iiinl and $1 for each other animal
should more than one tie seized be
longing to one iterson, also fixing
the price of B0 cent a day for feed
ing each animal.
I
The mutter of better fire protec
tion for the city wa brought up and
discussed and while nothing official
ly was passed in regard to this, step
were taken to got prices on ft pump
to be installed on the fire truck to
1 Rive greitter water pressure,
; The mattor of a better fire alarm
iystem waa brought up with the re
1 ' A new chemical engine containing
Hl'OAK niSTinm'TKH TO
CKI.KIIRATK M.KtTION
New York, Nov. 16 Jimmy Kelly
Tammany captain, distributed three
pound .sacks of sugar to hi consti
tuents today to colehrale Hyland's
election as mayor.
A JAI'ANKHK STKAMKIt IS
WHKCKKI) IN HOMK WATKBS;
Ran Francisco, Nov. 1 6. The Jap -
anese steamer Baikal Maru I ashore
off the Japanese coast.
Waahlngton. Nov. K. General
Kayolle will command the French
mile now being aent to Italy, ac
cording to an announcement made
here today. General Focb. the chief
of the French alaff, la only tempor
arily In command of the French
forcea.
From Nice cornea ft report that
train loada of French and British
I troopa are rolling through that place
j on their way from France into Italy
land are greeted with great popular
enthusiasm.
f-
Italian Headquarter, Nov. 16.
The flood galea of the Flare and
Sile rivers, northeant of Venice have
been oitened by Italian engtneera.
Thla probably- la an effort to drown
out tbe enemy force which crossed
the Piave at Orlnolera, 17 mile
northeat of Venice. The flooding
of thin triangle by the water of the
liave, Sile and the Adriatic would
iprobably render Ineffective any Ger
man attempt to debouch In force
against the right flank of the Ital
ian along the IMave.
The galea where opened were coa
structed a protection to the Ven
ice, lagoon. . " '
Berlin, Nov. 16. The town of
CUmon on the northern. Italian
front was captured yesterday. Near
the Adriatic on the western, bank of
the Onlave, the Hungarian troops ad
vanced, capturing thousand of the
Italian.
NAVY WANTS ME
.
The local re -
' Cortland, Nov. 16
cruitlug station has received tele
graphic instructions that navv re
cruiting stations of Pacific division
shall recruit 2,000 firemen by De
cember 15th. and raising the aseofi
apprentice seamen from 25 to 10
years, making age limits IS to 20.
These firemen are for manuliitt
those vessel of the 73? ship mer
chant and ', naval recently taken
over and contracted for.by tht? navy
department. x
Congress provide by law that all
men entering the navy for engineer
work aboard hlp must enter a fire
men, but commanding , officers of
ships have authority during , war
time of raising rating of such men,
and all firemen first class, wator ten
ders, chief water tenders, machin
ist's mates, etc., must come from
these men recruited. This offer an
unusual opportunity for advance
ment for all men wishing to enter
tho engineering : force of the navy
and all men who have mechanical
experience In civil Ufa, a all the
.h(th(ir r8tlnK8 are nMlded at once,
FEDERAL OFFICERS
TAKE LURID BOOKS
Chicago. - Nov. 16. "HcV Hell."
"Shanghaied Into the- European
War," "Shankhaled Into an Ameri
can Prison" and quantities of other
literature said to constitute anti-war
propaganda of the. league of Hu
manity, Is In the hands of the fed
eral authorities here today after a
raid on the league' headquarters.
KXPHNSH (OMPANIKS ASK
TKN PF.il CKXT 1NCHF-ASK
' Washington, Nov. 16. Express
companies today applied to the In-
; terstate commerce commission for
an Increase of 10 per cent In their
rate.
SEND
DELEGATES
... MEET
Hnmlay HrliooU jtnd llojr rk-outa Will
Hnl Youth to Older liwra' Con
ference ai Kugene
Kuril of the four Sunday schools
and tbe Hoy Scout of thla city will
send delegate to the older boy's con
ference of the Y. M. C. A. to be held
at Kugene November 10 tnfi Decem
ber 1 and 2. The Boy Scouts at their
meeting last evening, elected Stanley
Summers. Geo. -Riddle and Harold
tsham as their representative, each
of the boy agreeing to go. It I
understood that there will " be at
least two boy from each of the four
churches.
The older boy' conference to be
held at Eugene Just , following
Thanksgiving I one of. three inch
fonference under the direction of
the Interstate T. M. C. A. committee
which are to be held before the mid
dle of December. The other two are
scheduled for I.a0.rnde. Ore.;' and
Twin Falls. Ida.
The conference last year at Cor-
allla registered over three hundred
traders feel that with the important
Issue to come up thl year, and the
aplendid co-operation being given by
other state organization the regis
tration at Eugene will not fall below
four hundred and may go to five
hundred. leaders from southern
Oregon and some central 1 Oregon
counties are expected to play Urge
part In swelling the enrollment thla
year , "
OYIIAOTE FOSE IS
Seattle, Wasj.. Nov. J 6. Kfderal
officials today are endeavoring .to as
TOY
certain tne ownersnip or a.uuw ieeilnie Trlllo. Villa's personal aecr)
of gutta percha dynamite fuse thatjtary wno talked to the Associated
was found late yesterday In a raldjpregg correspondent at noon today
conducted on a branch headquarters Bt tne maiB ojlnaga ford. He said
of the 1. W. W. In the Alaska hotel vuia was making a trip of Inspection
I building. Besides the fuse nesrly
wagon load of I. w w. literature.!
j record book" and documents, were j
) ltcA h' the ralders nd th'8 ' b-
tng examtnea by government agenrs
oday- - '
Pete Densmore, roprietor of the
hotel, said the fuse wa left In the
room by "ft rancher who planned wjcapital of the new movement head
use It In clearing some land he own -
ed In the lower pan of the county.
POLISH PEOPLE HELD
Copenhagen, Nov. 16. The con
ditions of semf-8alvery In which Po
lish laborers In Germany are living
1 illustrated by. an advertisement
appearing in a recent issue of the
Deutsche Tage Zeitung offering to
exchange 50 Polish laborers, 20 men
and 30 girls, for the same number
of other hand..
HKMlY FOKO WHX HKI.P
SPK.KO l'l SHIV HVIMMNO
Washington. Nov. , 16. Henry
Ford will become assistant to Gen
eral .Manager Plei of the Emergency
Fleet corporation, without pay, In an
effort to speed up ship production.
T TO TALK PEACE
London, Nov. IS. The Indepen
dent socialist vote In the German
relchstag has requested that that
body be convened at once to dlsciiBS
the peace offer of Nikolai Ijenine,
leader of the bolshevik!, according
to a dispatch to Amsterdam.
No definite word has reached here
of n peace offer by l.enlne.
VILLA PLANS
ATTACK UPON
IE NEXT
XOTOKIOI H IIA.MMT l,KAIKK KX'
PMTKJI TO ATTACK KK CITY
TO XOItTH MKXH.tf
UXITED STATES SOLDIERS EUST
American Towa kef Tunaoil of
fa citrine, ut Throughout Might by
Maraader'e Threat
Presidio, Tea.. Nov. 16. Presidio
1 prepared for another Col urn hue
N. M., raid. All day rumor that
Villa' force would crow the river
and raid American atore were cir
culated here until the residents were
almost panic-stricken. Even the na
tive Mexican element, which rarely
becomes frightened at uch report
huddled In their home during th
night.
The 1'nlted States army 'force '
here had complete control of tbe alt-"'
uation throughout the day and all
night.
After the OJiaaga battle started,
two Mexican federal officer appear
ed at the military headquarter with
the report that 1,000 Villa soldier .'
had announced they would cross lo
the American aide to get ammuni
tion and provision after they took .
Ojlnaga. .
No one from the (American (Ma
lta been permitted to enter the Mex
ican town proper, heavily ' armed
guard being stationed along tha
: winding: road from the ford to the
mesa.
Francisco Villa 1 In command of.
Villa troops now occupying the Olia-
aga port, according to voionei hi-
alof the colmtry in the vicinity of Ojln-
a(?a Rnd wollld return tonight.
juarel , Francisco Villa' next
border objective, after which a gea-
y aUaek on Cnln,iaha City, the
(state capital, la planned, according
to plan revealed today by Villa
Headers In the Ojlnaga garrison. Th
:ea by Villa Is to be established there.
according to this plan.
The Villa movement is a new one,
having no connection with the Felix
Dla or other revolutionary move
mentsaccording to General Porflrlo
Ornelas. permanent commander of
the On jtaga garrison. It is called
the Conventionalist party, and I a
revival of the former movejnent hf
Villa called the conventlonlst more
luent. SEATTLE BLOCKS A
E SETTLEOIir
Seattle, Nov. J6.r It i stated her
today that the prospects of a rever
sal of the decision of the striking
telephone unions here not' to send
representative to San Francisco,
made yesterday, will be reversed.
This comes a a reult of a confer
ence today between Governor U
ter's representative, H. U. Hughe,
and representative of the anion.
San FTanclsco. Nov. 1 16. Com
plete adjustment of the telephone
controversy hinges on the action
taken at Seattle.
(F.lt.MANS HOM11 CALAIS
IMPOHTAXT XAVAt. BASK
Paris, Nov. 16. Many civilian
were killed In Calais when German
aircraft bombed the city on Tuesday,
It waa announced here today. '
Calais Is one 'of the chief allied
military and hospital buses on thd
English channel.