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'"lrr- DAILY EDITION isji OI VIII., Kn, tM QRASm P.UHI, J4MEPMIMK COIJNTT, ORsXJOX, FRIDAY, XOl rIMIIKIl JW, lIT WHOLK Sl'MBEB Bit. r in DISCUSS PEACE UFFFR At HTItl A AM KIT IUMtlli:VIKI PIUH1WAL Mill ARMIHTM K TO TALK VKWV. M RUSSIAN RECK, RUMOR INiMiilt Front I'Hnnmul InilnuMMi TU"l lenln'e (totertuiNMil Hit Hera Overthrow lUiidon. Nov. 3D.- A Petrograd dispatch aaya (but the uovrrniurnl of Nikolai luln baa fullen sad kw been succeeded by a coalition cabinet of advanced o lullMJo which Hi tiolahevlkl are reprenenl- d. Auuturdaui, Nov. U, The Aue-Uo-llungurUu government, accord lug tu a Uiaputrb train Vlouua, bat Mnt an omuial lepiy accepting ibe Huwiitu government ' wireless pro . pusaj lo enter lulu negotiation .or au arm Mice and gvueral peace treaty. Coum roa iteming, Germany's ai ihaucellor, laid ib rictut that Germany wa ready lo dtcua pnec with HjmI If rno)a ,wlto full por were aeni lo Httrlln. II -declared that -the central power were not rtponiUI lor ih pro lougatlou of tbe r. He held out th "glorlou advance" of th Tu lonjijjq Italy j. a WMrpJij . Jo itinera. ri'iiiUu) Jit the dale set for a con- r-ti between rpieentutlve of tba HoUhevlkl and Germany on the, eastern frmil in negotiate an nrmls- Ml. lilplniniillc .rcpnui'Mallves of the allies In Petrograd, II la reported, will arkuowloUe receipt of Hip Ilol ahnvikl pioposu.1 hh though ' they rame from Individual. I ii'ulon, Nov. fin. - The ilolahnvtkl bate published a secret treaty be tween Franco, Hal) and Russia showing thai the allies agreed to let Italy annex tint Trcnllno. South- rn Tyrol and other territory. The allien also ourit'd to help Italy pre vent Mi Vatican from Interfering with the war. accord Inn to Pctrogrart dispatches. AMERICANS HELPED GREAT HAIG DRIVE . Drltlah Army. Ileadquartera, Nor. 30. American enirlnrrr, the first Amerlnin troopa lo bo cnuimcil on the Brlllnh front, look a prominent part In the hicukliiK of the llliulcn ' Iiutk line lant week. , . Military newmtUy made It Impoi ' Hlble to announce thla fact prevlona ly. Th-r work wna to piiHh'up the rltal rnllroiulft behind the HrltlHh line a they advanced; Thene rail-' road units bnve been at work 'in ome aectlona for aeverul .monttiH. Two meinbera of the unit have been -rounded. . '' ' u , ' DEMANDS FOR MUSIC Iowa City, Nov. 23.---The enio- Ions stirred In the hreatits hy the war are chusIiik a penertil desire for morn music, and especially singing. In the opinion of Professor W. R. Iluys of tlio lowu Htato University here. Patriotic eonirs and thu other melodies inch as "Home Sweet Uome" and "When Yon nnd I Were Young, Maggie" nre belnn given ,i rmoh wldor vo:."iu Hmn .wit he- ' tOT. 1 . " T ISH LEADER peace mm Manjuta o( l.aawluwtte, PolitkaJ lnalr Wrll Hti-ong I'lest fiat I Vara lo IVrlil.U Henri ltndon, Nov. JO. There baa beea much dUoiiaaloa In F.ugland over the letter of Marqula of l.anidon, vxtnrau pnllllcal h-adur, ploadUiK for a ravlalon of lb alll' war alma and an attempt lo obtain peaca be fnra th war loada to Ilia ruin of Ibr rUlllicd world. Chancellor Uonar U baa atronn ly ropudlalnd tha Iniadown hitler, culling a "dlaaataf." Indon, Nov. IV. lierinan ow papara atate that the lodowne lel lur la a MiiilH)fflflal frelir by th Rrlllah lovproiiiani, autrtlnK that the Krltlab "are baromlni reaaoa ahla." IS HARD FOUGHT GAf.'E The hunky eleven from Kuieae hltfh acbool gave tba Orauli I'aaa hoy tbalr flrat laaia or defeat dur I itic tbe preaent football aeaaon In a well founht game Tburaday after noon. Tbe aoora wai 41 to 7. Tbe victory of Kiiene waa fairly earned. Thay had a awlfter and Hiiliker lam. On atralnht Una but'klnK, the local boyi were at laat Ibe equala of tba vlallora, but In end running the Eugene team waa way and far ahead of Urania I'aaa. There aeemed to be a quite general haltit among the local runners to panne ;L,ltQlLjr,.n. oMnlo whrh.jlld not develop, luatend odd of the op ponent would ' net IhroiiKh and down the liM-iil player without a mi In. Mud Omnia Phm at leant one real awlft runner, and hud the backs the tin hit of ucUIiik Into their playa without a aecond'a heallnllou, the atory of the mime mluht have lieen different. In Individual playing Skeet Mun erud of Kuxene wua eaully the alar of the KHine. He in a awlft runner and general all around Rood player, thoimli a email man. Summers did the beet Individual ground gatnlug for . tbe locala, but In handling tbe team In one or two critical pinches, he kuv hi opponents opportunities that were costly. Roth teama ' played good clean footlmll and were loud In their praise of each other after the "game. ManuKer Fred Chess of the Eugene teuni, who la teacher- of inantiel training at the Eugene high, came to tbe Courier office this ' morning with the request that we express, on lie. ha If of himself und the visiting team, "their hearty appreciation of the splendid treatment they had re ceived from both the team and the people of Grants Haas. In all our playing we have not found a hospl lulltv and fair treutment that has equalled that found here. ' Please dress up this statement and make It as strong aa you possibly can," add ed Manager Chess. WOODEN LEGS MADE A - v BY THE THOUSANDS ' ftlniiKow, Nov. 30. Two Clyde shipbuilding firms have been turn Ing their attention to the manufac ture or artificial llniln nnd have pro duced In 4S hours a limb, ut a mod erate cost which Is suld to he fur su perlor to any other produced In the country. 11 One thousand miilmvd soldiers have ul ready been fitted ond nlno thnusnnd nre In the waiting list. ;;ir:s takk v. of t. INTO FtMrl'M.il.l, CAMP Portland, Nov. 3l).Tho 0. A. ('. eleven defeated the Unlversltv of Oregon at football here yesterday score H-7. ' - " PEACE CAN ONLY COME BY CRUSHING PRUSSIA Dr. Foster Makes Powerful Cixsh htnj cl Maskcl Sck:c!ed b f aszHc Belief Thai Tectta Kcltir is to Rc!e World The largeat luncheon gatlierlug thai Ibe Chamber of Commerce rooma ever beld, and for which fully a hundred requeala for llcketa had lo be refused, greeted Dr. Wm. T. Foster, president of Keed college and Inspector of the American l(ed ('rose recently returned from the battle fronts of France, thla noon. In a talk of over an hour Dr. Foater held the earneat attention Of hie audience. Not a man or woman left the hall until after the end of bla remarks and tba rousing ap plause which puncuated hla talk, par ticularly when be spoke of bla con version from tbe pacifists attitude to that or a strong advocate of war to the bitter end showed how thorough ly In sympathy with him were hla hearer. i . Dr. Foster said, la part: "Just before I left Fracre, I asked General Pershing how the American lied Cross couU be of greeteit help during the coming winter. He un twered without hesitation, "Hy help ing austaln the morale of tbe French army.' "The AiaWlcan Red Croaa la ac complishing thla purpose now In various ways under the direction of a member of Generul Pershing's staff Major (Irayson M. P. Murphy, a leader whom I found endowed with patience. courtg ; tu.wtetr.'ltsct, vision and iiersonal maKiielbtm -al together worthy of the great confi dence in which he Is held by both the French and the Americans In France. "When I was' in the trenches north of Helms, I found French sol dlers twice wounded in action, twice dlschnrged from hospitals and again at the front, where they were facing cold, hunger, monotony, disease and shell-fire 24 hours a day. For pay they -were receiving about live cents day, sometimes as high n 80 cents a day, and If they struck, they were shot. , "They are still withstanding the onslaught of Prusslanlsm against SENATOR Y.E. CHAIIOLER, FATHER QF UNITED STATES Concord, N. II.; Nov. 30. Wil liam K. .Chandler, secretary of navy in President Arthur's cabinet, died here this morning. in a lifetime of endlesa political activity and almost continuous con troversy, the one title freely accord ed by men of all parties lo William Raton Chandler was that of "Fath er of the Cnlted States Navy." As secretary of the navy under Presi dent Arthur. Mr. Chandler on Jene 1 1, 1883. approved the plan for the re-organlzatlon of the navy which resulted in the development of the present fighting fteet. In a speech In the senate on January 26, 1915. Senntor Tillman of South Carolina, referring to the reading Into ; the record of a letter from Mr. Chandler regarding the naval bill then pend ing, said; ' : "Senator Chandler hag had a var ied exp-!r ri In naval affair;!, lie wns secretary of the navy undt'r President Arthur, and really began the construction of the new- navy He was on the naval committee when I first came to Washington In ISHft',' and was at that time one of . the ablest men In the senate. Although he has recently entered his SOth year, his mind is still Alert and vlg orour. While he Is a republican and I am a democrat, ws h.ive al ways been warm personal friends. Necessarily he In better' posted on naval affairs than almost any man In Washington, not excepting even flte navy .lep.irtment Itself." Plea Fcr Ucited Effsrt To civilization In line of defense. In which, but for them, unprepared Amerlcajt troop would have to be sacrificed. These French soldiers can hold tbe line only a long a there are enough ships on the ocean to bring the needed food, fuel and ammunition. And yet, oa as re turn to America, I found ship yards which bad not been free from strikes since tbe Called 8tale entered the ar. I found thousand of uiea Idle because they would not work for six dollar a day. And 1 thought that if our ieople bad any conception of the struggle in which our nation I engaged and of the sacrifice and heroism of the French soldier who are holding the tranche of democ racy, without a thought of itriklng and without pay enough to keep their wlvea and babies from cold and starvation, we would not tole rate la America a single ableboUied man who refused to work. - "Tbe need of tbe American Ked Croaa in France I more than w can imagla al this distance. When 1 was In Pari a lew week ago, I saw the record of surgical dressing we had. Just supplied to l,bU hospit als. 1 found the work of distribu tion done quickly and efficiently; and yet it wa not poaatule to keep up with the most urgent demand. Vkkea I saw, one French soldier so badly wounded that a wbole case of dresslns- waa needed to save hi life, I thought that If he could stand his pari of It, we could al least pack the case for him. Fuel will be scarce in France this winter. We cannot pos sibly send enough warm clothinK to keep all the people from suffering, "Anyone with my . opportunities for thoroughly examining every phase of relief work In Frame, would have no doubt of the over whelming needs nor of the wisdom economy, dispatch and devotion with which our funds and materials are used by the American Red Cross to sustain the spirit of heroic France." ' - , ; HAVY, PASSES AWAY Born at Concorri, N. H., December 2. 135, Mr. Chandler was educat ed at academies In New Hampshire and, Vermont and i was . graduated from Harvard law school at the age of 19. One of his classmate ut the law school was Joseph H. Choate. He eutered politics at once, served three terms In the New Hampshire house of representatives and was elected speikr of the house wli n but i1 years old. His first entrance into national political affairs was as one of the founders of the republi can party and a supporter of Abra ham Lincoln. President Lincoln ap pointed him solicitor and Judge ad vocate general of the navy In 1865, and three months later he became first assistant secretary of the treas ury.- .-' Fourteen years of service In the 1'nlted States senate ended when Mr. Chandler wag defeated for n nomltiatlon. In 1901 by Henry K. Burnham. His radical views on rail road legislation which hrottht hltu In opposition to republican party leaders, were responsible for this defeat. ; During the remainder of his life. Mr. Chandler made many at tacks on what he considered the un due influence exerted by railroads In New England polities'. His last federal position was that of-president nf 'the Spanish War Claims commission, to which he was named by President MoKlnley In 1901 and reappointed ly President Roosevelt. ITALY SUFFERS TEUTOITSWH - Or mans ( omnll l'nyeakaU At- rorlllea 1mb Civilian In Sec Lions ft Norther) Italy - Waabloglon, Nov. 10. Semi-offi cial dispatches trout Home Male that all the oppressive meaiuret ebarac terlting the German Invasion of Bel- glum and many other acta of barbar ism are now being practiced by the Austro-Ueruian la northern Italy. Near Seenaon It la reported that the enemy put woman and children before them as tbey advanced, com pelling the Italian to sacrifice their innocent countrymen and see non- combatants massacred. Homes have been looted and the scream of wom en and children bav been heard across tba Plave river. The Bosni an troops are said to have commit ted nn-namable atrocities. Oil FAT OF THE LAliD Sacramento, Cal , Nov. 10. Wood choppers have been known to ride about In six cylinder automobiles. declining all proffered work, and hay baler In parts of the San Joa quin valley, after running wages up to $10 a day. went on itrlke foa more, M. T. Tsrpey of Fresno told delegates to the California Fruit Growers' convention In an address today, He urged the Importation of Asiatic farm labor for the period of the war. asserting that production could be doubled and the place of the men who went to war would be held, pending 4hjT. return. He ex. pressed doubt that labor unions would persistently oppose such a plan, because, be said, a high per centage of worklngmen's wage goes to pay for food which will become more expensive if It becomes scarcer. IT 1 1 LI II ITS GRIP UPON TIN Washington, Nov. 30. The re lease of a large amount of tin by the government has been ordered on a representation that Important In dustries would be seriously handi capped If it was' not done. TKI TOXS COlWTKlt ATTACK BIT MAKK N'O HEADWAY British Headquarters In- France, Nov. 80,The Germans this morn ing launched a strong attack against the British lines about Gonnelieu jttst south of the area Included In last week's 'British offensive. No headway was made. 1. 1' n 'itvi E TO BE DEDICATED MONDAY Josephine county's new tlOO.OOO court house Is to be dedicated next Monday afternoon. The finest build-! ing In the county and pne of the finest county' buildings In the state will be thrown open to the puolie with a modest ceremony of which the principal feature will be an ad dress by Rev. U Myron Boozer. That this county, In times of bus iness uncertainty had the courage to buifd a structure that will be ade quate for the county's business for a generation or more, and that would be a credit to any county of the state, is an accomplishment of which the citizens may well take pride, and it is eminently fitting that the event should be marked by a general community celebration. It has been suggested that the business houses be closed for an hour next Monday afternoon, and that suggestion has been carried to the Heavers, the locaC merchant's as sociation, for" action. ' GIU10F EVERY STATE FOK WfcKKH NATIONAL GUARD IMTH HAVE BfcfcJI BK.VT TO F RANCH receive Eftasnr TBa:5 American Force la War (Uitekea Karope Rapidly Ileiag la quae L HkJpa Iketrraain Pace With In American Army la Franca, Nor. SO. National guards men from every atate in the Ualea have arrived In Franca. This statement tba prea associa tions were today permitted to an nounce for the first time. To) nnlts are now training or have Just arrived. While it Is not permitted to disclose the Identity of the aaJU that all that have sailed from th United BUte have arrived safely. Many are billeted In the houses of French troop, other la low wood barrack specially erected for the. Their welcome by the French troop and people has bee eatho alastlc In the extreme. The raarda mea are getting the same trilalag that th regulars underwent All are In eplendtd health. .Not a single man waa lot enroute. The arrival of these guardsmen la France covers a large movement that has been la progress for several week. v The guard units to be sent later will' be more 'actional in character Secretary Baker announced. Addl-' tlonal force wilt be sent aa fast aa hips and men are ready. Tbe goard division first to show themselves fitted will be the first to go. , Probably a regrouping of national army divisions will be found neces sary as drafted men are being nsed to fill national guard nnlts. ' IN ON GERMAN LOAN Copenhagen, Nov. 30. Tabula tion of subscriptions to the seventh German loan show that over a fourth of the total of 1! and a halt billions was contributed In subscrip tions of over a million marks each, 1,032 subscribers averaging over three millions. The sixth loan had only 770 sub scribers in the super-million class. There was a marked decrease in the number of small subscribers aa well as the total number of sub scribers. y . 1 The only classes showing an in crease In number of subscribers or total subscribed are those above half a million which are responsible for over a third of the loan. These figures are indicative of the extent to which the loan was subscribed by war supply interests. NEW BANKING BRINGS London, Nov. 30. Sir Richard Yassur Smith in a recent address be for the institute of bankers, said one feature of recent banking develop ments had been the greater snd more Immediate control which leading banks had assumed over financial relations with other countries by the creation of foreign departments and the opening of branches In for eign countries. This development of International banking meant a de mand for young Englishmen with a knowledge of foreign languages, for eign exchanges and the commercial and financial conditions In other countries. ARE III FRANCE