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i University o( Ore. Library ... DAILY EDITION -V- VOIj. IX., No. 7. GRANTS PAN, JOflEPHIini COO WTT. OREGON. Wi:i).lUAY, OCTOBER 80, 1018. WHOLE NOIBER 2302. IN AUSTRIAN DENSE UHt ITA1JAN8, ItBATKN WEST ONK YEAH AGO, ARB HMAHII1NO MK HACK AUU 11 A VIC 32,000 PRISONERS I TAKEN OVrButON Check Itritlnh at Ghmit Miuiy Killed In lUot llua Made on German Hank 4444444444444444444 Washington, Oct. 30, 3:08 p. 4 4- m. The 32nd regiment of Am erican Infantry I now fighting with the Italian against the Austrian. Thirty-two thousand Austrian have boen taken pris oner on the Plave river, Is the latest report. 444444444444444 Paris, Oct. 30. One year ago to day the Italian armies were stream ing westward from the Isonzo, with a great military disaster Imminent. Today the Kalians, with British and French division tlichtlng with them and Americana in Reserve, are pour ing through what appears to be a breach In the Austrian lines east of the I'iave. Prisoners numbering over 20,000 have been taken. He portg seem to Indicate that the Aus Irian resistance Is greatly weakened luce the allies' first rush and the enemy's defense may have been criiMhed along the center of the line The allied armies, sweeping east' ward,y have gained .momentum dur Ing the past day and It seems pns alble that within the next tew days may see the whole Austrian army fronting the I'iave' In retreat toward Tagllamento. Farther north and west, the alllvs re reported to be advancing. The Hrlllsh, near Valenclennos, . are uppurently checked for the mo ment; at least they do not sown to bavo succeeded In breaking through the German lines defending Ghent. Internal coudltlons In Germany svnd Austria appear to be rapidly rniiinir worse. Many have been killed In the rioting at Budapest. . The reports state that the popula tion Is in a panic and that German 'banks have been storniod by deposit or. Italian lleadquurters, Oct. 30. The AiiHtrians are retreating under ever-lncrouHlng pressure. It Is be lloved that the attack will bocome overwhelming as soon as the entire allied force can enter the action The Austrian munition supply is ex ported to give out. aHMM0 FRITZIK8 PUT OUT OF ACTION IN LY8 llATTLK ilxmdon, Oct. 30. German losses In tholr unavailing offensive In the Ijys river salient last summer were 14,000 killed, 6,000 prisoners and bout 180,000 wounded and misBlng, according to an authoritative calcu lation. In one area of five imlles by three miles, the Germans abandoned 1,600 tons of ammunition. F E Berne, Oct. 80. "The florid war will not last longer than a few days wo must arrest the vain flow of our blood," declares the socialist news paper Vorwaerts, which I now re sjcarded as virtually a German gov eminent organ. "It Is upon Austria's bureaucrats who sent the ultimatum to Serbia that the responsibility for the war rests .the heaviest. Austria's dlsnp pearance will end the war." ze co.ir. ntE Hill In Final 8t In It Successful Rev olutlon Imiwrlal Symbol Are Removed From HullUnpt ' Copenhagen, Oct. 30. The Czech national committee took over the functions of local government In Prague Monday as a final atep In' Ita uocesaful revolution reported. The Austrian Imperial aymbola have been removed from varloua bullaMnga and city official have taken the oath of fidelity to the Czoch state. 444,44444 4 ) 4 CASUALTY LIST 4 4 The following casualties are re ported by the commanding general of the American expeditionary force for today: Killed In action 7 Missing In action .... 17 Wounded severely 57 Died of wounds 17 Died of accident 8 Died of disease 34 Wounded, degree undetermined,..! 41 Wounded slightly 142 Total 423 Wounded In action, degree unde termined Private James C. Sheeley, Redmond. Slightly Wounded Private Hugh E. Gibson, LaOrande. LETTERS ARE DELAYED BY FAULTY ADDRESSES Washington, Oct. 30. The mall service for our army abroad has now been taken over by the army. It Is handling 1,000,000 letters a day that are received in France from this country and about 300..000 letters a day that are mailed in France for soldiers In France. It has ware houses for sorting mall at French ports. It has railway malt clerks on some 2,000 miles of 'French rail roads. It has a central postoftice at Tours, permanent postoffices at var ious points, mobile postoffices right up to the firing lines, and mall order lies attached to each company of troops. In the past, when the mall service for the army was under civil control, great delays were caused In the de livery of mall by the necessary secre cy concerning troop movements. Now, under military control, all movements of the mobile postoffices are telegraphed In code to the dis tributing postoffices and the letters follow the soldiers as they march. It still remains true that mail for some 50,000 soldiers In. France is de layed because the letters are Inade quately address. In the future all such letters will be stopped at New York and returned to their senders. It Is estlmatod that 300,000 letters month have been dolayed in the past because of the faulty addresses, BY With the Americans Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 30, The Americans have captured Alncrevllle, and have advanced northward" and established a new lino. TRAVKIA 228 MILKS IN 105 MINUTES IN YANK ROM B Bit Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 30. Flying at an average speed of more than two miles a minutes, James M. Schoon maker Jr., son of the vice president of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie rail road covered 228 miles from the Wright flying field at Dayton, O., to Pittsburg In one hour and 45 min utes. , Schoonmaker was piloted by Howard iRInehart. The flight, which was made In a DeMavlland four bat tle planers believed to be a record. CONTROLS PRAGUE TURKEY INVITES ALLIES TO ENTER Report States Small Body of Troops Will Land to Wit ness Demobilization of Turkish Army Austria Would Make Direct Peace With Italy Russians Send Note 4444444444444 44444 4 Pari, Oct. 30, 8:10 p. m 4 4 The bead of the allied govern- 4 4 menu and Col. House are la 4 4 meeting, although some points 4 4 In President Wilson' declare- 4 4 tlon may require a more com- 4 4 plete definition. An entire 4 4 agreement Is in Immediate 4 4 prospect. The supreme war 4 4 council will not meet formally 4 4 until this full understanding 4 4 has been reached. 4 444444 4444-4444 Amsterdam, Oct. 29. A dispatch from Constantinople say that Tur key, under peace negotiations, has Invited the allied fleet to enter the Dardanelles. A small body of troops will be landed to supervise the de- ALRER8 ARE HAuD HIT AT COTTAGE GROVE Anything bearing the name of Al- bers will have no chance of sale in Cottage Grove, since the expose of the pro-Hun feelings of the manu facturer of these goods. The stores of the city have burned up every piece of advertising matter relating to these goods and all orders for any of the goods have been cancelled The feeling among the people of the city Is such that It Is likely that all goods of that brand on hand will be shipped back to the wholesalers or disposed of In bulk for stock feed. Cottage Crove Sentinel. LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN JOSEPHINE The following registration list shows the number of male and fe male voters In Josephine county, for the November 5, 1918, election: Precinct Male Female Total Grants Pass No. 1....133 139 272 Grants Pass No. 2. ...140 151 291 Grants Pass No. 3. ...136 100 84 100 46 99 155 71 48 53 53 236 195 227 115 228 303 223 198 166 177 190 190 131 140 96 95 63 99 61 112 111 114 76 Grants Pass No. 4....111 Grants Pass No. 5....127 Grants Pass No. 6.... 69 Grants Pasg No. 7....129 Grants Pass No. 8....148 Althouse 152 Waldo ... 150 Kerby 113 Selma 124 Slate Creek 124 Murphy ... ..124 Williams 99 32 63 29 33 14 26 19 39 41 29 28 Merlin 87 Galice , 67 Lucky Queen .:. 62 Iceland 49 Wolf Creek .. 73 Placer 42 Frultdale . 73 Dlmlck 70 Granite Hill 85 Ferry 48 2,535 1,574 4,109 SOLDIERS' LETTERS At one K. of C. embarkation port building 20,000 letterheads and 10,- 000 envelopes were distributed in one day. , AT GATES OF GUISE Paris, Oct. 80. General Debeney's First army gained new successes in encircling the city of Guise, while the French advanced along the Per- on river and took prisoners. DARDANELLES mobilization of the Turkish army. London, Oct. 30. Count Andrassy it Is reported here, baa resolved to Initiate direct peace negotiation with Italy. It Is also reported that Andrassy baa entered diplomatio re lations with member of the Czech Slovak government in Pari. Amsterdam, Oct 30 Russian for eign Minister Tohltcherln is report ed to have addressed a note to Pres ident Wilson, saying: "As condition of an armistice, you demanded of Germany the evacua tion of occupied territories. We are ready to conclude an armistice on this condition, and ask when you In tend to withdraw yoir trooyt from iMurman, Archang 1 and Siberia." ROXY ANN MINES SHIP COAL TO MED FORD Mearora, Oct. 30. A company composed largely of eastern capital ists has been formed to bore for coal in the Rogue river valley. Machln ery has been ordered. Three coal mines are being developed along the base of Roxy Ann, from two to five miles from Medford, considerable tonnage of good commercial coal Saving been taken from two of the prospects and sold for local con sumption. It bos proved satisfac tory. Geologists contend that a large deposit of coal of excellent quality underlies the central part of the val ley. TO SUPPORT'NORMALS The following telegram has been received by Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction J. A. Churchill, of Salem, from Dr. P. P. Claxton of the I'. S. bureau of education: "The war Is emphasizing in many ways the importance of universal ed ucation and the needs of life and citizenship In the United States. Af ter the war is over will demand much higher standards of education than we have yet attained. This cannot be bad without well educated and well trained teachers for all schools. The normal schools are the principal agencies for the preparation of these teachers and every state should have a sufficient number of normal schools of high grade and well sup ported to prepare the teachers need ed in the schools of the state. The attendance of normal schools is local to a greater extent than attendance of state universities. Oregon should have more than one normal school and the establisnment. of one or more in addition to the one it has should not be long delayed. 1 h.ipe the vote for normal schools for east ern and western Oregon will be prac tically unanimous." ADD PIE TO MENU The Salvation Army has added pie to its coffee and doughnut menu close to the front line-trenches. It's an -American Institution tor Ameri can soldiers. T BY THE MEXICO MARU Seattle, Oct. 30. In a dense tog early today the trana-Pacltlo liner, Mexico Maru, rammed and sank the fisheries bark, A. J. Fuller, in El Uott bay. No live were lost. GERMAN COUNTER IS A FIERCE OIIE Their Choicest Troops, Aided by Ma chine Guns, Are Thrown Against the British Paris, Oct. 30. The German re treat before Generals Debeny and Man gin has been arrested and the enemy is fiercely counter attacking, according to latest reports from the front. The choicest troops of the enemy, aided by countless machine guns, are being thrown against the allies in a fight to the death to gain breathing time for the bulk of the German force. ; ' French critics express admiration for the stubbornness now being shown by the enemy, but they point out that General Lossberg la using np hi beet troops In these temporary actions. ATTITUDE IS WANTED Col. Roosevelt, in a speech in New York Monday night, said, In part: "This meeting Is held nnder pecu liar circumstances. If the president is right in the appeal he ha Just made to the voters, then you and I my hearers, have no right to vote at this election or to discuss public questions while the war lasts. If his appeal is justified, only that faction of the democratic party which ex. hiblts toward the president . rubber stamp attitude of complete servility is entitled to enter congress and no man who, whether a republican or not, puts loyalty to the people ahead of loyalty to the servant of the peo ple is to have a voice in determin mg tne greatest questions ever brought before this nation." Rebuking what be termed the "servility" of democratic leadership, the colonel said it was "small won der that in the cloakrooms of the house the bitter jest circulated Here's to oar czar, last in war, first toward peace, long may he waver!' With the American Army .North west .of Verdun, Oct. 30. Eighteen enemy airplanes were shot down during the day by American aviators. Five American machines were lost In carrying out important reconnols- sance missions. KIU ME Copenhagen, Oct. 30. Demon strations in the line of the radical doctrine of Dr. Liebknecht, the so cialist leader, which took place in five parts of Berlin on Sunday, were frankly ' Bolshevlkl, says the staff correspondent of the New York World. The police with carbines prevent ed radical speeches outside the balls, but all the speakers indoors, declared boldly for the establishment of a dictatorship by the proletarla. Dr. Liebknecht spoke at all the meet ings. The Vosslsche Zeitung, reporting the trend of the meetings, says: "Llebknecht's speeches were all absolutely Bolshevlkl. "Now the proletariat is conscious of Us power," be said, "the watch word Is world revolution or world destruction. The call to the. national defense should be answered by the dictatorship of the proletariat and by the overthrow of capitalistic rule, thus establishing a socialists repub lic. If the Russian Soviet republic be supported by the German repub lic, then all countries will have to follow and the world dominion of the proletariat win begin." The report says Dr. Liebknecht frequently shouted, "Down with the Hohenzollerns," but that is getting to be an old cry In Berlin and hardly causes comment. n AKEN F II EMPEROR CANNOT EVEN ENTER INTO PEACE PARLEY, SAYS SECOND BERLIN NOTE ' U, S, GOV'T. President Working on Reply to Las Vienna Note Matter to Rest With Alltod Official j 'aT 'l 1 Washington, Oct. 30. Another note from Germany which ha reach- ed here supplement the last brief communication by reciting that gov ernmental changes In Germany hare been made, which Is evidence that the kaiser has been deprived of all power in making war and negotiat ing peace. The Germans do not address the president personally, bat send the Information to the American govern ment, apparently recognizing that with the transmission of an armistice and peace plea to the allies, the stage of personal appeals has passed. The note says that the actual re sponsibility has been transferred to the relchstag. The note will prob ably be forwarded to the supreme war council of Paris. The president la working on his reply to the last Vienna note. He Is expected to inform the Vienna au thorities that their request baa been referred to the allied governments' officials; that in regard to the Aus- tro-Hungarian situation It is far from clarified, and asking how rar the government at Vienna is now qualified to speak for anyone. An armistice program prepared by the supreme war council has not been reported, but the government is known to favor terms equally as drastic as those described - in the press dispatches as agreed upon at Versailles. LITTLE FOLKS RAISE H. C. Seymour, of the O. A, C, is in the city today. Mr. Seymour is Interested In Boys' and girls' indus trial club work In Oregon, and states that much was accomplished by the little folks this season. For instance the boys' and girls' clubs cleared 364,800 net from the hogs they pro duced this year, or enough, says Mr. Seymour, to furnish pork to three regiments for five months. t The boys and girls have also aone fine work In the way of conservation of food, canning,' and gathering peach pits. At the Spoakne inter state fair this fall, a canning team from Oregon Agricultural college took first prize over seven northwest ern states. A fine boost for the management of this department at O. A. C. Mr. Seymour is here to consult with Miss Corbett, Alice M. Bacon and County Agent Thompson. S. A. T. C. STUDENTS t Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis, Oct. 80. Members of the col lege S. A. T. C. are going the full limit In insurance. The first 600 men interviewed by Lieutenant Carlo S. Morblo, personnel adjutent, took out 36,000,000 In protection. Other members of the corps are expected to go the full limit of $10,000 each. These soldiers in the making are not compelled to take out this insurance but see the advantage of taking out the maximum amount. . 1 MM II