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liter DAILY EDITION VOL. IX., No. SO. VICTIMS ARE SLAUGHTERED BY KIDS WITHIN 1IOLK1IEV1K LINES CON DITIONS WOIWH THAN FRENCH RKION OF TERROR FANATICS HOLD UPPER HAND Ilaiulrwla Killed Dally,' tUyn Social. lt, Mid Only Force Ch CVunh Ikilahevlklam Arhangul, Oct. 22. (Correspon dence of the Awaclated Press) "Russia la fust bleeding to doath through a reign of (error which U worse than that of the French revo lution, and it la time the nation of the earth came here to put down one of the world'a greatest evil," Presi dent Nlcholaa Tschulkovsky of the provisional government of the north, told a correspondent of the Associ ated Pre today. "It Is no longer a question of poll-' tint," be continued. "Inelde the Dol ahevlk line the altuatlon la wome than the French Telgn of terror. Vlc tlma executed now must be counted by the ten of thousands. All hair splitting political reason an! do. the world must know that the Bolsheviks are no longer even a party, but are bow merely a Ifroup of men deter mined to hold what they have seised by the merciless alaughter of those who oppoee them. ' "It la now only the question of putting down an evil.' person es . raping from Moacow, Potrogratf and Volgoda and reaching here bring In disputable stories of the execution. The situation seems beyond the con trol of aome nolshevik leaden who thnmeelvea are revolting at the blood shed." President Tsbalkovsky mid he re cently cabled to President Wilson urging the immediate dispatch or more troops. "Nothing can bring Russia out of this chaos until the Bolshevik terror has been quaxhed by the force of arms," aald Tachalkovsky. "The force now here ia unable to do this qulrkly. Meanwhile hundreds, are dying dally. , "The world must understand that Bolshevism, like Imperialism, Is a foe to democracy. It Is In Russia a mere dictatorship, a group of men holding away by. force of arma. They scire every straw, falsifying logic to Justi fy themselves. As an example they now declare that the proposed loague of nations Is only another scheme to rive power to the bourgeosle against the working men." Perhaps the world will naturally ask what Russia Is doing to help her self," aald Tachalkovsky, "and I can only answer that we are doing; our beet. A recent example is the reor ganization of the government of the north. Now every party and every class Is represented. Forgetting pol itics they are turning their efforts to ward putting down the Bolshevik evil. We are mobilising our forces out the allies must help." President Techalkovsky Is a so cialist. ( ASKS FOR REVIEW OF BALLOTS New York, Nov. 21. Governor Whitman, defeated for re-oleotlon by Alfred E. Smith, democrat, on , the face of returns, announced that he would apply .for a Judicial review of the rejected ballots in every county In the state. I 4 CONGRESS ADJOURNS 4. 4 Washington, Nov, 21. The 4 -f present session of congress 4 V will adjourn this afternoon. 4 111 GOLD FOUND IH BALKAN STATES Country Rich In 1mhiIU of Gold Sliver, Copper, Lead, and Other Valuable Minerals Home, Oct. 21. (Correspondence of the Aaoclated Press) "The min eral deposits in the Balkans are of such extent that the Serbs, Bulgar ians, Greeks and Rumanians may make tbe peninsula immensely rich after the war it they quit fighting and settle down to business," aald the Rev. Francis Jager, of Minneapo lis, who spent eight months with the allied armle doing American Red Cross work! "Why, the principal pastime of a lot of the French soldiers there was washing out the gold from the river bottoms. The mountains are rich In coal, copper, tine, lead, gold, silver, Iron and oil. This Is particularly true of the territory claimed by the Sorbs. Last wlntor the soldiers about Monstlr kept themselves warm by digging coal. I saw one group of soldiers dig holes two feet down and strike a six-Inch vein of coal, and on digging further down they struck a vein which did not give out after a depth of 1 ft feet. "In going about among the poor families of the country I frequently found them In possessions of pieces of almost pure gold. They told me they had picked It up out of the beds of nearby streams." LISTLESS ATTITUDE Merlin, Nov. 16. (Delayed) Af ter a week of revolution, Berlin streets have the appearance as on any Saturday during the war. The mass of the public appears anything but excited over the future progress of events. ' A llxtlem attitude of the middle- clan element In the early stages of the revolution Is typical of the apathy that prevails. News of the American relief tcm porarlly eclipses the curiosity over the political drama. Paris, Nov, 21. American troopj will pass through the city of Luxera burg today. 1 JIIKJK ASKS NEW TRIAL FOR THOMAS 3. MOOXEY San Francisco, Nov. 21. A letter from Judge Franklin Griffin, who tried and sentenced Mooney, has been sent to Governor Stephens, ask ing that Mooney be given a new trial, due to the evidence of fraud and con spiracy against him. WATSON SAYS WILSON f: Washington, Nov. . 21. Senator Watson, republican, of Indiana, in a speech attacked president WUson for taking over the eable and express lines, and , suggested that the presi dent took the cable to. suppress any news .of what Is discussed at the peace conference. . KIILED-VORWAERTS Copenhagen, Nov. 21. Up to Oc tober 31st, 1,580,000 German sol diers' were klllod and the fate of 260,000 was not known, the Vor waorts of Berlin says it learna on reliable authority. . , Four million, soldiers had seen wounded, some several times. The newspaper adds that there were 490. 000 German prisoners in hostile countries. ' " GRANTS PADS, JOSEPHINE OOCNTT, OREGON, THL'ItfcDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1010. 1HYC0MBE ASKS MURPHY TO STEP DOWN ROBERT L. STEVENS, FORMER SHERIFF OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY, NEW WARDEN III T Of TIE HEAD Enormous Waste In Commlaeary De partment M urphy Considered an Idealist Salem, Ore., Nov. 21. Governor Wlthycombe has written to Warden Murphy, asking for his resignation. The governor will appoint Robert L. Stevens, former sheriff of Multno mah county, warden before the first of the year. Governor WWhycombe said: "I have a high regard for Murphy, personally, but believe that he Is an Idealist and hi Ideas should not be worked out at the prison. Waste in the commissary department is large ly the reason I have asked Murphy to resign." 4 U. S. CASUALTY LIST 444444444 4' 4444444 The following casualties are re ported by the commanding general of the American expeditionary forces and released for today's pub lication: . Killed in action 360 Missing In action 234 Died of wounda 223 Died of accident 3 Died of disease .......... 238 Wounded severely 91 Wounded, degree undetermined 230 Wounded slightly 185 Prisoners 7 Total 1,571 Killed in action Lorenta Berg, LaGrande; Peter Blue, Pendleton; Ira L. Whitney, Wendllng. Wounded, degree undetermined rsaao Vail, Portland; Ora C. Ser geant, Woodburn. Died of disease W. P. Morgan, Eagle Point. , , . S AND San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 21. Typical of the experience of United State army aviators, whose fleld-to- fleld flights in the central and east ern part of the country are expected to make up an interesting chapter In the history of American aviation, I that of Captain F. M. Bartlett who flew from. Fort Scott, 111., to Kelly Field, 1,700 mlles through sunshine and storm. . This story of Captain Bartlett's difficult flight Is given by the United States committee on public Informa tion. He covered the 841 miles 'between Bellvllle and Clark., field, Memphis, j Tennessee In 8 hour and 5 minutes at an average speed of 110 miles an hour, favored by a stiff wind from the Great (Lake and at an altitude) of between 7,000 and 9,000 feet. On the second leg of the trip between Memphis, . Tennessee, and Payne Field, West Point. Mies!, wishing to stop for lunch, he. descended and was close to the ground over an abandoned race track when, he sud denly found the air so thin he knew he could not. get oft this ground once he landed, He had difficulty in getting back, to the, upper currents again but by following a flock of bird which flew; in ascending circle, he secured enough altitude to con tinue. Approaching West. Point tine air was again encountered, but. over this town he ran into an electrical storm and was forced to descend.' With clear weather the next day AMERICAN VIATOR BUT WIND BOCHE FLEET IS TAKEN OVER BY THE ALLIES BRITISH GRAND FLEET, AMERI CAN SQUADRON, AND' FRENCH CRUISERS PRESENT hq hitch in moraines Reported That Eight Battleships, Six liaitle Cruiser and Eight Other Ships Were Taken .London, Nov. 21. The German fleet, as specified in the armistice terms, was surrendered today to the allies. The admiralty announce ment, says: "Tbe main German ileet surren dered at 8:30 o'clock this morning." The British, grand fleet, accom panied by an A median squadron and French cruisers, steamed out to ac cept the ships. London, Nov. 21 It is understood that eight German battleships, six battle cruisers, and eight other cruisers surrendered. There remain to be surrendered, two battleships and 60 torpedo boat destroyers. WANTS RATES CONSIDERED London, Noy. 21. Postmaster General Burleson has telegraphed to the Oregon public service commie-, alon, asking the commission to con sider the new schedule of Increased rates of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company, as regularly filed, so there may be no lnterrup; Uon of service, or loss to the gov ernment and employes may not be deprived of wage increases. 4 PRESIDENT SIGNS THE 4 4- AGRICULTURAL BILL 4 . ' 4 Washington, Nov, 21. Pre- 4 4 Ident Wilson has signed the ag- 4 4- rlcultural appropriation bill, 4 4 carrying the provision forna- 4 4 tlonal prohibition from July 1 4 4 until the army 1 demobilized. 4 S BRAVE ELECTRICITY BAFFLE he made 230 miles between West Point and iLonoke, Ark., without a atop though his gasoline, gave out Just as he arrived over Eberts Field, near this point, and Little Rock, Ark. Her bad weather held htm up four day. ,. Four hundred and fifty mile of the next leg between, Ebert Field and Poet Field. ; Fort Sill, Okla., which had not been covered, before, in an airplane, up to this time, proved the hardest, task In. his whole trip. He made the,, distance in nine hour of difficult flying, over the Ozark mountains and came down at Hugo, Oklahoma, for, gasoline , ., He, had made his course straight for Little, Rock over the Ozarks. in an air line tor Fort Sill but with nothing but a. rough carpet of high hills and thick timber under htm as tar as he. could see, and on account of the , bad, , weather making, he abandoned the, air line. to the west and veered tq.the south. Sixty miles In this, direction from Hugo he en countered a gale, of such force as. to tell trees below him. . He .attempted to rise over it, but, was caught 1n a wedge of. black clouds, held, in the grip of the storm.and for 3j minute hung, over .Arkadelphla, Ark. , His plane settled, from an attitude .of 6,000 feet to 3,000 feet, and drifted about two miles side-wise, when he finally broke through. the. storm and came out miles off his course,but Into dry weather. By compass calcula HODS (Continued on Pag Four) U. S. WON'T CRUSH out mm Russians, of All Elements,. Opposed to Foreign Military Inralon Food Wanted Washington, Nov. 21. The allied power and the United State will not send military forces to Russia to overthrow the Bolsherikl. This statement was made here today on high authority. Tbe associated gov ernment themselves do not desire to participate ia civil war. in Russia, The. Russians themselves. Includ ing the anti-Bolshevik and pro-ally element, are opposed to foreign military intervention. Economic in tervention, however, 1 urgently de aired by Russian, and it 1 under stood that a plan has been formulat ed which will be submitted to the United State and the entente na tions, having the indorsement of the provisional all-Russtaa government at Omsk and the Russian diplomatic representative, abroad. This plan calls for anted assist ance In the distribution of foodstuffs already available In certain part of Russia, rather than for any political or military assistance. H. JL. Houghton, of Seattle, chief architect of the plans department of the Western Union company, wa In the city, yesterday, and, while here let the contract for the erection of a concrete building to be used as the heating department of the Western Union's new quarters." The contract tor placing the heating plan was let to Wm. Hammett, The local office of the Western Union will be moved into the new -quarter by the- middle of next month, although it will probably be two or three months yet before the repeater station is moved to thl city from Ashland. Consolidation of the ' Western Union and the Postal Telegraph com panies will he made about the first of December. 4 ALLIES WILL SEND 4 4 PROTEST TO DUTCH 4- ' ' . , ... . 4 4- Paris. Nov. 21. The allied 4 governments have,, decided, to 4. 4 send an official protest to the 4 4 Dutch government against their 4 4 violation of Holland's neutral- 4 4 ity, a a result of her permit- 4 4 ting German troops to cross the 4 4 province of, LImburg in retreat 4; from Belgium, according to 4 4. Paris newspapers. " f 4444444.444444 A LEAGUE OF NATIONS Washington, Nov. 21. Senator Reed, of Missouri, democrat, voiced opposition to the proposed league of nations, and declared that any ar rangement to cause the United States to. become embroiled in European troubles was monstrous. .Washington,' Nov. 21. Proceed ings before the senate election com mittee, contesting the election of Truman H. Newberry, republican, of Mchlgan, on the ground of excessive campaign .expenditures, .has .been abandoned toy a vote of six to fivel It wa decided Improper for the ex isting. committee to inquire into the election of a senator to the next congress. HENRY FORD BEATEN NEWBERRY IS. SENATOR WHOLE NUMBER 2521 KOLM IV IN CHARGE OF i Air ..-i'i i BECOMES DICTATOR AND WILL ALSO ACT AS COMMANDER OF RUSSIAN FLEET . illl ULl-HSl GOVERNMENT Washington View Omsk Coop A Movement Relied Upon to Regen erate Russia Vladivostok, Nov. 21. Through a- coup by the council, of ministers of the new aU-Raasian government at Omsk, Admiral Alexander. Kolchak become virtual dictator and . com mander of all the Russian fleet and army. Washington, Nov. 21. News of the coup at Omsk ia regarded, here a another sign pointing to the sta bilization of the movement relied up on to regenerate Russia. BAKER ESTIMATES SAVINGS OVER BILLION DOLLARS Washington, Nov. , 21. Saving through, the war department re adjustment orders including .cancel lation of contracts, are estimated at 11.336,000.000 by Secretary Raker. BELGIANS, SAY YANKS ARE THR RESCUERS Vlrton, Belgium, Tuesday, Nov. 19 This pretty little city of Belgium and everything in it belongs to the Americans tonight, the willing gift of ,40.000 inhabitant, to whom, the doughboys from, America today brought deliverance after 50 months under the yoke of the Boches, who left it so little ahead of the Ameri cans', entry that some of them were overtaken. Truly, to these Belgians, America is God's country; for it represents to them not only their saviours, their rescuers, but the nation which has fed them for four years. With tear in their eye they assured me today that they would have starved to death had it not , been for America ad in their entbusiastie Joy they declared they would 'be slave of the Hun still if it had not been for the Americans. , ,t They meant what they said, for heside the black, yellow and red of the Belgian's noble flag waves the Stars and Stripes everywhere Ed win 'L. James In Portland, Telegram. 'M ! IT EPROPERTJES; The following statement from Henry, M. Parks, director of the Ore gon bureau of mines and geology, at Portland, will be ot Interest to those engaged in the development of chrome properties: "Word is Just received from Wash ington -that pending the arrangement of certain details In connection with the administration of the war min erals act it is very important that the present statu of all leases or contracts in relation to the, chrome industry be , maintained; . without change. It will doubtless be for the beet Interest for all concerned in the chrome industry that all leases or contracts which have heen In force during the past few weeks or months and which, may have expired should beo voluntarily renewed. , It is not probable that new nronertiea nor new owner of old 'properties will be able to receive benefits under " the provisions of the act." cm