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TODAYS VrEAiiiioi (22,000 BEAQESS) DAILY Only Circulation la Balem Guar anteed by the Audit Bureau of Circnlationa. FULL LEASED WIRE DISPATCHES " SPECIAL WILLAMETTE VAL LEY mews sebvice Oregon: Tonight and Sunday, un settled, . probably rain; moderate south easterly wind j. FORTIETH YEAR NO. 268 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1917 PRICE TWO GENTS ON TBAINS AND NBW 8TAND8 FITB CRNTS I 4,400 SUBSCRIBERS THAT SUfit . BRITISH DRIVING TOWARD RS IN STORM TOfet German Trenches In Flanders Won To Nearly Depth of One Mile ENGLISH FORCES NOW CLOSE TO JERUSALEM French Renort That Germans Continue to Bomh Hospitals . . In Rear By WiUiam Philip Simms (United Press staff correspondent) With the British Armies in Flan dors, Nov. 10. British troops drove their wedge nearly a mile further into the German positions out of Passchen tlaele. As this dispatch is filed tfaig'g vic torious troops were reported to have fichieved all their objectives. , A dozen strongly ' fortified farms Jiuve been overrun by the British at tacking waves. Vigorous fighting was reported all along the line of the ad vance. The pressure of Haig's push today 3 shoving the Bavarians gradually off nil the ridges. They were resisted vio lently rjut unsuccessfully. Drives Through Storm London, Nov. 10. In stormy weath er, at dawn this morning, Field Mar nhal Haig again set his great attacking war machine in motion for a drive Jiorth and northwest of Passehendaele. "Good progress," in the new Si tack was reported by the British com mander in chief 's report. The drive today, is the second this veen which the British have directed at the last remaining hold by the ene my in the Passehendaele. The ' direct onject of both of these thrusts is Wea itroosebeke, lying at the extremity of the high ground and commanding the Jowalands north to Roulers. The first report from General Haig lid not specify the extent of the front over which his attack was made. The previous drive this week was acrosfm -oinparativelv restricted area ami swept the Canadians into Passehen daele. The Germans failed to make a single i-onnter attack to this blow, despite the fact that captured Germans declared That Hindenburg had ordered the retak ing of .Passchendaele at all costs. "The enemy lines were pulverized by the tremendous British fire and unabMr to (Continued on page three) RUSSIAN AFFAIRS BASED ON AD VICES FROM AMBASSADOR Washington, Nov. 10. Cablegrams from Ambassador Francis in Petrograd received by the state department today confirmed the overthrow of the Ker ensky government. One message, dated November 7, and another . of the 8th., confirmed dis patches which told of the arrest of cab inet members and the bombardment of the winter palaoe by the cruiser Aurora. ABE MARTIN 'Bun your business j-st like nobuddr elf is in th' same business and you'll Jjc happy. Hiss Maxine Moots is at tendin' a finiahin.' gchooLt' learn how t' write bold vertical hand and back put of a room gracefully Warren K. Billings Begins Prison Term San Francisco, Nov. 10. Warren K Billines, sentenced to life - imprison- 1 ment for alleged complicity in the pre paredness parade bomb outrage was '.taken to Folsom prison early today "to jegin service of his sentence. t He left the county jail protesting roitsly. The prisoner was taf&n .ay several hours ahead of the hoc? 40t for his departure. 1 "It's a plot to railroad me to prison before secretary Wilson and the presi dent's mediation commission can start its investigation of the bomb cases, said Billings. He was taken to the train breakfastless. The supreme court recently denied Billings a rehearing of his case, HASHED HEN WHIP HEHBERSOF I.W.W. Tulsa Oklahoma, Men Give Outlaw Organization Its Just Deserts Tulsa, Okla., Nov. 10 "Knights of Liberty" organizations are being form ed throughout northeastern Oklahoma to resist I. W. W. agitation and dis perse I. W. W. bands, following the action taken here early today by a band of fifty masked citizens, whit llogged, tarred, feathered and drove 17 I. V. W. mentbers into the Osage hills. - - The men, naked above the waists, were -speeded on thoir way by hifSd reds of revolver and rifle shots and no trace of them had been reported at noon. Reports from various sections today sav that organizations were being formed to take similar action against I. W. W's in every part of the oil fields, where the agitators have been active for several months. Heavy sale of firearms and ammu nition from practically everr city in In., district was reported and it is reared that clashes may result between the armed "vigilantes" and the I. W. W. Police are investigating the action early today bat with the .prosecuting attorney out of the city, it was stated that no cluts had been found which might serve to identify any members of the band which attacked the men. OUT CANADIAN- THKOATS Hamilton, Ont., Nov. 10. The bodies of ten Canadian sol diers were found with their throats cut when Canadians drove the enemy from a posi tion in the Lens sector recently according to advices received here today. The ten men had been captured in a raid and slaughtered in cold blood when the German position was at tacked. Captain Alexander Sol omon wag one of the ten. ic sc s(c jfc jc )jc 3jc ?fc 3c sfc sc , Francis's message makes no mention of loss of life and said that Petrograd had again become quiet. J The only other information the state department had today from Russia was contained in a telegram which stated tnat an American Red Cross workers in .Russia are well. Attitude Not Changed. Thfl dniMirtmiint nni A .1. I 1 so far developed upon which this gov ernment can base any alteration in its , present policy toward Russia. However,., until a new reasonable government ts established in Russia, the United States will take no action, it was said. It was said the bolsheviki- Maximal ist groups, who gained control of Pet- rograa, are reported unofficially to have formed a cabinet headed bv Lenine and Trotsky. . . - ' . . . . Kerensky Disappears. The exact whereabouts of Kerensky, deposed premier, was still a mystery to officials here. The fact that ' Ambassador Francis was at last ' permitted to get his mes sages through over the wires controlled by the Maximalists and bolsheviki may man that they plan to soon seek offi cial recognition from the United States. Such recognition will depend uponj the extent of the support granted the new government by the Russian people,! it was said. Moscow Not In Revolt. The ambassador's messages -did not confirm the report that Moscow wag held by the revolutionists, although the American consul's wire to Fnmcis from Moscow Inay come through later from J Petrograd. " ' The Russian embassy, prepared for further usurpation of power by the rad icals, predicted today the bolsheviki maximalists probably would form a new cabinet with Nicholai Lenine as pre mier and Leon Trotsky as minister of (Continued on page three) WOUNDED BOY IS VFLCOMED HOME BY HIS PLUCKY MOTHER Many Passengers Arrive To day with Thrilling Stories of War Zone An Atlantic Port. Nov. 10. One Am erican mother, Mrs. McQuillen of Phil adelphia, gave proof today of her Spar- iau-iine sjnrii, ui sacruiue to patriot ism, when she mot her wounded son, Price McQuillen at the head of a laud ing stage when an American steamer came m. McQuillen, hobbling ou a crutch with his entire right leg gone, and proudly wearing his uniform as a member of the American field ambulance service, was greeted by his mother with the words: Welcome homo son ", and the two fell into each other's arms. With McQuillen, also on crutches, was his cum, Wayne Vetlerine. also of Phil adelphia. - Both boys were badly wounded befofc Verdun ou August 2. They had three wounded French soldiers in their am bulance and were hoisting in a rourtn while under shell fire when a projectile exploded in their midst. The four French wounded were killed, the ambu lance wrecked and both Americans ter ribly inanglod. When they recovered they recovered they found they had re ceived the Medal Militairc and the Croix de Guerre with palm and star. Mccormick: Ketunis. The ship which brought McQuillen and Vetlerine carried Representative Medill McCormick ef Illinois, just back from a survey of all the European fronts. He left the ship hurriedly, re fusing to talk and presumably to catch a train to Washington to report to Pies ident Wilson. Othet passengers told of their shin repelling a submarine attack when in te Irish sea one day out of a British port. Passengers in the salon at 0:45 one evening were startled by the sud den roar of the aft gun, manned by one of the prize gunnery crews of tho navy. Those who rushed out on deck caught a glimpso of a hurriedly sub merging submarine,. On that same evening the liner picked up two calls from ships in distress, both 01 wnom reported submarine attacks. Cause of Italian Defeat. Isaac F. Marcosson, writer, returned on the sip' ilftcr several months' stay abroad. He was in Monte San Gabriel when the Italians held that peak' and attributes the present Italian defeat to lack of guns and shells. "General C'adorna," Marcosson said, "is a victim of circumstances. I have seen nearly all soldiers in the war and to my mind the Italians are the best in. appearance and action. "Lenine," he continued, discussing the Russian situation, "will undoubt edly head the new government there. Ho is undoubtedly a German agent and is the most dangerous man in Russia today. " -5a Mv ITALIANS HOLD PIAVE RIVER LHIE 80 ROME STATES T Official Advices Dwell On Success of Army's Retirement GROUND EVACUATED IS NOT EXTENSIVE Large Collection In Rome Taken Up For Relief of People in War Zone By John S. Hearley, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Romo, Nov. 10. Italy's retirement to behind the Piave river defense line had been practically accomplished today. Reports dwell on the. success of the withdrawal and of the splendid defense position in which the Italian lines were now drawn to receive and sustain the shock of the Austro-Gcrman in vasion. The magnitude of the task of with drawal to behind the "Piave line was made apparent with the arrival of countless refugees from that territory. It wag estimated that there are now a million homeless people in Rome, many in dire need. Military exigencies dictated tho com plete civil as well as military evacu ation of all the territory between the Livenza and Piave rivers. Such large villaa-es and cities as Brflunn Virtnri., Conegliano, Parenone, Salile and Order - go were completely tripped of their inhabitants; The enemy will find them literally shells. The abandonment of territory to the invaders heretofore has not been on such a large scale. The evacuation for the retreat across the Tagliamento was only partial, presumably because of the Italian command . never intending to make its final Btand before the enemy along that line. wmocuon in ome ror civilian relict ?a7. jeJ10, 78,000,000 lire (about l.VUU,UOU). Much more is needed. Cardinal Lafertaine. oatriach of , Venice, today appealed to the populace or tnat city to " remain calm and pray to God to preserve them and their homes." Dispatches from Vonice to day said exraordinary precautiona had j (Continued on page three) ' Vv JVYAXWWyW,'.Av'7ifAVWy. aft B.S '.T J ., ... V , . ,-7 v t TV I r f FOR AMERICA AND HUMANITY NO NORTH, NO SOUTH, NO EAST, NO WEST hat hi r n -fv HANI) I FLtAbcU OYER MATY HADE rami JAPAN Statesmen of China Aver That They Were Not Consulted As To Their Interests By Robert J. Bender (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, Nov. 10, China feels that the United States hag "double- crossed" her in the formal understand ing reached recently between Viscount Ishii of the Japanese mission and Sec retary of State Lansing. She may even decide to ignore the plan of recogni tion of special right to Japan. . From sources close to the Chinese gov ernment, the United Press learned today that China wag surprised and bewilder ed, when it learned the contents of the Ishii-Lansing correspondence. Neither through its representatives at Washing ton rinr dirept.lv thrniiorh tha Pnlrinur foreign office was tho Chinese govern - ment appraised of the momentous ar- tigation of the coast telephone strike rangement entered into by Japan and situation will be held in San Francis America directly concerning future re- 00 an not Seattle as requested by the lations in China. , unions of the northwest. That was the The Chinese embassy refused to dis- announcement of Secretary of Labor cuss the situation today, even when wi'n today following tho arrival of shown United PTess dispatches from ithe presidential mediation commission. Tokio indicating that the foreign off ice I. TJe commission will carry on its had been moved to formal action in- investigations in this city, which is the dicating its displeasure. eadquarterg of the telephone . com- From other high sources close to the lmy,A b0 t , 4 Peking government, however, it was Today was devoted to paying re learned that China, 'not having'been con-nZennT,mir- suited in the new understanding, may rVbm w', it Tnt v j- j a. . . sai tomorrow or Monday. Word wns sent be disposed to consider that t has no g tt, that & telephone em binding force upon China's actions. tpi0yCB of tho northwest did not plan The agreement, according to the Chi- nave rcprC9entativei, at the hearings nese view, contravenes existing treaties) Secretary Wilson would not discuss between China and other powers. More 'the telephone strike situation and adfl oyer, it was not ratified by the Unitei ed at as other matters referring to States Senate and this makes the Chi-jthe jloonoy case, the Metal Trade nese curious as to just whaf binding Btrike and the San Francisco carmen's power i has on "America. strike were likely to be brought be- The flat statement that China, thus disappointed in America, may after the WB ' reBun"' "ienuiy relations wun 'y,?"7' """ng o . tnat nation to help her withstand Japanese pressure, wag made by one nan close to Chineso affairs, today. , ' The complete change of America's traditional policy, which China sees in the new understanding, is freoly inter preted by Chinese as being made on ac count of fear ef Japan's military and naval strength in the Pacific. China's decision to break with Ger many and later declare war on Berlin , tion of America, it was stated. : figured America wag the friend to helD China followed America because aha W mnt In hnlrlincr Tn ah led to believe if the war continued for several years ner vast man power and resources would be invaluable against Germany. Now, in the Chinese view, America substitutes Japanese "special ngnt"-ror "equal opportunity," and American leadership. North German Lloyd OScers' Baggage Seized by Federal Officials . Hoboken, N. J., Nov. 10. Baggage and personal belongings of officers and men or the JNorth (ierman Lloyd ttteam- ship company, stored at its former of fices here, were seized by federal agents today. The goods were removed for ex amination. Officers declined to reveal where the baggage was being taken. The North German Lloyd piers and offices have been occupied by the gov ernment since shortly after this country entered the war. Te property of the line employes, however, has been stored there until today. PHONE INVESTIGATION IEW Commission Selects That City Because Company s Head quarters Are There 1 San Francisco, Nov. 10. The inves for0 the commission, the mediators would express no opinions on any of the subjects and intended to go into j every conference entirely open mind- ed. Secretary Wilson conferred this morn- ing with Vomer Z. Reed, member of the f At the same time there1 was consider mediation board sent here to investigate J abio apprehension here over one dia the telophone strike situation. ' patch passed by the bolsheviki censor "Before we actually hear the tole-1 at Petrograd, and declaring that Am phone cases we will get the report of f erican Ambassador Francis had receiv Mr. Reed," aid Wilson. "We come to ed word that the revolution had spread San Francisco with open minds." One of tha most serious problems con fronting the mediation board is that in volving waiges to be paid to shipyard workers on the Pacific coast. The re fusal of the iron trades council to ac '..on, the iW.ision of the federal wage 4. k.. .hinh tigated the situation on the coast has .resulted in an acute state or anairs. It is riroblematical when the commis sion will reach its investigation, of the Mooney case, but it is probablo that several other cases will be disposed of first. All Experts Fail Portland, Or., Nov. 10. G. Y. Har ry, federal mediator, said today that his efforts to negotiate with tho Pa cific Telephone and Telegraph com pany and tho striking employes failed, evidently because local union heads have no authority to enter into discus sion officially with any one. American Alrtness v and German Stupidity Laredo, Tex., Nov, 10. German stu pidity and American alertness has put wn nanned German prisoners Cap tain Hans Berg and Lieutenant Alfred Loeschcr back in the hands of. United States military authorities today Berir and Loescher, with ten other Germans, escaped from the internment camp at Fort Mcl'nerson, us., ucunier 23, traveled 1200 miles to the Mexican border and were just about to cross tha Tfio Grande when United States customs inspectors nabbed them. The two Hermans nau nusiaeiL iv United States officials for cowboys, hiul waved to them and upon Deing questioned a to what they wanted, said: "We are German prisoners who es caped from Fort McPherson- We wcra tryiag to get across to Mexico and from there will, return to Germany." Berg and Loeseher arc today under military guard at Fort Mcintosh, near here. It is expected they will be return ed immediately to Fort McPherson. "We lost our usual caution- becaus? the inspectors were not in "uniforms and we thought they were cowboys, the arrested men explained. . .' . WET8 HOLDING LEAD. Columbus, O., Nov. 10. With 73 official counties in out of 88 figures at the secretary of state's office give the wets a lead of 618 votes. These figures include official returns from Montgomery and Hamilton coun ties, but not from Lucas county. The totals are: Wet 522,245; dry 521,679. -Cleveland,' O.,- Nov: 10. The wets gained 819 votes over the unofficial fig ures in Cuyahoga eounty when the offi cial, totals were announced this after noon. The official totals, for the coun- BELIEVE BATTLE IS mm 111 THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL London Thinks Kerensky's Adnerents Will Fight to Retain Power MOSCOW IS EXPECTED TO SUPPORT PREMIER Germany Believed To Be Back of Proposed Three Months' Armistice KEEENSKY AT FBONT. Stockholm, Nov. 10. Donial ' that ministers of the Kerensky cnbinet have boen arrested was made by the socialist organ Narodnaianista, according to ad- " vices from Haparanda. The ad-' vices said the newspaper declar edKerensky was at the front. London, Nov. 10. The hattla fc which Kerensky lioues to sava Kniii from the bolsheviki may be impending around Petrograd, today according to today 's interpretation here of boklievi-ki-ceusored dispatches from the Bua gian capital. The proclamation of the Petrograd so viet of . workmen and soldiers that the Kerensky, Kaledine and Kornilof f nar- jtieg are 'moving troops to Petrograd" gave the basis for belief in London that mo provisional government was about to act with all its strength to stamp Lenine, Trotsky and their mushroom government. to Moscow. This message asserted the bolsheviki had repeated their coup at Petrograd in Mosciw, assuming control of all governmental machinery. It had been expected here that Mos cow would rally to the support of the provisional government. The city has al ways heretofore been a strong support er of Kerensky and the provisional gov ernment. If it is confirmed that tha bolsheviki now control it the coup must have been cleverly carried out. The last word received regarding premier Ker- ensky was that he was enroute to Mos cow, with the expectation of establish ing the provisional government's ca(r ital there, German Peace Program. The suspicion that Germany's hand . was behind tho whole bolsheviki revolt was strengthened today with the receipt of dispatches quoting Nicholai Lenine 's speech before the all-Russian council of workmen and soldiers. He proposed a program which dovetails exactly with the long continued German peace prop itpenda. Lenine, presumably spokesman for tho new powers installed at Petro grad, proposed a three months armii tice of all warring powerg which would carry Germany through a critical win ter if agreed to and a conference of representatives of all nations to discusa peace. That conference has been repeat edly ur-ed by the Germans. The only difference was that Lenine added the bolsheviki trimmings of suggesting that the eouf trees be "elected" by the peo ple, rather than chosen by the govern ment. The greatest hope held in England in that Lenine and is lieutenants will t-tick fast to their determination to work for a general and not a separata peace. No single one of the allies will c-ven think now of .joining any Eua t.nn faction in a move for generul ixace. The Russian- catastrophe hats rather ste-lcd every individual to eret er . rerili.jition of the task ahead oi them in bringing Germany to terms. So lciig as Lenine works for a general peace ho i." doomed to disappointment of any hope for support in England. France, Italy or America. Every sors of conflicting news from Russia filter ed into 'London today. German-influenced messages told of troops along the northern front joining the Maximalists and marching on Petrograd; Swiss mes sages insisted word there indicated no spread of the revolt except in the cities where it had originated. DIVORCE IS GRANTED. A decree was signed in the Clackamas county circut court Friday by which Avina Fike was granted a divoree and $20 per month alimony until Dee. 29, 1922, and thereafter 15 unless she re marries, and was given the custody of a minor child witn a rurtner allowance of $20 a month for its support. The de cree was the outcome of a suit begun ' br the husband Jay V. Fike, some time ago. Oregon City Enterprise. tv are: Wets 77,438; drys, 59,4JtS- TWa gives te wets a lead of 1.435 in the state but with one eounty Bummit bos heard from off ieially.