A WEEK OF CONDENSED WIRE NEWS
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MONDAY
BERLIN—The war office announc-'
es this afternoon that the Austro
German forces in Italy are closing
in on the Allied forces from several
directions. The city of Belluno, on
the upper Piave river, was captured
by the invading armies yesterday,
^ but on the lower Piave the Italian*
have made a stand anu are holding
the Austro-Germans in check. Tn«.
A jstro-Hungarian army which is
carrying out the new offensive o
the Trentino front, was ettaciiei
yesterday by strong Italian detach
ments and forced to retire to de
f tensive positions which had been pre
pared. The opposing armies are
now lined up along a thirty-mile
front on the Pi»ve river and a r«.n
test of strength seems in prospect
for the first time since the Italians
began their retreat from Isonzo.
CHICAGO—Under protection of a
heavy police guard, furnished by the
mayor. Prof. Scott Nearing, the
pacifist, addressed a crowd of sever
al hundred people in a downtown
hall yesterday, lecturing under the
auspices of the People’s council for
mocracy. The talk was taken in
shorthand by a police stenographer
ine meeting proceeded without
interuption to its conclusion.. 'The
speaker was applauded at intervals
ring his address, but when he of
fered membership cards for sale at
to each,, only one sucker respond
LOXDOX—Genera! Haig reports
this morning that he has delivered ?
successful blow against the Germans
on a mile front, across the main
road between Passchendaele and
West Roosebeeke. This is a contin
uation of the drive in the direction
of the German submarine bases on
the Belgian coast.
SEATTLE—Vice President Mar
shall, who is in this city on a lecture
tour of the country, declares that
the Russian revolutionists will not
hold sway more than a month and
Kerensky will retain his power.
LONDON—British batteries are
now in position along the Italian
front, prepared to give support to
the Italian rear guard.
Council City. Col—Three Utah
soldiers were killed and sixteen in
jured today as the result of a rear
end collision between two troop
trains on the Demur & Rio Grande,
a mile west of Cotpaxie station.
PRINCE RUPERT—The Seattle
fishing vessel Shamrock HI. bound
from Ketchikan to Seattle, reached
this port today in a sinking cord:
tion. as the result of striking a rock
in Uuright sound. The craft has
a cargo of codfish and salmon.
BUFFALO—President Wilson de
livered a most eloquent personal ap
peal for the full support of organ
ized labor, in an address made in
this city this morning. The address
was made before the annual con
vention of the American Federation
of labor, which began its delibera
tions today. The president declared
that the war could not be won un
less all factions united in a common
cause, sinking their differences in
the single aim to aid their country
and the cause of universal liberty.
He paid a warm tribute to President
Samuel Gompers, and virtually called
upon the federation to re-elect him
as president of the organization.
The president denounced the pacif
ists of the country, declaring that
the present is the most critical the
world has yet known.
President Wilson was introduced
by Gompers, the veteran labor lead
er referring to the head of the na
tion as “this spokesman for free
dom, man of destiny and leader of
thought among the nations of the
world.”
PETROGRAD—Street fighting is
proceeding constantly in this city be
tween the followers of Kerensky and
the new revolutionists. The Keren
sky men have regained possession of
the telephone station and are trying
to make a stand until the arrival of
the Kerensky army, which is said
to be approaching the capital.
BERLIN—The Teutons have cut
off ten thousand Italians in the up
per Piave valley, according to ad
vices received in this city late this
afternoon. The Teutons have ad
vanced down the Piave river and
are now in front of the city of Fel
tre.
HELSINGFORS—A state of war
has been- declared in Finland and
the provisional soldiers committee
has appointed a sailor named Sehieck
as commisary of Finland, in place
of Gov.-Gen. Nekrasoff.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE—General Pershing said
to a correspondent today: Troops
and supplies are arriving in increas
ing numbers, thanks to the French,
British and American navies. The
submarines to date have not claim
ed the life of a single American
soldier on a troopship bound for
France.
Seattle—George Courage, a one
legged Frenchman, shot and danger
ously wounded his former wife in
this city yesterday, when the lady
refuse to become a party to a second
marriage contract with him. After
he had taken a shot at the woman,
(dis) Courage turned the gun on
himself, with fatal results.
WASHINGTON—The government
has opened negotiations with Ger
many in the hope of reaching an
agreement regarding the treatment
of prisoners of war. Photographs
have been sent to Berlin showing the
excellent treatment given subjects
of the kaiser in this country and
the wish is expressed that American
forces in Germany be accorded
equally good treatment..
WASHINGTON—The Russian em
bassy has issued a statement in which
it is claimed that the maximalists
are not representative of the Rus
sian people, and will fail.
TFKSDAY
LONDON—Although wireless re
ports were received from Petrograd
this morning stating that Bolsheviki
had captured and imprisoned Ker
ensky, a cablegram received from
Stockholm this afternoon says that
announcement has been made by
Kerensky to the effect that the Bol
sheviki uprising in Russia has been
put down.
BERLIN—The Teuton forces that
captured the Italian city of Belluno
have advanced 25 miles down the
Piave river, capturing ten thousand
Italians. The Austro-Germans are
now in front of the city of Feltre,
where the opposing batteries are in
full action..
SEATTLE—It iia= been suggest'd
that most of the cities of this state,
which have tried almost every bran 1
of new legislation, should have two
mayors—the extra one to serve in
case the other is subjected to the re
call test.
ROME—The Teuton forces tb :
attempted to encircle an cut off : .
Italian left wing, have been ovt
generalled by the Italians and ih -
Italian forces in the mour.tr ins. r.
the upper Piave, are safe. It is
admitted by the war office, hotv-.-v r.
that strong German pressure con
tinues along the entire line.
■SEATTLE—Gus Yollrath, a Ger
man who h id a position as foreman
at the Olympia Steel works, has
been placed under arrest charged
with causing the explosions which
recently caused the partial destruc
tion of the Olympia plant and th‘
Aurora works. The police think
that Yollrath was concerned in a
plot to prevent the manufacture of
steel plates for the government ves
sels now under construction here.
Officials of the steel b'ar.t claim the
suspect doctored the steel so that it
would not meet the government rt
quirements.
BERLIN—The war office announc
es that during the month of October
the Allies lost a total of 244 air
planes and nine balloons, while the
German losses were only 57 airplanes
and one balloon.
LONDON—Eight hundred killed
and wounded at Petrograd and 700
at Moscow is what the Bolshiviki ex
periment in government has cost
the Russians, according to reliable
reports which have reached this
city today.
STOCKHOLM—American Minister
Morris has been advised that a bat
tle took place yesterday between
soldiers from the front, headed by
Kerensky, and revolutionists headed
by Bolsheviki. the new Maxamilist
leader. The outcome of the bat
tle was not made known in the dis
patches to Morris. The fight took
place a short distance from Petro
grad.
WASHINGTON—China's awaken
ing to the importance of the agree
ment recently entered into by Japan
and the United States for the open
door in China, has been registered
in the form of a protest, filed with
the state department by the Peking
government. A similar protest j
was filed at Tokyo. It is expected '
that both governments will reply to
China, disclaiming any sinister de
sign on the Chinese empire.
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WASHINGTON—Advices received
from the American headquarters in
France state that the Yankee troops j
are becoming experts at patrol work i
The activity along the American ;
sector, it is stated, has virtually be- j
come open warfare, which is dis
tinctly an American game. The j
recent incident which resulted in the
death of several Americans, showed j
the Yankees to be excellent marks- j
men, the fire from a few guns being i
so accurate that the Germans, in j
vastly superior numbers, were pre- j
vented from advancing.
WASHINGTON—.Canada will aid j
the completion of the American j
merchant marine program. The .
manufacturers of Canada will be al
lowed to offer equipment for the :
great fleet now under construction .
by the United States Shipping board.
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LONDON—Dispatches received to
day from Rome and Berlin indicate ■
that powerful efforts are being made j
by the Austro-German forces to
pierce the Italian front in east
ern Trentino by breaking forward
to the plains from the Sugano valley
and outflanking the Italian line on '
the lower Piave river. The Italian
line between the Cismon and upper
Piave valleys, which was thrown out
as a protection to Venice, is now
straightening out to an even line,
for a connecting link between the
Piave and Trentino fronts.
WASHINGTON—Announcement is
made of the safe arrival in France
of a large shipment of turkeys, mince
meat, cranberries, nuts, raisins and
other things for the American boys'
Thanksgiving dinner. Other ship
ments are enroute. made up of pack
ages received from all parts of the
United States.
STOCKHOLM— Messages from
Moscow and Southern Russia state
that the country is under the com
plete control of the Cossacks, who
have acknowledged the leadership of
Kerensky. The Bolsheviki forces
were defeated badly at Tsarkoe Seio
and retreated to Petrograd. An
other n‘ssage says Kerensky has an
nounced that the seat of govern
m -nt will be removed to Moscow.
Genera!? Komi! -fT and Kalcdine.
have issue 1 a proclamation calling
Up n the Russian people to unite
an - • Bolsheviki.
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OMAN' -The I. W. W. head
quartos in this city was railed by
agents < f the federal government
!a=t night and nearly two hundred
men and- worn- n. who wore found
on the premises, were placed under
arr t. The r: id was carried ov.t
in iom 'ianee with instructions re
ceived from Washington.
Washington—Confidence is siror
er than ever today among officials
and dinlomats that Bolsheviki, the
new Russian revolutionary leader,
will soon be driven from control at
Petrograd and the real represent
atives of the Russian people will j
take charge of atfairs with a firmer
grin than Kerensky was able to es- ,
tablish.
BUFFALO—John Donlin. presi
dent of the building trades secctio~ j
of the American Federation of laboi.
has informed the convention of
laborites, now in session here, that
all strikes which affect the govern
ment work in shipbuilding, munition- i
and othe war enterpr'ses. have been j
called off. This action was taken,
it is understood, as the direct re
sult of the appeal of President Wil
son for cooperation between the j
labor organizations and the govern
ment.
WASHINGTON—The state depart
ment is in receipt of a commuoica-;
tion from the Chioese government j
informing the United States that
the Orientals do not consider them-!
selves under any obligations or |
bound in any way by the agree lent ‘
entered into between the Japani .-e :
and American governments. the,
onnositionto the agreement develop- ■
ed in Peking. i
LONDON—British aviators are
engaged today in a series of at
tacks on German positions behind
the lines. It is estimated by the
war department that fully ten thous
and bombs will have been dropped
by nightfall. The raids are taking
place at a number of points on the ;
British and French fronts.
WASHINGTON- -Thirty-one - f
fragist? were placed under arrest
this morning, following vt attempt
of the women to start anothtr Kg
drive on the White House. The dis
turbers appeared on the scene, armed
with banners, and created such a
furore that they were set up' ll by
a crowd of men and a riot of con
siderable proportions followed In
the mixup, the women lost their
banners and when they were finally
loaded into a patrol wagon, several |
of them were minus a considerable j
part of their wearing apparel.
LONDON—The war office is au
thority for the statement, issued to
day, that the British forces in Bel
gium have defeated a number of
German attempts during the past
two days, to recapture ground re
cently won by the British in the
Pass Chandaele sector. \
WASHINGTON—The French gov j
eminent was loaned the sum of
$310,^00.000 today hv the United
States, to cover the expenditures of
France in this country during the
months of November and December.
The total amount ioune.1 to France
now is $1,130,000,0 )0. The t *al
loaned to all the Allies is $3,876.
400.000.
ROMK—The Italian line along the
Piave river is holding, in the main,
despite continuous Teutonic artillery
action along the bank of the stream.
The Italians have repulsed several
attempts of the enemy to cross the
river.
LONDON—The British casualties
last week were 25,056. as compared
with 21.891 the previous week. Of
the total 6.973 were killed or died
of their wounds after being remov
ed to hospitals.
DULUTH. MINN.- -Scott Nearing,
former professor at the University
of Pensylvania, was arrested by
this citv last night while delivering
an anti-war lecture, under ihe
auspices of the People's (. • ;ncil
for Democracy. When invert a hear
in today he entered a idea i f guilty
to the charge of disorderly conduct
and paid a fine of f 0
WASHINGTON--It is expected
that President Wilson will issue >
proclamation soon, requiring ever
alien in the country to register, a
a step toward ridding the Uni.
States of spins and sab, tag ’.
Pari-—The war office arnoun ■
that German raids made this morn
ing in the vicinity of Rhein'- w re
repulsed by the French forces d
fending that section of the Fre” h
front.
TIICKSDAY
NEW YORK - The plant of the
Washburn Wire company was burn
•d to the ground yesterday, with, a
loss estimated at two millions. The
fire started at three places simul
taneously. The concern was en
gaged in turning out several big
wire orders for the belligerents.
LONDON—Heavy British fire has
shattered the desperate efforts to
regain their hold on positions on the j
northern end of Pass Chandaels
ridge. The British have success
fully - -" their trenches
althought subjected to most severe
counter fire.
MILAN—Six and a half million
soldiers are massed in and around
the battle grounds in the Italian j
theater. Italy has four million men i
mobilized, but not all of them are
under arms. Austria has two mil- i
lion in action and in reserve, and !
Germany, Bulgaria and Turkey nave j
half a million troops fighting with i
the Austrians.
AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE— German papers which
have found their way into the Amer
ican trenches quote von Hindenburg j
as saying that the tide will turn on
the Western front as soon as Italy j
has been put out of business. The |
German press appears to have drop- |
ped all talk of peace by mediation, j
taking the view that peace can now
be forced by the German armies on
their own terms.
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AX ATLANTIC PORT—1The Am
vrican steamer D. X. Luckenbach is
reported to have been sunk by a tor-1
pedo in the Bay of Biscay. Five of j
the crew perished.
Tokyo—Minister of War Oshima !
asserts that it will be impossible for
Japan to send troops to Europe on
account of the lack of vessels avail
able, and the tremendous cost of
sending an army that distance.
WASHINGTON—American army
aviators are gaining much experience
in France,, many of them being car
ried daily in French planes as ob
servers and bombers. The Yankees
have participated in a number of
recent important raids on German
military stations and thus far have
escaped injury, although enemy air
planes fired heavily upon them.
LONDON—Called upon yesterday
to defend his support of the pro
posal to hold an inter-Allied con
ference at Paris, Premier David
Lloyd George took the floor and ex
plained that the conference would
be representative of every nation
engaged in the war against the Cen
tral powers. It would be advisory,
he said, but have no executive
powers. One of the first matters
considered will be the defense of
Venice.
LONDON—A Finnish telegram to
Stockholm says that all Russia, with
the exception of a small part of Pet
rograd, is now in the hands of Ker
ensky.
WASHINGTON—The governments
of Norway, Sweden, Holland and
Denmark have agreed to turn over
to the United States tonnage aggre
gating more than four million, in
exchange for such foodstuffs as only
the United States can supply them.
Japan has agreed to sell outright, a
steel in payment therefor. It is
stipulated that Sweden shall stop
selling steel to the Germans and
Holland has been given to under
stand that she must stop supplying
the Germans with dairy products.
Should the latter nation fail to com
ply, shipments of American feed to
that country will be stopped.
ROME—Barbarites rivaling those
committed in Belgium at the time of
the German invasion, are reported
to have been committed by the Teu
ton soldiers in Northern Italy. The
stories brought out by refugees are
to the effect that hundreds of women
and children have been killed by the
invaders, houses have been loot"d
and villages burned, the inhabitant
not being given tine- to save their
belongings.
The Italians ar reported to has
retaken Galliu.
SEATTLE—Hans v m Beeker.dorf.
a cousin of Count von Bernstorfl.
former German ambassad •’* to the
United Stat s. was placed under ar
rest yesurda" at a logging '.amp in
this state, where he was employe !
as a laborer. He is suspected of
spying activities at Camp Lewis and
along the Mexican tn-ni -r. 11“ we
arrested: on prcsidentnU warrant,
which instructed that h ■ be intern -i
until the end 1 f the war. Th° sus
pect is now in the Tacoma jail.
Washington- French officers vv
that the American troops art n ak
ing a splendid showing under • e of
the Germans. There is at pres mt
an epidemic among the tro ovc
Paris—The Painleve cabinet re
signed yesterday, following defeat
<n :i direct »ote in the chamber <-t
deputies 'i hi action was the vesut
of dissatisfaction over the manner
in which the Bola Pasha affair wa:;
handled.
WASHINGTON—The address of
President Wilson, which was de
livered at the convention of the Am
erican Federation of Labor, at
Buffalo this week, is to be printed
in several different languages and
distributed throughout Europe.
AMSTERDAM—The Germans ar<>
already feeling the presence oi
American aviators on the Western
front, according to information
which has reached this city from
German sources. German news
naners admit that the Teutons have
lost their supremacy of the air on
this front and attribute the heavy
losses of German aircraft to the
presence of the Yankees.
STOCKHOLM—Many women are
fighting with the loyal Russians who *
are with Kerensky.
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NKW YORK—Arthur Pollen, the
noted British war expert, declares
that the German submarine cam
paign has broken down completely,
which means that the sea is now safe
for the transportation of American
troops and munitions, absolutely in
suring the military defeat of”" the
Germans.
ROME—The war office states to
day that the Italians in the Asiago
region are withdrawing to a new
line. Refugees are moving out of
the occupied territory by the thous
and.
AMSTERDAM—A Berlin dispatch
says that death among the German
civilian population is nearly as
numerous as '■* is among the soldiers
in action, due to lack of proper
nourishment.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE—Several Americans
have been killed and wounded in the
recent shelling to which the Yankee
trenches have been subjected. But
the big American guns have also
been busy and it is believed that
the Germans have lost heavily in
consequence.
• SEATTLE—Ole N'ervick, a sea
man, was killed by a blow on the
head with •» '-'"dgeon daring a street
fight in this city yesterday morning.
The companion of the murdered
man has been placed under arrest
and the police are searching for a
couple of other men who witnessed
the affair.
LONDON—Only one British ves
sel of more than 1600 tons register
was sunk by German submarines
during the past week, and only five
ships of less tonnage were lost.
EL PASO—The American guard
at Ysleta was fired on yesterday bv
a bandit border patrol. The fire
was returned and it is believed two
of the Mexicans were killed. The
Americans have orders to shoot to
kill when fired upon by the Greasers
W ASH IN GT ON—Several G erman
soldiers were killed and others were
wounded yesterday when a big pat
rol of the kaiser's troops wtio at
tacked by a mixed force of 'n'eri
can and French soldiers. Hi" at
tacking troops escaped unhurt
LONDON— Dispatches r- c. ived
from Stockholm -tate that the city
of Petrograd is in flames.
PARIS—The war office reports
considerable artillery duelling n the
Verdun sector.
BRITISH FRONT IN BELGH'M
The ord r of von Hindenbure that
Pass Ch. ndaele he retaken at ;.e
«-ost has resulted in softie of the
hardest fighting of the war. v Ah
active part in the operations. Th
British arc still in possession of the
coveted position.
LONDON- It is estimated' th. '
Kerensky has the ■■ backing of two
hundfd th u-ard troops in hi- tight
against BoL-heviki.
VENICE—The evacuation of this
city is almost complete. An aimy of
workmen have been engaged during
the past several days preparing
pictures, carvings, glassware and
other art treasures for shipment to
Rome and they are now nearly all
removed to a place of safety.
COPENHAGEN—Finnish reoorts
received in this city state that Siber
ia has declared her independence,
proclaiming former Czar Nicholas
emperor.
WASHINGTON—The denial of
rail transportation to over 500 com
modities, as being non-essential to
the war, has been recommended to
the government by the railroad war
board. 'rh« list of commodities has
not been made public.
STOCKH*~'T —Travelers arriving
at the Swedish frontier this after
noon declare that Kerensky had not
entered Petrograd uo to Monday.
They say that Kerensky is unpopu
lar among the sommon people be
cause he is opposed to peace.
SEATTLE—In a speech made in
this city last night Chairman Edes,
of the Alaskan Engineering commis
sion, said that, under norma! con
ditions. it would be possible to com
plete the government railroad in two
years.