A WEEK OF CONDENSED WIRE NEWS
MONl>AV
NORTHERN WORKERS
MAY QUIT NATIVES
Tacoma—At a conference of elec
trical workers and telephone oper
ators held in this city last night it
was voted to split the Pacific coast
district of the organization at the
California line unless the strike
votes now being taken in the Poppy
state result in an immediate walk
out of the workers in that state.
The Northwest strike continues and
the delegates to the California con
ference with company representa
tives have been recalled, prelimin
ary to a division of territory.
VILLA BANDITS MAKE
BIC HAUL IN SOUTH
Juarez—A north-bound Mexican
Central passenger train was dyna
mited by Villistas on Sunday, fifty
miles south of Chihuahua, Sixty
federal train guards were silled and
a number of the passengers wounded
One hundred ten bars of silver bul
lion belonging to an American min
ing company, were stolen and all the
passengers were re'leved of their
valuables by the bandits, several re
sisted having been executed Amer
icans who brought the report from
Chihuahua express the belief that
Villa was near at hand when the at
tack was made and that it was car
ried out according to the bandit
leader’s instructions.
AMERICANS OUTNUMBERED
IN FIRST ENCOUNTER
American Atiriy in France—De
tails of the first clasn between the
Amefican troops and Germans on
the Western front, which took place
yesterday, show that tie Sammies
fought valiantly against great odds,
American trench in overwhelming
The German soldiers attacked the
numbers. Three privates were kill
ed during the brief engagement,
fve were wounded and twelve ar_
missing. Th- y were cut off fro 1
th< main body of troops by a heavy
bombardment, follow ea by a rush
of infantryme 1, who t'.gi.ged t ie
/ meficans in a l° tand con
f :et, in whtc i pistols grenades,
knives and bayonets were freeiy
used. In ore section of ihe trench
cm American yrivr.e engaged two
Germans with "is bayonet Thai
was the last seen of him until he
was found after the fight, dead.
Another was killed by a blow on
the head with the butt of a rifle.
The Germans left t},e trench as
soon as possible, taking their dead
and wounded with them.
KERENSKY SAYS SLAVS
WILL FIGHT TO FINISH
Petrograd—Premier Kerensky has
made formal protest, through his
secretary, against any other ir.ter
pietation of his recent speech, than
that Russia is still doing her ut nost
to carry on the war. u • sa> s
further, that the Slavs win contin
ue to fight despite the fact that they
are carrying on the campaign under
numerous handicaps.
BRITISH ARE MAKING
HEADWAY IN BELGIUM
London—The British troops in
1 Belgium drove forward in another
attack on the German positions to
day, in the Pachendaele sector.
Great progress was made in what is
believed to be a continuation of the
plan to smash through to Roulers,
one of the chief German railway
centers in Flanders. Should this
succeed, the Allies will then be in
l a position to attempt a drive to
force the Germans to evacuate Os
tend and Zeebrugge, the chief sub
marine bases on the Belgian coast.
GERMANS ARE CHECKED
WEST OF THE RIVER
Italian Headquarters—A general
summary of the events of the past
three days points to many reassur
ing features, but its continued grav
ity cannot be overestimated. The
Teutonic advance is being held back
v today west of the Tagliamento river,
» the Italian cavalry again having
demonstrated its value. Udine and
towms in the invaded district have
been placarded by the Germans with
messages announcing the powerful
intentions of the Central powers.
Teuton airplanes also were used to
drop handbills broadcast over the
country, offering peace to the Ital
ians.
Washington—Wm. A. White, re
turning from an exploration trip for
the Red Cross, in France, declares
that the American troops will not pet
into real action until next sprinp.
| He says the real duty now of the
American people is economic rather
than military action.
Petroprad—The war o'.nee an
nounces that the Russians have
ejected the Turks from the first
line trenches on the Black sea coast
in the Kalket sector.
New Orleans—Pete Herman, title
holder in the bantam weipht class,
was awarded a decision yesterday
over Frankie Burns, at the end of
a 20-round fistis encounter. Over
10,000 fans witnessed the fight.
New York—Officials expect that
; the government will declare as a
barred zone all territory’ within 100
miles of the coast line of the United
States, as the result of the many
fires along the waterfront at Brook
lyn and other cities. Such action
would affect over 600 enemy aliens
| who now reside within the limits of
i the proposed restricted area.
New Kensington. Pa.—One man
! dead, four expected to die and six
| teen injured less seriously’, is the re
i suit of four explosions in the powder
plant of the Aluminum Company of
| America. The explosions occurred
j in the bronzing department where
S there was stored 150,000 pounds of
| powder.
1 TUESDAY
—
Washington—Secretary of State
I Lansing has announced that the gov
ernments of Japan a.id the United
• States have reached sin agreement,
the latter government recognizing
that Japan has special interest in
i China, but pledging the territorial
| integrity of China -»nd reaffirming
I the open door doctrine for commerce
and industry. The two nations
' also have arrived at a clear under
! standing regarding military, naval
and ecoi 'mic cooperation in the
great wai. The agreement was
in a series of notes whichh passed
between the secretary and Vicount
Isy, Japanese ambassador who is
now enroute home. Lansing has
announced that the Japanese diplo
mat performed a service of the high
est value to the United States, as
well as to Japan, by clearing away
misunderstandings which promised
to develop a serious situation in the
far East. It is claimed by the sec
retary that the Germans conducted
a campaign of falsehood in Japan
which fostered doubts and restraint
among Japanese officials.
Washington—Thousands of tons of
ajb saijddns aoqao pun iBoipw ‘iuoo
beng rushed to the relief of Italy.
Five commandeered ships are now
on the way and twenty more have
been chartered to the Italians.
Berlin—It is officially announced
today by the German general staff
that the Autro-German forces have
crossed the Tagliamento river, forc
ing the Italians to retire to a new
line, many of the Italian troops hav
ing been withdrawn to the Adriatic
coast, which is also filling rapidly
with refugees from the invested
plain country. Nearly sixty thous
and Italians were captured during
the movement across the river
London—Dispatches received from
Rome today state that grjac force0
of Austrians are being held in re
serve five miles distant crom the
Tagliamento river and ust below
the point where th.‘ invading troops
forced their way across the river.
Seattle—Seven army and navy of
ficers, four of whom are socially
prominent in this city, were found
at the Boulevard Inn early yesterday
morning when that resort was raid
ed by a cordon of dry squad officers.
The names of those present were
taken by the raiders, but only the
proprietor of the place war arrest
ed.
San Francisco—Secretary of La
bor Wilson will arrive here on Fri
day to take charge of the telephone
strike situation on the Pacific coast.
Rome—Large forces of Turks and
Bulgarians have been moved to the
Italian front, where they have joined
fresh Austro-German troops from the
Eastern and Wester fronts. The
thousands of new arrivals are being
massed along the entire Italian front
and already’ present a most formid
able aspect. The belief is genera!
here that it is the intention of the
1 enemy to resume offensive opera
tions along the entire battlefront.
from the mountain regions in North
ern Italy, to the Adriatic.
American headquarters in France
—The American troops are in ex
cellent physical condition and they'
are making great headway m train
ing under the experienced French
officers who are fitting them for the
trenches. All that is needed now
is thorough acclimation to gun fire |
from the enemy.
Camp Lewis—Colonel Saville, in
charge of the military police, makes
the charge that Mayor Gill, of Seat
tle, is hampering his men in their !
investigation of German activity ■
in Seattle against the war.
Washington— Attorney General j
Gregory is considering the removal j
of all Germans from the territory \
within 100 miles of the Atlantic
coast as a means of putting a stop ;
to the numerous outrages which are
being committed throughout the
East. Should such a step be de
cided upon more than 100,000 alien
enemies will be compelled to move.
WEDNESDAY
London—It is expected that form
al announcement of a plan to hold
a peace conference at Berne during
the coming month will be made by
von Hertling, new German chancel
1 lor, at the meeting of the reichstag
today. The plan is for each of the
1 Central nations to send two repre
i sentatives to the conference.
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J Berlin—An official announcement
says that conflagrations indicate that
the route being taken by the retir
ing Italians is between the mount
ains and the sea, through the upper
Italian plain.
New York—The voters of r-,v
York city returned Tammar.v to
power at yesterday’s election. Judge
Hylan, the Tammany candidate, was
elected mayor by the largest plu
rality ever given a mayoralty canui
date in this city Hylan received
'297,000 votes; John Purroy Mite hoi,
present incumbent and the fusion
candidate for re-election, received
150,000 and Hillquisr, Socialist, re
ceived 142,000. Benuct, the Re
publican, polled 50,000. I he entire
Democratic ticke: war elected and
another striking tea tv. re of the elec
tion was the big vote received by
the Socialist, which was ! 10,000
more than Charles Edward Russel
polled two years ago.
Woman suffrage carried by fully
80,000.
Marysville, Cal.—Twenty-five I.
W. Ws attacked a Western Pacific
troop train in the Feather river
canyon yesterday. Two of the
coaches were cut off from the rest
of the train and it was only after
a stubborn fight that the attaewing
party was beaten off. The soldiers
used clubs, while all the Industrials
were armed with guns.
London—The town of Passchan
daele, northeast of Ypres, was cap
tured by the British today, which
brings the Allied line to within five
miles of Roulers, the apparent ob
jective of the present drive.
Rome—The Italians have been
compelled to evacuate the mountain
j ous area in northern Italy, in order
to establish a new line.
Boston—Governor McCaul has
been re-elected for a third term.
I
—
Seattle—As a step toward the
protection of salmon in Alaska
waters as a means of conserving
that source of food, the bureau of
fisheries will hold a hearing in this
city on November 20, at which time
the proposal will be considered
to prohibit fishing in Bering river
and all tributaries of that stream,
including Bering lake.
Seattle—Twenty-three arrivals on
the steamship Alameda were placed
j under arrest here today by the fed
; eral authorities on the charge of
failure to register. The majority of
the men are Austrians who were
! employed until recently on the gov
: ernment railroad work in Alaska.
London—Dispatches received from
i Vienna today state that Emperor
, Karl, of Austria, has crossed the
Tagliamento river with his troops
near Codroipo, directly west of the
city of Udine.
Juarez—Advice* received in this
j citv today state that the Villa ban
dits who boarded the Mexican Cen
tral train two days ago at Armen
jderiz station, killed 125 soldiers and
passengers.
Rome—The war office announces
that the retirement of the Italians
from along the- I'agiiamento was
deemed advisable becaus * of the
subsidence of the freshet. The low
water rendered the defense of the
river position difficult. . The Iial-1
ians have withdrawn in good ■ *der i
to the Livenza river, but it is be-!
lieved that they will undertake only ]
delaying action there, making a
final stand along a more favorable j
line, such as the Piave river.
Italian aviators bombarded the
Teutonic forces as they advanced
across the Tagliamento river and
while they were engaged in repair
ing the partially v.-recked bridges.
Four of the Teuton planes were
brought down.
San Francisco—Eugene Schmidtz. |
former mayor of this city who was j
indicted with Abe Ruef ten years j
ago, was elected supervisor yester
day.
Cincinnati—Woman suffrage was
defeated in this state by about 80,
000.
Buenos Ayres—Martial law has
been declared in the Argentine pro
vince of Tucuman, following an at
tempt of the Germans in that dis
trict to interfere with the provin
cial government. The government
caused the arrest of several of the
members on the charge of fostering
German propaganda.
El Paso—According to an officer
of the Carranza army, now in this
city, General Diaz is moving against
Mexico City with an army of 30,000
men. The city of Pueblo, one of
the largest in the republic, already
has fallen into the hands of the new
revolutionary leader.
Copenhagen—It is believed in lo
cal diplomatic circles that the visit
of the Austrian foreign minister at
Berlin yesterday may be preliminary
to another peace move on the part
of the Central powers.
THURSDAY
Petrograd—An armed naval de
tachment, acting under order of the
Maximilist committee, has occupied
offices in official Petrograd, also the
telegraph offices, the state bank at
Marie palace, where the preliminary
parliament had suspended its session
because of the sudden turn of af
fairs.
The government has decided not
to resort to armed force for the pres
ent, against the military committee
of soldiers and workmens delegates,
but has ordered the ministry of jus
tice to prosecute the members of the
committee. Kerensky has taken
numerous precautions to prevent the
complete fall of the city into rebel
hands. The soldiers who were
guarding the government buildings
before the uprising, have been re
placed by men from the officers
have been stationed at the embass
training schools and small guards
ies. A womans battalion has been
drawn up in front of the winter pal
ace and the commander of loyal
troops on the Northern front is
ready to come to Petrograd, if neces
sary, to put down the rebellion.
Paris—A French attack in Alsace
today resulted in the capture of
150 Germans.
London—Dispatches from Rome
indicate that the Italians are en
gaged in shortening their defense
line along a front 160 miles in
length, extending from the Carnie j
Alps, in the north, to the Adriatis
sen, on the south.. British and
French troops are now cooperating
with the Italians. The reports say
that the Germans are bringing
many troops from the Russian
front.
New York—Acting under orders
issued by the custodian of enemy
property, the offices of the Hamburg
American line were seized today and
Ju’iuc P. Meyer, vice director of the '
company, and seventy employees be- 1
ing ordered to vacate. The offices j
probably will be occunied by the port ,
board and the war board.
Cincinnati—The wets are leading 1
by many votes in this state, but it j
is claimed by the drys that the un
reported precincts will cut down the
lead considera*'’
Victoria—The steamship Victoria,
cmpleting the last voyage of the
season, has arrived from Nome with ,
450 passengers. The Umatilla, the
only other boat out, is due tomorrow
Washington—The second Liberty
Loan reached a total of $1,617,53-,
300.
London—The capture of Gaza by
the British expeditionary force in
Palestine was announced today by
the war office. Farther to the east
the whole Turkish line of defenses
has been taken.
Berlin—German troops on the
Flanders front, are holding their
line along the eastern edge of Pass
chendaele village, according to an
nouncement made at army head
quarters today.
Washington—The United States
is arranging to advance a large sum
of money to the Chinese govern
ment.
New York—The national suffrage
amendment will be adopted at the
next session of congress as the di
rect result of the franchise victory
in New York, declared Mrs. Ray
mond Brown today. She was very
largely responsible for the victory
here.
Portland—Max Lucke, editor of
the Deutsch Zuang, has been intern
ed during the remainder of the war
because of unpatriotic utterances ap
pearing in his paper.
joj tuouiaoASe [|nj y—uoiiiutqseyy
the cooperation of the American and
Japanese fleets in the Pacific has
been reached in connection with the
new compact between this country
and Tokyo. This announcement
was made by Secretary Daniels to
day.
Washington—The American com
missioners, headed by Col. House,
who were sent abroad to attend the
Allied conference at Paris, have ar
rived safely at London, according
to announcement made todays.
London—Welsh troops pierced the
German lines south of Armentires
today and took many prisoners.
The Germans twice attacked the Brit
ish lines north of Rouex, but were
driven off both times with heavy
losses.
Washington—Early dispatchhes re
ceived in this city today from Pet
rograd announced the overthrow of
Kerensky and the collapse of his
government as the result of the Max
imilist revolution. The nation fair
ly reeled under news, which came as
a distinct shock, following so close
ly upon the reassurances received
from Iverensky, in which he declar
ed that Russia was in the war to
stay. The reports indicated that
the leaders of the revolution planned
to make immediate overtures to the
kaiser for separate peace and it was
stated that a large number of Slav
troops had already quit the trench
es in anticipation of a general sus
pension of hostilities. While the
state department has not yet been
advised officially of the collapse of
the Kerensky government, adjust
ment already- have been planned to
meet the situation and to cope with
it in so far as the Allies are concern
ed.
Memphis—The spirit of Russia as
a whole should in no way be judged
bv the news from Petrograd, said
the Russian ambassador this morn
ing, when shown the dispatches re
ceived reegarding the rebellion at
Petrograd. He stated that he had
not been officially informed regard
ing conditions.
London—Twelve British vessels of
various siaes were destroyed by sub
marines during the past week, the
losses being the smallest since the
beginning of the ruthless diver war
fare.
New York—Five women and two
men lost their lives today when the
three lower floors of a Brooklyn
building collapsed under the weight
of machinery stored in the upper
part of the building. The upper
floors dropped to the cellar, causing
the explosion of a tank of ammonia,
which was followed by a fire. Over
three thousand bags of beans for
the American army in France, were
ruined in the wreck.
A Chinese general and the mem
bers of his staff have arrived at a
Pacific coast port, er.route to the
French front and it is expected that
that a contingent of Chinese troops
will follow at an early date, it being
the intention of the Oriental govern
ment to give material aid to the Al
lied cause.
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Petrograd—Russia is in the throes
of civil war. The government
forces, including the waman's bat
talion holding the winter palace,
were compelled to surrender yester
day afternoon, under fire from a
naval cruiser and cannon fire from
the fortress. The defenders used
machine stuns and kept up a steady
fire for four hours, before evacuat
ing their positions.
Amsterdam—Advices which have
| reached this city from Essen, Ger
j many, state that Kerensky has been
| placed under arrest by the revolu
Jtionists. It is also reported that
the Northern Russian army has put
in with the Maximilists and is now
marching to Petrograd.
Laredo, Texas—Lieut. Hans Berg,
of “Appam” fame, and Lieut. Loes
chter, who escaped from the military
prison at Atlanta last month, were
captured this afternoon by customs
i inspectors, six miles below this city
:and near the Rio Grande.
| Cincinnati-Unofficial returns give
j the Ohio Wets a majority of 3643.
I I’-opcsals for twenty cords of si\
j teen foot wood have uee i requested
lb. the School board, the bids to be
j in the hands of Clerk Carl Schmidt
i not later than five o clock Satur
| day :: ft» rnoon.
Petrograd—The military revolu
tionary committee has decided to
bring General Kornilotf to this city
for the purpose of placing him and
! his supporters rn prison in the fort
resses St. Peter and St. Paul,
i They will be brought to trial before
, the military revolutionary tribunal.
Trotsky has explained that the ar
rest of certain members of the Ker
' ensky government is not an act of
vengeance or political repression. He
1 said that all members of the late
I government would be tried for com
plicity in the Korniloff movement.
New York—William G. Shepherd,
a war correspondent, arrived here
today direct from Russia, where he
'spent many months studying the sit
uation. He declares that Petrograd
very likely will fall into the hands
; of the Germans at an early date.
He thinks also that the Russian base
at Helsingfors will be taken by the
Teutons, in which event they will
cut the Finnish railroad, which con
nects Russia and Sweden. "The
thing that impressed me most,” he
said, "is that America has to carry
the load.” He asserted that Ger
many had worked the greatest piec".
of diplomacy of the war in getting
the arch conspirators, Lenine and
Trotsky, through into Russia. They
were both formerly in New York.
Berlin—The war office is author
ity for the statement that the Aus
tro-Gcrman forces are overcoming
the resistance of the Italian rear
guard and are advancing steadily
toward th - Piave rr.‘-r, where the
Italians expected to make a final
stand.
Harry Lelvig, a former resident
of Fairbanks, was a member of the
crew of the American steamship
Rochester, which was torpedoed yes
terday by a German submarine.
He was third officer on the vessel,
having been transferred to the Roch
ester last summer from the City o:
Pueblo.
Seattle—Chairman Edes, of the
Alaskan Engineering commission,
■who has just arrived in this city on
his way East, says that the work of
building the government railroad is
considerably over half finished. He
says that it is impossible to name
the exact date when regular train
' service will be inaugurated because
of unsettled conditions. The trans
portation problem is likely to be an
i obstacle to railroad building next
: year on account of the withdrawal
of vessels from the Alaska run.
i In speaking of the towns along
the line of the railroad, Chairman
Edes declared that both Nenana and
Anchorage have permanent futures.
i
Seattle—The arbitration board has
advanced the pay of street car work
ers in this city and Tacoma four
! cents an hour.
Berlin—The war office announces
that the Austro-German forces, bv
a flanking movement, have cut off
the retreat of the Italians between
Tolmezzo and Gemona. Seventeen
thousand prisoners were taken dur
ing the operation.