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BRIEF NEWS NOTES WHAT HAS OCCURRED DURING WEEK THROUGHOUT COUN. TRY AND ABROAD EVENTS Of IMPORTANCE Gathered From All Parts Of The Globe And Told in Short Paragraphs Washington. Formal protest against the agree mont between the United States and Japan regarding China was lodged at the state dopartment by Dr. K. Well ington Koo, the Chineso minister on instructions from his government. The text of the document left by the minis ter was not mado public, but it is un derstood that China object to any such action affecting its int.erost with out reference to the wishes of the (hineses people themselves. Governor R. L. leecktman, of Rhode Islatui, arrived in landon on his way to 1'Frane', where he will deliver a per oonal wye-;agt' from President Wilson to the Atmleiran troops and the greet ings of the people of the New h nglan;j states to their sons in the United States contingent. aDefinite steps to standardize bread and lower its price were taken, when President ViIson issued a proclata tion placing all bakeries under gov. ermnent license; Decemnber 10 and sub jecting them to food administration rules prescribing in;redients and weights of loaves. Thu prices will not be lixed, but with the standardi zation it. is expected that natural competition and simpliLation of dis tribution will force down prices for pound loaves to 7 or 8 cents. Queen Lil'uokalani of Hawaii is dead in Honolulu. Death had been expected several days. The former queen had been in Ill health for many months. Russia's latest upheaval will not change the attitude of the American government toward the measures un (er way for the relief of economic conditions in the demoralized country. Suffragists from several states, head ed by the president of the National American Woman's Suffrage Associa ion, and the celebrated Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, called on President Wilson. andi asked him to present wom an suffrage as a salient to the next congress. Nothing is known of what the president promised them, but the ladies went away "feeling line." The select service questionnaire which will determine the class and or dler of service of America's remainin, nine million reglstered men, will be mailed out soon. Among the radical - departures from the original i-lan is the placing of all married men in the "non-belligerent class." This means that only those men whose families aind dependents are fully provided for will be put into fighting units. Domestic. President Wilson mado a personal and eloqInent appeal for the full sup 'port of' organized-c labor for- the govern ment in the condluct of the wvar. Speak ing befor-e the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor in Buffalo, N. Y., he dleciared the war could not be won unless all factions unIte in a common cause, sinking their differences. The president paid warm tribute to Samuel Gomnpers, president of the foderation, and virtually calledi upon the federation to give him united support. lie dlenounces pacifists and critics, Hie aplpealed for co-operation. DIscussing Germany, the president de clared flatly that Germany had started the war and that be was willIng to await the verdict of history on that statement. Referring to Ruitsa, the president said: "May I not sai it is amazing to me that any group of people shouldi suppose that any reform planned in the interest of the people could live in the presence of a Germany powerful enough to overthrow or undermine It." Second laieutenant R. L~. Johnson, royal flying corps, and Sergeant John J. Mahoney, of the 139th IUited States ae squadron, were instantly killed( when the altilane in which they .wore ma-kIng an observation flight, crashed to earth from a height of about 2,500 feet near Port Worth, Texaa. With every county in Ohio having reported officIally, 86 to the secretary of state and the remaIning tw~o by county seat officials, which have not yet been rePor-ted to the secretary of state, prohibition in Ohio has been de feated by a majority of 1,72$ on the face of those returns. For the call to arms in Canada of Class A men there were regIstered 332,301 men, of which 310,736 claimed exemption. Secretary Daniels and former Seo. retary Bryan were speakcers a* mass meetings held in Washington to el ebrate the addition of the DIstrict of Calumbia to the "dry" column. Six women were killed wla'n a four dtory building, which, authorIties say, was condemned twenty years ago as unsafe, collapsed in Brooklyn, N. y,. Five bodies were recovered. Firemen battled a blase orIginating from the explosilon of an ammonia tank in the bpsement after the crash occurrod. Ueavy machinery en the top floor is believed to have caused the collapse. S- Lieutenant Hans Berg, who was put in charge o the flritish shIp Appam when It was captured, and who escap ed fromn F4)ticPherson October 28, is aggill -n,tAhe ~ands of United States tJor tiea Secreot service agents hay diaiov ered toodstnfs and other proport; valgod at more than $78,000,00i stored in warehouses in New Yorl City which has never been reporte< to the governnient as required unde the trading with the enemy act, I has been learned. This, too, is only s small part of what is expected to be uncovered before the :search ends. New York City's water front was the Scene of another disastrous fire whet the factory of the Vashburn Wirl company, which was working on large car orders for 'he United States gov ernment, was destroyed with an es timated loss of nearly two million dol lam. Early returns show that woman suf frage lost out in Ohio. Entry of the United ,8tatese into the war may prove the most import ant event in the history of the tuber culosis movement in this country, n cording to Dr. George Laves of flir mingham, whose address featured the opening meeting of the Southern con ference for the study and prevention of tuberculosis,, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The ?"armers' State Bank in the vil lage of Concord, Mich., ten miles south of Jackson, was wrecked by burglars, who got nay with $i8.000 in cash. The IH. C. Frick Coke company an nounces in Connellsn ie, Pa., a wage ifncreaLSe of frot 10 to 20 per cent icreaso. 'his is the second increase iven by this compa!ny in two months Find the sixth advance in two years. Twenty members of the industrial W\rorkers of the World, called Syndi ealists in Italy and Spain, yore taken from the Tulsa, Okla, police by a band of masked men, dressed in black robes, who took them to the Osage hills, applied the lash, a coat of tar and feathers and warned them to quit the country. European. Germany is pouring a deftly-contriv. ed stream of propaganda against Amer ica Into South America. The latest affort, seeks to create the impression that the Unite-1 States is ready to vio 'ate Spanish neutrality. A message re ceivedl by the newspaper La Nacion quoted the Madrid newspaper of the game name as declaring that nineteen United States war vessels and a large force of men had arrived at the Azores and established defenses there. The Bolsheviki revolution in Petro grad is reported to be approacing collapse. Regiments loyal to Premier Kerensky are marching en the capi tol and flghting is under way in the c'ty, according to reports reaching here from Petrograd. A Russ'an organization which has adopted the name of All-Russian Com mittee for Savng the Country and the Revolution, announces the defeat of the IBalsheviki movement is a matter of only a few days. The French censorship permits the newspapers to announce that the prince of Wales has gone to the Ital innt front. E!mperor Charles of Austria-Hun gary is reported in a dispatch from Gorizia to have narrowly escaped (loath in a mountain torrent on his return from a visit to almanova, in northern Italy. The entire Turkish army In Palestine is retreating toward the north, and is be!ng pursued by British airplanes which are bombing them. British and French naval forces are co-operating against the Turkish com munications along the Mediterranean coast. The revolutionary element in Rus sia, under Nikolai Lenine, holds the Russian capital, but with the attitude of the Russian soldiers on the various fronts regarding its assumption of power still unknown. The conference of British, French and Italian representatives at the Ital ian army headquarters has resulted in the creation of a permanent inter allIed milItary committee. General Cadorna, who has been in supreme command of the Italian army since the beginnIng of the war, has been retl'red to the Inter-allIed mill tary committee, and General Dias has been appointed first in command, with General Bagdol~o second, and General GIrandino third. The larger units of the Italian army are retiring without molestation from the Austro-Germans, but strong rear guards are giving the Teutons battle at several points. Germany called up her Iast reserves within the last few days, according to a report at Zurich. All men who pre viously had been rejected were order ed to present .themselves for re-exam ination and within twenty-fonur hours all not utterly IncapacItated were on tire way to the traIning centers. This actIon, says the correspondence, is at tributed to the intention of the oen tral powers to make a final effort oE the western front before America'a help beomes effective.. A congress of 'the workmen's and~ soldiers' delegates of all Russia has convenedl In Petrograd and *ill di. cuss the questions of organizatIon o1 power, peace and war, and the forma tion of a constituent assembly. The Vossiche Zeitung of Berlin saym that Budapest papers announce thai the Austro-Ilungarian ausgleich wit be renewedl provisionally for two years The ausigeich is the comnpromnis reached between the monarchIes o1 Austria and Hungary In 1867 by which each posadsses a separate parliameni united under a common emperor. The Italian armies continue their re treat across the Venmetiar. plains to ward the Piave river, where, It Is ex pected, a stand will be made bythem because, at that point, they wilt doubt less be aided by British and French reinforcements. eand 11( bodies of thet Iilots, hrougl Ish orces in i'alestine, who has tal eel 41r. 4-I W rii enagineiers iying a run issued anl order including in th to of military uoperntlems ail tearrI p' north and east of the l'o ani Ileio rivers, 1.o ho inay conisiler thi *ibhliity of carrying his retrea lic fart her thanij (he Plaive. W\heth thisa will be0 necessary evidenitly de 1(ds on Ithe spleed wih which Frmanec ent Britain and11 Ainei'rL can ge 'n, guns and plies to the Italini called for iby the Italians. ['he victory of tie Germans in Ital; Sis for from comllete unless the; captu lre Venice. 'he lerman clom urC alrendy hoe hinte id that the; I attack that city from the air, ant val operations againnst it are tlor l possible inp the immdite f'uture was said before, the iviasi ved to tbring about a swift uniioni i factions in Italy, and the govern nt, while fea lbyiz he extreme gr v of the situation, is confident tha enemy will fuil to ecomplish thel litary ohjeet a they have their an mnl ohpeet. Thne Itlian armies a1re intaiining ordler and1( discipline nn11 Scheerful, Ind the renr dio rds are ating valantly to rethr ihe nd1( 1e of trihe Teu tons. o in l ttnssyi, fdorly, shl invily ft her the i nvn des piien ratt, e me inrtuathon.ms cfidet own ho on. They are uoving nihny froii ir obe of suasly. nd must iliti lines of comnien'r tioln destroytr the itain in their retrent. n run, on the other hand. gains t itection of rivers larger thn hi gWlimento, of anyn. enns and o m1rush ruilrndis ihlt sr abii t( 'arherl the transoratinrae hIs c ('ted( fraumI needs. 3ritish Gain Passchendaete Ridge. ti r Douglas i ng's perodica dr iv Flanders, whch is becoming a reg r waeek o fetutare. ancomipi m she( t important results last week en the Canadians succeed.d in tak the village of l'arsscherdele ni lidge of the same name whico ninntes the country to the at. Thu ye was mnde under most adlverst iditions, the ground being floodet torrential rains, ut the British bar te fire was perfect and the infantr. howed it so closely that the (Germnam their concrete duigouis nnd 1111 Ces were stormed before t hey hafl Ie to get intoi action. This advanci tught Rouler's uinder the guns of (h< itish, ind their nasntors lno hegs) .hing that town with deadly effect alnlowing up the retiring crowi nee's army north of t~he Aisne. thie ench reached the south bank of thi lette, hut the Germans mainataine< 'ir line on the other side0 of tha 'rnm by heavy and continuous ar lery fire. 10lsewhere on the Firenel mit nil enmy aittacks were Rteress 'ienerail Allenuhy repo(rte'd t hat li iop'4 In 1Palestine aidvanceed beyonh rhehnb with speidi~iu dash5 aind enI rance and thant on Wenesday hW litured (Gazn from the TIurks. A.merican Patrol Boat Torpedoed. r'he German U-b~oats' foundl one nericrin victim In the patrol boa ('edo, whaich was tor'pednedl and1 suini British waters, going down in fon nuites after being struck. ienut hn T1. Melvini nnd.l2 men were host in Aicedo was formerly the private cht of G. W. Childs D~rexel of Phila iphini. She carriedl a crew of 5ovet leers and 85 men. The Amerieau archaint steamship Riochester als< Is dlest royed by at torpedo, ait ions ar men losing their lives. An Amer in freighter arriving at an Atanti< r't re'ported that her gun crew sanl Glerman suhbmersible that attempted torpedo her in the Mediterraneanl In general, the U-boats had( a poo mek, the initish admiralty repor owing that only eight British vel ls of more than 1,600 tons had beel nk, and four smaller vessels. Thi: the smallest number of victims to y week since unrestricted mubmarina irfare hogan. Von Hertling May'Not Last. Count von Hiertling Isn't likely t< German chanellor for very lons r unless lie yields to thie demand the radicals, they intend to intre eQ n resqlution of lack of confidene soon ns the reichstng reconvene November 22. The count seems t ye fallen under complete control o * millitarists a~nd junkers and .ia nos I is n~~mmmn ~ ~ }ta - ::rasmmm m e m e.":;::. il' <.{C.::...f1.vi W reekage of two Geran ai u ;(tlaln'i Allenhy, conmander of the Irit ermnaiaa tinauenawerfer or liquid fire p.j the advanace on Gaza and Jerualeu. NEWS REVIEW OF i 11i TE PAST WEEK e Kerensky and His Government ' u1I Overthrown by Maximalists fr< Led by Lenine. air wi PRO-GERMANS RULE IN RUSSIA _ wi na immediate Peace First on Their Pro- thi gram-Retreat of Italians Con- As tinues-British Take Highly Sea important Passchendaele all Ridge-America's War s Mission to Paris. ity the By EDWARD W. PICKARD. li erensky andI the provisional gov ernmient of Iussia have fallen; tei n Maximailists led by Nikolai Lenin e. pro-German agitator, are in the sad dlie ; the prelier has fled and tye or VII more of the n imbers of his cabinet tin are uinder arrest ; immediate peace with the central powers will be of fered by the extreme radicals in con trot. Such is the dispiriting news that coieS from the Slav republic, so called. Chaos exists there and u long continued reign of a nnarchy is the pros- d pect. pr The only hopeful feature of the Ii Situatlon Is that, as AImbassatdor Ilakh- f11 maeteff says, the revolt Is a revolt of the few ag::iast the many. The Max- Ira Imalists control Petrograd and prob abhly the fortress of Kronstadit, but tiey have ail Russia to reckon with, in tand esilllhy tile Cossacks, whIo htave "la1 n1o sympj~athy withl thle plain to make a n separate peace with the cenltral p)ow- w ers. M. Bakhmneteff feels sure that Inc" the majority of tile Russians wh1o fol- tihi lowed Kerensky are with thle provi- (II) sional government heart and soul, un- di derstandl that Russia's freedom can be COI assured only by the defeat of Germany .by by the allies, and wvili fight to the end. raj The spirit prevailing in Petrograd, he rol alsserts, is not represenltative of the in Russinan spirit as a whole, bho Loyal Women Fight the Rebels. thi Of all1 the armed forces in and about bre the capital it appears that thle womn an's battallion alone remalnedl loyal to hol the goveralment. It was stationed at tihe winter palace and whlen that build- pri ing was attaickedl by the cruiser Au rora and tihe guns of the fortress of Al St. Peter andl St. P'aul, it fought as tll bravely as. possible until overwhelmed ti' and compee to surrender. Then hat- tl the lasted four hours and was spec- f taicuiar. The rebels brought up ar mnored cars to aid in overcoming the res(Istance (If tile heroic womenl. There tri was no chanace to call other loyal troops to Petrograd, for the leaders of the (l workmean's aind soildiers' delegates had (1 seizedl the Ilosts and telegraphls. Thea arebel congress was convened Wc~edmhy alight, the officers elected Ar including Lenine and Leon Trotzky. Al Several proclamations were issued, in 01ne of the~m stating the program of I the new~ authority to be: Jo( "lFirst-Thle offer of an immedIate TI detnocratic peace. y I"Second-The immediate hlanding de over of large proprietorial lands to oil tile peasants. m I"Third--The transmission of all au- wi thority to the council of soldiers" and to wvorkmnen's delegate.' ici "Forth-The honest convocation of pC aa consatitutional assembly." ,.1 a It is believed in London that Kerea- to sky will re-establish the provisional' Igoveranmenlt in Moscow and that the WI Sotiet will nlot be strong enough to sh1 hold out long against him. FJor the se present, however, the pro-Germnans 5u have the upper hand, is Italians Retreat to the .ivenza., ari As had been expected, Count Ca- wi dormna did not attempt to make a long stand on the Tagliamento river line against the on-sweeping Austro-Oce'- he an armies, but fell back last week, fo to the Livensa, twelve to eighteen of mliles west. Tile Cfeemf followedl eloge. dit ly, and thei prospect was that thle Ital- na tans5 would speedily he forced back to ori the Plave, where tbh' main armnies ha already were being establishedl. Ca- th it downa on theu wesrt f ront. 2---Gen. Sir a nI Be(er'luy-bn andl Gaz. 3-Capture'd ire rondia neross the Siut i desert for n thlrenaening thie raila wvith n ml - tury'3 dli(tatorshaip uniless tlicy dIro theIr (climi that oeII of thei r niuinhc houh~aaIl bie apin3))tedl vlea' anciiaello tl'he rele~ihI tug mn f-ilty. wvithI which tii (cOlmt so3lemnly* nalmuanned the otha - (11' h ~ondM I1En' work in harmon; is in <htnger of1 brea1IIing upl, w'iith ti t reult of'n miloni of t he ntiotnal libel Iails and1( thea 'cons~ervaltives. Such y'COnlition woui hn-e~a n bare mauijorit aind wouild hei subhjietedl to eonstalnt n~i ~tack by the Socialists. The~ prospec 'of a poiticnl truce, it is ndml~itted, I -remote. ' The Buapest papers announce tha the Auistro-ungarlaan ausgheich, a agree'ment of the two kingdoms t unite under* one emp~leror though has inlg separate~ parlamaents, wvill be r< 'ewed provisionally for two yeair -The' nhliance, originally siaagned in 180' s su pposed r to be suhject to renewi everyv ten y'ears. Japan and America Agree. Viscouint Ishiii's miission to the Unil ad States has been suc!cessfulI an1 Ja.tpan Is guaranteed. her price for mr )etive prtl a t he westfont. (ie Iar. Sith' Amer(!ian govenmaaent has nigreed r'c) 'gn'i .'la an's s1e11(1 in terests I Chi nl lo periar t the shipment t -lap a n of ih g t e rui lIh'. s of iron and ste that she ned: h n retrn. numw trnpr lor;iss.s wvill get into at tiohnu( h ) pnriver warshps, mnil-i hunt red ail alreiayl Oiizeii'd, an< prohnhly w uil no army to hauropu Italy i askIng tit i J a .'in up w itps b called o to help repel the iv(din Teuttoiis. T.hhough Japann 's speeial i nteresits Ii China are to be recognized because o contiguity, both nations agree to main tain the open door and the territoria sovereignty of China. Socialists Lose in Elections. Empjeror WVilliamn met i nloable dc fent in the United States last Tuesda wvhen in Chiaego and New York th Socialists were thoroughly whipped a the polls. Supporting the Social e nominees for jludges in Chicngo on, for mayor and other city oillcials il New York, were all the forces of pre Germanism, pacificism and disloyalty large vote, the defeat administered t them w as decesive. These elections were looked upoi and rightly, as a test of the loyalty o the two largest cties in the country Most of the Sclalist ceandidates were openly anti-war men and some of thoe1 in their pre-election utterances cnm dangerously icar the treason mar Hence the victory of loyalty 'and pa triotis e iu enuse for genuine rejoic lng. John F". Ilylani, Tammny Democrnt was elected mayor of New York on the state gave a large majrity in fa vor of woman suirnage. In Ohio, howv ever, the women lost. House Heads U. 8. War Mission. Upon their arrival in a British par the administration - niaoncedl the names of the members of the Ameriena wvar c.ommission sent to take part it the great conference of the ailles ii Paris. Col. lR. M. H-ouse Ia the Chair man and spokeann,for the presidlen -on questions concerning the genera 'conduct of the wvar. The other miem hers are Admiral WV. 8. Benson, chic: of naval, operations; Cen. Tnsker H Bliss, chief of stalff; Oscar T. Crosby assistant secretsiary of the treasury SVance C. McCormick, chairman of thi t war trade board ; llalnbridge Colby member of the shipping board ; Dr Alonso E. Taylor, representative 4o Food Administrator Hoover; Thomni N. Perkins. member of the prlorita b oard, andl Gordon Auchincloss, chiei r secretary of the commission. Secr~etary Lansing Issued a state meat that makes it clear that the at lies realize that many of their re verses have been due to lack of tenar r work, andl that one of the chief aimI of the conference will be to brine nlyout unity of action. For Its part, thc U~nited States seeks to determine just how its mon power and material re .sources cnn be used to greatest advnn. 5 tage to defeat the common enemy, Mr. Lansiug laid espeeial emphasis on a the fact that the conference is a war u conference and nothing else. The ad ) ministration is not expecting an enrly f peace, and is making all preparatiosu r' for a long conflit. OFF AMERIGAN COAST I PR.DICTIONS MADE By SPEAKER AT NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS MEETING. OEUTClIAND'S TRIP IS CITED Speakers Believe That Submarine it self Will Be Best Defense Against German Undersea Boats--Other Ex amplee. New York.--predictions that enemy submarines will soon make their ap pelarance oft' American ports, thai. the submarine will be ound to be the best antidote for the submarine, and that the great world pouvers in the near future will have flotillas of "coD tra-aubmarines," especially built foi operating against undersea craft, were made by speakers who ad'dressed the annual conventions of the Society of Naval Architectes and Marin Fngi -eers here. Simon Lake, the inventor, pginted to the possible danger to American . shores from the submarine menace. lie cited the trans-Atlantic trins o the merchant submarine Deutschland r and the activities of the U-53 off the North Atlantic seaboard as examples e of what is possible with the subma r rine. . Commander 1L. S. Land of the Unit j ed States navy, took issue with Mr. Lake when the latter said he did not. a believe the submarine could be ef Y fectively used against the submarine. "A submarine can fight a subma t rine as well as a battleship can fight s a battleship," said the commander. Though he said foreign tendencies in t submarine construction were toward r displacements of 2,000, 3.000 ,. and 0 even 6,000 tons, Commander Land declared his belief that craft of the 800-ton type are now being most generally built because of their , adaptability for all-year use. Marely F. Hay predicted the de velopment of a "contra-submarine,'' or a submarine-fighting ur.dersea boat which would do most or its work .1 while submerged. r Estimates that Germany had in e commission over 700 submarines last ) May and that she would have in sere a ice a total of 1,200 under sea craft by the end of the year, were discredited I by Mr. -lay. I "It does not seem tpossible that r Germany had more than 200 subma - rines in commission last May," be 1 said. "Informaifon at hand would I indicate that the actual recent oulput - has been approximately ten subma rines a month" NEW CABINET ANNOUNCED BY M. CLEMENCAU Formation is Completed Within 24 H ours. Paris.-M. Clemenceau presented the ministry to President Poincare the ministry to President Poincsore. The new ministry follows: Premier and minister of war. George Clemenceau. Minister of foreign affairs, Stephen Pinchon, Minister of justice, Louis Nail. Minister of interior, Jules Pamns. Minister of finance, Louis Kiots. M'inister of mari~ne, George Ley gues. Minister of commerce, Etienno Clementel.. Minister of public works, Alhror-t Ciaveille, Minister of munitions, Louis Loug~h eur. . ?linister of instruction, Louis Laf terre. Minister of colonies, Henri Simon Minister of agriculture, Deputy Col tiord. Minister of labor, Victor Iloret. The rapidity of the formation of the ministry establishes a record fn -French politics. Premier Clem~n ceau began his task at 4 o'clock in the afternoon' and completed It within 24 hours. A committee of radicals and radi cal socialists, by a vote of 69 to 20, approved of members of, the party participating in the ministry. HENR YFORD JOINS THE' SHIPPIN GBOARD STAFF Washington-Henry Ford joined -the staff of the shipping board to lendl his talent for standlardization of pro duction in speeding up the building of a merchant fleet, lie was made a speial assistant to Charles Piez, vice president of the board's emergency fleet corporation, His particular- task pwill be to introduce into shipbuilding the multiple production of methods he has used with success in producing automobiles, MANY MEASLES AND PNEUMONIA CASES Wasbington.-Detail reports of health conditions in national guard 'and national army camps for the wb'l( ending November 9- show meoaslwl and pneumonia predominating among the ailments aplong the men, The sick and injured rate in' the national guard camps was 38 9 per thousand and ine the national army camps 25.2. Camp Fuondten, Fort .Riley, Kansas, bad 24 I new cases of pneumonia and nine new c ases of jueningitis during-the week.