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BIG ARMY I
ON RUSSU
Kerensky, at Head of j
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immense x uz irmj
Regain Power.
FORCES ARE RETREATING
TOWARDS THE CAPITAL
Forces Loyal to Ex-Premier Defeat
Revolutionists in Moscow and
Tsarskoe-Selo?Northern Italian
Line Stiffens?Germans
Let British Alone.
Apparently the Bolsheviki uprising
in Petrograd is nearing its end
and Premier Kerensky may soon 1
again be in power.
Late advices from Petrograd are:
to the effect that the revolutionists
have been defeated in Moscow and
at Tsarskoe-Selo and from +.he latter
town, which is 15 miles from
Petrograd, are retreating a disor- ,
H^rlv mob toward the capital. |,
In Petrograd street fighting has;
taken place with the Cossacks and j
other loyalists having the better of I,
the Bolsheviki element, while Ker- .
ensky with 200,000 men is on his ,
way from Gatchina to reinforce the
loyalists. To stay his progress,
however, the rails of the Petrograd- ]
Gatchina Railway have been torn up ]
and Jarge forces of the Bolcheviki 1
are said to have gone out to give
brfttie.
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War in Finland. j
To add to the troubles of the Ker- j
ensky government, a state of war
has been proclaimed in Finland ana
the governor general dismissed, his
' place having been taken by a sailor. 1
The diet has voted to elect a <
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state directorate whicn win nave su- j preme
power in the province. | ?
On the Italian front the Italian'
line in the North has stiffened under
the reinforcement it has receiv-!<
ed fro mthe British and French.h
Even the German official commur.i-i*
cation does not mention any further1
retirement by the Italians but on!
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the contrary admits that east of;
Asiago, where the Austro-Germans j
made gains last week, the Italians
in strong force attacked the invad-i1
ers and recaptured lost positions.'
The Italians took about 100 prison-1'
ers. * j1
Along the middle and southern 1
reaches of the Piava the Italians are
holding their line tenaciously al-1
though they have been forced to
give up the Vidor bridgehead, north;
east of Treviso.
British Hold Ground Won.
The Germans Sunday made no attempts
to recapture the ground taken
from them by the British Sati
urday in the region of Passchendaele,
contenting themselves merely
with the bombardment of the newly
won line. A heavy rainfall prevented
the British from extending
their gains. .
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995 COMMISSIONS GO 1
TO OGLETHORPE ' :
STUDENT OFFICERS
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School Divided Into Three Classes, ]
29 Majorships and 71 Captain- ]
cies Being Awarded to Class ( ?
A Men. ! ]
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Fort Oglethorpe, Nov. 9.?Orders 1
were received Thursday afternoon 1
by Colonel Slocum, commander of '
the officers' training camp, regard-1!
ing the forthcoming commissions 1
for the students at the close of the, j
camp, November 23. According to (
these orders the camp is to be divid-J
ed into three classes. i .<
In class A there are to be issued i
995 commissions effective on Dec-l
ember 15. That means that these <
students will receive commissions I
at the close of the camp and then. '
will be given furloughs until Dec-l <
ember 15, when they will be called 1
_i.: ? ,1.,*.,.
lo acuvc uuiy. I
In class A there are to be issued' <
commissions for twenty-one infan-j<
try majors, eight artillery majors, | J
the Busy Reader.
Both the big armies are preparing
to go into winter quarters. r
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The ex-queen of Honolulu is re- s
ported to be in a dying condition. | r
There is no shortage of food and |
coal at the State Hospital says the j
Board of Regents. . J *
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The death sentence of a Belgian r
5py was commutted to life impris-'
onment in London. I c
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Electric trucks are going to take j
the place of man-power since the | j.
men have been called to servce.
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The mint in Denver will makeJs
nothing but pennies until the* short-jj
age is relieved. 600,000 will be^
made each day. J,
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Georgetown held her first County
Fair this year. It was a success and
plans are being made for another
next year. K
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Mediator Reed says that drastic p
measures will be taken to settle la- f
3or troubles. U. S. seizure of t
Phone plants is bound to come. j s
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In Americus, Ga., a huge turkey!
.vas sold for $9.25 which is the larg-;
;st price ever paid for a single
;urkey in that place and perhaps in
my other town. ,,
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Two more escaped German pris-j
>ners have been captured. They!e
vere trying to go across the Rio
Grande River near Laredo. They
nistook the customs Inspector, who
,vas not dressed in uniform, for a 1!
:owboy. ! C
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In Washington for the first time ('t
n 14 years triplets have been born.'
The parents are Italians and they ^
lave named the babies Wilson, Taft
md Roosevelt, for the three living
nen who have been President.
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/ON PAPEN MADE j*
VICE CHANCELLOR
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Amsterdam, Nov. 10.?Friederich
/on Papen, progressive leader, has (]
jeen designated as German vice a
. hancellor, according to semi-official
;elegrams from Berlin. The ap-!
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joinxment 01 nerr rneuuerg, i?au- ^
jr of the national liberals, as vice ,
; d
president of the Prussian state mini
v
stry is considered probable.
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forty infantry captains and thirty-1
ive artillery captains, 701 first lieu- s
:enants in the infantry service and t
190 in the field artillery. ,e
Those in Class B are to be select- o
;d eventually as vacancies occur as
provisional lieutenants of the regu- ^
lar army in accordance with their n
iradinp, from 79 to 50. These *
positions are regarded as more de- v
drable than tha commissions in the *
national army, but the students c
who stand for commissions in the a
national army are advised not to c
surrender them for the provisional! e
positions as it may be a year ber
fore any of the class B men are ,
:alled. |
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From class C are to be selected .(
second lieutenants, 100 for the in-'/
fantry twenty-five for cavalry and
fifty for the field artillery. All
jthers are to be graded according v
Lo merit and recommendation.; n
rhose eligible are to be commission-!
-.1 + Uvficnvro cnvne nml spnt. t
JU III HIV i. wo w ? W* % w,
lome to await calls.
Those not eligible are to be list-j .
id according to merit for future 11
:ommissions in the national army *
for staff department positions. I F
MARCHING f
iN CAPITAL,
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A GLANCE OVER
THE COUNTRY:
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News in a Condensed j
Form to Be Read By j1
SHORTAGE OF SHELLS
IN ITALIAN ARMYS
Italian Army Expert
Analyzes German
Advance.
5AYS WHOLE OF ITALY IS
HONEYCOMBED WITH SPIES
declares That Foe Will Be Driven
Back From Country, German Account
of Prisoners Inaccurate
Washington, Nov. 11.?Gernany's
offensive against Italy, reluced
to military essentials and
itripped of its possible political siglificance,
is an attempt to repeat
he Dunajec drive of 1915, which
)lasted Russia out of Galicia and
5oland, and the Serbian drive of the
?I-:_L ui_? +V.o
lame year, which uiew upcu u?
oad to Constantinople.
General Mackensen, the commanler
who carried out the big smashis
of 1915 and who is again headng
the Germans, is the "pinch
litter" of the Prussian war machine
The Germans believe the Italians
ire caught in the same relative poitions
as the Russians and Serbs in
915. The Russians had run out of
nunitions. The Serbs had little arillery.
In both campaigns Mackenen
literally blasted his way by
rum fire.
Italy has plenty of guns, and her
nunitions and supply departments
re alert, but the submarine camiaign
and ship shortage which have
ailed to cripple France and Briain,
have reduced Italy's munitions
upplies far below the danger line,
'he Italian offensive of the early
ummer consumed most of her reerve
munitions. Italy has neither
oal or iron and must get both by
ea. For five months the Italian
lilitary commission in Washington
as been struggling for American
'heat, steel and coal.
That the Italian army is hamperd
by a serious shortage of shells
i the face of the big German ofensive
is freely admitted by Italin
officers in the United States,
laptain Count Lucerna de Qampegoni,
who arrived here only recent
/, says the whole thing nangs on
Munitions, Munitions, Munitions,"
araphrasing Lloyd George's "Ships
hips, Ships," with real Latin insnsity.
The count, attached to the Italian
military mission, says there is no
eason to mince words about somehing
the Germans knew all about
;hen they decided to launch their
ttack.
"Then they know about the conitions
in the Italian army?" he was
sked.
"Certainly, German spies are on
very street corner in Italy, or in
lurope for that matter. We have
one our best to catch them, but
,-here one is caught, others take his
lace."
Thp ennnt savs the German offen
ive has been expected for someime?in
fact, it has been inevitable
ver since the Russian army's disrganization
in July.
The first blow was expected on
he Bainsizza plateau, where it fell,
'he next stroke on the upper Isonzo
.ras not so clearly anticipated when
he count left Italy, because the
omplete demoralization of Russia
nd the safety with which Germany
an withdraw troops from the eastrn
front was not then so apparent.
Asked whether the railroad facili
ies between France and Italy would
llow the transfer of French, Britsh
and American troops to stem a
ierman offensive on the Italian
ront, the count said the railroads
,'ere available, but that there was
o need of allied infantry.
Italy has plenty of men?also
o handle the guns.
The Italian shell shortage made
tself felt long before the end of
he recent Italian offensive, and the
resence of ten British batteries on
UNREPORTED FOOD ]
FOUND IN GOTHAM
Secret Service Agents
Discover Immense
Stores. (
PROPERTY RUNS
INTO MILLIONS
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, Seven Hundred Bag? of Jute Be-j
longing to German Government
Among Articles Located.
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New York, Nov. 11.?Secret ser-j
vice agents have discovered food-i
stuffs and other property valued 1
at more than $73,000,000 stored in <
warehouses in this city which has 15
never been reported to the govern- t
ment as required under the trading 1
with the enemy act, it was learned j i
, tonight. This is only a small partj^
of what is expected to be uncovered i ?
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I Deiure Uie seim.ii ciius. I Flour,
sugar, eggs, butter and i *
! canned goods of various kinds are ^
! contained in the list of foodstuffs; 3
I compiled by the secret service men.
J Large quantities of iron, steel, cop- t
I per, cotton and chemicals also have I
! been found, a part of which, it was 11
| announced, is owned by Germans. jc
The value of the foodstuffs not'r
reported to the government was I
placed at $38,496,742 and the me-'f
; tals, cotton and other materials ati
I $35,449,028. I
It was stated that- one consign-jr
ment of 700 bags of jute is known e
! to have been bought witH money de-, c
' posited here by the Deutsches Bank ^
of Berlin, the official government.; 0
About three-quarters of the commodities
is said to be held as collateral! c
'for loans made by banks but noth-l*
' ing regarding the nature of the,1
i loans could be learned. j11
I The secret service men made a e
> detailed report of the amount of n
the goods unearthed and the loca-j"
| tion of the places of storage to Her-j n
bert Hoover, federal food adminis- t:
trator. i t!
. Mr. Palmer recently extended un,
til December 5, the time within j *
which persons or concerns holding ^
or controlling any property for an 0
enemy or ally, including subjects, a
shall report such property to the n
government. i tl
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WITHDRAW EXEMPTIONS ja
GRANTED TO STRIKERS a
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Houston, Tex.?Denouncing as
"little short of criminal" a war-j
time strike in any industry needed! i;
for the successful prosecution ofjt:
hostilities and defining the oil in-;<j
dustry as "the'absolute heart of our!a
'navy," Dr.* Sidney J. Smkh, chair-j.
man of the southern district draft!
- - .. . ,._,.,.JC
board, said he would immediately
! ask his own board to withdraw ex-i"
; emptions or discharges granted on c
industrial grounds to all registrants a
i involved in the strike. a
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; plenty of cannon?but not enough n
' shells. The transfer of E ritish and ii
French batteries to the Italian front c
| which has been going on for some- n
time, is due to the lack not of Ital-id
'
| ian cannon or artillerymen, but of p
i shells. : T
Britain and France have consid-,e
i erable reserve stocks of shells and
j their supply is being kept up, but p
their shells will not fit the Italian |p
ii - - n- -1 .
( cannon, to use vne auieu sueus un |j
j the Italian front requires allies can-!y
not fire them and allied artillery-10
men to handle the guns. t]
The Italian shell shortage made e
; itself felt along before the end of ^
' the lower Isonzo at that time, with' t]
'a large number of French batteries ^
above Gorizza, was due solely to the ^
(necessity of using allied ammuni-'i,
I tion. -j
That Italy will stop the German tl
drive, just as she stopped the Ger-'ti
man "'strafe expedition" from the ci
I Trentino early last year, is Count
Lucerna's confident prediction. He r<
.says that the German accounts ofw
prisoners taken are altogether un- j p
: reliable. i p
ITALIANSAI
BACK THI
SELECTIVE SERVICE
BILL
President Will Definitely
Fix Place of All
Registered Men.
Washington, Nov. 10.?President
iVilson formally put the new ma:hinery
for the carrying out of the
selective service bill into operation
;onight with the publication of the
foreword he has written to the regllations
under which the second call
vill be made. The regulations them;elves
and the questionaires which
,hen 9,000,000 registrants will be
equired to fill out are being forvarded
to local boards, but have not
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ret oeen nictue puuut. .
War department officials estimate
hat the whole process can be competed
within sixty days. This means I
hat no second call will be made up-|
m the national army before the
niddle of next February, as the
leriod of classification will not befin
until December 15.
The president describes the new
ilan of dividing all registered men
iot already mobilized into five classis,
subject to military service by
lasses, as being intended to proluce
"a more perfect organization
f our man power."
"The selective principles must be
nrrioH tn its logical conclusion,"
he president said, and he added
hat there must be made a complete
nventory of the qualifications of
ach registrant in order to deter- j
line "the place in the military, in-j
ustrial or agricultural ranks of the J
ation in which his experience andj
raining can best be made to serve1
he common good."
The inquiry projected in the quesionnaire
will go deep into the qualications
of each of nearly 10,000,00
men. The success of the plan
nd its completion within the esti-j
lated time rests absolutely upon,
he whole-hearted support given byi
he people, especially by the doctors
nd lawyers of each community,
nd the president calls upon them
or their unstinted aid.
The president's foreword follows:
"The task of selecting and mobilsing
the first contingent of the naional
army is nearing completion.;
'he expedition and accuracy of its!
ccomplishment were a most grati-J
ying demonstration of the eflkien-l
y of our democratic institutions,
'he swiftness with which the ma-1
hinery for its execution had to be;
ssembled, however, left room for
Aincfmont nnrl irrmrnvement. New
egulations putting these improvelents
into effect are, therefore, beig
published today. 'There is on
hange in the essential obligation of
len subject to selection. The first
raft must stand unaffected by the'
rovisions of the new regulations.1
"hen can be given no retroactive
ffect.
"The time has come for a rnorej
erfect organization of our man
offer. The selective principle must
e carried to its logical conclusion.!
lre must make a complete inventory
f the qualifications of all regis-,
rants in order to determine, as to
ach man not already selected for
uty with the colors, the place in
le military, industrial, or agriculjral
ranks of the nation in which
is experience and training can best!
e made to serve the common good.;
his project involves an inquiry by
ie selection boards into the domesc,
industrial and educational quali
utions, of nearly ten million men. j
"Members of these boards have i
sundered a conspicuous service. The (
ork wa sdone without regard to,'
ersonal convenience and under a
ressure of improvements."
^HOLDING
! TEUTONS
Invaders Hurled Back
East of Asiago-Bat
tie Imminent
TEUTONS FORCED TO
GIVE GROUND AT ASIAGO
Turks Lose in Palestine?British
Forces Under Gen. Allenby Continue
to Capture Towns, Although
Teutons Are Assisting
Otomans.
On the Italian front the Italian
line in the north has stiffened under
the reinforcements it has received
from the British and French. Even
the German official communication
does not mention any further retiremen'
)y Italians, but on the contrary,
admits the east of Asiago,
where the Austro-Germans made
gains last week, the Italians in
I strong force attacked the invaders
and recaptured lost positions. The
Italians took about 100 prisoners.
Along the middle and southern
reaches of the Plave and Italians
are holding their line tenaciously,
although they have been forced to
give up the Vidor bridge head,
northeast of Trevison.
British Unmolested.
The Germans Sunday made no attpmnts
t.n rerant.ure t.he prnnnH ta
ken from them by the British in the ... .
region of Passchendaele, contenting
themselves merely with the bombardment
of the newly won line. A
heavy rainfall prevented the British
from extending their gain. Bombardments
and minor attacks have
predominated on the remainder of ?
the western front, except near
Hartmanns-Weilerkopf in the Vosges
mountains, where in a violent
battle the French completely repulsed
the Germans.
Turks Lose in Palestine.
In Palestine the British forces
under Gen. Allenby continue^ to
make progress against the Turks,
who are being aided by German and
Austrian gunners. During the latter
part of last week, several more
towns and villages were captured on
the 600-square mile battlefield in
addition to numerous guns and
many prisoners. East of Gaza a
large enemy force was defeated after
a violent fight and twelve guns,
three machine guns and a hundred
prisoners were captured.
Revolt Nearing End.
Apparently the Bolsheviki uprising
in Petrograd is nearing its end
and Premier Kerensky may soon
again be in power.
Late advices from Petrograd are
to the effect that the revolutionists
have been defeated in Moscow and
at Tsarkoe-Selo, and from the latter
town, which is fifteen miles from
Petrograd, are retreating, a disorderly
mob, toward the capital.
VON TIRPITZ IN POLITICS
CAUSES GERMAN PROTEST
rnnnnlinffon \Trv\r Q A
von Tirpitz, former minister of marine,
has been asked by a committee
of the Conservative party to
stand for election to the reichstag
in the vacancy from the district of
Bautzen, Kamenz. The Vorwaerts
says that the parites of the left will
regard such a candidacy as a provocation.
It says they undoubtedly will
contest the election if von Tirpitz
runs despite the political truce
agreed upon at the outset of the
war binding the various parties not
to oppose a candidate 01 tne party
in possession if the seat is vacated
by death or otherwise during the
war.
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