Edmund Allenby, commander of the
the advance on Gaza and Jerusalem.
NEWS REVIEW OF
Kerensky and His Government
Overthrown by Maximalists
Led by Lenine.
PRO-GERMANS RULE iN RUSSIA
Immediate Peace First on Their Pro-
gram-——Retreat of italians Con.
tinues—British Take Highly
Important Passchendaeis
Ridge-—America’'s War
Mission to Paris.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Kerensky and the provisional gov-
ernment of Russia have fallen; the
Maximalists led by Nikolal Lenfue,
pro-German agitator, are in the
dle; the premier has fled and five or
more of the members of his
are under arrest; immediate peace
with the central powers will be
fered by the extreme radieals in con-
trol. Such is the dispiriting news that
comes from the Slav republic,
called. Chaos exists there and a long
ges ¢ 4
sua-
cabinet
of-
sO
pect.
The only hopeful feature
situation is that, as Ambassador Bakh-
metefll says, the revolt {8 a revolt of
the few against the many. The Max.
imalists control Petrograd and
ably the fortress of Kronstadt, but
they have all Russia to reckon with,
and especially the Cossacks, who have
no sympathy with the plan to make a
separate peace with the central pow-
ers. M. Bakhmeteff
the majority of the Russians
lowed Kerensky are with the
sional government heart and soul, un-
derstand that Russia's freedom ean be
assured only by the defeat of Germany
by the allles, and will fight
The spirit prevailing in Petrograd, he
nsserts, is not representative of
Russian spirit as a whole.
Loyal Women Fight the Rebels.
Of all the arnied forces in and about
of
feels sure
who fol-
an’s battalion alone remained loyal to
the government, It was stationed at
the winter palace and when that butld-
Ing was attacked by the cruiser Au-
rora and the guns of the fortress of
St. Peter and St. Paul, it fought as
bravely as possible until overwhelmed
and compelled to surrender. The bat.
tl¢ lasted four hours and was spec
tacular. The rebels brought up ar-
mored cars to aid in overcoming the
resistance of the heroic women, There
was no chance to call other loyal troops
to Petrograd, for the leaders of the
workmen's and soldiers’ delegates had
seized the posts and telegraphs.
The rebel congress was convened
Wednesday night, the officers elected
including Lenine and Leon
Several proclamations were
one of them stating the program of
the pew authority to be:
“First—The offer of an
democratic peace,
“S8econd—The
over of large
the peasants,
“Third—The transmission of all an.
thority to the council of soldiers’ and
workmen's delegates,
“Fourth-The honest convocation of
a constitutional assembly.”
It is believed in London that Keren
sky will re-establish the provisional
government In Moscow and that the
Soviet will not be strong enough to
hold out long against him, For the
present, however, the pro-Germans
have the upper hand,
Italians Retreat to the Livenza,
As had been expected, Count Ca-
florna did not attempt to make a long
stand on the Tagliamento river tine
against the on-sweeping AustréGer-
man armies, but fell back last week
‘to the Livenza, twelve to eighteen
miles west, The enemy followed close-
ly, and the prospect was that the Ital
tans would speedily be forced back to
the Plave, where their main armies
already were being established, Ca-
Immediate
handing
lands to
immediate
proprietorial
| dorna issued an order including in the
{ zone of military operations all
! and of the Po
Minclo rivers, so he may consider the
carrying
Plave.
terri
tory north and
east
wssibility of
retreat
Wheth
his
farther than the
er this will be necessary evidently de
3 on the speed with which France,
Britain America
guns and supplies
and can
Pi
and su
¢ called for by the Italians.
victory of the Germans ig Ital)
Guns
ar from complete unless they
possible in the im
before, the
said
all factions
Italy
renlizi
in and
ng the extreme
confident
fall to
ns they
object, The Ital
maintaining nnd
are
enemy will gecompll
have
litical inn ar
order diseiplin
and the rear gunrds
valinntly
| sreforl
cheerful
the
fighting to retard
vance of the Teutons,
As formerly, go in Iinly,
’
the farther the invaders penetrate, th
in Russia,
o
more dangerous becomes thelr own po-
sition. They are moving from
weir bases of supply, and must rebuild
}
the lines of communication destroyed
3
nway
t
Italians In their “I
the other hand,
of rivers larger
Tagliamento, of many
numerous that
furnish all the transportation his con-
tracted
i¥ the retreat,
the
dorna, on
protection
gnins
than
and
the
canals of
railroads are able to
front needs,
British Gain Passchendaele Ridge.
Sir Dougias Halg's drive
which
weekly feature,
periodical
Flanders,
ular
most
is becoming a reg
accomplished
important results last week,
tnk
and
anadinns succeeded in
viliage
of
the Passchendaele
ridge
ing of
the which
The
adverse
the same name
dominates the country to the east,
made under
conditions, the ground being
by torrential rains, but the Hritish bar.
rage fire was perfect and the infantry
followed it so closely that the Germans
in their and pill
boxes they had
time to get into action. This advance
drive was most
flooded
concrete dugouts
were stormed before
British, and their aviators also began
hat town with deadly effect.
up retiring crown
prince's army north of the Alsne, the
French reached the south bank of the
Allette, but the Germans maintained
their line on the other side of that
stream by heavy nnd continuous ar
tillery fire. Elsewhere on the French
front nll enemy attacks were success
fully repulsed,
General Allenby reported that
troops in Palestine advanced beyond
Beersheba with splendid dash and en-
durance and that, on Wednesday he
captured Gaza from the Turks,
American Patrol Boat Torpedoed.
The German U-boatz found
American victim in the patrol boat
Alcedo, which was torpedoed and sunk
in British waters, going down in four
minutes after being struck. Lieut,
John T. Melvin and 20 men were lost.
The Alcedo was formerly the private
yacht of G. W. Childs Drexel of Phila-
delphia. She carried a crew of seven
officers and 85 men. The American
merchant steamship Rochester also
wns destroyed by a torpedo. at least
four men losing their lives, An* Amer
lean freighter arviving at an Atlantic
port reported that her gun erew sunk
a German submersible that attempted
to torpedo her in the Mediterranean,
In general, the U-boats had a poor
week, the British sduilraity report
showing that only eight British ves-
sels of more than 1.600 tens lind heen
sunk. and four smaller veasels., This
is the smallest number of victims for
any week since unrestricted submarine
warfare hegan,
Von Hertiing May Not Last,
Count von Hertling isn't likely to
be German chancellor for very long,
for unless he- yields to the demands
of the radicals, they Intend to Intro.
Jnee a resolution of lack of confidence
ns soon as the reichstag reconvenes
on November 22. The count seems to
have fallen under complete control of
bombing
Following the
the militarists and Junkers and is now
t
the
throes
fo
The Budaps« “tf 1 1
Austro-Hungar
;reement of ti
undsr or
ance, origl
supposed to be subliect
every ten years,
Japan and America Agrees.
Viscount Ishii's mission to tl
States
=i
Jupan is guaranteed he
has beer
active participation in
shilpment to
Japan of the supplie [ and steel
In return, Japan will
for
get into ac
she needs,
furnish a great amount of tonnage
transport purposes, will
tion her warships, numbering about a
hundred shillized and
probably to Europe
Itnly
called
and already
m
will send an arms}
panese troops
s I
is nsking that Ja he
over to help repel the lnveding
Though Japan's special Interests in
China are to be recognized
contiguity, both nations agree to main.
tain the epen door and the territorial
sovereignty of China
Socialists Lose in Elections
Emperor William met a
feat in the United States
dee
Tuesdas
York
3
pred nt
notable
inst
Chicago and New
thoroughly
th
He
in
Rocinlists were
the
vihen
wi
polis, Supporting Socialist
and
for mayor and in
New York, were all the forces of pro
Germanism, pacificism and disloyalty,
and though cast nn disgracefully
large vote, the defeat administered to
them
These
Judges in Chicago
other city officials
they
wns decikive,
elections were looked
Most of the Socialist
the treason
of loyalty and pa-
dangerously
Hence the
is eanse
near
victory
elected mayor of New
In Ohio, how.
ever, the women lost,
House Heads U. 8. War Mission,
Upon their arrival in a British port
administration announced the
man and spokesman for the president
Tha other mem-
bere are Admiral W. 8. Benson, chief
of naval operations; Gen. Tasker H.
Bliss, chief of staff; Oscar T. Crosby,
nasistant secretary of the treasury;
Vance CO. McCormick, chairman of the
war trade board; Bainbridge
member of the shipping board; Dr,
Alonzo E. Taylor, representative of
Food Administrator Hoover; Thomas
N. Perkina, member of the priority
board, and Gordon Auchincloss, chief
secretary of the commission,
Secretary Lansing issued a state-
ment that makes it clear that the al
Hes realize that many of their re-
verses have been due to lack of team
work, and that one of the chief aims
of the conference will be to bring
about unity of action. For its part, the
United States seeks to determine just
how Its man power and materia! re-
sources enn be used to greatest advan.
tage to defeat the common enemy.
Mr. Lansing laid especial emphasis on
the fact that the conferénce is a war
conference and nothing else. The ad.
ministration Is not expecting an early
peace, and Is makihg all preparations
FOR FARM WORK
Bourse Says This Is Only Way
to Prevent Food Famine
Next Year.
BOYS CANNOT DO THE WORK
Grown Men Needed, but
Plants Lure Them Away—Farmers
Munitions
flay Refuse to Plant Maxi.
mum Crops,
nd 3 £78 3
The Philadelphia beur
conscription of
bor in
the gi
before
farm and g
weekly statement Unie
takes drastic action
ure farmers a
upply and part
for
ils
vernment
Spring to in
ble labor s
ficient
asserts
ICUIATEY
1
harvest, the
irodu
food produ
b
eueneci
i
far bel
the past six month
been co-operating
States
employment
farm
hed by ‘the
4
emergency
tabi
the bourse
of conscript
the
hipbuildin;
Hnnecs
* BOVern:
for
ernment acts
use Lu
asked
Laborers Lured From
have been
this yes
to capacity
next
* BIEN wage
and other
given labor to harvest the cro
many planted heavily | apr
made nts only to
their extra crops rot upon the ground
in the summer and fall for lack of la-
bor In the meantime the military
draft and high wages offered by the
shipbuilding, munition and
plants and by the cantonment and
other government contractor not
many of their work
i rplus
were ung to harvest
heavy investm
other
only took away
ers, but depleted the sma 1
that
ODE
crop
0
labor
men
“This depletion « farm
continuing Eleven
sent by the federal employment serv-
week
ely snatched from him
building. and these
to replace skilled hands whe
This cace is t)
ice to a New Jersey farmer last
were immediat
cantonment
11 were
pical
or
“Nearby Pennsylvania, New Jersey
f the number of phuild
munition and other plants
army cantonments near by and
because the character of the farming
Wal
part skilled farm hands,
“Many of those workess whom the
farmers are now obtaining refuse to
stay long in employment and leave
after making a considerable sum by a
few days’ work. This aggravates the
gituation, as farmers frequently at
more on the strength of the
employment of these additional men,
upon whom they rely for the comple-
Must Have Adult Labor.
“The government must quickly per.
fect and put into operation a scheme
whereby farmers will be assured that
their skilled hands will not be draft-
ed for military service, whereby those
now employed wiil be made to con-
of course, being fair and proper-—in
service and whereby they will be as-
sured that their help will not be tak-
en from them by other industries at a.
time when it fe most needed. Agri-
culture should be placed upon a basin
similar to the military, with supervi-
gion over the labor to insure its con-
tinuance on one hand and ita fair
“The allies and vur own armies are
dependent upon our farmers for food,
and food production must be organ.
fzed as quickly and thoroughly as
possible. Our farmers are patriotic
enough.”
More Motors Than Ever,
The state highway dopartment’s
automobile division ltsued a state-
ber of 542,628 and that the revenue
derived therefrom wae $3.246,144.50,
This breaks all records, and the fact
that more than 5,100 applicants for
1918 registrations have been received
in a day, yielding $40,833, shows
that there will be heavy registration
next year,
jo
SNORING
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFS
SUE NE
A respite has been
the electrocution of
Wendt, Blair county,
to permit an
Hin
3
issued staying
Frank Alfred
to December 3
appeal to the state board
South Connellsville has revived the
curfew law, which has been neglected
for» iY month
Over 200 head of eattle
K. 0. Werley at the
held at Hamburg,
was $180 for a «
y
2 were sold
¥ iil be wa
Candid
int
iat
Ki.le a
heartbroken
Willian
mines years
aer on,
came
ihe
give, neces
1 fa & Seay
aszocialion
attention
re certified
Hazlet Dentists
ary
¢
Smita
GEenLE
teeth of al nen the
ap orn nt loan
exempilion
board ex
counts
district
mpelied 10 Bsus
arrests
Waa
ould
term
Daniel 8 veller, a leutenant at
Meade, has granted leave
pe examined for admis.
Lan
cutting
towns north of
amp
been
BADEONA {0
on to the
Wood
farming
where
asier bar
bees are the in
Hazleton,
turn out
chop up dead timber for winter fue
The annual exhibit of the Mif.
fiin County Agricultural and Horticul-
tural Lewistown is said to
be the the hist { or
ganization.
Farmers in the Berks potato belt
are having trouble in obtaining cars
enough to ship their crops to market.
Kutztown has sent 60 of
men to the army, and as a result many
the manufacturers are short la
rage
py 4 £ ae “~ gms kf «
entire communities
fruit
society atl
best in ory of the
of
Arrangements for a second winter
revival services in the famous
“Glory barn” have been
abandoned
As a matter of safety, John J. Stick-
ler, mine inspector of the Sixteenth
anthracite district, has recommended
Norristown consumers must pay 12
cents for milk
What amounts to an offer of prac
tically as many eggs az the people of
Philadeipiia want st the rate of 38
cents a dozen was made to the food
supply department of the Pennsylva-
nia Committee of Public Safety By a
combination of holders of large quan:
Philadelphia dealer.
State officiale are investigating the
presence of smallpox at Blueball,
Clearfield county, and Phillipsburg,
Appeals were made to the state de-
of agriculture by farmers
in some central counties for
help to get in their corn and potatoes.
potatoes have just been taken in, but
in the southern part of the state,
where the season is later, there are
of those asking for farm hands.
It fa said that 60 houses will be
erected at West Marietta, where the
Pennsylvania railroad is constructing
one of the blzgest raliroad yards in
America.
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Horrified,
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS
sampie b
mention ih
FATE PURSUED THIS TOMMY
Builet Goes Through
His Helmet by
German Sniper.
Nearly
Hole
Spent
Made in
the
troopers
d, placing
it on the n { his rifle, held it so
that sbout
the to
” x
above
(serman
hot at it,
quarely,
i other
ghingly showed
placed it back
out 1
intex later the order came
i this same
He was
mortally
wounded,
discovered
THs
at the dressing
he had been struck by a
that had gone
he had
soldiers
of that
holes
his
the
shown
one
fellow
Inciting an Exhortation.
“What was the idea of you men get.
ning out with firearms and using harsh
language last ht?
“Well,” replied Broncho Bob, “since
they put bard liquor out of business
Crimson Guich has been mighty quiet,
Nobody seems to take any interest in
us, + We thought maybe we could get
back enough reputation for wicked
ness to induce some evangelist to jump
in and give us a red-hot talk.”-—Wash-
ington Star,
ni
1
i
Many who use cof-
fee —not knowing
that it aggravates
stomach troubles—
could still enjoy a
delicious hot table
beverage and es
cape coffee’s effects
by a change to the
wholesome, pure
drink