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75 - HA WAT! AN r, 7F.TTE. TUESDAY, ' NOV F. M R F. R ' 20 1 0 1 7. S KM f VF. F. KT.Y. J w. M v. .. K ! r,. hi" n 1. '. - fl 1 ... 1 1 "f f I J" I'EL'ICE PERIL flVEIiSll'lDOWS ' fill IL'TEREST If! GREAT WAR r, Thousands Flee From City In ;;;V,Fear ttuniMay Get Within Biff . Gun Rang Before French and .Britons Can Cooperate ,-... V INTENSE: ABtIlURY FIRE V- ' HEARD FROM PASSCHENOAEl Western Front Quiet -Otherwise . Except For Artillery Duels ant , Minor Raids But Allied Often ' ' iiye Is Forecast r NEW YORK. November 17 (Associated Press) Con ti'n'uance the critical situation ' ori ' the 'Italian front overshad . owed in interest the new fron. v any of the other theaters ol wai : tyestef day," ;".;""..' " ' y On the west front there was in- , tense artillery fire reported in the Tasschendael sector with indica ;' lions of cbming infantry actirit' . , and a new drive by "the Allies. In - other -sectors the day was quiet , beyond artillery (Juels and raid' of minor importance. ,VJ; T DRIVE ON VENICE ' Whether the aid of the Allie? ,,y yr le on time to check the Hurt , adyance: before St' reaches strik-' V ' !ng 'distance of. Venice is the most serious question of the present campaign on the Italian front. ' Again, yesterday the Ausfro-Ger I mans drove with greater vigor in " !, an effort to c"ut their way through , toward Venice before the Allies . Y cart' render' effective aid. AlHec' ".tribi)s continue to be. sent bj ' .,.tJ .bowarjd jthe front and the trooji trams are being followed bjf , trains loaded with large guns anc' ammunition.,'"-' t, RIVERS LOOSED . f Along the Piave River the Ital ; ; ;;iacs' ".held the enemy back and threw open the flood gates of thit : V river 'and the Sile, northeast o ' V Venice, flooding a district twelvt miles in Width and threateninj ; " the Teutons with a peril such a overttHk them on the. Yser front . This move, it is 'hoped, -will hole l back the enemy at least until th aid of. .the Allied reinforcement- I is made, effective. That the 'situation is alarming .was indicated by telegrams whicl ' thePope sent to the Centra ; Powers asking that their com manders on the Italian front, am ,'. the Western front as well, be or .-: .dered to follow the dictates of in .y terrutional law as to protectior of women and children ant ; against the destruction o ' ' churches, cathedrals and othei J buildings devoted to religtou. purposes. LARGE EXODUS Further evidences of alarn t j 5 were shown' from Venice whert ";.' it' MteS; reported an exodus of be- ' iween 150,000 and 200,000 peopU ' had '' occurred and the street were reported as nearly deserted Those remaining were reporter ' as calm. - The exodus was occa - , sioned, it is said, by the fear th Huns would come within rangi ' of the city with their , big um '..'before the British and French forces could ; combine 4 with the v. Italians to check the advance. ; . Vnlf hn . ufferd M murk ftom ; air raid that the. thounad wrre i . -willing' rhanres of bombardr . nent. It ia aluo taken for graat4 ' that tun mtMHK of tha Poj refcrrwj enxwlBlly . to aica. . i ' Brli reported officially" that ' tha .tow of Otwiioo had, bee taken and that vu the tt tank of the Jtava, . Ufa tlie Adriatic, a tboiiaand Italians had i btu made i priaoaera. , ,- '. -r -v . ) CONSUMERS ARE ASKED ! ; . . TO REPORT OVERCHARGE ;.WA8HINOTOH, November IT (A i aot-iatO'l Prem) llrlu from the roimr . iiicm in awiTtalaing when exoriiitant . ; -j pri'litu are eiag charged i ankej' by .'v .the revenue tiureao, .In a print'! MtattK .. nieiit i"wue i'Htif.lay the bureaii Kxkc4 , all voniiuitK'r te . report all intau Mhrfu retail pricen re inflated: be , yoii.l what niight be wnrtantecl by the . tur tae. i . tmw department details ADVENTURES OF HUH RAIDER WAHHirSuTON, 'Xif,cmbr 1J f Aa orialed pre i)-Tue full iitorT of tha !ruie of tha- (ifnii fnmmrne taid- er (SeiidW haa beea obtained b tha imivt departmrtit from Captain Haldor SmitK of the Aawrioaa achonner R. C. Made, and three other aiarinera who landed at Tatuila in aa opra boat Sep tember 2 after being . marooned Moieha Inland by the maater of the Hadt ht ht raider grounded and F aoaaaoaea. ' n ftuMnj formerlv the Amertena Orip Paaa f Balmaha, belonsed to the loeton Lumber- Co and waa ia tha fa rVotia treda before tha wae.- Af. or the war,brk ouf ahe a ai put bn im- awtimii ftajr and waa rap- Aore bf the Rrltixa and a nriie affirar I a put aboard her with inatrnrtiena ! tak her to JCirkwalK Heotland. ' On h way, aba waa raptured by a Oef taa nhmaiine nod neat to Bremen. . nd tttH not an m reider. A picked ( ran- plarrd aboard, aome af whom :poke Norwegian, and aent out into the HlttBtic, under- ,th, guiaa of a Nor. retina) ehip. Torwc-ia BUnd Works The rune worked ao Well that after avinff Mreaien on December St. 1PT6, " on August J the ihip wna driven he Headler waa held trp by tha Brit ink hard and font anhore. , The three Am uxiliary erniaor HighTaad Scot; e-. eriean eaptainn knd gone ashore with (mined and banned, ftailora' identiflcn- the (ierman olflrorn on a piraia, and -Wn-bouka laaued by tha vNnrwcgia the priaonern eve, left en the ihip ,-oTemmcnt wer furniahed the men,,1 Cannon were Bred to tell the party the Itkorgh they- probably wore taken anip in danger, but when they re roat raptured Norwejrian veuel and .turned they .; foond the-propeller twlat firaa to tha men who aeeined to fit the ed m the coral reefa and the veaael be teaeriptiona glen. c Tkeae, together --hn. , After wnrkir-s all after with, pic I urea of . Norwegian kinga and noon they gave hrr tip aa loet and took '-:ueena, gave the ahip the appearance ! rn.ttui.g tht-y eould move, In f NoTweginn. .v ..., , i j j clu.iiiij the boatv gear and wirelena J nptain mJt learned that, , while The wir?e plant, . a very powerful ringing in the Atlantie, thirteea ahipa,'on. waa net tip between two eoeoanat ..alued by -tha Oermana at ),(KM),(H)0 treea. It waa ennipped with aending Ptur,H tna aelOrrtna It. K, tflade, the American KhoOtter A. Johnson, the American .wnooner. Manila and tha French arhoon- r Luteee. ; , . .. ,;. talla of Own Captain. i ' Relating the avry of the capture of jia ehip, the 8'a.le, Cuptaia Hmi.h aaidt I "I Wl 'Brdwr Auril 24. 1917. od proceeded without nnv incident aatil tha evening of Juun 17, when I jma ; ia latitude about, two north! jnd lengitu.to 450 west. On- tha Evening of -Jane 17, V about flvef jelocJ , the necoad mate reporte-I : to m tax a aluo waa Vent -on deck and looked- aft ""I - aa.l .n ItnnUy a I -came oa deck, they fired iRia, anL t warn tno-ahl fau abort bout two mllea. - She -wan about eight nilea off. There waa - heavy aqoall Itartiiig - te'- eatwar.l--w4na favorable jo thia time and I thought it fKMsible .. get away and kept holding am. - But ike. kept tring n nit at intervals of ibout. 6;ve to tea aiinuten, and waa com t t -on .Tna. fast,- ' t-s; I.' , I Mtte ntath ihot, ared about fax S Vlck struck Tery -clone, patwiag the -Sooa And aplashing water oa -the ship. Che I rouriaded that there wasn't any unhand I lowered down the npankcr,' tiewea uwwa- topaail, aoiated American lag,' and bora- to ; About screw o'clock he raider waa np alongside and asked .vhat ship. - I laid him what rt won, od he told mi: to lower down aaih, and stand by, and he would aend aa Ulcer aboard me,- Shortly after, the rie officer came aboard, and a doc ' or and about tea men. .These officers ere in Uniform. They told me to leave he ahip.and to go oa board the, raider, tml they. would. give ma time in tho norniag to pack my clothea. ,. SH tUm Aboard i j:,''.'. ,"c ., I VThey took aU "our men aboard the -niuor cwnit g n'os. nm morninif t went bark on. board, with all my tnon aa.l packed np. We left- the ship our belongings, Juna 18. We were ': at on bonrd tho raider again. Shortly vfterlsaw from the raider that they ,ut hole in the masts and placed dy namite bombs in each mast - and put Ire to both enda of the. ahip aad left icr. I saw the masts go aver the side nd the ship waa burning; from end. to ';nd.'-aud the raider steamed away." t Captain Smith said the -raider waa a jfollrrigged ship, of steel -or Iron," about -.300 tons, propelled by oil-burning en gines. ' Her captain Was Felix -Ontf von I f j TOKIO, November . 1 (Specipl , to ?Iippn Jiji ) That the "special rigbti" hf Japan in China, which were formally -eeoguized by the TJoivd Htatea goy trnment as the result of aigning by Via rount K. Inbii and feeeretarv 'of State Leaning of an agreement between the 'wo countries, doe mot mesa that fapan has any particular ' rioht- to -hreatea the independence ' and integ1 ;'ity of Chiua,- wna the eapianation ot 'he pout made by Baron 0. Hayasbi, Japan's minister in Peking. 4. According to tha despatches from tha phiaese capital-the Japanese minister, tetiag tupoa instructions froas foreign Sfflee ia, Tekla has arranged a- eonfer jne. today, wjth.i tha proper, Chinese rutkorltiita ia aa effort o unroot tha pause of uUunderethaiHng of Japan a and A merlon's aims. iH (av! the ns . 1. . . . t t ' . L. suranee- that 'neither. Japan, nor taa United FUtea baa -the leant malice to Wfrd Clitu in 1heirreeengroemint . T . p , RUSSIAN PEACE TERMS - " S MAY. DC TAI rm ftFR f mt 'i umr iir i hiSffi f hrr '- !'' u - m.."- -:'..'-.' ' . LONDONY November , Associat ed I'resn) Thst the independents and sorialiata of the Oeraian reiekstag will ask ihf relchstag president to eonvoks ft . smwj to disrass the peaea offer madft by tho Bolaheviki leader In Pe troyrad, Lenine, is the gist of n Am Sterdam report l.vi .'';''' ''' '',; i"'' teje;:.RODiN' ii,iuSv. a'pAR, Kwmber Aasoclntod Pre-xi-s-Aut'iivis . lto.lin.'v tba: world' faaiou aeulpVor, is ill, with tojlgentioo, pf the lungn.-ilis conditiutt is grave, :. .'. ' ' , ' LuCknef, (Aetive ' Captaift-I.iuteBaat n i.inirenant. Alfred Kline: Ttit0 tMTIrer, Kicherd fr'loM. Thero aUo M 'thief : encinoer, a navigating lientenanty a mate and a doctor. All toid, hereomplrmont waa B8 oflteer and men. Mounted between decks ahe enr ried two- 4 inch rnna (10.5 eentinetera) ' and two machine ftunn. Tb name on .'her bow waa Irmn. 1 '. When the mea from , the Wade ar- Hved- aboard the raider they found - nrltana,. l. eehooner A, B. JnhnnoA, of Pan Frnn- rUeo, aitueeJr three d.ira before. - On July 1 Hmith. etated. the vhooner Ma- rlla..wa eeptnred anT drnmnited af- ter the ten onienra and ne had been ttltii off" Aboard the Heeadler. he raM. Won a Hollander who had been trken .tT the firt ehip raptured , and kept abonrd because he hod made an , lnen'tin) remark to the enptain about Oerwian money, . , . i; ' eta Ko Sbipa- ' For about three, weeka the - raider -kept beating up and down looking for I pawing ahipa. Meeting none, - they went nouth to Mopehn on July ' Si nenored on tha lee aida of tk ialnnt. and receiving apparatua and without .dimeui'y they were able to hear Pago 1'agov Jnuin, nnd' Honolulu. ' . tn Auct ia. Captain Smith re lated: the &ermun officer fitted np and armed a araall boat and utarted for the Cook Inlands-or the Fiji Inlnnda, where they , toped to rapture aa American hip and come- back for the crew. Count von I.uckner, the maater, waa in j eharge.. They were, never henrd of pnn at Alopcha Inland. , ... . Wlrcler Moraaga Intercepted ; After their departure, wirelena mea- aagen in eod from I'ngo- I 'a go to the i American consul were intercepted and the 'German crew believed the Count had been captured. On September S a .. French' trad ins; schooner from Pa peete, the Luteee, put in at the island. First' Lieutenant Kling took a motoi boat and machine gun and raptured the ship." .fhe-knd a-large rargo of flour, salmon and beef and a supply of water. Kling aad bis crew - dismantled ' the wireless' plant aad .left- the island in the. Latere i that nicht,- leaving, forty eight souls,, iacliidiug the Americana the crew of the Frcnth trader and fourr aativea of tha island.- Hcant provisions and bad at hat, were left them. Be aides these, they found a few eocoaouts but the great number of rata on the iitlaad dotroj-e-l them. There wa plenty of AbIi arid turtles. . A email boat, had been left behind nnd the marooned men fitted it up. The captain, of the Maui la r with 4 "mail crew started out in the loat for Ta hiti 00 8epteuiber H. Tbey failed to reach Tahiti and returned exhausted or fopteuiber 16. Captain Hrnitk with three mew took tho smalt boat and manngetl to reach iai;o Pago ten dayn later. : Marta Ara Dostroyad - -. , Captain . tfinith. said that after the Secaillur was abandoned the Oerinaa 1 nwni n ik. mast m that passing vessels might not ,i?ht them. Thev were unable to sink th, Manila a she wan loaded with, lum bet and the .Icreli.-t Sow probably ia 1 i,a to ' naviiratiaa. Although - tht Heendler may be n wreck, it ia possible that bet 'guns still are in position U use. ' ' '. 1, Renent despatches indicate7 that the captain of the Heeadler and Ave of' hir crew were -aiturel on He pt ember 2' off the Fiji Islands by Fijian eonstnbu lury. -What became of the men whr left 'Mopeha Island iu the Luteee - if not. knwn.'r ' ', ' ,Vt ' REVOLTING SOLDIERS -' CONTROL PROVINCES TOKIO, November 16V (Special ta Nippo Jiji) Tha soldiers of. the pror ince of uei Chow today revolted against tha Peking government. - . A concentrated attack npoa the city of Chunk King, ia the province of Bice Cbuan, ia now in progress, and tha oe eupation of thcVeity by the attacking forces is momentarily feared. The city garrison, which atill remains loyal to Peking, appears to be unable to hold out any longer. ... .' ' The revolutionary . forces ara sow overwhelming and dominant in ths aonthera' provinces in China. The join ing of the Quel Chow troops ia the revolutionary movements has caused tha Peking government to lose its in. flueaee and bold ia the affected parts -of the tsauVleaoiae repubUe in mark ed degra,i'.. , ..' j . . . The bank notes Issued by the Chin . r ; . . 1 . . . fee communication Hank, a rovern aient institution. sufferd , a decided drop .today on tlfe I'oking? money mar ket aud have become almost worthless. , . ... . ... . . NEW RESTRICTIONS FOR " H - ENEMY. ALIENS PLANNED WAKHINOTQ.V. Npvem'ber Ifl As miriated l'iis Draxtie regulations to rest rlut eiifiny aliens in the I'uited ritutes are being considered by ' l'reai dent Wilson, and bis cabinet. - - 'V " PREMIER RESIGNS - 1'KKINQ, November !( Associated rresa-rV4tb. revolutions threatening iu various provincea and dissatlafaetion Ilelgiuui imI the BkIkiuus -ami th a wkthiii.the cabinet tke-Cbinesu 1're.ia- triuiinutiiiu that the L'uitvd. mates aid ier lius resigned. . to Bt'Igium should. uotceaso. mm CHECKS STAr.lFEOE Playing,' and' Singing pf "Star Spangled Banner"' Halt 1 Panic In Convention , j - -.- v- CBTCAOO, November 17-(AaocI ted Press) By the prompt action: of Campnninl'a orchestra and the crowds In the gallery;, what, might 'well have been ma of the most disastrouii panics ia history waa averted yesterday ia the great auimorium sunning wucrc sr convention of the Inhoi federation is continuing the most Important session ia ita taistenea. ' 1. ; . '-:' It was aoon after the morning ses Mnr hadr been ealled to, order yester day tkst" a antell of Datoka waa aotieed. ft resembled the odor given out by uvninir fuse and quickly (rave rise to hn mpresmoa tnat a bomb migkt' he onneali-4 iipme where about tha build iugi Tba delegates and the erowd be inr more and more nneasy aad were tarting toward the exits when the- or hentia "beenn plarinjr tSe ' 'War ipangled Banner' -la the gatlery the irowd, which bad not yet sensed tha tause ,.pf : the aneasiness down 'Stairs, gsn to sing tha patriotic words and hese were token- up' by tha delegates is well and the great ban shook' and trembled with the harmonious notes, v Thus wss a threatened stampede jvoiiled. - While the audience and dele gates aang an investigation waa madev tha cause of the- smoke discovered aad at tha elosa of the la-d stanxa the ao nouncement waa made that there wa no danger Hear of British) Air Boarid Ob- jecls'To Manner In Which . - News Was Given Out ',.1 , . LONDON, November . U (Associat ed ;' Prs8)--Iuternal troobfe in thr eabioet are rising . ta ., inconyenif ner tJoyd tieorge and his government.' Tea terday Viseount Cowdrar, chairman' of the air board; handed tha peemlef hin resignation.' This action waa taken? ws a consequence of the publication- wf 'he. lettrr of Lord Northeliffe, Tbars day, ,in hicb he refusod w eontmiselon knd gave his reasons , as differenaes of opinion'' which he held with J.'oyd Cleorga wati've to certain s;overnment Ib htlf reslgaatioa- Viarount Cawdray irotests "V i.Ioyd Ci cor pre because the first iutfrsstion that was given, of in tended ebangea in the cabinet came from tbe letter which Northeliffe gave ut to the press instead of having come from the? premier, direct to him.- ' Others, of tbe cabinet are said to be taking a similar stand and complica tions are quite possible., .y T Cj t-. I IN STREET CAR SWIASfl i .'." ',. .- ! .- ;' : ;;;'' : .' i TOKIO,' November lfl (Spoclnl 'to Vtppn Jiji) One of tbe worst elect rle ailway accident ever recorded In lapan occurred yesterday near tbe own of Hashimota on the Osaka-'Wa-:aysna eUxtrie railway, in which two ars carrying scores of passenger -met n a head-on collision, v. The terrillfl :ora of the crasU completely destroy d-eacb ear.: Kcven persooa. were in itaiitly killed and sixty etkera wera in jured in the accident, ;,- 'fv W 1 .rrirr:; BRAZIL WILL WITH ITS REP BIO JAN EI BO, November L7w-( Asso ciated PreMx.) llrstil 4a' ready to go forward - with ' reprisals .' -against Qer many for the'eosta and losnea which have been put upon .the , government. The president ' yesterday afternoon signed the bill , which- provides for re prisals and specifies the acts to be taken. . v-.-l.-' :V- '.. '" ' Uerman banks and other commercial houses, concessions aad otjier interests ure affected, by the bill aad there are orovUioae for the internment of 'any Hermans whose liberty might be deem ed as inimical to the interests of the country.';.;; .. . ,, j;; '.. .. ,. ,. . i ... , ,i ; ' ,t c CLEMEAiCEAU COMPLETES37 t NEW FRENCH MINISTRY 1 PARIS. November 17-(AasoeiateJ Press).ruClemeneeatt has bia " cabinet formed and is ready ta'aasnma the premiership of Fraare. i Little difficul ty was encountered- by the pew. lead er in obtaining the support and the ac ceptances whieh he desired. 'He an nounced that he hoped the eoaduei of the wl would be favorably influenced by tbe 'course which the new govern ment will pursue, , v V .:. v a b-, ', .. . h WILL CONTINUE' TO1 AI0 V ; SUFFERING BELGIUM V A HI I I N OTON, Novendwr '( As soeinted Press) Aid to BelfiiUm is not to end but will so stendilr on as nouded and as tho United .Mates isxable to give it. , v .y ' t ' r-v' : K i'rcftiiieut Wilson n,. 4 turtiiii.iy vpmt vetre emireMed km dt-tuttNynipathy !V PATH RES!GISBECAuSE! OF PUBUSHED NOTE THREE SCORE HURT nrv nir !SS!KBRENSIif .LOSES :: nUltllt.llllW, Article Jit Bcrfm Paper aya If Jerusalem Be Taken, Onen-v ; l.V''tal Policy ;is! Lost- ' COPEN KAQEN. November - J I ( A- ociatea' i"rese. . Mritisa succeases iignlnst'; tho ;Turkr In PnleMine; are viewed, with alarm in Oermany by mili Ury experts, even if no governmental action ,has Veen taken, to reader, sid to the. TttrkjV.---. - j )..-, ..:..;.' -'.i.v, . 1 1 a Berliw wewiipnper, 'Cnptaia -toe atxmah direct ' spedne ' attcntlca ' the' importanenynr the 4-eeent Britisl; t,stna In Palestiiie. - He p-otn ont that the capture of Jerusalem would threat v the entire 'Oriental policy of the Germane ' -'.-.t ..' ' ' - There ha bee no Indication given tha ' article - asserts, that- the govern moats of German v and Anttria bavc ."ity intention of fending asaietanea. t the Turks oa that front where hv in i"ts that the situation appear! ta fx liighly 'critical ' . .. - ', ' - t ...,.,.. I..,- . IDIOBIOJ BE ELECTION Senator, Myers Savs iPeopfe of ; Territory Should Express Wishes Before Action, ! IlILO November 19 (Special to Thr Advertiser) Hawaii 'a mad problems the righta ' of citlsens ' to insist en a livision of the public fawdn as ?asf ' the leases' on; such land expire,-and homiest ending in general continue 'ta b the. chief, topics of discusidon among the vrsitinT congressmen and Senator Myersf of ' Montana, an kvowed frien of hoineeteadlng. romos' forward witt the anggnntiow that1 this; be mad ae 'rseue iM the next territorial election an' meantime- the present laws be allowed to stand but be atrictbr enforced. On tbe- ianai af the hotel last aiuhl there was wa informal debate, on- the land aud i'honiesteadiug. - questions in which a number' of the- rongreseiona harty ;- Vnrticipated.' 'They ', expressed tbemsolves' freely ' hut "none was snore entepokea than was--Henatar Myeea. He niale it evident that the arguments of wbat Judge sAahforil- has termed the I'admlnistratiwn 'lobbv hnv pot- in 0ue'd hia fiew and that he will oppaia any nmendme&ts ta tha -organic act aurh-a jMs- kaowa th -administra tion' i.destrea -' aauV ban" Already sought thrdughi-;''. Land ' 'qmmliiiohor' Riven burgh wblV he waita" Wa-AluJgta. Henarbr Myeva suirgcst that the pea pie of - Hawaii shall ateeide this qnes t'ren for themoetveH. He wmdw tbe tell ing' poiDf in bis' aTgumewtn' tbMt ahu-e taa. tegialatura at iU last session bad reTused to make tbe reeoMmendat.ioo te eongrosn that the . mad tawa ahouM be ebanued to iiaect tbe'dcairet of tho flov em or, enngrwsa would have uo right te pas aweb amradnients.. f or himself, be said, he wanted to fcrrnw the teal wish es of .the people of the Territory- anrl lie would vole ami aovise axmnsi, int ivasiwiiM 'of aweb- 'tirnpose'tr wmradnients t tbey-cnoin. up at the aokt eetutioo.' - -Mske the matter o' bemestea-ung nan the msthoits to be employed in home' stendipa an- tsxue in the nent election Lwaa the- advice w-hich he gttve. - Witl the uetK sattled ly the voters ton Cross could teel that it had an expres sion from all or tne people aua no from, certain factjons. SOLDIERS! r Plans For 1.ight Attack'; Next Thursday Completerl .'. Prepsrat ion are well uadttr way fot tbe night attack with which the visit ing congressmen are to be entertainer1 at Fort Hkafter next Thursday night A company, -composed 'of ; picbail -'. met from the regiment i be-ing drilled ii the latest Kuropeau metliexls of attack' iug a trench. -. -f- V. - ' iU. - Major 1. B. fteanett la ia charge o the work, and he hits assisting hiu: three orHcera who have ".recently re turned front a course ia Che grenade school at Bchof.ehl.' There will be ma chine gun experts on hand to assist- rr that Importaut ' branch tf tha- attack while aU the resources of tho Engineer nd Signal Corps troops will be utilised to render the attnsk' add ' defense at, foa'lialbj as tioasible, " V . One of the most interesting and irjtee tacular feature of tbe V battle'' wil be the lllumlnatiug bomb4 by which th whole neigbborhool of the trenches wil ba mada a uade at bricUt as, day- 1 1 1 iVj ; !(-nl ; Aj l-j- i ' "C more iM im This yeas valuraatof tax ;f)ayn)aati probably wtfl exceed those of Inat yaav despite soaring living costs, according o the estimate of Tax- Asseswr Cliarle T. Wilder. ; Yesterday wna th "t da.V on which- jmywents might be made tr avoid' delincfueney, but it will be. sev. eial days before a eompllatioa of thf total payment ran bo compli'tad .Vtf to WedlieadaV night a total of approxl ntiitelv 4050,000, . including all -classes '. of tat Pavements, had been made. ' I Tha 4luy in aoneaneing total . ol ileatiaiia; ia ilt. in; largo measure to the , heavy mmi a.vments.or uie Dig sugsr coiuimjivys ami 'Other corj.ornus wno Mod. in report,' ''' cheek covering whole communities. ' A Urge number of these' ro 119 beiog. checked up. , m a ISSUE J a. s. .w. a a a NAGIIQN TitrpAiTi irrt . r-1 r AYUV U V Vr-W I. r,,rln,r.n. Ii Turn v -' -':' t Vf -- viitvvi J MenpReady iiu HeAgrees 10 Keturn to' PetrogM But Is Said To Ha ve OVERTHROW W W n mmmm WW I 0ND0N," November 17 (Associated Press) Kerenskv and his U fjovernment have fallen and the fall. Is complete and Irretriev able, reports received from Petrograd yesterday and last night seem o indicate beyond doubt; As to whether he is in the hands of his enemies or has made his escape there' appears to be some doubt ' s reports on this point, differ, one telling of his escape and the other that he Is a prisoner on the .outskirts, of Petrograd. In tho streets the soldiers of new government were last night parading he streets.7 rejoicing and celebrating their victory.' The army eems to, be practically solid for the , Maximilist-Bclshe-Vikl gov ernment Bloodshed and anarchy and the hurling of bombs in the streets are reported . from other points in Russia. ' ; ' ' ..-''VrfORCESpEFEATED BT RADICALS yl.; i . 'Advancing'! from Gatchiria Kerensky's forces are reported tc ihave been met between. Tsarke-Selo and Pulkovia by the forces rthichtod been sent from Petrograd. Ths battle-was reported iarlieir in the week with the result not definitely given. It is now -eported to have resulted in the defeat ot the troop? cf Kerensky Who fell back upon Gatchina. :- ,-;'''.;A''.-AGREES T0G0 TO PETROGRAD r" vr;'Whch Kerensky' learned' that the' officers bf the army which ladUeen faithful to him had turned against him and that the men vere on the point of desertion and ready to ge over at once to the ipproachirtg forces of 'the Workmen's and Soldiers' council, he jgreed to go to Petrograd, the report says.: But while a guard 0 take him back to the capital was being arranged he is said to lave disappeared and is supposed to have left Gatchina disguised jlj j sailor ' 'y -'" '.' ? ' 1 .( . j-.- ;','"' ;.'. . . . . ONLY OBEYED TH E1R SUPER.O RS . " ' Cenaral. Duhenkin 'then assumed command of the.Kerensky orces and with the arrival of the regiments with which they had e'cently . fought General Krisnoff was arrested together with other nembers of ; Kerensky's 'fate staff. These pleadsd for mercy on vhe, ground that they were not responsible for the resistance that tad, been offered but. had. only acted under orders from Kerensky vhom they had considered their superior officer and that when hey had learned true conditions they had turned from him and Aere ready to pledge their support' to the newly organized go v "rnment. . . - y ;y ;yy REJOICE IN PETROGRAD STREETS 0' Last night a Sumilovsky regiment just returned from fighting the' Kerensky forces marched through the streets singing patriotic iongs. Speeches were made on street corners and ihe speakers declared that Kerensky and his Cossacks had been made prisoners nd were even then arriving at the outskirts of the city. v .Other reports said 'that Tsarke-Selo changed hands twice .vithin three days. 1 News of its capture by Kerensky and his fol oweri Was sent out but, fhe report of its recapture by the radicals vas not received. ; v - ! : ; . Fifteen hundred Cbssacks are reported to have been killed or mounded within, five miles of Petrograd yesterday and it is as tumcd these were a part of the force that had been reported as joming from Finland, , ; - v In Kiev conditions of anarchy continued and a bomb was hrown into a street car causing a considerable loss of life, j Moscow was reported as more quiet. : ; J : f. OFFICIALS FILLED WITH GLOOM V'VFrdm these" reports government officials take a very gloomy lew of the situation, With the known declarations of the radical jovernment for peace and its intention to present a plan of peace ta Germany it would seem that Russia is completely eliminated rom the reckoning as a fighting element in the alliance. 1 y From Amsterdam came reports-that the Reichstag, or the joclalistic . elements of fhat. body are preparing to give 'consid eration to Russian, proposals, next week and will heartily favor the -naking of a separate peace with the Slavs: , - r It is believed that already Jarae numbers of . the Austro-Ger- J nan troops have been drawn jsen m ing naiian campaign ana einforcements Will be taken from igalnst the Allies on fronts where I at ss . eea 01 mem. s. NEW. PLANS BEING MADE , - FOR HIL0 BREAKWATER TJnder the latest approiriutloa of 150,000, ilns are beinir prepared in the-army engineers' otrice, Haeaiitm aepartment, for additional werk 00 the Uilo brenk water. ,-Werk m the preced ing contract eudeaj last Teesdsy. L-.'f .' . .-' ZAXlA COU)s ' re care'ur of tha, voids yoti take ut this time ot the year. - They are psru .-iH 1 mr masti " .wintei out, roH, , , Tuk I sminntion arei Tony Ajjuiar, Oakland, Olianilierlal'a, C.)iijH Uetm'.Tv ut buce.-soring 1, ordei1," KMIOj pr, K. II. AntjeC k'or kle by all .Imlwi Beunon, Hmitk maonrUa l;'Vnt)eVMCo,' Vrl.il, order, & Co.; Ltd. Agt". foVHaaaiU AJver-1 4S.1. and Cliorles Hosier, M. James, Mis tUemeot. . , K . ' aourl, - 1 r ; - , RE FULL'; CONTROL " - ', I' : ',,,,,, A - .' . .' A !! -fit! Aga inst Him , IS COMPLETE Pisappearcd away from the Russian front and ihu expegiauoii is mat sun ouier the northern' fronts to be directed the Central Powers have greater DRAFT BOARD EXEMPTS THREE AND CALLS THREE Tbrrr have been exempted and throe have .been 'calle'i for examination by the draft , board of . Pivision No. Honolulu. Thosa exempted are: Harry Kurisuki, transferred from . lis An ioes. Serial No. 17, order, No. i'-Wi JLVmet P. Coiinotly, Oaklaod, serinl number, WJ, order, .1 1 t):i and Charles (.iuIhuI Ktreet. Kan Francises, scrinl 807-1, order, joiih.- Those coliei ror h- M ..-' :' -. '-!" '. "V'HaaVVC(Ha-'tr-! ' V'- f