A ITEMS DF INTEREST rom Forest Reserves uted to Various Counties. 10.—Flathead county littst «life of the share # of Montana forest re , fiscal year ending June jiy of the counties, ac i compilation made by • K. <». Poland, showing Ion to be made of $116, nnd Clark Is in second m third nnd Boaverh' ad it* stands at the foot of vill 35 ounty, instead of getting is credited with having $2,2(13*45. This overdraft fhe fact that for several y was erroneously dis t in accordance with the egulatlons > which pro er cent of ^0 forest re pts shall go to the eoun upon the proportion *»f rea in each county, ivill be distributed as most Instances there being Inn in •dim he counties: ,d^ $7,128.00; Blaine, 35 dwater. $1,220. M: Carbon, rter, $375.81; Cascade, Chouteau, $175.90; Custer, Lodge, $6,639,6!; F:»1 Ifergys, $1,073.85; Flat ,958.42; Gallatin. $2,984.31; 4,987.17: Jefferson. $9,606.50; Mark. $10,460.85; Lincoln. Madison. $6,488.49; M«* igh«*r, Mineral, $6,687.5«; Mi sou la. MtfifcPlfthell, $137 16; Parle, Phillips, $165.68; .»well, Ravalli. $4,625.87; R« sebud. Ramiers, overdrawn $2,203.45; iow, $3,898.07; Still water. weet Grass, $1.752.77; T«-ton, Wheatland, $75.63. LL VISIT BUTTE lov. 16.—President J. the Montana State « start today on a trip through [Montana, including Missoula, Lodge, Anaconda and under the auspices of the sity extension department, give his illustrated lecture gium. President Hamilton trip through Belgium shortly ar started and has kept touch with the developments untry ever since. SKED TO HELP. Nov. 16 The University of vill be «ailed upon to help ieeds of the nation in war. rence to be held Dec. 2 in by Chancellor 1£. C. Elliott rtf thf< affiliated schuuis will the new problems and duties s thrust upon them. "We rid ourselves of a of accumulated in« i-itt. in discussing the r education must hen more direct ar jstitu lions must r step." certain is," said meeting, ule more eful. ade to re ettlers ILL ENTER ARMY. Via. Nov. 16.— Dr. M. E. Know* finer state veterinarian, leaves f ï Ohio, where he will enter ny veterinary corps as a sec* ti tenant. T RELINQUISH LAND. na. Nov. 16.—The state cannot he request of <*ertain s uleau county that 3.000 a« he relinquished in their fa decided when a negative received from the. interior nt to a telegram sent by Rej ne y Miller. He asked: ite offers to relin«iuish ind* ! "ol lands after clear lii '•< h relinquishments be i lly referred Mr. Miller t i rendered severtl years the question adversely. It is 1 that «»ne of the provisions of «filing act prohibits the state iking the action requested. L MAKE THEM WORK. City, Nov. 16.—Members of j er county defense council met . tho hoard of county commis esterday in regard to the dis pro-German residents of this i ho may he arrested under the act. It agreed .ha, tto j r the matter of , would take ' and support of any enemy ho may he arrested and in- | and that the prisoners he | to work on the roads of the several weeks United States ervice men have been quietly k on this county securing evi ^ainst pro-German and anti n elements. Tt is rumored that idene« has progressed to the where arrests are liable at any •t and presumably the subject s posai of the prisoners was ht to the attention of the de councll with the above action ing. RNEYS ARE ACCUSED. Nov. 16 —Charles F. Huppe. f Billings, where, with Myer Goldblrd. he held himBelf out to attorney at law r , must show before the supreme court Nov. y he should not be punished for pt In so representing himself a matter of fact, he has been admitted to practica law. has left Billings, proceedings were instituted ibis month by Attorney General F'ord against both Huppe and lr d- Citations were Issued, but ird could not be found In Hon H tippe was located at Geyser, Great Falls, where he was em by the Great Northern a n «gent. More Scenes From Venice, the World's Wonder City, Which Is Now Threatened With the Devastation Wrought by War rr m \ ...... •' ' HV . % m '«ai ^_________ y — jï, >~~ Wm*. ï : ÿ-2.r*l \ ' * -wm f ! j " ON PIAVE LINE WHERE ITALY STANDS AT BAY TO SAVE BEAUTIFUL VENICE Correspondent Gives Detailed Description of the Scenes Along the Newest Battle Front in Europe. A Narrow Ribbon of Water, Behind Which Crouch the Determined Infantrymen of Rome and the Artillery of the Allies, Must Hold the Des perate Foe. Italian Headquarters in Northen Italy, Wednesday, Not'. 14.— (By th< associated press j—The Italian gen era I staff gave the* first opportunity to Jay t e battle front and es pondent was among the lirst ilians authorized to take th* t came at an opportune m«> ment when the enemy had succeeded in getting small parties across the river al two point* and when the holding or breaking of the Piave line promised to bring the whole issue into the balance for Italy and, to some + tent, for the entire entente. An olDcer fr£m the headquarters stuff was in charge of the party, which gave it free acc <•:■»« through the rear lines to the Piave, where the chief points along th« 30 miles of front were , lsih! obi the operatic through (vhole rang«* of th«- giga Some ten miles back tiie correspondent r solid miles of troops coming and ing to the front. Thus«- going t*> rear were mud-covered and tired, not disheartened. Those going ward appeared resolute and some singing. Refugees afoot and ii carts crowded the li«d«ls and r< seeking safety from this sudden rush of th«* enemy. The party passed Ri- tc. a little hamlet where Pop* X. was horn, and a small « ross road church marked the place wh< used to be a curate before his tion to the papacy. Witnesses Air Raid. An air raid tuok place as the party passed near the church. Five shots were fired, hut the raider got away. Knots of soldiers tilled the streets and villages as they stood gazing at the black pall of smoke in the east. At the outskirts of the villages th"-e were long lines of Chevaux de I lise ready to obstruct infantry rushes. Along the road toward the front inill larv telegraph lires were strung on the t"!>s of hushes as there had been no time to erect poles. j Th* first stop was made at Aso -u . 10 miles hack from »er ' 4 _ the ancient castl«? ° '' , _ . (Catharine of * yp i abdication, locate a commanding l« is to of high hill, iew' «jf th« j «ram. of the'baMJe I ^^ ^ , to th> east eminence spread «*u and the l»attle lin* | plüln u | to lh climb fu! Enemy Across River. The Piave lay straight ahrv.l appeared rather wide at this although further on it was so that it was difficult to believ perate foe could be i a harrier even in the fi Ians' heroic resistance river five small the enemy could be seen churches and towers stood out plainly. These were on the plain bordering the T ank for a half mil. back wher; the foothills rose to high hilts, t which the German and Austrian t at Ter lee were located The cannonade bad now become heavy and eouUnuou. and bursts of smoke from the bills on the other side of th" P "' rl the line of the enemy s batterl a. Villagers Fleeing. The route now turned along the w bank of the river, where iong lineg peaceful vHlagee had been transformed suddenly by terror of the enemy bom k-nimofit The townspeople Sïïîny gathering their belongings and thf women and children seemed ter rifled as they humed groupe ^f "ardu"" which Inffi^cd that Z fighting ground point, rrow xtreme front. Their shirt fronts open, although it was a cold nn day, and they looked the da.ro nsfo pitals fi signs. *y arc known t ail along the nrked ith .ad had been ry field hos imphovised carrying flowers, which looked like gaiety, hut other soldiers who fol l« wed with a funeral .wreath ina«le it look more like deâtV There were ambulances along the road, hut no sign of wounded. At one viilag*- regi ments of Alp forward. Ban also moving down to the rivet evergreen houghs screening the The whole western bank of the is lined with beautiful villas ai tensive parks filled with statuary. Shelling the Road. The party had now reached a vil lage three miles from the Piave line and the shelling was continuous. As j the army automobile earn«* up the road j to the railway station a shell burst squarely in the road, 100 yards ahead "They are shelling the road," said liie escort as he wheeled the automo bile behind the station where groups of soldiers w«re crouching in th« doorways. One of the fragments of this shell came whizzing towards th* station an«l buried itself in the wall. A soldier led the way through a thicket up the side of a hill where an j Italian observation post had Iw?* tahlished and from this ptdni of vant the correspondent looked out « n he long lines «m both i»anks of the The town of Vidor, now held General von Buelow's German troops, was just across the river from the point of observation and a big rman sausage balloon was inso lently hanging over the town observ ing the work of Italian batteries. The ampanile of \ idor was distinctly vis ile and Äith field glasses se\c*ral men ï >uld iw* seen moving about the out skirts of the town. How this could he ith such shelling going on was difli It tu understand. The ad van tag e Germans had at this point was ident, as the hills rose back of the town, giving them a batteries. These play Italians in the pluin f the river. for their ow n on the the eastern , — -' he lvall toward ' Again the rout*, turned southward I long the river. At one point the J The Heroic Cavalry. arty passed one of those h*^rolc regi aents of cavalry which acted as a rear guard as the main Italian army retired to the western trank of the lave. The cavalry horses had b<-en tethered in a vineyard. AH the \ ine vards, haystacks an«l gathered crops .re being sacrificed in the present mergercy. Nearing the river the roads were full of frightened people hurrying away with their pitiful fam ilies on the top of household goods rried on carts and wagons The actual rlv. t*ank was now near ____ I , h „ cove a'.p'-cial warninK I Of rifle and machine «no Are. in addl to ,. hr: ,..nel from the batteries The town of N-ervesa. on the river s ! lee was deserted enmjdetelv as the ; w rtv passed down ,o the wharves and a .tient town had a sepulchral as ' ct The roar of nrtfllery was now supplemented by the rattle^ of "coffe. mills ' ■*" guns, i river. __ t h e soldiers call the machine md the crack of rlfl«. fire. Down to the Eiver. Officer/* led the way. erwpinc in .incle Hie into »o old warehouse Ctanding on the edge of the Piave ] it already had been a target gùn flrè Then 1 two machine gun fire, i ehe« hoi«. The s m TönjÄPieooc. . The wonder oily of tires and abartdoncil l< l»c transported luive b« magnificent building-. Bridge of Siglis; the «* the upper right is tie i PREPARING FOB THE FOE IN VENICE. ta Maria della nine of th*- iw chant of Venii i ul archite cture is yet untoi jehed hy its people. Only 2(j,000 of its 150,000 m taken to places of safety. \Vhatcv( id public st :ru«tui c-s has a Ire; i,ter pii-tun . shov .'s the Chur ch of Sa i ialtu bridgi , whi< h was the wene of ■ a city denuded «,f its art tr< *. All works «>f art that «■« ic architectural beauties «.»f •e: At the left is the fan. , from tin- Campanile; am: cldents that Shakespeare c j j j , [ brid great wine vats. ill fud had been abandoned in th* hasty flight of the Villagers. The rfi • : at this point is extremely narrow, with a Jong shoal through the mttffi \ off- ring th«* enemy handy medMAffedtOng b Vf way r thrown Into the water. On the way back the correspondent I tt.ri.ush the deserted city of Treviso, where aenerata Foch. Wil son and fad.. ma held the first of the ! conferences at which flans for French ; ,, n d Ttrltish eo-operation with the Ital urns were made. The city was .ban d. ned and /Aient. The town clock | m d stopped at 9:10 o'clock, although »'dock in the i fien th«* party passed through ,____ _ j anM . s wa< run over by a motor ear y,. ] terda> . hut Ite had a «mile nn his face iw hcn Ihev took,him to Ihr hospital. 1 "He^was carrying home a rake at the 'time and « pnnetared a tire.' BSVENOE. There are. compensations for most things," said Mrs. Wilkins. "Poor aftern«x>n ! ; Adver tising rates on appli cation. THE BUTTE DAILY POST DEER LODGE BUREAU Office Boom 2 Klein BUSINESS SESSION OF Make Appropriation for Y. M. C. A. Fund—To Observe Health Week. No iftern«H Lodge, «>f the Worn; chapter h n, at which ^ transacted. i's club was held jse Wednesday insiderable busi I'pon the unani mous vote of t he members present it w «s decided to subscribe $10 out of th* treasurv funds toward th«; Y. M. C. A. campaign which is now being con ducted It was also decided that a •turn equal to 25 cent.*-: for each member sh«iuid be contributed to th«- •«tat* »•durational fund of the Stab- Fédéra - Health week, I>ec. 2 to 9. will be ob ■*. rved by the Woman's club, and h committee has ixen app«*inted to look if ter the sale of Red Cron« seals for the fund for the prevention of tubercu losis in Montana Mrs. W. J Marsh is chairman of the committee and wi! be assisted by Mrs. J. A Grant and Mrs. D. J Davies. 8*-als will be placed ..n wile in a!! of the stores and banks and a booth will probably be placed in the postofllce during health week It is also planned to have Dr A. D. Mac D* na!d *r>e*k at one of the local churches upon the subject of tuber co!*»sis. The talk will be given Dec. 2 or Dec. 9. NEW SCHOOL BUILDING WILL BE READY SOON Wednesday evening at a progressiv, bridge party The ladies ha e decided ; Dc«r laodg«*. Nov. 16—Ptartcring at the n«i?w county high school building Is being rush«»d with all possible «p«cd these days, and It is expected that with no delays the work will be com pleted within th«* next thr«»e w«^V* Everything wili then be in readin«»«» for the finisher* and by the first of the year or shortly after it Is hoped that the building will be ready for use. MRS. JOSEPH COY ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE Deer lx>dge. Nov. 16.—Mrs. Joseph Coy entertained about 20 women at j home on North Fifth '**' ran '* ? ul of duty land hla tap ran backward. __________________ to ^old week!« «session* at which «>ach ; ! member will pay 25 cents, the pro ; ce«*ls to be given to the Red Cross society. DISQUALIFIED. Knicker- —la Jones physically dis qualified? Bocker— H« can't see red. krhite and ï. M. C. 1. C1PI1ICN IS NOW ASSURED SUCCESS Captains Announce More Than Half of the Funds Have Been Pledged. A. fund, had last ight, according to announce rr«*nts which were mad«- at th* cam paign headquarters. All of th« t* am captains and their workers have en tered into th<- campaign with a vim which assures the success of the un dertaking and it m felt certain that when the campaign comes to a ci -> Katurday night Powell county will have subscribed its $2.500 ; ?'* h * DEER LODGE BRIEFS Deer Lodge. Nov. 16—Mr and Mrs. Hyatt Barnhill, Mrs. F. a. Grabenstein and Mr« Karl ZerMuehl* n mot*.-red to Butte Wednesday. Although the part> returned in the afternoon th«* fog was so heavy that the lights on the ma chine were neceasar: Will Briggeman of Gold «'reek wls a business visitor here yesterday Mr. and Mr« Fred Murphy have re turned from a short visit in Butte. Mrs. Clyde Medley r* turned the first 1 of the week from a two weeks* visit j to Seattle and other c*• recommendation of ; T *v.tlth Commissioner Srttz. who said it would be unwise to take a chance on the spreading of scarlet fever and other conutgious diseases now epi demie in Bozeman MEAN BEUTE! • Woman has a hard time making her self understood,' sighed ike »uff. "No wonder.*' replied the Msi Man. *T never met one who was willing to make herself plain." VENICE DESERTED B! 140.000 OF HER PEOPLE (Continue«! From Page One.) .r at Vin lee, who a descendant the Doges and a < h miberlain to the . n of Italy, announced mday that would remain at his post. Most of art trea- re» painting • and sculp ed. Desolate Appearance. I'h«- outward ajq «-.trance of th«* cdy . « ry fJ«-M<»Iat« much like when f$in ' ï i. nn made th* r la -t descent Upon more than '■<) years ago. All tho In hotel;:, nil• » and fa«tori«: ami • je dry and gin-'*- hops patronized M yal J»inie!i. on tfi«- Grand canal, re open cafe o well of Ft. ire «till ï along Famous Places Deserted WOMAN GOES FOR WALK AFTER REMAINING HOME FOR FORTY LONG YEARS 1 j j force of har she stayed a of children, she did not next door nt a very frient ture. The rg the other home for the and lh«m shn -r,s said she had no »R for r« main i rig so '-.'•ide