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SLIGHT CHANGE
IN ORDER OF
DRAFT CLASSES
Married Men With Depend
ents Far Down in the
List.

Washington, Nov. 14.-The five
classes into which nine million men
registered for military duty and those
who are registered hereafter-are di-
vided and the order in which theyfwill
be called for service was officially an
nounced today in the provost marshal
generals questionnaire which every
registered man must fill out and file.
The order shows some change from
the tentative draft published some
time ago.
Contrary to some published reports
it does not exempt married men as a
class, but it does place married men
with dependent wives and children far
down on the list Of tables. In fact,
the QUESTIONABLE indicates that only
men Of the first class will be called to
the colors except in the gravest emer-
gency.
Legal and medical advisory boards
now being organized in every COM
munity will aid the registrant in MAX
ing his answers.
Seven days are allowed registrants
fill it out and return 1t to the local
board.
The registrant, after filling in the
inside Of his QUESTIONABLE Indicates on
the front the class to which he be-
lieves he should be assigned. If the
boar agrees, there is no further ac-
ton necessary by either party until
the individual comes due for mill
tary service and is called up for physi-
cal examination. If the board dis
agrees and places the registrant in
another class, the machinery for ap-
peal to the district board is set III
motion autOmaticaI1y ~
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TROOPS
.AREFORCEDT0
QUIT .0JlNAG0
After Two Hours Fighting
Government Forces
Drive Them OFF.


Ojinaga. Mex. Nov. 14.-After two
hours of fighting early today, Fran
cisco Villas troops were driven away
from this town by the Mexican gov
ernment forces under General Juan
.Espinosa Cordova. This was officially
announced at the military headquar-
ters here.
Presidio. Tex, Nov. 14.-Fighting
between Villa forces and Mexican gov
ernment troops began at Ojinaga at
$50 a. M. Central ume.) The at
tack started from the southwest and
grew gradually with the approach of
daylight" into constant fire of rifle
shots.
No artillery, machine guns or hand
bombs were used in the first attack.
American patrols are guarding the
fort opposite Ojinaga. 1t is reported
bullets are falling on the American
side of the Rio Grande.
Firing on the Mexican side con-
tinued until daylight. Then a ma
chine gun from the Ojinaga garrison
fired three volleys. Bullets continued
to fall on the American side of the
ford nearest to Ojinaga.
Refugees from Ojinaga started
coming across to the United States
and reported the, fighting was outside
Of town. The attack apparently was
against the: main camp of General
Espinosa Y. Cordova. one and one
half miles southwest of Ojinaga.
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WAR DEPT. ASKING
E MANY QUESTIONS

Fargo. N. D., Nov. 14.-County Au-
ditor w. r. Tucker will agree with
Sherman In his statement relative to
the definition of war.
With. the receipt of instructions
from the war department Monday on
matters pertaining to classification.
further Information is asked of the
auditor through blanks received this
afternoon.
j ITO what extent was falsification
attempted ?' Is one Of the bits OF in
formation the war department wants
from the Cass county auditor. Then
it wants to know In what ways that
It can be best detected. The auditor
is further asked to advise the war de-
5partment a8 to what was the general
attitude OF the community and the
board as to the filing Of exemption
claims. FL Z!
a TO what extent were claims on the
whole exaggsrated or unfounded! !!
should the class OF draftable persons
be ENLARGED by adding any other
grounds OF exemption or discharge
than now provided BY law Should
Ahe class Of. draftAbleS persons In the
fltute drafts be fenlakk ked or dimiuSsh-
[ed q to A4e to be inclntod What
r1commei,da&tond do you make a. TO
tho ofnces Sof; The Unitaa StAAsa 1nd
the states. mtni1t tsss sof reltg4On. sesi-
of divinity pes ons ii military
egEv1np ana ptll qas tioes sAxO aEnpnK
~ 'ss''s
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-14
THIRD SERIES OF U. S. SOLDIERS
NOW IN TRENCHES; SECOND FORCE
SEEKS REVENGE FOR COMRADES
Relief Accomplished With
out Incident on Starlight
Night-Ranks of Second
Battalions Show Results Of
Recent German Raid.

With the American Army in
France. Tuesday. Nov. 13..-(By the
Associated Press The third series of
American battalions is now occupying
the first line and the second American
Sdetachments to enter the trenches
have returned to their billets. The re-
lief was accomplished on brilliant
starlisht night without the knowledge
of the Germans. a..sis !.
Included /. among the returning
troops is the company which bore the
brunt Of the recent raid %On the
American trenches. aS At retreat this
evening this company lined up In 2
little muddy street In a village nest
ling under hill some miles from the
mud and the roofs and fences nearby
were hung with wet blankets and
ssc Openings here and there IN the
ranks showeds how many men had
been killed. wounded and made iprts-
oners In the trench fight. Z After the
company was disIlissed lSan officer q
the battalion watched the men. splash
on through the mud and said: ss. 5s
There goes the scrappiest buncn q 3,
soldiers,in France. They are inad'alI
|throtrh and are just bidinE their time
until they get IA chance TO repay the
Germans for what happened toTtheir
comradea. They will get their re-
vsngo Il before this war a. over. you
can depend On that. = l. y HI. II I.
The second return hattAlions today
we're Koing through the aanie serass
|of Athins and cleaning "a the 3 iiEst &
|detachmert.. The mena are TO enjoy
sayeral days rest before taking sup
the naininS work =: s.S sSs
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GERMANS CLAIM
CAPTURE ? !. OF; J !; TWO
ITALIAN TOWNS
Primclano and Feltre, Are
Taken, Berlin Declares
Today. !,
INVADERS OPERATE
ON FOUR Y BIG FRONTS
Italian Aviator Declares
Udine Was Little
Damaged.

Italian Headquarters in Italy, Tues
day, Nov. 13.-(By Associated Press)
The Piave line still holds in the
main against heavy and continuous
artillery fire from the eastern bank
and the efforts Of the Austro- Germans
to cross the stream. These efforts
have not taken the proportions Of q
general moveme ent but several bat
talions crossed the river on 4pontoons
near Zenson. The italian artillery
Its fire on the ,raiding
parties, either destroying them in
midstream or pushing them back on
the river, bank. The fighting here was
desperate and sanguinary.s Men who
have returned from the batteries
along the Piaves say the German fire
is extremely heavy but from middle
caliber guns. - e.
Enemy Busy ir :t Trentino.
Chief attention Z directed to-
wards the eastern \ -)r Of the Tren-
ttino front, where it runs across the
Asiago plateau to the upper Piave
river. The enemy is making demon
strations there which are. either a
diversion or prelude to a heavy at,
tack with the evident purpose OF
getting down into the valley toward
Bassano and the plains below, thus
separating the Italian army on the
Trentino from that on the Piave.
/ Reports indicate the enemy IS oper-
ating on four main fronts. General
Boroevioy is on the lower Piave,. Gen
eral Won Below is on the upper. Piave,
General Krobatin is in the eastern
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WILSON TO ASK bR0THFRHO0DST TO
Defer STRIKE TILL after THE WAR
Demand For Big Increase In Wages Causes President To
Put Federal Machinery In Motion Today-calls
Brotherhood Heads To Meeting
Spokesman For Men Against Arbitration Wilson Does
Not Intend To Have Country's Transportation Fa-
cilhes Tied Up At Critical Time

Washington Nov. 14.-Aroused by the plans Of the
railway mems brotherhood to demand wage increases
President Wilson has set the machinery the federal gov
ernment in motion to if possible the threat of pa
rass of the counrys transportation systems vital
the
At conference with the heads of the big Four
brotherhoods at the White House November 90 Pres
dent Wilson will appeal the labor leaders defer any
struggle until after the country has passed through the
period where systems are so vital to the
conduct of the war.
With the announcement of this conference it was dis
closed that President Wilson, while entertaining every
hope for complete agreement, does intend to permit
the countrys transportation systems be tied up by
strike at this critical time in the nations history if it
becomes necessary for the operate the roads
1t was disclosed today that Judge William L. Cham
bers head of the federal board of mediation and conca
on already has been holding conferences with the heads
of the Bg Four brotheroods The status of the proceed
gs far shows disinclnaton of the brotherhood heads
to commit themselves to plan ofarbratng the differ
aud tehope s ftr a1
agreement which will postpone any disruption of the trans
portaton systems until after the war;
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kERENSkY OVERTHR0WS RADICALS,
PERSISTENT REPORTS DECLARE
ITALIANS HOLD AGAINST HEAVY
ATTACK TEUTONS MAY MAKE BIG
DRIVEN EASTERN TRENTlNO

- .
Trentino,a and General Conrad in the
Below the task OF trying to force the
center while Boroevio and Conrad
press in the Piave and Trentino wings.
The number Of troops under the
Austro-German, commanders is not
known. $50
U1ine Little Damaged.
An italian aviator who made one of
the last. flights over Udine after 1t was
evacuated says the city was damaged
only little. He saw several large fires
at separated points and the hope is
expressed that one of them was not
the city hall Of Udine, which is a
architecture resembling the Doges
palace. Z - .a
2 The inter-allied council is consider
ing measures for the adequate protec-
tio1 OF Venice.
British Claim Two Towns.
Berlin, via London. Nov. 14.-The
capture by Austro-German forces Of
the towns of Primolano, in the Sugana
valley, and Feltre, west of the upper
Piave river, is announced today by
army headquarters.
Only, artillery fighting is reported
alonG the Piave river. The COM
munication follows:
:'In the Settle Comuni our troops
took by storm Italian hill positions
deeply covered with snow, to the east
of Asiago. apd the fortified work on
Monte Lisser. Primolano and Feltre
are in our possession
"There has been artillery firing
along the lower Piave."
f. Motor Cars Do Great Work.
Italian Headquarters in Northern
Italy, Tuesday, Now 13.-(Bys the.As-
sociated GPress) "A section sof, italian
motor cars; each Of which mounts
three quick firers7 in the turrets, Ii
Just hack from. ..nRe OF the host thrill.
ling experiences of the war. The
duty to which these cars were assikned
was to hold the bridges from 4 the
Taglfamento to the Piave rivers until
the cavalry rear guards had. passed
across, and then Sto burn the bridges
behind them. The commander and "a
number 4of his men were seen by the
at their camp, where
they recounted their experiences as
though they were every day occur
rences. ~ \
Huge cars resembling tanks stood
about at the camp, showing the scars
received in the recent ordeal. They
have heavily armored bodies. There
is steel door and for observation
purposes two. small openings are pro-
vided. The two turrets above revolve,
the upper one having one quick firer,
the lower two. .%sss
The orders were to Hold 20 the
death the bridges at Sacife, PofcentgU,
Santa Lucia and San Giovanni until
|
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MAXDMALISTS
JOIN PREMIER, /
It | !. IS !! SAID J |! |: ]
Messages from Scandinavia
Reiterate Defeat of
Bolsheviki.
THREE REPORT OF
!['E' DECISIVE s: V BATTLE =;
Finnish Reports Say Whole
of Russia Has Joined
With Kerensky. ].

Stockholm, Nov. Pre-
mier Kerensky has entered
Petrograd, according to a
dispatch received from the
correspondent of the Swed-
ish news agency at HaParan-
da,on the RussianFborder.
The majority, or Maximal-
lists, troops have Joined the
premier, the correspondent
adds. ..sa
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VALLEY CITY POLICE
HAND FOR GERS OVER
TO TWIN CITY POLICE

Valley City. N. D., Nov 14.-Ipon
the expiration Of their 60-daY sem
tence for burglary and ship lifting.
william German and Jeanette Cor
man were taken into custody this
morning by Detectives M. j. Johannes
and ]. G. Lawrence Of Minneapolis.
to face = charge OF forgery. It is all
legged II that Mrs. German under the
name OF Helen Ellis forged about Is
checks aggregating5 in value $500 on
twin city merchants. and that Gor-
man paSssd them. 5,y Il, Z
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TWO HEAVY DUTY
+. WAR TRUCKS DO
EXCELLENT WORK

washington, Nov. 14.-Two heavy
duty war trucks, the first designed
and constructed under the direction
Of the army quartermaster. corps,
have developed greater power and
capabilities than any such machine
ever built for either war ors rscommer-
cial purposes, said an announcement
today by the Council of National De-
fensea
Manufacture Of the trucks on a
large scale will begin soon and de-
liveries are expected by January l..
The first order will be for ten thou
sand. most OF which will be sent to
France. &
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JAPS CANNOT
SEND TROOPS
NUNAIuA s41AAAAuAkv
Lack Of Tonnage and Cost
Precludes Sending Army
to Europe.

Toxic, Nov. 14.-Leutenant Gener-
al Oshinfa, tbe Japanese minister of
war, informs Japanese newspaper
men that the dispatch of troops to
Europe is an absolute impossibility
owing to the tremendous cost and the
lack OF tonnage. Baron Takahashi,
former minister of finance and one of
the leaders Of the Seiyukai party, in
lengthy article in the newspapers
declares the japanese army is de-
ficient in ordnance and airplane
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Continued on Page SD
FINE MIRAGE SEEN
By HANNAH CITIZENS

6 Hannah. N. D.. Nov. 4 Citizens
OF this section had opportunity to Dee
. mirage OF fsTwonder1 1nl clearness the
other day. Towns and farm buildings
Ut q distance of 30 miles could be,
seen Distinctly on the horizon. The,
mirage appeared between 9 and s;
O'Clock In the naofninK. X X sastf "a
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URGES SETTLEMENT
OF TROUBLE. .s M

OF TROUBLE. @
The following letter from President
Wilson to Judge Chambers expresses
the presidents attitude toward the
situation:
My dear Judge Chambers:
May l not express my very deep
ana serious interest in your efforts to
bring the railroad executives and the
brotherhoods engaged in train opera
ton to an agreement that there shall
be no interruption in the relations on
either side until ample opportunity
shall have been afforded the United
States board of mediation and con-
citation to bring about il possible an
am1cable agreement and that in the
event of failure to bring about such
an agreement any controversy that
may have arisen will be submitted
to arbitration in accordance with the
provisions Of the Newlands law.
BELIEVES MEN
WILL AGREE.
Il take it for granted that your ef-
forts will succeed because it is in
conceivable to me that patriotic men
should now for moment contemplate
the interruption of the TRANSFORMATION
which is so absolutely necessary to
the safety of the nation and to its
success in arms. as well as to it's
whole industrial life: but / wanted
nevertheless to express my deep per-
sonal interest in the matter and to
wish you godspeed.
The last thing I should wish to
contemplate would be the possibility
of being obliged to take any initial
measures to operate the railways and
I have so much confidence that the
men you are dealing with will appre-s
ciate the patriotic motives underlying
your efforts that I shall look forward
with assurance to your success.
Cordially and sincerely yours,
Woodrow Wilson"
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FRENCH CABINET
RESIGNS; LEADER
IS NOT NAMED
Painleve Government Falls
BY Direct Vote Of
Deputies.
-CLEMENCEAU MAY,
BE NEW PREMIER
Cabinet, Goes Without Re
grets, Prominent Critic
Declares.

J. Paris, Tuesday, Nov. 1s.-The
Painleve ministry was defeated by u
direct vote In the chamber of depu-
ties today and later resigned. This
is the first time such action has been
taken by the chamber since the be-
ginning Of the war, as up to the pres
ent it has been a point of honor with
many deputies not to vote against the
government but to express criticism
by abstaining from recording their
votes.
\ strong dissatisfaction will, the gov
ernmsnts handling Of the Bolo Pasha
affair Is believed to be the motive
which changed the passive discomfort
to active opposition.
The ministerial crisis comes on the
eve of the. 1nter-aliied conference
here and every effort will be made
to settle 1t quickly. President Poir-
care will begin consultations with po-
litical leaders tomorrow morning.
No Regrets Felt.
Paris, Nov. II 14.-The Painleve min
istry goes without many regrets, Aft
er having dragged out it's existence
Discounted for. the past two weeks,
but the abrupt manner of it's passing
came as surprise. The feeling of
the public ana the press is voiced
fairly but bluntly by Gustave Herve
in La, Victoire. He says;
'"The consistent enemy of minis
terial crisis tn wari time, this is the
first occasion upon which this Journal
has. Eejoiced at the fall of q cabinet,
II admit that I experienced the same
anxiety that passengers on q liner
feAI. when thew see that the cautain
has lost his head during Storm
In view Of the present situation al
home and abroad the ministerial cri-
sis is regarded az Of exceptional grav-
ity.s' All the morning newspapers
agree. that what Is needed Imperative
ly is a real leader, but they sayralso
that President Poincare will find it q
most difficult task to hit upon such
a man. .H
The name most frequently men.
|tionedSfis that of former President
Clemenceau
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WAR SUMMARY
(By Associated Press.)

~
Progress is being made by the Aus.
tro-German armies pushing southeast
in the Trentino in their effort to pene-
trate the italian defensive front in the
hill region and outfaak the Piave
river line. The advance has been ma
terially slowed up, however. under
the determined Italian resistance.
Berlin Today in reporting the cap
ture of additional positions east of
Asiago, indicates fighting is going on
which work to the advantage of the
defenders. The most important prog
ress claimed for the Austro-German
forces appears to have been in the
.Sugana valley. almost due north of
Bassano. where the occupation of
Primolano and the capture of a aforti-
fed position on Monte Lisser is an
nounced in. the German statement.
ITALIANS YIELDING au
SLIGHTLY TOWARD EAST.
Further to the east the Italian line
seems still to be yielding somewhat
as if a limited withdrawal were taking
place in line Strengthening process,
with constant resistance being offered
during the operation.
Thus the occupation Of the town Of
+ GILL JASS W LA1S "OSI VI IAc ApPS1
Piave line. at which the enemy had
been battering since Sunday. is re-
ported today by the German staff.
Failure Of the German war Office to
mention the operation on the lower
Piave, in which Rome yesterday re-
ported the crossing of the river by
enemy detachments near Zenson,
seems to indicate that no permanent
foothold on the west bank of the
river was won by the Austro-German
forces.
BRITISH HURD
GERMANS BACK.
On the Flanders front the British
have made good their hold on Pass
chendaele ridge. The expected coun-
ter-thrust by the Germans for the
high ground north Of Passchendaele
village came yesterday afternoon.
The British completely repulsed the
assault.
The Russian situation continues ex-
tremely clouded by contradictory. adj
vices. Reports through Scandinavia
today that the Kerensly forces were
in control of Petrograd are discounted
somewhat by the lack OF word from
the capital itself to this effect. The
last dispatches known to have come
direct from Petrograd were sent. by
the Bolsheviki faction, reporting its
success over the Kerensky forces and
showing that the extremists were in
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BROTHERHOOD CHIEFS
TO WHITE HOUSE.

Washington, Nov. 14--Arrange-
ments have been made for the chiefs
of the four railway brotherhoods to
see President Wilson on November
%. in connection with the workers
proposals for wage increases for con-
ductors and sbrakemen on all the rail-
roads OF the country. 81,
Chairman Chambers Of the federal
board OF mediation and Cancellation
returned today from Cleveland, where
he conferred with the brotherhood
chiefs regarding the wage increases
demanded by the men. The new de-
say. will amount to 100000, 600 .
year and are more serious than the
eight hour demand II year axo
which threatened to tie up the coun-,
ty's railway systemA +
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Leention Reports Oyerthro,w1.

London, Nov. 14.-The arrival Of
+ Premier Kerensky in Petrograd, &C
compan1eds by troops. is reported by
ttrss:Isssssian 6Issati at = < st ock holm.
dispatch from Copenhagen. nj. Kerr
ensky is said to have defeated the
Bolsheviki. ,5ae II. ,,5 VAL
According to these advices. which
were received in cablegram filed at
Stockholm at o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon; Premier sKerensky defeated
the Bolsheviki at Tsakoe Selo. The
Cossacks are reported to have destroy
ed the Red guard. The telegraph
lines are now in M. Kerensky's hands,
the Telegram Bureau reports.
For the last three days reports have
been coming in from Scandinavian
sources Of the defeat of the Bolshevikl
but they have been contradicted 10y
wireless dispatches from Petrograd
This is the third time that an. account
Tsarskoe-Selo, Kerensky victory
having been reported twice and
Bolsheviki success on one occasion. .
The Finnish Telegram bureaus ad-
vices so closely parallel the dispatch
es received on Sunday and Monda!
asserting that Premier Kerensky had
overthrown the yBolsheviki as to sug-
gest that they may be- "a delayed YER
sion Of the same reports, which were
eontradicted by the announcement re-
ceived yesterday from Petrograd tha1
the Kerensky forces had been defeat
ed in a battle near Tsarskoe-Selo.
whole of Russia With Premier.
London, NOV 14.-The Finnish
Telegram bureau says, the whole o.
Russia, except small part of Petro
grad is now in the hands Of the pro.
Visional government.
Premier Kerensky Is now in Pet.
rograd and has taken virtually the en-
tire city the announcement Of thl
Finnish Telegram bureau says. Il
The Finnish Telegram bureau say
Moscowis the headquarters of thu
provisional government and that Pre-
nier Kerensky has issued orders from
MOSCOW which have appeared In the
PetroRrad papers. 4f5F 5 Z. !ii III s.
The anti Bolsheviki papers Of Pet
rograd, as we'll as the Helsingforl
newspapers, have headlines announc-
ing, that the Bolshevki movement J.
nearing It's downfall. ,sst u
General Kaledines. Il the CossacA
leader. ..is said to be dictator OF south.
ern Russia. y The orders Of the pro.
yisiona1 governm ent are signed by NJ
e Kerensky, General (. Kaledines and
General Korniloff. isSF 3,
The proyieional Russian govern.
ment referred to in the foregoing. II
the government of Premier Kerensky
which the Rolsheyikis attempted =
overthrow. sfi % Sa8 u! s3F. .$s Il y rs " 81
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The proyisional Russian govern
ment referred to in the foregoing. is
the governmentaof Premier Kerensky,
which the Rolsheyiki attempted TO
ouarfhrnNY. .ss S.A
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BRITISH HURD
GERMANS BACK.
tcontinued on Page

success over the Kerenslky forces and
showing that the extremists were in