THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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rery Effort Will be Made to Give
Registrants Aid In Preparing '
Papers
Governor Knltli Knvlllo linn mniln
ililii' Till) Tinmna rtr in ii-i'iiru rivt nnniia
fled laymen for all of tho nlnetv-throo
counties in the atntn wlin will nsslst In
mouiuzinc tno lawyers in oacn county
(l n!H PYfimnttnn Hnnr,1a nrwl ilrnft
registrants in the classification which
'starts about tho middle of tho month.
In each county these committees are
f tho attorneys. Tho services are to
bo given gratuitously.
Following is the list:
Adams Judge John Snider, chairman;
Jlnymond M. Tlbbetts, James E. Addle,
Ilnstlnps.
Antelope J. V. Hoyd, chairman; It. M.
Kryger, O. A. 'Williams, Nellgh.
Arthur George P. wnlker, chnlrman;
A. J. Staples, Charles Harding, Arthur.
Banner County Assessor S. E. Crass,
chalrmnn; Joseph Dolezal, Harrlsburg.
Blaine Judge William Turner, chair
man; C. II. Hlggs, George C. Waters,
Brewster.
Boone Judge P. A. Daten, chairman;
. u. wiuianis. A. E. carton, Albion.
Box Butte Eugene Hurton, chairman;
John A. Davles. O. A. Harrlncton. Hutte.
Brown Benjamin II. Uurrltt, chairman;
a. w. scauergooa, jonn m. cotton, Ains
worth. '
Buffalo John N. Dryden, chairman; F.
T. Hamer, Edward R. MoDermott, Kear
ney, Burt E. D. Pratt, chairman: W. M.
Hopewell, B, C Enyart, Tekamah.
Bdtler It. c. Koper, chairman; A. L.
Huehes. C. M. Sklles. David City.
Cass Matt Goring, chairman, Platts-
maitlt; C. E. Toftt, Weeping Water; D,
O. Dwyer. I'lattsmouth.
Cedar P. P. O'Gara. chairman; B. B.
Boyd. H. 12. Burkett. Hartlncton.
Chase Judge J.M. Bender, chairman;
l'. w scott. Charles w. Sleeker, imncrini
Cherry E. D. Clnrk, chairman; John
M. Tucker, Jaiiies C. Qulglev. valenyne,
Cheyenne C. S. Ruu?llffi chairman! W,
r Miles. J. L. Mcintosh. Kldnev.
Clay A. C. EnDcrson. chaliman. Clay
Center; Robert G. Brown, Sutton; Clay
C. siewnrt. Edgar.
Colfax B. P. Karrell. chairman; George
w. werts. John C. Knieclier. schuvier.
Cuming O. C. AixJcnon. chairman,
"West Point; Clarlc Evans, WIsncr; F. L.
Farley. Bancroft.
Custer Judge N. D. Ford, chairman:
E. E, Squires, C. L. Gutterson, Broken
Bow.
Dakota William P. Warner, chairman,
R. E. Evans, Sidney T. Frum, Dakota
City.
Dawes Judge E. M. Slattery chairman:
W. P. Rooney, Justin E. Porter, Chadron.
Dawson Judgo 1. J. NIsley, chairman;
T. M. Hewitt, W. M. Cook, Lexington.
Dercl Judge Isiac Woolf. chilrmnn;
Chappcll; George E. Juuge, Big Springs;
L. O. Pfelfter, Chappcll.
Dixon J. J. McCiirthy, ohnlrrmn; Pon
ca; Dick A. Van Donselaar, Concord; F.
D. Fnles. Pona.
Doocje C. E. Abl-ott, chairman; S. S.
Snider. Howard W Ijoomls Fremont.
Oounlas Judge W. D. McIIliRh, chair
man's Raymond Young, Arthur F. Mullen,
Omaha.
Dundy C. A. Ratcllffe. chairman; R.
D. Druflrer. A. T. Cowl ngs, Benkelman.
Fillmott Judge W. R. Fulton, ch lr-
man; P. B. Donlsthorp, John J. Burke.
Geneva.
Franklin Judge W. C. Dorscy, chair
man, Bloomlngton; Charles R. Stasenka,
Campbell; A. H. Byrum, Bloomlngton.
Frontier Judge E. P. Pyle, chairman;
L. II. Cheney, Stockvllle; J. L. White.
Curtis.
Furnas E. B. Perry, chairman, Cam
bridge; E. J. Lambe, J. P. Fults, Beaver
City.
Gape Samuel Rlnaker, chairman: Ful
ton Jack, II. E. Suclcett, Beatrlco.
Garden Judge A. G. Gumner, chair
man; P. S. Laycock, F. A. Dutton, Osh
kosli. Garfield Judge George S. Todd, chair
man; E. M, White, Clyde Marden, Bur
well. Gosper Judge C. G. Lewis, chairman;
E. T. Grunden, J. H. Furrow, Elwood.
Grant A. D. Fetterman, chairman;
Theodoro A. Frye, Charles O. Jones, Hy
annls. Greeley County Attorney James P.
Boler, chairman; T. P. Lannlgan, Gree
ley; John E. Kavanaugh, Spalding.
Hall Judge J. H. Mullln, chairman:
Secretary O. E. Berneckefr of tho
etato hoard of assessment has induc
ed the board to direct assessors to
itemizo household goods and agricnl
tural tools and machinery when as
sesslng personal property. The plan
was Cried in a few counties last year
and resulted in a more equitable as
sessment of property and also uncov
ered property that had escaped as
aessment under tho old method of
guessing or lumping tho value of such
goods. Next spring assessors will ho
equipped with new printed blanks to
bo attached to tho schedules of per
sonal property. When tho person Is
a farmer he will bo shown a blank for
tho itemization of agricultural tools
and machinery. On this blank tho
assessor will onter the valuo of each
pleco of machinery.
Governor Novlllo has announced
reward of ?200, offered on behalf of tho
state, for the arrest and conviction
of Louts V. Chobar, who is charged
with tho murder of Albert A. Dlonder,
a woalthy Benedict, Neb., farmer, on
Thanksgiving day.
Secretary of Stato Pool has filed his
roport with Governor Neville for tho
six months ending November 30m
This report shows thatJ there has
boon collected and turned into tne
troasury in tho six months, $128,913.93
In tho same period of 1914 a total of
595,220.39 was collected; In 1915
total of $107,243.43 was turned into
tho treasury and in 1916 a total of
$110,317.57 was deposited. This shows
an increase of $18,596.30 in 1917 over
the same period in 1916, and an in
crcaso of $33,693.54 in 1917 over the
eame period of 1914.
Women throughout tho state aro
asked to do some intensive war relief
for tho next two weeks In order to
complote 30,000 surgical dressings
which tho National Red Cross has
asked of this state. A call has been
sent out that the central division of
the Red Cross complote 1,000,000 dress
lncfl In fifteen days and Nebraska'
quota is the amount stated above
Omaha is asked to contribute 17,250
dressincs: Lincoln, 6,000 and other
principal cities In the stato in propor
tlon to the strength of their organiza
tlons.
Benjamin, J. Cunningham, J. Leo Clenry,
Grand IMnitd.
Hamilton Frnnk E. Kdgcrton, chair
man; C. L. Whitney, M. F. Stanley,
Aurora.
Marian John Everson, chairman; o. is.
Shelburn, Otto W. Percy. Alma.
Haves .IihIl-k .r W lnttv. chnlrman!
M. FT Wasson, C. A. Ready, Hayes Con
tor. Hitchcock Juden N. T. Janes, chair
man; J. F. Ratcllft, C. W. Shurtleff, Tren
ton. Holt Judge C. J. Malone. chalrmnr;
Hugh Boyld, Snnford Parker, O'Neill.
Hooker Judge W. E. Bowers, chair
man; A, G. Humphrey, C. II. Barnobey.
Mullen.
Howard Judge R. A. Ilncimrt. chair-
man; ChnrlM V. nnlirv. .Tohn TemDlln.
St. Paul.
Jefferson XV. H. Barnes, chnlrman; C
H. Deniiey. W. H. Moss, Fnlrbury.,
ounnson ai in, uaioe, cnairmnn; uscar
Douglas, Tecumseh; L. A. Vnrnar, Ster
ling. Kearney Judge L. W. Hague, chnlr
man: L. C. PauUon, C. I'. Andorbury,
.MHH1PH.
Keith L. A. DeVoe. chairman; II. A
Dano, H. E. Goodall. Osrallnla.
Keya Paha Judiro S. M. Wvatt. chnlr
man; Forest Dear, Ross Amspokcr,
Spritigvlow.
Kimball Judge P. .1. Bellows, chair
man: William J. Ballard, lsunc Roush,
Kimball.
Knox W. A. Meservo, chalrmnn;
Crelghton; P. M. Peterson, Wnusa; Jo
seph P. Gren, Croighton.
Lancaster A. W. Richardson, chair
man; John J. Ledwlth, L. A. Flansburg,
Lincoln.
Lincoln Judge- George E. French,
chairman; J. J. Balllgan, J. C. Beeler,
North Platte.
Logan Judge F. R. Hogoboom, chair
man, Gandy; H. E. Dress, Staplelon; W.
E. III11, Gandy.
Loup Judge C. L. Coop, chalrmnn; A.
S. Moon, Frnnk W. Hoobler, Taylor.
Mcpherson Judge R. J. Stack, chair
man, Tryon; W. E. Flynn, Porks; L. E.
Pyaer, Tryon.
Madison Judge M. S. McDulty, chair
man; w. u. uowllne, Madison; J. u.
Rice, Norfolk.
Merrick Thomas W. Bockcs, chair
man; Elmer R. Ross, Edward J. Patter
son, Central City.
Morrill Judge J. R. Steutevllle. chair
man; K. A. McDonald, Faye Williams.
Bridgeport.
Nance James H. Kemp, chairman; W.
L. Ross, G. N. Anderson, Fullerton.
Nemaha Judge Fred G. Hawksby,
chairman; Edgar Ferneau, M. S. Mcln
lnch, Auburn.
Nuckolls Judgo E. D. Brown, chair
man; David Simms, Nelson; Samuel R.
Buck, Superior.
Otoe Judge A. A. Blschof, chairman;
W. W. Wilson, W. H. Pitzer, Nebraska
City.
Pawnee Frank A. Barton, chairman;
John B. Raper, J. C. Dort, Pawnee City.
Perkins Judge E. W. Hull, chairman;
Myles S. Keller, Charles Eppler. Grant.
Phelps E. W. Beghtol. chairman; A.
J. Shaffer, W. A. Dilwoith, Holdrege.
Pierce Judgo G. J. Kelloy, chairman,
Pierce; C. II. Doyle, Plalnvlew; O. S.
Stlllmnn, Pierce.
Platte Judge I. J. Alberts, chairman;
Louis Llghtner, August Wagner, Colum
bus. Polk M. E. Blttner, chalrmnn; M. A.
Mills. Jr.. John Tonmio. Osceola.
Red Willow C K. Fldrpcl. chnlrman! .T.
P. Cordenl. John Rice, MrCook.
Richardson Judge John Wlltse. clnlr-
Lman; R. C. .limes, J. n. Ca'n. Falls City.
hock jiuigo b N. Morgan, chairman;
II. D. Curtlss, J. II. Berrymnn, P. issett.
Saline Judge J. J. Grimm, chalrmnn,
Wllber; Charles F. Barth, Friend; Ro
land F. Ireland. Crete.
Sarpy Judge Jennings M. Wheat,
I irman; James T. Bcgley. E. S. Nlck
ijon. Panlllion
Saunders Judge A. Z. Donato, chalr-
' t TV R IlnndrlckH. nlinlli. IT Rlnm:l.
Wahoo.
Scottsbluff W. W. White, chairman,
Gerlng; C. I. Morrow, Scottsbluft; Rob
ert G. Simmons, Gerlng.
Seward Judge B. P. Norvcl. chairman;
Harry McKlllip, Edwin Vail, Seward.
anenoan juuge W. ti. weslovpr. cnair
man; C. Patterson, R. G. Dorr, Rushvllle.
...cri.ian iuuniy Attuiney L. L. Ste
hens. chairman: .T. S. IVilInr. linliprt II
Intthows, Loup City.
aioux juuge it. ll. snurr, chairman: .
Baker. Iliirrlsnn; T .T. n'Hnnnnll.
Montrose.
Stanton DeWltt f ChnHo plinlrmnn?
John A. Ehrhardt. Virgil L .Ilorton. Stnn-
Thayer Judge Peter I. Hnrrlson. chair
man: C. L. Uiph.-lriln J P TlnliHvln.
Hwbron.
Thomas Judgo S. L. Blauvelt. chair
man; E. G. Reed, Samuel O'Brien, Thed
ford. Thurston Judne Rnv B. Cnrllinrir.
chnlrman. Pender: A. M. Smith, Winne-
nago; Harry L. Keefe. Walthlll.
valley Claude A. Davis, clialrman; E.
. Clements. George A. Munn. Ord.
Washington Clark O. Hanlon. chnlr
man; E. B. Kerrigan, E. C. Jackson,
Blair.
Wayne Judge James Brltton. chair
man; Fred S. Berry, Wayne; II. E. Si
man, Wlnslde.
Webster Judge A. D. Ranney. chair
man; L. H. Blackledgo, Frank J. Mun
day. Red Cloud.
Wheeler A, L. Bishop, chairman; J.
H. Shrove, P. D. Meesev Bartlett.
orK juugo George G. Corcoran, chair
man; George M. Spurlock, G. E. Snn
dall, York.
If nny one has more than a "reason
able" amount of whisky on hand, or If
any ono has a stock of confiscated li
quors in his possession and is about
to destroy tho stuff, tho war depart
ment will take it and bo glad to got it.
If tho destroyer will stay his hand,
the war department will take the li
quor and redistill it into alcohol for
military use. Governor Neville hns
boon so notified by H. P. McCain, ad
jutant general of tho United StateB.
In reply tho governor will inform the
war department that liquors confis
cated under tho Nebraska prohibitory
law can bo turned over to tho govern
ment afer it has been used as evi
dence in court and confiscation has
been ordered by a court. There is said .
to be a carload or moro of whisky and
other liquors in Omaha that may bo
turned over to tho government.
Dr. Lawrence W. Sldnell, first phy
sician at Hastings insane asylum, has
been transferred to a similar position
at tho Lincoln asylum to take tho
place of Dr. Pillsbury promoted to
superintendent.
Governor Neville has received a
telegram from Provost Marshal Crow
der warning draft boards in Nebraska
not to dlscourago enlistments in tho
remaining days In which men had an
opportunity to volunteer and choose
tho branch of service which thoy pre
fer. "If the situation applies to Ne
braska," tho provost marshal's tolo
gram reads, "boards aro urgently re
quested not to rotard enlistments."
Tho mosoago states that President
Wilson is anxious to mak uso of all
of tho voluntary enlistments for army
and navy servlco.
Campaign Against German Carp
In his campaign to exterminate tho
Gorman carp, which is destructive of
gamo fish, and at the samo time to
take a crack at tho high cost of living,
Game Wardon Koster has solnod
olght tons of carp from Jackson lake,
a shallow body of water In Dakota
county. Tho game wnrdon took
20,000 game fish from tho lako and re
planted them after the carp had been
removed. Tho carp aro being sold as
a substitute for meat in theso days of
high prices and there is said to be
a ready market for the fish.
1 British In Pulestine laying a telephone cable with tho aid of a chariot drawn by camels. 'J Huge German
guns of a new model being hurried up to the western front, a Highlander In a gas sentry post ready to sprend
the alarm when the Germans let loose the poisonous fumes,
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
COSSACKS UNDER KORNILOFF
AND KALEDINES FIGHTING
THE BOLSHEVIKI.
LENINE'S RULE TOTTERING
Germans Prepare for Great Offensive
on Western Front Halg Repulses
Their First Attacks Italians Still
Holding Plave River Line Our
War Preparation Methods
Are Being Investigated.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Speculating on what has happened
In Russia and what Is about to happen
has become a favorite occupation of
the rest of the world. Dlsputches
from Petrograd, where the means of
communication are controlled by the
bolshevlkl, are wholly unreliable, and
news from other sources Ik fragmentary
and conflicting. At this writing the
facts appear to be about as follows : In
southern and southeastern Russia the
Cossacks, who stand for law and or
der, are lighting the bolshevlkl forces ;
in Petrograd and Moscow Lcnlno and
his crowd are maintaining themselves
In power by using the strong hand, ar
resting and murdering their opponents
end bulldozing the constituent assem
bly, which began Its sessions; the Rus
sian armies on the east front, follow
lng the arrangement of an armistice,
are rapidly disbanding, and tito itou
nianlnns were forced to accept un arm
Istlce by the action of their allies ; but
the negotiations for peace started by
the bolshevlkl hnve run against a snag
In the extraordinary demands made by
the Germans; many different parts of
Russia have declared their Independ
once, nnd Siberia shows signs of re
verting to the rule of the deposed czar;
Vladivostok, where are Immense quan
titles of supplies sent by America and
the entente allies, Is patrolled by Japa
nose troops, and Ilarhln Is being pro
tected by Chinese soldiers.
If this Is a correct statement of con
dltlons at the close of the week, It
would be a bold mnn who would pre
dict the Immediate future.
Reports of Battle Contradictory.
According to official bolshevlkl tils
patches from Petrograd, the Cossacks
under Kornlloff were defeated early In
the week near Blelgorod, but another
account of the battle said Kornlloff
routed his opponents, that many of
them Joined his forces and that he
surrounded the others and "dealt with
them very drastically." General Kale
dines, the Cossack hetinan, also Is ac-
tlve In southern Russia and It Is said
to be his hope, with the aid of the al
lies, at least to shut the Germans out
of the food-producing part of the coun
try.
Wireless reports from Rostov, which
did not reach the outside world until
Thursday, said Kaledlnes was besleg
lng that city and that within Rostov
the Cossacks had been fighting the
bolshevlkl nnd destroyed their head
qunrters. At the same time a trans
port manned by bolshevlkl was bom
lmrdlng the Kaledlnes forces.
Bitterly disappointing to the bolshe
vlkl must be tho German demands
made In the peace negotiations, nnd at
this distance It Is hard to see what
may be the kaiser's purpose In being
so severe. Ills commissioners are re
ported to have Insisted that Germany
shnll not give up any Russian territory
she now occupies; that Petrogrnd must
be evacuated until peace Is concluded ;
that the Ukraine shall be coded to
Austria-Hungary; that Germany shnll
control the Russian whont market for
fifteen years and Gorman goods shall
be admitted to Russia duty free. Tin
armistice, It Is said, Is to continue for
three months. Germany seemingly
evaded the Russian demand that dur
li)g Its continuance no troops be
moved to other fronts, and meanwhile
has been transferring hundreds of
thousands of soldiers to Franco and
Italy.
Germans Preparing for Great Attack,
All tho signs during the early part of
the week led to the belief that the
Germans were preparing for a supreme
pffort at some point of tho west front.
Allied uvlotors observed long motor
trains carrying vast numjiors of troops
and Immense quantities of supplies,
and for days the Germnn artillery was
excessively active. Various feellng-out
movements were undertaken against
the French without success, ami on
Wednesday the Germans mnde three
violent attacks on the British between
Bullecourt and Queant. The first two
were repulsed and the third gave tho
enemy possession of an already oblit
erated trench nt the apex of tho angle
In the British lines.
This, of course, was not the main at
tack planned by Von Hlndenburg, who,
It was believed, would soon start his
greatest offensive on the west In two
years, with the assistance of many
Austrian divisions. The British and
French were on tiptoe to riif-ct It, and
It was taken for granted that some nt
least of General Pershing's American
forces would hnve a part In the battle.
Indeed, some observers predicted that
an attempt would be made to smnsh
that part of the line toward Alsace
where most of the Americans hnve
been stajloned. Others believed the
main attack of the Germnna would be
delivered against the French between
Reims and Verdun.
Italian Front Seems Safe.
For several days the Austrlans, Hun
garians nnd Germnns made continuous
and heavy assaults on the Italians be
tween the Plave and Brentn rivers
north of Monte Grappa. Tho lighting
was severe and the losses large, but
the enemy made slight Impression on
the Italian line, gaining n precarious
foothold In some positions on Moutt.
Splnoncla and Col Orso. The Italians
aro fighting with tho utmost determina
tion and nro greatly cheered by the
prospect of American help. On Thurs
day a large number of American am
bulnnce men with their cars left Rome
for tho Plave river front. It Is Inter
esting to note thnt tho first American
shot against Austria Was fired by Rep
resentatlve Tlnkhnm of Massachusetts
on the lower Plave. On Invitation of
an Italian officer he sent a big shell
hurtling ncross to the Austrian line,
regardless of the fact that If the enemy
should capture him he could be exe
cuted ns a "franc-tlrcur."
Bearing out the statement that tho
Teutonic effort In Italy has exhausted
Itself Is the welcome news thnt heavy
snow Is falling In the mountains nt the
west end of the front, rendering dllll
cult the further transportation of men
nnd mnterlal. The Italians, however,
expect to hold the enemy by strength
of arms rather than with tho nld of na
turc.
The Itnllan navy is doing Its pnrt
In the defense nnd on Sunday wight a
torpedo boat flotilla entered tlift hnr
bor of Trieste and sank two Austxlnn
battleships, one of them being the
Wlen.
Occupation of Jerusalem.
The occupation of Jerusalem by Gen
eral Allenby's expedition caused groat
rejoicing among Christians and Jews
of the civilized world. The event 1ms
more than a sentimental value, for the
possession of the Holy City by the
British makes safe the Suez canal and
provides them with a base from which
to threaten seriously the Turks to the
east and north. In conjunction with
the British operations In Mesopo
tamia. Allenby's success In Palestine Is
very Important to the cause of the al
lies. As was predicted, Jerusalem was
taken without the necessity of a bom
bardment, and Its captors arc ade
quately protecting tho holy places.
In Mesopotamia General Falkenhayn
launched his expected offensive, at
tacking General Marshall's army with
a strong force of Turks and Germnns.
The British were compelled to fall
back across the Dlala and Edkem riv
ers with the enemy In pursuit. It Is
taken for granted that Falkenhayn's
Intention Is to mhke a great effort to
recapture Bagdad.
Though the number of British ves
sels sunk by submarines, ns reported
by the admiralty, was still too largo for
comfort, those In a position to know
assert that the U-boat campaign really
has proved a falluro and that tho sub
merslbles nro being destroyed or cap
tured almost as fast as Germany can
build them. Moreover, the British ship
yards are now turning out almost as
much tonnage monthly us the Germans
destroy and are fast Increasing their
output.
Investigating Dilatory Methods,
The expected nnd Inevitable attack
on our methods rtf war preparation
came last week In tile form of an In
vestigation by the senate committee
on military affairs, tSnoujch of what
tho committee learned tn the first few
days work has been mnde public to
show that the complaints nnd the In
quiry nre warranted. The brunt falls
on the ordnance and quartermaster
general's bureaus, though the chiefs of
these bureaus are not considered per
sonally to blame. The senators want
to learn the real causes of tho delay in
supplying arms, artillery and all other
munitions to tho nation's lighting
forces a delay that Is admitted and
thnt Is usually laid to tho old red tape
methods of the war department. Con
gress furnished plenty of money, and
the question Is why was It not expend
ed quickly nnd wisely? General Persh
ing's troops, It appears, have had to
rely on the British nnd French for ar
tillery nnd other supplies, and the men
In tho Amcrlcnn training camps have
been very Inadequately furnished with
rifles, warm clothing and other neces
sities. Theso aro only a few of tho
complaints tho committee Is Investi
gating. Secretary Baker's reply to criticism,
an assertion mat Americn's military
preparations have evoked the admira
tion of the experts of other ntnlons,
enn scnrcely be taken ns an adequate
defense of the methods of his depart
ment. In explaining the delay In ob
taining mnchlne guns Genernl Crozlcr,'
chief of tho ordnance bureau, declared
that Mr. Bakor himself was to blame.
Tho whole thing should nnd probably
will result In the crcutlon of a real su
perior war council, nnd tho sooner this
Is done, the better for America and tha
world.
The rnllroad question Is claiming
much attention of tho administration,
and President Wilson Intimated last
week ho would soon address emigres
on I ho matter and ask legislation. It
appears ho does not favor actual gov
ernment ownership of the roads, but
rather the creation of an administra
tor or board of transportation with
power to direct tho employment of tin
Joint resources of the railways In what
ever manner Is deemed best for wni
purposes. Under this plan the ronda
would be operated by their present
managements nnd would bo guaranteed
n fair profit.
Leniency for Austro-Hungarlano.
In his proclamation of a stato of war
against Austro-Hungary President Wil
son announced an unexpectedly lenient
policy In the treatment of subjects of
tho dual kingdom In America, So lonfi
as they behave themselves they arc
left free to reside and labor In the
barred zones closed to Germnns, nnd
they are nor required to register with
tho police and postmnsters, Thl
policy wns hailed with Joy by thou
sands of Czechs, Bohemians nnd Poles
who hate Austria, and also was a great
relief to many employers who had
feared their Industries would be crip
pled. If the conduct of tho Austro
Hungarians shows thoy do not properlj
appreciate this leniency, they will b
placed under the same restrictions that
apply to subjects of Germany.
In prosecuting his campaign for tho
conservation of food needed for tho
lighting forces, Mr. Hoover last week
added a porkless day, Satjirday, which
he asks everyone to observe.. In addi
tion to the wheatless and meatless
days, he urges a wheatless nnd n meat
less meal each dn,y, Tho federal trade
commission havlngfbeen Informed that
canned goods nro being hoarded In tho
warehouses of the meat packers, an
Investigation of this wns started at
once.
The coal situation Is becoming moro
nnd more serious with tho Increasing
ly cold weather. Tho administrations
of various stntes aro complaining bit
terly of tho hardship Imposed on their
people, nnd In Ohio only the stern In
tervention of Fuel Administrator Gar
field prevented Governor Cox from
seizing the conl at tho lako ports. In
tho senate the conditions brought out
severe criticism of the rnllroads and
of tho government priority board.
Several moro of tho American rail
way engineers in France hnve been
killed, this time by aerial bombs drop
pod by the Germnns In n town through
which tho engineers were pnsslng.
The successful inllltnry revolution In
Portugal Is causing the allied govern
ments some uneasiness, for while the
new government set up announced thnt
Portugal would remain faithful to her
pledges, tho Insurrection was directed
agnlnst the most trusty friends of the
nl lies, and some of them, Including
President Machado and Premier CoBtn,
hnvo been Imprisoned. Dr. Sldonlo
Paes, who led the revolt, has beor
raado premier and foreign minister.
RUSSO
-T
TRUCE IS
AGREE ON ARMISTICE FOR ONB
MONTH'S DURATION.
PEACE PARLEY TO FOLLOW
Pact Terminated at Brest-Lltovsk Be
tween "Reds" and Central Pow
ersPeace Offer From Kaiser
Expected About Christmas.
Berlin, Dec. 18. (Via London.)
An armistice between tho Bolshevlkl
government In Russia nnd the Teu
tonic nllles was signed nt Brest
Lltovsk Saturday, according to an of
ficial communication Issued today,
Tho nrinlstlco which becomes effect
ive today, is to remain In force until
Jnnunry 14.
A provision in tho nrinlstlco agree
ment Is thnt peace negotiations nro
to begin Immediately after the signing
of the armistice.
Peaco Feeler From Berlin.
London, Dec. 18. Emperor William,
In his Christinas messnge, proposes to
mako a final peace offer to his ono
inlcs. Inacase of rejection, tho kaiser says
that upon them "will fall the respon
sibility for bloodshed In 1018," nccord-'
lng to an unofficial Berlin telcgrnra
forwarded from Genevn by tho Ex
change Telegraph company.
Loon Trotzky declares, nccordlng to
u Petrogrnd dispatch, that "tho Ger
mnn government opened penco pour
parlers with us because tho discontent
of the mnsscs forced It to this step."
The news wns fully credited here.
It recalled tho statement mnde In
those dispatches four days ago that
"It Is regarded more than probable tho
Teutonic allies nro drnftlng n 'decla
ration to the world' pointing to the of
fer of u yenr ago, reiterating tholr
willingness to conclude, pence, and ad
ding thnt pending fnvornblo reply
from the entente, they wlH try to
forco It In the west."
Gotch, Famous Wrestler, Dead.
Des Moines, In., Dec. 18. Frank A.
Gotch, retired champion heavyweight
wrestler of tho world, died Saturday
nt his home, Humboldt, In., of urae
mlc poisoning. He had been In falling
health for two years. Gotch wna 41
years old. Tho record books, detail
ing the ovents of his llfo, give his ago
us SO years, but theso aro Innccurate.
Ho was born on April 27, 1870 on a
fnrm three miles south of Humboldt.
He Is survived by his widow, n 4-ycar-old
son, Robert Gotch ; u brother,
Fred Gotch; n sister, Mrs. Charllo
Kurth or Humboldt, and his mother,
Mrs. Amelia Gotch, nlso a resident of
Humboldt. Gotch built up n fortune
Jn wrestling nnd by Investing his
enrnlngs In Iowa fnrm lands. Ills
cstuto Is variously estimated at be
tween $200,000 nnd $400,000, nil of
which represents money mndo through
his nblllty ns n wrestler.
Overthrow of War Lords Urged.
Washington, D. O., Dec. 18. Tho
committee on public Information has
made public an article written 'by Ger
mans and circulated In Germany urg
lng the overthrow of tho German war
lords and tho proclaiming of a re
public. The document, which contains
about 2,500 words, and wns distribut
ed through Germnn republicans In
SwRzprhind, declares thnt peace will
not come until Hohenzollernlsm is
overthrown nnd the Germnn people
take their stand for hunmnnlty and
civilization.
Seventeen Americans Missing.
Wiishtngton, D. O., Dec. 18. Seven
teen enlisted men of tho United States
nnny engineer corps were reported
missing In action by General Pershing
In a dispatch to tho war department.
They were missing on November HO,
tho day of tho Germnn turning move
ment at Cambral, ami nro believed to
have fallen Into the hands of tho Ger
mans while fighting valiantly with tha
engineer contingent which distin
guished Itself helping tho British to
check tho attack.
Truce Includes Entire East Front
Washington, D. C, Dec, 18. Secre
tary of War Baken, In his weekly
military review, said this, concerning
Russlun-Gcrman peaco negotiations :
"Tho armlstlco concluded by tho
Russians with tho enemy now In
cludes the entire eastern front from
tho Baltic to the Black sea."
May Return to Monarchy.
London, Dec. 18. Tho real aim of
tho Bolshevlkl Is a monarchy, nt least,
and possibly u despotism, In tho opin
ion of tho Petrograd correspondent of
the Post. Ho wires that for moro
than n month the Bolshovlkl hnvo
been openly preparing public opinion
for ucceptunco of what, ho says, after
nil is only fit form of government for
Russia. This design of tho Bolshev
lkl, he asserts, Is Uio secret of thou
antngonlsm to the social revolution
ists, who woro a formldablo oaemy of
the old regime.
NIC
SIGNED