OP EJSTFiHT
Peace With Three Nations Has
Been Completed in Past
Five Days—Grip Is
Strengthened.
RUSSIA IS STILL HOSTILE
Muscovite Troops Attack and
Retake Jamburg, 68 Miles
From Capital—Plan
To Fight On.
By Associated Press.
In five days Germany has forced
Peace terms on three different govern
ments, Russia, Rumania and Finland.
The Finnish government apparently
submitted to the German terms in or
der to gain military aid against the
revolutionists who hold much of south
ern Finland along t'no Finnish gulf.
With Finland and Esthonia under Ger
man suzerainty, the Gulf of Finland is
taken from Russian control and great
Russia has less than 150 miles of coast
/' lino along the gulf.
Although the Germans apparently
will permit King Ferdinand to continue
to rule Rumania, the victorious enemy
has compelled his victim to agree to
humiliating terms. Important wheat,
oi! and salt concessions are to be given
Germany, which is to control the Ru
manian railroads for 15 years and is to
Have a most favorable trade agreement
with Rumania, which loses the Dobrud
,Ja and control of the Danube.
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London, March 9.—A Russian revo
lutionary army captured .Tamburg, 68
miles from Petrograd, March 5, ac
cording to an official announcement
made in Petrograd Thursday and for
warded by the correspendent of the
Exchange Telegraph company.
—A—
STILL HOLDING KIEV.
London, March 7.—Kiev, the capital
of Ukraine, is still in the hands of Rus
sian revolutionary troops and has not
been occupied by the Germans, accord
ing to a statement issued Wednesday
by the Russian official news agency in
Petrograd. The previous message say
ing Kiev had been lost to the enemy
the statement adds, was due to the re
ceipts of a wireless message which
must have originated from enemy
sources.
The German war office in its offi
cial statement of March 3, said that
Ukrainian and German troops had cap
tured Kiev. Since then, however, there
have been no claims of any advance be
yond Kiev by the invaders.
PLAN TO ARM POPULACE.
Copyrighted 1918 by the United Press.
•j Petrograd, March 9.— The war com
f misirat today published a plan for arm
ing the whole Russian people at once.
Opportunity for all desiring to learn
military science will be afforded and
general preparations will be made for
renewing the war in the future.
After the withdrawal from Narva, the
Russians retreated to Jamburg. which
they fortified with the aid of rein
forcements from Petrograd.
Railroad men at Narva report the
U (Germans halted operations according
* to orders from General Hoffman. Wit
nesses said the bombardment of Narva j
which began Sunday and was renewed
M :. lay caused numerous explosions.
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' KRYLENKO HAS RESIGNED.
London, Thursday, Match 7.—Ensign
N. V. Krylenko, commander-in-chief of
the Bolshevist army has resigned, ac
cording to an exchange telegraph dis
patch from Petrograd. The resignation
was brought about owing to differences j
of principle between Krylenko and (lie i
Connell of People's commissaries as i
well as a disagreement with the last i
actions of the council. I
TURKEY CHANGING, FRONT?
Amsterdam. March 9. — Envoi- Pasha !
Vn a speech in the Turkish chamber, i
cording to a Constantinople dispatch,
said the bolshevists had proclaimed
that self determination was the rigitt
of all peoples, and that the Turkish
government would not fail to recognize
autonomous governments already es
tabiished in the Caucasus and other
governments in the neighborhood of
Turkey and would support them If
necessary.
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SOCIALISTS DISSATISFIED.
Amsterdam. March 7.- -Commenting
or the outcome of the Brest-1,itovsk |
ciinference at which peace with the ;
Russian government was concluded, the
socialist organ Yorwaerts says:
"Peace was concluded, but the dele
gates parted with feelings of deadly
enmity. That such was the case Is a
deeply regrettable event. The German
work men do not stand behind Von
Rosenberg (assistant to Foreign Sec- ;
rotary Von Kuehlmann and chairman
of the second Hrest-Litovsk conference) ;
or the policy for which he stands. Let
us. therefore, face the facts and frank
ly declare that in this peace the success
which was sought, was denied to social- j
ism of all shtides of opinion.’
n«JG ISLAND YARD IS
TIED UP BY STRIKE
3,000 Carpenteis Called Out:
After Posting Demands For j
Concessions.
Washington, D. ('.. March s - Follow
lng the posting of schedules at the Hog
Island ship yards, allowing time and
one-half for overtime, Saturday after
noon and holidays ‘instead of double
time, il.OOO members of the Philadelphia
•Council of Carpenters and Joiners were
called out. Officials of the plant re- ■
iiused to give any information but strik- j
era declared work ?t the yards would ,
'/ be tied up by night. Alt information '
1 on the subject came from labor bead-j
I quarters, the company maintaining si
lence. I
FURLOUGHS FOR N. A.
MEN TO WORK FARMS
Washington, March V ■ -Furloughs Tor j
men in the national army to work on I
farms during the pit nting season and I
other busy seasons were assured today [
when tlic House approved the action
of the Senate in passing tlie bill author
izing the secretary of war to grant the
leave whenever the situation demands.
President Wilson urged the passage
the measure so his signature is cer- |
|Nq More “Bomb Proof1 Jobs Open
\ To Draft A.qe “Desk Grenadiers"
“Swivel Cliair Warriors” Must Fight on the Line, Leaving
Work in Quartermaster, Ordnance, Signal and Adju
tant’s Departments to Older Men.
Washington, D. C., March 9.—‘ Bomb
proof jobs for men of draft age will no
longer be granted by the war ac^ai t
ment.
All the staff corps have shut down
on commissions for men of that class,
except in the rarest cases, where the
men are shown to be of unusual fit
ness.
This is a result of the issuance of a
veritable flood of commissions to
youths, many of whom would make ex
(•client fighting material, but who ar*
anxious .to E 'l've their country from a
safe place behind a desk.
“Swivel hair warriors” and "desk
grenadiers" they are called by regulars.
The ordnance and quartermaster
corps were singled out by many men
of draft age at the start of the war.
Now no commissions will be available
for such men in the ordnance, quarter
master. signal, medical or adjutant gen
eral’s departments.
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Prince Oscar, Fifth Son of Ger
man Emperor, Slated For
Throne of New Baltic
Province.
London, March 9.—The Finnish gov
ernment has asked the German em
peror to appoint Prince Oscar, the fifth
son of the emperor king of Finland.
The Afton Tidningen, of Stockholm
says it learns from diplomatic circles
there, according to an Exchange Tele
graph dispatch.
Prince Oscar, of Hohenzollern, will
be 30 years old next July 37. On July
31, 1914. Prince Oscar apparently
against the washes of his father con
tracted a morganatic marriage with
Countess Ina Bassewitz, who had been
lady in waiting to the express.
Prince Oscar suffered from heart
trouble during the early months of the
war and was reported to have col
lapsed after leading a victorious charge
at Verdun on October 3, 1914. He re
turned to duty and narrowly escaped
capture in Poland in December of that
year. There were few reports con
cerning his activities during 1915, but
early in 1916 he was slightly wounded
in the head and thigh on the eastern
front.
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Returned Soldier Tells of Ger
mans Gouging Out Eyes <jf
Twelve American
Doughboys.
New York. March !).—Stories of Ger
man atrocities against American sol
' cliers were reported today by patients
1 in the army hospital here, according to
i the New York World.
The story of a night patrol in whicli
12 American doughboys were captured
but returned the next night by the Ger
mans was related by Albert It. Sykes,
attached to the division sanitary corps,
j He said:
j “Twelve infantrymen went out on a
; night patrol and when they failed to r<
i turn that night it was taken for granted j
i they had been captured.
"They came back to us the next night.
: When dawn came they were lying out
jin front of our trenches, livery man
I had his eyes gouged out and in several
leases the hands and legs were gone.”
Washington, ii. C., March 8.-—The
war department has no confirmation to
day of atrocities on American soldiers
as related by Albert Sykes in New
York.
AMERICAN GUNNERY
DISCOURAGES FRITZ
He Labors All Nigiit and Yanks
Blow Up Works in Daytime,
Says One.
With the American Army In Fiance,
| Wednesday, March (1. The enemy ap
' patently has something he is planning
: against our troops in the sector north
! west of Toul. His •camouflage con
structions at certain places have sud
denly been doubled in height and much
1 work is going on with the enemy line.
Hast night an American patrol who
j understands German heard this con
. versation in the Herman trench.
"Come here Fritz, take this pick and
| I try that stone loose and then throw'
that dirt out. Those- —over there.
We work all night to fix things here'
‘ and they blow them to hell in the day j
time." •
The men in the American patrol who
i made a sudden dash for the American I
lines from a shell hole near the Her- j
! man trenches where they had been |
; hiding have explained why they started j
| out in broad day light on their back- I
i ward sprint. They had lost Itieir way
in the dark in No Man’s Hand and got
■ into the shell hole after wandering for
I several hours. Finally the men got
! hungry and all of them decided they
i would rather take a chance with Her
i man bullets than go any longer with
: out food and water.
The sun came out today, drying out
the ground and the trenches and the
men’s damp clothing.
WAR FINANCE BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
Washington. March S.—Tile adminis
tration’:! bill to establish a $4,1100,000
war finance corporation passed by the
Senate yesterday, was translated to the
House today, where consideration of
ihe measure is expected to begin next
| week.
The House ways and means com
mittee already has prepared a report
on the bill and administration leaders
will urge speedy action because of the
legislation's importance in connection
with general financing and particularly
t"c flotation of the third Liberty 'cap.
Ready to Co-Operate in Siberia
—Claim Released German
Prisoners Menace Chi
nese Territory.
London, March 9.—Japen, according
to a dispatch from Tien Tsin to the
Daily Mail, is reported to have Inti
mated that she would welcome Chinese
cooperation in the event that extreme
measures were necessary in Siberia,
thus desiring to demonstrate her un
selfishness.
The Chinese government, it is added,
is said to have obtained documentary
proof that the Germans have made def
inite offers of assistance to Russian
revolutionary leaders if they would
cause trouble. The documents are re
ported to mention Germany’s intention
to use released German war prisoners
in Siberia against China's northern
frontiers. China hopes to secure Jap
anese and American financial assist
ance to meet the expenses of the
northern expeditionary forces.
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OPPOSES JAP MOVE.
Dome, March 9.—A Japanese expedi
tion into Siberia with Anglo-American
consent would be a false move, the
Observator said today.
Yankees Are Speed
Artists in Love or
War; Here's Proof
With the American Army in France,
March 9.—The first marriage between
an American soldier and a French girl
took place within 10 days after our
troops landed in the war zone.
Marie was one of 50 or more vil
lage girls who were at the railroad
station to watch the Americans un
load. She carried a bunch of flowers.
Many an American boy held out his
hand for those flowers, but didn’t get
j them.
Finally Bob came along—middle
western boy, standing full six feet,
clean shaven, athletic and an honest
merry twinkle in his eye.
Marie went straight up to Bob and
with a pretty little courtesy, placed
the boqi^et in his hand.
That was the beginning of a whirl
wind courtship that ended a few days
later at the altar.
That was nearly eight months ago.
Not long ago Bob wrote his dad
back in America to send him half a
dozen boxes of the best cigars he could
find.
"If it's a boy we’re going to name
him Pershing Petain.” says Bob
proudly.
Bob speaks French now and Mrs.
Bob is talking English.
And what do you think Bob wants
to do now?
He's dissatisfied with his job of
"top sergeant" and he has applied for
an appointment us a ‘‘French interpre
ter" with the American army.
"The Huns ll never stop fellows who
can work that way,” says Boll's
colonel.
RAILWAY PURCHASES
TO BE CENTRALIZED
Government to Supervise Zx
penditure of More Than
Billion Dollars,
Washington, D. O.. March r Par
tial centralization of the purci dug of
between $1,060,000,QJ)0 and $2,0' i.OQO.OOO
worth of railroad supplies at I equip
ment this year undfr govern nent su
pervision. is involved in' a plan for
organizing the railroad administra
tion’s division of finance and purchases
announced today hr Director General
McAdoo.
John Skelton Williams, as head of
tliis division, will be assisted by a
central advisory committee of three ex
pert, railway purchasing agents, and
regional purchasing committees will be
created for the eastern, western and
southern operating divisions.
Tlie central organization will buy
locomotives cars and steel rails, the
principal big quantity purchases of
railways and an effort will be made not i
only to economize by wholesale buy
ing methods, hut to standardize equip
ment and supplies.
Coal and other fuel will he bought
mainly by individual lines to supply
their individual needs, but under the
supervision of the regional committees.
Cross ties and lumber are to be bought
principally by the roads along their
own lines, but may be ordered through
the central organization.
’’All other supplies needed for cur
rent operations will lie purchased for
the time being,” says Director General
McAdoo’s statement, “through the pur
chasing departments of the respective
roads, but all contracts for periods of
six months or longer must he approved
by the regional committee before com
pletion.”
BRYAN AND CHAPLIN
WILL BOOST BONDS
Washington, March 8,—William J.
Bryan and Charlie Chaplin were hooked
today for Liberty loan speaking tours.
The former secretary of state will speak
at the opening of the campaign April
tl, at Little Rock. Ark, and spend two
weeks in the west, William S. llart,
another movie actor, will spend two
w«eoks speaking in the west.
I* WEST BLUFF
Believed Germany Plans Only
To Hold On While Consoli
dating Loot on Other
Fronts.
MAY STRIKE IN BALKANS
Anticipate Drive at Saloniki to
Clean Up Eack Yard Before
Seeking Final Decision
In West.
Washington, D. C., March 9.—Opinio..
In entente circles gradually is shifting
to tlie belief that Germany’s much ad
vertised "big drive” is mostly camou
flage to cover up her. real intentions.
There is a growing belief- that in
stead of attacking on the west front,
Germany will attack in Macedonia and
renew the drive against Italy, remain
ng on the defensive in France.
Conditions are thought to be more
propitious for a German drive against
Saloniki than at any other point. Thou
sands of German. Austrian, Bulgarian
and Turkish troops have been released
from the eastern front and are now
available for that purpose.
To Consolidate Her Gains.
The Teuton aim now, military men
believe, is to clear up the situation in
her back yard, annexing thousands of
square miles in territory and vast pop
ulations and resources and then hurl
the combined forces of her own and her
vassals against the western front.
Germany, it is argued, has much to
lose and little to gain by an offensive
in the west this spring.
Germany has acquired, in addition to
vast industrial districts in western Rus
sia, the cession of Baton, in Trane
Caucasia. Near Batum are some of
the- richest manganese ore deposits in
the world. Already Germany controls
the rich oil field;? of Russia, Rumania
and Galicia and she is now welding
:he links that will render the grain
stores of Ukraine here for the future.
Allies Not Deceived.
The belief that Germany this year
wo_dd light only a “holding" cam
paign in the west, has been frequently
expressed in military and diplomatic
circles, but the governments of the as
sociated nations have been noncommit
tal. Nevertheless, there is reason to
suspect they have not been deceived
and are prepared for any contingency.
The allies are saying nothing of
possible aggressive action. It is a fact,
just the same, that preparations for an
offensive have gone forward on a great
scale.
Prepared for Great Blow.
The allies, it has been reiterated, are
superior in guns, men :.ml materials on
the west front. It is conceivable, to
those who understand, that the Ger
man massing of troops and materials
in the west is a defensive rather than
•in offensive measure. Then, too, there
have been well substantiated reports
of Germany preparing new defensive
lines extending clear hack to the Rhine
from the Swiss border far into Bel
gium.
Statements that have come from the
interallied, or supreme war council,
have not indicated that the allies would
he content this year to fight off a
German offensive. Indeed, they have
carried the inference all along that the
allies are preparing to take the initia
tive.
Weather Delays Attack. 0
British troops have been pouring into
France in ever increasing numbers. The
Americans now have a considerable
force there and every ounce of energy
is being exerted to prepare a crushing
blow, rather than ward off an attack.
The fighting is not expected to be
gin for some little time. The weather
is not yet sufficiently settled to insure
the success of a great attack! The real
battle for supremacy in the west likely
will not begin before April and may lie
deferred until as late as May.
BAD WEATHER INTERFERES.
Rome, Thursday, March 7.- The Ital
ian war office issued the following
statement today:
"Unfavorable weather has hindered
all infantry action and greatly mini
mized the activity of the artillery. Our
batteries fired, with some persistency
on enemy troops in movement in tho
Val Brenta and the region of Della
Bretta. Reciprocal bursts of fire oc
curred in Val Gagarina and in the
plain south of Ponta Di Piave."
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AUSTRIANS TO FRANCE.
Rome, March !>.—Austrian troops
have been sent to France, the Prussian
minister of war announced in the
reichstug, according to a dispatch re
reived from Berne today. I-Ie refused
to give the number.
GUN DUELS RAGING.
London. March 9.—“The enemy’s ar
tillery was active last night in the
neighborhood of Rlbeeourt and the
Searpe valley,” the war office reports.
•‘Considerable artillery activity de
veloped also on both sides in the Ypres
sector, between the Menin road and
Houtholst forest."
HUGE SUM IS VOTED
TO CONTINUE FIGHT
British War Credits Now Total
More Than Thirty
Billions.
London. March 9 —The house of com
mons late last night agreed unanimous
to the vote of credit of £600,000.000
moved yesterday by the chancellor of
Ihe exchequer. Andrew Bonar Law.
rids brings the total of the votes of
credit during the war to £6.842.000,000.
BRITISH LOSSES LAST
WEEK AT LOWEST MARK
London. Thursday. March 7.—-For the
first week of March British casualties
.vere 3,343, the lowest of any Wfek for
several months. The official report for
the week ending today rollows:
Killed or died of wounds: Officers,
(13: men, 628.
Wounded or missing: Officers, 179;
tnen, 2,473. •
The lowest previous week for several
months was the last week In February
;n which there were 3,751 casualties.
l'he total casualties for February, «
.ow month, were 18.961.
. . Upf
.
-is the great war-1
time sweetmeat. 9
— the benefit, the
pleasure, the economy
of a 5c package of 2
WRiCLEV’S 2
—has made it the fa- 3
vorite “sweet ration** 3
of the Allied armies. 3
—send it to your friend 3
at the front: 3
—it's the handiest. 3
longest-lasting re- 9
freshment he can 3
carry. ■
CHEW IT AFTER 3
EUERV MEAL
The Flavor LastsHl
■* A
. IS
We Are Big Eaters.
Studies of tlio monthly per capita
consumption of wheat, meat, fat and
sugar in the United States and in Eu
ropean countries show that, in general,
people in the United States eat the
most a person. The German sugar ra
tion for 1916-1917 was hardly more
than one-tenth of our consumption and
in meats we consumed almost six times
as much as the Germans were allowed.
France is on a slightly more liberal
diet than Germany, yet the French su
gar ration is only 1.1 pounds a month
a person as compared with 7.-1 pounds
in the United States. England, though
commonly considered a country of
hearty eaters, uses even loss fat than
France and is about midway between
France and the United States in meat
and sugar consumption.
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End of the Lesson.
“My hoy, you can take a lesson from
the dog that Is trotting by your side,
and to whom I point as an example.
He doesn’t drink, lie doesn’t smofce, he
doesn't swear—”
“lint if youse don’t stop vor poointin’
at him, mister, lie'll do some chewing
presently.”
Canada has handled $1,000,000,000
In bullion for the ltank of England
since the war began.
Minnesota last year shipped out 15,
520,090 barrels of Hour.
Always use Red Gross Ball Blue. Delights
the laundress. “At all good grocers. Adv.
We always know Just what not to
say after we have said it.
He Couldn’t Stand It.
She—“At least a mirror doesn’t flat
ter one.” He—“No; that is why 1
never loook in one."
WAS DISCOURAGED
Lost 65 Pounds in Weight and
Had to Give Up Work. Has Been
Well Since Using Doan’s.
"Being exposed to extreme heat
when working as un engineer, and
then going outdoors to cool off,
caused my kidney trouble,” sn^s
Karl Goering, 8513 N. Orkney St.,
Philadelphia, Pa. “In cold weath
er and when it was
damp, my joints and
muscles would swell
and ache and often my
limbs were so badly af
fected It was only with
great misery I was able
to get around. For a
week I was laid up In
bed, hardly able to - ■
move hand or foot. —
“Another trouble was from Irreg
ular and scanty passages of tine
krdnQy secretions. I became dull
and wenk and had to give up my
work. Headaches and dizzy spells
nearly blinded me and I went from
205 to 200 in weight. Nothing
helped me und I felt I was doomed
to suffer.
“At lust I hnd the good fortune to
hear of Doan’s Kidney Pills and be
gan taking them. I soon got back
my strength and weight and all the
rheumatic pains and other kidney
troubles left. I have remained
cured.” Sworn to before me,
\VM. H. M’MUNN, Notary Public.,
GetDou'tat Any Store, 60c n Box
DOAN’S VXLV
FOSTER-MILBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y.
Win the War by Preparing the Lana
Sowing the Seed and Producing Bigger Crops
Work in Joint Effort the Soil of the United States and Canada
CO-OPERATIVE FARMING IN MAN POWER NECESSARY
TO WIN THE BATTLE FOB LIBERTY
The Food Controllers of the United States and Canada are asking for
greater food-production. Scarcely 100,000,000 bushels of wheat are avail
able to be sent to the allies overseas before the crop harvest. Upon the
efforts of the United States and Canada rests the burden of supply.
Every Available Tillable Acre Must Contribute; Every Available
Farmer and Farm Hand Must Assist
Western Canada has an enormous acreage to be seeded, but man power
rs short, and an appeal to the United States allies is for more men for seed
ing operation.
Canada’s Wheat Production Last Year was 225,000,000 Bushels; the
Demand From Canada Alone for 1918 Is 400,000,000 Bushels
To secure this she must have assistance. She has the land but needs
the men. The Government of the United States wants every man who can
effectively help, to do farm work this year. It wants the land in the United
States developed first of course} but it also wants to help Canada. When
ever we find a man we can spare to Canada’s fields after ours are supplied,
we want to direct him there.
Apply to our Employment Service, and we will tell you where you can
best serve the combined interests.
Western Canada’s help will be required not later than April 5th. Wages
:o competent help, J?50.00 a month and up, board and lodging.
Those who respond to this appeal wii get a warm welcome, good wages,
^ood board and find comfortable homes. They will get a rate of one cent
t mile from Canadian boundary points to destination and return.
For particulars as to routes and places where employment may be had
pplv to. U, S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
