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LIAYOR KEYES
I1AS MESSAGE
FOR COUNCIL
Dollar Saved is-Dollar Earn
ed" is Finahclal ! Policy
Adopted For 1918; Delin
qutst A$se$$inenU Paid
-."8 AlAfflf IHCREASES
. FOIt ONE YEAR ONLY
Execclive Hopes to Have
IIcruy Left Over From New
' Appropriations
,iflce the passage at a special elec
tloa July ? last of . charter amend
n 'meiiti ilTlng the city ceyncll addi
Honal,power8 for collecting street as
sess ments, certain residents who for
a long time hare been In arrears
hare paid Into the city treasury th 3
sum cf $15,030.47 In delinquent aa
v sssments. This fact Is mentioned In
the annual message of Mayor Walter
, E. Keyes. read before the city council
last night.' Much money of this char
acter, however. la yet outstanding.
"A dollar saved is a dollar earned t'
expresses the financial ollcy of the
mayor fflr the year 1918.' lie advo
cates careful business methods and
eqnservative committer "work, and
dpclares-that although the budget for
1918 is about $15,000 less than that
far 19X7, 4he council t mast not' work,
on the basis of - spending all the
money, at its disposal. The mayor
" Expresses the desire that at the end
cf the year a portion of the.appro1
l rations will be left to trirn Into the
xeaeraWund for next year.i :
MesJgo -I '''Brief.
As a measure of economy Mayor
"eyes, realizing the necessity .of
. ralsJag some salaries because. ;cf
Treant high .cost of living, urges
tiat when salaries" are raised by or
; nance the bill be so drafted that
t e salaries automatically revert " to
: eir former figures at the close of
tie ofesent year.
The mayor's- message was brief
izi. follows In full: fi . '
"Following ; a time honored cus
tom of delivering a message. on the
. first Monday o'each year.il wish at
tils time to briefly call to -your at
i teation a few points which I deem of
raramount Interest to the city ' of
Slnce the passage of the charter
. amendments on the 9th day ot July.
1117. giving the common- council ad-
C.tipnal powers for collecting street
Esessraents. citizens long in arrears
tave paid into the city treasury the
sum of $15,030.47. There la yet.
-however, much 4 money of this char
acter outstanding. I believe that the
' people ofthe city of Salem realize
that we cannot operate city affairs
a a business basis, or at all, unless
we collect assessmenta- for improve-
mtnts of streets with reasonable dis
patch, Intaresf. on improvement
bonds must be met semi-annually. If
the money is not collected from the
owners of benefited property, as pro
vided by charter, then.we are pbligei
...to make such payments out of the
general fund, which makes taxes in
evitably high, and works a gross In
justice on those who nave paid ineir
assessments . in accordance with the
' law. .it Is. therefore, necessary and
Just that we tise our best endeavor
to collect outstanding street Improve-
tientB, and thus place tjie city's fi
nance upon a business basis. Inter
est upon bonded property must ; oe
collected In order that we may meei
lcterest.-npon bonds. I
, ' tconomr 'Has Wide Scope.
"In preparing oar budget for the
ensuing year,, we have reduced tho
operating expenses of the city over
last year approximately? $15,000.
This does not mean, however, that
we should, spend all the money thus
appropriated beeause It Is at our dis
posal. I believe, after working under
,the budget with this decrease ltnwiil
b.e demonstrated next year that an
other . material reduction i ' can be
made in taxes. I further believe that
by careful business ; methods and
conservative committee work, a por-
'tlon-cf the appropriations made for
this year may be carried over and
Placed In the general fund for next
year. In other words; we should
fifure the financial business of the
-, crty the same as a pr uflent business
nun would figure bis own, namely,
dollar saved is a dollar earned !
W should not forget we are en
rasod la a world's war, and that our
!tizeus fr0m every angle j are being
financially drained to Mt the xi
fartfes of unfortunate conditions, if
economy In eitr affairs should b
practkrerf ... -h.Me there; later on the name mf tnaf
f, this. I wontd nr. ahov stl veStTS.
. J1 ,fi t,,n for conservation and elim
ination of waste. Through the com
i year, let economy be the polar
i far -which shall guide us in our de
; liberations. ' -
Arbts Policy on Salaries,
' 0iar to the high cost of llrlnf
sd th shortage of labor; it has be
come necessary to raise-la ome in
Unces the salaries of city employe.
Jrtheles, f am cemfident of the
, Jct that It is easier to Til salaries
lean to lower them when one raised.
Continued kon Page's;
ST0RT.1 HITS
V
. 1IIIH-'
KOT PuChHSED
Heaps of Snow From Unpre
cedented 'Storm Impedes
Street Traffic
ALt, TRAINS ARE LATE
Help Cleaning Department;
Factories Hurt Thousands '
of Laborers - ,
Chicago, Jan. Twenty-8onf
hours after abatement of the unpre
cedented . Sunday blizzard Chicago's
streets were still badly Imneded.
Traffic fdr the most part vas eon-
nned , to the paths made by street
ears which made uncertain progrea
inroHgn canrons or snow heaped and
drifted on either side. , 5 :
By offering bonuses the city ife
trained 2000 laioers for the street
cleaning department, but although
privata firms lent men and carts the
snow piles, heaped by the greatest
single storm on resord, had not- per
ceptibly decreased at nighfall. Mahv
automobiles, stalled last night,; t5
malned fast tonight, as the demands
for hely far outnumbered the wreck
ing crews avaable at -parages and
livery stables. r ?
The weather bureau offered nd re
lief. It predicted snow flurries and
, a lower temperature for Minnesota.
Visconsln, Illinois. - Icda. Indiana
and Southern Michigan.- 1 r r
. Passenger trains arrived. from one
to eight "hours late and the sched
ules of freight inains were obleter
aCsd. Interburban trains shared thq
commoht fate,, with. few exceptions.
The great steel mills, which fringe,
the southern nd of fake Michigan,
were paactically idle owing to - Ihe
inability of workers to .reach the
plants. At the stock yards only 2001
of the 1100 carloads expected made
their way through the drifts.',)
--..Even without 'further snowfall.8 H
jwas said that a week would be re
quired to restore the streets to nor
mal. r.:-s- vV :: !--,f t
Salem and Albany Schools
Debate Here Friday Wight :
v The Salem high school debating
team .will meet the Albany debate A
at the high school auditorium Fri
day night. The subject 4eals with
a problem which may face the coun
try at the close' of th-war, It "Is
"Resolved that the United States
Should Abandon the Monroe Doc
trine." : . '-: .:'
The local debaters are putting on
the finishing touches this week..
K I m : :?
Uentenant Bellinger ;
Hot gxpeeted Ta Live
klrs. IvanE. Bellinger has left for
iYort Riley, Kansas, in response to a
message announcing that her hus
band, Lieutenant Ivan E. Bellinger
of the medical reserve corps of the
army is not expected .to recover from
the severe illness ; which . was an
nounced a few days ago. ? Dr. -Bel-,
linger 's brother. Allan Bellinger, ac
companied Mrs. Bellinger, and Paul
Ha user. a brother of Mrs. Bellinger,
accompanied them .as far as Port
land.
m LiTTLE LORRAIfJE VILLAGE LIE '
BODIES ' OF FIRST OF MJERICAN
SOLDIERS DYIKG FOR DEiJOCRACY
Graves Frequently Visited by
ers Will Come In Throngs To
Vifice, Wntes French Nofelist; Village Charchtlock Near
Marks Hoar Bat Rings No
PARIS. Dec. 14. l Correspond
ence of The , Associated Press J
Henry Bordeant, the French nofsi-
ist, giving In the Revue Hebdouie
daire an. account of bis recent visit
to the graves of the first three sol
diers of the American expeditionary
force to fall on the French frost,
. . ..t t f
saysr "utter on i moinn'w wm
obscure village that I caonotweveai
now will be known and wil t-
sounded across flie ocean, v u I tors
will come In throngs, even from ovey
the seas, to contemplate the nor
Ixon and breathe the. air Impregnat
ed with the atmosphere of sacrifice
nf rlorr that makes neoole strOtg
nod liidivldnali Jitidacfoo nd pr-,
verms. 1 - -1 --
"Thoe graves ar situated along
m. atone wall of a little Lorraine til
lage.' be says, "In a, tiny vl'lf,e
K right op next to tho front. It i
nearly Intact and some of the in
habitants art still staking to tber
f.IELSON AND
ROBERT
WITH WARD
Slender -Alderman, Arises In
Wrath When Dumpy One
" Says False Statements Are
Made About Library
COMFdliT STATION IS
AGAIN GIVfeN AIRING
City Officers Formally .Elect
: ed and Scharf Is AUded '
To Force ,
A Quorum of city aldernrcn'gath,
ered .in -the 'council ebamber Jast
night and lounged" at. ease in the
coimortaoie .- swtvei chairs, all pre-,
parea for a nice .easy sessionfor
"Happy" Ward wasn't present. But
shucks. It wasn't ten minutes before
the; dumpy alderman appeared.
There was no smile on Happy's face.
His hat sat jauntily on his head and
his lips were buttoned tigatly around
a half-bnrned cigar. Gore . was in
Happy's eye. . ? ;
pine - stiffened and; feet, came
sown irom the taoies.
J Well. Happy pitched 'into Alder
man Melson about his attitude - to
ward the public library and1? later
pan&ed Alderman Roberts and hi
committae on the subject of the com
fort station. But it wasn't all Hap.
py fight. . ?Th redoubtable - Mr
Melson.' who according to City At
torney Macy,. Is a handy man -with
the ' gloves, with irrath- in his eye,
interrupted' Ward and Accused him.
it saying he had lied. Melson wculd
have ean-led the dialogue to- a sen
satlonal pitch if ' the mayor hadn't
rapped for order. When .Ward took
up the question of the comfort, sta
tion Ropefts replied tartly anf bored
Into, him with some sarcastic prode.
V Question tif Fnndf Starts IU
The library J argument started
when , Ward moved that 1500 be
transferred from' the library fund
to the library board, explaining; that
the roof; flfeeds repalrfnc. The mo
tion carried and Melson moved thai;
the $500 be used for nother purpose
than repairing the roof. This aUo
carried. - Melson argued that all of
the amount wasn't needed to repair
the roof and that the board simply
watted the remainder of the amount
to spend-on other things.
"Alderman Melson is trying to
misrepresent : things, 'declared
Ward. , -'-' - ' '" " "' ..
Melson was oh his feet in an In
sunt.- -
"I resent this Insinuation of th
aldermen." ' hei- said, "He gets "up
nere ana tries to ten you. i nave
lied." ...
. . "Tes? and you are-going to heir
some more 01 m muic
stuff." retorted Ward. Y
kind of
Ward then moved that the library
board be recorded as having, $500
available, the amount to be trans
ferred to the board in amounts as
needed. The sum af $5600 was the
budget appropriation for the library
The motion carried. The ef f eat of
Melon's .motion is that for which
he contended, namely that whatever
part of the $500 transferred to re
pair the' robf ; is notused for that
purpose must go back to the city.
(Continued on Page 8
French Officers Later Visit
Breathe Atmosphere of Sac-
Mere
firesides there. ' The church clock
marks the hour , though ttut 'ehureb
bell! riag no more. .
. "A, shell bursts in the nefshbdr-
hood from time, to time and the peas
ants pause to listen tonhe explosion
then go on with their work. There
are sows in tb she! and poultry
scratching abotu the barnyard with
assurance. ,:t --.l
"The church is built on a, hillside
near a clatcrof farm biild.ngs that
seem to have been built upon- the
site of an ancient t - stronghold.
Stretching away Jtom the buildings
there Is a blab stone wall alongside
which- Is a line of graves marked
with woodca' crosses from which fly
ths Trench tricolor. They are. the
tomb of French soldira killed, moat
of them, at the end of August, 191 f.
when lh Oermans after the battle
of i Morhange tried to invada this
part of -lorralae but were repulsed.
' ("Cootiaucd 'oo'i'a g ') "
CHARGES THAT
SAr,IT.IIES GO ON
DuUNIC REFUTED
American Army and Navy Of
ficbls in London Are " i
Indignant
OFFICERS DENY REPORT
Feeling Is Intensified After
r Minister Makes Accusa-
tion in Sermon
LONDON'. Jan. T.Much Indigna
tion' has been caused among, Ameri
can army and navy officials and' oth
ers Americans. In London "because or
Jrpbrt5 circulated In tha United
States ; that " Amer icah , soldfersi and
sailors in Europe were drinking to
excess. '- The Indignation has been
intensified by a charge made Alt his
sermon at the city temple Sunday by
the Rer. Dn, Joseph . Fort Newton
of Iowa, pastor,'; of 1 drunkenness
among i American soldiers ' In Eng
land -.Wfien I see American boys
staggering in the street - drtnk, t
hate London.! was one of the ut
terance of Dr. Newton. : L,
. Vice Admiral Sims, commander of
the naval forces, and Colonel S. 11.
L. Slocum,-. military attache of tlie
American 'embassy in London today
declared that 'the charge? of drunk
chnes were" false, and. that they al
io were reflections on theAmerlean
forces, as well as an Insult to Great
HritalB. Admiral Sims said , thera
never was a time In American his-'
tory when th-re1 was so little drunk
enness among the American fighting
forces. - lie bad been here for eight
months, he said, and had visited the
American flotilla base and various
cities In England and on the-French
front and never had seen a drunk
en American- aoldlet or aallor. and no
case ofvdrnakcnnes In the navy had
been called to hi attention. ; . '
"The Americana did not come to
Europe to get drunk." Admiral Sims
continued. . ithls war is a serious
business thenf. As. far as the navy
Is concerned, the young men . who
are hunting for submarines , realise
that they mst hall All .their wits
aboutChem. Beside?, there Js a fine
feeling of honor among them. They
know tho navy's orders. They are
here to aid the country; they here
td make a record
General Slocum also, declared that
he had never seen, a drunken Ameri
can fightingmarion this side of the
water. Walter nines rage, :xnc
American ambassador, and the ev
MirtM of the embassy, the Ameri
can, eonsnl general na the official
of the consulate, all maJe srmUar as
sertions that they had never ob
served an Intoxicated American sol
dier or sailor on 4h.e streets of Lon
don or anywhere' else in tms coun
try. ,
Th Tte-r. nr. Newicn in c
mrnt todav said he was called Te-
cently to Easle Hut, tne t. m -
ItAaniiapfora Slid that there 'Were
three American soldiers there, who
. . utnYiratpH that they could
not take off their clothes to go ' M
bed. One of these men n
had been baptld by him years ago.
"I have en Americans, dmnk tn
tiie streets,! Dr, Newton continued.
t nrond of my-country as the
army and navy officials are. but I
am tninKipK n "
SUPRET.1EE COURT
UPHOLDS DRAFT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Every
contention raised Against the select
ive draft act was swept aside by the
suoreme" court today in an nnanl-
mous opinion delivered by Chief Jus
tice White", upholding the law as con
stitutional. Authority to enact, me
statute and to send forces to fight
the enemy wherever he may be
found, the court held. lies m luc
clauses of the constitution giving
congrf ssthe power to declare war
and to raise ana support armies
"As the mind cannot conceive an
army without the men to compose
it said the : chief Justice, "on the
face of the constitution the objection
that it does not give Twwer to pro
vide for such men would seem to be
too frivolous for further notice."
The opinion " then proceeded to
tske I an and definitely, dispose of
each of tho many questions raised, by
the counsel for the convicted persons
whose sppeals brought the law be
fore the-cort.;r -' r is '.-..
No action was taken by the court
la the several pending cases involv
ing charges of conspiracy Jo prevent
tho carrying out cf tho purposes of
the law, ft predicted i that these
cases, which Ituiude tho appeals or
Alexander rwkman, . Emma Gold
man, Loul Kramer and Morris I deck
er, convicted In New.York, later way
be mads the subject of a separate
op'inloa. . ' - ', ' ;
CENSORSHIP
of Mm
PRESS
Stories of Labor Strikes, Crit
icism of Government, Use
of Dog Meat, and Allied
Saccess Forbidden. .
TEUTONIC WAR LORDS
- RULE PUBLIC -OPINION
Series of Secret Instructions
Revealed by State De- -.
partment
WASHINGTON, . Jan. 7. Eviden
ces of the care' the German govern
ment is taking to; direct public opin-
j ion and to deceive not only its ene-1
mies. but its own people, is contain
ed in a. series of' secrt 4nstrnctlona
issued to the German press' by the
censoiship whictr-have fallen Into thd
hands of (he state department! These
instruction cover a period -of leas
than .three months . ef last -year, bdt
they , tell a complete ' story v of how
the Teutonic war 1 oar da control pub
lie opinion. . ' ' y " l.
. -Owners of newspaper and publish
ers generally not. onljf are' limited &s
to the character of the articles Diint-
ed, but In many cases are told iw bat
they, should publish and in' 'wbat
terms. Labor disturbances, "food
shortage and difficulties in securing
and distributing coal- are placed un
der the ban. but newspapers ; are
jrged to give prominence to enemy
losses and to certain; prescribed' In
terpretations "of hi terbatlanal situ
ations.'-: ' ' ; " --- ' ' i !
. Violations Is Pdlnshahl.'
1 A hint of the telenthlessness; of
the authorities in publishing infract
ions of orders is contained in one
notice In' which attention ia called to
the fact that the police !Iiave again
teen notified to seek Out and bring
to ruthless punishment " originators
Of untrue, military, political financial,
and economic reports." . . -
In another jibtice similar, warning
1 . given that the police wni "pro
ceed energetically" against those who
repeated untrue reports. - .
Interesting light Is 'thrown upon
the Berlin view of the preparations
for war in the -United States by a
paragraph of an order dated June 6
last," . It says: . ' v. ...-'-.';.'';;
' American' Strength Admitted. ;
"While the news about America's
war preparations, such as the organ
ization and! outf ittfng of an army one
million strong' to reinforce the
French-English front. Is looked Upon.
In that form, as 'bluff, the spread
ing of which may unfavorably affect
the opinion of, the German peoplet
jet, the fact must not be overlooked,
on the other hand, that the United
States with the support of its capac
ity for material and industrial man
agment. Is arming Itself for war with
great energy and tenacity. The war
preparations, in America are ; there
fore, as was intimated. In the reich
stag at the time, not at all to be
made little of, bust r.itut be taken
seriously without on that account b
ing made a source of worry." "
Another dated June 9 says;. ' .
Comment la Urged.
"Petit Parisien , Informs that five
American divisions numbering 125,
000 men may be expected in Trance
(Continued on page 6)
RIGID
mmm Bit we
Structure To Cost $22,000 and Haying Seating; Capacity of
Fire Thousand it Decided Upon hy BoardRacinf Ifct
Dro'ped From Program- Lea Reelecfe4 r i
By decision of the Oregon' stat
fair board at; its session last night a
larga coliseum', having - a seating
capacity of S000 and costing 122.000
will be built, at' the state rait
grounds in time for use at the
rtate fair for 1918. The ttuilding
will be paid foe out ot pioceeds of
the fair, an apptoprlation for the
purpose not being necessary. An ar
cbitect has already been instructed
to draw up plans for the structure.
The building will be under way
during the summer. It is probable
that temporary seats will be Installed
to serve for a time and 'better s st
iBg facilities arranged later,
Itarfng Is Itetalnd,
' Tho board decided not to drop
racing from the list' of attractions
as had been, suggested for all of the
northwest fairs, y Details peTtafning
to arrangements will be arranged at
tho meetingsof the North Pacific Kalf
assoriatjoo whkh will bebeld it New
Westminster, B. C, January 1 gad
1. Secretary A. II. Lea and W. If,
Kavage, one of the members'of the
board will attend th meeting. All
of the big purses will again be of
fered aad it is not probable that any
PACIFISTS
ARE
IN ACCORD VITH
NEW. WAR M.IS
Premier's Speech Draws Un
expected Favcr Frc.-n All
- Elements .
WAR TO END ENDORSED
Berlin Paper Contends Allies
W ork For Territorial
;-r:r -Conquest :.yr
LONDON Jan. 8. Premier Lloyd
George, according to .the Daily, Mail,
has received a most cordfal telegram
from President Wilson and the Amer
ican government congratulating the
premier on the speech he made Sat
urday expressing Great . Britain's
war alms. , V '.
LONDON Jan. 8k The utter
ances of the newspapers aftd of pub
lic men of all parties ajnd shades of
Opinion show that the1 statement of
the' British war alms made by David
Lloyd George,' ; the ' premier, has
drawn together to an unexpected de
gfee ' the divergent m schools.' Sup
porters of a war to afin. bn the
one hand, and out and put Dacifists
on the other endorse, the- govern
ment's platform, while the opponents
of tne "knockont i blew' and " "no
peace -with ' the Hohenzollerns" bat
tie cries also have come Into line.
The Morning Post.Whieh has been
the most consistent disbeliever in the
possibility of any league of .nations
Dlan. " elves a half-hearted nrotekt.
but stands almost alone in, that posi
i tion. The Nortbcliffe newspapers.
The Times and Daily ' Mail. . which
have., pursued - the same policy,, en
dorse the premier's statement. The
Marquis of "Lansdowne, .the labor
leaders and two pacifists, who hlth
1 erte k have opjosed the goverhment.
James, Ramsay MacDonald and Phil
ip Snowden. give unqualified support
to the premier's utterances. .
It is-felt that the central powers
cannot refuse to put forth some form
of a reply. to this detailed and -spe
cific program,, moe - straigtforward
and .definite than any statement of
their war aims they have yet attered.
Their reply is awaited with t-be great
est interest..,;. r. . 5w
';a ( v'LJu-r "
, AMSTERDAM. JTa'h t . "Every-
body will have expected In the speech
a definite reply to .the, question
wether the present British intentions
will bring us nearer to 'peace.'; says
the Berliner Tageblatt. comipentLng.
on Premier Lloyd Georges London
speech. "We are unable to find a
single word in this long statement of
very calm tone, and. for the speaker.
very moderate and -pertfhent char
acter,, which, ins tified an affirmative
reply. Lloyd George admitted thai
the ideals and aims which, have oeen
placed . in the. foreground ui to the
present are not for the entente policy
the main thing, but territorial ques
tions !. .r"
"In. byi'ef, be says clearly that all
alterations of the map by the war In
favor ofA.he-central powers shall be
annulled and that: aM in favor , of
Great Dri tain' ail d her allies and alsa
those which are still mere .demands,
shall be 'maintained.' J v
.The; Moreen Post says: . "
"The 's'ense of , "LlOyd.. George
statement may - be summarized In
short formula that Great Britain
Continued on. page 2)
of them will be' decreased Rac
will be held on Monday, which was
not done at the 1M7 fair.
In-4he' "children's department the
pig clubs will be retained. and calf
and sheep clubs added wilb spedaH
prizes awarded for all of the clubs
In response to petitions ir livestock
men and other, interested ; peisom
premiums offered' for livestock, ag
ricultural and cereal exhibits wilt
be. increased over last year which at
that time were larger than had been
offered previously.
IanUmt far rrel!nk
Another building to be added will
bo a rest room' for men. j
A. ;IL Ia was ieele?ted secretary
of the state fair board with no men
tion madeof an Increase in salary.
Other officers elected were: Presi
dent A, C, Marstera, llotburg; vi
president, J. K. Reynolds,- La
Jrande;;-treasurer, A. N.; l Cosh.
f!Am. J.'- J. ,
. Tho only change fit comffiltieeswa
that of W. II.' Kavsge, outriing presi
dent becomes ebaJrman cf . the fi
nance committee, ' TblS'pofeltion was
j revlouslr held by iir. ;4.rJr, m
was elected prtmUtbt of the board.
LIE
sn
Russians- Are SlrcntF.cr.:
- Frontf Pclrcrad 'Advl:
Say, Bet No Aid Is To I
Accented Frcm Entcr.
FIGHT IS fOPjDZAL
i,OTFn:ico:;Tz
Bohheyiki, Li!:e G:::
t. Vcrkers, YIzzl De::::
. cratic Peace
(WAR SUMMARY)
Although .Infantry operatic: i
the major war theaters are of a
nor character. $igns are. not wa
that big battles are In the pro
making in, Flanders, Franc
Italy,, At various points in t
three war zones Intensive an.
duels are going on. day an 1 r'
They are particularly sevc-ro1 i
region - of ypres and the C.
sector, where -the Brlth are .
the Germans, along the ALne &
the Verdun sector and along th
selle river,, where the tnrct i t f ."
German crown' prince . and X..
Duke Albrecht, of WurttcmLur
opposing the fcrenfh. and in t! i
Ian highlands from the rf-gl o;
Lake Garda. eastward to tV' I
river, where the AuUro-f'
troops are aligned against t.
lans. French and British.
Southwest of Ypres, in FT
the Germans have made an t. :
to" enter British 'posltioh a. I t
with repulse and heavy 1ok. t
the fire of the British Infamry
machine guns. : Likewl.-c, . .
tempted, raid against the Frr
sitions on the historic :. '
Verdun sector-was f tcr; : J
guihary .bosses to the
These two maneuvtrj czt,?.' :
only attivity .by Infantry r
any point, except, that sul .
patrols at sever?! places - f
crossings of the Plave river :
the Teutonic allies.
The situation arising in t:
agreement between tlie Tent
lies and the BolshevikI 1
Russia stlll remains cloud. !
to lack pf definite Jnfomat!
cerning the trend the negr!
are taking or whether they 1. ;
tlrely ' ceased. An niofncl '
patch from Petrorrad tjurtc .
dek.vone of the Bolshevist C.
who has ben treating wilTi t
trlans and Germans in P tn
declaring that the Bolshevik I I
init,ely. strenplhenln? t? I
front but that the Ru?.?l:ir.? h,
eept no help froia the entente' .
If they are forced t fight j
the Russians are fightln? for r n
and not fdr conquest. The I;
ikl. like the German working ch
added ' M. 'Radek. stand for a d
cratlc peace and If the German
ernment attacks the llxv . : ,
wip display itself to Its own i
In Hi true light."
Meantime, the Social Dem
party has come out strongly c
the German plans of annexat.
set forth at the Brest-Lltovpk
ference, and In a resolution 1
clared that a lasting peace i? -elble
only If the democratic ir! '
of self-determination is honestly
ried out. .
, The resolntlon added that
rtarty Is resolved resolutely to
bat the misuse of the right cf
determination for the purpose cf
gulsing annexations. !,
Another American steamsh!r. '
Harry Luckenbach. has been ft:-",
in eneniy submarine somewher
the war lone. Right members f t
crew of . the steamer are r-; r
missing.
liarl Readine has been ir r--' '
misn high commissioner la ;
hlted. States. Ia.addition to ! .
an able jurist, he Is one of Cr
nritain's best known finanrUrs.
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