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CAMP UPTON’S EXCELLENT BASE HOSPITAL 'ENINGS RIFLES PROMISED A LL WEEK G eneral C razier S ta ir s C om plete S u p plies W ill Be On H and W ithin M onth Blame ia Placed. f 1 Daily News Items. . t u t 1« i L* » ’ a s s j S - S ì ì Brief Resume Most Important * COMPILED FOR YOU Kvi-nta o f N oted People, G overnm ents ''s and 1'aeifle N o rth weal and O ther 3 7 ^ T hings W orth K now ing. B ritish c asu alties reported in De- j com ber reached a to ta l of 79,527. A d isp atch to R e u te r’s L im ited from B ritish h ead q u arters says th e G erm ane I are ex p erien cin g difficulty in m ain Cam p C pton, New York, h as a m llllon-dollar base hospital, a view of which Is h e re given. It Is u u d er the super tain in g efficiency in th e ir a ir service vision of som e o f th e m ost em inent p h y sician s and su rg eo n s In th e country. In set Is a p o rtra it of MaJ. J . It. Whlt- on the w estern front. ham . com m anding th e base hospital. One of th e fo rts In K ronstadt, the i naval base n e a r P etrograd, has been blown up by sn ex trem ely violent e x plosion, according to a P etro g rad d is patch to th e London Tim es. TRAINING FOR THE AVIATION CORPS IS MOST THOROUGH W ashington, I), C, Com pleto su p plies of rifles w ithin a m onth for all A m erican forces under arm s w ere prom ised W eduesdsy by M ajor G eneral C razier, ch ief o f ordnance, te s tify in g before th e sen ate m ilitary com m ittee. Springlielda for every re g u lar and N a tional guardam an w ill he ready before F ebreuary 1, he said, and the m anu fa ctu re o f rem odeled Knlielda for the F rist N ational arm y w ill he finished in a w eek. As to m achine guns, the G eneral said, a full supply of A m erican m ake should be ready by Ju ly 1, n ext. Rifle» fo r tho n ex t d ra ft, he declared, would he on hand before th e men w ere in camp. In reply tu assertio n s m ade re cently by o th e r w itn ess« , th a t th e al lies had furnished heavy guns to the A m erican expeditionary fo rerà only because th e A m ericana w ere w orse off th an they, the G eneral subm it tea , m \ ria l docum ents to prove th a t England and F rance voluntarily offered to pro vide cannon, th e ir o u tp u t having de veloped to the point w hore a surplus w as being produced. G eneral C razier refused to shoulder responsibility fo r th e fa ilu re to equip th e arm y adequately w ith ordanance before th e w ar. He said it belonged to th e country and cite d the refu sal of th e S e cretary of W ar and rotigreas in the p a st to ap p ro p ria te fo r “ m odest” ordnance program s. The G eneral vigorously defended his course in reg ard to th e latw is m achine gun. He gave th e com m ittee tho rec ord o f th e various te s ts to w hich the gun w as put and re;x>rta o f the arm y ex|>erts to show it had been dem on stra te d to l>e a s a tisfa c to ry w eapon un til A pril, 1916, a f te r w hich orders for th em w ere given by th e departm enL Coal producers supplying arm y can tonm ents and camp« w ere notified follow ing o utline la ty p ic a l: By the Drilling and Study Occupy About aro army p°8ts administered and sup- W ednesday by th e fuel ad m in istratio n u piled by th e schools section, a ir dl- tim e a stu d en t has absorbed during th a t in no circu m stan ces nuiat they 10 HOUrS Of Every vision o f th e U nited S tates Signal this w eek the theory o f flight, engines, allow th e posts to become short o f fuel. teleg rap h ic signaling, an d the use of Day. corp#- H. R. G ladback, of F o rt W ayne, In tric a te aerial In stru m en ts (such ns No T im e Is W asted. ind., civ ilian a v iatio n in stru cto r, and T he course o f tra in in g Is necessarily com passes, air-speed Indicators, In C adet R. A. S aguin, o f K ouae's P oint, Intensive. W ithin th e com paratively clin o m eters), he decides th a t he has N. Y., w ere killed when th e ir m achine sh o rt apace of eight w eeks th e re Is become a m a ste r o f a ir subjects. I fell 300 fe e t W’ednesday afternoon a t cram m ed Into th e ground-school cad et C lasses In rigging, re p a ir of m achines, San A ntonio, T exas. th e h eav ie st d iet o f m ilitary fu n d a and types o f m achines nre scheduled In th e M onte T om ba region on the E ight “G round” School« L ocated at m entals, scientific and technical essen for th e fifth w eek, while th e study of teleg rap h ic signaling, engine, lab o ra L eading U niversities W here C andi tia ls of flying th a t he cun possibly tory, und m achine guns Is still con Italian n o rth ern front th e French have cap tu red m any positions betw een Oa- R E SO U R C E S EQUAL D EM A N D S d ig est—an d a little more. Colonel d a te s Are Given Intensive C ourse tinued. D uring th e six th and seventh te ra i di M onferena and M arankine, the B ingham 's theory (a successful one, of T raining— More Men Aro w eeks a re given le c tu re s on rudlo- w ar office announces. They also cap Judging by th e q u a lity of flyers) Is th a t T rade B alance Show s U nited S ta te s Needed In th e Service. th e m an who can a ssim ilate w ithin a telegraphy, fighting In th e air, nmp tu red about 1400 men and 60 m achine H as 1‘lenty o f Sinews. rending, m eteorology, bombs, and guns and seven cannon. By • L ieutenant of the A viation Sec given tim e an overdose of the above a e ria l photography. W ashington, D. C .— A m erica’s ex kind of w ork Is also th e man who can L ighthouse serv ice em ployes who tion. T h e close of th e eig h th week brings p o rts w ere e stim a te d Tuesday a t the keep his m ental and physical poise u n have been tr a n s fe r re d to th e service of W ashington.—A group of 36 well-set- th e exam ination In gunnery. A rtillery D e p a rtm e n t of Com m erce to have up young A m ericans, th e su m m er’s d er th e stra in of b a ttle flying In m od o bservation Is nlso on th e program , the W ar and N avy d e p a rtm e n ts a re to passed th e $6,000,000,00« m ark in ern w arfare. Ground-school can d id a tes be reg ard ed as p a rt o f th e c o u n try ’s ta n Just fading from th e ir faces, a re „ _ , , and It Is in connection w ith th is work closely studying a battlefield. W ithin , » « • th erefo re, discouraged study- th a t we find th e c a n d id a te a t the be defense forces d u rin g th e w ar and ao 1917, a new high record. Im ports six feet of them Is th e rap id flash of , ln * o b j e c t s ah ead of tim e w ith the ginning o f th e a rtic le engaged on the a re e n title d to w ar risk insurance, ac w ere less than $3,000,000,000 and the tra d e balance in fav o r o f th e U nited shells b u rstin g In quick s u c c e s s io n - p a rtic u la r purpose of passing eiam ln n - fascin atin g m in iatu re targ et. cording to a new ruling. S ta te s probably w ill be m ore than $3, not real shells, b u t as close an im ita- th a ‘‘a sl,y- N evertheless, E arl R ogers, ed ito r o f the Nome, ¿50,000,000. A bout tw o o’clock on S atu rd ay a f t tion as d esirab le . In a lectu re h a l l - th e curriculum presupposes a ce rta in ernoon th e can d id a te usually le a rn s his A laska, In d u strial W orker, and live The c o u n try ’s gold supply showed and th e men a re behaving w ith the o f previous know ledge am 1 a fate. P erh ap s only 16 o r 17 of the m em bers o f th e e d ito ria l board o f th e less in crease th a n last y ear becauso of surenesa and precision w hich, a s fu- <ound Intelligence, fo r th e in stru c to r original class of 25 w ho en tered eight publication, w hich ia owned by th e th e su b s titu tio n o f credits, fo r cash in tu re officers and p ilots o f A m erica’s at°P to tea c h a c a n d id a te the w eeks before rem ain to g rad u ate. B ut M iners' unions, w ere a rre ste d Tuesday g re a t aerial b a ttle fleet, th ey a re ex- "• T he In s tru c to r, a re rushed. those who do huve m aste re d th e basic for alleged seditious artic le s, w hich, it handling allied purchases a f te r the U nited S ta te s en tered th e w ar. Im man a . . re . rushed, And th e w ar T he men pected to display. p rinciples of m ilitary aero n autics, is charged, appeared in th e W orker. p o rts o f gold in M arch am ounted to w on't w ait. A fter each explosion, or, ra th e r, It Is ta k e n fo r g ra n te d by th e U nited i which, as arm y men a re learn in g m ore The B ritish now have fo u r stro n g $139,000,000, h u t in N ovem ber w ere flash. Is h eard th e buzz of th e w ireless The to ta l fo r S ta te s a ir service, a s It Is In o th e r thoroughly every day, Is a v ital p re positions interposed betw een th e e n less th an $3,000,000. as th e men ta k e o r send a m essage | countries, th a t th e w ork requires, first req u isite to any tra in in g In th e air. em y and Je ru sa le m in stead o f th e one th e y e a r w as estim a te d a t $537,000,- from "som ew here"—In C alifo rn ia, or . . .. Comm issioned a s Officers. . .. .... I of all. men of th e b est possible officer th a t e x iste d before th e re cen t serious 000, com pared w ith $686,000,000 in M assachusetts, o r Illinois, a s th e case i . , , ..... , V . .. .. All th e se ground-school cand idates T u rk ish a tte m p t, w ith G erm an a s s is t 1951. . m a te ria l— ath letic, quick of th o u g h t E x p o rts o f gold show ed a heavy in , . . . ; and action, an d tra in e d In discipline a re en listed In th e S ignal corpa o r the ance, to re ta k e th e city , says T ues A second group of pilots, looking : and m lu ta ry e le m e n ts -b u t. above Signal E n listed R eserv e corps, w here d a y 's London W ar office sta te m e n t on crease over th e preceding 12 m onths, dow n upon the others, a re se a te d In nn(J bey o n J &n , h u requlre8 men th e ir s ta tu s Is th a t of “flying cadets.” th e P a le stin e operations. due chiefly to th e larg e m ovem ent to cockpits high above th e m in ia tu re bat- vu, ted fo f h p a rtlc u la r job of m t„. As soon a s they a re fo rtu n a te enough Ja p a n , S pain and South A m erican F iv e G erm an airp lan es w ere de countries. The to ta l w as e stim ated a t tie field. T hey h e a r th e Im aginary ta ry aviatio n . T h e first th re e w eeks to p a ss th e te st fo r re serv e m ilitary ro a r of P ersh in g ’s guns, and th e re Is of th e ground-school course— know n as a v iato rs they receive an officer's com stroyed o r p u t o u t of action T uesday $374,000,000, com pared w ith $165,- an o th e r succession of lig h tn in g flashes th e Junior w ing—is devoted to m ili m ission, w ith th e re g u la r pay th erefor, by th e B ritish , who lost none o f th e irs. 000,000 la st year. on various sq u ares of th e m ilita ry m ap ta ry studies. and officers receive w h a t Is know n as “ Two h ostile m achines w ere bro u g h t The tra d e balance of m ore th an $3,- below them. com m utation o f q u a rte rs a t all places down in our lin e s,” says an official (il)ii,DUO,lino w ith th e country a t M f Day Is Full of W ork. “ A th ird w as brought w as regarded by officials as th e best D irects A rtillery. w here no public q u a rte rs a re av ail sta te m e n t. T h e men rise a t 5:30, and ca listh e n able. down in th e enem y ’s lines. Two o th er evidence th a t th is country has th e “Buzz-z-s, Buzz-z-z-z!” goes th e w ireless, a s In ac tu a l w a rfa re , w here ics occupy th e ir tim e, w ith a recess Beyond this. In th e case of foreign hostile m achines w ere driven down out econom ic resources necessary to d efeat a rtille ry Are Is d irected by th e "eyes fo r m ess, u n til eight o’clock, w hen duty, Is a ten p er cent e x tra allow ance of c o n tr o f None of our airp lan es is G erm any. o f th e a r m y t h e p ilots from th e top school opens. A fter a b rief stop a t provided fo r by law to officers serving m issing. ” o f th e scaffold observe th e location of noon th ey a re h ard a t It again, d rilling beyond th e lim its o f th e U nited S tates Perm ission has been given by th e W ILSO N AT SH IP P IN G BOARD “h its ” by th e a rtille ry and signal th e until school, a t fo u r o'clock. E vening and te rrito rie s contiguous th ereto, ran g e to th e gu n n ers— In th is case finds no le t up, fo r school and study w ith th e exception of th e C anal Zone, P aris m unicipal council fo r th e holding of a r t e x h ib itio n s in th e P e tit P alais | occupy th e h o u rs u n til taps, a t 9:30, P anam a, P o rto Rico, or H aw aii. In stru cto rs—below. In in th e C ham ps E lysses. T he Oramin i P lane fo r Kpeedimr U p C onstruction “W-29D-7-9" Is th e m essage to th e by w hich tim e th ey a re th a n k fu l to get addition to th e above, av iatio n officers W ork P lease P resid en t. Palais, w here th e ex h ib itio n s usually a rtillery m an —cryptic, of course, to betw een th e sheets. who a re on d u ty req u irin g them to a re held, is occupied a t p re s e n t as a W ashintgon, I). C .— P re sid e n t W il ” T h e senior w ing su b je c ts s ta rt In th e th o se who do not u n d e rsta n d the p a rtic ip a te reg u larly an d freq uently hospital. Both th e old and new salons son Monday paid a personal v is it to sq u ared m ap an d p in p o in t system In fo u rth week, from w hich tim e on th e in a e ria l flights w ill receive a 25 per a re likely to be held th is season fo r use by a e rial o b serv ers on m e w estern cent In crease In th e pny o f th e ir grade. th e first tim e since th e beginning of the offices o f th e S h ipping Board and fro n t. P e rh a p s It Is a p re a rra n g e d ; conferred fo r h a lf an hour w ith C h air T he foregoing Is a b rie f sketch of th e w ar. shoot. In w hich cose m e clock code Is ! J* - m an H urley. He le ft a p p aren tly well the w orking m ethods o f th e aviation hHndy fo r sig n alin g how close th I e P 7 CANNED LUNCHEONS Traffic on A m erican railro a d s passed pleased w ith th e w ay affairs a re going. section o f th e Signal corps o f the “h its ” com e to th e dug o u ts o f KaM er Mr. H urley outlined to th e P resident AID HOOVER CAMPAIGN { U nited S ta te s arm y. T h e ground th e $4,000,000,000 m ark d u ring the th e b o ard ’s plans fo r speeding con W ilhelm ’s p riv ates, o r tren ch crossings schools a re still In th e ir Infancy, al p a st y e a r for th e first tim e in history, filled w ith huddled g roups of th e sam e, though th e ir grow th h as been ab n o r according to figures com piled by th e stru c tio n by p u ttin g in to shipyards In d ian ap o lis, Ind.— Mrs. Alice o r w h atev er else th e ta rg e t m ay be. mal. From day to day n erial tactics bureau o f railw ay new s and s ta tis tic s , double and trip le labor sh ifts and o th er • M. F ren ch e n te rta in e d ten aid s "W-4, B-6,” sings th e buzzer. And The figures m easures fo r h u rry in g th e w ork. The and In stru ctio n al m ethods a re chang m ade public W ednesday. In th e food con serv atio n card th e U nited S ta te s a rtille ry officer co r a re based on official re tu rn s to th e In board has ju s t arra n g e d fo r in stallin g ing. and will continue to change in cam paign a t a H ooverized lunch rects th e ran g e of h!s big gun to s u it; acco rd an ce w ith new conditions. T he te r s ta te C om m erce com m ission for th e elec tric lig h tin g sy stem s in all yards eon. She served no m eat and a t least, he will do so a sh o rt tim e ground schools form th e p re lim in a ry ’ first 10 m onths o f th e y e a r and on es to m ake n ig h t w ork possible and is no w h e a t pro d u cts. S u g ar and hence, when o u r young p ilots now In about to s t a r t its cam paign fu r o b ta in step in th e g re a t ta s k of sending tim a te s o f th e la s t tw o. b u tte r w ere cu t down to a m ini tra in in g get th e first real o p p o rtu n ity ing additional labor from o th e r indus ncross th e G erm an tre n c h e s n v lators mum. T h is w as th e luncheon : M inneapolis m ills have begun g rin d trie s. of show ing th e ir m ettle to th e enem y m entally, m orally and physically F ru it cocktail, baked salm on, ing “ w ar flour,” under th e new gov T he b o a r d w i l l u s e t h e s e r v i c e s o f acro ss th e R hine. equipped fo r th e ir w ork. j scalloped p o tato es, green beans, e rn m en t re g u latio n s designed to save the co m m ittee on in fo rm a tio n ’s four- At th e G round Schools. S en t Into Service Abroad. corn b read, frie d apples, beet 16,000,000 bushels o f w h eat in the m in u te men who, sp eak in g in th e a te rs T h e foregoing Is a few m in u tes’ E very week o ur flyers n re fa st grad sa la d and coffee. D essert, p re present crop y ear. U nder th ese re g u in all in d u strial cen te rs, w ill urge men w ork In w hat Is a p a rt—a very sm all u atin g from ground schools to the served quinces an d oatm eal lations, w hich provide fo r th e use of to e n te r th e shipyards to ren d er p a tr i p a rt—o f th e program o f one o f the tra in in g schools and from th e tra in in g j cookies. 74 per c e n t of th e w h eat b e rry instead otic serv ice to th e governm ent. U nited S ta te s schools o f m ilitary schools to service overseas. And m ore A lthough a society woman and A co m m ittee of six e x p e rts w ill be o f b u t 50 per cent, tw o g rad es of flour aeronautics, m ore com m only know n as and m ore men a re needed to fill the w ill be elim in ated and th e o u tp u t w ill se n t by th e board to the Pacific C oast .»w ealthy, th e canned gooda "g ro u n d ” schools. T h e m an In th e gaps. It Is rep o rted th a t m any young be listed as w ar flour o f first and sec se rv ed re p re se n te d h e r own ef- y ard s to study m eans o f speeding con s tre e t h as a fa ir know ledge o f w h at men shy from av iatio n because fe a r ond grades. jfo rts . stru ctio n . o u r flyers a re doing. By sig h t and ing th ey lack th e p ro p er physical q u a li h e a rs a y he Is beginning to know o f th e • ■ » . . . .... . . . . . . . , fications. No p ecu liar a tta in m e n ts are C adet A. D avidson, an A m erican L u th e ra n s Show L oyalty. w ork a t our m any flying fields. As n e c e ssa ry ; th e service Is not lim ited a v iato r, w as killed a t H icks Field, Lincoln, N e b .—A t a m eetin g held a t fo r w ar. conditions, th e av erag e c iti to tra p e z e p erfo rm ers o r Jlu Jltsu ex F o rt W orth, T exas, T hursday, when F IU P IN O S READY TO FIGHT zen c a rrie s a vague p ic tu re of sw oop p erts. As th e w ar d e p a rtm e n t sten he fell 700 fe e t w hile m aking his first Sew ard, N eb., th e pasto rs and teac h ing b ird men. loops and sp iral dives, e rs o f th e G erm an L u th era n church in S oldiers and Populace E ager to Aid cil s a y s : " i t m ust he rem em bered th a t a tte m p t a t a sp ira l descent. rnptd-flre duels high nbove th e clouds, the flying officer Is not ‘an nertnl c h au f N eb rask a and of th e M issouri Synod A m erica W in W ar A gainst S hipyards in th e San F rancisco Bay etc. B ut th e m an In th e s tre e t know s fe u r’ o r ‘exhibition flyer.’ He h as been adopted resolutions of loyalty to th e G erm any. nothing of the eig h t w eeks’ m illing more co rrectly defined a s a tw entieth region w ill c o n stru ct a to ta l o f 600,000 U nited S ta te s g o v ern m en t and recom th a t th ese lads go thro u g h b efo re even cen tu ry cavalry officer m ounted o n ' tons of wood and steel vessels In 191(1, m ended th e cessation o f G erm an lan according to a re p o rt se n t to E dw ard San Francisco.—T h e P h ilip p in e Is P egasus." stepping Into a fusllnge and proudly g u ag e in stru c tio n in all parochial calling “co n tac t”—to set the m otor re lan d s a re read y to send' tw o or m ore P hysically speaking, w h a t Is m ost N. H urley, chairm an of th e U nited schools o f th e s ta te fo r the duratio n S ta te s S hipping board, by A ttorney div isio n s to F ran co to b a ttle fo r de volving fo r th e ir first a s c e n t In o th of th e w ar. One o f th e m ost prom i o f nil desired Is n sound, stro n g body, e r w ords, he know s nothing o f our m ocracy, according to a sta te m e n t w ith p a rtic u la r a tte n tio n paid to eyes, G avin M cNab, a fte r a conference w ith n e n t parochial schools o f th e sta te , lo shipbuilders. ground schools fo r th e fu n d am en tal m ade h ere, by Oen. T hom as !.. H artl- nerves, and ears. P e rfe c t eyesight la cated here, w ill drop G erm an language gan o f th e P hilip p in e N itflonal G uard. a sine quo non. tra in in g o f av iato rs. Provided they are The e stim a te th a t 500 m en, women in stru c tio n and it is expected th a t all G eneral Ilr.rtlg a n Is 'v isitin g th is oth erw ise acceptable, can d id a tes of T he A m erican schools a re located a t parochial schools w ill adopt th e policy. th e follow ing colleg es: U n iv e rs ity 'o f co u n try to give th e w a r d e p a rtm e n t light build and m ore youth fu l a p p ear and children had become to ta lly o r p a r CAUfornla. Cornell, G eorgia School of first-hand Iflform atloo r.»girding m ili ance thnn d esirable fo r line officers tia lly blind as a re su lt of th e re cen t Ita lia n s l-aud Red Crons. Technology. P rinceto n u n iv ersity , U ni ta ry con ditio n s in th e Island. will be given n chance. T h ey should be explosion and fire, in H alifax , N. S., is Rome — Queen H elena W ednesday “T h e re a re th re e In fa n try brig ad es, a t le a s t n ineteen and p referab ly not proving co rrect. A t le a st 200 w ill be teleg rap h ed to th e Red Cross com m it v ersity of Illinois, M a ssach u setts In s titu te of Technology, Ohio S ta te u n i or 7,000 men. In th e P h ilip p in es N a over th irty , "slth o u g h In exceptional to tally blind, th e m a jo rity of them be te e a t G enoa in th e nam e of the king versity, and U niversity of T ex as. A l tional G u ard ,” G en eral H artlgftn said. cases," to q uote th e official announce ing young women and children. as well as h erself, an expression of though they have token over a larg e "W e h av e p len ty o f officers. T h e sol m ent, "older men of pronounced a th C ount C zerin, th e A u stro -H u n g arian a p p reciatio n o f its w ork in opening a d ie rs an d po p u lace a re v e ry desirous p a r t of the technical a p p a ra tu s and letic a tta in m e n ts who have sp en t moat foreign m in iste r, a t th e session o f th e can teen th ere. • som e of th e In stru c to rs of th e u n iv e r o f sho w in g th e ir ap p re c ia tio n o f th e of th e ir Uvea out of doors. In th e sad peace conference a t B reat Litovsk T he m essage says all classes o f the sities on whose grounds they a re s itu effo rts o f A m erica In ,th e ir behalf, and dle, ranching, playing polo, m ountain W ednesday, read a s ta te m e n t to th e people a rc g ra te fu l to th e Red Cross ated , It is to be noted th a t th ey a re In a re hold in g them selves In re a d in e ss fo r clim bing, o r In actu a l flying, m ay ba effect th a t the C entral Pow ers agreed and th a t th e desire has been expressed no sense a p a rt of th e u n iv ersity o r of an y serv ic e th ey ; ma y b e ! called upon accepted If they can satisfy th e exam to conclude im m ediately a g en eral by m any to send g re e tin g s fo r th e N ew th a o rd in ary university course. T hey to do.” A L ining b o ard of tb e lr physical fitness,” peace w ith o u t forcible an n ex atio n s and Y ear to th e ir b en efacto rs from the indem nities. U n ited S tate*. GET ESSENTIALS IN 8 WEEKS Ì vr - i - t .7 PEACE TERMS Negotiations Broken Off When Germany Shows Hand. AUDACITY SURPRISES Slav D elegation R etu rn s Io P e tro g ra d and P ositive A nnexation P lane o f k a is e r Made P lain. P etro g rad T h - • a . , lcas uf a aepar- a te (H-ace betw een R ussia nrat th« con tro l in with being effected seem r e m ote, heeause o f w hat a re reg ard ed m Ge rm a n y 's unreasonable dem ands. la>on T rotzky, the Bolshevik! foreign m in ister, and his associates, *eks th e stan d th a t the B altic province« a re in re ality under m ilitary pressu re w hile they continue to be occupied by G er m any, ami th a t th e ir votes w ith re spect to peace m ust be ignored, as now th ese provinces a re v irtu ally G arm an de|>eudenriea, th e loyal Ruaalana h av ing fled. The R ussian delegation upon ita re Ini n from Itrent l.itovsk Tuesday laid before th e council uf > oouBaisionera a t P etro rg ad G erm an y ’s dem ands, w hich caused am azem ent and th* dec laratio n th a t th e council w as not fa vorable to acceptance. An elab o ratio n uf th e G erm an |K»eitioti In le tte r s and s ta te m e n ts w hich follow ed th e g en eral s ta te m e n t of te rm s showed th a t the G erm ans hold th a t Poland, .L ith u an ia, Courland, L ivonia and Eatfconia have alread y defined th em selv es, n atio n ally w ith in th e m eaning of the p fpea term a promised ami in sist th a t thsjf shall not vote again. T he G erm ans also - explained, th rough G eneral Hoffm an, th a t G e r m any cannot ev acu ate R iga, L lbau and o th e r occupied points u n til c e rta in th a t all R ussia sanctions |a-acs; o th erw ise G erm an y 's enem ies m ig h t asslsfcltfli- rain e or o th e r disaffected sections ip opposition to th e cen tral (lower*. Tile R ussian pci. tu rn ed t o P etro g rad T h u f ^ ^ ^ ^ l p o r t . .1 to a jo in t s e s s i o n of th* sx s c u ttv e eo m n iittee o f so ld iq tj^ w o rk m en ’s deleg a tes and th e grail Council o f Soldiers* ^ | d m en ’s D e p u t i e s tin .Tg*« o f tb s n eg o tiatio n s w ith th e A ustro-G erm ana a t Ilreat-L ito v sk . M. K am eneff, a m e m b e r « th o R us sian d elegation, read tho G erm an term s, w hich he clm raotsrisod as show ing th e p ositive anneteetlow ^hm s of th e c e n tra l pow ers, and he declared they w ere unacceptable in th e ir pres e n t form s. He s ta te d th a t th e -A m j U is hail not been discussed. “ If a fte r th e resum ption o f n eg o tia tio n s ,” th e d eleg a te said, “ thu*L»«r- . m ans in sist upon th ese term s, R ussia w ill conclude peace not w ith th e ' man im p erialists, but w ith th e repr s e n ta tiv e s o f th e people, the SocialistA*.», of G erm any. ” iW ORDNANCE BUREAU C H A NG ED , B usiness Men to D irect Im p o rta n t Di visions in F u tu re . W ashington. D. G. — G eneral re f cavil o rg an izatio n o f th e ordnance bureatl w ith experienced busineaa men a t the head of im p o rtan t division# under the c h ie f of ordnance, w as announced W ednesday n ig h t by th e W ar d e p a rt m ent. T he new plan under w hich it is pro posed to m ake th e b ureau a g ro a t w orkng u n it modeled som sw hBt a f t e r th e B ritish m iniatery of m u n itio n s w as outlined to th e sen ate m ilita ry com m itte e recen tly by M ajor G eneral C rozier, c h ief of ordnance, w hile he w as lieing sharply questioned co ncern ing delaya and deficiencies in supply ing rifles and cannon. I t now has lieen approved by S e cretary of W ar B aker and put in to effect. a e n e r a t u ro z le r, whoa« ren o m in a tion is pending in th e sen ate, contin ues ns chief, and no rhHngu is m ade in the a s s ig n m e n t of B rig ad ier G eneral W heeler aa a c tin g ch ief, when G enet.ll C rozier serv es on th e w ar council. Colonel Sam uel M cR oberU , form erly ex ecu tiv e m an ag e r o f th e N atio n al C ity Bank of New Y ork, is nam ed ch ief of th e procurem ent division. G erm ans Lose Aero Prey. P a ris — L ie u te n a n t Raoul L ufbury, of W allingford, Conn., m em ber of th e L a fn y ette E scadrille, had a narrow es-. cape in a fight w ith four G erm an b a t tle m achines last S aturday. T he g a s oline pi|ies on his a irp lan e w ere punc tured d u ring th e en g agem ent. snH a l though he had th e a d v an ta g e of a h ig h er altitu d e, his m achine becam e alm ost helpless th rough th e stoppage o f his m otor. L ie u te n a n t L u fb u ry seem ed v irtu a lly a t th e m ercy of th# G erm ans, b u t by clever m aneu v erin g he m anaged to escape unhurt. G erm an E d ito r Is Held. SL P aul — On h charge of p e rju ry based on alleg atio n s th a t th e tra n s la tio n s o f a rtic le s in h it paper, D ie F re ie P resse, w ere fa r from being accurate, R einhold K intzi w as a rre ste d b Joseph Buisson, U nited S ta te s d e p u t- l mu chid, in G lencoe, M inn., T hursday. Officials in th e IJ. S. d is tric t a tto rn e y ’s office declared th a t m any articles, differed m ate ria lly from th e sw orn version filed by K intzi, and contained m a tte r of a seditious im port.