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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1918
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THE W EATHER
Wzishington, Feb. 2.—Fair Sun- j day and Monday, •with slovrly; rising temperature.
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INTERNAL
HOPE
NEW GAIN IN TONNAGE TO ALLIES
United States Takes Over Dutch Ships to Assist in Great War Program
MOVE FOOD SUPPLIES
miSEMCIED
Drafting of Workers and Other j Proposals Are Laid Before! Members of Congress j
WILL ASK QUESTIONS
fix PROf IT ELOUR
Wa.shington, Keb. 2—With indications that the United Stales will be unable to buy more than four million tons of .shipping during l!tl8. the government took fut^iior action today to meet al¬ lied demands for ships. An agreement with the Dutch government was an¬ nounced, whereby :.'70 000 tons of the 4.=10,000 tons of Dutch ships now held in Americdn ports will be utilized in carrying supplies fo the Belgian relief in exchange for rights to clear the ves¬ sels. The ships are to be kept in con- linuous tran-'-'-.^talantic trade and on return voyage are to devote a stlpu- latfd portion of their cargo to necessar¬ ies for the Ignited States. This will re- i-a.se much tonnage now devoted to re¬ lief work for other purposes.
At the same lime it was announced that with tho pooling arrangement igreed upon between this country and 'hs allies, sailing vessels now braving the war zones will be diverted to coa-st- wise and South American and Aus¬ tralian service, thereby relieving larger and fa.-itcr vessels now employed in tlio.se trade routes for tran.sportation of supplies to Kurope.
On Monday tho government's cam¬ paign to enroll a reserve army of 250,- 000 skilled worker.s of the nation's ship¬ yards v.'ill begin. I'reparatory to the opening of the movement. Crawford A'aughn. cx-premier of Australia, to¬ day addressed a eoiiference of direc¬ tors of the l'nited Ktates public ser- vieo reserve of tho labor dcpartmeat.
Many of the sailing vessels prob- aii'iv will be sent to Australia where ¦'ifO.OOO.OOO bu.shelK of wheat are lying idle waiting Cor  tonnage.
"The prime need of the allies is ships." he said. 'The workmen In the American ynrds niui^t realize that every time they slacken up or lay off it is the same lo the allies as if their artillery in Krance stopped firing dur¬ ing a charge."
.XfiSlstant .Secret.iiy of Ijabor Post issued the.-se directions to the directors who will have charge of the campaign: "Tell your people wo want men who will give a full (lay'.H work for a full day's  pay.
"Tell thpni we don want these men to rush off to the .shipyards—they won't hr emplo^•ed yet -beeause the j-ards aren't ready for tneni. Tell them to en¬ roll themselves: then they will be cx- Hniined and  railed  out  ;is  rieeded.
"Above all tell them the part Ameri¬ ca plays in thii war will depend on   he respniise to this call."
mEMSElN
LL OEPOWEIICOMPANY
Squib Makers Will Receive Boosts Between Ten and Twenty-five Per Cent.
Washington, Feb, 2.—Real war work will mix with oratorical flre w6rks in Congress next week. Yielding to the insistent demand of President Wilson that emergency war legislation be speeded up. Congress faces a mass of business.
By the way of recreation, advocates of war department reorganization are expected to enliven things with re¬ newed attacks on the Baker war ma¬ chine in at least three speeches. .\d- ministration Demorcats will reply if the enemy fire becomes too hot.
The railroad control bill will be the most important legislation to reach either house. The senate interstate committee today agreed upon the form of measure to be reported Monday. The house committee is expected to have its draft ready by Wednesday dr Thursday.
The senate bill limits the period of control to 18 months after the close of the war. vests rate-making power with the President subject to the approval of the interstate commerce commission and authorizing the Pi-esident to turn back to private ownership until July \ next, roads deemed not essential for war purposes.
The house committee by a vote of 1.1 to 6 fixed the control period to two years aiter the peace pact is signed. The only two features of disagreement are the vesting of rates making and compensation basis. The house is ex¬ pected to follow the senate in re¬ drafting these two sections.
Sentiment in the house committee is against   granting     the     rate     making
All Departments of Selling Agencies Are Limited to Strict Percentages
LICENSE OIL PRODUCTS
Washington, Feb. 2.—With the re¬ tail price of flour rp V9 per cent, above its price when the war broke out, the food administration tonight set out to check profiteering among wholesale and retail  dealers.
In a warning issued by Herbert Hoover, wholesalers were informed that maximum gross profits must not exceed GO to 75 cents per barrel and retailers must restrict their profits to from SO cents to $1.20 per barrel. In small sales a gross profit of one cent is the limit fixed.,
Tho announcement of the food ad¬ ministration tonight follows a report issued by the bureau of statistics, showing food costs on Dec. .11 last, averaging 50 per cent, higher than when the war broke out.
It also comes as u forerunner of the introduction in congress next week of sweeping price fixing legislation de¬ signed to bring the retailers under control of the government.
Government control of the oil indus¬ try will be a fact within 48 hours, an¬ other big  step  in  the  mobilization  of
power to the president as proposed in   the nation's  tremendous  resources  for
SIGN AGREEMENT
A wage increase, ranging from ten to twenty-five per cent, was yesterd.ay granted to the employees nf tiie I'oweil Squib l-'actory hI I'lymouth. An agreement providing for the Increase was reached at a meeting of rcpre- sentativpH of the workers and the of¬ ficials of the rnmpany. at which was present ^1. P. I'l edericck. nf the Fed- •^ral Departnietif nf I^hor and Indus¬ try. The increase affects all workers nnd goes into force at once.
The details of the working agree¬ ment were not made known. It was announced, however. that the in- increase in 'wages will result in ad¬ vances of various amounts for the different kind nf workers employed in the sijulb factory. The increases were fc-ranted in proportion to past wages. The hands receiving high wages for recent years were given advances longing from ten to twenty per cent. Mhile others, receiving smaller pay. M'cre given a twenty-flve per cent In- i. rease.
The egreement was signed yesterday afternoon and followed negotiations which have been going on between company officials and the employees since January 16. The meeting was attended by .Mr. Frederick, of the De¬ partment of Labor and Industry, and by the following labor I'rganizers: An¬ thony Love Lynch, R. Williams. M. Saunders and John J. Youhon. In ad¬ dition represen'atlves of the employees r.iid tho company were present.
The employe's of the factory are ¦•mbPiii of Local N'o. 114. Power and High Fxploslvc Workers of .\merlca. Included in the ^nembersliip are piece workers and <lay workers. The local union is associated with the t'entral l/abof L'nlon of this cit>.
the original bill
Senator Hitchcock, Democrat, »- braska, will open the debate on the war department with a sr)eech on Mon¬ day. Senator Wadsworth. Republican, Xew York, will follow him Tuesday, aiid ¦ Senator Weeks, Republican, Massachusetts, will also speak later in the week.
To Attack Critic*.
In the House, Representative Carter Glass has prepared a speech in which he will assail critics of the war depart¬ ment, charging that their attack is "comfort to the enemy." His speech is expected to precipitate the war de¬ partment fight in the lower house.
As a side attraction to these pyro¬ technics. Secretary Baker will appear before the Senate military alTairs com¬ mittee Tue.sday for quizzing on his statement before the committee last Monday.
The bill for compulsory wheatless and meatless days and for extensive price fixing are expected to be taken up by committees of both branches early in the week.
The administration price fixing bill, covering practically all commodities, will be introduced during the week by Senator Pomerene in the Senate and by Representative Lever in the House.
The half billion war finance corpoi'- ation   measure  prepared   by   Secretary McAdoo   to   provide   govenmentaj   su¬ pervision of credits will he Introduced I In both houaes Monday. '
The urgent deficiency appropriation bill carrying hundreds of millions of dollars for war work should reach the House late In the week. The daylight saving bill is expected to pass the House with little debate.
The civil rights hill which in effect declares a moratorium on the obliga¬ tions of soldiers and sailors during their period of service will be report¬ ed to the Senate by the Judiciary committee.
The measure authorizing the I'resl¬ dent to call into military- .service with¬ out regard to their classification, skill¬ ed workmen, will be reported to the Senate Monday by*the military, com¬ mittee.
war.
President Wilson has prepared and signed a proclamation to be issued shortly authorizing radical steps by the  fuel  administration.
-^11 oil production and digtribution will bo placed under license, it is un- derslcKid. Prices will be fixed for various grades of crude and refined petroleum products.
There is no shortage in oil produc¬ tion. But the extensive airplane pro¬ duction has made it necessary to in¬ sure special grades of gasoline in suf¬ ficient quantity to send American flying machines swarming over the kaiser's armies. Only by controlling distribution can this be done, it is pointed out. as many automobile own¬ ers are eager to gel Ihese higher grades of gasoline, even al high prices. Oil Director Requa will be given wide powers to divert gasoline and other oil products wherever military needs demand. Supplies of fuel otl for na^-aI use will be insured under Ihe new regulations.
Congress Has Work Important To War
Washington. Keb. 2.—With the "war cabinet" row furnishing the liigh light, congress next week will :^el down to action on a mass of emergency war legislation.
Here is what is on the program in tlie .senate:
¦Senator Hitchcock will speak Monday in support of the war cabi¬ net and munitions director bills.
Railroad control hill will be re¬ ported .Monday by the senate inter¬ state commerce committee.
Moratorium bill, designed to pro¬ tect soldiers' and ftailors' civil rights, will be reported b.v Judiciary com¬ mittee.
Measure authorizing calling into military service of skilled workmen will be reported by the military af¬ fairs committee.
Bill creating a war finance cor¬ poration to be introduced by Chair¬ man Simmons, of finance committee.
Xew food and price fixing bills lo be introduced by Senator Pomerene.
Reed sub-commiltee to begin for¬ mulating reports of investigating coal and sugar situations.
Here's  the  program  in   the house.
Redrafted railmad bill to be re¬ ported by interstate commerce com¬ mittee,  probably  Thursday.
Urgent deficiency appropriation bill, carrying hundreds of millions for war work and increased war programs to be reiiorted late in week.
Representative Glass to speak against critics of the war depart¬ ment.
Daylight saving fill will be re¬ ported.
War finance corporation bi'l carrying $500,000,000 appropriation will be reported.
Bills for compulsory meatless and wheatless days and price fixing to he considered by the agricultural committee.
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Most Beloved of All Champions Lived to See Title in Hands of Lesser Heroes
MOURNED BY ALL
TEEES
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Each Worker Will Help in Af¬ fording Guaranty to Answer an Unusual Demand
-New York. Feb. 2 —The grandest old man of thom all. died this afternoon in Massachusetts. ,
It was sad when Bob Fitzsimmons, fighting against an attack of pneu¬ monia, found his athletically develop¬ ed con.stitiition unable to stand the luinishment: it was rather depre.ssiiig when the lime came to record the death of Les Darcy. probably the grandest of all Australia's remarkable fighting men. But. .srimehow. the story of John L. Sullivan's death Just crept in, chill¬ ed the world and left it silent.
The inventor of the knockout punch, a champion who barred no one in the entire breadth of the earth: an honest, fair and square battler, John L. Sul- U\-p.n was more tn the sporting world than all the Wlllards and Corbetts that could be packed into a ring. His was n record that stood and served as a comparison when others found the op-' portunity to stand in the limelight of pugilistic favor. Down the years that are to come his name will thunder with reverberating echo of fairness, honesty and an uplift for the fight game.
It is a fact that the mention of John L. Sullivan's name merely required his first name and the middle initial. Sul¬ livan was taken for granted when a man mention "John L."
Born of Irish parents on the "ould sod." Sullivan learned his game in a hard school. His was not a fighting form. He never took a boxing less'* i in his life. But the crushing power in his iron fists was sufficient. An  Ideal Champion.
He could stand punishment; he could take punishment. His was the ideal career of a champion of the prize ring. The public inclined to cynicism in the early days of fighting, was also in- clin»d to look with .some disfavor on a man who made money so fast, but t^nlllvan literally hypnotized the pub¬ lic into loving him because of his nn- nstentatious manner.
He was simply a man.    High  ideas
GERMAN PEOPLE STRIKE AT KAISER
War Lord Is Forced To Call Ont Tr§ops Ti Suppress Rioting and Bloodshed Result On Streets of Berlin. Unrest Is General Through Central Empires.
WAR OBJECTORS ARE UNITED
Amsterdam, Feb. 2.—Strike distur¬ bances were general throughout Berlin except in Unter den Linden, and the Schlossplatz Moabit district according to German papers arriving here today.
In Kast Berlin efforts were m.T.de to overturn the .¦^ireel cars while youths and girls climbed nn the cars, at¬ tacking the carmen. Several trains were derailed.    Cables were cut.
The north and south Berlin train service was abandoned at noon Thurs¬ day as a result of the clashes between rioters and the authorities. The out¬ breaks  continued  all  day.
HUGE LOAN RAISED
10 OEIERMINE CAUSE
An increase in the union dues of miners has been announced by dele¬ gates who have Just returned from the convention of the L'nited Mine Workers of America held recently at Indiana¬ polis, Ind. The increase, as explained last night by one of the delegates, will apply to all members of the organiza¬ tion. It will become effective on .\prll 1.
The miner."!' dues will be increased from 50 cents per month to 75 cents. This boost of 50 per cent, was decided upon at the convention because of the extreme need of the money for the na¬ tional organization. Under the old plan the miners paid monthly dues of 50 cents.    Of this amount the local union
London. Feb. 2.—If dispatches which leaked out through the tightly drawn veil of censbrship over the central empires tonight are accurate. Ger¬ many's military despots now are fight¬ ing the plain people lo whom Presi¬ dent Wilson appealed to throw olJT the yoke  of   Hohenzollernism.
Swiss. Dutch and Scandinavian dis¬ patches all reported vast spread of the general strike in Germany and Aus¬ tria-Hungary. Man.v carried circum¬ stantial stories of violence to which the government had resorted to maintain its hold over the people. Berlin ap¬ parently is now wholly under martial law. Troops have re-enforced the police.
The government has served an ulti¬ matum on the strikers ordering their return to work Monday morning and threatening as the alternative not civil processes, but the grim military dis¬ cipline of the filing squad.
The mob spirit was reported as hav¬ ing "broken out in at least one city— the important war center of Spandau. German newspapers reported serious rioting   there   Thur.sday,   according   to
Strikers   at¬
tacked the police, destroyed factory and railroad property and stormed bakeshops.
Independent socialists ar» organ¬ izing a national demnnstration in pro¬ test against the arrest of Wilhelm Dittmann.     socialist     member   of     the
of his own abilitv could not he driven
into Sullivan's head to the extent of Amsterdam dispatches, making him a snob. He declared him¬ self John L. Sullivan. The world could take him for that or leave hini alone. It was said he was an intimate friend of the late King Fndwaj-d of England. If he was no one ever heard it fmm the lips of Sullivan. .At least no one ever said so.
It was a fact that John L. Sullivan, natural John L.. was ,a gentle, consid¬ erate being when not in the ring But it ,ilsn is a fact that .lohn L. in the ring was a rushiiifj. roaring, clubbing tornado—a caveman, dug from the dim annals of the past. His wa.s a style thai knew no terror of apposition, an all consuming power that beat down opposition and smothered it like an avalanche.
Me was a splendid story teller and prince of good fellows.   In the vcr\- hey
I'cntral empires for many monihs. rt» premonitory outbreak came first in Hungary Budapest and Prague wei« the first cities to report a strike wher* men. women and children paraded t!l« streets shouting for bread and fot peace. Vienna w.is next affected. Unrest Spreads Rapidly.
Then the unrest spread into Ger¬ many. Munich was one of the flrjit cities w-hich felt it. Next came Berlin itself, center of the gigantic German mliitary  machine.
President Wilson made his first ap¬ peal to the people to rise and throw off the yoke of militarism wMtsn America cast her lot with the host" of democracy, April 6. 1917. Junker- dom in Germany hooted at the pdjl- sibility of the masses they had de¬ ceived ever seeing t'.\e light.
The seeds of discontent had liePli sown In Hungary even before this. Th<- Russian overthrow of czarism in March imbued the ever restive Czecho-Sldt* with desires to become independent.
Then the Bolsheviki government Iti Russia undertook to follow President Wilson's plan of appealing to the peo¬ ple them.selves. Austrian and Bulgarldh troops on the northern battle front be¬ came "tavarish"' icomrade) to the RltS sians. The Muscovite democracy found disciples. Inevitably this yearning fbr freedom must have spread back into Hungary and .Au.stria and Germany.
There were some obser\-ers here tU-' night who speculated on the likelihood that Germany's military masters hnd themselves assisted in the growth of this great weapon against themselve* The Teutonic military strategists vio¬ lated their armistice pledge to Russia by sneaking their choicer troops on thai front home, rijmoulding them irltri divisions and sending them to th^ west front. These men have carriail back lo their homes and lo the work¬ ers in the war plants tho dreams of full democrac>'.
The  Hand of Greed.
More thai; that. Cermany musi now
day of his career the wonderful fii;hi- iiig mail went down a loser under the punches of John Barleycorn. Tn later years he attributed his defeat by James J. Corbett to the disintegrating-
SALESLADY WANTED. WAXTKD  —   AX FXPFRIKXCKD
Saleslady for our Cloak & Suit De¬ partment. Permanent position for the right party. Xone others con¬ sidered. Apply in person. Kaplan Bros. & Co., 86 So. Main.
Local Complaints Result in Conference With Garfield Agent and Home Directors
REMEDY~isi0UGHT
Following hundreds of complaints re. celved from all ranks of consumers, the local fuel administration for Luzerne county has begun an in\estigation into the quality of coal bei!;,-, .-^old by the anthracite coal companies. The inves¬ tigation started yesterday. It has not yet progressed far enough. ;iccnrding to Attorne.v A. <'. «'ampbell. fuel ad¬ ministrator, to give indications of what will develop, but it is believed that some relief will be given to the pub¬ lic.
Attorney Campbell was in Hazleton yesterday afternoon where he con¬ ferred with Mr. Xeale. representing the federal fuel administration. Attending the conference was Tudor Williams, administrator for Lackawanna Coun¬ ty. The meeting <<)ntintied for several hours. Al its conclusion Attorney Campbell returned to this city. When asked last night what plans were made he said that he was unable to give out FLAT  FOR   RENT. ^">" statement.    He said that  nothing
FLAT FOR REXT—SIX ROOMS i definite has yet been discovered by the and bath. All modern improve-1 administration to permit any promises ments. city steam. At 127 .South I to be made to the public. He will like- Washington street. Apply at the •>' have some kind of statement by tailor shop on ground floor. Tuesday or Wednesday of this week.
          In   recent   weeks   the   fuel   adminis-
ROOMS   FOR   RtNT. tration at its headquarters in this city
FOR   REXT—Furnished    rooms    suit- | has received complaints from hundreds
able    for    light     housekeeping.    All | of consumers, big and little  concerning
modern  conveniences.    Use of laun-  the quality  of coal  being supplied  by
dry   and     telephone.     Apply     at   27  local companies.
West Union street. Some  of   the  complaints   were   to   the
! effect that a few of the coal operators admitted that the coal contained seven¬ teen per cent, slate and even more.       ¦
Mr.   >)eaie.   of   the   federal   fuel   ad¬ ministration,   came   ii>   this   section   ofj the  anthracite  fields  as   the  agent   of i Federal Fuel Administrator Garfield to | inquire   into     conditions     among     thei miners  and   t!ie   afaiis 'of     the     coal trade.     Tie  will  likely  spend  some lit¬ tle   time   here   cn-yperaiins   with   .M- torney  CampboII  in  lhis city, and  .Mr. WHIlartis. of Scrant^jn.
received 15 cents, the district urganiza
tion received 10 cents and the national ieffects of alcohol organization  25 cents.     Under the  in-j Conquered  John   Barleycorn,
crease the district and local organiza- ! Sullivan was it hard drinker, ll was tions will receive the same amount. ' said of him that he was tho most dan- while the share for the national coun-jgerons rough and tumble fighter in the
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cil   will cents.
John   B.   Gallagher,   of   this   city,   in explaining  the  need   for  the   increase, pointed    out   that    only  recently     the courts of Arkansas' returned a  verdict i of $600,000 against the    United    Mine '. Workers in a suit in which the union ! was defendant.    The coitls of the suit j amounted tn $200,000. In order to cover • the Judgment a bond for $^00,000 must | be  posted  by  miners  in  the courts  of i Arkan.?as nn or before February 17.   At ! the c(-nvention it was pointed nut that ' Ihis is cuily one of the  iMany  needs of • the  geiienil  union  for more  money.        ;
The delegates    responded bv    voting! tor   an   increase   in   dues.     They   also decidei' to loan  the natinnal organiza- | lion   money   with   which   tn   cover   the i judgment.  l>Mt  the  mnnoy  will  evenUi- ' ally   be   returned   to   the   local   unions after the increase in dues becomes ef¬ fective.
The delegates fmm District .Vo. 1. in¬ cluding this city, voted t,) loan the or¬ ganization the sum of $5000. District Xo. S» of the anthracite fields lnane;i $9500. while the miners from the .state of Illinois loaned the $345,000.
Reichstag,   w'no   was  seized  as   he  at
temoted to address a crowd In Berlin, i''^ feeling tightly The pinch of Ametl
Imperial   Chancellor   HertUng   refused ! ^''i^'-'* fTiharsro.    It is mid-winter.    Lott|r
to intervene, declaring he was power¬ less to invoke civil procedure while the rniiilary  control the capital  city.
Bloodshed  in  Berlin. .,
.\  brief i.'entral  .Vews dispatc'n  from Amsterdam late today reported "blood- ; shed"  in  the streets of Berlin,  but  no '< dftails   were   available.    Strikers   and policemen   have   bad   frequent   clashes
lean months aro ahead and (ieimanj'» submarine war which was to snatch a victorious peace frnm the enemy In three months is stMl far from this en.2. For the first time in Germany's his¬ tory, socialist strenglli is united in op¬ position to the militarist policies of aH- nexfition      and      indemnities. KvPh
Philip Scheldemann. tl.e majority soc-
there. but until this report it was un- I ialist leader always suspected of belllil derstood order was being restored. The \ a mere tool of the government becattjr despei-ation of the German militarists i of his willing aciiinescence in everv is seen  in  the order reducing strikers'   previous governmental scheme.  i>i n6^<-
be   advanced   from   25   to   50 j world, even after he h^d  lost  his title
jto Corbett. But drink finally was bested by his iron will. In his last year.s of public appearances Sullivan tnpde it a pciiiil tn include a temper¬ ance lecture in liis speeches. He re¬ tired In his farm as the fast life wore him down. In splendid liealth he lived the life of a near recluse.
SuIlivHii's claim lo the heavyweight i;liami>iniisi:iii always was clouded in argTitneri!. There was no world heavy- weit.h' I li.Miniion of any standing when .lohn L. be.sian knocking dead the lighlert- around .\merica. Insistent de¬ mand.", of the spnrtinvr public finally brnush; aiini'l ;i meeting bet^•.¦een Sul¬ livan and I';iddy R>an. .n match ar- rangi'd "i deride th" chanipi<'nship of .\meri<-a. He met and defeated the title clniniant >n nin" miiiidr. in .Missis¬ sippi.
Ther   came   in  the  battlf   th.-'t   rci-lly lifted 'im to prominence as the world's cha.nipinn.     He met and  ilefealed  .LjUc Kilrain in 75 rounds in Missis.'-ippi, one ! I.f the most gruelling battles that  ever 1,
i)3.ttlf*    TIPS
was spread on the records nf pugilism. ' Both   Kilrain   and   his   opponent  with¬ stood a tremendous amount of punlsh- of j ment.     It   was   the  last   bare   knuckle j fight  of anv   importance  ever   held   In The delegates who returned also an-   this countrv. nounced that the union will strictly en- i " Not Invincible,
force the law which requires all local I That Sullivan was not invincible was union officials to be bonded during!proved ab(,ut the .same lime when he their term of olTice. met   Charley   Mitchell,   the   wcn.lfrful
F^nglishman.   in   Chantilly.   Fran bout going 41  rounds and comiiii; to a conclusion   when   '*!;!"hoil     broke    an arm     The bout was called a draw. (Continued on  Page Two)
food rations, reported through Zurich to have become effective uiday. This, of course, will directly affect strikers' families and thousands of innocent women and children are expected to bear the brunt of this retaliation.
While socialist newspapers are uib- ing an immediate session of the Reich-
actively working with I^debour. Haa*t, Dittman and others of the extreme ."oc- ialist  type.
The other factor in the situation ^.t L.ondon observers saw it. was the lihe- lihood that the German people hive now fully awakened to the bold dictilni of annexations and indemnities pron ounced  at  Brest-Litovsk   by   the  Giji'-
stag  to  investigate   the  strike.  Junke. .
organs oppose this ostensibly through i man peace delegates. Germanv' Mas nationalistic motives. but really j long been reported as looking lon.gingly through fear ot undue socialistic in- i in her hunger at the fertile fields Uf fluence. j Russia, barely touched Viy the plow itllfl
Zurich   reported     tonight     that   the i capable   under   Teutonic   efficiency   nt Lokol   -Anzeiger     and     similar   papers   producing the food for which the piil- \ urged the government lo drastic action I pie's stomachs yearn.
calling the strikers traitors.    The Deu
When Russia indicated her desiie for
tsches   Tageszeitiing   accused    .\ustria i peace,  it  is  possible  the  (Jcrman   pev.-
of resi>onsibiii;y for the movement, ow¬ ing to its insistence on shipments of flour from <;crmany to Austria.
The Ithcni.-sche Zpiliiiig. Socialist, de- nniinced (he Koveniment for compell- ms publication of "false" news con¬ cerning  the  strike.
TliP  rstorm li.iR  been  brewing  in  the
pie foresaw the future when (lernlUfl experts should teach Russia liow boat to cultivate her lands, and Goimftit "kullur" should cement the .VTusicovitns to the Teuton.*. Then came the <Jep- man terms showing Germans dictat¬ ing military masters wanted more than (his.
BANDITS STREET FIGHT        |RAIDS ON WAR FRONTS: STIRS CHICAGO POLICE;      GERMANS LEAVE RUSSIA
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WAR COUNCIL REPORTS; LLOYD GEORGE TO TALK
STENOGRAPHER   WANTED.
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AGENTS   WANTED.
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London. Feb. 2. — Premier Lloyd George will deliver an important speech in the Commons next week on all aspects of the war situation ac¬ cording to the Pall .Mall Gazette. His addi-ess is expected to throw light on importani decisions of the Allied war council.
TWO HUNDRED DROWN
Paris. Keb. 2.—The sr-t-ond intar- -•Vllied conference which has been un- der way in Versailles this week ter¬ minated tonight.
The official statement of its accom- complisliments will be siven out sim- ultaneou.'^il in all Allied capitals.
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London, Feb. 2.—Two hundred and twenty-four persons perished when the armed boarding ship Louvain was tor¬ pedoed and sunk in the eastern .Medi¬ terranean on .laniia^- 21. the Admir¬ alty announced tonight.
The IxMivain was used to intercept merchantmen and send parties nf nf- ficials aloard them tc> inspect th»ir cargoci and papers.
Chicago,   Feb.    2.—A    desperate   guni      London.   l''eh.   2.—A   successful   rdt'l,
the  Fillmore  street  police i .southeast of Monchy le Preux. was rP-
station tonight resulted In the death of \ ported by Field  Marshal Haig tonight,
in   which   the   British   captured   sortH> prisoners.
German raids northeast of Po4l- capelle and in the neighborhood of tli6 Ypres-Staden railway were repulsed.
General Plumer. reporting from thP British front in Italy tonight, ail* nounced constant reeonnoitering *t- peditlons across the Piave river. Follf enemy airplanes have been downWi this week, he added.
Germans   Escape   Russia.
Amsterdam, Feb. 2.—.Many Germflll prisoners in Russia, taking advantace of Internal disorders there, are ri*-, turning to the German lines accordif)^ to .\ord Deutsche Allegemelne Zel¬ tung.
George Ra.vmond, bandit, surrender of George Moran. another bandit, and in¬ jury of four other men.
Following  their  hold-up  of  a  wom- j an.   the   bandits  shot   Dr.   J.   M.   Han¬ cock lour times when he refused to aid ) the  pair  by  driving  them  away  from the i'^*^ f'cene in his automobile     He    may Idie.
j Officers engaged the bandits in a i running gun battle during which Pa- i trnlman David O'Keefe was prooably j fatally shot through the abdomen and I two detectives were wounded. i     When   Raymond     dropped     with   a
bullel  through  the   heart.   Moran  sur-
WHEN U-BOAT ATTACKS   rendered.     The  dead   bandit.   36  years
old. was recently released from Jollet penitentiary and later freed on i35,000 bond, charged with robbing the Stock¬ man Trust and Savings bank here. .Moran vA'as under $30,000 ball charged with .stealing freight.
NEW   POWDER   MILL      .'
Wilmington.   Del..   Keb.   1     The   t>M" pout   EngineerinR  oomnany  annmincSij today   that   it   had   heen   commlsslontirt FOOD  RIOTS  IN GENEVA. i by   tho   stovernmeut     tn     cnn»trqcl    A
Geneva.    Feb.    2.     Kood    riots    ha ve t sinnkele<!S   powder   plan*   on   the  Curtl-
broken ont in Geneva, according to re¬ ports    received    here    tonight.      Shops | have been   pill.'iced  and  cla.-'hes  occur- j red   belwi-en  rintets
inters ahd   p^ijice.
berland riv»r n»ar Xsshvillr. Tetllli This plfinr will h" similar to nrf tiii government hrj^-an roust luctlng n«!Slf Uharlestfin.   W. Va.,  a   month   »-»-