RRR BE EI Gian Officers of finding Robertson. field artillery on the new ranges. 3 i THE PAST WEEK Germany, Forcing Bolsheviki to Accept Her Terms, Resumes the War on Russia. CIVIL CONFLICT CONTINUES America's Preparations Are Being Speeded Up, and First Battieplanes Are Shipped, None Too Soon— Premier Lloyd George Sus- tains the Program of the Supreme War Council By EDWARD W. PICKARD. “No tintentions pacific the believing iu the of Russia,” and with purpose of longer professed restoring peace and order in the parts of that country they already occupy, the Germans Inst week re-opened the war on the bol shevikl., Their first advance took them (hve Dvina and into Dvinsk and and they toward Petrog ACTOSS Lutsk their way thence continued on rad, g in nmay peisoners and large quantiries After protesting resumption of hostilities Hungary joined The move is extreme of aris and supplies, against the apninst Russia, Austri in the ‘ty invasion, among the socinlists of Ger iy and the people generally of Austria, but the Prussian militarists have the wi to ol p-hand and pay little he eel tions from others Germans end large # f arships to He landed troops to invest that great They landed a who had been fighting in the also force army, in Finland, presumably k the bolsheviki at Tammer Viborg. findling his hope that workers and peasants would Kns offering to ht against those of gp loud wail, had de Dr. Von Kuehl Further indies Germany too late were strong jonz-expected split in of the bolshevikl leaders for Lenine conntermanded Trot: 3 i > orders for hmmediate ition. sta they were of to announce the terns © had not yet r * i as peace heer yt Red gus is nocessarily { Is raging In parts of Russia. The holshev iki shed their nu Kiberin 1 Trans to have can tured Dotalsk and advan ol far be yon«d Rostov-on-the Don, and to have onted the Cossacks In Astrakhan, In and too. they claimed decided vie over the White the OMeianl anid the had with the Ronmanians because eivi ar many claimed to have exstabli ty In that part of East 1 as nikalia, guard of govern nt dispatches Petrograd made an alliance anid that a army hal occupied Kighinev hut that the forces had driven them from Tiraspol on the Duatester, The Ukrainians, on the other hand, appealed to Germany for help against the bolsheviki, they asserted, had invaded their terri: tory and burning and looting their towns, In the Don Cossack region the gov ernment fostered by General Kalen- dines wax ousted and a new republic organized at Tcherkask by the work men and soldiers. Kalendines commit tod sulelde, and his successor as het. man. General Nazaroff, ordered all Cossacks to mobilize at once and fight the advancing belshevikl forces, Al together It Is a pretty mess, and no one will envy the Germans the task they have assumed of restoring order. J The German and Austrian ministers, nddressing the reichraths, expressed the strong convietion that the pence with Ukraine was the beginning of peace with all Russia, but warned the people they might he disappointed, They explained that, In order not to disrupt this peace and lose the chance of getting wheat from Ukraine, they Ukrainians foint holsheviki who, were | i § i i i i l i i i i | { i i i § la could not promise that the Choim dis trict of Poland should not the be given to the new republic, as treaty pro vided, but they pacified the Poles somewhat by the assurance that enraged representatives, As for with Great Russia, Dr. Yon Kuehimann sald he awaiting signed confirmation from Trotzky that the German accepted, These terms, not Hie, of course many's interests.” I'he written confirmation of Russin's acceptance of the peace terms, it was Ukrainian pence was terms wholly were “correspond with Ger reported, passed the German lines on Thursday. The soclalist members of the Aus trian relchsrath called on the govern ment to adopt the principles set forth by President Wilson as a basis for gen- eral peace and asked that negotiations be begun quickly, They and all the Czechs and Slavs protested violently against the resumption of the war against Russia, Further trouble for fleet nt and there Pola, F “ald the men of the had mutinied, disaffection at Austrian ports The United nllies Rintes and the entente have declared they will reco no peace In the East made under nize compulsion and hy a mere the Russian people, one involving Poland without tion with Poland, Sweden finally that it couldn't nor fous consulta A prev made up its mind Intervene to stop the horrible elvil conflict“ In Finland, but it wns expected that Germany would » # hand in the mess While President Wilson ninistration show no continuing the campaign bring about peace by argument, they do show an increasing realization of the improbability of peace within a whiort h rendy to nd time, Possll mit that most to ly they are end swill do the end the war At any gneeded up Plans sending to men guns rate, par preparations are being in a manner that is gratifying for the training camps the sec have heen completed ond incre ment of 500.000 men, beginning about Mar 1. and continuing mt the rate of 10,000 men a These, It 1s he lieved will all be taken from cof week 148 one 1.04%) spproximate ¥ from the will hecome vhich numbers 000, and million men who twenty-one years of age ending June 5 next rapidity the during the With inereasing the first ta France, in year men of draft are sént Across the call of more trans supplies a being response tor their vosuela them and great number of have heen withdrawn from trade ontside the war zones. these being replaced hy vessels according to n re of neutral nations Further relief in the myntter of trans i i te agreement with Spain, signed Thurs day, which permits General Pershing to purchase in Spain blankets and other suppliss for his troops A month ago Spain refused to let Pershing have but sufficlent argnment nnd brought to hear to change of mind an J oe matter of mules, army these materinle, were induce a American ship is fairly rosy again president, by qnick and decisive action, put an end to the strike In the the prospect The pleasing announcement was made that the drive for the enrollment of 260000 shipyard workers would bring more than the mnwmber sought, thousands of unfon men Joining with out restrictions as to working with nn. organized workers ee ye Equally cheering was the statement by Secretary Baker that the first American battleplanes for Pershing's forces alrendy had been shipped, seve eral months earlter than had original fy been intended. These machines are equipped with the Liberty motor, and from now on there will be a steady stream of them going over, together with the aviators and mechanics nec essary to operate thems. From (he is patches of correspondents In France thes planes are sorely needed, for It | Germans have the complete mastery of the air above the American sector, i) succeed Sir William are able to take observations and make photographs almost without oo and position As a result, the villages o« the lines have been bombed repeatedly. = In other respects Porshing's men are holding their finely, both the In faniry and the artillery demonstrating their readiness to meet the enemy If It should be against thelr sector, This, however, is not i cupled by Americans back of the own entire the considered like ly, as the Germans, if they gained ans ground there, would place themselves in 8 wedge where they could be nt tacked on both sides by the allies, Some anthorities have expressed the same tine, making efforts on the Intter his strongest fronts. Others, and these are by the statements of pris oners. are sure the Hun will make his effort at two points on the front. Maurice, British operations supported supreme west General director »f military said there had been no de velopments during the last two weeks the German offensive This is not In accord with formation that has been coming to indicate that wns the In Near ditlons and what they Indicate, It should be General! Maurice, Sm Switzerland has become over the much of Teutonie exer massing that of This decided ns was happen (If telgium, Hindenburg urn the right flank of h arm: i the results might for the French-Swiss front Britizh are To. the 1 several ston: forging east nortireast +1anlem TANCES Wer turing the week, de and at vithin resistance hy the Turks British four miles of Jericho ws - Premier Lloyd-George weathered nr other ecrisiz last week, maintaining his anite cos the were n by firmness frankness and need and offering to resign if par liament felt like vote nhont refusing him a came throneh his adherence to the program adopted by the Versailles conneil for n nified control of war operations William would not circum Sir (ien. Sir of staff these the allies Ton, chief hold his position In stances. and It was given to Gen Henry Wieson, Something of a storm resiltod. hut the premier did not yield He sald the the supreme council was in accordance with the proposal of the United States wae almost identical with those extension of powers of which Britain In this the polley of France, and America This satisfied the premiers critics, though what the program of the council Is has not heen told to Washington military clreles there 1s a bellef that the decided to ztrike the en- emy without walting for him to make his spring drive, oo TR more alr raids on London during the week, Together they resulted In the death of 27 per Over on the continent the allied aviators made repeated ralds on Treves, Thionville and other towns, as well as on Zeebrugge. Many tons of explosives were dropped on barracks, rallways, airdromes and other targets, with excellent results. In the numer. ous alr fights the British and French mnt Italy most of (reat ter was the people In council Two KOns, 3 i | i i § ority. iy The list of British vessels sunk by submarines again decreased In num- bers, bat the week's reports Included the torpedoing of the French steam- er La Dives In the Mediterranean on - the allies with Director General Me in 00 days, . i i ! i i ! 5 HEA SALES OF TREASURY RECEIPTS FROM THIS SOURCE ARE RUNNING ABOUT $11,000,000 A WEEK. WAR CREDITS BOARD WORK When and Why It Authorizes Advance | Payments to Contractors—New Com- mittee Will Mobilize Colleges for the Training of Troops. (From Committees on Publle Information.) Washington, Treasury from War-Savings are running at the ra a week, Savings receipts | the sale of stamps te of $11,000 .000 bank deposits in the | last few years have been increasing at the business Treasury receipts show the American people are putting thelr small at the service of the War excess of prewar lations, Two rate of T0000 a day. SVINES nation through Savings stamps at a rate far in savings bank accumu billlon dollars of gecurities will be {ssued. all sold this year the celve about 51,680,000 0060 end of five years the repay the loan together with O06 in Interest, government S30 ER) - ) ‘ a war | following ctions and activi- | A statement prepared by the eredits board hb expinnation of its ful ties: “When a concern that has a contract | | cludes the with the war department for supplies | has shown the board that It needs finan- ial assistance snd has been able to comply with the act by giving adequate security, the board has approved an ad- vance payment and the money has heen received : In many instances where the wis urgent the been paid over to the contractor the same day the application filed. However, the board not act in any sense as a bank, It Is only when the manufacturer has reached a point where financial assistance is needed, In addition to his banking lines, that ap- plication for advance payment for his CHE money has has been does goods 1s coustdered favorably by the bos: 4d." BE tween the time of its creation in November and January 24 approved advances to roe taling $140,501.000, the board contraciors to It is estimated that within the next six months 75,000 to 100,000 be viven Intensive military schools and or They will be dravn from the armed fore nation, men now in training camps of about to be called, and registrants ant rt the selective service law, With a view to mobilizing the educa men will training in egos es of the tional Institutions of the country for this special training there has been seer tod In the ®ar department a “com mites on education sand special train ing It will encourage and a for the needed by the several branche aray range r technical education of men s of the providing the the form of a handbook, is the Iantest publication information. facts of the in alphabetical The cyclopedis “War Cyclopedia” with information on great in the issued hy the com mittee on public The salient briefly B00 pages war are form in cone tains a chronology of outstanding events ranging from the murder at Sernievo of the Archduke Francis Fer dinand, June 28, 1914, to the British national labor conference's approval of President Wilson's war alms, December 20, 1017. The volume may be obtained by ad dressing the Committee of Public In- formation, 10 Jackson place, Washing ton, D. C,, and cover cost of printing. stated niso incloging 25 cents (9 While figures are not yet avaliable on the proportionate number of §1 and 85 *mileage books being purchased for 1 use by men at the camps and canton ments, the commission on training enmp activities, in charge of the sale «tates that there has been unexpected demand for the larger books. Smileage books selling for $1 contain 20 coupons good for admission to camp entertain ments : books selling for $5 contain 100 Coupons, From five coupons are re quired for admission to Liberty thea tors Wit the camps, although many of the productions are of the class w hich command $2 prices In metropolitan | houses, two to Plans for the aerial mail route be tween Washington, Philadelphia and New York contemplate the use of ma chines capable of carrying 300 pounds | of mall a distance of 200 miles without | stop. A spevial postage rate would be | charged not exceeding 25 cents an ounce, In reply to inquiries regarding the possibility of redistilling selzed spirits for alcohol the war department has ao: | nounced that the small amount of alco: hol recovered, the cost of transporta- | tion, recooperage and redistillation | would make the cost to the government | greater than it is now paying. The av: | eroge yield from confiscated liquor | would not exceed 5 per cent of alcohol, The war department now permits | women to qualify ar Inspectors of sionll arma, according to an announce | ment by the civil service commission. | RL tl A ll TE After an Inspection trip to a base | hospital, Secretary of War Baker | made the following reply to an Inquiry concerning hospital conditions: ! “With Surgeon General Gorgas and | Doctor Hornsby I made this morning a | personnl in pection of the entire hase hospital at Camp Meade, The hospital is very large, fully equipped with sel entific lnboratories and facilities, has | nn adequate number of trained nurses | under the supervision of a skilled su perintendent ; its medical and surgical : staffs are mnde up of competent men filled with enthusiasm for thelr work. | The hospital throughout is clean and well eared for; there was an abun dance of clean linen, a plentiful sup ply of well-prepared and appetizing food, and evidence of cons ate attention to the patients was ma I talked with go ever y large number of none of whom knew i found them single complaint ¢ treatment or comfort, Doc told m nent wiapntinils morni 12 visit, in hospital personal pital treatment i 8, and if 1 fliness were to has which required should be perfec content to be «ick in the base he fied that | attention necessary and 1 $ i satis the et . a - 4 i col ortabiie condition In England priority must be given to ¢ manufacture of war-time boots " mt government work. The made of f must be classes © leather and to specifications approved by the director of raw materials; the manufacturer must stamp on the up per his registered number and on the gether with the gole the retail price, (o words “war The following are examples of styles and ric per palr: Men's heavy shoes, $4.50 ; cits clerks’ shoes, $4 RT to time.” women's stout shoes £3.16 to women's first-grade glace shoes 5 0 boy s' , $1.87 up ) types of wartime boots. The shoes, $2 up, Altogether there ols of women's shoes are not higher than 1% In« that artime hes, but it 1s understood shoes represent in all particulars the 1 ideas of what the public stocks of corn In the hands of in New England and stern and Southern states, with the exception of Delaware, Maryizod ant Virginia, where surpluses pro- . $3 are indicated by reports to agriculture states are said to be greater ths before, aithough the amount of the hands of distributors dealers is much below normal Most istricts in the states Lia Southeastern sufficient supplies for loc: i dealers in many pia Mississippi, Alan Florida have No commodities may nov ed from the United Stal ed, without license statement by the war ary and tons singly made ind enses for the export or bullion, currepcy, evidence f ownership of property and of credit will be issued by treasury department; licenses for ther exports and imports, includ merchandise, bunkers, ships’ sup ete. will be issued by the war The caiap director of athletics at one army arranged a means of determining the relative ath has Program As a lotic caliber of the companies in the di- | vision. Each man is required to pass | iit of the following tests to obtain Jump 8 feet from a standing posi- chin 10 times; clear a bar at 4 2 inches: throw a 12.pound shot climb a 20-foot rope in 15 sec dash 50 yards in 7 run in 6 minutes; lift a 60-pound tion ; feet 23 feet: ond ; seconds ; & mun weight sit up over the head with one hand; from na supine position with a so-pound weight suspended from the back of the head There is no standard recipe for “vie- tory bread.” the only requirement be ing that it must contain nol more than 80 ‘per cent of wheat flour, the remain ing 20 per cent being composed of corn meal or corn flour, rice, potato flour, or | recommended by the “Victory” ples cereals food administration, than one-third nonwheat flour, may be cold on wheatless days If the same recipes are used throughout the week, i The Hmit of time for filing Income tax returns has been extended to April 1. In order to assure prompt and accu- rate identification, the war department has adopted a system of numbering en- listed men of the army. The system provides for one series of numbers, without alphabetical prefix, for all en- listed men. The number assigned to a soldier will become a part of his off. clal designation, and will never be The annual expenditure of the Unit. od States for candy ls approximately $400,000,000, MOTHERS 10 BE Should Read Mrs. Monyhan’s Letter Published by Her Permission. Mitchell, Ind. "fy dia E. Pinkham’'s Vegetable Compound helped me so much co during the time I was looking forward to the coming of my little one that I am recommending it to otherexpectant J | | mothers, {1 | Before taking it, somedays My I sufiered with neg | ralgia so badly that I thought I could not live, but after aking three bottles ydia E. 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