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Paris, Dec. 21.-Prof. Paul Milukoff, leader of the Russian Constitutional Democrats, and foreign 'minister in the Cabinet of Premier Lvoff, which was f6rmed after the overthrow of the imperial dynasty, has arrived in Paris with Nicholas Schebeko, former Russian ambassador at Vienna, and four other Russians; representing the various political parties exclusive of the 3olsheviki and the Extreme Left of the social revolutionaries. The Russian leaders say they have come hero for the' purpose of interesting tlle Entente Powers in the restoration .6f order in Russia; so that a govern ment may be- formed w ich will re unite Russia an(l win recognition from the world powers. iThe party left Kiev thre weeks go and traveled to Paris by way of Odessa. When Prof. Milukoff left Kiev the Skoropadski Government, he said,- was hard pressed because the Germans never had permitted Gen. Skotopadski to organize his own army find the Ukrainian force wps small after the -German-troops withdrew. Situation in Ukraine. Prof. Milukoff said Gen. Skoropad ski never was popular with the' Ukrainians because he advocated an 'independent Ukraine, 'while the public largely favored a united Russia. En. tensive Ukrainian movements also have been directed against Skoropad ski, the constitutional democratic leader added, and it is likely that the general 'has been overthrown. In the meantime Gen. Denikine, for= mer chief of the Russian general staff, has established a government at Yika-. -teriflodar, which Prof. Milukoff and his. associates said they hope to see develop sufficient strength to unite all the moderates in the Ukraine and eventually to merge with the govern ment of Gen. Kolchak at Omsk, :Sibe ria, into a central government plpdged to the promotion of Russian unity. Other members of the Russian mission now her'' are Vla'dimir Guro, a 'brother of Gen. Gurko, who formerly commanded the Russian southwestern front; Tergius Tretiskoff, former -pres ident of the Russian Ecumenical . Council; Alexander Getoff and Con stantine Krovoposkoff. The two last named members of the mission are moderate Socialists. They specially are interested in the cooperative movement and represent the Left party in Russian polities. Prof. Milu koff represents the Center party, while the othei three belong to vari ous parties of the Right. Will Scatter Soon. The members of the mission are conferring with Prof. Boris Backhe mneteff, the Russian ambassador at Washington; Michael De Giers, the, Russian ambassador at Rome, and the other Russian ambassadors who have assembled in Paris to get Russian in terests before the peace conference, but the mienibers probably will scat ter soon to the Enitente countries and the United States. The purpose of the mission is to set the aspirations of Russia before the variouas peoples and to enlist their help to check Bolshevism and relieve the famine now raging in Central Russia. Prof. Milukoff frankly told the Associated Press that the mission had not been app~lointed by any gov ernment. "There isn't any government in Russia which can speak for all Rus ' Ia," he said. "We represent the va - us political parties and are doing .t we can to get 'Entente assist a restoring brder." ing to a qiuestion as to howv *d be restored, Prof. Milu rung of the Black sea Ta") easier for'the Entente PoN. . jeck anarchy in the ak d In Soviet Russia. Allied Navies' Aid. "The presepico of the Allied navies has 'steadied the situation, but Allied troops are necessary to check the 5movemient of Blolshevia'm ,southwvardl ad to relieve the appalling,frmine in .SIXTEEN BILLIONS TO BE .TURNED BACK Appropriations and Contract Author. ization Unexpended ESTIMATE BY REP. SHERLEY Most of Money Will Come From War Department, Chiefly Ordnance Branch. Washington, Dec. 20.-More than sixteen billion dollars of cash appro priations and contract authorizations voted by Congress for war purposes will be unexpended. Representative Sherley, of Kentucky, chairman of the House appropriations committee, an nounced today. Total 'appropriations and authoriza tions voted during the war amount to about $57,000,000,000, including $10, 000,000,000 of authorizations for war time loans to foreign governments. The loan actually made now total about $8,000,000,000. -"More than $8,000,000,000 of cash appropriations and approximately $8,000,000,000 of contract authoriza tions will be convertea back into thc treasury," said Representative Sher ley. "Most of the money will com from the War Department, the larg est saving, of course, being from ord. nance, because the greatest amount of money was appropriated for that." -o SCHWAB FOR PRESIDENCY Mentioned at Banquet of Chicago Ma chinery Club. Chicago, Ill., Dec. 22.-Choice of Charles .M. ~-.. .. e the next Pres. ident of the United States was voicet at a banquet given by the Chicag< M<.chinery -... to 750 plant superin. tendents and the other representative. of .7T machinery construction and met. al working concerns. Partisanship way .not mentioned. - o SLIP THE BELT AND GO Ul'() I1 Food Administration Rescinis Re strictions on Eating. Washington, Dec, 22.-Regulation restricting the use of bread, meat sugar, butter and cheese in public eat. ing places, which have been in effec since last October 21, were ordered rescinded today by the food adminis tration, effective temorrow' In announcing the withdrawal of the regulations the food administra. tion noticed public eating places to be ready to assist in 'putting 'into effect any specific measures which may here after become necessary through de velopments in worad relief. Bolshevik territory. Help .should be immediate. If it is delayed until spring hundreds of :thousands of per. sons will perish and greater disorgan izat it n will ensue. ':ha Black sea affords access to the most, populous and richest arction of LJssia. tonsequeni ly, relief expedi tions through it would be easier and ...ore efYect.ive than wo .: . t .' .'ch angel and Vladivost1 moveme'nt-.' Discussing the moverment heaided by Gen,. Denikine, which has reaulted in .the ..ormation of a gove'rnment at Yekaterinodar, Prof. Milukolf said that the minister of foreign affairs is Sergius Sazonoff and tha t the~~ mintis ter of linanc'e is Ml. B1erniardleki, a modlerate Socialist, who was a nmmber of the Kerensky Cabinet. Opposed to Assembly. When asked as to Gen. D~enikinte's alttitude toward the consxtitueunt assem bly, Prof. M ilukoff saidl the generalI was opposedQ~ to the reovnn of the old const i tuenft assenmid~y. TPhis is the same position taken by Gen. Kol cha k, whom Prof. M i u koff dlescri bed as a reasonable man of liberal views. Prof. Milukoff' saidl the old1 constit uent assembly was forcibly dlissolved by the Bolsheviki and that it could not be reconvened successfully, as the elections were held long ago. The m'any changes in the pol1itical situa tion, he dleclared, wvounI make newv elections imperative should the move ment for the recreation of a united Russia succeedl. The attitude of the Entente Powers toward Russia in the peace confer ence so far seems wholly undefined, TIhe American delegates say they (10 not .know whether Russia will be al lowecd representation at the congress. Prof. Milukoff saId the members of the mission andl the Russian atgbassadors were .... -that Iussia would ic granted a vote, but tihat they were without (lnfinite informan. TOTAL C[RMAN'D[AD OER _NO MILLION Over Six Million Casualties Already Reported 45,000 OFFICERS KILLED Cologne Gazette Publishes Last Ger man Casualty List and Com ments Upon It. New York, Dec. 20.-When the total German casualties are published, the number of dead,will be about two mil lion, according to the Cologne Gazette of November 25, a copy of which has been received here. Up to October 25 the total casualties reported were (,066,769, of whom more than 4,750, 000 were Prussians. The total includes the naval casualties, which were 70, 000;' comprised' of more than 25,000 (lead, more than 15,000 missing and nearly 29,000 wounded. Casualty list No. 1,284, published October 24, accarding to the Cologne Gazette, placed the number of dead at 1,611,104, the number of wounded at 3,683,143 and the missing at 772, 522. The paper says that of the num ber reported missing 180,000 may be considered dead. The Cologne paper uses 'he word ".appajling" in describing the casual ties among the oflicers. The total on October 24 included 44,700 officers killed, 82,460 officers wounded and 13, (100 missing, a total of 140,760. The loss in officers alone, the paper points out, exceeds the total casualties' of Germany in the Franca-Prussian war of 1870, when the total losses were 129,698. The total on October 24, which did not include casualty lists from the fighting on the western front after that date, nor the German losses in Palestine, was apportioned by the pa per as follows among the various army contingents: Prussia, 1,262,060 dead, 2,b.2,671 wounded, 6]6,139 missing. Total, 4, 760,870. - Bavaria 150,658 dead, 363,823 wounded, 72,115 missing. Total, 586, 596. Saxony, 108,017 (lead, 252,027 woun :ed, 51,787 missing. Total, 411, 831. Wurttemburg, 64,507 dead, 155,654 wounded, .16,802 missing. T>tal, 23t6, 96:3. Navy, .25,862 dead, 28,968 wounded, 15,679 missing. Total, d0,609. i'ROL1) TION OF MiNERALS Reached Record itue of $5,0l0.9.18. 000 Du War. ,Washington, Dec. 22.-Under the spur of war mineral production in the United .States reached the unprece dented .value of $5,010,148,000 in 1917, exceeding by 43 per cent-tie previous record made in 1916, the geological survey :announced today in its final report . for the year. The increase in value was $1,491;, 976,000. Blast furnace products (j.ikr iron and ferro alloys), copper, coal and'petroleum, contributed 74 per cent of the year's total value and 88 per cent of the increase in value. Metals established a new value rec ord and represented 42 per cent of i.he mineral production. LOWJLA N DS ARE FLOODED Levee Breaks Along Ocmulgee Ri.ver, Near Mjacon. leve a mile long protecting manufa(c turing plants south of the city, broke shortly after 8 o'clock tonight and the Ocmiulgee river began to spread out o)ver t he lowland1(s, -engulfing all (f the big brick ya rds of the city amnl mifaufacturing plants located there. At 3 o'clock this afternoon 18.2 feet .was reachedl. the flood stage beinp 18 feet. Live stock along the river iso in dlanger. GIVES WIDOW FUILL ESTATlE Judlge Emory Speer's Will Filed at 31acoin. Macon, Ga., Dec. 22.-J.udge Emory Speer's~will, which wasi filed here Sat. urday afternoon, gives his wvidowv the full estate for use (luring her life, it dlevelopedl today. After his wvidow's (eath the estate is to be dlividled among live daughters. M,ost of the estate ,is invested in liberty bonds, while a considlerable amount is in life insurance, two p)olicies of $10,000 each being named. The estate is said to be under $50,000. Paris, Dee. 22..- (Havas.)-Prince .exander, .:'- -own i w ee of Ser bia, will arrive in P'aris on Tlhursday or Friday., accordting to the Peti TO1 11 NORTH POL[ To Be Led by Capt. Bartlett, Noted Explorer To SURVEY ARCTIC REGION Also to Explore Upper Air and the Bottom of the Polar Basin. New York, Dec. 22.-An -expeditior to be led by Capt. Robert A. Bartlett noted explorer, will be sent to the Polar regions next June to survey the North Pole by airplane, according t< an announcement here tonight by the Aero Club of America. The plan, it was said, was conceived by Rear Ad miral Peary, discoverer of the pole. The purpose of the expedition which, it was said, would be the most completely equipped ever sent out will be to "explore, survey and photo. graph the unexplored parts of the Arctic regions and establish the exist. ence or non-existence of land or landh in that region." It is also intended according to the announcement, "t( explore the upper air and the botton of the Polar Basin." "Results of inestimable value to th< United States and to science will sure. ly be obtained from this expedition,' said the announcement, which adde< that the club would raise $250,000 t< finance the trip. Big Task Ahead. "The North Pole has been discover ed, but. the major part of the wort still remains to be done," the an nouncement states. "Both Ad mira Peary and Capt. Bartlett want to kh a great deal of scientific research it the Polar Basin, of whi'h over 1,00, 000 square miles remain unexplored and they would want to have a lab oraitor,3 on the ship, where the flon and fauna from the ocean bottc.m wil be kept until the return of the ex pedition. Little or no data has beer c-htained from the bottom of th< Polar Basin and no met(4drologica surveys have been made in the Pola; region." Asserting that (with tkr coopera tion of the leading 'geographical an scientific bodies assured) it is plann ed to have the expedition leave thi United States next. June, the an nounceme.nt continued: Six Weeks Fair 'Weather. "There are six weeks (f fair weath er in July and August, when even it the Polar regions it is seldom lo-aei than 60 degrees above zero. The planm are to have a ship go to Etah, abaul 600 miles from the North Pole, it June, when the .ice.iF.sufliciently brek en to permit the ship to cross Mel ville Bay. The ship would carry a large seaplane or land airplane foi the final flight across the top of th< earth and for exploration of the un. explored Polar regions as well .a: smaller planes for the scouting flights Base at Etah. "Imrnediat.ely upon arrival at Ei:al a base would be established wbil waiting for t.he ice to break( UP furth .er north t~o permnit the ship to go as fras Cape Columbia; the small sea lphanes would fly 1g Cape Columin and establ ish a base there for th( large plane which is to be used for the flight across the top of the world from Cape C olu mbia on the A mericani side, over the pole, to (Capt. Chelyus kin on the Siberian side aind for ex ploration over long di stances. "For the six weeks alter the maid dIe of July. when the weather conidi tions arie best for flyin.g in the P ola r regions, the large planes as wvell as the small planes will be putt inito ser vice and the imptIortat work of the expedition will be done." Speedy Methlodls. Asserting that only oune-seventh of the earth's suraface has been atccu rate - ly mapped for the rough sketches, of ficials of the club stated that by use of airplanes it would bie possible to do in twenty year's wvhat would require 200 years by usual methods. 'The committee, which a fter two years of study, recommended that the club finance the expedlitioii, comp lrises: Admiral Pear~y, Alan 11. Ilawvley, Ilenry A. Wise Woodl, Hencry Wood house, Rear Admiral Bradley A. F'iskei .lohn Hays Hiammnond, .Jr., lIbar Admli. rdl Wiltiam N. Little, I I. S. N.; Prof. Charlesc L. Poor, Col. IC. I ,s:ter .Jones, U. S. A.; Charles Jerome l'dwards, Major Cushman A. Rice, U. S. A., andi Augususa Pnot BEL[VE BIG BOND IS8E LOOKED UPON FAVORABLY Columbia, S. C., Dec. 21.-Ollicials of the South Carolina Association and of the good roads convention recently held in Columbia dechire that reports from every section of South Carolina indicate marked enthusiasm for the proposition launched at the convention for a system of permanent highways. The movement is gaining in momen tum as it sweeps over the state and great interest is being awakened in it everywhere. Petitions are to be placed in circu lation at once among the automobile owners of the state, who are the most vitally interested because it is their pocketbooks that will be touched, ask ing the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina to authorize an election on the question of issuing $25,000,000 worth of bonds for the purpose of building a system of con crete roads connectir every county seat in the state. Men who are in a position to judge say that the sen timent among the automobile owners is very strong in favor of thq bond issue and it is believed that an over whelming majority of them will sign the petitions. The plan for the bond issue was suggested at the recent j.ood roads convention by 1t. Goodwin Ithett, of Charleston, one of the ablest finan .ier of the state aftt'r he had made a close study of the various methods of financing road building that has been adopted in other states. 'T'his plan has nt more general approval than any other plan that has been offered. In ordt r to finance the scheme there will have to be an issue of state bonds, but it is proposed to have plac ed in the act of authorizing the bond issue a provision, stipulating that the I interest and sinking fund for the bonds will be taken care of by special automobile tax. Some people may think it rather a I large undertaking h> float a $25,000, 4100 bond issue solely upon an auto mobile tax. A little figuring, bow ever, will convince' anyone that it can 'oe (lone. There are now in the stAte 55,0000 automobiles, an increase of ;30 per cent in two years. It is certain that there will be another ii' rease in the next two yeats. Automobiles now pay an average license tax of $5.20 per annum. it is proposed to incrt ..,w this to an average tax of $2() per an num, quite a small sum when one con siders the benefit that will accrue to the average auto owner from the good roads that will be built. lie will more than save the difference in the tires and gasoline. Officials of the auto association claim that is has never required more than a very little talk to convince an adtomobil. owner that the plain is a rood one and every automobile w ho has studied it is enthusiastically for it. INVITED TO lHt!CKIN(IIA M I .ondont, D ec. 20.-- -King Ceorge has mvitedl President Wilson and itl lrs. IWilson to be his guests at 1Buck ing ham palace (luring their stay in Lon don, but no reply has bteent rect ived. It is assumed that the Prtesidlent will accept butt the whole nmatter wvi Ill e de ferred t' fthe P res identf's personal wvishes. ''Te As soc'iat ed Prtess wvas in formied by th:- liit i h t'ot ( ignt tllie I t oday that the reporf printed hy the t1lant chester Guadliant thatt the l'residet is commyli especmitlJ y to iscusst5 the lRussian tSit uation ' i naccurtate. The visit, of the Presidhtnt. wvil bIe one oft courtesy and~ not ~olit icalI, though naturally discussion: of Ru hssian a fairs nmay atrise ini th:- course of his conv ~er'sat ions her'te. I' rm well int'ornmei quairters, it is learn'ted that ther'e is tto foundat ion for the recPot) t that tBitIish rein force metts atrc beintg sent to Rutssia. It is mtttder stood that not hinig otf th is nature will he dotne piendting ihe A~ll iedt con forein-es int I'artk:. CapIt. Harttlett, who will lend the new ex 1editioni, commnandedl the R~oose. velt on the Plear~y e'xpeditions. While Captain of the Karluk,. wvhich was ('rushed in the ice in 'January, 1914', he led the seventeen membe'rs of the exptedi tion to Wrangle lshindu, thlen crossed over to Siberia wit h (one t'sk i tmo and returned with a retli(ef party. ie was also commander of the Mac iiIlan relief exited ition and last win ter was commended bty Secretar'y D aniels for his extraor'dinarty achieve meat in taking the ship leavorite out of the ice fromn hlifav AMERICANS BAGGED 854 GERMAN PANES Against an American 1,oss of 271 Planes R1EP'ORT BY7 MA.J. II A I11011) J'ershing's Alen Got 82 lialloons and iLost. 45, According to Report. Washington, lec. 22.-A merican airmen ill 'ratce brought down a to tal of 854 German airplanes and 82 balloons, according to a report cabled by Mlajor Gen. Ilarbord on December 15 and made public today by the War Department. Destruction of the 354 of the enemy planes and 57 of the balloons had been oflicially confirme<. The total casualt Is to the Amer ican air sCrvice in action are given as 442, including 109 killed, 103 woumled, 200 missing, 27 prisoners And 3 in terned. When the arm istice ended the light ing, the report said, there were 39 American air squadrons at the frint. They included 20 purso it, ( day and I night bombardment squadrons ml 5 army, 12 corps and 1 night observa tion squadro The total personnel was 2,10' . s and 22,351 men at the fror 'dditional 4,643 of ficers : en in the service of suppll -' .nimerican flying of ficers were detailed with the British army and 401 oflicers and 525 men with the French forces. Strength of Air Ser\-ice. The total strength of the American air service in F'rance was 58,090 of whom G,801 were ollicers. This was exclusive of the air service mechan ics, regiment with the French army, numbering !) oflicers and 4,741 men. In addition to these trained men, the air service had 8 separate schools in France where 1,323 pilots and 2,012 observers were under inst rue tion and graduations up to November 11 included 6,069 pilots and 2,0.5 ob servers. Up to November 16, Gen. Ilarbord said, a total of 6,472 planes of all type had been received by the A'irican air service in France, including 3,337 pursuit planes for combat work and 90 for schools; 3,421 observation for service and 66.1 for schools, 421 day bombers with 85 additional for schools and 31 night reconnoissance machines. There were in addition 2,285 training :30 experimental an 108 miscellameous machines. 'T'he 8 A merican air schools in France had a capacity for training 3,800 officers and 11,700 men. The largest was the general flying school at Issoudun where 2,175 olicers and 6,10(t men could be cared for. The others were at Tours an: ('hi illon Sur-Seine for observe:s; at .\laucon and Soetiudan and Souge for art il lery lire spotters; at Si. Jeande .\lonte for aerial gunnery and at ( 'lermion ferrand for btnhers. EllEV EN AllI.IION .\NSW~ 1 ! To1 te lied (rs (Christmalis . oll tal''til tl l'~tI(IIall. :11111 H ho1 ierson li hw11 V.tI aw I lIto It:rs TI'his numbher, It was stauted, is~ mlore hers set as a goal ill th lir il (Christ 1105 is membershiip drive ii l1917. Rejiports from1 thle variouis dlivinolrl wvere noultnctd tonlighit as follo(ws. Souithern divis(ion: .\orth and111 SthI Carolina, (;Ilorgia, Tennilesse. andl A thaiitit ivisiln: New Yo~ (rk, New sinl, Nebraska, Iowa andil al(libigaII 4I,000,(0. P'enn~sykaniaIl - Detlewvare dijvisioln. lake dis ision: Indiana, ()hio aiid Aentucky - I 178,Oo00. Soutithwe~tern~il I division: Mlissouri, A\rkanIsas, ()kIa houma, T1exas antd Kanii Tlo llelieve W~hat. is D~escribed as n-iortag. Washington, I ec. 2?-.'l' relieve what is de-. Ias an acute short :igt Elf food in Sweden ships a -rying route t to tha1t ('tun ltry from ilt U1nit ed States. Tlhe War Tradle Hoard an nounced t oday they *'--.- a rrive be fore Christas Iny.