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/ . • -*v ./.v ' k\ VILLA HUNT COSTLY » * • QOVERNMENT SPENT $70,000, 000 ON MILITARY EFFORT AMEitlOAN LIVES LOST Pershing Troops About to Be Ito- ^ called Witli Outlaw tliief Htill Strong and Active—Much Expert- • epee Gained From <tJ:e Kvteative llorder Demonstration—History oi’! the Mov’emcnt. .I. ^ ■ '* , ." T| ranges from $16 a month for prirai to $500 a month for brigadier gen erals. _ Nor should one forget that the soldiering of thie Guardsmen means an economic loss of Just so much wealth as they would normally produce in their clYlflan employ 1 meets. - -y Subsistence ranks as r the second largest item of expense. The gov ernment allows 30 cents a day for the feeding of each man. With .150,- 000 men in the field, the food-bill was $±5,000 a day. Considering^an average of 120,000 men on duty "for 209 days, the cosjt of food up to, January 13 has been $I f 524,000. Ac cording to an estimate made by-the^ war department, the cots of kitchen equipment, pay of cooks, and reserve supplies rails’the bill up to ooo; •. >' ' - Transportation has. cost - ja .huge sum. The expenditures for. taking, the regulars and Guardsmen to the* border are estimated at $(j,QOO;000'; TO CURB REPORTERS futile attempt of the United the avei age distance travoiedVy the > , .’ .. . .. 42iulitiamen being about 1,500 miles, government to “get ViLa alive A - /- The States government to “get \ # . t • , V .4 or dead” has cds’fc the American peo ple a number of lives and a sum of money estimated at close\ to $70,- ^000,000.. Yet, as fat* as the imme diate object of tho expedition is con- terned, the whole updertakl l ' : geheraTTy "regarded as vain. The regulars of Gen. Pershing, it is true, have been better equipped for real military work and the Na tional Guard has received valuable training in the. border mobilization, but Villa is still alive and he has not been “got——More than thLt. ire Is now said to have an army of 10,000 men behind him, to have Northern Mexico practically under his contrpi, and to be growing stronger every* day. * ^ . Altbough Villa is far more “alive” to-day # thkn when Pershing went into - Mexico'," it is expected that the Ameri can forces jwill be v Vithdrawh in the near future.* Military men and, civil ians agree, that the troops are doing no good where they are and that they are only causing irritation to the Mexican people. T^« y are not permitted to move against yilla, be cause such action would displease Carranza and might provoke.war. it Is conceded that they would be of . aome value as a protection to the border country if they were with drawn, so withdrawal is now the word. Meanwhile' the National Guards- meq. are* still mobilized; they are separated from their families, which in some cases are reported infant; they are removed from productive employment, and the military bill is mounting daily by hundreds ,of thousands of dollars. It is not known accurately just bow m&ijy lives Villa has cost the United States. They are not many, v of course, compared with the lose of life that would certfinly result if we went to war, but they are too many . for a nation at peace. According to figures announced by President Wil- with an allowance of four cents per mile per manr- For tbe-transporta- tion of the millions of tons of food, baggage, tentage, artillery, escort and combat w agons andjother-equipment, the railroads are estimated to have received not less than $3,300^000. As _re£is»ejita.^f- the—Guard are re- caTTed to their homes, their mileage is doubled/ ‘ To meet the conditions wftlch. the army faced" in Mexico,, the military authorities decided to motorize the quartermaster's department. For the purpose of motor trucks, motor tanks, cars for the carrying of water,' machine guns mounted op motors, and*motor wrecking trucks, the gov ernment has spent $3,000,000. • This does not include the bills for repairs to thousands of horseless vehicles. When the militia was ordered out it was improperly and insufficiently clothed. At least $5,000,000 worth of uniforms, shoes, leggings, hats, socks, underwear, shirts, overcoats and other articles of wearing apparel have been purchased and Issued to the soldiers since the Villa chase be gan. ' . . With the cost of draft and riding animals high because'pf tfcp Euro pean war, it is figured that at least $3,000,000 was paid for the thous ands upon thousands of mules and horses necessary properly to equip the regulars and militia. Congress appropriated $2,000,000 for the relief of dependent relatives of the Guardsmen. This and much more already has been disbursed to needy families. After a recent hearing before the House military affairs . committee, Brig. . Gen. Henry Sharpe, quarter master of the army, estimated that the cost of maintaining the regulars and militia in the field in November was about $14,000,000. By Novem ber all the organizations had been thoroughly clothed and equipped. During the four preceding months millions of dollars were spent for articles not needed in that month or son, 76 Americans, have been killed ** is believed, therefore, that: in Mexico in three years, in addition / the cost of keeping the army in the to 36 killed by Mexicans on Ameri- ^ ^ ln * N,oy « m h e r was $14,000,000 can soli. .Perhaps Villa should not practically everything hac be directly accused of all vtheseL^ een BU PP^ e d, the cost during July deaths, but the iictivitica of hia out- September and October wat Freedom of Correspondents Connect ed With Important Desks. A secret service system to keep< tabs on the press is in effect at fene state department under the new reg ime- of utter secrecy and secrctive- ness, according to numerous indica tion’s;' and recent developments have .'tended to confirm ^fie report that at least one man is assigned to ferret out where tips and certain stories, displeasing to the administration, o’, iginate. ~ '• . '•' —- ~ Growing secretiveness has been evident for months. Peftce-natural- ly a secret subject in the past-—plus charges of an alleged leak .to Wall Street on President ,Wilson’s note,, have served to put up the barrier^ tor the press with perhaps the great est strictness of years. Pitiless publicity, has- admittedly been cast. aside. Steps to enforce secrecy include:' Hints to foreign enfbassies not to discuss certajn fcubjpoctswith re porters. Kules preventing newspaper men from speaking to diplomats when ar riving at or departing from the de partment. x nent. deaths, but the activities of his out law bands have been responsible for most of them. - On January 20, 1916, Villa ban dits took 19 American employees of & mining company from a train near . Chihuahua, Mexico, and shot them down in cold blood. On March 9, Mexican brigands crossed the border aiid attacked Columbus, N. M., and - the camp of the Thirteenth United States cavalry. Eight civilians and nine soldiers were killed.: In a run ning fight between Villlstas and American troopers of the Seventh cavalry on April 22, two American abldiers fell. Mexican bandits raid ed Glenn ^Springs and Boquillas, Texas, on May 6, looting those towns and killing three UniteU^StMes boI- diers and two civilians. ^Three cav alrymen were killed in a brush with Mexican raiders on June 15 when the •utlaws crossed the border at 9^n Ignacio, Texas. rs A detachment of the Tenth United States cavalry was attacked at Car- rizal, Mpxico, by, Carranza troops on June 21. The American death toll . in that encounter- included Capt. •.Boyd, Lieut. Adair and 20 troopers. On June 2 7, Mexican bandits crossed the border at Haehita, N. M., and murdered-an American ranchman and his wife. , In addition to there killings, there have been isolated instances of “sniping” across^the border, , and a number of soldiers have died .from disease or other causes as a result of ,the attempt by the United States to cope with the menace of Villa and fiis followers. On the money side of the Villa cost sheet, payments of $67,000,000 had been recorded several days ago. Some officials predict that this “white man’s bqrden” will cost Uncle Sam fully as much more before he can lay it down. Pershing’s army is understood to ' number about 10,000 men. There --Are about 25.00P regular, troops dis tributed along the border. At cne time the National Guardsmen on the border totalled 110,000 men, and at the present thnd approximately 80,- 000 militiamen are encamped there. This moans that as high as. 145,000 American soldiers are dofng duty —along the international linos and in Mexico last summer, and that ubout 115,000 are still on the job. The cost of maintaining an army In the field during the winter months is much greater than in summer, be- 1 cause a large number of items f such as heavy clothing, fuel, and construc tion of cantonments or barracks muPt be added. —-ir" i.'", i ■' The war department, therefore, has paid a number of big bills since the order t^) “get Villa” was isaued and the miltla woe federalized. The -largest, single item- has been the salaries of officers and men in the 1 'regular army and the National Gua v d. These salaries would have Y to he paid to the regulars at all ti w/ " tt'e. regulars' equipment wou’d not be sb extensive if It were mot for Villa, *x. V . .es of the militiamen on active duty represent ^ clear-cut ad- was considerably greater. Considering every Item and every loss involved in the whole undertak ing, military officers have expressed the belief that $1,000,000 a day would not be an exorbitant estimate of the mohey that Villa has cost the United. States. Truly- the . gentle “Pancho” is an expensive luxury. The expense involved by the Unit ed States government’s order to “get Villa ,, is itemized as follows: Transportation of regu lars and militiamen to border .. ..$ 6,000,000 Transportation of food . to border .. .. . . ^ 300,000 Transportation of bag gage, tentage and im pediments to border : 3,000,000 Subsistence of regulars and najlitlamen .. 15,000,000 Pay of'officers and en listed men in regular S v army and militia. . .. 26,000,000 Site^ial motor transpor tation equipment pur chased especially tor . -v * use orNborder and in 'w Mexico .X.. .... .. 3,000,000 Clothing equipment la~ sued To^rnllftftK,V w , .5,000,000 Ordnance' equipment tp regulars and militia . 2,50.0,000 ^edical supplies . . . 2,000,000 Purchase of horsejLjMAd mules for militia. . .. 3^)0.000 Fayment by federal gov-- efnment to dependent relatives of militiamen 2,00$,00< Transportation of mill tlamen discharged at border stations " to n places of enlistment Rules against giving advance in formation on engagements between the department and diplomats lest reporters inquire at the epfibassies jefore the visit as to why the con ferenee is slated. ~ ^ Strict orders from Secretary of State Lansing to subordinates’not to discusa peace—any many other mat- uers. Inquiries on this-line are met !or the most part with the reply, “The secretary is handling that; f can’t talk about-it.” Refusal of Secretary of State Lan sing to discuss, even confidentially or -for guidance, except rarely, any development^ in the peace situa tion. , - . r * Orders to subordinates to. give out no news except the merest routine. WORKS FOR PLACE »■ -— WILSON TO ASK GERMANY TO OUTLINE HER TERMS STUDIES ALLIED SLY on Attention is Culled to Things Which' Both k'ides are Apparently Agreed 1 —Difference Exists as to Balkans un«l the East—Secrecy is Maintained as ti\ Further Hteps, A statement of terms from Ger many and her allies at least as com prehensive as those set forth by tho Entente in replying to President Wilson’s note is the next move hoped for in the peace negotiations. * Whether time will be allowed for th^ Teutonic nation $ to state their own VVliHOn^WTTT an opening remains undetermined. Bt« MUNITIONS EXPLOSION DuPont Plant at Haskell, If. J. Up In Terrible Fire. does CRUISER WRI AMERICAN NAVY LOSES MILLION DOLLAR BOAT Four hundred thousand pounds of Powder was destroyed by fire and explosion at the Haskelh N. J., plant of the DuPont Powder company at nine-thirty o’clock Friday Bight. Of ficials of the, company declared after checking up the members of the .. i c at the wreck that only- two men were missing. Twelve, oth-j era „wefe cut by..flying debris but' „ ^ ^ ^ ^ , none of them waa seriously hurt. No • ’tWIo4ft>ing to Save Stranded SAILORS ARE ALL SAVEI » - , marine Milwaukee la Pounded to Pieces oh Coast of California— Two Other Ships Fail to Have ..Her From Angry Sea. * In a fight for their lives a estimate of the loss was obtainable, j The genfecal manager of the lias-; kell plant, who was reached by tele phone soon after tin? explosion, said the entire plant'probably had been destroyed. Id the plant and the vil lage’were several hundred buildings. The concession blew a tremendous hole in the side of the mouhtoja h .avy wit more thin three ul .Xl near wfl.ch the plant was built. The United States sailors were ' ue.a* plant was kept in operation day an i utuU)iUi ^n ole w Eureka. Cal., ttat- night, and the jnfglijL sbnt was at urday-night in breeches buoys troflfi wtirk VirUen tho magazine blew up. \ cruiser Milwaukee, which rolled It is not known^how many men iu tbe Burf with ^ Ue possibility of were employed In the various, build- being a total loss on the northern .-im - i: vpr Dtaiu n.tn ^t is the custom of the com- (jalilornia coast, where she struck initiative, or whftthAj^ J )an y hflxe 111i«sjaei|p 4o » log early Saturday, iarayn-Wn. TTr^ une structure at the same time. tn wilt make some more to give Th , t composed of many 1 llr *t ker8 wer ® SS?* FS ,, i. y «i : war gbip g superstructure and the Us* tlmo pnirt ImMjnfra nhon ce8ai>nt pounding of the waves wm In 1 « P nf oTnio«inn C U Tho driving the vessel farther cebore Uk. In case of fires and explosion. The .. uunri The Milwaukee's -falmi Haskell plant was built In a semi- ^. U |« »»»ff A bottom aus^flooded in an effort te mt^n omnlnVofl thorn’ • ancil0r her gainst -the Wasb -Of tl^-- • w . v An^ithor pnmmiinrnfm Bea - Naval* officers ashore said ll fni rnnLrv«Mi Lma terrnH 1 WaS POBBible that the five miW by the explosions which were by, tar »on dollar cruiser would ever UM* the most severe ever experienced at; * Haskell. There are indications, however, that if no statement of the Teutonic terms is forthcoming within a rea sonable time, the United States may seek a means to indicate the desira bility of such a course. r 4U was reiterated that the presi dent had determined on his position and it was pointed out that in his note he said be was indifferent to the means employed to comparing terms. He is reluctant to judge be tween the two replies,, ahd has not made known his impressions of tin* Entente note. There Is. no Indication in official circles, however, that an early peace is thought probable. On the con trary the statement of the Allies’ The secret service regime is said, obj - u , t u re cogni«Ml. has made to he In charge of a wealthy young diplomat. He is frequently in con ference with a United States secret service man and’ recently he Jma -|onade anxious inquiries in an appar ent effort to iind ont for the depart- ment .w hare Jiewspaper men get thetr news. * And it is known that suggestion has been made to install a licensing system for newspaper ’men,’ permit ting only men properly vbuched for to enter the' building.. ^ acceptance by Ge;many very dif.M- The Milwaukee Is stuck on tlM sand only a few hundred yards from the submarine H-3, which grouode4 a month ago near the entrance tm Humboldt bay. Tbe cruiser wan at tempting to salvage the submarine at the time of the accident. Withim forty or filty miles on this, part at the coast six other veoseis ham Careful study of reports from struck shore during the last few Mexico /has not convinced govern- y^'urs and none of them have beea MEXICO IN UNREST , t ’ ‘ Conditions in Neighboring Country are Not Yet Bottled. , ment offiicals of the truth of asset- saved. cult for the present, however far it i ttons that there has been radical im- 11 our breeches .buoys were swans may have gone toward establishing pr(neraeiU { n t he military situation to the Milwaukee and tbe men wem a preliminary basis which may fa-.in northern Mexico. .Conditions in bein * brought ashore as fast as pot* cilitate oeace negotiations when the' nart# of th^ country are-far froTO ^ble-. Wrth the TdTI of tbe vessel gndLof .hostilities-does come. •' 1 satisfactovy, according to official and ^be trolleys would slacken and Uu COTTON CONSUMPTION Slight Decrease in December But # ' - Gain for Five Months.- * V* • Cotton, exclusive of linters, con* sumed during December, amounted to 536,587 running bales, and for* the five months ending December 31, 2,763,962 bales, the census bureau announced Monday; In the previous year 555,005 bales were sold during December and 2,533,640 bales dur ing the five months. Cotton on ‘hand December 61 in consuming establishments ’ was 2,- 362',960 bales, compared with 1,853,- 046 in 1915, and in public storage and at compresses 4,065,178 bales, compared with 5,195,653. Spindles active - during December numbered 32,862,474, compared with 31,74S',?72 the previous . De cember. Imports were 34,339 bales, com pared with 43,724, and for. the five months 7,784 bales, compared with 123,585,4a 1915. Exports were 737,502 bales, in cluding linters^ compared with 558,- 278 the previous December, and for .the five months 3,222,385, compared with 2,4^,593 in 1915. Linter*consumed during Decem ber amounted to 69,610 .bales, com pared with 76,932 in 1915; on hand December 31 in consuming establish ments, 106,627 bales; compared with 110,222 in 1915, and in publicstor- age and at compresses 142,472, com pared with 149,492 in 1915. Linters, exported amounted to 10,- 081 bales, compared with 11,629 in 1915, and for the five months 96,- 912 bales, compared with 59,194 in 191X president is how to reconcile tbe con flicting attitudes of the Central pow- ers and the Entente Allies on the question of comparing terms. The Central powers having offered to discuss peace at a conference of rep resentatives of the belligerents and the Entente powers,, though virtually declining to agree to a conference, having given their broad terms pub licly, it was suggested that the presi dent might seek a new method of having terms compared. In one administration ouarter it was suggested that one oir more European neutrals might urge Ger their human burden into breakers and alternately hoisting them into the air. Fifty men and “Sea Rover/* tha ship’s dog mascot, were landed fat before d&rk with the aid of anrf boats manned by eoast life eavar* Informally officials express ihe! information reaching the stiai^hteii ont, dropping the..buoys opinion that the problem facing the state department. . ' witT * u ‘<‘ lr hum&n burden Into tho Manuel Palaez has continued to extend his field of operations along the east coast and Zapata is once i more in possession of Cuernavaca, capital of Morelos, the state adjoin ing the federal district on the south. _ . .. lt ow ~ . Between Mexico City and Vera Cruz armed bands continue to make the ^ of K a <f r 6 operation of trains preblemaUcal. I an ?, In determining to withdraw Gen. I Medi< a 1 treatment was fivea tha Pershing, the administration is im- rescued nailors h^ the derstood to have been influenced “ ^ chiefly by the unanimous belief of # ® mer * ency equipment iMi army officials that the tfbbps are In [u •fiBernoon. a poor strategic position ahd w<»W-Tbe 11 iwaukws ^^der cont- - - , be of more service in protecting the m * n <l ©* ^«ut. W. F. Newton. BnJ many and her allies to make public border (f brought back to the Ameri- ^rrted about thirteen commisaione* their peace terms, and . others' -1^0 to relieve National Guards- officers, ten warrant officers ana a thought It possible that a voluntary , ^ e n n R Jf 0 Vheld there reduced complement of between fo«r statement • might be forthcoming Notice already has been glvan of a ^ d flT ® hundred men. Seventy of from Berlin after the text of the En-! the intention of the United States to the 1 cr6W 4 wer ® whore when the Mlb^ tente reply had been handed to the Re nd other expeditions into Mexico waskee struck. X y foreign office for its informaUon by j W henever the operations of lawless Ai darkneee closed down ahoed Ambassador Gerard. forces on that side make it neces- So far, it is understood, tbe note #ary \ Total . .$68,000,0100 MADE 238;469,769 COINS •—— ' Pliiladelphia Mint Turned Oat For* * ''ll, I < tune in Small Coinage. Breaking all its coinage records; the Philadelphia mint during 1916 produced 365,469,769 domestic coins in denominations’ ranging from one cent to- half dollars and valued^ at $9i344,266.- An unprecedented de mand for dimes, nickels and pennies has kept the plant running day and night since early summer. Gold, silver and nickel coins totaling 31,- 376,328 pieces were minted for Cen tral .and South American govern ments. "THROW m INTO SEA Submarine Censored Cargo of Swed- * • ish Steamer. * A dispatch^from Stockholm says: “The captains of tbe Swedish steam er Ingeborg, belonging to the Thule line, who has returned to Gothen burg from England? states that this steamer Wns stopped ip the' North sea by a German submarine and that he was compelled to throw into the dition to the military expense list. l «®a *il the mall from Entente coun- Fullv ?5,000,000 already bnm been •eld to the regular and militja offi- tries, consisting of seven hundred sacks. Otherwise, he said, the Ger es rs end' men engaged in the •'Villa WRn comnnrler threatened to take ttnnt/' Tbe pay of-the “hunters’' hit shi^to Germany/; has not been transmitted to Ameri can diplomats in the Teutonic coun- triesr although -it is generally as sumed that this will be the first step actually taken by the Untied States. MONUMENT TO JEFF DAVtS half the crew of the Milwaukee ha* been transferred through a surf in safety to tbe beach, vessel had been thrown by the ers into water but twelve feet deep at low tide and tbe derelict keeL I at an angle of twenty degrees. It on the subject only to say definitely that no action had yet been taken. It is generally agreed everywhere Secretary Lansing broke his silence 8o<n, #i€> Lrortod tor $100,000 at thougnt she Yiad a hole In her helL. —. u- | When the Milwaukee waa caught rwimew, ny. i tlie current ogrrled* into th* A monument to Jefferson Davis breakers she was pulling on m eahft* that the natnre of the terms of the' soon will be erected at Falrview, attached to tbe stranded submarines. Entente, with the intimations from Ky., birthplace of the Confederate The monitor Cheyenne and nary* teM^. German sources that such’terms can. president, “by tbe women and men ^HoQUois, farther off shore, both hal not be accepted, make an early peace of the Southern Confederacy," at a to the Milwaukee and were em- unlikely. / (cost of one hundred and fifty deavoring to hold tbe cruiser Krona The preliminary view of the ad-'thousand dollars, Gen. Julian 8. the surf, ministration, however, still is that Carr, millionaire manufacturer, an- The tidal current and the weight the door to discussion»was not en-1 nounced at Durham, N. C., Friday. °f the heavy steel hawser proml tirely closed. In the German view j Thei monument, an obelisk, will be stronger than the combined powe^ of at Washington it rests entirely with | three hundred and fifty feet' high, the three vessels and ail were bdCMB the president whether . negotiations. Gen. Carr said. Gen^ Bennett H dragged shoreward whan the mMs* ‘ nVrA pected that objects or terms less u W iii hnHH moderate than those given could that If it will build two haTe been Btated> . MAKES UNIQUE 9FFER * —— ♦ ■— - v ' 8tool Company Pate a Proposition to • the hTavy. Speaking before the Terrapin club at Philadelphia Saturday night on the complaint of the navy depart ment against th6 high hide received for warships, Eiigene GT Grace, pres ident of the Bethlehem Steel com pany, said that his .company has de termined government of the four authorized battle cruisers in navy yards, the Bethlehem com pany will construct the other twd;.at the ascertained cost of building the ships in the government’s yard with out additional expense or commis sions of any kind. “We will also contract to h our ships ready for service ahead the government ships,” he said. The policy, of the navy department, Mr Grace mid, seems to embody an ef- wouT fort to distJqurage private enterprise and to divert all wqrk .for national defense Into government plants. Referring to a recent announce ment. that a British manufacturer had underbid American concerns for shells for the navy, Mr.^ Grace said it should be remembered that the Brit ish navy has seen but little action and that it is entirely conceivable that there is a surplus of naval shells on hand which the British govern ment-might be willing to have its munition makers dump in the Unit ed States. would be continued at this time. It is regarded as certain thpt the Ger manic allies will consider any propo sition Mr. Wilson may make, and that they probably would be willing even to discuss la a conference with their enemies the conditions stated in their reply. At the same time it is reiterated that Germany and her allies never upon any consideration would accept such terms and should they agree to’ enter a conference to discuss them it would be with 4he idea that the En tente,might recede from its position. „ In this connection the Germans express the belief that the Entente set forth in its note the objects it de sired to achieve rather than the only terms upon: which It would make peace, arid that as the communica tion was written for publication Young, of Louisville, and Gen. Geo. m® 1, to the Cheyenne. snapped H. Littlefield, of Austin, Texas, are left the little Iroquoia to batU, co-operating with Gen. Carr in pro moting plans for the memorial.- atone with the tide that wan ing tbe Milwaukee into the The coast guardsmen ahot broadcast. It probably could be are mo8t bltterly at odd ,r Italy,' Vlmk wTmJL/a ^l! — l-e-Jshss, “Jf “TE * fiTSSKS without a war wants also the city of they “ ld ' r ® centl y left the dry dock, witnout a war, wants also i e Jty or wbare aba received extensive renair^ Trieste,-Austria’s main seaport, and Accord , ng t0 navy officer/ bW CAN WEAR UNIFORMS Governors’ Colonels Still May Be deck Themselvea. • Extreme reticence was observed at the White House arid state depart ment. It was said so many delicate points are Involved that very careful study will be given to the problem^ before any decision is reached. ./* The view was generally expressed it the first milestone In the nego- tions inaugurated by Mr. Wilson had\been readied and that there » td be a general assess ment ofHhe entire situation before another mbre could be made. No estimate was pjaced on the orobable time which maK^laps® before the decision of the president Is made known although the Topg conference between the'president Lansing, coming so soon aftgr the re ceipt of the Entente note, waXstaken to mean that there will be nosun- necessary delay. Peace and the questions allied with it were discussed only generally at the cabinet, meeting, bnt after* wards the 'president and Secretary Lansing went to Mr. Wilson’s pri vate stndy tbgether, and remained there for more .than an hour. When be left the White House Mr. Lan sing refused to answer questions. Already officials are trying to work out the possible onoosfng alli ances based upon the Entente note and tbe Gorman . chancellor’s Both, it is pointed opt. Secretary Baker hae decided not to conettue the national defenso act apeoehaal so as to prohibit members of-the‘agree to tbe evacuation of Franco staffs of governors from wearing the ? and Belgium.' T** oniv Question* regular army uniform*. The deci-^left open on the West front, there- slon was announced In a letter to • fore, ere the Allied demands for In* Gov. IjteCall of Massachusetts. ., _ T ■ llfl x Iron* tbe shore to tbe stranded cr«m» ^I nA wi.h .o^riinH nf j.onr.lv er and rigged » breecbM buoy. fn7 m.HMm. f 8ecu lt)r | The firgi gurf boat, launched at for maritinae froutle . . ’ 1 two-twenty o'clock brought back itk vOn the East front the provinces tT . . i,. 111611 *041 th© SCCOUd bfOUght fW *■ Poland are in d jj V e. By. this time two mem at • pute. ^Lithuania, formerly Rugglan , * , h i B “tki nrn^H U !^ d nnn m v er Tn t h ^cechee buoy, aid by duak ' promiged autonomy. B th Oe y ^ hundred men were on tha Xn//h 0m r 9 . e rirn 0 r nnn', f >°“ “>e Wrecked CrdigeT. ■' SdatM maklhK a geparlte king-L'° n4y one m,iU • u,< « r ®< 1 ln l«T templates maxing, a separate king, far ag u knowlI xh , t waa Q ^ dom of Russlail o and only, bile j^ 0 ^ b geaiuan whose shoulder Russia’s plans contemplate Russian fractui ed WednesdaT %h^S 7^1 rj/„ nd pJln d S d StfuS’glnrt b^afSIauid* SS It Is in the reconstruction of “ g ‘ ln “ h * **“ Balkans that the alliances apparent- being brouiht “ hore - T' 1 million dollars. a large part of the Dalmatian coast. The desire of Germany and Austria g ',- J . * to punish Serbia offers a most com- mean a loss of plicated difficulty as the Allies have demanded -that country’s restoration with indemnity. Bulgaria demands parts of Serbia, Macedonia and Roumanla as her re compense for the war, and has stated Canadiane through her premier that her work, consisting in conquering those na tions, now is finished. The whole question of the return of/various nationalities to their own countries presents a confusing problem TOWN NAME CAUSES RIOT Want “Kltcheper- 1 stead of “Berlin” Again. •Following a sweeping victory mi the polls by the Citizens’ Leagmaw rn^nniJr formed when the name of the city of complex ana Berli 0nt changed, to Kit- Turkey then remains. The Allies ♦ hp n Z Hnt w«r Lt.rtlS have demanded her withdrawal from Europe, without saying who shall fill f f “ th ^ whn ^p nn the vacancy at Constantinople. For- ^ 1 ^ €en ^ ° mer Premier Trepoff has announced J oug ^* and tha city ia indar ^hat ‘the Allies have promised t^at LmLi • : with the straits to Russia. The ..T h « rMti a capital and the pronosed ? ffl “ an . d two “ emb# ” ?***• near. dlvigioXof the Ottoman empire In Asia Minor furnish still another tre- P r ®J 0 "‘ mendous problem. , men to disperse, and doctored mmr- . _ v . _ tial law. The arrival of one hundraft co ] on, * a a p d soldiers sent from Gault put an enA ». h t trareaat la fttt untouched In the t0 ^ dlw)rd , r . . • “r® • • Allied statement. Germany infor- ^ J mally has indicated that she will ex- ’ * # # pect her colonies back. | Girl of Sighfemi Killed Betrnyar. It la the belief of officials that Charging that he kad Hnafl only by a certified definition of these from the right road and then queetions and by a mutual give and tempted to force her to take will it ever be poeeible to make white slave. Mist Calllei 1* peace that will be permanent. aged eighteen, recently ahot A beginning towards tKat, they ®d D. P. McAdams, feel, already has been made, thouch rooming-house demaltlee and the intlmatlona that the end la an iadeiaite dietanoa off. Worth, -.Z*N ✓