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Tftm WafTKR **ATCR1?AN, E?t*b Oocsolidated Aur. 291 UKfUINE AGAINST BOLSHEVIKI. av ruins r oovi rnment at PevrRot.it \i> ture vi i ns mhth RI hsia. Pronged of Wsr IW tm<ni IPdshnlkl ftml I k ran Ian* iHcn^Ncd by Scnd li\*r of Mtimatune? 1'krnntnns stand I Irro. London. Tuesday. Doe. 18.?Tho Dolet.evtkt government, according to Petngrad advices, sent an ultimatum to the Pkralnlan Had*, dtWiHilMl ?hilt within 4 a hours a decision be1 mtdn whether the t'krulne shall cease to aomlst den. Kaledlnes by sending troorw while forbidding the passage of the Bolsheviki troops. In case of refuse) the Rede will he considers A at war with the congress of work SSSfls and soldiers' delegates. BnUhevlkl Rcinaiivl IN fused. Retrograd. Wednesday. T>ec. 19 T> e Rad?, the governing body of Pit rt ;ne. has sent a negative reply to the ultimatum of the council of peo OjsW comm'sM.M i. ??< ?oKhoviki gov? ernment. it BMARINE MTTVTION IMPROV I NO. _ i ?? ? ? tu Mia,. Collapse Prevents Reallsattoit i Hope for Oreat Allied Success ?n Land. London. Dec. 20.?Premier Lloyd Qserge stated in the house of com moss today that the margin of lessee St sse was narrowing, sinkings by st ?marine? were decreasing while Shipbuilding was Increasing. On the military situation he said it was Idle to pretend that the hopes of the allies bad been realised and attributed this disappointment to the Russian col? ls pee. NoTIMN?; xew in kaiser's peace PROPOSAL. fluid to Re Practically the Same as Yon Kuehlniau's Last Summer Proposition. Washington. Dec. 20.?Whst pur tart* to be sn outline of the Kaiser's f-toca advertised Xmas peace offer has reached here through neutral ttlplomatlc channels. In its main terms it is described ns practically the seme as those written by Foreign Minister von Kuehlmann during last summer. Tho disposition of Alsace /x?rralne la to he left to Its plebe? ite .nhabilunts. Kngland is to pay Oer tnsny for her lost colonies, the mon oy to be used to rehabltate Relglum arid other countries; Poland to be in? dependent under Austrian sureraintv; disarmament and freedom of the seas. Commercial matters are to be left to the peace conference. HEAVY kioiitino in italy. Italians I sin.- rtHMisnnd Men In 1'riv.in Since Dec. II. London. l>ec. 20 ?In the lighting In Italy between the Rrentn and Plave rivers slnee December 11th. the Teu tons hsve taken nearly nine thou? sand prisoners, the general staff an? nounces. PE\CE PROPOSAL (dMIM.. '.ertnany Tells Russia That ihr Al? lies Will De Approached. Petrograd. Wednesday, Dee IS Aecordin* to pr*ss reports Russia hsa been Informed I? tho Central Powers that they Intend to mal I peace proposals to the At lies. PRISON TERM EOlt si \< Ki lls. I ii Yeur* Will !*? Sentence Imposed at Pacific ( Trial-. San Frnncisco, Dec. 19 -Ten years lr a military prison will OS do s,.M ttnee Imposed hereafter upon eon P , iitlou* objectors to the draft ac? cording to announcement today bv MaJ. Oen. Arthur Murray, command. Ins the Western Department of the at my. Alfred |'lo?s h . and Wallford M Malssr, both of Seattle. Wash . win* ? t ressed acruples against draft SOT" vice were gsntem ? .1 < h to ten gOSfl by s courttnartla) st Fort Worden. Wash ELEVEN MINERS KILLED fatal Explosion in Tennessee Cud Mine. Knox\ die. Term I WS N - Bi miners were killed In an explosion it the Rarbour mine near NVmo. T??nn . late vesterdNV. sr. ordlor. 10 reports received her* today. S# vntv-rlvc mefl were In the mite ' the time, ^he bodies are helm; recovered. The suuee ot the explosion is unknown. leVd April, 1850. ?He foal a ?81._8U GERMAN ARMY STRENGTHENED" Titi Mi nimhs force ARRAYED m iti\\< k. Withdrawals From Russia ami Drafts on Younger Clnssrs Dllgcnpi Great Strength. Washington. Doc. 19.?Germany's strength on inv Franco-British front in placed in official dispatches recelv-j <>d here today at U?4 divisions, or within one division of the great force ?iintairi innre keH July when the German mihtnrv effort against Prance was at its maximum. Withdrawals from Russia and drafts upon the younger classes of reservists have enabled the kaiser not only t > make the enormous losses suffered in bloody battles with the eilten, but to replace the men sent to aid the Austrian* in their Invasion of Italy. Winter therefore. finds the Germans with armies facing the al? lies in France vary nearly to the larg? est ever before mustered. with ad? vertisement of a great offensive, which may pr osn ge another peace proposal. The allies, however, are understood to maintain a considerable superior? ity in numbers on the French front. cotton G1XNFR8' REPORT. Cotton Crop to Dec. 13th Amounted to 10,1 12,8.18 Rales. Washington. Dee. 20.?Cotton gin? ned prior to Dec. 1.1th totaled 10, ! t'J.s.'s hates exclusive of Unters. In eluding 1S0.2?2 round bales and iii bales sea Island, the census bu? reau announced totlay. These statis? tics include South Carolina. 1,111,000. rnraoHT rate increase. Georgia-Floridu Rullroml Asks for Higher Hate. Washington, Dec. 20.?The Geor? gia-Florida railway today applied to the interstate commission for permis? sion to make increases of one-ha If cent and one cent per hundred p-amds in rates on naval stores from i gla producing points to Bruns? wick. Savannah and Jacksonville. DODGING da FOLI.ETTE PROBE. Senators Continue to Absent Them? selves From Committee. Washington, Dec. 20.?Inability to obtain a quorum compelled the sen itc seen mit tos Investigating Senator Iwi Folbute's St. Paul speech to post? pone action again today for the fourth lime, A meeting of the committee was announced for January Ith? TRI ST HI NT IN CHICAGO. Rffort to Discourse Ownership of Stock Yard Terminals. Washington. Dec. 20.?Efforts of the federal trade commission to dis rlose the ownership of the Chicago U<m '..yards Termin il Railroads, began ten tola\ with an inquiry into the brpornt< relations between the chi sgfji Btnokynrdl Company and four other oigniilisilonn SHIPPING BOARD IN'Ol'lRY. ?fMte c Miimittre Starts InvfHtlga tion Tomorrow. Washington, Dec. 20.?The Investi? gation of the government's shipping 1 bonrd and emergency fleet eorpora-1 . npemtioni wllf boffin tomorrow afternoon, with Chairman Hnrley a* lbs And Witness, the senate commerce committee decided lodny, MORK i 1 Mil Ho n.1,1 or \>is. Mate Dc|mrtmcn, WIN Publish Twent] or More plot Mo- as gee. Washington. Dee. 2-K Some tWO score or more telegrams which passed between count Uinkenw, the German n Inieter to Argentina and the German foreign oMlee will be made public to .1 ?v The Argentine governmsnl will also publish them simultaneously n? Buenos Aires. CORN PRICKS .11 M P. Rssjssjf ?,r Rssjsnvnl or Mnntmnm Price ftnnnss Advnnee, Chicago, i>e?. .'it Rumore thai tin < uetbound embargo on com and oats would be lifted and that the maxi? mum price on corn would be remov od, led to a sharp upturn Of com and oats prices on the board of trade to dm Cm n advanced ?itn and three quarter cents and oats rose three oentn itaiv's shipping Ijnen. Home. Wednesday. Dee. t'.? The s/eekly report of shipping logee* IhoWS tWO sailing vessels of more than hundred tons and one of less than that BjgC sunk. od Fear not?Dot all the ends Thon Ata MTER, 8. C, SATURDA ALLIES OVERCOME SUBMARINE UHITJS1I NAVAL EXPERT TELLS OP ACHIEVEMENT. ship, Now Dctng Built Taster Tluui They are Sunk?America's Work Heins. ' Xow York, Dec. 19.?Arthur Pollen. I ritlsh naval expert, who has sailed for Europe after spending six months In the United States gave to the As hoc luted Press a statement in which] he said that the campaign of the al* lied navies against the submarine has resulted In keeping the world's ship tonnage from showing a monthly de? crease or will soon do so. Mr. Pollen gives credit for this success to the cbang?? in thfl chief command carried out by the British admiralty las'. s|?ring and the participation of the, American navy. Mr. Pollen pointed out that six months ago the German submarines, were causing a net attrition in tin1; world's tonnage at. the rate of nearlyn 23 per cent, annually. While tin* pres e;.t rate of attrition is difficult to estimate, it was stated that last month Great Britain launched* as much ton- ? nago as she lost, and within the next II months a substantial part of the ?i ooo.oOO tons provided for in this country will undoubtedly be gnoat. Great Britain's shipbuilding pro? gram will similarly increase month by month, and moreover the cam- ! paign of the allied navies against the1 submarine will grow in value week by ' wee.;, In? sa id. "The significance of this to the for- j tunes of war does not have to be pointed out," Mr. Pollen continued. "It means that Germany's flank at? tack on allied communications has failed and that there is no reason ! why, ultimately, the lull military pow i er of Great Britain, France and Italy ? and more important of all the Unit? ed States should not be felt in the l Western theater of war. This is a 1 tremendous result." Ipaaklai of the change in the chief command in the British admiralty j Mr. Pollen said: "In bringing about this new order-* of things at Whitehall tho reformers were undoubtedly assisted, flrst, by the fact that an extremely effective, well equipped and brilliantly com? manded contingent of American de? stroyers was already at work in a VOfy Important ana of the theater of war and next by the Pritlsh govern? ment waking up to the truth that the belligerency of America meant not only the cooperation of a very Reliant and enterprising ally, but the domestication, so to speak, of a new and extremely intelligent critic." j i Mr. Pollen mentioned th conversa? tion with the British admiralty of; three distinguished and rSSOUrOOful ? ! American naval officers. Admirals j I Sims, Mayo and Benson. Through these men. "American professional knowledge." he said, "has gained a' first hand experience of the reality of j war and has been able to contribute, upon the character of the operations j to he pursued and of the methods of! [command under which they should be carried out. 1 run not doubt for a moment that much of the Improv? ed eltlclency of the counter campaign is due to this intellectual stimulus." Mr. PollOll paid tribute to Secretary Daniels, praising what he described i > as the secretary's policy of obtaining loyal team work by allowing the forces under his orders to he direct? ed "in strictly professional matters aeoroding to the judgment and advice of the singularly abb- and elUelent of flcers that, so to speak) form his COUnCll of war." Itevertlng to the recent North Sea raid by German forces, Mr. Pollen said : ?The only remarkable things about SUCh incidents is not their occasional occurrence, but their rarity. Were the Uritish Or thS American navy in the position of the Germany navy r fancy they would be far more frequent." Gl V SAU I JAIL RECALLED. IV tiKnandcr of Allied Armies in Sa? loniki suceecded by General Roll lemet. London, i >e< lft.?General Rarrail, commander of the allied srmles at ?slonikl, has been recalled, according to newspaper announcement In Ath ens. says a Renter dispatch troin the Greek capital under date of December K>. The successor of General Barrail in command of the Macedonian force* It is stated, will be General Guillemot Petrograd, Dec. 19.?-The execu? tive COUnell of workmen's and sol? diers* has proclaimed a state of hIckc In Pstrograd In an effort to repress disorders due to the looting of wine cellars and shops. ?'t at be thy Country'*, lay God', ? Y, DECEMBER 22, 193 PROGRAM Of WAR. NEWLY CHEATED COUNCIL TAKES DEFINITE FORM. riirec Members Relieved Prom Pres? ent Duties to Devote Entire Atten? tion to Task. Washington, Dec. 1?.?Secretary Baker today moved forward the or? ganization of the new created war council by relieving from their pros ent duties three of the five officers as? signed U? that body, This will leave them free to devote all their time to the council's task of coordinating all war department activities in such at way that the time heretofore believ? ed to be necessary ior the sending to France of an army of sufficient size tc insure the defeat of Germany will be materially reduced. Mr. Baker announced that Maj. Gen. George W. Goethals bad been l "called to active duly and would be? come acting quartermaster general, relieving Maj. (Ion. Henry B. Hharpe for service with the council. Maj. Con. Erasmus Weaver will he reliev? ed by Brig. Gen. .lohn I). Darrette. Who becomes acting chief of coast ar? tillery, and Maj. Gen. William Crosier by Brig. Gen. Charles Wheeler who becomes acting chief of ordnance. Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, chief of staff, and Maj. Gen. E. H. Crowder, the other officers of the council, will re? tain Chetr present positions, the form? er as chief of staff, and the latter as judge advocate general and provost marshal, general. Gen. Bliss retires December 31 for age. Preparations being made today for the council indi? cated that General Crowder might be able to devote only n small part of his time hereafter to other duties. Mr. Baker decided that ofllces of the council must, be in the war de? partment building itself. Mr. Baker indicated in his last war review that the Russian armistice has m?ide it necessary'for the United States to accelerate its- war prepara? tion. The gap in the allied ranks, va? cated by Runslh must he filled promptly, many olllcers here say, If the genera* situation shall continue to show a balance of actual as well of potential power in favor of the Unit? ed States and the allies when the trummer campaign reaches its height in 1918. Members of the house mis? sion which participated in the war conference in Paris are believed to have brought back a similar message. it is generally believed the Ameri? can representatives at the war con? ference made some definite statement as to what the United States could and would do and how long it would take to do it. The new council probably Will undertake to make cer? tain the delivery of whatever military strength was pledged to the allies at that time. Secretary Baker today would not discuss General Bliss* successor as chief of staff. Many reports as to who will be the new chief have beeo current in the war department but the only public recognition Mr. Baker has given them was- to say that a re? cent report that General Pershing was to be recalled to fill the post was without foundntion. Among olllcers mentioned for chief of staff have been Maj Gens Hunter Liggett. John Morrison Clarence Ed Wards, John Diddle, the present as Blatant chief, Joseph B, Kuhn, Leon? ard Wood and other divisional com mandera Recently the possibility was suggested that General Crowder mighl ne considered and from France has come a suggestion that Maj. Gen. Peyton Marcb might meet with ap? proval among General Pcrshlng's of? ficers. FRENCH TRANSPORT SUNK. Old Cruiser Sent to the Bottom in the Mediterranean. Paris, Tuesday, Dec is.?The old French cruiser Chateau Renevalt, em? ployed as a transport, was torpedoed and siink in the Mediterranean on Dee. 1 lib. The submarine which at taeked her later was deatroyed, ac? cording to the announcement of the French ministry of marine. Possen jrera on the transport, all of whom were officers and men, were saved. Pen members of the crew were lost. Large Aorage in W ieat and Rye. Washington, l >ec. 19.- The area -town in winter wheat this fall ag? gregates forty-two million, one hun Ired and seventy thousand acres. Con lit ion. 7'.? :t per cent, normal on De ?ember 1st. Tin* department of ag iculture today announced the aore ige as four per cen1 greater than last ear. Area In rye is mx million, out; tundred and nineteen thousand tunes uore than thirty-six per cent greater. ad Tratfc'a" THE TRUE 17. THE ARMY INQUIRY. PRIVATE ORDNANCE MANUFAC? TURERS TO BE HEARD. Quartermaster General Will Hove Much to Tell?McCoraiiek Take? Is? sue with Crosier. i Washington, Doc. 18.?The congres? sional inquiry into army war prepara? tions broadened today with the sen (ate military committee's decision to hear private manufacturers of ord | nance and ammunition tomorrow and to delve into the clothing, canton-1 I j ment building, food and transporta? tion situation Friday by examining Maj. Gen. Henry Sharpe, quartermas? ter general. From Representative McCormick of Illinois:, who recently visited the Eu ropean battlefields, the committee heard Statements in executive session tending to contradict testimony of Maj. Gen. William Crosier, chief of ordnance regarding tin' extra supply ; of Genera] Pershtng's equipment, es? pecially heavy artillery. McCormick said neither the British nor the French had enough artillery; that they were supplying Penning only be? e-use the Americans were still worst off. As a result of the charges Ol de? lays and shortages In the oranaac" outfitting, the senate before adjourn? ing, for the holidays, indefinitely ' postponed action on the nomination 1 of Gen. Crozier for reappointment. The nomination was brought up by Cnairman Chamberlain of the mil: tary committee which had unam i mously recommended his conflrma ! tion. Several senators including committee members objected to im i mediate action, sharply criticising Gen. Crozier, and Senator Chamber Iain agreed that it was advisable to' 1 postpone action until the results of the investigation were fixed. j Evidence supporting General Cro :der's statement regarding prospects i of increased production of ordnanc? j 'was given to the committee today bv Samuel Vauclain, vice president of the Baldwin Locomotive Company, a rae.rnber of the civilian advisory com? mittee of the war industries board in charge of munition work. He stated that with equipment of many factor? ies which had never before engaged ir making ordnance the supply would I bo adequate in the future to equip the [American forces. He cited conipara ' live production figures of American ami British factories in making ritles and small and heavy artillery and de? clared American production is greatly . on the increase. Continuation of the inquiry this I week was arranged by the committee j hut next week a recess over Christmas rr,ay be taken. Representatives of the Colt, Rem- i j mgton and other munitions manu i facturers are to be examined tomor? row and Thursday, Gen. Sharpe on! {Friday and Col. Isaac Lewis, inven-j , tor of the Lewis machine gun. on I j Saturday. Committee members say it is prob-; ab!e that, in addition to inquiring into contracts and past and future | ammunition deliveries the committee will seek causes for recent explosions in ammunition plants, reported to he due in some cases- io neglect of safety ! precautions and awarding contract , to inexperienced contractors. In a statement tonight partially summarizing Iiis testimony before the committee representative McCor? mick said neither Frame nor Italy has any artillery to Bpare. "The Brit, ish," seid Mr. McCormick, "who i t proportion to their front have mor Otitis by far thin cither of their Western allies, according to their chief military authorities will not : have Runs enough until next spring < The guns which the French give U use of. they give because the Imme? ; diate necessities of our little army in TVance are even greater than their \ own. "General retain said to me, 'Make t guns. Semd us guns and ammunition s rather than steel bullets. We are \ grateful for the little force you have t sent us. The oeho of Its footfalls l carried hope to every heart in France hut as it grows there must be a DO- t rlod when we shall be taxed to supplv ? it. While its numbers slowly increase i you Americans, who are a greater In- 1 dust rial people. must see that this y war is an industry of destruction. Yo.i v will understand how urgent it is to send us guns, middle heavies and n shells, in order that we may be arm- t cd to win victories and to defend h ourselves so that some of us may he n alive to light by your side when at t last America is ready.' " .\ "The Italian army," Mr. McCormick u continued, "had something less than ti one quarter as many guns as the je British and French armies combined,' it SOUTHRON, EatabUaba* llama, i**m> Vol.XLV. Nc 37. CANADA WILL COHSOBIPT, UNIONISTS AND CONSCRIPTION" WIN DECISIVE VITODY AT POLLS. WJth no Record of Action Overseas Domestic Vote Shows Balance of Forty Seats In Favor of Sir Robert Bon I en and Colleague*. Ottawa, Dec. 18.?The union gov? ernment has won a decisb\ victory at the polls and conscription confirmed. At an car'y hour this rnorr ing virtual, ly complete returns from the eastern provinces and results no quite/ so complete from west of th lakes indi? cate that, apart from tie soldiers* vote to be counted in January, tho government will have a majority in excess of 40. Early returns received from all over Canada indicated that the gov? ernment of Sir Robert Borden hag been elected to administer Canadian ?fairs for another live years and that Pir Wllllrd Laurier was an definitely defeated as the reciprocity election of 1911. Returns indicated that tho French portion of Canada had gono l.: a' ily :'or Sir Wilfrid Laur.er ami English constituencies have returned Men who will support titO union gov? ernment measures and maintain Pre n ler Borden in office. The vote has been very heavy ev erywhere and the maj< ities are very large. The soldier vote which will not oe counted for ?ome da s will increase, ihe already heavy maj ;rities of gov? ernment members and will likely in? crease the government majority. The provinces east of the Ottawa River more than verified the predic? tions of those who believed that the Unionists and Liberals would break about even, but Ontario and the West proved a surprise. 1 iie opposition counted on at least 20 seats from On? tario and obtained onl> half that num ! fcer. Liberals thought they could count on not less than 15 seats in the 'West, but up to 1 o clock Mulloy of ! Provencher, Manitooa, was the only supporter of Sir Wilfrid Laurier 1 elected. Two or three seats in Northern Al? berta may still be in doubt but there is little to indicate the possibility of more thafa three or four of the oppo? sition being elected In Western Can? ada. ' In Ontario 72 out of 82 of the con? stituencies have been won bj the Unionists and all the mayors have been elected by large majorities. Sir Wilfrid Laurie was returned In Quebec, by 6,000 majority. Quebec did even worse for tho Unionists than was expected, 62 out of the 65 seats goirn. into the Liber eral column. Returns at 12:15 a. m. follow: Un? ion government 133; opposition 91; de fored 4. Incomplete or not heard from, one in Ontario, three in British Columbia and three in Alberta. RAIDS IN FLANDERS. German Patrols Were Active Iiist Night. London, Dec. 19.?German patrols wore active last night in Flanders near Passachanealo, hut otherwise there were no op* it ions of import? ance, the war office reports. GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED. Two Attempts in Argonne Defeated Last Night. Paris. Dec. 19.? Kreuch forces de? feated two attempts by Germans to approach French positions in the Argonne near Foil Departs last night, the war office announced. - ? _L.IJ3 tlthough there \vr..- no greater diffcr ince In the length of the fronts. In ttaly they suffered from a shortage of immu nltlon. ?'The middle heavy is to this war vhat the steam shovel was to Pen ima. [f we make guns enough and ransport them to Europe before the ipring of 1919 w ought to win this var without ten? le lOSBCS. Without he guns we shall lose the men and nay ho lose t he \va \ "We must build for ourselves and he allies 25,000 cannon. That Is the istimate of the I" %st military op nion n Europe. But apparently we shall thve produced practically no guns rithin a year after our declaration of rar. "It seems evident enough that we nust create a d artment of tnunl lons just as the 'rench and English ave done. The problem Of guns and innition making s so big that even he ablest Industrial executive |sj Ltncrica will fin,-? he is taxed to the ItlmatO In dire> ing their produc lon. Time is the essence of victory nd cannon are t:'.e weapons by which must be won."