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THE FARMER: FEBRUARY 22, 1918
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ON
FIRST PRESIDENT MODEL IN TIMES OF STRESS, SAYS
FRENCH DIPLOMAT NEVER THOUGHT ONCE OF A
PATCIIED-UP PEACE, DESPITE TROUBLES.
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Peabody, Mass., Nov. 22 Nine per
sons, all members of the family of
Morris Miller, lost their lives in a firs
that destroyed the Miller home near
here early today.
Reuben Miller, a boy of 19, who was
employed on a neighboring farm, was
the only member of the family who
escaped.
The police list of dead follows:
Morris Miller, Mrs. Miller, Sadie, 20;
Rosie, 15; Minnie, 12; Sam, 8; Harry
5; Esther, 2; and a baby girl two
months old.
. Washington, Feb. 22 The memory of Washington was ex
lolled by M. Jusserand, French ambassador, and Senator War
ren G. Harding of Ohio in addresses delivered at a commemor
ft.t:ve mass meeting here today under the auspices of the Sons
and Daughters of the American Revolution.
"Everybody," said M. Jusserand,
"knows the unanimity of feeling of all
French people who ever met Washing
Ion; how, during our revolution,
French citizenship was bestowed on
Mm as being 'one of the benefactors
it humanity;' and how, when he died,
the French nation went into mourn
ing, officers wore crepe and our flags
I were flown at half staff.
I "To conduct oneself well is a harder
task In days ot gloom ana anxiety, in
both, Washington stands a model. He
knew all the trouble that may result
from delays, mishaps and misman
tgement, but never thought of a
patched up peace."
The ambassador said that Frederick
the Great who, while entertaining
American envoys sent during the rev
olution to arrange a commercial
treaty, wrote his brother. Prince Hen
ry, that he intended "to drag out ne
gotiations so as to take the side for
which fortune shall declare herself."
Be described as a German invention
the story that Frederick had present
Id Washington with a sword bear
ing the inscription: "From the oldest
general in Europe to the greatest in
he world."
Referring to the present war, M.
Jusserand declared:
"The fight is on. As we shall no
more desist than Washington did,
oven at his most perilous hour, the re
Bult is certain. The work must be
done so that it may not have to be
done again. In this we are, all of us,
with you whose enthusiasm, valor, re
sourcefulness and inexhaustiblo gen
erosity brings us such cheer and com-
port."
Senator Harding declared that the
time had come to apply the maxima
lontaincd in Washington's farewell
iddress concerning the pernicious ef
fects of internal dissention in a na
tional emergency.
"In our mighty development we
hare added to the perils of which
Washington warned," asserted the
senator. "The danger has not been in
party association, but in party appeal
br surrender to faction.
"Our growth, our diversification,
our nation-wide communication, our
profit bearing selflshress these have
filled the land with organized fac
tions, not geographical as Washing
ton s much feared, but commercial,
Industrial, agricultural and profes
sional, each seeking to promote the
Interests of its own. not without jus
tification at times, but often a menace
tn exacting privileg? and favor
through the utterance of political
threats. If popu'?.r governmmt is to
survive, it must grant exact Justice
. to all men and fear none."
THIRTY PER CENT.
FUEL SAVING BY
CLOSING ORDERS
ESTONIANS QUIT
RUSSIANS TO JOIN
INVADING ARMIES
Berlin, Feb. 22, via Lon
don A regiment of Es
thonian troops has gone
over to the Germans, the
war office announces.
The German troops ad
vancing in Esthonia have
captured Hapsel, on the
coast near the entrance to
the Gulf of Finland, and
advanced beyond Ronne
burg, Wolmer and Span
dau. They marched into
RiftsMtsa, about 100 miles
southeast of Riga, and were
received with rejoicing by
the inhabitants, the state
ment says.
Farther south the Ger
mans pushed on to Louzin.
Minsk also was occupied.
At Novograd-Volynski the
Germans came into touch
with Ukrainian and other
coiimns marchinn on the
Volhynian fortress of Dub
no. NOT DISTURBED
N WASHINGTON
OVER RUSSIANS
Soldier From New Eng
land States Jumps on
Hiding Hun's Back.
TAKES PRISONER
SINGLE-HANDED
Germans GatheringGuns
at Sector Held By
American Units.
TEACHERS TO
LABOR IN
GTORY
500 School Manns Ready to
Work In Plants During
Their Vacation
T. R. IS PLAYING
POLITICS WITH
WAR SAYS GLY1
Former Governor of New York
Reviews Actions of the
Colonel.
Hartford, Feb. 22 In support of a
statement that the Garfield fuelless
days had produced the results for
which they were intended, the saving
of coal and the relief of traffic.
Thomas W. Russell, state fuel admin
istrator, showed a report submitted
to the fuel administration in Wash
ingtoa on Feb. 16, which he had
compiled from reports of typical indi
vidual industries.
"There is absolutely no doubt that
fuel was saved," declared Mr. Rus
sell. "To give exact figures with
reference to the general situation
throughout the state is practically im
possible, but a fair estimate of what
actual results have been gained from
the fuelleso Mondays may be made
from figures submitted by typical in
dividual industries.
"We have received reports from
several localities in this state which
would tend to supply information a
to the result, as follows:
"1. Saving in fuel during five days,
Jan. 18 to 22, approximately 40 per
cent, of what would have beeri burned.
LAND CREW OF
WRECKED TRAMP
An Atlantic Port, Feb. 22 The crew
of 47 of the British tramp steamer
Etruria, a total loss aground off this
boast, was landed here today by a
tjnlted States const guard ship.
"2. Saving in fuel as a result of
Monday holiday, Jan. 28, about 30
per cent.
"3. Effect, of Monday holiday. Jan.
28. in reliivlig transportation condi
tions, very little, except in Hartfoi-3,
whera the terminal congestion was
greatly relieved.
"4. Any other definite results ob
tained problematical."
MW DRIVE UPON
Washington, Feb. 22 The American
general staff is watching the new Ger
man sweep into Russia with little more
than academic interest, quite con
vinced that Russia is no longer a mili
tary factor to be considered and that
the 'situation has little bearing, for the
present at least, on the other battle
fronts.
Large captures of military stores
bear little relation to the equipment
of troops on the Italian and west
fronts, officers here say, as the guns
and rifles captured can be of use only
as long as the ammunition supply cap
tured with them holds out.
Observers, both here and in Rus
sia, it is understood, are satisfied that
as the German drive continues it will
meet with more resistance. The great
er the distance the Germans advance,
the more effective would be that re
sistance, the military experts say,
since it would require great numbers
of troops to maintain the German
transportation lines and give the best
opportunity for guerrila warfare.
Eventually they think, the vast extent
of Russian territory and the great
population will form a more definite
movement ot resistance,
tailed report from Brig. Gen. Judson,
who has just returned from duty at
the American embassy in Petrograd.
The turn of events in Russia, in the
view here, swings upon the object of
the German high command in renew
ing operations. The capture of war
material from an unresisting foe is re
garded as of no great value, and the
captured of thousands of prisoners is
regarded as an embarrassment in
many ways. The taking of Petrograd,
it is conceded, might be desirable for
its effect in Germany and particularly
in Austria.
With the American Army in
France; Feb. 22 (By the Asso-!
ciated Press) In a patrol fight
Americans from units under
instruction in the famous
Ghemin des Dames sector kill
ed one German and captured
another. : One American was
slightly wounded.
Details of the patrol fight are
as yet unavailable beyond the
unofficial report that the pris
oner takac was captured single
handed by a young American
from one of the New England
states who during the engage
ment dropped into a shell hole
on top of a German hiding there
and later brought him in.
The American forces entered the
line on one of the darkest of nights
through a shell pitted region dotted
with shell wrecked towns. The French
general commanding the sector, a hero
of the Marhe, greeted them as com
rades in arms and kissed the Ameri
can flag. ;.
This is the first time it has been
permitted to reveal the fact that new
American units have entered the line.
The troops have been there for some
time, suffering slight casualties, but
their presence was kept secret until
it was certain that the enemy knew
they were there.
The artillery fight continues night
and day, but only slight damage has
been done to the American lines.
American shells appear to be hitting
important enemy positions with regu
larity except when a ground haze ob
scures observation.
Activity in the air has not diminish
ed and numbers of German machines
continue to; cross the American lines
A large number of German guns ar
now opposite the American sector.
ROAD CONGESTION
SLOWS PRODUCING
N COAL CENTERS
Hartford, Feb. 22 As a result
of a campaign the past two weeks
in New Haven to increase the
number of women in industry the
response lias been more than sat
isfactory and has given employ
ers the confidence that New Ha
ven women are" ready to do their
share of war work when the time
comes in the same spirit that
their English and French sisters
are showing. .
The campaign is based upon
the recent registration taken un
der the direction of the Con
necticut State Council of De
fense. Because of the number end
promptness of the response a
plan will be devised to call ap
plicants into industry only when
they are needed. A significant
phase of the campaign is the
agreement of 500 school teachers
to enter the factories during the
summer vacation if necessary.
SHIP CAPTAIN'S
NDS FROZEN
FIGHTING FLOES
0VERN1ENT TO
GIVE UTILITIES
FINANCIAL HELP
Washington, Feb. 22 President
Wilson has authorized the railroad
Qilminicfratirtn tn interest itself in the
offairo rtf inllpv lip-ht and nowe.r com-
panies through the countrty whose fi
nancial standing may be endangered
by increased operating costs. Direc
tor General McAdoo has been directed
to communicate with local authorities
of utilities found in need of assistance
and where it appears necessary in
creases in fares and rates may be sug
gested.
Friday, Feb. 22
After battling with ice floes for
nearly a week, Captain Sawyer Smith
of the tugboat Daisy McWilliams, was
forced to put into the Bridgeport
harbor today to get treatment for his
frozen hands. The captain success
fully and bravely piloted the tug
through heavy ice jams from Block
Island to this port.
He stated that off Faulkner's Isl
and the ice is piled up and as far as
could be seen, a distance of 15 miles.
off Block Island, the same conditions
exist.
Captain Smith reported that last
week the tug boat McCaffrey was
driven into the ice with a tow of five
barges.
For three days the Daisy McWil
liams battled with the ice floes off
Montauk Point, while east bound.
While fighting the ice the firemen and
other members of the crews were
kept busy 24 hours keeping steam up.
The supply of soft coal on the tug
ran out and hard coal was used
which made the work unusually dif
ficult. Captain Smith said that the con
ditions were such that he could not
proceed to eastern ports. The har
bor here has again become choked
with ice. The trips of the steamer
"City of Brockton" to New York will
be suspended tonight.
LENINE PROCLAMATION ORDERS "DEFENSE TO
THE DEATH" COMPEL BOURGEOISIE TO
DIG TRENCHES AROUND CAPITAL LIT
TLE OPPOSITION SO FAR TO INVAD
ERS EMBASSIES REMAIN.
London, Feb. 22 "Defense to the death" against Germany
Is ordered in a proclamation commanding resistance to the Ger
man advance, calling on all Russians to defend the fatherland
and declaring Petrograd in a state of siege, issued last night
from the Smolny institute, the Bolsheviki headquarters.
The proclamation was issued at the order of the people's
commissaries and is signed by Premier Lenine and Ensign Kry
lenko, the Kolsheviki commander-in-chief. The commissaries
appeal to the soldiers to destroy railroads and provisions and
compel the bourgeoisie to dig trenches under penalty of death.
Disorganization in the Russian navy has reached an ex
treme point and there is no likelihood of any order being obey
ed, according to an Exchange Telegraph Co. disnatch from
Petrograd. The naval authorities in Reval report that in order
to save the Russian navy from the hands of tho Germans it will
bo necessary to move the ships fron Reval and Helsingfors to
Kronsladt. This, however, is believed to be impossible, owinc
i - , - - 0
to their disuse. Up to this time only submarines have been re
moved from these ports. Tho question has arisen whether to
lSestroy tho ships in Helsingfors.
It Is aleo suggested to intern them
In Finland as a free and neutral state.
Washington, Feb. 22. Bituminous
coal production in January was at the
lowest rate since September, 1916. In
making public the figures today the
Geological Survey blames the slump
entirely on railroad congestion. The
January output was 42,727,000 tons,
an average of 1,643,000 tons a day.
SEEK TO BREAK
WAGE AGREEMENT
SENDS GAGNOi
TO PRISON FOB
7 TO 12 YEARS
Boston.Feb. 22. Matthew C. Brush,
pres dent of the Boston Elevated Rail
way, whose 8,000 employes voted last
night to strike on Monday night un
less increased wages and other de
mands were granted, said today that
While there had been no request for a
conference.the company was prepared
to meet representatives of the men.
The Boston elevated controls all the
subway, elevated and surface lines in
the city, and suburban lines radiating
in every direction.
Mr. Brush called attention to an
agreement with the unions to submit
all differences to arbitration. This
agreement, he said, did not expire un
til May 1, 1919, but union leaders
said the men felt justified in abrogat
ing it because of new conditions
brought about by the war.
REQUIRE BAKERS
TO SUBSTITUTE
Washington, Feb. 22 State food
administrators were ordered today to
enforce strictly the food administra
tion rule requiring bakers to use 20
per cent, of wheat flour substitutes in
all bakery products by Feb. 24.
"This rule, a telegram sent to the
administrators said, "is an important
link in the food administration's
wheat conservation program, .upon
the success of which depends our
ability to supply the Allies with the
wheat flour that is essential to their
victory and ours. The list of the sub
stitutes is wide."
acknowledgement of Finnish neutral
ity having beon made by the Bolshe
Mkl. The BolHhcvi'ci are willing to
trithdraw tho Russian Red Guard from
"tn!and and to stop the supply of
Inanitions to the revolutionists.
Th marine dntach-nonts at Abo,
Finland, and tho Aland islands de
)nand their immediate discharge, the
tiapatch addd, and tha majority of the
raws in Halsingfors oppose any active
ftafwaM-
Th Allied embassies in Petrograd,
iine to a dispatch from the Hus-
capital to the Morning Post, dated
fomiay, have been besieged by aoi
3W inqu!ror who have been assur
ed that aa far aa is known at present
ttta embaaaiea will quit the city if the
jOermana come, but not otherwise. Tho
fCntenta, it is added, has no intention
ft abandoning it ally.
Austrian and German troops are
advancing in the south simultaneously
with the Germans in the north and
Ukrainian troops are reported to have
joined them against the Bolsheviki,
according to a Petrograd dispatch.
The Polish legions of the. Russian
army have offered an armistice in
the prevailing civil war on condition
of free passage in any direction and
now are trying to reach Warsaw.
PLENTY OF SUGAR
TO CAN FOODS
PACKED FOOD ON
WAY TO ALLIES
Washington, Feb. 22. ix trains of
packing house products for export to
the Allies will be moved eastward
daily for the next month. Secretary
McAjdoo told Earl Reading, the Brit
ish ambassador; Count Macchi de
Chellere, the Italian ambassador; and
Andre Tardieu, French high commis
sioner, yesterday.
EX-TOWN CLERK OF
PORTLAND, CONN., READ.
CHICAGO RESERVE
MILITIA PARADE
Chicago, Feb. 22 Chicago today
observed Washington's birthday with
a military holiday, a parade of 5,000
men of the new Illinois reserve mi
litia being a feature of the celebra
tion. Governors of seven states, in
Chicago to attend the Congress of
National Service, reviewed tha parade
Hartford, Feb. 22 A message from
the national food administration to
Federal Food Administrato- Scoville
today was to the effect tl.jt house
wives who can fruits and vegetables
next summer and fall will be assured
of abundant supplies of sugar.
PRIVATE BANKER INSOLVENT.
Hartford, Feb. 22 Antonio De An
gelis, a private banker in New Haven,
filed yesterday a voluntary petition in
bankruptcy in the United States
court. He gave his liabilities as
$172,236 and his assets as $125,625.
Of the latter, $62,000 is in real estate
and $23,955 in notes.
At length, at least for the time be
'ng, -we are to have the terms in their
roper order; in shipbuilding, the
mion that is to come first is the
iTnlon of the United States of Amer--ca.
Portland, Conn., Feb. 22 Robert
S. Mitchell, who was town clerk from
October, 1894, to January 1, 1912, and
for a long term of years was Justice
of the peace, died at the Middlesex
hospital in Middletown yesterday af
ter a long sickness. He was born
here in 1848.
BELGIAN TROOPS
REPULSE RAID
London. Feh. A!! "Early last night
a large party of the enemy raided two
of posts in the neighborhood of the
Ypres-Roulers Railroad and a few of
aur men ore missing," says today s
war office report.
"A raid attempted by the enenpy
early yesterday morning against poatc
held by Belgian troops in the Mere:,
em seetor was repulsed by artilley
and machine gun fire."
Pleading guilty to a charge of man
slaughter in the Superior Court yes
terday Eugene Gagnon of SheKon was
sentenced to not less than seven nor
more than 12 years in state prison by
Judge John P. Kellogg. Gagnon was
accused of tho murder of William
Broad Norman-Jin in Shelton last
April. He was indicted on charges of
murdter, and also on a charge of ar
son. Gagnon and Broad were compan
ions, worked in a wood-choppers' camp
in Shelron, and were friends. The
night of April 1, after both had been
drinking, Gognon is accused of set
ting fire to the hut in which Broad
aws sleeping. The charred remains
of Broad were found several days
later, and Gagnon's arrest followed.
Judge Kellogg in passing sentence
said he believed the maximum pen
alty would not be too great in view
of the gravity of the offense, but pleas
made iby Attorney Jacom B. Klein, and
Public Defender Robert G. DeForest
that Gagnon is friendless, and that
the crime was due to drink had
weight with the judge. Gagnon is 59
years old.
Robert Lindsay, believed to De neaa
of the conspiracy for the looting of
the Remington shops, was sentenced
to six months in jail, John W. Mos
son, and Herman Block three months,
anidl William Glbbs, one month. Gibbs
has been in jail since his arrest De
cember 7 last. Defrauding the com
pany of about $4,000 worth of steel
and scrap metal was charged, all of
the accused pleading guilty.
Andrew Dugas. 22 years old, was
sentenced to two months in jail on a
statutory charge involving a promise
of marriage. Frank Santorla was
fined . $5 tend costs on a statutory
charge. Eugene Berger was sen
tenced to two montns in jail ior inert
of automobile tires amd1 other articles
from Dwight W. Hall.
Court adjourned until Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock. It is expected
a grand Jury will be called soon to
pass upon the evidence in the murder
charges against John Williams, Wil
liam Thomas, and Jacob Hankins, the
last two accused of the murder of
Morris Pannill in the riot at the Key
stone club. Both have been held
criminally liable by the coroner, and
have been bound over for trial by the
City Court. It is a custom of the
court in this county not to try a mur
der case at the same term in which
the indictment is found.
MEATLESS DAYS
MADE BIG SAVING
British airmen brought down four
German airplanes.
Washington, Feb. 22 Meatless days
in the United States have saved 140,
000,000 pounds ot beef in four
months, the food administration an
nounced today. During this period
165,000,000 pounds of beef was ex
ported to the Alltes, together with 400,
000,000 pounds of pork products.
In a series of editorials printed in
his paper, the Albany, X. Y., Times
Union, Martin H. Glynn, former gov
ernor of New York and one of the
most brilliant journalists of the East,
reviews the attempts of Colonel
Roosevelt and his followers to under
mine the government's war organiza
tion. Of the colonel himself, Gover
nor Glynn says:
It is lamentable, though true, that
Theodore Roosevelt is playing politics
with the war. And he is-not playins
his part with his usual cleverness. At
every turn he exposes the cloven
hoof. His hatred of President Wil
son dulls his usual brilliancy. iso
matter what the administration does.
with Roosevelt it is wrong. If he
continues his role he will soon be
come a duplicate of the scolding
shrew who made 'Mrs. Caudle's Cur
tain Lectures' famous years ago. Of i have
course, Mr. Roosevelt aims to Kin on
President Wilson and make himself
heir-apparent to the Presidency. De
fore he gets through Mr. Roosevelt
will be sorry he ever started this pro
paganda. "Since the war was declared there
has been no real political division of
people. All unselfish patriots laid
aside their party prejudices and made
a united stand in support of President
Wilson. This country presented prac
tically a solid front to the autocratic
enemy of democracy until the vitu
perative political pen of Mr. Roose
velt broke the spell. Some say Sen
ator Stone broke this magic spell by
his speech against Roosevelt. But
this is not true. Senator Stone simp
ly gave Mr. Roosevelt a dose of his
own medicine a dose of the bitter
draught and nauseating concoction
which Mr. Roosevelt had been feeding
the nation for months through the
columns of the Kansas City Star and
the Metropolis -i magazine.
"The aim of Mr. Roosevelt is palpa
ble and disgustingly self-evident. By
hook or crook he wants to carry the
House of Representatives for the Re
publican party in the next election
and in the melee he proposes to be
the beater of the big bnss drum so
that he can make himself the most
conspicuous candidate for the Re- j
publican nomination for President
against Mr. Wilson. This is what Mr.
Roosevelt proposes; the nation will
dispose otherwise."
Commenting upon the efforts to
strip the President of his Constitu
tional powers and further burden him
with the so-called War Cabinet, Got.
Glynn writes:
"So impressed were they (the fram
ers of the Constitution) with the feel
ing that one man must run a war
that they provided that the President
of the United States should be 'the
commander-in-chief of the army and
the navy,' and let it go at that so far
as providing for conducting a war was
concerned.
"Tiro Constitution made it the right
of Congress to declare war and
charged it with the duty of rrovidincr
money and making such laws as
might be found necessary for raising
and supplying armies, restating the
land and naval forces and for calling
out and training the militia.
Clearly the intent of the makers of
the Constitution, with the experience
of eight years of war fresh in their
minds, was that Congress should pro
vide for the army, make laws for its
government and that the conduct -Tf
the war should be in the hands of the
commander-in-chief and should be
carried out 'by himself and by means
of machinery in the hands by men
selected toy him.
"That was the view entertained by
Washington in regard to the Indian
war and our trouble with France. It
was the view of Presiderit Madison in
1812, of President Polk in. 1R46. of
President Lincoln during the Civil
war, and it's the view of President
Wilson and of the people of the United
States today.
"The Chamberlain bill purposes a
reversal of that successful plan and
the trying of an experiment at a time
when experiments are unnecessary
and dangerous. It proposes the scrap
rtir,r nf machinery constructed at
great expense of time and money and
substituting for it unineu i".""'"
built on lines that nave nevei
known to produce the best results.
Pursuing this argument iuruier
Governor Glynn says:
"War is a one man job. Whether
it be waged by a democracy or by an
autocracy the power must be lodged
mainly in or man. Washington w:-.s
criticisd bitterly, unfairly, remor -ly
criticised. So was Lincoln and .so
is and will be. President Wilson. In
the multiplicity of the duties loaded
on one man much must be trusted to
subordinates and the one man carry
ing the burden v.-ill not always be
able to assure himself of the aid of
the right man or the best man for the
work. This is unavoidably the case.
Tn the natural working of human ac
tivities it couldn't be otherwise. No
matter how faithful the subordinates
be or even how able, sometimes un
fitness or want of pdaptahility to the
special task imposed will irritate the
public and impose what seems to be
unnecessary burdens and uncalled for
hardships. This cannot be avoided
entirely, no matter what the effort be.
And the intelligent public understand
ing the burdens and the intricacies do
not expect it to be avoided. On the
contrary, the people are prepared to
carry their shares of the troubles.
They will cheerfully meet all necessary
sacrifices in aiding the President ito
win the war. They will even stand
their full share of unnecessary sacri
fices, but they are reasonable in ask
ing that the unnecessary sacrifices be
made as few and light as possible. In
this there is no difference between the
desires of the people and the earnest
efforts of the President and those la
boring under him.
"The President has had laid on
him. and has 'taken on himself.' the
most stupendous burden ever carried
by a human being. He is not stagger
ing nor stumbling under it, but is go
ing forward steadily; with ven step
and clear perception. Am.. he pro
ceeds the world is more and more
convinced that he has not 'taken on
himself more than he can carry."
Palestine Forces of Eng
lish Take Town of
Squalid Hovels.
ARABIAN TRIBES
HARASSING TURK
Acquisition of Allied
Troops Has Little Mil
itary Value.
London, Feb. 22 The British
captured Jericho, in Pal
estine, the war oflVe reports.
Since the capture of Jerusa
lem the British have been
pushing steadily ahead, strik
ing out to the north and east.
Official statements in last few
days have reported rapid pro
gress, and apparently the
Turks have offered no deter
mined resistance. Aside from
its historical importance, in
connection with the British at
tempt to free the Holy Land
from the domination of the
Turks, the capture of Jericho
is of little significance.
It consists merely of a group of
squalid hovels and a few shops, with
about 300 inhabitants. Its chief
strategic value lies in the fact that it
gives the British domination of the
Valley of the Jordan and control of a
network of highways raidiating from
the town. A further advance east
ward of 25 miles, however, .would
take the British to the railroad from
Damascus to Mecca, which would cut
the Turks' line of communcation with
Arabia and greatly resist the rebelling
Arab tribes which are co-operating
with the British. Jericho is near tha
northern extremity of the Dead Sea,
14 miles northeast of Jerusalem.
The ancient Jericho, which was sit
uated to the west of the modern Jer
icho, was a town of considerable size.
It was the first Canaanite city to be
reduced by the Israelites, who, the
Biblical story relates encompassed its
destruction by the blowing of trum
pets.
MUCH TALK
WAR,
GLARES
London, Feb. 22 Allied co-operation
and concentration of all efforts on na
tional salvation are two essential con
ditions for making use of the re
sources of the Allies, Viscount Milner,
member of the war cabinet, declared
in a speech at Plymouth, yesterday,
"There is but one answer to the
German challenge," he said, "and I
will not conceal what that answer in
volves. There are two essential con
ditions for using our great resources
to the full.
"First, more perfect co-ordination
of effort by all the Allies. Second,
maintenance within the borders of
each Allied nation of a unity of spirit
and purpose, suppression of domestic
discoi d, and the concentration of all
efforts on one supreme object na
tional salvation."
The Allies, he declared, were fight
ing for their lives and the existence
of the free nations of western Europa
until peace negotiations are reached.
He said there was too much talk about
war aims and President Wilson and
Premier Lloyd-George had mada
clear the desires of the Allies. Ger
many was not fought to deprive her
of independence or a fair share of tha
world's intercourse, "always provide-i
that the same independence, self de
termination and right to a place in
the sun is secured to all other na
tions, including the small and the
weak, who up to this time have been
the victims of German aggression."
OF AllS IN
MILNER BE
RUSSIAN STAFF
GENERAL SHOT
Prtrogrtd', Feb. 22. Genertl Tanou
shovkevich, formerly of the General
Staff, was shot on his way to prison
by a member of the Red Guard.
When told that he was being takan.
to Petrograd the general, according to
the guard, tried to seize a revolver
for the purpose of committing suicide,
Whereupon the guard shot him.
ARMY STEAMER
SAVED FROM FERE
Wilheim to Carmnza: "Thanks, the
same to you; and more when I get
time."
An Atlantic Port, Feb. 22. An army
freight steamer being leaded with
shell parts and steel for transport to
France caught fire here yesterday.
The flames started in th boiler room
and spread to the engine room, where
the progress was checked by flooding
the compartment with steam. Tho
fire is the second on steamers at this
port within five days.
Apparently those who thought they
must blow up the melting ice to pre
vent destruction of bridges may save
their dynamite for a while.
The time when the average consume-
moat clearly realizes that we
are at war is when he faces the ques
tion of bread.
There has been more than a suffi
ciency of holidays this winter, from
tho employers 'point of view. It isn't
tho fault of the father of bis country,
ut ho will inevitably Buffer Oram. i.