jji MKRCHANDISE ADYER jised IN THE TRIBUNE \S GUARANTEED IVTctalOorK' SrUntiu WEATHER Tartly rloudy lo-da/ and tiKfaarrowf, alnwly ri?inf t'fnperatur*: twod erate tarlanle win?l? I ull K>pof1 ??? raa* I Voi IAWII Vo. 25,96."i tOafntiaM ian? Ihe Trllitinr Aaa'nl First to Last?the Truth: News ? Editorials ? Advertisements TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1917 rs M Hl.ln t nmmi.rinB DMaBBafl I II K4 I ( r.>TH KJaewfcveva Kuehlmann on Way to Join Peace Parley German Foreign Minister Reported Procecding to Brest-Litovsk Bolshcviki Beaten In Odessa Fighting Sailors Divide Forces. and Many Are Killed; Kal edine Not Captured German Fai -,-ry. ?ays a Be courjf pt?c? ' L0X1 rowr ? r.o one in recommer.t l | aed only b; ?r. tc-fai ? ii ? r . . 'rom ? 'oba . uails reaily . II cou Bolsheviki Beaten By Ukrainians in Odessa Street Battle tailan cap a talcgTam 'aximalin troo: Lha arsenal, where the BJ ? :i:!)led. The af Kada aummonc 1'kra . lartarcd *?rr .. ? ? I ? 'he| | the from last ?? . ? ;eral h ( '? Hnd ' with Caaaacl ?We !?????? ?. h> I the port?d in a n ? ? . ?ot;r?h ' ? - W'fii yr>jhe. rounrv i. nc\<-r tacra bi ? ? I oil ?. ??? aaid ... Man y ; injured. Ter ' ,? ? n nr ?i?fK-' Pope Condemns All Who Aid Attempt to Regain Jerusalem i . tac .? I ? v. i!l |*m t ? ,,ti nf cay t . r li.r. can 11 d "' Hai . ||j throujcho-.it Racac ?ara ? . ing ,,...,, '**' r'- . ninul li';;.'. ?a?? . House. in Washington, Reports to Wilson ?MSHINQTOM, too, 11 - alaad I M *^ttm, EOraac, araera hc real inter-Allied war ??"??'"'M > *< .i of lha American "'?Men, arnved in W*,hin.rtun latr Me diovo iirtcUy ta tl "???. to nuu m ,H.rh0nil] rfport to '?aaiBant Wils?n. Hertling Declares Just Peace With Britain Impossible German Chancellor Asserts Speech of Lloyd George Has Made Idea Useless UIST1 1DAM, Dee, GcnBaa ? I ancallor, Count von llcrtlinp, clrclar-.! in i ? M't bcackcra ? Bota aad i hcara that the the- Lloyd idership ia completely inac ? ica of a juft pcao- l,y undcrsUnding. ?I-. ! am ntmly co:v ..;>? prograaa toward tiie ovcr thc very tnoment drunk great trual with which BB) > ? o hall way houac ? ,1 ilcfcat." ?.-.? Morgan Gives Art Treasures To Museum Collection of 3,000 Works Greater Than Any Be stowed by Father more than tkri a thouaand works of ar* of ."rrat \ :.'..?.. by J. P. Metropolita f Art i i' ? . ? rday after tioon ;. Eliha lentin placc of llie late Jo=rph 1! collection ju t BCquired forms roup of M ? mui-eum. Tke liaa in the l.iph qna ita cor adoa aaai*jr of the -, aluable thinga the late .'. P. lected. Chief amonj: are tho B an?l other :nedia i - fin,i Ivoriea, Inelod ? niarvellous Srenlgorodskol and tiona, each unfivallrd ? Ckaara I p Miscomeption traneement of the pift by tor, read ai "At the I?eeembc-r mrr-'lnj of the ? i of the Metropolitan Museum thia afternooa .Mr. J. J'. McVgaa ;::inounced hia gifl to the muaaotari of has now on loan with thr .-inp-le e\crption of the B oreale, ' ara , tad in loreale ? ? ?trntly been Irnt ajrain for thr opening art I tk< ? le ing ' t.ition i "Morfi ?' . Ileetion" | . i nneral impreasion : ? ??.,.? ha,l withdrawn every md hmtself ? thr thinga fiven by him laat thal thr ? ffjfi . oni ista of upwai d of b ? addit ion to Greaa collection of ancient plHSS | mentioned aeparately bacau . re mainly fraffmenta, and be thought to awell the namher "Great ai thi of " t '? ,'ta ? many i \]r. ' ". , . ci.n.-r'i d, and that ng thr ed eollettlona .'r the arorld. ,.? Bj lantlne and mediarval enamela and ivoriea, In marvelloui each unri valled and lorming to mbtage ?hich ? ? , ahead of all other mi material of thi- charaeti r. I ??? rooma MorgBn gifU, ahall here.fter be (Uajr ., the PUrpanl MorfB" wing. and XX al thr Ujorta lacTndad In tha . >:1f, whiek belong arprnpriateb .tarial now Ia lt ekall bo brought togatfcar tkara. Mr. *?*" hav?iTr aarrVed that the otkan rhall n k "*t?e drpartmrnt, when- they "'?Vrna will B4KBBBIUU '? conaidrrabb ~.?a.fit of th, lower floor of thi rearrangement oi ii.< wing, *o that lt pmt.ahn4a.il * eralmontha before WB ahall fce ifl a Bition to enable the public to appre .I.,.. the magnitadc o .thu Bcci to the rauteani'a collcctions. Draft Wins In Canada By Big Majority Borden and Union Govern? ment Returned for Three More Years French Votes Go to Laurier Soldiers' Ballots Expected to Swell Vote for the Premier 01 iAWA. Der. 17. Tha 1 - ?g roT ent hai bci n n tni ni d, aad cn acription eaaflraicd by tha t'anadian doracctic vote. reccircd from all over Canada ladicatc that the ejorernment of ? r Roberl Borden has hem clect adrainiatar Canad .-? an cthcr . and that Sir Wilfrid . defcati d the reeiprocity elai I loa ol 1911. Bctui ,'.?e that tl portion of Canada bai trmie hcavily for s;r Wilfrid Laurier and Eagliafc COBBtitUcnclei have returned men who will ^unport the i'nion government aad iiiaintain Premier Bai den ln oflice. The vote has heen very heavy every d thr niajoritii'S aro vi-ry ? -oldier vote, which v. ill not ?rtained for ?omc daya, will in the aiready heavy niajorit government membera and will likely the number of government aetcd. ? fore midnight abowed thal i ; rom and four f Yarei aad Docha. ih.< recjacct will hc graatad, and Charlca A. Piea, a Chicaaja eagineer, ricc BTeaideal af thr Eaaerganey Plaet i ..I; oratiaa, a ill bc aaaaed ta aac ii. i him. Whilr no offic al aaneuneement has brrn matt" aa Ic Admiral Ilarrif's rea aon for aaiTcaaciing the taah, whuh ha u?aumed Icac than a moBth ai ? i hc did not lad tha wert eeo | I-= = Germans Raid British Convoy, Sink 11 Ships British Destroyer and Four Mine Sweepers Lott With Six Merchantmen Second Warship Hit In North Sea Attack Vessels Prepared Only for Submarines; Investi gation Begun LONDON, Dbc 17. -One Britiah and u'ral merchantmen, a British de i fi.ur mii.e sweepers have been aunk in thr North Sea by German naval f< The Bia the result of an at n n eonvoy bound from Scotland to Norway, Sir Kric Ocddes, Kirst Lord I -niralty, announced to-day. The total toanaga of the lott merchant? men wa v.'? Eigkty?eigkt Scandinavians, two of when UM wonirn, and ten British were , ,] by four British destroycrs, He rj from :? oruiscr ^quadron, which waa haataacd to thr ?cene. Other sur reacki .1 Nara ay in boats. Convoy Sunk .,, , .,..-? r< leela were being ,(,l by tho deatroyera I artndge .,,, .? Th. I'anr.dge waa sunk i waa dan.aged. ,. Macnacaara, tmancial sec .. Admiralty, alao announced in , ,. bI two Bcatral mcr rei ela aad ??< trawlcrr ??re sunk. ? on Decombcr 11 McNaaaara'i mformation was in ni.lv to a n from tke Partridaje and of one officer aad ta 'Bl itjr-BTB mrn from the trawler*. Oprn Ia Surfare Altark PartrldgB ar,d thr Prlew, {o with foui armad trawler--, ,-aid sir Eric, eompaiaad tke ai.ti-submarine. eacoii to the eonvoy. I-'or some raaaon. ? unexplained, he added, the force ! was aant for the purpose of pro tecting thr eonvoy aeainst surfBce at tacka, waa not on the scrne in time to prevenl tbe deBtraetion of the convoy. \ eoarl of inquirj had baan appointed eetigate the eireuflaataaca*, he an? nounced. \ i cond convoy. which also was be ;v.z COVered, was not attacked. Thr GonaaB raid chiplicates the suc I rnti rprisr of last October, car ried oul bj two Gcnaan raiders which attacked a eoavoy in the North Sea. I 1 i v ttiil. nim- nrutral merchantmen and two of tke esrortinp British de hi\.- N'orwepian, three , I- and one Danish veasel ink withoul warning, three other antmen eacaplng. Tho raiders armed heavily and succeeded in cvading the Britiah watchcrs on the re tuiti aa well aa tha outward trip. By penetrating thr water* off the mouth of the Tyae on Docambor 12 the , ittii-d their operations close -,, ? .? Engllah caaat for tbe tirst time 0 ''ar aa the onVial com munieationa have abowa. The Tyne r,o\c - through Northarn Fngland into rti .-> a al Smith BhiaTda. ( HIIISIIAMA, I?ec. 17. Sailors from tt,,. (j Gei man warships in . ? that t'.re was opene.j eking eraiaara at a rantre 0f and th.at within ? half anaH -l ahiae, with the txception of the deetroyer relaw, were aunk. Crawa from ataajaara ia the con v,,v aaved ia all IM eailora. who were londed on tke woat coast ot Norway. r, i ii. ef the rescued were Britiah._ Mrs. Vanderlip Shuns Any but War Dinners KANBA8 CTTT, Mo., Per. 17. Mr Frank A. Vanderlip. who m aidina; her huaband <.u hia tnp to further war thrift, declinad to partake of the ! r.n.-r in her honor at the llo'.rl Macklkack on Saturdev. pro ,,. nol a war dinner. The Ineongruitica of elaborate menus in a campaicn atrainat war-time lux Brioa have br?et the Vanderlip rarty !ince it l.'ft Waohina-ton. In St I.oiik la-t wi-ck Mr. \ anderlio had to make bia pli-a for siniple livmr at a cosilv dinner al which champatme was . erved. Mr \anderlip sought out a bankerand nucirested there be no repetition here. The clmner for Mrs. Vanderlip waa dia t,prt from the one of plainer fare ar raaged for her husband. This Is Meatlcss Tuesday House Adopts Prohibition Amendment by 282 to 128 Powder Supply Low; U. S. Just Begins to Prepare Senate Inquiry Reveals aAmerica No Better Off Than in April?"Too Much Red Tape," Says General Crozier, in Explanation By C W. GILBERT WABHINGTON, Dce. 17. The War I'cpartment is only just takingsteps to lecaTO an adeCjUatC powder supply with which to pro.-eeute the war. There i? a -carcity of lafrcdicatc for the mak? ing ot high explosives. ?il General Crcalce put it to the Beaatc Military AfTairs Committ.-e ifl his testimony to day, "We are now taking acMon to increase the ?upply of TN'T." The powder situation was not pur sued by the caBUBittac, h^t it ii under st.ood to be serious. The same spirit whieb has led to the vote tC report General (ro/.ier's tiornination favorablv to the Senate pravcatc any industriom foiiowing of leada. The witaeaa ia per mitted to tell bil story in bil BWB way Great aaxiety aaiata to avoid all aP paaraacc af trjrlH '" ***** " **** against those in powr-r. The result was that all tnat beeame known about powder ifl that thia eOBB try'a eapaeity to pradace BCWder is no larcer to-day than it was on me day ?re eatered the war, although General cro^ier teatifled that vigaraaa ateai are now being tahen ta inereaee tBe powder producing eapaeity. Bc aaM that the eountry'i apaeity wai ,?w bo.ng fully BCCapUd IB producing powder for this country and pjllea. and that the eapaeity nfp.ar.t4 'hould be iaereaacd. Apparentlv, though no one rnforeed this point by a ,,ueMion direeted at th.- witneai Nina menthe heen allawed to go by n I aaythlaa beinc me ta Inereaae either the powder plante or t.. add to the sourres of lagredieatl for the making af hip* caploaivea. The War Department auddenly awoke to the Mriaaaneaa of thii ?ituation within ?he la.nt few duy-. and a hurried effort iB now being made to repair the re sults of the long delay. .... ,, The Senate committee Inished witn General t'rozicr to-day in an open ees sion For the most part, bc went over ramiliar ground. touching bnefly on powder and one or tWC BtheF items |B ? uppliev Harness Also Is Lacking It br^ame known that harness waa srarce, and this hl one th.ng l-rance i.nnot supply. Jhere ia enough, har neaa for the batlene* servmg the trcops already ln France. but even if tlitre weie gun- with which to train artillcrymaa here there uould not be barneaa' available to usr in moving the gun*. There are no rifle? with which to arm home guardv The War De? partment la coraidering buj.ng the Rcaa rifle for this purpo'e and for tra;ning the National Army. Senator i telinghviyai-n indicated that th.i rifle Ind been rejertcd by the Britiah be? cause it was dsr.gcrous. General Cro zier thought its only fault was that i u Jammed aaaily and waa dangerous only in leavir.g the ..soldior with a usc le.-.s woapon. Senator Wad^worth trien to get the witncci to aay that the Engiiab lyatcai ot aeparattng tha produrtion of arnis from tho operation of the War !'??? partmaat araa dcaiiabla at this suge of the war. Hc a?ked the witaaaa it our system of producing niun:' should no>, be revleed and eentralixed. i And GcBCTal Croxier replied that there was "need of greatcr latitude of action for the existing organization, not for a new organiaation." Senator Wa.l wort'n asked, 'You have r.o luajgaationa to make for ar,;. Baacatial ehange?" Restrictions Should Be Removed G ?! eral Crozier replied. 'TerUnn re? al rictions ;houli; be removed. Appro I.ri; tions should be gencrul rather than ? peeific." That repreaenta tho typical burrau riatu idea. There ii nothing th* mat trr with the orpanir.ation, but all the troublf liea in Ceagreaa, ita failure to i.ppropi ia*e or ita tendeney to make, ita apprepriaticn in hard and fast term?. Hu'. if Congrvaa can t;ot ap enough eaaraga, there probebly will be aame effati made tfi iplit up the gi" organiiatica in the eoatrol af Baker, with ita *1,000,0 tc aaaed Samethiag of the temper of-Con jrresi may he gut from reraar. Demccrata l.ko Senator (hamberlain BBd Senator Ilitchcock and from Sena? tor Wadewoith'i pointed questions. about the Britiah atiaietry of Muni tions. Senator Charr.ber'.ain told the aitaeac 'hat he was not satislied with the eaplanatioai of delay to obtain machine guns ar.d rifles. And Bd Hitchcock aaid that it was the opinion of the country thHt there waa too much formality red tape and circumlo tution in the wav business anal being aceomplished. He asked if anything was being done to speod the procesa. [ General Crozier raatlcd that there were thing* being done toward that, nnd ga-e an Bmuaing illustration of the t\ay tho ofTieial mind works. He said \ery aaraceUy: "I ani now cperating sixtcen auto mobiles m my department. I was driven to it. It is a new policy!'' It waa only necersary to hear Gen rral Ciacleif teatify to know why there had been delay. 1 he general has a red tape brain. 11.s mind ia the onginal cireunalocution office. The simplest queation ;n the world started hinj on a .V)0 word OOBIBO, Sometimea the Senators grew weary and begged him to alop. BuV he inaiated that bc being brief, for if he should tell all it would take weeks. N'ever onee did he nn>wer a queation ?i a business man would, and yet he ia al the artad of a UuMnes- spending $3,000,000,000 a year. | Hoover Visits Wilson After Senate Rebuke Faili to Get Permission to Reply to Sugar King, Gives Facts to President WASBINGTON, Dec. 17. Food Ad miniatrator Herbert ('. Hoover went to IThita House to-night and laid be? fore thr President the aituation brouirht about by tho failure of the Senate Invaatigatiag Qaaatttaa to ailow him to make a statcment in reply Ia attack-s on he witneas stand by llaus A. larackala. He would not discuss the \i>it. Thia ac'ion followed what amounted to a personal rebuff given Mr. Hoov.-r i,.. tke committee. The Food Admin itratai WBitod an hour in an ante room while the committee in executi.e I dcbated his request to be heard. Then the committee recallcd Spreckel< t.nid WrtkOWt answerintc the re q?aat Bad Mr. Hoover left the buildinj. Attorney Ia Blocked Then H. Curtis I.indley, counsel for tha food administration," tried to quea U?n Mr. Snreckels throufh members of the committee, but was blocked by an announcemoat .that the State Depart tnen deemcd it inadvisable 0 discuss further the ne^otiations which resulted in thr f'uban raw sugar contracta. This announcement followed B confer-nee of Bsmittaa with Counaella* Folk of tha State Department. The committee toward the end of the day'a aaaaioa had ajreed to permit Mr I.indley to auggeat questions. Mr. I.ind ley iaaiatad that the committee allow him to iry to controvert atatementa of Spreckela. Finally. howavar, hc ^aid: ?I- we ranaol eaplaln the contracts for the ("uhan crop we are placed on a pillory whilo trying to solve B very diffieult Rituaticn." Price Too High Mr. BMBCktla ?iio ii preaidant of tke Fedrral Sugi.r Kefining Company, had rhargad that thr Cahfornia-Hu S-jjrar Rafining I'ompany, of B'bieh (i'-orjce M. Rolph. director of the ..dm,r>Utration's ufjar division. ? prraidaat, would gain M.OOO.OOB ad ,i;t.'>iHl revc-nue this year ir.directly tr-reogh the pr,>. Bxcd for the Cuban crop. which he declared was entirely too high. The Hawanan price, he eaid, was ba?ed on the Cuban price. Through queationitif of Spreckela hy J. Kreenun, counsel for Karl A. Bab?t, president of the Amorican Sugar l ir Company, it Waa broutfht out that tke Federal president did not object to the appointment of Henry C. Mott. buyer for the American Su*ar Bg Company, as buyer for the internatiaaal committee wh-.ch was to pargkaae all the raw ; ugar available and parcol it out to relinera, at the time the appuii.tmtnt was propoaad. Measure Goes to Conf cr ence?Period for Rati hcation Is Only Difference Parties Evenly Divided on Vote 141 Democrats and 137 Republicans Join In dependents to Vote "Ye*" W.ASHINGTON'. Dec. 17.?Nation , wide prohibition won in the Houae to I day, and only the adjustment of a I slight differenco in resolutiona between ' the House and Senate now standa ia ! the way of submitting to state legia latures an amendment to th* Federal , Conatitutlon forbidding the manufect 1 ure, saic or importation of intoxicat ing liquor for beverage purposes in the United States or its terntones. The vote in the House, taken after a ; day of debate before crowded galleriea, \ was :s:> to ISt, with the partiea diwid 1 ing almost evenly. The margin for prohibition was juat cight \otes more than the neceaaary two-thirds of the membcrship of the House required for adoption and twen j ty-six more than two-thirds of thoae : voting. Bryan Congratulated Both wets ar.d drys had been predict , ing victory all day, and it was not '? until the last few names had been | called that the anti-prohibition forees : conccded their defeat. When Speaker ! Clarke announced the result the victora ; were joined by the galleriea in auch a ] demonstration aa ia rarely permitted I in the House. Fonner Secretary Bryan, an i.U?reeted apectator naarly ali day. | appeared on the floor and joined iu re I ceiving congratulationa with Repre sentative Webb, of North Carolina, who had led the fight. The resolution adoptcd by the Houae .1 ntical with that passcd by the Senate last August, cMJept that it givea the states seveti years laatead of aix in which to ratify the amendment. Sen? ator Sheppard, author of the reeolu tion, predicted to-night that the Senate would accept the amendment tomorrow. He raid he had assurances that the seven-year period would bo approved and that he did not believe a roll call necessary. The Preaident's aoproval ia not re? quired and the state legislaUres ma* BCt as soon aa they please after the signaturea of the Yice-President and Speaker C'lark have been attached to the resolution. "It will be aubmitted tomorrow aa a ( hnstmas present to the American people," aaid Senator Sheppard, "and I believe it will be ratitied within three years." Every attempt to-day to put on amendments to except light wines ani beer wa3 beaten, aml III Iiemocrats stood aligned with 137 FepublieanI and four independents to win the flnal victory for tha Prohibitioniat forees. Prohibition Reaolution Following is the reaolution aa adopt ed: "Resolved, by the Senate and Houae of Repre?enta'ivei, That the following mnendment to the Gon stitution be, and hereby is, proposed to the states, to become ralid as a part of the Gonatitutori when rati? tied by the legislature.i of the aev aral states aa provided by the ton stitution: "Article . Sectior. I. After one year from the ratineatio'i <>f thia article, the manufacture, salc or transportation of intoxicating liquora within, the importation thereof into. or the e*portation thereo.' from the United States and ail terntory aub jecr. to the junsdiction thereof for bevcrafje purpose il hereby prohib "Scetica t The Congress and the several states shall have concurrent power to enforee thia a:';c!c by ap propriate U x ^ition. .-tion :i Tl shall be Inoacrativc ui.icss it ahall have b?en . .1 as an aaacadmeal to the Con stitution by the kgialatures of the several states, as provided in the i'oii?titution, within aevea yeara from the date of the submisaion hereof to the atates by the Con? gress." Webb Reglna Debate The debate was begun, amid a round of applauae from the Democratie aide, by Caairmaa Webb of the Judiciary Commlttca. taaraacatativc Gard, of Ohio, lead ing the oppoaition. declared the ameiid inent propose i un invaeiea of the po lire power of the atatci ar.d threatened the unr.nimity ?f the American people iu winning the war. The great bad> of Amencans, he contended. want to leave the whole malter juat aa It ia now. P.epre?entativc Gooper, of Ohio.. for tho amendment, told the Houae: "You iook into a hatbatid or a eoat to m>? if it beara a union label, but you can look in vain into the whiskey bottle for a union label." Kepresentative Dyer, of Miaaoun, opposirg it, declared the iaaue nothmg more or leaa than whether Congreas ahall atand by "Dinwiduie and the AnU-Saloan Lengue, who think more of thia isaue of the wet and the dry than they do of the iaaue of whether America or Germany ahall will thia great war." War Iaaue Only New Argament pozeni of membera made ehe-it speechea, gomg over the famtliar ground on which ehatnpiona of both s.dea have fougl.t their battlea in the halls of Congreca for many yeara. Taa