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All UBitCHANDISE ADVER XISED IN THK TRIBUNE IS GUARANTEED ^mVLW^ Ff'rcf tn T.t '/*%?> ffirttraiw First to Last?the Truth: News ? Editorials ? Advertisements WEATHER I'arlly rloudy and rnurh rolder to-day; fair and rold tomorrow; freah northweat wlnda. BiaII Keporl on Fate 1? Voi I.WMI No. 25,972 [fOpTTlBllI 1911 ? Thr Trlhnne Aaa'n] TTESDAY, DECEMBER -?>. !M n\r. i r nt In lirriat.r >.aa York t?m CaDrra II illiln < ommutin* lll.tanr. TIIKI.aV i K.MTat School Board May Discard German Books Superintendents' Commit? tee to Make Recommer ? dation To-morrow Publishers Expect To Lose Large Sum Pro-KaiserPassages Marked as Unfit by Investi gators rd '' prompt and M-moval of KthOOhfl from It il I le,!< ' ire by that many of th* Boa ' m?at to-morrow recommen ' B ??oftrd __l j- to-morrew afternoon. board ves terdh; ' -'f Xo wB** bc. For "' *hf Gtrrr., ' C0T1" ^ro-German - ??. . . Ihe commit ? covcr more ihan a doscfl ol th*fl* books. and has ? cnr lider |nfit to bc taught to American ]{ v% | -.c-terday that on* Ol ? oni book publishers, learn . any more German aextha* th?>' j___vt, mittod to the au i hia tom I !nan>' ara, hocaaaa It 4vould taia 1 aa already ?.ed. Iir . :aubenmullcr, chair .-uperintendents. a i.erman bm in the public ia aaa. H< . befor* the ;H'cd. High School Books Praise Wilhelm I As German Hero .any. grandfathcr ?a to have :i" might i. ? grand . .in II. has evinccd in communications, ? fork h gh itho". tadyiflg tierman may' for ii this g I .."on of ? ?Wilhelm .niche. In Idenbilu ?Ui der .,-. ? : gaarid i ktorioBB, a I'lc . . i ' pervl and lleio, ... ?.. rman Vouth" By . by 1 . !'? Ash. ' !??; ?'??? . i -nan a> ?ell M -1 an.l touK'lit ? tlian <ath. i irenrral, lie parallel in the baa but tl Bal in ? mple, ? ? nd .ulimit.- la Him . t.< at?*n a-ncmy ! iijiiie any one '." .vu.li . . ? ? . II on lu? i. ruWr> lo ** rrr.t ? ' ...Ijlil ? , .. H* lui'l n.ain ' ? ' . ?.. .1 |e tln-.e ., | amuircd a katri * Beea ejra ,i>r biati .. aha-aya .'..:iow thr raaat path | ? ,.r? r William the Victormua iariinn^ ua. not only * . end h< ? . ;.r.s?ntative ' llrfence of an Invaalon ln the aame book occurs thii paa n a'.ive to the war with ilhf.4! a pas.-asre which ha* lomethm-r of th* famili-ir ring of Ihr BgaaOBi Urrrvan defence for the IbtbbIbb et Kelj*ium. "' Hclatem ouaaation waa ind?*?d P.lal.ed ChriatHan VII, Kinn ol Daaaaaark. bad <!ie<l. and. thrrel.y. the . l.rrmari tiurhie* aif Srhl#?wil* ? H ?? n i^ine ron.pletely IncorperaUd I ..ar, ?.- irriniiiieiit Bi.marok had *av?tne Frun. Mini.ter. in the m?an He propoavrd that I'ruaaia and Aua? tria r*t??..n them take a-are ot Germany'a Continuad on Laat Page 13,000,000 Join The Red Cross in Christmas Drive All Districts of Country Far Above Quotas?10.000. 000 Was Goal tVASHIXGTON, l?er. 24. (hr Bda the American Ked meaiberahip drive well past the poal of 10,600.000, with miomplrtc reports in tlg that about Ki.OOO.OOO new BBeaibera hava been earellad throagh out hr country during the past week. Tho Atlaatic Dieiaiaa, with a quota flf IfiltfiOO, reported ZftOfibt Christ? mas eaflBBaigii Bienherfl, arith many ehaatera nol reportinp and eontiaaing -v irh thia week. Tha N'<-w Eag* i' \ raioa, whleh ha- a qaflta i ! . reported that flll sictions out ..-' Boatafl an.l perhapa tYeateni Maaaachaaetti would eaeeed their quotas and that i ? ? WOBld bal a::cc an\ dr! eiei Pennaylvania Dlviaioa, arith a quota of 1,162,000, reported 1,400,000 -. enrolled, ar.d thal all the ehap* led to continue dariag the The Lake DItIbIob, on a quota of . i its eampaigfl with ?died The Central Diviaion reported 1,646,* rhii di\ iaioa aiso will contiaao al work of ita own accord. and the managers expect to pafll the pi-flfl. ? ? ? materially. The dtviaion has n quota of 1,166,1 ? i ? -.. rn Diviaion, with a reported l mcin !:; thi. diviaion the weather was ?rttne'.y had last week that en u will bfl continued thi.- week. New Yori City hat enrolled all bui 150,000 of it* Red Crott quota ? 500,000. I" tailt of tht dri t gt 9. * Senator Newlands, Of Nevada, Dead Of Heart Disease Activities in Connection With the War Believed to Have Hastened Hia End l WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. - Senator Fiaacit Griffi'h Newlands, of Nevada. OaM cf the SCnate Interstate C'om , rr.erce Committee, died ot" heart difl ' ease in his home here to-alght after an illfleea flf * few hours. Ha v.a- itriekOB while at work in his I Ser.cte offic buildir.p dur? ing the afterBoaa, hai was able to po and the c:.pit.il knew BOthiBg of hi.s il'ness until the announcein.-nl of his dealh. No one reaii^ed the ?eriousnc-s ol the Senator's eOflditioa and fl physician uas BOl called until late this evening. Then the heart aUachfl had becrrr.e aente. The end came suddenly at 10:16 o'clock. a< afra. Newlands and her i rother watehed at the bedaide. For aereral waeki Senator Newland . arorking almoat aighl and day on his preparatioBi for an iBvefltigatioB of rne transportation problem been in a weakened itati of health. He kept at hil desk, ho-.vever, ar.d in Ifl tfl yaara, appeared alert and active. ..?or waa a native of Miaais 'sippi. 11. w?s bon near Natche?. [*AS, and lived in thc atate until lie went to Yale in 1X07. After I two yeari at Vale ha eaterad the Columbia College Law Sehoal here and graduated, beiag admitted to the Dis tnct ?f Columbia biir before he re eehred hii diploma. Fron iVaj-hinfrton BBl to San Pranciieo, where he practised law until 1608, 'i'hen he be ? :i of Nevada and was elected to the Fifty-third, Fifty-fourth, Fiftjr-fifth, 1 .:?;. i cth aad Fifty-aerentb Coagreaaea. During his taa jreai tha Hoaaa ha aeread on ?.ari..u.s important committ.. Sueieeded a Republican SneeeediBg Senator John 1". Jonea, Republiean, in the S*enate on March I, ? ? Bter N'ewJands soon became ttive member of that hody. and tha Denacrati gained coi.tr..l he head of the Interstate Com ('ommittee. In 1666 he suhmit ted hia rarididacy for reelection to the popular vote, and was returned bv a large ?Bfljeiity. Ai ehainaan el thfl joint Caai ..nal committee on transportation problem*. as weil as of the laterfltatfl CoaiflBeree Caanaittee. the Senator has [?rominently with BOB Of what the gol '01 nrnent is te do about the railroads dariag thfl war. He has eonferred with the Prei deBl rtveral times ar.d al the l'r. deferred hearmr;- ihe tata Commerce Coninuttee waa prepariflg ta '?tart until after the ( hriatraaa holidays, when the PraaidflBl j to .-ubniit hii lolation of the railroad problem to Coilgl 1 he SeBBtar'l chief niterest tor years had been in Amencit''. i.i:!uny trans I ..r'.it:i.n Unea, and ifl the ilevelop ment of national aratarwaya, both for tranaportatioa nrd for greater fertility 1 of land Bacaaafl ot hia <io?e touch ind deep lnten st in thi t BBflfltiOBI universally ragarded as the pre eminent expert on them in the Scr.ate, and trobably in Congresi. I'njoyed Wilaon'* ( onfidenre Aa author of the Newland- act. which baid provided a plan of land nnprove ment in the and West by developmci.t of waterwaya, he alao was well known. He had for a long time prcssed legiala tiofl for expenditure of mai.y millions of dallan for waterway and irrigatioii improvements. reeentlv witaeflfliag par tim] fruition of hia hopes in the ap? pointment of a special commisaion au thorued by Congresa for m corrprehen tudy of American waterway de velopmeiit. ln hia railroad legialative work Srn ator Newland* had enjoycd the cloaeat conlidence of Preaident Wilaon, and had been regardcJ as Admiriiatration .^pokesman on auch matters in the Sen >, . There he waa not a frequent de i bater. but alwaya waa given the closest , attention when apeaking. He piloted -he Adamaon eight-hour bill through j the Senate during the last Conjrcsa. Teutons Break Italian Line On Asiago Rome Admits Alarming Revcrse Along Critical Front Diaz Rallies Men To Counter Attacks Enemy Plans Enveloping Movement to Cut Off British and French L01S DON, I'i '?? 84.?Op-aning e aad . m helmir.fr blust of guntire on the Italian Po'i'ions near the head the Frenzela Valley, weat of the lire ta Rirer, to-day, ron Beloar'a bal .. bed :. Bathway for his ng infar.tiy to drive strnight through the Diai defence r.one clear t* the rear support trenches. But in offieially admittiag this alartfling rarerae in the Aaiago scctor liortio ad.!? that the Italians are coun? ter Bttacking the Teutons on their newly captured ine aad makiag "snt tory nrogrcF;." Tbe defeat la ea i :.-i aed a. th.- teMi'it nf a rahlag l.r.' from both flaakfl. tvhich renderad the dc-fending tteachei uiitenahi. . wing hi? policy of alternately Btriking ?.> the ca?: nnd the west o' enemy commander teir porarily stoppi- ! his cofltly attempt to enrircle Monte (Jrappa from the west and yeaterday sent hia troops in a aac eeilful aaaaull against the Busn-Monte Valbelia Bector. This is a point on the Aaiago Plateau, a little to the cast of Monte Sisemol, tbe scene of heavy ng when it was taken by the enem; BOBae 4vecks>ago. I'osition Is Critical The place selected for the attack il B critical position, for if the Austro Gennana can drive down the Frenzela, enter* the Hrer.ta from the we-t. .:! bc wei! on their way toward edg* ?f- the mountains and the bc ginning of th* great plains. The enemy plan, if succesaful in this, ia eridentlj to attempt one of his great encireling movements. If he can de bouch through the Frenzela and Brenta valleys in force hc will try to aaaop around and cut off the concentrations Of Ailied troops in the mountains to Ihe cast. between the Brenta and the Piave. A BOeceaefBl move of this char acter would in\'olve, if not large Al? lied lo**** by capture, at least a great retirement from the I'iave line to the Adige Itiver front. Intense l,un l'irinjr. Diaz states that the artillery prep aratiofl fot th* boatil* Waa* atartad Saturday evening and was careful and iatenae. In the hail of shells the Ital? ian were forced back, but from the new poaitiona they took up they are nea* delrtariflg po'.verful counter at? tacks. . __,_,__. Tho Italian commander ifl chief also deacribed to-day the routing af the en emy forcea that had eroaaad the Old I'iave. to the south of Gradenigo, in the marahy land north of Veatc**, De tachmenta of Beraaglleri, completing an attack thay had bogan arreral day* before, droae boyaad th* atr*am nm ef larg.- enemy force- mat ?r*re making a deaperate atten.pt to hold the ground they had taken on the righl bank. -? ? a>->?? Baroness Held as Spy; American Lieutenant Arrested With Her Secret Code Found on Wom? an Whoie Husband Fights for Kaiser CHATTANOOGA, Tenn . H'c. 24. Baroflcsi lona Bollaor, of New York, if a GoiaaaB army oflficer serving on the Plaadora front, was held with nl for the Federal grand jury lure to-day. Bfl the eharge of violat ing the espionage aet. Lieutenant .lohn W. Spaulding. the twenty-tare-yoar-ald l aitad army ofieor, arrested aith the wom? an at a local hotel last week, was sent :.. Port Oglethorpe under guard after | ?? had toatinad for the defenoe, 1 iie eharge against the haror.i lia-ed chietly upon a code found in her - lon and letten arritton by bei tn her sixteen-yeai-old son, Bedford Shope. ihe eode, spaulding bwoi** ta day, ara* BfTanajod ae the barone.-s could he k*pt informid as to hia move until such time as he might bc sent tn Fraaeo. Oa* af th* Ictton to . doscribod minutaly a tnp to Fort Oglethorpe, the condition |of the Bfl.1 tha topegrapby of the aar? ?.? couatry, Spaulding testified that he loved the . r aad Baatod to marry her, that she had paid bia hotel bills and other oxpenaea on varioaa bccbbjob* ar.d that ? !ped him to get a commi.-sion m the army after he had been compelled ta roaign tram tne Naval Acadt-my on account of "b'.lls." Baroneaa Eollaer dealed the eharar** vigorousiv. She said she had been in trestigataM at Washington and Annapo lia, and 4\a- permitted to tnove nbout under tha known status ot an alien enemy. Cifluaisaioner ateAleatar, 4vho con ducted the hearing, indicated that much of the ividrnce against the defrndant 1 -en rxplained away. He refused tn BBC4-pt hail, but advised counsel for th* baroaee* to apply to the l-'ederal district judge for a 4vnt of hubca* eorpa*. About the same time Victor Reutner, nn alien enemy summoned before the Ihstriet Attorney BaaaBBBO his wife' addreai was found in Baroness Zoll ner'a effects, dropped dead at Knozville. British Clamp Lid Down on War News LONDON, Dec. 24. The Offirial Preaa Bureau this evening announced that there will be no further eommuniques JBBBOd until to-morrow afternoon. I Nation's Greeting to Its Fighting Men Washington, Ihr. .:',.?These Christmas greetingt wtn ??nt to th ntxtion'i fighting forces, abroad and ai home, afloat and askort. to-night: By Secretary of War Baker TpO thr* soldier* in France and the soldiers in training in America and their families: W 1 he \V,ir Department sends a word of hearty Christmas greeting, of appreciation of the spirit of resolute courage which f-lls their hearts and of congratulation upon the ' opportunity whi< h lies before them to do a great work for their country and for the world. By Secretary of the Navy Daniels CHRISTMAS greetings to all m the naval service. Country reposes confidence in its navy. is proud of the service it has already rendercd in this war and has faith that it will measure up to the demands made upon it. _ 16 Dead, 98 Hurt When Car Runs Wild in Tunnel Motorman in Pittsburgh Loses Control on Down Grade PITTSBURGH,Dee. !4. i ? sons war* killed and every other one of the 114 Bfl hurt here late to-day when a KnoxviIIe Btreet car ran away in a tunnel which con neeti ihe Soath Bid? bvsiflflfli diatriet with thc South llnis. Ai'-.r .. dfl h ..f almost a tuile through the tube the car flflaergfld at < ' and turned over Ofl itfl I Idfl. The car, v.hi.h WBI Bf the latest low floor, steel type, w :. packed with city bound shopi I it left th. tion at the south ' :;?! "' thi tflBBfll. A minute or tWO later the troiley Ifl said to have left the win- and the ? ..' ? V- tbe ^ame iiistatit, for BflBM .'.-asori BOt JTfll termiaed, the motorman lo-t control and the car daahfld dflWfl grade, gaiaiBg momcntuin as thfl ? | thfl wi I i.tiis. The p:..- ? ? . re threwa iata a panic and their hrieks could he heatd for BBtne diata al out of tha tuhe. \ <,f the taaael - .. ?rl curve. So ter rifle was thi that thc Wheeli a'. this point ielt thfl track. The car iaataatl* I irr. '. over on iti side, pi!in? the : ?ia- iaaide. It did not stop, but, teannif flloi ?? I I dewalk, -truck a raph pole. Tba raaf was ripped off. and men, women and chiidreti wer? ared aloag tba road ray. Erea then the wrecked car kept going, tinally bringing up in h little confer tionery Btero eeai Bn ithfleld Str< Kourteen were k:!Ud outrijrht. eijrh* of whom were WBBIflB, and one a little girl. Two died lata to-aigfat ia pitals. Some of the bodi.-.s were scarcely reeefBiaahla and ldcntitication procced ed slowlv. A BtetaaBflal iaauad by the PittshurRh Railwan (ompany, which owna the Knoxvtlla Haa, aaid tha car "was of theinost modern and aahfltaatfaal con? struction and equipped arith ewry modern devire for the safety of p..,< .. r >rer-i. \\ >? ha%c beea naahle yet to learn just how the accident hap? pened, but have started a aearching 111 vestigation to ascertain the tecli." """ ??? aaath Btr**i eaeaa 1 ?? .v. \ ,;V - Bial laaal Moi loa l'lci Pershing's Troops Send Xmas Word To Those at Home nr Tka aaaBdafcal Plaaal WITH THK AMKRHAN ARMY IN FRANCE, l>cc. Ll.- I'nder the hcading -A Word to Tho?e at Home," the Christma- number of the "Oolala Bgar written and edited by th* Boldlera *f a certain unit, the following: "\v . ara eaart be arith you in Aaaeriea thia Chriataaa*. We flaiaa %ou. We appreciate the bleesiag* of cur 04vn ramiliea m.d our o?.i country . r before. "Yet, since to insure the safety of us all. help m th* raaaa of nght, w.- Baaat -'av until the work is dOB*. you ahould b* glad to th* bottom of - that we can have .o good ( iin.-tiaii i Christmas. "Mos ui us hav h*?!ped to brightOB y0_,r IIvb - ? Bth*l I'nristmas day-, il) by our gifta and our preience. I . tht* y*Bf can givO what they de sirc, none can be "ith you. "However, you flaay BBd some causc to rcioice ifl the fact that we are do rerythiag we <.in to hnghten tho live* of'oji rriaad . the French chil ln th< sarne coiumn the paper says: "lo ail right feoltBg men tho pres Bf children. especially when ;n I aaaat thing, and ? from uiv s:*int of benevolence ., '.I :-':ir.'..i i laea, we are glad to ??.-! eehni the yoaagaUra f*? their own ful .-eives, and they ihould feel ara **ai*rriag a favor upon oldiers by coming tn : r.-tmas tree. "Some of us have had the good for -.. b? received on such terms with th* familie.- here that a stranger might m -take us for sons or brothers, not aealy arrivod foreigner*. The.-e cor dial relations will be still further pro t by the Christmas entertain * Wilson Scores Red Tape (VA8HINGT0N, Do*. '-* War time . Sieieney ifl being practiced as well as preachtd by 'he l-overnment. Pn*id*Bt W.lson has sent to all the i.xecutive dcpartmcn'.s copics of a let racantly addrofleed by Secretary Kcdfield to hia bureau chiefs. ' I Brgl ' I **? thinga were done before the war. ehminate red tape." the letter ??We muat learn with the (ier mars thi,' 'th- ?ar won't wait. Delay ?i Hy'." Secretary Bedfletd haa iaBtracted all ir.au- te laatall marhttn-s for ataaapiag OB paper.-. the day and hour aipl ao that delay in aetion may be traced ta peraoaal responsibility. He is refusing* to "Ifn documents not so itar.pcd. Find Hidden Arms On Bolshevik Ship In American Port Officials Believe Munitiono Were Intended for I. W. W. A PACIFIC PORT, Dec. 24. - Federal officials to-day found aackagai of am mun.tion. several hundred rifl.cs and a number flf Bflgfl tilled with revolvers buried under the cargfl of hidflfl ia the Shilka, a Russian l'retghter which ar? rived here Friday night, under control of its Bolshevik crew. Officials -aid the eartridges found in the ammuni tiofl package.s contained aluga such as naed by tha Ganaaaa on tne Ka.stern fn.r.t. Thfl coi-signment was probabiy la-1 tend.d. officials said they beheved. for Industrial Workers of the World or for use of a raider in the Paciiic. "An in\estigation to determinc thc purpose of those in charge of the ship will be made immediately," the United States Diatrirt Attorney her- to-day ? "We know that the Shilka la manned by a Bolshevik crew, and ap? parently ta Ib eharga of a committee tha' took the vessel over after 'he erew- mutinied a few days out of thfl Raeeiaa aerl nfficial.-, eontianlflg their search to ilfleavarad a iarge quantity of liquor and a number of I. W. W. MWI papera aboard, they announeed. |f th<- naaitiaBI were intended for thfl I. W. W . officials said, the Shilka probabiy intended to unload her cargo her- and then proce. -1 to some pre arranged obscur.' .spot on the coas'. and put the rifles, revolvers and am r.ore. Among thfl Federal agents workitig on the .ship were some who said they d the munitiOBI were sent by ? - Belaheviki to a:-l the 1. W. W. to foraeat rerolatiOBi in the United Statea to ftirther Bolshevik prir.riples. Captain Bor-.s Dogal, niai"ter of the boat. and members of the crew prob ahljl will be interned, oftlciaW aasert sd Search will be continued until the entire vaflflfll and cargo is gone over. Unveritied rumors were circulaled Saturday night that the vessel earried 1100,000 aent by Bolsheviki to aid the defenea of t. W. W. under trial Ifl Chieago. Officials have found no trace of the money. l-llll Mii 1 l-'ll \ 1K\I>* \MI !ll.|;\\\ s .. , ,....i i . . ' ? . ?araral Sr* J.rvj Ceatral Da ?ui" -?. 'i Uatt I.;!*r?, m . T an. ? II, ? ?*. .?. A M i ? ' M . I Bl I M ? .w. 4 ??. II M ?' M 11 i? vt' w.?. ??r"..r ?.?j* i: .o .*>?? . . i H Wt* / KaiserDefiant On Eve of New Offer of Peace Pope's Xmas Message Asks Children of U. S. To Pray for Peace BOME, Dee. to* Pope Weneiiti Baa given to Thr Aasociated Pre** thia Chriatmaa menmge for tha Amcrienn people: The Holy i'ather send? to the prople ol" America his cordial grcetinp.-', and prays that they may take to heart, in this time of BtrifB and suffering, the true les son of ('hri.smastide?the lesson of God'a unceasing love for mankind; the lesson of tinfaltering courage ami Baerolct of aaJf, More especially he calls upon the little children, to whom this day belongs, to pray with all their hearts to the Babe of Bt-thlehem that He may protect their loved ones and give back to the world that peace which He came to bring upon earth. Berlin Quells Socialist Foes of Pan-Germans Meetings Suppressed When Armistice Terms Are Resented [Staff Correspondencr] WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. -Serioua difficulties between the German impe rial government and the majority So cisliata, whieh has etilminated in the auppreaaion of Socialist meetinga in Berlin, are reported in a radio mea-1 sage quoting a Zurich diapatch to B French news agency received by tae, government to-day. The dispatch says that the conclusion of the armistice with the Maximaliats j was the occasion for the Socialist dis turbances, which, in the main, took the form of bitter attacks on the Pan German programme. The message, as made public by the Committee on Pub? lic Information, reads: ?'Word comes from Berlin that tne conclusion of the armistice with the Maximalists has, as a tirst effect, pro? dueed serious difficulties between the imperial government and the majority Socialists. The latter, in fact, adver tiaa openly their ideas about peace con ditions and those tendencies of which the Pan-Gormanists and militansts complain. , ??Numerous incidents have occurred. The prohibition of the meeting ar ranged for laat Sunday in Berlin by the majority Socialists is not an iso lated case. The communication of the Socialist party in the protest that waa addresscd upon the subject to the im? perial Chancellor mentioned a iarge number of abuses committed byth* miiitary authoriJes against tfie tlgnt of aolding meetinga. "The Pan-Germanists, on the other hand, reproach the Social Democratic majorities for their anti-national atti? tude. They complain notably of an article in the Chemnitzer 'Volkstimme, in which is found this significant paa "?^Th* members of the Centre, Na rional Liberala and Progressivea are trying to exploit, to the profit ot their un'nexationist views, the principle ac? cording to which peoples should have control over their own destmy. 1 hus they are trying to combine the barons of the Baltic and the bourgers of Po? land. with a view to concluding an ar rangement 4vhich B/UI be fatal to the needs of the proletariats on the Eaat front. It .leeks at this time to aet as though this were a foregont conclu-. "Vorwaerts" Ban Lifted, Defends Food Controller AMSTKRDAM, Dec. 24. The "Vor? waerts," the Socialist organ, reported to have been ordered to suspend publi? eation for three days, appeared unex pectediv BaadBy. It says its suspen sion B*aa doe to criticism of the pro visioning of arar invalids under the heading "I.et Them Go Beg." Th<* "VoraraertB*' prints prominently a defenc- of IF'rr von Waldow. ..he Food Controller. It quotea him as do r.ying having ?XCBMd or telarfltod cer? tain conditions alleged, but as admit ting that illicit trading has asaumed proportions which threaten to endanger the food lupply. a Prisoners Serve Week More to Aid Red Cross TAKBYTOWX, K.Y, Dec. 24. Ca?h is aaare* ifl 'hc Westchester County penitentiary, as in most prisons, but there is a local credit ayatem there which tranimutes time into "credita." and the hundred inmates have voted. V Kverit Macy, Commissioner of ( hnr'ties and Correction. announced to-day. to utay ifl jail an extra- week each. making a gift of the "credita" thus Bcrumulated to the Red Croaa. The aggregate amount of the gift will be ?''>" Some of the prisoners would have been releaaed for Christ? maa. but *hey joined their compar.ions in the deciaion to contnbute an extra *eek in "?tir." The men will form a aurgical dressinga claaa and cooperati with the T*rr>town Chspter of the I Ami rieaa Red Crosa. Emperor Tells Troops God Is the Avowed Ally of German Cause "Shining Sword" To Win, He Says "Iron Fist" Will Teach England to Respect German Rights, Army Is Told The Kaiser will make new pea.-e proposals to the Kntontc to-day, ar corrlinfr to dispatches from Rome. Amsterdam dispatches arfirm that the four C'enrral Powers will make a joint reply to the Russian peacfl formula to-day. It is probable that this will afford thc Kaiser the oc casion he has been seeking. The negotiations at Brest-Litovik have resulted in ?erinus disturbances at B-erlin, led by Majority Kncialist*. according to advices received at Washington. At Petrograd, according to Parii, Foreign Minister Tro/.ky hns told the French envoy that unless Germany pigns a "democratic peace" Russia may starta new"revolutionary war" against her. Secretary Baker warns the nation not to relax its war preparations be? cause of the German peace manoe vres. Sword Will Hew Peace. the Kaiser Tells His Soldiers AMSTERDAM, Dec. 14. "The year 1917 has proved the (Ierman people has in the Lord of Creation Above an un conditional and avowed ally on whom it absolutely can rely," said the German Lmperor in a speech to the Second Army, on the West front, Saturday, ac? cording to a Ber'.in dispatch. "If the enemy does not want peace, then we must bring peace by battering la with the iron Bflt and the shining sword the doors of those who will not have peace." The speech as received here followa: "It has been a year full of eventa for the German army and the German Fatherland. Powerful blows have be?>ii delivered and your comrades in the Last have been able to bring about. great decisions. "There has been no man, r.o oflflcer and no general on the whole Eastern front, wherever I have spokon to them, who has not frankly admitted that they could not have accomplixhed what they have if their comrades in the West had not stood to a man. Defeata Eaaily Explained "The tactical and atratejrical connee tion between the battles on the Aitre, in the ( hampagne, Artois and Klanders and at Cambrai, and the eventa in the East and in Italy ii so manifest that it is useless to waate worda on it. "With a centralized direction the German army works in a centraliied manner. In order that we ahould be able to deliver thete offenuve blowa one portion of the arrny had to remain on the defenaive, hard as this is for th* German aoldier. Such a defeniive bat? tle, however, as haa been foufht in 1617 i3 without parallel. A fraction of the German army accepted tbe heavy task, covering its comrades in the Eaat un tonditionally, and It had the entire Ao glo-French army against it. . "In long prepantion tl.e tnemy had coliecte.. unheard-of techmcal mean* and ma*ses of arumuniuon and cuns in order to make his entry into Brusaela over your front. Bfl he proudly an nouncec. The enemy has ac'meved noth ' "1 Don't Boaat." Says Kaiaer "The most gigantic feat ever accom plished by an army and one without parallel in history was accomplished by the German army. I don't boast It i* a fact, and nothing Bra*. The admire tion you have tarned shall be your re ward, und at the same time your pride. N'oth.ng can in any way place in tha shade or surpass what you have aceorn plished, however great and overwhelm mg it may be. "The vear 1917, with its great battlee. has proved that the (Jerman peopl* haa in the Lord of ( reation above an uo conditional und avowed ally on whom it can absolutely rely. Withoji Him all would have been in vain. "F.very one of you had t* exert every r.er.e to the utmost. 1 know that every one of you in the unparal'.elled drutn fire did auperhuman deeda. The feeling mav have been (requetitly with you: 'If we only had aomethintf behmd us; if w* only had some relief!' It came aa th* reault of the blow in the East. \.h*re it is seen that the storms of war ther* are at present sileneed. God grant that it may be forever. "Vi -*erdi:> I s*w and BflflJflfl to your com.-ades near Verdun and there, paaa ing through all mind. like the scent of the morning breeze waa the thought: 'You are r.o longer alone.'