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Pair to-day and to-morrow; wanner to
morrow; light variable winds.
Highest temperature yesterday, 19: lowest, I.
Detailed wtathtr report on laat page.
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VOL. LXXXV. NO. 175.
NEW YORK, ' FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1918. ooPurtSM, mi. v mnm9 ant p.!..,, i.rtn.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
FOOD PROBLEM
MOST CRITICAL,
SAYS HOOVER
Blames Railroads for Lack
of Supplies for Home
and-Allied Use. . .
FA KM. STOCKS" ABUNDANT
Perishable Stuff. Permitted, to
Decay Through Lack' "of
Transportation. "
Special, Dtipateh fo.Tns Sts.
tV.vsiiiNaTO.v, Fcb.'21 A-food situa
tion little short -of alarming, ..both for
this country and the 'Allies, was re
vealed to-day by Herbert C. Hoover,
the Food Administrator. The most criti
cs food period In the history of the
United States is facing- this country In
the next sixty days, Mr. Hoover asserted
In a statement based upon a survey of
tiie food situation both here and abroad.
Po crave are the conditions that any
untoward circumstance such as the cut
tins of tho transportation lines on land
rr on sea would be a calamity of which
the consequences scarcely can be fore
told. .s a result of transportation difficul
ties brought on by the winter's storms,
food has not moved from the farms and
the great consuming centres of the coun
try 'a conscquencs have been exhaust
In? their reserve supplies, the economic
lamlik-atlona of this presenting what
Mr. Hoover described as "the most criti
cal ii f situations."
niatne for this situation Is placed
sciuarcly nt the door of the nation's rall
loads by Mr. Hoover. This, however, Is
rlupbtcd by the Railroad Administra
tion.
Ttallroad Defended.
Tor the Railroad Administration the
s;.itcmnt was made that all the food
that had been offered the railroads had
been moved and that tho figures showed
that never before In the country' history
1 nd so much foodstuffs been transported.
It was evident that Mr. Hoover's state
ment did not at all coincide with the
views entertained by Mr. McAdoo and
1.1s staff.
While there was no disposition on the
virt of the railroad officials to dispute
the needs made known by Mr. Hoover
it was stated positively that every
bushel of crain offered the roads at the
jirlmary markets had been moved.
Furthermore, It was said that It was
complained that the Food Administra
tion had not been able definitely to tell
tlw railroads where the food was that It
wanted moved. Collection of the food.
It was pointed out. wan up to the Food
Administration. "Wc can't scrape the
bin," was the remark made nt tho Rail
road Administration. "It may bo true that
S.000.000 bushels a day must be moved.
but If tho ralroids are nble to handle It
and the 8,000,000 bushels are not deliv
ered to the railroads It can't bo up to
the railroads
Figures at the Railroad Administra
tion office. It was said, showed that 26,
100,000 bushels of grain had been moved
at week and that 1,000 carloads of
food a day were running; to New York.,
A 11 leaf Powers Alarmed.
The seriousness of the situation con-'
fronting- this country and its allies waa
evidenced by the fact that Lord Read
1 1 iv. tho "British Ambassador ; Count Dl
rellorc, the Italian Ambassador, and
Andre Tardleu, the French High Com
nissloner, held a joint conference at the
Treasury to-day with Mr. McAdoo as to
l ow to get more food to their respective
countries.
Mr. McAdoo assured the. allied rcpre'"
sentatlves that six solid trains of 200
ars a day of packing house products
Purchased for the Allies were being
moved from Chicago and Kansas City
each day and will be for the next
thirty days until 150.000 tons has
Men brought to Bhlp side. He tald
that from 1.500,000 bushels of
wheat, 1,000,000 bushels of oats
nd from 1.500,000 to 2,000,000 bushels
"i corn a day Is being moved from the
primary markets v Eastern ports.
The Director-General pointed out that
iu December only 500 cars a day of
!Hi(Ii were being moved, but that
t the present time, under Government
operation, the movement was 5.000 car
J.jads a day, and that foodstuffs were
ir.ovlng in solid trains for the first time.
.orl Reading said that Mr. McAdoo
was accomplishing wondcra and that he
'as greatly pleased.
Tho tenseness of the situation at It
affects the Allies Is due to the fact that,
'l'.e the consuming centres of this coun-
'y, their reserve supplies have been de
lated. They havo little of the necessa
' ps of life ahead, and tho sudden break
'ng of the transportation lines, It was
ftated at the Food Administration office
o-.ay. would bring a situation worse
Man desperate,
Efforts are being mad by allied ofTl
' sis to bring the reserve up to tho point
"f safety, so that the sinking of several
fool .chips In succession would not put
' ' Ir countries In dire straits.
Cattle Hen Face Losses.
tn liLs statement Mr. Hoover said :
"In response to many Inquiries I beg
say It Is true that Blnco the first of
December we have fallen far behind our
asred food programme with the Alllc.
' the end of February we will be short
000,000 bushels In cereal products
-'lien we undertook as our share of
'".lr supplies. We also will bo short of
"ie amount of meat and pork products
'Mt we were to dellvr. This deficiency
"lu solely to the railway congestion
Vo that date. Tho railway directorate
no: coming into control on January 1
fcas made effort to find a remedy, but
luring the month of January the weather
"as insuperable, and although progress
'as been made since February 5, the
"tuition is the accumulation of three
months' delays,
"Th next sixty day will be the most
'ritlcai period In our food history. The
'mple fact Is that the problem goes far
Itpr than supplies to the Allies. Dur
"e the last three months we nava fallen
Ye behind In the movement of foodstuffs
rem tho farina to the consuming and
wage centrist. Up to the first of
J-ebruvy less than 50 per cent, of the
J'ormal ratio of corn, has Been moved.
than yo per cent of the oats and
than 60 per cent, of the potatoes.
'f"m November 1 to January 1 we were
"rt n tiie usual movement of grains
i'l ttra.n products Into tho terminals
lt.ii by over 120,000 carloads over
'-VJO0.0OO bushels and this further was
Confirmed oa tiocond Page.
CITY'S HOSPITALITY
EXTENDED TO BOYS
FROM CAMP UPTON
10,000 Sturdy Young Sol
diers to Parade To-day
on Fifth Avenue. '
DANIELS COMING HERE
Visitors to,Bo.:Entertained at.
Great Military Ball . .
To-night.
The only ticket or card of admission
or pass that .was worth a blooming cent
last. night was an olive .drab uniform.
topped off with a doggy, little cap tilted
over the right eye. This uniform, and
especially this cap. meant one of New
York's own boys from Camp Upton
and there wasn't anything In town tint
a Camp Upton soldier lad couldn't havo
had last night Just by showing his smile.
And to-day these lO.OOO'uzsts are
going to repay the city. They're going
to be the givers to-day sending out
new pledges to patriotism and new as
surances that America Is the. wonder
nation that she Is. They're going to
show the 6,000,000 that It means some
thing big and fine to be a selected sol
dier a drafted man.
All day long yesterday they poured
into the city on special troop trains
from the Long Island camp sixty-five
miles away. And what a oulty lot they
were ! Healthy and bronzed and sturdy,
with tlje set up that only military train
ing ever gives, their short marches to
the armories glimpses that were mere
cocktails to the hungry thousands before
the great parade feast of to-day
showed what magic there Is In open air
and good food and exercise nnd army
life, ,
Kiiarlneera In ike Vast.
The Itrall back homo was led by the
302d Engineers, who reached the city
at 10 yesterday morning and marched
direct to the 8!xty-nlnth Regiment
Armor;, at Lexington avenue and
Twenty-fifth street. An hour later the
153d Infantry Brigade, comprising the
305th and 306th regiments, wan pil
ing out of troop trains at the Pennsvl
vanla Station and thrilling the street
crowds ss It swung" by under heavy
marching equipment.
Within a few minutes after the ar
mory was reached the different com
mands were dismissed for the day. And
later in the afternoon, at the Seventy
first Regiment Armory, at Thirty-fourth
street and Park avenue, the name -proceedings
were enacted with the SOTth
and 30Sth Infantry regiment. By eve
ning all the men except a handful of
n-91-rla WW. tlirn.it Inn An Inn "Villi
hospitality of the city.
And the city welcomed the Brlvllege,
and If ever the town key was actually
turned over for full use it was by Old
Man Knickerbocker last night.
To start with, there was a great free
entertainment given at the Lexington
Opera House, where George Draftman
and Ida best girl were shown 'Tarzau of
the Apes."
But If some lad happened to be fed up
a bit on theatricals' he took a strong
grip on his best girl and hustled her up
to the Grand Central Palace, where he
was handed free skates and told by
Proprietor George D. Grundy that the
whole show was theirs and that they
could Just skate, all over tho place free,
gratis nnd without any costs.
Then besides all this and a lot of
other nice little things done for them
the Hotel Men's Association fixed It up
so that any of the boys who didn't live
In the metropolitan district could drop
In at say, the Waldorf-Astoria, or the
Vanderbllt. or the Blltmore, or any other
of the bis downtown hotels and pick
up amenu card In the dining room and
play It straight down from the hors
d'oeuvres to the dcmltasse, with the as
surance that If the waiter as much us
batted an eye he would lose his Job.
Free Meals Offered To-day.
And late last night fear that soni: of
tho soldier might have not been suffi
ciently coached to accept tho Invitation
the association sent word to the news
papers to nnnounce that all out of town
Camp Upton poldlers could secure meal
pames for all three mealH to-day und
breakfast and lunch to-morrow by call
ing at the association's rooms In the
Cambridge Building. Thirty-second
street and Fifth avenue, any time to-day.
Then welcoming Invitations wore sent
out from National Service clubs, und the
new Hostess House- conducted by the
V. W. C. A. in the old home of Mrs. H.
P. Davison at 12 West Fifty-first treet.
announcing that they had open house
for Camp Upton men and their friends.
And to-day the whole city will turn
out to show her sons and fighting men
how rhe loves them and how proud Mie
is of them. Fully a million people will
crowd the treet and ubout 2 o'clock this
afternoon when the head of tho long
lino turns Into Fifth avenue from Flfty-
, beventh street, this thoroughfare that
has been called the most wonderful In
' tho world, will experience a brand new
I thrill.
Daniels to Be Present.
i Late last night word wan given out
I by the Mayor's Committee on National
I Defence, which has had full chars of
the nrranKsments, that Secretary of the
Navy josepnus immeiK wouiu review
the parade
With the exception of Battery A of
tun 305th Field Artillery and the bat
talion of tho 367tlt Infantry, negro, nil
tho 10,000 troops that will tako part in
the parade arrived In tho city last night.
These two units will reath tho city early
this morning.
To-night pfobably the biggest military
ball the city has ever seen will bo held
at the .Seventh Regiment Armory.
SOLO'S APPEAL DRAVyN UP.
Treason Charge Aaralnat Calllanx
Investlarated by Military Conrt.
Paris, Feb. 21. The documents and
evidence In the case of nolo Pasha, con
victed of treason and sentenced to death,
will be submitted to the Court of Appeals
to-morrow. It will be about three weeks
before the appeal will be acted upon.
Capt. Bouchardon of the Paris Mili
tary Cmirt to-day sent for Joseph Call
laux, former Premier, and also accused
of treason, and submitted him to a long-examination.
Line of March for
To-dayV Big Parade
TPHE big National Army parade
of , Camp Upton .soldiers this
afternoon will 'form in .two sec
tions, one marching through the
East Side and .the other the West
Side, both converging at Fifth
avenue and Fifty-seventh street
and turning south down the ave
nue past "the reviewing stand in
front of the library, where the
parade will be reviewed by Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels.
The first , section," comprising
the 302d Engineers and the 305th
and, 306th Infantry regiments,
will form at 1:15 o'clock at the
Sixty-ninth Regiment Armory,
and march east on Twenty-third
street to First avenue, north to
Fifty-seventh street and then
west on Fifty-seventh street to
Fifth avenue, where it will join
the second section.
-The second section, comprising
the 807th and 308th regiments
will form at 1:15 o'clock at the
Seventy-first Regiment Armory,
march west on Thirty-fourth
street to Eighth avenue, north to
Fifty-seventh street and then
east to Fifth avenue, where it
will join the first section and the
battery of artillery, the detach
ment of negro troops and the
ambulance section.
The parade will break at
Twenty-third street, the various
regiments returning to their
temporary quarters.
WARNS ALLIES
OF NEW MENACE
Milner Sees Prussian Militar
ism Now in Saddle to
Crush Free Nations.
Lo.noon. Feb. 21. .Viscount Milner,
member of the War Cabinet, speaking
at Plymouth to-day, deprecated too
much talk about war aims.
"Until peace negotiations are reached,"
he-. said, "we are fighting for our lives
and the very existence of the free na
tions of -western Europe. As a result
of the collapse of Russia, the military
party of Germany Is again firmly In the
saddle. Doubtless many of the people
of Germany loathe the continuance ol
bloodshed for mere aggression, but at
present "they are quite powerless."
Lord Milner contended that It was no
longer n question of destroying Prus-
filnn militarism hut whtlh., p.in.l.n
militarism would destroy the Allies and
dominate Europe and part of AJla.
"President Wilson and Premier Lloyd
George havo mado It perfectly clear,"
he continued, "that we havo no delie
to dismember Germany, dictate her con
stitution or exclude her from a fair
share of the world's Intercourse. There
?nb but "1 ?nswer to "'"a"y,,
-r..J- ","
, I O 111.,. CHUUiailkU 14. Ml,
heretofore."
Lord Milner then referred to the Ver
enort or tne Allies ana to concrete
realization me gTCat conception or
single allied front. He had no fear of a
revolution In Kngland, and, he said, na-
: ., r, ',
tlonal unity and the cooperation of all
ine tree nations or tno woriu wouiu as-
sureuiy unrig an emiuring pence.
1 ICiil, liu ilt.ueu, l.iai n tile
Kciu.iB i.iiu fumoiu ii. ' " mm
are puiimg torwara too many propobi-
I'l.it.iiH uui iu... ultimo i.uivi
too high. Ordinary poople were puzzled
by talk of th limitation of frontiers
In distant parts of tbe world, trade ar
rangements after tha war and other
such matters.
"These arc Impottant details to be net
tled when peace negotiations are.
reached, but until then 1 am doubtful
whether It Is wise to talk too much about
that
t They arts only subsidiary to our
In object, which Is to secure human'
ma
freedom and a Just nnd enduring peace.
'There- Is surtly now no need of any
elabmate explanation of what we are.
fighting for. We aie nghtlng for our'
lives and tho very existence of the flee
nations ofjvetern Ku.ope."
COLD WAVE PASSING-
JUU rr fV C ,
WARMER BY TO-NIGHT
rrsitmci dim trniun i
A. ...
limar jKies ana MemS vrina
,iear onica ana ueua wvma
Will Greet Upton Parader:
Tiie crest of th. t-oUl wave, which
covered seven-eighths of the continent
yesterday and caused thermometries
tumbles In the Wet and Northwest, the
mercury hitting 21 below at Havre,
Mon.. and 22 at Moorhead. Minn., will
crackle past this lonsltuda to-day, a hit
mote bearable. Instead of polarbearable,
than It was when It passed through
Chicago. Its advance wilul agents
drove the sliver down tho tube to S ut
T:S0 A. M.. and the maximum of Its
frigidity may be marked by about 3
early this morning. The local fore
casters Intimated that the sparkling
antl-cyclnno would not havo an Icicle to
write Its own obituary with this after
noon, when the air will warm up a bit.
The national fniecast Is for clear Bkles
to-day und to-morrow and "not quite to
cold."
Tho Hue 1n temperature to-day and
to-morrow Is expected to be general over
New York and nearby States. Like
wise, the weather will be fair, ac
cording to the forecaster, for the next
forty-eight -hours, an announcement
which brought Joy to the 10,00 newly
made soldiers of Uncle Sam who are
In town from Camp Upton to parade
down Fifth avenue to-day. Northwest
winds will continue, hut they wilt bo con
siderably less forceful than yesterday,
when a maximum velocity of twenty
four miles was reached herabouts. Hy
the end of the week It Is expected
that New Tork and Its neighboring
States will be enjoying a return of the
balmy weather of the. early pait of
this week, yesterday's average tempera
ture here was 14 degrees nbovo zero,
but that matk Is expected to be raised
to-day.
uoru -Miiner tnen merrei to tne er-- ,ubUcan 1(.ader8 ., he may have ex
sallles War Council, which brought , p,nator jinoX (Pa.) was quid; '
much nearer to real coordination tho ' k . tth nlm.
SENATE BEATS
JOHNSON PLAN
TO HOLD ROADS
Government Ownership
Forces Arc Defeated by
...Vote of. 61 to. 10.
ALL ' AMENDMENTS FAIL
Upper , House. "Will Stand , by
Committee in Redraft of
Traffic'. Measure. ..'
i
.Special Vttpateh to tarn Sox,
WasjiinotoV, Fob."21. The Senate to
day voted convincingly to -stand by the
Committee on Interstate Commerce in
Its redraft of the Administration railway
control bill. There were amendments In
troduced and discussed under the ten
minute rule and then voted on, but not
one of them stood the test of Senate ap
proval with the exception of a change
proposed by Senator Robinson (Ark.), a
member of the committee, which was
hardly of vital moment.
The forces of Government ownership,
which had rallied to their standard one
or two Senators who favor indefinite
Federalized control of the transportation
facilities of tho country, were beaten by
the convincing vote of 61 to 10 when an
amendment waa proposed by Senator
Johnson Cal.) restoring the original
phraseology of the bill by the elimina
tion of the proposed limitation to eigh
teen months of Federat control after the
close of the war.
The Senators who stood by the effort
for at least a season of peace time con
trol of the roads by the Government
were Ashurst (Ariz.). Gronna (N. IX),
Johnson (Cal.), Johnson (S. D.), JoncB
(Wash.). Kenyon (la.), Klrby (Ark.),
Norrls (Neb.), Phelan (Cal.) and Poln
dexter (Wash.)
I.ate Improvements Barred.
The amendment of Sflnator Robinson
provided that In the calculation of cap
italization to determine the amount of
income the Government shall guarantee
there shall be eliminated from the cap
italisation all Improvements and better
ments added by tho railways between
June 30 and December 31, 1917. This
amendment carried, 44 to 34.
Senator Cummlns's amendment pro
viding for the curtailment of the guar
antee to eighty-six of the leading rail
ways was decated by a vote of 52 to 23.
Senator Cummins had estimated that
this amendment would cut down the
necessary total of the guarantee by more
than $173,000,000. The votes favorable
to his amendment camo wholly from the
more radical element In the Senate and
the division was not upon party lines.
The Senato at 6 o'clock, under agree
ment, recessed until to-morrow, when It
will consider another amendment of Sen
ator Cummins.
This amendment provides that fol
lowing the peace proclamation the Presi
dent shall appoint a commission of five
to administer the railways pending def
inite legislation by Congress looklnp to
restoration of the lines to peace con-
1 ltl""
This will be voted on early lo-
i morrow.
Lewis Pessimistic.
In the earlier debate on the bill Sena
tor Lewis (III.) gavo vent to pome pes
m?!1 e,,(r e thl
o ,.ii.A?v
enS wch under
m hftach
times, he thought
slmlstlc views as to
United States, and spoke
to the State government
the tendency of the
were becoming obsolete.
Senator Lewis's views did not meet
with so cordial a reception by the Re-
j not i,lquI(, if the Fame rea-
m l.,. .yM tnr h Ntnli.'
. tliat llt t,, tllne the
I V...;'. .. ,..,, i, ..wj
I mates were creaieui in co,
I 0 ...i- i.wi.i.h ihnt e.mr.m.
nourt decisions of recent years had made
i the staUs virtual "province?" of the
jaf.lon
:.t to-
Th(l Ti01!f,. reDOtted an ozreeme
(,ay. tQ wln(i up gonai Uebatfl ol
in me
vollioad bill at 0 Ol
clock, and then begin
consideration of the bill section by sec- brought down by anti-aircraft guns and , ' nft,'rnooB m.elvcl tl.o"lerman re
tlon. with no prospect of voting on It j 122 were driven down out of control. . r.f,.-ln lo uccept the wireless mex-
final paago before next week. Repub- Through the direction of airmen In ' " as oni an, requesting that a
llcans a ix- planning amendments to be one day 1 27 hostile batteries, said Major . J1,,, , g(nl to tMnM to confer
onereu, ine mom jini'.i.". wuu.11
will be the effort to strike from the bill
tho provision vctlng Dliector-Oeneral
McAdoo with the rale maxing power tor
the period or rcuerai operation. .n ex-
fo t w, l)e alPO lo out ,llM p(.rlol,
, ,r(,., ( ., f,m
to un
u;prcl,entatlve Ksch (Wis.), ranking
R,publK,al, ot lho interstate Commerce
mmlu ,01Ici1Pli both of these sec
"T"' ,.,. tV.
' -;,; the nd.rd tur,. j
guaranteed to tho lallroads under the
.agreement with tho Government is ex-
v.. ..-,..h j-clared that the1
usreenieui wu.i uiu fuf-.iiiiici.v ir. r-1
cewslve. Mr. K.wh declared that the
1 minority firmly believed the rate, mak-
( pow.er ijh0UlJ rcm.,ln wltn thf Inter.
ihtalo Commerce Commission, "the body
... , i . ,
mmT t u.wi.
TTct,lUlf
unaer our uuvrrmiiciu ...a. .in iui.i uiu
I regulation or ruuroaus, iiii iuiung men'
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TMIOSE soldier boys whom you
will cheer ns they march
through the streets to-day will be
in France soon. Then they will
need cheer more than ever.
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Don't forget the boxes in the
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Tho certificates and coupons de
posited in them mean more
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certificate day in all tho Schulte
establishments.
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BRITISH FLIERS
DOWN 98 ENEMY
AEROS IN 4 DAYS
48' Wrecked by Shots 50
Others Put Out of
,. - .-Control.! .
ALLIES SUPERIOB .IN AIR
Five Machines y-Bagged ly
' Capt.'HelllyJn'OnVDay
Artillery;: A'ctife." '
By PEBJIY.. ROBINSON.
Sptcict' Cable Dtipateh to Tsa Bus' from fA
" - London- Tiwift.
Copyright. mt;'att tight! rtltrvti.
British Hkadquartcsh in Francs,
Feb. JO (Delayed), Araw. gray, light
drizzle to-day lias temporarily put an
end to tlia clear visibility which made
the last few days the most active in the
air that this front has seen since tbe be
blnnlng of the war. In the days of Feb
ruary 16-19 German airplanes to the
number of forty-eight undoubtedly have
been shot down, besides which there
were at least fifty others forced down
out of control. Many of these unques
tionably came to grief on or before
landing, but as they went down in en
emy territory they were lost In the haze
of the distance before Uie ground was
reached and no definite assertion can be
made in regard to their fate.
Probably never before havs our air
men had so busy and so successful a
time, and never before has their work
been so Invaluable. The dally record of
destructive shots by our .artillery on
enemy battery positions Is prodigious,
great numbers of the German guns hav
ing been hit, pits damaged or destroyed,
amunitlon dumps exploded.
It Is possible that the Germans may
lv holding- some great reservo of air
ipower. There Is not a shadow of a
doubt that at this moment, as for some
timo back, we are definitely the enemy's
superior In tho air. Wo have been pun
ishing him as he has never been pun
ched before.
Capt I. Rellly got five enemy ma
chines In one day.. Three were shot
down out of one patrol he met, so un
erring waa his shooting. Tho first one
he attacked simply went all to pieces In
the air and dropped In fragments', the
second did almost the same, for it folded
up and all its four wings dropped off;
the third went roaring down to the earth
in flames. Later In the day he also
drove down two other.i, one not crash
ing, but only out of control, the second
'not visibly crashing, but seen by other
pilots to break Into flame when close
to the ground.
The next day he met a single enemy aero
and chased It down from 13,000 to less
than 1,000 feet when It turned over and
crashed. The next day he was out again
and met two enemy triplanes. He at
tacked and one of them lmlted, so he
turned to tho other. After a short fight
this machine sideslipped, dived and
spun slowly down to the ground. Capt.
V. Got six, probably even, enemies In
three dayi.
The Germans arc increasing greatly
the number of their triplanes. This Is a
compliment to us because wo had them
llrst. If they had not proved themselves
I annoying nnd formidable adversaries the
Germans would hardly be copying them
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Jpir'V PPJKPn
Majnr Balrit Te41s Parliament
fireat Feats Performed.
London', Feb. 21. The -sreat assist
ance which the air seivices,
naval nnd
V.n.i.V
nillllnrv. nn h.lnir ,-nmhln.d
air council, have, rendered to the armies
. i ,i it,i . ,i..,ih.i i i,. iin,
. in me neiu was "racnura in uio iiuu.-
rvmmnn in-.iv i. mw j. i.
I Balrd, parliamentary secretary to the
air board, when l-.s Inttoduoed the estl
mates for that department. In Septem-
. her lat 139 enemy machines were defl-
i mieiy ascensineu to nave oeeu tie-
etroyed by British ulrmen. 13 were
1 rjoini. wero rucvessiuuy engagca '
, destruction." meaning that the airmen
reported that the batteries weie silenced,
twenty-eight gun pits were destroyed
eighty more were damaged and sixty ex-
ntrtqlftn. if Ti.tnlflni rtllMUlM vr r..
ported. On the Mine day thirty-four rro.-do sajs the Soldiers' and Work
hostile batteries were "engaged for de- men's Delegates again have shown wll.-
stnKllou" as a result of balloon ohser-
vation.
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"IZZ
,nes. T!,,r( ila(1 eiev,n raids Into
Germany In the past two months, while
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oal . ht ,nt
. omj fsnj
,,,, ,nviiiinr
llic ...'riliaiin puttrn.ru it. (uiij.jijs uui
ondoii was more easily reached
' tt.uu .1.. ...... B uru.iuig vwut.i iini
ARTILLERY ACTIVE.
Henry Mrlnir Reported Yesterday
on French Front.
I.O.S-1MN-, Feb. 21. Spirited nitiliery,
. fire to-day by both sides along the en-
, tire front Is noted In the French night'
teport on the fighting on the western i
front In Franco. Special mention is ,
made of the regions about Plnon.-Vaux- 1
alllon, Malmalson I'ontavrt. Ouyen-
; court und the Htitto du MeHiilI.
1 Thn German statement mentions In.
I creaned fighting on the Lorraine trout , Hen deded that only one member or
land violent engagements In many sectors' the delegation which represented Rus-
near Seluc. sla at the Brest-Lltovsk conferences
' In their utcemfu drive yeterd.iy tho i should go to Drlnxk to deliver to (he
French took :.2i prisoners, of whom i Germans an official copy of the nu
1 eleven were ofltcers. The British report I nouncc-ment that Germany s terms had
I a successful raid early this morning east been accepted, No announcement has
ot Polygon wood, on tho Flanders front. l"r" ,nado 0N t0 tho selection of a del-
1 ecalo or the time of Ills departure.
BRITISH LINE EXTENDED.
Transfer From French Made AVItb
ont a Illtcb.
Hi 1l.t Atiociattd Prii,
With tub British Ahmt is Krancr,
Feb. 21, Another striking Illustration 1
of the coordination of the allied armies
on the western front has been given in
the successful transfer of a considerable
stretch of the front below St. Quentln,
from French to British hands.
From the Inception of this delicate op
eration no hitch occurred. Thousands
of French troops nnd scores of great
batteries moved quietly and mcthodlcally
out of tho line day after day to make
room for similar British unlti. It was
dons as easily as though the whole vast
programme had been rehearsed.
GERMANS OCCUPY MINSK;
BIG FLEET REACHES RE VAL;
TROTZKY LIKEL Y TO QUIT
TEUTONS FEAR
RUSSI AN TRICK
Press -Believes 'Trotzky Insin
cerciin -His'. Speedy, Stir-
, render ;to' Germans.
CAUTION IS ADVOCATED
One Writer 'Believes 'Step a
Device for Farther Dissemi
nation of Anarchy.
Amsterdam, Feb. 21. The belief that
Leon Trotzky, the (Bolshevik Foreign
Minister, may have something In re
serve and that his surrender Is In
sincere appears to dominate the Austro
German press.
The Vienna Fremdcnbtatt says: "Af
ter Trotsky's procedure heretofore it
will be wise to treat his wireless mes
sage with the greatest caution. Never
did a statesman so ignomlnlously ex
pose himself, but Just for that reason
It would be a mistake to give way
to premature optimism."
The Berlin Boerien Zeitunff says:
"In lew of past experiences with the
Bolshevik Government It Is natural to
aasume that the new peace' prepared
ness Is nothing else than the old hos
tility to peace, namely, a device for
tho purpose of undisturbed dissemina
tion of general anarchy."
The Berlin Tagtszcltung says: "The
Russian offer proves the manner In
which the Bolshevlkl yield only to di
rect compulsion. As soon as this com
pulsion ceased they would advance new
subterfuges."
A Berlin despatch states that the Rus
sian written confirmation of the accept
ance of peace terms has passed the Ger
man lines.
This disposes of rumors of the fall of
the Lenlne-Trotzky Government.
WAIT ON GERMANY.
Bnlahevlkl Appear Incapable st
Derisive Action.
Pktrograd, Feb. 21. The decision of
tho Soldiers' and Workmen's Delegates
to accept the German "forced" peace
terms was reached by a majority of only
one vote after a heated debate lasting
throughout Monday nlzht. Great secrecy
i wag observed In regard to the meeting,
I which was adjourned several times to
permit tho Bolshevlkl and the .social
Revolutionists to hold paity caucuses.
.Tlure were divisions In both parties on
the subject.
rremlor lenlne. Foreign Allnlster irotz
Knslgn Krylenko, Commander In
i Chief, and many other leaders addressed
jno council. Military men explained the
tmnotslbllltv of offering effective resist
ance, but no decision was reached until
messages had been received showing that
tne Germans had captured Dv
eaR0 and were advancing nil
. front-
' This news reached the co-i
t,,.i.,v mornlmr. and lnflu
insK wun
along the
ncil early
Tnesdav morning, and influenced the
delegates to decide for peace. Before
fitha capture of Dvlnsk Premier lnlnc
. said he was opposed to peace, but finally
urged that rtaco must be obtained at
any price In order to lasure tho ie-
I construction or KUSSI4. Jio bum mr
I Germans were advancing on a folld front
! fm '! r-.n.n of nul's dectalon
. The announcement or kusmh s uecwion
. . ,,. ii. . . . i .
i .., ,Va n..rf.lt, ,.rn,a WI.M n.nt
ft" accept the Oerman terms was sent
bv wireless at C o'clock Tuesday mom
ins. At llrst tho Oerman wireless sta
tion showed a disposition to refuse lo
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rour nours
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,vltli rerai
' s
gard to peace.
Press Divided In Stand.
The Russian pres is divided as to
the wisdom of tho council's action. Tho
mgness 10 maKe r a V,urr "ul
,n,"lr P'Jaes, and that, whether Ger-
mnnv riri'ntN Ihrt offer'OP (lues not. the
. K.5.1 to, a' 'moral victory
'fh. Sorn JUn ato;. the Bo,l,ov,k, have
. brought the affair to an Ignoin nous aid.
aml "ive vroxrd themselves to be a.l-
I venturers who aiu willing to Itt-ep them-
, . - ,
reives in power ai any price. -
Bolshevik. leaders declare Out If th.IW. HarolJ Km Bulkley Vic
fierman advance continues they will de. . , . J
fend Petrograd with the Red Guard and tlffl of Flight Accident.
harass the German advance by ruerrtll.i
warfare. No .plans have been made for
evacutlon of this city.
The Bolshevlkl say this Is a new war.
not the old war. nnd they will present a
united form against tho Germans. They
believe the proletariat of Russia will he
"Dle continue the struggle.
Newspaper opinion an to the German
I'""1 '9 divided. Some of the papers
Ml" retrograd will be attacked, but
r-Sa, J ,1,ls. a" '"'Probable,
Deleaiatc ot Selected.
The Soldleis' and Workmen's Depii-
Gen.
Tanoulikevitcn, former Chief
of the General Staff, was. shot on his
way to prison by a member of the Red
' Guard. When told ho waa being taken
. to Petrograd, tho General, according to
. the guard, endeavored to seize a re
; volver to commit t:uli-lde, upon which
I the guard shot him.
Bronx Man Killed tn France.
Ottawa, Feb. II, The death of R. D.
Hough, Bronx botough. New York city,
was reported In to-day's overseas
casualty list.
Montana "Dry" Mraiare Signed,
Hkuna, Mon., Feb. 21, Gov. S. V.
Stewart to-day signed the national pro
hibition amendment measure ratified
Tuesday hy both houses of the Montana
Legislature.
German Propagandists
Buy Austrian Papers
WASHINGTON, FeK.'21 Ger
man, interests are acquiring
some of the ' most 'influential'
newspapers in Austria; accord
ing to an official despatch to-day
irom France. ,
Herr Princhorn, general di-.
rector of -the Vienna Fremden
btMtt, the MittMgs JoutbmI ' and
thp.AUtetpfjne Zffunj:.. tho. des
patches say, has obtained control
of - the most prominent -papers in
Prague and other cities on behalf
of a German syndicate.
ASK AUSTRIA TO
TREAT WITHU.S.
Socialists Hold Meetings to
Back Up Protest to
Government.
CZECH PROTESTS LOUD
Emperor Threatens to Seize
All Power and Prorogue
Parliament-
Amstbiioam, Feb. 21. Austrian Pocial
Ists have convoked mass meetings to sup-
port their demand that direct peaco ne
gotiations shall be opened with the
United States. The Austrian Emperor
has warned tho leaders of the different
Parliamentary parties that he will pro
rogue tho Relchsrath and gove'm the
country by absolute methods If a ma
jority Is not secured for the provisional
budget.
Wild scenes In tho Relchsrath on
Tuesday on the occasion of Premier
von Seydlcr's, speech are described In a
Vienna despatch to the Berlin l'ossisrse
Zeitung. The Czechs and Slavs at one
point ostentatiously quit the House
nnd during the greater part of the Pre
mier's speech maintained a continuous
din. There) were shouts of "Her!"
"Treachery I'' Tell them that In Ber
lin:" und similar expressions. The Pre
mier was audible only to those nearect
to him.
Cze.:h protests are loud against the
advunce of the German troops In Itun
sla. The Poles are extremely dissatis
fied -with the Austrian Government and
domand that the Ukrainian frontier
shall be fixvd at the River Huj: ami that
Count Czernin, Auntro-IIungailan For
eign Minister, shall be illHiile.l.
Socialist members of the Austrian
parliament aleo have adopted n ie."olu
tlon calling upon the Government to
adopt the principles enunciated by Pres
ident WIIon as a basis for a general
peace, nnd have naked thnl the negotia
tions he begun a soon no possible-. 1'ie
vious to this action the Socialists ruh
mlttnl an Interpellation to Premier von
.Seydler urging him to accept PrrMdont
Wllson'K statement for a general peace.
THREE NOTES BY SPAIN.
I Tex I of Protrat to German;- to Re
I'uhllsbe.l.
M.VDniu, Feb. 21. Thteit notes lo the
German 5ovcrnment relatlveto the pink
ing of Spanish ships by submariner-, and
the Invasion of SpanWi territorial waters
by L'-boals will be published, It has been
decided by the tipanhh Government.
The first takes up the case of the
Duct dl Geneva and demands that Span
Ish teiritorlal waters be ic-pectcd. The
second, cidicernlng the Glrald.i. demands
Uermun lecognltlon of Sjwln's right to
resuUte her c.ea.-itvle ti attic without re- '
serve.
The third, roucerniiig the (Vfeiino, ;
asks explanation or Inforn-ation thus
far received officially In Berlin. The .
note relative to tho Ceferlno l as not .
yet bu despatched by the SpanMi '.
Government, which Is houily expecting'
additional Information.
NEW YORK AVIATOR
KILLED IN ENGLAND'
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Lieut. Hum,.! Kidder Bulkier, .lounger
son of lilwln il, Bulkley, the hanker,
has been killed in Kiigluml in an mr-
plane accldeKt. according to the iihwh
received last night at his parents' home,
C3 Park avenue. Tho mnstuiKea did not
ntute whin the accident occurred. Lieut.
Bulkley was 21 yetrs of age and went
abroad last Serltcmlier with the I'rluce-
( ton aviation unit. At the time of the
organisation of the lunlt Mr. HulUev.
' who was attending the university in his
i junior year, had enlisted with other stu -
'dents.
Flist Hewn of the death of too young
aviator ram to his father, who Js sc- wjcr esful. Much heavy nitiliery und
nlor partner in the banking linn of i large quantities of ammunition fell Into
Spencer Track & Co., from Sew.ml Pros. I the h inds e.f tho Germans. The civil
ser of the Hankers' Ttust Company. The j imputation liail no opportunity to ea
r.iessario was shoit and (Imply an-1 cape.
rounced that Lieut. Bulkley had died j Tho commissaries of the loeai Work
lrom a lllcht accident. .men's nnd .Soldi, r-' Council tried to es-
A .second i-.ibln from liulklej's . 1 uni oape disguised us soldiers, nut they
confirmed the tlrs-t message. According were aelzed by the Germans
to Mr. Bulkley, h had heard frcnil Ills' Ae-coidinn to tho I'eliogiad Prat'du.
son only last week by letter and cable.
Ills last pot was at Hunslow Heath,
Just outside of London, Ho was almost
teafly to start on hla trip tn Franco to
join the Americans. Lieut. Bulkley Is
survived by his mother, two sisters and
n brother..
Boston "i;i" Mrn Vote lo Mrlkr.
Boston, Feb. 21, The union em
ployees of tho Boston l'.levated Hallway
Company voted overwhelmingly to-night
lr favor of a strike to bo effective at
midnight Monday. Formal demands on
the company will bo drawn up later and
v. ill Include, It is stated, in upwatrl i ci
vil ion of the wage scale.
WHITE Htl.r-Hm WRINGS, W. Vs.
Th Grenbrlr, Murooenn plan. Wonderful
curative waters. JC y.Offlce.The I'laia 4r.
Bicli Booty Abandoned to
Invaders Advancing on
500 JHleFront. -
LITTLE FIGHTLNG DONE
Bed Guard 'Stands Aside,
.Few Besisting Soldiers ' .
Quickly Overcome.
9,25 TAKEN PRISONER'S
Left Wing Only 180 Miles
Frflm Pctrograd Right
Ncarlng Mohiliev.
JLONDON, Feb. 21 Forty-life Ger
man warships were approacklag Baral
oa Wednesday, areordlsg lo a mejiagr
received by tbe "Express" from Its P
trograd eorreipoadeat. Troops aavakMa
landed at Beval aad the "Dally News'i"
Boliheilk eorrespoadent telegraph tkat
Trotzky probably will reilga.
Los-don. Feb. 21. German troops are
advancing In a great crescent shaped
front extending from the shores of E
thonla to the southern border ol Vol
hynia, more than 600 mile. Minsk, cap
ital of the province of the same name,
was entered to-day. This Is tho eastern
most point attained In the new advanea.
about 200 miles northeast of Brest -
Lltovsk and 430 miles almost due south
1 ol Pctrograd.
In the south the fortress of Rovnonas
been taken nnd cleared of Russians.
This Is the. aecond of the famous fortress
triangle that was Intended to protect
what was called the real Russian fron
tier, adjoining Poland on th west. The
first of tho forts, Lutsk, was captured
without fighting, tho third, D'lbro, Is yet
lo be' taken.
From tho country which was supposed
to be without the means to prosecute the
war an enormous amount of booty has
been taken by tho Germans In the first
few lays of their advance, including
9.12." prisoners, 1,3X3 cannon, not count
ing machine guns, o,000 motor cars, rail
road trains, with ubout 1,000 cars, many
of them loaded with grain, many air
planes nnd war material of which the
amount Is ofllclully stated to be "Incal
culable." So vast nro these stores that
it might be supposed they had been ac
cumulated by the Germans In anticipa
tion of the advance.
Armies Advance Rapidly,
The northorn or left wing of theOar
m:tn army is pushing on rapidly toward
Psl'.off, only ISO mllcH southwest of Pe-'
trograd. having occupied Hapsal, Wen
den. Leal, lVinigal and Lcmsal, In Ea
thonla. The right wing After capturing
Molodetchna. forty miles northwest of
Minsk, and occupying Minsk is pushing
on to Miihlilev, funnci If th Russian
general had(uartcrs. where doubtless
another grmit mars of supplies will be
found.
The ofllcinl Berlin statement to-day
reads ;
Army Group of Gen. von Mlchhorn
Our tegimentfl from Moon Island
having iioxstd tho frozen sound,
marched Into Ksthonla and occupied
Lenl. In tlni march alung the Gulf of
Riga, through t'ernlsal and Lemzal,
theio was fighting for a short tlmo In
which 500 prisoners and 20 guns were
taken. Our tioop?" marched through
Wendell nnd aro now before Wolmar.
Between Dvlnsk and IMnsk we are
lros!Iiiir eastward.
Army Group of Gen. von Llnslngen
The movement continues along the
wlu.lu frunt. Important railway and
mail junctions have been occupied,
lluvr.o has been cleared of the enem.
It In Impossible'. vet to glvo an ap
nruvimaio estimate of the booty. Up
to now tho following has been an
nounced :
i'lisr.iurs The General in command
of an army, several divisional eom
mundeis. 12.", otlloen and S.700 men.
Booty 1.:.".1 gunx, 120 machine, gun.".
t.Oyil lo 3,000 motor cars, tialns with
about 1,000 carriages, many of which
vero laden with food; airplane, and
.in incalculable amount of other war
material.
t iiiiflrmrd l.v Petrugrad,
lc?-i.itelies received .it I'etrograd b
. sf.ia,p1i lr. ss In.llrnt
XxXiM
d vl.ebslt -iiinHl. i.slnrr
mVln m nieu ;,Ve
V.ss-oclated l'nsb Indicate continue.!
fronts tow.
and Rcval
ported to have
. raided Hegltsa on Monday. Many bombs
. re dropped and several persons mere
j killed. The raiders dlraiipcored toward
' Dvin-A
I ,tn.t two hour- after the urmtstlte
' ended i.lermau troops entered Dvlnsk. It
wan 2 OLlock on tho afternoon of Feb
ruaiv IS that German pitrols unex
pectedly iippeared around the city an.l
seized lh railway HtntioriH and other
central points-. Only small sklrmlshe
with lleelng mldiers took jihice, The
Rod Guards offered no resistance. whll
1 lho artillery and infantry wero demo
, bnuing and wholly unprepared to fight
i Atteim.ts to evu. uate tho cltv wero nn-
'ho AiuitrlaiiH havo begun an advance on
th" ukiainlaii fioul
An Intercepted German wireless mes
sage, in-cording U a Iteuter despatch
from Petrograd, quotes Prince Ixpold
of Bavaria, tho .ustn-!erman co:r.
mander on the jptern front, ns saying
to his trooi:
"Ilus'la Is Mlc'r, and ! trying to con
tamlnate all the countries In the world
with a moral Infection, We must tight
Hgainst tho disorder inoculated by
Trotzky nnd defend outraged liberty
Germany Is forlunnte In being the In
carnation of the sentiments ot other Ol
der loving peoples."
Tho flail .Mnt's Petrograd correspond
ent, telegraphing Wednesday afternoon,
says that the latest development there
havo mado Impossible measure.! of as
slstnnco which the AlMe were preparing