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Fair to-day ; ' to-morrow fair and warmer ; ,
IT SHINES FOFk ALL
fresh southwest winds.
Highest temperature yetterday, 38; lowest, 7.
Detailed weather report en last nil.
VOL. LXXXV. NO. 176.
NEW YORK, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23, 1918. co,trtgM, mi. sn Mmi, ami puoiuMnj. 4iociatin.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
UPTON'S 10,000 MARCH LIKE
VETERANS IN SNOWSTORM;
CAPTURE CITY'S MILLIONS
5UVL
BILL FOR RAIL
CONTROL BY U. S.
PASSES SENATE
McAdoo Gets a Setback
Short Lines Are Also to
Be Taken Over.'
ROADS TO AVERT
FAMINE IN EAST,
M'ADOO REPLIES
RUSSIAN ROUT INCREASES;
GERMANS ARE WELCOMED;
LENINE ORDERS NEW ARMY
Hosts Cheer Metropolitan
Division for Splendid
Showing in Pageant.
GRKAT H03IE WELCOME
New Yorkers Greet Their
Kin as Conquering 20th
Century Crusaders.
DANIELS MUCH PLEASED
Transformation of Roys Into
Trained, Equipped, Sturdy
Troops Evokes Appluuse.
.Some day there'll be another march
ing of men that will compare with yes
terday's parade of New Tork'a Own
the day when these same boys come
back from the wars. But until that day
all New York will treasure as her finest
possession the sight and the thrill and
the (lory of her fighters swinging down
Fifth avenue.
For It nas more than a parade yester
day It was the flnal crystallization of
an Idea and an Ideal. It was the proving
oi a. citizen army, chosen In the only
nay that a republic should ask for
rv!co.
The WOO marching men of this army
tiirc tlio i-oldiers that the wnr lords of
Germany had laughed at a few months
ico. It was Now York that smiled
yesterday a wlso and very happy and
Atbfylng smllo that had exactly 10.-
000 proofs and excuses for its existence, j
and if It were possible to catch and
translates a whole city's expression it
cuM be something like this :
"Mr. Kaiser: Wo don't want to take
sny advantage of your slightly crippled
ipy system over here, but we'd Just like
to call your attention to some of our
t.oys who you tlgured couldn't be dragged
:n war and would never make soldiers
ind fighters. Say. Bill, met ld.noo ot
car boys from Camp Upton, National
Army of Freedom and, Ullt, don't for
tet we hae 500,000 more Jtmt llko 'em
under arms and, say, 4.000,000 or S,
""0.000 ready to get under arms, with
out speaking of 7.000,000 or S. 000.000
rrre -JlU0.rotinger or ldcr than
these fighting boys here. But don't let
t's spoil your dinner, Bill."
Many Cheers, but Keir Tears.
Considering the fact that this prob
bly wa the final parade of tho Metro
politan Division before It slips through
tie city at nlsht and slltntly boards
irny steamers for the greatest show of
nil. there were remarkably few tears
lowing In the eyes of the millions who
for hours braved the ambitious young
Mliiard to pay honor to these twentieth
(tnlury crusaders. Now and then some
mother or a young wife or an over
thrilled sweetheart would bravely shout
tk name of the boy slie loved as he
marched by, nnd the next second bury
lr face In the handkerchief that she
io i.illantly had been wavinir.
Hut all in all It was a crowd and a
host city -nhOM! fcellns was primarily
! of deep pride. At other 1,-reat pa
radesthe day when 23,000 National
Ouard sojdlers marched by on their way
to tho Southern training camps and the
great war there were tears for every
marcher, but somehow New Tork does
:.ot realize how nearly these boys that
tramped yesterday are ready for war,
rd how soon their chance to do the'
Brest deod will come. And so It was
that pride was the ruling passion yester
day. It wan well beitowed, Ntw York
'wr has cheered better troops than
thrse men from Camp fpton. They
tere not marching away to be trained
thty were already trained. They were
not being sxmt forth halt, equipped they
e- perfectly equipped. They were not
oft and unfit they were hard and phys
ically perfect. They were not raw rc
trults they were real soldiers.
qnlclc Work In IlulldlnRT Army.
It alt had been accomplished In from
three to five months. September 1" the
f,rt troop trains rattled out of lyuiR
IVar.d City carrying their 2.000 trreen,
ullen, drafted men to the half bom,
d'jsty camp, sixty-five mllesi away.
More drafted men slowly were absorbed
into the wkMeton regiments as the weeks
ilpnecl by. Discouragements were as
P'.T.tlful as the scrub oak stumps, but
Ju as the stumps were pulled and the
holes filled, so was everything that stood
In the way of making an army thrown
asMe and smoothed over.
Utile by llttlo from out of tho confu
'o: and the untrained mob there grew
rral army organisation. And then a
l.ttle .lower, but Jubt as surely, there
s Wn a prldo In tho Individual rcgl
T.t.n and company and unit that soon
tecainii a workinc esprit de corps.
With this came a chango in tho hearts of
'lie drafted men. They grew to be
ProiM of their uniforms and of the fact
tin' they were American soldiers and
re thrilled with tho prospect of fight
Ire that liberty might continue and
Amriea and the world be always free.
Njw they know that New York
ficlr city ami their own home folk be
io p theni and are proud of them. It's
re io Hung thfy needed before they
'".an on ihi-lr great crusade, and In the
Mllion lepr that broke from proud
'Jimats ami n tlm numherless hand
''apt and shout" It was given to them
i 'he fuilcnt possible degree. And feel
B 'his and fenslnr the big, happy,
cro'i'l rMt of the city, they responded
"TO their own swaggering, marching
t-;ie
'winging liovru Fifth Arenac.
v
tor almost an hour the two sections
the paradrt mrrlied driu'ii Vlfth itvp.
W from I'lfty-K'venth street, swinging
" piaioon front as they turned south
""in tho cropHtuwn street. The two mile
rchei on tho Hast and West Sides be-
'"re tl.C Krcllr.nc In.rl l.i.l an, I '.v.ni.rot.l
t Hfty..Aem street were but practice
I'm lri nr,'P'rll'm for the triumphant
JfiilUry paaeant on tho nvenun that has
,e"i a thfiui.tnd lesser tpectacles. Here
Continued on Sixth Page.
U.S. CONSUL IN
ENEMY INTRIGUE
Dominic I. -Murphy Supposed
to Be Victim of Gerninn-
T'lilgar Plot. ,
HE DENIES COMPLICITY
Semi-Officinl "Newspaper
Sofia Quoted Him s Op
posing Allies.
at
1
Special DeipaM?-trJn-Svrr'
Washington. Feb. 22. Confidential
reports reaching the State Department
from allied sources have directed the at
tention of the Government to a remark
able Intrigue In Sofia, Rulgarla, Involv
ing Dominic I. Murphy, the American
Consul-Ucneral. Mr. Murphy, who Is
nor this Government' h only representa
tive In Bulgaria, Is quoted In the semi
official llulrarlan organ Kambnna as
having outlined the American war policy
In a. manner that has caused representa
tives of the Allies to demand an explana
tion. The State Department after receiving
word from three allied Covernments
nfbled at once to Mr. Murphy asking
for an explanation. In reply, Mr. Mur
phy has not only repudiated the Inter
view, but Indicates that ho has been
made the victim of a cunning German
Bulgarian plot to discredit him.
There is reason to believe that Gennan
agents want to get Mr. -Murphy out of
Sofia without delay because of his per
sonality and influence with the Bulga
rian Foreign Offlce and because he Is In
a position to keep track of Germany's
underground system of propaganda
which "would be denied blm should he
leave Bulgaria.
A deeper Inquiry Is to be made and
more detailed Informatlo.i from Mr.
Murphy Is expected. Officials of the
State Department who know Mr. Mur
phy's record In the service are convinced
that he has been victimised by a Oer-ir.an-Bulgurlnn
plot and Incidentally the
relations between Bulgaria and the
Unlted Btates will not be Improved by
this kind of Intrigue. But se eral allied 1
diplomats are still skeptical and believe
that the American representative may
hare Informally expressed some of the
opinions credited to him.
The Germans appear to havt circulated
reports that Mr. Murphy as an Irishman
has no more love for England than T.
St. John Uaffney had. Mr. Qaffney wan
recalled from his position an American
Consul at Munich because of his decided
antl-llrltlsh tendencies.
Here is a translation of the confiden
tial rcvort which has reached the State
Department :
"The Kambann, the Gcrmanotihllo
newspaper of Sofia, has published an In
terview with Mr. Murphy, Consul Gen
eral of the United States at Sofia. The
following Is the text of the Interview :
" 'According to the latest Information
the Government and the Sennte at Wash
ington havo Intimated to those whom it
concerns that the military alms of Italy
will not be allowed to extend to Dal
matla. This will accelerate the con
clusion of peace.
" 'The Americans understand the mo
tive which urge the Ilolshevlkl of I'etro
grad to hasten to conclude peace. Lon
don and Paris have been informed that
the commercial Interests of tho United
States demand that the war should
ceaso as soon as possible In order that
American ships may be free to sail for
Kurope with raw material nnd merchan
dise destined for the exhausted peoples
of Kurope.'
"Consul General Murphy, who Is of
Irish origin and who has the reputation
of being a partisan of the liberty of the
oppressed peoples, has convinced his
Government by the reports wnt by him
during tho last two years of the legiti
mate nature of the Bulgarian claims to
unite Macedonia, tho Dobrudja and the
valley of the Morava to Bulgaria. He
arnrms tliat America win never pro
nounce against this Bulgarian unity. In
spite of threats of Wilson the relations
between the United States ana Itulgarla
will not be broken off, for It Is tho Sen
ate that decides this.
"Murphy recalls with regret tho
malicious declarations and acts of the
American Ambassador to Berlin, Ge
rard, who as an enthusiastic friend of
the Entente, contributed to tho rupture
of relations between Germany and the
United States.
"Wilton did not dare oppose Gerard,
as tho latter was one of the most In
fluential propagandists for his election."
Mr. Murphy has an excellent record In
the service, having served In France,
Switzerland and at other European
posts. Ho Is a native of Washington
and Is very well known here.
BRITISH PATROLS
CROSS PIAVE AGAIN
Auttriana Show No
Com-
battve Spirit.
Br WAJID PRICE.
Special Cable Detpatch to Tua 8cs from the
Istndon Timet.
Copyright, 1518; alt rtghtt retened.
Italian Headquarters, Feb. 19 (De
layed). For tho second time yesterday
Gen. Diaz, commander In chief of the
Italian armies, referred to the crossing
of the Place River by British patrols.
This operation has become almost a
nightly one, since it Is the only means
of keeping in touch with tho Austrlans,
who show no combative spirit and are
content to carry on a desultory warfare
with artillery.
The dozens of channels Into which the
Plave tipltts vary In depth and strength
of current. A place Is found passable
ono night, but not the next. New cross
ings uro always being sought. Six or
seven streams will bo crossed with com
parative fRse and tho next one will be
found Impassable,
Tho fording ot the stream waist high,
over boulders In the dark, through a
run put that Is hardly ever less than
eight miles on hour, with on enemy on
the opposite hank. Is a sound test of the
Infantry soldier s self-reliance. Several
times recently our men have run Into
parties of Austrlans, whom they en-
1 .11. 1 ..1, .1 VauAHn
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U. S.-N0RWAY IN
TRADE COMPACT
Complete Economic Agree-,
ment, Reached With Ap- '
proval of Allies.
NORSE SHIPS RELEASED
Steamer Kim With Cni-sro r
Oil Cake Will Re Allowed
to Sail.
Washington, Feb.
economic agreement,
A complete
which Great
In
Britain and the other allied nations are
In accord, has been reached between tho
United States and Norway. The terms
have not yet been mado public.
Announcement of the successful con
elusion of negotiations between tli
Trade Board and Dr. Frldtjof
the Norwglat! Commissioner, which
have extended oxer several month?, was
contained in till." statement Issued by
the board tn-nlght :
'Till V:ir Trmln lln.11 ,1 .li'Mtii, In lur.
- - i
mony with a similar dtsclslon of the Brit-
Ish clowrnment In recar.l tn Ihr. Vnr.
, . ,, , I
weglan steamship AUred Nobel, has do- .
ciueu to release tne Norwegian stcamsmn v
Kltn. now lying In an American port,
and pennlt It to proceed to Norway
with its cargo of oilcake for fodder
purposes. Dr. Nansen. Norwegian Com-i
nussloner in tne Lnlle.l States, lias been
Informed of the decision, which was
taken In view ot the Tact that tho gen-
eral negotiation with Norway have
reached a nolnt where nothinir remains
except the drafting of the agreement. ' amendment :
"Both cargoes, that of the Alfred No- Kor Democrats; Ashurst, BeeUham.
be, comprising Hour and other food- Fletcher, tiore, Haidwlck, Henderson,
stuffs, weie loaded In tho Argentine und Hitchcock. Hollls. Johnson of South Da
aro covered by the Norwegian ration- kota. Jones (New Mexico). 1-ewis. .Me-
Ing agreement about to be drafted."
One Demand Kefaseil.
Although the terms of the final ngiee-
ment have not been made public, Nor-
way in a note handed to the War Trade 1
Board February II, In teply to a mem
orandum of the board of January 2C. ac
ceded to most of the American demands.
It refused, however, to agree not to ex
port to the Central Powers, many of Its
own products, IncludlngJIrigre'dlents of
munitions and suppTTes of Avar, on tho
ground that It depfndedVrttTftmar.y for
many necessary commodities and had
to furnish that country supplies In re
turn. Theso conditions were agreed to by
Norway :
That It would permit no American
products to go to the Central Power-.
That It would not cxnort to the Cell- i
tral Powers any of Its own products re-.
placed by Imports from America.
That It would limit Its exportation."! of
fish and fish products to the Central
Powers to 28,000 tons annually.
That In exporting to neutrals it imuld
require guarantees that they would not
allow to reach the Central powers any
products which Norway nsreed not to
export direct to those countries.
That where machinery, coal, oil, kero-,
pene cr other auxiliaries imported from
the United States were used In producing
commodities In Norway the product i
should not be
Powers.
shipped to the Central ,
That It would institute
system for Its population.
rationing ,
Limitation of Exports
''"'V',1
o Central i
for essen-
In addition Norway agreed t
nctcfivti j cAiiui ictLiuiia i iim trim in
tlal supplies from the United States and . p-,,.,,,,,,1 chahge in tho Mil dls ,1,lU approximately C, 000.000 bushels of Joined tho German forces Invadlnr; that
Its associates, offered tho "far predoml- c'fl tl)0 cour$,0 of the dav which ' Braln wcrc MnK moVP' lall'1 mlt there I Russian province. The capture of Hup
nant part of Its export surplus" to Amer-1 ,, , , . fl'al ne,ion 0r ',h. sPn-1 2,000,000 bushels short of Mr. Hoo- I sal, on the coast near tho entrance to
lea and the Allies, "In addition to tho I ' T , vcr's minimum requirements. The state- the Gulf of Finland, and an advance be-
exceedingly important service nnd sac-
riflces Which tho Norwegian merchant
w ., renuee" au""s 10 ,
nt,V V16 reCe'P.t JrtVil ,0m
E fl , T contend,ed ,t1hat Norway
should not be pressed for the acceptance
M.,tCr-mB,..!)ll'h ho regarded as impos.
, . . . j
VrinV i n..: .. ' Tin .
,frln, 1. n " ,t0 AIll";,',er "P-
parent readiness to meet conditions lm-
posed by America In so far as her own
needs would permit, and the fact that
her ships, despite ruthless attacks b
German submarines, had continued to
help carry the world s commerce, thus
reletting the allied chipping for war
work.
Norway Is largely dependent upon the
United Slates and the Allies for food.
as well as for other commodities, and
exports from America had been sharply
restricted pending tho outcome of the
negotiations. Through Its control of fuel ,
coal In this country tho War Trade
Board wan nblo to hold up Norwegian
ships carrying food from other countries
to Norway In such cases nhero the'
ships had to call at American ports '
for fuel.
Under the agreement as originally out-,
lined by the War Trade Hoard, Norway
has been allotted sufficient food for one i
year, and this now will be allowed to go
forward. Originally the agreement was
for the term of one year, subject to can-1
cellatlon upon notice by either party, .
and also uubject to renewal at tho cx-
plration of the war.
BRITAIN JAILS I. W. W.
PACIFISTS FROM U. S.
Must Serve Six Months and
Then Be Deported.
Ijndon, Feb, 22. Clarence Kdward
Boylngton and Paul Aloyslus Manning,
American representatives of the Indus
trial Workers of the World In Kngland,
were sentenced to six months Imprison
ment to-day In the How street police
court. The rpen also were recommended
for deportation. They were charged
with spreading pacifist propaganda In
Ungland with a view to causing disaf
fection among workmen.
Roylngton nnd Manning were arrested (
February S at the Communist Club, It
was alleged that thiy distributed Inflam
matory leaflets during a meeting of the
Knglnters society in ixmuon. William
I,ucas and Arthur Tilly, Englishmen,
were arrested ut the same time.
$500,000,000 IS PROVIDED i
Federal Operation of Ronds
Limited to 18 Months Af-.
ter War Ends.
Special Hetpate. to Tui Sis
Washington, Feb. 22. The Henate at
hl '
Will. LIlr .till 11 1 III MI r 1111)11 rj UVilY f (ill I ril 1
measure, providing Federal control until
eighteen months after the war and ap-1
proprlatlng u revolving fund of 9500.-1
000,000 for Federal operation, by a viva
voce vote. The entire day, except the
brief time devoted to the reading of
Washington's farewell address by Sena
tor Oerry (It. I.) In recognition of the
anniversary of the birth of the Father
of hi Country, was consumed In a rapid
fire debate of various amendments under
tho five minute agreement. The speeches, i
he .War !'5' rfason ot thc "mo limit, were terse, . Hoover statomcnt describing food eon
' . ' but the debate lacked the element of'ditlons as critical both for this country
Hansen, rhetoric and nppeared more like the In-I and the Allies and placing the blame on
terchange of views by some corporation's
dlrcctoratr. 1
Mhort l.lurs Included.
The Admlnl-tratlon was handed a
wuj- utinv wiicii we nenuie ny ii vole ui
SS to 14 adopted un amendment offered
hortv hlmv n-iu.ii tho H-mit. w n vi ..f
DJ .senator UUmmins (10W1VJ UlUler
. . . . .
which all Independent short lines shall
i1( brouh, within th scot.a and oncra-
tlon of the proposed act. This situation
had been the original anticipation of
tho country, but In developing the Gov
ernment' nlans since the nroclamntlon ,
of the 1'resldcnt's taking over tho lines
Director-General McAdoo had deter- '
mined to exclude such railroads as he 1
mlitlit desire from the Government nat
ronage.
Fnllnwlntr !s tlie vule on !!ip I'nmmliix !
Kellar, Martin. Myers, Nugent, Over-
Iran. I'liolan, I'lttman. Itatifidell, Heed.
I'obim-on, Shephard, Shield", Simmons,
Smith of Arizona. Xinith of Georgia,
Smith of South Carolina, Stone, Swan
son, Thomas, Tillman. Trammcll and
Woicott S3.
Republicans Cummins, Curtis, Dil
lingham, Kernald, France. Frellnghuy
sen, Gronna. Hale, Harding, Johnson of
California, Jones of Washington, Ken
yon, Knor, Lodge, McjCumber, McNary.
Nelson, New, Norrl. Page. Sherman.
rtmMH Ot. Michigan, Smoot. Pterllng and
Warren 2.'.
Total, 5S.
Those Who Voted Aajslnst mil.
Against : Democrats llankhead, Ger-
. ry, Kendrick, King, Klrby,
Pomerene.
, saulsbury, Sha froth.
Underwood and
Vardaman Id.
JTepubllcans Kellogg, 1'olndexter, i
Townsend and Watson. 4. Total, H.
Senator Pomereno (Ohio). Democrat,
asserted that the amendment-constl-
tuted a movement to force the Govern-,
ment into assuming control and upkeep
of railways the principal assets of
which consisted of "two streaks of rust
and a bale of unsalable bonds."
Senator Simmons (North Carolina)..
Democrat, supported' the amendment In 1
face of his own known favorable preju-1
dices toward Director-General McAdoo.
Senator Simmons Insisted the railways
Involved represented more than a billion
dollars In outstanding Fecurities. He
said that In the event of their being ex
cluded from the plan of Federal unifica
tion there would be a depreciation of
their recuritles besides n deterioration
.v. ..,n...i ,v,on,.oi.-sa - ..hi.i, a liitcn In the plan of controlling food
XZil7w"" which might cau.
j .... , . i grave consequences for tho Allle..
1 ..' ' . . . - .. The. railroad administration reported
j Jjjjjy
:n -m,,,im.n. nnvr,.,l i.v s;.nii,ir
u,ri., ,niith Dakota) litirlnu
I mil by elimination of the provision that
the rate fixing power should repose In
tho ,.resdent "subject to rcUew by the
i ,. ,..i.1 ,
i r.lll)StUu,.,lt ,lf.refor the provision tha
i inn nid id v.iiiiih-, vuiuiiiimtvii, iiii.i
rate making power should be dele
gated to tho Interstate Commerce Com
m.Hslon ,t5C,fi was defeated by a vlvi
Hitchcock Stir Km.
Considerable Importance was attached
by the Senate tn an amendment offered
by Senator Hitchcock (Nebraska), Dem
ocrat, providing that the President
should be restricted in authorizations
Continued on Second rage.
Aid the Smoke Fund
and Help Win the War
pHE oldier boys you saw and
admired as they marched
down the avenue yesterday are
going to make sacrifices for you.
They are going to play a part, at
great cost to some of them, in
winning the war. You can help
them and thus help fight Ameri
ca's and humanity's battles by
contributing to THE SUN To
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There is to be a great enter
tainment for the fund in the
Cocoanut Grove, Palm Beach,
Fla., next Wednesday night. The
entire fashionable colony is in
terested and a most successful
affair is assured.
The boxes in the United and
Schulte cigar stores are always
on duty, remember. To-day, by
the way, is double certificate day
in the Schulte stores. You can
boost the fund by depositing all
your certificates. Read all about
it on page 6. '
I
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tion or publication. It employs
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Railroad Director Asks
Hoover to Give Location
of Supplies.
, ?
HITCH IN CONTItOL PLAN
Reliable Figures Lacking s
Result of Delay in Pro
jected Survey.
t. iptclal Uetpatcl. to Tiir it us
rather
, , AiillliiUilliii'
Tire of Hunirer and
ulitli. Hm... Tt .Ati.n.naiinri llii..'
Aooo told Mr. Hoover that If he would
Bve the location of the food supplies
lequtrlns shipment he would guarantee
tho necessary transportation. In the
same letter Mr. McAdoo give assurances
to the country that so far na trans
portation was concerned there was no
danger of a food famine here, as Mr.
Hoover's statement yesterday had
seemed to Imply.
It was again evident to-day that the
placing the blame on I
the railroads had created a rather ie -
cttilnr situation between th railroad nnd
food administrations.
Before sending his letter to Mr. Hoover,
to-day Mr. McAdoo called a conference
of 111 staff and went over tho whole sit-
- ..v.., .
nation. Following la th letter drppalched
. 1 . . T ..... 1 A .1 !!... . .
i" uiu.iuoiiui... .
You are. as I understand It. the
sole purchaser In this country of fond
Fupplies for the allied Governments.
You must therefore know the location
of the food t'upiill'x dilch you from
time to time purchase and the ports In
this rouutty to whlc'i you desire such
supplies shipped. If yjju will notify uie
from time to t.me of the loiatlon of
the specific supplies and the port o-.'
ports tn the rutted States to which
you wish to havo such supplies trans
ported 1 will guarantee the necessary
transportation fubject alone tn Inter
ruptions from blixxnrds and floods.
T tiln!i tn rt.nsunro tllM imititlv liv
saying that so far n tranhportatlon H I
concernen tner. is no dancer or suner-
Inn: from a strlou" food ehortase In tho
Haeru part of the counts? .
Hoover Absent.
Mr. Hoover was not In town to-day,
but he expected t" return to-morrow. In
his nbsence the following reply to Mr.
McAdoo was Issued :
Whlle Mr. Hoover Is out of town,
Food Administration officials consider
Mr. McAdoo's statement very reassur-'
Inc. alncn It Indicates tliati. further
ra'rs will he furnished to Western ter-
mlnals and that the shortage from
these Western terminals to Eastern
territory now will be overcome. As
the railway directorate are evidently
alive to the situation they will no
doubt take all necessary steps.
It appears unlikely thut Mr. Hoover
will furnish Mr. McAdoo with the lnfor
matlon he seeks because the Food Ad-
ministration has not this Information. It
cannot tell exactly where the food Is
outside of the primary markets, having i
no organization for this purpose. The
task of locating the food, It was ex-'
plained, belonged to tho Department qf
Agriculture. The Iever bill appropriated
$7,000,000 last fall for the purpose of n
food survey to be made by the Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Tor some reason
work on this has lagged and now lit a ,
time when such figures aro urgently re- I
quired this survey is not yet completed.
according to the Food Administration.
Allies' Supplies Endangered.
It was apparent to-day that there was
Tho railroad administration roported
'"cut Issued from Mr. McAdoo's office
ih-'sald:
j lie, v .las nun i,rt-u nuuui inu rri,n
of moderately good weather, during
which time an extraordinary effort has
been put forth by tho railroads. For the
week ended February 16, 22.104,000
bushels of grain were received at West
ern primary markets, which were tho I
n I largest receipts for one week In the year, '
an Mtl eu--i ui .11 li-ul t-i uiu l'e-.
vlous week and Jl'j over the same week
last year. The average number of cars
of grain being loaded Is 5,000, which Is
approximately 0,000,000 busliels dally.
This has boon done notwithstanding that
weather conditions are still severe In a
large part of tho country, nnd It will
certainly Increase In proportion as the
weather moderates."
Other reports showed that In tho nine
days between February 11 and February
20 grain received at tho principal ele
vators and milling crntrea of tho West
Included 17.3fll.000 bushels of corn. In
the eight days between February 11 and
February 1! 38.7.0 cars were loaded hostilities, giving the official explana
with grain, of which 20,549 wero In tho tlon that these provinces were largely
Western district, or west of tho Missis- German nnd that the Ilolshevlkl were
slppl, 9,319 were liv the Kastern district
und 2,882 In tho South.
42 Food Trains Moved.
Forty-two special food trains, con
taining 1,368 cars, were sent eastward
1 from Chicago and Kast St. Ivouls to New
I York, Philadelphia and Ronton for trans
hipment to the Allies between Febru
ary 12 and 19,
; This through movement of food trains
is still continuing and trains of incuts
. are going dally to Kastern ports for cx-
I port.
Hetwecn lrury 10 and Kebruary
21, twelve days, 9,363 cars, or about 260
trahiH, of live stock, dressed beef nnd
perishable products havo been shipped
eastward from Chicago,
BALL GAME IN SNOWSTORM.
NaTal OOlcers Play Nine Inning;
With Mercury Near Zero.
Newport, R. I Feb. 22. -In a blind
ing snowstorm and with the temperature
near the zero jwlnt to-day officers from
the First Naval District defeated offi
cers from Fort Adams in a full nine
I Inning bacball game by a score of 12
1 to fi, The outfielders were blotted from
view of the noino plate by the tnow,
but the inllelders served as observa
tion posts for the outer defence, who
occasionally directed a successful put
out, i
FOE PREFERRED
TO BOLSHEYIKI
People of Pctrogrnd Assert
That Germans Are Their
Only Hope.
ANARCHY IS GROWING
-
Disorder and Long for End
of Uncertainty.
Special VaO't DetpateL to Tun Srv turn the
London Timet.
Coiiirigtit, IMS; alt rilhtt reteiveti.
i'MnociiAD, Feb. 22. Tho city remains
quiet, with everybody going about his
ordinary business seemingly uninterested
In the vast lwucs at stake. The ma
jority are praying that the Germans ar-
r'n liniit-.h Ilia nnnUtula t.hvn IrlnL.
V -""" -
lllVc1 - the traies ana begin Hot and inur-
Accounts i cielved hero show that the
Russian troops are offering no resistance
to le enemy, but are running away at
in" nrsi snoi witn ine uennans. vv nue
- - ---- -
tno (.ernians actually werc entering
DvlneU the Ituysian army committee
there was discussing measures to be
taken and hurriedly decided not to lire
a shot and thus tn escape useless blood
shed. I
News from the fleet Is still uior.; dis
quieting. The unnrchlst movement is
gaining ground and a demand is being
made for tho dismissal of the People's
Commissioner of Marine.
I witnessed a characteristic scena 1
yesterday when a woman was buying
pnrk at a market stall. She asked the
pr!c of tho seller and he replied J- a 1
pound. She ordered several pounds and
addressing the stallholder said :
'Walt till the Germans arrive: they
will see that we aio not lobbed by such
""
At th same moment f.iur German
prisoner, of which tin re w ero hcveral
hundred quurtered In tho neighborhood,
approached tho stall to buy provisions.
The. woman turned around anil ex
claimed :
'Here they are, but 1 wish I saw guns I
In their hands.
A small crowd w hlch collected ap-
.proved the womnn's winds. I also heaid
remarks uch as: "The sooner they
come the bettor: the Germans aro our
,ulv hone."
This t-eene Is typical of the feelings of
majority of tho Inhabitants of tho
city. They aro tired of the tevolutlon.
thoy aie tired of hunger and disorder;
above nil the aro JJred of the uncer
tainty which Is perpetually overhanging
them, never knowing from day lo day
what now form of potty tyranny will bo
incited or what new res.tiletlve mcasuto
will be enforced. They say thnt they
have all the disadvantages of the Czar's
teglmc and none of its advantages.
f2pfff A V'CJ IflJftf T7 L'T A VPc
KJLtnM ityV U Xvo
t
Vnlon Ilffertrd for March ARnlust
I'ortrrss of Ilnbno
'
London. Feb. 22. As the German
army continue lt sweeping ndvance
n, r-.,.uin. o, ,i
front tho forces operating to the south
have come Into contact and Joined Ukrai
nian troops at Novograd-Volhynski In
tho march against tho fortress of Dubno.
Novograd-Volhynski Is about mo miles
east of Dubno.
The Berlin War Office also announces
that a regiment ot Estlionian troops han
i yond Ronneburg, Wolmar and Spandau
are also announced. German forces also
ik.vnitiioa, uijii uAiuiiiic-i)
100 miles southeast of Riga. The of-
tidal statement follows:
Army group of Gen. von Ulchhorn
In Ksthonla Hapsal has been captured.
The First Hstbonlan Regiment has
placed Itfelf at tho disposal of tho
German command.
In I.ivonla our column pressed on
beond Ronneburg. Wolmar and
Spandau. Our troops marched into
RIoHhlts.i amid the rejoicings of the
Inhabitants. Thence they pushed on
to Leuzin. Minsk has bocn occupied.
Army group of (leu. von I.inslngen
Pragresa haB been made tn assisting
Ukraine In her struggle for freedom.
At Novogrnd-Volh nskl wo camo Into
touch with Ukrainian detachments and
other columns marching on Dubno.
Hsthonla Is one of tho llaltlc prov
inces of Russia Into which the Germans
' began nn ndvance on the resumption of
' persecuting the Inhabitants. Troops
from Moon Island crossed to the main
land and captured several Ksthonlan
towns and another forco was taken by
boat to Reval.
KAISERS SYMPATHY.
He
Eathonlau Appeal 'Will
Not Go Unheeded.
Amsterdam, Feb. 22. F.mpcror Will
lam, according to the Kraiilrurter ZrW-
, He'naB RppeanK t0 hhn i llcln tnc
.i,thni.,. ' VnitoJL .
lCothonlans, us follows
"Your words havo found a lively echo
In my heart. Tho despairing cry of dis
tress which Is ever moro urgently reach
ing our cars from tho Haltlc country
shall not go unheard, Kffectlvo meas
ures must bo taken to safeguard the tor
tured population from the burning and
plundering of robber hordes and end the
state of complcto lawlcssncBH."
REICHSTAG TO HEAR HERTLING.
Chancellor Will Talk on Foreign
Affair Monday.
CornN'llAfiKN, Feb. 22. The Vnsfcie
.ell it no of Ilerllii, a copy of which has
been received here, says that Count von
Hertllng, the Imperial German Chan
cellor, will address the Reichstag Mon
day on the aubject of foreign affair.
Peace Terms in Berlin;
Russian Delegates Seized
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 22. A
Rusjian courier with the peace
proposals of the Russian Govern
ment has arrived in Berlin, ac
cording to advices received here.
The Notddeutsche Allgemeine
Ziitung, the German semi-official
organ, saya the reopening
of the negotiations with the Rus
sians cannot be expected for
some time.
According to the Lokalanzeiger
of Berlin, Dr. von Kuhlmann,
the German Foreign Minister, has
gone to Vienna, where he will be
joined by Count Czernin, the
Austro-IIungnrian Minister. They
will travel together to Bucha
rest, where they will open dis
cussions of peace terms with
Rumania.
If the conference at Bucharest
is ended in time, Dr. von Kuhl
mann will proceed direct to
Brest - Lltovsk to continue
negotiations with Russia.
PETROGRAD, Feb. as. An
official statement issued to-day
says:
The Russian Parliamentary
messengers started in a motor
car from Rieshitsa for Dvinsk,
but near the station at Anto
nopol were met by a German
automobile armed with ma
chine guns. The Russian
motor car was allowed to pas,
but the Parliamentary repre
sentative and the commis
sioner of tho fifth army were
detained and brought buck to
Rieshitsa in the German auto
mobile. LAWLESS MOBS
RIOT IN IRELAND
Amu'diy ls Jtnninuiit. De
clines "Irish Times South
nnd Wet Affected.
FAKMS HA I DEI) OHKNTjY
Sinn Feiners Held Ki'siHinsIble
for Increase of Anarchy
Soldier Attached.
-ptoal Cable Vetpatch to Till M.
) ''vpyrlthl, 15!S; a'l n'ffl.ls retervnt
I-ON'DOK, Feb. 22. Tho Irish VImim,
always a fairly moderate. Journal, ssys
In Its Ifsuc of Febmnry 13 that the In
crease of lawlessness in Ireland ha
become so "erlous that the leading or
gans of tlm Nationalist pres havo felt
themselves constrained lo call attention
to It, The character of the present dis
orders Is not less remarkable than their
quantity. "There have been times
within living memory when serious
crimes havo been mors frequent than
they are to-day, but there Is no prece
dent for the variety nnd audacity of of
fences which aro now reported from
nearly all parts of tho south and west.
"These crimes reveal tint so much a
deliberate disregard of tho sanctities of
life and property as a deliberate defiance
of law because It Is law. There appears
to be a large class of persons who wish
to show that Ireland cannot be governed
by Rrltish law, and they propose to
achlevo their end- by creating a state of
nnnrchy. They aro striving with de
plorable success to make, us all feel that
the Government hns become powerless
to guarantee the ordinary securities of
civilization to any of Its citizens.
"Raids for arms continue to be made
with Impunity In tho country districts.
During the present month several large
cuttle drives have been carried nut with
the utmost publicity in tlio west of Ire
land. In at least three cases within
three weeks crowds, accompanied by
bands, have Invaded farms and com
mandeered them In the name of tho IrlMi
Republic.
Open Contempt for I.avr.
"A special feature of the recent out
rages hnvo been their open com tempt for
nnd defiance of tho agents of law, the
processes of law nnd tho King's uniform.
Ill 1'jinU less than a fortnight ago
twenty-three men who wero bolng pp.-v-e-ruted
for cattle drtvlini decided tho mat
ter by the simple method of walking out
of court. From the county of Cork we
have received reports of attacks on sol
diers In uniform. At midnight on Sat
urday six armed men held up the care
takers of tho airdrome In tho county
of Dublin and decamicd with the maps
and papers', the property of tho Govern
ment. Thee ore only a few of the law
less acts reported in the newspapers In
the first eighteen days of February.
"The main cause of theso disorders Is
the Sinn Fein conspiracy to destroy
IJrltUh Government In Ireland. It
works In various ways on the minds of
excitable youths In the country and of
Halt uaKeu racialism in mc towns, nomc
prove their loyally to republican Ideals
by Insulting soldiers and Intimidating
women In lonely cottages. Others, In
spired by the peasants greed for land,
have been Invited to watch the glorious
progress of events In Russia.
"We have no doubt that the recent
eelzures nt Farth nro the first fruits of
TlntnhvtMtn in Ireland. Indeed, our Trlnh
j patrons of Lcnlne and Trotzky may yet
lind, like the Oriental nslierman, that It
Is one thing to let the Guide out of the
bottle and qulto another to put hhn
back.
"The chief ctuso of the present law
lessness Is tho fact' that It creates local
heroes at little or no cost to themselves.
Crime Is popular because It goe un
punished. There never was a time In
Continued on Second tag,
Commands Even Women of
Bourgeoisie to Form
Into Battalions.
REFUSAL MEANS DEATH
"Must Bo Made to Fulfil
Duties by the Most Mer
eiless Measures.'
OLD AH MY IS VSKLKSS
l'ctrograd Declared in Stutc of
Siege Railways Arc Or
dered Destroyed.
J IrriuxinAD, Feb. 22. So complete Is
the demoralization of tho Russian army
that little or no reststanco Is being made
to the advance ofthe Germnn forces
upon Petrograd, although proclamations
and nppeals of various kinds are belnt:
lsued to the people to defend the
country.
According to the btst Information
available hero the advancing German
army consists of what would ordinarily
be deemed a trivial force, not more
than one division of cavalry and one of
infantry, perhaps 25,000 men In all.
This forca. however. Is moving eastward
at Uh leisure, collcctlnir as it passe
Immenso uteres of arms, munitions, tooil
and "titer supplies.
Tito Jtusslan commander on the north
front lenorts the enemv advanelne In
I detachments of li'o.n one hundred to
i two hundred men, taken from different
regiments, showing that they ate vol
unteers and not regular uuiif.
In the navy conditions are even
worse. Thero Is no discipline and the
i men havo decided they will not fight.
, The naval authorities at Hera I report
that In order to savo the Russian nary
j from the Germans tho ships mu.it be re
moved t' Kronstadt, but this Is not
j poislble because they have not been In
I use for a long time. It is aIo proposed
1 to destroy tlieo ships and those at
IUlsliifffoM or to attempt to intern the
latter thero on tho ground that Finland
has been ieeo;n!fed as an independent
nation.
Ited Unnrd Torres Sent.
Retirement of the northern aimy is
complicated by tho fact that tho fifth
aniiy Is barring' the road, encumbering
It in disorderly retreat. To save thu
Fltuiition, tuo Ilolshevlkl Is rending Kei
Guard detachments from unlti which are
not entirely disorganized
Pending tlie German reply to Trot.-!
l's peacii offer, the comimnder of th"
IwcKWru front has onlered tho retiring
armies to avoid fighting with the enemy
, and to destroy their ammunition.
1 A proclamation ordering rej-istnnro to
, thu German advance, calling on nil Rus
I Mans to defend the Fatherland and de-
clniing Petrograd In a Mate, of siege was
lsued last night from tlio Smolny Insti
tute, the Ilolshevlkl headquarter, th
AbHocijted Press correspondent learns.
Text of Proclamation.
The proclamation was lraiied at the
order of th" People's Commissaries and
N signed by Premier ,ciilnn nnd llmlcn
KrU'tikn, commander In chief of the
ItusMan armies. It i-n8:
"We agreed to sign peace terms nt the
cost of enormous concessions in order
to tae tho country from final exhaus
tion ami the ruin of the revolution. Onco
more tho German working class, in thW
threatening hour, has showed Itself In
sufficiently determined to stay the strong
criminal hand of its own militarism. W..
had no other cholc but to accept the
conditions of German imperialism until
n revolution changes or cancels them.
"Tne German Government Is not hast
enins to peplj to u, evidently aiming to
fcize us many Important positions In our
territory as possible. The enemy has
occupied Dvinsk, Werdcr and I.utsk, aril
l:i continuing to Mrangle by hunger the
mot Important centres of the revolu
tion. "Wo even now nro convinced flrmlv
that tho Germun working classes will
riso against the attempts of the ruling
classes to stlflo the revolution, but we
cannot predict with certainty when this
will occur. Tho German Imperialists
may hesitate at nothing for tlie purpose
of destroying tho authority ot the conn-
ells and taking thol.ind fiom tlio pea..
ants.
IMalojnl Ordered Destrojed.
"Tlm Commissaries: call on all In.il
Ccunclls nnd army organization!. us"
all efforts to recreate the amy. Per
verted elements of hooligans, marauders
.mil cowards ehotild 1 expelled fron.
the ranki mid, in the eent of resistance,
wiped oft the face of tho earth.
"Tho bourgeoisie, who under Keren
sky and the Czar evaded the burden of
war and profited from IIh mlsforlunei
must bo mado to fulfill their duties
by tlie m ort decisive and merciless
measures.
"Gennan militarism wishes to smother
the working elates and the Ukrainian
mn.-seM, to give back tho land to tho
landowners, factories and workshops to
the bankers and power to a monarchy."
Following aro tlie llnts urged In the
repeal :
"First All tho forces In the count-y
In their entirety must place themtelves
at the service of tho defence of the revo
lution. "Second All the Councils of Work
men's and Soldiers' rovolutlonarj o:
ganizatlona must enter Into the on
pulsory defence of cac'j position to the
last drop of thejr blood.
RnlUi aj Ordered Destroyed,
"Tlitrd-Organlz.itifinH on railways
and tho Sovlnts connected therewith
are obliged with all their strength to
check attempts of the enemy to profit
by the equipment of lines of communi
cation. In their retreat they must de
stroy the railways nnd blow up the na
tions. All rolling Mork and locomotives
must be sent eastward and Into the In
terior of tlio country without dolay.
"Fourth Corn und provisions In
genetal are placed on the same footing
lis valuable property when in dangni
of falllns into tlm hands of tho ennm
and must then be destroved without
contradiction, The local Soviets inunt
M-e tint thei-e decisions aro curried nut
and tlie i expansibility falls upon their
representatives.
"Fifth Workmen and peaantk'o(X,c-
"V