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emn ilo In the present chaotic situation,
but officials still maintain that the de
velopments will not affect the general
war programme except In the. sense of
emphasizing the need of redoubled ef
fort on the western front.
Front tlin maze it. retKirt from Petro
grad the following facts seem verified:
Germany Include In her peace term
'irnvlsionn which will enable, the (lennan
(iovcrnment to uso ltusala for war pur
poses against Germany's enemies and
the present allies of the. Itusslan people.
Lenlne, and Trotsky, by their procla
mation demanding that the people give
tip their arms, nppe ar now to be entirely
subjugated to Herman orders.
Suppression of the Ilusslan press
which criticise tho Bolshevlkl'n sur
render Indicates that typical German
methods nro being enforced by Lenlne
and Trotiky.
New territorial demands by Germany
and the added provision that the Ilus-
slnn Government must not attempt to 1
Interfere with the fate of the ltus-n..
llaltlc. provinces Indicates to officials
here that the Holshevlk leaders have
been forced to peace terms which If
peimanently made effective would spell
the end of llusslan excepting as a vassal
nation of military Germany.
Wishes Use of Fleet.
In one sense tho most significant para
graph In tho new peace terma from the
viewpoint of the United States and the
Entente Is tho following:
"llusslan warships In the Black Sea
and Ilaltlc Sea and the Arctic Ocean
must Immediately .either be sent to llus
slan harbors and kept there until con
clusion of peace or be disarmed. War
ships of. tho Kntente which aro In tho
sphere of Husslan authority must be re
garded as Husslan ships."
This virtually makes It mandatory for
Xtusslan warships to enter Russian har
bors, whore they will be at the disposal
of Germany. The ships aro not to bo
dismantled or put out of commission, but
aro to bu "sent to Russian harbors" In
stead of neutral harbors. It is clear,
officials say, that Germany does not
want tho power of the Russian fleet Im
paired. The reason regarded as obvious
Is that the Germans contemplato making
use of this fleet In war operations of tho
near future.
Territorial Demand Increased.
The peace terms which Trotzky says
the Germans wanted to impose at the
first Hrest-Lltovsk conference Included
the following:
"Germany to get all the territory
claimed along the eastern coast of the
Battle Sea, comprising the western part
of Esthonla almost to Reval: Courland,
with the Moon Island In the Gulf of
Riga: most of the provinces of Kovno
and Grodno and practically nil of
Vllna." Resides this territorial aggran
dizement Germany asked for 11,000.
000.000 Indemnity.
By specifying that Russia must re
nounce all claim to regions west of the
lino passing CourlanU's east frontier
Germany Increases her territorial de
mands and makes them more specific.
The new terms also Include the de
mobilization of the Russian armies and
the evaluation by Husslan troops of
Finland, Livonia, Vkralno and Courland.
Evacuation of Esthonla and, Livonia
naturally would facilitate the German
military move on l'etrograd.
Probable "ezt Move.
Officials hero believe that the German
terms reach the apex of Irony when they
state that "Germany and Austria-Hungary
have the Intention to define fur
ther the fate of these regions In agree
men with the population." In other
words after German military control Is
firmly established and all opposition
forcibly suppressed Germany Is ready
to have the peoplelecldo what their al
legiance shall be.
It Is regarded as probable that Ger
man troops will establish strict order
and endeavor to end chaos and confu
sion nnd to better the condition of the
Inhabitants In the territory they oc
cupy. Then Germany Is expected to
nsk tho people whether they prefer Ger
man order or Russian anarchy under
the Lenlne and Trotzky regime. It Is
expected that Germany will soon turn
against the Bolshevikl leaders nnd
eliminate thorn as political factors as
soon as the Teuton g-lp is firmly enough
established In Russia.
ALL RUSSIA IN CHAOS.
EOTTltne Detail Conditions
HronRht hy Bolshevikl.
Amsterdam, Feb. 24. The Mate of
chaos In Russia Is described by an eye
witness In the Berlin Tapes ZtlUing.
Passengers on trains have been froien
to death owing to the lack of glass In
the car wlrdows. When the German
and Austrian delegations lott l'etrograd
they had not eaten bread Tor days.
There are only two locomotives In
Petrozrad. one of which Is capable of
only ten mile an hour
Repairs formerly costing J 15,000 now
cost $2a0,n10. The riveting of a boiler
costs J.IS.ono, which, says the corre
spomleut, Is not surprising, as the
riveter gets $20 for a day's work nf
threo or four hours. There are half a
million unemployed In l'etrograd nnd
the Industrial production of the country
nas sunk to r, per cent of the normal.
In some of the districts most of the
blast furnaces have been extinguished.
Sugar production has been reduced from
one hundred million poods (a pood Is
about thirty-sit and one. half pounds) to
forty million poods, nnd next year will
not reach ten million.
The chief of the Finance Ministry is a
college student. The fifth hi my ' chief
Ih a former artnr. The chief of tcle
Kraphs Is a clerk. Tho Go rrnment's
reporter of tho financial commission at
Hrest-Lltovsk was a clerk, who, says the
writer, "hadn't the faintest notion of
the simplest exchange problems." The
commander of tho noted Pavlorf Regi
ment Is a woman.
A Dutch resident of l'etrograd, In n
long letter published In the Hague
.Yfeiiire Cotirniif, says that lynching oc
ur dally. After detailing seizures at
tho capital and mnny extravagances, ho
concludes. "Russia Is so completely ills
organized that It will be years befoic she
SOCIALISTS ARMING.
Preparation rnr the Defence of
I'etrnurnd IIpkiiii.
1.UNPMN, Pel). i Formntlnn nf nn
army of volunteers to defend l'etrograd
has been begun, thn Holshevlk Telegraph
Agency announces In a statement Issued
before announcement of tho acceptance
of the German terms.
'The crisis nf Involution In the spirit
of thn population Is definitely at an
md," the sttttenier.t says. "The wave
of panic has changed to a passionate
desire to defend Socialist PMrograd by
.ill means and to ward off attacks mado
against It. Tho appeal of the Council
of Commissioners, beginning 'the Modal
ist Fatherland Is In danger,' has caused
in outburst nt enthusiasm among the
manses,
"r.nrulment of largo numbers of vol
unteers has begun. In a fow days thero
will be under amis not less than 50,000
fighters, without counting soldiers who
dt-stro to fight.
"Special regiments are being formed
consisting of Ho, uillst nationals from
r.sthonbi, I, ttl.ii nnd Mussulman regi
ments In l'etrograd. .heso .Socialist
regiments will c.oied Regiments of
Defence or the Socialist KMhcrland,
Muny womeif re ixpresslng their desire
to bu armed nod lend their aid to fight
ers inarch ug against thn Gel mans and
supporters of Gen K.Uedln.
"It Is the tme In tho i .wns of Kiev.
Moscow and Pskc"
GERMAN INVADERS
APPROACHING REVAL
They Capture 2,000 Hnssinns
and llcleaso 1,000 Pris
oners of War.
WALK SAVED FROM FIRE
Army in llkrninc Moving Rap
idly nnd Is Now Within
100 Miles of Kiev.
Bsriw, Feb. 24 (British Admiralty per
Wireless Prcds). At some points tho
Russians are offering resistance to the
Germans, the War Office reports. The
ndvance of the Germans Is said to have
been continued successfully yesterday.
They are approaching the port of Reval,
on the Gulf of Finland, nnd have cap
tured several towns', taking about 2,000
more prisoners. The communication
follows :
In Esthonla our troops, who every
where aro greeted with Joy by the
population, pressed forwnrd In forced
marches, notwithstanding the snow
covered roads, and defeated the enemy,
who resisted nt some points. They
are approaching Reval.
At the capture of Walk (Livonia)
on Friday a squadron of Hussars by
spirited attacks saved the town before
the enemy could destroy It by fire.
We captured 1,000 prisoners and liber
ated 1,600 German uud Austro-Hun-garlati
wnr prisoners. Small detach
ments thrust forward yesterday as
fur as Oslrov and overcame tho re
sistance of the enemy there,
Saxcntroops tocHi-1,000 prisoners at
Balblnovo (forty miles east of
Dvinsk). Our troops advancing from
Minsk occupied Horlsoff (forty-live
miles northeast of Minsk).
The operations begun by the army
group of Gen. von Llnslngen for the
support of Ukraine are being carried
out as planned. German troops en
tered Iskorost.
tThe rapidity of the German ndvance
Is shown by the occupation of Iskorost,
ll.i miles northeast of Rovno, the cap.
ture of which by tho Germans was an
nounced last Thursday. Tho Germans
are now within about 100 miles of Kiev.
A train entering Shcpetovka (fifty
miles southeast of Rovno) with Great
Russian troops was held up. The
troops were disarmed.
WORKMEN ENROLLING.
Verr Doubtful, llonrter, Whether
They Will Resist Germans.
Special Cable tietpatch In Tun Srv from the
London Timen.
Copyright, 191': all rightu reterxed.
Petkocrad, Feb. 21. (delayed) The
proclamation of the People's Com
missaries seeking to Justify their offer
to submit to Germany's conditions and
pleading the painful necessity of rescu
ing the country and the revolution from
uttor ruin and exhaustion Is not well
received here. Mtfhy revolutionary So
cialists belonging to factious outside of
tho extreme Bolshevists consider the
telegram to Dr. von.Kuhlmantt, the Ger
man Foreign Minister, offering an abject
surrender a great mistake.
The call to the people to "exert e.ery
effort to recreate the army, expel the
hoollguns, marauders ami cowards, If
necessary wipe them oft the face of tho
earth," may do very v ell as a verbal
display, although It comes somewhat
lato after caving In so completely to
Germany, but Its effects are not likely
to be all th.it Is expected.
A vast army, especially the Russian
army after three ears In the trenches,
cannot bo mobilized, demobilized, re
moblllzed, taught to destroy all disci
pline, dlsobe)liig. Insulting and killing
their officers, then to redlsclpllnc Itself
at the eleventh hour In order to en
counter the Germans again by mere ef
fusions nf this kind.
The peasant soldier li yearning to re
turn to bis native village: he Is burning
away fiom all the fronts and from
l'etrograd faster than before. III at
senre hero will bo n distinct relief, bul
his loss to the armv means most likely
inai a new national loico win nave to
be recruited chiefly from the unemployed
workmen, whose Increasing numbers,
owing 1 tho closing of mills and fac
tories as a result nf the absurYl policy
of the ltolshevlkl, Is becoming a scilous
danger
l'etrograd workmen nlieady nre en
rolling themselves at the recruiting sta
tions. This s a good thing, so far as it
will keep them from possible starvation
and depredations. Whether they will be
able to dilve off tho Germans Is veiy
doubtful.
WHITE FLAG FIRED ON.
It u In u Knvnys Who Hear It Shot
Diittii li) Invaders,
Pktroorad, Feb. 20 (delaed). The
advancing Germans are distributing
proclamations In Russian tenltoiy di -daring
that resistance Is useless, as
Germany has transferred to the eatcrn
front a great army, which Intends to
capture and occupy l'etrograd.
Narva, which lies about eighty miles
from Petrogr.nl, Is preparing for a siege.
North of Dvlnsk one Russian regiment
sent a delegation with a white flag to
explain to tho advancing Germans that
It was "all a mistake," as the Russians
were not nt war Their proffer was
met by a volley and tho envoys wero
killed.
FRANCE STILL STRONG.
( npt.
Kneeht Say .Vntlnii Ik Not
Vet "llletl yiilte."
Ci.kvei.anp, Ohio, Feb. 21. Far from
being "bled white'' France tn-dHy, after
tluee and a half years of desperate war
fare, Is much stronger In spit It and
almost as strong physically as dm lug the
latter months of l!Ut, said ('apt. Marcel
Kuecht, member of the French National
Commission to the I'nlted States, in an
addicss here to-day,
"France entered tho wnr with 3. 000,.
OOH Inhabitants," Capt, Knefht declined.
"We already have lost 1,000, nun men
killed and another 1,000, 00u men have
Wen crippled for life nnd permanently
put out of the lighting
"Hut to-day wu have 3,000,000 fight
ing men In tho trenches we hold, nnd
behind our lines aro 1,750,000 other men
who, whllo they do not wear the lighting
blue, are dressed In civilian army garb."
ADMITS HE AIDED GERMANS.
Hut This Sympathiser S They
Are ,111 Interned,
Cllic.voo, Feb. 21. Jacob Hendricks of
Aurora, 111., who is being held by agents
of the Dc'iurtment of Justice on sus
picion of being a German -.ympathlzer,
admitted to-day that he had conducted
a rallle to help Gorman sailor.-, Interned
at Fort Oglethorpe.
He said he hurt written to secretaries
of societies affiliated with the German
American Allla-co In Illinois and
thr ugh them attained mote than
$S0O.
FIGHTING INCREASES
ON WESTERN FRONT
Berlin Saya French and Brit
ish Take Initiative.
Iinpon, Feb. 24. Gioatly Increased
artivltv on the battlefront In France
and Flanders Is reported by Berlin, with
tho French nnd British taking the in
itiative. A etrong French attack on the
Alletto, near Chcvrcgny, Is said to have
been repulsed. French prisoners wero
taken on the west bank of the Meuse.
In tho Vosgcs thero was sharp lighting,
according to this statement. West of
Mulhausen the French attacked on both
sides of the Poller. Raids were made
also by tho French near Lower Aspach,
In the vicinity of Exbruekc and at Lower
Burnhnupt,
Paris reports artillery actions of
considerably Intensity to-day In tho
region of Chambrettes, Aprcmont Forest
and at several points In tho Vosgca and
t'pper Alsace. During tho night thero
was heavy firing by tho big guns In
the sector of the Butte du Mesnll. In
tho fighting at Aspach, tho French re
port bays, German defence works were
destroyed and shelters set afire. Tho
French brought back fifteen prisoners.
A Belgian report, tho first for a long
time, says the Germans are multiplying
their attacks on the Belgian front, but
these are considered merely as feelers.
The British statement of last night's
operations mentions only a small raid
by the Germans near Broederlndc, which
wna repulsed.
RATIONING BEGINS
IN BRITAIN TO-DAY
Only Meat, Butter and Mar
garine Affected So Far
No Relief in Sight.
Special Despatch to Tnz St.v.
Coptright, llij all rightt reiervtd.
I.ONBON, Feb. 24. Tho people of
Great Britain will bo placed under a
rationing scheme to-morrow, covering
meat, butter and margarine. Lord
Khoudda, the Food Controller, in u
statement to-day said :
"I am Immensely pleased by tho sup.
port given by the jiubllc In very difficult
circumstances. I recognise fully the In
convenience nnd privation to which the
consumer must be put, lt In view of
the conditions of war under which we
nre living It is Inevitable. It Is no sat
isfaction to tho man who has to go on
a ration limited to half the meat he was
Kettlng beforo tho war to know that In
Germany the average ration Is less than
half what he Is getting In this country
During the next few months I have every
reason to hope the supply of meat, but
ter and margarine, although I cannot
absolutely guarantee It, will be sufficient
to provide the ration which has been ar
ranged "
The Ministry nf Food Is doing Its bet
to see that thero Is no breakdown In
available supplies. Committee! will have
special powers to meet cases of difficulty
In transport. It Is stated authoritatively
that at the recent Interallied conference
In Parts the situation created by the
partial paralysis of the American rail
ro.ids and the subsequent check to thf
shipment of thousands of tons of food
stuffs for tho Allies wero among the
urgent matters discussed. Since then
the emergency measures taken In Amer
lea g!e promise of relieving the sltuu
tlon. although It still causes anxiety
The lncrealng rigor of the blockade,
while unquestionably effective In relation
to the enemy, further curtails the export
of fond from neutral countries to Great
Britain and It follows, therefore, that
England has become In the main de
pendent for its food upon tho I'nltod
States and Canada.
Tho War Cabinet, after prolonged con
slderatlon, has decided that food shall
have priority over all other war do
mands In the allotment of shipping. The
whole exportable surplus nf butter In
Australia and New Zealand has been
purchased 1n the hope of obtaining the
necessary tonnage for Its transport, and
the period of shortage should not be pro
longed. The Weekly Dispatch comments on
the ration scheme as follows: "The In
troduction of meat curds promises to
provide the biggest restaurant swindle
ever known. The greater number of
these restaurants have Intimated that
they do not Intend to place meat on
their menus because they know that the
I average family man, rationed down
to
twenty ounces. Is going to keep his meat
card at home to Insure the utmost value
for his money.
"So the restaurants am going to give
IH vegetables, selling boiled potatoes at
two shillings (50 rents) per )ound and
other vegetables to yield llko prollt".
Judging from the meatless day menus
last week, potatoes are going to be the
staplo food In every made dish In one
KUlse or another Potatoes sold this
week In middle cl.is.s restaurants at the
tato of four shillings (ID per pound.''
BANDS OF ALLIES
MAKE ROME RING
Americans Win Great Ovation
as They Play 'Tho Still
Spangled Banner."
.'ifcinl Cable Hetpatch In Tur be.s trom the
London Times
Copyright, 1915; oil right rttered
Rom k, Feb. 23.--The nllled band con
cert here was a brilliant success. The
great hall wns packed with an enthu
siastic audience and the various bands
were tumultuously welcomed So far as
the muMe wns concerned, the Garde Re
publlcaltie carried off the honors. The
American representatives, a small bund
put together for the occasion from the
forces In France, won great applause
with "The Star Spangled Runner,"
Sousa's "Stars nnd Stripes' Forever" and
a ' ouple nf one steps
.The tnumpb of the evening vns won
by the massed bands nf the Guards.
They had Intended to pin other mulc,
but the promoting committee Insisted
upon "Tlpoernrv," with which wn are
now Identified for better or worse. So
they played not onlv "Tipperary" but
also a "Tlnnerarv" with humorous varia
tions, In which tho part of low comedian
was taken by the bassoons. Other In
struments played pranks and the bands
men sang and whistled. '
Lender Rognn brought the audience
to Its feet In a volley of applause vvlien
250 bandsmen crashed out the opening
bars nf Garibaldi's hymn. "Rule llri
tannla" was received with equal en
thusiasm. Programmes were aild by 100 Red
Cross nurses In uniform, who reaped a
great harvest. The receipts certainly
exceeded isn.ooo. To-morrow's concert
at the Villa Horghsso and the ceremony
on thn steps of the monument aro ex
pected to draw- enormous crowds, The
bands will play In Floience and Milan
next week, nnd eaucr reipiestH for a visit
Hre coming from other towns.
The welcome here was very warm, nnd
the general eagerness to entertain the
Allies and find oul what they aie like Is
delightful. Port was ptovided for tho
bandsmen and the guaids at the bar
racks, nnd port Is not easy to get In
Italy;
THE SUN,, MONDAY,
HEAVY GERMAN FIRE
RAKES U. S. SECTOR
Enemy Uses More Guns Than
Usual in Day and Night
Bombardment.
THREE MEN WOUNDED
Commander Facing Americans
Near Toul Also Concentrat
ing Troops by Night.
Bv the Atioeiated Prets.
With tub American Armt t.v France.
Feb. 24. The German bombardment on
various points within tho American lines
northwest of Toul was considerably more
Intense than usual both last night and
to-day.
Tho enemy was moro active In many
ways: apparently was using still moro
guns to-day than customary.
Little damage has been done by tho
bombardment, although three men were
slightly wounded early this morning.
Enemy patrols mado persistent efforts
last night to penetrate the American
wire defences, but without success. One
patrol was fired upon and driven off
while wire cutting, probably preparatory
to a contemplated raid.
Large troop movements aro rolnr on
back of the etiemy's lines during the
night.
GUNS SILENCED.
American Returned Vigorous
Shelling ii n (tarda)'.
Ill (As Attociated Pretn,
WiTtt tub American Armt in France.
Feb. 23 (delayed). In tho American
sector northwest of Toul the Germans
tried to-day the tactics of concentrating
artillery lire on one of the American
positions, apparently with the uurnose
of obliterating It. The American guns
Immediately punished the Germnn bat
teries with a doubly heavy retaliatory
fire and then swept the enemy lines with
u vicious shelling, undoubtedly Inflict
ing considerable damage.
i lie German guns promptly censed
fire. Whether they wero silenced or
stopped firing for other reasons Is un
known, but since that tlmo hardly a
shot has been fired from that point.
Another Get man patrol was found last
night within the American wire. It was
driven back by machine gun and rifle
lire. American patrols worked freely,
without interfeience.
The Germans dropped Into the Amer
ic nil trenches to-dav an entliely new
t ot bomb, resembling a baseball. No
damage was done.
Along tho front generally there was
less firing, owing to low Islblllty. The
Germans continued to shell their targets
In the towns behind the lines, adding
one town which hitherto has not been
shelled. v ,
EIGHT MORS WOUNDED.
Man Reported MUslnnr Prnvra .Not
to Have Ileen Xew Yorker.
Wasiiinotin Feb. 21. night artil
lerymen wero rrrted slightly wounded
In uctlon on February 21, In n despatch
to-night from American headquarters' In
France They are. Sergeant Frank
Graboskl, Chicago, Privates Harry M.
Mevors, Marlon, Ind. . Frederic!? A.
Sllter, Polk, P.i. , Andrew H Rennes.
Grand Porks. , p, Hubert n. Grtibb,
liostrxvllle, Tenn , Frank T. Klrby, Au
rora, 111. Rene K Kneepflln, Cincinnati,
and Fred It. Ran, l.agto, I nil.
IMivato Kdwurd Roberts, Iroquois, S.
D., was reported miming after nn action
on February J. with the announcement
that a previous rciort had erroneously
ramed Private IMward Robeits, :i47
Wost Sixteenth street, New York cltj,
as i mlslnK man.
Deaths from disease among American
soldleis In France were reported as fol
lows :
Sergeant Clarence O Docken, Quarter
master CorpH. Mount Hebron, Wis.,
meningitis , Privates George W. W.tllln,
engineers, dishing. Wis . pneumonia .
Karl Woodln, engineers, Sherman, Conn,
pneumonia ; Dew ey I.ane, ro ist artillery,
Carrollton, Te pneumonia: James i
Dukes, Held artlllerv, C'olllnsvllle. 111.
pneumonia, ami John S Solloway, Held
artillery, Cleveland, Ohio, measles
D. S. ARGUESTO-DAY
ON INCOME TAXES
Davies Will Present Urief to
Supreme Court in Nine
Cases Forwarded.
"penal Hetpotr'. tn Tur Sis
WAsm.NiiTO.v, Feb. 2l.--The Govern
ment's brief In tho so-cnlled Income tax
ciws will be presented to the Supreme
Court to-morrow by Solicitor-General
Davies of the Department of Justice.
Nine of these cases have been brought
forward for hearing nt the same time, as
hree generul issues are involved under
the Income tax act of October 3. 1H13.
and the corporation tax art of Octnbej
5, lJOS. Hroadly speaking, the three
ptlnclpal ipiestlonr. ati':
First, whether dividends paid to
stockholder- in corporations out of sur
plus iiccumulated prior to the going
Into effect of the net are Income or
merely division of capital . second,
whether the value of ore and timber at
the time the act went .itn effect can be
cuiuded from t ic proceeds of Its sale
In fumputlng thn Income of the vender,
and, third, whether the prrceeds of the
sale of sh'ites of stock bought prior
to the going Into effect nf the act but
sold nfteiward aie Income to the vender.
In liH iiigument the Sollcltor-Gen-eral
uiges that four propositions should
be decisive on tlliiso questions. They
ute .
l'ltst, "Income being deihed from
the use of capital, the conversion or
truiusfei of capital olways produces In
come "
Second, "Mere appreciation of capital
value does not produce income, nor
I mete depreciation 'outgo.
Third. "Net Income l thn difference
I.A,,i'i..n (ictllfll 'Income' nnd nelnril 'mit
CO.'
Fourth, "'Income' Is not confined to
money Income, hut Includes anything
capable of easy valuation In money."
Tho nine cases Involved were ar-
ranged for bearing In three groups. The work of Geintan agents Is Intimated,
first group Included cases Involving the Government agents here have des
question of corporate dividends declared i isiiched mee-smcs osklng an official
from surplus earnings accumulated
I prior to the beginning of tho taxing
year in question, me second group in-
I volved the question whether profits nrls
Ing from tho enhanced value of timber
or ore land accrued prior to but realized
and distributed during tho taxing year
In question were taxable Income and
l,'h.f;17,,,l".,',"i,TL1r.0r.. .l6Prr'r
be allowed. The third group Involves
the question whether profits realized by
cornoratlous upon resale of shares of
stock In similar corporations purchased
prior to but sold during the taxing year
in question Is taxable Income.
FEBRUARY 25, 1918.
"ffre
MILK PRICE STANDS;
FARMER GETS LESS
Distributer to Receive Twelve
Cents "Recoup" During
March and April.
Tho Federal Milk Commission, In ses
sion nt the Hotel McAlpIn from 10 A. M.
until 7 :30 I", M decided yesterday that
milk prices to the consumer for the
month of March shall remain the same
as the February prices, "excepting thot
Grade U milk sold to stores In pints
shall be 714 cents a pint."
Dr. W. II. Jordan, chairman of the
commission, said that every effoit was
mnde to reduce the prlco to the con
sumer, but without result.
Tho base prlco to tho producer was
fixed nt $3.10 the hundred pounds of 3
per cent, milk In March In the l.",o mile
zone, us against $3.34 In Febru.uy and
$.1.f2 In January. However, the farmer
actually will lecelvo $3 22 a hundred
pounds as he is to bo recouped for bis
losses, which be asserts he, suffered In
November and December. The dis
tributers also come In for a similar
"recoup" of 12 centf. which will be ex
tended during the month of April.
Distributer Gets More.
If the farmer Is to receive less than
he got In February for his milk and tho
consumer is to pay the same It Is ap
parent that the distributer Is the man
who can really smile tho most during
the month of Match,
Grade It bottled milk, delivered, Is
now ll'-i centsand Grade A bottled, de
livered, Is lCi'i cent" a quart,
Tho prolonged session was pnssed
largely In figuring out what should be
done In the matter of Mr Hoover1
promise when he appointed the Federal
Milk Commission that producers anu dis
tributers would be allowed prices that
would enable them to make up for their
losses In November and December Iloth
the farmer" and the milk dealers In
sisted that they actually lost nioiiev In
thesn months They agreed to permit
the commission to adjust their difficul
ties. In the troublesome milk situation
and accept Government "fixed" prices on
condition that they would be permitted
to get their losses back.
Resolution nf Commission.
The commission's resolution splitting
the "come back'' Into two months was
as follows
That a recoup of 21 cents for both
lltrlbuteis and producers be divided
equally ofer two months.
"That the producer receive 1.' cents
of su.-h recoup for March, making a
totni price oi -.izs (a numireci pouuui
mi inr ' mnnri. i,u inr liioiiui ' .".ii'ii
and that 12 cents of ruch recoup be
added In April, the base price for which
month will he fixed later
"Tint the distributer receive 12 cents
for March and t2 cents for April '
Arthur Williams. Federal Food Ad
ministrator for this city, pcrsnnnllv an
nounced lust night that Mr. Hoover has
approved the Federal Food Hoard's tec
nmmi ndatlnn that the license of Mnicus
& Rolhmau, wholesale groiem of 138
Ludlow street, be revoked.
It Is understood that more .ban 'he
usual Interest has been mnn'fisted In
the case by men who hoped to he nb'c to
make It possible for the firm tn continue
'n business.
Renters Were O verclinrned.
Marcus & Rotuman weie charged ct
formal healings with selling sugar tn
tttnll dealers at prices In excess of 'he
puces fixed by tho Food Administration
The evidence was heard bv lliirol.l II
Ktgnr and It. II. N'lelsou, two well
known law vers, who pnlrtotlcnllv vol
unteered to sit as special commissioners
It was shown thit Nathan Kratnl of
lTifi orchard street bought from the llrm
through an agent 100 pounds of sugar
f,.- .. 1.I..I. 1, 1 - l ..Anta r. I
Other sales were nn.de to' Abraham
liresscr of 3tl Fast Fourth street, con-
slsttng of 200 pounds at tl cents a pound
and 200 pounds at 1 1 "j cents. A res
taurant man named Htrutoivitr. of SI
Rlvington street, It was alleged, bought
n barrel of sugar from Marcus ,v- Roth
man nt 17 cents a pound
The case against the firm originated In
i t omnia in t of a retailer by the name of
lti.senbeur who was tin before the hoard
on charges of exacting moro than Food
Admlnlsfatlon pi Ices from Ills custom
ers Rosenberg said he paid the concern
$130 on November 13 for 1.000 pounds
nf sugar and he had to charge as he did
111 order to get IPs money back The
check was produced nt the hearing of
the wholesalers and the defence was
made thtit Marcus k liothnian clmply
"ca-lud' the check for P.oseubcig
TAMPIC0 SITUATION ACUTE.
Americans tun In In
ii llminer, Due
-l.li.ntlo.,..
to (irriunn Muelilnnf Inns
San Antonio. Tex., Fed.. 24.-Rcports
here frum well authenticated source In
M. Inr. le.llcitfe thn! feetlno. m-nlett '
Americans In the Tnmplco region has
, become acute and tlint Americans living
I In the district are npptehcnslve of n
demonstration The belief that efforts
to foment niitl-Amoiican feeling nre the
statement on me situation, wnicn, nc
i cording to the reports, ha become
critical.
MATZOTH FAMINE AVERTED.
, Mo.tiliin
Orders 11 Carloads
- ."r fr JeUh ..... nre,I.
Wakiiinciton, Feb, 21. To meet a
thie.itencd shortage of mut.otlm for
Passover In Cleveland, Director-General
MeAdno to-day ordered fourteen cars
of Hour sent Immediately tu tho Cin
cinnati firm which supplies thlo food.
Eqyption
' ' Ai I Aa
Utmost in Cigarettes"
Via in tnd or Com lip
People of culture and refinement
invariably PREFER Deities
to any other cigarette
Twenty Five Cents
ALu. Miktrs of the Highest Qarf! Turkish
JjffJSHg and Egyptian Ciqarttiesmtte WbHd
ONLY TERROR SEEN
BY DILL AT FRONT
Congressman Describes Ear
nestness of Frenchmen in
Fighting Bodies.
"I never saw a single Fienchman
Bmlle nt that placo called tho front, I
never heard a single laugh, I never
'.heard a son. It was simply terror and
desperate men killing and getting killed
men facing an enemy that recognizes
no rulo that civilisation lays down niul
with whom thero can bo no compromise."
This was the tlrst hund picture painted
Inst night by Representative Clarenco C.
Dill of Spokane, Wash., chairman of tho
Congressional delegation which recently
visited the western front, before the
congregation of the Madison Avenue
Methodist lV'iscopal Church, Sixtieth
street.
Representative Dill said that behind
the French trenches thero wns an
absence even of the common everyday
expressions of a civilized people, .the
French seemed so terribly In earnest.
The Congressman began to realize tho
terror of war on the trip across, during
which the ship travelled through the
submarine zone In total darkness, all the
lights having been extinguished.
In his addrets In which he told In
detail the repulse of nn air raid wit-
nes-ed by the visiting legislators nnd of
their ten minutes spent In tho Relglnn
first line trenches, ho touched on a great
manv points of tho war, turning always
to an expression of the utmost confidence
In the neonles and armies of France and
England.
"Their whole souls are wrapped
around but one Idea, and that Is the win-
nlng of the war," be said of the French,
declaring that In his belief they are the
superior soldleis and absolutely unbeat
nhle. "The Germans may go ahead a
short distance In this drive on the wtt
front. If It Is mnde, but when they meet
the French and Kngllsh face to face
they'll stop," he continued. "I came
back convinced, as I could not have been
any other way, that England unil France
ate In this war to a finish."
The Representative predicted that the
women of France can have the vote af
ter the war nierelj b asking for it.
"Tlie women of France can have jns -thln
they want," he is told In their
country.
A story he told of an F.nglNh woman
he met in n lut.nit.il in norland seemed
Hie (luintesseme of the tribute he paid
to thv yex ln ,,,,, countries. Her bus
hand was suffering ln.rriblv from sbell
Mi,,,. i.i , ,, hU limbs. I
, eommonlv the case in this disease. He
( Jlt ,lndeiKone an operation.
'Will he get better"" nsked Repre
sentative Dill as s;iokesmun for tho
vi.'lllng Congressmen.
" 'I 'li, es '
" 'What will yen do with him."
" 'Take him home.'
'Hut It will take a lone, time, won't
It?'
"'I don't euro about that. I've learned
tn woik now. lies done his Vdt. I'll
have him from now on. That's all I
care about.
"The women.' said Mr Dill, "are do
ing everything but lighting In the
trenches, nnd they d do that If tho men
would let them "
ITALIAN DEPUTIES CHEER U. S.
I'oreltcii Minister n We Take
llefnulf Iiik ItiiNNln'ft I'liiee.
Rome. Feb 21 - An allusion tn the)
Fi.lted States In the Chamber of Depu.
tic brought all the members to their
feet cheering during the debate on tile
war aims and general pohd s, which
ended yes,tcrda In u vide of confidence
in the Government. 310 to 44
Refcnl'ig to Russia's ejllapse, Haion
Sonnlno, the 'orelgn Minister, said thai
fortunately the Cnltcd States takes the
; f" "f the defaulting Power In the
-x-m" . 1 ' "mr,R '""nero
America had Fent money and munitions
to Russia, those would now bn furnished
to the remaining Miles nnd would be a
determining factor ln the successful
termination of t've war.
The Minister pointed nut that the war
was entering a critical nnd decisive
lllir"-". " s"'1 th'" a" U"' Allies dc
nm'ii j.ca,.', m, i linti in,- ii, ri , v nil
hasten a worthy and durable peace that
would not mean shame and disaster
was for the Allies to maintain a dose
union.
SWEDES SEIZE ALAND ISLANDS.
I.iindlim Force Overcomes Resist.
Ing Holshevlk Troop-.
,
Pctjiookap. teh 11. , via t.ondon Thu.s -
day (Delayed) At the Rnlshrvlk head-
""Hrters contli niatlc.n Is given of the, re -
port that Swedish forces have seized the
.Aan,t islands. The buidln'g force vva
resist,-! stubbornly by the small garrison
. 01 "oisneviK troops.
The forwarding of Swedish troops to
maintain order In the Aland Islands was
1 reported unotllclnlly last week although
I until the arrival of this despatch, ap-
parently delayed by the censor, no mi
' nn.in..mnnt hn.l l,..n .....t.-.J .1..
actual selzuro of the islands. The Swed
sh Parliament adopted yesterday the
tlovrrnment'a proposal for military In
tervention. Prowler Kdcti said the proj
ect was to be catrled out under an agree
ment arrived nt between the Swedish
Ited Guard, which Is supported by the
Russians, nnd the White Guard, which
' It attempting to overthrow the Holshe
of vikl. The lnnd Islands, which for-
meili bclongf-1 to Sweden, are populated
largely by Swedes who have made sev.
eral appeals to Stockholm for protection
and ledum of tho Islands to Sncden,
Only One "IIKOMO (It IMNK."
To ist the sniiitrie, call for full nm, LAXA-
TIVK rtflOMO QI'ININi: I kferiU-nstureufK.
W CI'.OVi: fun a Cold lu One llnj Xv Aiv,
HOOVER ACCEPTS
M'ADOO CHALLENGE
Ho Will Provide Director-General
"With Data on Car
Xeeds.
tprcitil lietpalch In Tun St.v
Washington, Feb. 24. Dlrector-Geiv
oral of Railroads McAdoo's assurance
yesterday to Food Administrator Hoover
that amplo railroad transportation would
be available for the needs of the Food
Administration brought a carefully com
posed but no less pointed statement
from tho office of Mr. Hoover to-night.
Mr. McAdoo's letter pressed home the
fact that Mr. Hoover did not back up
his statement of fnulty shipping facili
ties with an array ot figures. The state
ment from the Food Administration ap
parently accepts the challenge and says
"The Food Administration will In the
next two or three days complete Its or
gnnlzatlon for the purpose of keeping
tho Director-General of Railroads com
pletely Informed of tho car necessities
not only of the allied Governments but
for thp domestic movement of foodstuffs
as well
Mr. McAdoo's last letter to Mr. Hoover
set forth that he understood Mr. Hoover
I purchased all food supplies for the
Allies and that he thcreforo could tell
i where tlin supplies were nnd which
. should bn moved. This point Is taken up
, In the statement as follows:
I "The Food Administration directly
purchases only a minor proportion of the
1 food-tuffs for tho allied Governments,
I The bulk nf this foodstuff Is purchased
directly by the nllled agencies, with the
i assistance of the Food Administration,
The arrangements of transportation
, rest In the Allies' hgents, and their com
plaints as to car shortages and delayed
. movement! have, been hitherto addressed
directly to railway points and the Food
I Administration baa been generally in
I formed.
Tho Feed Administration has now dl
reeled the Allies' agencies to furnish It
wany niui mcir I njinii iiicium in utui'i
that thoy may be transmitted to the
Railroad Administration In Washington.
"The most serious problem Is the car
needs due to delayed movement of last
ear's 'rops and of live, stock from the
primary country points to the interior
terminals, the mills and the manufactur
ing centres where they can be purchased
for export and ilomcfetle supply.
"The presentation of these needs to the
Railroad Administration in being met by
the appointment of regional transporta
tion agents for the Food Administration
- already established ill Chicago and
I Proposed at New York and Atlanta
rhelr intcnrlen will ecure uml furnish
information as to car necessities for the
primary movement of foodstuffs tg the
regional Railroad Administration
"Shippers of foodstuffs should apply In
the first itietance to the local railway
olllcials for cars, and upon failure to se
cure necessary transportation they
should, for grain and grain products, up.
ply to the Food Administration zone
managers, while siilppcrs of livestock
and perishables in the same dlfUculties
should apply for the piesent directly to
the Food Administration In Washington
lhese applications for cars will bo put
before the various regional directorates,
and will he dally reported to the Rail-
road Administration In Washington."
In dosing the statement Mr Hoover
expresses confidence in Mr. .McAdoo's
ability to produce results. He says. "ThP
Food Administration Is eontldtlit that tn
view of the Director of Railroad's ;(!..
suranics hk to the supply of cais If
brought to bis attention losses of food-
I stuff through decay .mil possible short -
age In distribution to the Allies will thus
be averted."
TO OPEN U. S. MINES
AND SAVE SHIPPING!
.
Manv Minerals Here Ignored
for Importations, Says
Seeretan Lane.
Vvsiiinhto-, Feb 2t Immediate
further development of America's
mineral tesources in save for food and
army supplies the ship space now used
ror bringing minerals ftom nlnoad Is
planned by Secietary I.ane, who an
nounced to-night that he had askid Con
gress for n special appropriation so that
a largo force of metallurgists can bn
I set to work on changes In practice ncces- ;
nry f0,. ti. M. ,,f Um,. Kr.,(I ,.,.
gauese ores netded as ,i stfd ;,i
" Vt prisent.' said Mr Dane, "everv1
,).,lp ,, ulll , ,,, u ; j
i in eviend ,,r miliar. ..i." , ' I
, Frnnce. The minerals, w hlch' vv e ' can
.iinnlv and which -,re i,nH ,,
J '"'!. J, , "L, " i'.ort. 'T! I
IonK ,liyaKpw nn delays 'in loading I
These minerals represent nn Import of
j about 2 non.ong long tons a year, three
t fourth of which cm be ell'mlmt.-.,! in
1 case of extreme necessltv
"American mines cin produce all of
these minerals, providing they are given
the necessary assistance of the Federal
Government Many new manganese
mines must be developed at once, and if
these mines are to survive after w ir
conditions and become permanent In
dustries, they mu. t be able to operate
efficiently and take ndvantage of the
most Improved methods.
"The Hureau of Mines his nlr nrlv
completed a survey of tho pyrltn mines
ot tho country and of thn principal su..
phur deposits, it has made a prelimi
nary study of thn concentrated acid
plants with a view to Increasing iheir
output It han cooperat'd Willi the woi k
leaning to tho establishment of nitrate
plants The principal technical work
essential to these problems hss been laid
out. but has practically been brought to
a standstill Ihtou,!!! lack of funds"
WILL ALLOT COAL
SUPPLY BY APRIL
Definite rrorninmc for liN.
tribntion in l!)li3
Worked Out.
Special lletpalrh to Tin: Si
WABIttNuTO.v, Feb. 21 The first
conclusive action nfftlie Fuel Adinn-
Istratlon In apportioning the tiition-.
coal umong householders nnd Indusiries
for the coming year will be taken ncx-
Friday. Fuel Administrator (inrtii t
and O. N'. Wilder, director of tr.it...
nnrtatlon : J, D. A. Morrow, director
distribution nnd apportionment, a .1 ,
W. Cnllovvay. director of bltum m, ...
coal supplies for the Fuel Administra
tion, will meet a special nitnmlttie nf
railroad executive;) and bltummeu :u
erators that day.
At the conference a definite i .1 y
relative to tho amount and ilni.i 'oi
of coal to be supplied the railroads top
fuel vtttl bo ndopted. In effect tlic
ferentie' will decide who is to iue
175.000,000 tons of coal.
The conference will bo the flr( a',
tended by Mr. Calloway II s lK
during the coming year wilt prove one
of the most Important In the Fuel AI
ministration, since he will detcrmnu'
n measure the policies by which I'.i
nation's Industries will bo pev,'t.,i
from Interfering with the war p,..
gramme.
Mr. Calloway is president of i
Davis Coal nnd Coke Company of Ililtf
more nnd the Terminal ltallro.nl and
Coal Company of Plitsbuig. He I
widely known In the coal Industry ,ml
his appointment rounda out the hoard
of advisers and directors chosen h fir
Garfield from the ranks of pra ' ,i!
conl men.
One of the big questions to be l.i'ft.
up nt Fridn.v's lonteicnie will u tite "
necessity of denying to several i ai'.'-o.iii.
coal of a type to which their locomotive
are new adjusted. It Is held that n-e
railroads can successfully carty through
the year's transportation programme
with coal from fields previously dis
dained. The navy nnd transport servae kw
several war Industries are In nfed cf
tho type of coal which these iallio.nl"
have used and It is planned to meet the
direct war needs of the counti first
The change contemplated may call fur
some mechanical adjustments and soms
educational work among the flieuiui, but
It Is believed tho ralltoads will lerug.
nlze the wisdom of the adjustment
With tho first 17.",000,n00 Inns oi the,
expected 600,000.000 tons output of tlir
year disposed of, the Fuel AduuniMra
tlon will turn Its attention to allotting
roal to other great consumers, spht.i1
Industries already have agreed to i 'ir
tallments and a voluntary ngterineMt
will be made by others. The entue
distribution programme of the Fuel .V
mlnlstrntlon Is laid out and awaits on
the results of several major lonfeien ts
before It can be announced to the pub'
Fuel Administration officials ate mnli
dent that this announcement inn he
made at least u week in advance of
April 1. It Is understood that the pro
gramme lias been worked out in such
detail that the public will know evaril,
where It stands and that everv manu
facturer will be given a detinue La-.s
upon which to plnn his production for
the next twelve months.
It Is said that Dr. Garfield, who !
known to have Insisted that everv pos
sible means bo focussed on perfect i g
a non-slnkable programme for P'l-li
is confident that he. will picsenl to th
public a survey and plan whbh will
guarantee a fixed amount nf eoal to all
users and sllcueo critlciMri ot u aa-
nilnlstratlon.
WESTCHESTER ALARMED.
Only Tun lJn Miipplr of Cniil .nld
to He on llniid,
Westchester county predicts n n ier
coal famine ns serious as an) it his i
perlcnced If the weather become- eve-
Walter W. Law, Jr. county Fut . .v I
ministrator, said yesterdav tt.r -
Is no reserve stock and that tl er Is
a two days supply In unv . f r
. portatil centres. air i.aw
I nut a triplicate order
v stem
I count v committee to esiabl li i
I on I distribution svstem for i.n
He believes he will be able . .
check on Individual eons imp!,
avoid overstocking.
Yonkers hospitals and water i i
plants have only a small suppl;.
latter wero saved from shut - '
only by the timely nrtlval
load of fuel. The schools we
for flvo weeks and aie ti.re.i i
another dosing unless the
I weather continue;
I.. A. Snend. Fin 1 Adm.
field's representative, who
cussing with authorities
' city the problems of gnu.
j adequate coal supplv for
(will present recommendatio'-.s t
ington earlv this week !
to More ."Oii.noo ton- ri va. a '
various parts of the citv
Tho anthracite canals enrrrt "
ing at the Ihigliieerlng Socle
Ing announced ester-da v th.r
i for utilizing canals for coal 'r..
tlon Is being investigated bv M ,
P. Fox and .lohn W Stewa-
, ington, aids to Mr Mc..o
, will conduct an invcs'lgati.c ;
to discover to what extuit a -I
York, New Jersey and IVi"
I be used
The canals conm..ttec f
Chnpln liuniiner is c'u'rm.i
mended that romddri.ittoii :.e g
j following wholly or parti'
canals that extend from !!
, urToroacarrVing"'1 i'''
I nnd Hudson Canal 1"
Hnnesdale. Pa . to K!llC5'i '
I.eh'gh, Pennsvlv.tnii. DC i v -Rnrltan.
Morris and IN-ev
the Lake Cayuga Cacal. " '
Into the new Stale Ha-ge i
piuposed to const ni' t a sl,
New Jersey fiom the Dc i '
to Rnrltan Haj
i
Service!
"V-.,,
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Mssutsclurert of ! i Brut i
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