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PAGE 2 jto WAfl INSENATE ON WAR AFFAIRS Advocates of New Scheme of Ad ministration Review Mistakes of Baker JOHN S. WILLIAMS TALKS -v.,.,- Secretary of War Concludes Day's Work With Account of the Situation Abroad Washington, D. C., Feb. 5.—Contro versy over the government's war effic iency and the bills for a war cabinet and munitions director was renewed today in the senate with .a debate which occupied virtually the entire day. Senator Hitchcock, democratic mem ber of the military committee, deliver ed a two hour prepared speech in sup port of the two bills which tiie presi dent opposes, sharply criticising the war department and charging Secre tary Baker with unintentionally mis leading the country by making "abso lutely preposterous and exaggerated statements' regarding the country's ab ility to get soldiers abroad. Senators Williams, of Mississippi, and Reed, of Missouri, democrats, re plied, opposing the war. reorganization measures as proposals to usurp Presi dent Wilson's authority. The former declared that "the German game is muckraking tins administration," ami asserting that efforts to force the bills are futile because of certain execu tive veto, urged cessation of agitation. Whilp prasing Senators Hitchcock and Chaniberlain as unimpeachable patriots, Senator Reed, another mili tary committee member, argued maladministration railroad bill providing the war cabinet is unconstitutional for a standard return to the roads by and praised the government's accom-1 the government and creating at $500, plishments in the war, asserting the 000,0-C-f) revolving fund for operating admitted inefficienciey are minor com- and extension. The committee ex pared to the magnitude of achieve-! pects to finish consideration of the meat. measures by Wednesday at the latest "It has been said on the floor of this and to immediately report to the senate that the military machine has !:OUFC. broken down," said the Missouri sen-j An amendment inserted today by ator. M\e committee provides that the presi "You can't say that a machine that Men4: shall' causc to be made a report put 1,500,000 men under arms in so "n .Tnnuory of each year, giving ''letfiiis of the operations under the :\"C0,0C«),000 fund. The president may require the carriers to build terminals short a time is a total failure. You can't say that a machine that has sent thousands of men abroad without a single life lost is a total failure. You can't say that a machine that is con structing enough air planes to cloud'-purposes support of the war reorganization legislation, ATnorig other senators planning ad- dresses are Thomas, of Colorado, and Kirby, of Arkansas, democratic mem bers of the committee, and Chairman Chamberlain, who said he would speak again in explanation of the commit tee's measures. BAKER'S EXAMINATION Quiz Ends on Wednesday. Boker Re views Situation. Upon conclusion of Secretary Bak er's examination by the military com mittee Wednesday, administration leaders hope to end the controversy and to prevent the proposed legisla tion from being reported by the com mittee or receiving senate consider ation. Secretary Baker's examination had been planned for tomorrow, but Chairman Chamberlain asked him to postpone it until Wednesday because of tomorrow's debate. Reviewing operations for the week ending \February 2, Secretary Baker says:. "American troops which have now competed their training are occupy ing a portion of the actual battle front. The operations in which our troops have jsp, far been engaged were of a minor'character. details of tire hostile, positions op posite them. Another Important Event 'Another event of importance took Teutonic Unrest ,... "While dissatisfaction no doubt is rife in Germany and strikes of increas ing seriousness have occured, we must not allow any reported disturbance within the German empire to affoct the effectiveness or speed of our own preparations. "During the week hostile concentra tions in the west continued. In cer tain'quarters the report.* spread by the enemy that he holds a preponder ant numerical superiority in the west have: gained some credence. While pOs itive proof has been reenved that the enemy has removed troop3 from the eastern theatre and is stripping other fronts for the coining struggle in the westr nevertheless the allies are Re lieved still to hold a very appreciable numerical superiority both in men and German Raid of January 30. "On January 30 the Germans at tempted a strongly pushed raid against our line for purposes of iden: tification. Under cover' of a heavyi London, Feb. .".—Official telegrams mist the enemy washable to heach our: dispatched from Jassy Saturday say advanced positions. A. short brush en- that the greater part of the Rumanian sued and. tli$ raiders Avere compelled army now is engaged in fighting Rus to withdraw in haste, after inflicting slight casualties. davia and Bessarabia, while Bolshe "Two days later the enemy appav-|Viki troops are concentrating in Buk ently attempted another reconnoiter- owina. ing thrust hut was dispersed before. After 24 hours fighting the Ruman any headway could be made. jans disarmed the Ninth Russian divis "Our patrols have .been active in lion, which attacked Galatz, taking No 'Mian's Land and our scouts have! more than fifty guns, and surounded made themselves familiar with tho and disarmed the Eighth Russian div- place in France. The inter-allied su- Bessarabian republic, it is officially de preme war council met at Versailles, dared Rumania sent troops there to attended by General Bliss, chief of prevent the devastation of the cofin staff of the army, and General Per- .try by bands of Russians, and also oc ehing as well as the representatives of France, Great Britain and Italy. Com plete and close co-operation between the supreme command. of -til the for ces engaged, pronr.ses to show posi tive results. Unity of purpose on all fronts will thus be attained. "During the past seven day period the world has been iioodel with the news of a very serious internal unrest in Germany. Widespread strikes amofrg munition workers are reported In British Theatre. |,f "In the British theatre numercus raids took .place, The British forces were, also busily engaged sounding the enemy line, identifying new uaits. t£.k ing measures of the vajfuo of the new contingents which aro .i living aJonx the German lino from otlwr theatres. "Hostile artillery k?pt up a heavy fire throughout the week in the Ypros and Cambrai salients. "The French were al^.o busy raid ing tiie enemy and kept i1 carct'ui cut look along their entire front.- Oppo site the French, the Germans confined operations to minor raids north of the Aisno and upper Alsaco. '"Profiting by the favorable atmos pheric conditions which prevailed air raiding on a large scale was undertak en. Tiie L'rnitish success!' illy bombed railway centers in Flanders and air squadrons undertook attacks upon mu nition plants and other military ob jectives in the Rhine area. London and Paris, as well as Dunkirk, Calais and Boulogne were visited by hostile aricraft. Situation in Italy "In Italy a further improvement :n the combat situation is noted. The Italians wore very successful in fol lowing up their plans to regain points of particular strategic importance on their battle front. 'The Italians succeeded fn captur ing the hostile strongholds of the im portant peaks of the Col Del ltosso and the Monte Di Val D'ela, with the cauture of one hundred officers, 2,500 men and a large quantity of muni tions. "Austrian reaction was prompt The attacking forces were stopped and the Italians immediately drove a fierce counter attack and inflicted furthor serious casualties on the enemy. The Balkan Front. "Along the Balkan front a renewed activity is recorded. I "In Palestine the British are push ing slowly but steadily forward, en larging their sphere of operations and consolidating the ground won." REVOLVING FUND House |nterstate Commerce Commis- sion Considers Rail Bills Washington, I). C., Feb. 0.— The house interstate commerce commis sion today approved sections of the v,s well ns additions, betterment of road extensions necessary for war the public interest re- if enemy cities from the sun, is a total Quires it. failure." Another amendment approved that The discussion is to be renewed railroad companies shall handle morrow with a speech by Senator their own receipts and disbursements Wadsworth,• of New York, a republi-!nnd make an accounting to the gbv can committee member, in eminent administration. NORTH DAKOTAN IS PRESUMED TO HAVE MET DEATH Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 5.—W. Albert Wildrove, i. D, is presumed to have died, according to tonight's casualty lfct WITH RUSSIANS Constant Fighting Between Reds and Resisting Troops of Black Sea Region RUSSIAN DIVISION DISARM Red Guards footing and Pillaging in Finland and Reign of Ter ror Abounds sian troops, who are overrunning Mol- icion, which attacked the center ol' the "Moldavian front. This division was sent under convoy to Russia. In response to an appeal from the Bismirck Lodge No. 120 A. 0. U. W. ,REGULAR MEETING At the Elks' Hall All workmen are urged to attend as there is an other cUss to be initiated With the American Army in France, Feb. 5th.—The sector occupied by the American troops is northeast of Toul. It. is inadvisible to mention the num jor of men in line, the length of the '•ector and other details. The loca tion of the scctor was kept secret un ».il it became certain that the enemy had discovered it. Toul, the capital of the depart ment of Meutiie-et-Moselle, is 14 miles west of Nancy and is a fortress of the first class. cupied Kishinev, the Ungheni-Jassy railway and depots from which Ru mania draws supplies. iFighting is in progress between the Rumanians and the E'olsheviki a:: over Bessarabia as far as the Dniester river. AMERICANS IN FINLAND Fear Danger From Presence of the Red Guards "Stockholm, Feb. —The American consul at Helsingfors, Mr. Haynes, re plying to a message from Ira Nelson Moris, the American minister here, reports that the fifteen American resi dents of the city are well. He ap nrehends no violence against them,! but says they naturally are uneasy in view of the looting and murders which are being caried out by the Red Guard. Mr. Morris is endeavoring to get money and provisions to Consul Haynes, but this may prove to be im possible. Five" Philanders, who escaped from Abo to Sweden, declare that the ma jority of the workingmen in southern Finland have no sympathy with the Reds, who have been able to terror ize the law abiding populace only be cause the people were unarmed. The Red Guards are being paid with the proceeds of the bank looting and enforced contributions from the bour reoise. a courier to Torneo reports that Reds have been defeated at Ter volo and left behind eleven dead and seven wounded. They carried awayj many wounded. There were no casu alties' among the White guard. I In an'action a few miles north of Helsingfors the White guards are re-1 norted to have been defeated owing to' the fact that the Keds and the Rus-j sians were better armed. Assassinations continue at Helsing-! .' for The latest victim was a young mrgcon who was taken from a Rerlj... Cross hospital and shot. ATTACKED BY AIRMEN German Machines Cross Plnin With Little Effect Rome, Feb. 0.—Venice and a num ber of towns 011 the Venetian plain 'mvo been bombed by enemy airmen, according to the Italian official com munication issued today. While no damage and no casualties resulted 'rom the attack 011 Venice, consider able destruction was wrought in thex owns of Padua. Treviso and Mestrc, where also a number fo civilians were killed or wounded. EXPORTS CUT TO EXPEDITE Vi/AR TRAFFIC Washington, Feb. c.—A fifty per cent reduction of the volume of imports is one of the measures un der consideration by the adminis tration to make available ships for transporting troops to France. Overseas transportation is rec ognized as the real problem facing the government in its effort to put on the, firing line a big fighting force and keep it in supplies. W 1 BISMARCK EVENING TRIBUNE AMERICAN ARMY OCCUPIES SECTOR OF WESTERN TRENCHES NEAR TOUL, 14 MILES WEST OF CITY OF NANCY Tho present battle line is about 1G mile") north of Toul, where it extends eastward from St. Mihiel toward the Gorman border. Recently there have teen raids by French troops in the region of Flirey and Seichepray. When the American trench was raided last November, it was said by by the German officials that the Am ericans were stationed along the Mar inc-Rhiue canal northeast of Lune ville. Toul is about. 28 miles west ana northwest of Luneville. GOVERNOR SEEKS AN EARLY TRIAL! FOR LITTLE BOB! Wisconsin Executive Declares La- Follette Case Demands Im mediate Action VINDICATION BY PEOPLE He Should Resign and Seek Ap proval at the Hands of the Voters Watertown, Wis., Feb. 5.—Gov. L. Phillipps, addressing a lfiass meet ing last night, said that if Senator I.aiFollette in the performance of his duty in the United States senate, or elsewhere, lias committeed an offense against the government, the United States senate is "the only court in which he can be tried and that august body should give him a. nrompt and fair trial, and if it finds him guilty it should expel him from that body. 1°. on the other hand, he has commit teed no offense against the govern ment, and in an unbiased investigation i: was found that he has done nothing that disnualifies him as a senator or! i. patriotic citizen, the United States ronate should say so and the public in I of Senator LaFollette should end.! "1 I were Senator LaFollette's pol-j i'ical or personad friend," said Cover-j nor Phillipps, "I would advise him to i-.isist upon Immediate disposition or: the case that has been brought against] Venitian 1 ir.i in the senate, and if he retains hi.-i seat or not., he should resign and! come back to the state and ask the! r.eop'.a for a re-election. There is no Gutter way to determine whether lie! lonresent the will of the people of •.he state or not. Ntf kloubt he thinks be (Iocs. I think otherwise. However, enough lias been said in criticism of his action that only a vote by the peo ple, which passes upon him directly, can settle the question 'beyond any further disnute." I Replying to those who criticised him through the press and otherwise fori failure to call a special election to! till the vacancy caused by the death of Uinted States Senator Paul O. Hust ing, the governor (leclafcfed that he con strued the law as giving him the right to esercisc his discretion in the mat ter of when he should call an elec Won. NORTH DAKOTA DEFEATED St. Paul, \linn., Feb. 0.—St. Thomas defeated the North Dakota Aggies at basketball here Monday, 39 to 20. 1 TrlnuDO Want Ads Brine Resulta V. i'li elccU'ic noicr, $243 GRAF0N0LAS E O S ON EASY TERMS O W A N S S O E only Butterfly'Veccr fee only Japanese xy Madame Miura, the only Japan-jsc in urand opera, now sniffs exclusively or Columbia. Sne has chosen for her first 'Butterfly" record that most rppeeling mdody, "One Fine 49260—$1.50 The {S:|LU4 fe 11 ColurviHa Grafonola rricti $2 5 Our customers' unquestionable verdict centers on Now is the time for |a tryout. The fuel for the most critical. Vemon. 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