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LAST Slilfef N0 AP0L0GIES F0R P0R UNI0N 0F M E agte
T"H"trr TifnTrTTiS , . " WHISKEY
bilk juiiajuiyas'
n-,flTids 1 hat Kussia -Oive
Gr
Up Courland and Baltic
Provinces
A REFUSAL MEANS
RENEWED HOSTILITIES
Jhe German Delegates Make
Known Peace Terms The
Conference Reluctantly Rej.
cessed Until January 29
Petrograd, Wednesday? Jan. 23.
Kussia must give up uouriana ana
jll the Baltic provinces or the der
pang will resume military operations
and occupy Reval within a week, the
German delegation at the BresM4t-
oTsk negotiations inrormeti tne tua-
cian representatives at tne iast aes-
SlOn 01 LUC CUU-Cl CU.t. oujvh.
mPTit was taken until January iq
permit the Russians to "consider the
German terras.
RpDorts of the session indicate
that the Germans took a definite stand
and most frankly outunea aemanas
upon which they are insistent. The
ecretary ot U Krainian aeiegauon gave
f 1 . A Ti
out an account oi me meeting. as
avs the Russians put -a question to
the delegates of the Central Powers
i3 to what were their, final peace
erms.
General Hoffman, one. ot the "Ger
man delegates repiiea Dy -opeiiiu
mn or,ri inHTiP- nnt thA Vollowinel
Line, which .therintgffife
nitate the futUfe frontier of-fiussia: H
'From the shores of the Gulf of Fin
land to the east of the "Moon souna
islands to Valk, to the west of Minsk,
:o Brest-Litovsk." -This
completely eliminates Cour-
ip.nd and all thfi Kaltio nrovmces.
The Russians asked the terms of
the Central Powers in regard to the
territory south of Brest-Litovsk. Gen
eral Hoffman replied that was a ques
lion which they would discuss only
Tiih Ukraine. M. Kameneff, a mem
ber of the Russian delegation, asked :
"Supposing we do not agree to such
conditions. What are you going to
do?"
General Hoffman's answer is Ire
ported to have been: "Within a week,
then, we would occupy Reval."
The Russians then asked for a re
cess, which was granted reluctantly
The Germans declared it was the last
postponement to which they would
consent The request was made by
Leon Trotzky, head of the Russian
ielegation, who said he desired an op
portunity to lay the German peace
terms before the Council of Work
nen's and Soldiers' Delegates.
The negotiations between the Uk
tamians and the Central Powers are
proceeding amicably. The Austrians
offered to cede Cholmtchina to the
Ukrainian republic, but only on con
dition that the Ukrainians send grain
and other foodstuffs to the Central
Powers immediately on the conclusion
91 peace.
FUEL SITUATION IN
If YORK IS BETTER
U1 a Great Need for Coal,
But Weather is Mod
erating New York, Jan. 24. While New
lork's need for coal is still ar.nt.e fuel
joministrators and transportacion bf-
"w-us today were hopeful that the
somewhat milder -vfeather and the
reight embargo on Eastern railways
ftwa materially relieve the situation.
The
movement of anthracite coal
as shown considerable improvement
L I last 24 hours, it was said, al
citv' e suPP!y is far below-the
iy s normal requirements. Coal W
thiT for the immediate needs of all
hat KSpltals and most of the schooTs
faot distributed, but a number; of
fuel t 63 are unable t( obtain enough
fij , resume operations after the
e days' industrial closing,
the ilCla believe at the worst of
ice menace in the harbor is end-
Dairir, "as Deen maae m re-
lrins: dfl-TYl Q cr i x
- "m.6C LU lUgs ana as a cou-
:n Pa J . .
h. .. . Ireer movempiit nf fnpl frnirt
-cwaier
is expected.
Lost - One Vessel.
1
Si
treekixr vveanesday,. Jan. , 23.-The
ioSses Jeport of '"alian shipping
small f-ra the sinking" of? only. one
"ed unsuccessfully;-- - -
UOTTlQ Iit , "
VOULD
HONOR
McCONNELL.
Washington,
Jan. 24. The
French government
desires to
place a bronze tablet on the mon-
i ument erected at Carthage, N.
C, to .James R. McConnell,. the '
American airman, who as a ser-
geant in the LaFayetto esqua-
dnlle; died for France. Ambas-
sado-CtJusserand so notified Sen-
atorf Overman; today. and the re-
s win be forwarded, to Mo-
f 4' 4 M-
Startling Charges Made in Re-
port of the Federal Trade
Commission
BIG FIVE'S HOLDINGS
INCREASED 45 PERCENT
IT.'lllJ -aiKJIlZ
mucu aim . itiui c
iacs iKiporccu,-1 ct QflOCT
Prices SoaredShoe
Exports Decreased
Washington, Jan., 24. Hoarding of
hides by meat packers, while shoe
prices have been climbing upward and
excessive profits to the packers who
practically control the hide market
are charged in a report by the Federal
Trade Commission, submitted today
to Congress.
.The Commission points out that
slaughtering of cattle and calves in
the United States Increased during
the last five years by 5,100,000 "head,
or virtually 30 per cent.
"Such a record of food animals
ought not at the same time to mean
that the country should be forced to
pay abnormally high prices for leath
er products made from the corre
spondingly increased take-off of
hides," the report declares.
The Commission reported that the
quantity of hides stored by the "Big
Five" Chicago packers, Armour, Swift,
Morris, Cudasy ana Wilson in
creased 45 per cent during 1916 and
the first half of 1917. These five con
cerns were declared to be the "chief
'factor" in the hide market. While
they had on hand January 31, 1916, a
total of 88,033,193 pounds ot hides, the
amount had increased "to 127,694,169
pounds July 31, 1917.
Stocks held by the smaller Pack
era showed an even more striking in;
crease, amounting to 83 per cent., in
the same period, although the total
was only 20,086,102 pounds July 31,
1917. The grand total held by 275 in
terstate packers, including the "Big
Five," increased-" from 98,980,726
pounds to 147,1780,271 pounds, or
practically one-half.
Imports of hides also were found by
the Commission to have increased in
1917. 70 per cent, more than in 1912
Finally, the Commission found that
"country" hides, f being the take-off of
farmers and local butchers, are very
rjlentiful. ;
The Commission reported that the
values which, the packers have placed
on their hides are ..much greater than
the increase in the- price they have
paid for cattle. tWhile the; farmers
received only "17 fper cent, more for
their cattle from Swift's -five principal
Dlants in 1916-1917, the value Swift &
Co. put on their hides from the same
rnMifi arcordine I to the report, in
creased 35 per. cent. '
Although stocks, of hides were found
by the Commission to be abnormally
large, many tanning companies report4
ed they were operating at " far from
capacity. I . S
"It has been suggested that the
nricea of hides are so high," the re
nort declares, "that tanners have been
keeping out of the market in the hope
-that m-ices would decline.'
Exports of men's ; shoes were found
bv the Commission to have, dropped
from the high level oi id,uuu,uuu pairs
i oi r v RHeSht.lv over 6.000.000 -in
. "Apparently ithe large demand of
our own armyhas been off set .partly
hv lessened exports" the report con-.
V ' - . , ,
'ACKERS HOARDED
OF LEATHER ROSE
Oregon. Senator Stands by His,
Charge of Inefficiency in
Wars Conduct
MAKES A LENGTHY
REPLY TO PRESIDENT
Declares President Does Not
Know Truth About Con
ditions War Depart- r
ment Responsible
Washington, Jan. 24. Standing
firmly by his charge that America's
military establishment is enmeshed
in , inefficiency, . S enator . .Chamberlain
of Oregon, chairman of the Military
committee replied in the Senate to
day to President Wilson's denuncia
tion of his recent New York speceh,
by repeating the statement which
drew the President's fire and declar
ing that the President himself does
pot know the truth.
Senator Chamberlain declared he
would show that the deaths of the
hundrdes and thousands of men at
cantonments and camps were due to
the War. Department and "that all
epidemics could have been prevented
if the War Department had been ef
fective." Snator Chamberlain read a letter re
ceived from President Wilson oppos
ing the creation of a minister of mu
nitions. He said he did this to count
eract the President's., charge , that
he, had not been consulted regarding
proposed legislation.
After speaking nearly three hours,
Senator Chamberlain . concluded with,
a pleathathe, was ;only doing his
duty " .arousing , the. , pountry.to . its
danger; and that-he would support te
President altough "grossly maHgned."
eaaKtt-byvoti Arkansas, --Demo-crafetok
lip tbe reply.; . , ;
. Senator Chamberlain, chairman of
the- Military committee, roefe to -a
question , of ; personal privilege in the
Senate today , and replied to Presi
dent Wilson's Tecent statement charg
ing that the Senator,, in a speech at
New Yorkr advocating government
war-organization and declaring . in
efficiency existed in all branches of
the government, had made "an as
tonlshing and absolutely unjustifiable
distortion of the truth."
In beginning his address . Senator
Chamberlain said the President had
attacked both his veracity and in
tegrity, heretofore unchallenged, but
that- In repaying he did so without
any personal feeling against the Pres
ident.
"For 24 years," Senator Chamber
lain said, "I have served the public in
my State to the best of my ability and
in all that time I have never had my
veracity called in question nor my in
tegrity lmtpeached, and I have passed
through some bitter campaigns. It
is, therefore, with some feeling of hum
ilation and also sadness that I ride
to a question of personal privilege
when my veracity has been called in
question, not by an ordinary citizen:
not by one of my colleagues, but by
a very distinguished gentleman who
,has the love and admiration of the
people and who by their, suffrage oc
cupies the hignest place of any man In
the world.
French Lost Three Ships.
wParis, Jan. 23. The sinkine of two
-French ships of more . than 1.650
tons, and one of lesser size, Is shown
in the weekly report of French ship
ping losses. Four vessels were at
tacked unsuccessfully.
A
IN SALE OF FLOOR
Food Administration - to Take
Over 30 Percent of Flour
for Allies
Washington, Jan. 24. To create a
laige export surplus of flour for the
.)ies,s the ; Food Administration is
confcidering a plan of forcsd reduction
in: flour sales all "the way fr illo
miliei to the crpsumer. Mi"s,
wholesalers, retailers and bakers
probably will be required to hold their
sales of flour down to 75 per cent,
of the amount now handled,
v As :the Allies are . demanding from
75,000,000 to 100,000,000 moie bushels
of wheat the Food Administration has
arranged to take over 30 per cent, of
t America's flour " production out of
which: will be selected supplies for
export. :-..;
Food Administration off ic als be
lieve the United States can give Eu
rope 90,000,000 bushels, of wheat made
into flour between now and the- time
the new American crop comes in with-,
out endangering-the American supply, i
FORCED
REDUCTION
Committee Representing the
Northern and Southern i:
Bodies Meets
SIGNIFICANT WORDS .,
OF BISHOP CRANST6N
Washington Bishop ; Sees No
Reason ' Why r Union
Should Iot Be Ac
complished Savannah, Ga.," Jan. 24. The com
mittee of 50 ministers and laymen
representing the Methodist , church,
North and South, which has for its
purpose the uniting of the Northern
and Soutern ' Methodist churches as
one body, has begun its deliberations
in Savannah. It .will be in session 10
days or two weeks, v
No reason appears . now why the
Northern and the -Southern. Methodist
churches should not tmite, Bishop
Earl Cranston, of Washington, chair
man of the Northern delegation to the
Unification Commission, announced to
a large congregation in the Wesley
Monumental church last night.
""In view of the "tact that such n
prominent member of the commission
should make such a. public statement,
with the expectancy of the Commis
sion entering into -executive session
to consider thepoints which are re
garded as the most obstinate, it is
believed, the . Commission will agree
on unification. ; j
Failure of this Commission to agree
on unification and unite ; the great
power f Methodism for Har part ' in
the, world ,wofkrr.;buldeIeist great
discredit upon meners, contin-
d Bishop t5r
strongly for? unity aad with apparent
hope for lit at an early datei ,
The principal point of difference lae
tween the members of the committee
from the . two sections has Jieerf. over
the disposition of the negro Metho
dists. Bishop Cranston intimated that
this point is nearing adjustment.
OWASCO TOPEDOEP
Was Formerly the German
Steamer Alllemania Two
, of Crew Lost
An Atlantic Port, Jan. 24. The Am
erican steamship Owasco, formerly
the German steamer Allemannia and
seized here 'when the- United States
entered the war, was sunk by a sub
marine the early part of December,
while in Mediterranean waters near
the Spanish coast, according to sur
vivors of the ship who arrived here
today on a Spanish liner. It was said
that two members of the crew lost
their lives.
The Owasco is the American ship
recently reported as having been one
of three vessels sunk while passing a
lighthouse, with the submarine lying
off shore and picking the vessels off
as they passed through the beam of
light. The two other ships sunk were
a' Norwegian and a British ship.
TWO CAMDEN PLANTS
' DESTROYED BY FIRE
Camden, N. J., Jan. 24. Two manu
facturing establishments engaged in
the manufacture of . war materials
were destroyed m a fire which swept
a two-story building covering a half
block today. The entire loss will
reach $500,000, it is believed.
One tenant in the building was man
ufacturing patterns for submarine
chasers and another made gaskets for
United States planes. The fire spread
with such rapidity through these
plants that incendiarism is suspected.
SOUTH DEVELOPING
IRON ORE MINING
Washington, Jan. 24. The South
mined and shipped more than 8,100,000
tons of iron -ore in 1917, the bulk of
Which was produced in the "Birming
ham district, but the iron mines- of
Georgia, ' Tennessee, worthy. Carolina
&nd Virginia contributed 1,400,000,
tons. ' " ' ' t-.
Iron ore shipped from .mines In the
entire country amounted to 75,649,000
tons, valued ' it- $236,178,000 . Ship
ments showed a 2.8 per. cent, decrease
while value showed; an , increase of
29.8 per cent, over 191$: -
AMERICAN STEAMER
A Nation-wide Campaign to
. Be Inaugurated Against
Moonshiners
SPECIAL EFFORTS TO
CLEAN "DRY" STATES
MoonshineWhiskey is Being
Sold to Army Camps in
South -Governors
to Co-operate
. Washington, Jan. 24. Discovery
that manufacture of moonshine whis
key is increasing rapidly in bone dry
States, and that ,r .quantities have been
sold illicitly to soldiers in Southern
camps, caused Internal Revenue Com
missioner Roper to announce today a
nation-wide campaign against illegal
distillation in co-operation with State
Governors. ;
The militiary camps where moon
shine liquor has been sold most in
spite of - precautions by military and
civil authorities, are Camps Wads-
worth at Spartanburg, S. C; 'Sevier,
at Greenville, S. C; Jackson, at Co
lumbia, S. C; and Oglethorpe, at Chat
tanooga. Investigations about these and other
camps still - are under way. The
campaign already has resulted in ar
rests of hundreds of moonshiners in
Southern dry States. State laws for
bidding importation and the Federal
tax of $3.20 a gallon have driven the
price of crude corn liquor about many
camps to $8 and 12. a quart; accord-
uig iu -oviueuuQ ; satucreu ; uy revenue
agents.. . v . . . . '
commissioner .Roper Has M OQtamea
dors ement of .the anii-liquor-campaign.
Some State executives and local oflV
cials. however. were reluctant, to fur-
push the State agents required for the
work!. ; ' " - : s
A report preeented: today to Com
missioner Roper by Chief Revenue
Agent Tfutt showed that nearly 80
per cent, of the illegal stills seized
recently in Virginia were in Patrick,
Wise, Franklin, Pittsylvania, Halifax
and Henry counties. Conditions have
been found to be bad in Mecklenburg,
Floyd, Carroll. Grayson, Nelson, Am-
herat, Madison; Green, Dickinson and
Buchanan counties.
In North, Carolina 54 of the 100
counties are known as "good moon
shine territory" and nearly 700 stills
have been seized and destroyed in
year. - Conditions are bad in Hender
son, Polk, Wilkes, Johnston, Transyl
vania, Alexander, Yadkin, McDowell,
Burke and Wake counties.
In a number of counties in the West
part of the State, it was said, local of
ficials refused to give proper assist
ance to government agents and intim
ated that they were friendly to the
moonshiners.
Pickens and Horry counties of
South Carolina, were reported locali
ties where illicit distilling has . flour
ished and which government agents
are watching closely. In most north
western counties, stills are said to be
operated on rather large scales and
moonshiners take the product to the
camps in that State. They-either sell
the liquor themselves or give it '.o
their agents , who dispose of it to sol
diers. Laxity of a number of county
officials in South Carolina also was
reported. 1
Almost 600 stills have been discov
ered in Georgia within the last year,
mainly in the northern section. Among
the counties cited were Fannin, Put
nam, Cobb, Clay, Lumpkin,. Harris,
Cherokee, White, Dawson and Fay
ette.
THERE IS SCANT HOPE
Eleven Recovered, Nine
caped and 78 Unac
counted for
Es-
Halifax,
crews in
N.."s.. Jan.;- 24. Rescue
alternating shifts today
searched th"J Uwer levels of the Allan
3bafts of thi Acadia Coal Company
mine at SUIlarton. for possible sur
vivors of the violent explosion last
night. There was scant hope that
any would be found alive. At 1 an
early hour today revision of figures
by mine officials showed there were
98 men in the mine at the time of tho
explosion, of whom nine escaped. Elev
en 'bodies had been recovered and 78
were still to be accounted for. -
FOR
ENTOMBED
MINERS
Senator Simmons One of the
Leaders Against the Cham- :
berlain Bill
WILL NEVER GET
THROUGH THE HOUSE
Should the Senate Pass Meas
ure, Believed, the House
.Will Kill It Demo
crats Behind Wilson
(By George H. Manning).
Washington, D. C, Jan. 24. Senator
Simmons will take a leading part to
day in the clash which will occur in
the Senate over the plan of Senator
Chamberlain, chairman of the Mili tary
Affairs committee, to obtain the pass
age of his bill for the creating of war
cabinet.
Senator Simmons spent a busy day
yesterday lining up tbe forces to op
pose the plan, which has been em
braced with such gratification by the
Senate Republicans and; a few Dem
ocrats dissatisfied with the adminis
tration's conduct of the war.
"I expect to be in this fight, tooth
and nail and up -to my neck" saW
Senator Simmons this morning. 1
spent the greater part of Tuesday and
Wednesday conferring with my Dem
ocratic y colleagues over this legisla
tion. Almost every Democrat in the
Senate will ."vote' against .'the-War Cab
inet bill and although the Republi
cans may vote-solidly for it, I expect
we can defeat it." . ,
The defense of President Wilson
against:. the attempt., to Vamper his
freedom of action by -the creation of
a ; special group- of ofiTcials to . handle
the war will be led by Senators . Sim-
Martin, of Vireinia. Three .bler meltfemv in a raid Wednesday morni.
could hot be found. Senator Overman
will stand by the President against
the Chamberlain proposal..
In the House, the ' North Carolina
delegation is solidly behind President
Wilson, and opposed to the War Cab
inet plan. Even if the Chamberlain
proposition should carry in the Sen
ates It would be overwhelmingly de
feated in the House where Claude
Kitchin would, lead the fight against
it- -
Congressman Zeb Weaver, of Ashe
ville," expressed the sentiments of the
9ther North Carolinians today when
he said: "I am unalterably opposed to
the Chamberlain plan or any other
plan to create a new cabinet official
or any other department board or
bureau that will In any way interfere
with our commander-in-chief in his
conduct of the war."
Canteens Ordered to Stop
Seling Candy Pending In
vestigation r
Washington, Jan. 24. Discovery of
"impurities" in candy supplied to ;can
teens of navy ships today caused the
issue of an order suspending the sale
of candy to the men and also the pur
chase of additional supplies pending
investigation. .
Navy Department cfilcials were caro
ful not to say what the "impurities"
were, but the announcement of. the
order immediately caused a recur
rence of the report that powdered
glass has been discovered., , There
was no confirmation for this, however,
and no, cases of sickness from eating
the candy have been reported.
It was merely stated jthat "impuri-
ties" had been discovered in candy
sold to the officers and men and that
while chemical investigation was de
termining what' the foreign substances
were, no more of the stuff would be
Eold and no: more, would be bought , of
the supply. So far as is known this
i3 the first official action of Its "kind
on a great crop of reports of food
poisoning by enemy plotters which
have ranged from breakfast foods to
canned goods and now finally to can
dy. -
TEUTONS MOVE BACK .
DEFENSES IN ITALY
Italian Army Headquarters in North
ern Italy, Wednesday, Jan. 23. The
enemy' has evacuated territory on the
n6rthern mountain iront behind Monte
Tomba, extending fpm .the, Piave
Tiver westward. J Their - defense lines
have now been moved back to 'Monte
Spihoncla. ' ' '-
IMPURITIES" FOUND
IN CANDY FOR NAVY
IDE BATTLE
Both on 'Western and" Italian
Fronts There ia Increas-i,
v ed Fighting ' - ' ?-7
2 i
BIG DEVELOPMENTS '
ARE IN PROSPECT
Artillery Fire Becoming; Gen
eral, and Raiding Parties;
More Frequent. King
Albert Replies
On the Western front in France and! j
Belgium and on the : Italian $-frjnt
where the contending armies of the';
chief ' belligerents in the world Wai
have displayed little activity forspme
time, official reports announce -,a too I
i b t a ..M..MM.t.A. J
sumpuon Oi uusnuues vi uuuvuu"nui
tivity for winter months. While ;tfci ' J 1 1
operations mentioned .in the V state ;il
ments from the various . army, 'head , ' I
quarters , are of little consequence :
from a military view, yet the general :
i extent of the activity Indicates'rihat
developments, or consiaeraoitj uxu.i
tude are in immediate prospect. '
Intensity of the artillery fire his Id-4!
creased all along the Western; front ; .
and raidingv, parties and air; flghtirr !
have been resumed under more "favor n
able condiitons. The success Tot !
German raid on British trenches : we si '
of LaBasse, is announced by the ;Brt--.
ish, official . communication, . , whic?1
claims; rhowever, that another, hostile : ,
partywas -dispersed .west- of YUlerr i
Cuislaln: Inf the VNieuport, sectdr, ti t J ' '
French war ofllce announces:, the- r r
LTheFrehcl? statement also say$ ; thsA
the artillery: is active in the .Chaune "
wood front and in the sector of ,Hil
344 and claims the failure of.-an en.
-emy attempt at the former4 place.-
During the period from January 1
to 20, ten German airplanes v-weru
brought down by the French. - ' -
More intense artillery firing betweei J.
the Adige and Brenta valleys-is, re '.
ported in the Italian official statement
which also tells of small engagement:
on the right bank of the Piave and or
the southeastern slopes of -Montr
Spinoncia. '
King Albert, in his reply to . Pope 1
Benedict's peace note, declares 'thai :
Belgium will consent to 'peace onlj
upon the guarantee of absolute poll t ;
leal, economic afidterritorial 'inz.i 1
pendence. The note of -the. Belris.r i
government concludes .with . the j dec i
laration that the replies', ot the .Cea '
tral Empires to the Pope's . note liiav
failed to make mention of theu?undis
puted rights of Belgium that, his.' Holi
ness has not ceased to recognize &zf
proclaim."
Evidence of unrest amonff thepec
pie in Austria and Germany continue
to reach the outside , world -througr
Switzerland and Holland. News c :
the Austrian strikes and "peacB. dc
mands appear to be generally :knbwz
In Germany despite , the efforts ;Ot; th :
censorship to the contrary. The. Ac 3
trian hope- that the German -'ifCTkeri
would follow their lead,, however,.i ha.:
not materialized, due probably to ; tLt
ever powerful military party. -:
THE FUEL MOVFJS;:
"'- --':' '"
Other Railroads Joinun 'Bcr
ring All Except Fuel, Fod
and Munitions , , : ;
Washington, 'Jan. 24.-rThe : mbv:
ment of fuel,r food ; and - .-miuiitioz:
went forward in-the face of adders'
weather conditions ' today, : aided tj
an unofficial - embargo .' on eastbo'cr t
general freight; virtually ' affecting l
railroads, east of the Mississippi: ar.;
north of the Ohio and Potomac lifers
.This situation,- brought ? c about t;
embargoes, formally ordered by Di
rector ; General. McAdoo for ' seven:
Eastern railroads;? probably wEl pen
tinue for. several" days or at least
til the weather permits a resumpticr
of a more general, movement; Al
though the' Director ;GneraTsrorde3
-ae restricted to Vthe J three froad ;
other lines 'accepted pr tctically ' i
general freight today destined fXci
SastenT'points. i : :s 4.
. Fuel cfCicials still were unable i' ',
estimate the - result of . the : flve-di:
closing order other than ; to-vsayitts
more, ships hadbeen coaled v and c
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