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V i i i . - r '. V. THE WEATHER Trobably rain Wednesday. . colder In n-est portion; Thursday fair, much colder in east and central portions. .it n "l lj irn .fejS QlnnAlO 1 ifli PAGES TODAY JJ-Jil T 1U ONE SECTION yOU CI-STO. 151 'SSIA. FORCED jOLSHEVIK REGIME CAPITULATES ANU is kmlauy TO ACCEPT THE GERMAN t fenine ."and Trotzky Sign. State, jnentt in Behalf of the Peo ple's Commissaries flfflSIlCE WAS VIOLATED Germany Taok Aggressive Action Without Giving Notice of Its Termination MESSAGE &ENT SOLDIERS Krylenko Tells Them to Resist Any Gentian Attacks London, Feb. 119. Russia is now forced to sign pe3 ce upon the con ditions proposed b7 Germany, says an OHiCiai xiubbia!. siaiciueni re- eeived Here today. The official statement was sign ed bv Premier Leiaine and Leon Trotzkv, the foreigit minister. It protests against the ' German re sumption of the war and says the council of people's commissioners is now forced to declare its readi ness to sign a peace as? dictated by the delegations of thei quadruple alliance at Brest-Litovsfc. It prom ises to give a detailed Keply with out delay to the German peace conditions. ' Si.sn Terms Protettnt?ly. The statement was. transmitted through the wireless telesrrsr.phy sta tions of the Russian government to the government of the Germain empire at Berlin. The text reads: ' "The council of people's (Commis saries protests against the fact that the German government has directed its troops against the Russian coun cil's republic which has declare! the ar as at an end and which is demob ilizing its army on all fronts. "tie workmen's and peasants gov ernment of Russia could not anrtifcrpate such a step because neither directly pr indirectly bs. anyone of the 'par ses wnich concluded the armistice giv en the seven days' notice reauired in accordance with the treaty of Deaem wr 15 for terminating it," ine ussian government, accordinsr to another official statement received -ere, has addressed Mlo-wing mies- 0e to headquarters and all the fronts: "The Council of People's Com mis - anes has offered to the Germans to peace immediately. I order that a all cases where Germans are en conntered massed that -pourparlers -t!i the German soldiers should be "-rtmzea and the proposal to refrain flg-hting made to them. If the wmans refuse then you must offer "them every possible resistance. Germans Drive Into ' Russia. "erlm. Via T ,1 w.i. it rr-i J W'al C0mmnr,i,n , IP ."I'-aiiuii isaueQ oy tne "nnaa war nffio1 tin . fc i: m iirn 4--. far south as fV erman armies are tward tD Russia. advancing WASHINGTON NOT SURPRISED AT ACTION OF asbinstoii, Feb. 19. Announce-legaltty entirely upon the outcome of Purpose of the Bolshevik "eminent of Rnswia c,-c, 1 'Jttcei UDOn fhft hnm1HatiT,r imposed by the Germans surprise in official circles Ped no pre. in wew t the failure of the at- yt-ot the Russl Oft ans to influence the "mm socialists AaT UErtKist-in People. 5asp rre3'Ttible dema-nd -by -the great idT f R,JSsian Pele for peace tan, orfUght abo"t the downfall in "th4 tnree s"ccessive governments LvQ-- Zlir Niclas. that of Prince tAr&T, thRt of Kerensky- Lenine laierg.. , -yulug io xne omcioi iat t.diri- here, were fully aware im6 ftrt ' p& ",e ,ouid ; share the Vj the ovlt. tthey failed to respond 1 1 ' . Wituauu ii w Thfl ... Ie .rr.r. . as dA"ger of overthrow from r&tin"- trioti.c Russians through ai havi-p- g terms of peace, 'Vea Hi carefully calculated the I4 Trotzkv uved here that Lenine -f lie llZ Sn,aJly decided in the face -'lan tP-it Vj,erman advance into ,f,nainta." y that their only hope ?ent lay ,"K control of the govern "rHan demrlete suomission to the lSt ... tt Peace t,tn . r"61. acrntji - ,tJr b may now ds "t. n,,.lco.rdln& to the official 1Tlt depend for its vitality and TERMS UNDER PROTEST Germans A re Advancing Into Russia Over 400-Mile Front HUTGHESON BLOCKS EARLY ADJUSTMENT President of Carpenters' Brother, hood Insists Upon Closed Shop Principle IS FIGHTING SHIPBUILDERS Contends Shipyards Get $7 Out of Every $100 Paid the Carpenters. Refuses to Leave. Question . Up to Adjustment Board. Washington. Feb. 19. Although the strikes of carpenters in eastern ship yards was at an 'end today after Inter vention by President Wilson, the gov ernment and carpenters brotherhood leaders apparently were far apart to night on arrangements to prevent fu ture trouble. William L. Hutcheson, president of the brotherhood, at a conference with Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board; Charles Plez, general manager of the emergency fleet corporation; Sampel Gomjers and members of the shipbuilding adjustment board, insisted the closed shop principle should be en forced and declined to leave theytjues tion to the adjustment board. A further conference between Hutch eson and his aides will be held tomor row with the adjustment board, at which shipping board officials said to night they were, hopeful a satisfactory conclusion would be reached. Hutcheson insisted tonight that be fore the government held the carpen ters to the open shop principal It should take over all shipyards and eliminate profit taking by private in terests. If this were done, he said, the carpenters would be willing to work on any terms the government might prescribe. "On every hundred dollars paid the carpenters by shipyards," said Hutche son, "the shipyards themselves take seven dollars. This is what the car penters object to. The strikes are over but the question itself is not settled. The carpenters insist that j they have the right to choose the men with whom they shall work. The employer is tak ing advantage of the situation to try to crush the labor unions, j "We are not fighting the government and we are not trying to obstruct the shipbuilding program; but we are fighting the shipbuilder. If the gov ernment would take over the yards the question would settle itself." The facts that other union heads have agreed to leave the settlement of all differences to the adjustment board was pointed out at the conference, but Hutcheson declared he had no author tty to sign any such arrangement' for the carpenters if it would jtake from them their constitutional rights. Confesses Murdering: priest. Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 12. Michael Schramm, of this city, tonight con fessed the murder of the Rev. Father Edmund Kayser, of Gary, Ind., on the night of August 24. 1015. ! BOLSHEVIKI the great war. Being made under ab solute compulsion and by what Is re garded as nothing more than a fac tion of the Russian people, the allies in a peace conference would demand that it be disregarded. Accepting as accurate the statement credited to Trotzky in ftis report upon the Brest-Lrftovsk negotiations that the German terms Included the reten tion of Poland, LathuAnia. Riga and Moon Island and an irjQemnlty of 800,- 000.000 nounds. it is fcolnted out that the proposed treaty tfrill be t direct violation not only of all peace prin ciples laid down by the entente spokes men and President 'Wilson, but of the often minted Teutonic declaration of "no annexations and no Indemnities. However, it is taken for granted that there wjll be an attempt to dis guise these demands and deny that they constitute either indemnity or annexation. ' It is fully expected the effort will be made to show that what the Ger man reichstag ; meant in declaring against Indemnities, were punitive ex actions and no repayment for the ac tual damages feustalned through the tremendous Russian drives into Po land and Galicda In the early days of the war. Also it Ib anticipated that the claim will be made by the Ger mans that their continued occupation of the Russian western provinces is not really annexation in the objec tio"nable meaning of that term; the oc cupied provinces are - to be held only (Continued, on. Pae TeoJ " ., WILMINGTON, IN". O, T; TO SIGN Line Extends From Riga, in the North, to Lutsk, Near the East Galician Border CITY OF DVINSK OCCUPIED Allied Forces on Western Front Stand Ready for Germans to Launch Offensive LLOYD-GEORGE AGAIN WINS Tense Political Situation in Eng land Apparently Bridged (Associated Press War Summary.) The Russian Bolshevik government has capitulated and announced its readiness, although protestingly, to sign a peace compact under the hard j terms imposed by Germany. j Notwithstanding this fact, Teutonic ! troops are advancing eastward Into : Russia over a front of 400 miles from Riga in the north to Lutsk, a scant 50 i miles from the .east Galician border, j on the south. Apparently thus far the operation has met with no opposition. , The northern reaches of the Dvina j river have been crossed by the enemy; th important railroad town of Dvinsk, whence roads run northeastward to Petrograd and eastward to Smolensk, has been' captured, and Lutsk, one of the famous fortresses of the Volhynian triangle. -And. forming'' ."the gateway leading eastward to Klevhas been en tered without the -Russians attempting to stay the foe. Forced to SUm Terms. The official announcement of the capitulation was signed by Nikolai Lenine and Leon Trotzky on behalf of the people's commissaries of Russia. It protests against Germany attacking a country which has declared the war at an end and which is demobilizing Its armies on all fronts, but under the cir cumstances, it says the government re gards Itself as forced formally to de clare its willingness to "sign a peace upon the conditions which had been dictated by the delegates of the quad ruple alliance at Brest-Litovsk." The only indication that the enemy will meet with hindrance comes In an announcement by Ensign Krylenko, the Bolshevik commander-in-chief. In his order he instructs the Russians when they encounter German troops to en deavor to persuade them to refrain from hostilities. . "If the Germans refuse," he adds, "then you must offer them every pos sible resistance." German Intention Unknown. As yet there Is no indication from German sources concerning the full in tention of the invaders, but it has been assumed that in the north the capture of the provinces of Livonia and Es thonia is contemplated and that In the south, In Little Russia, aid Is to be lent the Ukrainians In stemming the tide of the Bolshevik movement against them. Apparently all is still chaos In Rus sia, with civil war In progress at vari ous points and the food situation daily growing worse. So serious has be come the latter factor that Trotzky has been appointed food controller and given unlimited powers. Already he has ordered the arrest of food specula tors. Ready for Hun Offensive. Behind the entente allied line in France and belglum the military lead ers, -with their armies ready, are ex peoting the Germans to launch their much talked of offensive, but there still is no outward sign of its near ap proach. Artillery duels and raiding operations and intensive aerial activity continue to feature the fighting all along the front. Three successful raids against the Germans have been carried out by the British in Flanders and near Lens and Arras- in northern France. In Flanders the raid, which was carried out south of the Houtholst wood, resulted In the British penetrat ing German positions on a wide front, the infliction of numerous casualties and the taking of prisoners. Sixteen Plants Accounted For. Sixteen German airplanes were ac counted for Sunday in aerial fighting by British army airmen and In addi tion German towns and military posi tions behind the battle front were heavily bombarded. British naval air men also paid a visit to the German naval and air bases at Zeebrugge, whioh were effectively bombed and drove down three German machines that attempted to give battle. ' British Crisis Bridged. The-tense political situation in Great Britain, arising from the secrecy sur rounding the recent supreme war council at ' Versailles and the retirement-of General Robertson as chief of the British general staff, ' has been bridged. Premier Lloyd-George an nounced to- the house of commons that it had been" decided to set up a central authority to co-ordinate the strategy of the allies and that the plan , submit ted by the "Americans "which puts he tCoaUaued ' craPa TeiO.- .. '' tj .' . t : ' . . L - . - . , -I .DNESDAY MORmNG, A State's Oldest Editor Debate on Measure Begins in the House While That in the Senate Continues TO BE PASSED THIS WEEK Senate Proposes to Take Final Action by Friday at Latest and the House ' Expects to Vote Before . the Week Ends. j Washington, Feb. i9.-rCongress . to day bent itself almost exclusively to ward expediting the administration railroad bill. ' Debate on the measure was begun in the house and continued. in the sen ate with leaders of "both bddies plan ning its disposition before the end of the week. Late in the day the senate agreed to begin voting on amendments jThursday afternoon; expecting passage Of the bill late that night or Friday. In the house it is planned to close gen eral debate Thursday and pass the measure at least before adjournment Saturday. j Considerable amendment of both the senate and house committee drafts be fore final action was forecast by today's discussion. ! The principal addresses In the senate today were by Senators Johnson of Cal ifornia and Townsend of Michigan, Re publicans, both of whom opposed tn measure as now drawn, jfn tne nouse, Representative Sims of Tennessee, and Representative Stephens of Nebraska, Democrats, championed the draft of the house, committee. " Government ownerr ship of railroads was advocated by the California senator and by Representa tive Stephens. r Senator Townsend pointed out many alleged defects in the bill asserting that it was not understood by many committee members and that the rail roads are supporting the measure in expectation of rate increases. He said he - doubted whether the government could enforce the provision, prohibiting railroads from paying dividnds higher than their regular rate. - Representative Sims urged . particu larly the adoption of provisions giving (Continued on Page Two) Big Drop in Temperature In Atlantic Coast States Is Forecast for Tomorrow Washington, Feb. 19. A drop of ifrom 20 to' 30 degrees ln-tempera-iture in Atlantic coast states Thurs day was forecast tonight by the weather bureau.' A cold blanket now hanging over the upper Missouri valley and ".northeastern Rocky ; Mountain slope will move " eastward, causing sharp-drop In temperatures tomorrow - In the Ohio valley, the lower lake region, Tennessee and the east gulf -states. Rain Is for e . oast- tomorrow' for " Atlantic' coast ' states."- v. . . - "MAD "7 aK j FEBRUARY 20, 1918 E IN GERMANYT Who Died Yesterday ! GIVE THIS PORT SHIP CONTRACTS Chairman Hurley Promises to Uti lize Wilmington for Building Vessels for Government RAILROAD TO FT. CASWELL War Department to Spend $14O00O ex tending W. B, & S. Direct to Fort Which May be Used as Em barkation Point. By PARKER R. ANDERSON. Washington, Feb. 19. Wilmington is to be. connected with Fort Caswell by rail within the next three or four months. This was mare certain today when the war department told Repre sentative Godwin and H. C. McQueen, M. J. Corbett and M. W. Divine, of Wil mington, that the government would immediately take steps to have the Wilmington. Brunswick & Southern railroad extended to the government property at Fort Caswell. It is con sidered one of the ' most important moves by the government in the inter est of Wilmington and Eastern Caro lina. - Recognises Fort Caswell. It is stated that the government in taking this action' recognizes the avail ability of Fort Caswell as a training and concentration camp for soldiers and that the fort is to be used for such purposes none of the Wilmington peo ple here today have the slightest doubt. Will Build Ships Here. The Wilmington committee, accom panied by Senators Simmons and Over man and Representative Godwin, vis ited Edwin N. Hurley, chairman of the United States shipping board, early in the day and had a most satisfactory conversation with -the head of Uncle Sam's shipbuilding organization. Mr. Hurley practically assured the commit tee that ships are to be built at Wil mington and- reiterated his . former shitement that he would visit the North Carolina port within a very short time. - Transfer Old Contracts. The understanding is that Mr. Hur ley will transfer a number of ship building contracts already let to north ern contractors to Wilmington. Many of these contractors have not been able to drive a nail for months because of climatic and labor conditions. The government needs ships and Hurley toiii i.t wilmineton take a hand in or der, that the work may be expedited as much as possible. Railroad a Trump Card. While this phase of development in Eastern Carolina is considered most interesting, the Southport extension of the railroad from . Wilmington to Fort Caswell appears to be the trump card for- the people of that section. The railroad will have to be built from At wood, a distance of about 15 miles from the fort. It will., go around Southport, thereby eliminating the ' Uttle grading that might be necessary. - ; Spend 9140,000. ' The material to be used in this work will cost 'the -government $140000, but army officials of - the quartermasters . 4 (Continued on Page Two) DEMAND FOR UNIFIED EFFORT IN THE WAR CAME FROM AMERICA WILSON TO DEFINE ATTITUDE Second Appeal is Made to Presi dent Urging Him . to Speak Out on Negro Lynchings GOVERNOR RYE IS SILENT TJ. , S. Attorney General Has Ruled That Federal Government Is Pow erless to Act Two Appeals Made In One Day.' New York, Feb. 19. John R. Shil lady, secretary of the national associ ation for the advancement of colored people, today made a second appeal to President Wilson to speak out in con demnation of the burning and tortur ing near Estill Springs, Tenn., of a negso accused of murder. In his letter, which was directed to Secretary Tumulty, Shillady called at tention to the fact that the attorney general, to whom the president refer red the association's first appeal, hod decided the- federal government had no jurisdiction and that the governor of Tennessee had not replied to the association's telegram asking what steps were being taken to arrest the members of the mob. "In view of this statement of the at torney general and the silence of the governor of Tennessee, we beg you to lay this matter again before the pres ident lest the laws be flouted and jus tice denied," wrote Shillady. BQITAX. RIGHTS LEAGUE ALSO SENDS MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT Boston,. Feb. 19. The" hanging of a negro by a. mob Sunday night near Fayetteville, Ga., for attempted rob bery and kidnapping' led the Boston branch of the national equal rights league to , send a telegram to Presi dent Wilson today asking him to is sue a message on lynching. "Are not two -or three lynchings a week j worthy of a. message to con gress i from the president?" says the telegram. "Every lynching incites to repetition. Will you not speak in our country's name to let the world know your attitude on these recent horrors which disgrace humanity and civili zation?" OIL TANKER EXPLODED. Captain of Gasoline Boat and Another Man Believed Lost. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 19. A gasoline propelled oil tanker, the Goat, operat ed out: of Elizabeth City, N. C, to North Carolina soun-.l points by the Texas Oil Company, exploded early this after noon. Capt. C P. Clark and David Wil liams, in charge of the boat, are miss ing and it is believed lost ibeir lives. Other boats in the vicinity, seeing the explosion, went to the scene but found no traces of the two men. A search ing party has left Elizabeth City to locate the missing men or recover their bodies. Reject Manpower Proposals. London, Feb. 19. The amalgamated society of engineers, according to a statement issued today by the secre tary of the society, ha srejected the government's manpower proposals by 93,547 votes. The figures were: For th egovernment proposal, 27,470; against, 121,017. LLOYD-GEORGE STATES THE PURPOSE OF ARM Y CHANGES London, Feb. 19. Premier Lloyd- George today made in the house of commons his eagerly awaited statement regarding the recent army changes. He said the government was anxious to retain the services of Gen. Sir William Robertson as chief of staff so long as it was ! compatible with the policy de cided upon in common with Great Britain's allies. The premier said the policy of the government was based upon the as sumption that the allies had suffered in the past through lack of concerted and. co-ordinated efforts. It had been i decided to set up a central authority to co-ordinate the strategy of the al lies. All In Agreement. The general principles laid down at the recent session at Versailles of the supreme war council were agreed to by all, the premier said. It also was agreed there should be an lnter-allied authority with executive powers. The only difference which arose was as to its constitution. The first proposal at Versailles, he continued, was that the central authority should consist of a council" of chiefs of staff but this was abandoned inasmuch as It was regard ed as ur.workabie. , . Mr. Lloyd-George said it was essen tial tbat decisions should be taken instantly- at' Versamesv Meeting" sepa ritWi tho-delegates of the respective :HOIiE HTJMBER 39,329 PEACE Lloyd-George'srank Admission Confirmed Impression Pre vailing in Washington SAVE WASTE OF ENERGY President Convinced Allied Cause Was Threatened Unless There Was Unity ITALY A STRIKING EXAMPLE Campaign Plan Drawn at Ver sailles Kept a Secret Washington, Feb. 19. Frank admission by Premier Lloyd George today that the convincing demand for unified military effort under a single directing body had come from the United States, con firmed the impression that has prevailed here since the proposal to send the mission headed by Col. House to 4 Eufope first became known. It was known unofficial ly at that time that President Wil son had,become convinced that the allied cause stood in grave danger unless a central body could be erected with authority to initiate vigorous warfare based on a well digested plan of strategy that cov ered all fronts. Waspresldent'sTdea. The president was determined that the. United States should not waste its strength in the war but should, with the co-belligerents wage an offensive battle of the most vigorous character. His military andnaval advisers had strongly urged upon him the advis ability of seeking to unite .all the forces opposed to Germany into a sin gle unit of military power, striking every blow for its relation to a grand scheme of campaign and wasting no strength in minor engagements or un related offensive on the several fronts. One Striking Example. The Italian disaster has been oited as a striking example of .what the lack of complete co-operation among the al lies might bring about. When the Aus-tro-German drive into Italy began, the Italian armies were threatening the very heart of the whole German mili tary fabric. The mighty German de fenses on the west front were threat ened from the rear, for Austria was crumbling under the punishment ad ministered by the forces of Gen. Cador na. There are officers here who be llve that the war would have been vir tually over now had Cadorna's great effort been made with the full support of the British and French behind tt. Failing that it was swept back and the enemy given the best military position he had occupied slncethe defeat of hia drive at Paris in 1914. Ignorant of War Plans. Army officers here profess complete ignorance of the plan of campaign (Continued On Page Two) ames,he explained, considered their own plan which in each case was identical. This plar. was -passed without a dis senting vote and accepted by all the mi.-tary itprfcycniuUvefc, the premier said. ; - , Robertson 'Declined Place. Being under the impression that all the difficulties had been overcome, con tinued the premier, the government of fered General Robertson a position on the Versailles council but ha was un villing to acquiesce in the eyslem, ob jecting to it on military grounds. Gen eral Robertson, added the pi-em er, then refused the post of chief of staff with powers adapted to the poslt'on set Up at Versailles. If he should read the document submitted by the Americans, said Mr. Lloyd-George there would be no need to make a speech. "The caso is presented with irresis tible pjwer and log'C" he added. "What happened? We altered the proposal here and there. There was a good deal of discussion .which took some hours. There was not a single dissentient voice, so far as the plan was concerned." Would Quit If Repudiated. - If the house ofc commons repudiated the policy for which he was responsi ble, In which he believed the safety of the country depended, Mr. Lloyd-George dclared, he would quit office. His one regret would be that he had not greater strength and aility to place at the disposal, of his country in its gravest hour. , , The British commander, . Field Mar shal Haig, was present at the session of Contlsued On Page, Two) i.I' . v - tit i . ' ! I. ' if -hit .riir h;.'. W If i !;, .a m ..( Hit II Hi i it -A: 0-- - -;-. .. . '-' ' N ,-.ti 'Km if -- V ... , . . . j - 'rr- -i . , A-. .v.. "... 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