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PEOPLE
gevere Punishmeat Inflicted Yes
terday Unusually Inactive
Along the Front"
CASUALTIES ON MAKOH 1ST
Pershing Eeports a Lieutenant and
Nine Men Killed Thirteen
Severely Wounded ;
DECORATED FOB HEEOISM
Several Americans Honored by the
French Premier
With the American Army In France,
Sunday, March 3. (By the. Associated
Press) It was unusually Inactive
along the American fronts during the
last 24 hours, only 105 enemy ' shells
dropping over. The -American artillery
inflicted severe punishment on the' en
emy by heavily shelling a large can
tonment where many troops were as
6embled. . '. '- ' - " :
PERSHIXG RE3PORTS lilST
OF AJTD WOUNDED
Washingtou, March 4. General Per-
sMng reported to the war' department
today, the names of one lieutenant and
nine privates killed in- action, of a cap
tain, a lieutenant and eleven men se
rereiy, wounded and ten men slghtly
wounded ,all on March 1, the day of a
German assault on an American trench
sector. The name of a. lieutenant and
four men killed the same day previous
ly had been reported, v .
The dead. are:,. . ."- ; '. . .
First Lieutr: Stewart W. Hoover, 'in-
iantry, iSiacKioot, Idaho. ' - . - v
Privates William iarr. Milan - p -
rrea uara, Tosoy,' D.-iiuAsellA.
Murrl Kapafc al.; JEd wardf H. iMcNttltyj
iiathews D. souza, Sato Antas, Azores
Islands; Claude W. .Keller, Glenbur, N.
iD.; Lloyd S. Miller, Commerce, Mo.:
Frank ii. idack, friend, John J. Davis,
ilinot, N. D.
Corporal Homer J. Wheaton Syra
cuse, N. Y., and Private Lawrence A.
iLacassee, Woburn, Mass., were killed
Among the deaths reported wer a ti
following-; -; ' '
Private Will Bush, labor nnartrwio-
ter corps, pneumonia. March v p.nn
ton, S. C. :
Private Henry E. Oranare' RnVinni
ville, Tenn.
Private Shellev
rel Springs. V C waa ronAW0H
My wounded- v ...
FREXCH PREMIER DECORATES
iETJERAL SOLDIERS
"lta the American Ar-m-ww n xn--
arch 3' (By the Associated
mss) Premier Clemenceau, who spent
nf-r -xuencan iront northwest
""decorated two lieutenants, two
r;n1sand ?wo Privates with the
woix de Guerre with the palm', for
tl?whlch they displayed: in .the
r1 uean raid in this sector.
fcirf-. of the lieutenants comes from
f7n and the other from Oharles
w t Botk men went out Into No
"MS Land in Krna J j.
1 German prisoner. -- - -
PrTnn?emenceai1' accompanied : by two
"ench generals oi 1
neadquarters at the front at an early
n. and immediately went to where
idP, , s were drawA; UP on three
namL -,8quare in companies. 'The
caVwT men t0 be. aecorated were
premt -they stePPed up, the French
Uiem ! T fns the decorations' on
helw fayin a .w?rd to .each. One
"Pk " Lne snouiaer and said: :
inats the way to do it."
- A"e AniArinn 1.1 1 a -. . . , .
toe rant- " uiussaea ana retirea to
UentPn! . Prench generals said to a
soth0 newly decorated: "We have
them if hes down and we shall put
ee peeper if we keep working
Prhafn6 end of the ceremony a young
He 6nna?e runninS along hurriedly,
tain u . for a moment with hicap
soinr t Ine aPParently that he-was
WtedhSehif medaA The captain.
3 automobile. whifV, ,,. fnv.
-rv-iA uui ana siappeamm
One 7i:K' ftandmg him his war cross.
agly. scucrais remarked laugh
ere -mind about being late.
Tou
That
la enn,,J .. c LIie omer morning.
, ""SU. . -
Sorv nf m rne excitement and
Pat an moment, forgot to salute.
tescn0 t".ercan general came to his
sae ftf usperin: "Salute, '.Saulte."
Ileir "e men decorated can wear
?ess. s until authorised ; by -Con-
e npo,,,; . . . ' '
PobservTf: went rar forward. Into
1fSI.'7",; Post overlooking No
rae mT. ' he German positions and
ia in tytm tho distances then hid-
a8oufH , aze- He entered several
!ra?ht a er the fuina of houses
lerio,, " . n Slnce the arrivals of the
;:en and hr.,,, "w. neus,- ova
r. ' ! . vjLiit. nrniflriaji Airarnaa n
dronr7 u "ceau was tner
i f ear- The Premier
kH?"y pressed, with the
i . f m n .
there, but
seem-
with the stur-
retnl , e caked in mud who had
tth ..7 Irom the 'ront lines. 'He
4ia ma noon inspecting the bil-
ahr . ?y. towns back of the lines
ed w-th a field noPltal where
"t ra?j "1C JaBI wounaea in tne
ftiJr? filing all of Them thev
. "UH Tlkl . ' .
k e Of tV, " "
SArt.- Eer&eants decorated - Is
jsna iTr.rf 3' w Wle In a .dugout a
iContf . and the sergeant led
.tlOUd On TaV-c "V-r
anese
Quick Steps Probable to Meet Emergency
tion of OctmpjTng Finland Regarod
What Teutons May Undertake in Any Part of Russia. .;
Washington, Marc 4.- Military ac
tion by. Japan in eastern Siberia1; to
check German - Influence and , protect
war stores at Vladivostok is believed
here to b,e imminent. The UnitedStates
has ; not yet expressed its views on the
proposed step, but it "was said In. dip
lomatic quarters tonight that the Jap
anese probably would move qujckly to
meet emergency conditions, leaving, to
the pending diplomatic exchanges de
velopment of an understanding;-; with
America and all the allies I upon, the
scope and purposes of. thes enterprise. .
. "While it has no direct bearing upon
the. situation in Asiatic Russia, the
news which came today to the Swedish
legation " that " Germany, has given no
tice ? of her intention ; to - occupy the
whole of Finland will tend to hasten
an agreement, upon Japan's plans. xhe
German" explanation . to - the Swedish
foreign office, which has protested
against the proceeding, -; that the occu-
Berlin iPaperSays Signing'f -"tlie
fTehns With" Russia"Give3 Ger-i t"
many One Free Hand .
THE NATION CELEBRATES
Flars Are FIvIks Everywhere ud Ike
Schools Will Have Holiday Today.
Serbia, and BKontenesro Expect- v ;
Amsterdam,- March 4. -The German
press greets the advent of peace .with
Russia as a master stroke. Flags are
flying everywhere and the' schools will
have a 'holiday tomorrow. . ; :
The - Leipzig Neuste , Nachrichten's
Berlin correspondent says that , nego
tiations with Serbia and ' Montenegro
are a matter of a few weeks, as both
like Rumania, are out of the war and
must sign peace. , 1 , i
. The Kolnische Volkszeitung says:
" "Peace in the east gives us one free
hand, and we now can - turn with all
our strength' to the west. hould notf
that make the enemy peoples reflect?"
LtOKAIi A2VZEIGER GIVES - --
, THAMES "-TO THE KAISER
Amsterdam darch 4. The TBerlin
lKka! Anzeiger, a copy- of which has
beenc received here, commenting on the
RUssian . peace ' compact,-1 says: -
"We . turn our thankful gaze to
headquarters, : to the kaiser . who gave
Von Hindenburg and , Von Imdendorf
a free hand, and to those two bril
liant, energetic men themselves; ; but
we also thank Count Von Hertling
and Dr. Kuehlmann (respectively im
perial - chancellor and foreign minis
ter). '. - . '.':-' .
."They performed their task wrth
firmness , and tenacious perseverance."
The Vossische Zeitung says: ; - ? !
V- "The . overwhelming coalition which
opposed .- us has . been broken, and., the
ensuing " struggle Is simplified."
- Other Grerman ; newspapers received
here rejoice over the "brilliant lead
ership" of Von Hindenburg and Von
Ludendorff.- . .
END' WAR yAVD 'KRING ABOUT C
v PEACE QUICKX.Y AS POSSIBLE
; Amsterdam, March - 4. The ; : peace
treaty signed by the four central pow
ers and Rusia, according to a dispatch
received ; here from Berlin, ; says . the
powers mentioned "have agreed to ter
minate the war and Jjring about peace
as quickly as possible" and that there
fore the plenipotentiaries signed -the
following articles: : -'. :; :-: "
."Wrat . the ; central powers ' .and
.Russia . declare, the state ..of war - be
tween them to oe iermiflttiou auu. oio
resolved henceforth to live in peace and
friendship with one another. . -T.
"Second, 'the contract nations will re
frain from all' agitation or provocation
against other signatory governments
and undertake to spare me popuaou
of the regions occupied by the fpowers
th -oiikdruole entente.
. . . . . .
line agreed- upon by the -contracting
parties' and formerly belonging to Rus
sia snail ho longer, be under Russian
sovereignty. It is agreed that the line
appears from the appended map No. 1
which is agreed uUon, forms an essen
tial part of the peace treaty. : The fix
ing of the line In the west will be set
tled in the German -Russian mixed com
mission. - The regions m Question will
have- no obligation whatever . toward
Russia, arising from their : former re
lations there. ;, Russia unaenwiM w '
fTnm un interference In the Inter-
naraffalrs of these territories. iand to
..
PEACE REGARDED ILEUM INDORSED
-A
ria
pationr ls-to restore order- and without
intent;-"o.ctaice permanent possession
is regarded - as a , very , clear indication
of what the Teutons may undertake : in
any part of Russia now that the Bolr
shevikl 'have been forced - to "accept
their Jiardj peace terms.; k
Officials and diplomats here - profess
ignorance . of what preparations have
been made by Japan for the operations
about- to be undertaken. ;As,,a. matter
ol course secrecy has been observed and
a;, strict censorship iln regard to: the
Siberian question : is in force at Tokio.
Possibly the next V word . to ' come "out of
Japan.,: on the . subject . will be an : sn
nouncement of something accomplish
ed. . '' ' ; -:. .
In this connection it is recalled that
at the beglhningVof the Russo Japanese
war the J apanese acted without i her
alding. Before" there .was any such
formality as a declaration , of war - a
Russian fleet had been smashed, and the
war was naif-won.-. . ; v v : - i ,
It has been stated ' in official, quarters
that Jt is no concern of the -entente al
, Continued on Page Two.) ' . :
WOnejp;
yproveprisident "Cfta.
duct of the War ; ;
L 'FOLLETTE - IS CONDEMNED
'.'V H- v -
Three Candidates Will be 1
m Race for
Republican Nomlsailon for .Vacant
; J Seat Created .by Death jt :
' ' --.y 'Senator Hustlag. Z ; ;Y
Milwaukee, " Wis., - March 4. Con
gressman JLenroot, of ' the' eleventh
Wisconsin district, tonight . was in
doTsed as the' . republican candidate
for United States " senator at the. pri
mary, election on March -19, by a re
publican conference which ' met here
today. The , vote was: Lenroot, 87;
fpriner-'.Governor; McGovern, i$, and
Governor Phillip. 1. ' s ' ; c' ',' ,
Both McGovern and Ienroot. had
filed their : sealed petitions with . the
secretary of state and it" was . to avoid
a three-cornered contest that today's
meeting was held. . - ' ; 7.
. James Thompson, of Dacross, known
as the LaFollette candidate, will seek
election at , the primaries, v Ther vacan
cy to be filled was. caused by the death
of Senator Husting.' - . ; -
The- conference adopted resolutions
condemning Senator L.aFolJette'ss atti
tude in the ,war and endorsing Presi
dent Wilson's ponduct of the war.
; The endorsement of : Lrenroot follow
ed a stormy session marked by the ap
pearance of Mr. McGovern ; who " an
nounced that he could not abide .-' the
decision in the event another 5 candi
date was indorsed. - His decision means
that air three candidates- Thompson,
Lenroot and - McGovern will .go Into
the republican primary. -McGovern will
be virtually a free lance candidate. He
asserted as he was the first loyalty can
didate to announoe his ; candidacy, , it
would- be unfair .for. the conference to
expect -him to abide by its decision li
another, candidate was: endorsed. ; . "
The resolutions adopted read in part
as follows: f . '
."Resolved, "That this conference of
loyal-republicans of the state- of Wis
consin unreservedly pledges - its undi
vided and 'wholehearted support in ev
erything looking to the vigorous and
unrelenting prosecution of ; the war -: to
a, successful termination " and "to the
president and. government of ; the Unit
ed States v on ' their efforts to this- end
and be if further . ", ' ' '.;
VResolved, : that this: conference, con
demns the course of , Senator R: MrjLa.
Follette, relative to the conduct of the
present waV, and that it censures - him
for his failure to -.support the govern
men in "this supreme crisis of the coun
try, .r .
"Resolved, That we recommend to
the republicans of the state of Wlscon-
sin ' that .the", ca,ndldate who"; shall be
come . the : choice of this v conference
hall have the united and earnest sup
port of the party at the primary, to be
held; March' If, 1918:: "' :-' ;- ;"
j During the course of the convention
and , previous .to the appearance ; before
the gathering of .McGovern, a telegram
was read -from Congressman Lenroot
declaring "his willingness to abide byv
the. res'ult ' of "the confer ehceX .';'!''''
TjaFOLUETTE RESOLUTION ;
, i HAS NOT YET BEEN PASSED
Madison, Wi8.,v March '-4.--Action i.by
the lower house, of the Wisconsin leg
Jslatur"on the loyalty resolution cen
suring Senator lyaPollette ,for his atti
tude in the wa r, aealn was 'delayed to
shight tecair ' :f inability to muster the
required mixer of legislators. Wheth--I
. -nnntfrni ffl fiji Paera ' Seven. 1 -1
1
OERm
Protest DeJfiantlygauist the1
fort; to Separal vFlaider3;;
JUDGES JrBEING JDEPORTiSD
Patriptic;0uutl0 verhelina
German: AubHties,Who -Adopt
Rigid Keasures :
-.".v.;-i "' T-i'.Jx-''-'-' -;-:.'-;: "
:.:'. i ,1' 1 .v", ' . -
-Washington, areh;Cv; 4.Ho w -r the
Belgian people are 4efying their Ger
man military masters " In protesting
agains the. effort to separate ' Flan
ders f rbm . ' the;5resti of " Belgium and
the.dep&r.tation of judges , who .sought
to Interfere . is 1 described? in an'- offli
cial i dispatch . 'received ' today " at the
Belgian legation . ' ; r , , ' .
. General Von : Falkenhausen the mU-?
itary governorfgeliieral,'" In, a ; letter
to ; the court of cassation j. which r sus
pended its stitings as a protest against
the arrest of the 'judges of the "court
of appeal," lias-, given -notice -that the
action of tthe Judges in ; instituting
'proceedings 'against the' so-called-ac
tivists who set7 Up the ;separate Flan
ders government was regarded as an
act f of hostility; to"' the occupying pow-
er. jThis the Belgians ' construe as an
offlciat admission4 that the activists are
German agents.' . -L-- - i Jt.
The.7 : dispafe'h'sa'y? " s
'It j, Is . confirmed '.that the' , Germans
have deported-i Judge "Levy,.; the pr
siding judge, . and; Judges Ernest and
Cares, ' presidenUVD.f the icourf of ap
peal. ''.They ; also arrested 5 Judge Ja
mar in order to deport ', him; ijut lhe
was released . pn 5 account of ', illness,
.The movement ;Ql protest Jb3r T th
Belgian people' by the fiitrllriaes -of.? the
activists has"; taken on large' Dron6r-
uongs. ifl-'Voianiaiyv suspension, ot
air'u41rtarrttctiya-'as'v
against .the outrage -committed Against
the court pf appeals.: of. VBrussels? has
caused a , tremendous 1 Impression- even
upon the German , authorities, j --"f New
lists. of comnjunal councils and.- of im-
portant ..personalities who, have mads
protests continue f p : feacti vHavre;:be
lngt brougbt nignU byevpteid pa
triots who ' have 1 passed J through the
electrified- frontier 'wires' ln; spite ' of
redoubled vigilance 'on the. part of . the
Germans f ,'.' ,.-c?
"The prottest nibyemtent' .'is r especial
ly active in Flanders where: even thl
most important and ardent supporters
of all ranks and 'conditions- have' join
ed in protest. It Is r learned that all
the Belgian bishops, - being .'prevented
from" meeting together, have protest-
ed separately. -Cardinal,; Merclerl has
protested in a letter .to be .read at
the beglnning,ofvhls' Lenten - letter ' to
his ' elergy.' A .collective : letter to the
German chancellor, has $ been 'signed
,by ihe principal . representatives i of
commerce at vAja twerp s and4 a : similar
protest. ..has been "sent , by the provin
cial council of" Antwerp. -; - vM, '':'
tThe free. University, .of j Brussels
has: sent ' to thercommunal council' of
Brussels" an, ehergetlfif letter joining
in the protest made- by that body.' The
protest of rthe'.'f ree -'university ' is sign
ed by .every member .of the faculty..
j The German U authorities, over
whelmed -by the - patriotic-- -:: dutburst,
nave omcian tor bidden ; all aelibera-
tion or discussion ih regard to ques
tions oi generair-poimcs such as the
autonomy ofF4anders,t and have also
forbidden -discussion in regard to - pe
titions of pratest. -to -the German aus
thoritle. - Everyone .who . disregards
this; new German:,.order is . menaced
with severe punishment 'In accordance
with ; martial law,Vfru:
ARGENTINE MAY S00N
CHANGE WAIl ATTITUDE
Newspapers IKacoia Probability ' v Of-
';r,;.That;-rxZGf
v:: 4 Allies In, E.conomie ..Way; ;V J '
:-" '. . : : -.H i'i
IBuenost Aireei, ifarch 4,-fflcially
Inspired articles in the Newspapers to
day indicate"; thsV Argentine Is :on. t$e
eve of. a radical change In front as
regards the- world war ; These arti
cles," however, do - not : make Vclear
whether a, rupture , with . Germany' Is'
to be' brought about or, ,wb.ethef Ar
gentina's efforts wfll-be. cpn)flnedprln
cipally to the' purchase' and 'shipping
of supplies, to the allies." The general
belief .is - that', any," change on. the --Dart
of . Argentina ; will' be-' an , economic and
not a political-, one ' vv."? ---4"T2, .--. ' vvt-i': .
The' newspapers argue thaVXrgen
tlria . cannot ' aid; the - allies with men
but ' that she, can do" so with supplies.
The government-now is-vtreatihgwith
American . and . British . diplomats r for
a. treaty coverlnvmeat shipments sim
ilar to the recently signed cereal con
vention. T .;i;v' -v ; . j-i A ' -t
The - vote in . thecongresslonal elec
tion yesterday has not jret been; count
ed, but the leaders of .President ;,Irl
goyen's . party say that f-the - president
will.'have". a - firm majority 'InT congress."
VERMONT WOMEN--TO ; HAVE .;?
' V FULL .MUNICIPAL: SUFKRAGB
,"-- ""' . - 4 y.rl w f-
, Montpeller, - Vw. March 4. For - the
rst .time lniVermont. wometfiwiU-njoy
inn municipal suffrage m '"to wn meetr
ui6 . uojr ivuiwjviT. - xucic nag mucu
discussion: among politicians tonight as
to the effect the, new voters would have
on the ' license- juestlon. -Uast; year's
municipal and '. town ieiectionSi resulted
in cutting down, the communities Awhere
liquor could be. sold under -the local opV
tion , law . to 18.." "In some. ; places the
margin for-llaense was "so close that a
f ew "hundred -.vptea jv'pnjtj. have made
thn stata nsa'rlv nr.
v v.- -.
v. -
GERMAN-ACTIWTYONrTHE t
RUSSIAN FRONT IS WO W
TumwmGAimmimmND
r
IS DELAYED
Strong . Opposition tbjjthe Measure
Devbps in eiyAeeate: 1
Suspended a Day -
COMMITTEE HEARING TODAY
Hardtejg and Warbnq; t Confer With
j nntwulnir' K.nnfnni -' onfl ''' R,lrM,rr
yA.MjeAdbo: tirto' AJ- Be 'GIto.
: . ; t i HeaxiwCV : ; f
A -i -' ; .v'li .-'"'";. V
, . v : ; r .' ' - -.- -Washington,
.March, 4.--Oppositlon' to
thB i administration - billi f Sr 5 a x way I fi
nance corporation resulted . today, '-'in
suspension' of .debate' in 'the senate' un
til topprYow to "permit "conferences, be
tween Qov Harding and Vice-Governor
Warburg,.of ; the - federal ' reserve board,
wltfibanklng -committee members ,and
bther senatovs ;who have; led. the .fight
on s certain sections -.of the bill. - - ' '
... Tomorrow. Secretary.. McAdoo, at the
request of Sepatdr uwen,;. chairman i of
the., blanking committee, wiir meet "with
the- opposing.' factlon.4. There, were .indi
cations tonight, that- attempts to make
radical .famendmentslilfthev billfaa Ut
how stands would- be abandoned ': -vl j
iProyisions 'authorising , the" corpora
tion's directors :to Issue f 4,000,000,000iin
bond's' to aidsthe-.-flnaneing' of. war' in
dustry,1 -as r.weil ; as those -for illcettsing
of security:: issues bya: capital Issues
committee,: were .the principal . objec
tions .urged today In the senate bank
IngTcommittee's y conferences. ;. OpponT
ents bf thw measure 'advanced. the ar
gument .-(hat many of v". the . . functions
prpposed -;f or . thercorpof a tion could be
performed better iy. the federal reserve
boards and -securities. licensing, contin
ued by the existing -voluntary commit
tee." "f' '- ;
;i Support ? for '? the i- plan ; proposed :' In
the- billls understood Mtor have beeh
given" both by ;Mr, Warburg and" Mr.
Harding and " Secretary .: McAdoo - is. ex
pected to Insist "upon ' it tomorrow.
v gome of the . committee, members said
tonight it ; wast probable - no i ; changes
vitally ' disarranging the: presents draft
of -the.; blU .would?, be r urged... Senator
OwenV: ' however, .;ls? expected to ' press
his .- amendment .' limiting the interest
rate ' on the proposed bond -issue 4 to
four -peri cent1 and senator ? Hollis:. an
other1 democrat of ; the committee, has
an ame.ndnient to limit the," corporation's
funds 40 its '1560,000,000; Of capi.tat v
Should' insistent opposition ."bevmade
against legal.establishment of the pro
posed ' capital' issues t,commlttee,';rsome
administration ' leaders .in;- the .' senate
tonight said they 'might agree to elim?
ination "of :;the clause' and leave- the
present voluntary .: committee - undis-
Conflrm' ' Plttcfcens Statement. - , -
f t Copenhagen,V.'March 44. According
to the. -Berlin Tageblatt and the. .Berlin-
Lokal Anzeiger, icopies . of which
have 5 X een 1 received Ihere, the-", state-.
ment made, by., the FrehclrXoreign
ministVr,'. M.-? Pichoh, ; last Friday that
the - German' chancellor ; sent -word 1 to
Paris ;in. Juir,-'. 1914, that . Germany
would .require; as a . guarantee of '.the
neutrality-of France the handing ,'pv
er;, for- the. period , of the .-.war', with
Burt!a,theV-French. fortresses cf .Toul
J and V'rrdun '-.was -accurate;
-4
- V
'Xittle Bussia
: f-.
,
MEET I!mEK:BESISTANCE
. 5- , . i-
Up,
:to ;Block-r ossible
y Japanese Invasion .'.
'-.v ' I
MUCH
ACTIVITY;
IN WEST
'. r ,
Fierce Battles
ently AreNot
Fair; Away
(Associated;; -Press vWar Summary)
Although "the v military '1 operations
along the western front. In. France and
Belgium- dally -are growing, in ; magni
tude -ntit It - seems apparent . ; that
fierce .. battles. ' cannot , much.. longer be
.delayed," the :situati6ji, in. Russia! con
tinues - to:; hold "an .absorbing place: Cin
public1 interest .- throughout the world,
y Scant ; advices" 'from' ; Petrograd are
coming1 through, ' but ? those i.that r are
finding their, way out iof - the turmoil
ridden ' capital "auf.-Petrograd 'Indicate
that " while the" Germans ;.' have "ceased
operations' in great": Russia, following
'thesf gnin'g, of the peace ;com'pact ; with
the ; Bolshevlkl, '' the y how ' are : strik
ing' against' Finland 'and that in the
south . ' the '"Austro-Hun'garians " are
making inroads into Podolla in an en
deavor to drive-out." the Bolshevik! and
securean v4ti ammeied Vhold t on the
country , upon' which': so" much ' depen
dence ' has " been placed for ; the feed
ing of the'Teuonlc allies4i ;; s '
r ' While ostensibly, the 'German , oper
ations 1 in -Finland 'which are ' ' being
carried outvfrom bases. in the Aland
islands have as their- purpose the driv
ing of the. "Finnls'h "revolutionists and
Bolsheviki red' guards - from southern
Finland, it v isr ,: probable Germany's
ambitions in'this'region. have In view
the securing; of 'control -of sbuthwest
ern" Finland :to asVfar as Helslngfors.
This stretch of. '.territory along .the
northern ; shbresJ of C the ' Gulf : of ' Fin
land, ' taken in; conjunction ' with . the
holdings of the Germans on the south
ern . shore I to the ? region ' ' of , Reval,
would give the Inyaders absolute mas
tery over ' the 'western", approaches ; to
the- gulf - and cp'araryzet completely the
movement-' of -Tlussianiships of war or
commerce ?into';t.he 'Baltic. ift-Ctl
The contents of the peace' treaty be
tween " the "Germans ' and i the 'Bolshe
vik! have not ? yet 'been . made "public
but ' there-is no .roomCfor- doubt that
the : Teuton K representatives -- exacted
from the : Russians a price In keeping
with their y full r desiretti The treaty
is . to' be. ratified i nextt-Thursday. ;
. .. In - Podolia . the- Austro-Hungarian
forces evidently' ate: meeting. with
slight : resistance", as theyoyerrun lit
tle Russia,: ;A- trong -indication of
this is ;the ;Viean8x statement that they
already have - captured: more than 770
guns. and 1,00ft? machine' guns and - in
addition large quantities, of. war v ma
terial. : . -:.r '-.:.' iSf. ;: . j V
In eastern f Siberia the J'BolsheYikl
elements evidently- are - placing- ob
stacles 'In the (Way of a. possible Japa
nese Invasion 6fr that-, territory. iAl
; ready they -haye destroyed bridges
alpngt the vtrans-berlan - railways be
tween: Lake ; Baikal, and the Chinese
frontier, in addition 'to haying - mined
(Continue 1 , on Ta 2rs.-Two.j; ;
FEDERAL AGENTS
SEIZE POWERFUL
RADIO APPARATUS
Declared ; by, Esperts to be Suffii
' -ciently Strong to Communi
"'-V cate With Germany , :
GERMAN
OBSTINATE
At First Refused - Officers Admis-1 5
7, sion, Saying .They.Had ; Nofc ti
: Business, in the Itoom T ,
; NewYork, March 4. Wireless appa-';. "
ratus sufficiently pQwerfiilto oommun
Icate with -' Germany; which 'was In ' the.;-";
possession . of . Richard '.'Pfund, ' at . one
time . manager-of the German Telefun-; -
ken plants at Say ville, N. Y and Tuck-- :
erton, N.'J., was seized yesterday by .'
federal officers, it became known 'today.
The outfit was found In a -room in. the '
tower of the office building' -at 111
Broadway. While It was. disconnected,
it could have been set - up ,.ln half an .
hour, expertsdeclared. .-' '; ?v:';'" ,
; ':-; The raid was made by U." S. '' Marshal Z:.
McKJarthy," an Jarmy Intelligence , officer, x
ah army wireless expert and other gov- ; .
ernment "agents."' They ' vBre refused :V
admission .by Pfund who . occupied the
lour floors of the tower as a laboratory.
He took .the : stand that :he .was doing
experimental: - Work for; the i navy ;, and
that they,had no right to Interfere. :He u
unlocked the door, however, i when the
officers threatened . to ; break it.dowp. 1
-Pfund Is: said to haye ;made an ex- r
plafiation concerning the . presence, of
the apparatus -: in -his ; laboratory, - but i'
the nature of It has not .been disclosed.
He was not: taken? - into -.custody, .al
though. It Is understood the; inquiry has ;
not been completed, s His assertion -thaf
he had been doing iworkifon the . navy
vrasYerified, .btttaaa announcement was Jt
made r as.,to. its jaature. .; He la saia to
have shown the officers t&evmodet of ar-1
-WAS -.
eld: tireless utflt for communication . X- :
(between pointe on' th-ebattlefront. : , : . , .
Owners . of . the building- - said .. that
prior to.1513 Pfund was manager of the : .. ; i
German a Wireless, Company - anat tnat .
the. corporation was', the.4tena.nt of. the "
tower,, v It failed to; renew? the lease in vf
1913 and Pfund '; toolc- over . the four .
floors which "he Used .as an experimental ' -laboratory.
- -They; said he -had .wires
strUn on two structures of Iron work
on the roof . which he .used as antennae, ,
presumably; for testing wireless appa- " - :- ;: ! i
When the United States a entered the :
war last April ahd an.order was. issued .
that all private wireless. plants must be Ji!: : i 1
dismantled, .the owners of the building A : j
notifled Pfund, vthey declared, . that the
wires would have to come down. ,. The : -
instructions' were obeyed,, they asserted, r s
and the 'Wires.-had not .been replaced. .. ;
The explanation was -:mad that Pfund ,f ; i
had leased the v tower because tot, the f
low rental, ."'"t: ;. ;.... '-'', ' tl' I
Questioning of the superintendent ol r )
the buildlngA elicited the information ;
that a photographer named. Pach some- t
timees wentito.the .roof.of the building , ;
to take plctures.-:W-Av-..--'-;'v-ij:v:
EARLE NEVILLE TO PAY
' THE PENALTY IIARCH 15
:;-: , - J"i ;,vvi ,:::' S 7
Goyentor Ses Date and, Tnere . Is Lllce .;
lihood 4 of ' Resplter-Jndge Stacy
:77-'PJ 0emi', -TfrtkeCjirt. .. V
v-; (Special- Star-Telegram): r,; ; : ';;
aleiglt -March s 4. March 15th ,wa
set today" by; Gov. ' Bickett ' for ; the elec
trocution of, Earie Neville, negro, foi 'y;
criminally . outraging, Mrs. Sealey here: :.
last? October :-fty
This Is the .case In which a personal , J
appeal and pledge 6f quick trial -by the '"
governor" made from1' the jail entrance fe" ?
prevailed on a mob to -leave -the negro -.5
to take his : course, delaying sentiment '
to lynch ' and : elicited ' from Chief Jus
tice Walter Clark; of tbe supreme court, S
criticism of the court, officers for lack . .
of p rope, dispatch vand . counter insist- : h
ance by the: other? four justices In' sep
arate opinion : that there ' had been ' no
delay during the . due' process- of. law v
and that the, lower; court officials were
not deserving, of any criticism. ' f -, !
It Is reasonably 'certain that, there
will 'be no. respites or other lnterfer
ence with the electrocution: ot Neville Sr
on the day" fixed, March '15, this date
being set: as the .garllest possible' f6l J ;
lowing the'; certification of. - the case :
from the. sttpreme J court wlth'afflrm'a- :,
tion of sentence. ' -Judge
Stacy.: of-Wilmington1 opened
Wake superior court, today and Ordered
a' special venire for' the - trial - of Mar
cus Edwards, a well ".known white man
of : Raleigh, 'for; killing his wife, who
was-a member of the well-known Ty
son family of this' city, - The trial Is to
begin next Monday. ' Edwards . will
plead, insanity: ;. . yJi.i. W '' " -;
FLEE FROM BOLSHEVIKI
...;. : - .--.-.'
Hsbln '. Overflowing With
'..i RnjMian Refugees.
. A Pacific" Pott; March 4. Captain, J. :.
G. Miller, ' who ias ,been;in;Petrograd
as' military " attache to the American
embassy, arrived here today , on a'lln-
er trom'ihe 'oHenL".-'5V-.,."p;'r
He said there is only, one passenger
train'. a week operated on the .Traijs
Siberiari . railroad,. Harbjn," he asserted,
is : overflowing .with, wealthy "Russian f .
who : have fled f romthedistricts con-:
trolled by tha Bolsheviki. : - :..-- f y
i '''Rferendiim;'-Reeonimendedft
J Albany, -N.iY.. March ' 4. A referen
dum on -the question - of . ? state-wide,
prohibition In preference v to : ratifica
tion of, the federal prohibitory amend
ment was recommended to the Senate
tonight in "the -report of the commit-
tee ; on taxation and i retrenchment.
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