North Carolina Newspapers

'4 - 1 i r A - - 1 ' i - T 4-J -3- WEATHER FORECAST North and South Carolina Gen- t . " -:: craiiy Tair ana somewn at warmer tonight and" "hurscjay. FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE VOL. XXIII, NO. 344. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY AFT ERNOON, DECEMBER 19, 1917 PRICE FIVE CENTS. en were Killed in las! night's ra id on england EOOESTE NIELS TELLS OBSERVE OILY - ..." . r.-r" ... - i : t . - .. -, 1 v,." , ; ' i : ..it . . .; "i 'i : -'. ,.- . ' . , iiii , ' ' ' I - - v - v. f jff . i I. A . .1 . . . s . . -T 'I . :i - , i ...... .. i. . ..- :.-.. T! - I fl LHnbt fluntflbt Filfl K M b lj HHMR:m? - - fcfeS i H H L mi B.BriK" M mi fill lH.:r.:.im1t il TO i. il H n E n i r pa pui u n . n u n k m H u B mbiih nail - . : II .' '.. U IniUL fl I , ifBB II flill O il B BEUHPJBUn !l III U If I IV I I II UllirU I - I lUl d I I J9 U-Tft. R fl U DB BH UHU i :" nntintTln Bin nnnii! '" "' v : - ", '.r' V Off Oi DONE TWO OF HO i r - Seventy Were Injured in Lon don and Five Outside of , City WARM RECEPTION FOR RAIDING AIRCRAFT One Was Shot Down and Crew Captured, While Another Was Believed to Have Been Destroyed fRy Associated Press). T.-uiion. L)ec 3. Ten persons were and 70 injured in London dur- rht's air raid. Outside of FJVE COMMITTEES ! TO WORK T CHI P S RECESS I i Feels Proud of Navy's Accom-1 Men in Coal Mines Are Ap- plishments and Welcomes the Investigation NAVY NOW BUILDING 424 CAPITAL SHIPS in kiii' a i"- l::.-t l.or.i 'i : only five injured ouside Tii l'ollowing official communica linn ia regard to casualties was given out : I.n-t night's air raid casualties v.vr-' 1" killed and 70 injured in i..,; - : Only five injured outside L.'mIoii. Sr ver;il fires occurred. The ma-te'-; ,i damage was not serious. There was no damage to naval or military f : r; b,:'dir.ients." of the German airplanes whichJ ;,;.rt in the raid was brought , : .:; ; nd pno'her is believed to have troyed. tne war office an- From 16 to 21 raiders", di . ix groups, cnUcavc.-; ' to Lond'-.r- but only five succec'j.'. piping bombs on the city. Senate Has a. Quintet of Im portant Inquiries Now Um der Way CONGRESS RECESSED TUESDAY AFTERNOON Investigation of Army and of .Sugar in Progress, LaFol lette's Pending, Railroad and Shipping to Begin The Secretary Refrained From Devulging Inforation that Might Be of Value to the Enemy (By Associated Press). Washington, Dec. 19. Secretary Daniels and Paymaster General Mc Gowan .of the navy were the first wit ness.es summoned to appear today be fore the House Naval Committee dele- pealed to By Their Head quarters THIS IS DEMANDED BY PATRIOTIC DUTY Christmas and New Year s; Days in Order to Relieve Coal Famine PJIUBIU H BUB nRL.IBII WW u n B Si Hl H I Rflll H H fl HS U V - hfl II U 31 K H n D H B BB 1 I . II II ' ffl H n n B1 A . a n h h n n mm h k v h - m mm mm r .- f r i ei iy y ei lij mjij to ri n r fl i Ti irfl lili ii h u in v r h n un ii n mi a m h m m u ii - . ii 1 1 . b h m or nefl n tsiiwro BH nil i-i :i B Bl SIIII MJBU BBS O B B H fl 11 M H B H II IB fJHW I H K W HUH H II II Ml II II wm aa mmt mm am m n m im h mm am mm rm ww mm - mm mm a wm mm. BV gflBKaflBBU i QllEOyOfl C Forecast of Crop by the Ceri Bureau Shows Only 540,000,000 SOUTHERN STATES INCREASE ACREAGE Men Urged. to Observe Onlyi.N?rth Carolina With 1,179,- l AAA A - UMU Acres phows an Increase of 1 5 Per Cent Acreage of , Country 42,170,000 (By Associated Press.) Washington, Dec. 19 Winter wheat I (By Associated Press) . j Indianapolis, Ind Dec. 19. Coal ; miners of the country -are called up- this year Planted on the largest acre on to forego their usually extended age ever sown in the history of the hoHday U. Cristmas ,lme an,, tako i ZlLTo TZ gated to begin an investigation intol5nlv two days Christmas and New ; cast of a crop of only 540,000,000 bu.h , i ine avoiding disclosing tacts tnat.ueing looKea io iu uu ms un iu n.cij uwtcuuisc ui mcieitae over last year (By Associated Tress.) Washington, Dec. 19. Senate inqui ries into the transportation situation, both rail and ship, have been added to the series of war activity investiga tions to be conducted by Congress men during the Christmas recess. When Congress adjourned yesterday ' until January 3, trie Senate left be i hind it. five investigations, army pre- ,ifiv w. reason to believe another i .. , . , T. l ctku parations and sugar in full swing, one ia ii;'i drooped into the English chan-: ., i . . . rDnnrt on '"'nator LeFollette's St. Paul A IViitish pilot fire f.ni;:iunition. 'nto a raider as it was i and shirming: affairs to be begun. The Senate's decision to investigate the railroad situation was taken de spite the fact that administration spokesmen indicated jPresident Wil son will present his plans for solu tion of the problem after the holiday recess." The Senate Interstate Com merce Commitee was authorized to start the inquiry before Congres re asymbled January 3, . ,,-'; 'Senator Commins, in proposing thf investigation, asserted that he expect ed it would be constructive insetad of critical and the redent report of the In- the navy's war activities Chairman Oliver of the sub-committee said that he expected a number of leading naval authorities, including those abroad, would furnish informa tion to the committee particularly re garding the navy's work overseas. Fear's day in a statement issued here today at the international head quarters of the United Mine Workers of America. The statement follows: 'The United States is in the grip or than the average. els was made todav hv the nnart ment of Agriculture. The final Dro duction, however, will be above or be uiai -4UOUUIJI, auuurumg ,as con ditions hereafter are better or worse coal famine. Recent snows and ex- Hp nnnmiTireH that nart nf the sffs- rfpsive cold weather have aer'ei.eu sions would be public but those at the coal bins throughout the country, which subjects considered Navy sec- Never before has a coal" shortage been rets were discussed would be held , ute Industries are being forced in executive session. , . e . , , . . . r,nr , c . t. -.. , to close for the lack of fuel. sstreoi. The purpose of the investigation, he j , A . , . said, is to learn what me .Navy hasi"sMs and electric signs are- being done and give it a clean bill of health ! turned out to save coal. The Fuel if the facts warrant. J Administration is urging every pos Secretary Daniels gave a general re-' sible economy to meet the abnormal view of what the Navy has been do- jjdemand for coal. The coal miner is LAID Oi RI SI SIBILITY IS ST DOOR OF NANCE BUREAU Manufacturers Tell How They Wanted to Prepare Before War Was Declared Winter wheat sown this fall for next year's harvest aggregates 42,170. 000 acres and its condition on Decem ber 1 was 79.3 per cent, of a normal. The acreage is 4.0 per cent, more than the revised estimated nrea Khtiwn in the fall of 1916. SUPERIORITY OF NEW ine area sown to rye is 6,119,000! PCl'fiS. Vhirh is Sf: r. nov r-onf mni.u I than sown a year ago, and the condi tion of the crop on December 1 was 84.1 per cent, of a normal. Acreage of winter wheat with the WEAPONS IS ADMITTED Continue Search for a'Wealc Point in the Italian- 1 f Line v s-; .V:: ::!..,' HAIG IS MAKING CHANGES IN STAFF : ' V J J?-.vf'C--K' '-' uenerai onaxe-up at riead- . Central Po wers-Crusier, Sunk dropping bombs on London from a lieiiu of 13,000 feet. A;ter t lie main attack of the raid i i's reaped, a single airplane flew over London at about 9 o'clock. The raider dfriniteiy known to have been de poed wa? hit by the fire of anti- aircrait guns ana nnaiy aroppea into rii e.-;ea off Kent. Two of the crew oi three were captured alive by an armed trawler. - MORE GOVERNMEtif BUILDINGS NEEDED (By Associated Press). Washington, Dec. 19. Expenditure i tersate commerce commission sugest- nf more than $58,000,000 for land and buildings for housing all the govern r.n;s activities in Washington with a" or.iline cT a general building plan !:?..- iH n recommended to Congress by :!,' Public Buildings Commission in i!: !,it report. The buildings pro-pn-f'.; are in addition to the rjerman-pr.- government buildings already oc- ( upietl would be of value to the enemy. He! the lactones ana rauroaab m usia said the Navv is now building 424 cap-ltion and the households and public m- ital and other important ships stitutions warm. "In normal times it has been the custom to lay the mines idle during necessity, but there was "no 'the week of Christmas holidays be- Discussing the use of submarine chasers, he said they were regarded as a great enthusiasm" about fihem as a weapon for permanent effectiveness. Naval aviation, he said, has made -.ti rino- tride hiit ha been ham- changed. Motive power pered bylack of 'manufacturing facil- has practically broken down. M. ficient car supply makes it n ities Secretary Daniels praised the cause the market for fuel could b met without working during their pe-: riod, but this year conditions have of railroads Insut'i necessary co i that every empty car be loaded m southern States follow: Virginia 1,463,000 acres, 10 per cent. North Carolina 1,179,000 acres, 15 per cent. South Carolina 270,000 acres, 20 per cent. Georgia 428,000 acres, 9 per cent. Tennessee 840,000 acres, 5 per cent. Alabama 144,000 acres, 20 per cent. Mississippi 36,000 acres, 100 per Cen.t. . Texas 1,622,000 acres, decrease of 6 Change to New Rifles Was a Wise One, and the Browning Machine Gun is Best Made oecreuu, "Wokly as possible. lap iavy anu tu ycisuuuci -"-Allies. ' One of the great problems, he said, was to furnish gun crews to mer chant ships. "We made these reserve snips," nor cant as ' , r uKianoma s,it)4,ooo acres, decrease vvum.uv.vk-. - i ooo nnn - - the public need, we are calling on the IJVue,t 0,vuu acrap.-oncrease or increase ing either government operation or p,m Mr. Daniels, a scnooi iui gun- repeal of the anti-pooling laws and i ners and the effciency with which a Federal loan as a way out of pres- these .officers have taken hold of the ent difficulties probably would be con-!young men and made the young men sidered. effcient is really one of the big things Equally quick was the action on , of the Navy in tnis war. Senator Harding's resoltuion to inves tigate the shipping situation. The resolution, prompted, it was announc- United Mine Workers of America to take only two holidays, Christmas and New Year;s. Our patriotic duty demands that this be done. It wi'l be a service the people of the nation will appreciate. In.. ),..v inchi'l..' s the number of government s nere hcs increased about cent. This increase does not the vast inflow of new em- ! report disclosed that in the la:t i ed by its sponsor, by tre continual reorganization of the Shipping Board and the Emergency Fleet Corporation, was approved and the commerce com mittee instructed to proceed with an investigation. Chairman Fletcher called the com mittee to meet Thursday to arrange its procedure. In its last busines day, the Senate took final action toward submission to the States of the Federal Prohibi tion amendment and arranged for the of thrilling phiv, since the war began, aul the b'liMimr program does not take into ;!" v. the expanded war organiza tif:n. At present the government i3 paying about $1,000,000 a year in rent lor private buildings in Washington. HUMBOLDT STOPPED FOR GOTCHA FUNERAL "When you come to write the story I fl " R f ) 1 1 P fl D ll fl f I the war, he said, one of the most ! I-i H l T flill Jl il tl II fl 1 1 rUllne chapters will be regarding I U LIB L I III L U ill 1 11111 L IS CALLED HOME tVinan imnnir men who went on the merchant ships and risked their lives. I refer to those who went on our own merchant ships, of course. We have put guns on every ship going into the submarine zone that requested it. "We are rather proud," te Secre tary said, "of the way the Navy has met the actual test of war. I am glad for Congress and the public to know somewhat of our activities. A taking of stock, so to speak, cannot foil tn hrinsr ways for still further lion ameuumtjin. aim idiig.ru iu. ,. pffi. (disposal of Walsh Coal and Oil Leas- improvement and for still more effi i. .... . - , t t i wArfr in future. We tc-ei we ing bill, January i. iliy Associated Press) Hu nij.iiut, Iowa, Dec. . 19. Hum-linl-i' t'iined from its normal tasks y t 'i piace in Union Cemetery h"i''' i !:" body of Frank A. Gotch, the n;m wiiM.e wrestling fame brought riuu! at !f; the li'i!,i Pi'in tt... ti'.r M.r.: ' attention to this little city. - paiis'ed and the school Gotch i'l' 'il as a boy remained closed as ty and country siic ned in ' to the retired world's cham- ' f : tnr, who died at his home !;'.-. Sunday, after a protracted :v;r Harding was among the is in personal friends of the s. mipion who were to join in : : 'ia I services in the Congrega- liuifli, set for mid afternoon. ' xander Bennett, of Salina, l ' sne- 'y in charge of the Con n ) church, here and a per ! ! nd of Gotch's, was to de i's" luneral oration. The Ma rnier had charge of the ser- The House pass ed a resolution to remove doubt as to the application of the excess profit taxes to Federal officers except the President and Supreme Justices and arranged to take up the suffrage amendment January 10. WANT FIGURES ON RED CROSS DRIVE (By Associated Press). Washington, Dec. 19. With incom ing returns indicating steady prog ress in the Christmas membership drive of the American Red Crosi for 10,000,000 new members, National Headquarters here today requested division managers to forward com plete figures of the new enrollment so as to ascertain definitely the gains j j , . : V, f fliQ winder Ro. . marlfi since the first of the week. Re- Dorts from many sections indicate , things ienr work m iuture have done well, but ve still have problems, some of them very diffi cult, which we have been trying to solve in the best way possible in the very brief time allotted to solve them. , , "To the best solution of these prob lems we hope to have suggestions and help from this committee and from Congress. We do not claim that we we done everything in the best pos- iKiQ nr that we have made no. mistakes. I believe, however, when you know all, we have attempted we win rpr.eiye' your confirming judg ment that we have done as well as possible under all circumstances cr.mP thines creditable speed been achieved; in all things there has been team work in the department and in the entire service to have well done and tnorouguo sowings of winter wheat and rye throughout the country were urged farmers by the Department of Agriculture to supply the needs of A. 1 1 11!. 1 A , ---- . . , We earnestly urer co-Deingerents oi tne unitea stat- local presidents, secretaries and mine " ." c1 f. committees everywhere to see that!?28 necessitated adoption of methods this holiday request is fulfilled." 'to conserve the supply of having con- sumers in the United States cut down use of that cereal. The wheatless JI -.111 . aay ana tne use or corn meal as a substitute are measures Food Admin istration officials are urging in order to increase the quantity of wheat that may be sent abroad. While last year's sowings of winter wheat were on the second largest area .ever planted to that cereal, severe win ter conditions caused an abandon ment of more than 31 per cent, of the 'acreage. Last Jill 40534,000 acres .were planted to winter wheat, revised .figures show, but the area harvested (was only 27,663,000 acres, a reduction IP 10 OOI AAA c il 1 (By Associated rress). ;area. The 1915 sowings were n 39, London, Dec. 19 General Sarrail, 203 000 acres while the harvested area commander of the Allied arimes at that season was 34,829,000 acres. Saloniki, has been recalled, according I Last year's abandoned acreage was to . newspaper announcement in An- Ihe heaviest on record. The aver thens, says a Reuter dispatch from; age abandonment or acreage due tc the Greek capital under date of De-1 winter conditions is about 10 per cent, cember 15. The successor of Gen-the lowest amandonment in the last eral Sarrail in command of the Mace- 3 5 years being 2.8 per cent, in 1903, donian forces, it is stated, will be 'and the highest, excepting last vear; General Guillemet. - j was 20.1 per cent, in 1912. i Conditions for planting and the ea"- General M. P. E. Sarrail has been rowtn oi tnis years crop have not identified with the Allied operations been tne best- Dry weather delay based on Saloniki since Octobor, 1916, ,ed germination of late sown seed and when he was sent to command the lm some sections prevented plowing Reports That He Has Been Re called From Saloniki Command (By Associated Press) Washington, Dec. 19. How ord nance mr.ufacturers, anticipating the government's wan needs, spent mil lions in preparations on the chance that war orders would follow while the Army Ordnance Bureau refused to act, was related today by manufacturers to the Senate committee conducting the war inquiry. that the War Department's decision to dhange the type of army rifle, even though it involved a delay in delivery, was a ,wise one, because it enabled the American army to use a very superior grade of ammunition. But the efforts of the manufacturers, ihe witnesses said, to get the Ordnance Bureau to give, its orders for guns on the certainty that war was coming, were futile and after the war was start ed delaying changes in specifications were made. Vice President Stoddard of the Mar lin Arms Corporation, declared that when he offered to begin Vork on guns on the certainty that war was coming, Colonel Rice, of the Ordnance Bureau told him: "We're not intered." "It was utterly impossible to make the Ordnance Department realize the possibilities of war," said Mr. Stod dard," and we simply folded our tents and went home." After the manufacture of rifles be gan, it was testified, Colonel Thomp son wanted to delav production several months by insisting on new standards, but the manufacturers appealed to General Croziei, chief of the bureau, and went ahead with the work. All the witnesses agreed that the new Browning machine gun now being manufactured for the army, is superior' to any other weapon of its . kind in existence. In has French expeditionary force engage a j in an attempt to succor tne serDians during the Teutonic-Bulgarian drive SUCCESSFUL RAID ON A GERMAN AIRDOME that the quotas easily will be attain ed, and in some cases, greatly exceed- icy. HEARING TODAY IN THE JOHNSON CASE t is T. ir.y Associated Press). r ' i. Oec. 19. The successful " oy British naval aircraft of ' 'i-'.'l airdrome behind the Ger ; !; in Flanders, is announced admiralty statement. The v "Mi ' aircraft dropped bombs ! ' t close to the sheds and " nnunition dump 'and railway i'i the Engel airdrome on One enemy aircarft was down ablaze and one out of All of our machines return- done. GOVERNOR NAMES EDUCATION BOARD rn-ch Homes for 3ugar. x. Associated Press). w t-oit, r. i., Dec. 19. The homes ' '"-' v wealthy lamiiies here were '''r'l''l torinv hv FTnitorl fitatAci SfiC e .gents on reports receiv- He government that quantities S!,Kar had heen hoarded.- None (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 19. Governor (By Associated Press). Bickett today appomteu ma cuwv,- Boston, Mass., Dec. 19. Several, commission which was authorized un Federal officers from West Virginia ger the 1917 legislative act to make a were here today for the hearing be- survey of educational commissions, fore a United" States commissioner in . investigate methods and cost supply the case of John Johnson, a negro,, iny text-books to the public schools, charged with violation of the Man" vrvisibality of ' establishing a State White Slave" Act. They brought Anting plant, public school teachers with them as a witness Edith Godbey, regions, and report findings to the whom Johnson is alleged to have un- 7 Legislature. The appointee's lawfully taken from West Virginia . . R- h. Wright, president' of the to Kentucky and back. The visiting. Ear Carolina Training School; Prof, officials sought the return of John- E r- Br0oks. of the chair education son to West Virginia for trial in the of' T ;nity College: Dr. Chas. E Federal Court, there. Brewe president Meredith College; Before Johnson's arrest on the pres- c . q yright, County Superintendent ent charge, Governor McCall refused piikes and L. J. Bell, city super- L the requisition of Governor Comw ell jntendeit of Rockingham , and bounty 01 vvest Virginia iur mc cAuamuuu Superintendent mcnara cuuul. of JOTiiison to Charleston, where he , v:. . " was wanted on a charge of assault.!.1 Lake wood Club Burned. A legal representative of this State' J (Br Associated Press) sdnt by,:- Governor McCall to., -West , Lkew . i - 'f - X. Dec. 19. The Vindn'a to investigate the case re- Lakewood 'Country Club vas destroy- ported that' he .believed that Johnson d h fire today, The property is ;es- and seeding. It was one of the dryest Novembers on record in Kansas, the principal willtpr whoat fr-rnurfTi cr Sq o Pair . that resulted in the overrunning of fall,during that month was less than Serbian territory. 25 per cent of the normal from east- W'hen Saloniki was turned into an!ern Kansas eastward across Iowa. Allied lse and active operations on'nortnern Missouri, Central and Nort!-.-the Macedonian front were begun by,ern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, which the Entente forces, the next year! varied from the principal wheat grow General Sarrail directed tre united j ing belt. The Department of Agri operations of the Allies and has since ; culture, however, says the yield of winter wheat is not determined en tirely by the rainfall during the late summer and fall. - The condition of winter wheat on. remained in command on this front fr llf 4 4 4 . v COAL FOR SOUTH CAROLINA. 4 (By Associated Press). Washington, Dec. 19. Steps to ' relieve a widespread, coal short- STE AMER CITY OF NAPLES TORPEDOED December 1 compares with 85.7 per cent. of a normal on that date . last year, 87.7 in 1915 and. 89.3, the 10 year average. The December 1 rye condition conv age in South Carolina, were tak- 8! pares with 88.8 per cent, of normal en by the fuel administration to- , on December 1 last year, 91.5 in 1915 day when instructions went forth jand 92.2 the 10-year average. ? to KentucKy, Virginia ana Ten- t 4' nesse producers to make imme- -M'Af FXANDF.R WANT tities as possible on contracts for 4 ! : South Carolina towns. '41 ' . jfr A .j (By Associated Press) ' ;4' 4 4 4 ' Chia&0- Dec- -19. Grover Alexan ( , der, the pitcher purchased by tho Ch- (By Associated Press). An Atlantic Port, Dec. 19. Sinking of the British steamer City of Naples, 3,714 tons, on December 5, while un der convoy of destroyers, by a German submarine, was reported on the arrival here today of an American steamship. The British vessel was just ahead of the American . ship when struck by a torpedo. After the City of Naples was struck, destroyers dropped four depth bombs over the spot where the submarine was believed to have been.. The Am erican captain did not know whether these reached their mark and did not know what became of the crew of the British vessel. INDICTMENT AGAINST COLGATE COMPANY On the Italian northern front the.; Ausiro-iiermans persist in strong ef-' forjs to find a weak point in the Ital-f : ian aerense and thronch it tn muh south to the Venetian plains.-Checks ed east of the Brenta last wv th& in. vaders, despite the heavy losses, in- ' fl 1 Of &f lTrT i t-m "K- 4-1 -v T4-a11 " k T , ,i mjj LliCi JL (XX id 11 9 lcL V O ' ' , struck two new points on the line be- A ITT A n i'nA . 1 T -."" 5"' il -' i .v.v-ii r.oictfeu nuij. Lilt; JTiave, XI' ' " H f . . x . - i . . ' . luu-ute csoiaroio, Detween thev Bren . . : ; ta and the Piave, has become the cen-"' ,i tre of fighting in this sector. Berlin's?.. minima fha nor ,i n f Ti.t. '.'v,-1 "' af1"' ui l Lallan uo - sitions there and the repulse of taI-;N;-j ian counter a tlnokc Vicmmno n ' . - - 0.il, nuuio say a, were -XB" i . . 1 .1 1 AT "1 - ' ;."' " . I1 Y fulocu "j we uBieuuers. west OitJjei?; xjiyi,a, Ausiro-uermaHs nave, at! v ...PJiata regicraland i 'Berlin sflvs mnm :ft,"in -i tuih 'wmJZir? Thora hoc? Kn . ' front in France. Infantry fighting 'h&pal v ivi.u auu lae anuiery conVf- tinues to be active in certain sectors.-1' Field Marshal Haig, The London - - Times says, is making . important!" r changes in his headquarters staffs The British commander-in-chief in Francet ::)pl has made virtually no changes - since he took over the command frora Vis- i ' count French. " ;. London and coast town 3 aeain hava. A been visited by German raiders. NuV ui-iuus uomDs were aroppea on Lon- aon and in Essex and Kent bv the en- ' emy airplanes which crossed the coast early yesterday evening: British air-C -; planes met the enemy in the air and thf Qtltl.Qirnroff ilnfvMnn- 1 J . i J . uuiiwn UC1CU9CS suuiecieu , - mm to a neavy lire. The casualties ',' and damage caused has not bee.i an nounced. . Russian representatives havo Iiaptt . ordered by Leon Trotzky. the Bolsher-'- ki foreign minister, to demand of the" Central Powers at the peace confer-y ence at Brest-Litovsk whether they ; agree 10 maxe peace without annexa- ; ; tions and indemnities and "on the principle of self-definition of nations." "M: . Trotzky" is reported to have invited ' Allied participation on the threa: that ' 1 funntln -..'Il 1 1 1 , - '",''..., ' .-ud u ui u&cu iiyu a i)pr . . ate peace arranged. Clear indications U of the interna- situation in Russia still . . ' are lacking. - -. V'v-i'v' i .-. v &. r iciiii ' i.i uinri t iMiifwii ' t Renault was torpedoed and sunk" Jn "V the Mediterranean last Friday anl the ;v submarine which attacke'd her also - : was destroyed. The cruiser was.be- -ing used as a transport and - carried, .. military passengers, ail of whom were rescued. Ten members or the ?rew of the cruiser, which displaced 7.89S v tons, were lost. . BALTIMORE HAD BAD i k FIRE LAST NIGHT (By Associated Press) .' .,-'-' ?!. ' Baltimore, Dec. 19. Revised.- est!-; mates of the losses caused by the fire late last night which destroyed ' the . four story building at 9 West Bal- ' timore street, in the busines center" of ;,the city, and damaged two adjoin- : ' ing buildings, placedthe tot&l atnoultt " . at $200,000. Morris Brothers r Com pany, Inc., " clothiers, and the South- i ern Commission Company, were the- principal ' sufferers'. Five . firemen .. SHOP NOW! I ,-.rya ag shops f 1 (By Associated Press). Norfolki Va., Dec. 19. Indictment was returned today by the grand jury ! were slightly injured $10,000 OF PRICE 'in the trnited States court against j -LU --4MfJ0k. offices are at Jersey City, for violation rjJt'i!t! of the jAct approved , July 21, 1830. f - QUITS -THE MINISTRY against) the unlawful : "restraint and ! ,"- : - monopoly of trade. It is charged in i (By Associated Press.) - the indictment that Colgate and Convr Los Angeles, Cal., Dec.. 19, The cago ivattonais trom Philadelphia. stated that he .thought $10,000 "would jbe his fair-share. of the purchase price pany have the three years immediate- Rev. E. P. Ryland, removed last Mon' v inaid Philadelphia and he thought the ly preceding this date engaged in such day as superintendent of the Los Ar 'latter club should pay it. . , unlawful practices within the eastern geles' district of the Southern .Califor : v "I am not making any threats,"', district of the State of Virginia and nia conrerence of the Methodist, Jfipis v said Alexander, "but I think the public 'elsewhere" in the United States. i copal . church by Bishop Adna , a , ; should know the situation. Seven) ' The indictment alleges that the dLeonard for alleged "pacifist -.ideas,'. years ago Philadelphia paid $750 for tfendant did through wholesale and re-. announced: today: his withdrawal from ' rre . Thev sold me for $50,000. Hard tail dealers fix the -price at which all'the ministry. ; , v -v :- work brought about the boom n my their products should be' sold and did ; "I loye the Methodist church and I stock and the man who did the 'work refuse to sell their products to those sincerely, regret it has become neces-' v ' ought "to get some of it," ' .'dealers "who would not'agree.'to sell at sary for me to withdraw from the ruin- ; , iLLU4 llLO X1UL. J KZL OgUCU a Uli-- L A .u..u. UJ U. UOimuUUL, U1UJ i, y . .ww . . - j v.. , . - , would abfbe assured of afair trial. timated ar upwards of - $100,000 J-- - - - tract with-Chicago. ' V'-y jthe defendant suppressed 'competition, said Mr. RylanrV J .' , j ; ; ;v,' ' ,