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PRICE FIVE CENTO,
1 - r . m - .. , i. i- ."..IT-',
DIGGING FOR. WATER IN MID DESERT '
OF MRS. JOMNSON-
ninirhitm
- - r - '
fnnon rnBB!immnin
J j ill a S""- j-
Plant Said to Be Still Ablaze
24 Hours After Fire Was
Started -
FATflLLY'CRIPPLED
GERMANY'S BIGGEST
WAR ESTABLISHMENT
FRENCH WARSHIP
A halt in midst of the desert d inns tho- advance of the British tore cs opcrrtting in the Egyptian area. The
men shown in this British official pho'.o c:c discing for water. , . 1
Manufactures Arms and Am-!
ru:nii:io'n, anr ProV"Mv Em-j
jloyes Nearly 100,000 Per-
sons Closelv Guarded f
SANK SUBMARINE
MI
BELIEVED TO
RAVE BEEN
UK!
i Tiy Associated Pross).
-tric!i, Hollond. Fridajr, Dec. 22.
Admiralty per Wireless
' - Workmen from Essen. Ger
siy that the Krupp plant, tho,
(j-i-inan munitions establish-1
: .: : h 'en ablaze for 24 1: z. i
The Frenchman Was Torpe- Johnson bounty Man Con
ISEili W .GlsiiAs Train"
y SCENE OF RIOTS i iTfi ORIB TROBPS
FURTHER EVIDENCE
OF GREAT POWER
BY HELO PACKERS
Large Meat Packers Were Rep
' resented in Directorship of
i Junction Railways
INFLUENCE EXTENDED
TO REAL ESTATE
Richmond Police Inquire Into
Circumstances Surrounding-
Poisoning of Young Wife" " '
, t Is-
HUSBAND HAD LEFT
WILSON THIS MORNING: ;
Three Months Bride of Dr.' L.V
I. Johnson, of Middlesex, N. '
C, Died in Richmond : -V
, -J.- '!
r a Week Ago
doed While Crisng in the
Ionian Sea
MADE FRISONERS OF
SUBMARINE'S CREW
sumed When House Was
Mysteriously Destroyed
T TEUTONS
Publication of Luxburg Mes-
Special Train Loaded With
Gifts and Friends to
Training Camp
Treasurer of Armour Com
pany Had Bad Memory
When Questioned About
Holdings of Company
(By Associi,tec Press).
Washington, Dec. 22 Re-distribu-
(by Associated I'ross). : C'fP'a
Richmond, Va., Dec. .D;TLil;..'''
uel J. Johnson, the young deritist whot';
took poison night before last; fii VViI-v k .
son, N. C, after attending thefuner- rV1
al of his bride, Mrs. Alice Kniehfv:
Johnson, who died here last Saturday;
night, as the result of swallbwiili'
what was believed by friends to'hftveA"'.;
been an ordinary medicinal drug, :isc
reported to have left that town leforevg ; ' i
ithe arrival there today of ' detectives; K'"
from Richmond, who are to. furtheriu-;
I verngate uie case. ur. jonnson Isr.j
i ported to have crone tn his hnm-Vnl:?
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 22. Ira Barber, I sages Otirs reople to Angry
II.-!
in:-1
IV.
.l;int at Essen, the main epiab
;,' Mi .'he Krapp'3. the inrgest
ac'iircrs in Clermany of amis
;!.--!is. enii)loyed about .J 0,000
;;;t ;i n war. It has been ex
p;;n ! ".! ::r?.ity during the war. Fact:;
rei.it Inu to its present, size and the
ii'ti: in m workmen are kept secret
h;. the (Ifniian government. It was
1 1 j )';( 1 unofficially in October of last
r. that about To.000 persons, in;
ciiv.linsr, several thousand women,
wfii' at work tliei-e and that 20,000
vi-;-h to be ndded to the force.
a young white man, of Johnson coun
ty was burned Wednesdav night with
Demonstrations
Destroyers and Aircraft Aided his gallon of blockade bcoze, accord-' GERMAN ATTACKS
Warship, Raining Shells
Upon U-Boat When
Forced to Surface
(l'y Associated Press).
Paris, Dec. 21. A statement by the
Ministry of Marine concerning the
sinking of the old French
(Jhateau-Keiiuult says that the war
ship with several other vessels was
REPULSED BY FRENCH
ing to messages received here last j
night from oJhnston county. Barber i
who is represnted by Johnston's ! Considerable Artillery Activity
sheriff as food for naught, i. said to'
have bought the liquor and gone to
the house of some negroes where
Kiirly
: the
this year, there was" a stt ike attacked by a submarine in the Ionian
K rupp
works, said to have
be- n due to lack of food. It was re
norted that -lo.ooo workers were in-
ro.ved n! ti-nt the authorities coir.-1 statement says
sea at 7:15 o'clock
of December 14.
on the morning
Continuing, the
e
got drunk. WWen next seen the
cruisei jjouse was burned down, and it is sup
posed all went wit it. Deputy Mar
shal eGorge Moore telephoned the
story to Raleigh late last night.
Sheriff Grimes, of Johnson, knew
Along the Western Front-
Italians Try to Regain
Lost Ground
(By Associated Press).
German attacks n Alsace have been
fTtv A Ssinr'in tr1 TrfMaa 1
Columbus, O., Dec. 22. The first 'Trade
section of a special train operated byj'Sation
the State-of Ohio, bearing relatives
and friends and gifts to the federaliz
ed Ohio National Guard at Camp Sher
idan, Montgomery, Ala., left here ear
ly today. It consisted of seven bag
gage cars filled with gifts sent from
all sections of Ohio.
The baggage cars will become a
part of a special train leaving Cin
cinnati at 6 o'clock tonight. Gover-
guna iu his nome
i .- C ,.1, n , k Alrr -,F Vl - rT-li-.J OrI
, , . Dr. J. M. Whitfield, coroner of Richi v
Stock lards Company was begun as nJOnd has requested the nolice r-.-to
soon as the managers got wind of the make the fullest investigation of thei ,
Commission's coming investi
nor Cox and his bride, and a pai'ty of
repulsed, according to the French war
office. The chief of these attacks at I
Ilartmanns-Weilferkopf took the Ger- tlle
mans into the first line French trench- Christmas presents for the soldiers
friends and 300 Ohioans will spend
holidays at Camp 1 Sheridan.
struck on the
i little of the details when interviewed ! fs' b,ut .m the engagement that fol-s there will be distributed Tuesday, at
i ' iowea tney were driven . out. with
over long distance, 'out revenue of-' ilti,r,, inoo8 k .v . . ,
I I 4-"J .-L UlUCi u.iziLa itIUUK
attti-i , i i : . . i .i v . . . .
activity
-rt'.-rin ii '
oi r of Germany. "'iho hA trovoH th hintartp atwi rienes wooa m tne cnampagne reR-
I-Zssen is in Rhenish Prussia, about ! same time bursting steam pipes which , , lion, Rheims has again been shelled
t 1 WflllTl W;-f.4 H HI V F'HIIIMfl. I .
hnttpfl it h
men to the front, but little authentic ! board side in"the rerion of tfle stek,. j ficers here say there is little douot . the Frencn. fronV artiUery.
mformatiou wfftMtttnb-.'cbin i " J2k2&&&& b that--Blhrr3desiroyea -because isasvbeeinlermitfespt-":
40 miles froni the Dutch border. Few
places in Germany are guarded more
carefully. No persons unknown to the
German authorities are permitted tc
vi-it the torn. The plant has been
nidei several times by French and
C-iMsh airmen notwithstanding its
ii niiiable anti-aircraft defenses.
Press dispatches last July said 100
P-rsons ihere had been killed in a raid
b " French airplanes and that consid
e 'bk damage had been done to the
v.--irks.
stopped the engines. The captain at
once manned the hand steering gear
and steered so as to utilize the mom
entum of the ship and approach the
chnrp whirh wac in si.wht Pasnpn?.'
ers and crew were ordered to their !
was recently raided.
There is disagreement as
i
by the Germans. In Flanders, the
tO i Rpl
a Christmas exercise at which the
Governor will deliver an address. .
Thee CpaiirSkarteifS by the
It was brought out in testimony be
fore the commission today that the
same day a Federal investigator ap
peared 34,480 shares were divided into
17 portions.
The object of the sudden transfer,
as it appeared from the testimony
was to- conceal real ownership which
is alleged to really be with the great
meat packing concerns.
The day a Federal agent walked
into the offices of F.-H. Prince and
Company, in Boston, the 34,480 shares
were split into one warrant for 18.480
shares and 16 warrants for one thou
sand shares each.
Evidence to show that persons con
nected with all the large meat pack
ers are represented on the board of
'directors ofWcagi0tJnncli6a
State, gifts . were sent hero Instead Railways Company, operating the
terminal railroads ot tne unicago
whether te house was' the shack ofltivity, though less intense oecause of
the negroes, who left the helpless ; fog.
An offensive movement initiated by
white to struggle with liquor and fire, j
o i i i t ... l, l, : .
wucinti uai uer wtts uuiutu iu ma
6wn house.
FURPORTED WILL IS
BREAKING TO PIECES
fi'a
1".?
ii-.,
( Hy Associated Press).
Honolulu, Dec. 22. H. Keakoha. one
of two witnesses who signed th-3 pur
: ' will of the late Queen Liliou-k-'ani
naming "Princess" Tehcrsa
venu as chief legatee, today repu
'! his affidavit, which was said to
ii signed in the presence of
r.,i -.n't fnnff!fr1 it hnH t.pnn
?i! i 'inder pressure in the home of
"i'rinc ?ss"' Belliveau.
A mem.! jury investigation into tho
P"!'i")i-(! will was ordered recently
i S; hi Kamakaia, whose name
.';r! to have been on the will as a
v;i!ic.--s, later declared he was not
pr-( 1,1 when the will was signed, but
lia'i .'Vip-nded his signature in his
home at I he request of the "Princess"
i'i i-;ii.
1
boat stations at the sound of the ex- j
plosion. Torpedo boat destroyers,
which formed a part of the convoy,
dashed in the direction from which j
the torpedo had come and volleyed '
shells at the spot where it was pre-
snmpfl thp snhmarinp hart mihmprfi'P.rl. I
"While the boats were being low- i reports from Petrograd indicate a seri
ered from the Chateau-eRenault, the ! ous division in the Peasants' Congress
enemy submarine came up on her j which has been in session there for a
left. The cruiser had sunk to her gun-
A SERIOUS SPLIT IN
FEASANTS' CONGRESS
(By Associated Press).
London, Dec, 22. The meagre news
ports, but nevertheless the gun crews
' fortnight. The right wing led by M.
remained at their posts and opened Tcernoff, insists thatall power shall
a hot fire on the submarine which ; be7 given to the Constituent Assembly
promptly dived. A second torpedo; wnich win decide upon peace, the land
fired shortly after struckthe teau- refo
Renault on the starboard side tor- M
ward. She sank by the head a few left is dominated by the Soldiers and
minutes after the captain got aboard : Workmen's Assembly. A". I attempts
a patrol boat. All passengers were;to heal the breach haye failed The
saved, but 10 memDers oi tne crew!
are missing and are supposed to have
been killed by the explosion.
GROUND GLASS IN
CANNE DTOMATOES
v:.i
C'i
fi- 1:
(ii
111;,
(
hr.
i i ' -
t . ,
:y Associated I'ress).
I)e(. 22. Major General
Carter, commander of the
left wing has a slight mapority.
Officers of the Baltic fleet have ad-
"The torpedo boat destroyer, over-'opted a resolution protesting against
latets reform which places
supreme command of the
paralyze the fleet and prevent
in the hands of the body of
loaded with survivors renewed the at tne
tack on the submarine under the)the
water and then on the surface whenj
she appeared for an instant only to;wi11
submerse nreciDitatelv under fire of i fleet
the guns of the destroyer. Two sea
nlanes then bombed her. The siibma-
the Italians in which they launched
seven attacks against iiic? enemy front
west of Monte Asolone is claimed by
the German official communication, to
have been without success.
In the region of Doiran, In the
Eastern war theatre, artillery activity
continues. In the same war theatre
British troops have carried out a suc
cessful raid in the region of Lake
Butkova, capturing one officer and
54 Bulgarian soldiers.
The publication of telegrams sent
by Count von Luxburg,-former Ger
man minister, to the Berlin Foreign
Office, has resulted in riots in Biieo
nes Aires where crowds of people as
sembled and demanded a rupture of
relations with Germany. A mob m
the Calle Florida was dispersed after
a fight with mounted police. Guards
again have been stationed around
property owned by Germans in the
city and police are guarding the of
fice of La Union, the newspaper for
which Count von Luxburg obtained a
subsidy. Congress is expected to in
sist upon an explanation by the gov
ernment of the conditions revealed
in the Von Luxburg telegrams.
of direct to Camp Sheridan and will
be taken there at cost of the State in
what is perhaps the first instance
of the kind on record.
MILLIONS OF GERMAN
PEOPLE ARE STARVING
i i
3 4 v 5 &
elected sailors and makes all posts; '
elective. The resolution of protest 17 8r"LL" wvv cu 1 ' .
rine probably had been struck by a j declares that the reform if carried out, j
shell so as to make it impossible forWju paralyze the fleflet and prevent
iher to remain submerged for she j peace on a democratic basis because
appeared once again and was imme.U0 impotent Russia peace will be die
(By Associated Press).
London, Dec. 22. According to a
Renter's dispatch from Amsterdam,
Vorwaerts of Berlin, in a plain-spoker,
attack on the system of Herr von
Waldow, the German food controller,
declares great masses of German peo
ple not only are hungry but are lit
erally starving. The paper adds that
agricultural producers and rich resi
dents in towns are living . in plenty,
as hoarding is no longer prohibited.
"Every war profiteerer and mil
lionaire," says the. paper, ""has his
kitchen and cellar full of ham and
bacon, the middle class ekes a pre
carious existence, spending all it pos
sesses on food, but forty millions of
the masses are starving and are Un
likely to sit silent.
"We might have within a month an
absolute catastrophe in Germany and
a collapse even worse than Russia,
resulting in a German defeat and loss
of the war."
circumstances in the takine of noi-
son by both the bride and her faus-V-1
band. The Richmond police weret
quick to get to work on the case," two i'
officers having visited the home of the s- ; -i
dead girl's parents yesterday, but oh -O s
tained little information, the bride'si-.-u '
de?ith having occurred while she was ; '
on a visit to the home of Mrs. FvlV
Stutz, in this city where the fatal -JifkxM
dose was taken. " . m-v-;
Reports of Dr. Johnson's engage ' -ntient
to another young woman livlngS' -Y I
in Middlesex and his alleged failure'--;tv '
to announce to his friends that A. ho f ;
ha a been married here three months,"
ago, io miss Alice Knight, 19 years
olo, who was,a stenographer; in the vlf'
Medical College of Virginia, vrher&M
he was a student, are ' being invesi-H
tigated today. Dr. Johnson ; gave; out . '.
no statement while he was in tho '
Wilson hospital, where he underwent;'.
treatment after taking poison, "but is T ;
reported, to have told his dead bride's
parents earlier iitae "weenie IwouU I
rerurn td Richmond later to tnvestl,",'. -gate
her death. ' - " " " : h
Officer Left Richmond Last ''NlflhVf
Richmond; Va., Dec. 22. An investi-' ' ;
gation of the death here last iSatur-i I,;
'day of Mrs. Alice Johnson, 19-year-old i
bride of Dr. Lemuel J. Johnsdh, aged i? i;
23, who, according to the police, at- -;C;;
tempted to end his life. Tuesday, night W
at Wilson, N. C, resulted in John F!
Wiley, a sergeant ' of "detectives " being tr; t
sent to Wilson to learn th clrcum-. :
stock yards, was introduced today by
Francis J. Heney, special counsel,
conducting the Federal Trade com
mission's investigation into the pack
ing industry. ' , "
Frederick W. Croll, treasurer of
Armour and Company, recalled to the
stand today, testified also that the in
fluence of the packers extended to
the real estate situation in Chicago.
Attorney Heney said tnat uirectors stances surrounding Johnson's alleged : I
Spoor, and Thayer and Fitzgerald of attempt to poison himself. ' Mrs.iJ
HP ylllCilgU dUllUtlUil nannaj,
the Central Manufacturing District
property, where many arge firms are
located, as trustees for the Chicago
Junction Railways and Union Stock
!"vartment of the Army, h3s j diately covered by a ram ot snens. , tated by the imperialists of tie ne
-latii:. io commanders of every i One of her gunners was swept over-;mV-
m
1 1 !
hell
vhile in the act of
STANDING PA1
his division warning ! board by a
rjass had been found in . limine' his niece and all the others'
.f canned tomatoes and j jumped into the set while the subma- UNITED STATES IS
i w inc. ii were oemg neicirme san ije a stone torn to pieces i
shiinuent to army can- U,,. irwnh o-nn Thp nrisonern num-i
, a UJ X ' 6,"""' '
K-legrams were sent af-, b 22 among them, the captain of -
t,n v-iih HiTifon C Cla- , . - (P.v Associated Press).
he local bureau of the j the "marine and two officers. I Washington Dcc. 22.-Secretary
r Jus.ice, who informed ! m . -a1XL1 HT K ! Lansing said today that no informa-
; of the discovery of the I MEATLESS MiJNCJbMbA .1 . ! tion of the terms of Germany's ex-
-I A M17U7 (tr AMOIIFI ArF"i pected "Christmas peace" offer has
hau.sdi said he would stari: an
i'iii at once.
TO S'
i !',
reached the State Department and the
(P.v Vssoeiatcvl Picssl. j aunuue ul luc uuiicu oitiics iu w en
Washington, Dec. . 22. Mefils3a peace negotiation was unchanged,
nr'nee-meat, another culinary triumph J What purports to be an outline of
in the art of food conservation, "nasi the peace terms has been received
been brought to the housewives of tno here through neutral diplomatic chan-
i country by the National Emersercv nelg The attitude of the United
ANDARDIZE
COTTON LINTERS
AsHoeiated Press)
u. l;ec. 22 Pra
.ins; cotton lint.ers is being!
:ii
lv i
up,
Ipanion of purapkinless pumkin pie and --,e co-belligerents reparation
! ' 1 .1
- '1 !v Cen-M tmont of a cri-1 ginsreness gmsreroi eau, i restoration, by Germany.
M'.-cialists. Handling and mar-' The new mincemeat, officially do- .
is b'-ing studied and ;scriDea as a cainouiwgc . c-nsda Restricts War Charities
( 'awa, Ont., Dec
and
a "camouflage", was tred
ion is trring tviven to the on uuu uuujo wti - m .. ; i ( awa, unt., uec. zl. Aiier wuar
'.'ii.-y linters. ". ' . jnounced it perfect and called ror collJi ons, tag days and bazaars for
l ie :'ieat demand for this more. . . i war. charities will not be allowed by
' "i! mills have increasedthe I Half a package of seeded raisins, t1)e Dc-ninion Government, unless p.u
' -' -! s from about 50 pounds lialf a pound of prunes stewed witn fthorizeJ in writing by the governing
j::.;rutte'v ir,0 nounds ner ton of lemon juice and peel, one quarter cup bCAY Qr a registered war charity asso-
'tiwppt rider, four tablespoons brown
r"-n iiriee and low quality, the mat- sugar, chop the raisins and prunes-toj fng in cennection with various so-call-,r,.
baiting, and felt makers, as well gether, and the result is said to be aed war charities hi various parts of
wmcn win ac-i Canada have led the urvernment to ae
1 ; ,.
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Oil
v V . sr IP v V Vr V r V
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K'.v JUL. - .x ' X, WrAWX'VSiSflW"" w
! WILMINGTON MAN'S
j BROTHER IS DEAD
(By Associated Tress).
'-it a tr - cc mi
I ureenvine, s. uec. , al. j ne
! death of, two enlisted men of the 30th
Yards Company. ,
Croll was asked whether the Ar
mour books showed all the compar-ie
in which the firm was interested. He
said they did.
"Dr Armour and Company's books
show they are interested in any cot
ton seed oil?" asked Mr. Heney.
"Yes," replied Mr. Croll, "but I can
not recollect the location of them."
"Do they show that Armour and
Company were interested in a large
string of plants through Texas, Ar
kansas and Tennessee which stood in
the name of Louis Ehle, from 1907 to
1917?" asked Mr. Heney.
"I don't remember."
Mr. Heney read a list of stock
yards in which Armour and Company
were interested, the list including the
yards at Louisville, . Denver, Fort
Worth, L Jacksonville, Jersey City,
Pittsburg, Sioux City, St. Paul, St.
Txuis. Portland, Ore., and Toronto,
Canada.
CARELESSNESS WAS
v CAUSE OF ACCIDENT
(By Associated Pi-ess)
Spartanburg. S. C. Dec, 22. Cor
poral Charles Volkenner, Company B
Johnson, according to the police, diedr. v : .
after taking what she told her friend3 .
was an ordinary medical drug, which, . :;
l-however, might produce death if taken
in cuff im'nn f nnnnf itir "iJtL ,
Sergeant Wiley will go from Wilson ..
to Middlesex, the home of Johnson,'
where he will investigate reports '
reaching the police that Johnson had ..
not announced to his friends his mari' :
riage three monts ago, and alsoTe- 1
ports of 'his engagement to a young'-
woman there. "v.'-;
Engaged to Another Girl i-i'Ci-'-
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 21. An investi-'iyi'
gation made in the hotel room, at Wil- ;
son; near here, where Dr. L. J. John-'
son is alleged to have tried to v end X '' v'-:
his life following the death in Rich-S ;
mon of his bride of three snontlisj're-
vealed, according to reports received tl h
here, letters purporting to have been; ; :
written by "the young dentist: In one
the writer said his troubles were more V
than he could bear, and one addressed.
to a young woman of Middlesex,; toS
whom, according to Richmond police," ff ,
Dr. Johnson had been engagedl One v
'of the letters told of the writer " hat--; :;
'ing "ruined himself" trying to protect ;
the character of another person. r
division. Camp Sevier, is .announced Jl.0th -Field Artillery, has been tried
at divisional headquarters. The dead
are Private Frank A. Beasley, Jl5th
field artillery; next of kin, father.
Brantley Beasley, Gleason, Tenn.; and
Private Jasper L. Best, 119th infantry,
next of kin, brother, W. H. Best, Wil
mington, N. C. Pneumonia following
measles caused the death of each.
TWO KILLED BY
TRAIN AT WILSON
-sr-. si.-
fchrV yr t-- "3:
Wilson, N. C, Dec. 22.Joseph Har
rison, a prominent citizen and his son.
iLuther Harrison, were killed here last
night, when a freight train of the Nor
folk Southern railroad, crashed into
j j an automobile in which they were rid-
:mg. Luther Harrison was drivms the
car. There was a, third occupant. Mrs.
Harrison, . wife and mother of the two
persons killed. She was unhurt.
by a court:marital at Camp Wads
worth and found guilty of criminal
carelessness in connection with-, the
killing of Private Antonia Massiccuhis
tent mate. The court-marital imposed
sentence of one year in jail. It is
charged that Volkenner was explain
ing a new rifle when the weapon was
discharged, instantly killing iMacsuc
ci. Testimony taken at . the trial
showed that both men were good
friends and that there was Jno crimi
nal motive or intent. Volkenner is a
native of Buffalo, N. Y., as was the
dead man. ' ..,'-
THE CITY OF NAPLES
WAS TORPEDOED
Albert Spalding, the noted, violinist,
has cabled from
N Reinvest Bond Interest
iXiv Assnnlsttori Troco
Washington. Dee. 22. C. Si Pfiarp.fi I was not attacked by a. Urboat
An Atlantic Port, Dec. 22. The Brit4
Ish steamship City; of Naples, reported
a few days ago to have been sunk by
la torpedo off the British coast while
under convoy of destroyers, arrived
ihere today It was learned the vessel
but
!.,ev
no v.- ;
i'oi;
t ;,
i i . i j . . . m
"somewhei-a in casnier or tne unitea states Treasury; . w. P c
. i o4, ,-t,o?; Ashe was seriously, damaged and DHt
ru,n,tfot,, 'maotlaon mincfl nififffi WniC.n WU11 EC' IlnTiarta hnvn Ion r 1 : i lirVprnTTlPnT TO IP.- J i oiicts I lid I. uc nets wuu it . vuililllisr-- r " " "-"to u T?t. mi
hnreru ;.. 4. . . . , j !iu tA Tvi?T,oi.at5nTic i,T. . a;i cJfiinr nnn o nnw a.flrst t Piitfinaiit with persons wu(KDresentea interest cou-5. .. , ,,K "T.-
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So "OFFENSIVE" PEACE
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Petrograd, Dec. 22.Lebxt'-fr'
Trotzky, the Bolsheviki Foreign -;t.
. Minister, in addressing the Coun- -V
cfl of Soldiers and WorkHien, .
said if the German ! Emperor bf; ! 'SJ,
fere'd "offensive" peace terms'the;;,!;
"We did not overthrow iCzarra
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Continuing he "'said; -i ''J&f-
"But if through' our., eihauStiOtt,l..:-
we had to ; accept r5".the'-.-': ; Kaler's).?' r
terms, we would do soi to risei; ,
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Washington,' Dec. 22. Almost? $o0,-; . -O0Q.0OO
in further appropriatipos7'tdv
complete war preparations during the v :
present fiscal year, has been asked in-
deficiency; estimates -submitted to Con-f ,
gress since the holiday ; recess , began v
last- Tuesday. . The ? Navy "alone jias ; 1
asked for more than $45,1)00,000 of thi3 y
and ..the :-largest single -item is j $15.-"
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