a.
3
Sort-
:r-.;- tnr.ioht
Care:!"?aM" near coast'
'C?H;. Wednesday,
c!)iae-.
fair.
LIA1
Attack of Considerable Pro
nnrtions Launched on the i
Asiago Plateau 4
OFFENSIVE CAME AS
A MILITARY SURPRISE
Probably an Effort to Shorten
in Order to Better
Line
ResistrFurther fiun
Efforts
ILalr has furnished a military "sui
l5e by launching an-attack of ap-
. i mm Vat
aountain front in midwinter. ine
1,!ot comes on ti9 Asiago plateau
rtere the Austro-Germaniuvaaers
?ere halted early in tn winter . in
lieir effort to push down to the Itali
an plains west of the Brenta:rivex. .
Berlin heralded the attack yester
17 in reporting the breaking out of
4 violent artillery duel in the Setti
Communi region the' Asiago, sector.
t? forces was reported to nave reacn-
ed a climax at dawn on Monday in
Ai vicinity of Col Del Rosso, which
teight stands about midway- between
Asiago and the Brenta.
The supplementary trerman omciai
report of last night which was "not re
ceived until today, announces ; me
opening of the assault in this region,
describing ft as a violent attacK.
There were no- acompanying details.1'
In the lack of more definite news
the urobability suggests Itself, .that
the Italian effort . is'jCta apiB!gto I !
suniiar to mat or tne-jfTBncn :iew
weeks ago east of the Brenta which
resulted in a penetration of the An-
tro-German lines for a.-, considerable
distance and the subsequent with
drawal of the enemy from a-rather
eitended area, Improving the'; Entente
position notably. Thus the Italians
tow mav be endeavoring to effect a
rectification of their line, with,. a view
to making more difficult any-future at
tempt of the enemy to advance.
Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik For-
lign Minister, has returned to the
Brest-Litovsk peace conference arm
id with a vote of confidence by the
Congress of Councils of, Workmen's
m Soldiers' Delegates in the attitude
Jf the Russian delegation. The Con
toss, however, refused to declare
against the policy or a separate
sttoe, defeating a motion in -.that
JflCfle offered by the minority ele-j
aenta and dravying from Trotzky the
itatescent that he would not guaran
ty not to sign such a peace,
ixiadoii ?-as raided last night by
SiSHifci airplanes, not more than half
&n rsaching the city, however.
J' some 15 machines which, made
ttJ attermt. On. raider wns hronht
iowa ia flames from a heisrht of 10
JCO fest, its three occupants being
iaroed to death.
TURKISH WARSHIP
GETS SAFELY HOME
AffiSlterflnTn Tan OQ Tti Ti.VHVi
' "w "I U IWA. LJ iS. XUAU-aAA
Cruiser Snlfnw Vawm ffftltm for-
TFIF
"ay -the German warship Goeben.f city.
-puiu.pg to a telegram from Constan
opl9 received here by way of Ber-
eaxcrea the harbor of CJonstan-
Sunday quite fit- for servlca;
'a. 't ?. ided, inflicted only unimpor
Coinage to the funnel and the
j3r! plating only two
lci having struck the ship.
small
(HI day3 as.'0- the Sultan Yawuz
,i. " "VJJ.-3U til. .MtSdl O. - UlUl
.uft tin rA M - . i . n t .
Wfah; Z: arter tne
1 y 1,110 merman cruiser
SUlll tail hPn cn-iV Vtr n41rTi
le?5?sl1 alrmea had been dropping
'aid ti c,uu lu JLionuon last mgn
. laa-t at riftO-n Hnndaw Un fine.
18 Position was unchanged. . ;v-.
Broads prepare
TO FIGHT FLOODS
Jan.. 29 TnsfrTi.tkvri
SjUbS? 0ut today by 4116 railroad ad
fti10n t0 local railroad "author
4iB,PMPare-t0 flght floods ePect
Ql(m, 3 week thawing"w9ather
Qlopa.
St
;st Yi
are out of their banks In
"'Stoa and Kentucky, and with
laiw risin today,, railroad
dexter,1,;: 011 fficials feared a rap-
"'iltiCj-fl -r-. ! .
"S sow- to protect
as caid.
'II II 111 rill Ir-n firr-rN a n ' lh ' ' ' ' . I -. - '- - ' -. - '. I T T .
ffiW
SWEPT AWAY BY ICE.
Paducah, Ky., Jan. 29.-Descend-Ing
fee gorges in the Tennessee
and Ohio rivers, converging here
today swept the winter- fleet of
packets and other craft, from their
moorings . at up-river points and in
the Paducah. harbor and : carried
It on down the Ohio. Appeals for
hejp from persons marooned on
the ice-bound craft plainly were
heard as they were carried past
this city.
A report from Metropolis, Ills.,
said several! jackets were seen
standing on end in the ice as the
floe passed that place. The num
ber ;Of - boats caught in the torrent
has' not been determined. It was
said they probably would reach
more than' a dozen. A preliminary,
estimate of the damage, if all were'
tost, placed it at more than $200,
D0O. BY-AN EXPLOSION
- , -
-' '
Marquette, Mich., Shocked by
Explosion of Chemicals
Earl Today
Cause Unknown Fire Start
. ed by Explosion Completes
. Destruction No Lives
; Reported Lost
Marquette, Mich, Jan. 29. An ex
plosioirf ollowed by a fire early today
which destroyed the alcohol refining
plant, the primary building and a. ser
ies of condensers of the Pioneer Iron
Furnace Company, owned by ' the
Cleveland , Cliffs Iron Company, of
Cleveland, O.. caused damage estimat
ed at $100,000.
First 'reports of the explosion said
a number of lives had been lost, but
at daylight it was believed there was
no loss of life and that only two men
had been Injured, although the cas
uality cannot be definitely determined
until the company rolls have been
checked.
For a time the fire threatened to
destroy the entire-- plant, a portion of
which "is -employed. In manufacturing
aiconox ana uae . grouuu vumuus v j. i
explosives for the TJnited States and)
the Allied governments, but after a
two hours fight the- flames wervj
covers Beveral acres or grounq. is bh
uated one and a half miles from this
The nolice believe that the explo
sion was. caused by an incendiary, but
itlxe, officials of ;the company declined
to ''express; an opinion a sto the
cause. i . - ' ' " ''
The first blast rocked the city to
its foundaitons, windwos in - business
buildings . and in stores .. in the- cen
tral section more than a, half mil o
distant from the plant being shatter
ed by the explosion,. v - -?,::-
The cause of the. explosion is not
known as yet. Despfte .the combtned
effort! xst the Marquette and the Com
pany; Plant fire departments, the ,flre
is still burning and so far has; not
been under; control,-:, The part of the
plant destroyed is engaged in the
manufacture of alcohol and the ground
chemicals fory powerful 'explosives for
the American and Allied governments.
. . . i J, V " - -
' r CharterBvSwedIsh Ships.
WahinMon. Jan. 29. A prelimi
nary agreement has been reached be-
ttveen thet United States 'ana :weaen,
ftccordine Vto official dlspatchCTl from
London, orovidlngi for the cfiarter . of
Swedish snips ta ine unuea euttes wjj
be used -principally; inuie souin Am
erican -trade. j
WANTS INCREA8EO RATES.;
Washington, Jan. 29.Wrhe - -Merchants
and Miners ranspertation Com
pany ttodiy- applied Nto the Interstate
CommercA : Commission f or Increases
fnr hfifwgfin -10 and - 20 ,per cent be
tween t Jacksouviile and SaTOnnak andj
BalUmore Mid Philadelphia. Tfae prof
p?sedincrWe'-oir -cotton -wO.Trt
ALCOHOL REFINING
PLANT WRECKED
10 cents -per '100 pounds. T-j.t,. 'jaw Bai
WILMINGTON, NORTH
NG CONCERN
Disturbed Political and Labor
Conditions Reflected in the
Kaiser's Message
GOVERNMENT FAILS
, CONFIDENCE VOTE
Reichstag Refuses to Endorse
Way Things Are Run4 and
Hertling May Have
to Explain
Unrest among the working people
of Germany has not yet quieted down
nor has the political conflict between
the Pan-Germans and the non-militar
ists lessened appreciably. Concern
over the interna security of the em
pire appears in the message sent by
Emperor William in answer to birth
day congratulations from the Reich
stag. To President Kaempf of the Reich
stag,' the Emperor expressed his "ar
dent daily wish" that the German
people may "preserve their union un
til the final victory of our arms." The
Emperor declared that he enters upon
"a serious and decisive year.
The Reichstag, however, is reorted
to have refused to vote confidence in
the government, mainly through So
cialist oposition, and Chancellor von
Hertling may appear before it again
in a few days to discuss the ques
tion pf-Belgium.
Efforts to agitate a general strike
in Berlin on Monday are declared to
have failed, according to a message
reaching Amsterdam. Leaflets call
ing for such a strike were distributed
widely in the German capital, but it is
said-that workmen in only a few fac
tories were idle. sXck of central dt
ported to have brought about the fail-
The revolt in-'FInland is reported to
be backed" by the Bolshevik govern
ment -in Petrograd, which also has
severed diplomatic relations, gener
ally the first act leading to war, with
Rumania. Ultimatums and demands
have been served on Rumania by the
Bolshevik! and' refusal to meet these
probably caused the Lenine govern
ment to act. General Stcherbatcheff ,
who recently was reported to have
taken command of the Ukrainian
army, has been declared .an . outlaw
bp the-Bolsheviki.
Most of the disorder in Finland ap
pears to be in the Eastern provinces
nearest Petrograd. The revolution
ists generally are members of ""the
"Red Guard. Bolshevik troops have
gone to the aid of the Finnish Red
Guard and additional aid has been
promised from Petrograd.
Controller of Shipping.
Washington, Jan. 29. H. H. Ray
mond: president of the Clyde, and Mai
lory steamship lines has been named
by the shipping board: controller of
shipping for the port of New York.
He will be given charge of all shh
ning board trafile entering and leaving
ue v0Tt,
THE BOLSHEVJKI SPLIT.
London. Tan.' '29r-The Bolshev
ik! have split on .the question of
peace, a majority being against the
conclusion of peace on the German
;terms-and .jnfavct ioCa Holy -war,
an, Exchange v Telegraph dispatch
"fro'nV-PetrQrad Baya..fAs the -pres--ent
gornmenV'Is,unablf to carry
on the-' war, the formation of a coa
lition of all socialist: factions was
proposed. ,ys-?.'f?i'
IBB IS STILL
Snow and Sleet Cause Of fi
. cials to Take-a Gloomy
:. . View
New York, Jan. 29. New York to-.
day, found its coal shortage as men
acing as' ever, ;tnev snow, and; sleet
stortny of: yesterday., tying, up move
xneht of fuel and virtually nullifying
the savings effected by the partial
shut-down of industry ordered by the
National Fuel Administration.
i In the face of forecasts of more
snow otticlals in charge of the situ
ation were frankly pessimistic over
the outlook' for relief. Freight traffic
nas been thrown out.of. Joint By huge
snow drifts on all line? entering the
City, waj csaae m cne
een ixrovlng, is
EMPEROR WILLIAM
HW
OVER THE UNREST
COAL SHQfU
NEW
FULL LEASEDiWlRE SERVICE
CAROLWAI TUESDAY,
AMONG THE FIRST AMERICANS AT THE FRONT
"ii 'fi''i.i?j.i.i.i.i;iii.u.iiM.i. -
Grott of a 'few of the Americans who were the first at the front In
France.' Several of them are of the Hospital staff and others are , mem
bers of a bandir These men are seeing service behind the British lines
in France, but very little news of their activities has reached this country.
. British, official photograph. Copyright, Underwood &' Underwoodi
RAILROAD BILL AMENDED.
Washington, -Jan. 29.--The Sen
ate Interstate Commerce Commit
tee, by a vote of- 7 to 6, today de
cided tb amend the 'Administra
tion Railways bill to provide that
the government; shall relinquish
control . over, the raflroads within
one year after the end of the war.
Senate Committee Wants Him
to Amplify Statements
, Made Monday
MILLION AND A HALF
MEN READY THIS YEAR
Statement That 500,000 Men
Would Soon Be in France
and More to-go Center
of Interest
Washington, Jan. 29. Secretary
Baker soon will have an opportunity
to amplify his statement of America's
war preparations given yesterday to
the Senate Military Committee, in
which he announced -that more than
half a million men will be in France
early this year and , a million more
would he ready before the end of the
year.
Recall of Secretary-. Baker ' for
cross examination ttef ore the end of
the week was decided4 upon today by
the: committee, -r -
Howard E. Coffin head of the air
craft 'board,- andfhla; assistants, 'were
called before thescommittee today ; to
tell in ' executive Bession of the lib
erty mbtor and other' aviation affairs.'
A Although impressed with Secretary
Baker's disclosures of . the magnitude
of army preparations, the Senate Cpm:
mlttee Intends to' pursue its demands
for rcentralization of. war t authority
through :a war cabinet and" muni
tions director.
CJhainm.Chambejlain
hpwevOTi';tliattoe,ar cabinet.bili will
be re-submitted to the .committee for
another vote before being reported o
the Senate. He . said this tourse would
be taken because he did . not wishit
to appear that a majorityof the com
mittee iavonag ine war orsiuao"
were trying to frailroad' their legis
lation through, although the -bill was
ordered repofted at ai previous meet
ing rfromswUclt several -Senators op
posing the bill .were absent
In reply to .Secretary Baker's , re
quest ,lor: the' J identities of. persons
named in letters produced by Sena
tors -Chamberlain charging arjny .of
ficers with -neglect of, the sick: and
dead; Mr. Chambexlain ; sald f today . he"
probably would make the namea; pub-
lie .ana also reier, inem to seaaiur.
Baker for investigation. . ; " ;
Fatal 199000 iFariyr
Muskogpe, Okla.f Jan. 20. Seven
persons are dead, two Others are ex
rectcd-to die and,, nearly a. scorS are
ill, as a .result Ian. eggnog party
Sunday at Francos, rPUWat whichde-
natured -alcohol was" used-by Uatake I
ccyrding io word reachingiieEre V
aay. -
SECfiLTARY BAKER
WILL DE RECALLED
-
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JANUARY 29. 1918,
TERMS OF TRU
American War Department Is
sues "Statement Accusing
Germany of Bad Faith
THE EASTERN FRONT;
Men Transferred" to Wesfern
Front in Small Groups to
Deceive Both Russians
and the Men
Washingtno,-Jan. 29. Charges that
Germany fs? violating the term of tne
Russian true eby withdrawing troops
from the Eastern front; and transfer
ring them to the; Western battle
lines, wer emade today -1y the War
Department. .
The 'War Department- made this
statement:
"The general staff of the United
States army announces that the Ger
man military authorities are vad
ing those terms of the Russian truce
which provided that German troops
were not to be withdrawn from the
Eastern front for use in the West,
during the peace negotiations. Ger
man troop3"on the Russian front are
being allowed to go home on fur
loughs. These soldiers are then trans
f erred to recruiting stations and sent
to the Western- front.
The troops are taken In thia way,
jnan by man, for two reasons first,
because it deceives the Russians, aha
secondly, because the Eastern troops
have been so influenced by the Rus
sian rvolutlonary propaganda, that the
German military chiefs have decided
to separate1 the men and scatter them
In, unaffected Western regiments. -
FLOOD CLEARS RIVERS
OF ICE BLOCKADE
Pittsburgh. Jan. 29l-Reports reach
ed. the Weather Bureau here today
that ' the Monongahela. river was rap
idly rising , from Fairmont, W. Va.,
north, and the" heavy, ice was moving
out. - It was expected the -ice would
reach the neighborhood of Pittsburgh
tonight and precaution against dam
age to river craft- was being taken.
The- news was heard' with interestln
Pittsburgh since the river has been
closed 1 for -more 3 than a month and
large , quantitlesof coal have been
tied up. It -r was estimated here today
that fully 100,000 men will be able to
resume their customary employment
as soon as the river is open.
- Tennessee River Rising. ,
Knoxvnie, -Tonnv Jan. 29. -Theen-
nessee river here - today , hadr- risen
10.5 feet- higher than the .floor mark
and was,, rising. ; Cropflon low lands
had been badly daiaiiged and many
small- craft arja submerged, as are
buildings pecfoBe proximity to . the
river. jPrfbutary streams above the
cityytfre out pt banks, due to receat
heavy snows i and rains. : ' . ' ":
"' Folk Reslflns. ; ;u
St, Louis, Jan. 29. According to an
announcement here today, Joseph W,
Folk, former governor of Missouri.
uand for some time chief counsel to
the Interstate Comnierce Commission,
has resigned the position to become
counsel for the St. -Loutt chwnberJ of
coxozBcTcet
CHEBMOJ.
. ' J V- .. . , "
Germany and Britain Contrast
e! by the Famous South
African General
GERMANY PLAYING
GAME OF POLITICS
Needs Colonies for Purpose of
Carrying Out Desire of
World Conquest, Says
W the
London Jan. 29.-iaeujp0eneral J.
a Smuts, lecturing, before the Royal
Geographical Society on East Africa,
last night, contrasted the British and
German 'colonial f viewpoints. Ger
many was not looking for homes for
Settlers and had no population; partic
ulariy farmers; for emigration.
- Germany's colpnial aims, the Gen
eral said, were dominated by a -far-
reaching conception of world politics,
Her real alma were unUitary and in
getting, strategic positions for exercis
ing ;world power. - Germany's ambi
tion,, he added, was.; tor a great East
and Central African empire, embrac
ing the colonies now owned by the
British, Belgian French and Portu
guese, lying south of Lake Chad and
orth of the Zambesi river.
This territory, " General Smuts de
clared, was first to supply raw mate
rials ' for the German empire, but was
mainly for ralsijtg a great African I
army to carry out- her - schemes of
world conquesti V
Germany's colonizing methods real
ly mean a policy diametrically op
posed ; to that of the British entire
whichIiaa-fpund-itr symhol in the
union ictf 8outb;iAfrica aaii,Tido
.isnSemafiimst
-1 " -T7Ktli
but : tfie0i..of sMf-pferttlon must
apply .to i&at country where'' Prussian
militarism must .neverbe allowed to
take hold. "
"The East African "campaign may
be found to be a most important fac
tor in developing the future and per
manent peace of the worlds
Germany, General. Smuts said, pro
posed to have harbors on the Atlanrt in theso attackSf of which vf our
tic " and Indian coasts of Africa for
naval and submarine bases from
which both ocean routes could be
dominated and Anglo-American sea
power brought to naught
The native armies would be useful
In the next great war to whicIivGeiv
many already was giving attention,
declared the general.
"Great Britain's objects in Africa
are .inherently pacific and "defensive,"
he continued. "It- cannot allow a re
turn 'to conditions" which mean the
militarization of the natives and their
employment for a scheme of world
power, it cannot allow naval -and
supmarine bases to be, organized on
both coasts of Africa to the endanger
ment of the sea communication of the
empire and the i peace - of the world.
It must insist upon through land com
munication from one end of Africa to
the other.
"As long as there Is no real change
of heart in Germany an Irrevocabl
break with militarism, the law of
self-preservation must be considered
paramount No fresh extension of
Prussian militarism to other conti
nents and seas should be tolerated,
and the conquered German colonies
can only bp regarded as guarantees
for the future peace of the world."
Diplomatic Relations i Seveted
and Rumanian GoldRe-
; si'tt :
serve
PetrogradT Inday Jan 28The
Bolshefik) governments says an- an-
nomicement froni. -.the v semi-official
news agency, decided to TreaK diplo
inatlo. relations iirith Rumania? when
the temporiry detention of the' minis
ter he.re had. failed; to Astop "the Ru
manian offensive."; .The Council of
Peoples Commissaries. 'has5 issued 'the
fouowingirder8 ;
"First; That dlplomatjc relations be
broken and that Rumanian'- represen
tatives -be ' expelled, from s Russia. ' , .
"Second: That , the Rumanian gold
reserve " in' Moscow "be "seized, the
Council being responsible for holding
it and to return it to the :Rumaniaa
people.,
"Third: That'the former .command
er-in-chief of the; Rumahian " , front,
lieutenant General Stcherbatcheff be
declared a rebel? against -iie revola-!
Upn and an enemy of the people, and
BREAKS m RUMANIA
PRICE FIVE CENTS
RAID ON ENGLfii:
Some 15 Craft in Raid; But
Four or Five Reaching'-: "
London
BRITISH MACHINES (Xt
ENGAGED ENEMY
One Raider Brought Dowff in
Plaines, Crew of Crew V:
Dead No Report lof .' . v .
Casualties
FORTY-SEVEN KILLED.
London, Jan. 29. Fortyeven
persons were killed and 1C0 injure
ed in last night's air raid, if is an-
nounced. officially.
London, Jan. 29. About 15 GerpESia
airplanes of which four -or five reach
ed London, took part in Jthej first tp'f
two raids last night, it is announce!
officially. Only one of the raiders en
gaged in the second attack,' penfei
ing asfar as the city.- ' S; :
One of the raiding aircraft wis
brought down, falling in flames from
a height of 10,000 feet, AH three of
the' crew were burned to deathoChC
indecisive engagement was fought-.br
a British pilot with another raider
over the sea. All the British"2 pilots
returned safely. ' J
The announcement, follows' Qnifa
"The latest information, showsrf that
two groups of raiders crossed" the: Es
sex cfiast, "and one group theVKest
coast practrcaJlj sTmnitanedus. r.t-t
abctipm'rhS:twl6r .
capital was approached rpm . tha.es s t
and -northeast shortly after ;9yoclae!v
Of; the machines, which crossed the
Kent toast, tria dropped bombs, in the
Isles of .Thanet : and Sheppy6The
remainder, crossing the, ' .Thames JEs
tuary, also approached East." London
through Essex. ' ' ';:VSS
"Apparently about 15 machines. toc:
or five reached the capital and' drop
ped bombs , in various districts .be
tween 9 and 10 p. m.w : ' .-r-"Some
time after the; first '; attack
had terminated other enemy airpcpa
crossed the Essex coast . Only ; 'ano
of these reached London which, it en
tered . from the north, bombs . be&5
dropped between 12:15 and 1230 a.
. ; I"-t ..s -T- '-.f ..
m. "; ;
"A number of machines of. the' Roy
al Flying Corps went up. jTwp of pur
scouts encountered an enemy airpUna '
over Essex.- After a brief ' flght v. at:
close range, the raidertook.flre; and",
fell" In flames to the ,gfoundjl000's
feet below. , All three members roftt3,
crew were burned to death-;
"Several other engagement vwitSj
enemy machines were reported ly our
pilots, one of whom . pursued a raldtr
across the coast and fought a& inda
cislve engagement over-, the - sea. All
our pilots returned safelyrxL't :.
"Reports of the casualties; will T:o
published When complete liBts ata T
ceived."' , ' ' - '" - ' ' ' ' V"-"'-VV
attempted to wrec2c '
a southerntoae:
nnbigh
Birmingham, Ala., Jan.:- 29,-r-Sot:tb-ern
officials toda; - wero investlgatlr 7
an attempt to wreck a train laatnlsi
near Annlston, lit connection wli
which 11 soldiers from CainpacCIcI
land have been arrested' -Wi'v
It is alleged theoldierf --'placeS;
cross times on-the track; - thinkiz:?
that the train would stop and thus af
ford then!1 an opportunitjr to. board 1t,
The- engineer saw the Uesintime"t3
rtt6p.,,The soldiers are said to -t-'
members of New Jersey, and.Marr
land units. '':..'-;"--- "
RED GUARD CONTROLS
. FINLAND'S CAPITAL;
1 ". mi ' ,?r. :
. Copenhagen Jan. 29T1ie,tel
4uard has - won complete control XZ
Blelslngfors, capital , of : Finland, W
Stockholm v dispatch to . the . Nations.1
Tidende reports. It is not:, known
whether the Finnish' government on
ciala escaped - from the ' revolutionar
ies. " - :
To AloX War Enterprises. .
,Washington,. Jan. 29. Creatibn,-cr
a half billion dollar government ccr-
poration to make loans and advances ". :
to , enterprises essential ; to the war
and otherwise assist in private, flnanc- I
Ing was recommended to Congres? by:
Secretary McAdoo. The Secretary i- ; .
so , asked that all priyateslssues of se-. !
curities of j more than? $100,000 . be J
made subject to the 'approval-of-tho :
government body, to be taown asrtn
wax nuance " corporatipsis,". ;s t
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