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7XXIV. No. 23.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CLSUNDAY, FEBRU ARY 3, 1918.
CREEL 1
TRUTH ABOUT
OURCOWTfif
Creel's Machine Busily hn-
gaged in Molding Opinion
Throughout World
HE HAS BUILT UP A
GREAT ORGANIZAl 1UW
Hammering Home the Facts
About America's Entry
Into War Some of
Means Used '
Washington, Feb. 2.-Molding pub-
lie opinion througnout tne unu,
lnjimeng home the truth about. Am
erica's eatry Into the war, is tae gi
antic task assumed by the Commit-
f6 on rUDUU iuiw"""'-! " - -Seel,
chairman, wrote to President
eon in HIS repuri. mauc vx""- -
night.
"The Committee on Public iniorma-
Son has grown to De a woiw uxB"
iaaon," Creel's report states. "Not
sly does it. touchvery part or the
jEchinery that co-oj dinate3 the forces
n'AneriCE. for victory, but it carries
it meanings and purposes of Amor
2 to all peoples, making the fight
kr public opinion in every country."
Every agency known for the dis
anination of the news is being em
ployed by the Creel machine. From
Tickerton and Key West the doctrine
of democracy is flashed to Eifel tow-
. i
er, and Rome. Radio stations at &an
Diego relay a thousand or more words
i day to Honolulu, Yokohama and
Shanghai. Cables, telegraph and
mails supplement the work of tho ra
tio while in every hamlet and city in
he land 15,000 "minute men" are do-
I their bit.
Ip Russia and foreign ciuntrie? the
Lotion picture and the printed word
any hope or strike fear into tne
earts of the ally or the enemy. Over
he battlefields of France, Allied air-
resident's message 'and the "truth
bout America," while in Russia bill
iards and the cinema in the short
pace of a few months have "worked
fundamental change in public sen-
inent."
With the firm conviction that ihe
ffl is still mightier than the sword,
erica's mobilized public is this,
nters and artists are fighting Teu-
on propaganda with its own weapons
t studiously avoiding Teuton tac-
:cs.
"We do not arzue or exhort or cen-
lr," Creel declared, "but confine our
ictivities to a rlain. straightforward
I dentation of our claims, our pur
ses and our ideals. We have noth-
W to fear from the truth; it can be
"ie our pnncinal weaDon." Outlin-
k the work already accomplished by
fs committee, Creel continued: -
it has prepared and printed for
Stribution in nil rcTPfa nf fha wnrld
5,00ft (Iftn nr.i. c ,- j.-e i.
8 111 SPVOn lo-n n-no
conducts speakine: camoaiens in
"17 State of the Union, arranees
peetmgs, books sneakers rnniltirts
conferences
IJ(1 in the four
mmands the volunteer services of
Public speakers.
nas Wireless anH ooV1a nawa
"ice tnat. is hoinw ,.r
; ' capitol in Europe, Scandinavia,
la aT17;;' South and Central Amev
L.5 Mexic. and a feature article
; of similar proportions.
11 sends tn frt;
Ian rip """6" tuuuines mu-
V- , .exni1ts showing Amer-
-i, inaustnal and war prog-
bas mnhiiirro iv .J,
'rces n u LU aavemsing
car f country press, period
'apaien outioor-for a patriotic
'gn tnat will trivA 30 rvnn nnn
f similai. yviuuuw cams
for material of .pictorial pub-
htiim.r Ubxi ot various govern-
is. ments and' patriotic soci-
rit
K our t,-?:in? Pcitur,e fi.8
i ?h. . uiUKrpss a Tin orhih.
Iple dai?vhUndreds of thousands of
"It
issuer
W w':,uu omcial new daliv news-
FWnf'n,.?ovennient with a cir-
' copies a day.
Ud nf o nnl a i m
TO m fiir vuiumeer si
,lua rLlUCll w!th the f
paction. ignorance and
W dnanize(1- and now directs.
toannL80.6161168 d leagues
rvwai LO certain class and
particular foreign language groups
each body, carrying a specific message
to its. section of America's adopted
peoples. ' - " ' -s
"It acts as a bureau of information
for all persons who seek its direction
in volunteer war work, in approach
ing business dealings with the gov
ernment. 'It supervises .., the Voluntary- cen
sorship of the newspaper and . period
ical press
"It establishes . rules , and regula
tions, for, the cable censorship with
respect to press dispatches.
"It prepares and distributes, advis
es, upon and censors photographs and
moving pictures to- the number of
more than 700 a day.
"It has only 250paid employes, but
it directs" and co-ordinates the patri
otic work of 5,000 volunteer writers
and artists and 20,000 public speak
ers. "To carry on its activities in the
United States, it hasv spent from its
beginning in April, 1917, down to ' De
cember. 31, 1917, $119,821.96 for sal
ares and $325,713.20 for all its other
expenses.
"This remarkable showing has been
made possible by the generous co-operation
of patriotic groups and, indiv
iduals, the sacrifice of volunteer work
ers and the devotion- of others in ac
cepting service at half the. salary re
ceived in private employment.
"It is not an economy, however,
that- can be or should be maintained.
I can assure you that the country, as
a whole, is behind the war but in ev
ery section there Js a'yast .amount of
doubt and misunderstanding that , may
possibly fester and .inflame Forces
of dissension and disloyalty ai&tead:-
ily a work and. panicul&xlxiauua
true among ithe foreign popiulation.
We shall not discharge our full duty
to the national defense until jwe have
reached , every community In. the Unit
ed States by written or spoken words
or motion picture; until every indiv
idual, native naturalized, or alien, has
it seared into his consciousness that
the war is a war of self defense and
that it has got to be master of his
every thought -and action.!
"Our great need, ho weverV is in oth
er lands. England and France attach
prime importance :to educational and
informative campaigns,, and Germany,
I am crediblyVTnlormed, spends $3;
000,000 a montfevlnjjRussia alone. For
known to thefl'jfekt of the world
through dribbfesiott information sup
plied by foregn iiews agencies, and
as the result there as not a country
that has any ,exaict; or comprehensive
Idea of American :ife, activity, or
ideals. This ignorance has lent it
self with pechltar effect to the alliea
of the enemy jand there's no work
more important than this fight for bet
ter understanding a mere intelligent
public opinio.
"Much has ' been done, but it can
only be regarded as experimental.
Machinery has been created and test
ed, and we are now able to commence
100 per cent.- operation in all confi
dence. It is for "this that I ask sanc
tions. There is no detail in connec
, shall be ashamed to reveal. No pa
per will be subsidized, no . official
bought and no currupt employed.
"From a' thousand sources we hear
of the wonders of German propaganda
but my original determination has
never altered. Always do I try to find
out what the Germans are doing, and
then I don't do it. Even if the very
loftiness of our war aims did not com
mand honesty at every point. I have
the conviction that corrupt methods
work their own destruction.
"Russia is a case in point. For
years, first secretly and at last quite
openly, Germany had poisoned the
people with lies, yet within the short
pace of a few months our own open
publicity cmapaign ws aable to work
a fundamental change in public sen
timent. We do not argue or exhort
or censure, but confine all activities
to a plain, straightforwrda presenta
tion of our aims, - our purposes, and
our ideals. We have nothing to fear
from the truth; it can be made our
principal weapon."
Accepting the report, President Wil
son wrote the following letter to
Creel: '
"The WTiite House,
"Washington, D. C,
"Jan. 14, 1918.
"My Deal Mr. Creel:
"I have just finished reading the
report of the Committee on Public
Information which yuo were ' kind
enough tobring me last week, and I
wnat to say how much it has gratifi
ed me and how entirely the Wrko be
ing, done by the committee meets with
my apprvoal. I have kept in touch
with that wrko, . piece by piece as you
know n iuor several interviews, but
had not realized its magnitude when
assembled in a single - statement.
"I , feel confident that ajthe work
of the committee progresses it will
more .than win the public ; approval
and - confidence. . ' -
"Cordiftllr 'and sincerely .yuros,
"WOODROW WILSONS ;1
PRICE FIVE GENTS
.Washington, Feb. 2. With the "war cabinet: ' row furnish
ing the high light, Congress next week1 will get down to action
on a mass of emergency war legislation. ' j ;
Here is what is on the program in the Senate i ' r
Senator Hitchcock . will speak Monday in support of the
war cabinet and munitions director Mis. ' 1 v
Railroad control bill will be reported Monday by the Sen
ate Interstate Commerce' Committee. : .
"Moratorium" bill, designed to otect soldiers' and Sail
ors civil rights, will be reported by the Military Affairs Com
mittee.. " - ' ;; '
Bill creating a war finance corporation to be introduced hy
Chairman Simmons, of finance committee. .;
New food and price fixing bills to be introduced by. Senator
Pomerene.
Reed sub-committee to begin formulating reports of inves
tigations into coal and sugar situations.
Here is the program in the House: r
Re-drafted railroad bill to be reported by Inter-State Com
merce Committee, probably by Thursday. ' . ,
Urgent deficiency appropriation bills, carrying hundreds of
millions for increased war programs to be reported late in
week. Representative Glass to speak against critics of the
War Department. .
! Daylight savings bill will le reported. .
War finance corporation bill carrying $500,000,000 ap
propriation: will be reported.
Bills for compulsory meatless and wheatless days and price
fixing to be consideredby the Agricultural Committee.
BOLSU
SUPPORT
FOR fflO ANARCHISTS
pi
Berkman and Goldman Pre-
pare to Begin Serving
Their Sentences
New York, Feb .2. Declaring th
lorernment of the United States will
not dare refuse what h6 declared was
.demand of the Russian . Bolshevik
government that he be deported xto
Russie, Alexander Berkman, notorious-
anarchist, today - surrendered to
United States authorities,, to begin
his sentence of two years for con
spiracy to defeat the military draft.
Emma Goldman, convicted as a co
conspirator, surrendered at the same
time." They have been out on bail.
"I have been assured," Berkman
declaredio a crowd of friends, and
sympathizers in the United States
District Attorney's office here, "that
my friends in dear Russia will leave
no stone unturned in their efforts to
secure my release or my return. They
will fight as bitterly for our cour
ageous Miss Goldman."
Then Emma took the floor, declar
ing with a shaking fist that "this is
outrageous."
Joseph B. McDonough, Chief Dep
uty to United States Marshal McCar-
ty, put a stop to the hubbuh Dy en
tering the room and warning
the
AmhRRador David R. Francis Is
being threatened, by Russian anar
chists who hold him responsible for
the life and liberty of Berkman, dis
patches to the United Press recently
stated. - ) ;
STUDENT BALLOONISTS
life FINALLY LOCATED
Macon, Ga., Feb. 2. After spending
24 cold and weary hours in Ocmulgee
swamp, sometimes waste deep in wa
ter verily a "no man's land" Cadet
Ttowley, of the Macon balloon school
at Camp Wheerer, waded out Satur
day morning and phoned to officials
of the school the first news they had
of the balloon and its- four occupants
since it ascended at 10: 17 "a. m. the
day before.
Fifty dollars reward had been of
fered for information concerning
either 'the whereabouts of the balloon
or the men. The men are now back
at camp after their gruesome night
and the balloon has been "recovered.
STATE COLLEGE
DEFEATS TRINITY
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Raleigh, C, Feb. 2. State Col
lege defeated Trinity here tonight in
one of the hardest and. most spec
tacular games of football seen on the
local floor in a long while, the final
score being State College 28. Trinity
18. Hartsell's . five held Trinity to
ffrur field goals, while they themselv
es found the ppeket 10 times.
; Allied Conference Adjourned,.
Paris Feb. 2. The second - inter
allied conference which has been un
der way in Versailles this 5 week ter
minated tonight. The official - state
ment of .its- accomplishments .will.be
given vouti simultaneously in all Al
lied i cities. . v -L 1. u u &1L
WAiN
E MAN HAS 14
SONS Ifi THE ARMY
"'. ''
Negro Farmer, Father of 35,
Sends Platpon Hunting for
the Hun
(Special' to: The DisDatth).
Gbldsboro, N. Feb. .--John Bor
den, a' well - knpwji colored fanner of
tilis. cptmtyhas the disjinguished rec
ord of having 14 'sons, serving in the
arm of. the United States and is the
father of 35 children, and has been
married three times, so he says.
This interesting news came to light
Tnursaay of this week during the pro
cess of a divorce case being tried in
Superior court Jn this city in which
Farmer Borden was a witness for the
plaintiff.
Borden ' related the following story
of his life's history to Judge Whed
bee, who in a spirit of humor, asked
Borden if he wanted to marry the
woman after' she secured a divorce,
or in other words was he trying to
aid her to get a divorce in order that
he might marry her?
"I have been married three times.
Two of my wives are dead and the
third living. I am the father of 35
children, 15 by my first wife, 12 by
my second wife and eight by my pres
ent wife. My first wife gave birth to
four boys each time for three times,
and at one time my second" wife pre
sented me with three boys and one
girl, all arriving within a period of
a half hour. Twenty-seven of my
children are living, the youngest be
ing only 22 months old, and L. now
have 14 sons serving in Uncle Sam's
army." .
Following his relation of this re
markable statement, Borden said he
was 62 years old. ,
Mrs. Kizziah Cobb died at her coun
try home near Goldsboro this week,
aged 80 years.
Friends in Goldsboro, -where he at
one time made his home, were advis
ed this week of the death in Rocky
Mount of Mr. Charles L. O'Berry,
which occurred Monday last.
A fire of unknown origin destroyed
property in Pikeville, nine miles north
of Goldsboro, this week,, which en
tailed a loss of several thousand dol
lars, partially covered by insurance.
Railroad Blockade Ties up
Foodstuffs for Eastern
Part of Country
MOVEMENT HAMPERED
BY SEVERE WEATHER
Freight Trains Freeze to the
Tracks and Brakes Have
to be Thawed Out
Terminals Packed
BICKETT WRITES.; FORD,
(Special to Jie -Dispatch.)
Raleigh, N. C., FeV 2: Governor -Bickett,
without being ' requested 1
by anyone in Wilmington, today
wrote to Henry. Ford, the Detroit
multi-millionaire automobile man-;
ufacturer, to erect; In Wilmington,
the shipbuilding , plant proposed
for the Atlantic' seaboard. The
Governor told Mr.-ord that no
better site can be found anywhere
along the Atlantic and that syery-
thing necessary for -such a plant
is to be found in Wilmington.
WANT PROTECTION FOR
THE SMALL
Kitchin and Webb See fylc
Adoo About Exclusion of
Little Roads
.Washington, Feb. 2. Food short
age in certain sections of the United
States tonight absorbed the efforts of
the railroad administration. with
Eastern United; States virtually at
the mercy of the national railroad.
uirector General McAdoo is making
every effort to give both animal and
human food right-of-way.
Two hundred carloads of feed for
live stock are rushing eastward to
night at the order of Director McAdoo
to relieve the serious situation in the
New England district, caused by con
gestion due to weather conditions.
One thousand refrigerator and box
cars will be loaded daily with food
stuffs, and speeded through from the
Middle West into congested Eastern
districts to re-stock . retail dealers,
feed bins and poultry yards, Director
General McAdoo announced tonight
Despite the drastic steps taken by
Fuel Administrator Garfield in his
closing order and the general embar
go on certain Eastern lines by Direc
tor McAdoo, the transportation situ
ation is not greatly improved. Weath
er-has hindered the work of .movin
rthe long strfngs; of loaded and empty
ujuTB- wuica nave piuggea up every
Eastern terminal. Unless Hhe Jam is
smashed quickly and necessaries are
moved' with dispatch serious results
are feared.
Lifting of the Monday workless or
der is expected Tuesday, but it is
generally believed that Fuel Adminis
trator Garfield' consented to do this
only with the information that the
railroad embargo would remain in
off or f until tho frsnsnnrtaf fnn c?tn-
ation is relieved.
While Regional Director Smith, of
New York, reported today that the
westward movement of cars was
1,000 greater than the eastward
movement, there still remaTn thou
sands of loaded cars packed ttgnt be
tween long strings of freights in
Eastern yards. Meanwhile the con
stant stream of freight continues to
pour in though it is diminished some
what by the embargo on certain
lines.
Weather conditions in New York
and New England continue severe,
Smith reported to McAdoo tonight.
Railroad operation is hampered .at
every turn by the extreme cold. Frost
is obscuring the signals throughout
the Mohawk valley, hampering safe
operation of trains.
Freight trains stopping for coal
and water freeze tight to the . track,
requiring four and five engines to
budge them. Castings are bursting
with the cold. Brakes freeze and
have to be thawed out before trains
can start.
Frozen coal in cars is hindering
dumping at docks, though 13 steam
ers were bunkered during the day.
Over 750 carloads of live stock,
dressed beef and other perishables i
were forwarded from Chicago yester
day and 1,744 cars of coal.
From Newsboy to Magnate.
St. Paul, . Minn., Feb. 2. Back in
the eighties, Bill Kenney was a news
boy in Minneapolis. lext week he
will become.pr.esident of the Great
Northern Railroad. ; Louis W. Hill,'
son of the late James J. Hill, will re
main chairman of the board of directors.
Steamer Caught in Ice. '
Bar Harbor, Me., Feb. 2. A Main
kCentral Railway steamer plyingg be
tween Moujri Desert and this city is
caught' in the heavy r ice somewhere
between Frenchman's bay, tonight,
and it ia feared her passengers, many
of whom are women ahd children, are
in danrri ;' ' " '
"' SHIP AND 224 LIVES LOST.
London, Feb. 2: Two hundred
and twenty-four persons pet ished
when ; the armc(d boarding ship
Louvain was torpedoed and sunk
in the . eastern , Mediterranean on
January 21, the Admiralty announce
ed tonight, '. ,
The Louvain was used to inter
cept ..merchantmen and send par
ties 'of officials aboard , them to
inspect their -cargoes and papery..
FREIGHT WRECK IN
NASHVIILE SUBURB
protect the small; lines as far as pos
sible, but Congressman; Webb indi
cated a "protection- ' amendment'
may be urged when $ie bill comes
before the House.. . -
Kitchin and Webb insisted that .all
traffic agreements- regarding rates,
the amount of business the short
lines shall receive , from the trunk
lines and the proportionate compen
sation shall remain the same as now,
unless war . emergencies shall make
changes necessary. To . this" McAdoo
agreed. . ,-
."With $800,,00,000 invested in the
securities of the small OUnes, it would
be far more serious to; make ttjese
investments worthless - than for the
government to bear the extra "burden
ibt-protectine theTsmalt' lines, said
Webb after the conference,.
: Many -small lfhesf; particularly In
the South, have " vigorously protested
McAdoo's . act of excluding them and
have asked that all their agreements
with the trunk lines be allowed to
stand, Kitchin and Webb said.
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rmmrmM Congms 4 Fflfln mm esMs FIRHTING ilflNP,
141 IUIIIII1U IILUI IU -f , V.
Allies Hone to Rrealc tteWt
many's Blockade During ;:
inis ppnng v:i;:;;
TROUBLE BREWING IN
BALKANS FOR KAISER
m
4;
Far Eastern Camnaicn Rvi
- -O A,s
pected to Loom up Large
in Near Future En
emy Restless
1
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mm
Washington, . Feb. 2. FiKhtineoS SS
the Salonika front, where the AllieaM
Washington, Feb. 2,-r-Declaring . ex
clusion of small roads : from govern
ment control will bring their collapse
Majority Leader .Kitchin . and Repre
sentative Webb today, asked Director
General McAdoo whether - the rail
road bill could, he amended to pro
tect the small lines.
McAdoo said the , policy of thelpperating west of Lakj Dolran' and
railroad administration would be toTthe Mount' DoboroDolya nositions TipI:.
hope to break the Kaiser's back bona I
the cbminer snrin vt. ban., hoiin a rrrt,t. 1
ing to Macedonia front war dispatches
icvcicu ui w aHuznxion loaav. - .
Serbian, British- and French troopsV' t'
SOCIALISTS INSPIRED
THE GERMAN STRIKES
Copenhagen, Feb. 2. The Independ
ent Socialists inspired the strikes that
are now sweeping over Germany as
a protest' against the continuance of
the war. This was clearly shown by
a pamphlet which reached here to
day. It charged that the pan-German3
were endangering te present peace, ne
gotiations with Russia--by demanding
the cession of territory by the Rus
sians. Eight Independent Socialists sign
ed the pamphlet. One of the signers
was Wilhelm Diettmahn, whose , ar
rest was recounted in a message
reaching Amsterdam yesterday. While
tho Amsterdam disnatch as forward
ed here said that Diettinann was ar
rested while attempting to address
a crowd of pesters in Beriij. the fact
that he signed the protest is regard
ed as the real occasion for his arrest.
The pamphlet called upon the work
ing class for a powerful demonstra
tion that will finish the war.
OVHN
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 2.--One man
is missing, four wounded, three of
them seriously, and 21 cars and two
locomotives are demolished as a re
sult of a freight wreck on the Nash
ville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Rail
road, in a western suburb of Nash
ville early tonight.
Finding it impossible to get a
heavy train over a grade, the crew
undertook to carry the train over in
sections. The brakes on seven rear
cars) which were uncoupled failed to
hold on the slippery tracks. The run
away cars dashed down the grade and
collided with a double-header freight
train which was following.
BLOTTER FILLING SLOWLY.
But Three Prospects For Recorder's
. Court This Morning.
The police blotter at headquarters
early, this morning showed only three
prospects for Recorder's court Mon
day morning, two of them colored and
the other a white man. MacyO. Nix
on, colored, was "in" on a charge cf
store breaking f William Faison, also
colored, had been jailed on a warrant
charging larcjeny, wWei the lonesome
white man, A Anthony; Stuart,- had
"drunk" marked up oppsoite' his name.
T CONTROL
OF THE OIL INDUSTRY
Presidential Proclamation to
This Effect Expected in a
Day. or So
Washington; Feb. . . 1-Government
uuntrou or me oil , industry will De a
fact within 48 hours-ahother big
step in the mobilization of the na
tion's tremendous resources for war.
President Wilson has prepared and
signed a proclamation to be issued
shortly, authorizing radical steps by
the Fuel Administration.
All oil production and distribution
will be placed under; license,' it Is un
derstood. Prices wilt be fixed for va
rious grades of crude and refined pe
troleum products. '' - '''''''.'
There is no shortage; in oil produc
tion. But the extensive aeroplane
plans have made it accessary to in
sure special grades -of gasoline in suf
ficient quantity to ' Vsend American
flying machines flying, over the Kai
sers armies. Onl by ; controlling
distribution can t?iis "be :, cone, vit !s
pointed out, ; as i.m jnj," automobile
owners are eager tofeVihese higher
grades of gasoline even' at igli
prices. Oil Director Eeqna wUl be
given wide powers to , div.ertifolihe
and other oil , products Eerever, "mill A
tary needs demantf4 Supplies, of iuel
oil for naval ruse wiiihe; ittsiired 'un-
Her the new regulatf,on.
Mount' Doboropolya nositions held ;
by the Bulgars, and have ' made ad-
vances in the vicinity of Seres, -reVyrjH,
ports state. The Allied forces-at -4
Mpnastir have also started activities
against the Austrians and Bulgarai
and a determined offensive will : get ..
under way from this base earlj-rict ,f
spring, military: , critics , here believe A
The appointment of General GuI-
liame, to succeed General SarraiV V
presaged a year of activity in the'
Balkans, military officials declare?;
Gulliame has a reputation of being
restless, aggressive and a good cami -paigner.
Had the Entente, intended, rfi
to simnly sit tieht: hold Salonika: aW Vi-
protect Britain's -route to India Si f
rail or some other defensive Generat' j I
would have been placed iiireharge of! j
that vital base, critics pomted opt if
todays - : . ' ' -,
With the Allies in the West taxmil
Germany's utmost defensite strength 'X:.1
with a-, reconstruction of ;the ItaliaiX' J 8
offensive and with the British in PaJ-iFt (
estin'e, and ' Mesopotamia making "in-" E
roads into Turkish territory, the Cen: ;5
tral Empires face great obstacles Ih& i :
coming year, high Allied military of- '
ficials ,declare. With the nolicy ot
co-ordination, which the Entente haaV. . 1
adopted, the Kaiser, will be unable tafeH I
front to the other to. halt the advanc4- M
ing offensive, they believe. " - wwv 1
"The Salonika . front is not goinff 1 1
w uc vats ml seconaarv lmnortance.'v v , j
a Balkan military expert declared tey
day. "On no other front will such
immense and far reaching results ac-v
crue from a successful offensive. Cut.
the Berlin-Bagdad railway and 'Ger-i
nany's blockade is broken. , Shut the
submarine from the Belgian coast, afldVvf
her sea power is gone. . Both ." aro'i
necessary and both will be done., be v "
fore another year is. gone." . .-&zf'.
The morale of the Balkan and AsiaftHJ
tic allies of the Central Powers Is'
weakening, official information r indi- k
cates. The Bulgars, who-long-' since"
accomplished their war alms,, hayevS'
been deserting by scores and ' are
chafing under the German military v'
rule.
"Germany's draining of Turkey arid J
Bulgaria of supplies and in return v
giving them war munitions has 'alsdt'.
created a spirit of discontent." a BaJ-f
kan diplomat declared. "Stop fhis1
interchange and both Bulerarfa and'W
Turkey will Vquit. Open thd Darden- 'C
nelles and South Russia will be on:2
iher feet again. With British fnrc rT
in Turkey and Allied troops in Maceft
dpma and the Italian steam roller wlti'iT '
forge onto Vienna." . -
Greece's mobilization of troops tor -ii
pctive service, announced today, -arid ffv
Roumania's decision to- hold v but
against overwhelming odds, Is also ln3
dicative that trouble for .the KaiserAi
fa 1 j.i : nii . '-- ....
la uicwiug iu nits Damans.
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CHICAGO POLICE IN
FIGHT WITH BANDITS
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Chicago, Feb. 2. A. desperate: guai
battle-near the Fillmore street police .
station tonight resulted in" the deatfc- ;
of George Raymond, bandit, ' surren
der of George Moran, another banPt
dit, and injury of four Uther' men. ' ' :; ;
Following their hold-pp of tt. worn-f
an, the bandits shot Dr. J. M. Han-Tj I ':
cock four times when he refused ;tQv!iv;
aid the pair by driving them' away ?
from the scene in his automobile, fto't .
may die. - ? ' - . .
Officers engaged the bandits . la a" I ' ,
running gun battle 'during wWclrS3.'j-j
Patrolman David O'Keefe was prob-"':V;
ably fatally shot through the Jabdp-' ff. ' '
men and two - detectives were" wound--
ed. . - .- -. ..
When Raymond dropped with a bulil
let through his heart, Moran surreih; j,
dered. The dead bandit, - 26 yearsv'
eld; was recently released' from Jol-
iet penitentiary. Moran was cunderv
13,000 bond, charged with "stealing"
freight. t ;-". : -m
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Food Riots in Vienna.
Geneva, -Feb. 2. Food f lote'lii'. , -
broken put: n4?yiieiinj.accdjr
reports; received; here tonlht 52xfv-tf
havet-fpeetf . pillaged ; and clashen Vzsm ('
occurred ' between rioters and x '
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