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L XXIV. No. 37. Vo GEtMMf flSKiBi- made peace wit TO rmTTTMiTTI? watd UKRAINE 10-OPEil JL HJ UHJU..I JLJUM UJ.IL ,vv n lift AGAINST RUSSIANS Invasion Will Be Carried on Until Petrograd is Occu pied it is Said SCHEME IS TO BREAK UP RUSSIAN EMPIRE Activities Will Probably Be Carried on as a Support to the Ukrainians' Struggle Against Bolsheviki London. Feb. 15. Germany has re solved 10 renew military activities against Northern Russia. This decis ion is said to have been reached at I conference at the Imperial head Quarters, according to special dis patches from Holland. Invasion Great Russia, it added, will continue at any rate until Petrograd occupied by Ger mans. The conference was .attended by Emperor William, Chancellor -von Hertling, Field Marshal von Hinden burg, General von Ludendorff, Fore ign Secretary von Keuhlmann and others. The "no war, but no peace" plan of Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik for eign TniTiisfpr. was rejected at th conference, according to the Amster dam correspondent of The Daily Ex press and as Trotzky does not want peace, he will get war. Invasion of great Russia, it is add ed, will continue at any rate until Petrograd is occupied by the Ger man troops. A dispatch to The Daily News from Rotterdam says the Germans tak the view that Trotzky's declaration. though it did not end the war, auto matically ended the armistice. ' -Th armistice expired Februarys 14. 1 -The' Germans no wconsider that; they, have t free hand and mean to ttae'lthe on- perttinity. This, according to the cor 'rapondent, does not mean necesari 1j that the Germans will immediately iy io reacn Fetrograd, but more proh that thF will support the Uk 'a ne by force of arms. The Germans, " says, are carrying on an active Propaganda in the Ukeraine for the -;n"pose of suggesting to the Rada tot the new KtatP i 5 Bolsheviki. It is declared that is an sart of German's scheme breaking up the former Russian Pire with a view to extending- hpi "m power and inflnpnfim7or 'tha State, of whom he is ' posing as !t is certain that, the Piniov.on Jeow.; moving '-troops against the i-Kraine. a Berlin ai toft?6, olks Zelta IST P,0wers d0 intend to. themselves thus to, be robbed l:efl.ts of theIr lately concluded' "bwx-m I newsPaEeT'adds that it 2raeLhf -been cided. at the tori!? at Perial headquarters W7 f lons on the Northern ZJ for th Protection of DEMOCRATS LOSE IN ELECTION FIGHT Albany, v v C v??1 elections Great 'tadiS 011 Mare 5 must be orSont! f 3 defllled y the onceH a?poi!ionment . is, general M.lT? t0 Se Republicans the restricts .2 ?e OItwo of the four I ft. affected ii'rvT. ut- C attac.ked the'decicion of oLT, "?ewls'that the elec Wets tv De fteld in'the new dis 4theTile,appelIate division sustain- Upheld u ,. ruun&' wnich was again Mie th Urt of aPPeals today. yjL aycaia IUUBJT. rney, t"" ; uu :tue. a?Pea! ftiij e mocrats declared carry tQe . case to the If u We8 SUTirorn Prim- U f I of an CB supreme ( aa adverse decision. NKERSAliEDr DRAFT BOARD ' WcJrri Feb- 15- Many- striking Urafl! be.en notififid by -their lo- inatinr i aPPear 'for' physical 555 offl , r exemPtion for fit Really . 1 ,Work havingbeen au ?ch emmSClnded vhen they quit ted to 8 are registered are strL ! SimlIar actl0n Ctinlf.0 staten Island S sil0 wlth Prospects i.:Ser w be Joined ?" theTnv other carpntera bikers fVernmnt intervenes... S. from8defft a !S " Pacific coast. ES A E E licounter Between French Fliers and Undersea Craft Disastrous to Latter Paris, Feb. 15. An encounter be tween two French hydro-aeroplanes and German- submarine In the Eng lish channel recently probably result ed in the sinking of a U-boat, after it had been bombed by planes, accord ing to official announcement from the French admiralty. The airplanes were on patrol duty over the channel when they discov ered the submarine on the surface. They attacked it after maneuvering so that the sun was at their backs and the submarine plunged, but it "did not disappear before the aviators had succeeded in dropping several bombs on or near the periscope. While one airplane returned to the base for more bombs the other kept watch and saw the submarine emerge after a few seconds with a list to port of 45 degrees. After attempting to right itself the submarine again dis appeared only to reappear a third time. Its instability, however, in creased and suddenly the observer saw the submarine list still further, and sunk so that even the periscope could not be seen. A TRAINING SCHOOL FOR ARMY CHAPLAINS Washington, r Feb. lSeteretary Baker today signed .an,, order approv- int 1 th stainisl&ment-' of :a training jsqhool at ortiJtmfoej -ya. uddch will give army, chaplains, special train ing in", military law, international law, military' science and tactics, hy giene and other things aiding them to become both soldiers and chaplains. Candidates will be selected with the greatest care by the general commit tee on army and navy chaplains and by the Roman Catholic Chaplaincy Bureau, the Secretary said today, and after passing the physical examina tion they vill be ordered to the school for a month's training. After gradu ation they will be graded by the offi cial rating scale as officers of the line are rated in the reserve officers' training camps. There are now approximately 570 chaplains in the service, the Secre tary said, and this number will grad ually increase with the passage of ex pected legislation authorizing one chaplain for every 1,200 officers and men. Chaplain Alfred A. .Pruden, of For tress Monroe, probably will be ap pointed senior chaplain of the school, In view of his 18 years of service. HALF OF SHIPYARD WORKERS SECURED Washington, Feb. 15. More than half of the great number of shipyard workers needed to carry out the coun try's merchant marine program have been secured in the first half of the first "week of the nation-wide enroll ment campaign by the United States public service reserve. This is shown by incomplete returns to William E. Hall, director of the reserve. The national' drive will be contin ued?, for another week, however, and thereafter in every State whose quota iB not filled' at the end of the cam paign! ; Mr. Hall pointed out today that to obtain suitable men is more import antthan speed; in attaining the quota. He! emphasized the fact that men are not expected ; to leave their present jobs until they are called upon by the? Labor Department for shipbuild ing service. , GERMANY SEEKING PEACE WITH RUMANIA Amsterdam, Feb. 15 Berlin news papers Thursday evening Intimate that peace negotiations with Rumania are about to be opened. They say that although no official announcement has been issued,' it may be assumed that the Rumanian negotie.tlors who will first discuss prolongation of arm istice have arrived at -the place agreed upon. g. A. L.. Clerks Want a Raise. Washington, Feb' 15. Representa tives of' the clerks land management of the Seaboard Air Line railroad met today : at .the Department of Labor to discuss requests; for Increased wages nrt imnroved JWOrking conditions.- It is - expected -the discussion will -con tinue, sevetal days. ; mo AM IK GEM SUBMARIN WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIIDEIdON; FEBRUARY 15, 1918. FIFTY-TWO ED EN HOSPITAL Last Night's Fire in Montreal Nunery Takes Heavy :) Toll of Life Montreal, Feb. 15 From the ruins of the Grey Nunery's fire-swept west wing, the bodies of 14 more children were recovered this forenoon, raising to 52 the death toll of the tragedy which visited the institution last night. The heroism of the Sisters who were nursing soldiers invalided home from overseeas fightng, averted greater loss of life. Nearly 1,000 crippled men and wo men, wounded military men, . and ba bies only a few weeks old, were en was urgent short covering in numer efforts oT the nuns. The origin of the fire has not been determined. While early reports at tributed it to defective wiring, a Nun suggested to the authorities to day it may have been caused by a spark from an X-ray machine in use in connection with the military - part of the Nunnery hospital. FRENCH TROOPS ENTER THE GERMAN LINES Paris, Feb. 15. French troops last night penetrated the German lines northeast of Courcy, on the Aisne front, and returned with a number of prisoners, the French War Office, an nounced today. ; A lively artillery duel, was main? tained in the; Champagne, notably in tne j seotor or - suttera Meanil, where night was marked by violent bombard- xaenta " bit : the..fght bank of the; river Meuse and in the Woevre region, the statement adds. In Upper Alsace the French repulsed a German raid in the district south of Seppois. NO LOAN TO MEXICO IS CONTEMPLATED Washington, Feb. 15. The United States has proposed to permit enough gold to be exported to Mexico to -satisfy President Carranza's immediate needs as part of the - commercial agreement being negotiated. Mexico now has the gold to her credit In American banks. No loan" of & any kind by the United States is contem plated. - LIEUTENANT BAGLEY TO GET MARRIED . av York .Feb. 15. A license to marry was issued here today to Lieu-1 tenant Commander uavia worm w iov of Washington, a brother-in-law nl Secretary Daniels, and Miss Marie Louise Harrington, of coiusa, uauior- Lieutenant Commander Bagley was in command of the American torpedo boat destroyer Jacob Jones when it was torpedoed and sunk by a subma rine December 6, 1917, with a loss of 64 mn. Ambassador Pag Honored. Sheffield, Eng., Feb. 15. Honorary degrees of doctor of law were confer red today at the University of Shef field on Walter Hines Page, Paul Cambon and Marquis Guglielmo Impeitfali, respectively, ambajssadors of the United States, France and Italy to Great Britain. GAVE EXCESS CHARGES TO THE RED CROSS Columbia, S. C, Feb. 15. A South Carolina wholesale dealer today gave the Red Cross -Society a check ffor $450, representing the proceeds ofvex cess charges on sugar. The foodad ministration: agreed not to revokevhis license if he would take vthis step and. he gladly accepted the opportunity. This announcement was made' "by. the Food Administrator who did not give the name of the dealer. EIGHT BRITISH CRAFT SUNK. London, Fb. 15. Eight British craft which were hunting . subma rines have been sunk by; a raiding flotilla of enemy destroyers, it Is announced officially. ' After having sunk these vessels, seven of which were "drifters," and one a trawler, the, enemy de stroyers returned rapidly north ward before they could ; be engage ed.' " ' 'r- '' Th destroyer raid .-took" placin the straits of Dover, the official an. nouncemenp . states. . ; . ,. . . BURN THE EAST FROWT Central Powers. Had a Pur pose Other Tpan Secur- u : ing Foodstuffs ' v BREACH IN BATTLE LINE WAS NEEDED Teutons Now Feel They Can Force Russia and Ruma- nia to Meet Terms. Statement Issued Amsterdam, Feb. 15. Peace with he Ukraine was made not only soj that the Central Powers might Qbtaln foodstuffs, but also to effect a breach in the Eastern front, it is indicated in a dispatch from yienna. A state ment from a well informed source dealing with the conclusion of the Brest-Litovsk negotiations and given to Vienna newspapers says: "As Trotzky's attitude, particularly concerning the application of the prin ciple of self determination, made a satisfactory conclusion impossible, it became the political task of the pow ers who were workings for peace to make a breach in the Eastern front, that is, to arrange a peace with the Ukraine, thereby also - arriving at a settlement of the Russian; and Ru manian questions. Peace with the Ukraine had to be made if only be cause a way was opened by it to Eastern Europe'- richest granary. True, the country is not yet organiz ed properly, but opportunity to effect improvements is no wgiven and in conformity with the r .agreements, stocks of food- will be imported hire as 'far as they are available V . .The statement; adds ;uk peace with the ;Trainjs; was obtainable only ou tSnSf of the principle of self?dfeitplnatiotl wnicn is recognuea as applying .Rus sian territory. Cholm, it is declared, Ib such a mixed country ethnogratph cally'that there cannot be a queston of its belonging to Poland. Opposition 'to the arrangements is combatted -by the statement which declares 'that it is unintelligible, inas much as the principle of self-determination is appropriate sfor an Russian territory and therefore for Russian Poland. It "adds that the arrangement did not surprise the Poles who never received a definite promise and who often advocated the principle now ap plied to 'the demarcation of the fron tier. "Peace with the Ukraine", the state ment continues, "is the cornerstone of the entire peace structure and op position these arrangements can noi . be regarded as compatible with the interests of ' the monarchy. "In conformity with the stipulations of tfie treaty, all Ukrainian surplus grain is to be exported up to July 31. A commission hes been formed to determine-' the. amount of supplies and to what extent we can give assistance in " this respect. Assistance will bo given both technically and militarily. ."Military support, will be required if central depots and junctions must be protected from attacks by bandits and - the Bolsheviki. It is not a ques tion of a military alliance but a com mon organization for the protection of railway? service and delivery of grain." . ' The statement then refers to the ef fect produced at Brest-Litovsk'by the conclusion of peace with the Ukraine and says: - -. "Trotzky" aftd his government, rec ognizing the impossibility of t continu ing the war under the present 'circum stances, preferred to. lay down their arms ' with ?a. certain eclat and to as sume ; the pose - of an -oppressed peo ple. .Russian tactieaY. however, ap pear to t be, the worst for them, bi cause we are in no wise bound by their .'declaration and from the stand point; of international flaw, we are still inv a ' state of war , with : Russia, quali fied at present by the temporary arm istice. ' 'J;.-.' ' . . '. "The Russian government gave us opportunity .to denounce the -armistice' and continue the war :r' to make a similar , peace declaration. ; The Aus-tro-Hungarian: goyernnient' has no rea son to denounce; the armistlce. "In : Germany,- a ' more ' skeptical opinion appears , to prevail but an ex change of views should soon take place. On the other hand, it would be a great mistake on .our- part to an nounce a state of peace now and thus bind our hands. That would not do-; if, for example, we have to intervene to protect tthe Ukraine. "Our relations with the Russian gov eminent, .however, ;.re - not , broken, neither dEi the Russian) swish this. Dn the cdntrary , they 'desire . to con tinue diplomatic relations through he wireless and the " commissions now sit- -tiny in 'Petrograd. ' . ."We . shortly expect a - declaration thati Rumania. Is ready -. to. enter into negotiations with us. , ' " WEEKS Jp IN fASSljON pRDEPglNT The Senator Charges? Presi ; dent Wilspn With Inject i ing Partisian Politics DECLARES BAKER TOO : MUCH OF A PACIFIST Says Secretary of War is Try : ing, to Do Too Much of Work Advocates War Cabinet Bill .Washington, Feb. 15. President Wilson vW.as charged with deliberately injecting pQlitlcs into the controversy over . war 'efficiency by Senator Weeks, a Republican member of the Military committeeVIn a speech today vigors ously : criticising the War Department and other branches of the government,- r 1. . Supporting the' Military committee's war cabinet i'and; munitions director bills asavconstcuctive, non-partisan effort 'to 'aid "and! not embarrass Pres ident Wflson in "unifying . America's war force, Senator "eeks detailed delays and. difficulties of the govern ment's 1 military Y "preparations. He declaredat;lack; of a central body to make ; and ' direct , all the ' govern ment's war plans iss largely responsi ble for present and past troubles. In his :charge against President Wil son, the Senator: said: "Not a tquestlonr indicating partisan ship was raised until the President deliberately injected politics into the situation by an attack upon the chair man of the committee, Senator Cham berlain, of Oregon, Democrat, and the committee itslf and by 'calling to ttie White House many Deraocifatic paYty leaders, not - for consuItationpurpoeB but to insist that' discussion of -this question on th floors of 'the, Senate be prevented if ppssi&ie. - "Have we come such ' a tsitte9ti;C&iagra to be forbidden or the Ptesideritt' . ' . 1 Referring to Secretary Baker, Sen ator Weeks' said,- after praising; many army achievements: - "Neither do -1 wish to unjustly or unreservedly, criticise the head of the War Department He has had to deal with a muUitude of questions, the dis posal of many of which meet , my ap proval. It would require too much time to enumerate. The Secretary has done that effectively in his speech made to the committee January 2?. "If I were to criticise the Secretary personally, it would be that he has undertaken to do too many things himself, some of which might have been left to subordinates. If I were to make a further criticism, it would relate to his temperamental relation ship to the war. Doubtless 'he him self would admit that he is a pacifist by nature. For example, even now, he is opposed fto universal military training and I cannot divorcemy self from the conclusion, based lonhis own testimony, that he has been , in clined to plan fdr prosecution of the war and this condition has to some degree permeated the department-on the basis that we are 3,000 miles away from the front, instead of hastening preparation with all the vigor we would exercise if our borders . were the battle front. "Qne of the notable feature's; of the present situation," Senator Weeks contended,' "is the virulence used in attacking th03e who favor the com mittee's plan of centralization. The) are referred to as plotters, mischiev ous meddlers and even as servitors o the enemy." Asserting that it is "physically Im possible" for the President to indiv idually .co-ordinate and direct all of the government's functions, Senator Weeks- added: "Can it be possible the President wilt be embarrassed by such a cabi net? It would seem as if he would be embarrassed to a greater - extent by a perpetuation of the disjointed system which now exists," " "Furnishing of food to the army,'' Senator Weeks, said, has been a tre mendous success due to General Sharpe." He also praised General Crozler, chief of ordnance, ; saying he had often - asked. Congress for more ordnance appropriations, but that sen timent in" the country prevented apr propriations. General. Crozier, he declared, was partly responsible for deficiencies in machine guns and light ordnance. v - - i Reliance upon France for ordnanee and other materials, he said, was "very doubtful wisdom," and the pow der situation was described as acute: "with half of American production un? der contract to the - Allies and: ourr to tal capacity not half of our needs." ; ; Aviation work, the Senator conced ed, has been carried out intelligently; and. systematically.,. . . : rWhfle the . actual number of '. ma chines constructed,? "he said, "does not ; compaie favorably with the Im pression givea the public; it is repre sented, that .production will r be, Tery rapid." : P,Vf'J.:,.-'..7'.s; - Although k praising: efforts of the War Department - toward re-orgahlza- vERNONIlSILE 'wiSlE Fell to His Death at Training Field Ner Fort Worth, Texas WAS HERO OF MANY EXPLOITS IN FRANCE Famous Dancer Was Captain in the British Flying Corps and Was Training Cadets - When He Was Killed . Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 15. Cap tain Vernon Castle, f the English Royal Flying Corps; was killed this niorning in . hi ; airplane, 15 miles west of Fort Worth. - Castle, in trying-to avoid a cadet, swerved his machine beyond his con trol, fell and wag unable to right himself. The cadet was an American but was being instructed by the Brit ish. The accident occurred near Ben brook AField. -The cadet was unin jured. Castle had made over 150 flights over-the German lines, and was the hero of many exploits! in the war zone. His work had been especially on-the Flanders front and covered a period of nine months. He came to Fort Worth last October along with Lord Wellesley. His right name ;Vasr Vernon Blythe. Soon after receiving, his aviator li cense he sailed from New York for England to join ".the British aerial service. In March . of 1916 he was ap pointed a temporary lieutenant in the British Royal Flying, Corps: . Shortly afterward there came a report of his death while flying in Prance; , M,rs-, qasue .professionally .known as Irene Castle, followed her husband abroad UQTisit hjfnjV Returningfrom action on. the Western front .BheJ:ssid he had brought down two Geman aviators. Castle returned from the French front April,' 1917, and joined the Royal -Flying Corps-In Canada as an instructor with the .rank of captain The foUowing month he. was reported to have;had im yarrow .escape from death in 'an accident while flying at Camp Mohaw. "The cadet who -was flying; with Captain Castle in the ma chine at The time was killed. When, a: Canadian contingent, of the Flying Corps was-transferred to Texas last fall for -winter training Captain Castle went- with it ; as ;- an instructor, c Mrs. Castle, who Is ' now one of the star actresses 6t a motion picture concern was prostrated upon receiv ing the news or -1er husband's death. Was i Great Dancer. New York, Feb, lS.Vernon CasUe had a nationalrreputation as a dancer. His home was here. With his wife, also a graceful dancer, he attained great popularity Several years ago as a teacher of modern dances. When the war broke out both of the Castles became interested ln war work and Mr. Castle took up aviation. He was granted' an aviator's pilot license ' by the Aero Club of America, February 9, 19$.; after having made a satisfactory record; in test flights at Newpon News Va ; HewMborn in Noritich, r Bland; May 2, 1887. OVER A MEXlON , SOU5IERS INSURED WAnnineton. Feb. 15. Ninety-three per cent ' of the men in the 17 large irmr eknms are insured under the new war risk plan, Secretary McAdco announced today. More Uian one miiunn annlications.X representing in surance of almbst eight and one half billion dollars, are on file with the bu reau of war risk Insurance and thou sands of anplicaUons written up to February 12 haVe: not'yet reached the bureau. . On the percentage basis, camp Dodge, Iowa; leads with 99 92-100 per cent of its personnel protected by United States jfdVerament insurance. Next ir Camp ,?achary Taylor, Ken tucky, with w Stlft per cent . In total amount of insurance writ ten; Camp Logaa," Texas, leads 'with $316,000,500.. Camp Greene, North Carolina,' is seeond with-1318,176,200. Trying to Cairn - Russian Soldiers. . Stockholm, Feb. ISAt the request of 'the Swedish; government, M. Bor- ldovsktheXBolshevik .repre- sentative hereJ.1: will leave for 'he Aland ' islands i today . on. board a war- snip to inaucev ustuuswn fumer? there to stop theiracts of violence against me 'inhabitants.;' The Rus- slans lsovwIIlTbeaske4 to leave the islands :n:.'Sw4dUh;' vessels. tlon;' Senator Weeksid.: Bdward R. StttmittstBt civilian surveyor of ' pur chases is in. ' an t. impossible positon, and : that the admmstration .throw- ing: away an' opportunity., tbmake'. an effective organUation by rejecting the plan. for munitfon director CENTtir PRICE FIVE ALL OUR P Becomes Effective Tomorrovi Under a Proclamation vfIf S sued by the Presidential - - -mm to pft PAQc MriDi? my iviu- -.Kv!tJK; r linn w. w. - f'n Si' onira ruK iHt WAR 1 All Exports and Imnorte MiU Be Licensed Will Senl M to Eliminat Nnw i w . 1 Essentials Washington, Feb. 15,Bv 'aW proclamation today President Wilsoi Placed all exports to nil nnrti.-iJJ. ?1 "Me by the War Trade-Board The proclamation also applies th ! license system to all imports and thui Places the entire foreien Places the entire forlta coTmi "L Lue country under the license sys U1. me War rrade Roarrt rr one of the steps of mfinni-nv-klX carriage of non-essentials to releasi oull,s iur transportation of troops and The following explanatory 't9fJ menjr was issued by the War radd "The President has tnHa ? li-iJ two proclamations which will becomt effS 1 Tff tS?aomir' The Purpose and effect of these proclamations aretc ouujct r. i ri nnnrwi r z - - - license , me ven tire foreign commerce nf th. ttWiw SJat,efts, and from afld after Februarj i9io, no commodities may be : ex! yurtea rrom this country or imported wuntry except under - II' cense. j . "The President has hertnfrtr -1.1 sued several proclamations mntTtii J I: eertain exports under- the' provisions conci wv .u ui mo Xispiqnage ACu anr one. proclamation "controlling the If-. M caommodittes j itary situation 'aAd the' tonnai-itrrI tiott ' have made increasingly annah tl c;u?vesityt mstuuuagr .a vcoja-f it vuuiuusuKuing controi or ai2 wur oxporxs ana imports. v - v ' ""UBPOTiuoixrtiirourvmiss to France and the maintenance of sJ continued flow of the;; supplleslv tsdi munitions npprtcd tn m4Tifn th.M 7 w - - - ii i i n j j . . . sibly be devoted to these j purposes This demand must be met and if " it! t becomes necessary to curtalLour 'ex-11 it ports or. imports, these are measures, which are forced upon Aua by .. tha'f crlt ical tonnage situation, and theneces: sity of availing ourselves of V; every! possible means of maintaining' ; our armies in France. -' v "The limitation of exports is ieceS sary also to conserve the products bfi' this country for the use" of ourv own ; people and the peoples of the nations, associated with us in " the war; wet1 must dispose of this surplus in suchl a way as to aid, as far as i possible those countries to the ' south whichi' nghting trim, require the . ruse :v ' cn i have always depended upon us we' u ! must also dispose of our surplus In j ' w J i m.fc T 1 l"11lij null liw. HI j lies will derive no benefit therefrom, i and we must secure for ourselves fn-'J return shipping and supplies urgently . needed. "The promulgation , of these two , - k '.i bargo on exports or a prohibition of k imports, but places in the hands of ii the President the power to regulate 2 whch he will exercise through: the?: War Trade Board and the Treasury,: ; Department. This power . will be:- ex- ercised with the single purpose of win- j nlng the war and every effort: wilTpsj made to avoid unnecessary interfere ence with our foreign trade land , to impose upon our exporters and; inv ' porters no restrictions except those Involved in the accompiisnmenv . yu :-h definite and necessary objects. -.:.. . "As heretofore, licenses fpr the." ex- ) port or Import of coin, bullion ttr(j rency, evidences of debt or. of own ership of property, and transfers let credit, will be issued by the .Treas- ury Department; licenses for - all I other exports and imports, includins merchandise, bunkers, ships supplies, etc., will be issued by the War .Trade Board." ' i " DESTROYER LAUNCHED : IN FOUR MONTHS 'i Washington,: Feb. 15.--Secretary Daniels announced today the .receipt of a telegram from the Mare .Island navy yard, , "stating that the destroy? Taylor was launched there yesterday, $6 per cent complete four months after the keel was laid.. The, speed, with which the' Taylor was. made ready for launching . establishes; !a navy yard record for swift-construe -tion.- - ' . . r- British Advance TwbMileai . London, Feb. 15 The British forces x j , In Palestine jresterday ;made an .'ad vance. '.of two, miles on. a . front of six miles northeast of -Jerusalem, the War I Office announces. . i . . 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