The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 19, 1918, Page 1

HgRBSE AE cation ent er BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1918 ANY STARTS } DRIVE ON RUS BOLSHEVIK ~TRUTONARMY Greatest Test of De Facto Gov- ernment in Struggle with STRENGTH ‘PROBLEMATICAL Acgial Activity Is Predominating * Factor, on British and American Fronts. (Gy Asociated. Press.) Germany has-returned to the atfack cn the Russian front, and the Bolshe- viki- government must face its great- est test—the power of German militar: ism. Invadfhg forces have crQesed the Dyika and’ Dvinsk and are advancing castward from: Kovel Volhynia, to aid the hard pressed Ukranians ar@ pro- tect the food supplies in’ the new countries. This is the first military activity on these ¢ronts since late last November. f ‘What opposition the Bolsheviki can or will offer the Germans. is: problem: atical. Although the Russian army hag. been much weakened by the de Mobilization’ order and strife in the ranks; the Boleheviki Red Guards have been successful against the Uk- rainiang, and other opposing forces in Southern Russia. A week ago, de- layed dispatches from Petrograd suy, the Bolsheviki leadeys were doubtful it Germany would atack and apparent- ly bad no intention to fight the in- vaders. The food shortage in Great Russia is: becoming: desperate. » 2) Situation Serious. The situation:in the Ukraine is ser- France Looks Upon Americans As People ~ Who Get Things Done By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER AND LILLIAN CHESTER Paris, Heb. 19.—“Say, What do. you think of the French?” *“Fine! ‘They're immense!”. That’s the regular question and the enthusiastic. answer, when Americans meet over here. What is the French attitude toward Americans? Confidence; calm contft- }dence;a- confidence as superior as that which they have in themselves! and it isn’t misplaced: We'll make good. .That’s our pet passion. On tbe steamer, coming over, some of the helpful souls ‘conceived. and executed a counter irritant to the apprehended danger zone, and a mem: sea OF Lave medical. staft of the U. 8, ariny, whom we shall call Lieutenant Bill, was appointed ‘chairman of the committee of one on. costumes and. properties, from which time forth he was ignomintously called “Props,” He Was summoned inmedaiely aicer the Libretto committee, had held its pre- Uminary session, and his first and only question was characteristic. “Well,” he smiled, producing pencil and paper, “give me a list of what you want.” They did. They laid it before him, ten loftily left him alone in his stu pefaction. With reckless .disregaru for war-time restrictions, they had planned a grand, glittering allegorica: masque, combined with a magnificen: male ballet; and all they wanted was costumes for Neptune, two golden- tressed he-mermaids, several othe~ principals, and = fourteen beautiful wavelets of the Atlantic’ ocean! Some five minutes later Lieuten ious, .which ‘may: account - for. Ger- many’s decision. to act.’ Bolsheviki troops'hold: Kiev, the capital, and: Bol-|' sheviki adherents are destroying rail- roads and food ‘supplies.’ In: Oddesa, also, there, has: kak in faehe RES sg nt. , On the ‘wes re have ‘been, _extensf! movemnts. Tn Champagne, -the .Germans: persist . in their‘ attempts against the French: po- sttiona ‘near “Butte” du > Mesntl, Twice: Tuesday 4} oh,who: sre: aided: by, Amie ry, repulsed: en , efforts, 9 being. ub: ahle-to pI factor on the -Britigh- and American fronts. In the north,’ British airmen ave’ accounted. for! sixteen. German. aeroplanes, and e dropped. hund- reds of : bombs allways and air- dromes..: Frenc Britsh bombing ttacked import- .On' the Aterican;sector, the enemy. machines have been. busy aver and behind the:Americao.lnes. American gunners kept the‘Germans high in the afr, and one of: tHe enemy. was brought down by an ‘American aviator. Nine Ameficans have been wounded. by Gar. man shells. There.has been consider- able artillery activity on the Italian front.’ - ‘ For the third time in as’many days German airmen raided southeast’ Eng- land’ Momlay night. None of the raiders was able to pentfrate the de- fenses of London. 14 ALLIES AND SIX NEUTRALS JOIN PROTEST Nations Decling to’ Recognize Rus: sian Reds’ Repudiation of Obligations Petrograd, Feb, 19.—All the di- plomatic representatives of the fourteen. alliedcountries and six neutrals have protested against the repudiation: by, the Bolsheviki government: of the national ‘debt and also’ against the ‘decree re- specting the confiscation. of pro- perty. They have declared, that these edicts h value so fat aa 'theic nation’ are concerned, and they.-reserve ‘the right td claim damages. : Kas LENINE FORBIDS REFUGEES ENTRY TO FAMINE ZONE tance to Petrograd and Other | Starving. Centers, Petrograd, Feb, 19.—N the Bolsheviki edict. forbidding 8 says that’ the. counter’ revolutionists are bending refugees to Petrograd and hope of; aggrevatir eighths of to save supplies. ‘Th rain and the Don fighting in Uk- the t | Wednesday. & pound daily. in an effort) , ant Bill came briskly out of that lit. tle-salon, and confidently interviewed AERIAL ACTIVITY SHOWS. INCREASE Batiinies; Anti‘Aircratt: and ° Ma: _\ ehine: Guns Kept, Busy by \ Teuton Planes “With the American Army in Fiance, Feb. 19.—(By, Associated ,,Pross) — There hag been a considerable: in- crease in aerial activity in the Amerl- can sector since last night. Enemy planes again flew over the town wiere a few days ago an A‘neri- can field hospital was located, and dropped bombs, but without damuge. One hostile machine was driven to earth in a damaged condition by an American aviator. The activity of the American. anti- craft gunners, machine gunners and battery opérators kept the enemy ma- chines from flying low enough io get a geod aim, One attempted to_come lower,- but was hotly engaged and driven off. Another. was chased down after it had been-hit by an anti-air- craft fire. All’ day hostile planes were over the American position. The-artillery action also was. lively and'a number of casualties are re- ported. One shell dropped on a cook tent’ and wounded six men. Three in the trenches wounded by shrapnel, in- cluding. a second lieutenant. Several thers were injured when a town was shelled. Bright moonlight assisted the work of the American patrols lastnight, but. no Germans were seen. A por- tion of the sector was subjected to a slight gassing by the enemy, but they. put on their. masks and there were no casualties, * nyt CANDIDATE FOR. MAYOR IS SHOT Ralph Horr, in Today’s Race at Seattle, May Die Seattle, Wash., Feb. 19.—Ralph A. Horr,, candidate for the mayoralty nomination at the municipal primary election to be held here today, was shot fn his office late Monday by an unknown’ assaultant’ who escaped. ‘| One: bullet ‘took .effect over the heart ‘and physicians say he has slight hope for retovery. eee y THE WEATHER | For twenty-four hours. ending at noon, Feb. 19, ‘ Temperature at 7 a. m. Temperature at noon ‘Highest yesterday Lowest yesterday Lowest last nig! Precipitation ...: t Highest wind velocit: Foreca For. North Dakota: Fair tonight aud: Wednesday; somewhat -colder to- night: east portion ;continued cold i ‘Lowest ¢ { Temperatures, ; a ~ St. Paul the six lady passengers of thevship. He finished those interviews a sadder and a wiser man. Such ladies as were aboard these strenuous times: were on no frivolous errands, ang they had not, individually or colleg-|. tively enough broad, blue ribbon’ to make a filet for the hair, a bow, & streamer ,and a wide billow for even one deausiful wave of the Atlantic ocean, let alone fourteen. Thought on the part of Props. He went to the second steward,’ who sent him to the first steward, who sent him to the lin- en steward, who sent him to the pur- ser. The purser listened attentively, gazing the while on the unfaltering determination of Lieutenant Bill, and mentioned the only ray of hope: Among the flags which were used for signal and salutes, there might pos- sibly be some blue bunting, but the only man who could give him permis sion to use that, if there were any, was the skipper. “Where is the skipper?” asked Lieu: tenant Eill. “Huh!” The purser laughed and shrugged his. shoulders. “The cap- tain is on: the bridge.” It was a beautifully clear and siar- lit night, and the sea was calmly glittering its diamonds from horizon to horizon; an ideal night for sub- marines, had any chanced to crosa our path; and we had just entered the so-called danger zone. Out. on the darkened deck, , where no smokers smoked’ and no gleam or ‘crack of light’ was: allowed: tobe. visible from within, went Lieutenant Bill, and con- sidered, Up there in the dimness was the bridge, with the. head of the skip- per ‘motionlessly silhouetted against the midnight sky. .To port and star: board, amidships and ‘fore. and aii, were the gun crews, in their, queer night uniforms Hge goblins out: of some weird fantasy, and all motion- Jess, in their cat-like watchfulness. Equally motionléss stood’ Lieutenant 'Billat the bottom of the:narrow.com- ‘punionway,- until at ‘last duty’ drove! him'on!, Slowly he ‘climbed the steps. On a sudden ,like the crack of-a gun, there came from out of. the. cool at- mosphere up above the irascible voice of the nerve strained skipper: “Who in ‘blazes is that?” “Lieutenant William So-an-So,” re-| turned Props deferentially, standing still in’ his tracks. : “Lieutenant what?” rasped the sktp- per. . “One ofthe passengers, sir.” “What in blazes do you want?” “Well, captain,” explained Lieuten- ant Bill, drawing q long breath as ic braced himself for the effort, “we're getting up.a little entertainment, ana ff you could let us have some blue bunting—” “Get to blazes down from there!” yelled. the skipper, in a justifiable rage, “yes, sir,” meekly returned Lieuten- ant So-and-So, and, going aft, leaned against the rail for long, long min- utes. The deck steward came past by and by, taking in rugs and closing up for the night. “Say, steward, who's next in charge when the captain’s busy?” “The first officer sir.” “Where is the first officer?” “In his room, sir,” replied the deck steward, and hurried away. A good observer with an excellent memory, was Lieutenant Bill. He re- called having seen the words “first officer” over a door somewhere, and he went prowling about the boat un- til he found that door. He knocked. “Who in blazes is ‘there?” came a voice like the crack of a gun, “Lieutenant William So-and-So, a— @ passenger, sir.” “What in ‘blazes do: you want?” “Well, said Lieutenant Bill, clearing. his throat, ‘we're getting up a/ little entertainment, and if you could let us have some ‘blue bunt- ing—" : “Get to- blazes away from that door!” yelled the first officer, frantic for every sécond . of his four-hour sleep, © fF In the bright and cheerful morning, we found Lieutenant Bill leaning against the aft rail with his chin in both hands.’ A beautiful blue sky that morning, with just a few pearl-tinted clouds moving lazily along she horiz- on, and the waves were rolling and tumbling ine thousand hues of jade and emerald, and delicate white lace fringed their cresis; but iLeutenant Bill saw none of these things, nor felt the tang of the crisp, cool air as it blew against his-cheeks.. He was far, far away: 5 “Good. morning, Props,” we hailed bim.: “How. are the costumes.coming |. on?” Lieutenant Bill dféw himself slowly back.from far, far away, and sighed, and smoothed his off ear. : “They'll be there,” he said. He smoothed the other ear ,and knotted his brows, “I don’t know where I'll get, them, but they'll be there.” Of such is-our pet passion. When the 14 beautiful wavelets pranced on the scene, led ‘by a world-famous enty- mologist' and a .six-foot-two English- man with a‘monocie, they wore brigh: ‘lue filets around their heads. were SHORNOF POWER WANNER AGREES GEN. KALEDINES 0 MOBILIZE THE Angered When Government Votes to Turn Authority Over to, Workmen. SOCIALISTS FIGHT TROTZKY Rumanians Join Ukraine Govern- ment in Attack on the Bolsheviki. Petrograd, Feb. 19=General Kaled- ines, Hettman “of the Don Cossacks, committed suicide at Novo Tcherkask, headquarters of the Don Cossacks dur- ing a session of the Novo Tcherkask government, which he attended. The government | decide to resign and transfer its power tothe local work- men’s and soldiers” council. After the decision, Kaledines. went to an adjoin- ing room:and shot himself, General Nazaroff, who succeeded General Kaledines as!ieader of the Don Cossacks, ordered the immediate mobilization and. .arngng of the Cos- sacks to fight the Bplsheviki troops advancing toward Novo Tcherkask. RUMOR ‘OF OVERTHROW London, Feb: 19.—-Rumors are cur- rent in Vasa thatthe Bolsheviki gov- ernment in Petrograd has ben over- thrown. by the..Socialists under the Jeadership of M.. Tchernoff, according to. the corespondent there of the Pol- itiken, of Copenhagen, says a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. Nikolai Lenine, and Léon Trotzky are said to have escaped to Riga. Vasa, or Nikolaistadt, isin Finland, an;.the only, railway between - Petro- grad and Tornea,.on.the Swedish bord- er. Hi Petrograd, Feb.’ 19.—Rumania, dis- patches received, here indicate, has ‘perfected an, alliance with the Ukraine. government opposed to the Bolsheviki, and..a..Jotyi army consist: ing: of some..Ukrainians and Rouman- dans is commanded by General Stcher- batcheff, , These troops have occupied Kishinev, but.have been driven out of Tiraspol, on the Dniester by Bolshev- iki_forces: _ The Roumanian cruiser squadron is reported to have rebelled and joined the Russian Bolsheviki., A number of revolting Roumanians were executed ‘atthe order of eGneral ‘Stcher- batcheff. ‘ General Alexieff defeated at Rostov, and Voronezh, has fle¢ to Novo Tcher- kask, in the Don territory. During the recent bloody events in Kiev; the metropolitan Vadimir and General Ivanoff, former commander on the Russian southwestern front, were killed. ENTER DVINSK. Berlin, Feb. 19—German farces have. entered Dvinsk, it, {s officially announced today by the German war office, The Russians unsuccessfully attempted to blow up the*bridge over the Dvina river. OCCUPY LUTSK. Vienna, Feb. 19—The German army group undér command of General Al- exander Von ‘Linsingen, according to an official: statement issued by the Austrian war office, hag occupied the Russian town of Lutsk in Volhynia, without fighting. TROTZKY'S WIRE. Berne, Fed, 19.—According to Vien- ta dispatches, Leon Trotzky, the Bol- sheviki foreign minister, has forward- ed a wireless message to Count Crer- nin, the Austrian foreign minister, reading: “The German government having reestablished a state..of war with Russia without even giving the. seven days‘ previous notice, I,have the hon- or to ask you to inform me whether the ‘Austro-Hungarian government al- so considers itself in a state of war with’ Russia, and if not, whether it believes: it: possible to reach a prac- tical realization of the agreements worked out at Petrograd,” FIVE THOUSAND AIRE LOSS AT LAHR GARAGE Fire caused a $5,000:loss at the gar- age of the Lahr Motor Sales company, at the rear of the. Guaranty Bank building, Fourth street. Effective work ‘confined ‘the ‘fire to the brick garage and ‘thete ‘was rio loss to the bank building. . The fire was discovered shortly aft- er 5. A. Re in the er portion st the garage Bee the batteries: and are ‘stored. Fon tats were partially burned. .... ‘The loss is fully covered’ by: insur- ce. Ate C. Anderson of the. Lahr. Motor. Sales ‘competi, ‘stated’ today that the ‘company would move: into a portion || decked with blue. bows and stream- era, fluttered bright -blue billows, and were draped. in. shining white—for this. was @ cam oe of. ita new building on. Fourth and’ Thayer next Monday. The second floor and later. part of @.ocean, with the | the ‘our new Overland cars; N.D. HOME. GUARD Captain of Bismarck Unit Assumes Big Task for War Con- ference Here 1,000 TURN-OUT IS PLANNED Anticipated That Khaki Will Be Represented from Every County in State Capt. 'E. G, Wanner, conimander of the Bismarck Home Guard company, has accepted from F. . Hellstrom, sec- retary of the North Dakota defense council, an appointment to act as chairman of the home guard division at the two days’ state war confer- ence to be held in iBsmarck on Feb- ruary 25 and 26. The task delegated to Capt. Wanner is that of bringing to the capital city on these dates an adequate representation of the North Dakota Home Guard from every coun- ty-in the state. There are more than 300 home guard units, of 25 members or more in the state, and Capt. Wan- ner hopes to have at least 1,000 guardsmen here for the war confer- nce. In his official notification, Secretary Helstrom says: ‘I am pleased to in- form you that you have been selected b ythe council of national defense to act as chairman of the division of the home guard at the war conference to de held at Bismarck on February 25 and 26, pursuant to a call isswed by the council of national defense at Weshington, D. C, through Mr. George F. Porter, director. There will be present at ‘the invitation uf the aa- tional council of. defense the following speakers: Former’ Premier Uruwford Vaughan of South Australia; Lieu:. Paul -Perigord of the French army and ‘Prof. Thomas Moran of Purdue university, This conference is of far- reaching. significance, and is \state- wide. Will'you be-kind enongk to ad- vise ‘me ff you will accept the appoint- ment and see that representation. is had at. the conference for the division ofthe Home Guard from every cout ty in- the. state —F. 0, ‘Helstvom, Sec- retary.” |" ‘ Every other patriotic and semi millt- tary organization which war work has brought into being in North Dakota is to be represented at this confer- ence, which is expected to bring be- tween 1,500 and 2,000 people co the capital city. REDS INSIST IN FACE OF FACTS ON HUN PEACE Lenine and Krylenko Tell Follow- ers Germany Will Not Strike Russia Petrograd, Feb .19.—Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik premier, responding to- day to an inquiry as to what would be Russia’s action since the Bolshe- viki had declared that they would not fight any more, said: “That depends entirely upon Ger- many’s attitude.” “At a meeting of the Petrograd So- viet last night Ensign Krylenko, the Bolsheviki commander-in-chief, was asked by members what Russia, if Germany advanced against her regard- less of Russia’s refusal to: fight. Krylenko expressed doubt that Ger- many would take any such action and said: “Germany does not want Russia’s enmity.. Furthermore the taking of Petrograd would lengthen the German front and prove a hindrance to her operations.” Krylenko asserted that it was be- leved Germany certainly would not take any steps. against Russia until the armistice ended. NAVAL SEAPLANE SHOT DOWN AND PILOT IS MISSING Feared That Ensign Albert Dallon Sturtevant of Washington, D.C.,, Is Lost Washington, .D. C., Feb. 19.—A nav- al seaplane on scout duty in European waters has been shot down and its pilot, Ensign Albert Dallon Sturtevant of Washington, D. C., is missing, the navy department was advised today by cablegram from England. No de- tails were given in the dispatch, but the department’s announcement said it was feared the ensign had been lost. Ensign Sturtevant enlisted in the naval reserves shortly before war; was declared last April and was sent to England for duty last September. CHAMBERLAIN IS TO BE OPERATED UPON ia ‘Washington, Feb. 19.—Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, chairman of the military committee, is to be oper- ated upon at once for appendicitis The senator apparently, was improved this morning after a recurrence of an attack suffered last: fall, but after an ys- examination later in the day, his phi WILSON MAY: HEAD BRITISH STAFF | sett men, GEN.SIRKENRY WILSON: Maj. Gen. Sir Kkenry Wiison may re- Place General William Robertson as chief of the British Imperial general staff, it is reported in London. General Wilson represented England at the al- led conferences in Versailles. RIGHT INJURED IN EXPLOSION ON CRUISER Washington, Feb. 19.—Eight men have been injured in an explosion of a cartridge case during target prac- tice on the cruiser Montana. A brief report to the Navy Department today carried no details of the accident, and did not give the names of the men ARMY DRAFT TREATY SIGNED Washington, Feb. 19.—Signing of the army draft treaty between Great Britain and the United States was an- nounced today. The new British Am- bassador, Earl Reading, . affixed his signature.to the document as: his first official act in Washington. © Under the treaty the ‘United. States may, draft into the military service British’ subjects in this country be- tween the ages of 20. and 45 years, while Great Britain may draft Ameri- can citizens living within its jurisdic- tion between the ages of 21 and 31. A separate convention along the same line was signed by the State LENROOT FOR TOGA IS PHILLIPS’ CHOICE Governor of Wisconsin Would Select Superior Man Madison, Wis., Feb. 19.—Congress- man Irwin L. Lenroot of Superior, Wis., is Governor Phillips’ first choice for United States senator to succeed the late Senator Paul O. Husting in event the legislature, which meets in special session today gives him the power of appointment. Governor Phillip made this- known last night at a meeting of the repub- lican state central committee, which adopted a resolution indorsing the appointment idea. Republicans of the legislature met in caucus tonight but took no vote on the matter of grant- ing to the governor the power to ap- point a senator, BISMARCK CITY WATER IN BEST SHAPE IN YEARS Bismarck city water is now fully up to the-health standards set by the United States, its bacteria count be- ing well within the maximum pre- scribed by federal regulations, re- ported Dr. Scheppe, bacteriologist in charge of the capital city branch lab- oratory, in a communication to the city commission last evening. Dr. Scheppe advised that owing to weather conditions it has not always been possible to treat the water reg: ularly, but that the bacteria count at no time during the period covered by his report has approached the gov- 3rnment maximum. He commented in his report on the clearness of the water. In responee to a question from. Commissioner Kirk he advised that ‘the milkiness sometimes apparent in the water when first drawn from & faucet is due to the presence of air. There is no lime or any alkaline sub- stance’ in the water, stated Dr. Scheppe, who informed the commis- sion that he had made frequent tests ‘o satisfy himself on this score, Dr. Scheppe-comes from Macon, Ga., where he formerly was assistant bac- terlologist in the city health lavora- tory, eH is a graduate of Mercer col- lege. and in highly commending him *o the city commission, the head of the health laboratory service in North Dakota, states there is no reason why the ‘Bismarck branch, under the new administration, should not become the best in the state. Dr. Scheppe’s milk report indicated that one or two Bismarck retailers had been selling cream which was un- jor tert, He advised, however, that ness to cooperate in giving Bismal Rood mi any mm BIG OFFENSIVE ONWEST FRONT. EXPECTEDSOON Tanks and ‘New Mysterious Gas'” " It Is Rumored Will Be ~ peda DISCARD THE OLD METHODS ‘Allied Morale at Highest Pitoh and Confident of Fns)..” Vitoey ee British Army Headquarters: in France, Feb. 19.—The great German offensive on the western front may be expected to begin at any moment now as far as the British front is concers- ed, and the main thrust will be made on the sector between Arras! and St: Quentin. pes? Tanks and a “new mysterious gas” will be employed b ythe enemy in the attempt to break through ‘the .allfes’ line, Other attacks will be delivered further south, ‘These facts have be- come known through .captured : Ger- man prisoners. ‘ The plans of the German higher command are complete and © many weeks of intensive’ training’ of assaulting troops, they are ready: to make the supreme and ‘final: effort, which has been advertised’ so widely in the last few weeks. ae ay Field ‘Marshal Von Hindenburg, and General Von Ludendorff appear -to have realized that the old methods of attack in. which a long bombardment is employed, are too well known to procure the results desired. -Accofd- ingly the German troops are beitg told that surprise attacks such ‘as were used in Galacia, last sumineér, et Riga, and again on the Isonz0, are to be tried against the allies ‘on'the'west- ern front. 7 : TANKS AND GAS. ° Much stress ‘has: been :la{d- 01 used, leaving the. infantry little to do, but.to walk through the: gsps-aod consolidate the positions captured. Those obstacles which the Gerntan. at- tillery fire ‘has not obliterated ;witk be sfushed -by:the, troops: or ignored: ‘Word, has“ been -passed.,dut oy German. bigh command that few “of the allied troops will survive the’ ef- fects of the tanks, the gasrand the. bombardment and’ that’ fresh German infantry will overcome speedily »any. resistance offered in captured” pos! tions, ial Despite’ these assurances, the. Ger- man troops. are frankly skeptical and are’ undertaking their tasks ;with : no: enthusiasm, according ‘to prisoners. Department with Canada. They feel they are going to’be thrown: into battle to be used as.cannon fod- der and do not relish the:-prospects: It is said General Von: Ludendorft reeently addressed a ‘body of infan- try at Laon, and asked how many were willing to fight toa finish. Only five non-commissioned officers and privates stepped forward.» The oth- ers declared their desire for an’ early - peace by “arrangemet At Highest Pitch, ~ The Germans will find the allied morale at the. highest pitch ‘on. the western front, and their attack will be far from the surprise desired, The allies are ready for a big blow, and await with assurance the next move of the German high command, The German attack cannot ‘be delayed much longer. the coming battles will perhaps be the most sanguinary of the war, and they will be the most in- tense yet seen. But they will mark the beginning of the end, for if the Germans do not break clear through the allied lines—and they cannot— they virtually will be finished: The emperor is putting every ounce of strength into this great gamble and” if it fails in the early stages.it means the end of Prussian militarism. ‘The allied forces have a superiority ‘in numbers. both in men and guns, and no doubt is felt on this: front .as ‘to the outcome. 4 4 GOREBILLFOR $9.50 WHEATIS SLATED TO PASS Washington, Feb, 19,—A’ favorable report on the Gore bill, to.iacresse the minimum price for wheat of the 1918 crop from $2.00 to $2.50 per bush- el, was made today by the senate ag- riculture committee. x S EIGHT CAMP. "DODGE BOYS early today when fire that started from a stove completely destroyed the. ‘ le Company’s barracks and adjacent. trine, RES e a they showed a commendable willing- meant fact that tanks and new. gas are:to‘De —