Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 24 December 1917 — Page 2

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French Bring Down Eighteen German Machines In Intense Fighting Above Luxes in West,

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PARTS, Dec. 24.—Intense aerial activity is reported by the war office. In .the course of on© hundred combats In the air during the last few days the lYench brought down eighteen German tnachines. The announcement follows: ""n the right bank of the Mouse! i

Verdun front) the Germans made two I'oMs against our small posta near! Jieionvanx and Caurlers wood. Their! efforts were repulsed by our flre. The i 'artillery fighting was rather vigorous] «.m tho left bank of the river in /he sector of Bethincourt. On the remainder of the front the night was calm. "On

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suit aviators were very active. Our jpllots engaged in one hundred combats, imost of ihem over the German lines. Eighteen Germait machines were brought down. Of these, seventeen fell in tlame.s or crashed to the ground and 'were destroyed. During this period our bombarding squadrons dropped 18,000 -kilograms (nearly twenty tons) of projectiles on railway stations, factories, encampments and other objectives behind the enemy's lines."

FOREIGN MAIL CENSORSHIP ANNOUNCED IN FULL FORCE

Was Made Effective November 1, But Hews Was Withheld At Request of Government,

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Censorship of foreign mails, authorized by the trading with the enemy law, now is in ,full force under a board on which the postofilce, war and naval departments, tho war trade board and the committer on public information are represented.

Through branch offices at New York, the Panama canal zone, Porto Rico and •uc.h other places as may be necessary, tho beard plans to carry on the work with as little interference to legitimate »correspondence as is possible. The work of organization was begun on

Nov 1, and at the request of the government, the news was not published at that time. The government now has withdrawn its request for secrecy.

The board is in close co-opermlon with the British and French censorship. It will combine with censorship of foreign malls the present censorship of wireless and cables.

PERSHING SENDS DEATH IIST.

Two Soldier* Swept Overboard and Lost At Sea. ^AtTFTPf(3TON, Dec. M.—-General Pershing lias reported the loss of two -soldiers swept overboard and drowned from a transport at sea, D^c^mher 17, and the death of two others from gunshot wound*. The men lost at sea were:

Corporal Samuel H. Kehl, engineers, Shenandoah, Pa. Private William F. Smith, engineers, Chicago.

Those who died of wounds werd: Sergeant Crover Goodall, headquarters train,* Sharon, Pa.

Corporal^ William Fauntleroy, stevedore regiment, Kingsdale, Va. Deaths of natural causes: private Irving Taylor, labor company. Houston, Miss.

Wagoner Richard A. Lawless, engineers, New York City. Trivate Peter Worship, stevedore regiment, Phillips, Miss. private Ned Pickens, stevedore regiment, Cruger, Miss.

Private Floyd B. Diamond, headquarters train, Winnsboro, La,

COLORS ARE JOINED.

Stars and Stripe* Fly With French Flag in Pari*. PARISH Dec. 2+i—The Stra-ssberg monument on the Place Concorde which during the years before the war was draped with crepe and for which flowers and bunting were substituted in August 1914. today flies the stars end stripes alongside the French tricolor.

The American and Frwich flags were rained over the monument to the Alsatian city yesterday afternoon in the presence of a large crowd, which In spite of the biting frost, uncovered as the two emblems were unfurled. American Ambassador Sharp and a number of delegates from societies of natives of Alsace-Lorraine were present.

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Lew Ernest Wood, three- -ear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wood, died at 5 o'clock Sunday evening at the home of the parents, 2027 North deventh street, foliowinga two weeks' illness with pneumonia. Beside the parents, there survive three brothers, Paul, Charles and Clyde and one sister, Dorothy. The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from the residence. Burial wili b# xaa4« in Shepherd cemetery.

MRS. EMILY ROTTMANlf. Mrs. Emily Rottmann died at 8:30 o'clock Sunday evening at the family home, 526 South Eighth street. She was 81 yearn old. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock "Wednesday afternoon from the residence and will be private. .Triends may call Tuesday morning and Wednesday morning but are requested to omit flowers. Burial will be made in Highland Uwn cemetery.

MNTON HI:M)IUT.

Burton Hendnx, 42 years old, died shortly after midnight Monday morning at the home of his mother, Mrs. Rebecca F. Ward. He is survived by bis mother, three brothers, one sister, and other relatives. The funeral will be held at 1 o'clock Tuesday from the residence, 1026 South Rlghteenth street. Burial wiU be made in Oak Hill cemetery.

DOROTHY OS BORN.

Dorothy Osborn, the four-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William tC. Osborn, died at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon at. the home of the parents, 519 South Twentieth street. Besides the parents, she Is survived by three sisters and one brother. The funeral was held at 10 o'clock Monday naomlac from the residence.

PEARL FARLEY.

Pearl Farley, 17 years old, died at 4:20 o'clock Sunday morning at the home of her mother, Mrs. Myrtle Albin. 421 South Second street. Tlie funeral will be held at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday morning from the residence, with burial in Highland Lawn cemetery.

SYLVIA FITZPATRICK.

Sylvia Fltzpatrick died at 9:45 o'clock Monday morning at her home, 605 North Sixth and One-half street. She was 22 years old and is survived by a brother, I-ester Fltzpatrick. Her parents are dead. The body will be sent to Bicknell, Ind., for burial.

PAUL L. LI NDSIE.

Paul L. Lundsle, 53 years old, died at 2 o'clock Monday morning at his home. 1425 Beech street. The funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon from St. Ann's church. Burial will be made in Calvary cemetery.

FREDERICK ftl'IOK.

Frederick Quick, 46 years old, died at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon at Union hospital. He was a resident of West Terre Haute. The body will be sent Tuesday morning to McKeen, 111., for burial.

MltS. MARY HARVEV.

By Special Correspondent. PARIS, 111., Dec. 24.—Mrs. Mary Harvey, 55 years old, died at her home at Kuena Vista and Union streets Sunday morning. Her death was a result of injuries sustained more than one year ago in falling dovvn a stairway. Her skull was fractured by the fall.

MRS. SARAH C. SMITH.

By Special (Correspondent. SULLIVAN. Ind.. Dec. 2 4—Mrs. Sarah C. Smit.h died here Sunday after an illness of more than two years. She Is survived by a husband, .Tohn S, Smith, the only living near relative.

WOMEN PLEAEGU1L1Y TO TltEFIS AT STORES

Lon McWherter, Orpha McWherter, Ivah Quails, and Vina Quails were arraigned in City Court Monday morning on charges of larceny. They were arretted Saturday night as shoplifters. Orpha McWherter and Vina Quails, the two women, pleaded guilty, and Mrs. McWherter said that anything that had been taken had been taken by her and her daughter-in-law, and that the men were Innocent. Both men entered pleas of not guilty. Their cases were continued to allow time for a further investigation and the bonds of each of the four wero fixed at $1,000.

The four Were arrested Saturday night, three of them at a down town store, and Ivah Quails on a street car, where he was employed as conductor. They were also accompanied by a 12-year-old girl when arrested, and she is being held at the Friendly Ina.

The rooms of the people, at 104 North Eighth street, were searched by officers and a large quantity of stolen merchandise found.

FOUR SONS IN SERVICE.

Oak Park Woman Regrets She Can't Go To War. CHICAGO, Dec. 24.—Four sons in the service of Uncle Sam out of six is the record of Mr. and Mrs H. E. Overstreet, of Oak Park, And Mrs. Overstreet's only regret t» that it is not possible for her to go with her boys. Ralph, the oldest, is a captain in the quartermaster's corps at Camp Lewis, Washington Harry, who has been in service for the last year, and was decorated with the Croix de Guerre, is at Evain Ies Bains, now waiting transfer to the 149th field artillery, where his two brothers, Albert and Edward, are members of Battery E. "And when John gets a little largger," Mrs. Overstreet said, wistfully, "he will go, too, and I don't blame him at all. For I feel surs if I were able I should be there, too. And 'when my boys oome back they will every one of them be finer, better boys for the training and experience they are getting now. and for having offered themselves to their country in her need."

KANSAS STORE ROBBED.

Burglars Make Good Haul In Eaatern Illinois Town. By Special Correspondent.

KANSAS, 111., Dec. 24.—'The hardware store of W. H. Childress was robbed some time early 8unday morning. the thieves escaping with merchandise estimated at $200 or more. The stolen property consisted of shot guns, cutlery and automobile tires and accessories.

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FINE REPORTS CHEER

Encouraging Progress in Campaign Is 2ftpt£d Both Here and In Surrounding Towns.

BULLETIN.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 24.—Incomplete official returns in the Red Cross membership drive, received at state headquarters up to noon today, indicate that Indiana is now ahead of its goal of 600,000 and more than 150,000 in excess of the quota allotted to the state by the national department of the American Red CrosS«

Prof. A. M. Faurot was the chairman in charge of the sub-headquarters of the Red Cross membership campaign at 711 Wabash avenue, Monday morning. It was hoped that several hundred belated Christmas shoppers would be reached through the Wabash office.

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ing the office at lOlP^outh Seventh street, was well pleased Monday with the way the day opened, but said the campaign would be continued another week.

Early Monday Mrs. J. S. Liston, of Pimento, reported in person at the membership headquarters that twenty now members had been lined up for Linton township. The campaign will be continued there all through the week. Men of the township are making the drive. G. W. Whalen reported for Prairie Creek township also Monday morning, saying twenty-five had signed up.

Quite a large number of men coming in Monday bought Red Cross memberships for the entire family, including the baby members, ,who wer^ entitled to one small star.

During Sunday there were 131 new members to take out cards at the headquarters, which were kept open the entire day by Mr. Talbott.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.—Reports to the Red Cross today on results of its campaign for 10,000.000 new members showed some divisions had exceeded their quotas and others were approaching figures set for them then. The central division, which voluntarily raised its quota from 1,189,000 to 1,500,000, expects to exceed the higher figure, and the gulf division, comprising Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, has gone several thousand over its quota. Oregon has gone 28,000 over Its quota notwithstanding bad weather which has been the cause of extending the time limit to the end of the week in seVeral divisions.

Pennsylvania today was withfn 92,000 of its quota of 1,192,000, and the Paciflc division lacked 34,000 of the 467,000 expected.

CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 24.—Midnight tonight will find Red Cross service flags hanging in the homes of three-quarters of a million new members in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, W. G. Rose, director of the Christmas membership drive in the lake division predicted today. With a total of 1.864,000 members this morning, Mr. Rose estimates that the lake division will have a total membership of 2.200,000 members when the campaign closes tonight.

NEW C0OTANDEE GOES TO HEAD OF ARMY AT SALONIKI

General Sarrail Is Replaced By General Guillaumat, One of the Verdun Heroei.

PARIS, Sunday, Dec. 23.—General M. P. E. Sarrail, the government has decided, according to an official announcement, will be replaced as head of the allies army at Saloniki by (Sen. Marie Louis Adolphe Guillaumat. Gen. Sarrail, who has had to struggle against serious difficulties and has rendered great services, will be called to other duties as soon as circumstances permit.

Gen. Guillaumat arrived at Saloniki Saturday. He is one of the heroes of Verdun where he commanded an army corps which was mentioned in army orders as having "distinguished itself by the methodical precision of its preparations and the vigor of Its attacks."

A London dispatch last Wednesday said that announcement had been

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in Athens of the recall of Gen. Sarrail, who has been in command In the east since October, 1915. His successor's name was given as Gen. Guillemat. The great French victory at Verdun last summer was under the immediate leadership of Gen. Guillaumat.

WE HAVE WITH ITS—

Another Cold Wave According To Doctor Cade. A Christmas gift to the public of Terre Hauta. that will be appreciated but very little, is being passed out to the public by W. R. Cade, local weather forecaster. Cade says another cold wave is coming, and that a drop of 30 degrees will occur Monday night, and that by Wednesday morning zero weather may be expected. The duration of the cold wave, Cade says, will not be as long as the prolonged one of last week, nor quite as cold.

Monday morning the thermometer stood near the 50 above mark.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 —The cold wave which has caused a drop in temperature of forty to fifty degrees in the Dakotas in the last 24 hours, is sweeping eastward, the weather bureau announced today, and is expected to reach the Atlantic coast by Tuesday night.

Cold wave warnings have been issued for the upper lake regions for tonight, when much colder weather Is expected and for the Ohio valley and Tennessee Tuesday where lower temperatures are expected Tuesday.

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O S. CMS CHEER TO ITALIAN WIS

Consul At Venice To Carry Food, Clothing and Other Gifts To Fighters—Poor Cared For.

VENICE, Sunday, Dec. 23.—(By the Associated Press)—American Christmas cheer will be carried to the Italian soldiers in the trenches and to the sick and wounded soldiers in and around Venice by B. Harvey Carroll, Jr., American consul at Venice, acting for the American Red Cross. Mr. Carroll will leave Venice with General Di Viterfranchesos. so as to make the tour of the trenches on Christmas eve. They will be accompanied hy detachments of soldiers with truck, bearing huge bundles of gifts for distribution among the troops.

Each soldier will receive a package containing socka, handkerchiefs, tobacco, sweets, some article# of food and a distinctive present.

Another distribution will be made in Venice on Christmas eve and Christmas morning to wounded soldiers and civilian poor. Large numbers of wounded are now coming in from the Piave to the hospitals of Venice. Each of these will be remembered with clothing, food and sweets.

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The civilian ?poor are being cared for regularly the number of 1,200. Eight hundred. received meals at one American soup ^itcben and 400 at another kitchen. In addition to the extra Christmas dinner, each woman and child will receive a present of clothing and food,. The clothing consists of blankets, shawls, underclothing and stockings, most of which has been manufactured in the American Red Cross factory at Maester, a suburb of Venice.

The city of Venice remains comparatively undisturbed by the recent renewal of enemy pressure on the lower Piave nearest to Venice, where this line is twelve miles east of the city. While shells from the heavy guns could reach Venice, it is known that the enemy has been unable to bring across the river anything except machine gtins and a few pieces of small calibre. No shells have fallep anywhere near the city. The rumble of the bombardment can be heard day and night, but the public has become accustomed to it.

One of the chief reasons for calm is the belief that Pope Benedict has intervened in some way by which the Austrlans will not shell the cit^. This report cannot be verified, but the population generally believes it, and It Is one of the main reasons for the calm with which the pressure on the lower Piave has been accepted.

Art Treasures Removed. The custodians of the art treasures in the city have considered it desirable to move a large number of paintings and statues, which, to up to this time, had been stored within the city. The most valuable were sent south months ago, but now the entire bulk of removable art treasures ha^ been taken away. It is estimated that 12,000 square metres of paintings were taken from the ducal palace alone.

The famous equestrian statue before Saint Mark's is being dismounted for removal, although it was at first intended to protect it by a brick covering. Few* of the remaining civilians wish to leave Venice, but the municipality and the American Red Cross assist all who wish to get away.

TITEKEY FOE AIL SOLDIERS.

Every American Trooper In France To Have Feast. WASHINOTON, Dec. 24.—Every American soldier in France is to get his Christmas turkey, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes and mince pie, after all. The war department has announcod that delayed supplies for some units of the expeditionary forces had arrived safely, and that every member of the nation's armed forces at home and abroad would get a complete holiday dinner.

Hundreds of thousands of pounds of the best turkeys to be bought in the eastern markets have been sent across the Atlantic, not only for General Pershing's men. but for the bluejackets of the navy patrolling foreign waters. Bountiful provision also has been made for the army's training camps and cantonments, and for the navy's stations and ships in home waters.

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was giving aid to the opponents of the Bolshevik government could be attributed only to his ignorance of the facts. A report from Ambassador Francis on the arrest of Col. Kolpashinoff, an attache of the Red Cross mission, while in charge of a relief train bad not reached the state department.

The state department does not believe Trotsky will persist in his attitude, however, when he realizes the true state of affairs. Arrangements were made in this country some time ago for strengthening the ambulance corps of Russia with 78 ambulances and other supplies much needed in certain districts. It was deemed advisable to send them via the Rumaniart frontier. This was done with the approval of the Russian Red Cross.

The incident of money which it was alleged Ambassador Francis had offered and the insinuation that it was intended as a bribe to the enemies of the Bolsheviki, had no other significance, it was announced, than humanitarian. It was merely the ordinary transfer of money through the embassy sent by the Red Cross and intended for relief work.

THE "WET" AND "DRY" SUIT.

Pleas in Abatement Filed In the Vanderburg County Court. EVANSVlLLiE, Ind,, Dec. 25.—Lane B. Osborn, prosecuting attorney of Vanderburg county, and one of the defendants in the case of the Cook's Brewing company and others to test the constitutionality of the state-wide prohibition law, that will go into effect on April 2, 1918, today filed a plea in abatement in the Vanderburg county superior court. It will be argued before Fred M. Hostetter, judge, at an early date. It was announced.

Prosecutor Osborn set' out in the1Ifor plea in abatement that the action to test the state-wide prohibition law was prematurely brought, and that the court has no right to enjoin officials from enforcing a law that would not go into effect for four months to come.

The plea ir abatement was similar to the one filed recently by Veneman & Welborn, attorneys for William Habbe, sheriff of Vanderburg county, and Edgar Schmitt, cihef of police, who are also ma^e defendants in the case.

Robinson & Stilwell, attorneys, who filed the suits, today filed demurrers to the plea in abatement filed by both Prosecutor Osborn and Veneman & Welborn. Robinson & Stilwell set out in thp demurrer that the pleas in abatement did not Show sufficiently that the action brought is premature, it is not expected the arguments in the pleas in abatement and the demurrer will be argued until

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WILL PROTECT NEW WOMAN.

Indianapolis Police Give No Aid To Prudish Objectors. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 24—Women critics of their sisters who have donned overalls and entered Indianapolis machine shops to replace men called to the colors will not receive any support if they protest to the police or other authorities regarding women abandoning the time-honored skirt.

One of fifty women in overalls asked the police today whether sho would be arrested for indecency, explaining that her neighbors objected to the work woman appearing in the streets in this attire on the way to or from work. "Absolutely no," said the police. "Immediate action will be taken to stop such ignorantly disloyal comment," said Russell B. Harrison, chairman of the Marion county council of defense.

TRIAL ORDER IS SIGNED.

Making Plans To Prosecute French Deputies On Treason Charge. PARIS, Sunday, Dec. 23.—General Dubail today signed the order for prosecution of Deputies Caillaux and Doustalot and M. Comby. It is alleged that Comby was present at the lunch at which former Premier Caillaux met Cavallini, and is said to have accompanied Loustalot to Switzerland, where he saw the former khedive of Egypt.

OHIO SOLON DIES.

AKRON,- O.. Dec. 24.—Representative E. R. Bathrick, of the Fourteenth Ohio district, died at his home here last nigh'

U. S. RED CROSS AGENT KAISER PLANS WCRLD BAKER WARNS ACAINST HELD IN RUSS PRISON PEACE CONFERENCE NEW PEACE MOVES

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to the peoples the right to dispose of themselves. The ambassador having asked him what he would do if Germany refused such a peace, Trotzky answered that then the peace would not be signed and that the Maximalists might be led to "wage a revolutionary war."

Trotsky added that "If public opinion was opposed to such a war, the question would then be carried before the constituent assembly." He concluded by saying that if the Bolsheviki succumbed to the resistance they are meeting with in Russia, the country \yould be given over to anarchy.

The Havas note concludes: This conversation, which is correct throughout, must be considered as creating no new relation between the Maximalist government and us."

KAISER VISITS FIRING LINE.

Emperor Makes Address to Troops On West Front. AMSTERDAM, Dec. 24— Emperor William visited the front, north of Verdun, on Friday, according to a Berlin dispatch, and in an address to the troops thanked them warmly for their efforts. "But for the calm and heroic warriors on the western front," he said, "the enormous deployment of German forces in the east and in Italy never would have been possible. The fighter in the west has exposed heroically his body so that his brothers on the Dvina land the Isonzo might storm from victory to victory. The fearful battles on (the bloody hills around Verdun were I not in vain they created new fouudations for the conduct of the war."

In a speech to the second army, on Saturday, Emperor William said: "It has been a year full of events the German army and the German fatherland. Powerful blows have been delivered and your comrades In the east have beeit able to bring about great decisions. "There has been no man, no officer and no general on the whole eastern front, wherever I have spoken to them, who has not frankly admitted that they could not have accomplished what they have if their comrades in the west had not stood to a man. "The tactical and strategical connection between the battles on the Aisne, in the Champagne, Artois and Flanders, and at Cambrai, and the east and in Italy, is so manifest that it is useless to waste words on it. "With a centralized direction the German army works In a centralized manner. In order that we should be able to deliver these offensive blows, one portion of the army had to remain on the defensive, hard as this is for the German soldier. Such a defensive battle, however, as has been fought in 1917, is without parallel. A fraction of the Germany army accepted the heavy task covering its comrades in the east unconditionally and had the entire Anglo-French army against itself."

THE TRtBTTKE GREETINGS.

Boya Put Out a Creditable Little Paper for Christmas. The Tribune carriers were around Saturday and Monday with their greeting®. "The Greeting" is a neat little newspaper, full of seasonable matter, all the work of the newsboys. The Tribune Monday received the following letter:

Terre Haute, In«.. Dec. 24. 1817. "Ye Editor" The Tribune:—I am a subscriber of your valuable medium, and this morning when the carrier called with 'Greetings,' I was reminded of a similar time when 30 years ago I was a carrier' of the Grand Rapids' Eagle in Grand Rapitls, Mich. You may be sure thp boy g«t his quarter.

But this copy of the "'Greetings' is especially worthy of favorable notice because of two reasons: First, that the Tribune produced the work, and second, the carriers did so much to contribute to the character of the production. I refer to the many articles produced by the carriers themselves. Too often the subscriber fails to appreciate the work done by the faithful and conscientious carrier. The daily paper, which today means so much to the patriotic, public by reason of the war news and the fact that more than ever in our country's history the dissemination of news and wide prevalence of knowledge as produced thereby, is of such Importance in a repuhllc su^h as ours. Arid I want to encourage the carrier and this bit of congratulation is sent to that end. because many a carrier and newsy is now a prosperous and successful business man—and his success Is many times due to the fact that he developed from a "new" or carrier, as did the subscriber. Yours.

H. ARNOLD WHITE. 600 South Fourth St.

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cali that during the Christmas season of last year the Germans put forth very similar peace rumors. '"In considering the general military situation in its true light It must beunderstood that the Germans realize that within a short time our armies will form the vrincipal body of fresh strategic reserves remaining availablofor action on the battlefields of Bu-: rope. This, no matter what superior-! ity in men and guns the enemy may, for the time being, be able to bear Inthe west and even admitting an eventual modification of the allied line in his favor, nevertheless he knows that insofar as it is humanly possible to foreseie his effort will inevitably result^ in merely a local success, which can have no determining Influence on the final outcome of the war. "For the first two years of the war, France bore the brunt of battle while Great Britain was preparing. "Since the defeat of the German forces in front of Verdun, England and the British dominions have taken over an increasingly large share of the burden of the war. Italy has, to the limit of her forces, also assumed a considerable share of this burden, "When the result of the def^ctton of the Russian forces, the weight of Austro-German pressure was directed against Italy, France and England' united In coming to the rescue of I their aJly, and are today aiding in:

Italian armies. Reserves of Vietory. "It is our duty, therefore, in looking to the future, to realise that If we are to fulfill the pledge we made on entering the war, if we are fighting this war to a successful conclusion, we must assume the full responsibility which rests upon us. Wo are the freshest in the struggle we have the reserve man-power, and the reserve me-

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chanlcal power. "Our armies constitute the reserves of victory! "In Russia the armistice negotiations having been concluded, peace negotialions are about to be entered upon. "Reports of the dissatisfaction of a large element of the Russian populaion, especially In southern and centra'' Russia, with the terms of the armistice has led to the formation of an active opposition which, it is believed, will endeavor to resist all attempts to enforce the proposals agreed to by the Lenine government."

HEARS ELECTION CASES.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. J4.—Harry LL Crumpacker, judge of the I^aporte and Porter supreme court, was appointed special judge today by Gov. Goodrich to try the Gary election cases in Lake

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