Oneonta Daily Star (Newspaper) - March 8, 1918, Oneonta, New York THE WEATHER TODAY March cast for Eastern New Fair day light snow north slightly warmer Saturday f Oneonta Daily Star CIRCULATION TODAY 6.820 GUARANTEED VOL. WHOLE MAKCH OF TUB ASSOCIATED SCRAP OF PAPER March Into Heart of Slavic Lands Still Is Going On RUMANIA THREATENED Finland Agrees to German Peace and Will Evacuate the Aland Islands CONSIDERS FIGHTING Americans Take German Lay Claim to Prisoners Ju of the fact that a formal treaty of peace has been signed by the Central Powers the Bolshevik government lighting con- at various points along the eastein That Germany ers the covenant she forced Lenine and Trotzky to sign as a of is evidenced by the ment that the Teutons have reached a town 68 miles from The report of the subsequent partial retirement of the Germans does not lend encouragement to the that further invasion of Russia has been The text of the peace treaty signed by Rumania to show that the Central Powers are loath to fore- conquest they may make in of the clauses of the Rumanian treaty bound that country to assist in the transport of Teuton forces through Moldavia and on their way to the of Finland Knuckles to Not only are tlie advancing against the demoralized but the Turks also aggressors in Reports state that the man troops are operating near on the southern of the Black Germany has negotiates a peace treaty with the Republic of Finland by which the latter agrees not to seize territory or grant territorial rights without the consent of in consideration for this covenants to exert her in- fluence to secure recognition of the government from other All claims for war costs or damages nre waived and the Aland will be evacuated by the nish troops and will not again be A treaty will be negotiated at Will for Coincident wUh the continued of by the Teutons the Bolshevik authorities have ed that they will not mit the revolution to be de- and expressed their to continue fighting a if they are forced back to the Uril American David Francis has at warning the that a German victory the return of monarchial ern conditions and advising them not tn ratify the treaty signed by Lenine and The congress of the and Workmen's council is meeting at Moscow and will ably decide on the issue of peace or continued Conditions of the old are reported to have been re- stored in German occupied trench raiding operations filong the French front arc reported in In one of these American Colonel captured a man The American troops in the Chemin cles Dames and laine sector arc not as yet in full of the positions assigned to but are training with French The position north of Toul in the only one place in control of Teutons Keport The Germans report the capture of many Allied soldiers in raids and say the artillery fighting is gaining in at various They to successive successes in aerial bringing down 19 and two captive Andrew Bonar chancellor of British addressing the of spoke of the situation as well as the military Position on the French and ian Bonar Law maintained that tho still superiority in man power in in spite the movement of Gorman troops from but said this advantage might not be He also referred to the H- German attack in that a terrible price would exacted for every yard gained by 1 ia no further news of intervention in If such a had been probable that little or nothing would he announced by Japan where tne curtain of censorship was drawn closer early in the DOUGHBOYS MARCH IN DUST AN INCH DEEP Hurried to Trenches in Lorraine Sector Where They Quickly Set to Work the Associated With the American Army in March American troops which have taken up their position on the Lorraine front were billeted back of the line when they suddenly received orders to move to the They were transported in motor trucks over roads an inch deep in Scores of trucks and motorcycles along the road raised clouds of dust which stuck to the men's faces and ment until they were grey by the time they reached the town close to the firing line from which they marched to their positions during the They found themselves in a of Lorraine where the ground rose in slight In some cases the enemy was a half mile though this was the first time they were in the trenches the units from the various parts of the United States soon adapted themselves to the Due to the fact that the ground is fairly high the trenches are not con- because that is unnecessary and they have remained fairly The American patrols have been ating nightly in conjunction with the French and have worked between the lines with the greatest The artillery has been only intermittently STATE SENATE AGREES TO WHITMAN NOMINEES OU Guard Leaders Turn Out in Strength and Names Are Confirmed Quickly March 7. The can legislative leaders surrendered bodily to Governor today and unanimously confirmed the sent to the state senate last night to constitute the new Farms and kets The turnabout of the Old Guard leaders of the senate was a Senator Henry chairman of the have his committee discharged from further consideration of the agricultural interests of the state have been in a de- clared Senator I believe the best method to pursue in order that the department of the state shall be placed upon a prompt and efficient basis is to confirm these nominations The finance committee has not had time to meet act on I think we have delayed Senator Democratic insisted that the Republican who were dragging the farmer from corner to Corner in the hope of his had been ble for disgusting political combat with the but their attitude their sudden shift and change of heart shows that they can run ter than they can Tho legislative leaders admitted that they were tangled up yesterday on the question of having both houses of the legislature chose a at and finally construed the law to mean that they have the right only to name the successor this year of one of the Lewis Morrell of whose term expires April 1. The other commissioners and the dates of the expiration of their terms John commissioner at April James April Frank W. April John Y. April Miss Mary B. Van New York April Datus C. April John C. April liam E. F. April 102C. 11 NORTHERN LIGHTS ARE WITNESSED BY THRONGS Best Display Ever Seen in This Part of World Thought By Some to Be Fire Xew 7. The aurora borealis was observed by thousands of persons here The enon was visible from S o'clock to 11 when apparently it reached its maximum of The long streamers from the arch were well a vivid red Telegraph and telephone cations north and cast of New York suffered considerable interruption by reason of tho U. S. IS MOVING MEN REGULARLY Are Arriving in France on Schedule Re- port BIG Indications Are That Ground Will Harden Early This Spring D. March and supplies for General Pershing's forces now are moving to France on schedule time it was learned today on high While figures may not be it was stated that transportation ments of the army are being met by the shipping board and the immediate situation as to ships was described as In view of this assurance that the United States will be able to its place as a fighting unit on the battle front reports from the western front are being scanned more eagerly than ever by officers here for the first sign of 1918 It is felt strongly that the opening of major operations which President Wilson has predicted will prove the decisive year of the Great will not be much longer Mud has been the detaining factor of many previous western front So long as the ground is soft with the winter rain it is impossible to move forward great guns and necessary transport trains to support an advancing Even in tions this year are that the ground will harden early In permitting either side to undertake the prises No Offensive Before May 1. In previous April has seen offensive operations set in motion by the To some it appears able that no offensive will be under- taken on any considerable scale be- fore May 1. There are observers here who have never been convinced that the Germans actually Intended to at- tempt another at the channel ports or at To these officers the admitted concentration of man forces has seemed a. defensive than an offensive They believe that the German general staff a great Allied effort this year and were moving to offset it. A substantial American army ready is in the trenches on the ern front and Secretary Baker has in- that there may be at least a million American troops in France during 191S. SENATE PASSES FOR FINANCE COMPANY Voting 74 to Upper House Puts Through Four lion Measure D. March administration to create a war finance with a fund of to aid war was passed by the senate late today and now goes to the The veto was 71 to Senators Harding of Ohio and Sherman of and Hardwick of Georgia voting against the Opposition to the measure dwindled after various important amendments had been made in the original draft during a Senator Owen of chairman of the banking committee and a er of the opposition withheld his declaring he would not prove the Tho house ways and means com- already has prepared a report on the and its consideration in the house will begin next Ex- is strongly urged by the ad- ministration because of the effect on general finance and a third Liberty loan in Creation of the war finance to bo by Secretary McAdoo and four ed by tho president and subject to senate with capital of and authority to issue bonds up to is provided for in tho The corporation directors would be authorized to make advances ally through the Federal Reserve hanking to trust com- savings fire and light insurance and to make direct loans to the railroad and public utility corporations and to going ness contributory to the Must Buy Substitutes With Flour Purchases D. March All exceptions to the food rule requiring the chase of an equal amount of sub- with each purchase of wheat flour were revoked today be- cause of the necessity of ing wheat for the The entire country thus is put on a parity in regard to buying of wheat Exceptions to the rule have been allowed in certain localities substitutes are little known and to Increased demands for stuffs from the Allies were an- several days when the food administration abolished the meatless meal and the porkless Saturday as the consumption of wheat is closely related to the consumption of meat and it was deemed more imperative to save the Shortage in arrivals from Ar- gentine caused the enlarged re- quests on this AGAINST ZONE TWO ARE SUSPENDED Officers Opposed to Closing of Places of Around Army Camps D. March 7. sistant United States Attorney John E. Dougherty and Deputy United States Marshal of Rock have been suspended for 30 days for lack of sympathy with the policy of the department of justice re- garding the sale of liquor and ment of the law in vice zones adjacent to army announced today by the attorney is the result of a personal investigation under the of the attorney general re- garding conditions at Rock which adjoins an ordnance ing deplorable conditions found to exist at Rock the attorney general been caused ly by the neglect 01 the municipal to preserve order and de- and this has imposed an added responsibility on federal officers in that The announcement said that for an indefinite period the future special officers of the department will keep strict over the city adjacent the Rock Island Field officers of the department will be expected to take action on their own initiative have been heard by the it was explained and not await probing from the Hundreds of prosecutions of liquor venders and persons violating the vice restrictions have been heard by the department officials in the last few months and recent reports indicate that conditions about the camps are The Rock Island became acute several days ago soon after the training camp here was placed in the class of camps ed by liquor and vice barred Investigation agents of the department of justice visited Rock Island on com- plaints that saloons and dens continued in operation and their reports did not coincide with those of Deputy Marshal that the were Immediately the saloons were ordered closed and vice tions were then March welcome an Deputy United States Marshal Walter Williams said this afternoon when advised of his suspension in connection with at- torney general's inquiry into tions at the arsenal at the Rock land HIGH RECORD OF KILLED Four More Than Built in De- cember Lost to Germany By Allied Vigilance OFFICIALS OPTIMISTIC Weapons With Which to Combat Menace Are Being Turned Out Rapidly D. March more submarines were destroyed by the Allied and American naval forces in December than was able to build during that to information reaching This fact developed today iu sions of the statement made to ment Tuesday by Sir Eric C. lord of the that the submarines are being succeeding months have shown any loss in the German rines is not known it is believed that the campaign has proved so effective that increased eC- forts this soring will see a speedy de- crease in the number able to prey on Allied American Officials Show What officials know of plans for pressing home the attack with ing explains the feeling of that now prevails in official despite heavy drain on ship nage through the The ual decline in tonnage losses was graphically pictured to parliament with curve American naval officials appear to be satisfied that the weapons by which they expect finally to crush the menace are Increased numbers of patrol vessels of various appliances and to them more effective against ter and the skill of navy personnel are among the upon which they It has taken time to devise and build the but they are beginning 1o become available Kow America's real contribution to the naval warfare is about to be AVith every passing tho strength of the force will for it is em- bodied in the most extensive ton program for the navy of any CONFEREES AGREE ON O. CONTROL President Will Initiate Rates to Be Reviewed By Inter- state Body Rock March 7. As the result of an investigation of vice conditions around tho Rock Island where several hundred diers are by department of justice and army all saloons within a mile of the entrance to the arsenal and all disorderly houses within a were ordered closed on February The ment of the order put saloons and 27 wholesale liquor houses out of and j wholesale houses were left in The district affected by the five-mile zone includes all of nock East and la. Soldiers stationed at the camp have been restricted to the D. March agreement by the administration's to govern federal control of the roads was reached today by senate and house Leaders hoped to have the measure ready for the President's signature by this plan may be upset by op- position in the house to the rate ing giving the interstate com- merce commission power to review rates after their initiation by the With the exception of limiting eral control to 21 months after peace has been declared and providing for the taking over of short line I the as finally agreed is tually in the form it passed the The principal dispute between the conferees was on rate Under the house draft the President given complete power to j while the senate left Ui power with 'the interstate commerce I Failing to compose their 'the conferees today adopted a mise drafted by Senator j Robinson under which President is authorized to initiate rales subject to review by the com- Jn determining the fairness of the commission is required to take into consideration tho fart lhat the carriers arc being operated under unified and that justment in rates as arc proposed are for the purpose obtaining additional I I The conferees also inserted in j provisions limiting the ratio of taxation of railroad property in the various states to a rate higher than that for the year previous to tho ing over of the SAYS FOLLOW NATURAL LAWS TO FOOD Bush Claims Supply and Demand Will Regulate Conditions Automatically before the eastern meeting New York Stuto Association of Fruit Growers J. T. who lias been active in the formation of the 111 Now York Unit it the laws of supply and demand lowed to or if tho farmers were guaranteed a profit of 10 there would bo produced in this country this year enough food to feed ourselves and our allies without any or Resolutions were adopted urging the repeal of the law establishing the State Council of Varms and Markets ami the state food control also urged that the Stute Department of Agriculture be and governed by a board of control composed of farmers ed by the agricultural interests of the During tho session today addresses were made by It. tor of the Rural Xew sor of the State station at William taling of Professor Prof. H. Chandler of the State College of NEW NATIONAL PARTY STATES ITS PLATFORM Demand Passage of ical Laws for Farmers and Laborers ASK EQUAL SUFFRAGE Plank Also Calls For Wide Prohibition By ment Ratification DRAFTED MEN WILL BE ON PHYSIQUE New Regulations Provide Re- classification of All Into Four Classes D. March classification according to physical condition of the men called next army draft is provided in the next instructions for medical advisory which are being sent to the local boards the The new regulations made public require that every man moned before the board shall be placed in one of the following four for general tary for general twy service being for for special or 1 military service in a capacity or exempted from any military It is the intention of the Provost Marshal General to provide later for the further investigation and fication of the men acceptable for or special service so that record may be made tho sort of work each of these men may be to do without endangering his Under the new regulations many ailments and defects which gained ex- emption of drafted men in the past now will result only in their being listed in group B. Such men If they will be given the privilege of securing the services oC their family physician in tho effort to remove the but if they have not availed themselves of this within specified time they will he called into military service and ordered to a base a tion or to a civic hospital as may be designated by the surgeon BEGIN CENTRALIZING RAILROAD PURCHASES John Skelton Williams Heads Division of Finance and Purchases March 7. An rora borealis of brilliant red was ible through New England tonight for a period of about three At the Harvard observatory it was said that the blood red was rather un- usual in northern light Many observers believed that the illumination ot the sky was duo to a WAR DISEASES New March alarming increase n tho number oC cases of in- i diseases among employes of munitions plants as result of contact with chemicals used in the i turc of high explosives was reported at tho Xew York of cine tonight by Dr. David Lynn professor of clinical medicine nt Harvard told the physicians who met t consider diseases and their remedies it had ben found that out of persons exposed to these were more or less March today that the order creating five-mile dry zones around the naval academy and seven naval training posts would become effective next March unless wise ordered Secretary Daniels said he had taken under advisement urgen requests from liquor interests at eral of the places affected that they may be given further time to move out of the THOMAS PEARY J. March Admiral Thomas of PorU died suddenly uay at Southern where ho spent tho A message here tonight announcing his tenth did not give the Ad- miral Peary was a. native of Y. was in 1S-M and from the naval academy in 1865_ WILL CHECK HUN PLOTTERS Thousand Men to JSc in Port Guard Which Will Protect Water Xew March 7. Another step to check plotters at this port was taken today the t at the New York navy yard started a three-day campaign to enlist men between the ages of IS and 33 for a new he known as the Navy Port Guard for tho Harbor ot New The troops will do guard duty on allied and tral supplementing tho work being performed the iront by and members of the Home Defense The new port guard will be able to serve at homo for tbc duration of the war it was but this mon of draft must obtain from local boards that they have not been called lor thr National March tial centralization of the purchasing oC between worth of railroad supplies and equipments a jear under government supervision is involved in a I'm organizing the railroad administration division of finance and purchases announced j today by Director General John Skelton as of this will be assisted by a central committee three expert railway purchasing agents and regional committees will bo created for the western and operating Through tho central organization will bo and steel tho principal big quantity purchases of and an effort will bo not only to economize by wholesale but to equipment and Coal other fuel will be bought individual lines to supply their individual but under the supervision of the regional MANY NEW IDEAS PUT FORTH Advanced Loans Wanted For Crops and of of Nation March and radical legislation favoring farmers and laborers are the chief planks of the platform of the National party adopted hero today at a convention attended by 100 of whom are bolters from the Prohibition The platform was adopted by a un- It is the first definite expression of policy of tho new In regard to suffrage the platform demands the right of men and women to vote on all questions and ments of the laws enfranchising groes and others regardless of color and The Prohibition pledges party to work for and for immediate ratification of the constitutional Extension of the federal loan law Is among the important items of the legislation concerning farmers which is Advance loans upon crops or products In ment insurance of farms and federal Inspection of farm products at terminals and untaxing of all farm and measures to prevent the holding of largo tracts of land idle are Limit Immigration and Working Hours Limitation of ing working governmental more rigorous Inspection factories and working adequate enforcement of child labor are some of the things urged in It also advocates that the forbid interstate shipments of articles made by children and men employed more than eight hours a day or six days a convicts un- der private contract or persons em- ployed in uninspected factories or of contract priced on labor and the the honor system in prisons is Much of the platform also is devoted to the question of international Tho platform declares that the party recognizes the republic of the world is the goal for international political development and urges of secret freedom of the and abolition of prohibitive or discriminative tariff or taxes upon trade and Foreign ments must bear their own an- other plank Other conditions advocated are dom ot both by word of mouth and by printed the short ballot in and municipal right of absentee citizens to vote by public ownership of public and extension of the postal and parcel post Appeal to Foreign A manifesto amplifying the party's platform was approved tonight and copies of it will be- sent to the Labor party of foreign Besides explaining tho purpose of the it will win the war and Dm organization of labor forces is a amount condition to tho winning of the Labor is gaining a ruling position in all fields ot society and this position must be strengthened until labor controls This must be done through unions and Tt also demands that labor be resented in any council discussing The report of the committee on calling for appointment of a national committee and various state committees was adopted The report declares that the party had shown a remarkable growth since it was first Although it did not mention the report declared that many state candidates on the national ticket would bo ed at the next TO P. a of barges to carry oil from iho Mexican fields to ports is consideration by the shipping 1'oai-il. Ho many tank ors out oC the trade for use It Haul today used uC quick After in Mew Yorl City Keels Oyster March returned to his honu i 011 Hill this I been for several weeks In Xew i York where he underwent for car Mrs. him The trir from I fay In Roosevelt declared that he Celt p m m m 1 1 m te m II m OKI m P
