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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
Navies Of Nations Fighting leu.
tons To Now Work as Unit in
Pressing War at Sea.
FORM BOARD IN PARIS
Flag officers To Represent Secretary
Daniels and Admiral Benson.
United States Representative
On Body.

Washington. Dec. ia cablegram
to the navy department from Admiral
Benson in Paris announces the crea.
ton of an Allied naval council to
coordinate the naval operations of all
the nations at war with the Teutonic
powers.
Members of the council established
in accordance with the plans of the
inter-Allied conference, will report to
their respective government with re-.
concentrations for action.
Meetings to Be In Europe.
The council will be composed of the
minister of marine and chief of naval
staff Of each country, in the case of
the United States Secretary Daniels
and Admiral Benson. AS the meet.
ings must be held in Europe, flag of.
ficers designated by their governments
will represent the members from both
the United States and Japan.
Admiral Bensons message says:
Close Cooperation Sought.
ut has been decided to create a
naval allied council in order to in.
sure the closest touch and complete
cooperation between the Allied fleets.
The duty of the council will be to
watch over the general naval conduct
Of the war and the coordination of
ment of all scientific operations con.
nected with the conduct of the war.
1.-THE council will make all the nee.
essary recommendations to enable the
government to make decisions. It will
keep itself informed as to the execu.
ton of plans decided upon. The mem
bers of the councill will report to
their respective governments as may
be necessary.
Other Details Of Plan.
ut has been decided that the coun-
ell should consist of the ministers of
marine of the nations represented and
Of the chiefs of the naval STATS. AS
the meeting of the council will of
necessity be held in Europe the chiefs
Of the general naval STAINS of the Unit
ed States ana Japan will be represent
ed by flag officers nominated by their
respective governments. The Allied
naval council will be provided with a
permanent secretariate whose business
1t will be to collect and collate all
necessary information, etc.
1.-THE council will meet as often as
may be thought necessary under the
presidency of the minister of marine
Of the country in which the meeting is
held"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
LIBBY TO ANSWER CHARGES
Will Have Opportunity To Appear Be-
fore Union.

Winona, MIMI, Dec. 17.--Winona
Lodge, No. 1873. International Associa-
ton Of Mechanics, has formally noti-
fed II. w. Libby, secretary of the Min.
nesota Public Safety commission, to
be present at special meeting Of the
local next Tuesday, at which time
charges preferred against him by the
st. Paul local will be considered. Mr..
Libby will be given an opportunity to
defend himself against the charge that
he had been unfaithful to unionism.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
Camp sites Vet to 30 cho,en.

Camp Sites Vet to Be Chosen.
Washington, Dec. 17.-sites for most
Of the officers training camps of the
third series to open January s are yet
to be selected by the War department.
This static Of affairs. it is explained is
due to the fact that the schools will be
attached to army divisions. which may
be moved at any time from their pres.
emit posts. Wherever possible ayail.
able facilities at sites of the first and
second camps viii be used, but there
10 NO definite assurance as to which Of
the old camps VIII have divisions on
January {.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
Castor Means Acquitted

Concord, N. H., Dec. 17.-Gaston b.
Means was acquitted here yesterday of
charge Of staying Mrs. Maude A.
King. the wealthy New York and Chi
cago widow. Mrs. King was killed at
Blackwelder Springs, lonely spot near
here. on August 29th. while shooting
rabbits after motor drive with Means
and q party Of his friends. She was
alone with Means at the time, who al
leges she shot herself by accident, in
stumbling. The defendant was the
woman's financial agent, and it was
alleged that the killing may have beer
done to avoid financial accounting,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
Europea,, War News

Funchal, capital of the Madeira is.
lands, has been bombarded by Ger
man submarine, says dispatch from
Lisbon, Portugal. Forty shells were
fired, killing or wounding number of
persons and damaging several build
ings. The submarine fled ON being ut.
tackled.
The Austrian battleship Wien was
torpedoed and sunk, according to a
Vienna official statement received In
Amsterdam and forwarded to London.
Most of the crew were saved. The bat
tleship Wien displaced 5,512 tons and
was laid down in 1893.
A slight increase in the losses of
British merchantmen by mine or sub
marine in the last week is noted in
the admiralty statement issued at Lon
don. Fourteen vessels of more than
1000 tons were SUM;
The semi-official German news agen-
cy says rehabilitation of the Russian
forces has begun and that peace nego-
tiations, restricted to the Russian
front, have been authorized.
The torpedoing Of two Austrian bat
tleships in the harbor Of Trieste by
Italian torpedo craft on the night Of
December 8 is reported in a message
received at New York nv Commander
G. Pfster Of the Italian navy.
The German attack east of Bulle.
court was repulsed by the British ex-
cept at one point, according to Field
Marshal Haig's report to London. The
Germans suffered heavy losses. many
dead being left behind on their retire.
ment. The Germans captured Na'
yards Of front line trench.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
Expected West Front Move Seen
As Preliminary to New
Peace Offensive.
BREADS COMING OF US.
German Propaganda cuItlvatins "War
Spirit Within, Pacifism Without"
Enemy at Zenith Of Power
Time Favors Allies.

London. Dec. 15.-Germany's much
advertised forthcoming west front
drive is her first preliminary to an
other peace offensive.
She hopes to achieve a dent some
where on the Franco British line.
She wants to claim "invincibility" of
her military forces to the German
people to steel them to overwhelming
sacrifices which must come when
America throws her strength in the
battle line. She wants to buck up
Austria. Hungary to greater sacrifices
against that day.
Fears Americas Entry.
She wants to accelerate growth of
pacif1st and peace without VIC
tory" sentiment IN Allied nations.
Above all, she wants the war to end
before Americas millions of men and
war machines can be arrayed against
her and overwhelmingly turn the
tide to a certain German defeat.
This is the view of observers here.
1t is based on welldefined develop
ments of recent weeks in Germany.
The kaiser and his military chiefs
can i'll afford to sacrifice the thou
sands of soldiers who must be thrown
to slaughter in a west front often
sive, in the view here of Germany's
desperation.
Peace Propaganda Increases.
A tremendous increase in German
peace propaganda has been noted re.
Gently.
Germany today is at the summit of
her strength. With every hour from
now on it oozes away. At home,
Chancellor Hertling has apparently
ceInented political ruptures. On the
seas by speeding up methods Ger.
many's submarines are still taking a
heavy toll of Allied shipping. In the
field, Germany claims major credit for
the strategy of the successful drive
into Italy and great many German
troops participated there. Russia has
been definitely put out of the war
more than counterbalancing Turkeys
utter collapse. Through cleverly ex-
erted, but nevertheless relentless
pressure, Germany is extorting foo I
and metal supplies from her neutral
neighbors.
Zenith Of kaiser's Power.
The kaiser is at the zenith Of hls
power. To save his autocracy, he
must now, in this moment of strength,
try to save something from the wreck
that inevitably is coming, by peace
made while Germany is strong.
He knows President Wilson's prose.
lyting of the German people, seeking
to bring them to their senses and
overthrow autocracy, will gain witt,
every day henceforth. He and his
leaders know the Berlin-Bagdad
scheme is gone with Turkeys smash.
up. He knows with the Allied and
American shipbuilding plans and
with perfection of anti-submariae de.
vices the German U-boat is destined
to play less and less a part in the
war. He knows his ambitious propa,
ganda seeking to disrupt Italy has
failed, that separate peace with the
Russian Bolsheviki means nothing
Above all else, he realizes that next
spring perhaps America will have a
great force of carefully trained men
on the fighting line, that American
airplanes will likely start with AL
lied aviators to sweep Germany from
the skies.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
US. ENGINEERS ARE MISSING

Seventeen Unaceounted for Since Ger.
man Turning Movement
Washington, Dec. 17.-Seventeen en-
listed men of the United States engi-
neer corps were reported missing in
action by General Pershing in a dis
patch to the war department yesterday.
They were missing on Nov. 80, the day
of the German turning movement at
Cambria. and are believed to have fall
en- into the hands of the Germans while
fighting valiantly with the engineer
contingent which distinguished itself
helping the British check the attack.
The missing men are largely from New
York and New England points.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
10 defend Venice to Last MAN,

TO Deteno venice TO Last Man.
With the French Armies in Italy,
Dec. 15.-Italy will defend Venice. to
the last drop Of her blood. One needs
only to talk to Italian soldiers and
see the preparations for defense to
understand this. The city itself is
being converted into an unapproach.
able island. 1t is capable now Of
standing an indefinite state of siege.
Aside from its natural lagoon de-
lenses. which encircle the city, the
Venetian plains for endless miles
o9ul ps9leAuc, IIp1ov1 su1sq otz
veritable labyrinth Of defenses. '-'
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
MANCHURIAN RAILWAY TAKEN
eoIsheviki Movement Progresses Into
Far East

Pekin, delayed Message Of Dec. 14.)
-Bolshevilli forces have taken over the
Chinese Eastern railroad and the adj
ministrative area in northern Man.
churia, according to a telegram from
Hardin, received by the legation here.
General Hervath. the Russian comman-
der at Hardin who was forced to work
with the Bolsheviki for the purpose of
"'nintaining order, is said to have in
formed the consular officials that in
the future it would be impossible for
him to be responsible for the conduct
of affairs. The foreign consuls at
Hardin suggest that the Chinese, sup
ported by the entente powers, take over
the railway and railway zone.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
CALLS THEM "sLovcHY"
ExpIaIns Why College Men Did Not
Get Army Commissions.

Many Of the college men who at
tended the reserve officers training
camp at the Preside at San Francisco.
"were mentally and physically
slouchy," and this prevented their OBJ
tanning commissions, according to .
letter from Adjt. Gen. Henry p. Mo
Cain at Washington. received by Pres
ident Benjamin Ide Wheeler of the.
University Of California.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
SENDS MORE TROOPS WEST
Katser's Supreme Effort Coming Critic
Warns.

London, Dec. 1--we must expect
half million fresh German fighters on
the west front and many more guns
and aircraft" declared Colonel Nep.
ington, the Times military expert,
in an article emphatically warning
the nation that Germany is prepar.
ing her supreme military effort there.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
!. + j. j. !. !. i. i. T. !. j. + !. j. + .
+ WOULD CHECK JAPAN. .
+ RUSSIAN ANARCHISTS :

:. London, Dec. 15.-"If the
! Western Allies agree, there
: is no reason why Japan should
J. not undertake to use her arms
+ to check the anarchist move
!. ment in Russia-at least in the
!. far East" said N. Kato, LON
+ don editor Of the Osaka Maini.
+ Chi, in an interview printed in
!. the Chronicle.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
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Important
News Events
of the World
Summarized
U.S.-Teutor1ic War News

u. S.-IeutO1ic War News
A number of American railway en-
gineers have been killed by German
aerial bombs in u town somewhere be-
hind the British 'front.' says dispatch
from France.
"A serious calamity and n national
disgrace are inevitable" IL surgical
dressings are not sent to France with
all possible speed, according to IL ca
blegram from Major Grayson NJ. r.
Murphy, head Of the American Red
Cross In France, which was made pub
lie ut New York.
against Austria was fired on the 1tal-
ian front when Representative Tink-
ham of Boston pulled the string Of a
Lao millimeter gun, hurting shell
across to the Austrian lines.
A division Of regular cavalry, the
first the American army has had since
&Civil war days. is being formed at FL
PasO, Tex. Officials ut Washington
said the step was in preparation Tor
eventuulities abroad.
Gunners on an American merchant
ship which arrived at an Atlantic port
from Archnngel, Russia, declared they
encountered Il German submarine ana
destroyed the U-boat by guntire.
Germany has masscd on the western
front her greatest army of the war;
Secretary Baker declared ut Washing
ton in his weekly war review. 10 meet
this menace the United States must
speed up its military preparations, the
secretary adds, with n warning that
the enemy is preparing to put into
execution in France plans he has been
maturing since the peace negotiations
with Russia permitted the masslng OF
men on the western front for that pur-
pose.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
Noted Wrestler Is Dead

Des Moines, Iowa, Dec. 17.-Frank A.
Gotch. retired champion heavyweight
wrestler of the world, died at noon to-
day at his home. Humboldt, Iowa, Of
uraemic poisoning. He had been In
failing health for two years.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20

Government control of the railroads
for the period of the war, but contin-
ued private operation, were the fea-
lures Of the plan for dealing with the
transportation crisis which President
Wilson discussed Mt Washington with
the members of the railroads war
board.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
Washington

Secretary Baker at Washington
made this reply to General Croziers
charge that he is responsible for the
failure. until June IL last, to make u
choice of machine guns: II am respon-
sible for anything that goes on in the
war department. l have been much
interested In the subject of machine
guns. appointed u board to pass on
them. l can't say anything for pub
LEGATION. Our adversaries would be
glad to acquire Information"
Wads of red tape, pickering by the
war munitions board, snail-pace pro-
ceedings in congress, and unwilling
ness Of manufacturers to take q
chance" on contracts without govern
ment funds actually avallable-all
these conditions were revealed to the
senate military affairs committee at
Washington as the causes of low
speed in eeuipping Americas armies.
They were Brought out In testimony of
Major General Crozier, chief of ord
nance.
One single printed page constitutes
the annual report, made public at
Washington, of Rear Admiral David
w. Taylor, chief Of the bureau of con-
struction and repair, although that Of
deer is carrying out the largest naval
building program ever entered upon
by any nation.
The house at Washington voted to
give the seat for the Second Michigan
district held by Mark r. Bacon, Re.
publican, to S. w. Beaker, Democrat.
President Wilson issued a proclama.
lion at Washington reducing the alco
holic content Of beer brewed aftel
January I, 1913, to 2K per cent By
weight and prohibiting the use In the
manufacture Of malt liquors Of more
than 20 per cent Of the average
amount of foods. fruits. food materials
and feeds used in such manufacturing
durin~' the one-year period.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
Domestic

In final effort to relieve the serious
coal situation in Ohio, Gov. James Cox
is preparing charges which, he de-
clares, will he forwarded to President
Wilson ut once against f. c. Baird of
Cleveland, head of the lake coal ship
ping pool. Cox charges Baird repre-
sents the coal operators and not the
interests of consumers, and will de-
mnnd his dismissal.
Currency amounting to S46.73O was
seized by five robbers when they held
up ten employees of the State bank ut
La Grange, ILL.,, and escaped.
A fuel oil fire in the fireroom of the
United States navy tug caused the
death of three men and serious injury
to another, the navy department at
Washington announced. The dead
are: Bruce w. Ross, Lloyd ]. Hamp-
ton and William NJ. Williams. The in
jured man is Ellsworth l.. Trumbuli of
Martinsville, Ind.
On account of the present shortage
of coal in New York one of the largest
real estate companies in the city, OPP
Grating 40 apartment houses, COM
menced to turn Off the heat in all its
houses between the hours of II u. III.
and 3 p. III.
Fire destroyed 20 stores Mt Picher,
Okla, the largest town in the lead and
zinc mining district. The loss is esti-
mated ut $15O,O0O.
An embargo on all export freight,
except for the United States govern
ment, on all railroads reaching North
Atlantic seabord ports. was ordered
by the general operating committee ut
New York.
Frank ]. Kusack. his wife and Mrs.
Hanora Madagan. his mother-in-law,
were found asphyxiated by gas in their
home at Chicago.
Thirteen of the negroes of the
Twenty-fourth infantry. U. 8. A., found
guilty Of completely IN the riot ard
mutiny Mt Houston August 49, were
hanged on the military reservation at
Fort Sam Houston. Tex. Only army
officers and Sheriff John Tobin of
Baxter county were present when the
sentence was carried out by soldiers
from the post.
Counterfeiting schemes said to in
volve more than $1.OOO,OOO and whose
ramifications included Europe, South
America and the United States. were
disclosed at New York when William
j. Flynn, chief of the United States
secret service, announced that plant
had been seized and that the final ar.
rest Of those involved was made.
With two plates of her how stove In
the steamer Presque Isle, carrying
coal from Cleveland to Milwaukee, Is
hanging to Centerville reef, nine miles
north of Sheboygan. Wis. She went
aground in q storm.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
CONQUEST AND KULTUR

The isolated groups Of Ger
mans abroad greatly benefit our
trade. since by preference they
obtain their goods from Ger
many; but they may also be use
full to us politically, as we dis
cover in America. The Amert-
can-Germnns have formed n pO-
litical alliance with the Irish.
and thus united constitute n
power in the state with which
the government must reckon
Bernhardi. Germany and the
Next War (1011).
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20
Foreign

John Johansen, helmsman on the
Norwegian steamer limo, the Belgian
relief ship whose collision with the
ammunition steamer Mont Blanc led
to the disaster ut Halifax, was de-
tanned as u German spy suspect.
Dispatches received mt Geneva BY
way of Vienna report that the sultan
Of Turkey is seriously i'll.
German greed has Overreached itself
again. Supremacy arrogant over the
manner in which the Russian bolshev-
Xxi fell in with its proposals for an
armistice, the German high control.
Washington learned. has demanded
peace terms which bid fair to unite all
Russia into potent anti-German
force.
Winston Spencer Churchill, minister
of munitions, spoke at Bedford, Eng
land, on the allies war aims. He said
the situation was more serious than 1t
had been reasonable three months ago
to expect. His address was warm
ing against premature peace and an
Endorsement of President Wilson's
statement of war aims embodied in his
recent speech to congress-.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-12-20

Dispatches received ut Geneva BY
way of Vienna report that the sultan
Of Turkey Is seriously Ill.
The Washington times., 1917-10-24
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The Washington times., 1917-10-24
GAYETY-

"a Trip to Elphanto" is the title OF
the two-aet revue in fifteen scenes
which Dave Marion and his own COM
pany will offer at the Gayety Tneater
next week. Mr.. Marion. himself. will
head the cast IN his familiar role Of
"Snuhfy," but in new surroundings,
and 1t is said that in the current pro-
duction his humor is seen at it's best.
Men OF Importance are Charles Ray
mond, a straight man, who is making
his temperance in burlesque after
tour of the vaudeville theaters;
Horan and Burke, a clever team Of
blAckface comedians, and Henry
Plunkett. Agnes Behler heads the
female contingent, assisted by Inez
de Verdier, Nellie Watson. and Mile.
Bertolleti.
The Washington times., 1917-10-24
G. P.O. WORKERS FORM
"MATRNEE COMPANY"

The Matinee Company" composed
of more than 100 night workers at
the Government Printing Office, today
10 a unit OF the Home Defense League
Rifles. The new company will be of.
ficially known as Company H, but
because 1t plans to hold afternoon
drills and target practice, 1t has al
ready been given a nickname, the
Matinee Company"
A rife range is being constructed
in the basement OF the Printing OF.
fce, where rifles OF small bore can be
used in target practice. There are
1000 male attaches Of the Govern.
ment Printing Office. and more COM
panies will be organized.
Col. NJ. A. Winter, commander Of the
Home Rifles, addressed the midnight or
ganization meeting last night Lieut.
Col. z. T. Hazelton, Maj o. A. Phelps,
and Maj. ID. W. Thayer. Of Col Win
ter's stan, also spoke. Hubert Newson
presided, and E A Lange sang patriotic
songs.
The Washington times., 1917-10-24
CHAUFFERS JOIN IN
SAFETY FIRST DRIVE

The Professional Chauffeur Asso-
citation. numbering hundreds of men
who drive cars about the city for
living, today announced its fnten-
tion Of giving all possible co-opera-
tion In the campaign of the Safety
First Association to make Washing
tons streets safe. and will hold a
meeting to consider ways and means
Friday evening in the club rooms,
11O1 Fourteenth street northwest.
Lieutenant HeRdley. head of the
police traffic squad. Sergeant Shelby
and Sergeant Stanley will speak.
ut is a good sign when chaufIeurs
meet for such a cause" said Presi-
dent Milton d. Smith today 1--WE
trust our efforts will meet with good
results and will be appreciated by
the public. When chauffeurs show
an interest in safety FIRST work, surely
some good will result