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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-16
SITUATION IS OUTLINED

Petrograd May 15.--Insofar as it is pos- sible to present any definite feature of the whring maelstrom of events of which Petrograd is the storm centre, the situa- ton today is as follows:
 The conflict between the temporary government and the council of workmen' s and soldiers deputies is nearer solution than it has been since the revolution, but the disorganization, almost anarchy, has reached such proportions that it seems extremely doubtful whether any concen- tration of power in the government or the belated reconciliation of the two forces which have been pulling in opposite directions can recreate order out of the present chaotic conditions, for a con- siderable time at least.
 ARMY IS WILLING
 The councils appeal to the army and it's recent decision to accept part of the responsibility of government by the formation of a coalition ministry testify to it's willingness to cooperate with the provisional government. The difficulties between the representatives of the pro- letariat and the government appear tc be over.
 The deputies have declared themselves strongly against separate peace and in favor of conducting vigorous offen- sive war against an army which lis in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-16
Civil Population Evacuated

enast4raasn. Nay 15.-(Via London 1.-The kanaesahlaa sss the Germans have evac- ated the efvN Population of the town of Messtis BAzgiar Menin lies on the Frages Eel#lan entier, about IS miles southesk& uf NptHA The town has a populs tiss. bstvlseis ls.OOO and 20. 600 and hes re rAF l.Ha Axtensive lace. cot ton k aissl s& factories.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-16

Hostile artillery was particularly heavy on both banks of the Scarpe.
 1.-Two German airplanes were brought down in the air fighting yesterday. An other hostile machine was driven down out of control. Two of our airplanes are missing"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-16
Situation h Russia
 Chaotic But Is Not
 Hopeless, Says Report
Committee of Workmen and Soldiers Votes to Participate in Government Seems Willing to Cooperate, But Conditions Are Very Much Mixed Cabinet is
 Being ReOrganized- Solution of
 Problem is Near

Petrograd May 15-Via London)The executive commit tee of the council of workmen and soldiers delegates after discussing yesterday the internal situation Russia decided by Al votes against 19 favor the participation of representa- tives of socialist parties in the provisional government
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-16

Berlin, May 14.-(Via Lop~ don. )-In one of the most vigorous and plain spoken speeches he has made before the Reichstag since the out break of the war, the inn perial German chancellor today bluntly refused to en- ter into a discussion of Ger many's peace aims as de- manded in interpellations by the conservatives and social ists.
 Dr. Won Bethmann-Hollweg as- serted that these called for the gov ernment's specific peace programme, the announcement of which would at the present time not only be prema- ture, but which it would be difficult to formulate and also of no practical service to the nation in the present situation.
 While appreciating the passionate de- sire of all classes to know the govern ment's views, the chancellor plainly de clared that he would not permit himself to be swayed by pressure from any source, and that he was not under the spell of any party or clique. The best interests of the ation, he believed, de- manded that the reticence he had im- posed on himself in the face on continu- ous clamor since December 1915, should be observed until the moment was ripe. He was sure that such a course would be indorsed by the nation at large, which continued to rally around it's Emperor, and would also meet the views of the majority of the members of the Reich stag.
 REVIEWS SITUATION
 The chancellor briefly reviewed the present military situation and Germany s relations to the neutrals, in the course of which he warmly praised the attitude adopted by Spain.
 THROWS SOP TO RUSSIA
 AS regards our eastern neighbor, Rus sia, I have already recently spoken It appears as it new Russia had declined for herself these violent plans of con quest. Whether Russia will or can act in the same sense of her allies, l am unable to estimate. Doubtless England with the assistance of her allies, is em- rloying all her efforts to keep Russia harnessed to England's war chariot and to traverse Russian wishes for the speedy restoration of the worlds peace
 If however, Russia wants to prevent further bloodahed and renounces all vio- lent plans of conquest for herself, if she wishes to restore durable relations of peaceful life side by side with us. then surely it is a matter of course ,Aac we. as we share this wish, will not disturb the permanent relationship in the future and will not render it's development inn possible by demands, which, indeed, do not accord with the freedom of nations and would deposit in the Russian nation the germ of enmity (Thunderous ap- plause).
 T doubt not that an agreement, aiming exclusively at mutual understanding, could be attained. which excludes every thought of oppression and which would leave behind no sting and no discord.
 MILITARY POSITION GOOD
 Our military position has never been
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-16
REVIEWS SITUATION

The chancellor briefly reviewed the present military situation and Germanys relations to the neutrals, in the course of which he warmly praised the attitude adopted by Spain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-05-16

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New Britain herald., 1917-04-27

come forward and win for him. But for this he might now be sitting in a higher seat and doing us more harm than he can do where he is.'
 Major Gen. G. T. M. Bridges, repre- senting Great Britain's army on the Balfour High War commission, ex- pressed confidence that the United States was determined to do its full share in the war against Geermany, and he voiced the hope that Ameri- can troops would soon be fighting be- side their allies on the battle fronts of Europe. There were nearly 300 editors and their guests at the dinner, and they gave vociferous evidence that they shared both his confidence and hope.
 In the course of all the speeches
 mention of the gallantry of the vari-
 cus forces of the Allies and of the military and civil leaders of the En- tente powers was the signal for loud applause, and when the HeO. N. w. Powell. member of the Canadian Par liament, spoke of Joffre as having broken, in the battle of the Marne, l the tradition of German military su- premacy and thereby saved civiliza- tion, the cheering was tumultuous.
New Britain herald., 1917-04-27
RIGHT OF WAY FOR
 COAL AND IRON ORE
Railroad Board Will Punish Lines
 Yho gVide Order

Washington. April 27.-Orders di- recting the country's railroads to give coal and iron ore preference over all other traffic have been issued by the General Railroad Board of the Coun- cil of National Defense, formed here two weeks ago by railroad heads to operate American railway lines as one continental system during the war.
 In announcing it's first important movement since organizing. the board declared the welfare and safety of the nation depended on adequate sup plies of coal and iron. and that eva sion of the order would call for the strictest disciplinary measures. Rail- road presidents will be charged per- sonally with responsibility for car- ryfng the order into effect
 New emergency car service rules, drawn by the American Railway As sociation's Car Service Commission, and made public today in connection with the boards order, require thA* coal and ore cars when emptied must be sent loaded or empty either direct iy to or in the general direction of home roads. Foreign box cars also must be sent, loaded if practicable, in the direction of home roads
 The General Railroad Board. or Executive committee, comprises five members, with Fairfax Harrison,
New Britain herald., 1917-04-27

president of the Southern railway, at it's head. The other members are Howard Elliott of the New Haven, Hale Holden of the Burlington, Jul jus Kruttschnitt of the Southern Pa cific, and Samuel Req of the Penn sylvania. Serving as ex-oficio mem bers are Daniel Willard, President of the Baltimore & Ohio. and member of the Defense Councils Advisory committee, and E. E. Clark of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
 'The committee has decided" the announcement said. .that in view of the depletion Of the reserve stock of coal in many sections of the United States, due largely to an unprece- dented consumption during the last year, the paramount need is to in- sure the largest part of the country during the coming warm months.
 '"The supreme purpose of the rail- roads is to see that on every day of every week the greatest possible amount of coal and iron ore is handled by their lines, and the executive com mittee is confident that the response of the carriers to the order today will be immediate and will evidence a complete desire on their part to do everything III Cne1F power tO alu in the nations Ndefense.''
 The board declares it realizes that opportunities are often discovered. by interpretation or otherwise, to evade the spirit of rules governing the dis tribution and use of cars. and says:
 "The board therefore deems it it's duty to state that it will and does look to the president of each road personally to see to Nit. as a special charge upon the good faith of him. self and his railroad. that this rule is not evaded nor abused, but is applied to accomplish daily the purpose in- tended. This committee expects that upon each road the president will re- uuire all officers to observe this rule. This order must be brought to the personal attention of all shippers us- ing gondola and hopper cars, so that no abuses nor evasfons of the rule governing the use and movement of such cars will occur.
 "If failure occurs, this committee take prompt and effective steps to correct all such cases by disciplinary measures, including the publication, where deemed necessary, of names of officers and railroads refusing or failing to respond to this appeal"
New Britain herald., 1917-04-27
GERARD TELLS OF BERLIN'S EVIL. Al TlTUDE TOWARD U. s. Former Ambassa for Says Germany Would Have Made
 War on Ul lited States if Victorious in Europe @ Because of Hatred.

in either 8 draw or German victory
 "I have heard that people in the interior of our country, in our great middle west are apathetic-do not be- lieve. that war with European power would affect them. I do believe this: The people of the middle west are too intelligent to believe that, if German submarines ruled the seas. their pros perity would not be touched, that if German army landed in Mexico and armed and led force to the north that the middle west would get off scot free. An army which meets no opposition can go far and tribute levied on a blockaded country must be paid by all.
 Knowing the mind and might of Germany as I have for the past two and 8 half years, I appeal to the en- tire country, not only as patriotic duty but as an absolutely necessary measure of elf-preservation. to stand by the president and urge the passage of the administration bill for universal obligatory military service"
 . Criticism of Speaker Clark. Perhaps the most striking incidents of the evening were criticisms by the | mayor and former Ambassador Ger | ard of the opposition of Speaker Clark to the Selective Draft bill now | under debate in the house of repre- sentatives. In the course of his re- marks. on this subject MT. Gerard made an interesting revelation of the history of the Baltimore convention in 1912 which rejected Speaker Clark for the presidential nomination and named Woodrow Wilson.
 T was one of the financial support CTS of MT. Clark's campaign for the
 nomination" said MT. Grard. ''and in the light of events I am not sorry that he was beaten. In point of fact.
 MT. Clark had an excellent chance to
 obtain the nomination, but lost it by
 reason of his natural disposition to
 have cold feet
 Late one night MT. Clark had se-
 cured a majority of the votes in the
 convention, but not enough to nom-
 mate, since three-fifths Of all the votes
 were required for that purpose. His
 supporters wished to continue the fight in the convention throughout the night. believing that with the mo-
 mentum that had been attained, MT. CIsrk's nomination was assured
 But Mn Clark decided for an ad- iournment until next day. and the
 battle was lost. Perhaps he thought Jthat in. the interval volunteers would
New Britain herald., 1917-04-27

New York. April 2; flames w. Gerard, formerly Amer can ambassa- dor to Germany appea led last night tt the entire country to Vtand by Pres ident Wilson and to urt le congress to pass the administration bill for uni yersal. obligatory milita1 " service. He declared that he knew that 1T ter many had won either draw or victory in the war. she would nave attacked the United St, utes. regard. less of whether America had entered the war. MT. Gerard pas speaking at the annual dinner of the Ameri- can Newspaper Publishe IS associa- ton. He said:
 "Let no man, be he tch or poor. IabOrer, farmer, miner, m Anufacturer. business man, or whatev TT his occu- patton. or in what inter- tQr part of the country he may live. believe that this is not his war. The ! lives and safety of himself and his family and the preservation of hts D foperty and the right to enjoy the fl rlits of his labor or industry depend upon it's suc- cessful outcome. There . no out rage that would not be ] aerpetrated upon us if we lost; and ;no citizen or section would be immun q,
 we are at war with I. govern ment possessing the greate military machine the world has ever seen. ana which believes Irrespective of Amer fcan opinion on the subject ' not only that the only effective way to wago modern war is by universal obligatory military service. but that fo ' ce IS the only thing to be regarded. {
 To Deal Staggering B ow.
 .sTo adopt at the outset universal obligatory military service ould be to deal the morale of our ,emies staggering blow and demon trate at the outset that we are in thi war to win.
 "Ana do mi forget that to deal .h,. h,ow at once may save, count lees American lives.
 "On the other hand, to hea tate to discuss, to dispute, or to rejN ct uni versaI service and adopt the volun- teer system is to give aid ars com fort to the enemy by convinch 1g him tAat we are not in earnest.
 ..The president made every effort tc kean the peace. but peace q any .,,ins els. in this world is worth nothing if bought or kept at ths price of honor.
 ."rhe German military casta hate tha very name of America. ]. know that H we had remained out ( this rar we would have been attac . ed by f,crmanv if the war had then .i ended
New Britain herald., 1917-09-21

race, illustrating the methods by which mounted men rescue comrades in the actual fighting of today. This was followed by mimic exhibitions of bayonet fighting, and a blindfold drill competition, in which blindfolded non commissioned officers of various units vied with each other in putting their blindfolded attachments through the complex movements of open fieli drill.
 Meanwhile the women of the gar rison had baby show, in which Mrs. Corporal Tootle's twin boys secured an easy victory. The first prize medal was handed to them by the Queen
 Outside the circle of army wagons were the side-shows, including a comic bull fight which the King de- clared the best thing of it's kind which he had ever seen.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-21
Ladies' Home Journal Spend IS Gents on It The Largest Number Ever Made
 154, Pages
BOARD TO HANDLE
 THE WORLD'S SUGAR
Price to Consumer Expected to Go
 Down Cent a Pound

Washington. Sept. 21.-The Food Administration last night announced the appointment of an International Sugar committee of five members to arrange for the distribution of the available sugar in the world
 Reduction of sugar prices nearly one cent pound apparently was as- sured when beet sugar producers agreed with the Food Administration to sell to wholesalers at seabord re- fining points for $7.25 per 100 pounds, instead of the prevailing price of $S.4O. The prices will be effective generally by Oct IS.
 The personnel of the new commit tee includes two members appointed by the Allied governments-Sir Jo- seph White-Todd and John V. Drake, ST, both of whom are familiar with the sugar situation: Earl D. Babst, president of the American Sugar Re- lining company; William A. Jami- son of Arbuckle Brothers and George M. Rolph head of the Sugar Divi- sion of the Food Administration. The three Americans were appointed by the Food Administration, which an- nounces that neither MT. Babst nor MT. Jamison is interested in any way in the production of Cuban sugar
 The announcemene by the Food Administration states that it will be the duty of this committee of five to arrange for the purchase and dis tribution of all sugar, whether for the United States or for the allied coun- tries.
 Tn addition, the Food Administra-
 tion has appointed the following committee to handle the details of the distribution of beet sugar, to be known as the Food Administration Sugar Distributing committee: H. A. Douglass, Detroit; F. c. Howe. Denver; w. H. Hannam, San Francisco; s. H. Love, Salt Lake City; w. s. Petrikin, Denver; s. w. Sinsheimer, Huntington Beach, Cal,
 and w. P. Turner. Detroit. The beet sugar producers of the country .after a series of conferences with the Food Administration, have agreed unanimously to assist Herbert l C. Hoover and his associates in car rying out the proposed plan to con- 1 trol sugar.
 Ten per cent. of the beet sugar pro- ducers had held aloof from the pro- l posed agreement on account of hav- 1 ing contract to pay S1 per ton for 1 beets above the basic price.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-21
GENIUS 0F BRUSH
 BURNED HIS WORK
Famous Artist Refused to Sell His
 Precious Paintings

Londnn, August Correspond ence of The Associated Press) A genius who might have amassed Q fortune died in comparative poverty and obscur1ty in London yesterday because he was too p7OHd to give th9 world work which did not attain to his ideals. Few people, even among those in the nrt world, remembered that Matthew Maris, the once famous Dutch painter, was still living, and fewer knew that London was his home, until the announcement of his death at the age of 7S appeared in a morning paper today.
 Matthew, the last of the family of three gifted brothers, was one of the geniuses who approach to madness. His smallest picture was worth from $1O,0OO to $25,00O in the auction rooms. but one rarely saw the light. He painted only when he felt moved to paint, and he felt moved very sell dom. Of late years he absolutely re- fused to sell his work. Some of those who knew him say that he was great idealist, but others with a more common-p place point of view declare that he was merely lazy.
 Maris lived almost the life of a her. init, and was supported by the gener- osity of few friends. His studio was barred to everybody, sealed against the world as religiously as the hall of a Yale senior society. What
New Britain herald., 1917-09-21

stantine, for this was a delicate family matter which would involve criticism by a son of the acts of his father. But it openly reversed the policy of the former king, in strongly approV- ing the course of the Entente, whom the king now referred to as frieends and allies battling for the defense of humanity, as against the rapacity of the Central Powers.
 As spectacle, also todays, event had it's interest. The ministry had sought to give full scope to every royal prerogative, for they wish the new king to be a real representative before the people of constitutional monarchy The splendid coaches of the royal establishment, with powder ed grooms and footmen, and heralds and outriders in brilliant uniforms, made an old world picture of royal pageantry, as the king moved be- tween dense cheering masses, With solid lines of soldiers stretching from the palace to the parliamentary chamber. The marble colonnade of the chamber was garlanded With wreaths and flowers, and a great floral crown above the doorway in dicated that even in this abode of democracy there was still a welcome for what remained of royalty.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-21

ershot harvest was so bountiful that men and officers simultaneously agreed that a great harvest festival was eminently the thing, and that nothing would satisfy them short of the attendance of the king and queen.
 The king, who knows a thing or two about farming himself accepted the invitation, and a committee of arrangements representing every unit in the district began work forthwith on a suitable program. The center of the days festivities was a huge tent with tables laden With samples of the Aldershot harvest. There were fruits, vegetables, grain. shrubs and roots of various kinds. The Royal party motored down from Windsor, arriving early in the afternoon and re- maining for three hours
 The arena in front of the harvest tent was surrounded by a great cir cular grand stand" composed of a double line of ancient and modern transport wagons which afforded seats for the soldiers and their friends. For sixpence. the gate money all go- ing to local war charities, the Amer ican visitors found they could have their choice of number of desirable positions. either in the drivers seats of the big army lorries. or on benches alongside friendly delegations of British Tommies and non-cOmmis- stoned officers.
 It was like a many-ringed circus. While the field sports were in prog ress on the ground there was a con- tinuous performance of high diving. somersaulting, trapezing and all va rieties of acrobatics by a squadron of British airplane men up aloft Relay races aud ugs-of-war were the most popular items on the program, but there were many unusual and very spectacular type of field sports, such as a mounted wrestling competition. in which both horses and men took part in an exciting struggle, the team from the Royal Engineers finally de- feating the Army service Corps on points.
 There was also a "Victoria Cross"
New Britain herald., 1917-09-21
TUG-0F-WAR IS
 FEATURE AT FETE
American Railway Engineers
 Guests of British Troops

American Engineers Training Camp in England, August 31.-Correspond- ence of The Associated Press).-A large delegation of the American Railway Engineers spent day re- gently as guests of the British troops encamped at Aldershot, where the king and queen with other members of the royal family were present at the largest program of field sports that has ever been held on Salisbury Plain.
 The Americans drought with them a tug-of-war team which provided in a long-drawn contest with the championship team of the British en- gineers, the result being finally de- clared a draw.
 The big fete was arranged by the British garrison at Aldershot as a celebration of the bringing in of its harvest For months past men of all ranks and regiments in the garrl- son have been practicing, in addition to their military duties, the patriotism that seeks to defeat the enemy by providing the nations with home grown food. Turf that had never be- fore known the ploughshare was ploughed and sown, and men who had never learned the first rudiments of farming toiled strenuously in their spare hours under the guidance of their spare hours under the guidance of their more skilful comrades. The result exceeded all efforts The Aid