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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-20
TO MAKE SLIGHT GAIN IN ITALY
AFTER FURIOUS BATTLE OF
FIVE DAYS.
ARMISTlCE IS SIGNED
RUsso-GERMAN PACT EFFECTIVE
FROM NOON, DEC. II, UNTIL
JAN. IA.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.


Berlin, Dec. 1.-THE agreement for
an armistice beginning at noon Dec.
II and lasting until Jan. IA has been
signed by the Bolsheviki government
in Russia and the Teutonic allies.
London.-Despite enormous losses
In men the Austro-Germans continue
their efforts to break the Italian lines
and open a passageway to the plains
below.
Between the Brenta and Piave riv-
ers in the italian highlands, desperate
fighting continues. The enemy to the
east of the Brenta has been able to
advance his line to Caprille hill, q
dominating point at the head of the
San Lorenzo valley.
In France and Belgium there is lit
tie military activity. except for small
engagements by outposts and raiding
parties and artillery duels. In the
Champagne region and along the
Chemin des Danes. the French re-
PEELED violent attacks.
The British have regained part of
the ground won by the Germans on
the Ypres front.
Washington. - Seventeen enlisted
men of the United States army en-
gineer corps were reported missing in
action by General Pershing in dis
patch to the War Department.
London.-Emperor William in his
Christmas message proposes to make
final peace offer to his enemies "on
whom, in case Of rejection. will fall the
responsibility for bloodshed in 1915"
according to an unofficial Berlin tele-
gram.
LOndon-The inter.allied council,
which is to take up questions of war
purchases and finances. met in Lon
don. Oscar T. Crosby. assistant sec
retary of the United States treasury,
was elected president.
London, Dec. 15-The Germans sue
ceeded in entering a British first line
trench on front OF about 300 yards
at one point in the Ypres sector in
Flanders. the official statement says
The enemy's infantry attacks were re-
pulsed elsewhere on that sector. On
the Cambria front the hostile artillery
developed great activity east of Bulle-
court. -
London.-Leon Trotzky, the Bolshe-
Wiki foreign minister, according to a
Reuter- dispatch from Petrograd. an
nounces that If an armistice for the
eastern front is signed at Brest-Li-
tovsk. the Russian delegates are en-
tions.
Bolsheviki troops have occupied Ia
manovka and Kaluga.
Washington n-Austro-German opera
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-20

LIoyd's Report Ship Sunk In Crash.
London.-The steamer Kurland has
been sunk in a collision, according to
announcement made bv Lloyd's.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-20
II SHIPS SUNK IN NORTH SEA-
Six British and Five Neutral Mer
chantmen Sent Down by German
Naval Raiders

naval HatoeTS.
London. Dec. 1S.-One British and
five neutral merchantmen. British
destroyer and four mine sweepers
have been sunk in the North sea by
German naval forces. The losses were
the result of an attack on convoy
bound from Scotland to Norway. Sir
Eric Geddes. first lord of the ad-
miralty, announced The total tonnage
of the lost merchantmen were eight
thousand.
Two neutral merchant vessels and
q trawler were sunk off the Tyne on
Dec 12 by German destroyers, Thorn.
As ". MacNamara, financial secretary
to the admiralty. announced in the
House OF Commons.
Eighty-eight Scandinavians. two OF
whom are women. and ten British
were rescued by four British destroy
er detachments from a cruiser squad.
ron which was hastened to the scene.
other survivors reached Norway in
boats.
Austrians are repulsed in an infan.
try attack on San Marino and Cap
rille hill, the enemy suffering heavy
casualties.
Heavy artillery engagements are re-
ported from the Vosges sector in
France. while raiding parties near st.
Quentin capture a number OF prison.
ers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-20

on.-AustroGerman opera
tions aiming at the penetration Of the
important coastal region of the Vene-
tian lagoon in Italy have been frus-
trated with heavy losses to the in
vaders, official dispatches from Rome
announce.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-20
FP0lt.
HIDES AND PELTs.

Dry Hides.
Flint butcher, lib. ............. SO
Flint bull and stag. ID. ........ 10
Flint culls and glue. Id. ...... II
Salt hides. &c to &c Id. less.
Horse hides l/2 to 2/3 price of green
sAlted.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-20
B.tter. Exx.. Pot.toe. ..d pauIt.x.

Butter, EGEs, Potatoes and Poultry.
48c.
Eggs-Firsts. SO a sec; ordinary
firsts, 44@47c; at mark, cases includ.
ed. 44Q50c.
Potatoes-Wisconsin Michigan and
Minnesota. $I.75 Q1.S0; do sacks, $3.50
01.95.
10c
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-20
Chicago Grain and Provision Prices.

Chicago.-Corn-No. 8 yellow, Sl.75.
Oats-No. 3 white. 76N077ho;
standard, 77k Q7sc.
Ryc-No. 2, $1.S5.
Barley-$1.35 35Q1.61
Timothy-$5.0 5.0007.50
Clover-$20.00Q
pork-Nominal
Lard-$24.S7.
Ribs-$25.O0Q $500.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-20
Calf and Kip. Gree. saIted.
Gree. salted Peits.
Dry Flat Pelts.

Short wool pelts .............. 90
Butcher shearlings, No. l ...... "a
No. murian Shearlings ........ 10
Bucks. saddles and pieces at value.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-20
Draft Win. in Canada. Election.

Ottawa, Ont.-The Union govern
ment has been returned and conscrip
ton confirmed by the Canadian do
nestle vote.
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New York.-Sugar-Raw. nominal:
centrifugal. $40; molasses. $50: re-.
finsd. steady: fine grsnulated, s.150
o.36.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-20
HAY AND GRAIN MARKET.
Of. o. B. Denver. Carload Prics)
HAY.

Hay.
Buying Pricss-psr Ton.
Colo. upland. per ton .....2A00Q2S.00
Nobr. upland, per ton ..20.O00zZ.ou
Prairie hay (new crop),
Colo. and Nsbr.. per ton. 1000 q 5!-0o
Timothy, per ton ........ .25.00V26.0U
Alfalfa (new crop) per ton 20.00Q2x.00
South Park, per ton .2b.00Q26.00
Gunnison Valley, per ton. .23.00Q1S.o0
straw. per ton ............ 6.00V 7.oo
Grain.
Oats. Nebr.. 100 lbs, buying ......2.35
Colo. oats. bulk. buying ..........2.S5
Corn chop. sack, selling ....... S.6O
Corn In sack, selling .S.So
bran. Colo, per 100 lbs, selling .l.'o
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-20

Duluth, Minn.-Linseed, on track.
$S.Ssh 3.43H: to arrive. $s36n: Do.
cember. sassy; May, s3.23 bid; July,
4S.18 asked.
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cree. s.lted Cured HId@.. e,

Over 20 lbs. lb. ................ 17h
Under 40 lbs. lb. .............. I'm
Bull and stag .................. IL
Glue hides and skins .......... IL
Part cured. 1c less.
Green &c less than cured.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-20
DRESSED POULTRY.
Live Poultry.
EGGS.

EGGS.
Eggs. graded No. / net, F.
o. b. Denver ............. -
Eggs. graded No. net, F.
o. b. Denver ......... IA
Eggs. case count, misc.
cases, less commission .l1.00 813.0s
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CONGRESS VOTES
The NATION DRY
HOUSE PASSES CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT FOR NATION
WIDE PROHIBITION.
VOTE WAS 282 TO 1923
MEASURE EFFECTIVE WHEN RAT.
IFIED BY THREE-FoURTHS OF
STATE LEGISLATURES.

western Newspaper Union News Service,
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Butter.

Creameries. ex. 1st grd., lb...F 449
Crsameries. End grade. lb. 4S
FroCebS -
Packing stock (noO .......30 0Sl
FP0lt.
Apples. Colo. new fancy. box 1.00@2.25
Pears, Colo. ................2.0 .2.00Q2.50
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-12-20

London.-The inter.allied council.
which is to take up questions of war
purchases and finances. met in Lon
don. Oscar T. Crosby, assistant sec
retary of the United States treasury,
was elected president.
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Washington. - Seventeen enlisted
men of the United States army en-
gineer corps were reported missing in
action by General Pershing in a dis
patch to the War Department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Noyes Says U. S.
Could End War by
Conveying Vessels
Asserts Escorts Would Stiae
Last Hope of German
Victory

Princeton, y. j., March 9.-Alfred
Noyes, professor of English IN
Princeton University. said to-day that
a guard Of United States warships for
United States merchantmen crossing
Germany's prohibited zone would
bring the war to "A speedy end.
Peace would shortly ensue,' he
said. "if Americans should decide TO
send ships across the Atlantic and 70
convoy them. | firmly believe that that
would remove Germany's last hope OF
victory"
Mr. Noyes. who was in the war zone
for nine months before he returned re-
Gently to Princeton, continued:
II think that the offensive in the
spring will determine the outcome OF
the war on land, but, il not, the Allies
will continue fighting until they obtain
satisfaction. At the present time, my
country has more officers than there
were men in the entire British army
before hostiIities began. The number
OF men now working in the aviation
corps is about equivalent TO the number
OF officers.
"It seems almost incredible that the
army, since the beginning OF the war,
has increased from 100000 to between
5000. 900 and 100000.
1.-THE cause Of the German campaign
and her recent defiance Of America was
her knowledge that this great English
army was about ready TO strike on the
western front. and her only chance was
10 get her blow in first and isolate
England before 1t happened"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Colombian Treaty
Appears Doomed
In Present Session
Stone Doubts Adminstra alton
Can Get Two-Thirds Vote
Debate Will Last 3 Weeks
Prom NE Tt!bune Rur,sul

Washington, March 9.-The extra
session of the Senate called by Presl'
dent Wilson is likely 70 adjourn with
out the ratification OF the Colombian
treaty. Administration leaders in that
body admitted tonight. Senator
Stone, chairman OF the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee. who has served no
tice that he will press the treaty, said
to-day that he was not confident he
could muster the necessary two-thirds
vote for its ratification.
We've lost Senator, making our
majority two less than before the
extra session was called" explained
Mr.. Stone. "The Republicans are a
little stronger, and we can only hope
for change of heart on the part Of
some of the opposition Senator's
Senator Penrose declares that the
debate on the treaty will last at least
three weeks, which would take the SEN
ate up 70 within two weeks of the date
set BY the President to-day for the
meeting of the extra session of Con-
gress. II is extremely doubtful If the
new closure rule could be invoked as
it requires a two-thirds vote and the
Republican strength is now forty-two
Senators.
Administration leaders have not yet
made canvass Of the new Senators,
but it is regarded as almost certain
that the new Republican Senator'S will
not go out Of their way to insult Theo-
dore Roosevelt, and Mr.. Roosevelt
would undoubtedly regard vote for
the Colombian treaty as an affront.
The treaty gives Colombia $4,000
600 for the loss of Panama and eX-
presses mutual regret for the differ
ences due to Roosevelt's landing OF
marines in 1903, which is alleged to
have prevented suppression of the
Panama revolt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10

ligerent TO confine 10 unsupported
threats its declaration OF purpose 10
infringe the neutrality Of country. .
On the other hand, the status OF
armed neutrality may change into one
of actual hostility through a collision
such as submarine attack on an
armed merchantmen.
President Wilson has said that it
may not be necessary TO put armed
force anywhere into action. All Will
depend upon the future attitude of Ger
many and the treatment of American
ships by German submarine command
ers.
In his address TO Congress the Presi-
dent said:
81 am not now proposing or contem-
plating war or any steps that lead 10
it. | merely request that you will &C
cord me, by your own vote and DEFINITE
bestowal, the means and the authority
TO safeguard in practice the right Of a
great people who are at peace, and who
are DESTROYS of exercising none but the
rights of peace, to follow the pursuit
Of peace in quietness and good Will
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Conry's Place To Be Filled
In Time for Extra Session
Whitman Expected to Call Election Soon-Repubicans
Say Votes of Three Independents Will Give
Them Control Of House

extra session begins il a special cleo
ton is called before next Friday.
Republican leaders are worried over
the illness of three Of their members
and the statement or a fourth that ne
does not favor Representative Mann
for Speaker Representatives Hill, OF
Connecticut; Sulloway, Of New Hamp-
shire. and Graham, OF Pennsylvania,
are i'll. Though their condition Is not
thought to be serious. there are fears
that Representative Hill and Sulloway
may not be on their feet again Tor
several weeks.
Representative Heintz, of Cincinnati,
who succeeds former Representative
Allen. a Democrat, recently stated IN
letter in reply TO a query as to how ne
stood on the Speakership, that he did
not favor" Mr.. Mann. he did not
saw. however. that he would not vote
for him.
All OF the newly elected Democratic
and Republican members probably VIII
be summoned here for caucuses a week
or ten DAYS before Congress is recon,
yened. Democrats are assured that all
of their members will caucus, but sew.
eral former Progressives now enrolled
as Republicans. it is understood, Will
decline to be bound by caucus rules.
Coalition Agreement Possible
Certain members of both of the Old
parties would not be surprised to see
coalition agreement entered into be,
fore April 10, and the slate carrled
through with a rush before the end OF
the first day. Success of the bipartisan
proposal will depend in great meas
ure on the international situation hve
weeks hence. and gaps which may De
caused in the ranks of the big parties
by illness or death.
Reports were current That there
would be a bipartisan organization at
the special session, with Champ clark
as speaker. Representative Mann, VINO
sent message 70 Governor Whitman
to-day urging an immediate call Tor a
special election to fill Mr. Conry's seat,
is quoted as saying that union Of the
two parties was not improbable.
Speaker Clark will remain here for
another week, and expects to return to
Washington about March p. He pre-
dicted tonight that once Congress re-
sumes sittings in April, it will not sd-
journ until August. 1918. He thinks
that organization work will be disposed
of within four days of the opening.
The Democrats control the new Sen
ate by twelve votes, and it can be safe
ly counted upon to stand behind the
President in almost anything he asks
in handling the German situation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Women Rebuke La Toilette
40 in Wisconsin Start Chain
Letter of Denunciation

Hudson. Wis. March o. Forty women
Of this city have started n chain letter
Of rebuke 20 Senator La Toilette, de-
ploring his stand on armed neutrality
legislation and calling his conduct
Sinister and unpatriotic.' The letter
reads:
"Sir: Every loyal woman deplores
and abhors the disgrace and humilia-
tion you have brought upon the great
State Of Wisconsin and our beloved
country by your sinister and unpatri-
otto conduct in the closing hours Of the
64th Congress"
Inc women ssld they pisnnea 20 rave
the chain cover every state, so that
every woman would have an opportun-
ity to make a copy, sign it, and forward
II TO La Toilette.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Senate Committee Changes
Thomas to Succeed O'Corman
on Foreign Relations

Washington, March 9.-Although both
Democratic and Republican members on
Senate committees have been at work
for some time to effect Encouragement
Of assignments, no final announcement
is expected until Monday. Tonight,
however, according to reliable informa-
ton. this much had been agreed upon:
Thomas, OF Colorado, to succeed
0'Gormsn on the Committee on Foreign
Relations.
Knox, of Pennsylvania, and possibly
Fall. of New Mexico, may be the new
Republicans on the same committee.
Pomerene, of Ohio, to succeed Kern
as chairman OF the Committee on Priv
ileges and Elections.
Broussard, Of Louisiana, to be one Of
four new Democrats on Naval Affairs.
Jones, Of New Mexico, and Gerry, OF
Rhode Island. to succeed Kern and
O'Gorman on the Finance Committee.
Colt, of Rhode Island, or Kellogg. of
Minnesota, TO be the new Republican
member on she Judiciary Committee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
British Are Closing
On Bagdad; Turks
Continue Retreat
Maude's Cavalry Believed to
Have Reached Last Defences,
Six Miles from City

LONDON, March 9.-The Turks are
still falling back in defeat before the
British and Russian armies on three
wide fronts-in Palestine. along the
Tigris and near the Mesopotamian bor-
der in Persia.
The last report from General Maude'
commander of the Tigris expedition
stated that the British troops had
seized Ctesiphon and encamped Tues
dey night some foIteen miles from
the city of the caliphs.
General Frederick b. Maurice said
to-day: "0ur cavalry is within twelve
miles of Bagdad, which lies in valley,
and is ndefensible except elong the
river Dialah. six miles away. where the
Turks may make a stand, and which
point General Maude may nave reached
by this time. as our last news was sent
on March g.
The official reports of the Turks n
War Office do not bear out the British
statements. On the morning of March
). Constantinople states. the British
cavalry had not reached a point further
north than Azizie, fifty miles south
east of Bagdad. General Maude s
statement on that day indicated the
British were less than twenty miles
from Bagdad.
COnstantinople reports a furious bat
tie in the region west OF Azlzie on Mon
day, in which British cavalry, armored
motor cars and gunboats combined in
an attack on the Turkish positions.
The attack was repulsed with heavy
losses the statement adds.
A later Turkish report. dated March
:. states laconically: "The British are
hestatingly approaching our posi-
tons"
British attempts to press forward
against the Turkish right wing on the
Palestine front were frustrated the
same day, according to the Ottoman
statement, which chronicles the bonn
bardment by British liers Of Tel-el-
Cheria, about twenty miles southwest
of Jerusalem.
On the Persian front, Petrograd re-
Forts. the Cars troops have advanced
sixteen miles further south of Lake
Curtia, in the region southwest of SAX
kiz. twenty-five miles from the Mesopo-
tamian border.
At the same time the grand dukes
, FORCES are pressing dnedu III urklsn
Armenia, capturing new positions
northwest of Erzingan, the scene of
violent lighting last summer and fall.
The extraordinary success of the
British offensive along the Tigris
River. in Mesopotamia, is due in part
to the organization by the British OF
strong forces of Arabs, who are as
sisting in the attack on the Turks, ac-
cording to private mail advices re-
ceived in this city from Asiatic Tur-
key. In the last two weeks the Erit-
! ish forces have pushed northward
from Kut-el-Amara nearly hundred
miles.
The union of previously hostile
Bedouin tribes against the Turks was
( effected several months ago. when the
Grand Sheriff of Mecca declared indie
pendence of Ottoman rule, according
10 advices from the lrak. These
forces were then organized into fight,
ing units by British officers, equipped
with arms and sent to the Mesopo-
tamian front The powerful Amen
and Shamr tribes, numbering 1000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Armed Neutrality
May End Quickly
Submarine Attack on Vessel
with Guns Would Change
Status of u. S.

Washington, March 9.-Armed neu-
trality will be the status of the United
States the moment the first merchant
ship under the American flag puts TO sea
with cannon mounted for defence.
President Wilson made this clear in his
address TO Congress on February 26,
when he asked specific authority to arm
merchant ships for defence against sub
marines-the step he ordered to-day
upon his own responsibility.
Writers on international law have
held that armed neutrality consists in
placing the country in a position 10
defend itself and its neutrality against
threatened attacks or inroads by bel
ligerents. This state of preparedness
may last an indefinite length Of time,
through good fortune in avoiding con-
tact with belligerent forces afoat or
ashore or through the design of the bel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
American Ship
Sights Supposed
Raider OFF Azore,
Armed Craft Steamed Around
the Suruga Without Signal.
ling, Captain Says

Captain d. VI. Nicoll. master OF h.
American steamship Suruga. reported
on her arrival yesterday from Hayrs
that he had sighted a vessel north Of
the Azores on February 20 which he
believed TO be raider. She was a
cargo vessel, he said. of about 5000
tons with one funnel and Two mast
and carried a large stern gun and other
small pieces forward and amid'hip.
She did not signal the Suruga, bui
steamed around her and went TO the
southeast without communicating. The
stranger wore the drab paint Of war
but had no flag or marks by which hsi
identity could be learned.
Captain Nicoll said he met the mas.
ter of the old Savannah liner CITY oil
Memphis in Havre, and that the SKIP
per told him he had been stopped by
German submarine Oft the Scillys on
January 80. The submarine put shot
across the Memphis bow and suoss'
ouently signalled that the ships papers
DC sent 10 neT. hlNti canning W
papers the U-boat commander said 70
the hrst officer Of the Memphis:
you've got a contraband cargo.
ought to sink you, but on account Of
the friendly relations between ne
United States and Germany lh le'
you 60"
The British freighter Lowther Rang
which left Fowey with china clay le'
New York, arrived here yesterday. SIC
struck a submerged wreck on Noysr'
Der Il, losing the blades of her pr
peller. and was picked up by the Am''.
lean steamship GraysOn and towed %
the Azores for repairs.
The Norwegian-American STEAMSHIP
Bergensfjord, in ballast and withoS'
passengers or mails, arrived here from
Bergen via Halifax.
The American steamship Virginia.,
which left Marseilles on February q,
also arrived Yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Presidents Proclamation
Calling Extra Session

Washington, March 9.-The Presi
dents proclamation calling the extr
session OF Congress follows:
"whereas public interests require
that the Congress of the United
States should be convened in extra
session at IL o'clock noon. on the
10Th day of April, 1917, TO receive
such communications as may be
made by the Executive;
"Now, therefore, 7. Woodrow Will
son. President of the United states
Of America, do hereby proclaim and
declare that an extraordinary oc-
casion requires the Congress of the
United States to convene in extra
session at the Capitol in the City
of Washington on the 18th day OF
April, 1917, at IL o'clock, noon. of
which all persons who shall at that
time be entitled to act as members
thereof are hereby required to take
notice"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-10
Mitchell Again Denies
Offer of War Portfolio
Friends Say He Wishes Sec
ond Term as Mayor

Mayor Mitchell yesterday repeated his
denial of any foundation for the re-
port that he might become Secretary Of
War The Mayor declared that he had
not been approached. either directly or
indirectly, by any one with such pro-
posal from President Wilson or any
one else in Washington.
The Mayors friends do not entertain
the idea seriously that the Wilson Ad-
ministration would offer him a Cabinet
position. or that he would accept il in
case il should be rendered him. They
declare that the Mayor would not turn
over the city administration to Tam
many, particularly in view Of the fall
election.
While the Mayor has not yet said
that he would seek the nomination
again on the fusion ticket, his closest
friends believe that he will, and declare
that his ambition is 10 remain at the
head of the city government long
enough TO see the accomplishment OF
some of the important problems now
before the administration. particularly
the retrenchment of the city's finances
under the pay-as-you-go policy.