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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
ARMISTlCE IN FORCE ON
RUSSO-GERMAN FRONT
Truce Between Armies is Valid for 40
Hours-BattIe Between Rebels
and Cossacks Near.

London, Dec. 5.-An armistice be-
tween Russia and Germany has been
signed at the headquarters of Prince
Leopold of Bavaria, says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam.
The armistice is valid for 4S hours.
Berlin, Dec 5.-Negotiations for an
armistice on the Russian front have
begun, the war Office announces.
Petrograd, Dec. 5.-A battle be-
tween attachments from the Petrograd
garrison, commanded by Ensign Kry-
lenkO, and CoSSackS, is reported to be
impending at Vitebsk. According to a
telegram from Krylenko's adjutant, the
Cossacks have gathered on the TANKS
and in the rear of Krylenkos forces.
A circumstantial report is being CIR
culated that General Korniloff, former
Russian commander in chief, who led
an unsuccessful revolt against the
Kerensky government, escaped from
custody
Ensign Krylenko, the bolsheviki
commander in chief, telegraphed that
the general staff, which has refused
to recognize the authority of the boil
sheviki, has surrendered.
London, Dec. 5.-The establishment
of a Tartar republic in the Crimea is
announced, according to the Petrograd
correspondent of the Times, who adds
that details are unkonwn.
Petrograd, Dec. 5.-General Duk-
-honin, who took over the post of COM
mander in chief of the Russian armies
after the overthrow of Premier Keren-
sky, was thrown from train and
killed as the result of lynch law, after
Ensign Krylenko, the bolsheviki COM
mander in chief, had captured Mohilev,
it was officially announced by the Rus
sian war Office. The day before Gen
eral Dukhonins~ headquarters were
captured by the forces of Ensign Kry-
lenko, General Korniloff fed, the Off
cial announcement states.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
STATE NEWS ITEMS
Geographic Glance of Events
Through Wisconsin.
STATE CAN'T MEET BILLS
Treasurer Johnson Notifies the Cover
nor That Amount of Money on
Hand Is $625, 900 Less Than
Year Ago.

Madison, Dec. 5.-'"The state during
the coming calendar year will not be
able to meet it's obligations" This is
the statement in letter which State
Treasurer Henry Johnson sent to Gov
ernor Phillip. He says the state has
$625,000 less than year ago. TO meet
the condition Mr.. Johnson suggests
two plans: First, the special session of
the legislature should repeal the law
which takes away from state officers
the power to levy state taxes. A law
giving the power to state officers was
repealed in 1917 and this duty of levy
Ing the tax was laid upon the legisla-
ture, which levied state tax of 500.
Second, there should be a curtailment
of expenses all along the line.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
U. S. TROOPS IN RAIL WRECK
investigation of Wreck Near Granger,
ILL.,, Shows Accident Not Result
of Anti-American Plot.

Chicago, Dec. 4.-Offieials of the ILL.,
nois Central Railway company swept
aside the theory that the wreck of a
passenger train carrying many SOL
diers to Camp Grant at Rockford near
Granger was the result of an anti
American plot. After a rigid inveSti-
cation they announced the wreck was
caused by a loosened brakebear1
which opened a switch and derailed
the train. Twenty-three soldiers and
two women passengers were injured.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
Fox Valley Moose Elect officers.

y Appleton, Dec. 5.-The Wisconsin
Mooseheart Lodge of the World met
and elected the following officers ::
North moose, w. S. Dyhr, Fond du
Loo; south shore, G. ]. Williams,
Green Bay; east moose, F. J. Fore
man, Appleton; guide, Henry Kraus,
Appleton; custodian. A. ]. Schwartz,
Fond du Lac; treasurer, d. ]. Dorr,
Appleton. Representatives were pres
ent from West Bend, Fond du Lac,
Oshkosh, Green Bay and Appleton.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
Mother Loses Fight for Child.

La Crosse, Dec. 5.-The two-year le-
gal battle of Jane Yyonne, an actress,
to gain possession of her ten-year-old
daughter, Beverley Darlington, ended
here with the courts awarding the
child to the custody of Miss Ella Ing
werson, superintendent of a hospital,
who has had the child in her care since
its birth. The court held the mother
had deserted the child.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy

This is not only one of the best and
and safe to take, which is important
when medicine must be given to chill
dren. Many mothers have given it
their unqualified endorsement.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
Build Ships at Superior.

Superior, Dec 5.-Seven vessels for
the government will be in construction
at the Superior Shipbuildfng company
yards before spring. Construction Of
three additional berths for boats was
ordered, with four steamers of canal
size for ocean service already build
ing.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
Farmers Fear Hiuh Water.

Neneah, Dec. 5-"A high water con-
ference" held by farmers whose land
lies along the upper Fox occurred re-
Gently. Pressure will be brought to
bear to have the dams here opened In
time to prevent spring floods.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
How to Prevent Croun

In a child that is subject to attacks
Of Group, the first indication of the dis
ease is hoarseness. Give Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy as soon as the
child becomes hoarse and the attack
may be warded off and all danger and
anxiety avoided.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
Janet Liked the Plan.

Janet had party on her fourth
birthday. The woman who sat by her
at the table shared her glass of water
with the little girl. When the des-
sert was served Janet promptly ate
hers and then said sweetly to her
neighbor: "Shall we fifty-fifty on the
ice cream too?"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07

If your stomach's wrong, have in
digestion, don't relish food, appetite
gone, feel heavy, brain dull, bowels not
regular, liver torpid, kidneys not act
ing. right, can't sleep well, out of sorts
generally you need HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea. That's all-Dallman
Drug Co.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
New Dutch Envoy to U. S.

Washington. Dec. 5.-August Phil
lips Will succeed Chevalier Van Rap
pard as Netherlands minister He
has been found acceptable by the state
department and will arrive to take up
his duties In January.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
Settle Suit for SIS. 600.

Neenah, Dec. 81. J. Somers, local
attorney, whose wife is plaintiff in an
assault and battery suit against Henry
Sherry, wealthy citizen here, for $780,
600, announced that settlement for
$4,000 had been agreed upon and that
legal proceedings would be dropped.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
Plan Ice Boat Meet.

Neenah, Dec. 5.--Iceboat owners
here are making plans for a regatta
TO be held on Lake Winnebago this
winter. Several entries 6aYe already
been made.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
Hit by Auto; May Die.

Eau Claire, Dec. 5.-Mrs William
Porter, sixty-two years old, was per-
haps fatally hurt here when she was
knocked down and run over by an auto
driven by John Severson of Stanley.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
Boy browns While skatino.

West Bend, Dec. Skating on the
Milwaukee river here, Joseph G. Ru-
Der, twelve years old broke through
the ice and was drowned. The body
was recovered after a half-hour.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07

100000 Paper Company Organized.
Neenah, Dec. 5.-The George Banta
Paper company, incorporated for $780,
900, has been organized. George Ban
ia, George Banta, IT., and r. q. Thick
ems are the incorporators.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-07
Force Of Habit

One auto owner says the only thing
wrong with his machine is an inclina-
ton to turn in every time he reaches
a gas station.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

entities its article: "The Impossibility of
Mr.. George" Here are some of its most
important passages;
eve hope that the country's extreme per-
turbation at what the Prime Minister has
this week said and done at Paris will serve
as a guide to the still more vital considera-
ton of what he is. If he be the right nan
to conduct great enterprise let him be re-
taired, and let his defects Of speech, of Judg-
ment. appalling as they are, be repaired and
fortified. as far as may be- by his more re-
fined and instructed colleagues. But II he
be the wrong one, let the empire and the
Alliance be speedily quit of him. A great
general he cannot be. great intellect he
obviously is not But since great char
acter can pull the nation through, and since
the history Of man is built on the founda-
ton of belief in his best and surest, Mr..
George can be forgiven everything if in him.
self he be adjudged worthy to fill the su-
preme place of trust. lie has tried the peo-
ple hard lie has done violence to their
constitution. He has administered knock
down blow to their confidence in military
plans and personalities. He has committed
the grave fault in war of dscouraging his
friends and encouraging the enemy. All this
can be alleged against the Paris speech. e.
"Mr George has contributed nothing to
the ideaism of the war nor the statesman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

speech he was not primarily to be blamed
for being a pessmist, or even for being
panic -monger The point is that he was not
trying to prove that things had gone wrong
Tut that he himself had always gone right
He did not succeed for if he was right ne
ought to have resigned or insisted on reslg-
nations. And his Westminster speech makes
il much worse. for he coolly announced that
his belated council was what Lord Kitchener
wanted-and did not get. If Kitchener's au-
thority was diminished, We all know VINO
diminished it and who profted by Its dlmm-
ishment. The firm of Harmsworth e. George
ought to be ashamed to mention kitchener's
name. let alone borrowing from HIM dead
what they must have refused from him alive
But all this belongs to Mr. George as an
ordinary politician. who must look after
number one. Il was the same in the IN
dustrial quarrels, when he so often sought at
the eleventh hour to put himself in the
right by putting his subordinates in the
wrong What is the matter with this pollti-
cal method is not that it is vain, but that
il is mean; it is also ludicrous, when its
exponent publicly laments over things left
urdone while he was in power to do them
Land and Water" is mild, and disposes
of the speech in ftw words, saying Of 1t:
"The proper attitude is surely well marked
First, that it was only piece Of sensation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
Busy, Thriving New Zealand

furnishing excellent and plentiful timber,
is the long peninsula running from Auck-
land City to the North Cape. The gum
is of great value in the vanishing indus
try Most Of the gum diggers-the an
nual output for the Auckland district
alone is of nearly $4,000. O00-are Aus
trian Savs. The writer further states:
FLAX grows all over the Dominion In
digenous to the country, it prefers moist,
swamp land to drier soil. and often grows to
height of eight to ten feet. The fibre is
coarse, and has been, up to the present, used
only for rope and twine making purposes.
The plant grows again after being cut, and
will stand cutting every three years. The
greater part Of the fax annual output So
coo, 900 to s3,50O,00O) goes to Canada and the
United States. New Zealand is also very
rich in minerals. 1t is true. gold mining,
just at present, is at very low ebb But a
good quality Of coal is in abundance. Our
extensive iron ore deposits have hardly been
touched as yet The same Is true Of our oil
resources. One bore in the Tsrsnaki hs.
yielded . million gallons"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

whole Of it is done by means Of the CO.
operative system. An ever-growng out
put is made possible by the extremely
favorable conditions Of soil and climate
in the North Islands. The Prime Min
lister estimates the total output of butter
and cheese for the year 1917 at approx
mately s40,000,000.
A practically new industry has de-
veloped quite recently: Fruit growing, the
apple heading the list. The present or
chard area is over $4,000 acres. The ex-
port Of apples to South America grew
from 5000 cases in 1910 to over $4,000
in 1915. The war interfered with the
trade, but the latter will undoubtedly be
again taken up Immediately after the
conclusion of peace. There are some
products of which New Zealand has prac-
tically monopoly. such as Kauri gum, a
resin exudating from the Kauri, a species
of pine tree; and the so-called New Zea-
land fax. Especially rich in Kauri trees,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

only way toward a peace of reconciliation,
a League of Nations, and disarmament. II
the British Premier is afraid to enter into a
compact with an unbeaten Germany he Is
supplying the militarsts at Berlin with a
counter argument; they will ask the German
people whether it can afford to think of rec
onciliation and cooperation with an I'M
beaten Entente. Better than an announce
ment of victory as the goal OF the Allies
would have been the announcement of con-
crete war purpose, the statement in definite
terms Of the irreducble minimum of right
eous and necessary demands for which the
Entente is prepared to fight to the last"
The effect of the speech in England it
self appears hardly to have improved
Lloyd Georges position. Arthur S. Draper,
The Tribune's London correspondent, sum-
married. the tone of the British press thus /:
Instead of solidifying the nation, Lloyd
George has succeeded in drawing a sharper
line of distinction between the two schools of
thought"
Some German comment has also come
over by cable. The "Koenische Zeitung,"
usually the mouthpiece Of the Wilhelm.
strasse in discussing foreign affairs, CON
siders the speech the most incorporate
that Lloyd George has ever made, but pro-
fesses to believe. nevertheless, that it was
dictated by anxiety. The "Kolnische
Volks-Zeitung," the leading Catholic
organ, speaks of dangerous fever of
senseless hate which declares itself in this
address," and concludes: at is sick man
like this who rules England" The Berlin
"Lokalanzeiger" thinks that the British
Premier Completes with President Wilson
in the use Of strong language"
Finally it remains to record Count
Hertling's view of the speech. He said
in an interview that it Shows that the
British government under the Lloyd
George leadership is completely inacces-
sible to the idea Of q just peace by under
standing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

TN a paper recently read at meeting
OF the Royal Colonial Institute Of
London, and reproduced in the war
number Of United Empire" Uondon) 4.
the Right Hon. William +. Massey, Prime
Minister Of New Zealand, gives very in
teresting detailed information on the war
supplies furnished by his country.
From March, 1915, i. E., since New
Zealand took over on behalf Of the GEN.
trail government the frozen meat export,
until March, 1917, the number Of ships
dispatched has been ISL, the number Of
freight carcasses of beef 1,2l7,245; NUT
ton, 4,965,547, and lamb, 6,622,5s5.
New Zealand sends TO the mother coun-
try her whole wool output valued at
about S75,000,000), which, being cross
bred, is particularly suitable for army
purposes. There is the same procedure
with the cheese production Of the country
its hides and sheepskins. AS TO the dairy
ing industry in New Zealand, which is just
now assuming large proportions, nearly the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

what is expected of them. 1t is not ques-
tion of sending over a few hundred thousand
men, food that we can easily spare and Of
enduring taxation that will not hurt. 1t is
question of sending over millions of men, of
cutting down our food consumption to the
barest necessity and of giving the Allies
every dollar Of money they need. 1t is time
that we realized that we are going to have
very big part in this war, that we cannot get
through il without a supreme effort. Lloyd
George states the case plainly"
"The New York Times" has this TO say
of the speech
IF there is no weakness there is no boast
fitness; he speaks calmly the matter Of fact
and tells Britain not what it would enjoy
knowing, but what it wishes TO know; what
il has 10 face and what is required of it. Il
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

A MEXICAN comment on Lloyd
"A Georges speech before the Gray's
Inn benchers shows that, while
the Premier is confronted with strong
opposition at home, American sympathles
are still strongly enlisted in his support
The reflections drawn by American
editors are mostly of a SOLDERING character,
attention being especially called to the
passage in the speech which indicated
that now that Russia has dropped out
the reliance of the Allies is upon the
United States. That this reliance shall
not be disappointed is the universal sem
timent. The fact that Lloyd George de
clared himself in agreement with Presi-
dent Wilson is also emphasized with salts
faction.
"The Springfield Republican" deyotes
two editorials to the speech, and says that
"the point which will most deeply i'm
press Americans is the weight Of respon-
sibility which he puts on this country.
He does not minimize the present peril,
with hundreds of thousands Of fresh
enemy troops being transferred to the
western front. but he is prepared to face
it, because the American democracy has
decided to take up the struggle which Rus
STA has abandoned. Forecasting the
further political prospects of the Lloyd
George Ministry, the same paper has this
TO say:
quite apart from the eddies of British
politics, the pressure of events is pushing the
Prime Minister toward the Liberals .
II the government can survive the present
crisis while continuing the course in which
Lloyd George now seems 10 be moving we
may find considerable realignment gradu-
ally taking place. Whether he and the AS
quith Liberals can ever be fully reconciled
ray be doubtful, but it is also questionable
whether at present they would care 20 bring
about his downfall. Certainly the fercest
attacks upon him are now coming from quite
another direction"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23
English OPPOSITION Stirred by Lloyd Georges "Buta Franknes

slsm which will be as ephcmeral as all sch
theatrical things are; and, secondly, that i
has been apologized for in the House Of
Commons, and may therefore be now deesrt-
ly buried IL is always a mistake, OF eouus,
to stsrtle people when they are under 4
strain, and it is always a pity that thoss
things which hurt the reputation OF ones
country. however slightly, should be sad
abroad"
THE London Globe on the other hand,
frankly takes up the cudgels in defence
of the minister in this fashion:
~ only trust that Mr. Lloyd George viii
not hesitate to avail himself OF the fruits Of
his personal triumphs. The country is b.
hind him to a man-it will back him throufh
thick and thin. It appreciates his difheulll"
and it loves his pluck-he can afford to e.
more the pack OF snarling ours who are srr
ready to raise yelp at any sign Of emosi'
rassment, but who run to kennel with thtf
tails between their legs the moment they Z"
tackled"
But even this writer strikes a noe
of warning, and wants "Nlr. Lloyd Georss
to remember that he cannot run the war
by his own unaided effort, no matter nov
desperately he taxes himself"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

ship OF the peace. His government OF Eng
land is a chaos. But his strategy IS much
the most alarming thing about him. if only
because it assumes the worst of all fallacles,
moral and political, that man may be a
complete failure in his own business and a
master of other peoples"
And here is the conclusion:
"Any one who held the opinion which Mr.
Lloyd George now avows that he held ought
TO have taken tn, obvious course Of Prime
Minister responsible for final decisions IN
war who finds himself committed to a line
that he knows to be disastrous. He should
have altered them and changed his generals
or resigned. But il is neither sensible nor
honorable to bark back to them after the
event, and discover a complete explanation
of failure in the non-adoption OF his plans
Mr.. Lloyd Georges ideas might have led to
success or to irretrevable disaster. But he
aereed to their supersession. IL is intol-
cradle that he should now lay the i'll hap
penings in Italy to the charge Of strategy
which he Endorsed for neary twelvemonth
Ct supreme power. No cause can prosper
under such guidance. And no country can
be proud of such SON."
In another article, "The Nation" says
of Mr.. Georges strategy that lone wild
goose chase has followed another in it."
And the writer adds:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

may give US some twinges TO know that be-
cause of our long unpreparedness more Brit
ons and Frenchmen must die doing our work,
standing between us and the enemy as we
work feverishly to repair the consequences OF
our years of blindness and deafness"
The New York Evening Post" is not
pleased with Lloyd Georges uncompromis-
ing demand for peace oy victory. After
saying that there are reasons enough for
insisting upon a resolute front by the
Allies, quite apart from the question
whether Germany is to-day drunk with
boastfulness," the paper writes:
"Once that is said, there is no ascertaina-
BILE reason for Lloyd Georges insistence at
the present moment upon victory as the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-12-23

"The seriousness is that this minister is
in power, and proposes to give himself more
power still | do not believe there are TWEEN
ty good heads in Britain who believe he is
fitted for such a job. d.
"The George speeches had their Juror.
It is over. They have an unserious air;
they whip up passion, but sooner or later
the British nation reverts TO thinking. What
is the end to be? What is this pilotage
without course or compass? Where are
the wealth, the trade Of the nation going to 3?
What has happened to its ancient policies
and standbys no less than to the new hopes
OF the coming age of democracy? The George
government answers none Of these half
shaped interrogatories, and the evidence is
that it plays lightly and disconnectedly with
al! of them"