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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-06
AUSTRIAN RELATIONS
UNCHANGED AS YET
tAssociated Press BY Federal Wireless,

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. g.
Dispatches from Vienna last night
said that Ambassador Penfield. after a
conference with the Austro- Hungarian
foreign minister, had announced that
tie relations between the United
StaIa.. and that country had been I'M
changed y the act of the president in
severing relations with Germany.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-06

artist and all Honolulu is waiting with
a great deal of expectancy the hear
ing of this young woman-young, for
she was born in 1S90i-whose con-
cert tours through the United States,
as well as all of Europe, have been
one ovation after another.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-02-06

Senator John knight of Wyoming
county will head the senate delegation
on the legislative committee to .inves.
tigate the motion picture industry to
determine whether it is a proper sub
ject for. taxation.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-28

The Association has no axe to grind
other than the upbuilding of the City
and State. We have no political ma
chine to build and we have none to
smash. We are not interested in per-
sonalities; nor have we any grudges
to satisfy Our organization is a nom
partisan, non-political, non-personal
body We are concerned in nothing
but the constructive development of
our State. We are far more interest
ed in seeing the city and all the coun-
ties knitted together in the bonds of
lasting fellowship than in seeing
them hopelessly divided into hostile
and embittered political camps.
Plan Should Stand Closest Scrutiny.
Our Association feels that the coun-
ties are ready to up-build Maryland's
big metropolis if it is shown that the
plan of that upbuilding will stand the
severest scrutiny. That is why the
Association favors a bill which is def
initely completed before the General
Assembly meets 1t is dead opposed
to any mere tentative makeshift which
finally will be subjected to many last
minute amendments. These hurried,
patchwork amendments often cover
up vast volume of unfairness. Has
ty, undigested changes, forced into
measures at the very last moment, are
the things which so frequently give
rise to subsequent bitterness.
There is no reason for any such
condition to arise in this case; and
the Merchants and Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION is opposed to any such con-
dition This city extension PROPOSE
ton is entirely too big to be settled in
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-28
Attitude of The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association Toward City Extension Movement

the secrecy of committee rooms. 1t
is entirely too important for hasty fin
al-hour alterations. That is true, it
matters not whence the alterations
preme value to the State, and it should,
as consequence, be laid before the
State in all of it's nakedness before the
General Assembly meets. The funda-
mental groundwork upon which the
whole proposition is to rest should be
laid bare 1t has been laid bare in the
bill prepare by the City Extension
League, COIL ,osed of high grade men
from all over the State. Nor should
that plan in any of its essentials be
deviated from, weakened or nullified.
Will Stand for No DoubIe-DeaIing.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association will acquiesce in no dou-
ble-dealiLg 1t will cooperate with
nothing which decieves the city or the
two counties most affected; it will CO.
operate with nothing that plays false
ly to the people in the suburban belt
who will be most affected.
In order to get the support of the
people in all the counties we intend to
play just as honest a game with Anne
Arundel and Baltimore counties as the
other counties would expect, were we
dealing with them.
That is the position which the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association
has taken. 1t wants the people in the
counties to feel that any action it may
take, any utterance it may make, will
be absolutely on the level-without
reservation, without ambiguity and
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-28

without any aim or purpose other than
the welfare of the State.
The Association is firmly of the
opinion that the extension of the city
limits is absolutely imperative; AND
THAT SAID EXTENSION SHOULD
BE MADE BY THE GENERAL AS
SEMBLY WITHOUT A REFEREN-
DUN. The Association is firmly of
the opinion that the counties will be
injuring the State at large, as we'll as
Baltimore City in particular, if it re-
fuses to effect this extension. The
Association feels that the counties will
destroy the prestige of the State as
we'll as the standing of our chief city
if it fails to protect Baltimore in this
acquisition of her just claims.
Bill Deserves open-Minded Study.
There is a bill already drafted,
covering this matter, which deserves
immediate and open-minded study.
1t is known as the Greater Baltimore
City Extension League Bill. 1t is
bill of constructive statemanship; not
one of party or personal politics. The
proposition is treated as State prob
lem; not merely as two-county prob
lem For that reason the great body Of
the people in all of the twenty-three
counties should familiarize themselves
with the proposition in all its details.
1t is a big question, fraught with big
possibilities, for the welfare Of the
State. That being true, the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Association
hopes to secure the help and co-opera-
ton of farmers and business men in
all parts of our Commonwealth.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-28

The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, representing the largest
and most influential body of business
men in Maryland, is squarely behind
the effort to secure for our city an ex-
tension of it's limits. The position OF
the Association is pre-eminently fair
Its fight is open, straight, honest and
clean-cut. 1t favors no measure which,
by subterfuge, will take advantage OF
the counties from which the annexed
property will be detached; nor does 1t
favor any measure which by reason
of ambiguity is liable to put any an
nexed citizens under hurtful condi-
tions
The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association is convinced that the logic
of the whole situation makes just
annexation, not only sound in its wis
dom but certain of its achievement.
We Want to Deal in the Open.
Hence the propriety of playing on
the level with the people of the whole
State. Our Association is approach
ing the counties in the attitude OF
brother to brother We have no fault
findings; no ugliness; no denuncla-
lions to hurl The spirit of our ap-
proach is going to be one of open
friendliness, and confidence, with no
concealments, no reservations, no de-
ceptions, no suspicious. We want to
deal in the open as man to man. We
want to present our case according
to the strictest rules of truth. we
want the esteem of our felloW-cltlzens
of the counties, and we are going to
win it by an openness that will dem
onstrate our sincerity.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-28
Why City Extension, Anyhow?-A General Statement

Neither Baltimore county nor Anne
Arundel county is half as fatefully in
terested in the status of the water
front as Baltimore city is herself.
The harbor is one of the primary as
sets of the city. For that reason, the
city should have the right to guard its
water front developments without
molestation from any county. What is
placed along the waterfront and how
the same may be placed are two
items which may play a wonderful
part in the future welfare of the city
Should Control The Entire Water
Front
That being true, the whole water
front along the line of what is dis
tinctly Baltimore's metropolitan dis
trict should be brought under the mu-
nicipal jurisdiction of Baltimore city
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-28

measure of the credit and prestige
which results from a progressive pol
icy in the development of the city. A
big city suggests great state; and
State to be great must possess great
people.
Why City Limits Should Be Extended.
Baltimore needs extension. Aside
from the demands of justice which
should give her that which she has
herself created, there are other prac-
teal reasons as to why her limits
should be substantially extended.
In the first place, the city should
have absolute control of the water
front encircling her harbor. This is
supremely important to her future
development. The experience of other
American citis has long since demon
strated that it is a fearful mistake to
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-28

There isn't county, outside OF Bal
timore and Anne Arundel counties,
that shouldn't support the City Elk
tension movement with all its power.
Nothing but petty politics will induce
them to do otherwise. There is every
reason why they should support 1t;
there is no reason why they shouldn't,
Every county man in the State is
more interested in the development
of Baltimore City than in any other
spot of Maryland outside OF his own
county. 1t means more to him; more
to his children; more to his fellow
Marylanders than any other single
factor.
County men should be just as much
interested in up-building the metrop-
oils of their State as the city people
are themselves. They gather a large
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-28

let the land surrounding a harbor
build up itself without plan or con-
troll Half the perplexities now dis
turbing seaport cities are the out
growth of this past non-control of
their harbor.
This control means more than the
mere adoption of regulations for har-
Dor navigation. Navigation regula.
lions are of secondary Importance in
comparison with the right to control
construction work along the actual
waterfront. The building of piers, the
placement of piers, the use of piers,
the dredging of private channels, the
connection of the waterfront with
the interior railroad facilities and the
terms and conditions of these connec-
tions-are all items Of supreme con-
Germ to the general public.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-12-28
Whv Baltimore Believes It Is Entitled to Annexation

OF Maryland interested in what the 1918
Assembly will with annexation measure H
From mef
the in Marande the aims and
in has For
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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
IENTENTE MAY RECOGNIZE
B0lsHEv|K| Government

London, Dec. 1G.--While the Rus
slams were continuing to make prog
ress in the ratification of an armistice
arrangement with the Germans. the
entente governments apparently Were
approaching an agreement for more
sympathetic dealings with the Rol-
sheviki government. London news
papers forecast that the allies will
recognize the de facto rule of the Boil
sheviki in order to prevent Russia from
passing under the political and eco
Inomic heel of Germany. The adoption
of a more tolerant attitude toward, Rus
sia is said to have been urged by the
American delegates to the recent Paris
conference and this viewpoint appar-
emily has been adopted by all the
members of the entente.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
Coal Arrives and Ohio
Industries Will Resume

Cleveland, Dec. l6.-With the ar
rival here today from Lorraine of two
boat loads of coal after battle
through the ice. together with the ar
rival of two coal trains OF approxi-
mately 1o5 cars and the coming of a
third coal laden vessel from an Ohio
point the coal crisis confronting this
city. which had already closed down
hundreds of manufactures working on
war orders and thrown out OF ems
ployment many thousands of work.
men, was broken.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
OFFICIALS SIGN
ARMISTICEP PACT
TO BEGIN TODAY
Agreement Reached Saturday
at Conference at Brest
LitOvsk.
ITO BE OPERATIVE
UNTIL JANUARY IL
Germans Finally Consent Not
to Move Troops From
North Front.

Berlin, Dec. i6.--An arm,stice agree
ment between the Bolsheviki govern
ment in Russia and the Tsuton;c a.
lies was signed at 6rest litovsk Sat.
urday, according to an official conr-
munication issued TODAY. The armi.
stice becomes effective At noon Mon
day and is to remain in force until
January ~.
A provision in the armistice agree
nent is that peace negotiations are to
begin Immediately after the signing
oi the armistice.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
To Spread Bolsheviki
Propaganda Abroad.

Amsterdam. Dec. 16.--The Tribune.
which is the organ of Il small Dutch
party OF revolutionary Socialists, an
nolmccd that II has been officially In
vited by the MaXimalists To under
take telegraphic correspondence with
r"volutionares i'll Petrograd on the
subject of peace movements among
the proletariat and among the Bur-
geoiso in Europe and America and
keep the Russian revolutionary
movement Informed regarding politi-
cal events IN the central powers and
entente countries. The Tribune has
accepted the task.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
j. s. ENGINEERS
TAKEN BY HUNS
Report From General Per.
shing Says II Americans
Are Missing

Washington, Dec. 16.-Seventeen en-
listed men of the United States army
engineer corps We're reported missing
in action by General Pershing in a
dispatch today to the war depart
ment. They We're missing on Novem-
her 80, the day of the German turn
ing movement at Cambria and are be-
lieved to have fallen into the hands
of the Germans, while fighting val
iantly with the engineer contingent,
which distinguished itself helping the
British to check the attack.
The missing men are:
Sergeant Paul w. Swenson New
York city.
Corporal Frank Upton, New York
city
Privates:
Soloman Goldwetter, New York city
George II. J. Seaman. Woodhaven
l.. l., New York.
Dalton Ranlet, Conora, n. y.
Charles A. Geoghehan, New Yorl
city.
Harold T. Andrews, Portland, Me.
Alphonso J. McGrath, Chestnut Hill
Mass.
Myron Van de Mark, New Paltz
n Y.
Frank Brooks, New York city.
Ulrich n. Nancy, New York city.
John I.alty, Golden Bridge. n. Y.
Luke A. Lovely, South Amboy, N. J
Harry J. Mason. Jersey City, N. J
Michael Dina, New York city.
Peter J. Tingo, New York city.
Herbert +. GeltZ. Newark, n. J.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
BURN TO DEATH
GUARD HOUSE FIRE
Aero Squadron Prisoners
Perish in Pennsylvania

Harrisburg, Pa. Dec 16.--E. +. Gal
lagher. Munhall, Pa. w. J. Kramer.
Detroit, Mich. and w l.. Wiley, Rock
ford, ILL.,, all members of the 1l3th
aero~sqli qliadron, U. S. A.. We're burned
tc death when the guard house at the
government aero warehouses at Mid
dletown. near here, was destroyed by
fire early today. The fire was caused
it is believed, by gas generated by
Rlrning tar roofing paper which the
MEN, the only inmates Of the small
frame structure that served as camp
prison. We're using to heat stove In
the building.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
Would Put EX-CZar in
Close Confinement.

London, Dec. IA dispatch from
Reuters. limited, Petrograd correspond
ent says that on Saturday at about
In" same time as It was reported that
former Emperor Nicholas had escaped.
a meeting of the Ismallovsky and Pet
iogradskN regiments VAS adopting a
resolution demanding the immediate
removal ot the former ruler with
Alice lAlcS) and family to Kronstadt
or to the st. Peter and st. Paul for
tress for strict confinement and the
cancellation of all theater privileges.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
81 Persons Are Injured
as Train Takes to Ditch

Tower, Mimi, Dec. 16.--Ftifty-four
persons. mostly men, sustained inJur-
les at II o'clock this morning when
train No. g., Duluth & Iron Mountain
railroad, left the track at Hinsdale'
near Tower, ripping about 200 feet OF
track.
The injured persons were taken In
relief trains sent from Tower. Ely and
Duluth to hospitals in Tower and
Soudan. Three coaches slid down q
.5-foot embankment and then turned
on their sides. The engine and tender
and baggage car left the track bu
remained on the road bed.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
HAMMERINC away
AT ITALIAN Line
Germans Unceasing in Ell
forts to Break Through
to Venetian Plain.

Notwithstanding the terrible losses
they have sustained, the German and
Austro- Hungarian armies in the
mountainous region of northern Italy
continue their efforts to break the ltal-
ian line and open a passage way to
the plain below. In France and Bel
GUM there is little military activity.
except for small engagements by out
posts and raiding contingents and ar
tillery duels. The nearest approach
to attacks in force We're made by the
Germans Saturday night in the Cham
pagne region of France and to the
north of the Denim des DANES. In
both of these the Germans We're worst
ed by the French 4 small British
maneuver south of Cambria resulted in
the capture of a few German prisoners
and a machine gun.
Italians Bar Advance.
Between the Brenta and Piave rivers
in the Italian highlands hard fighting
| continues. The enemy to the east OF
the Brenta has been able by throwing
huge numbers of men into the fray and
seemingly disregarding the numerous
casualties inflicted upon him, to ad-
| vance his line to CapriIle hill. a domi-
| mating point at the head of the Sar
Lorenzo valley which leads to the
Venetian plains. Here. however. h'
has been forced to stop under the ter.
rifle defense of the Italians, who evi
dently have massed their forces in or.
der to bar the way to further advance
In the valley itself and on the slopes
OH either side of it we'll tried Alpin
regiments are stationed to exact :
heavy toll for every inch of ground tina
is taken from them.
Prior to gaining the summit of Ca
prille the invaders twice were sum
marily repulsed but for their final at
tack they brought up large number
of fresh reinforcements, and the valian
defenders were compelled to Civ
ground.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
Goes to Husbands Aid;
Woman Shot by Robbers

Mount Vernon, ILL.,. Dec. 16.-Mrs. j.
p. Boyle. wife Of grocer here, was
shot and killed late last night when
she attempted to aid her husband, who
was being held up by highwaymen in
his store. She seized u gun and
rushed upon the men. one of the
highWaymen shot her, death being in
stantaneous. The robbers escaped
with $50. Several arrests have beer
made.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
New York Coal Famine
Will Be Broken Today

New York, Dec. 16.-F'uel admins
traitors and railroad officials gave as
surance tonight that New York's coal
famine would be broken tomorrow and
that unless another severe storm in
terrupted the work of getting sup
plies across from New Jersey, con-
ditions would improve steadily.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
Halifax People Worship
Amid Ruins of Churches

Halifax, N. S., Dec. 16.--ReliSions
services We're held today in the base
ments OF churches. partly demolished
by the explosion of December and
large congregations gave thanks that
their Canadian and American friends
had been so quick to come to the res
cue OF the stricken city.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
MUCkIE'S AIDE SHOT,

Billings, Dec. liking" Evans.
so called right hand man of Muckie
Mcdonald. leading agitator in the
Butte labor trouble of 1914. was ia
tally shot In quarrel with Frank
Parker at Carpenter creek coal mines
today. Parker was arrested. but de-
tails of the affair are lacking.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
MiNoT GETS 2,5oo.

Minot, n. D., Dec. 1.-two thou
sand five hundred Red Cross men,
berships were secured here today in
a three hours drive. according to an
, nouncements made tonight, but the
returns are not complete.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17

The co-eds had secured list of the Missoula kddes
whom Claus probably could not visit They secured
Automobiles donated by Missoua people gathered the
happy Youngsters up and carried them the university
eym which had been decked in and
holiday hangings the with masniti
covered with intriguing bundles and agow with
coored electric lights at end.
here he delighted children loose. They
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17

swarmed into the big hall like so many puppies They
the smooth floor, the rings, races
II everything. There mshaps, TO be
Iimmys wipng Marys face dirty. Fran
couldn't the baby down:
II and she won't leave me
college girls equal to the emergency. They
fixed bumped and wiped dirty They cajolcd
and amused their guests until lunch was
served
And suCha n
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
PILOT BOAT SUNK.

Baltimore, Dec. ia report from
Hampton Roads received here, says
that the Maryland pilot boat was sunk
there this afternoon in a collision with
the merchants and miners steamer,
Berkshire. No lives We're lost.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
MoNTANAN CAPTURED ~ HUNS

Ottowa. Ont, Dec. 16.-The Cana
dian overseas casualty list issued to-
night included the following names of
Americans:
Killed in action:
j. Smith, Genesec, Idaho. f.. Ander-
son. Convick, Minn.
Prisoner of war, F. Wogeli, Glen.
dale, Mont.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-17
UNIQUE DEFENSES
GUARDING VENICE
Italians Ever VigiIant for
Safety of the Queen
of the Seas"

ON the Lower Piavc River. Northern
Italy, Saturday. Dec. 15.--Ry The As
soCiatcd Press Countless square
miles of dosolate marsh land inter
slcrsed and cut into numberless is
lands by sluggish lagoons and land in
undated to the depth of several feet.
line after line of stationary batteries
of guns of from three to ID inches In
ealibrc and deep muddy trenches
filled with mon determined that the
ercmy shall not advance any further
such are the impressive and appar-
emily well nigh unassailablc defenses
of Venice.
Camouflage Fortresses.
The character of the warfare all
along the lower Piaye line and par
ticularN the methods employed to de-
tond the Queen of the seas" from the
Austfo- German invasion undoubtedly
are unique In this war of novelties.
Nature has placed Il barrier in tho
path OF the invader apparently more
insurmountahlc even than the noun
tains across which the enemy has
fought his way, and these natural oh
| staeles have been fortified as prob
| ably has no other place in Europe.
Human ingenuity has outdone itself
| to provide floating fortresses armed
with huge guns which. camouflaged
| and concealed cunninsly from spying
alrpianos. can slip from point to point
never offering a mark for the invaders
| and vet always able to lombard the
| enemy rs he attempts nightly 10 build
pontoon bridges across the river at
| Pave.
| Batteries in Swamps.
Skilled engineers have feretted ev-
, cry bit Of solid mainland in the vast
| SWampy area north of Venice. where
| batteries. large and small, accordinp
| to tho distance from the Austrian
| lines. have been established They
never relax their vigilance in watchinf
for tn" enemy. The same engineers
! have cut away the dikcs, that for.
mcrly controlled the water TO irri
gate the fertile Italian plains ant
| create a vast lake.
The inundation has made thousands
| II peasants homeless. but it presents
an almost insurmountable barrier t,
he Austrian artillery from it's srore!
Of vantage points and illustrates ev
cry attempt Of the Austrians to stea
across unnoticcd Finally. in addi
ton to the foremost infantry lines /,
the inundated section and small bat
teres are scattered everywhere an,
floating monitors constantly are OF
patrol. Thus far the enemey has bee,
prevented from bringing his big gun
up to a position from which he nigh
| lombard Venice.