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Show 1 soisilj DESERET EVENING 'M' 42 rKCTO PAGES WEDNESDAY DECEMBER AXD UBKRTT. 12 1917 SALT CITY UTAH LAKE SIXTY-EIGHT- DEATH Kaledines, the Hope of Russia !. One on Briti&H Front Should Be Promptly and What the Hetman of the Coack Stands For, and Why he Did Not Suffer the Why .Same Fate at the Hands of Premier Kerensky as Did GenrKorniloff The Cossacks, Formerly Regarded as the Instruments of Autocracy, But Now Heart and Soul With - the Revolution Are Following Their Chief Against the i,BoIthevikL by Com-plete- ly Begun With Investigation of War Departments Work In Army and Equipping Investigated, Says London Times r late reports modify Army FIRST OFFICIAL STORY MAJ. GEN. CROZIER WAS FIRST WITNESS Of Artillery For Troops in . France. ASHINGTON, Dee,; 12. Inquiry by Congress into the conduct of the war was begun today tftth Investigation by the senate military committee of the war departments work in arming and equipping the American forces. Maj. Gen. Crozier, chief of ordnance, said an obstacle in early work was that the military policy' defined in the' national defense act of 1916 contemplated a force of one million men to be raided in f ve years. It Is apparent," he Mild, "that the W erlgmal program for one million men did, not contemplate our participation In the war. We compreseed the five-o- ar program into one rear when It immediately became apparent that the cio- - mill. on program would not do." frm-srranOf wttniauss and actual peTuprlatiOo if ComrreiM, the general asiid. caused further delay. We did everythin we could, he continued, "to get the manufacturing establishment of the eoumry going on orders in anticipation of appropriat" - ions Referring to the cost plus 10 par contracts. (Jen. Crosier maid the (nf system had worked out fairly well.' Hot it is not as good as when prices are definitely fixed. he said. It is better to use that only in ease of -- tai for eir y. nU, fine 1 1 top- - atM port Lml tlM to i hkh oral hkk f net. mi ( tite it itJtft lU - uki-- ue-ft- "" jtb ht ever-growi- Lens-dow- to I London. Dee. It. The Times in an editorial in unusually heavy type, ealle for a prompt, scaiehlhg and complete inquiry respecting the reversal of fortune" on the British front daring the tremendous struggle on the southern side of the new Cam-rsalient oh Nevember 19 and tu two following data "It waa perhaps hardly possible from day to day The Times adds, and , certainly unwise, to attempt an authoritative account of the situation as a whole, though e cannot longer be satisfied with the fatuous estimates. pie- the German losses in men and morals which have inspired too many of the published messages. asserting that the new line, t securely held. The Time continue: Published and version is being amplified censored Indaily by numerable disquieting first hand offioere and men who participated in the actual fighting. It is high time that this mass of information should bo placed partial to its true prospective, - blundering sifted and blame, if any and whera due. should take shape in prompt disapproval of every blunder." Th TlmewXorweslis a no6T Charge that in its article it is intrigriold uing againstMarshal Haig by saying: There is no question whatever of turning a temporary setback to the detriraeht of his great position plans, but it adds; His weakness, if a weakness. is tnveterate devotion to those who have served him longest some of them perhaps too long or too long without a rest The newspaper says that tbs Germans clearly took advantage of the brilliant British success to etrike back unexpectedly at a wholly unready" part of the line and referring to individual deeds of valor In this fighting already Tecwded- - general Tighttng In pajamas and doctors interrupted in dressing stations, says: but They are all magnificent never should have occurred." We-he- vo iwl tto to iif 5 etto lorn tto tto te i ill Why Kaledines Was Not Arrested. The arrest of Kaledines was ordered at the game time aa that of Korniloff. Kaledines, however waa with the Cossack of ths Don at the time, who hetman or chief he la. When word reached him of the order for his arfest he wired to Potrotfrad in substance a follows: "You may arrest me K you win. I will not oppose you, but win surrender. I warn you, however that my arrest would cause a violent revolt among the It wee this message that deterred Kerensky from applying Korniloff e doom to Kaledines. For a month after that time Kaledines was not heard from. But hie appearance In Little- Russia ha been strongly felt as a conservative factor. I see a reflection of hie activities In the lessening of tha extremist movement toward separation In that part of Russia. In this connection the position of the Cossacks mast not be misunderstood. Although formerly the were regarded aa the Instruments of the autocracy and of reaction, they are now heart and soul with the revolution. But their loyalty to the revolution does not blind them to The need of order. Tlw Comcaks of Kaledines nnd Korniloff have reallnd, together with the beet elements of the country, that the duality of authority established by the Council of Workmen's nnd Soldier Delegatee Is lending the country toward the abyaa. Tbeir armed movement at Dorter Is a movement, not against the republic, not ngnbiat liberty, not for the rrxtoratlou of autocracy, bat for the CHtabbslimmt of a government which shall be strong enough and srine .enough to guide the country unto the summoning of the Constituent Alterably, wLkcKwHl errate a permanent ad ml nl- -t ration for Rusaia. f The fact that Kaledines la adranolng with an apparently welt organised army, after a long period during which nothing wee heard of his activities, leads me to believe that his movement Is not the result of a sudden Impulse, but the culmination of careful and systematic preparation which took time. , ' ks This conception ,rt4 ' mi ft al ndw.kH tht i)l- - ! a I t ' ha ta zNeWS: -- yea-Prd- iVad- - nd (or onto 4 OTO'f i - re-r- r;irttfts tt Dec. 11. The German news agency says demobilisation of the Russian force already has Copenhagen, semi-offici- i -- al begun and that peace negotiations, restricted to the Russian front, have been authorized. The news agencys dispatch says that Gen. Oherbatchof has been appointed commander-in-chie- f, IT KALtb!fS ii rnr GtntOAL II. with the assistance of the allies (Teutonic) and that he has been authorized to .open peace .aegotiatiana with MOlB'EtPliESj1 THOOSUDS OF 7 Vvtrogrxd, Monday, Pee. J. r Utah and Idahos Great Annual Review , Vrill Be Issued - Saturday, December 22,' 191 7 . It will be great number to send away to friends. Order Now. Agents Wanted Everywhere. Halifax N. S, Dec. II. A estimate today of the explosion carnal ties reduces the death list to approxi-- v mately 2,800. The known dead total 800 and it te believed that not more than 1,000 bodice and perhaps only 900 still lie under the debris of shattered and burned buildings. Ths list of victims is steadily becoming smalland refuer as relatives gees who left the city return. From 300 to SOO porwons are totally or partly blind and 100 ddldrcn have cacti lost both patents, according to the American and Canadian workers Investigating the si button. The Boston relief ship Calvin Austin entered the harbor today. . The formidable estimates of casualties made during the hours immediately after the explosion apparently were due. It developed today, to the fact that some of the bodice were The relteg counted acveraJ tlmea. workers explained that even today's revised figures are not to he regarded as final inasmuch as many entire families were deetrojed. no member being alive to report such losses. It te estimated that 800 houses are Wrecked beyond repair, that 800 others were totally destroyed and that another 1,H can he restored te sat, Dartmouth were dtetreeulng today, teas of tern inlaUuuiu who were fejwacsK by the sxpkwtoBr die or tidal ware tea d not mead rod medical sttesdoa ap to tills morning and the relief system te liHag reorganised so they may voocfvo aid. In w shelter in Dari- month investigators foand women aad children. ij -- . SHIS mr soldier-coUmti- T sd o 12 This Wilmington. Del., Dec. city was subjected to a terrific bombardment early today ns the result of g a fire In the plant of the Bethlehem Bteel company about a mile below Newcastle. The blase which waa of unknown origin, started In a building Imwhlch were' stored shells loaded with T.X.T,. one of the most violent of all explosives. The shells were ignited end th contents flew in every direction. The building waa destroyed. One man, a guard, waa killed. The burned building wee of frame and 200 by 160 in dimensions. It contained 1.(90 shells. All of which exploded. The lose is estimated at 1200, I ! 1 i U . p 1f TT- &T rJ The central excatl-gomof fhe workmen' and oFFv-trogrtonight adopted e reooltnion appealing-talt belligerent countries to take part In the armistice conference at It approved tho action of the Rusnian delegation at th first conference and empowered General Funeral it to continue further negotiations Services Held Friday with a view to concluding an honor able and democratic peace In accordII Oeneral funeral Halifax, Dec. ance with the decision of tho ercond eervtoe for all the dead te te he held congress of workmen and soldiers' Friday. Some of the bodies will rest of th sad delcgt1, Hourgoyas diaavtera, in the Fairview will eecepy so nany, Others 4 cemetery. Off for , graves In Camp Hill cemetery that this ' Fetrorrad, Monday, Dec. 10. bunal ground will he completely fillof all th Russian front ed and will thereafter b closed. The official Inquiry into the disaster started tonight for to will tote today. rum thrrateteo negotiations with It begin ha been definitely established th Oerman. Lieut. Col. Fekkeh, ti that seven men were killed on beard roneral staff member of the armintle the Canadian cruiser Nlobe and that killed ia a commute, Informed the Associated six other of the crssr were Preaa that the delegation would con-at- small boat eron a pier. of 13 members, including Gen. Skalok. on representative each from th northern, western, southwestern, GOV. COI RumanlaA-RuMda- n and 'Rumanian armies, M. Altflater, the naval representative and five political delegatee. ieut. Col. Kokkeh believes that the L German will make considerable con cession and will even consent to leave i f s. t Breot-Utovs- k. thell-loailm- Brent-Iiiovi- ih 4- - L V Brost-Litovn- k, I A I?. et A, HIES 000. Incendiarism la suspected by some persona. No machinery waa in operation at the time and there waa no tire la the building. Fire In Altlcboru, Maas. Attleboro, Msee., Dec. 12. The fire business which swept through th center of thl city early today caused the estimated by police at apdamage proximately yllOO.OOO. Four buildings were destroyed and several , others damaged. - eliminated the demand that Russian troops leave Macedonia and France, because the Russian delegatee said these armies were not under their The Russian delegate control. at k telegraphed to retro-gra- d today that the German com mander there had demanded the immediate cessation of the distribution nr of Ruavian literature to German and He shM that 1.000.000 Austrians leaflets already had been distributed among the Teuton forces At a preliminary meeting on Patur-daorganised by the representative of the army and navy to discus the armistice negotiations the genera) of the remarks was that the ttoe. Purls, li Louis LomaloL trend fiussmns would fight to a finish if member of the French chamber fror.i the Germans refused to conclude a Losde. who with Joseph CailUux. the peace on honorable terms. former premier'! th subject or refor uthorization of proceed- Neu Revolutionary quest ing, it te unoeratood. ia chtrrH wldn Tribunals Substituted with th enerty. Mv having relation accused under artlclr 'Ji, CalHaux 7 7 of the pennl code 77, and Printer d, Mottday, Icc. 10 The to death anyone conepirinq or hvtnx dealing with foreign pow- Boblieilkl have dUpmrd the senate, er or their aptm. enxaKn ihemr to tltc blglicot Rax lan court, and all commit hoatilltlea or to make war of Petrograd. in axmnkt Frnce, or conapfrinif wiih en-- the otltcr courts a to weaken the fidelity of offiwith the recent decree of the keeping cers, aoldiert ard saUors. sutHtRultng If correspondence ulUt th enemy peoples commissaries ha not the above crime for Ha ob- new revolutionary tribunate. The only ject, but reauUa in supplying the tnomy opposition met was at the congress of with information Injurious Uk France a 4- political situation. tn county judges who irfnvd to be military law aaya that those holding such wtwe arrested. shall be punished with im- pemed. They The soldier, peasants and workmen Crime aaalnst the Al prisonments n liable Hes ef France are to the 'same district, according to th prod- tarnation, name a peimaneht president penalty a those against Franca Former Premier Cnitlaux the latter presided of the court and six the theatre erring only one week.juror, yemerdsy at a lecture-IThey have full at Masters by th general command- power to .Impose fines, imprisonment ing th disHct. on the subject of the and banishment. Kach juror can origin of ths war. oattoo id as emenct nry,-- tmt the entire court must approve later. Any member can cause a prisoner to a The' Petrograd be released. congress has decided to Ignore , the law. Urest-Lltova- y, -- , n F'rl r1 Rumania, Monday, Dec. 10. Official anmxmcrincnt was made today of Uie signing of an armistice In accordance with which ImatUltlc were ospended at 10.30 pan. yesterday until further notice. 1 Kaledinas' character ponflrms the Impression which f Continued on page eight.) The Christmas ". smiDiishiM ea - -- - rorni!i - BODIES COUNTED SEVERAL TIMES K i The second factor that worked to thwart authority in Russia was the propaganda of the extreme left of the Socialist party. This propaganda became especially dangerous for th e government with the eotnlng to Russia of Lenine, the leader of this party. Such propaganda as Lenine s would not have been tolerated by any government in the world its. time of war. The hundredth part of what has been said and written by Lenine, Zinovieff. Lunacharsky. Trotxki, and those of their kind would be enough to eliminate nny political leader from public life in America. But our Russian idealists took at things other wiss. i The goTcnunant of Lvoff knew faat many femwpooajble agitators aoe bought by the German govmeeL . It had eten pnof that many of these aceou T B tnwM wwmI It efakfulias, OrtnM. M " o oooqjk-tetj- r " v V exposed that be bad to lean Binwia' But oat of regard for the liberty of qmeli and th preae. tb move no made to ntppreao the agitation. It waa not government until tnuch later that the order for the arrevt of Lenine waa ieoued. By that time, however. It waa too late, becatue the aeeda of disintegration had already been oown nnd Lenine', fellows continued hi. propaganda. The conference held In Moeeow last July waa aimed largely at dealing with the problem of thie agitation and dbclpllae In the army and order t the country as a whole. The chief among the leaders of the party of order at that conference wu Korniloff. With him waa closely associated Gen. Kaledtnee, who la now leading the march of th Coesacke toward Petrograd. . Korniloff nnd his aaeoeiatee thoroughly understood ths noed of tho hour. In hlo address before the conference on the 10th of July Korniloff said that "for tho achievement of the purposes of the war sod for tho successful attainment of an honorable peece worthy of Kuaoia, it will bo neceeeary to have three armies one In the tranche and two In the rear an army of soldier, an army of wqrkJneo and.an army of railroad advance upon Petrograd wa begun in agreeAithougfT Kftmuhff ment with Kerensky, Ravinkoff and other member of the provisional government, at the last moment tt was halted by order of Korensky under circumstances which 1 shall describe In detail in a future article, and Korniloff was declared a traitor to the revolution and Imprisoned. ' r --I Today' Revised Estimate NejotTations, itricted Absolutely to the Places the Number of Dead at Approximately Russian Front, Said to Have Been Authorized Eighteen Hundred Peace Armistice Suspending Hostilities Signed The Lenine Propaganda. - will Lfvt Mnt -- X A 4 Senate and Highest Court List of Victims Grows HunAbolished New TribunSteadily Smaller als Substituted Russ dreds Are Totally Blind Ambassadors Dismissed. Many Children Orphans. counter-revolutiona- ry War of Quiet Force.- bVO THOUSAND BREST-LITOVS- ability would have been avoided. ks. E DELEGATION STARTS "FOR HE inarch of Gen. Kaledines and his 100,000 Cossacks to the center of Russia and perhaps to Petrograd is a resumption of the movement-towa- rd a strong central government which Gen. Korniloff attempted to lead shortly before the fall of I don't bUunc Kerensky for chocking Korniloff. baeauM I can attribute Kerensky act to hi Idealism. From the beginning of the Russian revolution the idealism characteristic of th Russian race ha been the element that very often has paralysed the force of tbs leader of the revolution. .Tho Russian nation, or rather th population of Petrograd; ' wearied from the huvt convulsion of the decaying autocracy, established, together with the provisional government and with the duma, which at that time had not yet been dissolved, a new organ of administration, the Council of Workmen and Soldiers' Delegatee. This new organ of administration at its was and its purpose was similar to that of the lowerinception chamber in the parliaments of constitutional countries. It was to act as a controlling force over the acts of th provisional government and preserve the new liberty from Invasion by any force. The first act of this council was the Issuance of the now famous order No. 1. This order established the civil right of the soldiers and at one drokt of the pen demolished te its foundation the entire structure of disi cipline in the army. From this moment I should say in Russia the duality of power the duality that has given birth to oil the disturbances that followed, the weakness of our government, the constant of ministry and at last the chaos that we see si the present time. changes A! LIST L "I mu-IU- 7 jjr ( g. Asquith Indorses the' Kerensky government. Kaledines is now trying to accomplish what Korniloff failed PresL Wilsons Position-Po- ints to accomplish. If KomQofrs m ivement had not been defeated Out Some Miscon- by the weakness of Kerensky, the deposed premier in all probceptions of the Enemy. ability would still be in office today and the perils into which Russia has been plunged by the Bolshevik! uprising in all prob- Fixed Price Contracts. "Some manufacturers would not tahe fixed price contracts at all. Gen. .! would not sake saiiW j'rot.er the risk except with a profit on a percentage baMs. They had had their finger burned. No. orders for rifles Were made at a fixed manufacturers would not take price; the orders." I pon WadsSenator inquiry by worth. Gen. Crorier id that early in Asquith Points Oat Some the a the president had allotted lii.uoo.ooo of hie tieo.too.m emergEnemy Misconceptions ency fund to the war department nd that emergency orders for maLondon, Dec. II The ungrudging terial had been given. .sacrifices made by the British people. Wadsworth asked if any (former Premier Asquith declared In an Birmingham yesterday, prev-th- c precautionary steps were taken before i5dP the ancient and war declaration. ingrained Thus wm u pe.pl. had nut Cr pped byBrili.ii luxury or staled done, said the getieraL "'We prepared by dotage. for sudden all we withered expansion and 'did "We look to the sod." he said, "with . t&uld been kept- - back- by the assured and belief milling of labor, by men changing so often, attracted by olKfcer wages or living conditions, household, a new era of liberty aad cnrland has a law men justice wllhbe opened. The former premier said that he had from Ira ring munitionprohibiting work without We would require legisl- a 'large part in Great Britain enterpermission. into the war and he nnheaitattngiv ation to accomplish that. I do not ing believed it had been worth while If find an actual shortage of munitions the war ends In a peace of security labor needed in this country. We and permanency. He indorsed President havent taken men into the military Wilson's as latest words wrvice to create a shortage." the intentions and expressing desires of Will the American army be able to elearly the Allies. Adverse criticism of the wpply itself with suifictent artillery?" recent letter of the Marquis of he added, was ceased by readSenator1 Heed. intentions ing Into It meanings and Not Short of Artillery. which the letter did not intend to conThe Indications are that we will be, vey with the assistance of England end Mr. Asquith said there was abundF ranee," Gen, Crosier We ant evidence that the anemy peoples re short of artillery forreplied. pur- are misinformed of the Allies obtect, training poses. but we are not short on the which are not to annihilate the German people, bnt to destroy the military other aide and will not be.H How long will it take to catch domination of Prussia. Ho- - said that most learn that the enthronen this side, - Senator Reed Germany ment of force le bed business. queried. "An enemy misconception he conVie will be fairly well caught up tinued, ia thatarethe Allies, especially on the most next Great Britain, important aiming at the dethings by summer. struction for their own political and That he haaTa plan prepared to economic cbfects of what vasuelv is submit to Congreau with 8eo. Baker's jrslled the freedom of the seas This ifhrmula. If It possesses any relevance, with the can on tv be used to Indicate some new labor o,...,:.! waa stated by Gen. limitation in vrr tlm upon t rozirr, but he declined to reveal Rs nt risht of ths power whtrti hn-prscope. to Mv fommiind of th urn. No h hern u correspond Ins limitation ronren-- j for land 4rrf- - wh totn In thl wflW hre hv Itfon I do th rnetn. eto!t4 r likely to her very think w Vuch from entmy jipt of freedom, of tt fn r "The AW wflInMc U t u lrilmte th! oirpoe nd rronomlo T1tw to mthodx d neo wHrhI Jore s need Th Vew York. Dec. 11 The laterna-on- th wM 1wrdMr hv Trl. wth dd- y dont league In nnnual meeting and THsiq In M rermt decided to postpone until Feb. f whwflb' to nd tndor th h a decision of the ohfeot Whn sua-question of M for the season of 1911. h M to N JedMg.wtvng d psm Tl h nd nd irswsroaHv Blf!e club franchise wee de- - (p wH t dwnt- Atrladn 1nT of t salaries and contractural ebll- - an even on th part of rirtors" Barrow. waa 1 IT giui to I!rnlsry sue. mtoln No ChriHn-- d bmikIT V Rochester and Rfrh-b- a signified their intentions of National For 'n.MloninB pUv for the Army next year ToFIi,itlmnr a desire te Hnte the 191 expreesed Dec. If Kn of the seeeon Newark Wrh!ftm. amy w?!l not b Ivn Mih.onla rink ! furiruch uni T th m they 1!v within (a whether ,ht pijorlty of th ehih sa trolley dLtanrd of thlr rsotonment, tho teon would he played. ths irnr department has derided. M the Vf. Ex-Pren- Five Year Program Carried Out in One ;No Shortage OF COl'VT ILYA TOLSTOI. Editorial Not Count Ilya Tolstoi 1 erSdited with "probably having a more thorough understanding of the exact atato of affair In Russia than aoy other person In America. If to writing a eerie of article on the sltua-lio- n In hi native country of which the accompanying is the first, it tells hat may bexor'ed from Kalfdines and Korniloff. Count Hva has just returned talb Latterl ta?e aftar speeding some time tn Russia alnce the revolution He cbmes from the aristocratic dare but la a moderate in hi Viewpoint, and waa a strong supporter of the first proviaional government, YEAR H -- TEMPE advo-cate- Ambaiwatlors Dismissed. . Petrograd, bknday. Dect 10. -- Ion Trotxky, the Bolsheriki foreign minister, has' tasued a decree dismissing all Idaho Falls, Idaho, Deo. II. Dis- Russian ambassador and their staffs they ignore the Bolshevik! tinct vihratlotis of the earth were felt because demand that they (renounce the Kehers at 4 oclock thte morning. No rensky government. We have declared them deprived damage was pna. FELT AT IDAHO FALLS ' . NIO HIS 01 vJf i 54 I iN HANDS Columbus. O., Dec. 12. Gov. James Cox went over the head of federal fuel administration officiate today and has taken the Ohio coal shortage problem In his own hands. Th first move today was to order solid trainloads of coal assembled and sent Immediately to points in the state most seriously in need of fuel. The order is directly contrary to Instructions of V. C Baird, federal state fuel administrator, who refused to sanction such action. M '.ivi- - 1:1 f 4 MOVET FOR BARGES. Washington. Pe 12 S3 The shipping hoard today et 3O,e0 of its shipbuilding fund for construction of 34 Mississippi barges and four tug for will be exriver trafSIr The money pended under the joint supervision of th emergency fleet corporation and th rhlef engineers' o'flre of the army. The hop- - I to relieve congested railway traffic conditions. of all if. further rights and pensions. Trotxky said. Fighting Severe. London. Dec. 12 The fighting at T&fnanmka. according to the Reuter dispatch from jetrograd, appears to have been between detachments of shock batalions and local troops awurted by sailors, red and armored cars infantry guard, nt from Petrograd and troops from Kharkov The ituwko Flovo of Peall day trograd save the fighting lasted . aighU- - .It . adds . that, rv Severe and that there werf a g:ett number of casualties. v tmd-all- - it-e- f hr Clash at Headquarters , London. Dec. 11 Reports of fight-- " ing t Mohilev. Russian general headquarters, between troops newly alt i rived there and the Rotehevikl garrison, w ere received In Petrograd Monday, according to the correspondent of The Times. - It te also reported that shock battalions and Cossacks advancing on Mobilen clashed with tba Bolshevik!, who were defeated. t 1 J ' |
