IrttraSwC War Confs-ence in Paris Opens With Russia M the Big Topic.

*£KINE DEALS WITH BOCKES

cf Am-.IKic*—©f CoMapw erf RMical "Oovammant” — lt»ii*r CHmU Cvntitrrt* Over —Supretne War Council for United Quit*. By COWARD sv PICKARD. Tit* *rwt lm«:: ©or coafereac apernd in Pori* < : . .. jr*d*y and ftw «arld t« Junlfiod In cxyrftlne reouirn«o't* rewiit* from It, U»o«gh they may

Aetdr lro«c tit quuotloo of enlfiod centiol of tbe «rar, one of the tnqpt teportant nutter* cooridered hy the .«oofrreoce, of cocne. waa the Cw actMtlaei. Thii wr-' ntpldl* too «> a r'.lraes. for durinc the *re«k (he

to the Oer •ddr and made their propoaUlon of an -anteMice on all fronts of the baillcrreirt countrle* Since thl* plan colnddr* with Germany'* dr*ire* end BonbUrs* »-a* inspired by. her. the CHstnon oothorllle* acrepted the eoy•■rilon end art December 2 for a eonferescc on the mbjoct. Ueaovtille Bomber* of tbe German yraeral ataff mere In Pctrocrad edvialne I r-olee n»d bolshy. The '•••.nfere..re tn Paria took under cwtaBd'.-riitlon the Usuance of a "reeaooed aUlriiieot for ibe rnldance and ««mtRs; of the Uundan* a* to tin ■erioK> reanlt* that are likely to fol lorn !f a aeiiaraie pence ts concluded.' to <(Uo; tbe coaaerratlTe tansnaye of fjtr.i Bofiert Cedi. Thl* mean* nothing teas than that the Petroyrad rad iral.v and Kumla If they are able to Impose their Mil on the country, will tuhneogniaed a* r-ncti.ie* of the allied Mtl-'ii The ambsksador* of the Mb* and of the CnJjrd State* nr Mid to I* nailing for the meeting of . thr Buv*la!i roiikUtueat asceubly. I «hcti«mv for which were held erael thongb tbe mmlt* were not .. famuo at the time of writing. Her* lx Southeaetrm Ruaaia. There art growing ludlrotioue that. When (he froth and ajmn.e of the pre*- , «m bobhrMU reeulutloo In Iti have blown away, the original reTolottenlsts of 1»« Marr'.i. men like Milyaukotf. who have hr*In* and exprri■Mie as well a* Ideal*, will eoiue to the aorfact acaln and regain a control that may nave their dlutrartr-l country from tbe talon* of tbe Prosdan J«ag!eThe twgUiulng of the end for bt-mne was reported to have cmdc <hi Friday, when, according to di*patrbc* from Petrugrad. hi* cabinet wa* aocceeded fcy a coalition mlulatry of advanced Socialtst* and other factions aith the BcUbevtkl In the minority. Despite the fact that the second and Bfth *rmlas lest week gave their beren e to the Uo' '.erikl "guvem Bent.’ Lenin.- and Trotaky have afcoan no allgfate*! evidence their ability to role Ituasla. whether or not they be knowingly agent* of Germany, their action* ate all for the benefit of the central power* If the srmhdiev they ask for ware followed by the kind of {> they advocate. Moaala would hr open to Oanoany a* a ripe field for m tea* evirltrttatioo and tbe German* would gtlu Infinitely more >hoo they - paartny wou'd lu*e in weatenj

r. the situation lies

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far aa-ay from ywniasUou kno*t; as the KcmiheaMm. union has btts fonu>*|. vuibraring the Don territory, must of Lutl* Uoasla. Ihe lower Veiga region sod Torkeaun. This It the great grain growing part of Baasla. the territory that feeds the cast, and steps are I-eta* taken to add -O the caioti the cnrn-ptndu< .tig -lart ri Slberts. In ail (hi* Imltury. ro-jgh

*a. v ta tarn, to controlled by laadvrs

the hrecnlia tn UllA. till further lata the interior and Is out of the reach of the ilists. Whether KeMaes and wtl! chose to eepport the or will eld la » raw toratloa of the monarchy la not dear. But sene Mends of order, democracy and freedom feel that anything woold be better than the reign of anarchy war That threatens Kmads who remain at the bitterly because of of food, and there ts a fine prospect of hundreds of thonsands of these fighting men turning hark Into their country half-starved and ready to pillage and ravsge It without

Tbe heroic Italian troops having demonstrated their ability to bold back about four times as many Teutons along the Flare front, the fears of a more eiteodwd invasion of Italy and of the rapture of Venice arc tesaening. During the week great cumber* of rvenfurcesnenta arrived from the British and French armies on tbe ws*t front, many of them baviog marched eight days through tbe mountain* They brought with them ample artillery and supplies. Italian reserve* la great masses young, weil-equlpocd and full of spirit, also moved north to relieve those who hare bean cumbering the Invader*, and In tome places tbe Italians look the oLenitive. Tire fighting, •apodally between tha-Plave and the lireota. continued fierce and unabated throughout the week, and the insasi on both sides were heavy, but tbe Aus-tro-Genuans nude no further gains. Down toward the Adriatic they made repeated attempts to croos the rtvwr acd the flooded lands In imatuon*. but were completely runted by the Italian • rtlWery. As the weak rioted the situation In Italy was stin errloo*. but Im-

proving each day.

Gen. F. B. Maurice, chief dlioctor cf military opcraUonj la the British war udice. waa raqwcmlly wril satisfied with tiw seek's dcTcli|io>cnt* In Itoly. Fnmi ti," Sort that Germany had not brought up vast re-mfurw^ merit* to follow up the initial succes* with a decivlvr blow:, be conrinded that Germany eras unable to w-ud tiu-ni. It is now time, he declared, to *•> definitely that the crl*U in Italy haa | aimed, this bring due <-«- tlraly to tbi- eFortt of the ItaUkn army. “Auglo-Fretich troo|i» are now avnllahle in vafiSrirnt quantltiM to satisfy d« that the situation is se-

cure.” he concluded.

Hard Fijhttng Around Cambrai. The war has seen no mare dcwjieratc ficliting than ha* followed on the bm-l* of General By lift ■u-n*atloi,al thrust toward Chmbral. Crown I'riocr iluf. pracht aeemed drlmnluro) not to let lliat dty fall Into 'hr hand* of the Uritiah. or at least to make it c costly pnir. tnd hi* constantly rr-enfmeed troops were sent against the British tn Bourion wood again and again and in tbe tillage of Fontaine, which changed bands sever..I time*. Byng's mm held on tenaciously and usually had tbe best of It In the hand-to-hand •fighting as well as in the artillery combats. and tbe tanka continued tbelr part. These monsters often rieorrd tiie way for the Infantry, and Id at least one Instance, when they were tbemarivra held up by euperio force*, the British airmen, fij.ng dai Ingly low. mated the enemy with machine gun fire and permitted the Unite go on. Altogether. It has been the roost spectacular batdc of the war. and It has cost tlie Germans s great maily

of their be*I men.

G.-neral Byng last work seemed to be endvsvoriug io break through to the | north of Cambrai, a movement that probably would compel the enemy to frJl hack ou a wide front. Chmbral Itself seems doomed to destruction. General lvr*hiug last week sent over bis *>coud «wsualiy list. U gave the name* of two privates who were killed in the tranches by Gorman artillery fire and of 0

n the appolntmeAi of a an coanril through which aB the war aetlvU'ca of the wBI be enabled to work tefetner. Thii council Is otrd • up of the members a) u.« couneO df MMMBHMMIMp taries Baker. Donlris. Lane, noaatoa Red field and WHaon—Soeretary Me Adoo. Chs1nr.au Hurley of tbe ship pln^ hoard. Food AdmltiUtratov Hoot er. Fuel Adm'nfnrator Garfield am' Chaimau Willard of the tries board, t-i rector Gifford of the council cf natlcual defease trill alt with this rapertor council, and Prwri

Tbe voveenaaM U mshlng a t ml usd effort to sente the troubles < the rallwayt and Us own problems I

now the plan of a railnwd pool for at lines oast of Chicago is being tried out If this is not successful, U Is predict

operattoo of all American railways. Frarident \VH* - • - «nl<argo on the articles that are essentials of muni Uons of w-r. without the taisslon of the government. This *11 operate to center it for war purposes and to tacititatc Jh« imporiation of raw materials and otb er supplies necessary in tbe tore of munttlon*. Thl* of gwntrcl over Imporu. provided fm tn tbe embargo act. gives thw goveru ment a powerful weapon foe the nomlc war on Germany and ran ta directed also against neutral I suspected o£ supplying the centra

proved a roenrameodaiion of Mr Hoover reducing thr alcoholic cunxrn of beer to S per cent and radociQg th< amount of grain asel by lircwcrv u about TO per cent of the tulume hltbei to consnmed. I’roblbtHor of all brow Ing. the sdmlnlBtration bedeves. trualt divert tipplers from ihe cnmparanval;

U. S. Supreme War Council. H'hile argent ly adrialag upon our allies more imibvd acthxi in tbe proav-t-utiun of the war. tha admiuistrattuo is not ovrrlookSug the sard for similar > '-unUbated effort at home. On Tuew -isy a r: ' at •octroi of * » l

leg. white the first pslaa (or the bast song v*s awarded to 'he Throe Hun fired and Ete*aB>h Infantry of South Jersey. U waa Stokes, faowevor. because the tactwar not original, but was aa old air from Clrfl War days with a romantic history. The BtfigM agate consulted gave the priaa aoeg award finally to the Throe Hundred and Teach New York Infantry. Delaware boys of the

Tha Judges believed that some of the original sung*, composed by camp so good that lbs eat*ro American army will chant them on their march to Berlin Eleven Gamp Dtx organisations had I** men ebonite» to the contest, and each had edal song- To try oat the techof the various units each cborur a verse and chores of “Over There" and “When the Groat Rod As -its prise con

anted

original

The lodge* were James E. Cornea! of Haddocfieid of Ihe Victor Talking Machine Company, W. K Durham of Trento a. Y. M. C A. maslc director; Raymond B. Culver of the National War Work Council and Prof. Hoilt* P. Dncn of Cornell Unlronlty South infantry boy* put across a big bit with an infantry baited to (hr ■■^■•VarytABd. My Maryland.” Word* and music original with men in the regiment were the feature or North Jeraey - * Infantry chorus. “O^r ■facl* Sammy.’ while a rip roar og melody. ’The Scrappin' Three Tenth" of the Throe Hue fired snd Teeth In fan:.-y set the big audience Into a veritable leHrium of applause.

Hawkins ted the 2.006 voices of tb* classed stager* In aeversi ot the popcter war song*.' and. as a stirring fusle. the great chore* sang "The Star Speng'iC-d Banner.” tbe wsCre an dieace Seining In the char*.* Visitors

heard the natloaa:

anthem rung a* the army has w.n taught to stag It here, and they fairly rocked the big auditorium with tbelr

whisky, brandy and gin. of which then Is In tbe count*-- tiangh to las

seal y»»:

*c War on Austria Yet. Vigorous enforcement at the order* restricting roemy aliens atadfi tb-ug* rather lively last week for Gsruevn rvaidetitw.«s-jvcrially of the large rifle* Bui the bop© that the administration won'"! utuke ©aidei the checking <’f ©•- l-ireing© by bating congress declare war oo Austria wwat gi'mmerlng. Tor msoiiv which could turf he am lie. Fr<-»idcnt »ii*un and ids raWnri agm<l (bat tw drriaratiem egalart the dual monarchy sbonld b© mad© unless II our;mil* taut fertuer ©speriail} hostile act*. Til© preaSdent poiuted tail the fart that tb© enemy alien law could | Im amended to Inrin.> the subjects o! conn trios allisd with Germany, don© In the trading with the an. and Attorney General Gregory at on<» began tbe I>r«-iniration of aacU an

amendment.

Vatican Reptie* to Critics.

Causnally S-oid critljtem of the • *qparlor to those preaeouid. have

rt-nrse of the Vatican by a nunber of paptra. and nsoertlou* that the pop© had been fostering the cause ■ ( Austria. bad been far from neutrsl and should be railed on to make hi* pewition clear, brought forth ludlgr-imt denial from Cardinal Gaspwrrt, papal secretary of state. Sold be: “To may that hie holiness favors, or has favored. or win favor an unjust, unchristian. and unendurable peace Is not only false but blao Biward. Any propaganda for such a peace, alleged to be conducted at the Vatican's inspiration. ©specially In certain nations. U the product of pure inallrfoutna**." He asserted that the disruptive propaganda lbs! began to affect the moral© of tb© I'aiten army could not '*© laid at tbe d-stre of the Vatican, and that “the shoulder* on which rest* the re-spontehl’lty f.»r the re--.erses are w.-ll kn-wu. a resjemaihUlG which certainly doss cot touch Oath ttii<-*, th.- clergy and iraat of all tta“Ugu*t person of the svrcrrtgi; pu«i-

tlff."

lib ©ir.ltirnc© made no reference to the Sinn Krlc ratwlUoo tn Ireland. On© of the first matters taken up by tli© tuicralUed conference In Paris was the ti.-rd of «p.-. ly dipiovnatl.- action In rrgurd to Kvritrteland. where Oerman Intrigue t* oiijwnllng the neotraiity of the country sod gaining economical (kanlnsUoa through control ot th© 8wl»* railways. The Swiss federal council t* twcocalng anxious over Cter man tail nary movtaaruu on it* fnm

tier.

Col. WUhas M. Morton, at owe time third assistant postmaster general o.' the rattad 8tat<.. died in bte bomr In h. >ark. at the © of ae»«mty-twc yaarfe. H© was a civil war veteran and d*c« manager of the old Newark Theatre His career in tha theaUteal world began about 55 year* ago. MUa Marion Cleveland, daughter of former President Grover Cleveland, waa married at Princeton to WiDtem Stanley of Princeton, tn the class of U1S. The ceremony, which was s very Quiet one. was performed by D. John Grier Hthben. precidea! of

Princeton L'cirerslly.

A aerrioe fteg cun late lug *0 star* waa presented to Vestment by the Polly Anna Girt*. State Seaalcr-elart Joshua C. Haines made the principal address. Sergeant Hamilton C. YTooderty made the pm-rotattoo and Hag was received by Township Gem ndUeemau Alfred M. Matlhewa. Keels for tea standard'sed * ships for the Emergency Ftest Corporation win soon Te laid al the plant of the Federal Shipbuilding Company now under coettrocUtm on the Hack

_ * fat* sn-w hydrotaa tern U* yotk and and water are Migafy «««ulrad to pro dace the white of aa egg. MAKE WHITER LAYERS WORK of ThMe Orate « U You a

part of her toad U> Uttar. The txrrrise they gat from acrat firing fo> tb© grain te vvey import an;. The excrete©

Officer' declare the valar of tha ■ htgtag contest a ill not end wit a this great triumph They say the comped!ion has set .be men of their command* to writing their own war suoga and that, since prattle* for the

The

a seal maker a hard Job lighter and on* finds the coiamng of kbgki-rted eguros singing, humming or ahtetiutg soma popular ran©, wbstber on the bike, at drill or digging trench**. “If your men fight lik© they sing, to a** the words ot on* of their most popular songs. TJofi help Kaiser Bill.’” was' the eloquent comment of one of th* jadgr© in rompUmeatlng the lead-

era of the concert

No “Ups" was needed to -ead 1 WO "rookin' to their bed*, for they had i thsir tad:i»tloo Into actual army work > All fisy long, with hut brief periods for mat and an hoar at noon, they | marched across the parade grounds | did tetung-up exercises or by com | paste* learned to crawl cm all four* ! as they wtu have to «o later in the ;

Traatan Men If.dieted.

AH of the ofleeta and director* of th# Trenton and Morrer Ooanty TrtcIkm Corporation aere Indicted by the Mercer ( canty grand Jury on a charge of msJnlalnl'ig a common aoteance la illegally having poles and wire* <>a re ruin Mroate of the dtjr. If eonvicUoas are found as Ik* rvault ot thaee

■ ould be ihro* rear* in prteoo and s fine not exceeding HAW tar oa-x

man found gsiitr

Capita! stock of the Edison Storage Battery Coen puny of Vest Qrtagt will be Increased from tS.fitC.Mfi te 15.60 3.000. A colored soldier of the N. Y. X. G-. Fifteenth latactry. arms abet and killed tn a trap game at Camp Merritt. Tensfly. The Princeton Board of Health has JUPt appointed T. W Margertte ar acting healtti officer. An option on 5.666 acres waa tallied by the Marine Corps for rifle practice on the Orem'. Piece taeadosrs. Gladys Kibaingrr. an Anbury Park girt who was recently eotpmitted to the Bust© Home for Girti Ay Police Judge Borden of that plate for roam tag the streets at night, has fcaen recalled from the iaatitatloa aad paroled by Jnfig© Lawrence of Monmouth county for three years la custody or Probation Officer Hougbtos' and the Ctrl's mother. New corn on the cob sold at 11.25 a bushel St the-South Jere-y Farmers* Exchange's main shipping station at Woods! own. Governor Bdg* signed a requUltiou from tbe New York authorities for the extradition of Matches- Smith from th© Hackensack Jail to Poughkoetade. N. T.. where he U wanted to answer a charge of bigamy. According io tUcgaUui.s accotnpsnylag tb# application for tbe requisition. Smith ha© been married 26 times and there are children from four of the union* The Board of Public CtILiy Com mteslcner* has ordered tbs New Tort Telephone Company to file within 6« days s report re-daring tu telephone re:©*, which will bring the rereour ol tha company down annually io not las* (baa 1 HOC.000. Cot Horace Reading, formerly com mudt-r of the olfi New Jeraey lufan try. resigned. An employment exchange has bees established at th© Montclair High School, through which girl* of th© school hope to obtain work which will enable them to warn funds pledged fat war rall-f wot*. The girk are w flUng to u'-dr.-vk© anything, from caring for htble# working in storm daring the holidays. A surprise was sprung In Newark's political circles when Jmmm K Ns cent. Democratic .sader. took step* tr oppose s recount nf the votes U: tb* reteat election of a dty commisoioB George W Anderson, acting for Mr Nugent, epi’led to Caief Justice Gum mere for a writ of certiorari to review the order for the recount which wni granted to John A. Matthews, whe was nosel on. in tb* non ion by Com mtssloMT John F. Monsh&n by a plu ralliy 6f 116 Governor Edge has been elected prmJdro: of the recently organlx.-i Nsthme: Council of mat©* Thv coun nr* purpose U IV define and ilgaifr ledcral and stat© source* of revests r and to make uniform the colloctiAn if

lagan.

The recount of 'he tote oa liquor 11 c*n»* la Plainfield turned the dry ric uwr iato dafui by a majority of U Tie original vote gave the fom of boos© s margin of one. and there mu much Jo/- Tb© liquor men obtained th* recount, however, and th© vou ws* shown to be lAOl ta favor and 1.460 against licena©

FEEDiM* FOWLS FRESH MEAT

Are 8*<sty Used fur This Pmpaae an Many Farms. It te tame ti through-rid th© * and faro; aidmste <a oaa kind or another are safely used lor this p-rfw© during frewriBk weather. There 1* great danger from ptomaine putoodns ••ccantn* where tWs practice 1* cnotinu©d ‘irrr— r " ‘ ihe west allowed to rot

BRONZE TURKEY BEST KNOW Mate Bird Sometime* Reach** EreMora la Dumaiifi. The largeot tnd pmhapa th© te** known of the domeaheatad tnrke} « the broase, sometimes cased tb© ibcu»moth hroose. Has male Mrd cf th!»

timet The atandaril weight for the tom is ho pounds and for tb* tan 3'

Geouralljr the brevier mights found amoog the breeding Mrds. sn« are not for ante. As • matter of « perlenc© broaden Bad thai the prmi-

B rears Tarfcajr Tgm. cat demand for the holiday trade M for th* *ntatter birds sulicbli- for ■ dinner for un ordinary fumily. Tbe plcmsgr of th© 1-roott '« attractive. The frotbors are brvC - 9r ^ dull black with bwad* of white Tbe beeuxe tint gives pisuMug elfert*. On* -aunw* obj-rfloo bus becu UmJ th* bronne h*m te aot a isjrer. Dm It te gw»©rully fo«n6 te>1«f te largsty an indlvldaul . tori slic. Many prefer Um Im®** ‘ * generally this broed by far th© other* on th© holiday mark©: The brosae turkey* ore dre© sceodanu of the Ammtean •WJ*' key. which 1* stiD found te ***!>* of our rtmotry. The Item* < • ^ dom«Mlcut*d bird.