The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 08, 1918, Page SIX, Image 6
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fNO SCARCITY FN WORLD SUPPLY P<
EXISTS NOW ASSERTS THE ((
WAR TRADE BOARD."
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Delivered to Atlantic Seaboard Under :li
!ts Own Power?Liberty Theaters ir c<
Cantonment Camps Are Completed?
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(From the Committee on Public Informa- < s<tlon.)
Washington.?4n a recent statement;
ithe war trade board declares that nc! s<
wool shortage exists, either in the; o
world's supply or in the amount on p,
hand in the United States, notwith- m
standing the increased consumption' <l(
for military purposes. The clip in \c
mftct pnnnfri dc hoc cfooi?)!v In/ircncofl
j www vvumi i\_o uuo IUVI vucvu
i since the outbreak of the war.
' ,4The price of wool has advanced tr
in the United States by a percentage tr
greatly in excess of such price ad- m
vances in other countries," says the ai
statement. "The price in the United b<
^ States has advanced 200 p*^ cent rt
above the prewar level. The price in al
England Is fixed, at 55 per cent in
excess of prewar prices. in
"Cloth manufacturers (in the Unit- n<
ed States) have been impelled by fear E
to carry abnormal stocks of wool, and e<
to contract with dealers and im- aj
porters for unusual quantities for farforward
delivery. Manufacturers of
Icioimug nave Deen lniecieu oy a use m
dread, inciting the purchase of cloth m
exceeding in volume their reasonable ai
[needs. is
i "The consumption of wool during ai
|I918 will be little if any greater than m
jit was during 1917." N
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Army trucks for use in France are
ibeing delivered to the Atlantic sea- ai
iboard from interior storage depots w
|Tinder their own power. 01
If the plan is successful, the deliv- si
iery of the 30,000 war trucks under m
[construction under their own power g(
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win release w,wu i reign t cars which
would be required to transport them Qi
by rail. It will also provide adequate ?<
effective corps of transport drivers ai
and officers, who will reach France
with a minitnum of training to be required.
Wear and tear on the trucks gi
jwill be slight compared with the ben- m
jeflts derived from their use. si
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The government "Liberty" theaters cc
St th<* IP N.itinnnl nnnv rantnnmpnt-a
arc all completed, and in a few per- sc
formances have been given. The in
'buildings, which are supervised' by ei
><r?w jthe war department commission on sr
(training camp activities, are 120 feet 01
; .wide and 179 feet long, made of pine ci
fooards, unpainted, but faced with tl"
| heavy building paper, which makes w
ithe sides airtight. Complete ventilat- sc
ing systems have been installed and ol
flPflt" is snrvnHprl hi? ctr?niri orirl cm?l! tf1
6toves. st
There are five large entrances and
>li exits, and the theater, seating
3,000 men, may be emptied in about Clone
minute. t*i
The stage is 65 feet wide. The floor si
of the auditorium is saucer-shaped and fc
r\ rr AiTAim CAnf nwAit^An n nl /\^? tfl
ov/ cvuj oral ^iuviucj) a urui
Flew of the stage. The seats are si
benches fitted with eomfertable ra
iacbs, and sections will be reserved hj
60 tickets may be purchased in ad- ^
vance. The "smilage" boobs, soon to
be placed on sale, will be good for ?
>all these theaters, as well as chautau- a
Qua tents. tl
The motion-picture booth, housing v'
two machines, is asbestos lined. The st
stage has an asbestos curtain. Light- Q'
tlng effects are similar to those Of
standard city theaters.
The theater is placed on the highest Ir
point of ground in each camp, and in
many campfe the post office, main
Jibrary building and hostess houses
are near by, making a sort of town
<jenter where large numbers of men c<
gather each night. el
The tower on top of the stage loft,
about 75 feet from the ground, serves c:
ra signal tower for wigwagging.
The recently completed naval airIcraft
factory covers three acres, the s:
jbuildirigs being 400 by 300 feet. The *
fceel of the first flying boat was laid 90 ir
days after building work was begun. b
The plant, with equipment, cost P
$1,000,000. si
j There is opportunity for employment v'
?t the aircraft factory for 2,000 skilled fi
workmen from almost every trade.
rWomen can . sew covers on the wings
?nd perform some of the lighter woodiworking
operations, and it is expected ei
rthat several hundred women will be
employed. 51
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The post office department has estab- "
Ushed coastwise parcel-post water L
routes to facilitate service for the can- n
ifonments, which will operate to relieve
|#rar-time railroad congestion. 0
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i The working honrs of clerks in the
interior Department building at Wash- (
tfagton have been changed to run 1
ifrom 8:45 to 4:15 Instead of 9 to 4:30,
fco relieve congestion in street railway
fears of the overcrowded capital. t]
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! Mrs. Jason Dole of Northfield, Vt, U k
knitting for the soldiers. This Is the *
tliird conflict she has been actively Interested
in, as her brother was in the
Civil war, her son Arthur In the Span- ^
ish-Americf.n war and her grandson, ?
Eric Dole, is now In France. P
The following paragraph of Armyr
emulations is the only rule now existtg
regarding the relationship between
[ficers and enlisted men:
'"Superiors are forbidden to injure;
lose under their authority by tyranical
or capricious conduct or by abuve
language. While maintaining displine
and the thorough and prompt
?rformance of military duty, all ofli*rs,
in dealing with enlisted men. will
>ar in mind the absolute necessity of
> treating them as to preserve their
'lf-respect. Officers will keep in as
ose touch as possible with the men
uder their command, will strive to
lild up such relations of confidence
id sympathy as will insure the free
>proach of their men to them for
MinsH and *1 ^stance. This relationxii>
may b( .-ined and maintained
ithout rela.wtion of the bonds of dispiine
and with great benefit to the
rvice as a whole."
Sailing under American names in the
irviee of the United States are 109
erman ships damaged by their crews
rior to their seizure by the govern
ent when war was declared. They
1(1 more than 500,000 gross tonnage
> the transport and cargo fleets in war
rvice for the United States.
There Is evidence that a German cenal
authority gave orders for damage
those ships, so that none could be
aerated in less than eighteen months,
id documentary proof that the enemy '
Sieved much of the damage was ir'parable.
In less than eight months
1 the ships were in service.
The former German liners, sailing
rider distinctly American names, are
:>\v fitted as troop and cargo ships,
ach is convertible to a completely
juipped hospital ship for return-voy?e
service.
Distribution of allowance and allotent
checks to dependents of enlisted
en of the United States has required
i extra night shift of clerks and typts
in the bureau of war risk insurice.
The first checks represent allotents
made by enlisted men from their
noTT >1 or T>T"i ffa SflTtTl
" > UillL'VTI J ? IUVjV UiVl ??*?.** Nr%.r ^
ted government allowances.
Every enlisted man in the military
id naval forces of the United States
ho has a wife and children dependent
1 him is required to allot for their
lpport at least $15 a month, but not
ore than half his pay. To this the
jyernment adds monthly allowances.
Commissioned officers are not rellred
to make allotments, and the
jvernment does not provide allowices
for their dependents.
The next examination through which
aduates of approved engineer schools
ay apply for commissions as provional
engineers, corps of engineers,
ill be held about the middle of the
>ming summer.
Students in approved technical
?hooIs who are considered as rating
i the upper third of their classes may
iter the enlisted reserve corps, and
> enlisted will be permitted to remain
i the inactive list until they have
>mpleted their college courses. When
ley leave their colleges these students
ill be called for active service' in
>ine "branch of the engineer service
: the army or will be discharged to
ike their chances under the selective
Tvice law.
Regulations made public by the air aft
board corresponding to those oblining
in Great Britain provide that
lould a military aviator make a
>rced landing, the public, after ascerlihing
that the aviator Is not injured,
lall keep clear of the machine to;
linimize danger from inexperienced
mdling of control wires and Instru
ients.
When there is no military post or enimpment
near the scene from which
grn.rd may be sent the police from
le nearest town are requested to prode
guard at once. Railroad and
eamship companies have been revested
to Instruct employees to ren?r
all assistance to aviators who may
a forced to land in remote places or
i the water.
Soldiers at the cantonments would
ltiiei see service at once on the battle
nes as p-ivates than go later as offi" s
Tn n.iriv inctnnpps pnlistpri mPQ
-A. O. AU UA Viij ?
ligible for admission to officers' trainig
schools have refused to apply beiuse
they feared the work would les>n
their chances of immediate active
?rvice in Europe.
In one division, with 880 men to be
sleeted for training schools, only 40
ould nppl.v. The rumor was abroad
i camp that the division would sail
efore the work at the school was comleted,
and not until the men were a6ared
that the schools would move
ith the divisions were the quotas
lied.
nvirt hnllnnnisf-Q oTthnnfh *nh
Tt to the selective-service law, may
nlist as heretofore upon passing the
summation at the nearest aviation exmining
board. Nonflying officers uner
thirty-one years of age are net now
eing accepted, except a limited numer
of graduates of recognized engieering
colleges or others who can
ualify as expert engineers. Aerial
bservers are not now being accepted.
Estimates show the government
rinting office will use 100,000,000
ounds of. paper, costing about $4,000,
00, this year.
Men working In many coal mine?
iroughout the country voluntarily
ut down the Christmas holiday to
eep factory fires burning and Louies
'arm.
The heaviest food contract* In the
istory tl the world have been let reently
to 14 of the great psddag
a uses of the United States.
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ONE MAN KILLED AND SCORS [
INJURED BY FiRES AND
EXPLOSIONS.
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Nearly Two Blocks in Heart of Busi. j
r.ess District is Destroyed?Miiitar>
Police on Guard?Cause cf Fire Is
Unknown.
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Ayui r a. -ACilliy L WO D'OCKS IE
the heart cf Norfolk's business dis
trict, including the Montlcello Hotel
were destroyed, at least one man was*
killed and a score more injured in 3
series of explosions and fires which 1
both the police and naval authorities *
believe were incendiary. The fire had
been checked but was burning fiercelj c
in %the ruins. The loss is roughly es- 1
timated at more than $2,000,000.
Three distinct explosions in ai c
many buildings, one after the fire once e
virtually had been brought undar con- t
trol, led to the general belief that en- c
emv agents were at work. Mayoi ^
Mayo practically placed the city undei f
military law by turning the situation (
over to naval officers, and some 2.5QC *
marines and bluejackets from nearby <
naval stations assisted the police and T
home guards in maintaining order and j
preventing vandalism. r
Naval patrols rounded up suspicious x
persons throughout the afternoon,
while five men were arrested as suspects.
Two of these, Hugo Schmidt
and H. K. Lessing, said to be Germans
were turned over to depart 1
ment of justice agents. Tonight ther.? *
w6re reports that two Germans had 1
been shot by sailors during the day. 1
but neither the police nor naval au- 1
v. ~ : J. r ..u c at I
muiicieb vvuuiu ruxiiiim mem.
The fire started before dawn in th?? 1
Old Granby theater on Granby street *
and gained rapid headway as the fire-!
men were handicapped by frozen fire;
hydrants, low water pressure and;
near zero temperature. It quickly! (
spread to the Monticelio hotel and c
other nearby buildings in the block, *
It was brought under control late in ?
the day, but broke out anew early atj *
night, leaped across Granby street and | c
leveled half of the block there. I 1
Falling floors and walls took toll: <
or nremen ana naval guaras. uae ?
fireman, Charles McCoy, was killed j <
and seven others hurt in the collapse j 1
of an upper floor of the Monl.icelloj ?
hotel and two firemen and several j
sailors were caught in a falling -w all ol! t
the Lenox building. Three were i ^
brought cut badly hurt but two others j (
were left in the debris. I t
Firemen of Norfolk, Portsmouth' and
Suffolk with organized isailorj *
brigades, fought heroically amid ice! "f
and blinding smoke, and bluejackets '
led the rescue work when the fight- ,
ers were trapped. Several of the fire
men caught in the hotel were brought!
out alive through the daring of a! 1
score of jacktars. > s
Reports as to the number o:! ex- *
plosions vary. It was first said that j *
the fire in the Granby theater had| ;
followed an explosion, but Fire Chiel *
McLoughlin and naval investigators ?
announced tonight that this was not s
the case. They said, however, there ?
had been three distinct explosions, i
The first was in the cloak and hat t
shop near the Mo:at?cello. The sec- i
ond was on the ;3ixth floor of that t
hotel after the first fire was practi- I
cally under control and the third in
the Lenox building, which later waa
destroyed.
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GARFIELD SENDS GREETINGS
TO FIELD ORGANIZATION
Washington. ? Fuel Administrator
Garfield sent this New Year's message
to the field organization of the
fuel administration:
"Please accept my hearty good
wishes for the New Year and my
appreciation of your continued support.
I am confident that with patience,
courage and united effort, we
will be able to achieve results which *
will De 01 great service tw wilt cvuuu/ j
in its present crisis."
HOOVER HAS HOPE OF 1
LOWER MILK PRICES
Washington.?In approving milk
prices fixed by the federal milk com- c
mission in New York city, Food Ad- *
ministrato;: Hoover said that if gov- i
eminent operation of the railroads re- *
suits in relieving: the traffic consrea-l i
tion so that sufficient cars can be1 ^
returned to the com belt, the price of t
corn to the consumer should fall rap- I
idly with a resultant decrease in milk I
prices. ' t
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CAMP STUART THREATENED 1\
BY FIRE FOR TWO HOURS ^
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Newport News, Va.?Fire which de-i
stroyed three negro dwellings near <
Camp Stuart threatened the camp for j t
two hours or more. There were thou-1 ?
sands of soldiers quartered in the t
camp. The alarms were turned in i
through the camp telephone exchange "
which led to the belief that the camp <
was burning. A false alarm called a: !
eeconfl foe company two miles from' *
the camp a few minutes bofore a sec- I
ond alarm was sent in from the camp. !
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RELIEVED IIM.
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jiRECTOR GENERAL McADOO OR ;
DERS CONGESTION IN EAST j
REMOVED.
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rocd and Con! Must Move Regardless ^
of Priority Regjiaiions, Passer,ger
Schedules or Any Other Hampering
Practices.
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Washington?Orders v/ent to east ^
rrn railroads from Director General ^
tfcAdoo to clear up freight congesion
regardless of nrevious govern- '
c
nent priority regulations, passnngei
schedules and any hampering pracices
under the old competitive sysem
and to pay special attention to
aovement of coal ami food.
Lines of the west and south were 1;
:alled on for locomotives and other t
:quipment to help lighten the traffic S
mrden in the east, and a committee I
>f government officials was created to f
<7ork out a plan for diverting export a
.-eights to ports south of New York, a
'iuantities of cos.1 were started to l
Jew England to relieve the serious e
shortage} there, and priority orders 2
vere suspended for roads east of the c
Mississippi and north of the Ohio c
ivers to the extent necessarv to clear C
ip congestion. s
At the same time the director gen- *
>ral dissolved the railroad war board
it its own request and named a tern- *
>orary advisory cabinet of five mem)ers.
One of these, Hale Holden, r
^resident of the Burlington and a *
nember of the war board, will be re- L
ained to supervise the machinery *
vhich the war board has created with- 1
n the last nine months to co-ordinate c
n
he roads of the country.
Members of Cabinet. : >
Other members of the new advisory e
cabinet are John Skelton Williams,
:omptroller of the currency, who wfll
lave charge of financial questions irising
out of government operation; *
3enry Walters, chairman of the board 2
)f the Atlantic Coast Line, who will
issist on operation problems; Edward
Chambers, traffic, director of the food
idministration, who will have general
charge of traffic, and Walker
[). Hires assistant to the director
general.
Other railway heads who made up
he w?r board, Fairfax IT arris on o 1
he Southern, who was chairman; Rea
)f the Pennsylvania; Krutischnitt, o 1
he Southern Pacific, and Elliott, of
sew Haven, will return to the active
>uparvision of their road3, but all
he sub-ccinmittees and organizations
)f the board will be turned over to
tfr. Ilolden. {
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The question .01 increased pay iur ?.
ailrcad employes will be taken up C
icon by Mr. McAdoo, but he said he!
lad given little thought to wages and | c
lid not know what his attitude' f
vould be. Heads of the four brother- I
loods will confer with the director t
general Thursday at his Invitation, t
tnd probably wiil urge that with the s
:carclty of railroad labor it will be! I
lecessary to pay higher wages to re-j '
ain men. Many advisers of the di-ector
general advocate increasing f *
vages, particularly for many unorgan-j
zed classes.
Wage Disputes.
The federal board of mediation t
tnd conciliation will continue to pass j t
m wage disputes now pending, but j r
eventually the director probably will, t
landle wage questions directly. The; c
rftvommPTit'd attitude toward wage ; c
changes will not be determined for |
jeveral weeks at least, or until the
Dressing problems of speeding up i]
ransportation are threshed out. j
Mr. McAdoo limited his comments t
>n the labor situation to saying that a
le would "treat the men with justice t
ind equity" and would give "a just and t
square hearing" to the brotherhood b
leads. F
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3AKER OUTLINES WHAT
NEW YEAR FINDS AT FRONT c
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Washingtonj?-What/ the beginning J
>f the new year finds at the battle t
'ronts is outlined by Secretary Baker e
n-his review of military operations. d
n the west, he says, the British drm- v
nate the Flanders plain with a great r
ventre into the principal German line t
>f defense at Cambrai, while the j t
French, with their own lines unbroken j t
lold the key to the Laon area through c
he capture of Chernin Des Dames, j 3
Italy, supported by the allies, Is ^
lolding firm, while tike enemy is busy 1
I s
jreparing for a renewed offensive. Of j
Russia, the review merely says the '
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Germans are endeavoring to. persuade ;
hat country that they are eager to ' r
issist in restoring normal conditions, , a
md that the German embassy build- F
r.g at Petrograd is being made ready j t
'or occupancy. "While the operation; o
? Aroeris-an f r.t the front has-'
lean confnccl to rurrow limits, the soere'a*r
says their presence nas; F
iieartened the allies and increased; *
.'aith ir. final victory, !p
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^RE THOSE WITHOUT FAMILIES |l
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DEPENDENT UPON THEM
FOR LIVING.
M POLiOY IS JUIN6UK0ED1
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U! P<1en Who Have Reachcd 21si '
Birthday Since June 5 Are
Required to Register.
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Washington.?All men for the war
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.rmies still to be raised by the United
States will como from Class 1 undez
he new selective J&ervica plan. That
iieans the nation's fighting is to be
lone by young men without families '
Impendent upon their labor for sup- J
;ort and unskilled in necessary indus ^
rial or agricultural work.
Pro vest Marshal General Crowior
.nncuuecs the new policy in an exhaustive
report upon the operation of
he selective draft law submitted to
Secretary Baker and sent to Congress. ]
le says Class 1 should provide men
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or all military needs of the country, .
:nd to accomplish that object urges
miendment of, the draft law so as ic ^
provide that all men who have reach- ^
id their 21st birthdays since June 5,
917, shall be required to register for j
ilassification. Also, in the interest
>f fair distribution of the military bur- '
len, he proposes that the quotas of
tates or districts be determined
iereafter on the basis of number of
nen in Class 1 and not upon popula*
ion.
Available figures indicate, the re- j
>ort says, that there are 1.000,000 1
>hysically and otherwise qualified men
inder the present regulation who will
>e found in Class 1 when all quesionnaires
have been returned and the
ilassification period ends February 15. i
ro this the extension of registration!
o men turning 21 since June 5 of last j '
^ear and thereafter will add 700,000!
iffective men a year.
Class 1 comprises: *
Single men without dependent rela- 1
ives, married men who have habitual-; '
y failed to support their families, who 1
tre dependent upon wives for support | 1
>r not usefully engaged, and whose!
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amines are supported dv incomes .*
ndependent of th?ir labor; unskilled! !
arm laborers, unskilled industrial la- i ;
>orers, registrants by or in respect of i
vhom no deferred classification is
ilaimed or made, registrants who fail
0 submit questionnaire and in respect I 1
>f whom no deferred classification is j
ilaimed or and all registrants'
lot included iu any other division of j '
he schedule.
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Narrowed down under the analysis i
>f the first dralj; made in the report,;
he plan places upon unattached single j
nen and married men with indepen-J
1 i ? wirtrtf a# a t*t/^4
LCIlt LLt UOL Vi. Ll-L^ TT Ui0xic V/ i J
nilitary duty, for the aggregate num>er
of men in the other divisions of ,
^la8s 1 is very small. j
General Crowder finds that the first |
[raft surpassed the expectation of the <
riends of the selective service idea. (
le pays high tribute, not only to the (
housands of civilians who have given j
mgrudging service in making the plan (
i success, but also to the high patriot- ,
sm of the American people as a j
yhole. I
HOSTILITIES MAY bt ,
RESUMED BY RUSSIANS ,
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The Tirtual collapse of the negoti- t
itions between the central powers and ,
he Russian bolsheviki for peace and (
he possibility that hostilities again t
nay be resumed by the Russians on I
he eastern front, even though with
inly a comparatively small army, have
caused surprise and perturbation in
Berlin and Vienna.
Realizing the seriousness of the sit-: (
Lation, the German and Austrian em>eror8
have conferred at length with
heir chiefs or stairs, ana ine ixermuu
nd Austro-Hungarian foreign minis-:
er who attended the peace negotia-j ,
ions at Brest-Litovsk, have been sent I
>ack there post haste, probably for the
lurpose of attempting to moderate the | !
ltuation.
COMPULSORY RATIONING
IN ENGLAND IS COMING
London.?Compulsory rationing is '
o be put into effect in England at an
:arlv date, according to Lord Rhond1
' ~ * J ?pnool'in7 of fill
[a, iuuu cuuuujici, isvvu.i
erton. He prefaced his announce- j
nent by saving that he was afraid
hat compulsory rationing would have J
o come, that it was on its way, and (
hen declared that his department had ]
ompleted a scheme and that as soon
-s the sanction of the cabinet had 1
teen received it would be carried out.
(ENDING RELIEF NOW 1
TO VARIOUS SECTIONS
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Washington.?Fuel shortages in valous
ports of the country were given (
.ttention by the fuel administration. 1
further measures were taken to speed (
he movement of coal, and 700 cars 1
if bituminous w^re ordered diverted s
rom t*e West to re- '
leve d:sfrcss in Ohio, Michigan and j1
Centucky. Producers supplying Ne*v *
Unr'auf* were directed to make up 1
did tralnloads of 25 cars of coal daily i
or routing over the Boston & Maine. I
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ENTIRE UNITY IS TO BE THE
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WATCHWORD OF NATION
AND ALLIES,
PCX WORK IS HOST VITAL
Agreement Reached in Paris Wai jB
Conference?Allies to Make Avail
able Necessary Transports. /V
Entire unity henceforth is to be thr '
watchword nf thp TTnif<?d States and
allies in the prosecution of the war
American troops are to be rushed tc
Lhe fighting fronts in large numbers as
quickly as possible, and there is to b?
perfect co-ordination in naval, military,
financial, food, war industriea
and diplomatic matters. A
The agreement between the allie? M
for unified ^ction was reached at th M
recent inter-allied conference in Paris, Mt
which was attended by an American
mission headed by Col. E. M. House
and arrangements already have been
made for the United States to carry on
its part' of the compact.
In order that American troops may
be dispatched in a constant stream to
Europe, the allied nations are so to
arrange their merchant shipping that
Lhe necessary transports will be available
for the huge task. That quick
arnrlr fn <rottinc tVio Amor-i/^r) armv tn
the front is most vital is indicated by
a statement of Major General Mauric? j
chief director of military operations at J
the British war office. General Mau- jJtt
rice says it is probable that with their I
heavy reinforcements, drawn from the
eastern to the western front, the Ger- M
mans shortly will make a strong of- n
fensive against the British and French
armies and that the enemy may be
expected to make some gains.
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ALLIES TO SUPPLY LACK
OF ARMS AND EQUIPMENT
Washington.?An engagement by
the United States to send a great army
against the Germans in time to offset
the defection of Prussia was disclosed
through the publication by Secretary
Lansing of a review of the work of
the Americas, mission which recently
participated in the inter-allied war con- fl
ference at Paris.
American fighting men are to cross
the Atlantic as rapidly as they can ba
mustered and trained. France and
Great Britain on their part undertake
not only to join in providing ships to
carry them hut to see that any deficiencies
in arms ana equipment are
made up on the other side.
SEPARATE PEACE WITH
GERMANY NOT PROBABLE
Petrograd.?(By the Associated ^
Press.)?The changes of a separate
peace between Russia and the central 9
powers being effected seem remote,
because of what are regarded as Ger- J
tnany's unreasonable demands. Leoa Jm
Trotzky, the bolsheviki foreign miniiter,
and his associates take the st&nt
that the Baltic nrovincea ar? in ra&i
[ty under, military pressure while they
continue to be occupied by Germany,
md that their votes with respect t#
peace must be ignored, as now these
provinces are virtually German dependencies,
the loyal Russians having
fled. The Russian delegation upon its
return from Brest-Litovsk laid before
the council of commissioners at Petro?rad
Germany's demands, which carts=d
amazement and the declaration that 4
the council was not favorable to acceptance.
SWISS TROOPS FIRE
UPON GERMAN STEAMER
Geneva, Switzerland.?Swiss troops
on the shores of Lake Constance flret
upon the newly launched German lake
it earner Kaiser Wilhelm which enter"
Ad Swiss territorial waters. The vessel
was pierced in many places by
rifle fire and withdrew rapidly. N#
lives were lost. The incident is regarded
as marking Switzerland's determination
to protect her neutrality.
TRAIN ATTACKED BY INDIANS
AND MANY ARE KILLED 4
Tucson, Ariz.?A train on the Southern
Pacific railroad was attacked 32
miles sonth of Empailme, Sonora, and
from 20 to SO passengers were killed,
according to advices received here.
The conductor an an express messenger
were among those killed. Feme
the passengers were from Tucson
bnt thlr names have not been learned.
The attack was by Yaqui Indians. The
Lrain was the continuation of the one j
which left Nogales several days ago. J
UNCLE SAM MAY TAKE
CHARGE OF ALL SUGAR
Washington.?Government purchase Mk
>f and sale to consumers of all sugar
ised in the United States and control
)f the amounts and kinds of food^
served in publin oating place^^j
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