The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, January 24, 1918, Image 2
THE WEEK'S EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS OF STATE, NA
TION AND THE WORLD
BR.EFLY TOLD
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
A Condensed Record Of Happenings
Of interest From All Points
Of The World
Domestic.
Senator James ii. Brady of blaho
died at his home in Washington. I).
C., of heart t rouble. I Le was hrn
in l'ennsylvania and was '6 years
old; then moted to Kansas and was
(lucated in the public schools of Lea r
enworth. lie taught school for three
years and thin hecame i n-etWip Ir
rep~ort or.
-:At. iniaionapiol i Ind., lire ;>roke ot
iin the ladcustrial buitlding, u bich haus
ed thirty mniiufacturi ng concerns, andi
destroyed1 the bhikli ng and adjioining
pr~operty, causing a loss t-stimtated at
one million dollars. The lire is be
iioved by the tire department to havc
heen of incendiary origin. Six of thi
manufacturers were making machin
ery for tIhe government . SiX dwell
ings, a church, grocery ani saloot
were also burned. No lives were lost
Conviction of four otileias of tlI
hamburg - American line, ind tiding
aril lhe.'nz, managing dirJctor. or
charges of violating ithe (ust11is liwe
in sending su)plies to (hermitn eut trais
ers e ily in t he var, was aftir'niut ht
the Jnited States citui (l rt! <I
ap~peals at NewYork ( 'IIy. li-t.e
sign also up~hl the consti:-ri i th,.
llamlhurig.AintiiCan line, ui h hadt itt
b+(een sentternretl it p y a fit tf eti
dol tlar.
I Higher warles will he a h'l of ih'
rItilroa atiministration tn by n ar ";y"
all lhe : w l organied iri v ii a b ( rt.'
11 is ar. howie.r that i ari
in n to i st ' IIIlnli lfttf
I''tank u yilne' '!'n"1 r:. lst' I r of Ilhl'
Australian i .ahn r h I t:; r e n tl iii
vated to Ii- t'.tos r t li.t .t \l -
t tri e is ol iih.
p orI of the indlu t'ri is aI l l o re
ghlss inritsI'y tiight he (lh ' tite e eS.
e Atlish it by . hutiin itu n entir i
for one daiy cth wit""lt, a: the pa p'r
board nikers allremt~y have inen ((r
derekille to dlo. Soue itearisl, howt ver
( alnot shut down easily for at day
and they wiill he asked to ease oefr
tion for as long its at month latr nti
in the year. It watti sugg.;te-d that th
glass iunsttry might he one 6if Ihes.
Explaining his roeient order givin
fuel aminist rat ors ut horiy to elos
inl ustries to supply householer
with coal, Doctior jGartield said thi
power would he permitted to be use
only in emtergenclies.
At Camp Funston, Kans., three m(
were killed and t wo seriously injur
when the art y bank there was robi
by a man drtssed in the unifortu
at capaln in Ihe United Slates arm
''he three millen, eitiltinS, were kiii
with an ax, it iS reported, while thi
were at work in tIh bnkl. ( . I'. Wi
oers, vice presidet of the Nation
redore tno i ri,,',l . ' i rs . i., t
A s'erie of trna'w'dep tht ibrtl
ovrr lCentrln'Gergie knownie m
thavy cokilt te ienan ETreel tot
wrhko o have bleten icnjei
eludhurte folowedl te Inrst .trnt
andt the graset d tatneo yan
nownda. ther mnereat tha 2,000 ev
breencramed. etit fredorm waier."la
suchs wrviiowhendon Theore cop
fort da( lh of a nivt amd rr
AWsptcfon. ~ aihlsa'
Tpih Argnins foigdanew (ie" in
ditssolvin the Mexican deIction5
beildr men.iaiyor4 andth nwspp
coresom-n ihast eel msie
foicigs unatew toe pats the foris
Bfl. An veral ofithuae Miiex,;cansti 1
freortedpesen openlyo pr-ermn.
Woepatn sfor hatthy agaeinst Germti
tina try. Cnakeribeflo thn ente milt
who hex ctice the dule artmeri
durln tvhe rngtf com it'1 ' neistiiatk
tith the assly ert penthatng army asllf
tobe raaiedequbipen traind a
leftiarly and tht nleer befnre hr
bstcan (rovermone whidh will the cII
fost andselthof thnslermy. ro
doing the orte.Ee.oe
bEey eoebudryl i4n tile ontryp
toament upiln militar nupplieh w18.
The woatemensfrasteclis lie is ure
orctIn" (eSenator toneas wt Sus
,tinal amendmenrhit wo inthe heu
withiexctly th requird numbe
The food administration has; :ed
ed to purchase 30 per' cent of the
output of the flour mills. Out of this
it will supply the allies, the army and
navy, and will maintain reserve stores
to meet local shortages.
Citizens or subjects of European
neutral countries, regardle'kSs of wheth
or they have taken out first i)mpers
for American citizenshili, will be freed
from liability to military service in the
United States if they appet'al through
their (Ilploiatic representatives . in I
Washington.
The senate has adopted icnator Ho
rah's resolution reIuesttig the rules
committee to consider the advisability
of amending the p)resenI Itult's so as
to perniit the consideration of trea
ties in o)11n session.
Even some plants mai~king mnun.tons
an( other war 5uplie)1's may have' to
curtail fuel con1sulption du'iil.. the
next sixty days. Vuel Adininistrator
arflelid saidl, in a stat nement assurin g
the public that every 01ffort will b''
miade to distr'ihute the available suitj
ply of coal where most neeedi, and that
no part iality will be slien n in atny
sect ion.
European.
It is reported that the TPuri1, lave
lrok('n t h' artist ice' by hutingilg '.
11;14 iirops h'iWeei TFliti t1id ai( I,ize
and that a submarinie has sunk a ltus
- s1all t iIils5)01t.
ST hie is t( liigramh has b n'11 'i'et to al
. 1( ('Id ca iials: "TFlu- Ii 011 rUutur oif no
Lliiations at lir'St-l.lilovlk tmay b1 el(' -
,u"('Ied at. any. Inonn-nt. 11 s1 it 5((0m5
l i atlde t t t lie ( litl ill iilitar'ists
will con111tiu e i iiinn-e0 their policy
- 11 I tie-il' de-le-gateS."
.\n .\mste'rlamit dispatch says that
;' 1-reOrl of Ihr \\'olff bireu, the F
(.rnin 01111ial news age'nc, on the
I <i'b ili t Ions at the Ilires;-l itovsk
Il'l cnferc('0(e' says that at the
e nli n oif the' sitting (' n0111 (':e-rain,
.\11 "11'1 !Ili 1glIIriall i liinister1, aill(lltio in 'd
'ht t ie- ( int ratl plewe'ra - r(cgnize'I
lie I 'kr':niain dtle-gatitn as an "inde
le i l d 11e1m 1 " a to r'e tet I nitg tie
I' Irine r ie epubliI ." bu iti IItal e('- I
' ltv'i'nepedent slate wrtill le 'e'se'r
'i tit ' iil pea i'i It y.
ITrot:' y, leeshlie-viki t'ore:;1n Ii iliM
Iesy the' (conflict - bl-e-in thle
I ('1:, tl . Il l (it I II i c1 c i ib '. :) I l(it',
It' e :I ,\ie I c-'u n~ 11 :11iti c lite' I : i'.0
11m11 noi (on -lio n w i:1h the' <t t ion 111
(cnc(rilin! whithli e ltre is roelcin (fly
ectitlet bel wet) 'n Le to i sist'r repit.
lies."
All (Gcrtnan nea'wsp ap'lcrs are ueing 1
'fre'e''ly adlitted into ttissia.
Iltiotin'; is reported at Sl-bastopl1,
but lie (late of the trouble is not
g specitically stated. The' rioting is said
e to have startel witIi the crew of a
t torpedo boat, wV ho It rrest (d their ofi.
s ('(rs andil shot tle'tn. Sixty-two ofli
el (e''s Ire i'eporte(d to have b een killed,
including a vice' adntiral and Ihree oth
. (' adinialS.
,1 Germuaniy was never in such danger
'( olf colIaest' fr1om1 ite'rnaI and cxernal
n clif'icullic-s as at preseit says the' or
y t'estcolelnt in (.c'rany i of 'l'The 'Tiji, in
all anatlysis lef the' cx isli g sitt in itil.
A' 'I'e politic:1 struggle con('c'ttraed
n airond I. 'reign Scietaty \'on ite-h!-i
at nat las been re'tl('cted' in vioh it i
,scIte iin thlie tunin comit Itee oef h -
tr- ire'ic-hita. Pubilli' 1 iction oef tie- Sce
Cia list liinie tlc enn'calinc hite le 1'm ii-o
e. sist cel.
r's byi- d G -.' an i nhmcarit' in ''' a. i
ip- it et :t .h To~ a jc
17 gie tt i s dlic t,.-ci Ic c. l
a'- atnd one' timn-tGernan S
i-. sitatenti lit efel ' r ti nc. e (
i. Ihms, anRd \'iennaiiit nicI '
ccf as ccitthI oly- ihe ituc-- -i i
n 'et~e it xilc'renli tteiy l-c the'Grn
-'Snow has- comeIt to tic aid oef the,
5 lyve appttrenetly has re'ac(hedl ia halIt, if
it not tin nfd. 'Tho whole munita in frot
n whee the Tetutons had bicetn nemking
Is slight but stead~y gains is bturiecd tin'
r der fr-oam threce to five' feet (of stnw,
o makinRg infan ttry Corat lins imapossi
dt blle and hamiper-ing the Teuttonic supj
n- lily lines seriously.
A ConstantIiniople report has it that
-e withIn thie Ottoman emifpire ther'e are
nervn hands of brigands estimtated
ill t treehundred t housanid. FTeyae
ir- mlost ly armutecd deserter-s fi'om the army
bent on pillage, and veniture neat
of towns and someties attack the reg.
in utlar troopsle In order- to get arms atnd
cc- rood.
The hospital ship Rewtai't wa trpe-.
u- doodc andcl51 uk ini the lri stol channyiel
-se while on her1 way front Gibraltar. Alt
of thle woundted( were isavedc. There we're
three eitsualtiles among the crew.
h. Leon TrotzAky, speaking at the pceace
nl- ('onfeence at. IHrest-Li tovskc, tol thlei
ye Germ-tans that the Rtussians were t he're
id not as the representatives of at e-on.l
ie dtutered( coutr iy, and dIid not itend'lc to
y ask pity, but were juist as strongty
le revolutlonary as ever.
e- "TPhe additIonal strength which the
enetmy can obtain from the event.s In
T Russ-ia and Italy alr-eady has been
la largely liscounted and the ultimate do
h struction of the enchiy's flk forces
ohas been brought appreciably nearer"
e is the confident summing up of the
and or-- t last yea~r's workc'l
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It L.txS, IuLj. i'rinc'e Amiieraslta in o Sinii
ittitlly hintmmner the (kerluanIInw 4
rm.~
I!' KIovno (1i ..'t had dlse'x'rtect'c be
luse they we a b1)ouit to be miioved1 l to
i0 west front.
M[. laie'k, one of the IRussian <lele
1t(' . nxSs'rted oiiily thalt the 1tus
nns were strengthening the front and
Oul d send hun' ('v\ery soldie('' who 1
as not w\lilling to tight. lie asserted
tey wnnted nn help fronm the illes or 1
mern heeti use thei r strength lay in
leir wventkness; tliat the contry for
any milews \\':1 d(lestitut', nal that
hire the e('rimaits coul drive thbem
Lek it Would (1o Il te c) n good and(11
ley woulb not waunt to have millions
stnrvinig people on thelir hamis.
('onditIons in I'etrograd lire b(c'( mi
i1or' l'sip'rte daily. The city l I
il of c'rilme, disorder 'and dirt, an1d
I(' p'op le have' 11111( f'i andl a11il con 1.
ery severe winter w.'entheir is adding
I the cistrdess there.
Break-Up of Russia Continues.
Tihe baolShev\iki seetnl ('on1tenti, for' hte
r'e ent, to pc'ntit Ilie blrenking up of
ltssinl into s a'l rat ie itioi :litics. A
Ind of a truce has b'('ln patchced uIp
iiIi the I'kratinia 1ns, and I lie ma1ny
ter nelw 'gc vermens'' ipparentlty
c nut tclc'sted. lithunain is the
test to clc'c-l:a'c' it sell' itntdle nd'ntit.
Iiancl is w~ell on the wvay to indc'p('n
'nee', having hect' recognizec by (;e
aiiy, Swde('n(' and( I"rance, 1and(1 its rep
'senttitves heing w\ell received by 1
lier governimen Is.
The 'ic ssneakx of the south wvere hacv
g a hird('r t imei; oflicial dispatches
om Pet rograd reportig that they
id( been defeated anid put to flight by t
c' bolshe'viki forces.
The Bitlgariant pauritI iinmetl waS in
rmed by Premier Itaidoslavoff that a
'ie(' ctomene't had been formed he
reien Buigatin and Iussin, with the
mlsent of the other centril powers.
n the other hatil, the hoishevlkl gov.
'nment rejc't'i the separate peace
'oliosals il(e by ''urkey, asking the
it er to partlelpnte in the(' genr' coi
C'ol. WillhIm B. Th'lomipson, whoi comi
andii ed thbe Ameletnnct I(ed Crossa mis
on ti Iii usiaii, has just rturnedl'( to
ils ecointrty atnd has ttmtch goodc to say
the toi~lhevlki governtmin't. lHe is
mincd iicc ts I 'lc'dxrs arc hes't anrd
neer nndi noit rct In It' pay ofl thle 4 b'r
ails. :iin! be hcllevex t' iuovemen'ct
icy hatve xc't coi foot tmay resuilt in ii
OrbIc peace.
lighting of the Wcek.
A tiil 'er cof ill('I) ini forc'e aticl
arik('d th wceev'ck alIong liin' west rti'li,
it thr wa''' Vis no grca t battle' anda no
r-ious~ti a'lmt c t brek throughi the
ws' Iby (e ie sl ide. Thei x et or' se
ctedl bcy thei Ge'rnmnii high 'cumnd cait
't theic expuectd b'i cg ffLenive'c wias not
waiccld, butt th be' alief growsv thaut it
ill bec in l(ieliiu ati ilhat the main
Jec'(t i vc of theic k iiser wl be th Ile c'np
re of Cais lK I' ossssion of Ithis lport
(course51, woul d bc' of I icxsItinhle
lue to Germuiany, both In the submaiii
nie ctnltiigin andl In Ithrea ten incg 19ng
miv wt h dliriect at Itack, ax well as ini
nrupt ing Ithe short, route between
aglanad and1( France.
In Italy the wveather' anld possIbly
iortage of ammuitimn oln brought al
ost to a staindstill the attemapts ofi
e Aust ro-Germanas to br'eak through
to the Venetlaan plain1s. I I(eavy Snows
11 In the Alps and threatened to shut
f communtcatIon between the Tren-t
nid and the fightinrg lIne, and the
centher was stormny all the way from
*e muountatins to the AdrlIatic.(
VIce Adithurl Sinms repor~ited the tor
'doing (if the Amerlean steamshIp
nrrny Luckenbach, nine maembers of
.o crew heing missing. Thte BirItish
lmtral ty announced that Ithe hospItal
ill) llcown was torpedoed anld sun1k Inr
e BirIstol Chianel. She was full of
oun~d'ed soldiler's, bitt all of tlheim were 1
fc'ly hinde'd, thbough three Latscars ofr
C ('rew wer'e lost. ThIs new .birutalr
ie of the Germilanis atfforded the
rmidon llTflmes opplortuni ty for mIldr
lI Iism of. PresIdent Willsoni's high t
enilsm, the paper aisking: "is anyv
'ne'C thInkable w~ lb the authors and ~
tppoter'ts of ti systc'm lby whleh such
'limes are'( Coldly 5Utnellonied as legIti- t
1114 acts of wanr?" ,
The Itewna was dIsplayIng all the I
ghits arid markIngs required by The 1
ague convention and was not wIthin 1
ie so-called barred zone, but such
ets no longer mean anything to the .(
ermans. If indeed they ever dId,.
Baker Defends Himself. t
The ivestigation of war prepara- n
ouie hy thc. wnnteI c'ommrcitte rt('P)1 iii1
ie stlag -i i~c In Thr 'br lie)re iheipen'
3Ce of S'crei wyns reunired. cc
lBl
er
:.la
am s s
et
ills 'otiIinnne In the (enbInet posl
li' ' n ho r"asbe. eojeto
.1 Inck bh oth in i t he comit tee anad lia
w4'lhieutry genailly, and with full at
r " sir r11)1
kifowlecige of that fact he appeared
with ii n g arid detailed. tatenent fit
hie war (l'pa in t's digs that t ev- i
ii li asian ehithorie Iclefensxe otf it and)4 oft
iinselif as ils hen . Suinafilg up thin
ll, cn t (nn ' in (t'ch nciiitents, to
lr. lhikot r saId aI iarge hi rnaty i h in the t J
it iiiil in tI aiinlitgm jen liteel ati( fE
Iwhou(' 'EI V gnt t 'ribx dliot ention of th
4'ilsEi f ab vslu .riiis .it Its clothtig cl
upp'ly Ixhnow utaltlntally comloete; w
sr. oll t( h m t dl er kmitti i in h1vo j Ci
oln roviled1 by manufetucll or uri-ii
liax'eil for ilhe soidlers in Franco otuth
VI1)4 hnylitb le for' 141 e~'ver man11 whoi4 ha
Ian h' got o4 Finltit'sIn 1918t su- of
Iintht ltmy is a1lntly on Its ehlia On
'il nl i r d yii for n ieI I ri' . ntlil mi
luits ofi Enmttient'Iion i an iupy oua
1011 v t xiosto li u l 4theii r iaf'iliic (I'
arn in pr'e Ef const rhi' io n itt hr ! <
.Io'al iii ogi2Z sii' Iforli the a m tilinet 1114' of ph;
11(11)1tiI 1tna ii I i tol' y nf w insrtla i -1
l in riing, r'. Ihiker said'l, nu1m
lint' hti:' l "No) lil of siiulr size: it y2
No inu1h )isonxo 1s1 ver been1 111(01 20
ror thec comtfort, he'althi and gtenerial
h'i tie.'retaiiury d1(id no) inidertake to
1nliy that wenk pIiE'ts : itnt the ) dieat
1n1nits' 8ga i za ion41 hnlueen ii so.tea
'rd, btainin ned th".lattror gnn-ro
z0(totn of htuienusx a1111 the creatlon (f
Ie wart' counit had biroght strength
11(1 ellreiency. "'We ennl i0'w see 2th
'attire siiltuIon, ht saId. "The 11nIrti n
'ush needs are siubtntily supp lil.
Th technletw (1r(s have bentink expaLd
lsplte Mr. Baker'x de'fens. the Ad
'nd buti t lin on(s1 fihrt ah separ I' -
nhitnof department111of thn iton ofmsm
ho1) xiii' 111 co ni'tli')l 111 1 Ih 1(15h n 1114
1 growig stronager " i ani 11e1 Iepub
eni niibers se't a liy to4 'osuxlr fa
lit' e1l1tilon f a Istolut1on tfavoring mtti
ulb :11( onhrzo( 1 1 1
Problems of Labor and Fuel.
S'crt aray of Lahor1' V 541 Wiso asset'iI
here'i is uni ilmlply supply of linhor' ain o
ir'oper' ntljast men'at. Theref'cior'e ihe' niov
'ry3 for' thi' 1il1i2tuZition411 lliI 41 'l i'i
1441 oif an iirmy iof :ihoiut :.000(10 h
'.nd wnr)1 lt otrc pliis A neai4twork.1 14
-tli''abilshed ilto recrt' workilterS...nioi U11
3h' palefordthingt the demhanels.~b~t John Mn
li Ia'n'morI of 11!()(a'on unt war's l t ed SE) 1
Io beatnati dtiretr If Ithiftres' seic of
utore insst Oniur hamte imnrlne-!
yTanu a the Inhofrprobtle l i
>14amed byt somea utoritis on the fsl- i'Of
:s rela e o edai f th raos gvern- so |r
fontounced( at week,1'o reseIatl in tl N
htie ert, ( thtlimany5 mhitle werei~s nt
roredt cn'lose otheiii'do rnomnyi nvl
ntor wenlOttttntprt tifme, L teu ofor
ati the hous ~ltth a'e of ntie til
hill wasi~ty I he citrys itf te fed- rot
nresman telaredmthat wo theen wT
nkeor the 1 minofe. Ful Amiits- of it
(4at1. Garflei onI Thursday(fI ieol ~ an omed rIv
Irakland,4 l., toe taketiarg of th~eth
eilitry ofi the caonty and) Ot was Int
Imda(hertood (I thevermoen woulld) to to
ver1'i te ontro of ful oil asit hs~~ll OttC
rIt nnd.hc ie tile fuetofn11 of trhe tll
4'CEntlly buIlt vessels..
If tile w~omten of Amerlen win thte
Iiht to vote, as5 seem11 prohnhle, the
uaffralgIsts will havie to thank athe man'fli FR
u-homn they ihaveP sco(lde~d, abused50( 1and
Ieketed for ai longtj tme. The Sulsan
Anthon amendmenli('t wa'is approved!
*y thte hiouse Thurstlay by only the
ma
are two-tirds maajorlty reqiraed, a1
Is faIr to assumle that It wouid ntot 01
nye enrried If Presidentt WVilson had an
ot gIven It henrty and( uinexptected1 In- arr
orsemnent. F'Ifteen Routher'n D~emo
rats who voted ngnlnst natIonal sur- No
rage two years ago voted for It tis Asi
imle. Of thte 274 votes In favor of the **
mendment, 165 were cast by Repub- arr
liE'5411 14. tv'~ I h 0241i"' Ii12r
OUTHER PLANTS
ALL CLOSED DOIN
JSINE S MEN OF SOUTH OB.
SERVE FUEL ORDER FOR
FIVE DAYS.
0 VIOLATIONS REPORTED
ttton Interests Are Hardest Hit
With Tobacco Following-Industrial
Center at Birmingham Only Slightly
Affected.
Atlanta, Ga.--Ilundreds of industrial
ants in the south were closed for
five-day period tinder the fuel re
riction order and thousands of op.
atives were idl. No reports of vlo
ions of the order had been received
td surface indications were that
th manufacturers and workers view
the situation philosophically.
The South Carolina house of repre
utatives, in session at Columbia,
>ted down by an overwhelming ma
rity a resolution asking L uel Admin
trator Garfield to rescind the order
d the Atlanta chamber of commerce
opted a resolution approving it. At
)anoko, business men In mass meet
g voted to observe the order, while
e Norfolk, (Virginia) t, tail Mer
ants' Association asked merchants
close all stores on Mondays during
e ten-week period.
The tobacco interests probably was
e largest outside of cotton to be at
.'tedl by the order. Cigar factories
Florida, Virginia and other states
re closed as were tobacco and
arette plants in Virginia. North
ml lia and other sections.
'Tho industrial center at Ilirming.
m was only slightly affected, as most
the steel plants there are engaged
government work and at. the coal
ns extra eiforts were made to get
t coal. Shipyards, including the
vy yards at Norfolk, Charleston and
w Orleans and the Newport News
tnt, were in full operation.
Richmond apparently had the great
army of idle workers of any city in
south, thirty thonsand having been
sorted out of work there. Norfolk
d vicinity reported from 10,000 to
000 New Orleans some 15.;000; Ma
ri. Ga., 7.000; Memphis from 5,000
7,000; Chattanooga from 15,000 to
000; Charleston, S. C., about 2,500,
1 Knoxville, about 3,500.
'n the Roanoke district where about
00 workers were idle, the Norfolk &
'stern railway offered to employ ,4
Vash ington.--Director Getneral Me
00 anntoutncedl aphpointmient of a rail
d wange commaissioni of fotur pubtl ic
n toi atnalyze anad recotmmen itd actiton
all wage anid labor quet(stionts pi'ed
biefore thle governimencht raiIroma m I
listration, inluidinig thle railwar
ithcrhtcods' dlemandits.
ct thte same timae thme director gen
I itut intto citfect a ne0w "Cystem of
'rmeni~t railIroad ;mdimnistriat ion lby C
in~g the '-outmiry into t hrc'e oper
eg gions, smnith, cast andi west,
I laec'd a ra ilrotadt excentf ire at the~
ci of! 0ach a1s hIs represena~t~tive.
I'e ii~ waecommtission e''SC- into
-t rvr Lanei . lnt c's' te Commtere
ltmissioner- ('. C'. ?.Tch(lot-d, Jndtcl .1.
rrtv ("ov'ingi toni ci .inst ice of fthe
trict oif ('o!nuhin CsuCpreme~ couirt,
I Wi'illia1m It W'* ll C-mx. wh~o ann11ounc1
his tesignt~ion n chtCiemn df fto
n -charge of the eastern railrond-i,
Mecidoo ret ainied A. H. Smith,
sident of the Newv York Central,
o has aeted as assistant to the di
tor gener-al, with headlquarter'sr in
iv York. RI. II. Aishton, prtesidlent
the Chicago & Northwestern, wasN
ointedl regionial director totr t~erri
y west of the Mississippi withl headl
trters at Chicago. .Sniut hwestern
dis were assigned to C. H-. Mark
n, president of the llinois Central,
hi headquarters at Atlantta.
The eastern division cosists of ter
iry ntorth of the Ohio anid Potoniao
era, "and1( east of Lake Michiga;-i (
I the Indiana-Illinois state line also
>se railroads in Illinois extending
a that state from pohits east of the
iana-Illintois state line; 'also the
asapeake & Ohio, the Norfolk &
sterni and the Virginia railways."
'lie soutther'n dlistr'ict is ded'flined as
huding "all railroads in t hat por
rt of thte United States south of the
lo and Potomac rivers andc east of '
Mississinpi river, except the Chesa
the & Ohtio, Norfolk & Western and
Virginiani railways.
EDERICK SPOEMANN
AND ASCH LIBERATED.
ialt imore.--F'red erick f. C. t1Spoe
nnu, brothemr of Waltr :.oormann,
'god German spy, lv Id r -l here,
I Marins Aseh, be a of w I. w are
med *in Baltiurma, C' y. .. ' r
Iter Spoermanm 'a IC. -ar
sport News, Va. wm' .'b' ted.
iutant Unitact sit 'ce y a Attor
Latane saidh fth - had been
osted in ur' ro g''t erain inftor