The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, February 8, 1918, Page 2

AGE 2 WITH EMPHASIS Takes Up Senator Chamberlain’s * Criti¢isms Point by Point in House ' MACHINE GUN CONTROVERSY Declares Anew That Men in Eu-! rope are Now Far in Advance of Expectations Washington, D. C., Feb. 8.—Repres- y entativé Glass, in a speéch delivered in the house today, came to the de- i} fénse of the administration, answered i the charges contained in Senator i Chamberlain’s indictment of the war} » department and denied that the Am- : erican'war machine has “fallen down.”’| Mr. Glass followed Senator Cham- berlain’s speech, point by point, and praised the work of the administration in each instance. He said that it was} General Joffre who suggested supply-| ing American troops with ammunition | from French factories “since it would save, unavoidable delays, pressingly needed cargo space, and the tremen-| dous cost of shipments.” Machine Guns. Regarding the machine gun contro-| vorsy, Mr. Glass asserted that the. Browning gun was selected because experts pronounced it ‘the best ma-| chine gun in the world.” “The only prop on which the critics now rest their case,” he said, ‘is the plea that the Lewis gun was immediately avail- able, while deliveries of Browning guns wil be delayed. And they use this broken reed in face of expert tes- timony that in tests’ the Lewis gun ‘had utterly failed with American am- munition.’ “The American army in France has thousands of machine guns to go up against the enemy,” he said. “It is as| well equipped with machine guns as any army in Europe—perhaps better| equippéd than the German army. And |. no set of malcontents should be per-| mitted to deceive the people into the! disturbing supposition that our fight-| ing forces in France are suffering in| equipment of any kind.” | senate committee having the railroad on two days a Referring to difficulties which the/ i in charge. administration faced at the outbreak of the war Representative Glass pointed out the sucess of the selective draft as a remarkable achievement. He said: Million This Year “Not until the third year of the war could Great Britain venture to apply partialy a con plion la a few months ago could C da do it in opposition to the rebellious threat of one of its largest provinces. It has not been done as to Ireland, and Aus- tralia has twice declined to attempt the system. And yet, this republic with a clear realization of the situa- 7 tion, instantly applied the democratic mehtod of selective draft, and the country responded with unparalleled spirit of patriotism. nearly. ten times as many troops abroad as the French and English missions had expected that we could do in the time required, and we have ; trained and are training an atmy far beyond original estimates. This year we will have in France more than a milion men.” SHOOTING OF FIFTEEN MEXICANS BLAMED OF RAIDING STARTS QUIZ = Blaughter Résults of Accusation They Participated in Attack on Brite Ranch ACUTE ANGLE OF THE CHRISTMAS INCIDENT El Paso, Texas, Feb. 8.—An investi- z gation of the killing of fitteen Mexican citizens at Porvenir, Texas, January Cleveland, Ohio, Ped, 8.—President W. G, Lee of the Brotherhood of Rail- way Trainmen in reply to p railroad operating o! lenged statements ma to the w: conunission in Washing: ton Tues y, to the effect that the government was not getting the loys |support of many railway ii ments, today issued the folowing | statement: : “We stand ready to file with the BILLION DOLLAR WADOO IN FACE Sum the Government Required to Pay Railroads Under the Pending Bills Ever Mounting Cost of Operation Increased by Probable Con. cessions to Labor DEFICIT STARES Director General of Railroads, when requested by him, numerous. state-| s of employes in train, engine and | ; to substantiate our be-| Holl Lee would make no reply to a challenging him to produce reported assertion that , York were behind} | the effort to delay the eight hour law i and make government operation of the roads a failure. | hauling, and from freight the roads received inost of their revenues. | | ADMINISTRATION BILL | Chairman Smith Introduces Measure in the Senate Washington, D, C., Feb. 8.—Chair- | man Smith of the senate interstau commerce commiitee, In reporting fa orably to the senate today, the admin-| j istration railroad bill, estimated that} ; under the measure’s provisions the} government will guarantee annually to; railroads of the country $945,000,000! | which will represent a return of per cent. This he s: “reflects nei- | ther poverty nor riches” but the com-; mittee believes a majority of railroads! FURTHER SHORTAGE LIKELY | will accept “these terms as a just and | packers. | fair measure of their constitutional, | right.” An agreement on the bill was reach- |ed by the committee last Saturday but | minority reports are to be submitted ' by Senators Cummins and LaFollette. | | Administration leaders plan to call the, } comm JHVAL § i CLASS SUPPORTS LEE READY 70 PROVE WORD HAS BEEN SENT 1, A NDIS DECIDES DOWN THE LINE FROM RAILROAD MAGNATES: TO KNOCK GOVERNMENT CONTROL GF TRAFFIC BANKS AND TRUST COMPANIES ENTER WITH CHT OR SRARCH-HEARTINESS INTO PLAN 10 CONVERT ONE R OURSTION TODAY Pede: Some of the telegrams indicating the enthusiasm of the bankers were. ‘You can have everything in our bank but the fixtures.” “Our resources are $1,890,000. Ten per cent would bbe $190,000. We have this day set aside $200,000 subbject to your call.” “Our resources are at your com- mand, They will be of no use to us if Germany wins.” Washington, Feb. 8.—Whole h co-operation by banks and trust com- on Validity of Act of Forc:nz to appropri r 3 every two W $ for purchase of cer- of indebtedness to be issued reparation for. the third liberty Vaults CLYNE DENIES OBJECTIONS | ul | loan. ry fo Have Subpoenacd Mr. Veeder Would Have Provided Him “It was decided to obtain a search warrant to obtain the papers which Clyne for Government. Melsaacs had seen. and which are de- With Immunity Bath District Attorney Clyne denied every | legal objection made to the validity ‘i ChIGAES;: TIL, “Feb. 8.—Judge Landis of the search warrant by counsel for in the United States district court is’ veeder and contended that the search | expected to give his decision ‘tomor-; and seizure section of the federal e: j row in the legal'contest over the val-| Pionage law under which the writ was) idity of the search warant. issued to eee constitutional {Ay all its| permit the agents of the federal trade!” pe said that Hugh J. MclIsaacs, ex- ission to sieze documentary evi- aminer for the federal trade com- dence in the vault of Henry Véeder,| mission, has seen the documents al-| supplying and you need the Swift & Co.! leged to have been used in the com- ;: | Godman spoke for Veeder in the af- | ternoon, Beneral counseltor mission of felonies during a three day which — government attorneys al. search of the Veeder vault before he lege were used in the commission of: was ejected from the premises by certain felonies py the large meat Swift & Company's attorney. Felonious Documents Seen. Today's sesion. of court was taken’ Mclsaacs reported the maiter to the up with argument of counsel which district attorney: will be concluded tomorrow by Attor- ‘The federal trade commi; n ney John. J. Healy, who will close for, might have subpoenaed Mr. Veeder Mr. Veeder. ‘and demanded that he produce these The government's side of the con-; documents,” said Di Attorney troversy was presented by United Clyne, ‘thereby granting him immun-| |PER CENT FOR 20 WEEKS TO FEDERAL AID sired in the investigation being made} the United States ‘supreme, court.” UNSTEADY NERVES . Your troubled, unsettled mind, your inability to concen- trate, or your fatigue from ordinary work simply shows you that the drain on your strength is greater than your system is to speedily replenish the deficiency and avoid a breakdown.” & Seott’s is all nourishment and so skilfully emul- { sified that it is quickly assimilated without taxing { FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1918 of the meat packing indus' We iwant the documents that Mclsaacs | saw with his own eyes and which he says were used as a means to commit certain felonies. The government ii not after private papers or letters of a nrivaleged character. and if any are taken they will be returned. “he federal espionage law, which counsel for, Mr, Veeder declares is unconstitutional in at least one sec- tion, is not revolutional in character. It merely broadens and expands the power of the governnient to obtain evidence in the prosecution of crime. It in no way violates any of the pro- | visions of the United States ,consti- tution. .The search and seizure sec- tion of the espionage law under which this writ was issued is based practic- ally on the line as the laws authoriz- ; ing the government to obtain evidence ade in counterfeiting and revenue cases. The validity of these laws has been | sustained by numerous decisions of } powerful, nourishing force in MULSION = |vailway income continues to decline Not until” We have sent) 8.—Rail-| bill up for consideration next Monday. PIES AND SINKERS ADDED 10 MENU OF MINUS WHEAT DAYS, Washington, D. C., Feb. 8.—Pies and} Washington, D. C., Feb. roads in 1917 earned about $958,,000,- 000 which is near the amount the gov-} ernment will have to pay the roads/ this year as compensation under nat-| ional operation. This was indicated ‘by figures on revenues, expenses and incomes of all railroad’s earnings | more than $1,000,000 last year, avail-| able today in unoffiicial computations | States District Attorney Charles F.} ity Clyne and Joseph B, Fleming, his prin-| tion later, but the commission ¢ | cipal assistant. y from possible criminal prosecu-| not | Attorney Elwood! see fit to proceed in that manner.” based on interstate commerce com- mission reports for eleven months and .an estimate for December. ; doughnuts can be reinstated on the} ; Menus of public eating places on | wheatless days, the food administra- .,| tion announced today, but only if they } The sum the government will have! a5 made every day of the week from to pay the roads under the bill pend-' doughs which contain at least one ing in congress is estimated at $945,- :hird of wheat flour substitutes. 900,000 by Chairman Smith of the — «JJimination of pies and doughnuts k, the food adminis- tration realizes,” said a statement, Figures for 1917 show that ff the “was working a very real hardship upon many lunch room proprietors. Delegations from many places in the as it has in recent months, the gov- rnment will face a deficit in making New [England states recently appeal- jits compe: ed | tion payments, augment-| cd to the food administration to be increases in wages and the con- allowed a measure of relief from the rising cost of material and, ohseryance of two wheatless days a In some of them the majority of the income is ¢ 1 from the sale ‘ot pies and doughnuts.” MUSTEROLE—QUICK RELIEF! NO BUSTER! It Soothes and Relieves Like a | Mustard Plaster Without the Burn or Sting | white ointment, rd. Ti does all | , the work cf the old-fashioned mustard pflaster—dces it better and does not blis- | ‘ter... You do not have to bother with a | cloth. You simpiy rub it on—and usually | the pain is gone! ra Many doctors and nurses use Muster- | | ole.and recommend it to their patients. . i They will gladly tell you whet relief it ives from sore throat, bronchitis, croup, | | stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, congestion, | | pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, . pains and_aches of the back or joints, sprains, | sore muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted | feet, colds of the chest (it often pre- vents pneumonia), | 30e and G0e jars; hospital szd $2 Hoped for Cuts. On the other hand, the report ihe administration hopes to be able to cut operating expenses sufficiently, | and economize on charges necessary ‘only under competive conditions, to offset the declining income. The size hese items, which will play such a ig part in railroad financing this yea: ere disclosed today by the latest | | computations. | | In December, the last month of pri- vate operation, rait earnings declin- jed sharply, acording to early reports | from railroads now being received by | the Interstate Commerce commission. |The average reduction of income was | estibated at thirty percent, caused by | the ever mounting cost of operations, doubly increased by the bitter winter weather of December, together with a sudden drop in revenues resulting from traffic congestion and embar- goes. | Some Past Figures. ; Compared with the estimated in | come of $958,000,000 last year, the fig- ures for 1916 were $1,087,533,000; for 1915 $716,476,000; for 1914 $692,330, 000 and for 1913 $816,510,000. Last year the total revenues from railway operations were $4,038,000,000 and operation expenses were $2,861,-| | 000,000, leaving a net revenue of $1,-) 177,000,000. 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