Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, January 12, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 11 POPULATION 29,919 CAMP WHEELER WAS STRUCK BY TORNADO Which Raiseil Havoc With Life and Property in South- ern Georgia and Alabama ; and : {toward the city on a forty mile gale, Cabled Paragraphs Katharina Schratt Dead. , Jan. 11—German newspa- pel.r‘: :&g:we'{i here announced the death in Vienna of the actress Katharina Schratt, for years an intimate of the late Emperor Francis Joseph and to whom he left $250,000 in his Will ANOTHER BIG SNOW STORM AT CHICAGO Zero Weather Sweeping Toward the City on a Forty-Mile Gale, Chicage, Jan.. 11—With the second big snow of the week burying Chicago a sub-zero coid wave sweeping ! Chicago again faces danger of a fam. SEVEN PERSONS WERE KILLED AT COWABTS', ALA. O oa SR At the Camp Near Macon, Ga., Reports Say That One Man . Was Killed and the Corral of the 112th Infantry Wrecked—A Cold Wave Has Overspread That Section of the South, With the Thermometer Down to Freezing sat Pensacola, Fla.—Coal ShoflaguAreExpectedholfl- “igrease the Suffering Caused by the Storm—Cold Wave s Moving Toward the East. ‘Washipgtor, Jan. T{. — Swept by wind, rain, sleet and snow, and Wwith 'a tornado taking toll of life and prop- erty in parts of southern Georgia and Alabama, the south tonight was in the grip of its worst storm of the win- ter. Only spasmodic wire communi- cation was possible with the larger cities and from them came reports that outlying districts, where the storm's fury apparently was greatest ‘were completely cut off. . Camp Wheeler, near Macon, Ga, where Georgia, Alabama and Florida national guardsmen are training, was istruck by a tornado late in the day. reports that came through 'said that one man had been killed and the corrall .of the 1i2th Infantry wrecked. This information was brought to Macon by a taxicab driv- er, who left camp while the storm was ragi ng. The same blow struck the state fair grounds, wheré a circus was winter- ing, and animals there were reported on a rampage. Montgomery, Ala, reported that rail- way officials there had been advised that seven persons killed and 25 in- Jured by the tornado which virtually Wrecked the little town,of Cowarts, Ala High winds prevailed throughout the wouth reports to the weather bureap here said, and a cold wave had over- spread virtvally all of that section with the themrometer down to freez- ing at Pemsacola. Vlorida, where a temperature of 15 above zerorwas fore- cast befors morning. Coal shortages in Alabama, Georgla and other states are expected to in- crease the suffering caused by the storm. A cdld wave, equal in severity to that of a week ago, was approaching the east tonight from the west, where below zero Tpemtm‘es prevail. Lowering tempefatures tomorrow will be by rain and high winds in the middle Atlantic district, followed by general snow Saturday night or Sunday and increasingly colder. The cold wave originated in the far northwest and the line of zero temper- atures reported today ecast of the Rocky mountains had moved eastward tonight, reaching beyond the Mississip- pi river and extending from the lakes to the gulf. A storm of considerable intemsity precedes the cold, being central tonight over eastern Tennessee and moving toward the coast. It was attended to- day by snows in southern states from the Mississippl to the Carolinas and Virginia. Williston, N. D, was the coldest city in the country tonight, the mer- cury there registering 22 degrees be- low zero. It was 18 below at Omaha, 14 below at Kansas City and 2 below at Oklahoma City, while at Louisville the reading was zero. At Memphis the mercury stood 8 above and the cold extended across the south into nortH- ern_ Florida, where freezing tempera- tures were reported. REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF RAILROAD EMPLOYES 3s Objected to by Representative of the American Railway Association W on, Jan, 11.—Possible re- @uction in the number of railroad em- ployes under government operation ‘was touched upon today at the house iuterstate commerce committee’s hear- ing on the administration’s railway ®ill. Julius Kruttschnitt, chairman of |1 the board of the Southern Pacific, who said he spoke for the American Rail- way Association, voiced serious objec- tion to any pruning of lists of em- ployes on the zround that it would se- riously affect the organization of the Jines and mean disarrangement when the properties are turned back to their owners after the war. Chairman Sims asked about the feasibility of eliminating some of the woilcitors employed by the roads, par- ticularly those whose duties are to seek passenger business. Mr. Krutt- schnitt said the men who solicit pas- senger business also look after freight and therefore he did not believe any considerable number of them could be dispensed w] twenty-one passenger trains running between Omaha and Chicazo, the witness thought, could be taken ot and the men engaged on them given employment in the freight service. He w pposed, however, t6 any changes would throw men out of empl Both the hous: and senate hearings were adjourned tonight until Monday. The appearance of Director General McAdoo' befcre the senate committee, which was set for this afternoon, h: ‘been postponed until next week. MERIDEN MILK RETAILERS DECLINE TO RAISE PRICES iDecide That It Would Be a Hardship cn the Public. Meriden, Jan. 11.—The Retail Milk Dealers’ association met last evening 10 discuss tic present milk situation. Every memicr of the assoclation was present, showing that there is a great deal of Interest taken in the matter by the dealers. They voted after due deliberations, to =tand rat on the present retail prices of miik, to wit: 13 cents a quart de- !livered to the homes of the consum- ers, and 10 cents o quart to hotels, res- turants, bakeries, etc. The rote’cts decided that it would jbe & hardship on the pubiic to incraase price of milk at this time, for they leve th~ consumers are now peying! all they can afford to pay for milk and it is one of the prime gities. A committce was to call mpon the mayor af office at 4 o'dock this purpose jof enlisting his assistance in ‘the plan jof keeping the price of milk down to the present level. They can see no ex- lcuse for 15 cent milk. TROUBLE BREWING FOR KANSAS CITY RAILWAYS Carmen Are to Strike if Women Are Employed, Kansas City, Mo, Jan. 11—If the Kansag City Street Railways Company mc out a plan u‘u-nmn have of g WO~ men_conductors, a strike will be call- E. F, Michasel, president of the lo- carmen’s nlnnhflndu«l today at the Missouri public ser- which is investigating here. imm,llhw,iu ?fl-gmnwbmam- e - EXPORTS TO NORTHERN EUROPEAN NEUTRALS Have Been Increased—Reduced Sharp- Iy to the Allies. ‘Washington, Jan. 1. — American supplies were allowed to move more freely in November to morthern Euro- pean neutrals with which re-export agreements had been reached and ex- ports to the allies were reduced sharp- y. Figures made public today by the bureau of foreign and domestic com- merce show that decrease in ghipments to Great Britain, France and Italy ac- counted for most of the $55,000,000 re- duction in exports over the preceding month. On the other hand the Neth- erlands received $14,914,773 worth of £00ds in November, compared with $7,- 087,056 in October and Norway Teceiv- ed $2,275,543 compared with §$558,640 the month before, - ot Exnan: to Sweden, which has entered into a satisfactory arrange- ment, are listed at $7. In the previ- ous month there were no shipments to that country. Shipments to Den- mark and Spain also showed decreases as_compared with October, Europe, North America, Asia, South America, Oceania and Africa rank in the order named as ‘America’s cus- tomers, but in the sale of goods to the United States North America ranks first, Asia second, South America third, Europe fourth, and then Oceania and Africa. TO USE LOCOMOTIVES BUILT FOR FRANCE To Help Relieve the Freight Conges- tion'in the East. : ‘Washington, Jan. 11—Locomotive built in this country for use in France and taken over temporarily to help re- lieve the freight congestion in the East, have besn put into service. In making this announcement today, Di- rector General McAdoo said that with- in a few weeks many locomotives bullt for Russia and commandeered also would be ready for use. It was nec- essary to change their gauge for op- eration on American toads. Within the past few weeks more than one hundred locomotives have been_ transferred to eastern roads by | those in the south and west, and with this augmentation of motive power it is expected that rapid strides will be made in clearing the great mass of freight that has piled up in eastern territory. e YEOWOMEN' OF NAVY ARETO DRESS THE PART Uniform of Conventional Blus and Brass Buttons. ‘Washington, Jan. 11—Yeoswomen of the navy department will dress the part hereafter. Orders issned today direct them to appear in a uniform Which will be specially provided in the conventional blue and brass buttons ‘o'f utrha service, adapted for feminine The force is composefofthe women and girls vegularly enlisted in the na- val reserve for the duration of the war l::"l‘:(lad n‘f‘tz:lmm :«:\lle of the o er r work. They were enrolled when expansion of the depart- mental clerical gervice Was made ne- cessary by the war and have been taken into the varieus bureaus of the navy department by the hmndred with many boys and young men in the same ::1:: Who are.already as sea- —_— and west to Texas, all sections southwest, west and northw feeling the same storm. At Texas, snow is falling and in as Panhandle the thermc low zero. At Devil's Lake, N. D, it grees below zero; at Omaha d at O’Neill, Neb., 37 below and up in Canada, in Saskatchewan, it is 42 de- grees below. A maximum of five be- Iew zero is predicted for Chicago to- night. Six inches of smow is reported 1 rorthern Texas and Oklahoma and nine inches in Kansas. According to weather bureau officials the storm is expected to follow the eastern line of the Appalachians and reach the St.. Lawrence valley by Saturday or Suns day. p In Chicago, thousands of, street partment laborers, hundreds of school, college and university and public school children wi shovel in a desperate the streets before -the. came a menace to . pul . A stern warning to gpen the streets still blocked by lastjBunday’s storm and prevent any newsCongestion came from the office of el Administrator R. E. Durham, wh¢’ declared that in case of a severe.#hd long cold wave the public would get coal only if the streets were cleared. While there is no surplus, he reported normal supplies of fuel on hand. At midnight with snow still falling in Chicago and with ten degrees be- low zero predicted for tomorrow, sur- face and elevated traffic came to an almost dead stop. Where plows were able to keep the surface lines clear, ice in the switches made their opera- tion impossible without constant thaw- ing. ‘welfare. CHANGES IN STATUS OF MEN AT CAMP DEVENS 1,650 Men in the Depot Brigade to Be Assigned to Other Branches, Ayer, Mass., Jan. 11—Sixteen hun- dred ang fifty men in the depot bri- gade at Camp Devens will be trans- ferred next Monday to various regi- ments, battalions and trains in the cantonment, according to re-organiza- tion orders for the 76th National Ar- my division issued today. Among officers here the announce- Is taken as meaning that the division as a whole is not likely to see foreign service in the near future ang that “{instead it will be a “filling” division, having various parts of its strength transferred from time to time to sup- ply the needs of other units. Already from 10,000 to 12,000 of the selected men of the division have been serdt abroad or to other divisions of the. na- tional army now in training in this country. It is pointed out that the division cannot be built up to war strength with the first draft quotas even with the transfers next Monday and the ar- rival of the 4,000 or 5000 men of the final 15 per cent. of the draft. In the reorganization plan, depot bri- gade men from a given section will be transferred as far as possible to units of selected men from the same sec- tion. Boston men will be sent to the 301st Infantry and Maine and New Hampshire men to the 303rd Artillery. Each company in the depot brigade will be reduced by the transfer to a total of 66 men and officers who will immediately begin preparations for training the quotas of the second draft. BOSTON THEATERS ORDERED ‘TO SHORTEN HOURS Because New England’s Coal Shortage Has Reached the Danger Point. Boston, Jan. 11—New Englapd’s coal ghortage has reached the danger point. In refusing the plea of theatre man- agers today that they be allowed to keep the playhouses open their cus- tomary hours, James J. Storrow, fuel administrator, told them that a fac- tory having large munitions contracts. for the.French government had al- ready shut down for lack of coal; that the Fall River fron Works, one of the largest cotton mills in New England, engaged on government orders. dis- continued work today because of ina- ibility to get fuel; that he had been unable to comply with the govern- ment’s request to rush coal for the Springfield arsenal, making a shut- down of the plant imminent; 2nd that the metropolitan water and sewage department had coal enough to last only unti! Sunday. In recognition of the Qifficulties which the managers raid the theatri- cal industry would encounter if obliged to close at 10 o'clock, the fuel admin. istrator granted the theatres until 10. D. m. The new hours, to go into effect {Monday, will be from 7.4 to 10.15. FOUR MILITARY POLICEMEN AND A BANKER KILLED By Bandits Who Attempted to Rob Bank at Camp Funston, Kan. Camp Funston, Kan., Jan. 11.—Four military policemen and a banker were killed here tonight when a band of robbers attempted to rob the bank at the army cantonment here. The rob- ‘ers, it was stated, wore soldier uni- forms. : =3 FINAL VOTE ON PRINT PAPER NEXT TUESDAY Under Unanimous Consent Agreement Was Reached Yesterday. Washington, Jan. 11.—Under, a. una- mimous consent agreement reached.] late today a final vote on the print paper resolution will be taken on next Tuesday, beginning at 2 p. m. debate will be limited to ten minutes and a yote on the final passage taken as soon thereafter as possible. Japan Asks Argentina for Metal. Buenos Aires, Jan, 11.—Japan has asked Argentina to permit the ship- ment ef metals to Japan, All metals now are under a strict embargo and Mark L. Requa, head of -the:fuel| the foreign office is preserving umusual pdministrater's new # g | S0CTECY: in -the negotiations, Plans to Cartail the Consumptidyof Fuph AT jority to Close Industries, Theatres | and Other Establishments, in Order to Supply Householders' With Nec- essary Coal. 2 the No Réfief For 60 Days. NORWICH, “CONN., SATURDAY,{ JANUARY Fihine Guns Raking Enemy COMPEL AUTRO-GERMAN FORCES Negotiations Allies and Bolsheviki Are Becloud- cd—Central Powers Have With- rawn Peace Terms Offered to the ies. 2 9P " FOURTEEN PAGES—102 COLS, PRICE TWO CENTS ‘;e TO EVACUATE TRENCHES ONLY RAIDS IN‘FRANCE| Entente Allies. On the t and Vosges Moun Between the Teutonic fighting fronts- there Is only slight activity, except by the artiller- Several trench raiding operations have been carried out on the western front by the French in the “Argonne sectors in effort would be made | wjch German prisoners were taken available supply of | Notwithstanding. the deep snow on peeded and that no|ine northern Italian front the Italian d be shown any sec-|guns have been active near Cavazuc- churina, in the hill region, demolish- ing Austro-German trenches and forc- ’ /There can be no pessible general re-'ing the enemy tq evacuate them. The ing look carefully for values. ing hours at a time loeking for som displayed and ending their shopping The housewife who buys wisely, the enterprising merchant who knows use of its advertising columns. Tt is cause they aid them in filling th show them where and how to,save me in these days is worth looking for. of readers it is the greatest boon to up his business. Make it serve your tin’s columns: .. Bulletin Saturday: - Jam 75 720 Monday, Janx 7.5 T4 Tueslay, Jan, 8.. 78 Wednesday, Jan..'9.. 69 Thursday, Jan. 10.. 74 Friday, Jan. 1H.052 It Serves Both Buyer and Merchant These are the days when those who bear the responsibility of buy- They can do thig in two way by watching the advertisements in the paper or by going to the stores and spend- ething which may or may not be trip tired and unsatisfied. thriftily and from a knowledge of values gets her greatest assistance from the help which is afforded by that the morning paper is the medium that goes into the homes and makes persistent and judicious upon such trading helps that the people with the momey to buy depend to a large extent, mot only be- wants quickly but because they oney on their purchases, and that Such a medium is The Bulletin and in view of the large number the merchant who wants to build business. In the past week the following matter has appeared in The Bulle- Telegraph Local * General Tota\ 120 ---558 755 138 236 448 114 243 405 113 7 305 487 103 367" 544 136 231 449 724 1910 3088 Condensed Te|egra{ms A number of Brazilian aviators have left Brazil for England. ‘Cornell has blackballed tennis and golf and inaugurated wrestling. During the ' year 1917, $408,020,409 was deposited in the New York Assay Office. The Canadian grain situation will probably have the nation put on ‘war bread. Saloonkeepers at Hornell, N. Y. agreed to close one pight weekly to conserve fuel. The powder and dynamite piant at Paterson, Okla., was blown up with heavy loss of life. Mrs. G. M, Howard, of Halifax, won the Silver Foils Medal Handicap play at Pinehurst, N. C. The unfilled tonnage in the United States Steel Corporation increased 484,- 612 tons during December. - Three bills for ths taking over of the railways of Massachusetts werc introduced in the legislature. The pork packing plant of.John -J. Buckley, at Chester, Pa, was burned With a loss estimated at $250,000. Capt. Andre Tardieu, head of the French High Commission in the Unit- ed States, visiteq President- Wilson. Austro-German forces were forced 1o evacuate some trench sectors near Cavazuochurina, on the Italian front. Forty million francs will be spent by the American Red Cross in aiding French civilians during the next five ‘months. British airplanes on the Italian front attacked a squadron of seven hostile machines yesterday and brought down four of them. Representative Gard, of Ohio, has a resolution calling for an investigation of the location and sanitation of army cantonments. West Virginia prohibition officers are having a hard time in keeping out the men who carry liquor acwoss the froz- en Ohio river. An American cavalry detachment at Douglas, Ariz., clashed with Yaqui In- dians, at Bear Valley, killing one and capturing nine. Post Wheeler, who for some years Las been American charge d'affairs at Tokio, is seriously ill at Jefferson hos- pital, Philadelphia. The Amsterdam Telegraf declares ithat anesthetics are very scarce in lagders and operations are perform- 4 without using them. Cubaret singers in Boston, will not e gllowed to clrculate among, the din- ers in cafes. under an’ edict of the Bostonlitensing boaTd. having conducted German propaganda in France, will be tried by court mar- tial, beginning February 4. The winter wheat croo of Ko was saved by a snowfall from thres linches to ome foot. The wheat had | been - threatened with a drought. as King Alfonso of Spain signed a new worse than Dr. Garfield. Everyone Must Conserve Coal. it is now, according to tail the use of coal” he declared. “While war'plants and public utilities must be favored among industries, it is likely that they, too, will feel the pinch. It is distressing to be oblig- ed to witness the hardships the people are underging. Demands are flooding the fuel administration from munici- palities, but no locality can he shcwn preference and coal will be distribute equably no favors shown. The present situation is due almost wholly to rail- road congestion.” Voluntary Curtailment. Voluntary curtailment of the . coal requirements of the less essential in- dustries is working well, Dr. Gar- field said, and every industry asked to reduce its use of coal has shewn a willingness to co-operate. - The vol- untary plan would work better than an enforced curtailment, he added, be- cause each industry would watch its Own members to see that they were carrying out their agreement. Shut Down One Day Each Week. Most~of the industries asked to re- duce their coal consumption will ac- c it_by. shutting down entire- 1y for one each week, as the pa- per board rs already have been ordered to do*-Some industries, how- ever, cannot it down easily for a day and these Will be asked to cease operations for as-iong as a month later in the year. Powers of Fuel Administrators. Explaining his_recent order giving state fuel adminiStrators authority to close industries to supply household- ers with coal, Dr. Garfield said this power would be permitted to e used only in emergencies and that ihe fuel administration would decie the mat- ter éf reducing coal to industries when a general policy was inve State fuel administrators, he explained, could close industries, theal and other establishment3 if ¢ to| v tide over any emergency. < D Plans of J. J. Storrow. = J..3. Storrow, of Boston, fuel ai istrator for New England, notifi Garfield today that he had devi a plan for saving-two days on tho t1 trip of -every coal car that taked coal . from the mines to New England 2 This saving, he said, will make up the additional 500 cars of coal Garfield has ordered shall be ped to New England daily. MAN -KTLLED DURING Willians-Cristiano, Employed at 4 chester’s, -New Haven, Crushed by A New ' at the Winchester this evening William- Cristiano, 30, :;;pt off the left side of a platfo til the busy time had passed Cristiano was found dead im street. - 'veryone must conserve and cur- |central world war. of mie that Dr. |fcrm TIn | were section fatally crushed by a car going in |nasi’s | the topposite direction. It was not un- |ing and Lenzo after lying unconscious dief for at least sixty days and with- |Italian machine guns worked havoc in that time the situation may grow [among the enemy to_retire. . With fighting still’ at_a low ebb on “|all the battle fronts, the chief politi- cal issue—the negotiations between the powers and Russia—remains the absorbing point iff interest in the Chaotic indeed is the sit- uation surrounding these negotiations, Gue to the fact that nothing but con- tradictory reports of sthe proceedings have come through’ That peace again has been discussed at Brest Litovsk seems apparent, con- troverting the previous reports that the pourparlers in this respect would not be continued by the Bolsheviki un- less they were transferred to Stock- h for olm, Germany Withdraws Peace Proposals The latest advices are to the effect that the delegates of the central pow- ers now have declared withdrawn, so far as Russia's allles are concerned, threir peace proposals of December 25 “no forcible annexations or indemn- ities,” which were conditional on Great Britain, France, the United Statesand other enemy powers participating in the peace pourpariers. The refusal of these powers to be drawn into the Teutonic net of discussion is given as the reason for the Austro-German gel- egates recanting. Door Not Closed to-Russia, But Count Czernin, Lenine s Holding Out. Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik pre- apparently is maintaining his previous attitude of unwillingness to concede any points to the enemy and has re-asserted that umless the central puwers accept the bolshevik proposals the Bolshevik will declare war on them. He also has declared himself in m«i an or of stopping demobilization reparing for war. Republic of *Ukratne. The Ukrainian Following the declaration i ries -are nog. cons il s SO v S o s 45’ they endeavored publication. &e ‘Austro-Hun- garian foreign minister, told the Bol- shevik delegates that the door has not been closed to the Russians and that the sitmation now had resolved itself into a question of a_ separate .peace between Russia and the central pow- ers. The seeming ultimatum of the representatives of the enmemy powers was taken under advisement and the conference was adjourned. republic through its delegate at the conferente is declared have announced an independent at- ude in the Brest Litovsk negotia- body was found early this morn- decree dissolving the Cortes, Ilec- tions will be held and the new Pariiament will meet on March 18, Reports from Rostov, Russia, say that the republic of the Don has been declared existent with General Kale- dines as president and prime minister. _ Damage estimated at $750,000 was caused by a fire which destroyed the Enderton block, in the heart of the shopping district of Winnipes, Can- ada. John Purroy Mitchel, who retired on January 1 as mayor of New York, has' beenappointed a major in the aviation corps ol. the United States army. The resignation of Dr. Romulo S. Bolo Pasha, who is charged with | REGULATION OF ALL Washington, Jan. 11.—Regulation of the issue of practically ail private se- curities soon will be proposed by the government. ” Legislation now is being drafted by administration officials in conference with members of congress authorizing the treasury to license each individual security issue, and to refuse approval of enterprises regarded as not essential to the conduct of the war. The exer- cise of this function would be as- signed to the federal reserve board or some agency created by it, which also would pass on the priority of capital needs. A Collateral Plan. As a collateral "plan, formation of a Eovernment corporation to absorb any ‘of the approved stock or bond issues has been agreed upon testatively. A preliminary step, now being con- sidered at the White House, is issu- ance of a proclamation calling on gov- ernors and legislatures of all states and county, city or other local officials to cease making expenditures for public improvements not-absolutely necessary and to refuse building or other per- mits, as far as possible, to private con- struction not_contributing directly to prosecution of the war. Secretary McAdoo discussed the whole question today with treasury advisors and some definite action is expected within 2 week. Result Would Be Far-Reaching. The result of the government's un- dertaking would be far-reaching. Not only bonds, stocks and other securities of big corporations would be ‘affected, but building operations on a small scale probably would feel the effect of the tightening of capital. - The govern- ment would have a- tight grip on the securities market, with power to in- dicate into which business ventures capital should be placed and for which it should be withheld until the war's end. The necessity of federal regulation-of capital expenditures have been empha- sized by Secretary ¢McAdoo-and other government officials since ' the first Liberty loan, and the secretary has declared that the government must be prepared to absorb the supply of new capital available for investment during the war. This in turn made it essential, he said, that unnecessary capital expendi- tures should be avoided in public and private enterprises. Government con- trol over securities should be both regulatory and constructive, in his apinion. To Unify Financial Resources. ‘Steps to unify the nation’s financial Naon, as ambassador to the United States from Argentina, will be ac- cepted as soon as his successor can be appointed. Factories making automobile and carriage covers and corsets have been asked by the council of national de- fense to begin the manufacture of vowder bags. An omnibus private pension bill, pro- viding for three hundred cases reported by the pensions committee as espe- cially deserving was passed yesterday by the houge. Mark L. Requa, administration’s new division .which will handle government control of the oil industry, had a long conference with President Wilson. head of the fuel Elizabeth Guistorg was arrested at Hanford, Calif., and held on suspicion of being a German spy. Letter refer- ring to military fortifications and plans were found in her possession. The Central Powers have withdrawn their peace terms made public at the Rrest Litovsk conference on Decem- her 25, it was announced by Dr. Von Kuehlmann, the German foreign sec- retary. Water power resources of the coun- try are being investigated by the .war department, preliminary to govern- ment action where necessary to keep in operation factories working on war contracts. Copper producers In New York re- ceived word from. Washington that an agreement had been reached with the federal authorities for the fixing of 5 s of the price of copper at 2 1-3 cents a o l"f;:tt‘ rewbli:o:::!b:’;: pound for the next four months. southeastern Russia, with g leader.-of . the Cos- It is reported t German chanceltor, Count von Hertling probably will address the reichstag main committes on Monday in reply to the war aims speechies of President Wilson and Premier Lioyd George,grf Manston Spencer Charchit, m?h{ munitions, addressing the Luncheon Club, made ~ a for e sending of s to Enrope quickly BBtween Maximalist and Ukrainian troops near Rachmatch, in the government of that | beside the track for about four hours, | Tchernigov, according to advices re- the ‘cwhd to a hotel where he lives. His | ceived here. ) o have resuited The fighting is said to in eevere casmalties. B, resources must be taken before the third Liberty loan, officials say, or the government will find a mass of private issues of bonds, stocks and notes on the market in competition with its own war bonds, to the detriment of both government and private financing. Many corporations already have ap- plied informally to Secretary McAdoo Legislation Now is Being Drafted by Administrafio.q‘ Officials for That Purpose. 8 A Plan'Tentatively Agreed Upon Calls for the Creation of = a Government Corporation to Absorb Any Stock or Bond Issues Which Meet’ With Federal. Approval—Ac- tion is Taken to Unify the Nation’s Finances to Prevent ; 3 Any Conflict With War Bonds—State, County and Mu- nicipal Officials.are to be Requested to Cease Making Ex-. penditures for Public Improvements Not l\b‘ohx!ely Necessary—Private Construction is to be Discouraged, or the federal reserve banks for some sort of approval of their contemplated - bond issues. Some represented that without this approval they could not find buyers, and that the contractor§ declined to start construction job without bétter assurance that the cap- ital would be forthcoming. - This i§ said to be one of the principal con- tributing causes of the dullness of con= struction work recently, even with in- by-the war. The federal reserve hoard and As- sistant Secretary Leffingwell of treasury have analyzed these appli- cations and found a majority based om actual war needs for industrial exten- sions. Specific approval has been withheld, however, for lack of author- ity. This would be given by the bifl now under consideration. Securities to which approval is refused would be barred from interstate sale. : One plan contemplated but said to have been abandoned involved the use of the federal reserve board’s control of discount rates as an instrumentality in discriminating in favor of essential securities. The unfavorable featurs of the plan was that it would have required the federal reserve system to deal in long term securities. | . Some financial advisers of Secretary McAdoo advocate the organization of a government corporation with per- haps $500,000 capital, with power to buy and sell securities recognized by the government as necessary to main- tenance of financial health in the war emergency. They say this reservoir of capital would serve to establish con- fidence in the approved securities to such an extent that it probably would not be necessary to absorb any great proportion. The plan was suggested incidentally as a means of helping sav- ings banks and similar institutions out of difficulties caused by low prices of securities. The corporation also would absorb farm loan bonds; if necessary. eliminating the necessity of the special £100,000,000 fund authorized by con- gress for 'that purpose. Securities Maturing This Year. Private securities maturing this year are estimated unofficially at $675,000,- 000, of which $265000,000 are of rail- roads, $215,000,000" of public utilities and $19 000 miscellaneous. A large proportion of these must be .met by issue of new securities, special re- demption funds not having been pro- vided. The federal reserve board has paved the way for curtailment of loans to non-essential enterprises by appealing to banks to scan every application closely to ascertain whether it is necessary in view of war requirements. materials has been preached persis- tently by Secretary McAdoo and by Frank A. Vanderlip, director of the war .savings campaign, and other: financial leaders. B v SEC’Y BAKER THREE HOURS BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE Sharply Cross-Examined by Demo- crats and Republicans. Washington, Jan. 11, — Deficiencles in army equipment ware the su of sharp cross-examination of secre- tary . Baker before the senate military commitee. For three hours the war department head was under rapid fire questioning, both from democrats and republicans, who frequently by word and gesture expressed disapproval of conditions disclosed. Sometimes they flatly dis- agreed with the secretary’s assertions and pointed to_ testimony previovdly heard to contradict him. Apparently little ruffled hy the vig- orous quizzing Mr. Raker, admitting and further detailing certain short- ages, reiterated his formal statement of yesterday that supplies are sub- stantially adequate for “initial rush needs.” Committeemen insisted that his statement was misleading to the eoun- try even though unintentional, and gave the public a wrong impression of conditions. Senator Weeks declared it had “lulled the country to sleap” Secretary Baker explained that what e meant when he spoke of adequate supplies was that all troops who ge abroad to actual fighting are and will be amply equipped. In reapense (o estions he sald General Pershing is sl of motor trucks. Mr, Baker will be back tomorrow for further cross- examination. INCENDIARIES BURNING CROPS8 IN ARGENTINA Two Individuale Wers Seon Fire to Grain Fields, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jan, 11— The burning of crops is continuing in many parts of the republie, The in: cendiary nature of at least same of these fires is indicated hy the action of the manager of the prayince of Bue- 08 ilway, wha reperfed to the u::orltlss iwo indivi a:l. seen setting to grain flelds just ready faz haryesting, 3 Setting s s yember by g A n-iqq ESCAPED INTERNED GERMANS ARRESTED AT NEW HAVEN. They Were Creating Labor Trouble in" a Bologna Shop. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 11.—As one’ sequence of a sausage makers' strike five Germans face internment for the Guration of the war. The men are' William Wycisk, 32; Martin Schafer, 24; Alex Lutz, 29; Joseph Schmidt, 33, and Robert Mauser, 33. They were complained of as interfering with thel other emploves in a bologna here af-i ter ‘a strike had been declared and. when' the police rounded them up their" allen status was discovered. Two of the men had traveling permits and. the others had none, All are beirx* held for federal action, ! An examination of the men by fed eral officers disclosed the fast that: three of . them got Into this country from Interned German ships, Sehmidt} was one of the erew of the Vaterladd . who eseaped after that vessel was tn«' terned moon after the war -gtarted in 1914, He, with twa others, will be| charged with enterina the country in| violation of immigrant laws, ) _— A GOVERNMENT POWDER PLANT TO QOST (66,000,000 is to Be Established by War Bepad: ment Near Nashy Tenn, Washingten, fan. 11.—A gqvernment | pewder plant'ta cest $86,000,608 and tof i empioy abeut 15,000 men is {g be established by the war Qepartmenf near Nasiville, Fenn,, Majer (enewa Cresier, chief of {he grdnames bureau, | announeed tenight the selection of a | site near Hadley's Bend on the Cum- berlang river, about twelve miles from Nashyille, . ¢ Construction will be stapted imme- | diately, Generaj Crozier said, ard the piant will be put en a produci af the earliest pessibj inary fpsee of been pnfle!gt tq 'he government. {od: tieps obtained oa the il %o i dustries whose expansion is required - the . Government -Corporatiof Contemplated Conservation of credits as well as of # b 3 PR | &