The evening world. Newspaper, December 27, 1917, Page 1

TNT in Greater Mew York and 197, by Wahoos County, 85. Ve CORES oh (The Sew Covrriant, 700,000 CARS OF FREIGHT TED UP IN NEW YORK ZONE: _—— Three Commissions Unite in) PROPOSAL MERELY BAIT | Efforts to Clear the Great | 10 RUSSIANS U. $. VIEW Congestion Here. MUCH FOOD SHUT OFF. | | sti Lack Essential Element De- manded by Wilson, Elimina- é tion of Hohenzollernism, Enormous Shipments for tne WASHINGTON, Dee. 27.—The Cen Government Block the Railway Tracks. tral Powers’ peace overtures to Russie, still lack the essential ele- ment demanded by President Wilson and seconded by England—ellmina- tion of Hohengollernism The conditions surrounding ‘Without waiting for the Fede Government to begin operation of the ‘ n — * <g | Czornin's proposals cause Se: Lasereraes Commerce: here to feel some apprehensien for Gotnmission, Now York Public Ser-|their sincerity. One condition, re- ice Commission and New Jersey, garded as impossible for the present Pubiio Utilities Comnmasion have|*t least. is that the adherence of all Count officials bolligerents must be secured to the | foined forces to clear up the freight) peace the Germans aro trying to| Blockade of Now York Harbor and) make W'ih Tussle ota Tt can be=) hey | Come effective. toa nding ares, Alvenay they: It can be stated authoritatively | have discovered: that the position of the American| ‘That there are approximately 100,000 cars of freight in the Government has not changed in any |respect with regard to Its determina- tion to enter into no agreement with metropolitan are a Government which does not repre That the United States Gov- sent the free will of the woverned people. ernment Is the worst offender in an failing to unload cars and keep- ing them standing on terminal | tracks. ‘That epeoulators in foodstuffs have many cars of produce standing on track: That the re-consignment priv- ilege is being abused by market 73 PNEUMONIA DEATHS IN 24 HOURS; NEW RECORD | Highest in Last Five Years, Health Official—Shortage of Says ! “ Cireulation Books Open to All. US. RED TAPE IS BLAMED - e |elen | right The Freee Pabtiehing Varw Wart), NEW GERMANY RESTORE VIOLATED NATIONS ties” Peace Terms Declared Incomplete. 2TROGRAD, rnin, P Dec. 27. — Count the Austro-Hungarian Por- Minister, at the session of the Brest-Litovsk © conference at day fect that to read a statement to the ef. the Central Powers agreed | conclude immediately a general peace without forcible annexations and indemnities. The chairman of the Russian dele- demurred at the ¢ statement self-definition gation rman on as being Incomplete, He said the war could not end without the re-estab- lishment of the violated rights of little and oppressed nationalities and Russia would insist on guarantees that thelr lawful rights would be protected In a general pence treary: | “VIOLATED RIGHTS MUST BE RE-ESTABLISHED.” “Renouncing the application of the natt occupled right of the rd to the war,” stronger with re- tories during 4, “the Powérs of the Quadrup! llance at ne time give all thelr oppone ediate ‘ound t the the n ime affirm th the stronger, after unprece- dented bloodshed. shall be preserved with all integrity within each of the countries with no regard for ttle and oppressed nationalities Tho war cannot end without the ated rly of those natiouallties speculators and adds greatly to is being re-ertablished. The Russtan the rongestion. Coal One of Causes. delegation insists that those national- That drastio action is necessary | ‘The following table showing the|!ties must in the very next pence to break the blockade and the [total number of deaths from noon| treaty establishing a general peace three commissions are proceeding | yesterday up to noon to-day in the} among all nitiona receive, on the promptly against individual viola- five boroughs, together with those! basi t ernat pement, tere: due to pneumonia, was given out by rantoes that their lawful rights ‘The worst offender in the blockade |tho Department of Health will be protected lapse of time of New York 1s the United States Total . jin a |e s the violation of Government, with the War Depart- ren Pear Pneumonia |, unothe ment heading the list. It ts doing het hen HH | rus gation, he stated in more to barricade the metropolis in aeaael, Bensees) See leo thetanding differ- railroad yards and to confiscate the) pisses 33 i nee thou that the inadequate supply of harbor floating Richmond... 8 1 Germa on that Germany has equipment through unnecesary red mes - no essive plans offered the possl ments than () 7 mility mediate beginnin, wy aaa aun ita Dr. Charles F. Bolduan, Directo som Lijec Be Ligh , |Health Education, said this was the!" 2 4 GOVERNMENT RED TAPE CAUS 3 highest record for penumonia for|9mon lig © Propose FREIGHT BLOCKADES. twenty-four hours for the last five}a t¢ rec Tan. 4, “so In a report made pibiic to-day bY| yours. He lald the increase in pnou-|that the peoples whose Governments the three commissions they touch but] monia deaths to shortage of coal, fail- | have t yet joined in the negotia- lightly on the Government's offense, but The Evening World by further ure of persons to bundle up when going out in the cold, neglecting colds may have an themselves tions for general pea to acquaint Investigation of its own disclosed/and improper ventilation In homes principles of such a peace as ome of the Federal contributions to|and places of employment Leta maine: autablintiadst the fretght congestion. The commis-| From lust Saturday noon up tol, cginet KEEPING UP WAR FOR py noon t there were a total of ST. ons Fads normousehipmente [ia de of which $19 wore dio] SAKE OF CONQUEST, for the Government in the yards |e Penumoni@ Pre hh penne vailesed theh Guaiies and on the tracks in the metro- ae nites calavered the Russian politan area which are complicat~ BOMB ATTACK MADE delegates ‘could be basts of such a ing the situation. This matter, Boeee ere uid. shey abarad) RUSSIAN however, is being taken up di ON AMERICAN CONSUL condemnation of a continuation of the rectly with the War Department, See cae ec oonauaa? for it is reali-od that it ie inad- auon the Count added, ¢ visable to make public the details losive Hurled at Bui dat Building Occu- - fh abe ‘ mx persia d in respect to Government eee pied by the Consul General |the Russian p Is could be real- th and- ‘ d Rice ret OF; the’ mathads, of | in Odessa, ized on the event that all b ule ange sa aseen ial Hy is Joigated the es to adhere Some of the things which The Eve- | WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.—The Amer- | ch Mga 4 scoetliee tg o ot 6 is of 8 n peace ‘World learned, however, of Govy-|!can Consulate General at Odessa : ¥ : oe thE methods that do not come|wa the object of a bomb attack| Regarding the six clauses pr posed . hin the ban of censorship were|@tly in the morning of tho 18th,|by the Russian d as a basia bi i according to @ State Department|of nesottatio Count Czernin‘s in message to-day. statement 5 Enormous quantities of quarter-) Tne Consul General said unidenti-| “Clause 1. Forc!ble annexations of master and commissary g00ds are/rjoq persons had hurled a bomb at|torritories acized during the war doe floated across the harbor to Gover-|tHe building during hin absence, and|tot ertce int of the Island army headquarters and|that considerable damage had been | h i P nor's | we had been} (ontral) allied p About troops then out again, for the simple reason | done. AP A rae teria ie that War Department red tape ap- | ee now spun?) parently requires many kinds of frien by Conwrens Adjouen O08 De St! goods to go‘ + to department head- __ for Newlands Faneral, treaty, if quarters rather than to destination, en As SINGEGN, as 27.—President 2 shousey on | Wilson attended the funeral of Senator thee I Instead of building warehouses on! isnas thin afternoon, He postp a a! ition of the mainland closo by railroad ter-|Q onterence “with, the Trea e one } 8 minals, the most inaccessible island | chiefs and legislative representative reac a _ | All the Congressional probe commit ie (Continued on Second Page.) tees adjourned early this afternoon out subjece ——=—— ped of respect to the late Sena . va! 4 ator Vs : country of we: THE HOLIDAYS, tion » y ft py aha bao Eanes > — | ¥, Phone ‘oor Cortlandt, EVERAKN'S BROWN STOUT ‘ nad, tonic for 36 yearn, ereryw (omtinued oo Eleventh Page. eH Annexations, No Indemni-| YORK, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, HYLAN 10 SEE WILSON | TO-MORROW AND PLEDGE AID OF REGIME IN W SUGARPROFITEER LOSES LICENSE FOR Call at White House May Have | Bearing Also on New York Police Commissionership, | Mayor-elect Hylan will go to Wash- | | ngton to-night to call on Preside t] | Wilvon in the White touxe to-mor- | Lefkowilz, Wholesale Grocer. ! jrow morning. H will be ace ce i : |companied by Congressman Thomas Forced to Close—Food F, Smith, Secretary of ‘Tammian Board Warns Others. | © Journey ts one of Judge Hylan’s Jown suggestion, an no spoctal invita. | TH® Federal license of Hyman fa ton has been extended by the Presl- | Ltkowltz, w grocer, of No.| a 1420 Brook Ave convicted of prof+ | Announcement: of appointme Iteering in food supplies, bas been was made by the Mayor-elect to-da ‘The list suspended for the duration of the war |New Years, will not be given out until ‘The selection of a Po-| #24 Lefkowlts ts forced to close his 1917, ‘THE POOH: BAH OF THE ADMINISTRATION Commiasioner is still undecided.| place of business, according to an- The trip to Washington may have|nouncement by the Federal Food ony upon the final dectaton, Board to-day. The specific charge against Lefkowitz was filed with the He Food Administration by I. M. Cush- OUR YOUNGSTERS HELPING iran. a ‘taner, a: tho corner ot ame T0 HOLD THE PIAVE LINE, 9 |sterdam Avenue and West 146th Street, who accused Lefkowitz of MAJOR M RPHY C charging him 15 cents a pound for U ABLES | sic Joho Mitchell, Chairman of the U. S. Red Cross Director Tells of | Federal Wood Bourd, and Arthur ' i} " - 1 WIllatte Walera Foo® Adminis. + Relief Work Among the Teetacamtt Wade, vore<Citeoaalal | ; Italians, | WASHINGTON, |day that equally drastic action may Dee. 27.—Major Mur- | be expected In all cases where fla- phy, American Red Cross Commiasioner | rant violations of the Food Admin- to Europe, back in Paris after estab. |!*tration are proved. The Food Board in the Lefkowitz case Ushing relief work In Italy, reported by | announcement cable to-day on what he and has fellow | say workers accomplished. | “This is the first instance In this “Whatever else we may have done orl city of a licensed wholesale dealer falled to dow’ saya the message, after) nuving his business suspended for the recounting tho eatablishing of ware houses and the distribution of suppties, | Period of the war, and the board | "we have raised the American flog from | Wishes it to be known that similar one end of italy to the other, and our | decisions may be expected In all cases |youngsters to-day are dolng their part} of sugar profiteering that are so In helping to hold the Plave line rant as this one was shown to be | Of the situation he found on arriving | icomimendatlod banciien. effec in Italy Just after the great ‘Teuton! AOL beh bs invasion, Major Murphy's report says vicious propaganda had spread | hoarding up ful prices hut Lefkowitz had beer Hroand © unt the report that America was not friend ly to Italy; that we were not interested in the war and even that we were afraid | for it to antagonize Austria, as well as Ger- | ase 'WAR AID TO ALLIES IS PLEDGED BY JAPAN neem AMERICAN FLYER FALLS WITHIN GERMAN LINES |Prepared to Co-operate to Full Ex Stuart Walcott, Son of Secretar of Nation's Ability, Says : 1 error to Parliament of Smithsonian Institution, Had Emperor to Parliamen emolishe <a ia TOKIO, Dec. 27. — Co-operation ¢ Dem ai hed Three Mac une Japan with her allies in the war wa WASHINGTON, Dec, 2 crotary | pledged to-day by Emperor Youhthito in Waleott of the Smithsonian Inatitu-|the speech from the throne at the open tion, whose son, Stuart Walcott, fly 2 of Parliament. The Emperor said ing with the Atccrican Army in|Jupan'a relations with the Entente France, fell behind the German lines |Powers were extremely close after a fight, to-uay received the| “The Buropean w he aatd, “is be following cable from Parts “Stuart fell In enemy lines Dec. coming and more important. It | becomes us to devote our efforts toward more 12, fighting three single scaters after |inore effective co-operation with the demolishing enemy two-seater. Fate 1 Powers, We are prepared to co. unknown." operate to the fullest extent of our Inquiries are now being made | au while maintaining peace in the through channels reaching to Ger-|O many as to his fate | ‘In consequence of present cond: - —— have ordered our Mintitera to pre ' nt plans having to do with the ni U.S, PRIVATES CAN'T RIDE o's." sotional dec FIRST GLASS IN BRITAIN FouR HURT IN AUTO UPSET. Cae Skt American Commanders Issue Order tHe That Men Comply With t w running al " yr ? nue Hollie, Queens, early to-da English Rules. in automobile owned t Jose pit g LONDON, Dec. 27.—American en-| tt n of Bayside, skidded on the Msted men can no longer climb no side of the road and firet class compartments on Br urued oF The four occupants railways and ride with officers ncliding the owner, were thrown One of the British army regulations |ut and Injured. The police were Prohibits privates travelling tj told that the car was driven by jclass and makes it mandatory upon. ‘ suds Van Demank, & salesman of Jutficers others ired were When the first Americans r iham, (we ry of Ungland they scorned thir Fr Who Dos haw 4 Uiehaa enh rode. taith.. (i ractured skull, and Mar ard sth the teen, of Muffalo. At Army uuthorities decided it wa 1 been treated t i |wite to dimertminate in fave amie hospitals American The American ' phen areden ' Sa ( Takes Over Acroplane Ask Prew t to Stop Sate of rat Sewn ates L NEWPORT, 1, 1 I Broo 1 Wilson was r 1 uf the ¢ Camp and Comimur ery f mittee to prohit iy paid here beeause the \t whieh canta “might be a ‘ ky to vital Governmen will b Jing Director Gene Seoretary of | Chairman Federat Chairman National Commicstem ALL STOCKS BOOM “ONACTION FORU. 8, - CONTROL OF ROADS Se B.&O.& D. & | the Lead. | An enormous rise in pr Exchange securities to-day was Wall | Street's way oughly it of tentifying approves the vetion in ty Jthe country. The awered all doubts concern! ment operation, Quotat jing ratiroad stocks sw | diately from the long and |decline and made the bh witnessed in many years on the Bx- change. There were wide varint rise, some three Jor points, forward ten to seventeen all advanced 1 of Railroad the Treasury. Reserve B. ‘acrn Loan Board, | Chairman of the Interriitional High lans to End Freight Tie-Up of 100,000 Cars re : Cirentation Booka Open to All. | “ 18 PAGES RAILROADS NOW TO SAVE BILLION YEARLY BIG SALARIES OF PRESIDENTS TO BE CU RUSSIA DEMANDS WILLIAM G: MSADOO OPAacn ono. “ALI the evidence In the ease showed | Shares Up 2 to 17 Points, saa H. in how r ratiroads of na of te depres wheat na in curities making only two while others leaped Industrials and mining rd. = TO TIMES AS BI sident’s | Bar| — whatwtn— +) Warmer Te might end Ve marron, (arr on Matern Counts, 2. YW CURES sinewhorn, = PRICE) 200,000,000 MAY BE SPENT FOR NEW ROLLING STOCK ON COUNTRY’S RAILROAD SYSTEM —’ |Director-General Preparing Plans for | Operation of the Lines—Present Heads of Systems and the Men in Sympathy With New Order. WASHINGTON, Dec, 27.—From plans already under contempla- tion for the management of the railroads being taken urider Govern- ment control to-morrow, it is believed that hundreds of millions of dollars may be saved yearly in the cost of operation. Some estimates go as high | sa billion dollars per annum, nner It has been dofinitely decided upon }to reduce the large salaries now paid to railroad Presidents, Some of Wiese receive trom $50,000 to $160,000 Ja year, It i said that a maxtmam | may be set at $10,000 a year. jof the Presidents have given an U.S. RAILROADS BI BUSINESS IN WORLD A NOW CONSTITUTED. Miles of road, 391,000, Number of employees, 3,000,000, Outstanding securities, $21,000,- 100,000. Number of investors, Passengers carried 1,000,000,000. Freight 100, Many ur that they will be fully in accord with all the plans of the Administra- |tion. They will aid as far aw is tn their power the work of reorganiza- |tion, a» they look upon themselves |as men drafted by their country. Two hundred milion ‘dollars, tt is estimated, will be spent upon new |rolling stock for some of the roads |taken over. Preliminaries for actual taking over of the railroads by the Government jat noon to-morrow moved forward swiftly to-day and overshadowed all other war activities in the Capitol, There was some disposition toward \eriticlam in Congress, principally on the ground that the Government pro- posed to allow the railroads too much, | But there was no indication that the | President's plans would be seriously opposed and everything was prepared for enacting =m laws soon after he explains the situation in an | address to Congress | BELIEVE IT ONLY BEGINNING OF GOVERNMENT CONTROL. 500,000, per carried per yea W tons. | ITALIANS DEFEAT ~ AUSTRIAN FORCE a Wear White Uniforms Invis- ible Against Snow in Christ- ‘4-| mas Day Surprise Attack. ensary imme | Many members of the House and sink PAL N e, 1, 2} | ITALIAN HEADGt ARTERS | senate predicted that the step was Jump | (Unit Press), Dec, 27.—Clad In| ony the beginning of Government white uniforms, invisible against the|operation and control, and that tt would soon extend to telegraph and telephone lines, if not indeed to the distribution of all of life's neces- naries. Director the day | backround of snow, Italian troops attacked and routed a body of Aus- trians the ten times thelr number in a Christmas Day surprise east of General McAdoo apent | in intensive study of prob- but Monte Grappa, it was announced to- shares felt the effects of the same In-| day. |iems which must be solved at the spiration and moved upward, al-| ‘The Italians, resembling a band of | CUtset. President Wileon conferred though not directly affected DY tl®] perrots, swooped down upon the| With the heads of the four great rail- Government's action. , aS way brotherhoods. It appeared prob. Opening prices maited wildly. those| AUN positions, scattering de-|abie that the latest demand for in curities which had been favorite fendera over the mountainside creases in pay would be handled by foutballs for the bears rising highest Austrians were entirely unpre- | # committee of managers to be ap- the top. After an hour quota. |, »parently enjoying a Christ. | Pointed by Mr. McAdoo, na simmered ¢ and Ohio had rise of 4 points, whi sid Hudson Was second, 1 ond Haul third, 125-8 kr a financlat poin Jal claus Pre Jamation is that which g n t pvestod roads & busin of net ¢ Ast yeurs wero banner 1 bis t means pr ends o er be t int if thelr ear ould mean gan average cent, on book value, The Interstat nas Day r Commerce Commit pee teos in Congress began a survey s6t e kc on they will ELEVEN GERMAN PLANES © sarsy'tno Prendant'e plans mo ef LOST IN BIG AIR BATTLE or McAdoo, it Is understood, will | not vacate his present position ag OVER ITALIAN FRONT! secrctars ot tue Treaptrs ae INDUSTRIES OF NATION NOW | UNDER WAR CONTROL, Industrial America’ is now virtually under Federa! war control as a re- sult of President Wilson's proclama- Rome Reports Defeat of a Ra Squadron of Twenty-Five t be Italians and British tion for Government operation of the ROME, Deo, 2-1. ts officially wn-| ratiroads, nounced that eleven Austro-German| Leaders of commercial enterpri rplanes have been brought down by | Working here for the Government, Iieitish and Italian forces in a| ESteral officials and representative: ne " “of labor agree to-day that the nation tt bat which veloped \y placed actually on a war footing He Teu nile unwiic- under the centralized guidance of . atlompt t Troviso, six- |Prestdent Wilson and Secretary Mc ¢ es nort e There | Adoo, t © twenty-f itn machines in| ‘The first act of McAdoo, prelimt- ere { ' iuadron All the| nary to actually starting operation of n tation and ) machines réturn-| the roads on Jan. 1, will be the seleq ed safely, — | ton of a “board of directors,” f) This pf