10 HOLD ON 10 THE RAILROADS Goverament Not in a Hurrry to Return Them THE PRESIDENT'S DESIRE Expected To Be At Least A Year— Meantime Improvement Program Will Be Vigorously "Pushed. Washington. — Uncertainty over the of railroads in the diate future was largely removed by Director-General Hines’ ment, dent will vate had more permanent status imme announce conferring with Presi the roads back after Wilson not turn management that Government the to pri until Congress ha opportunity to consider a program of legislation generally the This was interpreted meaning that roads wal be der least longer i ial session gress is call al in the nay be Covernment management for at another and nrobably of Con umme! legislation taken most offi not be completed within fonr months It spe- Congress t much within a railroad up, but could or five cial on legislation With the temporary mined the railroad administrat will ahead with program for improve: and extensions, the rail late the labor readjustment period J ther effect will increased use aterways coraance Hines’ It was said a ministration that to the raih time Railroad advocated earl rel believe thi als there is no session cannot star Year status deter EO vigorously making hoth proper 184 for the of and to sti demand for material with irector expressed poli relinquish is not a reversal of poli Administration ngquishment lained. but not until on the of ider other was exr gress had proposed ernment legislation he administ stated in had time to % et Bi five-vear extension Gov control or to cons attitude was by Mr. Hine ration’ r sent to Senators h and Martin, chair of the Senate Con men, respectively, mitiees on Interstate Commerce anc and to Representa Appropriations, tives Sims and Sherley, chairmen of the House Commitiees on Interstate and i priations “As you rome might be an immedi; or the management s “it strat Foreign Commerce and Appre » The letter follows has beer there ipiiate are aware, there nquiry as to whether preg ilroads to Rail has indicated retiirn of private Admin this The ond on whenever inquiry has been made, {1} not re¢ be tak “For vonr commend that en further that 1 matter with the hoe there will niorma have am clad cussed the 10 8 ay 3 Pres to dden but not his purpose 1« dent, and has authorized me glate that relinqui further relinquish has been whether program of considered he no =u the railroads that 3 the railroads until there opportunity to an constructive, cen permanent legislation Is likely to be promptly and idopted within a reasonable time. GOVERNMENT EXPENSES DROP Little Than Half As February. More Much In Wash activities ngton Cessation of war permitted Government ex penses in February little more past war contracts, the bill action, is tures in With the last two days’ expenses not yet tabulated the Treasury re- ported its outlay in February at $1.- 085.000.000, which may be increased to approximately $1,150,000,000 by final reports Approximately $042. 000.000 went to pay the Govern- ment’s ordinary war bills, and $115,- 000.000 as loans to allies to drop a the for the Liguidation of following passage of the way for this to swell expendi March, however than a half three rate months clearing expected HOLLAND ON HER GUARD. Holds Army Ready Against Annexa. tien Attempt. London.—It is necessary to hold the Dutch Army against any effort to annex Dutch territory, the Dutch Minister of War declared in an ade dress to the Second Chamber, ac- cording to a Central News dispatch from The Hague. He sald that dis armament at present would be dan- gerous, MEXICANS AND INDIANS CLASH. Two Encounters Near Nogales Report. ed—Twenty Soldiers Killed. Nogales, Ariz.-—-Two encounters between Mexican soldiers and Yaqui Indians have occurred near Nogales within the last 8 hours. The last clash was within nine miles of No- gales, Sonora. Twenty Mexicans were reported killed, The Yaqui cas. ualties are unknown. NE WILSON TELLS OF Hl WORK IN PARIS League Charter Doesn't Conflict With Const tution | EXPERT AMERICAN ADVICE Maintenance Of The Doctrine By All The World— Firm In His Determination Not To Call Extra Session. Provides For # Washington, President desires conclusion of a as speedily consistent great questions involved, { cept for adjustment of territorial dif | ferences, he belleves a great part of | the work is approaching final { It was learned that the League of | dent intends to turn to Paris | ures to be used by Wilson treaty the [55 4 peace with and, as the amendment proposed Nations suggest will which the Pres upon with meas his deal the league in or { foreing territorial decrees The President informed | paper correspondents, with whom he had a and frank of | his work at Paris and the legislative | gituation after he had | hours conferring with administration | leaders at the Capitol It was the first the correspondents in {| Washington had | the President in } It was gathered that ! believed that with | the clause relating torial the the thn Lf 80 news free aigcussion spent time been invited to see sevaral years the Pres excent ident on of the to enforcing terri- decrees only with existed In league constitu i tion minds of them his dete; The President is firm in to call an exira session of the new Congress until he returns from France, pot intend to fore he =alls Regarding the constitution whon it provided for ma the doctrine by all President let it be known firmly that iar does any provision o charter with Constitution. and also that he does address Congress be on March 5 the Monroe President felt ti could not contravens ntenance world T the that he convinced in no particn f the league the Ame conflict rican spondents that in the Paris had kept in mind constitutional feat and had had the expert American lawyers tional quest | pearing to conflict with the Constitu tion ences he closely and carefully ure advice of pis on all constitu ions arising Those ap were rejected or altered WAR AND INFLUENZA Mortality In England Nearly As Great One As The Other, London in the f about 700.000 of the pie k of the Brit ish the battlefield declared Dr, Christopher president of the board, in moving in Commons the second From ast our race was lost on Addison government House reading of the in December of local the f 03 bill to create a ministry of health October, November and last year the mortality {rom influenza in the United Kingdom was as high as the average monthly the war from gerted, losses during war he ass CRUSE WASHINGTON The resentatives the next Republican tricts in the Southern States mot effected an organizat gether. Pregident Wilson ate and pleaded with his party to ex- ert every effort to force through the bond bill and supply measures Chairman Kitchin, of the and Means Committee, fourteen reg in dis and work to ¢ of House ion io vigited the Sen glause in the War Revenue Bill President Wilson, on foot, headed ftol to the White House, The War Department announced the sailing from France of 14 trans ports, bringing in all about 550 offi. gers and 9,000 men. The first woman to win the Amer- trice MacDonald, of the Nurse Corps. The State Department has been no- tified of continued activity of Ger- Norman Hapgood, of New York, was nominated to be minister to Den- mark, succeeding Dr. Maurice Egan. American Naval officers are op- posed td the sinking of the surren- dered German fleet, The Victory Loan Bill was ordered favorably reported by the Finance Committee, A. Mitchell Palmer was nominated by President Wilson to be attorney general, The House adopted the conference report on the Oil Land Leasing Bill. A bill has been introduced in Con- gross providing for admission to the Federal Reserve Bank System of 55 MOONALD GETS ARMY MEDAL Brave Nurse Honored by the War Department A Hun Night Air Raid She Con tinued At Her Post Of Duty With A Surgical Team, to Distin ‘ashingtion The first woman American Arn fot Med: the hed Sarvice Bea MaeceDonaid. of who Heserve nald re . Nurse for Army Corps heroism while on duty sical team aot learing Rtation During continued at the British No. 81, 8 German night her post of ing for the sick and wound til seriously wounded by a Ger bomb, thereby losing one eye” At the same time the Distinguished Service medal was awarded to 8 Adams, director of inland traffic, * exceptionally meritorious and con with the Army of nines offi- who i EPICUHOUR RervVice United States.” and to of the cere the Allied armies have rendered service in Washington in the co-ordination of military «forts They ar Mai anege ton, Inouye, Jap- Washing assist Japanese Barbier, Bel Enrico liaison off 1 embassy and ant mil embas Acling gian fT eisers ws Rey pe militar: at the legation: Cap fount na di the Itall the Italian High Co War mond, chief of the French cer between nission and the l.ouniz Re artillery Re French represen Marshal de Mon French sion and Department: Col Lisnt ol. Edouard J to of Rais is mission: special dels staff gquin, the general tative of and Marshal Joffre and personal Foch; Maj. Leopold Pierre tal, linison officer between the and High Commis the War Department; Lieut. Col H Arthur Pakenham, C. K. €G.. British general stall, liaison officer between the British and military intelligence services and Mal, Walter Miller, Canadian forces, Haison offi. cor hetween the British embassy and embassy American Defense and the War Department. The three French officers were not present, having been called home their decorations will be pre- In presenting the Service cross to Miss MacDonald, Sécretary Baker asserted it gave him relatively, is undoubtedly due to the ministered to our wounded at the very front.” Cn A sini ROOSEVELT ON VICTORY LOAN. Kenyon Proposes Vignette Of Former President On Notes. Washington. Senator Kenyon, of flown, proposed to other members of the Benate that the vignette of Theodore Roosevelt be placed on se eurities of the new “Victory loan.” He said he believed it would be & fitting tribute to the former Presi. dent and that he might offer an amendment to that effect to the bond bill when it was reported to the Senate, REVENUE BILL SIGNED BY WILSON Secretary Glass Appeals to the American People w——— cnm— SECURE FARM NOW . Western Canada Offers Oppore tunity to the Ambitious. Fertile Land at Moderate Cost, With Social and Other Advantages That Mean Bo Much, Will Soon Be Taken Up. Be Named To Hear T. 8. Adams Expected To Be Made Chairman, Appeals Secretary Glass ag ple War Washington pealed to the American ped £ heerfully the higher which went | taxe ito effect with the sign r resident Wilson of the new Special Board Will Review Military Cases GEN. ANSELL TO PRESIDE Of Imprisonment Honorably Restored To gince would board, Samuel T judge War, advocate and whose testin verity of court-martia the committee to extend ils toward mitig #en begun, General Crowder the commillies the EW Were prior to investigation by the Senate Practically all of men sentenced to dishon discharge and already have had discharge added that long terms at ne re- orable imprisonment, he honorable He sentenced to the dis said, provision re 1.200 voked Kan., Bad been honorably to dut in worth the last the pending anthorizing stored year Cham by Provisions of berigin bill the Judge sentences were review General of court by would Advocate martial opposed General Crowder, who said it the Judge Advocate General ex tremely broad powers and authority administer the system of army discipline He indicated that many the commanding officer in the field was in a better position the case, Colonel give fo entire fimes {fo review Liedtenant - Clark, of the Judge Advocate eral office who eral Crowder before testified that only a 20.000 Alfred E Gen- {ion commitiee, the 15.- verdicts preceded the few of court-martial the war criticized as All classes of men were brought into the army through the draft, he said, and it was necessary to punish ingsubordina- tion severely 000 or during were too handed down severe, Chatrman Chamberlain read the record of the hearing a confi dential order on conscientious Jectors which he said was all camp commanders in the United States by Adjutant General Learned at the direction of Secretary Baker in the record sent “The Secretary of War directs that you be instructed to segregate the conscientious objectors in their divisions and to place them under insuring that these men be handled and freely. * “With respect to their attitude of objecting to military service, these men are not to be treated as violat- ing military laws, thereby subjecting themselves to the penalties of the Articles of War, but their attitude in this respect will be quietly ignored and they will be treated with kindly consideration. WHEAT PRICE GUARANTEE BILL. Washington. The administration bill, appropriating $1,000,000,000 to mifill the government's guaranteed wheat price to the farmer for the 1919 erop, was passed by the Senate, without material amendment, and now goes to conference, porations, PIACes, The revenue bureau's mach inery been put into operation illow kind of patriotism Burn il ag int off patriot brightly in time of peace as me of war, It poo? who would Ww tk the duty he steadfastly per- ¢ (sve rament 1 rofore ap ghar ° hie alriot 18t hig form of j i prsdant ur ¥ cependent upon the the tumult to a f taxes this with the same splendid spirit of erate £ Colle Year iast Un Year April 1 sleamahip tic new taxes on rallroad and Kets surance ues, FF UNES in- theatre mission and ch stamp levies against the semi-lux- dress, will and 8 variety of ta Xen become effoc "xe uries, such tive ess of value so-called as articles of be made, after May I fountain tax becomes eMect he soda ve May 1 Taxes on products of child-labor will be imposed in 60 davs An advisory tax board of six m bers will Internal oper to taxpayers or by revenue officials coficerning the fair em be appointed by Revenue Commissioner hear appeals from nese of assessmonts growing turns and questions auditing of from tbo out of the re. Indications ig that last year's experience isands of cases will be submitted. NEW POST FOR PALMER. Alien Property Custodian Named At torney General Of U, 8. Washington A Mitchell Palmer by President Wilson to be Atlorney-General of the United States, and Norman Hapgood, of New York, to be Minister to Denmark succeeding Dr. Maurice Egans, who recently resigned of il healt Mr. Palmer probably will take of fice March 4, the date fixed by Attorney General for his retirement when he resigned several months ago to return to pri vale praclice of law. was nominated because tentatively Gregory BAKER ASKS FOR WAR DATA. Help Compile History, Washington. —The War Depart ment is taking immediate steps to- ward writing the history of the American Army in the great war Secretary Baker, it was announced, hae Issued a bulletin to the army, calling upon officers or others in the service or who have been discharged and who have Information of value in connection with this history to communicate with the historical branch of the Army War College here, BILL TO ENFORCE DRY LAW. Measure To Create Machinery Report. ed To The House, Washington. — Legislation drafted by the House Judiciary Committee for enforcement of the war-time pro- hibition law which becomes effective July 1 was reported to the House. At the same time a minority opposi- tion report was filed by Representa tive Steele, of Pennsylvania, who said passage of the bill would be a “usurpation of power,” and that dur ing the period of national readjust- ment the legislation would “add much to the spirit of unrest.” ment, in a Stere. i mind of Heard What is it yon or coffee? Boston Butter, RHEUMATISM IS PAIN ONLY, RUB IT AWAY Inztant relict from pain, soreness, stiff. ness following a rubbing with “St. Jacobs Liniment™ Stop “dosing” rheumatism, It’s pain only; not one case in ffty requires internal treatment, Rub soothing, penetrating “St. Jacobe Link ment” right on the “tender spot,” and by the time you say Jack Robinson out comes the rheumatic pain and dis. tress, “St. Jacobs Liniment” conquers pain! Tt js a harmless rheumatism liniment which never disappoints and doesn’t burn the skin, It takes pain, soreness and stiffness from aching Joints, muscles and bones; stops sci. atica, lumbago, backache, neuralgia and reduces swelling. Timber up! Get a small trial bottle of oldtime, honest “8t. Jacobs Lini- ment” from any drug store, end In a moment you'll be free from pains, aches and stiffness. Don't suffer! Rub rheumatism away.—Adv, Transcript, It Is an unusual woman who cum sttle at a compliment-land then fore get it Er EE He who lives to himself alone bas misery for company.
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