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REBUKES CRITICS
OF LEAGUE IDEA
Senator Pollock Says Lodge,
Knox, Reed and Borah
Play Politics
HIS MAIDEN SPEECH
New Member From South
Carolina Castigates Oppo
nents of President
W a.Mnstnn, Jan I'l -Critics of Pus.
Idem Wilson nml lilt iiroposal for a
leiBtio of nations icto rrlml.Ml uluirnlv
o. In tlio Scnnto Unlay In Senator Pollock
i" ouuin i.,iroiinn Democrat, in ins llrst
.....- .. .. ......
.ircpared, address He clnrecil tint
arflsan politics wni the basis for much
Jhe criticism volccil recently In the
BIC.
enntois Lnilco. nf M iiiaelitt-rtts .
. of lVtitisshanli. ami Horah. of
ho. Ilcmilillcnn. nml ltwil. nf MU-
rl, liemocrat, the South Carolina Sen-
r Kill urn among thop Mho had
red for "destnatlon liittutl of con-
Ctloll' in the tlfllin i-rlitntun
rl u.iin the Kentlemin In this hody
i 11111 is no ordinary noltlcil nues.
' nld Mr l'oll(n.l 'l nrn the
ntlemen Hint the Aimrlcan people will
t loon with fnMir on anv man who
tilit plaj polltlc-t -v tth the people h
oil The merli.in people will hold
m rc'ponsihlo If they place obstacles
ill H tln w.i of kixIiii; tin- world from
repetition of lis hnKUlsh of the lat
r ears
Realtor I'nllriik. who look his se it
t month to fill the unexpired turn of
I lato Sen itnr T illman, i.iiil he spoKe
crcl us tin ordlniij man and a hum
member mil. noun lucilv In Mind
e JimltH of South Carolina, but adtb d
it he w.ih fieb fimn lonlait with the
i In peopli' vf Amcrlia who deilro an
rt-einent .winns nitloiis to irccnt tu
rn wars
Senitor 1'nltiH.k 'aid ho bid listened
Jlli lmiallcnro "to pettv pirtlh.in crlt
Isini of the I'resltknt" bv Senators
lifjp(ttcinptiii; tn bilnir the l-risident of
I wp 'n"01' Mates Into the illsfmor and
) (mfentempt mid i Idle ill" of the world," and
VJH'nlHeil Will'. mi Ilm-iit laft for his
Kstlpport of I'rrMilenl Wilson's efforts 111
Sbihnlf of (i Ii ikuo of nations
S"Wi' W'll be leirealit to our dut,"' the
i -i jliiaior i- nil ami i.nse 10 our piopie
Sjand tr.iltnm In the human i.ue, If we do
lot here and now hlKhlv ns.ole tint
re will la i asldi nil n irtKinshln and
mil tarpliiK uitlelsni all fault llndliin
I Minims w tan hiipKi st Miineihlnir better
anil etRouniRi mil repi sentallts at
ftm I'eiie Coumll .is to the best wn to
effiitu.iti the hopi s of mankind foi
re peat ( of the world.
"Tndav Is the du . tomorrow ina be
too late, lie who would postpone the
onslderalliin ot .1 propir Iimkiip of n.i-
lons Is hirdh less an inimy to the
uman race thin he who ionics out
boldly In full opposition and prates
ilibout the Miwn'Knt "f tlm I'nlted
'(JStaUs and ilu'lins be will not const tit
iltac nrbltrati the .Minimi Doitrlnn and
VU1 not ncret to m nil Amerlian bins
oflSht otlur peoples battles thousands
Jtt'mlles awaj "
tya.fi ,. - -
r"ny i K jK k k v s
IS EXPECTED TODAY
American Woolen Company
Yields to Eight-Hour
Demand
notion, "Milts., Jan 3n The ew
England textile libor crisis Is ipected
In enmi- to a foi us tniliy The mills
no lonser pn sent a mild front on the
jforty-eldht hour question, as the Ameri
can Woolen Cnmnin with its l.irr.
prestlfre has broKen uwav
They h-nc nciedcd to the foitj-elRlit
Hour scneiniie on innil Inn that the
rprcsent nte of wat-is nrei.ill winihnr
pguch a move, whlih must of roinse In-
one a rtuueilon In weekU uatre.i. will
livert a striKi is erv ilr.iihirni
5But mill treasiireis iiro fic-liilnc- n.
liS'"1'1''" "f "'0 r"rt-'' lR,,t ,im" "Cf,k.
m r...s. iiwicuoii is noi me issue nstih
IWinient of a foris-elnht ,nur textile
Biv.ni pi lie or tt.e present flfti-four
S, would i 1110 an 11 jier cent re-
on In wreKlv tnnilm linn. . i,.t
New KtiKlanil ihIUk. i.. ...'
llu-lr prisent position in competl-
Bit) the South siliil l!nir.i.n , . .
bl afford to suffei
'the South (ho wnrLIno rh...i.
u t.r ,r -..-.-, ..I,uln
iiuiii iuiy-hlc to nlt
mora u
more often the lilchni- r.,n,n .i. ... I
lower basis i,n Soiiii, nun I,-.. '
mvauiage or pioduel on .ma ii,
tier advantages of lower cotton and i
T labor insis I
Abroad, the bouts of woik range from i
ir-flve and one-hnlf to sii i, ,
k In those countries from cclii, h 'ih'J
CO COiniHtllloll of the (lrsf I, .!
IH came In those Bv iii,,h,
ormous flood of Imports poured Into
t-uuutrv linacr ino s.uno tariff that
Is operative.
Is to avert the Southern and the
pean menneo that New Hnglanil mill p"0""1"""' ls circulating among its sub
Jtlves mule firm and definite deel- ordinate departments nnd nt various
some weeks nuo lo flr-lii it, ri. . i ....
B-nour proposal to tho limit, hm
i ' . .:.""
i on tho b isis of the Idea that ' in
13 sirengin
U'S AM) IIOTKL BURNED
;ill ?Iicnaiiiloali uml in Ncarliv
Town Cauc $10,000 I,o.s
nniidniih, Pn,, Jan 31 Two busl.
ouses on Hast I 'emir street, tills
Jilwero destrojed bv lire, which
W from nn overheated stove nt an
,hour this monitor- win, tu ,. 1.1. i.
iaaiimated at ein.onn
t'Thf Hauman Hotel. t Hrandonvllle.
-,ia. lasnionaiue lesorl, was deftroved
tB! all Its fiirnlsblngs by flro todav.
(TOroperty was owned by the Drels-
rm.iie j lie loss is ii acei nt X.10..
Vrlin hl.izo Is said to have been
Dy a spark fiom a loeninotlve.
ii
LL HELP AID SOLDIERS
Ihg Orpanizalinns anil Eniplojcrs
io i inn join i or iiicm
lllllg. I'll.. Jan 30 Tlenreseriln.
pof the leading Industries, orgnnl-
s anil weirare societies of tho city
the Chamber of Commerc. ,., a
Right nnd unanimously decided to
rate with the I'n'ted Stntoa em.
lent service In getting jols fo'r sol.
: ana encouraging nil discharged
and sailors to co to their imm
Immediately
En, iitiorman, state organizer of
tlonnl Cathollo war council nnd
i nmiies, nt mo united stales
nent bureau. In Phlladelnhla.
resent
readier rotinil Not Guilty
kton, Jan 31) That Homer Ttulh,
si or ine i.tmnurst sciinol, Is not
If assaulting Jnmen Pnlia iui.
ld, was tho erdlrt of n iurv
a charge 1 with having struck
later on the leg with a garden
luuiiiiiitu siriKiiiK ine nov with
put duiu mitt re oniy gave the
uo ucn-rvca jor naving teen
. ew -yi i
l HKiiift 1
IIAHRY FAitnCR
Of Aiiilulion, N. J., wlio wn badly
uotmilcil in action, i now recover
ing in a liopilal in Raima)', N. J.
WAS TWICE WOUNDED
Auilulion, A'. J., Man Now in Hospital
at Railway
Harry I'.trber, twent-ecen jears
old, of 207 White Horse pllie, Audubon,
N J, 1ms hem bidlj wounded and now
Is In a home hospital recowrlnc ao
roidlnff to n. letter recelcd by his
molhtr.
lie was shot He llrst receled treat
mint In it Trench hospital, then te.
turned to dut Liter he was shot nsraln
nml now Is- In a Inspltnl In r,.ihwa. V
J He belongs to Company K, 108th
Infantrj
ALLIES RESOLVED
TO PUNISH CRIME
Impartial Justice Will Be
Done to All War
Criminals
WANT GERMAN EVIDENCE
No Time Being Lost by British
Commission to Bring Guilty
to Book
H 0. II. FERRIS
If irelcn to Ktcning Public Ledger
lopyrlvhl, lilt hv Vuhtic lsfiocr Co.
and Sew York Times Co,
Pnrls, Jan 30 British preparations
for the pursuit of the war criminals,
'hoecr highly pi iced," as the Instruc
tions of the I'taro 7onfcrcnco are
Horded, am bcinK carried on steadily,
anil It is hoped that Sir Cordon Hewart,
the Attorney lleniral, and his Judicial
lolle.iBucs will hae their caso ready
co shortly.
N'o time has been or will be Inst, and
there Is no doubt tint the guilty will bo
brought to book : but it is desired that
the measures In cw shall be thoroughly
and soundly based, not only so that im
mediate justice can be done, but that
In later times there can be no possibility
of ilnubt that justli e has been done
It Is perhaps unfortuniti that certain
prolsIons were not included in the armi
stice terms tor tin? rendering up of per
sonagn against whom gr.iMi eldcnco
IIih of nffinses niralnst International
law, for some nf them will Itmltably
tl to isnpn trial b flight
Si?im Herman authorities lmo Inti
mated their willingness to support an
lntiTnalIon.il Investigation, but It Is not
Known whither tho Hbrt government!
villi assume the same position or whether
pressure will huo to be put upon it,
1'or 'the spivd of the proceedings
much will necessarllv depend upon
whether tho Ciermans are willing to
piodute thf necessary documentary or
personal i-vldence and generally to rec-
. . .. ... . .
ogniTC ine vaniiuv or tno process tnat
will In in I ase be established. If ttie
do not. s much the worse for them, for
ine .mips nrn un inlmousl n-solved that
jusuue, triii ii uui auu eucciive, snail du
dene
GERMAN SAILORS TEMPTED
BY FOREIGN SERVICE OFFERS
" -
iNfllfl Council Prohinc Arlivllv nf
of Money and Promotion
Nation Is
Hy JOSEPH
U irertj to Eiening Public Ledger
loivrio'i. fl9. Ii I'uhlle Littoer In.
did Nctu Ynrh Tleici Cn
llerlln, Jan 30 Tho Central Naval
'"I'J-iiiavai ports an nciuress renuest nc a
searching examination of tjjo activity
of certain men who latelj nnd, ap
parently not unsuccessfully have tried
to enlist naval ofllcers and seamen for
the service of somo foreign country.
All the departments have been requested
to report nny cases coming to their
knowledge nt onco to the Central Naval
Coumll In Hcrlln.
Captain Schclde, who Is now In charge
of tho naval Intelligence service, o
plained to our correspondent tho rea
sons for tho circular letter Kor sev
eral weeks many olllters and sailors
have been personally and by nlnil ask
ing the Central Naval Council whether
thev should enlist in foreign service,
they having received tempting offers.
Machinists, technical seamen, gunners
and U-boat men ,secmeil to ho specially
demanded, being offered a thousand
marks monthly and more,
"Wo Investigated several cases,1'
Sehcide said, "and found that the name
of the foreign country which desires to
hlro our men was not revealed by the
Agents, who seemed to be Dutchmen,
Tor this reason we could not advise our
men to accept service. Ilesldcs, we must
take care lest such wholesale enlistments
might Involvo Germany In new troubles."
"Wcro they realty wholesale enlist
ments?" asked jour correspondent.
"The agents at least tried to work
wholesale," was tho replj, 'Only a
few das ago a long list of ofllcers nnd
seamen who were Inclined to accept
foreign service camo to our notice. An
other list was circulated even In our
own house, tho Navy Department,
headed by tho name of a well-known
officer, who, however, disclaims all
knowledge of It,
Many Seamen Plmpprsr
'The Investigation has onl- Just be
gun In one caso a naval blllcer was
tele-phoned to by a foreign agent, and
asked to meet him nt a certain place,
When he arrived there with another
naval officer, the agent had disappeared..
Two other asenta were eamlned, but
EVENING PUBLIC
DENIES THAT DRYS
SEEK PRESIDENCY
Anti-Saloon League Not
Booming Fess, Declares
Legislative Leader
CONTRARY TO POLICY
Dinwiddic Says Organization
Has No Intention to Pro
duce Candidate
nu a Staff Corrrjpoinfeiit
Uimhlnictoii, Jan 30 Tho Antl-Satoon
League of America has no Intention of
dlctntlng to the Republican or Demo
cratic party who Is presidential can
didate shall be In 1920, ami docs not In
tend to run nny candidate of Its own, It
was declared today by l.MvvIn C Din
widdle, head of the legislative division
of the league, when his attention was
called to the report from Columbus, O .
that nt the proper time Congressman
Simeon 1) IVss, of Ohio, Is to be forced
upon the Republicans by the league
'The Antl-Silnon League will not put
a candidate In the field for President
and will not attempt to dictate to clthei
partv who Its candidate shall be," said
Mr Dinwiddle. 'That Is nn established
policy of the league
1 There Is absclutelv no foundation for
the report from Columbus that we plan
to dictate who the next President shall
be and to name ambassadors, minsters
and other officials.
"It has been our policy in the past to
urge both parties to nominate candl
diles not antagonistic to our views,
and this will be our polliy for the fu
ture Wo shall not go Into the presl
dentlal camplagn of 10JO nN an organiza
tion, unless olio of the pirtles should
nominate a man flrml opposed to pro
lillillloii, and this we do not anticipate
"Wo believe that nation-wide prohibi
tion hiving been adopted It would 'bo
wrong to have n President who was op
posed to enforcing the dry laws
Our organization Is not putting Con
gressman fess forward as a presidential
i.indldale, although we are frlendlv to
Mr Kess, ns we are to about 2f0 other
Congressmen who have voted with us
'There are certain persons In c-ur or
ganization, of course, who would favor
it siraigntout presidential candidate on
of the legislative bureau, which is iv,
political mil of the league, I would be
the first one. to hear of such a move
ment "
Congressman I'ess snld he had aluavs
been friendly to prohibition, but knew
nothing of any plan of the prohibition
ists to urge him as the Kepubllcau pres
idential candidate
COSTA RICA PASSES MUSTER
Senate Subcommittee Fuor Rec
ognition of Government
Mnslilngtnn, Jan "10 (flv V. )
I.ecotrnlllnti l.t. Mm l'..l, i l...... - .,.
, ,, ,,,,, , ,,,,,-,, r,ltilt , np
government or President Tlnoeo, of Costa
It.ca. Is recommended In n report made
to tho Senate foreign Relations Com
inlttee todav bv a subiommlttee which
recentlv concluded an investigation ot
Cosia nicart affairs
linoco, formerlv War JlinWtir, cjtne
Into imiuit heveral jcars ago through ii
bloodless revolution He has been elect
ed Piesldent since, but recognition has
lien refused bv the I'nlted Mnles nndei
President Wilson's pollcs of withhold
ing recognition from an.v government set
up bv violence
1'indlngs of the subcommittee probabh
will be rVferrtil to the State t'epartnient
without fin the r a 'lion I ntlu Senate
Si n Itnr Williams, of Mississippi Demo
unt, ihalrman nf the subiommlttee,
Mnted In h! n port that while the sub
committee helloed Tlnoen should be
ricognlred. It was thought best that ai
tlon should come from the state Depart
ment rather than from tho committee or
from the Senate
"Wrestling .Stars at N. Y. U.
New ork. Jn HO s.u Yrtrt. Inlir.
lllv', n, II' nrirnnl,! , run, tl.tir aa ... h&i.l
,,;- ,,,,, nnt the s i.on jeViera.iy
afternnan In th Pnlvcrsltv IMkIuh kiu-
fnr'V",P 'nr"''Bl J "J'rtv nve nin npnripd
dates who shne.l up well were iitenn.tt
!;"' -hi. Hriniiumwii j , i fniinipion nt
1M pounds nnd lirrs cielh I4,"-pauni thim
Ipion at City Collem two cra hi,o
A nonU Wlm Mmln Il!n Pr..'o..
Fails lo Discover What
Involved
HERRINGS
denied that the had made any serious
offers
"Still a considerable number of bea-
men havo disappeared in the last two
weeks without leaving any traoe. whlih '
convinced us that they bad incepted,
mo loreign service
Scheldn refused to sa.v what nitlon
might be involved, but thought there
were several He had also heard from
men who talked with the agents that
they were glen to understand that there
would bo, a chance to distinguish tlvem
Fclves nnd ndvnnce rapidly. Indicating
that there m'ght be fighting
Your correspondent suggested several
countries enst of Herman, but Schclde
refused to commit himself ll ho would
say on this point was that, though the
agents were mostly Dutch, he was con
vinced that the Netherlands was In no
way Implicated
llerr Kuhnt, president of the rcpuhlle
of Oldenburg arrived late this evening
In Berlin, reporting to the People's Com
missioner that ho nnd his government
were not concerned In the Spartacan In
vaslon of Wllhelmshaven
lli-Kali.fr Congratulated
Not only the Deutsche National Volks
Partel, but also the Dcutscho Volks
Partel congratulated tho ex-Kalser on
his birthday.
"With unswerving lojnlty for the Kai
ser and the empire we reinejnber the
great times Clermany lived under Hohen
zollern rule," Is tho most striking sen
tence of this congratulation, which Vor
waerts considers characteristic showing
of royallam The paper consoles Itself
with tho view that the address to "tho
unfortunate man at Amerongen" Is full
of hypocrisy, and that the members of
tho Deutsche Volks Partel have quite
a different opinion of Wllhelm from
what they pretend.
Die Krelhelt Indignantly records that
the cx-ICaleer's birthday was celebrated
In general grand headquarters on the
night of January 26-27, In the presence
of lllndenburg, Oroner nnd many staff
officers. At the War Offlce nothing Is
known officially of such a celebration,
but Its possibility was admitted. It was
said that some officers might have drank
the ex-Kalser's health, which Is -not
punishable by law.
ne ry iickci. mil tint Is not favored Ypres will Maml for i enturles us a re-
i.v the majority of our members, nnd minder that civ lllzatlmi Itself lannot
?n, Sry to "Jr n,n'laI Policy. be overthrown nnd ns a monument to
l believe I am In a position to elenv a generation .sacrificed in its defense"
tlo Columbus report, because ns i,,,..i - '
LEDGEH - PHILADELPHTA", THURSDAY,
500,000 RAIL MEN ORGANIZE
Many IS'cw Local Unions Snid to
Exist Secretly
WOilmnn. .Inn .10 lilt- A 1 1--
Nearly 800.000 railway cmplojes, or one
fourth of the entire numbc of railroad
men, have effecttvl some sort of organiza
tion In reient months, according to re
ports reaching labor leaders here Most
of these men had been wholly un
organized previously or had belonged to
trades which were only partially or
ganized Many local organizations, It
was snld, now exist secretly and are
Known to railroad executives only
through committees which claim to rep
resent the men, though not as union
tpokesmen,
A largo proportion of Din recentlv
organized emplojes are clerks, inalute-nanic-of-vvny
men, shopmen and dining
car cmplojes.
RUINS OF YPRES
TO BE MONUMENT
British Press Welcomes De
cision of Belgian Gov
ernment LESSON TO FUTURE
Will Show German Destruc
tion, Yet Prove Civilization
Cannot Be Overthrown
UiMilmi. Jan. HO -The decision of
the nelgi.ui (liivernnient to main
tiln Ypres, the f-ccnn of several bat
tles between the Ilritish nnd the Or
mans, In Its pie-ent condition ns n
permanent memorial Is Indorsed
heartily by Hrltlsh press ami public
opinion
"Vpies will be a mcinorl it. ' sajs the
Westminster tlaettc, 'in which future
generations may learn the horrors of
war. There Is nothing more Imprcs
se Hunt the sight of the stricken cltv
with the skeletons of Its, onco wonder
ful buildings rising gaunt into tho
sky. In a sense theie are few things
more beautiful. To patch It up wou'il
Lm imposslole. Kvcrv one, therefore,
will welcome tho decision tint the ip.
mulns of the old city shnl be left In
tact instead of being cleared nway.
"The cast abounds In the lulus of
the last vestiges of onto cloriniw ric
tilzatlons which have been overthrown
OPPOSE WILLIAMS
AS COMPTROLLER
Nomination Held Vp Petulin;.
Hearing on Conduct of
Office
Wnsliinxtiin, Jan 30 - Opposition
eoiillrmatlon nf John hlielton Williams, of
nii'lininni, to ceiitlnue In olll. e as C.itnp-
troller nf the iJumnoj 1 is held up his
nomination In the Senile. mn,llnc ,.
public beiring of the conduct of his
office.
President WINon e. tenia sent -Mr
vv imams s nomination to the Senate, and
the opposition to renaming him romp
troller became at once so strong that Cl'tli-Cr rrCflcrick Hl'ilP's I
ine Democratic leaders postponed efforts
to have his nomination confirmed.
The Hepubllcaus In the tenato ale
united In opposing his selection, and
m iny of the Itepubllcaii Sen itors wan
to abolish the ollleo altogether The
believe that tho duties of the comptrol
ler should be combined with those of tin
Pederal Reserve Hoard
Influential bankers throughout th
country hive been erltlcblng Mr Wll
' ... . .
I "am" ," 0,"1f'la' ?' lon'" rnr H"fi.I
months, and as tin result of frequent
' clashes with him they have sent scores
nr lel"rB ,n ""' '""''' Committee
ou
Hanking and Ciinencj asking for nub.
lie hearings on their grievances. Sen
ator Hltihcoik, acting chairman nf the,
commune, sain tn.u ir tin nomination
is reierreu io ms commute
will be granted
the hearing
Senitor Pentose said If the nomina
tion is sent to til" Mn nice Conuuitteo he
will ask for the Investigation
'A great manv mm wish to be beard
regarding Mr Williams, and I will de
mand that thej be given a hearing,'
said Senator Penrose
Senator Curtis said that the nomina
tion of Mr. Williams will have the united
opposition of the Hepubllcaus, who, he
aio, wain io auoiisti the utile, and
unite Its activities with those of ths'rlv.d her. las) i,iB,t from Ir will
Federal Itescrvo Hoard iibnui ".vm ni, . rs and in. n ,!,k,, t,
SEEKS RETURN OF KAISER
lli.iilrnliiirir TM iiw l f'nt Yl Hi: ....
llm"cnl)UrS J li to Upt W llll.un
Mack Into (tcrtlKlllV
Paris. Jan SO Held M.ushai von
Hindenhurg. .according to the lie ho do
Paris, Is endeavoring to bring about
the i etui n of formei Umpcrur William
nftcr tho meeting of the n itlon il as
seinbl) Leading Ceiman maiiui
factuiers in AVestplialla nro said to
be Interested fu the plan
Tho newspaper ndda Hint the formei
Hmpernr wrote to Premlei Khcrt that
lie would accept whatever lesldenco
in Clermany was assigned to him
Ebert Is said to li.ivn lepllnl tint onl)
tho national atemblj would bo quail
fled to ilecldo tlm question
OFFICERS SWIM "HOME"
i manner m ine MeveuiJ-stMli rjeld r
Transport Halteil Off Shore, 'lliev Take tlllei v. Third Division torinnlv in cotn
, ,i ttt . ' manil of the lOSth ITeld Ariilltrv the
to the Water old .second P.eglni.ni " u P of Phil-,
Ve.r t...L iJn inn ...i . I'ldelpbla
ed so To, io two arm 1 let r. whose
transport the Scranton was forced
through having cxnloslves aboard tn
miehnr In the lower harbor csterday,
tint they jumped cverboard and stirted
swimming tow ml the HrooKln shore.
200 5,irds an ay They wire picked up
by a small boat, and on being landed
disappeared,
Debar.iatlon headquarters Identified
the men ifs First Lieutenant II I Hour
gardes of New York, nn aviator and
It s Itoae, n signal corps ottleer. vvhoae
address was not available
SOCIALISTS NOT T POWER
German Election Returns Do Not Indi
cate Majority in Parliament
Heme. Jan 30 (Hy A P ) Partial
results from tho Prussian elections show
that the Majority Socialists have won
ninety-eight seats In .the new pirlln
ment; Independent Socialists, twenty
one; Democrats, forty-four; Christian
People's party, formerlv tho Centrists,
torty-nlnc; National Liberals, eleven,
nnd Conservatives, twenty-one These
results seem to Indicate that there will
not be n Socialist majority In the parlia
ment. There are stilt ISO districts to be heard
from.
URGES ONE-MAN
RAIL RULE END
Utilities Commission's
Chief Asks Legislation
to Protect Public
SEES BUSINESS MENACE
Congress Askqd to Curb Bate-
Making Power of Di
rector General
liy the Aisociatcil I'res
ushlncton, Jan, 30 l,iiiiitmcm of
railroad legislation for the proteitlou of
tho public before Congress adjourns
March I, was urgentlv recommended hj
Charles II Klmriulst, of Mlnnesoti tes
tlfjlng today before the Senate Inter
state Commerce. Committee as presl
dentyof the .Vatlonal Association of Hall
way nnd Ptllltles Commissioners
While the army Is being ib mobilized
and war Industries are returning to a
peace Insis, Mr. Ulmqulst said, the m
tlon's gieitest Industry, the rallrouls,
temalns under the control of one man,
nnd the life of manv commerel il un
dertakings Is dependent on the will of i
director general who claims ixilushe
control over all rales Increases in rales
of a billion dollars a vear, be "Iceland
had been put Into effect without con
sulting the shippers
Vou should remove at once the
menace of lentralirlng the control of
the railroads In ine man," the witness
told the committee, urging til it Seitloti
10 of the laltro id rontiol act be amemh d
to permit the Interstate Comnien e Com
mission to suspend rates Inltlited bv the
director general piuiling deti rminntlon
bv lhe lnti rstate Commerce Commissi! n
and Mutp lommlssions lie also said
the .act should be amended fo as to re
store all the povvus of the States over
intrastate rates
Discussing the ronfllet in authority
between State commissions and the rall
load administration .Mr KtmntilM lead
n press stall ment K-mi .1 .latum v II bv
William ii Mt Vilon when he was di
rector general, whlih nld that the ill
rector general could not stibji 1 1 hlms, if
to the control of commissions or lourts
ns to rates
Mr McAdoo s .pi in or in i tenslnti
of l.overnment i initio! to live , irs
was opposul bv ilr i:imiiisi, who sng
gisteil Dei ember II Ills, as the Po It
of control If i spec lit 'isslon of i .. ti
gress was called to emu t l Isl itmu
He thought no hglslitlon ollnt thin
that suggested for the pioteitlon of the
publli should be inss, ,1 ,,t this m sslon
He said the llve.iar jilan would lon
tinue the giiirantinl compens itlon in
volving a billion doll ir Increase In ntis
and high opiritlng iosts entitlmie the
war pnvvei nf the Prsi,tit ontlnu
whit he i illt il the i h lotb i.militlon of
i ite-tnaMng In whlih (.hlppirs hive no
I voice, and tbiitst Uovernini nt nvvmr
ship to tin fore Ik fore l.ovet ntn nt
1 valuation w is lompletnl
Common scum the witness s.,,,i (, .
lo mantled tint till i valuitlon be llnlsh, il
befon- (ioveriumnt nivnershlp as i on
si,1'r"1
TRHPSIHIP AT M V
WVTVT. saAA Pv, A . a, 11a Jl
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WITH FIGHTING MEN
ind 16i"l re Aboard
Steamer I'laltuir
It the .Itvodflei Veve
New nrl.. Jan Ju 1 In I mti 1
Mates orulsi r Prederid. aimed It i.. to
dav from Ilteit wlih 1 1 1 T tinois 'ihen
liicludiil twiiitv-f.iiir nlllius mil In
men of tin llist Ilattallmi inmprisinj
lompanles H C nnd p of the 10th
Ii.fiiutri of the ll'ghlv-thiiil Division
1be hiailipmrti rs midlial detiu hmi nt of
the l.'lgbtv th'nl nml tin li'.r.th ,un l".'il
ai to s(ii ulrmis togithei with i immini
of easii il nllkers Nation il rinv in o.i
fimn nlii d Wist Vliglnl.i in. I, up
the i:igliti -third Division
1 lie mernaii st, nnsliln II na.in.
' arrived a No fiom Hum with H,; in ops
meiuilltig tin .I.Mil Mai bin, r.un Hit
tallon nvelve otlbers ami s ,, ,, r
lhe llightv thirl Division m h hire gun
enmpanv lhe olll. ers and lis m, n if
tin Tinth Infiinin of the IJIghti third '
ami ,i minibir or i.imiiI lompiint w of
Ne.v oik t -oops Tin Plitishurg I
bioiight also h oilhers and ;.'. mn,
wlm nre lonvalcsiiiig from wounds
Newport Nells. in. I.,,, r m.
transpiirt .Martin Wnshliigtoii wh'ii, in
iniv ami mi lioin litei nil
f III. Il.tilllS
wne on ineir wav to ill h.tik.itlnti . imps
, Major li.neral IMuIn p iinn w ho
i.mniandii! the Hlgbtv-thlril divi n
f Ohio and West Virginia! h .me
on the ship with the mi mid ind 'I bird
battalions lotnpilslng iimpnm t. I p
f:. II. I K and 1, of Hie until Infantiv
casuals nlii! ;on m. I, and wound il
WOULD HONOR U.S. WOMEN
Moiiiiiiirnt for I.oi.tllv Piopo-nl
li Col. E..S.J.'(;rol)l,-,.lr.
Willi the iinfrliiin irniv of Ottiipii
tlon, Ian JU IHv P I loov.liiilit
to entt m Washington DC a mi.nu
in. nt to mirliau wouianliooil in m.tu '
memoralloti of her lov iltv n r id. . -s and
devollon to the inein tn l.vptlltl rv
Purees' has b. en Marti d bv tin Ihlni
American Armv lattirs hUggitlng tin
Idea were willten reientlj to all tp.
I lomnnindlng ullliers of the Third Armv
hj Coloml I! Si .1 ,'n hie, Ir com
! .. .. " . !,I?.',?."M.' "'"., ''""' I'hln,.
appoint a Itunmlllte to take up the woik
and that nnlv inembers of the VtmrUnri
i;pedltlonar Porees, the nnv and the
men hunt in irlne be permitted in con
tribute to the fund PmUr the proposed
plan rnllfted men would gave a dollar
each and otllerrii 13 each
LIBERTY ROM) PAYMENTS
Iii-tjllnieiit 1'un list's Not fleileil lij
Kml of Time Limit Toila)
WHshlnsinii, Jan 3ft fB P)
To correit misapprehensions relleeted in i
many inquiries Treasurv oillclals e
plalnul todav that although the final !
3ft per cent pament on the Kouith Mb. I
ertv lian was due todav at the Treas
ury and Pederal lleserve hanks, tills
would not affect bond purchasers who
arc buying from banks or other Insti
tutions on tho montlilv Installment plan
The monthly Installment arrangements
are strlLtly between t'.o subs,.rber and I
the bank, nnd the bank will pa the In
stallment due today, virtuall) granting I
credit to the Individual subscriber for
remaining pajmenis owing to advance
pajmenls, far ahead of Hie required
schedule, only about 1400,000,000 re
mained tcr be paid tvilay to complete the
$6,989,000,000 of th Fourth loan.
JANUARY 50, 191H
DRY WORKER STARRED
Frajcr Rook in Forke, Mop, Knife of
Woulil-lle Aain
Hamburg, Jan SO -While lirorgo. I'
LelnlMtli. a well known prohibition nil
voiate was returning to his home, he -
'tfg 'r ''"y iw wji nn ipi w p r f - 'yf w rrrP
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change, jou leap the benefit. We nre able to Rive
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forming him that until February t .h
had to changn hla religion and quit hla
activities In promoting prohibition, fall
ing to heed which warning would re
lult in having his heart cut out. Mr.
Ienbaeh paid no heed to the warning-,
but now has Informed tho Stato police.
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