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afcr.K ; - ; -n"YS?r'3?fiPMWM5?:" Jfl J THE WASHINGTON TDIES. SUNDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1917. 13. TWOHURTAFTER AUTO ACCIDENTS mm Two men are la Emergency Ho PlUl today seriously Injured as (he re mlt of automobile accidents yesterday doe to the snowstorm. Raymond D Jieflin, twenty-one years oja, cf -409 Fourth street south east, a brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad, while driving his automo bile, waa thrown to the street when a Capital, Traction car In -charge of Motorman X. Carroll and Conductor Iftrlon F.TtTb collided with his ma chine at Fourth street and Pennsyl vanla'avenoe southeast. Hsflln was picked up unconscious and rushed to .Emergency Hospital by George Norton, of ill Third street southeast,-who was ji asslng In another automobile, Heflln'a car u smash ed and the street car silently dera- X. 4 At Emergency Hospital ll -waa said that Heflln suffering -with, concus sion of tHefjiraliL- Oeorge- B. HoOlnnlty, thirty-five years olaVotSSlI Fourteenth street, was removed 16 Emerrency Hosnltal a the resalof a colllslon'between hjsj auiomooiia ami m motor ,irucic or, ue engineer corps, at Massachusetts ave nue and Seventeenth street. XfcOlnnlty Is suffering with lacera tions of the leg and forehead and a badly sprained back! A third automobile accident. In which no one was hurt, occurred at Pennsylvania avenue and Madison place, when" a machine operated by Addison VDallr, et 4712 Sheriff road. kidded Into -and damageu the? ma - chine or Max Miller,- ' 1 CAU NOW FOS MONDAY WE ARE OFFERING - t CoatsJ Suits and Dresses at Extra- ordinary Prices We Have Ttca From Our Regular Steely of $29.50 to $35.00 is" . ." GarmenU iOO Coats at $20 - Aa Opportunity Afemoon i' Street Dresses Evening Dresses Developed in beautiful satins, taffetas, serges, Jersey$"and the- lighter nets georgettes and .chiffons. All taken from regular stock of higher priced dresses and reduced to ; Special $24'5 Monday liafkd There is nothing that will be more acceptable to our boys in' camp than a small a xnougni o inose with real music. We carry an . every catalogued record from 60c to $7.00. CAMPAIGNIOWN ,C. EADWAY The campaign to secure the adop tion of the Chamberlain amendment to the. Constitution giving citizens of the District the' right to vote Is rap Idly gaining headway, it became known today. i The organization 'or the Joint com mlttee on national representation for tne District will soon be completed. Many of WashtngtonVstrongest civic bodies are lending their unqualified support to the. campaign. A Joint resolution proposing to amend the Constitution for this pur pose Is now pending before the Hen' ate Committee on the District of Co lumbia and the Judlolary Committee of the House. The measure now pedlng has been found to embody Ideas,- and princi ples that all can Indorse prominent leaders In Washington say. The Joint, committee 'was formed 'from five large civic -Trendies In Wain Ington. and other clvlo bodies were in vited to send representatives. Among the organization) welch, have thus far allied themselves. with the movement are: The Board j Trade, the Cham ber of Commerce, I Ttetall Merchants Association, Monday Cveplpg ""Club, Federation of Citizens' Associations, Central .Labor Union, Bar Association, Oldest Inhabitants' Society, Columbia Heights Citizens' Association. South west Citizens' Association, Woman's Committee of Forty In fa, or of suf frage for the District. MIKAOO PLEDGES LOYALTY. TOKYO. Dec. 30 Absolute loyalty to the entente allies and an unswerv ing determination to fulfill ciery 1 pledge emphasized Emperor Toehl hlto's address to the Imperial diet, to Purchase , Dressed T at Bentb .? p 7- -if J Tf Fo the Boys -r4 at the Camps A VICTR0LA And Some Records Victrola, with a carrying case mat win not be at borne ana entire line of Victrolas from SUFFRAG D GAINING H Cohen&HughesJnc. 1221 F Street N. ff: Stop In, Jtat, and Hew the Best Phone Your Wants Main 7361 or 7362 Kenyon Uses Coal Probe ..Information to Get Fuel For Sclr Babies' Mother One Senator, at least, turns his investigating experience to ac count Kenyon.oi Iowa, a mem ber of the Senate Manufactures Committee, yesterday entered the coaf Investigation burning with Indignation. A poor woman with two sick children had been be sieging his office, asking help In procuring coal, the had not been able to get enough coal to keep the children from freezing, she satd. . U A. Snead, distribution expert for the United States Fuel Ad ministration, was on the stand. Senator JCenron asked why there was a shortage In Washington. Snead said there wrs none, that shipments here were thousands of tons above normal. Senator Ken yon asked why poor people could get no coal. Then Snead explain ed that rich people had bought In e summer and hoarded their coal In cellars The administra tion, he said, had opened an of fice to enable poor people to get coaL s -Where la ltr snapped Ken 3 on "On F street between- Thir teenth and Fourteenth," Snead re plied. Senator Kenyon abruptly left the room In an hour he was back. He had succeeded In get ting the woman a half ton of soft coal. It cost him 15.45. FIRE PROTECTION TABERNACLE FOLLY ARRANGED The Billy Sunday Tabernacle will have adequate fire protection, it became known' today when It was announced that Battalion Fire Chief Proctor wIU detail four firemen each day for duty at the big wooden structure. Billy will arrive, as announced by The Times, at 4.45 o'clock Saturday after noon on the Pennsylvania limited from Winona Lake, Ind. An Informal recep tion wllf be held at the Union Station by members of the executive and gen- Lerat committee, and be wl'l then be anven to nia new nome Mount Alto Inn. Meeting Tozaerrew. Tomorrow morning an arrangements for his reception wIU be completed at a meeting of the committee at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Dr. James E. Walker, who has returned from his Christmas vacation at his home In Pennsylvania, will meet with the committee In forming- the ultimate plans. The afternoon the doorkeepsrs for the services will meet at the Tabernacle at J o'clock. Mora than 300 will be present and will receive an object lesson In handling a typical Billy Sunday crowd. The complete program for the Mon day evening dedicatory services and New Tear Eve watch were an nounced today by the executive com mittee. The dedication will occupy the time from S o'clock In the evening until S 30 The Rev. -George A. Miller, president of the Pastors' Association, will preside. -A atch-XIght Service. The community watch-night serv ice, which will begin at 10 o'clock, v lit last until the New Tear has been rung In with due ceremony Louis Brownlow. chairman of the Beard of Commissioners for the Dis trict, will preside He will be Intro duced by Robert Lansing, Secretary of i-'tate. Champ Clark, Speaker of the House of Representatives, will deliver the principal address of the ovenli For the first time since the Tabernacle has been completed It Is expected to be fined, with people and Records. Give make tnem nappy $10 to S400 with Ml ORDERS ROADS OPERATED AS ONE SYSTEM (Continued from First .Page first- appointment to his 'temporary administrative staff. walker u. Hlnes, of New York, was appointed assistant pro tempore to the director general. Alfred IL Smith, of New Tork, was appointed assistant pro, tempore to the director general In charge "of transportation In the trunk line ter ritory east or Chicago. and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. Immediate steps to pool dock)C car Hosts, lighters, "and other facilities for distributing traffic In Tw Tork harbor. Including marketing "facilities now controlled by Individual rail roads. also was ordered. The Interstate Cornmereef-Commls-j sion nas oeen requested wjuairc -an Immediate Investigation "of condi tions existing on all trunk Itai ralli roads In Eastern territories.". . Presidents or thf Pennsylvania, Erie. Baltimore, abd. Ohio'.' Lacka wanna, New Jtrsey Central, and Le high Valley" railroads likewise; have been instructed to make an Immediate study of terminal faculties on Xhfl New Jersey water front. .at thejport of New York, , A report recommending necessary readjustments of passenger and freight schedules to relieve congestion at these terminals was ordered" as quickly as possible." Tirana Iterate Order. McAdoo's order 'directs establishment of through routes where .. necessary. Railroads are directed to ignore ship pera' desires as to routes where speed and transportation would be hindered. All traffic agreements between car riers which might Interfere with ex peditious movements of freight are or dered abbrogated. The order follows. "All officers, agents, and employes of such transportation systems may con tinue in the performance of the Irregu lar duties, reporting to the same otn cen as heretofore and on the same terms of employment. "An officer. ufuL or anraloya desir ing to retire from his employment shall give the usual and seasenable notice to the proper officer to the end that there may be no Interruption or Impairment Of the transportation service required for the successful conduct of the war and the needs of general commerce. Katleaal lystesa. "All transportation systems shall be operated as a national system of transportation, the common and. na tional needs being la all Instances held paramount to any actual or sup posed corporate advantage. "All terminals, ports, locomotives, rolling stock and other transportation facilities are to be fully utilized to carry out this purpose without regard to ownership. The designation of routes by ship pers is to be disregarded when speed and efficiency of transportation serv ice may thus be promoted. "Traffio agreements between car riers must not be permitted to Inter fere with expeditious movements. "Through routes which have not heretofore been established because of short hauling or other causes .are, to be established and used whenever ex-. pedltlon and efficiency of traffic will thereby be promoted, and If difficulty Is experienced In such through rout ing, notice thereof shall, by carriers or shippers, or both, be glvca at once to the director by wire. Ta Observe Exlatlng Rates. "Existing schedules or rates and outstanding orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission are to be ob served, but any such schedules or rates for orders as rnay hereafter be found to conflict with the purposes of said proclamation (the President's proclamation assuming control of the roads) or with this order shall be brought immediately by wire to the attention of the director" In addition to the general pooling order, McAdoo empbaalzed that all terminal facilities in the Chlcsgo dis trict are to be operated "as a unit." TAIII Caaae Ta Caaltat. The war board, In furtherance of their plans to aid, has ordered the operating committee of vice presl dents stationed at Pittsburgh, Pa. to come to Washington and establish headquarters here. McAdoo's operating plans as far as they can be reliably forecast today ioiiow. Single track lines through the same territory will be operated as one double track line. For example, the Atlantic Coast line and the Seaboard handle Inter-terrltona traffic alonr during the height of the Spanish American war troop movements Empty freight cars win KO down one road and come back the other loaded This will be the rule for inrougn ircicni. i-ocal train will Air line Kill be pooled. Just as they were each line as at present To Fellow Similar Plan. A somewhat similar system will be Xol- loed with paiaenger traffic At varl jous times of congestion, two big trunk lines between the same points will be de cided with respect to freight and pas senger service. One will carry freight almol exclusively belwren throuch points, the other mostly pauencerr. A drastic cut will be nude In lr"i urban snd local accommu-Unoii pas senger sen Ice It was Just here ihat nutate nuntge. raent wss forced lo admit tti falluie. The various private control rould not legally anl would not wlllmriv i.no. utilize their corporal"" interests l jacrl flclng hljh freight recimci ljut, by the Government's taking ,-omiol It guarantees the line carrjlnz empties the line's normal net Inrom and lakes from the other line the surplus reenues ob tsinrd from the more e!rkirut and ex clushe right to move Increased freight Heine Carefull) C-onailderrd. The effect on Industries along tl-e wii ous railroads, from these tonteninlated ' revolutionary changes in shipping con ditions, is being carefully oonildered be fore a final move Is made "We will not use mesial said a hlsb cfflclsL methods. That non-essential Industrie, jnn nc essarily be slashed In the readjustment Is not conceded by Admlnlstrsllon railwa experts. -Government control is going to Jn crease the carrying capacity of the lines enormously," said one official -This may permit during the war, many so called unneeessery industrlis h!ch would have been ,orctl oul under private railroad msnsg.mstit It was. admitted however that with the almost Inevitable Increase In war freight tending to offset this increased x Want to Build An Aero? Here's Wkt's Needed In Army Signal Corps Plane Here's what It takes to make an airplane,, according to the official figures of the Army Signal Corpsr-' Nails. AXr screws, ijTj steel . staaiptpg. 90.S, forcings, 738:. turn;A tbueklek. r; veneer. S7, square 'feet: Jw!r; ,rqsr feet: hickoryi lfli.feet: varnish. U gallons; dope, 1 gallons; ' alutilnttmjj.'etlj'ppunds rubber. 3 .feel'; llBeivMl'.o,uare yards-; Vprucs, 'xiit pine, feet; asD-tMeet. "F"! fflcienc3. U Biay;be -ncessary for Government, control to adopt an, ex. tended 'prtafttyj list andr'leiKfloiMrar produeUtjUke-Tto'Ir- chznct Mmlb ledlr'Ua-S5 . , " A Jerr ,Tm Attorney. Walker-D. "Hfnes. appointed Dlrec. tor Central-McAdoo's assistant. Is, a New To attorney with a record aa counsellor the Louisville ec NashvJU from IBS J to 1901, and for the santa Fe since 1986. lie. Is at present chairman of the Santa Fe's executive committee, an office, he has held since ltfS. In adf anion t?onis jegai auuas tor jnis system: ,m -, Hlnes. jen fufjiorlty .ort, ooyerii mental andraftroad problems.' tsoeei- ally those otrt?cted wjth Government rOTilKtfhfi Ae.Vvflrnim V He, waa Dora, in nueaeiviiie; ny. anLiindlrsctXharge of transports' tlon, Is president of the New York Central lines. 'Director General McAdoo waa In conference practically all yesterday on .the, railroad situation. , He saw Harry A. Garfield, fuel administra tor; J.. Barton Payne, legal, adviser of the Shipping Board; Daniel Wll lard, of the Baltimore & Ohio; G. W. Andersen, Robert S-TVooltey, and Balthazars. Meyer, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and, Senator Cummins of Iowa, member of the Senate Interstate Commerce Commit tee. Senator Cummins said that he could not go into the details of the legislation, which President Wilson will soon submit to Congress. He did say that action would be Immedi ate. "Undoubtedly the legislation wl.ll be framed only with respect to the present emergency of war," "he slid. if anyr -iuoii jijceiy over me question oi compensation that Is to be guaran teed to the .railroads. There is some criticism whether it should be based on the three yeara specified or on' some other period." Statistics Lacking. "Has there been any suggestion of basing It on -the proportionate valuations of the railroads?" "W have no way to determine tha value of the railroads," tha Senator replied. The Interstate Commerce Commission is tabulating sv valua tion or Ah roads, but they have so far been able to reach a conclusion on only one or two small ones. We have nothing yet to go by for a broad basis. "Do you think that If the Govern ment Is able to operate the roads successfully. Government ownership will comer x Senator Cummins smiled and" said, hesitatingly: ' "'Well, I guess we will have to take care of that later maybe when we begin to atk about peace. -More than a hundred engines from Western lines are being pressed Into Eastern service to relieve the congestion along the seaboard. Traffic today was further Jammed by cold and storms edst of the Mississippi. It was officially stated that of 200 engines ordered bv the Russian government and ready for de livery, some are being prepared fop use In this country. - WHETHER ROAO CI CEASE OPERATION The Washington, Chesspeake and Potomao Railway Company, one of the connecting transportation lines between Washington and Southern Maryland wanta to quit operation De cember 31 Whether t.ils road shall be permit ted to cesso operating trains, will probably be one of the first questions of Its kind settled by Director Gen eral of Railroad McAdoo. The road Is a short line, tapping , Charles, St. Mary's and a comer of, Prince George's county, and connect ing with the Tope's Creek line at Brandywlne. It has notified the Pub lic Service Commission of Mar) land that It will quit Monday The Com mission has no power to keep it In operation I Under th President a proclama I tlon. lioAever, the road Is now under Government control, and Director Mc Adoo can either order it operated by a rereiver, or operate It directly by the Government. If the line cease operation, south ern Maryland will lose a part of Its meager railroad facilities Brandywlne. the upper terminus of the line. Is connected by bus line with Washington. It Is Just off the Leon- srdtown I'lke east of T B The lon er terminus Is at Mechanlcsville COAL LACK THREATENS HUGE WAR CONTRACTS Lnlers the Government tal.es steps to supply coal to N'ew England, war contracts for hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of clothing and war munitions cannot be completed This is the wnrd that James J Slorrow. fuel administrator for New England brought Pe-rctar of War Baker Some fartorirer have fuel for only two weeks, Mr Morrow said FINLAND TO TEL ALLIES SHE SEEKS INDEPENDENCE HIILSINUroRS Her 30 It became known toda that Finland has sent delegation to the Scandinavian countries, England and Prance and Anierlc. to urge recognition of that country s Independence Dr kaar o Isnatius and Prof Rtiitrr are the delegates to the Lnlted rUetes M'ADOO TO DEC DE F The piling up of 1,230,000 tons of auiea smpmems along the. Atlantic seaboard resulted today In, a, three cornered rallroad-shlp-coal problem, with, domestic and. international pos slbtlltfes.brthe greatest Importance. Ruraontbaftthe French -.vefn-ment. us a resulUot this congestion. Jack otyhlpfv and .shortage, 'of, coal. " m;reararge. American, muni' tlon contracts wefe wlthoutoftlclal confirmation. .Kaaherao Predletni. However., theT possibility that an absolute embargo -would be placed on further shipments vor export until the congestion 1s relieved, was of ficially admitted. ' Various hurried conferences hayo bien held between ,k- rL- u . i , """" the PifrsUl.nt, representative,, of the vu KVfciuiuruu v.niirrnin niiriv 'P-V?'.PP'Wr,, Director Gen- Crai TCAOOO. orrthA. rll-A... T...1 AdraTnl.tratoV eoS'.' rSr' ." SEABOARD REIGHT CONGESTION II BRING EMBAROO of War Baker. ""-"'.Job on. their hand, If. Dr. ,WalJcert .Thyreoid wave, which has frozen .vuuMuut at tops or bunker coal Still CO the. car, added to the- nrnh. tetn nt iiifinlvln. .hi.. , I "-- -w..,. Mlya. vssvQia now carry enough fuel for a return voy age, being unable to fill their bunkers Jn Europe. This doubles the amount of coal needed on th. Ameri can seaboard for trans-Atlantic trips. Strang! pleasure Coming-. .Hurley and Garfield are directing herculean efforts to solve the diffi culties. McAdoo Is preparing to adopt the atrongsst measures. If necessary, to relieve th freight ,.. gestton. Valuable munitions are sucked on the open ground, where they were dumped to empty the cars. Millions of dollars' worth of properly stilt in the ears are adding to th shortage rmmwm Qamond (Bmpan ss r n Coats. Suits, Dresses, Waists,! Petticoats, Furs and Millinery' COATS 3v SUITS I DRESSES K -. TT CHOICE OF ENTIRE RACK of Choice of entire rack of Dresses, JT o' Tj Suits values up to $24.75. all colors and sizes." While they Q1 ''. "p Choice.- last, special "' ntf" S $ 3.75 f-J o-oo K i H 200 Skirts, SC.98I200 Petticoats; 7 QcS ' T" Black Satin SkirU, frill- I Black, Green and Flowered i" ' -TT MBI I scllins for S1.00. Special... hmM H 1.000 t rft 5 HMW jShirt Waists, lingerie; values up Ojto tLM 0fk t'l , V -Va ists ( 51-00, for " 8al il fw J S'wn'16 SC Odd S M -75 ' Corduroy SE-00 JT v rtiChinchilla T if Cloth "III" - V Coatsr HSy fl tCoal3 Coat8 " SrnalI Sizes lr JL j ,9 I of railroad equipment. Other ton nage is stored awaiting shipping , Still another element of difficulty Is the convoy s)stem. Instead of fil tering Intq port In a steady stream. ! when they can ue emptied and reload ed with, more ease, the merchantmen now arrive In bunches on uncertain scnedules As many aa 100 shlps'have arriveo in one day in a few ports More,than ISO ships He In New YbrK harbor tied 4jp for various reason, principally lack of blinker coet'.3ar- neici announced that large shipments for this port are bethr rushed from the Pennsylvania and other Western coalfields. 2510 10 GREET -..- ... .t. . .... .,. BILLYSUNDAYHERE, IS THE PREDICTION .uumraiisniu " '"ki,il .r"tH. n.n.,i r;T..i,. out for the BIllv Sundav revival will numbr at least 23,000 people, accord- ing to a prediction today by Dr. J.me, E. Walker, advance pre.enU. .a .. . im.. Maior R,,monr Tollman and. Hi . . . , ' ..r-.- capiain.and sergeants will MTeWme P rognos Ilea? lory come Jrue fhtB-lly nunuay ja,aernace wunoniy accani' mndat HfWVI nt-.rmi . '. . In speaklne to the policemen last night Dr. -Walker said that they could rest assured that Washington would find Billy Sunday a -"royal good, fel low" and added that ha hpped many would meet the evangelist In person. "Mr. Sunday Is not comltig here to tell Congress how to run the Govern ment. He Is not, coming to tell Major fuuman now to run tne amirs or, tha Police Department He Is simply com ing to make It easier for men to do right than wrong here In Washing ton." Dr. Walker concluded. Final arrangements for the recep tion of Billy Sunday will be completed tomorrow 'morning at a meeting at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. 402 Seventh St. Annual Clearance At Remarkably Low Prices , $25.00 Plush Coats $19.90 Heavy Goth Coats . $29.75 Fur Trimmed Coats. $20.00 Coats, wonderful styles SEABROOK POISON : H 1STEYB USffiE AGENTS While Seabrook Md.) poison plot, victims today ar slowly recovering from the effects of taking arsenic In salt. Department o( Justice officials arevadmlttedly baffled In their effort to locate the person responsible for the oear-tragsdy. .Max Xatien. the Ruaslsn crweer who sold the salt to Seabrook itlt- tens, is at liberty, and jnvet!s'o are inclined to accept aa accurate na story that- ha bought the salt of a peddler. It was at Bral believed be bought It either at Bowie or In Hal llmore. and that It had been deslBiied for. CampUeade. This theory was lTarl irtialiy exploded- by inquiry. It is and InTestlgatora ar endeavoring to ran down r new clue that aromUe developments daring the week. Pun ication of the' poison-plot, storv In The Times y esterdar Scanned a mlfil sensation adong 'Washington house. wives. Purchases of salt were made only alter careful Inquiry at the gro ceries U many Instances. Depart ment of Justice into say none- of th (arsenic-doctored salt 'Is on Washing-, ton, margin: Moses 'Parker, the" colored farmer who' purchased" a pack of the poisoned. salt rron Katxen, is said to be out of danger, and, the three member of tha. CMUman family who were poisoned .are -slowly 'recovering Phy-slolans- ttatedtht presence of poison. in the, sat its bee,n discovered In time to,Mke the. "proper -preventlv measareAjbul.ln fpppier day It would have been., J. 00 late. SeabrooK la beginning "to retover from its ' surprise, and citizens' art unanimous In'glvlng Katzsn a clean bill of health. They say- they are convinced he was Ignorant of tha presence of poison In tha salt. until me tueparcmeav "- nuance v complelealt Inyvstlgatlon, tb,e Mary; . a" land andJPrlpee George.' codnty of- 'J'O flclais -wflfalre no action. m. 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