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Nice Walk in Snow?
Weedrow Wilson's Craw.
Heavy Load on Col. Dires.
Baker His Trouble.
WEATHER:
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NUMBER 10,416.
WASHINGTON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1918.
PRICE WITHIX DISTRICT OF' COLUMBIA, Ity ,
EUGWHI
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GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL FOOD PRICES
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A large -frosted cake with a
million black flies walking over it
that's what Washington looked
like this morning.
Did you have YOUR nice brisk
vralk through the thick snow?
Did you think about your beauti
ful street car system as you
walked along?
Did the gentlemen with unused
power to improve the .system pass
you, as THEY rode down in their
large automobiles paid for by
the people that walk?
Could the street car system
continue work on a day of such
heavy snow? Certainly it could.
'-Put into snowplows. into proper
equipment and power a little of
the money that is takes out in wa
tered stocks and dividends un
earned, and you wilL not need to
walk when it snows, or be canned
in street" cars like sardines when
it r doesn't snow.
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While -you walked this mom-
,ing; the Potomac was roll
ing down to the ocean, wasting
power enough to sweep off every
.street and .ran all the cars needed.
.KeepthatJn'ydur mind.
WbuliTyou like to know the chief
'reason foe the "Republican1 party's
attackSon" Woodrow Wilson? It
.can be given in exactly ten words:
- WILSON. PUT THE TAX
LOAD, ON THE RICH MAN'S
BACK.-
The Republican, party!, Is one
of the best assets1 of. the rich
man. "When you tax the-rich man,
you attack. the. Republican party
and it won't forgive you.
'There would not have been all
lU trouble If Wilson bad man-
this
axed the war as1f would have'
been managed with a .Roosevelt in
the White House and an Elihu
Boot s, Secretary of War.
c . ' . . 1 ...
Roosevelt and Root would have
-run the war VERY-drfferently.
A-.man. making .a hundred mil
lions otj extra profit, wouldn't now
have forty of those millions taken
way from .him and put Jnto the
Trar. -
. The"j4TrTEE people, would be
j paying all the bills, as they al-
arays pay when Republicans rule.
The little business-man-rould
hfa had his son'shot to'Jjleces in
France; and h pockeibeek shot
to pieces at home, and the big
men would have .been allowed" to
w,o hat they HOPED TO DO.
Thfey' tyjuT4 hare'jjyide thejhun-
creds of millions," and KEPT
Jhenviad. Bepublicans ..managed
this. -war,
' Wilson spoiled -that pleasant lit
tle scheme and. that is the trouble
with Wilson in the eyes of those
.gentlemen in Wall Street.
When a distinguished Senator
from Pennsylvania says that Mr.
Wilson "keeps apart and is inac
cessible" he tells the truth. Mr.
Wilson is inaccessible to the man
who comes from the corner of
Broad, and Wall streets to tell the
President of the United States
what to do and how to do it.
And there is the same trouble
in the War Department. It is not
Mr. Root in charge of the War
Department AND ALL OP THE
BUYING FROM CORPORA
TIONS. It's Newton D. Baker, a simple
American citiren, trained under
Tom Johnson, of 'Cleveland, who
"believed that the people's prop
rty should be used for the people
ana the people's money spent for
the people.
Distinguished Wall Street gen
tlemen that own the Republican
party find they can't use Baker in
their plans. And that irritates
them
That explains why Republicans
are trying to organize, if you
please, a special war board,
through which they could work
along old-fashioned lines of their
hearts' desire, and spend the peo
ple's money In their own particular
way.
You notice how bitterly the Re
publican patriots attack Colonel
House, a quiet, efficient, observant
man who keeps his month shut and
carries out the President's orders.
No possible objection, had Mr.
Wilson taken as confidential agent
a junior partner of Morgan &.
Co., or some corporation attorney
representing half of the big rascals
in the UniteC States.
But the President takes a man
from Texas, a business man from
the body of the people of the
United States, one that under
stands and represents the people
ef the United States.
That is the unforgivable sin.
Somebody- has got to comfort
Senator Penrose. He almost cried
when heartless' Jim Ham Lewis,
right before everybody in the Sen
ate, claimed that he. Lewis, was
more beautiful to look upon than
Penrose. It's very sad for simple
goodness to be taunted as Pen
rose was taunted by burnished
beauty In the person of Lewis of
Illinois.
We offer comfort to Senator
Penrose in these four sweet lines:
Tliii knowltdge comet to the dying
man,
A 4 he turn his face to the wall,
TJiat geniut counts for lest than
nothing,
'Andjoodncts counts far aU.
POUTIGAL POT
BOILS: NOISES
OF PARTISANS
Roosevelt's Oppoftflris ArflyaMn
Capital fofebodesHts RoS
sible Leadership pf Anti-Ad
ministrationisti.
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By DAVID LAWRENGE.
(Cfeprrlcct. IMS, by New To Evening Port
Company.)
Distemper, that inevitable out
growth, of a Tack of co-operation be
tween the legislative and executive
branches of the Government, has
come at last.
At a time when thousands of men
L jj,, , Tr. v ,
. dying in France to make the
world safe for democracy, the
Washington Government's concep
tion of the real task that lies ahead
seems' far in the background, judg
ing 15 j1 the exhibition of irritation,
bitter partisanship, and personal
controversy presented by the lead
ing men of the nation in their
wrangling debate over the manage
ment of the -war.
Chamberlain Extravagant.
Senator Chamberlain, Democrat,
in' a momentary extravagance of
words, 'points to "inefficiency -in
every deaprtment and bureau of the
Government" "President- t-WHsob,
who has on occasion not been too
careful, of phrases himself in extem
poraneous speeches -that have been
understood by his audience but not
by outside readers, denounces the
chairman of the Senate Military Af
fairs Committee as having uttered
"an astonishing and absolutely un
justifiable distortion of the truth,"
thereby engaging in the first per
sonal controversy of his five years
every department and bureau of the
arrival of Colonel Roosevelt a vivid
touch reminiscent of the
bvcone
days when the Ananias Club flour-
ished. The Colonel, who is here for
A vk'i Rtnv tnnct haw -folf of i
home,
Otkera Jins la.
Nor was the element of personal
bitterness confined to the President
and Senator Chamberlain. In the
midst of a g-ood deal of loose talk on i
various subjects. Senator Penrose of'
Pennsylvania, Republican, soucht to
belittle Colonel-House by referring to
him as 'a Texas lobbyist." while Sena-
tor Stone of Missouri. Democrat, tcok
a fling at another colonel by calling
xf. Tnn...i. . ... . .i. v
Mr. Roosevelt an agent of the Kaiser.
an agent In the sense that his crltl-
elsms were unpatriotic and1 were
giving comrort to our Teuton foes.
MM air. Roosevelt s many exaggerated
statements about the war been
analyxed by some Senator whose rec-1
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I
YESTERDAY
GAINED
1.9,424 Lines of Advertising (69 Cols.)
Over the Corresponding Day (Jan. 22) Last Year.
EDGAR D. SHAW,
Publisher.
u
YESTERDAY
Most Local Advertisers Ran Their Accustomed
"Sunday For Monday" Advertising
In the Monday Evening Papers and
$fietDa5ftmgl(ra me
CARRIED
17 More Columns
Or 2,897 More Agate Lines
Of Display Advertising
' Than Its Evening Competitor
Another
160,000 Turks Deserted
Falkenhayn on March
On Return to Palestine
One hundred and sixty thou
sand Turkish troops more than
BO per cent of General Falken
hayn's reorganized Turkish army
deserted during the recent Jour
ney from Constantinople to Pales
tine, official dispatches today
stated.
General Falkenhayn, appointed
by the Kaiser to reorganize the
crumbling Moslemsaf ter General
Allenby's victorious "Holy Land
palgn, has returned to Constanti
nople and his entire plan for re
habilitation of the Sultan's' forces
has been abandoned, pie reports
declare.
Billy Sunday has put thumbs
down on "outside" meetings.
"pott pedal on everything -trot tab
ernacle sermons," says the baseball
player evangelist In reply to scores of
Invitations to speak at churches,
clubs, and In private homes.
He has Invitations, to speak at
Camp Meade, at Unr-National Press
Club, at Quantlco, at' Camp Hancock,
at Baltimore, at Carnegie Hall. New
York, and other points. But his ac
ceptance of the Invitations already
received wlll depend entirely upon
the condition of bis throat.
To Hold rartar Keeling.
Billy will bold the seeonu of a se
ries of r;arlo'prnilnrB" Thursday
mornlntr of this, week 'at the home of
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, jore
than 200 Invitations have been ez-
"If there Is any man In America who
can fight his own battles he Is Colo
nel Roosevelt." was Billy Sundays
comment today on the now famous
speech of Senator Stone In the Sen
ate .yesterday. Billy and Ma Sun
day were In the Senate gallery when
the Senator from Missouri made his
speech.
Dllly and the Colonel are extremely
mm Dersonal friends. Billy took
occasion this morning- to deny the
t'legraphic dispatch from Philadelphia
declaring tnsi umj nu iuiuU
ttooseven uu '"n .....
to address the Pennsylvania state
legislature on the subject of prohibi
tion on February 1.
"I have received no such Invltav
.Iah t mil. d..lB..H fnnri T h.t. nnf
hear'd from Mr Ro0sevelt on the snb-
ject. I am sure there is a mistake."
Mlsa Saxe Hurt.
InJurIe, to u,e Sundav party are
., ,
f"' becoming lous menace to
the success of the campaign in ash
lnn. While Blllj ole ';
mueh """T"! " S? 1.7
Is recovered from his attack of laryn-
..',. .....i-i, ,.i t,i in mm.v h
lta,' for a nort tlm.f M, Gracc
SaJlet BlDe cIagB teacher. Is the ob
,rf nf the latest attack of hard luck
she Is today nursing "a severely
sprained arm after a hard fall down a
steep embankment behind the Sunday
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.BILLY FROWNS
ON OUTSIDE
MEETINGS
Pretty Girl Clerk
SAYS
ALLOTMENT OF
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Tells Snead Washington's
Minimum of 400 Tons a
Day Under Garfield Order
Has Failed to Materialize.
By BILL PRICE.
In the critical plight this city is
again facing as to .coal shortage,
almost suro to be greatly aggra
vated in the next few days by ihe
snowstorm and the consequent in
ability of railroads to get coal here,
responsibility is sooner or later to
be fixed by the people, despite the
conflicting claims and reports.
John L. Weaver, District coal ad
ministrator, today 'made public a
letter addressed to the United States
fuel administraion, declaring point
blank that Dr. Garfield's order to
give Washington an average of i
2,400 tons of anthracite each, dayl
has not been lived hp to, and that for
the eight days ending January 19
the average number of tons coming
to this city has been 1.742 daily,'
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just a little over two-thirds of the
amount vitally necessary to malce
ends meet and prevent dire distress
in a greater number or families
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thanr heretofortfr; 'V'moeTyEnTriir icrreTpTsrui
Declines to Fix- Blame,
Mr. Weaver did not Ax the responsi
bility for this failure on anyone. He
simply says that "some one" has not
lived up to "Dr. Garfield's order."
The letter, however. Is directed to
the "attention of L. A. .Sned." Dr.
Garfield's commissioner of distribu
tion, who is expected to "direct the
attention" of Jesse C. Suter, who Is
supposed to keep track of coal ship
ments here and see that coal keeps
moving- to Washington In proprr
quantities Whether Mr Suter will
"pass the buck" remains to be seen.
Mr. Weaver's letter, which he Is
most likely to follow with remark
more urgent and direct. Is as follows.
Weaver's Letter.
"Attention of Mr. Snead.
"I beg to advise that receipts of
anthracite coal In Washington from
January 1- to 10. aggregate 13,912
tons or 1,742 H tons per day.
"As these receipts reflect the re
sults of Dr. Garfield's recent order
2,400 tons of anthracite per day for
delivery for the use of the domestic
trade of this city this office deems
It advisable to jend you this Informa
tion ana Invites attention to the fail
ure of some one to live up to Dr. Gar
field's order"
Next to the question as to whether
Washington has been getting the
minimum limit of anthracite coal it
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TRI
AXN'APOLIS. Md. Jan 22 John
Snowden, colored, charged w Jth the
murder of Mrs. Lottie Mux Ri'indon
In this clt in August lat, will be
placed on trial by the crtult court
of Baltimore county at Tiu.son. Md.
tomorrow.
Snow den has been held 'n the jail
at this place, and will -be taken to
Towson by Sheriff Sullivan tomor
row morning A spfcla' train will
leave West street nation at 8 o'clock
carrying the witnesses, officials, unci
the prisoner. Th- trial la expected
to begin about 10 o'clock, and will
be before Judge Duncan.
Court May n Co'rt.
State's Attorney Nicholas II Green was
In Towson and Baltimore estcrday com
pitting arrangements for the trial. There
was some talk among Baltimore county
officials of postponing the case on ac
count of the shortaKO of coal In the
court house bunkers, but no notification
hss been received here.
A week ago State's Attorney George
Hartman. of Baltimore county, who will
handle the prosecution In conjunction
with Mr. Green, notified the Anne Arun
del officials to make preparations for
bringing the case up tomorrow, rum to
this efTect hae accordingly been made
and all wltmsse and others summoned
to appear at Towson before 10 o'clock
SNOWDEN FACES
AL TOMORROW
IN BRANDON CASE
T. I REFUSES
TO
OF
sen: stone
Colonel Declines to Talk to
Newspapermen on Arrival
HereVNot Interested" in
Solon's Attack.
Colonel Roosevelt today refused
J to discuss the' charges of seditious
actions made against him by Sen
ator Stone. Ho -will make a stata
ment after talking with Senators
Chamberlain and Hiram Johnson,
but 'until then is treating the affair
with silence.
The Colonel arrived in Washing
ton this morning at 9 o'clock, the
picture of health. He refused to
talk to newspaper men in Union
Station, but went immediately to the
I homo of his son-in-law. Congress-
man Nicholas Longworth of Ohio.
Not Interested. ,
"I am Infinitely more Interested In
what the President has said about
3Ir- Chamberlain." he told a Times
Wrier, "than what Mr. Stone has
,d abo,,t mf- Te fl.r8t p1?r,n l
see today will be Senator Chamber-
. the nm Senltof HIram
john80nuntu i have seen both I
aon't care to make a statement.
-My purpose in .coming down Is to
ihe wsrio'asto make-our co-operK-
(Ion In It as effective as -possible at
the earliest possible moment, and In
the second place to give all the sup
port I can to the bill championed by
Senator. Chamberlain and Congress
man Kahn for the Introduction at
once as our permanent policy the
system of universal obligatory mili
tary training for our young men.
Must Speed Up War.
"Of course, the most pressing im
mediate need Is to speed up the
war. This means that-we must back
up every efficient measure for that
purpose, wholly without regard to
party, and back tip every man In so
far as he efficiently does his duty
"It means. Just tin much, that with
out regard to party and as American
patriots we shall set our faces like
flint agalnt Inefficiency and delay
and shall hold those officials responsi
ble to strict -account.
"One duty Is as Important as the
other, for the two go hand In hand
It Is the mark of the pro-German
the mark nf the furtive traitor to
America either to oppose what Is
done to make our particlDttlon In the
war more speed) andmore efficient.
ur in iin-iiu iiiciucit-nc) ur inn."
warmness and dels) and to assail
those who rxpose Mirh Inefficiency,
lukewarmness, and delay
"Tell the Truth."
"Tlie national motto at this time
should be 'Tell the truth and speed
up the war.'"
Congressman "Jimmy" Galllvan of
Massachusetts and Senator Wads
worth of New York an- booked to call
o'n the Colonel this afternoon at the
Longworth residence.
Tonight a number of Congressmen,
upon (he Invitation of Congressman
Longworth, will dine with the
Colonel .
lie Is expected to address tn -National
Tress Club before he leaves
about Friday or Saturday
SPECIAL RULE IS
ON CLERKS' BILL
A special rule for the consideration of
the mlnlnum wage bill for Government
clerks and emplo)es was strongly urged
today before thr IIouw Itulrs Commit
tee by Congresiman Nolan of California,
author of the bill.
Mr. Nolan pointed out to the com
mittee that In the present situation,
with respect to unanimous consent.
It would be Impossible to get an
early hearing for the bill unless a
special rulo was recommended by the
committee.
After the meeting, Mr Nolan said
he was confident that the committee
would report a special rule. If this
Is done, there Is practically no doubt
that the House will adopt It and the
bill will be pasttcd.
ANSWER
CHARIIS
SOUGHT FOR VOTE
Drawn by Nell Brinkley on
PRESIDENT BACKS BILL
TO END PROFITEERING
Price fixing on a scale heretofore untried by any
nation is provided in a draft of a bil President Wilson
has laid before the House Agriculture Committee.
'With one stroke, the President hopes to wipe out
the profiteers in food and-other products the people and
the Government need in the conduct of the war, mem
bers of the committee that visited the President last
night indicated today. The bill will control both whole
sale and retail prices, it is understood.
The. President believes the situation in this respect
has become alarming and his request was for immediate
legislation.
The details of the bill at present are being carefully
kept secret ,
Theodore Roosevelt, Ex
President of United States
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' This is Colonel Roosevelt He
arrived in Washington this morn
ing, apparently cheerful and welL
He is powerful and sincere', if
sometimes mistaken or misguided
by political plans.
When Senator Stone accuses
him of being pro-German," recall
ing Kis personal friendship with
the. Kaiser, and the fact that he
is employed to write for a news
paper controlled by a gentleman
who was a German subiect less
than a year ago, thatSs ridiculous.
It is also ridiculous, although
CROSSER TO PUSH BILL
FOR U,S. CAR LINES HERE
Public ownc-shlp of the street rail
ways of the District of Columbia will
be urged In the House by Congress
man Crosner of Ohio
Mr Cfosser. w ho is a member of
..... . - m.i.iM r-ommiit... H
clared today the conditions In Wash-J""
Ington with respect to street railway
traffic more tkan ever empnasizea me
ieed of having the government own
the lines.
"I Intend to bring thi subject up
acaln lu ns soon a- possible," said
Mr Crosser today "I hae chargo
of another bill which Is occupying
my attention Ju:.t now. but as soon
as It Is out of the way I shall do.
what 1 can to bring about public!
ownership of the street railway sys-i
terns here
"The situation, which I have all '
along predicted, has come about The ,
street railway lines are not giving)
adequate service They are not pro
viding the facilities to handle the
business. The need for Government
ownership, that Is, ownership by the
District government, is more strongly
emphasized than ever before.
Colonel Roosevelt does not know
it, when he "makes against others
chfrges such as Senator Stone
makes against him.
Colonel Roosevelt is an appar
ently patriotic, well-meaning,
forceful man. His force at this
moment should go into useful, con
structive co-operation with the
man that follows him in the White
House, and carries a load to which
a former President of the United
States should not willingly add
one ounce.
N. Y. FUEL SITUATION
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
NEW YOR. Jan. 22. A marked Im
provement In the fuel situation In
iNew York was reported today by A
H Smith, assistant to the director
general of railway
The amount of coal dumped from
vastly exceeded figures reported
I'-m-
TO YOUR SWEETHEART SOME
WHERE IN FRANCE
If you have a soldier boy across you
MUST READ the letters to "My Sweetheart
Somewhere In France." They begin today
on
The Times' Daily Magazine Page
150ODAYS--WORKLOSL
MS.BY
Heavy Snow Demoralizes All
traffTc-Huneds of- Clrks
Trudge ta Government jOf
fices Late.
The worst snowstorm of this win
ter struck Washington today, buried
the city beneath more than .six
inches of snow, caused the wont
traffic tie-up in years by demoraliz
ing the street railway system,
forced thousands or workers to walk
to their places, and made more
serious the coal shortage situation.
Tardiness of workers lost approxi
mately 1,500 days' work for the
Government
The Weather. "Bureau today pre
dicted that snow would continue to
fall until about 8 o'clock tonight,
that tonight would be fair, and
colder, with a temperature of aSoot
10 degrees as .a low mark, and that
toaorrow woaljd be fair and colder.
Poor Safer.
While, the weather waa more h
perate than for several dsys ,tk
DUTynsw Dr0"HHK7!FV3
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Istanees, their ablli(ytogei t
uaiiy supply ok iuci.
Numerous accidents due to th
storm were reported to lollce and.
hospitals. Most .of'- these were dua
to falls and skidding of automobiles.
Y The street car companies put all
tneir snowpiows to wort any in in
morning, but at 1 .o'clock can stUl
were running on Irregular schedule.
All trains entering the city were re
ported from one to three hours lat
at Union Station. Cars on the Wash
ington. Baltimore, and Annapolis rail
way also were seriously delayed
Beginning: at 2:20 o'clock snow
fell steadily all morning. Jf the fa.1
continues at the same rate for many
mere hours, the greatest snow depth
record of Washington will be equaled.
During the bllxzard of 1899 snow
fell In Washington on February 13
to the depth of twelve Inches. In De
cember and January, 1912. snow
reached the depth of six -and a half
Inches, the record for recent years.
Breaks Five-Tear Reearsl.
The snow today Is the heaviest
since 1912. Precipitation is general
throughout the South Atlantic and
Middle Atlantic sections. From Texas
through to Florida there have 6n
heavy rains In general. lFurth"er
nqrth on a line through Georgia it,is
snowing in most of the territory.
ACCIDENTS AND FIRES
DUE TO STORM KEEP
CITY'S GUARDIANS BUSY
Street car collisions, au ruoblle ac
cidents, persons Injured jy falls dus
to slippery pavements, ana a nutnbsr
of small fires kept the police and
firemen busy today.
Their work began earlv jast night.
The heavy snowfall wi.lcli began
early this morning added to the
hardships of the .city authorities.
While alighting: from . rtreet car
at Connecticut avenue si-.d Eight
eenth street northwest last night
Mrs. George, Richardson, forty-elf ht.
of 12T7 New Hampshire avenue. .fell
and received cuts about the faceYand
head.
L. O. Stockman, seventy years of
age. of Newark. N. J- slipped In the
concourse at the Union Station yes
terday afternoon and received cuts
on the head. Due to his age his con
dition today was being watched care
fully. He is at the Casualty Hospital
Early this morning a street car at
Delaware avenue and D street north
east, collided with an automobile
owned by Jacob Allen The several
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