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DAILY ARDMOREITE 4 "LEST WE FORGET" 1188 MORE DAYS OF GORE NEWS nM S WORLD EV - -J A Newspaper of Character FULL LEASED WIRE ASSOCIATED PRESS ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30. 1917. VOLUME 23. NUMBER 87. TWELVE PAGES V TAFT muff 9DE TDK NO TIMK FOR PARTISAN POIJ OH r.RPIN CRITICISM, MM GRIEVES Rill GUI PRESIDENT HENDH CONDOLP.NCK AH RESULT DIHANTER AND OFFER MATERIAL AID. CITYGOPERCT.RUIHEO Quake Continue Two Day and Forty I tooth 80 Far Reported Ainertean location Damaged and Consulate Ito- 4reyd. Hays V irHe Dispatch. Washington, Dec. 19. EUhty cent 'f Guatemala City wag demolished by earthquukes which began lecember 2a and continued (wo dayH, the atata department wan advrlsrd toduy In a wireless dispatch from the American charm there. Forty deaths hul been officially re ported and thousand wore homeless Martial law had been established and good order prevailed. The American legation building wan damaged and the consulate destroyed the (i input oh said, but American and other foreign diplomats were safe. Tho legation was crowded with refugees. This message ut condolence wus sent WHY JOHN JELUCOE LOST GREAT POSITION London, Iiec. 29. Whether correctly or not, the super-session of Admiral Sir John Jelllooe as flmt sea lord la IKipulurly believed to have been the direct sequel of the loss of the three English destroyers near the Dutch coast. This Incident hod been general ly known here, although . just an nounced officially. Keveral days ago, the first lord of the admiralty. Sir Kilo Geddea. went lly la staying for the holidays. He to Handrlngham, where the royal fam wus received In audience by the king on Christmas, which Indicated that the business wua unusually urgent. The admiralty change were announced thi next day. mm urn MI E3BEMB EfflOEMCT mm ma wm hi in DUD WARNS McAdoo and Noted Executives of Transportation Work Out Plan to Clear Congestion From Nation's System; Never Again Private Ownership is Belief. REMAND EQl'ITAKl.E DISTRIRI TION OK HMII) REGARDLESS OF .SOCIAL CASTE. London. Dec 24. The nutionul con vention of .the trades unions, labor party ami war emergency workers adopted resolutions today protesting: against "the suffering now being un Washington, Ivc. 29. Ilalli-oni1 4 tlves here today expressing the .A .ing that the transportation v 4T will never go back Into priva jSr .is, gave J two reasons: First, th- s believe the stockholders wl "a to It with revenues under w' .tent operation and second, they iV . e thut the forma tlon of a continental railway coinliln.t tion will make It Impossible to go buck to the old competitive system. The corporation to handle railroad se curities probably will be iiriivlded In legislation the president will suggest to congress. The corporation would uiss on all securities proposed and would buy them as offered, holding them for sale when market conditions were good. The corporation also probably might be culled on to finance railroad equip ment. It hus been suggested that it might be capitalized by a billion dollars. since thut is the sum the railroads will need next year for the purchase of new by President Wilson to Estrada Cabrera, nT r y lnftlcted u.Pn tno equipment and for bonds and other Is Itr 7n 1urbn consumers by the prolonged de- ' president of Guatemulu! "In the great affliction with which you are now visited, let me express on my own behalf and on behalf of the lenple of the United State the great est of sympathy, if there Is any way n which we can be of assistance to you in your trouble, or In which we may al leviate some of the sorrow and suffering vou will experience because of the ca lomity. we stand ready to do so. T'ntll It is possible to render some material assistance, pray take this opportunity to convey to the people of your country the sympathy which we feel for them in the circumstances, a sympathy more profound by reason of the proximities of our countrlea and the relations of our people to yours, lay of the government in organizing an equitable system . of distribution of the MIt M,AIMM) TAKES DEFMTE supplies of food." and demanding equal . Mnti ivn i ivm sharing among oil families, without dl MM KUK Mf.Kt.lMJ M.M-.S tinctlon as to wealth or class, with' . .... . . .. compulsory rationing. . ureal wont oi i ninraiKMi is negun ana The government's methods of con- Order I Given. COLLECT 111 by mm. trolling the fowl situation were criti cised severely at today's session of the Jubor congress. Speaking to u resolu tion on this subject, Robert Smillle. leader of the miners, said: I hope the government will tuke it (hat we put this forward us a grave warning to thein. If they do not curry out at once the spirit of the resolution. they may take It for granted thut the workers of the country are no longer going to stand having their wives and children waiting outside shop doors, al most begging for food to be sold to them." Dr. Marlon Phillips of the executive committee of the Women's Labor league said that unless steps were taken to Improve present conditions, in fant mortality would rise in a way which never had been known. The whole policy of the government. declared a speaker for tho dock work ALLRGRf) LEADER OF EASTERN GANG Ut IN Cl'STODY AT KANSAS CITY. hinds of tha American ring." "Talk of food control-there will soon be nothing left to control." he said. John Clynes. labor member of the house of commons, suld the government had not gone as far as the food min istry desired, and that if the confer ence could do something to push the government further, it would be most pleasing to the mlniHtry. He insisted much hud been done already to reduce not guilty and waived preliminary hear- the price of food, adding that a scheme . ..-T iT.T i- ... T.hrf ".a lawyer, ana lor many yearn a . T , ..- ,, ,, . special student or government opera Kansas City. Dec. 2. George Wi Irwin, alio Jirady, wanted ott a fed eral indictment in New York, was ar raigned before Henry L. Arnold, federal commissioner, here today. He pleaded ing. His bond was fixed at IIIOOOO. was being worked out for equal dlstri button. Mr. Clynes intimated thut the gov ernment was constructing mills for the manufacture of margarine. Paron Khnndda, the food controller, was doing his best. Mr. Clynes said, to obtain con- Washington, Dec. 28. Dennke steps towurd national unification of railroads and improvement of congested condi tions were taken today by Director General McAdoo In the appointment of a temiKirary stuff and the issuing of his first formal order directing absolute pooling of ull traffic, common utilization of terminals, rolling stock and other fauilltaVs. hauling of freight by the shortest routes, and retention of all present officers and employes. Special Instructions were issued for the clearing of congestion In New York and Chicago through pooling terminals and other traffic facilities, and Alfred H. Kmlth, president of the New York Central, was named secial assistant to supervise transportation in the trunk line territory east of the Mississippi and north of the Oliio rivers, where conges tion is greatest. Walker D. Hinds of . New York, a New York. Dec. 29. George W. Irwin under arrest at Kansas City, is alleged to be the leader of a blackmailing band said to have extorted more than $1,000, 000 from Its victims while operating here and In other cities of the country trol of the entire output of margarine in 1916. butter and similar commodities. Ii-urtn is under a federal indictment here charged with blackmailing a worn- STEAMER ARRIVALS, an out of $500, and Kdward K. West. 1 At Atlantic and gulf inirts Arrived vice-president of the C. D. Green Tea 4 steamers Diager, Cilia, Cuyabu, Char- Coffee company of this city and Chl-kow. Carmarthenshire, Daleham. Fort c-ugo, out of $15,000. Morgan, Keltore, Guardia, Naccional. Members of the band extorted money NavdroC Herschel, Hilton, Juno. Keechl from victims after they had been lured Mavishrook. Manidren. 1'rinz FrederlU into alleged violations of the Mann Hendrik, I'rlnclplessa. Laetitia, St. Hugo, white-slave act by representing them selves ah federal agents and promising to drop the question. All the members of the band except Irwin are serving jail sentences. Irwin will be brought here for trial. Kan Iorenzo, Tormentor, Venturia. in land. William H. Murphy; schooners I'rogreso I, Philips M. Brooks. FROM IXK'OMOTIVE ENGINEER TO HEAD Or ROAD FEARS Koanoke, Va., Dec. 29. James T. Carey, once a locomotive engineer and lately' a dlvblon superintendent, has been named general superintendent or .the Norfolk & Western railway. tlon, was appointed assistant director general pending the formation , of a permanent staff. The Interstate Com merce commission was drafted for an immediate Investigation by its expert inspectors of general freight conditions on eastern trunk lines. Railroad Labor Refused Raise. While the director general was con ferring today with a number of railroad heads. Interstate Commerce eonimlH sloners and members of congress, and planning immediate action to remedy faults of transportation. It became known that the demands of the four railway brotherhoods for a forty per cent wage increase had been denied by the railroads, and that, consequently the labor men had decided to postpone for probably sixty days the presenta tion of their case to the government. It was thought probable that President V llson would take up the labor situu tlon in his address to congress next Thursday or Friday. Congressional agencies went to work today on the new railroad situation. The senate Interstate commerce com mittee at a special hearing, drew from Chuirmun Hall of the Interstate Com merce commission the statement that the government's failure to centralize priority administration was largely re sponsible for freight congestion. Cummin Smells Opposition. Senator Cummins, ranking republican member of the senate Interstate com merce committee, In a conference with Mr. McAdoo, expressed'the opinion latat legislation to prescribe the basis of gov ernment compensation to the roads would he passed speedily, though not without some opposition to the preel- F SIM HMBT CONTROL MINES AND M IT S Washington. Dec. 29. Food stocks in Finland are so depleted that official there fear a tunlne unless tonnage is. added to transport the out and corn granted the Finnish provision admin istration here by the American govern ment- Official dispatches today i f .iiui Lrtirm Finland said that the direct need exists throughout the country. trlbntor for the fuel administration, told Dr. Kaarlo Ignatius, the Finnish com- thB gate investigating committee to miasloner. is endeavoring, with assist- day tnat enoUgh coal had been shipped a nee or tne state aepanniem """ here to sunplv normal uemanos. shipping board, to obtain tonnage enough Coai watJ unavailable.-he contended, to take food to relieve the situation, and ku persons who could afford it. Washington, Dec. 2. Although there from has been suffering in the national capital for Hie luck of coal, A. D. Snead, dls- It Is considered likely rill be obtained. that two shipa M OTT HABEAS CORPl'8 HEARING IS DELAYED. The hearing on the writ of haheaa corpus granted Chap Scott, who came here from Lebanon and surrendered to Sheriff Buck Garrett, stating; he had overbought. Local dealers did not co operate with the fuel administration, and distributing facilities were inadequate. "The railroads are not entirely re sponsible for congestion due to cross hauling." said Snead. "The operator de sire It in many caaes, as It often extends their distributing Held. "We are not only coming to govern ment control of mines, but conscription shot and wounded Dave Glenn at that Df labor. Co-ordinating of effort Is e- order that certain freight should be given preference. Chairman Hull suld it was his opinion that oiierations would be greatly simpli fied by government control, and he be lieved would be carried out without any great expenditure of money by the government Iiook Dark for Army Contract. Washington, Dec. 29. James J. Htor row. fuel administrator for New Eng land, today told Secretary Baker that war contracts calling for hundreds of millions of dollar worth of clothing and war munition could not be carried to completion at the present rate of coal supply. , Some factories working on war con tracts have fuel sufficient for only two weeks. Mr. Storrow said. He explained the situation to Fuel Administrator Gar- He could see no chance field, who thought the situation so grave plare, was made returnable yesterday at sentl.il to meet present demand." Mr. 10 o'cliu'lr hut District Judge . r . , Snrad declared. Freeman Is out of. the state and the I to produce the fifty million of ton thecal he arranged for Mr. Storrow to see eounty judge does not have Jurisdiction uel administrator "estimated the country Mr. Kaker. Chairman Hurley of the in the hearing, the cose went over. It I a "short this year, and said restricted ' shipping trnard also was called Into the will prolmhly be heard on the return (use was necessary. conference. of Judge Freeman, who is exs--irl t ! Priority orders issued by the govern-) rench home tomorrow.' j ment war board to obtain the quick j Coal to Relieve Ocean .Hliq;. Scott has maintained all alone llmt t,u:isrtatlon of their freight cars are Washington. Deo. 29. Ample coal to liave. Glenn va not ee'-loufiy Inj.ire 1. 1 -pspotudtile for the congestion. Chairman relieve the shortage at New Jork, which but yesterday word reached the sheriff's Jlall told the committee. This, he said. would ne remedied ny tne government aklng over control of the railroads ad daring them under one head. Chairman Hall exonerated Judge Iivett of the priority board of blnme, ut placed full resonsibity on the shin ning board and the war and navy de- office thut be wa.s not doing well an 1 hi In a serious condition. The nunty attorney of Marshall county was reported at the sheriff's of fice an having said over the phone Frfc day night that he was willing for Petit tn remain In Jn II here until the result of the wound Glenn sustained ehoald I lartments. In the war department alone. be known. Jhe said. Ave boards were attempting to board, he al. as delayed ocean-going ships and harbor traffic, a promised today to the fuel administration by A. Vf. Thompson, chairman of the committee of railroad vice-president in charge of the freight situation In the Pittsburgh district. Approximately 00 cars will lie avail able tomorrow from boats af South Am- hoy, N. J., and cars an route to the sa dent' suggestion of guaranteeing to the companies the average eurnlngs for the last three years. The railroad war lioard, whose ser vices have been solicited temporarily by Director General .McAdoo, today presented recommendutlon for speedy moving of freight in the1 Chicago con gested center, and made a number of other suggestion for economies and ef ficiency under the new unification plan. Tho railroad' chiefs freely predicted to day that the advantages of the great non-competitive system now lieing de veloped would soon become so appar ent that the country never would revert to the old plan of private control. They even went so far as to predict very definitely that government ownership as well as control would lie a develop ment of only a few years. Order Is Significant. This attitude of the railroad presi dents gave special significance to the first official instruction of Director Gen eral McAdoo, designated as "Order No. I," telegraphed today to every railroad executive head. The order follows: "1 All officers, agents and employe of such transportation system may con tinue in the performance ot their pres ent regular duties, reporting to the same officers as heretofore and on the same terms of employment. "S--Any officer, agent or employe de siring to retire from his employment shall give the usual and seasonable no tee to the proper officer, to the end that here may be no interruption or imiair ment of tht transportation service re cuired for the auccessrui conduct of the war and the needs of general commerce. "3 All transportation system cover ed by said proclamation and order shall be operated as a national system of transportation, the common and national needs being in all nstances held para mount to any actual or supposed cor porate advantage. All terminals, ports, locomotives, rolling stock and other transportation fauilities uro to be fully utilized to carry out this purpose with out regard to, ownership. ' Dhresarw Special Route. ... "4 The dwignatuMi nt auutet toy ship per is to be disregarded when spend, and efficiency of truntqiorlation service may thus be promoted. "5 Traffic agreements between car riers must not be iiermitted to inter fere with expeditious movement. "6 Through routes which have not heretofore been established because of short hauling or other causes, are to be established and used whenever expedi tion and efficiency of traffic will there by b promoted; and if difficulty is ex perienced in such through routing, no tice thereof shall by carriers or shippers or both lie given ut once to the railroad by wire. "7 Existing schedules or rates and outstanding orders of the Interstate Commerce commission are to lie ob- j served, butuny such schedules or rates or orders as may hereafter be found to conflict with the purpose of said proc lamation, or with this order, shall be brought immediately by wire to the at tention of the director." Wipes Out Conqielillve Problems. Through the railway war board. Mr. McAdoo called on all railroad presidents to take-up vigorously the question of common use of terminals and parallel lines, wiping out competitive problems and waiving competitive control or solici tation of traffic. The result of this action may be the assignment of through traffic moving one way to certain sys tems and the reservation of other lines for traffic moving in an opposite direc tion. A commit tie of presidents of railways entering New York was appointed to report as speedily as possible whut re arrangements of passenger and freight train operations could be made at the New Jersey water front of the New York harbor to Increase efficiency. It was especially, suggested that the rail road heads arrange for pooling docks. car floats and lighters and marketing facilities now controlled by Individual railroads. The committee consists of Samuel Rea of the Pennsylvania, Frederick D. Un derwood of the F.rie. Daniel Willard of the Baltimore & Ohio; William H. Trues- dale of the Lackawanna, William G. Hesler of the New Jersey Central anil K. E. Loomls of the Lehigh Vallev. Drastic Plan Re Applied. At the same time, a committee of public officials, headed bv Interstate Commerce Commissioner Harlan, meet ing In New York, decided to out into enect a orastic plan or forcing con signees to remove their freight promptly from terminals. In all these preparations for clearing the channel of transportation, the im mediate thought uppermost In the mind of the men in charge is to get coal to market to relieve the shivering of householder in many section where a cold wave now Is being felt, to provide fuel to make the wheels of various industries turn faster, or to release the hips now tied up in harbor for lack of bunker coal. The labor situation presents one of the most perplexing problems with which the government has to deal, as a decision on it ttl of necessity pre sent the government's general labor pol icy during the war. which as yet has not lieen clearly defined. Those who have studied the situation believe that government officials responsible for a liblicy are or paying lalxir n a. basis of the present cost of living. UiiJ many are of the opinion that the government is about to take measures toroush its spreading ont.-H over the necessities of life to regulate In a more general way prices charged for commodities the people must use. I'nkm WtU Pttpone Demands. The brotherhoods' demands were pre sented to the manager' committee of the railroad December I. and an an swer wa requested by December SI. The men asked that the wage Increase De made effective January first, but In a recent conference with President Wll son, the. men promised not to strike while the negotiation were pending. It apiwared likely tonight that the brother hood might not pre their demand for perhaps some time, in the belief that in the present unsettled railroad situation, their request for wage raise would meet a better resimnse at a later time. Creation of a government roi-ora-tion for handling, railroad securities and for financing the purchase of railway equipment Is the best plan, officials be lieve, ror handling this end of the finan cial situation. The government finan cial system. It is held, Is too cumber some. Coder the scheme proposed, the rail roads would submit to the corporation all refunding issue for approval a well as all new issues of securities. The corporation then would buy them iu and hold them for ale to the public at a convenient time. In this way. the government could keep railroad securities off the market when It wa offering for sale Liberty bonds and other government securities. Why Government Ownership Inevitable. The feeling among railway executives that government assumption of control mukes government ownership Inevitable is based on two promises. First, it is held that once the road ore- co-ordinated anil are tqierated a one system It will be impossible to go hack to the old conix.-titive system. The public, It is declared, never would be willing for such a gigantic combination to operute as a private corporation. The second reason i that stockhold ers, once guaranteed a fair return on their investments in railroad stocks, would not want to reurn to the uncer tainties of private operation. Tho eastern railroad oiieratlug com mittee will be brought to Washington from Pittsburgh, official said, because I It will be in closer touch with the war ULoaid, and bucausu tu center, of con- f VMt i, . I Khir,m fMim t Ull,.kHl, district to the seaboard. It office will be fiMtahtished tn th hnllHinir ,u,nnit nv the war board. - 1 .inuiiirr nrason. Another reason for the apimrently cheerful acquiescence of railroad hearts to the government's plan of operation is the assurance given by Mr. McAdoo that roads which did not make fair earnings in the pre-war period will be provided with adequate compensation from the government. The foundation for this arrangement will be laid in leg islation now being framed and to be Introduced immediately after President Wilson addresses congress next week. Secretary McAdoo spent today in his office at the treasury building, but ar ranged to open headquarters next week in the Interstate Commerce commission building. Among the men with whom he conferred today were Daniel Wil lard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio, and chairman of the industries board; Interstate Commerce Commissioners Anderson, Meyer and Wooley,, Senator Cummins, Representative Reybum of the House Interstate Commerce com mittee, and John Barton Payne, coun sel for the shipping board. Mail and Passengers. Although Mr. McAdoo has not yet taken up the subject of curtailment of passenger schedule, this course Is an ticipated later. Postoffice officials to day arranged to revise their mail sched ules accordingly. In his statement before the Senate Interstate Commerce committee today, Chairman Hall took occasion to exoner ate Chairman Lovett of the ' priority board of blame in the issuance of neces sary orders, placing responsibility on the action of the boards of the war and navy departments as well as with the shipping board, which designate freight, for these departments is to be given preference. "Couldn't the president have im proved the situation last July by having these priority orders pass through one man?" asked Senator Kellogg. "You can draw your own conclusions as well a I can." Chairman Hall re plied. The head of the railroad com mission in response to question re garding the probable expenditure that would result from government control of the railroads said he believed the plan could be carried out without great cost. No money might bs needed at nee. he said, except for additional ter minal facilities at some point. The hearg will bo resumed next Monday. wh. Chairman Hall will con tinue his statements. WEATHER FORECAST. Washington, Iec. i Weather bu reau prediction fur the week beginning Sunday are: West Gulf States: Light local rain bout Tuesday, with higher tempera ture; lust half of week generally fair, with moderate Uniierature. Upper Mlaslsarippi and Ixiwer Missouri Valleys: Generally fair first half, with rising temperature. Light now in northern and rain in southern portion last half, with a return tn cold weather. UY CLOTH RIG DEAL IS KILLED EXCESSIVE PROFITS WOl I J HAVE BEEN MADE Hi TWO CON TRACTS CANCEUJ-.D. LOOKS LIKE GRAFT Two .Melnliem f Committee mi Supplies of Commiltee ef National Defense Are Involved and Have lieen Called lie fore Senate Inquisitors to Exdin. ft all hfil "There May Re Injustices Which Mast Re Cured. Hat Ther Cm Wait VmtM We Win That Which Will Mavo Uss Shb f Slste,- Sprlngfleld. Ill Dec 2.Peraon who seek to stir up party -anhnpstt.iea or ap. leal to class prejudice while, tho war gisNt on are "traitor" to the nation, "whether they know it or not." WUbam Howard Taft tleclared here today in an address before the Mid-Luncheon club. "There may be Injustices which must be cured, but they can wait." he said. "They can wslt until we win that which will save us the boat In which we are riding on the ea. We are fighting for our live." Continuing, the former president said: "Now we are having Investigations In Washington that are showing de fects; Investigation that that bring home to us the difficulties that a re public with the machinery of peace finds In becoming for a time a miiltarjr nation able to measure sword with an adversary which ha been prepuring for fifty year to conquer ths world; and we must not withhold our expressions, providing they are made in a proper spirit, but when you find men using arguments that are meant to be dema gogic appeals, you can mark down tha degree of their patriotism." u.s.a1ydaIloo:i UaSlfl-LF Washington. Dec. 29. The senate war inquirv committee today Investi gated further the cancelled scrap uni form cloth picking contract let by the committee on supplies of the committee of national defense to the Itase Sorting company of New York, and under which it waa testified the company could have made excessive profit aggregating sev eral hundred thousand dollars annually. Charles Eisenman, vice-chairman of the committee which approved the con tracts, and Samuel Kaplan, another of the committee, whose brother, it wa developed. I financially Interested in the company, will be summoned to tes tify, it was announced, in a further in quiry tho committee propose to make. It waa further developed today that Kaplan' brother Is treasurer of the company, owning a Connecticut woolen mill commandeered by the government. Kaplan and Essmtnan Protest. Quartermaster Oeneral Sharp testi fied that when the war department can celled the contracts last Thursday both KUtenman and Kaplan protested. The government, he explained, will take ovt the work. In concluding today his testimony re-KHi-ding dothimr and other army sup plies. General Sharpe placed resiionsi bility for delay in securing supplies of wool for army clothing on the coun cil of national defense. The council's committee, which had taken over the question of wool supplies, the general said, recommended use of shoddy ma terial In making uniform, and delayed accepting raw wool offered last April at current prices by Boston dealers. No' large purchases were made until Sep tember, after prices had risen greatly, he said. Senator Week told the com mittee he was reliably Informed that af 2,000 feet encountered a forty-flve- UJjf k j left and f- Hex- river Laredo, Texas, Dec balloon, manned by Cap' and eight soldier av . San Antonio yesten.'y aftetr.o lost It course, landed at Hldala ico. forty miles up the Rio flrand! from Luredo, at 9 o'clock last night The crew wa taken in charge by Mexican soldier, who notified the mill' tary authorities at Nuevo Laredo. Au tomobile were sent to Hidalgo and the American reached Nuevo Laredo at 4 lo'clock thi morning. The American consul arranged for them to cross into the United States and at 9 o'clock this morning they were Mnt-ij iu vuiuiivi rergusons neaaquar ters. Shortly after leaving the San Antonio aviation school, the balloon at a height loss of . $100,000,000 to the government resulted. At Camp Bowie. Replying to testimony yesterday of commanders of Camps Bowie, Texas and Doniphan. Oklahoma, that over crowding of tent and lack of winter clothing caused deaths of many men in recent disease epidemics, General Sharpe said the authorities knew tents would be short for the men suddenly called into service, but that supplies now are ample to reduce the tent quota from twelve to five men, as recommended by Surgeon, General Gorgas. Regarding laffk of motor trucks for training men at the cantonments. Gen- amI C I. (.1 ',K. ..... , tit. .,ai c om.u, l ... 1111, 11. t' ' ' icy, not his own, la that trunks shall not be supplied until the men go ahroadi Rolling kitchens and many other ve hicles, he also said, will not be fur nished until then, under present plans. Committee members voiced dissatisfac tion with the 'plans, which they con tended will prevent men from being properly trained. Questioned on Cloth Contracts. Questioned on the cloth scrap con tracts. General Shurpe suld he estimated that the contract given to the sorting company at six cents a pound would net the company $400,000 annually. Cap tain A. E. Pereless, who investigated the contract, estimated the profits at $500,000 yearly and also told of another contract given the company for sorting old rejected and discarded army cloth ing. Captain. Pereless estimated that this contract1 also cancelled4 would "yield very much more" profit $250, 000 a year for blankets alone. That Charles Kaplan's brother, Ira A. MOVE THAT FREIGHT. New York, Dec 29. Inspectors will be assigned to rallnJad terminal in ;thls district to see that consignees re move freight shipments promptly, ac cording to s statement of the enmmlttee Investigating freight congestion In and around New York. CALL KOR I XDERWEAR FOR POOR OF ARD.MOKE. .Mrs. Julius Kahn, president of the Ardmore Benevolent society, has had numerous rails for underwear from poor people, men, women and children, who are sorely in need. The society ban no underwear on hand and hi apiiealing lo the people of this rity to contribute garments, and thus prevent much ill ness and suffering. The ' need is Im perative and a speedy response will be appreciated. Those who will contribute are asked to rail Mr. Kahn a soi a possible. j (Continued on Jae 12 1VBJE FBOHL TOM mile wind and drifted rapidly southwest. The Rio Grande waa mistaken for the Neuces river and a landing wa made on Mexican soil. Arrangement have not yet been made to bring over the balloon. Mexican patrols fired on the balloon as soon as it crossed the river. Captain McCullough said here tonight, three bullets piercing the bag and permitting gas to escape. Only a few shots were fired, the Mexicans having ceased firing promptly when they were satisfied the aircraft waa not hostile. Captain McCullough said he and his soldier-aviators were treated courteous ly by the Mexicans, and every consider ation was shown them at military head quarters in Nuevo Laredo. ' NEED ENOUGH NURSES TO GO WITH ARMY OF 1,500,000 SOLDIERS Washington. Dec. 29. Estimates based on an army of 1,500,000 men are thut 37,500 nurses will be needed in the army nurse corps. This means an enrollment increase of nearly )ne thou sand per cent over the present member ship of 3.800. To get enrollments some of the requirements are being waived. Voluntary Censorship Rules Be Printed. Washington, Dec. 29. The voluntary censorship regulations by which the great majority of American newspapers have been guided in suppressing infor mation of value to the enemy have been revised by the committee on public In formation and will be published in morn ing papers next Monday, becoming ef fective January 1. BANKS RESERVES UF.MJIMII1 Washington, lec. 29. Net withdraw al of $113,000,000 government deposits and reduction of the gross deposits by $0,000,000 is shown in the Federal Re serve board's weekly financial summary of the twelve banks' conditions as at the close of business last night. The total gold reserve increased by $26,000,- 000. The report follow: Resources Gold coin and certificates In vault. $499,917,000; gold settlement fund. Federal Reserve board. $317.5"!0. 0(10: gold with foreign agencies. $52,500. OoO: total gold held by hank. $S69,937. 0"0: gold in Federal Reserve agents. $7M.2i1.000; gold consumption fund. $19 429.000; totap gold reserves, $1,871.- 1.13.000; legal tender notes stiver, etc.. $4. 635.000: total reserve, .$1,720,768,000; bills discounted for member and Fed eral Reserve banks. $6S0.70ft.O0O: bills bought in open market. $75.36 000: total bill on hand, $95.72.000; United States government bonds. $4M5t.Q0O; United States government abort term securities. I58.S3I.OIKI: municipal -warrants. $1,005,000; total .rrdnr asset. $1,064,310,000; due from other Federal Reserve banks, net. $11,936,000; uncol lected items. $301,107,000; total deduc tions fro mgross deposits. $313,043,000: S per cent redemption fund against Federal Reserve banks' notes, $537,000; all other resources. $7,813,000; total re serves. $3,101,321,000. Liabilities Capital paid in. $70,442. 000; government deposits. $108,231,000; due to members (reserve account!. $1,453,166,000; collection item. $191,693. 000; other deposits. Including forel- i government credits. $17,965,000; rotui gross deposits, $1,771,037,000; federal re serve notes in actual circulation, $1,246, 488.000; Federal Reserve bank notes in circulation, net liability. $8,000,000; all other liabilities. $5,504,000; total liabili ties. $3,101,471,000. Gold reserve against net deposit lia bilities 59.7 per cent. Gold and lawful money reserve against net deposit liabilities. 63 1 per cent Gold reserve against Federal Reserve Mites In actual circulation, 64.3 per cent.