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JANUARY -I, 1910. EIGHT PAGES.
SATURDAY AND WEEXLY EDITION
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Close Relationship Between
Italy and U. S. Shown at
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(Br International News Service.)
ROME, Jan. 4. The close reUT
tionship between Italy and the
United States was emphasized by'
the speeches made by King Victor;
Emmanuel and President Wilson;
the state dinner given in the,
American executive's honor at the
Quirinal last night.
King Victor Emmanuel, speak-:
ing at the dinner in President Wil-;
son's honor last night, pledged the :
- ipport of Italy in co-operating :
with the president's efforts to ere-,
ate a league of nations. j
Th- king, i.t addressing the ass.ir.b;-;
saio; !
You. jourseif. Mr. President, became j
. ;: welcome and pleasing gueot only to- j
. -. but in the copscienc- of our peop'c. j
personality already for a lens time j
t marked an incff-icf nbio way. ;
fOS IIEESiy AND JUSTICE.
"It is that whlc! in Itself eathr; a'" ;
powers v. hich po to stimulate .t will i
',1;. on liberty mid justice ami is in-!
5.irei an'l gives inspiration towards the
,.hest conception of the destinies of j
huVrlar.Kf.-" - " j
"Tho enthusiastic salutations which j
j-av nccmr?niod your rassage through !
:h waj s of Rome today are attestations
. f the sentiments cf admiration and;
... sr.ition that your own r.ame and
,Ver and tha nam-; and labor of t!if
1 t.!:d States s'ir in the Italian rerto. :
i-U-i principles in winch jou !um- j
rri'.d up the idea! reason- of the wir j
..j.-rty fnd f"or.ance in Ttatian hrt. j
T!i best traditions of Italian ctiUarr.
Me li'ehest currents cf our national!
iotjehts have constantly filmed ftt fin,
ta.i ioal to-.vard5 the ejtablithiv.ent i
.-r n sr.ternstier.sl paoe for which you. j
v.rh tenacious faith. h.T. e afTirm-.d an
mdi'linablo necessity- !
V. S. AND ITAI.T CX.OSELY KNIT. J
'Aireadv before the icissitude.3 r'- i
vs- and the fnWnity of armies hd !
rf-tabhshed today admirable communion i
Cf intention" and rurros h--v,prnour
" Continued r-n vase ' igh-t.)
Mercury Ranges From 15 to ;
40 Degrees Below Zero j
Early This Morning.
(By International Wewa Earrice.)
HICA'iO, Jan. 4. "A slight rise in
ternperatnie"' was premised aou-thern
srd nr.d-west ?t ;tes todP? by the
weather man.
Nearly reports it ;ived hre to Jay
show- the mercury has already started
climbing- !n many parts of the middle
Much warme weather !j pre
liiete.i by nigh to be accompanied by
no- .n Jilinots. Indiana. Michigan and
1 o w s .
The ,)ies of fiosts in southern Cali
f i nia resulted :n the most serious
damage to citrus crops since 1913. U.
ij. Dozell, acting general manager ot
the California Fruit Growers Ex
ehange, said It would be impossible to
determine the full extent of the dam
age for two weeks, however.
Mason City. Iowa, with 31 degrees
i,tloiv zero, ie?isteied late last night,
was the coldest point in Iowa. Sev
eral other state points were bit a
few decrees warmer, however.
Sufferine In Chicago has been ;n--ne.
Four deaths due to the weath
er have been reported.
Huge ice fields are reported in Lake
Michigan and grave fears are enter
tained for the safety of the tesmer,
Alabama, expected to arrive here to
ds y from Milwaukee.
KnoxvU'.e. Tenn.. U facing below
xro weather. The temp"i attire staited
.to-wnward late last n.ght and is ex
.cted t continue diopping unti! it
reaches the below-aero mark.
In spite of the extreme cold weather
tb Tennessee river continues to rise
and ie today creeping Into the low
section of Knoxville. A fiend is pre
dicted fex funday-
OTHER
Ml SMS :
WARMEH"i
(ET International Xews Service.)
r;".Mi:. J:i. 4. O'.v i:m;s-h V.'n-tb-- 1 :
In tu-i:!i,s the h.ui..:.-,: v.iir.ei.r-l.in ,
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I i.i :.; :. 1'i esi.i.: i.; Wi -.-n u-i! -r'-d tnv
Sot.. -v .'f.idj-'-.'-'.s
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"Ti.u !isv fot.
honor. i v rliai-? -ju onn i.-'-.air.
'. Vehns :'. is f a .-if'yt! .in.-
. w et tho s,-rf-t n
i t-.:t;zcn this ;.n.-!-'ii; ni(.
i; i- s. u!s''.:i.-t;.-n v i.tci I a;.i u rv
" t 'i -!. ti-rrutt; u; '-n ti ." t' a e-
-'.'at! .:- ,.; jrreit io-i
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BITTERLY CillllCIZEO
Military Committee Hears ;
Soldier Boys Are Up to ;
Their Keens in Mud.
(By International Newt Senrice )
"ASHINCiT'.'.V, .1
to their Knees in tr.t
if;
i it.i v. !.ir!
to vs h th ir f.ic- utid
hands, clay'?...;! ,i r. ;r-d v ith mud nti-l
rain jmro-?;hl.' .. mane in or : Mlh-ry."
Th'S description -f the nnnv .".rti'lery
:rri.n;r. .'..rev at W'-'-st i'oni". K . in a
telegram just reeei-.e.i P. rrcSf.r.;a-
tlv. P.i::i"I Tl. Anth--'ny. Jr.. : ; -j'..' -.-art.
cf ICar.s?. vas reatl by him n: h null
ing of the houre military nffiirs cm,-,-mittee
th's at'ternovn. in th- pre-n-e
of Arsistant Pecrclsry of 'Vnv k'rovtV.
Crow--;! had pr--' . iously a.ivocated th"
establishment cf a.p-Minrnt i.UlU.i.y
school at the Kentucky camp, ar v-c!l as
two other permanent t-ainin.s and
maneu tr:v,g camps.
4.
DEVIL GOGS WANTED
ONLY W PICTURE
Tobacco, Money, Candy?
'Well, No, They Wanted
None of Them.
By International Sewi Serrice.)
QL'A.Mil'U, VA.. .bin. 4 --What was ,
the mot apprecjated gift :e-'ir-l ficr.
Spr.'a i'iaus by the IT.ited t-:-."e- Mi
rirs this i. "iiri" mns ? V"i? it ii-'-rey,
tobaecr-'. i-ar.dy or afety rador"'.'
Not on" of the.-e. A rep.-.riej- for Th"
t.eo the rr.c k. the '-atiip paper, question - '
m:j h" "e!"vi! dojfs" as to Mbit pi ft tb.ey
appreciated tho most, learned t!iat tii
most welcome present was a pho'o-;
graph cf the little sirl back home.
Christmas' thujrhts were of hei nnd
many a !om"sick youth C'asped a pie-;
ture of the 'yirl ho left behind' an'l
regained hi? former pood iistue when
the mail Vro'ucht the desire.! pboopr.-: h
cf the gi: 1 he ;-..-, -d. j
PRETTY GHORUST GIRL IS i
LEFT BI DENTIST HUBBY
Broadway Favorite Shook
in Georgia by Goom of j
But Few Months. j
(By International News Service.)
MACON. GA ., Jan. 4.Th..ush she. has
listened to th" apv.luuse of the multi
tude as a member of ztcgfield's l-'oilies
on r.roadway. pretty Miss Jeatmett"
Harrison, now Mir-. rr. Hurry Ilrnest
Fry, is now a desert- d w-fc nd mother
in Macon. She has asked the po'k-e to
find Fry. but says the only wonts hei
baby back. Fry met the pretty !,or;i
girl in New York one nigrht after the
show, took her to a dinner party and in
a few weeks they were married. They
Bpent their honeymoon in Atlantic City
and came to Macon where Fry opened
a dental office. Returning from a vsit
to New Tork a few d3ys PS". Mrs. Fry
found their apartment occupied by rw
tenants and Dr. I'ry gone.
FIRE BURNS CAR
ON COUNTRY ROAD
!S:.V!.t. To Tkk Time?.!
LOWELL.. IND.. Jan. 4 Fire destroy
ed tha big Overland car and SHOO in
money for Miss B. O. Sweet, a lady
salesman on her trip south from a busi
ness isit to Lake county cities yester
day. The money was in the side door.
She had been having a 1 of trouble
with the car and al) at once it burst
into flames, the salesman escnpnig with
her life. The machine wo ;. ioUl
wreck.
(By International New Service )
FEr.LIN. via Copenhagen Jan. 4 The
Polish army has occupied Skalmierzyee.
Germany, destroying the. fortress, ac
cording to advice from Pe-sen today.
-r.i.t a I l.:t-. mhi toda
1 hae
'n '"'Messed w.ti) the '-..n tract ho-;
iween i:.c innpcivni-v arid pc-r:u'r-
... . ' , '
cMUered a !.' it Honx. fit:i the i.r.'f ;
a!i!i from a lm! ci:y, slic stow to be i
i.;:. ti-esi.H of a srial etupis-'-. ai d clianf. 1
t.t).- of viTjafi-'r chatiK.2 l-a : ft a a y many;
t . !.. M..ae ihiniJ5. altoritiK the v ; fcrm of hr '
I :trfair '. but the thitj.e tba? h:t l en-.nii.': .
en: .nn-nt is the ;;.ir;'. -f Tbur.e an-1 !
i.o I;,iha:i ioo;.;.
"T!:at t-int .' ii.s io li; v u.isii' .
'. i : J acli i" c'i.a i a. t "Vi st -iiri'OS-
" th' np Tl.i. iiiiiiorial people ik.-v. j
,a,i ! y 1 1-: ! , , , t s t'- ijecdotu of n-i-
!.oii . This rf,r,f. v hich at u t'.m-- ;
i . ont inued on p.-iee i.v.l
II STIFF SENTENCE
Fined $210 and Given Six
Months' Jail Sentence
for Stealing Pheasants.
The tr.a! o" John Nf-r:r.an. who wa. ;
: t e . i f . i . . -! , e.-s ' . ri i; M;iie .
;C..ea.--'ir t - ;m i ..'th---i- tiv.ngs from M. ' '. )
I li-vni'in, ' a ? tii ! .;n t-n. lla!rir..ond 1
iy o'.:tt this mot nir.g. ,
X tm.-ui ne f.ned J.M1 and p:.en a ;
. a.l .-T'.ten-.'o .-.f sr e months in the pc- 1
nal fa .-.u by Judare Kb.tz.
Martm to:u n'.h -jC I'1:) l"f arborn i
Ij'ammond, h' r tiie p...ojs nfic !- ;
.td t.;- th p.i!!i, was a 1 1 estt'd and'
eliaiaeri w ith bavin? stfl'ii coed? mi
iis !!Os."?rien. lie a? lined in the ;
;ty c em t this :r.orn:ns.
iiominin eimnis that he did not
kno'- tliat the poods had ben s-toien. :
MAYOR BROWN HOME
FROM INDIANAPOLIS;
Is Interested in Having an
Equitable 100 Percent
I Valuation.
Mayor Dr'-wn r"';;r:ed to 1 1 am it. end
!a.-t niisiit fr.-m Ind anapol.s w liere l;r.
uitcmie'l a meeting -t th." count:, of -e-
ov - e. i tl;e ."-tet. The at-es.-ot ?
lij j unil-r d t -n rr w- vaiution.
M.iy-'r Vi:own j. an r-xnno,;
c.iita.d" i lu a t n -. "With 1 lamtnond
up t" tii . i.ni.t -f indobt-
(utii'5 and ti-. ,-.Tjo--n l;c'.ti;io revenue
n..-':n; hr l.cj .- s financial ci'.f
fu ultie? i an be otv-tf for all time only
bj a hundred per-n valuation vhi h
woubl lw-er t!i" tax ml'.
JIammond'3 al"..at!on todov is
.Af..i)ti aril the Mayor b'lieves it
should be $ 10.00", ei'ol.
It vc-iVn't man higher taxes,''
Fa d the Miv.'-i'. 'It would only :i!sn
that t!i" bip guv who bti. b-ep pet
ttr.sj by vltii txve-iity pe-rc-t.t would
:ijy ir: ' r. i 1 H,ni e of tb- tai" Th
little fellow is: p;r. in his n--'."
STREET DEPARTMENT j
DOES GOOD WORK
Hammond stre e-t rleaniriR depart
ment did s.. r.e of the h. it. work it
has rvey ,1'tn-'' s.r;re ,! Times eo:n
plained abo.it th" ;-liprv cvossings.
'."s son bads of n.-hes were 5pr"d on
Kohman .it'f-.'s sl'ppei lest w alks and
"ifc-i'iiperiii li' i. s:)Ot s e.terla
:nd pej e.-l ; ii ri - p re.-.inl their ftppt"-e.-tioTi
of the p-Miil w-..rk. The ashes
should b used by lioushddri all ov
er the city in mak ng th" walk? safe.
LEW GOES SOUTH;
' TOO COLD HERE
I.ew Kd"! . andidate for treasure
on the if pub! ( an ti--kt last yar and
e-.mloyeil in Hammond and Whiting
banlti, left lat night for th coast by
v.-ay of New- Orleans. lew- plans to
spend a few weeks in New Orleans if
i." likes th" town and then proceed
through Texas. T,os Angeles will be
bis ultimate destinat!o
"f may be home in Vonth and I
:r.ay stay until summer. jfi'd Lew.
ILL WITH INFLUENZA.
Dr. '!. K. Sharr-"r has Veen iii with
the Spenisii inlluena at h hme ,mi
the corner of H--.hmaii and Dot
streets since the last of 191?.
Doc says it hr.s lasted a lor.jr time
and in case he is bumped off that he
does not want anfold cuts used, but
hie friends may be advised that he is
doing so w el 1 there is ro danger.
IS ACCUSED OF
CHILD DESERTION
Talmadge Wiihe c-f'CiT Oak stieet.
Hammond, w as arresied at th" Fd
wards Valve company by court bailiff
James Ttos; on a warrant charging
ehi'.d der!ion. 1
THIEVES GET $1,500,000 WORTH OF LOOT IN
i.
i- JC V -t-
t
Kecent dispaV-l'.es from F.orlin
-tats that thieves and vandals,
ope nit hi. 2: during the urel.s since
the armistice w a s ?:grrie'i, liave
il?crcd jewels, valuable-; .arid rich
YOU CAN GET
CASTOR OIL THERE
(By International News Service.)
OWENSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 4.
More prohibition now comes
the big question- is grape juice
the "softest of soft" drinks?
It seems to be in Owensville
for on Sunday grape juice is the
only drink; that restaurant and
cafe owners are allowed to serve
even lcmonst Is barred.
Cigars, chewing gum and
candy arc also on the list of pro
hibitives but you can buy pills
and costor oil at all the drug
stores.
BASKETBALL GAME
STARTED ELOPEMENT
Dorothy Jones and Bob Hoi-
liday Saw U. of C. Team
Beaten by Owls and
Then Elopecl.
he T:m'
V.niTlN'l. Ind. Je.n. 4. Th" Ilo'.i;-day-Joims
fdop'.nent. oei"t;- chatter for
Chicago jurt now. started in this city
on New Year's wli"n the principal
attended the .Owl V. of C. basketbali
game her0.
Farents of the cojple. Tlobert Hcili
iiay and P'-rotli;.- Jones, ay the rn'ir
j tape must he annulled.
They were married at Crown r"ir.t.
Ind., Thursday. Hob is IS and Dorothy
15. He is now- home ".'ith his moth
er at 1MK Fast Fi iy-s". er.th street.
Young Mr.'. Hoiliday is with her par-'nt-
a' 4040 Calumet avenue, in Cii'.
ago. ,-iid Mrs. Jones yesfrdav :
"Rob has b"en crazy to tiope wfth
r.'e.t-e.t by. He boucht hr a wedding
ling last week v lh cvpi j thing vn
sravi t on it '., ; t th" date. 1 tool
it a war from he r. They er- only ch.!
drcn and mum go back to s-.hool.
"Tiiere waf- a university basketball
game, a' Wb.it me. Ind.. New- Y'i'r's
r.'.eht. Dorothy and Hob w er.t down
w; h Mary Whi'ehoad antj ra il Htn
kle. hich f hoVd chums. The girl? stay
cj t, t a b. .' 1 together. In th.? ncM n
:ug Hob p;r-uad"d Dojothy 1 many
hiio. ilapi. It inkle and Mary were t!i
witnesses. They all came horn'. Th"
mat i aige must be annulled."
WHITING TOTS
JUILO ft FIRE
One of Them Will Die in
Consequence at St. Mar
garet's Hospital.
(SfK-.-iAT. To The Times.
"V HITIN;, Ind.. Jan. 4. Helen Wa
gon. 3-ycar old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Wagon, of 121st street, is
suffering with dreadful " burns about
the face and abdomen.
The mother Ind gone out in work
early in the iiui nliif, and w hen th
two little git Is Rot up. I,irie, J. and
Hfclen. ii, f. t .em pi ed to build a good
lire to waiit tl-e.nselves, with the le
sult that the blaze, puffed out. setting
Helen's dress oh fue.
She was taken to St. Matgarei's hos
pital where her rendition is said to
ie serious.
;
M Jl V I ,
ft. ' '
Imperial palace at Berlin.
srarmcnts totaling $1,500,000 from
the imperial jta'ace at Berlin. Five
hun-.ircd yrtouh have been arrest
ed" in conrccticn with the thefts
and considerable property nas been
VETERAN OPERATOR TO
MUEflDHE H
Frank Cherdron, Indianap
olis Takes Charges of
Times Leased Wire
Service.
Frank F. Ci.erdron has arrived in
liiViimunfl hi tah- c h.a rgeoT TTie re
teiing.of the n-w lease j telegraph
wire rr'. Installed thi week in
The TtMts offiee. lie a veteran
new a wire man with lovs esper'.t nc-c.
Con-rrnins h.s it? me J"'"
"It is an '.iri'.-s!. i r 1 1 -r; tT.ej n-..raii
snthinkacle. unr'-i.-.'-mbnuMi' name of
i;, r -v. hiin .11 tu'.v ii. v. hc pi cfei t to
called l-'rank .-r "Civ-ri .'
A Floo-ior from I .-idia'.ii V'di -' ' -' i"
; . " ins h" is hn'-'Wti o.i the wire j'Jit
a-.r.e f r--n: ! i ! v !;'- w (:.- !, pent
, eat s on th '..? d8tltes of that
e'.ty. and beforo that lie had bcet in
Mo-,n"s for jw ral j ears.
aop.
in .lif k here tint .1 the .-ons
yaid "Cherr:-." lu is mod-
fS.
0. S.- AGENTS
IB SATCHEL
OrJELRY
Sapphires, Rubies, Pearls
in Great Numbers Packed
in With Sunnybrook.
When a late Monon train out cf Chi
cago stopped at Hammond la."t night
the long arm of the federal law reaeh
ej abend ami bt ought fourth four
passengc:-. iecludine William B.
Hitch., proprietor of a drug store at
301 Columbia .street, Lafayette. Ind.
The grip that Mr. ll.trdi had shoved
out of sight beneath tii" seat h" oc
cupied in the eo.v.h was examined. It
'ontalned a galbui and a pint bottle
of whlKkey. whifh was th" evidence
sought, and besides that, a teacup full
of precious stones.
Hitch 5? a ted that, ho bought and
sold jewelry hut had the whiskey for
his own consumption. Ho declined to
r-iai-e a value on the sa phi res. rubies,
pc-irls arid diamonds. They are doubt
less woith several thousand dollars.
Hitch wa taken before Special Agt.
Green and fetter examina'tk.n, bound
over th the federal grand Jury by U.
S. Commieioner Charles Surprise, for
violation cf the F.ecd amendment,
namely, tt a nsport ation of liquor into
Indiana.
Another of those arrested was W. M.
Garvey, 631 North Eighth street, La
favette. Ind., a yard swi'chman for the
Monon railroad. Tie h-ad in his posses
sion tw.. and a half gallons of whis
key. INSTALL OFFICERS.
The follow ing officers were :nstoll"d
by the Garfield lodge, at the Ma
sonic Temple las', evening:
Ernest S. Tillman, worshipful mas
ter. lUrritt D. Met?., senior warden.
Will K. O-ooin. junior warden.
Theo. Moor, tress. uer.
li-rorg t. Mallett. sei retar.' .
John C. Kennedy, sc'i.-'r deacon.
John vr. Moi ti.i s nd. .iiJnicr deacon.
Fred C. Fuehrmeyer. Senior steward.
Jos. W. New?, junior steward.
I'urtis B. Erun.sdon. oiganist.
Jacob Kr.sper. tyler.
Walls P.. Foid, trustee.
BERLIN PALACE
I
recov?r-d. The ex-emperor's
warden took the bulk of tr.e art
treasures to a place of safety be
fore th ex -kaiser departed for his
hidinjr place in HoVanrf.
mm crowd.
SUFFERS FROM
POOR SERVICE
When the TV. B. Conkey plant turn
ed Its hundreds of employes loose at
ti-,o .mini hc,:.- last fvfniny there were
no street cai s "waitini? to carry t!)?m
the mil" ird three-fifths to town. And
l. was r.ve oejow rero.
The girl, hoys, men and women
".sited and suffered in the eold. All
w ho could -"t m were jam-..d in a
l'ittte fili , Clthn ? t P r t ellio :r: e afOOt.
It was 5 . 1 S when the factory ti:-c'.-.ii,
fd '' nn.rnes fr the dsi-. At
ca me
' I , e
from I'.vt Hammond
.-lps and riot a one
r i n w d " J
of the 'r.Ley worhrs io :ld board it.
.-o all except. ng fifty or sixty started
to walk, br.v.r.c a pi-f-irc- wind. It
v as eis-ht minute? after six that the
rext rsr came fi-e-m Fast Hammond,
with all scats f.lled and many stand
ing. With difficulty the Conkey com
pany wedged inside and jammed the
platform?.
Th" street car management knows
when the rvnhey plant 1"t out. for
the 3ay and b.-w u,?tiv "tc.ploy es need
ser v u e.
Thetc should have been at le f t one
extra car waiting on the i "enkey
swit.ci when the whistl" View. In de
cent weathr the publ.r w;li wait and
not comrlain bu' in brlcw-cio tim"s
it will not suffer in s;l"n-.e. Therefore
a loud roar has b-n made by the fac
tory workers.
VIOLENT BATTLE
IS RAGING
(By International Netra Serrica.)
COPENHAGEN. Jan. 4. Violent
lighting is raging near Lemburg. in
Galicin. between the Ckraniana and
i the Austrians. said a Vienna dispat'-h
to the Politiken today.
The Ukranian troops bombarded tho
city of Lemburg. destroying the elec
trical works and doing considerable
other damage to the city.
The Ckranians have made progress
in the fighting.
GERMANY TO
RUSH TROOPS
(By International New Set-rice.
AMSTERDAM. Jan. 4. 'Sharp meas
ures" have been decided upon by the
central committee of the German gov
ernment in dealing with the situation
at Posen, where hard fighting lias been
in progress between Polish and Ger
man troops, said a dispatch from Her
lin today. It was said a volunteer ar
my would be sent towards Posen.
BOLSHEVIKI
REACH VILNA
LONDON. Jan. 4. The Bolshevik ar
my in western r.ussia lias reached Vit
na and will probably scire t;.,-. city as
soon as the Germans leave, said a dis
patch from Warsaw to The Times to
day. The whole countryside is in flames.
Perm has been destroyed !n the fight
ing. SMASH-UP ON THE
ILLINOIS CENTRAL
, s '
fBy International Kiwi Serrlce.)
CHICAGO. Jan. H. one woman and
four liin were injured, none seriously
when an Illinois Centra! tra'n lol'.'ded
T'!:h the jear end of a fiSue Island
suburban train in the Kcl - a ds ear
ly today
The engine of the liiino.s Central
train telescoped the rear oecU of the
suburban train, causing a pin..- among
ibe passengers.
GENERAL
THREATENS
: Senile Committee Discusses
: Plan to Disarm fMtioo in
I Repeal of Part ot Law,
(By International Kiwi Sea-rice.)
! WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. Unless
congress extends the period of gov
i ernment control of railroads for
' five years, the railroads will be
j thrown into a condition of chaos
i from which it will be extremely
difficult for them to recover, Direc
tor General of Railroads McAdoo
declared before the senate inter-
state commerce committee this af-
trnoon.
j As basis for this prediction Mc
j Adoo gave two general reasons ;
1. F.ailroad officials, eeeing the
end of government operation ap
proaching, will refusa to entr
agreements with the government as
a basis for improvements.
2. The morale of railroad em
ployes will be utterly destroyed be
cause the railroad question would
become an issue of 'the 1920 presi
dential campaign and they would
become the objects of political solic
itation eTcrywhcre.
SENATE COMMITTEE ANGRY
(By International ITrwa Serrica.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. F.esentment
of Railway Director McAdoo'a alleged
effort to "club" the aerate interstate
commerce committee Into agreeing o
his five year extension plan by threaten
ing, as the alternative, to turn the roads
back to private ownership immediately,
led this afternoon, to the, coneideratien.
of a plan to "disarm" the director gen
eral. HOW ZT COTJX.D BE SOSTX.
This the committee would do by re
pealing that part of the railroad contro?
lav giving the. president authority to
l urn back the roads at any time he de
sires and making it mandatory that the.
roads be. retained under governmer.
control for the stated twenty-on
months. The plan was openly discussed
by committee members, but it its'
agreed that no step should be taken un
til tha director-general makes some
gesture toward tarrying cut his altemc
Uve suggestion.
A meeting of Yailrosd xeuctivei ta
decide upon their course of action In the
present situation will be held tomorrow
in Philadelphia. .Tuflge Thorn, repre
senting the railroads, probably will take
the stand aft"r Commissioner Clark,
represer ting the interstate commerce
commission, has been heard en Menda:-.
flEEDnOLUHTEERS
Red Cross Workers Are
Called by Secretary of
Hammond Branch.
Edith Clarke Patterson, secretary of
the Red Crosn Home Service for lia.n
mcr.ci, points out that a large organ
ization of volunteer workers is needed
at this time.
As the woi k requires pieparat.e n
and considerable information th
Home Service Committee of the Ham
mond chapter has planned to ha.e tf
short course given here in Hammond
in the near future for training volun
teer workers for this department.
Tn the meantime the Secretary
the Home Service Department will be
grateful for tho name? of volunteers
who are -willing to give some fim"
each week for this work. People liav -ing
cars can assist veiy materially
in the matter of taking vis.tors about
even if they are not. able to do the ac
tual visiting themselves. In Ham
mond where the cur service is so po'-'
and the distance so great it is a sa -:r:g
of time and energy if we can ha.
help of this sort.
The responsibility of trying to hiht
en the burden of our fellow cit!hn
who have been harder hit by tho exig
encies of the war than the rest, of us.
belongs to every citizen who is ben -fitting;
by the sacrifices of their e1gh-
boi S.
HARKNESS
WILL SUCCEED
GARFIELD
(By International ITe-wa Serrlce.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. Announce
ment was made today by Fuel Admin
istrator Harry A. GarSeid of the ap
pointment of Frank E. Hirkneu, a
solicitor of th5 United States fuel ad
ministration. JAPS PULL TROOPS
OUT OF SIBERIA
(By International News Service.)
TOKIO. Jan. 4. Twenty-four Cmu--nnd
Japanese troops have been v 'ith
drawn from Siberia, leaving only a smai:
force that will remain there, the nir
office announced tod.