Evening capital news., December 28, 1917, Page 2, Image 2

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German Raiders Drop Ex
plosives on American
Camp and Two Privates
in Pershing's Army Slain.
Moonlight Night's and Snow
Covered Country Make
Conditions Ideal for Raids
—Bombers Welcomed by
the Sammies.
With the American Army In France.
Dee. It.—Two American sold 1er«, mem
bers et a woodcutter's division, were
killed on a recent moonlight evening
when a German aviator dropped bomba
en their camp,
Both victims of the raider were pri
va tee.
IDEAL NIGHTS FOR RAIDS.
Panant nights hava been Ideal for
raiders. A brilliant moon lights up
tbs snow-oovered country like a mid
night son. Last night It waa possible
to read a newspaper out of doors In
the reflected light Precautions such
as extinguishing all lights In the
American camps and Tillages are scant
protection when the mood night shows
the camps and men sharply outlined on
the whits snow.
Aeroplane motors are occasionally
heard all over the American sons. For
the most part the Sammies boyishly
hope for a visit from the raider», Just
to relieve the monotony of every-day
drills.
INQ
ÜÏRY BEGUN INTO
ALLEGED PLOTS TO
POISON SOLDIERS
Camp Dodge, la., Deo. 28 .—Investiga
tion Into possible plots to poison se
lective service soldiers here through
powdered glass In canned goods and
cereals was begun today. The finding
of powdered glass In several cans of
tomatoes last night resulted today In
recalling of all canned goods of the
brand found with the glass. The to
matoes were canned In a Missouri
cannery which produces the Airline
brand. •
The examination of canned goods
and other food products sent to the
cantonment will be more closely ex
amined hereafter before being served.
HEAVY GUARD KEPT
AT GRAIN ELEVATORS
Chicago, Dec. 28.—Grain elevators in
.n cities and towns along the Michi
gan Central railroad were under
heavy guard today as the result of an
•llagd plot to destroy them during the
holidays week.
The plot, according to the Chicago
is part of a general scheme of
the I. W. W. to destroy military ne
osasttles throughout the middle west.
Ttie evidence Is said to have been ob
tained by railroad operativem who sent
out the warning.
GERMANS FAIL TO
RENEW ASSAULTS
Parts, Deo. 28. —German foroes be
yond Verdun did not again attempt to
day their assaults against French lines
hut contented themselves with shelling
CAurleres wood, today's official state
giant reported.
In Lorrain* around Veho, an In
creasingly Intense bombardment
throughout the night was reported.
PRO-GERMAN UNDER ARREST.
Houston, Tex., Dee. 28.—PAul Grosse,
wealthy grain merchant, oil magnate
and one of the most prominent Amerl
can born Germans In Texas was Jailed
here today on charges of violating the
espionage act Officials are Investi
gating Grosse's alleged activities
"giving actual aid to Germany."
IDAHO APPOINTMENTS.
(Capital News Special Service)
Washington, Dec. 28.—Miss Myrtle
Triplett, Moscow, has been appointed
a clerk In the war department.
Rachel E. Parry and Louise Riley
have been appointed clerks In. the
posloffice at Pocatello.
Albert F. Brown has been appointed
carrier at Boise postofftce.
MAJOR MAY« WILL ACT
AS MEDICAL ADVISER
Washington, Dec. 28.—Major Will
iam J. Mayo, one of the famous Mayo
brothers, was today ordered to report
to Rochester, Minn., and hereafter
serve as medical adviser of Minnesota,
Milk
UTUdS
ÜL1SL
A Nutritious Diet for AU Afe*.
Kaep Horttck'a Always an Hand
Ouk* Low*'; Hof»« or 04*-'
PNEUMONIA STILL
CLAIMING MANY
IN ARMY CAMPS
Increase in Death Rate in
National Army for Week
Ending Dec. 21—Decrease
in National Guard.
Washington, Dec. 28.—Decreases In
the death rate at national guard camps
and Increases In the national army
rate for the week ending Dee. 21 were
recorded today by Surgeon General
Gorgas. Pneumonia continues to be
the ravaging element In all camps, S7
deaths out of 128 In national guard
camps and 77 out of the 118 deaths In
the national army camp during the
week being due to this germ.
Health conditions In national army
camps are Improved except In the
Eighty-first, Eighty-second, Eighty
seventh, Eighty-ninth and Ninetieth
divisions. The pneumonia rate has gen
erally decreased except In the Eighty
fourth and Nlntleth divisions.
MEASLES SPREADING.
Meningitis Is also generally lowered.
Measles has continued to spread In the
camps of the Thirty-fourth, Thirty
fifth and Fortieth dlvlblons of the na
tional guard.
Many new cases of pneumonia have
been reported In the Thirty-first, Thir
ty-sixth, Thirty-fourth and Fortieth di
visions.
Mumps has been discovered In large
number In both the national guard and
national army camps.
FORMER MEMBER OF
LEGISLATURE DEAD
(Capital News Special Service.)
Idaho Falls, Dec. 28.—Joseph S.
Mulltnor, aged 60, died at his home in
Iona on Monday evening. Mr. Mulllner
was one of the old residents of this sec
tion, having located here In 1884. In
1900 he served the old'Bingham county
as representative, and In 1906 served
as state senator. \lr. Mulllner was
bom In Salt Lak<a i>ec. 19. 1857. He
had been in 111 health for a number of
years. Beside his wife he leaves six
children: Joseph S., Jr., former sheriff
of this county and a resident of Idaho
Falls; H. Leroy, of Balt Lake, former
county attorney of Salt Lake county;
Mrs. Mary Anpe Lockwood, of Iona;
Mrs. Emma Stanger of Iona, and Mrs.
Gertrude Lee, wife of the probate
Judge of this county.
NEXT. CALL
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machinery last summer when the first
call waa supplied.
Under government operation of the
railroads. It Is expected also that the
men will be moved to camps more j
promptly and with lesa oonfusion than
before.
LIST OF SPECIALISTS.
Meantime the draft machinery la
preparing a list of specialists of every
variety—artisans of every kind and ex
perts In every line—to be ready to an
swer any demands from General
Pershing or the chief of staff for ex
perts. These specialists will be taken
from every clàss in the questionnaire.
Approximately 180,000 men of the
687,000 men summoned last summer,
are awaiting orders to move to camp.
Ten states and the District, of Co
lumbia have now furnished their full
first call quota. These "100 per rent
states" are: Virginia, Maine, Califor
nia, IDAHO, Montana, Nevada, Ore
gon, Utah, Wyoming and Washington.
That section of western Pennsylvania
which sent men to Camp Sherman also
has furnished Its full quota.
Remaining states have furnished 85
to 90 per cent of their quotas.
TURNS HOME OVER
AS WAR HOSPITAL
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Lady Scott
Lady Frances Scott, one of the
handsomest of England's peeresses,
has turned over her London home as
a recuperating station for wounded
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BeLL-ANS
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. Druggists
refund money if it fails. 25c
MILLIONS TO BE
SLICED OFF THE
ROADS' PAYROLL
No Fabulous Salaries to Be
Paid Executives by War
Administration of Rail
road Lines.
Washington, Dec. 28.—Director Mc
Adoo of the United States railroad
plans to slice millions of uselessly j by
. . ,, __
spent dollars from the payrolls of that ^,.
and
the
line. This is part of the general econ
omy program which he will eventually
put into effect. Every atom of extra
gliding on the railroad dollar signs,
will be chipped off.
Fabulous railroad presidents' salaries
will come tumbling down or disappear
altogether. Millions paid to elaborate
staffs of freight solicitors will be
lopped off. Expensive passenger
"traffic-tickling" departments will be
done away with. Duplication of ex
pensive administrative forces at great
terminals will be stopped.
FOR RIGID ECONOMIES.
"Rigid economies will be effected as
soon I get my hand more firmly on the
problem," said the director general to
day. "Until then ft Is useless to spec
ulate on precisely what I shall do fur
ther than to say that this great enter
prise will be run with a minimum of
expense and a maximum of adequate
service."
Financial geniuses elected presidents
of railroads for their money getting
and money handling powers will be
useless now that government control
makes the roads' credit perfect. Many
of these men either will step out of the
railroad game for the duration of the
war or become ' dollar-a-year'' men for
the govebnmenL Other officials, made
unnecessary by government control,
later will drap out or be transferred to
other work.
ENORMOUS SALARY ROLL.
General and division officers of
American roads during 1916 received
$53,200,650 in pay checks, a little more
than 2 per cent of the total of all rail
road employes' salaries paid during
that year. All other employes re
ceived $1,412,579,190, or an average of
$868.69 per person per year.
Big railroad presidents' salaries
range from $25,000 to $75,000. Four
are reported to receive $75.000 each, 10
others $50,000 each, and the remainder
on a scale down.
TO REDUCE ADVERTISING.
Several millions tied up in expen
j R l ve notional railroad advertising cam
palgns and other millions spent by the
individual roads in merchandising
themselves to the public will be clipped
off when the director general gets
around to It.
It la not likely that any large num
ber of clerks will be put out of jobs by
reorganization of the terminal admin
istration under the government unifi
cation plan because office staffs have
been reduced by calls to war service
already. If additional employes are
needed, women will be employed w her
ever possible to release men for duty
with the colors.
NEW OFFER
(Continued from Page One.)
"no annexation, no indemnifies,'' is re
garded merely as a trap to appeal to
the unthinking, whereas anything spe
ctfic she has mentioned does not take
care of broad problems like Belgium
which must be settled.
By some, Germany Is seen stalling
badly for time, not desiring to make
a separate peace with Russia, until it
la seen what will come out of the pres
ent chaos In the republic.
ATTITUDE UNCHANGED.
Aboslutely no change In this gov
ernments attitude toward peace has
developed, it Is officially declared. The
government views with suspicion the
new German move even as it places
little faith In anything coming from
the house of Hohcnzollern. It sees
nothing new In the Teuton offer which
gives hope for consideration at this
time.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN
STREETS OF HARBIN
BEFORE SURRENDER
Tokio, Dec. 28.—Two hours of street
fighting preceded the surrender of the
Bolshevikl forces In Harbin to Chi
nese troops, according to a foreign of
fice dispatch today.
There were nearly 2500 Bolshevik!
under arms In the city. They refused
orders of the Chinese commanders to
withdraw from the residence section,
but were finally overwhelmed by the
C h l*n e s e, surrendering Wednesday
morning.
The Chinese immediately disarmed
the Russians and stored all arms and
munitions, taking' considerable sup
plies from the Russian barracks.
Foreign consuls were notified there
would be no furtlier trouble. Harbin
has been torn with factional strife for
weeks and Chinese intervention w'as de
cided upon after vain protests by rep
resentatives« of all nations in that city.
NOTICE RED MEN.
There will be election of officers to
night followed by corn and venison. R.
E. Weniger. Great Chief of records will
visit the Council meeting and a full
attendance is desired.
J. M. GLENN, Sachem.
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WAR BOARD
(Continued from Page One.)
by merabers of the Interstate commerce
commission, today McAdoo took up his
^,. eat WO rk
"before some one awoke to the fact
that 'the hour' had passed."
The great American railroad, leased
and operated by the United States gov
ernment, came Into existence at noon
today.
War freight has the right of way
henceforth.
Simultaneously the railroad war
board, consisting of leading rail exe
cutives, conferred with Director Gen
eral McAdoo regarding details of op
erations to follow transfer of their
lines.
This was the only feature marking
the most Important step the president
has taken since mobilizing an army for
the war. On the transportation sys
tem of the country depends largely
what will happen to the kaiser In 1918,
McAdoo says. And upon MoAdoo's ad
ministration of the roads under federal
control depends eventual government
ownership, politicians declare.
TAKES UP GREAT TASK.
In a little office off those occupied
His first order is expected to call for
pooling of all freight, equipment, ter
minals, etc., that may contribute to
Immediate relief of freight congestion.
Hereafter shipments will not be con
fined to any one line, but to the one
great system war freight will be given
precedence over all other traffic.
McAdoo's intentions, pending enact
ment of needed legislation by congress,
are to disturb present operation of the
railroads as little as possible. He will
direct through existing agencies tem
porarily. But meantime he is drawing
plans for a highly centralized business
organization, the fabric of which was
officially outlined to the United Press
today as follows;
THE RAILROAD ORGANIZATION.
W. G. Mc Adoo is director general and
the single controlling head, assuming
all powers and all responsibility.
An assistant director general in a
personal advisory capacity to the direc
tor general. This man will be a man
of brofid railroad and financial experi
ence, though not officially connected
with any railroad to be a "buffer" be
tween railroad interests and the direc
tor general. John Skelton Williams,
former president of the Seabo<ard Air
line and present controller of the cur
rency, Is mentioned for this post.
Three chiefs, on whose shoulders will
fall the actual operation. These will
be a director of operations, a director
of traffic and a director of finance.
PHYSICAL OPERATION.
The director of operations will be the
man told to get cars rolling in the most
efficient, economic and practical man
ner regardless of any interests except
those of the public and the paramount
one of winning the war. He would
enforce the vast pooling of rolling
stock, terminals and other equipment
made possible by government adminis
tration. In short, all problems of ac
tual physical operation will be up to
this man, subject, of course, to direc
tion of Director General McAdoo.
In view of his duties, this man, it
was regarded a certainty, will he some,
prominent, broad-visioned railroad op
erator. Several, including Daniel Wil
lard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio,
Hale Holden, president of the Bur
lington, and Fairfax Harrison, presi
dent of the Southern, are mentioned.
The director of traffic, it is presumed,
will regulate priority and direct move
ment of uQ freight, co-ordinating with
the director of operations.
to
will
the
ing
operations.
COMPENSATION FEATURE.
The director of finance wifi handle
the fiscal adjustments between the
road owners and the government, un
der provisions of the legislation con
gress wilj pa.«»s at the president's re
quest. In addition to working out the
equitable compensation or ' rental'' the
government will pay the roads; it is
presumed he will also attend to the
payroll of the million railroad workers
who will have a new boss in the gov
ernment. Matters of investment of
government moneys in road improve
ments and added rolling stock; *ui*J of
disposing of any excess earning the
government may make, also are ex
pected to come under him.
Below these three sub-heads, highly
centralized working organizations will
gradually be evolved, utilizing presept
railroad organizations as far as Is
compatible with the plan of divorocing
private interest from the management.
This plan given today as the "prob
able and logical" arrangement, it was
emphasized, may not be wholly adopt
ed at the outset.
TO ACT CAUTIOUSLY.
Director General McAdoo announced
the first steps will be taken cautious
ly to avoid Budden disadjustment of
traffic. Existing organizations, too,
must be weighed that every positive
force may be utilized in the recon
struction.
Legislation to be asked of congress
Immediately after the recess, besides
defining the fiscal relationship of the
plap, will provide for transferring to
Uncle Ham's payroll the one million
odd railroad workers, for creating a
wage adjustment board or director, and
prohably for the prevention of strikes
It was stated today.
McAdoo's plans to compensate rail
roads on a basis of the average net in
come of the last three years, the gov
ernment to retain all over this sum
for maintenance, new projects, and rea
sonable dividends to stockholders, will
constitute the crux of the conference
between railroad officials and Ml
Adoo today.
Congress will also talk Itself hoarse
on the government's decision lo com
pensate the railroads on a basis of the
maximum earnings of the past three
years Instead of the pre-war period.
NO GOVERNMENT LOAN.
The railroads regard the govern
ment's intervention primarily as finan
cial relief. The war board at today's
meeting with McAdoo made pointed in
quiries regarding the extent to which
they can now count on his aid in ob
taining needed funds to finance im
provements A government loan is not
wanted, they stated, nor any appro
a
to
If McAdoo will appeal to the public
to buy railroad securities «s they buy
liberty bonds, or if the government will
itself buy the securities, the railroads
will finance themselves, the board
TO MAKE GOOD DEFICITS.
The railroads predict that advancing
expenses will necessitate the govern
ment making good a deficit on most of
the roads. Diversion of freight, pool
ing of equipment and other war effi
ciency measures will make some lines
prosperous and reduce the revenues of ,
others. The guarantee of net Income, ;
however, will protect all roads. In
England the government takes the i
surplus of the prosperous lines and j
uses it to make up the deficits on lines
stripped of commercial freight for \
moving troops and munitions free. j
McAdoo has power to order dividends j
cut. As the guarantee merely serves j
net income, the division of this income
may be varied to provide more for im- j
provements than in past years, just as j
stockholders have enjoyed different '
dividends in the past.
By general or >pecial orders, the 1
president's proclamation provides. Me- |
Adoo may do moat anything he deems ,
necessary to run the railroads as a war
machine solely for efficiency and vic
tory.
NO GOVERNMENT BUREAU.
The only guarantee the roads have
that he w'ill not supersede the present
Individual managements with a great
government bureau occupying several
buildings here, with branches every
where, is the assurance they are re
ported to bave received from the pres
ident to the contrary.
In giving this assurance to the rail
road executives, the president is re
ported ter have said:
"And gentlemen, T believe I can con
trol my deputy," which brought a gen
eral laugh of good feeling.
President Wilson is reliably reported
to have told the railroads' war board
that McAdoo will function principally
through them temporarily. In the midst
of war, the president said he did not
desire to demoralize the great indus
trial plant in the world. The exequ
adnfitted to them their inability
pe with the present crisis under
existing laws and with existing diffi
culties In financing. Therefore gov
ernment. Intervention was decided on.
M'ADOO REALIZES
HIS RESPONSIBILITY
Washington, Dec. 28. — "Goodbye,,
gentlemen; pray for the director gen
eral of railroads."
Thus did Secretary McAdoo conclude
his first conference with newspaper
men since becoming railroad adminis
trator.
"We must get shot to pieces back of
the lines as well as in them," the sec
retary said, "and I, for one, am willing
to take mine wherever it is thought l
can do the most good.
"No sane man would want such a
tremendous responsibility as this po
sition entails, and I ask each of you
that you keep in mind there is not one
particle of politics in the entire gov
ernmental administration at this time.
I ask your co-operation."
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thing else. And vet this moment ha»
been selected by Sir Edward Carson to
treat that proposal with scorn and
contempt."
Henderson outlined Carson's recent
speech at Portsmouth in which he de
clared that "not speaking lightly, we
knew Austria and Turkey did not want
to continue."
READY FOR SETTLEMENT.
"Aren't we justified," Hendrson con
tinued, "in concluding that Austria
and Turkey are ready for a settlement,
provided the government is prepared j
to deal with them as Germany js deal-1
tng with Russia? Why wasn't a sim- J
liar course pursued, especially with re- j
gard to Turkey, by us? Did we prefer ,
to take Jerusalem forcibly? Is it sur- j
prising, that neutrals, Russia, even
America, can suspect us of annexation- j
1st designs?"
"Labor must demand a clarification j
of Britain's position, if the workers are
called for further sacrifices.
"This does not mean the white
feather. Labor does not desire that
Germany he admitted to a league of
nations while intoxicated by her mili
tary triumphs, but the allies should
make it clear that the struggle will
continue only for principles and ideals,
and not for conquest.
"Labor asks an opportunity to as
certain how Germany is prepared to
accept the laborite peace proposals."
The convention late this afternoon
adopted practically unanimously the
laborite war alms which in effect
pledge adherence to the principles an
nounced by President Wilson.
A motion previously by Havelock
Wilson to reject the labor war aims
memorandum practically supporting
p rPs jd e nt Wilson's outline, was lost by
a vote of 343 to 12.
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR
4 ABANDONING HER CHILDREN.
Pontiac, Mich., Dec. 28.—Mrs. Marion
Gordonoff Is under arrest charged with
abandoning her three children, ngrtl
one, two und three years. When found
by neighbors the two younger children
were partly frozen and there was no
fire In the house. The mother, found at
work In a pool room, said her husban l
had deserted her, the county had re
fused to take her children and she
was tired of caring for them.
CONFESSES EMBEZZLEMENT.
Grand Rapids, Mirh. .Dec. 28.—Al
exander Krokowski, clerk of the supe
rior court here, voluntarily surrendered
and confessed that he had embezzled
approximately 210,000 paid the court In
coets and fines. Three hours later he
was sentenced to from three' to ten
years In Ionia prison.
FOR GENERAL HOSPITAL.
Washington. Dec. 28.—Location of a
general hospital at Excelsior Springs.
Mo., la under consideration by the war
department, which today ordered Major
Frank N. Chitton, there to Inspect a
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