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PRESIDENT TO OUTLINE POLICY ON Enactment of Protective Laws to Be Asked to As sist Government in Its Huge New Task. Opposition Expected to Three-year Average as Basis of Earnings—Inter est Centers in Various In vestigations Under Way. Washington, .Tan. 3.—Congress re turned to Washington today after the holiday reeess and promptly pulled onto a siding awaiting signals from President Wilson. Tomorrow the president will deliver his railroad legislation message and ask that it be given a clear track un til disposed of. He will explain the ex igencies which led to government oper ation of the roads nnd detail the need for prompt appropriations and enact ment of protective inws that the Mc Arlon directing regime may he unhin iered in carrying out its gigantic task. BOTH HOUSES ADJOURN. After convening at noon the senate adjourned Immediately nut of respect to the late Senator Newlands. who died during the recess. The house passed a hill placing militia and other native forces of the Philippines In United States service and then adjourned aut of respect to the late Representa tive Hathrick, of Ohio, who died during recess. Congress was full of pep and pur pose when ;t arrived today. Tremen dous problems of war work confront It. Vast -n;,is of money must be pro vided. I' it the railroad legislation loomi.d tu the most troublesome di rectly confronting it. Scores of pro posals are waiting to be trotted out by the legislators, once the president has napped out his program. POINT8 IN CONTROVERSY. Two chief points of controversy will be the three-year average suggested by the president as the basis for paying the railroads and the question of get ting back government money Invested In new equipment. Aside from the railroad legislation, congress comes back without a program. There is a vague Idea that many tremendous things must be done, but nobody knows lust what. Suffragists doubled their activity In an effort to get the Susan B. Anthony amendment through the house on Jan. 1(1. There Is no reason to change ear ner forecasts of the amendment's de feat. Legislators returned reflecting deep Interest In the progress of the four senate Investigations. They learned that none of the four has yet reached * stage where It is possible to fore cast legislative results. Investigators today said It Is likely the military and ■ugar-coal Inquiries at least will bring Mils before congress. PROBE INTO NAVY. There were no Indications today when the Investigations will end. Shipping, military and sugar-coal arc going full blast In the senate, while th n house naval committee today heard Admiral Benson, member of the Amer ican mission to the allied countries. The committee wants Benson to de tail the work of American naval forces .broad a* well as go fully Into equipment and personnel of the whole navy. Both houses planned early adjourn ment today out of respect to members who died In the recess. Senator New lands of Nevada and Representative Bathrlck of Ohio. The senate military Investigators heard E. E. Driscoll, superintendent of the Raritan (N. J.), Woolen mills. Driscoll was questioned concerning the quality of cloth put into uniforms and overcoats for the American army. Senator Frellnghuysen, who questioned Driscoll, predicted today that within three months General Pershing will Insist on a higher grade of doth uni forms. "Germany pays $7.60 a yard for her men's uniforms," said Erellnghuysen. "We pay $2.85 for an Inferior grade of shoddy. I am convinced we would save lives by giving our men better clothing." MORE OF HOOVER. Herbert Hoover was to return for questioning by Senator Reed concern ing the food administrator's motives In sending a copy of his recent sugar statement to President Wilson. Reed wishes to learn why the country was given the impression that Hoover had to go to the president to get his state ment before the public after Reed's committee had refused to accept. Myer Bloomfield, New York sociolo gist, will continue his testimony before the shipping Investigators on housing conditions in shipbuilding communities and plans being worked out to Improve them. HAIG'S REPORT London, Jan. $.—Considerable ene my artlllerylng east of Epehy during the night and repulse of raiders south and southwest of La Basse was re ported today by Field Marshal Haig. The Ford Agency now In their new •fjiarters. Eleventh and Front streets. -Adv. U "CASCARETS" SET YOUR LIVER AND BOWELS RIGHT They're Fine! Don't Remain Bilious, Sick, Headachy and Constipated. Best for Colds, Bad Breath, Sour Stomach—Children Love Them. Get a 10-cent box now. I Be cheerful. Clean up Inside to ! night and feel fine. Take Cascarets to : liven your liver and clean the bowels and stop headaches, a bad cold, bil | lousness. offensive breath. coated j tongue, sallowness. sour stomach and gases. Tonight take Cascarets and en joy the nicest, gentlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced. Wake up feeling grand—Everybody's doing it. Cascarets best laxative for chil dren also. (Adv.) RESPONSE BY THE GOVERNMENT TO MISSION'S PLEA Speed Given War Work in All Departments—Legis lation Being Prepared by War Council. Washington, Jan. 3.—America is al ready responding to the plans and i(^commendations of the House mis sion. The navy has started "the more ac tive utilization" of our ships which the mission arranged and is con stantly giving "fuller co-operation" in the war against the submarine and in protecting vessels. The army is un dergoing overhauling which will make it more responsive to the urgent house appeal for speed. The navy's share in the program is cloaked in secrecy, because its portion involves naval movements, publica tion of which the voluntary censorship forbids. As for the army, the recent creation of a war council to co-ordi nate the various major branches of the service; plus the announced reorgani zation of the ordnance department with American business men included in it, constitute the outward steps to ward more speed, unity and co-opera tion. LEGISLATION PLANNED. Vital legislation is being prepared by the war council and should be sub mitted to congress within a few days. The matter of speed has at last -ome home. Red tape Is being elimi nated and every effort is being made by the shipping board, army and navy to fulfill the requirements of the house recommendation. Secretary of War Baker and other officials foresee possible temporary possibilities for German successes on the western front, but apparently they propose to cut down the American training periods and send men faster than the original schedule which looked to at least four or five months' training on this side. The navy's share in the new program will help in ac complishing destruction of more Ger man U-boats than ever before. While last week's tonnage destroyed was large, as reported by London In yesterday's United Press dispatches, it was regarded here as one of the crcsis of ups and down« in U-boat warfare. The December average was gratifying; more and more U-boats are constantly being bagged. WILL USE GIRLS AS STRIKE BREAKERS Denver, Jan. 3.—Managers of Denver office buildings today plunned to break a strike of elevator pilots who walked out yesterday, by substituting girls for the striking men. Women have been I employed In hotels and a few of the I smaller office buildings for several ! months as pilots, but until the strike, j men operators were In charge of the : lifts In the larger office buildings. The | men demanded an Increase of $10 over I the present scale of $45 a month, and [ walked out when the building mana gers refused to grant It. HARD TO GET METAL FOR WAR MEDALS London, Jan. 3.—The war office Is finding It difficult to get enough suit able metal for manufacture of war medals. It 1 b one of the traditions that med als should be made qf guns captured from the enemy. But now-a-days guns aren't made of the right metal for this purpose. The Canadians were asked today to turn over a certain bronse gun recent ly captured for manufacture of Victoria crosses. FIR8T NEGRO LEGISLATOR; FIR8T SOCIALIST JUDGE New York, Jan. Ï. —The first negro to sit In any law-making body In New York state and the first Socialist judge to sit on the bench In New York City were formally installed In office today. Edward A. Johnson, negro. Republi can from the Nineteenth district, New York City, Is a member of the 1918 leg islature. Jacob Pankin, Socialist, be came a municipal court Justice, hav ing been elected to that office In Nov ember. AMBASSADOR AT WHITE HOUSE.; Washington, Jan. 3.—British Ambas- ; sador Spring-Rice, who returns to Eng- < land soon, culled on President Wilson j today and bid him goodbye I REAL MOVE BY KAISER FOR PEACE MAY COME German Military Rulers Realize as Never Before That They Can Never Win Decisive Victory. Anxious to End the War Be fore the Tide Turns—New Oifer Will Not Meet the Prime Requisite, Elimina tion of Kaiserism. Washington, Jan. 3.—Entente and neutral diplomats here believe Ger many Is paving the way for real defi nite peace proposals In the next two mrnths—so much more liberal than any to date that they must be seriously considered by the allies. At present, the German propaganda Is designed to create a peace "atmos phere," they say, so that when the real offer comes the world may be In a mon- recipient mood than before. But the diplomats Join with American lead ers now in saying emphatically that from all Indications the offer will not be broad enough to meet the prime requisite - elimination of Germany'» kaiser-cor trolled militarism. GERMANY GOING DOWN HILL. A canvass of leading entente and neutral statesmen reveals a feeling that Germany is willing to make unbeliev able sacrifices rather than face another year of war. Internal conditions plague her and time Is no longer her ally. Despite a still tremendous offensive power, Germany Is going down hill and the longer the struggle continues Just so much certain is her defeat. With Russia apparently swaying away from the separate peace Ger many's pence plans threaten to go askew and It is possible the Russian problem will react to her distinct dis advantage. "Germany realizes, as never before, that she Is beaten," a high entente dip lomat said today. "Even the Russian peace she sought Is proving an Illu sion. Teutonic arms have not attained a single significant victory in the past year. Russia's elimination cannot be credited to German arms and the Ital ian offensive has proved an empty vic tory. REALIZE CANNOT WIN. "With such a year back of them and overwhelming odds before them, the central powers can look forward to the coming year with nothing but appre henaion. They cannot win and the longer the fight is waged the greater will be the price the loser must pay." The greatest danger the allies face, according to statesmen, is that with an "unconditional surrender" by Germany within their grasp, determination to eliminate Hohenzollernism may waver. Russia's reported rejection of the German peace terms at the Rrest Litovsk conference aroused suspicion In entente circles and led this govern ment to pursue a policy of absolute silence while waiting definite and offi cial news. It lias served to temporarily hold up any official expression here in the planned counter propaganda drive against the German proposals. POSSIBLE TRICK. Russian embassy officials and entente leaders scent a possible trick, knowing Lenlne, at least, to be a German agent. Secretary Lansing refuses to confirm or deny possession of proof of Lenine's duplicity. In the circumstances, all feel that the best policy to pursue is to await the outcome of German-Rus slan negotiations. Russian officials scouted reports that the Lenlne-Trotzky regime might re sume fighting ngainst Germany and were amused at reports that the Rus sian red guards would be sent against the Germans. These troops. Russian officials here pointed out. are the ones who broke and ran away Just before Russia's great collapse. THREE KILLED IN MINE. Picher, Okla., Jan. 3.—Three men are dead and a fourth Is In a critical condition ns a result of falling 200 feet when tnc hqist brake failed to work as they were being lowered into the Mahutska mine near here last night. Herbert Crowley, Jacob Cha ney and * Perry Bruton were killed. Louis Davis was seriously Injured. Cost About One Cent §djsh and don't need any sugar-«™* MILLIONS USE IT TO STOP A COLD "Pape's Cold Compound" Ends Sevq*e Colds or Grippe in Few Hours. Relief comes Instantly! A dose taken every two houre un til three dosee are taken will end grippe misery and break up a severe cold either In the head, chest, body or limbs. It promptly opens clogged-up nos trils and air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or nose running, re lieves sick headache, dullness, fever ishness, sore throat, sneezing, soreness and Btiffnesa. Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blow ing and snuffling! Ease your throb bing head! Nothing else In the world gives such prompt relief as "Pape's Cold Compound," which costs only a few cents at any drug store. It acts without assistance, tastes nlee, causes no Inconvenience. Be sure you get the genuine. (Adr.) DIRECTOR M'ADOO TO SOON ANNOUNCE RAILROAD CABINET Washington. Jan. 2.—Director Gen eral McAdoo's "railroad cabinet" will be completed soon with announcement, of a priority directes-. The permanent organization will Include Director Gen eral McAdoo, Assistant Director Gen eral Walker D. Hines and members In charge of transportation, traffic, fi nance and priority. It will be the same as the "temporary" board announced by McAdoo Saturday night with the exception that the priorities post will be substituted for that of "general op erations." Early retirement of one of the tem ; ary board members Is expected. I he priority director who will, he a "broad visioned railroad man * from Uliicago or the mlddlewest," will co ordinate the manifold priority requlre r-onts of the various government de partments. Coal had the right of way over the eastern branches of the national rail way system today. Assisted by a slight moderation In frigid temperature of the last few days, Director General McAdoo was clearing away Idle coal laden cars l>. many yards and terminals to relle.ve shortage in the east and New Eng land. Where necessary, passenger trans were side-tracked to allow prompt passage of coal. PAN-SOVIET (Continued from Page One.) thousands from Russian territory oc cupied by Germans presumably pro testing against Germany's treatment of these deportees. GERMAN LEADERS OPPOSED TO TERMS Amsterdam, Jan. 3.—All German po litical leaders are apparently opposed to the German terms as outlined at Brest-Litovsk, according to Berlin dispatches today. The general under current of dissatisfaction was strik ingly Indicated In a seven-hour and very lively session of the crown coun cil on Wednesday, attended by the kaiser, Hindenburg and Ludendorff. Party leaders also met yesterday with Foreign Minister Kuehlmann and expressed disapproval of the govern ment's policy. The Independent Socialists are vlo lently agitating ngainst the Czemln peace endeavors The main committee of the Reich stag is due to meet Thursday and dis patches today said there were objec tions being expressed at such a meet ing during absence of Foreign Secre tary Kuehlmann. GERMAN PROPOSAL CALLED RIDICULOUS Copenhagen. Jan. 3.—The Petrograd Official Telegraph agency's report ol the circumstances leading to the break in the Russo-German peace negotia tions at Brest-Litovsk, as received here today, gives this version of happenings: "On Friday last the 'Russian dele gates replied to the Germans that the labor government would not accept the German proposal. TVey were held to be a step backward and one likely ta render valueless the first German statement wrung from the government. "The delegates said the German statement 'mentions the so-called ex pressions of will as having appeared from Poland, Idthuania and Courland.' " The German government,' the statement added, 'knows this expres sion refers tö that of a group of new citizens and land owners in the occu pied districts while the people are under siege, and have nothing to say of matters. It is ridiculous to talk of free expression of the peoples' will un less the German government agrees to evacuate part of the occupied districts belonging to Russia while refusing to evacuate from Poland and Lithuania. " This wfll never be accepted by tho Russian revolution.' " PLAN TO TRANSFER THE NEGOTIATIONS London, Jan. 3.—Possibility that the Russo-Germun peace negotiations might be transferred to neutral ground was hinted at by Delegate Kamenoft of the Russian delegation at Tuesday night's session of the soviet, according to a Petrograd dispatch received today by the Exchange Telegraph. The mes sage was dated Wednesday. Kamenoft, it was declared, read the 18 paragraphs of the German terms and declared; "The Impossibility of accepting these probably will not lead to the complete breaking off of nego tiations, which might be transferred to neutral territory." LEADS AUSTRIA'S TROOPS ON P1AVW w Gen. EL von Boroevic. The Austrian troops whi:h are in der.th grips with the Italians on the Piave river front are commanded tp "•..--.-.il U .. 0 „ Horn-.vlo HEN OF AGE (Continued from Page One.) east or Pacific coast. South Dakota leads this list, while Pennsylvania was the most deficient in this respect. The New England states in general and New York made a poor showing. The fighters of today are superior to those of the civil war, the report states, for the percentage of physical exemp tions In the sixties was about 32, or 3 per cent more thdn today. The love of the foreigner for the land of his adop tion is shown by the fact that there are more than 76,000 aliens In the na tional army. They are volunteers, for it was necessary for them to waive the exemption granted all aliens before be ing accepted. A remarkable patriotic fever existed in Oregon where the re port shows that for every 100 men taken in the draft 154 volunteered. The other states range down to 65 volun teers for every 100 drafted. The married men loom up In the new army in greater force than was ex j pected, more than 163,000 being in the service. In the compulsory service system, the percentage Dec. 1, of those who still had not been registered, was .00026. Justice agents and police of the coun try made 5870 arrests. Of these 2663 were registered and released. Only 295 men were prosecuted. I j QUALITY OE (Continued from Page One.) by j ullus Forstmann, a New Jersey woolen manufacturer, who previously made uniform cloths for Teuton ar mies. E. J. Bliss, president of the Regal Shoe company, said the quartermas ter's distribution system fell down so badly that at some camps there wero five pairs of shoes to every man and at other camps not enough to go around. No record was kept by the quartermaster'^ office in Washington, Bliss said, of the supply of shoes on hand at any camp. The result was that when camps called for shoes, tho unused supplies at other camps were not made available. SERIOUS DAMAGE BY FIRE AT CLEVELAND Cleveland, O., Jan. 8.—Fire which broke out earlÿ today caused serious damage to th.e editorial and shipping departments of the Newspaper Enter prise association. It also caused heavy losses to firms occupying other floors of the six-story building where the N. E. A., which serves many newspa pers throughout the country with daily news features, has its headquarters. The Western Newspaper Union also suffered losses. The library and reference depart ment of tho N. E. A., containing thou sands of valuable v photographs and books, was damaged. Several cam eras nnd a quantity of engraving ma terials were destroyed. Ram T. Hughes, editor of N. E. A., announced its service would be con tinued without interruption. Canse of the fire is unknown. HYMN WRITER DEAD. Bennington. Vt., Jan. 3,—Annie Sher wood Hawks, author of the hymn "I Need Thee Every Hour," died at her home here today. WAS FEELING ALL RUN DOWN. Symptoms of on-coming kidney trouble deserve prompt attention, for neglect Invites serious Illness. Louis Buckner. Somerset. Va., writes: I was feeling all run down; tired, with pains In my back. After taking Foley Kid ney Pills I felt like a new man." Back ache. rheumatic pains, stiff Joints, sore ; muscles, swollen ankles, puffineas under eyes, and sleep-disturbing blad der aliments yield quickly .to this time tried remedy. A boon to middle-aged men and women. Whitehead's Drug Store. 1 Adv-T-TH-S BIG CLEAN-UP SALE Aa I have rented my ranch, I wiM sell my Stock, Machinery and Heuseheld Geode, at my plaoe known ae the David Painter Ranch, Ne. Z, 3 Vt milea aouth of Claverdale School, 6 milea west and 3'/t milea aouth of Boiaa, on Wednesday, January 9, 1918 8ALE AT 11:00 O'CLOCK. FREE LUNCH AT NOON. TERMS OF SALE. All auma of $10j00 and under, CASH. On iumi over (10.00 a credit of 10 months' time at 10% interest, if paid when duo; if not paid whan due, 12% from dato of aalo. 6% off for oaoh on aumt over $10.00. Purehaaer giving good bankable note with approved security. No property removed until terme of aala are complied yvith. LEVI BRUCE COL. E. MARSTERS A SON, AUCTIONEERS. T. H. M'DERMOTT, CLERK. MASONS, ATTENTION! "pedal Meeting Friday, Jan. 4th at 4 p. m.. Third Degree. Visitors Welcome. ORIENTAL LODGE NO. 60. RECONSTRUCTION OF /- RECONSTRUCTION OF WAR REVENUE ACT PROPOSED BY SMOOT Washington. Jan. 3.—Complete re construction of the war revenue law will 4 be sought by Senator Smoot, Utah. Smoot will Introduce a hill In a few days which he claims will sim plify the complex provisions of the present law, passed last session and bring In more revenue. Smoot's bill will hit excess profits harder than the present law, leaving income taxes at about the same rate as now . The Income tax provision will be much simpler, however. MINING OPERATOR KILLED BY BANKER El Paso, Tex., Jan. 3.—"He was go ing to get me, but I beat him to it." This was the reason given today by I William Q. Russell, vice president of j the Lubbock, Tex., National bank, and prominent cattleman, for killing Charles Quailey, millionaire mining operator. The shooting occurred last night in front of the Sheldon hotel here, and only a cordon of police and soldiers hastily thrown around the building prevented a crowd of 3000 from doing Russell violence. Russell was denied ball this morn ing. anfl asked for a preliminary hear ing this afternoon. The killing is believed to have been the outgrowth of a personal encounter between the principals which occurred New Year's day In a hotel here. Quailey is a brother of Joe Qailye, prominent New York clubman. MERE MAN GIVES LECTURE ON DRESS Cleveland, O.. Jan. 3.—Five hundred women sat up, gasped and listened to a mere male tell them how to dress at a lecture at the Cleveland museum of art. Henry Turner Bailey, an artist, la the hero. "You must learn to dreaa so that your costume holds together—not broken up In a w)iite waist, black skirt, tan shoes and cerise hat," said Bailey. "Not one woman In tfn thousand looks well in cerise. Not one In one thousand In light blue or one In five hundred In pink.. Lavender and sea green also bring out all one's Imper fections." MURDER ATTRIBUTED TO AN OLD GRUDGE Richmond, Va„ Jan. 3.—An old grudge was the motive claimed today by the state In the trial of Dr. Asa W. Chamberlain for the murder of his brother Alfred. Testimony was offered to show that the doctor "held a grudge" against his brother because a lawsuit over a farm had been decided In Alfred's favor. Dr. Chamberlain was arrested fol lowing the finding of disserted por tions of his brother's body buried in postholes. EGGS PUT IN THE CLASS OF LUXURIES New York, Jan. 3.—"Quit eating eggs" was the advice from the federal food administration here today. With the price at from 80 to 85 cents a dozen, retail, the administration listed them as luxuries. The average run of citizens didn't need to be told to atop eating them. Prefers Chamberlain's. "In the course of a conversation with Chamberlain Medicine Co.'s represen tative today, we had occasion to dis cuss In a general way. the mérita of their different preparations. At his suggestion I take pleasure In express ing my estimation of Chambeflaln'a Cough Remedy. 1 have a family of six child: en and have used this remedy in my home for years. I consider It the only cough remedy on the market, as I have tried nearly all kinds."—Earl C. Rose, Publisher Hamilton County Re publican-News. Syracuse. Kan.—Adv. T-Th * B Cecil A Cecil, Chiropractors. Me. Carty building. Nervous troublas and diseases of woman and children a spe of to It BOISE BROOMS 70c, 75c, 85c and 90c. HOME MADE CAMP & SON PHONE 406-J. UPHOLSTERIN'^ $pd Furniture Repairing A specialty. Prompt service. Standard Furniture Co. 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JAPANESE STEAMER REPORTED BURNING A Pacific Port. Jan. 3.—Officials of the Toyo Kisen Kaisha today made an effort te communicate by wireless with the Shlnyo Maru No. two. the biggest freighter owned by the com pany. which is afire off Hawaii. Radi ograms which reached here during the night merely stated that the vessel was burning, but failed to glve.her ex act location. She Is manned by a crew of 60, but carries no passengers. Cap tain K. Matsumoto Is in command. No details of the fire are available. Stomach Troubles. If you have troubla with your sto mach you should try Chamberlain's Tablets. So many have been restored to health by the uae of these tablets and their cost la so little, 23 cents, that It is worth white to gtvo thorn a. trial. . —Adv. T-Th * ■