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BUZZ
IS
RAGING
OVER MIDDLE WEST
Snowstorm Threatens Com
plete Tie Up of Railway
Traffic in Places
FALL OF TEN INCHES
Freight Operation in North
ern New York State Al
ready Suspended
By Associated Press
CHICAGO Jan 26 The Central
West which is recovering from a fuel
and food famine and the traffic pros
tration caused by two previous bllz
lards tonight again faced isolation
as a result of the third storm in two
weeks The snow in Illinois Wiscon
sin Iowa Nebraska Michigan and
Ohio was watched with anxiety by
railway men
The storm which was central over
Wyoming on Friday moved south
eastward rapidly accompanied in
some districts by sub zero weather
and falls of snow estimated as vary
ing in depth from seven to ten inches
In Chicago fuel and food deliveries
were menaced by the drifts which
soon began to fill the streets and in
many Instances passenger trains
were canceled by roads entering the
city and the fear was expressed that
the storm would seriously hamper
the return of freight cars sent to the
down state lines for coal to help re
lieve the coal shortage
Kallroad Tie Up Threatened
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON Jan 26 Part of
the Middle West was threatened with
an almost complete tie up of railroad
transportation late today by a severe
snowstorm which was sweeping east
ward from Chicago Reports to Di
rector General McAdoo said from
seven to ten inches of snow had fal
len and was drifting before a high
wind The Belt railroad discontin
ued accepting cars at Chicago and
yard operations were badly crippled
Frelgh toperation in the northern
part of New York state have been
suspended on account of heavy snow
storms Director General McAdoo
was notified tonight by A H Smith
regional director in New York He
reported also a blizzard in Michigan
with fast falling temperature
Down to Ten Below Tonight
The forecast for Columbia calls for
a severe cold wave here today with
the temperature falling to 10 or
more below zero tonight No snow
is predicted for today
CLAKK TELLS OF J W JACKS
Father of Secretary of Commercial
Club Feared by Speaker
John W Jacks flather of H S
Jacks secretary of the Columbia
Commercial Club is mentioned in an
installment of the autobiography of
Speaker Champ Clark In the Febru
ary issue of Hearsts magazine in
which he describes his campaigns for
Congress up to the time of his first
nomination in 1892
Speaker Clark tells of a trip made
to St Louis for the special purpose
of getting a square deal out of a St
Louis paper which he feared he might
not get because he was on bad terms
with John W Jacks the papers cor
respondent In Montgomery City
where the delegates of the district
convention met The editor in charge
promised to give him a square deal
even though he wished to see Clark
defeated Later Mr Clark met Mr
Jacks in the Christian Church at
Montgomery City and they were rec
onciled He adds I recently ap
pointed him Journal Clerk jot tha
House
LIBRARY HAS 161470 BOOKS
In 1917 the Number of New Volumes
Received Was 7982
The total number of books in the
University Library January 1 was
11470 In 1917 2177 volumes were
Elven to the library The number re
ceived during the year are classified
as follows Agriculture 1014 en
gineering 447 General Library
5746 Journalism 8 Lathrop Hall
15 law 639 medicine 113 total
7982
Y 31 C A Calf to Be Sold
The calf which J M Reams of
Stephens gave to the Y M C A last
spring is ready for sale now It has
been kept by Mr Reams and is in
good conditon The calfs great
great grandfather was sired by Gift
who took second premium of all
breeds in England Mr Reams will
show the calfs pedigree to any pur
chaser
Gorernment Official Drops Dead
By Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO Jan 26 Frank
H Gould surveyor general of the De
partment of the Interior dropped
dead here today in a corridor in front
of his office
Rv Hart Leaves for Camp Taylor
The Rev Madison A Hart pastor
of the Christian Church departed
yesterday afternoon for Camp Taylor
Ky where he will be engaged in the
Y M C A work among the soldiers
Jan
Jan
THE CA1EXDAB
COLUMBIA MISSOURI SUNDAY MORNING JANUARY 27 1918
2S Iteglstratlon for semester at
the University
Opening convocation of second
semester at tne University
Jan 29 The Y M C A and Y W C A
post eiamrjubllee for all Uni
versity students Y M C A
Building 8 p m
Jan 29 Dean Isldor Loeb speaks on
Missouris Need for a New Con
stitution before the Columbia
Civic League Y M C A Audi
torium 230 p m
Feb 1 Recital at Christian College Audi
torium 815 p m by Miss Marcla
von VilhemJ Hailey pianist Mrs
Margaret Itoherts 5reen soprano
Feb 6 Final debate tryout 730 Wednes
day night Y M C A Audi
torium
HEXEY ACCUSES THE PACKERS
Alleges They Tried to Stop an Of-
liclal Investigation
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON Jan 26 The big
packing Interests were charged today
by Francis J Heney special counsel
in the Federal Trade Commission in
vestigation into the meat packing in
dustries with having attempted to
bring influence to bear on President
Wilson to have the present investiga
tion stopped
Mr Heney told the commission that
he would show that a joint telegram
was sent to the President by a num
ber of Detroit bankers protesting
that the investigation was disturbing
economic conditions was inspired by
the packers
ACTA
WOULD
T
Petrograd Dispatch Says
Country Is Ready for
Separate Peace
By Associated Press
LONDON Jan 26 Austria has de
clared her readiness to conclude a sep
arate peace without Germany and to
ccept the Russian democratic program
with the exception of self determina
tlons says a dispatch from Petrograd
to the Exchange Telegraph Company
Another dispatch to the Exchange Tel
egraph Company from Petrograd Fri
day says
Bolshevik newspapers today report
that great demonstrations are taking
place all over Austria Hungary Work
mens and soldiers organizations have
been formed at Vienna
German Socialists Make Threat
By Associated Press
AMSTERDAM Jan 26 Philip P
Scheideman president of the Social
Democratic party in Germany an
swering Chancellor von Hertlings
speech in the Main Committee of the
Reichstag warned the military leaders
of the Imperial Government that if
they did not bring peace between Ger
many and the Entente powers they
would be hurled from power
Congress of Cossacks Inaugurated
By Associated Press
PETROGRAD Jan 26 An official
statement Isisued today by the Bol
shevik government says that on Wed
nesday the Congress of Cossacks from
the front was inaugurated at the mili
tary statoin of Kamensky and passed
unanimously a resolution declaring
war on General Kaledlnes and rele
gating all authority to the congress
R H GRAY IN OFFICE MONDAY
Formal Transfer of Postofflce to Be
Made Tomorrow
R H Gray newly appointed tem
porary postmaster for Columbia will
assume his new duties early Monday
morning Mr Gray said that no for
mal transfer could take place until
after the close of business last night
and all the books straightened and all
the employes paid When asked if he
had any definite plans In mind Mr
Gray said
I take it for granted that the of
fice is well organized and that no
charges will be necessary for the
present
All the present employes will con
tinue in their present position until
Mr Gray can familiarize himself with
the working of he office and the em
ployes
HOME OX FURLOUGH WEDS
Millard Sexton and Miss Flora Sta
pleton Married
Millard Sexton and Miss Flora Sta
pleton both of Columbia were mar
ried by the Rev W S St Clair at his
home yesterday afternoon Mr Sex
ton Is a private in Company M 356
Infantry Camp Funston and is one of
Boone Countys drafted men He Is
home on a furlough and will return
this afternoon
Fire at F W Ketchums Home
The fire department made a run at
630 oclock last night to extinguish
a small blaze at the home of F W
Ketchum 910 Locust street caused
by the burning out of a flue Little
damage was done
Presbyterian Bible Class to Meet
The University mens Bible class of
the Presbyterian Church will meet at
945 oclock this morning Christian
Endeavor meets ir t i Church Chapel
at 630 oclock
Sunset Club to Gke Program
The Sunset Club will give a special
musical program at the Y M C A
Building at 430 oclock this after
noon AH University men are invited
GIRL
TO THE GOVERNMENT
Allene Jones 6 Years Old
Invests in War Savings
Certificates
FACTORY MEN HELP
Hamilton Brown Employes
Buy 1 MX of Bonds in
Few Days
For the last six or seven months
Allene Jones 6 years old daughter
of A L Jones a foreman at the Ham
ilton Brown shoe factory has been
saving her pennies They were kept
In a cigar box When the box was
filled the other day the money was
counted and it was found that Allene
had S00 pennies
Her father had been talking about
thrift stamps so she decided that she
wanted to invest her pennies in
stamps Yesterday morning she
went with her father to the factory
and bought thirty two stamps The
factor then exchanged her two full
cards for two War Savings Certifi
cates paying the 24 cents additional
Both Mr and Mrs Jones own thrift
cards and are classed as a 100 per
cent patriotic family
Practically every one of the 300
employes of the Hamilton Brown fac
tory have joined the War Savings
Club The total sales In the last few
days has been more than 1500
Yesterday morning 250 cards were
sent to the factor- They were taken
before noon At times those in
charge did not have room enough to
carry on the work
J F Tehan assistant superintend
ent of the factory got 200 additional
cards from the war headquarters of
fice yesterday afternoon saying that
the factory was planning to allow
each employe to join for his family if
he wishes Miss Ella Read stenog
rapher in the superintendents office
who subscribed Friday for 100 sub
scribed for 200 worth of certificates
yesterday
The record among the negro resi
dents is held by Mrs Fanny Black
wife of a driver for the Bowling Lum
ber Company who has bought 100
of the Savings Certificates Plans
are being made by the committee in
charge to promote sales among the
negroes
SUES CITY FOR HIS WHISKY
Xegro Arrested for Bootlegging- and
Released It ants Importations
Whether the city will be allowed to
keep liquor brought into Columbia by
alleged bootleggers will be decided
February 7 in a justice of the peace
court as the result of the summoning of
Chief of Police John L Whitesides and
the city of Columbia to appear in a
replevin suit filed by James Henderson
a negro arrested Monday night as he
was getting off a train with three gal
lons of whisky Because of insufficient
evidence Henderson was released but
the liquor remained in the keeping of
Marshal Whitesides In addition to the
liquor which he values at 18 and the
suitcase which contained it Henderson
demands 10 damages for the deten
tion
Mayor James E Boggs said yester
day afternoon that the city would fight
the case as the officers were going to
make every effort to keep liquor out of
Columbia It may be that Justice of
the Peace BIcknell with whom the
suit was filed will be disqualified to
preside at the case because he is the
city clerk
SPIES BLAMED FOR BIG FIRE
Property loss In Xenark X J
Amounts to a Million Dollars
By Associated Fress
NEWARK N J Jan 26 More
than a million dollars worth of prop
erty was burned here today German
spies are believed to be responsible
Oil barges a pier warehouses and
freight cars were destroyed The
fire occurred close to the plant of
the Submarine Boat Corporation and
near the storehouses of the quarter
masters department of the Army
3LVXIM GORKY WOUNDED
Famous Russian Writer Struck
Stray Bullet
by
By Associated Press
PETROGRAD Jan 26 Maxim
Gorky famous Russian writer was
struck in the neck and slightly
wounded by a stray bullet while he
was driving in a cab according to a
newspaper report published here
The shot was fired by an unknown
Xo Change in Revenue Law Xow
By Associated Preis
WASHINGTON Jan 26 Declaring
that it would probably be necessary
for Congress to make greater tax
levies Chairman Kitchin of the House
Ways and Means Committee issued a
formal statement today that he
deemed it unwise at thic time to con
sider a general amendment of the
War Revenue Act of October 3
Prof S I Gromer a Delegate
Prof S D Gromer has been ap
pointed by Governor Frederick Gard
ner as a delegate to represent Mis
souri at the National Marketing As
sociation Convention to be held in
Kansas City February 20 21 and 22
PEOPLE MUST START
WAR li
ET TOMORROW
Wilson and Hoover Outline
1918 Food Conservation
Program
TO EMPLOY FORCE
Rationing SystemAnnounced
by President Will Reduce
Flour Consumption
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON Jan 26 The
American people will go on a war
bread diet Monday as a part of the
war rationing system prescribed to
night by President Wilson and the
Food Administration Victory
Bread the Food Administration calls
it
Reduced rations are asked for the
purpose of creating a larger export
surplus for the European Allies Cur
tailment of consumption will be
brought about largely by voluntary
efforts but force will be employed
wherever it is permitted under the
Food Control Act
The rationing system was present
ed by the President in a proclama
tion and by Food Administrator
Hoover in a list of regulations for
the Food Administrations 1918 food
conservation program of which the
chief features are
Bakers bread of mixed flours be
ginning Monday with 5 per cent sub
stitution of other cereals for a week
until a 20 per cent substitution is
reached February 24 Sale by retail
ers to householders of an equal
amount of substitute flours for each
pound of wheat flour purchased at
the time the wheat flour is bought
Sale by millers to wholesalers and
by wholesalers to retailers of only 70
per cent of the amount of wheat flour
sold last year An appeal to house
wives Includes the following regula
tions
Two nheatless ilivs Mniliv ami
Wednesday one nheatless mejl in every
day
One meatless day Tuesday and one
meatless meal every dav Two uorklpss
days Tuesday and Saturday
MaLe every day a fat saviug day uut
ter lard lard substitutes etc Fry less
Bake lioll broil or stew foods Instead
Save meat drippings
Make every day a sugar saving day
Use less sugar sneet diinks and candy
containing sugar In war time
U fruits vegetables and potatoes
abundantly
Use milk Waste no part of It Tlie
tlilldren roust hate whole milk Use sour
and skim milk for cooking and for cottage
cheesy
Anyone buying and hoarding a larter
supply of food now than in peace time
except foods canned dried or preserved In
the home Is helping to defeat the Food
Administration In its attempt to secure a
J ti t distribution of food and the estab
lishment of fair prices
THURSDAYS AKE POTATO DAYS
Dean Mil in ford Urges Consumers to
Bu 11 ore Spuds
F B Mumford state food admin
istrator has designated Thursday of
each week as Potato Buying Day
Consumers are urged to buy potatoes
in large quantity on this day By en
couraging the use of more potatoes
and less white bread Mr Mumford
believe more wheat can be released
for the soldiers on the front and the
Allies
The supply of potatoes this year is
90000000 bushels in excess of the
normal requirement The present
price of potatose is about one half of
the price one year ago
OPENING ADDRESS BY MR MEYER
Second Semester Convocation Will
Be Held Tuesday
The program for the opening con
vocation of the second semester at the
University at 11 oclock Tuesday
morning when an address will be
made by Dr Max F Meyer follows
Processional University Band in
vocation the Rev Father Lloyd an
nouncements by President Hill
America one stanza by audience
accompanied by the band address
Varieties of the German Mind in Op
posite Camps professor Meyer Old
Missouri audience accompanied by
the band benediction the Rev Fa
ther Lloyd recessional band
TO REPORT OX XEGRO WAR WORK
Columbia Woman Appointed Director
of Publicity
Mrs Katherine D Tillman 403
North Fifth street has been appoint
ed by the National Association of
Colored Womens Clubs as director of
publicity This office is affiliated
with the division of womens war
work It is her duty to report Red
Cross and all other forms of war
work among the negro women
Xew Officers for Trust Company
E F Ruether was elected treasurer
of the Boone County Trust Company
yesterday to succeed R R Judy who
is now with the Drovers National
Bank and Horace Smith was elected
assistant secretary to suueceed Shir
ley Bright who is Jn national service
A War Savinngs Certificate was
bought by each of the directors who
attended the meeting
Must Be Insured Before February li
The Boone County Council of De
fense has received word that after
February 12 soldiers and sailors
lives can not be insured It is urged
that this be made plain to relatives
Insurance up to 10000 is offered
THE WEATHER
Itrport Issued Saturda
For Columbia and Vicinity Cold mr
Sunda generally fair with severe fold
Temperature probably 10 or more below
or ounilay nlKht
Shlnners PitntMet llititn it
ilaj was ami the lowest Friday night was
1i Ielatie iiuniiilit ihmhi Friday TO per
win j iii r ago i rinay tne lilgiu st tern
perature was jr ami the lowest was 21
EXPLAINS JEL ORDER
Government Clears Up Ques
tions Relating to Clos
ing Order
lly Associated Press
WASHINGTON Jan 2C Interpre
tations designed to make clear what
is expected of the public in the ob
servation of the Government order
shutting down industries every Mon
day for the next nine weeks were
made public tonight by the Fuel Ad
ministration The three general
classes of manufacturing plants ex
empted from operation of the law are
shipbuilding yards airplane manu
facturing plants and industries man
ufacturing explosives Other plants
have been exempted on special orders
of the War and Navy Departments
Magazines and weeklies generally
are expected to close if they can put
out their publication on time without
running on Monday Colleges
churches schools public libraries
and public museums are exempted
Checks Coal Diversion
Jiy Associated Press
WASHINGTON Jan 20 Confusion
arising from unauthorized diversion
of coal by local fuel officials prompt
ed the Fuel Administration today to
issue a definite set of regulations
governing this practice The rule
provides Coal intended for a desti
nation outside of the state must not
be diverted by state fuel administra
tors without approval from Wash
ington Chairmen of local coal com
mittees must not divert coal intended
for other communities without ap
proval of the state fuel administra
tion Coal must not be diverted from
one preferred customer to another
except in an emergency Coal con
signed to coke ovens must not be di
verted except in an emergency to re
lieve human suffering Coal con
signed to tide water must not be di
verted except with the approval of
Washington
Reversing an earlier decision rul
ing the Fuel Administration today
held that news print paper mills
come within the class of industries
that must be closed on the next nine
Mondays to conserve fuel The rul
ing was changed after the Federal
Trade Commission had reported that
there was enough newsprint paper
on hand in the country to supply
newspapers for the next twenty eight
days
SAYS COAL FAMINE IS OVER
II
A Collier Brings Back Good News
From St Louis
H A Collier fuel administrator
for Boone County who returned from
St Louis yesterday says that the
coal famine of Columbia is over
While in St Louis Mr Collier saw
twenty seven coal dealers each of
whom promised to ship at least one
car of coal immediately to Columbia
dealers Every coal dealer who has
contracts with St Louis dealers will
receive more than those who did not
have a contract although every deal
er will get at least one car
According to Mr Collier there 1s
much coal in St Louis and an enor
mous demand All shows close at
10 oclock and in general the order
o fthe fuel administrator is being
obeyed The state fuel administra
tor is going to keep the ban on St
Louis longer than on the rest of the
state in order to give the rural dis
tricts a chance to get a good supply
of coal he says
Mr Collier says that only lightless
nights will be observed when the new
supply of coal arrives and all other
restrictions will be removed He also
said that Columbia was receiving
Illinois coal 50 cents cheaper a ton
than St Louis
Perrinc Funeral to Be Today
W E Perrine the miner who was
killed Thursday afternoon by a dis
lodged rock in the coal mine on the
Murry farm will be buried this aft
ernoon in the Columbia Cemetery
The funeral services will be preached
at 230 oclock this afternoon at 1710
Paris road
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SUNDAY MORNING MISSOURIAN
TENTH YEAR
NUMBER 112
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JOO miles of Columbia the lowest tempera- r
jure during the nevt 30 hours win e 5 toLoilIltV
t - ni i ami nnrtii near zero
til fc illlll Mllllll
For Missouri Cold
nave Sunday gen
erally fair with vcirru cold Fresh to
strong northerly nluds
Weather Condition
A low pressure disturb lure is crossing
the loner plains and Mississippi Valley this
Morning To the south and east of the cen
ter the weather Is mild and li nlv uin tn
tne nest and north it is cold and steadily
groining colder the result or a well form
high pressure nne
It Is SO lielow zero along the Canadian
border and the zero line dips into Iona and
Nebraska Snow Is falling mer Iowa Ne
braska the Uakotas Colorado Wi inning
I Montana and east of the Mississippi
to renusjlvatiia
The center of tV low pressure will i ros
the Mississippi during the next 13 hours
linn mi- i oin njir mil men spread south
into jevas
In Columbia winter weather will prevail
for si ral dajs
Ioal Data
The highest teuioemriiri In cvainniif ivi
qwy
L FLY IN
BOONENEXTTUESDAY
Effort to Increase
LTse of Wood to Save
Coal Supply
AT MILLERS FARM
All Invited to Help Chop
Several Hundred Cords in
an Afternoon
A wood chopping bee similar to
those- in Missouri in pioneer days
will be held on the farm of C B Mil
ler two miles southeast of Columbia
on the Ashland Gravel road next
Tuesday afternoon It will begin at
1 oclock All people of Boone Coun
ty are invited to attend
The event is the first of the kind to
be started in Missouri although oth
er states have held wood chopping
gatherings The purpose is to in
crease the use of wood in place of
coal
The committee in charge includes
II A Collier E Sydney Stephens
Pror Frederick Dunlap Harry S
Jacks Dean E J McCaustiand E C
Anderson and N T Gentry D W B
Kurtz has charge of organizing the
work He has appointed twenty one
corporals among the arious profes
sions They are Obe Nichols Imiiro
J M Reid Dr C L OBrien George
S Starrett U D Simon John L
Whitesides Dr H I Bragg Ralph T
Finley L W Berry Isadore Barth
Alexander Bradford William H
Thompson Jack Hetzler John Mor
ris Ben Noweil Dr W C Knight
E A Baldwin E S Hayden J M
Garth L E Renie J Guy McQuitty
and Dr C M Sneed head of the doc
tors first aid division Other corpo
rals will be appointed from among
the fraternities and -acuity
To Provide Transportation
Harry S Jacks will get all the
equipment to the farm and E Syd
ney Stephens will see that transpor
tation is provided for those who feel
they can not walk C F Kostian of
the United States forest service Pro
fessor Dunlap and C B Miller will
have all the treea marked that are to
be felled and worked into cordwood
J F Barham is official photographer
although people are Invited to bring
kodaks and take pictures of the work
Moving pictures will be taken
Judge David Harris will be asked
to grant a recess of the Circuit Court
to f allow lawyers to aid fn the work
It Is possible that the University Ca
det Corps will be called upon as a
body to give their assistance
No firearms will be allowed upon
the farm and the prevention of acci
dents will be carefully guarded It
is expected that several hundred
cords of wood will be racked by
night A cord of wood is a pile S by
4 by 4 feet
To Sell at s a Cord
The wood cut probably will be sold
at 6 a cord to those who can afford
to pay that much but at 3 a cord to
those who cant pay that much To
the poor who are out of fuel and ap
peal to the Charity Organization for
aid wood will be given free The
committee will meet Monday night
in the Commercial Club rooms to
make final plans
It is said that if seventy five mil
lion cords of wood are cut this win
ter a shortage of fifty million tons
bf coal will be eliminated A cord
of wood equals two thirds a ton of
coal At Lawrence Intl S00 per
sons turned out to a wood chopping
bee and cut COO cords in a day At
the University of Maine twenty fac
ulty members formed a wood cutting
club and cut five cords of wood
apiece Saw Buck clubs are being
organized all over the country The
Appalachian Club of Lincoln Mass
went out and cut wood and Is now
trying to popularize wood cutting as
a sport
WILLIAM e7mii7dENDES
Funeral Sen res Will Be Held at ML
Pleasant Church Monday
William Eli Madden a carpenter
GS years old died of tuberculosis yes
terday morning at the home of his
daughter Mrs Iva Nelson 624 North
Fourth street He had been sick
more than a month Besides the
daughter two sons survive
Funeral service will be held Mon
day afternoon at the Mount Pleasant
Church In the southern part of Boone
County A short service probably
will be held at the daughters home
Monday morning
BUYS EQUIPMENT ABROAD
General Pershing Makes Purchases
in England and Spain
Iy Associated Press
WASHINGTON Jan 26 More of
the secret testimony before the Sen
ate Military Committee today dis
closed the fact that on December 13
General Pershing was authorized to
buy 200000 British uniforms for
American troops and 200000 blankets
in Spain
Farm Agents Close Conference
The Conference of Agricultural
Agents closed here yesterday About
thirty five attended The number of
county agents has more than doubled
since the conference a year ago
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