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The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
M 'ADO0 WILL TAKE UP CONSIDERATION
 OF LABOR PROBLEM
This, With Freer Movement of Coal, Will Be Dealt
 With at Once

Washington, December 30. Freer movement of coal to districts suffering under the cold wave and the treatment of labor questions will be the chief railroad questions dealt with this week by Di- rector General McAdoo.
 By the end of the week it is expected to be well along in the task of fram- ing legislation guaranteeing railroads compensation on the basis of pre-war earnings. President Wilson is ex- |pected to go before Congress Thurs day.
 Heads of the four railway brother hoods, who conferred with President Will son last week, were summoned today to confer next Thursday with the director general regarding the relations between labor and the government railroad ad- ministration. Although the brotherhood heads are not expected to press their demands for higher wages for sometime, most officials believe the government will soon take up in a comprehensive way the varied requests of labor for better pay and make general readjustment which will increase wages slightly.
 Mir. McAdoo today appointed as his pri- vate secretary for railroad work Oscar A. Price, who was director of publicity for the second liberty loan and previously was auditor of the interior department.
 The administration plan for dealing with railroads refusing to accept a gov ernment guarantee of average earnings of the last three years, as proposed by the President, is to throw disputes into the hands of board of three arbitra- tors appointed by the interstate com merce commission. They would thresh out the questions of Wnat would consti- tute fair earnings under the new condi- tions. Tn addition any railroad would still have the constitutional right to take it's case to a court.
 1t now seems probable that govern ment corporation will be formed to pur- chase equipment for leasing to roads and to buy and sell securities issued by the railroads. No specific authority for this corporation will be given in the proposed legislation, however, all powers being delegated to the President to be admin istered as he chooses It is still unde- termined what appropriation will be sought for the purchase of equipment but the amount probably will be between $100 000,0 900 and $20O, 10000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
MADE IN COVE RNMENT'S CENSORSHIP RUL $ Committee on Public InfOr- nation Issues Revised
 Regulations PAST EXPERIENCE IS
 CAUSE OF CHANGE Names of Line Officers and Identi- fication of Individual Units in
 France Can Now Be Published

Washington, December 3O.-Revised regulations or requests to guide the American press in the voluntary cen- sOrship observed since the country went to war were issued tonight by the committee on public information. Several important changes have been made, representing the lessons learned by the committee and the army and navy officers since the first reguIa- tions were issued last June.
 Three of the original requests to which special importance was attached and un- der which loyal newspapers have gone to press without many an interesting piece of news have been withdrawn en- tirely. They are the requests that noth- ing be published tending to disclose the names of line officers or individual units of the expeditionary forces. the identity of American merchant ships and their crews defending themselves against sub- marines or giving information relating to drydocks and repair and construction f
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31

Washington, December 30. Prospect of relief from the bitter cold wave that has swept over the south in the |past'24 hours, extending into Florida, and bringing the Icoldest weather, with one exception, in the history of New Orleans, 19 degrees above zero, was held out to- night by the weather bureau. The forecast for virtually every southern state was for slowly rising temperature at least by Tuesday. For Monday, however, continued cold was forecast.
 The blanket of cold air which swept
 out of the west brought record low temperatures to New York and New
 England and little hopes of relief were
 held out until possibly Wednesday. As
 far south as points in the mountains near Bristol, Va Tenn, unofficial tenn peratures of 26 below zero were re-
 ported and from down the Florida
 peninsula. Miami reported snow. MODERATE IN WEST Coincdent with the movement of the cold area towards the Atlantic the weather west of the Mississippi mod erated to an extent where normal tenn. peratures for this season now are be-
 ing registered.
 The. lowest temperature recorded
 throughout the country today was at
 Northfield. Vt, where the mercury
 dropped to 26 below. With .14 below at
 Boston and IS below at New York last
 night all records for the local bureaus
 at those cities were broken and in
 the coast states south of New York
 the cold was the serevest since ls80.i
 Snow is forecast for the northern
 Mississippi valley and lake regions
 Monday and for the middle Atlantic
 states and New England Tuesday.
 Higher temperatures will accompany
 the snow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31

Aside from bombardments and reciprocal artillery dueIs, little Is going on in the major then- tres of the war. On the French front the weather is still cold and this. with the snow that covers the ground everywhere, is impeding operations on large scale.
 The Germans Saturday night es- saved an attack against the Britt ish northeast of Ypres, where for the last several days they had been laying down n heavy preparatory artillery fire. The attack, how ever, was futile, for the British, ever on the watch, raked the Ger mans with their fire and repulsed them with considerable losses.
 Likewise attempts by the Ger mans to carry out raids on small French posts near St. Quentin, Bezonvaux and yauqois, resulted in failure, and in addition the ene- my lost mon made prisoner. There
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
ARGENTINE VESSEL, BRINGING MISSION.
 HIGH ON BEACH
The Pimento Loses Course in 50-Mile GaleC0m- mander and Crew
 Are Saved

An Atlantic Port, December sO.-The Argentine government vessel Pimento. understood to be bringing an Argentine mission to the United States. was driven ashore off the coast near here last night. The snip, estimated at from 5000 to iO0J tons. was almost high and dry on the main beach tonight. The commander and crew were taken of by surf guards today and were quartered at life saving stations.
 The Pimento, caught in a 5o-mile gale and binding snowstorm, missed her course and struck on the beach. She was rapidly driven inshore by pounding surf. the heaviest of the winter.
 Reports tonight from the commander of a tug standing by said the vessel could probably be noated on tomorrow's s high tide if the sea abalss.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
Summary of the News
GENERAL NEWS

M 1114y 41 1h&<A AA " F " 2 1-Dentractien of Guatemala City begun Tuesday. h completed by an0thef earthquake. Weath&r bureau promlses some re- lief from intense cold. House and Senate leaders hurrying x back to tasks. Modification maSe In censor.hlp rules.
 All unnatdralised Germans must register during week of Febrn- nFy q
 Democrats are not alarmed at Iea- senine maRgin m Congress. retro9ra6 celebrating peace nego- tlat10nn. s--Local cptlonlsts iasue call for state<w11e meeting. S-Runeia nxRees to resume business re1attSne w1th &entral powers.
 LOCAL NEWS 5--Lccal pes1eefice rePorts best bus- inesa tn hintory.
 Dr. Brynn at local infirmary. Atlanta reeetves int federal plum. Coldest r4father In years experi- eneed 0 Btrmingham Sunday. s EEATputcS 4-E18tor1al eenament. S--N4arket r0yfeW.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
UNOFFICIAL EXPLANATION


 Unofficially it is explained that the pro- hibitions are withdrawn largely because of the difficulty in having them univer- sally observed, and in the belief that such information would be obtained by the enemy regardless of whether it ap- pears in the American newspapers. Other changes are made and there are some additions but most of them are of mi nor character.
 COMMITTEE STATEMENT
 With the regulations the committee is- sued this statement:
 The committee on public information makes public herewith a revision of the requests of July 90 with respect to the concealment of military information. for the guidance of correspondents and ed- itors who have patliotically placed them selves under censorship of their own en-
 Continued on Page Three
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
CUPID SHOOTS DART AND CAUSES CAPTURE
 OF NOTED CRIMINAL
Ben Metcalfs Comes Out of Hiding to Marry and Falls Into
 Laws Net

Chattanooga, December 30.-Ben Metcalf. safe robber and companion of the notorious Bill Cody. both of whom escaped from the Tennessee penitenr tiary two years ago. was captured here tonight by local detectives. Met calf was serving time for blowing a safe at Whiteside, Tenn. He had come out of the wilds of James county to marry girl near LaFayette, Ga. and was captured as he stepped from 2 train here.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
TEMPERATURE GOES.
 ID 13 BELOW ZERO IN NEW YORK CITY
This Is Lowest Record in History of Weather Bu- reau-Much Suffering
 Results
Snow in Miami

Miami, Fla, December 30.-A furry of snow fell here today. It was said to have been the first snow ever seen in this vicinity.
 Jacksonville, Fla, December 30., The lowest temperature in the state during the day was unoffi- cially recorded here when the ther-, mometer dropped to 22 degrees above zero before noon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-31
ANOTHER GREAT
 EARTH UPHEAVAL FINISHES WORK |The Death List Is Now
 Thought to Be Very
 Large AMERICAN VESSELS 1 ORDERED TO GIVE AID Weather in Hill Region Is Very Cold and Suffer
 ing of the People Is Intense

w dSllluStUl, 0CCCil4OSA Oo' Guatemala City, capital of the little Central American repub- lic of Guatemala, has been laid lin ruins by a series of earth Iquakes beginning Christmas IDay and eliminating last night Yin violent shocks which corn- pleted the work of destruction. IA cablegram to the navy de- Apartment today said 125,OOO people were in the streets with Tout shelter and that a number were killed by falling walls. { Naval vessels in Central American lwaters have been ordered to the stricken city to render all possible as sistance.
 Following is the brief dispatch which brought the news of the catas- krophe:
 Bad earthquake yesterday finished the york of others. Everything in ruins and 4eyond description as result of last night's shocks. One hundred and twen- 3ty-fiye thousand people are in the streets. Parts of the country are very cold and windy Tents are needed badly. Quite humber killed yesterday by falling walls."
 The shocks probably occurred between 5:57 and o'clock last night. Violent auakes were recorded at that time by Xthe seismograph of the Georgetown uni- persity observato tory, and the distance was Estimated at 1900 miles from Washing kon.
 SERIES OF SHOCKS { Earthquakes have been prevalent in kGuatemala since the day after Christ Imas when shocks were general through out the republic. With each recurrent Shock the damage in Guatemala City, lhe capital of the republic, has grown hore extensive. Last Thursday it was Reported that from 10 to 40 persons had Ipeen killed in the disturbances of the previous night. while dispatches of Fri- ! lay and Saturday indicated that 80 per fent of Guatemala City had been demol- ,shed ana that thousands of persons were hoineless
 Ms rtial law had been declared and good order was said to be prevailing.
 MANY DISASTERS THERE
 Guatemala has been the scene of many yAsasters, the results of earthquakes Since the settlement of the country In | 1922 there have been more than 50 vol Ieanic eruptions and in excess of 300 earthquakea The original Guatemala City was destroyed in 1541 and 5000 of khe inhabitants were killed by a deluge 5of water fr0m nearby volcano which was rent by an earthquake The second eapitai was destroyed by an earthquake En 1773 The houses of the present capi- Bal, were built low in consequence of the liability to arthquakes.
 Guatemala City has population of nearly 1c0,0OC. II is situated on a plain
 an elevation of 4850 feet above sea evel Tn tie great square stood the old
 ice regal palace the cathedral and arch Bishops palace and government offices. rhe capital Is the center of the trade of 1he entire republic, which consists in Ina manufacture of muslins. cotton yarns tf fine texture, articles of silver and em- froideries.
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1917-12-29

Information filed by any such officer
before any justice of the peace or dis
trict judge. or upon indictment by any
grand jury of the Territory of Alas
ka. and said United States district
attorney or his deputy shall file such
Information upon the presentation to
him or his assistants of sworn inform.
alton that the law has been violated:
and in such prosecutions anyone
making a false oath to any material
fact shall be deemed guilty of per-
jury.
That any person, company, or cor
poration who shall import or carry
liquors into or upon the Territorial
waters of Alaska in or upon any
steamship, steamboat, vessel, boat, or
other water craft, or shall permit
the same to be so imported or car
ried into or upon said waters. except
under the provisions of this act, shall
be guilty of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be punished as pro-
vided in section one of this act
That in addition to the power now
exercised the judges of the district
courts of Alaska may grant liquor
licenses for any period of time less
than one year upon a pro rata of the
license fee for one year, but not to
extend beyond the first day of Jan
uary, nineteen hundred and eighteen,
Under the provisions of law now in
force there so far as the same are APP
plicable.
That the Legislature of the Terri
tory of Alaska may pass additional
legislation in aid of the enforcement of
this act not inconsistent with its pro-
visions.
That in the Interpretation of this
act words of the singular number
shall be deemed to include their plur-
ais, and words of the masculine gem
der shall be deemed to include the
feminine, as the case may be.
]
That this act shall be in full force
and effect on and after the first day
of January, nineteen hundred and
/ eighteen, and all laws and parts of
/ laws inconsistent herewith be, and
they are hereby, repealed as of that
: date. rNpsl g
p
The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1917-12-29

act. he shall procure a permit for
that purpose from the judge of the
district court in the division where
the annlicant resides
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-10
ANOTHER TRANSPORT is HIT
The Finland Torpedoed While Re
turning From Europe, but Was
Able to Reach Port.

Washington, Nov. 2.-The transport
Finland was recently torpedoed while
returning to the United States, but
was able to return to a foreign port
under her own steam.
The Navy Department received a
report of the attack and Secretary
Daniels authorized its publication The
navy reports do not say whether there
was any loss of life or any injury
on the Finland.
This official announcement was au-
thorized:
The Navy Department has received
dispatches stating that transport Fin
land was tOrpedoed while returning
from foreign waters The damage to
the ship was slight and she returned
to port under her own steam. The
Finland was under escort, out no sign
Of the torpedo or the submarine was
seen"
The Finland is the second transport
to be attacked while returning from
its mission to Europe.
The Antilles on October II was tor
pedoed and sank with the loss of sixty
seven lives
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-10
WILSON OPPOSES BOYCOTT
Germany Not to be Punished by Re
striction OF Trade After the
War Ends.

Washington, Nov President VIII
sons dictum that there must be no
after-the-war international boycotts
and trade lockouts is winning its way
among European powers.
Various missions visiting America
on commercial errands have informed
the United States tariff commission
that plans to deny Germany a market
for its goods after the contest is over
have been abandoned by all important
powers.
When missions first arrived to dis
ctss trade and business, they called
on the tariff commission with the evil
dent purpose of sounding out Amer
ica's position. They were informed
that President Wilson's declaration
against any trade combinations tend
ing to perpetuate world enmities stood
as Americas firm policy.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-10
WILL CARE FOR DEPENDENTS
Government 10 Send Half of Each Mar
RED Mans Money to Wives
and Children.

Topeka.-The wives and children Of
the soldiers of America are not going
to suffer for the necessaries of life
Oy reason Of the husbands and fathers
going away. And husbands and faith
ers are not going to be permitted to
squander their pay checks while in the
service. One-half of it goes to the
wife and children.
This is the order of the government,
received by Governor Capper the other
day. The order announced that one
half the pay of all soldiers with de-
pendents would be deducted by the
government and forwarded to those
dependents. The government has
worked out plan of compensation for
dependents up to $50 month for each
family of soldier.
This compensation will be paid by
the government in addition to the
amounts deducted from the pay of the
soldiers. If there IS a dependent wife
only she will receive SIS a month
from the government If a wife and
one child, $25; wife and two children.
$3.50. and S. a month for each addi-
tional child up to the maximum of $50
a month Where there is child and
no wife the allowance is So a month
for the first, $3.50 for two, $40 for
three, $50 for four, and then s. addi-
tional for each child If a, parent is
dependent the allowance is SO a
month, $50 for two parents. If there
is a grandchild, grandparent, brother
or sister, the allowance is So a month
for each one
The payment of this compensation
will stop much of the material hard
ships of the war and will prevent the
begging for help which many women
were forced to do last year when the
National Guard organization was sent
to the border, leaving women and chill
dren destitute
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-10
ANOTHER STRIKE
IN KANSAS MINES
MaIkOut in Pittsburg District
Expected TO Spread in the
Southwest.
DEFY FUEL ADMINISTRATOR
Operators and Union Leaders Shift
blame for WaIkout-Situation
Is Growing More Serious.

Pittsburg, Kan, Nov. 2.-That the
strike initiated by 5000 Crawford
county coal miners in twenty-seven
mines today as their answer to Fuel
Administrator H. A GarfieId's refusal
to approve the kansas City agree
ment that was to give them a wage
increase today without an automatic
strike fine penalty may affect the en-
tire district tomorrow was forecast to-
night by representative miners and
operators as highly probable.
While no official statements were
forthcoming from officers of District
No. IA, United Mine Workers, while
President Alexander Howat is in
Washington for a conference with Mr..
Garfield tomorrow, officials in the of
flee disaYowed responsibility for the
strike They said that when the To-
Gals asked them for advice they told
them to continue work
Operators declare the conditions are
the most serious in the history of the
district, asserting that the miners are
striking, not against them, but against
Mir. Garfield's direct order to Mr..
HOwat on Wednesday, under no cir
cumstances should mines be shut
down pending settlement"
Operators Shift Blame.
Operators charge that if Howat had
wanted to comply with the Garfield
request he would have issued an or
der to locals to continue work before
he left FOR Washington, as did the
president of the other two districts
They assert W. L. A. Johnson, general
commissioner for the operators, plead
ed with HOwat to do so, but he re-
piled that publication of Garfield's
telegram in the newspaper was suf-
ficient.
August Dorchy, district president of
the union, who is next to Alexander
HOwat in charge of the union affairs,
said tonight that the local officials
had been told not to strike. He would
say nothing further as to what would
be done Word from Howat, who is
at Washington for the conference to-
morrow, is awaited
Loss Is Heavy.
1t is estimated that the loss in pro-
duction in the Missouri field
due to the strike will be approximate
ly $4,000 tons day.
There are about fifty deep vein coal
mines in Kansas, and about the same
number of strip pit" mines operated
by steam shOvels from the surface
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-11-10
BALTIMORE PIERS DESTROYED
Vast Quantities of War Supplies ano
Munitions Awaiting Shipment
Burned-BeIieVed Incendiary.

Baltimore, Oct. 31.-One of the Iarg-
est fires in Baltimore since the great
conflagration in February, 1904, that
destroyed the business section of the
city, is raging at midnight on the big
piers of the Baltimore &, Ohio Rail-
road at its extensive terminal at Lo-
Gust Point, on the south side Of the
harbor.
Piers 8 and 9 are stored with vast
quantities of munitions and supplies
for the American forces in France and
their Allies. Within ten minutes af-
ter the flames were discovered the en-
tire structure was ablaZe.
Fifteen of the crew of a British
steamer lying at the pier leaped over
board, and it is feared some of them
were drowned. A dozen or more men
employed on the pier are missing.
On one Of the piers were cases of
shells, which exploded at intervals,
leading to rumOrs that the fire depart
ment was using dynamite to check the
spread of the fire. 1t is reported that
the fire was of incendiary origin.
The Baltimore & Ohio grain eIeva-
tors are but a short distance from the
burning piers, which are the main ter
minal in this country of the Furness-
Witty English Line of steamers. Pier
8 was the former North German Lloyd
Line pier, at which all their ships load
ed at this port, the two piers which
are destroyed costing about 1 million
dollars each.
At 1 o'clock the water end of pier
No. 8 was burning fierceIy. At that
time also a British steamer, which
tied up at pier No. this afternoon,
was on fire, and the eighty anti-sub-
marine shells in her magazine were
exploding, endangering the lives of
firemen. The ship sank later and four
of her crew are missing. 1t is be-
lieved the total loss will reach S5,0OO,-
600, of which s1,5OO,O0O represents the
piers; 100000 the material stored
on them, and 100000 the steamer and
cargo.
Ten stevedores of the twenty work
ing on the steamer and on the wharf
have not been accounted for.