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New-York tribune., 1917-12-28
Roads Use Embargoes
To Defend Themselves

There is 10 telling how much blqer
he might have been If priority order
No. ., of the pgiorities director, were
in effect. This order was issued two
weeks ago. but necessity knows no
law. and. besides. the traffic experts
could not make =, their minds Just
wha. Judge Lovett meant. They had
a suspicion that the government was
"Qotting wise" To the way the pail
ways have been defending themselves
against the priority pest by>issuIng
embargoes.
So they asked the Judge if he would
be good enough to tell them just what
he meant. On December 10, in Cir
cular No. 70, he undertook to inter
pret himself. but at last accounts the
railway men were trying to muster up
courage to ask for an Interpretation
Of the Interpretation. ,
In going over that above mentioned
blue bundle we made some delightful
discoveries Of priority that didn't pry
ANYTHING. We found some cars Of COKE,
for instance, that were prior, but alter
forty-hye days had succeeded IN getting
about two hundred miles away from inc
loading point If the steel manIiactur-
or to whom they were consigned was
getting any benefit from that sort or
preference | wonder where he THINKS
he would be if he were not the BEN
efciary of priority.
Mixed up with these burlesques OF prl-
oritv. however. were coke ears only
three DAYS out from the same ovens,
which had no benefit of priority. The
prior cars had progressed at the peril
Gus speed of four miles day, whiIe the
non-prior cars had come along at about
seventy mil& q day.
The explanation was, Of course, that
the prior cars. antedsting the others,
got into a classification track some
where and remained at rest until
enough cars were accumulated on that
track 10 make up train. Imagine that
sort of thing happening at a number OF
divisional yards on long distance con-
signmcnt, and It is possible to under
stand why cars sometimes take months
10 reach a destination that preference
trains running solid should cover, in
the ordinary course, N four or tVe
DAYS. 7 heard Of a car the other day
that came through from San Francisco
in seventy-nine days. Compared with
the dilatory coke care II was IN celer-
ity as rabbit TO turtle.
Priority is an attempt to substitute
spasmodic effort for regular orderly
work. IL may achieve It's purpose IN
q limited sense, but +. destroys the
systematic. businesslike handling Of
traffic which has been built up after
wears Of experience for The. purpose Of
making tho utmost possible use Of the
railway facilities. There will. Il
course. so long rs the war lasts, be
special priority emergencies, but this
is a long war. 1t must become q war
of routine, and the government must
get over the idea that everything u
needs requires to be moved immedi-
atplv.
That idea is obstinately intrenched
in hundred bureaus and boards, each
of which imagines that its necessities
are urgent.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-28
McAdoo Will Be
Supreme as u. ).
RaiIroadDirector
Continued from page !

DISPOSAL OF the director The entire
work and facilities OF the commission"
The shipper will no longer have his
choice as 20 which road he will ship
over. any more than the sender OF
letter or parce! post package. He de-
livers his shipments to any freight
agent and cOnsigns il 20 its proper
destination. The agent routes the
shipment over the line which can carry
:. most economically and speedily, and
20 one Is concerned as 20 which rail
road gets the paper credit for carry
.ng that particular car Of freight. No
one cares.
lie government is paying the own
crs Of all property involved a fixed
amount OF money which has been de-
;ermined by an act of Congress for the
use of the property by the govern
ont. The government is taking care
Of wear and tear on that property.
Which road any particular engine or
car goes over makes no difference 20
anybody. except that the agents would
be expected. in the event there is no
congestion at any time on any OF sew
eral lines, TO use the road over which
nv S'b4s SO"-" w "N''N ''''''
cally.
Mr.. McAdoo will take up his Offices
in a day or two in the building occu-
pied by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. lie will select a personal
staff which will probably be small, but
has not decided on such details as
whether he will appoint regional di-
rectors. or whether he will supervise
the entire country without such IN
tclmediarieS.
Asked about a report that John Skel-
ton Williams. now Controller OF the
Currency, and who has had railroad
experience in connection with the Sea-
board Air Line Railway. would be one
Of his assistants. he said he had not
made up his mind as to the personnel
Of his immediate staff.
Nr. NcAdoo stated hatiy, in response
10 question. that he believed as dl-
rector general he would have the power
to raise or over freight rates when
ever IL might seem to be necessary
without the approval Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. This does not
mean that the Interstate Commerce
Commission will be deprived OF all It's
functions. 1t witScontinue just as be-
fore, with the distinction that its ae-
tions will not be final now. and that
as the governments agent Mr.. McAdoo
will be able 20 raise rates, order
changes or do any of score Of things
which previously have required the
combined approval of the railroad eX-
ecutives and the Interstate Commerce
Commission. He will take over Writ
ually the functions not only OF the
Interstate Commerce Commission as
representing the government, but the
executives as representing the owners.
The director general obviously mas
poor opinion Of priority orders, which,
many of the railroad men allege, are
one of the most prolific causes of con-
gestion. due 20 the difficulty and delay
attendant upon picking out the pref,
ercntially tagged cars from crowded
yard. instead Of moving the cars IN
their regular order.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-28
President and
Big Four Confer
On Railroad Plan
Union Chiefs Declare Gov.
ernment Will Have
Their Support

WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.-Heads OF
the four railroad brotherhoods con
ferr.d with President Wilson for an
hou. and a half late to-day. discussing
in detail the part the employees will
PLAY under government operation. A.
B. Garretson, Of the conductors, said
afterward that wage increases were not
mentioned.
Il is understood that the chiefs re-
ceHed assurances that most railway
employees will not be liable to the next
or even the following draft call.
Mr.. Garretson added that the broth
eihoods were behind the government
operation plan. and the President had
kiown it for two weeks.
The brotherhood chiefs went to ths
White House TO discuss changes 10
tieir relationship with the railroadi'
particularly the question OF whetnef
director General McAdoo will deal d.
ectly with the men in their pending
oemand for 40 per cent higher wages
ar whether he will authorize commit
Zee of managers to negotiate, as IN the
,ast.
II was understood Mr.. McAdoo had
reached no conclusion as TO the best
method of procedure. but that he prob
ably would favor allowing the mana
gers to thrash out wage questions TOT
later submission 10 him.
Brotherhood leaders explained tina.
the railroads had until the end of this
month to give an answer as to whethfr
they will negotiate with the mer on
the 40 per cent wage demand, and tna.
the government operation plan prooa
bly, will delay this procedure somewhaI
No strike is threatened, they emp,nS-
sized, and the President already h3s
been assured the support OF the woTS-
men
New-York tribune., 1917-12-28
A Closeup View of
Priority in Practice

Let us take closeup view Of prior
ity in practice
Standing on bridge over the great
railway yards at Altoona with traffic
expert at my elbow, tried 70 grasp the
complexities Of freight forwarding, COM
p.icated and confused by priority or
ders. It is hard 20 understand and hard
to explain why because certain kinds OF
goods are 10 20 first the total volume OF
the movement is reduced. But those men
down there in that maze Of tracks, dis
tributing n Just arrived train among
twenty-threc different classification
tracks with the priority puzzle always
before them. know that II takes twice
as many movements to distribute cars
and make up trains as formerly.
To make way for priority freight
the sidetracks are filed With freight
that is not prior, thus restricting
freedom Of classification. Finally II
becomes necessary to use the main
line running tracks for car storage.
Once car reaches that limbo there is
small hope for it. On the middle divi-
sion Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
fifteen miles Of running track are now
crowded with freight Of every dcscrip-
tion, including not a little coal that
las become inaccessible and stands
there week after week, as much moro
recent shipments speed by.
Strive as the operators may, IL Is
a physical impossibil.ty TO give priority
70 all preferred freight. Even in this
critical time Of fuel shortage, when
coal has the preference over every
thing. IL is not possible 20 concentrate
The whole motive power OF the rail-
road on coal. II IS impossible with
out "a frightful waste OF power and
potential transportation to run nothing
but coal trains out Of thc1e yards.
Doing everything within their power
20 move coal with all possible eXpodi-
tion and in the largest possible volume,
the railway men ind that they can
not make the amount OF coal moved OK
ceed 75 per cent Of the whole move
ment. In the remaining % per cent
there is inevitably a percentage of
freight that is not preferential in any
sense. II = classification yard has a
number OF miscellaneous cars piled Ip
the simplest thing TO do to free the
track and get some freight on the
way is 20 make up the balance of tho
train Of whatever is NJ hand and send
il on its way.
If priority orders were strictly Oh
served there would be nothing bu.
preference freight moving on some
lines, and the total volume moved
would be much less than the normal
capacity Of the road.
The other day the Pittsburgh sub
committee Of the General Operating
Committee Of the Eastern Lines re-
ported 20 that body that the maximum
movement Of freight through the Pitts
burgh gateway had been attained and
that no further relief could be expected
so long as preference freight, made up
Of practically all the roads were capable
of handling, was moved first. The cf-
fort 70 take care Of il had reduced the
efficiency OF the roads and resulted in
a smaller volume of freight going for
ward than IN normal times.
The railways contend ttat u thore
were no priority orders to deal WITH
and they were left free 20 make up and
forward trains according TO natural
sequence, the entire volume % freight
would be greatly increased. and that
New-York tribune., 1917-12-28

physical valuation Of the railroads,
which has been goinS on az a cost Of
millions a year for several years and
is now conceded by many Of It's former
friends TO be utterly useless, because
the railroad valuations change from
day TO day so rapidly that valuation
completed Of part of line becomes
obsolete before the valuation OF the
entire line is completed, may be
abandoned altogether.
Secretary McAdoo did not confirm
this, saying it was in the hands Of the
interstate Commerce Commission. But
it is pointed out that with the fixing
of a basis Of earnings which settles
the question Of rental Of the railroads,
their physical valuation becomes
question OF little Importance. Even II
the government should take over the
roads, IL is pointed out, the basis would
be that fixed now as TO the annual rem
tai rather than the physical valuation.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-28
Railways Must Be Made
SeIf-Sustaining, Says Head
of Pennsylvania
Asks Full Cooperation
Declares Roads Entire En-
ergy Must Be Devoted
10 War Traffic

WASHINGTON, Dee 27.--President
Samuel Rea o. the Pennsylvspis Rail
road Company tonight authorized q
statement or tho government control
of railroads in which a broadening OF
tho rate structure IS suggested TO cover
increased costs and 20 avoid the neees-
sity OF Congressional appropriations.
The statement says:
Samuel Rea, president OF the Penn
sylvsnia Railroad system, said he was
not prepared at present to make any
conclusive statement on the proposed
governmental control Of the railroads.
The working features OF the plan are
not vet announced ana there arc many
divergent results iu the suggested
tnree-yoar period preceding June 80,
1917, on the roads In different parts OF
the country.
"The plan would, he assumed, be
hroadened 10 provide not only for re-
ncwing and extending maturing obliga-
fions. which would be necessary 90
stabilize the financial structure Of the
country, but also 10 provide new capl-
tal for additions and betterments TO
road and equipment. This is impCra-
lively required to promptly move the
var traffic on the Pennsylvania system,
and naturally the rate structure should
be broadened 70 cover the increased
costs and charges 20 avoid the neces-
sity Of congressional appropriations,
which would have 20 be made up by IN
creasing general taxation. In short
tho railroads must be made se!t-sus-
thining.
Therefore. he felt the present duty
Of the railroads was TO study the stu
alton and confer with the officers OF
the government TO ascertain the full
scope OF the proposed plan, and espe-
ciai.v TO devote their entire energy 20
promptly moving the war traffic. rely
ing upon the recommendations and as
surances contained in the proclamation
and statement, which. the President be-
heves, Congress will be disposed 20 IN
dorse."
Substantially, these recommendation
and statements are to the ehect
that nothing therein contained, .eX-
dressed or implied. or hereafter
done or suffered under the gov
crnment's plan, shall be deemed IN
anv way to impair the rights OF the
stockholders. bondholders. creditors
and other persons having Interests IN
said systems OF transportation, or IN the
profts thereof. 20 receive just and ode-
auAte componsation for the use, control
and operation Of their property thereby
assumed.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-28
B. & O. May Enter
Pennsylvania Station

WASHINGTON. Dec. Order
No. 1. 70 be issued by Director Gen
oral OF Railroads McAdoo. VIII pro
vide for the pooling Of traffic and "a
cilities ..the common use Of terminals;
tracks and equipment. the hauling OF
freight By The shortc' route. regard
less Of billing or routing. and the re-
tentior OF ali present officers ana en-
ployes of railroads.
One effect % this order will be 20
give number Of railroads terminal
facilities which they do not now nave
i'm big cities. The Baltimore 8 ONO
probably will enter New York CITY nj
the Pennsylvania Station.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-28
Physical Valuations
MAY Be Discontinued

There is strong opinion in Wash,
.ngton that thc Immensely expensive
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-08-11
RFLAYRACESDELAYED
BYBAD ROADS IN EAST

prised of the coming. If it is in
day time mine whistles will be used
and, if the couriers do not arrive
until late at night, the demonstration
will be restricted to the footing Of
motor horns. The situation will be
discussed fully this evening when 1t
is expected that some definite news
of the probable coming will be re
ceived from either Denver or some
other western point
The Tonopah relay drivers will
enter by the regular Ely road coming
down Florence avenue. Instead Of
turning at that point into Erie-Main
street the drivers win continue on
to the front OF the Mizpah hotel
where the citizens will receive them
There will not be anly delay for
time is the essence of the delivery
and the couriers will turn instantly
and head back on the Goldfield road
to Goldfield where Charles G. Pat
rick and C. e. Redman VIII continue
on to Bishop.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-08-11

Nevada is not the only section OF
the country that has been visited
by storms which have torn up the
roads and delayed the progress of the
relay racers, accounts from the coun
try east of Kansas City, state that
the racers are making headway at
a rate that was not expected owing
to numerous washouts. In conse
quence. the team that should have
arrived at Ely this morning may not
appear before Sunday night The
packet entrusted to the relay cour
iers was delivered at Kansas City
at 8 O'Clock Friday a. m. Thence the
route is by Denver, Idaho Springs
Grand Junction, Salt Lake, Ely ant
Tonopah on to Bishop Cal. The
Tonopah relay couriers are on th'
lob oamped at Ely ready to take III
their run as soon as the packet ar
rives. In covering the road betweel
Tonopah and Ely. Reuben Kelly AM
Charles Ingalls, set out markers .
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-08-11
MINISTER
RESIGNS OFFICE
CHANGE PREsAGEs NEW POLICY
IN DEALING WITH
GERMANY

thy Associated PresS.I
NEW YORK, Aug. ia cable
message from Paris received by the
official French bureau of informa-
tlon in this city and made public
last night, indicates that Monsignor
FREDERICK Tedeschini, who has been
under-secretary of state of the vati-
can, has succeeded Cardinal Gas
parri as Pope Benedict's prime min
lister. Previous dispatches from
Rome credited many Italian news
papers and some authorities on
vatican affairs" as affirming that
Cardinal Gasparri had resigned, part
ly because of i'll health and partly
because of the pope's desire to in
stitute a new policy in relation to
Germany.
The semtofficial vatican organ
flatly denied, however, that the car
dinal had retired.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-08-11
RUSSIANS TAKE
MANY CAPT|vES
ATTACKS IN NORTHERN RUMAN-
IA REPULsED ALONG THE
PUTNA RIVER


PETROGRAD, Aug. 11.-Austro-
German attacks of the villages of
Vydra, Vloshkany and Cilfestchi, on
the northern Rumanian front were
repulsed by the Russians and the
Teutons driven across the Putna
river. In the course Of a battle south
of the River Pruth on the frontier
of Rumania and Bukowina, the Rus
SLAMS entered the town of Lukovica
and took prisoners, 200 officers and
men. The Russians also captured 200
Austro-Germans and took three ma
chine guns by wrestling a height
from the enemy in that region. The
Austro-Germans attacked in dense
waves near the town of Sarkov,
southwest of Brody and still are
fighting.
The Teuton offensive which began
Thursday in the Zarkov region com
pletely failed. In q stubborn battle
Thursday the Rumanian troops south
west of Okna were forced to re-
tire three miles while the Teutons
continued to develop an offensive
west of the Kokshain railroad. fore
ing the Russo-Rumanians to retire
across the River Suchitza. East of
the railway Teuton attacks failed
and 300 we're taken prisoner by Rus
SLAMS.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-08-11
GROUND
FOR SWIMMING
.WHIRLWIND CAMPAIGN BEGINS
MONDAY TO ROUND UP
SUBSCRIBERS

Ground for the new swimming
pool will be broken Tuesday. The
site is just below the Victor shaft
where the water pours out from the
pumps in a tepid stream that will
render bathing in October as comfort
able as in the family tub. The sur
yey will be completed tomorrow and
after that there will be no time lost
getting results This was decided
this morning when citizens com
mittee visited the site and made a
final selection.
On Monday a ladies' committee
will call upon those who have not
subscribed with view of securing
donations to complete the work in
good substantial style. A number o.
cards sent out during the past two
weeks asking for subscriptions have
not been returned and the commit
tee urges those who have neglected
this important duty to come forward
with whatever they can afford, Tn
pool will be completed in ten day
and the full cost must be in banl
before that date.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-08-11

all chuckholes and bad places due
to recent storm ravages to serve as
guides on the return trip when they
will travel at top speed. The small
flags will be visible at a distance
and enable the drivers to slow down
ingalls, has Buick special which is
said to be as fast as any machine
on the desert.
President Ben Luce. of the Tono-
pah Auto club has called meeting
of the members and all automobile
drivers for this evening at the office
of II. Fred Brown, TO discuss the
programme for receiving the drivers
and helping to dispatch them with.
out any loss Of time Ed Cullinan
and c. II. Douglass, Of the Tonopah
Belmont. have been assigned to the
duty of signalling the approach Of
the drivers and. when the flash
comes from Glendale peak. an ar
rangement will be made by which
the citizens Of Tonopah win be ap
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-08-11
WISCONSIN
SENATOR IS
FOR PEACE
SENATOR LAFoLLETTE INTRO.
oucEs PEACE EsoLUTloN
DIRECTED TO PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Senator
LaFollette introduced peace reso-
luton providing that the United
States define definitely the objects
for which it shall continue to wage
war and that the allies also N IKE
public a restatement of the peace
ierms they will demand
The LaFollette resolution seeks to
put congress. on record as opposing
support by the u s. for annex
alton and indemnitles 1t proposes
amassing a fund among all belliger-
ents for restoration Of the devastated
territory, Mimiographed copies bear.
ing the name of the American un-
ion against militarism we're distri-
buted in the press galleries. La
Toilette denied that the organiza-
tion had any connection with the
resolution.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-08-11
COURSE Of FORESTRY
GIVEN IN MONTANA
lRy Associated Press.l

10y Associated PresA.l
MIssoULA, Mont. Aug. l1.-Cen-
tered In the school of forestry of the
University Of Montana this year Is
10 be a new course known as mil
Itary Service" The course, accord
Inc to Chancellor Edward c. Elliott,
Is designated to meet the needs Of
young men who have not reached the
minimum age OF those subject to
selectve draft, and for those who
have not been drafted under the
first call.
The course, in both the college of
forestry and college of engineer
ins has been so arranged that in
case those who take II are not
called for military service, 1t will
count as one full year toward the
credits for the regular baccalaureate
degree Coordinate with the course
4 one for women In Red Crcas tralr
Ing,
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-08-11
.LIEBNECHT
VICTIM Of
THE KAISER
GERMAN SOCIALIST LEADER
succuMBS TO lNHuMAN
PRISON TREATAENT

PARIS, Aug. 11.-Dr. Karl Lie5-
knecht, socialist leader of the reich
stag, who was arrested during the
May day celebrations in Berlin iII
1916 was liberated recently through
fear he might die in prison. He is
suffering from tuberculosis and
weighs only "a pounds.
Liebknecht is now in private hos
pital and is not expected to recover
Beside lung troubles he is suffer
ing mental depression as the result
OF inhuman treatment in prison.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-08-11
ENEMY A|RPLANE
FOUNDONDESERT
ARMED GUARDS HOLD MACHINE
WAITING FOR RETURN OF
OWNERS

thy Associated PrSAssD
LANCASTER, Cal, Aug. IL
Constable Hunter under federal or
ders, has taken possession of an
airplane found at a dry lake twenty
miles away. Armed guards are
awaiting return of three men said
to be the owners, who fled over
Antelope valley. 1t is believed the
owners have gone to Los Angeles.
tDy Associated Press.1
Los ANGELES, Aug. 11.-R. L.
Bailey and Geo. Moore. the aviators,
reported they were owners of the
airplane. They took the airplane
there to make test flight with
out publicity and returned for ma
terial to make repairs.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1917-08-11
NINTY- Y-NNNTH NEW YORK BOARD WILL Be INVESTIGATED
desperate fighting
ON FLANDERS FRONT

ed in forcing a crossing of the Steen-
bek river where the railroad crossed.
NY Associated Press.l
BERLIN, Aug. 11.-British attacks
on a front OF nearly five miles be
tween Frezenberg and Hollebeke.
Belgium, were unsuccessful. The
British we're elected near West Hook
by the German reserves. Nineteen
entente airplanes and two captive
ballons were shot down. French
attacks on German positions near
Fayet, south OF ST. Quentin and
Cerny west of Loan. were only par
TALLY successful. On Hochberg the
Germans wrested important trench
sectors from the French and madt
many prisoners,