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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
Ten Years of Pure Food
Enforcement Is ReUieUed

WASIIINGTON, Dee. 29-Ten years
of enforcement of the pure food act
of 1896 are reviewed tonight i'm the
annual report of the department of
agriculture's bureau of chemistry,
which points out that the acts chief
contribution to the peoples health
has been its corrective effect on the
drug and patent medicine industry
and its control ~ the trade In uncleau
milk and harmful foodstuffs.
The report shows that more than
5000 pros acutions have been termi-
mated in the courts, that many thOu-
sands of factories have been inspected
and that 1900 shipments of do
nestle or imported food and drugs
have been examined.
Interstate shipment of oysters from
polluted waters practically has ceased.
il is claimed and there has been 4
general Improvement in the cOnui-
tlon of all prepared foodstuffs.
AdulteratiJn and other prominent
abuses prevailing prior to the enact
meut of rhe law, have been mini
mi2ed. the report continues and there
has been an encouraging development
II factory ealit1tiou and laboratory
researches
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
Drastic Changes to
Continue After
War Ends

the steel rail and the iron horse, the
greatest harhiugcr OF progress In the
world without the railroads TINS
country could never have developed;
aud ut the same time, without the
patronage OF the people the ran
roads could never have been hullt
much less maintained.
There are two sides to the question:
diametrically opposite, working u
hardship ON the railroads and ON ne
people at the same time. The rall-
roads and the people have never been
able to get together, but, now there
seems to be an illuminated path thru
government control. And govern
mcut control may solve the question
to such an extent that government
ownership will follow. and out OF
temporary control may evolve perma-
ucut government ownership.
But the control Of the raj Dads Is
only one single step in the war policy
of this government True 1t was a
long stride a necessary movement
The railroads. suffering from high
wages inflicted upon them 10y the arm
OF the federal government, by reduced
tariff thru acts of prcjudiced logtsla-
tive bodies and refusal of loans from
odreful bankers had practically
wrecked the railroads of the country.
The tracks were in bad condition ana
their rolling stock inadequate for the
ordinary commercial business Of the
country, to say nothing of the cuur-
mously increased dcnelnds To couccn-
CO7TGNt Ed ON PAGE FIVE
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
american Killed When
MeIicanS Fire at Auto

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Dec. %
Gordon Parmalcc was instantly killed
and Charles Grcenslade, paymaster
for the Bordcrland Sugar corporation,
slightly wounded this afternoon when
their automobile was fired upon from
the brush one mile south of Llano
Grande station. near Mercedes. Texas,
by alleged Mexican bandits Green
slade speeded up the car and escaped.
Sheriff A. Y. Baker Of Hidalgo county
and deputies wits citiIens' posse are
searching for the bandits tonight, and
one report says a trail has been
struck.
The automobile. driven by Parmalee
and carrying several thousand dollars
from Mercedes to pay plantation
hands. was slowing down to pass thru
u gate near Llano Grande, which is
six miles from the Rio Grande, when
six or seven shots Wer fired. Parmalee
slid to the floor of the car with six
bullets thru his body. death having
been instantaneous Grenslade grabbed
the steering wheel and escaped.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30

years. absolutely ignored the public.
They operated their lines ON policy
of the public be damned" and
sought to influence legislatures and
even the congress of the United
States with blood and corruption
money. This policy was carried out
t. such an extent that the rcformers
appeared simultaneously thruout the
country. and the result was adverse
legislation against the railroads. FOR
u prospective legislator to cspousc
the cause of railroad corporation
WHs to advertise his corruptness and
invite political suicide and honor
ahnihilDtiuu. The tables turned on
the railroads. and their employees. So
cure i'm their positions with soulicss
corporations. treated the travelling
public with degree of contempt that
was disEraceful The pleasant en-
ploye became an exception. instead
of the rule. There Is some iustifica-
ton for the prejudice against rail
roads. on the other hand. "A few
years ago. pioneers who blaZed the
trails Of the west begged ON beudcd
knees for railroads. and hailed as a
rrovidential blessing the coming Of
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
Twenty Injured When Auto
matte Block Signal System
Fails to Work.

NORTH VERNON, Ind, Dec. %
seven are known to be dead and
about twenty injured as the result
of head-on collision between west
bound and east-bound Baltimore K
Ohio train n mile east of here tonight.
All the dead were members of the
crew. The west-bound train carried
several soldiers. according to reports,
hut it is not known II any were among
the injured.
The dead:
HARRY FRENCH. Seymour, Ind,
engineer on west bound train.
JOSEPH HORNlNG, Seymour
fireman, west-bound train.
NJ. c. HARVEY, Cincinnati, bag
gageman on west bound train.
FRANK DAY, Seymour, engineer
on east bound train.
NJ. L. MATTHEW'S. Seymour, fire
man on east-bound train.
ALBERT SHUR, Cincinnati, bag
gageman on east st-bound train.
!. II. KEMPTON, Cincinnati, brake
man on east bound train.
The injured included Conductor ID
T. Shaner Of the east bound train and
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
Many Passenger Trains
to BE Annulled at Once

PHILADELPHIA, Dec, % Many
passenger trains ON the Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia n Reading. and Balu-
rnorc n ohio railroads are TO be M
rullcd as q result Of the government
assuming couu,l cf the lines, accord
ing to 70 statement ISSUED py the conf
prnV
Officials of the other roads asserte
that there would bc wholesale slash
ing of the ssh. dulles and that pas
senLcr traffic would bee reduced TO a.
minimum. While the passenger
agents are putting into effect the tim"
tables. freight traffic agents are put
ting into effect Secretary McAdoo >
order for direct routing of all freight
irrespective OF lines.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
tiNLNND FACES FOOD FAMINE
Dircst Need Exists Thruout Country
Says official Dispatches.

WASHINGTON Dec. 20. Food
stocks in Finland are so depleted that
officials there fear famine unless tom
mage is obtained to transport the oats
ana corn granted the Finnish provis-
ion administration here 10y this gov
crnment. Official dispatches today
from Helsingfors said that the direst
need exists thruout the country.
Doctor Kaarlo Ignatius the Finnish
commissioner. is endeavoring with the
assistance of the state department and
the shipping board to obtain tonnage
enough to take food to relieve the sit
uation and il is considered likely that
two ships viii be obtained.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
Seven Members of Train Grew Killed
When B. & O. Trains Collide Headon

Conductor L. j. McEyilly, both Of Gin
cinnati; S. Boylcs, an engineer of Gin
cinnati, who was in charge of dead
engine on the east-bound train, also
was injured. The extent Of their in
jures has has not been determined.
At IL o'clock the identity of other
injured was not known.
Relief trains have been sent here
from Seymour twenty miles west, and
according to reports reaching here
from Cincinnati, Louisville and Wash
ington (Indiana) also, All OF the dead
were pinned beneath the wreckage.
Both engines were demolished and
thrown from the track and down a
steep embankment.
The cause of the wreck is reported
to have been the failure of the auto
matte block system to work.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
DishOnOrabIe Discharges
Man BE Eliminated Soon

WASHINGTON. Dec. 29-Dishon-
orable discharges from the army
which many officers believe have been
seized upon by slackers and objectors
as the vehicle of escape from military
service. will no longer provide such
au opportunity under an order issued
today hy Secretary Baker. For several
weeks the army has been losing men
at the rate OF 100 to $50 a day. They
chose to commit offenses which led
to their dishonorable discharge.
In the future Secretary Baker or
dered, such men will get terms of
imprisonment with their discharges
and whenever possible some other
form of sentence Will be used
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
Enemy Artillery ShoWs
ActiUity, Reports Haig

LONDON. Dec. 29.-The official
report from Field Marshal Haig's
headquarters tonight says.
During the day the hostile artillery
has again shown considerable activity
AT a number of points along our front.
especially I'm the neighborhood of
Hargicourt, south ana west Of Lens
and east and northeast Of Ypres
"AVi8tiou: our airplaues dropped
over one hundred bombs on three
enemy airdromes north OF Lille. Seven
hostile machines. four of which fell
inside our lines were brought down by
our airplaues; two others were driven
down out of control vuite four others
were shot down by our guns, three
falling within our lines. Three Of our
machines are missing
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
WALKER D. KINDS TO ASSIST
Brotherhoods VIII Postpone
Demands for 10 Per Cent
Increase of Wages.
ALL RAILROADS INSTRUCTED
Telegraph Is Used in Inform
ing Rail Heads Desires of
General Director.

WASlllNGTpN Dec. 29.-Dcfirtte
steps toward national unification or
railroads and improvement of con-
gcstcd conditions were taken today by
Director General McAdoo in the Az
pointment Of "a temporary staff and
the Issuing of his first formal or
der directing absolute pooling of all
traffic, common utilization Of terni-
nais, rolling stock and other facili-
tics. hauling Of freight 10y the short
est route" and retention of al pres
cut officers and employees
SpcCini Instructions were issued
Tor the clearing Of congestion in New
NorN and Chicago thru pooling tcrml-
nails and other traffic facilities, and
Alfred II. smith, president Of the New
York Central, was named temporary
special assistant To supervise trans
p'rtation In the trunk line territory
east Of the Mississippi aud north of
th' ohio river where congestion is
greatest
liiuds Assistant Director.
Walker -. Kinds of New York. n
railroad lawyer ana for many wears 4
special stddcnt of government opera
tiCn. was appointed director general
ltllAlk lIlf ltl lildllA'll II 4 lfllAfhli~
ncnt staff. Tho interstate commerce
commission was drafted for m inn
mediate investigation by it, inspec-
tors OF general freight conditions on
eastern trunk lines.
While the director general was con-
I fcrrng today with number of rail-
road heads. interstate commerce COM
missOncrs and members of congress
were planning immediate action -
lremedy faults OF transportation. II be-
came known that the demands OF the
four brotherhoods for 40 per cent
wage increase had been denied bv the
railroads and that consequently the
/ labor men had decided tn postpone
for probably sixty days the presen-
tation of their case to the govern
ment 1t was thot probable that
President Wilson would take up tho
/ labor situation In his address to con-
gress next Thu sday or Friday
Congressional Agencies Busy.
Congressional agencies went to
work today on tho new railroad sit
uation. The senate Interstate COM
mcrcc committee as n special hearing
drew from Chairman Hall OF the in
terstate commerce commission tho
statement that the governments fall
urc to centraliZe priority administra-
tion was largely responsible for freight
congestion.
Senator 'ummins ranking Repub-
lcan member Of the senate interstate
commerce mommittcc in conference
with Mr.. McAdoO. expressed the opin-
! ion that Legislation 10 prescribe tho
| baYi5 Of government compensation 10
/ the roads would be passed speedily
/ tho not without some opposition to
/ the presidents suggestion Of guJvan-
tecinE to the companies the average
D .u"niugs for the last three years.
The railroad war board. whose serv-
! ices have been solicited temporarily
lhy the director general, today present.
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
SAND SPRINGS CONDUCTOR
VICTIM OF NIGHT H0L0UP
OFFICERS Search In Vain for Pair or
Bandits Who Robbed Street
tur Man

As the conductor on one Of the cars
Of the Sand Springs Railroad company
was transferring the trolley at the
pidway switch last night, he was held
up ana robbed by two men. The ears
pass at this switch. which is just out
side the city limits and the conductor
ou the car due to arrive ia Tulsa at
10 o'clock was changing the trollcSs
as usual The mOturman had ud
VduCed the car few feet when the
two men held up the conductor and
took his money
PatrOlmau Jones was notified of tho
holdup when the car arrived. bat
neither the uuturmau nor the con
ductor was able to give him dcscrip-
ton Of the men. They were unable to
state the amount taken.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
Say Five Dead.

CINCINNATI, Dec. Baltimore
& Ohio officials in Cincinnati say their
reports indicate that not more than
five persons were killed in the wreck
near North Vernon Ind All OF them
were trainmen. None of the pasesn-
gers We're killed and no injury of a
serious character was suffered by any
OF those hurt, their report says. The
two engines were demolished and
were thrown from the tracks. All of
the coaches remained on the tracks.
The trains in collision were B. e. ..
passenger train No. 9. New York to
st. Louis, west bound, and B. Il o.
passenger train No. .3 ast-bound
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
ALLIES CREDITS $1,000. .OOO. .OOO
Secretary McAdoo Authorizes Nddi-
tional Loans to Great Britain.

WASHINGTON, bee. 29.-Credlts
to the allies passed tho $4,000. 00O, 600
mark today when Secretary McAdoo
authorized additional loans Of $751;
600. OO0 To Great Britain for January
purchases in the United States. $l55.-
600 600 to France. s7,50O.OO0 to Bel
gium and $1,000 600 to Serbia. Today's
total was $3tS50OOOO and the total
credits to the allies 4.236,i0O,00O.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
Carranla Is Obstinate.

JUAREZ. Mexico, Dec. 29-P Presi-
dent Carranza prohibited the holding
OF kermess or fair by the German
colony OF Mexico City recently for
the benefit Of the German Red Cross.
according to Mexico CITY papers which
reached here today.
Altho tho allied nations were per
mitted to hold benefits and fairs for
the Red Cross fund. the Germans
were told not to attempt to hold their
kermcss, the papers stated
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
viii Inquire Into All
Causes Halifax Disaster

HALIFAX, Dec. ga searcing in
quiry into all .he causes OF tho disas.
ter of December G, when the French
ammunition steamer Mont Blanc blew
up, killing 1900 persons, was prom
ised by c. o. Ballantyne. Canadian
minister Of marine and fisheries. to-
day. The Halifax Herald, volcing the
public demand, said in an editorial to-
day:
"Somebody ought to hang-perhaps
several peoplc-for their personal re-
sponsibility for the great catastrophe. -
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
CUBAN is HELD AT JUAREz


Ell PASO, Teras, edo. 29.-Pro-
tests were telegraphed to the Cuban
consul at Galveston and the Cuban
minister at Washington today by Err
uesto Garcia. local Cuban, who said
his wife, Mrs. Rita Castillo y Garcia.
was being held in Jail in Juarez on a
political charge.
,gUmau, formerly employed in govern
ment offices here, is also reported to
De held in Juares for investigation of
alleged political activities
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
Is Secret Service Chief.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.--W. H..
Moran. assistant chief of the treasury
secret service for ten years, will be-
come chief January | to succeed Will
liam j. Flynn, resigned His appoint
incnt was announced tonight by Sec
rotary McAdoo. Moran entered the
secret service 80 years ago as an op-
,rative and has experience in all
Mranchos of the work
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
FOUR MORE SOLDIERS DIE
Pneumonia Causes Additional Deaths
AT Camp Bcaurcgard

ALEXANDRIA, La. Dec 2g.-Four
deaths from pneumonia We're reported
at Camp Beaurcgard for the "a hours
ending at noon today. They were.
Middleton Keith, Arkansas, Edward
\. Mccain, Louisiana, John II.
Reeves, Arkansas. and Leonard r.
Crouch. Mississippi. This brings the
total deaths at the camp to one hun
cred and twenty since November H.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
GOVERNMENT CONTROL
OF MINES PREDICTED
Conscription of Labor Will
Come Soon Says Fuel Adj
ministration Head.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 Govern
mcnt control Of mines and couscr'p-
ton of labor were predicted by l.. A.
sncad. head of tho fuel adininistra-
TONS distributing agency In testify
ing today before the senate investigate
ing the coal situation.
Coordination OF effort Is necessary
TO meet present demands. Mi. Srcad
declared aud he added that he could
see no possibility of the production
OF "a. po0.nO0 ions of fuel adminiStra
tion estimates the nation Is short this
year. Restricted use is the only solu-
don. he declared.
Priority ordsrp for coal shipments
might afford some temporary relief
from shortages experienced in many
parts of the country Mr.. Sncnd said,
but the only solution of the whole
problem is adequate and efficient
transportation.
The committee adjourned today un-
til next Wednesday. when Food AL
ministrator Hoover viii testify On the
sugar situation. lie ana other Wit
ucsscs are expected To close the sugar
inquiry within two days and then the
coal Investigation viii be taken up
again with Witnesses from various
parts Of the country
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
Two Die in Power Explosion.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Dec. 90
Two men We're killed outright and a
third is expected to die as the result
Of an explosion at the Bacchus plant
of the Hercules Powder company, IS
miles from here today. The financial
loss will not exceed $1,000, ii is said.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
As the Nelps Breaks
For Treason!

NEW YORK, Dee. 80. Paul Hen
mig, a naturalized German. who has
been employed as foreman in a
brooklyn factory engaged in the max
ing of torpedoes for the United States
government, was remanded to jail
without bail i'm federal court here to-
day. charged with treason.
"Not only would these tOrpedOes
have been worthless as weapons but IL
Is possible they would have proved
engines of destruction for their own
users, said the district attorney.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
Germans Acknowledge Loss.

WASTIGNGTDN, Dec. %. - Dis
patches received here today from
France said the German admiralty
had acknowledged loss of the sub
marine which recently sank the old
French converted cruiser Shatoau
Renau i'm the Mediterranean. The
submarine was commanded by Cap
tain Wendland. who with his crew
was taken prisoner.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
Padua, City Rich in Art Treas
suers, Is Attacked by
Austrian Airplanes.
BRITISH LOSE TO T0RPEO0ES
Petrograd Special Dispatches
Do Not Clearly Say How
Peace Offer Received.
By associated Press

Cold weather and snow in the Eu-
ropeau fighting zone have reduced
military activities to the minimum in
most sectors. only in northern Italy
has there been any movement of i'm
portance in the last As hours. Even
there an infantry operation is report
ed from only one point ON the battle
line The Italians took the initiative,
delivering a blow at the Austro-Ger-
man line near Monte Tomba on the
mountain front just to the west Of the
Tiave The German war office re-
ports this engagement declaring that
the Italian attack was broken up by
taeir defensive fire.
Austrians Attack Padua.
The principal aerial activity also is
reported from the Italian front Aus
triaa airmen, recently beaten Off from
TreViso with the loss of eleven air
planes carried out bombing raid
Friday night in which the city Of
Padua, rich in art treasures, was at
tackled. None Of the city's noted mon
uments was harmed. but eight bombs
dropped in the most densely populated
part Of the town killed thirteen per
sors and injured sixty others. Bombs
dropped on Treviso and two other
towns closer to the fighting lines than
Padua which is some 30 miles from
the front, caused no damage or cas-
ualt!es.
In naval warfare torpedoes or mines
scored against British torpedo boat
aestroyers operating off the Dutch
coast. Three of these craft were sunk
on the night of December 30 during
foggy weather with the loss of 1913
officers and men.
Dispatches Not Clear.
Petrograd special dispatches do not
indicate clearly what the reception has
been in Russia of the central powers
reply To the Russian peace proposals.
one view taken is that northern Rus
sia is disposed to accept peace ON al
most any terms, while the attitude Of
tie remainder of the nation is uncer-
tam. Another correspondent cOnsid
e-s the Bolsheviki disheartened at the
German declination to accept the prin-
Ciple that nationalitics hitherto with
out political independence be allowed
to decide their own future, this re-
fusal being considered a stumbling
block for further negotiations.
Meanwhile Germans who have ar
rived in Petrograd are being permitted
to spread their propaganda and Ger
man newspapers are circulating free
| iy. Postal service with entente coun-
tries, on the other hand, is lacking and
allied residents Of Petrograd as well
as the Russians as a whole, remain in
complete ignorance of what has gone
or in allied countries for the past sis
weeks.
lii addition to the aerial activity rc-
poted from the Italian front British
! airmen have been active in France
| over some of the territory occupied by
the Germans. The British headduar.
| terS report Saturday said that thirteen
] hostile airplanes had been accounted
/ for eleven Of which were 3hot dowI
and tho two othefs driven down ou'
| Of control.
The British lost three machines II
| these aerial combath ana OF the Ger
man airplanes destroyed the Brit
! ish land guns brought down four
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
Mexican Plans .\ttacIs.

Ell PASO, Texas. Dec. 2g.-Canuto
Reyes is planning To attack a border
port in Mexico soon in order to as
certain whether the United States will
permit a revolutionary leader not di-
rectly connected with the villa move
ment to occupy a Mexican border port.
Villa was refused permission to have
the port of Presidio, Texas. opened to
him whom he CAptnred Oiinasa.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
Alta Boy!

LONDON. Dec. 29.--A Zeppelin and
n seaplane which was accompanying it,
have been wrecked in the North sea,
according to "A Central News dispatch
from Copenhagen, quoting ndvices re
cciVed there from West Jutland. The
Zeppelin is said to have fallen Ina
flames to the sea
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-30
NOT BAD, At THAT.

OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec. q
Following its meeting here today
the oklahoma state council OF
defense announced it would inn
mediately petition the war de-
partment to make an arrange
ment whereby American trans
ports instead of returning IN
ballast from Europe would bring
full cargoes of German prisoners
to be employed on the farms of
Oklahoma and the n"ighboring
states in the southwest.