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The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
Rail SITUATION RESTS
With THE PRESIDENT
Senators Go Home Despite Borah' S
Objection.

By the narrow margin Of eleven
votes, the Senate reluctantly agreed
yesterday to go home, and leave the
President alone to deal with the
railroad situation.
F., Senator Borah, of idaho. led the
movement against adjournment and
gathered three score adherents to
his position. He takes the position.
not alone that IT is wrong to leave
land filled with cold and hungry
people while transportation is con-
gested. but that the President can
not solve the problem by himself.
However. the vote was l3 to 20 for
adjournment until January 3.
Indications were made by Senator
Newlands, chairman Of the Inter-
state Commerce Committee, that Mr..
Wilson would have no immediate
message for Congress, and this pro-
phecy carried great weight with ad-
ministration Senators. -.
. Senator Sterling, of South Dakota
introduced a resolution calling for
general traffic director. of the rail-
ways with power,
senator Cummins, Of Iowa, intro
duced a resolution seeking a COM
piete investigation by the Commerce
Committee of the Interstate Com
merce Commissions recent report
II was adopted, and the inquiry win
begin at once. t
In the House, Representative Lem
root, OF Wisconsin. Offered a bill or
gambling under the Interstate Com
merce Commission the United States
equipment Corporation. which would
spend s10o. 900 for cars and loco
roads.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
GOMPERSAIDS
IN PAY FIGHT
President of A. F. of L.
Promises Assistance to
Government Clerks.

President Samuel Gompers. of the
American Federation of Labor, has
accepted an invitation to lead the ap-
peal to President Wilson seeking to
have retirement legislation for gov
ernment employees considered at the
present session Of Congress, accord
ing to an announcement made last
night by the joint conference of Fed
eral employees on retirement at a
meeting in the A. F. of L. executive
chamber.
When the hearings on the salary
Increases are resumed after the
Christmas holidays. the representa-
tives Of the conference win plead for
the schedule of increases advocated
at the A. F. Of L. convention and the
employees will also have the assist
ance of the legislative council Of the
Washington Central Labor Union. as
that organization has indorsed the
keating bill, calling for graded IN
ereases of from to IS per cent for
employees up to the $500 grade, and
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
In These Few Words
Billy Sunday Rejoices
Over Fate Of Saloon

Atlanta. Ga, Dec. 1s.-BiIlyi
Sunday was 4shoutinE happy. to-
day when Informed that the na-s
tion-wide prohibition constitu-
tionai amehdment had successful
" passed both House and Sem
ate.
81 am shouting happy to think
that am going to live long
enough to preach the funeral SER
vices OF the liquor business In
America. ! am overwhelmingly
GLAD that I can see the end OF
this Iawless. anarchistic, plmpIe-
making, viee-preducine. sabbath-
brenkias, pocket emptyinE,
.honer-wrecking. rae-bedecIxins,
bleod-peIlutins. riot-maIkins, in-
famous, esrrupts Ged-fersaken
bnsiness,s Ne ssid.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
BAKER GUSTS
CROZIER FROM
ORDNANCE JOB
Wheeler Succeeds General
Who Put Gun Delay
Blame on Chief.

Heads Of War Department bureaus
WHO have been subjected to criticism
were yesterday partially replaced by
Secretary Baker.
, Brig. Gen. Wheeler is named act
ing chief Of ordnance to succeed
Gen. Croker.
Maj. Gen. George w Goethals is
recalled to active service and made
acting quartermaster general to sue
coed Gen. Sharpe.
Brig. Gen. Barrett is named act
ing chief of coast artillery.
Cen Crozier has been under fire in
the Senate Committee on Military
Affairs.
A report by the Surgeon General
last night blames lack Of clothing
and crowded quarters for excessive
death rates in four national army
camps. The quartermaster's division
is responsible for these supplies.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19

Dual Job for Piez.
Charles A. Piez, Of Chicago, who
was brought her to become vice presi-
dent Of the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration, will be made general man
ager Of the feet corporation. succeed
ing Rear Admiral Harris. He will
take the dual job, under Edward N.
Hurley, chairman of the United
States Shipping Board and president
of the Emergency Fleet Corporation.
The withdrawal of Rear Admiral
Harris will leave the corporation in
control Of big business men.
President Backs Hurley.
Other developments were:
1.-The President let 1t be known to
his Cabinet advisers that, regardless
Of the recent disturbance in the
board, he win stand by Hurley.
1.-THE Senate, stirred to action by
the sudden resignation Dc Admiral
Harris, adopted a resolution calling
for sweeping investigation into the
activities Of the entire government
shipbuilding organization and the
progress OF the building program. The
probe will start tomorrow.
3-Chairman Hurley declared that
troubles within the government
-bQresu have not, interfered with the
shfpbuiiding program. which win
proceed as scheduled. The 500, 200
tons tentatively estimated for 1913
he believes, will be produced.
I dc not think Congress should
go away without investigating the
Shipping Board. We have spent bill
lions and we seem to have failed.
Since last year, Gen. Goethals, Chair
man Denman, Admiral Capps and
now Admiral Harris have left the
organization.
There Is small use for an army
unless We can transport it and MAIN
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
ANTI-MURPHY
FORCES MERGE
Hylan Sees Glynn and
Hearst for Governor
Plot Is Thickening.
srei,l to The Washington HeraId.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Albany, n. Y, Dec. 1S.-while
Mayor-elect John F. Hylan was in
Albany 10 see Gov. whitman yester-
day and secured his pledge of CO.
operation in any legislation the
Hylan administration attempts for
the betterment OF the New York City
government, the mayor-elcct called
upon former Gov. Martin H. Glynn,
and in the eyes OF the political
observers this conference was fully
as important IS his talk with the
governor.
The planning of a Hylan-Hearst-
Glynn combination 20 unseat Charles
F. Murphy, so far as State politics is
concerned. and build up the Demo-
cratic machine throughout New York
State, is thought by many to have
been the main object of the new
mayors visit to Glynn. When he was
governor in 1914. Glynn named Mr.. Hy-
Ian county Judge. thereby putting him
upon the map politically. and the in
coming mayor is said to feel deeply
indebted to Mr.. Glynn.
In Albany it IS generally thought
that William Randolph Hearst
wants to run for governor next year
on the Democratic ticket, and they
believe his recent split with Gov
ernor Whitman was caused more
than anything else by this desire.
Heart and Hylan are very close.
and as soon as il became known
that Mr.. Hylan visited Mr.. Glynn
the possibilities of the Hylan-
Hearst-Glynn movement loomed- up.
During the recent campaign Charles
F. Murphy was bitterly attacked by
Patrick E. McCabe. OF Albany. former
clerk of the Senate, and politicians
who know both men realized there
was no "camoufage" in this fight
Mr.. McCabe~ said uncomplimentary
things about the Tammy leader that
he really meant. .r-
He and former Gov. GIynn are very
close politically and otherwise.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19

In each Of the camps there was no
attempt to quarantine new arrivals
for proof that they were free Of in
fectioVs diseases. This, Gen. Gorgas
intimates, was unavoidable. when as
many as 5000 men were poured
into a camp in q few days.
He recommends the immediate es-
tabiishment OF detention and sep
aration camps for the sick men. is
sue Of tents until there are but i've
men to each.. rushing warm wooden
clothing. and the careful examina-
tion of every command before 1t
leaves the camp where 1t has been
infected. H,&
OF Camp Funston. Gen. Gorgas says:
81 call attention to the fact that
they had eighty-four deaths Qn the
last month";, when the normal death
rate of such a command should be
about twelve"
This part Of the country. Gen. Cor
gas says. has been well known as a
CONTINUED ON PAGE FOUR.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
BABST DENIES
SUGAR BARONS
FIXED PRICES
President Of Refining Com,
pany Put on Grill by
Senate Committee.

"And So the gentleman takes the
position of the man in the murder
trial-it was not his bullet, but the
hole in the mans heart that caused
the victims DEATH"
These words Of Chairman Reed, OF
the Senate subcommittee on manufac-
turers, broke up yesterdays hearing
on the sugar famine. 1t also brought
to an abrupt end a two-hour wrangIe
between him and Earl D. Babst,
president Of the American Sugar Re-
fining Company. as TO who is respon-
sible for the fixing of American sugar
prices.
Mr.. Babst. as chairman Of the Food
ADMINISTRATORS international COM
mittee on sugar, denied time and
again that he and members of the
committee fixed the price Of the last
Cuban sugar crop or agreed on. a
price for the next sugar CROP He
also refused to admit that the hxing
Of q higher Cuban price elevated all
other sugars, beet, Hawaiian and
Louisiana. These charges had been
made by Claus A. Spreckels, of the
Federal Sugar Refining Company.
Charges Unfairness.
Finally, driven to evaporation,
Babst charged that the committee
was rot treatiRJ him fairly Both
Senator Reed an Senator Lodge re-
sented Babst's NSinsinuations, but
neither could restre order. Finally
Senator vardamarH whose voice was
strong enough to prevail over the con-
fusion. stood up.
Your character has not been i'm
pugned in this committee" he BOOM
ed out. eff your character has been
impugned, II is the facts OF the
sugar situation that has done 1t, and
no action of this committee or its
members. You will be treated fairly.
but you cannot conduct this invesd-
CATION"
Much Of the testimony centered
about the position of the interna-
tional sugar committee, which in
cludes Mr.. Babst, William A. Jami-
son, of Arbuckle Brothers and George
NJ. Rolph. formerly Of the Califor-
nia-Hawaii Sugar Company but now
head of the Food Administrators
sugar division. When it became ap-
parent that the committee could not
get at the truth OF the Sprecsels
charges that his committee profited
privately by fixing high prices for
Cuban sugar. the committee adjourn
ed until today.
Senator Reeds committee finally
received a reply TO its invitation to
Governor Cox. of Ohio. to appear and
testify on the coal situation. Governor
Cox fatty refused to appear. and not
only that. impugned the motives OF
the committee.
BIames Garfield.
He declared it appeared to have a
"pre-conceived theory" of what II
should learn on the coal situation,
and added:
1--WE have had an unfortunate ex-
perience. 1t is true, with the coal
administration, DR.. Garfield. and 1
have no disposition to subtract a
single word of our indictment against
him." The Ohio experience, he con-
cluded, would not prove helpful to
the committe investigation.
y Senator Reed, replying for the COM
mittee. regretted Governor Cox's in
ability to appear. and denied that
the committee has preconceived
theory rs to what it will learn on
the situation. Its purpose" he said,
lis merely to learn the facts"
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
Survivors and Lost
In u. S. S. FL Tragedy

Following is a complete list OF
the survivors and OF those lost in
the sinking Of the U. s. s FL:
SURVIVORS.
Lieat. A. E-s mother.
Mrs. Julia MontEomry, Pratt.
Fort y, q. Wright New York.
sCHMlssAUTER, ,. NJ machinist
Temporary: father. Charles c.
Sehmissautsr, 107 Sawyer street
Hin City, Tenn.
BROWN, Henry Lloyd. runner's mate
first class; father. II. p. Brown.
Macon Ga.
BURNS, Joseph J., chief gunneria
mate; wife, Ruth Burns, 2se First
street. San Pedro, Cal
John Galyia, ships cook,
third class; mother. Mrs. Celia e.
Campbell. Huron. South Dakota
CONTINUED on PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19

Oyercrowding Vital Fault.
The camps concerned are Camp
Funston. Kan: Camp Sewer. s. c.;
Camp Doniphan, Okla. and Camp
Bowie, Texas.
These are the salient features Of
the charges:
Excessive deaths at the camps. due
to overcrowding.
Failure Of winter clothing to ar
rive.
Location Of camps in infectious ter
ritories.
Inadequate and uncompleted hos
pital facilities.
Pneumonia, meningitis. measles and
mumps cause many deaths.
Overcrowding is in every case blam-
ed for the excessive sickness. Men
were placed ten and twelve to a
tent, allowing only twenty cubic feet
Of air space per man, when the
proper space should have been much
larger, with only five men to a tent
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
PRESIDENT MAY PAY
WAR TAX ON SALARY
House Repeats Tax Exemption for
lis Members.

President Wilson may have TO pay
an excess profits tax, Of eight and .
quarter per cent as his income.
The House, in frenzy OF repent
ance at exempting their own salaries
repealed the exemption and then
slipped the tax on the President and
the Judges OF all courts receiving
more than 5000.
Representative Nicholas Longworth
introduced an amendment making
the tax ineffective for salaried men
and business mens with no capital.
as xA. beaten ~ 2 2 N -.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
KERENSKY REPORTED
MENACNGPETROGRAD
Russian Dispatch Tells Of Bolsheviki
Force Sent Against Him.

London. Dec. 1S.-At the head OF
several thousand troops" former
Premier Kerensky Is reported in Swed-
ish advices to be marching on Petro-
report Is viewed with scepticism.
Every day, since Lenine and Trotzky
took hold at Petrograd. has brought
tumble Of conflicting reports, many
deliberately sent ont to lure the al
lies i1to actions Of value to the Boil
fshevih
Nothing would please the Bolsheviki
better than open allied support Of an
anti Bolsheviki movement. for Lenine
and Trotzky would Immediately ten
the people the allies were trying to
undo The ernistics snd peace worlk
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
FIREMEN MAY
DEMAND RAISE
5000 Men VIII Vote on
New Schedule; No
Strike Involved.

Chicago. Dec. 1S.-Increases in
wages for $4,000 locomotive firemen
on all United States railroads were
prepared today by committees
headed by President ". S. Carter.
They will be submitted to the nre-
men for endorsement.
Instructions state the vote 10 not
on the question OF a strike.
The increase range from 10 per
cent for the higher paid men 10 90
per cent for those receiving $3.50
for hours or 100 miles or less.
All receiving more than the guar
antees decided on want 10 per cent.
Here are the guarantees:
Firemen in passenger service per
100 miles. $50: passenger firrmcn.
not paid on mileage basis. hours
$50; all classes except paCSEIgCr
and switchinc. 100 miles or lers. $3.50;
switching service. s hours, $3.50: help
ers in electric service. s hOurE, $50:
inside hostlers. 8 hours, G50: out
side hostlerS. hours, S555; outside
hostlers' assistant, hours, S.0.
Time and Half Asked.
In all classes Of road service. ex-
ceDt passenger. time and a half u
asked for eight hours when the runs
are 100 miles or less. On runs over
100 miles, overtime will begin when
tie time on duty exceeds the miles
run divided by twelve and One-hslf.
Time and a half shall be paid for
overtime.
All over eight hours In twenty-four
in the switching and hosting service
shall be paid Time and a half. All
overtime shall be computed on the
minute basis.
Resolutions were adopted declaring
earnings Of fremen were not in keep
ing with those of employees In other
industries and they 'rfird Il impossible
with their present wages to maintain
the first standards Of living"
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
PANAMA WITH ALLIES.

The Republic of Panama,s oficiaI
declaration Of war against Austria was
received and made public by the State
Department yesterday. The resolu-
ton. passed by the national assembly
on December 10. empowered the presi-
dent to take all measures necessary
to co-ooerate with the United States
m the war against THE dominance or
fns world bz Tie xfpton pQrsrs~
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
ROBBERS GET $1,000
FROM BANK EMPLOYE
Charles Scattron Held Up in Ele-
vator; Bandits Escape.

New York, Dec. 1s.-Charles Scat
tron, messenger for the. State Bank,
was robbed of 5000 this afternoon
in an Office building elevator by two
armed robbers. Scattron was going
up to. the office of the Gotham Feath-
er Company. The bandits entered
the elevator behind him. covered him
and the elevator operator with re.
volvers and threw out the money
bag to an accomplice on the third
floor The victims were then bound
and the robbers escaped.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
Liquor Amendment
In Presidents Hands

President Wilson has the National
Prohibition amendment in his hands.
But he may not sign IT. Under the
Constitution. 20 the white House
hods, II is unnecessary for the Presi-
dent 10 sign o measure passed By
both Houses OF Congress by two
thirds majority,
By vote OF q 70 6 the Senate
concurred yesterday In the aueno-
ment as passed by the House. Som
ator Borah. OF Idaho. refused 90
vote aye" as he held that the
amendment was unconstitutionaL
We have no right 70 limit ths
States 90 seven years for ratification
of the amendment" said be. III 10
either submiszion Of the snnendment,
Or not submission- The time limit
\ elee<ix nnselsututioua1r -.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
MILLIONAIRE KIDS"
MARRIAGE ANNULLED
Mrs. Genevieve Hanan Brand d.
vorced by Wealthy Husband.

New York, Dec. ls-The marriage OF
the millionaire kid Of Peacock AL
ley" Mrs. Genevieve Florence Han
an Brand. was today annulled upon
the application OF her husband,
James H. Brand, a wealthy cotton
and munitions broker.
When Brand married the young
woman at Jacksonville, Fla, in 1915,
she represented herself, he declar-
ed, as a school girl. Testimony dis
closed the fact that she had been
twice married.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
10 u S. Sailors Lost When Submarine Is Ran1nled;
Wholesale. Sllake-up Among War Service C1ietta7s
Jerusalem Sepulchre
Stripped by Turks Of
Most Venerated Relics

Information from an allied
source has reached Washington
that the Turks retiring from
Jerusalem striped the Holy
Sepulchre and other holy places Of
all Of their most generated objects.
Hitherto It had been supposed
that the holy places Of Jerusalem
had been left intact.
A report to the State Depart
ment from Maj. Davis, United
States military observer. who en-
tered Jerusalem with the allied
forces. said the buildings Of
Jerusalem were all safe.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
Conklins's Grandson Honored.

London, Dec. 1S-The distinguished
service order has been awarded to
Lieut.. Walter G. oakman, jr., of Islip.
L. l., grandson of Roscoe Conkling,
for gallantry in the Cambria battle.
where he was wounded for the third
time. Lieut.. oakman is now in a pri-
vate hospital in London, and is being
nursed by his sister. He has wounds
on a hand and leg, both received
in the Cambria push.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
ROW IN SHIPPING BOARD
COSTS ADMIRAL HARRIS
POST AS BUREAU CHIEF
Charles A. Piez, Emergency Fleet Vice Presi-
dent, to Take General Managers Duties
President Backs Chairman Hurley. ,

Spectacular developments have followed the latest hakeup in the
Shipping Board.
Ignoring the wishes of Rear Admiral Frederick R. Harris who
signed general of the Emergency Fleet Corporation
dent Wilson has nominated Civil Engineer Charles Wman Parks
chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks the Navy Department
Admiral Harris had formerly held this post and quitting the
fleet corporation asked his old place back Secretary Daniels
bad said earlier in the day that his wish would be granted
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
Socialist Editor Disappears.

Amsterdam. Dec. 1S-The Socialist
newspaper Tribune reports the fnys-
ter,ous disappearance Of Carl Minister.
editor OF the German revolutionary So
eiahst paper Kampf, which Is pub
nsned IN. Amsterdam. He left last
Iuesday Tor Southern Holland. and
has not been seen since. The Tribune
says Minister Is an American citizen.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
five OF Crew SURVIVE.
INCLUDING COMMANDER;
BOATS COLLIDE IN FOG
Accident Happens in Home Waters, But Navy
Department Lacks Details-Craft Was
Sister Ship of Inflated F-4.

Nineteen American lost ter.es when the United a:es
submarine Fl ammed and sunk by the submarine F3 during
fog in home Monday
Lieut. A. E. Montgomery. of Fort H. c. Wright New York in
command of the vessel the FIVE brought port
by the F-3. which unnured.
presumed that the submebes running the
face when the accident occurred
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
Americans Stranded
In Russia Can't Draw
Money for GETAWAY

Toxic. Dec. B.-Trayelers from
European Russia by way Of Har-
bin say Americans In Moscow and
Petrograd are unable to leave the
country. The Bolsheyiki do not
allow the banks to issue more
than 100 rubles weekly to each
depositor. Many Americans In the
interior Of Russia have only their
clothes and some personal effects
to take with them when they get
away. Everything else has been
taken from them In free-for-all
robberies.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
CIreumstanees Not K.ows.

Circumstances Not known-
How the accident occ3rred the
Navy Department has not otucIrily
ascertained. The locality Of the zcci-
dent and other details are withheld
under censorship rules.
1t is assumed that the boats were
engaged in a practice cruise.
The FL is one OF the older types OF
submarines. A sister boat, the F-4.
submerged in Honolulu harbor three
years ago and failed to operate. Be-
fore she could be raised the entire
crew OF officers and men, numbering
more than score, were sunocated.
At the time the submarines of tFhs
class were found 20 be generally faul-
ty in construction.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
Gorgas Reveals Causes
Of Epidenics in -Four J.
National Army Camps
Overcrowding, Lack of Winter Clothing. Un-
healthful Locations and Inadequate Hos
pital Facilities Result in Deaths.

Sensational charges of unsanitay conditions training
camps made by Surg Gen. William Gogas made public last
night by Secretary of War Baker. ee~
Copies of reports made the Chief Of Staff by General Gosas
conditions at four Of the camps given out.
The Washington herald., 1917-12-19
Uruguay Lends 10 Britain.

Buenos Aires. Dec. ls.-Uruguay to.
day extended credit OF S0.0o0,ooo TO
Great Britain. The colIaterlal is to be
deposited IN national bonds. the Uru-
suayan government gnararteeink ne
lean to maintain t's price auotsd}n
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-09-04
WHAT GOOD Is SECRECYl

Captain Byrne of the American
schooner Childe Harold. which was
torpedoed off the French coast on
June p. is back in this country. and
he tells a tale that will again arouse
the nation to the danger of the activi-
ties of German spies
After the Childe Harold had been
tOrpedoed the commander of the Ger
man submarine hailed Captain Byrne.
who was nearby in a lifeboat and
asked: Where are the and
the ? They sailed out of New
York harbor the same hour you
sailed. and are making for the same
port.
search me-" answered the Ameri-
can commander.
How did the captain Of the U-boai
obtain his knowledge of the names
of American ships. the hour on which
| they left New York harbor. and the
port to which they were bound? AnC
of what avail is a voluntary cOnsor
ship of newspapers concerning sail
ings. when the Germans receive de
tailed information of this kind from
paid spies s?-Statesman.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-09-04
WILL PLACE STATE on BLACKLIST

If coming events cast their shadow
before them. says the Coast Manufac-
turer. Idaho seems 10 be rapidly drift
ing toward the costly experimental
stage in government which has cost
such states as Oregon and California
so dearly and which up 10 the present
time Idaho has been more or less free
from.
It seems hard for an individual or a
community TO profit by the dear eX-
perience of others.
Different organizations in Idaho
seem 10 be lining up with the labor
unions for political purposes. In
scrupulous politicians will take ad-
vantage of the situation for personal
gain and radical and experimental
legislation will be the result
The situation makes the man WitI
Investments in the state uneasy.
The citizen Of Idaho should awake
to the situation and study condition
which threatens TO place their STATE
on the blacklist from the standpoin
of the investing public and industria
development.