Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-12-26

fQlnG 10 gOOQ dulnOIltlc
this afternoon, 1t was
stated that the president
has determined taking
this step without consulting csasrsss.
The entire operation Of the railroads
will be placed In WlilIams' hands and
he will be given power through use
Of which he will DO expected TO bring
order out Of the existing Transports
ton chaos.
When the.railroad chiefs here learn
cd Of the impending appointment they
made no effort to conceal their oppo
sition.
From experience" with MFR. VII.
liams the railroad magnates have .
conviction that the appointment Will
not prove satisfactory one to them,
They base their antagonism on the
assertion that Williams Is purely fiu.
ancial expert and In no sense prac.
Itical railroad man. The situation de-
nands an operating railroader, tho
'ailroads insist.
Order "Red Tape" Abolished.
Washington. Dec. 26.-The Senate
Military Affairs Committee unani'
| nously adopted resolution calling
lpon the secretary of war to cut away
Ill red tape" and take imanediate
stops to supply every enlisted man
n tho training camps with necessary
| vcrcoats and bloUses.
| Tho action was taken after inquiry
W telegraph which indicated short
gc OF ut least twenty thousand OVER.
oats and 1900 blouses in the yarions
...;.,s.Bs. NJ III AAsss'
Await Williams Report.
/, An Atlantic Port, Doc. 26.--F0llow.
ug important dispatches from Ameri.
IAN ambassador to Russia to the state
! department, Secretary Williams. OF
! he American Red Cross IN Roumania.
arrived at this port today on a liner
! rom Archangel.
The dispatches brought by VIII
/ iams carry n detailed account OF the
/ rue situation in Russia and are OF
he utmost importance.
Pcrshina Orders a Warning.
| Washington, Dec. 2G.--Gcneral Per-
ihing's publication In official orders
| VI the fact that Germans murdered
after capturing a lone American sen.
ny by cutting his throat. was capa.
Die of only one Interpretation to Am.
! 3rican officials here today That was
he American commanding general
! Intended his men to know right from
! he start what they may expect at
I he h0uds OF their enemies.
Report V. s. ship Sunk.
An Atlautic Por-. Dec. ga report
vas current in shipping circles here
/ his afternoon that the American
steamship Tuscarora had beeu lost at
,ea with a loss Of thirty.fiyc lives.
The Anglo-Amcrican Oil company,
owners Of the vessel said they had
1ot received any word OF tho vessels
loss
Cifil War in Siberia.
Copenhagen. Dec. 26.-Russiae civil
war has cxtondcd TO the interior Of
Siberia and reports Of hard fighting
n that district were received here to.
'4y.
(The former car and his family
IRE at present confined in monas.
terry NJ Tobol5k. Siberia, but whether
hostilities between The BolshcSiki and
anti Bolshcyiki forces are IN progress
n that vicinity was not stately
| Tho Cossacks have suffered a slight
reverse near Bielgarod. in Ukrainia.
sailors from the Black Sea fleet hav.
Ing reinforced the lsolsheyiN troops.
: Allies 6omb German Towns.
j. Amsterdam, Dec. 2G.~fIcayy dam
E. age was done to factories manufacture
7 ing war munitions when British air.
b men bombed MDnsheim Germany, OH
Monday, II was learned today from O
c German Source
e One bomb narrowly missed the
G statue OF bismarck, the Iron Chan
!. cellor' in the public square.
ManShcm lies in tho grand duchy
of Baden and contains many manu-
raclurcrs of chemicals and iron aud
steel plants Il Is 3..5 miles from the
, British aerial base ut Dunkirk, althC
! the llght may hlyc been made from
some other starting point,
. Bulgaria 6sks on Peace Terms.
i Geneva. Dec. &c. Bulgaria has
. baked 1T The peace tcrms vi the Rus
Z sian Dolshoyiki. protesting especial,
y against the clause calling for no an
p ncxation of occupied territory. sale
A u telegram from the German frontlel
today