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II LOST WITH MINOLA's BOW.
section Went Down Minutes AZ
ter Tow Line Broke.

WATERFOWL. Dec. 3.-Elcven sailors
are believed to have persisted in Lake
Ontario last night, when the bow sec
ton OF the freight steamship Minola
dipped into a heavy sea and sank. The
Minola was being towed in sections to
Montreal by the Government tug
Michigan, there 10 be assembled and
made ready for ocean use. Like many
others. she was built for the Shipping
Board on the Upper Lakes.
The bow section went down within
five minutes after the lines parted. ac-
cording to the Michigan's officers, who
put IN at Cape Vincent to-day. The
sea still was heavy this morning. No
effort could be made to return to the
scene OF the sinking or to send boat
to search for missing sailors. The
Minola was one of the largest of
freight steamships built for the Ship
ping Board.
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RAIL PROBLEM LEFT
TO NEXT CONGRESS
Democratic Leaders Virtually
Give Up Hope Of Holding
Necessary Hearings.
TOO MUCH IS IN WAY
Sentiment FavOrJ Private
Ownership With Enlarged
Federal Authority.
Special Despatch 20 The SUI.

WARRINGTON, Dec. 3.--The next Con-
gress, a Republican one, will determine
the future of the railroads. This was
assured to-day when Democratic Sen
ate and House leaders, aware of the
legislative task ahead Of them. virtu-
ally gave up hope Of br ing able to hold
the necessary hearings in committee to
thresh the matter out thoroughly in
both branches of Congress and to pass
q bill to cover the railroad situation.
1t was considered by these leaders
that as many big appropriation and
reconstruction measures as well as the
revenue bill. on which there Is bit
ter fight, will have to be passed upon
betwncn now and March 4, mature
deilberation could not be given to the
railroad problem which 1t deserves.
There is a possibility that the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee will
begin probing into the railroad situa-
ton. II it does the railroad question
will 60 no further this session. So
far as the House is concerned 1t is the
intention there to let the railroad mat
ter rest until the next Congress Is
called.
In their decision TO let the railroad
question alone until the Republican
Congress can take hold OF 1t Demo-
cratic leaders were guided by the
statement made by the President yes
terday indicating that he did not eX-
pect formal declaration OF peace
until the spring. The present railroad
control will extend automatically for
twenty-onc months after that event.
giving time for full investigation into
the financial situation of the railroads,
the effect OF Government operation on
the various lines and the wisdom OF
following the various courses which
lave been suggested.
When the matter is finally taken
up Il is expected TO occupy attention
for several months. There is no OPP
position discernible against giving the
railroad problem full consideration, as
the President has virtually assured
Congress that he will approve what
ever course Congress takes. il is the
desire Of Congress to hear the Rail-
road Administration. the Interstate
Commerce Commission, the railroad
executives and the railroad owners as
fully as possible.
Traffic conditions on the railroads
under Government control are such
that no general embargoes such as
those placed for many winters past
are probable this year. according TO
a statement issued to-day by Director
General McAdoo.
The Director General declares that
comprehensive plans made last winter
for freeing eongested areas Of add
tional freight have resulted in excep-
tional freedom from congestion during
the heavy business this fall and that
there are not now outstanding any
general embargoes against the free
movement OF traffic.
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the outstanding controlling factor"
This committee led also in opposing
Government ownership of the rail-
roads. 1t favors intensified regula-
tons for railroad corporate affairs.
A. G. Bedford, chairman OF the board
of the Standard Oil Company Of New
Jersey and chairman OF the National
Petroleum War Service Committee,
said he did not agree with President
Wilson's message SO far as II deals
with the employment problem.
Il cannot agree" he said, with that
portion OF President Wilson's message
which deals with the employment
problem. Statistics show 4 large per-
centage OF foreign aborcrs in this
country are preparing to go to their
native countries. They have made big
wages during the war period and they
are going back to work out the recon-
struction problems in their own coun-
tries l doubt IL this will be offset by
Europeans coming to this country"
Fears Labor Shortage.
He said he did not fear that there
will be idleness among labor because
OF inability to provide sufficient en-
ployment, but rather that there would
not be enough labor.
The general congress will meet to-
morrow. One Of the big questions to
be decided is whether the War Service
Committees will be continued, but fed
Grated into one body to act indepen-
IDENTIFY. or whether 1t shall be organ
tied and work under the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States.
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ADJUSTMENTS.
METROPOLITAN S SeEs.

Tonight at 9, That's. Farrar Braslau; DiaE
CouIinou. Re thler Cond. Monteux.
Thurs. at S:l6. ManOn Lescaut, Aida Peri
nj; Martinelli. Montesanto. seeurols. Cd ,Papi.
Fri. at S;l5, TOsca. MuZio: Crlnli. Scott,
Malatesta, Rossi. Cond. MoranzonL
Sat. Mat at 2. Marta. Henptl, Homer. Ca
rllso. Didur. MalateSta Cond. BodanIky.
Next Mon. at X. is. Buttrrny. Farrar Fornia;
Martlnelli Chalmers Bad Cund Morankoni.
Wed. At 3, IL TrONAtU-". Muzio, Homer
Martinelli, DE LuCa, RO. er. Cond. PApi
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sary to have court proceedings for
citizenship, as soldiers had already
sworn allegiance to their nag. 1 as
sumed from that that I was citizen.
Recently he visited the New York
Navy Yard to offer his services as a
locomotive engineer. The officials.
scanning his discharge from the army,
pointed out that he was not citizen
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ton, including supervision OF railroad
security issues.
I'VE stated that the Interstate Com
merce Commission Is the authorized
agency TO which this will be likely en-
trusted, and that legislation by the
Congress would be necessarily required
for the direction Of that commission II
continued by the Congress as the regu-
lating body. We also stated that pro-
vision should be made for the reten-
ton Of such methods of administration
as may have been found to be effective
under Federal control. to increase
rather than diminish the advantages TO
be secured from individual initiative,
and to provide for taking care OF the
obligations to the Government OF each
rarroad incurred during the contlnu-
an" We ederal control.
"Wo nave taken the position that
the railroads cannot be returned with
their credit impaired. II they are It will
be costly to the shipper and to the
public. The higher their credit the
cheaper can money be secured by
them for purposes OF hauling freight
and passengers.
Regulation Must ne studied.
I'VE have stated that comprehen-
sive plans for strict governmental
regulation, which shall include super
vision of security issues, must be
studied. They are to be decided upon
by the Congress, and should be worked
out coincidently with the operation Of
the railroads by the Government dur
ing the remainder of Federal control.
with the fixed purpose and to the end
that Congress intended.
I'VE did not believe the Federal
control act provided for expenditures
that the contract offered by the Rail-
road Administration seeks to cover.
The statement of the President indi-
Gates that the position then taken by
us was correct. This situation has
therefore to be taken into considera-
ton. we feel, in connection with as
early a settlement of the railroad prob
lem as is practicable. Added impor-
lance attaches TO this because OF the
purpose of the President to provide
for as early return of the properties
as can be satisfactorily accomplished
AT this time we have no completed
plans to offer The subject is OF vast
proportions. II it is perfectly agree
able to you will call upon you with a
view OF making arrangements for the
association 10 be heard by your COM
mittee or by such body as may be
| delegated by the Congress TO study
the questions at issue. and when the
plans OF the association have sum-
c!etly matured to admit OF an appear
ance.''
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because he had been born in 1rs,..,
and his father had lived ana S'.a
there.
I'm right on the job yet" he ga.
Don't you forget It. And I'll 1.-Two y.
see the day when all the saloons ,n,
be closed, too" Then he stroa.
away. Mr.. Downs lives at 81 Dccatn.
street, Brooklyn.
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Big BUSINESS MEN
ASK FOR FREE HAND
Want to Be Left Untrammeled
in Handling Reconstruc-
ton Problems.
CONVENTION OPENS WORK
One Committee Demands Re-
peal Of Sherman Act-Bed-
ford Secs Labor Shortage.
Special Despdfch 10 THK suS ,

ATLANTIC CITY. Dec. 3.-Committees
representing ISL standard industries OF
the United States met here to-day pre-
liminary to the convention of the re-
construction congress called by the
Chamber OF Commerce Of the United
States and discussed what policies and
proposals shall be presented to the
general meeting for adoption.
The reports OF these committees
were not all made public. but it was
made plain that the business men OF
the country are ready to sound n
warning against arbitrary price fixing
by the Government, and another that
business should be permitted to work
out its own reconstruction problems.
Consider Selves Competent.
The attitude taken by the leaders
already here is that the big business
men who laid aside their own affairs
and imperilled their personal fortunes
to go to Washington and operate the
big Government ~ machine on
efficient basis are equal capable OF
taking hold OF their own private bust
nesses and setting them back on
substantial basis for the period of
peace prosperity which 1t Is obvious
/ most OF them foresee.
General agreement appeared to have
been established among the commit
teemen who were in session to-day that
business must proceed cautiously in
bringing about reimbursement, that
there should be no sudden dumping OF
products on the market to bring about
trade decentralization, and that labor
should be steadily employed as one of
the best ways to make certain OF bust
ness stability.
Recommendation that the Sherman
| antitrust laws be modified appears
certain TO be placed before the recon-
struction Congress. along with a de-
mand that the problem regarding Gov
eminent ownership of railroads be de-
cided as a starting basis for business
reconstruction.
Urges sherman Laws Repeal.
| The war service committee on build
ing stone showed the way in regard to
modification OF the Sherman law. That
committee offered for adoption by the
congress a resolution which called for
the outright repeal OF the Sherman
law and substitution of legislation that
would grant business the same privi-
leges respecting domestic trade as it
already enjoys as to foreign trade
The same committee objected also
to the proposal to inaugurate a ma
tionwide basis OF railroad rates con-
structed on the theory that distance is
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-01-24
IMMENSE RED CROSS DEP0TS
Sixteen Large Warehouses Established
in France to Serve Needs of
American Troops and Hospitals.

To serve the American troops and
the hundreds of war hospitals behind
the French firing line and to reach the
thousands of French refugees the Red
Cross commission to France has estab-
lished q system of 10 large warehouses
throughout France.
Six Of the new warehouses have
been located in Paris, which serves as
the center of the distribution system.
Ten other warehouses are located out
side the capital. Approximately TO-
600 tons of materials are now being
distributed monthly from these ware
houses by the Red Cross commission.
Every kind of medical supplies,
drugs and surgical instruments is car
ried in stock for the use of hospital
staffs. Foodstuffs, clothing, building
materials, blowing implements and
tools are also being imported In large
quantities for the assistance of French
refugees.
American college men, many Of
whom formerly served as drivers in
the American ambulance, are direct
ing the work, while the force of work
men is recruited from veteran French
soldiers and Belgian men no longer fit
for military duty.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-01-24

wrong direction, and for the second
time within that half-hour PenrOds
light went out. To II person in his
condition it was n disaster, and, ut
tering an exclamation of horror, he
stumbled and fell from the chair with
a light crash.
He was up again In an instant, cut
ting the air in all directions with the
carving knife; then he CROPPED for the
AK, found it, and stood still once more,
on the defensive, listening fntently, ex-
pecting the worst and painting, with
an effect. upon that stiffness, almost
uproariOus.
He moved about and cautiously felt
his way round the table and debauch-
ed to the mantelpiece, where matches
were sometimes to be found in a small
porcelain slipper, madly believed to
be decorative.
A chill struck to his spine at a verit-
able sound behind him. This one was
faint creak, the result of some cap
Hilary action in the wooden floor, but
so far as Periods nerves were CON
cerned it might have been a shot.
Wheeling. he struck frantic blow
with the ak, which, completing a fine
curve, miraculously failed to ampu-
tate the wielder's left foot at the
ankle, but, as an incident, permanent
1y relieved all members of the house
hold from troubling to put any more
matches in the porcelain slipper.
Thereupon PenrOd decided to go
outdoors. The decision itself was
simple matter; action upon it was de-
ferred because of extreme hesitation
to move at all. But after a gruesome
period of inertia he began to tiptoe
backward in the direction of the door,
keeping his eyes, ak and carving knife
warily toward where the villainOus
creak had sounded. Thus retrOgress-
ing, he presently found himself in the
side hall. which separated all the front
part of the roomy, old-fashioned house
from the dining room and kitchen.
The doors leading to the forward
rooms were closed, and the thought of
opening them filled him with horror:
in his minds eye he saw them, gaunt.
huge, full of black shapes of furniture,
lurking places that might conceal
anythingl
An empty house in the nighttime
has few attractions for a boy. In
closed darkness sickens his soul and
likewise has a discouraging physical
effect; climaxing in the pit of his
stomach-wbick is the seat OF courage.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-01-24
GIRL RUNS "SHINE PARLOR"
Declares That She Has Lots Of Gus
toners, Likes the Work, and
Makes Good Money.

AS the man with the dust-covereG
shoes climbed into chair in shoe
shining "parlor'' In Ft Wayne avenue
relates the Indianapolis News, a neat,
trim-looking colored girl came briskly-
out of q back room.
"Good morning." replied the pros
pective customer. where's the shoe
shiner?"
That's me. I'm the sinner"
us that so? Well, you are the first
girl I ever saw shining shoes. Like
the business?'
Indeed, I do. 1t pays me well and
we are all looking for the money these
days."
How did you happen to get into.
this kind of work2'
well, 1t was like this. My COUSIN
who owns this place, runs a transfer
wagon. He Is away so much he had to.
have somebody stay here and answer
the telephone and look after the bust
ness. He tried boys for a while, but
they are all gone to war or talking
about 1t and it was hard to keep them.
so he gave me the job. This used to.
be a shining parlor and so many men
came in asking for shines that l de-
cided to get into the business myself.
1t didn't take me long to get onto It.
and now have lots of customers"
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-01-24

strawberries in the yard took curious,
changin~ shapes. and Penrod kept
wary eye upon them as he threaded
his way TO the kitchen door.
Tt opened to his hand revealing
nothing save by reminiscent odor; but
there was dim light i'm the dining.
room. Thither he proceeded, his I'M
nerved condition being at once i'm
proved by the sight of viands and vege-
tables. for there was a plate upon the
table at his accustomed place. and
food plenteous, though grown cold.
A conjunction OF suggestions, oc-
curing as he ate. recalled something
like an echo of Della's voice; gradu-
ally he became susceptible to an i'm
preston that his father and mother
and sister had not dined at home.
Then abruptly It struck him that he
might be alone In the house.
"All alone In an empty house !" AS
the words formed in Periods mind. II
was as if husky voice had uttered
them somewhere overhead. He was
grievously startled.
''An empty housel"
At the upper end of the table was
a part of a cold ham, beside which Law
a large, horn-handled carving knife;
and Penrod, after swallowing dryIy
once or twice, lunged suddenly at this
implement grasped 1t, and stood upon
the defensive. He remained In tense
attitude. listening; and there was no
sound either within the house or with
out; nothing could have been more
ominOus. Finally, carving knife In
hand, he went back to the kitchen,
where he had left the ak. and returned
to the dining room doubly armed.
Again he stood to listen.
Suddenly Penrod whirled straight
about, with AK and carving knife both
lifted to strike at something behind
him.
Nothing was there except the side
board, so he 'bout-faced suspiciously
again. Then, laying the ak upon the
table, but keeping the knife in his
right hand, he stepped upon a chair
and extended his left hand to the gas
fixture, meaning to turn the jet on
full But he pressed the key in the
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-01-24

This tabled point, in the case of Pen
rod. was becoming more and more SEN
sitive every moment. He suffered from
an unpleasant conviction that he was
surrounded by vital dangers which be-
came the deadlier for each slightest
movement that he made. These dam
gers were all the more deadlier be-
cause they were underlined; the inscru-
tible darkness held Secrets-and, put
ting out his hand TO feel the wall near
the kitchen door, he encountered one
of them. His fingers very, very brief
~ closed upon something that felt
like a head of wet, cold hair. II sank
from his touch, and there was thick
sounding thud upon the floor.
"Oof !" moaned Penrod, the question
OF going out through the kitchen thus
definitely settled, and when he became
again conscious of his whereabouts he
was on the second floor at the top of
the back stairs.
Mops had driven greater than PEN
rod.
He was sorely shaken, but not dis
posed to linger in the vicinity of stairs
that led toward kitchen inhabited by
surprises of this kind. He fled into his
fathers bed chamber, bruising him
self variously In the passage thereto,
and, abandoning his weapons for the
moment, slid his hand along the wall
until II came to a forbidden object
that hung there.
1t was an Enfield rifle, muzzle-
loading relic. last put to use by Pen
rods grandfather on day in the year
1863, and it was truly unloaded. Pen
rod got it down, pointed the muzzle
waveringly in the general direction of
the door by which he had entered, and
whispered feebly and TREMENDOUSLY:
"Now let's see whu-what you were
goin' to do so mum-much I"
He maintained this attitude until the
weight of the extended rifle became
insupportable; then he grounded arms
and leaned against a bureau, breath
ing even more vehemently than before.
His elbow touched bottle; he seized
upon it and smelled the contents-spir-
its of camphOr. Suggestion was inn
mediately reused by the memory of an
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-01-24

unpleasant experience in the past. He
his arm, and muttered:
you betcha! Guess they won't like
this so much Sprinkle it in their ole
eyes ~
1t now became his purpose to make
his way cautiously to the front stair
way, descend to the front hall, and
thence, by the front door, reach the
outer air. So, with slow and noiseless
motions, he put himself once more in
possession of his ak and carving knife,
thrust the latter in the breast of his
Jacket, and, though encountered to the
point of difficulty by the ak, the gun
and the camphor bottle, returned TO
the upper hall and began an advance
In force.
He went forward dozen steps with
some confidence, then halted alb
ruptly.
What stopped him was something al
together inside himself. In the dark
ness a green vapor appeared Though
not at the other end Of the hall, where
he thought 1t did) and there emerged
from 1t the shocking figure of an
old man lying IN the rain at the mouth
Of a wind-swept cavern. The vision of
the sawdust box-spiteful, like all
other visions-chose this particular
moment to recur to the author of
Harold Ramorez."
He was standing by the portal of his
own bedroom. Gasping. he hoped
across the threshold, kicked the door
shut, and maintained possession Of
his armory, though, perhaps, not of
his faculties, huddled himself upon
the bed and buried his face in the pill
low.
1t is not altogether discredtable to
a boy in the dark that he sometimes
initiates an ostrich. But It is unfor-
tunate, because, when one is already
in the dark, very little relief can be OBJ
tained by closing the eyes.
Penrod, burrowing into his pillow,
could see the old man rather more
plainly than If he had allowed his eyes
to remain open. He saw him through
the pillow and through the wall; it
seemed that the old man was lying
on the hall rug Just outside the
closed door, and that before long he
would get up and come into the bed
room and bend over the bed and
But the Imagination baked in ultimate
horror.
without lifting or turning his face
Penrod managed to squirm inside the