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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17

A joint resolution to prevent enforce
ment of the order was presented in the
house by Representative Smith. The
resolution declares that the order of
the fuel administration is unnecessary
and that a sufficient movement Of cars
and ships and full operation of mines
will obviate the needs Of shutting down
industries and meet the situation"
Senator Reed. Of the subcommittee
investigating the coal situation, asked
the senate to postpone action on the
Hitchcock resolution until his commit
tee had heard DR.. Garfield.
1T is unfair to Garfield" he said.
explain his reasons for the order"
Senate Postpones Debate.
While DR.. Garfield was being ex-
amined by the senate committee the
senate agreed to postpone debate on
the Hitchcock resolution until 4 o'clock
II do not presume to say the fuel
administration has made mistake" !"
said Senator Hitchcock. "All 4 ask is
that sufficient time is given before the
order goes into effect to give the coun-
try an opportunity to be heard Be-
co.c taking action think at least live
days should be given
Senator Hitchcock was interrupted by
Senator vardaman, member Of the
sub committee Investigating the coal
situation.
II regard this order as a calamity"
Argument For Governmental Reform.
"The situation" continued Senator
Hitchcock, "is an argument for reform
In your government. I predict that be-
fore much time elapses we will be
compelled to lodge somewhere absolute
power for coordination Of branches of
government that are now running wild.
The various Branches of government
are not working in harmony"
Senator Calder, Of New York, repub-
lican, supporting the Hitchcock reso-
luton, cited how q shipbuilder>said his
plant had coal enough to run three
weeks but would have to close tomor-
row.
IT submit" said Senator Calder. that
what we need in many Of the commits
sions are men with business training
who will plan in advance and o-ordin-
ate their work" s.
Il think the best thing we could do
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17
day by employees Of stores, theaters
and other business concerns.
Choas Results.

A situation bordering on chaos re-
suited in Chicago from the fuel ad-
minlstration's order. and high officials
are working to obtain a modification Of
the order for this state.
The published resolutions. 1t was
said, left so much in doubt that thou
sands Of industries were at a loss what
to do.
A concrete example Of uncertainty
was provided by the Corn Products
Company. which buys approximately
half the corn sold locally on the Chi
cago board Of trade. 1t announced it
would buy no corn until precise infor-
nation was at hand as to what the
government required.
illinois has her own coal fields and
Is near those Of Indiana. 1t was
thought generally that closing certain
industries and businesses on Saturday,
Sunday and Monday, for two weeks
would restore this state to approx.
mately normal conditions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17
Here's Ho,D Coal Order
Hits American Labor
and Manufacturing

Office buildinas-Not affected by
fve.day closing order, but must bs
closed on Mondays.
Theaters-Not Affected by gen.
eraI fve-day order, but must be
closed on Mondays.
All Manufacturing PIants-ln.
cIuding war industries, except
those producing food-Must be
closed during next five days and on
Mondays and holidays Of en-week
period. Plants may be heated if
necessary, but may not be operated.
Stores and Barber Shops-Stores
not included in five-day order, but
will close Mondays.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17
American Ship Torpedoed.

London. Jan 1.-THE American salt
ing vessel Monitor has been sunk by a
submarine near Fureteverture. one OF
the Canary Islands. n dispatch from
Las Palmas to the Wireless Press re-
ports The crew was saved.
1.-THE Monitor sailed from the African
coast with Il cargo OF wood She wass
a schooner OF 1S7 tons, built in 1901
and owned in Gloucester, Mass.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17
Pitched Battle at Odessa.

london, Jan. IA pitched battle
has occurred in the streets OF Odessa
between Ukrainian and bolsheviki
troops. according to dispatch from
Petrograd The Ukrainians held the
theater and posted machine guns In
the nearby streets. A battleship and
other warships in the roadstead open
cd fire on the town. Accounts OF the
battle differ as to whether the boil
shcviki have taken the arsenal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17
POISON POLLEN TO
KILL WHEAT CROP
Germany Making Effort To Curtail
American Broad Supply BY Shipping
Poison to Agents Hore to Be Scat
tered Over Wheat Fields.

San Francisco, Jan. 17.-Germany's
latest attempt to destroy the wheat
crop Of California and other states has
taken the form of shipments to this
country of powerful poison pollen to
be distributed by German agents here
in such a manner as to kill the entire
crop Of this state. according to bull
letin issued today by the state coun-il
of defense.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17
HOUSING CONDITIONS AWFUL.
German Government Facing Serioy
Conditions in Cities. s,

German Government Facing Serioy
Conditions in Cities.
Amsterdam. Jan. l7.--Chancellor Won
Hertling made his first appearance as
a member, of the Prussian cabinet in
the Prussian upper house on Tuesday
to support the housing bill. He said that
around the large German towns and
industrial centers maintenance to re-
pairs of houses had been impeded
DR.. DernburS. speaking on the same
bill, said that the conditions in the
large towns were terrible and must be
abolished. The decline in the number
of births has been very great and the
mortality OF children under Il months
has been still worse.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17
Successful British Raid.

London, Jan. live carried out
successful raid last night north OF st.
Quentin" the war office reports today.
The enemy';s artillery was active in
the Ypres sector. Otherwise there is
nothing to report"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17
Britain Considers Wealth con.eription.

London, Jan. l7.-Conscription Of
wealth is a matter OF expediency, says
Andrew Bonar Law. chancellor OF the
eXchequer, in reply TO a memorandum
from the British trades union. The
memorandum urged him to "imnled-
lately conscript the wealth OF the ma
ton"
The chancellor declares that the cost
OF the war should be borne by the
wealth in existence when the war ends.
Tho government already Is acting on
the principle In that it goes where 1t
can to get it when money is needed.
The chancellor adds:
Until now lShavo never seen any
proposal which seemed to be practical
to get money during the war TO con-
script wealth."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17
HUNS REJECT,
PEACE TERMS
Of RUSSIANS
Proposals Concerning Ter
ritory Occupied by Ger.
mans Not Acceptable.
TEUTONS TO SUBMIT
NEW PEACE TERMS

Of Central Powers De-
clare. Peace With Russia Has No
Connection With General Peace-Oe-
clare There Is No Intention to In
corporate Territories Not Occupied by
Teuton Armies Into Central Empires.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17

Younger Lloyd George Coming to v. s.
Liverpool. Jan. 1.-THE Post says
that Maj. Richard Loyd-Ieorge. son
OF the premier, will go to America with
Earl Reading, high commissioner to
the u. 8. rs e. 4t,+
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17
The Weather.

Sun rises Jan. IS at 7:26. sets at 4:5s:
Iowa Generally fair tonight ana Fri
day; slightly colder tonight In north
portion
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17

For fighting lumber yard hres 81
monitor hose nozzle has been designed
to be mounted on lumber stacking ma
ChtneS -, .'5 sssslga
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17
Submarine Sailors Show
Disss action Because Of
Eager of Service.
]. FICERS KILLED
DURING OUTBREAK
Submarines Said TO Be Returning to
Home Ports in Lessening Numbers
Mutiny Spreads to Crews Of Other
Ships ot kieI But Is Finally Sup.
pressed--British Shipping Losses
Show Decrease During Past Week.

Military operations on the west
ern front are confined to the usual
raids and artillery activity.
British merchant shipping losses
showed marked decrease from the
previous week. Submarines and
mines accounted for six vessels Of
more than 1900 tons and two Of
less tonnage, as compared with 21
ships, including 1s Of moro than
1900 tons in the reports Of both
Jan. 9 and Jan. 2. Freneh losses
increased from ono in the previous
week to six, including five Of more
than 1900 tons, during the week
ending Jan. II.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-17

London. Jan. IA mutiny among
submarine crews at the German naval
base at Kiel on Jan Is reported in
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Geneva. Thirty eight officers are said
to have been killed.
The Geneva dispatch quotes advices
received there from Basic giving de-
tails concerning the mutiny. It Is said
to have been begun by submarine crews
and subsequently to have spread to
portions of crews stationed at Kiel.
Some OF the men who joined In the
attack on officers took part in the ear.
lier mutiny at kiel. The dispatch
adds:
"Altho the mutiny was local IT shows
German naval men are dissatified, es-4
pectally in the submarine service, as
the number OF both returning to Ger
many is decreasing weekly
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-05-22
,pI4L ESTATE FOR RENT
--rf-LTs ANn APARTMENTs

ss=S=ru - - Bachelor, apartments
~--sc. -, rs-;l .sNond floor. Apply Apt so+'
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Bad Strategy

THE Presidents conference with sew
Il eral more Democratic Senators on the
munitions ministry and war cabinet bills
was as much for the purpose Of minimiz-
ing discussion of the measures as for the
purpose of comprising their defeat. 1t is
argued that if in the Judgment of the
Administration the psychological time
had come for letting Germany know, Off
cially, the extent Of Americas military
strength and the immediate prospect of
its being duly exerted, it is bad strategy
for any such criticism as would diminish
the impression sought to be made. But
those who are familiar with the history
Of democracies freely recognize that
there is no help for the constant recur-
renee of situation where the best laid
plans can be thrown into confusion
through the desire of some privileged
legislator for the sincere but misguided
expression of individual views, with the
object of saving and the effect of hurting
the country.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

berations Of the guns their engines some
times hummed like distant saw1nills. There
were no ear-splitting shocks, such as YOU
have seen described. There are none save
when you are near battery or perhaps
when a shell bursts too near, but the air
was filled. saturated by the sound of guns,
now and then punctured by the popping of
the shrapnel overhead.
Great guns are to this war what the
steam shovel was to the Panama
Canal. When the French company, under
de Lesseps, sought to pierce the Isthmus
with shovels and picks and petty machin-
cry men died by thousands on the tropic
hillsides. which they had but scratched. So
fell hundreds of thousands at Mons. on
the Marne, and at Verdun, who with their
own bodies stopped the shells and STAYED
the charges which ought to have been
stayed and stopped by the counter lombard
ment Of their own batteries. Time is the
essence of victory and cannon are the
weapons with which it must be won. We.
we Americans, must make cannon enough.
in time, to win.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Folk for the Senate

THE resignation of Joseph W. Folk
Il from his position as counsel for the
Interstate Commerce Commission and his
return to st. Louis to advocate, on behalf
of commercial organization, its conten-
ton against the street railway system
there, is regarded in some quarters as a
virtual announcement that he will contest
with Stone for election to the United
States Senate in 1920. 1t is admitted
that Folk has had a much more useful
career as counsel for the Interstate Com
merce Commission than he had as So]ici-
tor of the State Department. Moreover.
it is recalled that he was chiselled out of
the place he was ambitious for in 1912.
Folk had been indorsed by the Missouri
Democratic convention as candidate for
Vice-President. Then along came the
Champ Clark boom, with its houn' dog re-
frain, and Folk was persuaded to accept
something equally as good and leave the
Presidential field for Clark free of other
Missouri complications. The something
has as yet been deferred, and the pros
pect of beating Stone for the Senate is
doubtless alluring to one who has heard
Washington comments on that Missouri
statesman in recent months. But it's a
long time till 1920, and Missouri may not
have the Washington viewpoint.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
nd the Cast This Week Included, Among Others

friends, and it is probably due to this cir
cumstance that Smith was appointed head
Of the Official Press Bureau when the war
began. His conduct of this Office has not
been at all pleasing to the. newspapers, and
it may be result of their many criticisms
that he is now going to the front as an Off
Ger Of the Kings Own Oxfordshire Hussars,
a militia regiment"
Sir Frederick has "the gift of saying
the most cutting and insulting things in
the most suave and gentlemanly manner,
and possesses happy faculty for repair
tee. 1t is told that on one occasion, when
he was discoursing on the advantages of
tariff reform and heckler kept on inter
rupting him with the cry, "What about
our food?" he silenced him with the re-
joinder: "Don't you worry, sir! Your
food is quite safe! Neither Mr.. Chamber
lain nor myself, nor any one else, has ever
advocated putting tax on thistles."
Sir Frederick's name was in the New
Year honor list this year. A baronetcy
was bestowed upon him.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
An American Legion of
Honor

MI Il. OWEN.--I introduce a joint reso-
1v1 luton authorizing the creation of
an American Legion of Honor, to author
ize the President to grant decorations to
be known as the cross of valor, and a
decoration or medal for meritorious SER
vice, and to permit officers, employees
and citizens of the United States to re-
ceive and wear war decorations rendered
to them by any of the nations now en-
gagged in war with the present government
of Germany.
Mr.. President, the old rule of the
United States forbidding officers of the
United States to receive decorations was
because they were almost universally Civ
en- by autocraces, but there is no reason
why the democracies Of the world should
not give decorations to their soldiers who
render important services to the democra-
cies. There is every sound reason why
we should do special honor to those who
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
With a Congressman at the
Front

Mr.. MCCORMICK (in the House,: We
1VA could hear the voice of the battle
softly calling, still far off.
We raced past the nets of grass and
leaves-camouf1age-which, as the road
Eeared the front, screened traffic from the
enemy airplanes; turned up rough road,
over steep hill, dropped down, and came
to stop under some bombed and broken
buildings.
The air roared.
There were waves upon waves of sound
as thousands of noises overlapped one an
other, shaken together, rolling apart, as far
as the ears could hear, even further-as
far as the ears could imagine 'iearing-
while overhead the many airp,anes looked
like flock of birds, and through the reyer-
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Bryan

TT is not generally known that ex-Secre-
l. tary Bryan's presence in Washington
lately had to do with wished for mem
bership on the Peace Commission when
ever that shall be appointed. His friends
believe that his claims are we'll founded
for that position, once the war is won.
They point out that he has always been a
passionate adherent of an enduring peace
that he resigned from the Cabinet as a
protest against the tending of the Admin
istration toward the war, while since the
declaration of war there has been no
more loyal supporter of the Administra-
tion nor stronger advocate of the prose
cution of the war. 1t is also suggested
that next to President Wilson and Mr..
Roosevelt Mr.. Bryan is the best known
of Americans in the world at large, and
that with the emergence of the labor par
ties of all countries as factors in the set
tlement of the terms, Bryan's essential
democracy would be in his favor.
Whether his friends can persuade the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

and Minister Of Munitions bills. He de-
clared in the Senate last week that neither
the President nor the Secretary of War
knows the real situation and that the Ad-
ministration's conduct Of the war, which
he charges has fallen down, will be fasco
unless the whole system is revised on a
business basis.
Senator Hitchcock was born in Omaha
in 1859; he received his education in the
Omaha schools, and later in Baden-Baden,
Germany, and in Michigan University. He
was admitted to the bar in 1881, and prac-
tised law in Omaha for four years, until
his establishment of "The Omaha Evening
World" in 1886. In 1889 he purchased
"Tho Morning Herald" consolidating it
with "The World" as "The World Herald" }"
Of which he has been the publisher ever
since. He was elected to Congress in 1902,
again in 1906 and 1908, and to the United
States Senate in 1910.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
A Matter of LAWYERS

THE Heney investigation for the Trade
l. Commission of the Packing Trust
seems to have run upon this knotty ques-
ton. The combination of the packers was
finally traced to Henry Veeder, of Chi
cago, attorney for the packers. 1t was
claimed on behalf Of the Trade Commits
sion that from him radiated the lines of
agreement and control and that the
papers showing full proof of this are in
Veeder's safe in Chicago. Meanwhile,
Veeder claimed that the papers are his,
belonging to him in his confidential rela-
tions with his clients, and forbade the
opening of the safe. The Trade Commits
sion claimed that his alleged conduct is
no part of a lawyers duty. Thereupon
the government agents forbade his taking
out the papers and put seal on the safe
Each side seemed reluctant to begin the
appeal to. the courts, as a matter of tao
tics, and Veeder was allowed to withdraw
papers claimed to be necessary to the
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

& ECRETARY Bakers experience with
~ a brother whose activities were
slightly embarrassing has not been the
first in the recollection of political STU
dents. The Grant Administration teemed
with relatives, brothers among them. Nc
Kinley had brother. The New York
brother-in-law of President Roosevelt, it
has sometimes been admitted by the faith
full, did not help the cause so far as New
York politics was concerned. The ambi-
ton of the Ohio brother of President
Taft to become Senator, following the
Talt election, was embarrassing, and the
Mexican and especially the Mexican Rail
ways and Lord Cowdray connections of
the New York Taft brother suggested
complications. President Wilson's brother
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Garfield-Coal Operator

A FTER all the gibes at college presi-
n dent Garfield, it is now urged by
his friends in his defence that he is not
altogether the academic" person that he
is pictured; that he was once a practical
coal operator himself, with no mean
knowledge of railroad problems; that he
organized the Cleveland Trust Company,
of which he was a director; was president
Of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce,
and that while he was professor of poll
tics at Princeton he was chairman Of the
committee which reorganized the consular
service and put it on it's present basis OF
efficiency; that he was probably elected
college president for his known executive
ability. 1t is also recalled that he is the
son of a certain professor Of Latin and
Greek who achieved the Presidency, as
did the sons colleague at Princeton, "Pro-
fessor Wilson," as college president
Champ Clark used to call his rival for the
Presidency in the good old days Of 1912
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
Hitchcock's Vulnerability
u ashinqtonz February 7.

"OMMENT by Administration Sena-
tors on the Hitchcock attack upon
the War Department differed strik-
ingly from the criticism Of the Chamber
lain speech 1t was pointed out that
Hitchcock possessed neither the accurate
military knowledge Of Chamberlain nor
could plead a record of loyalty to either
his party or to the Administration His
long fight against the Administration cur
rency bill is recalled, his opposition to the
repeal Of the Panama Canal tolls exemp-
ton, his recalcitrancy in the matter of
the rural credits measure, and his per-
sonal attack upon the President in the
matter of the nomination Of Jones, of
Chicago, for membership in the Trade
Commission, and his combination with the
Republican opponents of the ship purchase
bill to the defeat Of that measure. 1t
was suggested that his criticism of the
lack of shipping owned by the United
States now came with an especially i'll
grace in view Of his part in defeating the
Administrations farsighted measure at
the beginning of the war.
Hitchcock's pronounced pro-Germanism
down to the actual breaking off of rela-
tions was charitably assigned to his edu-
cation in Germany and his marriage to
the daughter of a German-American. But
when it is recalled that his chief hobby
from the outbreak of the European war
was the measure to prohibit the manu-
facture or export of munitions for the
Allies, that he was an advocate Of the
Gore resolution to keep American citizens
from taking passage on merchant ships
going through the war zone, his studied
minimizing of the efforts of the War De-
partment now and the scouting of its
ability to pat a large American army in
the field this year have been regarded by
many as suspiciously near to giving aid
and comfort to the enemy at the time
when, above all others, America should
present united front to q divided Ger
many. It was contended that while he
professed to keep back information that
might be of aid and comfort to the enc
my he certainly furnished large assort-
mcnt of aiding and comforting misinfor-
nation.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10

career in the Philippines which remit,
one of Funston's for its daredev;l 1' ..~
age. He was member Of the c.n.s1, s1,
Staff from 1903 to 1907. General Rl;,. !:
Paris as military counsellor, and Cow, :,
March, fresh from the battlefield, :.
France, as the driving head in Wash;,N
ton, are believed to be sx admirable co,s
bination.
General March is fifty-three years a.,
He was born in Pennsylvania, the 90, y.
Professor Francis A. March, of Lafav.ts. -
College, who was one of the editors n -.
"Standard Dictionary" He has served =.
member Of the adjutant generals \.
partment, and saw service on the Me,;e,.
border before returning to Washinoto,
last spring to receive his orders to ~.
ceed to France as chief of artillery for n.
expeditionary forces.
New-York tribune., 1918-02-10
John Sharp Williams

GONE Of these things Williams, of Mis-
- sissippi, did not fail to remind the
Senate Of. Hitchcock's prepared speech
given to the press differs considerably
from that delivered in the Senate, punctu-
sted as it was by the pointed questions
of his party associates. Nor Was Will
iams's reply fairly published, as it was
"Record."
1t is generally agreed that in the pres
ent leaderless condition of the Republi-
can party in Congress there is no one on
that side of the Senate Chamber who
can speak for the party as Williams can
for Democracy and the Admnistra-
tion. 1t begins to look as though the