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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-03-18
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NUEVA YORK, Mario 12.-Proba-
blemente pnr Il raz0n de que n in
dustr!a err ciernes debe ser pro.egi-
ia. no ohStante gue los Residences &c
Washington Heights Gicen cue e. ro-
DO no Is una industrial en- ciernes ALI.
Ia ooiicia arreSt0 anoche 4 Donald
Il. WILCOX, bajo e. cargo le haber he
cho IN asalto fel0n sobre III ladron
que aquel cogiera en- 81 propia casa,
n numero 507 De Ii Gale 16+ al
ceste. Wilcox hizo fuego dos veces
sobre e! Sujeto. con una piStola, por
20 que Ia policia tamb;en lie hizo el
cargo de tener arn!a de fuego sin per
MISC. e. !adr6a capturado por VII
cox. segIn declare Ia policia. habia
.estaao uuchas wees en- Ia carcel.
Eel unico motive que Sc me figura
que puede haber para que Sc me arres
tara, Gijo Mr.. Wilcox, eS 81 de que tai
vez no per:enezco 20 a II Union de
Poicias : que estos son los Inicos
quiza que pueden aprehender i los
ladrores. Por cuanto ! 10 demas, ten
90 permiSo para portar ar!na de fue-
60, pero este Sc e~ncuent-a en- mi Off
Gina en- Hoboken."
Mr.. Wilcox es IN agente especial
de "a Compahia de Express Adams,
con Sus oficinas en- Hoboken. Ano-
che Sc hallaha en- su Residential de
Washington Heights, Y va Sc habian
recogido Sus dos ninitos V su sonora
no regresaba aun de una vista que
habia lido q hacer, cuando oy6 ruido
en- IA ventana que da hacia IA esca-
leca de escape para en case de iAcen-
BIO. Ia yeniana sc levanto POGO q
POGO Y IN intividuo entro por ali al
cuarto. Mr.. Wilcox fue a una habi-
tacion contigua Y Sac6 de III vesti-
COR 81 pis,ola. Armada con ella re-
greSo Al conedor Y encendi0 IA luz
electrical al mismo tempo que le in
tinaba reHdici0n al ratero que ALI
Sc babia me,ido.
Este en- veZ de obedecer Sc pre-
cipit6 haeia il ventana del escape V
Sc Suti6 por IA escalera hacia el te-
eho del edificio, seeuido pcr Mr.. vii
cox que le gritGba que Sc detuviera.
u ladr6n no Sc 6etuvo al llegar al ta-
eho, por 10 que 81 dueno de la casa
le diSparo tres tiros, uno Gle los cua-
les lie alcanzo en- ei hombro izauier-
do Y otro lie penetr6 en- Ia pierna del
mismo Iado. hacienda que el ladr6n
cayera en- el techo pid;endo socorro.
Wilcox entonceS a~puntardole al
Esdron 10 hizo que descendiera V en-
trara de vueita en- Ia habitaci6n que
hahia alberto, en- donde 10 hizo que
echara en- e. sueio mientras e la
naba por teleforo q Ia policia.
Los vecinos habian dido los dispa-
ros Y Sc alarn1aron, pero al saber Ia
causa &c elios f~el;citaron a Mr.. vii
cox por 81 captUra.
De "a Prevention de Policia Sc ma
do q IN agente y este pidio una am
bulaneia para que el Iadron fuera con-
al Hospital de San Lorenzo.
Despues de este, y cuando Mr.. vii
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cox esperaba que el agente de Ia au-
toridad 10 felicitara por su hanna,
cor gran sorpresa oyo que quedaba
detenido tajo ell cargo de asaRo q
mano armada y POT p5rear armas
sin permiso.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-04
DEFENDS ARMY
CONTRACTS LET
To BOARD HEADS
EiSenman Says Most of Work
Let Out Before Men
Got on Council of
Defense.

WASHINGTON. Jan. Am fur
Their investigation OF clothing and
other army supply contracts negO-
-iated by the civilian supplies COM
nittee Of council OF national defense
the senate military committee
Thursday received from Charles
EiseEman. vice chairman of the con-
tracing committee. a statement Of
merchandise bought from firms
whose members or employees are or
we're connected with the committee.
OF supplies worth about $500. O00,-
900 bought during the last eight
months Mr.. Eisenmans statement
discloses that $12S,S3O.0OO worth
came from such concerns, but tina.
all except $14S3O.064 worth was
contracted for before the contract
Ors' representatives became connect
ed with the committee.
Defends Contract Work.
Before presenting the statement
asked for by Sen. Mcclellan Wednes-
day Eisenman in concluding his tes-
timony. staunchly defended the COM
mittees work. upheld the policy of
secrecy in advance OF letting con
tracts and again insisted that the
men given the much discussed scrap
sorting contract would have been
limited 10 a nominal profit
Members Of the military commit
zee Thursday night were prepared TO
launch legislation, the first results
OF the inquiry. Chairman Cham
berlain plans 10 introduce Friday a
pill 10 create "a new abinet mem Der
known as the secretary Of munitions
20 have complete charge Of all war
material purchasing. 1t is promised
virtually unanimous committee sup
port
Another bill which Sen. Mcclellan
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-04

plans 20 introduce Friday as a re-
suit OF the investigation would
amend the national defense act
creating the council OF national de-
Tense. so as 10 abolish all civilian
advisory committees and prohibit
the council members or their agents
from being directly or indirectly in
terested in supply contracts. The
committees already have been abol-
ished. but some Of their members
are serving the departments as ex-
pert advisers.
Names OF Firms That Got Work.
Nine firms were named in Mr..
Eisenman's statement as being
among those who had received army
supply orders from the committee
and whose representative served
with the committee
The firms named. their represen-
tative on the committee, the amount
OF the contracts received and the to-
tai Of contracts for the kind Of mer-
chandise in which they were inter-
ested follow.
American Wooden Co. r. r. Ed
ington, S92.755.O0O (S338,692, 0OO)
wellington. Sears & Co. Mr.. Bailey,
.$5,675,O00 C$1O1,372,O0O); William
Iselin & Co. Lincoln Cromwell. ST.
O29,oOO (S74827OO0); J. Spencer
Turner, a /. Scott, $S,437, 600
CS1O1,372.0Oo): Turner Halsey Co.
A. L. Scott, $5.239.O0O (S1O2,37O,-
OOO); L. S. Rubber Co, a. w. Law
renee. $3.762,OOO ($26,879.00O)
w. II. McElwayn Co. J. r. NOEL
wayn. $6.33O,O0O C$99,556.O 10000; T.
S Bunting Co. George Stevens, 81
$4,000 Cs9O,319.O0O); Cleveland
Worsted Co.. Charles EisenmaL, $4,-
O5IOOO (S149.33S, 10000
OF the contracts given the Cleve-
land WOrsted Co Of which Mr.
Eisenman is "a stakeholder. it was
stated that only $612,7OO were nego-
tiated after the supplies committee
was formed.
Resents Questioning Motives.
During the explanation Of the com
mittee's work, Eisenman again Wig
orously resented what he termed
questions impunging his motives and
insulting, and FLASHED with Sens
Weeks and Mcclellan.
Testimony supporting Eisenman's
contentious that quality Of army
clothing had not been lowered by his
orders for use of more re-worked
wool, or shoddy, in the cloth was
given by Michael r. Driscou. an ex-
pert wood manufacturer of Raritan
n. j., who said the new cloth virtu-
ally is as warm and durable He
added, however, that the German
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-04
DON'T WANT TO HAVE
FRIEND FOR CENSOR
News-Times Special Service :

News-Times Special Service:
LAFAYETTE, Ind. Jan. Ats
all right for the government 10 cen
sor all mail that passes between
these shores and overseas posts and
from over rthere over here. And it's
all right for the censor to pore over
love letters that scurry between the
soldier boy and the girl he left be
hind him-that is if that inquisltive
person is a total stranger.
But when the censor-horrid per
son--happens TO be q fellow you've
danced with and motored with and
is pal, or was. of your soldier boy
-welli
Several West Lafayette young
women are up in arms against
Uncle Sans system of military cen
sorship and for the same reason
several West Lafayette young men.
mem bers of battery G. the local unit
of the Indiana artillery forces now
in France. make no secret Of their
indignation.
And it's all because Floyd w
Sense. a local man. and lieuten-
ant of the battery is censor for the
battery.
He peruses all the mail-includ-
ing love letters-and places his of
fetal o. k on the messages. But
it's so very annoying. Any way the
girls here think Lieut.. Sense might
take some things. at least. for
granted and not read every single
line of the sweetheart notes.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-04

uniform is 30 per cent better and
costlier.
Testimony regarding army shoes
also was heard Thursday from r. ].
Bliss Of Boston, VINO said about so
per cent OF American soldiers shoes
do not TT and charges delay by the
war department in adopting a cor
rect shoe fitting device.
Inquiry into the clothing question
will be resumed Friday. At an exc
cutive session late Thursday the
committee decided TO expedit its in
vestigations as much as possible and
hereafter limit detailed examination
Of witnesses.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04
CROWOER WANTS THE LIMIT
OF DRAFT AGE TO BE RAISED
FOR SKILLED WAR WORK

that 80 per cent of the latter figure,
or 1,389,3SS, would be accepted for
service under the present regulations
Advocating this, Crowder said:
"The younger men are generally
deemed to make the soundest and most
pliable military material. On the 9th
er hand, the older men are more like
ly to yield in large numbers the oceu-
pational skill as necessary in the var
led occupations of the modern army.
Under the national selective SER
vice system which seeks to distribute
the burden equally among the willing
and unwilling, it is important, if not
essential, to include the older men be-
cause the smaller proportion of them
is likely to enlist"
Under the new system a card index
Of the abilities of every man will be
compiled in Washington after the ques
tionnaires are all returned. In this way
the government will be able to put its
finger on men of certain trades just
when they are needed.
"The whole labor problem can thus
be controlled, Crowder points out,
adjustments forced where right and
proper that they should be forced, and
in this respect this nation will be in
the most advantageous position ever
occupied by a belligerent power in
this or any other war.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04
Attorney For Chicago
|. W. W. Files Demurrer

Chicago, Jan. 4.-Attorneys for the
I. w. w. members held here on charges
of violation of the espionage act today
presented in federal court 81 bills of
particulars, 63 demurrers ana 23 pleas
in abatement Federal Judge Lands
directed the opposing counsel to con-
fer on date for arguments.
John Baldazzi of New York, who
was not present at the recent arraign-
ments, appeared today and pleaded
not guilty. His surety, a New York
bonding concern, withdrew his 10000
bail and he was placed in jail
Jarlis Jacobsen, secretary of the Vir-
ginia branch of the l. w. w. also
failed to appear and George Wander
veer, chief counsel for the organiza-
tion declared his belief that jacobson
"is no longer loyal to thed. W. W."
Judge Lands appointed a commits
sion to investigate the condition of
Peter Kerkennen of Canada, one of
the defendants who is said to be ill.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04

Washington, Jan. 4.-Increasing the
draft age from 81 to 40 or 45 years
is one of the probabilities of the flu
ture,' according to Provost Marshal
General Crowder in his comprehensive
report to the secretary of war.
The draft of the older men should
be mainly for skilled war labor, but
also to distribute the burdens of the
war There are plenty of young men
Tor the first line fighting, Crowder
has shown, but he also points out there
is danger of "injuring the coming
generation, +" by taking away too
many of the "aggressively patriotic
young men,"
Out of the 1O,6s3, ,249 men between
the ages Of 81 and 45, Crowder estl-
mates 3,525,476 are unmarried and
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04
WEATHER IS COLDER
IN EASTERN STATES.
AND COAL is SHORT
All Atlantic SeabOard Cities
Report Fuel Conditions
Extremely Bad

New York, Jan. 4.-Temperatures
along the Atlantic seaboard dropped
again today and with it coal condi-
tions in New York became critical
The thermometer touched two below
zero early today. The coal situation
lis far from relieved. Long lines Of
shivering men and women stood at
coal yards beginning for coal. It
WASN'T to be had The harbor and the
rivers are jammed with ice. The navy
department was appealed to in an eff
fort to break the jam. Tugs and other
small boats have been working con,
stantly endeavoring to break the ice
and release frozen-in coal barges, but
with little result.
The fire department Is being worked
to the point of exhaustion, fighting
blazes in the below zero weather
During last night, when nine fires
were under way, two big water mains
burst from the increased pressure neces-
sary. The basement of the Postal
Telegraph company building was flood
ed and the telegraph company put out
of business for several hours.
Thirty one schools are now closed
and there is no prospect of their being
reopened soon.
Hotels are jammed with families un-
able to heat their homes or apartments.
Thousands of oil and gas stoves have
been purchased.
Train service is completely demoral-
lied and little freight has been moved.
New Jersey towns are not only with
out coal but there is a near gas, oil
and water famine. Charitable organ
izations in New York are swamped
with appeals for aid. The constant
cry is for coal.
Additional steel boats were requisi-
toned by A. H. Smith, director of rail
roads for the Eastern district, today to
smash up the lee jams to release some
of the iee-locked coal.
Shipping is practically tied up by
the cold and coal shortage. There are
101 vessels in port unable to leave be-
cause o: lack Of coal. Meantime
freight is piling high on docks and
piers.
Boston Short Of Coal.
Boston. Mass. Jan. 4.-Unless the
shortage of coal here is relieved by
Sunday, los of Boston IS schools viii
not open Monday, it was announced to-
day.
Suffering from lack Of coal through
out New England was acute today.
Hope for relief rested on the arrival
Of trains Of coal, reported rushing
north.
The blizzard and heavy snowstorm
scheduled to hit New England last
night did not materialize and today it
Is somewhere off the coast.
Boston harbor is choked with ice,
1slting shipping.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04
Made Chief Engineer
On Submarine Chaser

c. D. Purvine, of the Purvine Pump
and implement company, has just re-
ceived a letter from his son, j. Law
renee Purvine, saying that he had been
promoted to the position of chief en-
gineer and assigned to submarine chas-
er No. 333. Lawrence joined the navy
last August and was sent from here to
Bremerton navy yard. While there he
was one of sixteen out of eight humid
red who passed the machinist examin-
alton From Bremerton he was sent to
New York City for further work in
this line. Here he also made good and
soon qualified rs first class machinist,
Next he was made master machinist No.
1, and now he has been made chief en-
gineer on a sub chaser His boat waits
him at a south Atlantic port.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04
German Government
Sells Booty Of War
By w. s. Forrest,

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
With the French Armies in the Field,
Jan. 4.-France has official and ire
futable information today that the
German armies have stolen, by orders
of their government, goods Of all kinds
from France and Belgium and shipped
to the German ''office of war booty"
in Berlin. Here, the German people
are urged to come to choose anything
from agricultural and factory ma
chinery, antique furniture, pictures,
rare tapestries, plates and dishes,
jewelry, clocks and other articles-at
fixed prices.
The office of war booty, according
to advertisements found on recent
German prisoners, is located at Berlin
w 80 Schoneberg Ofer-a group Of
large temporary buildings erected as
show and sales rooms.
One government advertisement
reads:
"French trench helmets have been
reserved by the minister of war for
sale to the profit of the national en-
downment for families of those fallen
at the front.
at is a bargain to acquire a rare
and durable souvenir of the great
world war conflict and at the same
time, contribute to soften the lot of
families of our brave heroes fallen in
the war.
"The price of a steel helmet is fixed
At % marks.
"To each buyer viii be given a
certificate of origin and acquisition
for each trophy"
The advertisement offers exception
al bargains in household goods of
French and Belgian manufacture.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04
Whether Distracted Country
Will Re-Eenter War Is
Doubtful Question I
SLAVS NOW REALIZE
GERMANY'S TRUE AIMS
Annexation Of Poland and
Other Invaded Territory
Insisted On

Petrograd, jan 4.-Russia repudiates
German-contrived peace. The pour
parleurs at Brest Litovsk apparently
are ended. The Bolsheviki government.
is awake to the duplicity and self inter
est of the Germans. Whether or not
Russia can fight again within months
cannot be forseen.
These facts stand out in strong re-
lief today out Of a maze of almost hys-
terical Bolsheviki anger at the full re-
cord of German Vaccinations and at
tempts to deceive the Russian people,
Publication of the proceedings at Brest
Litovsk, with interviews with the Rus
sian delegates, spread over all the news
papers during the last few days has
brought home to the Russian people
Germanys sinister duplicity in all the
armistice and peace negotiations.
No peace is possible, in the German
view, without Germany IS virtual annex
alton of Lithuania, Poland, Courland
and Esthonia.
That part of the armistice between
Germany and Russia relating to troop
movements expires January IL (De-
cember 30, Russian style). What is to
happen then is something no Russian
will prophesy. Thousands of Russian
troops have been withdrawn from all
fronts; the transport system has been
allowed to melt away; the whole mili-
tary system is disorganized. Soldiers
delegates in Petrograd insist that the
army cannot be expected to fight un-
der present utter disorganization and
Generalization.
Foreign Minister Trotslky today for-
warded formal note to Persia offer
ing in accordance with the armistice be-
tween Russia and the Central Powers,
to evacuate Russian troops from Per-
sian soil on conditions that Turkey do
likewise with regard to Russian ter
ritory held by her.
1t was reported today that Former
Premier Kerensky was preparing a for
NAL record of his services in the revo-
luton for presentation to the constit-
uent assembly, presumably as the first
move in his campaign for rehabilita-
tion.
The newspaper Novayazhezn editor
tally demanded today to know whether
the Bolsheviki intend ito renew the war
at time 'when the army is without
officers and the whole offensive and
defensive plan is in a chaotic mess
some soldiers deserted, others with
drawn to fight at inner fronts, muni-
tions plants liquidated, railway traffic
destroyed and famine advancing on the
front and rear"
The conference here in Petrograd be-
tween German and Russian delegates
considering the future of war prisoners
on both sides developed deadlock to-
day. The Russian conferees demanded
the right to unrestricted communication
with socialists in the Central Powers.
The German delegates declared they
were not authorized to consent. The
Russians thereupon withdrew pending
receipt of further instructions from the
soviet.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04
ALLIES MAY RECOGNIZE
RULING RUSS FACTION
new turn OF AFFAIRS.
Breaking OF Of Negotiations
With Germans Caused
Change Of Plans
Rv Ed L. Keen

London, Jan. 4.-The dramatic turn
of events in Russia today, will, in all
likelihood affect the allied cause more
than the winning of a great battle.
1t may mean, first of all, recogni-
tion by the allies of the Russian Boil
sheviki government. Certainly it
seemed likely today to result in an
other joint effort by the allies to aid
Russia in working ont her own destiny
Dispatches from Germany via Am
sterdam today stated that the Central
Powers delegates are all returning to
Brest Litovsk and, coupled with this
information, the report that new and
more moderate terms were to be Of
fered the Russians. just what these
new concessions were to be was
not indicated. The delegates it was
said, include Foreign Minister Kuehl-
mann, Count Czernin and the full Bull
garian and Turkish delegation,
Prior to the meeting of the Russian
constituent assembly it was generally
agreed here that it would be impossi-
BILE for England to- grant formal recog-
milton to the Lenine-Trotsky govern
ment or 10 acknowledge NJ Litvinoff
as mat government S ambassador to
London.
Meanwhile, it was admitted that the
present situation neeessitates unoffi-
cial dealings with the Bolsheviki
which, in the absence of British Aml
bassadcr Buchanan, will be done
through some commissioner holding
the confidence Of the Russian Off
Gals
Sir George Lee, charge d'affaires
of the British embassy in Petrograd,
is now attending to the embassy rou-
tine and will SO continue.
An allied statement of democratic
purposes and policies in the war is
shortly to be forwarded to Russia, it
was stated today. This statement, 1t
was understood, is satisfactory in its
form and professions of the British
laboFites, Tho presented their desires
in this direction to the government dur
ing the formal conference between Of
ficials and laborites on the question
of man power.
As observers saw the situation to-
day. the effect of the complete and
proof offered at Brest LII
tovsk of Germanys sinister annexa-
zionist plans will be psychological, po-
litical and moral-not alone in Russia
and Germany, but particularly in Am
erica and in neutral nations.
No one in England has much hope
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04
FAVORS
MINISTER OF MUNITIONS
AS A WAR MEASURE
Senator's Bill Is First Direct
Outcome Of Military
Investigation

| Washington, Jan. 4.-Senator Cham
berlain today introduced bill Great
ing ministry of munitions Chamber
lain s bill, forecast two weeks ago by
the United Press, is the first legisla-
tive result of the senate military in
vestigation.
The proposed munitions minister
would be cabinet officer. He would
be in complete charge Of procuring,
manufacturing and distributing arms,
ammunition, food, clothing. equip
ment, tentage and other shelter, means
of transportation for the army and
of everything else that the president
might designate munitions of war.
The bill empowers the president to
transfer all authority, emTbyes, rec
ords and funds from anAother govern
ment department to the munitions min
istry.
Chamberlain 3 bill would make the
quartermastcr department and the ord
nance bureau mere adjuncts of the
munitions ministry It is to get away
from the red tape and civil war tradi-
tions under which these departments
have been operated that Chamberlains
bill was introduced.
"The bill is intended to do what it's
Hitae Indicates is, to increase
and expedite the supply of munitions
of war, said Senator Chamberlain.
F" One great trouble with the war es-
Adjustments as disclosed by the pend
ing investigation, has been lack of
and the seeming imDossi-
% Until there can be coordination
and methods more direct, the United
States will be cropping in the dark for
many months before we can place our
selves in proper fighting form.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04
Third Liberty Loan
Campaign February 18th

Washington, Jan. 4-Third liberty
loan campaign will be opened Febru-
ary Is, it was learned today.
What amount is to be raised in this
third drive could not be ascertained.
Extpnsive preparations flor adyier-
tising and distributing the bonds were
nearing completion. Numbers of strlk-
ing ne W posters, notably one by How
ard Chandler Christy, were being pre-
pared
Secretary McAdoo viii give all Of
his time to railroad work until Febru-
ary IA when he will turn to direct
charge of the next loan campaign.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-04
PORTLAND IN LEAD

Portland, Or, Jan. 4. = Portland s
navy recruiting station sent more men
to the colors in the IA days ending De-
cember 20 than any city in the United
States, despite the fact that New York
A total of 1850 men were enlisted here
during the fortnight, against lib in
New York.