The Big Sandy news., 1918-01-04

road board Of inquiry had previously
lexonerated him. Others blamed were
The flagInan and conductor ard en-
gineer Wolfenberger. 1t was explained
I that Weatherford was Included be
cause the semaphore al Shepherdsville
had been showing green when II snonin
| have been red
| without formalities, Secretary Nc
| Adoo Yesterday at noon took over con.
troll OF the railroads Of the United
states ON behalf OK the, Government
ard issued his first order directing that
freight move by the most expeditions
route The Railroads War Board Will
for the present, continue the operation
Of the reads, and the director mus glSr
en- no intimation as TO a.stah. Pooling
OF railroad equipment and common use
OF terminals will continue under Gov
/ ernment management.
Rear Admiral Bowles, assistant 10
the general manager OF the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, yesterday told the
| senate Committee that laws were
needed designating the territory around
shlpyarur az war zones and to give au-
thority for the communicating OF
houses and local transportation facili'
ties so as to better take care of work
men. Mobilization of the war excess
profits ta1 law should be made so as
| 10 make IL easier on shipbuilders, he
said.
| Soldiers stationed at Camp Zachary
Taylor who will lie sent to the third
officers training camp will be notified
during the coming week as the board
of selection las already been named.
A farewell address will be delivered TO
the Infantry School OF Arms by Col.
Hugh Wise this morning. The 15sth
Depot Brigade has been entirely de-
nuded OF men, as orders have been is-
sued transferring the soldiers 10 the
infantry regiments.
Franklin X. Lane. Secretary of the
InterioD will address the Kentucky
War Conference to be held in Louis
vile wednesday night, January l6. The
conference. which will be preparatory
to a campaign OF education in Ken
lucky. may also be addressed by Lieut.
Paul Perigord. wounded French Of
fioer on detached duty who is erpect-
ed to accompany Secretary Lane.
Withdrawing previous plea OF not
guilty by reason OF insanity, Norris
p. Bradford, who shot and killed Miss
Alice b. Richards and wounded two
other teachers at the New Hampshire
| School for Feeble Minded, yesterday
pleaded guilty to first degree murder
and was sentenced to prison Off life.
| The distribution in Louisville and
vicinity OF the schedules required in
the National Food Survey will begin
on January 2. under the direction o,
c. l.. Cannon, head of the local offices
ef the Bureau Of Markets of the Unit
ed States Department OF Agriculture.
|
SUNDAY.
! L. A. Snead, head OF the Fuel Ac-
ministrations distributing agency. tes-
| tify ing before the Senate COMMITTEES
| investigating the coal situation, de-
clared ne could sec no possibility, ur-
der present conditions. OF the produc-
tion of the $4,000, 900 tons the Fuel Ad-
minlsi-a.i ion estimates the nation if
short this year He predicted Govern
ment control OF mines and cofiscrip-
tion OF labor.
War contracts calling for hundreds
of millions of dollars worth OF supplies
cannot be carried TO completion at the
present rate OF coal supply, the F'uel
Administration for New England yes
terday told Secretary Of War Baker
before whom was placed an appeal for
immediate effective action fer relief.
! Men who receive dishonorable dis
charges from the army hereafter viii
! get terms of Imprisonment with THEN
discharges, according to ruling made
| yesterday by Secretary OF War Baker,
acting upon the belief that dislonor-
able discharges have been sought by
many as a vehicle of escape iron mil
itary service.
That a brother of Samuel kaplan. a
iiASfipSi VI tiic NOiiiiillltSV oii ouPPiiN'
of the Council of National Defense, is
financially interested in the Base Sort
ing Company, whose scrap uniform
cloth picking contracts were. concealed
last Thursday, was brought out at the
Senate war inquiry yesterday.
The earthquakes which began De-
cember 26 and continued two DAYS de-
molished so per cent. of Guatemala
City, according to advices received
from the American Charge there. Forty
deaths have been officially reported
and thousands are homeless.