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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02
IND0RSE PRINCIPLE OF
CENTRALIZED CONTROL

2 Washington, Feb. 2.-The principle
of centralized control was indorsed
today before the senate military com
mittee by Howard Z. Coffin. chairman
OF the aircraft board. Central au-
thority to o-ordinate the govern
ment's war activities. he declared, ac
cording to senators who questioned
him behind closed doors. was impera
tive. MIR. Conn made detailed
statement OF conditions ito the com :
mittee. which was regarded by sena-
tors favoring definite affirmative ac-
tion as further support of the bills
for a war cabinet and munitions d.
rector u.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02

At Siemenstadt, suburb OF Span
dau, tram cars were overturned. A
mob storined a bakery and compelled
the proprietor to distribute bread
without bread cards.
Serious rioting on Thursday in
Spandau, where important German
war industries are located, is reported
in German newspapers, an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam
says. Soldiers were attacked by a
mob A policeman was dragged from
his horse and heats
Shown to Be Extensive.
Amsterdam, Feb. 2.--Accounts of the
disturbances which appeared in Ber-
lin newspapers Friday morning show
that they assumed extensive charac-
ter. All parts of greater Berlin were
involved, with the solitary exceptions
of Inter Den Linden and Schloss-
Platz. The latter place. on which the
palace is situated, was entirely de-
serted, as the papers remark signifi-
cantly.
The worst disturbances were in the
Moabit district, where crowds of strik-
ers attempted to overturn street cars.
The police intervened and were re-
sisted by the. strikers. collisions occur
ring. There were stormy scenes also
in North Berlin, and in East Berlin
youths and girls crowded the streets
climbed on street cars and wrested the
controllers from the motormen or
overturned the cars. In the suburb Of
Treptow crowds derailed a number Of
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02
BLISS lQLD
REMAIN ABR|OADI| A | J
III Pershing Can Spare NAL
Gen. March Latist VIII Be-
~ ~ - y ~ * q !: n
&, come Head Of Army

\ N - n i: Y. 49, x =. IN &s q 4x VI.
svsshl.s E
Psyton Z. March u yIsasA u lSssns
acting chief Of staff Of the army II
Gen. Pershing can spare him from his
present duties as chief Of Artillery Of
the expeditionary forces. No reply
has been received as yet from Gen.
Pershing.
The selection of Gen. March means
that Major General Bliss, chief of
staff, is to remain permanently in Eu-
rope as the American military repre-
sentative at the supreme war council
now sitting in France. No official
statement was available as to the ac-
tion contemplated. but it is expected
that Gen. March will undertake his
new duties in the near future.
The permanent assignment OF Gen.
Bliss to the war council may result In
q request to congress for authority TO
appoint an additional general. AS
Gen. March will be in fact head Of the
army 1t is regarded as probable that
he will be given both the rank and
title of chief Of staff later; Gen. Bliss
being continued in similar rank but
relieved as chief of staff to permit him
to devote himself exclusively to his
work abroad.
What Army Officers Think.
Army officers see in the appoint
ment of Gen. March promise OF a more
thorough. uniting of all war depart
ment agencies than has been possible
heretofore owing to the peculiar sit
uation in which the general starr mas
found itself ever since the entrance OF
the United States into the war. When
the war began. Maj.-Gen. Scott, chief
of staff, was promptly detached for
duty in Russia with the Root COM
mission. Gen. Bliss as his assistant
took over the work, but did not sue.
ceed to the title of chief of staff until
Gen. Scott's retirement.
Almost Immediately after his eleva-
tion to that post, he was in turn de-
tached to go TO Europe and has not
since functioned as chief of STAFF.
II is an open secret at the war de-
partment that there has been q lack
of carefully organized staff work due
to this situation. t
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02
LIVERPOOL TROOPS IN
SUCCESSFUL RAID

London. Feb. 2.--.During the night
party of Liverpool troops success
fully raided the enemy's trenches
southeast Of Armentieres and brought
back prisoners" the war Office reports.
"A raid attempted by the enemy north
OF Passchendaele was repulsed."
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02
FIREMAN LOSES LIFE IN
BIRMINGHAM MILL BLAZE

Birmingham. Ala, Feb. z.-The body
Of Fireman z. Z. Young was found be-
meath fallen brick wall of the ruins
of the peanut oil mill of the Union
Cotton Oil company, destroyed by fire
last night. Fireman Young was not
missed until his company returned 10
quarters. Investigations and search
resulted in the discovery of the body.
The wall fell about O. lock this
morning while firemen were still fight
ing the flames.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02
KIEV
WITH NO EFFORT.

Petrograd, Feb. z-The capture
Of Kisv by the boIsheviki virtually
without resistance insures the au-
thority Of boIshsviki rada in the
Ukraine. Pstrograd and Moscow
detaehments Of the red guard
formed the boIshevik attacking
party and the defenders eapitu-
lated after they had fired four
shots from their cannon.
Jassy. Rumania, Sunday. Jan. 27.-
Odessa was captured by the bolsheviki
Saturday night. The bolsheviki troops
are now in full control of that city.
Kishinev. capital of Bessarabia. and
the scene of Jewish massacres fifteen
years ago, was taken today by Ru-
n1anian forces. who we're sent there In
response to an appeal for aid from the
local Bessarabian government.
Odessa is the most important city
and seaport of southern Russia and the
'ourth city of the empire in population.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02
PASSAGE ASSURED
FOR PROHIBITION BILL

Annapolis. Nd. Feb. 2.-The state
senate today. by. vote of 10 to z,
passed to it's third reading. the reso-
luton ratifying the federal prohibit
tion amendment. virtually assuring its
final passage in that body. The house
OF delegates has not yet acted on the
amendment.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02
WORK RESUMED; TRAFFIC
MAINTAINED, IS REPORT

Amsterdam. Feb. 2.-'1solated and
insignificant excesses" in Berlin yes.
tefday are reported in a semiofiiciai
statement received here today from
the German capital. Work is said TO
have been resumed at Hamburg and
Danzig. For the most part traffic was
in orderly manner, the
statement adds. Publication or. all
has been resumed.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02
PROPOSE INCREASES IN
OCEAN AND RAIL RATES

washington, FEB. 2.-Increases,
ranging from s to is per cent in
ocean and rail class and commodity
rates from New York, Philadelphia
and Baltimore TO Chicago aud Missis-
sfppi river crossings, were proposed
in application filed today with the in
terstate commerce commission.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02
u-BoATs oLoRIFIED
BY BERLIN PAPERS

Amsterdam. Feb. 2.--The semi
official Norddeutsche Allge-
meine Zeitung and other Ber-
lin newspapers publish articles
on the anniversary OF unre-
stricted submarine warfare.
They glorify the U-boat as
weapon which has achieved
strategic and moral results.
particularly against Great Brit
ain In its world position"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02
SEVEN FACTORIES
IN GRIP OF LAW
Berlin Strikers Ordered Back to Work Under
Threat Severe Penalty Railway to Harbor
Cut Off Rioting in Mad Progress. Z.

London Fsb 2ssvsn fssts.s hsvs
~ THAR work BY ok Monday
TO
will be punished according military
discipline ss
employed the habor
Strikers leading
j .1
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02
ars and cut the cables.
Car Service Suspended.

cars and cut the cables. y
Car Service Suspended.
There were disturbances. of lively
character in the southern part Of the
city also. Frequent fights occurred
between strikers and employees who
were remaining at work. The street
car service was suspended after noon.
Cars which usually carry workmen
were stopped by strikers, who severed
the cables. Disturbances continued
until evening.
Yesterdays issue of the socialist
newspaper Vorwaerts, Of Berlin, says
that while the general committee of
trades unions is remaining neutral, it
is unanimously of the opinion that the
political discomfort which gave birth
to the strike can be removed by meet
ing Justly the wishes of the strikers.
The newspaper says that number OF
meetings of trades unions for which
arrangements were made long prior to
the strike for the transaction of
routine business have been forbidden.
Strikers Promenade.
''Street life was disturbed nowhere.
Even where large bodies of strikers
promenaded no considerable disturb
ances occurred today. All attempts
to persuade the street car employees
to Join the strike were unsuccessful.
Work is again proceeding in the ship
yards at Hamburg and at Danzig. At
Kiel work will be resumed Saturday.
The strike has not attained serious
significance in the Rhenish Westpha-
liam coal fields. Only diminishing
numbers of workers struck. The
Krupp works are in full swing"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02
NO SHADOW, SAYS BILLY P.

A frol / C S ON e
.ro d e n t. IS tn e
grounding. or the
''yadle. zoo)ogi- :
cally ( er m e d.
with a sportive
sense Of humor
and a habit most
confirmed; b u [
today he'll see no
shadow, and. il
he crawls back
in his den. I'm
going to get me
a gattling gun
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02
WANT HEATLESS
PLAN ENFORCED

New York. Feb. 2.--State and mu-.
nicipal fuel authorities indicated today
they oppressed an Y move bv the national
fuel administration to modify the plan
providing for healess Mondays In an;
effort to conserve coal consumption.
The situation Involving the arrival
OF less coal than iB needed continnos
hers n WAS sles< <elir4nd any step whic1sl
would result III q general increase in
the use Of fuel wonld endanger the op-
oI41idH ok uN0Du6afv 1I{lustfiee.f \ Y @al.s
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02
DANIELS WILL NOT ASK
FOR NAVAL STATIONS

Washington, Feb, 2-secretsry
Daniels. totay authorized an
nSunespent that he would not ask
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02

ana DiaSt MN out aBdh.
So few wives can be made TO appre-
ciate why the kitchen soap can't be
used for shaving.
The weather. Probably snow or
rain and moderate temperature tonight
and Sunday
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02

isnta " llS "a ssfsst IL
NJ VI. }haals Travelled n d Il
erly directien after asrefd ding az3d tf$
theory IL advanced at the stiaoQ} f}at
the men may be marooned IN 4
swamp. Names of the students were
withheld by the military authorities.
1t is customary for balloon to de-
scend within three hours after ascen-
sion, the. school announced, and to
communicate with headquarters with
in fifteen hours. Areward Of $50 has
been offered for Information as to the
whereabouts Of either the men or the
balloon. sw
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02

An ofiicial dispatch from London.
Jan. rs. said that British airplanes
raided several objectives in Germany.
making direct hits on factories and
docks and also IN the town OF Mann
heim In addition the railway stations
at saarbr1cken and Oberbillig we're
attacked with excellent results.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02
BRITISH FIRE AIMED
AT SEARCHLIGHTS
Trains and Moving Lights on
Roads Among Special
objectives.

London,s Feb. 1.-The war Office. in
an elaboration of the Official report of
the bombing raid made by British
aviators into Germany Jan. 2s. tonight
disclosed the fact that machine gun
fire was directed on searchlights.
trains. moving lights in the roads and
on buildings in each Of the districts
visited and also into villages, in the
Moselle valley. Altogether 5.257 pounds
OF bombs were dropped at an average
height of 1900 feet. One pilot made
four attempts before reaching his OBJ
iective. owing TO the heavy mist which
made flying difficult.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-02-02

and blast him out agaan.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-03
ANOTHER INJUNCTION SUIT
is FILED BY HEARST

Another injunction suit on behalf of
the International Magazine Company
of New York has been filed in the fed
eral court at Carson City by attorneys
for William R. Hearst.
The suit is brought against the state
council of defense and the same in
dividuals named in the suit filed Mon
day by the San Francisco Examiner.
1t is practically the same as the other
suit and asks for temporary and
permanent injunction against the
council OF defense to prevent that or
ganization and the individual members
from boycotting the Hearst publica-
tons.
The magazines represented by the
International Magazine Company, as
set out in the complaint, are Hearst's.
Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping.
Bazaar and Motor and Motor Boating.
Reno Gazette.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-03
EFFORT TO BE MADE TO GET
RIFLES FOR DRAFT BATTALION

Last night the drill of the draft
battalion was conducted by the newly
appointed sergeants and these men
took hold with great deal of interest.
After the drill about fifty men signed
up for the rife club, which will i'm
mediately affiliate with the National
Rife Association.
Major Scott appointed Carl Stolfelt
first lieutenant and battalion adjutant
and Dave Conevey battalion sergeant
major.
The school for commissioned and
non-commissioned officers was started
last Tuesday and will be held twice
a week regularly.
The question of uniforms for the
officers and guns for the battalion has
been taken up with Adjutant General
Maurice Sullivan and the work will
take on added interest when instruc-
tons can be had in the manual of
arms.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-03
"THE BLUE BIRD TO BE
SPECIAL FEATURE TONIGHT

A photoplay of extraordinary in
terest will be shown TO the patrons
of the American theater tonight when
THE Blue Bird" an Aircraft picture,
will be presented.
When Maurice Maeterlinck pre-
sented his blue Bird" to the world,
less than a decade ago, it was ac-
claimed as one OF the greatest gems
of literature, and conceded to be the
masterpiece of the great Belgian au-
thor. dramatist and poet. Up to the
present time no film producer has
dared pay the enormous amount de-
manded for the motion-picture rights.
and expend. in addition, the tre-
mendous sum necessary to properly
produce the play in films.
The photoplay was produced at the
studios of the Famous Players Lasky
Corporation. from scenario by Chas.
Maigne. under the direction of Maurice
Tourneur. the noted French impre-
sario. The intricate details in intelli-
gently portraying allegory and SYM
bCsASAhf ASHuAAAA AhdAhAPic
in photography; the numerous and
massive settings; the rehearsals of
approximately one thousand actors,
were successfully mastered by Mr..
Tourneur. This film demonstrates the
amazing strides that have been made
in the cinema art.
The cast is too lengthy to enumer-
ate, all the ordinary matters of life
being personified, and beautiful girls
in symbolical costumes interpret vari-
Gus parts. Eleanor Masters, the model
for James Montgomery Flagg. is Milk;
Mary Kennedy. Water; Lillian Cook.
Fairy Berylune; Gertrude Mccoy,
Light; Rose Rolanda, the well-known
dancer. leads a ballet in symbolical
interpretations. and Lyn Donelson is
Night
Tula Belle and Robin Macdougall,
two clever kiddies well known to pic
ture patrons. are the children who
search for the Blue Bird Maurice
Tourneur has won an enviable repu-
tation as an artistic producer. and
this spectacle has proven a subject
in which his genius has been put to
a severe test.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-03
PRICE OF STAPLES
TO BE CONTROLLED

AS the opening gun in the food
administration campaign to curb al
legged profiteering In staples, ques-
tionnaires covering cost and sales
prices on butter. aggs and cheese have
been answered by the leading grocers
throughout the state. In each case
the grocer is asked to itemiZe the
costs laid down at his store. and to
show clearly what prices he is charg-
ing and the reasons for inordinately
high prices, If he is charging them.
at is necessary" says a statement
issued by the federal food administra-
tor for Nevada, "in commencing the
difficult matter of price control. that
the subject be approached gradually,
with all possible information at hand,
and without either favor or prejudice.
Letters too numerous for individual
answer have been received quoting
local prices and complaining of inor-
considered carefully; yet 1t is only
fair to say that in the majority of
cases throughout the state the prices
charged have been found justified In
other words. the retail grocer had to
contend with cost-increasing condi-
tions for which he was not given
credit in the complaint.
"The fixing of staple prices, of
course, is most urgently desirable in
districts of congested population.
Thus Reno, Ely. Elko, Tonopah, Win
nemucca and Las Vegas become dis
trict centers with each its peculiar
problems of cost, handling, freight,
haulage and delivery. All of these
districts are being covered weekly by
trained and competent price reporters
who ascertain and report variations in
selling prices of all ordinary gro
ceries. Thus. we are able to Judge
at all times whether equitable dis
tribution is being secured, and with
the evidence accumulated we shall
be able, little later, to fix and con-
troll prices and margins on all food
stuffs coming under the proper super
vision of the United States food ad-
ministration. Ely has been selected
as the place most glaringly in need
OF price adjustment and food admin
istration representatives are now en-
route to the copper camp to begin
Investigations.
Problems directly affecting Ne
vada dealers in all food products, in
clGding perishables, cold-storage prod
ucts. staples and all licensed com
nodities will be taken up as quickly
as possible and unfair practices
eliminated"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-03
FUNERAL OF GEORGE L.
CARREL TO BE HELD SATURDAY

George Thomas Carrel. well
known resident of Winnemucca,
passed away at the hospital about IL
o'clock yesterday morning. He had
been in i'll health for about five
months and the cause of his death
was pernicious anaemia. Deceased
was SO years of age and was a native
of Nevada, having been born in Para
disc Valley. He has made his home in
this county nearly all his life.
Besides his wife and daughter, eight
months old, he is survived by two sis
ters, Mrs. James Cathcart, residing in
Paradise Valley, and Mrs. Fred Ward
residing in Houston, Texas.
The funeral is to be held from the
Catholic church at 10 o'clock Satur-
day morning. Rev. Father Dermody
to officiate. The remains are being
cared for at the Ayers undertaking
DarlOrS
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-03
STATE LOSES BEET
SUGAR INDUSTRY

Yesterday before the federal court
r. A. Mckay. acting for the Detroit
Trust Company, filed complaint ask
ing for the foreclosure of the mort
gage against the Nevada-Utah Sugar
Company at Fallon, Nevada. In con-
junction with the. complaint the Utah
Idaho Sugar Company, part and par
eel of the same corporation, files its
claims.
The foreclosure is brought by the
Detroit Trust Company, representing
the bond holders of the corporations,
setting forth that there is an out
standing mortgage of s25O,00O. with
interest lapsing since May /, 1918. and
taxes to the amount of $18S6.
The suit to foreclose is the begin
ming of the end of an industry that
promised much for western Nevada.
At the outset it seemed that the sugar
plant would be a success. as a con-
siderable acreage was planted and
considerable sugar was manufactured.
which was of high. grade. 1t was
determined at the time that the beets
of the Fallon district contained far
more than an average contents of
sugar. a bonus being paid on such
showing.
: When the concern was threatened
with collapse and it seemed that it
would be dismantled and moved to
another section, George Wingfeld and
10 hn %
the industry. The following year the
best season experienced in beet cul-
ture followed, with sugar manufac-
tured
Last season the farmers refused to
enter into contracts with the sugar
people. owing to the scarcity of labor
and unwillingness of the farmers TO
devote their labor to beet culture.
The result is that the plant is idle and
win continue so as far as material is
concerned TO keep it moving.
The eastern investors, who have
had a fortune tied up in the plant.
are now asking foreclosure proceed
ings that they may dispose of the
machinery and building material.
Since the war the machinery at this
factory has advanced materially in
price and should bring fancy sum.
1t is hardly possible that the investors
can get out whole, but with the high
price of such machinery they can
realize a far better sum today than IL
the war was not on.
The passing of this industry is TO
be regretted. 1t was a case of ten
years ahead of its time. 1t is hardly
lossible that any other section in
Nevada will tackle making sugar with
farm hands wanting SO per day
and up.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-10-03
CHRONICLE LAUDS
STATE OF NEVADA

In its early days Nevada was re-
sagebrush, and somehow those inn
pressions have stuck, as early impress
sions will stick, modified trifie, per-
haps, by the remarkable success of
peculiar institution which has made
Reno the Mecca of downtrodden and
oppressed ladies with money in search
Of undisturbed happiness.
AS a matter of fact, while Nevada
produced silver last year to the value
of over nine million dollars, it pro-
duced copper to the amount of more
than theirty-two million dollars and
grain and hay to the amount of twenty
seven millions.
The value of silver produced in Ne
vada still exceeds its gold output. and
is increasing, possibly by reason of
the fact that silver, having been de-
NOTED to a commodity, is sharing to a
considerable extent the prosperity
which high prices are bringing to the
producers of other commodities.
1t would prosper great deal more
If the United States government would
get off the lid. The foreign demand
for silver is very strong, and growing
stronger, but the Great Fathers at
Washington will not allow an ounce of
it to be exported until the would-be
exporter convinces them that he did
not pay more than s1.01h for it.
That is good for the foreign buyer,
who is at liberty to get whatever any
body will pay, and should be helpful
to our good friends south of our ma
tional border, who may profiteer as
they please after our limited contribu-
ton is out of the way.
Nevada has always been a great live
stock state, but beef cattle and sheep
no longer appeal to the literary imagi-
nation so that we hear very little of
them. But they are there, and are no
unimportant factor in making the per
capita wealth of Nevada the highest in
the country.
To feed the cattle when grass is
short, grain and hay are needed, and
of recent years there has been rapid
agricultural development. Nevada
does not claim to rank high in rainfall
on the plains. but it has long rivers
rising in high mountains, whose water
is now being conserved to irrigate the
fertile valleys. The first project start
ed by the reclamation service was in
Nevada. and that project, well settled,
is already taking on the appearance
of a prosperous agricultural COM
munity.
The most active development at
present is along the valley of the
Humboldt river. There are already
large irrigated areas where once there
was desert, and when contemplated
reservoirs are completed on the upper
river the traveller passing through on
the trains will think he is passing
through paradise. Nevada is still a
lively state, but it is also solid-Edi-
torial from San Francisco Chronicle.