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New-York tribune., 1918-01-12

Estimates of Secretary and
Ordnance Chief Show
Wide Variance
Supply Sufficient
For Men at Front"
Shortage in the Camps Is
Frankly Admitted by
Cabinet Officer
By c. w. Gilbert

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-Just before
we nearing closed to-day Secretary
naker placed before the Military Af
LARS Committee of the Senate. csti.
mates on the prospective deliveries
oi browning machine guns. which were
SO much larger than the est;ma ates f,,r-
nlshed few days ago by General Cro-
@'er that members of the committee cx-
CLAIMED about them.
Inc estimates had Just been ohta;nod
ov telephone by the Assistant Secretary
0, war from General Wheeler, acting
en'el or ordnance. They were placed
III INC hands OF Senator Hitchcock. who
nad been asking Mr. Baker questions
nased on the belief arising from Com
r'"' oroz'ers testimony that the
browning gun would not be available
IN quantity until late next fall.
Inc new estimates were NOT made
public, but where General Crozier sad
only one-tenth of the guns contracted
tor would be available by August !,
General Wheelcr's figures according to
Mr.. Hitchcock, showed four times that
many guns by that date and q prodrc
ton of Brownines reaching 1000 guns
day by October.
.! think this is an impossible change
in the sltuation," exclaimed Senator
Hitchcock. Secretary Baker could give
no explanation as to how the situa-
tlon had changed since General Crozier
had testified. And he was reminded
that General Wheeler was present
when General Crozier had been before
the committee and had apparently been
relied upon for information by General
Crozier.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Corps, retaining his commission as E

Corps, retaining his commission as q
major.
Following the announcement Of his
commission from Washington, the eX-
Mayor last night issued statement
from the Ritz Carlton, in which he said
that he had accepted the commission
in the aviation service after failing to
get commission in the infantry. 1t is
understood that he will be sent to the
aviation camp at San Diego, Cal, as
soon as he can arrange his business
affairs here, which will probably be in
three or four weeks.
Ex-Mayor Sought Service in France
His statement follows:
"Immediately following Election Day
| proceeded to carry out the plans
had in mind before accepting the nomi-
nation for Mayor. I sought active ser.
vice with the army in France, prefer
ably with the infantry, in which branch
of the service my Plattsburg experience
lay.
"In the meantime. on November 16
Major General Squier. chief signal Of
flcer of the army, wrote. offering me g
commission in the aviation service. 1t
appearing. after conference with the
Secretary Of War, that the rules of the
War Department, adopted since the
declaration Of war. made it impossible
at this time, to commission me in the
infantry, l have accepted General
Squiers offer of commission as majo.
in the United States army, aviation
service. 1t is my understanding that
will be sent to a training camp for a
period of instruction, and then to
France for such duty as may be as
signed"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
i. S. Planning
Control Over
All Securities
McAdoo to Indicate What
Investments Will
Aid War

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11.-ReCulation
Of the issue Of practically all private
securities soon will be proposed by the
government.
Legislation now is being drafted by
Administration officials in corporation
with members of Congress, authorizing
the Treasury to license each individual
security issue, and to refuse approval
to enterprises regarded as not essential
to the conduct of the war. The exer-
else of this function would be assigned
to the Federal Reserve Board or some
agency created by it, which also would
pass on the priority of capital needs.
AS a collateral plan, formation Of a
government corporation to absorb any
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12

sired Tor pier, station or team track do
llverles. The application will then 90
TO the committee. where it will be acted
on oy the member representing the
railway concerned. who will know what
the delivery facilities of his road are
"nu "he1her the applicant is likely to
make good. Less than carload shin
ments are not subject to the emhareso
or permit system
The freight traffic committee is also
taxing tighter grip on exports bv ere.
a'ihg subcommittee to look after this
department Of its affairs exclusively
Mhicn , IS to be known as the eynort
alV'slon, with j. A. McAulitfe. of the New
!orK central, as chairman. In CON.
terence with the 105 export shinn;na
agencies of New York a system has
peen worked out by which no NEVIS
Tor inland shipments to New York viii
oe issued except on the certifcat;on of
lne agent that shipping space viii ba
Authority Over Freight
George D. Ogden. who is cba;rn,on
OF the general committee is also cl,a;, '''a''
man of the exports division Tho na,,
eral committee was originally esfah-
llsheo by the general operating com
i,ilItee or the Eastern roads which vas
olrectlng their operations from pits
purgh until its functions were takon
over by Mr.. Smith upon the establisb- .
ment OF government control II has
oeen wrestling with the problem Of
1reight congestion for about \ month
nut not until now has it had authority
York. e''NN W ->e"
While the new scheme of correlatinc
SnlOmonfS hot hnr i
port dlestnation is to be appIicd onlv
70 New York at :irst. it NAV be annlied
later to other ports 1t is so novel and
such a radical departure in American
failroadlng that it is thought wise to
introduce it gradually. even if it should
be decided to make it general.
Mr.. Ogden gives credit for the idea
to Mr.. Smith. and characterizes il as
one OF the most brilliant plans for
meeting an emergency that he has en-
countered IN long railroad career.
III Will, Mr.. Ogden thinks. put the dila-
tory conslgnee out of business by max
ing 1t lmrosslble tor him to receive
shipments until he cleans I'D. by pro
venting cons sgnees from receivinrr vim .
goods over another line when thcy nj,
ready have accumulations on one line
and Will prevent evasion of export en- d.
bargoes by the practice OF cons,rn;n,,
freight ostensibly for domestic deliv.
cry at tho port and then, on arriya,
ordering it to be delivered to ocean
vessels.
One great advantage of the rev,
scheme is that it will bring freiph+
consignees in personal touch With local
freight receiving officials and facil;.
ties, because they will have to 90 to
the agent at their particular delivery
point and will thus learn of his
troubles and see the physical situation
of the terminals FOR themselves.
1t is expected that barring bad
weather the new plan Will clean un
the congestion III yards, piers. docks
and lighters in New York harbor in q
remarkably short time.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Drastic Rail Embargo Is
Put ON Eastbound Freight
A. H. Smith Acts With McAdoo to OGset
Dangers of Threatened Cold Wave-Few Excep
tons Granted-To Be Operative on January IS
By Theodore M. Knappen

Threatened by another storm and
cold wave in the wake of which $1,000
carloads of freight above normal are
moving eastward, while the westward
movement offsets it by gain of only
10000 cars over normal, Assistant
Director General A. II. Smith. of the
conscripted railways of America, re-
porting the situation to Director Cen
eral McAdoo yesterday, nigh. have
used the words of General Foch, re-
porting to Marshal Jotfre at the Battle
of the Marine, "My right wing is beaten,
my centre is forced back 1 will win
with my left"
General Smiths Cleft consists of a
universal embargo of all domestic car
load freight-with certain important
exceptions effective January Is
against the Port Of New York, and Of
a newly created force to whip shipper
and consignee into line for such 4 con-
servation Of cars rs was never dreamed
of in America before.
Several Exceptions
The only exceptions to the embargo
against New York will be food for
human consumption, newsprint paper,
live stock. perishable freight, coal and
freight consigned to an officer of the
United States government, or to Of
ficers OF the railroads. No other
freight will be permitted even to make
a start toward New York except upon
PRESENTATION to the initial railway by
the consignor of permit issued by
the newly created Domestic Division of
the Freight Traffic Committee, North
Atlantic Potts This permit must be
obtained by the consignee in New York
from the Domestic Division.
This means that no shipper of ar
ticles not exempt from the embargo
can consign carload lots to New York
until the domestic division has satisfied
itself that the conslgnee can accept
prompt delivery and has issued him a
permit, which he in turn forwards to
his prospective consignor.
Keep Record of Consignecs
Francis Labau, vice chairman of the
fleight traffic committee, presided at
. meeting of the operating executives
Of the railways yesterday morning, at
which the new plan was explained.
The domestic division subcommittee
is made up Of traffic representatives of
all the railways entering New y NorS.
II. c.. Hamilton, general freight agent
Of the Lehigh, is permanent chairman.
This committee is compiling lists Of
carload consignecs in New York, to-
rether with record Of each ones ac
customed CELEBRITY or dilatoriness in un-
loading freight. Those with bad rec
ord or with accumulated unloadcd cars
will have to deal with gentlemen Of
Missouri antccedents when they come
to ask for permits.
Consignecs will have to make their
applications for permission to have car
loads consigned to them through the
lighterage representative Of the deliv-
ering road or at the freight station de-
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Hertling to Answer
Wilson in Reichstag
Monday, Is Report

LONDON, Jan. lit is reported in
Berlin that the German Chancellor,
Count Won Hertling, probably will ad
dress the Reichstage Main Committee
on Monday, in reply to the war aims
speeches of President Wilson and
Premier Lloyd George, an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen
says.
LONDON, Jan. 11-A dispatch to
the Central News from Amsterdam says
that Admiral Won Tirpitz, former Ger
man Minister of Marine and the fore
most advocate of Germany's submarine
warfare, declared that while the Ger
mans must keep the Flanders coast, the
annexation of Belgium to Germany was
not necessary and that a solution Of
this problem could be found.
Regarding the political situation, Ad
mlral Won Tirptz is reported as having
sad that all sorts of things might be
possible, but that he did not think they
would 20 so far as an agreement on
an armistice by which the operations
OF submarines could be paralyzed.
he would not make statement deal
ing with the reported resignation of
General Won Ludendorff, the German
hrst quartermaster general, but he said
ne refused to believe that things would
pe allowed to go so far as to make it
impossible for Won Ludendorff and Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg to gain a
definite victory for Germany.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Berlin Withdraws
Terms for Peace:
Parley Continues
German Famine
Is Exaggerated
Food Conditions Much Bet.
ter Than Reported,
Washington Says
lStaf Correspondence |

WASHINGTON, Jan. n.-Informa-
ton received by the State Department
tends to disprove published statements
alleged to represent the food situation
IN Germany. Conditions there are not
nearly so bad as they have been repre-
sented to be, and are not at all dcspcr-
ate. it was learned on high authority
to-day.
Children above the age of seven are
under-nourished, but as for the army
and the nation at large, hunger has no.
become military factor and is not
soon expected to develop there. Food
stuffs for a considerable time have
been smuggled INTO the country from
Russia, it was stated. The quantities
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Mitchell Is Made
Major in Army
Aviation Corps
Ex-Mayor Receives Commis-
sion and Will Be Sent to
School for Instruction

Former Mayor John Purroy Mitchell
yesterday was commissioned by the
War Department as a major in the avi-
alton section of the Signal Reserve
Corps. He will soon be assigned to n
ground school" for instruction in the
mechanics Of a.rplanes. and, after pass
ing the technical tests imposed on all
candidates, he will bL transferred to a
"nyin,. school" for instruction in flying.
Upon demonstrating his ability to op-
crate war plane in actual fight, the
former Mayor will be commissioned a
reserve military aviator. Should he fail
to demonstrate his fitness for this po-
sition, Major Mitchell will be assigned
to the non-hying section of the Signal
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Mrs. William K. Dick
Patient in Johns Hopkins

BALTIMORE, Jan. 11-Mrs. William
X. Dick, formerly the wife Of
Colonel John Jacob Astor, of New
York. who perished on the H.
tanc, is patient Mt johns hop-
kins Hospital, under the care OF w.
I,cwe]lvn f. Barker Mrs. Dick ar
rived in Baltimore last night with her
husband and registered at the Hotel
Belvedere. With them was Dr.. II: M;
Biggs of New York and trained
nurse.
This morning Mr.. and Mrs. Dick paid
their bill at the Bclvedere and said
they were going to visit sick rela..
tive at the hospital. Later it developed
that Mrs. Dick had entered the hospital
herself, as patient. Her condition
is said to be not serious, and she may
not have to undergo an operation.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Battleship Acts
AS Ice-Breaker

The United States battleshp
went into action in Chesapeake Bay
yesterday with the forces of King Win
ter. Following suggestion made by
Assistant Director General Smith 20
Generalissimo McAdoo of the American
Railways, which was respectfully suo-
mitted to Secretary OF the Navy Dan
iels, there came an order to the ---'s s
Bay ice as if it were German fleet
The big fighting ship, with steam at
limit pressure, hit the ice irresistibly,
and at last accounts was nearing Balti-
more. followed closely by tugs and
barges conveying $4,000 tons CT btu
minous coal.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
War Industries
Are Threatened
300,0 900 Brooklyn Pu-
pills Vacate Schools;
No Ruling Yet on
Curfew Law ID
Summary

Yesterdays developments in the
coal crisis were mainly these:
Only half a days supply of coal was
received in New York City.
At Z o'clock p. m. it began to snow.
and the Weather Bureau began to
pray for a rise of three degrees
IN temperature to defect an ap-
preaching blizzard.
DR.. H. A. Garfield, National Fuel
Administrator, announced at
Washington that the worst was
yet to come. Relief is not ex-
pected within less than sixty days,
and meanwhile further curtail-
ment of fuel consumption will be
necessary everywhere.
To break the traffic jam in New
York terminals the railroads on
January Is will place general
embargo on carload shipments of
domestic merchandise brought to
New York.
At meeting Of the New York Fire
Exchange Fire Chief John Ken
Ion said that the bursting of water
pipes had expasea the city to the
hazard of an unimaginable con-
fiagration.
The Merchants Association an
nounced its undertaking to survey
New York conditions intensively.
to show that this city should have
priority coal shipments.
Three-quarters of the public schools
of Brooklyn have closed. Brook
lyn's plight is worse than Man
hattans.
In New Jersey munitions factories
are closing up. There is already
daily wage loss estimated at
S50O,00O.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Failure Of Entente to Re-
spond, Teutons' Excuse
to Bolsheviki
Hertling Plans to
Answer Wilson
Cermany's Hope of Beat
ing America Based on
U-Boat's Work

The peace situation yesterday
brought these changes:
The Central Powers have with
drawn their peace terms as voiced
By Count Czernin at Brest-Litovsk
owing to the refusal of the Allies to
consider them, Won Kuehlmann in
formed the Russian delegates. 1t
is now question purely of sep
arate peace with Russia, the Ger
man Foreign Secretary added.
The Bolsheviki are preparing to
reorganize the Russian army for the
purpose Of resisting invasion in case
Of break with the Central Powers,
according TO Fctrograd dispatches.
Count Won Hertling, the German
Chancellor, viii address the Main
Committee Of the Reichstag on Mon
day in reply to the war aims speeches
of President Wilson and Premier
Lloyd George.
Admiral Won Tirpitz, foremost ad-
vocate OF Germanys unrestricted
submarine campaign, is reported to
have declared that Germany could
not surrender the Flanders coast, but
the annexation of Belgium was not
absolutely necessary. He predicted
victory for the U-boats and for the
army.
The admirals statement tends to
confirm rumors of the seriousness
of the political crisis in Germany
in which Ludendorff and Hinden-
burg figure prominently and in
which the U-boat campaign appears
to be a chief point at issue.
The Berlin "Tageblatt" declares
however, that Germany is depending
on her submarines to defeat the
American menace and force peace
Ten million tons, it says, is the tol
the U-boats will take by February 1
the end Of the first year Of the cam
paign.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12

and quick-m.nded man. 1t is not
situation which makes for much more
than a superficial inquiry.
The Republican members of the COM
mittee tried 20 lead Mr. Baker over
1916, when Ambassador Gerard was
warning the Administration Of coming
trouble with Germany and the adnliuis-
tration was busy getting ..sclf re-
elected on the kept us out OF war"
basis. Naturally the War Department
was not making preparations Ter the
war that has now come. Mr.. Baker
would concede that, in view Of what
had taken place, it would have been
better to have bought guns in 1916, but
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
No Relief for go DAYS,
Says Garfield; War
Work Is Being Halted

WASHINGTON. Jan. 11-Relief from
the present fuel famine within sixty
days is impossible. according to DR.. II.
A. Garfield, Federal Fuel Admins
traitor. In q statement issued tonight
he added that the situation might grow
much worse during that period.
Plants making munitions of war will
not be free from menace of short al
lowance of fuel, he said, and might
be called upon to curtail their allow
ance. But every effort will be made
to distribute the available supply Of
coal where most needed without par
tiality to any section, according to
the assurances of the administrator.
Part of the IS, 500 900 tons shortage
of the lasrt year has been made up, DR..
Garfield said, but there still is large
deficiency, and it Will be felt chiefly
this month and next.
War Plants to Feel Pinch
Everyone must conserve and cur
tail the use of COAL" he declared.
"W lille war plants and public utili-
ties must be favored among industries,
it IS likely that they, too, will feel
the pinch. II is distressing to be
obliged to witness the hardships the
people are undergoing. Demands are
flooding the fuel administration from
municipalities, but no locality can be
shown preference. and coal will be DIS
trbuted equitably with no favors
shown. The present situation is due
almost wholly to railroad congestion"
oluntary curtallment of the coal re-
quirements Of the less essential indus
tries is working well, Dir. Garfield said
and every industry asked to reduce its
use OF coal has shown willingness to
cooperate. The voluntary plan would
work better than an enforced curtail-
ment. he added, because each indust---
would watch it's own members to see
that they were carrying out their
agreement.
Most of the industries asked to re-
duce their coal consumption will ac-
complisn 1T by shutting down entirely
for one day each week, as the paper
board makers already have been or
dered to do.
Some Plants to Close a Month
Some industries, however. scannot
shut down easily for a day, and these
viii be asked 20 cease operations for
as long as a month. later on in the
year. 1t was suggested that the glass
industry might be one of these. Paper
board plants Will start tomorrow shut
ting down one day in the week, and, it
IS estimated, the coal saving for the
day viii amount 10 about $4,000 tons.
Explaining his recent order giving
state fuel administrators authority to
close industries TO supply householders
with coal, DR.. Garfield said this power
would be permitted to be used only in
emergencies and that the fuel admin
istration would decide the matter Of
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Kuehlmann Tells
Russians Germany
Withdraws Terms

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 1.-THE Central
fowers have withdrawn their peace
,efms, made public at the Brest.
'''oFsk conference on December %,
was announced by DR.. Won Kuehl-
manu. the German Foreign Secretary,
Al MS speech at the Brest-Litovsk con-
'''shce with the Russians yesterday.
0"ihg to the acceptance by all
."e enemy powers of those terms, DR..
~" Auehmann stated, that document
""e become null and void"
N'unt Czernin, the Austro- Hungarian
.'reign Minister, told the conference
."a' as Russia's allies had not replied
no. .ne invitation to participate in the
eo''a''ons, 1T was now a question of
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12

he would not concede that any fault
rested upon the Administration for not
ioreseeln@ the war Tho favor;te answer
of the executive Goeartmcns head i
that it IS ali the fault Of Corcless
Congress could see, said Mr.. BAKE.
Just as well as he could that there wa
a big war in Europe. He hadn't asked
for larger appropriations 20 prepare Cor
war because he saw no chance Of get
ting larger appropl iaticns out Of Con
gresa.
(Secretory Bakers testimony in
detail-on Page H.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12
Fuel Famine Will Be Worse.
Garfield Warns the Nation:
Freight Jam Is Desperate
Edge of Blizzard Hits City;
Zero Weather Is HeadedEast

WASHINGTON 11A equal in severit to that
o. aceeI approaching the East tonight from
erc bcov temperatures pepad Lorerng
mo7yoa0 acU be by high
Aan'c district foopd by Saturday Sunday
ond Increasingly cold
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12

obtained from Sweden and the other
neutral countries, while considerable
in quantity, have not been large, com
paratively, as the neutrals themselves
are short of supplies.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-12

y EWISH national restoration PALESTINE 7nrac,louslu
intended bD historical the subject
a. series Of eight articles by Bernard G.. Richards
trS one 'cal appear an to-morroVs SUNDAY TRIBUNE.
Meade County news., 1918-09-05
NOTICE TO REG1STRANTS

That on Thursday, Septem-
Der 18th, 1918, every man who
has moi reached his 10Th birth
day, and every youth who
reaches his 18Th birthday on
Registration day must register
at the following places in
Meade County:
Fowler Township and City
Ed Waits office.
Crooked Creek-ArteSian
School House.
Mertilla-Mertilla School
House.
Plains Township and City -
Coons & Jacobs office.
Meade Center Township and
City-Court House.
Logan Townshop-Lakeview
School House.
Sand Creek-Valley Grove
School House.
Odee-School House Dist. q.
Cimarron - East Glendale
School House.
LOCAL BOARD,
By L. G. KRISLE,
Chairman.
Meade County news., 1918-09-05

Mcad's third annual chau-
tauqua closed last Saturday,
ard those who attended say the
program this year was the best
yet. From a financial stand
point the undertaking was a
success, when the crop condi-
tionS are considered, and it is
known that the guarantors
were only assessed $500 each
to make up the deficit. The
contract for next year was
signed, and il is expected that
the program will be superior to
the one givn this var.
Meade County news., 1918-09-05

Mrs. Dan Harvey, accompan-
led by her father, r. Buis, left
Tuesday morning for Camp
Funsto~, Vice she will visit
her husband, Dan Harvey, who
is al the present time located
there.
Meade County news., 1918-09-05

A meeting of the Meade coun-
ty Farmers Institute will be held
some time IN October at which
time the list of premiums prev
iously advertised will be paid
Watch for date.
Meade County news., 1918-09-05

There's a picture of you in
your soldiers memory, but he is
expecting a new one, as you are
today, to take its place. See
Backe at Meade, he makes the
good kind.
Meade County news., 1918-09-05

There's q picture Of you in
your soldior's memory but he d
expecting . new one, - you are
to-day, to take its place. See
Backe at Meade, he makes the
good kind
Meade County news., 1918-09-05

There will be a meeting of
the Executive Board of the
Meade County Farm Bureau
next Saturday, at, which all
vice presidents are expected 10
be present.
Meade County news., 1918-09-05

The Edwards Burford ia mily
reunion was held Sunday, Sep
tember frstat the home of w. A
Burford, south east of Fowler.
Seventy were present, all rela.
ives