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The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
PROBE
OF CONTRACTS
HITS COUNCIL.
Members Of Board Named
as Stockholders in Firms
Dealing with U. S.

A Cleveland company. in which
Charles Eisenman. chairman of the
supply committee of the Council of
National Defense. is interested, has
contracts with the government for
more than half a million dollars.
Mr.. Eisenman testified to this yes
terday during the course of a
searching inquiry before the Senate
Military Committee.
Did you know the law was very
strict in connection with contracts
with members of the council?"
asked Senator McKellar, of Tennes-
see.
YES" replied Mr.. Eisenman.
with the knowledge of that law,
you permitted these contracts to be
carried out. How do you get around
the law?"
81 took no part in advising on the
contracts. We do that sort of thing
every day" ,....
Publicity Forbidden.
Following this line of inquiry. SEN
ator MekeIlar ascertained that COM
panies in which many other members
of the council are interested have gov
ernment contracts. In each instance
the memb srs took no part in advising
on these contracts. for that is against
the recent law passed by Congress.
The Tennessee Senator called this
stepping aside"
Another interesting disclosure of the
day was the fact that Quartermaster
General Shsrpe has issued an order
forbidding all publicity about con-
tracts.
Z NJ lrs;.o,.,.s,. - s,s.,.,,oI IyonIan
one of his assistants, occupied the
stand all day. Mr.. Kaplan is a
brother of Ira Kaplan. one of the
organizers of the Base Sorting
Company, which has been criticised
for its contracts for work on uni
form scraps.
Both the witnesses were much
excited at times, and were sharp
ly called down by the examiners.
Testimony from Mr.. Kaplan was
that the Base Sorting Company had
received $73,769 from the govern
ment.
Senator McKelIar indicated that the
members of the Council of National
Defense who have government con-
tracts would be called at witnesses.
He asked Mr.. Eisenman to identify
lAAC epOfOlyfoNb AhC bcho 6PChl ACA
the government-in 1900 contracts-in
what contracts the companies with
which these men are allied shared.
Just beofre the luncheon hour
Mr.. Eisenman became impatient
under the persistent questions. He
wished to elaborate his answers.
and declared:
II want to give you the scenery.
want to give you the flesh and
blood. 1 can't answer yes and no.
1 don't want to deal in dry bones.
1 want fair play on all sides. I
don't want to be shot up"
The Witness said Senator
Weeks. ''is very irascible and bor-
ders on the impudent."
II want to give you the scenery"
repeated Mr.. Eisenman. 81 am GO
ing to do it If have to stay here
all week"
Senator McKetrar suggested that the
witness be respectful"
The firm in which Mr.. Eiseman is
interested is the Cleveland worsted
Mills. He said he had been a stock
holder twenty years but preferred not
to state his holdings.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
BOMBS SPREAD
: NORFOLK FIRE
Mysterious Bundles Said to
. Contain Explosives Left
at Shops Destroyed.

Norfolk, Va, Jan. 2-Guards were
tonight at the naval base, the
navy yard at Portsmouth and the
ooaling stations at Lamberts Point,
following further disclosures with
reference to the origin of the disas-
trous fires which swept through Nor
folk and Portsmouth yesterday, de-
stroying two blocks Of the business
district.
That the mysterious explosions
which kept occurring during the fire
were from bombs in innocent looking
fire area, is the latest theory ad-
vanced by officials.
Unknown Left Parcels.
For days previous to the fire, the
authorities have learned. unknown
persons called at these shops with
paper-wrapped parcels, which they
asked the storekeepers to take care Of,
promising to call for them later. II
was disclosed today that these par
cells were not called for. Chief of Po-
lice Kiser tonight issued a request to
all storekeepers to refrain from ac-
cepting such packages in the future,
detained for examination, the authori-
ties are continuing to round up suspi-
cious individuals. Among the new
ones being held are Johannes EmrneI
and his son Adolph, taken into Gus
tody this afternoon.
officials who have begun an in
vestigation of the causes of tho
three blazes that for q time threat.
ened the entire city, believe thai
the fires in the business district
were started as a forerunner of q
wave of. incendiarism that woulC
spread to the water front while at
tention was diverted from that par
of the city.
Sentinels tonight were patrolline
their posts in a binding snow
storm.
WI, Brevoort. who was takeI
into custody on the charge Of max
ing disloyal remarks, and in who's
room maps of Norfolk were found
was released tonight by the De
parment of Justice officials. Hug
Schmidt, whose arrest occurred
yesterday. late this afternoon, wa
temporarily released.
The two women caught In tn
government dragnet were Mrs. N
Wintermantel and Mrs. NJ. Russ
Both were arrested with thei
husbands and both were elosetel
with Department of Justice agent
late this afternoon. After the,
left the Offices of the governmen
officials, no statement was forth
coming. No one is permitted TO IN
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03

End Uncertain.
There is only one danger; that all the
oarsmen many not hold the stroke
in the toughest part of the race.
Some of the crew are now wobbling
and the boat no longer rides on an
even keel
Nevertheless, it is being held in
front by the dogged, fierce determi-
nation of the strong hearted mem-
bers and though the stroke may.
lack polish. it contains a world of
driving power,
When the race will end. no one
knows. Not Lloyd George. nor
Clemenceau; nor Orlando; Hertling
nor Czernin; Haig. Petain nor
Pershing; Hindenburg nor Luden-
dorff.
They have their opinions-so has
every European--but. like a statis-
tician with q pile of figures en-
front of him, the more they study
1t the, more uncertain they become.
Between now and the coming of
spring the diplomatists will work des-
perately to do what the militarists
have failed to accomplish 20 and per-
haps they have one chance in ten of
reaching a settlement by mid April
Some long shots have been won in
this war, but generally big things
come through by hard and superiority
In numbers and materials. Miracles
are still uncommon.
II the diplomatists fail, IL the mod
crates do not quicken their pace, IL
the growing band of labor Socialists
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
Will REORGANIZE
ORDNANCE BUREAU
Secretary Baker Announces Crea-
ton of Two New Bureaus.

A complete reorganization of the
Ordnance Bureau, with civilians to
head important departments. was an
nomced last night by Secretary Of
War Baker.
Two new branches of the bureau
are to be created. They will be known
as the Bureau Of Procurement and the
Bureau of Production. Col. Samuel Nc
Roberts. formerly executive manager
of the National City Bank of New
York. will head the Department OF
Procurement His duty VIII be to OBJ
tain ordnance materials. The civilian
head of the Department of Production
viii be announced within a few days.
Two other departmehts-Inspec
and snpply-are also created by the
Secretary's order Heretofore, the
work Of these four divisions has been
carried on by I've more or less inde-
pendent units u the bureau.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
MeAdoo Delivers Fifty
Cars-WhiIe Asleep

William g. McAdoo. Director
General of Railroads. thinks.
talks, walks. and eats railroad
ing. Also he dreams t.
Last night" he said laughing
ly. Il dreamed that I was pulling
a great train of fifty cars. laden
with coal. with a rope tied about
my waist. And # was a dream
that turned out well. because Just
before / awoke. I landed those
cars where they were needed"
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
Rainbow Division Soon
VIII Enter Trenches

The Rainbow Division. pick Of Tire
to take its turn in the trenches.
That news was brought yesterday
by Maj. Gen. William A Mann.
went to France in command @ lie
division and has returned to sumo
command OF thu Department Of ths
East at Governors Island.
Gen. Mann DECLARED that here has
been some sickness amonr the u,eu
OF the Rainbow Division hen they
first arrived oversees. bui that thc~.
were in perfect phyriosl coed
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
WILL SHAKE-UP i. OVERSEAS COMMAND
''Bun" IN .Bolsheviki
Found by Secretary

The official passed-by-the
sor, bottled-in-bond pronuncia-
ton of Bolsheviki was obtained
yesterday.
The radicals in control OF Rus
sia ase known among themselves
as Bool-she-yeek. The plural Is
Bool-she-veek-ee.
The accent Is on the first ac-
cent as on the Bull" in Dur
ham.
The pronunciation was vouch-
safed by E. E. Britton, secretary
to Secretary OF the Navy Dam
iels,
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
MAY REPLACE
ALLEY HOMES
Bond Issue for Dwellings to
Shelter 5000 Ousted
Tenants Suggested.

That the District issue bonds and
build houses for 5000 alley dwell
ers who will be thrust upon the
streets of Washington on July 1, in
accordance with the act of Congress
which makes it unlawful to use
alley houses as dwellings. was sug-
gested at a meeting of the Emer-
gency Housing Association at the
First Congregational Church last
night.
The meeting was called to find a
solution for the problem of caring
for the population of alley dwellers.
Senator Wesley l.. Jones, of Wash
ington. addressing the meeting, in
formed the members of the associa-
tion that Congress would in all
probability be adverse to granting a
change of date or an extension Of
the time limit.
No Respite Probable.
The dweIlers will have to get out
of the alleys of Washington by July
l., Senator Jones declared. "Sani-
tary measures demand that alley
DWELLINGS be emptied. I think that
this work was planned as a monu-
ment to the memory of the Aate Mrs.
Wilson. and I hope that the siums
of Washington will be destroyed, and
the monument stand as long as the
Capitol itselfas'
One of the advocates of the idea
of a District bond issue was Judge
David E. Anthony. He declared last
night that the District could, easily
issue bonds to raise the money. and
that the bonds could, without diff
Guilty, be redeemed within twenty
years. =
Rev. J. Milton waldron. president
of the association, stated after thS
meeting. that not more than 81. .OOO. 600
would be required for the purchase of
the land and the erection of houses
Each house paying monthly rent
al OF $50 per room could be placed
within the reach of the average alley
oweiler. and yet be a profitable in
yestment. 1t was stated
Colony In Suburbs.
The site for the houses must mac
essarily be in .the suburbs where
the land could be bought less ex-
pensively, Bennings or Kenilworth
being cited as ideal locations for
the establishment of colonies.
Another plan advocated at the
meeting was an appropriation OF
funds by Congress to buy the land
and build the houses. In such case
such details as the government dis
posal and financial management of
the project would have to be de-
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03

the coming power of Europe and the
world generally-is held in check, the
war will be renewed in all its fury in
spring and will burn right through
the next fall.
Another Yeari Probable.
Either Europe will make peace
within the next four months or the
war will last another year at least.
Within the last three months, es-
pecially since the Italian disaster, the
whole tenor of the utterances of al
lied statesmen has been that America
would furnish the straw to break the
enemy's back. There have been
many variations of this theme, but
fundamentally they are the same.
If the allied statesmen are honest
In their declarations to their peo-
Piles. they consider America able
physically. economically and fnan-
cially, to beat the enemy.
The same facts, or at least the es-
sential ones upon which allied states
men base their declarations regard
ing America, are In the hands of
the enemy leaders. Whatever is said
about the German, he Is a mighty
cool, cold-blooded calculator, who
does not juggle with facts merely
to suit his wishes.
May Burn Itself Out.
Others believe the war must burn
itself out and that America will
simply supply fresh fuel. which will
CnNTTNTIFn nN pArr rrun
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
Bandit viii Surrender ,
If Appointed General

El Pazo, Jan. 2.-Zezorino Hol-
guin, bandit chieftain, with $50 men
in Northern chihuahua, according
to advices here today. has offered
to surrender to the Carranza gov
ernment providing he is made gen
eral and his men commissioned on
GERS and he be placed in command
of the Galleno district where he has
been looting.
II is said the zoveenuneut wsH re-
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
WILSON'S PLAN
FOR RAILWAYS
DUE TOMORROW
President viii Ask Con-
gress for Money to
Extend Lines.

President Wilson will probably ASH
of Congress an immediate appropria-
tion, to be used by the government
in betterments and extensions for the
railroads.
It was officially announced that the
President will go before Congress at
noon Friday.
How large a sum he viii ask will
be determined before he goes before
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
Millionaire Mining Man
Killed; Banker Arrested

El Paso. Texas. Jan. 2-Charles
Quailey, millionaire mining man of
Mexico. was shot and killed in front
Of the sheldon Hotel here this even
ing =
William RUSSELL millioRaire bank
er and cattle man. OF Lubbock. Tex,
was arrested in his room in the
hotel charged with the shooting.
He Is said to have admitted it. The
affair is believed to have been the
outcome of a New Year evening
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
GENERALS
ORDERED Home; CHANGES
OCCUR in CAMP HEADS
Sibert and Mann Relieved of Commands In
France; Pershing to Appoint Successors,
Says War Department.

General Pershns Americas field leader has had his way and
yesterday with the suddenness of hunderap of gen.
I hakep the command designed bring young and
active into leadership general officers.
Maj Gen. Se second in command of the American in
France and Maj Gen. Mann commander the Rainbow Division of
the National Guard have been ordered return to this country
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
WAR MEASURES
FACE CONGRESS
Reconvenes Today to Find
Many Important Problems
Demanding Legislation.

War woyk facing Congress, which
reconvenes today for the long war
session, is piling high as the va
rfous Investigations draw to a close.
The financial problem connected
with the Communicating of the
railways will. of course. constitute
the big immediate task.
Congress will meet today and ad-
journ early out OF respect to the
memory of Senator NewIands. Of
Nevada. and Representative Bath
rick. of Ohio. who died during the
Christmas recess. Tomorrow it is
expected President Wilson will
journey to the Capitol to address a
joint session OF the two houses on
the railroad question.
Both Senators and Representa-
tives, even members of the two
commerce committees which will
handle any legislation on the mat
ter, are refraining from discussing
1t. They are frank to say that they
are awaiting the Presidents word.
His plan for reimbursing the rail-
road companies will probably go
through. 1T was said last night, al
though it is not yet definitely
known.
A deficiency appropriation meas
ure is expected to be on its way to
passage before the end of February.
1t will carry a total Of about ST.
3ss.000.000. Of which over half, or
500, ,000. .000. is to be for supplies
for the Quartermaster division of
the army. The ordnance division
has asked for s450.000. 900 and the
Engineering Corps for $4,000. 600.
New Bureau Planned.
The Senate's holiday Investigations,
begun with the intention Of uncover
ing faults in war preparations. are
now crystallizing on constructive
legislative work.
Members Of the Senate Military
Affairs Committee, for instance. are
now discussing the advisability Of es-
tablishing a bureau Of munitions in
the War Department. with a minis
ter OF munitions at its head.
Power to tx prices, and to buy
and sell commodities other than
wheat and grains. is urgently needed
BY the Food Administration. accord
ing TO Mr.. Hoover. The Manufac-
turing con1mittee. just finishing its
sugar probe. may, draft . bill CIV
ing the Food Administration this
power.
Labor ouestion- Important.
The shipping Board has recon-
mended that II be given power TO
commandeer transportation and
housing facilities, In the region OF
snipyards. in order 10 speed up ship-
bu51dirE-
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
England Now Tired But
Brimful of Confidence
Early Peace or Another Year of War Prospect
AS She Prepares New Fighting Plans,
According to Writer.
By ARTHUR S. DRAPER.

special Gable to The Washington
London JAM Britain much like the leading she'll entering
The fourth mile of suns boat She tired she anxious
she worried but she still confident she will cross the 6n-
h 'front.' The has been surprise her and she has
ot of her ef-assurance
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
War Talk Cause for Divorce.

Hartford. Conn, Jan 2.-Rosalie
Astor sued for divorce today claim
ing her husband beat her when she
denounced the sinking of unarmed
ships.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
Gives 50 Tons of Coal.

Greenwich. 1Conn.. JAN 2.-Mrs.
Whitelaw Reit today gave SO tons
of her coal supply to avert a FAM
inc Other wealthy families here
also have givel fuel to aid the poor
Many. society clubs viii close to
conserve the ,oal supply.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
Atl.ntic c,..t lin. R.,,....

On account Of of-cansed conditions, Train No
=. reaching Jsehsnsille and all Florida East
Coast points. formsly scheduled to leave Wash
tngton, elective Jbuary =, at s:ls D. m. win
leave Washington rs p m. Information and
Pullman accommodtions. los New rork avenue
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
New Bureau Planned.
Labor Question Important.

The shipping Board has recon-
mended that II be given power to
commandeer transportation and
housing facilities, In the region of
snipyards. in order 10 speed up ship-
buffdirE-
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03

! IS not party newspaper. Il
is out to help the government WIN
the war.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-03

CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-08
WOMEN SUFFERERS MAY
 NEED SWAMP-R00T

Thousands upon thousands of wOm- en have kiiney and bladder trouble -rd never suspect it.
 WCmen's complaints often prove to - nothing else but kidney trouble. or the result of kidney or bladder dis ease.
 If the kidneys are not in healthy 7CnditiOn. they may cause the other lrsans to become diseased.
 Pain in the back. headache. loss oi ambition. nervousness. are often times yNpt0ms of kidney trouble.
 Don't delay starting treatment. Dr. Nilmer's Swsmp-ROOt physicians description. obtained a, any drug tore. maybe just the remedy needed Q overcome such conditions.
 Get a medium or large size bottle immediately from any drug store.
 However, if you wish first to test his great preparation send ten cents 70 Dr. Kilmer S Co. Binshampton. \.
 e. for a sample bottle. When writing he sure and mention the Bisbee Daily Review Adv.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-08
EVERYONE SHOULD DRINK HOT WATER
 IN THE MORNING
Wash away all the stomach liver. and bowel roisons before
 breakfast

To feel your best day in and day ut. to feel clean inside; no sour bile O coat your tongue and sicSen your 1resth or dull your head; no ccnsti- lation. bilious attacks. sick headache, ids, rheumatism CT sassy, acid stom- ch. you must bathe on the inside like -Cu bathe outside. This is vastly more important because the skin pores G0 rot absorb impurities into the blGOi. yhile the bowel pores do. says S well Snown physician.
 To keep these pOisons and toxins rel flushed from the stomach. liver. 5idneys and bowels. drink before 'reakfsst each day. giSss of hot vat sr with teRspooRf0i tof limestone phosphate in it. This will cleanse, lurify and fresken the entire alimen- aTy tract. before putting more food nto the stomach.
 Get a quarter pound of limestone phosphate rom your pharmacist. It s inexpensive and almost tSsteleSs. Drink phospAated hot water every noEning to rid your system of these gile poiscns and toxins; also 10 pre- -snt their formation.
 As soap and hot water act on the Skin. cleansing. Sweetening and purf Wing, so limestone phosphate and hot water before breakfast. act on the t5msch, liver, kidneys and bowels.
 Adv
Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-08
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Denartnent of the Interior.

[. :. LAND OFFICE al PhOenN, Arizona, Dec. 15. 19l1.
 NOTICE is hereby given that. as directed by the Commissioner Of the General Land office. under provisions Of Sec. 24S5. R. s. pursuant to the ap- rlicatiOn of Ella C. FindlAy. Serial No. 029177. We will offer at public sale, to the highest bidder. but at not less than Ss.59 per acre. at 10;ee o'clock A. M.. on the se;h day oi Sanusry 1918. next, at this ofsice. the following tract Os land; NE l-i SEE Sec, IT. T, sS So, R 2i F.. G., and s. R. M.
 This tract is ordered into the market on showing that the greater portion Is mountainous or too rough for oultiV- stiOn.
 The sale will not be kept open. but will hc declared closed when those present at the hour named have ceNS- ed bidding The person n,aSiug the highest bid will be required rS i'm mediately pay to the Receiver the amour; thereof.
 Any persons claiming adversely the
Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-08
Legal Notices.
NOTICE FOR PusLIcATIoN

Department Of the Interior. |. s. Land Office at Phoenix. Arizona, December 2S. 1917.
 Notice is hereby given that Charles N. Thomas of Bisbee. Arizona. who on August s. 19l7. made Homestead En- try No. C2Ssi5 for x. 1-2. NE. l-4. Sc. q, W. 1-2 NV. IT, SEE. II NV. l., NE. IT. SW. If. NV. II SEE II. See ton =. Township g S. Range g L.. G. & s. R. B. and Meridian, has filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish claim to the land above described, before Jared D. Tay- Tor, |. s. Commissioner. at BiSSee, Arizona, on the 4th day Of February. 1918.
 Claimant names as witnesses, William F. Munch. Edward T.. Thomas George W. Heahey. George F. Cobbe. all of Bisbee. Arizona.
 JOHN L. IRNsN.
 RegiSte~. First publication. Jan. .. ISIS. lS7 Last publication Feb. I. 1918.
Bisbee daily review., 1918-01-08
PTHIAN SISTERS

$ W. 577.S0 feel ta corner No. 8; nence \. ss O4' W. SS0.40 feet to cor. ,er No. |; thence :. TSs s0' E lSeO eet to corner No. 5; thence :, S' O. a 6l7.6O fee. to corner No. l. the plaSe { beginning. containing a net area Ol .U1lS acres. expressly excluding area ' conflict with Sunshine lode O. tnlS lrvey Ot OsoS acres.
 ~SUNSHiNE'. Beginning ag eOrne, Io. l. the :. E. corner. whence the W i-4 cor of Sec. Is, T. 2S~ s. R. s5-E-. G. s. R. B. < N. bears s. TS' 5l' l. G.. s6 feet: thence :. S2s O4' W. S5S.S0 'ee; to corner No, g; thence N. T. 41' , 500 feet to corner No. 3. thence \ 'is 4S' E. S60l0 feet to corner No, 4; hence s. ls sl' W, s0t50 feet 70 cor. ,er No. l. the place Of besinnins. con aiming net area Of ls.S60 scces. eS- .reSSly excluding sera in conflict with ;urvey No. 2lis. Apache lode Of 0-Sl5 .cres.
 The location notices of these claims Ire recorded in the office of the Coun- y Recorder of Cooh.ss county, Ariro- "a. as follows;
 ROekland. Book 4S. Record of Mines, age iS7.
 Black Ben. Book ss. Record of Mines age lS2.
 Sunshine, seok is. Record of Mines age lSS.
 The names of the adjoining claims Co his survey are; on the north. Survey No. S4ls. Apache lode; Neglected aad Nana unSurveyed; owned by applicant Nerein; Warren lode. uaSurveyed: on he ESSs Survey No. Sl5S. Rolla lode, n the Sou,h Survey No. I794. Grenfen ode; Survey No, sI7S. CSrmen,a and 'orOna odCS; Survey No. sssl Shat. uCk No, .; and Survey Nc, SlSS. Car Oeli,a and Corona lOdes on the West Survey No, l5S4 Calumet lode.
 ], L. IRWIN. Register. NirSt publication. Nov. |. 1917. Last publication Jan IS. 1918.