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New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Williams Resigns
Post as Director
OF Rail Finances
Retains Chairmanship of
Committees Advisory to
Hines, Who Will Direct
the Division Personally

WASHINGTON. March 9.-John
Shelton Williams has resigned as di-
'ector OF the Railroad administra-
tons Division of Finance and Pur-
ehases. but will remain as chairman Of
committees advisory TO Director Gen
as Comptroller of the Cur e ncy. Lack
OF time and energy to carry on his
double functions were assigned as the
reason FOR the action n correspond
cnce between Mr.. Williams and Mr..
Hines made public to-daJ.
The division headed by Mr.. Williams
since the organization OF the Railroad
Administration fourteen months ago,
Will be divided into two rarts. Henry
D. spencer, now chairman of the Cen
tlal Advisory Purchas;ng Committee
VIII direct temporarily the new divi-
son of purchases, and Director Gen
eral Hines will give his personal
supervision to the DIVISION of finance
Mr. Williams will become chairman
Of finance committee, and chairman
of an advisory committee on pur-
chases, and viii continue a member
of the Railroad Administrations staff
presiding at staff conferences in tho
absence Of the Director General. as IN
the past.
In accepting the resignation, Mr.
Hines wrote:
81 wish to testify in the most un-
qualified terms to the patriotism. in
tegrlty and self sacrifice with whicn
you have at all times discharged your
heavy additional duties"
Mr.. Williams's letter cf resignation,
dated March 7. explained that he had
delayed in resigning hecause of the
resolution by Representative McFad-
den. of Pennsylvania. proposing an
investigation of Mr.. Wlliams's work
The letter deals at iengtl. with the
controversy between Mr.. Williams and
Mr.. McFadden
Assisting Mr.. Hines GREATER in the
Division of Finance. will be Charles
r Eddy, associate director The CUES
ton of providing funds for the rail
roads pending action ty Congress at
the next session viii be discussed to-
MORROW between officials Of the Rail
road Administration AMI the War FL
nance Corporation, an on tuesday
with representative railway executives
and bankers.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Motor Corps to Campaign
For SO, 600 New Members
Drive To Be Launched Next
Monday to Raise Fund for
Aid of Disabled Soldiers

The Motor Corps Of America will
formally inaugurate a campaign next
Monday to add to its ranks 10000 non
active members. The campaign pri-
mariy is due to the return of thou
sands of wounded and convalescent
soldiers who rely to a great extent
upon the ambulance service main
tanned by the corps. A fund of S30,-
600 is required to enable the corps to
perform the augmented work. The
10000 new members will be asked to
pay an annual fee of 81 each.
Major Helen Bastedo will direct the
campaign. The membership blanks
appeal to the public as follows:
"Ihe Motor Corps of America has
been lighting shoulder to shoulder
with the American soldier. TODAY
our hospitals are filled with wounded
soldiers. They depend upon the motor
corps more than ever. Help them
keep this service"
Nevera events will prccede the
campaign. Next Wednesday will be
motor corps day at the aeronautical
exhibition at Madison Square Garden
On Wednesday the corps will give a
dance at the Ritz Carlton. The 18th
1negro) Infantry Band will play. On
Friday the band will give compli
mentary concert at the hcadquarters
Of the motor corps, 90 Park Avenue.
The corps will be the beneficiary of
the annual spring horse show at the
Durland Academy on April 20.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Aero Convention Opens
AT Atlantic City May /

An aeronautical convention, lasting
thirty days, with sports programme
of aeroplane, seaplane and balloon
races each Saturday, was announced
yesterday to begin at Atlantic City,
May /. 1t viii be held under the aus
pices of the Pan American Aeronauti-
cal Association and number OF SINH
lar organizations.
The prospectus issued yesterday
states that representatives. of every in
terest and every government of the two
American continents would be invited
to attend. Several thousand delegates
are expected to answer in person to the
call.
Weather forecasting, forest fire con-
troll, aerial policing. aerial mail service
passenger and freight transport and
the value Of aircraft in exploration and
geodetlc survey work will be among the
numerous subjects discussed.
The Saturday races, it is announced
will include speed and endurance con
tests between all types of aero and
sea planes, dirigible and spherical
balloons.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
German Firms
Organized to
Loot Belgium
Records Left in Brussels
Reveal Government as
Backer of Plunderers

PARIS. March by The Associated
Press ).-Evidence of an organized
system for destruction of shops and
manufacturing plants in Belgium and
Northern France by the Germans has
been uncovered by the Brussels police
IN documents left behind among the
records of the German government dur
ing the occupation of Brussels. In
view of the fact that Belgium is ex-
pected shortly to fix upon the indem-
nifty which it will demand from Ger
many, the documents appear timely.
On their face the documents seem to
establish that destruction companies" "
were founded by and operated under
the auspices of the government of oc-
cupation. They were five in number.
First, The Gutehoffnungshutte Com
pany, of Oberhausen; second Helm,
Lehman & Co., Of Dusseldorf; third
t. Hilgers, of Rheinbrochl; fourth. G
II. Jucho, Of Dortmund, and ifth. a
Berlin firm (name almost illegible on
index card), probably Breest & Co.
Districts Fixed by Colors
Immediately upon the occupation of
Northern France and Belgium COM
plete inventory of all the material and
machinery of the large plants was
taken by a special organization. Full
indexes were made, copies of which
were supplied to the various companies
under a German official in Brussels.
The index cards were Of different
colors, yellow cards representing the
district Of Longwy Brey, which was
called the yellow zone" green cards
for Maubeuge and vicinity, known as
the region of Lille and Douai
Under the system the five destruc-
tlon companies had to apply to the
special organization for permission to
begin work on any plant, the organiza-
ton retaining per cent commission
on the gross value, as we'll as 90 marks
90 pfennigs q ton on the iron de-
stroyed and Is pfennigs for each
metre Of destroyed material. This
was done in order to reimburse itself
for the labor supplied to the destruc-
tlon companies, consisting Of prison
ers of war.
Material Shipped to Germany
The companies were required to pay
within thirty days the sale price agreed
upon with the special organization, ac-
cordlng to the latter's valuation of the
plant involved. Machinery and mate
rial first were removed and shipped
to Germany, especially all boilers, roll
ing stock, electrical apparatus. zinc
and copper and materials of similar
character
On December 81, 1917, the five firms
mentioned had made profits aggregat-
ing about 100000 marks, according
to the Belgian estimate On April 80.
1913, the same firms had removed to
Germany 35,920,133 tons Of iron and
507,242 ,003 square metres of other ma
terial, such as wood, glass, zinc and
tin.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10

those of Great Britain. These include
the East Indian, Invncible and De-
tiance, each Of 1880 tons. These
ships ply between New York, London
and Liverpool, and carry general car
goes.
The Shipping Board also has opened
q service with American steamships
between New York and Antwerp. The
ships plying between these ports are
the S,8OO-ton Westpool, built by
Duthie; the S,s00-ton Ossawatomie,
built by the Baltimore Dry Dock Com
pany, and the Auburn, constructed by
the Chester Shipbuilaing Company, at
Chester. Penn.
When the army and the navy re
turn to the Shipping Board the 353
ships which they are now operating,
the commercial fleet under the Ameri-
can flag Will be augmented by 1873
OIL gross tons, equivalent to 2,434O17
deadweight tons"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Cigar Dealer Held Up
Two Robbers Get $lOO From
Brooklyn Merchant

lsldore Rosenfeld, owner of cigar
store at 81 Park Avenue. BROOKLYN.
was held up and robbed last evening,
Just as he was about to close up shop,
by two men who had purchased cigar
cites minute or so before.
The men had stood in the door of
the store, talking, while Rosenfeld
made ready to shut up for the night,
Suddenly they turned on him, levelled
revolvers and ordered him to throw
up his hands. While one kept Rosen-
feld covered, the other took $33 from
the cash register and 500 from the
tobacconist's - pocket. Then they
dashed out aNd disappeared Rosen-
iSld's CRIES summoned the police, but
the men had made clean get away"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Memorial Service Held
For Dead of the 3O7th
Young Girl With Three Gold
Stars Collapses Three
Clergymen Speak
Clergymen Speak

Several hundred men and women,
most OF them wearing black brassiers
with the gold star of mourning, attend
ed memorial services FOR the dead of
the 3O7th Infantry at the Engineers
Building, % West Twenty-ninth Street,
yesterday.
AS the services progressed sobs
we're heard frequently. One young
girl, whose armband bore three gold
stars, collapsed and had to be helped
from the room.
A cross of Gala lilies stood on the
platform. This was tied with blue
and yellow ribbons-the colors Of the
307th. Following the singing of
Nearer, My God, to Thee" the Rev.
DR.. William T. Manning, rector of Old
Trinity; the Rev. Francis w Walsh.
chaplain of the 307th, and Rabbi Silas
Elsan delivered brief addresses Mrs.
William Vanamee spoke for the moth
ers and wives of the dead men.
Taps we're sounded at the conclu-
sion of the services, and as the mourn
ers left the hall the orchestra played
'OnWard, Christian Soldiers"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
American Merchant Marine
Now Constitutes a Fifth
of All Seagoing Tonnage
All Ports Linked to u. S.
East Indies, Africa, Italy and
China Are Reached by
Vessels Under Oar Flag
Ne1o YorI- Tribune
WdShin Gtor BureGu


WASHINGTON, March 9.-The Amer
ican merchant marine has now devel-
cped TO the point wherc it comprises
nearly one-half of all shipping plying
between American and foreign ports.
the Shipping Board reported in a state
ment issued here to-day. "American
shipping now totals nearly one-ffth Of
the entire seagoiug tonnage of the
world the statement continues.
Although n large number Of our
Ships are still absorbed by army and
navy needs, there being on January 81
a total of 302 vessels diverted to army
requirements and tifty-one to the navy,
yet we had enough shipping left to
make an important showing in over
seas commerce
Tables prepared by the Shipping
Board division of planning and statis-
tics show that on January 81 there
were employed in overseas service un
der the American flag a total of 1852
vessels, aggregating 1861 ,239 gross,
tons.
This feet" the statement continues,
includes 351 freighters, 81 freight and
passenger vessels, 3 freight and refrig-
orator vessels, freight, passenger and
refrlgerator ships, 6 coiliers, II steam
tanks and 230 sailing vessels.
Old Trade Routes Regained
so trade routes which had not
known American merchant ships for
more than half century once more
are being traversed by Yankee keels.
fake, for example, the Dutch East IN
dies, into whose harbors no merchant
ship of this nation has foated since
ships. Into this service the Shipping
Board has placed two of it's bulky
Ieighters, their route being between
New York and the Dutch East Indies.
fhe vessels are the Western Cross.
$500 tons, built by the Duthie Ship
building Company, of Seattle, and the
.Io00-ton steamship Osaki. constructed
by the Downey Shipbuilding Company,
Of New York Iaiese steamships carry
out and bring back general cargoos.
"A new route has been opened also
from New York to China, 1t was
initiated with the sailing of tna 500.
ton steamship Mor mouth. built tn,
standard ShipbuA6ag Comps ~. Of
New York.
;. ne shlpplng DO /. d as est he
lanes of merchant shios to botn he
cast and west coasts. Ships a., &c me-
t" the east coast Is don with coal aAd
general cargoes, refining with h.les.
beef and coffee
Under the guidance of the shipping
hoards division of operations, u e yes
sells OF our new mer cnApt marin are
furrying our commerce over the Pa.
chc Coast into Oriet.t tai trade Somel
OF our largest ships have been placed
in this service
Italy and AfrJca Reached
,"Some notable ships have beeni
Iiaced IN the Italian :rade Thirteen
Yankee sailing vessels and two steamI
ships are making regt'ar voyages 20
the west coast Of Africa. Llinging back
to this country in exch ange for gen
mahogany
I'm January the Shipping Board a.s-
signed some of its large st vessels to
carry commerce between our ports and
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Strange Sleeping Illness
Causes Death in Chicano

CHICAGO, March o.-Health Com
missioner Robertson announced TO-
night that the first death attributed to
lethargic encephalitis had been report
ed. to-day. He instructed all physi-
clans to report all cases with observa-
tions on its character. The commits
sioner said the disease resembles the
sleeping sickness" of Africa.
The death was that of q man forty
years old.
case reported in Evanston is that
OF young woman who has been in a
state OF coma for eighteen days.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Ask Funds for ''Fumes'' Suit
Another Nuisance Predicted
Through Encinerator Plan

special committee of the Utica
Heights Board of Trade, Brooklyn. has
written to Robert L. Moran, president
Ct the Board of Aldermen, requesting
+ vorable action on the request for SIS.
coo additional 10 pay experts to testify
m the city sut to stop the nuisance
Of acid fun.at fro n New jersey fac
lorles The o dcrn,en viii consider the
request to-1os row
The comH'a ication adds that sim
alar nuisance IL result if "the propo-
sltIon now ore the Board of Esti
n ate and Apportionment, to dot the
city with 'acine rators for burning
garbage ars othc~ refuse" prevails.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-10
Two New York Men
In Canadian Casualty List

OTTAWA, March 9.-The following
Americans were included in the casu-
atty list made public tonight: Ill,
H. W. G. Perks. New York City; w.
0. Green, Corinth, n. Y
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-24
GREAT FOREST
FIRES CHECKED
BY HEAVY RAIN

SPOKANE, Wash, July 24.- (By
Associated Press "A heavy rain last
night in western Montana and north
ern Idaho is believed at District For
est Service headquarters here today
to have greatly improved the forest
fire situation which been regarded as
extremely critical.
Town Saved by Wind
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24-(By
Associated Press)-Much of the Pa
cific northwest is under a pail of
smoke from brush and forest fires
still raging in Montana, Idaho, Wash
ington and Oregon. A change in the
wind last night brought temporary
safety to St. Regis, Montana, which
town for several days has been threat
ened by fire on three sides.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-24
PATTERSON NOW FOR
MAJORITY ROAD PLAN

ATLANTA, July 24.-Judge T. E.
Patterson, chairman of the Georgia
state highway commission, who has
been supporting what is known as
the Andrews highway hill-drawn by
Walter P. Andrews, of Atlanta and
submitted as a minority report in
connection with the majority report
of the ad interim highway committee
Thursday gave out statement an
nouncing that he does not believe the
Andrews bill can be put through the
legislature, and hence he has decided
in the interest of harmony and con-
structive progress to support the
majority plan.
This majority plan consists of five
bills, and is generally knowns as the
Strahan plan, owing to the fact that
Professor Strahan of the University
of Georgia, who was member of the
ad interim committee, took prom
inent part in preparing them.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-24
HEALTH OFFICERS TO
GATHER NEXT WEEK

ATLANTA, July "a. - Reports
showing the progress being made in
the control of malaria, hookworm, So
cial diseases and other maladies will
be submitted at meeting of health
officers from all over the state to be
held here next week. The gathering
will be held at the call of Dr.. T. F.
Abercrombie, secretary of the state
board of health, who has summoned
the county health officers for a con-
ference with the board on certain
phases of the program of sanitation
now being pursued.
Plans for cooperative health cam
paigns in every county in Georgia
are to be discussed and a report of a
survey made by DR.. c. G. Applewhite
in Hart county is expected to prove
one of the interesting features of the
session. The details of widely ex-
tended malaria control scheme are
to be explained at the meeting next
week, with the idea of putting the
plan into effect without delay.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-24
Rich AtIantan's Auto
Breaks Down; Pays
Fine for Booze Cargo

ATLANTA, July pa new
wrinkle is now added to the al
ready complicated problems which
confront the officers of Georgia
and the United States in running
the blockade to the mountains of
the north with corn whiskey. Of
ficers who have been searching all
suspicious looking automobiles in
which there are male passengers,
single or in twos, ran into another
species yesterday.
A well known Atlanta man,
highly respectable, took his wife
and three children with him in his
big touring car to popular north
Georgia city to spend a few days.
They started back leisurely yes
terday morning but broke down
close to Atlanta, having to call for
assistance from a small town.
While waiting for succor a driver
came along and offered help, in
fact insisted on it. He approached
the Atlanta party with raised hat.
He smelled it within a few feet
of his big touring car-the noun
tain dew. He offered profuse apol-
ogies but had to admit that he was
a federal officer looking for just
that kind Of cargo. And would the
lady please give him her husbands
name so as to save him the en-
barrassment of making an arrest
and creating a scene.
1t was done. The day was saved.
The Atlanta man, who was worth
100000 but who still likes dram
paid a quiet little fine Of few
hundred dollars by pleading guilty
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-24
Heavy Downpour For 80
Hours Brings Up
Surplus
RURAL ROADWAYS
IN BAD CONDITION
Crops, However, Are
Said Not To Be Seri-
ously Affected

The heaviest rain in "a hours re-
corded in many months was register
ed between a. m. Wednesday and
the same hour this morning, the re-
cording instrument of J. NJ. Bryan
official observer heBe, showing 80
inches to have fallen in that length
of time This brought the excess rain
fall here since January l up to 1876
inches.
The last SO hours has seen almost
a continuous downpour, much of the
time in the proportions of deluge
The rain fell in torrents all last night
turning from a drizzle into a heavy
downpour in the early evening and
continuing unchecked until nearly
morning when the drizzle was resum-
ed. Almost all of today there has
been a light rain, with an occasional
shower.
The roads in all parts of the coun-
ty are said to be almost impossible
due to the uninterrupted wet period
during which the highways have been
continually cutting, with no chance
for repair work to be done. Their
condition is said by some to be even
worse than in the early spring when
they were declared by many to have
been in the worst condition ever seen
in Sumter county up to that time.
General crop conditions, however,
have not been seriously affected, far
mers report. Practically all necessary
blowing and cultivation of growing
crops had been completed before the
rains began, and the fruit crop and
melon crops are now out of the way.
The liberia peach growers lost heav-
lily, it is said, the wet weather coming
at the ripening period and damaging
heavy percentage of the fruit. The
melon growers, also, were hit rather
hard, but their crops were small this
year, anyhow, having been cut heav-
lily by wetness early in the season
A number of cars of melons were
shipped out of Americas, but the
quantity was far below what the acre
age would have yielded in a normal
year, and the shipments were not
greatly curtailed by the present rainy
season, according to information.
Streams throughout this section
are swollen everywhere, but there
have been no reports of bridges of
any considerable size being lost.
The weather forecaster offers no
hope for an early cessation of the
rainfall, which is common all over
the southeast just now, the prospect
for tonight and tomorrow being more
rain.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-24
Robinson Forces Resolu-
ton To Go Over
Under Rules.
TAFT NOW WRITING
CHIEF DEMOCRATS
Lansing, Back From Yer.
sailles Confers With
Wilson

WASHINGTON July 24-(By As
ISOLATED Press)-A resolution re-
questing President Wilson to submit
to the senate the treaty by which
the United States along with Great
Britain, would promise to aid France
in the event of unprovoked attack
by Germany, was offered in the SEN
ate today by Senator Lodge, republi-
can. Unanimous consent for its inn
mediate consideration was refused by
Senator, Robinson of Arkansas.
Senator Brandegee read into the
record a magazine article quoting the
text of the document as requiring it
to be submitted for ratification lat
thea same time" as the treaty with
Germany.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-24
DORSEYS RECEPTION OF
/. PAROLE BILL is AWAITED

ATLANTA, July 24.-The passage
by the house of Representatives of the
parole bill which would allow the gov
ernor to grant paroles to prisoners
who have served as much as three
years Of their terms, following the
passage by the senate of similar
measure with the time limit FIVE
years, following SO closely upon the
heels of the stand taken against ex-
ecutiTe clemency by Governor Dorsey
has led to some speculation as to
what the governor will do when the
bills comes before him.
1t is certain from the overwhelming
majority given the measure in both
houses that it will pass them not
withstanding any opposition Of the
chief executive.
Whether the governor, opposed to
pardons as one of the planks in his
platform in running for office, will
run counter to the will of both houses
and veto the measure or will swallow
his defeat gracefully and sign the
measure has aroused considerable in
terest. -
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-24
GERMANS MUST REPAY
ANIMALS BY THOUSANDS

PARIS, July "a (By Associated
Press.)-Germany will have to sur
render to France 500 stations and g.
600 FLIES, 10000 mich cows, 100, 900
sheep and 10000 goats according to a
report made today before the French
peace commission sitting under the
presidency of Rene Viviani, by NJ
Dubois, economic expert of the COM
mission, in commenting on the peace
treaty clauses.
Two hundred stations, 5000 mares,
5000 FLIES, $4,000 cows and 10000
heifers also are to 60 to Belgium
from Germany. The deliveries are
to be made monthly during a period
Of three months until completed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-07-24
HANDIWORK OF WOUNDED
SOLDIERS PUT ON SALE

ATLANTA, July 24.-Just to DEM
onstrate that their physical disabili-
ties have not overcome their ildom-
liable determination to make vtktu-
BILE and efficient citizens, the thOus-
and or more wounded soldiers in the
big general hospital at Fort McPher-
son have placed on sale in one of the
largest department stores in this city,
a large number of articles made in
the various wards where the wound
ed boys are slowly being nursed book
to health.
Baskets, rugs and many other arti-
cles are offered, the Red Cross hav-
ing charge of the display and turning
back to the soldiers the proceeds Of
the sale.