Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette (Newspaper) - January 5, 1918, Fort Wayne, Indiana FORT WAYNE THE PEOPLE'S WAYNE AND NORTHERN INDIANA'S LEADING WANT AD MEDIUM 14 PAGES TODAY GAZETTE JOURNAL NEWS OF THE WORLD SATURDAY MORNING JANUARY 5 1918 BY ASSOCIATED PRESS PRICE TWO CENTS Russian German Conference Seems Yet to Be a Long Way From Settlement Indiana Senators Protest Against Miller Taking Seat TEUTON ALLIES HOLD BACK WASHINGTON Jan Watson a nd New of Indiana asked j President Wilson to lake steps to I C born of German parents and without final tion papers frum becoming mayor ot Michigan City Ind next Monday They urged that regulations governing aliens be changed so as to pre- vent them from holding office Fighting on Various Fronts Is of Minor Importance U Aviators to France Soon Thn Although the peace be- tween representatives of the bolshevik government and the was due to reconvene Friday no news has come through indicating whether the meeting took place Neither there been anyi advices ay to whether the difficulties in the if reaching an agreement have been or If concessions by cither nide ing possible further are intended Dissatisfaction with tin proposals of the central powers apparently does not obtain solely on sidy nf thv liui delegates of the central powers us well Austria Turkey nru to have disagreed with domineering altitude of tho inans at tho whore they whilo their allied delegates evinced nn either desire for disposition to compromise Tint Ihr Iho of tral powers Sally for the ttf ami other territory ban forced t be imperial to refer ibe situation the main nf the i statement WHM merely a and guve no inkling to what in Ibe premises we re and even left to Admiral Fletcher and Admiral Sibert Are Released From French Service iGEN PERSHING'S ORDER I Commander of the American Troops Overseas Will Fill Places With Others Minneapolis Dealers Alleged to Have Sold on Margin of Fifty-Five Cents proof of tbi sweeping of tho I powers vested iti in- chief nf the and j forces in lias dis- I r with return to this for duty of Ad- nUra William of tbr in French -i Major William L IS i her I who commanded t he first I to I ion was that bad Admiral Sims fell ibe holler for Ihc by post i il understood nit hough no for inn I Ih war that he re- of SHurt to Hint the Lisk nf training a division in Trail ould be performed by another j Tbc fin -I that Admiral I to as of nn Intivy yard with nf the of army j a nn itti the direct two It WaS in oi H timi u at a nml of nnt nf 10 orders of 111 N r I c t It in Unit they HOft nl u margin of o PUTS HIS COUNTRY ABOVE HIS PARTY Jim Mayor M A Moan n MH i in which he be not comply with Si adopted tiy party nnd thf and of United Stairs The mayor lie reported MX to county ibr local body And that the thr samo uut ur prepared to resign Mhould its Whether in- will resiK from he socialist will depend it in the ti biN lvarsiwa of by It IN to do with the nf he number of or nl to The been the war ami the of a policy lo with n of names of limy be relieved from for of the linn Is In a i tbr involved may have proved i only for i very of dulled in that li hardly fair t to that they been j it lo their ITALIAN TROOPS HOLDING THEIE LINE ALONG PIAVE RIVES Americans Over There Thank President for His New Year's Greetings WASHINGTON cabled tlie thanks of the American expeditionary forces for President Wilson's w Year's His message All men of this mancl extend to the president ns most thanks for bis of and we heartily return bin New and trust that hiy health and strength may be conserved All ranks to him ard our people at home of loyalty and devotion NEED But Other Cantonments Arej j Well Supplied With Clothes j Secretary Baker Says j TRANSPORTATION I I I H MUU IO Board Asks Congress for Large Additional Appropriations to Carry on Work UNFAIR PROFITS SHOWN One Contract Holder Was Only a Broker and Cleaned Up Enormous Commission WASHINGTON Jan for a1 billion dollar government building program were revealed to-day when The shipping board asked con- gress for authority to place worth of additional ship contracts JU same rime an immediate of asked he extension of ship yards and providing housing facilities for men Thus fyr the board has been II of the Italian troops who so bravely und stubbornly holding back Teutonic invaders along the Pressing of Suffrage Question Now Would Divert Minds of Women From the War -t of S iry uT the to-day l In- hit i tso il In- until war f thai nf In ril by time and ti fur tin rt the Jill lion of from I In- uf pull I UK fur tli Mi IIP Ip Iti Pr of in- league ami of the royal academy of medicine argued Ms that women wer not lo vote IN- presented tending to IK show the inte f Infant i made It for the women keep their In the home In- I stead nf giving their to I I The speakers nt aro imi connected with the elation opposed to woman suffrage but f M by they nf nnd I notion by tho In- dividual nnd tvill heard to-morrow Asks lor Which Wni the Operation of Railroads Men Meet Their Death When Machine Goes Dead oh Railroad Track I AND TRAINMEN DRIVER OF CAR ESCAPES NEWS FOREIGN Page Meatless Days Ahead for London 6 Still Wrangling Over Peace Pact 1 Britain Looking for to United 1 DOMESTIC Misuse or Priority Privilege Blamed 1 Yellow Kid and Indicted 1 Hendenon Named cessor 7 for Arrest of More Coal Men 1 Further Evidence of Meat Combine Shown Ten Billion Shipbuilding Program 1 Special for Women War American Officers Returned to U S 1 to Transport Workmen Death Rate Lower Among 7 Southern Camps Need 1 Train Auto Three Are Killed 1 1 AND LOCAL on t of Expert Tux 2 Police 10 7 NoW Total ot B 1 of Food 10 City Hall 8 Court C 13 Commercial and Financial 12 Deaths 7 Editorial 4 Market Backet Railroad and Industrial Society 9 Sporting 10 Woman a Page 9 Railroads Are Unable to Get Garments to Men Report Shows What Needed national find I t Ion a I ramps wore ro- j ported ended except at Camp j sard by Secretary Haker a further to-day to the i military committee's resolution i immediate I soldiers with adequate winter Inn of the camps still short J of woolen blouses which the secretary j were particularly lo obtain I Tho report was upon the war department's from the division commanders express and authorised and Mr Raker expressed the belief that by nil the men Sixteen camps nnd cantonments mentioned by I IIP commit tf were reported upon In detail of ii lotaI shortage of needing of about wan among for in winter garments was placed by the partially upon supply hut upon the transportation situation re- port THRILL 000 contracts for most of which been awarded request for a further and tional appropriation bringing the If the additions funds are made available they will put largely into fabricated steel contracts some contracts for ordinary steel whips will be lot as will a few for wooden ships on the coast No new shipyards nre planned by the board The fabricating yards con true Is for about five hundred now which will keep them employed into but the board 1 io place more bOKin on the task of providing The lion si UK plans cull for the expenditure of about The of thw will used lo shipyards nf ready buill senate commerce the of ing to-day tool up alleged allowed in contracts for on PALS ARE INDICTED Charges Against Members of v Band Who Swindled Fort Wayne Banker j Jan K anil to tali Director General Will Refer Increase Matter to a Board to Be Created All of Victims Were j j on Aviation Camp Being i Built Near the City i American Private Is Decorated by France of Hie tail m TO BLAME Judge Lovett Says Tag tem He Did Not Authorize Is Holding Up Freight Jan for 1 he of railroad lines and freight was by Hubert S of priority nti IHK instituted by the nod supply irmy and board In official j Loveti that his made to correct un- that ho was I responsible for unwise priority orders which were by witnesses be- fore committees and in reports with the present traffic situation i Tho system WHS during i the crisis I shipment constituted only a fraction j of the total railway traffic It was re- I when tlm United States en- tered tho war against Germany says it proved factor in handling the growth of freight No knows butter than 1 known all that and in- issue of priority orders would add enormously to the tation difficulties and that the caution should be observed hi issuing such says the statement fact In that the so-called to regulate the of mill to on hards of last war of to-day by President an dress to both houses in John session Hills his and nn appropriation of a half million dollars n fund immediately and iin attempt will be made to rush them to prompt the met with approval and republicans tion is to develop over a vision In administration control shall continue after tho war Indefinitely or until congress ders otherwise and over details of the compensation basis General McAdoo spent a busy day planning a solution of labor questions with heads of way brotherhoods and finally decided to refer the de- mand a increase to an advisory of four members to be appointed by him in a few days AH 7 Column I Ind Ian men were killed and i train nil the Four railroad struck i jin automobile in inon were I this afternoon All were residents of The A It aped 40 I aKed H electrician H- M Hronson driver of car cut about the witb Klass from shattered hut was not A man in the chine escaped unhurt nien employed in tion work at an aviation built According to driver of ear IIH attempted to pass in front of the approach 1119 train but his the middle of Hie track Jenkins was killed instantly but the other two men still when the train stopped and they wore placed aboard to be taken to a pital However they died train i the city station son assisted in the men on the train BRITAIN LOOKING FOR AMBASSADOR TO U S Patriotic Exercises Mark In- and Camp Fire of Post I PA U M Must Be to Take the Place of Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice J of I lie were of two mil of li Ihr nf nn nrc stiUl to of 1 The Well John jamen Hwl lii in which i liort A of thr ino ami of Koli IOKI ami II oVn of Nul bunk of Wayne Ind out of COURT WILSON OUTLINES HIS POLICY ON RAILROADS Private John McCIain of Ohio a member of the American ex- forco in t IIP tic with lift awarded him by thu for saving fifty persons an aviator dropped a in i ho In which he picked up the bomb arid run nine to n nearby river threw il far out from shore projectile n K it hit the is nld und the day before for Franco His Wife livos at X Y JTe four years tri the army j ty orders which are responsible for traffic congestion and of which com- plaint is ore tho result of un by the railroads selves and I he supply departments of army navy and shipping board with which I had whatever to do H prescribed a form of placard or which whim tacked on a car entitled that without further orders or in- preferred movement to destination Txirgc of these placards printed nnd distributed through the United States In the hands of quartermasters agents contractors and others getting muter In I for the government and naturally one was to every shipment made urgent or not CUBS SECRET Jan of Ci for thirty years secretary of the Chicago National was announced In by man ITe will be succeeded by Waller Craighend a in of Weeghman WASHINGTON President Wilson to-day laid before congress assembled in joint session his for carrying out operation of railroads Hills to carry out the president's ideas already hail been prepared under the super- vision of the department of justice and were immediately introduced with plans for prompt consideration in both house senate The president spoke in full as lows Gentlemen of the 1 have asked the privilege of addressing you In order to that on the of December last during the recess of congress acting through the secretary of war and under the authority con- ferred upon me by the act of con- gress approved August -9 1 took possession and assumed control of the railway lines of the ami the systems of water THE WEATHER Jan wanner day Sunday snow Krio wanner snow flurries Saturday except fair hi Interior warmer In south Sunday local snows transportation under their control step seemed to be in the interest of the public welfare in the ence of the great tasks of war with which we are now dealing As our experience develops and makes it clear what they I have it my duly to remove those wherever 1 have the legal power to do so Heavy Responsibility To assume control of the vast railway systems of the is I realize a very heavy hut to fall to do so in tho existing would have a much greater the less responsibility rather than weigh I am sure that I am speaking the mind of all thoughtful Americans when 1 say it la our duty as the of the nation to do everything that it is to do to secure the complete of the whole resources of America rapid and effective a means aw can be found Trans- supplies all the arteries of mobilisation Unless it he un- der a single and unified direction I he whole process of the nation's net ion is U True Spirit It was in true spirit of America and U was right that we on- PMC 7 Column 2 Jan 4 topic thut is j British i and public at the moment is tho selection of Jin ambassador to to Sir Cecil Arthur Ilice thus far arc of Viscount foreign lord chief justice of and J Austen luin eldest of tho Into Chamberlain anil former secretary for India Viscount Grey is con- the strongest man of the As an orator uhle to present a with straightforward words He is one of the foremost of jinny headquarters in hull wan the Impressive attendant UDon of and ramp lire program with which post Xo 71 A K welcomed the hew year hall from every j MTV Mu Jan patriotic in the city It j of the to was a tribute to the of thn j men for military wherever needed was upheld in court In Kaunas Oily Kas to-day when John denied UPHOLDS DRAFT LAW vil war and the members nf lie were elated the which n nil A1 exorcises of t li The veterans of the post held i brief at 7 o'clock tho nf the newly elected thu Uon being in charge of Pant as mustering of lice r was in- stalled last and called upon his who with brief n writ of Robert Cox of Mo t national was the petition t to in violation of his rights democratic and Grey has history lose sympathizes Column 3 Recalls Stone River camp was n one It opened with the j Continual mi T Column f JSIX KILLED IN CANADIAN of Man are known to killed one is I and thirty other were I injured In a rear end collision on Canadian Pacific railway near station A local train bound from Montreal lo Pointo Fortune is said to have it Jeanette Rankin Wants Ireland speed crashed a train carrying 260 Just ns the latter was ing into a switch The military train was bound for Vancouver -Ian A resolution that this j the of Ireland o political independence and count Ireland Tor freedom and democracy are was by of Miss also introduced a lution the president to re- all employers of labor the war to pay women workers same wases as are paid to men and offered a to equalize the watres of men and women government employes who perform simitar labor Veteran of Civil War at the Family Residence Aged Eighty-Nine Years Salem 1 Hartshorn one of Fort Wayne's oldest citizens and veteran of the civil war died shortly after o'clock this morning at the residence jof his daughter Mrs H R 1701 Columbia illness of lakeside weeks AMERICANS SERVING IN BRITISH ARMY ARE ASKING FOR TRANSFER LONDON -Ian Associated Press has received Information that the American war department haji de- on rules transfer of Americans with the British nn forces to the American army by which Ills their present status will not bo tint little had In special oases and plainly in the entertained for the aged veteran's recovery Mr Hartshorn who was a Continual on Tufte IS 4 DIES IN CALIFORNIA Jail K Stone Jr died hero to-day Mr Stone who was from vanl in was in the business until his health forced his I the last two years I he had lu with j mother and sister His only brother Herbert S Stone on tho where the transfer Interest of tho United States This decision It is said was reached Vn the following First Persons who enlisted with 1 the British forces must havo been prompted by patriotic motives to do so und that therefore ft does not matter they remain transferred they would bn cause Second In with the nre Americans British or aro their own since for the same in tho Canadian forces alone and perhaps half as many through other British In France Palestine Mesopotamia and elsewhere Hundreds of letters been sent to the American authorities in London begging for transfer but tho authorities suy they are to concessions to any special number of men without taking the men as a In many instances it is pointed the desires for transfers are nit prompted by patriotism but because the chance to enjoy great and the higher pay of the American Tho authorities that i joined the British army to principle tlie principle la not chan if they remain with British me cases particularly j Hence it ban been decided that an Inns many of whom j in tho army who Is transfers i American desires H transfer must units ply to the In While uo otlioinl statistics are j will be in tho ablo it is fAr to Kuosa that there aro from tlie least Irom to
