Racine Journal-News (Newspaper) - February 4, 1918, Racine, Wisconsin THE RACINE VOL. NO. 39. THE MONDAY FEBRUARY 4, 1918. TEN PAGES PRICE THREE Nebraskan Declares Secretary Is SAYS RESIDENT DOESN'T KNOW REAL SITUATION by Lack o Blunders Almost Surpassing Belief Have Occurred in the War Department and Is a SAYS WAR CABINET IS NOW NEEDED IN THIS COUNTRY IX Feb. Secretary Baker's recent statement to the senate military committee that the United States would have half million soldiers In France early thla year and that prospects were not unpromising for ships to carry a more who would be ready during the were characterized by Senator Hitchcock in an address senate today as preposterous and so exaggerated as convey an entirely false impression what we can do and what we tho committee's bills for a war cabinet and munitions di- Senator Hitchcock declared that Secretary Baker was doubt but was misled by lack of information regarding scarcity oE into making sanguine He said President not know the real cited this situation as an tration of the of government Administration leaders prepared to reply to Senator Hitchcock whose speech debate which has impending since Secretary Baker made his statement and the president made known his opposition to tho military committee's plan for reorganizing the government's war Considering that much of a big task has been credibly done the Nebraska senator Insisted that centralized and I war operations through cabinet and a centralized chasing through a munitions He asserted that the president and Secretary Baker had tried but failed to attain the ob- ject and that the government's tem was The committee's he argued would not em- barrass or interfere with the dent's direction of the criticism of many ment war activities was made by the senator in illustrating his arguments but without attacking that almost surpass be- have occurred In war de- he said and the ing situation he described as a and almost He declared system has BERLIN SENDS REPLY TO REVIEW Feb. dis- patch received here from Berlin gives the German reply to the statement last week of Sir Eric first lord of the British who in reviewing the first year of unrestricted sub- marine warfare said the rine menace was being that the sinking of merchantmen was decreasing and the destruction of increasing and that the morale of the submarine crews was deteriorating on account of the British policy of secrecy in regard to the fate of the men on submarines which failed to return to their The German re- ply in the form of a statement Sir Eric Geddes said is not It is merely repetition of similar assertions which are disproved by the facts pear periodically in the speeches of talkative In If that brave optimist Geddes expects by such means to lower the morale and the power of resistance of our U-boat crews he will have as little success as has been met with in the attempts to bluff the German people who long ago realized that English secrecy was nothing but an ex- pression of consciousness of COLD WEATHER AGAIN REGION MERCURY TO 13 BELOW ZERO SUNDAY NIGHT THE STEAM ELECTRIC ROADS SUFFER ANOTHER MAY GO AFTER HOARDERS WITH War Summary American the front in. Lorraine engaged the Germans in artillery enemy subjected the American trenches to a heavy In the American gunners did age to barbed wire ments and first line tle damage was done by the man Two Americans were nine were wounded and one suffered from shell shock the on page Raids at isolated points and ar- tillery bombardments in various sectors mark the operations on the other fronts in France and Fourteen enemy airplanes and one captive balloon were brought down by entente aviators on the Italian while In northern British airmen accounted for ten German FIX BLAME FOR HALIFAX DISASTER i N. Feb. collision between the French munitions ship Mont Blane and the Belgian relief ship in the explosion of the former vessel which destroyed a large part of fax on 6, was placed upon Pilot Mackey of Halifax and Capt. of the French ship in a judgment an- today by the government commission which investigated the the announcement of the com- pilot Mackay was charged with commission having recommended that he be criminally prosecuted and his license The commission held that Capt. and tho pilot violated the rules of the also recommends to the French authorities the tion of tho license of Captain and that he be dealt with according to the law of his was also charged with GET DECORATIONS Feb. William created a special decoration for crews on the anniversary inauguration of ruthless sub- marine warfare as for meritorious work during the says tho dec- oration available for officers and crews after three The emperor also has conferred tho Pour Le Merite on Admiral Von head of the naval Vigorous prosecution of the war until peace can be on the principles of justice and respect for In- has been ed upon by the supreme war council which has just completed its meeting at The council found speeches of Chancellor Von Hertling and Count Czernin The supremo war council took steps a general military policy in all the main war The functions of the cil were enlarged and it was an- that it arrived at a com- plete unanimity of policy and measures for the prosecution of the general staff commander of the Admiral German battle GRANTED ANOTHER CREDIT BY TOTTED STATES D. Feb. was granted another credit by tho treasury nn her total loans United States from the The funeral of the late Chris tpn will be held at 2 trom the Danish WEATHER FORECAST Feb. Fair tonight and probably rising temperature late tonight and Thirteen below zero was the record last night and early this according to reports from weather bureau at the Of course other registered 15 and 18 in different parts of the city and some farmers it was close to but the reports are not Naturally there was the usual fering in homes and offices on count of the shortage of fuel and it would be difficult to enumerate the many frozen pipes and the especially school who frost bitten toes and No effort was made to make early deliveries of milk and cream and the different grocers took their time in getting supplies Closing down of the saloons and other places of gave dreds of employes an opportunity to stay home and In bed or to the heaters where The street as were interfered especially the M. B. K. the cuts filling in with snow delaying the On the Southwestern division of the Milwaukee St. Paul railway a freight train was stalled at Johnson's tying up traffic and residents of Union lington and other western points were isolated far as the St. Paul travel is The large snow plows wero at Union waiting for the freight train to be dug On the Chicago Northwestern railway the water tank near the de- pot was frozen UP and locomotives could not supplied with Lines of run from fire rants to the and water was in that of this method being necessary to secure street was flooded at tho railway the water being up over the where it froze One of -S eft this account trade the j tracks was entirely cut off for two hours or Railway were engaged most of the morning cutting away the ice from State street south to main Of course passenger and freight for was reported that interurban cars on the M. R. K. were operating between Racine and but not between Racine and the deep cuts being with for the Superintendent Connolly dumped a load of garbage on tho ice Sixth as food for the and to save them from starving to It was a novel sight to watch the flocks of birds swoop down and de- vour the Because of the cold and immense fields in the the fishing tugs have been practically out of com- mission for more than ten days and as has been stated the line boats are laid up for a indefinite The building operations have again been suspended and few people tured out during the early Many Demands for Demands for fuel but It was only possible for dealers to deliver certain owing to the shortage and Inability to get trucks and other means of The moderated during the day and the mercury ran up to 10 and 12 above GLADDEN THE HEARTS OF THE SOLDIER BOYS SMILEAGE BOOKS DO THE WORK AS THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM ONE OF THEM VERY PLAINLY Have you made a Sammy The Bacine Botary club is giving everybody in Bacine who has a boy or relative in the war a Sale of Smileage books has been in gress for more than four days and will end Wednesday when the noon luncheon is held in the Hotel Two thousand dollars is the sum allotted to the Belle City and this small sum surely ought to be forthcoming to furnish ment to the thousands of brave voung fellows who are in the camps getting ready for tho front to fight that Old Glory may be preserved and democracy Furnishing of these smileage books is a primary obligation for those who stay at that they should keep the men in camp amused and The competition that we must meet is competition from the danger to American boys In The no had this in mind when it launched its scheme to bring theatrical entertainments to the boys In their The of supplying the has devolved the men best qualified by experience and facilities to discharge it. The only phase of the undertaking that ries an immediate Responsibility every resident of tupl purchase of a The men in the camps have a They want to see in the evening tney are they are some times very lonely they want to laugh and they to illustrate how pleased i these soldier boys are proposition lowing received Jesse M. Company 310 Eng Cuiter Battle to whom a Smileage Book was care Tour welcome ter and Smileage book at Many thanks for the same seems good to have our old friends back home remember us boys in the They are sure real Smileage making lots of glad hearts ii resident of Racine is the ac A. H. Melville Says There Are Here as Weil as Elsewhere Who Store Notwithstanding There Is nn Order It Shall Not Be CASH AND CARRY SYSTEM IS DISCUSSED BY MERCHANTS Food hoarders of the city had best beware of the food commission which will soon start out to Death Menaces Berlin Strikers Feb. sel military commandant of burg in which Berlin is threatens summary ment of strikers who fail to obey his rt out to tnat they resume work If they have An Telegraph dispatch cured from merchants a greater from Copenhagen says the amount of sugar and flour than they qet 7 o'clock as the hour at are entitled they will be ordered must return t to bring it back to the merchants food from which they purchased it and if there is any kind of a rebellious spirit shown they are liable to be brought before the federal court and the penalty or fine or two years In the federal or if the court feels there is justification for the imposition of such is. charged that food hoarders in the city are quite as they are in most every other The conditions are no worse in Racine and Racine county than they are In most every other city and county In the but the fact Is that here are hoarders according to A. H. executive secretary of the state food who addressed the food dealers at a. ial meeting at the Racine cial club yesterday The food hoarders are to be en an opportunity to play fair with the persons who have been unable to buy an amount of sugar and flour greater their needs from day to day call They may return the excess of those commodities to the dealers from whom they were said Mr. and the grocers who sold the In duty to them and re- turn the purchase The cers were that they need not be surprised to have the local food officials their stores to in- spect their books for the purpose of who have been regulations they open books Many of the grocers volunteered that on Page SHIPYARDS IN NEED OF SKILLED LABOR hour at to 1'ailing to resume work will be tried by which Is authorized to impose sentence of execution to take place within twenty-four hours of the time the sentence is Will Resume Feb. more than half the shipyard workers at Hamburg had resumed work the committee there resolved to call the workmen out again according to a copy of the Berlin Lokal of that received Predicts Feb. of the strike in Germany on Monday is predicted in a statement Issued in Berlin on Saturday It strike everywhere Is on the Many now are ing with full staffs and it Is assumed the strike will be ended entirely on This opinion is confirmed by reports Resident of Yorkville Swallows bolic Acid Shortly After He Is Taken Into Custody by Deputy WAS CHARGED PASSING WORTHLESS PAPER IN 3 CITIES Shortly after his arrest at Union Grove Saturday afternoon oil a charge of issuing many checks tc business men in Milwaukee and with no funds In any bank to meet Harvey a prominent resident of the town of committed suicide at the home of his where his wife and children were by lowing carbolic Mr. had issued checks to the following Racine A. J. Ben William Schroeder Dry Goods Hanson and many others here and In Milwaukee and The police department was in- formed of the of the checks and the officers at Union Grove were notified to arrest Mr. Adams should he appear Saturday afternoon word came from Deputy Sheriff F. Coling that he had arrested Mr. Detective Edward Schumacher was detailed to go to Union Grove and bring Mr. Adams to this When he arrived at the Grove he was met by the deputy who told him Adams had ended his life by taking ALMOST ENTIRE a dose of carbolic OF MEN WHICH ASSIST Mr was made at the home of Frank He asked for permission to a room ho the request was than two minutes the officer opened the from all portions of the STAFF SS ALMOST COMPLETED HIM IN OPERATING ROADS HAS BEEN D. Feb. Director General McAdoo has about wo m door of the roem and discovered Mr. goor ot tne roem UJO completed the central staff which lying on the Fumes of will assist him In administering carbolic acid and an empty bottle operation of railroads told the Adams was still intr war official an- Dr. Werner was hastily was it was under- but he died in a short The according tohe would be as Geral assistant Walker a than news irum folks and most of our boys are ing every line of the We sure arl having some cold out here for the last three or four and no relief is in sight Maximum Minimum Range Maximum Minimum Range Feb. 2, 1018. 3, 1918. 12 BOLO PASHA IS PLACED OX TRIAL FOR TREASON Feb. trial by courtmartial of Bolo Pasha on a charge of treason in having con- ducted German propaganda in was begun this great industrial army ready to take its place as the need for labor ever grows more we not carry out the shipbuilding gram on which hangs the fate of our army in France and of our allies the world said the appeal to the win the war pur first need is ships and to build ships our first need is skilled 20 PIERS ORDERED TO AID SHIPPING D. Feb. To relieve conditions in New York harbor and promote speedy ing of Director General Adoo today ordered six railroads to assign about twenty piers on the Jersey side for the coaling and ing of AMERICAN GUNNERS HAVE FIRST ARTILLERY DUEL WITH GERMANS WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN Feb. officers are elated over the results of the first artillery duel between can and German gunners which lowed a preliminary shelling Germans Saturday In official reports to the headquarters of their organizations the infantry ers today paid to the ness with which the artillery ed to the call barrage and to the effectiveness of the artillery Aerial reconnaissances today showed that American had had a verv destructive It will require several nights of hard work ar- tillery fire for the Germans to repair the first line trenches caved in by the American 75s and to gaps in the barbed Dugouts It is known that at least three enemy were demolished probably with some done to the American trenches will be repaired before In a regimental headquarters village shelled by the many buildings were wrecked completely or .in the in- the There were no the The whistling Ms shells shelter in the The ment of the headquarters village came at the end of a period of shelling which had extended gradually along several kilometers of the Germans Open The German artillery opened the engagement with a desultory ment of the American firing many shrapnel Irv the midst of this a red rocket calling for a barrage ascended from the German first Before the German artillery could the American 75s summoned into action by a signal from the first laid a curtain of fire along the enemy first Then began the battle the PACKERS REFUSE TO GIVE UP DOCUMENTS Feb. tives of packers today for- I mally refused to turn over to investigators certain official which had been demanded in connection with the federal sion's investigation of the packing in- When Francis J. counsel for the commission ar- rived at the office of Henry eeder counsel for Swift he learned that the latter had broken the seal which had been placed on the vault when the first refusal was recorded last Veeder told Heney that had no legal right to the that in refusing to de- liver them he was acting on his con- Formal refusal to permit Mr. nev to enter the vault was received and Mr. Heney then left the Reports of impending court action were immediately but there was no announcement as to what steps the government men e gavo warning of tie coming was artillery and no ment and officers and man BRITISH CASUALTIES DURING PAST WEEK Feb. British reported during the week ed today totaled divided as Killed or 51: Wounded or The pronounced intensity oil the German fire was met immediately The lowest mark months by the who not only threw j past is reported by last shells on the original but ly extended their activity to a wide Guns Soon Within 20 the 75s and larger pieces were booming all along the finally Ing to a town in regimental headquarters was As darkness settled the grew Heavy mists again the sector Consequently PRESENT TO PAY FRANCE Feb. 4. Legislation to reimburse French zens for damages arising from ations of troops was asked of congress today by the war In a letter to Chairman lain of the senate military military a draft of a for Secretary Baker said General Pershing reported that to pay claims for injuries superintendent of motive Chicago ern in charge of mechanical W T. St. assistant vice- president of the Northern John Barton of W. S. chief of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Public service and C. chief of the interstate com- mence bureau of purpose of Because of the Illness of Coroner Kisow the case was turned over to Justice of the Peace Powles and it was decided that an inquest was not The funeral will take place on Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home of his father In Union Deceased was born in osha and was about 42 years For many years he lived In Union He Inherited a large sum of money when his died several years Some years ago he moved to merce o and Luther waukee and opened a garage ana It is said that he lost money m due to ment accidents by motor vehicles and other causes result in much hardship and injustice to the French people and seriously injures the reputation the American army in France in comparison with the M. Edward cently traffic director of the food ad- BRITISH AIR FORCES RAID ENEMY Feb. naval air craft carried out a bombing raid on enemy airdromes at the ty Many bombs were dropped on the the day in the course of aerial one enemy craft was destroyed and were driven down out of Two ot our failed to LIVES ENDANGERED WHEN IGE FLOE CABBIES THEM INTO THE LAKE perilous position was noted by the lookout In the coast guard Conditions In the harbor are bad from the shore and and ice blocked way of the Victor Moore and Joe two Villa street were in peril of their lives yesterday when ice moved out from the shore left stranded in the eral blocks out from Eighteenth They were brought the members of the coast guard who He Is survived by a one a father and one LAST QUOTA OF FIRST DRAFT TO GO FEB. 23 D. Feb. 4.--- Announcement was made today by Provost Marshal General Crowder that movement of the last increments of the men selected in the first draft will begin on Feb. 23 and continue for a period of five This will com- plete the operation of the first as all states will have furnished their full The movement will bring tne strength of the national array up to the 6S5.000 men contemplated m tne first The numbers of men which will be started to the cantonments on Feb. 23 Camp X Y 7 500- N. 3.000; S C SOO 111., lor v D whom started out to rescue the DAII ROAR The surf boat was the only 5 one which could be made use of and it was dragged over the top of the rough ice for nearly three ij andf for three hours Here there appeared a space of rescued from their perilous open water which made use The boys suffered of. When arrived the ably from the their feet being edge of the flue on which the ad on by tne interstate com- tn RECOMMENDED D. Feb. The administration railroad aa wet and and their faces and ears touched by the severe The members of guard considerable from the spray which was thrown over them at- times as found spaces of water in which to surf The left early in the afternoon e were trying to protect selves from the severe they as were chilled through and exposure to the chill and wet spray caused was partly hauled and partly merce committee was recommended t Tho are to b pared by Senators Cummina Juliette Agreed upon in committee the control of to 18 months after 'the i war was partly hauled and partly r few views of the ice. They made figure for in recent swiftest system of writing to until they e reached a point about three blocks from when it was observed that the ice floe was moving outward and Mrs. B. t e a wide stretch of open water lay be- been cut off the shore and i- we're being rapidly carried out into IIL The practice of walking out onto ice floe is one which has been FIKST Indulged in by a. number of boys re- cently and is considered extremely cen dangerous by the life guards and sons of reason it Is one sons o reason warned if persisted in will car Ma ST. steps toward a settlement of here were the when Mayor life guards stated today that had the leaders and railway weather been cloudy and their vision be in hi blurred by they unable to the an sree be in hia office at j o clocK tms at V
