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TEMPLE DAILY TELEGRAM, TEMPLE, TEXAS, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 5,1918
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BACK FROM FRANCE
TO BOSS TRAINING
I
AMERICANS FIGHTING WITH
BJUTISH MAY GET I'NDEtt
STARS AND STRIPES.
HI 31,011 IFIB1
Transfers Will be Made Only In Intcr-
«M of United States and Applicants
Must Present Various Sorts of Evi-
dence to Secure Privilege.—Facte
Sam's Men Paid Well.
(Associated Fr«u Dispatch.)
liondon, Jin. 4.—The Associated
Press has received information that
the American war department has
decided upon rules governing the
transfer of Americans serving with
the British forces to the American
army, by which their present statue
will not be disturbed except In spec-
ial cases and where the transfer "Is
plainly in the Interest of the United
States." This decision, it is said, vns
reached on the following grounds:
TO WITHDRAW T HOOPS FROM
PERSIA II-' OTTOMAN FORCES
WILL STEP BACK.
BAKER REPORTS ON CLOTHING
,SITUATION.—KAYS Ml N Mti:
COMFORT IIIU: NOW.
Maj. Gen. John F. Morrison.
(I'ontiaiiri! From l ititc Our.)
tion's granting of an Increase In lum-
ber prices and said ho thought it was
fully justified in view of the fact that
limber sizes were made larger, lie
said that the sixes were made ho large
that pine producers could not make
deliveries, but that tho corporation
expected to have delivered from Ore-
gon within sixty days enough fir to
furnish the heavier timbers for 200
wooden ships.
Mr. Sanford contradicted the testi-
mony of Itenr Admiral Howies of the
fleet corporation, who declared that
pino producers had fallen down on
deliveries. Production was retarded i
in the summer, he said, by the fleet
corporation's changes in specification's,
but he predicted that alt tho lumber
called for In tho contracts would bo
delivered by next July, the time sot
for final deliveries.
Back from France, where he
studied the training of Pershing's
men, Maj. Gen. John F. Morrison has
acnea on me .ouow.n* «™»; ^ inte<1 djreftor of mi,,t
l J mn; ,CanH 7 L v! training to co-ordinate the work in
with the British force, must have >n He will be stationed
been prompted by patriotic motives Washington.
to do so and that therefore it does
not matter whether they remain Brit-
Ish or are transferred to their own
flag, since they would be fighting for
the same cause.
Second, in some cases, particularly
with the Canadians, many of whom
are Americans, transfer might serious-
ly disorganize units.
Many Fighting With Canadians.
While no official statistics are
available it is fair to guess that there
are at least from 25,000 to 80,000
Americans In the Canadian forces
alone and rerliaps half as many more
scattered through other Rrltish con-
tingents in France, Mesopotamia,
Palestine and elsewhere. Hundreds
of letters have been sent to the
American authorities in I,ondon beg-
ging for transfer but the authorities
say they are unable to make conces-
sions to any special number of men
without taking over the men as a
Whole.
Americans Better Paid.
In many instances it Is polnte.d out,
the desires for transfers are not
prompted by patriotism but because
of the chance to enjoy greater bene-
fits and the higher pay of the Amer-
ican forces. Hence it has been de-
cided that an officer in the British
army who is an American and desires
* transfer must apply to the embassy
In London, which will be guided in
tho premises by instructions from
the war department at Washington.
The rules adopted say that "it will
BOft be the general policy of the war
<Wpartment to relea»c an American
holding a commission in a fer«ijai
service." Regarding enlisted men the
new rules say that release will only
be considered of applicants who pres-
ent themselves personally to the mili-
tary attache of the American embassy
In London, with "satisfactory docu-
mentary evidence of citizenship," and
that the military attache "may then,
In special cases, ask for release." The
rules add:
"When So released men are to pro-
ceed to Franco at their own expense
and report for enlistment In our ser-
vice to the headquarters of the Amer-
ican expeditionary force."
The rules provide that nn enlisted
man must also procure from the
commander of his unit of the Brit-
ish forces a written recommendation
that the commander regards
transfer to the American forces
the Interest of the United States.
M. MNSJ11L REPORT I MICE f BLOUSES
Former Premier to Review Things : Woolen Shirts Hard to (ict But Every
Aeeompllslied During Ills Tenure of
Office.—Lltvlnofr Kay* Trot/1.y I*
Working for tin* Downhill of lite
Kaiser.—Sees Victory Ahead.
Effort Is Being Put Forth to Supply
Camp*.—TrHU>|Mirtatloii Fiu-llio are
Partly Blamed for Conditions In tlie
Past.—Relief Measures,
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
London. Jan. 4.—Tho Bolsheviki
foreign minister, Trotsky, is said by
tho l'etrograd correspondent of the
Exchange Telegraph company to have
sent a communication to the Persian
government offering to begin negotia-
tions for the withdrawal of Russian
troops from Persian territory provided
Turkey will withdraw hers.
The Russian commissioners, the cor-
respondent says, have decided to lie
(Associated l'ress Dispatch.)
Washington, Jan. 4. -— Overcoat
shortages at national guard and na-
tional army training camps were re-
ported ended, except at Camp Beaure-
gard, Louisiana, by Secretary Baker in
a further response today to the senate
military committee's resolution urging
immediate steps to provide the sol-
diers with adequate winter clothing.
Many of the camps still are short of
woolen blouses which the secretary
PRETTY DARE-DEVIL JUST LOVES
TO IIIT IT VP IN IIEll ICE BOAT
IN CONFERENCE WITH HOISE
LEADERS TO LINE VP DEF-
INITE POLICY.
gotiate w ith the government of jsaid were particularly hard to obtain.
I'kraine on the basis of recognition of The report was based upon the war
the Ukrainian republic provided it |department's latest telegraphic advices
does not hinder military operation*'from the division commanders. Emer-
against General Kaledines. the Cos- Igency express shipments and local
sack leader. It is suggested that the purchases have been authorized and
negotiations be held at Smolensk or |Mr. Baker expressed the belief that by
Vitebsk. today "all the men are comfortable."
According to the same correspond- ] Sixteen camps and cantonments
ent, M. Kerensky, tho deposed pretn- mentioned specifically by the eommlt-
ier, hag prepared an account of his tee's resolution were reported on In
services during tho period of the first!detail of a total shortage of 11,500
revolution, which will be presented to [overcoats. Camp Beauregard needed
tho constituent assembly, it Includes 110.633. A deficiency of about 08,00"
full details of conditions at the front blouses were scattered among thirteen
during the June offensive and the rea- posts,
sons why M. Kerensky decided to re-! Blame for delay in furnishing win-
move former Emperor Nicholas to .ter garments was placed by the sec-
Siberia. |tetary partially upon supply, but
In tho archives of the Russian for-1largely upon tho transportation situa-
eign office there have been discovered j lion, ills report showed the following
documents of unusual interest dealing I shortages:
with negotiations between Germany Camp Wheeler, Georgia, overcoats
and tho imperial Russian government none; blouses, 1,241.
in regard to a national convention toI Camp Shelby, Mississippi, overcoats,
combat socialism. Other curious docu- none; blouses, J.100.
ments relating to the origin of the wur Camp Kearney, California, over-
throw light on certain aspects of Get-'coats, none; blouses, 13.0H1I.
man policy. These papers will be pub- Curnp Dlx, New Jersey, o\ercoats,
lished as soon as they have been das- 19; blouses, 1,440.
sified. Camp Grant, Illinois, overcoats, ,',30;
louses, 4,530.
Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, over-
London, Jan. 4 Maxim Litvinoff. 'coats, 10,863; blouses, 3,094.
who has been appointed Bolshevik I (.'amp Bowie, Texas, overcoats,
ambassador to Great llrituin and who none; blouses, 3,725.
Views of Litvinoff.
(Coutinueil From I'une One.)
declaration. The second Is possible
for the Germans are past masters in
the art of spacious compromise. But
tho third is most probable since the
Bolsheviki have exhibited a perspica-
city which was hardly expected In this
country.
"Russia, the land of boundless sur-
prises, may quite possibly witness a
revival of war, if not in the most ac-
tive form It might at least be a sul-
lenly defensive war, necessitating the
keeping on the frontier of a consid-
erable German force. It would ot
least prevent those pleasant and prof-
itable commercial exchanges which
Germany hopes for.
"Assuming such a situation and the
consolidation of Bolsheviki power,
provided failure to extract a peace
does not wreck the T.enlne regime,
then recognition of that power as the
de facto government follows. Since
that is so a socialist would be the log-
ical representative of that government
and Maxim Litvinoff, who has been
paid yesterday that he probably would
return to l'etrograd has decided to re-
main in London pending the receipt
of his instructions, ills photograph Is
printed prominently in the liewspa-
Camp 1 lodge, Iowa, overcoats, 00;
blouses, 300.
Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma, oxer-
coats, none; blouses, none.
Camp Funston, Kansas, overcoats,
pers. it shows the highly intelligent, none; blouses, 9,«00.
appointed, is likely enough occupant
his I of the embassy."
"in Referring to the retirement of Sir
[George W. Buchanan, the British am-
l bassador to Russia, whose services are
praised highly, the writer says:
"In tils place probably would lie
face of a well liorti and educated man
He Is described as being broad mind-
ed and it is said that he is attached
to Kngllsh institutions and England
where ho has lived for a decade.
M. Lltvinoff'ii wife is au English wo-
man and he is an old friend and asso-
ciate of Lenlne. lie Is declared to be
a whole-hearted supporter of the Bol-
sheviki with whom he Is apparently in
close touch. The Daily Mail quotes
him as saying that until courier
brings him his formal appointment he
cannot say whether ho will accept the
ambassadorship, but in a long inter-
view In tho Dally Chronicle lie speaks
as if he Is resolved to take it. "My
task as ambassador," he says in the
interview, "will be to disseminate the
truth about Russia and to dissipate
misunderstanding and misinterpreta-
tions of the motives, character and
purpose of the workmen's and soldiers'
j government. It is grossly mischievous
to represent the tiolshevlk as tiro-Ger-
man. anti-ally or as mere pacifists.
They realize as clearly as any one that
kalserisnt and iunkerdom are the
greatest obstacles to the self-emanci-
pation of the international proletariat,
but have discovered that Prussia is not
Camp Wadsworth, South Carolina,
overcoats, 45; blouses, 3,387.
Camp Sheridan, Alabama, over-
coats, none; blouses, 3,0'.tti.
Camp IMke, Arkansas, overcoats, 4C;
blouses, l,2t!0.
At Camps Jackson, S. and OreMi,
fill., supplies of both overcoats and
blouses were reported sufficient. Bed-
ding supplies were said to be adequate
at all camps.
To meet tho overcoat shortage at
Camp Beauregard, Secretary Baker
said 22,300 had been expressed De-
cember 26. He told also of recent
shipments of tioo overcoats to Camp
Custer, 10,000 blouses to Camp Fun-
ston. 2,000 blouses to Camp Wads-
worth, 2,000 overcoats and 0,000
blouses to Camp Dix,
"Instructions have been sent to all
to obtain locally and immediately,"
said the report, "any uniform garment
which Is short in order to give each
man one whole uniform "
jsent a diplomat in marked sympathy I the only soil for the congenial growth
(Continued Prom I'me One.)
carried out bombing operations behind
the enemy lines.
The American army in France is to
be reinforced by the American avia-
tors who became famous as pilots in
French eseadrilles. Thirty-two men, j
mostly members of the I^Fayette ;
eseadrlKe, will lie the first to be sworn '
into the American army. Others will |
follow them as rapidly as possible.
The transfer of the aviators from the
French to the American colors was
brought about through negotiations
between the French and American
army authorities.
To the band of experienced men
jwlth the ideas of revolutionary Russia.
Be that as it may, we may expect
I shortly some new statement of pol-
icy with regard to Kussin which
should it lean toward to the latest
developments and democracy would
undoubtedly strengthen the allied
cause In Russia."
(( milium d l iurn Pa«;c Out'.)
in
[to lie followed with relation to publica-
tion of the names of officers who may
j he relieved from responsible posts for
j the good of the service. The question
Shortly will tie added the first group \ is said to be a delicate one because the |
officers involved iniiv have proved j ^Q^QQQ SI aCKCT
of noxious plants. They oppose the
replacing of Prussian militarism by
French or? Kngllsh militarism."
M. Lltvtnou declared his emphatic
belief that by the present negotiations!
and propaganda among the German
soldiers in the east, Trotzky and
Lenitie are contributing to the down-
fall of kuiserism more effectually than
the allies fighting in the west. He
concludes:
"1 am sanguine enough to imagine
that tlie Russian and German armies
on the eastern front some dav will
Wi lli tRMISSION TO ENTKKTAIN-
MEM TOTAL OF FOR HI l>
CROSS I.AST NHiHT.
The Itfd Cross quilt, of which men-
tion has In .'ii made in the Tclet;r-«*
oil previous occasions, was sold at
, Pendleton last niuht for $224. This
nia-ch together against the common jfl s,tim„ ,hlt ,hp
t'uO Of lilt' Wul Ms I'K
many it -Hi' .unl |u i li.i |
11 it's in" "
Hit II
• tlmr
< JiM -
llll
!
Ill
of young American pilots and observ-
ers to take instructions near tho battle j satisfactory only for a special an
front. They already have finished limited class of duties. In such cases! m y* • ^
their first tests and are now to be j officials feel that it is hardly fair to ! Xil6 U 111 Z G CI k) t 3 t C S
sent to the front lo complete their ' announce that they have been re-|
Work under actual battle conditions, moved for inefficiency, as it might
Women to Discuss Peace.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Berne, Jan. 4.—The Swiss woman's
Committee for a lasting peace has
called an international women's con-
ference at Berne for March 3 to 8.
This action is said to have been taken
»t the request of women peace socie-
ties in belligerent countries.
Cost About
One Cent
and don*fc need
any sugar-says
V/fcr
f
serve to blight their careers.
It is indicated, however, that where
there is direct evidence of culpability
there will be no hlsitation in publish-
ing names and such circumstances as
military consideration* will permit.
There is no case before either de-
partment warrants such action, it is
said, so far as officers of any Import-
ant rank are concerned.
The decisions of the commanders
abroad on all questions of sending
home officers under their command Is
absolute and will not be questioned
here unless some gross miscarriage of
Justice or misuse of power is disclosed.
I"'
from the sale ot this quilt have passed
beyond the $200 mark, and the total
which it has brought to the .Ameri-
can Red Cross Is now $(!"'•'. .Admis-
sion,? to tl.e play, "An Old Sn,a (heart
of Mine." amounted to $:)*. so that
Ihe total received by the IVodl-'to-i
auxiliary from last night's entertain-
ment was
"An Old Sweetheart of Mine," was
plaveil by pupils of the Troy high
school, and it was declared a very
l'rovost Marshal (leneral Idelightful entertainment and much
estimate in his report to j more than worth the price of ad mis
11>
r-t.h.)
Fifty thou-1
tho l oiled'
May Drop In on Short Visit.
< Associated l'lcsti lltppntrh,)
Fort Worth, Tex., Jan. 4.—Captain
Berry, adjutant of the depot brigade I administrators are expected are Neb-
nt Camp Bowie who has been order- j 'aska, Wyoming, Utah. Arizona. Coin-
ed to Camp Stuart, Virginia, to join j ra,I°' Idaho, Texas Mid New Mexico.
( .Va3o« Iate<! I'ret
Washington, Jan.
sand real slackers
States is
Crow dor's
Secretary Baker. That calculation sion.
supposes that ten men In each regis-j J. K. Hughe* of Trov again bought
trutlon district have escaped without
being caught.
Food Administrators To Moot.
{AfwoctaUfl J'ri's.i Dlnwlcli.)
Denver, Colo., Jan. 4.—Food ad-
ministrator Hoover will attend a con-
ference of food administrators for
several western states here January
22 and 23. it was announced today
by E. M. A in mo us, former governor
of Colorado, who is arranging details
of the meeting. The states whose
the quilt and will donate it to any-
other lted Cross auxiliary 1 n Hell
county that wants to conduct a sale,
Russian Munitions
Depot Is Blown Up
Brigadier General Hoffman, will try (
to visit his home in Oklahoma by j
airplane. This is nece snry because j
t Wociat.-.! I'rww I>1 sp.-i!; !i )
Stockholm, Jan. 4.—A Mapamnda
dispatch to the Tldningen, says that
the munitions depot on the Russian
southwestern front was btoVn up re-
cently and that all buildings within
1 radius of two kilometers were de-
jstroyed. Two trains loaded with Cos-
Jsacks on the way to the Don district
... , . re- were wrecked, causing the death of
of the suddenness of his orders to (appearance of Encko's comet was re-; 2,000 men.
Yitginia, He wont have time to go ported today in u cablegram to tlie
by train. Harvard college observatory from
Copenhagen. It was observed by
professor Schorr of Ihe Bergedorf
observatory on the evening of Decern
bcr 30.
Encke's Comet Reappears.
(a '"ocu tf il pre*.-.! if-fin e. 't i
Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 4.- The
' - I' | —I
New Political Parly.
Chicago, III., Jan. 4.—Dr. Ira I,an-
drith of Tennessee, temporary .chair-
man and one of the organizers of the
recently formed party, announced that
hereafter Vice Chairman D. C. Coates
of Spokane, Wash., will be in charge
of the new political party's national
headquarters fn Chicago.
Dr. Landrlth will retain the title of
temporary chairman of the national
party.
Crisis Pusses In \tistrnliii.
(AseociaU'd Presf HiipatctiA
Ottawa, Jan. 4.—The nationalist
party of Australia has resolved by a
vote of 63 to . 2 to retain Premier
Hugbes In the leadership, according
to a Melbourne dispatch received by
the Reuter agency here.
To Register Mien Enemies.
(Temple T, !•-s'r:iin Spci.ti,)
San Angelo, Tex.. Jan. 4.—Chief of
Police Snow has been instructed by
the department of justice to imme-
diately furnish the govrenment ap-
proximate number of alien enemies in
this city that blanks and registration
cards migh*. be sent out for them at
onee. It is understood that some fif-
teen or twenty persons reside here
who fall tinder the class of alien
enemies. These will be registered as
soon as possible. < ,
((initialled I mm Pane One.)
j common administration w ill lie e.ir-
ried out with as little disturbance a.s
jthe present operating organizations
land personnel of the railways as pos-
sible" and repeated the assurance
: given in his proclamation last week
I that owners ,,f railroad securities
should not suffer financial losses l,e-
|cause of the new plan of operation
llis address follows in full:
Text of \dilrcss.
! Gentlemen of the Congress:
| 1 have asked the privilege of ad-
dressing you in ordtr to report that
j on the 28th of December last, during
l the recess of congress, ucting through
| the secretary of war ami under th>
authority conferred upon me by th--
act of congress approved Aug. -'
1!)16, 1 look possession and assumed
control of the railway lines of the
country and the systems of water
transportation under their control.
This step seemed to be imperatively
necessary in the interest of- the pub-
lic welfare in the presence of the
| gerat tasks of war with which we arc
■ now dealing. As our experience de-
j velops difficulties and makes it claar
' w hat they are, I have deemed it my
duty to remove those difficulties
| wherever 1 have the legal power to
[do so. To assume control of the vast
railway system of the country Is, 1
I realize, a very heavy responsibility,
| but to fail to do so in the existing
| circumstances would have been much
greater. I assumed the less responsi-
bility rattier than tlie weightier. 1 am
sure that 1 am speaking the mini of
all thoughtful Americans when I say
that it is our duty as the representa-
tives of ihe nation, to do everything
that It is necessary to do to secure
their complete mobilization of the
whole res arc os of America by as
rapid and effective a means as can
be found. Transportation supplies all
the arteries of mobilization. Unless
it be under a single and unified direc-
tion, the whole process of the nation's
action is embarrassed.
Trial at Voluntary I'tilficsitlon.
It was in the true spirit of Ameri-
ca and it was right, that we shoul 1
first try to effect the necessary uni-
fication under the voluntary action of
those who were in charge of the great
railway properties; and we did irv
it. The directors of the railways re-
sponded to the need promptly arid
| generously. The group of railway
jecntives who were charged with the
! task of actual co-ordination and -ren-
cral direction performed their d'fi'i-
< cult duties with patriotic zeal anl
• marked ability, as was to hace been
j expected, and did, I believe every-
thing that it was possible for them to
I do in tlie circumstances. If I have
taken the task out of their hands, it
| lias not been because of any der Ac-
tion or failure oil their part, but only
ik cause there were some tbing-i which
j the government can do and present
j management cannot. We shall Con-
, tinii" to value most huhl.v the advice
sod assistance of these gentlemen and
1 am suie v.e shall not. fin 1 Hum
ii s.,.| become unmis-
takably plain that only under govern-
lo ; , eoiiiuiistration can liie entire
jcouipment of the- several systems of
11raiisportatiou bi> fully and inirc-crv-
j oillv thrown into a common service
i Without" i n j ii i i o ii s disc iniin ition
a en i n -t I'.ii tii 11'.i r pr. >p.,|-a ion. i >nb
under to\erntiieril a dm inisl ra I ion t.in
'an absolutely ant! unetnbarra ised
common use be made of nil track',
termhiaIs, ti rmiiul facilities and
; equipment of very kind. Only under
'that authority can nnv trminals b»»
!constructed and devolpeil without re-
jgard to the requirements or limita-
tions of partien'ar roads. But under
government administration all these
|thidus will tie possible— not Instantly,
but as fast as practical difficulties,
v-hich cannot be merely conjured
away. ;. tve way before the new man-
agement'.
No SMccping Changes.
The common administration will lie
carried out with as little disturbance
(of the present operating organizations
and personnel of the railways as pos-
sible. Nothing will be altered or dis-
turbed which it is not necessary to
disturb. We are serving the public
Interest and safeguarding the public
j safety, but we are also regardful of
(the Interest of those by whom these
(great properties are owned and glad
j to avail ourselves of 'he experience
(and trained ability of those who have
|been managing them. It is necessary
i that the transportation of troops and
i materials, of food anl of fuel, and
| everything that is necssary for the
'full reobiilxatton of iho eiiergiis anl
I '•esoun-e.- of the country, ,«h ut!d '>:>
; first considered, but it is clearly in
i the public interest also that the >rdi-
j nary activities and the normal indus-
trial and commercial life of the cou'l-
! try should be interft rred with and dis-
located as little as possible and the
public may rest assured that the in-
terest and convenience of the private
shipper will be as carefully served
and safeguarded as It is possible to
servo and safeguard it in the present
extraordinary circumstances.
While the present authority of the
Miss Isabelle Mulvey in her ice boat speedster.
executive sufficed fOif all purposes of
administration, and while, of cours?,
all private interests must for the pres-
ent give way to the particular neces-
sity, it is, I am sure you will agree
with me. right and necessary that the
owners and creditors of the railways,
the holder* of their stocks and bonds
should receive from the government
an unqualified guarantee that their
properties will be maintained through-
out the period of federal control in as
good ta pair and as complete equip-
ment as at present, and that the sev-
eral loads will receive under federal
management such compensation as
is equitable and just, alike to their
owners and to the general public. I
would suggest that the average net
railway operating income of tha three
years ending June 30, 1917. I earn-
estly recommend that these guaran-
tees be given by appropriate legis-
lation, and given as promptly as eir-
ciimstu nces permit.
I need not point out the essential
justice of .such guarametsi and their
influence and significance as elements
in the present financial and industrial
situation of the country. Indeed, one
of tlie strong arguments for assum-
> i ii-oii of the railroads at this
tune is the financial argument. It is
necessary ihat the values of railway
securities should be justly and fairly
paid and that the large financial op-
erations every year necessary in con-
nection with the maintenance, opera-
tion and development of the roads
should, during the period of the war,
be wisely related to the financial op-
erations of the government. Our first
duty is, of course, to conserve the
common interest and the common
safety and to make certain that noth-
ing stands in the way of the success-
ful prosecution of the great war for
liberty and justice, but it is an obli-
gation of public conscience and of
public honor that the private interests
we disturb should be kept safe from
unjust injury, and it is of the utmost
consequence to the government itself
that all great financial operations
should be stabilized and co-ordinated
with the financial operations of the
government. No borrowing should
run athwart tlie borrowings of the
federal treasury, and no fundamental
industrial values should anywhere be
unsuccessfully Impaired. In the hands
of many small Investors in ihe coun-
try as well as in national banks, in
insurance companies, in savings banks,
in trust companies, in financial agen-
cies of every kind, railway securities,
the sum total of yshich runs up to
some ten or eleven thousand millions,
constitute a \ital part of tlie .struc-
ture of credit, and the ti ^questioned
solidiiy of ih.it structure, must be
nurnta inert.
'i ll,' him r, iH-i v of w.ir and I easily
agree that, in view ot ihe many cuin-
' e 's which must be safe-
guarded Bud harmonized, as well as
»c»,ni lorial experience
and ability in this non field of gov-
ernmental action, the lion. William
(i. McAJoo was the ruiit man to as-
sume direct administrative control of
II is new executive Is-.k. At our re-
quest he consented to assume the au-
thority .,nd duties of organizer and
director gem ml of th new rtiil'vay
administration. He lias assumed
tl'o.-e iluiies and his work Is in acLive
FOB SPEED! LEHSUTIOR
Chief Executive Stresses the Import-
ance of Conserving the Immense
Amount of Energy Now t.olng to
Waste.—S|tcclal Committee to Rush
tlie Proposed Measure Through.
(Associated Press Dispatch )
Washington, Jan. 4.—President Wil-
son outlined before a conference of
house leaders tonight the draft of a
bill designed to establish a definite
legislative policy to develop the na-
tion's water power, 35,000.000 horse
power of which is estimated by gov-
ernment engineers to be wasted an-
nually. The result of the conference
vag a pinn to create a special commit-
tee of the he use to take over all Juris-
diction of water power problems now
dealt with by various committees, and
to p;iss the president's bill promptly
in the bouse and send it to the senate,
with the administration's support be-
hind it.
The president told the conference of
j his Interest in water power legislation
and urged that both houses speedly
enact the rt w measure, drawn by tho
inte-ior, war and agricultural depart-
ments. He said the bill was designed
to reconcile divergent views which
have interfered with necessary legis-
lation.
The hill follows closely the provis-
ions of the Ferris'bill, which twice has
passed the house but failed through
opposition In the senate. Participants
in tlie conference expressed the view-
that yeith unified house support and
with the president's approval favor-
j able action in the senate now was to
I be expected.
The president submitted to the con-
ferees a report signed by Secretaries
| Dane, Baker and Houston, which clos-
ed with this statement:
"We believe that some such legisla-
tion as is here proposed if enacted,
would mean the early development of
a considerable portion of our water
power resources with a resultant sav-
ing in fuel and a considerable lessen-
ing of the present demand on our
transportation facilities caused by.the
moving of coal and other heavy fuels."
W. W. CLEMENT DELIVERS AD-
DRESS ON .MATTERS PERTAIN-
ING TO CITY SCHOOLS.
I hie, -llflle,
leftist HI 'I
wllv.s to i1u1
it is )' -b i b'v too lO'lcll to eX pect
.at evt ii under the unified railway
itniiu.-t i n Ii n which will now be pos-
eennnnties- can be ef-
iperiliiii of ihe rail-
it possible to add *0
their equipment and extend their op-
- rativc f.sci i'tes ns mtK'h as the pres-
ent extraordinary demands upon their
use will lender desirable without re-
sorting to the national treasury for
ihe funds. Ii it is not possible it will,
of course, bo necessary to resort to
Hie congress for grants of money for
that purpose. The secretary of the
treasury wail advise with your com-
mittees with regard to this very prac-
tical aspect of the matter. For the
present 1 suggest only the guarantee
I have indicated and such appropria-
tions ns are necessary at the outset
of (his task. I take the liberty of ex-
pressing the hope that the congress
may grant these promptly and un-
grudgingly. We are dealing with
great matters and will. 1 am sure,
deal with them greatly.
3 Bills to Increase
Pensions Introduced
Washington. Jan. 4. -Three bills to
increase the pensions paid civil war
veterans wt re introduced today in tho
senate. One by Senator Gulliver,
would grunt veterans who served
ninety d.i\s oi more a pension of $25
a month, and those serving three
years or more {50 a month.
Another by Senator Smoot would
mant pensions ranging from $30 to
those who served ninety days to $40
for those who had two years or more
of service. The third, by Senator
Jones of Washington, would grant
veterans an additional $20 a month
except in cases where this amount
would increase their pension's to mor*
than JiO & month. - -•
Following its custom of having a
dinner on the first Friday In each
month the I.ions club enjoyed a .spread
at the Martin hotel yesterday evening,
beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The Lions
have their luncheon every Monday,
with the Friday dinner the main event
of the month.
There was an attendance of twenty-
two, and a part of the time was de-
voted to adopting some additional sec-
tions to tha by-laws, the object of
which, it was explained, was to secure
fnim local observers more information
lli.it miyht lie of use to the members
during war times.
W. W, Clement, superintendent of
the city schools, was the prineipal
speaker of the evening, and his ad-
dress dealt with the Temple schools.
He said that the attendance showed a
twelve per cent Increase since the
compulsory attendance law became
effective, most of this increase being
among the Alexieans and the negroes.
Superintendent Clement said that he
coiud vouch for the excellence of his
faculty and that in point of scholarship
.mil general equipment as teachers
they would compare favorably with
any of tho best schools of the state,
lie said that the needs and demands
of the Temple schools were growing
faster than the provisions for meeting
tliem. one point brought out in his
remarks was that the schools are not
adequately protected from tire
hazard. Mr. Clement was asked a
humbir of questions regarding tile city
schools by members of the club.
Winficld W. Dudley of New V
who is temporarily sojourning
Temple, was a guest at the dinner
made a short talk brist'ng with
triotisnii
uk,
in
and
pa-
EI
Hefsingtori, Kan., Jan. 4.—Perry
Yawger, a farmer who lived near Me-
Cracken, was shot in the back of the
head and killed and his wife was
bound and attacked when they reach-
ed home last night after attending a
motion picture show. A little later
i cV nk Ketly, a hired hand employed
by Yawger called up a neighbor ask-
ing him to "come at onee; something
terrible had happened." When the
neighbors arrived Kelly gave himself
up. He was taken to the Rush « ounty
Jail at La Crosse this morning.
According to the authorities Yawger
was shot from ambush as he was run-
ning his automobile into the garage.
Mrs. Yawger fled Into the house, and
in trying to get upstairs, full, breaking
her leg. The attack followed.
MeOrack/m ia greatly excited today
and there w much talk of a mob being
formed. Kelly had worked for Yawger
four years.
Serious Collision In Canada.
(Associated Press Dispatch.)
Montreal. Jan. 4.—Six persons were
killed and sixteen injured in ft fllia-
ion at Dorval station, on tha Canfdian
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