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mSmmm yr 9 tTm i gasaaesagtefc rjn ik fefSS 3r 5sJfcV3 Wli Wgr 5T5 HARD FIRING ON HEUSE 1 Germans Shell Verdun Front and Attack at Hill 304 FRENCH REPULSE RAIDERS Hals Also Reports Strong Artillery Activity by the Enemy ip Inlanders One Assault Defeated British Tvosses of Last Week 18998 Show a Big Increase In Casualties SAYS HE SA DEST YER Amsterdam Jan 7 Emperor Willr lam has conferred the order pour le merite on a submarine commander Kophamel on his re turn from a cruise to the iCape Verde Islands Durlrigrthis cruise Kophamel asserts he sank an American destroyer and fourteen merchantmen most of them bound from the United States for Italy or France He is said to have brought batik 22 tons of copper as booty It is about 5000 miles from the Belgian coast to the Cape Verde Islands and return By the Associated Press Paris Jan 7 Heavy artillery fire occurred during last night near Bezon vaux and Chambrettes northeast of Verdun the war office announced today A German raid on French trenches north of HJll 304 on the opposite bank of the Meuse was repulsed The text of the statement reads In the Champagne our own and the enemys artillery was active in the region of Mont Haut On the left bank of the Meuse our troops repulsed an attempted German raid upon our trenches north of Hill 304 On the right bank the artillery fighting attained keen intensity during the course of the night in the region of Sonvaux and Chambrettes In thej Sector north of St Mihiel a French pa I trol took prisoners Nothing else of imr 1 jjul lauuv UUv IdCC LI LUC icuiautuci of the front During the day of January 5 four Herman airplanes were brought down by our pilots and a fifth by our special guns Berlin Reports Bombardments Berlin via London Jan 7 British Admiralty per Wireless Press The official statement from great headquarters describes heavy artillery fighting In Flanders and France but infantry operations were of a minor nature The text of the statement reads Western theater Violent artillery duels developed during the afternoon on the salient position east of Ypres and on isolated sectors between the roads leading from Arras and Peronne to Cambrai Between the Miette and the Aisne and on both sides of the Ornes and the west bank of the Moselle artillery and mine firing increased The infantry activity was limited to forefield reconnoissances Ypres Raid Repulsed London Jan 7 A raid attempted early this morning southeast of Ypres says the report from British headquar rers in France was repulsed with loss by our rjifie and machine gun Are The hostile artillery was active this afiernoon in the neighborhood of Pass chendayie There was occasional hostile artillery activity southeast of Messines Flanders says todays offlcial report British casualties reported during the i week ended today totaled 18998 The losses were divided as follows Officers killed or died of wounds 113 men 3832 Officers wounded or missing 448 men 14605 For the virtual doubling of British casualties ovei the previous week when the total was 9951 the sharp fighting just before New Years day in the vicinity of Welsh Ridge on the Cambrai front south of Marcoing may have been largely responsible It is possible also that belated reports on casualties in the Palestine Italian and other war theaters may have gone to swell the total considerably SOUGHT IN BOGUS CHECK SWINDLE JARD OF THANKS ARNETT I wish to express mj sincere thanks to mr mnv friends and relatives for their kind expression of srnjpatby during illness afci the laitiful rasion ARNETT floral offerines sent ifes death ANNIE W1IMEII ARNETT IN MEMORIAM PLITT In mmorv of onr beloved son and brother CHARLES PUTT who departed this life one vesr ago todav January 191T nv HIS FAMILY DIED 1 1 i BOOTH On Snndav January 0 191S at 1230 a JD CATHERINE widow of Joseph Hooth 1 uneral from the residence of her daughter Mrs Mamie Reatny 25 Pennsylvania avenue southeast Tuesday January 8 at 830 a Requiem mass at St Teters Church st 9 oclock Relatives and friends invited Interment at Mount Olivet Cemetery EGERTON On Saturday January 5 1918 at the United States Naval Hospital Philadelphia Pa of illness contracted in line of duty in France Chief Electrician GEORGE EGERTON eldest son of firaham and Julia Ejerton in the twenty eighth year of bis aee Funeral from the chapel of Sjreare Company 120S II street northwest Tuesday January 8 at 11 a Interment at Arlington National Cemetery Friends invited FOX Suddenly on Saturday morninjr January 1918 at his residence 1100 Thirteenth street nortnwest utuniiti Deiovea iainer if Ida Fox uneral Tuesday January at 2 Friends invited HARTNETT Suddenly on Sunday January 6 1818 at his residence 13 street northwest JOHN beloved husband of the late Mary A Hartnetf Funeral from Zurborsts parlors Tuesday January 8 1918 at SrSO a ni thence to St Tatrlcks Church where requiem mass will be sudji for the repose of his soul at 0 a Interment private at Mount Olfret Cemetery ro ELLEN beloved wife of George Hayhoe Funeral from her late residence S520 Eleventh street northwest on Tuesday Jan uary 8 at 2 ra Relatives and friends invited Interment private at Rock Creek Cemetery KANE On Monday January 7 1018 at Walter Reed Hospital CAPT DANIEL HIGBEE KANE quartermaster reserve corps bus band of Beryl Keith Kane and son of late Admiral Theodore Kane Burial at Marion Mass KEARNEY Oh Friday December 21 1917 at Denver Colo JOSEPH LAWRENCE son of Mr and Mrs A Kearney He Is survived by a brother Kearney and a sister Mrs Oaffney Funeral from George Wises undertaking establishment Tuesday January at 830 a in tbonce to Holy Trinity Church for requiem mass at 9 octock FUNERAL DIRECTORS GEORGE ZURHORSTS SONS INC CHARLES 501 EAST CAriTOL STREET Lincoln Si 2 GEORGE SPEARE CO Established 1872 pbi 1 uua i Street JN Almus Speare Phones Clyde Nichols Main Willis Speare l0S and if 80 NEVIUS 026 NEW YORK AVENUE THONE MAIN 2606 THOS HINDLE Vndertaker and Erabalmer Cremation arranged Fifth and its nw Phone Main 537 WILLIAM LEES SONS FMNCKAL DIRECTORS Anto livery and livery Commodious chapel and crematorium Modest prices 332 Pa aye iiw Telephone Main 1385 JOSEPH GAWLERS SONS 7 lihon Main 5512 3313 173CK32 PA AVENUE ESTABLISHCD 1SSO LADY ASSISTANT CHAPEL FRANK GEIERS SONS CO 1113 SEVENTH ST NW Modern Chapel Telephone Call North 520 VL Speare Company 940 St Harry Slye Mgr Phone Main 6203 THOS SERGEON 1011 SeTenth tt nw Telephone Main 1080 WM SARDO CO EBN CHAFK1 413 8T NE AUTOMOBILE FUNERALS rnone unc 024 FUNERAL DESIGNS FUNERAI DESIGNS Of Every Description Moderately Priced 1214 STREET PHONES 4278 4272 Sergt Horace Payne Wanted by Police Here and in Baltimore Washington and Baltimore authorities are searching for a man with the assumed name of Sergt Horace Payne who is alleged to have depos ited a worthless check for 1300 at the Baltimore Trust Company yesterday morning and later drew three checks totaling 105 against it The deposited check is drawn on the National Bank of San Diego Cal According to the Baltimore police Payne claims to be a member of the base hospital at Camp Meade Md which according to them is false When at the Baltimore Trust Company offices the man wore an army officers overcoat cap and leather leggings and carried a suitcase The Baltimore police say that Payne also is known as Maison and is wanted in San Diego for passing worthless checks there in 1916 SMALL SONS Florists Corner 15th and WAsmvOTnv tuldorf Astoria and 605 Madison its New Tort 1 owersLior lotterais aiipeciaity rices soodsxate FUNERAL OF EGERTON Naval Reserve Electrician Victim Pleurisy Contracted in France of 1 George Egerton chief electrician United States naval reserve force who died Saturday at the Naval Hospital in Philadelphia from pleurisy contracted while serving in France of Mr and Mrs Graham Egerton of 1773 California avenue this city The funeral was held yesterday and burial was in Arlington Egerton enlisted in the naval reserve in April He was 27 years old was born in Tennessee and for six years had lived in Memphis coming here frequently to visit his parents His father is solicitor for the Navy Department A brother Egerton also enlisted in the liaval reserves Another brother Egerton of this city and two younger sisters Misses Gertrude and Alice Egerton also survive him LAW FOR FOOD SAVING Voluntary Conservation iihjk Legislation Is Planned enemy Aliens defy HOoyEE Rationing of Nation Slay Followlf Forced Conservation Also Fails Army JTiseds Food and Allied Countries Must Be Supplied France and Italy Reduce Allowances Legislation looking to the compulsory conservation of food possibly a system of enforced rationing is being prepared Voluntary conservation has failed to produce the quantities of food desired for movement overseas Knemy aliens It hua been learned by the food administration have refused deliberately to obey the injunction to conserve food Under the proposed legislation wheat less days meatless days as well as other regulations for fdodonservatlon will be made absolutely compulsory Food Conservation Disappointing Proper basic food conservation or regulation Qt the table for their elimination whenever possible would aid In a great measure the food administration pointed out when It started its campaign Substitution has not been adopted as widely as the government has wished With the proper substitution it is believed that a fairly satisfactory quantity of these necessary foods could be supplied to the armies but now that neither conservation nor substitution has produced the required results government officials can see no other way to obtain the food except by compulsory conservation if not absolute rationing May Defer Rationing Compulsory conservation as ig now contemplated will bring the necessary quantities of foo and possibly defer the adoption of compulsory rationing of all foods indefinitely Emphatic impulse to compulsory rationing wan given yesterday in the statement of Lord Rhondda the food administrator of Great Britain who said it was demanded in his country by the announcement that France has been compelled to reduce her bread ration and by the dispatches from Italy that the supply of food to the people has been cut down so the soldiers may be better fed CAR SERVICE TO BEACH Randle Highlands Citizens Foster Plan to Extend City Lines Through car service from the Treasury to Chesapeake Beach by way of Randle Highlands is a plan fostered by the Randle Highlands Citizens Association and the outlook at present is i i was the Son I laN orauie col Arthur Randle chairman of the committee on public utilities reported to the association at its monthly meeting last night that the Capital Traction Company was not only considering extending its present line to the District boundary which would connect with a short line to the Chesapeake Beach road but predicted that the required extension would be made and cars running before next July HURLEY SUCCEEDS MADOO the Railway Director Retires From War Port Board Chairman Hurley of the shipping board was elected head of the war port board of New York yesterday succeeding Secretary McAdoo who was forced to give up the place because of the pressure of work entailed by his new office of director of railroads After the meeting of the board here Irving Bush the boards executive officer conferred with Secretary Baker and Maj Gen Black chief of engineers in regard to the shortage of ammunition around New York harbor DIED KENT On Wednesday January 2 1918 at the home of her son A Kent in Habana Cuba CARRIE widow of the Rev Alexander Kent aged seventy live years Funeral services at Habana LEE On Sunday January 191S nt her residence Myrtle Point St Marys oountv Md MART CORNELIA widow of Col JAMES FENNEIt LEE afied seventy eixbt years Requiem mass at the Cathedral in Baltimore on Wednesday January 9 at 11 a Interment private MORRIS On Sunday January 1918 at her residence 1214 street northwest LAURA widow of William Judson Morris Funeral servtces at her late residence on Tuesday January 8 at 5 oclock Interment at Lebanon Ohio N0BRIS On Sunday January 6 1918 at 1285 at her residence 496 street southwest MARY beloved wife of Norrls Funeral from St Dominics Church Tuesday January 8 at 9 a Interment in Mount Olivet Cemetery Relatives and friends invited to attend Kindly omit flowers PARKER On Saturday January 5 1918 at the residence of her son 2410 North Capitol street MARY beloved mother of Parker Funeral from her late residence Tuesday at 2 Interment at Oak Hill Cemetery Medina papers please copy PRINTZ On Sunday January 1918 CATHERINE widow of James Printz aged seventy seven years Funeral from her late residence 722 Ninth street northeast Tuesday January 8 at 2 pJ interment private ROSS On Sunday January 6 1918 MARION CLARK daughter of Samuel and Florence Ross aged four years Funeral prlrate THORPE On Monday January 7 1918 at the Masonic and Eastern Star Home BERTHA THORPE Funeral services Wednesday January 9 at 2 from the Hines Company funeral parlors 2901 Fourteenth street north west Friends invited WHITE Suddenly ou Monday January 7 1918 at his residence R21 Third street northwest CHARLES WHITE ajjed seventy four Notice of funeral hereafter Bell ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion Druggists refund money i it fails 25c To Get the Best of Service From your watch whatever the make it should be cleaned and regulated a occasional intervals With this In mind we commend to your attention oar Expert Watch Repair Department Harris Co The Jewelers 7th and Sis CHARLES WHITE YIELDS TO DEATH Bank of Washington Loses Old Official Much Respected Charles White vice president of the National Bank of Washington died at his home 621 Third street northwest at 1030 oclock yesterday morning after a few hours suffering from acute indigestion Mr White was 85 years old He was ill for only two days death coming unexpectedly Mr White came to Washington when 14 years old and engaged in the grocery business with his uncle White In 1886 he entered the Bank of Washington as note clerk which position he held until later elected cashier serving in these capacities for 30 years When the bank was merged with the Central National Bank was chosen vice president He was acting in this capacity when he died His genial nature made him popular with all classes Mr White is survived by his wife who was Miss Spangler of Hagers town Md two brothers William White of Springfield Ohio and John White of Frederick Md two sisters Mrs McBride of Boonesboro Md and Mrs Charlotte Davis of Middleton Md The funeral will be from the residence Thursday and interment private in Rock Creek Cemetery VICTOR IN BOND BUILDING CASE Life Co Obtains Reversal Authorized to Sell The Co irt of Appeals of the District yesterday afternoon through Justice Robb rendered an opinion in the case of the New York Iife Insurance Company against the Bond Building Company reversing the decision of Justice Stafford of the District Supreme Court and directing that the insurance company had a right to have the Bond building sold free from the lease of the Washing ton Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad which runs until 1923 Foreclosure proceedings were instituted by the insurance company some months ago which claimed that as it held a mortgage of 450000 upon the property which was due and unpaid it had the right to have the receiver appointed to sell the property free from leases made subsequent to the mortgage Attorney wuton Lamoert was ap pointed receiver but in the decree the lower court provide that a sale by the receiver should not affect the leasehold rights of the railway because rent had been received which it is claimed was paid under the lease after the receivership The appellate court held that a receiver under such circumstances Is an officer of the court and has a right to receive rent without prejudicing either party The decree was therefore reversed with costs Charge Judge Is Pro German Seattle Wash Jan 7 Citizens of Nome Alaska have filed charges of pro Germanium against Federal Judge Win Holscbeimer recently appointed to the Nome division according tOr wordieceiTed kert today M4 jm ts ra iJX jt IRON RULE OF GERMAN NEWSPAPERS VYsKtfSEsM CONTINUED THOU FIESTiPApEJr reinforce the FrenchiUsIifront is looked upon Tinthat form as Wuff tha spreading oCiwhichTmayC5H workexpresslOM unravoraDty aireet tn opinion xofy the German people yet the fact must not be overlooked onthe other hand hat tfiAjTInJted States wlthatb support ofjjsr capacltyfor material and industrial management is armlngritseif for war with great energy and tenacity The war preparations in Amerlcararft therefore va was intimated irfthV reichstagr at the time not at all to be made little of but must betaken seriously without on that account being made a source of worry Discussion of Troops V1S125 Peiif Barialen informs us that flye American divisions numbering 125000 men may be expected inCFrance in the autumn or 1917 It is urgently requested not to reproduce this information without jsome comment We do not wislu to underestimate the ability of America to accomplish things but must hot oh the other hand overestimate It In orderito bring a division oyer from America 75000 tons must make the trip twice Therefore frpm the mere fact of lack Mjf space the transportation of sufilCCabody of troops within cer tain nxed time limits is impossible Moreover it is impossible to train these troops properly by autumn These Sfacts which have recently been discussed In the German war news cannot be too strongly emphasized in the discussion of that French news June 9 1917 Instructions to Hide Trickery Here are some of the secretjinstrucr lions which show efforts to hide TeutonT trickery or news of serious Internal conditions The publication and discussion of the resolutions adopted in a strike meeting of the Lelpzlgfunlotts and of a telegram sent to the imperial chancellor are not permissible There is no objection to the reprinting of the manifest of the independent socialist party in case it is adversely commented2 upon 1 even without irritating sharpness rfiIn4theInterest1o ayictorlous carrytagtnraugliorthe3rarwhich Is endangeredjby every stoppage or of the press 5 which rec6mmend aatrlke orf express themselves otherwise in favor ofavstike are orbldden TJtter Janceswhlch are directed against 3 strikes areIndeed not subject Jo censorship bufc Jt is supposed thereby that they arevkept free from im moderate slrarpnes which could of Xer material for irritating the peo Reports concerning disturbances in Koenigsberg inVPrussla and con Pi cernlng a warning from the com mander of thQ First army corps which followed in the Koenigsberg jiressv axeiinpermissible Newsabotitiexcesses and unrest in Frague reiay not be published 4 JlSb discussions of the Austrian lowexfihhberrinay for the present Hje puDiisnedMmij in sucn ngnt as tbey areiehtout by the official cor respondencCrbureau Ban on Importations The printing and discussion of the speeches pn parliament held yeaterdayofthe Austrian Deputies Strahskyv 1K6rvosez and Roman cjaSteCiorbTdderi tSEJC33otteslred to discuss or evetrito meirUon the German impor TCaOoSfrom abroad especially from Holland jThe printing and discussion of the speeches in parliament held yesterdaybf ilie Austrian Deputies Stransky Koryosez Pobelko and Rom4nczalctareffprbidden rrhe publication is to be avoided btahyihTng concerning the state of hei ClOthJlhg material business and concerning the purchase of clothing material in the occupied districts as well as in Switzerland Advertisements In which dog flesh Is offered for sale are not allowed Their acceptance Is forbid denV Reports about pretended negotiations for a truce on the Russian front may neither be published nor discussed CHAMBERLINS FATE IN JURORS HANDS Dramatic Denunciation of Doctor Closes Murder Trial Goochland Va Jan The case of Dr Asa Chamberlin on trial for the murder of his brother Judge Albert Chamberlin was submitted to the jury tonight By holding a night session it had been hPed bring the trial to a conclusion The case was given to the jury at 1030 but the jury requested that it be given until tomorrow morning to consider the evidence A verdict is expected when court opens at 9 oclock The closing feature of the trial was a dramatic denunciation of Dr Chamberlin by Wendenberg special attorney for the State WOMEN WANT CLARKS AID La Guardia Seat in House Interests Mrs Wi Lne and Others A petition asking that the seat of Representative La Guardia of New York now in Europe with the aviation corps be declared vacant was presented to Speaker Clark yesterday by a delegation of women from the congressmans district jieaded by Mrs Winthron Lane The women said they wanted the district represented Speaker Clark told them MIDWEST STILL IN SNOWSTORMS GRIP Chicago Traffic Blockaded Lake Steel Mills Nearby Idle Chicago Jan 7 Twenty four hours after abatement of the unprecedented Sunday blizzard Chicagos streets were still badly impeded Traffic for the most part was confined to the paths made by street cars which made uncertain progress through canyons of snow heaped and drifted on either side By offering bonuses the city obtained 2000 laborers for the street cleaning department but although private firms lent men and cars the snow piles had not perceptibly decreased at nightfall Many an automobile stalled last night remained fast tonight as the demands for help had far outnumbered the wrecking crews available at garages and livery stables Taxicab companies confined tieir services to streets made passable by the street cars No milk trains arrived and it was a question if they did whether the wa gons would be able to make deliveries in me morning newspaper aenvenes were curtailed probably ig5 to 50 per cent and one paper abandoned an edition this afternoon because unable to distribute it to agents The weather bureau offered no relief It predicted snow flurries and a lower temperature for Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Iowa Indiana and Southern Michigan Passenger trains arrived from one to in xne nuuse opeajvei viai vom eight hours late and the schedules of Wiej cuuiu uiiiig wic eoj freight trains were obliterated Inter ing some member ask on the floor urban trains shared the common fate whether Mr La Guardia is a member ith fpw PVMntic rr ooi mills which fringe the southern end of Lake Michigan were practically idle owing to snow in the switchyards and inability of thousands of their workers to reach the plants of the House or in making a point pf no quorum ask how many members of the House there are WIT SAVED HER FROM YAQUIS American Woman Threw Self on Slain Mans Body Tucson Ariz Jan 7 Survivors of the Yaqui attack of a Southern Pacific of Mexico train south of Guaymas Wednesday when 37 passengers were killed arrived here today bringing additional details of the massacre and confirmation of reports that the Indians had carried away a number of young Mexican women The passengers reported that Mrs Juan Rene an American woman wife of a Mazatlan physician was recovering at Guaymas after her clothing had been stripped off by the bandits in an effort to obtain her jewels That Mrs Rene is alive was due to her presence of mind in throwing herself across the body of Poe a Los Angeles traveling man who was killed and feigning death They said the train was stopped near Kilometer and that Conductor Parades was bayoneted The Indians then went through the train Poe was shot as he reached for his pocketbook while asking the Indians if they wanted money An old man was slain as he pleaded for the lives of his two daughters Late comers among the Indians found little loot and vented their disappointment by firing into the bodies of dead and wounded ICE GRAVE PERIL TO SHIPS IN BAY Halts Navigation From Norfolk Barge Sunk All Aboard Saved Special to The Washington Post Norfolk Va Jan 7 Floating ice in Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads today threatened serious damages to a number of ships which have been held fast forseveral days Because of the danger to navigation no steamers left here tonight for Baltimore Washington or Richmond and the Pennsylvania and Chesapeake and Ohio railways abandoned their ferry service between this city and Cape Charles and Newport News to make connections with trains for Philadelphia New York and points West The ice is six inches deep in Hampton Roads and in York River It Is so thick a horse and wagon can be driven across The baTge Dale commanded by Capt Geater loaded with lumbejr for Philadelphia was caught In the ice in York River and sank in 30 minutes The ice quickly cut through the sims of the vessel Capt Geater his wife and the crew were rescued by a government vessel after they spent a number of hours on the Ice suffering intensely rfr onucoljL na aunsrer GETS LAUREL TRACK Also to Use Agricultural Buildings 2100 Engineers There Already Baltimore Jan 7 The War Department has taken formal possession of the race track and the agricultural exhibit buildings at Laurel Already a force of 2100 engineers is on the ground To this number 3000 will be added as soon as the necessary heat lpg plants can be installed and other improvements made Col Winn of Louisville Ky the largest owner and head of the association in control of the track signed a lease conveying the use of the track to the government during the war period The government offered an annual rental of 20000 but Col Winn declined to make any charge It is not yet certain whether he camp will interfere with the annual race meeting in October ZIONISTS PLEDGE 1150 to Washingtonians Help Movement Rejuvenate Industrial Palestine Palestine restored a regeneration of the Holy Land rich in mineral and agricultural opportunities was the subject discussed by Dr Ami of the British embassy and Ittamar ben Avi a pioneer colonist of Palestine before the Washington Zionist Circle last night Both speakers pointed out the wealth of natural resources of the Holy Land which had fallen into decay under Turkish misrule Washingtonians have been asked to raise 10000 toward the 1 000000 fund to rehabilitate Palestine and at last nights meeting 1150 was subscribed FLIERS KILLED IN FRANCE Tito Fatal Aeroplane Accidents Reported by Gen Pershing Paris Jan 7 John Stark of Athol Mass an American student at a French flying school was killed on Saturday when his machine suddenly plunged to the ground while he was flying at a height of 200 yards The American had almost completed his course of Instruction and was Just about to be transferred to the aviation service of the United States The foregoing dispatch may refer to the previously reported death of an American aviator from Athol Mass carried In an Athol dispatch on Sunday night This announced the receipt of a cablegram telling of the death by accident at an aviation school In France of Frank Starrett a former Brown University athlete whose home was in Athol The War Department yesterflay announced the death through an aero plane accident in France of two American fliers They are First Lieut William Ely killed at 315 January 2 His mother Is Mrs Helen Ely Rochester Sergt Houdek killed January 4 His sister Mrs Marie Cech lives Jin Chicago FREIGHT MOVING WEEK McAdoo Calls JUodn WationUo I Helo End Congestion TTKLOAD CARS IS HIS PLEA Jan 14 to 21 Is the Week Krutt schnitt of Southern Pacific Wants Guarantee Period Dated From July 1 1915 to Dp 31 1917 Blizzard TiesUp Freight tt affic in West The administration bill to regulate government management of railroads was subjected to its first attack yesterday at the Capitol Resolutions were introduced in tb Senate seeking to amend the section providing for indefinite continuance of government control by providing for automatic returns to private control after the war The basis of compensation on the earnings of the three years ended last June 30 was criticized ina hearing before the Senate Interstate commerce committee ry Julius Kruttschnltt chairman of the executive committee of the Southern Pacific who suggested Instead the 2 A year period between July 191 ard December 31 1917 arguing that earn ings for 191o were below normal House Hearing Today The House Interstate commerce committee will start hearings on the bill today and will hear Interstate Commerce Commissioner Anderson explain the measure The railroad administration devoted itself yesterday to clear up congestion on Eastern railroads and Mr McAdoo appealed to the people of the United States to observe next week as freight moving week Roads were instructed to report immediately the capital they need for the coming year Mr McAdoos statement to clear congestion said Appeal by McAdoo I wish to appeal to the people of the United States to observe the week beginning January 14 arid ending January 21 as Freight Moving Week and earnestly request the governors of the various States the public utilities commissioners the mayors of cities aid towns the State councils of national defense the Federal and State food and fuel administrators the chambers of commerce and other business organizations business men and shippers generally trucking companies and all railroad employes concerned to organize locally and make a supreme effort during this week to unload freight cars to remove freight from railroad stations and to clear the decks for a more efficient operation of the railroads of the country An earnest and united pull all along the line will achieve wondera in this direction Immediately after the Frefght Moving Week the new high demurrage rates ordered by the Director General will go into effect Milder Weather in East Milder weather in the East helped yesterday to send freight moving faster but a snow storm in the middle West caused a serious tie up of traffic The congestion probably will pass with the storm Before the Senate committee Mr Kruttschnitt stated emphatically that he did not believe the stockholders of the Southern Pacific would be satisfied with a return after the war such as the government might guarantee during the war no matter what period was selected He thought they would accept it as a patriotic duty during the war but afterward would want to revert to tlie management effective before the President took charge Alfred Thom general counsel for the railroads executive council urged that whatever action is taken should come quickly DEFENDS SHODDY ARMY UNIFORMS Wood Tells Senators of Warmth Yool Shortage Denied Use of reworded wool or shoddy instead of cotton for mixture in woolen cloth for the army was defended before the Senate military committee yesterday by Col John Wood of the engineers reserve corps former president of the National Association of Wool Manufacturers and Winthrop Marvin of Boston secretary of the association Both declared the new garments as warm or warmer than those made under the old specifications and insisted that the substitution was necessary to conserve the wool supply They said the shoddy order was proposed by a committee of the manufacturers association and was adopted over the opposition of Quartermaster General Shape and Charles Eisenman vice chaiiman of the defense councils supplies committee Col Wood opposed proposals that the army uniform be made heavier During the hearing the committee received a telegram from Hagen barth of Salt Lake City president of the National Wool Growers Association asserting that the wool shortage scare has been caused by interests desiring to use shoddy and that present and future raw wool supplies are ample to afford sufficient wool to make all wool army clothing The committee hopes to conclude its inquiry into the clothing situation today or tomorrow and then turn to canr tonment contract and other questions In examination of Brig Gen Littell OIL AND COAL LAND LEASE BILL PASSED Senate Vote 37 to 32 Measure Now Goes to the House The WaUh Pittman oil and coal land leasing bill was passed by the Senate late yesterday by a vote of 37 to 32 It now goes to the House The oil land leasing bill has been pending in the Senate for four years Its passage at this session was made possible by an agreement to eliminate from its provisions the naval oil reserves which was urged by the Navy Department A separate bill providing for the operation of these reserves by the government the leases of the present claimants being obtained either through condemnation proceedings or by direct purchase is being framed now and will be introduced as soon as approved by President Wilson As finally passed the bill provides for the general leasing of coal phosphate oil gas and sodium lands by the Secretary of the Interior with royalties to be paid to the government and for purchase of the lands by lessees rnder certain conditions fftaSSM 2ft WaingfonZr PIS SZP sfr v0il jsz 4 mi CL tx7i rai itsx xv wrirM zz frrTs a AN IMPORTANT SALE THROUGHOUT JANUARY UNDERGARMENTS PRICES ARE RMlRKfflLr MODERATE This is quite the most extensive sale of Undergarments we have ever held Every need or prefer ence as to materials styles and size is supplied In each assortment the materials and workmanship are the very best None but garments made In sanitary well lighted workrooms are Jierc Much of this stock was made up especially for this sale The values are really exceptional French Philippine and Domestic Lingerie Gowns Corset Covers Envelope Chemise Drawers Skirts Combinations rfSf fjKtreetCbrner3hirfari SVI TfiK rf 3 tJj HSSiiS lfo fffiF SIMS IS HURT IN FALL Representative Slips on the Ice After Leaving the Capitol SHOULDER MAY BE BROKEN ALLIES NEED BIG GUNS 25000 to Win War McCormick Informs the House PARTY COALITION HERE ALSO Chairman of Interstate Commerce Committee May Be Away From HJs Duties for Several Weeks Seven Others Seriously Injured on Ice Covered Pavements Representative Thetus Sims of Tennessee chairman of the House committee on interstate commerce was badly hurt yesterday afternoon about 5 oclock as heslipped and fell in the icy street neaithe Capitol He fell on his right side against the curb Members of the family fearthat either the shoulder or arm is broken This had not been determined last night by the family physician Representative Sims is confined to bed at his home 2139 Wyoming avenue It will probably be several weeks before he can return to his duties Seven other persons were badly injured yesterday by falling on the ice coated streets Ten persons sustained minor injuries by falling Sunday night The following were hurt yesterday Virginia Woman Hurt Miss Lillian Browning of Cast Falls Church Va a bruised head in falling in Fourteenth street northwest John Colbert of 3633 street northwest at Twelfth and streets northwest a laceration over the eye Saunders aged 70 years of 1365 Fairmont street northwest a lacerated scalp at Fourteenth and streets northwest VJeT Mrs Pearl McKay of 1007 street northwest sprained ankle and wrist at Fourteenth and streets northwest William Pollock aged 65 years of 1812 street northwest a fractured hip at Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania avenue northwest Mrs Martha Kerns aged 68 years of 1404 Pennsylvania avenue northwest received a sprained wrist and elbow on Pennsylvania avenue Refused to Give His Same A white man who refused to give his name fell on Pennsylvania Avenue and broke his wrist Many diners in the Globe restaurant 1307 street northwest and pedestrians narrowly escaped serious injury last night when the Iron plate of a manhole in street was blown oh shattering the glass front of the restaurant The cover of another manhole just 20 yards away was blown off Sunday night A coalition cabinet for the United States more cannons for the allies and increased speed alt ulong the line are heeded if vve are to win the war Representative McCormick told the House yesterday Mr McCormicks speech touched experiences on his recent trip to the British French and Italian fronts He repeatedly emphasized the need for an ail party vyar government The allies he said want at least 25000 great guns first of all then they want men and want the heartiest cooperation of all political elements in America for its effect on morale to win the war Visited Many Fronts Mr McCormickwas the first American member of Congress to go to the war zone after war was declared visiting the fronts of the French Britr Ish and Italian armies and talking with the commanding generals of the allies and ruling officials The afive into Italy he said accomplished nearly all that was expected and now Germany is assembling feret forces to move against the Frertc and British armies in the weeWwherejareaT decision must be had before America I caifTnake ready vTirreafJerman staff hje said must stiAjt9iinduce France to make peace on the score that America will not make ready in time That is Ivhy the front from the Alps to the channel has assumed a greater importance than at any time since the battle of Verdun DRAFT LAW UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT Congress Has Power to Compel Citizens to Be Soldiers The selective service act was yesterday upheld as constitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States The governments contentions that the power given Congress to declare war includes power to compel citizens to render military service both at home and abroad were sustained by the court Chief Justice White who delivered the unanimous opinion In a brief statement declared that after considering the various contentions the Conclusion had been reached that most of them were imaginary rather than real The decision resulted from the appeals of thirteen cases growing out of convictions under the selective service act five coming from New York three from Ohio four from Minnesota and one from Georgia Constitutionality of the act was made the basis for all of the appeals In holding the law constitutional the court took no action in those cases involving charges of conspiracy to prevent the carrying out of the purposes of the law These it was understood will be taken up later That question is involved in the cases of Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman Louis Kramer and Morris Becker convicted in New York EAILE0AD MEN INDUSTRIALS Fall to Be Classed as Employes Under Draft Law Baltimore Jan 7 Railroad employes who hoped to be classified as employes of the United States governmentgovernment under the draft law because of the Presidents control of the roadsr were disappointed today when advice reached the legal advisory boards through Adjt Gen Warfield informing the boards that the men come under the industrial classification EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX Stock Dividends Victory TVon In Supreme Court by CvE Hughes Stock dividends were held to rbe exempt from the income tar fn a decision of the United States Supreme Court yesterday The ruling reverses the Jde i cision of the New York court in the case of Towne ye Eisner collector In his capacity as attorney for Towne former Justice Charles EJ Hughes won nis first caseJbeforiBtW high court since leaving ititoibecomeci candidate pt her Presidency And SpeedNa Along the Line Representative Says Narrating His 6B serrations in Europe Germany Trying to End War BeforeTJnited States Can JBftctively Er I I PUBLISHERS STATE GOiPACTGHlNiS Trade Board Resumes Paper Hearings Senate Acts 7f Changes which newspaper publishers want made in contracts and trade customs for the purchase of print paper were outlined yesterdayto the Federal trade commission at the first open hearing tof obtain Information oh which to fix paper prices The commission is preparing to fix prices under an agreement with the manufacturers but before action is taken a new law may have to be put on the Federal statute books giving the commission full power over1 the paper supply While the hearing was in progress the Senate made the legislation recommended by thx joint congressional printing committee tha Unfinished business for consideration probably today The legislation is in the form of a resolution and provides that during the war the trade commission shall supervise control and regulate production and distribution of all paper and mechanical and chemical pulp in the United States and that all mills and agencies distributing such materials shall be operated on government account HENEY CONTRADICTS ARMOUR Has Not Said That Government Will Take Over PackingPlants Francis Heney investigating the high cost of living for the Federal Trade Commission made reply yesterday to Ogden Armours statement that Mr Heney used unfair methods and denied that he or any of the com missloners had said that the government would have receivers take oyer the packing plants Mr Heney added that he never had said that he Intended to prosecute the packers wm Continental HTnisfc ompany 14th agH Street member Federal Reserve System Paya3 Interest oh Commercial andSaymAccounts jbn TimeDePosita Safe Deposit Boxes VyS jpor Rentf3 anup7psl Nathah BScottPresf vftsst sft Sih wiiStrtf fe SJi 3 mKm UssiiMK sr 131 Pit Jt3.