" 1 - -v-v- l:" ,;--- V: r - N-.;."' ' '-I- ; - -- - v? vv v-.;ov; C -rr-v-x.:, . - ; - -S- '
g,xxiv.. Np. 9-' :;y vy. y .y,.: r, 'Vrrice FiVEXENn t ! '
AFFAIRS TO NET;; f - lljBlRllIDiW- RELEASE-CERTAIN i -, i
run i.iiimiiii iiiiu ai 1 m, tii iii-mi.mil ll ji i- uulv i tin ivii m. m vijiiiii linn 1111
i l uuiiuii iuiiu i ,x - .. v .iiiviii lui iiui ill u t ui ' inn .11 in uiu i v xr ism i i : niini nun tfin l
Application of the Order Not
So Drastic as Was Fiwt .
Believed-
FURTHER EXEMPTIONS
ARE TO BE EX PECTED
Df, Garfield Bends" Energies
to Working Out Plans
Along the Seaboard v
Pay Employes x
.Tan 19. Althmieli
IV H SI I 111 Ck r vmmrnm ' ' 1 -
much of the confusion attending the
enforcement of the Fuel Adminlstra
Vtion's five day closing order contin;
pd today, it was evident that Its ap
plication would be far. less
than first believed. ; .
drastic
... -..j
' A list of interpretations In speci-
fir raj? ps which probably will be giv-
v general application, was belng'pre
nared by fuel omciais irom wnicn min
or exemptions may result to 'supple
ment special rulings made yesterday.
in addition it was announced that
State Fuel Administrators may be, ex-
nected to make further exemptions itt
tie case or iooa proaucing pianis anc
related industries. ' .- i
Racked bv vitioroua defense of Pres
ident Wilson who yesterday gave his
full support to the closing order as
imperative to release coal to move
supplies to the -American army and
the Allies, Dr. Garfield; t. -day gave his
attention to the - situation "at Atlan
tic ports. Fuel Administration-agent3
have been sent to seaboaid points and
will remain there until all ships: held
up are bunkered. .J . ',r ; t - - -. -
On instructions :froih Director ,Gen
eral McAdoo to cooperate.- with the
Fuel Administiioillrdffleials
set about directing qclphrpm1enta to
the preferred, class Of ihippinglnfer;
ests, househodlers, hospals. public
utilities and others whom the-orar
does not affect. Suggestions that a
railroad embargo be placed on 1 ship
ment of goods from factories shut
down was overruled byjthe Director
General.
Jew violations .have been .noted, by
fuel officials and these it .was believ
ed, were due to misunderstandings. In
some cases even State -fuel adminis
trators have not understood the or
der. .- " :
The government's desire that plants
affected by the order pay their em
ployes wages during the closed per
iod was emphasized today -in-jthe Jol
lowing telegram to State Admihistra
tors figned by Dr. Garfield: ; .
win you kindly give public ex
pression of my appreciation of the
public spirited and patriotic action of
employers in the State who may de
termine to pay the wages 'of their
employes during the suspension .pe
riod specified in the. . regulation- of
January 17. They are bearinr their
share of the sacrifice which we-are
all called upon t ekamoto h 'tlipr
ail called upon to make to the com
mon good."'
BOLSHEVIKI LOST
IN FIRST VOTE
Petrograd, Friday, Jan. 18. The
'ong delayed Constituent Assembly
as opened today. On the first test
of strength of the Bolshevik! were -debated
by the Social' Revolutionists.
Tchernoff, Minister of Agriculture
in the Kerensky government and the
nominee of the Social Revolutionises
f the right, for chairman of. the As
sembly, was elected by a vote of 244
to 151. The candidate of the Bolshev
tti was Maria Spiridonovo, long a
Prominent revolutionist, who was re
Jeased from exile in Siberia, after the
overthrow of theRomanoffs; '' -The
opening of the Assembly was
st for noon, but a controversy over
registration caused delay' until 4
clock. Slightly more than 400 mem
oers were in their seats. Of those
Jae Bolsheviki and the Social Revolu
tionists of the left who are working
together, have about' 150 ;votes and
joe Social Revolutionists Of the" cen
ler right the remainder.! .
FUNERAL OF JOHN I ?
' E. RAY HELD TODAY
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 19: The'furier-
- of Supt. John E. Ray, of the State
S01 for the Bllnd, who died hrs
friSJenly Tnursday night, will be held
om the First Baptist cMrch this aft
ernoon. " , 1
urLIrRay's death while no-great sur
conJv those familiar with his health
to ti 8 nevertheless was a shock
the entire city. and; State, as V he
edilo COltsidered one of the "foremost
ti,t T0rs &nd members, of the Dap
retir nomination in State, .He
tttnai Jhursday night ; apparently i: in
MrT ft ealth- ter . in ithe night,
and , 7 heard his flabored breathing,
had "poa iavesUgatlon found tha he
Sff0iread7 Pired; .He' had been: a
."wer for anm 'tlma f rrtm 'hlerh
for some "t!mA from - - ieh
Pressure , and other infirmities.
1
: CoL 'Edgarj Jadwln, cpjnmaderV - of
one of the" engineer f ejgiments "in
Prance, -who taces xepriniand'oroni
demnation f orgettinghis command
equipped and .across the. sea, . without"
waiting- on;the J countless formalities
pf . the war department. .:- The record
made by GoljJadwihfiBr; having ' his
men speedily ,feady. for, servjqe is tJe
subject of widespread ' conrment -7 in
army circles.'
tentiGnto$&tidxrdf "
ReguIJLtioni '
'Men" whoeTrS3tped-ndTet'tIi
seiecuye seyjee .. act, ana wno aesire
iu iiiiuieuiiiLtJiy enusi m ; in unitei
States Army, may .do so within cer
tain restrictions. The regular armr
units are in need of recruits now, be
fore the next call conies under the
selective service acC end the offlcr
in charge of the recruiting station
for ''this district calls attention to the
following flection' of the regulatons:
"Any registrant, not . an alien enc;
my. whose order number is so low
mat ne is not wunm tiie curren: quo
ta of his local board, may be induct-.
ed immediately into miliary - cervice1
on -biar own written request by com
plying with the . following require
nients: (a) If he is class II, III, or
IV, he shall file with his local board
a Waiver of all claims' of deferred
classification, (b) If he is Class IV,
on the ground of dependency, he must
accompany ' his application nd waiv
er with a waiver from those in be
half of whom he was so : placed in
Class jV. No waiver from children
or'persons non compos mentis shall be
recognized by a local boajdJ "
t. "Upon .receipt of such application
and "waiver, "the" Ideal board shall , ex
amine him physically and, "If he is
found qualified for military "service,
shall immediately induct . him into
such; service by jssuing,; in respect of
him,-the: usual orders pt induction in
to" military service, '. specifying the
aaie . aesirea Dy mm . dub not. ifF
than seven days after the' date of
application) for induction 'into "mili
tary service The local board ! shall
thereupon -send him in the usual manner-
to the nearest mobilization Ica'mp
for assignment to duty, but not isv or
With any part- Of ithe current , quota
of such local ; board-
. ''Nothing -in thisi'section ''shall be
construed as? authorizinsr ariy . local
board to send less than the total quo
ta called for from the 4ocal ' board ! com
posed entirely of registrants whosejn
duction into" military service wasnot
advanced under the provisions of this
esction. Credits for such registrants
eo "inducted 'into ', military service out
of their order will; be allowed to -local
boards oh" tiie quota called , fprnext
after theirnduction into military ser-vice..-;
' : ' !.'--v.
TROTZKY PROTESTS V
AGAINST REPORTS
J
X Petrograd,!vJan. 19.-Via
London
British Admirality . per
Wireless
Tress). M. -Troteky, the f Bolsheviki
Foreign Minister, has &enti an ener
getic : protest against - the distortion
or the minutes . of the .Brest-Litovsk
peace conference, especially .the -misrepresentation
of the i Russiandeclar
ations ' ihade, in the German official
statements, whieh he says are intend
ed not to be informative; but id mis
lead the German public. ' v,
Trotzky calls attention to point sev
en,; in the negotiations; 1 which reads:
-' "Our - government thas witttep : at
the 1 heads of its program the wdrd
t thA feamifl mm' has un-
dettaken lie 'obligation to ..sign . J
, -He says that only, the- flrst.halfof
the "phrase liscited-inhe German reports.--
. -;vJ--';----'
REGISTRANTS MAY BE:
ENLISTED. IN SEH
One Hundrect and Eleventh
Birth Anmversary of Me
- , . -.,-r - .,.. , . r j K. '
Suitably Observed
NOTABLE CELEBRATION
HELD ATCAT.IP LEE
Pennsylvania Trpog - Joined
4
State of Virginia in; Pay?
Respect ta Memory of
--VjS- H(,U jf'jJ -
Confederate Leader
Petersburg, - Va., -f Jaff; id.-B6tb5the
Blue and Gray- united tdday-tn talD
ing part in celebrating the lonelhuh-
dred and : eleventh anniversary or the
Dirtn or ; uenertu Kooert r-Liee, the
Virginia' State Senate and Represent
tatives rof the House of Relegates
Joining the : Pennsylvania soldiers ?of
the. 319th Infantry - jn the eercUesV.at
Camp Liee; having accepted thelhvi-
tation of Colonel vFrann - 8.1 Cocheu,
the commanding officer, -to-bjL;res
i1he;i Senate; accepting .63nTlt.
t!6n, commended the ; desire oh the
part of the 319th Infantry to ?wlpe
out in time of national stress? .sec
tional feeling and to show admiration
for the great Southern soldier.?. ,
Ldeut. ; Barrett i O'Hara,4 former
Lieutenant - Qovernor of -Illinois; -for
mer Goverhor -'William - Hodges " Mann,
who . fought , under Iee in the defense
of Petersburg,4 and' Brigadier- General
Lloyd 3f. Britt, who., sncceeded Gen
eral Conkhite, in' command .at -Camp
Lee, were the chief orators of the
occasion.: ' .
'Exercise In Charletton. '
-f-CharlestoiCSC JanTf 19.-Leea
birthday will1? celebrated fierev this
evening - with exercises under the
auspices : 6f the Daughters of the
Confederacy, -with Confederate Vet
raxL, camps as special Quests, and
also Charles Edward. Russell and
members of the French nobility tour
'ng the South; -Marquis and Marquise
de Polignac and ' Marquis and Mar
Auise de Courtviron. The Rev. Mel
toh Clark, of Charleston, will deliver
rthe annual address. A (holiday is
being observed by Jbanks, county and
city offices and the cotton exchange.
COAST URE-
ELECTS NTAVTREASURER
Mr. John T. Reid Chosen Suc
cessor to the Late Janies
F. Post
Mr. John T. Reid, of Norfolk, Va
well and favorably known here to a
targe ho.st oi friends, vlil sucCcod tt
late Mr. James F. Post as secretary
nnd treasurer of the Atlantic Coast
Line Company. He was elected to
that -position at a meeting - of the
Board of Directors of the company
of the company- held in New York
fst Thursday, announcement of his
election will be made , by President
John R. Kenly in the next day or two.
Mr. Reid is about 60 years old and
is a railroad man of large experience.
He entered the service of the old
Norfolk and Carolina Railroad when
rml a boy, and has' been in railroad
.work ever since. He has. made fre
quent visits to Wilmington, since the
consolidation of the N. and C. with
the A. C. L. In a short time he ex
pects to remove his family to "the
Mr. W. C.'Yarborough will be assis
tant" treasurer. Mr. Yarborough has
been cashier of the company for many
years and ":his -efficient service -f has
commended' him for promotion.
: Among those of the local office Who
attended the New - York meeting are
the following: President John R. Ien-
Jy, Vice President Lyman Delano, Gen
eral .Counsel , ueorge u. isniott, :ana
Mr. Donald -MacRae. All except Mr.
MacRae have Returned ' to t the city.
REPORT ON COTTON, , ;
SEED AND PRODUCTS
Washington, Jan. 10. Cotton seed
received at mills in the five months
ending December 31, tha Census Bu
reau today reported, amounted to 3,
1T2,252 ; tons, crushed f 2,117,187, and
on hand December 31, 1,088,992.
c Cotton seed "producta' produced dur
ing the, five inonthsand
cember(31,t:werery""--.. -
I Crude - oil - produced, u 636,217,36d
pounds ; on hand, 170,406,88.' f
Refined oil 4l7,36t,367 and 158,755,-
PP
2 pounds. ' -. . ..' . "
CakeV and meal -1,01?,987 and ? 88,-
493;tonsw'. - ' ' ' rmx
rJLiintors.534,837And248,738'batesf&
. Hull " flbre4 .104,905 and 6,443 , bale.
Hi
Major 3$ ricent shares with Ma
Jjor;3aU-ihe fiistincuonv bt; creating
the Iamoua',JL4berty : Motor ithat is ex
pected . to" rota;i ; important . factor
la winning the . war: for :,uncle Sam..
Before 1 entering 'th'6 ' National' Ser
vice Major ".Vincent was. vice-president
of the PactardMotor "Car;3o. of De?
troiiL-iiis npme isin;:iJetrpjt. c
i-THrfnifT'nMT
nmuouiiu
Enough' Coal Expected in the
Neil Few Days to Sup
ply All Ships
TONE OF TELEGRAMS
" tllRELY DIinEEr
Protests Chanced to Approval
or Expressions W:
n.T
ness Theatres tof HaSe
I Another Day
Washington, v Jan.. lg.Reports to
the Fuel Adminis tration today snowed
transportation . congestion throughout
the)" East ; being cleared, and- bunker
coal being f unloaded in ' increasingly
large"' quantities.
Few: empty, cars however,- have be-
eun ; to -l move back yet . to the 1 coal
mines. ' , ' ' " : ;,
"Enough bunker coal .will: reach the
docks within the next; 3 or v -days,
it -was ' saia to- suddIv all "shios'now
awaiting v fuel Fuel 7 Administration
officials predicted it' would be; at least
a week bef ot'ecoaiv mines' began to re-
ceve empty cars necessary; to keep
production ; at a maximum.'-"
. : It 'was made clear today :that Indus
tries producing materials in which mu
nition plants .'are dependent are ex
cepted; from provisions of the closing
order." :" ' . . 11
The ; Fuel ;Admmistration r today . rul
ed that" lumber producing concerns
working on orders for the Emergency
Fleet Corporation vand-fOTthealrcaft
production, board raleexempt'-v -
FuelAmmlstron
the tone of -telegrams coming wasen
tifely different ' from thpset of ! yter
day and tnat most of them either - ap
proved- the government's action, or ex-f
pressed? willingness to. co-operate
.- It was definitely ruled tdday ; ; that
all laundries aree-empt f rpcthsl
closing ' order on Mondays as well as
during the five day closing ; period-
Theatres will be permitted; to close
s6me other day. than Mondays-fr-pr6b-ably
Tuesdays under aSdecitilOn'. to
ftay by the Fuel "Administratipn.". ;The
day wilL be announced ..later, v
" Postmasters' Salarjea, -;
.WashVgtc9he
trplloftheeBua
day tha0thV regulapr
Vancihg postofflcers-Hor W
is not asepted, py tue . order Lsuspena
ing ior the' duration of the war, alj at
RHJESUN
ary increases ofipbstmasters. Ghahg-jary
esof . classificatiopOPPstofflceb
ed i on receipts Jforthe. xohrojiarters
endthg ': December 31, 1917, 1 will be
loaded publid " about? May ?15. rA
The Ruiilan De&g&tes Are
, Reported Returning to
TfeeVCdpial
i . -
ASSEMBLY BEGINS
ITS DELIBERATIONS
V x
1
1 1 o Great v Demonstration At
V i Opening - Relations
7 With. Rumania
Vx-
Critical
t
; WIth the : peace -T negotiations at
Brest-Litovsk agaixrl broken off tem
.-..7-- .. ; r F-v ; .-
porarily the Jlnssiatf! Constituent As-
semfcly has opened its "session in Pe
brosrad. -.The iBollhe-ftlk goVernnient
atticd by members of the Constitu
te 1 Democratic", party who, with a
majority of r tht Seoeial - revolutionists,
form; the opposition, to 1 the 'folioyers
of Premier Leprae. Demand 1 that the
Assembly , approve Bolshevik peace
terms and land laws' Was made in the
ppening;;. declraationv cf 'Temporary
Chalman SyerdloJl,r r?presentins the
Congress of Vlorkmen'o. and Soldiers
Delegates. Demonstrations " ngainst
Bolsheviki efforts' tocontrol the' As
sembly were, not. .-? s large t as ; expect
ed, althottffh'nve Sfr'iroiiS ereWea
when they fired- 5a a "group of pacad-
Aaother halt in v the FaissoG emau
peacd: pourparlers is rerortea via ia.
news dispatch received ; in. - Lcndon
from Petrograd. srhich -tzs 3 :t: t-Jthe
l Russian: delegates 'are jret"-i -z tp
theirs. capitaW .Titft iaerin&TT, zl:-
iea at - Brest4iitovk arer said "to he rear-
deavorlng .totforce vthe JEttssians.:: to
break; o&k ttfe negotiations ??fihally : on
aminor poiht so 1 assto- cast the blame
on ?thev Russians.: "
T Relations between the1 Bolsheviki
and-' Rumania' ? are at i the breaking
point. ' The' ninth i Russian army has
demanded . Qiat the . Rumanian army
on, , two hours notice permit the Rus
sians free passage through. . Jassy.
King Ferdinand whose arrest , has
been ordered by Premier Len&e, ' Is
reported to be under the. protection of
the Entente 'Allies. n - ; :
In.ItaJy as; in France , the fighting
fronts have settled down to .theusual
winter routine of raids and artillery
duels at various v points; There has
bewrtno break in the monotony- on
the. Western frpntithe- British portion
or .wnicn is . now a- sea or mua, tne
snow! having disaDoeared. .
British laboring menthaye beentold
by Premier Iiloyd-George that: the he
man-power : bill is urgeht and; that
Great? Britain ,must either go on or
goi under. . - ; -
He praised , the war aims of ; Presi
dent Wilson and declared he : wanted
to be informed; if any. -man: could And"
an honorable' and . equitable way out
of . the war .without .. fighting through
to victory over Xlerman s militarism.
The Premier said4 he : was Willing to
appeal to the country on the army is-
EOF
IS
This Price to North Carolina
.." Farmers is F. O. B. Wil-
inington . , .
: Washington, j. Jan. "19.tA price of
$75.50 a-ton f . ' o., b. seaboard for the
hitrate for-' .fertiliser Which- the JBe-"
partment "of Agriculture 'has . purchas
ed . in Chile fbrNsale to American farm
ers . at cost, " was announced by SeC;
retary ; Houston. V' Tnearmers iinust
pay ! thefrehtar;m
and: the Statetag fees ad payments
.mustbVinJci: 4;;vvi
Ships' carrying ! the ; nitrate ; will .be
directed to the most convenient points
inciudmg Korf oik. Savannah,-Wilmington.
N. C, and Charleston; theSecre
tary said, and "the nitrate; will be han
dled1 at seabrdb:resenteUT
who will serve withtmt 'cpmpejfisatloni
In-the Jaradng distHcts county ;agehfs
assisted by local business menv chos
en by theitC handler the shipments
and ;in4the ;. unties -here there, are
more - localv bwinesjlmailCai
pbbited; r Farmers ;wlU "be-v;requiredv
file their applications With Hhe agents
ill-. -. t IVhto.
or: committees not later thap. Febru
47-' At - the same tme theyi must
deposit ' the smpney covering the !cost
of the nitrate - they wlshVwith; the "Lo
cal bank assdeiation or" Individual to
1 be designated by-; the Ipartmeati .
PRIC
NITRATE
PUT AT
75.50 PER TON
1 3
1 "
'-V
...;.
ti
lii
W. Cameron Fojebes,rbrmer (Jover-
nor-General of thfe Philippines was se
lected President of the Navy League
to succeed Colonel '. Robtr M. Thomp
son. ' ! t. . .
A: Slow But SImproye-
ment WwfNoljigti
MONDAY LLMARK
A FURTHER CESSATION
Office BuUdings WiU Be De-
serted, and Holiday Rules
y .
..... r,.
New." York, Janl9j.-rWhile indus
trial New York' aainv-banked its i fires
today,' slow but steady improvement
in : the' coal . and itianspbrtatio.'i- situ-ationwasiapai-es.!
'""
. Recording to iu Hr Smith, Assistant
Director General V Of ; Railroads, . en
couraging7 progress has been made in
the last 24 hourstoward j-elieyiag
the-Vast ' congestion ; pf freight, at
dO, railroad ternalaiV and sidings ;
movements of bothr anthracite and bi
tuminous , coalto an; from' tidewater
are mpre f requent. .and - an increasing
huniber y of : ships jat this1 and v other
nearby ports havepbejaled:
i The : second day of the;' five-day period-;
6f shspenkipf pvptustryi : found
between' 38,000 anp" v0,o6o concerns ; in
he" metropolitan fdtrict closed, and
from .800,000 to 50,00. workers
idle, according : taXestmiitesby. vari
6usorganizati6nsJ , ;
- Today United States" maihals , and
the yfpplice. aided the aamlnistritors
tn detectmgyiplapra; ot the rules and
warnings were issued tiat '.j prompt
prosecution would' fOllbw : all aires s.
bfflceulldingigenially operated
today, - but" : heat- Iwasjceduced to V a
minimum and. elevator service greatly
curtailed. :- k':''-yj' .-.-
In tfie skcraeriictymany
buildings: will be ,virtUaJlyVd"esertedv.on
KMphdayThe4Woplwo'ath Building
thaayanea!t wilixbe . furnished
onfy . to; Statp iahdcayices: K
s!Ueyand; supw4ys.ervlce has
been i cilt f down . eoflftiderahf v: X and
down considerably, 'A and
raUroadsanhpuncd that on the Mon
day5 holidays y thehJtraJbast would - be
operated onSunday achedules.
- Some distress has :bVen Veported n
theEatSide; ahd:empfoyment bu
reaus throughout ecity2 have, been
6 wamped by Vorters,' especially ;wom
en;I andgirls t'ahxipusfp'jobtaia work
totide VthemoveR hott-
!&$Uh$$&h :ym !:? ' .
Labor officiaii repprtjatprbbably
'K'ptliLfpiKiBtB in. the
cityiwlill6se their Vpiiyji during the
idIe;ri6dy!p-i & iMl
Many; mrge . esitabUfthments.: hare
evolved si'piaaf. toakup. forthe
te-lpstVby wor)rtpver." time ; on
the ' regnlar workIng. detVas a : means
UahAssdciatipiy , thelSalyation Array
RBddrejd ar4xa
steps .to, help working girls threaetned
wit naesuxuupn t ny. tc9?Kier.
In
AGAIN BililSs
orreaucmg narosmpjupon;
plowsUThe loungJttian:; Chris-
Only Those NecessjforTr 7
WfflEiTc!l
Over and Coninsya !
DIRECTOR GENEtoUSf B
BEFORE CORfeirTTL
Mr. McAdoo
Gov
ernment's
uiue Aoaas now
CT?:-
1 .-V.' .i i
Washnigtpn, J Jan? : ODirecji
General- McAdoo wl'i'snnimqdt-' X 2 ?.
fore the Senate XKleiornmPTb
Committee today to plaihvphe 1( f
eration of government administration li
of railroads.;- r .-.;&i?W'-?V v
Mr. McAdoo .. said;th(:' certain: so . ' i'i
called '. short line) railroads would i ba .
released fbm government -pperatio-5 j
as soonas'v investigations nbwilmder i f
way determihedjt was aotjnssaryi;;ji
explains
in explamingUhp .pmippaes'of ::Xti ;
administration's railroad legislalion, ' i
Mr. McAdoti said h ,.ajSiV,opps 3 !
to keep eontrpl ,f
lines .'nor- have the eovernmenfcrior-. ; ' l
"As- far as I can; see after)thG3 -
weeks preliminary investigatIoiLM. sail i
Mr. McAdoo, "I donrtwcentemplatc!i
takine ' OVP.r arnr.TOsids. nt '.irMitaes-n
for the goyeromeht ;war .purpose sr '
and if some, interests iiiecessarilyyg'.1
hurt by it, they will have to-stand It." r
L Director :McAditafflrTir1f.;,.snfi--1
ueyeippAtnat ppemionsIacanals: w: - f
necessary .they might be taken -ovc .. '
He added - that operation- will also : t : . .
extended .. to inland waterways, h - ? ' ,
JJlrector McAdoo was told br f .-
n Ifnefti-f eared an&mptcylfthavi"'
eminent- took' cpntrpl jot; the 4a:
trurr lines ;and: Uiatthefgovernmt- -shouhlvtake
over all :; railroadsVlar r ;
or smaiL 'h:'0-fi-'-' ,
y "I can't tell yet.'McAdotf jiplfe 1
"what will . be essentials forithe.r pur i "
poses' of the- war. The ; treasury, al 1
ready over-burdened, can't, becalled ; ; '
upon to reimburse for real, imaginary t
or indirect injury. I don't think1 the- :
government should- draft'lntp fts ser
vice a needless railroad - anymore
than it should draft a cripple into tt 3
military service. ;?;;; 'i
'VThere is no intention io?ooitiiy
injustice to the short lines..' They iwill
be -helped as far as ; possible 'consist- 1
ent with the needs of the nation ' !
l-Chairman Smith suggested that the
snort lines are in a-difficult, situation
because of the sudden 'transition of
the transportation sv stemfi : fritwri,! s
competitive to. a controlled Vbasis.
"It seems tome'''McAdop.repU: 1,
" that the short lines are v hblleri-,t
f before they're hit The,billi ought i ts
provide compensation i H for raJJrec i :
only that are really used and' injured."
"Do you consioer-these: shbrt llntr
are part of the . continental system ?" .
asked Senator, Smith. : - 7-
"I would consider them. soJIr.
McAdoo Replied, N "if they forma part
of the system utilized for. War - neces
sities. I have assumed that the I .
will not deal specifically,: with 6ue s
tions as tovwhat should or should hot
be taken over , by the 'governmeht; tin
der the President's. -- proclamatic ...
That has got to be-determined aft
an investigation. My oWn opinion i r
that it is the ; duty of the Directc r-
General, as, quickly, as v'posslble.t t?
determine what railroads : orparts c z
railroads are needed j by -the " geverr
ment and, to notify the-carriers: Vrt:
fis now in proress j -' ' 4 V ; '
"As to - railroads taken ' over, ;. cc
pensation is provided ' under.;the la
we are going to pass.' . As to -the
putside it seems to me any injury :
a matter for the courts to detenn'.
I don't believe the law should-require
compensatiohH to railroad 3
"whether the - government needsr ihezx
or not. .-'- : "-:r -s,.' i
"There is no disposition to " rip
anybody up the back. It's :the gov- -ernment's
, desire to treatsmallr :as' i
well as' big roads " as 'equitably .as .is
possible, as far as is compatible ;with
' public .use. and interest.' All tt
Unes excluded from government ccn
troL ought, to be' kept goingi encour
aged and 2 treated -byjthei government
with utmost fairness !.and; : considera
tion."' v'; '- ' v . - v t-:.:-.'i
' -"-' ' r - - ''-'l '". p.
LOW "EEMPERATURES k
Sifor'nextoweet:
Wangfon;rJan-"19.-npw or raia
.over.tne Northern," and rain over tb3
Southerndistricts Sunday, except is
theEastGulf vStatesv was forecart
todayfprtheSouth 'Atlantic, ar I
rgain : about -the ; middle . o f the ' wee" .
to be followed by fair weather ther
after, js indicated. , . Itwill, be spn
what warmer,- Sunday in the South , A 1 -lantic;
States and colder Sunday nis'
generally.. 5 remperaturespeiow no:
mal will prevail generally during C
week.
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