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- - v , . . r 4 ' ' " ' - 1 - - -r- - v ' . " - - - - ...... I , - , " THE WEATHER Cloudy Tuesday, probably local sno'ws 4 the-Jhornlng, not auit eo cold; -vtedne&iay fair and "warmer. ' ' - " 'I . 1 1 ' ' ' -iJSMrgf9gi4 Y- n W H VJ Associated Press VOL. CI-KO. 101. - 1$H FORCES DOMINATE THE ANDERS HOLD KEY TO THE LA ON AREA Great' "pedge Extends Into the Prfncipal German lane of . 'Defense at Oambrai JMEBIG ANS ' AID VALUABLE Their Operations Are of, a Minor Nature But They Have Heartened the Allies -. ITALIANS HOLD THEIE OWN Baker Summarizes War Situation as the Old Year Closes Washington, Dec. 31. hat the beginning. of the New -Year finds at the battle fronts is outlin ed by Secretary Baker in hi? weekly review of milifary opera tions issued tonight by- the "War Department. In the west, "he says: the British dominate the Flanders plain with a great wedge into the principal German line of defense at Cambrai, while the French, with their own lines unbroken, hold the key to the. Laon area through the capture of Chemin des JDames. Italian Line Holding. Italy, supported by the allies, is &old ing firm while, the .enemy, after batter Ing- pi-vain for si weeks against the defendants, is busy preparing for'a re newed offensive. ' ui Lussia the review merely says the Teimans are endeavoring , to persuade tha4 ntJX-, tJSAJuSt- ist in restoring normal conditions and hat the German embassy building at 'etrograd is being made rea-etyfor oc- upancy. ' Vihije the operation of Amerlcsan roops at the front has eben confined o narrow limits, the secretary says heir presence has heartened the allies md increased faith in final victory. ' The .Weekly Summary. The rpview for the week ending Dee. 31 follows in part: , The military situation at the begin ning of the new year is as follows: "In "the west the British in the Ypres Jsalient occupy the high ground of the (Passchendaele ridge and dominate the LFlanders plain. 'Their wedge in front of Cambral, though blunt, has ripped a great gap pn the principal German line or ae- Jfense. " "The battle for Cambral proved that the German defensive positions could be broken and taken. Though full ad vantage was not .taken of the early successes gained by the British, never theless the disaster to - the German arms in this battle was the most -seri- lous since tTie Marne. -l'he French, by the capture of the VChemin des Dames, have secured thtj key to the Laon area, 'xheir "own line pf defense remains unshaken. American Aid Valuable. "Detachments of our own forces have ngaged the enemy. While their oper ations . have been confined to narrow imits, their aid has been valuable and he presence of American troops in ft he firing line, has heartened the al- ies to contii .e the struggle with in Teased faith a" final victory. "During the period under review the combat situation remained unchanged. Reports of the concentration of. hos tile troop masses in -the west continue o be -received. "As far as military operations in the 'est are concerned; no events of more Han minor importance are reported. he Germans have been busy rcgroup tp their forces. "In the Italian theatre the enemy Is ntinuing his persistent offensive op- rations in the mountain area. The Italians have hitherto held flrfn nd reaped the advantage of the sutf- ess , gained last week when thev re- aptured the valuable strategic terrain In the vicinity of the Monte Asalone. The Austro-Germans operating 'In he region of the Monte Asalone have een busy- readjusting their tactical ispositions and making further prena- ationg for a renewd offensive. Auntrlans Rely ttn Germans, "The Austro-Hungarlan general staff em to fear, that without full German upport it would not be a difficult prob- ?m for. the Italians, strongly rein rced by French and British divis ns, to turn the tables on their In ider. ' - ; -' , "We ar how entering upon the third nonth of the battle for the mastery of 'entia. since November 9th,the enemy as been held up along the Piave. during the' partst six weeks no -really cisive success -has been eained ,bv e invaders. They have batiered in'ment . -.V' : :-v.;- :;.;i.' V.'fl In agairiist the staunch resistance of ' Italians. . 'Reviewing ' the situation : it is re pealed that the first German success- s in Italy rar exceeded their most ann. ulne hopes. When they became deep- involved In the Italian campaign sr-,fai" h!1d no real broad plan i of .lnvasJ ;. i.ne j local aa vantages won by c Gertnan strategy were expand i o . day to day, as barriers, which 'n emielves ? believed would hold r . i stei-iously gave way. ' It Is evl- y Vem from the repeated transfer-of pops firsa from the Trentlno front to Continued On. Page Twoi' - - a 5 j ' 1 I -i ii , . . , : . PLAIN WHILE FRENCH Germari.Peace 'Needs. To Be Neutralized Pershing's Message to -v , - The Women of America Washington, Dec . 31.Ue'neral Perslxing today cabled to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, ohairman of the wx jnen's committer of the council of national defense,, this reply to the Christmas . message sent "by the wo men of America to the expedition ary -forces:' . : A11 ranks of 'the American ex peditionary forces unite in - heartfelt-thanks to the women of Amer ica: .for itheiT love and their .pray- era. The- patriotism -; of . our; in comparable ; -, women, : than whom there are no' 'others " more noble, shall- be onr .constant ; inspiration until the great capital ; task which has heen entrusted to us shall be accomplished. . Accept "our best wishes for the coming year and our, firm confidence in" our . final suc cess." ...i ' , - .. GET BUSY TODAY GOME TAKES Small Army of Federal Account . 1 ants Go to Work Throngh- . ont the Country PAYMENT DUE BY JUNE 15 Every UamHrried Person !arnlns As Wlll Hare to Pay. "Washington, Dec 31. The great task of gathering income tax . - and: excess profits returns will begin with the new year tomorrow. Every unmarried person earning more than 51,000 during the last year, and every married person or head of a family who made more than.. $2,- 000, must file with the internal rev enue collector of his district a report any time between tomorrow sand March 1. He will be notified before June 1 of the tax due, and payment will be due by June 15. The government expects to receive 11,201,000,000 from income taxes be fore July 1, including $666,000,000 from individuals, and $535,000,000 from cor porations. ' This . is more than one third of the $3,400,000,000 estimated receipts' under the war revenue massed- by congress at the last act ses- ision. From excess profits taxes, the gov ernment expects to realize about -$1,-220.000,000 before July 1. The rate of tax for a married man or the head of a family is 2 per cent on the amount of his net income ex ceeding 2,000, but less than $4,000, and 4 per cent on the amount of his net income above $4,000 but leas than $5,000. An unmarried person not ; tfae head of a family will pay 2 per cent on the amount of net income above $1,000 but less than $3,000, and 4 pter cent on the net income' above $3,000 but less than $5,000. An extra" levy, or surtax, in addi tion to the normal tax. is ifnposed on incomes above $5,000, so that the amount of income between $5,1)00 a-nd $7,500 is subject to a total income tax, including both normal and extra of 5 per cent; and between $7,500 and $10,000, 6 per cent. The surtax furth er increases with higher incomes, so that amounts of $1,000,000 are taxable at 65 per cent with one per cent ad ditional for each half million up -.to two million dollars. All Incomes ov er the latter; amount are taxable at 67 per cent, j . . i ' . Typical income tax levies on 'heads follows: Income of $2,500, tax is '$10; Income of $3,000, tax J is $20; income of" ?3,ouu. . i ov, income of $4,400, tax is $40; income of $4,500, tax' is $60; income of $5, 000, tax is $80.. ' , '. Unmarried persons would pay in this way: Income of, $1,500, tax Ib $10 ; ; income of $2,000 tax is $20, In come of $2,500 tax is $30; income of $3,000, tax is $40; income of ; $3,500, tax is $60;' Income of $4,000, tax t is $80; income of $4,500, tax is $100; in come of $5,000, tax is $120. . . Taxes may be paid in four install ments between now and June 15, II this arrangement Is .prefered, but the treasury will open a determined cam paign soon' to encourage persons to na thtr- in full Immediately, and a a. a i : ' 0 St Uan.tA a.i-ot rvn the advance' pay- a small rmv of accountants, espe cially trained for the work in schools conducted by district collectors for the past "two weeks, will go Into ' the field beginning- Wednesday to assist persons in filing their returns, and will travel . on pre-arranged iterer aries for a month or more. In addi tion, federal : agricultural agents, and representatives of state and county councils of national defense, have ' en listed in the campaign of, education. By this extensive campaign -of educa tion, Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper hopes . to. eliminate the chance : (Oonttnud 5 on page Four),; .. ill WHjlMIKaTON, K. Propaganda Efforts to Involve Allies in Nego tiations With Bolsheviki ' . Gaining Headway v JOINT STATEMENT LIKELY f Entente May Decide Upon Strong - Declaration Regarding v " Peace Terms GERMANY AT ROPE'S END Probably Realizes She Can Occupy No More Territory . Washington, Dec, 31. Insidious ef- forts of the Germans to involve the United States and the. entente alUes in the peice negotiations proceeding i with the Russian Bolsheviki have de- J Veloped to such a stage r that in the optaion of some officials here notice of the propaganda must be taken and a program made to neutralize it. If the British ; and French premiers are to meet , in Paris goon with the purpose of discussing advisability of receiving .and answering the propos als of Jthe Bolsheviki - to " participate in the negotiations, : as has been re ported by a leading conservative Brit ish newspaper, they will act In. ac cord with the agreement rigidly ad hered to by all the entente allies, un til the .defection of ;Russia, not to en tertain any peace proposals from the j enemy without- construing ftCh; vOt1v TvJm $lihUcx--Jxerer today itiwas said any decision from such a meeting would beT promptly laid be fore the- American state department. Germany is believed to .be prepared to offer almost any bait to an . individ ual enemy to drive a wedge into the allies and cause" its - disruption and having suceeded measureably with Russia, is trying to . get that nation to influence her late allies. Firm Statement Needed. Rumors for the past fortnight to the effect that another peace proposal was about to be launched by the cen tral powers through the Vatican or some neutral state, are believed to have their foundation . in . the adroit attempt of the German negotiations to use the -Russian delegates for . that purpose. But in either case. If there is. to be another peace, proposal through those channels or if the Rus sian negotiations are to be made the vehicle to carry forward the German designs, it 1 believed- in some quar ters here that the time is ripe for a strong and well-considered declara tion by the entente powers and Ameri ca that will effectually anticipate and counter this attack. Not From . the . President. It has been pointed out by: state department officials that President Wilson already has twice announced America's war alms in unequivocal terms. Therefore. it is assumed that If Lloyd-George and Georges Clemen ceau, after consulting the spokesmen of the allies, decide that a reply shall be made to the German proposals, it must take some other form than an address by the American chief execu tive. Since none of the entente countries has recognized the Lenine-Trotzky -regime, it will be diffioult for the Bol sheviki to convey .the invitation for a peace - discussion; but; it Is regarded as entirely possible that the German government might request the Swiss foreign office to transmit an invita tion to -America and her co-belliger-i ents. ' ' " Germany at End of Rope. General staff officers here are under stood to "attach great significance to the present attempt of the central powers to , force - the entente powers into peace negotiations. . To J their mind it is a clear indication that , the German military leaders have now acomplished all ' that they feel ; apa Me of. doing in the field. They "can hold on' for a long time yet. It Is suggested, but cannot extend : fields of occupation " without an enormous loss I of men and' time at the risk, of a ter rible defeat. Therefore , the Teuton diplomatists seem tb - realize - every thing possible from what : the German armies have done and , the Brest-Iiit-ovsk negotiations . are the first steps toward that end. . : ' r ONE NURSE s AND FIVE U. S. , l SOLDIERS. DIE IN FRANCE . Washington, Dec 31. Six deaths one that of a nurse, among members of the American expeditionary force were re ported today by General Pershing. The nurse was May Berry of Frankton, Ind. Among -the soldiers reported dead was Private Garland E. McCoy, i of Ports mouth, Va., a member Of the aero squadron. He was a victim . of pneumonia..- v : ROOF BLOWW OFF WHEN : GAS TANK EXPLODES, "' Newton. Dee. 31. At the home of.Dr Y. Long at Catawba the large tank for the acetyline lights used In the resi dence of Irv Long exploded while the doctor and 'Murphy J ones were .?hafg ing It-' The top, of the : building was completely " blown off ..and one ; window wasblown out. Dr.'Xong and Mr. Jdnes were badly cut about the face r and hands bat mot seriously injured, ' ; C.7UESbAY MORNING, FEDERAt RESERVE BOARD PLEADS FOR till I ECO MY - ) Urges the Banks of the Nation to '-Assist by Promotion of Thrift Campaigns . EAT LESS AND SAVE MORE f i Suspension of tPublic Improve r ments Urged in Order to Not v Hamper Government Washington, Dec.-'31.i A New Year's plea for wartime economy to assist the United . States in - financing itself and the allies 'was issued jtcinight by the federal preserve boajrd In the. form of a ; suggestion ; to banks j to promote thrift campaigns inf theirl communities. ,7'' -Pu'W,'reanz1B.'' says the statement, : "that it is more respectable in j such .war times as jcinf ront us ;to ba seen in old clothes than in new ones. '- . . " ' . - ' . . ; t ' ' ' - "The ' banks are -sarged to teach in thir districts the meaning and the necessity of eavingx ahdi its' relation to jthe successful financing of the war -toi till the city t -merchant and the country storekeeper that this is not thetime; to buy. and stock up, espe- cially with luxuries; f ' 3L.et , the people everywhere be en couraged . t6 consume t fewer things an4 let those be the simple and sub- stantial' things; that are necessary to health and strength. y : - ."Iet! the banks toil the people of their?, communities - and their authori ties, ,tho mayors and; governors, that this is not the time! ; for cities to be pending money ; on .public works; rather, should they ie considering the suspension; of exisiting.. work with the view of releasing mn . and material (or1, 'the use of the' gaVernmeht and so ?!, Stvt t to, compet": ( h-, the jgoyer- K!mfe-:;fxrCTeTsUvig$''jof--.;the people, thereby .weakening - the . ability of the government to place its loans. . Full as important ' goods is econ omy of credit and its! limitation as fai? as possible to essentials of the war, the' board declares. ' ; ; 'War financing ;n .the last analysis," says the statement", "means putting the government in possession of goods and services. Financing by loans meSans the sale to the government of goods on" credit. To win the war our government andthe governments with which we are associated must -have goods and services. It is of as much importance, therefore, that the gov ernment should be helped to obtain thei goods; it requires as it is that it should be helped to procure the credir at requires with which to pay for goods. . In neither respect are the American people as yet co-operating to a suf ficient degree; primarily because they have not yet been adequately impress ed iwith the paramount importance of their ico-operatlon; they : have not yet been made thoroughly -to realize the fact that the success or. failure of the war in. brief, the fate of the coun try lies .in their hands." . Banks are urged ta tell the people that by saving they serve. their coun try in these four, ways: ; , "1. They enable our t own govern ment and our allied governments to obtain the goods required with the. re quisite speed. As everybody knows time isa most, important factor at this juncture.. Coal, copper, steel and foodstuffs are cases in point. "2. : By saving goods 'not required by ithe government theyij release , cor responding quantities for export to other countries in exchange for which needed supplies may be secured. "3. By consuming goods in smaller amounts, not only are goods saved but money j saved, and the people thus put" In a position to absorb and pay for the war loans of the government out of savings. j J "4. By diminishing the! consumption of goods and by paying for govern ment bonds ; out of savings instead of from funds borrowed from the banks, both the . rapid rise of prices of goods is retarded as well as banking inflation which accelerates the rise of prices. Tt cannot have escape'd the atten tion! of the batiks that t since the. be ginning, of the war deposits have in creased at a rapid rate and that loans, discounts and investments have grown more rapidly. It is true that the fed eral reserve's ; holdings of gold : have also! increased to a point where they are larger than those of any ; ' other country, . but the percentage of the gold ' reserves against deposits "and notes has decreased.' This is a fa. millar phenomenon in time' of war and to a certain , extent perhaps .unadvoid able,v but it must nevertheless . be our constant j concern to keep- .every dan gerous tendency in -the " banking: situ ation. under' control -and particularly to retard the too rapid, expasion of bank ing credit;- as far as. this can be done without- jeopardizing the ' main-' busi ness' of the country at this ytime -the winnig of the war. RICHMOND RESERVE BANK MADE NEARLY 1,000 PER CENT GAIN i Richmond, 'Va.; Dec. 31. Announce ment tonight by Governor George J. Seay of the fifth - federal ' reserxe'dis trict that' 181T -re-discouhts; totaled $460,984,040 as compared. withT $45,689,' 957 for '1916 leads Richmond,, bankn-r-to- believe, that the, Increase oi r-eXween 900. and 1,000 -per cent will set a new record for all institutions in the federal reserve System; 4 u : ! t-.? ' ;. Richmond' financial institutions broke very record in-their history :during the year with total clearings aggregating $1,371,659,2 6Q aa: compared 4 with $930, 270 948 ia'1918, - : , JANUARY 1, 1918 FIRE USED THE GERMANS Enemy Fails in Effort to Wrest - This Important Position From the British PRISONERS TAKEN IN ITALY English Forces Aiding Italians Gain Ground Drive in Pal estine Continues i (Associated Press War Summary) Notwithstanding the fact that deep snow covers the ground along the western front in northern France, bit- ter fighting has been in progress be tween the British and Germans on the Cambral sector. After having captur ed British front line positions Sunday and later lost the greater portion of ' them in a counter-attack, the Germans Monday again set forth after a heavy bombardment in quest of a much desir-j ed position the Welsh . ridge which j lies to the south of Marcoing in the old Hindenburg line and offers a splen did vantage point for observation. : Success Only Momentary. Attacking over a front of about 1, 200 yards and using liquid fire against the defenders of the ridge, the enemy succeeded momentarily in entering one of the British trenches. His tenure, however, was of short duration, as Field Marshal Haig's men in a brilliant counter-attack completely regained their lost ground. On the other part of the line the Germans were met with a withering fire and compelled to retreat with heavy casualties. Violent Artillery Duels. Aside from this battle little fighting of moment is . in. progress on any of the fronts, although violent artillery duels continue at various points , in France and .Italy. Especially- heavy, fc the duel around Mpnie Tomba on the! ndrthern Italian frorilk Here the op posing troops even under the rain of heavy shells, are also indulging in vic ious grenade encounters. It is in this sector that the English are lending their aid and in their - first attack against the enemy 4 they captured im portant positions and in addition took about 1,400 prisoners and 60 machine guns and sevn big guns as booty. AHenby Drives Forward. From Jaffa eastward Genral Allen by'S; forces in Palestine are continuing their successful advance against the Turks. The latest reports from Pales tine show the Britons now are well to the north and northwest of Jerusalem and in possession of some of the most important roads In central Palestine. TS. S. and Allies Confident. The advent of the New Year finds the United States and Entente allies con fident of ultimate success, notwith standing the cessation of fighting in Russia. The peace proposal made at the Brest-Litovsk conference by Count Czernin, -the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, has not yet "been officially recognised by any of the allied govern ments, but a leading English newspa per says the British premier will send a serious and reasoned reply to it when it is presented officially. Anj". reply, it is believed,'-will first have the sanction of all the countries now at war with the Teutonic -allies. . That the British premier is optimls. tie as to the future course of evnts is shown . in his New Year greetings to' the Viceroy of India in which he says that before the New Year is past he has ' the good riope that "the purpose to- which we have set our hands will have been completely achieved." . French Socialists Criipit Go. ' M. Clemenceau, the French premier, has no intention to permit the Russian socialists ;to gain an erroneous idea as to the stand of France In the war. He therefore has refused 'to sanction the granting of passports to Petrograd for socialist delegates who desire to visit the Russian capital, declaring that the situation, there was . too .chaotic to bring about any useful result arid thai a . visit by Frenchmen at - this time might be harmful to the morale on the allied front and also work injury to the allied cause within the enemy lines. MUST NOT ALIiO W CAMPS TO SUFFER FOR LACK OF - COAI, "Was snWg ton, Dec. 31. Coal producers supplying army camps and v canton- ments were notified today by the fuel administration that under no circum stances must they allow the posts to by AT WELSH RIDGE get short of fuel. In a telegram to op- course in regard to the Lewis machine erators under contract to furnishcoal ' gun. He gave the committee the rec to the army the administration said : j ord of various tests to which the gun "Please take necessary steps imme- diately to . insure coal supply to camps under, jurisdiction. The health : and lives of the soldiers demand, priority over all other requirements except rail road fuel. If a priority car supply or der: is, necessary, advise details.- The country will accept noexcuse for fail ure to keep the troops supplied. We ask of "you and. offer co-operation to this end." : - ;, LUMBER PLANT BURNS. Wafer I Protection Falls Because of ; y . . Freeslng $200)00 lou. ' Danville, Va.. Dec. ' 31. The plant of theBassett Furniture Company at Bas setV Va-, Henry county, together with its machinery and equipment and a quantity of lumber were destroyed by fire this afternoon... The plant was a two-stpry brick structure. Water pro tection failed owing to freezing. r , The factory employed about 200 oper atives and was' working , when the 41re waa-dlscovered. ; The loss is estimated at over-1200,000, almost covered by in (rurance, ,. ..-; .-vv ; - '.'. -; FREIGHT CONGESTION MUST BE CLEANED (IP IN EAST REGAJltiLESS r- ni Temperatures Will be Normal in the South and East jby Tomorrow Washington, Dec. 31. The cold wave which has gripped the south and east for the past two days rapidly is passing to sea, the .weath er bureau announced tonight, and there will be a return to normal temperatures by Wednesday. ' At far northern points, such as Northfleld, Vt, -where. 24 degrees below zero was. recorded, there was no abatement, in the severity of the cold today, but generally throughout the south and east some slight rises in temperature was, re ported. This will continue tomor row and warmer weather is fore cast for - Wednesday. Snow fell; in the aiississippi and Ohio valleys, Tennessee and some South Atlantic . states today and snow is forecast Wednesday in the lake region! In .other section east of the Mississippi, however, fair weather is .expected for several days. Goldsboro Suffers. Goldsboro, N. C, Dec. 31. Prac tically all of Gbldsboro is without water today, the result of a cold wave here which ' has bursted pipes and ranges . entail ng a loss of sev eral thousand dollars. There is no coal and wood Is scarce, with suf fering throughout the .city. Rufus Smith, night watchman of Utility Manufacturing Company- was found frozen stiff yesterday morning, dy ing a short tame later. Tonight the temperature registered 3 above zero. L BE RIFLES ENOUGH BY FEB. I Crozier Says Complete Supplies Will be or. Hand fnrJ i': 'it REPLIES TO COL. LEWIS Ordnance' Chief Tells the Senate' Com nUttee That. 1 AU ' New Drafted Men Will Find Gnu When ' They Reach Camp. Washington, Dec. 31. Complete supplies of rifles within a month. for all American forces under arms were promised today; by' Major General Crozier, chie:f of " ordnance, testifying before the senate military committee. Springflelds .for every regular and national guardsman will be ready be fore February 1," he said, and the manufacture ot remodeled En fields for the first national army will be finish ed in a wefet. As to machine guns, the general said a full -supply '? pf .. ' American matte should bej-eady by July 1, next. Rifles for the next draft, he declared, could be on hand before the men were in camps. ' --. - : General , Crozier appeared particu larly to' aswer -harges made by Col onel Isaac N. Lewis, inventor of the Lewis machine gun. He submitted a prepared .statement detailing .the offi cial record of the ' war department's dealings with the Lewis gun,, and then submitted to a cross-examination of several hdurs during which many interesting points were developed. In reply to assertions made recent ly by other witnesses that the llies had furnished heavy guns to the American expeditionary forces only because the Americans-twere worse off than ' thev. the eeneral submitted offl- , , . -' , r :; : " , . 2 , v. and France voluntarily offered to pro vide cannon, their output - having de veloped to where a surplus was being produced.: . . - - - ' General Crozier refused t6 Shoulder responsibility for the failure to 'equip the army , adequately with ordnance before the war.- He said it belonged t othe country, and cited the refusal of the secretary of War and congress in the past to approve "modest" ord nance programs. The general vigorously defended his J was put and reports of the army ex perts to show that It had not been demonstrated to . be - a " satisfactory weapon until April, 1916, . after which orders for them were ' given - by , Va. department. ".' - - - r When General . Crozier. finished Sen- ator Hitchcock, who has ; been :- one of ; his chief . questioners, .announced that he was entirely-satisfied with the rec- WIL ord before the war, but still did not j burdened might be . used for the over understand why more of the -Lewis t flow. ' -sv. i t -r guns were not ordered afterward. Among other things, General Crozier told the committee the government al ready was building a (powder factory that would have daily: capacity of a million pounds.' He-denied stories of wooden guns furnished' men in '' the cantonments, explaining that what had been; taken for , guns were . sticks for. bayonet practicevi - Li Record Cotton. Price. ... -..' Memphis, . Tenn., Dec- 3L "Middling cotton was. quoted on the local cotton exchange . today at thirty., cents, . the highest .price posted, since the estab lishment of . the exchaage, ?v. -'j . - j " WHOLE IOJMBER 39,278 Priority Regulations' and Passenger-Schedules i to be Set Aside if Necessary WAR BOARD IS DISSOLVED Action' Taken at Board 's Request. MoAdoo Names Temporary -. Advisory Cabinet 7 HENRY WALTERS A' MEMBER Soon Tak6 Up Question of Increas V ed Pay to Employes . Washington, Dec. 31.-Orders , went to eastern railroads today rom Director General McAdoo to" clear up freight congestion re-. gardless of - previous government priority "regulations passenger schedules and any ; hampering practices under the old - compete tive system' and to pay special at- . tention to movement of coal and food. ' ; - "!-. . - v - Coa to New England. Lines of the west and south were notified that soon they might be called on for locomotives and other equipment to help lighten the traffic burden in the East: and a. committee of - govern ment officials was created to work out a plan for .diverting export freight to ports south of New York. Quantities of coal were started to New England to relieve the serious shortage there and jpriority p orders werej? suspended for reads east of thei Mississippi rind norfh of ..the Ohio river tohe extent neces sary to? clear up congestion. ' - ' ' ": ' : War Board Dissolved. -,TAt the same time the: director general dissolved the railroad war bdard at its own request, and named ; a temporary advisory cabinet 6f five members. One of these, Hale Holden:president of the Burlington, and a member of -the war board, will be retained to supervise the machinery which the ;war, board has created within the last nine months to co-ordinate the roads of the country-" Other members of the new advisory cabinet are John Sklton Williams, comptroller of the currency, who .will have charge of financial questions aris ing out of government operation; Henry Walters, chairman of the board of the Atlantic Coast Line, who will assist on operation problems; Edward Chambers,; traffic director of the food administra tion, who will have general charge of traffic, and Walter D. Hines, assistant to the director general, . ' -;-'--; Other railway heads who made up the war board, Fairfax Harrison of the Southern, who was chairman; Rea of the Pennsylvania; Kruttschnittl of " the Southern Pacific, and Elliott of the New Haven, will return to the active super vision of their roads, but all the sub committees and organizations of -the board will be turned oyer to Mr. Hoi- aen. . . j Soon Take Up Waje Problem, li' The question ''of increased pay for ; railroad employes will be taken up soon . by Mr. McAdoo; but he said today he i had given little thought to wages and; : did not know whatsis: attitude would I be. Heads- of the four brotherhoods win confer with the director general ' Thursday at his invitation and probably will urge that with :the. scarcity of Tail- . rpad labor it will ; be .necessary to pay -higher wages tc retain men. Many ad--visers of the director general advocate increasing wages, particularly for many i unorganizea classes. - r The , federal board of I mediation conciliation win - continue to roass wage disputes now pending, but even tually, the director, probably will han- ie wage questions airectiy. une gov ernmenvs attitude toward wage chang- fw-; es wui not oe determined for several weeks at least, or until the pressing' CV', problems of speeding up transportatlea : -: are threshed out. . , ; -y ., ; -;. Men to Ge Just .Deserts. , ,:- -r-''J -$'i- Mr. McAdoo limited his comments oh" the labor, situation today . to saying he" .' .' ', would "treat he men with justice nd . , . equity" and would, give a "just and ; , square hearing" to the brotherhood . heads. -1 ' ' Y-;'- " ' i"' - - ;-; . f The director" general conferred dur- ' ing the day with Secretaries Baker and . ' . - ' Daniels, Chairman Hurley. of the ship ping board; Food' Administrator Hop- ; .' ver, Fuel Administrator Garfield : and . ; " i other government officials. -';.--;-vli.'-.4r Acting under the director-general's specifier authority, Al H. Smith, presi-. dent' of the New York Central and as- sistant director.' who has charge of the task of -clearing congestion : in the East tonight ordered -eastern lines to start a ' systematic campaign to move freight and to report daily to him the ; oonsrented conditions so that rnarfj "'So far as practicable, annul passen gertrains which interfere with freight movement; r - - .. ; ' " r .-.-.' "Call upon all employes to give their aid In the matter of servlee to the gov ernment and the people." -. - Tbe oriiejr directed that attention be given to clearing up congestion. even disregarding -priority: orders to the ex tent necessary to accomplish that end. "v. mi. ". i . - , i-i" f Kood Adnilnlstrattom Banlcer. .' . Washington, Dec 81. JBTarry F. Vo rie a .Chicago .wheat, products; manu facturer, was iut. in charged , today 'of -the food administration's- department of ccftnmerclal hanking. ; ; i -r 7 vand';ua;.' J s--on.i;;;"J if A -. -A : I5
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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