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ONESECTION
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VOL. Jl-- j
WOMAN SUFFRAGE CARmis IN
THE HOUSE WITH r AF RYACT
NUMBER
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Resolution for Submission
Amendment to the States
Passes 274 to 136
WILD APPLAUSE FOLLOWS
Women Spectators Fall Upon Ech
Other's Necks, Kissing, Hug
ging and Shouting
BILL GOES TO THE SENATE
Recent Polls Indicate Necessary
Majority is Lacking ; ,t:
WasHinton, Jan. 10. Woman
suffrage by federal constitutional
amendment won in the House to
night with exactly the .required
number of affirmative votes!
While members in their seats
and throngs in the galleries wait
ed with eager interest, the House
adopted by a vote of 274 to 136
a resolution providing for submis
sion to the states of the so-called
Susan B. Anthony amendment for
national enfranchisement of -women.
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T
Wax a Close Call.
But for the promise of Speaker Clark
to cast his vote from the chair for the
resolution if it was needed, the change
of a single vote to the opposition would
kave meant defeat. Republican Leader
Sana, who came from a Baltimore hos
jital, where he had been under .treat
ment ever since congress convened, and
Representative Sims, of Tennessee, just
out of a sick bed and hardly able to
waFk, brought the votes that settled
t issue.
The house' hardly had adjourned be
fore the suffrage champions began
their fight for favorable action on the
senate side of the capital. Recent polls
there have indicated that the necessary
two-thirds could not be mustered, but
encouraged by the house, victory and
counting upon the influence of Presi
dent Wilson, who came to their sup
port last night, the suffragists hope to
swing the senate into line so as to have
the amendment before the state legis
latures during the coming year. They
feel sure, at least, of forcing a vote in
the senate before the present session
encs.
Advocates of the amendment had
been supremely confident of the result
" the house after President Wilson
advised the members who called upon
him last night to support. They were
so confident that the close vote was re
ceived with amazement, and some of
the opponents were almost as much
surprised. When the first roll-call was
finished unofficial counts put the result
in doubt and before the speaker could
make an -announcement there was a deT
mand for. recapitulation. Then the
name of eacn member and the way he
was recorded was read.
Announcement of the vote was greet
ed with wild applause and cheering,
"omen in the galleries literally fell
upon each other's necks, kissing and
embracing, and shouting: "Glory, glory,
lalleluah."
The resolution as adopted follows:
The Resoultion.
Joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the
united States PYtniUno- th ri o-vif nr
-suffrage to women:
Kesolvea, ty the senate and house,
tc., two-thirda of each house concur
ring therein, that the following article
PrPosed to the legislatures of : the
seeral states as an amendment to the
wfcnSi.Itution of the United States,
ynch, when ratified bp three-fourths
r said legislatures, shall be valid as
pan of said constitution, namely;
Article . Section 1. The right of
rL ifns of the United States to vote
T n; i101 he denied or abridged by the
States or by any state ottac
cunt of sex.
er ShCUon 2- ConSress shall have pow
foV . .aprjrPriate legislation, to en
fce the provisions of this article."
Pvo Au Amendments.Beateii.
lanJ attempt made to amend this
GariUa was beaten. Representative
nut - 0hl0' tried unsuccessfully to
bv thn K the same limitation carried
cnncV-f oiution for the prohibition
nstitutxonal amendment, that it must
vea-?f by the states wihin seven
PenV the date s submission.
JouP"ertatlve Mores, of Indiana
com.r .-0 ave a referendum or speciajl
(ra on in eacn state required. The
'4fi a e?dTnent was rejected, 159 to
- . ana tne lioores amendment 131 to
olmint,n"ihe final vote came on the i-es-neVi"'-ePre8entatlve
Austin, of Ten-
sentati'-f n eed the vote of RePre'
annM ?nick of South Carolina
said h Pt? I6d late in the roll-call and
Mr n,! d 110t heard his name called,
in t T nC? told the speaker he was
his 1,1 J! llstening and did not hear
horded.6 ' HU VOte waa then
ParJd Apeaker matched the vote, fpre-
if necessary81 Wn lnt the breacb
Gained ?t?! "Native vote," he ex
the virta Wurd- as he chuckled over
itMtio-yVuld have changed the
pn and the amendment resolution
Continued OnPage Two)
OF VOTES
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Wilmington To Be V
Point For Europe Exports
By P. R. ANDERSON.
Washington,' Jan. 10 According to
all indications the port of Wilmington
will soon toe one" of the vital points for
exportation s to Europe, thus figuring
in the relief now needed by the ship
ping of this country, from the congest
ed condition of the north Atlantic
ports. Senator Simmons had intended
calling upon Director General McAdoo
today to urge utilization of the port
f- Wilmington, but was compelled to
delay his visit until tomorrow.
Agrent Cowan Active.
Also Industrial Agent James H. Co
wan of the Wilmington Chamber of
Commerce will by special appointment
present the matter to the shipping
board,- going thoroughly into -the mat
ter with D. L. Bwtag, director of
transportation of this organization.
Both Senator Simmons and Industrial
Agent Cowan have been working .. on
this matter for some weeks, filing in
formation about the port with offi
cials interested in the matter, and
Monday . the latter , had a conference
with them and they will now. appear
Russians Want to Continue the
Peace, Negotiations in the
Swedish Capital
FULL OF THE REBEL SPIRIT
Bolsheviki Minister Telia the Auatro-
Germans They Will Feel Pressure
at Home if His Request is
Not Granted.
London, Jan. 10. Unofficial reporth
received here concerning the first ses
sion of the peace conference at Brest
Li to vsk, which was resumed Tuesday,
with Leon Trotzky,-the Bolsheviki for
eign minister at the head of the Rus
sian delegates, says that Trotzky in a
speech insisted on a removal of the
conference to Stockholm.
Trotzky declared the Russians came
to Brest-Lltovsk not as the represen
tatives of a conquered people and did
not intend to ask for pity, but would
continue to act as true revolutionists.
He is reported to have told the Ger
man and Austrian delegates that if
thev did not accede to his request they
would feel the weight of the voice of;
the democracies of the central powers
and the weight of arms of the Russian ,
democracy I
The Evening Post asserts that the j
wn thv au not de-'
cline to carry on the peace negotia
tions, but they they failed to specify
where.
The German delegation in Petrogratt
is reported to have expressed the de
sire of the Swedish legation that Swe
den act as the go-between with Great
Britain, France and Italy.
The Russian -delegation at Brest-Lit-ovsk
Includes, in addition to Trotzkj.
who is serving as its president, one
woman, Madame Bithenko, a former
exile, and M. JofTe, M. Kameneff, M.
Pokrovsky and three counselors.
Nikolai Lenine, the Bolsheviki pre
mier, has gone to a Finland sanitarium
for several days' rest.
SAYS THE NEGOTIATIONS
WERE REOPENED WEDNESDAY
Copenhagen, Jan. lu. The- Cologne
Gazette, a copy of which has reached
here, says it learns that the peace ne
gotiations were reopened at Brest-Lit-ovsk
at noon Wednesday.
REPORT SAYS THEY WILI
REMAIN AT BREST-LITOVSK
Amsterdam, Jan. 10. The Russian
delegation at Brest-Litovsk has an
nounced its readiness to continue the
peace negotiations at that . place, ac
cording to the lastest information re
ceived here.
STOCK. DIVIDENDS TAXABLE.
Come Under the Provisions of the In
come Tax Law.
Washington, Jan. 10. Stock divi
dends will be Included In taxable in
come, the internal revenue bureau an
nounced today, despite the supreme
court's decision that dividends are not
taxable- under the 1913 Income tax
"The act of Sept. 8, 1916," said a
bureau announcement, ''contains an
express provision taxing stock divi
dends declared and paid out of earn
ings accrued since March 1, 1913. In
the absence of a decision as to the le
gal efiTect of these express provisions
contained 4n the later act, the bureau
of Internal revenue naturally will con
tinue to be governed by the express
provisions of the latter act in refer
ence to stock ' dividends."
FTVE SOLDIERS DIE IN"
ONE DAY AT CAMP PIKE
Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 10. Deaths of
five privates were reported at the base
iiogpital at Camp Pike today, " 1
MM
INSISTS
UPON
STOCKHOLM
TpiaiXISrGTON, X.
NECESSARY
"
before Director General McAdoo, ! who
Has had a brief - in the Wilmington
case transmitted: to him by Mr. Cowan
and in which the precise capacity of
the port of Wilmington as to terminal
facilities has been plainly and con
vincingly set forth.
Well Equipped and Wide Open.
Not only is Wilmington one of the
best equipped of all southern ports for
the h'andUng of exports to Europe, but
no congestion prevails at that port,
and it enjoys great advantage by be
ing nearest of the South Atlantic group
to the European ports. This is a vital
factor, because it Is necessary to con
serve ocean travel. That was the idea
of Daniel Willard when the question
of using South Atlantic ports arose last
summer and it was decided that there
waa not enough' congestion at the
North Atlantic ports at that time to
warrant diverting shipments to South
Atlantic ports.
Board Has Ear For Port.
Trie snipping board has . turned a
ready ear to the contentions of Wil
mington and 'some weeks ago virtual
ly assured that the port would be
treated fairly, and . now Industrial
Agent Cowan will go before the trans
(Continued on Page Ten.) ; ,
COSTS A BILLION A
YEAR TO PAY ARMY
Salaries to Soldiers in December
Amounted to Approximate
ly $78,580,800
HOW THE PAY IS DIVIDED
Committee On Public Information
Makes Public Second of Series of
Statements On the Cost of Our
. Fighting Machine.
Washington, Jan. 10. -The total pay
of the United States army in. December
was . approximately $78,580,800, the
committee on public information an
nounced today in the second of its se
ries of statements on the pay of the
army and navy and the operation of
the war risk insurance bureau. This
is at the rate of nearly 51,OUO,000,000
a year.
The total does . not include - family
allowances or compensation for dis
aoility of soldiers provided for in the
ins-urance act and paid through the
war risk bureau.
The base pay of enlisted; men ranges
from the $30 a. month received by a
Private on entering the service to the
81 Jer month received by senior grade
QUrtermater sergeants of the quar-
termaster corps, band leaders, . master
electricians, master engineers of the
senior grade and master hospital ser
geants. Servdce, pay for enlisted men, in
cluding non-commissioned officers,
ranging from $3. to $24 a month, is al
lowed fMV continuous re-enlistments
and in the coast artillery extra pay
ranging from $2 a month to $9 a month
is allowed men when on special "as
signments. Enlisted men in the signal
corps, while on duty which requires!
them to participate regularly in air
plane flights, if they have the rating of
aviation mechanics, receive 50 per
cent increase in their monthly pay. ,
Enlisted men, if serving in a for
eign country, received 2-0 per cent in
crease in pay computed on the base
pay and service pay prevailing prior
to June 1, 1917, when an act of con
gress Increased for the period of the
war the "pay of all enlisted men in
amounts ranging from 8 per cent to
50 per cent. Enlisted men on detach
ed duty where no army quarters are
available are allowed $15 a month to
cover housing expenses and also suit
able allowances for subsistence and
for heat and light. '
Officers pay ranges from the $141.67
Initial pay received by a second lieu
tenant each month to the - $10,000 a
year for a general. Officers of the
rank up to and Including colonel re
ceive an Increase of 10 per cent known
as longevity pay ' for each period of
five years service, provided that such
Increase shall not exceed 40 per cent.
All officers on foreign service receive
an increase of 10 per cent in thedr base
pay and longevity pay.
- Aviation officers of, the signal corps
or attached to that corps while on
duty whidh. requires them to partici
pate regularly in aerial flights are-entitled
to an increase In "the pay of
their grare ranging from 25. per cent
for aviation officers to 75 per cent for
military aviators. .
DYNAMITE NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR LOCOMOTIVE EXPLOSION
. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 10. An investi
gation by railroad officials and federal
agents completed late today disproved
reports that dynamite among the coal
was responsible for an explosion aboard
a Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
freight engine here this, afternoon, in
which three trainmen were injured, and
established that - the accident was - due
to a fallen crown sheet which caused
a flow of steam' and flame to burst
through the; fire box.; None o fthe in
jured trainmen was aeriously hurt!
O, FRIDAY MORNING,
NINETY
ILUON
BUSHELS IRE OF
WHEAT TO ALLIES
This Amount WiU be Sent, Al
though Export Surplus Had
Been Shipped Month Ago
SHORTAGE IS THREATENED
Americans May Find Themselves
Eating War Bread Before
New Wheat Crop Comes
Washington, Jan. 10. Ship losses
and crop failures abroad have brought
about such a serious food situation rn
the allied country that the . United
States is planning to release for export
an additional 90,000,000 bushels of
wheat, although the country's export
surplus had ' been shipped in mid-December.
'
The American people will be asked by
the food administration to cut their
consumption to make up the amount to
be exported. Unless they do the nation
is threatenedwlth a flour shortage In
May before the new wheat crop is har
vested In June. .
The food administration is consid
ering legislation to make the saving of
wheat compulsory and has approved a
bill drawn by Representative Lever,
author of -the food control bill, to en
force wheatless days. . Proposals for
mired flours and for a form of war
bread of mixed grains also are under
consideration as possible measures to
reduce the use of, wheat flour.
UNITED STATES TO FEED
BRITISH ISLVND COLONIES
Washington, Jan. 10. British island
colonies In th3 Atlantic which depend
wholly on the United States for food
stuffs and ot "ier supplies will have their
needs taken care of. This assurance
has been given to Sir William L. Allar
dyce, govcoor of the Bahama Islands,
who has been Aofexcings, jjer.e .. .with
British and American 'authorities, . .
The; Bahamas, Jamaica and the Ber
mudas as well as other small English
West Indian colonies have felt the ef
fects of the "recent stringent export
regulations of. the United States and ah
they are furnishing troops for service
at the front they feel the United States
should recognize them as "co-belligerents.
.
"MAYOR" TOM IS DEAD.
His Passing Brings to Memory
"Hot
Time" In Chinatown.
New York, -Jan. 10. The departed
days of New York's Chinatown with
its gam.bling houses and opium dens
were recalled today with the death of
Tom Lee, known as "mayor" of that
quarter of the city and for years a
picturesque figure in tong battles.
"Mayor" Tom was 76 years old and
wis the leader of the On Leon tong,
which after years"" of warfare . with the
Hip Sing tong, during which ' fifty
Chinese and three white men were
killed, gained the ascendancy in Chi
natown. .
MOST SEVERE BLIZZARD IN
YEARS IN WEST TEXAS
Dallas, Tex., Jan. 10. West Texas
tonight is in the grip of one of the
most severe blizzards experienced in
years and in cattle-raising . sections
much fear is felt for livestock. The
storm, according to reports here, pre
vails from Altus, Okla., to Alpine, Tex
as. '
ENDMENT ADOPTED
BV VIRGINIA SE
E
Hard Fight is Expected in
Lower House
the
There 'Strong Sentiment Exists in Fa
vor of Submitting National Pro
hibition Question to a Vote
of the People.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 10. The ;national
prohibition amendment was tonight
adopted by the Virginia senate by a
vote of SO to 8, after practically all
day debate between senators advocat
ing submission of the question to pop
ular vote and those desiring immediate
adoption. A resolution to submit the
amendment to the people was defeated
28 to 10. It is expected , that the house
of delegates will .vote on the question
tomorrow.
A strong sentiment exists in the low
er branch of the general assembly
against the immediate endorsement of
the amendment. Eyen some of the
most ardent- of the absolute prohibi
tionists favor its submission to the vo
ters before adoption. The . recently
formed state's rights club is working
hard to defeat the measure and it is
expected a hard fight will result. Anti
saloon leaders, champions & the
amendment in this state,-however, pre
dict it sadoptlon by a , large majority.
Alexanaer Forward, private secretary
to-; Henry iC; Stuart,TetIrIng,goYernQr,
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AM
IT
JANUARY, 11, 1918
A rmies In No rthern Italy
Have Surrendered to Snow
Three to Five Feet Deep
Peace Delegates at Brest-Litovsk Wrangling Over the Bolsheviki
Demand for Removal of the Scene of Negotiations to Swe
denFighting Continues Between Bolsheviki and
Cossacks, With Latter on the Defensive.
(Associated Press War Summary.) -On
the fighting front the infantry Is
inactive, except for small raiding op
erations, but the artillery duels con
tinue intense on various sectors. In
northern Italy snow has fallen to a
depth of from three to five. feet, bring
ing the operations to a halt. The move
ment of supplies to the enemy armies
in the hills is being greatly i impeded
and the indications at present are that
the, fighting of any great intensity will
be impossible while the snow lies on
the ground.
Unofficial dispatches dealing with the
deliberations between the Bolsheviki
and the Teutonic allies at Brest-Litovsk
indicate that for the present peace
is not being discussed, but that the
proposition or the Bolsheviki to change
the scene of the negotiations to Stock
holm is the paramount issue. Trotzky,
the Bolsheviki foreign minister, is said
to have threatened the delegates of the
central powers that if they do not ac-
FINANCIAL REPORT
Shows That Up to . December 28
Approximately $75,000,000
Had Been Appropriated
FOR WORK IN WAR RELIEF
Collections From Hundred Million Dol
lar Fund Amount to $07,000,000..
Membership Now Totals 22,
004MTOO. Washington, Jan. 10. Appropria
tions aggregating approximately $75,
000.000 had been authorized by the
Red Cross war council since its cre
ation May 10, last, up to December 28,
the council reported tonight In a state
ment giving the conditions of its fi
nances ' as of the latter date. Of this
sum $30,000,000 actually had been ex
pended, while collections from the hun
dred million dollar war fund subscrip
tions have amounted to about $97,000,
000. Officials estimate that at least an
other $6,000,000 will be collected from
war fund subscriptions and some $3,
000,000 ' of this fund retained by cer
tain chapters on account of the 25 per
cent which each chapter was to re
ceive for local war relief work will
bring the total of the fund to about
$106,000,000.
From this sum must be deducted
about $13,000,000 for local chapters
war relief fund in addition to the $3,
000,000 already retained and an esti
mated sum of $1,300,000 to be paid to
chapters out of the fund yet to be col
lected. This would leave available for
expenditures out of the war fund
about $88,000,000.
"The total amount appropriated for
Red Cross work in France is about
$37,000,000.
.After certain deductions are made
from appropriations already authoriz
ed there will be available for further
appropriations an estimated sum of
about $23,000,000. The estimated bal
ance, including collections yet to be
made. Is $50,000,000 subject to out
standing authorization for expendi
ture. The Red Cross membership has in
creased from less than 500,000 last May
to an estimated total of 22,000,000 to
day, while In the same period the num
ber of charities has Increased from
some 555 to about 15,000. In addition
to these chapters the Red Cross is
working through operating commis
sions in France, England. Italy, Ser
bia, 'Russia and Roumania.
TENTH CAVALRY DETACHMENT
CAPTURES SEVERAL YAQX'IS
Douglas, Ariz., Jan. 10. A detach
ment of the tenth United States cavalry
yesterday encountered a band of Yaqui
Indians shortly after the Indians had
crossed the international boundary
line 27 miles of Nogales, Ariz., captur
ed ten and mortally wounded one, ac
cording to a message received here by
Col. George H. Morgan, Arizona district
commander, from CoL J. C. Frier, com
mander at Nogales.- A quantity of arms
and ammunition also was taken from
the Indians.
The captured Yaquis said they were
on their way to the Salt River valley
of Arizona to work in the cotton fields
there and that they had bee naccus
tomed to tome " into Arizona for this
purpose each year.
A Gen. Nievelle to Algeria.
- Paris, Jan- 10. Gen. George Nievelle
has ' been appointed to command the
army serving In Algeria. The appoint-
ment of General Nievelle is considered
by the newspapers as commencement of
reparation to -the former generalissimo
for the discredit- Into -which - ha fell as
a. result of Uxe April offensive.
TE
RED
GROSS
cede to his request for a transfer of the
pourparlers to Sweden, the voice of
their own people and the strong arm of
the Russian democracy will be felt by
them. The German delegates In Petro-
grad have requested Sweden to act a
a go-betwSen the allies.
A dispatch from Switzerland asserts
that Bulgaria and Russia have signed a
separate peace compact but that the
Russians" have rejected separate peace
terms on the proposals offered by Tur
key.
Meanwhile fightirig continues in cen
tral and southwestern Russia between
the Bolsheviki forces and the Cossacks
of General Kalediries and General Du
toff. The last accounts of these opera
tions indicate that the Bolsheviki for
the time being have the upper hand,
both Kaledines and Dutoff having been
compelled to flee after defeats in bat
tle. Germany has .announced her inten
tion to send 600 French prisoners into
Russia and 400 French women into the
Duchy of Brunswick as- a reprisal for
the alleged retention of inhabitants of
Alsace-Lorraine by the French.
FAMINE IN GOAL
Government Operation Has Im
proved the Railroad Service
to This Extent
TO BE LOCAL SHORTAGES
Director-General McAdeo's Advisory
Board, It is- Said, Will Recom
mend That Express Compa
nies be Taken Over.
Washington,' Jan. iq. The railroad
situation 1 has , improved under govern
ment operation sufficiently to guaran
tee that? there will be no further' coal
famine in any part of ,the country this
winter, Director-General MqAdoo was
informed; today by A. H. Smith, assist
ant in charge of transportation on
Eastern lines. '
Local shortages .will . be inevitable
under existing abnormal conditions, Mr.
Smith said, but indications are no im
portant industries' wIH- be forced to
shut down because. of lack of fuel and
householders will be supplied reason
ably well. He added that;this applied
to New York-and New-England where
the coal shortage has been most mark
ed . in the East. . .
. Express: Companies Discussed.
Whether "operation of express com
panies shall be assured by the govern
ment was discussed' with the' railroad
administration today by the heads of
the four principal express companies
and ; it was- said' Director-General Mc
Adoo's advisory board in "a few days
would recommend that government
control be extended to them,
The express company executives were
erpresented today as not opposing such
a move, inasmuch as their earning this
year have fallen rapidly and the gov
ernment guarantee would provide more
than their probable income, even if the
interstate commerce commission should
grant the pending request for 10 per
cent increase in rates.
Name Board Today.
The director-general' expects to
name tomorrow the board of four men
to investigate the wage demands of
the ' railway brotherhoods. The labor
representatives have submitted a list
of about 15 names of men acceptable
to them, it was said tonight, and two
will be chosen from the fast.
Mr. McAdoo has been summoned to
appear before the Senate interstate
commerce committee tomorrow to ex
plain the administration railroad bill.
A. P. Thom, . general counsel for the
railway executive advisory committee,
has been granted permission to make a
legal argument on the bill before the
committee early next week.
Trumbull Urges Amendment.
Frank Trumbull, Chairman of the
railway executive advisory committee
testifying before the committee today
urged that the railroad bill be amended
so as to definitely limit the duration
of government control over the roads.
He said he did not favor, government
ownership, but added:
"I think this particular step, though,
was inevitable,", referring to the Presi
dent's recent action. He explained
that in his opinion some sort of a gov
ernment guarantee has been unavoida
ble since 1910, when the. railroads lost
their power to fix their own rates and
"do what every, business man can do
look out for the future."
"Regulation is proper," he continued,
"but when it takes charge of the reve
nues of a company, it should be accom
panied by some guarantee. For that
reason I thought this step to be in
evitable." r ;...-.'
"From your standpoint, .then, the
railroads must have higher rates or
V obtain some sort' of a guarantee?"
asked. Senator Cummins.
"Yes," he .replied. "Either that or
the adoption of the French system." .
' Mr. Trumbull maintained that not
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AVERTS
FURTHER
WHOLE NUMBER 39,288
BAKER . OUTLINES
HIS DEPARTMENT
Says No Army Such as That Un
der American Flag Has Ever
Before Been Raised
OVER 1,500,000 ; PERSONNEL'
Secretary, Under Exhaustive Cross
Examination, Defends the
i i Work and Methods
Washington. Jan. i 10. Every; phase
of the War Department's preparations
for battle against i Germany was 1 out- '
lined and defended by Secretary Baker .
today. befbre the Senate military com
mittee. He answered, those who have
criticised the department during the '
committee's investigation with the as- .
sertion that no army such as that un
der. the American flag ever had -been
raised, equipped :or trained so quickly
lit
J and never before- had such provision
been made for, the comfort and health
of an army. : i -The
Secretary read an
exhaustive
prepared statement when he took the
stand and was not Interrupted utnil; it
was closed. 1 Then questions began to
fly from every side of the committee
table, launching: a cross examination
that was not concluded at adjournment '
tonight and probably will continue all
day tomorrow. ! - I K
Chairman Chamberlain and other
committeemen 1 wanted to know i par
ticularly about delays in furnishing
machine guns and rifles and much at
tention was devoted to the army's sup
ply purchasing! system. Mr. Baker ad-"
mitted .that there had been some! mis
takes and delays,, but declared that all
fighting men in France were adequate
ly equippedand armed and that all sent
over would be. : I -lit .!. -
He took full responsibility for de
lay in approving a machine gun, hold
ing that the value of . the Browning '
gun now developed was- worth it. He
also said the superior 'weapon obtained ,
by "having "the British Enfield rifle e-
chambered for American ammunition
compensated for: the delay there, j ;
More than 1.500,000 Americans are
now under arms, Secretary Baker i said,
and an army of substantial size, already
is in France-ready for active service.,
' Members of the committee were frank
in their disapproval of the secret pur
chasing system 'of the department. They
did not shake j Mr. Baker's support of
it," however, He insisted it was essen
tial to guard against, publicity iconcern-;
ing plants engaged on war work. !.
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ARMY OF MILLION AND HALF .
NOW I UNDERGOING TRAINING
Washington, Jan. 10. America now
has in France an army of "substantial'
size ready for active service, Secret
tary Baker ' told the senate commit
tee. - - I" j ;" ; v-- j --
.Offlcers and men, he explained, j have
been trained specially, for modern war
fare, Independent lines of communica
tion and supply are In process of con
struction, and great programs I have
been formulated j for the production of
new instruments! of war. j .V
Arms of the most modern and effec
tive kind, the secretary declared, ! have
been provided for every soldier - 4n
France and ; arej available for every
fighting man who can be sent to
France in 1918. j ; ' ' ' ':
An army of 'nearly a milIionand a.
half men is now in the field or in train
ing at home and abroad, he asserted.
The subsistence of the army, he Con
tinued, has been above criticism, while
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GOMPERS GREETS THE
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Sends Message to Those Who Are
Soon to Visit America" i V
Declares War-Time Declarations of
British Labor j Are In the Main?
Identical With Those of Amer- ' ,'
lean Labor. . ; '
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Jan. 10. In a message
Washington,
of greeting cabled j to W. A. Appleton,
secretary of the British federation of
trades unions and other English labor -dng
men "who soon are to visit the
United States, Samuel Gompers, presi
dent of the American federation of la
bor, declared today that the recent ut
terances of : President . Wilson and
Premier Lloyd-George regarding ! the
war aims of the United States and the
allies -have expressed the "will and
purpose of the j workers of Great Brit
ain and America." " .
Mr. Gompers also reiterated the de
termination of 'American working men
"to ' refrain from ; participation in ; any
international labor conference until de
mocracy shall have been established in
Germany." j h ;
. The message follows:
"Am gratified that you and a num
ber . of other representative British la
bor men are ' coming to the United
States. You and they will find hearty
greeting, and co-operation. . J- t
"The declaration .of.. the L December
British labor conferences at Westmln
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