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tPult THE WEATHER Partly Cloudy and Continued Cold Sunday and Monday SUNDAY MORNING EDITION TWO SECTIONS VOL XXII. NO. 326. ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, DEC. 30, 1917 PRICE FIVE CENTS HEilG PUT IN UEHEHED' v GENERAL POOLING OF RAILROAD EQUIPMENT ESTABLISH E WMMl GOVERNMENT AJiLLiDNE NEGOTIATOR II BOLTS GONFERENG J El MR HOSPITALS HERE Sanatorium For Tubercular Near Azalea Recommend ed By Major Bruns ONE OF FOUR IN UNITED STATES Soldiers Permanently Injur ed to Learn Trades At Kenilworth Inn A government sanatorium for tu bercular patients will in all probabil ity be established near Azalea, Ave miles from Asheville, according to a statement made last night by Major B. H. Bruns, head of the tubercular department, internal medicine, United States surgeon-general's office. The sanatorium i3 planned to start with BOO beds, may be increased to 1,000, Will cost from $300,000 to $500,000 and will be operated in conjunction with the tinted States reconstruction hospital which will be located at Ken ilworth inn. Major Bruns said that the lease for the Kenilworth property had been practically closed, but that no tubercular patients will be treated at the inn. Major Bruns leaves this afternoon for Washington where-he will recom mend to the war department that the Johnson and Brown lands at Azalea be acquired for Iho sanatorium. The sanatorium will probably be a perma nent institution of the government. Asheville physicians, members of the Army Medical corps will be asked to take charge of the patients, and the Azalea hospital will be one of four similar ones operated by the govern ment. The others are at Otlsville, N. Y.; Camp Byrd, N. M., and Den- : ver, Colo. Major Bruns conferred with Asheville men Friday and yes- : terday received the assurance of the Asheville ciiy commissioners that city water will be provided for tho Azalea establishment. The government de sires quick action in this matter, said Major Bruns, as there are already quite a number of soldiers suffering from tuberculosis, ami tho work will begin, according to the war depart ment's plans, as soon as the weather permits. Major Bruns explained that all tu bercular patients from the army forces abroad and at home will be first brought tn the Otlsville hospital where -they will be elnssillod. Those in tho early stages of the disease will be taken to Azalea, Denver or (.'amp Byrd; the men who are least able to travel will remain at Oris vllle. ; The head of the government tubercular department stated that the Asheville climate does not need any recommendation, to. government officials, as its curative properties uro already well known. Kenilworth Inn. At Kenilworth, men who have be come seriously maimed, and crippled In the great battle with Germany will be taught useful trades. Some who have become partially paralvzed or suffered shock in the terrible shell fire which rages along the long battle fronts will be taught the use of limbs and faculties that are temporarily de stroyed, although Major Bruns was doubtful whether the insane or tem porarily insane will come here. Many men who can never do manual labor again, much less fight for their coun try, will be taught to do clerical work and will bo able to return to civil life in position to support themselves. Men who have lost hands and legs will be given artificial ones and taught how to use them accurately and skil fully. At the inn also, whose splendid grounds and golf links made that place especially attractive to the gov ernment officials, will be the surgi cal hospital, and all the surgery for the two institutions for sick or wound ed soldiers will be done at Kenilworth. The sanatorium will be near enough to Kenilworth to make this arrange ment convenient, the distance boing something like three miles. It is expected that Kenilworth inn will be completed by July, and the sanatorium at Azalea will probably be rushed to completion about the tame time. The Washington correspondent of The TIMES wrote this paper some weeks ago that the lease for Kenil worth was likely to be concluded and that the war department was consld . ering a sanatorium somewhere up the Hwannanoa river. The statements of Major Bruns made last night con ilrm those dispatches. Major Bruns looked over a number of sites during his visit here, but he .saw nothing that suited him as well' 1 as the Azalea location. Yesterday he :went over the grounds carefully with J. M. Chiles, manager of Kenilworth, and Commissioner of Public Works "J, G. Btikeleather. The boundary .which may be acquired at once near i Azalea will be ample for buildings Land grounds sufficient for recreation or other purposes. Vermont Schools To Close. Montpelier, Vt., Deo. 29.-nThe pub lic schools of Vermont were ordered c losed till January 14 by' the educa tional department tonight because of (the fuel situation. ' The temperature Jiore this afternoon was 27 below. ; Score Killed In Wreck. ' North Vernon, Ind., Dee. 29. Be tween 20 and JO persons were killed e.rd scores injured tonight when trains Nos. 21 and 23 collided head on a mile and a quarter east of this city pa tho Baltimore and Ohio railroad. CHARGES mm Stitslavski Urges Calling Of Socialist Conference to Discuss Peace ARMED UPRISING NOW THREATENED Bolsheviki, Who Are Losing Out, Adopting Stern Meas ures Against Enemies Stockholm, Dec. 29.- Denouncing the Brest-Litovsk "peace conference" as Bolsheviki treachery by which the Russian terms would apply their own Germans, ostensibly accepting the interpretations, Stitslavski, one of the Russian negotiators, returned here from the conference today. He brought word also of a concerted movement against the Bolsheviki now forming within his own party, the social revo lutionaries,. Stitslavski declared he would refuse further attendance at the negotiations. The Russian delegate dispatched telegrams to supporters in Russia, urging an immediate break in the "peace" discussions and the calling of a socialist conference at Stockholm to discuss general peace. Evidences multiplied today that great forces are forming in Russia against, the Bolsheviki and that the Trotzky-Lenine regime have now been brought to the dire necessity of trick ery to deceive the people. The social revolutionary party is threatening an armed uprising. Dis patches from the capital reported the Bolsheviki now scheming the trick- of calling their own. preliminary parlia ment coincident with announcement of a coalition with the social revolu tionaries and the members of th left. Radicals here denounced this "coali tion" as a, fake. They said the "so cial revolutionaries were not existent now and that the object of the whole scheme- was to detract attention from the constitutional assembly the meet ing of which has so far been pre vented by the Bolsheviki." The great pan-Russian railway un ion, hitherto neutral, Is now announc ed as thoroughly anti-Bolsheviki. Kven Maxim Gorky, who very re cently expressed sympathy with the TrotKky-Lenine "ring," nnnnunccd in a recent article in his newspaper, the Novaja y.hisn, his views. He assailed the government for false charges that the midet party leaders incited Bol sheviki irokiiors to smash wine cel lars. This same allegation was the one which the Bolsheviki put forth as an excrse with which to arrest a number of constitutional democrats. It bus now been announced by every one of tho nnti-Bolshevilti newspapers left in i'etrograd. In the capital tho governing ring is adopting sternly representative measures against its enemies. Not only has the constituent assembly, where there is a majority against the Bolsheviki, been forbidden to meet, but dispatches today told of orders preventing the meeting of 109 mem bers of that esscmbly who lire social revolutionaries. They are even pre vented from meeting privately. Un der these circumstances, their leaders, It w.'ts said,, had determined to address the nation through a series of letteis, having been forbidden to address the public on the streets or in meeting ha !;-:. . The first of this series of letters, as received here, is a blistering in dictment of the Bolsheviki. , It de scribes in detail how pernilsson was refused the social revolutionaries to "'iiier Tauride palace, meeting place of the assembly; details a series of ar rests and assaults on its representa tives and summons tho nation to "sup port the constituent n.ssembly prepar atory to an open struggle against the Bolsheviki." "Wo do not fear battle when a suf ficient number of representatives ar rive," tho letter declared. "We will march to tho Tauride palace. The people must rally their representatives otherwise peace and order is Im possible and there can be only pov erty, tyranny and hunger." Another remarkable manifestation against Bolsheviki control was fur nished In formal letters addressed to Foreign Minister Trotsky by socialist Austrian and Ukrainian war prisoners in Russian prison camps. "We emphatically urge you not to conclude a separate peace with the central powers," the letters all de clared. "This would surely surrender the Austro-Ukralnians and other sub ject races in Austria into the hands of the Austrian imperialists and militar ists. We urge the conclusion of a gen eral peace and only through repre sentatives of the Russian people them selves not through diplomats and rulers. Aerial Activity. London, Dec. 20. Intense aerial ac tivity was reported by Field Marshal Haig tonight. A hundred bombs were dropped yesterday on an enemy aero drome north of Lille. In general air fighting 11 hostile machines were driven down and two others forced to alight out of control. Three Brit ish machines are missing. Arrested on Serious Charge, London, Dee. 29. Ambrose Dono van, a laborer, was arrested today charged with stealing confidential nav al papers from the pocket of a United States navy runner. New York District Attorney to Ask For Extreme Pen alty In Case Of Natural ized German . New York, Dec. 29.- Charged with having tampered with the vital ap paratus, the bearings of torpedoes in tended for American warships Paul Hennig, a naturalized German, is In jail here tonight, the first victim in the country to be held on a formal Indictment of treason Bince the United States entered the war; To Lieutenant Shea, Annapolis graduate, goes the credit for having discovered the plot that might have resulted in destruction of American warships by their own torpedoes. Hennig was foreman of the gyroscope deparUnent of the Bliss Torpedo com pany in Brooklyn. So ingenious was the traitorous work he is alleged to have carried on that only under microscopic examina tion was some of it discovered. Hen nig put emery in the bearings of the delicate machinery which guides the torpedo on its course, according to evidence obtained against him. He mutilated other pieces of the ma chinery. Fine lines were scratched on deli cate workings that would cause a tor pedo to veer far from its course, and thus spare some German ship. How long Hennig has been carrying on his work is not known but he has been under surveillance for the past two weeks. Yesterday the indictment charging treason was returned against him and today it became public when Hennig was arrested. The penalty is death, $10,000 fine or five years' im prisonment. The district attorney is prepared to demand the extreme penalty. Hen nig was naturalized in 1916, two years after the outbreak of the European war.. Authorities believe he took this step as part of his plan to avoid in ternment and work as an agent of Germany in event of America enter ing the war. His treachery was made possible by the fact that extra parts. -Are .packed in vaseline in glass jars. These parts come first to Hennig. In the past they have been approved by government in spectors merely checking the number of parts. Shea, however,, having suspected Hennig, ordered every Jar opened. The delicate parts of tho gyroscopes were taken out, the vaseline removed, and each one-examined. Emery was found in the bearings of some. Others were put under the mi conscope and the tell-tale scratches loomed up. Hennig was arrested at his home today and held without bail. When arraigned he pleaded not guilty but was remanded without bail pend ing a hearing set for January 2. Hurry B. Jentzer, a department of justice agent, will be one of the chief witnesses as a laborer to obtain evi dence against the suspected German. Karl Hennig, said to be a son of the accused traitor, was interned in Ellis island some time ago. Department of justice agents however, ,are now in vestigating to determine whether Karl is actually Henning's son. Ho worked In the same shop with Hen nig and it is believed he may be a Ger man agent who posed as Henning's son in order to be able to be near him. It is expected Hennig's trial will be set for some time between January 7 and January 18 before Federal Judge Harland B. Howe, of Vermont. On September 26, it was learned to night, Federal authorities took 90 em ployes from tho Bliss company into custody. All were sent to Ellis Island, but all except Karl Hennig were later released on bond. Suspicious documents were said to have been found on Hennig, and a model of a torpedo was discovered in the basement of his home. ORDINARY COURTESIES Germans Will Treat Cap tured Sammies As 'Men Of No Intelligence.' With the American Armies In Franco, Bee. J9. Fresh proof of tho bent of the German mind toward war atrocities against Americans csme to day. Reliable information received In the American zono was that Germany Intends to treat prospective American prisoners as "men of no Intelligence" and persons not entitled "to tho or dinary courtesies accorded prisoners of war." Presumably, it is the Intention to employ American war prisoners In low forms of labor, and to treat them In the same horrible fashion that Ger many has always treated her Russian prisoners. The condition of Russians in German war camps has been so wretched as to arouse even neutral nations to protest. They are held on about the same level as beasts and compelled to live In surroundings which even self-respecting; animals would abhor. Villa Bandits Active El Paso, Tex., Deo. 29. Looting of several small Mexican hamlets, north west of Chihusiya City today and at tacks on Mormon settlements In the same vicinity by Villa bandits were reported by Mormons arriving tonight. They declared the bandits carried off a, number of younr Mexican girls. irSES REVEAL Army Called Before There Were Sufficient Ships or Adequate Supplies PLANTS CAN'T GET RAW MATERIALS Wooden and Steel Ships Pro grams Threatened Evi dences of Profiteering Washington, Dec. 29. Lack of foresight caused the United States to enter the war backwards, in the opin ion of congressional leaders, aftor two weeks of senate investigations into war work. Summed up they show: "The army was called out before ships were ready to take it to Europe or adequate supplies were available for training here. "Coal and sugar are lacking in many communities and transportation facil ities are such that raw materials can not reach manufacturing plants fast enougn to meet demands." The military committee has devel oped an astonishing situation in many training camps. The lack of cloth ing, arms and munitions being frank ly admitted, and in some cases de nounced by camp commanders testi fying on the stand. . The probers developed that delay in purchasing wool cost heavily and resulted in production of uniforms and overconts being months behind. Evidence of profiteering under the eyes of the national council of defense ! and usurpation of the quartermaster j general's powers by the council was revealed. And while these conditions were be ing revealed the senate commerce committee, learned. ,4tiat ike. Kocjeni by insufficient lumber supply and the j steel ship program threatened by lack of housing for thousands of! workmen. At the same time testi-; mony showed rapid progress in con-: struction of fabricated steel ships, r"-I pair of enemy interned vessels and a' substantial tonnage netted by requi sitioning all vessels under construction,' in American yards, giving promise ! that America will meet allied shipping demands. . , In investigating the coal famine, senatorial probers found a general in clination of witnesses to blame the rail roads. The sole hope of improve ment lies in government control of (ContlniiPd on Pace 2 IN EVERYSEGTI Forty Below In Adirondacks 36 At Duluth, and Just few Degrees Above In the South New York, Dec. 29. With temper atures ranging from' 40 degrees be low zero In the Adirondacks, 28 below in St. Paul and 36 below in Duluth to zero or slightly above in other sec tions, the greater part of the country was tonight in the grip of the most severe weather of the year. In New York and other ctiies in the east the coal shortage is acute. There was suffering among the poor-and many apartment houses and business build ings were barely being kept warm. At Atlanta, Ga., a drop from 20 above zero to ten or five above by Monday wns the forecast today. The coal situation is critical. A survey made by the chamber of commerce shows that there is not more than 1,000 tons of coal in the city not enough to last over Monday. Tho entire stat& of Kansas is in the grip of the cold wavo. Tho coal sup ply is short In many sections. Train and trolley service was de moralized. All trains were hours lsto. In northern New York trains had dif ficulty keeping up steam, owing to the intense cold. In Detroit, with tho temperature near zero, fuel officials were considering closing the schools and churches owing to a shortage of coal. The temperature dropped to one below zerb in NewYork early tonight after a day of near zero weather. A minimum of five below was forecast. Reports gathered by the United Tress show that tho cold takes in a zone from the Atlantic almost to Den ver and stretches as far south as Texas. Temperatures as reported from various cities follow: Tupper Lake, N. Y.,' 40 below; Utiea, N. Y 22 below: St. Paul, 28 helow; Duluth, SS below; Sioux City, 18 be low; LaCrosse, 16 below; Oklahoma city, two above; Detroit, five above; Cleveland, four above; Cincinnati, five below; Springfield, 111., eight below; Dallas, Tex., 11 above; Chlcavo, zero; Bismarck, N. D., 8$ below; Pittsburgh, three above; Philadelphia, five Rbove; Boston, four above; Kan sas City, nine below; St, Joseph, Mo., 12 below; Omaha, Neb,, 20 below. II yORDED-iBYM'ADOui 1EIT TO STnllWISS Federal Ownership Of Rail roads After War Regard ed as Certain By Execu tives and Labor Leaders Washington, Dec, 29. The United States government is in the railroad business to stay, according to convic tion voiced tonight by railroad execu tives, labor leaders and administra tion officials. The second day of Director-General McAdoo's administration of the roads has convinced their executives that he plans to create an organization, the financial construction of which will prevent the roads ever returning - . " This conviction dominated railroad and congressional circles today as McAdoo began his gigantic task of wresting war freight from congested terminals. The railroad presidents' belief that eventual government ownership is certain was seen first in the announce ment that they have refused the de mands of the brotherhoods for wage increases, passing this problem up to President Wilson. Later in an interview with the United Press, one of the highest rail road authorities in the country ad mitted that the linen will never re turn to private operation again. This authority expressed the rail execu tives' view as -follows: That McAdoo's financing plan through a government corDoration to COVER buy. and aell VnowUl i&SZ3Z sling on eU ?BnMT ,7. pan JJever b? ('';" truik line railroads in eastern te'rri- tangied so as to permit resumption 'of rtorfcs."" -- ' private railroad operation. I- t m,u. Tumi.ni n..ni.i, " That government ownership is Pres, a, ' K P'",,,,, wanted by the stockholders a will Erfei operates -the. 'systems with politicians an eventuality the executives expect. That in paying the employes higher wages the government will face a de ficit at the end of the fiscal year. That the railrnad chiefs feel some what humiliated by McAdoo's plan for sv!ng control. : The United Press informant, who made no effort to conceal his chagrin at the purposes of the government, said: "The roads will never be unscram bled again after the war. Not a single person with any comprehension of the true situation expects that the government will turn back the linos t ,11.11 iiiuiii-i inai uiiriuii L. tiov- ernment ownership is not a disaster. It will only be a disaster if politicians are put in the stead of practical rail road men. "The stockholders want government ownership. They think only of divi dends. Under the present arrange ment their securities are practically guaranteed. What'3 the difference to them?" That the railroad heads have given (Continued on Paee 2) iLlifiopiT" PROPOSALS FPiOM RUSSIA Can Not Be Accepted As Coming From Recog nized Government Washington, Dec. 29. Russia will find it impossible to place officially before tho United States any peace proposals. The state department said tonight it could not accept such formally, and that while Ambassador Francis might forward them "fop the department's information," they could not be ac cepted as coming from a recognized government. Still another source of transmission for Russia or for Germany if she seeks to put her terms before tho entente, would be the neutrals caring for Ger man Interests. It is felt here, however, that Ger many is trying to have Russia present tho Brest-Litovsk proposals to tho allies and the United States in the hope that they will "catch on." However, there exists here no spirit of acceptance. The United States and the allies have set their terms as elimination of the German autocratic power to inflict militarism on an un offending world. While a formal pre sentation of Germany's terms to the entente would undoubtedly have to have "consideration," officials here said tonight again that this would not mean "favorable consideration." The state department declared posi tively today that thus far it has not had terms either Russian or German, except the cabled Swedish press ver sions of the Russian terms. One effect of the Brest-Litovsk con ference alrcndy manifest Is tho in ternational dissension in Germany. The pan-Germanists are clamoring Against, the "no annexations, no in demnities" formula, while In othei groups the session has caused a deep er consideration of a general peace than anything to date. Railroads to Be Operated as One National Sys ternAll Facilities Speed and Efficiency Promoted To Maintain Existing Schedules M'ADOO ANNOUNCES FIRS T APPOINTMENTS W. D. Hines Named Assistant to Director-General and A. II. Smith Put In Charge Lines East Of Chicago- McAdoo's Plans Expected to Relieve Congestion-4 Local Passenger Service Washington, Dec. 29. The immedi ate pooling of all railroad equipment was tonight ordered by the director ?enerul OI railroads, Mlliam U. Mc- Adoo. In formal notification to all rail roads, he also directed that all sys tems "shall be operated os one nation al system of transportation." At the same time he announced his first appointment to his temporary administrative staff. Walker D. Hines, of New York, was appointed assistant pro tempore to the director general. Alfred H. Smith, of New York, was appointed assistant pro tempore to the director, general in charge of trans portation in the trunk line east of Chicago and north of the Ohio and tho Potomac rivers. Immediate steps to poor docks, car floats, lighters "and other facilities for distributing traffic in New York harbor including marketing facilities now controlled by individual rail' roads" also was ordered. The Interstate Commerce : eommls. sion was requested to make an lnves- Lehle-h Valley railroads likewise were in structed to make an Immediate study of terminal facilities on the New Jer sey water front at the port of New York. A report recommending necessary readjustments of passenger and freight schedules to relieve congestion at these terminals was ordered as quickly as possible. . McAdoo's order directed establish ment of through routes where neces sary. Railroads were directed to ig nore shippers' desires as to routes where speed and transportation would i,"D. """" 1 "" . aii iramc agreements een carriers which miirht inter. fere with expeditious movements of freight were ordered abrogated. McAdoo's Order. The order follows: "All officers, agents, and employes of such transportation systems - may continue in the performance of their regular duties, reporting to the same officers as heretofore and on the same terms of employment. "Any officer, agent, or employe de siring to retire from his employment shall give the usual and seasonable notice to the proper officer to the end that there may ho no interrup tion or impairment of the transporta tion service required for the success ful conduct of the war and the needs of general commerce. "All transportation systems shall be operated as a national system of transportation and tho common and national needs being in all instances held paramount to any actual or sup posed corporate advantage. "All terminals, ports, locomotives, rolling stock and other transportation facilities are to be fully utilized to carry out this purpose without regard to ownership. "The designation of routes by ship pers is to be disregarded when speed and efficiency of transportation ser vice may thus be promoted. "Traffic agreements between car riers must not be permitted to inter fere with expeditious movements. "Through routes which have not heretoforo been established because of short hauling or other causes are to be established and used whenever ex pedition and efficiency of traffic will thereby be promoted, and if diffi culty is experienced in such thorough routing, notice thereof shall he by carriers or shippers or both be given at once to the director by wire. "Existing schedules on rntes and outstanding orders of the Interstate Commerce commission are to be ob served, but any such schedules or rates or orders as may hereafter be found to conflict with the purposes of snid proclamation (the president's procla mation assuming control of the roads) or with this order shall be brought immediately by wire to the attention of the director." In addition to the general pooling order, McAdoo emphasized that ail terminal facilities in tho Chicago dis trict are to be operated "ns a unit." Him Named Assistant. Walker Downer Hines. appointed Director McAdoo's assistant tonight, is a New York attorney with a record as counsel for the. Louisville and Nashville from 19K3 to 1901, and for tho Pnnta Fe since 1906. Ho Is Bt present chairman of the Santa Fe's executive committee, nn office ho has held since 1908 in addition to his legnl dutfcs for this system. Hines is an authority on govern mental and railroad problems, espe cially those connected with govern ment regulation of rnilronds. H-3 was born In Russellville, Ky., February 2, 1870, and was married to Alice Clrmor MacFarlane In 1900. to Be Fullu Utilized- of Transportation to Bel - i Will Be Cut He Is a member of t.'sc: washingtonJ iiu -lew iuir uity uiuus. Smith President of N. Y. Central Lineal jinrea n. fsmun, McAdoo s assists ant in direct charge of transportation J is president of the New York Central lines. . 1 Thrnup-h rmt Ta 1J bored over his first steps in the great! pruuiem neiore mm. xne war board in flirthernnno nt thol. 1 . i.ll ordered the operating committee ofl vice presidents stationed at Pittsburgh n tuuie io wasmngton ana establish headquarters, ' 1 Operating rians Forecasted. I McAdoo's operating plans as far as they could be reliably forecasted to3 night follow: 1 TO Pool S. A. T, nml r T. : 1 Single track lines through the samel territory will bo onerated m ona double track line. For example, theJ Atlantic Coast line and the Seaboard A i - llriA- .411 V. , j j A in. c ,i, uo UIMJIBU. THSt n.H tnwv were during the height of the Spanish-J American war troop movements. - I Empty freight cars will go down! loaded. This will be the rule:: toA mruugn ireignt. Local trains wile handle Inter-territory traffic along each line ns at nrnt . tl A somewhat similar system will bel lonowea wun passenger traffic. At Various times nf ennp-ncMnw hl l trunk lines between the same points win ue oiviaea wun respect to freight, and nassenirer sprvl wn An- : ry freieht almost eveiuef,itr KAtWAA mi uusu points; tne otner mostly pas-j Cllt. T:nnn! Pncannmn, Clv - ..,v.a uil llLV, , . A drastic cut will be made in lnter-1 uroan ana local nrmmmndaii'ii v,,-. ..... .UULb V U . isenRer service. It was just here that admit its fnilnrp. Tho v,.ru..a --w (iiiYaio controls could not legally and would nut. wuimgiy jeopardize their corpor ate interests hv tttfrinfnc v,t- ....... a n,f,u iicifiiil. ! revenues. But bv the pnvemnt taking control, it guaranteed the line carryine emnties the nnrmai .i come and takes from the other line me surmus ivvptinM -M,in - the more efhcipnt nnd ti,,l-4 " " increasea freight. ine eneet on industries along the -...iw, nvtii uicoa cuiueni plated revolutionary changes in ship- VitllllllN n 1 Yl.'tOO rv A wiiumuiis, is neing caretuily con sidered before a final move is made. J.Ve not USR meat as a meth- ou, saia a nign oilicial to the United Press. jnat non-essential industries will necessarily be slashed in the readjust ments is not conceded by administra- " nuiwyy experts. Will Increase Carrying Capacity. '. "Government rnntmi io . - j - filing iu in crease tho carrying capacity of the lines enormously," said one official. This may permit during the war many so-called unnecessary industries wiiii-ii nuuiu nave oeen rorced out un der private railroad management," It Was admittpH. hnnrauAi. !,,. the almost inevitable Increase in war u eifc-ni tending to offset this increased efficiency, it mnv ho nppn... .... ..uaui j 1U1 government control to udopt an ex- lemien. priority list and let non-war . , , , 1 I UU1UU- tedly slim. I'lUUUVlS L1LKB T.nP r ennnioa i A 11 The sweeping pool order with first appointments In th no,,. ,n j - j minlstration marked the first entering wic suviTimieni into actual opera tion of the rn.nl-i TWooH,, u j , ments, need for which through the 6"""""' operation, were at once set in mntbin Kii.,A,.a . still further changes in the near fu- !i ""l,on or oraering operation of v-iittiaKU itrriMirv kvui cma Ba i mm muricu surveys or Condi- ----- ' 1 luin jnai- cated. the first aim n.tll K nulla ul II n rininr nr r, v l . , . . , . , ' . , , 1- iu ciear . .1 o ,tt,ray existing, congestion ot mo oKituuara ana open the middle Three Cornered Problem. Washington, Dec. 29. The DlHn vi. i,in,i ions oi allied ship ments along the Atlantic Seaboard re suited tonic ht In a ihi-o .,' ----- bu.uDiQU IU.U- road-shin-coal nrnli vm tiHh and international possibilities of the greatest importance. Rumors that the French government as a result of this congestion, lack of """" Biiormge or coal, had can celled large American mnnlMnn tracts were without official confirma tion. However, the possibility that an nuiuio emuargo wouia be placed e further shipments for export until th congestion is relieved was official admitted. Various hurried confer ences were held today between th president, representives of the Frencs government, Chairman Hurley, ,of thi shipping board Director-General lie Adoo, of the railroads, Fuel Admlil!t (Continued on Pag I)