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EM JOURNAL THE FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF ASSOCIATED PRESS THE WEATHER FAIR 1 f PAGES TODAY PUBLISHED AT GREATEST INDUSTRIAL CITY : OF THE CAROLINAS VOL. XIX., NO. 296 i JOURNAL'S CIRCULATION T ! GUARANTEED WINVTON-SALEM, N. C SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1918 est ADriRTianra MEDIUM PRICE FIVE CENTS URGE GLAND'S PART WINSTON-SAL "OFTEN PRESIDENT APPROVES ORDER ADMINISTRATOR GARFIELD fv ISSUE STATEMENTS GIVING INDUSTRY EAST OF IDLEYESJERDAY , Many Plants Exempted Were Stopped Before Learning That They Were Exempted; Opposition to Order Spent Itself ORDER CONSIDERED AS A WAR MEASURE War Calls for Many Sacri fices, hut' This Kind' is Less Than Sacrifices of Life, Said President in His Statement (By The Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 18. The nation's manutacturlng industry in the 28 stat.es east or tne Mississippi river i was virtually suspenucu today in I obedience to the government's order curtailing the use of fuel. j Most ot tne pmnts engaged on war contracts were exempteu n'oin tne or- tier's operation in telegrams sent out ; last nignt, but few or tnem learned , ot It in time, and a great majority of j them closed down. The country at large knew nothing j of exemptions except the few. an-, "nounced last nignt., and it was not until late this afternoon that the Fuel j Administration admitted oiticialiy ti nt important war work was not ahccted by the order and. gave out a list of hundreds of factories that may con tinue work on Government eontractsf curing tne nve uay closing iienuu. , Contusion attending enforcement of the order wan general. Buch a Hood ot telegrams poured into the offices i ot tno fuel Administration asking in terpretations and rui:ngs and request- j ing information concerning exempted, industries llhat finally the exemption I list was given to the press for publica- j tion. m I Tho day brought a statement of unequivocal support for order from President Wilson and a vigorous ue- j fense by Fuel Administrator Garfield j of the step and tne Government s pur- i pose in taking it. , Opposition 10 the order in Congress , apparently spent n.sell in debate in I both Houses. Liuring tne nay uar held replied to the senate's request of yesterday that the omer be suspciiu ed for five days, disclaiming any pur pose to be discourteous In declining to comply, anu ugam pointing out tae necessity for eniorcement 01 h.s or der. I Food Administrator Hoover. In a statement, interpreted the. order to mean tnat no Cueea wouia be put on the operation of any sort. 01 toon hanoung, nianuiaciuring or distiiuut- '"uie plants exempted from a list prepared by becremries baser ami Dameis ure tnose iiiMiiuiacluring mu niuoiis, arms and other war supplies for tne liu ei'iuiiem. anu iiHu..iii, s aim equipment tor snips. All ship yaras, aituough not in cluueu in tne exempted i.m, will con tinue operation unuer a special runng as will nunureus ot plains turning uih materials wnicn enter directly into the iiianutacture ot Army anu .Navy I supplies. Among the collateral industries j whicn will be classed as not coming within provisions ol tne order wilt do virtually an mines producing ores, In his statement supporting Dr. Gartielu s issuance ot tno closing or der t'res.aent Wuson sas lie was con sulted and agreed with the Fuel Admin istrator as to its necessity. If the ac tion has not been taken, he declared. Immediate relief rould not have been found for the fuel and transportation shortage. "This war," he said, "calls for many saerltices, and sacrifices of the sort called for by this order are Inliniiely less than sacrifices of life which might otherwise be Involved." The l'resident's statement follows: "1 was of course consulted by Mr. Uarfield before the fuel order of yes terday was Issued and fully agreed with him that it was necessary, much as 1 regretted the necessity. This war callB for many sacrillcea and sacri fices of the sort called for by this order are infinitely less than sacrillces of life which might otherwise be in volved. It is absolutely necessary to get the ships away, it is absolutely ne cessary to relieve uib . the ports and upon the railways, it is I absolutely necessary - to move great j quantities of food and it 1s absolutely -j necessary mat our prui'i" .- warmed in their homes if nowhere else, and half-way measures would not have accomplished the desired """If action such as this had not been taken, we should have limped along from day to day with a slowly Im proving condition of affairs with re gard to the shipment of food and coal, but without such immediate re lief a had become absolutely neces sary -Jeause of the congestions ot traffic which have been piling up for the last few months. "I have every confidence that the result of action of this sort will justi fy it and that the people of the country will loyally and patriotically responde to necessities of this kind as they have to every other sacrifice in volved in the war. We are upon a war fooling and I am confident that the people of the United States are willing to observe the same sort of discipline M SSISSIPP that mignt ne invoiveii in me actual j conflict Itself." , Dr. Garfield's statement emphasizes the railroad congestion, which he de- Clares Is threatening the food sup- ply, points to the necessity for niov- ! ' lng ships to F.uropc and carries ail ! appeal to capital to bear Mm share ' of the burden brought by the, -losing j ' K CONTINUED 6N PAGE TWO) ,' PRESIDENT OAS I Approval Sought for Bills Creating War Council and Director of Munitions; Will be Introduced in Con gress at Once COUNCIL TO BE ABOVE CABINET Will "Supervise- Control and Direct All Depart ments, Bureaus and Agen cies of Government" in Prosecution of the War (By The Associated Press) Washington, Jan. 18. Radical cha. jes in the. Government's war making machinery are proposed in bills to establish a. War Council of three members, all-powerful under the President, and to create a dire.cr tor of war munitions, approved by the Senate Military Committee. The. bill for a director of munitions was placed before tho Senate today and that for the War Council will be introduced by Chairman Cham berlain Monday when the Senate re convene. Approval of the Admin istration is being sought for both meaui's, which have virtually the unanimous support of the commit tee. So far there has been no inti mation of what may be the attitude of President Wilson. Proposals to have the secretaries of War and Navy as ex-officio members of the War Council -ware rejected today by the committee before the measure was put in fina.l foriB. . As ordered reported, the bill pro poses that the three members of the War Council shall be appointed by the President, with confirmation by the Senate, and be directly under the President, and above the Cabinet in authority, with power to "supervise, control and direct all departments, bureaus and agencies of the Govern ment in the prosecution of tho war INDICATED HIS ATTITUDE It ih proposed that the council i Navy yards at Norfolk, Charleston ana returned dishonored, members shall have no other duties j New Orleans and the Newport News Whatever terms .ire set '.'orw-ird h than to form and execute, with the Iplnnt were In full operation. ! any pacifist orator in these lands, you President's approval and co-opera- Richmond apparently had the ' wm not Ket them eushed n x o.i i,a .. tion, broad war policies and decide 'greatest army of idle, workers of any en(jorff or the Kaiser m- any of lh?se priorities ann nispuies netween tne dillerent departments and bureaus. The director of munitions, also a Presidentlul appointee and also con firmed by the 'Senate, will have au thority to control production, dls triliutiop and transportation of war (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) RELIEF FOR SHIPS Congested Condition of the Traffic in New York is Improving; Supply of Cars at Mines fBy The Anciatei Press. ( New York, Jan. 18 Determina tion to observe the Government's fuel order is steadily reivrjig conges tion in the New York territory, ac cording to reports received today at the offices of A. H. Smith, assistant Idrector General of Railroads. Kt forts are being concentrated upon tho movement of coal and fuel for the merchant ships tied up in star ports. The car supply at the West Vlr. ginia coal mines was said to 1 e about fifty per cent of normal. From these fields is obtained the greater portion of blinker .con I for northern Atlantic ports. There were 566 empty cars available there today, while 438 were loaded yesterduy. A full supply of cars is at the anthracite mines. Harbor traffic here is still handi capped by heavy Ice floes, but de spite these unfavorable conditions many more steamships waiting for bunker coal to begin their voyages were suppl.ed today than on any day In the last W'k It was pointed out that the dally arrivals exceed the number of craft on which fuel ha been loaded. Officials concentrated on this work today are convinced that the American army in France must hnvp nn uninterrupted stream of sup plies. COVNT VON I.rXBl'Rfi IS UPCOMING INSANE Itiif-nos Aires, Jan. 18 The director of tho German lis ittil has informed the foreign offhx- flint the oondUInn of Colin) Von Itixbtirg, former mill Mor fo Argentina. sten4llly lias Ix-como worse. Count Von Lushing now has boon in the Hospital five woeks suffering from a nervous break down. The hospital iMiI'liorlties have iiigul l he nciesHily of remov ing (he patient In un asylum wher." lie ran be more closely guarded. Foreign office ofriculH ap parently arc attempting to keep Von l.iixImrg'H condition a Hccrel. but It Is reported that he is becoming Insane. WAITING FOR COAL e OF FUEL AND BOTH - AT INDUSTRIAL PlAWTSOF south All Plants Observing Order in Patriotic Spirit; Tobac co and Cigar Manufactur ' ers Hardest Hit Except Cotton Mdls NORFOLK & WESTERN SHOPS OFFER WORK Atlantic, Jan. 18. Hundreds of in dustrial plants In the South were clos ed today for a five day period un der the fuel restriction order and thousands of operatives were Idle. No THOUSANDS IDLE WOnnHta t i.l 1 a 1 I AM .. 1 I U folk. Virginia, Retail Merchants Ao sociation asked, merchants to close ' all stores on Mondays during the ten week period as a purely patriotic measure. ( Scores of cotton mills using other iuuvug 111 me uimi cent speech of President Wilson rc- been received tonight and surface in- garding the war alms of the Knirnte dications were that both manufactur- Allies and the United States, ers and worked viewed the situation , A"?r thanking the representatives ... ill, or 'he spirit in which they hail met philosophically. the government, the premier said that The South Carolina House of Rep- there was no other alternative for resentatlves, In session at Columhla, raising men except either by raising voted down by art overwhelming ma- the military age or of sending wound jority a resolution asking Fuel Ad- ed men llat,k aKain to tn fil.inK ministrator Gartied to rescind the, A to the urKencv ot rilijI1(. ,le order and the Atlantic Chamber of , Ml. L1 , Ge0rge said that he Commerce adopted a resolution ap-. d nl8 collUilKlles wn0 are tho SeTL ' ?tn0,ke,nVrf.n H watch tower could not u'eny. ami '.Hat 'KtfJJt''r. unless the need had been urgent the than water power will be closed tor!'".'-, 1 "U,M J""1"" the five day period, but those work-! wh'h u can possibly ajrrept as a ing on Government orders of heavy .settlement of this terrible dispute, ducking were expected to reopen un- ; lf we are not able to defeat the limn der the exemption for such plants is-n forces, if we are not able, to re. sued today by Dr. Garfield. sl!,t the military power of Prussia is The tohcco interest probably was I ther,e '"n here who in the po. the largest otltflld of-wtton to he eiwlim of his wits who believes mat effected by the order. Cigar factories onr J V01 terms tlio least o theiu. In Florida. Virginia and other states w,ol'ld J enforced. 1 am not talking were closed as were; tobacco Slid clg - - arette plants in Virginia. North Car- ollna and other sections. "l e extreme war men wnn wain in The Industrial center at Binning- grab everything and sinnex the earth ham was only slightly affected, as and all of the heavenly firmament. I most of the steel plants there are en- am talking about thi- iiiix'erate de gaged on Government work and at mands of the most pacifist sun! in coal mines extra efforts were made to this assembly. Try to cash that check eet out coal. Shin vards. Including the at the Hlndenbiirc baiiK. u will Ik- having been reporteo. out oi i there. Norfolk and vicinity reporte.u from 10.000 to M" ' ZXmm6Zti tanooga from 15,000 to J0,000; Char leston, 8. C about 2,800 and Knox- vllle, about 3,500. In the Roanoke district where about 2,000 workers were idle, the Norfolk and Western Railway offer ed to employ hundreds of persons in repair and other work on its lines and In its shops during the. days of inactivity, including Mondays. The shut down of industries was expected to relieve coal shortage in Atlanta. In many' parts of Alabama and in other Southern States fuel ad ministrators were directing fuel to householders badly In need of fuel. Experts Making Engines to Run Bigger and Heavier Planes- Carrying More Marine Guns" (By The Associated Press.) Washington, Jan. 18. Experts un der the aircraft production boarc.' are uimHv ot work, it was learned to day, on an engine that is expected toi1 surpass the Liberty motor in power, while retaining all the qualitien for quantity production. While the orig inal Liberty motor included no me chanical Innovations or experiments, the designers have full latltut in thi" new machine ajid it will prob-l ablv mark new progress in the art of airplane designing. For that res on details of construction are highly confidential. American experts have worked on the theory that a good big airplane is better than a good little airplane. They believe super dreac'naughts of the air will be the mas era of the airv and consequently the new engines are being developed to run planes of In creased size and fighting power. Months ago General Pershing urged that American designers anticipate craft armed with six machine guns, each, three heavy and three lighti At that time no serious attempt Jras being mace lit Europe to get more than four guns aboard any plane. The Navy Department 1b also at work on designs for advanced type of seaplanes. For the present the ca pacity of the new plant at the Phil adelphia yeard, where nearly one thousand men are employed, is needed to turn out the desired flying boat, hir. seine or Its facilities soon will be c!;vr'.fd to development of enhfged and Improved flying boats. ' 1 MILITARY ZONKS AROUND SHIP HOLDING PLANTS Washington. Ja'n, 18. Without de bate, the Senate toc'ay passed the bill authorizing the President to es tablish military sones around ship building plants engaged in Crovern- DEVELOPING NEW AIRPLANE ENGINE lant work, , . A MUST EITHER GO ON OR 00 UNDER PREMIER STATES Lloyd George Says if Any Man Knows, Way Out of Conflict Except Fighting, "For Heaven's Sake Ix't Him Tell Me" STOP UNLESS DO IT WITH ALL MIGHT "Never" Hss Been Onlv Answer Received From a German on Conditions of Peace Laid Down by Pre mier and President (Bv The Associated Press) Lonc'on, Jan. 18. Addressing the final conference of the representatives of the trades unions affected by the man-power bill which passed the House of Commons last night, David Lloyd George the British Prime min ister, today gave the Government's reasons for the necessity of raising more mn for the army and also refer. red at length to his own and the re- ' would not have brought forward the demand jiow. He explained the Gov ernment's view and continued: "I assume that all of you here in your hparts believe that the war aims declarec' by that great labor ronfer- - "" hi.iiimiiusiji.jii imi'ei .answ. 1 aiT nt talking about the demands tne powor to ... . ,, hat.' come for restating our war. aims ' them in a way fha, would carry with us all the nioileratt rational opinion of this land i.-i.t other lands. Almost simultaneously the same Idea came to President Wilson and without any opportunity or pre vious consultation because there was none. "Presic'ent Wllson'and ni)se!f lai ' down what was substantially the same program for the termination of this war. "How has that program been re ceived? Throughout the whole of th allied countries it ha been received with acclaim. There was hardly a voice raiseC In criticism, except a few men who wish that 1 had made more extreme demands. "The socialists of France, of Italy, as well as those of this country, have in the main accepted as very fair 'ho general demand put forward. . "What has been their reception in Germany? I beg you to consider this, especially thos who think we aro responsible for perpeuating this hor ror. The only enemy comment has been: 'Behold! how EnglanC Is weak, enlng. Go on and they will come down". "Again there has been no response from many In any position in Germany that Indicates a desire on the part of the ruling powers in that land to approach the problem in a spirit of equity. "We de.mandei.' the restoration of Belgium. Is there one man here who would make peace without the com plete restoration of Belgium and repa ration for its wrongs?" Cries of "No." "What is the answer from Ger many?" Mr. Lloyd George continued. 'There has been but one answer and it came from Von Tirpitz's soul 'Never!' "There was a demand for the re consideration of the wrongs of Alsace-Lorraine. What Is the answer from Germany 'Never!' "When. I suggesteC that Mesopotain, ia and Palestine should never be re stored to the tyranny of the Turks, (CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO) DURHAM HOSIi:nY MILTj TO PAY VtLli SUiAJlIES (Ov The A.wneinfed Press) Durham, Jan. 18. With op- eratlons of tho J'ucl Adminls- trutors order closing manufiw- turlng plants east of tli Missis- Hlppi, Julian S. t'arr, Jr., pre- ident of the Durham Hosiery Mill, the largest hosiery manti. factoring In tho Notion, an- nounood that this mill will pay the thousands of employees In it ten plants, beginning today foil salary for Uie five clays. , Tho management of Use mllN announced that It will close all of Its plains, some of which op- oralei witfi liydro-electrle - or, which Is allowed by the Fuel Administration for Ov. five days wifhont question regard- Ing fnlfuilment of the order n - a, patriotic dtity. DIRECTOR GENERAL McADOO APPOINTED RAILROAD WAGE COMMITTEE AND MADE NEW RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM FARMERS OF SOUTH SHOULD RAISE ALL THEIR HISTUFFS Patriotic Duty in Exigency to Raise Food and Feed for South and Release Many Cars Bringing them From Elsewhere WILL HELP WIN THE WAR BV THIS MEANS- i (By The Associated PesO I Washington, .Ian. 18. South should ' help win the war by raising its own foodstuffs and eliminating the neces sity of -transporting food from olhr sections of the country, said Director General McAdoo in an appeal tunight to tho people of the South and par ticularly to fanners. Without reiljcri,? cotton production, farmers ought to produce more milk, butter, c;;ks, poul try, fruit and vegetables, he suggest ed. "One of the great tasks cunft or.ting the American people." said Mr. .McA doo, "is that of improving and 'mak ing throughly efficient their railroad transportation system. The people of the .South, and especially the farm ers are in the habit of using tr.e transportation system nf the country to a degree thai is highly uneconom ic and unmieoessary, foi the parpusc of transporting food and teed tiinu other parts ol the I'nited States, but ; they du not produce enough teet anil ! food stuns lor themselves. "1 wish to urge upon too people of ' the South and especially the l u iuers 1 to do everything possible during the, next year to relieve tho strain on the ' lailrond agencies of the Nation by growing their own food. The SoutJi I can. if It will, feed itself nnd produce i the 'rations both "in ' roughhage and groin lor its nwn livestock, i "The best farmers of the South j recognize the fact that it pays as a ; matter o!' nond farming to prouuee on each farm the h.iy . ,i ml i;ra:n for 't the livestock, all the garden prodneix, ! fruit and poultry product... vhich arc ; needed by the farm, and if possible, 'a surplus of all these for sale in the ; immeiiiate vicinity. "It Is not desired, not do I sug ! west that the growing of i i.t'ou deeild : be discouraged. Kvery Southern farm ; er should raise all the cotton thai. c , can well cultivate, since cotton run-i-stltnles (lie best rash crop of moot' nf the Soulh. but he should p,inw Hie . hay and grain to feed his draft an i ima.ls. He should produre his ov. n j milk, butter. -eggs, poultry, fruit ur 'vegetables and every city and t'a j of the South he to the largest possi ble extent supplied with tin se c :n I modilics by the farmers of the .oi.ih. j It is not only good agricultural prac tice, but it becomes In this exigence I a patriotic duty. j "If the south can feed Itself It will j release from unnecessary service hi ! the South n vast number of freight cars and engines and will help win the wa r " Documentary Evidence Pri duced in Trial of 31 Per sons for Plotting Against United States SanFranclseo, Jan. 18. Attemp's to embroil the United States in war with Asiatic countries to divert attention from a proposed revolution against British rule In India were contemplat ed in an alleged conspiracy to foment the revolution, accorclng to docu. mentary evidence introduced today by the Government at the trial of thirty one persons charged with plotting to violate the neutrality of the United Stales. The documents were seized In tho effects of Ta'rak Nath Das, a defen dant, according to the prosecutor, who contended Dus had written them. A letter which the prosecution al leged, had been written to a womasa whose name was withheld, said: i"The people of Japan will not stanc'1 for any further losses of ships. There Is a political crisis over sending any more ships to the Allies. The Rus sian " "Reds", wanted to destroy the United States mission ""To - Russia, headed by Ellhu Root, by setting fir to the train and destroying bridges. The story of the Dardanelles may be reie't'(.' at .SalonikJ. I sea little success for the Baron Ishll mission, to the United States. Dr. Hun Yat Sen, the first president of the Ch'n ese republic is a democrat leader and is being opposed by the British on that account. He would fight thom in the field, if necessary, and even would give up his life for democratic principles." "Washington, Jan. 18. A delegation of workers from the meat packing plants at Chicago, called on President Wilson late toc'ay and urged that the Government lake over the meat pack ing industry in this country. Secretary Haker, Secretary Wilson and Samuel (Jumpers wore called 'fhto the conference. The anion workers contend It is essential for the Gov ernment to control the industry be cause of the large number of aliens among their fellow employees. EMBROIL AMER OA IN ASIATIC IR SOLDIER'S CALL FOR HELP BRINGS BROTHERS PARDON Plain Note of Boy Serving His Country Secures Par don. That Lawyers Have Sought in Vain for Long Time; the Letter JOHN E. RAY DIED ALMOST SUDDENLY Superintendent of . S1 at e School for the Blind, Well Known Over the Nation, Passes Away Without Warning; Service to State! (Hy W. .F. Martin.) ltaleigln, .Inn. IS. Yielding to a. special appeal from a soldier brother, home on a furlough, with enfeebled and poor parents, Governor lilokett to day granted the pardon so ling sought j in vain by attorneys anil others for dgar I' rady, serving two years on the roads in lluncomlie county for black-; beiore the Government Railroad Ad niail. The pardon is conditioned on , ministration Including the Railway good behavior and is after more than j lirotherhooils' demands, half the sentence has been served. The j ,l the same time the Director Gen Governor's reason are most Interest- j enil put Into effect a new system of ing and characteristic. They follow: Government railroad administration '"n a ragged piece of note paper .and with a lend pencil. Private An drew' II. Frady. in Company G. 10a, writes me: 1 " 'I have Just arrived homo on a live 'days furlough and the weather so had and i iv atlicr nil wither, boll j very poorly in health, l'lease pardon my brother, r.ugar I'taiiy, as i am In service In tho Army and cannot get homo to take care of. them. The ex pense, of the tnal has almost ruined my father, and IC you will pardon hl.n ho can work and help them gel straight again. 1 am willing to enlist t ivilJ give rin life -to "save a on and others, i think ymt - - wtnil(i - - be - wllhnfi to pardon him nnd let him come home , : to take care ot them. "Attorneys learned in the law have .heretofore brought before me in per son and written me letters in re gard to this case, but .1 rould not see my way clear to grant a pardon. Thi' letter of this soldier, however. semes ne ease in av r o "; with general conditions affecting rail er. When I lead that letter there way employes, regardless of whether , ; church w hen 1 was a iy. ' "I gave. I gave my life for thei'. "What hast., thou given for tile'.'". "The prisoner is a young boy and has served inure than half his term ' M'HNTINi'FD ON 1'AGF TWO) SAW FUEL IS OBJECT OF ORDER!! ii "i TT" , , Fllcl Administrator State Says Object is "Not t Stop Plants or Mercantile. Establishments Greensboro, Jan. IS. A. W. Mc A lister, Slate Fuel Administrator, is construing the Garfield fuel order strictly where it Involves a saving of fuel and very liberally where no sav ing will result. , He construes that the order does not apply to wood-working plan's that use exclusively for fuel waste ma terial produced by them, such as shavings and sawdust. Also that the order does not apply to foundries which do not use steam power, also the order does not apply to laundries as manufacturing plants, but merely as places of business, and that laun dries will only have to close on Mon days, beginning January 21st. Tho order does not require stores or any place of business to close., the order being not be burn fuel on the days specified. There may be some days during the period designated when It will be warm enough for cer tain places to keep open without us ing any fuel. The purpose of the order is to save fuel, not lo close nianufactulng plants or other places of business, and the order will not bo construed as apply ing where no saving of fuel results. IAW TKMPFKATrnES FOR FOUR DAYS FORi;C.STi;i Washington. Jan. lM.Tcmp- eralnrcs far below the seasonal average during the next four days were forecast hy the wen- I her bureau lonight for the fer- rltory east of tlie Mississippi af- foeu! by Uie fuel rtrictkn oitiej InteiiMS cold now lielng ex. perlenced In Uie Ohio valley and lake regions will continue, the, bureau said, while In tlie Middle Atlantic and New Fug- land section mercury will fall considerably! In the next few days. A disturbance now raging In western Texas will reach the mhVlle Atlantic sections Mon- day probably nnwmiHinlnd by snow storms. LABOR AND WAGE PROBLEMS WILL BE GONSIDEBED Secretary Lane, Commis sioner MeChord, Judge Covington and Chairman Wilcox of Republican Committee are Appointed DIVIDE RAILROADS INTO THREE PARTS Places Railroad Executive . at Head of Each Section; They Will Issue Order Under Authority of Direc tor CJeneral (By T.ie Associated Press.) Washington, .Jan. 18. Director General McAdoo announced tonight appointment of a railroad wage com tn 1 1 tee of four public, men to ana lyze and recommend action on all wage and labor questions pending by dividing the country into three operating regions, south, east and west ami placed a railnmd executive at the head of each us his 'rep re'-" alenative. The wage commission consists of Secretary Lane, interstate Commerce Commissioner C. C. McChord, .Judgu Harry Covington, chief Justice of the District ot Columbia Supremo Court and Win, R. Wilcox, who tonight an nounced his resignation as chairman of the Republican National Commit tee. It was planned originally to pass only the four Brotherhoods' wage dnnuinds. but so many otber - la.l,op - tiiieUons - have been submitted lo the Director General since then. Unit he determined lo refer them all to the board. It will hear all labor complaints or petitions, make careful investigations and recom mend a course of action to Mr. Mc Adoo. The commission's inquiry will deal ts been made to the Director Oan- , eral or to railroad managements be I hoe the Government assumed con- ! trol. In charge of Eastern railroads, Mr. McAdoo retained A. H. Smith, president of the New York Central, i who has acted as assistant to the Di i rector General with headquarters In ,"W.J"rk, H- "' Aiton. president of tho C hlcago and Northwestern, was appointed regional director for territory west of the Misslln( -,1.1, headquarters at Chicago. Southeast ern roads were assigned to c. H. .iarKnam, president nf th.. lllir,,. 'entral, wllh head MIlHt'tPrn at At HIIJUl. I Th" Eastern division consists of j territory north of the Ohio and To- i iiiii.ii: rivers "and east of Laks Michigan and the Indianla-Illlnols Mat., line; uso ,h()Ke railroads in Il linois extending Into that stale from points Pa.st or the Indiana-Illinois st.ii line; also the Chesapeake and 'bio the Norfolk and Western and the Irginlan railways." The Southern district is defined as Including "all railroads in that por tion of the United states south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi river, eCept the Chesapeake and Ohio, Norfolk and Western and the Virginian rail ways, and also thoso railroads in ll- inois and Indiana extending into those states from points south of the Ohio river." The Western ,1 (strict Is composed of the balance of the country It excludes those roa.ls running into Il linois from the east, and from the south. Thus Illinois will be subject to the joint Jurisdiction of all direc tors. - nu . , " ,uSi"Hl l,y lhe S'ntlemen named their capacity as regional dirt tors, will be issued by authority of the Director Getjeral and will be respected accordingly," says "gen eral order number four," establish ing the operating regions." The directors will undertake to supervise general transportation problems of their districts and will be the Held marshals of the central organization, which the Director Gen eral is expected to form permanent ly in a. day or two. This organiza tion probably will consist of five or six divisions, with a chief of each Nearly every class of orgunlised and unorganized railroad labor has asked Director General McAdoo for a wage increase or has sought a, conference to discuss son-, phase of the e loyment situation. These In.' elude engineers, firemen, conductors, trainmen, switchmen, telegraphers, maintenance of way employees, ma "hlnists, shopmen and train dispatch, ers. . Alth gh Mr. McAdoo has made announcement of his policy it Is gen erally believed that a number of wage Increases will be allowed, Tr oortution of coal was pushod today by railroads, but weather con ditions through the entire middlewest and Pennsylvania still made move ment sluggish. In an order to railway presidents of eastern and southern territory the Director General referred to the Fuel Admlnistation's recent order and added: "I urge and direct that every pos. sible effort be made by the rail roads to move coal and to co-operate to the limit with Fuel Admlnlstra- (CONTIN'UED ON" PAGE TWO)