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Secretary Baker Makes Offi
cial Announcement of the .
Taking Over.
ALLIES
ARE SUPERIOR
ON WESTERN FRONT
Germans Outnumbered in
Both Guns and Men -Must
Not Let German Strikes
Slow up Prepartions
Washington, Feb. 4. Warning the
nation not to let reports of strikes
and other internal disturbances in
Germany slacken its war prepara
tions, Secretary Baker, in his week
ly military review today, also makes
the official announcement that
American troops are at last holding
a portion of the actual battlefront.
For the first time also Secretary
Baker declares that it Is fully be
lieved the Allies have a preponder
ance of men and guna on the ..West
ern front, despite the fact that the
German line has been strengthened
by troops from the Russian field. Sec
retary Baker declared the 'reports of
numerical superiority have been
spread by the enemy himself.
Reviewing operations for the. week
ending February 2, Secretary Baker
says: , .
v
"American troops which have -now
completed their training are occupy
ing a portion of the actual battle
front. The operations in which - our
troops have so far been engaged were
of a minor character. .. .7-W- "
"On January 30," the ffrinans' at
tempted a strongly pushed " raid
against our line for purposes of iden
tification. Under cover df a heavy.1
mist the enemy wasable to Teach- our
advanced positions. A short -brush
ensued and the raiders were com
pelled to vdthdraw in haste, after in
flicting slight casualties.
"Two days later the enemy appar
ently attempted another reconnoiter
ing thrust, but was dispersed before
iny headway could be made.
"Our patrols have been active in
No Man's Land, and our scouts have
made themselves familiar with the
details of the hostile positions oppo
site them.
"Another event of importance took
Place in France. The Inter-Allied
Supreme War Council met at Ver
sailles, attended by General - Bliss,
thief of staff of the armv. and Gen
eral Pershing, as well as the repre-
-"""'ca ui r ranee, threat rsniam
-m Italy. Complete and close co--eration
between the Allies and our
es, and a harmonious understand
between the supreme commands
0 all the forces engaged, promises to
"0v positive results. Unity of 'pur
pose on all fronts will thus be at
tained.
"Dunns the
,he world has been flooded with the
SeW5 of verv serimis internal unroot
in Germany. Widesnread strikes
among munition workers are report-fl-
While dissatisfaction is no doubt
'e m Germany, and strikes of in
creasing seriousness have occurred,
ti,must not alIow any reported dis
to ff 6 Within the German empire
affect the effectiveness "or speed of
cur own preparations.,
During the week hostile concen
ations the West continued. In
jwtain quarters the reports spread
JL enemy that he holds a pre-
thp numerical superiority in
nL J;.have ained come cred-
, 16 Psitive proof has been
tnJw. . at the enemy has removed
rops from the Eastern theatre and
s stnppmg other fronts for the com.
struggle in the West, neverthe-
hnM . 6 Allies are believed still to
Perio?t T apPreciable numerical su
"t J' oth in men and guns.
raid i XJilLibU meatre numerous
WheaTt .f16- SUth of Lens and
south nf ? Langemarck, as well as
sent I ScarPe, the Germans
TV ti.reconnoiteringdetachments.
enea forces were alo busily
ifl. . ending the enemv line.
ure of Hs new units, taking meas
gent0 Jue.value of the new contin-
Germ , . e arriving along the
theatS Mne in the West from other
-orth
Epehv , -I- Havnncourt and" near
5risonersr patrols - brought in
tS!.i,artillery kePt UP a heavy
cS Ut the week in the Ypres
ambrai salients
lSfdteIe was the scene of
01 ArnVTS ing and the 'Sions
hI tarPt ? ens were also Princi-
fcjftgets for tTi n
bpv. rTench were akn hnv rtA:
ejiemy and kept a careful out
mrm Mm
TOE GERMAN REPLY TO
es British Firsts Lord
of Admiralty is Mere? '
ly Talking
, Amsterdam, Feb. 4.- A dispatch re
ceived here today from Berlin gives
the German reply to the' statement
last week of Sir Eric Geddes, . First
Lord of the British Admiralty, who
in reviewing the first year of 'unre
stricted submarine warfare, said the
submarine menace was . being, held,
that the sinking of merchant meiCwas
decreasing , and; the destruction of U
boats Increasing and that the morale
of the submarine I crews was -deteriorating
on . account of the British
policy of secrecy In regard to the
fate of the men on submarines' which
failed to return . to their; bases. The
German, reply Jn the form of a semi
official statement" follows:
"What SirTEric Geddes said is not
new. . It is merely, repetition of fa
miliar assertions which are disproved
by the facts and appear periodically
in. the speeches of -talkative wire pul
lers in England.
If that , brav . optimist Geddes ex
pects by such means to lower the -morale
, and the power of resistance of
our ; U-boat crews, hf will - hare as
little success, as has been mit with
in the attempts ,to .bluff the German
people wno .iong tgo reaiizeq .-xnat
Englisfi secrecy was: nothing but' an
expression of consciousness of weak-
- v HHJD IN BERLIN
Asterdam, Feb l.br." 'vbn Kuehl-
jnan, Foreign Minister; jCount Czer-
nin, the Austro-Hunganan Foreign
Minister, and General von1 Ludendorff,
the Germaii chief quartermaster gen
eral, a semi-official announcement
from Berlin says, will, arrive in Ber
lin Monday to participate in deliber
ation of political and economic-ques
tions affecting the common interests
and territories of Germany and Aus-
tro-Hungary. Count Botho von We-
del, the German Ambasador to Vien-
look along their entire front. Oppo
site the French, the Germans con
fined operations to minor raids north
of the Aisne -and Upper Alsace,
"Profiting by the favorable atmos
pheric conditions which prevailed,
air raids on a large scale were under
taken. The -British - successfully
bombed railway centers in Flanders
and air squadrons undertook attacks
upon munition plants and other mili
tary objectives in the Rhine area.
London and Paris, , as well as Dun
kirk, Calais and Boulogne, were vis
ited by hostile aircraft.
"In Italy a further improvement in
the combat situation is noted. The
Italians were very successful in fol
lowing up their plans to regain points
of particular strategic importance
along their battlefront. As a coun
terpart of the French assault in the
Region of the Monte Tomba, the tlal
ians early in the week launched a
powerful offensive thrust against the
Austrian positions along the Asiago
plateau. " This attack was directed
against the . strongly entrenched en
emy positions in the, region between
the Frenzela and the Brenta.
"The Italians succeeded in captur
ing the hostile strongholds of the im
portant peaks of the: Col Del Rosso
and the Monte Di Val Bella, which
resulted in an appreciable advance
of the Italian line in this area, the
capture of 100 officers, -2,600 men and
a large quantity of munitions.. By
this very fortunate- operation the
Italians were able to regai nthe im
portant ground lost in this area in
December, and their hold on their po
sitions is rendered more secure.
"Austrian reaction was prompt. An
assault against the new Italian po
sitions on the Monte Di Val Bella
was undertaken. The attacking
forces were stopped and the Italians
immediately drove a fierce counter
attack and inflicted further serious
casualties on the enemy. Patrol en
counters took place in. the Val d'As
.tico and in the Val Guidicaria, a hos
tile raiding ' party was driven off by
hand grenades.
"Along fche Balkan front a renewed
activity is recorded. Patrol encoun
ters took , place west of Lake Doirou.
British and Serb detachments raided
Bulgarian? positions and enemy con-
centration . In the vicinity of Seres
and in the, valley of the Vardar were
bombarded by , aircraft. -
"In Palestine Jthe British are push
ing slowly but steadily forward, en
larging their-sphere of- operations
and consolidating Jbe ground won."
FRONT
LONDON NEWSPAPERS
THE WAR COUNCIL
Few Discordant Notes on the
Report Are Heard From
the Press
London, Feb. 4. -The only discord
ant notes heard in -the editorial judg
ment of the morning newspapers On
the results of the meeting at Ver
sailles of the Supreme War Council
Commission are from the Dailr News
and the Daily - Chronicle, which de
clare that the report of the confer
ence will be received with very tem
pered satisfaction. Several other
important newspapers announce that
the report was not received in time
for comment.
Additional information regarding!
tne development and the nature of
the enlargement of the Council's
functions is wanted by the Daily
News, and it hopes that Premier
Lloyd-George, when he .speaks in . the
House of Commons on Tuesday, will
let the country know if this means
the overruling of the high commands
of the individual powers.
The Daily Chronicle appears to be
afraid that the Council is assuming
executive functions ana it expects
enlightenment through Parliament.
The Times calls the Versailles
statement eminently satisfactory, and
says: " - !V : ' .
"It tends to dispel vthe" deceptive
fog of -peace whih -has been gather
ing and has been axtificiaUy thicken
ed, fc ,many allied capitals t during the y
iaj3Emonttts sof winter it re
affirms 'iha determihtaion and: objects
of the Allies in unmistakable terms
with -a welcome note of fidelity."
The Morning Post says:
"We find it reassuring to have this
unaltered conviction that the only
way to peace is through an unflinch
ing prosecution of war to victory. The
surest way to peace is to dismiss
thought of it. As President; Wilson
has said, in effect, the greatest foes
of peace are the pacifists, for they
do not know how to get what they
want." y
WANUN INCREASE IN
WATER RAM COTTON
Clyde and Mallory Lines Join
in Movement for Higher
Rate
Washington, Feb. 4. The Clyde
and Mallory steamship companies to
day joined in the movement to in
crease water rates on cotton from
Southern ports to New York and Bos
ton. They ask icreases of six cents
per hundred pounds to Boston and
SQyen cents to New York on upland
cotton and cotton linters.from Bruns
wick, Charleston and Jacksonville, in
applications filed with the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
The Clyde Steamship Company also
applied for increased rates on . trans
ferring turpentine, rosin and other na
val stores by lighters from its North
river pier, in the New York harbor
to the National Transportation and
Terminal Company's yards, Union Na
val Stores Company's piers and the
South Brooklyn Naval Stores yards,
eighteen cents a barrel being asked.
CARMEN'S STRIKE
TIES UP ST. LOUIS
St. Louis, Feb. ' 4. Long before
dawn today thousands of people left
theif homes on the tramp to work, on
account of the demoralization of the
street car service, caused by a strike
of conductors and motormen begun
late Saturday night.
Although the United Railway an
nounced last night that service would
be resumed at daybreak today under
police protection, at 8 o'clock no cars
had left the barns.
"Early today no violence had been
reported aC police headquarters.
EXPLOSION IN BIG
MUNITIONS PLANT
London, Feb. 4. The explosion of
a munitions, depot near, Prague, cap
ital, of Bohemia, involving the loss of
many lives, is reported in dispatches
from that city to Zurich, as forwarded
by the Exchange Telegraph. Company.
According toAsome accounts the "de-
jpot was blown up intentionally.
ON
LAST lr4CftEMTji
Washington,
tost
General Crowded tMayVahniaunced
that the morement Of last incre
ments of inen , selected iif the .'first
draft wnil begiieuH ?ry 23
and continue tor ta pga of five
days. This -wiUcoi.ae 4 the
operation of the .first as all
States ,will hayefurn their
full quotas. y-l&r:; ' '
The. movemdntivwill tfjf .the
strength of the ' hationfelfehy ' up
to 685,600 men faniiSg&A in
the'.firit":draft; ;? f . .. ' V; -c
The:.niim1Mfwmen; ,t;2li will
De start ea tot? ioe v ou7i can
tonments on February 2
Camp Lee yirglliia, 3,000; Jack
son,? 3,303 t (negroe8); "Gor
don, Gal, 2,800 tnegrb.0s) Travis,
Texas, 758; itodOPike, Ark., 2,000
. (hegroes) . . vV?et Virginia :will
send 1,520 meH arnp Meade,
Md., insteadT df Oamp ; Lee- a
McAdoo Assures Congress
man North Carolina Port
Will Get Its Snare
THIS CITY TO RECEIVE
FULL CONSIDERATION
As the Plan for Relieving New
York's Congestion is Work
Out, Wilmington WiU
' Be Used
'-(By : George H. Manning.)
Washington, D. C, Ffeh. 4. The in
terests bf the Port of .Wilmington as
a .pointer expoftatierJiupplies, to
Eurone are beine well taken care of.
MdL Nirtjlinm
Bor is w receive tne iunest conBiaer
ation from the ' Shipping Board and
Director of railroads. Congressman
Godwin said today "I have talked with
Director of Railroads McAdoo about
Wlmington and urged the port's
greater utilization as a point of em
barkation," said Mr. Godwin, "Senj
ators Simmons and Overman have
also done what they could in this
connection.
"Mr. McAdoo told me there was ho
intention of overlooking Wilmington
when he directed that- large ship?
ments of cotton be exported through
Savannah and Charleston. He said
he had thought Georgia and South
Carolina better cotton States than
North Carolina. That was the way he
expressed it
"He assured me that officials of his
bureau and the Shipping Board have
Wilmington in mind, and when it is
possible ot ge along further with the
plan of further utilizing the Southern
ports to relieve congestion at New
York and Philadelphia Wilmington
will receive the fullest consideration."
ALL ACCOUNTANTS
TO BE MOBILIZED
Wshington, Feb. 4. Mobilization of
all certified accountants who come
withi nthe draft law, has been Order
ed so as to supply vacancies in the
army business organization.
Henry E. Wise, attorney for paper
manufacturers, appearing at. a hearing
today before the Federal commission,
told the commission he had received
as chairman of a draft board in New
York, orders from the adjutant gen
eral to call in at once all registered
accountants, put them through a phys
ical examination and mobilize them.
They were to be sent this week to
army dpots. Mr. Wise said inability
to get accountants had delayed the
assembling of information he desired
to present to the commission.
CHICAGO IS FACING
SERIOUS SITUATION
To Take Over Oil Control.
Washington, Feb. 4. The presiden
tial proclamation placing tne oil in
dustry under the Fuel Administration
is expected to be issued today.
BRITISH CASUALTIES DE
CREASE. London, Feb. 4. The British
casualties reported during the
week ended today totalled 6,354,
divided as follows :
Killed: or died of wounds: Offi
cers, 51;, men, 1,325. Wounded or
missing: Officers, 173; men, 4,805.
- .
The lowest mark for many
months past is reached by last
week's casualties They compare
with 8,588, the previous week, with
17,043! the week immediately pre
ceding that and-with 3,951 for the
week ending December 31,. the pre
vious low figure for any week in
recent months. . '- -
SRrt
HALIFAX DISASTER
Pilot Mackay and Captain of
':' French Munitions Ship
-Are Arrested
RESPONSIBILITY FOR
COLLISION PLACED
The Investigating Commission
Makes Reports That Cap
tain and Pilot Violated
Rules of the Road
Halifax, N. S., Feb. 4. Blame for
the . collision between the French mu
nitions .ship, Mont Blanc, and the Bel
gian relief ship, Imo, resulting in the
explosion of the former vessel which
destroyed a large part of Halifax, on
December 6, was placed upon' Pilot
Mackay, of Halifax, and Captain La-
modec, of the French ship, in a judg
ment announced today by the governr
ment commisison, which investigated
the collision.
With the announcement of '. the
comsission's judgment, Pilot Mackay
was : arrested, charged with man-1
slaughter, the commission having
recommended that he be criminally.
prosecuted and his license cancelled. ;
The commission also recommends
to the French authorities the cancel
lation of the license of Captain Le-
modec, and "that he be dealt with ac
cording .to the laws of his country."
Captain Lamodec was also arrest
ed, charged with manslaughter.
The. commisison held that Captain
Lamodec and the pilot violated the
rules of the road.
1 Captain aLmodec and Pilot Mac
key are in audition found guilty by
the commission of neglect of public
Safety;; oh the ground they did hot
4.:$fQpef
itants of the city of f probably ex
plosion. The commisl&bn ' further
"considers the "pilotage1 autho
, ? .,Tl7 - 2rTka Senator insisted that centralized
Mackay to pilot ships since the disas
ter. --
vCaptain Wyatt, chief , examination
officer of the port, is found guilty of
neglect in "performance of duties re
quiring him to keep himself inform
ed of the movements, , actual and in
tended, o! ships in the harbor, and .ifl
not taking adequate steps to enforce
various -regulations.
Fifteen hundred persons were kill
ed, several thousand injured and an
area of two and a half square miles
adjacent to the narrows was laid
bare by the explosion aboard the
Mont Blanc. Pilot Mackay was bring
ing the Mont Blanc into port when
the vessel was rammed amidships by
the Imo, outward bound. . The weath
er was clear and as the ships passed
in the narrow channel signals were,
confused, it was said,- and the crash
came before the pilot of the Imo,
now dead, was able to have her
swung about into free waters. The
accident set to tanks of benzol on
the deck of the Mont Blanc and in
stantly great volumes of smoke shot
skyward. Realizing the danger,
Mackay, Captain Lamodec and the
chip's crew took to the boats and pro
ceeded . at top speed toward shore.
As they landed they continued to
run. They were more than a mile
from the water wb,en the ship blew
up. Every man in the party was
knocked down and two were injured
by flying bits of steel, one fatally.
Smoke from the burning ship was
observed 50 miles at'sea;.half an hour
before the explosion. The spectacle
attracted thousands "of persons to the
water front and none dreamed -of the
impending danger: ; As the flames
from the deck reached down to the
cargo there came a mighty blast that
sent big structures tumbling to the
ground and ripped out nearly every
window in Halifax. Several hundred
persons standing along the . water -
front were hurled into the harbor ;
and it is believed by the authorities1
that many bodies are still xunder wa
terf, frozen to the bottom.
The greatest loss of life and dam
age occurred in the north end of the
city, largely populated by working
people. - -I
DR. JOHNSONS CASE
CALLED BEFORE JURY
Richmond, Va., Feb. 4. Dr. Lem
uel J. Johnson, of Middlesex, N. C,
was indicted by the grand jury today
for the murder of his bride, Mrs.
Alice Knight "Johnson, here last De
cember. Tit is charged that poison
taken by" Mrs"." Johnson in the belief
that jt was ordinary medicinal prepa
ration was administered by Dr. John
son with criminal intent. -
It was charged, that he gave her a
number.' of -pills' and that she had
taken other ymedicine e had given
her. " The fatal dose was taken while
the 'bride' was 'visitifijf the home of
a friend.
-1
Nebraska Senator Follows the
Line of Argument Laid
- by Chamberlain
MAKES ATTACK ON
WAR DEPARTMENT
Says Preposterous to Talk of
Million and A Half Men in
France This Year. Sin-
. " -
. cere But Misled
Washington, . Feb. 4. Secretary
Bakers recent statement to the Sen
ate Military. Committee that the Unit
ed States would have half a million
soldiers in France early his year and
that prospects were not unpromising
for ships to carry 1,000,000 more who
would be ready during the year, were
iciharacterized - by Senator Hitchock
in an address to the Senate today, as
"absolutely preposterous and so
exaggerated as to convey an entire
ly false impression as to, what we can
do. and what we are doing."
Supporting the committee's bills for
a war cabinet and munitions director,
Senator Hitchcok declared that Secre
tary Baker .was no doubt sincere but
was misled by lack of information re
garding saercity of ships into making
sanguine predictions. He said Pres
ident nWilson himself "does not know
the real situation," and; cited-this fea-
ture as an illustration of the absence
of government .co-ordination.
Administration . leaders prepared . to
reply to Senator Hitchcock, whose
speech launched the. debate, which has
been impending since Secretary Bak
er made "his statement ''and. the Pres
ident made known his opposition , toj
khe Militarv Commirtie' ytfis forvre -
tefWJSyu
cbinery.?
Coiieedirig that mtich Ot'a- big task
through -a war cabinet and centralized
purchasing through a munitions direc
tor are imperative. He asserted that
they President and Secretary Baker
had tried but failed to attain the ob
ject" and that the government's sys
tem was obsolete. The committee's
explanation, he argued, would not em
barrass or interfere with the Presi
dent's direction of the war. '
Sharp criticism of many government
war activities but without - attacking
individuals,- was made by the Senator
in Illustrating his arguments. "Blun
ders -that almost surpass belief -have
occurred in the War Department,,' he
said, and the shipbuilding situation he
described as a "farce and almost a
crime." He described the transporta
tion system as; "broken down" and is
a "gigantic, wreck'" with 2,000,000 tons
of freight piled- up at New York, with
out shipping facilities; that, the fuel
administrations orders- have paralyz
ed war &nd other industries and that
food distribution also has been inef
ficient. In flatly denying Secretary Baker's
statement that tne government has a
plan for the war, the Senator said the
Military ' Committee was thunder
struck, by. the war secretary's optimis
tic assertions.
"I anr afraid to go too deeplyjuto
shipping figures," he added, "for one
might be. charged with giving infor
mation to the enemy. All who are in
formed as to the present supply of our
shipping were thunder-struck at the
statements of 'Secretary Baker. His
sanguine predictions as to our ability
to ship men" to Europe and supply
them when there are exaggerations of
the wildest sort
"To supply 1,000,000 men in France,
supposing- we could get. them over
there, it will require five million tons
of shipping in constant Use. Where
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I XT r A 1 3 T 1
"s- ""TV ,.77
Sfe now TgWe' :n0?mf hk
tucLL cujuju 111, an njai ik wjii uui
approximate- that a year from now.
"Yet the Secretary of War is so out
of touch with the shipping board and
shipping authorities that he makes a
statement that is absolutely- prepos
terous. I have no doubt of his sin
extent to which one department is out
bf touch with another department."
aqi uresis sereorptn o-b sm jnq 'jaao
Turning to Secretary , Baker's- war
plan, Senator' Hitchcock said:
"Secretary Baker says we have
plans. I am sorry to disagree with
him. If there is one "thing more con
spicuous byits absence than any oth
er 4n the operation of the various de
partments and bureaus in Washing
ton it has been planning for the
future7 I do not deny that the vari
ous departments have planned 'as far
as they could in advance but who has
prepared the master-plan which will
harmonize all the other plans? Np
body. ' Nobody could."
. Referring, to the President's oppo:
sition to: the, two committee bills, , the
(Continued on yPage Two).
First Big Gun Duel Witn-. Ger
mans Was ; Highly. Sus'
cessrui .
INFLICTED DAMAGE
ON ENEMY WORKS
American Gunners Reveal
Their Effectiveness in Live-
ly Exchange of Shots, ,Do t
ing Much Injury " r o
With the American ArmyvrmjL
France, Sunday, ,Feb. 3. American jj
officers arfev elated over the "results k!
of the first artillery duel between i f
American and German . gunners, i
which . followed a preliminary shell
ing ty the Germans Saturday even?
ing. In official reports to- the hiauVi,,
quarters of their organizaUonsths
infantry commanders' today paid trib i j
ute to the. promptness with which j the
artillery responded to the callf or 3 fe
Darrage ana tne enecuveness toLtinei
artillery fire. " - . '
Aerial reconnaissances' today i show
ed that the American ' gunfire had "had 1 1
a very destructive,effectVIt wllirre-;'; ;
quire several nights of hard work un
der artillery fire for the Germans: t'j
repair the first line trenches caved: in .
by the American 75s and to patch ;the
gaps in the barbed wire. It , is "knovTi
that at least three , enemy; -dugouts !
were demolished, probably with 'some
casualties. On the other hand,theV?i
damage done to the' American treneh- s
es will be repaired before tomorrow1.
morning.
Tn a reirimental headquarters vil-
lage.. sheUed1 by the ene&y7mAnyi ; .
building were wrecked rflpifeteiy;
or In-parrthe deons oemg pueq;-p E
JJie streets, There were no- casual.
among ttte mceffi&JwWst-?
of thfe coming bombardment and f offi
cers -and men sought shelter in the
dugouts'. The bombardment of th4
headquarters village came at. the end
of a period of shelling which had lex
tended gradually along several kilo
metres of the front. . - - rr;.
The German artillery opened ... the
ensaeement -with a desultory -bom.;
bardment of the American trenches -j '
at a certain point, nnng many snrap
nel shells. In the midst of this a
red rocket calling for a barrage as
cended from the German first iinesV
Before the German artillery could
respond the American 75s summoned
into action by a signal form the first
line laid a curtain of fire along vthe
enemy first lines. Then b&ganHha
battle of the gunners. The increased
intensity of the. German firewas "met
immediately by the Americans, ;wbo
not only showered" shells on!vthe "orig
inal sector, but quickly y extended i
their activity, to a wide front. ?j7
Within 20 minutes the" 75s v.and
larger pieces were booming all along
the valley, the shelling finally spread
ing to a town in which regimental
headquarters was located." 1 '
As darkness settled down the guns
grew quiet. ' ' .
Heavy mists again overhung the '
American sector today. Consequent':
ly there was little artillery work -nd
no aerial activity. '
LIKELY TO ABANDON .
HEATLESS MONDAYS
Order Expected to Follow
Conference of Adminstra-;
tors in Washington 5 1:1
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Washington, Feb. '4. Heatless,
Monday, being observed ' forthe third
time today, may be abandoned. by the 1
Fuel Administration as the result Of - K -
a conference of State administrations
being held here. ' , 7-777
The conference was called .by Fuel "
Administrator. Garfield to ascertain,,':'.
the saving of coal effected by thefivX" 7,
day industrial closing, order "and 5 the 7?
heatless Mondays already' observecL 0
Fuel officials have indicated that re ' ;
ports of the closing showed satisfao ' y
tory results, the. ; heatless? holidays 7;
might be discontinued. - 7 T.7';., .
Final decision in thematter , is. ex
oected tomorrow H at a conferenca7be75J
tweeh Administrator -Garfield 7V and " '
intjturv ut;u6rai Aica-aoo. , . ..-
4 : - German.- .'Trenelies'i Jtyto&fltf.:'
7 London, Feb., 4"Eafly.''last'nigtt":-r;t:.3
a party of . our troops raided the jen-;
emys trenches 'east of HarglcourV'i
says todays official 7 announcement. 7, ;
"The hostile artillery:; was active dor r.'
inJ gthenight in, the neighborhood cl ,
Lens and northeast .ef Gavorella," i-
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