CLEAR TRACKS
FOR FREIGHT, IS
U IIS ORDER
Rush Food and Coal Ahead of
Passenger Traffic; Director
General Names New Ad
visory Cabinet.
: : BULLETIN.
Washington, Jan. 1. The Bush
terminals at New York were requi
ihioned for the use of the army to
day by. Major General Goethals, act
ing quartermaster general.
" Clear Freight Congestion.
(Bjr Aamclatoa' FrrM.) ,
Washington, Jan. 1. -Orders went
V eastern roads today from Director
general McAdoo to clear up freight
ingestion regardless of previous gov
rritineat priority regulation, passen
ger schedules and any hampering
practices under the old competitive
system and to pay speciat attention
to movement of coal and food. '
Lines of the west and south were
notified that soon they might be
called on to furnish locomotives and
other equipment to help lighten the
traffic burden in the east, and com
mittee of government officials was
created to work out a plan for divert
ing export freight to ports other than
New York.
Coal to New England,
Quantities of coat actually were
.tartcd moving to New England to
relieve I t: serious shortage there, and
priority, orders were suspended for
roads east of the Mississippi and
north of the Ohio river to the extent
necessary to clear up congestion.
At the same time the director gen-
ral dissolved the railroad war board
it its own request and named a tem
porary advisory cabinet of five mem
beri. One of these, Hale Holden,
president of the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy, and member of the
war board, will be retained to super
viae the machinery which the war
board has created within the last nine
month f to co-ordinate the roads of
the country. ,
Other members of the new advisory
board are John Skelton Williams,
comptroller of the currency, who will
have charge of financial questions
rising oat of government operation;
Henry Walters, chairman of the
board of Atlantic Coast Line, who
'will assist on operation problems:
Edward Chambers, traffic director of
the food administration, who will
have general charge of traffic and
Walker D. Hines, assistant to the di
rector general.
Consider Wage Increases.
The question of increased pay for
railroad employes will be taken up
toon by Mr. McAdoo, but he said
today he had given little thought to
wage! and did not know what nil at
titude would be.
Acting under the director general's
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ipccinc auinoruy, n. n, amun, presi
dent of the New York Central and
assistant director, who has charge of
iav V "e VVIVII iu
east, tonight ordered eastern lines to
start systematic campaign to move
freight and to report daily to him
the congested conditions, so that
other roads less burdened might be
ted for the overflow.
Right of Way for Freight
"Embargo any consignee who does
not release freight promptly on ar
rival," said the order. 1
"So far ts practicable, annul pas
enger trains which interfere with giv
ing necessary freight service.
"Call upon nil employes to lend
their efforts in this nutter of ser
vice to the government and the peo
ple." - I .
Director Genera! McAdoo explained
that there was no intention of aban
doning the system of priority as direct
cd by Robert S. Lovett of the war
industries board, but that in the fu
ture these orders wonld be issued
through the director general, who be
lieves the selection of preferential
cars in switch yards in many cases
causes more trouble than to move
an entire train, and that every class
of shipments will move faster if the
whole bulk of freight goes forward
without priority.
Railroad authorities will use their
discretion, however, concerning the
speedier movement of perishable ar
ticles, con ana any outer materials
which they believe justifies quick
movements. v
The committee of managers beaded
by A. W. Thompson which heretofore
has maintained headquarters in Pitts
burgh to supervise clearing of conges
tion in the east is dissolved nnder Mr.
McAdoo's orders today, but its ma
chinery and functions are to be as
sumed by Mr. Smith who will have
headquarters in New York. -
Some form of drastic action may
' be taken later against consignees who
' fail to unload shipments as quickly
as possible, the director general ex
plained today. r , . . .
Curtail Passenger Service.
, Curtailment of passenger travel is
planned, by eliminating trains aa fast
as railroads can arrange. No general
increase in rates according to the plan
adopted in England is in immediate
contemplation. Commuter trains will
tint he aftVrred hv the curtailment
. plans. Engines released in this way
will be put into freight service and
trackage facilities and employes will
be released for other use.
To relieve New York terminals it
is planned to divert as much traffic
as possible to Baltimore, Newport
News and other Atlantic ports.
Means for accomplishing this wtU be
studied by a committee consisting of
' Major General Goethals, acting quar
termaster general of the army; Cap-
' tain Strother Smith, representing the
Navy department; Edward Carry, rep-
reaentinsr the ahiomnsr board! Edward
Chambers, of the food administration
and Fnel Administrator Garfield. They
expect to report to Mr: McAdoo with'
in a few days. '
General order No. 2 will forbid
railroads to' make further expendi
tures not directly concerned with
operation. It will cnt off such outlays
aa now go for traffic soliciting
bureaus maintained under the old
competitive system for advertising
and for retainers' fees paid many rail
road lawyers.
Among members of congress today-
a fight was developing over
whether legislation to carry out gov
ernment operation should be only
for the period of the war, or should
.continue, in effect until repealed by
congress. ,
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OLD FRIENDS ARE
MISSING ON NEW
YEAR'S DAY, 1918
For First Time in History of
Omaha the , Popular Tom
and Jerry Pass the
City By.
Although the new year is less than
24 hours old, it has started in with
every indication that it is going to be
satisfactory to .the average Omahan.
During the first day the youngster
was heralded in in much the same
manner as the heralding of the advant
of former New Year days. However,
there were two old friends who were
nowhere visible.
In the past, so afr back as the
memory of man runneth, two char
acters, Tom and Jerry, on New Year's
days have mede their convivial pres
ence felt in scores and even hundreds
of places here in the city. This year
neither Tom, nor Jerry, were to be
found. Of course one would not have
been found unless the other was close
by, for in the days of the past when
they were in evidence, these two
characters were as unseperable as the
Siamese twins that formerly appeared
as circus attractions.
However, notwithstanding the fact
that Tom and Jerry passed Omaha
up, people enjoyed themselves. The
day was ideal for enjoyment and for
once, work, worry and the injunction
of. Dictator Hoover, relative to the
conservation of food, was forgotten.
Many Family Reunions.
And right here it may be truthfully
stated that probably there was nevet
a day in the history of Omaha when
there were more family reunions, fam
liy and neighborhood gatherings than
yesterday. Tables craked and groaned
under the loads of good things pre
pared to tickle the palates of man,
and while the drinks that inebriate
were few, there were no end to the
eats. . .:..'
Skating was the thing that attract
ed the thousands, and all day long
the lakes and ponds in and around
the city were covered with skaters,
both men and women, not forgetting
the children. During the early part of
the day the ice was in prime condi
tion, but as the sun climbed higher
and- higher, jce that caught its direct
rays became slightly wet. but not
mushy. Taking it ail in all, it was a
great day for the skaters..
There was something else on the
ice that proved, to be an attraction.
Out at Miller padc, a large number
of men who trace their ancestry back
to Scotland gathered for that good
and popular Scotch game of curling.
They were playlngjor the Kennedy
medal, a beautiful gold trophy of
fered by John L. Kennedy, a bonny
Scot and a curling enthusiast
Hail the Motorist
The weather warmed up enough so
that the autoist who had been tied
up for several days by aero tempera
ture, cranked up his car and went out
for a spin. Here he is spoken of in
the singular,' but as a matter of fact,
New Year's day he was in the plural,
and then some. There were thousands
of machines out on the paved streets
and on the boulevards during the
afternoon. ; v . .
Even the golfers got out and played
a few-holes, -.something that is not
usual on New Year's day. . For golf
the weather was just right and after
the ice had been dug out of the holes
and "the tees swept off, the players
all agreed that the links were in
prime condition.
; Down town" the ' streets had con
siderable the appearance of Sunday.
Work was practically suspended and
the business houses . closed," though
about the hotels and cafes there were
crowds.'. At all these eating- places
appetizing meals were served.
The time honored custom of calling,
something that was quite the thing
when the grandfathers and grand
mothers were boys and girls, was ob
served to some extent Many of the
homes kept open house and uring the
afternoon, a large number of parties
made calls in the same manner as was
done when Omaha was a village. At
all the places the callers were de
lightfully received and before them
were placed dainty lunches.
Ice "Barons" Busy. -
About all the work that went mer
rily on, regardless of the holiday, was
the harevsting of the ice crop. Men
who supply ice to Omaha took a
long look at the early morning sky
and then sent out hurry calls for men.
The prognostications were for warm
er weather and the ice barons con
cluded that the proper thing was to
make ice while it waa cold. As a re
sult, fully 1,000 men were at work on
the ice at Carter lake and in Seymour i
park during a greater portion of the
day. At the boarding houses where
these icefield workers wen. fed,
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THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1918.
Is Used as Decoy By French
Enemy Submarines Are Sunk
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O The German submarine U-53, whichQ
touched at Newport, K. I., more than
a year ago, and then sank several
ships off Nantucket, has been cap
tured by the French, according to
a dispatch from Paris. The U-53 was
used as a decoy, whereby five other
submarines were sunk by, combined
British. French and American squad
rons of destroyers.
steaming hot meals were served both
noon and night
Trains on the roads in and out of
Omaha came and went, a least this
was the rule with those hauling pas
sengers. 1 ravel was fairly heavy and
there were a large number of per
sons who desired to get out and eat
the New Year dinner with friends and
relatives in nearby towns. There was
apparently a great number who de
sired to come to the city for the New
Year feed.
The railroad people ried to be as
easy as possible on the emplayes op
erating freight trains. Many of the
local and short trains were annulled
for the day inorder that the em
ployes might be at home with their
families. The through freights came
and went on schedule time and in
several instanc exra crews and en
gines were pressed into the service
to rush coal and provisions to desti
nations out in the state and over into
Iowa. . i
Pass the Horse) Is
" Vogue as Dobbin
Supplants Beef
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(Cootla-M4 Fro-a Paf Om.)
big red chunk of something that may
be beef or elephant for all I know,
but I suspect its' a hunk of the old
dobbin that used to pull the ash cart
past our house.
That bullsheviki is suave, nonchal
ant, almost Insulting, an' he gts on
my .nerves till yd bite him on the
wishbone if he didn't have that cheese
knife. I'm no chese an' I'm already
cut up, but his Council Bluffs naivete
makes me blinky, - '
Neigh, Neigh, Tis Horse.
I noticed a steely glint in his off
eye as he rubbed his hands under his
apron and dashed into the back room.
When he came out he yelled triumph
antly as he threw hide, hoofs and
horns on the floor:
"See there I That a'int no hoss, an'
it ain't no mule neither. Them's whit
come off en it."
"Neigh, neigh, Adelaide I You can't
bunk me that way," I yelled, sore
enough to throw my boots into his
shins. "You'se suvs keeo them horns
and the hide and hoofs to show to
young husbands. I was born at Lin
coln, but I a'int aimp enough to fall
for that. You couldn't never fit that
coyer on the hunk of contagion on
this block. I ain't no millionaire, an'
I don't like Hoover anyway. Boy,
page Wattles I Gimme liverwurst
Sees Race Tracks Closed..
Now, harkenl This ain't no secret
Bo, but I'm tellin' you. Out at Grand
IslandTom Bradshaw is killin' horses
an' he's goin' to start a company an'
open up in Oma,ha, Sioux City and St
Joe. A'int that crust? Soon there
won't be 1 a live horse in the state.
They'll all be chewed up. The race
tracks will be on the hummer an'
operatin' with spavs an skates till
Bradshaw gets them, too, an then
it's all off. Times is gettin' rotten.
The dope is that JDennison an'
Peterson an Smith are goin' to cash
in With Ben Earl an Hal Connor an'
Governor V an' other horse aristocrats
at 10 cents a pound less than real
beef. Street' car1 mules an garbage
cart horses will go for less, an' some
of 'Cm are so old you Won't be able
to drive a nail in the sausage. There'll
be no "pass the horse" this way
it'll be pass the buck for mine.
'Johnnie Sherman, who used, to be
the star first sacker in an Ohio team,
said a long time ago that war is hell.
He was a wise old Turk and he knew
even then that we would finally come
down to ' horse and McAdoo and
Baker and Daniels and the kaiser's
craykultur stuff. If Sherman' had
played ' in the Western league he
would have had Jim Dahlman and
Johnnie Lynch catalogued and num
ered and classified in the ex-box be.
fore the season was half over.
BRITISH REPEL
FIERCE GERMAN
THRUST ON WEST
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tries now at war with the Teutonic
allies.
Lloyd George Optimistic
That the British premier is optimis
tic as to the future course of events
is shown in his new jyear greeting to
the viceroy of India in which he says
that before the new year is past he
has the good hope that "the purpose1
to which we have set our hands will
have been completely achieved." '
M. Clemencean. the r rench premier.
has no intention to permit the Rus
sian socialists to gain an erroneous
idea as to the stand of France in the
war. lie tneretore nas retusea t-
sanction the granting of passports to
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CPACvC,
Petrograd for socialist delegates who
desire to visit the Russian capital, de
claring that the situation there was
too chaotic to bring about any usefuf
result and that a visit by Frenchmen
at this time might be harmful to the
morale on the allied front and also
work injury to the allied cause within
the enemy lines.
New Orleans, Jan. 1, Below
freezing temperatures were recorded
in all the gulf coast states today, and
from La Branche, La., came a report
that A. L, Hardenbergh, Illinois Cen
tral station agent there, had been
frozen to death while' hunting.
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GERMANS RAISE
THEIR 'BLOCKADE'
OF THE WHITE SEA
Ships Laden With Goods Ex
pected at Reval and Berlin
Sending Provisions to
Petrograd
(Br AMociated From.)
London, Jan. 1. The Grman naval
delegation at Petrograd, according to
the correspondent of the Darly Mail in
the Russian capital, has reached an
agreement with the Bolsheviki gov
ernment for raising the "blockade" of
the White sea, and for the regulation
of maritime commerce, which is ex
pected to begin with the impending
arrival at Reval of ships with goods
from Germany,
A dispatch to the. Daily Express
from Petrograd says that German
ships already have free access to Rus
sian waters, and the government is
taking precautions to protect them
from British submarines. The first
commercial squadron is expected be
fore the Russian Christmas, on Janu
ary 7. -
Special dispatches from Petrograd
refer again to the subject of food
shortage, which, according to the cor
respondent - of the Daily Mail,' is
steadily become more critical. The
correspondent of the Daily News says
that the hotel in which he is staying is
piled with crates of provisions bearing
Berlin stamps. He adds that the Ger
man delegation, expecting an immedi
ate famine, brought its own food.
Berlin newspaper reports received
in Amsterdam say that Foreign Secre
tary von Kuehlmann, while coming to
Berlin from Brest-Litovsk, stopped
at Warsaw to confer with the Polish
premier. The Polish government, it
is said, will share in the future
negotiations at Brest-Litovsk in an
advisory capacity.
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SAY PEOPLE RESENT
STATE BAH ADVICE
Opposition to 'Eecent Selection
of Supreme Bench Candidates
by Lawyers Dampens Con
vention's Ardor.
(From a Staff Con-spondeat.)
Lincoln, Jan. L (Special.) The
action of the State Bar association
of voting to select three candidates
for the supreme bench, acting as a
sort of advisory committee to the
people, is causing considerable com
ment and it appears to be about a
standoff in the minds of those who
are not within the pale of the legal
profession as to whether an endorse
ment of a man will mean much to
ward .his success or not.
The fact that such men as Judge W.
V. Allen, Judge Holmes and Supreme
Judge Hamer opposed the idea on the
floor of the legal convention had a
endency rather to dampen the e t ith he Interstate Commerce
thusiasm of the convention, andafterl. . . wn.v ,ill
voting practically unanimously
make a recommendation, a speech by
Judge Hamer after such action was
taken, caused the association to re
fuse to adopt a plan for putting into
effect the manner of the selection,
passing it on to the executive com
mittee to work out.
Th cfact that Judge Hamer will
be a candidate for renomination
makes his opposition to the plan in
teresting and in the minds of many
may cause complications which may
make the endorsement of any man a
sort of questionable asset
People May Resent It.
The judge was not at all backward
in charging that the people would
resent the action of the layyers in
picking out candidates fcr the su
preme bench, and after the action was
taken, said it would be just as fair
for the railroads to select the candi
dates for the railway commission,the
teachers the candidates for state sup
erintendent, the bankers the head of
the banking board, or the county
treasurers the state treasurer.
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SOFT CORN MUST
MOVE AT ONCE TO
SAVEBG CROP
Grain Exchange iead Says
Loss to Farmers Will Be
Enormous Unless Corn
Is Shipped.
' (Trom a Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, D. C, Jan. 1. (Spe
cial telegram.) J. A Linderholm,
president of the Omaha Grain Ex
change, in a telegram to Congress
man Lobeck states that unless the
volume of cars for moving the soft
corn in the territory tributary to
Omaha is materially increased during
the next 60 days it will mean heavy
losses to producers and shippers.
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have a conference with the director
general of railroads, Secretary Mc
Adoo, on the same subject.
He will also take up wkh the sec
retary the desirability of establish
ing a school at Omaha for the train
ing of young men in the handling,
construction and care of locomotives.
Such' schools are being regarded as
vitally necessary under existing con
ditions. George Coupland of the Nebraska
state council of defense, who has been
in .Washington for several days in
conference with Attorney General
Gregory, will leave for his home in
Lincoln tomorrow.
Gosper Village, Including -'
"Fido," Goes Over Top
Smithfield, Neb., Jan. 1. (Special
county, with a population of 190 has
191 Red Cross members, including the
tax on the only fighting dog in town.
Smithfield 100 per cent for Red Cross.
The German church, just 1 east of
Smithfield, is also 100 per cent for
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