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THE BEE; OMAHA, SATURDAY, JANUARY S. 1918.
PROPOSE BILL TO
SPEED MUNITIONS:
NEW SECRETARY
Expected to Cut Red Tape and
Increase Supply During
War; Under Presi
dential Direction.
Washington, Jan. 4.-A department
of munitions under a new cabinet head
known as the secretary of munitions
15 proposed in a bill introduced today
by Chairman Chamberlain of the sen
ate military committee as a result of
its investigation of the war operations.
The new department would operate
during the war and one year there
after. The bill has the backing oi the
senate committee and will be strongly
pressed. The new secretary of mu
nitions would have power under the
president's direction to control arms,
ammunition, food, clothing, equip
ment, tentage, transportation and anv
other materials the president shall
designate as munitions of war.
Government bureaus, agencies and
funds necessary to a munitions ad
ministration would be transferred to
the new department, which contem
plates control of naval as well as army
supplies.
Result of Investigation.
"Hie bill is intended to increase
and expedite the supply of munitions
of war," said Senator Chamberlain,
f "One great trouble with the war
establishment as disclosed by the in
vestigation has been a lack of co
ordination and the seeming impossi
bility of getting rid of circuitous
methods of doing business. Until
there can be co-ordination and meth
ods more direct, the United States
will be groping in the dark for many
months bctore we can place ourselve
in proper fighting trim.
"This .measure places all jurisdic
uon over munitions of war, which 1
rleftned at length in the bill and cov
ering everything in one person known
as ine secretary oi munitions, simjec
to the direction, of course, of the pres
ident.f It co-ordinates all the bureaus
cuts red tape, does away with useles
decisions which had tended only to
hamper direct action and gets to th
heart of the whole situation.
"I believe if congress can see its
way to the enactment of this measure
and the proper man is placed at th
head of the department of munitions
America will soon be occupying it
proper place on the battle front. It
will be noted that the measure is only
in force during the continuance of the
war which brings it into existence.
Briej City News
HTe Root Print It New Beacon Preaa.
For Everything Electrical, Burgess
uranden Co.
J. P. Palmer has moved his law
office to 5S3 Bee building.
Gift to Employes A. E. Eaton,
president of the Nebraska and Iowa
Steel Tank company, distributed
$2,000 among 75 employes as a Xmas
present The employes gave flOO to
the Ked cross.
Schmidt to Fort Douglas Soldiers
from Fort Crook took charge of
Adolph Schmidt, alien enemy, at
United States Marshal Flynn's ofrle
and left for Fort Douglas, Utah,
where Schmidt will be interned.
Fin Fireplace Good at Snnderland'a,
Governnent Rule
Of Roads Needed,
Says Wilson
, (Continued From Page One.)
Troop Transportation Fjrst.
"It is necessary that the transpor
tation of troops and of war materials,
of food and of fuel and of everything
that is necessary for the full mobih
zation of the energies and resources
of "the country should be first con
sidered, but it is clearly in the pub
lie interest also that the ordinary ac
tivities and the normal industrial and
commercial life of the country should
be interfered with and dislocated ( as
little as possible, and the public may
rest assured that the . interest and
convenience of the private shipper
will be as carefully served and sate
guarded as it is possible to serve and
safeguard it in the present extraor
dinarv circumstances.
"While the present authority of the
executive suffices for all purposes of
administration and while, of course,
all private interests must for the
present give way to the public ne
cessity, it is, I am sure you will agree
with me, right and necessary that .the
owfi.ers and creditors or the railways
the1' holders of their stocks and bonds
should receive from the government
an unaualified' guarantee that their
Droperties will be maintained
throughout the period of federal con
trol in as good repair and as com-
olele equiprrient as -at present and
that the several roads wilt receive un
der federal management such com
pensation as is equitable and just
alike to their owners and to the gen
eral oublic. I would suggest the av
eraee net railway operating income
of the three years ending June 30,
1917. I earnestly recommend that
these guarantees be given by appro
oriate legislation and given as
promptly as circumstances permit,
Guarantee of Compensation.
"I need not point out the essential
justice of such guarantees and their
great influence and significance as
elements in the present financial and
industrial situation of the country. In
deed, one of the strong arguments
for assuming control of the railroads
at this time is the financial argument.
It is necessary that the values of rail
way securities should be justly and
fairly paid and that the large financial
operations every year necessary in
connection with the maintenance, op
eration and development of roads
should, during the period of the-war,
be wisely related to the financial oper
ations of the government. Our first
rfnfv is. of course, to conserve the
common interest and common safety
and to make certain that nothing
stands in the way of the successful
prosecution of the great war for lib
prtv and justice, but it is an obliga
tion of public conscience and of pub
lic honor mat tne private interests wc
disturb should be kept safe from un
just njury, and it is of the utmost
con&quence to the government itself
that all great financial operations
should be stabilized and co-ordinated
with the financial operations of the
government.
Securities Should Be Upheld.
"No borrowing should run athwart
the. borrowings of the federal treas
ury, and no fundamental industrial
values should anywhere" be unneces
sarily impaired. In the hands of
small investors in the country,, as well
as in national banks, in insurance com
panies, in savings banks, in trust com
panies, in financial agencies of every
kind, railway securities, the sum to
tal of which runs up to some ten or
eleven thousand millions, constitute a
vital part of the structure of credit,
tnd the unquestioned solidity of that
structure must he maintained.
"The secretary of war and I easily Ir
Igrced that, in view ot tne many com
elex interests which mus be sate
guarded and harmonized as well as
because of his exceptional experience
and ability in this new field of gov
ernmental action, the Hon. William G,
McAdoo was the right man to as
sume direct administrative control o
this new executive task. At our re
quest, he consented to assume the au
thority and duties of organizer and
director general of the new railway
administration. He has assumed those
duties and his work is in active prog
ress.
"It is probably too much to expect
that even under the unified railway
administration which will now be pos'
sible sufficient economies can be ef
fected in the operation of the railways
to make it possible to add to their
equipment and extend their operative
facilities as much as the present ex
traordinary demands upon their use
will render desirable without resorting
to the national treasury for the funds.
If it is not possible, it will, of course,
be necessary to resort to congress
for grants of money for that purpose.
1 he secretary ot the treasury will ad
vise with your committees with re
gard to this very practical aspect of
the matter. For the present, I sug
gest only the guarantees I have indi
cated and such appropriations as are
necessary at the outset of this task.
I take the liberty of expressing the
hope tha,t the congress may grant
these promptly and ungrudgingly. We
are dealing witfi great matters and
will, I am sure, deal with them
greatly."
NEW RAIL BILL
FIXES PAY TO
THE OWNERS
(Continued From Page One.)
amount of just compensation and in
the court of claim., proceedings the
report of the auditors will be consid
ered prima facie evidence of the facts
stated. The just compensation of any
federal-controlled road not making
returns to the Interstate Commerce
commission will be determined in ac
cordance with these provisions.
To Pay for Improvements.
Section 4 provides that the re
turn of any carrier will be increased
by an amount reckoned at a rate per
cent to be fixed by the president, up
on the cost of any additions and im
provements made while under federal
control by the carrier from its own
capital or surplus and by an amount
equal to the rate accruing to the gov
ernment upon any advances made to
the road for the cost of the additions
and improvements.
No Excess Dividends.
L. Section 5 prohibits any carrier,
while under federal control, without
the president's prior approval, from
declaring or paying any dividends in
excess of Its regular rate during the
three years ending June 30, 1917. This
section stipulates, however, that the
railroads that have paid no regular
dividends or no dividends during that
period may, with the president's prior
approval, pay dividends at whatever
rate the president may determine.
To Have Revolving Fund.
Section 6 appropriates $500,000,-
000, which, together with any funds
available from any excess earnings
of the railroads, may be used by the
president "as a revolving fund" to
pay expenses of the federal control on
any deficit of a railroad below the
standard return and to provide ter
minals, improvements, engines, rolling
stock and other necessary equipment.
These terminals, improvements and
equipments are to be used and ac
counted for as the president may di
rect and to be disposed of as con
gress may hereafter provide. Ihe
president may also order any road to
make any additions and improve
ments. He may from this revolving
fund advance to the road all or any
part of the expenses of the additions
and improvements so ordered and
constructed by the road or by the
government. These advanees are to
be charged against the road and to
bear interest at such a rate and be
payable on such terms as the presi
dent may determine so that the
United States mav be fullv reim
bursed for any sums advanced.
May Use Waterways.
Any loss claim to accrue to any
road by reason of any of these addi
tions or improvements mav be deter
mined by an agreement by the presi
dent and the road. Failing this agree
ment, the amount of the loss will be
ascertained under the terms provided
section J. rrom the- revolving
fund, the president may expend what
ever amount he may deem necessary
or desirable for purchase, construct
ion, or utilization and ODeration of
Cogan Says He'll Pay
$1450 for His Freedom
George H. Cogan says he is willing
to part with $1,150 out of his total
assets of $1,400, if the district court
will give him a divorce from Nellie
Cogan. He declares she is quick
tempered and jealous and has a
great deal of imagination by rea
son of which he has considerable
difficulty i accounting for his time.
He says her accusations have led to
constant quarrels.
He alleges that when he and his
wife separated about a month ago,
he gave her $700 in addition to $50
worth of furniture, representing
one-half his total assets. He says
he is now willing to add $600 to his
original investment it the court
grants a decree.
boats, barges, tugs and other trans
portation facilities on the inland and
coastwise waterways and may in the
acquisition, operation and use of these
facilities create or emnlov such
agencies and enter into such contracts General Peyton C. Marsh, major gen-
tion system taken over jy the presi
dent," or shall violate any order or
regulation for carrying out the law,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
punishable by a maximum fine of
$5,000, or, if a person, by imprison
ment for not more than two years, or
both.
Prosecute in Federal Courts.
Federal as well as state criminal
statutes, where applicable, shall apply
to all railroad officers, agents and em
ployes. Prosecutions will he iu fed
eral district courts.
Section 13, the last, provides for
the indefinite continuance of the law.
It makes this brief general provision:
"The federal control of transporta
tion systems herein -and heretofore
provided for shall continue for and
during the period of the war and until
congress shall thereafter order otherwise."
President Makes Many
Army Promotions
Washington, Jan. 4. Brigadier
nated to be brigadier generals in the
national armv:
John II. McDonald, Edward A. Mil
ler. Derozv C. Cabell, Thomas H.
Kees, George W. Gatchell. P. D.
Lochridge, Samuel F. McClure, Pe
ter C. Harris, Munroe McFarland,
William R. Sample. Eli A. Helmick,
John .s. Winn. Robert L. Howzee,
Clement A. F. FlaglFr, Charles 1).
Rhodes. William II. Harts, Charles
Crawford. William S. Graves. Frank
D. Webster, Joseph D. Lcitch. Rob
ert Alexander. William C. Davis,
Francis C. Mrashall, Edgar Jadwin,
James A. Ryan. Fred W. Sladen,
Harry H. Kandholtz, Peter Murray,
Paul A. Wolf. Tiemann N. Horn,
Palmer E. Pierce and William Cham-berlaine.
the munitions defot on the Russian
southwestern from was blown up re
cently and that all buildings within
a radius of two kilometers were de
stroed. Two trains loaded with
Cossacks on the way to the Don dis
trict were wrecked, causing the
death of 2,000 frien.
and agreements as he shall deem to
be in the public interest.
Roads May Issue Bonds.
To provide funds for maturing ob
ligations or for other legal and proper
expenditures or for reorganizing rail
roads in receivership, carriers may,
during lederal control, issue such
bonds, notes, equipment trust certifi
cates, stock and other forms of securi
tics secured or unsecured by mort
gages as the president may approve as
consistent with the public interest.
Ihe same section authorizes the
president to purchase for the United
Mates all or any part of these secun
ties at prices not exceeding par and
to sell these securities whenever in his
judgment it is desirable, at prices not
less than their cost. Any sums avail
able from the revolving fund which is
published in section six may be used
tor such purposes.
President Fixes Pay.
Section 8 provides that the pres-
dent may execute any of the powers
granted him through whatever agen
cies he may determine and may fix
reasonable comoensation for service
Section 9 would authorize the
president to extend the federal work
men's compensation law to apply to
railroad employes on such terms and
conditions as will give due considera
tion to remedies available under state
compensation laws or otherwise.
Section 10 gives the president, in
ddition to powers specifically pre
scribed, any other and further powers
necessary.
Still Subject to Law.
Section 11 provides that while un
der federal control the roads are sub
ject to all laws and liabilities as com
mon. carriers, and suits may be
rought by and against them and
judgments rendered as provided by
law. Except with the presidents
written assent, however, no attach
ment or execution is to be made on
any property used by a road in per
formance of its common carrier 'du
ties,
Section 12 stipulates that any per
son or corporation acting for or em
ployed by a carrier or other person,
who shall tail to observe any of the
provisions ot the proposed law, or
shall knowingly interfere with or lm
pede possession, use, operation or
control of any railroad or transporta
A Few of
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For
Saturday
Denatured Alcohol, per gal. .$1.10
25c Toileteer. ,.12e
50c Orazin Tooth Paste. ... . .34c
50c Nadine Face Powder 29c
V lb. Peroxide Hydrogen. ... ,6c
Pure Epsom Salts, per lb 7c
$1 Antiseptic Razors 25c
25c Lustrite Nail Enamel 16c
50c Goutorbe Rouge 29c
25c Goutorbe Nail Cake 16c
25c Lustrite Cuticle Ice. .... . 16c
$1 Rholoids, for Rheumatism, ,67c
50c Nadinola Cream 29c
25c Beaton's Cold Cream 19c
Bayer's 5-grain Aspirin Tablets
sealed boxes, 1 dozen 20c
2 dozen for 35a
$2.25 Legrandes Combination Hot
Water Bottle and Fountain
Syringe, for $1.40
$1 2-qt. Tyrian Fountain Syringe,
for 69c
$3.50 DeMars Whirling Spray
Syringe, for $1.98
65c Rubber Gloves 39c
35c Box Linen Stationery 19c
EDISON MAZDA LAMPS
10, 15, 25, 40 and 50-Watt Lamps
at 30c
60-Watt Mazda Lamps 35c
Mail Orders Receive Our
Prompt Attention
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O
eral in the national army, was today
nominated by President Wilson a ma
jor general in the regular armv. Brig
adier General Edwin B. Babbitt, ord
nance department, was nominated to
be, a brigadier general in the regular
army. The following were nominated
to be major generals in the national
army:
Brigadier General:. William C.
Langfitt, John E. McMahon and Wil
liam G. Haan.
The following colonels were nnmi.
Makes Appropriation for
Great Lakes Training School
Great Lakes, 111., Jan. 4. Captain
William V. Moffett, commandant of
the Great Lakes naval training sta
tion, was notified today that an ap
propriation of $608,000 had been
made for the establishment of an
aviation school here. Plans for car
rying out the project were immedi
ately started. Appeals were issued
for the enlistment of mechanics and
wood workers.
Red Cross People Brand
Chain Letters as Fake
Fake chaii letters purporting to be
soliciting funds for the Red Cross
are again circulating in the mails.
1 r.e i.oose- ties Hisctnt company
has just received one. The company
referred it to the Commercial club.
The club got in touch with Frank W.
ludson, state director of the Amer
ican Red Cross, who declared flatly
that the Red Cross has never author
ized the issuance of any chain letters
soliciting Red Cross funds.
2,000 Cossacks Said to Be
Dead, in Railroad Wreck
Stockholm. Jan. 4. A HaparandaJuI'. and
d i spa tc h t o t h e Tid n i n ge n sa v s t h a tji u r ' e
Father Sues City for
$40,000 for Death of Son
The city of Omaha is sued for
$40,000 damages by Jake Hahn, ad
niini:trator of the estate of Herman
Hahn, in a petition filed in district
court Thursday. It is alleged that an
automobile sprinkling truck belonging
to the city, driven at the rate of 40
miles an hour, struck Herman Hahn
as he was riding a bicycle near
fwelfth and Nicholas streets last
that he died from his in-
Railroads Do Away With
Free Delivery of Tickets
Free delivery of railroad tickets to
parties who telephone in for -them
and making payment to the, party;
making delivery is a thing of the past.
City passenger and ticket agents nave
received notice from the passenger
departments of the respective road
that hereafter the only delivery o
tickets will be over the counters and
at times when they are paid for. This
is regarded as a war time measure to
reduce expense and simplify the busn
ifess.
From National Army
Spinharney Discharged
F. H. Spinharney, former city pas
senger agent for the Illinois Central
and who has been at Camp Funstotl
three months as a member of the na
tional army, has been discharged on
account, of physical disability. He'
has returned and has taken up the
duties of his old position. J. A. Long,
who succeeded Mr. Spinharney, has
gone to the Union Pacific, in the aud
iting department.
Doris Keane, American
Actress, Marries in London
London, Jan. 4. Doris Keane, the
American actress, the Daily Mirror
announces, was married yesterday to
Basil Sydney, an English actor. They
had been appearing together in Lon
don in "Romance."
One-Minute
Store Talk
Holding prices on a peace
basis in war times drew this
suggestion from a customer
yesterday:
"The urge to buy
should come from the
public and notfrom
you."
It is coming; wo foresaw
the tremendous demand
quality clothes would have
at reasonable prices and pre
pared vast stocks
for winter selling.
JOHN A. SWANSON, Fres.
WM. L. HOLZMAX, Treas.
Don't Let Such Opportunity
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