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The Daily Transcript
volume v.
norman, oklahoma, monday, december 31, 1917.
number 174.
RAILROAD EMPLOYES TO GET WAGE RAISE
WHY GERMANY
WANTS PEACE
WASHINGTON LEARNS GERMAN PEO-
PLE SUFFERING FOR LACK OF FOOD
GET NO IMMEDIATE FOOD SUPPLY FROM RUSSIA
But America Should Understand That Germany
is Not "Bled White" Yet—Separate Peace
* Opposed By Socialists of Allied Countries.
bulletin.
by ed l. keen,
(United Press Correspondent)
London, Dec. 31.—The allies in-
tend seriously to reply to the Teu-
tonic peace terms as announced
from Brest-Litovsk. according to
the Wst information obtained today
by the United Press.
Washington, Dec. 31.—The United
Press was informed today by official
sources that this government had been
led to believe that the German food
situation had improved as a result of
the last harvests, but had learned
from careful investigation that this
was not the case.
Under-nutrition is causing a de-
crease of efficiency and there is a
notable lack of many foods upon which
tissue and stamina are built.
However, officials say, Americans
should bear in mind that Germany is
far from starving to death and far
from being "bled white." She is in a
• position where peace would be ad-
vantageous to her— and to her alone,
the experts declare. Her overtures
voiced through Russia do not show
any disposition to eliminate Hohen-
zollern military tactics with its threat
of future wars.
"No annexations and no indemni-
ties," as adopted by Germany appears
likely to yield her Poland, Courland,
Esthonia and Livonia, as Trotsky and
Lenine are favorable to turning those
sections over to the Germans, with
the single provision that if they do
not want a German "independence,"
they can vote against it in a plebi-
scite. Likewise, the reported agree-
ment with Bulgaria for peace ap-
pears likely to leave the latter nation
well fixed as to "annexations."
While Germany will undoubtedly be
able to draw on Russian food and war
supplies in time, authorities here
doubt that any relief can come from !
that quarter this winter. Hence the
German pcace propaganda is more
urgent than ever before.
And it will insure a pan-Germany
of great militaristic power extending
from the North Sea through Turkey
—if it is successful.
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their respective governments that they
participated in a conference here
which would proclaim a concrete gen-
eral peace policy of the allies.
The United Press learned from
authoritiative source that this recom-
mendation was made in the belief such
a move is the only thing that can stay ]
the separate peace madness of the j
Bolsheviki
Secretary Camille Huysmans of the j
International Socialist bureau today I
received and forwarded to Foreign |
Minister Trotsky Petrograd, the tele-
gram sent by Arthur Henderson, lead-
er of the British laborite party, an- j
nouncing adoption of liberal war aims |
and opposing a separate peace.
Huymsans also addressed a note to
Socialist and laborites in all entente
and ailied countries asking for an
"international"—or a conference of
liberals—to discuss war aims in gen-
eral.
"This is most necessary," the note j
declared, "in order to strengthen the |
democratic elements in the central
powers and neutralize the reactions I
forces. It is most important that we
hasten; we ought to meet not later]
than February."
Reports here today declared that,
Hungarian Socialists have formally j (BY" UNITED PRESS)
adopted resolutions opposing a separ-1 New \ ork, Dec. 31.—With nine
ate peace and approving such an in- j deaths directly attributed to the cold
ternational conference. during the past 24 hours, the situa-
DIR.-GEN. M'ADOO MAKING PLANS
TO RELIEVE FREIGHT CONGESTION
NO DAMAGES TO BE ALLOWED FOR ACCIDENTS
BULLETIN
(BY UNITED PRESS)
London, Dec. 31.—The Argentine
training ship Tampa "is hard and
fast aground" in a difficult spot off
the Atlantic coast, navy department
messages said today. Her crew has
been taken off but it is uncertain
whether the vessel can be rescued.
No mention was made of the pres-
ence of the Argentine mission
aboard, which had been reported.
EXTREME GOLD IN
NEW YORK STATE
From Many Points
i tion in New York coninued serious to-
Sport Events Gathered 'day in the face of a coal shortaKe- The
weather bureau reported the official
temperature four below at 9 a. m. to-
day, with street thermometers show-
ing several degrees lower. The lowest
during the last 24 hours was 13 be-
low, the coldest in the history of the
local weather bureau.
(BV UNITED PRESS)
New York, Dec. 31.—A trade be-
tween the Cubs and Giants which will
send Charles Herzog to Chicago and
bring Pete Kiduff back to New York,
is among the possibilities of the Win
TELEGRAPH TABLOIDS
(BY UNTIED PRESS)
Chicago.—The strongest attraction
at the Chicago poultry and pet stock
show next week will be an exhibit of
skunks, it was announced today.
Chicago.—Mary Garden, formerly
one of the Salomest of Salomes, says
American women ought to dispense
with decollete gowns—as a proper ex-
ample of humility, because of the war.
Chicago.—William O. Golden today
telegraphed President Wilson suggest-
ing that the railroad fare for soldiers
and sailors be cut to one cent a mile.
If the president does not act on the
suggestion Golden said he would
formally petition the Interstate Com-
merce Commisison.
Brighton Beach, L. I.,—What is far
below zero to Polar Bears or Snow
Birds. Three women and nine men
plunged into the icy water despite that
temperature. Then they romped on an
ice strewn beach for two hours, clad
only in bathing suits.
Belief That Travelers and Shippers Cannot Hope
to Get Damages for Accidents or Delays-
Government Cannot Be Sued. New Law
Probable Covering This Problem.
BY ROBERT J. BENDER
(United Press Correspondent)
Washington, Dec. 31.—Director
General McAdoo will pay his 1,500,-
000 railroad employes more money.
This has been definitely agreed up-
to relieve congestion at the ports of
of the four great brothel hoods \ ^rj-eggional authori
nidation must become complete and
will take time to make the plans.
Legislation is being framed today
to cover the finances and intricate lo
gal problems resulting from the
change to government control.
This legislation will include: C li-
gation to conipen-
and will cover increases for all em-jsaje j|1(1 j-ajlroads annually on a basis
ployes whether members of brother-! 0]- ^}u, tu.( operating income of the last
hoods or not. The government will not j t),rei, years.
meet the full forty percent increase : Appropriations for new warehouses
demanded by the men but an agree-j an(] ipcded improvements.
ment is assured. Authorization for steps the gov-
At a conference today between eminent must take to unify the s\ s~
McAdoo and the United States board j tems further ti an McAdoo has yet
of mediation and concilliation, a basis gone or to legalize some steps ^c may
of increase was expected to be finally take in the emergency.
determined. Laws to prote't the traveling and
This question, together with action i shipping public from losses now borne
to relieve congetsion at the ports of :''v the railroads themselves
New York and Newport News, now It is the belief of constitutional
bearing the brunt of the heavy export lawyers that travelers and shippers
freight shipments, is occupying Mc- j today have no recourse for damages
Adoo's attention to the exclusion of j seucred in railroad accidents or de-
other problems now : 'a.Vs. The government having leased
His plan is to divert immediately ilhe railroads, they say, is liable for
freight directed to these points and RUch <lamaees but under the laws of
send it to Boston and Philadelphia, jt!" tr,untry tho S" "eminent cannot bo
The long haul of freight from the cen-.sue('-
tral part of the country for which the Whi,e the President will get exacMv
eastern roads have been actively bid- what he wants fr(>m <wess, there
ding, will be eliminated entirely and'wi" bc a sPirited fi«ht aKa,nst his
all such shipments will go to New,P,an for compensating the railroads
on a basis of their last three years-
net operating income A group of sen-
ators, led by Cummins, Iowa, think
the compensation should be based on
a flat six per cent of the average
market value of stocks during the last
The liberal press regarded the
Ossing, N. Y.,—The temperature at
16 below, three inmates of Sing Sing
prison whose terms expired, pleaded
There was some discussion today of | to be allowed to remain another day.
ter League. Negotiations along this j continuing the Christmas holiday of [ Their request was granted.
line are under way. i the schools throughout this week,
j keeping them closed until next Mon-
Detroit, Mich., Dec. 31.—William day as a means of conserving coal.
Scores have been treated at hospi-
tals for frost bite during the past
twenty four hours. In many cases am- j
putation of fingers and toes will be
.St. Louis, Mr., Dec. 31.—Jack Hen- i necessary.
dricks of the Indianapolis (American! Fuel authorities were today consid-
association) club today signed a con-1 ering the advisability of seizing coal
Demetral, Greek, won from Renato
Gardini, called the greatest Italian
grapplers, in straight falls last night.
kaiser's move joyfully . There was I dent Rickey refused to nai
general agreement that this headed length of the contract. "He
in the right direction by nominally at j his release from Indianapolis and ac-
least, giving the reichgtag a chance cepted our contract announced Rick-
to express the people's will. Some of j ey-
the press held it was high time that;
such a step was taken, the message I New ^ ork, Dec. 31. I'red Fulton
saj,j and Frank Moran will meet in a
On the other hand, the pan-German ] twenty round bout in New Orleans on
press denounced it as contrary to Ger- j January 28.
man aims.
tract to manage the Cardinals. Presi- j when necessary to relieve acute suf-
le the ' fering. The shipping situation was the
eceived I worst - in months. The Hudson was
partly frozen. Many tugs were frozen
in while others were endangered by
big ice floes. In many of the poorer
sections persons suffering from cold
burned their furniture, the police were
told.
Government officials placed little
stock in the kaiser's sincerity. It is
felt that he is still the guiding power
at the peace conference and that he is
not yet ready to relinquish to the peo-
ple his power to control their destiny.
This information, taken in connec-
tion with the London United Press dis-
patch that the allies will seriously an-
swer the German peace overtures
caused a real stir here.
Officials have said privately for
some time that it would be impossible
for the allies to pass up with little or
no consideration any genuine peace
offer of Germany.
A serious answer, however, does not
necessarily mean an answer favorable
to Germany, it was stated here.
Declarations of officials in Eng-
land. France and the United States in
the past few days, have been so em-
phatically opposed to acceptance of
German proposals, that there is scant
chance of out and out acceptance. It
is possible, however, that a more spe-
cific statement of peace terms than
any thus far made will be the outcome
of present peace jockeying.
BY JOSEPH SHAPIEN,
(United Press Correspondent>
Stockholm, Dec. 31.—Several allied
-Miss Lucile Carson visited
Misses Castle at Altus, Okla.,
diplomats here today recommended to ing the holidays.
Chicago. Dec. 31.—The old base-
ball machine will be run into the ga-
rage again today, while the national
commission does a little more tinker-
ing to get it in shape for the 1918
race.
Chief Mechanic Herrmann wants to
readjust the world series carbure-
tor. He favors allowing the first seven
teams in each league to share in the
post season plunder. He believes this
would stimulate interest in the race
right up to the finish. Of course it
isn't expected to interest Ben Shibe
or Barney Dreyfuss.
Assistant Mechanic Johnson, how.
ever, thinks the allotment of spoils
ought to be limited to first division
clubs. Assistant Mechanic Tener
hasn't committed himself on this, of-
ficially, but he always disagrees with
Johnson anyway.
The matter of schedules will also
be taken up. The season will start
April 16 and with a 154 game sched-
ule would close about October 8 under
the old system. But elimination of
open dates and possible institution of
summer doubleheaders, is expected to
make an October 1 finale possible.
A record breaking number of fires
There were more than three hundred
There ere more than three hundred
alarms, resulting from overheated
furnaces or other causes arising from
the intense cold.
The Bronx subway was tied up for
two hours in the midst of the morn-
ing hour rush here due to a fuse blow-
ing out. Thousands were confined in
the tube in stalled trains while the
damage was being repaired. One train
was stalled directly under the Harlem
river. Many women fainted and were
carried from the trains.
New York.—While the bitter cold
lasts, all vaudeville theatres controll-
ed by Keith will be turned over to the
police after night performances for
use as shelter for the homeless.
CAMOUFLAGE
COLD IN BOSTON
(BY UNITED PRESS)
Boston, Dec. 31.—With a tempera-
ture of seven'below zero and a biting
wind, Boston today was in the grip
of a cold wave that swept New Eng-
land.
Railways and city traffic was de-
moralized. Throughout the city there
was much suffering from lack of fuel.
The hospital treated numerous cases
of frost bites.
A temperature of fifty below was
reported from northern Maine
(BV UNITED PRF.SS)
Amsterdam, Dec. 31.—According to
the German admiralty view, "the
danger to the allied situation by the
submarine is irresistably and in-
creasingly effective "
Dispatches from Berlin today quo;-
ed these statements from Captain
Brueninghaus, director of the f'nance
department of the admiralty, mede to
a war committee of German industry
—composed of manufacturers and
army and navy officials and parlia-
mentarians.
i'he entente's lack of tonnage is
approaching a catastrophe," he de-
clared. "The United States can help
in a military way, but as regards ship-
ping she has not fulfilled expectations.
English and American experts admit
the danger in the situation."
Orleans and other southern points
which have been practically idle.
The government will pay higher
wages just as it did when the ship-
ping board advanced the scale in ship I
yards. While the new rates will be \
paid through the present railroad of-
fices, the government will supply th
five years, Such basis, they contend,
would save the government millions
additional money because the guaran- am' fa.ir,y compensate the ra.froad>
teed average net railroad income of i
Aside from this point, there is no
the past three years cannot, in most I opposit,ion to the ^overnmen' rai1'
cases, cover the raise. Iroa(l plan and °PP0Sltlfm anfl >mrtv
TVw Qn,A1,„f u * leaders who have studied the railroad
J ne amount ot the increase has not
confer with
say he "shows
will be "fairly dealt with." |a rpmarkable *rasP f'f tht' w°rk"
The mediation board asked McAdoo i, McA,'"(> wi" devote himself ent.re-
to be permitted to represent him in Iy t0 radroad problem unt.l Keb-
conferences with Brotherhood leaders 1fUary,1 By that .t,me >« expects to
been determined, but President Wilson | Prob,em an,! f°m0,rr0W
has assured the men their requests I McAdo° " hit Plan«' **
The railroads will not figure in the \
conferences unless a tolerant third
party because only the public and the i
employes are directly concerned. The
railroad security holders are pro-
tected by the governments net income
guarantee.
McAdoo may act personally for1
speed, without awaiting mediation, al- !
WEATHER REPORT
have his organization completed, labor
questions settled, the congestion at
the terminals relieved—and will tako^
up the work of launching the next
liberty loan.
FIRE AT VINCENT'S
though the brotherhood leaders were The alarm of fire ,ast night about
reconciled at their recent conference mi(ln'Kht was tause(1 b-v discovery of
with President Wilson to sixty days a fire in Vincent's Sooner confection-
delay. They will learn McAdoo's de- ery. L. C. Palmer was going by the
cision regarding mediation at a meet- place at the time and discovered the
| ing with him scheduled for later this fames and gave prompt alarm. The
week. store was closed, and the department
His order number 1, pooling equip- and rubbish in one of the receptacles
ment and terminals, in one national door to get in. They soon put out the
svstem, disregarding corporate ad- fire, which had caught some papers
vantage, remains to be worked out. It and rhbbish in one of the receptacles
did not increase rolling stftck. Railroad j door smashing and destruction of the
experts say trying to handle all avail- door smashinf and destruction of the
able freight today with present equip- plant and some smoked ceilings con-
ment is like trying to crowd a quart stituted the damage.
into a pint bottle.
McAdoo is already turning his at-
tention to financing shipments in ter-
minals and equipment. Some of the
eighteen hundred locomotives under
—Hon. and Mrs. H. O. Miller are-en-
the j joying a visit from Mr. and Mrs M.
dur-; L. Miller from El Paso, 111. The two
I gentlemen are brothers.
Forecast for the week beginning
Sunday, December 30, : 917.
West Gulf States: Light io 'al rains
about Tuesday with higher tempera-
ture, and the last half of the week will
be generally fair w:r,i moderate tem-
perature.
Upper Mississippi and lower Mis-
souri Valleys: Generally fair weather
during the first half of the week with
rising temperature; there will be light
snow in northern and rain in southern
portion during the last half of the
week, with return to cold weather.
Southern Rocky Mountain and Plat-
eau Regions: The weather will be gen-
erally fair except rain as indicated
about Friday; the temperature will be
slightly above the season average.
ALFRED J. HENRY.
NO MAIL DELIVERY TOMORROW.
No mail will be delivered by either
city or rural carriers tomorrow (New
order in American plants by foreign year's Day). Office open from 9:30 to
10:30 a. m. The usual dispatch of all
mails will be made.
FLOYD L. SWANK, P. M.
MOTHERS' PATRIOTIC CLUB
The Mother's Patriotic Club will
meet at the home of Mrs. J. O. Fox,
FOOD WILL WIN
DON'T WASTE IT.
THE WAP.;
governments will be requistioned.
Some lines will be stripped of en-
gines and freight cars, which will be
placed into service in congested ter-
ritory.
Many passenger coaches will be
converted into freight cars.
Additional terminal facilities and
storehouses will be constructed at 311 East Acres street, Wednesday af-
tidewater points and at the big in- ternoon, and all members are urge'!
land railway centers. It will bc weeks, to be present, as much business of
probably months, before the common importance is to come before the club
use of present terminals at New York. a' this meeting.
Jersey City and Chicago can be work-
ed out ' —Lieut, and Mrs. Charles Roff are
Government officials today asked ( here from Camp Pike. Ark., visiting
the public to be patient with federal! relatives and friends. The lieutenant
control. New tracks, engines, freight I looks fine (just the same as all the
cars and terminals must be built. Pri-jboys), and evidently enjoys the life,
orities must be revised. Re-routing: He tells us he saw hied Andiews a
will require careful thought. To do i few days before he left ( amp I ike,
away with present congestion into the and that the young man was looking
east will take weeks. McAdoo's orga-j''ne-
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