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RAILROAD SITUATION
IS NOW LARGELY
UP TO CONGRESS
Must Share Responsibility la
Future Development.
ROBERT S. LOVETT'S VIEWS
"Unification of Regulation Is Essential." ,
A Complete, Harmonious, Consistent
■nd Related System Needed—Federal
Incorporation of Railroads by Gener
•I Law Favored.
Washington, Marell 2U.—RespitusibiL
Ity fur llie railway development of the
country, fur providing necessary trans
portation facilities to care fur the grow
ing business and population of the
country, now rests largely with con
gress and not entirely with the rail
road managers. This was the state
merit < f Judge Robert 8. Lovett, chair
man us the executive committee of the
Union Pacific system, to the Newlands
joint congressional committee when
that body resumed its inquiry into
the subject of railroad regulation this
week
in making this statement of the
chanui'd conditions of the railroad sit
nation Judge Lovett undoubtedly bad
in mind the decision of the supreme
court on the Adamson law, handed
dotvu last week, which establishes tin*
rigid of the federal government to tlx j
raiirm.d wages and to prevent strikes |
This decision is regarded by railroad ,
met, mid lawyers as marking an epoch
mt development of transportation
in the United States.
“W»' have our share of responsibil
ity. said Judge Lovett, “but it rests
prim oily on congress. When the gov
ern:) ut regulates the rates am! the
final al administration of the rail
rou • the borrowing of money and the *
iss ce of securities it relieves the
railroad officers of the responsibility of
pro ing and developing transports- I
tioti stems, except within the limits j
of t ■ revenue that can be realized from I
such nites and under such restrictions. I
"I r a country such as ours, for a !:
l>ev. situated as we are, to blunder ; >
aim.; with a series of unrelated, incon- !
slsti t. conflicting statutes enacted by I
diGeieut states without relation to i
each .aher, instead of providing a com- |
pletc and carefully studied and pre- i
pur. d system of regulation for a busl- '
uess that is so vital to the life of the '
:iuti i is worse than folly.”
U< ummed up the present problems
and difficulties of the railroads as fol
low-
j”r L—The multiplicity of rcgula- 1
u n . by the several states with respect <
tv ! <• issue of securities, involving de- ,
■ lu. i.ud conflicting state policies gen- .
err. . dangerous and possibly dlsas
irort . | 1
k. '.id.—The state regulation of 1
Tai. iu Bitch a manner as to unduly )
red .■ c revenues, to discriminate iu fa- !
vor of localities and shippers within
its own borders as against localities
and shippers in other states and to dis- j
tn/ nd disarrange tho structure of
"ink; lute rates.
Tinid.—The Liability of the inter
state Commerce Commission, whoever 1
the > .mmlssioners may be. to perform '
the > ast duties devolving upon it un- 1
der existing laws, resulting in delay—
which should never occur in commer
eial matters—and compelling the com- I
m. .-.uner.s to accept the conclusions of
liimt employees us final in deciding
ui..i;ms vs great importance to the
<<•:...u-rcial ami railroad interests of i
' * ’ oitlA t 1 (
I in th. The practical legality that
lm> been accorded conspiracies to tie
up ami suspend the operation of the
tiii rnads of the country by strikes and
• ! nee and the abseil' e of any law
I , uipel the n ttlenient of such dis-
I' '■ by arbitration or other judicial
n .uh. as all other issues between citl
■. Vi.s in civilized states are to be set
tled.
Fi th. -The phenomena I increase iu .
tin taxation of laliruads u h ent
.le-.s. I
’•.—The cumulative effect of
l iiese conditions u|<on the investing
pul lie. to which railroad companies
must look for the capital neeessaty to ,
• •outlime development
"We believe that tiie unification of
regn’alion is essential." said Judge
Li'vctt. "and that with the rapid In
< re se of state commissions in recent
jKirx congress will In time be iom
petlnd to cxereise its power in the
T|>ren/ses. To unify regulation there '
uh eld be n complete, harmonious, con
xli i ut and related system. We be
l'e\ ■ the best if not the only practical
film is the federal incorporation of .
■llr< ads bi general law which will
uaLe iucorporat iVi thereunder com
pulsory, thus imposing on all railroad
ori'imules throughout (lie United
States the same corporate powers and
resti i. clous with respect to their finan
c'al o|>eratlons and the same duties
aud obligations to the public and the
government, so that every Investor will
know precisely what every railroad
•orponitlon may and may not lawfully
d<>"
Judge Lovett contended that the so
tutioii of these problems and difficul
ties rested with congress. He told the
omiuittee that under the constitution
the authority of the federal govern
incut is paramount, that congress has
th. uotver to legislate for a centralized
•<i' :rol of railroads under federal char
te:~ and that it only remains for that
Ijchl to exercise that i>ow»r
BABY WEEK CONFERENCES
(IF MAW KINDS THIS YEAR
WASHINGTON, D. C.- March 29.--
Baby week conferences In We I nited
States this year will take various
forms and be held on various dates, ac
-1 cording to reports reaching the ( hild-
I ren's Bureau of the Department of La
|bor here today. National baby week
j officially, however, is May 1 to 6.
Several states have selected some
one phase of infant welfare work for
special emphasis in this years cam
paign. Many will devotes most of
their time to a study of the high mor
talltv rate among women just before
' childbirth. It is shown by statistics
that 15,000 prospective mothers die
just before or during childbirts in the
, United States every year.
Delaware will specialize on the pre
vention of infantile paralysis, which
took such a heavy toll of infant life
throughout the country last year, and
others are looking toward the keeping
of more complete records for a more |
intimate study of the infant mortality
rates from all causes. (
In Nebraska the state committees
are suggesting local campaigns during
different week, so that circuits may be)
arranged for speakers. This plan has
made a decided hit with the Children s
bureau.
The same state, the bureau said, is
planning the earliest baby week of
1917 and early dates also are expected
from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and
California cities. Most of the 502 com
ic unities already read from by the
bureau, however, will hold their con
ferences the first week in May. as the
1 uieau had planned.
SAVANNAH. Ga„ March 29.—50
SAVANNAH VOLUNTEER GUARDS
RECEIVING NEW ENLISTMENTS
strong has the war sentiment become'
in Savannah that the Savannah Volun
teer Guards, the only coast artillery
unit in the state, who are looked upon
as the logical defenders of Savanna.i
in ease of an attack from the ocean,
are now receiving from the United
States authorities tons of equipment to
put them up to the standard for recog
nition. Officers and men of the Guards
are expecting momentarily orders to
take charge of the coast artillery forti
fications at Fort Screven. Enlistments
in the Guards are increasing daily’ and ,
in afew days, it is expected the or-,
ganization will be up to its full wari
strength. Maj. G. C. Heyward, Jr,
commanding the Guards, is quite san
guine over the prospects of having ail |
the men needed to manipulate the guns!
at Fort Screven. There are several po-1
sitions open on the major's staff, how
ever. One of these is for an electri-.
cian, one for an engineer, one for a
master gunner, one for a gasoline or
steam engineer, and one for a radio
sergeant.
ARGENTINA WANT PEACE
WITHOUT VICTORY—SUPPORTS
CARRANZA EMBARGO PLAN'
BUENOS. AIRES, March 29. —Gen.'
Carranza’s proposal that the neutral
countries cut off supplies from the'
belligerent nations, unless the latter
make peace terms has many support
ers in official circles here.
The officials who favor the Mexican
first chief's plan say they do not be
lieve it was dictated to him by the
Germans. Even so. however, they de
c’are they want to see peace restored
at d do not particularly care whether
this is accomplished by pro-German,
by pro-ally or by entirely neutral in
fluence.
A large South American element ob
jects to an out-and-out victory by I
either of the European groups. The
view is that South America will suffer
if either side should gain a complete
monopoly of South American trade.
The suggestion that the United Sta'es
v ould furnish competition in either
case is held to be a distant prospect
! on the. ground that it will take the
. United States some time to build up an
adequate mercantile marine, it she
ever does.
BF.SERVES 6810
Ml FOB THIS
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Cincinnati Authority Tells How to Dry'
Up a Corn So It Lifts Out.
You corn-pestered men and Women 1
that enarly killed you before, says thia
Cincinnati authority, because a few
drops of freezone applied directly on a
tender, aching corn stops soreness at
once and soon the corn loosens so It
can be lifted out, root and all. without
pain.
A quarter of an ounce of freezone
costs very little at any drug store, but!
is sufficient to take off every hard or l
soft corn or callus. This should be'
tried, as it is inexpensive and is said.
not to inflame or even irritate the sur
rounding tissue or skin. advt
JOHNNY KILBANE “IN BAD"
WITH FIGHT FANS IN NEW
YORK—MISJUDGED CROWD
I
NEW YORK, March 29.—A short
time ago Johnny Kilbane came east to
fight. He was matched with a young
lightweight before a Syracuse, N. Y.,
club and he agreed to allow this man
to enter the ring weighing 133 pounds,
but when it caine weighing time and
the young opponent at the feather
weight champion hopped on the scales
•weighing 137 pounds Kibane refused
to fight.
The crowd went wild when it got
this news and a young riot was in
progress in a very short time. The
club officials waxed indignant. In fact,
everyone had a brick and he aimed at
Kil bane’s head.
A few days later a well known fight
fan came out with the statement that
Kilbane had gone wrong in his decla
ration not to meet a man who weighed
almost ten pounds more than himself.
"Any man,” he said, "featherweight
or no featherweight, who challenges
Freddie Welsh for the world’s light
weight. title and agrees to let that
champion come into the ring weighing
1135 pounds should not be afraid to
meet a comparatively unknown man
who weighs 137 pounds.”
Now this fight fan may have been
at the ringside during the should
have been Syracuse fight, and may
not. If he was, there was an excuse
for his complaint, although it was a
lame one. But it is a certainity that
he didn’t take into consideration the
fact that this youth may have been a
very hard hitter, one capable of put
ting over the sleep wallop on Kil
bane’s chin. Welsh, as is well known,
long ago lost the habit of knocking out
his opponents. He never even bruts js
most of the men he meets.
Whether Kilbane was right or
; wrong, it is a brass riveted cinch that
I he did the best thing to protect what
little reputation is left him in a New
York ring. Criticisms of the kind the
New York fan made are the very
things which have discounted Kil
bane’s ability here. Whenever New
York gets to the point of accepting
Kilbane. at his real worth, which is al
most his weight in gold, it will see
some good fights—something it does
not see when Freddie Wesh and some
of the other high priced lads get into
action.
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(HI NA MAY ADOPT ONE-HOUBE
SYSTEM OF PARLIAMENT
PEKIN, March 29. —Parliament sit
ting at a constitutional conference has
' rejected the section of the propsed
'new constitution providing for two
houses of parliament, and it now seems
likely that a one-house system may be
adopted by China.
Dr. W. F. Willoughby, the American
constitutional adviser of the Chinese
government. has urged for many
months that the bi-cameral system is
not well adopted to China's needs, and
the recent action of parliament was
prompted by the advice of Dr. Will
joughby and a number of other experts
on government who have been in con
merence with political leaders.
Under the present system in China,
based on a Nanking provisional consti
tution, both the house and senate are
elected directly by the people. The
two bodies have an aggregate of nearly
one thousand members, and have prov
ed themselves very unwieldy.
Many newspapers and reform lead
' ers are urging that parliament be lim
ited to one body of not more than three
i hundred members.
.SPECIAL ELECTION NOT TO
AFFECT COMPLEXION OF
LOWER HOUSE IN CONGRESS
NEW YORK, March 29—Democrats of
the Fifteenth New York congressional
district today will name a candidate
to seek the place of the late democratic
Congressman Michael F. Conry, at the
special election called for April 12th.
; The republicans will name a man, but
] it is expected. on account of the demo-1
i crats’ strength in the district that the
democrats will win. This will leave
the line-up in the house as before.
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THE AMERICUS
TRIEST AUSTRIA SEEMS TO
HAVE LEARNED TO LIKE WAR
TRIEST, Austria, March 29. —This j
city has war in its front yard and
seems to have become accustomed to it •
The people of Triest saunter leisurely )
to the pier of San Carlo in the after- 1
noon, when the weather is good, and
watch the drum fire at and near Mon-1
falcome. Glasses are not needed to
watch these artillery duels. They can
see actual battles from their cases and)
at night they go to sleep counting the
dull reports of some bombardment
over at the Isonzo.
At night Triest is dark. Here and
there a street lamp is lighted in the
interior streets. From the high house
walls breaks an occasional ray of
light through the shutters. The dis- j
play of searchlights on the Adriatic has s
long ceased to interest. Even the fine ■
colored rocket exhibitions along the
coast no longer draw a crowd.
The air raids of the Italians have
done little damage to Triest itself,
though some results have been achiev- 1
ed at points nearby. Some say that the
city has escaped, bombardment be
cause the Italian government does
r.ot want to earn the ill 1 will of the cit-i
izens it hopes to acquire by taking
Triest.
Upon the city looks from the north
west the Hermada, key to Triest, a
mountain whose crest is about three
miles long and from 600 to 800 feet
high. Before the Italians can take
Triest. the Hermada must be reduced.
This would not be true did the Italian
navy venture into the North Adriatic.
The Austro-Hungarian navy, though
inferior in numbers, has so far pre
vented this, mainly by virtue of the
submarines, one of which comes oc
casionally to the surface in view from
the waterfront.
JAPAN PREPARES TO GAIN
CONCESSIONS AT TSINGTAU
TOKiIO, t March 29.—Much conjec
ture is being made here today to how
much Japan will add to her already
large interests in China as a result oi'
the war, but Baron Hayashi, Japanese
Minister to Peking, here to confer'
with his government, does not hesitate,
to make it plain Japan is preparing to
ask China for a large concession at
Tsingtau, the colony seized from Ger
many.
“Japan can dispose of the Shangtung
Railway without waiting for the peace i
conference, and it is absurd to doubt ■
that this railway line will not come,
under Japanese influence,” Baron.
Hayashi told the newspaper men.,
"Japan will also ask China to agree,
to the establishment of a Japanese ■
concession at Tsingtau,” he continued. [
"But whether other foreign countries |
will be permitted to establish settle- ,
ments at Tsingtau. as in other Chinese (
ports is a queston which 1 cannot dis
cuss now.”
COLLEGE WOMEN PLAN NATION
WIDE BETTER FILMS CAMPAIGN
LONG BEACH, Cal., March 29.—Be
lieving that the motion picture is the
greatest factor in the education of
the masses, the National Federation of
College Women today decided upon
"Better Films” as its chief work for
the ensuing year. A vigorous cam
paign in behalf of better films is plan- 1
ned, and the plans also nclude forma
tion of a bulletin service to advtse wo
men’s clubs throughout the nation re
garding the various films a« they are |
released.
Mrs. Myra Kingman Miller, presi
dent of the Federation named Mrs.
Harriet H. Barry of Monrovia, Cali
fornia, as national chairman of the
for the project will be one of the im
■ "Be’tter Firns” department. Her plan
portant features presented at the Bi
ennial National session of the Feder
ation in Portland. Oregon. July 10-13
inclusive.
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WHEN FEET HURT
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As soon as you put your feet in a
‘ Tiz’’ bath, you just feel the happiness [
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draws out all the poisonous exudations
which puff up your feet and cause sore,
inflamed, aching, sweaty, smelly feet, j
Get a 25-cent box of “Tiz” at any.
drug store or department tsore. Get
instant foot relief. Laugh at foot suf- j
ferers who complain. Because yourj
feet are never, never gaing to bother
or makes you limp any more. adv
♦ PARLIAMENT closes its ♦
♦ BOX WITH PUBLIC ONES ♦
) ♦ LONDON, March 29.—Parlia- ♦
| ♦ ment, after long and oslemn de- *
i ♦ liberation, has decided that the ♦
♦ bar in connection with the House ♦
. +• shall close at the same hours that *
j ♦ public ffibars close. The result ♦
, ♦ is expected to be some inconveni- *
I ♦ ence, causing certain members to ♦ (
)>■ take a drink before making a ♦
♦ speech, instead of after as has ♦ )
t- been their custom. ♦
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TO PREVENT FOREIGN FIRMS
FROM TRADING AS BRITISH
<
MELBOURNE, Austria, March 29. —
j Reference to American firms repre
, sented in Australia was made by the
prime minister, Mr. Hughes, lately.
I When a deputation from the Anti-Ger
man League of Victoria waited upon
him to propose legislation to prohibit
I firms from using names suggesting
British or Austrian nationality unless
j the stockholders were British or Aus
tralians, Mr. Hughes replied:
"If the mercantile and industrial
community is prepared to support me
I will introduce legislation to prevent
firms in fact foreign from trading un
der British names. The deputation s
treading on dangerous ground in
, speaking of American firms; for today
America is neutral, but tomorrow she
may be an ally and legislation reflect
ing on her cannot be introduced.”
t HEAD STUFFED FROM 1
f CATARRH OR A COLD j
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passages of your head clear and you
can breathe freely. No more hawking,
i s: uffling, blowing, headache, dryness. ,
!No struggling for breath at night; <
| your cold or catarrh disappears.
| Get a small bottle of Ely’s Cream
| Balm from your druggist now. Apply
i a little of this fragrant, antiseptic, <
healing cream in your nostrils. It pen- i
erates through every air passage of the i
j head, soothes the inflamed or swollen '
‘ mucous membrane and relief comes in- i
stantly.
j It’s just fine. Don’t stay stuffed-up .
i with a cold or nasty catarrh, advt. i
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To All Car Owners
Don 7 forget to have
your battery tested
Testing warns you of things you can’t
see and might not find out until too late
to prevent trouble.
Testing is free repairs cost money.
If you want bright lights,
quick starts and lower cost
of electric current, come (3SK)
in to see us.
And if you do need re- BflljlTlT ~ ~ ~ 1
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trained battery experts who ,
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WALTER RYLAl\DEß,'■Manager
MAY ESCAPE HANGING
BECAUSE THERE’S ND
PLACE TO STRING HIM UP
SPOKANE, Wash., March 29.—Be
cause there is no place in which to
hang him, Edward Mayberry, half
breed Indian, probably will escape the
death esentence imposed for the mur
der of Alice Vivian on the Colville
reservaton last Auguht.
! Presdent Wilson granted Mayberry
a 30 day respite, so his lawyers could
' appeal from the sentence, on the
. ground that it could not be legally
carried out in the state of Washing
ton, where capital punishment is bar
red. This respite will expire a week
( from Sunday.
The woman killed by Mayberry was
alleged to be his wife. He said the
curred on federal government property.
United States Judge Rudkin went
ahead and condemned Mayberry to
death, in spite of Washington's law
against executions. The original
hanging date was January 19.
Mayberry obtained a postponement
until March. Then it was necessary
to find a place inside the state bound
aries and yet not under state juris
diction where a gallows could be leg
ally erected. The federal building
was deemed United States territory
and plans were meade to hang May
berry on the roof. His lawyers ob
jected and demanded a ruling by the
treasury department. Mayberry re
mained calm and carpenters began
measuring off a place to build the
scaffold.
The treasury department ruled that
the plan was illegal. President Wil
son granted Mayberry a repreve to
April 10, at which time he will be
imprisoned for life, likely.
TUBERCULOSIS FAST THINNING
RANKS OF AMERICAN INDIAN
WASHINGTON, March 29—The fast
thinning ranks of the Indian are ser-;
iously threatened with the scourage
of tuberculosis, according to the Office
of Indian affairs —official guardian for
more than 300,000 members of the red
race today.
Prevention of the spread of this dis
ease, which is more prevalent among
the Indians than any other race, is oc
cupying most of the officials’ time.
Trachoma, an eye disease, is the next
most serious affection among Indians.
Uncleanliness and alcohol are blamed.
A campaign of education to curb the
two evils has been started.
THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1917.
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Have you made preparations for the
warm weather that is hurrying in this
direction? You’ll need several suits
of lighter weight underwear and our
war mweather clothes will add to your
general ense of comfort.
Chances are that if you pay us a
visit you’ll discover several articles of
wear in our shop that bc'ong in your
wardrobe.
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