I ) CHANGE OFFICES BY CAUCUS ! h- C '-it Withdraws from Race f rqij Health Officer Be- :zzt He Cannot Hold Two ; ;::ti5ns . - ' r : VACANCY LEFT I IN POLICE FORCE f !stron and Truant 01 f::r Hay Be Made j j Combination ' 5 tfcaage la the personnel of Ba s c ty arflce. holder v are made tz the caucus of the city coun l r -1 Bight, though there reroahi : Uity of an exception ,ln the j cf the police matron." Mrs. S J. ctlon of a matron wat hold up - j decision of the council on a - al to collaborate with the Fa s' ,hool board and combine the j of police matron ' and city t ctflcer.' Had the council vot i ca the office of police matron t'.gtt Indications are that Mn. j would hare been reelected. . ;.. Canbatt Withdraw. , i ' It t"ear that eom'petltlon de l'la the choice of rome of the j last night, but since the cau - fctld behind closed door and , rratloa on that point could el from, member of - the i tt!a cannot be coftirroed. Dr. , Caahatt had been announced : i exponent of Dr. O. B. Miles t:.e position of city health ffl r, t .t a r" rsual of statute showed t coUd not hold two office at . ; -1 te withdrew from the race. - c r att I county health officer. r S. Low waa re-elected street .. loaer over the opposition of i Hirers. Harry Hutton had 10 3 for fire chief. B. W. Macy r Skelton were retained aa --y and city engineer re . - -..' i - .-;iJ:; .. . r la Police Fiwev I i : ,.Ura of the police forea ted and one vacancy r s t3 te filled. The officer re ; t Blrbt are Foland, Wright, r-1 victor 'The position: 01 .'-ctlT by the people and a, i'rjwi of two year. Chief : r Us ; hld the position one . - ta the enactment of the elec :. :rr,jidatloa Uw half the mem- cf tie city council vere elected i year, and tinder the old law . '3 Hoover. First ward; Frank , r -rend Ward; Otto J. Wllaon. '. rd C. H. Jones. Fourth ; C U. Hoberts, Fifth ward. 1 '-.vcic'Jand, Sixth ward, and . I). Elliott, Seventh ward, would vo expired, but under the new law 7 told another year. ; i ' rubers of the ceuncll were t lat night with the execp n cf Alderman Jone who ha itl for several month, in .-i acre, sent sealed to the cauctu. E. Slene. Jr.L - - s r. m " - - r i Is Deed in . California PASADSNA. Cel., Jan. 4. Mel .rin K. Stone, Jr., son of the gen eral Kitajer of the Associated Preas, ca ,-Ti today. Mr. Stone had been serious:- Dl since. Sunday. . He had b?ea la poor health for 'some tlm fiarlsf Yhleh he lived In Altadena, a t suburb, with his mother and alster V.: tbeth Stone. . "rs. f tone waa with him at the t l k Is death. Miss Stone left ;fw org Tuesday and will arrive ra 1 'rrow. . No funeral atTange r.u made until her arrival. ;t5 WM born November i 1, tt Chicago. was a graduate ct lamri and was associated with v., 1 Lsr' Herbert Stone, Jnf the P""c&'( of the Chap Book and the i':JUf tf4oUfuI. At one time Mr. ,;.Ve V mnlng edi tor of the rV::tao Wagaxine. He had mtea mBy sho'.t stories. j tZed $115,000 Fraud SfP:34 -Joseph 'Yel--low Kliweii. F. K. Duckmlnster :!rM Ptbers were indicted todav i! ',hrf having mulcted two eoa Vv1 hi men out of $115, lerM Mh tn operation of an 1 eMFonfldene The total :os" 6f tn are said to 000 e tbm upward of $1. Ur' th Th 'ndants are said to 'hat .fesnted themselves as pu? f ra5: agents of England an4 If: - Ivan Bellinger ! I J effort Riley, Kansas 1 f Hager. a first lieutenant i tdlcal reserte corps, now , at Fort Riley, Kan.. Is se ' 1 lth pneumonia. I This , ord received In Salem ye cis wife, who resides st r ttree. No other details ' - J illness were received. -: Ir ia t ' stat; - rlo- ter' nr r U. S. TO SPEND TWO BEUONS TO BUILD SHIPS Shipping Board. Asks Con gress for Seven Hundred Million More WORKERS TO BE HOUSED All Yards to be Employed on Present Work Until Year 1919 WASHINGTON. Jan. 4J Plan for a two billion dollar cover 0 meat ahlp bulldlng program were revealed to day when the shipping; board asked con tress for authority to place $701, 000,000 worth of additional ship cod. tracts. At th same time an Immed iate j appropriation ( t2,ooo,ouo wa asked for the extension of ship yard and for providing housing fa cilities for. workmen. s-- Thus far the board ha been au thored to spend for ahlpbulldln $1,234,000,000 contract for most of which have been awarded. Today's tequest for a further authorization and I an additional appropriation brlnfs the estimates of funds needed for shipbuilding; to $2.01. 000, 000. If the additional und are made available they will be put largely Into fabricated steel ship contracts, al though some contract for ordinary Heel ship will bo let as wil a few for wooden ship on the Pdtifle coast. No new shipyards ate planned by the board. The fabricating; yards have! contracts for about 1600 ship now, which will keep ibem, con stantly employed Into 1910, but the board ia anxious to place more eon tracts and begin on the tank of pro viding materials., j .-s 'The board' housing plans call for the expenditure of about $35,000,000 The! remainder of the $82,000,000 asked will be sed to expand ship yard already built. i The senate commerce committee investigating the progress I of ship building took up today alleged high profits alfowed In letting contracts, wooden ship construction and the ''subject of housing-. - QnestJonlng of Tbeodorei E. Ferris, chief constructor for the L'mergency Fleet corporation. In connection with report by the corporation' district officer at Seattle, brought out that the Cllnchfield Navagatioa company cf New; York, wa alleged to have obtained profit amounting to $743,000 on ship contracts, when in fact i the company was not an actual builder or ships. The company, it waa testified, sold to the government at a profit of $420,000, four ships which the Sloan Ehipbulldingcor poratlon of Seattle, was building for It. and that it received a commission of $323,000 on contracts ft obtained fro mi the fleet corporation for twelve ships which the Sloan corporation i bow: ouiiag. Mr. Ferri denied that bo had any thing to do with the contract, trot said he Introduced officers of th Cllnchfield company to Major Gen eral ! George W. Ooethal. ) formerly general manager of the fleet corpor ation. - TRAINS COLLIDE;! SIX SOLIDERS DIE Thirty Are Injured on Cana dian Pacific; Z50 Lives aiontreai, van. dik aoiuier are known to have been kUled. one i missing and thirty other persons were injured in a rear-end collision on the Cansdian Pacific railway near porvai station tonignc 1 a- lew ill train bound from Montre al to Point Fortune said to have been traveling at a high rate of flieed 'crashed Into a train carrying Zbu soldier jubi as m wun w turning Into a switch. The mlliury train was bound for Vancouver. NITROCICH W im SUCCUT.IB Nevertheless "Slayer Sur renders to Authorities: ueiease uiyea PORTLAND, Jan. 4. Mike i "W ll llch iaurxendered on New Year day to the authorities at Jackaon, Cal. saying he bad alaln .Peter Nitrodch near Portland three years ago. Offi cer here , investigated today, cpon receipt of Informtlon that MHHch wai being "Held at hi own reonest and j learned that Nltrocich had in .deed been murderously aKaulted by Millich as the result of a quarrel, but had recovered after MHUch fled and had enbaenueiytly left the coun try. A telegram was accordingly sent to Jackson ordering MUHch' release. '..;..ilv-f. . I ;-;: FULL USE OF U.S. WATER POVER, MJ President Presents to House Leaders Draft of Bill Pror viding Development of 35, 000,000 Horse Power - X LONG LEASE OF PUBLIC LANDS RECOMMENDED Conference Plans Special Committee to Insure Speedy Legislation WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.-Presl-dent Wilson laid before a conference of bouse leaders tonight the draft of a bill designed to eatabllith a defin ite legislative policy to develop the nation' water power, 36, woo, 000 horse power of which is eetlmatod by; government -engineers to bo wasted annually. . The result of the conference was a plan to create a special committee of the house to take over all Jurisdiction of vtUr jMwer problems now dealt with by various committees and -to pass the president's bill promptly in te house and send it to the senate with t,he administration's support behind, it. Kpeexly Enaction Iteoromended. The president told the conference of his Interest In water power legis lation and urged hope . that both houses would speedily enact the new measure, drawn by the interior, war and agricultural departments. He said the bill was designed to recon cile divergent view which 'hate In terfered with necessary legislation. ; The bill follows closely the provi sions of the Kerrls bill which has twice passed the house but failed through opposition In the senate. Participants In the .conference ex pressed the view that favorable ac tion in the senate iyw was to be ex pected. ' ' ' j' : . The president, submitted to the conferees a report signed , by Secre taries Lane, Baker and Houston which closed with this statement: 7 We believe that some such legis lation aa is here proposed. If enacted would mean the early development of a considerable portion of our wa ter power resources with a resultant saving In fuel and a considerable les sening of the present demand on our transportation facilities caused by the moving of coal and other heavy fuels.'? I of public Iml Proposed. The bill provide for a commission to be composed of the secretaries of war. Interior and agriculture. It pro pose to lease the water, power priv ileges on public lands, Indian lands, national forests i and in navigable stream for not exceeding fifty year, when the project may be taken over by the United States, again leased to the original leasee or leased to a new lessee, m All property owned and held by the licensee at the expiration Of the lease, valuable and serviceable In the development or distribution of power, together with any locks or other aids la navigation constructed by the lessee, may be taken over by tbQ:overnment upon the payment 67 Ibeialr value, not to exceed the ac tual cost of the property taken plus such reasonable damages as nay be caused by the separation of the prop erty from valuable property not taken. Interstate Regulation Provided. . Provision Is made for regulation by the federal water power commis sion of interstate power and power In any state where no state regula tion is to be had. It requires lessees to pay reasonable annual charges of not less than 10 cents per water power horsepower per annum. All receipts from these water pow er licenses are to be placed In the federal treasury. The bill provides that 60 per cent oMhe proceeds from national forest shall be expended In construction of roads lnthese for ests; SO per cent of the receipt from public land are to be placed jn the reclamation fund: 50 per cent of receipt from navigable stream to be expended in the maintenance and operation of dam and other navlgv tion structures of 'the United Btate and that all proceeds from Indian reservations shall be placed to the credit or the Indians. Ferris end Wilelds Bill Embraced. r The bill embrace features of both he Ferris bill In the house and the Shields bill lo the senate. Those attending the White House conference ' were Representatives Ferris of Oklahoma, chairman, and Raker. Hayden. Lenroot and La Fol tette of the nubile lands committee: Representatives Sims, chairman, and Montague, Esch, DoremUs, Hamilton and Parker of toe interstate com merce committee; Representative Pou, chairman, and Garret and Fos ter of the rule eomlmttee, and Rep resentative Lever, chairman, and Hsugen and Anderson of the agri culture committee. ? The president asked that the pub lic rules committee report to the house a special rule creating a spe cial committee on water power, with a view to supplying Its membership from the : regular committees now "(Continued on page 4) ATiIBASSADOR TO AT.1ERICA IS NEW ENGLISH TOPIC Viscount Grey, Reading and .' Chamberlain Three Names Mentioned GOOD -MIXER1 IS WANTED First Too Retiring; Second Wouldn't Accept; Third Is Handicapped LONDON. Jan. 4. A topic that 1 greatly interesting British official dom and the publiJ at the moment Is the selection of am, ambassador to the United States) to seucceed Sir Cecil Arthur Spring Rice. - Three names thus far are being discussed those of Viscount Grey, former foreign secretary; Earl Read ing, lord chief justice of England, and J. Austen Chamberlain, eldest son 6f the late Joseph Chamberlain, "and former secretary for India. Viscount Grey is generally' consid ered the stronaest man of the three. He Is one of the foremost or. British statesmen and his. political convic tions are sincerely and deeply demo cratic and liberal. The only handi cap to Viscount Grey succeeding is that be is distinctly shy and retiring. There is a belief, here, whether it be right or wrong, that the British am bassador to the United State should be what is called a "mixer." Reading Iflgnt Xot Accept. Lord Reading' now holds the of fice of chief justice of England and It is questionable whether he would be willing to resign that post Sot an diplomatic nosltlon. : Mr. Chamberlain ha suffered the life-long handicap of being the son of an Important and able father. He has bis father's manners and man nerism. He -wears a monocle, and the members of the Labor party would say that be ts too-much of a? aristocrat to be Great Britain am bassador in the United State. The fact that Sir Cecil Spring Rice 1 being recalled from Washington and Sir George W. Buchanan from the embassy to Russia does not mean any lack of confidence la them on the part of the government, much less anv feeling that they have not fulfilled their duties weJ. Buchan an had the moit difficult wqrk in Russia any foreign diplomat bis had to handle In a long time. Het knew of the threat of a revolution In Rus sia long Jbefore it actually broke out and counselled the emperor of the danger and advised him to give Rus sia a real parliamentary government. But the empress, who wa the real power, reinforced bv Rasputin, th mystic monk, and other fanatics and by the bureaucracy, nullified Buch anan's advice until it wa too late. Fresh Blood Enter. L The government today i engaged In retiring several of It servants of high standing and reputation in sev eral departments, notably in diplom acy and the army and navy. This doe not mean that they have failed, but It doe mean that war weariness and the strain of nearly nt-tears service under conditions of almost overwhelming responsibility andtoll make fresh blood and les -arearied men imperative. - Admiral Sir John R. Jelllcoe was a shining example of the necessity of retiring a popular and able officer under such conditions, and the news papers are sneaking freely of the need of change In the higher com mands of the British army. Prob ably an Important announcement of that character will be made soon. France has done this ruthlessly and consistently. Although Marshal Jof f re was In the heart of the people and the foremost man of France, the government placed him on the side track when the time came that they thought the nation's Interests re quired. ! premier L.ioya ueorge s govern ment is facing the same conditions and apparently is dealing with them the same way. Bed-bugs Are Featured t ) in Case Heard Before Supreme Court Judges - Bed buis were featured In the state supreme court yester day when the case of Nancy Hjfls as'aiast Floyd J. , Camp bell, a controversy over an apartment house deal, came up for hearing. The plaintiff in the case alleged that after she had purchased the apartments In Portland, she found the rooms Infested with bed-bugs, more bed-bugs than any other building In the state ever had. the complaint says. Moreover, poison had no effect on the pests, according to the allega tions, an the more poison they were fed the more hilariously they lived and throve. An ex pert even made the statement that the poison wasn't made that would kill them off. It'a a very baggy case and Is now In the hands of the court for an opinion. DISSENSION WIDE OVER HUM PEACE ti' . .... . Austrians and Turks Disagree with Germans at Confer- ' ence and Socialists Are Op posed to Annexation HERTUNG IS AGAINST STOCKHOLM SESSION Recognition of Bohheviki by Allies Probable ; Three : I Courses Open' BERLIN, via Amsterdam, Jan. 4. Count von Hertling, the .imperial chancellor, spoke again, today berore the main committee of tbe relch etag.t In referring to his remark of yesterday, (n which he had said that Germany had to deal with Inci dents; which might change the Rus-so-German position from day to day, the chancellor ' proceeded to allude to tbe. Russian proposal to transfer tbe peace negotiation to Stockholm as such an Incident.; In this connec tion tie declared: ' f Stockholm Not In J'avor. 'Apart from the jfact that we are not In a position to permit tbe Rus sians to prescribe where we should continue tbe negotiations, the trans ference to Stockholm would lead to great; difficulties,-; ' LONDON, Jan. 4 Recognition, of the Lenine government in Russia by the eotente allies is probable, owing to the developments in the RUsso German negotiations, according to the Daily Chronicle. Tho statement epparently la baaed on a contribution by a diplomatic correspondent," which, is printed beneath it. - The writer says that owing to t the Bol shevik! discovery of. German dupli city, anything may happen. , Thero are, he say' bre al ternatives; The BolsnevMi war way, the German may give way, or there may be a rupture of re lations. The third le -iot probable Bincei tbe Bolshevjai nave exniblted a tersplcaclty which waa hardly ex pected in this country. M (SUMMARY) v 'Although the neaee rnnfr. h. 'tween r representatives of 'the Bol- snevuet government and the central power was due to reconvene. Friday, no news has come through Indicating whether tbe meeting took place. Nei ther have there, been any advices as to whether tbe difficulties in tbe way of reaching an agreement have been surmounted or If concession by ei ther side, i making possible further negotiations, are Intended Dissatisfaction with the proposals of the; central powers apparently does not obtain solely on tbe side of tbe Bolshevikl government, bat ex ists among the delegates of the cen tral powers as well. Austria. Bul garia; and Turkey are asserted to have disagreed with the domineering attitude of the Germans at the fires t Lltovsk conference, where thev nntwA as conquerors, while their allied del egate evinced an eager desire for peace and a disposition to compro mise. " . . -... Socialist Aralnt Annexation. The attitude of tM German Social ists acafnst tbe demands of the cen tral powers, especially those pfovld-j ing fori the retention of Poland, Lith uania. jCourland and other occupied territory, has forced the imperial chancellor to refer to the situation before : the main committee; of the relrhstag. hr The; chancellor' statement, however,- wss merely a platitude and rave ino inkllna- aa to what Germanv'a future ! intentions In the premises were and even left to the under secretary for foreign affairs the task of outlining in the most perfunctory style the trend of the negotiations up to the time that the recess was takes at Breit-Lltovsk. ; "Wei can cheerfully await the fur-th-r course of this Incident. We rely upon our strong position," our loyal Intentions and our just rights." was virtually all the chancellor had to say concerning Russia' rejection of 'the I peace proposals, V On the battle front tbe coparatlve calm of the past few days continues. Although the Germans in the Cam bral sector. In local attacks, hav pushed back four British advanced posts for short distances. The ar tilery duels alone- the western front tn Belgium and France and also in Italy; are stil going on, but the In fantry la vlrtualy Idle. j Famoo Pilot Kngaed. Again there has been considerable fighting in the air on tho western ft ont. t The German war office as serts! that the German aviator. dur ing the week have accounted for twentyttfiree allied airplane, and two Captive baluons. French avia tor have b rough down eight German machine. The American army In France Is to bei reinforced by the American av& iatore who became famous as pilots in Prfnch eacadrille.. Thirty-two tr en. mostly member of thq Lafay ette escadrille, will be the first to be sworn into the American armr. Others! will follow them aa - rapidly a possible.' (Continued on Page 2 BRITON ASSERTS AMERICANS BEST ALLIED FIGHTERS Outcome Is With United States, Says England's Attorney General STRUGGLE MAY BE LONG "England ; Prepared to Fight Twenty Years to Bring Beast Into Cage" ST. LOUIS. Jan. 4.Addressng the St. LtoulH Bar association here tonight. Sir : Frederick Smith.. ' atH tornev aeneral of En eland, who la In the United State on a mission for bis government, declared that Great Brltlan Is prepared to continue the struggle withermany for. 20 year more if such 1 necessary to bring the ''wild beast in Cermany Into hi cage." ;- i. - Russia, as he said, as a great ally upon whom: military - calculations might be based, baa disappeared and cannot be counted upon for continu ous cooperation. : "Th" entry of 4h. United ; tSates into . the war makes Jthe result certain, he declared. - i i a iy neip neip no limit can not be Assigned to the period during which ten fighting may be contlnu cd. Germany ha taken up' the sword and by tbe cword she shall be broken." -.' 'VI . . Before his address iSIr Frederick said in an interview that whether the war ends this year depends en tirely on the United States. f Tbe war is at It roost critical stage," be said, ''unless an immense effort Is made by all tbe allies there wll be no definite decisions for the allied cause. If America ; can get a big army across' tbe ocean, can furnish a big fleet of aeroplane and provide tho ships tar transport the men and supplies, we will win the War..:'.' - . :-':'-. "-' ht '-.,!'. "American will make- the best foldler of all the allies. I visited tbe camps of the American force in France abottt six weeks age and tbe tioop look splendid. Tbey have ptade a profound . Impression in r ranee, especially upon tbe women, who say the Americans are very courteous and thoughtful." Mothers Demand Mono gamy as Binding Peace Condition - PI II LA DELPlTT aT Jan. 4. The officers and manager of the Na tional Congress of Mothers and Par ent Teachers' associations, in session here today, adopted a resolution de manding that monogamy be made a binding condition of permanent peace when -the war ends. Mrs. Frederick , SJhfT president of th coatrcM.Jtf ta address, said It wa a wtllinderstood fact that Ger many was drafting women . tq b mother and that there was open talk of polygamy' now 'and at the eafl or me war. Passports of 70 Americans j i4re Reported Withdrawn Amsterdam, f Jan. 4. According to nthe Telegraaf, seventy persons who Intended to eall on the ateamer Nieaw Amsterdam for the United States will be unable to du so be cause their passports -have been withdrawn. The newrpapcr does not give the reason for the cancel lations. . ' ' ! I A ... . -. ... : 4 " -,. ,., ,- ;,'f 'f. J' . 1 CAVALRY lOIXS THREE MEXICANS Armed . Raiders Vho Open ! Fire Are Slaughtered in ; Quick Succession i ' " DOUGLAS, Aria., Jan. .-Three Mexicans were killed and four cap tured by member of a troop of cav alry In a fight ,twoymlls south of tbe Mexican border which followed a raid yesterday by Mexicans who surprised two American soldiers at tbe Slaughter, ranch, 20 miles east of bcie, and took- them prisoners across the liner. When word of the capture reached army headquarters tbe cavalrymen were dispatched to reecu tbe Ameri can soldiers. Two miles south of the border they, came up with the raiders, who were well armed. The Mexican opened fire on their pur suers, who returned the' fire. In quick succession three ' Mexican were killed and the other four cap tured, some of the , -lattor being Wounded. No American were killed or wounded in the engagement. - The American soldiers were sue' ccssf ul in ret-levlng the two offi cers of their command captured by the . Mexican. . An ambulance has been sent from here to bring in th wounded Mexicans. Condition at an early hour this morning were normal. wilson im F0RRM,U:7 LEGISLAI New BUI Calls for Half CI!:n Dollars to Guarantee In come to Roads Cased jen Three-Year Period f ) : L..v -A 1 SECURITYHOLDERS I oTO GET PROTECTIOn McAdoo lias Pcvcr lo tZl Ie7 Lines; Property la be Well Kept ; WASHINGTON', Jan. 4. Leglila tlon to regulate tbe government' operation-of railroads and to gtiaraa te ethe carriers compensation on the basis o fthelr average operating In come for the last thre years wa asked of congress today by President Wilson in an address to both houses in join session. . Bills embodying bs recommendations and carrylr t - ,vi appropriation of half t,tllll.3 dol lar as a "revolving fund',' wore In troduced Immediately ' and an t tempt ; will be made to - rush the: i to prompt passage. While the president's address r; t with, general approval among. Dem ocrat and. Republicans allke, r r :'" sltlon la expected to detelop over a provision In the admrnlstratlca i: l that federal , control shall cor. t'- ' after" the war indefinitely or l. congress orders otherwise, au J c , details of the compensation l-' ' Director. General " McAdoo, t 1 spent the day planning a ul,;: of labor questions with the r i the 'four brotherhoods, fin: y : elded to refer the brother.- ' pending demand for a general T ' increase to an advisory board of ft i or r members to be appointed br i S i a few day. Thi board wHl I - -tlfate all phases of the t r hoods' demand and rtco;,; ,.. , a course to Mr. MsAdoO. Ills de'r i will be effective as to wagerrc.i January 1. r- : . , nrohethoodisiay Get; Inrc.. Tbej plan will affect irarncJa? " on the wage requests of thejbrcf -erboods, but demand which t. be made later by other cla!"'i f forganzej labor - probably will V a handled In tbe. same way, Mr. r ? Adoo I reserving tbe right to j r.- a " i whatever decision he choose' with out rjegard to tbe recemmendatic" i of thj advisers. ( Softie Increases, both to tbe isrct! erhood and to other railway W r are Generally conrldtred cfrU: .. The director general. In a stati m ,.: -.tonlghC promised, every emplsyfl that "his rights and interests v: 1 b Justly dealt with" and appeal i for a hearty spirt of enthusiasm ar. 1 . eo-operatlon from every man. Fpeclal order were Issued tro flding'that r00 additional cars iv 'l be furnished' daily to certain, sp'"! fled. bituminous and antlrraHt? pi lues.1 mainly In Pennsylvania, tor aupnlying New Kngland. Mr. McAdoo. explained today th t no general provision can be tm '.n under the law for exempting rail road employes from, the draft. l!a will pot hesitate to appeal to lo"l exemption boards to defer the call ing Of these worker If the boards cf their own volition o not display a tendency to do so. ' Prenldent ITalse Rood. In; addresi to congress. Presi dent Wilson, announcing hi acts o.i in taking over the railroad, praised the way in which the rail road executive went to work in n attempt to unify their lines tinier private management, but said tha war emergency demanded govern ment action because only under gov ernment administration could an ab solutely unrestricted and nnemtr rad common use be made cf r'.l lines and facilities. He proml. 1 that "tbe common administration -will be carried out with as little dis turbance of tbe present operatlr.? organization and personnel of th? railways aa; possible" and rpatr I the assurance given in his prodama- tion last week that owner of rail road securities should not suffer fi nancial loss because of the pew pla.i of operation. ' , When the president concluded, thn administration bill was Introduce t In. the senate by Senator Smith of outh Carolina, and in the houisa $7 Chairman Sims of the Interstate commerce commttee. '.In addition t J appropriating $500,000,000 and r vidlng for .the compensation -t.iru under hlch the government g j r antees aft aggregate return of so . $900,000,000 a year, the mear;r) vts forth In detail the conditions r. on which the government epr' is to be carried on, and in to specified powers given tbe prts -dent, would authorise ,ttm to ex' -else other powers necessary tj ma! -tain practical government operatic , and to delegate; his authority to a; agency. ' ' .;'--"! -, Under the last provision, 11. j j r Ident is expected to lestie en cr.I transferrlog to Director V : r McAdoo all function vested ia t chief executlre. This 'frill cr. the director general to cr (Continued car- . ;