! MHllMllW. .fi : II II
WEATHER.
Rain; moderate southerly
winds.
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BOLO PASHA
IS ON TRIAL
FOR TREASON
fitting by Side of Fellow De
fendant, Accused listens
. Attentively to Reading of
1 Long Indictment
COMMUNICATION WITH
GERMANY IS CHARGED
Ex-Premier Caillaux Is in Cell
Awaiting Summons to
Court Room
PARIS. Feb. 4. The trial by
courtmartial of Bolo Pasha on a
charge of treason In having conduct
ed German propaganda tn ' France
was begun today. -.
The court rejected objections of
' . the defense to the procedure because
tj it was impossible to compel witnesses
living in jk foreign country to come
. to Frifhce to testify. The act of ac
cusation detailing Bolo Pasha's life
wan then read
' The court room was crowded when
Bftlo appeared but the assembly was
-r made up principally of witnesses or
interested parties, - as the general
.public was excluded .. so , far as was
possible. Bplowas accompanied by
his fellow defendant. Darius Pochere.
atfl : listened stolidly and unmoved
to the reading or the long Indict-
ments whicn cnargea mm wun Hav
ing maintained communication .with
the enemy and with treason. A con
spicuous figure In the court room
-was Madame Bolo; who was, sur
rounded by a number of friends who
-will testify during the proceedings.
As. noon as the indictment had
J been read, Bolo'a counsel moved for
an adjournment, taking the ground
that certain witnesses would be un-
able to appear for him. The state
announced that. Madame Calllaui.
wife of former Premier Joseph Cail-
laux, whose name has been mention
, ed prominently In connection with
that of Bolo Pasha, was too 111 to
come into court, but that M. Cail
laux would be brought before the
eonrt from his cell in Sante prison,
whenever he was wanted.
The third defendant, FHIppo Ca
vallinle, was absent, owing to the,
fact that he is under arrest In Italy.
' The indictment charges Bolo
Pasha with having maintained com
nftmication with the enemy in Switz
erland in 1915 and In Paris the same
year,-' when he received German
honey from Cavallinie to further the
pacifist movement; in the United
v States in 1916 for having received
through Adolph Pavenstedt, once
head of a New York banking House,
and the Deutsche bank, German
money to Influence the French news
papers and for advancing money to
. the director of the Paris Journal. ;
NEW YORK. Feb. 4. Adolph
Pavenstedt banker, intimate friend
of1 Count Von Bernstorf f. and the go
between when Bolo Pasha visited
this country in 1916 ? co-operate
with the German ambassador in an
attempt to subsidize the French
press, was one.of 'three enemy aliens
transferred today rrora Ellin island
to the Internment camp at Fort Og
lethorpe, Ga.
Forerunner to Rapture of
Peace negotiations Seen
IX)NBON, Feb7i .-The Amster
dam correspondent of the Exchange
Tfejegraph company says the sudden
return of Dr. von Kuehlmann and
Count Czernin to Berlin is constd
red in German political circles as
"the forerunner of the rupture of the
spoliations at B rest-Li tovsk.
v" The special conference to be held
la Berlin, according to this corre
spondent, is for the purpose of con
sidering the general peace situation.
The Bulgarian premier. Vase 11 Rad
oslavoff, and the Turkish grand
Tizier, Talaat Pasha, are also ex
pected at Berlfn.
Tccbna Lumberman Turns
Down Aircraft Position
PORTLAND, Feb. 4. George S.
Tacoma lumberman, has sent
to Rie&fcrd Flint Howe of the air
craft production board at Washlng
on P.C a declaration of an aj
Fh ent tendered him to a plact' an
"e Pacific coast advisory com mis
sion of the board. As a reason for
nvieclInat,on' Mr.' Long rtates that
-a his opinion no man engaged Jn
" KwIness of dealing In lumber,
he is, should accept appointment
i?. Kovernment concerned directly
Vit the lumber Industry.
crrUic Wind St6rm
Hurts Albany Property
ALBANY. Or.. Feb. 4 Terr! He
V. torm h,t Albany tonight, blow-
5 down a brick fire wall at the
an(jran hotel, wrecking two spans
. telephone toll and -cable line and
-"flg the street with debris.
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U.S. SOLDIERS
TAKE PART OF
! BATTLEFRONT
Troops Completing Full
Training Assume Regular
I Role in Great War
ALLIES STILL SUPREME
Talk of German Unrest Must
Not Slacken Preparation,
i " Baker Warns
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. All re
ports to the war department indicate
that the allies still hold a very ap
preciable numerical superiority both
in men and guns on the western
front, despite the heavy German con
centration there since the defection
of Russia.-
Secretary Baker's weekly war re
view today made this announcement,
and in commenting later, Mr. Baker
Lsaid it represented the best judg
ment of the department based upon
advices from all sources.
The review jthis week gives first
place to the statement that "Ameri
can troops which Jhave completed
their training are now occupying a
portion of the actual battle front."
Itwarnsthe country that 't'he world
has "been flooded" with reports of
Internal uflrest in Germany which
must not be allowed "to affect the
effectiveness 1 or speed of our own
preparations."
, , Commenting on the meeting of the
snpreme war council at Versailles,
the review says it "promises to show
positive results" In the way of unity
of action on all fronts.
DITTMAN GIVEN
LONG SENTENCE
T0C0NFINER3ENT
i . .
Radical Socialist Deputy Con
victed for Inciting "High
I . Treason"
BERLIN, via London, Feb. 4.
Wilhelm Dittman, the radical Social
is deputy, who wa tried by an ex
traordinary conrt-martial on the
charge of inciting high treason, re
sistance to public authority and
transgression of the prohibition
agafnst participating in the direc
tion of the general strike, was to
day sentenced to five years' confine
ment in a fortress.
Dittman was also sentenced to
two months Imprisonment for te
sisting public authority. Mitigating
circumstances and the absence of
dishonorable intentions were ao
mitted.
! T V " ,. '..
Roosevelt Not to Attend
j John L, Sullivan Funeral
OYSTER BAY, N. Y.. Feb.; 4.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt announc
ed tonight that he would not be attle
to attend f the funeral of John L.
Sullican in Boston Wednesday.
"I -bad-a genuine regard for my
old friend, John L. Sullivan," the
colonel said. ;"He was an old and
valued friend and I mour his death."
Belgian Queen Grateful
for Sympathy Expressed
WASHINGTON', Feb.' 4. The
Queen of the Belgians has cabled
nr i Anna. Howard Shaw, chairman
of the woman's committee of the
council of national defense, tbans
ing her for a cablegram expressing
the gratitude of American women
for- the humanitarian .services rend
ered -by the queen and women of
Helghim to the cause of freedom and
rtviiicatlnn. "Snch a proof of sym-
nathv for Rnfferinir Belgium will be
I of gratest comfort to those in dis
tress, said, tne queen a message.
Initiative Bill Aimed
I at Service Commission
An initiative bill having for its
purpose the elimination of the pub
lic service commission was filed with
Secretary of Stale Olcott yesterday,
signed by a "citizens' committee of
Portland. The signers are Josephine
II. Sharp", chairman; Eleanor Flor
ence Baldwin, vice chairman; C. Vf.
Barzee, treasurer, and James It.
Whalen. secretary. ' J
The actual effect of the proposed
law would be repeal of the law pro
viding for the election of commis
sioners, while the statute creating
the commission itself would remain
intact. The proposed act would "re
peal section 6875 of chapter 1 of
title XLVK Lord's Oregon Laws, as
amended by an act entitled "An Act
to amend section 6875 of Lord's Or
egon Laws relating to the creation
of a railroad commission, tne elec
tion and term of office of the com
missioners thereof and the filling of
vacancies thereon '
LAST MEN IN
' 4.
CALLED. OUT
After Movement to Canton
ments All States Will Have
Completed Quotas Swelling
New National Army
FIRST INCREMENT TO
TOTAL 685,000 MEN
War Department to Refrain
From Calling New Guard
Into Service
WASHINGTON. ! Feb. 4. Provost
Marshal General Crowder today an
nounced 'that the : movement of the
last increments of the men selected
In the first draft will begin on Feb
ruary t3 and continue for a period
of five days. This will complete the
operation of the first draft as all
states will hve furnished their full
quotas.
The movement! will bring the
strength of the national army up to
the 685,000 men contemplated In
the first draft. j
Tne number of men which will be
started to the cantonments on Feb
ruary 23 are:: i
Camp Devens. Mass. 6755; Upton.
N. Y 7500; Dix, N. J., 7000; Meade.
Md.. 6090; Lee. Va.. 3000; Jackson.
S. C, 3363 (negroes) ;- Gordon. Ga..
2000 (negroes); Grant. 111.. 5000;
Taylor. Ky., 6284;, Dodge. Ia., 14,
984; Fnston, Kan 2332: Travis.
Tex.. 7558; Pike, Ar., 2000 (ne
groes).
The policy of the war department
with- respect :to the new national
guard units organized since the pres
ident drafted the old gnard into the
federal service will be to refrain
from calling them Into service, even
after they have attained the state of
preparedness required by depart
mental regulations and have been
recognized by the military bureau.
This was disclosed in a statement
issued by Secretary Baker through
the militia bureau, f The new units,
however, will be subject to draft at
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STRIKE SHOWS
GREAT VIOLENCE
Demand for Higher Wages
Puts St Louis Out of
All Car Services
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4. The second
day of the street car strike here was
marked by increasing violence, nu-
merous riot calls
plete paralysis of
tation. Efforts a!
and almost eom-
traction transpor-
so were made to
bring about a settlement,
were operated tonight.
No cars
Mayor'KIel, acting on advice of thej
city counsellor, who assured him that
he had authority to intervene, sent
formal summonses to the United
Railways company and to the offi
cials of the local union of the Amal
gamated Association of Street and
Electric Railway Employees to send
representatives to his office this even
Ing. Mayor Kiel, before the confer
ence, said he would suggest an
mediate resumption of car service
and that the question of wages and
hours be left to a later adjustment.
The labor union . obeyed the sum
mons. The plan of the mayor to bring
the two sides together, in conference
was frustrated by ithe refusal of the
United Railway officials to- partici
pate in the conference.
Pearcy Is Appointed to'
Douglas County Position
E. W. Pearcy, f formerly ,at the
state hospital In charge pf its garden
and farm work has been appointed
fruit inspector and county agricul
tural agent for Douglass county, with
headquarters In Roseburg.
His salary in the new position will
be $1,800 a year, and he will be fur
nished with an automobile for use la
bis work tn the county, also a stenog
rapher in his office to do the neces
sary clerical work.)
An effort may be made for a sim
ilar appointment in Marion county.
FndtmmdeiaylVi:
to County Judge Bushey
Fruit men did not appear before
County Judge Bushey yesterday to
protest against the appointment of
S. II. Van .Trump as county fruit In
spector,; but It is understood the com
mittee that has been appointed, for
the purpose, will wait upon the judge
some time this week. The appoint
ment h an " exceedingly unpopular
one and It appears that the fruit
growers are not disposed to drop the
affair without making an effort for
Van Trump's removal.
FIRST DRAFT
i
HUGE REDUCTION
IN IMPORTS IS
AMERICAN PLAN
Measure Is Under Way to
Make More Ships Avail
able for Troops
ALLIES TO FURNISH AID
Much Neutral Tonnage to Be
Employed Situation to
Improve Slowly
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. A 50 per
cent reduction in the'volurae of im
ports is one of the measures under
consideration by the administration
to take available-ships for transport
ing troops to France.
Overseas transportation Is recog
nized as the real problem facing tee
government in its effort to put on
the firing line a pig fighting force
and keep it In supplies. Estimates
of the amount of tonnage necessary
to keep an army supplied vary all
tne way from fouf to seven tons in
continuous service for each man en
gaged. Th United States now has
in all services about four million tons
of shipping, of which probably one
fourth is engaged In bringing ira
terials heretofore regarded as es
sential to the national industrial
life.
Neutral Tonnage to Be Used.
If negotiations now: under way
with neutral countries are concluded
successfully a large amount of neut
ral tonnage will be used to supplant
American ships engaged in the non
hazardous trades. It is regarded as
entirely likely that the entire one
million tons of American ships en
gaged .will be put into the trans
Atlantic service, leaving the' neutral
ships to supply insofar as possible
the gap made. The general opinion
is that about fifty per cent of the
Shortage will not' be supplied.
In addition to its efforts to ob
tain neutral tonnage the government
expects soon to take over all Ameri
can sailing ships and a large num
ber of French sailing ships, all of
whichr will be put in the non-hazard
ous trades. This move win add soius
tonnage to that available for bring
ing in imports. '
If a cut In imports is made the
government will select for elimina
tion a use or articles which is re
gards as not essential in the prosecu
tion of the war. Imports of curtain
materials, including nitrates -and
manganese, must be kept up to a
maximum. .The country will need
this year about 1. 500.00 tons 6r ni
trates from Chile and fully 750,000
tons of manganese from Brazil.
Officials who are working out de
tails of the transportation of troops
have not disclosed to what extent the
allies are ready to assist with a loan
of tonnage but many American sold
iers will go abroad in allied vessels.
This was arranged for In the Inter
allied conference at Paris and was
United States of Colonel Edward M.
House.
t Situation To Improve Gradually.
Shipping board officials estimate
America's shipping output ; daring
1918 at from 4,000.000 to 6.0 00.
000 tons, much of which they ex
pects to become available in the
summer. Production in the latter
half of the year is expected to more
thin double that during the klist
half and officials say the shipping
situation will grow steadily more fav
orable as the year advances.
Supplies for the allies a nd for
the American army abroad are pil
ing up raster than tney can be trans
im--Horted andit Is estimated that more
than 1,000,000 tons of cargo are
awaiting shipment alogn the Atlantic
seaboard.. Even had the country's
production of materials come up to
expectationrand had the railroads
been able to transport it no more
goods, the officials say, could have
beer, transported across the seas.
The shipping board, realizing the
situation, is redoubling its efforts to
speed up the building of ships. With
the assistance of the labor depart
ment they are creating a reserve
of ship yard labor, which they ex-
ipect to place in the yards as-fast as
it can be absorbed.
Several Quakes Felt
ly Revelstoke, B. C.
REVELSTOKE. B. C, Feb.. 4.
Several severe earthquakes were felt
here today, each shock lasting for
about 30 seconds. The tremors
caused many to rush to their dodts
in the belief that the recent heavy
snowfall was about to crumble in the
roofs. The shocks were felt in the
more substantial buildings, : Includ
ing the courthouse, where I it was
feared the building would cohftps.
The fovement was so marked that
many people experienced a feeling of
naseau.
President of Reichstag
Turns Down Socialists
AMSTERDAM. Feb. 4The presi
dent of the reichstag has refused
to comply with the demand of .the
Socialist party that the reichstag be
conyoked In special session, accord
ing the Berlin Tageblatt The other
parties, he announced had - opposed
the demand.
STRIKEQIHET,
U. S. TROOPS
HIT ENEMY
American Forces Take Over
Sector in Lorraine ' and
With Famous 75s Respond
to German Shots
DUGOUTS BLOWN UP-
BARBED WIRE IS CUT
Huns Are Outgamed in Initial
Point of Assault Over
Wide Region
(By The Aaaociatrd Press )
From the meager accounts of the
economic situation In Germany reach
ing neutral countries the general
strike that prevailed throughout the
empire last week has virtually end
ed.. Apparently the hard-hand of the
military authorities had much to dol
wth the'breaking up of the move
ment on' the part of the workers
whose full emergencies are required
by the government at the present mo
ment to aid in the prosecution oftbe
war, for even their' leaders are"" re
ported to have advised the men, to
return to their work.
Quietude Now" IVevails.
Industrial quietude now seems to
oervade the entire country except at
Jena', capital of the Duchy of Saxe
Weimar, where new troutole has aris
en. It is not improbable that the
strike here has been engendered by
sympathetic feeling on the part of
numerous students.
That under the surface the politi
cal waters in Germany and Austria
Hungary still are disturbed is indi
cated by the announcement that the
German and Austro-Hungarian for
eign ministers and General von Lu
dendorf f, chief of the German war
lords, next to Von Hindenburg, are
to meet in close conference in an
endeavor); to bring about an ameliora
tion of the tense economic and po
litical questions affecting Germany
and the dual monarchy and doubt
less lay plans to combat the peace
views and desires of large parts of
the populations in the two countries.
Americans tSt rike at Enemy '
' Apparently with the Germans . it
was a case of the biter having been
bit In their attack on the American
sector in Lorraine Saturday. Al
though the attack was a sudden one
and the eGrmans placed a heavy bar
rage along the American line of sev
eral kilometers, the Americans re
sponded with avidity and with their
75s tore up the German front
trenches, blew up several of their
dugouts and cut their barbed wire
entanglements, causing damage
which it will require several days
to repair. Little damage was done
the American positions. Seemingly
the Americans out-gamed the enemy
on his initial point of assault and
later even extended their zone of
bombardment over , a wide region.
On the other battle fronts the oper
ations of the infantry continue of a
minor character, although the artil
lery duels are Intense on certain sec
tors in Belgium and along the Aisne
in France. After weeks of watchful
waiting there still is no indication
that the Germans contemplate at an
early date their promised big offen
sive against the entente fronts, which
it has been asserted would be de
livered with the old armies reinforc
ed by troops brought from the Rus
sian theater.
During the past week the total
British casualties were 46354 the
smallest number In many months.
Sector Held by U. S.
Troops Are Hear Tonl
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
IN FRANCE. Feb. 5. The sector oc
cupied, by 'the American troops Is
no:hwest of Toul. It Is Inadvisable
to mention the number of men in
line, the lenirth of the sector and
other details. ;
The location of the sector was kept
secret until it became certain that
the enemy had discovered it.
Tnni ranitaJ of the department of
Mouthe-et-Moselle. Is fourteen miles
west of Nancy and is a ronresa 01
the first class. . i r
The present battle line Is abont
sixteen miles north -of Toul, where
It extends eastward from St. Mihlel
toward the German border. Recently
there have been raids by French
troops in the region of Fllrey an3
Seichepray;
Montana Farmers Are
Unable to Bay Seed
. WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Federal
aid for Montana farmers, threatened
with a crop loss season through a
seed grain shortage was uriced nwn
the house agricultural committee oy
Representative Rankin. Because
of recent crop failures. Miss Rankin
said. 60 per cent of the farmers can
not pay for their seed, w
AMBASSADOR IS
NOT RECOGNIZED
BY U. S. SLAVS
Colonial Congress Character
izes Keremky Regime
as "Holdovers'"
DRAFT, LAW DENOUNCED
Bolsheviki in U. S. Want All
Money of Embassy and '
Consulates
NEW YORK. Feb. .4. The Rus
sian ambassador, to the United States
and the consuls now . representing
that country here, characterized "as
holdovers" from the Kerensky reg
ime, will ' not be recognized by the
Rusnlan colonial congress, now In
session here for the first time, and
the delegates to the council will have
no dealings with them. ' This action
was decided unon tonlht. . '" "
Another resolution, adopted almost
unanimously, declared that when the
United States recognizes the Bolshe-
vfk government the colonial congress
will ask the Russian government to
turn over o the executive council of
the congress, elected today with sev
en n'narrJiiRts among the nineteen
members, all the money and proper
ty of ; the embassy and consulates.
These funds will be divided among
.the Soviets or local councils.
The Cingress also f lied a r bitter
protest against the selective service
law. demanding the release from the
army of young Russians who hold
only their first citizenship papers.
Release of Russians arrested for fail
ing to register Is another of the de
mands. The executive council was
empowered to employ counsel in be
half of these prisoners.
The most turbulent debate of the
night session was started by a reso
lution proposing that the congress
recognize the American Federation
of Labor. This suggestion was vio
lently opposed by the I. W. W. dele
gates and the anarchists. 7 Y
When it was found that several of
the Bolsheviki delegates were mem
bers of unions affiliated with thf
federation, a compromise was agreed
upon. The federation was recognized
as an American institution, but the
congress did not go on recosd as
seeking affiliation with- it. v-,
ENHlIYlOMBS
ITALIAN TOWNS
" " ' - '
Several Civilians Are Killed
or Wounded by Attack -
"From Air
ROME, Feb. ,5. Venice and a
number of towns on the Venetian
plain htfve been bombed by enemy
airmen, according to the Italian of
ficial communication issued ;. today.
While no damage and iio casualties
resulted from the" attack on Venice,
considerable destruction was wrought
In the towns of Padua, Treviso and
Mestie, where also a number of civ
ilian were kjlled or wounded.
CfflCAGOHAS
worst
Suffering Widespread From
Lack of Coal ; Women Beg
for Fuel
CHICAGO, Feb. 4. Chicago's
third heatless Monday, also the cold
est of the year saw the city in the
grip of the worst fuel famine In its
history.
Suffering was widespread, hun
dreds of persons beseiging the offi
ces of the fuel administration for
the pink coal slips which proved
valueless when presented at many
yards whicn were closed because of
lack of fuel. , (
With the thermometer . suddenly
down to 100 below xero. many who
could afford It closed their homes
and went to hotels. In other cases
relatives. are living together, and In
extreme cases neighbors have all
gathered into one flat.
AH through the day, men, women
and children. In long lines faced the
north wind before the coal yards
begging the chance to buy even the
poorest of coal. No coke was avail
able and lumber dealers refused to
sell wood for fuel. Meanwhile, hun
dreds of carloads of coal were on
their way from the mines, but de
layed by blizzards and trarrts condi
tions, could not reach the city in
time to melt the sudden drop In
temperature. .
Causes of the famine were analyz
ed by-C. E. Allen, department ad?
ministrator for the state.. The war,
blizzards and persistent cold weath
er were blamed. No hope was held
out, or a .return to normal condi
tions for the remainder of the win
ter. -. y . . .
War Secretary's Reipcnse to
Chamberlafn Characterized
"Absolutely IVepoitcrcss"
by Senator HitchcccI: ia
Long Address 1
IMPERATIVE NEED OF
I WAR CABINET S2I I
WUsonjCharged With Ltcktf
::; Information Dee to HcirL: j
i Only One Side of War Prep
aration Arguacst
WASHINGTON. Feb. "s. Secre
tary Baker's recent statement to tho
senate military committee that the
United , States would have 600,000
soldiers ! in. France early this year
and that prospects were not unprom
ising for ships to carry a million men
who would be ready during the year
were : characterized' by 'r Senator
Hitchcock In an address to 'the sen
ate today as 'absolutely preposter
ous and so exaggerated as to
convey an entirely false impression
as to what we can do and what we
are doing." -
.' Supporting the committee's bills
for a war cabinet and munitions di
rector, Senator Hitchcock declared
that Secretary Baker was no doubt
sincere but was misled tr lack' of in
formation regarding scarcity of stirs
into making sanguine predictions.
He said. President Wilson himself
"does not know tne real' situation''
and cited this situation as an illustra
tion of. the absence ' of ; government
co-ordination. , ' , - (
, War Cabinet Held Imperative.
Conceding that much of a tig tafci
has beenj creditably done, the Ne
braska senator Insisted that central
ized and co-ordinated wat operations
through a war cabinet and central
ized purchasing through a munitions
director are imperative. He asserted
that the president and Secretary
Baker had tried but failed to attain
the object.
"Blunders that almost surpass .be
lief have occurred In the war de
partment he said, and the shipbuild
ing situation he described as a
"farce and almost a crime." He de
clared the transportation ''system
has "broken down" and Is a "gigan
tic wreck."
In flatly denying Secretary 'Bak
er's statement that the government
has a plan for the war, the senator
said the military committee was
thunderstruck -by the war secretary's
optimistic assertions. . - a
"I am afraid to go too deeply Into
shipping figures." he added, "for one
might be charged, with giving lnfor
matiow to the enemy All who are
informed as to the nresent sacnW nf
our shipping were thunderstruck at
the statements of Secretary Baker. '
ITepowterous Statement Charged.
"To supply 1,000,000 men in
France it will reaulre S.OOO.fLOO
tons of shipping In constant use. We
all know the total tonnare now avail
able is nothing like that amount. We
aijkfear It will not approximate that
a year from now.
"Yet the secretary of war Is so out
of touch with the shlncinr board
that he make ft. statement tftat la
absolutely preposterous."
Turning to Secretary Baker's war
plan. Senator Hitchcock said:
"Secretary ; Baker says we have
plans. I am sorry to disagree with
him. If there is one thing more eca- .
spieuous by Its absence than anr oth
er In the operatiotrof the various de-
panmrms ana Dureaas in Washing
ton it "has ben planning for the
future. T dn not lionr that ha r1.
ons departments have planned, but
who has prepared the master, plan'
which will harmonize all the other
plans? - Nobody. Nobody eonld."
After referring to the president's
opposition to the two committee
bills, the senator said it was on the
ground that the nresldent alnn ha
responsibility for conduct of the war.
aaaing: ,:.. ,
InKitIents Attitude Unfortunate,
"The mere statement nresenta an
absurdity." ' " :
Asserting that congress ,lia a;
large measure of responsibility. Sen
ator Hitchcock said it weuld be
"monstrous" to hold the president
responsible for the 2,000,000'tons vl
rreight piled np In New York7, for the
"break down of transportation '
the muddle and Jumble 'pt priority '
shipments, the shortcomings of the
ordnance department snd quarter- -master's
department. 'sufferings of
the unnecessarily lc - soldiers and
nine months' delay in construction
(Con tinned n Pate I). t
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