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TTIR OUKGO STATFSMAX: THCTtSDAT. FEnnCART 21. 101 CRIPPLED MEN ' FROM TRENCHES TO RE TRAINED Place jo Be Assigned in In ' dustrial Activity of Coun try Quickly - UNION'S AID IS ; SpUGHT Major Gilbreth Suggests Plan for Early" Investigation of Problems NEW YORK, Feb. :'C-CrIppl .soldiers brought home from the trenches will be trained so that tbey may speedily re-take their pices In the industrial activities of the conn try, the American lnstitutejof Min- ing Engineers in convention here v was told today.- Plans for the work wrrw ouiuaca in a paper prepares tiy Major B, . Gilbreth. United States Reserves, bat read by Mrs. Gilbreth In the absence of her husband who was unable to obtain a furlough. . "The problem of tht crippled sol diers," said ' the .paper, "Is not a problem of war work only It is a problem of industrial development. It is 'a matter which has interested labor organizations-a well as em- ployers and both should cooperate to outline an agreement lonfr lines which will briny about the best good of all concerned. The future o la bor relations depends, to 8 targe ex tent on the manner in which this problem Is settled-. -f "As to the attitude of organ teed " labor to the admission of crippled soMsers into the industries, we can not but believe that the unions will be prompt to welcome the 'weaker 'brother' back intotne ranks and to cooperate In every way possible to wards his most advantageous place ment, Just as they have been glad to cooperate in other industrial war measures." : ' An Investigation of conditions In the Industrial world, to discover where the? opportunities for employ- . ment lie and to readjust Industrial practice so that cripples may lie util ized, was suggested by v Major Gll breth. The entrance of; women Into many trades baa complicated the sit uation and a plan by which crippled 'soldiers may, be' trained for partic ular Qork and placed in positions ,-wlth as little eelay as possible 'ln 1 stead of allowing them to enter work in competition with, onmalmed work ers and women must be considered In working out the problem,' be da glared.- - " - . l " BOARD " MAKES ' rvr viti swt r a mrt 1UMUJUN UU5 Rise of 2 Cents a Bushel Over ' Previous Day Is Chicago "Limit CHICAGO. Feb. 20. In an effort to check speculation In oats which today sold at the highest prices ever recorder, the directors of the Chi cago board of trade in special ses sion adopted the following resolu tions ' ; ' '. ';-" ' "That no contractor purchase or sale in oats for sty delivery shall be made during a day's session between members of 'this, association at a price greater than two cents a bushel over the previous 'day's quotation." Cash oats today sold at 95 cents the . highest quotation before 191S being 90 cents in June, 1867. ' U. S. Olliciqh Arrest . - : 26-Yar-0ld German ' t -i SEATTLE, Feb. 20. Rev. John Martin Iiaunsch weig, 26 years 'old, German, and alleged to be an alien enemy, and K. Robinson, secretary of' the loeal I.'W. W. branch, were arrested late ' today by federal of ficials. ' ' -: ' - Rev. -Daunschwelg Is alleg'l by government officials to have been within the' waterfront f.oe which is barred to alien-enemies.' Officials as sert' they found onhis person 600 addresses j of Germans. He came here a weetf ago from Berea, Ohio, where he attended Baldwin Wallace Theological school. r Robinson w arrested at the re quest of the United States attorney general. In connection -with an in vestigation of an alleged plot to ham per the output of -war materials in the northwest. A quantity of corre spondence and records found In his loom were seized, i t SUBSTITUTES FOR FLOUR RISE HIGH Portland Dealers Report Growing Scarcity of Rye and Barley Flour PORTLAND, Feb." 20. Flour sub stitutes advanced $1 a ; barrel in Portland markets today, 'due, the dealera said, to increasing scarcity. Barley flour, heretofore $11 a bar rel, wetn to 12;. rye floor, rolled oati and oatmeal to $12.50, and steel cut osts to 113.15. Some dealers said they were entirely out of rye and barley flour. , INTEREST RATE ON CERTIFICATES IS4T-2PERCENT Issue of Indebtedness Paper Amounting to $2,500,000 f ; ' Announced WAY FOR LOAN OPENED Successive Interest Rise in Is sues May Mean Still High er Rate Soon WASHINGTON'. Feb. 20. Future issues 'of treasury certificates of in debtedness planned in preparation forithe thirl liberty loan will bear an interest rare or 4 fc Ier ceni, or one-half per tent more than issues of the immediate past. This announcement wan made to nigbt by Secretary McAdoo. together with the statement .that the $500, 000,y)0 block of 'certificates closed" ast week, was subscribed in full only' ; because! banks - In New York and other big financial centers took mom than fheir share and offset the scanty subscriptions from the rest of the country. About $2,500,000,000' in certifi cates ; remain to be issued at. the higher rates before the third loan campaign, probably In April, and the rate for, -all. will be 4 per'cent. This increase in the rate offers an indication of the treasury's perspect- ve s on money market conditions which , may affect the next liberty loan. The second 1 liberty loan, is sued st 4 per rent, was preceded by several issues of certificates at 314 per cnt, but this rate was increased to 4 per cent for the last block be fore he second loan. A similar sit uation preceded the first loan, which was at 3V4 per cent. In both eases the Interest rate of the loan was the same as the -grates on the lata issue of certificate prece'dlng. ' Announcement 6f another Issue of certificates, part of the $3,000,000,- 000, ertlflcafc prttgra'm In which banks have been asked to participate by appropriating-1 per cent of their total resources weekly for purchase of the certificates is expected within another week. The . last block was announced two weeks ago and it was said that others would be offered every two weeks. ' Receipts from the Inst issue had swelled the net balance In the treas ury to $916,321,000 today, and dls bursementr recently have been a4out fio.ouo.Tfoo a day. ; Although the number of banks subscribing to the last issue of 5 cer tificates 'was- twlc that for the pre-. ceding block. Secretary McAdoo said, the? amount of subscriptions from the (country at large waa distinctly disappointing. The subscription , of tne entire amount offered, said ihe secretary waa due to the patriotic act ton of the larger banks in flnan clal centers, notably New York, in taking more than their share of the Issue., and this making up the defi ciency which arose from the failure of other banks to respond, to the re- qnw mane oi tnem. Only the New York and Kansas City federal reserve districts exceed ed their allotment. The Minneapolis district equaled Its allotment. HUTCHESON YET REFUSES DEMAND Government ; Officials ' and ; Shipyard Carpenters Still : !H' r Disatgree ''' WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Oov eminent officials and Jieads of the TJrotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners failed to tome to an arrange metn today on the claims of ship yard carpenters but at the shipping board tt.lgbt it was ear a settle ment was oitf -far off. Acceptance by William Hutcheson president of the carpenters' . orean Jzation. of -the principle Of ; the. open ahop during thenar; against which he has fonght.'Was the most Impor tant development at a conference be tween the carpenters' leaders, mem ber. of the shlpbulldins adjustment board and General Manager Plejs of the Kmergency Fleet corporation. Hutcheson still refuses to leave to the adjustment board.,, as requested by President Wilson, the question of deciding conditions of labor. He Jias ont signed the memorandum slened by seventeen rothep un!on heads glv-t mg- the adjustment Board' full au thorlty. to adjustall differences, , AMERICANS At MERCY OF GERMANS IN AIR (Continued from page 1) ' fact rem-'nstbat American troons are holding the sector and they are endangered daily becausejthere are not 'American alrnlanes With tim The' question- most asked from one- ena or the American front to the other Is: "'When are some Ameri can planes coming here? i" ' One America n Killed ' TTITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FltANCE Feb. 20.The Germans again attempted a raid against the American lines last night' but the raiders were discovered and the ar tillery, refponding to rocket signals, lajd down a heavy barrage alraott Instantly The Germans path back to their line wag marked by red lines. " "!-'- " During the nicht a -machine Wnn bullet killed an American private. i.nemy planes flew over the entire noaiflnnn reDe'atedly today. - : One American ", machine, in a daah over an enemy trench, ; r prayed it with machine gun bullet;. I - For several "days the Germans havebeen coticent rating artillery of Various cauoerB oprosixe me mir, -Jean positions, i They now have twice the number of guns as when the Americans first -took the sector and between 800 and 100 shell are be ing .fired at the American positions, Mben at fJrxt there was hardly 150. American artillery' men continue their practice of sending the enemy at least two or three shells for one. Knemy artillery during the last 24 hours paid particular attention to towns and battery positions, firing hundreds of .shells on them. Three soldiers wounded the only casualties from the. shell, fire. : American Hhella have been drop led on .enemy works and have cut the 'enemy wire to pieces In many places. Tunnel Cave-in Causes s Death of Two Miners CRNTRALIA, Wash.. Feb. 20. A cave-in in one of the tunnels of th Washington Union Coal company at Tono. today resulted "In the daLh o two miners. Kichard Williams and Ralph Jones. r : Williams was taken out after th accident but lived only a few min utes. ; Jones', body bud not yet been round tonight." - Democrats for Suffrage t Are Planning Campaign . -1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Demo crats of the senate favorable to pas sage of thu house resolution for a f era! woman suffrage amendent be gan a series of conferences today to discuss ways and means of gaining support for the resolution among Democratic- senators oppoginn it Members of the conference were said lo be preparing to center their ef forts upon Majority. '.Leader Martin and Sean tors Swanson of Virginia ana Fletcher and Trammel of Flori da. Suffrage advocate said they need ed only dx more vrftes t insure the necessary two-third majority for llio resolution. . Today' conference was called by aenaigr j(aieii of lulslana. USE OF WOMEN TO BE KNOWN , - ... Department ? of Affricultura vtoSeeIf Real Need Exists This Year W8HINGTON, i Feb. 20. The task of ascertaining whether women t needed or wanted for agricultur al work this year has been under taken by the department of asrH culture at the renuest of the United States employment service. Through Its thousands of county agents the department will find out where wo trnm will bo needed to aid in farm work, The employment service then will supply the need Mrs. Hilda Richards, chief of the woman's section of the employment service, is outlining a systenvof train ing for women, which will prepare them for agricultural work. . So far there-hase been little Indi cation that women will be generally needed for farm labor. In no case, it was announced, will women e supplied to take the place or available men at lower wages. Association Wants Inland Empire Highway Completed RPOKANK, WASH., Feb. 20. Completion with state funds of the Inland Empire highway across the state was asked by the executive committee of the Washington State Highway association, which met here today. :f ; " The government plan of buildlnr oniy roads necessary to the develop pointment of county engineers btr ment Of agricultural resources an- the" county commissioners, 'highway construction inspection by the statf highway department ' and a uniform eysterii accounting for highway con struction and maintenance were al so endorsed. Other resolution of the last state highway convention. Including one favoring completion of all present of ficially designated state roads before any -others are' started and "coopera tion with the federal government in the eonwrnction of necessary mili tary roads also were approved. ' CONSCRIPTION OF WEALTH FAVORED u. : "' "" - - s . ; Montana Would Take AH Fortunes Over $1,000,000 ! ; for War Expenses irJ.KI.ENAV.Mont.. Feb. 20. The Montana bouse today -passed. 51 V) 27f-" joint resolution to coneress itfUipjt hat the nation conscript all fortunes above. $1,000,000 for war expenses, J and a resclntlon askine that corl;regs irive the president pow er to fix prices on grain sacks, bind ing, twin and farm machinery. . Most of the tfme of the house was consumed in. the Crum invpeaehment case and the Mason seed grain meas ure was not finally acted on. - The Wiggins absent voters act waa passed by th senate. .Adjournment of the 2'slature. which was to have come today, has been - pnt off by the impeachment proceedings against Jud-e-e C. T.. Crura of the fifteenth Judicial dis trict.; ; Classified Ad; 'Work for You UKRAINE PEACE PACT DESCRIBED BY KUEHLMANN Germany Ready for Peace "Which Corresponds With ' Our Interests ' PACT HAILED WITH JOY Negotiaf ions Not as Easy as With Most Young Peoples, He Explains AMSTERDAM, Fb. 20. rDr. Richard' von Kuehlmann. the Ger man foreign secretary, at the open ing session of : the German reich stag today delivered an address to the memers in which he dealt at engthiwithv the peace treaty signed ry tho central powers with the 17k- raine. and the eoilapse of the peace negotiations with Russia. Count von llertllng. the imperial German chan cellor, and Frederich von Payer, the vice chancellor, were attentive lis teners to the address. Dr. von Kuehlmann asserted that the pacific intentions of Kussia coydl no lotgr be credited, but ho said mat evn today (lermany was prepared to conclude i peace "which corresponds with our Interests." He instanced the peace agreement with the Ukraine as an Indication of th reallners of the central powers for peace. He referred especially to the advantages wliieh the Teutonic al ien would derive during tho pre, ent. year from the co9omIc treaty with the Ukraine- and if eoniraendd the approval of the compact, r.lame for War IaKI. Speaic lng on the first reading of the Ukraine treaty. Dr. von Kuehl mann said the Ukraine people's re public waa a young "state, reared on the ground of the former Russian empire after the decaying edifice of the Tsar'a empire. Which shared fho principal guilt for kindling the world's war, collapsed under the blow of tbe" Herman army. Tbt Ukrainian race was one of the strong est elements i-l the Russian empire. In resptc to its minerals, coal and Iron, the tlkralno was very rih an also pof.essef elements of Its own Industry. V Thecirrat Russian representatives of the'llolshevlkl, the foreign secre tary continued, maintained friend ly relations with the Ukraine so long! a Leon Trotzky, the Itolshevik for eign minister, could assume that tbe people's republic of the Ukraine would primarily direct their policies according fq .the Interests of the Petrograd cabinet. VheA, however, the Ukralnlii's'realfied that the Pet rograd cabinet was, not pursuing a tincere peace policy, the representa tives of the Ukraine adopted the standpoint of ending the wot by peace: they would in no -wise be re sponsible for the sins of czarism. JSccoyatlorw Aot l-.asy. "The negotiations were not quite as easy as most cases with such young peoplea." said Dr. von Kuehl- 'iann. National ideals and desires were, no. free from the exuberance of thlr representatives. They made territorial demands wnlch were hard ly po;siblo of realization The de- markatioi) of the'frontler with Rus sia had to be left for a later period --after discussions with the Russian government then in power, he unly ttlnr that-concerned us was to lay down the western frontiers of t!r new state. ir which the demarkation of the frontier as regards Poland r ceived tthf iftiost attention and ex rerlcuced the, livllest criticisms from the Poles." Dr. von Kaehlmann said that with out being too sangnlne he believed the country halted peace with the tJkraine with relief and joy, "as thr first step toward restoration of a general peace. which we all hope to attain wlthip measurable time." Interest Are Weighty. "As -weighty as are the interests n question for ns," Dr. Von Knehl nan continued, "they are; consldej'- tbly weightier for 'ne dual mon archy. In. our case the. Interests are hh:riy external: -in theirs In addl- irm to the exlernal there are mo- nentous Interert V an Internal po- itlcal nature. The fact that the set- 'leiiient took the form it did arose rom the. consideration which Dr. Von Seydler '(te Austrian premier) lolntcd ott yerterday, namely, the 'ear that the-further screwing back1 it thtir claims to the Cholm fron-l ier ' Yvultf have resulted in the wreckage of th. treaty. The over whelming : majority of the Herman neople would not have understood uch an action. They would have disapproved most severely, and, I bink -rlehtlvthe action entailing the sacrifice of -a per-.ee so much 'desired "That we gave verv much consid eration indeed to Polish interests is clear from the rtipulation detailing front lines only In a general way reserving - detailed demarkation 'for commission. Further, the nee- iatlons which the A'nstro-Hungarian government, in accord withithe Ger man, government, conducted with the Ukraine resulted in maklntr it clear that the paragraph about -the defin ite demarkation of frontier lines can Ve inierp'reteJ In a mqch more am ple mrtner and that In this way the ethnographical sltnatton and the de sires of , the population can receive most far-reachlnf consideration. A projected commlssien will In clude not. only tbe representatives of the allies (Teutonic) but also Polish delegates. We have done everything possible to obtain a just demarka tion of frontiers." , ; , PoIIh Discussion Deferred. Remaining that the Ukrafnlan delegation probably bad 'gained the conviction , that the malntenace of sincere-axid cordial relations iw;h the central powers would not be bought too dearly, even at the' price of territorial sacrifices on this hotly contested frontier. Dr. Von Kuehlr maun continued: "It is obviously possible that the discussion of the Ukrainian peace treaty may extend to a general dis cussion of Polish policy, I should, not regard taht as desirable. Oppor tunUles for such discussion will oc cur later. It !s Inadvisable to ex tend the debate beyond the sub.'f-cta directly connected with the settle ment of the peace treaty.'- The secretary then referred to the necitity for Austria and Germany to obtain supplies of food and fodder from Tkraine in exchange for raw material. That would lead to facili ties!, especially railway facilities.! be- infx made tire subject of joint exam ination and "measures. The nestora? tion of legal relations, he added, wtre fully guaranteed, leading eventually to sound and secif-e trade. "Regarding the question as to whether, the conclusion of the Uk rainian treaty might prejudice the conclusion with the Dolshevik gov ernment at Petrograd," said Dr. von Kuehlmann, "my impression is that that is not so. If any means what ever existed to induce Trotzky to rign a satisfactory peace Instrument it is to be found precisely in Uk rainian peace, and I still consider the conclusion of this peace an im portant means of arriving at a set t'ement tolerable to both parties. The events preceding the rupture of t negotiations are sufficiently known to the house. "I can be brief in a istorical re v ew for new developments occurred which are calculated considerably to Influence our relations with the Hoi - h?vlk cabinet. After tbe renewal? of the advance of the German arml the Russian ' commissaries' council fcent a wieless here" Dr. von Kuehlman then read the message from the Dolshevik! offer ing peace to Germany. . Omf inflation In Askel. "After ottr experiences with ; wire less dispatches and frequent denial of the official character of such dl patches," the fbrelgn minister con tinued, "we requested that offldar confirmation be sent to our lines. The Petrograd government promised such, confirmation forthwith. Affor tbe experiences of our negotiations witbTTrotzky'and his cabinet I would not like the impression to arise among wide circles of thv publl that. i-veTytblne now is amooth an clear; that peaco already is la our pocseis. My reason for mat remark is that I would like to share th honoralle and sincere love of peace of. the German people, which Is fully sarei ny tne governments disap pointment. Kvents now will devc-Hp comparatively rapidly. Afe ave en tered intoliiyexchange of views with our allies on this new fact. In view of the thorough manner In which the matter was dealt with at Urest-Ht cvsk, however, that can lie complet ed In very short tlnte." In concluding. Dr. von Kuehlmann said: "As far as can be foreseen there will presumably be no material shift Ing of the basis of negotlatlops. It I may define the situation caused by this communication, as after con scientious consideration,' I perceive it, I should say the prospects of a conclusion of peace with the com missaries is considerably improved by the conclusion of peace with the Ukraine; by onr military pressure. and by the ruin of certain hopes that doubtless bad been entertained in Petrograd. "Hope can be expressed that we will not attain the goal, but we will not indulge in joy about the great result of a real conclusion of peace with Russia until the ink of the treaty la dry." ' , Pact Hailed With .Loud applause greeted -the 'speak er at this juncture. "The impression I got outside in the country, the foreign minister con tinued, "was that the public received the Conclusion of the Ukraine peace with relief and joy, and hailed It as ,the irst step toward a better future and tne" restoration or the general .peace which' we all Uesiro and which, with calm, clear, firm and resolute conduct of ourj foreign policy, we hope to obtain within measurable time." Replying to various questions. Dr. von Kuehlmann explained . the ra pidity with which the peace was concluded with' the Ukraine prevent ed an, immediate exchange of views between the Ukraine and Poland. He added that the faet that the Eol shevlkl was throwing large forces against the Ukraine proved there were jfoodstuffs' there. He said be wojjld gladly haver concluded a treaty bringing peace to the whole of Rus sia, but wo regard the Ukraine peace a forerunner of peace with the whole of KuHsia. - The president of the chamber tn e-rening the proceedings made loyal rerl-rence to' the golden wedding an niversary, of the Bavarian royal co'i ple, at which the members of the bouse - rose and f applauded loudlj. The president was authorized to send a telegram of congratulation to Kink; Luis and his queen. THE IJMIT. The young man and the glj-I ,weie standing outside tbe front door, hav ing a final fchati He was loaning agalnt the doorstep, talking In low tones. Presently the yoiusg lady look ed round to discover' her father in the doorway, clad in ..a dressing gown. ' "Why. father, what in the world Ns the matter?' she inquired. " "John," said the rather, address- mg nimseu 10 ine young man, "you know I have never complained about your staying late, and I'm not go ing 10 complain or that now; but for goodness sake stop leaning against the bell-push and let the rest of the family get some sleep." Even a railroad dictator finds him self unequal to the Usk of moving trains in the face of a, blizzard. The old-fashioned management could do that well Well, anyway, out Secretary of War Is one Daker, who doesn't give short waits.PhiIadelphla Inquirer. BRITISH LABOR RESENTS VIEW OE U. S. WORKERS Non-Participation of Ameri cans Draws Little Com: ment at Session WAR HURTING LABORERS Chairman Points Out World Workers Must Unite.to End Militarism IX)NDON,i Feb. 20. During to day's session of the International la bor conference Arthur Henderson, former mlnister'wlthout portfolio in the war cabinet read a cable dispatch received from Samuel Compers, pres ident of the American Federation of Labor, announcing the refusal of the American federatlo nto participate In this or other conferences at the pres - ent time, owing to tne oener uai Cerman lnfluncea were their inspira tlon. Tbe delegates listened 'quietly I to the .reading 6t the dispatch and maue p uenwiHwmwii -.. elusion, Tho message was then re ferred to a committee which Is to decide the form of tbe reply, it any, which Is. to be sent to Mr. Gompers Neither Mr. Henderson 'nor any o the other labor Headers would com ment on the message, but from the remarks of delegtes It waa evident that they reseated the imputation that German influences Inspired the present eonfeienee. "I guess wo ought to know more about than than ihose 4000 , mites away," said one delegate. , It was announced that no Amerl can labor men would be present at the meeting today or were expected to attend fie sessions during he conference. i ' ' ' - An off lclj I statement made at the closing of. the day's session poloir- I zed for. the absence of many foreign delegations by -saying 'Soma of them have not been giv en passport! and tho trvvllng facil ities to enable them to be present In his-opening address, J., iV. Ogden, chairman of the conference. said: ,: .. - : "The working classes had nothing to do with the origin of this uni versal tragedy (referring to the war) but tbey have proved the chief suf ferers, tnd it is fitting that they should ttempt to unite tbe; workers of the world in finding a way out of the horrible embrogllo, in order to rid the world forever of the soul and body-destroying; ravages of . mill tarism." ; . Five commissioners werj appoint ed to deal .with the various aims of the conference. BANK RESOURCES SHOW DECREASE Reductions in New York De posits Noted by Controller of Currency WASIH.VGTOX. Feb.. 20. Re sources of national banks on Decem ber 31.-the date of theiast call of the comptroller of the currency, were $18,Ot3.3O8.000, or $479,789,000 less than tbe high record of last November 20, when settlements con nected with the second libertv loan swelled deposits and resources to un precedentt helhts. The decrease wan cansed mainly by red'J-tlons-fn New Tork. Massa chusetts and rennsrylvanla. Else where In the country deposits and resources stowed a slight Increase over November 20.- Withdrawals of deQpslts by tbe treasury to meet gov ernment expenses Vas largely re sponsible for The reductions. Aggregate deposits of all national Imnks on December 31 was f 1 4,4 45, CS9.000. or H3f2.647.000 less than deuosiji Xovtm'MT 20. " - Ioan and discounts of all nation al banks on December 31 were re ported as 1 9.390.X 36,000, a reduc tlon below the November 20 recori Of $f 4 4.691.000. United Stat. bonds anfl certificates of Indebted ness held December 31 amounted no $l,i24.n29,OO0, a decrease of $729 CK4.000, as compared with the".DrA ceding call, other bonds amounted to $1,870,907,000. Cash on. hand and due from federal reserve banks was $1,800,980,000. and bills nava- ble and rediscounts were reported as $74 l,848.000.i ( - ' 1 Bliss Credited With x Drafting of Document WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. Credit for drafting the American document which pi lyed such a part in convert ing the Versailles conference to the plan for centfallred control of the war is given by Secretary Baker to uenerai isusit. '.chief of staff and American representative on the sit preme wstr council. Mr. Paker .aid today that he personally had nothing to do with preparation of the papers uu,iuat iney aotjDtieas comprised memoranda prepared by or at the direction of General Bliss. No part ine aociiment can be published. Ir. Baker explained, for the reason given by Mr. Lloyd George in his speecn yesterday enthusiastically A iiiaiug mc American plan. Mr. Kloyd George said the only reason he did not read It to the house was that it was "mixed up with the plan of operations.? i Classified Ads Worlt or Too t ' eor,iPRorK is promised o;: CABINET pu;; Democrats and - Republic-- j Neg6tiate to Reyise Ovcr- man Bill POWERS TO BE LIMITED As Measure 1 Better Unr- siuou upposiuonirass, Says Sponsor WAf?1 1 1 NGTON, Feb. 20. T-.i-w compromise in the senate on 'legis lation ior mnner cooraination anl reorganization mt the government' war-making agencies appeared "j sight tonight as a reeult of neicoth. tions between Democratic and i. publican leaders for rtvicion bf u Overman bin, which would g!v. President Wilson greater freedom lV r action. Amendments virtually agreed c 5. on promise largely to harmonize :u ferences, allay Itepubllean .pp'j. tlon and secure support In tbe B-uva from all sides except the groujj f-f senators unalterably Insisting t; 3 the mijltar committee's bills f ,r war cabinet and munitions direct, or. President Wilson, was said to have no' objection to tbe inane i proposed and tomorrow It is sai l tU senate ' judiciary, committee, head l by Senator Overman, will recJraft the bill. . Itroacl Powers Cut Out, As It Is proposed , to amend tb meausre, the . president would t'4 be given any new substantive i tbority jnd provisions in tbe Om man bill which Kepublican's Lave garded conferring new and too Lroad powers upon the president, art to be eliminated. Tne arnendmcrM, owever, would retain thj prin!;i provisions authorizing tbe pretsl! i t transfer departments, .bureau, commissions and other, agencies p- ' their personnel as he mU;bt C necessary to "effect greater cr nation and efficiency in -prosL the war. .It is proposed to strlk 1. a clause glvki the president pour "to employ; by executive order any additional agency or agencies and t) vest therein the performance of stu j functions as he may. deem appropri ate,"! thereby limiting tbe execu tive's authority to changes wliLia existing agencies and without pow- to create any new ones. . Opposition Is Waning. Another compromise amendmf.t proposed' would "allow the president to transfer aprpopriatlons made ly congress from one federal agency in another, but only for use In coemp tion wlfh purpose-especially author ized by congress in making' the ap propriation.. Senator Overman said tonight that as the bill is becoming better under stood opposition is "waning, and coa- fidently predicted that, with,, tti changes proposed, the bill' be report ed out, probably next week, and ob tain a,, substantial majority la tbe senate. : ; When the measure was first scrt to the capitol by the president, vir- tuallr as a" substitute for tbe v.- cabinet and munitions mlnlRter M here were general prtedictlons T. It would die in commtltee. SLAVS MAY LOS 7? ALL OF FRUfiS If Poland It Detached WilJ Others, Three Years XI si ' Will Be Futile ; Y T LONDON. Feb. 3. ( Correspon dence of The Associated Press) Flr4t Sweden, then France, then Ger- y, have recognized tha IndepcB- ce of Finland.: . Finland until 1809 belonged to weden., and men of Swedish blood and speech constitute the bulk 01 the Finnish aristocracy and middls classes. ' Sweden wishes to resunt. though not , in the . old form, br ancient intimacy. There is much talk In Stockholm of a tollverein or customs union of the Scandinavian .countries, to embrace Finland. A keen politlcah struggle Is , pected In Finland between pro-S ed dish elements and the parties whkb Incline rather to sympathies with revolutionary Russia. The pro-Swedish lementswill 1 correspond ' la general to tbe bourgeoisie of Russia, w;nlle radical elements will oppose them. Numerically the radicals r stronger and with independence will have g much greater power than ever before. '' . .!..-.,"'. The significance of Flnlands terri torial loss to Russia, is very1 great in many ways. Geographically, tor. instance, it may be noted thlt tD Finnish coast runs up to within a few miles of Petrograd. It has al ways provided the bulk Of RusMai seamen and pilots, and In any future war would be a formidable basct against. Petrograd. .. If.J as. Germany plan. Lltnuania. Courland, Llyonia and Efthonia are lost to Russia, then Russia will he left with no exit on the Baltic ex cept a small district around Petro grad. If Poland also is detacnea. Alussla will have lost '.n a. three years' war the entire fruits of three centuries of striving westward. ' Some day "We aha 11 know the name of the American who fired the first shot at the Germans. Now It'll claimed by a number of soldiers. man aen n 1 r