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