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Use i of Submarines, Poison
Gases and Other Barbar-
, ous! Agencies Restricted
By . Second Pact,
DEBATE CONTINUES
THROUGH 11 WEEKS
Boot Resoiutins Closely Fol
lowed in Text of Import
ii J an Portions
EIGHT - TREATIES ARE
GIVEN WORLD BY
PARLEY.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1
(By th Atsociated Press.)
Unless preveat plans are
cbaaged, the Washington
conference will giye to the
world eight treaties, to
seren of which the United
States will be a party. This
is the list: '
.,,-Four power Pacific treaty
signed December 13.
Fire power naval . limita
tion treaty, ready for signa-
: tare. V ----- -
Fire power submarine and
poison gas treaty, ready for
signature. , ;
; Si . power treaty ; allocat
ing German Pacific cables,
drafting.
Nine power treaty on
Chinese tariff, drafting.
q Nina power treaty on
other Gfhineee questions,
drafting.
American-Japanese treaty
retarding Yap, rlrtually
ready for signature. '
, Chinese - Japanese treaty
regarding Shantung, near
completion.
r WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.
(By The Associated Press)
(The Washington negotiations
for limitation of armament
reached their consummation
today (when a plenary session
of the arms conference gave
definite and public approval
to two treaties limiting navies
arid j restricting use of new
agencies of war.
, One cbvenance, thus sealed
aftef 11 weeks of debate, es
tablishes a fixed ratio of cap
ital ship strength between the
five j great powers, and the
other pledges j them against
unrestricted submarine war
fare jand ; use of poison gas.
(Continued on pace 5)
ABSTRACT OF TREATY FOR THE
LIMITATION OF WAR EQUIPRIENT
WHAT THB TKSATY
rmovnBS
j Tt H ntloB rp designate
muk lMViflff foltowiBK capital
tip tonaas: '-Uaited State 50O.-
650, Orcat Urtiain, oov.aau, r "' .
331,170, Italy 1S3.S0O. Japan 01,-
AVa4earaiaBt-f capita ktps l'sni-
iSSfJivarUtteai wW .tkm.
ar not to axcaad. . ,
riaat total WnaaM of aircraft cr
rien at: Uait4 Stat 18.0O- Oremt
Britain 1 8S.O0O. Franc 60,000. luly
60,000, Japan 81,000.
rrmYiam nr air"" ...
!a 37,000 toaa ahall b aeqirl r
eonatractcd."
. riaeaa UmU laehea on rana
Be"la that M veal deairsaU4
iiaifr en replaejmeata and
vT,. j.. i.iikU af war-
BUI g. rpiiiciw " r .
liki swvlcs withla iU months from
the eamirnj uto lorca x wv
. n aaaaiHaiad Prcail
.WASHINGTON. Fab. 1. Tha draft
treaty for limitatton of armament anb
, Amr. aa the elanarr araatan of
.w. ur.ihimiaa oaferaaeo contain onljr
th following preamble ia explanation ef
tba narvoaM of tb five ooatrartina? jtov
krameaia ia reaching taa acreemeato aet
4DanWa' MitritaM U tha matn
' tentaes ef feneral peaft and t r-
dae the Mrdaas ox eompauiton arm
xum mmM - -artrt ar vlair to ae-
eoamliahiot tha tnrpoiea, U Donehid
a treaty to, limit Hbel mpectife asvsl
STUCCO FALLS,
EARTH SHOCK
MAY BE CAUSE
Small Portion of Ceiling Miss
ing in Supreme Court Build
ing Yesterday
The falling of a quantity of
stucco finishing from above a cor
ridor on the ttiird floor of the
state supreme court tuuunj
Tueaday night is thought to b
evidence that the earthquake
shock observed throughout th?
United States Tuesday morning
also reached Salem.
Until yesterday it was believed
Salem was one city that had not
been tourhed by the temblor. It
Is thought Ihe stucco in the su
preme court huildiuK was loosen
ed by thi? shock.
Employes about the building
said that shortly alter 5 o'clocK
yesterday morning they noticed an
unusual flickering of the electric
lights In the building, but no
tremor was felt.
II of wont
Mrs. Bertha Wilkes Tells of
Her Relations With
Gus Danielson
EVERETT, Wasn., Feb. 1.
Before a crowd that jammed the
court room and evinced intense in
terest in the proceedings, Mrs.
Bertha Wilkes, charged Jointly
with her 16-year-old daughter,
Treva Pote, with the murder of
Gus Danielson here November 6,
took the stand late today and be
gan the story of her relations with
Danielson.
Carefully reciting every -detail.
Mrs. Wilkes reviewed various
phases of her friendly and busi
ness relations with Danielson pri
or to the shooting. Court , ad
journed before she had reac-ed
the events of the Sunday when
Danielson was found with three
bullet holes in his body.
, Loggers who had worked with
Danielson in the woods, testifying
for the defense, told of his uncon
trollable temper, and neighbors of
Mrs. Wilkes testified to occasions
upon which Danielson was said to
have choked and beaten Mm
Wilkes until she was black and
bine.
What part Treva Pote is to play
in the disposition of the case still
remains uncertain. After Judge
Guy C. Alston bad intimated he
would dismiss the case against
her, on the grounds of insufficient
evidence in the state's case, he re
versed his decision when defense
attorney A. Bostwick demanded
similar action of dismissal of suit
be granted Mrs. Wilkes.
STRIKE TO END
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 1. Six
hundred packing house strikers
Toted unanimously to- end the
strike here at a mass meeting late
today. The strike began December
5. Two thousand of the worH"ers
are said to be idle here. v
armament, and to that end hare annotat
ed aa their plenipotentiariee ' '
The namee of the delegates of the
powers follow the preamble.
Contains Tare Chapters
The treaty ia dWided Into three chap
ters. Chapter one contains the general
laagnag of the agreements. eorere in
twenty separate articles. -
Chapter two contains the detailed, spe
cific ' areetnenta 071 naral matter, many
of them - in eompKeate4 tabviar form.
which amplify and complete the meaning
Of the general arreemenu or chapter one
. Chapter three is devoted to "miacel
laneona proTiaions and contains foar
additional -articles of the treaty.
Chapter on ia beaded "General tro
viaieaa" relating to th limitation of
naral armament."
Article . I thereunder is merely th
agreement to limit naral armament as
provided in the treaty.
Article II Droridea that the contract
tug power may retain respective capital
shin sraecuien tn pan one, rnapier iro
The ahioe thus named ia part one. are
ai follows:
United States
Maryland. California. Tennessee, Ida
ha. Now Ifexiro. Miaaissippi. Anions.
"Pennarlrania. Oklahoma. Nevada, New
Tark. Texaa. Arkansss. Wyoming.- Flori
da. Ctab. North Dakota, Delewsre. To
tal tonnage, S00.650.
Oraat Britain
" Royal Sovereign. Royal Oak. Revenge,
Ketolution, Ramiliera, Nalir. Valiant
Rarham. Oneen Elisabeth. Warspite, Ben-
txrw. Emperor of India. Iron Duke. Mar
Jnara. Hood. Ranown. Reoala. Tiear.
Thunderer. King George V Ajax. Cm
tarioo. Total tonnage, 580,430.
Trance
Kretanee. Torraine. Proven re. Paris.
(Continued on pas 3)
crowds
TO
BE AIMED AT
TAXI DRIVERS
Measure to Be , Introduced
Monday Night to Keep
Them Away from Proxim-!
ity of 0. E. Depot.
PUBLIC HEARING WILL
BE ANNOUNCED LATER
Public Sentiment to Be Test
ed Thoroughly Before
X Final Action
At the meeting or the city
co.ncU next Monday night, an
ordinance will be introduced pro.
hibiting taxicabs from making
their stand in front of the Oregon
Electric passenger station, known
as the Oregon building.
About a year ago a petition was
drawn up to be presented to the
council wherein objection was
made to taxicabs standing in front
of the Oregon building, on State
street. No action -was taken on
the petition, and the matter was
dropped.
According to Alderman Floyd
L. Utter there recently has been
some complaint abont taxicab
drivers using the street in x front
of the Oregon building for their
place of business.
In order to be fair to all and
secure the sentiment of the peo
ple of; the; to wn, the ordinance
will bt Introduced next Monday
night at the city council meet
ing. Then later a public meet
ing wiU be called at which time
the taxicab owners and all others
interested in the problem will be
asked to come and present their
views. The Idea, Dr. Utter says,
is to be fair to all.
"If the people do not want
taxis stationed on State street in
front of the Oregon building, the
ordinance should be passed," he
sad. "If the people feel that the
tail .drivers should have that
space on the city streets, the or
dinanee should be killed.
"There has been a lot of pri
vate Opinions passed around on
this, as well as other matters
Now we want to be fair to all and
this time we intend to give every
body a chance to express them
Beives. opinions are wanted en
the question."
At previous council meetings
thre have been proposals by al
dermen that taxicabs be barred
from all stands in the business
district except at special reserva
tion parking which would be
p.sed by all taxicabs. Among the
various plans, it was suggested at
the last session that tire western
curb of the court house grounds
between State and Court streets
be reserved for the car operators.
This plan ia said to have met
with the approval of many alder
men. Taxtcab operators have op
posed any change, holding that
as taxpayers and property owners
they should be allowed stands
where the owners of the business
places have given their consent.
"We; should be accorded the
same parking privileges as that
allowed to other car owners who
do not make their living by this
work and yet leave their cars on
the streets for long periods of
time," asserted W. W. Zinn, one
operator, addressing councilmen
at a recent meeting.
Portland Butter Drops
3 Cents a Pound Today
PORTLAXD. Feb.. 1. Butter
will drop 3 cents a pound tomor
row. according to announcement
lat today by local crearnerymen
At the same time a 3 cent re
duction ; in cream was announced
These reductions make the whole
sale price of best creamery but
ter 38 cents a pound, and the
price Which will be paid for ?he
best grade of butterfat 34 cents
delivered in Portland.
Lack of harmony among cream
erymen' and Portland and Seattle
dealers in maintaining the last
advance is held responsible for
the decline in price.
XATTVE8 KILLED
CALCUTTA. Feb. 1. (By The
Associated Press) Four natives
were killed and ail wounded by
the police who fired on a crowd
which bad declined to disperse
near Pabda, Bengal, January 27.
MONUMENT IS
PLANNED FOR
LEGION BOYS
Washington State Organiza
tions Propose Memorial to
Centralia Victims
YAKIMA. Wash., Feb.
State Commander Charles
l. 1
Cun- i
ninehazu of the American legion ;
of legion posts In Yakima county
f0erreatomt
3k aid in raising funds
mortal building in Cen
tralia to the victims of the Arm
istice day shooting in that city.
J. Vincent Roberts, proml-,
rnent member of the local post, ;
JTL vTc';
of need for funds for needy veter
ans, Americanization work and
othe purposes.
E
Furniture, Hardware and
Music Dealers to Close
Daily at 6 O'Clock
Furniture dealers, hardware
men ana owners oi music iuc
have fallen In line with the move
ment to close at 6 o'clock in the
evening, every Dusiness aay
ing the week.
Heretofore, there has been 6
o'clock closing with the exception
of Saturday evenings when the
hour was 7 o'clock. Since the hol
idays, there has been a feeling
among owners of these there kinds
of stores, that it would be for the
benefit of all if the closing htur
of 6 o'clock were extended to In
clude Saturday evenings.
At a meeting held recently of
owners of furniture, hardware
and music stores, it was agreed
that the 6 o'clock closing hour for
all should become effective begin
ning with next week. Several
stores had special sales on this
week anl asked that the Saturday
o'clock closing should not be ef
fective until next week.
Furniture stores that have gone
in on the agreement are as fol
lows: Peoples' Furniture store,
Chambers & Chambers, C. S. Ham
ilton. Max O. Bnren, H L. Stiff
Furniture company, Frank &
Rlchter and the Liberty Ex
change.
Hardware stores that have
agreed to the 6 o'clock closing
hour for every evening in the
week are as follows: Ray L. Far
mer Hardware company, Salem
Hardware company. Capital Hard
ware & Furniture company.
Da ugh ton & Miller Hardware
company, and the Square Deal
Hardware company.
Music stores that have signed
for the 6 o clock closin&r are: W
W. Moore, J. W. Tallman, and
Moore & Dunn.
Overseer of Zion Bids For
Press Notices With His
Own Theory v
ZION, III.. Feb. 1. Wilbur
Glenn Voliva. successor of John
Alexander Dowie as overseer of
Zion and head of tr-e Chiistian
Apostolic church, has completed
the fixing 6t dimensions of his
flat world, existence of which Is
now taught in the Zion schools.
According to Mr. Voliva's latest
pronouncement, the sky is a vast
dome of solid material, from
which the sun, moon and stars are
hung like chandeliers. The edges
of the dome, he explained, rest on
tne wall of ice which surrounds
the flat world to keep fool-hardy
mariners from tumbling over the
eage.
"That is the plain teacbingof
the whole world of God, he said,
"that the heaven, the dome, the
vauit, like a tent, is a solid strtac
mre over the earth and all the
ughts are set within the firma
ment. Ezekiel says 'the throne of
uou is above the vault. The firm
anient above our head Is a solid
structure, and the stars are points
oi light, that is all. They ate not
worlds, they are not suns. So-
caiied science Is a lot of silly rot
and so is so-called medical science
and all the rest of their so-called
sciences." I
MORE flEREE ON
. HOUR TO GLDS
WORLD IS FLAT
DECLARES 111
L TREAT!
Secretary Hughes Compares
Provisions of Document
With Those First Offered
At Conference.
SESSION DOMINATED
BY SPIRIT OF PEACE
Navai Status of Nations Set
Frth in Detail by Secre
tary of State
WASHINGTON, Feb. I. (By
The Associated Press) in his
presentation of the naval treaty
at tho plenary s?8sion, secretary
Hughes declared, that although
there had been changes of detail
as to ships, "the plan proposed on
behalf of the American govern
ment has been maintained ana tne
spirit in which that proposal was
made and in which it was received
has dominated the entire negotia
tions and brought them to a very
successful conclusion.
Proposal Analyzed
He analyzed the American pro
posal in comparison with the final
treaty agreement, saying in part:
'That proposal set forth 18
ships to be retained ty the
United States with a tonnage of
500,650 tons. In this treaty the
ships are to be retained. In that
proposal there was set forth 22
capital ships to be retained by the
British emire under the treaty.
the same number of rihips is to be
retained; in fact, the same ships
with the single substitution of the
Thundered for the Erin, with a
tonnage of. 580,450 tons, as
against the calculation in the pro
posal of 604,450 tons for ships re
tained.
' Japanese Scrap Setsu
In the case of Japan, the pro
posal set forth 10 ships to be re
tained. By the treaty the same
number of ships Is to be retained,
the difference being that the Mit-
su is to be retained and the Setsu
is to be scrapped. The tonnage re
tained by Japan, as indicated in
the proposal, was 299.700.
"The tonnage retained, under
the treaty is 301,320.
Four general principles were
stated as the principles which. In
the opinion of the American gov
ernment, the limitation should be
effected. These were:
1 That all capital shin build
ing programs either actual or pro
jected, should be abandoned.
"2 That further reduction
should be made through the scrap
ping of certain of the older ships.
That in general retard
should be had to the evlstln?
naval strength of the powers con
cerned; and
' That the capital ship ton
nage should be used as the meas
urement of strength for navies
and a proportionate allowance of
i'r) comoaiani crart pre
scribed. Capital Irogram Abandoned
"Those principles have been
applied and govern the agree
ments set forth in the treaty with
theso exceptions:
That in the case of c ranital
ship building programs, all nro-
prams are abandoned by the
United States, the British empire
and Japan, save for the comple
tion of the two ships of the West
Virginia class in the case of the
United States and the building of
two ships as stand in the case of
the British empire upon the com
pletion or which in the ope case
two of the old ships retained by
the United States are to be scrap
ped and in the other case four
ships retained by the British em
pire are to be scrapped.
"There is another exception In
the fact that there is no provision
in the treaty for the allowance of
auxiliary combatant craft: but
with respect to the caDita! shio
program it is in the essence main
tained and these principles have
been applied.
Early Proposal Recalled
"Let me further call your at
tention to this and I state it
merely to avoid any possible pub
lic misapprehension and in order
that discussion of the matter may
proceed Intelligently. The pro
posal that I had the honor to
make November 12 1 said this:
'The United States proposes, if
the plan is a compromise:
" '1
To scrap all capital ships,
now under construction.
Ths in
(Continued on page 6)
IN REALITY IS
AMERICAN PLAN
LOCKED FOR NIGHT,
WILL RESUME TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1.
locked up f?r the night. It will
ten a. m. tomorrow morning.
SAN FRANXISCO, Feb.-1. The case of Roscoe C. (Fat
ty) Arbuckle, accused of manslaughter in connectiori with the
death of Miss Virginia Rappewent to the jury at 3:42 p. m.
today after a trial covering exactly three weeks. It was the
secdnd trial of the action, the first having resulted in a jury
disagreement. At 4:33 p. m., the jury sent for the bailiff
andlvTequeed certain testimony.
Mrs. Estellje Baumeister, one of buttal 'testimony with the Intro-
the two alternate jurors who were
excused when the. Jury retired,
announced in' her opinion, Arbne
kle was not guilty. Henry Oren
burg, the other alternate, declined
to express an opinion, although -be
congratulated the defense on its
showing.
Xo Argument Mad
An outstanding feature Was
the announcement by the defense
that it would submit the case
without argument. The announce
ment came at the conclusion 'of
the first closing argument of the
prosecution, made by Milton ;T.
U'Ren, assistant district attorney.
It had the effect of shutting off
further argument by the prosecu
tion as, under the law, such fur
ther argument can only be a re
buttal or the: final defense sum
ming up.
Arbuckle, jovial and apparently
carefree most: of the day was vis
ibly nervous when the Jury re
tired. 4
More Witnesses Heard
Today's sessions ended with the
conclusion of the prosecution's re
AND HOT RULE HEREAFTER
The practice of the governor in
issuing commissions and badges
to special agrnts has proved so
much a source of complaint to the
office and a cause for annoyance
through abuse of privileges grant
ed,4 that the commissioning of spe
cial agents henceforth will be the
exception rather than the rule.--One
Agent Paid
This is made known in a let
ter that has been sent out by Gov
ernor Olcott to all persons who
have held agents' commissions
and to sheriffs and police officers
of the state. At present only one
special agent is in state pay.
Special agents have been used in
the past particularly for enforce
ment of the prohibition laws. No
commissions have been issued or
reissued since Uerember 31. ;
In his letter Governor Olcott
sets forth the following conditions
that will govern the appointment
of special agents:
"1. Any application coming
from any county official, either
for himself or for some other per
son, must be accompanied by the
recommendations of the district
attorney, sheriff and county court
or county judge. This office re
serves the right to reject such ap
plications, even when accompan
ied by such recommendations, fn
event it beliei'es the public may
be better served or protected by
so doing.
General Goethals Comes !
for Columbia Basin Survey
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 1.
General Georpe W. Goethals is ex
pected to arrive in Spokane to
morrow to prepare for a survey to
determine the feasibility oftlje
Columbia Basin irrigation project.
Dan A. Scott, ; state director of
conservation and a group of engi
neers and businessmen will meet
General Goethals and attend a
luncheon in his honor. A local
aviator has offered the use of his
machine if the general desires $o
look over the project from the air.
CHILDREN BURNED
COUNCIL FLUFFS. Ia.. Feb.il
Two child-en, one aged one
month and the other one year of
Mr. and Mrs. D. Becker were
burned to death today.
TOWN PESTROYED
TURTLE FQRD, Sask.. Feb. 1.
Fire today destroyed the busi
ness section of this town. The
damage is estimated at $75,000.
MA It. BURNS
EAST LIVERPOOL, O.. Feb. 1.
A' carload of mail for points
- oeiween Jieveiana and FlttsDurgn
was ueoiruj-ea ioaay oy ure at
' Summitvllle, near here.
PANEL
At 11 p. m. the jury was
resume its deliberation? at
duction of three minor witnesses
The defense announced that it
would make no surrebuttal and
U'Ren then began the sole closing
argument. He attacked in detail
the testimony given by Arbuckle
in the first trial of the case, hold
ing that no proper explanation
has been given as to what trans
pired In Arbuckle'8 room in the
notei M. Francis When the com
edian is supposed to have fatally
attacked Miss Rappe.
At 4:45 p.m. the Jury returned
to the court room and asked that
the prosecution testimony of Mrs.
Josephine Keza be read, Mrs. Ke-
za, a chambermaid at the hotel
St. Francis, testified to hearing
a woman cry "No, no, no," In
Arbuckle's room at the time he
was supposed to have attacked
Miss Rappe.
Jurors Take Dinner
At 6:30 p.m. the jury was taken
out to dinner. It returned at 8
p.m. to resume its deliberations,
At 9:50 p.m. the Jury sent for
the baUiff and asked him to sum
mon the judge as they wanted
further instructions.
Rejection Right Reserved
"2. Application of any Individ
ual. not officially connected with
any branch of government, must
be accompanied by recommends
tions required of applicants men
tioned In paragraph 1. This of
fice reserves the right to reject
such applications even when ac
companied by such recommenda
tions.
"3. When applications come
from municipalities for the use of
chiefs of police or their subordin
ate officers, or any other muni
cipal officials or employes, they
must be accompanied by the re
commendations of the mayor,
chief of police and recorder, or
police judge of such municipali
ties. Also, this office reserves
the right to reject such applica
tions even when accompanied by
such recommendations.
Further Koronimcndatlons
"4. When applications come
from state or federal officials or
any person connected with state
departments, institutions or any
braBch of the state government.
such applications must be accom
panied by recommendations from
the head of the department. In
stitution or branch of govern
ment. setting forth the necessity
for such commission. The right
to reject such application!, re
.Taidless of such recommendation.
also is reserved by ths office."
Eighty Dollars Added in
Short Time to Treasury
Salem antolsts who yield to
that impulse to dash through
speed ordinances are beginning
to believe that the Salem police
force Is on the job.
Chief Mof fitt recently called the
attention of department members
to recent accidents and to reports
that some drivers are Inclined to
speed when they bel,ieve that no
traffic cops are abot.- As a re
sult. Traffic Officef Hayden has
made several surprise pickups
during the last week.
Within 24 hours Hayden has
nabbed four motorists who have
contributed $80 to the city treas
ury.
Vera" Drager and Ralph D. Gib
son, arrested Tuesday on
charge of racing on South ' Com
mercial street at 35 miles an hoUr
and better, both entered pleas Of
guilty when arraigned before City
Recorder Race yesterday. tacn
naid a fine of 120.
William Busick paid a fine of
120 for soeeding on South Cora
mercial street. August Schukey,
920 Sonth Commercial street, was
arrested on a charge of droving
hi motorcycle at 28 miles an
hour within the city fire limits.
He pleaded guilty and wag fined
$20,;. , . ,r,t,,
: ' f ;
DEFENDED BY
FORMER HEAD
W. G. McAdoo Tells Senate
Committee Railways in
First Class Condition &t
. Turnover. ?
DEFENSE IS MADE ;t
FOR WAGE1NCREASE
Argument That Equipment
Went to Pieces During.
War is Refuted.
WASHINGTON. Feb. I. Rail
roads were In better physical coa
dition at the end of the period vt
federal control than they . had
baen when taken over during th
war, William O- McAdoo, former
secretary of the treasuary and war
time . director general of rail
roads, today told tha senate later,
state commerce committee in fir
ing an accounting of his guardian
ship during 1919. The committee
which Is inquiring Into , recent
railroad conditions waa unable to
hear all of Mr. McAdoo't testi
mony today and he wil continue
tomorrow. ' ' ... ?
Mr. McAdoo contended railroad
labor had been loyal, remaining
at its post "whan more lucrative
employment waa offered la other
Industries and that wage lncreasei
made while be was director ren.
eral were not excessive hat anbse
quentiy were further increased.
Severe Demands Met
The railroads when tnrnad bar
to their ownert. he decfared. with
2.006 more locomotives. 28.111
more freight cars and 1051 mor
passenger cars than they ha
possessed at the beaianlnr of fad.
eral control "were tn condition tt
meet the severest traffic demand!
In their history." .
The credit of the railroad, waa.
destroyed before the war" hm
said, quoting statement by rail
road executives. Th executive.
he added, did not produce under
federal control the result at to
revenue and oneratiAn tha. ,.,
brought about prior to that time.
CTianges Xe canary ?
The railroads were Dermltti in
continue for four months after
leaerai coniror War iwtahllafca," f
with little interference In the way i
Af aa M a aavtu. aV a - .'
. ...u.8cmeui, ne saia, but the !
regional reorganization h. MM i
tended, wa necessary In iii i
1918, when he fbacam
that the management of the rail- I
roads by the railroad rnr.).. '
i!?id" DOt produce ired r-!
"Unification of th, MttA.iM ;
he continued, saved $118.00M00
in operating erneniAa i mt
Tl 1 . ' L - I
"uusnoBi federal control
pertenced railroad executive were
lc,!.?Ie f the Propertie nnder
the deliberate, attemnta ma.
create the Impression that I made
immediate drontio
vuugca in us
management of the railroads and
? K,r.Kard.,DB tne Prtence and
ability of the able railroad men
fLth.!,f.0u.n.tr3r' Pted to run
L V T "P011 ne1r no' un
tried theories of mv
AMftrtaiH-tt Advocated ,
Replying to a nna.tiM w
Adoo declared he did ntZLZZ
r?i7 po,lnK or buainea. by tho
railroads undo- r,..... "
but favored assist.' X?5fffi 1
competing for traffic. roaiIn ;
If the railroads were In "A. !
Plorable condition" .h.- ,-7
to the corporauon. Ma7ch 1. 1 V?0
"wJ8Vchonrdiet?W,I,nCnt "&
.wor?t.COna,t,n ever known' t..
th J ; 0W w" u POMible that la
..lurmanee of thla
task
he added "mam iu.
. VVDI1UIH DJ
. . V.1 was
t "-"jrmeow ana equipment
which made the railroad proner!
tatlon machine than on January 1
opinion railroad labor wT. " !'
underpaid at the tti Sf
'"OW said tfc.t i.-a...
w grossly
the govern
that there
ISOa l iv.
matter of " -wu tha
ai am inns..
was neceaa V. UUIUUM- It
fas
fix rates of
contended,' to
basic necessity f ts-
I function at the required polilt