The Daily journal-herald. (Delaware, Ohio), 1917-12-14

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THE DAILY JOURNAL-riERALD
THE JOURNAL-HERALD RECEIVES THE FULL UNITED PRESS WIRE NEWS REPORT^
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DELAWARE,   OHIO,  FRIDAY   EVENING, DECEMBER J4, 1917
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CITY MARKET. MILE AND HALF FROM SCENE
OF EXPLOSION   HAS ALL WINDOWS BROKEN
TOHELPCOALSUPPLY
By United  Press. cars of lake consigned coal were on
Columbus, 0., Dec.  14.—Governor Ohio tracks.    Twelve thousand cars
Cox today  was expected  to begin  a were in Kentucky    and    Baird was
flght to compel the sale of coal tn making  a  strenuous  effort to  have
the Lake  Erie  bituminous pool   at them delivered to lake ports,
government prices. The  contention   probably  will    be
Cox,    it     is    believed,    will    file that Baird is creating a situation for
charges      with     President     Wilson the operators    which    wlll    compel
against F. C. Baird, director of the
pool, charging him with being in
league with coal operators to secure
a higher price than that fixed by thej Baird at Thursday's conference with
many   coal   consumers   to   buy  .coal
from the pool or suffer.
H.  L.  McDonald, who represented
government.
Meantime, immediate relief is in
sight for Ohio industries and homes
aa a result of the release of the lake
coal.
Methods of distributing the coal
were agreed upon yesterday by Governor Cox, State Fuel Administrator
H. H. Johnson and Baird.
Haird insists that northwest prices
be paid for the coal since it is consigned to dealers on contracts made'
before the federal price was fixed.
Johnson has indicated that Baird's
demand  is satisfactory.
Word from Washington today in-| will represent Cox in the office
Governor Cox, admitted that coal
has been reconsigned from the lake
pool to Ohio consumers for several
weeks. He admitted that the northwest prices were charged to Ohio
consumers for this coal.
Distribution of the lake coal is
being directed from the office of the
state fuel administrator here. C. from some quarter
F. Mayer, Johnson's assistant, will: mova*
have charge of the distribution. McDonald will be stationed at the office and keep check on deliveries.
J. B. Dugan, chief railroad inspector of the Ohio Utilities Commission,
Halifax city market after blast.
One of the few buildings in the stricken city which had been bnilt strongly enough to withstand the force
of the blast when the French munitions ship blew up in the harbor was the Halifax city market, one mile and a
half from the scene. All of the windows were shattered, but the building remained intact and was used for a
shelter when tarpaper was spread over the window frames.
Haker
dicated   tha   senate   may   probe   the
Ohio situation.
State officials are expected to base
their fight on the contention that the
Lake coal will be shipped to fill
emergency needs from the nearest
point. "The short haul system will
be used  exclusively,"    Johnson   an-
iake coal, falling in delivery at the!jounced today,
northwest  contract  prices,  is  auto-]    M. J. Caples, Ohio transportation
statically thrown on  the market at! director, today estimated    that   the
federal prices. j railroads can deliver all of the lake
It will be pointed out that in the
face of the utter impossibility of
making lake shipments before spring
coal consigned to the northwest is
being shipped to the pool constantly.
Thursday  it  was   estimated   2200|
coal within a week.
An attempt witl be made to throw
on the Ohio market lake consigned
coal now on Kentucky railroads. If
this is done a part of the lake coal
on tracks In northwestern Ohio will
be sent to Michigan.
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PEACE OFFENSIVE i
SUPPLY DIVISION
TO I WAR ILL
By IjOWKLL MKLLKTT.
United   I*r_s»  SUUf   < <>rro»,pon<H'-nt
landon,       Dec.       14—Germany's
Otuch-acivertised  "forthcoming    west
ront  drive  is   her   first  preliminary
to another peace offensive.
She hopes to achieve a dent some-
j where  on   the  Franco-British     line.
seas,  by  speeding  up  methods Germany's submarines are still taking a
heavy toll of allied shi: ping
field   Germany   Cl_i_u   .....j<
for  the  strategy of  th i recent  successful drive into Im'.y. ..uJ   i great
Ily HENRY  WOOD.
United  l'ress sti".  C&rrejpon——at.
.     With the French Armies in itali
Dec. 14.—-Italy will defend Venice to
last drop of her blood.
One needs only to talk to Italian
liars and see the preparations for
defi ii.-.k of the Queen City of the seas
to understand this.    Tht  tradil on  .
I Italian  hatred oi the Austrians ius
■zed Into ii in., on- wide d
tninatlon uot to permit the rity ag   a
j to succumb  to Au ..',,.
The city Itself
into  an   unapproachable   island,     i.
is capable now oi' in indef-
In t«   State  uf  seiye.     Aside  fruiu
...c citj  and completely cut it
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the Venetian plains for endless .*.*
ad ai e    rap dl
iyr»nth of deft i
There  Italian     soldie-s     aro     i
cheerfully to. sr-11  their lives defending  ivory     inch   of  the     city's
pi caches.
Venice is more majestic than ever,
The historic palaces lining the grand
canal are closed. The piazza of El
Marks is silent and deserted. The
canals are vacant of gondolas. The
Bridge of Signs is uncrossed by prisoners.
Two thirds of Venice'is population
In the has      departed    but    the      pigeons
c.eu.t around historic St. Marks refuse absolutely  to   abandon   their     beloved
city.    Hundreds and  hundreds strut
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has   been     definitely
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Owing to the il
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re taurant—the only one remaining
open now serves meals of aa i 1
lence not to be obt lined elsewh Hi
anv  European  war -/one.
The Queen City ol the Beas prou_-
ly and confidently ws ... oa'..o3_
of the battle of thn 1'ia.ve. the Mcrte
Grappa and the Aslago platen ~n
which her fate depends.
  |Sh0 wants to claim "invincibility" of counter-balancing Turkeys utter col-
|her  military   forces   to  the  German  lapse.    Through cleverly evert-il but
The residence of Mr.  Will Harris -people  to  steel   them   to  the     over-: nevertheless relentless pressure, Ger-
j whelming sacrifices which must come many   is   extorting   food   i.nd   metal
near Cheshire on Big Run road was when America throws her strength in
'the battle line.    She wants to  puck
destroyed   by   fire  Kriday   afternoon., uji Austria-Hungary to greater sacrifices against that day.    :*he wants to
Mrs. Harris was burned to death, accelerate  growth  of     pacifist    and
  ' "peace without a victory" sentiment
from the allied nations. Above all
she wants the war to end before
America's  millions of  men  and    of
ESCAPE HANDS
OF GERMANS:
REJOIN UNITS
supplies from her neutral neighbors.
The kaiser is at the *.* inith oi Bis
power. To savo his autocracy he
must now in this momenl of stn ig h
try to save something from the .. n ck
that Inevitably is coming, by a peace
made while Germany is strong. Ho
knows President Wilson's proselyting of the German people, seeking to
OOAL LOST IN HOB JAM. 'and   22  to  18  or  20  "ruthlessne«9"
Cincinnati, Dec. 14.—The work ofin the matter of cutting salaries »'.Sl
salvaging as   much as   possible from so on.
the damage wrought by the breaking Before adjourning late ?«stcr_.yr
up of the ice pack in the Ohio River the Ameriran ieagueri
continued. The chances of 'saving
the heavily laden coal barges that
went with the first breaking up of
the Ice jam seemed to have disappeared, as the barges are nowhere
to be found and have probably been
crushed  by the heavy ice and sunk.
000   conscience   fun
of a "hang-ovpr"
■merit   with     I
when  the latter  wi
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war machines can be arrayed against bring them to their senses and over-
her and overwhelmingly turn the throw autocracy, will pain with c.-
tide to a certain German defeat. i ery day henceforth.       He    and    his'
This is the view of observers here, leaders know the Berlin-Bagdad
It is based on well-defined develop- scheme is gone, with Turkey's smash1
ments of recent weeks in Germany.j up. He knows with tha allied andj
Tho kaiser and his military chiefs i American shipbuilding plans and;
can ill afford to sacrifice^the thou-, with perf< tion of anti-sn? marine de-'
sunds   of   soldiers     who     must     be | vices, the German O-boai la destined;
By United Press. continue   available  the   unexpen >d
Washington,    Dec.     14.—Demand  balance of the president's $100,000,-i 	
for a coalition cabinet and a big sup-! 000 emergency war fund.
ply division—stripped of red tape—j     Critism of the Creel censorship isj*'v United Press,
was In sight in congress today. (almost certain.    Senator  Borah  ds*-,     London,   Dec.   14
Sentiment for such shifts ln thejclared   this  censorship   is  in  great! >apers today printed photographs ofi
preeent war mill crystallized as a re-|nieasure responsible for conditions as; .    ——        .. .     _ .    .  j been
suit of Gen. Croziers amazing revelations of America's unpreparedness
for war, particularly in ordnance.        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Proponents of the supply division! ******* corps;  Benedict Crowell, as- ■ Germans  and  who escaped   and  re-
idea aaid  Croziers evidence of how Bi8tant secretary of war and proba-; joined   their  unit  later.     A   picture
bly Senator Baker will be called, j was also printed showing Sergeants
Crowell early in the war, an advisor j Mclsaacs and Cairola, who brought
of the munitions board, and mem-ia wounded officer through the barber of a special machine gun board,' rage
thrown to slaughter in a west front;to  play  less and less a part  in  the
SAY BRITONS
STARTED LAST
PEACE FEELERS
mittee finishes   with Crozier,     Maj.
I .Sergeant   McDonnell     and
| vlacdonald.  American   pioneers
j offensive.     That  they   are   planning'war.    He knows his ambitious prop-l
'such a  slaughter is sufficient    evi-|aganda seeking to disrupt Italy has	
j dence in the view here of Germany's failed: that a separate mac \*,'77,i Vuo
London   news- desperation.   A  tremendous  increase j Russian  Bolsheviki  means    nothing.' By United Press.
in  German  peace    propaganda    has Above all else he realizes that next!     Amsterdam,    Dec.    14—Britain--
noted recently. [spring  perhaps,  America will    have not   Germany—started     the     peace
is at  the summit I a  great  force  of  Carefully     trained  feelers   of   last   September,   recently
With  every  hour jnen on the fighting line; that Ameri-' mentioned   by   British  chancellor  of
Prlvatej     r. . a
Germany today
w"°,of  her  strength.
captured   at   Cambrai   by   thej
webs of red tape clogged the war
wheels proved the need for centralization of supply and for elimination
of the unending routine O. K.s debates and delays.
Despite efforts to keep politics in
tbe back ground, congressmen admitted partisanship is rearing ita
head. They asserted that President
Wilson can obtain the highest efficiency and at the same time the great-
eat co-operation only through a coalition cabinet.
"Let no one take either of these
movements lightly," warned a senator whose services In behalf of unity
in the war have been of the highest
order. "There's no need to take a
gloomy view of the situation; many
of us are thankful that we are finding out early how things are going;
and we refuse to be pesslmltlc until
tbe admistration refuses to listen to
reason.''
White tne military affairs committee continued ite quizzing of Crozier
behind closed doors, Indications were
that the whole question of government expenditures and conduct of
the war would be opened in the senate by considerable of a resolution to
will be asked to tell his side of thej     "Pioneers"
controversy  which  Crozier admitted jficatlon  for  engineer  regiment.  Thei
ls  the  London   classi-
delayed selection of the principal
type of machine gun until two
months after the U. S. entered the
war.
In the meantime both appointments of Crowell and Crozier are being held up tn the senate.
Secretary Baker contends that the
deliberate methods used in machine
gun selection have worked to American advantage as the best typts are
now being produced.
Baker suggests that guns will be
ready as last as the men need tbem.
He points out that in early stages of
training it ia not necessary to use
full armament. However, the temper of some of the probers is such
that technicalities will be swept,
aside. The main tact cf delays and
deliberation instead of . action and
execution' is the thing they emphasize. Rumor had It today that the
revelations already made plus others
to come would result in a demand
from now on it oozes away.   At home ican  airplanes will likely  start with the Exchequor Bonar Law, according
Chancellor   Hertling  has  apparently (the allied aviators to sweep Germany to   a   German   official   statement  re-
cemented political ruptures.    On the '• from  the skies. ceived here today.
....               ..              .....*■-               ' The  statement  asserted   that    the
MCRDKRKIi SEXTKXCKD. British "feeler" was a tentative one
Toledo,     Dec.     14.—Tomaaao     D.  but was never carried through to Its
D'Agastino was sentenced to life ira- conclusion.
prisoument for the murder of James Bonar Law's statement to the
Farrcy, fruit dealer, last Oct. in. The house of commons early this week
murder   was  the  result  of  a   Black  asserted  that  a  neutral  government
F
soldiers mentioned evidently were!
among the American army engineers]
who     were    caught    in     the   Ger-j      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
man drive around Gouzeaucourt andi 	
who fought with the British in driv-' '
ing back tbe enemy. B>' Un,ted Pre8S'
Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala.
| Dec. 14.—"Don't send railroad fare.) by   five   motor  bandits,   at   mid-day
THRIFT STAMPS URGED j Furloughs are out of the question."] yesterday was announced by officials
of the institution todav to be  $46,-
AS TIPS TO WAITERS!. .*uus f" — _ -^— *•»*»*-, ?30     An  ev(jn $15 000 o{ {Ms wa3
in gold coin and the remainder was
in silver and currency.
Hand plot.
BANDITS «.KT S46.730.
By United l'ress.
Chicago,   Dec.   14.—The     amount
stolen from the I_igrangc State bank
had   sounded   England   for  Germany
on possibilities of peace.
Thus read many te:egrams to   the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^       folks back home from Ohio soldiers
New York, Dec. 14.—Thrift stamps here today.
as tips to waiters was a suggestion j     Other Sammies    still   have    high
placed before the public by persons hopes  that  holiday  leaves   will   bej
interested  in  the  promotion  of the'granted. WILL SUPEItVISK RIVER  WORK
sale of the government coupons.    Itl     General Treat today said emphat-      Dayton, Dec. 14.—Col. Edward A
was  learned  that  the  practice  had, tically  that furloughs are off.   His 6eeds, chairman of the Miami eon-!**cd
BASEBALL WAR
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tii ■ als will be a*n;ed to pry
selves loose from a similar amount
today, so Kd Gwlnner, owner ol ha
Pittsburg federal franchise, Uart/
Sinclair, "angel" of the Newarl Ft)
end the estate of T;. :'. Ward, back-
er-in-ehlef nf th<* third league, ~_
pet the $110,000 said to have been
promised them at that time.
(Mark Griffiths announced he hai
collected $36,000 'or the SOW****
*it\V. and bat fund and had contraci*
ed f"r $60,000 worth of material
'i'mhelp him out th league voted to
play one   game   in  ( rt  next
June, 25 per cent of the receipt go
ing to the fund. It was also decided to raise a fund for Canadian soldiers.
An exhibition ganr- between t*v>
Phillies and the Athletics wi;; >»
played for the benefit of the fatally of Wm. Weart, veteran Philadelphia baseball writer, who died *•*.
few days ago.
TJX ON ESTATE
WILL CLEAR
STATE DEBT
By United Press.
Chicago,   Dec.   14—The  first
war   eounci' '   of   baseball
By I'nited Press.
Louisville   Ky.. Dec.  14,—A     ..V-
I ment   was   issued   toi'ay   Py   tbe   FA-
deity  and  Columbia "'rust  company
i •
; administrator  of  the estate  of       I
at*; Robert  Bingham,  that nu  Inventory
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^    was jof  the  entire  estate   will  be   tak"n
been adopted by a number Of restau-jword is final. |servancy board announced the selec-'In the  Congress  uotel  today. soon and submitted to all the mxing
rant patrons.    Where the customary!  'tlon of C. H.  Lecher of Crvstal as;     There   the   magnates   of   the   Na-      tl     ...     ,     K ,
tip amounts to 5 or 10  cents each' GUILTY OF MI'RDJOR. supervisor of the  flood    prevention tional and American leagues got to
day, the tip. is withheld for several! New Lexington, Dec. 14—The jury work in the Miami valley. He is a gether to settle peaceably or ther- This is taken *° Indicate that tlte
successive days and then the waiterjjury in the ease of John Cheboltz, contractor of 20 years' experience wise certain contingencies arising inheritance tax of about $3,0*>0.0_*.
given   a   25-<«nt  thrift  stamp   to {charged  with the murder of Arthur and will have charge of the construe- from   the   war—such   as   shortening will be paid to Kentucky.    This wit?
ls
make  up the amount of
would have received.-
money bejKeeley of Santoy,
jof guilty here.
returned a verdict tion  of  the  detention  basins,
and  rivers work.
dams the schedule from 154 to 140 games;  be  enough   to  wipe  out  Kentucky's
| reducing   the  player  limit  from   25 debt.