| Show i t Ut bUAL UAL FOR DEliVERY TO POUR POOR z f Des Moines Mayor Opens War IVar Against Combination P j to Put Up Prices Des Moines la Ja Dee Dec 20 O.-B O. By By order of or Mayor this afternoon r the police police po po- police i lice here seized H R carload cload 0 of coal In tho the local yards ards of or th the Chicago Northwestern North North- Northwestern Northwestern western railroad Tho The ma mayor or announced 1 F that the coal was to be dell delivered to the poor The rhe mayor maor Informed the railroad and the owners of ot tho the coil coal that it had been 00 seized by IW virtue of oC dire necessity sity and andIn andIn andin In accordance with the law y A check paying paving for or the coal at the prevailing wholesale rate was mailed to the thc coal company Major MacVIckar In a R statement Is Issued Issued Is- Is sued this afternoon said he ho would place t In the tho hands of oC the count county attorney 3 for presentation to tho the grand Jur Jury evidence evi evl- dence which It Is alleged points to a l combination on the part of or era to ship coal out of or Polk county with the purpose of DC maintaining high AMERICAN TRADE PUT IN JEOPARDY New Problem Raised by Proposed Nationalization o of 0 British ShipP- ShipP Shipping Washington Dec 20 G. Nationalization ion tion of or British h shipping mentioned briefly 1 h by Premier George Lloyd a aone aa DR s one of ot tho first acts of or the tho new war wa r ministry commands more interest t hero here from the strictly American point poin t of ot view than an any other phase of or to trio tilo o premiers premier's speech What effect it 1 t would have on American foreign trade and on tho status of ot British ships sunk flunk b by Get Getman man submarines s has opened a 3 new and unexpected series serifs of or questions which officials regard with much concern Tho The taking Into the national service of ot the tho whole mercantile marine following fol fol- lowing rm nn on T u- u meat ment that she could not guarantee coal at any of or her ner coaling bases hases the world over o except to ships conserving allied interests Is thought by officials at first Blanco glanco to turn over o the great majority maJ of or tho the worlds world's carrying trade to specific war purpose purposes The Tho effect I on commerce for tOI American purposes and not of or service to the allies IB is problematical problematical I especially as to tho the completeness com com- with which G Lloyd George orre en enforces en- en forces tho the order Nevertheless there thero Is in law nothing the United States can nn do should the whole British merchant merchant mer mer- chant hant marine be withdrawn from American r trade trado and harbors hA It l Is j thought the effect on the submarine submarine submarino sub sub- marine marino situation would be to remove confusion between public vessels ls not entitled to any guarantees and private vessels entitled to warning and provision provision pro pro- I vision for ter the safety of tho those on I board Just were the point of or distinction dis dis- dis would lie is a complex ques ques- I tion Ship Ships to io Serve t r Allies Alone New ew York Dec 20 A O-A A desire of or the British government go to mobilize mobilise under one general h head ad the entire ocean carrying cargo carr cargo facilities of or the United I Kingdom J for tor the exclusive e benefit of the allied armies and tho lino great civilIan civilIan civil civil- Ian populations of ot the alii allied ell countries Is the reason renSOn behind the statement of Premier George Lloyd that the shipping shipping shipping ship ship- ping of or Great Britain will be nationalized nationalized nationalized nation according to leading British shipping men here For some time one of or tho the represent- represent I nile e st steamship men said toda today all British v vessels easels have had about one- one third of or their car cargo o space comman comman- for tor grain This space has hag recently re recently re- re been increased to such an nn extent ex ex- tent that now the Now New cw York Fork a agent nt has hall only about third one-third of ot his ship available to private shippers shipper ino rno same sarno I IWaS added that mat it was hl his j belief more space would bo be controlled b bv by the government by regulations leg leg- requesting that thit all nIl car cargo o be officially designated tell Designation o of or f cargo will mean that the shipping In British bottoms of ot an any commodity other than that necessary ar for maintenance maintenance maintenance main main- of or army and civil life lire will bo be forbidden It Is also deemed not unlikely el elhat hat that British ships now low ow engaged in trade be between be- be V t tween en neutral countries will b be called calle d upon to take their place In the lin linof line of or ships engaged in carrying ln supplies to Great Britain nn and ncr her ler allies Without official details of or the proposed pro pro- posed nationalization plan an authority authority au- au au au- In close clos' touch with shipping said I anticipate that in sub substance It I means the entire resources of or Great Grent Britain's Britain s merchant marine is to be brought under one general executive e head and that one executive will direct di direct direct di- di Its movements and its utility Cargoes Cargoes' will he be Jointly apportioned among the various arlous lines and er c every ship flying the thc flag nag of or Great Britain must do its part or the government will take It over oyer The people of or England Engl Eng Eng- l land nd and her hor armies must be supplied with actual necessities and the government gov gO soy soy- will see to tort Jt through such sueh control of oC car cargo o that no on one on class o ot of people will g get t what all alt cannot get et thereby reducing to a great extent the cost of or living No Xo serious consideration appears appear ti tibo Inbe to In tobo bo be given gl to the suggestion n that Brit Brit- bib lah ships will be more heavily armei arme armed l than the th defense guns astern approved by the United States In n con coti with their status as men |
