Show r r TRAVEl IS G U R T BY Beginning Tomorrow Service Service Service ice on All Eastern Railroads Railroads Railroads Rail Rail- roads Will Be Cut 20 PerCent Per PerCent Cent No Trains D De e Lute SPECIALS LIMITED LIl TO 4 PARLOR COACHES Sl Shippers Must l Begin to Unload Cars Jan 21 and ana Have Them Moved l Within 48 Hours Is N New ev Order By International 1 News SeJi WASHINGTON Jan 5 Director Directo Director General McAdoo I Adoo tonight announced announced an an an- that beginning tomorrow v passenger travel on on all the eastern railroads would be he curtailed 20 per cent I This will apply principally to the Pennsylvania ania Baltimore Ohio and New Haven roads Commuter service will not be he in in- Continued on Pa Page e 12 IRA VEL CUT ON EASTERN ROADS Continued from rom page pago 1 I this section with There will trill bo be no nomore nomore nomore more trains de dc I They cy will bo into into r regular trains trins The con congressional r limited an and similar be bo re restricted restricted restricted re- re express parlor p car fliers filers will to four tour parlor cars carl with the day 18 coaches conches Most of or them will be bo tle maclo u up of or regulation day coaches conches With ith this order Director or General McAdoo took definite R severe steps to prevent pre shippers and con consignees I nees from Crom holding freight cars on sidings 8 at tho the terminals Ho lIo ordered that notice be beIen given I en to all nil shippers that on January 21 1 thc they must begin to unload their cars ars and have ha th them m moved mo within forty forty- cl eight ht hours oa II T A A. demurrage charge of or 10 a n day clay will be he In effect from that dat date This will be against a car after It has been In tho the yards ar s eight days liars for Cor un- un loading In ii l statement ment tonight ht the director general sou sought h t to t the he I Impression sion ston which ho he said Bald had been created crated in California and other Pacific coast states that thit nn any radical changes in passenger er travel el to the const coast were contemplated Mr tr McAdoo oo said I il have consented to this change o be because be- be cause It Is imperatively necessary that the passenger travel be reduced as much as possible In the present serious emergency which confronts the people in the eastern district of oC the country The The breakdown in tho passenger er service of or the tho various arlous railroads in the east has not made malle a pleasant ImpressIon Impression impression sion on the public but it must bo be borne In mind that the tho railroad companies companies com com- In the cast enst are still seriously congested ong tel with an unusual amount of freight hl traffic the movement mo of which Is 19 more vital to the country countr than the movement of or passengers ers and that tho the I weather conditions for the last two weeks have e seriously impeded railroad railroad rail rail- road conditions to fie Re Ih Developed I 1 am very much pleased please he lie said is made In lu the that provision provisions provisions pro pro- visions of or the railroad bill for the use of or the thc Inland waterways waterway's of oC the United States Stales In connection with tho the railroad I systems now under government con con- rol The Tho proper use or these water water- I a 1 will largely largel increase the transportation transportation trans trans- facilities of or the country countr and if H the thc pen pending bill is passed giving authority to the President to expend l money II for development of porta- porta I tion facilities every effort cHort will be bo made to utilize the Inland waterways to their full rull capacity Director General Generl McAdoo was in conference conference con con- con I ference most of oC the day with passenger passenger ger gel and traffic managers ot the northeastern northeastern north north- eastern roads The Tho railroad men sub submitted of oC these suggestions and man many will wil bo be embo embodied led In rules to be promulgated pro pro- by 11 the director general probably within tho next fort forty eight eight hours Those In the tho conference were A. A B B. Smith of oC the Now Haven I L F. F Vosburgh of the tho Now New York Central I II I W W. C. C Hope slope of oC the Jorse Jersey Central R. R E. E Wright and J. J P P. P Anderson Andorson of the Pennsylvania and Judge Edward Chambers Chambers Cham Cham- bers hers member of ot tho the advisory nd board In charge of or the general traffic lem lent Meanwhile Me up at nt tho the capitol senators son Bon and representatives were lIn lining nr up for the biggest fight on tho railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road bill This will center centor about tho the proposal in Jn n tho the final section of the tho administration tion measure that the railroads shall not return to private operation until Congress specifically orders It IL Government Government Government Gov Gov- ownership advocates d will back a move o to make tho the trans tranSI transition ton on Into government go ownership just Just as as easy as 18 returning the carriers to tho ho present owners To 10 lel Ownership Chairman Sims of ot the tho House Interstate interstate Inter Inter- state commerce committee sal said to tonight tonight to- to night such a proposal already Is be bt before be- be I fore forI ore his committee Checkmating It Is Isa Isa a a. demand that the tho government give S1 I the tho owners now an nn assurance that Congress will return the roads when the war Is over It It Is evident Bal said Mr 11 Sims that the whole question of government ownership will bo be debated and Its Ha strength in Congress thoroughly tested tested tested test test- ed In the debates The present provision provision provision pro pro- vision that government control must continue until Congress provides otherwise otherwise otherwise oth oth- is my Idea of or the ideal settlement settlement settlement settle settle- ment of or the tho question After tho the government hl has operated the tho roads a year ear or so tho people will I really know whether they want government government gov so ownership The Tho bill goes before both House and Senate interstate commerce committees committees committees commit commit- tees Monday Senator La said he would begin Imm Immediately a contest on the proposal to guarantee the tho roads a profit bas based ll on average re returns ro- ro I turns for 1915 1916 and 1917 On thereal tho the real Invested value alue he lie declared declare this Is a guarantee of 35 per cent profit although only onh JJ 43 Hand and 5 j per cent on alleged watered stock Commissioner McChord of or the Interstate interstate Inter Inter- state stalo commerce commission Issued to to- to day da for tor the th director general a n report on tho the coal car congestion of ot tho the cast east I an and other sections I Ho shows where cars have havo been hold holdup holdup up for sixty days ns n's with government o be bo unload shipments that easily could ed Judge Robert Hobert S S. Lovett priority director yesterday blamed tho the army and na navy and shipping board for Cor conI congestion congestion con con- I in many sections c |