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BITS OF NEWS
WOMEN TO ERECT
ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL.
New York. Jan. 19. The Wom
an's Roosevelt Memorial committee
was organized here today to plan
a memorial to be erected hy New
York women to Col. Theodore
Roosevelt. The meeting, held at
the home of Mr. John Hays Ham
mond, was attended by more than
100 prominent women.
Among suggestions for a me
morial discussed were a chair of
American citizenship at Barnard
college, a park with an equestrian
statue of Colonel Roosevelt, a
Roosevelt community house and a
memorial home and museum. Mrs.
Roosevelt, it was said, favors es
tablishment of a memorial home.
FLYER EARNS $5,000
BY LANDING ON ROOF.
Paris, Jan. 19. Jules Vederines.
ihe aviator, today won a prize of
: $5,000 for being the first airman to
land on the roof of 'a house during
a flight
He performed the feat by landing
on the roof the Galleries Lafayette,
a large department store near the
St. I.azar station, making the spec
tacular landing as he skimmed the
parapet surrounding the roof by
only a few inches. The machine was
slifihtly' damaged but Vederines was
uninjured. He says he intends to
Hy around the world.
GERMAN HELMETS TO BE -LOAN
CAMPAIGN PRIZES. .
Colileiu. Jan. 19. From 60.000 to
70,000 German helmets abandoned
by the withdrawing army are being
loaded on freight cars for shipment
to the United States to be prizes 'n
connection with the next loan cam
paign. The shipment consists of bright
steel cavalry officers' helmets and
Prussian guard helmets, all of fancy
design and most of them spiked.
These have been in great demand by
souvenir hunters. ' The souvenir
special train will be escorted by an
auncd guard of American soldiers.
MILLION RUSSIANS
PERISH IN CAPTIVITY. ,
London. Jan. 19. Of the 2,000,000
Russian prisoners scattered through
out the central empires, 1,000,000
died in captivitv. according to the
Morning Post.' Repatriated British
prisoners pf war have brought re
ports of the inhuman treatment
meted out to Russian prisoners in
' the camps of Germany and Austria,
and these stories have been borne
out by a report recently received by
the International Red Cross from
some if its delegates who have just
returned from Germany.
According to these reports, the
Russians were subjected to terrible
brutalities and were forced to do
heavy and degrading work under
constant stimulus of the lash. . Some
800.000 of the Russians still remain
in Germany, ' . . . , ,
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY 1
URGED BY EDUCATOR.'; ,, ,
Princeton, N. J., Jan. 19. A na
tional university is one of the ur
gent needs of education in this
country as shown by experience in
the war. according to President John
Ki. Hibben's report to the trustees of
Princeton university, matte public
today. "There are unfortunately,-
says President Hibben, "tendencies
operative today in our country
which tend toward sectionalism and
separation in education, A national
university is not only a protest, but
a safeguard against such tendencies.
SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS ..
IN RIOT AT DES MOINES. '
Des Moines, Jan. 19. Two offi
cers, a captain and a first lieutenant
are under arrest and three overseas
soldiers were tried by summary
court martial as the result of a riot
which occurred today when a city
traffic officer arrested a soldier for
disorderly conduct.
The protesting soldiers were
joined by a large crowd of civilians,
necessitating the calling out of the
military police.
Private Mike Bovethz, a patient at
'.he Fort Des Moines army hospital.
tai-ted the riot when he refused to
ston cursing an auto driver whose
;ar had struck him.
Iowa Flier Reported I
Killed Returns From
German Prison Camp
Washington, Jan. 19. Capt James
Norman Hall of Colfax, la., a mem
ber of the famous Lafayette escra
dille and later attached td the
American air forces in France, who
was driven down wounded behind
the German lines last May, has re
turned to France from Germany
llis name and those of 135 other
American prisoners of war who have
been released were contained in a
1st made public today by the War
department.
Captain Hall at the time of his
disappearance was reported to have
hpfiMi killed.
Others released included Axel L,
Anderson of Sweden, first officer
of the American steamshio Winslow,
which was sunk by the German
raider Wolf. In the list also were the
names of two civilians, Christie
Keoolcr. whose address was not
civen. and Howard Warren of
Myersville, Md.
The names of the military prison
ers include Edward Harris, Carroll
la.
Sioux City Furniture Store
Burns; Damage, $300,000
Sioux City, la., Jan. 19, Fire
which broke out at 1 o'clock this
morniniz in the Lindhblm Furniture
company store almost completely
destroyed the structure and its con
tents. The blaze was a spectacular
ons, flanits shooting high into the
air. The loss is estimated at $3UU,
000.
Eauer Endorses Union.
, . Vienna, Jan. 19. Dr. Otto Bauer,
the foreign minister of German
Austria, in an election speech yes
terday endorsed the union of Ger-
Ciu Austria, with Germany,
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Artillery Regiment Trained
at Camp Dodge Reaches
New York; Heroes
Hailed With Cheers.
New York, Jan. 19. Four steam
ships, their decks crowded with
American fighting men, hundreds of
whom gazed upon the home shores
from cots and convalescent chairs,
passed the Statute of Liberty today
amid a din from harbor craft, bring
ing home 4,992 heroes.
The climax of the demonstration
came when the hospital ship Com
fort, bearing 371 sick and wounded,
entered the upper bay and was hail
ed by cheers from the throngs on
shore and the strains of. Home,
Sweet Home" from a band on board
vessel carrying Mayor Hylan s
committee of welcome. As the
Comfort came abreast the Statute of
Liberty a great shout arose from
its decks, crowded to the rails with
soldiers in bandages, supported by
crutches and caries or seated in easy
chairs. Through the port holes of
the hospital ship glimpses' were
caught of the rr.ore seriously wound
ed.
The other steamships were trans
ports: the Lapland, s which brought
2,065 soldiers, the Sierra with 1,515
and the W-lhelnuna with l,U4t
aboard. Of the sick and woundod
brought back by the Comfort, 129
were naval men and four were ma
rines.' .' , . ' ' ' '' :", .-.;' ;,
Served in. Claremont Section; '
;'Among; the troops oit the "Sierra!
were the J nree Hundred ' ana
Thirty-seventh regiment of the
field artillery and 231 casual officers
and enlisted men, . the latter from
hospitals in r ranee. The artillery
regiment was trained at Camp
Dodge, Des Moines, and comprises
selected men from Minnesota, North
and South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska
and Missouri. It had been m the
Ciaremont section of France.
Of the men on the Wilhelmina,
405 were from the radio station near
Bordeaux, where they were en
gaged in constructing four radio
towers! There were also 200 men
of the naval aero equadron, with a
base in northern France. Also on
board were the Three Hundred and
Thirty-fourth and Three Hundred
and 1 hirty-sixth divisions ot tne
medical supply unit; the Three Hun
dred and Eleventh sanitary train of
the Eisrhtv-sixth division: the head
quarters field hospital and three hos--
pital units and Hi wounaea.
Among the wounded omcers on
the Comfort were Lieutenants Al
fred M. Barlow, Gallipolis, O.; Far-
well Gallager, Cleveland; John N.
Boston, Yorkville, 111.: Arthur Mor
ganstein. Grand Rapids, Mich.; Jo
seph F. Smith, Waterloo. S. C. and
Benjamin, K Malone, Wonticcuo,
Ga:
Put Into Azores.
The Comfort left Flymouth Jan
uary 5 and five days later put into
the Azores after a stormy passage.
A turkey dinner was served the
wounded before the ship put to sea
again and the trip from the Azores
was in smooth seas.
Germany was in dire straits when
the war ended, according to Capt.
Robert W. Hudgens ot Laurenz,
S. G. who arrived on the Comfort
He was attached to the One Hun
dred and Eighteenth infantry, Thir
tieth division, and when the town
of Bellecourt was captured, the cap
tain said the Americans found the
bodies of .German soldiers being
prepared to be rendered into fats.
A complete rendering plant was
found in a tnnnel beside the Belle-
court canal, Captain Hudgens said.
Three wounded heroines also were
aboard the Comfort. All were
nursA and one of them, Miss Ma
rie Smith of Berkeley. Cal.. was
wounded in the foot by shrapnel at
Chauteau Thierry while attached to
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a medica unit with one or tne 10-
inch naval cun crews: Members of
(Continued on Pans Two, Column Two.)
Ex-Kaiser Entertained
by Members of Suite
With Parlor Concerts
Amerogen, Holland, Jan. 19.
William Hohenzollern, the former
German emperor, is greatly im
proved in health.' He is. able to
walk in the castle grounds in the
morning and afternoon. In the
evening he enjoya a parlor con
cert in the castle, where three
members of his suite perform on
the piano, harp and violincello.
Apparently his only distraction
is the week-end official visit from
the Dutch premier and the gov
ernor of Utrecht, Count Lynden
Van Sandenburg, who are charged
with surveillance over the former
monarch.
Today the ex-emperor attended
a church service, conducted at the
castle by clergymen from Seeist.
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Oarha P. O. act at Hank a. 17
Gifts Pouring in Steady
: Stream to U. S. President
and His Wife in Europe
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Will Bring , Carload of Baggage
on Return Trip From Paris; Many Presents '
Priceless, But Those Having Sentimental
Appeal Are Valued, Most Highly.
Paris., Jan. ' 19. President and
Mrs. Wilson ' came to Paris
with a very modest collection of
trunks and personal baggage but
they probably will be forced to
take home a carload. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Wilson have received
so many gifts in the course of their
stay in Paris and their visit to Eng
land and Italy that a large quantity
of them probably will have to be
taken to Washington on an army
transport. .
Gifts of all kinds and of all val
ues began pouring in the day Presi
dent Wilson- arrived and they still
are coming in a steady stream. They
come from all classes of, people.
Many of the presents are price
less, but the president values most
IE17 ARMISTICE
REQUIREMENTS
PEEVETEUTONS
German Agriculture Will Be
Crippled, Says Minister, if
Machines Are Delivered
, j b Allies. . 1
Berlin, Jan. 19. Chiefs of depart-,
meiits in the German government,
especially the ministers of com
merce and trade, protest against ac
ceptance by. the German delegates
of the latest armistice conditions.
the t fulfillment of which, .they de
clare, "means for Germany the or
ganized preparation of starvation."
' The !minj.ter of 'commerce l and
labor, according .to the Tageblatt,
declares that Germany will be un
able to replace the agricultural ma
chinery retaken because Germany
lacks necessary metals, coal and
trained laborers. He says German
agriculture will be crippled if the
machines are delivered to the al
lies. ' The Boersen Feur says that Food
Minister Wurm declared that he
first learned . of the conditions
through the press and that he could
not, accept responsibility for the
consequences; The Tageblatt- says
in an editorial: '. 1
"Where are justice and humanity
which were to dictate peace? We
behold always force and only force,
and the German people, after such
great physical and mental suffer
ings, are delivered over to destuc
tion." Renewal Arranged. '
Faris,' Jan. 19. The agreement
for the' renewal ' of the German
armistice signed by Marshal Foch
and Admiral Browning and" the
German ; armistice commissioners
Thursday provided for the renewal
of the armistice from time to' time
after the month for which the ex
tension runs, until the conclusion of
peace, subjeft to the approval of
the allied governments.
The armistice contains a clause
by which the allied command re
serves the right to occupy that part
of the Strasbourg defenses com
prised by the forts of the eastern
bank of, the Rhine and a strip of
territory' from three to six miles
beyond.
Germany undertakes to turn over
all allied ships still detained in Ger
man ports. The clause providing
that Germany shall place here mer
cantile ' marine at the disposal of
the allies in return for food 'sup
plies says that the agreement in no
way-effects -the ' final disposal of
those ships.
May Return Prisoners.. ,. i
Amsterdam, Jan. 19. Replying to
a letter from Mathias Erzberger.
head of the German armistice dele
gation, urging the return of Ger
man prisoners of war and relaxation
of trade restrictions between occu
pied and unoccupied Germany,
Marshal Foch, - in a letter dated
January 16, said he intended to
recommend the return of prisoners
most deserving sympathy and was
prepared to permit an exchange of
food between occupied and unoccu
pied Germany to an extent which
would obviate unemployment . and
consequent disturbances.
School Principal Killed
bv Police Patrol Car
Chicago. Jan. 19. Mrs. Mary
Gomar White, principal of a local
private school for girls, was l'lled
by a police patrol automobile I. lay.
Injured at the , same time were
Ernest D. Towell, an advertising
agent, and his sister, M:ss Ida
Powell, president of the Illinois di
vision of the Daughters of the Con
federacy, before which body Capt.
Robert E. Lee, grandson of the
famous confederate general, had de
livered an address after which Mrs.
White and the others were return
ing home. Mrs. White was 62 years
old. born in Louisville and was the
daughter of Carey Griften who was
it Virginia and Xeutucky plautex.
OMAHA, MONDAY. JANUARY 20, 1919.
those having a sentimental appeal.
These have come principally from
children, not only in France but
from all over Europe and also from
families in entente countries which
have- suffered by the war.
President Wilson has decided that
every one shall be formally acknowl
edged. Sometimes in response to a
particularly touching message ac
companying" the gifts he writes a
personal acknowledgement, but the
pressure on. his time is so great
that he cannot do so for all. Never
theless, every gift, no matter how
insignificant, is carefully preserved.
Many of them undoubtedly will find
places in the White House because
the president does not feel they
were given to him wholly prsonally.
ILSON CAST FOR
PRINCIPAL ROLE
III PEAJpiiALIA
Paris Papers Give Prominent
Display to Poincare's
Tribute to Part U.S.
Played in War.
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By' Associated Press.
Paris,. Jan. 19. The machinery of
the peace conference; set in motion
formally on the anniversary of the
treaty of Paris: called forth from
the Paris newspapers descriptive
contrasts of the military character
of the Prussian victory with the
democratic nature displayed yester
day without formality or military
pomp. .. . .,. - ? - - .., -i .
. The conference to all outward ap
pearances rested today. Tomorrow
morning the plenipotentiaries of thd
hv principal powers will meet to
continue the informal deliberations
which they abandoned Friday. No
date has been set for the next plen
ary meeting.
Wilson In Most Important Role.
President Poinca.e's dictum, "you
hold in your hands the future of the
world," seems to have captivated
all the French journals, which print
ed it in large headlines, while Presi
dent Wilson is seen to occupy the
most important role.
In the effusive descriptions of the
session President Poincare's trib
ute to the part played by the United
States in the war is given much
display. Le Matin sub-headed its
article "to save civilization.".-
When the delegates of the five
great powers meet tomorrow in
Stephen Pichon's 6ffice the foreign
minister will transfer the presidency,
which he has hitherto exercised at
these meetings, to Premier Clemen-
ctau. This meeting will occupy the
whole day, being interrupted only
hy a luncheon given by the senate in
honor of President Wilson.
To Study Russian Situation.
.The subject of the discussion at
the meeting will be an examination
of the situation in Russia.
Leon Bourgeois, formerly French
minister of foreign affairs; who had
been charged with the presentation
of the French thesis on the league
of nations, arranged to see President
Wilson this afternoon on the sub
ject. ' -;
Tomorrow's session at the foreign
office will be attended by the full
Japanese delegation, Baron Nobuaki
Makino, chief of the Japanese mis
sion, having arrived in Paris yesterr
day evening with representatives of
the Japanese army and navy, seer
retaries and commercial commis
sioners. The baron made an offi
cial call this morning on Premier
Clemenceau and Foreign Minister
Pichon -
First Formal Session
of Peace Conference
Open Freely to Press
Paris, Jan. 19. The first formal
session of the peace confer ce
was opened freely to the press, of
all nations. How many of the suc
ceeding sessions will by the decisions
of the conference be held in cam
era has not been indicated, but the
American newspaper men, and prob
ably also the British, and Italian,
are preparing to reopen the ques
tion of publicity if they should de
cide that the flow of news is im
peded by rules of secrecy.
In a formal communcation to the
conference, the Americans assumed
that the rule forbidding the dele
gates to discuss the doings of the
conference with the correspondents
would not be enforced. While no
announcement on this subject has
been made, it is learned on the au
thority of delegates that the rule
does still obtain.
What action-the correspondents
will take will probably be developed
when the exact character of the
press representation and -the num
ber to be admitted to the confer
enct it determined. .
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Statesmen of Great Powers
Drawing Together on
Structure Which All
V. Will Support.
By the Associated Press.
Paris, Jan. . 19. Callers at the
Paris White House today were
Senator Leon Bourgeois, the league
of nations specialist on the French
peace delegation; Lord Robert Cecil,
who holds a similar post for the
British, and Gen. Jan Christian
Smuts, the South African leader,
who also has' a plan for a society
of nations.
President Wilson thus had an
opportunity to discuss the French
and British viewpoints on this ques
tion, and to get further ahead with
the work of reconciling the differ
ent projects with his own ideas.
The plan, for a league of nations
have been reduced to very definite
form. 'The general indications are
that the statesmen of the principal
nations are steadily drawing to
gtther on a structure, which will
have the support of all, the informal
discussion having brought the com
munity of ideas to a point where it
may reasonably be expected soon
to appear on paper.
International Police Rejected.
It is understood that the general
plan which is now most approved
in substance by all the parties con
cerned rejects the theory of the
super-sovereignty of an internation
al police force.- . - .
it also-xontemplates the Ivork
ing out, as the development of the
league progresses; of the most deli
cate question of all disarmament
which particularly affects the, Brit
ish navy. The same principals, it is
proposed, shall apply to the other
nations associated in the war against
Germany. .
The idea is founded on the argu
ment that no nation would dispose
of instruments by which it expects
to defend itself until it has been
demonstrated ,that the forces pro
posed as a substitute will be efficient.
Many Questions Eliminated.
In the, opinion of i international
lawyers .such decisions will remove
from actual settlement by the peace
conference, at this sitting' at least,
many questions of which complete
agreement might not be expected
now, but 1 upon (which full accord
seems probable as the development
of the plans for a league of nations
advance.
Such a plan will delegate to var
ious commissions and committees
detailed problems whip h shall be re
ported with recommendations to the
league itself. ; The' probability of
such a plan being adopted justifies
previous forecasts that the principal
accomplishments of the special con
ference as it now sits in Paris will
be agreement on broad general
principals, leaving the details to be
applied in accord therewith, and the
making of a preliminary peace which
will return the world at the earliest
moment . possible to . its normal
status.
Prince John, British
King's Youngest Son,'
J. Dies at Sandringham
London, Jan. 19. Prince John,
the youngest son of King George,
died at Sandringham last night. He
had been ill for some time.
Possessed of exuberant spirits,
Prince John was the prime favbrite
of all classes and the idol of the
servants and - tenants at Windsor.
It is said that he was the' favorite
brother of Princess Mary who loved
to romp with .him. The prince was
born at Sandringham July 12, 1905.
An official bulletin ' issued ' this
even' 'g says: -
"t .nee John, who since infancy
has suffered epileptic fits which
lately had become more frequent
and severe, passed away in his
sleep following an attack at 5:30
p. m. Saturday:
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uwauKee ooiaiers ,
Refuse to Listen to
Welcome by Mayor
Milwaukee, Wis., Jan.19. Mayor
Daniel W. Hoan, was compelled last
night to give place to Gov. E. L.
Phillips, who greeted 3.000 soldier
and sailors, just returned home from
overseas and army camps in a wel
come address at the auditorium.
The returning soldiers took excep
tion to Mayor Hoan welcoming their
return because he presided at the
socialist meeting last Sunday night
when some-of the speakers used
language concerning the war which
they resented. -
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B Mali M war). Dally. M M:
Dally ant Sua.. W.S0: eutaid N.a.
Gen. Menoher Heads List
of 24 Officers Selected
by Pershing for Honors
K !nbow Division Commander
Decorated by Secretary
Baker for His Brilliant
Services in War.
Washington, Jan. 19. Ten major
generals, 13 br.gadier generals and
one colonel have been selected by
General Pershing for distinguished
service medals for their work in con
d'ec'tion with the creation of the
American army in France, and its
successful assault of the German
lines. The citations were made pub
lic today by the War department.
One of the major generals,
Charles T. Menoher, commander of
Forty-second (Rainbow) division,
now director of air service, was dec
orated yesterday by Secretary Bak
er.. General Pershing's citation of
this officer showed that the division
participated in practically all of the
important i engagements of the
American army and it said that tin
"reputation as a fighting unit of the
Forty-second division is in no small
measure due to the soldierly quali
ties and military leadership of this
officer." '
. The other major generals to be
decorated are William M. Wright,
successively commander of the
Thirty-seventh division, the Third,
Fifth and Seventh army corps and
Eighty-ninth division;. George W.
YOUTHFUL AUTO
THIEF WOUNDED
BY DETECTIVES
Edward White, 17 Years Old,
Shot When Officers Find
Him With Stolen Car;
Injury Not Serious.
Edward White, alia- Anderson,
17 years old, 1411 Chicago street,
was shot through the left shoulder,
and Arthur Muir, 16, 60S North
Twentieth street, were arrested Sat
urday night when detectives came
upon them driving an automobile
stolen from B. B. Barnette, 410
North Twenty-second street. A
third boy escaped.
Detectives . Anderson, Baughman
and Potach came upon the lads at
Thirteenth and Jones street and at
tempted toiarrest them for driving
a car withimt lights." The three
lads' leaped from the automobile and
ran in different directions. Detec
tive Anderson captured Muir after
shooting once tf frighten him. De
tective Potach took after White
and another unidentified boy, and
shot twice, one of the bullets evi
dently glancing from the pavement
and lodging in White's left shoulder,
directly -above the heart. ; The in
jury was not serious. .
White Arrested in Room.
The two boys escaped and White
was arrested Sunday afternoon in
his room at 1411 Chicago street.
Detectives Dunn and Jensen, broke
open the barricaded door and found
him in bed.
The detectives were unaware that
White was shot until they reported
for duty Sunday night.
Police surgeons dressed' White's
wound and he was taken to the
county jail by Juvenile, Officer Vos
berg, White was booked under the name
of Anderson for grand larceny.
Muir, who was driving the car, was
booked for investigation.
The detectives recovered the cat
before Barnette reported his loss to
the polic.
Police say that White and Muir
were arrested two months ago for
stealing an automobile.
Flying Boat Will Be
First Airship to Cross
Atlantic, Says Builder
New York, Jan. 19. Sir Charles
C. Allen, head of the Gosport Air
craft company, yachtsman, who ar
rived here today, said that had the
British government allowed the use
of an aircraft engine that had been
developed, the Atlantic would have
been crossed by airships at least
four times by-this time.
"It is logical that a flying boat
must be the craft to make the trans
Atlantic trip," said Sir Charles. "We
are building the largest flying boat
in the world at the present time,
which can make the trip and return
at an economical speed of 75 miles
an hour if necessary. (It would be
a sportsman's game to cross by air
plane at high speed, but it- is the
flying boat that will be selected to
make the voyage an undoubtedsuc
cess." '',
Government of Ukrainia
. Overturned by Bolsheviki
Geneva, Jan. 19. Kiev is in the
hands of Bolshevist forces, who
have overturned the Ukrainian gov
ernment, according tQ a Prague dis
patch received here.
Suadav. iJ J9: TWO TENTS
aottaa alr X v w l
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6ENERAV iftOsV. :
Read, Thirtieth division; John L.
Hines, successively regimental, bri
gade, division and corps command
er; Charles H. Muir, Twenty-eighth
division; Charles P. Summerall, First
division and Fifth army corps; Wil
liftm G. Haau, Thirty-second divi
sion; Henry T. Allen, Ninetieth di
vision; Adelbert P. Cronkhite,
(Continued on Pago Two, Column Three.)
SERBS ill RAO
PRICE OF SUIT ill
BELCR!E,$200
Picture of Great Misery in
Balkan Kingdom ' Drawn
in Report Received at
Washington, .
Washington, Jan. 19.r-Tbs - offi
cial bureau of information of the
kingdom .of the Serbs, Croats And
Slovens made public today a dis-patch-'from
Belgrade giving a pic
ture of the great misery which pre
vails in liberated Serbia. Ihe dis
patch, dated January 14, says in
part:
"Belgrade today presents the as
pect of a convalescent iafter serious
illness.' The population, which be
fore the war numbered 100,000. is
now .reduced to a half.- Certain
streets and even certain quarters
are still , deserted. Many houses
have' been destroyed, wholly or in
part, by, the bombardment. There
is a want of material to reconstruct
them. -
"Trade is dealing only in goods of
prime necessity. All other mer
chandise is available in very small
quantities. The prices in consequence
are extraordinarily high. A suit
of clothes costs $200; a pair of
boots $50; . hats $10 to $14; shirts
$20 and stockings $6. In the prov
inces . the state of things is , still
worse.' AH the children' are anaemic
and infant mortality is great.
"All communication between Bel
grade and Saloniki is interrupted.
It is also impossible' to pass the
Sava river, the great bridge being
destroyed. As a consequence, Ser
bia is practically isolated from the
world. . The population, whatever
their social position, are complete
ly without' underclothing and are
forced to wear; ill-fitting, and worn
clothes. - Some are even in rags.
"The prevailing misery is terrible.
It is impossible to apply the most
elementary measures of hygiene, as
there is no means of taking baths
or washing linen. A kilogram (two
pounds) of very inferior soap costs
$4." .'
Association Formed !N
to Assist Discharged
Soldiers and Sailors
New York, Jan. 19. The Ameri
can Soldiers and Sailors Protective
association, the chief supporter of
which is said to be a leading financier
and the avowed object of which is to
fight the spread of bolshevism
among officers and men released
from the nation's service and out of
work, has been formed here by a
group of discharged army officers, it
was announced today. Headquarters
have been openedA'"' tne announce
ment said the association has already
the financiail backing of 32 pronn--rent
business men.
Efforts of the organization, which
was conserved by Lieut. - L. D.
Mayne, will consist chiefly in pro
viding the discharged man with
whatever he -needs money, credit,
help in finding a job or aid in get
ting to his home town.
Shipyards Metal Workers , '
. to Strike for Wags Raise
Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 19.-The Ta
coma Metal Trades council voted
unanimously last night to strike next
Tuesday in the shipyards here to
enforce demands for a new wr.ge
scale. The Seattle Metal Trades
council already haj voted a ship
yard strike on the same dnv. Ap
proximatelj' 9,000 men will" be af
fected, i
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General Strike Declared at
Leipsic; . Situation at
Berlin Virtually State .
. of Siege.
London, Jan. 19. Grave election
riots are taking place today in Ger
many, where the people are Voting
to choose members of the national
assembly. A general strike has been
declared at Leipsic, which is with
out gas and water, according to
Copenhagen advices to the Ex
change Telegraph company.
The deaths of Dr. Karl Lieb
knecht and Rosa Luxemburg appear
to have made a deep impression in
provincial towns and to have l;d
to the demonstrations and street
fighting, it is reported.
At Leipsic a mob is said to have
destroyed the election bureau of
the democratic party and to have
confiscated the evening editions of
the Leipsic Tageblatt Zeitung and
General Gazette, compelling those
papers to publish a declaration de
ploring the "murders in Berlin" and
blaming the government for them.
Strikes and demonstrations are re
ported - in Dusseldorf and other
towns.
Airmen were flying over Berlin
today and bombarding the city with
pamphlets issued by all the political
parties, it is reported.
Berlin in State of Siege.
Berlin, Jan. 19. Although a state
of siege has not beeformally de
clared, a situation amounting virtu
ally to a state of siege exists in Ber
lin. The government has taken all
military measures needful to pro
tect the voters and safeguard the
elections. . .
If any of the 800 polling places in
Berlin are compelled to close as a
result of interference, it is planned
to repeat the election eight days
hence under reinforced military pro
tection. 'As the system of propor
tional election has been adopted, the
counting of the ballot will occupy
nearly a week.
Elections in German territory . 'ti
Posen, now occupied by Poles, will
be held if necessary under the pro
tection of troops.
Mob Clashes With Troops.
Spartacans attacked the Ho
tel Viegner, at'Breslau, where the
campaign bureau of the German
democratic party was located. After
demolishing the interior, they at
tempted to set the hotel on fire, but
were dispersed by government
troops.
Five Spartacan leaders, identified
with the recent rebellion, were shot
dead last night while attempting to
escape.
A, special dispatch from Appeln
says that the negotiations between
the coal miners and the operators,
Which were being conducted by the
minister of the interior, came to an
abrupt ending, because of the ex.
orbitant demand of,, the workers.
The meeting was very stormy, the
conservative element among the
miners being terrorized by Sparta
can agitators who were well sup
plied with money and bolshevik lit
erature printed in Polish.
- Lynching Defended ,
"Liebknecht and Luxemburg fell
as, victims of . their. ;own terrorist
tactics1," said Philipp Scheidemann,
secretary for foreign affairs in the
Ebert cabinet in a speech at Cassel
today. , . , i
The socialist newspaper Vor
waerts, while condemning the lynch
ing of the Spartacan leaders, also
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Underwriters Would Bar 1
. Nitro-Cellulcse Films
New York, Jan.-19. Engineers of
the National Board -of Fire Under
writers, in a report made public here
today on -motion picture film fires
in which lives have been lost and
much . property destroyed, warned
against possible repetitions - "in
countless; cities throughout: the
United States.", - , .
Elimination, of "The .inflammable
nitro-cellulose film and the substitu
tion of the noninflamniable acetate
film, the report says, is not at pres
ent possible, but the engineers urge
"the enactment of laws prohibiting
the further printing of motion pic
tures upon nitro-cellulose films."
Meanwhile, It says, every leffort to
reduce the fire hazard : should be
thrown around the present stock of
inflammable films.
Unparalleled Flying Stunt
-Planned by Aviator M'Auley
Forth Worth. Trie.. Tan ioa
effort to'fly in 48 hours from Fort
Worth to San Diego, Cal., hark to
Fort Worth, and thence to Jackson
ville, Fla.. and finally back to Fort
Worth will be marl hv fair T
C. McAuley, .commander of Tatia-
ierro nein, starting Sunday at (lay
break. He made a round trip to the
Pacific coast si week imi i fn,r
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