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WILSON MAKES TRIP,
IN HEAVY SNOWSTORM
Paris, Jan. 26. President and Mrs.
Wilson, accompanied by Rear Ad
miral Grayson and a srjiall paty of
American and French generajs, left
Paris at 8 o'clock this morning by
automobile fora visit to the Chateau-'!'
hierry and Kheims regions.
A heavy snowstorm started about
I lie same time that President Wilson
began his trip. " The storm covered
ihc entire devastated region.
DENIES MOONEY FUND
WAS USED FOR I. W. W.
Chicago, Jan. 26. Charges that
money raised for the defense of
Thomas Mooney in San Francisco
has been used for the I. WAV.,
made by Ira M. O-rnburn, secretary
of the Connecticut Federation of
Labor, re denied by E. D. Nolan
of San Francisco, secretary-treasurer
of the International Workers,'
Defense league, under whose aus
pices the recent Mooney convention
was held.
"Mr. Irnburn was here for the
fust two days of the convention and
because of the turmoil created by
elements which . properly had no
place in the sathering. obtained u:i
erroneous idea," said Wr. Nolan.
HANGING MARSHALL'S
REMEDY FOR BOLSHEVISM.
Baltimore, Md.j Jan. 26. Vice
President Marshall, in an address
at the Presbyterian rally, here to
night, said that Bolshevism and all it
represented must be suppressed in
Ibis country and those leaders who
were instrumental in trying to pre
cipitate riot and bloodshed should
be Hanged. The great congregation
sf Presbyterians vigorously applaud
ed the vice president's declaration.
FLY FROM THE GULF TO .
GREAT LAKES AND BACK.
Houston, Tex., Jan. 26. Two De
Haviland Liberty motor planes,
which left Ellington Field Decem
ber 14 for an observation flight
from the gulf to the great !akc.
returned today, after covering 2,".)
miles in 28 hours and 50 minutes.
The planes were operated by Lieu
tenants J- U. Wegener, Lawson
Henry, E. H. Hilt and B. W. Jones.
Lieutenant Hilt was flight com
mander. SOLDIER RETURNS
WITH THREE MEDALS.
New York, Jan, 25. The transport
C'aronia and the naval supply ship
Melville arrived here today bringing
4.195 officers and men of the army
nd navy from Overseas.
One of the Caronia's casuals, Lt,
Thomas R. Darden, formerly a
Washington correspondent for the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, brought
back three medals, the croix . de
guerre, the medal of King Albeit
of Belgium and the "Hindcnburg"
medal, especially struck off by the
liritistw to commemorate the break
ing; of the Hindenburg line.
Lieut. Darden was gassed twice
and was wounded by shrapnel from
j ' booby trap" set by the Germans
AMERICAN APOLLO '
DISCOVERED IN ARMY.
Atlantic Citv. N. I.. Tan. 26. The
American Aooilo has been d scover-!
ed and his proportions measured, j
A committee appointed by the Na-
tional Associat.on of Merchant Tail
ors to seek the "perfect man an
nounced today that it had found him
in the national army and would ana
lyre him when the association con
venes here this week. He :s worthy
of being a "world model," the com
mittee asserted.
"The idea that physical perfec
tion among men should be measured
by bulk is all wrong," said thj in
vestigators, who, after scrutinizing
the "best specimens", at the, various
arniv cantonments, decided Apollo
shotild be five feet eight and we gh
Uii'i pounds. His chest must mea
sure 38 inches, waist 3VA, hips 39li,
thigh 214 and calt U.
BRIDAL SHOWER GIVEN
TAFT ON CANADIAN TRIP.
Chatham, Ont., Jan. 26. The auto
mobile in which ex-President Wil
liam Howard Taft was being taken
to the railroad station here was mis
taken for the machine of a bridal
party that was leaving on the same
train. The former chief executive
of the United States was showered
with rice and confetti. He thorough
ly enjoyed the joke, which hc
cepted as being on the crowd, and
his infectious smile, as he emerged
from the machine, set everybody
laughing.
37 More I. W.-W." Landed
t in Leavenworth Prison
T Vin Tan 26. A
special car, bringing 37 Industrial
Workers of the World, recently, con
victed at Sacramento,' Cal., reached
the federal penitentiary here last
night. The prisoners are to serve
sentences ranging from 2 to 10
years. ,
As in th( case of the 93 Industrial
Workers sent from Chicago last fall,
the ri'soners W'H De distributed
through the prison and each man
will be assigned to work suited to
his ability, his wishes and the needs
of the prison. -
Americans and Italians
Join in Victory Jubilee
New York, 'Jan. 26. America and
Italy united today in an inspiring
celebration on Italy's heroic achieve
ments in the triumphant war against
autocracy and distinguished men of
both nations took occasion to pledge
- anew their fealty in the common
cause of democracy. The celebra
tion was held at the Metropolitan
Opera house, under the auspices of
the Italian-America society. '
Charles E. Hughes, president of
the society, read cabled greeting
from President Wilson.
Flie3 90 Miles in 22 Minutes.
Oklahoma City, Jan. 26. Flying
90 miles in 22 minutes, an average
speed of approximately 2fc0 miles- an
hour, was the feat accomplished yes
terday by Lieut. Robert B. Baker,
stationed at Post Field. Fort Sill.
Oklahoma, it became known here
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Protection of Producers Until
Peace Is Restored iHeld
Necessary by Food
Administration.
Paris, Jan. 26. Herbert Hoover,
United States food administrator
and director general of the interna
tional relief organization, gave out
the following statement today:
"The dominating food problem in
the United States at this" moment
is a very much bigger problem than
tho Chicaga packers. It is a problem
of the American farmer, v ,
"If the packer's profit of 2 or J per
cent on bis turn over is too high,
it is the duty of congress to tax
it on him. If the farmer's prices
threaten to fall below the level of
a fair return, it behoves the coun
try to do some quick, clear think
ing. '
;The perplexities arising out ot
the inability to demobilize totally
the food situation of the world in
the peried between the armistice and
peace make the farmer's position in
the matter of much more immediate
concern than the future of the Chi
cago packers. -
supplies Enormously Increased.
"laicing it Jiroadly, before the
European war began we exported
about 5,000,000 tons of food a year.
'1 his year we are prepared to export
at the rate of from 15,000,000 to 20,
000,000 of tons. The increase repre
sents the patriotic service of the
American larmer, plus tne voluntary
sacrifice of the average American
under the stimulation' of the pleas
from the allied ' governments that
without an enormous increase, in
our food supplies their' very lives
WvuM be menaced... - -
4'We are thus, faced with a serious
problem with respect to our own
great supplies, patriotically accumu
lated: lt an eany peace is signeu
and the markets ot Europe are open
ed freely to trade, there will be a
greater demand tor food trom the
i.ew mouthg than ever this surplus
could supply, liut in the periods be
tween tue armistice and peace we
have a very liihicuit situation. s
Fats Shortage Critical.
"One of tne most critical food
shortages in the world was that of
fats and the only help lay in an
increase In .the American, hug. Our
Agriculture department-and tue lood
admin:stration spared no efforts to
stimulate tnis production. Our farm
ers were assured that in the general
shortage, subject only to the uncer
tainties of war, they would exper
ience no difficulty in marketing their
products. Due to the savings of our
people and the gradual increased
production, of our farmers, we have
lifted our ability to export from
50,000,000 pounds of fats per month
in the summer of 1917 tc400,000,000
pounds per month in this January.
"To, achieve this mobilization of
fats it was necessary to mobilize the
packers as welt as the farmers. There
is no doubt that the vast volume of
business brought profit to the pack
ers, although at a tess percentage
than before the food administration
took charge of it.
"Other factors have entered into
the situation. For instance the inac
tive armies and munition workers
are consuming less fats and the
vegetable is freed for human con
sumption. This came upon us im
mediately with the armistice in early
November, in the midst of our
heaviest hog .marketing season,
which lasts from October until
March.
"When I left home for Europe in
Continued on P Two, Column It.)
Nebraska Boys Sleep
in Rooms Formerly
Reserved for Kaiser
From' a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Jan. 26l (Special.)
Seventy-two Lincoln boys, with
Major Spealman's hospital unit
at Coblenr, Germany, are occupy
ing several suites of rooms at the
Kruhotel, a famous European
water spot, and a fovorite stop
ing place of the former fcaiser, ac
cording to letters received by rela
tives here
Major Spealman, who before go
ing overseas was prominent in the
affairs of the Nebraska National
guard, is himself occupying the
suite of rooms usually reserved at
the Kruthotel for Kaiser Wilhelm.
Spealman's sanitary unit is a mem
ber of the famous Rainbow divis
ion. It is made up practically en
tirely of Lincoln boys.
After nearly six months in the
muddy trenches and dugouts of
France, the boys are finding 'the
luxurous splendors of the Kru
hotel a welcome relief, and they
are living like millionaires. There
are 100 famous sulphur baths at
the Kruhotel, in which the water
bubbles, up through the marble
flror and is heated electrically, to
suit the feelings of the doughboys.
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Uncle Sam Wondering How
Far He Will Have to Go to
"Enforce Prohibition Law
Revenue Department Already Has Big Force of Raid
er;. Cities May Furnish Bigger Problem Than -Mountain
Districts of the South; Penitenti
ary Offense to Manufacture Liquor.
I By ROBERT W. HPBBS.
Staff Correspondent of Universal
Service.
Washington, Jan. 26. Uncle Sam
is wondering just how far he may
have to go to enforce the war-time
prohibition law, which goes into ef
fect July 1. After that it's going
to be unlawful tomanufacture or
sell liquor and the internal revenue
bureau expects a great outbreak of
"moonshining." It is somewhat
fearful also lest there be increased
activity, among peddlers of illegal
drugs.
The law puts the enforcement of
war-time prohibition up to the com
missioner of internal revenue and
legislation is now pending in con
gress, appropriating $1,500,000 for
an enforcement division of that bu
reau. . But a million and a-haji would
not go far in policing the country
against,"booze" and the commission
er knows it.
No plans are making for a federal
police system. "We expect to secure
the enforcement through the local
and state officers," said Acting Dep
uty Commissioner Gaylord, in
charge of the preliminary work the
bureau is doing in the matter. It is
probable that special United States
attorneys will be assigned each state
to co-operate wj,th the district at
torneys offices to prepare' cases for
prosecution under the war prohibi
tion law and there will be a director
of investigation in each. His duty
will be twofold. He will arrange co
operation with the local and state
authorities and will himself direct
investigations on which prosecutions
will be based. No plans have been
made as yet looking to the number
of assistants these directors may
have in any territory. "Those mat
ters must be matters of develop
ment," said Mr. Gaylord. v
.' Has Raiding Force.
The bureau already has an effi
cient raiding-force-developed from,
its long fight against the moon
shiners. The size of this force has
been considerably augmented recent
ly by theneeds for protecting the
soldiers in the southern canton
ments from moonshine whisky and
by the spread of prohibition over
new territory.
Increased profit to the distiller of
FOUR PERSONS
INJURED WW
CAR TURNS OVER
Mishap Results When Driver
Jams on Brakes to Avoid
Street Car and Strikes
Rut in Road. ,
Four persons were injured last
night when an automobile in which
thiy were riding turned turtle at
Thirteenth and Hickory streets. W.
F. Irfman, Bouquet hotel, and Anna
Nelson, 1315 William street, the
most severely injured, were taken to
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Witmer, Company 11, One Hundred '
and Sixty-third Depot
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Camp Dodge, Iowa, who was driving
the car, received severe lacerations
about the head,
mer, his wife,
bruised back.
Mrs. Florence Wit
suffered a slightly
In order to avoid colliding with a
southbound street car, Corporal
Witmer, who was driving east on
Hickory street, jammed the brakes
of the car, at the same time striking
a rut in the road, which caused the
car to turn over.
Leo A. Hoffmann, who was pass
ing took the injured to the hospital in
his automobile.- W. F. Inman suffer
ed a contusion of the, head and deep
cuts about the face and hands. Miss
Nelson received ugly injuries of the
head and arms.
The automobile, a rented xar, was
badly daTnaged.
Burglar Fits Himself
to Enter High Society
A burglar with full dress regaV is
at large- Police are - looking. . for
him. The full dress outfit, together
with two neatly tailored suits, ' a
watch, a traveling bag. and a suit
case, was stolen out of the hoine ot
L. S. Whitniore3319 Center street,
Sunday afternoon when the famrly
was absent. - - -
"Entrance was gained .through a
rear door.
rVlilitary Police Raid -
N. Y. Gambling Resort
Min.M, M V Tin Oh Tnixinr,
forces with county detectives, armed j
military police from Camp Mills,
rounded up more than 100 prisoners
in a raid today on a gambling resort
opposite the Belmont park race!
track. Scores of racing charts and j
great piles of poker- chips were
seized. Seven were held; thi "others ,
released, . j
OMAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1919.
illicit whisky lias led many into the
business and the government's "fly
ing squadron," led by Col. Daniel
Porter, has been busy. In the first
four months, the flying squadron
took more than 300 prisoners, raid
ed more than 100 stills and recom
mended more than 400 prosecutions.
Colonel Porter, revenue officer at
Nashville, was brought to Washing
ton to take charge of this work. He
was given his pick of the old-time
moonshine j raiders of the depart
ment. His work was so effective
that when he applied for admission
to the army he was made a major.
He is about to be released from
military service to head the new
flying squadrons in the fight against
illicit whisky.
Cities May Prove Problem.
Colonel Porter's work has been
largely in the mountains of. the
south, but the department regards
the seat ofSts most serious opera
tions under the new law as likely to
be in the large cities. In the moun
tains the smoke from the still, if the
operations are of any size, and the
fumes from the mash make it easy
to detect the presence of stills, brrt
in the -big cities the smoke would
be lost in the clouds from the great
chimneys and- the fumes could not
be detected among the thousand
odors of the streets. How to pro
ceed there is giving anxiety to the
bureau.
Under the wartime prohibition, it
will be. punishable offense to manu
facture' liquor, even if for personal
use, but to have liquor in one's pos
session and to ue it. if it was pro
duced in "the period before the law
went into" effect would not be pun
ishable. To enforce the law the
government raiders might force their
way into homes to see if stills were
being operated in cellars or closets.
Officials of the internal revenue
bureau will not, specify the cities
in which thev expect to have to
teperatc;bu"t It k"riowrV the are study
ing tne situations in ikw. ium,
Chicago, San Francisco and other
large wet centers.
When congress passes enforce
ment legislation under the prohi
bition amendment that's another
thing, and the department's activi
ties then will be determined by th
character of the legislation.
0ES11LER COUPLE
KILLED WHILE
ON II
John Rodenburg, Bank Presi
dent, and Wife, Lose Lives
in Auto Accident in ,
California.
Deshler, Neb., Jan. 26. (Special
Telegram.) John Rodenburg, pres
ident of the Farmers and Merchants
1ank of this place, and his.foride of
a few weeks, were killed near
Orange, Cal., in an automobile acci-
de"t a,"PrAin.g-.i .
wnicu CdLiicQ relatives IICIC lUUdJ.
Thd rniinlo urArf. c a lintlpvfnrtnn
trip, and were visiting friends and
relatives in California. Mr. Roden
burg, a pioneer resident of Deshler,
was married to Mrs. H. Wefel, also
a resident of Deshler, a short time
ago.
The bodies will be brought here
for burial. '
Auto Thieves Take
Car -Before Owner
Obtains ps License
Several minutes after C. E.
Lowry, 3027 Lincoln boulevard, pur
chased a new automobile Saturday
night, thieves stole it. Mr. Lowry
left the car standing near Seven
teenth and Harney streets while he
was applying for a license number.
When he returned the car wSiTgone.
Two unidentified men were foiled
in an attempt to steal an automobile-belonging
to Fred Delfs, Harney
hotel, Saturday night. After failing
to start the motor the men pushed
iMo Thirteenth and Harney streets
an3 abandcnedt when the owner
came after themj They boarded a
Council Bluffs strett car.
An automobile stolen from Ralph
Towl, 4714 South Twenty-fourth
street, was recovered by detectives
near the city- limits in Benson.
Dr. I. W. Connell, Blackstone ,
tet, reported the loss of an automo-
,frm tron! P the Fontenelle
hotel Saturday night.
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SWISS Ration Increased,
Berne, Jan. ?.(,. The Swiss daily
bread ration will be increased from
250 to 300 grammes February 1, as
a result of the increased harvest and
betterment of import conditions,
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PICIIOf SAYS
AGREEMENT
ON LEAGUE IS
NOW ASSURED
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No Responses Yet Received
From Russian Elements
- to Invitatiof) to Hold
- Conference.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Jan. 26. Stephen , Pichon,
the French foreign minister, receiv
ed the Associated Press and Amer
ican, British,; Italian and Japanese
newspaper correspondents at his pri
vate office in the foreign office today,
and talked freely and frankly of the
status of the big foreign questions
as tyty are afiected by the confer
ence. The meeting was in the same
room where the council of the great
powers meets.
"We have no response from any of
the Russian elements," said the
minister, answering the first ques
tion, relative to the invitation to the
Russians to meet at Princes islands
for a conference with the allied and
associated powers."
The minister was asked if non-official
statements were accepted as in
dicating that the meeting at Prince
islands would not take pRce. f
"There is some doubt as to that,
replied M. Pichon, "as the bolshe
vists do not say positively that they
will not attend, but merely present
some objections."
' May Change Meeting Place.
, As to whether a meeting could be
arranged elsewhere than Princes
islands the minister replied that
was a question for the council, and
as he was only one of the members
he could not say what they would
do. The minister added, however,
that the opinion expressed by the
Russian groups in Paris seemed to
embody the views of the gove?n
ments they represented. If no meet
ing took plaft on Princes islands, it
would, then be .for the council .to
say what the next ste'j with refer
ence to Russia would be.
When asked if the bolshevists
were a da facto government, the
minister answered: -
"They Have a de facto existence
and this has led to their being in
vited with the others."
Concerning the various interests
in Syria and Arabia, M. Pichon ex
pressed the belief that all "can be
reconciled by mutual concession."
In reply to the question as to how
long it would be before there was an
agreement on the league of nations,
he said:
"That is difficult to say before we i
have a full plan. The drafting will
be the work of a committee, and
then the Conference must pass on the
work. But it is evident that there
(Continued on Fane Two, Column Three.)
Majority Socialists ' 1
Poll Large Plurality
in German Election
Geneva, Jan. 26. Full returns
from the German" elections show the
majority socialists polled 11,112,450
votes or 39.3 per cent of the total
number cast. The Christian people's
partv, formerly the centrists, cast
5,338,804, or 18.8 per cent of the to
tal cast. The German national party
cast 2,739,196, or 9.62 per cent.
The independent socialist strength
was shown by the fact that the
party's vote was but 7.68 per cent of
the total for the country or 2,18,8,305.
The German people's party cast the
smallest vote of any of the larger
organizations, its total numbering
1,106,408, or 3.8 per cent. The re
mainder of the votes was cast by
smaller party organizations. ,
The democrats polled 5,552,930, or
19.5 per cent.
Strike Darkens Belfast.
Belfast. Jan. 26. Owing to a strike
of the dock yard ,and municipal
workers the entire city of Belfast
was without gas or eleciricity to
day. There was no street car ser
vice and tonighl the people had to
do without electric lights.-
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Improving Every Day.
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President Wilson Voices
His Admiration for Work
of French Women in War
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Tells Delegation Suffrage Is Domestic Question for the
Several Nations, But Expresses Hope That Cause
of Women All Over World May Receive
Consideration of Peace Conference.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Jan. 26. The text of Presi
dent Wilson's address to a delega
tion, representing the working wo
men of France, who called on him
at the Murat mansion to urge that
the peace conference! include wo
man suffrage among the points to
be settled by the conference follows:
"Madamoiselle Thompson and
Ladies: You have not only done me
a great honor, but you have touch
ed me very much by this unexpected
tribute; and may I add that you
have frightened me. because realiz
ing the great confidence you ;place
in me, I question my own ability to
justify that confidence.
"ou have not 'placed your confi
dence wrongly in my hopes and pur
poses, but perhaps not all of those
hopes and purposes can be realized
in the great matter that you have so
much at heart the right of women
to take their full share in the pol
itical life of the nations to which
they belong. That is necessarily a
domestic question for the several
nations. A conference of peace
settling the relations of nations with
each other would be regarded as go
ing very much outside its province
if it undertook to dictate to the sev
eral states what their internal pol
icy should be.
Gives Ground for Hope.
"At the same time these consid
erations apply also to the conditions
of labor, and it does not seem to be
LEAGUE WILL 6E
INCORPORATED
IN PEACE PACT
All Civilized Nations Eligible;
Conference Weathers First
Storm and Agrees on
Line of Action.'
Taris, Jan. 26. The peace confer
ence on Saturday weathered its first
storm, and under the inspiration of
a speech by President Wilson and
skillfully'guided'by M. Clemenceau,
the chairman, unanimously adopted
resolutions declaring for a league of
nation. The conference also went
.on record in favor of incorporating
the league as an integral part of the
general treaty of peace and admit
ting to the league "everjicrvilized
nation which can be relied on to pro
mote its objects."
Belgium,, Serbia,v Roumania, Port
ugal, Brazil, Siamv China and
Czecho-Slovakia protested against
the various committees beiug large
ly restricted to the great powers,
and asked for proportionate repre
sention privileges, particularly on
bodies dealing with the league of
nations, labor and reparation far war
damages. i ,
Clemenceau Heals Breach.
Although this was a cloudno big
ger than a man's hand, it threatened
at one time to grow into a general
alignment of- the small powers
against the five great powers. This,
however, was averted by M. Clemen
ceau's good-tempered and skillful
direction.
The session had the same impres
sive dignity, as the open session with
a picturesque setting of Arabs and
Indians in their turbans and tunics,
as well as a disinguished array of
prime ministers and other world
figures. President Wilson for the
first tyne was accompanied by the
entire American delegation, Col E.
M. House having recovered suffi
ciently from his illness to be pres
ent. , v
Adopted Without Dissent.
Although it had been expected that
LloyfKGeorge would open the dis
cussion.on the league of nations,
President Wilson has this honor.,
The president was followed by Mr.
Lloyd George in a brief address and
the resolution favoring the league
was adopted without dissent after
the proposal had been seconded by
Premier Orlando for Italy, Paul
Hymans for Belgium and Mr. Lu for
China.
When the other resolutions were
brought up and the protests of the
representatives of the small powers
were made, M. Clemenceau made a
plea for harmony and on his assur
ance that the supreme council would
give attention to the viewpoint of
the small" nations, alt proposed
amendments were withdrawn and
the resolutions "were accepted unan
imously, x
Relief Steamer Sails.
Hoboken, N. J, Jan. 26.-The
steamship Westward Ho,attached
to the United States navv. sailed
Lfrom here today bound for Danzig
with 2,000,000 worth of food and
clothing for, the war stricken popu
lation of Poland. The relief ship is
making the trip under the auspices
of the joint distribution' committee
of the American fund for Jewish war
sufferers and the Polish
national
committee of America
TWO CENTS,
unlikely that the conference will
take some action by way of express
ing -its sentiments at any rate with'
regard to the international aspects
at least of labor, and I should hope
that some occasion might be offered
for the case, not only of the women
of France, but of their sisters all
over the world, to be presented to
the consideration of the conference.
"The conference is turning out to
be a rather unwieldy .body, a very
large body representing a great
many nations, large ana sman, oia
and new and the method of organ-,
izing itsvork successfully, I am
afraid, will have to be worked out
stage by stage. Therefore, I have
no confidents prediction to make as
to the way im which it can take up
questions of this sort.
But what I have most at heart!
today is to avail myself ot this op
portunity to express my admiration
for the women of France and my ad
miration for the women of all the
nations that have (been engaged in
the war. By the fortunes of this
war the chief burden has fallen upon
the women of France, and they
have borne it with a spirit and a de
votion which has commanded the
admiration of the world.
Sympathy For .France.
"I do not think the. people of
France fully realize, perhaps, the in
tensity of the sympathy that other
(Continued on fare Two, Column Two.)
MANUEL RETURNS
TO NATIVE LAI
TO LEAD REVOLT
former King Manuel "Crosses
River Into Portugal, Re-
" port iff Spain;" Cabi
' net Resigns.
Vigo. Spain, Jan. 26. Former
King Manuel is reported to have
entered Portugal Saturday, having
Crossed the Minho river at Caminha.
: Friends . Maintain Silence.
London, Jan..26. The private sec
retary of King Manuel of Portugal L
is authority tor the statement that
Manuel still is in London and that
he does not in)end to go to Portu
gal. '
On the other hand, close friends
of the former king, who" hitherto
had denined rumors that he hi left
England, refused-today to comment
on the report that, he had entered
Portugal.
Portuguese Qabinet Resigns.
Lisbon, Jan. 26.-rThe Portuguese
cabinet has resigned.
In an official-note the government
explains that, although the monarch
ist government in Braganza, Lis
bon and other places has been over
come, in still other districts the
military and civil elements are seek-
msr to revive nuarrels amonsr the re
publicans. Wherefore, the members,
not desiring to weaken, the republi
can forces in the present grave hour,
decided to resign, but will cont nue
their functions until a new govern
ment is formed. ,
The royalist, movement in the
north, which was restricted to Opor
to and Braga, is now being put down
by concentration of republican
troops.
i ne movement nas neen com
pletely stamped out in Lisbon, where
some infantry, cavalry and artillery
occupied the two forts of Mon
santo hill and hoisted the royalist
flag Wednesday.
These forces surrendered last
night after a prolonged bombard
ment by government troops, aided
by marines and battalions of civilian
volunteers who enthusiastically of
fered their services for the defense
of the republic. .
Republicans United.
This movement has had an ex
cellent effect in uniting all republic
ans to the cause of putting aside di
vergencies. Ihe political prisoners
taken in the recent Santarem rising
offered unconditionally their, serv
ices to the government againSt the
royalists. These men included
Major Castre, who had escaped
from prison.
- The casualties resulting from the
fighting in Lisbon aggregated 12
dead and 51 wounded.
Troops from Lisbon are now pvo
ceeding to the north. Government
troops attacked the rebels and' in
flicted severe losses upon them in
bayonet fighting which proceeded
the withdrawal of the insurgents
from Monsanto hill. Two batteries
of artillery and many prisoners were
captured. " '
A republican airplane flew over
the city Saturday, dropping leaflets,
and the president rode through the
streets, being received with enthusi
asm. Incendiary fires, kindled in
the outskirts of Lisbon during the
day were quickly extinguished.
Wire communication with Bratra
LOporto, - Vianna and Vizeu is still
interrupted. ' , -
Sunday. 13 SO:
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In r -M r
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War Preparations Announced
Following Battle at Town
on the Frontier Between
Prussia and Silicia.
Amsterdam, Jan. 26. Czech
troops have captured Oderberg from
the Poles after sanguinary fighting,
according to a displtch from the
Brest National council.
Oderberg is a town of 1,500 popu
lation situated on the Oder river
on the frontier between Austrian
Silicia and Prussia,
Germans Preparing to Fight.
Berlin, Jan. 26. Vorwaerts com
menting on the fighting between the
Czechs and Toles . tt. Oderberg
says:
"We will not again let Germany
bt made the arena for all sorts of
ventures and battles. The govern
ment is making all preparations to
assure the safety of our peoples
against Polish imperialism as well
as against the Czechs."
Bolsheviki Advance on Libau.
London, Jan. 26. A dispatch to
the Exchange Telegraph from
Copenhagen quotes advices trom Re
val that Leon Trotzky, bolshevik
minister of w'ar and marine escaped
from Narva before the town was
captured, but that a regiment of the
Red guard and a number of its offi
cers were made prisoner.
The dispatch adds the Reds kill
ed the bourgoisie who remained in
Narva and also the entire popula
tions of surrounding villages, owing
tfj the inability of the people to pay
the heavy taxes imposed on them.
The bolsheviki are advancing
against Libau, which, according to
report, will be defended by the Brit
ish squadron there.
A Basel dispatch Friday reported
that Trotzky did not make his es
cape from Narva, while previously
an Esthonian official report said
he had escaped, from the city.
Body of Richly Clad'
Young Woman Found '
x on Jersey Palisades
Tenafly. N. J. Jan. 26. Hunter:
today discovered the body of a rich-ly-clad
oinig women concealed by
two huge boulders at one of the
loneliest spots on the Palisades
overlooking the Hudson.
The fact was swathed in band
ages over which apparently had been
poured the contents of a chloroform
bottle, found nearby. The young
woman appeared to have been dead
three or four weeks and the body
was frozen.
Though circumstances indicate
suicide the authorities think the
young woman may have been mur
dered. There was nothing on the
clothing to give any clew as- to her
ideqtity. Even the name of the drug
gist from which the chloroform was
purchased had been erased from the
label on the bottle.
Bavarian PremierWill
Attend Labor Conference
Berne, Jan. 26. Kurt Eisner, the
Bavarian premier, who it was ex
pected would attend the Internation
al Socialist and Labor conference,
has announced his intention of Com
ing and sets the date of his arrival
for January 27.
It is announced that Arthur Hen
derson, the British labor leader,
while in Paris, wilt try to induce
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, and
other American labor representatives
there to attend the conference.
Hjalmar Branting, the Swedish
socialist leader, arriveiThere tonight
by way of Germany.- He was ac
companied by two other Swedish
delegates.
Opposition in Parliament.
Heckles Japanese Ministers
Tokio, Jan. 26 The opposition
in the lower house of the Japa
nese parliament is continuing
its heckling of the government
Keisuke lochi Suki and others have
charged the government with plac
ing the Siberian interests of Japan
under American control and bav-
argued that the projected league ot
nations would prove futile.
lhe unequal treatment of t!i Taf"
anese by the United States has been
likewise pointed to, as has the prob
ability df American naval expansion.
General ElJss Decorated.
Paris, Jan. 26. Gen. Tasker II
r.Uss. American militarv renresrnia-
I vt on the supreme war council,
was decorated this morninsr with
distinguished service medal by Gcii,
John J. Pershing,