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NEAR BEJIR GOES
UNDER BAN IN NEVADA.
Carson City, Nev., March 7. The
manufacture and sale of near beer
is prohibited in Nevada tinder a de
cision handed down today by the
state supreme court. The decision
was made in an injunction suit
brought by the state against the
Reno Brewing company to test the
clause in the prohibition act, which
went into effect on December 17,
and which prohibited the manufac
ture or sale of near beer.
MAETERLINCK MARRIES
SOON AFTER DIVORCE.
Nice, March 7. Maurice Maeter
linck, Belgian playwright, several
lays ago married Renee Dahon, a
young woman of Nice, it became
known today. Maeterlinck has
lived in Nice for the last 10 years.
Maeterlinck was divorced in Paris
i few days ago by Madame Georg
ette I.e Blanc Maeterlinck, actress
and damatist.
TO DISPLAY WAR RELICS
IN CAMPAIGN FOR LOAN.
Boston, March 7. Orders to as
semble 35 trainloads of war relics
t be sent to various parts of the
country for use in connection with
the Victory loan campaign have
been received by Chester . Camp
bell, director general of the allied
war exposition, he announced here
today. The collection will include
tanks, big guns, machine guns, air
planes and other devices used by the
allied and German armies.
CHICAGO PASSES
' THREE MILLION MARK.
Chicago, March 7. Chicago has
passed the .3,000,000 population mark
according to an estimate made to
day by an official of the concern
that prints the city directory, which,
if confirmed by the next federal
census, it was said, possibly might
permit Chicago to displace Paris as
; the -fourth largest city of the world.
The estimate was said to have been
based on postal statistics.
WILSON ADVISED
BY WIRELESS OF
SHIP
Present Plan Is to Complete
Peace Treaty March 20, Six
Days After Arrival of
v the President.
Paris, March 7. President Wil
son is being advised daily by wire
less of the developments of the
peace congress, so that when he ar
rives i:i Parii he will be about as
Uitliy "-informed-'a-s-tfoosffwho. ..have
attended the sessions.
The complete military, naval and
aerial terms of the proposed peace
treaty were sent to him textually
by the American military and naval
advisers with notations and reserva
tions. This was an enormous task,
involving thousands of words suf
ficient to fill many newspaper col
umns. ' ,
The present plan is to complete
the peace treaty March 20. In this
case President Wilson would have
only six days to consider the main
subjects of the treaty when it has
reached the vital stage, except for
the wireless.
The French government will send
a special train to Brest to meet tiie
presidential party. The steamship
George Washington is expected to
arrive at Brest about i:M p. m.,
March 13, accompanied by an
armored cruiser and four torpedo
boat destroyers. The presidential
train-will leave Brest for Paris at
S p. m., arriving in Paris at 11 a.
tn.. the 14th.
French and American officials
will accompany President Wilson
to a handsomt mansion in the Tlace
Des Etats Unis, which the French
government has placed at his dis
posal. President Wilson again will
be the guest of the French nation
in deference to the courteous in
stance of the French authorities.
Man Appeate Crazed
After Hearing Speech
of Mrs. Kate O'Hare
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Seemingly crazed after hearing
Mrs. Kate O'Hare speak at a social
ist meeting at the Sweedish auditor
ium, George Brown, believed to live
at 516 North Sixteenth street, rush-
ed into the police station at mid
night last night and demanded the
arrest of a police officer with whom
he said he had quarreled. He was
unable to give the officer's name,
and soon turned the conversation to
Mrs. O'Hare.
"She s the most wonderful wo
man in the world," he shouted. "I
gave her all the money I had and I
will give her some mor in the
morning to help the cause."
Police Captain Vanous was in
formed by a witness that Brown
had boarded a Sixteenth streeet car
shortly after the socialist meeting,
and in a loud voice declared that
Mrs. O'Hare was a second Christ.
It was here that an officer inter
fered. No report of the incident was
received from any patrolman.
Brown was not held at the police
station.
Ebert Refuses Resignation
of Chancellor Scheidemann
Amsterdam, March 7. Chancellor
Scheidemann has handed his resig
nation to President Ebert to enable
the president to have a free hand to
deal with the present situation, ac
cording to the Zeitung Am Mittag
of Berlin. Ebert declined to accept
the resignation and requested
scheidemann and the cabinet to re
main in office.
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Chairman Hays Leading Fig
ure in Series of Meetings;
Urges Fervent American
Nationalism.
St. Paul, March 7. Will H. Hays,
chairman of the republican national
committee, reinforced by state lead
ers of national note, formally opened
tl.e preliminary campaign for the
1920 election in the Twin Cities
today and tonight. I
From the moment Hays arrived
in St. Paul shortly before noon, un
til the northwest rally at the St.
Paul auditorium was closed late
tonight he was the leading figure
in a series of meetings and confer
ences, which caused him to cross
and recross the Mississippi. He
talked straight politics and argued
lor an extra session of congress in
a luncheon address in Minneapolis
at noon.
He talked with prominent repub
licans from Minnesota, North Da
kota, South Dakota and Montana in
St. Paul and Minneapolis, and he
was whirled to the state capitol late
this afternoon, where he spoke be
fore a joint session of the state
legislature.
Urges Loyalty to Flag.
Mr. Hays, United States Senator
Frank B. Kellogg and Governor J.
A. liurnquist were the principal
speakers at the northwest rally to
night, Hays discussed loyalty, re
construction and congress; Kellogg
reviewed reoublican achievements,
assailed the Nonpartisan league and
George Creel, chairman of the com
mittee on public information.
We have always said We jour
ourselves to nq party that does not
follow the flag and keep step to the
music of the union, said Hays in
his address tonight. "The republi
can party has not only followed the
flag and kept step to the music ot
the union the republican party has
carried the flag and made the music
for the union.
"We will not forget that, while
we fight to make certain the rights
of free government in the world, we
have a republic to preserve in this
country; that we are a representa
tive government, not a bolshevik
syncopation; that while there is
nothing in this country that we
would not take and use for neces
sary war purposes, such taking must
be for war purposes only. The re
publican party from its inception has
stood against undue federalization
of industiies and activities. There
must be strong federal relations but
not federal ownership.
Pleads for Nationalism.
"Let us not for a moment lose
sight of our own supreme national
ism. While we seek earnestly and
prayerfully for methods of lessen
ing future wars, and will go far in
deed in an honest effort to that end,
we will accept no indefinite inter
nationalization as a substitute for
fervent American nationalism.' '
Governor Burnquist said he was
especially glad to have the oppor
tunity to assail "some misrepresen
tations made by the chairman of
the federal committee on public in
formation.
Governor Burnquist referred to
an article by George Creel, printed
in the March number of an eastern
magazine.
"George Creel accuses the citi
zens and officials of this state of
persecuting during the war certain
elements of our people for political
purposes, said the governor and he
referred to statements in Creel's ar
ticle as "infamous allegations" and
"malicious fabrications."
Discussing the league of nations,
as outlined by President Wilson,
Senator Kellogg said:
"I am willing and anxious to give
the league of nations a fair trial.
But I recognize, as all thoughtful
men must, that any league should
properly safeguard our political in
dependence and the continuance ot
our American institutions and na
tional rights."
Wage Raise Ends Great
New York Harbor Tieup
New York, March 7. The marine
workers' affiliation decided tonight
to accept the terms offered by the
railroad administration for a settle
ment of the strike which has para
lyzed trans-Atlantic and coastwise
shipping since Tuesday morning.
The railroad administration op
erates 40 per cent of the boats in
the harbor. Under the terms of the
agreement the men will have a
basic eight-hour day and will re
ceive an increase in wages. Ferry
boats, tugs and lighters will re
sume operations tomorrow.
Clemenceau Improves
Paris, March 7. (Havas.) An
other X-ray photograph was taken
yesterday of the bullet in Premier
Clemenceau's lung. It was found
that the bullet had not moved and
the premier's physician said they
were greatly pleased with the result
X of the examination.
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CAMPAIGN
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Plane of Tomorrow
Will Maintain Speed
of 90 Miles an Hour
New York, March 7. The com
mercial airplane of the future will
be multiple engine of the tractor
type and carry from one to 12 pas
sengers well in rear of the center
of gravity, according to a fore
cast given the Society of Auto
motive Engineers here tonight by
C. H. Day, chief engineer of the
Standard Aircraft corporation.
Other features of the plane of
tomorrow, Mr. Day said, will be
a maintained speed of 90 miles an
hour, great durability for long
flights, brakes on the landing
wheels to slow down and shorten
the run so that "back yard" land
ings can be effected and an angu
lar thrust to the engines so that a
quick, high-angled climb can be
realized from the "back yard"
areas.
Medium horse power engines
will be used for commercial ma
chines, and 60 to 70 horse power
twin engines will be used for
"sportsman" types.
The principal need for the com
mercial plane is the development
of a suitable engine which will
combine durability with maintain
ed speed, Mr. Day said.
DANIELS AND
BAKER WILL 00
TO EUROPE SOON
Absence of Both Army and
Navy Heads With President
Will Create Situation
Without Precedent.
Washington, March 7. Secretary
Daniels and a party of American na
val experts will leave for Europe
next week to discuss with allied na
val officials the best type of capital
wat ships to be built in the future,
bared on the lessons gained in the
war. Because of conflicting opin
ions among American officers the
secretary has been asked to submit
a recommendation to the next con
gress. It was learned that Secretary
Baker would sail for Europe about
April 1 to close up the business op- j
erations of the American expedi
tionary forces. He will be absent
about six weeks and probably will
arrive overseas before Secretary
Daniels returns home. Thus Presi
dent Wilson and the heads of both
the army and navy probably will
be away from the country at the
same time a situation which many
officials said today was without pre
cedent. Will Sail on Leviathan.
The naval secretary will be ac
companied by Rear Admirals Tay
lor, chief of the bureau of construc
tion and repair; Griffin, chief of the
bureau of steam enginering; Earle,
chief of the bureau or ordnance, and
Commander Foote, his personal
aide. The party will be joined over
seas by Admiral Benson, chief of
the bureau of operations, who is at
tached to the American, peace dele
gation, and Vice Admiral Sims,
commanding . all American naval
forces in European waters.
Mr. Daniels and his party will
sail from New York on the Levia
than a week from tomorrow and
will go first to Paris to confer with
the French admiralty. Later they
will visit Londan and Rome. Plans
for the returu trip have not yet
been made.
The American mission will ad
dress itself particularly to the ques
tion of future types of capital ships.
It has been the judgment of the
navy general board that the United
States should continue to build
dreadnaughts of constantly increas
ing power and battle cruisers.
Favor Composite Ship.
Admiral Mayo, now commander of
the Atlantic fleet; Vice Admiral
Sims and Rear Admiral Rodman,
the three officers who have held the
highest posts of the American scrv
i.. in the was zone, believe, how
ever, that a composite ship, com
bining the speed of a battle cruiser
with the gun power and armor of
a battleship, should be substituted.
These officers have been particular
ly impressed by their experiments
toward a composite craft with the
construction of the Hood, one of
the so-called British "hush" ships.
Secretary Daniels was invited by
the British admiralty to visit Eu
rope during the war, but he was un
able to accept that invitation. How
ever, Assistant Secretary Roosevelt,
who will be acting secretary while
Mr. Daniels is overseas, twice vis
ited the war zone.
Secretary Baker made-two visits
to France during the war, and had
planned a third one inirtiediately
after the signing of the armistice.
The decision of President Wilson
to attend the peace conference, how
ever, necessitated a delay.
The war secretary hopes to be
able to complete all the work that
lies before him in France in three
weeks and get back to Washington
by the middle of May. While he is
overseas Benedict Crowcll. first as
sistant to Mr. Baker, will act as
secretary of war.
Convicted of Taking Bribe.
New York. March 7. Sidney P.
Corn, formerly a captain in charge
of the personnel office at Camp
Upton, was convicted in federal
court today of having accepted a
bribe to use his office to obtain the
discharge of a soldier last Decem
ber. He will be sentenced tomorrow.
OMAHA, SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1919.
Kate O'Hare Makes Attack
On Government in Speech
That Draws Wild Cheers
Convicted Socialist Speaker Lauds Nonpartisan League
and Bolshevism Before Omaha Crowd; "Have Re
public Here That Don't 'Repub' and Democracy
That Don't 'Democ'," She Cries In Excited Voice.
Mrs. Kate O'Hare of St. Louis, prominent socialist orator
and strike leader, addressed an audience last night that
crowded the Swedish auditorium to the doors and applauded
wildly her attacks upon federal judges, legislators, council.
of defense and commercial clubs.
Two patrolmen and three plain clothes men heard the
address, but no riot developed and the speaker's two-hour
speech was not considered too incendiary for after-the-war
vociferation.
Mrs. O'Hare devoted a large part
of her address to telling about her
self, her ancestors, her work in the
cause of socialism.' She dwelt long
upon the fact that she was sentenced
to six years' imprsonment for dis
loyalty but she referred to herself
as "facing a sentence of death."
Lauds Bolshevism.
She lauded the Nonpartisan league
and bolshevism in the highest terms
and declared that the people engag
ed in these movements are exactly
in the position that the American
colonists were during the Revolu
tionary war. She declared the set
ting up of socialist government in
Russia a grand success.
"And within 18 months we will
have what the newspapers call bol
shevism in this country," she declar
ed. "It won't be exactly what it
is in Russia because this country
has different standards but it will
consists of the product of the work
ers' labors going back to the workers
themselves. This is sure to come
because it is the only way in which
the impending problem of unem
ployment can be solved."
Referring to the draft law, she de
declared that "the mothers, wives,
sweethearts and men who were to
do the fighting should have decided
by vote whether or not we should
go into the war," This drew the
wildest applause.
Scores the Government.
"We have a' republic here that
don't 'repub' and a democracy that
One New Nebraska Member
Lands on Major Committee
McLaughlin of Fourth District Assigned to Agricul
ture; Jefferis of Second District May Yet Obtain
Place on Expenditures In War Department; Great
Contest For Positions at Washington.
Washington Bureau Omaha Bee.
Washington, D. C. March 7.
Representative McLaughlin, of the
Fourth Congressional district, was
the only new congressman from Ne
braska to land on a major commit
tee, the conTmittee on committees,
by a substantial majority, placing
McLaughlin on the committee on
agriculture, a place that he was
most ambitious to occupy.
Andrews of the Fifth district,
who was a strong candidate for a
berth on ways and means, by rea
son of his years of experience in
handling matters connected with the
McKinley, Dingley. Pavne and Un
derwood tariffs as auditor for the
Treasury department, lost out be
cause of the candidacy of those who
had longer service in the house. In
fact the committee on committees
did not consider Andrews' former
service in the house whatsoever and
gave the vacant places to those who
had continuous service in the lower
branch of congress.
Representative Jefferis of the
Second district, lost a place on
military affairs because of the num
ber of second and third term men
who wanted the assignment. If the
number of candidates for military
affairs had been anything like nor
mal Jefferis would have won in a
walk, but New York, Pennsylvania
and Illinois, the states with the big
votes, had candidates of their own
and consequently when trading be
Germans Intriguing
With U. S. Hyphenates,
Is Report From Paris
London, March 7. Germany is
attempting to win peace through
a secret alliance with "hyphenated
Americans and pro-German
Dutch and Swiss, the Paris cor
respondent of the Pall Mall Ga
zette declares on what he says is
"high authority." The German
aids would use their influence to
mitigate the severity of the peace
terms, according to this plan,
Germany in exchange to give
commercial privileges of a "sub
stantial kind."
The exploitation of Russia for
the benefit of Germany is said to
be an important part of the
alleged scheme, on which the bol
shevik leaders are declared to
have been approached. Switzer
land is said to be the main cen
ter of the intrigue, but agents are
asserted to be working actively in
Paris.
"Germany may apear quies
cent," the newspaper's corre
spondent adds, "but in a commer
cial, economic and military sense
she needs careful watching. She
has powerful and unscrupulous
financiers who are ready to help
her."
Daily
don't 'democ'" was one of the
speaker's sallies.
A version of Christ's trial before
Pilate in which she compared his
case with the modern I. W. W.s, and
used modern slang evoked great ap
plause. She declared "the constitution was
betrayed and American ideals trail
ed in the dust" when the espionage
law was passed, and was bitter in
attacks on the forces of law which
brought about her own conviction
for violation of the act.
"The federal judges of today serve
the capitalist class who appoint
them and soak the working class,"
she declared.
"The men who compose councils
of defense and commercial clubs
have been dead from the neck up
for the last 30 years," was another
applause-bringing sally.
Still Red.
Near the close of her speech a
little boy was sent ifp and handed
her a bouquet of blood-red carna
tions. Holding them ?bove her head,
Mrs. O'Hare cried: "They made a
law in Nebraska that it is a crime to
have a red flag in your possession.
Well, I haven't a red flag, but I have
that which stands for the same."
Papers were passed out at the
meeting with articles declaring that
there' is a great and threatening
growth of unemployment.
Mildred E. Kern presided at -the
meeting.
gan Nebraska stoood a small chance
with its six votes against the states
mentioned.
Jefferis May Land.
But thc'Jriends of Jefferis are by
no means downcast at the outcome
and they will try to land him on the
committee on expenditures in ithe
War department, which will give
a congressman, who has a desire to
work all he wishes for in that re
gard, for around the War depart
ment a great deal of sensational
matter is expected to develop
through the investigation of the
committee on expeditures. Repre
sentative Evans failed to secure a
place on rivers and harbors because
of , the introduction of several
names at the last moment which
commanded the support of New
York, Pennsylvania, Indiana and
Massachusetts, thereby outvoting
the states abutting on Nebraska and
on the Missouri river.
Judge Kinkaid, as Nebraska's rep
resentative, fought an uphill fight
for the good committee assignments
for the new members, but he was
outvoted, that is all there is to it.
He could not make sufficient tie
ups and trades to bring about a
different result. In fact the machin
ery was set against him with the
preponderance of the votes from the
big states to decide the contest.
As chairman of the delegation,
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Mill Workman Found
With Neck Broken in
Plant on South Side
Glenn Taylor, 3040 S. Eighth
tecnth street, 19 years old, an oiler
and sweeper at the Omaha Flour
Mills, Twenty-ninth and D streets,
South Side, was instantly killed at
3:30 o'clock Friday afternoon when
his sleeve caught in belting at the
mill, drawing his body against a
shaft and breaking his neck.
The body was found by Leo Is
mert, another employe on the top
floor of the building.
Dr. II. C. Miller, who was called,
said Taylor had been instantly kill
ed. ' An investigation of the death will
be made by the county' attorney.
Taylor's parents live at Amherst.
Neb. He lived with his brother,
who is an employe of the Street
Car company.
Taylor was a good workman, ac
cording to his fellow employes.
Superintendent Otto Strowig of the
mills said he had been in the mills
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Casualties in Fighting Be
tween Government Troops
and Republican Guards
Exceed 400.
London, March 7. When the
Spartacan forces captured the main
telegraph office in Berlin Thursday
the members of the American Red
Cross mission were endangered by
the shooting, according to an Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from
Berlin. Colonel Taylor ordered the
women with the mission to seek
safety in the Palace hotel.
The American mission to look af
ter the welfare of prisoners en
trenched itself in the Hotel Adlon
behind a battery of machine guns.
The battle for the telegraph office,
the dispatch adds, was the worst
Berlin has seen.
Casualties Exceed 400.
All the important buildings in
Berlin were in the hands of govern
ment troops Friday afternoon and a
good prospect of maintaining order
was assured, according to a Ger
man government wireless message
received here tonight.
The number of dead and wounded
in the recent fighting exceeds 400,
the message says.
During the negotiations at Wei
mar with delegations of the Berlin
workman the majority socialists
demanded that work be resumed
immediately, according to a Central
News dispatch from Copenhagen.
The independent socialists were di
vided in their attitude.
The workmen, it is added, said
they woula waive their demand for
the punishment of the tormcr em
peror, Field Marshal von Hinden
burg and General Ludendorff.
Government Troops Advance.
Berlin, March 7. Government
troops to the number of 16,000 began
an attack Thursday from all sides
of the center of the city and made
brilliant progress in efforts to re
lieve police headquarters. A column
from the west progressed to within
a block of police headquarters in
two hours.
It is believed that the column suc
ceeded in relieving the besieged gar
rison at police headquarters, al
though military headquarters has
not yet received any information on
that point.
Between 200 and 300 persons were
killed or wounded. The casualties
were largely among spectators.
The spectators, despite all warn
ing, persisted in staying to see the
fighting. The casualties among the
government troops were Compara
tively light.
There was very little organized
coherent opposition by the republi
can guards and Spartacan marines
They were caught by surprise with
out efficient leadership and were un
able to check the attack of the well
disciplined government forces. ,
Raid Military Prison.
A force of Spartacan sailors,
armed with mine throwers, broke in
to a temporary prison in the Haus
vogtei platz, across from the Rcichs
bank, this morning and took out
military prisoners, but finally kept
them in custody.
Efforts to close down the light
and power plants in Greater Berlin
have been inaugurated by the strike
committee. Chairman Mueller of
the committee announced that the
electric workers demanded that the
light and power systems be com
pletely paralyzed and that the rail
road workmen also intended to
strike.
A resolution was presented to the
itrike committee pledging every
member to support all the decisions
of the committee. This was intended
to smoke out the majority socialist
representatives on the committee.
Fighting in Bohemia.
Vienna, March 7. A popular
manifestation on the part of Ger
mans in the town of Kaaden,
Bohemia, for right of self-determination
led to a conflict with Czech
military forces yesterday. Seven
teen persons are reported to have
been killed and 110 wounded. In
another collision two civilians were
shot.
Wilson Tickled at Result of
Election in Pennsylvania
On Board Steamship George
Washington. March 7. (By Wire
less to the Associated Press).
President Wilson today expressed
himself as greatly pleased at the out
come of the election in the Twenty-
second Pennsylvania congressional
district, particularly as . the league
of nations was made an issue. The
President sent a wireless message to
Joseph P. Tumulty, his secretary, as
follows:
"Please extend my cordial con
gratulations to Mr. Wilson (J. P.
Wilson, democrat), just elected in
Pennsylvania, and express my grati
fication that he won upon the issue
of the league of nations,"
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Johnson Tries to Pin
Secretary Baker Down
Relative to Ansell
Washington, March 7. Repre
sentative Johnson, of South Da
kota, who served with the Ameri
can expeditionary force in France,
wrote a letter to Secretary Baker
today requesting answers to eight
specific questions relating to re
call of Brig. Gen. Edward A.
Kreger from France to act as
judge advocate general and the
discharee of Samuel T. Ansell
from this commission as a tern- I
porary brigadier general.
Representative Johnson said the
public was interested to know
whether General Ansell was re
turned to his pre-war rank of a
lieutenant colonel in the regular
army, because of his stand upon
the administration of military jus
tice. Referring to Secretary Bak
er's statement that the court mar
tial controversy had nothing to do
with the matter, Mr. Johnson said:
"The evidence seems flatly to
contradict you, unless this turns
out to be one of those rare in
stances where what appears as
compelling evidence turns out up
on explanation to be a rare coin
cidence." HUNS TO REOPEN
SHIPS AND FOOD
NEGOTIATIONS
Allies Willing to Provision
Germany; Means and Meth
ods Only Problems
to Be Solved.
Paris, March 7. Notice of the
interruption of the negotiations at
Spa with respect to the surrender
of the German merchant fleet was
received by the supreme council at
its meeting today.
A telegram received from Spa
this afternoon reported that the
German delegation had returned to
Weimar, whence it sent a message
stating it expected soon to have new
instructions from its government
enabling it to resume the . negoti
ations.
Consideration of the situation here
has given rise to the belief that the
allied commission will be in a po
sition to resume negotiations and
effect an adjustment early next
week.
It is stated that there is no dispo
sition among the allies not to pro
vision Germany, lut that the means
and methods are the only problems.
Discuss Military Terms.'
Premier Lloyd George addressed
the council with regard to the mili
tary terms of the preliminary peace
with Germany. The discussion of
revictualing the states formerly in
cluded in Austria-Hungary was com
pleted. Travelers from Austria and Hun
gary declare that the population
there are really starving and need
immediate help. These reports are
confirmed by British and American
commissions in these countries.
Secretary Lansing of the Ameri
can delegation submitted a proposal
with regard to Gcrmau cables.
At the request of the Italian dele
gates it was decided to appoint an
inter-allied commission to inquiie
into recent incidents at Laibach,
Croatia.
Say Demands Mean Ruin.
( Weimar, March 7. The negotia
tions concerning shipping and food
at Spa were ruptured with the sup
port of the representatives of the
German shipping interests, including
Director Heineken of the North
German Lloyd, who declared that if
the Germans met the allied demands
it would mean the ruin of German
mercantile and sea trade interests.
In commmcnting on the news, the
Dcutschland expresses satisfaction
with the attitude of the German rep
resentatives and says that the Ger
man people will endorse and support
their attitude.
Fear Sailors Would Mutiny.
Washington, March 7. Chairman
Hurley of the shipping board said
tonight that the refusal of the Ger
man delegates to agree to the de
mands of the allies tor the uncondi
tional surrender of German mer
chant ships probably was caused by
fear of the mutinous sailors at
Bremen and Hamburg.
Mr. Hurley said the sailors had
objected strenuously to the proposal
because they would not be allowed
to man the ships tinder allied con
trol. Knowing this, the German
delegates, he said, probably refused
to take any definite action and
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niauc me condition that the allies
first would have to agree to furnish
Germany with adequate food sup
plies until the next harvest.
Corporations Must Pay Even
Though Blanks" Are Belated
Washington, March 7. Blanks on
which corporations will report their
income for war and excess
Droflts ' fliwi inrnmn tava t-ill K
ready for distribution early next
wcck, u was announced today.
Cornnralinns uliirh 1 ,f
ccivc their blanks next week arc not
relieved of the payment. At least
one-quarter of the true tax or of
tne estimated tax must be paid to
the collector on or before March IS.
With payments computed on' the
estimated basis, a tentative corpor
ation return must be hied.
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Stores Destroyed in Outbreak
of Malcontents in Camp
sWhere 25,000 Soldiers
Await Embarkation.
London, March 7. Twenty-seven
persons afc estimated to have been
killed and 73 wounded in rioting
during the past three days at the
Kinmel military camp at Rhyl,
Wales, according to a Liverpool dis
patch received here tonight. Great
property damage was caused, the
dispatch adds.
According to latest reports from
Liverpool, the riot was started by
about 200 malcontents. There were
25,000 Canadians in the camp await
ing demobilization and embarkation.
x he men who caused the trouble
complained that their embarkation
had been postponed while other
men who had seen less service were
sent home.
After the destruction of stores of
all kinds Tuesday by the men the
situation took a more serious turn
Wednesday when the cavalry was
called out, but was forbidden to use
its arms.
Rioters Intercepted on March.
Troops from Chester intercepted
the rioters in their march upon
Abergele, near Rhyl, and also pre
vented a threatened raid on the lat
ter place. Five men were killed and
40 injured in the course of this fight
ing it is reported.
Ihere was further shooting early
Thursday morning, Lut at no time
was there organized bring by any
armed party. Most of the deaths
were-due to crushing, it is said. An
unarmed major holding the Victoria
cross and believed to be from New
Brunswick is reported to have been
virtually trampled to death while at
tempting to defend the olhcers
quarters against great odds.
Later on Ihursday numbers ot
the men paraded1 in Rhyl. They
made noisy demonstrations, but
cotnitted no damage.
The Daily Mail says the Cana
dian authorities restored order with
out the assistance of British troops
and declares that the matter is sole
ly one for Canadian disciplinary ac
tion. Store Buildings Wrecked.
The outbreak began Tuesday
night wiith the signal cry, "Come
on, bolsheviki, uttered by a man
said to belong to the Canadian
forces. A large number of men
wrecked the stores, buildings and
thousands of loaves of bread were
trampled into the mud. The wo
man's auxiliary quarters were then
rushed and the women's clothes car
tied off. The rioters seized stores
of ammunition, fired on the officers'
quarters ayd then began a march in
the direction of Abergele, but were
held up.
A staff officer flew from the war
office in London by airplane and ad
dressed the men, declaring that their
grievances regarding demobilization
especially, which caused the out
break, should be immediately re
moved. He declared that 10,000 men
would be away by the week after
next and that four transports would
be placed at the disposal of the co
lonials. Allies Trust Only
Four Germans, Says
Swiss Newspaper
Ierne, Switzerland, March 7.
Only four men in Germany have the
confidence of the allied powers, the
Berne Zeitung declares. The men
arc Professor Itocrstcr, Dr. Mueh
lon. Dr. Grclliirg and Dr. Schlei
ben. Dr. William Muehlon is perhaps
the best known of the four men
mentioned by the Berne newspaper,
lie is a former director of the
Krupp works. In April, 1918, Dr.
Muehlon published an article in
which he charged that the German
imperial governnint purposely start
ed the war. He has reiterated hi
charge a number of times since.
Professor Focrstcr of of the Uni
vcrsitv of Munich, d uring the
was dismissed from his seat fo
criticism of the German government.
He was a member of the provision
al government formed by Bavarian
liberals in Munich on February 24.
The Dr. Grelling and Dr. Schlci
ben referred to probably are Dr:
Richard Grelling and Dr. Fritz
Srhlcibcn, a former members of the
reichstag. Both men had been lead
ers of liberal thought in Germany-
Commute Sentences
Washington, March 7. Commu
tation to IS years' imprisonment by
President Wilson of-death sentences
imposed by court martial on Ben
jamin Gorski and Gilari Boki, was
announced today by the War de
partment. The men, who were re
cruits, were tried for refusal to o&S?
orders, and for desertion.
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