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R I E-F RIGHT REEZY 'BITS OF NEWS STRASBOURG AGAIN ON STORKS VISITING LIST. Strasbourg, April ' 23. Storks, which ceased their annual' visits to Strasbourg in the spring of 1914, returned his week to the old nests on a building on the left side of the Place de Broglie, in the center of Strasbourg. Several of the birds, the first in five years, now occupy the nests. Their,, unexpected return ' in the present circumstances' is comnient ed'upon with pleasure by the native population, who have always held that the storks brought good luck. CITIZENSHIP DENIED MEMBERS OF I. W. W. ! Fargo, N. D., April 23.-George Henry Rappael, a Northern Pacific locomotive fireman, today was de nied American citizenship by Judge A. T. Cole of the district court when he admitted that he was a member ' of the Industrial Workers of the World 'and similar organizations." Rappael came to Fargo several , years ago from Minneapolis. LONDON PREPARING : TO HONOR PERSHING. London, April 23. The British . war ,'offici has begun to arrange for ? signally honoring General Pershing, : the x American ' commander-in-chief, on his approaching visit to London, which, it is believed, will be paid about the middle of May. vUntil the date of the general's . trip and the length of his stay are . definitely determined, however, the plans must necessarily be left in an ' incomplete slate. . . General Pershing will be accorded the full. honors due to the com mander of the forces of an allied nation, it was stated at the war of' fice today. COURT PERMITS WIFE TO .TESTIFY FOR HUSBAND. New York, April 23. The rule of jurisprudence that a wife shall not estify in behalf of her husband was characterized -as "under our mod ern ideals archaic" by Federal Judge Mayer today in the treason trial of Paul Atbert Fricke. Judge Mayer overruled objection of the govern ment when the defense called Mrs. Fyicke to the stand, and permitted her to testify. BREAD ,WILLBE DEAR EVEN IF FLOUR IS CHEAP. New Orleans, April 23. "Even though the price of flour falls so ' 'that it costs the bakers of the coun try no more than the water they use in their bakeries, the price of bread will not fall to its former . level," said George S. Ward of New York, president of the American As sociation of the Baking Industry, in an address delivered today at the . annual convention here of the Southeastern Association of the Baking Industry,.. "No matter how low the price of flour falls, and there is no prospect of any reduction at all," Mr., Ward said, "the price of bread cannot go to the old figure. The reason for this is the fact that all other ma terials, all operating costs and all labor eo'sts have gone up so high this increase would more than offset any drop in the price of flour." ESTABLISH 10-HOUR DAY IN DOMESTIC SERVICE. Sacramento, Cal., April 23. A V bill providing for a 10-hour day for women in domestic service passed the lower house of the legislature S today, 43 to 23. The measure now goes to the governor. RUMANIAN ARMY IN HIGH SPIRITS. London, April 23. According to authoritative information the Rou manian, advance into Hungary is progressing well. Roumania is acting solely under the orders of the allies and purely ' with the object of stemming the holshevik advance. No permanent occupation of territory is contem plated without the sanction of the peace conference. While the danger of a bolshevik attack, on Roumania is not entirely removed, it is believed that the po sition is much improved. The spirit of the. Roumanian army is splendid, and the arrival of food, equipment and stores is having a stimulating effect. CAPTURED BOLSHEVIKI TURN AGAINST REDS. x Berne. April 23. A large part of the bolshevik First army which sur rendered several days ago to the Ukrainians has offered voluntarily to fight the bolsheviki and already has been in action with the Ukrain ians against the bolsheviki at Uitnv, in the Pripet region. This an nouncement is made in a Ukrainian official statement received from ' Rovno by the Ukrainian press bu reau. GERMAN GUARDS STOP U. S. RED CROSS TRAIN. Berlin, April 23. (By Associated Press.) The Zeitung Au Mittag re oorts from Landeberg on the WarthMhat German frontier guards stopped an American Red Cross train carrying food to Warsaw and searched it for ammunition. There was no ammunition aboard, but the train was obliged to return to Fried berg, so that it might continue to Warsaw by another route. - IOWA FIRST STATE TO GO OVER ITS QUOTA. Chicago, April 23. With two states of the seventh federal reserve district already over their quotas, and meager reports from Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin indicating that the campaign on these states was making 'substantial progress, Victory Loan officials said tonight the progress was better than sched uled. Chicago's subscriptions to night were estimated at $27,500,000. Iowa, the first state in the country to fill its quota in the third and fourth loans, passed its goal of $110, 925,000 for the fifth loan today. Later reports today from Mich igan, it was said, confirmed the re port that that state had obtained its quota on the first day of the cam paign, . , : , B VOL. 48 NO. 266, GERMANY REGARDS 14 POINTS AS TREATY Wilson's Terms of Armistice Looked Upon by Huns as Sacred International Peace Pact. By Universal Service. Berlin, April 23. Universal Serv ice is able to give some "inside" facts about the makeup and the per sonnel of the German peace dele gation. Before stating them it may be worth emphasizing a fact which per haps is not generally known abroad. It is that the fundamental oasis from which the German peace delegation will proceed in ail its discussions with the entente plenipote itianes in Paris is the German conception of President Wilson's 14 points, which is that when Germany, America and the allies subscribed to these points as a basis for the armistice, they vir tually concluded a "sacred intearna tional pact" which, the Germans .rill declare, inviolable both in letterd and in spirit. Every one of the German dele gates who has expressed himself publicly has dwelt on this with spe cial emphasis. By a shrewd, nation wide press propaganda which in ev ery aspect and detail was a rerlica of the old regime publicity cam paigns such as that in favor of ruth less U-boat warfare the . govern ment has drilled into the minds and hearts of millions of Germans that their peace delegates ko to Paris to affix their signatures to a docti'ii'it which is nothing more or less than a translation into actual terms of the Wilsonian 14 points, and it goes without saying that the interpreta tion of those points as seen by the Germans is one of maximum liberal ity toward-them. Grandstand Appeal. To put it concisely, what all the German nation has been led' to be lieve is that at the first sign of what they will consider a deviation from the 14 points,' the German delegates will flatly charge the allies with a violation of a "sacred international treaty" and make a grandstand ap peal to try; "moral opinion of the world," etc. The engineers serving Germany's peace machinery are divided into three groups, thus: 1 The "political directors" whose names follow: Count von Brock-dorrf-Rantzau, foreign . secretary; Dr. Eduard David, member of the Scheidemann cabinet; Postmaster General Giesber; Adolph Muller, German minister to Switzerland, formerly editor of the Munich Port; Dr. Walter Schuecking, eminent German authority, on international law; Dr. Melchior, member of the banking firm of Warburg & Co., Hamburg. There . has been talk in the last 48 hours of a substitution of Herr Leinert, president of the Pruss;an assembly and of the national soviet congress, for Dr. David. If this is true it signifies an important eleventh-hour victory for the conserva tives and other elements, the guid ing motive of whose policy is An glophobia. David has been assailed in these quarters of late as a "friend of the English" who might agree to concessions at Germany's expense and in favor of Britain. He is vio lently anti-Russian and - has for years advocated the dismemberment of the Muscovite realm. Prominent Leaders. 2 Group of experts, consisting of 38 members. This group is com posed of prominent leaders in bank ing, commerce, industry, agriculture, economics and labor. They will be consulted chiefly in the regulation of religious and national questions. Foremost among them are: Bishop Korum. Professor Baumgarteh, a noted Protestant theologian; v Her man Struck, famous both as an art ist and Zionist leader, and Eduard Bernstein, representative of the so cial democrats. A woTnan, Marie Juchacz also is a member of this group. The indispensable .German profes sor also- is conspicuous in this group. Famous teachers from many of the biggest universities have been recruited, among them PrivyCoun cellor Lujo Brentano, Professor Bonn of Munich, who spent some time in the United States early in the war: Prof. Max Weber of Hei delberg, Professor , Areboe of the agricultural college of Breslau, and Dr.HergeseU, aeronautical expert. Another Drominent personage in the second peace group is Dr. Wal ter Rathenau. the famous head oy tne oenerai tiectricai company. Max Warburg, the Hamburg banker, brother of Paul M. War- (Canttnoed on Face Twv, Calunua One.) To Insure BEE WANT ADS WlbL HELP YOU TO THE JOB The Omaha' Enter M inn4Im natttr fi 7, IMS. ft Omaha P. 0. m4n act it March S. IS7. "r Salt Lake Authorities Bar I. W. W. Convention Planned for That City Salt Lake City, Utah, April 23. There will be no convention of the Industrial Workers of the World in Salt Lake City, was the declaration made here today by Mayor W. Mont Ferry, following a conference between the mayor, sheriff, state officials and United States attorney. ' The conference was held when it was learned that the I. W.. W. proposed to hold a convention in this city in June, with the idea of "better organizing" the miners and other workers in Utah. It was the opinion of today's conference that I. W. W. meet ings would come under the pro visions of the new state law against criminal syndicalism and sabotage. BURLESON PLEA IMPUTES PLOT TO HIS ENEMIES Postmaster General Assumes Role of Martyr Attacked by Interests Seeking Postal Subsidy. i " Washington, April 23. Postmas ter General Burleson in a statement "issued tonight asserted that an or ganized propaganda had been inau gurated in an effort to destroy him rnd thereby to aid in bringing about repeal of the zone postal law in creasing second-class rates. The statement charged that more than a year ago an unnamed mem ber of a committee urging repeal of the law asked him to acquiesce and bluntly informed him. "We ruined Postmaster General Hitchcock and destroyed Mr. Taft." Later, it said a well known publisher, also un named, promised that Mr. Burleson would be made the most popular man in the cabinet if he would aid or acquiesce in the repe.al, and said,' "But if you do not, I fear they will ruin you." ; ( These offers were spurne.dwMtL Burleson declared, and now, he said, he was confronted by a systematic propaganda of selfish interests who through repeal of the law would be able to "resume enjoyment of a pos tal subsidy of over $70,000,000 per annum." Even under the zone law, he added, there still would be an an nual loss of more than $50,000,000 to be made up out of the general pub lic. This statement followed one given out at the Postoffice department during the day, announcing the post master general had directed that telegraph systems suspend their regulations against transmission of libelous matter, insofar as matter re lating to the postmaster general was concerned. This order was given, it was. stated yesterday morning, after the night manager of the postal sys tem at New York had refused to ac cept certain messages filed by the New York World news bureau on the ground that they were libelous. These messages constituted an ar ticle discussing the postmaster gen eral, x Survey Body Named to Visit States to Study Constitutions Lincoln, Neb., April 23. (Special Telegram). Under an act passed by the recent legislature, the supreme court has appointed a constitutional survey commission, consisting of Victor Rosewater, editor of the Om aha Bee, C. ,E. Sandall, of York, former state senator; Prof. John P. Senning, of political science, depart ment, at the state university; A. C. Shallenberger, of Alma, former Fifth district congressman and governor, and J. H. Broady, attorney, of Linc oln, y The first three are republicans, and the last two democrats. Each memher will draw a salarv nf $1,200 a year, with traveling expenses and their duties will be tolnvestigate tne constitutions of other states and prepare a report of their findings to the constitutional convention when it convenes in December. I. W. W.'s in Exodus From Inhospitable Sioux City Sioux Cjty, la., April 23. Dis gusted with Sioux City as a conven tion town, the I. W. W.'s this eve- ning and late tonight began a gen eral exodus from the city by board ing freight 'trains' in various direc tions. Germans Will Insist on Immediate Return of Prisoners of War Amsterdam, April 23. The Ger man peace plenipotentiaries, the Frankfort Zeitung says, have been instructed not to sign the treaty of peace unless it provides for the immediate and unconditional . re turn of- German prisoners of war. Lasting omaha, Thursday, april 24, 1919. LOCKS ON PIPE LINES ONSEALED Resumption of Beer Bottling Permitted by Government, Council Announces in Federal Court. New York, April 23. Coincident with an announcement by United States District Attorney Caffey that he had received no instructions from Washington to prosecute brewers distributing beer of 2Y per cent al coholic content in violation of food conservation regulations promulga ted by the internal revenue depart ment, government counsel stated here here today that the department had taken steps to permit resump tion of beer bottling. Collectors throughout the country have been directed, it was stated, to unseal the locks tffi the brewery pipe lines, which have remained idle since brewing was forbidden by presiden tial proclamation December 1, last. . Excites Speculation. The two announcements were made in federal court in the course of an argument on the government's motion to dismiss the brewers suit to restrain official interference with the production of a 2J4 .er cent brew alleged to be non-intoxicating. Speculation resulted as to whether the government's attitude, including authorization made early this week of the sale of revenue stamps hith erto denied the manufacturers, would continue after the wartime prohibition act becomes cff?ctive next Thursday. District Attorney Caffey and Spe cial United States Attorney Fitts, appearing for Attorney General Pal mer in the injunction proceedings, declared they had no knowledge of the course to be pursued when the emergency act forbidding manufact ure after April 30, and sale after June 30, of "beer, wine and other intoxicating malt or vinous bever ages," goes into operation. Attitude Reversed. The internal revenue department's reversal of its earlier attitude, which had been based on a ruling that beer of half of one per cent or greater alcoholic content was intoxicating and so forbidden under the modi fied regulations adopted earlv this year permitting production of "near beer," was brought out during the argument before Judge A. N. Hand and of William D. Guthrie, junior counsel with Elihu Root for the United States Brewers' association. Argument of the district attorney's motion to dismiss the suit brought in the interest of the country's brew ers by the Jacob Hoffman Brewfng company, to enjoin the district at torney and the collector of internal revenue from interfering with the production of 2f per cent beer, will last throughout tomorrow, counsel advised Judge Hand. Mrs. Oscar Horton 1 Comes Here in Search ' of Missing Husband Mrs. Oscar Horton is in Omaha in search of her husband, one time charged with violation of the Mann act, and paroled by U. S. Commis sioner Neely so he might return to Kansas City and support his family. Horton was arrested here in com pany with his wife's sister, Claudell Sebastian, and "on the plea of his wife was allowed one more chance to redeem himself. He failed to re turn home and Mrs. Horton, with an infant child and another three vears old, arrived in Omaha yesterday to find him. Miss Sebasian is employed in a restaurant at Fourteenth and Farnum streets. Mrs. Horton was cared for yesterday in the matron's department of the central oolice sta tion. Germany to Present Substitute Plan for League of Nations London, April 23. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Am sterdam asserts that the German pace delegates have been instructed to propose at Versailles a plan for a league of nations to replace the plan adopted by the peace confer ence in Pans. . The dispatch adds that the Ger man plan was drafted mainly by Count Von Bernstorff, formeram bassador to the United States; Mathias Erzberger. president of the German, armirtice commission; Prof, y Walther M. A. Schucking, and Carl Kautsky, one of the social ist leaders. BREWERY Peace, Buy Victory YOU SEEK OR TO THE MAN FOR THE JOB. -Daily Bee Wilson Issues "Statement Explaining His Reasons for .Refusing His Consent To Assign to Italy Port on Adriatic Sea Conditions Changed Since London Treaty Was Made, President Points Out, and Dalmatian Islands No Longer Strategic Position Since Austrian Naval Men ace Has Ceased to Exist; New States Created Require Natural' Outlet to Sea. Paris, April 23. President Wilson todayissued 'the following state ment explaining his position on the Adriatic question: "In view of .the capital im portance ofHhe questions affected, and in order to throw all possible light upbn. what is involved in their settlement, I hope that the following statement will con tribute to the final formation of opinion nd to a satisfactory so lution. I 1 "When Italy entered the war she entered upon the basis of a defi nite private understanding with Great Britain and ' France, now known as the pact of London. Since that time the whole face of circumstances has been altered. Many other powers, great and small, have entered the struggle, with no knowledge of that private understanding. New States Created. "The Au'stro-Hungarian empire, then the enemy of Europe, and at whose expense the pact of Lon don was to be kept in the event of victory, has gone to pieces, and no longer exists.' Not only that, but the several parts of that em WRITES $10,000 CHECK: SAYS HE HAS BUT 1 1 CENTS Maryland Youth Estranged From Wife, Thinks House He "Bought" Will Bring Her Back to Him. Wrtte a. check for $5,000, even if you are worth only 11 cents and buy a nice big house in Omaha for your wife, if you and she have been es tranged. Then the silken rivulets cf married bliss will flow placidly once again. Friend wife will be o pleased she'll forget your shortcomings and welcome you again to her heart. Thus reasoned 17-year-old Howard M. Brock of Elkton, Md., yesterday, when he faced such a situation. - Brock told police his story of an estranged wife whom he sought to win back by buying her he Max Burkenroad home, 2060 Florence boulevard, even though his present capital was but 11 cents. A check for $5,000, given to Burk enroad in half payment for the home, a $50 check cashed at the Rome hotel, where Brock lived, a $50 check cashed at Wolf Hat & Furnishings store, 1421 Douglas, and several other checks of smaller denominations are all being gath ered as evidence against young Brock. Brock said his wife; who is now at the Kiel hotel, Council Bluffs, had been married before. He emarried her, he said, afteer a two weeks acquaintance, in Oil City, Pa. Her maiden name, he said, was Edith Kelley. Mrs. Brock denied that she had been married before she met Brock. She said she intended to file suit for divorce today and had been intend ing to do so for the last three weeks since they reachedCouncil Bluffs. "He hasn't been supporting me." she said. "I've- been working here at the Keil hotel as. a maid. I can't help it if he's in trouble. He has none of my sympathy and won't get any of my help." Mrs. Brock says she has no living relatives. "I'll" be 19 May 8," se said. Nebraska Troops of the Eighty-Ninth Soon to Come Home Treves. April 23. (By The Asso ciated Press) In a great hangar near Treves formerly used by the Germans for .housing Zeppelins, Secretary Baker and General Per shing this afternoon addressed the troops of tfce Eighty-ninth division after a review which was witnessed by the members of the military af fairs committee of the United States house of representatives ,on their way to Coblenz. The review of the Eighty-ninth, which was originally made up of National army troops from Missou ri, Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado and New Mexico, but which now' has members from virtually every state in the Union,' is taken to indicate that the date will be Bet soon for the departure of these troops home. i , , i Youth Given Stab Wound. Them Jefferson, 18, suffered a deep knife wound below his left ear last night when he engaged in an "argument" with LeRoy Baker, 17. over $1.50. Both boys are colored. Oally at Sua.. $J.M: vtilda Naft. By Mall (I yar). Oally. H.M; pire, it Ss agreed now by Italy and all her associates, are to be erect ed into indperulent states and, as sociated in a league ,of nations, not with those who were recently our enemies, but with Italy herself and the powers that stood with Italy in the great war for libeVty. , "We are to establish their lib erty as well as our own. They are to be among the smaller states whose interests are henceforth to be safeguarded as scrupulously as the interests of the most powerful states. . "The war was ended; moreover, by proposing to Germany, an ar mistice and; peace which should be founded on certain clearly de fined principle's which set up a new order or right and justice. Upon those principles the peace with Germany has been conceived, not only, but formulated. Upon these principles it will be effected. "We cannot ask theSjreat body of powers to propose and efiect peace with Austria and establish a new basis of independence and right in the states which crighiatly constituted the Austro-Hungarian empire and in the states of the Bal kan group on principles of another kind. We must apply the dame Fiume Belongs to Croatia 1 Under Treaty of London . L Great Britain and France Prepared to Carry Out Pact if Italians Insist on Rights it Gave Them to Triest, Pola and Part of Dalmatia. London, April 23. (By The As sociated Press) With reference to the Italian claims. the Associated Press lefpnl"that" undef the treaty of London, Italy was entitled to Triestj Pola and part of Dalmatia, but Fiume""Was to go to Croatia. Great Britain has advised Italy in her own interests to forego some of her claims, but if the Italians insist on their rights under the treaty Great Britain and France are pre pared to honor their signatures, in which case, as pointed out to Italy, Fiume must go to Croatia. It is ' understood that President Wilson issued his statement on his sole responsibility and that Premier Lloyd George and Premity Clem enceau are still actively seeking to bring about an arrangement. Blunder Averted by Wilson. Washington, April 23. President Wilson by his statement today in Paris as to the Italian claims to Fium and the Dalmatian coast "saved" Italy's statesmen "from taking a decision which would have irrevocably compromised the future peace of the world," declared Dr. Voyslav M. Yovanovitch, director of the official information bureau Council Reinstates Detective Who Shot Camp Dodge Soldier Armed with the pistol from which he fired a bullet through 'the body of Pfivate Charles Coleman of Camp Dodge, and under indictment for shooting with intent to commit murder, Guy B. Knudson yesterday afternoon returned to work as a city detective. Knudtson, who is under a $5,000 bond to answer the criminal charge in district court, was reinstated yes terday morning by Police Chief Eberstein, following the action tak en by the city council in dismissing charges against .the detective. The council voted to take this ac tion on motion of Police Commis sioneer Ringer, who subjected him self to severe, criticism for alleged inactivity in the matter of investi gating the shooting, several -weeks ago at Twentieth street and Capi tol avenue. , City Commissioner Butler wishes ?t to be known that he voted against the , withdrawal of charges against Detective Guy B. Knudtson in the city council yesterday morning. ' "I am opposed to the withdrawal of the charges and also opposed to the reinstatement of Knudtson. I don't believe that is capable of car rying a gun," said Mr. Butler. "I want my vote on this known." Eleven Ships Leave France With 25,000 Troops Aboard Washington, April 23. Sailing of nine (.-transports, the cruiser . St. Louis and the battleship Nebraska, all loaded with returning troops and representing one of the largest single day's sailings since the armistice, was announced by the War depart ment today. Nearly 25,000 officers and men are on board the 11 ships.v Bonds Now Today aoitH tr. TWO - CENTS. Suaaay. I2.S0: 1 " v "J414U' principles to the settlement of Europe in those quarters that we have applied in the peace with Ger many. ' Fiume Outlet For Commerce. "It was upon the explicit avowal of those principles that the initia tive for peace was taken. - It is vupon them that the whole struct ure of peace must ,rest. , "If those principles are to be administered to, Fiume must serve as the outlet of the commerce, not of Italy, but of the land to the north and northeast of that port Hungary, Bohemia, Roumania and the states of the new Jugo slav group. -j- "To assign Fiume to Italy would be to create the feeling that we have deliberately put the port upon which all those .countries chiefly depend , for their access to the Mediterranean in the hands of a power of which it did not form an integral part, and whose .sover eignty they, if set up there, must inevitably seem foreign, not do mestic or identified with the com mercial and industrial life of the regions which the port must serve. It is for that reason, no doubt, that Fiume was not included in the pact (Continued on Page Two Column Two.) here of the kingdom of C Serbs. Croats and Slovenes, in a statement issued tonight. President Wilson's statement, he sard, would make "an excellent impression in "Jugo-Slav circles in the United States." "I need not say," said Dr. Yovan ovitch, "the pleasure which the dec laration of President Wilson has given us, but I will go even further; the Italians, too, owe him a debt of gratitude, as he has' saved their statesmen from taking a decision which would have irrevocably com promised the future peace of the world. This will be clear to every intelligent Italian once the fictitious excitement about the question of the Adriatic, largely due to active propa ganda of the reacfionary and mili tary parties in Italy, has died away. Liberated From Grip of Germany. "Italy was taught to believe that the seizure of Jugo-Slav territory was the only profit she would derive from the war. The people do not yet realize that the real fruit of their victory was the liberation of Italy from the grip of Germany. Now Italy will take her place in the com ity of nations charged with the pres ervation of the peace so dearly gained." Loan Subscriptions Believed to Amount- to About Half Billion Washington, April 23. A quarter of a billion dollars has been sub scribed to the Victory loan, and of ficially reported through banks and fedcsal reserve district headquarters to tht treasury. Thii covers probably only the first two dys of the) subscription period and does not include the millions of pledges on which sub scribers have not paid initial install ments. Neither does it include of ficially recorded subscriptions which have not heen tabulated by banks or which rfe in the process of being reported to district headquarters, OffHals were inclined to believe that the actual subscriptions already gathered by thi millions of volunteer loan workers amount to at least $500,000,000. Major General Wright v To Command Camp Dodge Washington, April 23. Army or ders publisheed today announced the detail of Major General William H. Johnston to command Camp Lewis, Wash., and Major General William M. Wright, to command Camp Dodge, la., relieving Charles Ballau, who is to return to his permanent rank of colonel, on May 15 Brigadier General Ira A. llaynes was assigned to command the north Pacific coast artillery district, "with headquarters at. Seattle. Bishop Hosse Dies. MuskoRee, Okl., April 23. Bishop Embree Hosse of the Metho dist Episcopal church, south, died at his home here tonight, following a paralytic stroke two months go. He was born in Joneesboro, Tenn., April 14. 1849. THE WEATHER t Fair in east, unsettled west portion Thursday; day probably showers. in Fri- Hourly temparatur: S . at. 1 P. 8 ,. N, 10 a, u !H in ...89 ni SOI m. SO .... ...S ,...ss ...M ....58 ....64 m 11 . m 55 1 in. .,..51 JV ORLANDO RESENTS WIISON'S DICTATION Refusal of President to Yield on Fiume Question Amazes Delegates WorkingHtor x Compromise. Paris, April 23. (By Associated Press.) Premier Orlando of Italy this evening; addressed an- official communication to Premier .Clemen ceau, president of the peace confer ence, saying that as a result of the declaration of "President Wilson the Italian delegation had decided to leave Paris at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Paris, April 23. In a statement issued by' President Wilson today explaining his position on the Adri- ' atic question, he declares that Fiume cannot become, a part of Italy. : The president points out that every ' condition concerning the Adriatic settlement has been changed since Italy entered the war upon the promises of the pact of London, the Austro-Hungarian empire having disappeared. He notes that new states have been created, for which Fiume is the natural outlet to the sea. . " v The president also contends that the strategic necessity pleaded in behalf of Italy's claim to the Dal matian islands no' longer prevails, as the Austrian naval rrtenace has ceased to exist. i When Premier Orlando received , President Wilson's statement at 4 o'clock this afternoon he immediate ly called a full meeting of the Ital ian delegation. The meeting is pre paring a statement on the situation to be addressed to the Italian peo- ' pie. ' . Orlando Surprised. Premier Orlando of' Italy ex pressed profound surprise today at the declaration of President Wilson, which he said came at a time when he was "about to make a supreme . attempt at conciliation." "The Italian delegates, hoping to ,v see the Italian problem adjusted am icably," he continued, "might have taken some other . decision ,than ceasing to collaborate in the labors of the conference had this statement not been, issued." . The premier added that he would address a message to the Italian people who, he said, "will express themselves." ' v ' The Italian vice admiral, Thaon Dl" Revel, former chief of staff, has left " Paris for Rome. Gen, Armado Diaz, commander in chief of the Italian armies, it is announced, will leave tonight. ' Statement Regarded as Challenge, Pres'dent Wilson's emphatic dec laration that he will not yield on the . Adriatic question has created the',' most profound sensation in the , peace tonference. He has thrown. down the gauntlet to the supporters of secret treaties in a manner which almost took away the breath of the delegates who have been urging compromises on points covered by . many secret documents and at vari . ance with the president's 14 points. President Wilson's sweeping dec laration, while aimed directly at the' ' Adriatic problems, also reaches the , Kiau-Chau controversy, in which Japan relies on secret agreemeuis ' made with Great Britain; France,, and Italy in 1917 to support her in-.' her claim to the concessions held ; by Germany in Shantung.' The peace delegates generally re- 1 garded President Wilson's, state ment as a challenge which once for. all will dispose of the question (Continued n Pan Two, Column Thre.) - Drank Three Pints of I .Whisky and Entered Auto; Found Not GuHty Harry Wixon and Bruce War' field -were found not guilty by a jury in Distric' Judge Redick's court last night, on the charge ' of stealing an automobile belonging to ; the city of Omaha. Their principal defense was that they were intoxi- . cated. ' - Police Officers Herzina anLWick Strupleft the car in front if the. Orpheum Gardens the night of Feb ruary 23 with the engine running. They saw Wixon. Warfield and an-' other young man enter the car and, . they testified, start, to drive it away. Thev arrested Warfield and Wixon; The third youth made his escape, i Wixon and Warfield testified that they drank three pints of whisky that evening and were intoxicated when ihey entered the automobile. They denied that they had started ' to drive it away when they were arrested - . V Wixon was employed in a pool room at Fifteenth and Howartl streets. Warfield works in i "his Uthers grocery at 2209 Milit (Si avenue. - ...