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, . , : ,
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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'
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Omaha P. 0. m4n act it March S. IS7.
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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.
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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.
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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. - ...
