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AFTER GETTING DIVORCE.
Lot Angeles. Cal., Oct. 19. Mar
ried again just 15 minutes after he
had been freed from one wile is
the speed record of George H.
5cheibe, art photographer. AlH-
necessary preliminary steps had
been taken when Mr, Schiebe re
ceived his final decree, and lie took
Miss Day Dinsmore across the way
from the court house and was again
made a husband.
CHILD PLAYS WITH ' '
BODY OF MOTHER.
New York, Oct. 19. Her 3-year-'
old child playing with her body in
the bedroom of her home at 2366
Amsterdam avenue, Mrs. Jennie
Gelberg, a widow, was found dead.
Anothei chiid, 6 years old. was
playing with some companions in
the street. Their mother's death was
due to a sudden attack of heart dis-!
ease. ' Attracted to her apartment
fcy the odor of burning food, George
Martin, the janitor, went upstairs i
and found some meat burning. !
CHAPLIN WONT
OBEY HIS WIFE. " " -,
Los Angeles. Cal., Oct. 19. The
proverbial 'last word" has lost its
power. The honor of the discov
ery goes to Charlie Chaplin. When
the comedian and Douglas Fair
banks climbed into a plane at the
Chaplin aerodrome for a sky spin!
the last instructions of Mrs. Mildred
Harris Chaplin were against aerial
tricks. What Charlie told he pilot,
Emery Rogers, after they left the
ground, is a secret, but at a dizzy
height the ship turned six loops,
banked on a steep angle and did
other acrobatics. During the flight
Mrs. Chaplin watched the craft
closely and exclaimed, "What's the
use?"
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USE CHURCHES FOR
PUBLIC DANCING. - '
' London, Oct. 19. Nonstop dan
cing, made possible by two orches
tras playing alternately, as is popu
lar in American cities, has just been
installed in the west eSd of -London.
The shortage of dancing halls in
London is so acute that church halls
and skating rinks are being used for
the dancing public.
PACIFYING
OIEREES
TOUGH JOB
Solution of Difficulties Sen
ously Threatening Life of
National Industrial Confer
ence! Seems Hopeless.
LABOR AND EMPLOYER
WINGS CANNOT AGREE
HEART DISEASE -SUDDENLY
ENDS
ASTOR'S CAREER
DOUGHNUT RUNS
AROUND HOUSE.
Houston, Tex., Oct. 19. When
Angeline Sweet entered a Texas
boarding house at breakfast time
she saw a doughnut on the opposite
table leave the plate and fall to the
floor, where it began running
around the room.
A waiter who chased the ani
mated 'sinker" into a corner dis
covered its motive power.
This proved to be a mouse that
had gnawed a hole in the dough
nut and then became wedged into
it. The boarders have quit eat
ing doughntfts. ,
AFFECTIONATE HYENA
MADE PET OF CHILDREN. .
London;-Oct. 19. The London
oo has just received an Indian
hyena of the striped variety, which
extends from Asia through Syria to
North Africa and Abyssinia. Hyenas
deserve a better reputation than
they possess. This one has been
easy to tame. It is now in the small
cats' house at the Gardens, and can
be taken out and handled by chil
dren without danger.
Tentative Agreement Reached
Saturday on Collective Bar
gaining is Shattered at Sun
day Meeting.
WIFE EMBRACING
OFFICER SPANKED.
London, Oct. 19 Because his
wife thought American officers
more interesting than the British,'
Ernest Cousins, a wealthy Cardiff
tradesman, out her across a chair
and spanked her the way one some- i 1
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Times spanKS yuuugsicis. "- "j iy
T UnAift nnlir. rniirt. I'
lame uui in 4-iianv" r , r
where the chastiser was fined $5.
The wife admitted having sent
a letter in which she said:
"I met an American officer who
was awfully interesting. There are
hundreds in Cardiff more interesting
than the British. They are fine,
smart boys."
A photograph was produced snow
ing her with arms around theAmer
ican officer's neck at a bathing place
near Cardiff. The photograph was
taken by her sister.
GERMAN SCHOOLS BAR .
ANECDOTES OF KAISER.
Berlin, .Oct 19. Herr Kaenisch,
the Prussian minister of education,
has ordered that when the school
books are reprinted all portraits of
the ex-kaiser and his family shall
be eliminated, as their only object
was the glorification of the dynasty
and the cultivation of the old state
idea. The reading matter dealing
with the imperial family, which con
sists chiefly of anecdotes collected
with the same object, must also be
removed.
Washington, Oct. 19, Solution of
the difficulties seriously threatening
the life of the National Industrial
conference seemed more hopeless
than ever Sunday night after the
conferences' central committee, in a
three hours' session, failed to concil
iate the differences between the,
labor and employer wings.
The tentative .agreement reached
late Saturday on the vital question
of -collective bargaining was shat
tered at the committee meeting to
day when the employers' group in
sisted on adding to Jhe substitute
resolution a clause declaring for the
right of "employers and employes to
bargain individually." This . clause
was rejected unqualifiedly by the
labor delegates.
One Section Amended.
Previous to the introduction of the
"individual bargaining" . clause an
apparent solution to' the problem
before the conference had been
reached. The original Russell-Endi-cott
resolution, providing for recog
nition of the right to collective bar
gaining and the right of employes to
chpose their representatives at will,
was "revamped," divided into four sec
tions and amended to read "the
right to .organize into trade and
labor unions, -shop and other indus
trial associations." The section
granting to labor organizations the
right to choose representatives with
out restrictions was amended to
read "by representatives chosen by a
majority of their own members."
Employers Object.
The compromise measure as
amended met with the approval of
the labor and public groups and
some members of the employers'
wing when brought before the com
mittee. " Later, however, the em
ployers insisted on the addition of a
,1 fifth seetion, the individual bargain-
g clause, which was promptly
etocd by the labor group. This left
the central committee deadlocked
just as it was when the conference
adjourned late Friday.
In outlining the position of the
labor group before the central com
mittee todav, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor,
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PASSIONATE KISS
COSTS VICAR $10.
Frank Morrison, asserted that the
representatives of the workers did
not enter the conference with any
intention of attempting to obtain
concessions, bijt rather in a desire
for a better understanding between
capital and labor; that the employes
hadmade every concession thus far.
and that his groups could not yield
further than to, endorse the pro
visions of the "regular Russell-Endi-cott
resolution.
t Two Resolutions Up.
Two resolutions on collective bar
gaining were before-ithe conference
when adjournment was taken Friday
and unless a compromise is reached
before the conference is called to
order tomorrow morning, each will
be brought up for a vote.
The first proposition in order will
be the Wheeler resolution, spon
sored by the employers' group, rec
osrnizinsr the right of collective bar
gaining by employes, but reserving
London Oct 19. The Rev. Her- to the employer the right "to deal
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NEAR END
Albuquerque, N. M., Oct. 19. The
Leaders Hope to Clear Away
All Amendments tn Mpjk-
. .... i Pale Face Chief of the Belgians
Ure During Coming Weak ; visited a gray-haired, swarthy chief
, " .... . . i j of the Navajos at ,Gallup today.
ttllU name nailllUtfUUII. lhey shook hands gravely and each
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LODGE SAYS MAJORITY
FAVORS RESERVATIONS
Two, Great Chiefs of Brave Fighting Men, '
One Young, the Other Aged But Dignified,
Greet Each Other and Exchange Presents
Pale-Faced Albert of Belgians Visits Gray-Haired, Swarthy Navajo at Gallup, N.
M. ; No Condescension in King's. Manner and No Humility in That of Silagotio ;
Band of Braves, Mounted on Mustangs,' Stand by Expressionless While War
Dance Is Given; Beautiful Navajo Blanket Presented Belgian Ruler by Chief,
Who in Turn Is Decorated With Silver Medals of Monarch's House.
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IBOLSHEIU
WILLIAM WALDORF ASTOR.
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English yiscount, Formerly
. American Citizen, Stricken in
Son's London Home.
bert John Martin, vicar ot noiy
Trinitv, Old Brompton, Chatham,
was fined $10 for kissing a maid
named C-lady Topping, despite his
denial of the charge. Three fellow
servants gave evidence of having
seen marks on the girl. One de
the marks as though some
one had kissed her with vigor, an-
shape of a mouth and the third said
they were the color of a tomato.
GIRL MATADOR
KILLS THREE BULLS.
Lisbon, Oct 19. Portugal pos
sesses a woman matador who yields
in nothing to her male colleagues.
Her name is Juana Matestei. As a
mere child she was fired with a de
termination to enter the arena, and
she soon became an insatiable read
er of stories concerning the bull
ring.
Ultimately Marcelo Costa, a Por
- ti:uese champion, captivated by her
pluck and her beauty, offered to
train her gratuitously. She made her
appearance in the arena at Oporto,
displaying a courage, dexterity and
coolnjs amazing to her audience.
Within half an hour she killfd
three Kerce and powerful bulls and
, raised the enthusiasm ftf the public
lo such frantic heights that streams
of money jewelry, flowers and other
offerings were showered upon her.
Her last s-ason's earnings amounted
to $7,5W '
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or not to deal with groups of men
who are not his employes and
chosen by and from among them."
All elements of the conference
are agreed that the labor wing wjl
defeat the Wheeler measure if it
comes to a vote.
Should this measure be defeated
or withdrawn the RusseH-Endicott
other as though the marks were the-f measure would be next in order.
The resolution would' pledge the
conference to recognize" the right of
the employes to bargain collectively
and to select their representatives
without restriction. -. .
Oppose 'Proposal
-The employers' group has re
peatedly voiced emphatic oppositon
to this proposal which has the support-
of the public and labor dele
gates. Unless the 'presejit deadlock
can be broken many of the dele-
-gates were outspoken tonight in
their belief that the conference may
as well adjourn.
At a (meeting tonight of a por
ton of jhe central committee it was
decided to submit a modified ver
sion of the Russell-Endicott resolu
tion to the labor and employers'
groups, with a plea that the measure
be accepted tentatively and get to
the floor of the conference for a
vote.
Both Elbert H. Gary and Samuel
Gompers. who have been in New
York, are expected to be- present
when the conference convenes tor
morrow. . ' . ,j
London, Oct. 19. Viscount Astor
cf Hever Castle died of heart dis
ease Saturday morning. He had been
tailing in health for a yer.
The body of "Viscount Astor". is
lying in the residence of his- son,
Waldorf Astor, member of rParlia
ment, in! St. James Square.
Through - Viscount Astor's wish
his body will be cremated and," it is
.understood, the ashes will be placed
in the private chapel of his country
home, Cliveden, at Taplow Bucks,
now occupied by Waldorf Astor.
Death Unexpected. ; j. ; ; .
Mr. Astor's ;death rvfas . entirely
unexpected, althougfr he had been
in declining health for months. He
walked about outdoors on Friday as
usual. Death came while Mr.. Astor
was in bed Saturday morning.' but
whether during his sleep or whether
the household had warning, those in
charge of Major Astor's house pOSi
tively declined to say.-
What arrangements have been
made for the funeral or "are. con
templated, have not been announced.
Viscount Astor (William Waldorf
Astor) was born in New York in
1848, ihe son of John Jacofi Astor,
(third) capitalist and great grand
son of John Jacob Astor, the foun
der of the Astor millions. He be
came an expatriate in the "90s, re
nouncing his American citizenship
and becoming a British subject. He
was made a baron in 1916 and was
created First Viscount Astor of
Hever in 1917.
Viscount Astor has been reckoned
one of the-richest men in England.
At the time of his death he still re
tained large realty and other finan
cial hoidings in the United States,
particularly in New York City.
Few men of great wealth in Eng
(Continned on Page Two, Column Svn.)
SLIGHT DECLINE
NOTED IN PRICE
, OF FOODSTUFFS
Statistics of Bureau of Labor
Show H. C. L. Decreased
Two Per Cent in Sept.
Washington, Oct. 19. Food prices
are on the decline, the department
of labor's bureau of labor statistics
in a statement asserting that the re
tail prices of 22 staple foodstuffs
went to a decline of 2 per cent at
the end of September as compared
with the last of August.
The decrease, based on statistics
from all parts of the country, is the
first to be recorded since the world
war began with the exception of a
decline in June, when tood was five-
tenths of 1 per cent cheaper- than
in May. Ihe price of the 22 staple
foodstuffs, however, is still 88 per
cent above the average price for the
same foods in 1913.
Five cities of the country failed to
enjoy the slight decline, while in De
troit prices were lowered 5 per cent.
Onions and potatoes showed the
greatest price decline, of 17 and 14
per cent respectively. Cabbage,
meats, cheese, flour and sugar also
were lower. Raisins went up 8 per
cent during the month and were fol
lowed in their climb to greater or
less degree by rice, eggs, salmon,
butter, beans, canned vegetables,
coffee and corn meal.
Croix de Guerre Pinned on
"Breast" of City'of Paris
Paris, Oct. 19. The Place de L'
Hotel De Ville, was the scene of a
great demonstration Sunday when
President Poincare pinned the
Croix De Guerre on a cushion bear
ing the arms of the city of Paris.
The coveted decoration was con
ferred on the city in recognition of
the gallant manner in which the
people of Paris withstood the fire
of the long-range "Bertha" and the
attack of the enemy's air squadrons.
The total casualties in Paris re
sulting from air raids and shells
thrown by German long-distance
gur were S21 persons-killed and
1 1,224 wounded.
Understood That 49 Republic
ans and Six Democrats Will
Stand Together for Pro
gram Evolved. -
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Washington, Oct. 19. The long
treaty fight in the senate is about
to enter its final phase. Leaders
hope during the coming week to
clear away all proposed amend
ments and to make substantial prog
ress in the framing of a ratification
resolution.
Virtually conceding that no
amendments will be adopted, the op
position managers are determined to
qualify the ratifying resolution with
reservations, ,arid Senator Lodge,
the republican leader, declared in a
statement that a decisive majority
would stand for reservations that
would Ue "unequivocal and effec
tive." Privately, the opposition leaders
declared, Mr. Loige's chfim was
ticked by an understanding amount
ing virtually to a complete agree
ment among all of the 49 republi
cans and six democrats to stand to
gether for a reservation program
evolved after "many weeks of con
ferences. ' "
It was said not all of the details
had been agreed upon, though on
general principles and in some cases
on phraseology itself the SS sena
tors had been brought very close
together..-. . .
How far the remaining 41 sena
tors will go in their opposition to
reservation is ah uncertain question
even in the minds of some of. their
leaders. They have, stood unswerv
ingly through the long fight for
President Wilson's program of a
ratification that would not require
the treaty's resubmission to the other
powers. But it is for the president
himself to decide finally whether any
reservations' adopted do require such
resubmission, and his illness has left
the administration leaders somewhat
in the dark.' . '
There have been intimations that
should reservations unacceptable to
the administration be put into the
ratification reservation, the adminis
tration forces would vote "no" on
the ratification roll call, but their
leaders are not ready to say how
they "will cross that bridge until
they come to it. It would take only
33 rotes to prevent ratification, i
v Lodge Makes Statement.
In His statement. tonight Senator
Lodge declared opponents of reser
vations would be responsible for
anv further delav in senate action,
vindicating that the whip would be
applied to hold down oebate. yuicK
action also is a slogan of the admin
istration forces. Their hope is to get
started tomorrow on the last of the
committee amendments, proposing
equalization of voting power in the
league of nations.
Senator Lodge's statement fol
lows: '
"A decisive majority of the senate
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Youthful Bandits Stage
Real (Not Reel) Holdup
From Dusk to Midnight
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 19.
Barricading themselves at a lonely
spot on the Dixie Highway, two
boys, said to be James Oliver, aged
20, and a companion, Ed. Martin,
both discharged soldiers, held up
at a pistol point all passersby from
sunset until near midnight Saturday
night, captured citizens who went
out to arrest them, fatally shot
Deputy Sheriff W. B. Mcintosh and
finally capitulated only after Oliver,
himself, had been wounded.
Realizing that his comrade was
slowly bleeding to death, Martin, is
saitf to- have ordered the captive
citizens to take Oliver to Ooltewah
so that he might be attended by a
physician.
After the citizens had .started,
Martin slipped away"" in the dark
ness. When Oliver reached Ooltewah
indignant "citizens placed a rope
around his neck and strung him to
the limb of a tree. He at last broke
down and said that Martin was his
accomplice.
After several automobilists had
been robbed early in the evening
by the "two road agents," citizens
armed themselves and went to the
scene, only to beheld up themselves.
Deputy Sheriff Mcintosh was one
of the first to attempt to arrest the
pair and was fataljy wounded.
U. S. Unit in Lisbon.-
Lisbon, Oct. 19. The American
squadron has . arrived here from
.Brest,
There was no lack of color in the
scene which greeted the Belgians.
Braves in shirts of the gaudiest hues
and squaws wrapped in blankets of
many colors were grouped in an
cpen space near the station, sorqc of
the women carrying papooses.
The daughter of the chief was
showed his respect for the other.
The aged Indian bore himself with
a dignity equal to that of the king.
t here was no condescension jn Al- j mounted on a mustang.
7 nunmiiy in when t, braves had fi,ed t
that of the redskin. . . n trt;..k.i. .,u f,i k-..m.
Ihe sun had not yet banished ; u l..i j : l-.t- .. .
the chill of dawn when-Ute royal
party stopped in the New Mexican
village of Gallup, but there was a
crowd of several hundred at the
station. Many of them had ridden q
score of miles to greet the Belgians.
As the train stopped, the band of
St. Michael's Indian school swung
into the strains of the Belgian na
tional anthem and then that of the
Unted States.
Braves on Mustangs.
A little band of braves, mounted
on mustangs, sat waiting and watch
ing, their faces expressionless, as
the king.'tjueen and prince descend
ed from their car. After one war
dance, his majesty expressed a de
sire to 'meet some of the Indians
and several of them were presented
to him and his consort.
Then Chief Silagotio, tribal judge,
better known as Pete Price, stepped
forward with the gift of the tribe,
a handsome Navajo blanket, which
he gravely handed""to Albert, who in
turn pinned upon the old warrior's
breast silver medals of his house.
The grizzled Indian might have
been thinking, as he stood proudly
before the ruler of the Belgians, of
the day when he, too, was the -chief
of many fighting men. He -was the
last to surrender to the regulars at
Fort Defiance in the days when Ki
Carson was a . guide, and he was
defiant to the end. But once his
parole was given, he kept it. t
her husband in striking contrast to
the place given their squaws by khe
Indians, she asked to be presented
to the Indian women. Then she re
quested them to pose before her
camera, and they complied, although
somewhat sullenly, for they view
picture-taking devices with super
stitious awe. They kept their eyes
on the ground while they posed.
Aside from the Indians, the most
striking figure was that of Dick Mat
tox, an "old-timer" who twirled a
ferocious looking mustache as he sat
on his horse on the edge of the
crowd. While counted one of Gal
lup's best citizens, he looked like a
villain of a cinema drama of the
plains.
Worship in Indian Church.
The Belgian monarchs worshipped
today for the third time . in . the
Unted States at the quaint Indian
church which has stood for three
centuries on' what is now the Pueblo
Indian reservation at Isleta, 13 miles
from Albuquerque. A venerable
Spanish priest celebrated the bene
dection with the king, queen and
Prince Leopold " in the sanctuary
with , Governor; Latrazolo and his
wife. ' The priest, who spoke French
fluently, welcomed the Belgians to
the ancient edifice which stands to
day as it 'did when it was built, al
though it was many times captured
by the Indians and retaken by the
Spaniards. One of the priests was
an Indian and the choir was com
posed of Indians. - ,
After the service the visitors were
treated to a real western show.
Picturesque Indians danced their
native dances, while cowboys and
cowgirls gave exhibitions in horse
manJrtp One of the features was
a horsebacks quadrille and another
was the mastery of breaking bron
chos. The king rode on the engine from
Thoreau, N. M., to Lagbna, N. M.,
a distance of about SO miles. -Visit"
Injured Brakeman.
At the Grand Canyon Brakeman
L. H. Cockrum had his leg badly
smashed while coupling cars. He
was visited by both the king and
queen in the baggage car. The king
decorated Cockrum with the Order
of Leopold II, and later the king
and queen visited the car, but
learned that Cockrum had been
taken to ahospital at Winslow."
The special train of the royal
party arrived here at 2:45 this af
ternoon and was met by a reception
committee headed by. Gov. O. A.
Larrazolo. Following introductions,
the governor, in a few well chosen
words, presented his majesty with a
beautiful and unique souvenir as a
momento of his visit to New Mex
ico, consisting of a pouch made of
deer skin in which was placed a
portfolio of 30 photographs of New
Mexico scenery and scenes. The
pouch is made in primitive Indian
style by Indian workmen and handsomely-
illuminated in red, yellow
and green tints.
On the front cover of the port
folio, is a photograph of Governor
Larrazolo and hii daughters.
The royal party was taken to and
from Isleta in automobiles.
The special train left here at 6:45
p, m. for the east.
SLIGHT DIGESTIVE
DISORDER UPSETS
WILSON SUNDAY
Condition - Otherwise is Un-
chanfeecl, According to Gray
son, President's Physician.
Washington, Oct. 19. Having ob
tained relief from the prostatic con
dition which retarded his recovery
last week, President Wilson was the
victim 'today of slight digestive
trouble. Ylis condition otherwise
throughout the day, according '- to
Rear Admiral Grayson, his personal
physician, was unchanged tonight.
Dr Grayson issued the following
bulletin from the White House to
night: ' v
'"The president had a slight di
gestive disturbance today. Other
wise his condition is unchanged."
The president's general condition
was regarde4 as satisfactory, not
withstanding the slight attack of in
digestion. Until midnight Dr. Gray
son and the physicians assisting him
found inthe-examination of their pa-
was more than holding his own and
the development after noon was not
regarded as serious or as any indica
tion that the president's general con
dition was worse
Not' Called to Bedside.
Dr. Grayson, who has spent the
ight at the White House ever since
the president returned front his
speakine; tour three weeks ago, was
not called to the patient's bedside
at all last nignt. It was the first
time in t-.vo weeks that some phase
of his patient's condition had not
made it necessary for him to attend
him after he had retired for the
night.
Dr. Grayson spent much of the
morning with ' the president and
after visits by Drs. Ruffin and Stitt
the following-bulletin was issued:
"There is no material change in
the president's condition. He slept
well during the night."
Encouragement Manifested.
The encouragement manifested by
the president's . physicians and
others of his household was under
stood to be not so much to any
marked improvement, but to suc
cess cf efforts made to allay the .ef
fects of the ailments incident to Mr.
Wilson's general condition. Great
importance has been attached to the
elimination of the secondary ail
ments, because, with them curbed,
the physicians believe the neu
rasthenic condition will gradually
respond to the treatment being ad
ministered. The president has been permitted
to sit up occasionally, and he has in
sisted at times that he be permitted
to attend to 84ie work. His physi
cians have insisted that for the time
being he must be content to wait.
Callers are not permitted to see him.
but numerous reminders of their
visits are sent to his room, one be
ing an armful of chrysanthemums
personally delivered at the White
House by three enlisted men of the
armv and a sailor. '
Maids, Valets and Dogs Are
the Chief Worries of Stars
in Grand Opera Company
Song Birds Who Will Entertain Omaha Music Lovers
With Renditions of "Aida" Tonight and "Masked
Ball" Tuesday Night Reach City From Minneapolis
"Lavish Arrangements Made at Hotels For Their'
Accommodation!
Into the Union station shed at 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon rolled a
special train from St. Paul, Minn.,!
ana irom me ruuman cars pourea
men and women very evidently of
the grand, opera type, dart meriand
women, dark in. complexion, hair,
eyes and clothes.
They talked in many languages,
giving orders to maids and valets
and conversing vivaciously among
themselves. They were the mem
bers of the, Chicagb Opera company
with their valets, , maids, private
secretaries, wives and dogs.
There were 253 people on this
tient every evidence that Mr. Wilson i t'-n which arrived about three
hours late. The 60 members of the
orchestra arrived on a later train.
Season's Big Event.
The presentation by this great
company iif the Auditorium tonight
of Verdi's "Aida" and of Verdi's
"Masked Ball" tomorrow night is
the biggest musical event of the sea
son. ' I '
A large woman, dressed in black
and lavishly draped in rich sables
showed great concern as she-flighted
from the train, about the care
her maid was giving a small curly
haired brown dog.
"Pardon, est-ce que vous etez
Mme. Destinn?" inquired the report
er ;in a special brand of French
which he had been studying up for
this occasion. He recognized the
famous diva from her . pictures.
Mme. Destinn turned toward her
questioner with quiet dignity.
Trouble With Dog.
"Yes-s, I am Mme. Destinn," she
said in perfectly good English. "Ah,
you are a reporter. My little dog,
I am having so "much trouble wiz
him."
The little dog barked happily from
the maid's arms. 7
"Yes, yes," exclaimed Madam.
"You see, he knows what I talk
about. He is a dog from Prague,
but he understands English. But
my name I now wish to be called
Mme. Destinova instead of Mme.
Destinn. Such shall be my name
from now."
l& strikingly beautiful young wom
an, with' very dark hair, heavy, dark
eyebrows, large black eyes and daz-
(Contlnoed on Page Two, Column Five.)
11,000 Tons Sugar
Sold France,Though
Famine Faces U. S.
New York, Oct. 19-i-Simultane-ously
with the prediction by Arthur
Williams, federal food administra
tor, of a sugar famine in New York
by next Tuesday unless the long
shoremen's 'strike is settled, the
Harriman National bank published
a paid advertisement in an evening
paper asserting that the surplus
war material recently 'sold by the
United States to France included
22,000,000 pounds of sugary
"It is obvious," said th adver
tisement,' "that inquiry need go not
far o discern that the high cost of
living is in a great measure due to
the inefficiency of official Wash
ington." The advertisement added that the
war material "sold for about $400,
000,000 and estimated to be worth
$1,750,000,000 included almost every
thing in the list essential to our
livelihood."
Germany Stays Mum.
Berlin, Oct. 19. Contraryto re
ports from London and Paris. Ger
many has not yet replied to the note
from the entente urging a common
blockade of soviet Russia, .
Two Injured in Auto
- Accidents Sunday;
W XT .! V I O
. neitner is oenous
v ' '
Mrs. M. Grossman, 1127 North
Twentieth street, 50 years old, was
riin down by an automobile at 8
last night at Twentieth and Cum
ing streets. Mrs. Grossman suffer
ed minor bruises.
R. H. Crane, Oklahoma City, Okl.,
who was operating the car, had Mrs.
Grossman removed to Nicholas
Senn hospital in an ambulance. He
then reported to the police station,
where he was arrested and booked
for investigation. He was released
on $500 bond-. '
Gus Anderson, Missouri Valley,
la., was thrown from the running
board of an automobile at 5 yes
terday at Twentieth street and Pop
pleton avenue and, suffered a bad
scalp wound. He was tSken to
Central police station, given medi
cal attention and charged with
drunkenness. According to W. S.
Bunch, 2204 Webster street, Ander
son and a woman ran from a house
nearby toward an automobile when
the accident occurred. The woman
leaped into the car and when An
derson stepped on the runnine
t . "
warn sne mrew mm to the pave
ment.
ALSO LOSE
IHSTADT
Captures Reported Officially '
by the General Staftof the
Finnish Army and Relayed
tq Washington.
PETROGRAb AND MOSCOW
RAILROAD LINE SEVERED
Gen. Yudenitch's Troops Oc
cupy Station Eight Miles
- From Russian Capital and
Also Reach Nearby Suburb.
Washington. Oct. 19. The fall of
Petrograd and the occupancy ofv
both that city and the fortress of
Kronstadt by the Russian anti-bol-sheviki
forces has been reported
officially by the general staff of the
Finnish army to the Vibog repre
sentative of the northwest govern- .
ment of Russia. This communica- v
tion reached the state department to
night. In making public the department's :
aidvices, Acting . Secretary Phillips
said that a direct dispatch, dated to- ,
day and received here tonight from
the i department's representative
nearest the old Russian capital, re
ported that the Finnish official an
nouncement had not been corrobo- ,
rated from other sources.
The announcements crediting th
Finnish general staff as authority
was datedy yesterday. It Jcamr. !
from ' Viborg, and followed urtcon' "
firmed reports to j the department
through Swedish " and Russian
sources saying that Petrograd and
Kronstadt had been wrested from '
the bolsheviki by the Russian forces
under General Yudenitch; that with
thejall of the fortified IGatchina, 35 .
miles out from Petrograd on the'
way to Berlin, the collapse of the
old capital was inevitable and that ;
the bolsheviki were concentration?
all their troops "fC a .''decisive,
struggle with General Denikine's
forces in the south. i
One Capture Confirmed.
Helsingfors, Oct 19. A commun- .
ication from the northwest Russian
army received here today confirms
the capture of Krasna"a Gorka, and
claims that the railway between
Petrograd and Moscow has been cut
by" blowing up a bridge over the
Tosna river.
The communication asserts the '
bolsheviki have concentrated 20,000
men at Gdof. on Lake Peipus, and
10,000 near Petrograd, and declare
that they will offer strong - resis
tance, i
The Tosna river crosses the rail
way line at Tosna, 33 miles south
east of Petrograd. Krasnaia Gorka
lies on the Gulf of Finland to the
west of Kronstadt.
Gdoff is on the eastern shore of
Lake Peipus, aboit 70 miles north
of Pskov. - . si-
Advices received here today say
that the occupation of Petrograd is
expected to take place this week, be
fore Kronstadt is entered.
Petrograd Suburb Taken.
i London, -Oct General Yu
danitch's troops' have occupied the '
station at Ligovo, about sight miles
from Petrograd, according to a
Helsingfors dispatch to Reuters.
They have also reached the railway
junction at Putilov, a suburb of the
capital.
The red troops have rertred from
Krasm.ye Sclo and Gatchina, short- '
ly afterwards re-occucied both
towns, and the soviet army .started
a counter offensive which promise?
success, says a wireless, dispatch re
ceived here tonight from Moscow.
The dispatch adds that the land
batteries at Kronstadt repelled at
tacks by a British fleet.
A-.Reutcr dispatch from Helsing
fors, dated Saturday, says:
"The report of the surrender of
Kronstadt and of the imminent fal'
cf Petrograd has caused great com
mercial activity here, and there haf
been a sudden rise in the value ol
the' ruole. Contracts for deliveries
of food and other necessities have
been 'hurriedly concluded.
"M. Marguilies, minister of com- ,
merer for the northwest Russian
government, has arranged for 11,-
000,000 kilograms of rice to be .
rushed to Petrograd as soon as th!
treaty is ratified." "
May Concentrate Now.
Warsaw, Oct. 19. As a result of
the commerfcement of hostilities by
the German-Russian forces against
Lithuania, M. Skrynsk, Polish under
secretary of state, has informed the
ambassadors of the Baltic states
that they xould with ' perfect se
cuntyoncentrate against the Ger
mans and Russians, declaring that
Poland would never aid enterprises '
of Prussian militarism. ..
( Hit by Passing Car. -
Mrs. Thalun Hodcens. TViIrtl.tW
and Dodge streets, suffered a severe
?.calp wound at 10:30 last night when
an automobile struck her while she
was repairing a puncture on her own
car at Twenty-fourth and Castelar
streets.
Dr. Frederick Beck a
lJ?k Hodgens to Ford hospital
The driver 0 he car tW ct-..-i
J Mrs. !I?jgens did not stop
"'j i