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RIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS B I NO PROCESS REPRODUCES PHOTOGRAPHS LIKE ROTOGRAVURE. SEE SUNDAY'S BEE. GRANT BENEFIT OF v UNWRITTEN LAW. Paris, Oct 23. The benefit of the unwritten law nasbeen unanimous ly granted by a court at Valen ciennes to a French girl named Alartole Lambert and hergrand- mother. Hofh ' pressing the girl's offspring from a German soldier during the time of me invasion, me jury accepted the theory that the woman acted upon a patriotic motive. v SANTA PREPARES TO 60 TO SIBERIA New York, Oct. 23. Santa Claus has begun preparations to' get to , Siberia in time to remember each American soldier on duty there. Ten thousand pounds of fruit cake and other gifts will be sent to Vladi vostok by the Knights of Colum bus. The cake was purchased along " with similar ' Christmas remem brances for soldiers in the Philip opines, France and Panama. ADVOCATES TAPPING x BIG WAR FORTUNES. London, ' Oct. 23. Ex-Premier Asquith in a speech to liberals ad vocated tapping the great fortunes made during the war. SODA CLERKS ASK $40 A WEEK PAY. ' New York.'Ott. 23. Soda clerks 'are now demanding $40 a week and ;.n eight-hour day. Ihe demand is part of the schedule drawn up by the United Drug Clerks covering salaries, hours, duties and days off. An eight-hour day with one day off in seven is asked' for all employes of retail pharmacies. SAYS HE BOASTED OF FEMININE CONQUESTS. Denver, Oct. 23 Mrs. Helen El- wood Stokes, who is visiting her mother here, has instructed 5 her HE 0 MAHA Daily Bee ......... VOL. 49 NO. 110. Intartt M nMK.tlHi Mtttr K It, ISM. at OaalM P. 0. Mr art at lint S. IS7S. OMAHA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER -24, 1919. By Mall (I mrt. Dally, MOO: SnSur. ttJti Daily ut4 Saa SS.N; ratal Nafc. ta antra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER 1 - Much colder with fresh north erly winds and mow in west, and rain turning to anow in east por tion Friday; Saturday fair. Hourly tcmpcnnireat . ; ,. 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Mrs. Stokes revives memories of an old "scandal involving Stokes by .mentioning the fact that he was ,hot while visiting the apartment of a young woman in New Y.ork City on "June 7. 1911. She makes a sweeping denial of all the charges ,ri;ule against her in her husband's it SECRET 'CONTROL' ' :,f " - v OF WAIFS UPHELD.1 Cincinnatf, O.f'Otrtr'iS.The right , of private children's home corpora t'ons to retain secret control of the children's" location after adoptfn was sustiined by Judge DixOn s of common pleas court here. The test case was brought' by Charles Bie ler of Chicago, who wanted to se cure possession of his three children, now in the children's-home here. . Bieler claimed at least the. right .to know, where the children were now located and also asked occa sional access to them. The case has been watched by "every children's home in the United States. . RIOTERS INDICTED Names of Six men Withheld Pending Arrest Negro First to Be Sentenced on Riot Charge Gets 30 Days. THREE COURTS WILL HEAR CRIMINAL CASES Fourth May Be Added Later Because of Large Docket Judges ' Redick, Day and Sears Will Preside at Trials. 1 Nine more men and boys were in dicted yesterday by the. grand jury on charges of complicity in the coujt house riots of September 28. Names of six of these were not given out because they are not un der arrest. The, other three are: Patrick McMahon. 31 years old nfarried, 5330 South Thirty-second street, unlawful assemblage and rioting. . ' 1 Lloyd Allen, 18, Seventeenth and Cass streets, unlawful - assemblage and rioting. Frank Johnson, alias Frank Du mont," 20, Des Moines, -la., sales man,, grand larceny and receiving stolen property. Johnson is charged with stealing goods from the store of Abe Marcus. 1122 Douglas street, the night of the not. , . -' .-Negro. Pleads Guiltq. The first man to plead guilty to a riot indictment was sentenced yes terday afternoon by" District' Judge Redick to 30, days in jail. He -is Lester Price, neero. 2226 : Seward street, charged with carrying con cealed weapons. Price escaped from a mob that attacked him on a street car,jheJiigH of 4he riot.- - Judge Redick ordered his sentence to date from the time of his arrest, Sep tember 2 :. '.V. y-'.. V Operate ThrVe Courts. " PresFding Judge. Redick of the district- court, vesterdav issued an order which will put three4 courts in to simultaneous operation beginning next Monday, ' for the trial of , al leged rioters and ofher criminal cases. . . . - ''. : The "criminal docket was unsually crowded with scores of prisoners waiting in the county jail. With the addition of the men indicted by the l grand jury for "complicity in the riots 01 September 8, an unpre cedented amount of work is await ing the criminal courts. - District Judges Redick, Day and Sears will presideover criminal courts in court rooms' Nos. 3, 5 jand 7. The regular large criminal court room, No. 1, is being occupied tem porarily by the county treasurer's office. ; '.r-r :'' '. ".-:. Unprecedented Occasion. Civil cases which require juries, .' I J M, t . , 1 - . IT - York, Oct, 23.-Ensign.ir" ?e ," ln c?" rooms in os. Erlanger oP the :United li-?, aiv U9jftijr iroi u til . wm wuim No. 7,' will be heard by Judge Wakeleya in the room which was formerly the 4 judge's chamber. Usually there is only one criminal court in operation. Never -before in this county have three criminal courts been, running' at the same time. It is possible," Judge Day said, that a fourth will be put to work. A general call for the calendar on- civil cases will be heard in court room No.-3, next Saturday morn ing. ."'.:. , Weber Out Under Bail. Leonard Paul Weber,, former World-Herald employe, indicted by the grand jury Tuesday on - charge of carrying, concealed weapons, was released under $750 bail yesterday by Judge Redick to await trial. An indictment was returned against J. W. Siegel, charging him with receiving stolen property on October 12. He was released un der $500 bond. Four boys who have been held in the county jail for investigation in connection with the , rioting, were released yesterday by order of the grand jury, no indictments being found against ythem. They were Ralph Johnson.' 17 years old, 2518 Capitol avenue; Henry Heise, 17 years old. 3020 Emmet street, and James Mitch, 16 years old. 2317 Harney strt and Elmer Riefen burg, 16 years old, 802 South Thir-y-first street. -' Armistice Was Greatest War Blunder, Says 'Harries EXPECT'HEAVY, SNOW- " STORM IN WYOMING. ' "Cheyenne, Wyo., Oct. 23.r-Wyom-ing stockmen were warned by the weather bureau , to prepare their !erds from sever? weather because u heavy -.snow storm and cold wave wts expected to strike Wyoming friday ' . DID NOT GIVE WOMAN COAT FOR PROMOTION. . Xay llenrv States naval reserve force, who re cently was cort-martialed V on - charges of bribery, was honorably discharged from the service and vindicated of the charges in an order - signed by Secretary, of the-Navy Daniels, attorneys for Erlanger an noitnced. v ' '. Erlanges was arrested on a tharge that he had given a $300 coat to the wife of Lieutenant Ellert, chief pay clerk at the Third naval district headquarters, in .return for promo tion. . At" the court-martial Com mander John J. Grady of the U. S. S. Dolphin testified Erlanger had been promoted on merit only. " SCREW DOWN ON DRINKS IN GOTHAM. "New York, Oct. 23. It was hard to buy a drink in New York Thurs day. Arrests of federal agents ac cused of grafting and . indications that one of them would turn state's evidence frightened cafes, cabarets and motor inns, ; where' hitherto nothing but the price had been necessary in order to satisfy any alcoholic craving. - x . With five men, including : three federal agents, held for "hearing sub poenas, were issued for a score of prominent cafe owners and several politicians to appear before a fefl : ral grand jury. , . V . , , Men involved were particularly itterested in the " movements of Charles P. McGarver, alias Tinkey " one of the federal agents under arrest, who made a record as a hunter of moonshine stills in Ten- nessee. ' - -" ' - . - He had a long talk with John -A. Minton, special assistant federal at torney in charge of prohibition en forcement and later was released in the custody of his counsel until he could furnish bail of $1,000. Bail for the other accused ranged from T2.50O to $5,000. .Mr. 'Minton - announced that the conference had resulted in the gov ernment obtaining information of great importance. He admitted that the evidence involved a prominent republican politician and that names of some former attaches of the fed eral attorney's office had been men tioned, but absolved the present taP . - . ' " Kearney Man Accidentally ' Killed in Scuffle for Gun Kearney, Neb., Oct 23. (Special Telegram.) Art Meyers was acci dentally shot and instantly killed here Thursday. He was under the influence of liquor, witnesses say, and procured a gun and threatened to kill someone. J. W. Lawhead and Ed Wolford remonstrated with him and say they attempted to take his x gen. During Ihe scuffle the weapon was discharged, the bullet entering Meyers' heart At the cor oner's inquest both men were exonerated from any blame for the killing. A bottle partly filled with banana extract was found in bis pocket " j :c. Omaha Army Officer at Banquet of Palimpsest Club .Tells of ..Condi tions in Germany. "The granting of the armistice to Germany was the: greatest blunder committed by the allies in the war," declared Gen. George H. Harries at a- banquet given in his honor last night by the Palimpsest club at the Omaha, club' , ' . ? "They talk about 'celebrating No vember 11 as Armistice day, making it - a public holiday. It is nothing less, 4n my opinion; than a.n interna tional disgrace. The granting of the armistice; was . a military, political and economic1 blunder." . ' General Harries was the first American officer to enter Berlin after the signing of the armistice and he drew a vivid picture last night of a Germany which believes ' today that it was not ; conquered, which is swiftly recovering by in dustry and organization, which has its secret espionage system at work and which is already planning re venge. 1 - : ' . 1 . Sees Pershing Plan. N "I saw General Pershing's plan of action, written long before the ar mistice was signed,1' said ' General Harries.. "Had it xbeen followed out the German army would have sur rendered in' the field. ;It woaTd have gone home without the possibility of being received as anything but a de-. feated army; The allied armies V Geotfe ft farrhs ' TELEGRAM would have marched into Germany and occupied seven strategic -points, The blockade would have been lift ed immediately and raw material would have poured into Germany, and the allies would have seen to it that the Germans worked. "The German people today do not believe their armies were defeated (Continued on Par Two, Column FWe.) New Jersey Woman Western Sisters How She Washes in "Evening Dress ' J - ' . Electric Washers and Ironers and Motion Study Permits Doing Family Washing on Blue Velvet Bugs; Says . Mrs. Frank Ambler Pattison in Address to Conven . tion of Nebraska Club Women at Fairbury. : : . Bv MYRTLE MASON. 1 Fairbury, Neb., Oct. 23. (Special Telegram.fDoingf , the-family washing iii' "evening clothes on a blue v velvet r rug is. a stuht which Mrs. Frank Ambler Pattison of New Jersey has performed.. Just how it is done was explained by Mrs. Pattison before the Nebraska Federation . of , Women's . clubs Thursday afternoon"" at a regular session of their annual convention. Electric washers and ironers and motion study explains it, Said Mrs. Pattison", who is an authority on scientific management in the home. "What is home?" she was asked. "It is the constant' production of possible motive .of organized erc istence for the purpose of providing proper shelter, comfort, nourish ment or encouragement for the de velopment of each individual mem ber; a recreation center fertilized by the heart and mind of all within and ever pregnant with life's best joys," she said. "They , say wom an's place is in the home. It is, and man's place is there with her. The drudgery, the meifialhess.' the me dieval form - Of contract and the housing of a strange and foreign personality' in - the very midst of one s private' family' lite are things that do not belong to 20th century civilization. ? ' Need Dishwasher. "A house as nearly as possible should be an auto operative estab lishment; - -indeed cataloged, ' de sighed and ordered in such a way as to require the minimum of labor and attention at every turn. The business of -purchasing ia an art. The woman who can 'invent -an electric , ' dishwasher " will be 5 the savior of the race. Man is going aboutMt in the wrong way. Electric vacuum cleaners and dishwashers, electric washing and mangling ma chines, irons, ovens, cookers, scrubs hers," floor polishers, toasters, table. fixtures, Dathroom, laundry ma chines and water "heaters, dustless dusters, cupboards, elevators, etc., all these things are buY begin nings and suggestions of what is to (Continued on Paso Two, Colnmn One.) President's Condition, Is Not Affected by ' Increased Activities Washington, Oct. 23. With ex ception of brief attention to the difficulties of the national industrial conference, President Wilson Thurs day got uninterrupted rest. After a report on developments ia the conference had been given the president and he had formulated a message to ,Secretary Lane, chair man of the' conference, Rear Ad miral Grayson ordered that no fur ther government matters be brought to the president's attention. , The prohibition enforcement bill with an opinion as to its constitu tionality by Attorney General Pal mer, reached, the 'White House late in the day from the, Department of Justice, but in accordance with Dr. Grayson's order, it was not laid be fore the president. - The president's condition, it was explained, had not been affected by his increased - activity, but the chances that too much attention to public affairs might retard his re covery . were considered too great to risk taking up matters not ur gently needing his attention. He has until next Tuesday midnight to act on the prohibition bill, r Dr. Grayson's regular night an nouncement was confined to this brief bulletin: . ' '.- "The president . is satisfactorily maintaining the improvement which he has recently made." Found Guilty of Murder. Valentine, Neb., Oct. 23. (Special Telegram.) Blazka, , the farmer charged with -beating - his, wife to death, was found guilty; of murder in . the second degree ' by a jury Thursday night r , O. W. Elkins Dead. Philadelphia. Pa- Oct 23. George W. Elkins, financier and phi lanthropist died at the Philadelphia Country club late Thursday, night from apoplexy, with which he was stricken while -playing golf. He was 61 years old. Volunteers Capture ' 1 Stolen Automobili And Two e ants 4Billy" Bullar'd anf Clifford Han son, apartment. 6," Hamilton Annex, early this morning captured two al leged automobile thieves -in a stolen automobile less ' than - an ' hour after the car was sreported stolen from Lincoln, Neb. ' . .. George LaShore,-1727 South Elev enth street, and Howard James, Lin coln, Neb., are in central police sta tion, charged , with being fugitives from justice. " They will be taken back to Lincoln today to-stand trial on a charge of grand larceny Bullard and Hanson were in cen tral police station when Gus Hyers, chief state agent, sent in a' report that a new Auburn coupe with whito wire wheels had been' stolen" from Lincoln. , The car carried no num ber, according, to the report A few minutes later a telephone message from Ashland, Neb., stated that the stolen car. had been driven through there toward Omaha. " Bullard and Hanson started west on Center street at 12:30 in Bul lard's car. Five miles out on the Center street road they noticed a car approaching them. They proceeded west until out of sight and then wheeled around and pursued the car. Near Ak-Sar-Ben field the pur sued car dashed off the Center street road toward Pacific street One mile beyond Elmwood park on Pa1 cific street Bullard . and : Hanson pulled up beside LaShore and James and commanded them to stop. The captors brought LaShore and James to central police station and turned the car over to Police Sergeant Pete Dillon;' '.-;- -' - ' 1 North Dakota Experiences its First Touch of Winter Fargo, N. D., Oct 23 North Da kota got its first touch of winter Thursday, several cities reporting snow. At Fargo, an inch of snow fell. The thermometer registered 25 degrees above gf9 , V OF KAISER ASTOUNDS German Emperor's Message Following President Wilson's Endeavors to Bring Peace, in 1917 Is Made Public. 1 U. S. ENTRY INTO WAR NOT FEARED, HE SAID Hollweg Reported to Have As serted That if Wilson's Offer Had Come Sooner U-Boat War Would Not Have Begun. 1 , Berlin, Oct. 23. President Wil son's peace offer was a matter of lit tle concern to the German emperor, according to the evidence presented before the subcommittee investigate insr the war. Furthermore the inter vention of the United States appar ently was not seriously considered by the emperor., - . During the examination of Count Von Bernstorff, former ambassador at Washington, the socialist deputy,' Dr: Sinsheimer, said: "The kaiser's telegram to which you refer, dated January lcj 1917, and addressed to Herr Zimmerman (foreign secretary) says literally: 'His majesty instructs me to thank you for your communication. His majesty does not care a bit about President Wilson's offer, Jf a breach with America cahnot be prevented it cannot beyhelped. Events arc devel oping.'" , There was much excitement when the-message-was read. Dr. Karl Helfferick, former vice chancellor, whispered, "Nonsense." ; . Dr. Sinsheimer maintained that the peace conditions sent to Presi dent Wilson- January ,28t jWwhich wefeTsaid'fo be" the 'same as tfiose Germany offered December 3, 1916. were really nothing like "them. , All Appear' Astounded.. Every one present appeared as tounded at this statement and Count Von Bernstorff exclaimed excitedly: "Then I am told this today tor the first time." Under crQss-examination Von Bernstorff quoted the German em peror and General Ludendorff on his (Bernstorff's) return from Washington The emperor said Von Bernstorff had failed on two PomtsT t-irst, in allowing the Brit- ish 10 connscaie me irunK witn a Swedish diplomat's papers thought to contain his Mexican telegrams, and second, by permitting the Unit ed States to send James W. Gerard to Germany as ambassador, Ludendorff accused him of at tempting to make peace by agitat ing against the submarine warfare and declared that the U-boat war would bring peace in three months. ne men toia tne tormer emDassa dor that President Wilson's oeace proposal could not pass the reich stag; it would be championed only by the socialists, adding that a "rot ten peace" was impossible. ' Poland's Fate Discussed. The question of Poland's fate in connection with President Wilson's eace efforts was discussed. Count von Bernstorff sair that in his discussions with the United States Kovernment there . was no question of territory concerned in giving Poland access to the' sea or being withdrawn from German sov ereignty. Replying to another ques tion the former ambassador said: "Without America's help the en tente 'could not have vanquished Germany. If we succeeded in ore- venting war with America a. peacjp of understanding would at least have been possible. s 7 : von. Bernstorff also expressed the opinion that President Wilson would have raised no difficulties had the proposed world conference to settle peace solved the Polish question in a manner differing with President Wilson's ideas. .'-0 . . Plenty of Warning. The - discussion turned lareelv upon the period of the declaration by Germany of its submarine war fare. Von Bernstorff testified that af,ter President Wilson's message to congress on January 22, Col. E. M. House, the president's confidential adviser, summoned him to New York and thereupon Von Bernstorff cabled his government saying that the United States did not intend to interfere in territorial questions, but wanted Germany's peace conditions made public as evidence of Ger many's sincerity and adding: it the submarine warfare is be gun "straight away the president would feel it a blow in the face and war with America would be unavoid Dr. Sinsheimer pointed out that Von Bernstorff was aware officially January 16 that submarine warfare had been decided on and that the ambassador was to present a note to tne Washington governmeat con cerning it on January 31. No More Negotiations. Von Bernstorff then continued: "I communicated the oeac- condi tions to Colonel House on he 30th and on the 31st presented the decla porting race wh Colon rear.) i Gurzon Sucqeeds Balfour 1 In British Foreign Office REPUD1AT i. i f t II .rr. I PREMIER IP Earl Curzon. London, Oct. 23. It is officially announced that Earl Curzon' has been appointed foreign secretary in succession to Arthur J. Balfour. Mr. Balfour retires after almost a half century of public service, hav ing first taken his seat in parliament in 1874. His connection with the foreign policy, of the British empire was establishefl almost immediately, as he was appointed private secre tary to the Marquis of Salisbury, tnen secretary ot state for foreign affairs, in 1878, and he was a mem ber of the British mission under , Arthur 'J. Balfour. Lords Salisbury and Beaconsfield at the Berlin conference in 1878. A few more years saw him ad vanced to a seat in the cabinet as secretary for Scotland in 1886. He became leader of the house of com mons in 1891 and prime minister in 1902. It was, recently' reported in London that upon his retirement as foreign -secretary, Mr. Balfour would be created earl and would succeed Viscount Grey as British ambassador to the United -States when the latter had finished his mission in this country. Parliament Rejects . Govern ment Alien Bill by Vote of 185 to 113 With Only About Half the Members in Session. COUNTRY IS FACED BY CHANGE OF PARTY HOUSE UNSEATS FITZGERALD AND VOTES IN TAGUE Decision in Boston Election Contest Rebuke to Bossism Ballots of Three Pre cincts Thrown Out. ' . Washington, Oct 23. Without a record vote the house late today un seated Representative John F. Fitt gerald of Massachusetts, 1 former mayor of Boston, and seated former Representative Peter . F.' Tague. Both Fitzgerald and Tague are democrats. -"-v Before seating Mr. Tague, the houser refused) by ar vote of 167 to 46, to order , a new 'election, a pro posal offered by Representative Luce, . republican, Massachusetts, and endorsed by Mr. Fitzgerald. Previous to this 'vote, ; Representa tive Overstreet, democrat, Georgia, had withdrawn his motion to de clare Mr. Fitzgerald entitled to re tain his seat . - ', .-. Three Precincts Thrown Out By its final action the house accepted-the report of a, majority of its elections committee, headed by Representative Goodall, .republican, Maine; which threw out the vote in three precincts of the. Fifth ward of Boston, with the result that Mr. Tague was held to have received a plurality of (the votes in the election last November. ' '- . ' s i, In urging the adoption of this re port, Mr. Goodall asserted that for the house to sustain the committee would have the effect . of serving notice on political bosses that they could not override congress by ''illegal actions" at an election. Mar tin Lomasney of Boston was named by Mr. Goodall as the "political boss" whose support gave the elec tion - to - Mr. , Fitzgerald: Other representatives . also , attacked Mr. Lomasney, who, in turn, was fended by others as a citizen constructive" statesman. de and Straggl ti s A 1 ers in Henai T 1 II 1 'T..l uerby maKe Lime Headway Thursday Chicago, Oct. 23. Stragglers in the army's double transcontinental air race made little headway toward their goals Thursday. Mechanical difficulties and bad flying weather combined to retard their progress; At night only six were left in the race, two machines - having been wrecked during the day. Race officials at Washington com puting the actual flying time of the contestants announced that Lt Al exander Pearson had completed the double trip across the continent in the best time yet reported. Pear son, the fourth to finish, made the 5,402 miles in 48 hours, 37 minutes and 16 seconds. This was practic ally 10 hours less than the time of Capt. Lowell H. Smith or Capt. J. O. Donaldson and better than Lt B. W.. Maynard's record, after sub tracting 18 hours spent by Maynard in replacing his motor at Wahoo, Neb. ... .. .. : ' Letts Advancing. Libau, Russia, Oct 23.-The Letts are advancing , from Dunamunde (Ust Dvinsk) and Bolderaa, accord ing to Riga advices. The first large island to the south of Riga is in the hands of the Letts, and also the bridges over the Duna. Six British and two French destroyers are sup porting the Lettish operations. Colonel Bermondt of the Russo German fdrees, Mitau reports say. has ordered the seizing of all Letts of military age fit for service. , WILSON'S PLEA KEEPS MINERS FROWAKING Operators and Workers In Deadlock When Labor Sec i retary's intervention . Saves:Day. v . ; jr ' Washington, Oct 23. A dramatic appeal bf Secretary ot Labor Wil son, himself a miner, prevented an open break tonight between miners and operators almost ready to go home, after failing, to settle the strike of 500,000 soft coal miners set for 10 days hence. , r It was near the end of a long and heated session, at which the miners formally rejected one plan of settle ment and refused to arbitrate wages, that the secretary, taking hold of a slender, thread brought the two sides together and kept them here for another conference tomorrow. " As -members of the two groups, weary after three days of argument and wrangling, left the meeting place, they refused to hazard an opinion as to whether the strike could be averted. In some quarters, however, there waa a more hopeful view than heretofore. v Wilson Encouraged. Secretary Wilson, a bit hoarse after , long - pleading with the f ac tions for consideration of the pub lie's rights, actually seemed cheer ful. Much of this feeling was due to the fact that he had persuaded the warring factions to make an other attempt to restore peace at the very moment they , were ready to quit ' ; "The miners rejected and the op erators neither rejected nor accept ed my first proposal for settlement of their troubles," Secretary Wilson said tonight "They now have be fore them for consideration a prop osition submitted by me that they go into conference with each other, without reservation as if ..no de mands had been made- or refused, having in mind the interests of their respective groups, r - , Want Strike Order Withdrawn. "The miners, are willing to do that,, and the operators are willing provided the strike order is with drawn. 'John L. Xewis. oresident of the United Mine' Workers of America, leading from the conference room a group of his men, said: ' HTU. Thomas L. Brewster, head of the coal operators' association, leaving the meeting with a party of his as sociates, stopped long enough to say: ' . ,' "We are just .where we started." But out of the mass of conflicting claims there seemed a better chance tonight that Secretary Wilson might be able to bring the miners and operators together. Police Stand Guard While German Opera Sung in New York New York, Oct 23. While more than 300 patrolmen, detectives and mounted police stood guard,' Ger man opera was sung in the Lexing ton theater for the third time this week. , Although crowds : surired through the streets near the theater there was, no serious disorder such as had marked the. two previous performances! when service men civilians in an attempt to storm the playhouse. ; , Less than 500 persons were seated m tne tneater when the perform ance began. Many of these were city detectives. . , Bonar Law Moves Adjourn ment Until Monday to Enable Ministers to Consider, What Course They Should Adopt. London, Oct. 23. The country suddenly faced by the possibility of. a change of government. or dissolu tion of Parliament, owing to a quite . unexpected defeat of the government in the House of Common's Thursday by a majority of 72. Only about half the members were present and the vote by which the government : was defeated was 185 to 1 13. The alien bill, the earlier stages of which were disposed of during the ; summer session, was in 'the report stage. The committee had previous ly inserted an amendment withhold' ing pilotage certificates from all ah ens and the government sought by a amendment to modify this restric tion in favor of a number of French1 pilots, for whom provision had been made in the existing pilotage act This amendment, however, wa dc ' feated, although in charge ,cf gov eminent whips. V; , - The announcement of the f'gurei was greeted with loud cheers from the , opposition quarters and caused much excitement ."'-, , Andrew Bonar Law immediately moved adjournment of the house until Monday to enable the govern ment to consider what coarse it . should adopts He admitted that the defeat of an amendment, with gov ernment whips was a serious mat ter requiring consideration, but de clined to admit that it necessarily , implied the resignation of the min istry. This, he declared, would dc-' pend upon the view of the House ot Commons as a whole. ; ; i Opinions on the situation asex pressed in the lobbies are conflict ing, but in view of the small attend- 1 ance in the house It is thought thit ' the government may decide not to -resign. " .--'.: 1 - Royal Decree Issued in U. S. Dissolves Belgian Parliament Brussels Oct 23. The Belgian' Parliament has been dissolved by a royal decree, which is dated Los Angeles, Cal October 17. ' ' The cabinet will resign immedi ately after elections are held, v .- Pittsburgh, Oct 23. Peeping into pits- filled with molten metal . and watching the many other interest- ing features of a modern steel ttulL King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians, with Prince Leo pold and members of their suite, spent the greater part of Thursday afternoon in the Duquesne plant of the Carnegie Steel company, ... They were taken down into the working sections among the men' where stcet was being made and. walking on iron plates so hot as al most to burn the soles of ' their shoes, moved from place to nlace. asking many questions and mani festing th'e liveliest interest in every operation. , ' The royal party was received with : enthusiasm everywhere it went dur ing the day. Plot Uncovered to Bum Homes of Men V Who Remaiiiat Work Youngstown, O., ' Oct. 23. One. man was fatally wounded and -another seriously injured when police bjroke up two alleged attempts at ' jfrson by striking steel worker early today. .: ' , Joachim Magapano will die, while Giuseppe. Fagio, who was -shot above the heart is in a critical con-' dition. - - . '.: A group of striking Serbians "and Italians held a secret meeting in Brier Hill and decided, it is alleged, to burn the houses of several men who continued to work. Learning of the plan, police laid in wait for the strikers. Three Serbian hi set fire to one house before "they were caught and a group of three Italians were surprised attempting to fife, two houses. All are under arrest .; , . Senator Very Low. T Richmond.- Va.. Or ; M improvement in . the condition of . Senator Martin of Virginia. Hmn. ' cratic leader in the senate, was re-' ported from the Charlottesville, Vv hospital, where he has been under treatment for four months. lis con.' dition, however, was desc.-:bed as Trery grave," following a relapse. s t.
