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RIEF BRIGHT REE Z Y BITS OF NEWS FOR PATHOS, HUMOR AND PHILOSOPHY READ "HEART BEATS" 'IN THE BEE'S WOMAN'S SECTION. STILL'S STILL STILL; WHOA THERE NOW! ' Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 30. (Spe cial.) Clarence Still's still is still till, and will continue to be still when the still chilly breezes shall waft, in the new year, for the offi cers of the law came forth in the stilly night and caught Still in his still with all the goods needed to . make beverages that would not al low a man to stand still. This all happened down at Juni ata when the officers of the law paid a visit to the home of Clarence A. Still and found a large supply of sugar, raisins, apricots, gasoline 6tove "and copper kettles, all of the essentials to the manufacture of a more than 2.75 per cent alcoholic content mixture. DICK FINDS HE'S NOT THE ONLY JESTER. Atlanta, Ga.. Dec. 30. Dick Jes : ter, one of three prisoners who made a daring escape from the county chain gang, hailed a passing automobile on a country road near here and asked for a ride. The men in the car stopped and the convict got in. "Sure glad to have you, Dick," said Deputy Sheriff Gordon Hardy as he twisted his hand in the collar of Jester's sweater. FRENCH OFFICERS IN U. S. TO LEARN EFFICIENCY. , New York, Dec. 30. A number of young French officers, who will study "big business" and efficiency methods in America, were among the passengers who arrived here on the, French line steamship La Savoie. The young men, most of whom served in the aviation and engineering branches of the French army during the war, were sent by their government. The majority , have been wounded. ' They will be in the United States for at least a year. During that time, they will visit the plants of the United States Steel and Bethle hem Steel companies. A few arc in terested in banking and will be as signed to, study banking methods at the oflices of J. P. Morgan & Co. POLICE ISSUE S. O. S.; UP AGAINST "NEW ONE." San Francisco, Dec. 30. San Francisco police admitted their be wilderment at what they called a 'new one." It was a request by Lieutenant Commander W. N. Wad :lell, executive officer of the U. S. S. Nebraska, at Mare island navy yard, that the pclice locate thieves who broke jnto the vessel's $5,000 main steering compass and drained it of four gallons of alcohol some time Christmas eve, 3UILTY BROKER ASKS MAXIMUM SENTENCE. NewYork. Dec. 30. Convicted of criminally receiving stolen good. Frederick M. Kitchings, 47 yem of age, a real estate dealer of BrooK v !yn, pleaded with the court to im pose "the inaximnni sentence." ! i ?'My daughter is taken care of, n:v v.ife is dead, and 1 am no longer a i-"oung ma;" ' he- added. "And F j -.gues jail id' the only place for me " ' The court remanded Kitchings to the Tombs until January 6. He was ' indicted for bavin? received and of fered for sale $31,000 worth of to bacco stock, which had been lost in ..transit by a messenger. LOVE LETTER ADMITTED f TO PROBATE AS A WILL. 'San Francisco, Dec. 30. A . love li tter written by Harry F. Heine, a San Franc'sco artist, to Miss Car-; 3 iclita F. Cadogan, his fiancee, two weeks, before he fell in action in -France, was admitted to probate as r holograph will here. In the let-. . tt r Heine 'expressed the wish that he owned go to Miss Caddgan. , PROHIBITION AND FLU" OUTCOME OF WAR. Chicago. De., 30. Chicago social . i its attended a reception to Victor L." Berger of Milwaukee, denied his " seat in congress, but recently re elected. The meeting was arranged by national officers of the socialist party. Mr, Berger asserted his re-election was his vindication and declared that if he again was excluded from congress he would . be wcandidate , and would be re-elected again by an even. larger majority. : "What did we get out of the war? he asked at one point. '-"Prohibition and the 'flu',' slvout- ed a voice. ' Berger said "President Wilson only repeated in September, 1919, what I said in 1917, that the war was a capitalists' war. Judge Lan dis gave 'me 20 years for it." ' LONG-MISSED WHALES SEEN CHASING SARDINES. San Diego. Cal., Dec. 30. Naval k aviators patrolling to "spot" fish for local fishermen reported that five miles at sea, off La Jolla. at the northern end of the city, they saw - a school of about 12 California grayback whales chasing sardines. Tnese are the first grayback whales reported here in a school in nearly 20 years. M "HIP POCKET PARTIES" DOOMED TO FAILURE. Chicago, Dec. 30. Plans for "hip pocket parties" to relieve the dry ness of New Year's eve in Chicago, have gone the way of other dear, departed hopes of ushering in the nw year on a tide of vinous, dis tilled or brewed hilarity. Police Captain Moran Collin, in -charge of the police who are ac tive in the loop district, ha,d beard that invitations were being extend ed rather openly by cafes, bidding their patrons to come and "bring jour own," whereupon, that officer today issued an order stationing policemen in all hotels and cafes New Year's eve to greet each in coming patron with the request that he stand and deliver any liquor he may have in his immediate posses sion. The state search and seizure I law gives the police that right and the law was but recently upheld by the supreme court And as for the hotels and cafes whatever liquor they have had on hand in anticipation of an open sea son for rioters atJhe birth of the " new year, has been seized by fed eral agents, who locked it up and took the keys away- The Omaha Daily Bee VOL 49 NO". 168. InttrW at MMnl-tltM Matter May M. IMS. t) Omaha P. O. iiadar Mt tl Mirth 3. 187. OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1919. Br Mall (I aar). Dally. 15.00: Suatfa. 12.16; . TWO PIT NT'S illy aa Sua.. M.M: aaUlaa Nth. eaatata antra. A VY V KjCjVi id. THE. WEATHER: Unsettled and much colder Wednesday; posribly light snovr, temperature close to sero Wednes day night or Thursday morning, Thursday "probably fair. Hourly t"ninliit: ' " ft a.m St ..1 p. Hi J H . m 33 i t p. m . . . . 4S 7 . m 34 . j 3 p. m : . ,4t S a. ni SS 4 p. in. . . .... .SO a. m.... 3T f S . m. 4K 10 a. m 30 S p,-nt 4S 11 l. m 41 1 p. m, -. .44 IS noon 49 4 P. m .... ...41 m r nnn VJ EBERSTEIN OPPOSED TO WHITEWASH Attempt of Mayor and Com missioners Ringer and Zim man to Clear Sutton and Stolley Halted Temporarily. DEPARTMENT CRISIS -IS NEARING CLIMAX Vote on Charges Will Deter mine Forces Supporting Dis graceful Invasions of Omaha Homes by Police Squads. Police Chief Marshall Ebcrstein yesterday afternon locked horns with Commissioner J Dean Ringer and certain other members of the city Commission in an attempt to whitewash Detectives Paul Sutton and L. H. Stolley for the oart the officers played in the unwarranted and disgraceful invasion, December 6. of the Nels A. Nehleen home, 3S23 P.atrick avenue. In direct and emphatic antagonism to the plans of Mayor Smith and Commissioner Ringer, supported by Commissioner Zimman, the chief took the witness stand and declared in u uncertain terms that Sutton and Stolley were guilty of thrusting themselves into the Nehleen home without a warrant, and of humili ating and embarrassing the members of the household. "They did this in flagrant viola tion of their specific instructions," declared Chief Eberstein to the utter consternation of Commissioner Ringer and Mayor Smith, whose scheme, they indicated, did not con template the chief taking the wit ness stand. "They exceeded their authority and ' manifested plainly their incompetency," he continued. "As chief of police I do not hesi tate to say that I have no use for cither, of the,in on the force." , Zimman Asks Dismissal. Chief Eberstein was called to the witness stand after an attempt had been made by Commissioner Zim man, supported by Mayor Smith and Commissioner Ringer, to have the charges against the police officers dismissed. Mr. Zimman's motion came after Mr. and Mrs. Nehleen. testified to the Unlawful actions of the police officers, who thrust themselves upon the privacy of their home, without warrant ot provocation, forced Mrs. Nehleen, who was taking a bath in the room into which the officers bolted, to flee in shame to another room and hide in the draperies of a curtain; searching the house from top to bottom and committing a nuisance in the cellar. ' The mayor and Commissioner Ringer declared the case should be dismissed because the Nehleens as serted they were willing to' "forgive and forget." Mayor Lectures Bee. Mayor Smith had concluded to submit the motion for a vote, when he took occasion to administer a lecture to The Bee reporter, who occupied a seat at the press table. "Perhaps The Bee man would be willing to explain some of the ac counts of the affair about which he has been writting so many reports," the mayor suggested, pursuant to a bitter attack on- this paper by Attorney Clinton Brome, who rep resented Sutton and Stolley. Despite the fact the mayor had repeatedly reminded the attorney that The Bee was not being tried and taken him to task for not con fining his efforts to the case, the city's chief executive seized the op portunity to aim a shaft at - this paper. - "The Bee did not file these charg-s," was the reply of the, re porter. "Chief Ebersteinfi!yl Ae charges during the absence of Mr. Ringer. Why do you not call the chief to the stand and learn the re sult of his investigation?" , Call for Chief. . Commissioner Butler .was on his feet in a moment demanding" that the police chief be given an oppor tunity to be heard. "The police commissioner does not want the chief to testify," ex plained Commissioner Zimman. In spite of the efforts to keep the chief fr.om making a statement, Mayor Smith was morced to allow him to take the stand. In emphatic words Eberstein told the commissioners Sutton and Stol ley were unfit to be members of the department. He added that he did not want them to work for him. Following the recent action of the city commission giving the police chief direct charge of the men un der him, and curtailing the author ity of the police commissioner, the antagonistic attitudes struck by the chief and the commissioner yester day is taken to indicate that a show down is slated. - Chief Is Victor. , , The chief was the victor in the first clash, however, and instead of a coat of whitewash being administered, ac cording to Ringer's manifested plans, to the two men who Eber stein claims are guilty, the case was taken under advisement. It was de clared that the commission would (Continued en !( Two, CoIwm VatJ THREE WOMEN s AND MAN FOUND .DEAD IN ROOM Wood Alcohol Continues to Take, Its Toll of Human - Life Throughout Country. Philadelphia, Dec. .0. Three I women and a man were found in one loom of a rooming house Tuesday night dead from alcoholic poisoning. The police believe the four have been dead since Saturday when they were last seen. Andrew Wuczewski was found dead from drinking a concoction be lieved to have contained wood al cohol, ana Dominick McDonnell uicd at Chester, after drinking wood alcohol. Harsh Toll in Paassaic. Passaic, N. J., Dec. 30. Wood al cohol's toll in Passaic is four men dead, one totally blind, who prob ably will die, and four others dan gerously ill. John Preechnewicz, a tailor, told his wife just before he died that he had taken two drinks in a saloon and when the police investigated, they found the proprietor, Joseph Sudol, and his brother in St Mary's hos pital, both poisoned and the saloon keeper blind. Fourteenth Death Reported. Chicago, Dec. 30. The 14th death in Chbago since Christmas from the effects of drinking wood alcohol, was reported to the police Tuesday. The victim had been unconscious since participating in a Christmas eve party. Charge xt Manslaughter. Easton, Pa., Dec. 30. A charge of manslaughter was preferred against Mr. and Mrs. Peter Casella. accused of selling an alcoholic bev erage which resulted in the death of Joseph Zimmer and John Malata. The charge was made by the. coun ty authorities. Malata died Monday night, and Zimmer died Sunday. Federal Agents on Trail. New York, Dec. 30. The rami fications of the organization that has been trafficking in wood alcohol "whisky" causing scores of deaths, embraces four states New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Con necticut. Alexander Cresdon, prose cuting attorney of the city of Hart ford, Conn., made this statement following a conference with- United States Assistand Attorney Mtil queen, jr.: Two score federal agents were dispatched tonight on a hunt through Greater New York and the other sections of this in ternal revenue district for poison liquor. Manufacturers of per fumes, hair tonics, flavoring ex tracts and furniture polish were in vestigated on a wholesale basis to "nail down" uonbeverage alcohol in an effort to prevent recurrence of Christmas wood alcohol tragedies. Louis Di Vito, Joseph Giuseppi and Vitele Cello, who were arrested last night when officers discovered (Continued on Fag Two, Column fleren.) Pershing Warns Against Politicians and Office Seekers in Address . Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 30. "The Argonne, the most difficult and most important sector was chosen by my self, because I knew that no other troops could go through," declared Gen. John J. Pershing tonight while speaking to veterans of the world war. In an address during which he ,cast off his military bearing, Gen eral Pershing praised the American army, saying that "it was the best that ever marched on a field of battle.'.' After the tide of war had been turned by the Americans and the allied forces had assumed the in itiative he said, he chose the. Ar because he knew "it was difficult and because of its importance," being the nearest route to the German lines of communication. "It was necessary to cut through the German army," said the gen eral. "It was necessary to figh;' through a strongly fortified" terrain and I knew none but the Americans could do it. In 1918 the allies learned that the Americans were the best soldiers in Europe. Then they gave them the right of way." He commended the American Legion and the principles for which it stands and warned against follow ing politicians and office seekers. Rear Admiral Pillsbury Dies at Washington Washington, Dec. 30. Ptar Ad miral 'John B. Pillsbury, retired, dropped dead at his home here to day. . " Admiral Pillsbury wai" born in Massachusetts in 1846 and received a presidential appointment to the naval academy in 1862. He was re tired for age. with 25 years' sea service in 1908-. having at:tined the rank of rear admiral the same year. Phi Alpha Deltas Elect Pershing Honorary Member Chicago, Dec, 30. General Persh ing was elected an honorary member of the Phi Alpha Delta fraternity. August A. Rendige of Gncinnati was elected supreme justice. y. Papers Raise Price Rochester. N.'; V., Dec. , 30. The morning dailies of this city today announced an increase in price from 2 to 3 cents, effective January 1, . i - - WILL RATIFY VERSAILLES PACTJAN.6 Formal Ceremony Will Take Place at Qua! D'Orsay, Paris All Points at Issue Prac tically Cleared Up. ALLIES WILL LIKELY REDUCE ALL DEMANDS n!llAMl4lA DaImIiAMA 11 I lit Teutons Will Be Resumed January 7 American Expert And Staff Going to Berlin. s Paris. Dec. 30. Exchange of rati fications of the treaty of Versailles will take place January 6 at the Quai d'Orsay. Baron von Lersner. head' of the German delegation,, and Paul Dutasta, secretary of the peace con ference, tonight settled all points in connection with the signature ex cept that relating to naval material, which it ;s expected will be solyed shortly. The Germans w'-ll sign the proto col and at the same time th allies will hand a letter to them agreeing to reduce their demands to 400,000 tons if' the total available tonnage has been overestimated or Germany is eravelv menaced economically. In any ense, after the signature the j. allies will eet 24?,000 tons of ma terial and the balance based on the report of expert.; who are now checking up at Danzig, Hamburg ..IT. ana rsreinen. Lloyd ueorge at ceremony. Treniier Lloyd George will be present at the ceremony, which will lie carried out without any display. Diplomatic relations with Germany will be resumed the following day, when the French, charge d'affaires will go to Berlin and French con suls will resume their posts. Allied troops wi!' proceed on Jan uary 12 to . the territories which must be evacuated-hyi the Gernjanv or where plebiscites, are to he held. It is estimated that 1QP trains will be needed for this purpose. Ellis Loring Dresel," an American mem ber of the peace conference as ex pert on German affairs, it is under stood, will go to Berlin as soon as ratifications are exchanged. He will be accompanied by a staff. This is presumed here to be a temporary expedient :ihtil diplomatic relations with the United States are resumed. He was appointed acting commis sioner and charge d'affaires in Oc tober. Wilson Not Invited To Call First Meeting Of League of Nations . 1 ' The Kilkenny Cats I I1' T " ' I ' ' I I I I II I 1 1 II II I I III 1PJ f 1 m 1 III II II H IS III ! I III IWIMil IIIMIII REACH FORMAL STAGE IN TALK ON RATIFICATION Senators McNary and Hitch cock Discuss Suggestions K Looking to Compromise In Treaty Fight. Washington, Dec. 30. President Wilson has not been invited to call the first meeting of the council of the league of nations after ratifica tion of the treaty of Versailles has been completed, State department of ficials said. There was a suggesion some time ago that the fhvitation be extended to him, but the question was not de termined at that time. Some admin istration officials believe he would acquiesce in .the request from the atlied powers, but the United States will have no part in the meeting of the council by reason of ,the fact that the treaty has not beer ratified by the senate. The treaty provides that the first meeting . of the assembly of the league shall be called by th presi dent, but the assembly is not expect ed to meet in the immediate future. The council, however, must assemble within a fortnight after, ratifies tion is completed at Paris, as the carrying out of some provisions-of the treaty are entrusted to it. . " Coolidse Won't Allow ' ;His Name to Stand ; For Vice Presidency! s tPietjre. S. D., Dec. 30. Gav. CaR vin Coolidge of Massachusetts, who was nominated for vice president of the United States at the republican proposal meeting here recently, has wired the secretary of the senate here that he does not -desire to be considered for the endorsement at the March primaries in South Da cota, it became known today. Gov ernor Coolidge is forwarding a let ter of withdrawal, the telegram stated. . .. Senator Hiram Johnson of Cali fornia today filed an announcement of his candidacy. for the republican presidential nomination. . '' . . Man Found Not Guilty of " Intent to Murder Officer After a' three-hour 'deliberation, a jury in District Judge Sear's court returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of James Blankenship of Coupeil Bluffs, charged with assault with intent to murder Ben Danbaum of the police department .the; night of the court house rio$.- , This "wa the second trial of the case, a jury iir Judge Estelle's court, two weeks ago,''- being unable to reach o verdict after 40 hours' of 'deliberation, . v i" ' ' ' w .- Washington, 'Dec. 0. Peace treaty talk reached a more formal stage today when Senator McNary of Oregon, a leader of the mild res ervation republicans, discussed var ious compromise suggestions with Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, the acting democratic leader. Afterward the senators seemed confident a middle ground could be found that would insure ratifica tion early in the year. Modification of the. reservations approved by the senate majority- at the last session so that affirmative acceptance by the other powers would, not be required is under stood ' to have been the principal subject considered. ' New Preamble Outlined. A new preamble which would de clare the reservations effective un less other nations objected within a limited time is said to have been outlined, each senator indicating that he might accept it. .. The reservations in the majority program dealing' with : article- 10, Shantung, and voting power in the league of mations, it was ' stated, also were discussed. . - Senator Hitchcock also -saw a ntlmber of other senators and Sen-, ator. Swanson of Virginia,-a demo-c-rat of the, foreign relations, com fnittee, was present during A part of the - talk, with Senator McNary. ater McNary conferred with sev eral' on the republican side. ; May r Await Caucus' Action. The compromise negotiations are expected to become more active as senators return late this week for the reconvening of congress next Monday. In some quaartersJjyj:, ever; it is believeji,.lhatlefihiTe action may. he, postponed until after the democratic"' senate caucus on Janu ary 15, which will decide the con test between Senator Hitchcock and Senator Underwood of Alabama for the democratic leadership; Release of U. S. Sailors "i ' f ;.' i promised by 'Mexicans Washington,' Dec; 30 Theuncon ditional release of Harry V. t-earh; ard and Harry O. Mwtmi members of the crew' of the U,,S. S.'.Poco moke,, arrested at MaatUnJ, Utxl, November',12, bu -tliccharsfeu.of as saulting a " Mexican, was promised for oday,,according,,to a dispatch to the State department from the Americancop.sul at Maatlan, . The consul said then was no basis for .press reports that the men had been neglected, -as the consul sr:d vice consut had. done everything pos sible in their interest -y .. AWOKE AT NIGHT TO DISCOVER NEW CRYING BITTERLY Witnesses Testify to Strange Antics of Youth Accused of Murdering Sweetheart. Los Angeles, Dec. 30. Illness of Miss Edna Clancy, half-sister of the accused, who was to be the prin cipal witness for him, defense at torneys announced, prevented a ses sion here tonight of the trial of Harry New, alleged murderer of his fiance, Freda Lesser. .Adjournment ended a day oc cupied entirely with testimony re garding New.'s insanity. More than a dozen witnesses described New's alleged peculiarities such as sleep ing with his clothing and shoes on, his fleeing from imaginary enemies and his staring for hours at a time into space. Counsel for New announced Miss Clancy would bethe first, witness Wednesday when the 'trial will be resumed three-quarters of an hour earlier than usual, that the case may-go to' the jury as soon as possible." " Goes to Bed Dressed. r Nat Ledford of Riverside gave what, New's attorneys said was the most, important testimony ;,of the day.s He said" he obtained a job for New, on.a ranch, jiear.JUvetsia.e in, 1916. and that New boarded with Ledford and his family. The de fendant went -to beff1 several times fully dressed, the witnessaid, and when asked for an explanation, said: - They're following me and lVe got to be ready. to. leave in a hurry." Sometimes, , Ledford testified; he .would wake up in the night -to find New crytnar .bitterly from no-apparent cause. The defendant gave no reason for weeping nof later for quitting his job. ' He stopped working without any warning, packed his dvthes and left, the witness said. . -.The witness said he visited-New in the county' jail here shortly after his arrest dnd New cried again and again:; Oh! I wish Freda were ajcQhJ I wish she were back." 14,000 Persons Kilted By Reds (n) Three Months k Berne, Dec O.i-Fourfeen thou sand persons were hot by the bol sheviki of Russia durinir the first three months of 191 by order of the extraordinary committee at Moscow, according tt an official note pub lished in tht bolshevik organ Isves-. tia of Moscow says a dispatch re ceived here .4 ; . -j-; r- ... . , j .General.Bany Dies. V 1 Washington;' Dec! J0. Maj.-Gen. Thomas . H., Barry1 retired, former 1 commander. 'of thft Central depart ment and the Department of the East, died at the Walter Reed hos-J pital here at 2:45 a. m. today, after anf illness of three--weeks. : General Barry was 64 years bid. and was retired from the, , armv last Oc-1 tbber 13. . " V't SICK WOMAN IS RESCUED FROM BLAZING FLAT Is Carried, Through Dense Smoke to Safety by Other Roomers Nine People Lose Clothing. Through the dense smoke of a "fire that gutted the interior of an apart ment house at 215 South Twenty fifth street at 3:30 yesterday after noon Mrs. Allen Richmond, living three doors north, and Miss Sadie Coburn, roomer at the place, carried Mrs. Fred Mortenson, who was sick in bed in her room in the burning building, to safety. t Nine rooihers "at the place suf fered losses of clothing. Adioininsr apartments escaped the , flames through tlie work of firemen m con-i fining the , blaze-to the One apart;' ment. vThe loss was small. "Tf. Origin of the biaze.has not been. c"etcrmined. Leo and ' Margaret Moitetjsen, 6 and 8' years old, re spectively, children of Mrs. Fred Mortenson. were playing in the base ment of . the building when flames hurst out of a rubbish pile. Mrs. Richmond had started a fire in the furnace but- a few minutes before, she said. . " ". It is the belief of Mr.' Morterison that , sudden gust of flame that was seert to .envelop thewhole interior of tfie basement was!an explosion of escaping gas from a meter. ;-,v. "We were playing down there and all of a sudden we saw flamejj break out with 3 noise." Margaret said. Mrs. Mortenson 'wa. taken from the burning apartment, to the home of Mrs. Richmond. . Miss Coburn, one of the rescuers, lost-a purse containing $35 in her hurry to save her belongings. ALSO LINED UP AGAINST HITCHCOCK : r Personal Adviser to President Breaks Off All Relations With White House Executive Due to ContinuousSlights. IRELAND AND FIUME MAIN POINTS OF ISSUE Colonel Had Promised to Use His Influence With President To Gain Recognition of Irish Republic, But Was Rebuffed.' By Universal SrrU. 1 t New York, Dec. '30. Col. Edward ' M. House, long known as President Wilson's personal adviser, has broken all personal and advisory re.' -lations with the president, H was . asserted by a political leader who said he had talked with ColoneJ, House today. The leader said also that Colonel House will decline to support either President 'Wilson or anyone whom the latter may name as the democratic nominee for the presidency; that at present the col one' is disposed to'srive hi suoport to Senator Oscar Urde'rwood or , some other conserva !ve democrat for the presidency, and that Colonel House is bending every effort to have Senator Underwood unhorse -Senator Hitchcock as-minority sn ate leader. 1 The political leader, w1k declined to have his name used, sid: "Having squeezed out of; Colonel House all the political and other fa vors he possibly could -during the . nast seven years, Wilson apparently has concluded to toss' him aside, as ' he did Tames Smith of New Jerey, ;ind William F. McCombs of New York." , ' Asked the immediate cause' of lhi. -Ureal between -the president and" "" uolonel House, the leader said: Ireland and Figme. , "Freedom for Ireland atjd the restoration of Fiume to Italy. "Soon after Colonel House he- , came a member of the American, peace commission to Paris he made two promises. One was to Frank P. Walsh,, Daniel F. Cohalan and John W. Goff that the president . would use all his influence to get from Lloyd-George and other Brit- r ish statesmen recognition of the frish republic. 'Another was to Pre- mier Orlando of Italy that Presi-'' dent Wilson would aid in giving Fiume back to Italy. ; "Throughout the peace ncgotia- ; tions. Colonel House kept at the president to fulfill these pledges. The more he did sr the more strained their relations, became. "After the president, on 'his re turn from Paris a year or more ago '. deliberately snubbed Justice Coha- ' : lan at the Metropolitan opera house theolonel was enraged. When the f president returned to Paris the, col onel eluded him for it. ' . . SK4 Wilson Resentful. ' "This the president resentfdro-testing.- M-shall handle this In my own -way . . . , - "From " that , hour, or from the .v hour when the president proclaimed , that Fiume should not be returned . to . Italy, Wil sou and House were , hardly on -speaking terms. "v "When. earfy in 1919, the7 presi dent finally returned from Paris, lie ' V announced that' he had appoiittec ' Colonel House his personal repre . 1 sentative to formulate the organiza-' tion of the leaV'e of nations, of which Wilson loped to be presi dent. ' ' , "Instead of keeping House at his" post in Paris, Wilson shunted him t& ' gLondon , , and., practically, sup planted i-Hoji.se t at ' Paris , with As- '.. sistant Secretary, of State. PpJk , , , 'Colonel Homse is" a ".very sens'- . tive man.' He had oeen4 hypnotized -by Wilson's 'intellectuality as.' had " . many, other admirers, and worked for fceverr. yeam to make Wilson' s 1 administration' a - brflliatit lone. He had made many sacnficesT-personal. -(Continued rr Tw Colama SIXi v Tampa Firemen Forced ' To Flee for Their Lives Tampa, Fla., Dec. 30-Fire- 'de stroyed two blocks in the. wholesale district of Tampa's water front, en tailing, a loss estimated af from $350,000 to $500000. A stiff breeze spread the flames so rapidly that firemen were forced to abandon hose tines and flee for their lives. Several were burned. The fire cut off , electric light - and power . lines and the business section was in darkness. Special precautions 'were taken " against, - depredations of thieves after offices in a bank build ing had been. -rifled." The Tampa Tribune, in the absence of power, prepared to issue by multigraph., i- . ' . ' " 1 i ' J."' Dallas Editor Dies. A; ; ' Long Reach,-: Cat,'-Dcc.;30. Lu ther H. Clark, fiS years old, for the last 20 yeari editor-in--Jiief ot the Dallas.. Tex., News, died of heart trouble at his temporary home here. He had been' in too health for five years, v r V.- ; r 1 rwri . . " ivnlv I hreip m irviw Wreclf of Steamer Off Newfoundland St.' Johns.; N F.. Dec'MVThr-e exhausted and half frozen men, sole survivors of the crew of 29 of tbr Belgian steamer -Anton Van Dref. were brought here, on the steamer Ingraham. , , . ' For two days aiid two: nnights the three men had clung to the wreck of the nlpsmcr u - 1. . .j uji xnr. jagged rocks that barred the ' e - c, ir t "'ic vi .51. inarys uay, ,5 f- The rescue was accomplished bv the Ingraham . against tremendous odd- The. spot where the Anton -Van Dnel was wrecked is regarded bv : sailors inarraiKU . , - - - - -" IV II V craft except in the cahnest weather auu me grear storm wnich brought doom tn.the RMcrian thm ... JlMl 1 aging when the Ingrahant arrived.' ji was aner nours ot ertort; and at the iniminr.it nri! nF tt;r 1;.... the men of the I rgraham brought