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.
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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.
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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, .
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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
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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 ; .
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.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
