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'"n) RiEF . n) right E EZY Bits of news i , JURY MUCH IN LOVE WITH IONG AS SUNG. r- Uniontown, Pa., Jan. 4. Nathan , Barrow jvas charged by Harry . Green with the theft of five hams. Barrow declared he had been lis tening: to a phonograph playing '.I've Got the Alcoholic Blues," and, being in sympathy with the song, ' he 'fell. Asked to sing it, Barrow did, and the jury freed him. . . DIDN'T TAKE LONG TO GET WELL ACQUAINTED. i . New York. Jan. 4. Mrs. Helen Hamilton, who lives in the Hotel Albert, told Magistrate Sweetser in . Yorkvilte court that a new acquaint ance, Philip Kearney, 37 years oht ' of Brooklyn, she had met in a rcs y taurant, had in a brief time become altogether too friendly with her. They started out in a taxi on their way down town, she said, when Kearney, playfully removed a $2,50': I necklace from around her neck ami refused to give it back. Mrs. .Hamilton said she1 stopped the taxi at Fourth avenue and Fif teenth stitet and caused KearnevV: arrest. Kearney spent the night at the East Twenty-second street sta tion.' Magistrate Sweetser held him in $7,500 bail forexamination.. MUST GIVE NAMES IF GETTING LIQUOR. , Toronto, Can., Jan. 4. The Onta rio license board has ordered that jthe identity of the consignee of every package Of liquor imported here be furnished by the express , companies. . Federal regulations prohibiting iu terprovincial trade in liquor recently were abrogated, and liquor by the carload, is being shipped from Que v - '. T PERHAPS POINCAIRE HAD WONDERFUL TIME. Paris, " Jan. 4. Two Frenchmen t and one American stood at Maxim's bar. . . ;. ' " "The shah of Persia is back in Paris," said M. Premier. "Oui, and President Poincaire has Just given him a grand" ceremonial hunting party at Brouilly," said M. - Douzieme. -! , "Our poor president! He will die entertaining." - ' . ;, ' 'Does he not enjoy all tne gala?" inquired the American. 'Hf must have enjoyed the hunting and the shah." :: - - - i "Nop.. President Poincaire went to the hunt, but he did not shoot. He has never killed a wild animzl He is an honorary official of the society or the preservation of birds and beasts. No, he- does not like hunt ing"! . . i "And it is said- that the Persian situation is (unpopular in prance, so that it is well known that the presi dent doesn't like the shah." " "He must have had a wonderful time at the party," said the Amer ican. -DO NOT APPROVE OF DAUGHTERS. W SCHOOL. ' .f Wealdstone," England. Jan. 4.-r The local council here .does not ap prove of - Dr. Christopher Addison, ministerof health, with a salary of $25,000 'aytaiy sending his daugh ters to a public school at Harrow, tfhere the fees are only $10 a term. One "councillor stated that he did not consider that persons with $25, t 000 a year should monopolize the school which was .intended for the 'masses. There was a waiting list of . 75; ' . , , Dr. Addison replied that he would gladly pay higher fees if the rules permitted, and declared that he had as much right as any other citizen to settd his children to a public sec - ondary school. ' f - "In my View, he added, "much advantage would accrue if there were less class distinction in jur . schools V . " '"- ; NO SUN FOR FIRST TIME IN 45 YEARS. Yuma", Ariz. Jan. .4. Tha sun failed to- shiue on Yuma Saturday for the first time in 45 years, ac cording to persons who have lived here that long. Rain fell through out the entire day. -'-' '.-;" A local hotel which for a quar ter of a century has prominently displayed a sign offering free board every time the sun fails to show . itself here prepared Saturday night to -do a rushing business, which failed to materialize, the maiiage meat reported. HEAVY SNOWFALL -REPORTED IN ARIZONA. Phoenix. ' Ariz., Jan. 4.--Arizona Sunday was visited by one of the heaviest storms of the season which was general in all-sections of the state. Flagstaff reported the heaviest fall, a foot of snow being recorded there within the past 18 hour& Yuma, one of the driest points in the ': United Spates, recorded 1.08 inches of rainfall, more than a third of its average annual rainfall.The precipi tation varied in other sections of ihe state from I to 10 inches. CANNOT SEE HOW v - , H. C. L.'WILL TOPPLE Washington, Jan. 4.- No" rrospect of any considerable fall in prices for "several year's to come is seen by Royal Meeker, handling statistics and head of the. bureau which col lects information on the trend of prices used by the i govertiment in official negotiations " concerning wages and similar questions. " He recommended a monetary unit of value to replace the presttif units of weight. ,"""'" MANY CHILDREN ARE . ILLITERATELY REARED. J I W asmngljon, Jan. 4. surprising number of Americari-bom children re growing up iintrrate-nmore ot "THE .VELVET HAMMER" LOCAL CELEBRITIES DONE IN . VERSE ON EDITORIAL PAGE. '....--, . V .' ""'.'.. ily Bee VOL. 49 NO. 172. tittor4 at mkokiI-cIiii naflM- May it, 1908. at Omaha P. O. aadw al at March J, 1871 OtylAHA, MONDAY, JANUARY 5,, 1920. r By Mall (I iir. ' Dall. M OO,- Baaaajr. S2.lt) v ' Daily and Sun.. M.flO: autaiaa Naa. aaalata extra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER t Mostly cloudy Monday prob ably with snow in east portion; Tuesday fair ind colder. Hourly tmprm(ura i , .V ' Hourly tmimturt a a. m. . H a. m.. I a. m.. ' H a. m., tt a. m.. in m. m,. II a. m.. l noon , ..la I t p. m .....1 . .Id I d. m... . ..... .! 1 I S l. m, II , an ....i S p. m... It a p. m., ...it 7 p. m ........ M ...15 ....IT ... .18 1T" them in the coun"try districts than in pessary V the cities according to fitrures ma;'.c Vjublic by the children's bureau of ,he Uepartm.ent ot -Labor. ;.-.: - , Statistics gathered in five states n which the cmDlovment of children isgeneral, it was stated, show that out of 19.6 children between !4 and 16 "more than one-fourth could not read or write their liames legibly. Nearly Iff per cent have never gone beyond the first grade of school and considerably more than half were in t!ie fourth grade or lower when they 'eft school. Only about 3 per cent NAVAL HEAD REPLIES TO HIS CRITICS Secretary Daniels Tells Why Awards of Decorations Were Made in Letter to Chairman of Probe Committee; GOES INTO DETAIL ,0VER EACH AWARD Thinks D. S. 0. Should Not Be Given Out Except for Specially Meritorious Duty in Face of Danger. .Washington, Jan. 4. Secretary Daniels replied today to attacks on his awards of navy decorations in a letter to Chairman Page of the sen ate naval committee, which with the house naval committee probably will investigate the whole rQvt precipi tated by the refusal of Rear Admiral Sims and other officers to accept the decorations awarded to them. The complaint of, the officers was that in some instances Secretary Daniels had t changed the record mendations of the official board which set on the cases, bestowing higher decorations than the officers thought merited in some cases and lo.wer ones ir others. Secretary Daniels ' explains at length the theory on which he dis agreed with some of the awards as finally recommended to him and also how he differentiated between awards for officers who. served at sea and those who served on land. , Mr. Daniels refers to his first communication to Chairman Page in which he set forth the principle that the highest distinction should be conferred upon officers and men who had come in contact with the eneny and had Jy courage and judgment under attack exemplified the highest traditions of the service and that the Distinguished' Service Medal should alsa- be1 "swarded only to " those officers oft shore duty who,-fa-the language of the act of congress, had distinguished themselves 4'by excep tionally meritorious service to the government in a duty of great re sponsibility." ; Follow Act of Congress. ' ' 'In thus following the act of con gress authorizing three . classes of medals," write the secretary, "honors less than the distinguished service medal should be awarded to officers whose shore duty was meritorious, but not 'of great responsibility.' "I stated that 'the service worthy of the highest distinction is that ren dered .afloat in the presence of the enemy -and that the distinguished service medal should be awarded to the captain of every ship struck by the mines or torpedoes of the enmy if his conduct was meritorious in the hour that tests" courage and leadership. I do not think the Amer ican people can be persuaded to ac cept the idea that the distinguished service medal should not be given to the captain of a ship who bears himself courageausly in the supreme hour, for which all other hours in his naval career were but prepara tory, if his ship is lost by submarine or mine attack. If this theory had been accepted in former years Law rence and Porter and other naval heroes would bave been denied somt of the early honors which thei countrymen gladly gave them. Each of them knew what it was to lose his ship without loss of prestige and "TIGEK" MARRIED , TO WIDOW, PARIS RUMOR ASSERTS Report of Recent Wedding in England, However, is Contradicted. : : l-i . : s ; . r i MANY MflTIVF- ' Another Champ Has Fallen .... - . . . . from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Art7ftna ontt California will -mppr in with the satisfaction ot receiving ex- igan Francisco January 12 and 13. oressions ot high appreciation oi their countrymen. It is, of course, the victory in battle which gives highest gloiy,but medals of. distinc tion are- awarded for 'exceptionally meritorious service,' and Lawrence was no less deserving of a nation's oratitude when his shio was Jost to his country thart was Eerry, who j (Continued on 1m, Column One.) Berger Boasts He Will Carry .Socialist Flag - To Congress or Prison New York Jan. Victor L. Berger. ' representative-elect from the Fifth' Wiscqnsin district, boast ed to an audience of about 1,500 so cialists tonight that he would car ry: the socialist flag either to con gress or to prison. The announce ment .was made with dramatic pose and was -wildly cheered. He pre ceded the prediction by-' saying he ,.n,,M hi- f0 vears of ace on his 'next .birthday;, that he had been indicted five tunes on ss - counts; and that if unseated again, he would run aganv-seven times if nec-. - Berecr roused his hearers to en thusiasm .when he declared 'he would be elected to congress six "timts j more,"" whereas Woodrow Wilson can t be re-elected once more- Senator's Wife Dies. - WashUigton, Jan. 4. Mrs. Rena Paddock 'Townsend, wife of Senator Townsend of Michigan, died at the Townsend home here after an illnBsS Which beean with a nervous break- got as far as the eighth grade and ' down five years ago and was maJ; about one in 100 had reached liigv. more serious several months ago by chooli . (a paralytic stroke, ' . " Paris, Jan. 4.Allusion to the "approaching marriage" of Premier Clemcnccau to. the widow of a "for mer senator and former ambassa dor of France" is made by Human ite today. ' It is understood this refers to gossip which has beerr current in Paris political circles that M. Clem enceau had married Countess D'Au nay, widow of Count Charles Le Peletier D'Aunay, former ambassa dor of Prance at Berne. The mar riage was said to have taken place in England a fortnight ago. An authority close to the premjer, however, declares tlie story is with out foundation. Against Race Suicide. Families' of 10 and 12 children are being urged by Premier Clem enceau, who is touring the depart ment of Var, his constituency in the chamber of deputies. M. Clemenceau points out to his rural audiences the need of repeo pling France, laying emphasis on the factj that large families are more common in northern than in southern France. v ' 5 While the premier is adhering to his determination not to talk poli tics while on his trip, he is giving wholesome advice to the throngs v-ho come to see him. . President Wilson's i "League of Nations" Pet of Senator Borah Washington, Jan, 4. No dogs al lowed! - The sign hangs out of the White house. If it didn't President Wilson might find himself swamped with canine gifts. It seems that every one wants to give his best dog to the president. . The latest proffer of a canine gift was that of' two Chinese Chow pups, which were offered to the president by P. T. Barnum, grandson of the famous shopman. When; the president was abroad he was presented with a dog which was named "League of Nations," be cause its donor admired the work the president had done for the league of nations. 'The president gave the dog to Secretary Tumulty. Secretary Tumulty's Airedale would Tnpt stand for the European canine. Secretary Tumulty gave "League of Nations" to a friend. The friend's cat objected to "League of Na tions," and so the E0f opean doggie was presented to Mrs. William E. Borah, wife of the senator from Idaho. ' Senator Borah is the originaren emy ol the league of nations, but he is a lovar of animals and little "League of Nations is his pet, de spite its name. Republicans Gather in Chicago for Conference Chicago, Jan. 4.' Republicans oi 14 central ryestern states gathered Sunday for the opening Monday of a two days' conference. National committeemen, stale chairmen and nearly 1,000 men and women dele gates are expected to attend to dis cuss organization ' work and cam paigning methods and to hear Wilt H. Hays, national chairman,, and others. The conference is the first of a series of three arranged by Chair man Hays for January. The second will be held in Denver Januarv 8 and 9. for Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and-Otah. Party leaders AMERICANS AMONG REDS Department of Justice Agents ' Make Public Matter That Shows Nature of "Poison" ' Radicals Are Spreading. FLYNN SAYS ROUNDUP " IS NOT NEAR THROUGH "Going to Continue Gathering in Reds," Secret Service Head Asserts 280 JWore Arrested in Detroit. " - Women are to take a prominent part in all these gatherings the party leaders planning their cam paign on 'he supposition that the national suffrage amendment wiil be ratified in tima to gie votes to hU women'of the nation 'in the Novem ber election. Admiral Jellicoe Most r Impressed' by Capital Washington; Jan. 4. As unobtru sively as a private citizen. Viscount Jellicoe of Scapa. admiral of the British fleet of Jutland fame, arrived Sundaw from -New Yorlcfor a visit to the capital as the guest of the Navy department. -, v . v. ... . "My word' But that is au imposing pile " he exclaimed as the battleship gray of the vcapitol building caught his eye on emerging to the street. :" Sunday night the British admiral and his staff were entertained at din ner at the British embassy- LoFd Jellicoe will go to Annapolis, Md.( Tuesday to inspect the Naval academy, returning tQ Washington to take the train for Key West. After visiting Havana, he will embark on the return voyage to England via South Africa, on the battle cruiser New Zealand. , if: Wage Advance Refused. "London. Jan. 4. The govern ment's offer to the . railway- men which concedes considerable ad vance, , in wages, was rejected, at a mass meeting of railway meivheld in, the east end of London and at Northampton. , - -j - Produce Much Petroleum, 'j Washington, Jan. 4. Production I cf petroleum in Hit United States im 1919 was approximately 376.000.000 barrels, an increase of 20.000,000 bar-! rcls ov(r the previous year, the geo-i logical survcy anuovinces. , Washington, Jan. 4. Plans of the communist and , communist labor parties against whom the great raids by government officers inaugurated Friday night are directed, to gain control of all labor organizations as the means of fomenting revolu tion, were revealed tonight in docu ments made public by Assistant At torney General Garvan of the De partment of Justice with the desi he said, that the American people learn the "real purposes of these menacing groups and the nature of the poison they were spreading.. Department agents in many cities continued today the work of run ning down and interrogating mem bers, of the two organizations. Of ficials said it was distinctly sur prising that each party numbered so many American citizens in its membership. The party rolls were said to carry the names of manj persons well known in their respec tive communities and American citi zens. Although there is no federal law under whlch! the American communists can be dealt with, de partment agents were not overlook ing these. Their cases will be turned over to state governments. t 280 : Held -in Detroit. Two hundred and eighty persons arrested today in Detroit were added to the list of those taken into cus tody, which is fast approaching 4,500. Ninety-four additional arrests of aliens were reported to Mr. Gar van's office today, sending the total against waom the department be lieves it has "perfect jcases'' to 2,729. Included in the arrests reported to day were Jacksonville, 9; Grand Rapids. 16: Omaha, 11; Courttand, N. Y., 16; Woodlawn, Pa., 2; Des Moines, IS; Spokane, 10; Portland, Ore., 9; Toledo and .Pittsburgh, 2 each, and Denver, 1. Among those arrested in Portland was Victor Saulit, who attracted at tention by his activities as a delegate to the August convention of the communist labor party in-Chicago. In Spokane, federal agents took into custody Peter JFedorchuk, who, of ficials said, had been on? of the most dangerous agitators with whom they nai to deal in the northwest. Roundup Not Through. New York. Jan. 4. Announce ment that the great . nation-wide roundup of "reds" is-not "anywhere near through" was made here by William J. Flynn. chief of the De partment of Justice secret service. "We are going to continue gather ing in 'reds,'," said Chief Flynn, "for we are not anywhere near through. We are just resting up so that we can renew our work with increased vjsror." : . Five hundred and fifty aliens ar rested during the raids in this and neighboring; cities were held Oil Ellis island tonight for deportation proceedings.. The few America" citizens found implicated in sedi tious -propaganda will be . turned over to the state authorities for prosecution.'! i , The number of prisoners on the island probably will be increased Monday and Tuesday when 300 warrants held by department offi cials in New York and smaller num bers in neighboring places art, .served. . v -Deportation hearings before spe cial boards of inquiry will not begin until" Tuesday, according to Mr. Uhl, acting immigration commissioner. Democrats Meet in : Capital This. Week To Talk Convention Washington, Jan. 4. The national capital is to be the rallying ground during the coming week . foe na tional leaders of the democratic partv, who will choose the time and place for the 1920 national conven tion, talk ovr candidates and poli cies, and renew, acquaintances at a Jackson dav love feast which many of them believe will make party his tory. ' Although only one day, Thursday, is set aside for formal . business, leaders' of various magnitudes al ready were " arriving tonight for a week of conferences and gossiping over the outlook for the presidential campaign. . ' - f So great has been tle demand for seats at the dinner xthat officials of the committee, announced that it wilt be held in two sections, with all ot the ' speakers appearing, at " both places. In this way about 1,400 are to be 'seated. HURRY -ANOJ C ' N THIEVES STEAL TAXI, FUR GOATS AND REAL MONEY v , : ' Break in Thorne Store Window lear City HallMany Thefts Reported by thelolice. - Thieves committed ajbold robbery within ISO feet of he city hall at S Sunday morning when twoJ valuable fur coats were stolen out of the show windows of the F. ,W. Thofne company, 1812 Farnam street." The robbers hurled a' paving brick through the. plate glass windows. Police conducted 'an' investigation of the' case. . Two unmasked bandits . held up and robbed Wilbur Carcencer, 6148 Bedford avenue,' near his home in broad daylight Saturday, a report to police states. The highwaymen were in an automobile and drove alongside of Carcencer itid one of the men pointed a gun at their vic tim and commanded him to throw up his hands, according to. the re port. The highwaymen obtained $18. Two highwaymen robbed Joe Binney, 1508 North Sixteenth, street, oi $63 fate Saturday night in front of his home. ; Both robbers had gun's. Steal a Taxi. The. crowning feat of the entire night's theft was the. pilfering of , a taxicab belonging , to . the Central Taxicab Co., 1405. Farnam street, from Fifteenth and Douglas streets. Dr. W. E. O'Connor, 122 North Thirty-fourth street, reported the theft of his "automobile valued at $1,650. .Later the car was found at Fifteenth and Howard streets, but a tire valued at $54 had been tak en. - - " ; - .; , C. B. McGinnis; Helen apartments reported that his touring, car valued at $800. was stolen front Fifteenth and Howard streets. ., Steal Check Protector.' Sheehan Plumbing Co. reported that burglars broke into their place of. business at 613 South Sixteenth street, and stolen a check protector and several blank checks. ' M. Christofer. Douglas Motors CoJ reported the theft of two tires, valued at $9C from his car while it stood in front of the Orpheum the ater. i ' O, Lund, 1207 Douglas street aid his overcoat valued at $35 was stol en from his room. . : ' Burglars broke into the home of C; R. Brown, 1722 Capitol avenue, Saturday 'night and ransacked the place. Nothing was reported miss- ing. -"- - ".: Joe Vinci, 2912 Sherman avenue, was held up arid robbed at Sixteenth and Clark: streets early Sunday morning by two:ihcn in a Ford au tomobih. The robbers got $')0 from Vinci. ,Both men had guns. Neither was masked. - - CONGRESS FACfiD BY BUSY SESSIONi ON RECONVENTION Months of Hard Work in Sight With No Adjournment Till Fall. -A Washington, Jan, 4. Congress reconvenes at noon tomorrow, afttr a fortnight's holiday, with month's ot bard work in sight and adjourn ment expected by few leaders before the presidential campaign next fall. The only recess looked for is a brief one in summer, when -the" national par"ty conventions are in session. Innumerable domestic and inter national problems await the atten tion of congress, with partisan poli tics of the coming presidential eleo lion prominently to the fore. Polit ical speeches of presidential candi dates and members of congress up for re-election are expected to flood the congressional records during the coming months.' ' .": ' The senate will resume tomorrow consideration of the sedition bill of Senator Sterling, republican, South Dakota, and later begin work on the. house water power development measure. The Victor Berger elec tion cart' is the principal of tomor row's program in the house, where leaders plan to reject immediately the re-election certificate of the Mil waukee socialist, ousted in thejast session and promptly re-elected. . f Peace Terms Up, The senate returns tomorrow in the hope of disposing of the Gcrrfmr. peace treaty this month, but with out substantial results -from com promise negotiations 1 during the holiday recess. Some immediate move, however, is expected. It mav be launched iu debate tomorrow, ' The motion of Senator Under wood, democrat, Alabama, for ap pointment of a conciliation commit -tee is-awaiting consideration on the calendar, as. is the resolution of Sen ator Knox, republican, , Pennsyl vania, proposing ratification of afi peace terms except ; tjje leagur of nations. , , ; v : .Other treaties to be considered are the French, Austrian, Polish1 and the -Panama' canal settlement with Colombia, and. possibly, the Turkish, peace treaty. . - . . . The railroad reorganization bill and the oil. coal, gas and 'phosphate land leasing bill, both in conference, are scheduled for final action this month. , t " , Unusual cominittea activity is on the- program. Army reorganization plans of the- two military commit tees are completed and differ only in details, except, that the- house biil is to be silent on universal military, training projects. The senate znn mittee will take up next Friday tin. bill drafted by a subcommittee. . ; Shipping Legislation. t ' Shipping legislation will be taken up January 12 by the senate eom j mcrce committee, with wooden . 4hji( (Conllnued Vwg T, Cotum X.) ASK PALMER TO MAKE OPERATORS TOE TIIEjCRATCH Workers , Say Owners of Mines Not Living Up to Agree . ment With Gov Columbus, O.P Jan. 4. Attorney General Palmer has been asked by the United Mine Workers of Arner tea; , which meet in convention here Monday, to put a stotf to alleged violations by operators in six states of theterms of the. agreement which was made with the government and which brought to an end the re cent strike of, soft coal miners, ; Ths aniiounoement was made by William Green, secretary of the miners. He said that the violations were most nutnerous in Alabama, West, Virginia, eastern Kentucky, Tennessee, Colorado and some parts of Illinois. In the states enumerated, Green said, many of the operators had tod miners that they, could not re turn to 'work .unless they resigned from the" union. He said the miners were told that if they left the union (.they would be given work at the 14 per cent increase.' . i f White Appears. ( John P. White, 'selected Sy Presi dent Wilson as-the miners' reprc sentative . on the commission of three to negotiate a final settlement of the wage . controversy between miners and operators of the bitumi- ous coai neias, arrivea unexpecteoiy-M Sunday night to attend the - inter national convention of the United Mine Workers' of America. The convention will convene at 10 a. m. Monday and will be called by Acting; President John L. Lewis. Union-officials will make an officia' report to the miners on the settle ment of the recent coal strike. Al.aut .1,200 delegates will attend the three or four-day session.. After greeting . numerous dele gates, most of whom he is able to call by their first names. White con ferred With Acting President Lewis, c ... Mf.-n: . .. , ... V ocucmi v vviiiidiu vuecii ana oiner union officials relative to the conven tion and plans for the hearing before the president's, commission in Wash ington January 12.. ' White said he was here merely as a spectator. ' , , ' , I $800,000 Fire. , Danville, "v.-- Va., Jan. 4. Loss from th fire which Saturday and early. Sunday destroyed half , a doz en buildings in Danville's business center is . estimated at $800,000 largely covered by insurance. The origin of the -fire has not been determined. The Masonic Temple was one of the buildings destroyed. BIG TOLL OF LIFE TAKEN IN MEXICO Disturbance Believed, to Be Near Volcano of Orizaba State of Vera Cruz Center of Suffering. , ' COMMUNICATION WITH . . SMALL TOWNS CUT OFF ' Great Alarm in Large Cities, Although No Casualties Have Been Reported Number of Dead Unknown. " - By The Associated Press. Mexico City, Mex., Jan. 4. Scores of persons have been killed in a vum lent earthquake which occurred lu -many parts of Mexico last . night. The center of the disturbance is be- lieved to have been near the volcano osf Orizaba. ' Incomplete press reports Indicate that the state of Vera Cruz suffered more than any , other section, al though seismic . disturbances were felt throughout the entire republic. Arlvirpc frnm PrtrrtrtKa cav thatt .tfl fdead have already been accounted, for in ban Juan LoscomatepiV where many houses were destroyer -There are unconfirmed reports of 4' tsimilar catastrophe in Huatusco. At Jalapa, farther oiorth,.-50 vic tims of the earthquake have been c'ounted, including numerous dead: Lack of communication with the other small towns and villages :n the theater of the disturbance make even an approximate estimate of the , casualties impossible. , :" The. earthquake caused grtut.. alarm in the .large cities. Marine disturbances have occurred off Vera Cruz City, and there were some cas ualties there, although the number is not known, with' considerable df-. struction of property. ' ' X Continued Sunday From. San Juan Coscomatepec It is reported Jhat the shocks still con tinued Sunday morning. Information sccure3 from the gov ernment observatory at Tacubaya show that there were, three distinct shocks, the strength of which de- centralized the instruments. The ' first shock, which, occurred at 9:45 4 o'clock Saturday evening, lasted five . minutes. The second, at 10:25 p. m., " was very brief, but of terrific inten sity and was accompanied by terrify ing subterranean noises. The third shock, ?.t 11:01 o'clock, was not dis cernible except by the seismograph. ' Hasten to Churches : " The panic in the capital among -i the ignorant classes was indescrib able. Many of the people of the city f -ed from their homes and nocked to the churches. The-Indians, in the ; suburbs hurried to the shrine of the Virgfn of Guadalupe. " ' - From Toluca, Cuernavaca and Puebla tome similar stories of panic. Slight damage was done to homes. Panic .reigned in . various cities and villages in the state of Vera Cruz, where the people .left their homes and spent the light in the streets. ;v ' v .. Due to Volcano. The damage iri Mexito Cify was limited to cracks in the larger buildings. There were no deaths and none of the inhabittnts was injured.' While the government observatory has not- decided what caused the shocks, reports received Irom Cor dobasta'te of Vera Cruz, sssert that they were -'doe ,-to the volcano Orizaba. " . ' V The two huge volcanos near Mex ico City have shown no sins of dis- turliance. , . ' The ' shocks were felt heavilyr among the towns along the ridge valley of Mexico, while the capital, which is in the center of the valley, was not affected severely. KolcKak Threatens To Cede Part of Siberia to Japan Dpudon. Jan. 4. A Moscow .di- ' patch quotes a Dorpat report as saying, that Admiral Kolchak;- head of the Omsk government, .has no tified the United States government that' he will cede part of Siberia to Japan unless tbe allies send further assistance to the white armies to save Russia.' -' '"-? ''The Red cavalry," says the dis-. patch, "is at the gates or Taganrog " and Mariupol and the fall of Xovo- cherkassk is considered imminent f as is Lika.' a junction where" the Red cavalry took 4,500 prisoners.. "l ''General Denikine's troops are Ifleeing from Tsaritsan in panic in . tne direction ot 1 ikhoryetskaya v (Kuban province) being cut 5 oT irom Kostovana at tne same wme squeezed up on two sides., ' "The road to the Caucasus is n! open from the northeast.", Bubonic Plague in Ukraiae. 1 Bucharest, Thursday, Jan. I. Bv-"" bonic plague is epidemic in th ' Ukraine. ;.ccording to reports re ceived here. The Romanian frontier has been closed. l'W