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TAKES JAM AND SUGAR
BUT SPURNS GEMS.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 11. a en
terprising burglar with an appraising
eye has Been operating on the north
side for several nights and has re
peatedly spurned jewelry, plate and
precious stones for sugar, preserves
and foodstuffs. He entered the home
of J. C. Cowan on Sherman avenue,
and thrusting thousands of dollars'
worth of valuables aside, departed
with 30 pounds of sugar, 15 jars
of preserves, and an alarm clock.
Mr. Cowan in reporting the thiev
ery to the police said the intruder
could not have accidentally over
looked the jewelry and plate, as a
considerable quantity of both were
in plain sight.
ENOCH ARDEN WINS
OUT OVER HIS RIVAL.
Seattle, Wash.. Jan. 11. The
story of Enoch Arden has been re-i
peated in a Seattle home. But, un
like Enoch, the first husband won.
Richard Sorenson was married in
1912. To him and his wife came
two children. They lived happily
together until he went to France
with the A. E. F. A Washington
dispatch reported Sorenson "killed in
adtion." '
Mrs. Sore-nson hung a gold star iir
!ier tvitidow.
A little more than a year after
ward she married G. C. Jackson.
Then she received a message read
ing: ' ,
"I am safe in New York Dick."
Sorenson arrived in Seattle all un
knowing of the trick fate liad played
with his loved ones.
The two men met and decided to
leave the choice to the woman whom
they both loved. Mrs. Sorenson
Jackson asked the superior court
to annul the second marriage. '
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BRvANHOrl
MUST GIVE BACK $610
TAKEN FROM TROUSERS.
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 41.
F. W. Miller, cigarmaker, was
awarded, a divorce and $610 "ali
mony' from Mrs. Sophie Valkos
Miller by Superior "Judge John J.
Van Nostrand. She sued him for
annulment of their marriage, charg
ing he had falsely represented he
would give her a life of wealth, ease
and loving attention
HEY, GIRLS, LOOK OUT!
POWDER PUFFS BUGGY.
San Francisco, Cal.,' Jan. 11.
Girls, did you know that your pow
der puff is a barracks for germs?
And that your lip stick is also a con
veyor of the deadly things? Well,
they (are.
Dr. William C Hassler, San Fran
cisco health officer, advised all wom
en addicted to the use tf cosmetics
to use their own and ndt indulge in
the fashion of borrowing their
friend's red paint or powder.
Community powder puffs and lip
sticks are a menace and should be
avoided by buying your own, he
said.
Although Dr. Hassler advises that
neither -should -be used in -the in
terest of health, he realizes that both
are considered by woman as neces-
sary as ine ncci oi ncr shuc
1 The lip Wick used by several is
the'greater of the two evils, accord
ing to Hassler, as they carry germs
from one mouth to another.
DIVORCES' HUSBAND;
u W19 "MAWn BOILED"
San Francisco, Jan. 11. Because
her husband, according to his own
description, was "hard-boiled," Mrs.
Ruby Sanderson was granted a di
vorce by Judge Van Nostrand from
Walker Sanderson on grounds of
cruelty. "
Sanderson came home only when
there was no other place to go, acv
cording to Mrs. Sanderson. When
she remonstrated, she said, he re
plied: )
"Say, I'm hard-boiled, and if you
do not like if, you can always get a
divorce."- . j v
NAB CHINESE IN
WOMEN'S SILKS.
San Francisco, Tan. 11. A new
method of . smuggling was discov
ered by John S? Irby, surveyor of
the port, when two Chinese members
of the liner Korea's crew were taken
into custody.
When searched by a customs in
spector they were wearing women's
silk apparel under their clothing.
One wore a harmsome silk shirt
waist, while thelother had on .a
woman'ssuit of pajamas.
OSTRACIZE GIRLS WHO,
CUT OFF THEIR HAIR.
Palo Alto, Cal., Jan. 11. The boys
of the Palo Alto high- school have
"boycotted-- girls with "bob cut"
hair. . '
Bob cutting so the legend goes
at Stanford university, nearby in
dicates "highbrowism." To the boy
students at the high school it -indicates
something out of step with
their ideas of feminine beauty. And
so they have announced themselves.
"We won't speak to any girl who
bobs her hair," reads the ultimatum
delivered into the camp of the em
. bryonic highbrows. "Cut. your hair
"if you dare," the message concluded.
The girls who were only about to
bob their ltjcks have vchanged their
minds, while those who already have
applied the shears are inquiring into
"the price of wigs. Highbrowism is
to be cultivated at the expense of
cutting one's hair, but not under the
.penalty of losing one's best beau,
agree The girls. So it looks like a
victory for the boys.
GENIAL HUBBY BREAKS
WIFE'S LEG AT PARTY.
New York Jan. 11. A new wrin-
kle in the effect home made booze
has on itwimbibers came to light in
Essex Market court when Frank
Strepsky was arraigned on a short
affidavit charging him with having'
broken the left leg of his wife, An
nie. -
The Strepskys gave a party at
their home, 114 East Third street,
'and it.it alleged that at the height
- of the festivities Frank drew An
nie's leg over his knee and cracked
at. . - . i
"I don't remember a thing about
it." he apprised Magistrate Koenig.
' We had some whisky, and I guess
some of it went to my head."
The magistrate said he guessed
it had and held Strepsky in $2,500
baiL
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SPENDSJIRIE
WITH TREATY
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Continues Efforts Looking to
Ratification of Peace by
Mutual Concessions and
-Compromises. , ,v
FEELS NO ENMITY TO
NEBRASKA POLITICIANS
"If I Have an Enemy in Ne
braska, the Enmity Is All on
His Side," He Says Comes
to Omaha Tonight.
Lincoln, Njeb., Jan. 11. William
JT Bryan at his home here tonight
continued his efforts looking to a
ratification of the treaty of peace by
mutual concessions and compro
mises. Mr. Bryan tonight . sent a
number of telegrams to senators at
Washington ursring them to unite in
an endeavor to bring about ratifica
tion not later than the 16th of the
month. It was peculiarly fitting, he
declared, that ratification be accom
plished by that time, as the 16th was
the date fixed for the first meeting
of the league of nations at Paris.
Ihis reason, he said, appealed to
him strongly, and he believed it,
would haveMhe same influence on
members of the senate. He did not
disclose to what individual senators
the telegrams were sent, but said
there were several.
Mr. Bryan reached Lincoln earlier
in the day for a 36-honr stay at the
home of his brother, former Mayor
Charles W. Bryan. -
Mr. Bryan tonight was the prin
cipal speaker at Na temperance iu-J
oiiee -meeting at xne nrsi unnsnan
church. Tomorrow he will make
three addresses, at the University of
Nebraska convocation in the, morn
ing, at a noonday luncheon at the
Commercial club and in the after
noon to the Nebraska constitutional
convention. He leaves for the east
in the evening making a political
(-address at Omaha tomorrow night.
May Go as Reporter.
Mr. Bryan said this evening he
had not had time to seriously con
sider the question whether he will
be a candidate for delegate-at-large
to the democratic national conven
tion at San Francisco and it was
still a little early to discuss the mat
ter. He would, however, he said, be
at the convention, either in the ca
pacity of a delegate or a newspaper
representative, and he was a trine
indifferent as to which capacity he
appeared.
Mr. Bryan does not intend to
make an extended speaking tour
at this time. He plans to be back
in Washington on Friday next,
where 'he is to make a speech, and
("another at the same place on the
19th of this month, v From there it
is his intention to return- to Flor
ida, to be with Mrs. Bryan during1
a greater part of the winter. While
he will be more or less active in
a political sense from now on, he
has no definite itinerary mapped out
looking to a tour of the country.
Nebraska Political Affairs.
Discussing political affairs in Ne
braska, Mr. Bryan said the liquor
question happily had about ceased
to be an issue.
!"For 16 years." he continued,
"from 1894 to 1910, we never had a
dissenting vote in democratic con
ventions in this state. Then the
liquor question disturbed the party
harmony for 10 years, as it has dis
turbed party harmony -wherever it
Jias been an issue, but the fight is
over and .the question is settled.
"I expect to see a reunited de
mocracy put Nebraska in the front
rank and leadership in all the prog
ress of the nation."
Mr. Bryan was asked if he
thought old enmities aroused by
rthe liquor question in Nebraska
would disappear. - ,
"There is no reason why they
should not," he replied. "Tlfty arose
over an issue and they should die
with the issue, o far as I am
concerned, if I have an' enemy in
Nebraska, the enmity is all on his
side. I expect, to deal with every
one on the basis of what he now
stands for, regardless of differences
we -may have had over the liquor
question." t
Divorce Cancer Eating
Into America's Vitals
Cardinal Gibbons Says
Baltimore,' Jan. 11. "Divorce is a
cancer eating into the very vitals of
cur life," said 'Cardinal Gibbons in
an address at the fifth annual con
ference of the Maryland chapteaf
the International Federation of
Catholic Alumnae. The cardinal de
plored the existence of legislation
which makes divorce possible.
"Would "that divorce could .be
done away with entirely," he said.
"If the words of the apostle: 'Bear
ye with one another's buidens,' were
practiced there would be fewer di
vorces. I hope you will set the ex
ample in this respect and exercise
your zeal in impressing "upon others
the importance of checking this evil
of divorce."
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ONE pEAD, ONE
HURT WHEN TRCICK
AND CAR COLLIDE
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Four Escape Injury aqrJ By
stander Is Arrested by
Police.
T. C. Hendrix of McClelland, la,
was killed and Mrs. W. A. Poland,
1730 Avenue K, Council Bluffs, seri
ously hurt, when an automobile
truck driven by Hendripc collided
with an automobile driven by Mr.
Poland at Thirteenth street and
Deer Park boulevard yesterday aft
ernoon. The accident occurred at
2 andhree hours later Mr. Hendrix
uieu in at. josepns nospitai.
Hendrix was driving to the Soutfi
Omaha market with a load of live
stock and his truck was overturned
against a telephone pole pinning
him inside the cab. His chest was
crushed and he'stiffered internal in
juries. He was J8 years old and is
survived by a widow and family.
Mrs. Poland was hurled from the
car driven by her husband and was
badly bruised but not fatally hurt.
Her husband, his mother, Mrs.
Myrtle Poland, 1256 South Sixteenth
street, a brother, Fred, and a sister,
Esther, who were also in the car,
escaped injury.
, Hendrix' injuries consisted of a
crushed chest and internal1 injuries.
He was driving a livestock truck
and in attempting to turn from
Thirteenth street to the boulevard,
witnesses say, struck Poland's car
that was going east on theboule
vard. According "to Frank Seidel, 3516
South Twentieth street, eyewitness
to the accident, the truck was in
the center of the street going south
and was traveling at a moderate"
rate of speed. The collision oc
curred, he said, when the driver of
the truck attempted to make' an ap
parently wide turn to the boulevard.
Incidental with yesterday's ac
cident, John Leider, 3177 South
Thirteenth street, was arrested
when he is said to have interfered
with the police in obltaining a re
port of the accident He was
charged with interfering with an of
ficer and later was released on a
$10 bond.
MAN HATER WOFT
IN 1 4 HOURS BY
FRENCH COUNT
3tage Beauty Wooed and Suc
cumbs to War Hero in
Record Time.
" , "
Los Angeles, Jan. 11. In strange
contrast to her views on men in
general 'and husbands in particular
that won for her the distinction of
being a "confirmed man hater," it
fell to Mary Savage,- 19-year-old
vaudeville and film actress, to estab
lish a record for hasty romance and
marriage.
Miss Savage was united in mar
riage at Santa Ana to Count Rene
de Guignard, former lieutenant in
the French army, after having known
him but 14 hours. The couple met
Saturday night at a holiday party
given by Douglas Girard. a film di
rector, at his apartment, 750 West
Fourth-Street.
Love at SighfT v
It was. love at first sight. The
party met again at the Alexandria
notel Sunday morning and Miss Sav
age and the count, accompanied by
a number of friends, .motored to.
Santa Ana, where the ceremony was
performed.
A coincidence of the hasty , ro
mance was .its similarity to the wed
ding six weeks ago of Jean Acker
and Rudolph de Valentine, Italian
dancer, who were married after a
12-hout romance that began also at
a party given in Girard's apartments.
Tadd to the coincidence. Miss
Savage and Miss Acker are intimate
friends, while Count Guignard and
de Valentine have been companions
for months.
Many French Ministers
Elected Senate Members
Paris, Jan. 11. In the senatorial
elections held Sunday Stephen
Pichon, minister of foreign affairs;
Albert C. Laveill, minister of public
works; Leon Bourgeois, former pre
mier; C. C. A. Jonnart," former min
ister of blockade; Jules Pams, minis
ter of tfce interior Joseph J. B. E.
Noulens, food" minister, and Etienne
Clcmentel, former minister of com
merce, all were elected on the first
ballot x
Among others elected on the first
ballot were former Premier Ribot,
Albert F. Lebrun, former minister of
blockade; Rene Renoult, who will re
place M. Clemenceau, and who had
the premier's support; Capt. Guy De
Lubersac, the aviator, and General
Taufflieb, who lasryeat married an
American woman, Mrs. Julia Catlin
Park. '
Odd Assortment of Personal .
. Property Found on Suspects
Two boxes of dope, three flash
lights, a cameo brooch, a pocket
magnifying glass and an imitation
diamond stud in a plush box 'were
found in. the possession of Harry
Sanders, 2004 Lake street, and C.
G. Covington 607 'North Eighteenth-
street, when they were ar
rested for investigation last night
Police say the men are wanted for
passing a worthless check on an
Omaha drug store and that some of
the property in their possession
may have been stolen '
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MOUNTAIN IS
SEVERED IN
EARTHQUAKE
Casualties Growing in Mexi
can Cataclysm That Takes
Life Toll of 200 in One Vil
lage Alone; More Elsewhere.
2,000 DEAD ESTIMATE
IS REACHED ALREADY
Nearly 150 Bodies Taken
From Streams and Rivers
on Eastern Slope of San
Miguel District Mountains.
t Mexico City, Jan. 11. Six hundred
persons were killed when Barranca
Grande was destroyed by last Sat
urday's earthquake, according to
special dispatches from Vera Cruz
last night.
Jalapa, former capital of the 'state
of Vera Cruz, and Teocelo were vir
tually ruined, it was' said, while the
village of Ayahualco was crushed
by great rocks dislodged from the
adjacent mountain. A similar fate
is reported to have befallen the vil
lage of Exhuacan. .
One child was said to be the onlv
Vurvivor of the village of Santito,
state of ruebla, which was over
whelmed by poisonous gases. Ref
ugees from the San Miguel district
said many hundred persons were
killed there.
The crater at San Miguel is istill
emitting fire and smoke, i
Government dispatches filed after
the first excitement had ended give
small hope that the original esti
mate, 2,000 dead, will be decreased.
At Platanatan, the mountain over
looking the town, split ; into two
parts, many people being crushed
to death; ' - - '
In the San Miguel district deaths
from gases are reported to number
upward of 200. Nearly ISO bodies
have been taken from streams and
rivers of the eastern slope of the
mountains.
A telegram received here yester
dayfrom the mayor of' the city of
La Fragua, state of Puebla, stated he
had been unable to report sooner
because of almost continuous shocks,
which had almost leveled the place.
He said 70 bodies had been recov
ered from the ruins and that many
persons were dying from their in
juries. "Dispatches from Couztlan state
that new shocks were felt there on
Friday. In the city of Vera Cruz
a heavy storm has blown down the
tower of the city, which was weak
ened by the earthquake.
First Co-operative ' s
- Work Exhibition to
Be Held in Chicago
Chicago, Jan. 11. An exhibit on
co-operative .work, said to be the
first of its kind ever held in this
country, will be presented by the
all-America Farmer-Labor Co-operative
commission on February 12 to
14, in connection with meeting here
of all the all-Arhrriran Oi-nnerative
congress. -
Ihe commission resulted trom tne
farmer-labor conference co-operation
in Chicago last November.
Five thousand co-operative Con
cerns with between five and six mil
lion persons in families of members
have been organized in the last few
years, according to a statement by
the commission tonight
"The exhibit," the statement said,
"will show the various""products of
the co-operative elevators and flour
mill's in the middle west. tKe co-operative
packing plants at Fargo, N. D.,
and Seattle, the co-operative fish
canneries and milk condensories at
Puget Sound and many other co
operative enterprises throughout the
country." i
C. H. Gustafson, president of the
"Nebraska Farmers' union," is presi
dent of the commission, Warren S.
Stone, grand chief of the Brother
hood of Railway Engineers, is gen-
eral treasurer, and Oscar H. Mc-
Gill, secretary.
.
Strange Malady Affects
Oklahoma Citizens
Oklahoma City, Jan. 11. Five
hundred of the 2,000 inhabitants of
Shiatook, Tulsa county, are serious
ly ill of a strange malady which
baffled physicians, according to re
ports to the state health depart
ment here.
Several deaths have occurred. In
the opinion of one physician tbe
disease is a mild form of cholera.
It begins with an attack of dysen
tery and causes a losing of weight,
according to the report
The state health department will
send three physicians and 10 in
spectors to ,the town Monday.
GOVERNORS OF
WEST WILL ASK
MONEY FROM U.S.
$250,000,000 Appropriation Is
Sought by Western
. Executives.
' Governors D. W: Davis of Idaho,
Simon Bamberger of Utah, T. C.
Campbell of Arizona and O. A. Lar
razolo of New Mexico, with 32 mem
bers of the Western States Reclama
tion association, including ex-Gov.
William Spry of Utah and Lieuten
ant Governor Stephan of Colorado,
stopped two hours in Omaha yester
hy on their way from Denver, Colo.,
to Washington, D. C.
The -party will arrive in Washing
ton Tuesday morning, and hold a
conference with congressmen and
senators from western states
Wednesday to formulate plans for
securing a $250,000,000 appropria
tion to be used for irrigation
projects. Governor Carey of Wyo
ming, Lieutenant Governor Mc
Dowell of Montana and Gov. Louis
Hart of Washington will join the
party in Washington. The trip is the
result of a meeting of the reclama
tion association at Salt Lake City
last November, and is unique ifi that'
it is the first time in the history of
the""cotintry that governors of west
ern states have gone to the national
capital to ask for an appropriation.
Party Tours City.
The governors and a majority of
the party toured the city during
their stopover. Governor Bamberger
and Governor Davis, who had made
previous visits to Omaha, expressed
great surprise at the growth and
metropolitan air of the city.
-Governor Campbell of Arizona is
a typical westerner. He wore a
large, broad-bnmed white felt hat,
and his sun-burned face indicated
exposure to the Arizona sunshine.
He is at least six' feet four inches
tall, with a radiant smile and a bone
crushing handshake.
'Governor Larrajiolo of New Mex-'
ico, is of Spanish descent. His
swarthy countenance and . well
trimmed black moustache contrasts
picturesquely with his ready smile,
which displays twp' rows of perfect
white teeth and indicates an amiable'
disposition. , .
No Presidential Statement.
"You have a very live city," he
smiled. "It is much different from
our dreamy Santa Fe, much noisier
and much larger. Next to Santa Fe
L believe I would prefer to live in
Omaha."
The four governors are apparently
fast friends. With the exception of
Governor Bamberger all are repub
licans. Asked concerning the senti
ment of their states toward presi
dential candidates each declared that
no strong sentiment for any particu
lar candidate was in evidence,,
"I am inclined to believe that
neither the real democratic or republican-
presidential possibility has
been named as yet," said Governor
Davis. "In any event there has
been no presidential boom launch
ed in Idaho."
Continue Trip East.
The party continued its journey
eastward at 6 in the evening. They
are traveling on a special car. Ne
braska is represented by James T.
Whitehead, president of the North
Platte Valley Water Users' asso
ciation. ' l ,
Among other members of the
reclamation association with the
party are: R. E. Shepherd of
Idaho, E. M. Rogers, state engineer
of Nevada, J. B. Beard of California,
Joseph L. Priest of Boise, Idaho,
representing the Union Pacific, A.
B. Lucas of 'Colorado, James Mc
Gonigle, state engineer of Utah,
Major Burgess, representing the
governor of 'Texas, and C A.
Prouty state engineer of Arizona.
Germans Urged to Turn
- Ex-Kaiser Over to Allies
Berlin, Jan. 11. German are
urged to turn over former Emperor
Wilhelm for . trial by, ,the allies in
resolution massed at a public meet
ing of the New Fatherland league.
"In signing the treaty of Ver
sailles," the resolutions said,' "Ger
many consented to the trial of Wil
helm II. It is, therefore; theduty
Of the . German people to execute
the treaty, and every attempt to pre
vent procedure against the former
kaiser must be branded as a polit
ical crime."
Italian Ship Safe.
, Beunos Aires, Jan. 11. The radio
station at Pernambuco received a
wireless message at 8 o'clock Sat
urday evening from the PrinciDessa
Mafalda reporting all well on board. make a statement when anested.
Alleged Store Burglar
Is Arrested With Loot
ta1 iir-.c orraetirl Tiir1fV gnrl
Douglas streets yesterday by police
with a suitcase in : his possession
filled with neckties, silk hose, silk
sbirts, caps and other merchandise
valued at about $300.
Police say that Rogan has con
fessed to burglarizing .the Leon
Brothers company clothing store at
1119- Farnam street Saturday. They
say he admitted breaking into the
store "through a skylight and steal
ing the loot. ' y
Girl Cashier Arrested
On 'Charge of Larceny
Florence Wagner, 850 South
Twenty-first street, prettv cashier in
the Wellington Inn cafe, was ar
rested by police last night fT ,the
alleged larceny of $180 from two
ca?h registers at the cafe.
Police saV that althotish the eirl
.had only been employed" there two
nays, this sum was missing when the
two registers were checked un by
the management. She refused to
SLACKERS IN
MEXICO ARE
BEHINDREDS
U. S. Government Agents
Claim to . Have Evidence
That Carranza, Aided by
Draft Evaders, Is Egging on
Radical Propagandists.
SENATE COMMITTEE TO
BEGIN INVESTIGATION
"Appeal" Recently Published
' in Mexico by Communist
Party Will Be Submitted to
the Members Probing Case.
San Antonio, Tex., Jan. 11. In
formation regarded by government
agents here as evidence that Car
ranza government officials are coun
tenancing a plan trf establish a bolr
sheviki regime' in Mexico and that
the radical element is supported
largely by evaders of the American
draft, will be given to-the senate
subcommittee investigating Mexican
affairs when it begins its hearings
here this week.
Senator A. , B. Fall, republican,
New Mexico, chairman of the com
mittee, is expected to arrive Mon
day. Senator Marcus A. Smith,
democrat, Arizona, already is here
and scores of witnesses, many of
them j-efugees from Mexico, are
awaiting an opportunity to testify.
Summons for more than 20ft have
been issued, but the number who
have notified agents of the commit
tee of their willingness to testify i
much greater.
Not All Unfavorable.
Not all the testimony offered will
be unfavorable to the present Mexi
can administration. Supporters of
the Carranza government have
placed , before, the - committee "the
names cof many who,' they assert,
will be able to counter at least some
of the statements of special investi
gators, refugees and ordinary ob
servers. Much of the testimony
prepared will not be heard, it was
said, because the stories of scores
differ only in detail, and much of it
rras to do with the developments in
the early days of Carranza's admin
istration. It is- expected more time
will be given by the committee to
an investigation of radicalism as it is
manifested now in Mexico and to the
existing conditions and relations of
the governments of Mexico and the
United Slates.
Records Support Statements.
Assertions that Americans who
fled to Mexico "to escape the draft
are implicated in "the plan to bring
Mexico under tne rule of the radicals,
are based on statements published in
the official organ of the communistJ
party in Mexico. American govern
ment records and reports of special
agents tend to support the state
ments. According to the published
boast, 30,000 Americans escaped
service in the army by flight to Mex
ico. Most of them have returned to
the United States, but many remain
and the names of a few nave ap
peared in the literature of the com
munist and I. W. W. organizations
(Con tinned on Page Two, Column One.)
Gen. Pershing and Party
Reach Gtmp Funston;
, To Visit Fort Riley
Camp Funston, Kan., Jan. 11.
General John J. Pershing and his
Staff arrived here for a 36-hour stay
at the Fort Riley military reserva
tion.! ' s -
A alute of 17 guns greeted the
arrival of the Pershing party. The
general was met by Colonel E. A.
Lewis of the 64th infantry, acting
commander at Camp Fupston. ,
, General Pershing was taken im
mediately to the parade grounds
where he reviewed the 2,000 men
of the garrison after which he vis
ited the cantonment and conferred
with officers wfeo furnished him a
large amount of data concerning it.
The party will leave Monday for
Denver.
Railroad Detective Wins
In Race With Seal-Breaker
WIFE SUES NURSE
AS A LOVE THIEF;
HUBBY LEFT HER
Demands $200,000 When
Spouse Leaves Home to Pe
With Young Woman.
New York, Jan. 11. Mrs. Adcle
G. Seaman.s of Atlanta, Ga., who
came to New York rftcently to bring
suit against Miss Willie Maud Bal
linger, a former nurse, for alienation
of her husband's affections, is en
titled to damages, according to a
decision by Supreme Court Justice
Greenbau.m. He directed that a
Uheriff's jury assess the, amount of
damages.,
InJier complaint Mrs. Seamans
asked for $200,000 from Miss Bal
lipger, who last summer received
$250,000 by the will of George Cur
rier, a resident of Atlanta, whom she
nursed.
v Says Husband Left.
Mrs. Seamans charged that Miss
Ballinger became acquainted with
her husband in 1W5t when she was
engaged to nurse her. In 1917, she
alleged, her husband deserted her
for the nurse. '
She was reconciled to him, she
states, a year later, in Washington,
D. C, but alleged that he disap
peared with the nurse again last
June; that she followed them to
New York and found that they were
living at a rooming house in West
Fifty-eighth street.
Fail o Defend Suits.
Mrs. Seamans through her law
yer, C. Andrade, served Miss Bal
lingernvith the papers in the suit in
a restaurant.
At the same time Mr. Seamans
was summoned to appear the next
morning in' the domestic relations
court to answer to a charge of de
sertion and nonsupport. '-Seamans
did not appear. Miss Ballinger also
failed to defend the alienation suit.
32 MEMBERS OF
BRITISH VESSEL
DROWN IN STORM
Steamer Treveal Wrecked Dur
ing Violent Seas in Chan
nel Saturday. ' ,
Special Officer Houdak of the Un
ion Pacific railroad, who alleges he
caught him in the act of breaking
seals on three Cudahy refrigerator
cars. . ' j
Houdak fired twice in the air to
halt Carter, but did not capture
him until the pursued man fell over
a wagon tongue and wrenched -his
back. He is held upon a charge of
investigation. ,
Italian Steamer Safe.
Buenos Aires. Jan. 11. The Ital
ian steamer Prinzipessa Mafalda.
which was reported to have struck
a mine and sunk with a loss of 700
lives, is safe, according to advices
received by local agents far the
company. These were forwarded
from Rio Janeiro, having l.c?n wire
lessed to that port by the. captain
of the steamer.
After, an exciting chase, J. C.
Carter. Sixteenth and California
streets, was arrested last night byjto evacuate Manchuria by March 1.
Weymouth, England, Jan. 11.
Thirty-five members of the crew of
42 of the British steamer Treveal
were drowned when the big vessel
was wrecked on Kimmer Edge rock,
near Stadbans head, during aviolent
storm in the channel Saturday.
The Treveal, bound from Calcutta
to Dundee with a cargo, struck the
rock late Friday night.
The crew put off in two boats,
which were immediately swamped
in the raging sea. While the coast
guard watched, powerless to aid, the
sailors fought for their lives, but
only seven reached shore. The cap
tain was among those drowned.
Must Curb Expenses
Or Another liberty
Loan Needed Glass'
a
Washington, Jan.. 11 Another
Liberty loan will be necessary if
congress embarks on "new fields of
large expenditure or reduces the ag
gregate volume of taxes," Secretary
Glass declared in a statement setting
forth the gover,nment's financial con
dition. If the present tax level is
retained and new expenditures are
kept down, the turn has come in
the tide of government financing.
The secretary asserted that although
further issues of treasury certificates
o indebtedness may be expected,
they will be redeemed from cash'on
hand rather than through the sale of
new, issues of certificates for the first
time since late in 1917.
Irkutsk Wholly Occupied -
By SociaJ Revolutionists
London, Jan. 11. According
to the Daily .Mail's Harbin cor
respond ent, telegraphing "under
date of January 9, the Japanese mili
tary intelligence department says
that Irkutsk is wholly occupied by
the social revolutionists .and Ad
miral Kolchak's'army has been com
pletely dispersed. The Japanese
civilians have been evacuated from
Irkutsk. .
Other reliable sources indicate
that the Czecho-Slovaks and Japan
ese have reached an understanding
with the social revolutionist not to
interfere with each other.
It is officially stated that all the
American troops have been ordered
NEW BILL IS
MOST KARSi!
YETDRAFTEO
Speedy Enactment of Strin
gent Measure Against Radi
cals Presaged, Following
Sterling Bill's Passage.
HOUSE COMMITTEE TO
ACW I lift: I PfllQI ATlfllL'
One of Purposes of Bill is. to!
Be Eradication of "Parlor!
Bolshevikis" and Death Pen
alty for Destruction of Life.
Washington, Jan. 11. Speedy en-I
aclment of a stringent -sedition bill
was" presaged when, following pas
sage Saturday in the senate of hef
Sterling bill, announcement was
made that the house judiciary com
miftce ad agreed upon a similat
measure and probably would repor
it Monday. One of the purposes o1
the bill was to be" eradication ol
"parlor bolshevikis."
The house measure, a combinatioi
of Attorney General Palmer s orig
inal bill introduced by Representa
tive Davey of Ohio, andievjsiom
made bv Representative Graham o
Pennsylvania, contains extremelv
sfringent penalties for violations O
the sedition laws. Included is th
death penalty, which the bill would
have inflicted, upon the recommenj
dation of a jury, or persons whosJ
activities against the governmen1
lead to destruction of life. The meas
ure also would 'close the mails and
express companies to seditious lit
erature, prohibit the exhibition of
rred nag in connection with mast
meetings, deny persons the right t
refuse to give testimony on tnt
ground that it might tend to incrim
inate them, and provide in certain
oases, for disfranchisement and de
portations.
Death Penalty Clause.
The section of the measure, whicn
provides for the death penalty, fol
lows: - .
mat whoever incites, sets on
foot, assists, or engages in any in
surrection or rebellion against thi
United States or the authority oi
laws ttiercot, or whoever sets oi
foot or assists or engages in the usJ
of force or violence, with intent M
destroy or cause to be destroyed o
change or cause to be changed or ti
overthrow or cause to be over
thrown, the government of th
United States and the death of an
person or persons, is caused or re
suits directly "therefrom, shall hi
guilty of a felony and on conviction
shall be punished by death or shal:
be imprisoned not more tlran 2(
years; or firied not Vnore than $20.
UUU, or both, and 'Shall forever b.
debarred from holding office, unde
the United States, provided, how
ever, that the death penalty shall no
be imoosedxunless recommended n
rthe verdict of the jury. -
Other Prohibitions. "
Other sections of the measuH
would prohibit anv person using
any writing, printlTTg or any sigul
(Continued on Pago Two. Coluroa Four.
Two Killed arid 2 1 Cars :
Demolished in Smasn
Between Two Train;
Soviet Ark Expected to
Arrive, in Finland Today
Helsingfors, Finland, Jan. 11.
The United States army transport
Buford is expected to arrive here
Monday. The passengers, it is re
ported, are to be sent by train to
a point in Finland opposite Petro
grad. A dispatch from Kiel Saturday
announced that the Buford, whicn
has on board 249 aliens, deported
from the' United .States, had ar
rived there Friday evening and
would lay up for several days in or
der to effect repairs. While no of
ficial announcementhas been made
as to where the "reds" will be land
ed. Helsingfors, Hango and Abo
all have been mentioned as possi
ble ports of debarkation.
Boise, Idi'ho, Jan. 11.- Two ttnf
Kientihed men were kilted and 2
freight cars were demolished pari J
Sunday morning when a string of Z
freight cars broke "loose -and ra
away down Medbury hill, west 6
Glenns Ferry. . . . i
A long freight train had been en
in two to be hauled up the hill it,
sections. Wbj.le the first section wa'
on its way the brakes on the second
section loosed their hold andthe 2
freight cars started down hili
Warned by a closed block, an" east
bound passenger train was standing
at the bottom of the hill when th
freight Cars, traveling at about 2,
miles an hour, craslred into the pas
senger train.- Ben Smith, enginee1
of the passenger train, was painfull;
injured by a flying door after hfiJiaJ
jumped and run 50 feet from thi
tracks. . , j
The first of the two -engines di
the passenger train was badl;
smashed, but none of the passenger
was injured. All but one of the 2
freight cars were demolished. Th
two unknown dead were in an enr
grant car on the freight train. ' Th
bodies have been taken to Mountai
home,' where an inquest will be hek
Sick Juror in New Case i j
Is Reported Much Bett:
Los Angeles, Cat, Jan. 1L Jure
Charles Green, whose illness cause
postponement of the trial of Harr
New. charged with the murder c
his fiance, Freda Lesser from Fr
day to Monday, is reported much if.
proved. No further delay of t"
case from this cause was expecte
Hearings of testimony has be
concluded and the opening argumei
of the prosecution was heard Frida
Arguments by counsel for New t
scheduled to be heard Monday.