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RIGHT
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BITS OF NEWS
"THE VELVET HAMMER" TAPS THE FADS AND FOIBLES OF OUR OWN WELL-KNOWNS.
NOTHING IS SAFE NOT
EVEN BARBED WIRE.
Nothing, appears too big oreo
. little to be considered legitimate
prey of thieves. V. C. Lee, farmer,
hvfng south of Council Bluffs, re
ported to the police and sheriff's
office yesterday that thieves had
stolen 1 000 feet of barbed wire from
a new fence on his farm. Lee fin
ished stapling the wire to the posts
Monday afternoon. Tuesday morn
ing when he gave a .casual glance
in the direction of the fence he was
astounded to find the posts as bare
'as before he began the job. The
staples had been pulled and the wire
carried away during the nigh.
WHAT DOLLAR WOULD BE
IF METHUSELAH SAVED IT.
Lincoln, Jan. 20. In connection
with the saving which the code bill
is making to the state, Governor
McKelvie called attention of the
newspapermen to the following fig
ures: ; '"Yon no doubt recall the case of
Methuselah, who lived to be 9o9
years old. If his father had given
him$l when he was 21 and he had
kept that dollar out at 6 per cent
interest, when he died he would have
left a fortune of better than $302,
230,000 000,000,000,000,000 I have
checked this figure by logarithms,
assuming that money at 6 per cent
doubles every 12 years, so I am
quite sure it isv approximately correct."1
EATING VEGETABLES
MADE HIM MUSCULAR. '
New York,' Jan. 20. Prince Paul
Troubetskoy, Russian' sculptor,
whose studio is at Hollywood. Cal.,
and who came here fairly radiating
strength, declared that . eating vege
tables instead of meat had trans
formed him, from a sickly young
man to "one of America's strongest
men. By 'way of proving his
strength the prince bent a quarter
two ways with his teeth, smashed
some walnuts with a ,blow of his
fist and raised above his head some
weights whibh an ordinary' man
could not budge from the floor.
JUST TO BE IN STYLE
MOVIE PRICES TO SOAR. .
Chicago, Jan. 20. (By Universal
Service.) Everything is going up,
so why not the admission fee to a
movie? This was the kind of logic
used by Al Lichtman, general man
ager of the distribution agenfs of
the Lasky-Farnous Players corpora
tion, who arenieeting' here this
week. , '
"High-class motion' picture shows
Jvilf soon raise their admission
prices to 75 cents," said Mr. Licht
man. "Everything is going up',' so
that the prices of high-class motion
picture houses will also go skyward.
Seventy-five cents will be the stand
ard price for the best shows and
special productions will demand $1.
Mr. Lichtman denied that such an
advance will cause a decline in at
tendance. - , , . ;
"The public - is motion picture
crazy," he , said. , "You can't keep
people awav-trom gooa snows, nq
matter what the prices are.'
PROFESSOR X r w ; '
RECOGNIZES WIFET""
' Philadelphia, Jan. 20. Dr. John IX
Brand, the amnesia victim, known
formerly as "Professor "recognized
. his whVwhen they met for the first
time' in three years. - ;
Dr. Brand, has been gradually re
. calling his past life. He is taking
daily exercise and is growing strong
er physically as his mental power
slowly returns.
COMPARES RADICAL
TO A' RATTLESNAKE.
Chicago, Jan. 20. Federal Judge
Carpenter has taken exception to a
statement made vin a recent address
Sy Judge Orrin Carter -of the Illi
nois supreme court that radicals
'should not be deported, but edu
cated to appreciate the true values
of American ideals and institutions.
Yon may as well try to teach a
rattlesnake to sleep iri a cradle with
;i baby as to try to educate an an
archist or radical," said Judge Car-
pentera , '
COULD CHARM SNAKES
BUT NOT HUSBAND.
' Los Angeles, Jan. 20. Indita
charmed snakes for years by auoint
ing hevself with fiery " water and
looking them in the eye, but she has
1 failed to charm her recent husband,
Capt. Harry R. Ziihmer. ,
She admits her failure in a bill for
separate maintenance filed against
the army roan, some , 20 years her
senior. . , ' ( '
"It was a cat-and-dog existence
every day of the six months of 4ur
married life," says Indita..
"My advice to young womenvis to
leave tlie old men with' young ideas
alone." 1
Indita is a Hopi Indian princess,
snake charmer and dancer.
Captain Zimmer shows a bruise on
his check where he says his young
wife hit him. ?
Captain Zimmer was command;ng
officer of a signal corps in the 'Phil
ippines during the Spanish-Amevcan
war. He is an inventor and, his
bride says, is .wealthy.
TAtfES HIGH DIVE TO DEATH
RATHER THAN GO TO JAIL.
Oakland.- Cal.. Jan. 20. RatherJ
than serve a 25-daysentence in the
Oakland city jail, Pearl Whitford,
v 23 years old, eluded the matron and,
climbing through an 'open window
on the 14th floor of the city
hall, jumped 300 feet to her death.
The body landed on a light well on
the third floor., She was killed in
s'antlv. Hundreds of persons wit
nessed the tragedy. ' l
METHODISTS CONVERT
9,200 IN 60 DAYS.',
Chicago, -Jan. 20. The Chicago
area of . the Methodist Episcopal'
church, with a record of 9,200 con
versions in th last 60days, is lead-
' ing irf .the nationwide canterary
evangelistic campaign started last
fall at the annual church conference.
- according 'to a statement made by
Dr. George B. Bean, director of the
national campaign. ,
- Conversions xf or the 60 day pe-
' riod in other areas were announced
as follows: - .
Buffalo, 3.000:N Cincinnati, 1,541;
New York,. 3,500: Pittsburgh, 3,000;
Portland, - Ore.. 2.000T Washington.
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BOM B PLOTS
FRUSTRATED
BY ARRESTS
Wholesale Assassinations
Planned for Next May Day or
Fourth of July Nipped in
Raids on Extremists. . .
"HONOR LIST" INCLUDED
PROMINENT PERSONAGES
Police Believe Borrlbs Were' to
Have Been Sent by Express
Or Hurled by Fanatics
Amonp Plotters. ,
r
New York, Jan. 20. A plot for
wholesale assasinations by the dis
turbution of bombs next May day
or Fourth of July is believed by the
police to have been frustrated by
the arrest in two raids Monday of
18 extremists, said to be members
of the Union of Russian Workers.
Public officials, prominent citizens,
agents of the Department of Justice
and police were to be included in the
"honor list" of proposed victims, it
is asserted. The police think the
bombs were to have been sent by
express or hurled by fanatics,
i This information was forthcoming
following the preliminary investiga
tion of papers 'seized in the raids.
Materials for use in the manufacture
of bombs, including those of the
pipe variety, was found.
The plotters' plans were only in
the preliminary stages, it was said.
Fifty-two radicals taken in raids
here and Passiac and Trenton, J.,
were r.eleased-from Ellis island on
bail. According to Miss Rose Weiss,
an xattorney for 37 of the prisoners,
a bail fund of $150,000 in Liberty
bonds is now available and from
now on about 30 a day will be released-
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.27 Held for Deportation.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 20. Federal
officials announce that 27 alleged
radicals, arrested in raids here, are
to be held for deportation.
Three hundred and sixteen were
arrested in the. raids which were' di
rected acainst members of the Union
of Russian Workers, and other al
leged radical organizations. rMany
were released after examination by
Department of Justice officials. ,
AMERICAN MAY
SIT ON JURY TO
TRY EX-KAISER
As Treaty Not Yet Operative
Here, U. S. Did Not Unite
.In Demand on Holland.
J. W. Thomas.
was the son of a London portrait
painterand received a classical edu
cation in the boys' schools of Lon
don and Oxford and later traveled
on the continent.
He located in New York at the
age of 19 and the'following year he
moved to Carroll, la., where he en
gaged in the banking business. He
was associated later with G. W.
Wattles in the establishment and
operation of banks in Nebraska, at
Sargent, Rushville and O'Neill.
Made Enviable Reputation. .
During the 'panic of 1893 Mr.
Thomas moved from O'Neill to
Omaha, where he had been ap
pointed receiver of the American
Savings - bank and of the Midland
(Continued on Page Twg, Column Four,)
PERSHING SAYS
NOT CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENCY
4,000 Former Soldiers and Sail
ors and School" CRildfen Honor
Officer at Seattle.
Washington, Jan. 20. As the.
German peace treaty is not ycf op
erative so far as America is con
cerned, the '. United States, it was
stated officially, has not joined in
the demand upcm Holland for the
extradition of the former kaiser,
nor can it do so even if it desjred.
As head of the commission on re
sponsibilities of the peace confer
ence, Secretary, Lansing took the
ground tha there was no law under
which the former emperor could be
brought to trial and punished. In its
final action . upon the treaty, how
ever, the conference designated the
kaiser's acts as in violation ot in
ternational -morality and provided
for his indictment and trial by his
accusers. Accepting the view that
this proposes a political and not a
criminal trial, the American com
missionc'S signed the treaty.
Therefore the offiial view is1 that
while the United , Stages may not
now paiticipate in the effort to ex
tradite and try" the former kaiser
because of non-action by . the sen
ate upon-the treaty, it is possible
that if 'he document is finally rati
fied as it stands, America may have
a member upon the court which will
conduct the trial as required by the
treaty. '
Blames Excess Profits Tax
For Intolerably High Prices
New York; Jan. 20. Describing
the excess profits tax as "one of
the foundation stones" of "the pres
ent intolerable price structure," Wil
liam B. Colver of the federal trade
commission, in an address befori the
Purchasing Agents' association of
New York, declared that "if you
knock the whole thing out, the price
structure would come down two or
three stories at least." v
For every dollar that gets into the
public treasury through the excess
profits tax. Commissioner Colvcr.es
rimated that between $4 and S5 was
taken from the ultimate consume r in
excess prices. Admitting that tcpeal
of the excess profits tax .would re
sult in a big revenue las? to the r,ov
ernmtnt. he proposed "re.lson.'ble
small direct tax that -vervbody can
see, evidenced perhaps. by a st..mp
on grs sales. , ,
Appoint Eastern Manager ,
Of Gen. Wood Campaign
New York, Jan. 20. Representa
tive Norman J. Gould of Seneci
Falls, N Y. has accepted appoint
ment as' eastern manager of the
'Leonard . Wood national campaign
committee, it was - announced here
i'by Col. William C Proctor, national
chairman. TJhc national committer
now includes, it was stated. Colonel
Proctor; chairman; J. J. McGraw of
Oklahoma, vice chairman;. Gover
nors Allen of Kansas,Burnquist of
Minnesota. Shoup ofColorado and
Norbeck of South Dakota and form
er Governor Stokes and Senator
'Ruujoa pf New Jersey.
PIONEER BANKER
AND BUSINESS MAN
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Joseph W. Thomas Expires
After s Undergoing,
Operation.
i
Joseph W. Thomas, pioneer Ne
braska banker, died last night at the
Methodist hospital from complica
tions following a serious operation.
Mr. Thomas was born in London,
England, November IS, 1853. t He
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 20. Children
in heattie were oismissea irom
school so they could see General
Pershing as he was anven through
the streets. '
General Pershing let it be known
he does not want to talk about poli
tics while on the tour of the country.
Everybody should know -where
I stand," he said. "I am not a can
didate for president."
our thousand tormer soldiers
and sailors were present at a box
ing smoker that General Pershing
attended here Monday night.
Just before the fights started- a
former service man, in the ring,
asked the men if they wanted Jack
Dempsey to represent' America
against Georges Carpentier for tbe
world s heavy weight championship.
The crowd yelled its. disapproval and
in the next breath shoulted that
Bob" Martin, heavyweight cham
pion of the American expeditionary
forces, should . meet., the French
champion.
Acclaim Gov. Edwards
As "Personal liberty"
Presidential Candidate
Newark! N. J.. Tan. 20. America
would have been the first nation to
ratify 'he treaty of peace had a dem
ocratic house and senate been fleet
ed in 1918, Homer S. Cumtnings,
chairman of the democratic nationa'
committee, declared in an address
at Governor Edwards' inaugural
dinner.
Governor Edwards was acclaimed
as the "personal "liberty" candidate
tor president in a eulogy. of his ca
reer, pronounced by A, Harry
Moore, city commissione? of Jersey
City, and the new presidential boom
was g-eeted with enthusiastic ap
plause. It was announced tnat the
governor's friends have already en
tered his name in the Nebraska pri
maries and that moves, had been
made to enter his name in the Penn
sylvania and Virginia primaries.
Red Troops In Siberia Arl
In Control of Much Territory
Paris, Jan. 20. Bolshevik troops
occupy all of the territory of Si
beria west of Kransoyarsk, from
which they have driven' Admiral
Kolchak s i forces, according Jo" lat
est dispatches received here. The
Kolchak units are retreating east
ward. Thi revolutionary socialist
government recently established at
Irkutsk is said already to be very
weak, being strongly combatted by
General Semenoff, who is supported
by the last remnants of the Kol
chak army. ' ' '
Going to PrWy Council
With Labor Head's Appeal
Winnipeg, Jan: 20. The case of
R. B. Russell, leader of Winnipeg's
general strike, whose appeal from a
two-year sentence fr seditious con
spiracy was denied by the Manitoba
court of appeals, will be taken to
the privy council, in London,' it was
announced by J. Law., secretary of
the defense ka&uf
PEACE TALK
ON VERGE OF
BREAKDOWN
Disagreements in Bipartisan
' Conference Looking to Com
promise Create .Acute Situa
tion in Senate.
DIFFERENT SOLUTION
OF DEADLOCK PLANNED
Movement Starts Among
Rank and File Toward Some
Sort o Agreement Other
Than Yet Promulgated.
Washington, Jan. 20. Disagree
ments in the bipartisan conferences
looking toompromise peace treaty
reservations today brought, the sen
ate leaders' committees to the verge
of a break 'and caused a movement
among the senate rank and file to
ward a different, solution of the
treaty deadlock.
Open rupture today of the leaders'
conference was averted, temporarily
at least, by passing over the dis
putes on the Lodge reservation re
garding equality of voting in the
league of rations.
The bipartisan ' conference will
meet again late tomorrow, but with
leaders of both factions doubtful as
to the possibility of ultimate agree
ment. ,
Plan Independent Moves.
f Prospects of failure of the leaders
conferences and of formal suspen
sion of their sessions today moved
"mild reservation" republicans and
a tew democrats not members ot
the leaders' committees to discuss
independent moves toward a solu
tion of the treaty situation. One
"mild reservation" republican spokes
man said, such a move would be
forthcoming if conferences of the
leaders fail within a few days to
give more assurances, of a compro
mise. Two plans for future action were
considered by the senate rank arrd
file should th leaders' conferences
fail. Several of the "mild, reserva
tion" republicans were said to favor
a combination with the democrats to
bring the treaty again to the floor
of the senate for open consideration
of compromise reservations. For
effectiveness of 'this plan' reliance
would 'be placed opon public pres
sure which, it is believed, would de
velop in favor of a compromise.
' Round Robin Petition. ,
Another plan, "championed . by a
democratic advocate of compromise,
contemplates a "round robin" peti
tion to briner republicans and demo
crats into joint caucus. "The mild
reservation re
were reported opposed to the bipar
tisan caucus plan and also to the
pending motion of Senator Under
wood, democrat, Alabama, tor ap
pointment of formal conciliation
committees. Followers of Republi
can Leader Lodge as well as the re
publican "mild reservatioists" are
said to agree that if the present bi
partisan meetings of the leaders shall
fail it will be useless to appoirft
other conciliation committees.
Participants in today s 'conference
of the informal committees, of which
there were too, said an impasse and
suspension of the compromise move
ment was virtually reached at the
first session as a result of inability
to get together on the equal voting
reservation to the league of nations
covenant. After more than two hours
spirited debate, the whole sirbject
was put over.
Second Session Better. ,
Better progress, however, was re
ported at the second session. The
preamble to the Lodge reservations,
requiring formal acceptance by three
of the five principal powers of Amer
ican reservations was taken up and
it was said a tentative agreement
was reached., The proposed com
promise on the preamble was said to
provide that if the principal signa
tories do not formally file," objec
tions to the reservations before their
deposit for exchange of ratification
the American reservations shall be
deemed to have been accepted. -
Change in the Lodge reservation
to provide for different situations
arising when the United States is
and is not a party to disputes beiore
the league was urged by the demo
crats, who,, it was stated, agreed to
accept the reservation in cases where
the United States is a party to the
dispute. In such cases the United
States would assume no obligation
where a nation with colonies or do
minions cast more than one vote. Jn
cases where the United States is not
a party to the dispute the democrats
proposed that the United states
should be content 'to file objections
None of the democratic proposals
were acceptable to the republican
leaders and the democrats, it was
said, were equally adamant against
republican suggestions for change.
Want Train Dispatchers'
' Head on Committee
Spokane, Wash., Jan. 20. A re
quest that T. G. Luhrsen, president
of the American Train Dispatchers'
association, with headquarters here,
became a member of the committee
of 61 on policies and platform au
thorized at the last meeting ot the
republican national, committee was
recommended at tire office, of the as
sociation. The request came in a telegram
from Will H. Hays, republican na
tional chairman.
In the absence of Mr. Xuhrsp,
who- is at. the national capital, at
taches of his office expressed the
belief that he would acceDt the ao
puiuUicijt,.. ...
v Closing Out a Bad Lot
' TaKC A LETTER. , -
M. LEWINE,-SOMEWHERE in RUSSIA .
SIRT,- HAVE JUST SHIPPED TO
YOU A BOAT LOAD OF REDS tf
MISCELLANEOUS SHADES. THIS
WILL BE FOLLOWED BY SEVERAL
FUTURE CONSIGNMENTS UNTIL,
I EXHAUST MY SUPPLY. THEN .
I INTEND TO DISCONTINUE THAT
LINE ENTIRELY. TRUSTING .
YOU WILL FIND THESE UP TO
YOUR STANDARD,, I AM
VERY TRULY, -
ALSO, ADD,- I
N.B.x-THESE GOODS ARE NOT
RETURNABLE. I SHALL NOT
BE 5o SLOV IN THE FUTURE.
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THIEVES ESCAPE
AFTER CHASE BY
POLICE IN AUTO
After being chased at high speed
republicans, ' however,J-ffom the Douglas street bridge to a
point on Grace street between Six
teenth and Seventeenth streets, two
men who had stripped an abandoned
stolen car in Council Bluffs " a few
moments earlier wrecked their own
machine and were obliged to escape
on foot, leaving their car and loot
to the police.
. E. L. Lotz, 5015 Cuming., street,
reported to police last night that his
new Chandler coupe had been. "Stolen
from in front of the St. Joseph hos
pital.' , '
N Stolen Car Abandoned.
vAn hour later Council JJluffs po
lice notified Captain Vandus at the
central police station' that this ma
chine had' been abandoned on the
Lake Manawa road, south of .the
Had Stripped Stolen Car of
Tires and Accessories and
Abandoned It . in
Council Bluffs.
Jens Peter Madsen' Killed
I When Operating -Machine
With Automobile.
Bluffs. They, said that two men
had been seen stripping the car of
t. qnfl .ir.ccnripc nnrf that
they were-on their way toward thei cil - Bluff s. He is survived by four"
hriilffp tn Omaha.
Chauffeur Haley and Officer
Buglewicz were sent to the Douglas
street bridge immediately ia the
high-powered police emergency car.
They met a machine, occupied by
two men, at the approach to the
bridge. When ordered to stop, "the
driver of the car put on speed and
tried to run awayi
Speed Recklessly.
: The police gave chase and the two
the strtets until the first car ran into"
a fence on Grace street, near Six
teenth, and was practically demol
ished. The two men jumped from
the1 wredked car and escaped before
the police could stop their car and
return to the scene.
The -wrecked car was found to
contain the stolen tires and other
accessories from the Lotz machine,
which loot was brought to Central
police station for safekeeping.
Unless n the wrecked car also
proves to be a stolen machine, po
lice believe that- the identity of the
thieves can be ascertained by trac
ing the license numbers.
Six Workmen Lose Lives
In Fire in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Jan. 20. Six work
men lost their lives and eight Mher
persons were injured, one of thtim a
fireman, when fire destroyed the
four-story ' furniture factory build
ing of Robert Tarlo & Son, South
Fifth itreet. this citj'. Firemen and
police tonight were searching the
ruins for additional bodies.
The fUmes swept so rapidlv that
worknven" of the upper floors were
trapped. Three men jumped from
windows and were badly injured.
"Dead" Gunner Alive.
Bakersfield, Cal., Jan. 20."Gun
ner" Depew, whose death at the
hands of bandits ' near Maricopa,
Ariz., was reported two weeks ago,
is alive and well in Bakersfield. De
pew says the report of his death in
a local paper is false, antlcam to a
local papef" to make the teport, . ,
STUMBLES UPON
SAW AND IS CUT
INTO TWO PIECES
. To te cut 'in two by a. buzz, saw,
that tore tfiroligh his body, from the
.right shoulder to the lower ribs on
the left side, was the fate of Jens
Peter Madsen, 66 years old, yester
day ofternoon. All the vital organs
except the brain were cleaved. Death
followed instantly. . .
Madsen had been living with his
son, George, on a farm on the line
between Pottawattamie and. Mills
counties, Jowa,. and was Helping
operate a saw near the house. The
power was ' furnished by a Ford
automobile, 'in which was sitting
Madsen's little 'grandson acting as
engineer. The saw had been in op
eration several hours. Madsen was
helping his son carry a log-to the
table ' and as he approached he
stumbled over a stick and fell- for
ward on the saw. The grandson
saw the aged man stumble and
stopped the engine, but not until
the pieces of severed body fell on
each side of the saw. -
Coroner Cutler was notified and
brought the body to Council Bluffs.
Mr. Madson tormerly lived in Loun-
sons, Ueorge. ana Charles, living on
the farm, Chris and Peter at Ne
bla, and one daughter, Mrs. May
Machan. Des Moines.' Mrs. J. Jen
sen, a sister, lived in Council Bluffs
arid three brothers reside in-Den-,
mark. , . ' - '
Peace Offers of Berlin :
Will Be Made Public
London, Jan. 20., All thc docu-
machines speeded recklessly through ments respecting diplomatic, mter-
.. . . . . i r . ' 1 U TJ ,
course between Berlin and Washing
ton before the German peace otter
of 1916 and the events leading to
the proclamation1 of Poland's inde
pendence will be published in Berlin.
This announcement is made in -a
wireless message from Berlin, i
CHIEF COUNSEL
FOR SOCIALISTS
GIVES WARNING
Says That It New York Assem-
bly Permanently" Ousts De-1
pendants a Act "Will
Loosen Revolution."
JUGOSLAVS
PRECIPITATE
HUME CRISIS
Supreme Council Disbands j
Following Nitti's Refusal to
Accept "Supreme Effort": in
Relation to Adriatic.
STAND-BY LINE DRAWN '
BY PRESIDENT WILSON
Albanr, N. Y.,-Jan. 20. Morris
Hilquir, chief counsel for the five
suspended socialist assemblymen,
declared at the opening of. their trial
that if, the assembly permanently
ousted the defendants, the act ."will
loosen the violent revolution, which
we , socialists' have always endeav
ored, and are endeavoring,: to stem."
Mr. Hilquit added this "one word
of- solemn warning," after asserting
that (he Romanoffs and all instru
ments of oppression in Russia had
been destroyed after the government
had tried -to outlaw , the socialist
movement and . that ., "we are not
afraid of suppression at the time one
half the world is under socialist con
trol." Warning to Country.
iThis "warning" was later inter
preted by' Martin W. Littleton, as
sociate counsel for the committee,
as ."a warning to the country, a
"threat" to the committee, and an ad
monishment to the assembly that
they do not dare deal with the gen
tlemen he represents unless they
wish to invite revolution to 'this
country." Mr. Hilquit denied that
his remarks were intended as a
"threat", and said instead he had
"made a sort of love offr" that "we
socialists are ready to see the thing
through in a constitutional manner
and by peaceful methods."
"I was merely imploring you to be
as good and peace-loving as we so
cialist are," he .said, "and not to
be: high-handed in your, procedure.
That was an entreaty and it was in
tended to be.",
. - Exclude Bar Committee.
. .The- judiciary, committee opened
the trial by .excluding by a vote of
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No Statement Outlining Pro
posal Made by Italy to Jugo
slavia Made Public, But Copy
Is Sent to Washington.
Paris, Jan. 20. (By The Asso-
ciated Press.) With the disbanding
tonight of the supreme council
without a settlement of the Adri
atic question, Premier Nitti of Italy'
declared he stood by his ultimatum;
that if the Jugo-Slavs did not nc
cept Italy's terms tonight he would
withdraw his compromise offer and
that Italv will demand that France !
Land Great ' Britain execute purely
ana simpiv tne treaty ot i.onaon or
April, 1515.
Prior to the breaking up of the
council, the Jugo-Slav reply ' to
Italy's demands had been presented,
Signor Nitti declared the terms un
acceptable. The Jugo Slav r.ote
said it constituted "the supreme ti
fort," of Jugo-Slavia, to bring sbbut
an agreement with Italy. This fact
taken in connection with Premier
Nitti's statement, apparently leave ,
the situation a tense qne. -; ;.
Jugo-Slav Reply.
The Jugo-Slav reply said: '
"The Jugo Slavs accept 'nterna
tionalization uitder the league of nai
tions for Fiume and Zara, concede to
Italy the isldnds of Lussin and Pela
goza and agree to the demilitarizai
tion of the Adriatic islands with the
condition that the island of Liss$
remain Jugo-Slav. - .
"The right of the Italians in Dal
matia to choose Italian nationality
without leaving Jugo-Slavia is rec
ognized by the Jugo-Slavs, who als?
agree that Italian national rights ia
Dalmatian industries shall be guar
anteed by an international conven
tion. "They refuse to make any
alteration of thline drawn by Pres
ident Wilson.. - - : '.
To Respect Albanian ! '.T
The' note says the desire.. of th
Albanians for independence will be
respected,, but if necessary the Ju
go-Slavs will accept all the -pro
posals. ' . .
The council this afternoon held "
further discussion on Great Britaii,s
announcement of her inaoiljty' to
send her quota of troops into the j
plebiscite areas. The discussion re- i
suited in the British offering to send '
naval detachments to Memel anq
Danzig. . -. .
During the session Hugh G. Wal
lace. American ambassador; Pre
mier Lloyd George. Premier Nitti,
and Baron Matsui, the Japanese am
bassador, extolled M. Clemenceaii
in brief formal farewell addresses. 1.
No definite arrangements were
rade by the council before dis
banding for turning over the Turk
ish, Adriatic and other problems to
other hands, but it was indicated
that the proposed conference of am
bassadors would be empowered, soon
to continue this work. '
Copy Sent to Washington, t
No statement outlining the pro
posal made by Italy to Jugo-Slavia
for a settlement of the Adriatic Con
troversy has been made public. The
proposal which wrj sent to Belgrade
January 14 is said to have had the
approval of France and Great Bri
tain. Signor Nitti said that a copy
had been communicated to the
Washington government and that
he hoped it would receive endorse
ment there.
In an interview with The Asso-
ciated Press the day following the
dispatch of the document to' Bel
grade, Signor'Nitti said Italy had
offered to leave the port of Fiume
and the railways at Sussak tinder1
th"e control of the league of nation.
"The city itself." the premier said,
referring to Fiume, "is' absolutely
Italian in its nature."
The premier then was optimistic
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Material Reductions -
In Clothing Prices
Are Prognosticated
i ,
Washington, Jan. 20. Material -reductions
in clothing prices may
be expected from nation-wide adopf
tion by the clothing trades of sug
gestions put forward by a commits
tee of the National Retail Dry
Goods association, it was stated by
Howard E. Figg, special assistant
attorney general, after he had con
ferred with representatives of ,th4
dry goods retailers ' '
The suggestion of the retailers.
which are understood to apply to
the retail, wholesale and manufactur
ing factors, will be made public
Wednesday. One of the retailers'
proposals was said to be that th
manufacturer Istand the entire in-,
crease cost due to any further' ad
vance in wages, the retailers taking
the position that increases incident
to wages cannot longer be Passed
on t5 the pubh'c. . . . ' I "
Assistant Attorney General Figf
and the members of the special com
mittee of the retailers' association id
a conference lasting throughout tho
day went intothe question of labor,
middle men. brokers, jobbers. stabiU.
izrtion ot distribution and all othe
question affecting clothing priceftt
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