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PARLOR BOLSHEVIST
GIVES HIMSELF UP.
Chicago. Tan. 22. William Bross"
Lloyd, millionaire, "paflor socialist"
ana sergeant-at-armi of the com
munist labor party, indicted for con
spiracy to overthrow the govern
' ment by force and for advocatine the
overthrow of the government, has
surrendered to State's Attorney Ma-
; ciay Hoyne,
He fiirnihrt StflfMYI hnnA
Lloyd, whose indictment resulted
from newspaper interviews in which
he was quoted as referring to him
sen as tne reddest ot the reds, re
cently furnished bond for William
I (Big Bill) Haywood, former secre
tary of the I. W. W., when Haywood
was released from Leavenworth pen
itentiary, and again when Haywood
was caught in the ccd roundup
"SOUL PUPPET" VOGUE
CAPTURES PARISIENNES.
- Paris, Jan. 22. The "soul puppet"
1 is the first fashionable fad of the new
year to appear in Paris salons.
French society women have
thrown over their -canine favorites
and are appearing at fashionable
functions accompanied by exquisite
ly dressed dolls. Which thev have
. dubbed their "soul puppet," affecting
to achieve in their lifelike toys a
. caricaturization in miniature of their
own emotional natures.
Smart dressmaking establishments
, here are now called on to manufac
ture doll portraits of their customers
anrfto provide the "soul puppets"
-wtth replicas in miniature of their
mistresses' wardrobes.
'Soul puppets" most in vogue are
about IS inches high.
QUITS THE STAGE
TO COLLECT, CURIOS."
Paris, Jan. 22. La Belle Otero,
who 20 years ago was at the height
of her fame as the most' beautiful
dancer in Europe, announces that
she has left the stage never to re
turn. k-
Hving been thrifty throughout
her stage career, - she is able to
t retire on an income of $10,000. She
' is devoting herself to the collection
of ecclesiastical antiques,1 being al
ready the possessor of an unrivaled
collection of pyxes and chasubles.
AMERICANS PURCHASE
VILLA IN BERLIN SUBURB.
Berlin, Jan. 22. Gruenwald villa,
in an exclusive suburb of Berlin,
has been bought by Americans, ac-
cording to the Tageblatt today. The
price paid for the property is said
to have been 4,000,000 marks, v One
report has it that the premises will
be the permanent residence of the
American ambassador.
WATER BOVS GIVEN
. IRON WORKERS' PAY.
Florence, Ala... Jan. 22. Evidence
of widespread slacking, by the great
industrial army employed in the con
struction of. the Muscle Shoals ni
trate plans piled up at the hearings
conducted here by the house war
expenditures committee. There was
no end of it, according to witnesses,
, who made no attempt to deny the
charge that erection of the plant was
held back while thousands of work
men moved about in helter-skelter
. fashion with union scale carpenters
cutting underbrush aTid water boys
drawing down the pay of structural
. ""iron workers.
WOMAN NAMED TO AID
LOWDEN IN CAMPAIGN.
Chicago, : Jan. 22. Mrs. Fletcher
Dobyns of Chicago was today ap
pointed to take charge of the wo
men's work in the campaign of Gov.
F. O. Lowden, for the republican
nomination for president. Mrs.
Dobyns has been chairman of the
Illinois republican women's execu
tive committee since last July.
MONEY FOR LIQUOR 1
STOLEN BY BANDITS.
Chicago, Jan. 22. Robert Kaczo
bowski and four other west side sa-
loonke.cpers assembled $14,800 to
purchase whisky, according to the
police. Kaczobowski drew the
money from a bank and started in
his automobile to, keep an appoint
ment with the alleged whisky agent,
when another .car approached and
three men leaped into Kaczobowski's
machine and with drawn revolvers
compelled him to give them the
money. The police and the saloon
. keeper are of the opinion that the
whisky agent was an accomplice of
the bandits.'
WHISKY NEEDED AS
CURE FOR INFLUENZA.
" Washington, Jan.j 22. Represen
tative Sabbath, democrat, Illinois,
introduced a resolution declaring
that whisky is needed as a "cure for
influenza, which is alarmingly in
creasing," and proposing suspen
sion for 90 days of provisions of the
' national prohibition law requiring
special permits and reports from
druggists, doctors and others as to
the use of liquor for medicinal pur
poses. ' The resolution . declared its pur
, s pose was "to the end that whisky
may be prescribed and obtained for
medicinal purposes without unnec
essary hindrances and delay.
, PAY $1,600,000 TO.
- ESCAPE JAIL TERM.
Boston, Jan. 22. William A. Eng-
lisn ana jonn rc. ucucu, muu,
members of the wool firm of English
& O'Brien of this city were sen
tenced last July to 18 months' im-
prisonment for conspiracy to de
fraVid the government in connection
with the 'payment of income taxes,
have paid, the government $1,600,000
in settlement it was announced by
United States Atjorney Boytom
' PERFORM OPERATION WITH
AID OF ELECTRIC FLASH.
Adams. Mass., Jan. 22. An opera
tion partly performed with the aid
of electric flashlights is. one of the
most unusual events that has tfver
taken place in this section. While
Drs. M, U. Brown and C. H.
Choquette were ready to operate on
-Miss Urba Cy'r at the Plunket Me
morial hospital the lights went out,
owing to trouble with the town's
electric lighting system. A hurry
call was sent to a hardware store
for, flashlights, and when "they ar
rived they were turned on and the
N operation was beguu.
Miss Cyr's condition is satisfac-
VOL. 49 NO. 188.
CUMMINGS
RAPS BRYAN
COMPLAINTS
Asserts Nebraska Democrat's
Words "Without Merit" if
Based on Chairman's At
tendance at Edwards' Dinner.
IMPARTIALLY NEUTRAL,
HE SAYS OF FEELINGS
Does Not "Forfeit That' posi
tion by- Participating in
Functions in Honor of Presi-
. dential Possibilities."
Washington. Jan. 22. Homer S.
Cummings, chairman of the demo
cratic natj'onal committee, in a for
mal statement tonight declared that
if cqmolaints of, William J. Bryan,
as made in addresses yesterday in
Norfolk and Richmond, Va., were
based on tho chairman's attendance
at the inaugural dinner given Gov
ernor Edward I. Edwards of New
Jersey Tuesday night at Newark, the
former secretary of state's comments
'"are without merit."
Chairman Cummings further6 as
serted that had3fr. Bryan read the
speech given by the chairman at ths
dinner, "he would not have made
the comments attributed toJiim."
His attendance at the Edwards' din
ner, the chairman vsaid, connected
him in no way with any movement
having as its aim the selection of
Governor Edwards as the demo
cratic nominee for president, as his
position as regards candidates was
"one of impartial neutrality and he
did not forfeit that position by par
ticipating in functions 'in honor ot
presidential possibilities."
Bryan Hits Out Again.
Soartansbure. S. C. Tan. 22. De
clanne that the move to enter uov.
Edward I. Edwards of New Jersey
on an antiorohibition platform in
the race for the democratic presi
dential nomination "was the greatest
slander the democratic, "party has
ever known," William J. Bryan,
speaking here in support of prohibi
tion enforcement, asserted that the
democratic party "shall not go down
into the grave with John Barley
corn." '
Again referring to the attendance
of Homer S. Cummings, chairman of
the ' democratic national commhtee.
in i what the former secrej&ry of
state described as "the coming out
party" of Governor Edwards, Mr.
Bryan said that if Mr. Cummings
did "not know enough" to stand
aloof from affiliation with such a
movement as the antiprohibition
movement or was in sympathy with
it, he w,as "not fit" to be chairman
of the party's national committee.
Edwards' Statement. '
Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 22. Gov.
Edward E. Edwards' of New Jersey
issued a statement tonight in reply
to references made to him by Will
iam J. ' Bryan in respect to the
launching of the goyernor's presi
dential) boom at his inaugural din
ner. He termed Mr. ,Btyaa's attack
"vicious," declaring thai those famil
iar with the Nebraskan's history
"know that Mr. Bryan has always
been for Mr. Bryan.
"He has never refused to adopt
any heresy," the statement- said,
"that looked as if it could garner
votes. He says that no reform
ever came out of the east. He over
looked the fact of one magnificent
reform that came out of the east
which defeated him and reformed
the democratic party."
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PASSENGERS ON
STRICKEN SHIP
All Aboard Powhatan Safely
' Brought Aboard Transport
A In Midocean.
New York, Jan. 22. All the 271
passengers on board the disabled
army transport Powhatan have been
transferred to the transport North
ern Pacific and are on their way to
New York. This news was received
here in wireless messages, confirm
ing previous reports from Halifax.
The transfer of the passengers was
effected under good weather condi
tions and without, any accident oc
curing. The safe transfer of the Powha
tan's passengers brings to a close a
striking sea, drama which opened
last Sunday "when the first message,
was received from the transport that
the ship was leaking, the fire room
flooded, a northeastern gale blowing
and immediate assistance needed.
The wireless calls for help were
nuirklv resnonded to bv half a score
of vessels which put out from Can
adian and American ports or rushed
to the scene from midocean.
They found the disabled transport
rolling heavily in a stormy sea, with
out lights or heat, but were helpless
to render any aid in the face of the
persistent gale.
For four days more the Powatan
lay helpless in the face of the un
gating storm while a growing fleet
of would-be rescuers made vain ef
forts to take -her-in tow or effect a
transfer of her passengers. On re
peated occasions tow .lines were
passed, ooly to snap like thread un
der the terrific strain of the disabled
vessel's dead weight, the surging sea
and the fierce wind.
The weather moderated yesterday,
buOit was not until today, however,
that it was possible to rescue the
passengers from the cheerless sea
prison on which they had been im
mured for five days without heat or
light.
YANKS KILLED
IN CLASH WITH
RUSSIANTORCES
- JFivi
Muscovites Slain, One
Wounded and 55 Captured,
Including General.
Washington, Jan. 22. Two
American soldiers were killed and
one severely wounded in the clash
with a Russian detachment of Gen
eral Semenoff's forces January 10
near' Posolsakaya, while five Rus
sians were killed, one wounded and
.55 .captured, including one general
andSsix otrftf officers who still are
held..
In reporting the clash to the War
department, Major General Graves,
commanding the American expedi
tion in Siberia, said the Russians in
an armored car made an unpro
voked attack on the Americans, who
were in a similar car. The Russian
attack was repulsed and the Amer
icans then captured the car and its
occupants. .
General Graves said he believed
the incident could be peacefully ad
justed with General Semenoff "who
could not have been responsible."
Think Holland Denies
Demand of Allies to
Give Up Ex-Kaiser
. h
The Hague, Jan. 22. The reply of
the Dutch government to the de
mand of the allies for the former
German emperor has been sent to
the Dutch minister at Paris. It prob
ably will be delivered to M. Clemen
ceau Friday.
So far as can be learned, there is
no doubt the demand will be refused
with an explanation of the position
of The Netherlands.
OMAHA, FRIDAY,
ISOMERS
ON CAGES
Charges of Extreme Cruelty
To Conscientious Objectors
At Alcatraz Island Made by
Civil Liberty Bureau.
CAN'T SIT.iliTsTAND
IN TORTURE CHAMBER
Device Fits Into the Cell
And Is Absolutely Dark, Only
Air Obtainable Being From
The Top of the Contrivance.
New York, Jan. 22. Charges that
iron torture chambers have been in
troduced bv Col. R. D. Johnson,
executive officer at Alcatraz Island,
San Francisco, in, which conscien
tious objectors of the "absolutist"
type imprisoneci on the island, are
placed, were contained in a state
ment issued here tonight by the Na
tional Civil Liberty bureau. Albert
De Silver, director of the bureau, has
left for Washington, it was stated,
to place the Wtter before Secretary
Baker.
In Iron Straitjacket.
Robert Simmons, who is serving
a 10-year sentence as a'conscientious
objector, after being kept in solitary
confinement, has been "transferred
to the latest torturing device, in
which he is at present kept," the
statement declared. -He .is "unable
to sit down, lie clown, or fully stand;
it is practically an iron strait
jacket into which the prisoner is
squeezed.
"The dimensions of this torture
chamber are six feet high, 23 inches
in length and one foot broad. It is
absolutely dark inside, the only air
obtainable beir.g from the top of the
cage.
This cage is so made that it fits
into the cell of the prisoner. When
the cell door is closed, it forms the
fourth side of the cage."
The statement said that four of
tkce iron cages were manufactured
in the prison machine shop by or
ders of Col. Johnson.
The four "absolutists," the state
ment explains, are Simmons, who' is
at present confined; Grosser, Ro
dolph and Dart. - These men, it was
stated, have been kept, jn solitary
confinement and w;ere absolutely
"ignored insofar as medical atten
tion was concerned."
The bureau declared that informa
tion regarding the "torture cham
bers" was .received from officials of
the Labor Defense League of San
Francisco.
Cages Used at Barracks
San Francisco, Jan. 22. Iron
cages so constructed that the occu
pant is compelled to stand are used
at the Alcatraz Island disciplinary
barracks impartially as discipline for
all prisoners who refuse to work and
only duringworking hours, Col. f.
B. McDonald, commandant of the
prison, said in commenting 011
charges of the national civil liberties
bureau that conscientious objectors
were being confined in "torture
chambers." All prisoners sent to
the barracks are sentenced to labor,
he said, and when they refuse they
are compelled to stand up during
the -hour working day.
"This discipline," Col. McDonald
said, "is in use in many prisons and
is an amelioration of the practice ot
chaining the prisoner with his hands
above his head, which we have abol
ished here." '
He said the charge that medical
needs of prisoners were ignored was
false. ' s
Of four prisoners the bureau
charged were at present confined in
torture chambers," Dart, he said,
h?d served his sentence and been
released, Grosser and Rodolph had
never been so confined, and Sim
mons still elected to stand in the
cage rather than work.
Germans Approve Plan
Of Hoover for U.S. Relief
Store Houses In Europe
" Berlin, Jan. 22. (By The Associ
ated Press.) The German govern
ment, in a statement issued today,
expresses unequivocal approval of
the proposed plan of, ' Herbert C.
Hoover to establish American re
lief ' warehouses throughout central
Europe.
In order to facilitate the ware
house plan the government declares
it will not only remove all import
duties, regulations and needless cus
toms formalities, but also will afford
the shipments special transportation
facilities in Germany.
The statement also asserts that
transportation of the relief commodi
ties would take place under the
watchfulness of- the Hooker organi
zations, which, it is contended, would
result in the safe delivery to recipi
ents of the goods in a sound condi
tion. Issuance of the - government's
statement was' intended to counter
act an alleged, misunderstanding in
the United States with respect to the
Hoover plan.
4-Year-0ld Girl Burns to
Death iV Thayer County
York, Neb., Jan. v 22. (Special
Telegram.) The 4-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Keat
ing, living near Thayer, was burned
to death at her home. When her
mother went into the yard to feed
the chickens the little girl obtained
a match and attempted to light her
ftaher's lantern, aud her clothing
caught fire, . ' . . ,
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TORTURED IN
' JANUARY 23, 1920.
Can 't
JAPAN PROMISES
CLOSE ADHESION
TO PEACE TERMS
Nippon Firm in Determination
To Restore" LeaseU Terri
tory of Kiauchau to
China, Premier Says.
Washington, 'Jan. 22: Japan's
policies os to Russia and China were
outlined to the Japanese Diet Wed
nesday by Premier Hara, in an ad
dress declaring that of the great
questions now before the , world
"those oertaining to China and Rus
sia occupy the foremost place."
The premier, in his address, the
text of which was made public here,
took occasion to assert that since the
success or failure of the peace treaty
depended "altogether on the spirit
and manner of its operation" Japan
could be regarded from the outset
as "one of those states which will
strictly carry out every term of the
treaty." "
To Restore Kiauchau.
Taking up the question of China,
I he premier declared that Japan re
mained firm in its .determination to
restore the leased territory of Kiau
chau in the Shantung peninsula to
China, and had in fact taken the in
itial steo toward carrying' out the
spirit of the peace treaty in that
rttspett. 'While loans to China must
be made with care owing- to the fac
tional warfare, Japan, Premier Hara
said,, stood ready 1 to -give" financial
assistance to the neighboring na
tion whenever " the need seemed
imperative. He' added that although
the good offices of the great powers,
including Japan, for the restoration
ot peace between North and South
China, as tendered more than a year
a"0, had failed to bring about peace,
Japan was prepared to unite again
with the other powers toward the
desired end whenever the moment
seemed propitious. , f v
Problem of Russia.
As regards the problem of Rus
sia, Mr.-Hara-said as the present
conditions in that nation were a
"matter of grave concern, not only-J
to Russia useir, dut. 10 ail muse
interested in the general peace of
the world,' the Japanese government
is extremely anxious to see a speedy
establishment of a stable govern
ment in Russia and an achievement
of its complete resuscitation." The
premier did not further outline Ja
pan's course toward Russia and did
not allude to the 'reported decision
of the advisory diplomatic council
to withdraw Japanese trops from
Siberia following the evacuation of
the AVnerican expeditionary force.
The premier discussed the ex
changes between the United States
and Japan relative to withdrawal
of the American troops in some de
tail, and revealed that "the Ameri
can authorities had expressed their
sincere regret" over the transmis
sion to the Japanese commanding
officer in Siberia by Major General
Graves, the American commander,
of a notice of the American with
drawal before the Washington gov
ernment had communicated the fact
to Tokio. . . .
. Hitchcock Gains Vote.
Yankton, S. D., Jan 22. Senator
Edwin. S. Johnson, yho was absent
at the recent democratic caucus
when efforts to elect an administra
tion leader irt the senate faife'd. be
cause of a tie vote between Senatori
Hitchcock and LTtulerwood, declared
that he would "probably vote for
Senator Hitchock at the next cau
cus, .
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TRAINMEN WANT
DEFINITE REPLY
TO WAGE APPEAL
Will Ask Railroad Administra
tion Tuesday to Answer 40
Per Cent Increase Demands.
'Cleveland. Jan. 22. The Brother
'hcod of R;:ilroad Trainmen, which
ha a membership of approximately
200,000, will ask the railroad admin
istration Tuesday for a definite an
swer to its demands for a general
wage increase, of about 40 per cent.
William G. Lee, president of the
brotherhood, has asked Director
General Kiues for an appointment
Tuesday morning and called the. 22
general executive committee chair
men and grand lodge officers : to
meet in Washington on that day.
The demands were presented
July 31, 1919. President Wilson re
quested the men to wait a "reason
able time" until the government had
an ppportiuiity to reduce the cost of
living.
"The - men are pressing us too
lyird," Mr. Lee said. "A reasonable
time has elapsed and the cost of liv-.
ing gone up."
1 .
Deny Reports Foch
To Lead Polish Army
Against Bolsheviki
London, Jan. 22. Dispatches from
Warsaw appear in the English
newspapers declaring that Marshal
Foch would, proceed to Warsaw
within two weeks and suggesting the
likelihood of a Polish attack on bol
shevik Rus'sia. These-reports are
denied by the French foreign office
and. Marshal Foch says he knows
nothing about them.
The Daily Herald, labor organ, as
serts that Poland plans a march on
Kiev and the occupation of many
Ukrainian towns, and prints a ma:
ifesto signed by .Tchitchering, Rus
sian bolshevist foreign minister, ad
dressed to the workers of the allied
countries, saying: "It is up t6 you
to put a stop to this policy."
Eastern Region Railroads
. Are Returning to Normal
' New York, Jan. 22. Railroads of
the eastern region have shown a
gradual return to normal operating
conditions since the armistice and
there has been a continued growth
in export business, according to the
annual report of A. T. Hardin,
regional director, to Walker D.
Hines,. director general of the rail
roads. Passenger traffic has been heavy,
the report said, and since April
there has been a steady increase
in volume. Each month showed an
increase over the ' corresponding
periods in 1917 and 1918.
Coloradoan Named Manager .
Of G. 0. P. in Five States
Denver, -Jan. 22. Fred E. Carroll
cf Ouray, former Colorado com
missioner of mtallifcrous mines,
was named by Will H. .Hays, chair-,
man of th? republican national com
mittee, as supervisor of party po
litical activities for the territory
comprising the states of Colorado,
Wyoming, Montana, New Mexico,
and Utah. He will devote his time
between now and the 'election to
organization ",ork.
Carroll will leave for Salt Lake
City for a conference with Victor
Heint of Chicago, regional director
of wef-tern states for the republican
national organization, who is on his
way east from the Pacific coas,t, V
TWO CENTS.
OMAHA IS GIVEN
30 DAYS MORE TO
IDENTIFY FINNS
Minnesota Governor Refuses
Extradition On Evidence
Presented Up to Date by
Chief Eberstein,
St. Paul, Minn.,. Jan. 22. (Spe
cial.) Extradition of William and
Michael Finn, alleged members of
the gang that robbed the Benson,
Neb., bank of $110,000 December 31,
to face trial in Omaha, was refused
here today by Governor Burnquist.
This refusal is conditonaH how
ever, that Omaha authorities cannot
disprove alibis offered by the defend
ants within the next 30 days.
Many witnesses testified that the
Finn brothers attended a banquet
here the night of the Benson rob
bery. Victims of the robbery at
Benson declared that they are posi
tive that these two men are members
of the robber gang. .
John Finn, a third brother, who
recently was implicated in the extra
dition efforts, iproved such a strong
alibi today that he was dismissed.
Chief Ebertein of the Omaha po
lice declared today, following the
governor's refusal, that he would not
give up until he has succeeded in
taking the Finn brothers back to
Omaha for trial.
"Every p6lice chief and sheriff in
the country will get pictures of the
alleged bank robbers, with orders to
arrest thenvon sight," declared Chief
Eberstein. ' "The Finn brothers will
have to stick close to Minnesota or
they'll surely face trial in Omaha."
The first theory of the prosecution
was that the Finns took part in the
bank holdup at Benson at 11a. m.
and returned by airplane orautomo
bile to St. Paul in time to attend
a New Year's watch party. At the
later hearing, however, the Nebraska
authorities offered evidence that the
accused men were in Omaha at S
p. m. on the day the bank was
robbed. ' Eight witnesses, including
three women, identified either or
both-of the men as members of the
bandit gang.
Rivers and Harbors Bill
Passes Despite Attacks
Washington,' Jan. 22. All attacks
on the "porkless" rivers and harbors
appropriation bill failed in the
house and after numerous amend
ments had been rejected the measure
was passed with its appropriation
of $12,400,000 for maintenance and
continuance rif work on projects
under way. The vote on passage of
the bill, which carried the smallest
appropriation of any measure of its
kind in years, was 167 to 25.
Previous to the final vote" effort
was made , to recommit the meas
ure with instructions to specify nu
merous river and harbor improve
ments scattered throughout the
country, but this move was defeated,
207 to 116. Likewise the house re
fused to appropriate $11,000,000 for
work "on the Mississippi, Ohio and
Missouri rivers, as well as for nu
merous smaller projects.
Wealthy Iowa Farmer ,
Freed on .Assault Charge
Boone, la., Jan. 22. (Special Tel
egram.) Nelson Long, 82 years
old, married fi- e times and worth
$250,000 in Boone county farm prop
erty, was acquitted of criminal as
sault charge on the persoji of his
stepdaughter, Gertrude Doggett, '
CHAMBER OF
DEPUTIES IN
AN UPROAR
Amid Tumultuous Scenes Re
cently Formed French CabU
net of Millerand Receives
Vote of Confidence.
OUTCOME CONSIDERED '
GOVERNMENT DEFEAT
More Than 300 Deputies Re
frain From Voting Following
Bitter Attack by Daudet Upon
Minister of Interior.
Paris, Jan. 22. Amid tumultous
scenes in the chamber of deputies
today, the recently formed cabinet
of Premier Alexander Millerand re
ceved a vote of. confidence, 272 to
23. The vote was considered a moral
defeat for the govern ment,' however,
as more than 300 deputies abstained
from voting. The reluctance of
the deputies to vote on the question
of confidence recalled a scene in
the chamber in' the '90s, when the
ministry of Alexander Ribot was
overthrown three hours after its
formation. ' 1
- The vote was taken on the de
mand of Premier Millerand, follow
ing a savage attack by Deputy Leon "
Daudet, editot of L'Action Fran
caise,' on Jnles Steeg, minister of ;
the interior. M. Daudet demanded "
the right to interpellate the govern
mei't on M. Steeg's appointment to
the ministry. He declared that Steeg
was -an accomplice of Louis J. Mai
vy, former minister of the interior,
who was banished after his convic
tion on charges of communicating
with the enemy and of Joseph Cail
laux, former premier, who -is soon
to be brought to trial on the charge
of attempting to prorpote a prema- "
ture and dishonorable peace with
Germany. '
Cabinet Cannot Last
The significance -of the vote was
generally interpreted in the lobbies :
of the chamber to mean that the
Millerand cabinet cannot last as now
constituted and that the premier,'
will have to replace M. Steeg at the
ministry of the interior or the cab
inet will be overthrown oit-thcfct
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itucsuuii involving ine interior poli
cy in a question of confidence. -
Many ' of the deputies who ab
stained from voting told The As
sociated Press correspondent that
they had given the premier fair
warning that the next time they
would vote against him, should M..
Steeg remain.
M. Steeg was at the senate while
M. Daudet was speaking. Sum
moned in haste by telephone, he re-;
plied that he had always served'
France with all his heart and intelli
gence. Give Respect to Speech. .
The opening speech of Premier'
Millerand was respectfully listened
to by deputies, but with M. Daudet's
Wtter attack on M. Steeg the cham
ber became extremely noisy and un
ruly. Before the vote of confidence
orders of the day succeeded one an
other with such rapidity that at one
time seven of them lay on the desk
of Speaker Raoul Peret. Premier
Millerand, adding the question of
confidence in the cabinet, finally ac-
ccnted the order of the day submit
ted by Deputy Dumestil, reading:
"The chamber, approving the gov- '
eminent s declarations relative to
the choice of minister of the interior
and rejecting any 'addition, reverts
to the order of the, day." '
1W chamber was in an uproar and
Speaker Peret threatened to sus
pend the session.- Printe Murat and.
M. DaueVt exchanged caustic per-'
sonal remarks across the floor of the
chamber with members of .the ex
treme left amid pandemonium. "
Fraudulent Revenue
Agents Victimize 100
New York Liquor Men
New York, Jan., 22. An organized
band of fraudulent revenue agents
who are alleged to have worked un
der direction of a few dishonest
agents of the revenue department
and to have victimized more than
100 New -York saloon keepers, has,
been uncovered and the ringleaders
identified, it was announced by
James J. Quigley, assistant supervis
ing federal prohibition agent.
The amounts collected by the
agents, it was said, varied from $1
ti) $500, and in several instances
large quantities of liquor were con
fiscated by the impostors. , "
California wine and Kentucky
whisky are rolling into New York'
at the rate of four carloads dailyy
Mr. Quigley asserted. The wine is
valued at $300 a barrel and 150 bar
rels coin in a carload.
The owners of the liquor have ob
tained permits placing it in bond for,
sale to druggists or manufacturers.
Says Fremont Woman Will
Be "Sealed" to a Mormon
Fremont, Neb., Jan. 22. (Special.)
Mormon missionaries who are
working in Fremont and Elder E. E.
Long of Reorganized Mormon
church, are staging a debate in Fre
mont on the question as to whether
Brigham Young is the rightful suc
cessor to Joseph Smith. It is said
that a 1-remont woman has arranged
to go to Salt Lake City for the pur
pose of being "sealed" to; a man.
other than her husband in the future
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