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First Transport Will Return, Workers
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Vladivostok.—All American women
and many Red Cross workers are to be
evacuated from Siberia on the first
available transport, it is announced
by the Red Cross headquarters here.
Three trains bringing Red Cross
workers from outlying points are on
their way here. Included in the 300
persons aboard the trains are 100 wo
Note Says Dutch Government
Not Bound By Treaty.
HONOR HELD AT STAKE
men.
Volunteers are being recruited
Events o f Noted People, Governments among the men’s Red Cross personnel Nation Cannot Betray Faith o f Those
here to remain at Vladivostok and
and Pacific Northwest, and Other
Who Confide Themselves to Coun
supervise distribution among the ci
Things Worth Knowing.
try’ s Free Institutions.
vilian refugees of about $3,000,000
worth of supplies and alBo to care for
about 900 children sent here from
The California state board of health Petrograd. These children were for
Paris.—The demand of the entente
announces that there are approximate warded from European Russia by com
powers that Holland deliver up to
ly 10,000 cases of influenza in the mittees, by their parents, or by peas
them former Emperor William of Ger
state.
ants’ co-operative societies on account
many,
that he may be tried “ for a su
Immoral motion-picture films would of the scarcity of food there. The
be barred from interstate commerce Americans have cared for them ever preme offense against international
under a bill reported Saturday by the since they arrived, many months ago. morality and the sanctity of the treat
house judiciary committee.
A list of American Red Cross work ies,” hasT>een refused by Holland.
Field Marshal Haig (Earl of Berner- ers captured by the bolshevikl at
In a note delivered Saturday after
syde) will retire February 1, when the Klinckinskhya station was received
noon to the foreign office by the Dutch
here
today.
It
is
as
follows:
post of commander-in-chlef will be
Dr. W. H. Kingston, Oklahoma; Dr. minister, Holland takes the ground
abolished, says the Dally Mail.
N. Medlll, Jarosa, Colo.; Pharma that the Dutch government is not a
The Polish cabinet has signed a mo
cists W. O. Lowe, 262 West Seventy- party to the peace treaty, which con
bilization order, says a Warsaw report.
seventh street. New York City, and
demned William Hohenzollern, and
The measure was taken, according to
E. H. Charette, Stockton, Cal.
the advices, because of the bolshevik
News of the capture of the Red that it cannot recognize as an inter
advance.
Cross men, and of seven American national duty the necessity to associ
As a result of the activity of German railway engineers was received in con ate itself with “ this act of high inter
consuls in Mexico there has been ar sular advices reaching here Monday. national policy of the powers.”
ranged a steamship line between Ger These did not give the date of the
It declares also that the constituent
many and Mexican ports which will capture, nor did they make it clear laws of the kingdom and the tradition
begin regular servcie at once.
whether the Americans had been cap of the country, always a ground for
tured
by supporters of a local uprising refuge for the vanquished in Interna
Secretary Glass announced Sunday
against Admiral Kolchak or by bol tional conflicts, will not permit the
the offering for subscriptions of new
government to defer to the wishes of
shevik! advancing from Omsk.
treasury certificates of indebtedness,
the entente by withdrawing from the
payable March 15, with interest at the
former emperor the benefit of its laws
rate of 4*4 per cent per annum. The
and tradition. The declaration is made
amount of the issue was not specified.
that the people of The Netherlands
cannot betray the faith of those who
Smoking in eating places would be
have confided themselves to Holland’s
prohibited under a bill passed to sec
free institutions.
ond reading by the South Carolina
Washington, D. C.— By a vote of 9
The Dutch minister delivered Hoi
state senate. Restaurant and hotel to 5, the senate military committee
land’s reply to the allied demand for
keepers would be required to display
Monday approved provisions provid extradition of the former emperor to
"no smoking" signs and enforce the
ing
for compulsory military training the foreign office at 5:30 P. M.
rule under penalty.
for
boys
between 18 and 21 years, in
Six thousand Russian troops have
Pennsylvania Military college, at Chester, Pa., has started u course In commercial avlutlon.
cadets learning to operate a plane.
Little Hope in
German Outlook
American Business Men See
Small Chance for Immediate
, Improvement.
LOW MARK VALUE IS CAUSE
Socialization Plans and Heavy Tax
ation Add to Unrest Among All
Classes— More Willingness to
Work Is Noted.
outcome of pence negotiations. Alto
gether, therefore, the conclusion was
reached that Germuuy is in a far
worse position llmu is believed by
Americans at home.
■The German outlook as the new year
opens for business, discloses but few
factors that make for confidence. One
good factor, however, appears on the
surface; namely, what seems to be a
more reasonable attitude of the labor
ing people. The last great strike here,
that of the metal workers which end
ed about three weeks ago, Is thought
to have exhausted the enpneity of the
Berlin workmen to wage any more big
strikes this winter. It was so unwisely
begun and carried on by the leaders
that the radical elements have been
somewhat discredited. Saner counsels
are, therefore, expected to prevail in
the Berlin labor orgnlzatlons during
this winter.
A greater willingness to work is also
reported from most sections of the
country. There is still considerable
Berlin.— It has been Interesting to
me to observe the reaction upon the
minds of American business men of a
visit to Germany. These men have
come here in considerable numbers
during the last four or five months.
Not a few of them had previous knowl
edge of German business conditions ;
hence there wns a rather pronounced
optimism among them ns to Germany’s
economic future.
They knew, some of them, the Ger
many that existed before the war.
been kilied in the typhoid epidemic, clusive, and ordered a favorable report
HERE’S PERFECT WOMAN
They knew or had heard of the Ger
according to a special dispatch from upon the army reorganization bill.
man capacity for hard and intelligent
Reval. The situation In that territory
The compulsory military training
work, for applying science to business
is grave owing to the lack of medical
and production and for organizing
provision, fixes the training at four
supplies.
manufacturing and trading Interests
Seattle, Wash.— Captata John F.
months.
effectively, Americans of this kind
Hllario Medina, sub-secretary of for
As agreed upon, the bill Is virtually Blain, former north Pacific district fancied that they would find the same
eign relations of Mexico, will be sent
to Washington as charge d’affaires, the same as reported by the sub-com- manager of the emergency fleet cor Germany of ante-bellum times. So
they came with cheerful spirits as to
Gonzalo G. de la Mata, local Mexican mlttee, but is radically different from poration, was arrested late Friday fol
their own business prospects ; they
consul, announced at San Antonio, the reorganization bill submitted by lowing his indictment by a federal
felt sure tfiey would be able to sell
Tex., Friday.
the war department. Besides estab Jury on charges of having accepted goods In large quantities here.
The senate passed and sent to th« lishing compulsory military training, secret commissions while head of the
Ail Disappointed.
house a bill authorizing the shipping the bill provides for establishment for
One of these Americans culled to
shipping board in this section. He was
see me yesterday. I had met him
board to adjust the claims of wooden one army to be divided into a citizen
shipbuilders growing out of the can army composed of men who have re later released under $10,000 cash bail, some three months ngo, soon after his
cellation of contracts. The board has ceived compulsory training, a stand to appear for arraignment in federal arrival. Since then he has been most
ly at Hamburg. There Is where the
estimated that the measure will affect ing army of 280,000 enlisted men and court Monday.
Import trade of Germany before the
about $15,000,000 in claims.
While the indictment of Captain wnr was chiefly centered, and he
18,000 officers and national guard.
Provision is made that the citizen Blain is the first definite action in the thought, after his disappointment
In compliance with a request of the
prefect of Barcelona, the directing army cannot be called except in case probe of alleged frauds in the Pacific here, thnt his best chances would be
committee of the employers' associa of declaration of war. To accommo shipbuilding program, It will be fol among the blé Importing houses
there. But he came back here again,
tion of Catalonia decided last night to date the reserve force reservation is lowed shortly by others involving
disappointed.
emergency
fleet
corporation
officials
made
for
an
annual
reduction
of
5
per
end the lockout of employes on Mon
The general trer 1 of his report wns
day. The employers, however, decline cent in the enlisted strength of the and individuals in the northwest, ac thnt it is practically Impossible to do
cording
to
Walter
C.
Foster,
s
o
c
ia
l
regular
army
and
2
per
cent
in
the
to accept responsibility for eventuali
business here with American goods
number of officers for the first five agent of the department of justice, who owing to the vnsi depreciation of the
ties.
years
This will mean, Chairman is in charge of the investigation. Cases German currency. The dollar is now
The River Shannon has overflowed
Wadsworth explained, that after five of other officials will be presented to worth about 4: marks, which gives
its banks and many villages, notably
years the regular army will be re the grand jury when It reconvenes the latter less than one-tenth of Its
Athlone, have been abandoned, the
normnl value. Add to this the further
duced by 70,000 men and 1800 officers, Tuesday, it was announced.
Inhabitants taking refuge on higher
which will greatly decrease the cost
Two indictments were returned fact thnt all American goods are now
ground. The entire districts in Con
very high in America itself, besides
of maintaining the military establish against Captain Blain. One indictment
high freight and insurance rntes, and
naught and Leinster bordering on the
charges that while district manager
ment.
It may be safely asserted thnt the Ger
river present the appearance of a vast
The bill also would place all youths of the emergency fleet corporation, man must pay about fifteen-fold the
lake.
who have undergone the four months' between August, 1917, and April, 1919, pre-war prices for many American
A decrease in the cost of living in training on the reserve list to be sub he was also agent for the Steward things.
the next few months was predicted ject to two weeks' training annually. Davit & Equipment corporation and
But high prices and the difficulties
Saturaay by Arthur Williams, federal Under an amendment dependents of was directly interested in the profits of doing business were not the only
food administrator at New York. He such youths during training would re of the firm through sales of materials things that disappointed the American
based his belief on the spirit of econ ceive an allowance the samo as now to equip shipping board vessels built travelers. Some of them came not to
omy prevailing among the people as a provided under the war risk insurance in Washington and Oregon. The in do business at all, but to look Into the
general financial and business condi
whole, decreased exports and increas act.
dictment further charges that he re tions on which all business must de
ed production.
Establishment of the office of under ceived secret commissions amounting pend. They came. In other words, to
Julius F. Barnes, president of the secretary of war, who would be charg to $17,750 arising from contracts be talk With bankers and manufacturers
United States grain corporation, who ed with the solution of the great in tween the government and the Stew and get their point of view, to look
with their eyes Into the business situa
intimated In a speech two weeks ago dustrial and business problems in ard company.
tion and prospects.
volved
in
the
procurement
of
military
that Herbert Hoover, ex-food adminis
And It was precisely this class of !
Exports Show Decline.
trator, might be “ drafted" for the pres supplies, is provided.
Investigators that took the most cheer
The
bill,
Senator
Wadsworth
said,
Washington, D. C.— December ex less view of Germany’s plight. The
idency, announced in a statement this
week that “ there is no authority or would reduce military expenditures ports decreased in value $60,000.000 situation wus regarded by them as far j
sanction for any organization work In by approximately one-half. Estimates from the $741,000,000 recorded for No worse than they bad expected and as
the form of Hoover clubs or any other for the war department and the army vember, while Imports dropped to offering but slight prospects for any
ffrnHiTnnnrrii
for this year, he said, are placed at $381,000,000, a decrease of $44,000,000, early Improvement of a substantial
similar organized effort."
$ 1 , 100 , 000 , 000 .
the commerce department reported on character.
Venn» has been reincarnated in the
A mass meeting In protest against
What Impressed them most was pre form of Miss Rosalind E. Smith of
Saturday. The excess of exports over
the extradition by the allies of Ger
Rail Return Protested.
imports for the entire year 1919 reach cisely the depreciation of the currency Los Angeles, Cal., according to Robert
mans wanted for trial was held in
already mentioned, together with the H. Manzeek, head of n physical train
Washington, D. C.— Representatives ed $4,017,000,000, a high record. Ex
Berlin Sunday by patriotic societies In
fact that nobody could give any au ing school, who has made a profound
ports
totaled
$7,921,000.000
with
im
of farmers' associations and of rail
thentic grounds for expecting an im study of the feminine physique.
the Circus Busch. A large crowd at
road employes have protested to con ports amounting to $3,904,000,000, com provement In it. Not only the depre
tended. Margaret Behm, conservative
Miss Smith attributes her perfect
ferees on the railroad bill against the pared with 19,18 exports of $6,149,000,- ciation of the mark, but also Its violent
member of the assembly, one of the
health and figure to nine hours’ sleep,
return of the roads to private opera 000 and imports of $3,031.000,000.
fluctuations In value, seemed to them deep breathing, sleeping in the open
speakers, was Interrupted by cries of
to exclude all hope for Germany to air, light exercising and the foregoing
tion, and urged that government oper
"Revenge, revenge!" "Not yet, not
get substantial financial assistance of candy, cake and pastry.
Publisher Held Guilty.
ation be continued at least two years.
y e t!” she replied. "Be patient!"
from abroad, for neither lender nor
George P. Hampton, representing the
Ffister’s anthropometric chart shows
New York.—Clinton T. Brainard and borrower could undertake the risk In
The steamer Colonia is on her way farmers' national council, said the ex
Miss Smith to be Ideally proportioned,
from Plymouth, England, to Santos. tension was necessary, “ so that coun the publishing house of Harper ft volved.
with the following measurements:
Pessimism Everywhere.
Weight. 121 pounds; height stand
Brazil, with 2609 miles of cable which try ran go to the bottom of the rail Brothers, was found’ guilty Friday of
This situation made a deep Impres ing. 63.5 inches; height sitting, 34
will be used for the extension of the road problem."
publishing an immoral book. Brain
sion upon such Americans as were Inches: arm reach, 64.6 inches;
All-American
cable
system
from
ard, who is a member of the extraor able to comprehend Its significance. breadth of shoulders. 14.7 Inches;
Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Santos
The U. 8. 8. Brooklyn will arrive at dinary grand Jury investigating an Moreover, there was a general atmos breadth of hips, 13.7 inches; depth of
and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, John L. San Francisco from Honolulu about "overshadowing crime.” declared he
phere of pessimism here that strongly chest. 7.5 Inches; girth o f neck, 12.3
Merrill, president of the cable com January 29, headquarters of the had nothing to do with the publication Influenced their minds— pessimism as Inches; girth of chest, repose, TO
pany, announced Sunday. It is ex Twelfth naval district announced. The of the book and that It was Impossible to business and politics, pessimism as Inches: girth of chest, expanded, 32.7
pected that the cable will be ready for Brooklyn is to be assigned as flag for him to read all the volumes put to taxation schemes and socialization Inches; girth of waist, 23 Inches; girth
operation before the end of the year. ship of destroyer squadrons.
programs, pessimism as to the labor of thigh. 21.7 Inches; girth o f right
out by his company.
situation, pessimism as to the ultimate calf. 13.1 inches.
SENATE FAVORS
MILITARY TRAINING
CAPT. BLAIN IN
SHIP FRAUD NET
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V
The photo shows
Frozen Rats Found in
Government Supplies
London.— Frozen
rats have
been found in carcnsses of mut
ton supplied by the ministry of
food. This was the startling an
nouncement made on behalf of
Arthur Hersant, butcher, sum
moned for slaughtering 40 shepp
without a permit. Solicitor Pler-
ron for the defense said his cli
ent was supplied with Manchur
ian beef, which was “ most awful
stuff.” He produced n certifi
cate showing that mutton sup
plied his client by the control
ler was unfit for food, was rat-
eaten, and frozen rats were
found in carcasses of mutton.
The magistrate said he believed
defendant hnd acted solely ' to
provide his 8,000 registered cus
tomers with good meat, but had
made a mistake and must pay
a fine of $75 with $25 costs.
I
malicious loitering by radlcnl com
munist and Socialist workmen; but the
wiser workmen are losing patience
with those elements add jrre denounc
ing them openly. The growing willing
ness to work Is also shown by n vol
untary return to payment by (he;piece
on the piljrt at-'workmen itj- sime es
tablishments. Nof long ago ii #Qte was
taken by the ft'oykiqen ; n f f nil the
shipyards df the edurit'ry ’onj this ques
tion ; but a coAeidorhftle majority was
cast against pifcdesvork. .This week,
however, the workmen ln; several big
shipyards at Hamburg and Lubeck
have voted for piecework.
Applied Socialism War.
The same thing hns occurred in oth
er parts of the country. In all such
cases It Is the workmen themselves
who a ct; any pressure from the out
side would only make matters worse.
The hopeful thing In nil tills Is that
It is the older, more reliable workmen
who are taking matters into their own
hunds, with the determination to sup
press the young, unruly elements
which had taken control of shop or
ganization In many towns.
But, looking further Into the future,
most German manufacturers just now
are filled with grave misgivings nbout
the development of the relations be
tween capital and labor. The National
Assembly is soon to pass a law for the
establishment of shop counclts which
embodies the.highest reach of applied
socialism that the. world has yet wit
nessed.
• *•
It will provide Yor the election of
shop councils in all manufacturing and
commercial establishments, except the
smallest ones; and these councils will
be entitled to elect one or two repre
sentatives In the boards of directors,
with all the rights of “ pay" members.
They will make known the wishes of
the working force and will be entitled
to vote on all questions.
But big public expenditures and big
plans for taxation supply othet
grounds for deep discontent. Erz-
berger sees clearly the need of a huge
Increase In revenues and he Is setting
about the task of passing laws to get it
without much regard for all those local
interests which are still so strong in
Germany. Under the ante-bellum sys
tem the national treasury had to take
a back seat as against the states. The
latter claimed the big revenue-produc
ing taxes, the income and general
property taxes, as their own peculiar
preserves, and the nation was wnmed
to keep off the grass. Erzberger has
changed all that, under the stress of
the hnge revenue demands of the na
tion. He has made the nation supreme
in taxation. The Income and property
taxes now belong primarily to it. The
states can get only a certain propor
tion of the revenues raised by the na
tion.— William O. Dreher in New
York Tribune.
$4,334 Restored to Woman.
Sharon. Pa.—Police one afternoon
recently recovered $4.334 lost a week
ago by Mrs. George Dzurnlak of
Sharpavllle street. It was reported that
a ten-yeer-old girl had picked up a
package near the place where' Mrs.
Dzurnlak had been standing whei she
lost the money. The police today
questioned a girl, who admitted hav
ing picked up the money. It was fpund
in a coal house hidden In a box of
apples. The child said thnt her par
ents did not know’ that she had I t The
money was restored to the owner.