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MEBFOHDj OUKdOX, SATUJIXMY, PEUJtUAltY 13; 1919
Tsar,
WILSON
FROffl
EXPRESSES
GRATITUDE
TO FRANCE
President Sav Farewell to French
People Little Ceremony Marks
Departure Goes on Georoe Wash
ington, Escorted By Warships
Will Land st Boston Where He
' Speaks On Work of Peape Coiiuress
Uuon His Arrival.
HilKHT, Feb, 15. Pre-Mint Wilwin
left llrt on bi rimuti to Ihe I'tiited
Blnti on board Ihe I'liilcit Stiitf
liiu Ot'onfi1 WnwIiinutviHhortlv after
1 1 o'clock thi moniintf. Tim (lon;r
WiiMliiiiittoii weiuhcd uiii'hor lit H:i)
oVIiick, "" ' "
Tim rttent arrived In nret
front Paris at ltl:30 o'clock sad went
dtrnct to th dock whcro ho embark
ed on a French ituntioitt whlrh took
htm and lit party. to tlto Cloorgo
Washington.
' Tho protltient wan received at
ilraat by Admiral Moraii of the
Kronen mivy. Oimoral Itotmlck, the
Military commander of Brent, Chariot
51. Schwab and civil officer. There
wmh no ceremony except a milulo of
21 gun.
Kurort! by Wandiln
Prom tha railroad ihllnit to the
'dock were drawn up a battalion of
American noldlem, and a Kronch mar.
lite band played t ho Stnr Bimitulod
lianuer a the gunboat loft it moor
lim. ' '
All the alittia In the harbor dls-
played the American flait and all
traffic waa auHpendeit whllo the pre.
idem party waa transferred to the
lieorxe Washtiiitton.
A Kronch naval escort acted n a
Kiiard of honor for tlio tlitorga Wanli-
litRton. Thla enrort with the Amor'
lean battleahlp New Mexico will ac
company the prcalilonl out to oa
and then rottirn. Tho Now Mexico
had aa companion four American
torpedo boat.
(lio! go l.elitttea, the Kronch mini'
tr of marlno, and Andro Tttrdloii
Kronch high comnilniilottor to tho
linlled Stale, accompanied tho proa),
ilnnt on board tho tltiorgo Washing
ton to bid film Roml-bye,
KMirr-mtcK (irittltuilo
UHK8T, Feb. 13. In or farewell
inonniiiso to the Krench people lieforo
Ivavlni; llrest toda President Wilson
ald he had been received and treat
ed a a friend, nil i ho had mont do-
aired to bo treated. He nddod that
he would lib happy to ' return to
Krnnce to attaint In comtilotlnic tho
Jnt ncttlumotim of tho peaco confer
ence. , ' '
The president's statement roads:
"I cannot leave France' without ex-
protmliiR my profound aonao of the
groat honpitallty of the Krench poo
plo and tho t Krench government.
They have received and treated mo as
I mont desired to bo treated, ae a
friend, a rrlend alike In aplrlt and in
purpone. I am happy to say that 1
urn to return to assist with all my
heart In completing tho just settle
ments which the peaco conference is
seeking and 1 shall carry with mo
during my absonoo vory happy mom
orles of tho two months I liavo spent
here, . ,
"! novo neon privileged to seo bore
nt first hand whet my sympathies
hAva already 'concolvod the suffer
ings and problems of Franco and
every day haa deepened my interest
In the solution of tlso grave nnoHtlomi
upon wIiobo proper solution the fu
ture prosperity of Franco and her na
sncintos and tho whole world depend
May I not loavo my warm anii'affec-
tlouato farewell greetings?" ,
At 1enccf Meet
: 1'A1US, Keb. J 4. With twltty'i
lumini'v npkhioh of the mm no mitiler
(Continued on Page Six.)
FEHRENBACH ELECTED
ASSEMBLY PRISM
T,0!lON. Fob. ,if, Konstnntine
Fclirenluicli, Onni nut, former nrosi
'dent of Hie Oortnnn reidintmr. tin
been elm-tad iiiwidtmt of tlio German
national iiNsemhlv, iieetirdmtr to n
Kcuter'H diHimiiOi.frpm liusel, nnoiiiti:
Woimur advices, ..
URGESGERWIANS
10 SAVE KAISER
FROM DISGRACE
Urqent Appeal Printed In Government
Oman 8v Leasue Headed By Hh
denburo to Prevent Trial of Herr
Hohenioltem as an Insult te Ger
many. WKIMAH. Feb, 13, f v the Asso
ciated I'rt'KK.) An iiraciit auuea! to
all (lemiunn to unite to iirevent fonn-
r Ktntieror Wiilinm from lieiint deliv
ered HI) for triui was inibliNbed toiiitilit
in the l.nihii' Zi'ilunif UciilHcliiiuul, a
new utivcrtiniciit orami beme Ustied
icre. The hkih'iiI i bended "lA-iiatte
of (ii'iiimii Men and Women for the
rrotcction of tbe I't'rumi. Fii-cdom
mid Life of William," Field Marhnl
Vim lliiiilftibiirif in wmiihor for Hie
riiBHe. Tbe muicitl mid :
'file lite of it Oermnn citizen is en-
dmiucri'd bv the (.Iihiiii'Iim demiiiidti
of our HiMiwiicitN that Knilieror Wii
liuiti II itlmll lie dciivcred ut for exe
cution. This wunid eoiiHtitute new
itiiil dt'tilv Imtiiiiiittine iimult on the
loiior of (Ifniiiiiiv. 1 o titinnl nimiimt
mich it delivery there nb.nH lo creat
ed n ewiiliiiu leiiuue of (ii'riliall men
mid witiiifii wiio iuteud to Mive the
Ovrttinii itifoide from .liiis everlusttiia
ilitiuriice." .
Cimnclo Wealth
WK1MAK. Keb. H.-JHv tlio Asso
ciated lr-i.) There will be a hiuiru
miixnr of the fortuiieit . of the
wcnltliy. iM'cordina to n tirediction
timili Iwfiire the Ocmiflii ntitioiial na-
aembtv today bv lir. Ilemis nocialiht.
in dliuMiMiimr the MueinliKt iinfrani
He did not believe, however, unit
tbe covi'ttmient would be able to set
tbe ureal muiih needed bv MfUiittr for
tunes lint! he thotiiiht tlic liaimiee iicp
cjiinrv imiHt he lukeii from the wur
profit Luxuries will not be itennit
ted mid iitlieritttuer will be taxed o
evervthinsi more tbnn u eertnin inod
erute sum will be taken bv tbe nov.
eminent.
PROBE ORDERED
OF VALIDITY OF
PAVING MM
HA I, KM, Kelt. I.'i, The bouse. Ibis
motttiim ninlur n miKm-iiMon ot (lie
rules, tttiiiiiinuni-.lv nntiM-d n rewilti
tion bv Itare nittl Smith direi'tinu tint
uttornev ueneml of the slnte V inves
tittiite the validity of the Warren t'on
Ktrneiiitn eoimmnvV itaviiur wiients.
The 10,0(H1,OUO roud Immlma bill
lias been made n sneeiat order to be
taken tin bv the house ht 1:U0 n. in.
Tuesdav. The bill is bv the ioiut
committee on the ronds ami hiehwavn
ami is entered as H. It. -127,
Due to tiariiniiieHtarv maneiivermit
liv Kltmire, Behuebel nnd 1.. M. flra-
ltain, vole on the final lutssase of lite
MeKnrlnnd boxme; bill was temiKtrur.
iiv deferred this mornine. Oesiiiio tbe
fact that lite measure is unit! to be as
sured of passage, these leaismtors
hotie to down tlio bill.
Possibilities of tho sennie ami
house (leudloekine over lite pending
liiilliwav leirislution caused lenders in
both houses todnv to itnr oil on the
troubled wnler ami it is believed now
will miree upon n constructive $10,
000,0(10 boltdiiiB hill, and niso enact
niili-liaviiisf trust leiiislntion that vili
insure frte and open competition in
IukIiwhv construct-on.
HN 00NG8ESS
SCHEDULED FOR PUS
l'AIUS. Feb. !.-, A iiim-Afiienn
cotmress is io nssembia in I'nris on
Kcbnmrv 31! for n thrco dnv session
with (ltd dei'iih'cd uitriiose ot scciiriuit
ibe iiroleclion of tho natives of Africa,
nnd ibe people of African descent in
other eminlries. I'sliv dcieifitles wil
ittleiid, niiriiKciitiiiir tlio 1'nUce
Kiates, the West Indies. South and
Cenirnl Americn, Africa, fli-eiit ftrit
nin, i'oittiiiil, Fmncc, Liberia nnd
Abyssinia, ;
SATTLE DEATH
RATES IN ARMY
EXCEED DISEASi
For First Time In History. More Men
Slain Bv Enemy Than By Illness
But for Influenza Epidemic Disease
Bate Would Have Been Cut In Half
In Af E. F. Bates Were 5? to 17,
U'ASHS.SXITOS, Ksb. 15. Battle
dcalh rales lu tlio American army
during lite great war exceeded tbe
death rate from disease, tSeserai
March announced today in making
public statistics prepared by the Ken
era! staff. In past wars disease kill
ed many more men than lost their
lives under fire.
The hattle death rate for the en
tire American army In this war was
20 per thousand per year, in the ex
peditionary forces It wa hi per
thousand per yeor. The disease death
rate was i? per thousand per year.
In tho expeditionary forces, and IS
In tho army at home.
Anionic tho American forces the
tables showed the bat fie death rate
wa only half that of the iSrillsh ex
peditionary forces, which was given
aa HO per thousand per year.
(ienerai March said that bill for
the influcnsa epidemic tha disease
death rate would have been cut in
half.
Tha tabta of comparative battle
and diseasa death rates per thousand
per year for wars In which ths United
States has engaged since ISIS fol
lows: Mexican war Baltic death rate,
15; disease death rate, t!0.
Civil war ( North 1 Itattlo death
rate, 3i disease death rote, 63. ,
Spanish war Battle death rate,
disease death rate, 25.
Present war (A. K. K.) Battle
death rate 57; disease death rate, 17.
WARRENS ID PAT
A FINE Of
I'OHTI.AXD, tire., Vvh. 15. V. E.
Warrens, cbarecit bv lite timittr im
imrtimj rtini of which Harrv and Owen
linker, ctiitvtt'tett of while slavery.
ere members, iilt inli-ii miiiiv in J'etl-
eral court todttv of eottsttirinir it britur
iKHHir mlo Orcmin from California.
He wits fined 1.5110 and sentenced to
serve 1(1 dnvs in tbe etHtitiv tail.
Wurrcn itrittestcd his inmiccncc
nnd Minuhi to stand triui in t ahtor
nin, but tbu federal court at Kan
Krimi'isi'o, ordered him tried nt i'ort-
Imiil, The evidence naainst bim. be
uleued, was a frnnte nil liv boot
leasicrs, who soiieht bv eoiifession to
secure a initiuiiliim of sentence.
4
.
Here's regiment of Bolshevik soldiers marching through the ssaare near the Krsatlin In Moscow,
shown In the bachitronntt. Note the mounter! Ossack ofllcer in the foreground antj the hae of motor
cars at tha loft,! showing that gas is stilt to b8 bi in Moscow aad not evoryboody waiks. The pictars
tha best yet to reach America
UNITED STATES DELEGATES TO RUSSIAN PARLEY
White and Hsrrou r tha Americas delegates to the eosfereace
with the Bolsheviks and such other Ruuisn factions a may. accept
President Wilson sntsestton for the parley at Princes' Islands. White
Is a well-known Kansas pebiisher. Herran i knows a s Socialist tee
turer and writer, former president of Grimselt College, Iowa, and Is r
eent year has been livis la Italy and Switzerland. Whes the war b
gan in Herroo ceased to he a pacifist Socialist nd conducted a
countur-propsgsad to the work of the Germs as Is middle Europe
SAI.EM. Ore, Feb., 15 The sne
cia! elect iott in Oreson. which Gov
ernor WithveoHilw will lie asked to
ail i stiuiiril 16 the Ueoide R-fcrea-dtim
meitsiires and atiproiiriaiioH bills
of the present hsrisiattire", excecdina
the six m-r -nt tax limitation which
is effective in this state, wtii be set
for June 3, if the recommendation of
the war nod means committee is ac
cented. A'restthiium remietim ibe
ifovcrnor to call tbe election is to be
iiiirtidticcil bv the eoaiaiiitce.
The senate jntliciarv eossatittee re
iKtrted adversely todav on a joint res
olnibm tS submit to the iseoide a eoa
stifiitional amendmciit to make the
workmen's comiicnsntion net cmini
sry on all industries. It is dwlitreit
tiiat nimut 9,"i !Mr cent of tbe indus
tries now are neratm under the
act. The report was adoidcd bv the
senate and the resolution posi)Miied
indefinitely.
i.eaisluiiw1 Kessitins in Oresois
would he of 00 days duration instead
of -4(1 tinvs ns at present, under a
ittint reselnlson introtlucetl hv Sea
ator doites of Lane etnmty.
t.174.545 S0LDITRS
, DISCHARGED FROM ABM
WASlilSOTtlX, Feb. 13. Army
dischnrscs' in ilcmobilii'.alion in 'the
Tinted States had reached a total
vesterdav of l.lT4,."-i.t officer! ami
men nnd the lotal number assigned
for deraobiiinttion was 1, 501,000, Of
those discharged 71,33.1 were officers.
BEST PICTURE OF NEW BOLSHEVIK ARMY
w
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1BXVER, Colo., Feb. 13. With
the Itiixseard which has bees sweeping
Nebraska and Kansas for the last
three days abated, railroad and tele
phone and telegraph officials fodSty
were endeavoring to return to their
norma) schedules.
Vire communication with the east
has Iteen resumed partially, altbo the
telegraph and telephone coaspaaies
still are experiencing difficulty in
certain sections of -Nebraska where
the storm was the worst.
The -first train from the east to
arrive in Denvbr since Thursday
night came In today at the talon Pa
cific's Kansas City line. The train
had been stalled near Rnsseii, Kas.,
for 38 honra. The BurSfuRioa aad
the Rock Island roads expect train
from the east to arrive late tonight.
The Santa Fe has been abie to move
list oa trans-continental train west
of Dodge City, Kas., since Thursday
morning. The Union Pacific has
been sending trans-continental trains
thru many hoars behind scsedisle.
Ths Union Pacific's trans-continental
trains do not enter Denver.
BUTTE GASMEN RETURN
- TO WORK: STRIKE FAiLIMfi
,Ht"TTK, 5!.at., Feb. 1.1 Street
ear tat-n of Butte will reiHsrt for work
al lUMiR. Siauascr of the svstens here
says he hones to have half f liie
bees ut oiK-rattoa hv foBishf. Work
will he started at once to clear lines of
ie ond snow aecttmahtied sine the
serfce was sasttcuoetf.
Attorney for Awised Man Thrills
Ceort Boom at Trial By Confession
Thai Cilent Murdered Family In a
Fit af insane Baqe Followino a
Quarrel Used a Shot Sun,
TAWSX. Wash.. Feb. 13. Htsrt
lm the whole court room Attorney
Vantis this afternoon iniected s.
thriliies ssti-cMnsax isi, the fasaoa-s
mnrder trial at Olvnijjia bv edniittins.
on behalf of his t-Jient. K. E. Burnett,
the siarder ot Mrs. Barsett and ibe
two children oa Hawkes Prairie.
Yaniit is dramatic toaes told the
horror stricken jurors and spectators
how Burnett in a saddea fit of rase
and mental deransesaeat dteebarsed
a shot zuu st Jsss wife and tws ehild-
rtn as the little famslv erono hndUtn
in mortal fear stood with their backs
assimst a iree , in tits woods ots
Hawkes I'rairie. ; ;
Followed Quarrel ' 5
Yaaiis toM how the Bameit famtlv
made the ionnsev to Ilawkes I'rasrie
oa a summers day; bow Mrs. BnrEett
satatetBateiv began oaarrelinsr wish her
husband anil dentanded thai he inns
ail hia Btoaev ever to her.
Then the attorney for tbe defendant
related how after a heated eoatrs-
VSSiV Hls. Bamkt raised to her
hashandaed Oamed: "Tub always
sastKfted that ear voaaaejt t eMd
was not vour.5 ant j Ew Vm soms to
tell Vsu thai ssother ntaa vt rts tata-
er."
"Then Bameti esmpleielv lest his
maid," Yantis pried. "He fifw ia a
wild raae and srablsed m a shot eon
whb-h ite had brausht te the woods to
fry eat. When his wife saw that tie
had drives Jiias to desjwratioa she:
ran from bis side to a spot near a
tree where the two little. ehi!drea
j.-re stamlms, 1 4
IShot Ilowa Family
."Burnett throash eves of farv and
with brain deransed fired peintblanfe
at tbe faaiilv srmm."
Vast is then told how Baraett re
lated to him the iaetdeats that fol
lowed, Barneti told Yairtis, the latter
said, that he examined" the bodies in
a bait duitf-il wav and saw suois of
blotl oa the mother and children.
'Then he savs he believes he fired
another shot," said Vaults. "This last
shot he believes dtsl the work. Then
wrawtins he bodies of the two child
ren aad the mother he buried theat."
WASHIKOTOS, Feb. 15. A table
showing the namlter st mea faralsa-
ed to the army by each state Sarin:
the war was made public today at the
war department. ,'ew York led with
38,St4, aad Sevada stood last with
3165 la tha total of 3,?3,S34 men
obtalaed by draft, voiastary enlist
ment or thru the 'Xatloaal Gaard.
The figures are compiled bp to So-
veatber U, aad the graad total ta
cludes the overseas garrisons la Por
to Rice. Hawaii aad the PbiUppises,
aad la Alaska, as well as ths Amer
ican expeditionary force aad the
army at hoase. '
Other western states fnrnlshed the
following numbers of soldiers;
Caiifsrala, Ii2,514; Washiagtsa,
t3,t-l; Montana, 3S.2S3; Colorado,
S4.39J; Oregoa, 30.U8; tdabo. 1S,
016; Utah, 17,381; Wyoming 11.3S3,
The total laeiaded also 2i3 tram
Alaska. - .
lEIfllEli
WESSOBS WDH
WASHfGTOS, Feb. IS. Ar-
raageateai for aa interchange of pro
fessors and students between tbe Uni
versity of Washington aad the Nat
ional University ot aiexies was aa
aonneed here today by ths -Mexican
embassy. The languages, histories
and social evolution of the tws conn
tries will bs the objects of special
study to promote friendship between
them.
Fsrmer President Expresses Himself
as WeB Satisfied .WMh praanka
Haa Framed By Pease Cenferesce
Contains Within its Terms Pro
visions for lis Own Growth.
HELENA, Mont., Feb. 15. As
Ioye of year eoaatry aad as lover
of mankind l ask ysa is'ase all year
Isflaesee wita oar senators to Ssv
tbe-treaties embodying tie Lsagae o
Satleas Idea ratified.
This was tbe message WlSBaat
Howard Taft. former president of
the United States delivered, to the
crowd that greeted htm aad ' bis
League of Nations party this morals g
l tna Union station upon their arri
val from the easi. The teals was
held 30 slsotes. Beesase he sad
"lost bis otee ttpoa the way as ti
tenser president phrased It, be esly
spok&a word or two. aad thea Gossr-
aor S. V. Stewart, who presided la
trodaeed George Grafton WHsoa,
prsfessor ef latensatlesal law at Mar
yard aalverslty, and adviser to the
oavy department, and Heary Mor
senthau, former ambassade? to Tar
isey, who eJncidated jaat what sash
league would do aad tbe reasons why
Its ereatlsa waa secessary.-
i Well Please - -: - '
.The Taft party left Sew fork Feb.
6 and has spoken is all the principal
:Ciiiet tbe ceastryr.srsasWsgJiKat
congresses te get behind the League
of Katies ssovemeat aad create a
sentlmest that will lassrs ntttt teatioa
by the senate of treaties -estisodytasg
tbe Idea. The arty stops te SpoSase
over -sight and goes from there te
PerUaad, tbeaee te Satt Lalte, from
there to St. Leaia aad tbea ta-Atlaa-
ta,Ga. , ' '
Commesiisg npoa tha test ef She
articles agreed to at the peace con
ference for s society of uatsoss, for
mer Presldeat Taft said is aa inter
view; It Is s real league of nations. It
is not all that J wished bat It cornea
sear It aad It is a great deal better
ihaa I hoped. It contains witbla its
terms prof issoas tor its swa growth.
Isdeed, the exigencies st ths Esro-
pean sltnatlos la tfie sphere ot the
league will probably "require addi
tional aad more strisgeat provisions
ia some respects than appear la ths
preseat plan, bat on the whole I am
saite gratified over the unanimous
agreement sa tbe sabject.
Should Be Appro vest
"There should he so dssist of its
approval by the senate it it is em
bodied in the treaty."
"You hope, ef course, ihatlae sen
ate will sot treat this as it did your
arbitratioa treaties with France aad
Eaglaad?" It was saggested to ths
former president.
He smiled aad answered; ' -"Alter
ths sesats rejected fhoss
treaties I pat them away sa the shelf
Is the hope that ths tims wosid come
when ths people wonld rstlrs those
senators and send others who woaid
ratity them. But the people dlsio't
do aay sacb thing. They kept thoso
senators aad retired me."
. C0BLEXZ, Jan. 15. Sfawr Gen
eral JttseiA ISickmas, csmnsssader of
the Tbirsi Amerii-sia array is ''ialleisjfr'
todav witltta a stone's throw of the
spot where Kiesr WiHtelta Trassia
was standing July 14. when lie
heard of the tleeiaratfea of war hv
Friim'e against Prsssia, '1'iw stntt,
aaw eversrown hv a elaatn ef sbrab
berv aad murfeed bv a Haitabiv earv
ed gmntte tablet, is -in -the Kasseriii
Aatrasta isretnenade is CsMeas. ott site
west bank ef the Ilhine where the km::
had iast landed after crsssma the
river team Kass. ' 'j -
General Uickataa's '"tsille U a
three slory boase one of the tin
jst residenres in Bbeiswb Prussia.
The home is the ttrxasertv tti Wiibelra
vea kswsM, as extenssve ruine own
er, wbe fans "aone awav for tbe win
ter.' Xext dottr to Osneral iJit'ktHsn's
teaiBOrarv heme ts another Isae resd
deni?e aiss takea ver by 1he army of
oesMtstatiou. iie;rt ttsed fur ib nreoin
tttodation of other American etmm&U