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ITALIAN GOVERNMENT IS __SE__S _A__ 1_1 __VI_ Business Office..........52 RATES Editorial Rooms......292 4 &One Month - $1.00e or by Calling 52 When Paper 11Six Is Not Delivered. ] t One'S Yer .5 VOL. 2-No. 104. . TT'V"' \ I'.\.N1. Flill'\HII M :( 19. 1919. Probably snow. PRICE FI WOUNDED SOLDIER __TU_ ANDROE FORMER PENNSYLVANIA STATE COSSACK ROBS SERVICE MAN CARRYING THIRTEEN WOUNDS N'w Yvork, I)c. 19.-C(harges of ro)bbery and torture of )prisoners, some of whomT were wo(uded soldiers ill France, which equal if not exceed in bestiality the crimes alleged to have been omllmitted by the notorious "IIard boile(l" Smith, have been filed against Capt. Karl W. D)etzler, former chief of crinilillal investigation of the 808th military police ceomipayll, and a numb)er of his as sistants, including Sergeant U. S.: Madden, who graduated into the military police tflro the Pennsylvania' state constabulary. The charges against Detzler and' his fellows was made by former Regi mental Sergeant Murray F. Phillips of the Aauerican. ambulance service! before the court martial which isi trying Detzlor on charges of brutal ity toward members of tile American expeditionlary forces, anld caused ll oire or less of a senlsation amongii the court martial officers, since ill addition to the charge of cruelty.; Phillips also accused tile captain of robbery. . Phillips, who is a hopeless eripplel because of 13 wounds received at Chateau Thierry and other battles, told the court martial tlhat while hobbling around on crutches while on a furlough in Lemnasll , onle of Detzler's military police had arrest edt him and haled him before the captain. At the criminal investiga tion headquarters, said Phillips, while he was attempting to explain (Continued on Page Two.) STORM PROPHET 'IN DUTCH' ON PROMISES Porta's Earthquakes and Blizzards Scheduled for Today Conspicuous by Their Absence. (Special United Press Wire.) San Francisco, Dec. 19.-On this day-named by Professor Porta as one on which the Pacific coast would experience the worst storms in his tory-the sun is shining, with the exception of one city, from Vancouv er to San Diego. Porta, Italian scientist, raised a furore recently, when lie asserted an alignment of six planets with .the earth on the near side of the sun, would cause the worst storms in his tory, starting on the coast today and gradually extending eastward until the United States would experience disaster in full measure. He pre dicted earthquakes in earthquake zonles and storms far the storilm zonies. No earthquakes have been regis tered. MANY NEWI ('ITIZENtS. St. Cloud, Minn., Dec. 19.-A rush for citizenship is on here. Twenty n.ne applicants for naturalization appeared before Judge Roester re cently. Only those whose first Palpers had been issued at least 1wo years before war was declared were considered. Twenty-Six Industrial Workers Are Sentenced at Kansas City (Special to the Bulletin.) Kansas City, Kan., Dec. 19.- Twenty-six members of the Indus trial Workers of the World, charged with participation in alleged sabot age in the Kansas oil fields more than two years ago. were found guilty by the jury in the federal court here yesterday afternoon and were sentenced by Federal Judge John G. Pollock to terms ranging MILLIONS IN1 SUPPLIES WASTED Witnesses Testify to Crim inal Inefficiency and Bru tality by Officers of Trans port Corps in France. Washington, Dec. 19.---Charges of gross cruelties toward private sol diers ill tlhe army transport (corps and in the tank corps, and of wan ton waste of millions of dollars worth of supplies were made to the members of the house committee in-' \estigating war expenditures by Capt. Robert Clendenning and otllhers. In testifying before the committee Captain Clendenning described how a pile of automobile tires many feet deep and covering an acre of ground, worth inll the aggregate about $35, 0(IIU,000, were allowed to stand ex iposed to the weather for more than 10 muonths until they were ruined. This, he said, was at the motor .ransport corps base at Verneuil, irance. He declared that although ithere were plenty of covering mia terials in the camp, some not used aIt all and sonime used for less ili portant ipurposes, ino effort was mlade to use the covers to protect Ilie tires from the elements. Captain Clendenning also told of how 3,500 motorcycles, which had I been Ilaced in plerfect repair for the use of the expeditionary forces, were parked at the samine camp and al lowd to stand exposed to the weather Iuntil they, too, became miere junk. Earl Troniley of Detroit, a former -.irgeant in the tank corps, asserted that thousands of automnobiles, pas senger cars, as well its trucks, were thrown into piles along the railroad tracks until the piles of such "junk" covere acres. Captain Clendenning declared the conditions at the camp at Verneuil insofar as the treatment of the meni was concerned, were "intolerable.' He said the barracks had no floors. the buildings were "islands in a sea of imud," and that. no effort was made to furnish the buildings with any light other than that furnished by candles. Testifying as to the failure of the camill's comnmanding officers to con struct sidewalks about the camp, the captain declared the only walk in (Continued on Page Two.) from three to nine years in Leaven vworth penitentiary. It had been generally expected that the verdict would be for ac ituittal. the prosecution having fail ed to present but one witness who testified to actual acts of violence by the defendants. He was Fred Wernke. a self-confessed draft (Continued on Page Three.) Mexican Minister Lays Bla me For Crisis Where It Belongs, ( S p icia el U nii e d P re ss WV i re . ) tight) .-Mil 1(0 is c('ifi(1(lnt that~ thererc will be n o breaki~l ini 1cliiions with the I'ii jtel States, parlt icularliy htea o,, she lc·lie'ves t he A rlllcticils ire op poIse'11 to ilntcrient ion, Aigoiltl stoil. Hie stated that jtintelit 001n ((als (ml' dlesisdt byst ctivsttieii eonsviencelelcsc··s poclitic~ians and n cerlaiir u class o(f buIsinessmenC'I sentimenets of tie Ameriian people an114 It -go gill 111 tien1 1. "[Il the Ilati er jof eilat i015 between 31elxiio illil thei tIitedl States, thIere is a great atdv.iin tage. l)(al015e both goyvt11111e1 s 11(e aot1ad by~i l h3 h best of dledtls,,' he saidl. "('infit ts wh'lichtl itise ate plirvtoked by 1lie aiil or gontoiipi hol ateo they par;rt of g rloup:; Who ;Ire~c Jews Victims of Denikine Pogroms Bolshevik Successes on Huge Scale IRISHMEN'S AIM IS REPORTED TO BE POOR (Spelc'ial Unite d Presis Wire.) I)Dublin , I r land, Dec. 1I.--..I n French, military comimander of [relilnd, today failed. One of Ilhe alleged a;sa..:sin's was killed by French's escort. 'French wIa re turning froin a tour of ie-stern Ireiland and as he dr ove froum Ashiol. slta(ion a mitiniher' of A1o([ were fired a't him. Se.'Vcral of the hilles stul hi is autoll . (One of his ( scoIt \'..s killed. WOUL GUIT ARMY APPROPRIATION IN HALF Mondell Tells Congress That Extravagance in Govern mental Expenditures Must Cease. \Washington. IDec. 1!9.- A billion dollar aut maut be made in govern mental exprndilture a yre ar, Itellb licatn Leader MIod|olll warned ((n re.-: ill a sIpeech yesterdaY. 'Ihe est! a,:i n for the fiscal year ending .Iun.i , 1520, total nearly $5,i)l.lu,l - (j, . accordirng to figures' recently submiiitlted. Tlhese uillst be slashed to less than four billions, .londell cd clired. " Economly must he the waclhworl of the present session," he' .e- I lphasized. Indicating where redtuc t!ons could be mnade, MOlndelI Said: ".st illlates I'or the army of nearly a billion dollars should be reduced ito ait lI;la half. Estimates for forti ficalions; will stand the healviest out of all. Naval ,estimates navy he largely reduced without impairing the efficiency of the naval establish r ent. The rivers and harbors esti I mates may also be cut and heavy Ircductions must be made all along _the line." SELECTS JUDGE TO TRY CENTRALIA "WOBBLIES" T'co.al , W:W , I.i, . I c|l. 1). JlIlt le ohn 31 ., W ilson, u;llt''iol' Governor to 1i'''" the trials of the 11 a.Cll .'i n. lhersI of tl ' , ". V. W . €,J:1,. Id "%ith Thousands of Hebrews of All Ages and Both Sexes Murdered by Retreating; Armies. Ihrnec, Switzern:ul'rh , [)ec. I1). -.,lens, 11'n), ,lnoe'nn anlld chil ldren, Ih 'e I been s.nuill.ughl'ed by (he thousnlds in the territory iithe il i-1b)lshell 'ist leader in South irlusi.l, nTecording to dis l lIIi'l I c 1 1111 r 'LItth l (.21z'1 lllt patchl.rs printed i the h aze.. a 1iscro'eli at 14 immbu1g, dis-i illpatches from that city yester dIly rel'l'lle . The. lpogrotl tl ilie ins.li(outd and caril iried out by I)onikini"'s sohliers and were ilsaid to he ontinuing ll 'ilthoutll thallln -1)00)0 .li of all ages and "l t I. V('l. .::sillhl'i hi h I I h )- l" sex wt'ere a nu red, wh ile 1h(, deatehs cnalil-rd .by tihe pollut r(on Ihrlolghoh ll other lparts o It 1(he 'krainPLe iL nIlldr control of L' e ni kine hale bit eltll ol . I "ill htl a scale, it \\;:, -il. I,(.London. I hr. 1 9.---(nerla IDenikine'i , inti-lmlsleie iki Torles the vi'i orioil'o, a mlies or1 Ith. Soviet gobrlllnloelltllg the inqlliow in full re'trat. iccording to re ports realhintt here f'romtl vlari oils 5o)1(4O . t= Official atnonlll e (Continw ld or, Page Two.) MORE PERSECUTION OF WORKERS IS PLANNED St. Paul. Minn., Iec' 1.--.1 - jltant (I.:'r:1 "\'. F. I (hilowV left here la-t night for interl l tional Fhll. ilhin., Where today Ihe wi.s to begin ag investigations of I. -W. 11. 1ctivities in the hllu - I'er regionh of the state. Itlhinow carried full unltority fro'n (;ov ernor lItivnquist to make( a c(oml plete inquiry. .It the conclusion of his pirohl• ii" will render it report to Iho' t.rate's chief execu tive. It wia. hinhimated by the adjut ant general before he left that while the inquiry would begin at International Falls, the investi gating palrly may visit other canps befl'otr( closing the inquiry. tils) 11111 a hjandt iii I Ii.' evil ttn( rl acitt. .t ick oriu alr ::tely 11;i'4 l te n ll: le IIttss fill to :itjIiili' t WI ) c '11 n'ertt ei it - i ";a',,i'5. )iit1 r im t) I - ii i co sllpr :ill' t "tsi i it' l jut' ' J iet'n tiitas 1'1ten lt 3 boeein to iotiiti (o nle,. nielits.I ito' Ri' flt i.Mie)t Ittili FIUMERS WOULD DITCH HIM (Special United Press WVire.) ILondoll, Dec. 1.-The FIlllll unllllli(ilcp l c'llounil vo(ted -1I Io -! agn intl the coo inald ocuptll oln of Iiutlle by (abrielle I)'AInnIj1 ,io, ne(,(.rtl9 j e. In o a; dispaI(.h. )':Inuntnzio, 4 h hI as present I I IhI, mel(,ting, ref' l 'n t o | e accept tille decih io andi was hi:,scli d (lI ll) Ile :ltrtmpled 4 I;iiur Ianunue the 1)t(44(1d %%hi( h hand awSenthlnhd. I'A.nnuzio unI I repolred sevecral <I.t. a t., o 11 hule tu lnedt 4'er linn 1 to (l h reIiar" lialin ILSON BACKS UP oN MEXICAN SITUATION President Maintains "Peace at Any Cost" Attitude in Dealings With Carranza. No Trouble Anticipated. (S pet ,ia l tit ,d l r ire .) , a:h i I 1 1, lit- e . 1I.-- -l )espit \lei < n - pra( ni-in, attitude int re-u ::ir; I di-in -is thle luar'get f;,ainsI:t ( ( ,ll:l l \i A ll .J1(:1iki( (l , it stlltl; hrand i I thle lthatter and toning (is o t of j. ilig, rnt attit ude t be g ,velrnml entll al'+-.l elt| while lansing ploanallgtd in t' negoti;ati s; courts on kills' r'leas,". \l,.xir1's :illwe'(-l' ,' ;as t1 obtain Jh llius' relea.i" under bail, thus be clouding lit, i4sue(1(. and then to send a polit( nole saying that there could not he uny (ri.is now that Jenkins is out of jail, but that h1e must be proueented in t!1h- Mlexinan (courts on lthe charge of conlSpirillg with ban tlits- --despite Iansing's demnalnds. In the tealltili O. howeveIr. Presi dent Wilson has been brought into (Continued on Page Two.) ENVOY OF 120,000,000 PEOPLE OF SOVIET RUSSIA IS JAILED BY U. S. IMMIGRATION MEN San Francisco, Dec. 19.-Vladimir V oc h m e t r o f f, claiming to represent 120,000,000 people of soviet Russia and to be on an important diplomatic mission to Wash ington, is held at the Angel Island immigration station, it was learned late yesterday. He arrived on the steamship China on Wednesday. The immigration authorities will interrogate him, it PROFITEERS IN COAL NEXT Fuel Administration Official Gets Reports of High Prices Charged by Mon tana Dealers to Prosecute. \Vl.shingtlon, le'. 191. As the re-I Sull of a flood of complaints filed willt the t lntial coal onulntittee ofi loh ULnited Steesto fuel adlmillistra lion to the effect that retail coal idele's in llMoitana werel violatilng tie l'lregulations 1( la' t i ' to llalXlltim lm . plrices for coal, Director Spencer of Ihl ('cnllllllittee 'yesterdl y rellquested lie (Moniiil:na c ngressiotll I()l Il de tlega Lion to givtell' genll ' al circ' latil iit Mouttal to the fact that the federal! ritce regulationlll oll coal still 1euli ' i (Accordilng i th l' ntllegations filed 'viii hll I I I ' m I'(, il ihinlistratioll ill 1 illy 'ities ofI ll onianllla thl e deal ers ll , arbit riily by 1 ( ,1 fu l diilhinisl'ta ltors a1pp11 oi ed by ilthl lu01 h1tlltni alit1i', during thlle reent( c(oal (r11is s. In his colniiuni tio s to ainiothe 1111 urls of the Montanatlt deleg'l tioll iirtl or,' Spencer declared that while rstrihtions relatie to distribution of coaI l had beenll re-It ll o t(I Ila ifl l t hito 1 fixin1g ciaxhllui price' s wer still ill effet. dealers who have been ,h;t'ging prices ill iexcess oe theil ot'i Irilenl It lita il ll a e liablel ' i to pros1 eution. hl e. sttli d. Ar' ording to it statelent issi1ed last night, l y Il1e city fuel adulinis Rationt all r'lictionis on Three.)l of coal through local dealers hale, becn rem) ov1 d an' l het',eforth, con siniers will order coal through theirI regular dealers, . who rill use thenl own judigmeltt in deter'millning the I1l0tnlnlll ls tO COnstllu vs. 'Thm fuel adiniiistrator's office in Ihl, city hall will relmi in open for a f'ew days more for ihe beonefit of nelledy persons- who are unable to purchase fuel from the regular deal ors, but no coal arriving in tutte alter ThIui',rsdat( will be distributed through lh(, fuel administration of fi'es. At the l) re -,int 1il1i1 there is enough coal 1 rit'i' ing daily ili Butte t( take care of ail ' in gtelltgVey ease (Continued on Page Three.) Morbid Girls Are Barred From Courtroom Where New Is on Trial ', l,,.al [noied ['Pres 'X Vie.) L os ..+tg ,le, Cal., D 'y . 19. : ,illO~ugli sees a nioral lesson in lthl 'a 1 of Harry New. on, trial for IIth murdert of his sweetlteatnt. Freida L.es-' r. Jtludge t.raig of the' siuperior court in a statement front he bench yestrd.ay appealed to you g girls to It:p away fro0111 the court 'oom dur Sing the trial. I objiect to young attending /k 'I, - was Ioarned. If Vochmetroff is aillowed to r.ea:h Washington he will urge the follow\in'ig program by the [,.litidi Slate i governmltent : '1'ho raising of the blockade againlst so\viet Russia. The 'reeing of 1Russia from p.1 foreign interlej!ence in working out h-er own imntediaLe destity. T'Ihe exltension to Russia of liberal financiail a ssistance. SET ISIDE $600,000 TO DEPORT RADICAL WORKERS (Special lnited Press Wire.) \\Washington, Dec. 1 9.-In order I.o spet'd uIp thie work of deportation of ;llegied radicals, tile house yes t.-rlday afterno:onl passed the senate resolution nmaking immediately avail aible the $(60 i,00 heretofore appro. priated (for the bureau of immigra tion of the department of labor. STEAMERS HAVE STRUGGLES AT SEA Eight Reach Port Days Oirv erdue. Survivors of Sunk en Craft Are Landed by Revenue Cutter. Neiw York, D)ec. 19.--With their hulls and rigging encrusted with ice and with salt spray caked on their funnels, eight big trans-Atlantic lin ers linltped into port yesterday, each fromi three to five days overdue. The crews and passengers brought tales (of seve're storms which swept the Atlantic, accompanied by sleet and extraordinary high waves. Among the boats arriving were four from Blritish ports, one from France, one from Holland, one from Norway and one from Italy. S('HOONER ('APSIZES. Norfolk, Dec. 19.-Bringing a story of the capsizing of the Cuban schoon er Sunbeam off the Virginia capes on Wednesday, the revenue cutter Manning yesterday reached port and landed seven survivors of the crew of the vessel. Two members of the crew and five Chinese were drowned. According to the story of the sur vivors the vessel lost her sails in a storm Monday night 150 miles off the coast. On Tuesday she was tak en in tow and on Wednesday the Sunbeamn suddenly turned turtle, and sankl in less than a minute. the trial of this case unless accom panied by their mothers or chaper ones of mature age," he declared. He instructed the deputy sheriffs to question every girl asking adMiit tance to the roomi The judge's statement was prompted by the fact that a third of the spectators who have thronge4 (Continued ol Page Two.),