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eently determined to concentrate all its
efforts first on India.
From Siberia comes the report that !
the remnants of the Siberian army, :
numbering 6,000. have laid down their j
arms. General Semenoff, who was de- ?
feated in an attack on Irkutsk, is east
of Baikal, trying to con olidate his
position, supported by Japanese. Vladi- j
vostok appears to oe quiet, although a
general strike is in progress. It was ;
preceded by a violent manifesto,, in j
which the Allies were bitterly assailed.
In south Russia the "Reds" are driv?
ing on toward Odessa, and the in?
vasion of Crimea is imminent. Pos?
session of Crimea, with Sebastopol,
would give the "Reds" free access to
the Black Sea.
It is perhaps significant in connec?
tion with possible Bolshevik activities
in the Middle East and the attitude
of t*>e Moslem populations generally |
\a\'*?Zi &>?lar</L that, whereas a fort?
night ago it ?tas slated that Premier I
Lloyd George had been victorious in |
carrying the British view in favor of |
excluding the Turks from Constanti- i
nople and removing the capital of the !
new Turkey to Asia Minor against the
wishes of Premier Clemenceau and the
French statesmen who wished to re?
tain the Turks in Constantinople, it is
stated now that the French view is
prevailing in the Paris conference.
Reason for Changes
This may be explained as possibly
dne to the new turn in events, as re?
moval of the caliphate from Constan?
tinople would have produced a strong
anti-British feeling throughout the
Moslem world. It may be said that offi?
cial circles here appear to be more !
impressed with the danger to British j
interests in the near and middle East j
through Bolshevik propaganda than .
with possible military developments. j
The British press is sharply divided ?
into two divergent lines in connection |
with the government's treatment of the j
Bolshevist question. One section, ;
strongly anti-Bolshevik, 3harply attacks I
Premier Lloyd George, charging him
with responsibility for the weakening
of the causes of Denikine and Kolchak
by. dalliance with Prinkipo conference
ideas and various Bolshevik overtures. ,
These papers also take the line that \
Germany is behind and in conspiracy ;
with the Bolshevik manceuvers.
The other section, representing the
policy of non-intervention in Russia,
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attributes all the trouble to Mr.
Churchill, the Secretary for War, and
military influences. It charges the gov?
ernment with indulging in wholesale
propaganda to misrepresent the Rus?
sian situation and argues that tho gov?
ernment has made a disastrous mis- !
iake in refusing to negotiate peace ?
with the Soviets.
Baltic Conferees
To Oppose 'Reds ' ?
Finland to Take Part in
Meeting That Will Af?
fect Russian Situation
HELSINGFORS, Jan. 14 (By The As- i
sociated Press).? Representatives of !
Esthonia. Lctvia. Lithuania and Poland j
arrived in Helsingfors to-day to par?
ticipate with Finland in a conference
which is expected, if its objects are at?
tained, to have an important effect on
the Rus ian situation.
The principal aim of the conference is
to discuss organization by all five states
of a defensive alliance against Soviet
Russia and a second defensive alliance
against Germany. The correspondent is
informed that Finland will not be a
party to tho Becond project, believing
that, owing to her geographical posi?
tion, she has nothing to fear from Ger?
man encroachment in the Baltic.
Moreover, it is declared, Finland feels
such gratitude toward Gerniany for aid ?
given in the spring of 1918 in saving
Finland from the "Red" terror that she
could not join in a movement which
might be regarded by Germany as hos- I
tile.
U. S. Loin Urged
ToHoldBack'Reds9
Sew York Tribune
Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.?Secretary
Baker, of the War Department, to?
day told the House Ways and Means
Committee that for reasons of military
necessity the United States should
make a loan of $150,000,000 to Aus?
tria, Poland and Armenia, which Sec?
retary Glass of the Treasury and Her?
bert Hoover alreadv nave declared is
needed to avert financial disaster in
Europe. Mr. Baker's views were given
to the committee in confidential form,
but General Tasker H. Bliss, of the
American peace commission, who fol?
lowed the secretary before the com?
mittee and frankly said that in the
army of Poland, now facing the mili?
tary forces of Bolshevism, Continental
Europe and perhaps the rest of the
world ha^ its only bulwark.
The Moscow government, General
Bliss said, is growing in strength to !
such an extent that the Bolsheviki soon
can muster on one front an army of
1,200,000 men, well equipped and led
and with ample ammunition. Against
this force Poland may only be able !
to throw an army of 710,000 men, not ?
so well equipped or led, and which
certainly cannot hope for victory if
a real clash comes unless it*haa be?
hind it a nation more or less content I
and well fed and clothed.
No U. S. Troops Needed, He Says
Before the? United States lends the
$150,000,000 for food, General Bliss
said, it should be assured that the
Allies will aid Poland in a military way
if the necessity arises. Military as?
sistance from this side of the Atlantic,
General Bliss did not believe neces?
sary. ?
Both Secretary Baker and General i
Bliss dealt particularly with Poland, j
although both said that the situation |
in Austria and Armenia demands action |
on the part of the United States. After i
listening to Secretary Baker's reasons ?
for supporting the loan on military i
grounds Representative Longworth, of |
Ohio, Republican, said:
"You have recommended this loan !
from a military point of view for Po- !
land and Austria, Mr. Secretary. Is
there any military reason in the case !
of Armenia?"
"The situation is like a firo in a '
stubble field," replied Mr. Baker. "You
can't tell where it will extend. This
war started in the Balkans. The situa?
tion in Armenia is very serious and it
i vitally affects conditions in Turkey and
| Persia particularly."
Might Revive War
General Bliss gave a comprehensive
| picture of conditions generally in Po
i land and adjacent territory. He inti
\ mated that failure to keep the civil
j population of Poland clothed and fed
mtfght lead to a revival of the late war.
| He said no one could predict the suc
i cess or failure of the Polish army if
| it met a vastly superior Bolshevik
1 force.
"Without outside assistaitce, mili
| tary observers believe it is practically
: certain that the Polish army cannot
j withstand the force of the expected
i Bolshevik offensive,'' said General
i Bliss. "If succssful, improbably would
i mean a revival of the general European
: war. But, in return for aid given by
the United States, this country should
exact some sort of guarantee from the
Allies that they will furnish Poland
i with the needed ammunition and artil
: lery to support its army.
j "The storm center o? Europe," con
? tinued General Bliss, "is now in Po
i land, and through it all other Euro?
pean countries arc threatened with
; grave danger. To understand the sit
j uation you must know w?iat is hap
I pening in Russia. The government of
; Moscow soon will be in a position to
I take care of itself regardless of the
I economic blockade. The result de
| pends upon the militsry activities of
the Russians after this point is reached.
"Most military men believe Russia
| will not bother with territory east of
Lake Baikal and will not contest the
, | territory now occupied by the Jap?
anese. It is not believed cither that
t j they will develop action toward Tur?
nkey or India for the present, except
c ? through propaganda.
, J "Military observers think, however,
. j that the eyes of the Bolshevik leaders
, will be turned toward Poland. There is
k reb-bly some reason for this way of
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To-day Is Forecast
GENEVA, Jan. 15. ?Recent
events in Berlin are said to be
oi;!y the prelude to others of
more importance which the Inde?
pendent Socialists intend to pro?
voke on the occasion of the anni?
versary of the death of Dr. Karl
Liebknecht, to-morrow, according
to German advices.
looking at it. Fixing of the boun?
daries of Poland by the peace confer?
ence was delayed until December 2,
and then they were fixed only tenta?
tively. Before that the Polish govern?
ment had encroached upon the terri?
tory of Lithuania and Galicia and had
moved eastward in purely Russian ter?
ritory, where there was no resistance
to oppose the advance.
"By December 2 the Polish forces
occupied a district from 280 to 380
kilometers long east of the boundary
fixed by the peace conference and were
pushing on to a point where any gov?
ernment would be bound to resist.
The Polish boundary question ulti?
mately will be settled, but the question
now is whether the present position of
Poland will precipitate a situation dan?
gerous to all Europe.
"I do not believe the Polish force of
710,000 men without outside military
assistance, which they are not likely
to get from the Allies, will be able to
withstand an assault of the Bolshevik
armies, which are known to be well
trained, well equipped and well fed.
The situation in Poland is such that
it is not likely that the people could
withstand the Bolshevik influence if
the country shoul ?e overrun T>y an
army, despite present enthusiasm for
their new government."
General Buss caJd the past conduct
of the Polish army might have been
taken as provocative, but he had no
knowledge of the situation in that
respect since December 2, but the Po?
lish army originally was organized
in the belief it would fight a-"military
Germany."
Speaking of the Bolshevik forces,
General Bliss said all his information
showed they might be able to put an
army of 1,200,000 men on one front
"weil equipped and well led." "They
have enormous quantities of ammuni?
tion and supplies left after, the revo?
lution ?and their gun factories have
been working steadily since that time,"
he said. He added that the Polish
army is poorly equipped.
Representative Garner, Democrat, of
Texas, wanted to know if it is reason?
able to suppose that a Polish army of
710,000 men could stand up against a
Bolshevik force of 1,200,000.
"I doubt if it could," said General
Bliss.
"Then," pursued Mr. Garner, "it I
would be useless for the United States I
to provide this food unless the Allies
are going to back up Poland with mili?
tary assistance?"
"I" doubt whether it would be neces?
sary for the United States, but when
the crisis comes the Allies'must help
Poland or risk the danger of invasion
without limit," was the general's
answer.
"If the Allies should refuse to help
Poland," asked Mr. Garner, "the Bol- !
sheviki could come across Poland and
the Balkans and sweep over all Europe,
couldn't they?"
"That is speculative, but very pos?
sible," replied General Bliss. "All the
European nations are very wabbly, and
a Sevival of general European warfare
is not entirely improbable."
Answering a question by Representa?
tive Tilson, Republican, of Connecti?
cut, whether the Allies were not bound i
under the peace treaty to belp Poland
: if she were attacked, General Bliss ex
I plained that the great danger to Po
? iand might bo within and that the peo
j pie must be kept satisfied with sup?
plies of food and clothing, to keep
their backs covered and their stomachs
: full.
Answering an inquiry of Represent
j ative Hawley, Republican of Oregon,
I whether Russia is planning a westward
? move on Poland, General Bliss said
j such a move might be made as a result
j of military propaganda to gain domina
j tion over new areas or because Poland
: provoked an attempt to drive back her
' armies.
? "If the two forces lock horns," said
', General Bliss, "the victor probably will
; go as far as he can. The Bolshcviki
\ have a pretty firm government and
Lcnine and Trotsky have great mili
; tary ambitions."
j Reign of Terror Ended,
Reports Russian Soviet
; Entente Interference the Only
Action That Will Revive
the Penalty of Dealh
? LONDON, Jan. l?.- Sentence of
I death will be imposed on enemies of
' the Soviet Russian government here
I after only when approved by the All -
, Russian Extraordinary Commission,
I according to a wireless dispatch from
j Moscow to-day. The Bolshevik an?
nouncement asserts that, a return to
methods of terrorism will be made
necessary only by renewal of attempts
on the part of the Entente to hinder
the workers and peasants in estab?
lishing a system of socialist eco?
nomics.
The extraordinary commission, the
wireless dispatch said, declares the de
I feat of Generals Yudenitch and Doni
kine and Admiral Kolcha?, together
I with the latter'? imprisonment, and
! the capture of Rostov, Novocherkassk
and Krasnoyarsk, have created new
I conditions In the struggle against a
! counter revolution in Russia.
I Destruction of the counter-revolution
?nd the annihilation of bandits, the
extraordinary commission says, "af?
fords us the possibility of abandoning
the extremist measure of punishment,
namely, the shooting of enemies of
Soviet Russia. The revolutionary gov?
ernment is glad to state that the fall of
Rostov and the capture of Admiral
Kalchak affords it the possibility of
putting aside the weapon of terror."
Further capture of prisoners on the
! Turkestan front is reported in a Bol?
chevik communiqu? sent out by wire?
less from Moscow. Eastward of Gu
riey, eleven miles inland from the
Caspain Sea on the Ural River, the
"Red" armies are reported to have
taken the 4th and 5th divisions
of the anti-Soviet forces, together with
the commander in chief of the 4th
Division.
South of Cherny-i-yar, 150 miles
northwest of Astrakhan on the Volga
River, the Bolsheviki also claim to
have captured 600 prisoners.
< Bolshevik forces have captured
Nikopol (on the Dnieper River, seventy
five miles from it3 mouth) and Melito?
pol (in the Crimea), according to an?
other Soviet wireless dispatch. The
statement says the Bolshevik troops
have reached a line of villages fifty
miles to the west and thirty miles to
the southwest of Nikopol.
?
Inter-Allied Rhineland
Put Under Civilian Rule
American Troops Still Retain
Control Of Their Zone Be?
cause of Treaty Hold-Up
COBLENZ, Jan. 12 (By The Associ?
ated Press) (Delayed).?Military con?
trol of the occupied areas of Germany,
excepting the zone held by the Ameri?
cans, passed to-day into the hands of
civilians, the Inter-Allied Rhineland
High Commission becoming the gov?
erning power, according to the terms
of peace, with headquarters at Coblenz.
In every town and city of the Rhine
land the proclamation and ordinances
of the high commission were posted
this morning, giving notice to the Ger?
mans that the commission, under the
presidency of Paul Tirard, of France,
is the supreme representative of the
Allied governments in the regions oc?
cupied by the armies.
In the American area, which must j
remain, technically at least, under the |
armistice status until the United States
Senate takes definite action on the \
peace treaty, ordinances were published
in the form of a general order from j
the commander of the zone, Major Gen- j
eral Henry T. Allen. The program of the
commission will be carried out by the
Americans conforming with the other |
occupied areas of the Rhineland
through cooperation between the com- ]
mission and the American military
command.
Pierrepont B. Noyes, appointed by
the State Department as representative
to head the American section of the
commission, will sit informally with
the delegates of the European powers
until the United States has decided
upon tho disposition of the treaty.
Mayors in Conference
On Censorship of Films
A special committee of the New York
State Conference of Mayors, including
state and city officials, authors, clergy?
men, labor leaders and representatives
of all branches of the motion picture
industry, met at the Waldorf-Astoria
yesterday to take up the question of
motion picture censorship.
Four sub-committees ti look into tho
different phases of film regulation were
appointed by Walter R. Stone, former
Mayor o Syracuse, who presided. The
sub-committees will report to the gen?
eral committee which will frame a com?
plete outline on the subject for sub?
mission to the mid-winter State Confer?
ence of Mayors at Albany in February.
, Recommendations will then be sub?
mitted to the Legislature.
The. committees appointed yesterday
were: State censorship, Rex Beach,
author, Ardsleyron-the-Hudson; R. An
j drew Hamilton, Commissioner of Pub
! He Safety of Rochester, and James P.
I Holland, "president of the State Federa
I t.ion of Labor. Work of the National
| Board of Review, Walter W. Nicholson,
Syracuse; the Rev. Charles C. Judkins,
? of Glen Falls, and Mrs. N. B. Spalding,
i of Sehenectady, Provisions of existing
i laws, Gabriel L. Hess, of New York;
j Miss Mary Gray Peck, of New York,
, and A. E. Smith, of Brooklyn. Local
I regulations, Everett D. Martin, of New
| York; Mrs. Howard Gans, of New York,
I and Walter Hayes, of Buffalo.
After a brief formal meeting the
j members of the conference visited the
Famous Players, Norma Talmadge and
j Fox motion picture studios to witness
: the making of films.
Germany to Fail fill Treaty
LONDON, Jan. 15 (By The Associ
| ated Press).?The German Chancellor,
i Gustav Bauer, has made a statement
i to the press regarding Germany's in
!> tentions in carrying out the. terms of
; the peace treaty. A wireless message
; from Berlin quotes him a s follows:
"Wc arc resolved to carry out the
; Versailles Treaty, however difficult, for
j we have no desire to pursue a policy
! of revenge. But we also expect, that
j the Entente will he prepared to per
, mit mitigations when it has been
proved that fulfillment of the treaty
in its present form is impossible.
"For if the treaty is to be carried
i out in the same spirit as the armistice
it. will not mean the commencement of
i a state of peace, but the continuation
of war by political means."
?Dr. Solf Mentioned for
German Anil.at.sador to U. S.
BERLIN. Jan. 15. Dr. W. S. Solf,
t former German Foreign Minister, and
j Dr. Siegfried Heckscher, a former
\ member of tho Reichstag, are men?
tioned as among the available candi
: d?tes for appointment as Ambassador
' to Washington.
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Sinn Fein Aims
To Make Irish
Elections Quiet
Party Eager to Have the Best
Appearance at the Critical
Moment, Believing Amer?
ica Is Watching the Result
"Rebellion" Called Myth
British Officials Declared
To Be Out of Sympathy
Even Wi!b Lawful Moves
By Frank Getty
N#i" Y>rk Tnt>**s
Special Cable Servie?
(CopyriKht, 1920, New York Tribune Inc.)
KILKENNY, Jan. 15.?Whoever trav?
els through south and west Ireland
under the impression that he is going
to see evidence of "a state of open re?
bellion," in which the country is de?
clared to be, is doomed to disappoint?
ment.
What rebellion there is exists in the
minds of the inhabitants and is not ap?
parent in the everyday life of the com?
munity. Furthermore Ireland is quiet?
ing down, and even the unsettling flinu
ences of to-dav's election, in -tfhich
the entire country is interested, have
not served to bring to light any dem?
onstrations against the British gov?
ernment.
Sinn F?in Sees Victory
From the Sinn F?in point of view,
this result is highly desirable. Sinn
F?in leaders expect?and others are
ready to concur in their belief?that
they have an excellent chance to sweep
the country in the election?. Respon?
sibility for local government then will
rest largely in Sinn F?in hands.
Consequently the Sinn F?in element
is anxious to put forward its best ap?
pearance of organized lawful govern?
ment. There is a reason for this. It is
confidently believed here that America
is closely watching the reaulta of the
elections.
Moreover, after moving among the
Sinn F?iners themselves as the Trib?
une correspondent has been privileged
to do, he has found them far different
from the popular conception. As a
matter of fact, he believes the complex?
ion of the Sinn F?in element has
! changed considerably within the last
j six months.
Numbering within its ranks the best
i young manhood of south and west
Ireland, the Sinn F?in organization
! stands more for a sober protest against
I the rule?misrule, it terms it?of the
British government than lawlessness
| which has been rampant in this section
i for several months.
Ireland is a country of heavy drink?
ers, but it is asserted by authorities
I ?and it is even admitted by Dublin
j Castle officials?that a majority of the
j Sinn F?in organization, particularly
i the leaders, is bound to strict observ
I anee of temperance vows. It is a young
j men's organization, composed largely
of boys and young men who would have
emigrated to America in the last five
years had not the World War prevented
them. ?
Crime Not Condoned
It already has been explained that
the murderous attack on Alexander
M. .Sullivan, K. C; sergeant at law, the
only outrage. of the kind in recent
| days?and it must be remembered that
every murder in Ireland is magnified,
and most of them made to appear as
"Sinn Fein crimcs'r--was not conducteu
by Sinn F?iner3 and will not be con
doned by them. Since that attack
there has been only one other outbreak
, ?the smashing of six motor cars at
j Kilkenny Monday night.
This outrage was an outgrowth of
I the motor strike, which still is beiii?
j waged. The government's order that
all drivers of motor cars must carry
I beside the usual permit, an adidtiona1
j one giving full particulars of them?
selves and bearing a photograph has
I aroused the bitterest resentment here.
i This has taken the form of a strike by
i the petrol supply trade, which refuses
: to furnish petrol for cars.
The most violent form the opposi
! tion to the government has taken has
! been a movement to destroy motor cars
j of government sympathizers. This
I occurred Monday night when persons
driving to a ball given by a government
official were ordered Irom their atito
: mobiles, which were stopped by stone:
? across the road. Their automobile:
! were then destroyed.
Beyond theae incidents, there hs
' been no sign of violence in any part o
; Ireland.
The correspondent has found Britia
' officials distinctly out of sympat! j
i with any organized lawful move on th
League of Nations
In Force To-day
PARIS, Jan. 15.?The league,
of nations will come into being
to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock
at a public ceremony to be held
in the "clock room" of the French
Foreign Office. Leon Bourgeois,
the French representative, will
preside and make the opening ad?
dress.
There will be in attendance,
also, representatives of Great
Britain, Italy, Japan, Belgium,
Greece, Spain, Portugal and
Brazil.
America will not be represented.
part of the Sinn F?in organization.
Rather has there been evident ar.d ap?
parent willingness to denounce all
Irish as outlaws.
On the other hand, the Sinn F?iners
impress one as having a serious, heart?
felt?if m?guided?desire for Irish in?
dependence.
It is true they are out of sympathy
with Dublin Castle and the Vice-Regal
Lodge, and in their eyes no English?
man can do right,- and there's the sit?
uation to-day?a complete deadlock,
which renders the problem virtually
impossible of solution.
Many Candidates Make
Irish Elections Exciting
Sinn Feinere Contest With
Women and Municipal Re?
former? Under ?Sew System
BELFAST, Jan. 15.?The Irish mu?
nicipal elections, which were fought
for the first time to-day under the
proportional representation system in
j 126 boroughs and urban council areas,
I created -great excitement.
Although th Sinn F?in candidates
! are in the majority in many areas, the
issues are complicated by the appear?
ance of the municipal reformers and
other parties, with numerous women
candidates. Among these were Mrs. F.
Sheehv Skefflngton, Mrs. T. M. Kettle
and Mrs. Alice Ginnell.
In Dublin alone 153 candidates were
running for eighty vacancies. These
included sixty-one Sinn F?iners and
fourteen municipal reformers. The
Nationalists and Laborites were work?
ing together. The result of the elec?
tions will be announced next Saturday.
About midday to-day a mob attacked
motor cars belonging to James MacMa
hon, Under-Secretary for Ireland, in
which the Secretary and a Dr. Ryan
were passing down Cabra Road.
Dr. Ryan escaped unhurt, but the
chauffeur of Mr. MacMahon's car was
slightly injured during the scuffle. Tlie
car was badly damaged and the win?
dows smashed.
CORK, Jan. 15.?Three persons were
wounded and several arrests were
made in to-day's elections here when
former soldiers and members of the
Sinn Fein party engaged in a fight at
a polling place. The wounded, who
were struck by bullets, were removed
to a hospital. The police quelled the
disturbance after arresting several
Sinn Feiners.
W. F. O'Connor, the Lord Mayor of
Cork, was attacked by a party of men
| while returning last night from a meet
? ing of demoblized soldiers. The Mayor
was knocked down and assaulted. Two
former soldiers rescued him from his
assailants.
The attack is attributed to the
Mayor's opposition to the election
policy of the Sinn F?in organization.
LONDON. Jan. 15.?Resolutions pro?
testing against what was referred to
is Great Britain's policy of coercion
n Ireland were adopted by the execu
ive committee of the Woman's Na
.ional Liberal Federation at its monthly
meeting here to-day. The resolutions
isk the government to signalize a new
leparture by the recall of Viscount
French, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,
and James Ian MacPherson, Chief
Secretary for Ireland.
Mexico Frees Two Sailors
Vmericans Arrested at Mazatlan
To Be Sent Home
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Harry V.
Learned and Harry O. Martin, sailors
>f the American submarine chaser
Pocomokc, who were arrested at Ma
atlan, Mexico, on a charge of assault
ng a Mexican citizen and sentenced
o two months' imprisonment, were re?
leased last Tuesday night, according
o advices to the State Department to"
lay from the American Consul at Ma
itlati.
The sailors are being cared for by
??e consul, who asked for instructions
s to how to return them to the United
?tates.
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Find Murder Indictment
Against O dell and Bride
Rochester Police Chief Refuses
to Accept Revenge Theory
Advanced by Couple
Special Correspondence
ROCHESTER, Jan. 15.?James L.
Odell and his bride were indicted to?
day for first degree murder of Edward
J. Kneip near a country roadhouse here
several days ago.
That Mrs. Odell instigated the mur?
der of her former sweetheart out of a
spirit of revenge is a theory advanced
by Chief Joseph M. Quigley. He re?
fuses to accept the motive advanced
in the alleged confession of the young
couple, namely, that it was because of
supposed relations existing between the
dead man and the girl before her mar
| riage last month.
Mrs. Odell refused to permit a physi
I ciart to examine her at the request of
District Attorney Love to determine
the truth of her assertion that she is
about to become a mother, a point,
which is expected to be put forward in
the young wife's defense.
Sheriff Wiedenmann has issued an
order forbidding persons calling on
the prisoners without an order from
the District Attorney. Many acquaint?
ances have called at the jail, many out
of curiosity, the Sheriff said.
Mine-Dodging Delays
The Lapland's Arrival
Red Star Liner Takes Extra
Precautions in North Sea
and English Channel
The belated Red Star liner Lapland
arrived last night from Antwerp, Cher?
bourg and Southampton with her first
and second cabins filled. Heavy
weather and extra precautions taken
by Captain Bradshaw in picking his
way through the North Sea and the
English Channel to avoid stray mines
made the voyage slow. It was the Lap?
land's first westward journey from her
home port since the war.
Among the saloon passengers was
Henry H. Morgan, American Consul
General at Brussels and high commis?
sioner in Belgium for the United
States. He was accompanied by his
bride, who was Miss Laura Fitzpatrick.
| a Red Cross worker.
I Mr. Morgan raid that Belgium had
| "come back" faster than any country
I in Europe, and that 60 per cent of her
textile industries is in full operation.
? The people, he added, are physically
fit and there is plenty of work for
every one who wishes to work. Also,
he said, there is less Socialism in Bel
I fium than in any other country in the
! world. Germany has restored about 60
i per cent of the machinery she took
? from Belgian factories. Glass plants
! are working at 100 per cent capacity.
? Tbc steel industries, however, will not
? be normal for at least three yenrs.
Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, the
I British cartoonist and author, came
j over on the Lapland to lecture on the
? light side of the war and to tell of his
l experiences with the American troops
! St. John G. Ervine, author of the
j play "John Ferguson," another passen
i ger, comes to lecture on Ireland.
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1,200 Orphans Menaced
By Early Morning Fire
Several Women and Five Ckft.
dren Overcome by Smoke ai
Flames Spread
Half a dozen threatening tiret I?
Manhattan and Brooklyn brought tnoit
of the Fire Department on doty in the
cold hours of dawn yesterday, forced
1,200 children of the Hebrew Orphan
Asylum and dozens of families oat of
warm beds and caused losses ettiauted
at more than $100.000.
Kitchen workers discovered th? blu,
in the orphan asylum at 136th Street
and Amsterdam Avenue. The children
were awakened and marched without
mishap to wings of the building, when
they remained until :iremen extin?
guished the flames.
About the same time an alarm ?u
j turned in for a fire which had started
! at 444 Van Brunt Street, near the Er It
! Basin, in Brooklyn. The flame? ipread
| to the frame building? on each ?ide.
I and the occupants, irveluding Mveui
; sailors, were re..ued with difflcuHy.
I Several women and five children, over
? come by smoke, were carried oat of Ml!
, Van Brunt Street by firemen. Scorei
; of thinly clad refugees were taken ?c
' out of the cold by neighbor?. ,
The greenhouses of Winchester Hall.
I the estate of Frank W. Saviu, a Bread
' way banker, at Port Chester, wer? de
I stroyed yesterday by a fire belitred to
I have been of incendiary origin, tue
! loss was estimated at $100,000.
The home at Mamaronec?; of Sidney
i E. Wolff, an exporter, of 60 Beater
i Street, was burned yesterday, with a
| Iofs of about $25 000. Mr. Wolff wat
? married recently and is now en rotte
l to Europe with his bride.
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Argentina Aids Italian Loan
BUENOS AYRES, Jan. 15,-Arren.
tine subscriptions to the new Italian
loan have reached a total of nearly
62,000,000 lire < $12.100.000\
Ovvi&oat?
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Ttour <39 to '?OO
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j the perfect food for growing
children because it contains
j all the brain-making, tissue*
building material in the
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fast of two Shredded Wheat
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cos ts only a few cents.