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BRYAN SAYS PROFITEERING
: WILL BE ONE OF THEM
Pdbtle Ownership Also Will Flsriire In
Presidential Contest,
Commtmilnnrr.
i IBy Associated Pfty J
NEW YORK, Jan. IS.?Profiteering
and public ownership were declarcrf
tonight by William J. Bryan. to be
two of the great issues on which tlic
coming presidential campaign should
be fought. Mr. Bryan, who was a
truest of honor at a dinner Riven by
th'c Society of Arts and Sciences, as
serted that the peace treaty can not
be carried into the campaign because
of the largo number ?V important
domestic questions t<? be decided. j
In reference to profiteering, which
he , termed "the darkest blot on tlitv
war," the speaker advocated the crea- I
Hon of trade commissions in the States
and communities before which citizens
could bring complaints against proti
tecring merchants.
American People Bird.
"'While the boys bled abroad ' lie )
eaid. "the American people were Mod j
at home by conscienceless profiteers, i
Kvcn when tho bleeding stopped
abroad it continued at home. Thv tax
record shows how many more mil- ,
lionaire? have been created in this !
countrv."
Mr. Dryan denounced the coal opera
tors for the excessive protits wiiich ,
lie said, they had made last year, ami
declared th^tt the people must be given ?
machinery by which to protect them
t>e Ives. , i
'The people can not lake a club." he
eaid. "The government that disarms
itts citizens must assume the duty to j
protect them. There are tribunals in
this country where the merchant ear
etimmon his customer, but no tribunal
where a customer ciui rail a merchant i
to answer any complaint. What is
needed Is trade commissions for the
nation and the States, and in every
community where every citizen, no
matter how humble, can have his com- i
plaint heard."
Monopolies Are Mnmiinc. ,
Tn regard to government ownership. ;
Mr. Bryan declared that it had become ;
a national issue. "All private mono- :
t?olies." he said. " are massing for an '
%?sautt to overthrow the right of the !
people to attend to their own busi- ;
xtess. The issue today is between pri- ?
vate monopoly and government owner
-eh{p. T say that whenever eotnpeti- '
tion is impossible in private monopoly, i
tbe monopoly must bo owned by tho i
povernment. When private monopoly j
desires to control, it is in order to ;
have power to extort, plunder and rob. ,
3 want to destroy the breeding place
of plutocracy. Private monopoly is '
the greatest cause of plutocracy."
^!*wt Cease AVranglf ng-.
Mr. Bryan reiterated his ideas in
regard to the peace treaty which he, i
expressed at the Jackson .Pay dinner [
in Washington. He maintained that i
the United States Senate "must ceasn i
its wrangling" and settle the matter t
immediately. Both sides should make |
concessions he declared, the Uepubii- '
cans withdrawing their preamble and
"let acceptance be by acquiescence." In j
regard to the Democratic attitude, he '
declared, that tipe importance of the ?
much-debated Article X. was very j
much exaggerated.
Denies That Split Editii.
Mr. Bryan said that it was absurd j
?for any one to talk about "a split" be
tween the President and him. "It is !
only a difference on the method," he '
eaid. "we agree on the purpose." After j
declaring that he had made more ?
speeches for the ratification of the j
treaty without reservations than any i
other man in America, Mr. Bryan .con- I
tinued:
**I-It new it was not perfect, but who j
can cxpcct perfection from the hand i
of man'.' I believe that tho President
got a better treaty than any one sua- |
pected he could get. Who could ac
complish more among representatives |
of twenty nations than President Wil- '
son? Our President had to fight single- 1
handed and alone agair.st other na- i
tions- It was the best he could bring
back." ?
NATIONAL BANK EXPANSION
SETS RECORD, SAYS WILLIAMS j
Growth and Development Shown by j
Increased Hesonrces of
635,000 In Year.
(By A>isocla.te<t Pr?c*>.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.?With re.
feoutces aggregating J22.444,9S2,0u0 ? i.
November 17, national banks OC" t f
United States have established u tici
record tor growth and development, it
was said tonight by John Skelton Wil
liams, Comptroller of -the Currency, in ,
making public figures as to the bank
call of that date. Between the calls of
September and November 17. na
tional banking resources increased
J829.576.000. A gain of $2>?23,638,00V
in resources for the year ending No
vember 17 was recorded.
Deposits increased in proportion to
tho increase in resources Mr. Williams'
figures show. l-'or the year ending
November 17. the gain in deposits was
approximately $2,500,000,000, while be
tween September,12 and November IT
the increase in .deposits was S7S6,
i)71,000. Total deposits on November
17 were *17,467,853.
PLANES REACH GUANTANAM0
Afreraft Will Take Part In Winter
Maneuvers of Atlantic
Fleet.
[By AflKoctaiM Pres.,.]
. ON BOARD l\ 8. S. P1SNNSYJ> j
VANIA, Jan. 19.?A group of seaplanes
nnder command of Lieutenant-Coin- ,
mander B. T. Leightou, or" the Atlantic,
l-'leet, arrived at Guantanamo from Key
West at 0 o'clock this morning, t?> take
part in the winter maneuver.-! of the
Atlantic Fleet i:i West Indian waters.
The U. S. S. Shawmut, mother ship
"? of the aviation detnehment, com*
raanded by ? Captain George Steele,
arrived at Guantanamo Bay two hours
before the aerial squadron.
WOMEN OPPOSE PLANK
>"ollfy Republican Chnlrninn Proposal
In Platform Hoes .Not JleH
With Approval.
[By A-v-v-eiiited Pre?i;.l
NEW TOHK, Jan. IV?The women's
equal opportunity league lias notified
"Will H. Hays, chairman of the He
publican National Committee, it was
announced here tonight, that working
women are opposed to the propose,|
plank in the Hepubi'.ean platform that
would limit their hours of toil. Women
who are urg:: g th? plank, the league
claimed, "do riot represent working \v<?
jiien in the full setise of the word."
COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCE
Count Areo Valley Not Jo I>ic for
Assassination of Kurt
I'.lKner,
[Bt AlsoelntM r fr* 5
BERN', Jan. 18.?The iontr r of
death pronounced Friday n; <>:> ?? .mt
Arco Valley for the asra: ;;ai<>:, ?(
Kurt Kisne:, the Bavarian Premier, ;r
Munich in February, 1!M>. i..i beet;
commuted to life imprisonment, accord
\ ing to advices received today. The
commutation of the sentence of the
young student was ordered by unani
mous vote of the Bavarian Cabinet.
FIVE DIE IN FLAMES
VelcrhS?r? Kind Head of House, Itn dl?
Horned, Only Survivor of
Family.
I By As-soc'.at'-d Vr?n> ]
W1ULIAMSPOHT. PA., Jan. l*.?Five
jpersona of the family of Herbert For
est lost their lives !n a fire which late
laat night destroyed their home at
4)feunk, a hamlet in the extreme north
western part of Sullivan County. Mr
Korest, badly burned in attempts n!
rescue, is the only survivor.
Honor* Admiral Benson.
HOME, Jan. IS.?Pope Bened ct has
\ conferred upon Admiral William 8.
ftenson. chief of naval operations of
the United States, the Grand Cro*s of
fit. Gregory the Great, military class.
The decoration of the order wil be
went to Admiral Benson through Card
inal Gibbon*'. Archblfhop of Baltimore.
COMMITTEE ACTIVITY
TO DOMINATE CONGRESS
Investigations of Russian Propaganda and Naval Awards
Most Important Matters to Be Taken
Up This Week.
[By Associated Press.]
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.?Committee
activity will doinitiato Congress this
week, comparatively minor matters be
iiiU" up for ?or.slderation on tlic floors
of Senate and House.
Taking runk Among committee
activities will be the investigations of
Kubslan propaganda and naval awards.
The former inquiry will be started to
morrow by Senate Foreign Relations
Subcommittee, with Iaidwig: C. A K.
.Martens. Russian Soviet "ambassador."
and his assistants as the llrst witness.
Tiio question of employing counsel,
which has stirred up controversy
within the committee, is expected to
be settled at the outset of the hearing.
Rear-Admiral Kims, whose contro
versy with Secretary Daniels over
award of naval docorations. provoked
tlic Inquiry of the Senate naval sub
committee and whose testimony yenter*
day regarding confidential war orders
developed new linos of inquiry will rc
sume the witness stand late tomorrow.
Republican leaders have decided/to
insist upon a general inquiry into the
war operations of the navy. Senator
bodge, of Massachusetts, Republican
leader, and Snn.itor Hale, of Maine,
chairman of the subcommittee, con
ferred today and at tomorrow's moot
ing of the full naval committee the lat
ter plans to aslt for the nccessary au
thority for extension of the Investiga
tion scope. If denied by the commit
tee, which is unexpected, tho Repub
lican leaders are prepared to take tho
question to tho Senate itself.
Secretary Glass' request for $150,000,
(?00 lot Kuropean food relief will be
considered tomorrow by House Ways
and Means Committee, which plans to
report a bill for House action later
this week.
Despite tho many committeo activi
ties. Republican leaders plan to pass
several minor bills this week. Pas
sage by the Senate tomorrow or Tues
day of tho Americanization bill of Sen
ator Kcnyon, Republican, Iowa, is pro
posed. 11 ouso leaders plan to pass the
food relief, diplomatic approrlatlon and
possibly one or two othor minor meas
ures. The army and navy pay incroaso
biil and that of Senator Now, Repub
lican. Indiana, to establish a new de
partment of aViatlon, are to follow the
Americanization bill In the Senate.
Conferences on the railroad and min
eral land leasing bill al3o arc to re
sume tomorrow.
WILL LEASE SUPPLY BASES
ALONG ATLANTIC COAST
Seeretajrv llaker- It 1m ran of
? Iwn to KMahlfnl, Merchant
.Marine.
UJy Associated Prey* ]
WASHINGTON. Jan. lS.-Portions of
. a"ny supply bases and terminals
located on (he. Atlantic and Gulf coasts
, loaded to commercial lirma as
they are released from military use
secretary Daker announced today. The*
doc,S.on. it was said, |B i- j-;ne ?.,lh
lean mercantile marine" Ainer
Uoboken? C" "Ncw Orlcan* and,1
v/ve ?roCS- alu\ lbc government may J
a? exucditionary fire"3i.rca^rf""" 1
other national emergejicv \
hai1 hor properties will on i t.u t.ic
and leascj; win includf. I J. re,u,n*<?'
mitting government nn-?.Sr.i .Sf> r'nr~'
over aVn?a"IkcmflVj0"3 ::'kc!
late NEWS*BULLETINS
entering the xvir nn i'h t8 mistake in |
according to reuo?t" oVM^Ul?n,c\aidc-"
received
8 issssas-fi!
cities, and' ,nau-uriiTnlclle;s in oth<?r
'ng campaign to relievo the recr)uil- !
of FlorenceNl|h ^1? ,thc ,blrl* '
S&rsSPsS^^
Lsa?***ttwrswj
a'rlBl!
rr e S3 lt o1
?'ays, United states D!*trtn# A?? fcxv '
Kobertson stated tonig-ht. "?>? j
??niN,l1,SS":lXn;?i-T-o thou- j
granted land hv are t0 be'
Hwrtaww?
a^ass^ssr^l
??fc P"'*'
railroad ?S?&??&}, ? ?
o?hnJQi3T^?ii,IS^ J,)n- ".-Juan i
"'/nurder iU^toncS fe^atTO*1
o^1 ^^ ^ j
rt;i last month. Me>-'cans, near Jar- .
:noM 'HP', t\l^C;?:Va A.PPOnyl and |
this eve"in\- r?; Vj,, i? ecntes ,eft 1
^H!etevas?s^^""t!-eXiv7h^
for ,i deiVy in the m 'iclf,,,lfion wiH ask .
to ?nak.' ;no\vS hr?,erenfvt0,r """W I
of the pMre^re? to th* ?*'j
^'(>TON*, .fan is a ...
r'-on arr :,iak<nc n ?Army arr
Ml- vu.Vuh,v?0sa o? StUd,3' of;
Hnrrendc-red tr,"t??. rmted%, "n plarjes'
Hie armiwtiro i states Under
opens tomorrow \vas ?! K" 1w ,licl"
Mateineut tonight u ^cu in ni
'??ck. president of *T> ?,,Rr,o* l^thron
'<>? AssucktUon. l,U Anu r,0;,!' '"'ores-j
t!??''.Vnu-VViponri?r'n ?7h,e cif"n^nd of !
d it ion of iorl ,:lni1 ,or *l>e extra- ?
given Ar?. , V'.1'0?1" William is!
:'-"l Political".? e?hV??? !1! ?!fririal
lioved the result nV e* It is be-.
ditcr;niiie the " L, $ > ?uT>at\il w?l
in rfwitz" ? nd ?L1'0,I,<,0h! ref"
?iro mur.v, l-V'i ' ( ther* ?
Austriit a- ,i r/, h'W",ror Charles <.;? ?
levari', u , \ Kl'" I-Mflwlff of i
h?tJJ a,?* In Switzorlanrj. j
^ oniv. Jup 1 O _ . ?y- .
Vork to attend ^l10 ca,,"! ?o New,
w VSHINYJTnv. .ran" 1S-_T! r
po.-ifl to 'novdMr !s favorably d!y
t" lift tl-.e" '.'??If l- ldrrS",Hi P^Positlon
against food * uiinlir? V f*jnl)argoeH
trKsa^ ^
tlic whole Hussla^ cmp,^ !'0;u'(v in
VIFiCjly; T'I v r \ v m t
v::^i ",?a ?????>>?
, will ero. H th.> TiUHfi -.n r^i .?on* w?>leli
;,ix xr,^,; ?? *'?a:
morrow.' W,,| I>roc?c'l to? TcHjokl1 to"
f'.-einTcr ClcnienccaT r U'lt,,dran'a'
['?'nt.al eontr.'t n i.-r..n/f5'nl ll'C preai
int #? re *. t 1 ^ eo .;r?a(0ri milch
^fll?fl was fvpr, HS( 1 ., c,rcJft?
moderate pol:eieK" ' tiVit "?e
fx-sehanel, a rr-co hit
lat ons between Kri'n ? m?nt of re
s-f would PM .lh? Holy
I. htnent J- necomp
FREAK RESULTS IN IRELAND
BY BUNCHING OF PARTY VOTE
Many ((tifrr I'p.if(n Koltow lllrrllwnt,
With All Traditions
Shattered. f
(Hy APtociatcU I'reas."!
HDL K A ST, Jan. IS.?Up to January
If, the L'olfast corporation consisted of
fifty-two Unionists and eight Na
tionalists, but as a result of the elec- >
tions, which ended Saturday, in which!
the Uaborltcs, Dcvlinitca arid Sinn I
Kelners skillfully bunched votes, it hag'
thirty.seven Unionists, tivo National
ists. live SI mi Keiners and thirteen !
Diboritcs. The policies of the last- I
named party rango from extreme So- I
unali.st to jbabor Unionist and Orange. I
The results of the elections generally j
were of a frc.al; order.
In the Shanklll district, a strong-;
.hold of Oranselnm. a Socialist topped .
the poll, and of the remaining seven j
inemNTs ono is a.Socialist, and another
u Sinn Keiner. Iti Victoria, which is a
safe Unionist parliamentary seat, a Na
tionalist headed the poll and a Sinn
Keiner and a Daborite also were clected.
The change was not restricted to the
Unionists, as In Joseph Devlin's con
stitueney in the Kails idivision of DeD
ifa/Jt tl!? Constitutional Nationalists
polled two seats and a Nationalist hao
been returned, together with two Sinn
Kelners and a Sinn Kein Daborlte.
Kor the first time in blstory the Bel
fast City Hall wis the sceno of a
speech in Irish, !n which the Sinn
Keiner, Mr. Carolan. of Khankfl!, re
turned thanks for his election. Kor i
the first time also the City Hall heard
tho strains of "The Bed Flag." which
was chorused by exultant .crowds.
S EC R ETARY^ANTeLSSAY s
THAT HE DIDNT SAY IT J
Writes I.etter to Seaate Naval ACairn '
Committer Aiuvterlng Admiral"**
Ktatcncnt.
iBy Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS.?Sccrfetary
Daniels in a letter forwarded tonight
to Chairman Page, of the Senate Naval
AiTairs Oommittoe, declared that it
was not ho who had told Rear-Ad
miral W. S. Sims before the admiral's
departure in March, 191", for Dondon. j
"not to let the British pull the wool
over your eyea," and that tho United
States "would as soon fight the Brit
ish as the Gorrrians."
Secretary Daniels in his letter to
Senator Page said that Admiral Sims'
letter had been referred to the general
board of the navy for action and that
"at th? proper time and in the proper
way any fair-minded investigator will
be convinced that the allegations re
flecting upon the vigorous, effective
and successful prosecution of tho war,
so far as the Navy Department and
the entire navy are eoncerned. are
based on opinions which are without
justification."
LANDLORDS TO BE INDICTED
IF COLD FLATS ARE FATAL
rbfcBRA Tlralfh CammlMloner Say*
llrilrd Afiartmenta Are Nmm
wnrjr to Combat l<'la Chmk.
f 13v Universal Service. 1
CHICAGO, Jan. IS.?Health Commis
sioner Robertson today* served notice
On landlords that If they failed to heat i
Hats and deaths from influenza resulted |
he would ask their indictment for mur- j
dftr. "Heat is essential to the speedy
cure of the disease," said Dr. Robert- J
ion. "A landlord who falls to supply!
heat Is a potential murderer. If It can j
be proved that lack of heat contributed :
to a. single death I will ask that tho j
landlord In question be indicted on a,
charge of murder."
Physicians repotting Influenza were j
required to :?i?y whether homes of pa- j
tlents were properly heated.
In the last twenty-four hours 707 new |
casee of Influenza were reported lit Chi-(
cago with thirteen more deaths.
SINN FEIN CARRIES DUBLIN 1
Election ftranltn Show Korty-Tw^ Seats !
Captured by UoTcrameat
Foe*.
(nr Associated Pn&sO
DUBMN, Jan. 18.?Tho election fe-j
suits in Dublin show tho return of;
?forty-two Sinn Keiners, nine municipal;
reformers, fourteen Daborites, fourteen
Nationalists and one Unionist.
of the fifty-six seats in Cork, the
Sinn Kein and transport workers com
bined ticket captured thirty, the Na
tionalists getting sixteen.
At Gal way, out of twenty-three Sinn,
Kein candidates only ten secured seats
and no Sinn Keiner headed the poll.
f;ia?? Heportu on Certificate*.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.?Secretary
Gia;>s announced tonight that subscrip- i
tiom for Treasury certificates of in* j
dfbtedness, dated January 2 and ma- i
luring December 10, amounted to a I
total of $70:i.62C,000. Subscriptions for!
the certificates, which bear 4 3-4 per!
cent intoreft closed January 16.
Mndnnie Sehnmaan-flelnk 111.
SAN DI1JOO, CAD., Jan. 18.?Madame
Schutnann-Helnk Is 111 will pneumonia
ar her homo at Grossmont. a ouburb. It
was announced today. Her condition
was said not to be serious.
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Caff mm at an
advanced prica
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Instant
Postum
with ft* picturing
flavor ?
Mo Raise In Price
No Harmful bi$yadieit!L
i SWEET BILL EXPLAINED
BY CONGRESSMAN SWEET
j Converted Inaorance May Xiit He J'.ld
In Lump iliin r?r in
?(allmrntit.
! [By Asaoclntcil Trcsa.]
! . WASHINGTON. Jan. IS.?How mcuth
i ly benefits paid under the war risk in
' f.uranco act have been increased and
l-io class of beneficiaries enlurgod by
the rccontly enacted Sweet bit) was ex
plained today by tin author, Uopresen
tativo Sweet, of Iowa.
Converted insurance inuy now be paid
in a lump sum or in installments for
tnirty-six months or more at the op
tion . of the policyholder, Air. Sweet
paid, while the policies may be made
payable to any of tho following:
r.c^L' grandparent, step - parent,
? ; r.e.nt through adoption, husband, wife
.US' jsrandchild. step-child, adopted
child, brother, sister, half-sister. half,
brother, brother through adoption.
j>tep-mother, uncle, aunt, nephew niece
brother-in-law, sister-in-law; any per
son who wa? in the relation of a par
ent to the insured for one year before
i?cJ^urcd8 rnllutment, the children
or such person. and parent throusrh
N??d ?l the lni,urod'3 or hua
Conipfiwatloii Doubled.
,i? month'y compensation paid un
der bbe new law." said Mr. Sweet "Is
moro than double?almost treble that
paid In tho past. This increase, whl^h
U"in add <8<>.000,000 a
J oar to the amounts paid by the cav
tornmcnt to the disabled *cx-scrvteo
men and thoir fnmlllos. ^crvKo
IaJ ??h? retr?active provisions of the
k! payments of compensation will
be increased to the new basis. Pay
nm. d"0w aro belng made by the War
of l<?CmSS?o?nC
an'i d'lrect^benefit
rSd For'l1^"0'000 ia bc,nSd"?:
?cKrd^?Ur&dr^lirSea
month for tho last vear win rZ-fi,.
'.>0?(f.e "USi '!" ?"?pe?SlIS
Uo V" h".eW?ii" tal?c by
for ntMbfetf Mrm.
K1M..I1 Will ?>e paid as follows:
tlle unmarried veteran. a
month, an Increase from f30
niftntK ?veto ran with a wife. 550 a
month, an increase from ?4fi.
SoTV ^?ne,sertn *ith a w,fo dilld.
sjsnssmt "o0 *
??To th? veteran, who has no wife, but
one child, 500 at month, with SO for
each additional ehiid, an increase from
To the veteran with dopendent n?
monfi, ?n. CXtra. s"owance Of J10 8
month foi cach is also granted.
Xo< AH IVtyidrrt Kor. '
Of course, all disabilities will not
poraerv*'-,tMir sJveer.aUnf. ?? total tom"
? s*rct- said. and mo the
"f* '?w Provides that all disabilities
rated by tho V^rar Itisk Hn
anrtU't? H? other stings are: partial
and naTtlSf8??'1 tOU1 and Per?ncnt
??*<. p,*}rtIuI and permanent, and t'o>
e?ich the monthly compensation shall
bo a percentage of the derrco ef Vn
ductfon in earning capacity rcsultlnir
ra't'iTi 1 disability. The reduction in 1
ruing capacity must be at least 10 I
per cent before one can reVive an
compensation. c an> I
'**or 'o<al permanent disability the !
compensat.on is fixed at 5100 a month 1
provides that the
??ht ifh?,?fe,!t ?r bolh han<*s- or the
? i0ht or both eyes, or the loss of one
foo? ?nd one hand, or one foot and one
ye. or one hand and one eye, or be
coming permanently bedridden shall be
fue T).pn l?tAl Pe"T>*ncnt dlsabil
.V* . T'-en. too. double total permanent
?"?'!,ly e^lt.I,cs one to ?200 I^month
Ioiik?!5 "*S Iv?e. For instance, thi6
who 13 for tho f^w' me?
f?? ?. eyes, one hand and one
f00L. or both eyes and both hands or |
?i C5Ca an<* both feet.
??il*#hoIpIe*5,y disabled aro farther
nrm.ll the neW 1,lW the !
?en? ri?nf, dlrectlnf the War Risk Bu-I
renu to allow an additional |U0 a month
tendant.C Veterans in ^ " at- j
*^2 pena'ty l? imposed by the ^aw I
on those disabled men for their indl- '
d e^n ?pUCCeS-s ln overcomincr the han- :
dicap of a permanent injury. The law 1
ha'i5i(!*S V disability ratines shall be 1
based as far as practicable upon the '
average impairments of earning capart- 1
ity resulting from Injuries in civil oc
J??a an.d not uP?n the impalr
vldual case/" nS c3p3clty 5n each lnd1'
SPIES WATCH GATHERINGS
AT TRADE CONFERENCES
Averted American tad IOmrUmH I'Ihrb
eiMl and Haalnenw Men ?eel?
__ _ Trade Helotlnnn.
TUB ITAGLK, Jan. IS.?Trade con
ferences between bankers, merohantat
?Mid salesmen of the entento countries!
and central powers have succoedcd the 1
mysterious gatherings of spies ln th<j
hotels here und at Amstordim. Tho
iron, steel, shoes, ships and sealing wax'
of commerce are the topics instead of'
the routes of submarines, troop "Mas'
and food ships. |
4 Jlll.at?v?rT,,na,y t.h.ft opinion In l
America ,or I^n^land, or Prance regard* 4
ing resumption of business wiMi CJftr-1
many and Austria, the representatives
of the business concerns of those court- !
tries show nothing but a keen desire I
for such trade at the conferencc here, i
The other day at one of The Hague i
?hole.s the groups seated in tho lobby!
engaged In earnest conversation on i
trade subjeotii included:
1. English shipowner and director of
one of Germany's biggest transatlantic !
lines:
2. Belgian banker and German aa-'
tomobile manufacturer.
a American traveling salesman and!
Hungarian general importer. 1
All of them, so far as tho corre
spondent could Judge from the frag
ments of their conversation that oime
to his oars, were on friendly teritos
and keen Tor business.
_ ftoltd After Mnay Trip*.
LIVERPOOL.. Jan. IS.?Captaih W. T.
Tiirner, one of the best known master
or transatlantic liners, has just re
tired on superannuation. Ho went to
ilea as boy and reached ^the height
or his ambition when, in 1(514, he wus
Klveu command of the Cunard Co.'s
Aqtiitania. lie commanded the Umbrla
during the Boer War, and later had
c.iargo of many large passenger ves
,v,c Aleppo, C'arpathia, Ijusitania
und Mauretania.
Sheer
Merit
of
newedison
hits made
possible this
new greater
Edison Shop.
Vou nr# invited t? call aad
*rar "Ifce Pkonogra^k vtlih m
BO Ol."
The C. B. Haynes Co., Inc.
1? and 91 West Broad St.
1
Poisoning With
Wood Alcohol
Body Converts ' It Into i
Still More Deadly
? Effect.
Wood-alcohol poisoning: is undoubt
edly very common.
The body converts thits poison into/
another about eight tlfrios more fatal
in ito efTecta. namely, sodium formate.
Thus accounts for the prolonged state
of unconsciousness which follows even
email doses of wood alcohol, and for
tho blindness which Is bo likely to fol
low this form of poisoning.
An idea of the frightful effect of
this substancc upon the human eyo
may bo formed when it Is known that
complete destruction of the optic nerve
has followed dosC6 of from two to live
teaspoon fulM.
In some cases, when thn dose was |
very largo or waa taken upon an
empty stomach, death occurred in a I
few hours, but as a rule it hn? not oc
curred for one or two days.
In nearly all casea thero have been
severe headache, nausea, violent and
long-continued vomiting, profuse
sweating, dilation of the pupils, de
lirium. and finally coma that continued
for days.
The Bymptom that has aroused most
interest is tho partial or total blind - I
ness that has occurred In a large per
centage of severe eases of poisoning
by wood alcohol. This has quite fre
quently followed the ueo of Jamaica
ginger adulterated with wood alcohol.
Such patients may first notto.p. ^ fool
ing of pain about the eyes, followed by
a blurring of vision, and then, in from
twelve to forty-eight hours, by blind
ness. After a few dayo there may bu I
a gradual return of sight?to some, ,
useful vision, only to be lost ugain in ;
a short tim? or within a few weeks.
There are undoubtedly a good many
peoplo who are quite rctiiutant to the 1
action of wood olcohol, else there |
would be many more caj-ea of poison- '
Ing, for the stuff has been used a good i
doa! by unscrupulous liquor dealers. I
In cusots of poisoning by wood alco- j
hoi the stomach should be washed out I
at the earliest possible moment.
BIG LIQUOR SEIZURE /
Booze 'l\ake* <? ?w Yort? n*iii In!
^ aided mt More TTia*
93,000,000.
'Br Universal Scrrlce.l
TORK, Jan. IS.?Moro th;in
fo.000,000 worth of liquor, mostly
whisky, has been se-ir.ed here sincc the 1
eighteenth amendment went Into effect
at midnight Friday. The seized liquor
wos mostly intended for export, but
had rcachod the piers too late for load
ing on ships. It is expocted that
further largo seizures will be made.
The city haa been drier today and
yesterday than at any time sincc July
Bh,RLIN, Jar. 18.?On all, 150 women
have been elected to (lie various legis
lative bodies of Germany, out of a
total of 2,339, and only seven small
states are without them in their Parlia
ments. The National Assembly leads
the list with thirty-eight, but the I'ruc
sian Diet follows closely with twenty
one.
lUfue to Heat) Prefer W?rk.
MUNICH, Jan. 18.?Indications of ar*
increasing inclination to work on the
part of the Bavarian wagt-earners is
seen in the resolve by the Christian
trade unions yesterday to refues to
rest on Saturday and also on Revolu
tion Day. as had been requested by the
Industrial councils and the Socialist
party.
Q?lt I>?b: ILafcit to Ktght.
HONOLULU, Jan. IS.?That thev arc
forsaking the drug habit to fit them
selves to light the Japanese ia the de
claration of hundreds of Koreans who
have sought entrance to the Oahu
asylum for treatment during the past
six months. This is tho statement of
Judge J. F5. Lightfoot, to whom the
applications have been made.
K?rtf Tkoumil Are Dead.
IIBLSINGKOKS, Jan. 11.? F\>rty
thousand persons ha\e died, in Tc
trograd in the last Hx months. The
number of births registered during
the same period amount to only 5.800,
according to information received
|pere.
Xtrm XVornhip Openly.
\ IILNXA, Jan. 18.?Methodists u.nd
Baptlstr, hereafter are permitted to
worship openry and in thnlr own edl
ficep, by a government order Jufit If
sued. Heretofore they have been ot
ligert to conduct religious services in
secret.
Middlemen.
^ W., Jan. 18.?Premier
William Hughes haa ofTered to assist
Australian producers to reach markets
direct by eliminating the middleman.
This is part of the vigorous trade cam
paign being undertaken by Australia.
Be?*a?e ?f C?]d.
MONJIOUTHSHlkK, WAL/fciS. Jan. !>.
?Because the trains in which th?:y
were to travel to work on a bitterlv
cold morning waj not heated. <n"o
miners went on strike here and re.
turned to their homes as a protest
against the railway company.
for K*rr?B?.
KfcOUU KORBA, Jan. IS.?The gov
ernment has declared Its intention to
establioh a hundred new schools an
nually during the next four years for
Korean children.
Ant Sella for
IX>XDON, aJn. 18.?A magnificent
specimen of the extinct bird, the great
auk. haa been sold at auction hero for
$1,525. It was bought by a private
collector.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Keeps on succeeding where other
medicines fail, because its original
high standard of merit is conscien
tiously maintained. GoOd for blood,
STOMACH, LIVER, KIDNKVS.
Ask your druggist hdw good it is.
The Great
Galli-Curci
CITY AUDITORIUM
Monday Evening, January 2#th
Prices: $1.00 to $3.00
. (Plus 10% War Tax)
Tickets on Bale hero. Make
reeervatlons immediately to
avoid disappointment.
Call and hear thft Splendid
VICTOR RECORDS OF GALLI
CURCI'S remarkable voice.
He romtuma J
Tfce nmme That Male Richmond
4 Mw?lea1.
PREMIER AND CHURCHILL
TAKE OPPOSITE VIEWPOINT
Cicorisc Not Alarmrd at Alleged
Mfniff From Armed
Jlol?hevlnm.
iriy .V:iEj<:lateii X'rvas.J
PARIS, Jun. IS.?Tho communication
concerning tho lloiuhuylst menace re
cently Issued by the War Offico at
Ijondon was in consequence of a de
Iiartinont.il policy divergent* from that
of Premier L?loyd Oooruo. tho Asso
ciatcd Press Is informed upon ilrst au
thority. Winston Spencer Churchill,
tho I'.ritisli Secretary for War, has him
self told Bloyd CScorgc that ho did
not It now about tho issuance of tho
communication, but that he believed the
Prime Minister underestimated the
danger from the spread of armed Bol
shevism.
It has been explained to the Prime
Minister that the War Off loo associates
of Mr. Churchill, knowing how strongly
ho felt on the subject of Bolshevism,
undertook to Influence public opinion In
the direction of their chiefs convic
tions. If Mr. Churchill's views were
accepted, the allien would Invadu Rus
sia for tho purpose of destroying Bol
shevism In Its homo, while Ldoyd
(Scorgo's view is that such action would
amount to war agalns! Soviet Kussla
and would only solidity tho Ilusslun
people.
l.IRe French Iletolutloii Period.
I.loyd (Jeorgo compares the sit
uation respecting ttustdn today with
that of Frunce after 1793 to the end
of the. century. Military pressure fro:n
without, the Premier atTlrms, united the
French people behind the revolutionary
government, so that thoy were able not
only to make headway against foreign
enemies, but win victories. That is pre
cisely what lfiurope might see. ho holds,
If Mr. Churchill's point of view were
allowed to Intluetice tin: ltrtllsh and
French Cabinets.
Hence, l?loyd George on the .very
day the. communication \* a.s iriaucd by
the British War Olflo?> Insisted upon
the supreme council partially raining
the blockade agulnst Ku<*la, the allleil
1'rlmc Ministers Intending to ehow in
direct acceptance ot the changed con
ditions In Bus?|u by permitting free
trade in food, clothing and other non
tnllitary commodities without diplo
matic relations.
These trade a rrangeino n ts arc no!
jet clearly defined. They were made
through reproMontutlves of Uufslau co
operative i.ocletles In I'aris. who say
they have been informed that tho So
viet government equally countenances
trade without regard to political rela
tionship.
Tlir linli.ins take no pail In the mil
itury conferences. Field Marshal Foeh
and Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson
lorrn the inter-allied military council,
ho fur as consIdcmtlotL~df Middle and
Near Eastern questions arc concerned.
They met yesterday and today, and
their deliberations, the Associated
Press Ih/ informed, have had more to
do with restraining Polish military
operations atralnst Russia than with
supporting those operations by ait*
from abroad.
Take Up l'ollah Question.
The I'rlmo Ministers took up tljo
I'ollsh question seriously Thursday
and Friday. Their Information was
that the Polish urmlcs have during
recent, weeks occupied considerable
torrltory beyond the Po.lsh boundaries
and belonging properly to Russia.
The Prime Ministers warned the
Polish government that they could not
support a policy of expansion. Tliev
requested M. Padck, the Polish Jfor
etKn Minister, now In Paris, to advise
Poland to evacuato the abandon Rus
sian occupied territories, and thus
avoid giving cause for attack by the
Soviet government.
This M. Padek refused to do.
One of tho principal military and
political probleina not yet determined
by the supreme council and its mil
itary advisors is what would be done
If the Soviet forces drive the Polos
from the orcuped territories and fol
low them into Poland. The Prime
Ministers admit that thev arc much
embarrassed by the Polish govo-Mi
mont's refusal to retire within the
boundaries fixed by the supreme coun
cil, holding Instead those based on his
torical claims, which are deemed vague
by tho council.
1,200 CASES OF FLU
Army of Gil.". Volunteer Nnr?f< Tnt t j
Work ?o flail Olnrnsr
In ChlraRO.
I Oy A^ociated Prc-jp.}
CHICAOO. Jan. 18.?Twelve hundrco
new eases of influenza were report v<\
to the health department during tin.
last l'orty-eight hours. Health Com
missioner Robertson announced to
nlKht. Deaths from influenza atnl
i- uutnonia during that period total. u
llfty-oue.
Operating front tho eight municipal
tuhfrctilosl.i dispensaries an army o.
il-jr. volunteer nurses will take tin
Held tomorrow and visit every eaao o
influenza reported.
UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE DIES
llrv. t.mnnr Minn, 1>. !>.. Ann;
In Hampton .Sprlngn,
1'lorldn.
ir.y AJeOCliitcd Prc.-.s.J
MACON*. OA.. Jan. 18.?N'ews of the
dentil of Rev. l.amar Sims, f">. D.. o
> |i"nv, a trustee of Mercer l*nlverslt>
hi Hampton Springs, Fla., was rective<
here tonight.
lie was at one time chaplain of tli<
old Second Oeorgla Infantry.
i/halAimer ifyrotAecs
nKOAD AT FIFTH
Speaking of Spring Styles
To toll the complete Style-Character of tlje
new season would b(? a formidable task?and
yet that task is undertaken when we make
our Advance Spring Showings. The greatest
care is taken that every costume shall be a
truthful prophecy of what they'll be wearing
this spring, and that the rapidly growing col
lection shall be thoroughly representative of
the best style-features.
Eton and Bolero effects, widened hips and
unique draperies you will note, and also new
ideas in decoration.
New Spring Styles are constantly arriv
ing. Through them get a personal hold on
Fashion's latest thoughts.
Htl
T o Our 3849 Patrons
TO WHOM
We Served Lunch and
Dinner Y esterday
IN OUR
New La France Cafeteria
805 EAST GRACE STREET
As .President of the Corporation, I express
our sincere appreciation and thanks for your
patronage and your kind expressions of ap
proval. This is but a small verbal expression
of all we feel.
In our Palm Room we are forced to discontinue
service, as the demand for the same is many
times more than we can accommodate; and we
shall hereafter devote the entire building to
exclusive Cafeteria business.
With thanks,'
Yours respectfully,
PIERRE A. CROSS.
TO MY FRIENDS, EMPLOYEES
AND COWORKERS: -vtw*
I express my most cordial thanks for your as
sistance in making the occasion a success to the
La France Corporation, and a matter of pride
to the city of Richmond.
I trust that the same spirit of co-operation and
willingness will'continue in the future.
Most sincerely,
PIERRE A. CROSS.