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THE WASHINGTON HERALD
TO CONGRESS:
How many murders and outrage*
on women are necessary to convince
you that "Washington needs better
police protection?
no. 4490
washington, d, c., monday, february 10, 1919.
one cent
City Gives Mighty
Welcome to Heroes
Back From France
400 District Men Among
1.200 Coast Artillerymen
Arriving in Washington
Are Tendered Remark
able Reception by Great
Crowds.
MANY DECORATED
FOR BRAVE DEEDS
!
Dog First to Spot Master
45 He Marches from
Train, While Relations
Vainly Seek to Locate
Him?Fighter Tells of
Action When Command- j
ing Officer Orders Him to. j
Amid rounds of frenzied chews from j
mothers, wives and sweethearts. ?)> !
heavy artillery raemn. "Our city's
<Jwn." tramped through Cnlon Sta
tlon and out Pennsylvania avenue last !
j t* their mud scarred helmets beat- !
">g a gay answer to the rourtnu wel- 1
come which discipline forbade answer- j
Their ranks thinned by the 11 per j
cent of their number which paid the I
nr? these boys, who com- j
prise the entire strength of the old ;
. V. sw>od companies of the l>is- !
National Guard, headed by their
ht^!!lt<,,.b"nd- ,Mt "'?ht brought
do?!^* ? """" workers the Plaza 1
dormitories to their windows, who
returne .and waved handwerchif at the |
returned servicc men.
tm the liklne."
Wilier, I1"" .n?,Urn ?' the"C trOUI?
Washington last night welcomed "Its !
sever ^ .,h.* Bun* " wh?. besides J
deerf r?T'al cUat,on's for valorous |
hold the distinction of be
the. Rhine"-' Wh'Ch n^r"t lo |
K ""owed by crowds, which were '
swelled by hundreds of fresh recruits 1
ai every street corner, the two bat- I
tal.ona. the Third and Second, swun*
around the ( apitol and down Permsjl
,T*"'aJ'^nU- The line Of march was I
b^ .TV? <"rowd?. ?ho were thrilled (
b> sight of the District's veteran '
troops freah from the battlefields of
t ranee.
Striking up "The Citizens' Pride"'
they marched down the Avenue to j
Tjrlrd Street. From there the rowte to
the wharf, where they were to take]
hi!???' f?K ??rt w<"hington. took I
them through Third to N and along X I
to the wharf. I
All along Third the welcome ac- j
? orded the District soldiers was. if !
anything, more uproarious than that i
at the station. Men. women and chil- I
dren danced and hugged each other in
their glee.
t neegh la Hakf Him l|a|t.
"No wonder the Germans quit"!
proud parents breathed as the units
nich arrived on the first train filed 1
between them with all of their trench I
accoutrements danglin3 beside them >
impressively.
The boys arrived on two trains, the I
brst of which got in at 8:3# and the 1
second at 9:30 p. Thev |
a pleasant trip from camp Merritt I
.New Jeraey. where they have been in
quarantine since landing in New York 1
from Brest February 4
U E Morrie. SOS East Capitol street
was the first District boy to "hit the '
K I'""" ,h* Mrst the two trains I
which brought the iroops had pulled!
Others who promptly responded the!
funeral cry of "District Boy, to the
Front were: c. B. I'ummlng., isas!
Alabama avenue southeast: F? o -1
I.* u'd'v 1258 Perr>' street northeast;!
P. S. Martin, 11J4 D street southeast.
Wrap DlvUUnal
All of the boys wore their division- I
a insignia which consists of a large '
^1? K A; With a d*Bh of red and
a dash of White in the lower right
hand corner.
On the first train to arrive in Un
ion Station was the Third Battalion
commanded by Maj. John Izard C '
A. C.. of Roanoke, Va.. wtth the!
Headquarters company, and the Sup
ply Company. v
Those troops on the second train 1
were in charge of Lieut. Col. Fait-'
lax Ayres C. A. C.. and were mem-1
hers of the Second and Third bat
talions sent to Fort Howard Md !
CoTHF h'TI"" . " 'n ram"lWHof
< ol. F. H. Lincoln. C. A. C. Col F
J- mW,Ma7' A C - "hder whose
command the regiment was original- i
ly organized, was killed in ,otlon(
October 2? during the Argonne
Meuse ofPeasive.
The Sixtieth Artillery went to the
front on September S, and partici
Tlr ? "? 81 Mihiel "ffensive.
September II to Id. it also was in
the Meuse-Argonne offensive. in all !
three of Its phases, beginning Sep
tember -<? and ending with the sign
ing of the armistice. This regiment
was armed with the G. p. F gun
caliber 155 mm. and was several!
times cited for its services. j
Sevea Heath. I. Kraaee.
The Sixtieth Artillery, c. A c
landed In New York from Bre,t on
February 4. They sailed from tha
Inited States for France oil April 23.1
seeing seven months service on for
eign soil.
Their unit was organized at Fort
Washington. Md.. and Fort Monroe
Va. It Includes the coast artmeTT'
National Guards of this city and Vir"
glnla. together with Battery D com
posed entirely of District boys.
? ?at Makes T?a Trips.
Arrived at the wharf, the Third Bat- I
talton. comprising both the first artf
second companies of the old D. c
N. G. C. A. C.. which trained at Fort'
Washington. with trailing :un, j
boarded the Major L Enfa.it, which I
<?Pa<-ity by the Mo men I
of the leading contingent. The Second I
Battalion, which followed the first ati
an Interval of about half an hour was i
headed by Col. Lincoln, of the regular!
armj. commander of the Wih Heavy
an I'Ai-g SIT
Hello! D. C., Hello!
Robert Mllbum, 926 Eighth street
northwest.
Mitchell J. Mahancy, 710 Colum
bia road.
John R. I lose. Seville Apartments.
M. J. Lyons, 132S Massachusetts
avenue.
Horace Dinwiddle, 1802 Lamont
street northwest.
Raymond Trail. 524 Fourteenth
street northwest.
Jack Xanten. 1001 Chevy Chase
road.
Anthony Shanley, 1246 Morse
? street northeast.
Carl Kleiner. 701 Maryland ave
nue northeast.
Norwood Cassidy. Fairfax, Va.
Ci H. Kdmonston, 3621 Tenth
street northwest.
John R. Ixach. 803 T street north
| Charles E. Sheffield, Stanhope
Apartments. \
Paul Davis. 1258 Perry street,
northwest.
H. E. Rupprecht, 1S40 Park road.
Archibald U Straub. New Ebbitt
Frank A. Welsh. 3011 Dumbarton
avenue northwest
H. C. Smith. 613 Harvard street
northwest.
Benjamin M. Neitxey, 912 O
street southwest.
William J. plemmons. 2005 Eye
street northwest.
Paul W. Van Horn, 1820 Ingleside
Terrace.
George W. Giovannetti. 1736
Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
Myer Keroes.
Thomas H. Hall. 3813 New Hamp
shire avenue northwest.
Charles Smith, 3106 P street
northwest.
Thomas L* Fletcher. 519 Tenth
street southeast.
Harold H. Eubanks. 142S Eleventh
street northwest.
Karl Knight, 223 Seaton street
northeast.
Henry Vincent, 1318 Twelfth
street northwest.
Evert Miller, 2156 K street
northwest.
S. C. Hill, 633 Sixth street north
east.
George Wilson, 202 Indiana ave
nue northwest.
N. V. Shriver, 316 W street north
west.
Gatelano Valanti, 2044 Rhdde Is
land avenue northeast.
Morris White, Kenelworth. Md.
Herbert Eowey. 68 I street
northwest.
John Carroll Donohue. 322 Ten- j
nessee avenue northwest.
Winfleld Parkins, 3020 Dent place
northwest.
Frances Stetson. 3066 Q street 1
northwest.
Alexander Tosh. 644 Eleventh i
street northeast.
Donald Maxson. 1924 Seventeenth
street.
Edward I*awson, 206 Thirteenth
street northeast.
Wilson Johnson. 1483 Newton
street northwest.
Haywood McMilllan. 1111 Fair
mont street northwest.
E. L. Harvey, 1523 Fourteenth
street northwest.
Otto Frederick, Riverdale.
CONTINUED ON PAGK SIX.
37 SUFFRAGISTS
HELD BY POLICE
Attempt to Burn Wilson in
Effigy is Frustrated.
Party Decries Act.
Although the Anthony amend
ment. granting the women of the
country nation-wide suffrage, was
within less than twenty-four hours
time of a reintroduction into the
i Senate, seventy-live militant suff
ragists marched to the front of the
I White House yesterday afternoon
and attempted to burn an effigy of
I the man who twice has appealed
I personally to Congress to pass tne
? amendment.
The suffragists were frustrated in
i their attempts by police, who ar
rested thirty-seven of their num
| ber and bundled them off to the
j First and Third precincts, where
j charges of ? violating the park regu
! lations were placed against them.
A crowd of 2.000 persons gathered,
I due to the fact that an attempt to
| bum an effigy of President Wilson
I had been advertised.
Arretted Without Ceremony.
Cap*. Peck, in charge of police
and detectives sent to the White
House, had several patrol autos
! waiting and without ceremony ar
rested the women.
This demonstration, unlike many
others, met comparatively little
sympathy from those in the crowd.
They knew what to expect and
when the police backed the au
tomobiles to the sidewalk, the crowd
yelled and cheered, not the women,
I but the police. ?
I The suffragists charge that the
amendment is threatened with de
Ieat today when it comes up in the
Senate, and took time yesterday to
vent their feelings toward/ the
President even though he Is not
here to again urge that the Senate
pass it.
Nineteen of the women are locked
up in the First precinct while the
other seventeen are locked up at
No. 3. All of them refused to give
their names or to give bail.
AMWrlatUa Condemn* Aet.
j The National American Woman
| Suffrage Association has been swift
| to repudiate the demonstration by
members of the National Woman's
party. On the heels of a strong
statement Saturday from Mrs. Car
rie Chapnwn Catt. the. president of
the association; Miss Mary Garrett
CUNTINL'kO UN PAGI SIX.
Ge?. BKst Reported HI.
Pai-in. Feb. ?.-Gen. T. H. Bliss. com
mander of an American army division.
In confined to hia bed todav, suffering
from a cold.
2,000,000 MEN
TO QUIT TODAY
TO AID STRIKERS
Building Trades Workers
Throughout Country to
Aid Carpenters.
TACOMA TROUBLE ENDS
Seattle Walkout Also Be
lieved to Be on Verge
of Collapse.
New York. Feb. 9 ?More than 2.000.
OOO men will be qn strike tomorrow in
various branches of the building
trades activities, it was unofficially
estimated tonight. A sjllk? order forj
a walkout in sympathy with the I
striking carpenters emplyed by the
building trades employers' association
will affect all union bricklayers and
hoisting engineers throughout the
United States employed on con
tract work by the association.
"It is impossible to say just how
i many workers will walk out tomor
row." said William U Hutcheaon.
I president of the United Brotherhood
| of Carpenters and Joiners. "The
; carpenters are demanding a $i-a
Rday wage increase and the bricklayers
| and hoisting engineers have voted to
strike in sympathy. More than a
I score of large cities will be affected,
including New York. Chicago, Boston,
! Washington, Buffalo. Cleveland, De
troit, New Orlerfns. New Haven, Co
! lumbus. Mobile and Terre Haute."
I The employees will not discuss
terms with the strikers until after the
latter have returned to work, was
the declaration of Samuel B. Donnel
ly. secretary to the Employers' Asso
ciation. The carpenters will not re
| turn to work until they get the extra
CONTINUE* ON PAGE SIX.
underseFboat
BAN SUGGESTED
Arthur Pollen, Naval Ex
pert, Says Submarines Are
Greatest War Menace.
London. Feb. 9 (Via British Wire
less Service).?Condemnation of the I
submarine as an instrument of war
fare and the suggestion for an in
ternational ban on the building of
the undersea terrors are contained
in an article written by Arthur
^Pollen, Ac well - known naval
writer, which appears today in the
Sunday Timet?.
"As an arm against a fighting
navy the submarine has failed," Mr. i
Pollen writes. "It's only real suc
cess has been against unarmed
ships, and these, by a long prescrip
tion of sea law. have always been
I treated by civilized nations as im
mune from sudden and fatal attack.
They were subject only to con
i straint being put upon their move
J ments.
(.rrmann Brrnk Law.
"Until war was made at sea by
I the German nation, all unarmed
ships, belligerent or neutral, could
i put to sea during hostilities with
! absolute confidence that the lives
! were in safety and indeed that the
| comfort of all aboard would be re
spected. They could be searched, cap
tured, condemned as prize and con
fiscated, but they could not be at
tacked and sunk without warning
unless they resisted search.
"It was a breach of these precepts
I of humanity?precepts far older
1 than regulating land war?that
I gives such war efficiency as it pos
sessed to the problem. This effi
ciency, intolerable in war because
of its loathsome cruelty, was an
even greater danger in peace for in
war at least the knowledge that this
danger existed made protection pos
sible and certain.
"But if the world condones the
submarines and their offenses and
allows this type of ship to continue,
then any nation possessing vessels
of this sort will have the power of
paralyzing the sea service of other
nations and inflicting losses in a
time of profound peace.
"Secondly, if no submarines are to
be used in war except those whose
construction is commenced after the
war has begun, then we should, at
any rate, have nine months to a year
of hostilities before the submarine
could possibly intervene.
Sabmnrinrn n Terror.
4Tf' there were no submarines in
the world, a secret and treacherous
commencement of a war would be
made impossible. One huge haunt
ing horror, would at least be defin
itely .removed.??.* it would be a lapse
of a year before the first boat would
be available, for experimental and
instructional work.
"If this supposition is correct, then
| the abolition is virtually practic
| able."
Little Barroom Do
Not Bawl, You'll Be
Something After All
New York. Feb. 9.-?Coffee houses
| as a substitute for saloons, when
prohibition goes into effect next
J July is a plan now being supported
j by a number of prominent ministers
of New York. The idea, although
far from definite as yet, is to pro
vide some sort of adequate gather
ing place for men when the liquor
stores cease to exist.
Coffee houses would take on an
atmosphere of small worklngmen's
clubs where groups of men could
gather about tables and drink coffee
j or some other liquor substitute
i while discussing topics of the day.
According to the Rev. Robert
Rogers, pastor of the Church of the
Good Shepherd. Brooklyn, the plans
have been advanced far enough to
insure their adoption. Others in
terested in the movement are Rev.
H. Percy Silver, pastor of the Church
of the Incarnation, former post chap
Iain at West Point, and the Rev.
William P. Morrill, pastor of the
Blicit Chiucb.
OUR CITY 1
(Something it wrong in Wathington. This It the 16th of a
series of editorials dealing with unhappy conditions in Wash
ington. In the teries the editor will tell the tacts as he sees
them, without fear or favor. The hope that they will suggest
a remedy is the sole object of their publication.)
?'?>
In writing this series of editorials we have expected that they
would cause comment, and comment of an'adverse nature. We quote
| from a letter recently received from one of our readers in which the
/writer does not grow very enthusiastic over our efforts:
"I have been reading your "Our City" editorials since the first
| <#ie appeared, but what's the answer? What you have said has un
, doubtedly been true, but what are you going to about it? Whose
j fault is it? Tell us a remedy."
Perhaps the reader's criticism is a good one. At any rate it is
worthy of an answer. This is the best one wc can give:
The fault for the conditions now existing in this city belongs at
the very door of every citizen of the city. We are responsible, be
cause wc arc asleep.
And in making that slumber charge wc.include every trade body,
civic club, citizens' association and newspaper. So far as benefiting
Washington is conccrncd they might all be dispensed with. Our
i trade bodies arc selfish, our citizens' associations are provincial and
our newspapers arc pedantic. Perhaps this is not a pleasant thought,
but as wc include ourselves in the indictment we are at least sincere
in our belief.
The people of Washington are imbued with pride, but not with
the proper sort of civic pride. Our pride is of the passive variety.
We are inclined to want things "first cabin," without being suffi
ciently interested to go out and make them so.
There is a remedy. It is action.
But before we can get the proper action we must know what we
want.
Commissioner Brownlow in an address before the Commercial
Club several weeks ago admitted that our municipal officers did not
carry sufficient weight with Congress to get all those things that
would benefit the city. At the same time he instanced two cases
(the details of which he asked to be kept silent) in which two people
of the city got behind measures and through sheer force of action
pushed them through Congress.
The same thing will hold true on other measures. If we will get
concerted action among ourselves, wc can get anything wc want.
But this concerted action has been lacking. Some months ago there
was a movement on foot to combine the activities of the various
trade bodies, but petty jealousy and fogyism killed it. We must
fight for the same thing, and there must be a unified force. We
have seen what happened on the other side after the allies pooled
their men and resources. Victory was almost immediate.
The same thing on a lesser scalc must be done in Washington.
Know what we want and then go after it. If we want the vote,
we can get it. If we don't, for Heaven's sake stop the intermittent
agitation that crops up every once in a while to serve some one as
a topic for an after-dinner spccch or an organization with a platform
that is sure fire.
There is enough the matter in Washington to give us grave con
cern and to occupy all our citizens. We are having a wave of
crime, with the policc fumbling all over themselves in trying to solve
its ramifications. That is just one of the evil conditions, but it is one
calling for immediate action.
So lar as the method of obtaining this action is concerned, we
have a suggestion to make that wc believe would result in consid
erable benefit.
It is the organization of an pxecuti^c Council in Washington,
this council to be composed of representatives of every trade body,
citizens' association, civic club and newspaper. We would suggest
that the representatives be apportioned according to the membership
of the body. In this way organizations would maintain their indi
viduality and at the same time meet on a basis of team-work that
I would be irresisitiblc. By this method wc would be sure of the first
principle for the betterment of the city. We would know just what
each locality wanted. We would know wihat business wanted. Wc
would know what the people want. And when you have that half
the battle is won. The representatives to this Executive Council
must be workers. Not selected because their names are familiar,
but selected because they will get together and find out what's
i wanted, and then go out and move heaven and earth to get it.
We venture to say that 80 per cent of the organization heads in
| this city do not know the personnel of the District Committee in
I Congress. The inference is obvious.
So far as the vote is concerned, wc believe in if, but if the people
| do not want it, let's forget it.
loseph Kaufman has offered and is furthering one of the best
ideas yet put forward to help the city. His appeal on business sta
tionery is an excellent one and should be adopted by every business
'house in Washington. It is but one of a number of things that can
j easily be done to put Washington in its proper place.
The suggestion of the Executive Council is one which we believe
I should be taken up by every civic body in Washington and acted
jupon. We arc all after the same thing. Let us work together and
! get it.
DARING BANDITS
| IN BOLD GRIMES
Trio Blackjack Machinist
and Three Others Hold
Up Saloon.
i New York, Feb. 0.?New York's
! recent wave of crime was increased
? early today when seven hold-ups
? were reported to the police. The
j most daring occurred in a subway;
1 station where Samuel Eisenstein, a
j machinist, was blackjacked and rob
j bed. He told the police the bandits
j who numbered 3, had ripped out his
| right.trousers pocket which had con
tained $66 in bills. The bandits
|escaped.
Another desperate trio raided a
saloon, backing the customers to'
'the wall with revolvers and theiii
emptying the cash register of $70.
i The men entered a waiting automo-;
j bile and escaped.
Two men held up Frank De
! Henoris, a Philadelphia waiter, in^
| Brooklyn, and relieved him of $25.
A short distance away from the
scene of this hold-up two men at
tempted to steal an automobile. The
chauffeur made one of the robbers
prisoner and drove him to a police
station. This is the only arrest
recorded in the series of robberies.
Building Material Higher,
Chicago Dealers Declare
Chicago, Feb. Building material
dealers operated at a loss last year
and prices arc going up lather than'
down It was announced today after a
conference of building material deal
ers here.
/William Schlake, head of the Illi
nois Brick Company aaid there had
been an increase of S3 per cent in the
*xf maxiufjuiturm of brick. J
FIERCE BATTLE
RAGING IN KIEL
i
Many Killed as Machine
Guns Rake Ranks of
Strikers.
Amsterdam. Feb. 9.?Fierce street;
lighting is taking place in Kiel, where
2,000 Spartacan strikers attempted to
storm the barracks. Many have been |
killed and "wounded. A general strike
has been called.
Government troops chased the Spar
tacan* into their homes, killing many
outright, whilo machine guns em
j placed In window#; swept the streets,
taking a fearful toll of life.
Prince Michael Becomes
Plain "Mike" at Harvard
Cyn bridge, Mass.. Feb. 9.?Prince
Michael Cantacuzene. Count Speran
?ky. Is today plain "Mike" Cantacu
zene, a member of Harvard's fresh
man class. The grandson of Ulysses
Grant and member of the Romanoft
family, was brought up In Petrograd,
where he attended the diplomatic
school, but the revolution disturbed
his plans and the prince, with his
American mother, was forced to flee
to Vladivostok and thence to the
United States.
Prince "Mike" is struggling with
the intricacies of the English lan
guage and Tk already shows signs of
Ameri^nlMjUon, for he is one of the
competitors .for a position on the Har
vard fenrthg team.
Maters Strike ia Cuba.
Havana. Feb. 9.?The wave of world
wide industrial unrest has affected
I Cuffc. Havana Sunday morning news
j papers were unable to appear, due to
I ft atrttr* th* nnntaca.
FORCE GERMANS
TO REDUCE ARMY,
BRICE DEMANDS
Editor Says It is Need, That
Allied'Troops May Safe
ly Demobilize.
HUN ALLIES DONE FOR
Only Danger from Central
Powers Lies in Nation
Responsible for War.
Ill SAINT BRICK
Ftrclfi Editor of Le Journal..
Written for lilveruil Serrlce.
P?rls, Feb. 9?While a special
Peace Conference commission at the
Hotel Crillon is pursuing with ex
press speed elaboration of the char
acter of the society of nations, and
special commissions are ardently
setting about their various tasks,
the eouncil of ten is yielding tem
porarily to the supreme war council.
This body must settle the terms of
another extension of the armistic.
Many Americans?not all on the
other side of the Atlantic?are ask
ing why this strange procedure of
short periods of truce is being main
tained toward Germany alone. It is
true that the other armistices hold
good until peace is signed.
Dl*erent with to r-Many.
We might reply that the situation,
as regards Germany, is different.
Italy faces no potential opponent,
the Hapsburg monarchy being com
pletely shattered. Bulgaria and
Turkey, thoroughly disarmed, could
not think of resuming warfare in
any theaters.
Now, the objection naturally aris
es. "Was it not possible to treat
Germany likewise?" Perhaps so.
Here we touch upon what some con
sider an .initial error on the part of
the entente. Would it not have been
wiser to insert in the agr?-ement of
November 11 a few precise, brief
clauses, making Germany's political
defeat and the impossibility of re
sumption of fighting by her absolute,
and thus avoid the subsequent discus
sions of renewals?
Indeed, the agreements of December
15 and January 16 admitted the possi
bility of automatic prolongation of the
truce, but this possibility was subordi
nated to conditions practically unreal
izable. We do not underrate the draw
backs of such a procedure, the least
of which consists in forever bringing
up an Irritating subject, keeping up
the polemics and making possible in
terpretations of the allies' attitude
which are exactly contrary to the
truth.
Unfortunate consequeneee are appa
rent. -Kai?ur?r to derine tbe^boundaries
of th*~ future Germany compelled us
to allow German elections to, be held
In the Saar Valley. The Polish para
dox is still more disturbing. Germany
has not formally renounced any terri
tory taken from Poland in former
times. She is strictly logical in de
manding that the populations await
the decision of the conference.
But the Poles could not wait that
long. They started on the warpath.
Today the Berlin government, backed
by concentrated troops, is demanding
the disarmament of those whom it
pretends to call rebels.
To us the only proper solution seems
CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.
HUN WAR BLUFF
RINGS LOUDER
German Newspapers Vio
lently Oppose Yielding
Alsace-Lorraine.
Weimar. Germany, Feb. 9.?Ger
many will resist if the peace terms |
are too hard.
In Germany the newspapers are
violently spreading propaganda
that Alsace-Lorraine is German and
must remain German.
The Peace Conference's decision ?
on the German colonies has raised
a storm of protest in Germany and
even in WTeimar protest lists arc
covered with hundreds of signa
tures.
Unless the allies come to an un
derstanding with the Bolshevists, it]
is quite feasible that Germany may |
do so. either openly so as to take
advantage of the huge and well
trained Bolshevist army or by drift
ing into Bolshevism because of the
lack of foodstuffs and raw mater
ials.
Dr. Bernhard Dernburg in an in
terview said: "We accepted Presi
dent Wilson's terms because we I
thought them impartial, but the do- |
cision of the Peace Conference was |
I not impartial. Are not all the col- j
onies, both French and British, to i
be internationalized? Our rights to
J our colonies have never been dis
puted and we shall stand by our
rights."
Even the women members of the
assembly accept Chancellor Ebert's
threat of a refusal to make peace.
Germans to Put Claims
Before Parley April 15
Paris, Feb. 9.?German delegates to
the Peace Conference will place their'
case before the allied commissioners
on April 15, according to best informa
tion here today.
It is . not expected that President
Wilson will return to Paris before
March 22. Fully three weeks will
have to elapse after his arrival in
Paris on his second trip before the
conference will be ready to receive
the German delegation.
Man and Wife Found Dead;
Accuse Woman of Shooting
Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 9.?The dead
body of Mrs. Alice Hopkins, aged 35,
was found in her home here tonight,
and her husband. John B. Hopkins, a
four-minute speaker and war worker,
was found sitting in a chair nearby
in an unconscious condition. He died
kAtui Jkltr m-i frri?itrl
Calls U. S. Prohibition
Step Toward Bolshevism
Cambridge. Mans., Feb. 9.?Dr. O. H.
Maynadier, author and Instructor at
Harvard University, makes a plea
against prohibition in the current
number of the Harvard Illustrated.
He says, although it has done much j
evil, still liquor has afforded much i
beneficial and innocent pleasure.
To prohibit its manufacture and use .
is a step toward Bolshevism, which I
may result in Federal orders for the j
marriage of all women of 18..
In view of Dr. Maynadier** long ex- .
perience as at teacher at Harvard :
University his views have created in-i
tense interest here.
MANY TRIBUTES !
PAID ROOSEVELT
Distinguished Gathering
Hears Eulogies Deliv
ered in Congress.
Representatives of all branches of
the United States government and |
the diplomatic envoys of the nations j
of the world were present yesterday j
afternoon at a Joint session of Con- j
gress, held in honor of former Presi- i
dent Theodore Roosevelt. vThe as- j
semblage was one of the most distin- .
guished that has ever paid tribute to I
the memory of a departed American. !
and the ceremonies were marked by
great solemnity and simplicity. Sena
tor Henry Cabot I>odge. of Massa- j
chusetts. a life-long personal frend j
of CoL Roosevelt, was the orator.
But few seats in the large hall of
the House of Representatives were I
unoccupied. Given in the order of;
their entrance, the concourse pm- :
braced the Speaker and the members
of the House; the Vice President and I
the members of the Senate; the Gen- I
eral Staff of the army, headed by I
Gen. March, Chief of Staff; high ofti- 1
cers of the navy. h?>ad<*d by Rear Ad - '
miral Blue, chief of the Bureau of!
Navigation; officers of the Marine |
Corps, headed by Col. ?"narles M. |
Lauchheimer, Inspector General;!
Chief Justice White and the Associate j
Justices of the Supreme <'ourt; mem
bers of the President's Cabinet; the
former President of the United States, |
William Howard Taft.
In the section of the gallery reserv- j
ed for member* of the family were '
Mrs. Nicholas Uongworth, daughter of ]
the former President; Mrs. Douglas j
Robinson, a sister, and Brigadier Gen
CONTINCED ON I'AGB SEVEN.
TRADE COUNCIL
AID TO PEACEj
Economic Experts Will Not
Interfere with Military
Commander's Plans.
Paris, Feb. >.-(tty wireless via Lon- I
don.)?M. Stephen Pichon, the French j
foreign minister, told the correspond- j
ents today he did not consider that the !
appointment by the interallied war
council for a supreme economic coun
cil meant any curtailment of the
powers of Marshal Foch a* suprem?
commander of the allied armies.
Nevertheless the opi>ositc view is
generally prevalent here. The purpose
of the appointment of the supreme
economic council is understood to t?e
synonamous with the desire of the
leaders in th* Peace Conference to ex
pedite the return to normal conditions
in the war stricken countries.
it is believed that will do more to
prevent any possibility of a resump
tion of hostilities than the continuance
of harsh military conditions which,
while effective from the military
standpoint, would make it impossible
for the people to pursue their usual
avocations successfully and would
thereby cause unrest prejudicial to
peace.
The declaration of the functions of
the new council is thought to indicate
that even while the armistice lasts the
blockade against Germany may be
lifted to such an extent as is felt can
be safely done in order to aid Ger
many's economic restoration which is
thought by the American and Britlsn
statesmen necessary to insure the col
OONTINUED ON PAGE SIX.
BEER AT TEN CENTS
CAUSE FOR GROWL
i Rochester. N. V.. Feb. 9.?This city
I threatens to co dry tomorrow when
I beer at 10 cents a glass makes Its
I appearance. The general sentiment
today was that a glass of the favorite
brew at that price is impossible.
I The brewers raised the wholesale
I price of beer $4 a barrel last night
and instructed retailers to double the
I price to the consumer tomorrow.
I "The breweries have gone over to the
prohibition cause.'' It was remarked
today. "They have outdone the bone
dry men. They must want to save
j what they have left in stock "*
Service Men Organize
Soviet in Arizona
Phoenix. Ariz.. Feb. 9.?Preliminary
I organisation of a soldiers', sailors'
I and workers' council was effected
here today. The meeting was at
tended by about fifteen soldiers and
sailors in uniform, and 100 civiliana
A resolution demanding immediate
release of industrial prisoners, with
drawal of American troops from Rus
sia and censorship by the typo
graphical union of copy affecting
labor was passed Four members of
the Arizona legislature addressed the
! gathering, advocating its object*.
Bars of Cell Harder
Than Head. He Finds
To his sorrow, Harry Neai. colored.
35 years of age. of 1004 C street south
east, has discovered that the bars of
his cell at the Fifth precinct ar<
harder than his head.
Neal, who was arrested for drunk
enness yesterday by Policeman
Botha Johnson, tried to break dowii
his cell by banging his h^ad against
the bars. He sustained severe lacera
tions of the scalp and was treated a!
Casualty Hospital and later returned
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SECRET GRILLING
LANDS 2 CHINESE
IN MURDER CASE
Wan and Van Arrested.
When "Alibis" Prove
Absurd on Face.
INDICTMENT EXPECTED
Major Pullman Declares
Questioners "Enjoyed the
Philosophy of Pair."
J Grilled secretly for nearly * week,
their every alibi battered to piece*
arid their numerous stories conflicting
so that they proved their own trans
parency, Ziaung Sun Wan. and his
| brother. T. I. Van. were locked up
yesterday in the Tenth precinct sta
| tion. charged with the murders of [H
i Theodore T. Wong, director of the
I Chinese Educational Mission and hi*
| two assistants. C. II. Hale. and B. B
! Wu. at the home of the mission. "3*^'.
1 Kalorama road, on the night of
I January 28.
[ Wan and Van will be taken before
I the coroner's Jury, today and it is be
lieved they will be held responsible
i for the deaths of the noted educator
[ and his two secret an#-*, recommending
that they be held for the action of
[ the grand jury, which in turn, through
the processes of the District legs'
procedure, will, it is expected, present
indictments of first degree murdet.
Pallet ? onflrient of < a?e.
' While neither Wan nor his brother
has confessed to the murders. the
tangled-up stories of their movement?
t in Washington before and after the
murder, coupled with the admission
of Wan that h?- wrote the $T..00Q check
NKncd with the name of l>r. Wong
jand the admihsion of Van that he
tried to "palm** himself off a* his
| former friend. Wu. when he attempt -
i ed to get the money on it at Hl^r
I Hank, the police feel that they have
; more than sufficient e\idei?ce to off
i set lack of a complete confession.
Men of Oriental blood never con
fess and for this i-eason the police
I knew at the outset of their investiga
tion of the triple murder mystery'that
only by clever juggling of even
! minute bit of evidence could they
I possibly hope to fasten the r^spon
| nihility for the crime on the two
! brothers. * * MV
"The police have a perf?*ct prim*
' facie case against Wan and Van."*
! said District Attorney John E. T*askey
| last night, "and more than ample ev
idence to assure the grand jury hold
ing them to trial on a first degree
j murder charge."
Harea't I.*s?*e4 ( Maori.
At the Teprti l>t*riset station last
| nigtot it was said that Wan aiTO Van
I had not obtained counsel and it Is
npt believed that any men of then
j own race will furnish them with an
j attorney.
When the two high caste Cele?
tials were locked in their cells yes
terday the curtain was rung down
or. the first chapter of the mo?t in
tensely interesting case Washington
police have ever had to solve.
"This was the first time in tttt*
country that art important crime ha -
occurred in the circles of
Chinese of the refined and highly
CO STINT ED ON PAGE TH*rt
'DON'T PLUNDER'
PERSHING ORDER
Berlin Tageblatt Reprints
Text of General's Message
on Reaching Rhine
j Amsterdam. Feb. f. ? Here is the ie*t
of Gen. Pershing's order to the Ameri
can army of occupation issued just
j before the first American soldier ever
| set foot upon German soil. It is lit*
i erallv translated into English from o
j recent issue of the Berlin Tageblatt.
J just received here.
"In view of the extraordinary cir
cumstances under which the American
army of occupation is serving, the
commander-ir-chief degtree to bring to
the knowledge of the o?icers and men
the expectations which he conoetves
with regard to their conduct.
Wsrn? Agalaat P?s?4ert?*.
I "You have not come as plunderers
) or oppressors, but solely as the execu
I tire arm of a stronc. fre?- government
j whose intentions toward the German
people are filled with good wiW. _
"During ? ;?r occupation the civilian
population tarda under the speda?
protection of the discipline and honor
of the American army
"It is. therefore. the purpose of
this order to appeal directly to your
pride as the representatives of a pow
erful. just and righteous nation, in the
firm conviction that in your relations
with the German population you will
conduct yourselves in such a manier
that it will respect you and the
country which you have the honor ts
represent.
"Although you come to them as a
victorious army you will display no
sort of maltrr or ill will.
"On the other hand, you anr * am
? -% against a line of conduct which is
incompatible with your position as
the executive arm of a mlUtarv
regime.
"So long as the state of war oh
tains, Germany is hostile territory
and you may entertain no confiden
tial personal relations with its inhabi
tants.
"A dlgniAed and reserved condom
must be observed by you throughout.
ItfBDBdi Hoaorsklf Condwet.
"It is not to be assumed that any*
kind of looting or acts of VOlence
will be committed by members of
the American Expeditionary For??:
should, however, anyone pro*e him
self unworthy of this coaOdence his
actions will he regarded no* only as
. crimes against the victim*, but as
dishonoring the American army aad
a< besmirching the flag of the
i United States
'Should such excesses occut they
will be punished with the severest
penalties of our military laws
"By order of Gen. Pershing.
I "James W McAndrew, chief if