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WEATHER: ti(*ttlf4 wridrr lo ? and tomorrow. I.owral temperature to ot?h? about 34 irgrm. TraKratarr at H a. m. today* 41 <rcmai atrr a?* Ifaip*nlurr for Jan aary 18 for laat tfclrty yeara, 32 4rgr?rii. the llashtnafon Ifmes ? IN A L EDITION NUMBER 11.047 Published every evening (including Sunday) Entered aa aacond-claaa matter, at the poa.. office at Waahington, fj O. WASHINGTON. SATURDAY EVENING. JANUARY 18. 1919.- [Qttiaf Will Street PriceaJ PRICE TWO CENTS. EX-KAISER FEARS LIFE T oday A Violent Poet. Old Men, Go Gently. One G. 0. Baby Dead. China to Be Unfettered. ? By ARTHUR BRISBANE. r" (Copyright. 1*1*.) Italian discussion as to annexa tion of the east shore of the Adriatic has reached an acute stage. The progressive Italian na tion, represented by D'Annunzio, demands the whole of Dalmatia, control of the Adriatic on both sides. The minority, represented by men just dismissed from the cabinet, demand less. This is how D'Annunzio. the 'gentle poet," talks in a six column article in tended to arouse his followers. "We will ronfrent the new ceasplracy, after the fashion ?f the Italian arditi, with a bomb ia either hand aad a ? kaife between the teeth." We should be grateful that we are disturbed by no such violent writing as that in this country; it sounds too much in earnest. The Kaiser's latest illness is at tributed to over-exercise, caused by violently chopping wood. Per haps he imagined that he was chopping Social Democrats and forgot himself. His illness illustrates the fact that men past fifty must realise that they are going down bill, mot up hHl, and giTe up violent e*w ertion in imitation of youth. Roosevelti terrific energy and refusal to spare himself physically undoubtedly shortened his life. Jtist before the illness thet necessitated surgical operations, ' he had completed a most strenuous * course of physical exercise at the ? training camp of a professional athlete. Such training has killed mary. No man is stronger than h:s i heart, or stronger than the quality of his blood supply. Violent exor cise after fifty is bad for boui; \ old men should remember it. The House Committee on Mer > chant Marine and Fisheries unani mously reject Secretary Daniels' bill that would make the wireless telegraph and telephone system of the country public property. Thus dies one little Government . awnership infant in its cradle. The mortality is going to be high i among such infants. For the preaent this country will not learn much from Europe, where even England nationalizes her railroads and all the more intelligent na tions, outside of Turkey, are malt ing wise plans along the line of real democracy, for their own pro taction. But the United States I will learn from Europe later. % The President of China is in favor of a peace league "to sale guard his own country." He wants all militarism, all war to end, that China may develop "unfetterea." China WAS developing "unfet tered" for many centuries. She kept the western world outside her borders. Her emperors wrote their little poems; her wise men learned the alphabet, five thousand letters long; queues touched the ground; fingernails were as long as the finger on the rich, and there was misery and resignation among the poor. But all that "unfettered De velopment," with no outside in terference except an occasional inrush from Tartars, did not seim to work well. Coatrast with China, aiwavs peaceful, her neighbor Japan, al ways warlike Japan, a little is ? land, with few natural resources, lacking iron and coal, has gone ^ far ahead of China, the great, rich empire, with unlimited mineral wealth and labor power. We all know that peace is beau tiful. But some things are hard to explain. Tbe official communique of the French government on the peace meeting has a strange and inter esting sound to American ears beginning: "The President of the raited States of America and (be prime minister* and foreign secretaries of the silled pow assisted by tbe Japanese ambassador* In Paris and Lon don. met today at the Quai d*Or*ay from 10:.1o a. m. to 12*0 p. tn - That paragraph would interest former Presidents of the United States, particularly Washington and Jefferson, with their "no for eign entanglements' ideas. We >.fre well entangled now and must go through with it. Guards About Amerongen Tripled?Report That German Bolsheviki Plan to Kidnap and Try Former Ruler?Airplane Over Castle PARIS, Jan. 18.?Premier Clementeau was elected presi dent of the peace conference fol lowing his nomination by Pre mier Lloyd George. By ROBERT J. BENDER. United Press Staff Correspondent. PARIS, Jan. 18.?The first sitting of the peace congress today found President Wilson partial victor in i the fight for recognition of his first j principle?"open covenants, openly arrived at." The gag rule which was imposed to make the sessions secret has been modified, alld arrangements made J for publicity under certain restric jtions. It may be stated that the ! President will continue to fight for ! fuller recognition of his principle. He wants more publicity. Ceremonies Todav. Today's peace conference silting was planned as a formal affair, with an imposing turnout of troops, im Ipresaive ceremonies, and a keynote speech by President Poincare. Long before the hour for the opening crowds had asembled in the streets leading to the foreign office to cheer' the delegates as they passed. Prsident Wilson s vigorous fight for an open conference was backed by the universal stand of th? American correspondent*. He was flrally suc cessful in securing a rule whereby a limited number of newspaper men | would be permitted at tho full sit ! tings. The situation as it stood to j day was similar to that in the United j | States Senate, where reporters are j i allowed to hear all proceedings ex- j I cept committee metings and execu- j tive sessions. I Fight I'niiiur. The President's fight for hi# first j ' principle was unique in history be. j cause of the strone support coming I from the correspondents of the Unitt-d j States and all the allied nations ?xce|>r I j France. Following are the tacts: Several days ago the President bo- ! gan a quiet movement for recognition I j of his first principle. Discussions de- : ! vHoped. Premier Lloyd George agre.-d ' (Continued on Page 2. Column 1 ) ;i HELP WANTED?FEMALE I' COOK?White or colored; on na?tr^ BKOADWAV l)KLI(ATt>.sKN <?> >14 K ?t. !*. W. j| "I could hardlv be ? j lieve my eyes wtfen I saw so many applicants from a small ad for three days in The II Times." Manage* BROADWAY DEIJCATHSSHN. 714 K SI. Phone Your Ads, Main .5260. SPARTACAN LEADER KILLED BY MOB "RED ROSE-' LUXEMBURG. One of the chief leaders of the Spartacans. and active in spread ing Bolshevik propaganda in tier- | many, who has been killed, ac i cording to an official announce- | ment made in Berlin. The dispatch added that Fraulein Luxemburg had been arrested and was being conducted to jail when the car was held up by a mob. She was taken and beaten into insensi bility and then Jthrown back into a. canal. ' , ? SEEK TO KEEP U. S. WET FOR ONE YEAR I t Wets have ajked constitutional law j >trs in Congress to pass on the possi bility of making the whole country wet during the year that is to elapse ; before the constitutional dry amend- j rnent becomes effective. The wets thai the constitu- j tional amendment takes precedence j over all other laws on the subject. and j nullifies t'lem. including State laws, j Therefore, they say. all "dry'' legi*- ; lation is dead until the amendment be comes cffeeti\e. , Senator Beckham of Kentucky, wiio ) has b^en counsel for distilling interests. > aaid today he sees little merit In the contention, though it is being urged I ?with considerabl e force. Senator Un- i derwood of Alabama, a wet *aid it has been raised, but that so far no authoritative opinion has been given on it. i Wets ai" considering a test. This j would b* obtained by a deliberate vio ! lation of a State or Kederal dry law, arid l>y carrying llie case to the I'nitod State Supreme Court. FORTY STATES RATIFY THE DRY AMENDMENT Forty Siates have now ratified the prohibition amendment, and the drys expe.-t further favorable action. Minnesota and Wisconsin added i their sanction within the last twenty- ! four hours, and the New Mexico house j did likewise. PREMIER ORDERS MADRID PUT UNDER MARTIAL LAW j MAIiRin. Jan. .Martial 'aw was proclaimed h're today by Pre mier Romanoncs. Political unrest in Spain l<>d to the' formation of a new cabinet oil I?e- j ceniber with M. Romanonea taking the portfolios of premier and min-i ister of toreign affairs. I LIEBKNECHT BERLIN, Jan. 17.?Via Copen hagen. Jan. 18.?Leaders of the in dependent socialists (who are allied with the Spartacans) claimed today to have proof that Karl Liebknecht wa3 deliberately murdered and that he did not attempt to escape. The newspaper Freiheit demands a general strike. DESPERADOES CONDUCTING CRIME CAMPAIGN UNDER COVER OF BERLIN REVOLT BERL.1V. Jan. IS.?Desperadoes and ex-convicts have ?V?r sdvafiVig-e of the Bpartacan revolt to cond?i6t a cam paign of robbing and plundering. Many persons, mostly innocent pedes trians, are killed or wounded every day. At least a dozen shootings, en tirely unrelated to the political upris ing. occur daily. While business is pra<ucally at a standstill, save lor small shops sell ing necessities, the public is becoming sccustomed to the spasmodic fighting. When shooting hegiDs the people dart Into doorways and peep out . appre hensively while soldiers hunt for the snipers. Then they go about their business as though nothing had hap pened. Berlin is fairly brirfllins with ma chine gun defenses. Government tones hold all strategic points and control the streets, bridges and tail way stations. Groups of soldiers are posted at every i-orner. Twelve per sons were reported to have been hilled anil forty wounded in yesterday's out break aL l_)usscldorf. LIEBKNECHT WAS RUSSIAN AGENT. IS BERLIN REPORT AMSTERDAM. Jan. IS.?Govern ment agents in Berlin have seized evidence to prove that Karl Lieb knecht was a. Russian agent, said a dispatch from Berlin today. The German minister of demobiliza tion. Iterr Nuske, has definitely broken the Spartacan uprising and all of the supporters have either lied or have been arrested REDS REFUSE TO DISARM; BERLIN IS IN UPROAR COPENHAGKN. .Ian IS. Lpioar has developed in Berlin us a result of the Reds" refusing to disarm, said a dispatch from that city today. The Soviet White Guard troops at Berlin had been ordered to seize (he arms held by the Spartacans, hut many of the latter refused to give them up. Prince** Put To Title. H R H Princess Patricia of Connuu^M firs' cousin of King George, favorite niece of King Edward, iclvc? up her royal ran': and privileges to marry an untitled naval officer II s i he icr'-alest romance of !h" (Treat W.ir It takes ? whiik p;ikc pro fusel)- illustrated, to till about it in ?iv magazine section of tomorrow's Sunday Times. 3c - at your newsdealer or delivered to your home?:!c?Advt JOBLESS M08, DUNG 300 [XSOLDIERS, IN BOSTON HOT BOSTON, Jan. 18.?Hundreds of unemployed, including 300 former chauffeurs of the army, stormed city hall here today in a huge demon stration against unemployment. Fearing violence, city officials called reserve police forces, who held the crowd in check. May Join Procession. Hundreds fell in line and marched, amid/shouts and cheer*, to city hall, where the presence of Mayor Peters was demanded. As the crowd marched down School street, soldiers and civilians fell Into line and when the throng reached city hall, nearly 1,000 had gathered. These men took the leading part In demanding "justice and fair olay." shouting to the crowd that they had j been discharged without warning to day. They also declared angrily that their places had been tilled by sol diers from Camp Meade. City officials then informed the | demonstrants that if they would ap point a committee. Mayor Pet-?r t would receive it. Representatives were appointed and went Into conI'?r civee with the mayor. | XKW YORK, Jan. IS.? Police de tectives today discovered in a pawn ! shop a wrist watch, believed to be | the one stolen from Mary Riddell. | seven years old, when she was slain within a tew steps of her hom? ' at Glen Morris. I?. I., last Wednesday | night. This discovery was considered | the most important clue so far. The j man who paw ned the watch is being j traced. Miss Iiiddcll. returning home from 1 work, was struck down, maltreated, and her body left hidden behind a bush in a vacant lot. The murder was very similar to three others com ( mitted recently Detectives believe I they ha\e to deal with a murderous mania-- or the most revolting; tvpe. MUST REDUCE A.E.F., IS WORD SENT FOCH American troops will be brought | home from France just as' last as pos i sthle. 'leneral Pershing lias been or edr'd t<> so inform General Forh. The American force will be reduced to a p.unt where only such forces i w ill be loit overseas as are required ; under American international obii^a ; tions. | Chief i>i Staff March made these I revelations today, declaring that the j heads of the various governments aie I now working out details of wnat I for<es shall be left behind. Tile re turn movement is elated t?? he as rapid i a ?< is compatible with tonnage avail ah!e. (Investigation Being Made By Officers From the Hague AMERONGEN, Holland, Jan. 18.?Guards about Count Bentinck's castle were tripled today, when it was reported that armed German Bolsheviki plotted to raid the place, seize the former Kaiser and Kaiserin, and cany them off to Germany for a secret trial and death like the | Czar's. An airplane has been observed reconnoitering over ; the castle. This greatly upset Wilhetm Hohenzollern and his wife. They demanded further protection from the Dutch. In addition to the kidnaping plot, Wilhebn fears ! a scheme to blow up the castle. Three officials from the American legation at The Hague are investigating the alleged attempt to kidnap the former Emperor, made recently by armed men in autorao j biles claiming to be Americans. . / ,v . \ \ 1DPKU TRUST WAR t I ? War profits And >11 fro* eminent J contracts to the Bethlehem Steel (Company -will be investigated by the i j War Labor Board. Joint Chairman j Taft announced today. Mr. Taft has asked the War and | Navy departments to supply the board with all war contracts with 'the steel company and these will be j considered before .lanuary 28. At j t this time the board's decision as to; I whether the company is not biding ! by the board's labor award as ' charged by employes, will be given. Investigation of contracts. Mr. i i Taft indicated, is to ascertain the j basis for t h?- company's charges that: under 'Jovernment contracts it was j not able to pay increased wages i awarded by the board. Mr. Taft .stated that he had already | had evidence showing that Acting j Secretary of War Crowcll had prom j ised the steel company additional | compensation for any contracts if it j were necessary to meet the labor board's a wa rd ? 'onsul John ft. Silltman is dead a. j Guadellara, Mexico, after two days' illness, the State Department was ad I vised today j Sillijnan was very active during the i days preceding the American expedi ' tion into Mexico and provided the J Government w ith valuable informu I tion constantly I HOMESOON A portion of the old First Separate Battalion of colored men in the Dis trict National Guards have been des ignated for early convoy to this coun try, the War Department officially j announced today. The announcement says that the] Second Battalion of the 372nd In-j fantry, 93rd Division, and the medical detachment of the 372nd Infantry) have been designated for priority by j General Pershing and will return | home within six weeks. Lieut. Ulysses R. Brown, former member of Company A. First Bat talion. .172nd Infantry, who has re turned home from France, told The limes today that the Second Bat talion includes about seventy five colored District soldiers. "When we arrived in France we' were reorganind." l.ieutenant Brown; said, "the greater part of the Dis trict troops were assigned to the First Battalion, while about seventy five men were reassigned to the Sec ond Battalion The medical detach ment in the 372nd Infantry is com- j pos>? d entirely of District colored sol- | dters. These men number about seventeen." These colored men are the first con tingent of District colored soldiers to b?- designated for early convoy, and thev will be the first colored contin gent to return home. Plans for welcoming these men are being formulated today by the gen eral committee in charge of the wel e< ine demonstration for the District b?v?. ..lajor Edward Webster, of the] new battalion of the District guards, recently formed, told The Times today that he thought a special celeb.-atlon w<>uU be K'ven by the colored people of Washington to these returning men. U ENGINEERS BACK AFTER STORMY TRIP ERil FRANCE One thousand engineer officer? and men who were recruited and trained at Washington Barracks and sent to Prance nine months ago, landed in Newport News on the U. S. S. Huron, according to a dispatch to The Times The dispatch says the con tingent contains a number of Walk injrton men, bat the exact number has not been learned. They are members of Companies I, P, and K, and a medical detach ment of tbe Fifty-sixth Fnjiassrs who Verc-trained in Waahingtoe bo fore taring fof overseas. ^ Demobilisation of the men wlH take place at Washington Barracks, Camp Lee, Camp Humphrey?, and Camp Meade Te Washington Barracks. One a roup of 21 officer* and T17 listed men will be sent to Washing ton Barracks. Another group of 11 officers and 373 men also will be eeet to the barracks to be demobilise*, according to the War Department. The three companies are compose* of men who were inducted into the service. Their personnel la made op of a number of technically trained men who were hefe when war broko out. r rmpur ?? aciim. According to word received from the point of debarkation today the only unit which got into actioa I'rance was F company. Use dis patch says that F company include* a number of Washington men. This company saw action with the British troops all the way from Calais to Amiens and sustained casualties. Tse duties of the men consisted la operating searchlights with antt-atr ctuft puns in defending the allied lite* apainst German bombers. Companies 1 and K, which were held in reserve, were stationed at Langres in the cone of advance, no' far from the actual fighting linea. Thes^ units were held in this position for finished training until the day the armistice was signed. Had lUajrk Trip. Th* engineer troops had a rough trip for the first few day accorlisfe to the story related by Capt. G. F. Young, of Tampa. Kla, battalion aoni mander. Lieut. J. VV. Clark. ad]utaa<. to Captain Young, paid tribute te the fifc.iting qualities of the wien of T company when the transport landed the men at Newport News this more - ing. A heavy storm which broke ever the Huron a few days after the ship sailed from France. The ship was struck by a 100 mile-an-hour gale while In the Bay of Biscay. On the second night oof tlie ship listed In the storm to an angle of 51 detrrees Feet ruder Water. The troops declared the lower deck was a foot under water at one time. Helmets, German uniforms, rooking utensils, and war souvenirs that th? troops were bringing back as memoirs of the war were swept overboard. One lifeboat was washed away, and (Continued on Page 2, Column fc.) Who Are Back - THE BOYS Another page of pictures of Washing ton boys back from service for # democracy overseas or in home camps In Tomorrow's SUNDAY TIMES Who Are Across A page map showing where all the boys now across are located. It shows where YOUR boy is