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jl'ontnued from First Paste > renditions of employment from the Internaticmal aspect: International ?leans necessary to secure common ?ction affecting conditions of employ Saent: recommendation for a per manent a*eni? to continue stich in quiry; and consideration and co-oper ation with and under the league of kations.*' ^ The transportation committee will ?"inquire In-o and report regarding an International regime for ports, water ways and railways." President Wilson, ir opening discus sion of the League of Nations, pointed out the necessity of Its establishment in reaching a peace settlement and ir. Maintaining peace. He said that America's advocacy of the league was *?t caused by fear of its safety, but was the result of humanitarian ideals. l-eaarve l? N'rmurj. The League of Nations seems neoes ?ary to me, both in reaching the con ctHloi of peace and preserving th?' ??ace of the world." he said. "Some questions are not susceptible to competent Judgment at present, buc aoasibiy may need readjustment In the C?turr We are not representatives of IWtramtni. but of peoples. It is not ^?Wlclaat to satisfy our governments" wa most satisfy mankind. "Thtre is no need to tell you how fae burden has fallen on the men. and children: how the burden J** fallen on the heart of humanity W*are called upon to prevent this ****** from falling upon them again ytww>nt? may be temporary, but '** actions of governments are per ? ??w?rs of destruction have not ?fi mmrh multiplied as they have gain ffcrtltties It Is essential that as well armed men. mu?. ?? harness by civilisation. It r. . . 'I*'* tha' America will be a: r7,, J!" than some oth?r ??**>* The arc >t of the United fnr the league of Nations. ?#refor- la not the result of fear. ,he pi wain If the peu'-e Is only one of ??,7?*" Sha wants JwtKg pcare for humanity. America war as an inter in _ European politics. " nTU!2 'or,'Jn*" of the world are now ??. th'" plain of SrLJ r^ Sm,l'fy th""- you rS!??h. .* W We re ' th* of nations as *he key atone of the entire structure we are XTufT?*- If ? retu? * wa wfu without its adoption. yjZSJT "#t with America 5. kit X democratic and has given ?? bore a mandate. Dare S?t ronprsni,, 'We dare not compromise on any patter, especially on this principle rf justice?that every people in the "?rid shan choose their own masters ? ?are here, in short, to see that the "*ire foundations of thij war are ?IJ nation, by forc7o?fc^,,on^ P**P>? have laid nes Th*nk ?<xJ these E&da w l" acc'?ted *r ?" treat Ere of 7* * ??? Prin rr e of the eagu* of natlona. and *,oad otr th*h<art ^u^h^re ? *** American aoldlers ""out here. I am responsible to them i must aacriflc. nothing of the ??pJ?cl*?,e* f?r which they fought." a' ^2* the President said LTPio i?1** ?s the worid tc peat to the surface at this hour. P tv- 7. tn,s nour." " de,nl "Peking at 0. and concluded at 3:27. Premier "Poke next. nothing is more necessary .h? th. "Don't move, Daddy? you look so funny" Daddy certainly does look funny peering over his reading glasses every time he wants to see objects more than a tew feet away. Thousands of men and women are in the same "lix They, too. wear glasses for near vision only THE INVISIBLE BIFOCALS com pine \tiAR and FAR vision in one len;. through the lov cr part you can read the smallest print; through the upper part vou can see distant objects with equal clearness. I heir surfaces are clear, smooth and even, which give ihem the appearance of being single-vision glasses. KR YPTOK.S (pronouncea Crip-tocks) render unnecessary the continual removing of your glasses?the over-top squinting?or fussing with two pairs. They keep your eves voung in looks as well as in usefulness. Dr. Raxon's Eye-Examination and Kryptok Glasses represent the utmost in optical service. (^gAXON una optical co. 913 Q St. N. W. International Court May Try German Generals I By Universal Service.) I'A HIS, Jan. "26.?Field Marshal von Hindenburg, General von Falkenhayn, and General Ludeudorff may $ bo tried bel'ore an international court of justice for ordering violations of international law if a provision made by the peace conference is carried out to the letter. A special committee will be directed, it was an nounced, to determine not only the responsibility of the authors of *the war, but also the responsibility for breaches of laws and customs in particular instances, the German general staff to be included in the inquiry. league of Nations, and I commend this , resolution." he said, "but I wart to ! mention that if the British have not given much time and attention to the I question of the league in the last te.vr ! years, it is because they have been absorbed in a desperate struggle." Lloyd George cited as strong argu ments the sights he viewed on his visit to the devastated regions, draw ing a graphic picture of the battle torn countryside and .the graves of I the dead. "These were the results of the only | method nations had contrived to set I tie disputes." he said, "and I thought, I "Surely, it is time to tind another 1 way.' " Premier Orlando next spoke in sup port of the resolution, saying: "We are only doing our duty and carrying out our sacred promises. On this great historical day the rights of the people are born." ( Senator Bourgeois, speaking for France, urged the adoption of the resolution. ? It was passed at 4:31 o'clock. When the Chinese delegate was rec cgnize<) to discuss the league. Premier Hughes otj Australia arose anl sharply asked if he could "assume there will be ^n opportunity to discus* the scheme when it is completed?" Premier Clemen oeau, speaking in English for the first time during the conference, said. "Cer tainly. there will be ample opportunity."* Itppre*ent?tl?n. An extended debate relative to rep resentation of the smaller nations on the various committees was opened by Belgium and Brazil. During the de bate Serbia Portugal, Greece. Rouma nia and Szecho-Slovakia claimed the right to representation, especially wanting delegates on the reparation committee. The conference adjourned at d p. ?n. Belgium made a protest today thtU she is being unfairly treated by the big five because she has nbt been con sulted sufficiently. The Belgians de manded places for two delegate* na the ^feague of "Nations committee, but 1 claim was afterward witfcdr&ym. INDORSEMENT OF LEAGUE REGARDED HERE AS GREAT VICTORY FOR PRESIDENT When the peace conference went on record yesterday for the establish ment of a league of nations as a part of the treaty of peace, it defeated the hopes of a group in the United States Senate, led by Senator Philander C. Knox, former Secretary of State, which desired postponement of the formation of an international leagu? until after the peace treaty had been signed. Administration Senators reg.arde'1 the action <of the peace conference as i a signal victory by President Wilson on behalf of the United States?the leading advocate among the nations "of the world for an international covenant to prevent future wars. I Senators of the Knox-Lodge group said yesterday that the decision of the peace conference wijl lead to long de- 1 ; lay in the signing of the peace with [ Germany. They only hoped now, they said, that the character of the league | decided upon would be such that the Senate could "ratify the peace treaty ! without surrendering some part of the sovereignty of the United States." j A large number of Senate members | who have not definitely made up their f nrtnds on whether a league of nations j is desirable found the resolutions j adopted today most unsatisfactory bacause of their generalizations. D**r Open to Ktmiif. The reference to admission into the leagfue of "every civilised nation which can be relied on to promote Its objects" was generally regarded as leaving the door open to Germany, should developments in the future j satisfy the peace commissioners that that nation will hold treaty obliga tions in higher regard than it has in 1 the past. | There is at present a resolution i before the Senate, of which Senator I Knox is the author, that seeks to have that body go on record as op posed to the formation of a league of nations bfefore the peace treaty Is signed. Senator Knox and Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, both were In New York last night attend ing the dinner of the Pennsylvania Society and could not be reached. It la expected, however, that pressure for the adoption of the resolution in its present form will now be dropped. "This means more delay in the aiming the peace treaty, and the apeedy conclusion of peace with our enemtea la the flrst duty of the peace conference/' Senator -.Lodge comment ed curtly. * Senator Lodge is opposed to the for mation of a league fcf nations, believ ing that the present alliance is pow erful enough to guarantee the peace for centuries to come. Senator Knox, on the other hand, believes that a league of nations might well be con sidered after the peace treaty is out of the way. MeKelIar*B Opinion. "The action means that the allies | are going to force Germany to come into the league of nations before agreeing to conclude peace with her," Senator McKellar confidently asaert ed. "Some way will be found to com pel her to become one of the nations that 'can be relied upon to promote Its objects.' This could not be done if the allies had waited until after the peace treaty were signed." Senator Borah of Idaho, one of the leading opponents of a league of na tions, found the Paris resolutions en tirely unsatisfactory. ? "The statements are still too gen eral to admit of any intelUgent-jcom ment,' he said. "I am unable to see that the reso lution accomplishes anything at all," Senator Johnson of California com mented. Senator Kenyon if Iowa said : "This does look like a step forward, but from the resolutions it Is Impossible to tell how long a step forward it is." "I am glad," Senator Pomerene of Ohio said, "that the peace commission ers have committed themselves to the creation of a League of Nations." I SOVIETS AGREE TO JOINT ! MEETING, PARIS HEARS I ! PARIS. Jan. 'J6.?The Humanit* ] published an unconfirmed report yce - j terday that the Russian Soviet gov I ernment had agreed to the principle I of the' joint meeting proposed by the ; associated powers. | The report said the Bolsheviki be , lieved the Princes Islands to bp to . ! j far from their seat of government, but ! | were ready to make this concession. ! j The Soviet government, it was said j has asked further confirmation of tin: t proposal, which was sent out by wire i less. I 1 i The Hunianite, a Socialist da'ly, w.is j I the first newspaper to publish Foreign ! I Minister Piohon's recent reply to the j (original British proposal for partial I precognition of the Soviets, in which | I I'ichon refused to consider such a J rr<,P?!,lt'on WILL FIGHT B&LSHEVIKI UNTIL LEADERS SURRENDER i j ? ? ? * Russian repubiiean forces will fight the Bolsheviki until the capitulation I of Trotzky and Lenine and their fol j lowers, official advices to the Itus j sian embassy from the Omsk govern j ment Indivate. j Six favorable developments are j mentioned as having given threat I strength to the anti-Bolsh< vik cause, as follows: Recognition of the Omsk govern ment by T'enekine in the r>on regions. General Janin's assignment to the Ural command. Agreement regarding relations be tween Janin. General Knox, and Ad miral KolchaU. United Statea-J.tpanese part to if. *lore Siberian railway service. Appointment of SazonofT on Omsl; ministry Prospe.-is of Immediate -e*tler,ent of Setnepoff ? ro?ibl? Views of the Peace Parley Building Washington Needs More Poltee, Says Major Pullman ? Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the ! seen from the quay; the lower, the "Clock Room," Quai d'Orsay, Paris, is the scene of the peace con- j where President Wilson and the delegates of the ference. The upper panel shows the building as I allied nations are in session. " ~~ " " " " / "The cowardly attacks on the three women in Northwest Washington again confronts us with the fact that the Police Department is in imperative need of more men," declared Major Raymond W. Pullman, Superintendent of Police, to The Times last night. "I do not say that even if our ranks had Keen filled, or had our force been larger, the attacks could have been prevented. But I believe a large, efficient force acts as a deterrent against crime. I believe in the familiar saying that 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.' "Our police force is efficient, but it has been sadly depleted since the outbreak of the war. Those of them now in the department hav^e worked in defatigably to capture the criminal who attacked the unprepared women. "Policemen have quit their jobs because the Police Department did not pay them enough. They found more lucrative pay in other fields. However, many of our men entered the military service. We are anxious to fill our ranks. Because of the pres ent scale of wages and the high standard of men we ask to join the force, we have been handicapped, as the type of patrolmen we desire becomes dis couraged when he finds the police pay so low. "The time has come when trained, conscien* tious patrolmen of the highest grade should be paid a salary of at least $5 per day. It ordinary guards around commercial and Government plants, without any qualifications whatsoever, find it easy to get $5 per day, why should not highly and care fully selected members of the city portfe"force be paid at least $5 a day? * ? " "Washington is the Nation's Capital, and the force of policemen should be large. While Wash ington is not a big manufacturing city, it is a large commercial one. The police department is called upon to do a great deal of work for the Federal Government, and it takes a high type of man to do police work in Washington, whose population is daily on the increase. "I am glad that some of the Congressmen are to investigate whether Washington needs more policemen. I feel it willTje shown that the city needs more policemen and that the only way we can maintain a complete force is to pay the mem bers of the force larger salaries than they now receive." Major Pullman said there would be no increase in the amount of reward offered for the arrest of tie culprit. i "1 am pleased at the co-operation of the citi zens of the District in giving the Department a lift in its efforts to capture the perpetrator of the assaults on the women. Hundreds of persons have come to aid the department, and I have not heard one of them mention that he expected any reward for information or the capture of the man. "We are preparing for the worsl?taking every precaution, and hoping momentarily for the cap ture of the criminal." A.<MK\ Il.K. X ( Jan. 'Jii.?I >aniel IK. coyne, retired eapitalist >f Wil mincrton, I?<?!.. formerly an oflleial of | the duPont Powder Company, if dying I ir. the Mission Hospital here from a ! wound beiievrd to have been selt ! inllieted. Coyne, who lives in the magnificent | home of former itovf-rtior Locke iVaifJ. in Grove Park, was found lying on the I ground near his g-ira?r?. y sterday aftcv I noon with a wound in the ehest and a i pistol from whieh a iiu'lei had been | lired, nearbv The family refused to ! a statement. and there were ro i witness*-? lo tie- .>hOdlin?- No caifc-? is assigned is to why he would attemrt | suicide. 'AMBASSADOR FRANCIS TO RETURN HOME SOON Atnba.H*a(i >r Francis of Russia, re cently ill. proposes to r? turn home soon. Ho i.s n??w in London and will stop in Pari.v ?? n route. <*on>ol Murphy, i^rrntlv or' Sofln, i^' Ml of pneumonia at S?i 1 c?r?ik i i Sing Sing Death House Barber For 20 Years Surrenders His Chair \ I: U VOliK, .Ian. Menry Oorsch, lifty-Iivo. death house barber in Sinn' Sinn, finished a twenty years' sentence yesterday Molineux. I >r. Arthur W. Wait<?, Ill a quarrel with his wife in their Brooklyn home he shot anil killed her. He tried tik commit suicide but failed. Hf was sen tenced to life imprisonment bt<l under a law passed later his term was changed so that it provided for a minimum of t'veuty yea^s. Some inmaUs of the death house 1 to whom ho was barber were Tlbert T. Patrick. Roland R. Molineoux, 1 >r. Arthur W. Waite. Charles Meckel, and Joseph Cohen. NEW FEDERAL BUILDINGS ARE SUGGESTED IN BILLS Mill.- providing for new ledera l.uildm^s <.i enlargement of existing building* in the following places wen J int roduced In the House yesterday San Antonio, Tex.; Kingsville. Tex. ! Alzan, Tev.; <'lay ton, N. M ; Monroe Ma.; llillsboro. Ohio; Gardner. Mass. i t?out libridge. Mass.; I.emostnr. Mass. I Norton. Kan.; 'Jreetlfield. Ohio, an' ? I'ioeville. Ky. U. S. AGENI SHOOTS ! 6-NOTCH GUNMAN j ! ASHE VILE. X. C.. Jan. 20.?With Jim Uose. an outlaw. bushwhacker, an<J noted bad man of the mountains, dying in the county jail at Murphy, I Cherokee county. S. Glenn Young, De partment of Justice agent, who with posses surrounded Rose and gang Friday, returned here tonight, prepar ing to .?tart again tomorrow to get the Crawleys, Georgia murderers, bc j lieved to be in the mountains. Young brought in Hose's Spring : field army rifle, which has si* notches cut in it Rose was overpow ered by the officers after he hai j been shot by Young at the cabin ol Ins gang in the heart of the Blue Ridge, seventy-five miles from here Voting believes the Crawleys anc 1 j Stewart are with the Rose gang, anc : he proposes to get them. COL SLAUGHTER. TEXAS MULTI-MILLIONAIRE. DIES j DARL.AS, Tex.. Jan. 26.?Col. C C I Slaughter, multi-millionaire pioneei : | Texas cattleman, reputed to be on< ;! of the largest individual land owner: I in the ("nited State*, died at his hom< ' indav MESS STRANGER MAY BE MADMAN tCononued from First Pa*? ) .o lead into Virginia They frill cover I svery probable route taken by the hat ess stranger. Notice ha* been sent to half a lozen Virginia and Maryland towns to ?e on the lookout for a man who may t>e seeking to purchase a hat or cap t.nd who answers the description fur nished by the three Washington vie-| tlms. Falls Church residents who saw the stranger Friday mprnlng said ther had never seen him before In that town. The stranger was described as being of medium build, fairly well dressed, and having ths appearance of a clerk. May Have Walk**. It Is pointed oat that th% stranger could easily have walked from Wash ington to Falls Church between the ttme he was last heard of here?i ll a. m.?and the hpyr at which he was seen. In the Virgin^ town, about 11 o'clock.* * - ' Washington was ? like an armed camp last night. More, than 800* policemen, detec tives. soldiers a(M Home Defense League members patrolled the streets with rifles and automatics. Hundreds of persons returning to their homes early today were .ac costed and questioned. Each had to give a satisfactory account of him self. This is one of the moves of the police in their efforts to apprehend j the "mad man of the northwest," should he still be in the city. Nab ktrt ef Saapertft. Nearly a score of suspects havej been taken to police headquarters and examined. Two of tl?em proved patients escaped from the Govern ment Hospital for the Insane. The others could not be connected in any way with the series of early morning crimes. A man who acted "queerly" on a Washington, Baltimore* Annapolis electric car was arrested in Balti more yesterday afternoon. It devel oped that he was an employe at the shipyards here and had no connec tion with the crimes. He was re leased. While the police are awake to the possibility of another outbreak of the mademan, who is apparently keeping under cover, some persons hold to the opinion that the man being sought la not a dangerous maniac, but a de generate of a low moral type, who went on a rampage to accomplish the aims of an abnormal brain. Seek Bseaped Pattest^ Orders were flashed last night to all police, detectives and volunteer patrols to look out for Edwin Kaiser, who escaped from the Government Hospital for the Insane some time last Monday. According to hospital authorities, Kaiser is thirty years of age. Ave fset and nine inches in height, has black hair, blue eyes, a high forehead, and when last seen was wearing a gray suit, a black overcoat, and tan shoes. He Is said to weigh 152 pounds. Kaiser has been confined to the hos pital for slight mental disorders. James Trotskey, another escaped patient, who, was one time thought a possible suspect, has been captured and returned to the hospitsl for ths insane. Vletlst's Mother Arrives. Mrs. Mary A Hood, mother of Miss Lillian Hood, the vadman's second victim, arrived in Washington last night after a thlrty-one-hour ride, and went to Emergency Hospital, where she kept an all-night vigil by her daughter's bedside. Today Miss Hood is being taken care of by her niece. Miss Mattie A Moore, also of Brownsville, Tenn., as employe of . the War Risk Insurance Bureau, who lives at 908 Eye streei northwest. Miss Moore met her al Union Station and both went in a taxi to the hospital. None but the mothei was allowed in the ward last night. Mrs. Hood has been provided with a room at 926 I street, which, by s strange coincidence, houses five othei girls from Brownsville, Tenn., a little town of not quite 3,000 souls aboul fifty miles east of Memphis. Unlike the other two houses visited by the madman, at Miss O'Keefe'j boarding house, 1337 L street, no par ticular precautions were taken tc guard against another visit from th? midnight marauder. The front doon of the two houses at 1337 and 133S were left unlocked as ususl for room ers returning late and most of th? windows were opened to allow fresh air in the sleeping rooms. Doesn't 1'ear Sreend Visit. "Lightning never strikes twice In the same place," said Miss O'Keefe, pro prietress of the rooming house, "and after the battle that brave girl gave him. I don't think he will ever come back here. "Of course, that doesn't mean that some other desperado may not try the same thing at some future time, ar.d I am going to take immediate steps to guard against It. I may have all of the exposed windows barred, tut I think the best plan is to get a bulldog and let him have the run of the house at night. "It is out of the question to keep the windows shut and locked whm the weather gets warm, and it is n very unhealthy thing to do now in sleeping rooms." At b?>th 1312 Connecticut avenue an?: ?d whan the room?r? rtflt(4 for tl*e light. . l/l j AAAA . so mwt ihnnm iw?m. "There wl!l arMr ka Uofliir low or dior wl?A*4 Ik tlrta hoan irhile I am living," mI4 Mim Martha j?U*n, of 1812 CoWMCtlcM avenue, liater of the first victim of the mad man. In ipeaklM of the precaution* the ia now taking to avoid another sntry of her home. "We hare left the ioum practically wide open for ysara, Lnd never before hav* we had a sus picion of anyone, entering. But they will never do It again." At lftll L street It was atated that Miaa Fowler, the intruder's third and last victim, who was only choked, and was able to go to her work as usual, had retired early and locked herself ? aer room. ANOTHER WOMAN ATTACKED IN HOME Another Washington woman was attacked In her home last night by a strange man, who fled after chok ing her and knocking*her down. The attack was similar In some re spects to the attacks on three women In their homes it the northwest earl> Friday morning. Investigation by the police indicate* that the man who attacked the wom an last night ia not the same man who Invaded three homes Friday morals* and shot two women and choked a third as they lay asleep The attack last night was mads aa Mrs. Louise Krouse, of did M street northwest, approximately tea blocks from the scene of the Friday morning crimes and only about two blocks t from the Second precinct police sta tion. Auwwers Hue eh at Dmf. Mrs. Krouse heard a knock at the front door of her hope and answered * the summons. As aha o^fened the door she faced a large colored man. Be fore Mrs. Krouse could close the door the man seised her by the throat and choked her. Mr*. Krouse struggled and screamed and then the negro dealt her a biovr with his list, knocking her down. A< Mrs. Krouse cried for help the men turned and fled, running down M street to an alley, into which he dis appeared. The neighborhood was ia confusion in a few seconds and hurry calls were sent to the police. Detective Sergeant Armstrong was detailed from headquarters to take charge of the cane. and a number of policemen were sent from the Second precinct station. Antbalasee Is Called. A hurry call to Emergency Hospital brought an ambulance, but the phy sician did not believe It neceeaary to remov{ Mrs. Krouaa to the hos pital. Finger prints on the woman's throat ehowed where the man's hands had choked her. Mrs. Krouse also had a alight abrasion of the scalp, caused when she wss struck. The aaaailant was described by Mra. Krouse as "very large and very black." Mra Krouse said ha wora a. mustache, but she was so hysterica! she could not give a detailed descrip tion of him. The police say the de scription is not similar to the descrip tion of the desperado who attacked three women Friday. TWO y7m. c. a. workers DIE WHILE OVERSEAS NEW YORK. Jan. 2d.?The death of two Y. M. C. A. war workers over seas is announced in cablegrams re ceived by the War Work Council here. Harry L. Richardson, thirty-f-cvan. former circulation manager of an Elmira (N. Y.) newspaper, died in Florence, Italy, of Spanish fever, ant* the Rev. William H. Howe, of Citro nelle, Ala., died of pneumonia in a French camp hospital. MARCH MAKES SILVER CHEVRON COMPULSORY Clearing away any lingering doufe as to War Department Intention*, ! General March yesterday issued an order making wearing of the sllve chevron for home service compulsory. LABOR CONCILIATORS AMK.M51J. The Department of Labor concilia tors were yesterday assigned to con troversies in the United Alloyed Stee! Company, Canton, Ohio; the Magi* Steel Company. Seyserts. Pa., and th< Standard Steel Car Company, Ham mond. Ind. BU&NSTtNFS diamonds; \ \ \ i 7 / / / ^ And Other Precious Stoop*>? ^ Funasked ?no W diamond <;xpcpts ^.j * 361 PENNA. AVE. . PHox mm uu I 6?M. 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