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,* jfi -i '.', if. 5.K'.'* \t SK'"©"*: wmt :mr EVENING E IT I O N ••''•"p- I1**.1 List Will Be Handed To Ger nian Representative At Paris :This Afternoon Contains Names Of Several Other Former Officers Of Germany. Paris, Feb. 3.—The list ol Germans accused by the. ailifes of war crimes and-!whose extradition is.to be de nutated, is headed by former Crown Prince Frederick' WiHiam and several other sons of the former- German em peror. The.' llst\ will be handed to Baron Kurt von Ufersner, th& German representative here, this afternoon.: Included in the list are: Dr. Theo bald von 'Bethmann-Hollweg, former German Imperial chancellor Field Marshal von Hindenburg General Erich Ludendprlf, formerly first quar termaster general: Field Marshal von Maokensen Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavariaf' the Duke of Wurttem berg, and at number of other princes and titled officers. REvoiimor BREAKS AGAIN INHONIMffiAS Revolutionists Reported to Have {Suffered Heavy :-v 'v. losses. ". ,' Managua,, Nicaragua, Feb. 3.—• There has been a fresh revolutionary outbreak in Honduras, according to advices received today. The .revolu tionists, who are head by Don Alber to Membreno, former vicfe' president of Honduras, and Dr.' Naxarlo Sori ano, baVe 'suffered a heavy defeat by government forces and ^aw are retir ing toward the Nicaragiian frontier. :kv. "-i&gf.yr"..y.'i<••• 1 'fl: National IsBiieji "Decidi^d" 4 Without. i%ought-i^£ IH Ki Washington, Feb. 3—Described as the Jazz branch of the tfeal law mak ing body, '"the Jit£le /conKress," com posed of secretaries and iclerks of representatives and senators, has' been,, formally organized and now is "deeming" national issues without thought, apparently, as to how it mighf' affect the^ elections next fail. Atj its first. meeting the little, con-, gress took the heart out of some of its leaders ,by voting down a bill of fered by Rhode Island member pro viding for-nine, per .cent beer. Com pulsory military training was defeat ed b'y a-decisive vote, but the anti strike provision of the railroad bill stood up'- by a narrow margin. The question of freedom for. Ireland will be settled i. Saturday flight Ned Baldwin, Republican, of Ore gon, cleric fof the house committee on' public lands, Was elected speaker.' PRESIDENT MUCH" IMPROVED, SAYS DOCTOR GRAYSON vhis s:,f'v»i .« v. iMN V. ....,^_i .. 4kfi T' Washington, Feb. .3.—President Wilson contracted a cold several days i||M|?C WTI TIVI? ago and Bad a narrow escape from HU'W Ih" U1» Ei influenza, physiclal. Rear Ad miral Giiayspn. said today Every ,'f 's precaUtlonl is now being, taken to pro-4 te'ct the president. Dr. Grayson s£jd,' preoautlot) is now being, taken to. pro tfjd and no person with even the sus' plcion of-'fi cold is permitted- jto enter his- room. Dr. Grayson said' the president was. steadily, though slowly, improving and is, allowed now to walk about the econd floor of the White House uh assisted. Washlngtoii,' .Feb. 3.—President Wilson, in not likely to leave Washing ton for spme time, his physician, Rear Admirals Grayson, intimated today. \yith' the president steadily improv ing, Dr. Grayson said he thought it would .be unwise to change his course of treatment. Every possible precaution to pre vent t$e president contracting influ enza is being taken, Dr. Grayson said, no one shotting any signs of a cold being allowed to go into, the presi dent's. room. "His improvement from week (to weeic iB notIceable,"v Dr. dfajrson said. "He ls allowed ,to walk from room to roo^on the second'floor with the aid of hits' cane, but so far h4s not been permitted to Venture below stairs out of his wheel' ch^lr." icdmpulsoi 10 proviB Pltfys For Consolidation of -:y% Railroads Eliminated From r" Washlni a Nf -v. 'n-pi' 1 "'. "m TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS —, ——, Douglas, A|"iz.—Lieutenants G. I* Usher and I* M. Wolf, aviators, fly ing from El Paso to Nogales, Ariz., made a forced landing near Nacozari, Sonora, and are. reported held by Mexican authorities. P-anama—San Bias Indians attack ed Panama police fend residents at Porvenlr, Killing 17 persons and wouiiding many others. Paris Georges Carpentier will leave France Ahbrtly for the United States, SC. Descamps, his manager/ announced. Paris —r Georges Clegnenceau.1 for mer premier, left on a trip to Egypt. New Tork—Complaints in a half million dollar diamagra suit were served' by the New" Tork American League, club against B. Bancroft Johnson president of' the American league. Budapest The Hungarian peace delegation, has decdded to. leave for Paris on February 10. Peoria-—Tommy Gibbons outpoint ed George "Knockout" Brown in ten rounds. 1 Newark—-G-ene Tunney knocked out A1 Roberts in the eighth round. Dayton—Don Curley won vthe de cision over -Mike 0'L«eary in twelve I rounds. SAYS ALLIANCE WITH SOVIETS Premier of Azerbaijan De clares Such Rumors are "Loose Talk." Baku, Trans-Caucasia, Jan. 5.— Reports current throughout the Mos -lem world that the little republic of Azerbaijan would welcome an alli ance with the "Soviet government .of. 'Russia against the Allied powers/are denied by Nasibek Ousubbekdff, pre mier ^of the Republic. He cl terjzed f^^h rumors 1 and palace lit Arabic:'' .wgnvi hung with g»6rgeo*utf t^peiatrifis and calculiated to stir t|he envy of dWt eVery.one. It-, is owned by Gami. F^inal, one of'the city's millio?ULir&j, in^o' rose /from poverty to the pein tion of the moat prosperous cl«ui manufacturer of Baku. Baku, a fine, modern' city, on the shore of th6 Caspian sea, and almost surrounded by a forest. of oil der ricks, tanlu and refineries, has been for many 'days the objective of the Associated Press correspondent, who has traveled through Asia Minor and atfroaa Armenia. Everywhere south of the Caucasus .Mountains the word "Tartar" was used as a synonym for Restlessness and savagery, yet' once in Azerbaijan the correspond ent's automobile was passed along in kindly fashion by dignified native soldiers, over whose outposts flew the white, red and green banner of the new republic, which was. some times surmounted by a flag bearing a white crescent and a red star. Of ^medium stature, with a short moustache and yrith gray hair Clipped closely, the premier looked like the average business man of any country. He said: "We are just as anxious as the Al lies to see civilization triumph. IJie republics of Azerbaijan, Daglhestan and Georgia have made common cause against General Denlklne, not because we are in favor of Bolshe vism, but because we want to main tain our independence as free states against the old regime of Russia." GOVERNMENT IDEA OF WAGE DEMAND Washington,' Feb. 3.—Director General Hines late ..today will declare the attitude of the government on the wage demands -of the two million railfoad employes presented last July,, The announcement .will be made at'- a conference with officers of the brotherhoods and other railroad unions. As'government'coiatrol of railroads ends on March 1, Mr. Hines' answer is expected. tb be final as far as the government Is concerned. No intima tion was given by officials as to' the content-of the director general's re ply. Action on the railroad men's re quest has been deferred to' await the outcome of-,, (he government's cam paign against the high cost of living. -i'ltJBj WEATuucb. Mofth Dskota Fair and wann er tonight and Wednesday. Minnesota—Blair tonight Wednesday rising tcnipeiature Wednesday and in ciuuub won portion (oolAt v: a CongretyToday Cuoamjiis anammeM. {Id «ddltloaj tha cohaoliSation^|irMrWons ot the Bseli Hfor lntsjrstiLto coraAeiras conunisslon tloh be uSt :ai: gensmi tm-'-eon|«reea' "alM.'''''an S"'M. y- DAKOTA'S U. S, AVIATORS Technically AiTest4d in Mexico When Forced* to Make ladin g. Ei Paso. Tezas., Feb. 3.—Word was awaited today, concerning XJeutenanta G. L. usher and I* M. Wolf, Ameri can army aviators, stationed at Fort Bliss, who were, captured yesterday by Mexican soldiers near Nacozari, Sonora,'Mexico, find taken,to' Nacoza* ri- technically under Arrest. The Americans, "on a flight from Fort Bliss to Nogales', Arte., became lost yesterday and were 16 kilometers south of Nacozari, when'engine trou ble necessitated a forced lanftng Major General Robert H. Howse, ccmmander of ESI -Paso district, said he anticipated no difficulty in obtain ing the release of the aviators. yi: Mining Engineer Says His System is Above That Of Carranza. Washington, Feb. 3. Because Francisco Villa "reserves all rights to robbery and looting for himself," his operations are looked on with favor by the population, the senate commit tee, investigating the Mexican situation was told today by Henry EL Knox, a New York mining engineer. Mr. Knox said he had had twenty: years' ex perience in Mexico. "Villa establishes a certain rough Justice," Mr. Knox said. "Whenever he ,gj)uhs control of an area.'he re presses all looting* robbery and drunk enness. His first act is to close the saloons. "No one else is allowed tp rob, and Villa contents himself with making a levy on classes of-the population able to pay, saying that the money is to go to .his 'cause,',and giving a re ceipt The: levyr stands for a certain period." "How does Jthat compare with the Carranza government's methods" he was asked, "Well, TTilla's system has a certain finality about it. During the period for .which his levy is made, no more •demands are. formulated. The Car ranza government makes its levy to- .. f&r the outlaw leader^ ihv witnetts said* are captured from (M rah** government suntoly trains, smuggled across thwlmler. ,• 2• TOBUltiDMOREROADS. Spokane,: V?ash.,.. Feb. 3.—Bight, counties of the Inland .Empire hav& arranged to build approximately 3 JO miles of permanent highway this yiiir' and the work calls for an approxi mate expenditure of- t2,37S,000. Five of the counties are in Washington and three are in Idaho. The Idaho countibs, are -Bonner, Boundary and Kootenai, which will build a totkl of 130 miles of road. The "Washington counties are. Whitman, Adams, Doug las, Spokane and Lincoln. CHIXiDREjr GO HO ITAIiY. "Vienna, Jan. 10.—(Mall)—^Ten thousand Austrian children are now going to Italy as guests of various municipalities. They will remain for the winter. Many 'thousands more are in Switzerland, Germany, Holland and the Scandinavian countries* -r i\ •shfei? IPf ,r?: INRUENZA REPORTS FROHMANYPOINTS Conniellsvill*, Pa.—Thousand* \ot employs* otf the C/ Frick Coke company and their famlliefl are to be ihoculated against influenza and pneiitnoAU.: Already five of the com pany*s doctor« are at work, ahd arc meeting with gratifying succeM. ^Omcials of the .company'' hops through ino'ciilatlbh to prevent the slowing do^rn of production, which they feel would''follow an epidemic. Moorhead, Minn,—Inflqenxa 1» spreading' in the rural districts of Clay county, according .to'reports re-' oeived here today. The condition in some localities is described as ser ious because of the inability of those ,«triclflnt ,with the malady to obtain nurs^|. 'In -Mborhead the epidemic is al^Upg, with fewer cases reported. Bimxarck^N. D.—Elmer Brickson, .32 yeain ol#'of Huff, diej^here today of influea*«i The man ^as unmarried and had^nO'^^relatiyefi in this country. 'One othpr .death of this .disease has been reported in Bismarck this win ter. Ths, case was also that of an out of-jtpjwtt resident: Dr. C. E. Stackhouse, city health commissioner, announced today there were 50 cases of influenza in the city, an. increase of twelve within 24 hours. Public dances have been banned' as a precautionary: measure. Mexico City.—Influenza has reap peared in .epidemic form in Mexico for the first time since its devastating sweep in 1918: Many cases have been reported in this city and sixty sol diers have been found ill with ,the malady..... Reports .state the influenza has appeared iniths states of Chihua hua, Coahuila and 'Nuevo Leon, along the United States frontier. Chcago.—The number of influenza 'and pneumonia cases took a sharp upward spurt today. Deaths from the two diseases reached 195, only six less than the heaviest day's toll at the height of the epidemic. Jamestown, N. D.—Seventeen cases of influenza were reported in Jamestown during the 24 hour period ending at noon today, making a total. a# 1 A3 Asaoa rAnnrfoil alnno' ftiA ilfa. of 163 cases reported since' the dis ease started here. One death has ocjr curred here. Fond du Lac, Wis—A ban has been placed on public gatherings as a- pre caution against further spread of the influenza epidemic here.- All dances, basketball games and other public gatherings are prohibited. REVOUmliSTS *lHedTi Washington, Feb. 3.—Revolution ists^'have entered Vladivostok and are in charge of the' town, the war do Radtment was advised today by Major General Graves, commanding the Jtanei-ican expeditionary forces in General Graves'' message, dated. JailitlMrV 31, said the crowds ih the city were.fjrderly and that the Allied forces'were patrolling the streets to protect innocent people and to ,pre yeAt-looting. CAliliS DEM.1 MEESnDiG. Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. '3.—B. B. Bailey, chairman, of the Democratic state central committee, today called a meeting of the executive committee The Ex-Kaiser—"Be Careful! That's How I Got Mine" 1T_ mmm mssn to meet in St. Paul February 17. Ar- excise tax was raised by the railroad rangements for the Democratic state administration, according to the at convention win be completed at the tbrney general's office. The case was meeting^ Mr.' Bailey said. argued in St. Louis on December 17. IH NEWSPAPER OF GOLD FOR mk Miff 'i'W'i Jf-'f ii Bdieved Mopey Will be Used For Stabilizing Exchange, New Tork, Feb. 3*.—Gold coin valued at approximately 10,000,opo will be shipped to South America be ginning today. Most of the metal is consigned to banks In Argentina. Gold shipments to South America during the last two months have ex ceeded $10,000,000. in 1919, gold valued at'|56,S60,000 was shipped to Argentina alone. .. Present shipments are believed to be for the purpose of stabilizing ex change.- Exchange on Argentina is now quoted at 1.0220 Argentine gold pesos per one American dollar as against^ par of 1.0365 pesos. Ambassadors Approve Note To Be Sent The German Government Paris, Feb. 3.—The draft of the note to be sent tO'C^srmanv with'the list of persons whose extradition is to be demanded by the Allies, was approved toy the council of ambassa dors. today. The note -and the list will, be handed over at once to the German representatives here. It was decided by the council that neither the note nor the list should be made public here. The council also discussed the re ply to Holland regarding the sur render of former Emperor 'William to the Allies, which Holland refused in her recent answer to the Allied demand. The terms of the proposed Allied response were considered at length and will be further taken up The request of Poland for arms and supplies was under consideration for some time by the council. KING'S VISIT MAY HELP GET TRADE Madrid, Monday, Feb. 2.—King Alfonso's projected visit to Latin-1 America, according to El Dia, organ of the Liberal party, should be the best means of winning for Spain the trade of South America. During many years, other nations who are opposed to contracting al liances with Spanish-speaking coun tries have intervened and by their propaganda prevented Spain getting her share of South American trade, the newspaper says. "They-' have piroflted by Spain's domestic troubles, but, despite'' this, the Spanish race win in the end. With aji our faults. Spain *n4 South Ameriaa alto much 'a ottuer countries. _.THe trip, of? Wftg'wlll be"*hS 4eglnttbSJf o^* „. ..^deration of. SpanisH^speaUng edjHe}»—with a population of one hundred millions—which can 'ulti mately' dictate world policies. This trip mould not be delayed, as it means the triumph of the Spanish race." Tax Case To Come Up In April Bismarck, X. D., Feb. 3.—Hearing on North Dakota's excise tax on stocks and bonds will be held in the United States supreme court on April 1Z, according to advices received at t.h'e* state attorney general's office. The date is the same as that on which a' case testing the state's in dustrial laws is scheduled to be heard _in the suprem*e court. A question as to the validity of the By MORRIS »3STr Fort Yates hdMp To Push 400 Ancient Claims For Ponies Fort Yates, N. D.. feb., a.— Edward Yaung Eagle, chairman of the oommittec on claims of the Standing Rode Indian reser vation, has received affidavit* to support approximately 400 "pony claims." The papers, dating as far back as 1880, concern ani mals said to have been confis cated by the United States army from Indians in Montana, par ticularly at Poplar, Miles City and Ft Buford. Horses and fire arms, it was claimed, were tak en over by the military authori ties. WARDEN OF N.D. PENITENTIARY HAS RESIGNED Board of Administration /Has Accepted Leaves Office March 1. Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 3.—The res ignation of Charles McDonald as warden of the sta.te penitentiasy, was announced here last night. It has been accepted by the board of administration, effective on March 1 next McDonald has served as war den for' the past year. His successor has not been announced. TWO VESSELS ARE SEIZED BY D^ANNUNZIO Were Loaded With Food and Munitions For Ital ian Naval Forces. nitlons and foodstuffs for the /Italian naval forces. The vessels were brought into Flume yesterday. 400 Bonos Checks May Be Mailed From St Paul Daring Day St Paul, Minn.. Feb. 3-—The first 400 checks, aggregating $120,000, to pay- soldiers' bonuses from* the 'J20, 000,000 state fund, will be mailed late today or to-morrow from the capitol, according to official an nouncement. Envelopes containing the first bonus checks were being held awaiting confirmation from the east by St. Paul banks which pur chased the first Wg issue of $7, 500,000 of bonus certificates of in debtedness. This confirmation was expected hourly today and was to be followed by the mailing of the first lot of checks. "We expect notice any minute from the banks that the money is available, and then the bonus pay ments will start," said Henry Rines, state treasurer, and a bonus board member. Toward speeding up issuance of bonus checks, W. F. Rhinow, adju tant general, and bonus board chair man, today appointed Frank R. Cullen of Minneapolis his special deputy authorized to approve bonus claims. Major W. A. Curtis, who has been performing that duty for General Rhinow, will 'continue as ex ecutive in the 'bonus administration. Defense To Call In 1 Witnesses In Trial Of Socialists Today observed changing conditions in Rus- E:N\I* E IT ION lJ ... With this as an impelling reason. Alban, N. Y.f Pel). 3.T*Wiin tn6 the secretary said he disftpprovod of prosecution resuming today presents- the disparity between honors to men tion of its case and requiring at least. ashore and afloat as recommended three days to put in all its evidence by the Knight hoard and according of alleged disloyalty, counsel for. the ly reduced or eliminated a number iive suspended socialist aSsemblymen, of awards for shore service it has been learned, win call in de- Should Receive fense witnesses who pereonaly have a IsMWt *-jjjkLlLJik' •:.''. y-'•'••••- ,, Goes Into Detail ln Explain? ing Changes Madeln Con ferring Decorations Gives Two Reasons For Differ ences BetWeen His Views And Those Of Washington. 'Kb. 3.—Personal, dif ferences developing between R^sr Admiral William S. Sims and Ad miral Henry B. Wilson, former com mander of American naval forces off the French coast, .were followed by the omission of Admiral Wilson's name from the list of officers recom mended for medals by'Admiral- Stans, the senate committed investigating naval decorations, was told today by Secretary Daniels. "While Admiral Sims recommend ed young officers who served well in minor posts for distinguished service medals and other flag officers under his command for the same honor," said Mr. Daniels, he omitted that distinguished admiral who command ed all American naval forces'off the French coast,1 Rear Admiral Wilson, now commander-in-chief of the At 'antic fleet. "When the history of the war is written. Admiral' Wilson's service wfll stand as high as that of •Sims, Mayo, Benson or Rodman." When it was decided to appoint Admiral Wilson commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet. Secretary Dan iels said. Admiral Sims wrote a let ter of protect, characterizing the contemplated appointirienf as a "very grave mistake, indeed."' The letter called Secretary Daniels' attention to the "trouble Aidmlral Wilson gave me in the discharge of my duties" "I attempted to correct it by pier sonal letters," Admiral Sims' letter said. "Admiral Wilson criticized not only this organization 'but me/per sonally, Including the most' destruct ive of all criticisms, the impugning of. motives." Washington, Feb. -Taking up the contentions of Rear Admiral Wil liam S. Sims in the matter, of naval medal awards point by point Secre tary Daniels, in his appearance to day before the senate investigating subcommittee, took direct and em phatic issue with fhe admiral. Flanked by voluminous records from the navy department,/ the secretary went into detail Jin explaining changes he made in^conferring dec orations as recommeftded by the com manding officers of .jthe navy and by the. Knight board ot medal- awards The naval secretary outlined to the committee the two yhifif between his views ana''{lie vlijiwl-^eid by, Admiral Sims in the awarding of medals. These were a 'v*riU$6$ -as to the importance of SeHrtee 5 «t —^Ffl«*ef-Feb. 3.^- abrielewi'AnnuTr zl(^i,Italian Insurgent leader at FiUine, haii Seized'the torpedo boat Orsini and the auxiliary ship Citta. di Roma compared with service on shore and bound from Ancona to Pola with mu- differences on the* question of whether a distinguished service med al should be awarded under any cir cumstances to a commander of a ship sunk or a»riou41£ ~1 Mfr. MpS- vdapised ln support of hi8 a a a a While the defense would not name ceive recognition even though the these witnesses, it Was said they were -ship was unahlje to. combat the sub persons who had seen the' downfall marine. Secretary Daniels cited nu of the Romanoffs, the rise and fall of merous examples in American navat the Kerensky government and. intro duction of the Lenine—Trotzky regime. Their testimony, following an effort by counsel for the assembly judiciary committee to link the so cialists of America with the Bolche vikl of Russia, will be introduced in an attempt to show that conditions in true naval leadership. The eni RNmHS i-kavtik Kami mU'wattsaaaMfa^, nil I .• Russia^ have been misrepresented and that .the 'present rulers are not so bad as'.they have been planted, ifel SOCMEN FOUND DEAD IN ROOM IN A NEWARK HOTEL Newark, N. Jm Feb. «x men were found dead .of gas poieonlnlr In ,a small hotel hern today. All of them had been^aleeping la oAe ro&m, ljiwute one bed, tiro ln anothef 8t.,Paal, Xinn., .Veiik t. RurhquWt tfcday, hl« temperature Jitl by eT»my' submarines or-nriinea. 81ms Sbonsed-ddbaity. Asserting that Admirar,flints while on shore duty both in^we' Spaniel American and worldT'' war "demon strated ability of a hifrh} order," Sec retary Daniels said "the position .of Hear Admiral Sims ih placing shore duty above sea duty in.'the "danger zone, is, no doubt, influenced by his ,own record." Figures were present ed by Mr Daniels showing mat] dur ing the last twenty-five years Ad miral Sims had served sixteen -years on shore duty and nine years at. sea. "So rarely did he ^ake a sea trip."* said the secretary, referring to the admiral's work as commander of the United States naval forces in Euro pean waters, "that in his book he tells a story of one of the few times he'was afloat, going with the British admiral who had been plaoed by Rear Admiral Sims in command of the American destroyers based on Queenstown." As justifying his contention that individual duties ashore are neces sarily of secondary importance fie duties. afloat, Mr. Daniels asserted: "On shore a man decides impor tant questions in the quiet of office surrounding with time to weigh the pros and .cons, and if he makes a mistake his error of decision is not immediately followed by disastrous results. At sea, particularly in sub marine warfare, the commander, like all his men, is in imminent peril of death. He must make momentous decisions in the flash of a single' mo ment, often when his ship hss been attacked, and when coolness and poise are necessary to save the lives of scores ""and hundreds of men. A mistake in this emergency is fatal' to an officer in command at ae^." history and also pointed. to instances of such awards by thee French gov ernment during the world war. "In the stilletto attack of subma rine warfare," said Mr. Daniels, "it is not the tact that a man stcike«Lor Is struck that tests true mettte-'&Bd is: -Dqes he play the part of/the man, with chivalry and thought only of others and- or hie coilbtry? Apd has he by preparation' and foresight dene all. that* is possible to- meet auy and every emergency /If medals rnr* not given for this sort naUe ceur age and ooolneas and direction in preme danger. what on earth are they designed for?" '. Referring to Admiral Sims' sta^i ment that he had hot reeottemendad a*y enlisted 4ne« for ttewi "we had nothing to •eorstaiy ealled the teatiea tt the aet«« «Kie.lia MlS r-' mm ui\ I •1 1 *1 extent/on that a commander of a ship sunk or dam* '4