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The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
NATION MAY Get
WILSON REPORT
President Considering Plan
to Outline Peace Work
to People Direct.

Paris. Jan 25.-President Wilson is
considering seriously the advisability
of reporting direct to the American
people on the work Of the Peace Con-
ference.
Mr.. Wilson has in contemplation A
tour of the United States Immediately
after adjournment of Congress. He
will visit all sections. including the
Pacific Coast.
Mr.. Wilson is undisturbed by GER
tain criticism in the United States
Senate. although he feels this criti-
Cism is unkind and unfair and not in
the interest of America at this time
He regards il as designed largely for
partisan purposes. but would have
preferred that certain hard things that
have been said had been deferred I'M
til after the principal work of the
Peace Conference had been accom-
pIished.
The reception which the people OF
America will give him on the tour
and the indication of their wishes
may determine the President deci-
sion as to whether he will return to
Paris to take part in the final work
Of the Peace Conference.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
LISBON IS TAKEN
BY REPUBLICANS
Great Battle for Possession
of Oporto Said to Be
Impending.

London, Jan. 25.-With a great bat
tie imminent for possession of Oporto,
the Portuguese republican forces ap-
parently have won an important vic
tory in Lisbon. A dispatch from the
capital said the republicans were
completely victorious" at the end of
fighting there. Previous dispatches
said the government was preparing
for an outbreak by monarchists and
had erected barricsdes in the lower
quarters of the city.
Contrary reports received from
Vigo, Spain. said> the situation in
Lisbon was developing adversely for
the republicans and that a large por-
tion of the garrison had deserted to
the monarchists.
The republicans nave been concen-
trating forces near Oporto for sew
eral days. Reports from various
sources told Of government warships
bombarding the royalist stronghold.
Another Vigo dispatch said a govern
ment airplane flew over the city,
dropping leaflets warning foreign cit
izens to leave Immediately, so as TO
avoid being slaughtered.
The monarchists have asked for an
armistice, but it has been refused by
the republicans, according to an Of
fetal announcement in Lisbon to-
night The royalist leader Col Mon
tioza. who was war minister in the
Paes cabinet, has been wounded.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
SEEK WILSON'S
AID FOR navy
Backers Of Daniels Expan-
sion Plan Want 3-year
Program Rushed.

Democrats of the House Naval At
fairs Committee will appeal by cable
to President Wilson to come to their
assistance in putting through SecTe-
tary Daniels new three-year building
program, it was understood at the
Capitol yesterday. A meeting of the
Democratic members was held yes
terday morning, and later in the day
it was allowed to become known
that the final vote on the bill in COM
mittee had been postponed until next
Friday at 1870 a. m. This delay
would give the President ample. time
to cable over an appeal to back up
the administration.
The naval bill is complete, except
for the new three-year building pro-
gram. The Republicans have stood
out against the appropriations pro-
posed for this construction. and some
of the Democrats are said to have
been not in favor of it. Direct
word from the President. it is be-
lieved, will line up the Democrats in
favor of the big navy" program.
Republican members have insisted
on drastic cuts in all proposed ap-
The Democrats have
agreed to large number of reduc-
tions, but have declined to go as far
as the minority desired on the
ground that such action would tend
to cripple the navy.
For the new program. Secretary
Daniels asks appropriations only for
two battleships, with authorizations
for the other craft
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
WILSON TO VIEW
RUINED RHEIMS
With Wife and Small Party
He Will Visit Torn
Region Today.

Paris. Jan. 25.-President Wilson,
Mrs. Wilson and a small party will
leave Paris early tomorrow morning
by special train for a trip to Rheims
and the surrounding country. The
party will return to Paris in the even
ing. The trip will give the President
his first view of the devastated
regions
Announcement that MI Wilson is
undertaking this inspection is expect
ed to do much to allay criticism here
to the effect that he could not realize
German war frightfulness unless he
viewed the distinctions with his own
eyes.
The President intends to make an
other more extended trip early in
February, when he will visit the en-
tire front over which American
troops fought. This second journey
will be of three or four days dura-
ton and will extend over the entire
Rheims -Soissons salient and will in
'clude st. Mihiel, Chateau Thierry.
Belleau Wood and the Argonne
Forest.
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GOOD ERA NEAR,
WILSON ASSERTS
Secretary Warns Business
1t Must Keep Up Wages
or Avert Prosperity.

New York. Jan. 25.-"Get your busi-
ness going now and keep it going on
the pre-war basis or better. Hire
men. Help to prevent widespread un-
employment Do not try TO force down
wages, thus bringing on industrial un-
rest, the end of which we could not
predict"
This is the appeal to American busi-
ness men and employers made by
William b. Wilson. Secretary Of La
Dor. speaking before the LAWYERS
Club, OF New York. today
Secretary Wilson said a long era OF
uneSampled pnosperity is just ahead.
Provided the period of rehabilitation
can be tided over without disaster
lie warned his hearers that conditions
parallelinG the French revolution or a
wave of bolshevism may be in store in
this country if employers adopt a
short-siGhted policy of wage reducing.
IF we tide over this period of re-
adjustment, said the secretary.
eight or ten years of industrial ac-
uvity is before us
Labor organizations are better
able than ever before to resist at
tempts to reduce wages. The work
ers are better than ever lifted for an
industrial struggle. If ar attempt is
made to force down wages. there viii
be resistance long enough to prevent
the coming of the period OF prosperity
altogether"
Secretary Wilson predicted that in
dustries and businesses would be Ce;-
ting into the full postwar StlYua
within four to six months after the
signing of the 1rmiStiCe.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
Won1en's Assailant Escapes
Dragnet While Police Comb
City and Nearby Country
Suspects of Every Description Reported to
Headquarters Fail to Shed Any Light on
Identity of Maniac Who Entered Three
Homes

Thirty-six hours after three Wash
ington women were brutally at
tackled, their assailant is still at
large, having successfully slipped
through the meshes of the dragnet
around the city.
Police officials feel that they are
handicapped in their search by the
inadequate description given by
those who saw the maniac. 1t was
stated last night that there are at
least $4,000 men in the city answer
ing the description perfectly, and
even if the authorities were able
to narrow down the number it
would be unsafe to rely upon the
details given by the three women
attacked.
With the prospects of entering
upon a third day of the man hunt
the civil and military authorities
are determined that their vigilance
shall not be in vain.
Suspects of every description.
those resembling the man and others
merely acting peculiarly" were
constantly being reported at police
headquarters yesterday and last
night.
Each q False Alarm.
In each case the police authorities
after a thorough investigation, re-
ported only another false alarm "
Among the most promising clues re-
ported at headquarters last night and
by the authorities. were:
Moses Harry Russell, OF Salisbury,
N. c.. arrested in Baltimore, and held
for Washington police. Detective Arm
strong went to Baltimore and brought
the suspect back to the city, the ex-
animation at police headquarters es-
tablishing the mans innocence. Rus
sell proved that he had been at Guam
tico at the time the crime was COM
mitted.
James Trotskey," an escaped pa
tient from st. Elizabeth's Hospital for
the Insane, was reported as a sus-
picious character Investigation es-
tablished the fact that Trotskey es-
capped Friday night. twentyfour
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
600-POUND SEAPLANE
MAKES SPEED RECORD
Piloted by Lieut.. U. c. Shipman,
Attains $50 Miles an Hour.

The first scout hydroplane detailed
at the Naval Air Station, Anacostia.
with speed capacity, was tried out
yesterday
Lieut.. U. G. Shipman, who has
been flying for, seven years. piloted
the plane in lbs first fight down
the Potomac. attaining speed of $50
miles an hour, an innovation in
the speed record of hydroplane.
The hydropItne, weighs approx
mately 500 pounds, and is propelled
by 100-horse power motsy.
Other trial flights will be made
over Washington before the feather
weight seaplane is shipped to a
Western station for future expert
mental purposes.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
PLAN DECENTRALIZATION
OF WEST FRONT ARMIES
Allies and American Units to Be
Released Depends on Hun Force.

Paris. Jan. IA definite plan for
rehabilitation applicable to the AL
lied and American armies on the
Western front will be ready within
the next two weeks
\ special committee named h, the
supreme war council is inGuirinU INTO
the extent of German rehabilitation
as well as the present German muni-
tions output.
Late data concerning Germany'S :
army is that it amounts to only So
GOO men. or between fifty and sixty
divisions. At The time tn, armisji, q
was signed the enemy had $50 div
sions in the field. The exact strength
of the present divisions is not known
but is believed to be 100" men o.
less a division.
All German troops who We're on
Russian territory at the signing Of
the armistice have diSbanded and
returned home
1t is understood the demohilization
will be proportionate upon the basis
of men in the field. If this is cor
rect the number Of Americans will
be less than French and English.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
Hun Army Heads
May Go to Trial
For Atrocities

Paris, Jan. 25.-Field Marshal
Won Hindenburg and Gems. Won
Falkenhayn and Ludendorff
may be tried before an inter
national court of justice for or
dering violations of interna-
tional law, if a provision made
by the Peace Conference today
is carried out to the letter.
A special committee will be
directed, it was announced, to
determine not only the respon-
sibility of the authors of the
war, but also the responsibility
for breaches of laws and GUS
toms in particular instances,
the German general staff to be
included in the inquiry.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26

hours too late to be the man for whom
the police were searching.
Edwin Kaiser escaped from St Eliz-
abeth's the first of the week and may
be the maniac wanted. The police do
not rely upon this clue.
An unidentified negro attacked and
choked Mrs. Louise Krause, SIS NJ
street northwest, when she answered
his knock yeterday afternoon Mrs
Krause screamed and the man es-
capped. She described him as large"
and very black"
Could Identify Him.
Mrs. L. Stewart of the Ethelhurst,
reported that while she was walking
through Mcpherson Square yester-
day afternoon she was accosted by
an unpleasant looking character who
escaped before she could summon
help. She says that she could easily
identify the man if she sees him
again.
Two fugitives from Occoquan, es-
capped January %, are being sought
in the hope that they may be able
to throw some light upon the in
vestigation. They are Stanley Ma
honey and George W. Blake.
Stanislas Szablousszki. an ESCAPED
inmate from st. Elizabeth's, was re-
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The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
BAD MAN SHOT; DYING;
POSSE HUNTS HIS GANG

Asheville. y. c. Jan. With Jim
Rose. bad man of the mountains. dy-
ing in the county Jail at Murphy.
Cherokee County, as result OF wounds
inflicted by s. Glenn Young. Depart
ment of Justice agent. who with a
posse surrounded Rose and gang
Young returned here tonight. prepsr-
ing to start again tomorrow to get
the Crawleys, Georgia murdeUers be
1ieved to be In the mountains.
Young brought in Roses army rifle.
which has six notcheS cut in IT, Rose
was overpowsred by the officers after
he had been shot at the cabin OF his
gang in the heart Of the Blue Ridge
Mountains seventy-6ve miles from
here,
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
REP.E.E.R0bBINS
IS FLU VICTIM
Pennsylvania Dies at His
Home in Somerset; House
AdIourns In Respect.

Representative Edward Everett
Robbins, Of Pennsylvania, died yes
terday of influenza at his home in
Somerset. Pa.
Announcement of his death was
made to the House shortly before I
O'Clock, yesterday afternoon. by Rep
resentative J. Hampton Moore, of
Pennsylvania After adopting a reso-
luton of sympathy to the family and
authorizing the appointment of a COM
mittee to attend the funeral. the
House adjourned out of respect to the
deceased until tomorrow.
Except that burial will be at Green's
burg. Pa, funeral arrangements have
not been made.
Mr.. Robbins was elected to the
Sixty-fifth Congress in November,
1916. He was born in Pennsylvania in
1861 and educated in the public schools
of that State. the Indiana State Nor
NAL School, Washington and Iefrer-
son College, and finally received his
degree from the Columbia School of
Law.
At the outbreak of the Spanish
American War Mr.. Robbins volun-
teered with his brigade of National
Guards of the State of Pennsylvania
and served until the end of the war
After leaving the service he re-
turned to his law practice in his home
State and before the United States
district and appellate courts.
He is survived by his wife. Luella
Moore Robbins and two sons. Ed
ward E. Robbins and William NJ
Robbins.
Mr.. Robbins was trustee of Wash
ington and Jefferson College. vice
president Of the Safe Deposit and
Trust Company. of Greensburg, Pa !;
member of Westmoreland Country
Club. Americus Republican Club,
Athletic Cub. of Pittsburgh, and the
Elks. of Greensburg
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
Called Her "Chicken,"
So Court Fines Mexican
at 10-cents-pound Rate

Homestead, Pa, Jan. 25.-Friends of
Ernestine Dymundo, Mexican, insisted
tonight that he merely said "Buenas
tardes, Chichina.'' which is the most
polite way in which a Mexican can
say good afternoon, young lady"
But Mrs. Julius Ballough. 3, and
just lis pounds of petite American,
was insulted, and in police court today
she insisted that the Mexican called
her Chicken"
Burgess P. H. Mcclure could not
learn what was said from the very
bewildered Dymunio, so he sentenced
him to pay 10 cents pound and costs.
It's too little" protested Mrs. Bal
Tough. as the court collected sl1.5O for
chicken" and 500 for fees. THE
market price is 30 cents"
The court will not subject itself to
charges of profiteering." the burgess
retorted, calling the next case.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
Former Dupont Official
Believed to Be Suicide

Asheville. n. C. Jan. 25.-Dani"I
E. Coyne, retired capitalist of Will
mington, Del. formerly an official
of the DUPONT Powder Company, is
dying tonight from a wound be-
lieved to have been self-inflicted.
Coyne. who lives in the macnifi-
cient home of former Governor
Locke Craig. was found lying on the
ground near his garage this aft
ernOon with an ugly wound in the
chest and a pistol from which a
bullet had been fired. nearby. The
family refused to make state
ment.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26

Mr.. Chairman: l consider ii a
distinguished privilege to be per-
mitted to open the discussion in
this conference on the league of
nations. We have assembled for
two purposes-to make the pres
ent settlements which have been
rendered necessary by this war.
and also to secure the peace of
the world not only by the present
settlements. but by the arrange
ments we shall make at this con-
ference for it's maintenance.
The league of nations seems
to me to be necessary for both of
these purposes. There are many
complicated questions connected
with the present settlements
which perhaps cannot be success
fully worked out to an ultimate
issue by the decisions we shall
arrive at here.
Permanent Machinery Needed.
L can easily conceive that many
of these settlements will need sub
sequent consideration, that many
of the decisions we make shall need
subsequent alteration in some de-
gree: for, if I'm to judge by my
own study of some of these Ques-
tions. they are not susceptible for
confident judgments at present
1T is therefore necessary that
we should set up some machinery
by which the work of this confer
ence should be rendered complete.
We have assembled here for the
purpose of doing very much more
than making the present settle
mentS that are necessary.
We are assembled under very
peculiar conditions of world opin-
ion. I may say, without straining
the point. that we are not the rep
resentatives of governments, but
representatives of peoples.
Must Satisfy Mankind.
''It may not suffice to satisfy
governmental circles anywhere. 1t
is necessary that we should satisfy
the opinion of mankind.
The burdens of this war have
fallen in an unusual degree upon
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26

the whole population of the coun-
tries involved. l do not need to
draw for you the picture of how
the burden has been thrown back
from the front upon the older men,
upon the women, upon the chill
dren, upon the homes of the civ
ilized world. and how the strain of
the war has come where the eye
of the government could not reach,
but where the heart of humanity
beats.
I'VE are hidden by these people
to make a peace which will make
them secure. We are hidden by
these people to see to it that this
strain does not come upon them
again, and l venture to say that it
has been possible for them to bear
this strain because they hoped that
those who represented them could
get together after this war and
make such another sacrifice un-
necessary.
Peace Must be Permanent.
1T is a solemn obligation on
our part, therefore, to make per-
manent arrangements that justice
shall be rendered and peace be
maintained. This is the central
object of our meeting.
Settlements may be temporary,
but the action of the nations in
the interests of peace and justice
must be permanent
We can set up permanent pro
cesses. We may not be able to set
up permanent decision. There
fore, it seems to me that We must
take, so far as We can, a picture
of the world into our minds.
rs it not a startling circum-
stance for one thing. that the
great discoveries of science, that
the quiet studies of men in Iabora-
tories, that the thoughtful devel-
opments which have taken place
in quiet lecture rooms have now
been turned TO the destruction of
civilization?
Powers OF destruction have
not so much multiplied as gained
facilities The enemy whom we
have just overcome had at his
seats of learning some of the
principal centers of scientific
study and discovery, and he used
them to make destruction sudden
and complete; and only the watch
ful. continuous cooperation of
men can see to If that science. as
well as armed men, are kept
within the harness of civiliza-
ton,
United States Less Concerned.
In a sense the United States is
less interested in this subject than
the other nations here assembled.
With her great territory and her
extensive sea borders it is less
likely that the United States
should suffer from attack by enc
mics than the other nations should
suffer; and the ardor of the
United StateS-for it is a very deep
and genuine ardor-for the society
of nations is not an ardor spring.
ing out of fear or apprehension,
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The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
SHOTS WIFE AND HIS
NEPHEW, KILLS SELF
Wealthy Newarker Believed Un
balanced Because of War.

Newark. n. j., Jan. 25.--Bertram
Ripley, 43 years old, wealthy mem
Der of an old family. today shot his
wife and his nephew. Sergt. Matt
land Petrie, 21, and then killed him
self.
Mrs. Ripley and Sergt. Petrie are
in the Newark Hospital. the former
with wound through the left lung
and the latter with a wound in the
abdomen.
1t was declared that Ripley be-
came unbalanced after the armistice
was signed through fear he would
be considered a Stacker for not hav-
ing enlisted. The sight of Petries
khaki uniform is believed to have
completed the unbalancing of Rip.
ley's mind.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
TERROR REICNS
anew IN BERLIN
Fighting Resumed in CITY
as Spratacan Adher-
ents Rally.

Amsterdam. Jan. &.-Tcrrorsm has
been resumed in Berlin. Today's dis
Patches do not make clear what the
present situation is. but there was
heavy hEhtinC Thursday night espe-
ciallN around the newspaper offices and
tho Anhalt railway station. Tho Spar
taCauS appear TO have rallied after.
their temporary check resulting from
the loss OF Tiebk neCht and Rosa Lux
cmbUrg, their chief leaders
Many casualties are reported from
Berlin. most OF them civilians.
TIL" gov, rnmeut has osered the ar.
rest Of Herr IedCbour, who was one
OF I.iebkneChJ's chief licutcnants. Le-
dehOur is said to have fled 10 Sweden
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
ROOSEVELT'S WIDOW
GETS $4,000 PENSION
House Approves Bill Passed by
Senate, 274 to 9.

The House yesterday passed the
bill granting a pension of $4,000 a
year to the widow of Col Theodore
Roosevelt. She is also given the
postal franking privilege The bill
already has passed the Senate, and
now goes to the President.
The vote on the passage of the
measure was "a to O. The nine
Congressman who voted in the mega
tive were: Blanton, Black, Jones,
Slayden, Garrett, Connolly and
Buchanan. all of Texas; Quinn. of
Mississippi, and Doughten. of North
Carolina.
Representative Bacharach, of New
Jersey. yesterday introduced bill
to make Col. Roosevelt's birthday,
October 81, a national holiday.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
BERGER AND COHORTS
STILL AWAIT SENTENCE
Motion for New Trial Will Decide
Their Fate.

'hIcago. Jan. 25. = Victor I.
Berger, Wisconsin Representative
elect. and four Socialist co-defend-
ants. found guilty here OF violating
thu espionage act. retained their
freedom tonight.
Their motion FOR new trial viii
be argued week from Monday.
Sentence Will BE- pronounced at
once n the mutton is denied.
Tho case vas interrupted today
when a supposed affidavit by Juror
Thomas Nixon. cTitiCisinE a bailiT.
was repudiated. The affidavit. e
SAID the bailiT, had made adverse
remarks concerning the defendants
who were then on trial
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
10 U. S. TROOPS
KILLED IN FIGHT
WITH RUSS REDS
II Others Wounded and
IL Missing in Battle in
Archangel Region.
REDS TAKE ORENBURG
Slaughter of Prisoners In
Petrograd is Planned
by BoIsheviki.

Orenburg. center of a group OF Cos
sacks. has fallen into Bolsheyiki
hands, said a State Department
OnIsk message yesterday.
The Cossacks had held it a year.
and were anxious for allied aid, but
this was not forthcoming.
BolshevikI troops who made an at
tack on three sides against the al
lied-American forces in the Arch
angel region at ShenkUrsk compelled
the associated group to retire. Re
urement was made at Ust Iedengs,
Tania and Kodema, according TO Z,
War Department report. Out OF the
two American companies in the force,
ten men were killed in action. sew
enteen wounded and eleven were
missing in action.
While the enemy had strong patrols
from Shevogari to Tania- and loo
men at Tania. Cen March, chief OF
staff. assured that the Archangel
expedition is folly capable Of coping
with the Bolshcviki in that region.
viii Not Cease Warfare.
Absolute refusal OF the Russian
republican element to cease their
warfare against the BOlsheviki was
forecasted at the Russian Embassy
here today.
Official cables 10 the Embs ssy
from Omsk and ArchangeI. sent be
fore the Peace Conference proposals
had reached either Of the republican
capitals. told of the establishment
OF communica tion between the
Siberian and the Northern Russia
troops and of the early junction
against the Reds OF the Northern
Siberian and South Russian armies.
"Cpmmissary detaChments buying
food for the troops OF the Omsk
government have reached the out
posts OF tn, Northern government
CONTINUED oS gsGE SEVEN.