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The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
Belgium Alleges Bad
Treatment by big Five"

Paris, Jan. 25.-Belgium has pro-
tested to the Peace Conference
against what she considers unfair
treatment at the hands of the Big
Fiye"-America. Britain. France.
Italy and Japan. The Belgian, COM
plant is that Belgium has notsbeen
duly consulted in certain matters
vital to her.
Belgium originally demanded two
delegates on the League of Nations
committee, but afterward withdrew
the claim.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
Nitro in Auto Lets Go
in Town, Killing Eight

Tulsa. Okla. Jan. cs.-EiCht persons
are known 20 be dead and a score are
reported seriously injured al Big
Heart. Okla. ss the result OF an ex-
plosion OF two quarts Of nitrO-glycer-
inc which was being hauled through
the town in au auton,obite
Practically every window in the
town. which ~ thirty-five miles norlh
pf here, was onoken-
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
SAYS BRITISH FLEET
TO BE DEMOBILIZED
Sir David Beatty Declares Units
VIII Be Scattered.

Edinburgh, Jan. 25.-Demobiliza-
tion of the British grand fleet will
begin tomorrow, when the first unit
will assume the duties it fulfilled
before the war of policing the seas,
Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty an
nounced in an address at an official
dinner tonight.
Vice Admiral Beatty is commander
of the grand feet.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
SEEK ARMY OFFICER
IN POISON MYSTERY
Unnamed Soldier Will Be Forced
10 Return to London.

London. Jan. 25.-The mystery
man" angle IN the Billie Carleton
poisoning case took a sensational
turn TODAY when the Daily Express
announced tha; a certain individual
now en- route TO the United States
vii, - asked by the American police
to return to London immediately.
The mystery man i'm the pro-
ceedings OF the inquest into the
young actress death from an over
dose of cocaine has been an unnamed
American army officer. who. il wa@
testified. threatened to kill Billie"
because she hal Tilted him. 1t was
after this threat. the testimony
showed that the actress made her
home at the apartments OF Reggie
Deyuellc. the London modisJe. now
out on bail under g charge of man
slaughter returned by the coroner :
jury.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
ARMOUR URGES
PACKERS MERGE
UNDER U. S. RULE
Amalgamation Of All Plants
Regulated by Govern
ment, Advocated.
PROFITS CONCEALED
Heney Brings Out That
big Five" Made Is Per
Cent Instead Of 9.

Amalgamation of all packing in
terests into one huge concern under
some form of government reEUls-
tion similar to that now exercised
over the railroads would save money
to livestock growers and meat con-
sumers, !. Ogden Armour. Chicago
packer. told the Senate Committee
on Agriculture yesterday.
Under cross-eNamination Of Fran
els J. Heney. Armour admitted ca
istence Of a secret pooling agree
ment among the Big Five" packers
and their contributions to a fund
for purposes Of legislation and
litigation" This fund was appor-
toned among the five packing con-
Germs. according to amount Of bUsi-
ness.
He admitted also that the Food
Administration permitted the pack
eNs to make 4 per cent in addition
TO the 9 per cent profit. which has
been claimed heretofore as the limit
of the packers profits for the last
year. The ( per cent allowance was
kept secret, Armour said. and wss
allowed to pay interest on money
borrowed"
Total Profits s25.eeOyeeO
profits OF the packers. instead Of-be-
ing nine per cent a. claimed in your
advertisements. were in reality
thirteen per cent were they not
asked Mr.. Heney.
Yes. believe that Is correct,-
Mr.. Armour replied.
And the total profits were nearer
S25. 600. 600 than $4,000. 600. as has
been asserted -
Well. they may have been some
thing like that. Undoubtedly thsE
is about correct" was Mr. ArmoUrs
answer
Hency brought out tho fact thaG
George L. MCCa rthy. general msns
ger Of the National Provisioner. \
trade magazine conducted supposed
ly in the interests Of independcnG
packers. was in truth on the pay
roll Of the Big Five" Letters
written by Henry Needer. Armour's
attorney. to Arthur Mcekcr. vice
president OF the company. were read
by Heney, showing that $4,000 q year
was paid 10 Mccarthy. the sum being
apportioncd to the members Of ths
Big Five" as follows: Swift. s5.TS
per cent. Armour. e993 per cent?
Cudahy. 10 per cent. Wilson. 10
per cent. Morris. 1895 per cent
These figures were approximate. tha
letter stated. and might be altered
IN some respects
The fact was then established By
other letters that Food Adminis-
traitor Hoover had written TO Nc
Carthy asking him to suggest tho
names Of independent packers whd
might be willing to serve as "dollsr-
a-year" men under the Food Admins
istration. and that Mccarthy had
written to the Big Five" asking
whom he should recommend.
Each Knows Otber's Busine..-
The interloCkinE arrangements now
in force among the Big Five" by-
means OF which an agent or each con-
CerE Is enabled 10 keep tab every
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The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
FIXING OF GUILT
ALSO IS PROVIDED
One Clause Believed to Re-
fer Directly to Bringing Of
Kaiser Before Interna-
tional Tribunal of Justice.
France and Italy Are on
Record as Favoring Am
erican Presidents Peace
Aims.

Paris, Jan. 25.-President Will
sons speech on the League of
Nations at today's Peace Con-
ference session was a great per-
sonal triumph-probably the great
est of his life.
There was no applause, but the
tense faces of the delegates show
cd the tremendous impression the
Presidents words made upon
them.
I happened to he seated among
the British new spaper mer. Their
praise was unstinted. They said
it was the greatest speech they
ever heard
Fighting speechaoNfsaee.-
The speech tonight, q esarscterized
as a fighting speeci2sforrpeace." Col.
House smiled hearty approval upon
tBe President
4 Mr.. Wilson's statement that the
Americans had not come to Europe
to win a war, but a cause was de-
Iiyered with impressive force.
Unlike his first speech before the
Peace Conference. the President used
gestures to drive home his an-tening
points
When Premier Lloyd George said
the British Empire was behind Will
son. he said it with emphasis
France and Italy Agreed.
The seconding speeches by Premier
Orlando of Italy and Leon Bourgeois,
the chief French champion Of a
league of nations, left no doubt that
the French and Italians also are
strongly in favor of a league.
II is now clear that the Peace Con-
ference will first agree upon the prin-
cipIe of the various issues and then
select commissions t. work out a
plan privately for the application of
the principle.
LlOvd GeOrge following President
Wilson. cited as strong arguments
Tor "a league the sights he viewed on
his visit to the devastated regions,
drawing graphic picture of the
battle-tOrn countryside and the graves
OF the dead
These We're the results of the
only method nations had contrived
10 settle disputes" he said, ''and I
thought: Surely it is time to find
another way"
Premier Orlando spoke in support
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
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The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
U. S. DIPLOMAT COMING HOME
Ambassador Francis. Now in Lon
don, Plans Return.

Ambassador Francis. of Russia. re-
rentIy ~. proposes to return homo
soon. He is now in London and will
Stop In Paris en- route.
Consul Murphy. recently of Sofia, is
ill OF pneumonia at Saloniki
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
Thinks Soviet Will Accept.

Copenhagen, Jan. 25.-M. Varovsky.
Bolshevik minister to Sweden, declar-
ed today he is convinced the soviet
government will accept the proposal
of the associated powers for a joint
conference at the Princes Island
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
Wilson, in Greatest Per0ration,
Stirs Peace Enjoys to Depths;
League 0fNatiOns Plan Adopted
Wilson Tells Peace ENJOYS World
Demands Permanent End of Conflict

Paris Jan. 2Psdcnt Wilson, addressing the general Peace
Conference this afternoon of the resolution for adoption
OF the League OF Nations plan said:
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
Is Soldiers
Die, 80 Hurt
in Train Crash

Paris, Jan. 25.-Eighteen SOL
diers were killed and thirty in
jurcd today when an American
troop train from Neufchateau
collided with a freight train
near Chaumont.-
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
SOV|ETS REPLY
To INVITATION
Message to Sweden Asks
Confirmation of Allied
Proposal of Farley.

Paris. Jan. 25.-The Russian Soviet
government already has made an in
direct reply to the Peace Conference
proposal for a truce and negotia
tiOns with the spOkesmen of all
Russian factions. The reply is
neither a refusal nor acceptance, but
appears rather in the light of a
"feeIer"
1t came in the form of a wireless
message sent by Bolshevist Foreign
Minister Tchitcherin. formerly Boil
shevist Ambassador TO London. to
the Soviet minister in Stockholm. a
copy of which seems to have been
sent to French Socialist leaders. In
it TChitCherin asks confirmation of
the wireless invitation sent out by
the allied and associated govern
ments and makes some caustic COM
ment.
Soviet Rule '9TranauiI"
He calls the invitation "extraordi-
nary inasmuch as entente troops
were helping the anti-Bolshevist
forces. He asserted TRANQUILITY
AtlSilS ever SIr -ONleIS RUE ana
civil war exists only where foreign
troops are helping the reaCtionary
elements" He then charges that the
proposed meeting on Princes Island is
TO mask the impenetrable secrecy of
the Peace Conference. or to give It
fictitious publicity"
President Wilson suggested a con-
ference with representatives of all
the Russian factions chiefly because
he felt that public sentiment in the
United States would not support a
large American military expedition
into Russia. Moreover, he felt that
stability in Russia is necessary to
world peace.
France is strong for putting down
terrorism with military force, but
thinks the United States ought to fur
nish the major part of the force.
Great Britain also is ayerse to send
ing a large force to Russia. 1t is
admitted here that great pressure is
being brought to bear on the Amerr-
can President to demobilize the Amer
lean army at the earliest practicable
moment
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
WAR END SAVES
Is BILLIONS
Repeal Of Appropriations
to Return I Billions
Cash to Treasury.

OF S56.7lS E1.i&l appropriated ard au-
thorized by Congress for the War
and Navy departments In prosecution
Of the war. Sl5.ir 1>6 2-9&> will he
saved as A result Of the signing Of the
armistiCe This enormous saving was
reported 10 Congress. Yesterday. in a
deficiency bill a-rr'd on by tho House
Appropriations Committee. OF which
Representative SwaEer Sherley. OF
Kentucky. is chairman
To carry into effect these savings.
the committee recommends repeal Of
approximations which will return 10
tn. Treasury S7.i7a. .l56.9f4s> in cash.
and cancellation OF authority for the
Two departments to ohli2ato IN, gov
, rument for S .22l O29. .@al7o Congress
doubtless will adopt Tho committee >
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
Trotzky Killed
at Libau, Says
Polish Report

Geneva. Jan. 25.-Leon TrOtzky-,
the Bolshevist war minister. is
reported to have been shot and
killed by soldiers at the Baltic
port of Libau, according to a
Polish press bureau dispatch.
The report cannot be verified at
this cabling.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-26
War Department savings.

Th~ direct appropriations for the
War department aggregated s.. .235.-
i-:,.2bo and the authorizations tUtalcd
-. >Tg.O51.Gl. The savings amount to
S6.>;4. 795d77 i'm cash and $3.50. .02S.29 in
authorize tionS. The navy total wa,
S2.%76. $50. 21S in appropriations and S5S2
5000 in authorizations. Cash savings
amounted to S334 36l Si6. with S3l .GDO Gao
an authorizations
Deficits occurred in some items from
which savings were not made. and to
meet this condition the bill provides
$2t5244%29 Of which amount S2S7 80 ,77S
is for the army and navy.
The largest saving effected IN the
army comes from the Quartermaster
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The Washington herald., 1919-01-26

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The Washington herald., 1919-01-26

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Evening journal., 1919-07-02
NMATEUR CAUSED Tms MS.

There is an amateur booking agent
in Wilmington who is likely TO get in,o
trouble If Mrs. James y. Henry presi-
dent Of The Henry & Young Amusement
Company, which controls Shellpot Parl
or h. j. Schwartz, manager Of the Vic
torla Theatre, or Mrs. Schwartz find:
them
on last Thursday someone called Mrs
Henry ON the telephone and made ar
mngemenis for the Schwartz children
dancing wonders, 10 appear at the Fam
lily Theatre at ShellpOt. Mrs. Henry
knew Of the reputation which the chill
dren had as dancers but she did not
know that they were children. OF
course the park management was de-
lighted and the children were ann0unc-
ed as an attraction.
Mr. and Mrs. Schwartz were indignant
that their children should be billed
without their knowledge. as they had
never allowed them 10 dance except at
some charity affair. Mrs. Henry was
indignant because she had been i'm
posed upon. She had unintentionally
done an injustice to Mr. and Mrs.
Schwartz and in addition had lost an
act as we'll as laying herself open TO
Evening journal., 1919-07-02
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1919.
KNOX, STRIPS THEM.

II HE ohiosnery Of the Democrats In making the league
OF nations party ISSUE and then trying to represent
the Republicans as having done clearly exposed
by Senator Knox In his address In the Senate on
the resoutono up the peace treaty and the oags
question separately After asserting his belief that
IN foreign affairs We should present nrm and united
front, Senator Knox said
III therefore opposition or support OF the league be-
comes party ISSUE this country It will not be upon
my initiative with my partisan support But, II SEN
ators on the other side continue party 10 oppose all
efforts to secure full consideration Of this great matter
they do not cease TO listen and TO obey the flat
Of a partisan executive II they remain Arm In their
stand against the constitutional right Of the Senate fully
and fairly 20 consider this question upon It's merits, and
they persist their denial OF the sovereign right Of
the people deliberate upon and reach determination
concerning t II this sir is 10 be the party attitude Of
Senators who oppose then l say here and now In all
sobernoss viii be the last shrink from the issue
which they 20 force.
And will say further n to stand for the rights OF
the Senate co-equa part OF the treatymakns power
Is a manifestation OF partsanshp, then partisan
II demand that the people Of the United states shall
have a rght TO make up their minds to whether
Or not we shall put ourselves under the domination OF
NE balance Of the world II to regard free nSttu-
lions as the greatest instrumentates OF government
which the world possesses and therefore worthy OF
preservation over an others which exist In the world; II
% love my own country and our own people with my
No heart and soul above and beyond all other
res and peoples OF the word-lf these things mani
'csiaiion Of partlsanshp then thank God am a par
5san
senators Of the opposition, may make this parti
issue II you choose but II you do you must pay 10
ne American people to their postery throughout all
time the penalty which they viii exact
Evening journal., 1919-07-02
4 snIR nRANGEMAN.

An interview recently given out TO the press, Sir
Edward Carson. Of Ulster, says.
senator Lodge is anxious to whip President Wilson
with any material az hand and he therefore for the
meni poses the friend Of the Irish republic although
be knows wei hat the Irish in America are and nearly
always have been on the side Of the Democrats"
Carson striking at the recent resolution requesting
That he Irish delegates from the United States be given
harns at the conference on the subject OF self
determination Tor Ireland His uterances do not ndl-
ae that he IS correctly informed with respect 10 mat
ers which have iranspired the United states Senate
senator Lodge vas not the originator OF the resolution
ana lhe resolution had number Of supporters among the
Presidents party
larson VIII probably learn in 1920 that the Irish ara
lol as unanimously the side OF the Deroocrat,. ,,
q have hitherto been. SO will Mr. Wilson
rsonaly, continues Carson 81 resent the ,rto-t,
snce Of American politicians in controversies ,non ,S,
1ueson-it is no business Of theirs and their meddIs
scon even if IL well lntenoned. can only .d6 a.
he turmoil and ferment in our country"
The American people resent no less the de,ern,nst,o
on the part Of Great Britain 70 NEEDLE in American po,cs
Indicated the part Of the Briilsh-Wisonian ,sas,e
u nations
The American people do not believe that the British q.
people approve Of this determination on the part n
British politicians The two peoples have the warmest re
gard and respect for each other and the best way r.
which perpeuate that respect s for botl
peoples TO get rid Of the megslomanlacs snd fatuou
idealss who doing much to destroy the enteut
cordale between the two counties.
The American people VIII make decided move in tina
direction in November 1920
Evening journal., 1919-07-02

tlcally nil. The great majority seems
disposed TO accept the peace paper
as written There is general agreement
in favor Of the league Of peace idea
The controversy has apparently mar
rowed down TO the question Of wheth-
er the covenant shall say plainly what
its friends contend 1t already says by
necessary implication. Place the Root
reservations and the Taft explanations
OF The covenants meaning side by s.de
and the two statements are practically
Identical.
This Will quickly appear II there is
cessation OF comparing rhapsodies, and
II there is an abandonment OF all
attempt TO deny TO the Senate any
real participation Half the trouble
the covenant has met has been be-
cause IL has been presented as IL was
not, and the other half because the
President would not counsel with hs
constitutional advisers. II representa-
tiyes Of the Senate had been mem
bers OF the peace commission, as here
tofore, or il Senators had not heard
themselves characterized as men Of
pygmy minds a satisfactory adjust
ment ght have been reached long
ago.
The principal conclusions reached
by the President at Paris meet with
hearty approval lie did not persist
in the policies he seemed to favor
when he departed Maybe he never
favored them. Maybe he changed his
m.nd. Whichever the explanation, the
public is concerned only with the re-
suits. Little disposition 10 oppose cap
tiously is discernible. The President
Is TO determine whether there is 10
be harmony. 70 still suits the parts
anship Of some TO circulate false
charges Of partisanship. but happily
no one can make IL partisan TO hold
for example, that il should be made
clear whether the Monroe Doctrine is
abandoned or not.
The country has indicated its de-
sire to Join a League OF Nations; It
has indicated that it deems the cove
nant as Of sufficient value to warrant
its ratincations; it has also indicated
it regards II as highly important TO
clear up all antiquities as to what II
is we pledge ourselves 10 do.
Evening journal., 1919-07-02
CHIfMLEY CHATTERs.

xYO long Secretary Of the Treasury Glass dismissed
~ the head Of the War Risk Bureau and charged him
with "insunerable exaggerated importance
The man discharged Colonel II d. Lindsey, who
had brought Of order out Of the chaos in the
bureau which is expected to pay the families Of sol
dlers the aotments due them.
Mr. Glass appointed n. G. CholmeleyJones TO MI the
vacancy That Mr. Jones IS not troubled with nsuffer-
able exaggerated importance" Is indicated by circular
letter which he has sent 10 the 1900 employees in his bu
reau. The letter Is dated June H. 1919 and reads as
follows
my dear associates During these few weeks have
had most interesting experience in trying to work out
with you some OF the very difficult problems OF the bu-
rcau. Naturally in business large as This, and in
which there are many people engaged there is great
opportunity for studying human nature. It is the most
interesting thing in the world 10 observe how certain
people just naturally the front in
and often wonder what It is that keeps others from
doing the same"
Evening journal., 1919-07-02
EGYPT MADE BEER
In 14TH CENTURY
PRIOR TO CHRIST

ERTAINTY exists that beer, like
n Nwine. was poular drink IN
,ancient days.
~ Mythology says the Egyptians
drank beer made from malt Ol
red barley as long ago as the Fourth
| Dynasty-3700 years before Christ, al
most back TO Adams time.
Herodotus in $50 B. C. ascribed the
invention Of beer TO the goddess Isis
wife Of Osiris, known as god Of the
dead and god Of Hades, the mytholog-
ical inventor Of wine.
NIythology's so uncertain, however
10 treats centuries so lightly. So the
drink historian, conceding wine to be
older than beer and Noah 20 have been
the first man TO get drunk on wine in
23i7 B. c.. discounts mythology and
reckons thus:
Drinking Of beer originated in 1900 b
| C. A papyrus Of the time Of Seti I,
king OF Egypt in 1900 B. c., alludes to
persons "inebriated from oyerindulg-
ence in beer"
Xenophon (iOi r. c. refers to the
use OF beer in ancient Armenia The
writings OF Archilochus. Parian poet
and satirist about 65Q B. c., contain
evidence that the Greeks of his day
knew the process Of brewing beer.
The Egyptians taught the Greeks
how 10 make beer. The ancient Chi
nese know how, too. Even In those
days beer didn't occupy the plane that
wine did in the best society. Both the
Greeks and Romans "despised it as a
barbarian drink
Fhe Romans much improved methods
Of brewing. They carried beer brew
ing education TO England. Roman his
torians say Britons in the south OF
England brewed ale from barley and
malt before the Roman invasion The
Saxons, among whom ale had long been
a common drink. learned from the Bri-
tons what the Romans had taught them
in brewing
Pliny mentions beer In use in Spain
about the time the Christian era open
ed. 1t was called celia" and "ceria,
France had it under the name Of Ger
evisia."
Says Pliny: THE people Of Spain
brew this liquid so well that 10 will
keep good a long time. So exquisite is
the cunning of mankind in gratifying
their vicious appetites that they have
thus invented method TO make water
itself produce intOXication.'
Kaffir races OF South Africa centuries
ago began making a kind OF beer from
millet Flanders had beer at the time
of the birth OF Christ.
To be Continued.