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The Washington times., 1919-01-19
PRESIDENT
NOM|NATES
CLEMENCEAU
TO PRESIDE
By WILLIAM PHILIP sIMMs,
United Press stan Correspondent

By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMs,
United Press stan Correspondent
PARIS, Jan. 19.-The conferences
of Paris began yesterday.
Fixing the guilt for starting ths
war and for the crimes committed
during the war was the first task
taken mp by the delegates.
The league OF nations win bs
brought before the next session.
President Poincare, in his speech ef
welcome, urged the eorference 10 e.
tablish the league. The peace con-
gress, he declared, holds in its hands
the future of the world.
Premier Clemenceau presided, BE-
ing nominated by President wilson.
Premier Lloyd George and Italian
Foreign Minister Sonnino seconded.
-Four vice presidents representing the
great powers were selected, and .
committee on credentials was sp-
pointed. -
Premier Clemencesu, who recently
declared for the old balance a.
power, came out in favor Of the
league Of nations in his address.
Newspspermen Admitted.
Newspapermen were admitted %
this session. Led by American cor
respondents, they are ready to make
fight for more representation than
allowed by the amended rule. which
provides for a certain number at fun
when deemed expedient.
French Foreign Minister Pichon
drove to Prince Murats palace and
picked up President Wilson thera
shortly before the opening OF the
congress They drove to the ousi
the hall shortly afterward. There was
crowd outside the buildings, but
the automobiles bearing delegates
dashed directly into the courtyard.
being distinguished by the hags flut-
tering from their hoods. Therefore.
demonstration.
In the center Of the conference hall
was a large table. with three sides.
The central part was occupied BY
Poincare, with President Wilson and
the American delegation on his right.
while Lloyd George and the British
delegation sat on his left Nine dele
gates from the British dominions ,hao
places still farther to the left. Al
the right Of the American delegation
sat Clemenceau anc French repre-
sentatives. and with them Marshal
Foch, not as a member OF the French
group, but as a representative OF the
inter-alned command. still farther
along the table were the delegates
from Italy. Belgium. Brazil, Greece,
Haiti, Liberia, Panama, Poland. Rou-
mania, Siam. and Uruguay in the or
der named. On the other side were
the representatives of Japan, Bolivia,
China. Ecuador. Guatemala, Hondu-
ras. Nicaragua, Peru, Portugal Ser
bia. Czecho-Slovakis. and likewise
Price Emir Yaysssl. representing his
. father. the Arabian King OF the He'd
JAZZ.
President Has Special Chair.
All the delegates were seated in or
dinary chairs except Wilson and
Poincsre. who occupied big chairs Of
state. Before the congress opened.
| Poincare Shook hands with all the
! representatives. Andre Tsrdieu. of
! the French group, was the first TO en-
ter the hall. Henry White was the
| first American delegate TO appear.
| Foch followed. Then they began ar
! riving rapidly There were a few
minute q general conversation and
handshakiug: Wilson and Clemenceap
engaged in . smiling talk.
| At sos all rose from their seats,
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2,189 NON-ENEMY
SHIPS UNDER WAY

LONDON, Jan. 1s.-There are now
2,1s9 merchant ships under construc-
tion in the allied and neutral coun-
tries having a total tonnage OF 6.921-
9S9.
or these 9o7 ships. having a total
tonnage Of 3.6f7 go. are being buiIt
in the United States.
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Instead of fierce fighter, you
have the gentle musician as head
man in Poland. He has already
been shot once, and shot at five
times.
Grea: as she has been in fight
ing, Poland has been even greater
in the production Of genius. The
aame Of Copernicus will stand out
IN real history, thousands of CEN
turies from now, when every name
that you read in today's paper
Foch, Clemenceau, Lloyd George,
Wilson-wil be as completely for
gotten as the names Of the gen.
erals that fought under Cas ssar or
the chiefs of the tribes that strug-
Eled here.
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There are some contrasts for
you.
When the war began the United
States confined itself to lis own
continent. The President never
left his country. The newspapers
printed regularly George WASH
ington's advice about foreign en-
tanglsments."
Today the President is sitting
with the prime ministers Of Eng
land, France, and Italy, and the
ambassadors from Japan and
other countries in Paris, running
this country by wireless and help
ing to settle the affairs Of all the
governments of the world.
There are a few contrasts that
will strike the future writer's of
history. They will have to think
hard and steadily to present the
entire picture complete, with its
changes. mes aings, and causes.
That will not re done in this CEN
tury.
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When the war began, Poland
was a nation chopped to pieces,
divided up by bandit countries, as
wolves divide and tear up a deer.
The end Of the war sees Poland
going back to her old nationality,
with the approval of other nations.
and whom do you find at the head
Of Poland in this movement of a
nation'3 rebirth? Is it a descend
ant of the Poniatowsky, who, with
bullets in his body, blood stream
ing, jumped his horse into the
river, TO swim across and attack
the enemy Of Poland, crying,
"One must die like 4 brave!" Is
it q descendant Of Kosciusko, who
helped this country IT. its fight,
and for Poland starved with five
thousand men to fight the whole
of Russia?
No, none of the old Polish
names The new head of Poland
is Paderewski, the musician. The
Poles choose as their leader one
representing the intellectual
genius, not the fighting quality
Of Poland.
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TIED
TOSH|P!TABLE
OPERATE AS
STORMRACES

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-Two army
surgeons, lashed to an improvised
operating table, removed the appen-
dix of Corp. E. o. Williams, of the
Fifty-sixth Artillery, while the
cruiser South Dakota was being
rocked by forty-foot waves at sea, it
was learned upon the arrival of the
ship. ~. ..ss<..s@Sa 80
The South Dakota nosed into port
'sfssf stormy voyage Just ahead Of
the cruiser Montana, after a race
across the Atlantic which started
at Brest, France, on January 4. The
South Dakota brought 1,451 troops
and the Montana 1911.
Stop Ship For Operation.
Two days out from Brest, Corporal
Williams was stricken with a severe
attack of appendicitis. Despite the
fact that the ship was storm-tossed.
the surgeons decided an operation was
imperative.
Capt. J. NJ. Lubby stopped the crui-
ser. While forty-foot waves rocked
the ship. Williams was placed on an
improvised operating table. To either
side of the table Major Gresham and
Lieut.. c. !. Wood, U. S. army surgeons.
lashed themselves. Between lurches
the operation was performed and the
patient was removed to the sick bay.
When the South Dakota reached the
Williams was removed to st. Mary's
Hospital. where it is said he is doins
nicely and will recover.
Pilot House Wrecked.
During the storm the pilot house of
the South Dakota was wrecked while
Captain Lubby, Commander r. E.
Caldwell, Lieutenant Montgomery and
three quartermasters were in it, The
three first named officers were badly
cut and bruised. and the quartermas-
ters were so badly hurt that they
have been in the sick bay since the
accident
Among the officers on the South
OAK ota was Capt. II. s. Carpenter, of
battery c, Fifty-sixth coast artillery
who. according to members Of his or
ganization, fired the last shot of the
war. At any rate. Captain Carpenter
sent over one shot near Sedan be-
tween 1888 and IL a. m. on the l1th Of
November, the day the armistice was
signed.
Fired In the Air.
But ! took pity on the poor devils
and fired into the air" Captain Car
penter said regarding the incident
Lieut.. f. ID. Ackerman. OF TT
Wayne. Ind. also returned on the
south Dakota and brought with him
Lulu. dog mascot. that saw service
with him for three years in the
French army
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STREET CAR
CONDUCTORS
ARE HELD ON
|. 1HEFTCHARCE

Eight conductors of the Washing
ton Railway and Electric Go. are
today under arrest charged BY the
police with enabezzling the company's
funds in failing to register and turn
In fares collected by them.
Over one hundred more, many Of
whom are Capital Traction employees.
are under surveillance, and evidence
has been accumulated by the police
that they have failed to ring up ON
an average ot M o 81 fares each
trip.
Conductors Arrested.
Those arrested and the amounts
they are charged with embezzling are:
George Peter Rock. seventeen years
old. sos Sixth street southwest; so
cents.
Leon Joseph Phillips. twenty-oue
years old, 422 K street southwest; so
cents.
Samuel Adrain Anderson. twenty
two years old, 1011 E street north
west; $3.50.
Raymond willard Brooke. twenty
one years old. 231 Twelfth street
northeast; S1.15.
s. X. Brown, seventeen years old,
1924 D street northeast, 81.
William T. Stickn.an. seventeen
years. 1882 Four and a-half street
southwest, 55 cents.
Robert Lewis Clarke, twenty-one
years old, 5o11 Georgia avenue. 50
cents.
Walter Ellis Meyers, twenty-nine
years old, 415 Fourth street north
west, 40 cents.
The arrests last night were made on
evidence gathered by the police. work
ing unknown to officials of the rail-
way companies. since January o.
Twelve plain clothes men and three
plain clothes women. under Inspector
Grant and Detective Sergeant Corn
wall, worked up the evidence upon
which Assistant United States Attor-
ney Ralph Given late yesterday af-
ternoon issued warrants.
Letters of Protest.
The campaign against alleged dis
honest conductors which was opened
by these wholesale arrests last night
was started as the result of hundreds
of letters received by the District
Commissioners from indignant citi-
Continued on Page 6. Col. 49,
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The Hohenzollerns, that for
seven hundred years had been
building up power, in good times
and bad, began as usurious money
lenders in a poor, barren country.
They ruled Germany, Austria,
Turkey, Bulgaria, and Greece, and
intimidated neutrals but a few
months ago. Now Ebert, the har-
ness maker, rules in Berlin. ard
Morges, tailor, is the head Of the
Brunswick government, lighting
the national government Of the
Berlin harness maker.
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Part of the Kaiser's dream was
to provide six newly carpeted"
thrones in Europe for his six
sons, as Napoleon supplied thrones
for his relations and proteges.
The oldest Hohenzollern son
lives in a fisherman's hut on a
lonely island; no throne there.
Another son has found a job
with an automobile concern; he
may find there the peace of mind
and safety that he wouldn't have
found on the throne.
The Washington times., 1919-01-19

Today History Contrast.
Kaiser and liebknecht.
"Red Rosa" and cavell.
No Throne, a Garage.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE.
Copyright, 1879

Writers Of history will find
strange contrasts in this war.
Edith Cavell, the English nurse,
is shot as q spy in Belgium.
Rosa Luxembourg, "Red Rosa"
who lived with Lenine In Switzer-
land, and taught him the Bolshev-
ism with which he rules Russia, is
shot in Berlin by wilder Social
lists that want a republic with or
der, not her prescription for cur
ing all ills.
The Washington times., 1919-01-19

Liebknecht opposed the Kaiser's
plan; ne was one Of the handful
that spoke out against him, and
was put in prison. He opposed
the war that has ruined Germany.
Now he is shot to death in Ber-
lin, with his companion, "Red
Rosa"
The Washington times., 1919-01-19

The Kaiser, who dreamed of
ruling the world, is a fugitive in
Holland. The allies and his own
country seek to extradite him, and
hang, guillotine, or shoot him.
The Washington times., 1919-01-19
Surgeons Lashed to Operating Table, Save Soldiers Life at SCI
WEATHER.:

Fair today and to-
morrow; little change
IN temperature.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-10-22
;ard .of Hanks.

We wish to thank most sincerely bur
many friends and neighbors who sur
,prised us so .pteasantly. at the old home
dn Vega, where we have lived so many
years and now leave for new home in
Koochtching count We will always
remember our old neighbors and friends
in Marshall count
sss s.. T.. SWensOn.
Mr.. and Mrs. John s.. Swenson.
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Card 81 Thal,ks.

We desire to thank our tnilmero1s
friends thru the columns Of the Sheaf
for the pleasant surprise given us Sat-
urday evening and also for the nh ni-.
ficent gift rendered us.
M. and Mrs. Clarence Peterson.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-10-22
BaDtiat Church Of Yexa.
e. II s. kiCyl(t3l1AD.s paatDr

-. - 80 w
~ Services Sunday, Oct. rs: . SIS ST.
Ats ega sunday school will be held
thereafter. 80 3ys 6 II III So s. -
At AIvarado unday school at Has
q, m. and preaching services at 1880
u. M. Gold time !.
81. lA cordial invitation is extended to
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1919-10-22

sNorWeEiaa LutA. Church Of Awarded
ts =. r. BREk kti. pastor. ssss
Services in the English language
Sunday evening at p: m. sunday
school at u. s 81 S.
Kongsvinger chnrch Services Sun
day morning at II a. m. Sunday school
after the service. t;s n @.,i$s
You are invited and welcome to our
services. 1850 ~ q ~ VI
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Catholic Church.
T., IL YONS. Pa Stor.

Services at Warren first and third
Sundays OF each month. Services at
salo second and fourth Sundays OF
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-22
condemned bv the experts

is condemned by the experts 1t
need not be a heavy meal, but it
should be something that gives the
body the fuel it needs to carry on its
work Without decreasing unduly the
power of resistance And lunch
should be something more than a hop,
skip and a jump, while the night meal
should not be the heavy dinner in
which so many indulge To spread
the food over three meals instead Of
concentrating it in one big eating
fest seems to be what the doctor or
ders.
These rules, after all, simply mean
that it is wise for persons to use their
common-sense. Man abuses himself
in many ways in physical sense, and
does it with full knowledge. Stop this
kind of abuse if you would be in con.
dition to resist the FLU" in case it re-
turns Good, decent, clean living
with lots of fresh air and good sleep
and the individual has done about all
he can 70 prepare himself. And hav-
ing done his best he can be at ease in
mind, for then the whole business is
out of his hands,-St Adams Messen-
ger.
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Preparing for the oEluy

The nations health authorities are
getting ready to give battle to the
FLU" if it returns in epidemic form,
as it is expected that it will in some
sections of the country. Already they
are giving out advice on how to keep
well. The rules are not difficult to
understand, but simple, as they are,
they seem very difficult for most of
us to follow. Take the matter of ex-
ercise The rule is to take plenty of
exercise, btoh in doors and outdoors,
preferably outside But who wants to
take exercise? Not many, it is true.
AS for indoor exercise, it SINNERS
down in nest cases 10 getting to the
supper table, back beside the reading
table, and then OFF upstairs to bed. We
Americans are under.exerCised ami
mails, and as a result we haven't the
disease resistance we ought to have
when most we need it,
But the persons who want to be
able to keep the FLU" away and to
give it a good fight If it shows up,
should heed the doctors advice and
get out in the open, fiji their lungs
full of fresh air, and give the muscles
some work to do Fresh air Keep
that in mind Have the windows open
nights. Why people should want to
coop themselves up in a semi-heated.
stuhy room is hard to understand,
but a great many of them do it. Next
to sleeping out Of doors the open
window is the best And you who are
afraid to open windows just stop to
remember that is just what you VIM
get if you happen to have pneumonia
fastened on you. The doctor will see
to that and you won't be able to help
yourself
Then after sleeping, and it should
be good long nights of refreshing
sleep, comes eating, an important
matter in all matters of health con.
sheraton, The light breakfast,
cup of coffee and a doughnut affair,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-22
Hoover Declined All Honors.

Herbert Hoover did not take any of
the numerous decorations" offered
him while in Europe, because he be
lieyes such honors should be accorded
to men who have been in the real
fighting There is more or less ground
for his position, yet it is absolutely
certain that Hoover did work which
made it possible for the men Of the
allied armies to fight. Therefore, he
is deserving of some sort of signal
honor when that sort can be determin.
ed.-Barre Times.
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roMn nox and Country noy

Formerly the town boy looked with
contempt on his country cousin. He
visited him condescendingly in sum-
mer vacation and was amused at and
patronized his rusticity The country
boy longed for the excimtents Of town
and city life, and he got away from
his home surroundings at the earliest
possible moment.
The past few years have seen ire
mendous movement in interest country
boys in country life. Now these young
sters have their potato clubs and calf
clubs and garden clubs and so on. A
great many o fthenl are farming on
their own hook in a small way and at
tanning an Independent position. When
the town cousin comes out in the coun-
try now, the city boy is envious Of
the fat calves and pigs and fertile gar
den that are giving his formerly des-
pissed relative big start towards bust
ness success.
What can be done in cities and viii
lage centers for the boys who's par
ents live on small lots of land and
where there is less chance for them to
engage in little enterprises on their
own initiative?
Ten years ago, two-thirds of these
boys spent their spare hours in idle
ness In these busy times most towns
give industrious boys plenty of chances
to work. But the great trouble with
the town boy is that it is so easy for
him to spend money He is a constant
patron Of the movie shows Money
fairly flows from his pocket for ices
and candy and chewing gum.
A boy who was earning about $3.50
a day was reported recently to have
bought four college ices in one evening
for his best girl, until she was taken
with sharp attack of Indigestion
What these boys need is fewer Wis
its to the ice cream saloon, and more
to the savings bank. When the town
boy arrives at manhood he may hn 4
learned as much as the country boy
with his calf and garden clubs, but il
is doubtful if he has saved as much
White River Junction Landmark.
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HER FIRST COFFEE CAKES
WHEY Didn't Know Much About Cook.
ing, but Would Try Anything to
Please Hubby.

The little bride was having her first
adventures in the culinary line and It
was hard, as she had never been
taught the art Of cooking. The yo,Ii 9
husband remarked one day how fond
he was OF coffee cake, the kind his
mother used to make, all fat wab
ratsins and spice and ell things nice.
After his departure for the office,
the little bride looked through the
recipe. 1t looked easy; you took one
cake of yeasta pint Of boiled milk, so
much butter, sugar, etc. She decided
on a surprise for hubby at dinner that
night. The recipe, like many others,
was not definite; 1t left something for
older, wiser heads TO know-for in
stance, that the yeast germ is killed
IL put in hot milk, and It did not say
TO cool before adding the yeast.
Therefore She mixed the ingredients
all at once. Throughout the day she
watched, It. Each time she looked a
sulIen mass greeted her eyes. 1t had
not risen any that SIZE could see and
would not be ready for the evening
meal. She could however, tell the
young husband of her good intentions.
He was vitality interested and suggest
ed to wifey baking 1t later, ana
having 1t with the morning coffee. A
neighbor, taken into consultation,
thought perhaps 1t had been chilled,
and suggested placing the bowl in hot
water, which was done.
Together, the young couple watched
It, but the stubborn disposition was
still with It, At twelve o'clock the
young husband lost patience and re-
tired. with the remark, IF it were
mine, would throw the darned thing
in the garbage can" Not so the lit
tie bride; she had been reading too
much of waste and conservation, SO
she stayed up, sleepy though she was,
until II. m, when she placed 1t In
the oven, hoping against hope that
the baking would bring out its good
qualities. At breakfast thc coffee cake
was Served They tried to slice It,
they tried to hack It, but alas, all tho
tragedies OF today are not in thu
Observation-Disclosures News.
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The Mortified News cahs attention
to one of the best roads in Vermont
that is neglected generally by touring
parties simply because it is not well
known. This is the road from Bethel
to Montpelier by way of Randolph
Braintree, East Roxbury and North
field. Auto parties from Bennington
and Rutland counties on their way
to Montpelier and beyond generally
go by way of Williamstown gulf, not
knowing that the the route through
Randolph and Mortified is ten miles
shorter and the road Just as good.
The scenic beauty of the Williams
town gulf is only slightly superior to
the East Roxbury gorge and some
people consider the latter highway
more attractive The distance from
Bennington to Montpelier by way of
Rutland, Mendon, Pittsleld. Bethel,
Randolph and Mortified is only 124
miles while by way of East Bethel
and Williamstown gulf the mileage is
1874.
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ing houses is hindering the growth
and prosperity of the town while
there are two vacant plants in town
that can be filled if places are provid-
ed for the workers to live. Then
there are the road problems, the high
cost of living and other issues Of i'm
portance. A meeting ought to be
called and the Bennington Board of
Trade again put on a working basis.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-09-22

The Bennington Board of Trade
ought to be brought to life again 1t
is tendency of boards of trade
everywhere to drop into inactivity
after while, due to the fact that all
the work falls on a few public spirit
ed men who cannot afford to con
tinue It forever No board Of trade
ever did better work than that of
Bennington for several years and it
is not the fault Of its officers that
they could not continue their efforts
Indefinitely. Just now there is great
need of further activity The lack of
housing, tenements, rooms and board
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500 Reward. $lOe

The readers Of this paper VIII be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its. stages and
that Is oatarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces of the System thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature In doing its
work The proprietors have SO much
faith in the curative power Of Hall'a
Catarrh Medicine that they offer, One
Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails
to cure. Send for list Of testimonials
Ohio. Sold BY all Druggists, 75c.
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Turtle Unstops sewer.

70 open u stopped up sewer pipe,
Frank Ward of Richmond, Mo, caught
u small turtle aud cut a small hole in
its shell. Then he tied a string in
the hole and started the turtle through
The sewer pipe. Whenever the turtle
stopped Il pun on the string started 1t
clawin@ It's way forward again until
the pipe was clear.