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.UNVER|F|ED REPORT
COL. HOUSE |SDEAD

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE New
York Evening Telegraph today pub
lished a story that private cable dis
patches were said to have an
rounced the death" of Colonel House
in Paris. The Telegraph said II was
impossible to verify the report
The State Department, known to
have very fast cable communication
with members Of the American peace
mis- SION in Paris, also was without
any confirmation, it was announced.
PARIS. Jan. 13 ts:40 r. m.).-Colonel
House. who is confined to his residence
by illness. was reported this evening
to be improving.
The above dispatch, it will be noted,
was filed in Paris last night II is
the latest word known to have been
received in this country regarding
Colonel Houses condition,
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PENSION P[AN|EX-K ON |
WOULD BETTER THE VERGE Of !
u. S. SERVICE, INSANITY, SAYS
SAYS KEAT|NC DUTCH VISITOR

LONDON, Jan. 14.-william Ho-
henzollern, former Kaiser Of Ger
many, is going insane, according to
a dispatch to the Daily Express from
Amsterdam today, quoting q promi-
nent Hollander, who recently dined
with the ex-war lord at the castle Of
Count Bentinck.
"The former Kaiser will be a fit
patient for a madhouse within six
the informant declared.
HE raves continually. One day he
wants to return to Berlin and the
next he wants to surrender to Great
Britain like Napoleon. He suffers
much from his head and from in
somnia. Quite often it is difficult to
prevent him from leaving his bed at,
night and wandering, half clad, in
the park OF the castle grounds.
Recently he announced his inten-
ton of returning to Berlin and was
with great difficulty persuaded not
to do so. He also is determined at
times to surrender to the British"
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Jury TO FREE.
LEbAUDY.
WITHOUT TRIAL
EPRED|CT|ON

WESTBURY, N. Y, Jan. 14.-Mme.
Jacques Lebsudy, who admitted the
staying Of her husband, so-called for
mer Emperor Of the Sahara" prob
ably will be freed Of a murder
charge. This was the opinion at the
Mineola courthouse last night among
those who have been in close touch
with the case since the shooting of
Lebaudy Saturday night. It was
predicted that a finding viii be re-
turned by tomorrow night by the
Nassau county grand jury, which be-
gan its sittinss ON the case yesterday
afternoon.
1t Is believed that Nine. Lebau-
dy's immediate fate will hinge on
the outcome of the testimony to be
given probably in this mornings
session Of the grand jury by two
persons.
Priest to Testify.
The first, according to present
plans win be that OF tie Rev. Fats.
er William F. McGinnis, pastor Of St
Brtdget's Roman Catholic Church .:
Westbury, where Nine. Lebaudy and
her daughter Jacqueline worshippcd
The second probably will be tie
Western Union messenger boy, Marl;
Rosenfield, who accompanied Le-
baudy to "rhe Lodge" on Saturday
night.
The Rev. Father McGinnis is ex-
pected to show Nine. Lebaudy's life
and that OF her daughter were con-
stantly threatened by the master oil
The Lodge" Father McGinnis sta
ted last night that he had been SUN.
noned frequently to the Lebaudy
home and inferred that on several ;.
casions he had protected mothe: and
daughter from injury by the hrs
band.
The messenger boy is expected "a
state more definitely whether he fed
the Lebaudy household Of his OWE
volition or whether Nine. Lebaudy or.
dered him to leave. In the latter
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URGES DEATH FOR KAISER
AND LIFE IMPRISONMENT
FOR Won BERNST0RFF

Death for the former German Kai-
ser, life Imprisonment for Won Be-r-
storff and others, should be peovis-
ions of the final peace treaty, accord
ing to Senator Myers of Montana. He
also advocates payment of the entire
cost Of the war by the Germans; the
confiscation Of the Kaiser's persona al
wealth, estimated at $3.50. 900 900, and
retention by the allies of both the
war and merchant marine fleets "f
Germany.
Senator Myers Is among those IA
voring postponement Of consideration
Of the proposed league Of nations
until after the peace conference.
THE world wants peace first"
Senator Myers said in a speech in the
Senate yesterday. The peace t"eaty
should be framed first and stcnS
taken to enforce its terms in order
to end the conflict.
IF Germany refuses to surrender
the former Kaiser the United states
army should forcibly take him ana
execute him"
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REWARD
FOR METEOR
ST|RS CITY

The offer Of 500 reward by The
Times to the person who brought to
The Times office the meteor, which
fell in or near Washington Sunday
night has brought responses from
several persons, who think they
know where the meteor landed.
Mrs. Lily A. McFadden, wife OF
'Chimmie McFadden." the well-known
newsboy orator. was the first to bring
supposed fragments of the meteor 20
The Times office.
Il was standing on Sixteenth street,
across from the Farragut apartment.
when I was blinded by sudden flash
of light and something fell on the
roof OF the apartment house. said
Mrs. McFadden. There were two
other persons with me. Senior Angel
Cabrillo Vasquez. of 1922 l street
northwest. and Nine. Marie Cnami-
neaud. of the Berlitz School OF
Languages. The fragments were
found on the roof"
Specimen submitted by Mrs. McFad-
den will be submitted to meteorlogi-
cal experts.
Two small boys visited The Times
Office yesterday afternoon and claimed
to have found the meteor in the back
yard OF their home. They were told
to bring the specimen to The Times
Gffice.
One OF the persons who believes he
has found the meteor Is John r.
Gofanauer. a farmer living at "Thr
Pophouse," four miles north OF Mid
dleburg in Loudoun county. Virginia.
Mr.. Gofanauer told a relative, Mrs.
Lucie B. oliver. OF 933 Twenty-third
street northwest, of finding the me.
teor in his garden. He said II had
fallen in his garden Sunday night and
was "as hiR as q barrel
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By BILL PRICE.

After years of waiting and fighting, of patient but de-
tened insistence The Washington Times and the people
Of the Distrct Of Columbia today great victory
when the Ruhlc Utilities Commission ordered free inr
company street transfers at all points conter
effective February l., the only exceptions to the places
recommended by John A Beeler being at Ffteenth and
streets; Fifteenth street and New York avenue and the
walkng transfer to and from Seventeenth and streets
and Pennsylvania
These points omitted by the commission at this
because of the serious effect the transfers would have
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Free Transfers
Ordered By the
Commissioners
The Times Fight For FREE
Transfers Victorious

: The Washington Times Is glad to announce to
its readers the fact that FREE ntercompany transfers
win shortly be available to travellers the street
lines of Washington. The Times has for years fought
IN the interests of the people for this result and much
sratiied by its final accomplishment. If we now
get the companies to render anything like satisfactory
service, travelling in Washington win cease to be COM
bination of peril and p,mishment
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A strong appeal in favor of pen
sion and retirement Legislation for
the Government employees was made
today before the House Committee
on Interstate Commerce by Con-
gressman Keating of Colorado.
Mr.. Heating, who introduced the
Heating McKellar bill in the House,
repeatedly has argued for the
measure and has spoken in behalf
of legislation Of this nature on the
floor. Today he again emphasized
the need Of prompt steps toward
that end by the committee. He
spoke for the Keating- Mcclellan plan
of a system on the "fifty-fifty"
basis as against the Pomerene plan
under which the employees would
contribute all the fund. He said the
Pomerene plan was Objectionable be-
cause it would require excessive con-
:. >. buttons by employees, in some cases
inning as high as 8 per cent.
Improved Service. f
the committee that the question or eff
the committe that the question of Ell.
cheney Of Government service was in
volved and that the Government would
be the beneficiary in that it would get
improved service by the retirement Of
the superannuated.
Mr.. Keating brought out that under
the present arrangement. with thou
sands OF superannuated employees on
the rolls. the Government, in fact, is
paying pensions and that il 10 thu
loser by lessened service.
Many questions were asked Of Mr..
Heating by Chairman Sims, Congress
man Esch, Congressman Dillon, and
others.
Salaries Too Low.
He dwelt, among other things. on
the low salaries paid to some OF the
Government employees. Salaries in
many cases barely paid the current
expenses of living, he declared.
He said he did not advise young
people to enter the Government EN-.
ploy.
Il have never advised a young man
or young woman, to enter the Gov
ernment service" said DIR. Heating
And if l had a boy or girl I'd not
think of doing such a thing. 1t is
true that the entrance salary is at
tractive. but that only is so for few
years. The opportunities offered are
not such as to justify young people
in entering on this service"
Expects Other Requests.
Mr.. Heating was asked whether a
pension system meant a demand for
higher salaries. He said he did not
believe anyone could tell, but he ex
pected the Government employees Ia
remain organized and to be active In
asking things to the point where they
annoyed Congress.
And that does not mean Congress
will, or should, grant all their re
quests" he said. ~ expect Congress
to grant what is right and oppose
what IS not right"
After the hearing the committee
considered the bill briefly and decided
to take it up next Friday morning
and dispose of it.
Strong sentiment for the bill exists
in the committee, and Mr. Heating is
hopeful Of getting a favorable report
upon 1t. If such a report can be had
the bill will go to the House calendar
and there will be a good chance for
its passage If the Senate in the near
future. passes the bill which is pend
ing before it.
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LUDENDORF IN SWEDEN ON
SECRET MISSION, REPORT

General Won Ludendorff, Of the Ger
man army, is in Sweden on a secret
mission. supposedly private. according
to information received by the State
Department today.
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FEARS U. S. ExTRAvAGANCE
MAY BRING ON REVOLUTION

The spectre of revolution in the
United States was held up to the
United tSates Senate this afternoon
by Senator William E. Borah Of Idaho
as a warning against brutal extrava
gance" in governmental expenditures
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CHAPLIN TOPR|SON
FOR KILLING WIFE

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.-Charles f.
Chaplin, former city editor OF the
Evening World, who shot and killed
his wife, today pleaded guilty to muir
der in the second degree before Su-
preme Court Justice Weeks and was
sentenced TO twenty years imprison-
ment.
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PRINCE ADEAR,
HELLO GIRL
SAYS

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF
OCCUPATION IN GERMANY, Jan. 13
tBy courier to Nancy).-'The prince
Is a DEAR exclaimed Miss Millicent
Martin. of Chicago, an American tele-
phone girl, who was the first Yankee
maiden to dance with the Prince of
Wales. heir to the British throne. at
the Officers Club in Coblenz.
Miss Martin is blond, tall, and slen-
der. a graduate of Roanoke College, in
Virginia. and ia an accomplished
linguist, speaking German anu
French in addition to her native
tongue. She enlisted as a telephone
operator and Is now assistant to the
chief Of the exchange OF the Ameri-
can army Of occupation at Coblenz.
But to get back to Miss Martins i'm
preston Of the prince:
HE reminded me OF a high school
senior in size and he has rosy cheeks
and laughing blue eyes. He was shy.
though, and kept fixing his collar.
He said he liked American girls.
HE said he thought the American
girls certainly could dance. although
ne Is not mucn OF d dancer HiE'seiI'
The prince is q democratic young
ster-democratic and no airs. and just
likable everyday chap. The most
Of the girls got q crush on him right
away, but let me whisper a strict
secret: Royrlty makes no hit with
me. or course IL Is a great honJr to
dance with the heir to the British
throne-but there is a certain cep-
tain in the American army"
Miss Martin blushed. then added:
Tine prince tangoed and bunny
hugged, and II was amusing To see
the strategy of some OF the girls who
sought to dance with him. All voted
the distinguished guest a regular
guy"
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TODAY

Encyclopedias, the court. no long
er able to supply comfortable
places and full stomachs for all
the intelligent, was soon over
thrown. Mind contented and stom-
ach full mean revolutionary spirit
weak.
There is no doubt that it would
cost this country a great deal less
to feed the discontented in Eastern
Europe than to subdue them and
police Europe for the allies. II
we must do one or the other, bet
ter feed them and save money. No
citizen would object to sending
millions. no matter how many, to
feed the starving. Many would OBJ
ject to sending American soldiers
to shoot the starving-no matter
how foolish they might be, or how
dangerous to our friends In Eu.
rope.
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Who's Back From the War
daily list of in the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps who have returned Washington after service
in camps in this country want your friends
to know you're home, write to The Times phone Main
$780, Branch 1O1.

Rank-Name Home
Second Lieut. jerome Rupert A T. c. 25 street NJ w.
First Lieut. Austin Howard Engineers 3o5l street n \"
Seaman Irving Howard, Navy, 305 street N W.
Yeoman William E. Brown, Navy, 37O7 Tenth street N W.
Yeoman Francis Kelly 35l1 Fourteenth street N W.
Mechanic Roger Smith, jr, Aviation, 610 street N w.
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BALTIMORE. Jan. 14.-Miss Agnes
Kann, OF Baltimore. a nurse. had the
honor OF being the first partner OF
the Prince OF Wales during n fare
well luncheon and dance given the
prince at the end OF his visit TO the
American area OF occupation, accord :
Ing to dispatches.
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BERLIN, Jan, 10 (via copenhsgen.
Jan. 14l.-The counter revolution OF
the Spartacus group (BolshevikD is
collapsing rapidly in Berlin and the
provinces.
Karl Liebnecht. Robert Emil Eich-
horn. and Rosa Luxembourg, the three
chief leaders OF the reds, have hed.
Dusseldorf. the most dangerous
Spartacus stronghold outside OF Ber-
lin, has fallen into the hands OF gov
eminent forces. British troops are
preserving order there.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE allies have
decided that all OF the gold held by
the Reichsbank, in Berlin. estimated
at $500. 900 900, shall be transferred
at once to Frankfort, says an Ex-
change Telegraph dispatch from Paris
today.
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ARMY
|NPRUSS|A.
CRUSH REDS

AMSTERDAM, Jan. 14.-Three com.
panies OF Belgian troops entered
Duisburg, in Rhenish Prussia, today
to put down Spsrtscist disorders.
(Duisburg is fifteen miles north OF
Dusseldorf. near the Belgian from
tier).
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WEATHER.:

Ctoudy today and Prob
ably temsrrow, net much
change In temperature.
Temperature at 9 Q. L.,
20 degrees. Normal tern
perature fer January -
for last thirty years, II
degrees.
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The President in an urgent mes
sage calling upon Congress to ap-
propriate q hundred millions for
the starving in Europe cables
words of wisdom, namely, the way
TO discourage Bolshevism 10 to feed
the discontented."
Hunger lacking intelligence is
not dangerous. The French starved
for centuries and submitted while
the masses Of the people knew
nothing. After they had been
taught to think for q while BY the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-17

armistice will then terminate and the
allied and associated powers will take
such steps as they think needful to
force their terms"
The detailed reply follows exactly the
scheme Of the original conditions OF
peace, which was in turn followed by
the Germans in their contemporaries.
1t says that 1t can not be disputed that
the allied statesmen have never ex-
pressed a desire for n other peace
than on which would undo the wrongsto
1914, vindicate Justice and international
right and reconstruct the political
foundations of Europe which would give
liberty to all its peoples and therefore
the prospect of a lasting peace.
The German claim of a contradiction
between the terms Of the treaty and
President Wilson'S promise Of justice
to the German people Is met by a quota
ton demanding "the destruction of ev-
cry arbitrary power everywhere that can
separately, secretly and of its single
choice disturb the peace of the world
II, similarly, 1t says, the Germans
claim contradiction in territorial claims,
it must be borne in mind that this Is
not the result of any purpose to act
unjustly toward Germany but rather
Of the fact hat an appreciate amount
of German territory consisted of dis
tricts ~unjustly appropriated by her in
the past.
The economic obligations are an.
swered by the statement that Ger.
many's economic condition Is intact anC
in no wise crippled by a devastation
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-17
Antisub Boats
Turn Noses To
South SATURDAY.

The antlsubmarine ~flotilla. which has
been cruising up the Mississippi river,
! VIII start the downstream trip not later
than Saturday OF this week. Word
from Lieutenant Commander Wells
Hawks, in charge Of the recruiting
voyage OF the ships. brings the news
that the boats can not proceed farther
up the Mississippi than ST. Louis, W
ing TO low water.
After a weeks program OF ball games,
concerts, cruises ms other social fea-
lures In connection with the st. Louis
visit, the noses OF the Isabel. the ks
and ehasers will he turned downstream.
The date Of reaching Memphis is I'M
certain. but It win be sooner than 30
days hence, as at first planned, owing
10 tho rapid fall OF the Mississippi
river.
A house party during the first week
end OF the visit Of the squadron here
has been added 10 the many social
Commander Thos, q Berrien, senior
commanding officer, will be the host to
a brilliant company, to include most
all members of tho younger society set
Of Memphis and visitors from nearby
cities.
nosing their way downstream, the sea,
} planes will dart hither and thither, Wis.
, itinE many cities inaccessible to tn,
} hornets Of Uncle SANS navy, While the
boats are In st. Louis this week, tn,
} three riders of wind and water vii
participate in a tournament OF aircraf
J In Chicago, This ended. they win ioir
} visit cities up smaller tributaries ant
} circulate literature in the interest o
, recruiting for the ANY, They will reacl
} Memphis ahead OF the surface craft,
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guarantee protection, under the league,
OF German minorities in coded terri
tories, n intend to open negotiations
Immediately for a general reduction of
ornaments, as provided In the covenant,
in the expectation that Germany car
ries out her; engagements in this re-
gard.
Part three OF the detailed reply deals
with European political clauses. 1t says
the territories of Eupen and Malmedy
have continued in close relation with
Belgium despite a century of Prussian-
ization and that the reunion of these
territories with Belgium seems justi-
fled. The communal woods in Prus-
sian Moresnet are awarded to Belgium
In partial compensation for the de-
struction of Belgian forests.
With regard to SchIeswig the reply
says the plebiscite in Northern Schles-
wig promised by Germany, but never
granted, is now assured on the request
of Denmark and the people concerned.
| The territory so far as the Elder and
! the Schlei is to be evacuated by the
| Germans and administered on the spot
and at the end of Is years will be
| free to choose its W sovereignty.
Concerning Alsace-Lorraine the reply
| says a plebiscite there can not be adj
| mitted because the whole purpose of
| the provisions in regard to these prov
inces has been, so far as possible, to
| repair the injustice committed in 1871
and to restore the situation then pre-
| vailing as far as it is possible after
| so years of suffering.
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ALLIED REPLY TO
HUNS PROPOSALS
GIVEN TO ENEMY
lcontInued From Flrst Page.l

= T nEEsf
Premier Lloyd George Of Great Britain,
hlmselt as premier of France and Pre-
mier Orlando OF Italy, in which 1t was
specifically declared that when victory
was won. compromise as to peace terms
was impossible and Just punishment
should be meted out, and continues:
Justice, therefore, Is the only posi-
DIE basis for the settlement Of the ac-
counts OF this terrible war. Justice is
what the German delegation asks for
ana says that Germany has been prom
lsed, But II must be justice for all,
Ihere must be Justice for the dead and
wounded and for those who have been
made orphans and bereaved that Eu-
rope might be free from PrussIan des-
pollsm, There must be justice for the
peoples who now stagger under war
debts which exceed thirty billion, that
hberty might be said. There must be
Justice for those millions whose homes,
lands, ships and property German saw
agery has spoliated and destroyed.
THAT is why the allied and asso-
clated powers have insisted as a cardi-
hal-feature Of the treaty that Ger
many must undertake. to make tepara-
tlon to the very uttermost of her power,
for reparation for wrongs inflicted Is
o. the essence of justice, That is why
they insist that those individuals who
are most clearly responsible for Ger
man aggression and for those acts of
barbarism and inhumanity which have
disgraced the German conduct of the
war, must re handed over to Justice
which has not been melted out to them
at home. That, too, is why Germany
must submit for a few years, to GER
tain special disabilities and arrange
ments. Germany has ruined the indus
tries, the mines and the machinery of
n~eighboring countries. not during bat
Tie, but with the deliberate and cal
culated purpose of enabling her own
industries to seize their markets be-
fore their Industries could recover from
me devastation thu wantonly inflicted
upon thom.
Germany has despoiled her neigh
bors OF everything she could make use
OF or carry away. Germany has de-
etroyed the shipping of all nations on
the high seas where there was no
| and crews,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-17
EDUCATORS MEET,

BLUE MOUNTAIN. Miss, June II.
tSpl)-Many noted educators are 10
visit Blue Mountain state summer
school during the next few days. DR..
W r Bond, state superintendent of
education Of Mississippi, Or. j, c. FAINT,
q the University Of Mississippi; Miss
susie Y. Powell, of Mississippi Agrioul-
tural and Mechanical college: a reprc-
sentative Of the press of the state. a
representative Of the American Rec
0ross from New Orleans, Or. r, s,
Wilson. q the state farm extension
work, and perhaps Or. Joe Cooke, Of the
mississippi Normal college; nr. j, n.
lowers, chancellor Of the University Of
lege. w.
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