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SERBS CLASH
N|TH|TAL|ANS
IN NEAR EAST
POPULAR FEELING
BECOMING INTENSE
Fighting Occurs Daily in All
Villages Occupied
by Italians.

LONDON, Jan. 2o.-An omcial
dispatch today from Belgrade to tho
Serbian press bureau here said, pop
uar feeling against the Italian army =
grows every hour in the Serb, croat
and Slovene regions occupied by tho
Italian forces and that open clashes
occur daily.
From all occupied towns and vii
ages" says the dispatch, desperate
appeals 70 the allied powers are coming
asking for support and protection. Nu-
mcrous hostile acts Of the Italian army
against the Jugo-Slav population are re-
pnrtcd. Serb and Croat newspapers are
advising the people 10 wait in patience
tho just decision of the allied authori-
tics. but the situation in the meantime
is worry dangerous FOR The preservation
of peace s,
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der. He added that the court at Lin
coin. N"b. also has held Il hearing, but
has not yet rendered Il decision.
Under the now rates. as announced
hy MIR Eurcson. there will be basic
charg,. Of ca mills milo air line mile
age. with half tn" day rate for night
service UP to midnight and onc-fourth
of III" day rat" between that hour and
$40 o'clock in tho morning.
Th" rcw charges wcr" recommended
in III" first report Of the committee on
rate Standardization and Mr.. Burlcson
said their eject would hc to equalize the
toll and long dstan"" charges over the
country. In many instances rates in
certain localities will be increased and
this fact led 20 efforts Of sorne state
regulatory bodies To prevent the new
schedule from being pitt into effect gen
orally. however. there Will be reduc-'
ton i:r rates. according 10 the postmas-
ter general
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NOSKE:' '5POL|CY
SAVES GERMANY
FROM THE REDS
NEVER BEFORE SO
MANY ARMED MEN
Soldiers and Civilians Unite
in Preserving Order
in Capital.
ULrudrn Times cable. Copyright, 1919.
h,. Nuhlic Ledger CN.)

.U.ondrn Times cable. Copyright, 1919
hy Public Ledger co..
EEELIN. Jan. 2n.--'rhankS ~ III"
extensive military measures adopted sY
tn. government peace has been restored
IN Berlin and the government remains
master ot III" situation. Gustav
Enskr has shown himself III" strong
man hr was Sald To h". Never before
WAS So great I military fore" seen in
I:rrlin. rh. government i'll addition
urrc.ilrd to civilians. TIL" civilian
guard. under tine leadership ni army
ntlicrrs. showed a fiery zeal 10 restore
rh.. inrrrlllcd order and 10 preserve
society against Eol*h"vsm. TIL" Spar
racanS were comhaltch by all aNailahlc
means. An appeal. circulated by the
Wolff bureau. said.
Flat thrnwrrs and mine thr"w"rS ~
rh,. fore. Tho cavalry Of til" guard re-
uuir" ycu to report yourselves immH-
dIatrly. You know what is al STAKE.
People to the Rescue.
Tho volunteer peoples defense force
also ATTRACTED many Ia it's ranks. largo
lN;.th" drmobilizcd men who wcr" unable
ir riud work and were attracted by the
high wages. 20 marks monthly and
good food
Unemployment increased without IN
torm,sSion. Two hundred thousand are
unemployed in Berlin. Consequently.
street begging Is greatly increasing.
Wilhelm Lichknccht. lhc murdered
mans brother. has protested against an
inquiry hy military justice.
"E is hrccssary.". he declares. that
III" inquiry hr taken out of thrS" hands.
otherwise there can h" no guarantc" Of
AN unprecedented inquiry"
Strike a Fiasco.
He asks for - special commission.
composed Of members "t tho revolutions
ist socialist party. \ general STRIKE
10 protest against the killing "f DR..
Lirlkucth; and Rosa Luxembourg. Which
WAS proclaimed by tn" independents.
WAS n mis"rahl" lia$C~. Th" strike Will
II" Eivc-l up MonjnE. Notwithstanding
the prohibition "f demonstrations. III"
independents held MEETINGS Saturday
afternoon IN various parts Of III" cry.
ii"rr Mask" posted STRONG military
rnr,,S ,v"rywhcrr at th"S" meetings.
Th" meeting in the nusgart"n WAS dis
p,f..ri by lieutenant. This produced
~ strong protest against military arhi-
trariiiaSS The new GnIcrnm"ui ircadS
NOR. and NOR" in Tho footsteps Of the
.!I regime. II iS expected that th"
,nairr:ty Socialists will l." The strongest
pnrty III ill" rationai assembly. hut il
Is not hc!,,.vo,i II VIII obtain = mHloriY
So III" g"vrrnm"n, will b" formed cf
majority SOCIALISTS and democrats.
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WILL NOT INTERFERE.

SEATTLE. WASH. J1". i".-F"ilow-
;,,. a INA! meeting G: s.linh';;id"rS her"
tr.day j, h"ca,N" EH"":l tha: HI" wall
r.,- lu:crt"r,. II -" rr"m"$''i $tr;h" NJ
"a O'Clock :"-rn"rr"w morning d 2"."Hh
,n"n employed! n "i"v'n w""d and four
st.,.>f >hirrards IN S"a't."- Tn" employ
rr> ISSUED ~ str,"u."'it Gu; it rs sad
.r,v 4.cla..! ja"y a:. h"Gad b. the
e-oy.-;,:,~,i,'% wp.... ward and ;ha: &C.
ron =, ~, matter - ;arr"nsr! "7E"s IS
IN Ia. hands az ;ho Tinted states ship
ping h"a:;t.
\ GFT:;:,. g.: 500" Sh.ny.,rd ant! meal
wcrx."s in Tacoma 8 ais" s..f Tor to-
morrow.
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VANCE MCCORMICK
MAY SUCCEED SHARP
p"cial Call" Dispatch, Copyright l9l3
By The Public Ledger Company
Ry RAYMOND G.. CARROLL.

WITH THE AMERICAN PEACE CUM
MISSION. PARIS. Jan. @0.--\nlhaSSa-
dor Sharp, who Il am reliably informed
has resigned. may bc succeeded by Vance
McCormick. chairman Of the war trade
board. Speculation disposcs of Mr.. Nc
C"riuick. either III tn" arnhaSsadorshin
or the vacant berth on the American
,rrar. commission created upon III" Pres
idrnt'S return I" America in III" George
Washington. early III February. which
plar". all alonG. Secretary Baker was On
prctrd 20 occupy.
Mr.. Mr('ormirk. with Bernard Elruch.
chairman nI tn" war Industries board,
have b""n posting up the commission
with respect To tho present economic m
duSiri;,l resources situation Of America.
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EVE MY NOT IN
NATION LEAGUE:
Only Admitted When Allies
Convinced They Are
Trustworthy.

FAIRS. Jan. 2h. tEy TIL" Associated
i'f..s>,-,;rrmauy Austria. Bulgaria and
Turkey ctarn: be admitted Ia The l"aSu"
g.: noiiou$ at ~" present time. but th"E
should b. allowed - JOIN as Su"n AS m"
t"acuc - satisfied ;hat ths% aT" "3t!t"d
a. b. ranked ano::S III" Siw"rtnE tiil-
lions az ;he world.
This - IN. OPINION expressed by Lord
Robert C.c,l wnu has just turned over To
,i,, printer tho Hritish plan for the
i.ast;c cf nations which will b. submit
,cd - the peace conference.
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.ROYAL|ST. REVOLT IN
PORTUGAL; REPROVED
BY EX-KING MANUAL

LONDON, Jan. 20.-A royalist rcvolu-
ton has broken out iii Portugal. ac-
cnrlinc to q wireless dispatch from Lis
bon Paiva Concicro has placed himself
at tho head of a royals; revolt at Opor-
II" Braga and NiscuS and has proclaimed
former kIng Manuel king of Portugal.
Government troops are on their way to
suppress the conspiracy. Tho wireless
dispatch adds hat Former King Manuel
mas sent Il telegram 10 the Portuguese
government rcproving the attempt in his
behalf.
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JEFFERSON CITY. No. Jan. ~
An order to suspend the proposed ~
cr"as" in irlcphon" rates rs dtrecteo ny
I'nSimaSicr.CicnrrHl Eurleson. 10 oecoine
rffrctiv.> ut midnight tonight. was Is
sued today by the Missouri puoiic
ir, -rr.umissiun. Tho commission also
;,s,ru,',cd Us. attorney 10 file in3unc-
ion nrnrcrdinrS tu halt the increase.
Tho order OF suspension applies only
10 The Bell Company. since none OF the
other companies has filed schedules OF
increased rates ,,
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CHICAGO. Jan. "h.-A temporary IN
junction. restraining the American TEL
rphonr i! Telegraph company from put
ting into effect til" new long distance
tcl"phnn" rat" ordered by inc postHas
ter general. WAS obtained in q state
court This afternoon on petition OF the
Illinois state Thlic utilities commits
sion.
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THE wThTHER.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2o-Forccast:
Ohio and Western P2nusylvaria-Fa!r
Tuesday and probably wednesday,; mild
temperature.
West virEiuio-Fair Tuesday, and
Wednesday: mild temperature.
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Paid Sy tho Consumers.

scrotnr Eorah Of Idaho. Rrpuhiican.
and Rcrd Of Missouri. democrat. j"tn""
m The criticism Of Mr.. H""Ncr. dee TAR
ing that tn" food administrators AZ
livi,icS had resulted III lnrt" pr"lilS 10
the packers while c"nSuncrS rhld h'Sh
prices.
KruIving 10 criticism If IN" rn'h"rS
Senator sherman declared that IN" l"'"
administrations voluntary agreements
had fixed and maintained high nf'''$
for live. stock, Will" limiting packers
Drrfi;S en- IN" rdiE!" portion az hEr
stock 10 ? per cent of mar 'hH"S''"
capital.
turning TO the bill. Senator sherman
said that the Sl0o. .ro". .u"H fu"d W""'h
IL, nlarcd I'm hands ouis:d" "f th"S" "i
the President for distribution. II" saG
IN. prr*,dru already had selected MF-
IInnycr. who probably would "h""S" ms
own help. -
.,rh.. rrcsilcni.' said Senator Sh"r-
man did So in tn" matter II aero
riu,;c CorSi ruCl!0u. uf tn" HpPr"iFla- =
lions for which $l4n.ooo. ."n6 hHN" never
20, h"rn satisfactorily accounted '"f
Mr. hughes. IN his report. r"c"h!n"tih-
,.L rourIinuriiul for certain E"nt1"n'h.
and IN, rrnor: OF IN" tScnai"l commit
- without passing upon til" H'F'''
civil liability. found many things ihhi
,y,.r.. not in accord with good business
"Th, rrcSid"nt recommended IN All
.yarc. rhaS such Of th"m rs MI HuEh'>
rcnnr, found worthy Of Cnur'mhr'iN i"'
,yrurratod. ;,nd Ia" War Department
very recently. in 4 publication III 'h'
nffciaI Bulletin. mad" ~" same r'""'h-
,nruGntion and 4 number OF .ph&"S are
occupied with reasons why th"S" aero
IN
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Hoover Attacked.

Senator ronrnsc said Mr.. Hnov y
had iuxult"d every R"puhll"an citizen
by advising the American people 10
SUPPORT Tho Democratic party in h"
laSi congressional C:tmp;uGn. and thhi
hn would offer an amendment I" IN: bill
recurring that the fund NJ administered
by n commission named by IN" l'rrs'-
dent with the advice and consent -!
the senate
Tho Pcnusylvania "-anator Offered IN
amendment rcQulr1r; that the r"hrl
fund be used 10 purchase supplies III 'hc
United S!at"s senator Martin crIticiT-
cd This proposal as n prnih"rihE
rrcros,ticn on a charitable fund. aid
Mr. pcnrosr finally modified it I" r"Ad
that wheat ln h. given free - tn" p"o-
nj. Of Europe should h" purchased IN
this country as far as possible. :
Scc IhGn ndnNt cd
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RELIEF BILL |S
CERTAIN To Be:
ENACTED SOON
FINAL VOTE MAY BE
REACHED ON TUESDAY
Attack on Herbert Hoover
Feature of Yesterdays
Debate.

WASHINGTON. Ian "H--p"ha;. On
tho administration b!l! nprr"priLtImt
xlGn, ,hnG. 900 for food relief IN Euror"
and Ia" Near East covered wild" rAn."
IN tho Senate tn,ln!, and again prevent
ri u final vote on tn" measure. iaSsaE'
of iht. hill is conceded Ivy both adN"-
Gates and opponents. ana lh'mh"ra'h>
leaders wnr" hopeful tonight that ih'S
would bo ACCOMPLISHED b"f"r" adjourn
trcnt tomorrow.
Attack On rh" hil! and III" adm:ris:ra-
ton Of III. r"llcf fund by Herbert {.
Hoover. wns Ind hy senators F"nro|''
Of Pennsylvania. and Sherman. 81 Hi
nois both Republicans. whii" Senators
Martin. Of Virginia. D"m"Crat!r l"ad'r.
and Lewis. Of Illinois. Democratic WHIP.
wcr" the principal speakers in support
Of H.
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LONDON. Ian. on.--Riotinc occurred
in R"rlin during last nigh, after the
S;ar,acn1s had attempted /" destroy tho
ballot boxes used in Sundays election.
according to an ExchanE" Telegraph dis
match from Copenhagen.
Tho S?ar;nr:rns w"r" r"pulS"d every
whcre. Fighting took place. It IS report
I'd in WihclmStrlss" and I!"d'nnnA
Strnssn and nj iIallrsrh"l"r Th" Spar
,ncans also made an effort :" storm the
Office If thc Vurwu"rtG.
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Total

This statement is a comparative
statement. The five months subse-
quent to November IL. 1918, have
been compared with the five months
subsequent to June II, f91S, and
show an increase in the number OF
55S persons arrested charged with fell
onies.
This statement does not take into
account the number of persons ar
raigned before the City Magistrates
and discharged, nor does it take into
account the number of charges origi-
mating in this office and presented to
the Grand Jury. which were dismissed
by said Grand Jury as there are no
figures available for this class OF &C
tions; nor does this statement take
into account persons against whom
indictments have been filed and the
defendants not apprehended."
The foregoing table shows that for
the five months following the end of
the war there was an increase in this
county of about 25 per cent. In felon-
les, and that the percentage OF in
crease of misdemeanors was very
much greater. AS regards smaller
offences the following table gives the
facts:
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The prosecuting attorney at Cleve-
land, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, Samuel
Doerier, notes a general increase In
crime the country over. He supplies
to THE Sun the following opinion:
ut is impossible to state at present
whether rehabilitation has any con-
nection with crime. 1t is true that
crime has been on the increase for
several months in every city In the
Union, 1t has been so rampant in
this city that a special Investigation
is being conducted TO ascertain the
causes. l have always held to the
theory that unemployment with its re-
sCitant idleness and poverty goes hand
in hand with crime.
'Idleness is proverbially a mischief
breeder; poverty creates a despera-
ton that necessarily tends toward
crime. Whatever it Is that is Caus-
ing unemployment. whether 1t is de-
mobilization or bad social and indus
trial conditions, must be considered as
being a noteworthy contributing fac
tor toward the increase in crime
Crime Is II symptom OF a disease and
not the disease itself. All men born
and brought up amid healthful and
normal surroundings graVitate toward
an honest life, but when brought forth
and reared amid surroundings of
squalor, dirt and poverty that degrades
and debases, they necessarily gravitate
toward n life of crime. The unjust
social and industrial condition is the
disease that must be cured. and when
that is done all the symptoms, includ-
ing crime, will disappear. The world
has been made safe for democracy and
now we must make it livable for hui
mainly"
Harry z. Lewis. District Attorney
Of Kings county, finds proof In the
records of his office that the crime
wave is a fact not to be ignored.
| though, like Judge Swami, be does
not believe that 1t is due to return
| ing soldiers. Mr.. Lewis discovers that
| the percentage OF increase in felonies
is much greater among civilians than
| among men in uniform; that the per-
centage OF soldiers arrested for serious
offences against the law Is really
| negligible. while that of civilians Is
alarming. Here Is a brief table with
which Mr.. Lewis illustrates his com
ments;
! INDICTMENTS FOR FELONIEs.
| January and February, lsiS..223
| January and February. lsi9..4l7
Increase In indictments, 81, or about
| 50 per cent
This table," says Mr.. Lewis, does
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W. A "eAcK ROOM" HELLS KITCHEN
NS WHERE CRIME FLOURiSHED %
New York's Alarming Increase in Eel
onies Finds Sequel in Every Great
Centre Blame Soldiers

ut would be strange indeed If this
reaction, SO manifest everywhere else,
should fail to show in the criminal
courts. Speaking generally, it seems
to me that the present so-callcd crime
wave denotes little. If anything more
than the relapse of lately exception
ally we'll behaved country to it's nor
NAL state of delinquency.
"1n Boston the soldiers and sailors
themselves constitute n very small
fraction of the total number of Offend
ers-no larger, in fact, than was to be
expected when we remember that some
of our service men had criminal ten
denotes, as shown by their records in
peace time. The great ma jority of our
soldiers and sailors were right living
respectable men before the war. and
as to these we have yet to see any
symptoms OF deterioration since the
armi9tice. OF course, allowance should
be made for those cases in which pro-
fessional criminals who either never
entered the service or deserted from 1t
have worn the soldiers uniform as a
disguise and have thus brought UNI
deserved discredit to the men in uni
form. | think it will be found that
rehabilitation has no casual relation
to the present so-called crime wave.
Contempt for lawful authority and re-
sistance to law enforcement. at present
operating under the alias of 'Bolshev-
ISM is now. as always, the cause Of
crime"
An analysis of the comments sup
piled by these prosecutors in tho
largest cities OF the country reveals
that they are about unanimous in
noting the existence of veritabe
wave OF crime; that they are disn-
c.ined, on the whole, to blame de-
modified soldiers; that they are
pretty generally agreed in, blaming
constituencies aEitators OF anarchis-
tie. ant.-American type. and that they
cali for more energetic and Vigilant
work by the police and swifter action
in the criminal Courts-thc latter re-
form being perhaps the most essential
of all. Underlying the views of all OF
, these practical students of criminology
is the belief that the problem concerns
every individual good citizen, whose
duty il must be to reflect through the
press, the pulpit and the schools tho
old time sane and decent theories OF
moral, industrious, law abiding Ameri-
canism.
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not include the great number of UNI
solved crimes, and l have not taken
the trouble to set down the table of
misdemeanors, which shows very
alarming increase. The whole situa-
ton is perturbing to officers of the law.
It seems to indicate a dangerous cur
rent going on in our city and country.
I cannot pretend to estimate all of
the causes. All I can do is deal with
facts. l suggest that better police
work, prompter prosecutions and es-
pecially increased effort to find jobs
for men out of work and to better
social and industrial conditions may
solve the problem. There is a great
deal OF unrest throughout the world.
We are having our share. 1t is "a sit
uation that thoughtful men must deal
with. The newspapers have a great
duty in these premises. No news
paper should print in news or editor
ial comments statements which would
tend to increase this unrest and dis
satisfaction with authority"
One of the best known prosecutors
in America is Joseph c. Pelletier. Dis
trict Attorney of the Suffolk District
Observation-Disclosures city of Boston
Recognizing that there is a crime wave
Mr.. Pelletier explains it in one word:
Bolshevism. He decides against the
suggestion that the returning soldiers
have any relation to the spread OF
crime, holding that the phenomenon is
the bad side of a sort of violent re-
action by humanity from the moods
and restraints and discipline of war,
He presents his views interestingly:
! There would seem to be no doubr
that since rehabilitation of our troops
: began there has been an increase in
| crime over the record of the previous
year. il is not so clear, however. that
the increase represents an abnormal
| impulse rather than a restoration OF
normal ante-bellum conditions.
! Following our engagement in the
world war there was an almost i'm
mediate decrease in crime, due. no
doubt, in part to the sober mood OF
our people. the subsection to military
discipline Of so many young mon and
their resultant withdrawal from the
excitement and temptations OF civil
| life.
! Now comes peace, and with it re-
| taxation of discipline, and joyous emo
ton. verging on hilarity in populous
centres, holds sway.
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COMPLAINTS RECEIVED.
Chieagoan BIames Soldiers.

Maclay Hoyne, States Attorney OF
Cook county. Illinois (Chicago), has
a range of observation second only
to that possessed by District Attorney
Swami OF New York county. Mr..
Hoyne finds a distinct increase OF
crime following rehabilitation ana is
at pains to specify what he believes
to be the causes and to set forth what
he believes would be correctives.
THE increase of crime following
rehabilitation" Mr., Hoyne telegraphs
to THE Sun, results, first, because
many men of criminal records and
tendencies enlisted in the service as a
condition Of parole or probation and
to escape penal institutions. Now
they are thrown upon the country
without jobs and without money;
second, because many persons of I'M
suspected criminal tendencies have
developed bad associations. Also, their
contact with bloodshed, violence and
footing has cheapened their regard for
the sacredness OF human life and their
respect for property. and this is now
manifested with their release from
military discipline. Third, the gather
ing of demobillzed men in large cities,
not their homes, where they have no
steady employment or sufficient
means, where they are free from
home ties and the restraint of friends.
leads to evil conduct and law break
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blame the returning soldiers alto
eether, because part, a great part, Of
this crime wave is due to the prevail
ing industrial unrest"
Com missioner Enrisht's Figures.
District Attorney Swami obtained
from Richard Enright, Police Commits
sioner. statistics revealing. that 7S5
sailors and 97S soldiers have been ar
rested in the period between Novem-
Der II, 1918, when the armistice was
signed, and April Is, 1919. As has
been stated. relatively few of these
arrests were for felonies committed
by bona fide soldiers or sailors, and
most of the offences against the law
had to do with the results OF liquor
obtained by bootleggers. fights. disor-
derby conduct and street ARRAYS. With
the sailors and soldiers out OF consid-
GRAFTON, the table presented by District
Attorney Swami shows, nevertheless,
| a distinct increase in crime, in felonies.
! The following comparative statement
tells its own story:
Number of persons arrested. charged
with felonies and held by City Magis-
trates to await the action OF the Grand
, Jury, including actions originating
with the Grand Jury, New York
county, resulting in indictments;