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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-30
TERRIBLE GRIMES CHARGED


 T saw men tortured to make them give evidence against their com ades. he said. "They were handcuffed aud chained to the walls and then beaten senseless with blackjaclEs by ser geants."
 Ryszelewski described one case of negro soldier who was caught enter ing the kitchen at night to get food. The prisoners were hungry. he de- clared, that they begged food from the Chinese coolies working on the roads. The negro was beaten unconscious with blackjacks by three sergeants. Afterward he was put in solitary con- finement, where his hair was burned off his head and he was flogged on the soles of the feet with sticks to try and make Ahim tell the name of supposed accomplice.
 Ryszelewsli also described a pun ishment inflicted on other men who, he said, were first handcuffed and then seated with their hands on their knees and stick passed under their hooks They were put in the court yard and fed on bread and water. Other men were taken out of their cells at midnight in the middle of the winter and scrubbed with mud, he asserted, for smoking.
 After he had been in this prison some weeks, Colonel Maui was appointed commandant as, the men understood reformer. Rsyzelewski said Colonel Maui addressed the men on his arrival and promised them that If man did right he would be treated wellf
 On the strength of this promise Rsy- zelewski said he wrote an article de- scribing conditions which he entitled "The School For Bolshevism," ana handed it to the commandant. He said that the next day he was brought be fore him and sentenced to three months solitary confinement, for one month of which he was handcuffed
 There was no change in conditions under Colonel Mauls administration, the witness testified.
 The hearing was closed with Rsyze iewsl<is testimony The committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on other phases of the investigation into the conduct of the army and will sail fo, Europe within few days, to continue the inquiry there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-30
SEEK THOSE HIGHER UP

Prom the evidence before the commit tee," said MT. Johnson, "it seems clear to us that while sergeants and lieuten- ants were punished. they were merely the scapegoats of higher officers. We want to discover who were the men higher up and we will do everything in our power to see that they are brought to trial. II is apparent that this was not a case of brutality in an individual prison, but that similar conditions existed in practically all the prisons of France"
 The principal witness at the hearing to- day was Col. T. Q. Donaldson of the inspector generals department, weo made an official investigation of the prisons after the first charges of brutality were made public. Under close questioning by Representative Bland and with obvious reluctance Colonel Donaldson admitted that responsibility for the conditions in the Paris prisons, concerning which some of the most sensational charges of bru- tallty have been made, must be laid to General Harts. He was then questioned sharply as to the reasons why Colonel Grinsted, who had been in charge of farm No. ?, had never been brought to trial, altho" gh Colonel Donaldson in his report had recommended his court-mar- tial for neglect of duty
 BLAND AFTER TRUTH
 "Is it possible asked MT. Bland. tha, high officers took the position that they would not convict man of the rank of colonel?"
 "Oh, mo-"
 And that they had a good goat in the person of 'Hardboled' Smitho"
 'I have nothing to say about that"
 Do you know of any reason" per sisted Mir. Bland. why Colonel Grinsted should not have been brought to triai?H
 q suppose the superior officers had some good reason" replied the witness
 "It is a serious reflection on the A F. F." commented MT. Bland. If a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-30

No transaction at Hood & Wheeler s IS consid- cred complete until the customer IS entirely satisfied
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-30

The most sensational testimony of the hearing was given by Joseph c. Ryszelewski, sophomore of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, who enlisted in the aviation corps.
 Ryszelewski got into some trouble over gambling and was sentenced to three years Imprisonment He es- caped and joined the British army ir France and was gassed, wounded, deco rated with the croix de guerre foi gallantry and given a commission. Fi- nally he was identified by the Ameri : can authorities through correspondence with his parents in Philadelphia anF claimed by them as fugitive. He was sent to the stockade prison at Grieve where he asserted a "veritable reign of terrOr' existed.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09
Two american flying machines arrive in Halifax on way
from New York to London. One plane missing.

all times were in radio and radio
telephone touch with stations
along the route and all ships at
sea. Comdr. J. H. Towers, lea
der of the Division, exchanging
greetings with Acting Secretary
Roosevelt and sending messages
to Admiral Knapp at London
and Admiral Benson at Paris.
Lieut.. Comdr. Bellinger is pilot
of the No. J..
TOLEDO. OHIO. = WHY'S
Overland Automobile plant was
closed by Vice-President Clar-
ence Earle, following clash be-
tween strikers and police result
ing when meters attempted to
talk with employees who had
refused to join ranks.
PARIS. = Senator Humbert,
on trial charged with dealing
with the enemy was acquitted
today. Pierre Lenoir, another de-
fendant, was sentenced to death
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09
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wireless, Seryice.)
Nav O. 1919.

WASHINGTON.- Two of the
American Navy Seaplanes, the
No. l and the No. 8, arrived at
Halifax at seven O'Clock to
night, New York time; finishing
successfully the first leg of their
Transatlantic ,,flig h t.. The
No. A, piloted by Ii ie ut !.
Comdr. Read, had not. been
heard from since thirty
p. m. when she reported having
repaired oil pump trouble which
for a time, the pilot reported,
threatened to force him to make
a landing. Nothing was report
ed of the missing plane at ten
o'clock to night. >Destroyers
along the route are searching
believing she, was forced to
make a landing. The three pla-
nes left Rockaway this morning
at nine fifty-nine o'clock and at
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09

land William De Couches was
convincted and sentenced to five
years in prison.
WASHINGTON.-The Navy
Department announced IMPE-
RATOR is expected to sail from
Brest Saturday for New York
with first detachment of Amer
leans. Is same size as the LE-
VIATHAN and when loaded will
accommodate ten Thousand
troops.
WASHINGTON. - Victory
Loan subscriptions have now
reached $2,818,561,00O with an
increase of S459,877,000 in last
twenty-four hours was official
announcement of Treasury De-
partment. 62.63 per cent of
quota now subscribed. Navy's
Victory Ship now in Gulf of
Mexico speeding toward Victory
Harbor, New York.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09
ITALIANS and SbAVS

spoke SO eloquently?
The great Italian patriot and
:dealist, Mazzini, who saw right
as ''the faith of the individual"
and duty as the common collec-
ted faith" never claimed for
Italy the Dalmatian coast-line
(which he knew to be Slavonic,
not Italian" Last Fall; before
the propaganda of chauvinism
had done it's work in Italy, Uni
Ia, a journal of sober, intellec-
tual opinion, said in effect that
if Fiume and it's district were
added to Istria the Slavs of We
nezia Giulia would be increased
by 100000 and the Italians by
only $4,000. "That is, the Slavs
would become the majority in
"Venezia Giulia, and all hope of
''fair government and the pea
"ceful absorption of the Slav
element would disappear. The
"elections would have to be fax
led, and every form of oppres-
"sion and corruption practiced
Gin order to give political pre-
"ponderance to the Italians. Is
this the way we want to inter-
"pret Mr.. Wilson's principles 2"
Once more hear Unita, or the
authoritative voice of Professor
Gaetano Salvemini:
Sonnino proclaims that Italy
desires only "the conditions in
Indispensable to her Independent
zee and safety because there is
no independence without safe
"ty." Even this is not a great
novelty. *** Germany in 1871
wanted 'the conditions indispen-
sable her independence and safe
''of Italian national unite is a
! ty," and claimed Alsace-Loraine,
with what beautiful consequent
ces everybody knows. And, in
vading Belgium, what else did
she say if not that she desired
independence and safety? These
words mean nothing in themsel-
yes. What matters is the spi-
rit with which they are thought
and the man who uttered them
Is it the Prussian spirit or the
Latin spirit? Are they uttered
by Shylock or by Bazzini?
Italy today has need of the
insight of.Mazzini, of the broad
minded craftsmanship of Ca.
YOUR.
(The New York Times.)
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09
OPINIONS OF MY OWN
BY Claudio Cap0.
Some Of these days we
shall hear of the first
flight accomplished by man
ON AIR NAVIGATION
By Claudio Cap6.


distance to be covered in continuous flight is about
three thousand miles, but have become familiar with
stories of daring deeds in aviation during the last four
or five years. that great the event undoubtedly s
it will not fill us with as much wonder Beriots flight
across the English Channel-some twenty-one miles
did.
Air navigation which is in it's infancy has progressed
wonderfully since first became practical proposition
Of course must have thought of the convenience OF
being able to fly since the very moment he perceived
other animals going through space But is is only within
the present generation that real progress has been made
in the science of aerial navigation and at the rate goes
we should not be at all surprised of these days
trip to the Moon seriously considered.
If we remember right Santos Dumont was the first
man to flew in heavierthan-ar machine. The Wright
Brothers spoken of in the United States as the first
inventors to make of the art practical proposition Of
the ighter-thaar deyices the most famous those
constructed by Count Zeppelin
Don't smile when we speak of trip to the Earth's
satellite The distance to be covered is barely three hun
dred thousand miles, which at the rate of three hundred
miles an hour could be covered in about fifteen days
There are naturally many things to be investigated BE-
fore attempting the feat but should not regard as an
impossbiy the realization of Jules Vernes story of
the trip of daring passengers ION board" the pro-
jectile thrown by the "Culumbiad. you have forgot
ten that interesting narrative read the book againand
dream like a boy for couple of hours or so.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09

At the Congress of the Oppres-
sed Nationalities of Austria
Hungary held in Rome in April,
1918, the representatives Of the
italian people and of the Jugo-
slav people pledged themselves
s'in the interest of good and sin
'cere relations between the two
iS:ifsseoples in the future to solve
"amicable the various terrific
"rial controversies on the basis
'of the principles of nationality
"and of the rights Of peoples
''to decide their own fate, and
Gin such way as not to IN
"jure the vital interests Of the
''two nations, such as shall be
defined at the moment of pea
"ce." On the day after the Con-
gress Mr.. Orlando, the Italian
Premier, officially received its
leaders. "It is our common and
perhaps decisive interest" he
told them, "that the inexplica-
''ble and grievous doubt which
chad arisen regarding our war
"aims should be dissipated.
"Here once more, for ourselves
"and for all, we have Loyalty
declared them to be exclusively
directed toward assuring our
Integrity and national defense
against the implacable and Sc
ocular menace of an enemy
Estate"
Mr.. Orlando celebrated "the
''impetuous and vigorous cons
science of the Southern Slavs.
The implacable and secular me-
mace of the Austrian power
exists no more. The world is
now seeing Mr.. Orlando's
efforts to solve, on other
principles than those of nationa-
lity and of the rights of peoples
to decide their own fate, the te-
rritorial controversies between
the Italian nation and the ma
tion of Serbs, Croats land Slo.
venes. In April, 1913, the TIA.
Ian and Jugoslav representati
YES recognized 'that the unite
.'and independence of the Jugo
"slav nation is a vital interest
''of Italy, just as the compilation
"of Italian national unitey is
"vital interest of the JugoslaN
nation" Where now is th'
solidarity born from common
suffering" of which Mr.. OrlanC
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09

followinsfrom sugar equalization
board:
"EGualization board does not
fix price of Porto Rican sugar but
it is sold to the Americans rciiners
at the same price that is fixed by
the equalization board for Cuban
which is seven and twenty-eight
hundredths cents per pound New
York. ThJre is not contempla-
ted change i'll this price. Porto
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09
The Sugar Situation

The following cable has been
received by the Governor from the
Chief of the Bureau of lnsular
Affairs, Washinton d. c.:
wager, San Juan.
May 5th-Referring to telegram
from your office of LIST inst, the
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09
WHERE THERE'S A WILL
THERE is A WAY.

Are you as interested in hav-
ing good street car service as we
are in providing it?
Unless you want it We cannot
provide it.
This problem of better service
is as much yours as ours. With
out your active cooperation the
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09

Rican crop moving and present
increase in rate of consumption
will cause heavier movement OF
Porto Ricans which has al :eady
begun.
| will see Mr.. Hruley Of the Ship
ping Board tomorrow or next
day in dtake up the matter of
tonnage.
WaIcut
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09

problem cannot be solved. With
YOUR assistance double-tracking
is easy.
An 11-foot space along the Ca
rretera is all the room needed
for an additional track.
Where there's a will there's a
way.
Porto Rico Railway Light and
Power Co.,
San Juan wouldn't be San
Juan without the street cars.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09
"REIS UNDERWEAR"

At special price. See Coma
lez Padin Co. corner window
disply get your supplies nOwn.
tAdvt)
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09
FOR RENT. A desirable place

suitable for any kind of business
suitable for any kind of bussi-
ness at the right side of the
ground floor of 10 Allen st. In
quire of the land lord at the End
floor of the house. Advt.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09
R1 EzEsl Eszzzz0 Ez2alM
The Shows Only New Car
The Essex-IsNow ReadyforD Delivery

Not Room for 1t and the Hudson the Main Floor OF
Madison Square Garden, They Are Given the
q, Largest Space in the Building, in the Concert
Hall on the Second Floor
interesting exhibit at all of the automobile shows
this year is the only car-the ESSEX
Its coming looked forward to for than year.
And so when showing announced January l6
every crowded by motorists who wanted
to see the car about which they had heard much. ri
Thousands have since ridden in it.
the prasng words they have for it. 1t combines the
wanted qualities both the light weight cheap which
peas because operation with the
endurance performance elegance and riding qualities OF
the large costly 1t does this in that no other car has
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09

~ READ Ell IMPARCIAL!
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09

minded of the cars you
know intimately from
having seen them on the
streets. A few changes
in body designs, perhaps,
hut nothing Of importan-
ce mechanically, has been
produced during the part
year.
The Essex, therefore, is
the distinctive car of the
year.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09

It has pOlse and VIII
retain its rigidity throng'
hout long hard service.
These are things which
any observer will immedi-
ately notice. And that is
why instead of advertis-
ing the claims as is usual
ly done, we merely ask
YOU to come see and ride
in the Essex.
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09

No sensational claims are made for
the Essex, except those that are made q
by the thousand who have learned to a
know its qutlities.
AS you view the various exhibits at Il
the automobile shows you will be re- o
El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-05-09
YOU SHOULD NOT ONLY SEE IT
YOU SHOULD RIDE IN THE ESSEX

1t is light in weight. 1t has al the
ualities that make the light cheap car
ttractive. But it also has the easy
iding qualities, and the performance,
he long endurance and the refinement
# the large and costly cars.
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-30
F.F. DAWDY QUITS
Probation Officers Resignation
To Be Effective Jan. i.
Will Go to Oklahoma as Musical
and Church Instructor.

After four years of chasing thru
back alleys and cornfields after bad
boys, and entering poverty stricken
homes for like period, F. f. Dawdy.
county probation officer, today ten
dered his resignation to Probate Judge
Ralph H. Cav. Dawdy's resignation
becomes effective Jan. l.
Dawdy will leave Topeka to accept
position as a musical and religious
instructor in the First Christian
church at Bartlesville. Okla. Dawdy
also will be superintendent of the sun
day school there. Before entering
Juvenile work Dawdy was for years a
singing evangelist. in charge of chorus
work at evangelical meetings.
Dawdy as probation officer looks
after wayward boys. often being forced
to look for them in strange and diff
cult places. He also investigated pow
erty stricken homes for the purpose OF
deciding the amount of charity needed
in those homes. In short. he was an
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-30
ASKS A RATE CUT
Edison and Telephone COmpan-
les Added to kemper List.
Declares Reduction Would Aid
Lower Living Costs.

The Edison company and the South
western Bell Telephone company were
asked today to lower their rates by
w. H Kemper, chairman of the county
fair price committee. This plan, de-
signed to help the merchants in re-
ducing their prices, was presented to
meeting of electric light men, tele-
phone men and wholesale grocers at
the fair price committee headquarters
in the Federal building this afternoon
The Edison company was asked to
decrease their rate one cent a kilo-
watt on electricity and to make a
similar cut on heat. Kemper asked
the telephone company TO reduce the
rate on residence phones Is cents a
month and that on business phones,
25 cents.
The grocers of the city said they
could not meet the fair price commit
tees prices and other merchants
maintained they could not radically
reduce their prices if they had to pay
the same prices as always for tele-
phones, light and heat. In view of
this, kemper made his request to the
light and telephone companies.
I'VE cannot possibly make any re-
general manager of the Bell company
said, when informed of Kemper's re-
quest. Our rates are already too
low"
A. H. Purdy, manager of the Edi-
son company, could not be reached to
ascertain the attitude of his company
on the request
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-30
EAST SIDE NOTES
Notes and personals from East Side
by Frances Jones. Telephone $3.50.

t. E. Brentnan, general scale inspector
for the Union Pacific and brother. S. A.
Brentnall, both of Denver. Colo. spent Sun
day with their mother, Mrs. Mary Brent
nall. East Sixth avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs Floyd Fairchild have re-
turned to- their home at shorey. They have
fathers home. 210 Branner street.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mcwhinney, enter
West Seventh street. Monday evening in
honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Davis. it
being Mr.; Davis birthday anniversary.
from a visit to Mr. Eyes father at Clay
Center. Kan. They were accompanied
home by their little daughter Marian who
has spent the past three months with her
Mr.. E. r. sanderson of Goodland Kan.
while en- route to FL PGso. Texas. several
days. neo. was a visitor for short time
at the Frank Sanderson home, Seward
Mr.. and Mrs. John Fritze have returned
to their home from visit of a few days
at Alma. Kan.
DR.. and Mrs. r. H. Smith and little
daughter. Margaret have gone to OberIin,
Eureka. Kan. DIR. and Mrs. Smith spent
Christmas day with Mrs. Smiths parents.
NIIc Mr; and Nd MIS-, j; IL l.: Crock: East Sixth ave;
daughter Ethel, who also spent the holi
DAYS here. have returned to Neodesha.
A combined watch party and reception
will be given at the Third Christian church
Wednesday evening. The guests of honor
at the reception will be Mr. and Mrs. +.
y. Dawdy and their little daughter Elsie
Mr.. Dawdy will lenve the first of the year
for Rartlesville. Okla. to take the position
of religious educator at the First Christian
church. Mrs. Dawdy and little daughter
will not go TO Bartlesville for several
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. n. Johnson will enter
tain at their home Tuesday evening with Il
dinner in honor of Mr. and Mrs F. F.
Dawdy and daughter Elsie.
A reception followed by a watch party
has been planned for Wednesday evpninr
and will be held by the Ladies' Aid society
at the East Side Methodist church. The
hostesses Wednesday evening will be: Mrs
Miles Stephens. Mrs. James Harris, Mrs
Russell Harris. Mrs. Sam Cunningham Mrs
Martin. Mrs Darr Mrs. !. b. Price, Mrs g.
Slusher. Mrs. J. Meek Mrs. II. P. French
Mrs. Craig, Mrs. Eva James. Mrs Earl
Suttle. Mrs J. r. Sloan. Mrs: Rowley Miss
Mary Cunningham, Miss Elizabeth johnson
and Mrs. Lyons.
Miss MarcelilNa Couture who spent the
holiday with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Couture oO4 Jefferson street has returned
to Manhattan where she is attending the
Agricultural college
The Topeka state journal., 1919-12-30
IN CENSUS SCHOOL.
Enumerators Prepare Today to
Begin Work January 2.
More Workers Wanted-E. E.
Murphy in Charge.

A school of instruction was held
this afternoon in the federal court
room for the benefit of enumerators
who are to take the government CEN
sus in the First congressional district,
beginning January 2. The school will
be under the supervision of E. E. Muir
ply. of Leavenworth, who has charge
of the census in this district.
Not all the enumerators have been
appointed, it was said, and efforts will
be made at once to get the desired
number of persons to qualify. The
work of taking the census will begin
early Friday morning on the basis of
conditions as they existed at 1901
O'Clock Thursday morning. There will
All enumerators will carry with
them them Identification cards and
written commissions from the govern
ment. which they will show if desired.
The law gives them authority to enter
any dwelling in the district to obtain
the information required. There are
legal penalties for failure to give an
enumerator correct answers.
Enumerators are forbidden to re-
veal any information about any per-
sons or firms or their affairs. When
the enumeration is complete, the in
formation is sealed up and sent to
Washington, where it is tabulated and
puDHSneu- 1t Is eNpeCIeQ IHdt lne cen
sus taking here will be completed in
about month.
The principal questions which each
person will be required to answer are:
age, birthplace and birthplaces of
father and mother; whether single,
married, widowed or divorced; wheth-
er attending school; occupation;
whether able to read and write;
whether home is rented or owned; if
owned, whether mortgaged or free
from, daht