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The Washington herald., 1919-01-12
Mann SURE OF91
VOTES NEEDS 12O
Newly Elected Republicans
Also Pledged to Support
Speakership.

Ninety-one Republican members Of
the House already have pledged them
selves to vote for the nomination OF
Representative James r. Mann. OF
Illinois. for Speaker. This announce
ment was made yesterday by Repre-
sentative Martin B. Madden, of Illi-
nOis, who is managing Mr.. Mann's
campaign.
The Republicans will have 23S mem
bers of the next House. To secure the
nomination when the party caucus is
held 10 votes will be necessary. With
the big Republican majority. nominal
ton, Of course, will insure election.
Mr.. Madden explained that none Of
the ninety-one pledged votes came
from the delegations of the New Eng
land States. or New York. Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and Indiana. In addition.
included among those pledged to sup
port Mr.. Mann's candidacy are few
of the newly-elected Republicans.
No statement was available as to
the strength claimed for Represen-
tative Frederick II. Gillett. of Mas
sachusetts. who is opposing Mann,
1t was pointed out, however, that in
the delegations from the States not
included in the Mann pledges are
107 Republicans. Mr.. GiIletps sun
porters assert that he will be given
the solid backing Of the New Eng
land delegations and will receive
most of the votes from the other
states not claimed as pledged TO
Mann.
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centricities, Seaman said, his wife
has several times tried TO have him
committed to an institution. They
have not been living together for
some months, although Lebaudy has
made repeated attempts to gain en-
trance to the house.
Recently Mrs Lebaudy hired an
armed guard to keep her husband
away from the premises. Three
nights ago, according to her story to
the sheriff, Lebaudy outwitted the
guard and, breaking into the house,
beat her severely.
Fearing another visit, Mrs. Lebaudy
said, she hired another guard. To-
night, she told the sheriff, her hus-
band succeeded in getting past both
guards and again entered the house.
Hearing her husband in the house,
Mrs. Lebaudy said, she armed her
self with a revolver, and when he
approached her she shot him.
Daughter Phones Attorney.
First intimation of the tragedy
was sent by telephone to Harry
Moore, Mrs. Lebaudy's attorney at
his home in Roslyn, distant but a
few miles from here. A quivering
voice, that of Jacquelin. the 1S-year-
old daughterU of the couple. informed
Mr.. Moore that her father had been
shot.
Jacquelin was in her room when
she heard a pistol shot downstairs.
She dashed. to the head of the stairs
and saw her father lying in the
hallway. Visible even at the dis
tance at which she stood was a red
stream issuing from her fathers
side.
The girl sped down the stairs and
found her father attired in a fur
coat At his side was a black Ieath-
er grip.
When Sheriff Seaman, and officials
from the district attorneys office
arrived ~Lebaudy was dead. They
found Mrs. Lebaudy in such a state
that she was unable to give any
connected account. of the tragedy,
She was assisted to her room in
which she was confined under police
surveillance. Care was taken to re-
move everything from the room
which might have been used as a
weapon with which to do herself
harm.
Mrs. Marie Lebaudy was regarded
by many as one of the handsomest
matrons of Long Island fashionable
set She was in semiconscious con-
dition when District Attorney Weeks
reached The Lodge
Il ran screaming about the house,
Jacquelin was said to have told the
officers when asked to tell what she
knew of the shooting She then rea-
lized. she said, that the proper thing
to do was TO notify the authorities, SO
she called up her mothers attorney.
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FICHTINCIN SNOW
U. S. RoUTS REDS
Enemy Repulsed with
Heavy Losses, Says Re-
port of Battle.

The official report of recent fighting
in Northern Russia in which the
American, British and Polish troops,
lighting in heavy snow, repulsed the
Bolshevist attacks and held their pre-
viously consolidated positions, was
made public yesterday by the War
Department
The report says:
"On December 20 allied troops oc-
cupied the town of Kadish on the
river Nemtsa, thirty-seven miles from
the junction of that river with the
Dwina. They also .took up posi-
tions on the river Pinega,. eight miles
above Pinega and still hold their po-
sitions
"On December % operations were
undertaken on the river Ongga for
the purpose of consolidating the line
to be held during the winter and
to throw back enemy concentration.
On this date the enemy positions
on the river. Omega, fifty miles from
Omega, were attacked and taken the
advance being over a stretch of twelve
miles. On January 1 some of the
allied troops were withdrawn to bet
ter positions and OF January when
the enemy attacked the new posi-
tons the Americans and other troops
were well prepared for. them and re-
pulsed the enemy with heavy losses.
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bUEN0S AIRES
STRIKE SETTLED
President Takes Hand and
Soon Workers Win
Their Demands.

Buenos Aires, Jan. u..The general
strike was settled this evening at a
conference of workers and employers,
at which President Irigoyen presided.
Irigoyen induced the strike leaders
to accompany him to the Vasena Iron
Works, where the strike began. The
President asked the officials of the
company to accede to the strikers de-
mands. After a brief conference the
officials agreed. The workers will re-
ceive wage Increases and shorter
hours.
The labor leaders assured Irigoyen
that all trades which went out in
sympathy would return to work at
once.
Gen. Dellepine's troops were still on
duty tonight, but it was believed they
would be withdrawn as soon as the
self-selected military dictator is con-
vinced the strikers are sincere.
The port strike. which Is entirely
Independent of the general strike. and
which began some time before, was
still unsettled tonight.
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BAND|TSBLOWUP UP.
MEXICAN train
Passengers Are Massacred,
Bodies Robbed After
Killing Of Soldiers.

El Paso,, Jan. ia massacre oil
passengers followed the killing or
twenty-five soldiers guarding a train
which bandits dynamited near Uru-
pan, Mexico, according to advices re-
ceived here today.
The bandits, said to have been head
ed by Eduardo Escalante, robbed the
dead bodies. Only a few passengers
in the first-class coach escaped.
Residents of Chihuahua fear a night
attack by Nillistas, arrivals here
stated today. Villa scouts are within
seventeen miles of the city.
Villa was also said to threaten the
mining town of Parral.
That the bandit leader is receiving
from the United States was
the complaint made to President Car
rama in the final report of Gen.
Francisco Murguia. who gave way to
Gen. Jesus Castro as federal COM
mander in the northwest. Murgia
blamed the American border patrol
for alleged failure to stop smuggling
of arms and ammunition to Mexico.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-12
CEN. PERSHINC
TO STAY ABROAD
Return In 1920 Will De-
termine Action of One
of Political Parties.

Unless changes are ordered by
President Wilson in the plans of the
War Department. Gen. John j. Per-
shing Will remain in Europe until the
last of the American forces begin the
homeward voyage, probably early in
the summer of 1920.
Army officers yesterday stated that
as yet no move has been mnde for the
assignment of Gen. Pershing to any
new command in America 1t is as
sumed, however. that he will be given
command of the Department of the
East, unless Gen. March is trans
ferred to Europe thus creating a va
cancy in the post of Chief of STAFF of
the army.
Allied advices received during the
last few days indicate clearly that the
United States army will bear its share
OF the police duties to be undertaken
by the allies in disputed European
territories. The belief is general that
such police work will be continued for
fully a year after the signing of the
peace treaty which it is thought may
be formulated by June of this year.
Should the American troops be re-
tanned under Gen. Pershing in Europe
until the summer of 1920, it is thought
Nlldl lilt EItdltSl lHt
victory probably will be held in this
country when he and his veterans
reach Americas $ shores. 1t would not
be surprising if his homecoming was
marked by demonstrations similar ITO
those accorded to Admiral Dewey
after the Spanish-American war.
Gen. Pershing's return may be infiu-
cnCed by the progress of any move
ments looking to his nomination for
the Presidency by either of the two
great parties in the conventions to be
held in the early summer of 1920
1t is pointed out that a triumphal
return of Gen. Pershing in 1920 might
have a great bearing upon the action
of one or the other of the two political
parties, each on the outlook for a
strong candidate for the Presidency.
In this connection it is said that Gen.
Pershing's future activities in the
army rest largely upon the decisions
of President Wilson. who in a meas
ure can do much either to place Gen.
in n prominent position or
him to duties where he would
not be in the public eye.
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Pershing Never Voted
In His Life, Declares
His Civilian Brother

Buffalo, n. Y, Jan. 1l.-Gen. John ].
Pershing never voted in his life, ac-
cording 10 his brother. James f.
Pershing, Chicago business man.
James F. Pershing was here to at
tend the Pershing Day celebration at
the government war exhibit
MY brother is a soldier, not a poll
tician." said the civilian Pershing.
so far as 1 know he never voted in
his life. / have never heard that he
is interested in politics, and do not
believe that he has ever thought of
becoming a candidate for the Presi-
Dental nomination.
When he became p he was in West
Point, and since then he has been i'm
the service, most of the time in for
etgn countries. He has taken no spe-
cial interest in politics"
The Washington herald., 1919-01-12
America Must Wage War
On "Junkers, Says Daniels
Secretary of Navy Eats Substantial "Chow'
With Seamen, Delivers Ringing Address
And Compliments Food FiXer.'

of living whereby high finance takes
from the laborers that which they
have striven for, but a nation wherein
all have an equal share both in pay
ing according to their means and OF
ruling according to their principles" q"
He praised his boys" of the navy
for the manner in which they put
across" more than 100000 men with
out the loss of a single man. And the
reason they did it, said Daniels. was
because the American navy was on
the job"
In introducing Daniels. former Rep
resentative Kent thanked him for
keeping the powder trust down; for
judging the value of steel plate. and
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Wife Kills Millionaire as
He Forces Way Into Home
jacques Lebaudy, Self-Styled emperor Of
Sahara" Shot Down as He Enters Door
of Long Island Mansion.

MineOla, L. l.. Jan. n.-Jacques Le-
baudy, wealthy mine and land owner,
was shot and killed at his home at
Westbury, L. l., tonight. Mrs. Le-
baudy called Sheriff p. \. Seaman, of
Nassau County, on the telephone ana
announced that she had shot Lebaudy
to save her own life, according to the
sheriff.
Lebaudy several years conceived the
idea of establishing a French colony
on the Sahara desert and proclaimed
himself Emperor of the Sahara"
The Lebaudy estate adjoins the
home of Mrs. Jack" De Saulles. who
killed her husband. She was later
acquitted in the Mineola court
Mr.. and Mrs. Lebaudy have had
trouble for years, according to the
sheriff. Because of Le5audy's &C.
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His Murder Proves Body
Blow to Cause of the
Spartacans.
RED ROSA" MAY RULE
Fighting Continues IN Ber-
lin as Ebert Regime
Faces Problem.
By United Prcas-

London. Jan. u--Karl Lebknecht
was shot in the head and instantly
killed during Thursdays lighting in
Berlin. according 10 a German gov
ernment official. Berlin dispatch 10
the Evening News reported today.
The official said that Liebknecht's
reported death means the end OF the
Spartacan movement
Liebknecht was struck by a ma
chine-gun bullet while directing the
defense Of a printing house on Zim-
merstrasse, the dispatch said
BY Universal Service.
Copenhagen. Jan. 1.-THE report
persists that Or. Karl Liebknecht il
dead.
Ctrcumstantidl stories tell how the
leader Of the German Reds" died.
He is said TO have been shot through
the head.
LiebknechJs death is a BODY blow
to the Cpartacans. A woman. Ross
LuXembUrg-"Red Rosa" as her dis
ciples call her-has been his chief
Lieutenant for years and probably will
step into his shoes. Her fanaticaI
devotion to the cause" coupled with
utter feaTlessnCss and flaming elo-
quence have won terrorism in Ger
many the majority Of its adhereuts.
but behind the woman guiding. or
Eanizing and planning, was always
Liebknechts brain.
Reds" Cause Doomed.
Unless some picturesque Russian
steps upon the German stage 10 act
in Liebknecht's role the cause Of
the reds is therefore believed
doomed TO follow him in death
The situation Is Berlin today Is de-
sCrfbed in meaEer dispatches 10 have
been comparatively quiet, though
SDNTTNT-UD ON PACE TOT-R
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HINES PLEDGES
CONTINUANCE OF
M'ADOO POLICY
New Railroad Director
General Promises Labor
Square Deal.
FAVORS 5-YEAR PLAN
Is ION the Fence" Regard
ing Permanent Govern
ment Ownership.
FAVORS 5-YEAR PLAN

The railroads of the United States
are operating today under a new
director general. but with no break
in administrative continuity and no
change in policy. Walker d. Hines,
formerly assistant director general,
is the new chief.
About the Railroad Administration
offices the only break in the routine
came with Mr.. Hines moving into the
suite formerly used by Mr.. McAdoo.
and the invasion of the building by a
swarm of movie people to make a
film of the new director general as
suming charge.
Mr.. Hines is pledged to a continu-
ance of the McAdoo policies. 1T
will be my purpose" he said on as
suming control, ito carry forward
the policies he has put into effect
fidelity to the public interest, a
square deal for labor. and fair
treatment for the owners of the
railroad property and for those with
whom the railroads have business
dealings"
Mr.. McAdoo in announcing the ap-
pointment by the President, wired
from Los Angeles: Mr.. Hines is in
full sympathy with the policies
which have guided the railroad ad-
rninistration and with the views of
the President on the railroad ques-
ton"
Fayors Fiye-Yenr Plan.
The proposal made Congress by
Mr.. NcAdoo with the Presidents 5
approyal that federal control of the
roads be extended for five years.
receives the warmest support from
Mr.. Hines. He is not an open advo-
cate of either government owner
ship or private. II private owner
ship is to prevail. he asks:
rs it possible for this Congress.
at this time, to begin to conduct and
complete the necessary investiga-
tions on these problems, and report
bills in the two houses, and have
them adopted and passed and. the
differences of the two houses COM
posed, and have a hill emerge
which will represent the remedial
legislation, which is practical and
desirable in order to deal with rail-
road operation under private man
agement?''
Answering. his own, question Mr..
Hines said: II don't believe this is
going to be practicable in this
Congress. which has a little over
two working months left, when you
take into consideration the neces-
sary interruption of business on ac-
count of the Christmas holidays"
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C. 0. P. TO FIGHT
BIC FOOD BILL
Sharp Partisan Debate in
House on 100000, 900
Measure.

One of the most vigorous partisan
debates Of the present session OF
Congress is expected in the House to-
morrow when the slOO,OoO.OOO European
food relief bill is scheduled to come
up. Republicans opposing the meas
ure doubtless will take every advan-
tage of parliamentary tactics to fore
stall favorable action.
The Democrats Of the Rules Com
mittee yesterday turned the tables on
the Republican members. who on
Thursday defeated the proposal for a
special rule to bring the bill up in
the House. At the Thursday meeting
five Republicans were present. as
against thyee Democrats. The vote
was strictly partisan.
The Democrats yesterday had five
members OF thet committee present
and Representative Harrison. Of Mis-
sissippi. was paired with Representa-
tive Campbell Republican,. Of Kan
sas. Representative SChaIl. OF Min
nesota. declined to vote. which gave
the Democrats a majority OF ; TO 8.
Democrats Who Voted.
Democrats voting were Pou. Of
NOrth carolina, Garrett OF Tenn
essee; Foster, of Illinois: Cantrill.
of Kentucky, and Riordan. of New
York. The opposing Republicans
were Fess, Of Ohio: Smell. OF New
York, and Rodenberg, Of Illinois
Campbell, Of Kansas. couldn't vote
because Of his pair with Harrison.
The special rule will be reported
to the House tomorrow morning by
Chairman PoU, Of the Rules Com
mittee. 1t will provide for three
nUurs and fifteen minutes Of debate,
to be evenly divided between those
favoring and those against the bill.
The fight will be launched on the
adoption Of the rule. Failing in
this, the RepusHcans VIII turn
aloose their big guns on the bill
itself
The Democrats consider the bill
an Administration measure and will
line up solidly for il. Requests have
gone out for a full attendance OF
the majority members. il being the
plan to make this proposal a test
of the Administration strength.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-12
Kaiser's Night Visitors
To Be Investigated by U. S.

Amerongen, Jan. u.-Thre officials
OF the American delegation at The
Hague arrived here today TO inyesti-
gate the alleged visit of American
newspaper correspondents January s..
Dispatches reported that on Jsnu-
airy two automobiles, one OF which
was armed. drove up in front Of
Count Won Bentinok's castle after
dark. The occupants demanded to see
the former Kaiser. They were re-
fused admittance and at the request
of the burgomaster left the town. II
was variously reported that they
were American newspaper men. and
German agents seeking to aid Will
helm to escape from Holland.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-12
C0STALIA In DISTRESS
OFF HALIFAX COAST
Steamer Not Yet Sighted by Ships
Sent to Rescue.

Halifax. n. =. Jan. 1l.-Shorc sta
tions here tonight continued to re
ceive wireless calls for help from the
steamer Costalia, in distress on here.
The COstalia has not yet been sighted
by any OF the steamers sent to her as
sistance, according TO the wireless re-
ports.
Messages received from two OF the
rescue vessels Indicate they are close
to the position given I'm the Costslia's
first call early today. The steamer
Suathcona was the latest vessel to
leave here. First calls from the Cos
talia indicated she was about sixty
miles OF shore.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-12
German Superdreadnought
Interned at Scapa Flow

London. Jan. 11.-(British admir-
dreadnOught Baden has arrived at
Scapa Flow and has been interned
there with the other vessels of the
German fleet. The Baden was in a
dirty condition and carried little
food.
Surrender of the Baden was de-
mandeo by the allies in place of the
battle cruiser Mackensen. which was
not sufficiently completed to leave
Germany. The Baden is a ship of
about 27.OO0 tons, mounting eight
fiftesS-inch guns and steaming
twenty three knots.
Another batch of German subma-
rines numbering sixteen is to leave
Germany tomorrow for surrender to
the allies
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WILSON LIKE ST. PAUL,
SAYS POPE BENEDICT
Sole Great Mind Produced by War,
Is Papal Verdict.

Rome. Jan. u.-Mass meetings will
be held in all of the principal cities
of Italy tomorrow in favor of the
league of nations and President Will
sons fourteen principles
According to the published state
ment of one of the papaI secretaries.
Pope Benedict has pronounced the
following Judgment on Wilson:
President Wilson inspires the
greatest confidence. He reminds one
of Saint Paul His is the sole great
mind the war has revealed. The
twentieth century ought to be called
Wilson's Century"
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STRIKE ENDED;
SEAMEN RETURN
TO THEIR BOATS
Walk-out Broken by Cable
from Wilson, Promising
Government Decision.
MEN COMPLY AT ONCE
Ferries Running Again
Within Hour After Or
der of Leaders.

New York. Jan. u.-Members of the
Marine Workers Affiliation, represent
ing the striking harbor workers, at
meeting held tonight decided to go
back to work tomorrow, and continue
at work until the National War Labor
Board has reached a decision on the
dispute between the men and the boat
owners.
This announcement was made to-
night by Stephen J. Condor, secretary
of the afiliation.
The strike committee reached its de-
! cision to order all the unions back to
work in compliance with the request
of President Wilson following a three
hour executive session.
b. NJ. Squires, representative of the
Department OF Labor, attended the
meeting. and officially notified the ma
rine workers that the War Labor
Board would be in New York Monday
and begin a hearing at once. He also
read kilograms from the War Depart
ment. Navy Department. the Depart
ment of Labor and President Wilson.
urging the men to return TO work
pending the settlement of their griev-
anCes and assuring them OF square
deal"
Strike Leaders Agree.
Squires assured the men that the
| War Labor Board would handle the
cases with all possible speed. and rem
| der a decision which would be en-
| forced upon both boat owners and
the men. The strike leaders there
upon voted to return to work as
soon as possible" and promised to
| abide by any decision of the War
Labor Board. A few minutes later
| orders were going out to the union
men to return TO their posts at once
The municipal ferrymen were the
! first to resume. Within an hour after
! the vote, they were manning the fer
! ries. Tugboat captains. pilots, en-
/ gineers and deckhands also reported
/ at the docks.
Union leaders declared it would
probably take twenty-foUr hours to
| get all the men back on the job.
/ Several hundred strikers will refuse
| to comply with the order to resume
it is said. but the majority obeyed.
Calls II Patriotic Duty.
We believe it our patriotic duty
I TO resume work IN compIiance with
! the request Of the President" said
4 T. l. DelahUnty. president of the
I Marine Workers Afiliation. I'VE
! haS5-bee.t assured a square deal and
upon this assurance We have acted"
According TO a telegram received
| from Washington tonight the War
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OPENING PARLEY
AT PEACE TABLE
SET FOR TODAY
InteralEed Conference to
Meet at 3 O'clock, Gle
menceau Presiding.
SITTINGS UNOFFICIAL
Preliminary Confabs to
Work Out League Of
Nations Plan.

~aris, Jan. 1.-THE first inter-allied
conference on the peace preliminaries
will meet at ; o'clock tomorrow after
noon. That Sunday is chosen for the
opening indicates the general desire
TO get down to business. The dele
gates are seizing the earliest possible
chance, for most of the British rep
resentatives are not expected until
late today or early tomorrow.
Premier Clemenceau will preside to-
morrow and probably at the succeed
ing sessions. The men who will set
the world peace ball rolling tomor-
row are:
For the United States-President
Wilson and Col f. NJ. House.
For Great Britain-Premier Lloyd
George and Foreign Minister Balfour.
For France-Premier Clemenceau
and Foreign Minister Pichon.
For Italy-Premier Orlando and For
eign Minister Sonnino.
For All-Marshal Foch.
VIII Sit Daily.
Daily sessions will be held. on
January 20 President POincare of
France will formally open the Peace
Conference proper with a speech
that is looked forward to as the
most Importance utterance yet made
in the name of France, though it
will also touch upon the general
tasks Of the peace makers and prob
ably on the league OF nations in par
ticular.
LIntransigeant asks editOrially
today whether the conference will
decide that American army corps
shall be sent to Russia.
NJ. MOulens. French ambassador to
Russia, arrived tonight from Arch
angel. He went direct to the Quai
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