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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13
PARIS PAPER
GETS BIG SCOOP
Humanite, Only Morning Pa
per Printing PiChon'S Reply
to Great Britain.

PARIS, Jan. 15.-The socialist
newspaper Humanite was the only
morning journal that printed For
eign Minister Pichon's reply 10
Great Britain. regarding the latter's
proposals concerning the Russian
bolsheviki. and apparently was the
only paper having access to a copy
of the document Humanite print
ed the text OF the reply correctly,
with the exception that it had il
dated Dec. 5 instead OF Jan. 8.
The Temps this afternoon says
editorially:
"If there has been a confusion Of
dates. il is perhaps because this eX-
change Of notes was part Of CORE
spondence held through a long pc
riod which would be very interest
ing to read when the allied gov
ernments Judge opportune a time
to place the whole matter under
the eyes of the public.
IF the indiscretion of Humanite
was reprehensible-and we like to
believe that the conference of the
allied governments will arrange so
that the publication of diplomatic
documents shall not occur in such
fashion-we cannot regret greatly
that NJ. Pichon's response has seen
the light of day.
After the stories OF atrocities
which Scavenius (Harold Scavenius.
Danish minister to Russia) has re-
ported from Russia, after the inter
vention Of Muscovite boisheviki in
German riots and the speech Of Karl
Radek, (bolsheik agitator. who has
been in Berlin for some timel q,
promising to bring war along the
Rhine. we are pleased at the vigor
with which the foreign minister re-
fuses TO treat with bolshevikism as
a regular government"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13
BIC ORGANIZATION
REPRESENTS j. s.
Peace Commission is Divided
Into Four GroupS-Prepar-
alton Began Last October.

PARIS. jan. 1.-THE organiza-
ton OF the American peace commits
sion began in October when Col f.
NJ. House arrived in France with
Admiral W. S. Benson and Joseph
G. Grew. chief of the division of
western European affairs OF the
state department The personnel of
the organization now includes many
members in four general groups
Shortly after the armistice had
been concluded, Mr.. Grew was des-
ignated secretary of the commission
and began preparations for the ar
rival of the peace commissioners to
be named later by Pres't Wilson.
The Hotel de Crillon in the Place
de la Concord was taken as the resi-
dence of the commissioners and the
attaches Of the commission. The
building at No. Place de la Con-
cord and the upper portions of the
building in the rear were obtained
as offices.
All Ready for Commissioners.
The necessary personnel was Sc
lected and when the commissioners
arrived in Paris everything was in
working order. The activities Of the
staff of the American commission
are divided into four general groups.
as follows:
Secretarial, technical advisers, in
telligence section and executive Of
fees. In addition 20 these general
groups there are certain other ac-
tivities which are not grouped,
among them being the work done
by the officers of the. army intelli-
gence department under Brig. Gen.
Churchill. other Independent ac-
| tivities include medical service,
liaison. ceremonies and publicly.
All these workers are responsible
| directly TO Mr.. Grew.
| The secretariat is composed of Of
! fcials of the United States state de-
/ partment. their assistants and their
stats The assistant secretaries are
| p. II. Patchin, assistant to the cOun-
sellor of the state department. and
/ Leland Harrison. first secretary OF
embassy. Sydney Y. Smith, chief Of
| the diplomatic bureau of the state
/ department, is drafting officers for
! the commission. and William Nc
| Neir, chief of the bureau of ac-
counts of the state department, Is
! dishursing officer
Must Prepare Correspondence.
To the secretariat falls the work
| of preparing diplomatic correspond
ance. of coding and DECIDING mes
sages. indexing and fling. and trans
/ lating Under il is a communica-
tions bureau made up Of personnel
from the navy department under
direction OF Commander r. Inger-
| soil.
The technical advisers to the
commission are:
On naval affairs. Admiral W. 6.
Benson. chief of naval operations:
on military affairs. Mai. Gen. +. J.
/ Kearman, former commander OF
the service of supply for the Amer
lean expeditionary forces; on inter
national law, David Hunter Miller
and Mai James Brown Scott. Mr.
] Miller is a New York lawyer. and
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13
GERMAN AGENT TAKEN
PRISONER; C0NFESSES

NEW YORK. Jan. 13.-Confessed-
ly in the employ of a secret agent of
the German government in Rotter-
dam, to whom he tried to forward
information about the department
of American troop ships. according
70 the federal authorities. Peter
Zwaay, alias Johannes Leonidas I'll
tus Van Haren, young Hollander
was arrested and committed to the
Tombs prison here in default of
$1,000 bail TO await grand jury ac-
ton.
Zwaay had been working in a
Newark shipyard under the name of
Van Haren. He came to the United
States last July as a member of the
crew of a Belgian relief ship. Code
messages written in an invisible fluid
over apparently innocent communi-
cations to the German agents were
intercepted in England. and the
tattoo marks on his left arm and
hand when he endeavored TO obtain
a passport to return 10 Holland.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13
MAKING Of
NE W GOVERNMENT
Conferences Soon TO Begin
Work in South Russia, is .
Report in London.

LONDON. Jan. 1S.-It is reported
here that conferences soon will be
held in the south OF Russia in which
viii participate Representatives Of
the various entente powers, repre-
sentatives of the Ukraine govern
ment. the Don CossacE the Orren-
burg Cossacks. and the provisional
governments of the Armenia and
Georgia. Their purpose will be 70
reach an understanding as TO the
creation Of a government in south
Russia, the Caucasus and the Trans
Caucasus, with which the entente
powers can cooperate in restoring
normal economic, social and politi-
cal conditions.
Although the bolsheviki have
many followers throughout the
Ukraine, they never were predOmi-
nant, even in the shipbuilding cities
OF the Black Sea. In the Don reg
ion, and in the Caucasus and Trans
Caucasus. their hold has been even
slighter Cossa cks of all sorts have
been enemies of the bOlsheviki, as
they are all landholders and unal-
terra bly, opposed to the domination
Of their districts by outsiders.
Send Representatives.
Many British naval and military
officers, as we'll as civil officials.
have left London for the Black Sea
district since the signing OF the
armistice. and commercial interests
are also sending representatives to
look the situation over preparatory
to opening up the extensive oil and
grain districts.
Siberia, the Ukraine, Finland and
the new government at Archangel
shut bolshevik Russia off entirely
from its parts, and the unfriendly-
ness OF the government in all these
sections to the Moscow government
under Lenine. is daily increasing the
strain OF soviet Russia. The new
governments in these various sec
tons which have refused to accept
bolshevism are not as stable as the
entente powers might wish. While
they all express the desire to be-
come a part of Russia should fed
Grafton become possible under an
acceptable central government, the
political differences in all the four
sections named have been keen. and
party quarrels and the ambition of
rival leaders have frequently ex-
ceeded patriotism in the struggle
for power.
Bolshevism Losing Ground.
Only about 100000 inhabitants
now remain under bolshevik con-
troll. The total population of the
Russian empire as ii existed before
the revolution was estimated at
1SO,OOO,OOO. The great majority of
this population is in the portion
of Russia south OF bolshevik rule,
which is far the richest and most
populous portion OF the former en-
pire.
Consequently, developments in
south Russia are watched with
great eagerness by military and ma
val men and diplomatists alike. A
stable central government establish
ed at Kiev. Odessa or Sevastapol
and recognized by the entente
powers would control the great ma
jority OF Russia's natural resources
especially if 1t gained control Of the
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13

Mai. Scott was formerly solicitor OF
the state department.
Intelligence Section Important.
The intelligence section is under
DR.. s. E Mezes. president OF the
college OF the city Of New York. and
is called the department OF terri
torial. political and economic intel
ligence. The executlev officer is DR.
Isaiah Bowman. director OF the
American Geographical society and
leader Of the first Yale expedition
10 South america in 1907. The de-
partment includes experts on ques-
tons OF territories and boundaries
and political and economic condi-
tons in all countries. It's function
is 10 furnish the commissioners
with any desired information The
department has a large library Of
books and pamphlets and a collec-
tion of several thousand maps.
The executive office Is in charge
Of Capt r. c. Patterson. former
secretary to the late Mayor Mitchell
Of New York. Under his direction
are all activities connected with the
operation Of the Hotel de Crillon.
and the office and with the furnish
ing of service. The executive Off
Ger has charge OF motor transporta-
ton. mail facilities. courier service
and similar matters.
Use Men from A. +. +.
The American eXpeditionary force
was called on and among the Off
GERS and enlisted men were men
whose civil occupations had fitted
them for this work THUS Lieut.. w.
L. Black. formerly a hotel manager
Of New York, was obtained 10 man.
age the Hotel de Criilon, and Capt.
II. r. Shepley, an architect, was
given charge of construction and re-
pair work. other positions in the
executive offices were filed in a
similar manner.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13

has been good ever since. / am able
to run the machine and do dressmak-
ing besides my homework. You are
at liberty 10 publish nv letter il 10
will help some poor suffering woman.
Mrs. j. c. SANFORD, 1887 Second
Ave, Laurel, Miss.
Thousands Of women drag along
from day TO day in just such a miser-
able condition as was Mrs. Sanford.
or suffering from displaeements. IT.
regularities, Inflammation. liberation.
backache, sideache, headache, nervous
ness, or "the blues
Such women should profit by Mrs
Sanford's experience and try this ia
nous root and herb remedy. Lydia
+. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and find relief from their sufFerings
as she did.
For special suggestions in regard 10
rour ailment write lydia T. Pink
ham Medicine Co. Lynn, Mass The
result of their long experience is at
your service.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13

Swedish is the commercial lam
guage of Sweden, but English. Ger
man and French are understood in
all business houses.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13

ness caused by a
female trouble.
I had headaches,
chills and fevers,
and was unable
TO do my WORK
part Of the time.
Lydia E Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound was
recommended TO
me and / took
twelve bottles Of
It. and nv health
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13
HOOSlER FARMER
INSTANTLY KILLED

RUSHVILEE, Ind. Jan. 10
Ernest Gahimer, a farmer. "a years
old. was in antly killed and his son
Guy, u years old, was probably
fatally injured when the automobile
in which they were riding was
struck by a c. l. and w. passenger
train at the crossing at Arlington.
near here. Mrs. Gahimer and two
children. and her father, John A.
Smith, who were in the rear seat,
agent at Arlington asserts the signal
bell was ringing when Gahimer
drove on the tracks. but as all the
curtains on the machine were up.
it is believed that Gahimer did not
hear the bell
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13
ATTY. GREGORY
ASKS HIS RELEASE
FROM CABINET
"Pecuniary Responsibility" is
Given as Reason for Return
to Civil Life - President
Agrees to Retirement.

WASHINGTON. Jan 13.-Thomas
Watt Gregory, attorney general OF
the United States since 1915. has
resigned because Of "pecuniary re-
sponsibiHties. and viii return to
the practice Of law. President VIII
son has agreed 10 his retirement
next March A.
Mr.. Gregory's letter Of resignation.
dated January Q. and the presidents
reply. cabled from Paris the next
day. were made public today at the
white house. The attorney generals
letter disclosed that he had long
considered retiring from office. and
had discussed the matter with the
president before Mr. Wilson went
broad
hIr. GregOTy's successor has not
vet been appointed and there has
been no official intima ton as to who
he viii be. In speculation today
the names OF Frank l.. Polk. coun-
sellor OF the state department and
acting secretary. Mr.. Lansing is in
Europe and Senator James Hamil-
ton Lewis of Illinois. were mention
ID.
I'm Cabinet Four Years.
AR. Greeory's letter of resigna-
tion follows:
Dear Mr.. President.
Elm accordance with the purpose
expressed i'm our conversation just
before you went abroad. I tender my
resignation as attorney general.
''It has been not quite six years
since I became connected with your
administration. and more than -four
years ago. a few days after wal
was declared by the European ma
tions. / became "a member of the
cabinet II can be fairly said tina
during no other six years of the his
tory of our country have so many
great problems been presented and
solved The reflection that at sucf
"a time / have been permitted Il
stand by your side and assist in q
modest way in dealing with thOs,
national and international issues az
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13

sary in YOUR own interests for you
TO retire There has been no one
with whom ] have been associated
in Washington whom ] have learned
more 10 trust nor 10 whose counsels
have attached more value and i'm
portance. Your administration OF
your office has been singularly able
and singularly conscientious and
watchful % the public interest. and
feel that it is "A very serious loss
to the nation that you should find
yourself 10 withdraw from public
life.
"My best wishes. not only. but my
Directorate friendship will follow
YOU into retirement. and hope with
an my heart that in some ANY and
at some time I shall again have the
privilege and benefit OF being assoc
ciated with you.
Cordially and faithfully yours.
woodrow wilson"
Make. second Resignation.
Mr.. Gregory is the second cabi-
net officer 20 resign recently on ac-
count of personal and financial con-
siderations. William @. McAdoo
having retired last month as secre-
tarv OF the treasury beca use he
could not support his family or the
ca inet salary of $4,000 a year. Mr.
Gregory is the fifth man. TO leave
the cabinet during the six years of
President wilson's administration.
others were Secretary of State
BRYAN. Attorney General Mercy
noIds Mr.. Gregory's predecessor
who was appointed to the supreme
court.
Mr. Gregory has served as attor-
nev general since August 29. 1914
throughout the war the attorney
generals duties have been arduous
The functions of policing the coun-
try seeking out many enemy aliens
for prosecution have been among
his duties.
Many questions arose during the
administration of war powers and
after hostilities ceased. ii was a
source of pride to Mr.. Gregory ex-
pressed in his report for the year
that the department had been able
70 break down the German esplon'
are system in this country, and tC
reduce sabotage TO nothing.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13

now. and will always be. my greatest
source Of pride.
NO man ever served a leader who
was more uniformly considerable,
more kindly helpful and more gen
erously appreciated. No subordi-
nate was ever more deeply grateful
for the numberless friendly words
and acts Of his superior.
'Pecuniary responsibilities of a
substantial nature rest upon me and
my private affairs have long de-
manded attention During the con-
tinuance of actual warfare, / did
not feel at liberty to weigh these
personal considerations in the bal
ance against the public duties with
which l was charged. By March 4
of the present year. the department
Of justice will have substantially
brought its war activities TO a close
and be working under normal con-
ditions. ! therefore ask that this
resignation take effect on that date
Faithfully yours,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13
President Accepts Reluctantly.

The presidents reply said:
My Dear Mr. Attorney General
1T is with profound reluctance
and regret that 1 accept your resig-
nation I do so only because you
have convinced me that it is necss-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13
Mrs. SANFORD'S
MESSAGE To
WORKING Women

Laurel, Miss.-"Eight years AGO
was suffering with pains and weak
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13

WASHINGTON. Jan. 13-Maj
Gen. Thomas II. Barry, commander
OF the central department OF the
army. with headquarters at Chicago.
was ordered today to proceed imme-
diately TO New York to assume
command Of the eastern depart
ment. succeeding Mai Gen. J.
Franklin Bell, who died several
days ago.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-01-13
JAPANESE PLAN TO
WITHDRAW RESERVES

VLADIVOSTOK. Thursday. Jan. 9.
The Japanese are preparing for
the withdrawal OF their reserve
forces, consisting Of three regiments.
stationed in Manchuria and Siberia.
Concentration for this purpose will
take place from February 10 10 90.
and will affect 10000 men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
NEW YEAR IN SPRING?

once a precedent is broken it is as
- hard to restore as an egg after an
accident. For that reason we may yet
CLEAN something of advantage from
among the debris of war, because it was
the war that brought about Victory
Bonds, and it is to whoop it up for Vic
tory Bonds that the downtown New
Year clubs have, for the first time in
history, moved their pageant up into
the warm season.
There is something whole-hearted about
the way in which the clubs have broken
their rules and habits and turned in to
do a personal service in behalf of the
loan with parade downtown this after
noon.
T.aditio isn't always the best guide,
AID it may now b, hoped that sooner or
later the New Year pageant, that has
done more than anything else to make
Broad street famous, will be moved up
to the warm weather, where it rlongs.
AS a spring or summer festival the
parad of the New Year organizations
easily might expand and grow and be-
come pageant far more attractive than
the Mardi Gras of New Orleans.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19

TNHE verdict found against former
Judge William T. Wheeler in the
Quarter Sessions Court today will be re-
assuring to all those who know how
often the law seems to hesitate in cases
which involve men of prestige fortunate
enough to have friends higher up.
Mr.. Wheeler grievously offended the
nnwritten law of his profession. His
presence upon the bench of the Municipal
Court will remain as one of the mex
plicable mysteries of politics. Certainly
the prestige of the Philadelphia courts
has suffered by his short term as judge.
Today's verdict closes a chapter in
one of the most extraordinary cases of
the kind ever turned up here. After that
the least said about the matter the better.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
BURLESON EXPLAINED

! A SOLEMN hb sh, sense of regret and
a sudden understanding should fall
at once over all those whose bitter
criticism of Postmaster General Burleson
: has been making the atmosphere
resound
1t is not to be assumed that they were
altogether wrong when they found in
mir. Burleson the Unthinkable in politics
actually realized and functioning. They
merely lacked perception of cosmic
processes.
The Democrats of Massachusetts, who
are wailing by cable to the President to
tell him that his Postmaster General is
slo WY and surely wrecking the Demo-
cratic party, serve to illuminate the stu
yation like flash of lightning.
"A great many people who have been
watching the Democratic party and its
war on all that is desirable within and
without it's own boundaries know that
the party is badly in need of wrecking.
Can it be that Mr. Burleson, too, is
man of destiny? Is it to wreck the
Democratic party that he was sent
among us?
Is it for that great purpose that the
Lord created so strange man?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
THE GREAT UNWILLING

A T this time of the year everybody is
"A little tired. Spring fever is often
a real WEAKNESS due to the restricted
routine of winter, the tyranny of jani-
tors, the burdens of season in which
the world seems populated only by bosses
and the collectors of bills. A general
desire to flee away, to flash and f1utter
in the sun, is the most natural thing in
the world. That is why everybody who
can goes to the seashore on Easter
Sunday.
We are not nearly so irreverent, as
pessimist might suppose, when we seem
to dedicate one of the most solemn
and splendid days of the year to vanity.
1t is true that penitence and contrition
do not always precede the hour when the
world is expected to blossom in new
clothes, Stimulating deliverance from care
and solemn meditations.
What, then, does it all mean? Merely
that men and women who have been shut
up all winter, chained to desks or i'm
pounded in flats, are following mystic
urge that makes them wish to turn a
bright side to the sun. All the rest of
creation is doing it. Why shouldn't
they? Hasn't human as much right
in such an elemental matter as the vio-
lets that eye you from recesses in the
park or the peach trees that are begin
ming now to blossom fagrantly up Bur-
lington county way? Something tells
him that he has. And on the shore
boardwalks, therefore, he parades con-
viction that he cannot explain.
At II o'clock tomorrow he will unvel
his grandeur at Atlantic City-crushed
strawberry ties, spats Of elephants
breath, a symbol of the earth's unchang-
ing innocence. He goes away to see
new things and he is not particularly
interested in the ocean. The ocean is
a steady old thing, with habit of stick
ing around. 1t can be seen any time.
Man was born with curiosity as moving
passion. So on Easter he has an eye
onlv for the beautiful and ephemeral
things that pass-like styles and femi-
nine loveliness.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-19
THE DANCING FAUN

THOU dancer Of two thousand years,
L Thou dancer of today,
What silent music fills thine ears,
What Bacchic lay, @
That thou dost dance the centuries ~
Down their forgotten way? ~,, ..-rl
Alas for thee Alas, again, I'D.
The early faith is gone!
The gods are no more seen OF men, a,s
All, all are gone .
The shaggy forests no more shield 81
The Satyr and the Faun.
on Attic slopes the bee still huns, .Ir
On many an Elan hill - g
The wild grape swells, but never comes .sss
The distant trill 49,. ,.s-'s
or reedy flutes; for Pan is dead, .. +
Broken his pipes and STILL 4a
And yet within thy listening ears
The pagan measures ring
Those limbs that have outdanced the years
Yet tireless spring:
How canst thou dream Pan dead when still
Thou seem'st to hear him sing?
Robert Cameron Rogers.