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Graphic Accor 1T
Of German Debts
French NensDnper Shoes
Debit and Credit Side
of War Claims.

PARIS. March IS (Speciap.--A bal
ance sheet drawn up from official data
hy tho Paris Information shows the
state OF account on February j as be-
tween France ard Germany for de-
siruction and damage to railway plant
ON the debit sidG, destroyed by The
Germans:
Freach northern railway system. g.
esS miles Of track.
french eastern railway system, L.
Bridges, -aqucduc;s and culverts de-
stroyed. 1910.
Tunnels destroyed. twelve.
Telegraph and telephone lines de-
stroycd. l,aS7 miles.
Railway buildings destroyed, 500.
Food depots destroyed. 1866
Metal tubing and pipe lines de-
StroycG. 10000 tons.
twenty-five great machinery repair.
ing centers hav. been entirely wreck ed
or seriously damaged. including those
# Lille. bouai, Arras. Valenccnnes.
Cambria Rheims and Nerdun.
On the credit side:
One thousand three hundred and
cighty,flve engines and s4.97l cars
surrendered b. Germany to France out
Of the $500 engines and 10000 cars
stipulated by The terms o. the armis-
tiCc.
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were needed for the information they
might give. The patrol got the Ger
mans but the German army got Brown
and Knowlton, and until a few days
ago the One Hundred and Sixty-ifth
Infantry knew nothing more about
them. Both had come through the
German lines after the armistice
AFTER the German intelligence Off
Ger had despa ired OF getting from them
Americans. both men were sent out
on tour of Germany. In city after
city they were exhibited as specimens
OF the new enemy. TO make them APP
pear as excellent examples OF the
weaklings the Germans had told their
people the Americans were, they said
they were half-starvcd and otherwise
hrutally treated for a month or more
when they were thrown into an ordi-
nary prison camp. remaining there un-
til the end Ct the war.
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though he Nsaid some nice things as,.,,..
the Kindness OF some OF tho bell bon,
and stated that the brand of sorr'
served by the Washington police In moi
up TO the standard OF that which hi,
former hotel serves It's guests.
Young Gummett remained At on.
motel Tor two days. dropped in for a
DAY at another, and then spent two
days in third. In each place he or
dered tho best that was. and wh.,
lonesome sent for bell hops to whom
n me related Ia d, stories tories, OF the handsome
other cities favored by his prcsence
Some of tho boys began to ask him
t ,pn, small loans. and he decided that
vance. He decided yesterday r. 40 az
baltimore, ono of the Eayer cities no.
dcring the dry belt south OF the M,snn
and Dixon line. oSoi'
WOULD TAKE PULLMAN
BACK TO wASHVNCror
In Baltimore he kept the bookkecper
at principal hotel busy using tho
red ink. but the Washington not nne
caught up with him and brought Mr.,
lie insisted that they should buy phil.
man seats for the return Journey ~ !.
the police. who have had long e1periH
cnce with Washington's cost Of living
decided that they must set an cxamn1s
OF thrift.
The hotels and the police hone t,,.
Murray or his relatives can square his
telling about the fine meals he 'e en1
toycd at the various hotels. and ,Ss,
want TO see him on his way to New
York. Murray says he came to Wash
inSton to see the town; that he ha,i
no very clear idea of how he was yo;n-
to pay his bills. and that he macinc1
some one in the hotels might decide
eminent Jobs" 80
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BOY SOLVES PROBLEMS
OF HIGH COST OF LIVING
New York Youth I1ccccs 1hrce
Hotels in Washington
in Week.
SAYS MOTHER WILL PAY BILL
Hobnobs With Bciiboys and Then
Jumps to Baltimoro-Would Ride
In Pullman Cars, and Don't Like
Police Soup.

WASHINGTON. March 1s.-After
thousands had failed in tho attempt.
New Yorker came to WASHINGTON
last week and managed to live with
out paying the high prices which have
made Washington.s hotels notorius the
country over. His nlme is Murray
Grummett. and he lives on tho Eas
Side. tho native heath OF many n
genius.
Murray is only eighteen years old.
but he has lived some very luxurious
hours here. Just now he is i'm a srna II
cell in local police station waiting
for relatives to come from New York
and bail him out. He is accused OF
jumping board bills by the three larg-
est obstetrics of tho city.
The police refuse to state whether
they have any Information relative to
his relatives. But they seem sure tina [
the New York police will be able to
find his mother. and that she will be
here Monday.
Murray is doing little talking. al
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS NEED
BATHTUBS, THEY CLAIM
Difficult to ACQUISITION Themselves to
Russian Method of
Living.

ARCHANG FL March 1s- Specially.
Tho soldier OF the American North
Russian Expedition misses the Amer
loan bathtub and It's simplicity and
frequency. He is annoyed at the ccre-
mony and difficulty one must undergo
70 obtain "A Russian bath. Only in the
homes OF the wealthy. in the cities, and
rarely. il ever. in the villages. is it
possible TO find n bath tub or shower.
The Russian bath lis steam bath
a steam bath il in an alright room,
where water IS thrown on stove to
make steam. The father then douses
himself literally with buckets of wa
ter after perspirng.
some of the Americans, fortunate
enough TO be in permanent biilets or
barracks built by the engineers, have
their own modern shower baths but
those n the villages patronize the Rus
sian institution.
In Archangei there are two bath
houses. c;;ch having accommodations
for 100 or 90 customers In the steam
room, but there are only two private
rooms with tubs and showers in the
bath houses. and these are booked for
days in advance by officers and SOL
dicrs.
One OF these private rooms is really
a suite. AS elaborate as IL ii were in
tended to accomm odntc a guest for a
week instead Of for the brief period
o! oath.
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BARBER BOOTLEGGER
Jhdiana TOnsorialist Gets Into T,o,h1.
EWhen He Follows Cu.tomcr's suE
~ Eestlon ns 10 BOOZE

IND, March Is-s,cyc
tn oneImeroy. debonair barber Of In.
tdsan haIoor. raised the hot towel from
tthe talcum powder about artis.ir,iI,"
Abplied the hair tonic Vigorously ana
SS.You need massage and your b.;r
Abght to be singed and washed"
* F"What ] want" declared his yic,,
ss4s a drink OF liquor"
y sAnd that is how Steve began tho
tS8te OF whisky as side line ~ -
s6Srbcr trade. He was arrested ioG,,,
14gFederal officials '"'S
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WILL TELL HOW 1T FEELS
TO BE ON EXHIBITION
Two New Workers. Were Paradcd BE-
fore Eyes of Germans in
CObtcDE Region.

CoELENz, March ls-tspcciaD-
no" II feels TO be exhibited in Ger
man" vii be told when Joseph Brown
and Charles Knowlton both of the One
nndrcd and Sixty-ntth Infantry, get
hacE TO. Htw York where they lived
before the war.
Both have rejoincd their regiment
after IMPRISONMENT in Germany since
May a. Whcn a patrol they were in
went out in search of Germans who
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DANISH CABINET STAYS
"ithdrnws Resignation at Request OF
Ming, While Efforts Are Made to
Solve Troubles.
IBy Associated Pres,

COPENHAGEN, March lS-The Dan
tsh Cabinet. headed by Premier Zahlc.
at the request Of the King. has with
drawn it's resignation. Negotiations
between political leaders during the
last fortnight have failed TO solve the
ministerial crisis by the formation of
coalition government or otherwise
and the King asked the Cabinet 10
remain in office.
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Inch Jury Fails to Agree.

NEW YORK. March 1s-FoliowinE
tonight by the foreman
that ii would be Impossible 20 reach
an agreement, the jury In the case Of
the beautiful Mrs. Betty Inch, charged
WIN cNtortion. was discharged.
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CANNOT MAINTAIN THE
. PRESENT WAGE SCHEDULE

Then there is The enormous weigh;
oi.Gernany'$ war debt. and the rise In
to, the rise in prices. Muller says in
4 tLct, that Germany cannot AFFORD TO
\ I'M oduce an eiGht-hour day or TO
mAintain the present level OF wages.
( EEerything vii! force Germany INTO
making labor az productive as posi-
& b,s; she Will, moreover. have to con
d CIT tratc on the DEVELOPMENT OF those
I; Mdus;rics which can make her most
{ tnpependcut OF foreign raw materials
Eer economic po!i"y VIII have TO be a.
caS as ross!n!" coutincutal--w a
Z faAl from her world schcmcs-and aim
! Especially at. close connection win her
Eastern Enthusiastically a settled
iparkot
perhaps the most striking cbnnrc IN
all the altered conditions which govern
+ thE new Germany Is the loss OF al
X bolts wilic"-that will to work. when
Il vas the keystone of tho German indus
trial menace 70 the world This re.
& motanCe TO work is q .denccd in cy.rv
$German newspaper that reaches this
aeountry. have before me. Tor in
4 tNeueste NachrIchtcn,' in which INC
i 2rst three columns are filled by appeaIs
= from the state Commiasary for Demo
Z bilization and the labor leaders
y Begging the workers and particuIarIr
= the young unmarried mon, TO cease.
sinlins about the streets aud TO take
q nc employment which awaits them IN
a factories and on the land
= AECoME POVERTY SrHICI>Uy
80 Is CLAIM OF" GEUN1SS
1T cannot be repeated too often
saays the appeal. that we have become
sS poverty stricken people and that our
= Only nope rests In the VIII and thc
Is $bility TO work OF our manual snd
,GIRenta! workers DO not Wal, FOR com.
& Metc ruin We have nothing ief, ia
Jus except our labor power. II this is
sdrippled. the sum OF our hopes Coo
,hYnder" 80
seThere is no need TO press tn. matte
sfirther. Inc ne" Germany-if Boi.
y tp pay those many billions Of dojIar,
s&of indemnity for which the EXTREMISTS
q had economists and bad diplomats
Hard working, "contincntal." very Soc
SGnd rate poWer.--Copyr!ght 1918
New-York tribune., 1919-01-14
Man Sentenced as Spy
Here Seeking Father
AdOIph Hoffman Is True-Blue
American, Although Reared
in Germany

Adolph Hoffman, true blue Ameri-
can. despite the fact that the last four
teen of his seventeen wears OF life
have been spent in Germany, has re.
turned 90 the United States and is
searching for his father, Jacob. who
when he and his mother returned to
germany was builder living at 404
last SeventyninJh Street.
AT the Hebrew ) -eltering and Immi-
grant Aid Society's rooms yesterday
Adolnh, who returned to the land OF
ms birth on the liner Nieu Amsterdam.
said his mother had married again, in
accordance with the wish of the de-
posed Kaiser that more soldiers be
reared for the Fatherland. However.
ne explained, he was an American, and
asked only to find his father and live
III America.
When Adolph was three years old
ms mother, Lena Hoffman. took him to
germany on a visit and never brought
him back
He was arrested three times as an
American spy, despite the fact that he
mad forgotten every word of English
years ago. and once he was sentence 4
TO be shot and was rescued by the
Spanish Minister, who immediately
following the signing of the armistice
got him out of the country by way of
Holland.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-14
LenroOt Would Make US.
Partner i'm Rail Combine
Wisconsin Senator to Introduce
Bill Putting All Under
One CORPORATION

WASHINGTON. Jan. Ex-senator
Lenroot. of Wisconsin. in an address
here to-right before members CT the
YOUNG Mems Christian 'Associa atom. an
rounced th athc soon would introduce
in the Senate a bill designed to bring
the railroads Of the country under the
control .oi 9 single corporation.
Under his plan. he said, q majority
Of the corporations board OF directors
would be appointed as representatives
OF the govcrnmcnt, and the remaining
members would be named by the stock
holders and employees OF the roads.
The government. Senator Lcnroot
said. would guarantee minimum re-
turn Of from i to 4 Y per cent TO the
stockholders. All net earnings above
2 maximum of from 6 to 6l2 per cent
would be divided between the govern
ment and The stockholders on the basis
Of r per cent for the former and -
por cent for the latter.
The bill as outlined would vest the
Interstatc Commerce Commission with
final supervisory power in addition to
It's control of rates.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-14
Husband No. ! Helps Free
No. 2 From Bride of Four
Woman Whom Lieutenant Di-
vorces Is Under Indictment
for Bigamy

FIRST Lieutenant Eugene NJ. Collins,
now stationed at Fort Logan. Tcx.. OBJ
tanned divorce yesterday in the Su-
prcrnc Court Of Brooklyn from Mrs.
Grace Marion Collins, now under in
dictmen. in Nassau County on "A charge
OF b:gamy. She is alleged to have beer,
married to four men in the last rtn
years without the formalty of divorc-
ING any Of them.
When his case was placed on hearing
befoN Justicc Callahan, Lieutenant
Collins chilled 90 the atand onc~of the
alleged husbands He was Tracy c.
Buckingham. Who identified Il picture
of Mrs. Collins as that Of woman he
had married ten years ago.
Mra. Collins was not in court, but
Lcc Kuhn, process carver, testified
that when he vert 10 ls7 Terrace
Street, CITY Island, to serve a summons
upon h~r tp Wag met ut the door by
Ephraim ~. Pray, who announced that
sfc waa M wife. q statement which
Eabu asse,ted. weg supported By the
wptylap terHen.
Lieutenant Collins sajd he was mar.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-14
v omcn's City Club
Joins independent
y eiconie Committee

ihe Nomen's City Club has joined
ne ranks of those opposing the ap-
p'inln oG William Randolph Hearst
- - member Of Mayor EIylan's commit
&c 70 welcome returning soldiers and
<ilcrs. At meeting held Yesterday
= 'esfnoon al the McAlpin Hotel the
s.no parsed. without dissenting votc,
'"sfoduced By Mrs. William G. Willcon.
=. fcsolution 10 join tho Independent
N'J Committee Of Welcome.
me onls murmur against the resolu.
.yh came from Mrs. Montgomery fIarc,
sao @aid She had understood that the
,saepe "g ndent committee wax composed
Nepnblicsns. ard coope peration with
would violate the clubs non pa rtisan
Foltiesl policy.
'set at all.' Sid Miss Mary Gar
~ Hay, chairman Of the club. "Thcre
- sse several prominent Democrats at
-, =, mead Of The committee"
,.... me vote was then taken. The rcso.
iHflo1 read 49,
~, nSc>olyed, That the Women's City
10 Join the Independent City
e1"mnmittee Of Welcome for Soldiers,
~anors ao,rs and Marines, and
nfezolved. That the Womcn's City
~, uo oHer itS coope ration in any way
s"'' may be desired"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-14
MayorHylan Gets MemoriaI'
For His Stand With Hearst
Announces That Delegation Calls at His Office to
Commend His Welcome-to.Soldiers Plan; Visit
ors Represent One Veteran of Each Recent War

mayor Hylan announced yesterday
afternoon that a delegation had called
at his Office to present him with a
memorial commenting him for h;s an.
polntment of William Randolph Hearst
u, 10 the committee for the welcome of
nonecomlng soldiers and sailors. The
Sre uSreeieeatlon was composed of one Civil
w ar veteran, one Spanish American
var veteran, lieutenant of the rec.
uiar army and corporal in the Ma
tlonal Army.
The Mayors account of the ceremony
follows: ''''0''' >
or, January 13. 1919.
ne following gentlemen called upon
ehe mayor this morning:
~. fast Commander John J. Morris
Rice Post, NO. 30, G. A. R.; william C.
snyder, Department Patriotic Instruc-
t0f' united Spanish War Veterans, New
@ ork State; Lieutenant James j. Garry
4o1 west Forty seventh Street, Co. f.
zord Infantry, Second Division: Cor
norai William j. Kissane, 43S West
Forty-second Street, 33Oth G. e. +. Co.
Camp Mills, l.. |.
lne object Of their visit WAS to
present 20 the Mayor y memorial com
nendlng him for the appointment of
VIZ Hearst to membership on the May
ors committee OF welcome to the home
coming troops. The Mayor address ID
the committee as follows:
"Delighted to Greet YOU
y am delighted to greet you gen
tlemen to-day and to receive from YOU
TINS memorial commencing me for the
appointment of Mr.. Hearst on the Nav
0r's committee of welcome to homccom
ine troops.
"'l notice YOUR memorial is signed
many Thousands Of veterans of the
Civil War, Spanish American War and
the rresen war, also the mothers and
fathers OF many OF the soldiers. sail
ors and marines who fought in the
present war
The signers of this memorial are tho
ones that are best fitted to speak 70,
the fighting forces Of our country. Yor
men have no personal grudge, but sim.
ply the sincere desire to see that ou,
returning brave and courageous sol
dleis, sailors and marines are properE,
received
May not say 70 you that it is my
endeavor and ,he endeavor of the
Mayors COMMITTEES Of Welcome tt
Homecoming Troops to see that the
most cordial and sincere reception is
given to The men OF this city and state
who were willing to make the supreme
sacrifice. so thai citizens like your
selves might have a voice in the gov
ernment.
Loud Mouthed Patriots"
III you VIII notice in the list of thoss
mea who are attempting to form q so
called citizens committee there are
many loud mou.hed patriots. who dc
much talking bat take no chances Will
heir persO nal safety
IN the selection Of the personnel oil
the Mayors Committee of Welcome &c
homecoming troops. directed that al
classes Of citizens be given represan-
tatlon thereon. | desired that this
COMMITTEES should represent truly al
the people OF tEis city. was mislec
INTO the BELIEF that every class Of cit
New-York tribune., 1919-01-14
Silent Toast to Roosevelt
Canadian Club Members Pay
Honor 10 Memory of Colonel

Members Of the Canadian Club of
New York drank silent toast to the
memory IF Theodore Roosevelt last
night at their Victory Dinner in the
Hotel Bltmorc. The Colonel's name
was hailed by them as the title of him
who was among the first in America to
see the full justice OF the Allied cause.
Among the speakers were Sir Her
bert r. Ames, secretary OF the Canad-
ian War FUND. who told of the plans
for reconstruction work among return
ing soldiers in Canada; Henri $. Be
land, former postmaster genera! of
Canada. who spent three years in a
civilian prison camp in Germany; Sir
Arthur Pearson, former publisher Of
the "Lonlon Express" and now leader
in work for those blinded in the war,
and Major George Haven Putnam.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-14
More Than 1000 New Members .Ioip
Non-Hearst Welcoming Committee

More than 1000 new members were
enrolled yesterday By the Independent
Citizens Committee Of Welcome. Scores
Of organizations also have asked
that they be recorded as favoring the
plan to welcome the homecoming
troops Independent Of the Mayors COM
rittcc. with which w r. Hearst is
identified
Some Of the individuals and organ
izaticns enrolled yesterday, with their
comment ON the movement, follow
THOMAS SHIELDS 'CLARkE. Cen
'ury Association: am ono of those
whc declined q place on the Mayors
Committee Of Welcome. Please put my
name on your list as a member.
MAJOR JAMES 4. BALL, chief clerk
of Local Draft BOARD Is1: hereby
make application Tor membership.
NATIONAL SOCIETY or l.. S.
DAUGHTERS OF 1872: This society
would be most happy to bc included
amopg those who comprise the Indie
pendent Citizens Committee of Wei
como.
Harlem Womfn Join
THE HARLEM COUNCIL OF WON
EN-: We shall estccm Il privilege to
participate in the plan OF welcome OF
the Citizens Committee.
THE NATIONAL INDIAN ASSOCIA-
TlON: We wou'd cons idcr it an honor
and privilege TO be enrolled in. and
pleased to cooperate with, The lndc-
pendent Git.zcns' Committee to vel
COM our homecoming troops.
NATIONAL HOUSEWIVES LEAGUE,
INC: We shall be glad to be Listed
with the Independent Citizens Com
nJlttce Of Welcome.
MRS. EELLE DE RjNER.A: am
very happy to accept tho invitation to
serve on the Independent Citizens Com
nttec and viii appoint representa-
tive from the Kew York Theatre Club.
Current Events and the Society for
Political study to attend meetings.
PHOTE@EONE CLUB: We arc glad
indeed 10 have the name OF this c,uD
added in support OF the pIan for a
New-York tribune., 1919-01-14
Assembly May Ash;
Panama CftnaI Name
Changed to Roosevelt
Stat Correspondence


ALBANY, Jan. 13.-~The State Legis-
lature will petition Congress to change
the name of the Panama Canal to the
Theodore Roosevelt Canal if resolu-
tion introduced tonight by Charles D
Donohue, minority leader Of the AS
scmby. is adopted
''This,' said Ny Dononue would be
but Il small thing to do to honor the
memory Of a nan who gave SO much to
his country.
"It is true nat as Democrat ! did
not flways share Colonel Eoosevelt'a
political beliefs. but in his American
sturdincss was and always will be-
like all his fellow countrymcn. firm
believer"
The resolution reads:
"Whcreas. in the death ot Theodore
Roosevelt the State of New York has
lost Il distinguished son, the United
States great American and c.viza-
tion vital force; and
Whereas. Public sentiment seeks
expression for its sorrow. admiration
and remembrance in fitting memorial
commensurate with his achievements;
now, therefore. be it
"Resolved (tLe Senate concurring)
That We, the Legislature of The state
of New York, do respectfully suggest
to The Congress OF the United States
Tho propr:cty Of adopting by suitab'e
enactment the name of Theodore
Eo oscvclt as tho official designation
OF the Isthmian or Panama Canal; and,
be Il further
"Ecsolvcd. That VIC do respectfully
urge the Senators and Representatives
from tho State OF New York to lay be-
fore tho Congress this resolution, to
the end that this national tribute may
be paid tho mcmcry of Theodore Eoosc-
Welt upon the initiative Of his native
state; and. be il further
"Resolvcd. That a copy of this rcso-
luton be transmitted in due form to
cacn Of the United States Senator'S and
Conercssmcn from the State of New
Noll. y
New-York tribune., 1919-01-14
Roosevelt Monument
Proposed by Hicks

w ASHINGTON, Jan. IA
w bill introduced in the House
of Representative by Repre-
sentative Hicks of New York and
referred to the Committee on the
Library and ordered printed pro-
vides for the erection of monu-
ment to the memory of Theodore
Roosevelt in Washington. The
bill reads:
'For the procuring and erec-
ton of said statue, with suit
able pedestal, the sum of $780,
600 is hereby appropriated out Of
any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, the same
to be expended under the super
vision of a commission hereby
designated, consisting Of the
chairman of the Senate Commit
tee on the Library, the chairman
of the House Committee on the
Library, the Honorable Henry
Cabot Lodge, the Honorable
Champ Clark and the Honorable
Joseph c. Cannon"