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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-25
FAILURE OF DORPAT
CONFERENCE SEEN
Baltic States PoWerlesS to
Effect Agreements With
out Union.
RyMICHAEL FERBMAN.
Special Cnblegram to The Star and

Special Cnblegram to The Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright. 1919.
RIGA. Lavonia. December y tvia Co
/ peni,agen Denmark. December 2e).-
, Members of the Esthonian govern
ment. who came to Riga TO take part
| in the intera.lied military confer
ence, left last night for Dorpat.
Whether the conference with the DO! =
sheviki will continue for some time,
| or end abruptly. it is difficult to
| forecast In either case. Lettish as
well as allied opinion here agrees
that the Dorpat conference is Il fail
\ ure.
The Let's and Lithuanians refuse
definitely to negotiate with the Dol
sheviki and the Esthonians are SAID
to have given up the idea of risklng
I separate agreement with soviet
Russia 1t is likely. however. that
l., .-thonian government may drag
on the negotiations until the ne
conference of the border states. to
be held in Heisingfors the first week
in January.
Baltic League Needed.
Opinion in favor of a Baltic league
is growing The failure of the Dor
pat conference has persuaded even
the most audacious that the indi-
yidual states are too weak for in
dependent action. If the Baltic states
are unable at this stage to form a
federation. they. at least must agree
to a common foreign peace. for the
war cannot be decided by single
states.
NJ. UImanis. the Latvian prime min
lister, whom / have just interviewed,
said:
peace together. IL we hSht, let US
fight as Il body.
The Baltic league has not yet ma
terialized for two chief reasons: FIRST
is the exceptional position OF ES-
thonia, which is practically independ :
ent and a relatively we'll organized
state with a strong and well equipped
army. whereas Latvia and Lithuania
have been suffering under German
occupation. This inequality has led
to many Observation-Disclosures, and we
have often had, / am sorry to say.
reason to resent the attitude of the
Esthonian government toward US.
Now the situation has been happily
changed. We have freed our country
from the Germans and at the same
time are making serious progress IN
the organization OF our army anu
state / hope that the members OF
the Esthonian government who have
been among us the last few days have
received a proper impression concern
ing our strength and position, and l
am confident that there will be no
more Ol dlicSVU ihV-
quality between Esthonia and Latvia.
Yudenftch Unwelcome.
asked NJ. Ulmanis whether the re-
port that Gen. Yudenitch would be
allowed to transfer his army to Latvia
was true.
Not in the least" said NJ Ulmanis.
Our internal as we'll as international
position would be in danger. First,
Gen. Yudenitch would be followed by
sl-. L "A
have to face an immediate offensive
from the red army on our front.
Second. much more dangerous would
be the opposition of our own people.
Frankly. to invite Gen. Yudenitch Is
possess and our whole edifice would
be jeopardized. We cannot take such
risk"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-25
JENKINS TO BE CHARGED
WITH SEDITION, IS REPORT

Ell PASO, Tex. December 25.--
Charges Of sedition will be filed
against William 0. Jenkins. consular
agent for the United States at Puebla,
Mexico. following the alleged delivery
by him of arms and ammunition to
the bandits who had captured him.
according to the Excelsior of Mexico
City.
According to the dispatch from Ex-
cells or's correspondent at Puebla, a
group of Indians testified. December
II. that Jenkins handed over the war
! material to the outlaws as part pay
ment Of his ransom. The dispatch
adds that the examination Of the In
dams was conducted with consider
able solemnity," number Of promi-
nent Pueblans being present at the
hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-25
SUGAR THROUGH FLOUR MILL.
Ton of GRADUATED at Frederick Is
Pulverized,

FREDERICK. Md, December 25.-
About one ton of graduated sugar
was pulverized at the old city -four
mill for local dealers.
n. NJ. ZentZ. operator OF the mill.
conducted the experiment. which was
successful
Owing to the scarcity Of pulverized
sugar and the demand for 1t, Mr..
ZentZ. who has been a miller for
forty years, hit upon the experiment
and made the trial with a sack OF
sugar. After passing through the
grinders. the coarse sugar came out
as smooth and fine as -four. But lit :
tie readjustment to the machinery
was necessary to make the expert
ment success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-25
FEDERAL TAX QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

.. Ito what excess profits tax
exemption is a brewery business enti-
tied? T should like to know this at
once, because ii is necessary for our
December IS installment payment
a. Treasury decision gives com
plete table of such percentages. 1t
may be obtained at any collectors
office.
arrived in this city late in November
L have accepted a position as general
manager of - Company, at SAL
airy of $4,000 per year, to which will
be added a percentage of profits. My
family will arrive as soon as trans
portation can be obtained for them
My income. while in France, for the
year was about $4,000 francs Must I
file a return this year because my in
come will be less than $4,000 by the
end Of December?
A. You must file return because,
although a married man. your total
income for 1919 exceeds $4,000. 1t is
immaterial whether a resident alien
secures his income from United States
sources or from elsewhere. I take il
that you are resident and, accord
ingly, your December 81 status gov
ems. On December 81 you are a resi-
dent, and as such must account to the
federal government for all of your in
come for the entire year of 1918
Q. 81 am widow. Aside from
about $50 in interest my entire in
come consists of dividends on the pre-
ferred stock of a company in which
my husband was interested before he
died. My total income is about s4.10O,
from which paid about $500 as char
tiles, 50 that ] enjoyed only $4,000. /
know that dividends are free from
tax, but some one told me that I must
file a return. I never did so before.
SO please advise me.
A. AS your net income Is at least
equal to 81 600, you must file a return,
but as your net income does not ex-
ceed 5000 you will not be subject to
tax. If your income was as large for
1918 and for earlier years, | advise
your calling Immediately on the col
lector for your district, explain the
situation to him, and arrange to be
excused Tor your unintentional failure
to file returns during ur.yi,no ~, 80,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-25
GERMAN IS SENTENCED
FOR ORGANIZED PILLAGE

AMIENS, December PA court
martial has sentenced the German Of
ficer Robert Rocking. administrator
Of mines at Karlsruhe, to ten years
confinement, fifteen years of exile and
fine of ten million francs upon his
conviction on a charge of organizing
the pillage of factories in eastern
France.
collected machinery and other mate
rial from the factories and blew il up
in November, 1918. A brother officer.
Herman Ludwig, was given a similar
sentence by default.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-25
BABY HIPPOPOTAMUS
BORN AT new YORK ZOO

pound pygmy hippopotamus--"a non
Illuminating. artiodactyIe. ungulate
mammal. much less aquatic than it's
giant relative and having, in fact
the habits of a pig"-was born yes
terday at the BRONX Zoo, the sixth
specimen Of its species ever held in
captivity and the first to come into
the world behind bars.
Every one was a-futter at tht zoo
when DR.. w Reed Blair. veterinarian,
presented a healthy youngster to the
sis, 900 Liberian parents. "Baby"-it
has not been christened yet-declined
nourishment, and DR.. William Horna-
day, director of the zoo. announced
that a milk bottle would be rugged
tomorrow II the youngster threat
cned to go on a hunger strike.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-25
DECLARES BELGIUM WILL
GUARD SOVEREIGN RIGHTS

BRUSSELS, December 23.-Paul
Hymans. foreign minister, made a
long statement today on Belgium's
foreign policy. Concerning the re-
vision of the treaty Of 1889 he was
unable to enter into details. as nego-
tiations were unfinished But how
ever they might result he said,
Belgium would not enter into any
agreement in the direction of return
ing to neutrality or restriction of
her sovereign rights.
Belgium, he said, wished to remain
free to choose her friends and allies.
which was necessitated by her honor
and national dignity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-25
WOULD DEVELOP CUBA.
Jose Antonio Ramox Says Govern
ment Needs Merchant Marine.

NEW YORK, December 25.-Cuba
needs merchant marine to insure
development of her resources. in
Guiding extensive copper and iron mines
heretofore untouched. Jose Antonio Ra-
rnox, Cuban assistant consul general
here, said upon his arrival on the
steamer MORO Castle from Havana.
Cuba has vast copper deposits near
Santiago which have never been
worked and iron mines in the noun
tains which would make the iron and
steel industry of Cuba important if
the ores could be worked" Mr.. Ramox
said But Cuba has no coal and
very little Oil. and these fuels must
be imported. Cuba's foreign trade now
is carried on principally by American
ships and those of the Royal Spanish
Mali line The few vessels flying
the Cuban flag are used in it's coast
wise, Venezuelan and Mexican trade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-25
AMERICANS, ONCE DULL,
NOW FULL OF PASSION,
WRITES D'ANNUNZIO

NEW YORK. Dec. 25.-A mes
sage from Gabrielle D'AnnunZio to
the American people was brought
here yesterday by Mrs. John
Adams Drake. president of the
American Free Milk and Relief
for Italy. who arrived here on the
steamship Giuseppi Verdi from
Naples and Genoa. The poet
warrior wrote it in English for
Mrs. Drake.
You were an enormous mass
made dun by power and riches
he said. Behold. You are trans
formed into ardent and active
spirituality: YOU are become
race of storm and passion, ready
for the fight; erect in the face of
a future greater than your whole
past
"Oh. Liberty Let others de-
spair OF you. but I will never
despair. is the cry Of your lion
hearted poet, Gabrielle DAnnun-
zio.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-25
SOLDIERS LOANED $50, 699, 003
Canada Aids More Than 10000
Who Take Up Fa, ming.

OTTAWA. December 24.-Returned
Canadian soldiers who have taken up
agriculture have obtained loans ag-
gregating $5O.6@9, 0O3 from the SOL
diers' settlement board. il was an
rounced today. More than 5000
loans have been made for an aver
age of $3.134. OF the total amount
loaned $4l,9y0,ll2 went for land pur-
chase, improvements. stock and equip
mcnt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-25
May Change Clocks in Coal Crisis

PARIS, December 25 (Havas).-The
newspapers announce that the gov
eminent has decided on new measures
to remedy the coal crisis. One plan is
for turning the clocks ahead an hour
for the purpose of conserving fuel
used for illuminating purposes. An
other project will greatly restrict
lighting in the large cities, particu-
larly in Paris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-25
Bread. Christmas Gift in Austria

VIENNA. Saturday. December 20
The Austrian authorities have ar
ranged for Christmas gifts of on.
loaf Of bread for each person. The
bread. il ia said. will he Of slightly
better quality than usual. Physicians
report an epidemic of intestinal dis
eases, owing to the bad bread which
has been consumed during the past
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-25
Will Seek Democratic Convention.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. December 20
An effort will be made BY Kansas
, I,ify TO obtain the democratic national
convention for 1920. it was decided
Yesterday at meeting of directors
Of the chamber of commerce and rep
Iesentatives of the special campaign
convention committee. II was agreed
that the city would limit its Guaran.
tee fund to $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-12-25
Gen. Wood Files Announcement.

MITCHELL, S. D., December IS
Word was received at republican dis
trict headquarters yesterday that
Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. Endorsed for
President by the republican state
convention at Pierre. December .. will
file formal announcement of his
candidacy with the secretary of state
before January l.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-02
33D EXPECTED AT
CAMP GRANT MAY q

Springfield, May - The 23rd Div.
sion. Illinois DIVA" expects TO arrive
at Camp Grant. Rockford not later
thaa May 81, from France. They are
scheduled TO leave France May Z.
This information is contained in \
letter received from Captain c. E.
Wheeler, member of the division.
to relatives here.
information FROM another source
discioses the remarkable fact that
the records of the thirty-third division
shows there was not one enlisted man
courtmartialed from the time the
DIVISION went into camp at Camp
Logan, Houston, Texas. until the
present time. But two of the commits
stoned officers were court.martialed
II Is also learned that Governor
Lowden's letter to Commander Bell
informed him the state legislature
had adopted a resolution calling for
a parade of the 33rd division on its
return has been posted and read to
the soldiers at Luxembourg.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-02
FIELD AGENTS
REPORT ON CROPS

Springfield May Field agents
OF the state department of agricul
ture have gathered the following
crop notes for Illinois for the period
between April l and 10:
CONTAINERS seem more disposed
tha1 they were to get in as large an
acreage as possible. Old cora is sell.
ing little more freely.
Winter Wheat--Condition lis stlN
very high Now green and growing
rapidly Some few reports of frost
injury. but damages has been very
small
Rye Looking very well everywhere
and has probably improved a little
siAce first of month.
Spring Wheat Weather conditions
have retarded seeding somewhat
However, acreage win probably be
anger than last year.
Oats-Sowing delayed by weather
conditions and labor shortage. Acre
age VIII probably be somewhat small.
er than last year.
Bariey-Some seeding being done,
Acreage will probably be somewhat
mailer than last year.
Hay Meadows have generally win. /
cred well. Considerable young clover
ias been injured and billed by frost
III unusual amount of alfalfa will be
own with oats this year
Apples Blooming in southern sec.
ION. Trees looking well everywhere
Peaches-Trees full Of buds. LOOK.
ng well.
miscellaneous Notes Ghiach bugs
umerons in southwestern aad south
hnlfal sections.
cattle Wintered Gnay. Number
lat cattle On farms fast thiopI1g
ut I
SWINE -- Outlook indicates fewer
'fihg spfiss than in 1918. Litter, 80
IT. running small Not many fat hogs
IT Oh farms.
sheep Lamb crop promises to lie :
lfly large.
Pastures - Grass green and grow.
&. bnt the blue grass is coming on
'"ly on account of cold weather
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-02
BARS EX-WIFE FROM
TAKING DAUGHTER OF
ARMY OFFICER AWAY

MOTIFS, Ill, May 2.-.-Iidge
Davis In the Circuit Court AZ OTTAWA
mas issued an Injunction which was
rushed to Morris in an endeavor TO re-
strain Mrs. Jessie Thayer from ro.
moving her daughter. Helen Maxine
oot OF the Jurisdiction of the Grundy
county Circuit Court until furtbar
order OF the court and commandin,,
her to Keep her within the Jurisdiction
OF the court. The petition was Sent
70 Judge Davis by ]. W. Ransch. ask
ing for the injunction as INDIE
Slough and Master in Chancery e u
young were out OF the city and II was
feared by the petitioner that the chill
would De removed from the state be-
Tore the injunction could be issued.
Mr.. and Mrs. b. H. Matteson AMI
daughter, Olive, left Monday for Port.
land, Oregon, where they will reside. |
ana 1t was reported that Mrs. Thaver
look her daughter and went to La !
sale and from there proceeded TO
Oregon.
Ray Thayer, who is now a captain /
IN the veterinary corps and still over |
III france, and his wife were divorced I
III MOTIFS on March s, 1917. and i'm l
June Of that year he went overseas.
The wife was granted a divorce on \
me grounds presented, there being no 4
and given the care. Gus
ody and education Of the child i
fhayer was to pay $40 every Two
weeks until further order of court for
ne mothers support and also tho
There was provision
made In the decree that the father be
Flowed TO visit the daughter at rea-
enable and convenient times. not
ftener than once a month He wa
1dered to give proper notice of his Il
Intended visit and bring the child
ONE before smdOWn.
Since he has been in France he has IN
efaulted in his payments about one
alr, but his petition alleges through
D iault OF his, but Oh account of other
ebts According to his petition he
spects to pay these sums from now
}. w Rausch, the petitioner, alleges
lat he believes b. H. Matteson and a
live are conspiring with Jessie
hayer TO conceal the child at some
ace unknown and remove her from
e state.
Mrs. Thayer was until recently emf
Dyed at the American Express Com
ny office and Capt. Thayer is a son
Mrs. Jennie Thayer.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-02
PINES FOR DEAD MATE.
MAN 96 SUICIDES

Aurora, H.. May Edward Artlip,
9t years old, whipped two men sixty
years younger than himself several
weeks ago. Tuesday night, while
brooIing over the death of his wife, he
swallowed a nickers worth of arsenic
and died
For weeks he had gone to the Gene
terry every night to sit beside his wifes
grave The couple had been married
siXtytive years when the wife died,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-02
u. OF |. MONOGRAPHS
SHOW WAY TO JOBS

Champaign, III. May I'm an effort
to aid the federal authorities in theil
campaign to secure positions for dis
abled soldiers and sailors, the Univer
sity of Illinois calls attention to the
opportunity monographs issued by the
federal board of vocational training
The monographs deal with four kinds
OF vocational training.
Agriculture, commercial, home eco.
Monies and trade and industrial.
These vocational opportunities take
into consideration the handicaps
which the disabled men have to work
with and they are a part of the work
which is being carried out since the
passage of the $2000,000 appropria-
ton bill for disabled men.
The university offers in it's regular
curriculum opportunity for training in
the following trades for which dis
abled men may be qualified
Factory woodwork trades; oxy-acet-
ylene welding; automobile mainten-
ance and service; employment man
agement; concrete construction and
cement manufacture; electrical en-
pigments with utility companies; to-
gether with training in certain pro-
fessions, such as law, medicine and
journalism.
The monographs, further than tell
ing OF the different trades open to
men disabled in the service, give in
the case of each suggested occupa-
tion, the kind of work to be done the |
previous education necessary, the |
training which must be taken and the
income which might reasonably be
expected These publications are free
for distribution and may be had by
application to the federal board of
vocational education, Washington, d.
c.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-02
MANY Kinds Of "Money."

Anything that is used in trade as a
medium of exchange or a measure of
value, recognized alike by both parties
to transaction, Is money. 1t may be
wampum, skins OF animals, shells,
metal or paper, but if by government
authority or by common consent it Is
recognized as medium of exchange
or measure of value ii is money.
Even live animals have served the pur-
poses and uses of money.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-02
AMERICAN PLANES
GROOMEDFOR TRANS.
ATLANTIC JOURNEY
mACHiNeS MAY LEAVE NEW
fouNDlAND NEXT WEEK.
ROUTE LAID OUT TO PORTUGAL
VIA AZORES.

New York, May 2.-The start of N,
transatlantic fight by United States
navy seaplanes will be from TreDas
sey, Newfoundland. it was announced
yesterday by Commander John II
Towers.
From Trepassey the planes will fly
TO the Azores, then TO Lisbon. pornt
gal, thence TO Plymouth England.
The navy may be ready some day
next week TO undertake translation
Tie alrplane flight, il was stated b,
Commander Towers.
We nave fair chance to get of
TO Newfoundland next week" he said
Il don't know whether it will be the
Hrst part of the week or the last. H.
depends upon the readiness Of the ~.
planes and the weather conditions
We have sent our fuel and supplies
and the United States steamship
Prairie to the point in Newfoundland
fhich which we are to leave"
Give Out Aerial Route.
Commander Towers, In command Of
NC seaplane division No. ! al Rocka |
way. made public the trans.Atlautirl
route as follows:
Naval air station, Rockaway. t9I
Halifax. N. s, distance $40 naunlcqlI
miles; Halifax to Trepassey, New
fonndland, 400 nautical miles. Trepas.
sey. Newfoundland. to Horta, Island Of
tayal Azores, 1900 nautical miles
III conditions are favorable seaplanpe
Will continue TO Punta Del Gado. Is,
land Of San Miguel. Azores. and stop
there instead Of at Horta. Distance
from Horta TO Punta Del Gado. lidl
nautical miles Total distance from
Trepassey TO Punta Del Gado. .250l
nautical miles. Punta Del Gado to
Lisbon, Portugal. distance 300 nau ;
teal miles,
The actual transatlantic fight
will be regarded as from Trepasse."
Newfoundland, to Lisbon. Portugal !
NO effort for undue haste will be ,
made in getting to Newfoundland. this !
part of the trip being regarded as in
-iit NATURE VI IL tIldl HlsHl. 4
Plymouth Landing Place. 4
From Lisbon ii is expected to pro $
iced to Plymouth, England, distance C
rs nautical miles. d
The average speed of the YEA l.
planes, disregarding wind, will be D
bout sixty-tiye nautical miles per s.
our.
Arrangements have been made to /
ave base ships with necessary gas0 II
me, oil, etc, at various ports named h
nd these ships have special equip
lent in order that the refueling can re
e accomplished quickly II
"a nautical mile is one ana fifteen
ne-hundredths statute or land miles.
repassey, a town of 400 population.
t the head of the bay of the same
anne, is ten miles west of Cape Race
nd eighty-one miles southwest Of s.:
Dhns)
The NC4 one If tha contestant. sc
'ok trial flight out over The ocean ye
esterday The plane and seven oc J"
ipants weighed 22o00 pounds, which br
somewhat lighter than il is eX- sv
ected to be on the transatlantic an
urney
Weather Still UnfavorabIe. le
lSt. Johns, n. F., May 2-Weather o..
hate yesterday again pre-
,nted the start of the transatlantic -
rplane flight
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-05-02

Try a Want Ad In the Free Trader
journal Tor quick Results
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-22

that teens Nth dramatic intensity
and guspense-
The characters Of the picture are
those hardy r1ourtaineers Of eastern
Kentucky who. from tirne srnmenno-
rtsi, have shown slight regard for
rnan-made laws. They are the de.
scerssnss Of the hardy pioneers who
blazed trail from the shores of
Virginia through the mountains OF
that state and Kentucky. They fought
the treacherous savage and settled
the bluegrass state" They made Il
possible for an empire 70 be founded
that gives to ug and our children that
follow land that knows no counter
part for riches.
II is OF such kind OF smen and
women that When Bearcat Went
Dry" has to do, and needless to say
2 picture-Dlay Of unlimited entertain.
nent qualities Is provided. No ad.
vance In prices. Come early.