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Evening star., 1919-03-12
DISPUTE bR|TA|N'S
CLAIM TOCAbLES
Americans Hold Captured
/ German Lines Are Not
Prizes of War.

PARIS, March IL {by the Associated
Press) the possibility of
a virtual monopoly Of cable communi-
cations. by Great Britain should her
claim to the captured German cables
be sustained, with the consequent
submission OF the great foreign busi-
ness interests of the United States to
alien control in this respect, the
American delegates to the peace con-
ference are endeavoring to make a
strong presentation of their case be-
fore the legal authorities to whom the
subject has been referred.
The naval experts who first con
sidered the question were unable to
agree. and the supreme council, upon
motion of Secretary of State Lansing
referred to legal experts the question
Of title involved. These experts are
being pressed by the Americans for
q decision.
Out Early in War.
Early in the war the British cut the
two German cables from Emdsn to
America by way of the Azores and
also the cable between Monrovia, the
Liberian capital. and Brazil. They
took one end Of one of the German
American cables to Halifax. thereby
securing another transatlantic line
for themselves. The other cable they
gave to the French government
which 50 far has made no attempt to
utilize 1t, probably because Of the
and OF cable-laying ships
The British now claim that these ca
oles are prizes OF war. They do not in
tend to allow their return to Ger
many or to regard them as subject to
disposition by the peace conference.
contend that the cables were unlaw :
fully cut and unlaw fully reconnected
because the United States was not At
war when this was done and had an
interest in them as being one Of the
termini. Nor, they claim. was there
cable between Liberia and Brasil. as
both these countries were neutral at
the time IL was done.
There never has been any decision
regarding the title to cables outside
of territorial waters In time of war,
and the Americans now are extremely
anxious that no precedent should be
can business at the mercy of foreign
ers or prevent free communication
between the United States and cen
trail Europe after the conclusion OF
peace.
other Cables Seized.
In addition to the transatlantic ca,
bles. several German cables In the
Pacific also were seized by the Brit.
ish prizes of war. One Of these runs
from the Island of Yap. one of the
Caroline group. TO Singapore, connect
ing with the Dutch and British cables
Another connects this cable with the
Island of Celebes. Possession Of these
lines, il is held. insures business con
troll Of n fair pr1pasit!oG OF Austria
liam Polynesia, which is regarded a:
properly within the field Of Ameri
can commercial effort.
The possibility Of these cables pass
ing in some degree under the contro
OF Japan alone in case the latter /.
made the mandatory of the captured
Pacific islands. also is regarded with
disfaFcr by the American representa-
tives unless come plan to prevent any
possible discrimination Is adopted.
Evening star., 1919-03-12
Col. RYAN to Aid Mr.. Hoover.

The supreme war council having
designated Herbert Hoover Tor the Of
fice of relieving the food situation
throughout Austria, Mr.. Hoover has
appointed Col. Ryan of the American
Army as executive officer in charge of
the work
Col. Ryan will be assisted by liaison
officers of various allied nadonalities.
The man is not to operate the rail-
ways as a whole, but food trains hav-
ing special rights with rolling stock
especially assigned to the task vii!
he run on all railways independent of
ownership or nationality. in co-opera-
tion with the local railway admins
trations-
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LEAGUE PUT OFF;
SENATORS RELIEVED

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D. c. TROOPS BACK
FROM OVERSEAS
Thirty Land at Newport
News, Va, From the Trans
port Nansemond.

Thirty District soldiers arrived al
Newport News, Va. yesterday on the
transport Nansemond. Several be-
longed to infantry and marine units
one or two were casuals, but the
majority were members Of two engt-
neer regiments. the 56th and the
74th. The former was recruited at
the Washington barracks and Its
principal job was to operate Hash
lights to spot enemy air raiders Tor
the benefit of anti-aircraft guns. 1t
was called the "search1ight regiment.
The 74th Engineers was scientlnc
organization that operated delicate
Instruments and made tedious caicuia-
tions to locate enemy batteries. Its work
was very successful most OF its mem
bera being surveyors, mathematicians.
etc, and many OF them college and tech
nicsI school graduates or undergrad
yates.
Evening star., 1919-03-12
RALLYlNG TO PLAN
FOR "FAIR" PRICES

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are expressed in some quarters in this
country. 1t Is said that, apparently,
the commissioners discerned more
danger to Europe in postponing the
final treaty of peace than in emitting
the covenant of the league of nations
from the treaty.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
Railroads Get Another Raise,

Neutrality-suspicious. and engine men
on lines of the national railways have
been granted another increase Ia
wages by Director General Hines. The
order affects mOret han 100000 en-
ployeS and the increases are retrOac-
tive to Jan. l. Claims for the en-
ployeS for time and Il half for over
time in road service was left to a BIZ
partisan board for decision. The adj
vances are designed to readjust "Obvi-
Gus injustices" wrought by the general
advance granted rail wOrkmen May 25,
1918.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
Wheat Crops Big.

Washington. The largest crop of
winter wheat ever grown has been
forecast for this year by the Depart
ment of Agriculture, baSing its esti-
mate ON conditions existing April l..
The enormous yield of S37,UO,OOO
bushels was announced, which at the
governments guaranteed price of $2,28
II huSlcl. places the crops value at ST.
s?l 100000. This years winter wheat
velOp between now and time of har-
vest, will be ll2. 0O0,00O bushels larger
than the previous record crop pro-
duced In 1914. and 2iS,OOU,OOO bushels
more than was grown last year.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
WAS MEASURED FOR COFFIN
Maryland Man Got Well After That
and Lived for Half a Century.

Cumberland, Md.-Page J. Smith,
for years president of a local jewelry
company, is dead at the age Of eighty
years. He was born in Montpelier,
VT, and came to Cumberland during
the civil war. 1t was here that he
met Miss Sarah Dorothy Ways, Il girl
whose volunteer duty 1t was to see to
the care and feeding of the Union
soldiers in hospitals at this point.
Miss Ways afterward became Mrs.
Smith.
1t was also in the old church hos
pital here during the Civil war that he
was measured for a coffin, to be buried
the next morning. His illness at that
time was Of such a nature that for a
time he was lying as In a trance, and
he was in this condition when an Off
Ger, making the rounds with the under
taker, had him measured for a coffin
and ordered that he be taken out for
burial next morning.
Mr.. Smith, however, rallied from his
Illness, became quite well, and at the
close of the war decided to make Cum
berland his home, where he has lived
for over fifty years after being meas
ured for his coffin.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
|CERMANYWANTS
WILSON'S POINTS
HUNS DEMAND THAT TREATY
BE CONFINED TO FOURTEEN
POINTS.
ALL ISSUES CLEARED
POLISH FRONTIER AND RHINE
QUESTION DISPOSED OF AND
INDEMNiTIEs SETTLED.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
London, April ia German gov
eminent wireless message says tina
the National Assembly at Weimar a
the conclusion Of the first reading Of
the budget accepted a resolution de
handing a peace treaty correspond
ing with President Wilson'S fourteen
points and declaring that "a peace OF
justice must not inflict upon us any
changes in territory In violation OF
that program. In the midst Of the
suffering of our starving population
and the turmoil shaking the fOunda'
tiOns of state, which increases daily
owing to the postpOnement Of peace,
the National Assembly expects from
the government that it will only agree
TO a peace of understanding and rec
onciliation and reject any kind of
treaty which sacrifices the present
and future of the German nation and
Of humanity"
Paris, April 12.--The League of Ma
tons Commission has completed its
consideration of the league covenant.
No sections were included granting
the japanese and French demands, but
Japan and France announced that
they would reserve the right to bring
up the desired amendments before the
plenary session of the peace confer
ence.
Paris.-The Indications are that Da-
vid Lloyd George, the British prime
minister, will not leave for London
until it is determined on what date
the German delegates will be asked to
come to Versailles. An American del
egate, asked for the nearest estimate
as to this. date, put it between April
20 and May /.
Paris.-The peace conference has
reached an agreement on all ques-
tiOns concerning peace with Germany,
indemnities and the from
tiers of the Rhine and Poland. The
to Versailles within two or three
The British premier, his secre-
is quoted as saying, thinks that
If the allies agree as well at present
rs during the war the achievements
Of the peace conference will be last
Ing and numerous dangers, including
BOlshevism, will be abolished.
The Paris dispatch contains the
first report that the important ques-
tons of the Rhine and Polish from
tiers had been settled by the peace
conference. Agreement. on reparatiOns
md indemnities was announced earlier
n the week.
The Rhine question includes the
not only of the river itself, but
llso of the German territory west of
If the Rhine from Lorraine north to
he border of Holland. 1t also at
'ects the eastern bank of the Rhine
its use for military purposes.
The Polish frontiers affect all the
bordering on the new PO-
and and the proposal to give Poland
IN outlet TO the Baltic by way of
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
BENEFACTRESS IS HIS HEIR
Mexican Miner Left $4,000 to Woman
Who Loaned Him $100
Many Years Ago.

Piedmont, W.. Va.-Charles Mont
gomcry, who died some time ago in
Canalea. Mexico, after years spent in
mining, left his entire estate to Flor
ence Renshaw, now Mrs. Bowden. Of
Piedmont, w. Va, granddaughter Of
the woman with whom Montgomery
lodged when a boy. The estate
amounts to 10000 in cash.
Montgomery, it appears, after spend
ing his youth in Piedmont, W. Va.
went to Mexico and prOspered. In
1893 he returned to the United States
and attended the Chicago exposition.
Losing his money, he returned to his
old home in West Virgins. almost pen
niless. There he found his old friend
dead, but from her granddaughter ac-
cepted a loan of 500, money she had
saved from teaching school. Ten
years later Montgomery sent Mrs.
Bowden $500 in cash to repay the loan
with interest. and now he has given
his entire estate to the woman who
one did him a kindness.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
woolworth Dead.

New York-Frank ". Woolworih, who
started a fiNe-and-tcn-cent tore at
Utica. y. Y, forty wears ago on a cap
ital Of $50 and eventually became the
millionaire proprietor of a great chain
Of these stores in the United States,
Canada and England. died suddenly at
his country home in Glencove, l.. I. In
addition { o establishing a business
with profits said to he nearly 5000
900 yearly. Mr.. Woolworth built the
celebrated fifty-onp story Woplworth
sniIdir- in lower New York.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
FRANCE GETS THE COAL
1Wo BIG OBSTACLES HAVE BEEN
AGREED UPON BY COUNCIL
WILL HAVE SUPERVISION OVER
VALLEY OF SAAR FOR IN.
DUSTRY PURPOSES.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Paris, April 1O.-The council OF foul
mas reported all agreement on the Saal
galley. The agreement leaves SOY
ereignty over the valley unchanged
but accOrds to France free of duty
sufficient coal for the Lorraine iron
industry and to replace the prOduc-
ton Of the mines destroyed in the
Lens mining district, with the privl-
iege to the Germans Of restoring the
Lens mines.
Paris.-The text of the reparation
clause as finally approved by the
council Of four specified that enemy
countries must admit responsibility
for all loss and damage TO allied and
associated nations and their citizens
due to unjustifiable aggression. The
responsibility of the German emperor
for the war and the means for bring
ing him to trial by one of the allied
governments, probably Belgium, have
been definitely determined upon by
the council of four.
This follows the definite decision
on the terms Of r%eparation for war
damages, whereby $5,OOO,OOO,OOO must
be paid within the next two years
and an inter-allied commission assess
the remaining damage for II period OF
thirty years beginning May |, 1921.
Thus, two of the great obstacles
which stood in the path Of the rapid
attainment of peace have been re-
moved within the last twenty-fOur
hours.
Germany is to pay the entire cost of
thirty years Of operations. The first
payment Is to be credited against Ger
many's obligation to pay for the main
tenance of the allied troops in the oc-
cupied regions. and the second pri-
GRITTY is for the payment of food relief
furnished to Germany.
lgnace Jan Paderewski, the Polish
premier, was summoned before the
council of four today to present the
claims of Poland. The premier will
Hiet ilNt l"HLlS I1'lSt nt gwen "
Poland and that Poland must have
the coal fields of Teschen, Silesia,
Belgium, ON which the war fell first
and heaviest, is reported to have taken
II view much similar to that of the
United States, while Japan and Italy
Wrr" partially in accord with The
American view, 1t was owing to these
divergent viewpoints that the council
devised Il new plan, whereby one of
The allied nations, probably Belgium,
would initiate prosecution against the
emperor and others responsible
for the breach of treaties, the inva-
sion of territory and the destruction
against this country and lead
To Il more general spread Of the
war. The exact nature of the agree
is not disclosed, but the fore
going is believed TO cover the main
lines.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
Japs Arrest Missionary.

Washington.-The State Department
has been advised of the arrest of the
Rev. Eli Miller of Mowry, a Presbyter-
ian missionary at Pyengyang, Korea,
on n charge preferred by the japanese
authorities that he vas aiding and
abetting the Korean independence
p~ropagandists. 1t vas explained by a
high official of the State Department
that the Rev. Mr.. Mowry, If found to
be connected with any political dis
turbance in Korea, would be amenable
under the japanese laws.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
India Wants Home Rule,

Chicago, April 12.-"England must
grant India home rule or India will
free herself from her Oppressors," DR..
y. :. Hardiker, secretary of the In
dla Home Rule League, said here to-
day in an address before the Irish
Fellowship Club. England must UNI
dersiand that the days Of excuses are
past" he added, "and the plea that
India could not protect herself will
no longer hold"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
Dodue Jan Measure.

Sacramento. talif.-A decision moi
to press to an immedial" vote the re-
port of the Senate rules committee de
nying him permission To introduce II
bin preventing JAPANESE leasing agri-
cultural land in California was reached
by senator Imam in the midst of de-
hnte on his demand for II record vote
Of the Senate on the report. Inmnn
demanded II v"l" ON the report follow
ing the reading OF n c%ahlrgram from
Secretary Lansing saying: 1T would
he particularly unfortunate" to have
the bill introduced al this time.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18

He would dash up to the house in his
big touring car, walk boldly up to the
front door and effect an entrance. II
the doors were locked he used a skele-
ton key, and then took his time in
sacking the place.
When Wilson's room was searched
a suit case containing several thou
sand dollars worth of Jewels was
found. Sweet-scented letters from So
ciety buds Of Los Angeles. CAL, Chi
cago, Nashville, Tenn; st. Louis, Mo-,
and numerous southern cities also
were found. Several contained &C.
ceptances Of proposals Of marriage.
The Dallas police have sent out
word to other cities where the "gen-
tleman burglar" had been. But there
are charges of a more serious nature
being arranged. Department Of justice
declare that they will confront
Wilson with a half dozen white slavery
charges.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
Huns Must Pay 100, ooo, DOC, 900 Marks.

PariS.-bnc hundred billion gold
marks is tn" amount Germany must
pay the allied and aSsociated govern
ments for losses and damage caused
in the war. plus other billions To be
determined by Il special commission on
This Is the final and definite conclu-
sion which has been reduced to writ
ing after weeks Of negotiation which
took n wild" range and involved FREE
Quent changes and notifications by
The peace conference.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
Bavaria Situation Bad.

COpenhagen.-Munich dispatches ex-
press extreme pessimism regarding the
situation in Bavaria and say that there
are expectations there may be sanguin-
airy fighting between the partisans of
the three governments in Bavaria The
by appeals of some radicals against
the Jews. The Hoffman, government
is holding large bodies of troops in
readiness at Passau and Pressing for
use against the communists.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18

San Diego. calm il gasoline cx-
plosion which sent /; torch of flames
100 feet into The air, ten men were
burned. NV" probably fatally. on th.,
United States submarine chaser No.
29I, at the municipal pier here. All
but one of the men were attached to
the craft. The tenth was driver of an
oil tank from which gasoline was
being pumped into a 6GO-gallon storage
tank III the chaser.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
Australia's Casualties.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS total casual
ties during the war, with the figures
brought up to Feb. 8 of the current
year, totaled 3O7 300, according to a
statement made public by the govern
ment. The total forces of Australia
bered 100000 out of a total population
of less than 5,OOO,OOO. The casualties
are divided as follows: Dead, $685.;
missing, 1893; prisoners, 43S; wounded,
166,6O6; sick, S2,4O9; unspecified, 219.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
Japs Refused Citizenship,

Seattle, Wash.-TwO japanese sail
Ors in the American navy, one of
whom has seen thirteen years service
and the other fifteen years, were re-
fused citizenship today by Federal
District Judge Charles 4. WOlvertOn of
Portland, Ore. Judge Wolverton's de-
cislOn was based upon his construction
Of the federal statutes, which he said
did not permit japanese to become cit
liens of this country.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
JeweIer Swallows Diamond,

San Diego, Cal.-Armand Joseph, q
jeweler of this city. has swallowed a
diamond which cost S315. The dia-
mond in a ring had been offered for
sale. Extracting the stone from its
setting with his tweezers, the jeweler
breathed on 1t intending the fog from
the breath to bring out any exist
ing flaw. The diamond slipped from
the tweezers into the jewelers. open
mouth and continued on its downward
course The jeweler wrote a check for
the former owner Of the diamond.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18

. Washington.-A Toxic dispatch to
h State Department exported that
gendarmes took from the Severance
hospital at Seoul. AN institution main
tanned by Americans, three Korean pa
tients suffering from gunshot wounds
inflicted by the police. The superin-
tendent of police when asked for an
explanation. charged that the prisoners
were criminals and that the action of
the gendarmes in taking the men away
from the hospital was in accordance
with the law.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
SOCIETY Thief IS
CAUGHT IN TEXAS
"Gentleman Burglar" Is Sought
by Police Of Many
Cities.

Dallas, Tex.-While the police from
Maine to California are begging for
him, ]. G. Wilson. described as a "gen.
tleman burglar" a man with a string
of aliases, a grip Of jewelry and a
stack of love letters. Is languishing be-
hind the bars here. Wilson has been
accused In Dallas as being n Of the
boldest daylight burglars and smooth
est society thieves that eve operated
In the Southwest. He was arrested
while r0bbing n Of the finest resi-.
dences In the city Of $500 worth Of
jewelry.
In robbing residences Wilson in
variably would select a time when
owners were shopping or at parties.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
Terms Of Victory Loan

observation-disclosures of the Victory
loan have been announced by Secre.
tary Glass. They are: Amount. $500
00U.WW. oversubscriptions to be re-
jecied. Interest, Az per cent for par
TALLY tax exempt notes. convertible
into 33 per G n notes wholly tax ex-
empt. Maturity, four years. with the
treasury %reserving the privilege of re-
d"eming the notes in three years. The
"a per cent notes To he issued later,
also may he converted subsequently
back into IA per cent notes.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
Blood Tests On Prisoners,

Sacramento, Calif.-An opinion by
L. :. Webb, state attorney general.
rendered at the request Of DIR. G. F..
IIelsley. resident physician at Folsom
~penitentiary, declares prisoners may
he required, forcibly If necessary, to
submit to medical blood tests, and
when deemed necessary to subsequent
treatment.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
Berlin Police Ineffective.

Berlin.-The Berlin police force has
become so ineffective and so pOwerless
to check street gambling, plundering
and daylight rObberles aggregating
millions of marks that the municipal
assembly has unanimously adopted a
to turn yer the police de-
lartment to Prussia, provided the
state is willing to assume charge.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
Red Attack Smashed

Iondon.-War office roIort> from
Murmansk say that with Il view TO
Aral Maynard, commanding The allied
troops. successfully attacked with
small forces tro>oZero. twenty miles
"nerS and captured three gunS and
other material. including 1000 shells.
Fifty of the enemy were killed and the
allied loss totaled one killed and Two
wounded.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18

LOndon.-Herbert Hoover, director
general of the interallied relief organ.
izatiOn, has requested DIR. FridtjOf
Nansen, head Of the Norwegian food
mission TO the United States, to be-
come chief of an international neutral
commission to investigate the POSSIBLE
ity Of feeding Russia on condition of
the cessation of hOstilities i'm Russia,
according to a dispatch from COpenha-
gen,
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18

WashiingtOn.-The War Department
mnde public II paraphrase Of a mes
sage from the American commander at
A%rchangel reporting the refusal Of a
company of infantry to proceed to the
front line until definite assurances had
been received from Washington as to
when the American troops would he
withdrawn from Russia.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1919-04-18
His MARRIAGE q Failure.

Mount Clemens, Mich.-Marriage
was declared a failure by Henry Deer.
ing here. Eighteen days after he de-
serted a long b~achelorhood his wife,
ne said, departed with the deed to his
farm and S1,7O0. 1--we got enough.
Judge. Turn me loose" he pleaded.