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Poisoning Win
Wood Alcohol
Body Converts 1t Into
Still More Deadly
Effect.
wood-aIcohol poisoning is undoubt

=
The body converts this poison into
another about eight tiines more fatal
in its effects. namely. sodium formatc
of unconsciousncss which follows oven
email doses OF wood alcohol. and for
tho blindness which is SO likely TO fol-
'oE th isen form m OF III poisoning s;ms,E 49,
this substance upon the human eye
may be formed when It Is known that
complete destruction OF the optic nerve
has followed doses OF from two to five
teaspoonfuls.
In some cases, when tho dose was
very largo or was taken upon an
empty stomach. death occurred in a
Cured for one or two days. ~
In nearly all cases there have been
severe headache, nausea, violent and
long.eontinued vomiting. profusc
lirium. and finally coma that cont inued
Tho symptom that hae aroused most
i hs.H ,s.. is tho partial or total blind
eentage Of severe cases Of poisoning
by wood alcohol. This has quite fro
auently followed the uso OF Jamaica
Einfer adulterated With wood alcohol.
Ing OF pain about the eyes. followed by
niurring or vision, and then, In from,
Twelve to forty,eisht hours, by blind :
ness @,ad Mster ra a few days there may bn
useful vision,' only 10 be lost again IL,
short time or within u few weeks.
There are undoubtedly u good many
action Of wood olcohoi. ciee there
would be many moro cases OF poison
Ing. for the stuff has been used a good
deal by unscrupulous liquor dealers.
hoi the stomach should be washed out
at the earliest possible moment
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SPIES WATCH GATHERINGS
AT TRADE CONFERENCES
Asserted American and English FiHan-
cial md BusineEs Men Seek
Trnde RcintiOns

THE HAGUE, Jan. 1S.--Trade con-
ferences between bankers merchants
and and aaiesmen OF the entente countries
mysterious gatherings Of spies in the
hotels here and at Amsterdam. Tho
iron. steel. shoes. ships and sealing wax
Of commerce are the topics instead OF
the routes of submarines. troop ships
and food ships.
Whatever may be the opinion In
America or England, or France regard
Ing resumption Of business with Ger
Of the business concerns OF those couIl-
tries show nothing but a keen desire
for such trade at the conference here
The other day at one of The Hague
engaged in earnest, conversation OIL,
trade SUBJECTS included:
1. English shipowner and director OF
one Of Germany's biggest transatlantic
lines:
.. Belgian banker and German au.
tomobile manufacturer.
American travelling salesman and
Hungarian general importer.
All OF them, SO far as tho corrc-
spondent could judge from the frag-
ments of their conversation that oa me
TO his oars. were on friendly terms
and keen for business.
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COMMITTEE, ACTIVITY
TO DOMINATE CONGRESS-
Investigations of Russian Propaganda and Naval Awards
Most Important Matters to Be Taken
Up This Week.

chairman of the subcommittee, con-
fcrrcd today and at toinorrow's meet
ing OF the full naval committee the lat
Ter plans TO ask for the necessary au-
thority for extension of the invcstiga-
ton scope. Ii denied by the commit
zee. which is unexpected. tho Rcpub-
iican leaders are prepared to talSo tho
question to the Senate itself.
Secretary Glass request for SI5o,OoO,-
COO ior European food reliof viii be
considered tomorrow by House Ways
and Means Committee, which plans TO
report a bill for House action later
Despite the many committee activi.
ties. Republican leaders plan. to pass
several minor bills this week. Pas
sage by the Senate tomorrow or Tues
day OF tho characterization bill of SEN
ator Kenyon, Republican, Iowa, is pro-
posed. House leaders plan to pass tho
food relief. diplomatic appreciation and
possibly one or two othor minor meas
ures- The army and navy pay increase
bill md that of Senator Now, Repub-
iican. Indiana, TO establish new de-
partmcnt of aviation, are to follow the
Amcricanization bill In the Senate
Conferences on the railroad and min
eral land leasing bill also arc to re-
SulOr
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NATIONAL BANK EXPANSION
SETS RECORD, SAYS WILLIAMS
Growth and Development shown by
Increased Resource. Of q. ecS
o35, 900 in Year.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 1s.-With -.
sources aggregating s22,444, $4,000 On
M f,o;.a11 II. national banks o. the
record for growth and dcvclopmeni If
was said tonight by John shelton Vii
nams. Comptroller OF the Currency. in
call of that date. Between the calls -
Septembsr y and November II. ma .
tional banking resources Increased
Se2s,oT6,0Oe a gain of s2G2353S 0Gu
IN resources for the year ending No.
vember II was recorded
deposits increased in proportion TO
figures show. For the wear end;nr
November II. the gain In deposits WAS
approximately $500, 100000, while be.
tween SepteInbcn l2 and November / :
the increase in deposits was Sis6.
aIl,o0o. Total deposits on Noycmber
II were S17,467,S53.
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WILL LEASE SUPPLY BASES
ALONG ATLANTIC COAST
Secretary baker Says II Is Fart of
riHn to Esta hIish Merchant
Marine.
tDy Associated Prcss.I

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-Por,ions Of
the army supply bases and terminals
located on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
will be leased 10 commercial firms as
they axe released from military use
Secretary Baker announced today. The
decision ii was said, is il line with
the War DEPARTMENTS policy to of
Ter all assistance and every facility ut
It's disposal for the development OF
American commerce. and a largo Amer
lean mercantile marine"
The ports at which terminal facilities
are now, or soon Will be. available FOX
lease. axe Boston, South Brooklyn, Port
Newark, y. j.; Philadelphia. Norfolk,
Charleston, S. c., New Orleans and
Hoboken.
In order that the government may
have ready the means OF subsisting
an oXpeditionary force in case Ot an
other national emergency title TO the
harbor properties will all be retained
and leases will include a clause per
milihS government agencies to take
over any needed facilities
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lBy Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-Committcc
activity will dominate Congress this
week, comparatively minor matters be-
ing up for consideration on the floors
o; Senate and House.
Taking first rank among committee
activities will be the inveStiEa lions OF
Hussian propaganda and naval awards.
The former inquiry will be started to-
morrow by Senate Foreign Relations
subcommittee. with Ludwig c. a X.
Martens. Russian Soviet "ambassnd
and his assistants as the first witness.
The question OF employing counsel,
which has stirred up controversy
within the committee. is expected to
be settled a the outset OF tho hearing.
Rear Admiral Sims, whose contro-
vcrsy with Secretary Daniels over
award OF naval decorations, provok cd
the inquiry of the Senate naval sub
committee and whose testimony yeeter.
DAY regarding confidential war orders
developed new lines of inquiry will re
sumo the witness stand late tomorrow.
Republican leaders have decided ito
insist upon a general inquiry into the
war operations OF the navy: Senator
Lodge, OF massachusetts. Republican
leader. and Senator Halo, OF alainc,
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lNEW YORK. Ian. 1s.-The leacu. q,
nalions IL hopclessly dcadlocked, ac.
c0FainS 70 the belief expressed TO-
night by United States Senator Jane;
y. Reed. Of Missouri, who came to New
tork TO attend the dinner to be give,
" committee OF American bushes.
men tomorrow night to the Senator
who opposed ratification OF tho treat,
without reservations
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-19

ttnry conferences. Field Marshal Foch
Hnd Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson
form tho inter-allied military council
so far as consideration-of Middle mn3
Near Eastern questions arc concerned.
Ihey met yesterday and today, and
their deliberations. the Associated
Press isi informed; have had moro to
operations against Russia than with
supporting those operations by n:,S
from abroad.
Take UP Polish Question.
Tho Primo Ministers took ND tho
poiish question seriously Thursday
and Friday. Their Information wns
that the Polish armies have during
recent weeks occupied considerable,
territory beyond the Polish boundaries
The Primo Ministers warned ius1 tbs
support policy OF expansion. Tie.
requested M. Padek, tho Polish Tor-
cign Minister now in Paris, TO advise
roland to cvacuato the abandon Pms.
sian occupied territories, and Tins
avoid giving cause for attack bv The
Soviet government. ~
THIS NJ. Padek refused to do.
one OF the principal military and
political probleins not yet determined
itary advisors is what would be done
II the Soviet forces drive the Poles
from the occupied territories and fol-
low them into Poland Tho Prime
Minister'S admit that they arc ,nuch
embarrassed by the Polish Sovcrn.
ments refusal to retire within the
boundaries fixed by the supreme coun
torical claims. which arc deemed vague
By tho council,
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GENEVA Jan. iS-Thu demand OF
NE allies upon Holland for the extra
dlt!on OF former Emperor William f.
peins given great attention in Official
and political circles here. AS /, Is be-
!ieNcd the result OF tho demand will
determine the status Of uoIitirn' go
gees in Switzerland. or whom there
are many. Former EEnpe -or Charles o.
austria and former King Ludwig OF
bavaria both are In SWitZcrland
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SECRETARY DANIELS SAYS
THAT HE DIDN'T SAY IT
Writes Letter to Senate Naval An.fra
CoHmittee Answering Adniral-p
Statement.
tBy Associated Press.l

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1S.-Secretary
Daniels In letter forwarded tonight
70 Chairman Page, Of the Senate Naval
was not he who had told Rear d-
miral W. S. Sims before the admiraI'e
mot to let the British pull the wool
over your eyes" and that tho United
states would as soon fight the Brit
ish as the Gernians."
Secretary Daniels In HIS letter to
Senator Page said that Admiral Sims
letter had been referred to the general
at thu proper time and in the proper
way any fair-minded investigator Will
eee convinced that the allegations re-
and successful prosecution Of tho war,
SO far as the Navy Department and
the entire navy are concerned are
based on opinions which are without
Justification"
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LANDL 0RDS TO BE INDICTED
IF COLD FLATS ARE FATAL
Chicago Health Commissioner Says
Hented Apartments Arc Neeen-
sary to Combat Flu Casea,
fBv Universal Serylce. !

- I'' OHfFuIH1I SetVlce.
ClilCAGc. Jan. 1S.-Hcalth Commits
on landlords that If they failed TO heat
Hats and deaths from influenza resulted
he would ask their indictment for MUIR
der. Heat is essential TO the speedy
cure OF the disease" said Dr. Robert
son. "A landlord who fails to supply
heat is potential murderer. II Il can
DC proved that lack OF heat contributed
70 4 single death will ask that tho
landlord in question be indicted on a
charge OF murder"
Physicians reporting influenza were
1equlFcd 10 say whether homes Of pa
t!cnts were properly heated
In the last twenty-four hours 207 new
cases or influenza were reported III Chi
cago with thirteen more deaths.
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next CAMPAIGN ISSUES
BRYAN SAYS PR0FITEERlNG
WILL BE ONE OF THEM
P1hiie .ownetship Also Will Figure In
Presidential Contest, Says
x Comm tssioncr.
IBy Associated Press. ]

NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.--Proitec.ing
and public ownership were declared
tonight by William J. Bryan. TO be
two of the great issues on which the
coming presidential campaign should
be fought. MIR. Bryan, who was n
guest Of honor az n dinner given by
serted tha, Ihc N peace 'I treaty ;,S" can not
be carried into the campaign because
OF the largo number ~ important
domestic Questions to be decided.
In reference to prohteering, which
he termed the darkest blot on This
war the speaker advocated the crea
ton OF trade commissions in the States
and communities before which citizens
could bring complaints against prof.
tecrinS merchants.
American People BIed.
while the boys blcd abroad" he
said. the American people were bied
at homo by consciencclcss proiitcers.
Even when the bleeding stopped
record shows how many more mill
lionaires. have been created in this
Mr.. Bryan denounced the coal opera
TORS Tor the excessive profits which
he said, they had made last year. and
4eeis,rIed ing; the nSopie must be given
The people can not take q club" he
fits citizens must assume the duty to
protect them, There arc tribunais in
THIS country where the merchant can
summon his customer. but no tribunal
where a customer can call merchant
20 answer any complaint. What is
NEEDED Is trade commissions for tho
nation and the states and in every
commupity where every citizen. no
matter how, humble. can have his com
PLANT heard
Monepoiies Are Mns.ins.
In regard TO government owne -ship.
Mr.. Bryan declared that II had become
NATIONAL issue. "All private mono
people TO attend 10 their own bust
ness. The issue today is between pri-
Nste m4nonoly and government owner
zion Is Impossible in private monopoly,
the MONOPOLY must be. owned by the
G Gesisea ,d When private monopoly
have power to cytort. plumber and rob.
! want TO destroy The breeding. place
inc greatest cause OF plutocracy.'
Must Cease W'rnngHug.
Mr. Bryan reiterated his IDEAS in
regard 10 the peace treaty which h.,
s s.; res ab : at the Ia Jackson Day dinner
INC United states Senate must cease
US ~, wrangling" and settle the matter
concessions he declared, the -Repubii
cans Withdrawing their preamble and
let aeceptancc be by acquiescencc' In
declared. that the Importance OF tho
uch-debated Article " was very
much exaggerated
Denies That Split Exists.
Mr. Bryan said that it was absurd
Tor any one to talk about n split" be-
tween the President and him .It is
only a difference on the method" he
Sald. I'VE agree on the purpose" After
declaring that he had made more
speeches for the ratification Of tho
treaty without reservations than any
tinued:
Il knew it was not perfect but who
can expect perfection from the hand
got better treaty than any ono sus-
2ected he could get. Who could ac-
coTpltsh more among representatives
or twenty nations than President VIII
son? Our President had 10 nEht single
handed and alone against other ma
Lions- 1t was the best he could bring
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CIen,encenu surrri,., pou.

ROME. Jan. lS.-Thc withdrawal a,
a,reinIer clemenceau from the presi.
n,!ai contest n France created much
ne!led was oppressed that under M
IInoueratc, policies Of Prcsiden c,srt
iat sps"S Ss,y a re'EGsstaaolishment OF re.
Set would not no dlMcu!. % accnmn
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Cult. After Many Trips,

LIVERPOOL. Jan. 1S.-Captaih ". r.
Turner. one of the best known master
Of transatlantic liners. mas just re.
tired on approximation. He went to
sea as u boy and reached the height
OF his ambition when. in 1914. he WIS
given command of the Cunard Co.'S
-tqu:tania. He commanded the Umpria
during the Boev War, and later had
charge. OF many large passenger ves-
sells. the Aleppo. Carpathia, Lusitania
and Nauretania
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Honors Admiral Renee,

a ROME, Jan. lS.-Popc Bcnedict h,s
. conferred upon Admiral william s
Henson: chief or naval operations Of
the United States, the Grand Cross Of
ST. Gregory the Great, military class
sent 10 Admiral Benson through card.
jSnai Gibbons. Archbishop OF Baltimore
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NEW YORK, Jan. Observation-Disclosures
Of national nursing headquarters in
New York. with branches in other
cities. and Inauguration OF a recruit
Ing campaign TO relieve the serious
dearth of trained nurses, will mark the
one hundredth anniversary OF the birth
or Florence Nightingale on May u. x
cision was made At a joint conference
OF directors o. the American Nurscs'
Association.
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, Quit Drug Haiti =, p,.s,

HONOLULU, Jan. lS.-That they are
foraakins the drug hsb!. 70 1T them
solves TO fight the Japanese IL the de
claration or hundreds OF Koreans who
asylum for treatment durin. the pas,
SIX months. This is the statement OF
judge J. r. L.shtfoot, to whom the
applications have been made
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Gla.. Reports ON Certificate.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1s.-Secretary
tons for Treasury certificates OF in.
dchtedness. dated January z and ma
turing December 10, amounted to :,
t3ta! Of S7O3.026,000. subscriptions for
the certificates. which bear 1874 per
cent interest closed January 16.
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COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCE
Count Areo Valley Not Ia nj. ,,,
Assassination OF Kurt
Elmer.
tBy Atsoc!atct prcss !

BERN. Jan. ls.-The sen,o7c. ~
death pronounced Friday upon Count
Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian prcinicr -.
Munich In February, 1919. has been
comnuted to life Imprisonment, accord.
ing to advices received today. rho
communication OF the sentence OF tho
young student was ordered by ununi.
nous vote OF the Bavnrinn Cahinni
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SINH FEM CARRIES DUBLIN
Election esults Show Forty.Tvs seat.
Captured by Government
Foes.
tBy Associated Pnsu,

DUBLIN. Jan. 1s.-The election -e-
suits in Dublin show the return OF
foriE-two Sim Feiners. nine municipal
reformers. fourteen Laborites, fourteen
NationAlists and one Unionist
or the iifty-six seats in Cork, tho
sim f'ein and transport workers COM
tined ticket captured thirty the Ma
tionalists getting sixteen.
AT Galway, out Of twenty.ttccc Sim
Fein candidates only ten secured seats
and no Sim Feiner headed the poll.
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C.n Ner wershi, op.nlx.

NlENNA, Jan. lS.-Aic.hodlsts ard
BaPtigts hereafter are permitted 10
worship openly and In tholr own edi-
nces' by government order Just Is.
Sped; Heretofore they have been OF
nsed to conduct religious services in
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tics and other loot valued nj moro
tnan sl0o:o00. taken from n mail car
or Southern Pacific train by lone
pandit last night. were recovered by
Faiiroad detectives near here today.
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II e L I NC F o x S, Jan. lI.-FN,rty
thousand persons have died In Pc
troGrad In the last Elk months The
the same period amount to only $500.
according TO information received
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LATE NEWS BULLETINS

PARIS, Jan. 1S.--1n his speech from
the throne at the opening Of the Turk
ish Parliament last Monday. the Sui
entering the war on the Tcutonic side. :"
according to reports of the speech lust
received here from Constantinople
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Strike Hecau use OF Cod.

1tONhIUCTHSHIRE, Wales Jan. "a
-because the trains In which they
were To travel to work on a bitterly
coid morning was not heated 400
miners went on strike here and re-
turned to. their homes as protcat
against the railway companY
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Plan Scheoi, for K.,-.,.

SEOUL KOREA. Jan. ls.lThe gov.
eminent has declared It's Intention to
estabiieh q hundred new schools an
nually during the next four Years pnr
Korean children ~
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BIG LIQUOR SEIZURE I
Booze ISken !. New Yoris Raid r.
Valued at More Than
$4,000, 900
fSr Universal Sc-v!ce.l

NEW YORK. Jan. lS.-Moro than
whisky, has been seized here since tho
eighteenth amendment went into effect
al midnight Friday. The seized liquor
mad reached the piers too late for load
ing on ships. 1t is expected that
rorIher large seisures will be made.
The city has been drter today and
yesterday than at any time since Juiy
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WOMEN OPPOSE PLANK
Notify Republican Chairman Prooo,a,
In Platform Docs Not Meet
With Approval

= % .tEssl'e!dted Treas.
Mo" YORK. Jan. iS.-Thc womeo's
S9uai opportunity league has notified
WIN n. Hays. chairman of the RI
publican National COMMITTEES, IL was
announced mere tonight, that worlinr
women are opposed TO the proposed
would limit their hours Of toll Won'"n
who are urging the plank, the ienrNm
claimed, do not represent WORKING ~.
men IN the full sense or the wori
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KANSAS CITY, MO, Jan. 1s.-The
investigation Of conditions at tho Fed
erai disciplinary barracks at Fort
Leavenwotrh, Kans., ordered Friday by
Federal Judge Pollock, will be trans
tcrred to Leavenworth within a few
gays. United States District Attorney
Robertson stated tonight.
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To Eilmin.te Mida1emen

;, SYDNEY, y. s. w. Jan. lS.-Prcmler
Austraiian producers to reach markets
greet d, by eliminating the middlcman.
ms Is part or the vigorous trade cam
palsh being undertaken BY Australin
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SAN ANTONIO. Jan. 1.-two thou
sand Hungarian colonist are to be
granted land by tho Mexican govern
Incnt. according to dispatch from
Mexico City received by a loca! Mex
lean newspaper.
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FIVE DIE IN FLAMES
yeiehbsrs Find Head of House. DadI,
burned, Only Survivor of
f-a Family.
fBy Asocisic,d pes

WILLIAMSPoRT. PA. Jan. ls.-Fiye
persons OF the family of Herbert For
est lost their lives N a fire which ,gt,
last night destroyed their home At
Chunk. hamlet In the extreme north
western par, OF Sullivan County. Mr.
Forest, badly burned In ATTEMPTS 2.
rescue. is the only survivor
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-01-19
PLANES REACH GUANTANAMO
Aircraft VIM Take Pert in Winter
haDcuyers OF Atlantic
Fleet.
by Associated Pres.

On BOARD q. s. S. pENNSyr,.
MANIA, Jan. ia group of scapianes
rnander b. T. Leighton, OF the Atlantis
Fleet, arrived at Guantanamo from ISev
west at O'Clock this morning, to take
Atlantic Fleet in Yves; Indian ~, Sne
IRe =. s. S. Shawmui. mother shin
or the aviation detachment, com
manoed by Captain George Steel,
arrived at Guantanamo Bay two honrG
before the aerial SQUADRON
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Refuse TO Rest, Prefer work,

MUNICH. Jan. 1s.--Indications OF IN
increasing inclination TO work or the
part OF tile Bavarian wage. carners is
seen in the resolve by the Christia n
rest on Saturday ana also on Rcvo!u-
tioa Day. as had been requested by the
industrial councils and the Socialist
party.
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Ne.y Women Are Ch....,

bERLIN, Jan. lS.-On ali, $50 women
nave been elected to the various ieSis-
iativc bodies Of Germany. out OF 4
.otal OF 2,3s3, and only seven small
states are without them in their Parlia-
ncnts The National Assembly leads
Tic list with thirty eight, but the Prus-
sian Diet follows closely with twenty
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1900 CASES OF FLU
Army Of O:5 Volunteer Sur,es INT I,
Work TO Halt Disease
In Chicago.
by Associated rrcss. J

CHICAGO. Jan. 1S.-Twclvc hundred
new cases OF influenza were reported
10 tho health department during tho
last iorty-eight hours. Health Com
missioner Robertson announced To-
night. Deaths from influenza and
y ammonia during that period totai.d
nfty-one. y
Operating from tho e!gh, municlpa,
tuberculosis Hispcnsaries an army OF
wa volunteer nurses will take :h,.
rcportcd