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69TH YEAR VOLUME com'MltKK 4 RICHMOND, VA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1919,

President Wilson, in Speechat Rome, Declares for In¬dependence of Balkans.

friendship only forceto bind WORLD TOGETHER

Task of Paris Conference WillBe to Organize Nations'

Good Will.

1MY or INtrigUK IS CiONE

Speaker Sa,vs Statesmen of Franco,Italy and Britain Agree

With Kim.

KOM K, January 3..President Wil¬son. speaking i. tlie Italian Parliament <

to-day in the presence of King Victor-mmanuel, I lie entire Italian Cabinet

nut] all member*, again vowed the re¬moval forever of the old system of al¬liances, secret influence, intrigue andmilitary force.

\Vc know that there cannot beanother balance of power," lie said. add-ng that there must be substituted for !

tlons ..lUoroUEh,y league of na-

I

HUidr,c-a?.8{1,',1.ian^ 600,1 win alo"<?. he1,1 the future be the true and

basis ill.!! cement of peace, for on that°"e can Peace be durable.

I ASK AT IMIIlis TOntli;M)Sll||>

..our fask0^' 'Pnr!iln.UCd thc Resident, 1

tfhat,da.l'I,,°f w"rld ^eizviti

i4^K<*in the J rcKldont averred tin r th

.>l.h"8 "s "ocevhttr*lfy'llrut^f for*"' i

nrtsalvcC<nu'i" the Parliament was !,..

i resident Wll»,i« F.l lc,.or a,,tI

anu cneerBlhseucChraseth t"'* :

5 n.ent ha/vt reso" ded u^ a". 1>ar'la-

SFBAK.S IV1,0,1 »'«extv mi\lti:s

presidents ofCthe'^ena3t0°niJ'f^ < i''y lf'°'

whereupon President \vn Chamber.

f*b?i "sks?" Hi.'t .ri.wv*hr,jis-; 's.m ms iPledICihi'rBoidfe8elatasno Vh® Ki,:e occu'dais. CHts on thc Presidential

the*

1^r 11amen t°^u fl3?n g1'31^1y lctt |

sal* croxvd.11a n 1'y cHe.lsf !̂CITY COI XCII, JIAKKS

Jilt. WILKOX CITlfcEX OK HOMl'-notnenk«enlud fhe" p&k' ¦

Councn ofdiploma making him at.'^ Vl\&vast &

> pleasure ^ pride and

<«b. a"/'";to Manchester -o herf 'in'1}? iftl tr,lp

£x& IB ¦

IMtESIIJEXT GREATLY I'LEtSKn !WITH nECEI-riOX IX ,.Y

if^-SSSfacUitatPeedaCe COnffer«nce "as therefore

liallin pJin ilso,ls speech before the

.r'I.® J, bcUeve that it is extended to

neop'ic ft? arr^v'as r"afoo,sfy iksdrrirl "

MANY TIES MINI)..... .

AMEK1CA AXD ITAIjY

pnt »f iiks.ma,r^VZTZ:s?ca>^-1 sr.bound the people of our America o- ® people of Italy, and whenthl n.A^ie of the United States, knowing thispeople, have witnessed UssufferingUs aacirflces, its heroic actl.,. mf'thc battle field and Its hero c endur¬ance at home.Its steadfast enduranceat homo touching us more nearly* fothe quick even than Its heroic actionon the battle field.we have been boundy4h.Vie, of I»r®found admiral?",,Ihcn back of it all, and through

t all. running like the frolden threadthat, wove It together, was our know]?«.Be the ,,eoP'e of Itnlv had ffoneInto this war for the same oxausdprinolplo of right and justice that.>ved our own people. And so T »' !come this opportunity of oonveving . »

^urtlrh« h0«rtfpU greeting* of Ibo rti.pie of tho United States.i'T5"1 we cannot stand in thc shadow

? MnilL itho"t Knowlnsr there are

«uro some senses more

li u® .wc have undertaken.,£?***..while It la easy to speak of

flout t tl>nwnrLsvr°' u 18' nom«times dif-nfirfl l°in ^ "? Qut ln Practice, amithero will be required a purity of mo-

u? >,a1? ^'"'"lereste'dncfls of objec*which the world has" never witnessed"before In the ootinclln of nationsEMPIRES IIUII.T OX PORCE

navr melted awayIt Is for that reason that it seems

# Tv-5"*? w f°rKlve mo If I lay someof the elements of the now situation

tContinued on Second Page.)

Government InsurancePolicies Will Lapse

..( " V, X. J., January

' ' ' J ' ' l,fr ,irut ft the Kovrrn.nm«nK lt» flich ting

JuTJ?* Inpif. owInK to uilcrr-talnty iimoiiR mnny of the nirn re-KuriliiiK (heir imllclrn, It *va* dr.clurrd lirrr to-duy by Inr.urnnct- e*-

17J". * In convention..Many tliouwaiidN of Moldlrrn havenever ijccn n policy, nome of thec^r»?i4,e#hn."*ld' n,°«hlnK morr tan¬gible than n certificate an u receluthad ever been given them, und ¦

??« men huve lout theeertlfloatrn. The War Kink Uurrou,

hi*". i ed' 11wd be*n mnde the

pe**enoT Th,Bn> of Jnrom-petency. The government'* excur¬sion Into the life Insurance fteM«n.I the writing in « yr.nr otinnuranee than all vorporntr coni-panlea together have written in halflit to the \\!" ,V"rk a *rca* henr-r.cr,,B° predict"d"ranCC «-

GERMAN CAPITAL SHIPSRear-Admiral Declares Tliey Would

He "Herd of White EIc-pliants."

XOT WORTH ALTERATIONS' COST

.American North Sea Fleet's Com-muntlei* Would Preserve All Small¬er Enemy Craft.No Object, He.Says, for Maintaining Rig Vessels.

1 By Akfcocluted Press. 1W A S H I X <1 T O X. January 3..De¬

struction or all capital ships of theCierrran navy turrcntei ed to the alliesW43 recomtnen led to the Houaj NavilAffairs Committee to-day by Rear-Ad-rniral Rodman, who commanded thoAmerican fleet in the North Sou duringine war.Admiral Rodman declared the ships

JjL n°l bC n,!e,led; they areo. c.ifferent types than those of theallies, and that it would be a wasteof money to pay to maintain them.

During the war the combined Brit-amI American fleets have had such

a predominating superiority over theUennan fleet that it dared not come

uald an"ffn^1 US'" Adm,ral hodmanif that supremacy could be

.ft~'lne ua hil« been removed?

llij BrVlrt 'and"i,m.rio.f.f7eeS0"{i,?/

-VO OBJECT KXISTK. Fon MU\T.U\IXG ships

fftr MCth*M.more* there 'B no Objectlection iw" ,I° k1e*> th«. for pro-

the«°shPps Win havdh

Iarcesl fleet,

Ha^^\eberh?oV.b9a^ |should'1^! ta^^t in*the v&tlf^!And :thL? &2S- .l,hem lh<>' .uld *oonSr-whlfi elephant/* annexed a herd

rcXdereddnv/il1 tlhoUKht al! the sur-

<« .tok ilie^ HubmarTnes! d«..nn i an<? ''sht cruisers," he'saidand they will bo very useful for vears

discarded?" dlspenscd w'th should be

cen\lvenih?te,*n,.C2me .fr°m Paris re-'

thVrfSd *«'". if* ««umU?v<!!kin.?regarded -i^ ii1*1 J'rdalfl«nt Wilsonsfrable P " as wholl>" ""tie-

LARGE SUM IS SPENTBY UNCLE SAMDURINGMONTH OF DECEMBER

Report of Treasurer GlassShows $2,060,000,000

Was Disbursed.

Secretary* o^^^Treasur^'oiass0, an"-'p?.r,,MUVr?,,,« lT.knThSgV«,-? certificates of indebtedness.mo h-.i? e 1uS exPenditures for the00o!000 yCar totaled S10.632,-Announcement . of the details of the

nest Liberty loan is expected withinthe month. It is understood that re¬ports trom the Federal reserve dis¬tricts have shown the necessitv of in-rreasniB the interest rate on the nextloan to 4 1-2 per cent. An l«n«IIva billions is understood to be of-'fered and the maturity to be fired at'

>e*rs- Under the direction of. s, franklin, director of the.\?r division of the Treasuryplans are also being worked out foran issue of new securities into whichwar savings stamps may be convert-L .

is "P1 contemplated that thereshall be a discontinuance of war sav-inps stamp and certificate forms ofinvestment, but that new securitieswhich may have maturities of fromten to twenty years, are being workedent {sluo"81 UlC lnaturitlos of the pres-

president'sTrTpT SUCCESSPlan for I.entpie of Xationn I* Held

to lie Ortaln of Ap.provnl.

"X -'AMKS JT. MOXTAG1.K.'? ,;'v!,uar-\ 3-.The blc result of

I resident Wilson's visit to Italy is theapparent certainty (hit the President'splan for a league of nations will besuccessful. '

Full ngreement of all governmentso tn« plan now seems certain. ThePresident's visit, therefore, is consid¬ered a hu*e diplomatic success. It IsZpThtorfit,hc,1Preiii('enl hafl nbii»ooned his Intention to visit Belgium.He may eonflne'the resi of his Euro¬pean visit solely to Paris.

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Cllft Illlnnln Central manager.OcntraS^^irf ,lanuary ,3-.Th0 Illinoisment «f a r*A^,ni?.n0ljnfc®d ,he «PPOlnt-ment of A. v,. Cllft as general manacepsucceeding the late T. J. FcSc>? g '

n aHaSsssr'ofThl0£rt!|A0ver«la|n#» ColomnNvoiir^m)h'VZIJL* spaper y°u cun send

^Ws-'SrvsMt"""W"

RESCUE OF WOUNDEDHALTED OY BLIZZARDAll But 200 Men Have Been Re¬

moved From NorthernPacific.

MANY SOLDIERS HELPLESS

Majority of Those Still AboardTransport Are Confined

to Cots.

(By Associated Press.)FINE ISLAND, N. Y., January 3..

Plans for removal to-morrow of 200seriously wounded soldiers still aboardthe stranded transport Northern Pa-ciiio were disrupted when a drivingnortheast snowstorm set in at 9:30o'clock to-night. Coast guard oRlcersfeared that unless the storm abated itwould Impossible to take oft thewounded men.As the blizzard developed the lights

of the rescue tlcet standing by out¬side the bar were obscured, and event-he powerful Fire Island light, visibleund«>i normal conditions for ten miles,could not be seen from tho shorewatch ytutlons a mile away.Except for the 200 wounded men,every one a veteran of European bat-tlo field.-) and more than half of them jhelpless on their cots, all the '2,500 1sjlliers who were passengers on theNorthern Pacific wore safe ashore oraboard naval vessels to-night at theclose of the second day or the mostremarkable marine rescues in the his-tory of the Atlantic coast.ovi:h 2.IMMI MW.DIKIIS

T.\Ki:.\ OFF STEAMERWhen O&rkner.s began to fall, enforc¬ing suspension of transshipment opera¬tions, steam, motor and oar-propelledcraft of the navy and coast guard hadtaken off the liner 2.041 troops, in ad¬dition D 2h'J soldiers and Ked Cross

nurses carried ashore yesterday insurf boats -»nd the breeches buoy.The operation was completed with-out an accident, except for the cap- |sizing of a lifeccat, and without theloss of a single life. The hardy vet-eran.s of the I.oug Island coast guard,with hundreds of rescues to their creditduring the past decade, won the honorsin yesterday's rescue work. But itwas the sullormen with sturdy boatsskillfully maneuvered who carried theirkhoki-clad brothers in arms to safetyto-day.SI'B CHASICns CAItniKD

1511 MEN AT A TIMEThe submarine chasers, steaming inalmost to the breakers, nosed againstthe steel sides of the liner and tookoff 150 men at a time. Tire launchescarried ten to thirty at a trip..Sixteen ladders were dropped overthe transport's bow, and down themthe able-bodied soldiers scrambled. Thewoundei were lowered overside 'u bas¬kets or in a few cases, where shat¬tered limbs had not knitted, were car¬ried, down gangways to launches heldsteady by sailors' willing hands.Hour after hour the transshipmentwent on, with a cold wind driving onrescuers and rescued and with spumedrenching all hands in the trips to andfrom the warships.The Northern Pacific, standing al¬most upright in the sands 200 yardsoff shore, was in no danger to-night,according to Captain J. D. Meade, coastguard officer, on the staff of Rear-Admiral Usher, commandant of theThird Naval District. She was takingvery little water, he added, and, un¬less a severe midwinter storm sets in.would stand the pounding of the seasuntil a wrecking company, whose tugsare already standing alongside, uponorders of the Navy Department, couldpull her free.

JAMES RIVER RISESTO FLOOD STAGEAS

MERCURY TUMBLESWith Freezing TemperatureJames River Will Go Fifteen

Feet Above Normal.As steadily as the mercury fell, de¬gree by degree, below the freezingpoint, the James River rose inch byinch, last night, and indications werethat the waters would reach flood,stage early to-day. Warning to thateffect was* issued by the Weather Bu¬reau.At a late hour the water at Colum¬bia. fifty miles up the river, wastwenty-nine feet above normal, and thehigh-water mark had not been reached,a report staled.It was forecasted that the river herewould rise at least fifteen feet, whichmeans .that tire lower portion of thecity will be inundated. Where possi¬ble. all perishable goods on docks hasbeen removed, as there was. no doubtthat the water-front property would.be swept by the icy river.

" The cold wave, which promises tem¬peratures in the neighborhood of 10to 12 degrees below the freezing point,is moving eastward from the South¬west. In the Gulf States the mercuryhas dropped to S degrees above zero.

senatoOemands^actionIN THE MEXICAN CLAIMS

Derlnren Americans on the Border AreSubjected lu I'liynlcnl Violenceliy Kniilerx,

WASHINGTON. January 3..Immc-diate action on iris resolution callingupon tire State Department to makesome move toward adjusting the claimsof American citizens against Mexicowas demanded in the Senate to-dayby Senator King, of Utah. He declaredthe United States had treated the gov¬ernment of Mexico with marked for¬bearance and that tire time lias comefor "proceeding along the lines of Jus¬tice. with vigor and promptitude.""Not only millions and tens of mil¬lions of dollars in value of Americanproperty has been confiscated and de¬stroyed by Mexicans." Senator Kingsaid, "but many Americans have beensubjected to physical violence and in¬dignities at the hands of Mexican cit¬izens, and a considerable number havebeen killed."Senator King succeeded in havingthe resolution referred to the ForeignRelations Committee and SenatorHitchcock, chairman of that commit¬

tee. promised to have it considered atthe meeting of tho committee nextweek.Another phase of the Mexican situa-ilon will he brought before the SehateMonday when Senator Ashurst. of Ari¬

zona. will discuss his resolutions forthe purchase of Lower California andfor a portion of Sonora.

FIFTY CAUGHT IN MINE*

Dynamite t« Being lined to Rescue MenCnnght In Blare In C'oat.

" Shaft.

fBy Associated Prosa.1t CHEROKEE. KANS.. January 3..Fifty men nre trapped in the No. 6Bhaft of tho Hamilton Coal Coint>any.The tipple &nd tho chute are burning.Dynamite (s being used In an effortto m&y the ft&men until the men oanho taken out.

LONG TERM NEEDEDFOR RAILROAD IESI

McAdoo Argues for Adoption ofFive-Year Period of Pub¬

lic Control.

IN TILTS WITH SENATORS

His Replies to Cummins andKellogg Show Difficulties

Under Present Law.

IBy A*s<>cl»»ted Press.]

tor r* IXGTOX- January 3..Direc¬

tor-General McAdoo, testifying to-

f.rC the Kcnalc "Uerstatc Com-mere.,- Committee at the opening of

g.3 °" thc fu»u«e policy toward!railroads, was subjected to a fire of1luestions by Senator Cummins, of!

Ult> and Senator Kellogg, of M|n-'ISfv'w Ue')uf,lican- intended to deveJopto i I1cAt,°° ''elieves it advisableto turn back the roads to private man-Iagement as soon as possible if Con-eress does not extend the period of:I' ederal control for five years.

fo r* re ten t ion1°bv fhf0'1 by ""P'^ationrailroads for

Jthe ,°fH

.km. «us.Mr. McAdoo gave three reasons whv

frol of" ,»°l bcl,iov? l" retaining con- !"months:

r°adS f0r lhe Evenly-onecornpan ies alreadv are

Jn?i S F .ll,e authority of the" rail-'to pm-ciiaseS 1

cer ta"n 1equ?pment^

ure6oT co- operation;V'na tu" i

That some Stat<» railroad rommls.stons threaten to dispute the rijrlu ofinh,er,^^Cral. manajfeme.it to dicta?!and,

rates in normal peace times,That the uncertainty of the future

would cause a ferment within railroad

foBmoraa|V°of **"«.larly destrucUveto morale of employees and officersREFI.IES TO CIMMIXS'S

CAl'STIC CRITICISMTo tenator Cummins's comment that

he thought It "111110 less than a crimedateUw"ith"»h* l.he ,ro^d3 iU a» earlyaate. with the siandards of waires ma-

l.nrJa , COSt.8 and rates as they 'are -

and that unless the roads are givenmore time to prepare It will be little

piled:°f d,sastro««." -Mr. McAdoo ri-

I cannot foresee such a situation at

?" "nleas the State commlsslon.. andthe Interstate Commerce Commissionignoring lhe necessity for maintainingwages and the rights of just Compen^sat.on. would reduce the rates unjust-1 «

J idea of tills railroad problemto l.°i-Ub,ilz- c°nditions for five years

3S&re»tt%UMUom°" 10 deal thc «".

McAdoo declared that his in-

n. hnV°nS ,"a.,.ways been againstpublic ownership." and in favor ofsome sort of private ownership withstrong unified control.

Mr. McAdoo said he thought thcpresent principle of operation shouIJt'o fn°,"! "U%d ,for nve J ears with powerto initiate rates reserved to the Pres-InUi1. i V?at sll°rt lines should beincluded in the national system.READS I.OXC. STATEMENT,

GIVING RECORD OF WORK DO.VEMr. McAdoo read a prepared state¬

ment more than 15.000 words in lengthc ,nf reforms effected under

sal*?: control, thc director-generalbelieve that even under the handi-

^ho'lrir. iWav c°nditions a sufficientshowing has been made to indicate that

desirable a*"!?, 1 hav® mentioned aredesirable as permanent peace moas-

iet u is clear that the sreneralou lie lias n >1 had an opportunitv in

appreciate this and to wiTeh the real'a,,In °vlewhaofh1h bef" acc°mpllshcd. I

in \ lew of the far-reaching imPortance of any solution of th" raU-V£ad q,uf,sli?n «'hlch may be adoptedjhe public is entitled to have beforetfte . present Federal control shall 1,0terminated, a reasonably fair nnr|Apeace conditions of the advantn^ fXbfc derived from these reforms.

5CS l°

results' of bev^POSSiblc to review the

too late for Congress to leeiala a h.

W'Ol'IiD I\EVITAHLYplSTl'ilB .'MORALE"

he the ineStabiLS'rtht«fOXR,a,ned< woul>1Tories' '"mirifi." d uSrb5ii»«it0v cn'; I

r°"indeeaP" "hV n«c«®sary expenditures. Ji«ith opcratlSS 32?lni 7h«e difficulties

rrh.s.,ilSiffl-S '

l »"'XwiSdi 1tion and as to th»

best ultimate solu-

iViivih !

HHv"555crnment ownership." ac*-omplish gov- .

Another reason ,

period, said the dlr<wV.»- Io:'ger testadvisability of K'"ff4"eral' 13 ll'cformation on valuatkuj a0dfe<lua,,1property, now .t°' railroad1

THISKS RATES .may

Mr. AIcAdoo said stmifilr a"2,04ntha aK°-have been necessar-7 »01? wou'dvate management to prci-il? fri~losscf;. and said it ifh?" soriousto lower rate^materiaHv mwo

»,089l,>loUniformity df ra,J. y tl,ls yvRr-

distribution of the ratnanh.. ^"'tabloall railroads, regard^ ^rJ.?n ovcrthat some are unusualitU,e fa°tothers poverty-stricken il n* f£,ua andunder unified control, m\- on,yas another argument r«V .u 2° "r^dcontinuance plan

1 for th® riv«->ear

Should '1brKe^n"[erm^ ,eVen8io"a?hyoendteomrt^nVrJlC^^^rMnVr^PUMr° M,nAVrlenCe ,n the f2turre°m0t,nement'a Ipsa i°h° opVrittn^'ran® »overn-yeur at 1136,00(^000 Thli w!!?.8 lhlsthe difference betweoh fhJ J 8

guaranteed to ihe rbids as ?.nfil?0unithe sums credited to the *0^1- anih railroad Income. If the ,iu»h«rnin?nthad been In effect AV oYltlre y®ih2iz&ws.qrfMs

DEAD GIRL IS IDENTIFIED;MURDER WARRANTISSUED

FOR CAMP LEE OFFICERIdentity of Woman's Body Found in River

Baffles Local Authorities Nearly WeekIdentity of the ironinn, lient nlxht

determined to tie Ilnttlc Mpncomb.of Uedford Conntr, lind putilcdilkhmund nnd Henrico County nu-thorltlen nlnce la«t Monday, whenher body wnn found oUnK'nsr to therootn of n tree In nn unfrequentednpot nloni; the JnniP* It Ivor, linlf nmile wrut of Wentham lirldce.

Until Thursday evening not tin-¦llcliteNt Inkling uw to the nuine ofthe girl had developed.The body unit found at 10 o'clock

Mondny inornlnR I>y n negro trapper,l'eter Mile*. who liven at 1U10 .NorthTwenty-eighth Street. lie enrriedthe word to WeMthnm Station, hutnot until late in the nfternoon werethe proprr authorities notified.Captain A. S. Wright, of the

Richmond detective bureau, Sheriff\V. \V. Sydnor nnd Deputy SheriffShumnker. with Coroner .1. Fulmerllrl«ht. vialted the spot and viewedthe body.

I''lr*t Indication* were thnt thewoman had been murdered. Herface appeared to have been ertmhed.

white n double ntrnnd of wire waxbound alitiat her rnlnoont.

Hut when Coroner llrlght held annutop.ny Wednesday nfternoon hefound thnt the mark* onr the facewere not cuuned by blown. Therewon no physical nlgn.n of violence,nnd the coroner wnn unable to de¬termine whether the ulrl hnddrowned or been dend before herbody reached the water, liin ver¬dict wnn denth in an undeterminedmnnner.

I'ollcc nutlioritien mnlntnlned be¬lief in their murder theory andcontinued InventlRutloun. Scores ofdencriptlons of mlsnlng womenrenched county nnd police officials,but none milled with that of thewontnn found in the river. Theclothing revealed no particularlyindividunl markn.

Late Thnrndny afternoon thefnther of llnttle I.lpuconib culled nthentlnnnrtem and wan taken to themorgue to view the body. He wonldnot nny at thnt time thnt the wo¬man wnn hin dnughter. nlthough hendinltted she resembled her in manyrcnpectn.

OF ALL RELIEFInternational Organization Foiined

to C'are for the Liberated Neu¬trals and Enemies.

NORMAN DAVIS HIS ASSISTANT

Allied Governments Advise Presi¬dent. Wilson of Their Desire ThatUnited States Take Lead in Ad¬ministration of Foods.

[By Associated Press. 1PARIS. January 3..President Wilson

has appointed Herbert C. Hoover di¬rector-general of an International or¬ganization for the relief of liberatedcountries, both neutral and enemy.Norman Davis, formerly on the staffof Oscar T. Crosby, special commis¬sioner of finance, for the United Statesin l^uropc. will act as Mr. Hoover s as¬sistant.This was announced to-dp.y by the

American peace commission in a state¬ment which sayB that tho designationof Mr. Hoover to take charge of therelief worlc is in conformity with therequest of the allied governments thatthe United States take a predominatingpart in the organisation and directiono: relief measures. The statementS l"Upon President Wilson's arrival thoresults of the investigations of theUnited States and allied government of¬ficials into the food situation of theliberated countries, neutral and enemy,were laid, before him. Since his arrival,in addition to his discussion with therepresentatives of Great Britain, Pranceand Italy respecting the general peacesettlement, he bad been advised withregard to the conferences held betweenthe governments concerning themethods of organization for the reliefof these populations.\ 1,1,1 US REUUK8T AMERICA

TAKE 1.12ADING PART"The allied governments had advisedthe President that they desired thattlie United States should take the leadin the organization and administrationof relief. Under this arrangement be¬tween the United States and the alliedcountries there are being appointedtwo representatives of each govern¬ment to secure the co-operation of food,finances and shipping resourecs in thesolution of the problems connected withthe relief."The President has appointed HerbertHoover and Norman Davis as the twoAmerican representatives in the coun¬cil. and Mr. Hoover will act as director-general of the undertaking."

TWO BOATS COLLIDEIN RAIN AND FOG

Navigation In Che.*apenke Bny De¬layed Wlifn Denw .Hint I5n-vrlopm the Harbor.I By Associated Prsss. J:^HFOIiK, VA.. January 3..Rainand mist enveloped the inner and outerharbor, the Chesapeake Hay and coastto-day. impeding navigation, delayedregular line steamers and resulted intwo harbor collisions.

The steamer Matoa early this morn¬ing lost the channel In the misty rainoff Sewell's Point, and rammed thesea-going barge Northern Number 3.The barge was beached by tugs to pre¬vent her sinking. The Matoa was notseverely damaged.The American steamer Copley, out¬ward hound in tow of a tug, snappedher tow llpe and rammed a coal barge.Neither craft was extensively damaged.The American steamer Hoiton, of theUnited Fruit Company's line, out ofNorfolk for Central American ports,was forced to return to-day in a lankycondition, developed off Cape Hat-terns yesterday. All pumps had tobe used to keep the craft afloat.

M'ADOO DEPARTS NEXT WEEKAVIntiirop M, Daniel*, Hlnes and T,aneSugfiewted nn Direclor-tJenernl

of Railroad*.I By Associated Press.)

WASHINGTON, January 3.. Presl- 1dent Wilson's probable selection of a jdirector-general of railroads to suc¬ceed Willfam G. McAdoo was still amatter of specualtion and doubt to¬night among officials here. Mr. Mc¬Adoo now plans to leave for a vacationIn California next Tuesday, and unlessthe President cables his appointmentbefore then, the director-general willcontinue to exercise his functions. Al¬ready he has arranged to take withhim to the West his railroad assistantand a stenographer in preparation forThe' name of Wlnthrop M. Daniels,chairman of the Interstate CommerceCommission, figured to-day In specula¬tion over appointment, of a new di¬rector-general. while Secretary L«aneand Walker D. Tllnes, assistant direc¬tor-general, also are frequently men¬tioned In the dlsouaslons.

Apple** tnd Ice Water on Menu.OMAHA, NEB.. January 3..Repub¬lican StAte. Chairman Manley ana otherprominent local men were the invitedluncheon guests of Ex-President Wil¬liam Howard Taft hero to-day. Noth¬ing but apples and ieo water wasserved.

H Yon Are lookingfor a good position, read the HelpWanted Adt, in The Tim««-Diopatci».The beat buelnoee firms uae them forthe beat help.

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SLASH IN FREIGHT BITESTO Ml FOREIGN PORTS

Reductions of- From 25 to 30 PerCent Arc Effective for January

and February Leadings.TO AID AMERICAN EXPORTERS

South America, Asia, .Japan, Aus¬tralia and African Harbors Are In¬cluded in List Affected by NewSchedules.

tBy Associated Press. JWASHINGTON", January 3..Reduc¬

tions of from 23 to 30 per cent In exist¬ing freight rates from Atlantic portsto ports in South America, Asia, Japan,Australia and Africa were announcedto-night by J. H. Rosaetor. director ofoperations of the. Shipping: Hoard, ef¬fective for January and February load¬ings.

Mr. Rosseter said this reduction Inrates had been authorized In order thatthe substantial amount.of -tonnageunder the Shipping Board which h..jbeen made available for commercialtrades could serve lie greatest possibleusefulness to American exporters.South American rates per ton are$22.50 to North Brazil from Para toT'ernambueo: $25 to Middle Brazil fromMacelo to Santos; $30 to South Bra/.llfrom Paraguay to Klo Grando do Suland $35 from Pelotas to Porto Alogre,to Montevideo and Jtue.nns Aires,$27.50 to La Plata an<5 Rosarlo,Hahia Blanca and Porl - n. Argen¬tina., with a special unannounced ratefor I'unta Arenas. \The rates to Japan and China arc$45; Manila. $40; Singapore and Saigon,$45; F'enang. Bangkok and Port Sweet-enham, $52.50; Calcutta and Colombo,$45; Bombay, Rangoon and Madras, $oU,and Southeast Indies, $6p.For Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne,Australia, the rates are $40. with thesame tariff for New Zealand mainports. The tariff to South African porisis $35. and to West African ports, $25.

calaisto JerusalemTRAINS PROPOSED FORNEXT WINTER'S TRA VEL

Through Service Will Soon BeResumed Between Ostenxl

and Constantinople.LONDON, January 3..Germany's

much-advertised Balkan "

express trainceased to run when the Serbians re-occupied their invaded country, but theInternational Sleeping Car CompanyIntends to re-establish the Orient Ex¬press from Ostend to Constantinople atthe earliest possible day, it was an¬nounced.

Plans are already being consideredfor the running.possibly next winter.of service from London to Jerusa¬lem with a through train from Calais.The company is now running a ser¬vice from Paris direct to Mayenee, viaStrassburg and from Paris to Treves,via >r<:ty. and Luxemburg. Restau¬rant enrs are also now running be¬tween Paris and Lille and Paris SndBrussels. Naturally pre-war sched¬ules have not yet been restored. TheBrussels train, for instance, leavesParin nt 1>:30 A. M. ami reaches Brus¬sels at 9:20 P. M. Before the war thejourney could be accomplished in fourand a quarter hours.

SECOND SUFFRAGE FIREURN KICKED INTO STREET

Srntlnrh Then lliilltl One on Side¬walk, Cnnslng ltock to Kxploil«When Overheated.

WASHINGTON, January 3..Thesecond fire urn of the National Wo¬man's party tended by suffragists infront of tlie White House to-day suf¬fered the fate of the first, .being kickedinto the street and broken by a crowdof young men. The crowd tore downa banner attacking President Wilsonand destroyed the colored banners ofthe party.The lire wa$ saved by the womensentinels and was kept alive on thesidewalk. It was fed by logs, which

s) healed the flagstones on the walkthat before 9 6'clock one cracked witha loud explosion like r. bomb, and po¬lice came runnlna from all sides, fear¬ing vlolcnoe. They then put out thefire with chemicals, hut permitted thewomen to lieht torches from It first,and it w»s helng kept nllve throughthe night from torch to torch.

PARIS-ATHENS TRAIN SERVICEThrough Kxpren* Will Run Without

Cro»*lng Inch of Ger¬man Territory.

PARIS, January 3..Tho forthcom¬ing Inauguration of an express trainservice that will place Paris and Lon¬don In direct communication withAthens is announced, by Le Temps.Tho new service will be via Milan,Venice, Trieste, Agram-Uakub and I.a-rlusa.

In commenting on tho new service,Temps says It Is Important from a po¬litical point of view to note that thisnow line will he able to KnU up thewest points In Southeastern Buropowithout traversing an inch of Oer~map to or Qsrroanophllo territory.

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BODY IS THAT OFSheriff Swears Out WarrantCharging Officer With *

Slaying Bedford Girl.

GOES TO CANTONMENTTO BRING BACK SOLDIER

Accompanied by City Police, andLater Decides Not to Take ;

Accused in Custody.CHAUFFEUR'S STORY GIVES CLUE

! Interesting Facts Presented Authori¬ties Lead to Sensational «.;

Turn of Events.

T.Two women last night identified thej body of the woman found on the banks"

Mh°. J;ll"ea Rlver' "Ml" Westlmm,I n i# ,

° Hattie Lipscomb, of Morlva,,

ford c°unty. with whom they work-cd last year at Hopewell.

j Acting upon this information and

I hn/C|"°rt. fr,°m a tax,cab driver herethat he had carried an ofheer and.oman to the SJ1ox where the bodywas lound during the middle of Decotn-

the arrest of an otJUer at citnn l2JTIhc warrant charged first degree

a- :which canned th.mTo wl nl,{&.& ¦;

t.O frOll OFKICEH, HUT

,KA,L TO make ARREST

I Certnln ol)-st(xclea i^revontAria

£s%SSl*with the allied murder"?. l° rCtUm

JolonUy JSfvl *ccd Jo»«,wJ2!it»"swear out a warpnni ?«. .1 «"l,ly to

iratt|Thilrsday "f,crnt)0n the *faVher ofHeadquarters°'am] w r°V,C<5gMWfafKlthou?'1 ,1e viewed the bodv Mia

£»« "'u-.->AMK ON* RAINCOAT

ugcii'huhbo nY t»omcb

said to be the same as that of<-er to which the girl was said ^ "s'°SlhV,ta""='F" issss ,shla»,teih?« '.m Ve",tho.r vr t¥nnv,iCapta n Wright and Sheriff Sydnor Ithad driven an'offlcViS * w0^£C^S5« D«S£Kifr 'A* »the day after iSa t ?I= .

ThlfI was

Kffi dfer-s-ss asTOLD FniKXDs SHE H\D

It u ,« ,T° M?KT AUnY PRIEXU

girl had toTcowoVkVr* thn? L»P^batanoon°theda? She" eft fUd**to return to I'etershurcr ».?x,,ectcd;it a local ihnid last performance

who descended? 'n the

--Id to ha'vft rlwSMlT.'l.yie.^m,-« '»f«ur he I,ad taken f|V* Mntff t,he <$*«*'-S°\NMth'St?hliCe ''0vvn the road

h°mC'

bands. poUee S^nn,0" 'heic

j deHnl|U?yite3tablt|shed.°dy ^j DEFORMED AMtlij' LEADS

Shortly l["SI1,IVIJ IHEMIFICATIOVhad worked Vt' Hoitan-' 11 WOiff,r,s whoLipscomb, viewed her hi 1 w,t'\ «»ttleflared without iSJttThey «»e-the authorities, that the bo^K^0 'n®t t0°> the IJpsconib ffiri *?}* was,{!,atout. among other things lhat ti,«°M-comb girl's left nni-il 'bat the Lips-formo^ being larger Yhn sl £!,U>-This fact is tri e r,f »himn tho r,K,it-

Jin the James JUver corpse found

P'zitrue of the dead girl's teethThis Is

stated ^positively ^that'^h^' Krhtys»m«'e« f<that wor^bvTr was thecomb. Other article

Hatt,e L,PS"wero identided. apparel also

WARRAXT MVOn.V OUTBV SIIEHIKP SVDNOIt

soon as the body wa« irt»n»in> ¦

2" of the Lipscomb glr shinffojdnor swore out a warr««» ~M* 1an,rir»ofllcer at Camp l!ee. 1 a*a,nsl a»

Kivery indication was that th<>

In question ky offlcer

whether h" was atm nnH arr«ted orSheriff Sydnor iMt.u«P«°'on.

roiUti'Kvv'.iM arasssr^^Westham Bridgn roal? *111 A :*)'*llon.d Otowly/.o/VtStlKi JWft

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