Seattle, Ja» -°-—v»rious speak
ers were present at two mass meet
ings veld iu this city yesterday by
organized labor me>n.
The speakers bokily declared in
favor of Bolshevism, aud- stated that
orgauiiul labor will combine and
work to bring about a Bolshevik!
form of government iu tliis country.
These speakers denounced in n°
uncertain terms the actions of tha
■Uithoiilies in breaking up their
meetiri's, an.l de;l»n\l that the pat
ty had such a strong foothold thru
out the nation th.st th-'v would make
themselves telt at all coming elec
tions.
Paris, Monday. — The Supreme (
Council of the Peace Congress re
ported - today that they had made
good headway towards a eouerete
formation of a Le''gi>e of Nations j
plan. |
The council repot tod tU"t this
subject was gone imo extensively it
i coufeii'cne which they ht'ld las*
light it Presilient Wilson's resi*
leuce. The coni'ormre lasted uu"
:il a late hour.
FOB EIGHT THUS
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FOB Hi
S^u Bernardino, Cal.f J&u. 20.—
After passing as a man for eight
years aid fleeing to the de.ert near
here to evade the physical examina
tion Incident to the military di>ift
"John Lauer," aged -4, was found
today to be a woman when she re*
fused to submit to the ministrations
of a, a»Je nurse at the st«te hos
pital a«- Patton, near here.
Bauer, who refused to gtve any
other name, was appreheudtd in
Death T^lley, where she had li\ed in
a ca.ve» for the *>ast year and was
believed to have become unbalanced
from solitude.
The woman told the hospital au
thorities she ha4 lived in the Im
perial valley, Cal., for seveu years?
working as a man and wearing
men's clothing, according to her
statement.
New York, Jan. 20.—Rev. Dr.
John H"»yneg Holmes, pastor of the
Unitaiiau Church o;' the Me^iah. in
this (ity, announml to his congre
gation today that lit- would leave
the Unitarian doucnuntion next
May an'l recommended th^t the
cihurtn likewis • quit the denomina
tion and its members join him in I
establishing a omunity or liberty
church.*
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Geuev?. Monday. — Advice re- j
ceived tii-s morning from Kiev, says j
that t olslieviki forces i-;ive routed |
the Ukraiiian government in that •
city aiid now have control.
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Bruge?, Jan, 20. — Citizen?* of
j Bruges were greatly puzzled) after
the signing of the armistice by the
presence of a German. officer in full
regalia jn and about the city. This
| officer was at times accompanied
by two Belgian officers of the s©0"
ond section of the Belgian general
staff, but more Qften-he was in com1
mand of ten or twelve Germain prl&"
oners c»f war. He- appeared to do
pretty nearly what he pleaded, no
control apparently being exercised
over hii activities. For sever"!
days Ms work centered in Bruges,
the postoffice, city hall and railroad
station in turn beine visited by him
and his soldiers.
Some unfavorably comment w-as
"heard because this German wag
allowed to dine at one of the lead
ing hotels, an# murmurs became so
loud. after a few days a make
! shift uniform w-'s provided for him.
It locked like a ccmtination of Rus
sian, German and English uniforms
; but spttuiaton as to the identity
and business of the Greman per*
sistod.
i
It is now known that this man
saved Bruges from destruction. Ha
was the officer who during the hos
i tilities was in charge of the work of
mining the town and the Zee
brugge dockg and bridges. After
the signing of the armistice he vol
unteered to remove the caps from
the mines. It was dangerous work
and several prisoners were called.'
in to help. Some of the mines were
timed tt explode 10 or 12 days af
ter th-3 departure of the troops.
SYS PEACE OEIEGAIES SHOULD
PERM THEIR WORK PROIPILI
Paris, Monday. — Premier Clem- |
enceau, sitting as president of the |
Poace Congress, upon talcing tha |
chair as presiding officer of the con
vention, announced that the P'aI1
for a League of Nations would be
the 'irst subject to be taken up at
the next meeting of the peace dele- j
gates.
President Wilson in an address,
which he made at the opening ses- ^
sion, in which he proposed Premier,
Clemenceau as chairman of the con
gress said that he did so as a tri"
bute 'o the French republic, but
more bo as a triute to the man.
President Wilson, referred to the
meetiasr of the peace delegates as
the supreme conference in the his
tory bf mankind, saying that the
work should be tone promptly, ''in
order t'"at the hearts of men may
have all causes of fe^r lifted from
them."
iJes iiciues, Jan. 20. —< Gov.. W. |
L. H 'Uin«5 recently telegraphed Ses*
retary Baker and Senators Kenyon
and Cummins requesting an investi
gation or complaints of the treat
ment accorded Iowa soldiers re
turned from abroad and thos^ in
domestic camps.
The governor forwarded a tele
gram received from Estherville,
signed i"y 10 persons with soldier
sons ^.rom overseas now at Camp
Dix, who, the parents charge, "are
suffering from cold and hunger.
want o'" c^re and, cannot be reached
by mail, telegraph or money"."
In his telegram to Sec. Baker
the governor says: "I call thia to
your attention, trusting' that it may
have immediate consideration. I
am confident this complaint is well
grounded."
A le'ter of complaint from a
group of Iowans a*, camp Pike was
made rablic by the governor. It as
serts lowang were discriminated a*
gains'- iu the discharge of enlisted
men.
Nearly Million Russian War
Prisoners Still Held In Germany
London, Monday.—The London
Post in an article which it prints to
day 3ays that returning British sol
diers, who have been prisoners of
war in Germany, report that a mil
lion Russian prisoners of war per
ished- in German prison camps. They
also state that there are eight hun
dred thousand Russan prisoners
still in Germany. These are poorly
fed and scantily- clothed. They
state that the facilities for re~
turning- these Russians to their
homes is so poor that It will take
many months.
Emperors Moved
Large Sums Be
fore War
Amsterdam, Jan. 20.-—It was
learned today that private funds be
longing fo the former German em
peror and> Franz Joseph, former em
peror ot Austria, amounting to thir
ty million dollars were transferred
from London to Holland ban);s on
July 17, 1914.
U. S. Ml.N'EftAIi OUTPUT EXCEEDS
.sio,ooe,<H>o,ooo<iN s years
Washington, Jan. 20. — Mora
than ?10,000,000,000 worth of min-1
erala »ere mined) in tha United'
^States la 1917 aafl 1J18, __ .
Prince of Wales
May Visit States
London, Jan. 20. — It is under*
stood that King George and Queen
Mary asstired' Precident WilBon that
the Prince of Wales "will yislt the
United States during his coming
trip through the British dominions,
acoordic>: to a Paris dispatch to
tho Mall.
WOULD BREVET ALL
/
DRAFT BOARD MEMBERS
Washington, Jan. 20. — A bill to
confer th*. rank of captain by; brevet
on all chairmen of local draft
boards end the rank of first lieu
tenant by brevet on other memDers
of such boards serving during the
war, was introduced tsda^ ^ Sen
ator Henderson of Nevada.
Berliu, Monday. — The elections,
throughout Germany which were
held yesterday for the selecton of a !
national assembly- were chhai-acter*
I ized bv gerious riots in many cities.
Today violent protests are being
made in southern Germany against
convening the first national assem
bly in Berlin..
The sneakers at 'he meetings
where the protests are made hxAd
that <hp first national assembly
should mee* in some other city.
Kail Liebknecht's followers re
peatedly attempted to destroy the
ballot boxes at various polling
places, and there were many clash
eg between the rioters and the P°*
lice.
Washington, Monday. Many sen
ator^ today displayed bitter op
position when the measure proposed
by President Wilson .for the ex
penditure of one hundred million
dollars for the alleviation of Eu
ropean hunger was introduced.
This, was not a party oppceltlon,
but was taken up by representatives
of botb factions, and many bitter
arguments were made agains the ap
propriation of this sum of money.
TAFT10 flHM
PEACE LEAGUE
Washington, Monday. — Former
President William H. Taft lias an~
nounced that he. will begin a. tour
ot the nation in the ear'y part of
February and will make speeches in
support of a league whose purpose
will -.if to enforce peace.
It U believed that incidentally,
he will feel out the people to see
if there i." any sentiment favoring
him as o presidential candidate.
OF NIG 8IE
London, Monday. — Prince John
Charles, the youngest son of King
George V, who, since infancy, ha»
been 'he victim of epileptic fits,
died /.esterday. ThiB was thft
youngest son of Kin® George, he
having Been born ia 1905.
.-CS.
Seattle, Jan. 20. — Catherine
BreshKovskaya, the noted Russiau
revolutiouist, arrived in this city yes
terday and when interviewed by
uewspaner men stated that she had
come to America to solicit aid for
four million Russian orphans, whose
fathers and mothers had been killed
durin? the war.
She scatbiugly denounced' the Boi
sheviki as destroyers of governments
as well as industrial pursuits.
iline Catherine Breshkovskaya,
is known as the grandmother of the
Russian revolution. The daughter
of a nobleman who had held hun"
dreds of serfs, she passed from lux
ury to the hardships of prison cells
when, a' 18, she began to speak and
write aeainst the iniquities of Czar*
dom. Adventures in which. she
•participated surpass fiction. Many
times she was imprisoned, and al
most as many times she escaped'. In
1905 she came,to this country and
collected $10,000 for the Russian
revolution.
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