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NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN TUESDAY'S TEMPERATURES WEATHER FORECAST Temiraflee, Kentucky nnd AUbwnafrulf toiUfj tomorrow vluuriy, probably rain. 4 p. p. 1 i 43 p. nj p.

tn ni V- BS ft p. SI 10 p. AO P- 7 i. Jft 50 11 p. 00 VOL.

13 No, 234. rvi.u imriiT of ASSOCIATED FJUCflB NASHVILLE, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, TWKI.VK I'AUKU in this ltavn PRICE THREE CENTS Si'nn GEN. BARRY, RETIRED ARMY LEADER DIES DEMOCRATS MAY DEFY WILSON AND AGREE ON TREATY Likely to Accept G. 0. P.

Reser GOAL WAGE PROBE WILL BE STARTED BY BOARD JAN, 12 Commission of Three.Named by Wilson to Open Inquiry in Washington. Vienna, "City of Death," NEW YEAR'S EVE i Described As It Is Today Plea for Aid for Starving People Made by Mrs. Rothschild, Just Back From Capital. IN NEW YORK TO STILL BE St Private Stocks of Whisky to vations as Best Terms They Can Get. Welcome 192Q Despite "Dry" Laws.

The following: urtlrl lit by the wife one of the partnrrn In the fnmoiin banking- house of Itothttthild, lielf a native of llungarlu, who has Juttt returned to London from Vienna. 'Editor's Note. HOLLAND TO ASK U. S. AID IN STAND TO KEEP KAISER Embarrassing Situation Faced by America in European Developments.

BOLSHEVIK ATTACK ON POLAND ALSO FEARED BUT CHICAGO PUTS BAN ON "HIP-POCKET" PARTIES TO "TAKE A CHANCE" ON ANNOUNCEMENT SENT TO OPERATORS AND MINERS Poles Would Ask Aid of League of Nations, With America Not a Member. Federal Agents Still on Hunt for Those Who Sold Poison Drinks Christmas. By MBS. CHAItMvS R0TIISC1IILP. (Written Especially for L'nlvcrssl Service und the London Dolly Kxpresn.) (Slieclul Cnble Dispatch,) LONDON, Dec.

30. feel that. I can never be happy again. Kvery person coining from Vienna brings a vivid Impression of the horror there. Merely entering the city make one feel In close contact with death.

The people carry murks of utter primtion on their fnces. They have no strengtli for quick movements. They are languid, listless, despairing. The buildings and streets lire dirty. It is indeed a "City of Death." I visited the Vicuna hospltuls; the sccims there uro1 so terrible I can never erase them from my memory.

Starving women bring their children, wrapped In paper for there ure no clothes. The children have big, abnormul beads and small shrivelled bodies. 1 Touch them ever so gently, and they scream with agony. They are suffering from disease of the bones, brought on by malnutrition. The maternity wards, too, present awful sights.

Babies there are dying like leaves before the wind slftift. The mothers have no strength to nourish themthere Is no milk. Yet the hospitals have no supplies, no clotbeB, rio appliances, no fuel.xand often even luck hot water for operations. The use of paper bandages Is general. Many hospitals lire being forced to close.

The foorl controller told lae thnt unless help comes by Jnnunry 18, the people of Vienna will face un abyss, Food rations are now the smallest ever. The people are unable to live on tlicm and not always able to get them. Endless food queues are seen In the streets all. day. Many people are going to the country In tho hope of getting little food.

My own sister, a resident of Vienna; Is living on rations. She formerly weighed 144 pounds. Today, her weight Is 07 pounds. I ask the whole world: Please aid the City of Death do It now. PEACE TREATY 2 BLOCKS BURN IN TAMPA, FU.

LOSS S500.000 Wholesale District Fire Puts City in Darkness by Cutting Off Electricity. TAMPA, Dec. 30. Two blocks In the wholesale district were destroyed by fire on the water front this afternoon, entailing a loss which early estimates placed at between uml 9500,000, and plunging the business section of the city Into dnrkness by cutting off the electric light und power befd-re tlie flames were checked. Funned by a suit urccise tlie iresprcad so rapidly that firemen were forced to abandon nearly 1,000 feet of hone, Captain Ross was burned about the face and Is uadcr physician's cure.

Several other firvtnen also suffered slight Taking advantage of the situation thieves rouuea onrices in me citizens fiacjonttl Bank -whllo the fire wns- In prepress, 'da-cilrlhg sevei si purses In the Extra' police protection was provided -for, the business section tonight because 'cf tho cutting off of tho lights. -The Tribune prppnrlng- to issmKtonigiit ny munigrapn, nfUfnnpenred that there would be no power unlit a very late hour, if at The fire swept district wn bordered by the river on; the west, by street on rne ensr, ny- uniting sircei on me souin, and by Washington street on the north. It Is Bald that this -vus the worst lire In several years, and came at the end of a year marked hy losses which had been remarkably light. SUICIDE THEORY IS. NOT DISCARDED IN SCHOTT CASE Louisville Police Test Doctor As Ammunition, (By Universal Service.) LOUISVILLE, Dec.

30. A newspn-per clipping, under the caption, 'Paylng A Debt In Full," und containing- advice to fallen girls enclosed In nn' envelope that had been sent by mall to Dr. Christopher G. Scbott, was discovered among the effects of Elizabeth Ford GrlflitJi who. was found with a bullet her body last vveancsuay in tne pnysician a orflcc.

a tend pencil had been uied to ct oit the an swer to thev Quest inn. "Who waj It took the pains to tell i your hushand about the one awful mistake In your The answer around which parentheses had been placed read: "The man persuaded you to make it." Tests conducted by the police and firearms experts with Dr. Christ op" pistol the weapon which cawr trie death of -Miss Griffith demonstrate in the opinion of the authorities, that the" gun was held directly gainst the girl's body when she was filled. The ammunition, used leaves no'powder burns. This breaks down the early theory of Coroner Carter thnt It was not -suicide because of tlw absence of such burns on- the girl'a Chief Do Forrester will visit a slnugliter house nnd lire, bullets Into tlte clean shaven, white pig to test-tlie ff-uds effect on sRIri nnd to see the nature of the resulting wound.

Dr. Schott suggested yes-terday that 1 a test of this character be made. WHITE GIRL PRESIDENT'S ACCEPTANCE Hitchcock Calls Meeting of Democratic Members of Relations Committee. By JAMKS It. N'OURSE.

(Stuff Cur respondent Universal fiervice.) VA KF3 1 "fl Tn TW fin a i i WIIkoii'h wishes In troJity nght by uiiii8t ratillcntion with the Lndgu reaernit Inns have no Intention of repeating that nrTfitrmiltifo whnn rtm tranlv before tlicm npnin. tiic contrary they will -ote for reaer-vjiIIouh on the best term they can get utul tu lit- thnnce" on whether or not the Presklunt will nccept them. This -was annonneed ns the new pollny of tlie JHlminlatratlon Senators today hy Senator Hitchcock, tho Democratic leaddr. Dny's PcvelopmentN. As proof of tho-sintentlon of the admin-iHtrntion men to puraue nn Indepoiulont cowrac In the further development of tho trcilfr fieht Itirr-n -n olirni rti.nni hupponlngs.

1, flenntor Hitchcock called met- lnT or nil the Democratic mcmhert. of (he Senate Foreign Relutlfmn Committee to he held at hit rerildcnco tomorrow ctnlniT. The conference will be uttenrt(l by BenntorH ItltchcovU, Wwimsoii, Pomcrcnc, WMIlmur und Plttmuti. It Ifl confidently believed ttmt ni thin conference nn agreement will le reached on tho mibject of reHervallons and modlfkn(lonn of the liOtlRn iirofirram. a.

Hemttor Pamcrcne nrranjred to confer tomorrow with Senator Todge at tlie lntter'K invitation to iltHciiNfi pon-Hlble- mmHures tor' a compromise. Senator Xtttlire already haH tuted that the only compromise he will ugre to is tlie full acceptiinco of the committee by the ndminlstnition Sena. tors. Tho colli truth of the situation is- that Scmato rs HI tchcoclr, Pomereue and others of the administration following want the treaty ratified. They believe the country wants it nnd that business needs It.

Upon the lust -occasion they obeyett the president's command to vote against ratification and this action got them nowhere the treaty fulled and even tho Hkilfullv wurtlcd tlecltt mation by the president did not succeed In shifting responsibility- for entirely uir' to- Republican Now these same Senators are preparing tr go aliead and act independently of tho President and vote for ratification. They tufftlit do this even If the majority in the Sc-initc should still Insist upon making no modification of the Lodge reservations. Preamble Doomed. Senntor Hitchcock personally believes that -tlie preamble of the Lodge reservations, which requires written acceptance of tin) reservations by foreign powers. Is "doomed for slaughter." He Is of the opinion that there will be modifications of the reservation on Article and possibly of the Shnntung reservation, Nine-tenths of trouble over the Lodge the Senntor believes, was due to the Lenroot reservation on the voting power in the league and'hc reservation on Article X.

He hopes to see both modified and other, changes made tout will "softe.n" the general tone of America's acceptance of the treaty provisions. But Tvken asked whether in his opinion the Senate could agree upon reservations wliich tlie President possibly could accept, Senator Hitchcock confessed that he had no information whatever on thut point. "Wilson's Wish Unknown. That Senator Hitchcock Is proceeding without any knowledge of what the Presl-dont wmts or would be willing to accept was borm out by his statement that ue had no appointment to see the President and lie Md no intention of asking for an appointment. "Do you believe that the Senate can adopt- reservations which will be acceptable to the President?" the Senator was Asked.

"I to Ink thnt can be done," wns the answer. "Hut suppose Blxty-four Seniors voted for the Xodgo reservations," yus suggested. "I am sure I do not know what the Presfdci4 would do in that case. I admit that ve would be taking chances." Senator Hitchcock had a lone confer ence todity with Senator McNnry, one of nma reservation" itepuoiicans. They 'discussed reservations, but came to no conclusions ns to the manner in -which either would like to have the Lodge reservations modified.

Both said the conference ws merely "preliminary." In Senator Hitchcock's opinion there Is some clmiice of causing a break in the nepiiblicnn ranks by winning over Senators of the class known as "middle grounders." Among tho Senators thus ties Igiin tea are Kenvon of Town. of Micalgnn, Cummins of I own, Curtis of KanBns, Sterling of South Dakota, Freliiig-hnyBen of New Jersey, McLean of Connecticut and Smoot of Utah. PADGETT, SON OF CONGRESSMAN, DIES William L. Padgett, son of Congressman L. I.

Padgett, from tho Seventh district, died Tuesdnv nlirht at tho navnl hospital in. Washington nfter an illness of several weeks. At the tlmo of his death Mr. Pndgett watt private secretnry to his fnthcrln Washington. 7 He received his preparatory ed'ueotlou at tne mtne uronna Academy in Frank Un, entering the medical department of Vunit-orbllt University about' eight years ugo.

Tvo years-, later he moved to Wash ington, where he became secretary of the House 2'aYitl Affnlrs Committee during; Coogressibflii Padgett's chairmanship. Pfldffett was married threo years 'Frances Crouch of Franklin, Tenn. IrteflB survived his wife nnd youiig flatightcr, his mother1 and father, one Mrs. ffolan Gartner, of Columbia'! two brothers, John D. Padgett of Colunitola.

and Ensign P. Padgett, wliu Km dun ted from Annapolis Naval Academy last and iibw ln New" York City in the Interest of tho battleship "Tennessee." Mr. ilajtott's body will, be brought tb Columbia lfettnesdajr for burial. Work of Obtaining Data Relative to Wages and Prices to Begin at Once. CIy Associated PrpttH.) AVASniNQTOX, Dec.

HO. ileurliigs relative tu wages and prices in the bituminous coal Industry will be started January 12 In Washington by the commission of three, representative of tlie miners, operu torn, und public, appointed by President WUhou under the recent coal strike settlement. The commission In announcing to night Jt decision to conduct hcurlngs said that telegrams had been sent to Thomas T. Brewster, of St. Louis, chalrinan of the scale committee of the central competitive field operators, representing the states of luuiaiin, Illinois, and Western Peun sylvan in, ami to i.

Lewis: acting president of the United Mine Workers of America, advising them that the first hear ing was for the purpose of having the miners and operators scale committees of the central competitive Held present their respective positions. Opening of hearings, the. commission said, wns delayed In order, to permit the miners to conclude the work, of the special convention, which has been called to meet Columbus, beginning January Prior to tho hearing the' operators nnd miners, the 'commission will devote Itself to obtaining nil available dnta from the various governmental departments which have imiulred into coal prices; and production, and wages and Hying conditions among the miners. The commission announced that it expected to mnkc public the personnel of Its stuff of assistants Friday or Saturday. Work of the commission, which held Its first session yesterday, centered todny about the mapping out of Its program and In arranging details of its work.

There wns no Information ns to whether the commission planned to visit tho coal fields fol- Ixyvlng the hearings or ns to the plans extending the inquiry ueyomi ic cenuui competitive field. OPERATORS TAKE NO ACTION RELATIVE TO WAGE INQUIRY phicagqqerence Explained by ThoB. T. Brewster. (By Associated Press.

j-CHICAGO, Dec. definite action wns taken, todny nt tin second; session of soft coal operators of the on President Wilson's coal commission, It wns announced tonight. TUoinas. T. Brewster ofSt.

Loiita, chalrmnn of tile scale committee, gave out the following statement: "This meeting of bituminous coal operators from the different mining districts of the country was called to discuss the situation growing out of tho appointment of the Presidential coal commission. Because of the complexity and' Importance of the matter, nnd of lack of knowledge as to the scoW and plans of the new commission, and because of the somewhat 'limited attendance Incident to the holiday season. No definite action has yet been taken by tlie operators other than to place, certain phases of the subject In the hnndB smaller subcommittees, Instructed to report back to-tho full committee as promptly as their -work can bo completed. "With, reference to the so-called Pnlmer-Levis memorandum for the settlement of the recent coul strike, the orfttors -were not at the time, nnd have not been since, advised or consulted with. reference-thereto nnd have not cither accepted or rejected any proposals based thereon." INQUEST BEGUN IN BROWN MURDER CASE Authorities Do Not Await Arrival of Girl Suspect.

(By Associated Press.) MOU.T CLBMKNS; Dec. 30. Macomb county authorities tonight convened tho luquest Into the death J. Stanley Brown without awaiting the arrival here of Ceclle Beatrice Vester, against whom a warrant has been Issued charging murder. iMie accused woman wns snld to-nlght-to be en route here from Kalamazoo In custody of a deputy sheriff.

Eighteen or twenty witnesses hnd been summoned to testify before the coroner'B Jury. Prosecutor Lynn Johnson early in the evening that the would be held behind closed doors but pressure by newspaper men and the belief that such procedure wos without precedent moved the officers inter to admit the public. The session began at 7:30 p. ni. Aside from testimony nt the inquest little new Information-wns obtained by 'the officers investigating the wealthy young" rami's death todny.

A search; of telegraph company files revealed two messages the officers consider of Botrjc Importnnce, however. One dated last Monday addressed to Lloyd Prevost uud signed "Beatrice" said. "Wire fare at once. Will come tomor-to;" This telegram Chief-, of Police Alan Straight declared bears out the statement made by Miss Gladys Summit yesterday that Beatrice Vester left Battle Creek on Tuesday for. Mount Clemens.

"Another telegram sent to 'Prevost and signed Bennett" the officer said he considered conclusive that Mrs. Dolly Bennett, released yesterday after being questioned here, was not lh Mount Clemens on night' when Brown was slain. The second telegram said that the sender would be in Mount 'Clemens at noon Wednesday. DR. ANDERSON NEW HEAD OF RANDOLPH-MACON (By Associated LyNCHBUIlG.

VaV Pec. 3Q. Dr. D. B.

Anderson, professor of history la Ulch-, inond College, will assume 'the duties president of Bandolph-Moeon: Woniatl's College here -April -1, having accept1 ed, blB unanimous election; to the ''the' trustees1' meeting in Hlctimond to-duyVi He. succeeds the late Dr. Webb of Bell Buckle, Tenn. BY Jl'MTIX MvOBATII. (Staff Correspondent -of Universal Hnrvice.) WASHINGTON, Dec.

30. Diplomats see two embarrassing situations looming up ahead '-for the United States. One Iihb to do with tlcinirad of tho Allied governments on Holland for the. surrender of the Kaiser in order that he may be brought to trial In London to determine hla guilt in connection with the bringing on of the war and bis punishment fixed. The other lies in the growing probability of BolHhevIk attack on Poland.

Information here, is that Holland, which has not yet hecomo a member of the League of Nations, Is prepared to make the strongest possible diplomatic roaistnncD to the demand for the Kaiser's, extradition. Would Ask U. S. Aid. If the demand for the Kaiser is made while the treaty of pence is still unratified by the Holland Is expected to appeal to the United States to sustain the Dutch government in Its resistance to the demand.

Such request from Holland would be embarrassing, to the American government for reason wholly aside from America's traditional support of the right of asylum. It. 1b a fact that when the extradition and trial of the Kaiser were first proposed, at the peace conference ut Paris, the American delegation opposed the Idea. The argument of the Americana was that the trial would nerve no' good purpqse. They thought It would have a tendency to dignify the Kaiser In both the present and the future, juBt as Napoleon's Imprisonment at St.

Helena gave dignity to his closing days. Knlfter Has Bights. Moreover, they If the trial did, take place, Kaiser would have to be accorded the right of full defense according to his own choosing. To dopy lin that right would' make the trial an International travesty on Justice. But to accord-tbo right give the Kaiser nn nudleneo of the 'peoples -for every fact' and argument he could bring, forward to Jus-, tify himself aiirt Germany.

He might not he able to acquit himself, but hermlfbt muddy and make foul Allied currontB of thought which were clear and apparently clean to the world view. Tllc Allied, cause could not bo made better by the Kaiser's trial. It might be made worse. This was the argument of the Americans and It prevailed up to ho time of the reported escape of the crown prince from Welrlngon. Consternation In Paris.

AYhenV that report reached Paris there was 'consternation, particularly at the British peace delegation headquarters. Lloyd George Immediately got the big four together, nfnrto known tlte reported escape nnd charged It up to theolly-of the Allies in not. having mhde a demand for the immediate surrender of both the emperor nnd the crown If they delayed longer, Mr. Lloyd George Bald, the emperor also would he permitted to eacn'pc from Holland. J- 'fActlng under the passionnte persuasion dt the British premier, the big four framed a demand on Holland for the Immediate Htirrender of the kaiser, basing It upon alleged failure to perform Its duty In guarding the crown -'prince.

No one In Paris knew" of tbje. demand, becfl'iso after it had gone but before publicity was given to it, information "Paris that the crown prince bad not escaped. Hla absence from his house turned out to be merely av romantic adventure. Dutch Note Suppresed. Holland's reply to the demnnrl of the big four put the latter In a ridiculous IJgbt nnd the iicwb of 'tbo demand nnd tbo reply was suppreasedv KnVledgo of them exists only In tJlploniriticJcirclcB.

The 'reply of the original demand indicated, clenrly that Holland was not dlspoBed to grant the Allies right to make the demand. Her disposition to resist it is known tprbe much fortified since thnttirnc. Hor final attitude depend upon the result of-the Dffort to secure (M'-backlngJot the United States. If the Bolshevik, ijntinch ah attack against Poland, the PoIesYtradoubtedly will appeal to tho Lcngne of Nations to come to their support. If the United States remains out-sldo of the league It will not have tho obligations of the nations that are members to respond to tbo It bave no obligation.

"Poland Is a United. States baby. It was reborn upon thp insistence of President, Wilson that its rebirth was to be one of the terms on which the United States was willing td; end tho war. Being responsible for ItB being brought, back to life, could the States see it ened with extinction without lifting a imnd tosave it? Failure to ratlfy-tbe. treaty, it seems, will not wholly relievo tlie United States from the necessity of ranking embarrassing and difficult decisions on European questions growing out of the FURNITURE DEALERS ELECT NEW OFFICERS A dinner in McFadden'a Grotto the regular monthly meeting of the Nash vllle Retail Furniture Dealers' Association Tuesday night.

following, officers wore elected for the ensuing year: Ii. B. president; E. Hold, vice-preslderit-' Reed Sharp, second vlcerpresldent Osgood Paul, treasurer, xne ooura or comprises W. 8.

Dehison, Herman- Stelzer. Percy Sharpe, R. E. Moore, E.JE.' Jones. ll.

is. Moore was tne reunng president. Several members spoke oti the "plan 'of getting together with the 'manufacturers to stop the continuous advance nrices." It was decided that state, and natiooT associations should work together, to stabilise the urnqr n-tiiiBtry prevent- farther advance iu (By Universal Service)) NRW YOIlK, Dec. 30. The new year will bo welcomed in the time-honored' stylo nloug the Great White Way tomorrow ulght.

In fact, despite the rigors'1 of wartime prohibition, the occasion may be even "wetter" than heretofore and the celebration will be much more costly than any or ItB predecessors. The average scale of prices at the big hotels and restaurants la to be $5 to $15 a plate, and there have not been many reservations recorded-, at the, lower price. It was generally reported that proprietors have decided to double these prices, believing that this will insuro a rush of customers, Nothing that Is cheap Is 'populur on Broadway these days. As for the "wet goods," a plentiful supply Is assured, nnd without any tincture of wood alcohol, either. In tho -'boomer; hotels, the Waldorf.

Plnrirlfn nnri Af'oiifiin ic wns announced todny that surplus supply oi wines- ana liquors held by these hotels Is to be nmnnr Mm friends of tho management. It wati not smiea just now one might (liiiillfy ah of the management, but It goes without Baying that there -will be no scarcity of clnlmants. The once familiar Item of "corking has disappeared from tho hotel nnd liestaurant lexicon. It will appenr, however, In the guise of "service charges" and will vary- in inc uiucrent resorts from $1 to 12 or more. HUNT FOR "POISON LIQUOR" MAKERS IS CONTINUED Hair Tonic and Perfume Manu facturers Questioned.

1 (By Asnoclnteil PrftHH-) NRW YOltK. Dec. 30. Two Ronr. TiWl.

eral agents were dispatched tonight on 1 uuul uiruugn greater new lork and -the other sections of this Internal revenue dlB- trict for poison liquor. Manufacturers at perfume, hair tonics, flavoring extracts and furniture polish Vferc on a wholesale basis to down" on-beverage alcohol, lii an effort to prcyejit re- Chrlatmua wood nlcohoBtniiti' ntcHfJ iiTiftl' Moro deaths rep6rled here mid throt'itrh. out tao country today, nlthoughMri; fa less voliuno than the day after Christmas; Indicated that wood alcohol drinks" con- 1 tlnued to levy their loll. Additional aic rests were predicted both here and 'In Hut' rounding territory. Chemical aim lysis or the bralDB of flvo men who died- after drinking Illicit liquor, showed todav thnt wood alcohol caused their deaths V4- Loutti Dl Vitbi -Josehp Glusoppl tahtt Vltele Cello, who were arrested lustnight when officers, discovered 1,500 gallons 'df wine on their premises were urruicned In court today charged with violation of war time prohibition act nnd held' in foOO bail each for hearing January 7.1 New York, New Jersey and New England officials were In conference on the-wood alcohol situation late in the ami.

a. wider and; deeper investigation has been planned into the traffic in pqlsonj It was announced nt the Internal Revenue office. "HIP-POCKET PARTIES? ARE BANNED INrCHICAG0 Police to "Relieve Merrymakers i of Their Flasks. (By Associated CHICAGO, Dec. for Ulp-pocket parties" to relieve the dry 08.88' of New Year's Eve In Chicago have' gone the way of other dear departed hones, for ushering in the New Year on a stifle of vinous, distilled or browed hilarity Police Captain Morgau Cohlnft: bad heard 'that Invitations were being ttrtend- ed rather by cafes, bjddipgi their patrons to come and "bring.

'yourj-own. Today he issued an order statlonib policemen in all hotels and cafes New-car's Eve to, greet each patron with the -yeauest that he stand and deliver any liqnoj ho mny have In his possession. The vstato. search and1 seizure law gives that right and tho -was rccehfity i.up-,. held by the Supreme Court.

tM Liquor In hotelq itnd cafes ax been seized by Federal The fourteenth death here since $hriatv mas from the effects of (Irinkln'wood alcohol was reported to the police tOdfty' The victim had been unconscious: partlclpntlng in a ChrlstmaB Dvo party, City officials, today began; da- -vestlgatlou of the wave of declared that. Federal legislation necessary to out- the evil nnmDrep xn dp a rxirrkfHrtn- LAW ON WOOD ALCOHOL -V A (By Associated Pres WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. rgtyu)pni subjecting the manufacture nnd ssje1 of; wood alcohol to the same restrictions as grain will be recom -nded flto Congress as a. result of the many1 tafcsjl-ties from the use of wood nlcoholifhjl beverage, Commissioner It per of rcau of Internal.

Revenue unuouticedto-nlght. The. form of the proposed legislation ha; not been decided definitely by the.bgreauf It Is understood, however, thnt oplcjals huve in mind the iplaclng. of a on the manufacture and sale of wdca cohol and requiring of permits by pa-; sons engaged in the traffic. this 'would provide' the Government with a Uennite record of the movement of wood aleoboT; from manufacturer to consumer aud.jjvbbld make possible Immediate action rfflffittfr authorities In case of violation of thfli" ulations.

Ht Officials 'said It had become obvlouJctbat weakness In the national proh(bUon amendment, well as tlie lnternalvcre mie laws, must be remedied In so 'fluffs' wood alcohol IsT concerned. IIeraJStJ-tbbrltlefl, under existing law, it apparently are without one legal thrSlit upon vJiich to proceed against perMiui'' (By AHsooiated 1sh.) VVAKIIINciTO, Doc. :,0. Mnjor-Grneral Thomas II. Hurry, retired, former commander of tlm central dppnrtnient and the department of tlie cast, died at the Vullcr Heed hos-pltal It'ere ut a.

toiisy nf-ter nil illness of Ihren weeks. Uruemte pot-sonfng was tho direct cause of death. General Uurrj was IH years old uud was retired from the nrniy last Oc tuber till at which tlmtr'iie wiik uuiiianiiulcr of tho central department with headquarters nt Chicago, Before thnt lie organized ami trained tlte Btfth imtlonnl iirniy division at Camp Grant, Iloclcoril, 111. After his' retirement the general enme to Washington ivltli Mrs. ISarry and wub on retired duty hre nattl taken 1U.

Ills vlfc and his John, were at his bedside when he died. HALF SISTER ILL, NEW TRIAL HAS NO NIGHT SESSION Miss Edna Clancey to Go on Stand Today, Defense An-' nounces. LOS ANGIiLBfJ," Cal Dec. 30.Illness of Miss Ed a Clancy, half-slHtet1 of the accused, who was to ho the principal-wit ness for hiru, uerenae attorneys nnnouncccl, prevented session tonight of the tMftl of narry S. iillcgad' murderer of'lils Adjournment late this' afternoon endoiTI a d4iy occupied entirely with testimony regarding Newjs alleged insanity.

More than down witnesses testified. Counsel for iS'fiiv imnoiincpil MIrr Htrihcv would be the first wftlicss tomorrow, the trial will he. resumed of riii hour earlier tliu'u usual. that the case may go to the jury as soon aa possible. Broken down by the long strain of her son's trial on a charge of murder, Mrs.

LUlle Burger, mother uf iNcw, absented herself today from her accustomed seat in tho court room and, took to her bed. It, was announced by the defense that Mrs. Burger lia'd Buffered nervous collapse and also had severe cold. THREE ARE SAVED FROM WRECK OF BELGIAN SHIP Half Frozen Men Rescued Agaiast Tremendous Odds. ST.

JOHN, Dec. SO. Three ci-linustc nml lialf -frozen men, solo survivors of the crew, of twenty-nine of the' Belglun Htoiiiuer Antoa Van Drlel, irere brought here today on the- steamer In- graham. For tiro dnyB eud.two nights the tnreo men uaw clung to the wreck or their steamer as it. lay on mo 'Jugged reeks rlin hnrr-Arl thii mlMnn.

ci 1 Buy. They linil ivatehcd the' 4enth of cneir comrniles ana felt the Bhlp beneath them give wity piece by; piece under the merciless, pounding of a terrlflc sen which swept inccssailtly oTei them. -Theresctioof the three RiirvivnrR wn Ac complished by- the iDgrnhom against tro-mendoni Tile sppt where the Van Drlel was wrccied is mnss of rocks and ledges estcndlnsr far to sea ou the foot of precipitous cliffs. It was regarded by sailors as Iniccesstble to any craft except in the calmest weather, ond the great storm which brought doom to the Belgian, ship was still raging -when the Ingrahamr arrived. Attempt wus made hy tho rescuers to reach the wreck, and each tlmo' they wore benten back by the furious sen.

It was only after "uu az Iue luuulncnt uerll of their lives that the inen: of the Ingrn-hnm reached the three survivors' and brought them to safety. CONVICT ASKS RIDE, "SURE'-' SAYS SHERIFF (By Associated ATLANTA, Dec. Jester, one of three prisoners who made a the county gang today, hailed a' passing antomo- bllo tonight ell a country road, near here nnd naked for a ride, The men in the' car stopped and' the cenvlct got In. r- glad: to hnvo you, said Deputy. SlieriO' OordonV Hardy as he twisted his -hand in tho collur of sweater.

"I sure ha-ve. pliiycd was nil Jes- ter said as ho looked at Hiirdy anil then at George Malhieson, chief of county pollve, aian in -Chief Mathlesonj and Deputy Etiiruy tired outihftcr senrelilng all the'after--" noon droVe on' to the.itiuhty Jail Where' they Had "started and, other deputies took up the for Joo Ayebb.aiid Roy vDickersonj who broke away wlth; 'Jester. The men who we're working on a rood by- 'Jumping Into paBslue'automoMle in which A. S. his wife and three children were riding.

They forced Jones tp drive, rap- Idly for nUlefanil' thch threw him. out -jParthcr Jones and the cliilclr-n ihnrtd tolfgiiti i The carHwos -found luter in the day abandoaetL. TO BE RATIFIED IN PARISIAN. 6 Final Arrangements Made for Signing Pact With PARIS, Dec. 30 Exchange of ratifications of the treaty of Versailles will take place January 0 nt the Qua! d' Orsuy' Huron von Lersner, head the Gorman delegation, ind Pnul Dutastn, secretary of the peace conference, tonight -settled all points In connection with the signature, except thnt relating to naval material, wiiich It is expected will be solved shortly.

'The Germans will sign the protocol nnd at the same time the Allies will, hand letter to them, agreeing to reduco their demands to 400,000 tons If the total avail able tonnage has Ijeen over estimated, or uermany ts gravely menaced economically. In tiny, case, after the signature, the Allies will 243,000 tons of material, and tho balance bnged on of experts iiiy. uLu iiuw yuecuiug up hi jjunmg, xinm btlrg and Bremen. The British p'rlme minister, David Lloyd George, wlll present at the cere mony," which, wljl be carried out without any display. Diplomatic relations with Germany will bo resumed tfk following day, when the French charge tV affaires will go.

to Berlin and French consuls will resume tneir posts. Allied troops will proceed on Jnnunry 12 to the territories which must bo evneu-nted by -the Hermans or where plebiscites nre to be held. It Is estimated that 100 trains will, be needed for this purpose. THREE GREAT STRIKES NOW LOOM IN GERMANY Brewery Workers Threatening: to Out Beer by Walk-Out. By KARL VON WIEGAND.

(Universal Service Staff Correspondent.) BERLIN, Dec. 30. Upon the eve of the new year, Germany is facing three impending strikes a general railway tleim. renewal of the strike of the proprietors of un eating places, una last, but worst, a strike of the brewery workers, who threaten to close down all the breweries Ui the country. Negotiations between the government nnd representatives of the rail way employes which have been on for weeks, Jiuve come to deadlock.

The Increases demanded by the 000.000 railway workers aggregate hundreds of millions of morns nnu to grant them would upset the entire uuuget tor tne coming The Vosslschc Zcltung prints nn ex tremely pessimistic forecast todny. The recent two days, strike" -which closed air rAtimrnnts, cafes nnd other eating places In greater Berlin, failed to budge the government from Its stand point. Now the Berlin hotel and restaurant proprietors has mobil ized Us brethren in other large German cities, and a general closing up for un indefinite period is threatened. The brewery workers demand an In crease of 33 per cent because of the stendy climbing high cost of living. Negotiations with the employers have broken down and a strike vote is now being taken, IS RESCUED of Kansas Held Captive by Officer, She wns locked in a room.

Night after tilght negro men visited 'her, she said. The negro policeman collected money from the men whom he sent to her room. When detectives raided the houBe to-duy they found the girl suffering from the treatment she had deceived. She was taken to hospital, Sho was almost helplesB from disease and terror. Chief of Detectives Mooney snld tonight he had received a letter from tho girl's parents only a few.

days ago, telling their grief over her nbsguce from home ChrUtmas nnd asking the police to find her. Her parents said they received but one letter from their daughter, since she came to Chicago and could not account for her silence. "I was kept there by the negro day after day," snjd Miss Wlebeck. "I thought ho was all right because he was a policeman. He kept sending negro men to my room and I pleaded with them help mo, but they only laughed.

Finally one said he would mall a note for me. I wrote Catherine, you don't know how glad I -was -when I saw the faces of white men today. I knew then I was safe." FROM NEGRO POLICEMAN Pretty Miss Bertha Whbeck. Chicago Pclice (By Universal 8errloo, CHICAGO, Diet 30. Miss Bertha Wlebeck', a pretty white girl, from Pawnee Bock, was bold captive by a negro policeman to whom she hnd applied for 'assistance In finding the address of friend In Chicago.

The girl told her story tonight at a liospltal she was taken after her rescue. Dorsey ChnmblisB, the negro, vfiia being held In jail. According; to. the girl, no one -was allowed to see her while she wns held lu captivity negroes. It was through -an appeal to one of these, she secured here release.

negro de- 1 Uyered a note to her, girl friend who nbtiOed'n detective agency. The girl said she left her home at Pawnee Bock Inst September nml came to Chicago. She was uccowpiinleil by Catherine SRauer. They too-th found employment as housemaids, One night while going to visit her -friend Miss Wlebeck. lost her way-and asked the policeman to direct hr.

He offered accompany her. Hla tialtorm. gave Suddenly he slwed her and dragged her into a liousw. She trafficking in the polBoa.