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THE CAPITAL TIM C. I are oiciz Bed (Bj tlw AMMliUd Fr(H AMERO'GEN, Holland CWodnee v) Former Emperor William has been confined to his bed since Sun day with a severe chill. His indisposition has broughf about a renewal ot hiB old ec.r trouble, necessitating the calling of a specialist, a professor from Otrecht, to assfst the local doctor. Emperor Charles Has Flu. COPENHAGEN Former Emper or C' 'iarles of Austria Hungary and four of his children are suilering from influenza, to a tele envperor nas a nig" lever.

r. havn hcen that the former Austrian imperial family was at Castle Eckai'tsau near Vien PERU CONSUL FOUND WITH BULLET IN HEAD Dr. Calderon Dead in San Francisco Pis tol lies; Near Body sau fti a nrrT sen With a' bul let wound thiough the head, the body of Dr. Louis Alvarez Calderon, consul of Pero ih San Francisco was found in ma apartments toaay. a pistol was found close by the body.

UP IN AIR 250 FT; ClIMBJHIMHEY Repairmen Working on Capitol Heating Plant Defects: Two hundred and fifty ttp hi the air v. t. tluairtr.y ol tr.e. L.af: tol plant on Eftt'tf'Wa'shing ton avenue perhaps doijjcj't cour.fi rf mantie as thousand tr twe in an airplane, but it's quite a feat when you consider the steep sides' ot tin chimney, Lipthtning which struck the chimney lust summer caused some damage, the extent of which is not known, Defective lightning rods caused the damage. The Alphcnsc Custodis Chimney Construction company of Chicago have sent Foreman William Krull of Cleveland to superintend the work of repairing the chimney.

A patented scaffold which wll irr the r.hlrtrwv and enable the rpen to examine every inch of it for craCKS or otaer o.eiects, ana a.so io repair the top of the chimney and the lightning rods, will be used by tiie men. WET DRY DECISION TO BE DELAYED Judge Stevens Busy With Cases of Technical Nature That no decision is possible for some time on the wet dry recount by Judge Stevens, is the opinion in courthouse circles. The circuit court has before it at present several cases of a technical nature that do not permit Judge Stevens to give njS enure milt ujc ucuarau. DAILY WEATHER STORY The highest temperature during the past i nours was turn, today and the lowest was 31 10 a. m.

yesteraay. A belt of high barometer strctchej across the middle of the Areas of low barometer are in the northwest and southwest. Rain and snow continue falling on ths plains and rain has set in on tho north Pacific coast. Elsewhere the weather is fair. There has beeh.no de cided change temperstare.

NOW IN PARIS; MEETS WILSON Victor Emmanuel Hailed; as Real Leader Both on and Off Battlefield WILSON TO LONDON President WTiU Visit England Dec. 26; Goes at Own Suggestion (B7 ifci AsioeHtrt mm) WASHINGTON A reiolution the state department to in form the senate whether the Ajuer icati peace commissioners are ad mwHir rietrur4ion of German war ships or other enemy property an'dJ II so, rjy wmii uuwwriv, duced today by Minority Leader Lodge, and without discussion was Tho tx is rleeorated and a gen eral holiday has been declared. The newspapers hail the king as "a man knnnr whn lins Iwen it real deader of his country fcotn on ana orr tne v.ioh i rj roahattaches trT.tha C03I Wilsdn Ti'iU have witn victor jchjuibjiubi. r. in Known tne nresraeni.

ire warmest sympathy for the purposes wDuholnt tlhf tentative lines laii out in consequence of an investigation by Col. House respecting the 'probable extent of territory which should go to Italy oh the principle of racial or linguistic determination do not fully accord with the ideas or t. ie Ittaiian uovcrnmem. Tho American peace commissi" we mnf erred with American news paper correspondents for the first time tOQ3y, fl.li mi." L' unts were excluded. It wasfjstipu lated that none of the announce t.n he made was for the liur iwaos of publication, being onlyifor the guidance 01 tne corrcsponu M.

House, visited Pres. Wilson this niornirarEt tne nurat mansion. The' president, it is clear, i3 rap rrottinn thrmich with such fun damentals of his visit as have been classified as official exchanges and informal conferences. He. now is fny t.lip visits of PremieT Lloyd" George and A.

J. the British foreign secretary. The president's plans for visiting the troops at the front are fully matured. He will be away from Paris at least three days, leaving Dec. 24 and going first to American matters to cine w.m On Thursday Marshal JoiTre will at the Marshal's home.

On the president win kike iunwieju with Stephen Pinchon, the French foreign secretary. Will Visit England. LONDON Pres. Wilson pected in England on Dec. 2 4.

t.b r.ti. nwi gestion that he is coming to England. l.nNTTinTJ Kinp Georire. it was announced today, has cancelled the arrangement which provided that he should go to sandrragnam palace for unristmaa ana ne win London instead, to welcome rreei rlpTlr. Wilsnn.

PT eMn nt 'Wilsrm arrives in England Thursduy of next week he will find England holiday making, as ten cay aner unnsuiiaa is ing Day." the United Kingdom easiness will do at a stanu The reason given for President Wilson's desire to make an early visit to England, it is understood, is that' he has found it might be necessary to return to Washington much sooner Ulan ne aaa Ii.n4 hv Wiknn BELFAST (Wednesday) The lord mayor of Dublin has called a mass meeting in Dublin for Sunday to extend all invitation to President Wilson to ireiana. (Wednesday) A state ES THE WEATHER. Uwwttled weather with rain It tonight or Friday. 8,8 8 6 The Only Newspaper in Madison Receiving Full Leased Wire Service of Tht, Associated Press MADISON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1918 HOME EDKION PRICE TWO CENTS PHONE BADGER 21200 ATEMAY FIGHT SINKING OFSHIP! mWWVERNMENT IN ETEP JBMUlHraiMM disorders ndopcndcntSocialistsMake Bitter Attack on Act in? Premier KIUTT MEN ARRESTED Committee of Sol tits' and Workers' Council to Quit (. (OEN'HAGEN (Wednesday) Herman government has divided 1o convoke a conference of representatives of all the nates of the former empire cvii Dec.

2S to elect a president of the German republic, according to a Berlin report. This k'p is said to have been taken in order, to avoid fresh out I'ARIS The German government hi tinVd' by Frk dcrieh Ebert, has re as a result ot events or. Tucs according to a dispatch received at Zurich from Stuttgart, Bttys the ijrjrrc 'hci'e. ubinet oi Prince Max or Baden, 3, and became imperial chan eiior, Nov. 8, took command of the olio tho rev.

Uui.inarv uprising there. Or, Nov. was anacunrcJ t.tat he had bc jmc pren and chosen his tiliinet. nam. Huso 'hiiipp Mim im, jintrm Ditti.

n. Kit i charge of 'ho de pai I icaled The central omrreSs of the delegate from soldier' and workmen's councils met, ill Berlin, Monday. The session resulted in disorderly series in which there wort Tuesdiu turbulent scenes continued, George Letiobour, a ieader tne irvlepo'til cat socialists, making a hitter attack on Premier Kbcrt. Gen. Scheach Quits (fil'EVHAUKN "err Lands i rs of publicity in the go' entment, has ar.aour.ce'.i t.

war. i ail resigned. Jir.ipp Ihreclors Arrested Three of the principal iiir. of the Krupp mu inr Dr. Inventor of the "Big have been arrested the committee in city, aci jrd.

to advices 111 be replaced by ar. i.tee elected by the ly and the councils 'of the ein ral s.ienil)ly Assured 'i'lic day) Berlin news without execution do 1 1 day's oi cf representatives of and ivoi krr.en's councils ly a certain eafvally considered like will be advanced al tidy discussed. in West Prussia Serious disorders hnvt Oairtiif. West Prussia to dispatches receive, livil am) military prison: opened and the inmate, lei'ty. it is said, and street reported.

LEAGUE BEGUN Rep. Johnson Heads Inquiry Into Alleged Reflections Upon Congressmen IE, Uin, Awine Pro.) WASHINGTON Investigation of the National Security leag of New York, with respect to its aUeffed reflections during the last campaign inon the loynltv of members of con v. netrun today by a special committee, headed by Rep. jhnson Kentucky. Officers of the league appeared examination bringing with tnem nany of the league's papers and ccords.

peageTlm IS ILLEGAL WHITE BORDER Attorney General Holds Emblem Cannot be Al tered.in.Any Way That the flag cannot be altered in any way, even to the use of the white bordered flag known as the peace flag, is the opinion of Attorney General Spencer Haven. Thft limits! Times recently re ceived the foliowuifc letter irom a ritti wonder i may trouble you to nive me some inJomrat tion. For according to the best Portage information, Wisconsin people have no right to use the white bordered American flag which is everywhere the peace liag. And have no riht to set on the white border, either "Peace Among All Nations" as it is commonly used tar example, in the state of California. The Wisconsin statutes of 1913 contain the stringent law of which wo know, aimed at us R2 the flag an advertisement, but it here claimed that the and "symbol" there referred to mean such usage as the white border, or the words I quote." ktjib rrcn to At torney General Haven and he has S.ver.

o' the "You inquire whether there can be placed on the United Stiites Mag a border of white and have designated by printing or other lettering on such border the wordo "Peace among all nations" without violating any law or this State. "in reph thereto 1 would say am satisfied that such lettering on the ilag or on any border placed thereon would be in violation of section sec lion ir. pari reads as follows: "Any person who in any manner, for exhibition or display, shall place, or cause to bo plated aiv words, or figures, or numbers, or marks, or inscrip tioas. or picture, or design, or device, or symbol, or token, or notice, or drawing, or any advertisement of any nature what, over, upon any flag, color, or ensign, of the United Stales, or shall expose or cause to be exposed to public view any such liag, standard, color, or ensign of the United States, upon which shall be printed, pairtoti or otherwise placed, or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed, or annexed, any words, or figures, or numbers, or marks, or inscriptions, or pictures, or design, or device, or symbol, or token, or notice, or drawing, or any advertisement of any nature or kind whatever shall he deemed guilty of This statute, in my opinion, makes it very clear that it is illegal to place such border with such letters or designs or words thereon. 'Bill' andKa4lM OF ITALY THE HEART OF THE RED GEMJiMM 28 ONTHE JOB Steinle Drum Corps Night and Day to Escort the Boys.

Among those men who have, done thoir bit day ot nif ht, rain or shine, early and late during the past year, the Steinle drum corps should be" mentioned. A year ago George conceived the; idea of hiving ar' drum corps organized among the employees of his' plant. Organization work was started and today there are 28 members of the corps who have been available at all honrs of the day and night to cscore the boys on their way to join the colors During the past yeaT Edmond D. Garfield assisted by Louis Taylor have had charge of the drums, Gearjre H. Armhrecht, assisted by Ray Steinhauer have had charge of the ftfei and W.

H. Clapp, assisted by Fred Gruendler have hod chaTge Of the buglers. Mr. Steinle has done much to make possible the success of the corps. He has given the corps.

a big silk flag, furnished the musical instruments and the uniforms. A year ago, hefore the organization of the corps, Edmond Garfield and Georga H. Armbrecht were the lone escorts in taking the boys to the stations. Since that time the 2E in the organization have given Toiising sendoffs to the DAMS WILL NOT ACCEPT CHURCH OFFICE Wauwatosa Pastor Refuses Position of State Conre gational Superintendent After considering the offer of the directors the Congregational nh.ili 1ti Wii, onqiTi r.n ftftcent the position of state superintendent of Congregational work left vacant by the resignation of L. KelleT, Rev.

Howell Davies of Wauwatosa has notified the directors thiit he cannot accept tho work. Rev, Davies SCARLET CHEVRONS FOR ALL SOLDIERS WASHINGTON Secretary Bak. or today directed that eaoh soldier honorably discharged be furnished with two scarlet chevrons to be worn on the left sleeve as a recognition of his service to the country. TOWNLEY CASE DECISION BY JAN. 4 personal bankruptcy proceedings tne national nuii i ai.eau i5 i will probably be handed down at Fargo before Jan.

4, by Federal j. J. Aiuimwi i known here toiay. ment published in London that the Irish party was to send delegates to raris to aiscuas nomt mm ident' Wilson is declared in authon It ia impossible to learn whether tne sinn (mere win aeiu utn but this. is not believed to be likely.

Civilians to Tell Story. PARIS Civilians seized by the Germans in occupied French terri hnstaire camr at Holzminden, Germany, will appoint a delegation to call upon Pres. Wilson to tell him something what they Buffered morally and. pnysicai ly, while detained by the Germans, it is announced. Tio in missinu the (i tertainroont he', customarily denvet from attending the theatre.

A gala night' at the opera is being planned ror mm dot; ue iuwjuus iv variety enienammunL. ENGLISH STAND ON ROSS GIVEN Lord Milncr Tells of Condi tions; Hits at the Bol sheviki OWE MORAL DEBT Says Barbarism Would' Rejult if the Allies Were to Leave (By th A.l44latsd Pmii r.nwriON fWedjiesdaT) In re sponse to protests in the against the secrecy maintained con cerning military operawuns jin nnd t.hi? insistent demand by Iberal' newspapers that the govern ment explain and juscuy Toe continuance of these operations. Vis count Milner, the" secretary for war, says that the allies have an oou ftt.inn nf honor to urotect the Rus them against the Bolsheviki. For the allies to scramble out of Russia now would threaten to involve the whole country in jwar cabinet member in the form of a. letter in reolv to a correspond ent, goes over the situation created by' the success of the Bolsheviki in gaining control of Russian affairs and points out.

how their acts wers adversely' affecting the cause of the, nllies'' in' the west and otherwise hampering 'the winning of the war oy the aitiea nations. mIc in vs Viseounfr Mil "what right we had to send British troops to Russia to meddle with the internal 'affairs of that country a'tid 'how long we mean to 'keep them there now that war is over. "The question Itself shown that you misapprehend the facts as well as the motives oi rjie government. Trm rr nirin whv allied, not merely British forces; were sent to Russia 3 that the Bolsheviki, whatever their ultimate object, were in fact assisting our 'enemies. It was ow incr to their action that hundreds of Lhouaands of German troops were let loose to' hurl themselves against our men on the western iront.

it was owtnet to their betrayal that Ru mnniR with all Its rich resources in grain and oil, fell into the' bands of tne Germans. It was they who handed over the Black Seal fleet to the Germans and who treacherously attacked the uzccno siovaics when latter on rrW tn Gfht tar The freedom their own country in Europe. The allies, every one of thenv, were most 1 anxious to avoid mterierer.ee in Tint, if wsm obligation nf honor to save the' Czecho Slovaka 1 and it was military necessity of the most urgent kind to prevent those vast portions of Russia which were struggling to escape the tyranny of the' bolsheviki from being overrun Dy tnem ana so tr.rown open as cn Tri iif snnnlv to the enemv. "I say nothing of the enormous quantifies of military stores, the property of the allies at Archangul i.he course of beinir transferred the Germans until the allied occu pation put on ena to me process. "I nay nothing of the fact that vast portion of the earth's surface anu millions oi people inenuiy ia the allies have been spared the unspeakable horrors 0 Bolshevik rule But in the course of this allied in people friendly to tervention thousands of Russians have taken up arms and fought or, the side of the allies.

How can we, simply because our own immediate purposes have been served, conic away and leave th(m to the tendfti1 mercies of their and our enemies before thevhad time to arm, tram and organize so as' to be strong enough to defend themselves It would be an abominable betraya1, contrary to every Driuai uinum. of honor and humanity. "You may be quite sure that the last thing the government desires is to leave any. British soldiers in Russia a day longer than is neces 4 r. MmnlntiYtre thfi moral oblicra tions we have incurred and that Rheims Jewels Returned to Bishop (Bt the Aoclt4 i Aitia Berne has received from Cardinal Hartmann, arenoianop ui twenty cases containing religions ornaments which were taken from eh.

riwa of Bheiins by German soldiers. They will b.i sent to France. HOG ISLAND CONTRACT IS INVESTIGATED Piez Estimates Construc tion Cost of Ship Yards at $63,300,000 CBy tlw' AllocIlUd Ptmi) WASHINGTON The cost great shipbuilding plant at Hcif island was estimated today at $63, jnfinnn general mnnnirer of the. shiDT)ir)r said mat. tne yaTa, wjneu utm ncm i ered one.

ship arid has fifty kealj! laia, saouia cuiuijici.du rlavn. of tho construction of the Hog Island ship yard was Tf sumed' today by the senate commerce commission with Charles! Piez, general manager oi cfe annsrwuoir fleet eorrtoration and Charles Schwab, until recently director general, as the principal witness. quiry resulted from a statement re 1 centiy maae in ne sciiii.e 000,000 had' spent so far an constructiori and that the one ship completed there was not seaworthy until returned to' the yanis for modifications, Mr. Piez testified that the total expenditures to date amounted to about $58,000,000 and that 'the American International shipbuilding corporation which has the' eon tract for. building the plant, has not beeu paid anything.

Most of tlv; work, he said, was done by subcontractors. According to unconfirmed' reports he added, the American International company has expended neirrly a million dollars of its own money on the plant. The original estimate of cost for a r.iant on a smaller scale was $21, 000,000 and this was increased later to $27,000,000. Upon a survey to be made about Jan. 1 to determine whether the American Intcrna tiortal corporation is reducing operating expenses, Mr.

Piez said, wi.l determine whether the government shall take over the shipyards. BURGLARS BLOW JMESYILIE SAFES Secure $200 and Liberty Bonds; Thought to be Same Parties 23 at Kleuters TfirMi safes were dynamited aid $200 in cash taken in addition to a sum in Liberty, bonds by Burglars cordjne to re'ports received over the wire Dv oi rouse oiunnnn 'this raomine. The safe bloiv'ers who entered and blew up the safe ot meter ana company East Washington avenue, may not be the same ones who are operating in Janesville, but the connection appears close in the opinion of Chief fchaugrines! believe is the guiding principle of i an ine allies. "If the allies were all to scram ble' out of Russia at once the result would almost certainly be that the barbarism which at present reigns in ft part only of that country, would spread over the whole part of it. The ultimate consequences of such a disaster cannot LODGE ASKS WHO GAVE AUTHORITY Minority Leader Proposes Resolution Wanting Information on Subject 1 QUESTION NOT DEBATED Seeks Truth of Wilson Aro cating Sinking of German (Br tU iwUil Fm) PARIS EJng Victor Erruusntl of Italy arrived here today and wms welcomed by Pres.

Poincart, Premier Clemenceau olid other mbiis ters. The king was accompanied by bis ion, the Prince of Piedmont PARIS Th American dtlt gates the peace congress have resolved to advocate the sinking of the surrendered warships and resist any jiropoiiUaaojiwk' tribute them on the badi ref navaf 1 This announcement made v. by those in "close, touch wifh thVAme'Ji in dlgates, who, it ii Iddwf, e.il poition would reiult in: avoiding contention and 'i support Preaidont Wilson's decjara tion that war was not bssed on the. acquisition of property. Geddea Acquiescea England, through Sir Enc' first lord of admiralty, had; previously acquiesced in the Amer: can plan to deitroy ths captured tt surrenderee wartrujii, declared, will continue to support the United States, although it expected that some of th lsissr nvil power will demand that ths prizes he distributed.

dent has taken opportunity fan press his views that no one nan is entitled to assume th rota of master, or dictate th msEntr or the condition of the rprlita fions. of others. There ia soma indication that considerable headway is being mad this direction ana int bers of the American mission now seeing their way AU oxpress the conviction that. will enter the conferfJJca m. spiTit of.

aceommodation. Some undercurrents mt" preted 'as showing indicatons ffc Pre. Wilson's point in jfcJffJ; way prevented oe 'MM' ftwt; achieving their own ffS? might have been gaed many's coUapse had been made ma'. more complete. In reply, it been made to those with whom the prelart war a victory of aim? aloni 4 oa.

conferred that the United SUto government docs not consider tM that victory would be without an organization of natJoo to guarantee world peace. GRUEN AGAIN HEADS FEDJKKA Li uii" The Federal X.aoor union ir'" e.i Dan Gmen president Wednesday evening, in their regular meet luent; iicmj i mc; sec retary; reier flr. D. wVfcimberly, sergeant at army; It was decided to postpone actitn. concerning the Federal merit agency until a later meeting S0LBIE4REGIVEN CITIZENSHIP PAPERS NatnraliiationTeTrings i are being conducted today in the office of the clerk of circuit court.

Ihree ai charged soldiers were fcJ. naturaluation papers examination pending the firal. hearing be held January 20, CROSS IS NEVER CLOSED.