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' > i' '• 'd: *1. • , v j mK^ %VW>'iTrrfxK™~A "W. Y?*\t\ "'- %>*"1 • ' ' ' " • ' ' • • ; " ' ' / . " - - • ' . ' . . V v ' * ' 1 - 1 ' 1 •CHE PLAINDKAI.BR, MeHENHV, V'$?rT%r,£% 'vy^jk'T^X'* COL HOUSE IS BACK LCADER OF MISSION TO PARIS V.J, AND LONDON SAYS ALLIES , % ARE UNITED. •• '• -£4 ? „ 1 <$Z* ': :¥ t>EACE WAS NOT DISCUSSED £ - ? : , . r _ / . Wethfno Was Done ify Ameri­ ca's Representatives That Was Binding--Viaited Front With t)' • ', 1 -> - Pershing, f.tj. } J*#* Fork, Dec. 18.--Col _ Ife M. House, who headed the United States delegates to the interallied conference held in Paris, arrived here on Satur­ day. He thus summed up the result of the conference: "The work wafc satisfactorily done. The mission was a great success. "The representatives agreed on everything. They got together on eco­ nomic and industrial conditions, em­ bargo, finance and food. "Nothing was done by America's representatives that was binding. It is up tn this country to decide whether the plans will be acceptable. The whole matter depends on the president. "We never discussed peace. No mention of peace was made." Colonel House will go to Washington lit once to report-to the president. •The whole work of the conference took just thirty days," said Colonel House. "Two weeks were spent in Paris and two weeks in Versailles. There were three sittings of the con­ ference. We cut out practically all en­ tertainments, as our mission was one of business. "The interallied conference should be called the priority board. It was 1 at the conference that the supreme war council was proposed. This was held ' at Versailles. The prime ministers of Great Britain, France and Italy at­ tended it. each mil a military repre­ sentative. This country was represent­ ed by General Bliss and myself. "The men who went with me to the * Interallied conference in an Industrial connection took a load off me. They discussed matters with which I was not conversant. Alone, ay visit would have been futile. "The men selected for the missiou from this country were perfectly fa­ miliar with the situation and were ready to take up every point. "General Bliss made a fine impres­ sion over there; so did Admiral Ben- sou. I saw a good deal of Vice Ad­ miral Sims--a fine fellow, well liked. • He has the respect of everybody. "War aims, as far as this country : is concerned, were not touched upon; at least, 1 would not discuss them.' Colonel House then told of a visit . tie made to the front. "1 went to the front ten days ago With General Pershing," he said. "The general has a very difficult task and he Is doing It well. The Americans at the front are in good shape." SCORNS PEACE TALK LLOYD GEORGE SAY* IF RUSSIA DROPS OUT AMERICA W1L|*( MORE THAN FILL PLACE. ALLIES ON WAY TO VICTORY Deotares Overtures to Germany tyeuld Be Betrayal of th« People'* Truat --United State* Decisive Factor. ' London, Dec. 17.--"Tf'itils Is the worst moment It is because Russia has stepped out and America Is only prepared to come In. Every hour that passes will see the gap formed by the retirement of the Russians filled by the valiant sons of the great republic. Ger­ many knows It and Austria knows it, hence the desperate efforts that they are making to force the Issue before America is ready. They will not suc­ ceed." This was. the concluding statement of Premier David Lloyd, George in an address.on Friday at the dinner, of the Grey's Inn Benchers (a lawyer's club). The premier also said: "It is because 1 am firmly convinced that, despite some untoward events, despite discouraging appearances, we are making steady progress toward the goal that I believe peace Overtures to Prussia at the very moment the Prussian military spirit is drunk with boastfulness would be a betrayal of the people's trust, the great trust with which my colleagues and myself have been charged." ' If Russia persists in her present pol­ icy, the premier pointed out, the with­ drawal by the enemy from the east of a third of his troops must release hundreds of thousands- of men., and masses of material to attack - Great Britain, France and Italy. It w-ould be folly," he added, "to, underrate the danger; equal folly to exaggerate It, and the greatest folly of all not to face it. "If the Russian democracy has de­ cided to abandon the struggle against military autocracy, the American de­ mocracy is taking It up." Germany's victories were embla­ zoned to the world, the premier said, but her troubles did not appear In bulletins. Something was known of them, however. The deadly grip of the British navy was having its effect, and the valor of the troops was making an Impres­ sion which would tell in the end. I warn the nation to watch the man who thinks there is a half-Way house between victory and defeat," the premier admonished. "There are men who think you can end the war nqw by some sort of what they call peace --by setting up a league of nations. That is the right policy after victory; without victory it would be a farce." THRIFT IS VICTORY RECIPE A. Vanderlip Says Business Must Not Compete With cj the Government. W'fUiWjW. Pw. 14.--Frank A. Vnnder- llp. national director of th® United States war savings campaign, has aroused Chicago and other cities tn which he has spoken during the l»lwt few days, to a perfect frenzy for thrift. The Idea he Inculcates is not that the thrifty should hoard, but should save and lend to government their money, first hecanse the government needs the money for a successful pros­ ecution of the war, and secondly be­ cause the government needs, even worse, the labor employed in making the articles that the people demand-- the luxuries and the thoughtless little things that they are better off without, hut which form a large.part of the nuwmfnCturtng industry ot the United States. *We must mcke the people see that It I* not the money they give, but the money they refrain from spending otherwise, thnt Is the great help. We most make the boy see, for example, that if he buys a baseball he is using rubber that might go Into an ambu­ lance tire. He Is using leather thnt might go into a soldier's boot. He is "sine labor, he is using shop room. He Is directly taking away from the government the means to quickly and thoroughly equip the army. He will consider whether he cannot wait for that baseball. < "I am not going to propose anything that will wreck business. I am not proposing receivers for the manufac tubers of nonessentials. Let us make this war lesson ns clear as possible and we will still have a great busi­ ness in luxuries, a disturbingly great business in luxuries, because labor n^ver/tfefttte was so fully employed at smeh higb wage®:' ^ H. C- Barnabee, Actor, Dies. * -Boston, Dec. 17.--Henry Clay Barn- •'•ahee, famous comic opera comedian, died in n hospital here at the age of ; 5 eighty-six years. For many years he £L" was a member of the Bostonians. <*! v Mrs. Catt Suffrage Head. Wnstitngton, Dec. J^.--Business ses stons of the convention of the National Woman Suffrage association were * brought to a elose here with the re­ election of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt as president. YOU MIGHT: AS WELL SURRENDER* PAP HBIJTilM V U. a BILL ; < < > ' Prohibition Amendment Wins 282 to 128. WILL HAVE TO GO TO SENATE Oanlut put» PnW* RUSSIAN ARMY QUITS GERMAN NEWS AGENCY REPORTS DEMORALIZATION OF FORCES. CONQUEST AND KULJUR Let it be the task then of our diplomacy so (o shuffle the cards that we may be attacked by France, for then there would be reasonable prospect that Russia for a time would remain neu­ tral. . . . We must not hope to bring about this attack by waiting passively. Neither France nor Russia nor England need to attack In order to furth­ er their Interests. So long as we shrink from attack, they can force us to submit to their will by diplomacy, as the upshot of the Moroccau negotiation shows. If we wish to bring about an attack by our opponents we must Initiate an active policy, which, without attacking France, will so prejudice her in­ terests or those of England that both those states would feel themselves compelled to attack us. Opportunities for such pro­ cedure are offered both in Af­ rica and In Europe.--Bernhardt. Germany and the Next War (1911). Cossackf Under General Korniloff, Clash With Bolshevikl Troops Around Tamovka. Copenhagen, Dec. 14.--The semioffi­ cial German news agency says demo­ bilization of the Russian forces has begun and that peace negotiations, re­ stricted to the Russian front, have been authorized. The dispatch says that General Oherbatchoff has been appointed com­ mander in chief, "with the assistance of the allies (Teutonic?), and that lie has been authorized to open peace ne­ gotiations with Germany." Jassy, Roumanla, Dec. 14.--Official announcement was made of the sign­ ing of an armistice in accordance with which hostilities were suspended at 10:30 p. m. Sunday until further no­ tice. London, Dec. 14.--Russia's civil war has apparently begun. Dispatches--all greatly delayed--re­ ported the first actual clash between the bolshevik.! and 3,000 to 4,000 Cos­ sack rebels around Tamanovka, about 18 miles from Bleigorod. The Cossacks were part of a force commanded by General Korniloff, well furnished with arras, machine guns and ammunition. Reports of fighting at Mohilev. Rus­ sian general headquarters, between troops newly arrived there and the bol­ shevik! garrison were received in Pet- rograd. It is also reported that shock "battalions and Cossacks advancing on Mohilev clashed with the bolshevikl, who were defeated. It Is said that thousands of Cossacks already have left the fighting front and rallied to Kaledlnes' support, and it is expected he will soon have the entire force of 400.000 Cossacks at hifi dis­ posal. FIRST U. S. SHOT AT AUSTRIA Representative Tinkham of Boston Fires First American Shell From Italian Front. Italian Army Headquarters, Dec. 14. --The first American shot of the war against Austria was fired Wednesday when Representative Tinkham of Bos­ ton pulled the string of a 1.49 milli­ meter gun, hurling a shell across to the Austrian lines. Means Found Not Guilty. Concord. N. C., Dec. 18.--Gaston B. Means was acquitted here of a charge of slaying Mrs. Maude A. King, the wealthy New York and Chicago widow. The Jury deliberated a little over fifteen hours. Count Luxburg Rumored Insane. Buenos Aires, Dec. 18.--Ramors thai Count Luxburg, former Genuan minis­ ter to Argentina, and famous for his phrase, "spurles versenkt," was Insane, were circulated when it became known he had been sent to a sanitarium. - BRITISH STOP FOE'S ATTACK Massed Attack East of Bullecourt Driven Back--Teutons Succeeded in Entering Front Treneh. London, Dec. 14.--The German at­ tack in the morning east of Bullecourt was repulsed by the British except at one point, according to Field Marshal Halg's report. The Germans suffered heavy losses, many dead being left be­ hind on their retiremena. The text of the statement reads: "This morning the enemy delivered a strong local attack on the front about a mile east of Bullecourt. "On the right of the position at­ tacked, the enemy succeeded on enter­ ing a short length of froht trench. "At all other points tjie attack was repulsed with heavy loss to the enem^, many of whose dead are lying In our wire. A number of prisoners were captured." BOARD TO RULE U. S. ARMY Seven Men Chosen to Direct Whole Program of Winning the War- Council Named by Baker. Washington, Dec. 18.--Secretary of War Baker, after a lohg conference with President Wilson on Saturday, made this statement: "Plans under consideration for some weeks were consummated in a general order issued, creating a war council within the war department. "At the outset the council will con­ sist of: Secretary of War Baker, As­ sistant Secretary of War Crowell, Gen­ era) Bliss, chief of staff; Maj. Gen. Henry G. Sharpe, Maj. Gen. Erasmus M. Weaver, Maj. Gen. William Crozier, Maj. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder. "The purpose of the council is to oversee and co-ordinate all matters of supply of our field armies and the mili­ tary relations between the armies in the field and the war department. The council will act through the chief of staffs BAKER TAKES BLAME SECRETARY OF WAR REPLIES TO CHARGES OF CROZIER. Chief of Army Ordnance Tells 8enate Committee Baker Is Respon­ sible for Delay. Washington, Dec. 15.--Secretary Bi­ ker on Thursday made this reply to General Crozier's charge that he Is responsible for the failure, until June 17 last, to make a choice of machine guns: "I am responsible for anything that goes on in the war department. I have been much interested in the subject of machine guns. I appointed a board to pass on them. "There's no need for defense. The senate committee can very properly seek to find out everything that has been done, and It is General Crozler^s plain duty to tell them the whole story. "But I can't say anything for publi­ cation. It's a matter concerning which, abbve all others, our adversaries would be glad to acquire information. "There's no need for taking sides. Clearly the department cannot allow itself to state what should not be stated, because somebody expresses a confused view of it. The military de­ fense of the country is a thing that can't be stated in detail. "The Browning gun is a new gun in­ vented by a man who has iuvented more ordnance thap anyone else. It is a light gun. A long time ago it was tested and operated uuder the auspices of a board of experts which I ap­ pointed. It is not true that the gun has not been thoroughly tested. The board of experts was appointed to pass on all machine gun questions. "The full capacity of this country for the manufacture of machine guns has been laid under contract. „• The entire capacity of every maker of ma­ chine guns is being used. "It is not the intention of the de­ partment to concentrate on the Brown­ ing gun. The intention of the depart­ ment is to get every machine gun It can get." Secretary Baker declared American overseas forces are adequately sup­ plied with machine gtfhs. He added that all other forces going to France will be adequately supplied with these weapons. HOUSE ORDERS NAVAL INQUIRY Secretary Daniels and Others Will Be Called--Congress to Investigate All War Work. Washington, Dec. 17.--The search­ light of "pitiless publicity" will be turned by congress on every phase of the administration of the war. it was assured. The house ordered* a sweeping In­ vestigation of the administration of the navy. The investigation of the navy's part in the war was ordered by the house committee on naval affairs. The Investigation was ordered in executive session of the committee, the motion being offered by Mr. Oliver. He said he bad received numerous re­ ports regarding the navy department which, in his opinion, made an Inves­ tigation unavoidable. SIGN RUSS-GERMAN TRUCE _ Fire Attacks Shipyard. %*Wmore, Md.. pec. 18.--The ship­ yard of Charles Ilhoda & Sons com -psny at Canton was threatened with destruction when the drydock, the tug Irene and a scow were badly damaged j?* flre" ^ y Bolshevik! Aided by Fleet. - Petrograd. Dec. 15.--The Black sea '<**ttle fleet is co-operating with the 1. Iiolsheviki forces in the fighting at Bostoff, according to dispatches receiv­ ed here. The worship Kolhida is firing «B the Cossacks at Novo Teherkask. . __ ' * St. Paul Strike Called Off, -Washington, Dec. If?.--George W. Lnwson. secret any of the Minnesota jRtnte Federation of Labor, telegraphed tile strikers in St. Paul and Minneapo­ lis to return to work iu view of the §rder for a federal Investigation. ' '• \ Use Women as Ticket Agents. Omaha, Neb., Dec. 18.--That their male ticket agents may be relieved from usual duties and replace men who went to the armies, the Cnioa Pacific railroad placed woman ticket agents at many ticket offices. Thirty Lake Ships Icebound. Detroit. Mich., Dec. 17.--The fleer tit 80 or more down-bound lake freight­ ers which passed out of the Detroit river after ^eipg icebound since Sat­ urday. Is lying fast in heavy ice in Lake Erie. Italy Calls 2,000,000 Men. Rome, Dec. 18.--Italy has called all the men of the classes of 1874 to 1899 to the colors. The action is explained as to "be ready for whatever may oc­ cur." It is said the move is in prep­ aration for a long compalgn. Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria Parties With KaiMr to Agreement With Bolshevikl. ' Berlin, Dec. 18.--An armistice agree­ ment between the bolshevikl govern­ ment in Russia and the Teutonic allies was signed at Brest-Lltovsk Saturday, according to an official communication issued on Sunday. The armistice be­ comes effective at noon Monday and Ls to remain in force until January 14. A provision In the armistice agree­ ment ls that peace negotiations are to begin immediately after the signing of the armistice. ' ~ Brltiah Destroyer Is Lost. London. Dec. 18.--A British air­ ship was destroyed by a hostile sea­ plane, and a set-ond British airship was forced to descend in Holland. It was also announced that a British de­ stroyer had been sunk. Jackles Get Holiday Leave. Great Lakes, 111., Dec. 17.--Jackles at the Great Lakes naval traintng sta­ tion are happy over the announcement that the embryo sailors will be given leave to visit their homes either Christmas or New Year's. Capture Many Italian*. London. Dec. 17.--An official Aus­ trian statement reviewing the. drive on Ttnl.v, says that in the four days of fighting in the Meletta region 0T,f) Ital­ ian officers and more than 10.000 men were made prisoners.' 8wi*s Name New President. Berne, Dec., 17.--Felix Caloflder, vice, president of th£ republic and head of the department of the inte­ rior, was elected president of Swit­ zerland for 1918. He received 176 votes. ; t- i *- Soldiers Black Shoes of Officers. Washington, Dec. 17.--Representa­ tive Miller, who visited the European battle fronts, said he had seen Amer­ ican soldiers In France blackening the shoes of officers. Mr. Miller said the pr*#Uce should not be permitted. Drafted Men to California. Chicago, Dec. 17.--Seven thousand selected men will leave Chicago begin­ ning next Wednesday for California where they will report to" one of the army cantonments for training. Word to that affect waa received Germans Have 3,000 Airplanes. Paris, Dec. 15.--The Germans now have 3,000 airplanes on the Western front, It was estimated. Whitney War- rfen, a well-known New Y<yk writer, urges the United States to speed up her construction of aircraft. W i r - 3 : f . S i - S t Resolution Provides That Amendment Must Be Ratified by Necessary Member of States WtIMn 1 Seven Years. . Washington, Dec. 18.--The resolution to submit to the states a national pro­ hibition amendment to the federal con­ stitution was adopted by the house. With a vote of two-thirds required for its approval the vote of the house announced by Speaker Clark was 282 to 128, or 2^ more than required. A wild demonstration took place In the house. W. J. Bryan appeared on the floor and took a seat with Repre­ sentative Webb as corecipient of con­ gratulations. An amendment by Representative Lea. of California-, providing that pro­ hibition provisions should not apply.to light wines and beer was rejected by a rising vote of 232 to 107. What Dry^ Amendment Provides. The resolution for a dry amendment to the federal constitution adopted by the, lower house of congress provides thaf the amendment must be ratified by the necessary number of states within seven years. The senate already has adopted 11 similar resolution, but specifies that it must be ratified within six years. Only an agreement as to the number of years now Is necessary to put the question before the states. 86 states must ratify the amendment. Twenty-seven states already are dry. A motion to concur in the change will be made in the senate today but If one member objects action will have to go over until after the holidays. Hear From "Back Home." Congressmen emerged from under veritable waves of telegrams from "back home" when they came Into the house chamber to vote. The galleries were packed with enthusiasts on both sides of the question who had come prepared for a field day. There was much conferring among the generals on the floor as the debate got under way, with the time equally divided be­ tween the two sides. Representative Gard of Ohio, leading the opposition; declared the amendment proposed an invasion of the police power of the states and threatened the unanimiity of the American people in winning the. war. • Only about half the membership was on the floor at the convening time, but the galleries were jammed. There was a good deal of sparring oyer con­ trol of the time for debate, which was arranged by equal division. The debate began, amid a round of applause from the Democratic side, by Chairman Webb of the judiciary com­ mittee: . The great'^ody of Americans he con­ tended want to leave the whole matter just as it is now. No Union Label on Whisky. Representative Cooper of Ohio, for the amendment, told the house: "You look into a liat band or a coat to see If It bears a union label, but you can look in vain into the whisky bottle for a union label." Representative Dyer of Missouri, op­ posing it, declared the issue nothing more or les than whether congress shall stand by "Dinwiddle and the An­ ti-Saloon league who think more of this issue of the„wet and the dry than they do of the issue of whether America or Germany shall win this great war." As tlje debate ran on Representative Bark ley of Kentucky, one of the prohi­ bition leaders, claimed that a complete canvass of the state delegations indi­ cated adoption of the resolution by a margin" of fifteen votes over the neces­ sary two-thirds, William J. Bryan passed part of the day In the house. Dozens of members made short speeches, going over the familiar ground on which champions of both sid£s have fought their battles In the halls of congress for many years. The only new argument introduced was the war issue. WILL CORRECT WAS TAX LAW Inconsistencies to Be Eliminated Congress, But No General Re* vision Coming. by m <SKW Surgical Dressings Needed. New York, Dec. 16.--"A serious ca­ lamity and a national disgrace are in­ evitable," If surgical dressings are not sent to France with all possible speed, according to Major Murphy, head of Red^ Croaa In Fcanq*. Washington, Dec. 18.--There will be no general reconsideration of the war tax bill at this session of congress. Chairman Simmons of the finance com­ mittee announced during an attack® on the measure by various Republican senators. He declared the bill was not perfect and added that to correct vari­ ous Inconsistencies some legislation would be required. Leglslat.vn specifically to subject all federal officials except the president and members of the Supreme court to the excess profits tax was agreed upon by the house ways*and means com­ mittee. There has been widespread criticism becanse the "occupational tax" of the war tax bill lays upon the income of professional and salaried men when they exceed $6,000 a tux of 8 per cent in addition to the regular income tax, but exempted members of congress. A bill to reduce salaries r»f senators and representatives from $7,500 to $3,- 000 during the war was Introduced bf Senator Kenyon of Iowa. Violation of Principle. -**Wlu> handed you the black eve?" •'Larry Grogan." •'And his mother a member of the Society for the Prevention Of Useless Giving!" Marital Amenities. "Do you remember the first time we met when you came to my real .estate office looking for a flat?" 1 j "I do, and I found one there* PARTED FOR YEARS. REUNITED BY WAR \ '» "V' ' ' ' ' " I . ' Brothers Separated ftftien Vols in the Balkans Brought To- * nether in Pfttstiurgh. ^ ; Pittsburgh, Pa.--The great world war which has separated thousands from their families brought together here recently two brothers who were separated while tots in the Balkans 25 years ago. Today the elder of the brothers Is Capt. David Albala, a member of the Serbian commission to the United States. The other is Joseph Kauf* mann of Pittsburgh. Both men were born in Ronmani* and their family name is Covo. Their Cleveland night schools charge a tot Maw faa nf tfi t DUDH. t POLICEMAN SAVES DOLL FROM FIRE ' • Heart df Unsentimental Po Sergeant Hears Call of s#:e 1 «n£ , 1 ? ^ ' I TAKES LIFE IN HANDS 'fci Ruahes Back Into Burning Buildings After 8avlng Many Livea, to R^; cue Plaything of Girl. Little Were Brought Together. mother died while the lads were very young, leaving one to be adopted by a neighbor named Kaufmann and the other child to be taken to Serbia to live with an uncle named Albala. Thus the brothers received different names. As the boys grew older they corre­ sponded, but never met. At the age of fifteen Kaufmann came to America and while he was working his way up in the business world his brother be­ came a noted physician, distinguishing himself in the Balkan war and gaining prominence in Belgrade. With the out­ break of the present hostilities he ained fresh laurels and was selected to serve on a commission to America. When Captain Albala reached Amer­ ica his first thoughts were of his brother. He sought the aid of the Pittsburgh police In the search and Kaufmann was located. eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeooooeeo e e MISDEMEANOR IN WIGWAM OF NOKOMIS Pueblo, Colo.--Lo 2 the poor Indian has the distinction of bluzlng the trail in one more di­ rection--forging a thumbprint signature. Kick-One-Big-Hole-ln-the - Sky, sometimes using the English name of Lang, a Ute Indian, is under indictment here and will be tried before a United States district court charged with forging the thumbprint of a for­ mer redskin companion, one Wicked Snake, to a government pay check. Three-Broken-Ribs and Big- Little-I-Iat, also Utes, known as Jones and Clark, were indicted at the same time for burglary in Montezuma county. eeeeeeeeeeeeeoeee-e*eoooeee CHILDREN SOLD IN CHICAGO Juvenile Protective Association Inves­ tigators Fined Deplorable Condition. Chicago.--Children are sold for $15 and up In -Chicago, according to find­ ings of investigators employed by the Juvenile Protective association, an­ nounced by A. A. Guild, secretary of the association. The Investigators dis­ covered that hospitals offer unwelcome babies for certain sums and that many mothers have as their slogan that it is "better to buy a baby than have one." Mr. Guild states that investigators found many mothers who surrendered their babies at $25. Later these same children were sold for ;$100 to women who could afford to support them. BLAME GYPSIES FOR JAZZ O Music and Dance Originated With Romany Tribe in Southern Part; of ^urope. Akron, O.--Most folks thought the jazz bands and the jazz music camf from somewhere around New Orleans and that New York finished the Job by introducing the jazz dance. But Dr. Oscar Junek, educator of this city, says the music and dance come from the Isigane Gypsies, who roam the soutfiern part of Europe. Doctor Junek was born tn Silesia, Austria, and says he often saw the Gypsies stop to do the Jazz dance. He 'ninks some American dancing master niiist have visited that country, too. Snake Steals Door Knob. Coleman, Tex.--A chicken snake took a chance at a door knob which J. W. Tabor, who lives near this town, had placed in his henhouse as a "nest Finding his snakeship writhing Mr. Tabor put him out of his If club. irl Shipped by Expreaa. Harriet A. Anderson, df Boston, recently was that city to the home of ts in Beaufort, S. C., by an express package ship* ened. to her coM. • * ' - -J: id 11 , llrjr _ 1 -v , • 1 • 1 miser Nine ChIcago>-tt te necessary to say thfrt police sergeants are cold, stern, severe, exacting and utterly devoid of senti­ ment. It is only fair to say that. Mar­ tin Mulvihill is a police sergeant of the Chicago avenue station. It Is a fact there was a fire one evening recently in the apartment building of four sto­ ries at 543 North Michigan avenue (old Pine street). When Sergeant Mulvihill espied that fire he loped to a call box, sent in an alarm, and turned. He saw Mrs. John Geisler lowering her infant brother from the third floor by a rope of twist­ ed sheets. He saw the heads of frightened occupants projected from numerous windows--projected, that is. at such times as the clouds of smoke permitted. The whole building was ablaze, arid the fine oak woodwork of a time when they builded better popped merrily in the flames. In Nothing Flat. Mulvihill tore for the back door, an$ made the four flights in nothing flat. Charles Snery, who lived there with his wife and child, had started down. Snery slipped, dropped the child a flight, and himself fell far enough to work a fractured leg. Mulvihill grabbed the child . and Snery and bore them opt and sent them to a hospital. Then he went back for more. His face was burned and his clothing was a sight. {Oh, coppers buy their own clothing, no matter.) He found Mrs. Otto Miller and her two children of three and six years and took them out. His breath was get­ ting short, but he went back for more. On the second floor he found Mrs. M. Miller and George Brisley, an actor. He took them out to safety down the smoke-choked stairway. Now his cap was gone, his collar was askew, his, coat was on the point of disappearing^. !Siiiew .«f|>o You Think She'll Burn Upr, and he needed a rest. But he went back for more. On the first floor there remained Mr. and Mrs. Johns, who seemed still un­ aware of the danger. Mulvihill cussed a wee bit and brought them out. Then he stood there and muttered: "Let 'er go" Fears for Her Infant. Perspiration streamed down his face and his hands were blackened and burned. As he stood there he felt a little tog at the skirt of his coat. He glanced down and saw a little girl look­ ing up at him appeallngly. "Please, Mr. Policeman," she was saying, "my name Is Annie Johns. We live on the first floor. And I left my doll back of the kitchen stove. Do you think shell burn up?" "Th* hell you say," muttered Martin under his breath.,. Then he nodded 111 the girl. "Don't cry. I'll be baclr£a a minute." And before the firemen could stop him, unsentimental Martin Mulvihill plunged back Into the turning build­ ing. He w-as gone only a minute. When he came out his face was hotter and his clothes more torn. But JbO walked over to Annie Johns. "Don't cry, girl," he Said. your, doll." TWINS EATEN BY ALLIGATOR Swallows Boy and Girl, and Bodies Were Later Found In Allft* mal's Stomach. ' An alligator swallowed twin babies, a boy and girl, while the mother washed clothes on the banks of a riff? near Belize, British Honduras. The mother had left her babies lit a basket near where she was washing, and failed to notice an alligator that stole up on the bank and suddenly gulped down the twins. The woman notified her husband, who was work­ ing in a nearby field, and he led a band of men to the spot. The alligator was captured before It succeeded in getting back Into the Cra­ ter. When Its stomach was cut open the dead bodies of the twins were found, almost unmarked. * Aged Pair Held as PIckpMfcetfc New York.--Mrs. Madeline Zinslee, aged seventy-seven years, and Joseph Jones, aged 84, are under arrest In New York charged with shoplifting. They are held under $1,000 bay.