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MAKE RAGE Celieve This Will Overcome Traditional Opposition to Third Term. (BULLETIN) INTERNATIONAL NSWS SERVICE' CKICAOO, Jan. 10. Wm. Jeunings "i-rsia, who arrfred here today from -A'attlng-ton. denies that he lias split" TrttJ President 'Wilson over the peaco treaty controversy. He described the issue as too important to allow personal comteetlona to creep In. Kr. Bryan, however, reiterated his demand, ftrrt made at the Jackson Cay dinner in Washington, that the treaty ie ratified and signed vrlthont delay. The Kepublleaas and Democrats, he said, should compromise and tho allies would viilingty aocept mcli a settlement. The Democrats should pass the treaty 11 necessary." declared the Commoner. .-rlth all the reservations which their political opponents deem necessary. 'This is not a political issue, Xt should not 'be postponed until the presidential csinpalg-a.' By 'WILLIAM PH1UP SIMMS. ' STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE i WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. Woodrow v.: son. the man wh.m destiny many i -r befoie has omptIM do Ivt .edir.s. nT find fj'apo from a third ?: ::. nomination Impossible. impression is .growing hire tha -.v.ih the, present himself may be circumstance., the circumstances .....- ro- , in th'ir tun:, take the initiat..o and m int him tho nay down which he . will hive almon-t no alternative but TV- s :srr! vvhi.S is threatened by fh" end taken by W. J. Ery.r. on the treaty of Versailles, which he insists muft be !: ;;id Immediately in some form or 0- ii.-r. nnd not submitted to the country : , -in ic'ifon, places Kran flat footed? y .-amp wi'h President Wilson just . ' uniui-takc.bly in tho other. And ".'..i'l is the natural and only logical i.-.dc.- of ih-. imnudin e ratification -.up . f tii. lw .rat ic party. ih pres-i.-riu!ly d. Hgniu.'.i as the chief of -he fviion whirh oppfs"s tir.nK-dtate ' ificatioo. .. TIT THEX KBSIGIT. ' tiipo-l as a mailer of prtnosrlv ,a third trm, and oppoyinc it hecaus-r ; laditioM. be.siO h'-hicr physically . - -.kTi' tl by his brought n by rwork durinK'bih. two t-rn.s in .'flic-, president, i' .'d. if foreJ by iim.-tan.-c-s to ruike tho campaign. ; , c'n.pi.f' liis runnir.K ntato with tin . ;. i. ; .. .5v:-I purpose of withdraw ingr froni (,. if elected, lavtnir his vt--o proii to becuui-. at. oae the head of tho This is one of 'he -.onibna';on6 Jis- . ued her uroffleia!!y 'on: those who t;.-.-p tJ-.e president ' 5ti . iig- personal deir to rtire to private 1'ff ord his )' U inten fee'-nK that he r.uiet do duty as he sees It. XTJST ri5D SOUX WAT. L'r.ieys the axnazinciy coir.jlex situai ...) tak an up.;p".-i,.j tjin -!arlfymg -."'if. nian" inpis. i'o- jre-ident will ; to find such v,-y the above 1- :t'. "' the dilenvrr.n. Ti.o president, it i? ob-ert ed. may fee! nr:t the only way he ha l-'ft to him to lidieat tlie American paee mission to Paeis, In the eye? of Kurope and the '. orbi. wi!? b to offer himself as candioato f.-.r tho prosidenoy wiht the treaty .-:. tiie paramount issue. DISIXI.US101IED. Friends of the treVy point out that V! evident Wil.ori went to Europe to r:esotit peaee. believing i'.e had the country behind hirn. Today he la flatly told by his political opponents that the country is not behind him. SAYS HE MADE WINE FOR HIS SICK WIFE Revenue men yesterday afternoon r-iv'-eted Peter gentle who has a soft c'rink saloon at S65 Summer street, in llai.irr.ond, on a char-re of making ivine. They also elaim to have evidence that Sortie seli r.s the wine. Aortic admits making the wine and that he knew it was against the law v;t raid he want"! the wine for h wife who was sick. II- was formerly :i saloonkeeper in Wet l!atr.:nond and .tfV-r July 1 went to Canada, with tl." xneetatlon of opening a saloon the;-.-, '.ijit frtd'.njc Canada no wetter that: tU . ount-v . he ref ined t., llan.inond. Jle gave bond for $1,000.

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VOLCANOES POUR LAVA OVER TOWNS Surface of Earth is Changed After Series of Earthquake Shocks. ! INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE; MEX1V CITY. Jan. V). The death list in Eastern Mexico since last Sunday from earthquakes', foods and volcanic eruptions was estimated at 7,010 today. Fivo thousand others are suffering Ti I'm injuries. Earthquake shocks continue around .Tulapa. in the slate of Vera Cruz. N'.nr'y a scors cf towns snd villages ii ivc bt . r! v. ipcd out of existence. Near Teoe-io a band of SOD rebels under Ce'so Cepeda. which were marauding the countryside, were caught by flood and earthquake and destroyed. The newly developed volcano at San Misriel Mountain. !n the plate of Vera ' ruz. is in violent eruption. At r.ight-tini-: the flames light tiathc surrounding: cun'.ry for nifin; mile?. Vast quantities of smok.-. boilinK water and lava are pouring from the crater, accompanied by subterranean rumblings. Inhabitants of most of the towns and villages near tho volcano are in flight. The surface of the earth around the volcano has tern completely transformed. Valleys now indent the earth where moUR'ains formerly stood. Among th tuwns and villages completely destroyed r badly damaged are Teocclo, Causatlan, A cat la ti. I'oscomatepec. Simones, Chilehotla. Plata. Quimixtlan. Occtepa. Mmzanita. faltillo. LaFragua, Atotonilco, Aya.huab.ilco and Barranca Grande. Forty others hav.j been less seriously d.imiged. It has been impossible to estimate the exaot number cf dead because of many f tlie victims were completely buried anl never will b" recovered. Strenuous fforts are bein made to remove the ut-bris, but thf; work has been retarded 'ny luck of workmen and th- reluctanc. of laborers to enter the earthquake zone. It is believed that many Felieista rebels have been kiled by flood and earthii: ike us they were operating in the 20110 mcst seriously affected. TWO ROBBERIES AND ONE HOLD-UP Tve houses were rob'od in Roberts, dale early this raTtiing find one man was held u; n Clinton street last nita- according to Hammond pol;c reports for the night. Henry Bicker, 35 Dojlas street, was held up and robbed of $75 near the Monon trnrks on Clinton street about e'.pbt-thirty. The houses of Mrs. Fnronr. 17i'") Myrtle avenue end John I'ankojS. litis Myrtle avenue were entered .about 3 0 o'clock this mornhifr, $15 heine taken m tl; first robbery and ti.OO in the se ond. Traeks in the snow at Parities' indicated that there were three men in the pans. WARN WOMEN TO KEEP FYES OPEN The Misses O'T'onnell and S-wanson. two Hammond school teach rs who reside, on State Line St.. are advising women to keep their eyes pen when walking rn the streets after day. Thursday even.ng a they were r turning home on T.ty s. a s-tranuer crossed the street rnd a he passed Mis-: 0'tH-rinell, snitched her purse and ran. She gave chase hut Iv- vaulted a fence and escaped. ;The purse contained aid hr door key. Shv able to furnish the poi lice with a pretty close description of he man. but as yet they have n"K located bin. This is onlv on of a number of petty thefts which have been reported within the last month SUPREME COUNCIL MEETS JANUARY 15 1 INTt :A" IONAL NEWS StKViCC, FAKES. Jan.. Jan. 1". The supreme council today decided thut the liisl meeting of the bague of ration"' will b held ,lri. lii atll.':U a. in. Loon P-our-rer-i ( Frarc v til pros id -v and it i expic-d thai Karl Curzon of Great Britain will also address the meeting.

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PEACE PROTOCOL AT 4:20 By NEWTON C. PARKER STAFF CORRESPONDENT I. N. SERVICE) PARIS, Jan. 10. The allies and Germany are now officially at peace. The final ceremonies of the peace conference 'began shortly after 4 o'clock in the foreign office. Baron von vLersner and Dr. Von Simson, heading the German delegation, signed the proctocol fixing the amount of German war fleet at Scapa Flow after which the representatives of the allies, signed as witnesses. The proctocol

TEN INJURED WHEN GARY CAR UPSETS IN INDIANA HARBOR Leaves Trucks and Rolls Over On Side In Turning Comer. Ten persons were injure, one of them seriously, last night about eleven o'clock when Gary and Interurban car No. 123 bound for Indiana Hurbor left the trucks at tlie corner of 145th and Cedar htreets in Indiana Harbor and turned on its tide. One passenger wrs on the ear. disappeared after the accident and it has not been learned whether he ran away or took a Gren Eine car far Hammond. The accident occured just after the car had turned the corner, the Impetus of the car evidently tipping- the body of the car. causing it to leave the trucks. It fell between the two tracks about one hundred feet north of the turn and Interfered with the traffic of the Gren Eine which uses the same t racks with the Gary and Inter, urban on Cedar street. One Green line car was north of the obstruction and made possible the passage of passengers by trannfer. Motorman Woods and Conductor J. Mitchell of Gary, were botT) slightly Injured. John J. Ward, of the Marks Hotel, Indiana Harbor, was seriously injured and was taken to S-t . Margaret's hospital. The athera who were slightly injured are: Mrs. Mini Walper, 3T2S Cedar street, Geo. Dal!?, Baltimore Hoted. Geo. Adamovi'h. 3156 Guthrie street. Joseph T-aszlo, 3411 Pennsylvania ave., James Kirlas. 3456 Guthrie street, Fred Shrrf Marks Hotel, Max Itoman. Z'-Z Cedar street. ONLY ONE JITNEY ALLOWED TO RUN IN GARY TODAY Some tw ohundred jitneys went out of business in Gary this morning. After i. early three years of service on Broadway their absence was not only noticeaide but was keenly felt by their regular patrons. Two weeks ago a city ordinance was passed by the council prohibiting the j'tAnrys from operating on five thoroughfares Kroadwoy, Massachusetts. Adams, Wanhington ami t YuniPot icut sts. YcKlcnla m the Kary Superior court Judge Charles E. Grecr.v.ald issued a temporary restraining order restraining the city of Gary from enforcing the anljitney ordtnanev. The hearings in the injunction proceedings will be held next Tuesday, Judge, Grcenw aid presiding. A c'o ring to the court - st-rday. tlie t niporary restrainitis e-r-ler. however, only affects one man. I Terry Frick. who presid'-nt of Ui't G.iry Jitnej Asocia- : ion. and who I. phtintiff in ihc case, a--i result of the order. h may ep.rae a iitney on Ilroadway um.l the injunction ptoce-edir:gs are disposed of. fon't throw your psper awaj without reading the want ad page.

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was signed at 4:20 o'clock. Then the plenipotentiaries adjourn ed to the clock hall where they filed the certificate of ratitlcation of the treaty of Versailles. The process verbal was next signed n-nd the Vr'a'.y . - if. effect putting format and to the world conflict which begon in 1914. The ratification ceremonies were completed at 4:t'S. As the- United States senate has not ratified the. treaty Americans did not participate in tho ceremonies. At the conclusion -,; these) ceremonies acopy was handed to Von Eerbner and another to M. Dutasta for deposit In the archives cf the foreign office. RUSIMI RELATION? AT OME After the final formalities the Germans motored to the old German embassy in Kue de Fille where German officials are now installed for the first time since the outbreak of the war. It is expected that diplomatic- relations will be resumed between the signatory powers immediately W. V. PARKER VICTIM OF HEART DISEASE Well Known Hammond Citizen Dies After Long Illness. Ilimrnond lost one of its prominent citizens and early residents last night when William W. Parker died at his home. 9 Warren st. For a long time Mr. Parker has been in failing health nnd during th" last few u ceks ha.s beon confined to hi bed. He was suffering wiih heart trouble and was taken to a Chicago hospital in The hope of obtaining relief. Hv-'Vss brought home Wednesday when it was realized that the fight was hopeless. Mr. Parker was born In . TVilliamsp'--t. Ind., nearly sixty-four years ago and came to Hammond thirty-two yearri ago. He engaged in business as a contractor for a number of years and later became asociated with his son, V. W. Tarker. He leaves a widow, one son. V. W. Parker of Hammond, and two daughters, Mrs. Lulu O'Brien of Phoenix. Arir , and Mrs. K. S. GromBti of Kenilworth, 111. The funeral will be hdd from the home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. T. J. Passett of the Methodist church officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery in charge t,f Undertaker Kmmerling. UNFILLLD TONNAGE INCREASES MILLION INTtKKAl IONAL NEWS ERV!tE1 NEW Yi i;K, Jan. 1".--In Its monthly statement issued nt rcoo today, the V. S. Steil Corpora ion reports unfilled orders on its hooks ,.f T'i.e. 1 list, of s. ';;.- ;:.6t tons. This eompores wish T,27S,3"''1 tons on Nov. 1 la-, sn increase of l.lSl.f-.U tons and wi'.h T.;;;3,I5.' on Dee. SI. 11' IS. BOXING BILL. l."'TE PNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE NE'.V YORK. Jan. 1". -A bill sj legalize boxing In Nc .' York state w il! be presented to the legislature at Albany cr!y next w eek by Senator 'Jas. Walker, it was learned today. The bi:l will provide a license system for everything connected with the sport and siso a state boxing commission.

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Latest bulletins BILLETIV I LONDON. Jan. 10. f5:3! p. m.) The International News Service has just learned that the telegraph service between Brussels and Berlin has been cut off for three days on account of storms. A- cable dispatch from Frank Mason. Berlin correspondent of the- International News Service, was received by the London office of tho International News Service from Jler!!n at the London office at 6 o'clock last night. It :s4elieved that this discounts the unconfirmed report from Brussels that a revolution has occurred in Germany. (Bl'LLETIM.t LONDON. Jan. 10. Up to 4 o'clock this afternoon neither the foreign office nor the war offico had any word regarding the unconfirmed rumor from Brussels that a new revolution had broken out In Germany and that the fcibert government had been overthrown. At the war office it was raid the report was regarded with grave Huspiclon. At the foreign office it was stated that no Information had been received. The British press is skeptical, doubting tho truth of the report. mn.iEin.) LEIPZIG. GERMANY. Jan. S.-iDe-layed) The assembly of Communists and union leaders at a meeting today decided to call a general strike if a law is passed making workmen's council illegal. CARE FOR PUPILS AND PREPARE FOR Arrangements for taking care of the rurlls of the Lincoln school in temporary school rooms on tho North Side and in tho Irving and Central buildings were made by the Hammond Board of Education yesterday. Plans were also mad" for floating a bond Issue for the purpose of erecting an up-to-date building to replace the old structure. The children of the kindergarten will have their classes In e. room of the Well grocery building at the corner of GostHn and Wabash sts.; the first grade (A and B) will met in a room in the Tubrey Theater building on Hohma.n St.; the second, third and B of the fourth will attend th" Irving school and A of the fourth and ell of the fifth will attend the Central school. Those who are transferred to the Irving school will 1 have onlv half-day sessions, using the! rooms of the regular Irving classes, which will have also -only half-day sessions. j The arrangements for ettendar.ee; ati the Irving school will last only until ; arrangerr.enl s can be made, which will; allow- of full day sessions for pupils of j both buildings. j The board has decided to . root a build- 1 ing to replace the Lincoln which will j accommodate all of tho grades, but they ; have not yet decided on the details of j the building or where it will be placed. The old site of the Lincoln school mav be used or a n'w loea'lion may be selfefcd. HAMMOND BOY ILL SHORTJTIME, DIES El only since Monday with heart frtfuble. JosepM Olejniozak died Tues day at the home of his parents. Mr. j and Mrs. Joseph Olejmczak. Sr., 4so Chicago a-enu. Hammond. He was eighteen years old and leaves besides tli. parents, four brothers and three sisters . The funeral will be held Mc-nday m.-vrning at 9 o'clock from St. Casim.rs church and bui-ial will be in the Holy Cro. ce:ii"'.e; in charge c undertaker Ja?now .--k . . PNEUMONIA VICTIM Jo'.:, Ti. !fcr:-ic, g died Cjiterday .01-k at 1' s home I Ih ..,mond. follow v. ith pnoiinion -h . us old and is s'.ircv. ning at 5:3 Ki .Sheffield nv nue in'g a lru f limesM He was forty-two v iv ti by a v 1 1 "e i; The funeral w ill be Monday fifi'-rnC'i: .ti "ak 11:11 i-Mii'.-l'-! Nei-iow in charge. nd two tliildren. ;. d from the home and burin I wi-' be undertaker Chas.

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PR0CLA1 GENERAL STRIKE First Report of Revolt Comes Like Bolt from Clear Sky, Although Correspondent Had Predicted It a Week Ago.

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE LONDON, Jan. 10. According to a Reuter dispatch from Brussels today a new revolution has broken out in Germany, and the Socialist government, headed by President Frederick Ebert, has been overthrown. Travelers reaching Brussels from Germany were said by the Brussels correspondent of the Reuter agency to have brought uncoiiirnnecT reports that the anti-gov

ernment Socialists were m SUGGESTS TRUCK MAIL DELIVERY BETWEEN CITIES The directors of the East Chicago Chamber of Commerce in their weekly meeting yesterday -noon at tha Elks club rooms took up th question of better mail service for the Twin Cities and recommended that the present mail truck service between East Chicago and Indiana Harbor be extended to include runs botween tha Twin Cities and Hammond. The Chamber of Commerce took action a couple of years ago in the matter of getting better mail service with Indianapolis and as a result the service was improved, but now in order to do away with the delay which is caused by sending Indianapolis mail to Chicago, the Chamber proposes to send and receive by means of trucks through Hammond. It has been only recently that the truck system has been installed between East Chicago and Indiana Harbor, the nnU formerly going into Chicago and out urain whenever transfer dfrom ono to i the other of the Twin Cities. , . , , . . . ., ,. l..m ,rhli,h na. uruvn nvpr Thf hn'Iiltiirt of a memorial building since the derision of the state's attorney general that only one bulding can be arreted undr the law. The local committee had planned on two buildings as the best way of serving both ends of the city. The erection of a memorial building In conjunction with the Improvements to the new high i 1 ' ' .... .' ' . . ' . . ' . I 7'"" " ' A committee of seven, ; "s ".: : ' A. G. Slocomb. E. W. Wtckey, R. M. Diekey end C. K. Wallace, were appoint1 ed to co-operate with the city adminis tration, rsrk board and memorial cnI mi'. tee. SHOWS BIG Financial circles of Hammond were surprised today by the annual statement of the Mutual Savings & Loan association. The progress made by the association is really amazing. The capital stock was increased twice; durln gthe year, first from J'OO.'ioO to $1.0 00. Kin to 12.00, 00-'1. The assets for the year 1010 show an increase of 126". ono, as compared with liMF. The receipts have increased from $l"8.0f0 ot $lS9.Pen. The officers and directors have reason to feel proud of the steady rrro-Ath of the association. Each successive year adds to the rigniheance of the Mutual Savings & Loan association's t records. Cautions care Is exerc'sed in the selection of all loans and the as sociation offer? investors t'i very Pest sororities oot a i nil i - le. 1 - -1 ' 1 i 7 per cent per annum on a.'l 'ion inn t-tcd. I INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE' PEXVV1I1. Ce.tora.1o. ,lr,n. 1''- C i Morrell. vice -preci. ier.t of li'e Colorado (Federation of Lahor. has i.e.-n evprlle.i jl.y that organisation by unar.ii.sou. vote I of 'he executrce hoard for i:.cf.i a - J tivities in organizinj nnounced today. I. w.

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control and "had proclaimed a general strike. STRIKE EPSKASS &AFXBX.Y. The strike movement was reported t have spread throughout the country not held by allied forces of occupation. According to the P.euther dlfpafchea the Socialists were "masters of the situation. " (The . ?o.cia.n.sts rcfrr,ed .to In the dispatch from Brussels were evidently Indepndnts who have been opposing tha majority faction led by the President Ebert. ?T.VTE DEPtUTMEM' II AS NO (0KIHMATIO WASHINGTON. Jan. 10. The state department and other government;..' agencies here were without confirmation today ef tlie reported revolution in Germany. Other officials, however, said thy would not be surprised if the reports w ere true. It was indicated that there has been iniormation forwarded to this country which would tend to show that a revolutionary plot had been discovered in Germany. MASON PnEDIHEl) M-14V IIKVOl.1 TIO The following cablegram on the revolutionary fdtuation in Germany, was received by the International News Service on January 3 from FrankMason, its Eerlin correspondent. "Two counter revolutions ane freying in Germany, according to oper.ly printed political plans in the newspapers. The new- year finds the coiin- - onco wiiii iDiiniciio? pout cal aei tations in addition left by the war. to the problems "The reactionaries are said to be planning a revalt to re-establish the monarchy while the radicals are reto ne pioiwng an uprising to I'-r'lir .Ivont a ,ltrl,i.-rcl.ln l . t i. ! cf tRe proleUrtat. ! "The government, with a chip or ! its shoulder, proclaims that it will ruthlessly combat all attempts to overturn it. "Perlin newspapers are printlns rev -aluntionary aims of their respective political parties for 13:10 notwithstanding. KERL1N, Jj.n. i. ( Delayed.) LeadI er ( . e th. ra ' 1 wo n '-. . . . 1 - - a-.- oiv 0 . uiuvn nrre in conference today anounced that the strike which has been called in Western Germany tying up all railroad line-? in that section, is pot authorised. Thev tis-erted that the strike ws tailed by minor officials In the union it Is not believed bre that the strike will spread. The railway me-. In other parts of th country are. expected to await the results o fthe conferences that are going on here row. The union leaders ere here urging the claims of the men for higher wages. The Spartacists are taking advantage of the present situation to renew their activities. Factories af closed because of a Ta'.k of coal and thousands of workmen are idle . HOUSE VOTES TO i EXCLUDE BERGER WASHINGTON. Jan. If'. The. -houe this af'ernoon voted to exclude Victor I. I'.erger. Milwaukee socialist, elected from te Fifth Wisconsin dlstrict. The vote was 328 to 6. Those s' voting for I'.ereer were Represnta 1 iv . I Si?n, of Mississippi; S'hcrveood of J Eiirois; Harreld, of Oklahoma aue i Griffen. of New York. ! Herger was barred on grounds 01 'alleged disloyalty. He was excluded from the house last December, bitt was re-1 lectc-d. Take The Tines fid tu;h with thf whnle "Cvor-c