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CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER Weather Forecait Probably rain today turning Financial Markets Xko day business news in hls edltiom jin north portion coldor VENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SIXTEEN PAGES CLEVELAND WEDNESDAY MORNING MARCH 6 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS NO 65 JflIP GEDDES SAYS U-WAR IS KEPT IN CHECK DEMOCRATS WIN CLEAN SWEEP IN ELECTIONS BURNS WIFE SLAYS SELF AT HEAD OF id Named by President to Take Place Gets Position Despite His Views IS FOR CENTRALIZATION Balked in his efforts to talk with his eight -year-old daughter who was in the custody of his divorced wife Abraham Aleck 30 of Detroit threw acid on his wife Ida Aleck 3338 317th street last night and then shot himself to death according to Police Lieutenant Cadek who answered the call for help Mrs Noah Gordon with whom Mrs Aleck W'as living attempted to grab the bottle of acid from hand when he was scuffling with his wife she told Ileut Cadek She was badly burned about the hands And body when the contents were spilled Mrs Aleck was taken to St Alexis hospital where she is in a critical condition She is suffering from deep burns about the face hands and body Physicians fegr that she lost her sight The body of Aleck was taken to the county morgue to be held until word is received from his relatives at Detroit- Slayer Tells Jury very of Wife and in Home Temorar-Deranged Mind ERS SHED TEARS nt Says He Planned ide to End His Unhappiness Is will figure conspicuously upp murder trial in Judge court today They will the present state of Elmer lind and to the probable de-seif-control he was able ie on the night of Jan 10 shot and killed Charles thur Hyde superintehd-Cleveland State hospital nined the accused man in room yesterday after-be called by County Prose-irfler for the state rry Drysdalc is to be Attorneys William Boyd ini David for the defense Walter Laffer and Adam may also' give evidence '(-motional point he main bulwark of the de-case David yesterday directed on of Sheriff Hanratty to the court room who Mr A Galbraith important for the defense claim hem in Chicago and threat with molestation if they Cleveland to testify for GHOST IN HOUSE TOO THIN EXCUSE FOR MOVING OUT 6IEE-BIC FEAR (AIL DESPITE Carry Four Congresional Districts Give National House Majority (SMK'Ul Ui The Plain Dealer) NEW YORK March In the congressional elections held here today Democrats were elected in all four districts where polling took place As a result the Democrats in the national house of representatives have been assured a clear working majority three members Anthony Griffin Democrat was elected in the twenty-second district over Richard Furlong Republican by a plurality of U14S The vote for Furlong was exceeded by that for Arthur Dieckman Socilaist The woman vote was 54S0 out of 12008 Griffin wifi succeed Henry Bruckner also a Democrat William Cleary Democrat was elected rfom the eighth congressional district to succeed Daniel Griffin Democrat His plurality over Wil-mot Morehouse Republican was 4744 Nearly half the 22211 votes cast in ihed istrict were polled by women John Delaney Democrat was elected in the seventh district by a plurality of 3 Hid to succeed John Fitzgerald Democrat Women cast 7007 of the 3345 votes in the disn tfict Jerome Donovan Democrat was elected in he twenty-first district over John A Holies Republican by a plurality of 2101 to succeed Murray Hulbert Democrat The total vote was 23928 with 0372 cast by women In the more densely populated sections of the Twenty-second district in Harlem nearly two-thirds of the votes cast lip to late today were of women In these neighborhoods many women visited the polls accompanied by email children some wheeling baby carriages A woman walked into one voting place carrying a baby in her arms A clerk gallantly held it while its mother cast her ballot Election officials said very few of what they termed were asked by the women voters Some of them however could not see the necessity of folding their ballots in the prescribed form and expressed curiosity as to why they shoufd be asked their names by a clerk as they left the booth I just wrote it on the as one woman put it they must all be from out in Colorado or California wherd they voted before' conjectured one official in explanation of the quickness with which the women cast their ballots Suffrage leaders had planned to have women watchers in every voting place but partial canvass indicated they were actually present in but little more than one-half of the polling places BERGER FOR ARMISTICE Socialist Wants to Bring Mammies Back From France MILWAUKEE March Victor Berger candidate for United States senator on the Socialist ticket today announced his platform in which he says that if elected he will work for the passage of a resolution by congress directing the president to summon the warring countries to an immediate armistice and peace conference and the withdrawal of American troops from Europe to procure absolute security for this country Americans Rout Strong German Attack Patrols Later Capture Prisoners in No Land SHELL RAIN CONTINUES Teutons Hurl 2000 Projectiles Into Sector Losses Few (Jly Aasoeiatfld Trem) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE Monday March (Delayed) Shells have been falling thick and fast within the American lines and upon the positions on the Toul sector today Aside from a big barrage which the enemy placed on the American posit-tions at daylight in this neighborhood 2000 projectiles have been dropped in the vicinity of the terrain occupied by the Americans many of them upon towns The American casualties however have been extremely light Sunday night the continued to shll the enemy and put down two barrages on his positions The infantry activity was confined solely to patrol parties The Americans searched No Land in the snow for the bodies of enemy killed in the raiding None was found but the body of one American was discovered in the American ire in front of a listening post The man had on his gas mask A bullet had passed through his head Only cartridges remained in his rifle hich was found under his body and there were other Indications that he died fighting It Is snowing hard Americans Bag Germans PARIS March 3 A German attack last night on the trenches held by American forces in Ijorraine was repulsed the French official statement Issued today announced American patrols operating in the same region tho statement ads took a number of German prisoners Berlin Admit Attaek BERLIN via London March Increased fighting activity yesterday on the Lorraine front in northern France and in the central Vosges region is reported In army headquarters announcement Kharp Fighting at Ieaa IADNDON March 3 Sharp fighting in the vicinity of Lens is reported in the official communication issued here tonight The statement follows: cover of considerable artillery bombardment at dawn today a hostile raiding party attacked our trenches west of Jens The attack was completely repulsed after sharp fighting wherein we captured a few prisoners Many casualties were inflicted on the enemy during his withdrawal enemy party which approached our lines this morning northwest of St Quentin also was driven off Submarines Sunk as Fast as Built but Ship Building Lags LONDON March 0 Sir Eric Geddes first lord of the admiralty told the house of commons today that the trend of figures in loss of shipping by enemy action was improving steadily Sir Eric declared that the loss to the world's tonnage during February was little more than half the loss during February last year "For some said Sir Eric believe that we and the Americans have been sinking submarines as fast as they are allies are making every effort to increase their production of the naval chief continued despite glowing reports- in the American press and great as the effort of that country doubtless is there is no doubt a considerable time must elapse before the desired output is Sir Eric announced that the naval forces of the allies in European waters would be augmented shortly by a force of Brazilian warships Heavy IOwftes Id Mediterranean In the waters around the British Isles which had been the enemy's chief field for submarine operations the greatest successes against the U-boats had been obtained so far latterly with the help of American naval forces the speaker stated On the other hand conditions in the Mediterranean had been more difficult Losses there accounted for some per cent of the merchant ships sunk The resources for combatting the submarines in those waters were less adequate and the successes obtained less Sir Eric said the rate of exaggeration in the German reports of tonnage alleged to have been sunk was increasing steadily The exaggeration in the second quarter of the period of unrestricted submarine warfare was twice tnat or the first quarter The rates in the third and fourth quarters were three and' four times that of the first quarter and in January' four and one-half times the first quarter The first lord said he was seriously concerned at the increasing number of vessels lost at night It appeared the enemy was assisted in this matter by negligence on the part of ship owners wiio displayed lights instead of darkening their vessels It became increasingly evident Sir Eric went on that as the resources for combatting the submarine proved is would be possible to turn attention more to the Mediterranean Greek Navy Helps recently went to Rome fora meeting of the allied naval committee and also inspected naval establishments In the Mediterranean including those of the Greek he said naval officers are assisting the Greeks In re-organization of their navy which already is co-operating in the Mediterranean and rendering valuable It was perhaps natural the speaker continued that co-operation between Great Britain and the United States should be extremely close On behalf of himself and his colleagues he wished publicly to pay tribute to the whole hearted and generous devotion to prosecution of the war which governed the action of every representative of the United States navy with which they came into contact The personnel of all ranks he said had the respect and esteem of the officers of the British navy Submarine were being destroyed in increasing numbers he continued and as the methods employed against them were developed the numbers would be enlarged still further There was a growing reluctance on the part of German crews to put to sea The chances that a submarine would return from a voyage in the waters around Kngland were one in four or one in five The loss for the five months ended with February was 10 per cent less titan the loss during the corresponding months of the year previous he added although during four months of the latter period unrestricted submarine war had not been proclaimed by the enemy have the first lord explained -that the curve of losses of merchant shipping continues downward This statement i as true today as when previously made It is true there have been bad weeks and bad months February was in comparison with recent standards a bad (Continued en Page 2 Column 3 Court Holds Plea is Rather Transparent for Law KANSAS CITY Mo March Relief that a house is haunted does not relieve a tenant from fulfilling his obligation in a lease Circuit Jodgc Thomas Buckner ruled today in holding that Eardley of Joplin Mo must pay 250 in rent to Britt of Kansua City According to the evidence Eardley rented a house from Hritt in 1013 A few months after he had signed the lease Eardley learned that a man had been murdered in the basement a few years before He thereupon moved Eardley testified he believed the house was haunted SAYS HUNS USE CRIPPLES Orman Hld la rn AYrilra Slli-r Bnrharltlrn (Swrlt! to Th Plain llaalw) TOIKPO March That Germany ia using cripples in the trenches wherever possible is the assertion of John Kusnicfek a German prisoner of war now in France in a letter to ilia aister Mrs Francis Tucholsk! in tills city Kusnicrek says Hiat he had been wounded three times He says another brother also was wounded twice and each lime after recovery has been returned to the front Hundreds of youths he asserts maimed by shell fire have not been allowed to po home after they have recovered from Injuries Germany is using lads as young as fourteen years In a number of her trendies on the west front he writes He said he is greatly pleased at being a prisoner in France He Is bitter in Ills arraignment of the German military system army Outgrows fife Harmonica la Prime Favorite at Campo WASHINGTON March The war department forecast today that the harmonica may soon replace the fife In the traditions of the American army So many soldiers able to play this instrument have been found in the various army camps that the idea has originated with ttie war department commission on Irainiiig camp activities to have a harmonica band in each division Tokioto Decide Extent of Campaign American Backing Announced at Cabinet Meeting Siberian Councils Form Republic and Denounce Peace Russian Trend Toward War ROUANIAN KING STAYS? Enemy Sends New Ultimatum to Bukharest Germans Adance in Russia (Hr AamtaM Piw WASHINGTON March 5 Tha United States now is in agreement with Japan Great Britain and th other allies on the principle of action In Siberia but the details remain to be worked ouh This became known today as the cabinet met with the president to discuss tits subject of Japanese intervention in Asiatic Russia REQUEST JAP ACTION IAIN DON March 5 Tho Evening News says the question of Japanese intervention In Siberia has been settled and that all the entente powers as well as the United States have agreed to Immediate action to safeguard the interests of the allies It Is understood according to a Reuter dispatch from Tokio that tho Japanese government is extremely well informed of the developments in Siberia but at present is adopting a policy of watchful walling Japan is carefully avoiding arousing the antagonism of loyal Russians who notwithstanding their dire need of assist uiicc appear to be extremely sensitive of outside interference Itecognizing also that China is entitled to consideration as a protector of the frontier on whlelt Japan does not actually border Japan the dispatch says probably has agreed with China on a plan for prompt co-operation The Daily Mail says that the joint representations by the British French und Italian ambassadors in Tokio that Japan intervene in Siberia will be tantamount to a request that Japan take steps necessary to afford prompt and adequate protection to allied interests there the Immediate object being to safeguard the military stores at Vladivostok and along the Trans-Siberian railroad Jsps to Decide Campaign Japanese military authorities'' says the Mail decide How far into Siberia it la feasible to carry the protective measure which besides safeguarding the military stores also would seek to prevent the vast food supplies in the Siberian area bordered on the went roughly by a line parallel with Omsk falling into Germany's hands Is every reason to believe Japan in return for a free hand desires and is prepared to give the allies every ussurance of dtsintered-neRs and of the single minded purpose to act swiftly and efficiently solely In the joint allies interests "The American ambassador is not expected to join in the request Although the United States is not a formal party to the allied proposal no opposition to the step now im-niincnt is REPUBLIC IN SIBERIA OIAklDA Russia March a A new Siberian Council of and Workmen's republic at Irkutsk which has determined not to recognize any imperialistic German peace has organized a council of national Siberian commissioners composed of eleven members of the Bolsheviki and four Social Revolutionaries of the left The president of the council is Shozatsky and the minister of foreign affairs Weinhaum A Siberian central executive committee to act as an independent legislative body also has been formed ROUMANIAN PLIGHT WASHINGTON March 1 Count Czernin Austro-Hungarian premier the state department today was advised told the Roumanian premier In the peace negotiations now in progress that unless Roumanla yielded she was to be crushed but that if she ceded Dobrudja and agreed to rectification of boundaries she might preserve her integrity and her present ruling dynasty The Roumanians of Transylvania have protested against what they call their abandonment by the Roumanian government according to an official dispatch today from France A telegram to King Ferdinand from the delegation in Faris says that the Transylvanians hailed Roumania as their liberator upon her advent into (CmUbmA an Fag Colusa Si Baruch Openly Criticised the Conduct of War Department BY BEN ALLEN Flain Dealer Bureau Ilk Post Building WASHINGTON March 5 With definite assurance from President Wilson of increased powers Bernard Baruch of New Tork was named today as chairman of the war industries board He succeeds Daniel Willard who resigned early in January to return to his work president of the Baltimore Ohio railroad Mr Willard succeeded Frank A Scott of Cleveland who was the first chairman of the board Mr Willard is not out of government work however His re-election as chairman of the advisory commission of the Council of National Defense was announced late today Under direct instructions from President Wilson Chairman Baruch will reorganize the board and attempt not alone a mobilization but centralization of the industries of the country with the idea of bringing about maximum war efficiency for the allied cause Sets Forth Functions In announcing the appointment of Mr Baruch President Wilson set forth the functions of the war industries board as he wants them established under the new deal Summarized the suggestions of the president are: 1 The creation of new facilities and the disclosing if necessary the opening up of new or additional sources of supply 2 The oonversion of existing facilities where necessary to new uses 3 The studious conservation of resources and facilities by scientific commercial and industrial economies 4 Advice to the several purchasing agencies of the government with regard to the prices to be paid 5 The determination wherever necessary of priority of production and of delivery and of the proportions of any given article to be made immediately accessible to the several purchasing agencies when the supply of that article is insufficient either temporarily or permanently 6 The making of purchases for the allies Named Deitplte Vlraa President Wilson named Mr Baruch with a full knowledge of the testimony given by him before the senate military affairs committee Investigating the management of the war In this testimony Mr Baruch expressed the opinion that the re-organization proposed by Secretary of War Baker did not go far enough to suit him in the way of centralization The plan of action outlined by President Wilson however follows very closely the scheme of reorganization worked out on a chart and presented to the senate committee on military affairs by Secretary of War Baker While empowered to act as the "general of all the supply ce-partments Chairman Baruch specifically is instructed to let alone what is being successfully done and to interfere as little as possible with the present normal processes of purchase and delivery in the several departments What is regarded as the development of prime importance in the reorganization of the board is contained in the instructions by the president that the ner chairmen anticipate as far as possible the prospective needs of the several departments of the government and their feasible adjustment to the industry of the country as far in advance as possible in order that as definite an outlook and opportunity for planning as possible may be afforded the business men of the Chairman Baruch believe it essential so far as possible to keep industries generally going Everything must bend to war efficiency but in following out this program Chairman Baruch proposes to give all industry as square a deal as possible This view will be kept constantly in mind in considering the question of non-essentials In all cases an effort will be made to give manufacturers the best possible chance to adjust their affairs to suit the war needs of the country There will he a still further enlargement of the powers of Chairman Baruch with the enactment of the Overman bill now pending in con-(OrattBMt a Put A Cebaa S) 'atcbra Stiapect Hanratty said he was pow-take action against the ie alleged offense was com-Chicago but he assigned a iriff to watch the individual I to him and to see that he terfere with the Galbraiths ier witnesses David said the man of complained has no connective prosecution but is as-ith outside interests that active and made them-oxious during the trial her as I think no other man a Elmer Hupp )ld the jury yesterday his affection for ho he said twice betrayed twice drove him to the Lcide iends had told me in Chile second betrayal and I and found Joyce and my er I went crazy' cr I never could get along and ell I meant to do the murder was to take one her and little Consuella lot out of her way by ery woman in court was eping as Hupp told of his his wife and daughter of son of infidelity two and ago of his forgiveness of dread of else of sleepless nights of his ith his wife to be less th Joyce and of the final HuppV Lakewood home ttous and almost worn out and anxiety frequently "ipe his eyes Even the crowded court room were cted by the pathos of his anguish One woman cly overcome and had to from the court lrt Inlo Tears relatives of Mrs Hupp rhey told of the accused after he learned that been unfaithful months came into her life dice Galbraith who was cse and lived in Columbus marriage last April de-jes at the Hupp home the ltblctic Club and down-at which Joyce Mrs wnetimes Mr Hupp ere wid of the mem-' Parties had names Hupp was and my husband 8he Said called president of Ciulj the witness Imer that Joyce was me- Of course when I 1 didn't mean it but I his SELLFOE WEALTH Allen Properly (nutodlan Rales on Enemy Properly In I' WASHINGTON March 3 A Mitchell Palmer alien property custodian in a statement issued today said there was no contemplation by his office to sell enemy property in this country except where concerns are being liquidated under license by the war trade hoard Point Out That Men in Other Walks Are Too Few to Fill Quota Unless Change is Made OFFICIAL EXPECTS SHIFT Relieves Class 1 Number Will he Made Basis Industrial Sections Hit Too Letters from farmers in agricultural districts around Cleveland are pouring into district draft appeal headquarters to find out if their deferred classification on agricultural grounds will mean anything The writers have been put in Class 2 If the quotas of their districts are determined on the old basis of total population they will be reached in the first call Practically all the males in these sections are farmers and have been put in the deferred class On the basis of population alone the district would be asked for 100 men for instance while the number of men of draft age other than farmers in Class 1 has been reduced to only a few When examination time comes the farmers plead thp local boards will have to get the required quota of 300 They will be compelled to hurry through the very few young men in the district who are not farmers and will come into Class 2 at once See Aim Thwarted say the farmers deferred classification on agricultural grounds would mean absolutely nothing except that the Class 2 men would be a little farther up in the draft In this way the classification would defeat its ow ends which were to take first for the army the men who could ts spared best from civil Chief Clerk Austin Giblin has reas cured the anxious agriculturists Ha hs pointed out that Provost Marshal General Crowder is now pleading with the house committee of congress to have the number of men in Class 1 instead of the total population made the basis for determining quotas feel confident that the number in Class 1 will be the basis" Chief Clerk Giblin said last night the draft lists that are being sent in from here and other cities this week it soon will be known in Washington just how many men in the country are in Class 1 The question raised by the farmers applies also to city districts Where there are many foreigners in a local jurisdiction Class 1 will be used up almost at once if population is the basis for settling the quota Clerk Giblin points out Might Affect City Also In case that a large proportion of the males of draft age had been given a deferred classification for industrial reasons the complaint of the farmers holds good in the city Mr Giblin said Class 1 then would be quickly used up owing to the fact that under the local jurisdiction there was little besides an industrial population The Cuyahoga county farm survey to learn the labor needs of fanners well be completed Monday night Representatives of the State-City employment bureau and five county agents are making the canvass Information obtained ill be used for a campaign to recruit a farm regiment from Cleveland School Superintendent Spaulding has -given hia cordial sanction to the (iouttmicd COamm TEUTON-SLAV TERMS Text of Peace Treaty Dictated to Helpless Bolsheviki by Berlin PREFERS ARMS TO CAKE Snmmjr Writes Mother Sweets Won't Kill Germans WASHINGTON March 5 take up good space with sweets that should be used for needed ammunition Candy and cakes taste fine but they do much good when the Hun starts his offensive so do anything to hinder the United That is the spirit of the American soldiers in France as expressed by an Asheville trooper in a letter to his mother Postmaster General Burleson to whom the mother wrote quoting her letter declared today such a sentiment expressed the American spirit that would win the war HOOVER ACTING CAPTAIN Went Point IJealenant XV a Slain In German Attack BLACKFOOT Ida March Stewart JJoover 21 who was killed leading American forces that repelled an attack near Toul Friday had been acting as a captain eince last October according to information given out by his family tonight This announcement is believed to clear up confusion as to his rank through his being" mentioned as captain of th West Point 3917 class" in dispatches In the casualty list Hoover was listed as a lieutenant AMSTERDAM Monday March 4 (Delayed) Russia and the central powers in the peace treaty reached at Brest Litovnk agreed that the war between them should be at an end Berlin dispatches say The third clause of the treaty provided that the regions west of a line agreed upon and which is to be delineated later formerly belonging to Russia shall have no further obligation toward Russia and Germany and Austria will determine their fate in agreement with their population Article 4 provides for the evacuation of the Anatolian provinces and the surrender of Erivan Kars and Batum to Turkey The treaty continues: 5 Russia will withoJt delay carry out the complete demobilization of her army including the forces newly formed by the present government Russia will further transfer her warships to Russian harbors and leave them there until a general peace or immediately disarm Warships of Btates continuing In a state of war with the quadruple alliance will be treated as Russian warships in so far as they are wiihln Russian control barred zone in the Arctic continues in force until the conclusion of peace An immediate begin-lag wiU of th removal of mined ill the Halim and In no far as Kusslan power extends In the lilark hob shipping Is free in these waters and will be resumed immediately A mixed commission will be ap-pointed to fix further regulations especially for the announcement of routes for merchant ships Shipping routes are to be kept permanently from floating mines Fi Russia undertakes immediately to conclude peace with the Fkraine peoples- republic and to recognize the peace treaty between this state and tho powers of the quadruple alliance Fkrainian territory will be Immediately evacuated by the Russian troops and the Russian Red Guard will cease all agitation or propaganda against the government or the public institutions of the Ukrainian peoples' republic and IJvonia will likewise be evacuated without delay by the Russian troops and the Russian Red Guard eastern frontier of Kathouia follows In general the line of tke Narma river The eastern frontier of Iivonia runs in general through Relpus lake and Vaskov lake to the southwesterly corner of the latter: then over Lubahner (Guban) lake In (OaatlaaaA Tl I Cateaa S) raith Darrated incidents Competent help is more and more at a premium these days and just why you ve got to advertise to get the hot They know that the best jobs are offered in The Tlain Dealer Help Wanted Columns at ChicaSt) on Tues-before the shoot-r in rfday- Jan- 10 it 2)1 Onckstone hotel ht Chicago on hi told hlm there was about lng morning been lh? elePhone and ovc -to lhat Mrs in l0Ve l'ih under his kr had nothing 11 lev rried and heg-L hm- He seemed V-Colaauj j) XVII TEACH OFFIC ERS FRENCH Granville locator Granted Leave of Abaeneet Leave for Cbllllrothe GRANVILLE March Prof A Odcbrent A of Denison university today was grranled a leave of absence till the end of sprint vacation in ordr that he may go to Camp Sherman and teach French Prof Odebrent is a native born Frenchman It is expected he will instruct about lqno officers Ho left Gran-rills this morning.