ri t -Hl? .:&,' : u4 J t . f ' 'v, . '' 't, a EVENING PUBLIC LEbGi3RPHlLADELl?ki:i'lM0bAX, BBlCEMBEB 16,,a&l8' VV V , '.'j-w t: i a PAES f StAM IN LISBON .w ressivc Ruler of Por- ''fMgal Assassinated After Year in Office KILLS SLAYER ,V?K &X 42 tii .. r-UJ) .i j - . j mister of Interior Becomes i,? 1 T .. TT ..1 , ueaa oi nation unm rar- liamcnt Acts Ff&, Tht assassin of tifc Associated Press ' Wbon, Dec. 16. Dr. Sldonlo Paes, Irk?. President of Portutral. made, sure of his ;?v i r&iilm Mteh lie attacked the President yes- fc?5Utert,y. cboctor raes was talklnc with f?V number of ministers nfa railroad atn- tton hero when the young:" man ap- ry WMMu4tM'V4',i,k frfAnrT YTa Mr-'&dd In Rai-wln a plafol. 'fired polnlblank at tue ;v. nesa The murderer was killed by the 'crowd and another man, suspected of E-r eompltclty !n therrlme was arrested. By nti Man aM.iHtrf wnA a olrtatr nAPIl .,'t liar to the Inhabitants of the province of Alemtejo, In the southern part of the 'country. Ha had a revoher In his pocket when arrested and asked the (polios to save him from being lynched because, he had Important re elatlons to make. An tr& edition of tho Official Jour nal has. been published and contains a proclamation annoonccng that -tho cabinet will remain in ofllce under Osorlo Castro, minister of justice. After tho Minister of the Interior had assumed' the off lo of President, Alfredo Magalhles, Minister of Marine, u.v charged with the duty of heading the foreign office, which portfolio wat borne by Doctor Paes In conjunction with the presidency. The Government as thus constituted tv 111 remain In offlco until v action Js taken by the Parliament iintcli has been called to meet today. The body of Doctor Paes was taken today to tha Belem Palaco to await the funeral ceremonies. Thp whole capital Is in mourning with a deep undercurrent of excitement among both military and civilians who are organizing parades in which the marchers call for engeancc for the crime. The Government has Issued an appeal to all public officials asking them to do everything posslblo to preserve order. Police authorities suspect that tho crime was planned by the league of Re publican Youths. There is a unanimous protest against the crime on the part of the population and demonstrations are foreseen. Union labor leaders have been placed under protection by the police. Dr. Sldonlo Paes headed a successful revolt against the Costa government In Portugal In December, 131T. and con stituted! himself President of the provi sional government on December J, a few days more than a year before he was ' assassinated. . Last April he was confirmed In ofllce by an election by direct universal suf- ! frage, an event regarded as a victory P.1? wayshas,.been Identified. One of his ft y B P-, to EfM" first steps as President was to bring about a rapprochement with the Church, which had .boen systematically perse cuted ever since the establishment of the republic, and It was recently an nounced that resumption of dlplomatla relations with tho Vatican had been arranged. Because of his policy of conciliation and efforts toward a greater participa tion In the war by Portugal, he nat urally, aroused much animosity among tho Radicals, who, although they hnvo lost political control, are still a strong factor nt Lisbon. There have been fre quent reports of plots against him, and only ten days ago, while walking In the streets of the capital. Doctor Paes was fired at, but tho shot went wild. The President's aggressor was arrested. Doctor Paes was a professor in the University of Colmbra when he en tered the Portuguese cabinet In 1911 as Minister of Publlo Works. At tho out break of the war he was Portuguese minister to Germany and remained In Berlin until the early part of 1815, when ho returned to Lisbon. Shortly after Doctor Paes's accession to the presidency, Fllson Young pennod this tribute to him following an inter view: "Today In the once royal palace of Belem I was aware of a breath of what may very well be one of the Inspiring and guiding Influences in 1 urope after the-war, in the shApe of Senhor Sldonlo Paes, the self-constituted and already Idolized President of the Portuguese re public. "II by no meanq underestimates the task before him. for before Portugal can be happy or truly prooporoun the people must bo cured of the vice of re garding politics as a sport. "'It is .the whole habit of mind that has to be changed. The thought of the country, the spirit of tho country, must bo given a new direction It Is a for midable thing to attempt, but it li tho only thing which it is any use to at tempt.' "In theso words, uttered with Intense conviction, the President showed that ho was Inspired by the only spirit In which to set about making a new and happier world after the war. It Is no uo patch ing up old things; jou must mnko pcoplo care for, wish for, work for, make sac rifices for quite different things from those which were tho lodestars of the epoch now so violently ending "And Sldonlo Paes Is, I think, the first man In power to give expression to a bold determination to seek for and secure In his people this spiritual change It is for that reason that 1 think If he gets his way Portugal may ct be, a model not only for republics, but alto for all communities that have tasted the bitter results of a purely material philosophy." I. W.W. FEAR GIRL WILL BARE PLOT Little MiBs Pollok May Turn State's Evidence in California Trial 46 UNDER INDICTMENT Destruction of Crops and For ests Among the Charges Being Pressed v enumerated Vy Duncan, Tha cam paign of Intimidation, ho said, would play a prominent part In the presont conspiracy case. In which the defendants are charged with attempting to obstruct tho efforts of jho Federal Government for winning the war by means of strikes, forest fires and other means. BRITISH ELECTION TEST FOR LABOR ITALIAN CASUALTIES i Victorious Lloyd George ) Coalition Secures 400 DURING WAR 1,500,000 ! Seats in Commons . Sacrimento, Cal , Dec. 1$ Miss Theodora Pollok, who w 1th forty flve masculine members of tho I. W. V. are on trial here under Indictments charging obstruction of war efforts, Is expected to turn Etatc'3 evidence when tho trial Is resumed today. Torty-three of her co-defendants have been keeping silent since the case was opened last week but Miss Pollok, Baslle Slfferes and A. L. Fox havo been restless under the charges Mha PolloU's alleged de termination to toll all Bho knows has caused a pnnlo among the defendants, whn now fear this little woman will Would betray them Miss Pollok, for Instance, asserts that If she camo out hero to heal her lungs, Premier Orlando Declares Army and Material Should Be Kept Intact By the Associated Prosi name. Dec. 10. During the wnr the Italian army lost 16,600 olllcers killed. General Zupclll, tho Minister of War, declared In the Senate. More thin 30,000 oflicers were wounded seriously. General Zupelll said Italy had moro men under arms, proportion ate to population, than nny other nation. The war, he said, had cohI Italy fifty four billion lire (about $10,800,000,000). The public debt at the end ot October was sixty-four billion lire Premier Orlando told tho Scnato that Itnlv was not In a position to dc moblllzo a single man and that all war mateilal should bo kept Intact. The Immediate difficulties to ho surmounted, he said, hnd not diminished, but had lncrcised. Ho ndded that reparation for damages was a question outside discussion. ROOM FOR SURPRISES Rumor Credits Premier With Purpose of Appointing Woman Minister and If she becamo convinced that 1. 1 President Wilsons principles, ho con W W a i1ri &rl n n I rienrlnif riTirl a i . . t . i SMUTS QUITS WAR CABINET South African Representative Sa)s Need of Him Is Ended Iondon, Dec. 10 (By A. P) Lieu tenant General Jan Christian Smuts has resigned as member of the war cabinet, on the ground that the end of the war has terminated the need of his services, according to tho Express Jan Christian Smuts long has been a figure, in the political life of South Africa During the Boer war he com manded tho Republican forces In Colony. In 1907 he became commander of Brit ish forces In Hast Africa, fighting against the Germans, his success In that cam paign being remarkable. In Januarj, 1917, the British Govern ment named him a member of the Im perial war conference as reprehcntntlve of the Union of South Africa, and In June, 1917, ho entered the war cabinet His services to tho British Govejnment since th-it period have been distinguished In many ways. W. W.'s deserved a fair hearing, and that If a poem and a letter of some thing happened to be found In her home, that was no reason for Indicting her for conspiracy under the Hsplonago Act She has appealed to Attorney General Gregory for a separate trial, and has enlisted In her behalf the efforts of at least two men high up in labor circles In Washington. Hut nothing came of these efforts, and she now Is on trial w Ith the others she and the other two non-silent defend ants Insisting at every opportunity that Injustice Is being done. The Government, which Is pushing the Indictments relentlessly through Itobert Duncan, (he special prosecutor. Insists on the guilt of tho entire fortv-sl Duncan asserts the defendants conspired to hamper the United States in work essential to carrying on tho war, and ho Is going at the Job of trilng to prove tho Government's contention witn ever appearance of confidence Miss Pollock and the other two In sl't that their efforts In behalf of labor had nothing to do, and were not In tended to have an thing to do with In terfering with tho war program of tho Government In his opening on Thursday, Proso cutor Duncan promised that evidence to show that the Industrial Workers of the World Inflicted losses on tho agri cultural Interests of California In ex cess of $8,000,000, and that In the case of Ford and Suhr, two of the principal defendants In tho wheat land, hop field riots In California several jeara ago, members of the organization by a cam paign of Intimidation planned to des troy property at the rate of $600,000 a week. "We will show you,' Bald Mr. Duncan, "that the Industrial Workers of the World were responsible for tho destruc tive forest fires In this State and that some of those who set these afire nre among the defendants We will show ou how they burned the barns and hny stacks with phosphorus acids and other means " Sensational allegations relative to the attempts of the Workers "to Intimidate public ofllclals and citizens ' were also tlnued. excluded an Idimnlty In the traditional sense of the word, but doubt less Italy would adopt the same policy regarding reparations as the other Allies A commission lnd been ap pointed to establish Italy's damages. v York, Dec. IS -(By A. P.) Italv, with a population of only 36,000, Onn nnd with 5 600,000 men called to tho colors suffered approximately 1,500,000 casualties In the wrr, General Kmlllo Gugllemettl, military attache of the Itnllan war mission, nnnounced in nn address at a Bed Cross rally here. Of tho 1,600,000 casualties General Gugllemettl said, rpproxlmately 600,000 were killed or died of wounds and 500,000 were permanently disabled Declaring that with the exception of tho United States all tho othor Allied nations had Raftered equally heavy losses, General Gugllemettl asserted that "for the Bed Cross the war is not lover." By the Associated Press Tendon, Dec 16. Considering the novel conditions under which Saturday's elections were held nnd the necessity of waiting for a fort night before the ballots are counted, there Is very little Indulgence In specu lation ns to the result. It Is universally admitted to bo almost a foregone con clusion that the Lloyd George coalition has been victorious and will probably havo some 400 members In the new House of Commons. Naturally, with mnny millions of new voters, women as well as men, there Is ample room for surprises and tho Gov ernment party will feel doubt as to Its success, even If several members of the cabinet. Including Sir Hrlc Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty; Sir Albert H. Stanley, president of the Board of Trade, and Edward Shortt, Chief Secre tary for Ireland hrve been elected. Greatest curiosity centers, however, on the strength of tho labor vote, which under new conditions Is nn unknown quantity. Women' Voles Divided i While It Is believed that the women ot south England mainly supported Coali tion, candidates, It would be no surprise , If It Is found that In the Midland nnd i northern Industrial counties tne woman vote largely supported labor. It was because the Labor party was determined to test Us strength that It refused (o compromise with Liberal can didates In three-cornered constituencies, although such a compromise would have given the dntl-conllttona greater strength In tha new Parliament. The Labor party hopes to win 6ver 100 seats, but It Is believed that, had the elections been postponed until after tho treaty of peace was signed, the party would have secured nt least ZOO, Political speculation Is chiefly con cerned with the reconstruction of the cabinet after tho election. One --rumor credits Premier Lloyd George vvltn favoring the appointment of the 'first woman minister, The name of Pank hurst Is mentioned In this connection. Take Families to roll. Saturday's elections were featured by w.u u.w. ,,( immucr ot women vot ing. The novelty of possessing tho fran chise seemed to appeal to them In all parts of the country, the women flocking io me uoouiH in crow us anu outnumber Ing tho male voters In some districts Many were accompanied by their hus bands, but the majority went alone, in working class districts mothers In many cases tooK tneir ramuies niong. uenerauy spcnKing, ine women re- garaea tneir new rcsponsimntles very seriously and showed themselves to be fully acquainted with the procedure of voting. In some constituencies compett tlon among women to achieve tho dis tinction of being- the first to record their vo'tes resulted In long queues lining up beforo tho booths opened, A remarkablo number of aged, even Infirm, women voted, In spite ot the per' slstent rain which prevailed over virtu ally the whole country. Men often re marked that their votes were nullified by their wives supporting opposing can didates. 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