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VOL. XXXI, No. 207.
CHATTANOOGA. TENN.. FRIDAY EVENING. JUNE 27, 1919.
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Very Best Features
MUELLER AND BELL PASS
THROUGH COLOGNE 9:45 A.M.
K "' y jiii . i ii i i ' ' t
German Envoys On Way to Versailles, Tele
; f phone Message Says. -
DRIVE OUTLAWS
OUT OF POLAND
ITALIAN1 DELEGATION
NOW DEFINITELY KNOWN
EX-KAISER WILL
NEVER BE TRIED
Strong Opinion of American
. Delegates and Reasons
for This Belief.
GOVERNMENT TROOPS TAKE
CHARGE CITY OF HAMBURG
V i
Order Hostilities Cease, Prisoners Released and
Weapons Delivered.
Arrangements for Ceremony of Concluding Peace With
. , iEnemy Proceeding On Understanding That It Will
; Occur Saturday, 3 P.M. Wilson Sails Sunday.
' Coblenaj June 27. (A. P.) Foreign Secretary Mueller and
Colonial Secretary Bell, the two German peace delegates on their
way to Versailles, passed through Cologne at 9:5 o'clock this
morning, a telephone message from Cologne reported. r
( A Berlin dispatch to the Cologne newspapers says the Ger
man delegates understand they are to sign the treaty at 8 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. , , ' i
. V " Says Good-By to Newspaper Men.
v ' Paris, June 2T. Plans w.ere completed by the council of four
today iot the signing of the peace treaty at 8 o'clock Saturday
afternoon. No official statement, however, was issued by the
Council.. - , ' - , ' t , .
' President Wilson received American newspaper correspond
ents at the Hotel De Crillon at 2 o'clock this afternoon and said
his good-bys to them. ' , ,
Last Conference With Pershing. 1
r The president went to American headquarters to meet the
other members of the American delegation and GenPershing, the
American commander-in-chief, for a final conference and to say
farewell. It was announced semiofficially ; today the German
peace plenipotentiaries would arrive. in Paris at 9 o'clock tonight.
" ",. Aoeording te advioee reeeiyed by the American authorities at Cob
,Ienz, Ministers Mueller and Ball laft Berlin in' the greatevt aeereoy on
a apaeial train, fearing an attempt on their live.
Bia Four Perfeotino Plane.
Parts, June 27. (A. P.) While no
. official announcement had been made
- up ejo shortly before noon today re
garding the time for the ceremony of
I sighing the peace treaty with Ger
many, arrangements for the event
are proceeding on the understanding
tha Jt will occur at J pjn. on Satur
day. The council of four, was In
. session this morning perfecting the
plana for the signing.
If. the signing occurs as contem-
(By Associated Press.) , '
Dr. Hermann Mueller, German for
elgij minister, and Dr. Johannes Bell,
minister at the colonies, are ot their
way from Berlin to .Versailles to sign
ths treaty of peace, having passed
through Cologne this morning. They
are expected to reach their destina
tion Saturday morning and arrange
ments are proceeding for the sign
ing of the treaty at I o'clock Satur
day afternoon.' "",''
Notwithstanding the probability
that the formal signing of the treaty
seems near to accomplishment, Paris
reports Intimate .there is a feeling
among the allied delegates that t the
signing -may' not bring fa a close', the1
tense situation between the allies and
Germans. .
A bad Impression as to' the sta
bility of the present German govern
ment has been created in Paris. It is
pointed out there is no provision In
the treaty as to when Germany must
i REVIEW OF PEACE SITUATION
Foreign Secretary Mueller Leaves
Berlin With Sad and Bleeding Heart
' (By Alfred G. Andersen.)
Berlin, June 27. (t. N. S.) "I
leave with a bleeding heart," declared
Foreign Minister Hermann Mueller
as he boarded a train at Potsdamer
station last night, en route to Ver
sailles, where he will, head the Ger
man delegation - that will sign the
peace treaty. He added that he con
sidered himself the "medium of a
great sacrifice.'.'
Herr Mueller was joined at Essen
Poincare Renders Homage to
- Wilson's "High Spirit of Justice
Parts, June 27. (A. P.) The allies'
duty to be vigilant in enforcing the
peace terms with Germany, and a
tribute to American participation in
the war, were among the subjects dis
cussed by President Poincare at the
dinner which he and Madame Poin
care gave to President and Mrs. Wil
son and delegates to the peace con
ference at the presidential palace
here today. President Poincare's
speech preceded that of President
Wilson, who bade a formal farewell
to Prance and the French people.
There were present diplomats and
delegates from all countries attend
ing the peace conference, marshals of
France, members of the cabinet, for
mer premiers, presidents of the cham
ber of deputies and the senate, for
mer foreign ministers and other
prominent representatives of parlia
ment and of the Judiciary.
The dinner table was in the from of
horse shoe with 230 covers laid.
Shortage of Million Homesin
America; Building Boom Ahead
Atlantic City. N. Jv-There is a
shortage of 1,000,000 homes in the
United States, according to William
H. Garland, of Los Angeles, president
of the National Association of Real
Estate Boards, the twenty-fifth an
nual convention ok which body is in
session here. i
The association, he said, will co
operate with the federal officials of
the United States housing commis
DEMANDS PR0TECTIAN
National Association of Colored People
Want Troops Sent to Mississippi.
Cleveland, Ohio, June IT The Jfa
tlonal Association for the Advance
ment of -Colored People, In annual con
vention here today, sent Vice-President
Thomas R. Marshall a telegram de
manding the dispatch of federal troops
to Mississippi to protect citizens from
"anarchy and mob violence" following
the lynching and burning of John Hart
field, a negro at Elllsville, Miss., yes
terday. The convention adopted a platform
demanding a vote for negroes on the
(same terms as for white persons; an
t equal chance to acquire education and
j employment; fair trial In courts; fed
foral control and punishment of lynch
;Ing; a right to slKon juries; equal and
funsegregated service on public carriers
mid equal rights to parks, libraries and
thr community services.
IRISH ISSUE MANIFESTO
I 1
J London, June J7 (A. P. ) Establish
ment of self-government in Ireland
Wlthlri the British empire is proposed In
a manifesto issued today by the "Irish
dominion league" and aigned by Sir
Horace Plunkett and Other Irishmen.
plated; ' President Wilson plans to
leave tot Brest immediately after
ward, sailing for the United States
at noon Sunday.
On the advice of the council of four
the Chinese delegates have agreed to
sign the treaty unreservedly with the
understanding that a protocol later
will be added to the treaty stating
they signed ,wlth the understanding
that Japan woujd return the Shan
tung concessions to China within a
stipulated time. '...
ratify th. document and it is feared
there maj, te vexatious delays before
peace is '-actually restored.
Meanwiille a Stuttgart dispatch to
a Berlin newspaper states former
Emperor William, who for the last
seven months has been at Amerongen
Holland, - is planning to return to
Germany' before the allies can de
mand his surrender by the Nether
lands government The Stuttgart tele,
gram declares xbe departure of the
former empero-' would be welcomed
by Holland, as- is "an unwelcome
guest, and his continued presence in
that country map prove embarrass
ing," ; . tj -: , ; lt ,
DHtiMP "be' -the Internal riti
,'WwMrtHnTOCerTiconinr in
creasingly serious. Affairs at Ham
burg are conceaedly in a oaa way and
there are numerous reports of com
munist movements in existence or in
prospect, while counter revolutionary
movement Is said to be brewing in
the eastern part of the country.
this morning by Dr. Bell, another
member of the cabinet, who is go
ing to Versailles to sign the treaty.
They are due to arrive in the old
French capital early Saturday morn
ing. .
Herr Mueller said the German dete
ction would discuss en route to
Versailles the question of whether
they would participate in any peace
celebrations in Germany . after the
signing of the treaty.
President Wilson and President Poin
care were seated at the head of the
table with Mrs. Wilson at the host's
left, and Madame Pfilncare at Presi
dent Wilson's right.
President Poincare,' In giving a
toast to President Wilson, asked to
be allowed, at the moment when his
guest was preparing to leave Europe,
to render homage once more to the
high spirit of Justice in which Presi
dent WilBon had prepared, with other
representatives of the allied and as
sociated powers, -"this great laborious
peace in which the Justice saved by
our victory is going definitely to in
scribe its will in favor of repara
tion." President Poincare concluded by
raising his glass and proposing in
honor of President and Mrs. Wilson,
a toast to the immortality of Franco
American friendships -and the Inde
structible union of the allied and as
sociated powers.
sion in providing enough homes to
meet the pressing demands. The as
sociation, he added, does not, how
ever, approve of the housing com
mission remaining in existence after
the problem of a shortage in houses
has been solved.
Delegates predicted a nationwide
boom in building. They declared the
only obstacle in the way is the failure
of the manufacturers to stabilize
prices for materials.
SEVEN BROTHERS GUILTY
i .
Each Sentenced to Two Years in At
lanta Penitentiary.
New York, June J7. .Seven broth
ers, Abraham, Charles, Davis, Ellas,
George; John and Joseph Solomon,
were today sentenced by United
States Judge Knox to serve two years
each in the Atlanta penitentiary after
pleading guilty to conffplring to
swindle merchants out of goods val
ued at more than a hajf million dol
lars. The seven operated a wholesale
bulsness in wearing appaael conduct
ing twenty-seven stores In Boston,
Philadelphia, Baltimore, Trenton,
Chicago, Newark, New York and
other cities.
PROBE REPORTED PLOT
New Orleans. June 27. Depart
ment of Justice officials today started
Investigation of reports of a plot
against the life of Capt. -Harold M.
Wilson, of the law enforcement divi
sion of the United States commission
on training camp activities.
WILSON TO SEND MISSION
Big Four Grants Permission
to Use Gen. Haller's Army
to-Restore Quiet.
Senate Advif ed of Plan for
. Another Probe of Jew-
v , ish Massacres.
: Pari June ii (A. P.) The
council of four has granted Poland
permission to use Qen. Haller's army
or. any of its other troops in restor
ing quiet to eastern Gallcia and driv
ing outlaws from the country. ".
This is regarded as a great vic
tory for Ignace Jan Paderewskl, the
Polish premier, who appeared be
fore the council in company with
Hugh Gibson, 'American minister ti
Poland, and exhibited many phot
graphs showing the brutal manm
.coe4l!r.rntd 7
armistice between Poland
Ukraine ended June 21, when
cers representing Simon Petlun
Ukrainian peasant leader.
Polish generals that Petlura h;
authorized the negotiations
resulted In the armistice
Discusses Plan With Gir-
- Washington, June IT. A. )
President Wilson advised the senate
today, through the state department,
that he was considering sending an
other commission to Poland to in
vestigate reports of Jewish massa
cres. He said a decision would be
reached after ,he had conferred at
Paris with Hugh Gibson, American
minister to Poland.
The president's plans were out
lined In a letter from Acting Secre
tary Polk in response to a senate
resolution of May 28 requesting in
formation regarding reports of po
groms, v It was the first announce
ment here that Mr. Gibson had been
summoned to Paris to discuss the
matter with the president. In re-
unui xvputio iu luv bw uaai tuinu.,
which were transmited to a house
committee by Assistant Secretary
Phillips, of the state department, Mr,
Gibson said reports of mistreatment
of Jews in Poland were grossly ex
aggerated. Mr. Polk's letter dis
closed that the president also had
directed the American minister to
Rumania to investigate reports of
atrocities In Rumania, i
FOUR WORKMEN KILLED
BY FALLING BOULDER
FATAL ACCIDENT AT, MAS
COT ZINC MINES." ".
Bodies of Unfortunates Are
Buried by Dirt" and Rock
'' Cave-In. .-.
rf KnoivlIe,v Jtitie" S7.-S1 " 0!: Hofl
foremTnTjohn
. , v. ...
ana uert ureen, au wnK men, wot . . .
killed at Mascot, eleven miles east of IA1T . 1TTV tTrgI Irpllr
w,r,!J0NK AND WHITNEY '
American Zinc Company of Tennes
see fell on them. Dirt falling wlth
the boulder buried the men, and con- j
siderable time. was required to extri-
cats the bodies, which were crushed
beldenuLd'tntirdsbyTnTnrj
dertaker. ,
DEMONSTRATION JULY 20
British, French and Italian Labor to
Protest Ruaa Plan.
Southport, England, June 27.
(A. P.) British, French and Italian
labor representatives have decided to
make a general demonstration on
July 20 or 21 to protest against allied j
intervention in Russia. Tnis an
nouncement was mnde by Arthur
Henderson, British labor leader, at
the labor conference here today.
Mr. Henderson explained the dem
onstration would be an attempt to
prevent the governments of Europe
from adopting a reactionary policy
throughout that continent
It would be left to each country,
he added, to decide whether the dem
onstration would take the form of
political or industrial action. Reso
lutions would be adopted protesting
against any intervention in Russia
and demanding' the abandonment of
conscription.
The conference later adopted a
resolution calling upon the trade
union congress to take Industrial ac
tion in order, to compel the British
srovernment to stop operations in
Russia.
There was a heated discussion over
the resolution, which was adopted on
a card vote by 1.893,000 to 935,000.
DRINK LEADS TO SUICIDE
Pistol Bullet Ends Temptation of Geor.
ala Man for Strono Llauor.
Atlanta, Ga.. June 27. Surrounded by
emptied whisky bottles, the body of
Robert Russell. 40, a meat market pro
prietor, was found today in his room
at 152 Courtland street. A pistol was
clasped in his left hand and there was
a bullet wound In his brain.
Russell, residents In h house said,
had been discharged from a private
sanitarium, where the physicians had
warned him against further drinking
Russell had no relatives In Atlanta
so far as could be learned. His home
is said to be in Laurens, S. C.
TIE-UP RESULT STORM
Roanoke, Va., June 27. Railroad
traffic is badly tied up here today as
a result of a cloud , burst occurring a
few miles, to the north and east last
night.
An area of about twenty miles was
affected, in which Norfolk & Western
railroad tracks and , bridges were
washed away, fences torn down and
considerable damage done to crops.
HIGH JINKS IN HOTEL
New YorR. June 27. Stories of
merrymaking In a Texas hotel, where
pretty girls went wading in a bath
tub while champagne bottles were
laying down a "fizz"' barrage were
told in the divorce action brought Vy
Mrs. Audrey Hammond Bay, wealthy
Philadelphia woman, against Lieut.
James Holmes Bay, member of a
prominent Quaker City family and
during the war an army intelligence
officer, stationed, at Fort Worth. The
case was to be concluded; today.
Bay swore he only attended the
party in a Mineral Springs hotel be
cause he heard a German "y sus
pect was going to be there. He said
he protested against the presence of
the two girls, but was outargued by
his friend, a wealthy Dallas oil spec
ulator. He now believes he was
"framed," he said, to obtain evidence
for his wife's suit.
Baron Sonnino, Marquis Di Francavilla and Dr.
Silvio Crespi to Represent Rome in Signing
of German Peace Treaty Foreign
Minister Tittoni to . Head Group.
( Paris, June 87. (A. P.) It is definitely known now that
Italy will be represented in the signing of the German peace
treaty by Baron Sonnlno Marquis Imperial! di Francavilla and
Dr. Silvio Crespi. The newly-appointed Italian peace conference
delegation, headed by Foreign Minister Tittoni, will not arrive in
Paris until Sunday morning.
THREE NC CREWS
t
REACHNEWYORK
;?ead, Towers. Bellinger and
Their Men Return. From
Oceanic Trip. ;
New York, June 27. (A. P.) The
transport Zeppelin, carrying the
crewa of the three NC seaplanes
which participated in .the . navy's
transatlantic flight arrived at Sandy
Hook at 1:25 o'clock this afternoon.
A drizzling rain made it necessary to
cancel part of the elaborate home
coming reception program by air
craft from surrounding stations.
An armada of aerial craft had as
sembled at nearby aviation fields
early today preparatory -to a flight
down the bay to welcome America's
transatlantic airmen.
In addition to the members of the
crew of the NC-4, headed by Lieut
Commander Albert C. Read, are Com
mander John H.. Towers, commander
of the expedition, and Lieut.-Com-mander
P. N. L. Bellinger and mem
bers of their crews "who were forced
to abandon their transocean flight at
the Azores." On the arrival of the
Zeppelin at the lightship off . Nan
tucket shoals she will be met by the
small "blimp", B-5, from the Mon
tauk naval air station..'. From that
point onward aircraft of all .types
and sizeswill pay homage to the men
who first flew across the Atlantic.
The entire aerial fleet of the United
States fleet had been ordered by Ad
miral Mayo, commandter-in-chlef, to
greet the returning filers and from
Mlneola every type of military air
plane will Join the flight. In adldtlon
about thirty privately owned air
planes arranged to Join tins reception
committee. ' .-. . .
At Quarantine the cutter bearing
the welcoming committees of Mayor
Hylan and the Aero Club, of America
set off. The United States steamer
Herreshoff will bear the wives of the
NC officers. ) , -
The official reception for. the navy
took place on the pier at Hoboken.
Rear Admiral Jamen .' H. G!e,impru
commander of tbBlhlwdtiacal district.
t r.ne pnrtflrT ftftn nw.
FINISH 18 HOLES EVEN
JACOBY FINISHES THREE
UP ON WHITNEY BOUDEN.
.
! Whitney's Putting- Extremely
Poor in Opinion of
Gallery.
New Orleans, June 27. "Bobby"
Jones and Nelson Whitney finished
the first eighteen holes of the semi
final round all even. Whitney Bou
den was 3 down at the end of the
t thirteen holes of play in his matcb
with Louis Jacoby.
"Bobby" Jones, Atlanta, defending
his title, was 1 up on Nelson Whit
ney, of New Orleans, at the end of
the first nine holes of play In the
semifinal round.
Whitney's putting was regarded
extremely ordinary by the large gal
lery which followed the match. The
New Orleans man missed putts at
the second and seventh holes which
he shsuld have made with ease.
Reuben G. Bush, former southern
champion, caddied for .Vnitney.
In the other semifinal match, Louis
Jacoby, of Dallas, was 8 up on Whit
ney Bouden, New Orleans, at the end
of the first nine holes.
The cards:
Jones 854S445S 838
Whitney 3646S563 539
EXTENSION OF RAILROAD
Lin to Be Continued from Dothan to
Birmingham.
Montgomery, Ala., June 27 Minor C.
Keith, vice-president of the United
Fruit company and president of the At
lanta and -St. Andrews Bay railroad
company, at a dinner given by the
Dothan OJmmuer of Commerce, an
nounced the immediate extension of the
short line from the Florida coast to
Birmingham.
The meeting with the people of Do
than, the present terminus of the line,
was for the purpose of obtaining bet
ter freight ra tea from the. Florida port
and President Keith stated that Im
proved rates would be coincident with
extension and improvement of the rail
road and the Inauguration of first-class
service.
DEFENDED RED FLAG 4
Banker Testifies at Trial Non-Partisan
League Leaders.
Jackson, Minn., June 27. James E.
Gillespie, a banker from Stillwater.
Minn., testifying today at the trial of
A. C. Townley and Jos. Gilbert, non
partisan league leaders charged with
seditious conspiracy, declnred that
Townley In a political speech at Still
water on Feb. 19, of this year, de
fended the red flag and declared that
it was the emblem of the oppressed.
Townley was in court when Gilles
pie testified. Gillespie said the meet
ing took place the hlght before a spe
cial election to choose a state senator
from the Stillwater district.
Fair, Says Billy Tossum.
The populace
Is thinning out,
tourists they are
geting. They've
gone to another
Ktate, to get a
first-class wet
ting. I've lots of
friends who have
gone, 'but they'll
nil be back in
July, singing a
son of six
pence and with
a pocket full of
rye. The weath-
. er: Fsir tonight
Tiittle change in tern-
and Sunday.
perature,
Ml A OOOO
cos
PERHAPS HE HAD
VISIONS OF AN OASIS
Washington. June 47. Sec
retary to the President Tumul
ty was routed out of bed early
today by the Insistent ringing
Of his telephone. ' At the other
end was the White House at
tache who handles the cable
messages from the president.
"Cablegram for you from the
president," he said.
"Read it," the secretary or
dered. " 'J. . P. . Tumulty, White
House: I have' decided to lift
the ban on.'"
MHee, yes; ' go on!"
" 'the export of gold bul
lion.' "
KITCHIN DENOUNCES
REPUBLICAN CLAIMS
AS "MASTERPIECES OF P0
LITICAL DECEPTION." .
Party Made Capital by Saying
It Saved People of Coun.
try $1,500,000,000.
Washington June 27. Statements of
republican leaders In the house that
their party had. saved the people fl -00,000,000
by eliminating ; "democratic
extravagance" from supply bills passed
by the house this session, were de
nounced on the floor today by Repre
sentative Kitchin, democrat. North
Carolina, as "masterpieces of political
deception."
The former democratic house leader
discussed at some length a statement
given out last ,week by Republican
Leader Mondell and declared It "was
rich in false impressions, wrong Infer
ences, and bald mlstatements of fact."
"BuCit accomplished its purpose," he
said.. The republican press picked it
up and made great capital of It, spread
ing the false statement o( 'republican
economy and retrenchment' across the
front psges in bold headlines..
"During the last session, the demo
cratic house passed every needed war
measure and public supply hill. Their
enactment was not completed. But
why? Their defeat was caused solely
by the detestable, indecent filibuster
matle by the republicans In the senate
during the closing days of the aeasion.
"Now the republicans come .and say
their efficient work has madespsisnge
-S4 u W-Jf: democrata
in the house had resorted to the tac
tics which the republicans In the senate
ujoa. me dims com a not nave oeen
passed in six months."
Mr. Kitchin was interrupted repeated
ly by applause from the democratic side
and Jeers from the republicans.
DR. WILKINS CONVICTED
OF MURDER OF WIFE
JURY AGREED LATE FRI
DAY ON VERDICT.
Mineola, I., June 27. After being
out almost twenty-three hours, the
Jury in the case of Dr. Walter Keene
Wiiklns, aged Long Beach physician,
returned a verdict of guilty this aft
ernoon. .
The verdict was "guilty of mur
der in the first degree," and the Jury
recommended the aged physician to
the mercy of the court. Dr. Wiiklns'
face showed no emotion as the Ver
dict was announced.
Dr. Wilkins was accuesd of mur
dering his aged wife at the entrance
to their Long Beach home last Feb
ruary. Her head was beaten in with
a hammer and a piece of gns pipe.
The physician's defense was that the
killing was done by three burglars,
who attacked them as they were en
tering their home.
QUIET REIGNS AFTER
MOB COMPLETES WORK
Victim and Her Mother Wit
ness Execution of Negro.
Fund Raised for Girl.
Ellisville, Miss., June 27. Southern
Mississippi has gone back to its farm
ing today after hanging Johh Hart
field, confessed assailant of a young
woman. He was hanged by a throng
of citizens to the same big gum tree
under which he had detained his vic
tim all through the night of June 15.
He had been trailed through three
counties since the night of his crime,
bloodhounds being uaed In the chase,
and he was captured only after be
ing shot by two farmers. He had
barricaded himself in a schoolhouse
and opened fire on the men when they
approached.
DENIES WASTE OF FUNDS
Head of U. 8. . Employment Service
On Stand.
Washington, June 27. John B.
Densmore, director-general of the
United States ' employment service,
appearing today before the joint
house and senate labor committee,
flatly denied charges made by Repre
sentative Blanton, of Texas, and sev
eral witnesses' that the employment
service was Incompetently managed
and that public funds had been
wasted.
Mr. Densmore said assaults on the
service, made principally by dis
gruntled employes, were "vicious and
unwarranted" and that he would wel
come a thorough' Investigation.
OFfFcER SHOOTS CHIEF
Penaacola Man Surrenders On Charge
of M urder,
Pensacola, Fla., June 27. Frank
Penton, chief of police at the Pensa
cola Shipbuilding company's plant,
was shot and killed today and W. P.
Cox, also on the police force. It was
said at the yards, has surrendered
snd Is held on the charsre' of murder.
Reports to the city police state the j
snooting took place in a House occu
pied jointly by the two men and that
there were no witnesses.
STETTINIUS HONORED
Paris, June 27. Edward R. Stettlnlus.
former assistant secretary of war, has
been made a commander of the Legion
of Honor.
TREATY RATIFICATION
President Wilson Tells Col
leagues Public Demand Will
' Force Favorable Action.
(By John Edwin Nevln.)
Paris, June ST. (I. N. 8.) Presl-j
neni w usun nui me uimo-i cunu
drnce that the United States senate
will ratify the' peace treaty shortly
after it Is presented in its final form.
The president plans ttf sail Immediately-after
the signing, probably
Sunday at noon, landing In New
York a week later. It Is expected
that he will request a Joint aesslon
of the senate and house on Monday,
when he will address the members
and at the same time deliver the
treaty to the senate committee on
foreign relations. Latest advlcdS
reaching the president Indicate that
sufficient votes can be mustered to
secure ratification, although the ad
ministration expects a bitter fight In
the final stages.
The president has Informed his
colleagues that he is entirely con
vinced that public "opinion w''.i de
mand the ratification and that It will
he unwilling to consent to a separa
tion of the treaty and the league of
nations covenant.
Immediately following his address
to congress, the president will com
mence a countrywide tour, present
ing the facts to the people.
The American peace delegates are
convinced that the ex-kniser will
never be brought to trial. This clause
was Inserted at an Insistent demand
from British sources. Americans here
think that the machinery for the pro
posed trial will be gone through with,
and an international tribunal actually
formed, but It is believed that such
a body would hold action In abate
ment In view of pleas raised on the
ex-kaiser's behalf- that there Is no
such crime under international law
as he is charged with.'
NO ONE KNOWS WILSON'S
PLAN AS TO PROHIBITION
), '..si -i Sill'
MULTITUDE OF RUMORS
ABROAD HOWEVER.
Bill Goei to Congress- Satur
dayImmediate Consider
ation to Be Sought.
Washington, June 17.-(A, P.) .
Despite a multitude of rumors and
reports as to what President Wilson
Intends to do on annulling war time
prohibition so far aa it affects wines
and beer after July . 1, apparently
there fa hn one In Whlnp-tn whn
-knowa the presidenfrwlnd and thers
Is no agreement among admlnlstra
tion officials aa to the likelihood of
his action.
Those who hold that the president
will take no action, declare he Is
without power to do so until the final
termination of the state of war.
Prohibition is made effective by the
law "until the termination of the war
and thereafter until the president
shall have declared demobilisation
completed" and, therefore the ad
ministration's legal advisers hold
that prohibition can not be annulled
without congressional action until the
treaty of peace has been ratified.
Some officials and members of con
gress contend, however, that by "ter.
mlnatlon of the war" congress meant
the ending of actual hostilities and
that the president has full power to
end war time prohibition after July 1,
by declaring demobilization com
pleted. No Action Until After July 4.
Although enforcement legislation
cannot be passed by congress and
approved by the president before war
time prohibition becomes effective,
the department of Justice will under
take to enforce the prohibition law.
The bill, as finally amended by the
committee, will be sent to the house
tomorrow and Chairman Volstead
will ask for a rule for Its Immediate
consideration. Members said, how
ever, It was not likely that action
would be. taken until after July 4.
The three sections of the enforce
ment bill are:
War time enforcement, effective
upon its approval; constitutional pro
hibition enforcement, and regulation
of the manufacture of Industrial al
cohol. Parts two and three will be
come effective January 16, when the
country will go dry by constitutional
amendment.
COUP WILL FAIL IN END
Gerard Says Militarists Will Support
Ex-Prince.
New York, June 27. The escape of
former Crown i'rlnce Frederick Wil
liam, of Germany, from Welrinsen, was
an action to be expected, according to
.lames W. Gerald, formerly United
States ambassador to Germany. Mr.
Gerard SHld that persons familiar with
German kultur and rrusslanlsm hart
looked for some such move by one of
the Hohenzollerns.
Serious complications are possible,
Mr. Gerard pointed out, as a result of
the ex-crown prince's return to his
country. Any movement, however, to
restore the family of the former German
emperor to power would Inevitably fail
in the end, he believed.
"I have always considered the possi
bility of a plot to restore the Hohen
zoliern dynasty from the moment the
ex-kaiser nnd his son entered Holland,"
Mr. Gerard said. "It is doubtful
whether the ex-crown prince would
dare lead a forlorn hope hack into Ger
many without expectation of a strong
support from the old I'russiHii military
caste. He could count almost to a cer
tainty upon that support."
MAY SEIZE FOOD
London, June 27. It Is believed
here that the Spartacan mob which
has taken possession of Hamburg will
attempt to capture the supplies
aboard American foodshtps which
recently arrived here. The American
vessels are armed and should be able
to repel the attempt.
4
MEXICANS AMBUSH
U, S. CAVALRYMEN
Nogales, Ariz., June 26. Al
though a dozen rounds of am
munition was fired, no one was
wounded in a brush between a
border patrol of United States
cavalry and a party of Mexi
cana four miles west of here
late yesterday. The Mexicans
fired on the cavalrymen from
ambush, and the Americans
returned the fire but did not
cross the border in pursuit
General Situation in Germany Grows More Serious.
American Relief Workers Will Remain at Their '
Posts Despite Alarming Disorders.
Berlin, June 27. (A. P.) The German government troops
ordered to Hamburg to suppress disorders there reached the sub
urbs of the city this morning. The troops ordered the immediate
cessation of hostilities, the release of all prisoners held by the
communists in the city hall and
Rids Say Hour Has Come,
Berna, June 27. (A. P.) The
general situation in Germany Is
baooming ateadily more aerioua,
aoeording to the latest ditpatohea.
The railroad atrika, it ia reported,
is about to . extend throughout
the whole country. 8partaoana do .
not oonceal their belief that their
hour has come, in view of the
transportation atrike and the poor
food supply. Soma reporta atate
famine appears imminent in the
eaat and the news from there is
Increasingly alarming. r
Machine Guns Used.
Paris, June 277. (A. P.) The
American relief associations here
have received a dispatch from Col.
COUNTER REVOLUTION
IN HUNGARY. PUT DOWW
BELA KUN RECOMMENDS
HARSHER MEASURES. '
'Bourg-eoise Must Be Crushed
Without Mercy," Says .
Red Dictator.
, Berne, June 27. (A. P.) A counter
revolutionary movement in Hungary
during which a monitor on the Dan
ube was seised1 by the anti-government
forces, has been put down, ac
cording to advices to the Vienna cor
respondent bureau from Budapest.
The messages indicate the counter
revolutionary movement developed
Tuesday. The officers who took pos
session of the monitor used the ves
sel's guns for bombarding the soviet
headquarters while numbers of their
supporters on the banks of the river,
it is declared, cheered for he cause
of royalty. There was- considerable
rifle and revolver firing during which
numerous persons were wounded. A
Budapest dispatch to the bureau, filed
Thursday, stated the movement had
been quelled and order restored. In
referring to, the outbreak, Bela Kun
the soviet foreign minister, is quoted
sa recommending harsher measures
to the central executive committee. . .
ThS" present weakness of the dic
tatorship" h If sponsible for these
troubles,'1 he declared. "The bour
geoisie must be crushed without
mercy. To proclaim kindness and
leniency would be to shake the con
fidence of the proletariat. We do not
want equality but the dictatorship of
the proletariat." .
. Allies Should Not Interfere.
Budapest, June 26. (A. P.) "The
allied policy toward Hungary should
bs one of noninterference in our in
ternal affairs and the allies should
also raise the blockade," Hela Kun,
foreign minister of the present Hun
garian government, told the Asso
ciated Press correspondent today in
discussing assertions that Hungary
had been interfering with the affairs
of the Austrian republic.
Minister Kun also expressed con
fidence that communism would succeed-In
Hungary.
"Premier Lenlne of Russia Is not
dictating our Internal policy," he de
clared. "We are merely following his
Idea that principles should be al
tered to meet changing circum
stances." Hungarians Want Communism.
Asked If Hungarians wanted com
munism, he said:
The majority IB passive, but the
minority Is active. Anyway, It is
Impossible for us to work under cap
italism even with the latter passive.
"I know the Germans will sign the
pence terms and 1 nm glad of it, for
it means a revolution in Germany.
After such a peace capitalism will
bo Incapable of organizing produc
tion there. Nor would it pay, polit
ically, to try to do so. Peace Is the
last resort of capitalism, but it will
bring class war and revolution In
other countries, as foreseen by I.e
nine, who is the greatest man In the
world.
ARKANSAS ACE RETURNS
Capt. Ktndley Comes Back With Credit
of Twelve Plants Shot Down,
New York. June 27. Capt. F. K.
Klndley, of Gravette, Ark., one of the
firemier aces in the American air serv
ce, returned from France today aboard
the Tiger. Capt. Kindley, who has
twelve German planes to his credit,
succeeded the late Capt. "Hobey" Ba
ker, in command of the 141st aero
squadron.
The Tiger brought back 2.546 officers
and men. Including the 157th provisional
battalion commanded by Maj. H.
Klmlger. of St. Louis, and the 163rd
provisional battalion. ,
PLOT TO KILL ALPH0NS0
Rumor Causes Sudden Changes aa to
Ceremony.
Washington. June 27. Rumors of an
anarchist plot to assassinate King Al
phonso of Spain, during the procession
accompanying the reopening of the
cortes Tuesday were responsible for the
sudden change of the scene of the cere
mony from the chamber of deputies
where It usually Is h"ld. to the senate
bouse adjoining the palace, the state
department was Informed today in offi
cii! dispatches from Madrid.
Press dispatch s from Madrid Tues
day pnld the chanjre In the scene of
the ceremony was occasioned by a de
sire to spare the queen fatigue, ss she
m slightly Indisposed because of the
extremely hot weather.
JOBS FOR 70 PER CENT.
New York , June 27 Seventy per
-ent. of the soldiers difchaiged since
the armistice have positions awaiting
them. Col. Arthur Woods, asslttant to
the secretary of war, who is in charge
of obtaining employment for discharged
service men, announced today.
"Enlisted men are being discharged
at the rate of from 60.000 to 70.000 a
week," Col. Woods said, "and, only a
comparatively sniMll percentage are un
able to either return to their old po
sitions or to obtain new positions."
ONE PROHIBITION BILL
Waihlngton, June 27. (A. P.) The
house Judiciary committee today votsd
17 to t to report out all prohibition
enforcement legislation In one general
bill, with the wartime enforcement
measure eet down as part one.
the delivery of weapons.
Ryan, sent from Hamburg on
Wednesday. It says:
'There was considerable street
fighting last night and this morning
between government troops and civil
tans. Machine guns were used on
both sides and a number of persons
were killed and wounded. Rumors In
dicated that the government troops
are temporarily losing ground. Additional-troops
are reported coming
from outsldo the city. The American
destroyers Bernard and Upshur are
here and the foodship Ellut Is also in
Hamburg harbor. The Roma,, an
other foodship, , Is coming up the
river."
The dispatch says American, relief
workers were not disturbed and will
continue work, . . ,
WOULD WILSON ACCEPT
PARTIAL RATIFICATION?
SUGGESTION DISCOUNTED
BY LEAGUE ADVOCATES.
President to Make Speaking
Tour Regardless of Devel
opments in Senate.
'Washington, June 2T. Suggestions
that President Wilson might be wil
ling; to accept certain reservations in
the ratification of the league of na
tions covenant, were advanced by
senators opposing the league, and
Piopmtly discounted by the presi
dent's supporters today-when con
ferences were resumed by senators
on both sides in preparation for the
ratification fight.
Those who suggested such a de
velopment did not profess to have
definite knowledge on- the subject,
but thought. Mr. Wilson might not
be adverse to modifications should it
develop that otherwise the entire
hague plan would be Jeopardised.
They predicted that in any event
some changes along the lines laid
flow" recently by Ellhu Root were
Inevitable.
Administration leaders declared the
president and a majority in the sen
ate would stand determinedly lor un
reserved, ratification. Because of the
diversity of views among , cffwn.mt
opponents; theyargued, it would be
impossible t muster a majority for
any specific reservation.
-.T" "'Portere were so confident
.,nr " of them predicted
today the president would not fulfill his'
Plan of making a speaking tour on be
half of.tjie lengue. This prediction waa
not supported among the president's
advisers elaewhere, however. It being
asserted that Mr. Wilson would make
the trip regardleaa of developmenta in
the senate In order to account directly
Versailles" for hi" noll,ltln at
Doesn't Meet Situation. -'
Paris June 27. The administration, '
it wa learnad today, does not consider
Hint the resolution offered by Senator
fm,i.deP'?r.'nL thttt "ate t war no
longer exists Vtween the United States
and (.ermany in any way meets the ex
stliig International situation, but holds
that the war continues, so far aa the
l nited States is concerned, until the
pence treaty Is ratified by the senate.
Should the senate adopt the treaty
with .reservations, administration lead
ers declare that these reservations will
invalidate the document so far as the
I nited States Is concerned pending dip
lomatic, negotiations with all the nations
party to the treaty. . .
EARL DEAR HANGED FOR
MURDER OF CHAUFFEUR
Spends Last Hours on Earth
Pacing Death Cell Pleading
for "Dope."
Chicago, June 27. Earl Dear, con
victed of the murder of Rudolph
Wolfe, a chauffeur, went to his death
on the gallows at 9:27 o'clock this
morning.
Dear went to his death with the
Lord's Prayer on his lips, and showed
no sign of faltering as he mounted
the scaffold. He refused to make a
final statement.
He was officially declared dead
fifteen minutes after the trap was
sprung.
WILL TEST LAW
New Haven Wants to Continue to Sell
Liquor.
New Haven, Conn., June 27. A test
case to determine whether saloonkeep
ers may continue to sell liquor after
July 1 despite the wartime-prohibition
act will be brought first In the United
States court here. It waa announced to
day. United States District Attorney
John F. Crosby issued an announcement
that he will enforce the law unless re
strained by court proceedings. Several
prominent liquor men have engaged
counsel and will ask an injunction to
prevent Crosby from enforcing the law.
NEGRO ELECTR0CUTED
Convicted of Attack on Carolina School.
Girl.
Raleigh. N. C, June 27. Tom Gwvn,
a neuro, convicted in Catawba county
of an attack upon a high school girl at
Hickory, was electrocuted at the state
penitentiary here today. Uwyn con
fessed, according to prison attaches,
declaring he had Intended to kill the
ttlrl after the attack, but her pleadings
and promise not to give an alarm pre
vailed upon him not to do so.
CONFEREES DEADLOCK
Rock on Which They Split Was Size of
Army for Next Year.
Wnahlnplnti Itm 07 .- MM
the army appropriation bill came to a
ucnuiucn luua.v over tno size ot ine
army for the next fiscal year. House
. - c iiioicL.ij xi i'iiii viic I ii 1 (ftv
visions fixing the army at SUU.rtOO. The
Bvnuie ourrea 10 compromise hi jMi.tflm,
but th hoasp rejected it. and the bill
W8K RPtlt hck tn f-infur-unr'ai a.-ith thss
senate conterees instructed to lnsit
tipon an itrniy ot 400,000.
CRACKERS CLAIM DAMRAU
Bears Ask Waivers on Second-Sacker
Thay Fought Over.
Mobile. Ala., June 27. Atlanta has
claimed Harry Damrau, second baseman
of the Mobil Southern association
team, on waivers. He will report at
once to the Atlanta club-