GIRLS! MAKE UP
A LEMON LOTION
LEMON JUICE WHITENS SKIN.ANT
REMOVES TAN, FRECKLES,
SALLOWNESS.
Squeeze tlie juice of two lemons Into
a bottle containing three ounces of or
chard white, shake well, and you have
a quarter pint of the best freckle and
tan lotion, and complexion whltener,
at very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and an?
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces of orchard white for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, nepk, arms
and hands each day and see how freck
les and blemishes disappear and how
clear, soft and white the skin becomes
Yes! It is harmless.—Adv.
FRANK IN HIS STATEMENT
Lecturer’s “Audience” Left No Doubt
sc to Reason for His Presence
in the Hall.
Mr. William "yuiei-set Maugham lmd
.attained a reputation as a novelist
long before be look to the writing of
plays.
deferring to tin* depressing experl
ente of acting or speaking before n
very small audience, Mr. Maugham
•once told a story of a learned pro
fesscr who had been announced to de
liver a lecture one bitterly cold win
tor's night.
On the evening of the lecture the
stove was sel going and the lamps
wore lighted in the ball, but the au
dience consisted of only one rather
sbabby-looklng man who had seated
himself in the back row, as far from
the platform as possible.
"In spite of the smallness of tin
audience," the professor announced: “1
shah deliver my lecture.” Then, rais
lug his voice a little, he called to the
man in the hack row: “Why don't yor
oonie nearer, my friend? You wil
hear much better front the front
seats.”
“Garn!” retorted the man. “Think 1
come ‘ere to listen? I come to got
“warm !”
Soothe Baby Rashes
That itch and burn with hot baths oi
Cutlcura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of Cutlcura Ointment
Nothing better. For free samples ad
ilress, "Cutlcura, Dept. X, Boston.’
Sold by druggists and by mail. Soaj
25, Ointment 25 and 50.—Adv.
TOOK TIME TO FIGURE OUT
Ferry Gaptain at Loss as to Hovt
Much to Charge His Unusual
Customer.
Speaking at a dinner Senator .Tamos
W. Wadsworth of New York referred
to the trials and tribulations of the
motorist, and contributed the following
story:
In the early days an autoist drove
up to a small ferry where the charge
for horse transportation was 25 cent.’
for a single team and 40 cents for e
-double team. lie was about to go m
11m boat, when the captain told bin
be would have to wait. Three time
tlm fert'y went back and forth across
the river, and finally the motorist be
gan to get impatient.
V "Can’t take ye over yet," declared
the captain in response to the other’s
demands to bo ferried across. “Yet
the first one o' them things lhal eve;
come down here an' 1 don't know what
to charge ye.”
"Don’t know wlmt to charge me!'
wonderingly returned the motorist.
"No,” answered-the captain. “I’vl
been studyln' ye six different ways,
but domed If 1 kin Agger out wliethei
yer be si one-boss team or a two
boss team." — Philadelphia Evening
Telegraph.
Lost in the Dessert.
I .it tie l’earl had spent tlio nighi at
Hie home of her married sister. The
next morning she appeared undecided
whether 1o return home or to accept
tier sister’s invitation and remain tc
luncheon. Finally she slipped out intc
tin* kitchen, held a wiiisperd collocptj
wiili her sister's maid, then called nr
her mother's cook.
“What you gotn' to have for des
serf Annie?" Iter sister heard her ask
over the ’phone. “Stewed prunes"
echoed the child in disgust. “Well
that, settles it. llirdie is goin' to ltavl
.lee cream. I slay here.’’
A New One.
“Your sister litis spent a great dea
of time in Italy, hasn't site?"
“Oh, yes, indeed! She is quite ilali
eized.”
' _C " _
NO WASTE
IN A PACKAGE OF
POSTTOflSTIES
Says d3o&&ft
Corn Food Good ToThe
Last Flake
STILL GREATER BLOW
BETWEEN AMIENS AND
ARRAS TO COME SOON
By United Press.
London, April 26.—The Germans have captured Mont Kemmel,
it was officially announced this afternoon.
London, April 26.—Major General Kadcliffe, director of opera
tions, declared in an interview today that he expects a big German
offensive between Arras and Amiens—“far greater than the pres
ent attacks," for the purpose of separating the British and French
armies.
“So far, the German successes have been merely tactical,’ he
said. “There has been no change in the strategical situation."
General Kadcliffe declared it was perfectly possible for the
allies to hold on the Ypres sector even with the Germans on Kemmel
hill, but that it was not convenient to have them there and it was
hoped to eject them.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.
United Press Staff Correspondent.
With the British Armies in Flanders, April 26.—French troops
are wholly surrounded on Mont Kemmel. They are still fighting.
After eight hours’ fighting yesterday, German storm troops
finally wedged their way between the French and British flanks,
and crossed the Kemmel-Ypres road, where the terrific allied fire
held them up for two hours. Then they turned southward and
poured down the valley to the west of Kemmel hill, surrounding
the French, who are still fighting atop the height.
This is an indication of Hindenburg's
determination to force a supreme, de
cisive contest, which unquestionably
has been induced by the fact that pre
ceding the present attack the Germans
already had engaged 130 divisions (1.
560,000 men), of which approximately
only 50 rank as first or second class
units, with which to force the final
issue.
Allies’ Grip Strengthened.
The German drive toward Amiens
is increasing. In the meantime, the
allies have had time to take the great
est defensive precautions. In conse
quence, the victorious outcome is like
ly to rest with the side having the
best generalship, the most munitions
and the most reserves.
As a result of unifying the allied
command Foch is consistently oppos
ing the present attack, as heretofore,
with the minimum forces necessary,
preferring to loose ground rather than
uselessly sacrific his reserves.
While the two preceding German
drives lasted 10 days each with five
day intervals for organizing, it is con
sidered doubtful that the Germans,
with their limited number of fresh di
visions left from the violence of the
present attack, can exceed their pre- j
cedents.
Garrison Holds Out.
Although the Germans have reached
he crest of the hill, the remnant of
the French garrison is still there. The
French also hold the village.
In night fighting at Mont Des Cats
ffive miles west) the French raked the
slopes with machine guns and held out
against terrible odds, preferring death
to capture.
Today the German lines apparently '
run west of Kemmel, but the ultimate
winner is still a matter of doubt.
Similar fighting surged about Vil- |
lers-Rretonneux. the British fighting ]
like lions, retaking the town, atop a
ridge, much in the same fashion as
the Germans got Kemmel—working
around the sides until it was sur
rounded.
As the French held out in Flanders,
the Germans held out in the .town east
of Amiens.
In the Kemmel fighting the Anglo
French made a savage counter attack,
both allied flanks enfilading Von Eber
hardt’s Alpiners, turning the green
flower fields of the valley into a siz
zling hell. The Germans paid dearly
for their gains.
GERMANS SHIFT DRIVE.
By Associated Press.
Flanders is again the scene of the
full tide of battle. Around Mont Kom
mel and against the other hills forming
the protecting bastion to the plain east
and north of Ypres the Germans are
hurling thousands of troops. The
French have lost a part of Mont Kem
mel.
Unable to make appreciable progress
against the defense of the British,
French and American troops south of
tho Somme the enemy swung his at
tacks to the north.
South of the Somme the Germans
have been driven from the high ground
and village of Villers-Bretoneux by the
British with the loss of 600 prisoners.
Further south they hold Hangard. On
this front, heavy artillery duels are in
progress.
American wounded in the fighting
on the French sector from Hangar l to
Castle are arriving in Paris.
The tactics of switching attack's is
r.n; new to the Germans and was per
sisted in by them in their vain at
attempt to capture Verdun two years
ago. After the first successful lunge
cn both sides of the Meuse the enemy
tried to gain his objective by attack
ing first on the right bank and thou
are now trying the same method by al
on the left. Apparently the Germans ,
ternating between Picardy and Flan- j
ders in attempts to reach Amiens and !
wipe out the Ypres salient.
It is not improbable that the Ger- |
man attacks may be intended to cover I
preparations for an effort some place j
else, but It is significant that they ,
have attacked on the most imporant. I
sectors on cither battle front.
STORY OF YESTERDAY’S BATTLE i
By Associated Press.
With the British Army in France,
April 26.—Success in the southern sec- I
tor of the battle front and a long, fierce
struggle in the north have fallen to
the lot of the allied arms in the con- |
test for vital positions which the Ger- !
mans have been trying at a heavy cost |
of life to secure. The latest informa
tion from the south is that Villers
Bretenneux apparently has been re
taken as a result of a brilliant British
counter attack and not only has the
town been virtually cleared of the
enemy, but a large portion of the orig
inal positions north and south of it
have been reclaimed. German dead are
heaped about the unhappy town and
some 700 prisoners are in Britisli
camps.
In the north, Mont Kemmel has been
Attacked desperately by a great force
of German troops especially trained
for mountain warfare. The attempt
on Mont Kemmel is another move in
the German obvious scheme to get con
trol of a chain of hills running east to
west in this sector and including such
elevations as Wytschaete, Kemmel.
Scherpenberg, Mont Rouge, Vidaigne
and Mont Descats. This pretentious
program has as its object the forcing
of the allies to pull back their lines to
the north still further.
The northern attack this morning
was along a front extending from 1
Wytschaete nearly to Rallleul and It
was carried out by at least four, and
perhaps six German divisions.
French Bear Brunt.
The brunt of the assault came
against the French who were defend
ing Kemmel, which was the enemy's
goal. Between 3 and 4 o’clock the
German hill men rushed forward and
attacked the positions protecting
Kemmel hill. At the same time they
began pushing further to the south
in order to furnish a protecting flank
for the main operation.
Hard fighting developed immediate
ly. The Germans pushed on up the
slopes, and it is reported that at one
time- some of the detachments even
made their way to the crest of the hill,
but this afternoon it was announced
that it was still in possession of the al
lies.
The story from Villers-Bretonneux
was most cheerful. To capitulate, the
Germans began their attack on Villers
Bretonneux about 6 o’clock Wednesday
morning after a heavy bombardment,
including great quantities of gas
shells, which forced the British to pull
out of parts of the town and hold it
lightly. Heavy mists were hanging
over the whole region, and under cover
of this, the Germans advanced, sup
ported by five bulky and heavy ar
mored tanks.
Simultaneously with their attack at
Villers-Bretonneux the Germans also
began operations to the south against
tho French and north on the river Som
me. At Sailly-Le-See and Valre sev
eral attacks were repulsed during the
early hours. The first drive against
Villers-Bretonneux was made with two
divisions and this was thrown hack.
The Germans immediately put two
fresh divisions into line and again
surged forward.
Taken by Surprise.
By noon the Germans had swung a
salient about 6,000 yards wide and
4,000 yards deep about Villers-Breton
neux and were holding the town
strongly. This they continued to do
until 10 o'clock last night when the
British delivered a surprise counter
attack.
According to prisoners the enemy had
no expectation of further trouble from
the British last night and were sitting i
snugly in their new position when the I
storm broke.
At the appointed hour the British
gunners put down a sharp barrage
and the British infantry drove forward.
The attack was made from the south
west and northwest on Villers-Breton
neux and these two forces drove in
toward the east part of town in a con
verging movement. As a result the
British have bottled up the town.
The British Infantry Immediately
rushed the town and hand to hand
fighting ensued, the bayonet being used
freely. Six hundred prisoners were
taken here alone and a great number
of the enemy were killed. The town
was virtually cleared.
ONE OF LONG RANGE
GUNS IS DESTROYED
French Counter Measures Par
tially Successful—Two Oth
ers Still in Service.
Paris, April 26.—One of three Ger
man long range guns which have been
bombarding Paris has been destroyed,
according to deputy Charles Leboucq
of the department of the Seine. The
deputy said he had talked with the
general commanding the sector near
Crepy-Kn-Laonnois, where the big
guns are stationed. The enemy he de
clared. Is constructing new emplace
ments.
“The emplacement platform on
which the gun slides explains the reg
ularity of the direction of the tiring
which we undergo. At the moment
of firing 10 heavy guns are fired by
a special apparatus to camouflage the
sound of tlie big gun so that its loca
tion cannot be judged from the sound.
"At the same time thick clouds of
smoke from surrounding heights pro
tect tlie gun from airplane observa
tion." He said.
CHARGE MUTILATION
OF NEW AIRPLANES
Cleveland, Ohio. April 27.- Charged
with drilling holes in the wings of air
planes ready to be delivered to tlie
government an employe of a manu
facturing company vas arrested by
federal agent's last night.
DEPORT AMERICAN
FROM EMERALD ISLE
j Dublin. April 27.- Diarmed Lynch,
| Sinn Fein food controller, who has
! just completed a term of two months'
Imprisonment for seizing and slaugh
tering pigs in iroland will be deported.
1 Lynch is an American.
PROPOSE SUBSTITUTE
FOR PUBLICITY PLAN
Publishers Kuock Creel in Ask
ing Government to Establish
Real News Bureau.
New York, April 27. Ar the result
of a suggestion made before the
American Newspaper Publishers’ asso
ciation on Tuesday by Hopewclt
Rogers, its retiring president, the or
ganization decided to seek cooperation
by the government in establishing a
i voluntary censorship bureau composed
of practical newspaper men.
Mr. Rogers in his address alluded to
"wasted efforts” in the preparation of
government publicity matter and
I classed the government's publicity de
| partment as "incompetent and dis
loyal.”
Under the plan proposed today a
committee of trained journalists would
be selected to gather from the various
departments such news as would be
of interest to the public and of value
in the prosecution of the war, and at
the same time eliminate such material
as publishers regard ns unimportant,
thereby saving the time and effort
now used in sending out “copy" whtcU
reaches waste baskets.
Trying to Smash Out Victory
Before Supply of Manpower
Is Exhausted—Amiens
Salient Dangerous.
By Associated Press.
On the French Front in France,
(Thursday), April 25.—The more they
advance along the road toward Amiens,
; the more perilous becomes the salient
the Germans are forming in the Som
me region, especially in view of the
fact that the allied reserves are vir
tually' intact and the allied armies are
now commanded by a single chief.
The present moment is less favor
able to the German plans than when
they started their advance on March
21. Then a weak point existed—be
j tween the French and British armies—
; now there is no sensitive part of the
1 line, since the unified command has
given the opportunity to make the
most practical use of all the allied
troops.
The German effort gives more
marked signs of becoming a desper
ate attempt to force a way to Amiens,
whatever the cost. This cost hitherto
has been very high, for neither the
French nor the British are ceding an
! inch of ground without taking the
heaviest toll from the German at
| tacking forces Several additional Ger
! man divisions have been terribly tried
j since the offensive was resumed this
week, and the enemy possesses only
a limited number more with which
to continue his overwhelming rushes.
From March 21 until today, the
Germans have employed approximately
130 divisions, of which 30 have been
withdrawn to refill the ranks and
have then been sent into the battle for
the second time, making the total of
divisions in action 160.
About 70 other divisions have not
yet been engaged in the battle, but
of these a considerable proportion are
unfitted to do more than hold quiet
sectors. The forward movement must
therefore be carried through very
quickly, as otherwise the German staff
will find itself without further re«
serves.
MENNONITES HELD TO
FEDERAL GRAND JURY
Charged South Dakota Meu
Tried to Buy Release of
Their Draftees.
—
Sioux Kails, S. D.. April 27. Two
I leaders of the German-Russian Men
’nonite colonies in South Dakota have
been held for appearance before the
next federal grand jury and will have
' to answer serious charges made
1 against them by military authorities.
The defendants are John J. VV'ipf,
known among the Mennonites as the
"boss" of the Rockport settlement, and
J. P. Entz, of the Elm Springs colony.
They waived their preliminary hearing
l before United States Commissioner
Conway today and were held to the
federal grand jury under bonds of
$2,000.
The two men were arrested on tele
graphic instructions from the United
States marshal at Topeka, Kan. One
charge is that they attempted to bribe
military officers to secure the release
of 14 Mennonite young men who were
drafted
MARRIED WOMEN TO
GET THEIR WEALTH
—
Schmidt, Illegitimate Son of
Prussian Junker, Planned
Thus to Gain Fortune.
Detroit, Mich.. April 26.—One of Ilel
mith Schmidt's living wives arrived
here today from New York to try to
I search one of the murder plants, which
she herself succeeded in escaping
from.
I She left for Royal Oak shortly be
fore noon to look at his property there,
i hoping to recover equity for the $.7,500
' which she says he stole from her. A
j third living wife was believed located
! in New York today. Schmidt is said
to have obtained $1,400 from her.
He appropriated $3,200 from his
' present wife, who, police think, was
to have been ills next victim.
An illegitimate child of a Prussian
junker, Schmidt was trying to accum
ulate money to return to Oormany and
; live as an aristocrat, developments
i today indicated.
DROP LIBERTY LOAN
POSTERS ON BERMANS
President Wilson Increases Hi3
Bond Holdings—Pershing
Plans Propaganda.
Washington. D. C., April 26.—Presi
dent Wilson made a second subscrip
tion to the third Liberty loan at a
local theater last night, taking $2,000
worth of bonds. He matte hts first sub
scription at the some theater two
Weeks ago.
Some of the third Liberty loau post
ers sent to General Pershing In France
will be dropped front airplanes behind
the German lines. A letter from Gen
eral Pershing to the war loan organi
zation of the treasury received today
says:
‘‘The third Lthery loan posters have
just been received,” General Pershing
wrote, ‘and I desire to say that I con
sider their use and display among the
troops of Franco ti most excellent
method of impressing on Ute A. E. F.
the fact that the people back home are
standing solidly behind them.
‘Some of them dropped from air
planes back of the German front line
will help also to Impress on such Ger
man soldiers and civilians as may see
them, the idea that the United States
considers the winning of the war a
definite necessity and that our people
are both ready and willing to make the
necessary sacrifices to accomplish this
end."
NEW DRAFT BILL IS
SENT TO CONFERENCE
House Adopts Senate Resolu
tion Requiring Young Men
of 21 to Register.
Washington, D. C., April 26.—The
House late yesterday adopted the Sen
ate resolution for the registration for
military service of young men who
have reached the age of 21 years since
June 4 last. The measure now goes to
conference.
The House sustained the military
committee In striking out a provision
of the bill as it pased the Senate which
would exempt from registration those
eilgibles who have entered medical or
divinity schools since June 5 last.
Representative Kahn, of California,
ranking republican on the military
committee, told the House the pro
posed new registration would place
from 500,000 to 700,000 new registrants
available for military service. In that
connection lie recalled that Germany
recently called into service its class of
1919, consisting of approximately 550..
000 men.
18 FOES DOWNED BY
AMERICAN AVIATOR
Major Lufberry Makes Great
Record—Baer Now an Ace—
U. S. Flyers Make Good.
Paris, April 26.- Maj. Raul Lufberry,
of Wallingford, Conn., destroyed his
18th German airplane Tuesday. Lieut.
Paul Baer, of Mobile, Ala., brought
down his fifth German machine the
same day, thus becoming the latest
American ace. Besides the machines
he is offleialy reported to have de
stroyed, Lieut. Baer, it is reported, has
brought down two other German ma
chines. His seven victories in the air
have been scored within the last six
The semi-official count of victories
won by American aviators in the
French and American service now
shows a total of 40 during the last two
months.
DECORATE COLORS OF
AMERICAN REGIMENT
Individual Members Who Were
in Fight at Seicheprey to Re
ceive French Crosses.
BY FRANK J. TAYLOR.
United Press Staff Correspondent.
With the American Army in Lor
raine, April 26.—A French general will
decorate with the croix de guerre
the colors of the American regiment
which defeated the five-day attack by
picked German troops northwest of
Toul two weeks ago.
Individual members also will be dec
orated. The citations and ceremony
are scheduled for Sunday,
This is the first time an American
regiment has received the French war
cross.
URUGUAY ON POINT
OF DECLARING WAR
*
German Reply to Recent Note
Understood to Be Un
satisfactory.
Montevideo. Uruguay, April 26. It is
rumored here today that the German
reply to Uruguays Inquiry as to wheth
er the German government considered
! that a state of war existed between
Uruguay and Germany, is an unsatis
factory one. It Is expected an official
statement on this subject will be issued’
tonight.
OPEN POTASH FIELD.
Washington. IJ. C., April 26. -blight
square miles of the potash brine zone
known as Searle's lake in San Bernar
dino and Inyo counties, Cala., were
op ned today by the department of
the interior to applications for leases.
VOTE DOWN STRIKE.
Boston, April 26.—The. allied He
brew trades last night voted down a
proposal to call a strike May 1, in
protest a;t ilnst the cofivlction of
Thomas Mooney In connection with
the Han Francisco preparedness day
bomb explosion.
Vice Admiral in Command at
Zeebrugge Pays Penalty
For Surprise and
Defeat.
Amsterdam, April 27.—Vice Admiral
Schroeder, the commander at Zee
brugge, according to reports reaching
here, will be deprived of his command
for being taken by suprise by the Brit
ish Tuesday.
German newspapers, in commenting
on the raid at Zeebrugge, generally take
the hint given in tho offiein# reports
at Berlin and represent the enterprise
as having been a failure. Some, how
ever, admit that the attack was made
with great boldness.
"The cement laden ships which were
sunk close to the coast wlH aot hinder
the exits and entrance of »he German
naval forces," the Koelnisehe Zeitung
says.
The Lokal Anzelgor says that the
raiders succeeded in blocking the water
way to a great extent, but that the B
bouts still are able to leave their har
bor as a narrow passage remains.
The Weser Zeitung regards the Brit
ish version as a fantastic substitution
of the wish for the deed and adds:
“It Is a success of which we Germans
piay boast.”
The Koelnisehe Volks Zeiturg see in
the attack evidence that the existenco
of a submarine base at Zeebrugge Is
making “life Intolerable for England.”
CLAIM COMPLETE SUCCESS.
London, April 27.—The Associated
Press learns from a high naval sourc®
that the operations at Zebrugge Vieia
a complete success, with the result
that the FlanderB ttotllla now will bo
obliged to resort to the Ostend route in
putting to sea, from which the British
forces can more easily handle the Ger
man ships..
In addition to the damage done the
mole and the German guns, material
and shipping, the channel has been
blocked by the cement ship? and a Ger
man dredger was destroyed. The loss
of tho dredger, together with the
blocking up of the channel must result
In the speedy silting up of the water
way, and it will take at least sever®'
weeks to clear the passage.
PLEADS GtijYTI
CONSPIRACY CHARGE
Woman Who Concealed Soldier
Husband and Sent Another ip
His Place Sentenced.
—. ®
Dubuque, la., April 27.—Judge Hen
ry T. Reed today sentenced -Mrs. Clif
ford Brown of Waterloo to six months
Imprisonment in the Black Hawk
county jail, following her plea of guilty
to a charge of conspiracy.
Mrs. Brown, according to her con
fession, conspired to conceal her hus
band, an army deserter.
Brown came home on a furlough,
said. Eugene La Beeres of Cedar
Rapids, donned Brown’s uniform and
returned to camp. Impersonating
Brown.
Tho deception was discovered short
ly afterward and all three were ar
rested. Brown has been court mar
tialed and La Beeres Interned.
WOUNDED S. DAKOTAN
IS WIDELY KNOWN
Chester W. Ruth a Newspaper
Man and College Orator
of Ability.
Mitchell, S. D., April 27.— Chester W.
Ruth, formerly a Mitchell newspaper
man and prominent in South Dakota
college forensic circles, has been
wounded in France, a member of the
United States marine corps. News of
his injuries was reported last night in
Washington.
Mr. Ruth represented Dakota Wes
leyan university, of Mitchll, in sever
al debating and oratorical events and
won high honors. He was editor of
the Phreno-Cosmian, the college
paper, and upon the completion of h'ia
college course entered newspaper
work. A year ago he went to Cleve
land and was in newspaper work in
that city when he enlisted in the ma
rine corps.
Just before his enlistment Mr. Ruth
was married to Miss Laura Easton,
of Wessington Springs, S. D. Mrs.
Ruth is now engaged in government
work at Washington, D. C. A broth
er, George Ruth, also is a member of
the marine corps and is in France.
Mr. RuUi’s father, R. E. Ruth, now
deceasetw'was one of the most prom
inent traveling men in South Dakota
for many years.
OPEN ASH-PORT BLAMED
FOR SINKING 0F LINER
New York, April 27.—An ash port,
carelessly left open, was believed to
day to have flooded the American
liner St. Paul, sinking her at her pier.
However, so far no official announce
ment as to the cause of the accident,
which probably cost three lives, has
been made. Twenty men of the 35#
aboard were injured.
Work of raising the vessel was
. progressing rapidly today. Meanwhile,
investigation definitely to place the re
sponsibility for the sinking was con
ducted by army men.
12 MEN ARE INDICTED
FOR PART IN LYNCHING
Kdwardsville. 111.. April 26.—Seven
men were being sought today on in
dictments charging murder in connec
tion with the lynching of Robert Prae
ger at Collinsville, three weeks ago.
Five of 12 indictee! are In jail here.
Four Collinsville policemen were
charged with malfeasance for failure
to interfere with the mob.
The five under arrest are Joseph
Riegel, Westerly Beaver, William
Brockmeier, Enid Elmore and Richard
Dukes.
Thirty-seven witnesses were named
by the grand jury, including 18-year
old Maida Gilmore, whose testimony
was said to have involved her father.