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RIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS BOY KILLED IN TRYING TO PREVENT SUICIDE South Orange, N. J. Dec. 1. In seeking to prevent his mother's maid from committing suicide here today, Gordon Sey fried, 12 years old, a Boy Scout tried to tear a revolver from her hand and was killed by the same bullet wfch passed through her body. She too, was reported tonight to be near death. Just before he died in his mother's arms, the lad whispered: I saw Paul ine with the pistol and tried to do my duty as a Boy Scout." WILSON TO REST IN QUIRINAL PALACE Rome, Dec. l.--An apartment is being prepared in the royal palace of the Quirinal for the disposal of President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson during their stay in the Italian cap Ital, according to the Messaggero. 2,000,000 AMERICAN WOMEN IN WAR WORK. . Nw Yotk, Dec. 1. Approximate ly .UUU.UUU American women are engaged in war work, according to an estimate made public tonight by the i national war council of the Young Women's Christian associa tion. The organization's figures are based on a survey which it is con ducting to obtain information on the basis of which its welfare work in industry will be extended. CROWDS IN LONDON 3IVE OVATION TO FOCH. London, T'ec. 1. Marshal Foch, M. Clemenceau, the French pre mier, Vitorio Orlando, the Italian premier, and Baron Sonnino, the Italian foreign minister, were re ceived by Premier Lloyd George, the duke of Connaught and other .high officials on their arrival in London this afternoon. All the members of the party were enthusiastically received, but Mar shal Foch came in for particular attention in this direction. Hun dreds of Americans on leave aug mented the roar after roar of cheers for Foch as he drove through the streets. The marshal had his hand it salute almost constantly. . KING OF WURTTEMBURG NOW PUBLICLY ABDICATES Berne, Dec. 1. Following the example of the former German em peror, the king of Wurttemburg has publicly abdicated. He renoun ces the crown onlv in his o n name, making no mention in his dec laration of tfie heir apparent. EVERYTHING THATS BEST IN THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS WEST THAT'S OMAHA. The Omaha- Daily. Bee VOL. 48. NO. 143. Entirad u wh(4iii Kitttr May 28, 1906. Omaha P. 0. Mir, act at March 3. 1870 OMAHA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1918. : i : ; B Mill ( yaar). Dally. S4.50: Sunday. KM; Dally aad Sua., 15.50; autilda Nab., aoitaM antra. TWO CENTS. THE WEATHER; Fair Monday and Tues day, not muc(i change in temperature. Thermometer limdlnca: 5 . in Slk a. m Sil 7 a. m 35 ft a. m DA 9 a. pi 40 10 a. in 4.H It a. m 43 l'i m 1 . in. .... . ..,.41 ' t p. ni ...it 8 l. m.. 4 4 p. m 41 5 p. m . .40 0 p. m. ........ ,S9 " 7 p. m W ; KARL ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO RETURN. Vienna, Dec. 1. The term "votes for women" is beginning to take on a sinister meaning here when con sidered in connection with the fact that Emperor Charles has not for- ' mally abdicated. The socialist news papers claim that the woman voters are being influenced by the clergy . nd they also are making fierce at tacks on Charles, openly charging that he has. agents in Switzerland md other countries and that he is working with- the. Christian socialist party with the ihtenion of coming -back to the throne of Austria-Hun- . gary. , There will be elections in Janu ary for a new parliament, and the confirmation ofjhe republic or the re-establishmentr of the monarchy, according to the vote. SERBIANS IN U. S. faVor UNITED NATION. Chicago, Dec. 1. More than 300 delegates from all parts of the country to a Serbian congress held here today endorsed the proposed union of Serbs and Jugo-Slavs. Dr. Hilosh Trivunac, of the University of Belgrade, said such a union would bring together 14,000,000 people. United States Senator elect Medill McCormack in an' ad dress declared that a united Serbian nation would prove "an interesting experiment which will be watched closely by America." GERMAN TROOPS SUFFER HARDSHIP QUiTTIMSSIA Homeward March of 500,000 Men Similar to Retreat of Napoleon's Army from Moscow. Paris, Dec. 1. (Havas) German troops which have been occupying Russian territory are returning to Germany under great difficulty, ac cording to a dispatch from Copen hagen. One detachment of 1,500 men marching from Lodz, 75 miles southwest of Warsaw, was attacked by the Poles and only succeeded in reaching the German border afljer undergoing severe hardships. The German army of 500,000 men is being forced to march homeward through snow and rain. The men cannot use the railroads because the Russians returning to their own country have taken over all the roll ing stock. The Germans are pillag ing as they pass through villages, the inhabitants taking flight as the soldiers approach. i Hundreds of Propaganda Stickers Posted in Camp Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 1. Hundreds of paper stickers bearing the words "We demand the immediate release of all political prisoners" -made their appearance on the parade grounds and on some buildings here today. The stickers are about six by eight inches in size .and lettering was printed in red ink. No officer could account ; from whence the Stickers came, but investigation is being made. , The stickers are believed by of ,,"ficers toNbe part of a propaganda scheme which has been noticed else where in the country. - X ... - . -' . .. ' N nn i CONGRESS AWAITING WILSON'S ADDRESS Members Criticise President for Decision to Go to France; Some May Question Him. v Washington, Dec. 1. Congress expects to hear from President Wil son tomorrow something of his plans for the peace conference. On the eve of his departure for France the president will go to the capitol shortly before 1 o'clock to deliver his annual address at the opening of the thir'd and final ses sion of the Sixty-fifth congress. Few utterances of the chief execu tive have been awaited with keener interest, and congressional officers said tonight that never before has there been such a demand for ad mission cards to the house galleries for a joint session. Some Congressional leaders say the appearance of the president may create something oa sensation and tlien again nothing . may happen. They are certain, however, that, soon after the president speaks there will be spirited discussion in both senate and house of his plans for the trip, if they are revealed, and of any pro posed action on problems coming before the peace conference. General and virtually daily debate in the sen ate also is expected while the peace delegates are sitting in Paris. Criticise the President. Many members of both senate and house privately criticise the persi- dent for his decision to go to trance and also for his failure to include a member of the senate in the Ameri can delegation, but none of them will speak for publication. Nor have those members of the house who have been reported to be prepared to question the president tomorrow regarding the peace conference made any announcement. Some senators also are said to have prepared resolutions for intro duction tomorrow - proposing ap pointment of a special senate com mittee to go to Europe and keep the senate informed on events at the peace conference. A special meeting of the democratic steering committee has been called for to morrow before the senate convenes to discuss the general situation. Besides dealing with the peace conference, the president tomorrow is expected to recommend legisla (Contlnued on Tag Two, Column Seven.) Meat Exports for Four Years Exceed Eight Billion Pounds Cleveland, Dec. 1. Figures given out tonight by James B. McCrea, president of the American Meat Packers association, show that since August, 1914, American meat pack ers have supplied Amerjcan. allied and neutral governments more than 8,460,087,810 pounds of meat pro ducts. This includes 2,179,709,993 pounds of beef and 6,280,377,817 pounds of pork. For the four years preceding the shipments to all foreign countries were 4,943,512,568 pounds. Forty million hogs and four mil lion cattle were slaughtered. Most Powerful Radio Apparatus Installed on Wilsons Steamer New York, Dec. 1. A new wire less apparatus, said to be the most powerful carried by any vessel, was installed today on the Ameri can transport George Washington, so that President Wilson can keep in constant touch with Washing ton during his voyage to Brest. ZIONISTS HOLD TRIPLE FETE OVERJICTORY Peace Celebration Incorpor ated With Chanuka and Anniversary of Jews Coming into Own. Zionists of Omaha at their triple celebration filled the Municipal au ditorium last night when they incor porated the Chanuka service and the first anniversary of the Balfour dec laration returning the Holy lands to the Jews, with a peace celebration. Dr. Rom, president of the Omaha Zionist district, introduced Rabbi M. N. Taxon, minister or the united Jewish congregations of Omaha who acted as chairman. Flags of the allied nations were carried to the platform, and as each flag was presented the Ft. Omaha band played the national anthem of its respective nation,, except in the presentation of the flag of the new Jewish nation. When their flag was presented a chorus of 100 voices under the leadersip of Miss Kruger sang the Hebrew national hymn, Hatikoah. Angel of Peace. The flag service was followed by the representation of the ange.1 of peace impersonated by Miss Bernice Solig. Rabbi Fleisher rendered the Bene diction of the Lights, accompanied by Miss Sophia Wenstein. Victor Rosewater of The Bee was introduced, and said that while he was not a Zionist and did not speak from a Zionist standpoint he be lieves that the day of persecution of the Jews the whole world over was past. ' "Great progress has been made during the last year," said Mr. Rose water, "and I know that great prog ress is to be made in giving the Jews wherever they are, equal rights with every other citizen or resident of the country of their adoption. The Jew has fought valliantly and made sacrifices under the flags of all the nations in this great war. No one has come to the front and done his full duty more than has the Jew. "Another result of this great war has been the strengthening of the self-confidence of the Jew. He has been able to show what he can do, and show that the prejudice against him has been unfounded." Nation of His Own. Harry B. Fleharty made a short talk laying particular emphasis on the part the Jew has played in the history of the world and said: "Two things of supreme importance will come out of the new Jewish nation, first the right of the Jew to stand with any other nation and asser: his right to the protection of that nation because he has a nation of his own, and second, since the liTs- ftory of the Jewish people is so sig nificant with the things that follow of the higher ideals of human kind, I cannot believe but that it will lead to the higher ideals of brotherhood on earth." Rev. Titus Lowe of the First Methodist church spoke of the Jew in his relation to the early part of (Continued on Face Two, Column One.) Conservation Appeal From Hoover Read in Churches Washington, Dec. 1. America's "food conservation week for world relief" opened today with an appeal from Food Administrator Hoover, which was read in the churches over the country. Mr. Hoover, who is now in Europe arranging for food supplies for the populations of that country, said the people of the United States now have opportunity for renewed service to mankind by helping th. Jiigh conservation of food here to feed 300,000,000 hungry people in northern France, Belgium, central Russia, southern Europe, Poland, and Armenia. The food administrator also dis cussed the pledge given last sum mer to the inter-allied food council by the American government to meet the food program of the allies and said the ending of the war does not release the American people from that pledge. "The same populations must be fed." the message said, "and until another season has passed, they can not feed themclvcs. x "In addition to the supplying of those to whom we are already pledged, we now have the splendid opportunity and obligation of meet ing the needs of those' millions of people in the hitherto occupied ter ritories who are facing actual starva tion. "The people of Belgium, northern France, Serbia, Roumania, Monte negro, Poland, Russia and Armenia rely upon America for immediate aid. We mus also participate ill the preservation of the newly liber ated nations in Austria; nor can we ignore the effect on the future world developments of a famine condition among those other people whom we have recently released from our enemies "All these considerations mean that upward of 200,000,000 people, in addition to th&se we are already pledged to serve, are now looking to us in their misery and famine. Our appeal today is, therefore, larg er than the former appeal to the 'war conscience' of our people. The new appeal is the 'world conscience' which must be the guiding inspira tion of our future program." BAVARIA WILL SEEK SEPARATE COMPACT Rupture Between Berlin and Munich Complete; Solf Upheld by Hindenburg and HiSArmy. London, Dec. 1. Bavaria will open negotiations for a separate peace with the entente allies, accord ing to an Exchange Telegraph dis patch from Zurich, which adds that the rupture between the govern ments of Berlin and Munich is now complete. The government of Germany is supported by Field Marshal von Hindenburg, who placed the army at its disposal and refuses to resign or to dismiss Dr. W. S. Solf, for eign secretary in the coalition cab inet, or Dr. Mathias Erzberger. Eisner's Fall Forecast. Copenhagen, Dec. 1. Advices from Bavaria say the fall of Pre mier Eisner is expected soon and that Herr Auer, a socialist, is men tioned as his successor. Zimmermann Answers Eisner. Berlin, Dec. 1. Dr. Alfred Zim mermann, former secretary of foreign affairs, replying to. the charge of Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian premier, that the government at Berlin was responsible for the war, declares in the Deutsche Zeitung: "We did in fact consider that with the crime of Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary's hour of destiny had struck. We did not prompt Austria-Hungary to her action, but expressly advised her against it. The Vienna ulti matum, which we considered too se vere, was communicated to us too late for an endeavor to mitigate it." Austria Joins Germany. Berlin, Dec. 1. Dr. Hartmann to day handed to Dr. W. S. Solf, the German foreign secretary, creden tials to the peace conference as rep resentative of the German-Austrian republic. Dr. Solf, on receiving Dr. Hartmann, said he was deeply im pressed by the decision of German Austria to join Germany, as this was the long fostered desire of Ger many. Appeal Against Armistice. Berne, Dec. l.---The German Peace society, at Munich, Bavaria, has directed a passionate appeal to the Swiss press against the "terrible (armistice) conditions and their in justice to a new Germany, which has ridded itself of its militaristic lead ers." The appeal is addressed "all those, in enemy or neutral countries who represent the ideas of justice and the right of national self-development." The message continues: "The most prominent and most powerful of those is President Wil son. That he does not content him self with the original armistice re quirements for evacuation of oc cupied territories, but has agreed to the awful conditions imposed, is grimly portentious and probably will weaken his own influence in the extraordinary peace conference. "We do not give up hope that he will hold to his oft-repeated solemn program,, that he is willing to judge the concrete peace problems justly, and that with the help of pacifically minded circles in allied countries he will be able to accomplish his wishes. Fire Destroys Shell Plant; One Man Burned to Death Minneapolis, Dec. 1 The shell plant of the Minneapolis Stee and Machinery company was destroyed by fire here today, with a loss esti mated at $500,000, fully covered by insurance. One man lost his life, being burned to tfeath. Gas and oil, used extensively in the plant, caused numerous explo sions and made it difficult for fire men to fight the blaze. A high wind threatened for a time to spread the flames to a nearby elevator contain ing 1,000,000 bushels of grain. Officers of the company and po lice and firemen said they did not believe the fire was of incendiary origin. Dr. Muehlon Offered Post In New German Government Geneva, Dec. 1. Dr. Wilhelm Muehlon, former director of the Krupp works at Essen, has been recalled to Berlin by' the new Ger man government. He will be offered a post in the government. Total of 122 U-Boats So Far Surrendered by Germany to Allies Harwich, Dec. 1. Eight moie German submarines urrendered today, making a t tel of 122 which have been taken over by the allies. LYNCH STARTS TODAY TO SERVE HIS SENTENCE U. S. Marshal Flynn to Take His Boyhood Chum to Dodge County Jail. ' By the irony of fate it will be the painful duty of United States Mar shal Thomas J. Flynn, to take his boyhood chum and life-long friend, Johnny Lynch, to Fremont to serve out his sentence of three months in the county jail as a, result of his plea of guilty to a white slavery charge. - The two men, who are now of middle age, grew up together in Omaha, attended the same schools, had the same friends and were bound together by lifelong compan ionship. Johnny Lynch grew to be a polit ical power in the city and county and the sensational trials, resulting from some of his activities kept the community agog for nearly a year, and plunged him from the former high estate he occupied. In the meantime Hynch's chum, Thomas J. Flynn, had also been prominent in local and county poli tics and has risen to the position of United States marshal. At 9 o'clock this morning Flynn will leave the Union depot for Fre mont with Lynch as his prisoner. It will be his duty to guard Lynch and see that he is turned over to the Dodge county jail officials to serve the sentence imposed on him by the court. Marshal Flynn will go from Fre .mont to Lincoln where James Ford, brother of John Ford, is to be tried in the federal court this week on a charge of conspiracy to violate the Reed amendment by transporting liquor in dry territory. Capt. De Lamar Dies; Story of His life Reads Like Romance New York, Dec. 1. Capt. Joseph Raphael De Lamar, financier and mine owner, died today in Roosevelt hospital of pneumonia! which de veloped after an operation. He was 75 years old. Captain De Lamar was president of the Dome Mines company, vice president of the In ternational Nickel company and a di rector in many other corporations. Captain De Lamar was born in Amsterdam, Holland and while yet a mere boy boardec a Dutch vessol that plied to theW-est Indies ai 1 worked (as a sailor until he was 23, 'vhen hje became master of a ship. He then came to America and r,e iled at Vineyard Hjvrn Mass. Ti e gold fever struck Lcadville, Colo., in 188 and De Lamar went west and bought several claims. In the san e year he took a course in chemist y and metallurgy in Chicago univers ity. Return .ng to tie gold distri.t he purchased the Dc Lamar mines, which he sold two 'ars later to J ondon interests for $2,000,000. H-. was the sole owner o' the Utah Mines and Smelting company. He came to New Y crk City h 188t" and was known in Wall street as "the man of mys'cry." At his country home at Glencove, Captain De Lamar bnrcrtained vict or? from all over ic- worid w'.io came to see his collection of plants a;id flowers. He is survived by a daughter, who is a member of the Red Cross motor corps, j FORCE OF YANKEES BACK FROM OVERSEAS Mauretania Arrives at New York With Troops; 13,590 Men on Way Home from England. , New York, Dec. 1. The British steamship Mauretania, returning to the United States with the first large body of American overseas troops, anchored in Gravesend bay at 7:40 o'clock tonight. It was met by navy and army tugs. It probably will re main at its anchorage until early to morrow, when it is expected to dock at Hoboken. The navy tug, it was reported, had been ordered to meet the Mauri tania to bring dshore Admiral Henry T. Mayo, commander of the Atlantic fleet, who was returning from Eng land as a passenger. The army tug, it was said, had orders to bring ashore an army officer of high rank. Aboard the Mauretania, as an nounced recently by General March, chief of staff, are several thousand members of the air service who were stationed in England. The ship also carries a number of casuals. Permission Asked for Parade. , When the transport docks at Ho boken, relatives and friends of Ihose aboard will not be allowed on the pier, according to a recent an nouncement by Brig.-Gen. G. H. McManus, embarkation officer at this port, who added that to safe guard public health the soldiers will be taken directly to demobilization camps for physical examination. Barracks at Camp Mills have been prepared for their reception. Late today, however, Mayor John F. Hyland telegraphed Secretary Baker asking that troops aboard the Mauretania be permitted to parade up Fifth avenue tomorrow. Permis sion also was asked to give a dinner tomorrow night in honor of return ing officers. In his telegram the mayor pointed out that "the people of the city of New York are most anxious to wel come the troops," and that "the mayor's committee of welcome and city officials have been waiting all day to meet the Mauretania at Am brose channel." Crowds at Battery. Battery park was crowded all day with persons eager to catch a glimpse of the vessel bringing back to these shores the vanguard of the (Continued oh-Tage Two, Column Two.) King George and His Sons Leave Paris for Army Front Paris, Dec. 1. King George of Great Britain and the Prince of Wales and Prince Albert, who have been in Paris since Thursday, have departed for the front. They were welcomed at the railway station by a cheering crowd. President Poin care and Premier Clemenceau bade the royal party farewell at the sta tion. King George sent a message to President Poincare. expressing his deep gratitude for the manifestation by the president, the French gov ernment and the people of Paris of cordial friendship towards himself and his sons. Bucharest Burning; Revolts Spread to All Parts of Roumania Copenhagen, Dec. 1. (By the Associated Press.) Bucharest is burning, according to reports from Berlin.. Peasant revolts are said to have broken out in all parts of Roumania. FORMER KAISER DENOONCED AS ARCH CRIMINAL if We Had to Single Out One for Punishment He Would Be Person," Says London Times. London, Dec. 1. Discussing plans for bringing to justice former Em peror William of Germany, the Times, asserts that "If we- had to single out one culprit for punish ment he would be the person." The paper adds that the argument that he cannot be punished because thcra are others who also are guilty can not be admitted. "By that argument," the Times continues, "a felon caught in the act would escape punishment because there are other felons who have not yet been brought to judgment and neither law nor common sense would listen to such a plan. "Besides, it is not proposed to punish the kaiser alone. There are others, too, who will be placed on trial. "The one argument against doing what we can to bring this arch criminal to justice is that at present he is a mean and contemptible figure, hiding his head from the ruin he brought on his country and that if we prosecute him, we may some what impart dignity to him." Crown Prince Must Abdicate. Paris, Dec. 1. (Havas) The Pel it Journal, say; it is convinced the associated powers will now de mand the formal abdication of Fred erick William, tr.e former German crown prince. , I London, Dec. 1. The German government is starting an investiga tion into the German crimes in Bel gium in the deportation of Belgian workmen, the theft of Belgian ma- chinery and the murders of Edith j Cavell and Captain Fryatt. Among those held responsible, ac- j cording to an Amsterdam dispatch to ! the Exchange Telegraph company, are Gen. Von Hauberzweig, the for mer military governor of Brussels; General Baron Kurt von Manteuf fel, military commander at Louvain, and Baron Von Der Lanchen, civil governor of Brussels at the time of Miss Cavell's execution. Municipal Council of Paris to Go in Body to Meet Wilson Paris, Dec. 1. The municipal council of Paris has decided to go in a body, on the arrival of President Wilson, to present hini the good wishes and welcome of the people of Paris. The council expressed a wish the day be made a national holiday. ! United Drive Is Planed to Find I Jobs for Returning Soldiers Washington, Dec. 1. All the gov ernment and private organizations which have been actively concerned with the prosecution of the war and in particular with the welfare of ; soldiers and sailors are to unite in j a great drive to find suitable civilian ! employment for the nation's fight i ing men as they are demobilized. ' All efforts will be directed toward not only replacing the men in industry, commerce and agricul ture but in finding for the individual man the best work open to him. The program for tfie drive was announced today at a reconstruc tion conference held here under the I auspices of federal employment ser vice, which will have general direc- tion of this work. i Maj. Straight, Financier and Diplomat, Dies in Paris ; Paris, Dec. 1. Maj. Willard D. Straight, financier and diplomat of New York, who several days ago was stricken with pneumonia, died last night, aged 38. Major Straight had been detailed at the request of Col. E. M. House to take up duties with the House mission as soon as hostilities ceased. ; The major had begun work several I days before he fell ill. PERSHING OCCUPIES QUARTERS AT TREVES Four Soldiers Disperse Mob Which Wrecked Esch Shops in Revenge for Over-1 charging Americans. By WILBUR FORREST. (Special Cable to the Tribune, Copyright 1918. New York Tribune, Inc.) With the American Army of Oc cupation, Germany,' Dec. 1. Riding at the head of their troops, Generals. Parker, Lajeune, Howes and Lassi ter were in command of the first Americans to enter Germany of ficially as the army of occupation. Entering Rhenish Prussia at sunrise the troops en route to the Rhine, with columns in perfect order and American flags waving conspicu ously, made an inspiring spectacle. AMERICANS OCCUPY TREVES. ' By, Associated Press. With the Arrrgrican Army of Oc cupation, Dec. 1. American troops crossed the frontier into Prussia at daylight behind the German rear guards. Treves is the most im portant city thus far occupied. American troops also are patrolling " scores of villages, however. .-.-.. , General PersTiing is in the imme diate vicinity tos observe the opera tions. His advance headquarters will be established at Treves, where Gen. Preston Brown will be military governor and Gen. Harry A. Smith in charge of civil affairs. The advance today averaged 12 miles. Treves is situated on the right bank of the Moselle river 57 miles southwest of Coblenz. It is perhaps the oldest town in Germany and is rich in Roman relics. The population at the outbreak of the war was about 60,000. Mob Wrecks Esch Shops. I Four American soldiers dispersed a mob of thousands at Esch after it had wrecked 28 shops in revenge for the overcharging of Americans. Most of these establishments were' conducted by Germans. The loss it estimated 'at between 4,000,000 arid 7,000,000 francs. ' - The trouble began when a soldier was charged 2 francs for a cake o! chocolate and the same amount for an apple. TJie Luxemburgers, who long have protested against high ' prices, resented the overcharging of -their "deliverers." They entered the shop, destroying its contents. Someone raised the cry to wipe (Contlnned on Tage Two, Column S1-.) American force Driving Bolsheviki Up Pinega River Archangel, Dec. 1. Russo-Ameri-can forces, continuing their advance up the Pinega river over ice and snow-covered roads, have captured the town of Karpagorskoi, 120 miles from the town of Pinega, after a fight with the bolshevik. ' A patrol of 70 Americans, scout ing yesterday along the Vaga river. . south of Shenkursk, encountered a tenfold superior force of bolshevik, including cavalry and infantry with many machine guns. The American were surrounded, but fought their way out, losing a lieutenant and 12 men killed. For bravery in construction work under heavy fire in the fighting along the Vologda railroad, Lieut. W. C. Griffles of St. Johns, Mich has been awarded the British mili tary cross and Sergt. Joljri Benson of- Highland Park, a suburb of De troit, has been awarded the British military medal. Annomicement Extraordinary ! Former Attorney General George W. Wickersham Will Report the Peace Conference for The Bee By special arrangement in conjunction with the New York-Tribune a critical review of the proceedings at "Ver sailles from day to day will be givea readers of The B,eely this eminent lawyer, who served with distinction in the last presidential cabinet. No one reporting the sessions will be better versed in the subjects at issue. " The Peace Conference will be the one big After-the-War World Event which will center and hold universal interest from start to finish. It will determine the details of the hard-won victory of the Allies. 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