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ft-: CRITICISM OF PEACE DENIED TO THE HUNS Marshal Foch Reminds Dr. Erzberger War Is Still On in Stormy Discussions ; at Armistice Session. Berlin, March 17. Now that a nal agreement has been reached by the German and allied commissions it Brussels and the blockade is partly lifted, it is interesting to pe ruse detailed accounts ot the various stormy armistice sessions at Spa and Treves just released for publica tion in the German newspapers, Here i a seouel to the recent ex clusive Universal Service "mside" story of the duel of wits between Marshal rocn ana J-r. watnias erz berger, chairman . of the German umistice commission: On various occasions Dr. Erzber- er launched into lengthy lectures m "justice and humanity," to which Marshal Foch replied with heat that he refused to accept either itjstruo tion or criticism from the German commissioner. Repeatedly, too, Erzberger had to be reminded that the war is still on. ; " . , Kef use to Be Slave, A dramatic scene en-sued when: Erzberger declared "Gerfnany re- "S;' vfuses to become -the financial slave of the entente. That to reduce her to such slavery, the alliesN.chief aim was an accusation reiterated again and again by Erzberger. He as, well m as the Lbert government,' in an orh :ial protest, made a number of oilier charges, some of which were: - 1. That the allies in. notes 'and statements setting forth their., de is mands expressed "unconcealed joy jver being in a position to cripple nd humiliate Germany." 2. That the allies were demanding - thing? incompatible with German 'dignity" and "honor." Allege Trickery. ? 3. That Germany was tricked .into 'he armistice by making her believe President Wilson's 14 points were to be scrupulously lived up to. , ' "4. That the allies' aim was to ren der her defenseless first and then crush her completely. 1 5. That the allies alone were re sponsible for "Germany's inability to fulfill the original armistice con ditions. 6. That the allies themselves systematically violated the armistice tgreement. . 7. Thit France was '"brutally ex pelling" Germans from Alsace-Lor--aine on a 24-hour notice. Lively Dialogue1' Ri One particularly lively dialogue between roch and , Erzberger, as recounted in the German press, fol- lows: j- Erzberger: "Germany has reached ji- the utmost limit of possibilities. We must, therefore, reject any- punitive jr measures and demand a postpone- ment of the date of delivery. Ger 2 many is determined to fulfill the ar- gr nustice conditions scrupulously, but 0 he allies on their part have sys- tematicallv violated the armistice e igreement. Unhindered traffic and ;cononiic freedom of movement .be tween the occupied territories ..and the rest of Germany have been de-i stroyed. . "We are particularly .filled with indignation at the procedure of the force of occupation in Alsace-Lorraine. The brutal expulsion of '.Ger man officials as well as ot numer ous members of all professions and ; ill classes of society who, in most ' cases, have been forced to leave fc within 24 hours, without their, bet I longings, and without regard to c ... -i Af ; it. ... S thermore, the complete isolation of Alsace-Lorraine from economic and I spiritual intercourse with the rest of Germany has given tremendous spurt to the flames of indignation not only in northern and southern S Germany, but among the old inhabi- rants of Alsace-Lorraine them-'-selves. f "In addition the entire property f of Germany in Alsace-Lorraine has been confiscated. Citizens of Al- ; f sace-Lorraine, returning to their na i P ttve land, have been deprived of ; their, property, and all persons sn ine provinces wno were noi citizens ! ijof France in 1871, either by their own adherence or by virtue of their K ancestry, are treated as foreigners, f 'j : - . i- r it,.. ,! T ucspuc ine laci uiai viaai.c-t-ui- ,raine must until a decision is preached by the peace conference, absolutely be returned as German. "All measures taken by the JiFrench government in Alsace-Loj-: Jtaine prove that France means to anticipate the decision of the peace treaty and to annex Alsace-Lor-raine, without paying the slightest Jheed to the right of self-determina-.tion, so often and so noisily de-i-nanded." Q Military Questions. 4; Foch: "The eplusions from Alsace-Lorraine have nothing to do If with the French government. These are' purely military questions. The gtnilitary aim is the security of the fUUied troops. - - "I refuse to accept either instruc- tion or criticism regarding measures at a military nature. Meantime I " -cmind you of the German conduct ii Lille and northern France." Erzberger: "That was in the war,. We are now living in the "period' of Jirmistice." f Foch: "France is not at peace with i Germany. I am a soldier. When Jtliere is war, there is no peace. There y.S no third condition." Compare With Lille. armistice. While the war was on personally transmitted through -.German soldiers news to inhabitants if Lille regarding their relatives. I "The least that could be done is to iinieliorate the hardships of the peo f jle of Alsace-Lorraine by lifting the xstal blockade." ' - . Foch: "Let us drop this subject. Si stand on my declaration: 'A com iparison with Lille and , northern France would be in your favor., The jsiate of war in Alsace-Lorraine vill ie altered in no way whatever.'" r -Erzberger: ' That is to be .deeply Regretted, for only innocept people Hre suffering, and it can bring no id vantage to France." f... . T Cur A Co;c ri One Day rckeLAXATIVE BnCT.IO QUININE (TVb iti.: It stop th- r -j--. r 1 ' 1-"-.r.d workj off th Cold.. F W. GKOVES i'!"""T5 " tl bo.... s.. ,. f, - iDid Japanese Physician From Jealousy or To Avenge Slur on Nurse Trial of Dr. Noboiu Ishida, Charged With Killing Dr. George B. Wolff of Baltimore Hospital, Raises Peculiar Question of Race and Love In Precincts of Sheppard-Pratt Institution. Baltimore," Md., March 17. The opening today of the trial of Dr. Noboiu Ishida, Japanese psychiatrist, charged with killing Dr. George B. Wolff, resident physician of the Sheppard-Pratt hospital, at which the Japanese was also en gaged in specializing on mental disease, attracted a number of prominent alienists and other medical men who are great ly interested in the case, the accused having entered a plea of not guilty on the ground of insanity. The state presented its case today and attempted to prove that the act was brought on by disordered emo tions, principally jealousy over a girl nurse at the institution. States At torney Hartman sought to prove that the shooting of Dr. Wolff was premeditated and with 'malicious in tent. He produced a witness who admitted selling the revolver to the alienist the day, before the shooting aiid said Ishida' had ' asked to be showri-'ju'st h'6w'to use the weapon. Ishida sat motionless throughout the hearing. , ' ' 1 1 . . '.No Emotion Displayed. A diminutive figure, the alienist listened attentively, but displayed no emotion. . . . There were ;a dozen or more Jap anese . , present, including several friends. of the defendant, while oth ers were summoned as witnesses. A statement which Deputy Sheriff Hjrarri ' Brown testified - Dr. Ishida had given him, was admitted in evi dence for the state and was in part as folldws: "l)r. Wolff tried to make pepple in the hospital believe that I am a spy, while I am a doctor. And he succeeded in getting a girl, whom I liked, to believe that I am a spy, which was discoverd. He was jeal ous of me about this girl and after he. exhausted his tricks to let her AGRICULTURAL SHOVTO REPLACE AK-SArVBEN FETE Nash Announces That Perma nent Farmland Live Stock Exposition' Will Replace Annual Fall Festival. A permanent agricultural and live stock exposition, to replace the an nual Ak-Sar-Ben carnival, is the big "Boost Omaha" project to be spon sored bv the Ak-Sar-B;n board of governors, according to an an nouncement made yesterday by Louis C. Nash, member of the board iof governors of Ak-Sar-Ben. The practicability of obtaining a site large enough and yet sufficiently adjacent to the city and transporta tion lines was' discussed at a meet ing of the governors held Saturday night, at ithe Omaha club. 1 Great enthusiasm greeted the pre sentation of Mr. Nash's plan, on which- he has been working for a long time. The exposition grounds should fill the need for circus grounds and other large outdoor ex hibitions, according to the plans. A committee, of 'which Walter W. Head is a' member, was appointed to make preliminary plans as to finances and other important details. Great for Omaha. "The agricultural and live stock exposition ought to be the biggest thing for Omaha that Ak-Sar-Ben has ever brought about. Such an undertaking is the logical thing for Omaha, because, while we may not all push the plow or raise live stock, our prosperity depends on these great industries," said Mr. Nash. "Once we have our exposition started, it ought to bring half a mil lion people to Omaha. Our exposi tion will in no way conflict with the Lincoln state fair, as the dates will be different and the show will have different features. While there will be no direct return to Omaha busi ness men who invest funds to insure the success of the exposition, the in direct benefits will be enormous." Whether the big exposition can be planned in time for 1919 Ak-Sar-Ben festivities cannot yet be determined. If arrangements cannot be com pleted, the carnival will once more have its last showing in Omaha. Six-Room Addition to Dundee School Is Authorized by Board A six-room addition for the Dun dee school at an estimated cost of $25,000 was authorized Monday night by the Omaha Board of Edu cation at its regular meeting, lhe overcrowded and congested condi tions in the school forced the board to press the matter of building an ddition. The board also authorized the creation of a water district m-the vicinity of the Sherman avenue school. Since the health authorities con demned the, well a year ago, the children Were . compelled to carry drinking' water to the school. The growth of .that part of the city has how 'warranted a water -district for the School- ; Ex-Sbdier$ .May Apply for Steel Helmets, Gas Masks ''Any soldier who was given a steel helmet or gas mask for use in i, the American expeditionary forces, and who .has turned them to the government, will be given back the heknet and ga$ mask, if He desires, to keep them, accord ing t5 an order just issued by the War department. All officers and soldiers, are to be allowed to re tain their helmets and gas masks, if. they desire, to do so. . . Doctor Shoot misunderstand inc. at last assaulted her against her will. So I made this act for the honor of both nations and the girl." Family in Japan. ' Dr. T. Matsumator, sent by the Japanese , government to Phipps Clinic of John Hopkins hospital, tes tified that Dr. Ishida was married and had a wife and two children in Japan. On. cross-examination Dr. . Matsu mator said " Ishida visited him four days before the shooting; that he complained of being persecuted by Dr. Wolff, but that Dr. Wolff would soon be discharged. , TJr. EdwardJ rsrusn, superintendent or tne anep-pard-Pratt hospital, in his testimony told of, taking the revolver ' fjrom Ishida after the shooting and of i the accused saying he had shot Dr. Wolff because he had called him a spy. Dr. Brush further stated that Ishida had complained to him that Wolff watched and stared at him. Asked if Ishida had ever spoken of Dr. Wolff assaulting a nurse, Dr. Brush said that he positively had not. He said he would have sent the Japanese away at once had he ever made such accusations, for he knew Dr. Wolff to be a gentleman in every respect. The nurse to whom Dr. Ishida re ferred, it is expected will testify to morrow. RESERVE BOARD FINDS BUSINESS SS UNCERTAIN Decreasing Prices, Large Stocks and Slight Demand Reported by Dealers and Manufacturers of Goods. Washington, March 17. The fed eral reserve board made public to day summaries of reports from fed eral reserve agents throughout the country in answer to a questionnaire recently sent out to ascertain the extent of business and industrial re adjustment. The reports showed in general large st.opks on hand by manufacturers and dealers and a lessened demand, with prices, de creasing in many cases. A typical example of the reports from industrial districts was afford-v ed by the tabulation of replies to questions from business concerns in the Philadelphia federal reserve district. These questions and class ified replies were as follows: Are the quantities of materials, supplies and goods as shown by your last inventory larger than usual? Yes, 114; no. 129.1 Are they principally for war or civilian businesses? War work, 20 civilian business. 221. Have the prices of your product been lowered recently from the high prices prevailing during the war? Yes, 148; no, 93. Is labor more abundant? Yes, 225: no, 21. Is labor" less restless? Yes, 147; no, 91. Is there less re-employment? Yes, 186; no, 62., Is labor more efficient. Yes, 90; no, 142. Has there been any lowering of wages? Yes, 17; no, 228. Are you paying less for raw mate rials? Yes, 131; no, 89. Is the supply adequate? Yes, 212; no, 16. Do you anticipate making any ex tension or repairs to your plants in the near future which will necessi tate the purchase of building mate rials or requirements? Yes, 42; no, 203. Have you a satisfactory amount of orders on hand? Yes. 81; no, 150. Most concerns reported he out look uncertain. OBITUARY MRS. MARGARET, FOLEY died at the home of her daughter,' Mrs. Roy Evans, 1915 Martha street, yes terday afternoon. She was 66 years old. Two sons and two daughters survive her. They are John and Thomas Foley and Mrs. Bruce Os tram and .Mrs. Roy Evans, all of Omaha." ' , ' ..Union typographers strike of other trade have joined, tht unionists In Bar- celona, Spain. Five hundred capture 'German .helmets were shipped to San Francisco for use In the Liberty loan campaign. The Daily Mail of London prints a dis patch from its correspondpnt with the British army to the effect that acute unrest prevailed in the whole Westpha iian Industrial region of Germany. A special .dispatch from Frankfort says that the French have occupied the Rid da fridge across the Main in the.- western part of the suburb of Rodelhetm. Jose Ives De Llmantour, finance min ister in the Diaz cabinet, has obtained per mission to return to Mexico from Farls. , The German, empire will be rehabilitated more rapidly than most people think, Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann, former German foreign minister, declares In a letter quoted by the Echo de Paris. Pacific coast shipbuilders are urging the shipping board to relax restrictions against the acceptance of foreign contracts by yards in this country Prof. w. J. Van Eyslnga. of Leyden university, has been appointed to represent Holland at the meeting of neutral repre sentatives in Taris to exchange views on the league uf nations. , Army aviators In four De Ymlland air - Telegraphic Briefs . THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1919. JUDGE REFUSES DECREE TO YOUNG MARRIED COUPLE Says Marital Contract Was Disgraced in Proposal Hus band Made to Wife; Cen sure for Both Sides. "This is one of the most shame ful, disgraceful, flagrant efforts to trifle with and prostitute the marital contract that has ever come into this court," declared District Judge Troup after listening all day yester day to revolting testimony in the di vorce suit of Mary against Sam Kish. "The case is very easy to de cide. The divorce is denied. Each side will pay its own costs." The wife, a pretty, 19-year-old girl, war married to Kish, a Serbian, on "armistice day," November 11, while he was home from Camp Funston on a furlough. According to his testimony he was drunk when the wedding took place. "When they told me," next day, that we werp married, I thought they were crazy," he declared. " The wedding took place in Papil lion. The wife's father testified that Kish and Mary came to his home the . Saturday night previous and Kish asked for his daughter's hand. He. sajd.the young man had a knife and threatened to kill himself if he couldn't wed Mary. The father begged them to wait, but, he testi fied, Kish was retermined to marry then., "' - After Kish was discharged from Camp Funston he returned to Om aha and rented a room at Eleventh and Pacific streets. His wife, testi fied that he came and took her there at midnight, the night after he re turned. She said the room wasn't fit to live in. Proposed Prostitution, Charge. She described what went on in the room that night and said she left at 3 o'clock in the morning, going back to the place where she had been staying. She ' said he showed her lewd pictures and proposed to her that she commercialize herself and "make easy money for herself and him." Mrs. .Katherine Junak testified that she ordered the girl to leave her home where she stayed for sev eral days after the marriage. She said Mary married him iust because she thought he had jnoney and would give her an easy living. Sara is a switchman for the Union Pa cific. Four Drown Trying to Cross Flood-Swollen Stream in So. J)alcota Mitchell, S. D.," March 17. Prof. E. Elevens, superintendent of the Forestburg consolidated school; his 4-year-old son, Mrs. A. C. Neirmey er, wife of a rural mail carrier, For estburg, and her 8-year-old .daughter were drowned late yesterday, when they attempted to cross a swollen stream near Forestbutg in a wagon driven by Niermeyer. The horses missed a culvert and turnpike and the occupants of the wagon were precipitated into 12 fg.et of water. Mrs. Blevens was saved by J. C. Daniels of . the Forestburg State bank, who swam through the water with a rope for Mrs. Blevens after she had been in the water for an hour and a half, clinging - to the wagon box, which had floated away. M. and Mrs.-Blevens' 6-year-old daughter and Mr. and Mrs. iNicr meyer's 4-year-old son were saved by Mr. Neirmeyer before the wagon box was carried away. French Threaten to Quit Trade With Great Britain Paris, March 1. Di scussing the rise in the rate of exchange for the pound sterling, which has been nearly 6 per cent during the last two days, the financial editor of the Journal Des Debats says: "If .the British ' government con siders that it no longer is possible to accord France direct advances nor extefHi equivalent. resources in semg other form) France will be obliged to purchase elsewhere in countries' which are prepared to open credits for her, notably the United States, which can supply ev eiy thing' now received from Eng land, even coal." New York, March 17. Interna tional bankers; and dealers in for eign exchange expressed surprise today " at the further violent break in French exchange, the rate falling from last week's final quotation of 553J-2 to 575, after opening at 561. This extraordinary disparity implies that it now takes 54 francs to pur chase an American dollar, against the long-standing rate of $5.45. Ac cording to New York bankers, Lon don has been selling French -exchange extensively during the last fortnight, the movement finally causing liquidation of French bills here. day In an attempt to cross the .Sierra Ne vada mountains to Carson City, Nev. In Portland, . Ore., J. Henry Albers. wealthy milling man, convicted of seditious utterances during' the war, was sentenced to serve three years in the federal peniten tiary and to pay a fiHe of $10,000. Two delegates to the peace conference have been appointed by tile Albanian na tional party In this country. The dele gates. Mihal Grameno and Miss P. D. Ky rlas, will sail this week for Paris. At Mineola, N. Y., the defense rested in the trial In criminal court of Thomas F? Blewitt, division superintendent for the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company,, on a charge of manslaughter growing out of the recent wreck on the company's Brighton Beach line. In New York John Md'ormack, Irish tenor, celebrated St. Patrick's day today by making application for his second pa pers for American citizenship. t 1 A debate on bolshevisnr featured the xtsslon(of the Philadelphia Methodist con ference. It grew out of a resolution, which waa-adqpted, condemning officers of-th Methodist Federation for Social Service for permitting alleged bolshevik utterances by Its secretary, Dr. Harry F. Ward. Organization of a co-operative cotton ex port corporation with a capitalization of perhaps $50,000 was advocated today by Governor W. T. O. Harding of the I-'ed- prftl Rp-rv li.in rH In a Ion ur " "niilh. eru newspaper editor. ! FRIENDS ARRANGE DINNER FOR COL. F. A. GRANT ) 11! The approaching retirement of Col. F. A. Grant from the United States army on March 31, has caused the many friends of the retiring of ficer to arrange a dinner in his hon or at the Omaha club Saturday eve ning, March 29. MAN, ARRESTED IN OMAHA, WAS HALF OF LIFE IN JAIL "Stretch" Bird, Alleged Ga rage Robber, Has "Done" Several Terms in Iowa State Penitentiary. "Stretch" Bird, arrested in Omaha early Monday charged with implica tion in the robbery of a garage and theft of a dozen high-priced automo bile, tires, has had an eventful crim i. al career. He is 40 years old and has spent more than one-half of his life in prison. "And' it was worse than wasted," Bird said yesterday, "for all of the robberies I have committed that brought this half-lifetime imprison ment yielded me less than $100, ac tual money. My bitter experience is proof that it doesn't pay to do wrong." Bird, whose full name is Charles Edward Bird, has been convicted three times in Council Bluffs for thefts and robberies. At one time, in company with an other man, both masked, he entered the grocery store of Lewis Graves, High street and Sixteenth avenue, and covered Graves and customer, George Catterlin, with a revolver while the confederate robbed. them. Catterlin lost a gold watch and small change and Graves all the money he had in the cash register and his pock ets, only a ftfvj, dollars. When Bird was holding his big gun in his out stretched1 hand, Catterlin noted that thi first finger was off at the sec ond joint. With this clue the polict quickly rounded up "Stretch," -for the stub finger was a mltter of record. The case was tried by Judge rrestAi of Cedar Rapids, who came here by special assignment. ' Bird was convicted and sentenced rto 15 years in the Fort Madison prison. He made one or more sensational es capes before he was finally paroled. Rathbun Pardon Probe Committee Will Study All Evidence in Case Des Moine, la., March 17. (Spe cial.) A transcript of all the evi dence .presented to the Ida county grand jury in the Rathbun pardon probe will be prepared and handed to the house judiciary committee now investigating the matter. Charles Hamilton, clerk of the grand -jury, -was instructed to pre pare all such evidence. The com mittee will probably have no further meetings until Friday, when this transcript is expected to be ready for perusal of all th members of tha committee. Both Charles Hamilton and Judge Kennedy of Sioux City were before the house committee Monday after noon, and also County Clerk Scott of Ida county. Judge Kennedy told the commit tee that he did not feel he could le gally reveal all that took place be fore the grand jury, but that he would go over his evidence tonight and after consulting with a member of the supreme court would again appear before the committee and give them all facts he had. All Saints Hears Lecture of Dr. Mills on World's League "If the, league of nations is wisely planned, the presumption is strongly in its favor, because it is the most stupendous example ever given of mutual aid, which forms the founda 0 3dpuud m o ssn snopsuoD b tion of modern sociology." declared Dr. S. Mills Hayes of Lincoln in a lecture Monday night at AH Saints church. Twenty-sixth and Dewey, on the. subject of "The Rationale of Modern Sociology." Dr. Hayes (stated that up to 40 years ago sociology was based on the idea of the necessity of warfare and. struggle for the survival of the fittest, but that in recent years, the new idea of survival by co-operation and mutual aid, as developed in phy sical science, has been made the basis of sociology. Dr. Mabel Wesson Osteopathic PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 614 Brandeis Bldf. Office Hours 9 a. m. to 6:80 p. m. Evon'nr; 07 Appointment BATHHOUSETO BE INSTALLED IN JEFFERSON Falconer Gets Council Inter ested in Public Bath ing Place in Park. City Commissioner Falconer, head of the park department, has demon strated that if one sticks long enough to a proposition, success will be the reward of effort. Mr. Falconer started nearly a year ago to get the city council interest ed in a bath-house improvement for Jefferson square.' All sorts of ob jections were brought against the project. In committee of the whole meeting this morning the council voted to approve plans and specifi cations for this public font of clean liness. The. vote was not unani mous. "I think we have as much use for a bath house in Jefferson square as we would have for onejin heaven," declared Commissioner 'Ure. "Some folks would have no use for a bath anywhere," retorted Mayor Smith, whereupon all eyes were directed toward "B'll" Ure. . "Why can't we put this bath house in the city smallpox hospital?" asked Commissioner Ringer. "Put it in the Cass school," sug gested Commissioner. Zimman.1 Mr. Falconer vestimated that the improvement will cost $12,000. 1 Reds to Use Planes. Washington, March 17. The Rus sian bolshevik government is plan ning to upe aircraft in. dropping printed propaganda in England and France, according to Swedish press reports. Millions of movie fans will follow with tensest excitement and interest, the fascinating adventures of "THE RED GLOVE." I must find it. It means everything to me. Upon it depends happiness and fortune. It is no ordinary red glove, but a very extraordinary one. It contains secret information of priceless value to me, and I am not alone in the race to find it and to possess it. Douglas Grant wrote the thrilling book called "The Fifth Ace," on which is based the amazing serial photoplay They have cast me for the leading part. I must brave the dangers of death to find " THE RED GLOVE." I have played leading parts in many a big Universal serial before, but never have I been called upon to do what has been demanded of me in this serial. I know it will thrill every human being who witnesses it on the screen. You'll talk about it marvel at it. You won't miss a single instalment because it's the best serial for romance, wild adventure and love that the Universal has ever filmed. Go see it every week on my personal recom mendation. Now playing at It Starts This Week at the REX 14th and Douglas MAGIC 24th and N DIAMOND 24th and Lake HAMILTON 40th and Hamilton L : s I Erzberger Objects to Peace Except on Wilson V14 Points Copenhagen, March 17. If the allies loaded the peace treaty with conditions going beyond President Wilson's 14 points, the German na tional assembly would have refused its assent to the treaty. Matliias Erz berger. head of the German arniis tice commission, declared in an ad dress at a Berlin meeting in discuss ing the subject of a real league of nations, according to a dispatch from the German capital today. The matter then would' be left to a referendum of the German nation, he said. ' Herr Erzberger disclaimed any obligation upon Germany to give compensation for acts it committed after its first peace offer in Decem ber, 1916. v The speaker declared that the only means of' calling a halt on bol shevisin was the abandonment of the "mailed fist policy of the allies." As far as tha demands for com pensation were concerned, Herr Erzberger declared there . was no moral obligation upon Germany re garding compensation aside from the case of Belgium. In that case Ger many would act honestly, he said. American People for France, Says Poindexter Washington, March 17. Senator Poindexter of Washington issued a statement .tonight in connection with Paris dispatches saying that the American peace delegates were proceeding on the supposition that the league' of nations covenant would be included in the peace treaty and1 aljuding to the state ment of Freftch Foreign Minister Pichon that such was not likely. The American delegates, he said, "have consistently tended to op pose the French and to favor the Germans." He asserted that "the American peopli, however are for France." PHOTO-PIAYS. . ' QUEEN 6th and Pierce FRANKLIN 24th and Franltlin PARK 16th and Cass GEM 13th and Hickory SUBURBAN 24th and Ame? CASEY ON TRIAL FOR KILLING OF ERT GASSI Night Watchman at Smelter Charged With Murder ing Assistant Super intendent. Terrence F. Casey was placed on trial yesterday before District Judge Redick and a jury, on th charge of first degree murder. Casey was a night watchman ai the plant of the American Smelting and Refining company and i charged with shooting and killing Albert B. Cassil, who was assistant superintendent of the plant. The tragedy occurred on Jan uary 27. Casey shot his victim tlire times. Iwo of the shots, it is said were fired after Cassil had fallen Then Casey walked into the smeltet office and telephoned the police oi what he had done. ' Cassil was removed to St. Cather ine's hospital where he died the fol lowing day. Casey appeared entirely uiicoh ccrned about his fate as he sat ir court today while a jury was being impaneled. County Attorney Shotwell is be ing assisted by Assistant County At tomey Henry Beal, who was ap pointed only last week and beya his work today. New Panics Admitted. Washington,. March 17. -Sixteen state banks admitted to the federal reserve system in February raiser, the total roll of state bank members to 973, with total capital of $3S2 817,000, surplus of $403,812,000, arc tctal resources of $7,382,801,000. planes will leave Mather field. Cat., to- I
