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... -I FOR BEST HOME FEATURES READ THE BEE'S WOMAN'S SECTION AND CHILDREN'S CORNER. ,R I E F r 1 v RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS DR BUTLER TAKES HUN SAVANTS TO TASK. New York, April 18. Acknowl edgement of Germany's wrong ( doing and contrition by her scholars and savants for "31 kinds of crime" committed by the Germans during the war must be indicated before German scholarship and German science can be rehabilitated in the eyes of university men of France, England and America, Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Colum bia university, says in reply to a protest made by German professors against "the outrageous action" of the French high command in order ing German educators to leave the university of Strasbourg within 24 nours. FLYING CIRCUSES .PERMITTED ON SUNDAY. Washington, April 18. The Sun' day observance issue raised by pro test of churches and ministers in a number of cities against flying cir cuses and exhibition of moving pic tures in connection with the Vic tory loan was met today by the treasury in a decision to leave the question to each community af- tected. Frank R. Wilson, director of loan publicity, telegraphed the loan chairman of each community where the flying circuses of aviators 'are scheduled to appear on Sunday, say ing it was Secretary Glass' belief that the dates should be abandoned, but that the trains bearing the air planes and crews would be run on schedule and the exhibitions would be held if all interests of a communi- i ty agreed, Preachers of Walla Walla, Wash., gave up their objections when it was learned the demonstrations were to be held in the afternoon and not during church services. . From scores of cities today came word that local loan committees ,-liave made all preparations for open ing the three weeks' campaign with Na rush Monday, in efforts to raise their quotas early in the possible torder and leave the remainder of the time for pushing subscriptions! Self-interest constitutes the prin cipal reason why the public should subscribe, generously to the Vic tory loan, said the federal reserve board in its monthly bulletin today. FOODSTUFFS PRICES -INCREASED IN MARCH Washington, April 18. Foodstuffs increased in price in March after public hopes of a return to normal levels bad been raised by a decrease in February, said a report today by ' the bureau of labor statistics. As a whole, 22 articles of food were 2 per cent higher last month than the preceding month and were '14 per cent higher than March, " 1918. . ... , For the six-year period, March, 1913 to March, 1919, the increase in the retail prices of all foods was 80 per cent, with flour, bacon, lard and cornmeal increasing more than 100 per cent each. Butter declined 19 per cent in Feb ruary, then increased 10 per cent in March. Other increases in March were: Sirloin steak, 1 per cent; round steak and chuck roast, 2 per cent; coffee and tea, 3 per cent; navy : beans, potatoes, lie, eggs and milk declined in price. PROTEST TRANSFER - OF BREWERIES TO CHINA Washington, April 18. A protest signed by American missionaries in China and a number of natives against any transfer of American brewing machinery to China was presented to the State department today by officials of the Interna tional Reform bureau. The depart ment was asked to use its influence "to prevent the imposing upon China a business and an evil which the American people and govern ment had condemned as detri mental." v .BOLSHEVIKI PUBLISH NEWSPAPER IN PARIS. - Paris, April 18. The first bol shevik newspaper in France ap peared "today under the name "Le litre Censure" (the Title Censored), as the title originally proposed, "Le Bolshevik," had been prohibited. The newspaper, a weekly, is edited by Georges Anquetil, who, in an editorial, proclaims himself a bol shevik doctrinaire. The editor says he will undertake a defense of bol shevism. He denounces the present condition of human society. "CHRISTMAS KEOUGH" CONVICTED OF SWINpLE. - Chicago, April 18. Harry Harris, alias "Christmas Keough." whose swindling of jewelers during the week preceding Christmas day for several years had earned him a na tional police record and his sobri quet, was found guilty of operating a confidence game by a jury whieii deliberated but five minutes today. Harris refused to offer a defense. "Christmas Keough" had eluded the police for several years until last Christmas when he was ar rested at Pittsburgh. He is said to have tassed so many forged trav elers' checks for $200 each, drawn against the Canadian Bank of Com merce, that that institution at one time ceased issuing checks of that denomination. The police redit him with obtaining nearly $500,000. DANIELS REVIEWS TROOPS ON THE RHINE. Coblenz, April 18. (By the As sociated Press.) Josephus Daniels, secretary of the United States navy, this morning had his first glimpse : of American troops in fighting trim m the occupied area of Germany, when the Second division, including a brigade of marines, passed in re- " view before him in mass formation, 25.000 strong. i Heroes of Vaux and Belleau wood and othergreat battles of the war marched past the reviewing stand. On the hill-top parade grounds, near Vallendar, on the east bank -of the Rhine, on which the former German emperor is said to have .reviewed German divisions on their 'way to the front in 1914, 'Secretary Daniels presented decorations, , VOL. 48 NO. 262. ALLIES TO RECOGNIZE AUTHORITY Omsk Regime to Be Accepted by Powers as De Facto Government of Non-Bolshevik Russia. Washington, April 18. Great in terest has been raised in official and diplomatic circles here, it was learned today, by private advices trom London stating jthat Great Britain, France and Italy and the United States propose to recognize the Omsk government as the de fac to government of non-bolshevik Russia, as soon as the oeace treatv is signed and the details incident to it have been concluded. This proposed solution of the Russian problem is said in these private advices to have been inti mated by Premier Lloyd George in discussions of the situation with Britisli and Russian leaders in Lon don. Some officials here, after lead ing the advices, suggested that por tions of the address of the British premier in the house of commons this week could be taken as indi cating that the associated powers had agreed to recognize the Omsk government. Bolshevism Losing Ground. President Wilson, it was learned authoritatively today, has informa tion that an appearance of bolshevik strength is now being made through the concentration - of the armed forces at single points at the sac rifice of the rest of Russia. The president also has been - informed, it was stated, that bolshevism rap idly is losing ground among the peasant class and with the receipt of the food supplies which the as sociated governments have decided to furnish the movement, will quickly collapse.' ' - . '. -- The Paris conferees have been kept advised of the situation in Si beria where the Omsk government generally has been successful!, de spite local troubles in the eastern portion, officials said. The London advices are said to point out that the stability of all sections of non European Russia under the control of non-bolshevists had.led to the decision to recognize the Omsk gov ernment as de facto. Financial Situation Improves. Improvement in the financial sit uation in Siberia is indicated in a cablegram received by the Russian embassy from the ministry of for eign affairs at Omsk. The cable gram, made public today, asserts that white the ready money in state credit institutions last July 1, amounted to only 213,000,000 rubles, at present the ready money in these institutions amounts to 1,500,000,000 rubles. Payments of taxes and cus toms are said to have been increased more than 12 times since the Omsk government came into existence. German Writer Warns Nation of Danger In Refusing Peace Terms Berlin, April 18. (By the Asso ciated Press.) In a strikingly sober article written by Eduard Bern stein, the Vorwaerts warns the Ger man nation of the dangers attendant upon a refusal to sign the terms of peace and declares the world will not absolve former Emperor Wil liam and his advisors from respon sibility for all the misery of the war. " i The article points out the enor mous damage done to French terri tory and says: "Everyone acquainted with the facts knows that the allied demand for the -delivery of coal for a specified period is based upon eco nomic necessities although a legiti mate objection can' be made to the demand for pledging the output of the entire Sarr district. In any case we cannot save the Saar dis trict for Germany by threats." Col. Wuest's Balloon Forced to,Land Because of a Lack of Ballast Lieut. Col. W. F. Wuest and Lieut. R. A. Reynolds, who piloted one of the two balloons which start ed Wednesday from Fort Omaha to test government, weather maps and instruments, and which landed Thursday afternoon safely near Ca bot, Ark., were forced to descend because their supply of ballast was exhausted, according to word re ceived last night from "Little Rock. Colonel Wuest declared his craft registered elevations from 5,000 to 10.000 and that the journey was sat isfactory in every particular. Colonel Wuest and Lieutenant Reynolds left Cabot at 6 o'-clock Thursday night for Omaha. The balloon was shipped on the same train ') SIBERIA m The Omaha t'ttni M Mcod.elti mUn May 2, I9M. it Omili l. 0. under met ! Man S, 1879. British' Aviator Missing . In First Leg of Attempt To Fly Across Atlantic Major Wood Starts From East Church, England, for Limerick and Disappears After Passing Sherness; Eastbound Flights From Newfoundland Delayed by Unfavorable Weather; Americans Preparing. East Church, England, April 18. Maj. J. C. P. Wood left East Church at 3:15 o'clock this afternoon for Limerick, Ireland, on the first leg of his in a Short airplane. Major Wood started his was very little wind. He was accompanied by Lancaster barker, a test pilot for the Snort Aviator and Plane Missing. Limerick, April 18. Up to mid night nothing had been heard here or at any airdrome in Ireland of Maj. J. C. P. Wood, the British avi ator who plans an Atlantic flight, and who left East Church early this afternoon for the Irish base from "which he proposes to start his flight for America. y No news has been received of Aviator Wood since he passed Sheerness yesterday evening. Sheer ness is only a short distance from where the aviator started. Held Back "by-Storms. St. Johns. N. F.. -April 18. Cy clonic areas between New Found- land and Ireland, which are pre "We Must Stay.on the Rhine" Declares Marshal Foch "Our Peace Must Be Peace of Victors and Not of Van quished," Asserts Allied Commander-in-Chief; Germans "Envious and Warlike People," He Says, , and Would Go to War Again. London. April 18. The corre spondent of the Daily Mail send.-i an interview he had with Marshal Foch in which the marshal is quoted as declaring that", "our peace must be a peace of victors and not of vanquished." We must stay on the Rhine, Marshal Foch said. "Prav impress that on your countrymen. It is our only safety and their only safety. We must double lock the door. "Remember those seventy million Germans will always be a menace to us. ihey are an envious and warlike people. Their characteristics are not changed. Fifty years hence they will be what they are today. Do not trust the appearances of the moment." Rhine Only Safe Barrier. Marshal Foch then discussed with he correspondent the possibilities of another war. Asserting that what saved the allies at -tire begmniiiK of the present war was Russia, he asked on whose side Russia would be in the next war, "with us or with the Germans?" The marshal then argued that only Scott Calls Wife on Phone To Say He's Under Arrest Man Who Decamped With Helpmate's Lifetime Sav ings Communicates With Spouse Over Telephone From Kansas City, But Tells Story That Proves Untrue; "I Look for Him Back, Soon," She Says. Waller cott, 2420 Cass street, who disappeared Thursday after noon with $1,300, the savings of his bride of two months, telephoned Mrs. Rose Scott Friday afternoon that he had been arrested in Kan sas City and that the police were making preparations to take him back to Omaha at once. When Mrs. Scott called back to the Kansas City police they denied they had arrested him, saying that she would have to swear out a com plaint in Omaha before they could do so. Later it developed that the party who talked to Mrs. Scott Thursday Man Peddles "Dope," Wife Vends Liquor, Detectives Charge While her husband peddled dope, according to detectives, Mrs. E. H. Van Hoesen was doing a land of fice business in vending whisky, ac cording to Detectives Lundeon, Van ous, Potach and Hays, who arrested Mrs. Van Hoesen at her home. 2303 Leavenworth street, last night. Mrs. Van Hoesen is charged. with illegal possession of liquor. Thirty-six pints of whisky were taken from her home. "They'll be giving it all back to me as soon as I tell the judge my story," Mrs. Van Hoesen advised a reporter last night. Van Hoesen was arrested Thurs day night and charged with viola tion of the Harrison drug, act. Six bottled of morphine bearing revenue stamps were taken from his posses sion. He is (being held for federal authorities OMAHA, SATURDAY, attempt to cross the Atlantic - flight in ideal weather. There company. venting Harry G. Hawker and Capt. Frederick f. Kaynham, rival avia tors, from starting their transatlan tic aerial race for the $50,000 orize ofifered by the Daily Mail of Lon don, will not move out of the course for at leastwo days, according to a weather report. Testing American Plan'es. New York, April 18. The na J seaplane NC-2, which refused to take the air yesterday "because of experimental -conditions" received today "a routine test in fliglit" ac cording to a formal announcement tonight by naval officers in charge of the department's plans for a transatlantic flight next month. Fail ure of. the plane to rise yesterday was said to have "proved nothing against the machine." on the Rhine itself would it be pos sible to arrest the Germans in the event of another attack. He talked long and earnestly about the Rhine and said that some people would ob ject that it would take too many troops to hold the river. "But it will not take so many as it would to hold a political frontier, for the Rhine may be crossed only at certain points where "as a new political frontier to France can be broken anywhere," he said. Will Make No Mistake. "The next time, remember, the Germans will make no mistake," said Marshal Foch. "They will break through into northern France and seize the channel ports as a base of operations against England. They failed the last time because they did not believe England would come in and when they found she was coming in it was too late to change their plan. "You think the Germans will have no arms for another attack. Ho, ho, how do you know? By the time you found out they had got them, it would be too late." afternoon gave the name Swager at Main S480, Kansas City, Mo. "When Walter talked to me over the telephone he was very nervous and he was crying," said Mrs. Scott last night. "I think he will come back of his own accord soon. If he does and can not give a satis factory explanation of his conduct I will file suit for divorce. I in tend to see the county attorney in the morning and swear out a coin plaint against him. "If Walter had been unknown to me, and had sneaked into my room or had held me up and taken my (Continued on Page Hlx, Column Four) Sc.hool Wagon Struck by Train; Six Children Killed, Six Injured LaPort. Ind April "18. Six chil dren were killed, another was fatally injured and six were severely in jured today when a school wagon was struck by a Westbound Grand Trunk mail train at a grade crossing, jusf east of the village of Kingsbury, seven miles south of here. The. wagon was driven by Mrs. Walter Johnson, whose husband is the regular driver, and she and her two small children, who wf e on the driver's seat, escaped with slight in juries. v. Firemen's Strike Ends. Cincinnati, April 18. A settle ment of the controversy between city firemen and city officials was effected late today when the fire men voted unanimously to accept the terms of Mayor John Galvin, under which the men will be reinstated. Daily Bee. APRIL 1 19, 1919. BEER PUT WITHOUT STAMPS Two Concerns Distribute Brew of 2 3-4 Per Cent Alcoholic Content "Labeled "Non Intoxicating" New York, April 18. Brewers or the New York district took action today intended to speed court de termination of their claim that beer of 23-4 per cent alcoholic content may be produced without violating the food conservation regulations, when two of their number began distribution of a brew of the strength specified in barrels bearing labels describing it as a non-intoxicating beverage. The kegs, sent out without reve nue stamps, which the collector had refused, carried tags announcing that sums equivalent to the cost of the stamps had been deposited i n banks to await the claim of the gov ernment. Attorneys for the brew ers, who advised their action, de clared that other manufacturers, in New York and elsewhere through out the country also would begin distributing. Manufactured in December. The beer shipped here, from the Hoffmann and Gambrinus brewer ies had been manufactured since December V, when, by presidential proclamation, use of grains for brewing was prohibited, to be mod ified early this year by permission to make non-intoxicating or "near" beer, which the revenue department classified as containing less than one-half of 1 per cent alcoholic con tent. It was expected thaf the brewers' action would precipitate a move by federal authorities intended to stop the sale of unstamped " beer, thus bringing into the criminal courts the manufacturers' contention, al ready raised m civil suits, that the 2-i per cent brew, being without the scope ot the food conservation and prohibition statutes forbidding production ot intoxicants, it is be ing manufactured and sold, now and in the future under either tie wartime or permanent prohibition status, in compliance with the law. Tax Tender Refused. The Hoffman breweries notified the internal revenue collector early this week of their intention to re sume distribution of the 2A per cent product. This was the stand ard during the greater part of Amer ica s participation in the war, under the food regulations. When applications for revenue stamps was denied, the brewers tendered payment of $6 for every barrel of 31 gallons to the author ities. When tins was refused, it was decided by the Hoffman and also the Gambrinus concerns to-de- liver goods without stamps, and special labels prepared on order of r.lihu Root and W illiam D. Guthrie, counsel for the brewers of the coun try, were attached the barrels. Violates Regulation. Washington, April 18. In absence of Internal Revenue Commissioner Roper, officials of the revenue bu reau tonight would not predict what action miglit be taken in the case of the New York brewers who today started distribution of beer con taining 2-34 Per cent alcohol, claim ing it to be lion-intoxicating under existing laws and regulations The only action of r the bureau so far has been to refuse to authorize the sale of revenue stamps to brewery desiring to make beer with this alcoholic content, since regulations place at one-half of 1 per cent the maximum alcoholic content or non-fl nucxicaiing oevcrages oi any Kina. War Material Distribution Awaits Action of Congress Washington, April 18. All ma terial captured from the enemy is property of the United States gov ernment and not of "the individual soldier or the organization making the capture, the Wat department has held in replying,to hundreds of in quiries from states, counties and municipalities as to the disposition of war trophies. .Until congress has authorized such action, it was said officially today, the department has no authority to distribute any of this material, either temporarily oi permanently. Steps have been taken, however, to insure the proper collection and list ing of captured war material in order "to make intelligent distribution in such -manner as congress may here after prescribe." . Loses Prestige , London, April 18. The prestige of the Paderewski government in Poland has been affected seriously by the "position of the allied and as sociated powers regarding the trans port of Polish troops from France to Poland, according to advices re ceived here. Local fighting contin ues on the borders of the Posen district and has spread to the bor ders of East Prussia 1 " ! ON MARKET Dally and Sua.. 15.50: outildt Nab. By Mall (I year). Dally. MM; VJ Fate Similar to May Await Hun Ex-Kaiser At Hands of Allied Powers Peace Conference Meets With Difficulty in Outlining Procedure to Briiig War Lords to Trial; Court Martial is Planned for Purely Military Offenders Accused of Excesses. Paris, April 18. (By The Associated Press.) The plan of the council of four to have Belgium prosecute the former German emperor on the charge of responsibility for the waV is meeting with objections which have brought up the whole subject for revision. - , Those who have the matter in hand divide the question of war responsibilities into twp distinct classes. ' The first class includes military and naval offenders, like General Ludendorff and Admiral von Tir pitz, and those accused of various excesses against the usual rules of warfare. The second class includes former Emperor William, ex-Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg and others whose offense is chiefly of a polit ical nature. Plan Joint Court-Martial. Concerning the first class, that of military offenders, it is agreed' that there is no international court martial suitable to undertake such military trials, but it is -pointed out that every country has its own sys tem of court-martial for military offenses committed within its borders.) This ltas developed the suggestion that these countries combine their courts-martial and act under a single military procedure, codified from all the separate military codes. A joint courtrmartial would thus be constituted, capable of dealing WAR VETERANS HERE TO BOOST VICTOR LO AN Eight Men Arrive From Recon struction Hospital at Fort Des Moines; to Have ; Booths in Court House. " Eight veterans of the world war, wounded on the fields of Flanders, where they aided in putting the cause of humanity over the top, ar rived in Omaha on the Rock Island at 5 o'clock Friday evening to as sist in putting the Victory loan over in this city. The men came from the reconstruction department of the Fort Des Moines hospital, where they were educated in new lines of industry. The men are headed by Lieut. George B. France. They will open shops in the rotunda of the court house where they will illustrate the things taught them at the hospital. Staying at "Y." Quarters in the Y.' M. C. A. have been provided for the veterans. They were met at the train' by a com mittee coinposed of E. T. Swobe, Frank Selby and Charles L. Sykes. But one of the party of veteran fighters has limbs in perfect con dition. He is Eldia Roth, a first class sargeant in the Four Hun dred Eighty-third aero squadron. The disciiarged fighter's back was (Continued on l'ase Six, Column Three) Japanese Suspect U. S. Missionaries of Inciting Uprising New York, April 18. The Japanese government suspects "one or two American missionaries of a connection with the present uprising in Korea, but has followed the most considerate method of dealing with the matter and has not arrested them," according to an official cable message from Tokio, made public by Chonosuke Yada, Japanese consul general in New York. The cablegram denied reports that at Pingyang "a Japanese soldier struck an American lady missionary with the butt end of his gun," or that at Noburu-Kawa "our soldiers searched the home of an American missionary and forced their way into the bedroom of his wife. Thorough investigation of the Pingyang incident, the message said. showed "the report originated from the action of a Japanese soldier try ing to force back the passage of a crowd with his gun held horizon tally- Auto Runs Down and Kills Chicago World's Fair Head Chicago April 18. Harlow N. Higenbotham, who died in New York today after being struck by an automobile, was widely known as president of the World's Co lumbian exposition held in Chicago in .1892. He was one of the citv's few re maining leaders of the (feneration in which Potter Palmer, Marshall Field and Levi Z. Leiter were chiefs of in dustry in Chicago and the middle west. Mr. Higenbotham would have been 81 years old next fall TWO CENTS. Napoleon's with offenders of the first, or mil itary and naval class. ( Napoleon's Case Precedent. Concerning the political offenders, it is said that a tribunal is not neces sary and would be. ineffective, owing to the legal immunity of political of fenders. Therefore, it is maintained, that the actjon against Napoleon I fur nishes a precedent for, the determin ation of the allied course, as a gen eral measure of policy. In the case of Napoleon there was no trial, but he was confined on the Island of St. Helena as a general measure of policy for the tranquillity of Europe. Some such general policy is de signed treach ex-Emperor William and other 'political offenders, with Belgium or another country, against whom the political offenses charged werj chiefly directed, acting for the purpose of securing the extradition of the individual as a preliminary to putting the general policy into ef fect. LEGISLATORS WAIT FOR FINAL DRAFTOF BILLS Not More Than Third of Mem bers Wait for. Final Clos ing of Session; No Roll Calls Taken. ' By a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, April 18. Fewer than a score of representatives and not more than a third of the members of the senate were on hand for the final windup of the 37th session of the Nebraska legislature. With several hundred pages of bills to be prepared by the house and senate assistants, there seemed to be little prospect of adjournment before Saturday morning, although some of the faithful were hopeful of winding up the work tonight. Neither branch of the legislature made any pretense today of trans acting business, waiting until the engrossing of the bills had been completed. The final drafts of the big appropriation hills cave oros- Ipect of several hours' work, while tne tasK ot typewriting ana proof reading the huge pile of enrollments to the code bill was still unfinished. No Roll Calls. All remaining business in both branches will be catalogued in the official journals under" the date of Thursday, as the lack of a quorum at either end of the capitol prevents a roll call being taken. Speakers Dalbey and Lieutenant Governor - Barrows, however, have not had the clocks stopped and the records do not show that any par ticular tinve has been agreed upon tor adjournment. The camouflage (Continued on yl'ane Six, Column Two) Robbers Let Victim Keep Watch as It Was "Present From Mother" Two benevolent holdup men last night refused to take Floyd How ard's watch because it was a pres ent to Howard from his mother. Howard is a taxi driver. , He told the police he took two colored men ' as passengers from Fourteenth and Howard streets to Twenty-eighth and Ohio. At their destination one ST the men, wearing a soldier's overcoat, thrust a Colt .45 caliber pistol, the kind used in the A. E. F.. into Howard's face, tellinc hinnto "throw 'em up." The other man searched Howard's pockets. Howard asked that they leave him his watch as it was. a present from his mother. .They gladly agreed to do so. "I wouldn't be taking your money even, if my mother weren't sick," explained the man with the gun. Howard admitted he was sorry the man's mother was ill. Adopt "All Texas" Route. Mineral Wells, Tex., April 18. The "All Texas" route of the Bark head national hicrli phis to El Paso wj adopted to day bv the directors of ih UmV. head Highway association. P;- posals that the highway run through Oklahoma aiTd maki a 'Wnln innn" from Sweetwater, Texas, through tne mountains ot. Mew ' Mexico by WAV of Ponvufll rrr ..-.f..,l after lively arguments aoiliH aatrn. SuMay. I2.N: THE WEATHER t Partly cloudy and lomewhat un ettUd Saturday and Sundayi coolar in weat portion Saturday. Hourly Temurulorri 8 u. in .4.1 1 . m.. a. in 43! 1 I', m. . 7 N. in 4 II S l. in.. H m. III... .4.V A l. m. . V n. ni .....4!!' A p. m.. Ill h. m .....At' ft l. m.. 11 a? ni tu, m.. 1 in. , Ml! 8 l. in.. . .'.' . .0 . ..11 . .TJ . .t . .M Ml CONGRESS LIKELY TO CONVENE BY JUNE I President May. Bring Signed Treaty as Germans Are, Re ported Anxious for Early Settlement. ParisApril 18. (By The Asso ciated Press.) It was stated in well informed quarters tonight that the situation of the peace negotiations -was such that President Wilson probably would be. aole to sail r homeward May 20, and possibly a ' . littje earlier May 15. . The belief was expressed that the president would call. an extra ses sion of congress to convene between May 15 and June 1. Present indications arc that the peace treaty will be signed before the president's departure. Informa tion reaching the delegates tends to . show that the Germans are not planning to take up time and delay -the signing of the treaty, as' they desire a settlement of the peace terms at the earliest possible mo ment. , . It developed, today that contrary to the plan originally contemplated r there willbe no German text of the peace treaty. Polish-German Boundary Fixed. With the refurn of David Lloyd George, the British premier, the council of four, comprising the Brit ish, French and Italian premiers and President Wilson, resumed its de liberations today in the Pars "white house." ' The Polish-German boundary questionvwas finally disposed of by. the council today. No announcement was made of the decisions taneh but it is understood that Danzig will be internationalized, while the Poles will have a corridor running from that city to their frontier to give them access to the sea. Only routine work in connection with the coming of the German dele gates was taken up this afternoon. - The most important, remaining . question to be settled is that of the Jugo-Slav and Italian claims in the Adriatic. This matter will come up tomorrow. Baron Sidney Sonnino, Italian foreign minister, will set forth the Italian case, it is expected. It was said tonight that the coun- cil of four intends to settle this ques tion at tomorrow's session. Thirty - Second Division U. S. A., Leaves Germany on Homeward Journey Coblenz, April 18. (By The Asso ciated Press.1 Homeward knnnri the first unit of the Thirty-second ' division to start for the United ernoon. At a station near Neuwied, on the right bank of the Rhine, the headquarters troop of the division made up of former Michigan and Wisconsin national guardsmen, be- gan entraining this morning. The Schedule calls for fhrep train tlailu' ' for six days until the entire division nas transported to Urest for em barkation. Washington. Anril 1R TTnita nt the Forty-second or Rainbow, the Eighty-third (Ohio and western Pennsylvania national afmiV ih Thirty-fifth (Missouri and Kansas national pnanh and the Tu.ntv. eighth (Pennsylvania national guard) divisions, were announced today by ' -the War department as having sailed irom c ranee. , . ; National League Season 'S i Will Open in Boston To'day Boston,' April 18-i-The. National league base ball season will open here tomorrow, with moYning and afternoon games between the Boston Braves and the Brooklyn Dodgers. It was announced tonight - that Pitchers Cadore and Pfeiffer would occupy the -mound for the Brooklvn aggregation with Rudolph and NehJ furnishing the local opposition. . Fully 5,000 veterans of the Yanke division are expected to be guesti ot President G. W. Grant of, the local club. Sport gossip and weather forecasts indicate record attendances - " for the opening games. ( , These wU be the only champion ship major league games played to morrow, the season being advanced from Wednesday in order to allow the local club to take advantage of the holiday. - French Railway Workers Postpone General trike Pans, April 18. (Havas.) Alt though the railway workers have de cided tc postpone the calling of a general strike, it is announced that there will be a cessation of work for 24 hours for central services and inrre minute for road ervii