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V V" POLICE CHIEF AND HUGE NEGRO S T A GJEB ATTLE Grand Island Officer Knocked From Car and Beaten by Prisoner Who' Escapes; Wanted for Burglary. Grand Island, Neb., April 19. A spectacular fight between Chief of Police Mandorille and Thomas McLaughlin, civilian, on one side and a six-foot negro, took place in the eastern limits of the city at 10 o'clock Saturday evening. The ne gro is a stranger by the name of Watson, and is wanted, it is said, for burglary. Chief Mandeville went out to ar rest him and succeeded. The man 'was placed in a runabout, Mc Laughlin driving .while the chief stood on the running board. While the car was moving toward the city the negro suddenly grabbed Mande ville's gun and knocked thcofficial from the running board. Watson followed and landed on the chief in the roadway. , McLaughlin1 jumped from his seat without stopping the car, which ran wild until it landed in a ditch, and ran to the chief's rescue. In the fight that ensued the negro escaped. Watson is a paroled convict of Illinois state prison and left the jurisdiction of the parole. Tank to Take Part in Big Loan Parade at Fremont Fremont, Neb., April 19. (Spe cial Telegram.) Plans have been . made for entertaining a large crowd here ' Sunday when the war tank demonstration will be givertin con nection with a Victory loan meet: ing. Former Congressman Dan V. Stephens of Fremont and Charles H. Stewart of Norfolk, who have been with the tank since it left Neligh, will make loan speeches. Lutheran Conference ' K to Be Held in Beatrice Beatrice, Neb., April 19. (Spe cial Telegram.) The annual con . frrrnen of the Evangelical Luther an church of Nebraska will "fee held in Beatrice next Friday and Satur day. 'About 200 ministers will at tend the meeting. Woman "Croesus" Dies. - Laporte, Ind., April 19. Miss Mary Isabella Westervelt, one of Indiana's wealthiest women, died today of heart disease at the age of 80. It's just a question of making up your mind To Own One You know you want a Player or Piano, realize how muchT more happiness it would mean for you and your family. Don't delay. Come in tomorrow and see the Beautiful Hobart M. Cable A rare bargain in a dandy used Piano. r , " , It's a Beautiful i ' Haynes Bros. In a richly finished ma hogany case. The tone is remarkably good. A fine bench in cluded. i - Special Sale 'Price $189 Player Rolls for all Pianos." MICKELS' Omaha's Music Center. I 16th and Harney. Dg. 1973 j . , Woman, Who Saw FirLog Cabin.Built in Omaha, Dies Mrs'. Harriet A. Sharp, One of the Pioneers of the State Who Came to Middle West More Than a Half Century " Ago, Recently Died at ?latts mouth, Neb. With the death recently in Platts mouth, Neb., of Mrs. Harriet A. Sharp, pioneer settler, and for more than a half century resident of Ne braska, passed one of the few re maining links connecting the spirit of the antebellum days with the hurly-burly methods of modern progresi and achievement. Born on February 20, 1828. at Canadiagua, N. Y., she arrived a country school teacher in the vil Ucr nf fViiinril Rlnffs in 18S2. then Hcnown as Lainsville. Sheorganized a BIUUUI 111 111; uivu l town, made frequent visits across the Missouri river i and wandered over the plains wnich years later furnished the site for Omaha," the metropolis of the west. Mrs. Sharp used to enjoy telling of the occasion of one of her visits to the Nebraska-side of the river, when she saw under construction the first house erected on the territory now embraced by the confines of Omaha. "Little did any one dream then that this log cabin was to be reck oned theMnitial step in the founda tion of one of the greatest pities in the country," observed the vener able woman. "It did not occur to any of us in those days," she re marked a short while before she died; "that even centuries of un limited progres s held in store a city like Omaha for the western coun try." v- From Council Bluffs Mrs. Sharp moved to Glenwood. where she was married in 1859., From GJenwood she and her- husband took up their Omaha Phone Co. Asks, Extension of Time on Emergency Charges Lincoln, April 19. The Nebraska Telephone company of Omaha Sat urday morning filed application for an extension of time for emergency rates witn tne state ivauway cum mission. The original order, dated December 1, provided that the emergency rate schedule should be in force until June 1. In its application, the Nebraska company sets out that practically all of the causes making necessary an increase in rates last December are still remaining and that labor and materials are the same high price they were then. Copper, according to the petition's the only material used, on which the price has low ered. The date for the hearing of. the application has, not yet been fixed. Court Holds Real Estate Agent Must Tell Truth Lincoln, April 19. (Specials Judgment for $3,000 was awarded George A. McCandless of Eagle City, Neb., by a ruling oi tne supreme rnurt in tht suit against Tohn O. Greusel of Lincoln. The ruling affirmed a decision given in the T onuctffp rmintv district court Ac cording to the petition Greusel made some misrepresentation to mo Candless concerning certain real estate, which resulted in aloss to McCandless of $3,000. The court' rules that if misrepre sentations are made by a vendor of matarill fort. Q. tn ttl valllft flf iuniMm ikiu ... .v real estate sold or exchanged by him, and the vendee must resort to an independent investigation to icrfrtain thi truttt. and such reore- sentations are false, the vendee may rely upon ucn representations ana recover the damages, if any, suf fered by him on account of the fraud. Supreme Court Rules on Libel Law for Newspapers Lincoln, April 19. (Special.) -When a newspaper names a candi date for a public office and charges him with a being a party to a pre election contract providing for ap pointment in return for services, it is of itself libelous, according to an opnion of the supreme court handed Saturday morning in the case of Willis. L. Hand of Kearney against the ' editors and publishers of the Kearney Times.. ( v According to the petition. Hand was a candidate for the office of commissioner in the city and later withdrew. The Times, then, it is stated, accused him ofx withdrawing to favor other candidates un prom ise of appointment. Hand sued Wil lard F. Bailey, Frank W. Brown, and Walter L. Stickle for $7,500 li bel in Buffalo county. The.district court sustained a demurrer but the higfier court reversed the decision and remanded the case. Nebraska Ninth State to Frame1 CrediJ Union Lincoln, April 19-(Special.) Nebraska is the ninth state in the union to put a law upon the statute books providing for the organiza tion of personal credit unions. This is revealed in a letter, to Governor McKelvie from Charles J. Brand, chief of the bureau of markets, United States Department of Agri culture. The letter was written sev eral days before the Nebraska legis lature passed the credit bureau bill. In replying to Director Brand, Governor-McKelvie says that the law in this state will be administer ed through the department of trade and commerce, underthe civil code administrative law. ' Saline County Banks to Give Prizes for Boys Clubs DeWitt, Neb., April" 19. (Spe ciaL) At a county meeting of the Saline' County Bankers association held at Crete this week, it was.voted unanimously that each bank of the counly give $10 towards prizes for the boys and girls' club work. More than 300 boys and girls in Saline county are now enrolled in pig clubs, chicken clubs, garden clubs, cooking and baking clubs, canning, drying and garment clubs. , hit. . ..' :o V- jufC' Mrs. Harriet A. Sharp. home on the east bank of the Mis souri river, opposite Plattsmouth. They conducted a trading post here, which later became known x as Sharpsburg. They lived here until after the civil war. In 1868 they moved to Plattsmouth. Her hus band died in 1880, after having con ducted a successful lumber and mer chandise business. i She lived with a son at Platts mouth until she died. . Board Abolished in !, 1917 Is Restored Due to Mistake in Measure By a Staff Correspondent. Lincoln, April 19. Lincoln is given an excise board, which the legislature of 1917 abolished at the request of city officials, it was dis covered today when the present session passed S. F." 111. The bill, which was introduced by Senator Bushee, extends the com mission form oF government to cities under 5,000, and merely re copied the old law. In recopying the law, the portion establishing the excise board in Lincoln, which had charge of the saloons before prohibition became effective, was picked up.- The Bushee bill, however, gives the Lincoln city council a solution of its difficulty. It says the council may abolish any office it does not deem necessary so that the council will act accordingly. Criminal Court Docket Has Large Number of Cases DeWitt, Neb., April 19. (Spe cial.) The docket for the term of district court which convenes in Wil ber next Wednesday contains 49 civil and 11 criminal cases. Among the criminal cases is the one against Adolph Kotouc for alleged assault, the case against Rudolph Stapel for the alleged selling of mortgaged property and, retrial of case against Rudolph Kraus for the alleged kill ing of his wife and children. Kraus was found guilty on the first trial and the supreme court reversed the judgment and sent the case back for new trial. Broken Bow High School Wins Debate on Railroads Broken Bow, Neb., April 19. (Special Telegram.) The district championship debate vufis won by Broken Bow High school from Ra venna Thursday night, the former having the affirmative of the ques tion, "Resolved, that the government should own and operate the rail roads." The teams comprised Edna Myers,. Vera Baker and Franklin Beal for Broken Bow and George Sfnaha, Charles Bachkora, Allen Cass and Ruth Kinney for Ravenna. Saline County Chairman . Thinks Quota Is Too Large DeWitt. Neb.. April 19. (Spe cial.) Saline county has been assessed $890,000 for the Victory loan drive. The fcounty chairman called a meeting in Crete this week to protest that the assessment was too high.' The committee wired its protest to Kansas Gty and also ar ranged for two members to go in person to consult with" those in. charge of the levies. Fairbury Man Dies. T"airbury, Neb., April 19. (Spe cial.) George Tolleth, 72 years old, a pioneer of Jefferson county, com ing from Wisconsin to Fairbury in 184. died Friday morning at his home in this city after an illness of mori than two years. He is sur vived by three children, Harry, of Meridian, Idaho; Mrs. E. U. Bylls bye of Fairbury, and Mrs. Frank Denney of Daykin. Funeral serv ices Sunday afternoon. j Bills Signed From a Staff Correspondent. 1 . Lincoln. April 19. Governor Mc Kelvie Saturday morning signed the following bills:, 8. P. 269 University resents to makv a oil survey, and Investigate Nebraska's natural resources. r H. R. 424 Co-operative rural credit bill. H. R. 422 Investigation of - tenantry conditions. H. R. 356 Second class cities emrow- red to lease privately-owned gas or elee trio, plants. H. R. 353 Provides for codification and publication of all laws enacted since 1913. In one volume, which will be supplement to tne revised statutes. , H. R. 330 Raises salary of chief Juve nile probation officer at Omaha. H. R. 267 Amends law governing1 Ir rigation districts. H. R. 121 Requires railroads to ac knowledge shippers' damage claims with out delay. H. R. S?S Requires nonpartisan candi dates to receive 10 per cent ofnotal vote. In order to obtain nomination 'In primary. H. R. 661 Provides for formation of districts to purchase and distribute elec tric current . to consumers. H. R. 48s Allows Immunity bath for testimony given In Investigations br stats Insursnce board. 1 H. R. 61 General maintenance bill. M. B. 67 O antral claims bU N THE OMAHA SUNDAY FEW MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE AT FINAL SESSION Last Adjournment Comes Jus Before Noon Saturday Signing of Code Bill Ends Official Business. By a Staff Correspondent Lincoln, April 19. Just before noon Saturday came the final ad' journment of the Nebraska legis lature. after one of the longest ses sions in" the history Vf the state The senate got through first, quit ting at 11:45 by the clock. The house adjourned sine die at 11:52. Onlv seven house members, includ ing Speaker Dalbey, and an equal number of senators, including Lieu tenant Governor Barrows were in "at the death." The remainder had taken earlier trains home. ' The members received a message from Gov. S. R. McKelvie shortly before the close of the session, re viewing its work and praising it for fulfilling every campaign pledge. It was incorporated in the house and senate journals. . x Last Business. The last piece of purely legisla tive business transacted in each body was the signing of the code bill, S. F. No. 2. It was first ap proved in the senate by the. lieu tenant governor and theecretary. Then Senator Harris lugged the bulky document over to the house where the' speaker jand chief clerk affixed their signatures. The pen with which the speaker signed it was given to Representative McLeod. It was on January 7 that the leg islature convened. The house met on 78 different days, but the jour nal .will only show 76 because Thursday was the last day with an attendance sufficiently large to take a roll call that would show a quo rum, and the official record will ac cordingly include everything done since then under that date. ihe senate was actually in session 70 days, but its journal will only show 68 for the same reason. In at "Death." Two years ago,- which was the longest session, ever held, the house ran to 86 days and the senate had 77. It was prohibition legislation which delayed the adjournment at that time. ' The only house members present for fKe final ceremonies were Sneaker Dalbey. Christy, Hostetler, Mears. T. Reed Green. Stout and Sturdevant. The senators who -re mained to the last were Peterson, Saunders, Cordeal, Ainlay, Randall, Chappell and mrnss. All six house members were ap pointed on a committee to notify the. governor and the senate that the lower chamber was ready to adjourn. When they called on Gov. ernor McKelvie at 11:44, he e claimed: "What I 'So soon."' "We insist upon you signing the code bill," one of the committee said. . I want to take that under care ful advisement," Mr. McKelvie re plied. Moves To Adjourn. At 11:48 the committee reported back to the house. A few minutes were taken in seeing that all the necessary entries were made. Then at 11:52 J. Reed Green moved to adjourn sine die. Speaker Dalbey put the, motion and his gavel an nounced the last act of the 1919 legislature. An unofficial part of the final pro ceedinps in the house was the tak ing down of the big flag behTnd the desk of Speaker Dalbey, which was voted to him last week by the chamber for the G. A. "it. post at Beatrice. Grant Mears climbed on a stool on the speaker's desk and pried loose the tacks. The speaker returned home this afternoon. Lieutenant Governor Barrows made a short talk to the senators He thanked them for the courtesies shown him during the session and commended the work. The 1919 session, he declared, will be remem bered along with that of 1907 as the most notable in the state s his tory. ! Atkinson Druggist Will Not Ride With "Thirteen" Lincoln, April 19. (Special.) Because his 191V automobile license number contained that ' terrorizing, superstitious, ill-fated "13," Charles J. Wilson, druggist of Atkinson, Neb., has asked state officials to issue him a new number devoid of the so-called unlucky number. Wilson sent his request to Repre sentative B. E. Sturdevant, a mem ber of the legislature, and the solon turned it over to the secretary of state's office. "We received our auto tag for 1919 but it is 'N. G. It contains a number 13," is the way Wilson starts his letter. In parfhe says: "Do you suppose it would be pos sible for you to get this changed for. us to some number without a thir teen. It would take a load off our minds." The secretary of state's office has sent tht Atkinson man a new num ber and it does not contain a "13." Wilson's old number was 130073. Daughter of Fremont Man Drops Dead at Door of Home . Fremont, Neb., April ' 19. Spe c'al.) Miss v Marguerite McMahon, 20-year-old daughter of Thomas McMahon, dropped dead as she en tered her home here last night on her return from the theater. The young woman had been in good health.' Heart trouble wis the cause of her death, physicians said. Her father and two sisters survive. Rifle Shot Destroys Sight of 12-Year-0ld Beatrice Lad Beatrice, Neb., April 19. (Special Telegram.) The 12-yeaT-old son of W. A. Arnold lost the sight of his right eye and may lose the other in a peculiar manner Saturday. A man named McLain was 'shooting at a mark with a 22 caliber rifle when the ball struck some hard sub stance, deflected and struck the lad in tht eye. destroying the siaht , BEE t APRIL 20, 1 019. Great Britain Is Nearer to Bankruptcy -Than Ever Before, Says $ Former President of British ment'a Spending Madness of. Financial Impotence Annually on Interest Alone From Britain. ' By ROBERT WELLES RITCHIE. (Universal 8rr1e Staff Correspondent.) Special Wireless Dispatch. London, April 19. "I would rather leave Russia bolshevist than see Britain bankrupt," said Premier Lloyd George in his impressive speech in Parliament Wednesday, in which he further declared, "with all solemnity and with a great sense of responsibility" that even if a war policy against the bolshevists were acceptable, Britain had not the money to prosecute such a war. "How near bankruptcy--if near at all is Britain at this moment? For an answer to this question I went to Sir Walter Runciman, former president of the board of trade and an acknowledged trade expert New Budget $7,500,000,000. "When Parliament resumes next week," said he, "the budget will be submitted probably 1,500,000,000 pounds ($7,500,000,000). Last April Bonar Law reckoned that the taxes already imposed would yield 650,- OjM.OOO pounds ($3,250,000,000) and that the post-excess profits duty would still yield 300,000,000 pounds ($1,500,000,000) in 1V1S. "That makes a total conceivable revenue of 950,000,000 pounds ($4, 750,000,000) with a deficit of from 400,000,000 to 500,000,000 pounds ($2,000,000,000 to SZ,5UU,UW,UUU) which will have to be met by bor rowing. "Since the armistice the govern ment has been borrowing aDout 10,000,000 pounds ($50,000,000) weekly and there is no sign of an immediate decrease. "Every unemployment donation UNEMPLOYED IN VIENNA STORM PARLIAMENT Five Policemen Are Killed and Forty Woipled During Disturbance in the Austrian Capital. Copenhagen, April 19. Five po licemen were killed and 40 wounded and 20 demonstrators and bystand ers were injured during the disturb ances in Vienna Thursday, when a crowd of bolshevik sympathizers at tempted to storm the Austrian par liament building, according to Vien na advices received here. Vienna. Aoril 19. Crowd which attempted to storm the parliament building here yesterday was mide up nf unemnloved men ursred on fcv bol shevik agitators. A large number of the windows in the building were broken. The demonstrators were eventually dispersed by troops and the ponce. Charges Made Against Legislators Found to Be Without Ground; By Staff Correspondent Des Moines, la., April 19. Charges printed in evening papers Friday to the. effect that legislators had been guilty of carousing with women were found to be without foundation by a special house com mittee which investigated the affair todav. ' Municipal Judge Bonner, whom newspapers quoted, declared that he had no evidence except that of one woman. Ihe committee winch reported to the house completely exonerated legislators from any blame before adjournment tonight. The legislature passed the appro priation bill authorizing annual ex penditures for the next two years as fixed by present general assem bly at $11,291,000. The state tax levy, it is estimated, will be about 71-4 mills. The Dean bill making an annual appropriation of $37,500 to the at torney general's department for use of state agents has been adopted Dy both branches of the Iowa legisla ture. The original bill went to a conference committee when the sen- aTB and house failed to agree, the house standing for an appropriation for $75,000. Both house and senate passed a measure to require a course in civ ics, American history and economics for teachers in public and high schools- The house todav defeated the Rule cigarette bill to license the sale of cigarettes which had previously passed the senate. Would Exclude Japanese From California Schools Sacramento, Cal.. April 19.-Thc assembly of the legislature today adopted an amendment to the sen ate school bill which wouid pro- f t ?. T r . . f nipii Japanese irom attend. nsr ree- ular elementary schools where spe cial schools for Mongolians are es tablished. Administration leaders ureed that the amendment be withdrawn and when it was brought to a roll call Voted against it. Assemblyman Greene, who of fered the mendment, said Japanese were forcing themselves into the egular schools on the contention they were not Mongolians. Postal Orders. Washlnrtnn. AnHl ieflnUI t--i - . ' r - -' ...i . T-1 T- Weston county, Wyoming, with John K. Hlgglns as postmaster. Postofflces dis continued: McPaul, Fremont county Iowa, mall to Bartlett; Cslllster, Unlta county. Wyoming, mall to Spring .Valley. Sir Runciman v - Trade Eoard Says Govern Brought Nation on Verge U. S. Collects $50,000,000 one of the worst bungles in history is now paid from borrowed money. We are traveling faster and faster toward financial impotence. Two Ways Out of Bankruptcy. "There are only two ways of ter jninating the descent to hopeless bankruptcy: "1 Increasing the country's pro ductive power. "2 Reducing the expenditures. "Just as private extravagance at this moment is anti-social, so state extravagance is nothing short of a serious blow to the very foundations of the empire. "The chancellor of the exchequer should not have allowed Colonel Churchill (the war minister) to foist such an appalling estimate as 400,000,000 pounds ($2,000,000,000) for the war and air ministries on him. "Every government department has gone mad with spending. Impossible to Increase Productivity. "But it is impossible to increase the country's productivity if a higher and higher debt is accumulated, en tailing more burdensome taxation and diversion of vast sums from trade for non-productive military purposes. Every sovereign diverted to military purposes reduces the fertility of Britain's industries. "Now, America, in her favorable position as the world's creditor to tune of 2,000,000,000 pounds of ster ling ($10,000,000,000) not only ab sorbs our securities, but collects in terest charges of 10,000,000 pounds ($50,000,000 yearly. "Is Britain bankrupt? Not yet I answer; but she has been nearer to it than ever before in history." Citrus Grove and Apple Orchard Merger Effected Los Angeles, April 19. A citrus grove and apple orchard merger to begin as the American Fruft Grow ers, Inc., said by its sponsors to in volve property worth $100,000,000 in the United States, and $20,000,000 in California alone, was announced here today by J. S. Crutchfifield of Pittsburgh, Pa. Mr. Crutchfield is president of the Cantaloupe Shippers association, ac tive in the Northwest Fruit ex change, and said to be the largest individual grower of apples in the United States. The plan, said Mr. Crutchfield, is to merge citrus interests of Cali fornia and Florida, and apple inter ests of various sections, to remove the hazards associated with the fruit business by neutralizing the losses of any given districts in an off year by pooling the profits of the entire territory covered by the .merger. "To Kiss the Cross, Sweetheart, To Kiss the Cross" - r . The thrilling climax of Ncvin's masterpiece "The Rosary," that" many thousands of music-lovers consider the most beautiful song ever written I Carolina Lazzari of the Chicago Opera Association, will sing , "The Rosary" at her concert at Never have you heard "The Rosary,f more perfectly rendered than by Miss Lazzari;' she will thrill you with her full, rich, contralto tones. Hear her at the concert, by all means. Then come into our store and hear her Re-Created voice singing this same song from v EDEON: . " The Phonograph with a Soul" . You will perceive no difference in the performance-mo difference of tone, no delicate shade of expression will be lost or altered.- At the concert you can hear Iazzari sirig "The Rosary" but once; with the New Edison in your home, she will sing it for you Shultz 313-15 MACHINE GUNS USED BY REDS TO DEFEND MUNICH Decisive Battle for Bavarian "Capital Expected When Government Troops Ar-. v rive in Force. Berlin, April 19. (Via Copenha gen.) Serious fighting between Bavarian communist and govern ment troops occurred Friday near Freising, resulting in fairljr consid erable losses for both sides, a Mu nich dispatch to the Tageblatt says- The communists had constructed trenches near Freising, which is 20 miles northeast of Munich, and de fended them with machine guns. Await Reinforcements. Three thousand Wurttemburg troopsthe dispatch adds, arrived at Dachau, north of Munich, last night. The government leaders will not engage in a decisive battle with the communists until they have at least 30,000 troops around the Ba varian capital. It will be several days before this number tjf troops will be in position to move on Mun ich. N Bamberg, which has been the seat of the Bavarian government of Pre mier Hoffman, was the scene yester day of a strong communist uprising. according to the Vossische Zeitung. The communists occupied the cen tral railway station, the former royal residence and all the military bar racks in Bamberg. Ruled By Five Men. London, April 19. The central council at Munich has been dis solved and the power at present is in the hands of a committee of five men elected by the soldiers' council of the Bavarian capital, an Exchange Telegraph , dispatch from Copenha gen says. Food ration cards have been taken away from the bourgeoisie and the gas and electric supplies to bour geois homes will be cut off. The committee of five has decid ed that the strike of the working men shall Continue until the com munist troops have made secure the power of the communist govern ment. Xhe government has decided to take over all drug stores and to transform hotels into dwellings for the proletariat. The Weather. Compsxatlre Local Beord. 1919. 1911. 191T. 191 . Highest yesterday.... 70 44' 76 75 Lowest yesterday 68 13 45 1.3 Mean temperature. .. .84 , SS (0 (4 Precipitation 00 .07 .S3 .81 Temperature and precipitation depar tures from the normal: Normal temperature M Excess for the day 12 Total excess since March 1, 1919 147 Normal precipitation 09 inch Deficiency for the day 09 Inch Total precip. since March 1....4.64 Inches Excess since March 1 1,41 Inch Deficiency for cor. per., 1918.. 1.83 Inch Deficiency for cor. per., 1917.. .38 inch Reports From Station at 7 P. M. Station snd State Temp. High- Baln of Weather lp.nL cat fall. Omaha, cloudy 61 70 .CO I A. welsh, Meteorologist. ; 0 AUDITORIUM, Tuesday, April 22d as often as you desire. Bros. Edison South Fifteenth WILL USE ARMY TO ENFORCE TREATY IF GERMANS BALK sssssmmmssm v Special Train in Waiting for Enemy Delegates to Return Home If They Refuse Terms. . Paris, April 19. (Havas.) Tha , text of the preliminary peace treaty will be transmitted to the press Fri day or Saturday of next week. April 25 or 26. the Petit Parisien sayst- TheEcho de Paris declares that in case Germany refuses to f ign the preliminary peace, a special train will immediately be put at the dis posal of the enem .delegates for their return to Germany and the al lies will take military and naval measures to enforce the treaty. Under Military Guard. The German delegates to tha peace congress are coming to France by way of Spa, Belgium, to which point they will travel in their owa conveyances, says the Petit Journal today. At Spa, however, a special train provided by the French authorities will await them and their journey thence will be made under military guard. At Versailles a mili tary delegation will receive them and conduct them to their lodgings. The German representatives, tha newspaper states, will be treated courteously, but will be regarded as enemies as long as the peace treaty remains unsigned. They will not be allowed to go about as they please, nor will newspaper men be per- mittcH to interview them, on Dain of being charged with communicat ing with the enemy. Invitation Not Yet Received. Berlin, April 19. (Havas) The German armistice commission re ports it has not yet received the official invitation for the German delegates to attend the peace nego tiations at Versailles. Announcement was made in Parii Wednesday that the formal invita tion to the German delegates had been forwarded to Berlin. Flying Circus Performs Over Boise for Two Hour Boise, April 19. More than 20,0CO visitors came to coise toaay irom ail parts of southern Idaho and eastern Oregon to see the Victory loan flying circus. For two hours, this afternoon eight"War airplanes circled over Idaho's capital city. The weather was fine, the day , warm, and the program went through without untoward in cidents or mishaps. One of the aviators flew 20 miles up the Boise river and photographed Arrow Rock dam from an altitude of 1,500 feet. Gov. D. W. Davis was one of the five passengers taken for flights by the Victory loan aviators. The Advertiser who uses The Bee Want Ad Column increases his business thereby and the persons who read them profit by the oppor tunities offered. X. Shop St. v