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OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFEROU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. The Omaha Daily Bee B RIEF RIGHT REEZY THE WEATHER: Partly cloudy Tuesday, becom ing unsettled at right or on Wednesday; cooler Wednesday. Hourly temperature: 5 a. m Tt 6 . m 70 1 p. ro M 2 . m 85 S p. m KS 4 p. m a 5 p, m .8 6 p. m. . 87 7 p. ni 87 8 p. ro 8S 7 a, m 71 BITS OF NEWS ARMED BANDITS GET 50,0)D FROM BANK. Cleveland, O., June 16. Five armed bandits Monday afternoon held up the West Cleveland bank and escaped in a stolen automobile with currency estimated at $50,000. Two of the robbers stood guard over six customers and four clerks outside the bank while two robbed the tank, the fifth remaining in the automobile with the engine running. MEXICAN BOOTLEGGERS TAKING BIG CHANCES. Agua Prieta, Mex., June 16. Copies of an official proclamation have been posted in this city and signed by Gen. P. Elias Calles, as acting governor of the state of Son ora, to the effect that from this date on and until the state is declared legally "wet" in September, any per son apprehended in the act of manu facturing or disposing for sale of any aicononc liquors win oe exe cuted by a firing squad without be ing accorded a trial before either the civil or military authorities. CURTISS ENTHUSIASTIC OVER OCEANIC FLIGHT Hempstead, N. Y., June 16. Glenn H. Curtiss expressed belief that the accomplishment of a non stop flight over the Atlantic is but the beginning of developments. .Ho continued: "Now that crossing the ocean in the air has been proved practical, the next most important develop tnent will be to build an airplane vhose commercial side will be shown beyond possibility of doubt. "From now oa aerial develop will be on a scale little dreamed of or contemplated. Nothing will he impossible to reach, either in the crossing of mountains, oceans or ;n land travel. "Commercial airplanes will now undoubtedly receive much atten tion." EXCITEMENT, OVER VILLA EXPEDITION KILLS MAJOR El Paso, Tex., June 18. When his orderly went to his office at mili tary headquarters he found Major T. B. McCowan, district surgeon, lying dead on the floor. He was last seen alive at 11:30 p. m. Sunday. It was stated at headquarters that the excitement due to the military expedition against the Villa forces in Juarez probably caused his death from heart disease. Major McCown was unmarried and came here from Fort Huachuca, Ariz. PEOPLE "STUNG" ON WOOL SAYS "PURE GOODS" HERALD. r Chicago, June 16. A campaign for a "pure goods" law that would com pel marking of all fabrics so as to show whether they contain only "virgin wool" or "shoddy" has been inaugurated by the National sheep Bind wool bureau. "What people have been buying for all wool," said Alexander Walker of New York, elected president of the bureau yesterday; '"is not," in two-thirds of the cases, all wool.". PREACHER HELD FOR STRAFING DETECTIVE. Oakland, Cal., June 16. John J. Weiler, known as "Rev." Weiler, is held in the city jail on suspicion of being the author of a recent threatening letter sent to Walter J. Petersen, captain of detectives, and previous letters of a similar nature to United States Senator Hiram Johnson ami other Oakland andean Francisco persons. Weiler claims to be a regularly ordained minister. He was arrested as a result of alleged similarity of handwriting in the threatening let ters and that of an application for employment he is said to have fileu tt a local shipyard. FEEL WAY THROUGH FIFTY MILES OF ICE. Nome, Alaska, June 16. Two crowded passenger steamships, the Victoria and the Senator, have ar rived here after feeling their way through more than SO miles of ice floes. The boats were the first to arrive from the outside since ice locked the Bering sea last fall. The two carried over 700 passengers. MISS LAW TO ATTEMPT TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. New York, June 16. The success of Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown in making the transatlantic ii i , l . i o . . . u t ..., IllglH Will UCIC1 ivuiii x-aw iii her plans to attempt the cross-Atlantic flight, she declared today. "The time in which the flight was made was a 'knock down.' " said the woman flyer. "It will be difficult for anyone to beat that record for some time to come, even under the most favorable conditions. : "I have been negotiating to at tempt the flight in a Martin bomber. The fact that the Northcliffe prize has been won will make no differ ence in my plans." Miss Law plans a direct flight to England, her purpose being to es tablish a record. SIOUX CITY MAYOR WINNER IN RECALL. Sioux City. Ia.. June 16. Mayor Wallace M. Short was the winner in the recall election, defeating H. T. Carney, by 2.100 majority, 400 more than he received when he was elected in April, 1918, although the lotal vote was less than in 1918. The opposition to Short alleged the mavor was in sympathy with the Industrial Workers of the World and made the principal fight on Short on this issue. The recall movement was launched after Short ' spoke at an Industrial Workers of the World convention here several weeks ago. Short during the campaign denied he was in sympathy with the In dustrial Workers of the World. He was strongly "hacked by the labor organizations of the city. ISHII IN SEATTLE FOR , RETURN TO HOMELAND. Seattle. June 16. Viscount Kiku iiro Ishii, Japanese ambassador to -the United States arrived here Monday night on his way from Washington, D. C, to Japan. He will sail from here, June 19 oa the VOL. 48. NO. 312. PRESIDENT TO STUMP U. S. FOR COVENANT Wilson Decides to Carry Fight for Ratification of League of Nations Straight to the - American People. Washington, June 16. President Wilson, facing a divided senate, has decided to carry his fight for rati fication of the league of nations covenant directly to the people in a countrywide speaking tour. He ex pects to begin the trip as soon as he returns from Paris. The president's decision was re vealed coincident with receipt of ai message in which he declined to give the senate, in advance of sign ing, the official text of the peace trpatv rpnnpsted in a resolution ' --1 . . , adopted over vigorous opposition or the league supporters. Neither development cau9ed great snrnrisp here, but each served to emphasize the proposition and pro vide further subject matter lor tne rlphate wliirh hreins Tuesday on pnatnr Knox's resolution to put the the the senate against accepting league covenant along witn peace treaty. Will Visit Far West. A, tentative itinerary for the speaking trip has been completed by Secretary Tumulty, but it will not be made public until Mr. Wilson finollxr Viae annrnverl it. It is fX- nertert however, that the tour will carry him into the far west and will occupy many days. It was said he probably will de- imt mnsi attention to western states, where league opposition has gained the greatest neaaway. As nearly as officials here can pre dict Mr. Wilson will Teach Wash ington about July 1, will lay the treaty formally before the senate and then possibly on Independence day, will begin a swing around the circle that will eclipse in extent and in spirit all his previous direct ap peals to the people." It is regarded as certain that op position speakers will follow the president'&.special train through the doubtful states. Opposition senators generally, however, declined from making any comment on the executive's plan cf campaign. The message declining to send the treaty text aiso was re ceived in silence when it was read tn the senate, hut Senator lohnson, republican, of California, who intro duced the resolution making tne re nnect U evnerterl tn make the presi dent's action the subject of a senate speech within the next tew days. Papers Refuse to Let Printers Dictate T 1 T" 11 in Labor 1 rouble Vancouver, B. C, June 16. Van couver's morning newspaper, the Sun, has not appeared since Satur day, the publishers having refused to grant the Typographical union's de mand that the paper stop making union printers handle news and edi torial strike matter which the print ers consider objectionable. The Vancouver Evening Province ceased publication Monday when its printers struck after refusing to set up an advertisement in which the Citizens' league and the Great War Veterans commented on the strike. The publishers informed the printers the paper would suspend rather than concede the right of the men to dic tate the character of the matter ap pearing in its columns. The Citizens' league distributed 10,000 copies ot a.Duuetin denounc ing h ctriUe as anattemoted revo lutionary movement " The leaflet said the issue was a cnoice petween the red or the red, wmte ana blue." Gompers and Labor Heads Plan Organizing Steel Men Atlantic City, June 16. A com mittee of 24 presidents of interna tional labor unions interested in the organization of workers in the steel industry, headed by Samuel Gom pers, president of the American Fed eration of Labor, in conference here decided immediately to launch ex traordinary organization efforts in the great steel producing regions of the country, especially the Pitts burgh district, and fight there, "for the right of free assemblage, free speech and a free press." Summoning of Hungarian Reds Was a Mistake Porlc tune 16. Inclusion in the telegram to Bela Kun, Hungarian toreign minister, orucrms mm iu stop hostilities against the Czechs, of an announcement that the coun cil of four was going to summon- del egates of the soviet government to Paris was due, says the Echo de ParU tn a mistake. It savs that the error was made by a "scribe" iUiibsi ia 4s Mali BMt'iPV. IitnH mead-clan attar May zs, IMS. at Onhl P. O. mdw act at March S. 1179. LABOR DELEGATES PROMISE A WARM COVENANT FIGHT Antis and Pros Will Discuss League of Nations Next Wednesday. Atlantic City, N. J., June 16. The road was cleared at the convention of the American Federation oi Labor for a discussion on the league of nations and the peace treaty, which will open Wednesday and promises to prove the hottest fight tl:c delegates have staged as yet. The anti forces will be led bv Andrew Furuseth, president of the Seamen's union. The supporters of the league, who arc believed to be in a substantial majority, have at their head Samuel Gompers, president of the federa tion. ROTARIANS IN SALT LAKE CITY "WHOOPJER UP" Monday Was Arrival and Registration Day for Big Convention, to Which 5,000 Are Expected. Salt Lake City, June 16. Rotary took possession of Salt Lake Citv Sunday, more than 3,000 strong, and until Tuesday morning Rotarians will continue to arrive in special trains until the total has swelled to approximately 5,000 persons. Monday was arrival and registra tion day and with the exception of a meeting of the convention council in the afternoon, no official business was transacted. Several hundred early arrivals crowded the down town streets Sunday night, while Monday, the traffic lanes from the depots to the hotels were blocked. Early arrivals, included the Mon tana delegation, several hundred coming from Butte, Great Falls and Helena, the former bringing with it the famous Anaconda copper mines company" band. The Idaho delegates brought with them a band of Indians from the Bannock reserva tion, but the chief of the tribe, Tv Hee, was disappointed, for the con ductor "kicked off" the train the dog vh'ch the red men had been fatten ing for a feast. Atlantic City and New Orleans delegations arrived before Cleveland and advertised their cities for the 1920 convention, but the city by the lake promises to"whoop 'er up" be tween now and the close of the con vention. Texas delegates are ex hibiting miniature oil well derricks. Practically every state in the union was represented and delegate": also were present from Cuba, the Philippines, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Hawaii. Every California delegation is taking time by the forelock and boosting Los Angeles for the convention city two years hence. Entertainment was provided all visitors by local Rotarians, sight seeing trips being the most popular. The business session of the con vention will open Tuesday in the Mormon tabernacle with an address of welcome by President Will G. Farrell of the halt Lake Rotary club. President Heber J. Grant of the Mormon church will deliver the opening prayer. Linemen in West Strike; Telephone Operators Do Not San Diego, Cal.. June 16. Elec trical linemen, employed by the Pacific Telephone company here, went on strike. All telephone operators remained at their posts. Officials of the telephone company stated that the strike of the linemen would cause them no inconvenience and that arrangements are being made to fill the places of strikers. Billings, Mont, June 16. All linemen, repairmen and telegraphers of the Mountain States Telephone r.nd Telegraph company here, quit wotk pending receipt of the re ported order from headquarters ai Springfield, 111., cancelling the call for a nation-wide strike of electrical workers. Order Issued for Strike of Canadian Railway Shopmen Montreal. June 16. Orders for a strike of 40,000 employes of Division No. 4, Railway Shopmen oi America, effective Wednesday morning, were issued by the execu tive committee. The order follows an unsuccessful attempt of a delega tion of the shopmen to negotiate increased wages and shorter word ing hours. Eleventh hour conces sions on the part of the Canadian railway war board is the only thing which will prevent a walkout, unioa leaders said. Telegraph Official Dead. Minneapolis, June 16. H. A. Tut tle, president and general manager of the Northwest American Tele graph company, died Monday, at Balsam Lake, Wis. His home was in Minneapolis. Paris Traffic Normal. Paris, June 16. The transporta tion workers of Paris, who have been on strike for more than a week, have returned to their places anH cprvirp nn V enhwavs. tram- wayg and fcus.es. j3iSJS . OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1819. U.S.TR00PS BRING IN MEXICAN PRISONERS Tired Yanks Seek Rest After 24 Hours' Campaign Against Villistas; Fifty Rebels Are Killed; Gain Souvenirs. El Paso, June 16. American troops that participated in the puni tive expedition against the Villa rebels in and near Juarez Sunday night and that Monday were billeted in barracks and camps on the Amer ican side were asleep before dark after their 24 hours of campaigning. As a rear guard to the cavalry, artillery and engineers columns which wound over the mesa from the river, seven ragged, high hatted Mexican prisoners were herded to ward the Fort Bliss stockade by a detachment of the Fifth cavalry, while another cavalry detachment drove a herd of 100 Mexican horses and ponies captured from the Villa forces to the remount station. While no official report of the cavalry operations has yet been pre pared for Brig. Gen: James B. Er win and Major General Cabell, it was unofficially stated at Fort Bliss that approximately 50 Villa follow ers were killed and prisoners, horses and mules captured. U. S. Cavalryman Shot. One American of the Seventh cav alry, Corporal Chigas, was shot through the lung by a Mexican rebel on the south bank of the river. After crossing during the night the cavalry column, supported by a battalion of the 82d artillery, ad vanced and at daybreak started scouting over the low, marshy fields in the elbow of the Rio Grande, south of Ysletta, Texas. Capturing the seven prisoners before reaching the Villa camp, the cavalry was en abled to proceed, dismounted, to a short distance of the adobe head quarters when fighting was begun by the Americans standing in water up to their knees, according to cav alry officers. Four Villistas Killed. Four Villa men were killed in the first assault and the entire force, numbering approximately 200. men, mounted and escaped toward the southwest with the cavalry troops in pursuit. Crossing the plains and reaching the mesa land; the rebels scattered into small bands and Col. James J. Hornbrook's Fifth cavalry pursued one band, which continued toward the southwest, for a distance of 35 miles before returning toward the river. In the meantime Colonel Tomp kins' 7th cavalry horse, in temorary command of Col. Howard R. Hik ock, deployed to the southeast and pursued another band of Villa men. During this pursuit troops A and C of the 7th cavalry executed a mounted pistol charge from the sad dle and killed a number of the reb els. In the meantime the artillery placed shrapnel, shells directly over the heads of the fleeing Villa force and many were killed. After the two cavalry forces had pursued the rebels over more than 30 square miles, they formed a junction and returned to the American side of the river, accompanied by the artillery and 8th engineers, who threw a pon toon bridge, across the river. The cavalry, artillery and en gineers presented a tired, soiled and (Continued on Page Two, Column Four.) U. S. Naval Force to Be Divided Into Two Fleets Washington, June 16. Orders making effective the proposed di vision of the United States naval forces into two fleets of equal strength, one to be called the Atlan tic and the other the Pacific fleet, were issued by the Navy depart ment. Admiral Henry B. Wilson will command the Atlantic and Ad miral Hugh Rodman the Pacific fleet. Each of the two fleets will be composed of four divisions of bat tleships and dreadnoughts; two di visions of cruisers, 18 divisions of destroyers, three divisions of sub marines and two divisions of mine layers. Appropriation Bill for Navy Adopted by House Washington, June 16 With au authorization for a new three-year building program eliminated and the fund for naval aviation reduced to $15,000,000, the 1920 naval appro priation bill was passed today by the house and sent to the senate. The measure carries approximately $600, 000,000 and was passed in virtually the form it came from the naval committee. Rain Damaging Crops. Dallas, Tex., June 16. Reports from points in contral, southern and jastern Texas . indicate extensive rains are threatening to damage crops in some sections, particulaily fo'.tou nd truck gardens. GERMANY BY CLEMENCEAU ALLIED PEACE TERMS NOTE Blames Teutons for Not Only Starting the War, But for Preparing Years Before 1914 for the World Con flagration That Resulted in the Death of 7,000,000 in Europe and the Wounding of 20,000,000 More; Huns Have Seven-Day Limit in Which to Sign Pact Or Take the Resultant Consequences. By the Associated Press. Versailles, June 16. The reply of the allied and associ ated governments to Germany's counter-proposals and a re vised copy of the peace treaty are in the hands of Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, who is on his way to Weimar, there to present to the German national assembly the final word of the victory in the war. ; Few changes have been made in the revised treaty. Five days was the allotted period originally fixed for the Germans to answer yes or no to the demands of the allies. But two days additional have been granted because of the insistence of the German delegates that not sufficient time had been allowed for proper consideration of the revised terms. This will extend the time limita-1 tion to Monday, June 23, If Ger many's reply is yes, the treaty will be immediately signed, if Germany declines to accede to the demands the armistice will be automatically terminated and the allied armed forces will take whatever steps they deem requisite to the occasion. The revised treaty contained interlineations in red ink, where changes had been made in it. It had been impossible to reprint the treaty in time for its presentation. Germany Castigated. The covering note of Premier Clemenceau severely castigates Ger many for protesting against the treaty on the ground that the treaty conflicts with the terms of the armi stice. M. Clemenceau says Germany fails to understand the position she cccupies today in the estimation of the world for being responsible for a war which was "the greatest crime against humanity aid the freedom of the people that any nation, call ing itself civilized, has ever consciously committed." Without ostentation Paul Du tasta, general secretary of the peace conference, at 6:49 o'clock Monday evening, placed the revised draft of the treaty and the note in the hands of German Legation Secretary Simon and Baron Von Loersner. Herr Simon protested against the short time given Germany to make known her intentions. M. Dutasta arrived in Versailles at 6:20 o'clock, carrying the momen tous documents in two parcels wrapped in prosaic-brown paper, and was conducted to the reading room of the Hotel Reservoirs. Ready to Receive Pact. Here the party was grouped along one side of the room. In front of M. Dutasta, was a large marble topped table, upon which the docu ments were placed in two piles. The Germans took their place at the other side of the table. At 6:49 o'clock Herr Simon infor mally reached across the table and took the documents and handed them to Baron Von Loersner, this actually constituting the formal re ceipt of the treaty and the ultima tum. A receipt from the Germans for the documents was required. The Germans then returned to their apartment in the hotel, Von Loersner carrying the documents under his arm in a green portfolio Later Count Von Brockdorff-Rant-zau boarded a train for Weimar, taking the papers with him. What M. Clemenceau Says. The covering letter is from M. Clemenceau, president of the peace conference, to Count Von Brock-dorff-Rantzau, president of the Ger man delegation. In this letter M. Clemenceau says: "The allied and associated powers have given the most earnest con sideration to the observation of the German delegates on the draft treaty of peace. The reply protests against the peace on the ground that it conflicts with the terms upon which the armistice of November 11, 1918, was signed and that it is a peace of violence and not a peace of justice. The protest of the Ger man delegation shows that thev fail to understand the position in which Germany stands today. They seem to think that Germany has only to make sacrifices in order to attain peace," as if this were but the end of some mere struggle for territory and power. The allied and associate powers, therefore fee! it necessary to begin their reply by a clear scheme of the judgment of the world which has been forged by practically the whole of civilized mankind. "In view of the allied and as sociated powers, the. war which began August 1, 1914, was the great est crime against humanity and f:eedom of the people that ar.y nation calling itself civilized has ever conscientiously committed. For many years the rulers of Germany, true to the Prussian tradition, strove for a position of dominance in Europe. They were nt satisfied with that growing prosperity ind influence to which Germany was enlitled, and which all other nat'ons were willing to accord her; they re quired that they should be able to dictate and tyrannize over a sub- By Mill (I year). Dally. $4.90: Sunday, J2.50: Dally and Sun.. $9.50: auttldt Nab. awataie antra. rvifo) mi WD HARSHLY servient Europe, as they dictated and tyrannized over a subservient Germany. "Might" Policy Taught. "In order to attain their ends they used every channel through which to educate their own subjects in ths doctrine that might was right i.i international affairs. They never ceased to expand German arma ments by land and sea and to propa gate the falsehood that it was neces sary because Germany's neighbors were jealous of her prosperity and power. "She sought to sow hostility and susicion, instead of friendship, be tween nations. The Germans de veloped a system of espionage and intrigue through which they were enabled to stir up international re bellion and even to make secret of fensive preparations within the ter ritory of their neighbors, whereby they might, when the moment came, strike them down with greater cer tainty and ease. They kept Europe in a ferment by threats of violence and when they found that their neighbors were resolved to resist their arrogant will, they determined to assert their predominance in, Eu rope by force. "As soon as their preparations were complete, they encouraged a subservient ally to declare war on Serbia on 48 hours' notice, a war involving the control of the Balkans, which they knew could not be local ized and which was bound to un chain a general war. Refused Conciliatory Efforts. , "In order to make doubly sure, they refused any attempt at concili ation and conference, until it was too late and the world war was in evitable for which they had plotted and for which, alone among the na tions, they were adequately equipped and prepared. "Germany's responsibility, how ever, is not confined to having planned and started the war. She is no less responsible for the savage and inhuman manner in which it was conducted. Though Germany was herself the guaranty of Belgium, Germany violated the rules after a solemn promise to respect thfc neu trality of this unoffending people. "Not content with this, they de liberately carried out a series'of promiscuous shooting and burnings with the sole objects of terrifying the inhabitants into submission by the very frightfulness of their action. They were the first to use poison ous gas, notwithstanding the appal ling suffering it entailed. They be gan the bombing and long distance shelling of towns, for no military object, but solely for the purpose of reducing the morale of thefr oppo nents by striking at their women and children. Began Submarine Campaign. "They commenced the submarine campaign, with its piratical chal lenge to international law and its destruction of great numbers of in nocent passengers and sailors in mid-ocean, far from succor, at the mercy of the winds and the waves and the more ruthless submarire crews. They drove thousands of women and children with brutal savagery into slavery in foreign lands; they allowed barbarities to be practiced against their prisoners of war, from which the most ui. civilized people would have recoiled. "The conduct of Germany is al most unexampled in human history. The terrible responsibility which lies at her doors can be seen by the fact that not less than 7,000,000 dead lie buried in Europe, while more than 20,000,000 others carry upon them the evidence of wounds and suffer ing, because Germany saw fit to gratify her lust for tyranny by resort to war. "The allied and associated powers believe that they will be false tc those who have given their all to save the freedom 'of the world if they consent to treat this war on any other basis than as a crime against humanity and right. Attitude Made Quite Clear. "This attitude of the allied and associated powers was made per fectly clear to Germany during the war by their principal statesmen. It was defined by President Wilson in hi speech of April 6, 1918, an ( (Continued oa Page Two. Column One J TWO CENTS. 4) INDICTED IN FINAL Allied Council Tells Hun Plenipotentiaries What They Must Sign Changes in the final peace pact presented to- German potentiaries Monday include: A plebiscite for Upper Silesia, which guarantees coal from that territory. Frontier rectifications in West Prussia. Omission of the third zone in the Schleswig plebiscite. Temporary increase of the Ger man army from 10(5,000 to 200,--000 men. Declaration of the intention to submit within a month of signa ture a list of those accused of violation of the laws and customs of war. Offer to co-operate with a Ger man commission on reparations, and to receive suggestions for dis charging the obligation. Certain detailed modifications in the finance, economic and ports and waterways clauses, in cluding abolition of the proposed Kiel canal commission. Assurance of membership in the league of nations in the early future if Germany fulfills her ob ligations. FIVE STRIKERS ARRESTED; OTHER WARRANTS OUT Two Men Charged Withjnter fering With Truck Driver; three Face Charges of Assault. Five striking teamsters, two of them charged with interfering with a truck driver and the other three charged with assault with intent ro do great bod-ly harm, were arrested last night and later released on bond. Eight warrants were promptly sworn out by the strikers to be served on six strike-breakers and two employers. At 10 o'clock last night the warrants had not yet been signed and the employers and strike-breakers were not confined. Edward Kennelly, 603 North Seventeentk , street, a striker, was arrested on two separate warrants. one charged that he carried con cealed weapons and the other that he assaulted Louie Johnson of the C. G. Johnson company with intent to do great bodily harm. He was released on $400 bond. Charged With Assault. George Murray, 828 South Twenty-second street, and Edward Collier, 925 North Twenty-fourth street, strikers, were arrested on warrants charging assault of Louie Johnson with intent to do great bodily harm. The alleged assault took place at Thirteenth and Doug hs streets yesterday morning. At 10 o'clock George Neiby. 46ft South Twenty-fourth street, and AI Herman, 1126 North Twenty-third street were arrested and charged with interfering with a truck driver. They are accused of stopping a t'uck of Simon Bros, company Eighteenth and Davenport streets and rot permitting its driver to Pro ceed. Neiby was arrested Saturday right and charged with drunker.css. A hot argument followed the at tempted arrest of Kennelly by John son after Kennelly had been released on bond. Taken to Station. Johnson, an employer, is also a special policeman. He saw Kennelly on the street last night after the lat ter had Seen released on bond from Central station. Knowing a war rant had been sworn out for Ken nelly's arrest. Johnson collared him and marched him to the police sta tion. Sergeant Smith xplained that Kennelly had just been rereased and Johnson and Kennelly left the police (Continued on Page Two, Column Three.) Baker Asks Congress for Army of 509,000 Soldiers Washington, June 16. Secretary Taker, appearing today before the senate military committee, insisted tha: congress make provision for ?.r. army of 509,000 men until a per manent military policy can be adopted. He declared the force ol J00.000 proposed in the annual army appropriation bill as passed by tht house was "inadequate." Eight Killed in Riots. Copenhagen, June 16. In rioting in connection with a communist demonstration in Vienna Sunday, eight persons were killed and 66 in jured. The trouble began when 6,000 demonstrants attempted to ob tain the release from prison of com munist leaders arrested Saturday. R a. m. 0 a. m. 10 a. m. 11 a. m. It noon. 7S 7 HO M 81 GLASSES RAIDS AS TRESPASS ON RIGHTS Judge Holmes Holds Police Failed to Produce Testimony Showing House at 2106 Cass Was Disorderly. Holding that the prosecution had failed to produce a single word of testimony, after the examination of 17 witnesses, to show that the house raided on the morning of June 6, at 2106 Cass street by Detectives Herd zina and Armstrong was disorderly in any particular, Judge Holmes in . municipal court yesterday afternoon " dismissed the case against Mrs Thomas Brown, whom. Police Com- missioner Ringer and the members of his department have reviled, per secuted, insulted and outraged in an attempt to exonorate the two police officers, who are said to have been drunk when they invaded the pri vacy of the Brown home, at 2 o'clock in the. morning without a warrant. Judge Holmes pronounced the - f l't A a n 1.1.(1. 4-1. - ".... 1 t. - - . and Mrs. Brown's home as "an un warranted trespass on the rights of the defendant by the arresting offi cers." Mrs. Brown Swoons. '.' . A dramatic scene marked the clos ing of the case, which has attracted statewide attention. Attorney Moss man was pleading with all of the emphasis of his nature for the con viction of the woman who has been made the subject of bitter attack by the police department, backed by the . "500 Committee" for the past 10 days. Mrs. Brown occupied a seat in the front of the courtroom. She was unable to bear up under Attor ney Mossman'i attack. -t The attorney was in the midst of his denunciation when Mrs. Brown rose to her feet, gave an ex clamation of pain and swooned as her son and Attorney Lloyd Magney hastened to her side and assisted ed into Judge Holmes' chambers where she fainted. The family phy sician was called and Mrs. Brown, who has been out of the hospital, only a few days, where she remain ed a week as a resultof mistreat ment at the hands tn Detectives Herdzina and Armstrong, was taken to her home. No Signs of Disorder. Despite the number of witnesses called to testify against Mrs. Brov.T, not q single person declared on the stand that they had seen anything about the Cass street house to indi cate any disorder, with the except tion of the two detectives, who ac cording to the signed statment of' Roy Kelly, were drunk and con spired with Kelly to raid the place as an ill-governed house. Kelly's confession, which Mas published in The Bee, gives in detail the arrangement which he entered into with Herdzina and Armtrong. aftr all three men had been joy ridinsr and drinkinsr whiskv for nn hour in Kellv's automobile. Attorneys Mossman and Murrar vere rebuked severely by Judgs Holmes when thev attemoted a introduce into the evidence the testi mony of Detective Palmtag tending to show that Miss Elsie Kubat. one of the girls who was arrested i& the raid, had a bad reputation; Palmtag, it developed, knew nothing of the girl's life during recent years. i ou certaimy win not De per mitted to blacken this girl's chant"' (Continued on Page Three. Column lire.) Surrender of Naval - w Base at Petrograd ' Hourly Expected Helsingfors, June 16. The fall of Kronstadt, the naval base of Petro grad, is imminent, according to re- " ports received by naval circles here from Reval, the capital of Esthonia. The reports say that a white fla hns been hoisted over the fortress several times by its bolshevik de-. tenders. " . ' London, June 16. Active prepara-, tions are being made for the evao uation of Petrograd, it is announced in a wireless dispatch from Moscow ? received here. Allies to Make Known Names Of Men Responsible Jpr War Paris, June 16. (By the Associ- ated Press.) The allies have prom- , ised Germany to deliver within one month a list of persons whomVthey ' intend to try for the responsibility for the war and violation of the laws of war. Take Fort From Reds. Stockholm. June 16. White guards have captured the fort of Krasnayamorka, the chief seaward defense of Petrograd, according to ! an Esthonian official statement It it said the garrison of the fort va9 7 tinied against the bolshevik . '
