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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
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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-
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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 (
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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
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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.
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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"'
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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 . '