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t 1 RIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS WOMEN'S FALL HATS TO BE OF ALL SIZES ; " Indianapolis, Ind!, June 24. Style' of women's hats next fall will be any size, big or little just so the hat is artistic according to opinion expressed today by salesmen attending the 16th annual convention of the ""Millinery Traveling Men's National association here. Styles. in millinery, however, will not icmain rigid through a season, ihey say. H ADVOCATE CLOSED STORES ON SABBATH. . Salt Lake, City, Utah, June 24. Manufacturers do not anticipate any ' reduction in food prices, according - to William' L. Sweet, president of the (American Specialty Manufac- turers' association, whose address was read before the annual conven- . tion of the National Retail Grocers' association here. Mr. Sweet was unable to attend the convention and sent his paper. : Mr. Sweet recommended purchas ing by retailers'in large quantities, ' declaring that . a reduction in the size of stocks means curtailment of manufacture and a continuance of .. high prices. Sunday closing of retail stores brought about considerable debate - at the morning session of the gro cers, but 'the consencus of opinion seemed to be in favor of strict ob servance of the Sabbath. F, B. Connolly, San Francisco, past pres ident of the association, spoke dur ing the morning session urging a larger and more efficient organiza- tion- ' J CITIZENS FLEE FROM FIRE IN BOX CARS. ' Fernie, B. C., June. 24. Most of the residents of Natal, B. C, were " taken from the town in a special train of boxcars Sunday when the threatening forest firej, appeared ' about to sweep the place, according to reports. A volunteer .fire crew which remained in the town ex tinguished the blaze aftr the fire in the, immediate vicinity had spent itself. The residents of Natal spent all day Saturday fighting the fires. GERMANY MljST PAY FOR SINKING SHIPS Paris, June 24. By the Associated Press). France his decided, to re quire complete reparation from Ger many for the sinking of the Ger man warships at Scapa.Flow. This . announcement was made by the minister of marine to the naval committee of the chamber of depu ties today. It' was declared the act of the Germans violated both the armistice and the peace treaty. COCCHI FIGHTING TO SAVE HIS NECK. - Bologna, June .24. Fighting for acquittal Alfred Cocchi. charged . with the murder of Ruth Cruger in New York in 1917, 4rsented to the c6urt and jury a vivid v description-, of killing the girl. He contended' that his wife was, the guilty one. He explained that he had made his former confession for her protec tion, buts declared that now she had abandoned him, he would tell the. truth. Cocchi said: . i . ' "I was talking to the signorina. My wife struck her on the-back of the head with one of my tools. It was not lwho struck the fatal blow; it was my wife. I hid the body to protect my wife." , To this, Signor Bagnoli, president of the court, retorted: ''But the American tribunals have exonerated your wire ami found her innocent." Cocchi answered :'"It is impossible for anyone to call her innocent. No-" body could-have, an opinion on the atrair unless he were there to see it." ' GET OUT OR STARVE - PEOPLE ARE TOLD. Budapest, June 24. The National soviet, which has,adjourned, has is sued avcall upon thej cities tcsend their "populations to the country, . saying that otherwise they would starve." .... The belief is prevalent here the ' call was issued as propaganda with the purpose of getting the peasants' interested in communism. SUPERIOR TURK FORCES FAIL TO BUDGE GREEKS. Paris, June 24. Greek troops in Asia Minor are holding their own ' against superior Turkish forces, ac cording to official Greek advices re ; ceived. The Turks have entered , Nassili, which the Greeks evacuated Saturday in the face of superior ar , tacking, forces. . DIETZ MOTHER SAYS IE'S OF INDIAN BLOOD. Spokane, Wash., June '24. The claim' of William H. (Lone. Star) Dietz, football coach, that he is a Sioux Indian was supported in the United States district court, where. Dietz is on trial on charges of fals? . i registration for the draft and v of falsifying his draft questionnaire, by v Mrs. Leanna Howard Lewis, who, ' $he government contends, is the de- fendant's niother. Mrs. Lewis, the divorced wife 6f f William Wallace Dietz, father of the defendant, testified that when her own child died at birth, she consented to her husband's bringing . to their home a baby of whom "jhe told her he was the father and an Indian . woman the mother. She ' said the substitution- was made without the knowledge of other per sons and the child Kwas reared, as their, own son. FIRES IN MONTANA BEING CONTROLLED. k.y Missoula, Mont, June 24. The , forest fire condition in, District No. 1 of the forestry service seems im proved, according to reports to headquarters here. While probably r- IS small fires were newly reported, the workers messages stated con trol lines had been established, about v ft number of the blazes. . - .1 . 'Two new fires in the Kaniksu, and three m the ' Madison forest, were reported, though fione of them was regarded as dangerous. , The destructive-fire" at Haugan is engag ing the attention of 250 firemen, and it is believed' that -it will be en trenched within few hoprs, : BEE V VOL. 49 NO. 6. Eatentf Oath DEALERS LICENSED Farmers and Small , Bakers Excluded in Proclamation Which Becomes, Ef , fective July 15. New York, June 24. Julius Barnes, "United States wheat direc tor, announced President Wilson ha signed a proclamation putting un der license of the wheat director persons, firms,, corporations and as sociations dealing in wheat, wheat J flour or baking products', manufac tured either whollv or partially froni wheat flour, The only exceptions are farmers and small bakers, i , Effective July 15. The proclamation, which goes In to effect July 15, applies to the bus iness of "storing, or distributing wheat, or manufacturing, storing ot distributing wheat flour, 'as well as to theNnanufacture, xf bread or other bakers' products, either whol ly or partly from wheat flour. The exceptions are listed as tol- lows: ' "(A) BaVers and manufacturers of bakery products, whose consump tion of flour in the manufacture of such products is, in- the- aggregate, less than SO barrels per month. "(B) Retailers apd farmers of co operative associations of farmers or otheF persons with respect to the products of arty farm or other land owned, leased or cultivated !y them." ' Carriers to Be JJcensed. Common carriers are required to secure on or before July IS a license from Mr. Barnes "in such form, un der such conditions arid under such roles and regulations governing the tonduct of the, business as he may irum nine iu nine jjicbi-iiuu Blan forms to be jised in apply ing for such licenses may be ob tained from the 'zone agents of the erain cornoration iri Baltimore, Chi cago, Galveston, Minneapolis, Kan sas-Citv. Missouri. Mew .Urieans. Omaha Philadelphia, Portland, Ore gon, St. Louis, San Francisco, Buf falo and Duluth. After applications have been filled Out "they must be sent to the wheat director, division of licenses, Washington. The proclamation states that 'any person, firm, corporation or association, other than those here- mDeiore excepted, who shall en gage m or carry on- any business above specified after July IS, with out first securing such licenses, or shall carry on any such business while such licenses is suspended or after such license is revoked, will be liable to the penalties prescribed by law." ' Engineer Killed as Leans Onf of Cab to Get Drink 'of Water James E. Johnson, engineer on Burlineton oassenner train No. 6, was killed in Waverly, 12 miles east of Lincoln, yesterday morning. Pre sumably he was struck by a mail train as he was leaning out the gang way on the fireman's side of the engine, drawing a cup of water from the tank of the cab. ' Fireman Zimmerman tells the fol lowing story of the accident: We left Lincoln on time ami were on time at Waverly. Just as we nulled into Waverly, Johnson stepped overdo my side of the cab and stepped into the, gangway, I oresume to draw a cup of water. After we had run about two miies, I.noticed-thaf Johnson was missing. I ran on to Greenwood, four miles, andthere told the conductor of a work train wlvt had happened. We uncoupled the engine, attached it to a caboose and went irack to Wav erly. There, about 50 feet east of the mail-rane, we found Johnson lying on tlhv ground, unconscious, with .his face and head badly cut and crushed." v , - -, -At Waverly Johnson was placed in a way car and taken"" to Lincoln, dying enroute. ' . , Johnson had been in the employ of the Burlington 30 years. His fam ily lives jn Lincoln. American Casualties . v in War Total 289,016 ..Washington, tune 24. Total cas ualties of the Ajncrican 'expedition aryjorces reported to date was an nounced today by, the War depart ment as f289,0l6T including: v Killed in action (including 381 lost at sea), 33,754. Died of wounds, 13,570. Died of disease, 23596. Died from accidents' and other causts, 4,942. " ' . ' v- . Total death, 75.662. Wctmded in action, 210,984. lirsing - in " action (not includ ing prisoners - released "or re turned), 2,37(k . ' , - IN WHEAT ORDERED WANT ADS WILL MELP YOU TO THE JOB YOU SEEK OR TO The Omaha M mou4-Um ultir Hay M, ISM. tl P. Oudir Mt ! Marck 8. IS7S. County . Paving Bonds' Carry By More Than 1,000 Majority; Extremely Light Vote Cast Returns From All. Except Five Precincts Give 5,385 for and 2,002 Against Issue; Women Fail to Turn Out in Large Numbers, But Those Who Vole Fa vor Proposition in Ratio of Five to One. Douglas county yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favor of, issuing $3,000,000 of bonds to pave 115 miles of county roads. . Though the vote was extremely light, 1,000 more votes were cast in favor of the bonds than were neces sary to' carry them. . yVith only five precincts unre ported out of 168, late last night, Election Commissioner Moornead made an unofficial count which showed that 7,387 votes had been cast. ' Of these, 5,385 were for the bonds and only 2,002 against them. The five missing precincts were Chicago, Elkhorn and Florence and two city precincts which will 'in crease the majority by which the bonds carried. The women voted much more sttongly for the bonds thafi the men. There were about two and a half men's votes for the Bonds to every man's vote against. And there were five women's votes for the bonds to every woman's vote against. The men's vote stood 4,502 for and 1 ,835 against' the bonds. The women's vote stood 883 for and 167 against the bonds. In the country districts the vote in many places ' was almost unan imously in favor of tire bonds. These are typical country returns: MEN WOMEN Tes No Yes No Millard 1S1 13 36 2 Valley ..152 2a 65 2 Waterlod 126 4 . 42 0 Brnaon 39 . 2 24 0 In the city there was some op RED CROSS SAVED FRANCE -IN WAR DR. FARRAND SAYS Uplifted Moraitruf " Soldiers by Healing Injured and ' ' Diseased Denver, tune 24. France would have been utterly crushed by Ger many before American troops ar rived overseasMf the American Red Cross had not been present to stem disease and increase the morale cf the French people,. Dr. Livingston Tarrand; director general of the Red Cross, said at a conference of the mountain, division of the orgar. ization in Xentral Nfresbyteriin church. "Morale was at a low ebb in France at the time America entered the war." Dr. Farrand said. "The people looked at Americans declara tion of war more, as a piece of paper than as something in which was seated their salvation. "At the very base of the nationsl condition of mind, was the plight of the .French children and with their problem the first work was under taken. - "Prior to the war the birth, and death rates in that country were at an even balance and this is always a dangerous social condition. Then in the first few years .of the great struggle the death rate exceeded the birth rate by 50 per cent. Diseases, mostly from malnutrition, we'o prevalent. -. t He told of the French fight against tuberculosis with the aid of the Ked crossarta asserted tnat France, formerly ohe of the great est sufferers from the white plague, would emerge from the vTar recfopr struction periods one of the leaders in the fight on tuberculosis. Dr. Farrand said the time hns come when the Red Cross must 'ay aside its great centralized organiz tion of war times and return to- the anti-disease campaign of peace times. ' - Diamonds Valued at vQkiarter cL Million' " Stolen Frorn Hotel ' New York, June 24. Investigation of a claim that $250,000 worth of taluables was stolen fjotn aisafe de ooSit vault at the Biltmore hotel here, is in progress, it wa's anVJ nounced ' todav. The valuables "are the property of Mrs. Clarence, MH1 hiser of Richmond, Va. ; ' : Counsel for the Biltmore stated' that Mrs. Millhiser had registered at the hotel May 20--and engaged one of the, safe deposit vaults in vhich valuables are stored. Into the vault Mrs. Millhiser clainjed she plftd property .of "considerable value." " Early m . June when Mrs. Millhiser opened the vault, accord ing to her complaint,. $250,000 viorth were missing, including apfarl neck lace worth more than $200,000. - :. Pershing in London. . London, -June 24. General Per shing, the'American commander-in-chief in France, arrived in London Tuesday. He was met at Dover by Major General John Biddle, the American commander in England,' and came to London by automo bile. f The general will go to Oxford to receive the deeree .of doctor of civil laws from Oxford university Wednesday, omAha, Wednesday, june 25, .1919. position to the bonds, principally in the, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh wards. The Sixth and Seventh are on the South Side and the Fjfth is in the southeast section of Omaha. Here many precincts piled up large maiorities against the bounds. t The strongest wards in the city in favor of the bonds were the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh which are in tho Field club, Dundee and Benson districts. An enthusiastic crowd of good road, boosters crowded Electiori Commissioner Moorhead's office during the evening and rejoiced over the returns as they came in. Compliments forWomen.; There were majiy compliments for the women voters who had piled up such a fine majority for good roid in the first important election at which they have voted. And even at that it was noted that less thanihalf the women who reg:stered in l)maha went to the polls,and voted yesterday. Election Commissioner Moor Jiead will canvass the vote torjiorrow and then air the machinery , 'will be set-in motiofi to begin actual work on paving before the summer is gone. The lightness of the vote is realized from the fact that there are between 35,000 and 40,000 registered men voters in Omaha. Anl the total vote cast yesterdayin Omaha and the rest of the county hy both men and women was less than 8,000. NUMBER OF DEAD IN SUNDAY STQRM NOW TOTALS FIFTY 118 Residences Were Demol ished and 110 Others Irre- , medially Damaged. A Fcrpus Falls, Minn., June 24. With the recovery of six additional bodies the number of known dead as a result of. the tornado that struck Fergus Falls , Sunday was raised to fifty. Five or six- other bodies are still unaccounted for. The body of George VVoodhouse, proprietor of the Grand hotel,'' was found in the boiler room of the structure, where it is believed he had sought safety. .Thcicity today ran short of pota toes and a shipment had been ordered sent here by express. Other supplies are sufficient for the present. , ' - - Military control over the storm swept town will be exercised at least four days mOre. A survey of the damage done by the tornado, shows 118 residences vere demolished and 110 -others were damaged beyond repair. All idlers will be kept out of town it was announced. Former Omahan Found Guilty of . Kiljing Two Merr in New York Bank New York,x June ,24.. Gordon Faucett Hammby, alias Jay B. Al len, confdssed slayer of two em ployes of the ,East Brooklyn Sav ings bank in a holdup last Decem ber, was $ onvicted of murder 'in the first degree Tuesday.afternpon by a jury in the Brooklyn supreme court. Death by electrocution is the arbi trary penalty for first degree mur der in New York state. Immediate ly after the verdict Hammby, who is wanted in connection with bank robberies'; in Omaha, Chicago, St. Paul, Los. Angeles and Oklahoma, according to District Attorney Lewis, .was remanded to jail for sentence next Thursday. Hammby during the trial offered no defense in his own behalf. German Guile Again Comes to the Fore ParisV"June 24. (By the Associ ated Press.) The Polish high com mand has . forwarded i to "Premfer Qemeftceau a copy of a German of- ficial telegram which it initerceoted in Silesia. The text of which fol lows: ' '. " . Posen, June 2J. The government will sign (the peace treaty). Never theless Horsing in Silesia and Wig in western and eastern Prussia," will proclaini .war against the Orient. The government officially will -oppose, .but semi-officially will support the' business in every way. Horsing and Wig are the Prus sian high commissioners in Silesia and "east and west Prussia respec tively. ., Oxford to Honor hoover. Paris, June 24. Herbert Hoover, head of the Inter-Allied Jood com mission, left for England today to receive a degree from Oxford uni versity. . t . Winnipeg Strike Ends. . . Winnipeg, June 24. The general sympathetic, strike which has .been in progress here since May IS, was called off Tuesday night. - . Daily tz T-r " : ,4 .. , LIQUOR IN nana mil , MM I I I - .P ' WILL b t , ALLOWED I . . Amendment Making Its Pos session Unlawful After July 1 Voted Down by House Judiciary Committee. -Washington, June 24. A man's right to store liquor in his ijome for the long dry period after July 1 stood up against an attack on that provision of the prohibition enforce ment bill before the house judiciary committee. Near the end of an all-day ses sion, the committee voted ' down an amendment which would have made it unlawful for a citizen to have liquor in his possession, struck out a section vyhich would have prevent ed "use" by a citizen of liquor in his private dwelling and decided that in the matter of general enforcement there would be no difference be tween wartime and tonstitutional prohibition. Even with this and other changes, the bill as it will be reported out Wednesday or Thursday is consid ered all-embracing. ' So drastic are its provisions, members of the committee said, that while a man may put a keg of beer in his cellar, he may" be convicted and fined if. for instance, he wears a watch fob on which there is a picture of the keg as an advertise ment. Some Minor Changes Made. In a general consideration fi the measure the committee made minor changes, but the principal fight was o'er.ti,cujC westion-of-'the right of home storage for personal uses. Representative Morgan, democrat, of Oklahoma endeavored to have stricken out the section reading that "it shall not' be unlawful to possess liquor in one's private dwelling wfjile the same is occupied and used by him only as his dwelling." Ardent prohibitionists on the com mittee voted against the Morgan proposal for the reason, they said, thaOiothing was to be gained by enacting a raw so drastic as to arouse the, hostility of people who rejoiced that the day of the saloon had ertded. Prohibition members supported an amendment eliminat in? the proviso that the liqu6r must be obtained and placed in storage prior to date the act would become effective. 'As amended the section re-ids "that such liquor need not be reported, provided the burden of showing that"possession is legal is upc:1. the possessor." No. Particular Fight. Representative Gard, democrat,, of Ohio led the fight to strike from thi bill the word "use" as applied to the right, of home consumption. His motion to amend also included the striking out of the words "give away," "receive" and "possess," Jyit the committee insisted that these should stand. It was said there was no particu lar fight on Mr. Gard's proposal ana as amended the section stands: Thatno person shall ' on or after, the date when the 18th amendment to the constitution of the United States goes into ef fect,' nor while the war prohibi tion act shall be iri force, manu facture, sell, barter' give away, transport, import, export, deliver, furnish, receive or possess any in toxicating liquors except as au thorized in this act and all the provisions ' of this act shall be lit erally construed to the end tnat intoxicating liquor as a beverage may be prohibited. Liquor for non beverage purposes and wine for Sacramental purposes may be pur chased; soldJtranspofted and used as herein provided. Every person legally permitted to have liquor is required to report to the proper authorities within -40 days after the passage of the act and .possession after that day "by (Csntlnaed on Pag6 Two, 'Column Four.) Farms for Soldiers V 1 C 'I T . Causes House right Washington, June 24. Charges that selfish and sinister influences were at work in behalf of Secretarv Lane's project for farms for soTJ aiers ana. sailors causea wrangle in the. house public! lands com mittee; v. , ' Representative Nichols, republi can, Michigan, declared that a sol dier who appeared before the corn mittee had been coached and sent forward by J. J. Harris , of the Big Horn Investment company of Harding, Mont. . Representative Ferris, democrat, Oklahoma, took vigorous' exception to the charges, saying he himself had seen the sol dier in the audience and invited him to speak. - ; ' - ' . ' Mr. Harris promised to appear to testify. He told the committeef the soldier had come to hint for information 'about the bill and lie senfbim to-the committee,' ' THE MAN FOR THE JOB. Mee By Wtll Dally ui (I wort. Dally. S4.S0: tmtw. KMi Su SS.M; MtiM. Ntb. XMtaM Mtra. Mayor and Four Exculpate Detectives Who Arrested Mrs. Thomas Brown ' . , - Herdzina and Armstrong All T7 1 T i 1 Ail HjViaence iniroaucea ai nearing; vxmmis sioners Zimrnan ajid Butler Refuse to Vote" for Resolution"; Ringer Opposes Suspension of Offi cers for Allowing. Kelly to Escape. ' . v vMayor Smith and City Commis sioners Ure, Ringer, Towl and Fal coner, at a regular ifTeeting of the,, city council last night, administered a white-wash to the charges filed two weeks, ago by Attorney Lloyd' A. Magney! against Detectives Arm strong and Herdzina in connection with the arrest of Mrs. Thomas Brown, 508 North Twenty-first st'eet, June 6. In jthe face -of all of the evidence offered at the hearing before the city council last week, -five of the seven members, of the council a- lixed their, signatures to -a resolu tion which exonerated the police of ficers who were involved in this af fair. - , . Commissioners Zimrnan and But ler declined to be parties to the white-wash or the resolution. Tile formal action in the council meeting followed an executive con ference, in the mayor's offic during the afternoon. At that session the mayor suggested that the atcused detectives should be suspended for 10 or 15 days for failure to Srrest Roy Kelly on the night of the raid. Commissioner Ringer opposed .that penalty and the mayor yielded. "Thpse detectives only had one man each to look after and I don't think they should have allowed STRIKER STABS WIFE AND SELF WITH ICE PICK William Philbrick 1 Attacks Woman Operating tlevator 'Amendments to Military Ap in first National Bank N Building. William A. Philbrick, aged 42, a striking boilermaker stabbed his wife, Marie Philbrick, tts, nine times with an ice pick late yesterday after noon while she -was operating an elevator in the FirsfNational bank building, SixteejjT and " Farnam streets, and then sank the pick into his own bosom. Both are dying. The nine wounds inflicted on Mrs. Philbrick all took effect in the torso. ' 'She is at St. Joseph's hospital and her husband at Lord Lister. Mrs. Philbrick ' whispered her story of the tragedy to Motorcycle Officer, Joe Urbanic, the first police officer on the scene. "Billy' and I quarreled last Sat urday and I went to 1611 Howard street to live with my brothers, Tom and William Hartwell. 'About 5:30 o'clock tonight Billy, my husband, came into my elevator. He "asked me to come back and live with him. He had threatened me several times so 1 .told him I couldn't do it. " 'If I could trust that no harm would come to me,' I said, 'I would be glad to go hack home.'" ' Runs From Elevator. "He asked me again and when I refused, he started to' stab me with an ice pick he had. I ran from the elevator onto the eleventh . floor,, and he stabbed vhimself. Mrs. Philbrick was taken into Dr. Schleier's office and her wounds dressed before she was" taken teethe hospital. s, .. Bystanders closed the . elevator door until the dolice arrived.-When Officer Urbanic opened' : the - door, Philbrick was lying against-t' with a deep wound near his heart; 'The heart sack had been pierced, H was' found on examination Philbrick suffered a ihemorrhage while being taken to the hospital in the patrol wagon. ," - -: . Mrs. Philbrick sustained i four wounds in-the region of the heart, alid five in the abdominal region. Three children, Beatrice, 9; Bob bie, 6, and Kathleen, 4, are being cared for at theCreche home for children.". .-.'.' A; dollar or two from you may save a baby's life, these fiercely ho,t days. ,." ; ; There no way in which your money can be a greater BLESSING to'you that it is When put into this fund. '' : -v " . Every, penny you give goes' to buy pure milk and cooling .ice for helpless little --children and babies of the very poor who can get these necessities in nc other way. Send or bring any sum, fromlO cents 4o $5 to.The Bee office fod this worthy purpose. It will beac knowledged in this column. . Previously acknowledged;! . .$121 Mrs. J. C French ... . . 5 Mrs. G. Alexander Young.. ... . R 5 Leo Rosenthal... .......... ,i "S .'.The Bee's Fund for Free Ice and Milk Mrs. Max Wolf, Albion, Neb,, J, 2 Total ....,...V....;.4lr v N - ' TWO CENTS. nn ... Whitewashed, in Suite of 1 i ' TT - X Kelly to have escapedsaid' the mayor at the conference. Wpuld Oust Eberstein. "I would recommend that Ciief Eberstein be sriven .48 hours in which to bring Kelly in or he skould, turn in his star, said Commission er Butler. v. . ."I think he should .turn in-his star on general principles," waff a comment by Commissioner Zim rnan. y - ! " v a resolution, which was adopts ed by i Jive votes of the. i council, states that there was no- evidence to warrant suspension or dismissai of the officers; that Mrs. Brown was not observed by '"Herdzina while she was dressing nr her room; that neither Armstrong nor Herd zina had been drinking; that Mrs. Brown was ' accorded courteous treatment at the police station; that the officers were justified under the law in aresting Mrs.v Brown with out a warrant, and it is, admitted that Capt. John T. Dunn, head 'of the detective department, misinter preted his instructions when he di rected the officers at the police sta tion to deny bonds, to a certain class of prisoners. The findings of the mayor and four commissioners are in the face (Continued on Page Tiro, Column One.) AVERAGE ARMY FOR NEXT YEAR 4.0000 MEN T- ..... ,'. Senate Adopts Committee propriations Bill; Criticize Sale of War Supplies'. Washington, June 24. Without a record vote, the senate adopted committee amendments to the army appropriation bill providing for, an average army of 400,000 men for the year beginning July 1. The bill, as pissed by the house, provided for an army of 300,000, and Secretary B-.ker had recommended that the total be placed at 509,000 officers and men. The senate adoftted an amendment offered by Senator France, republi can 4 Maryland, reducing, the salary of C. W. Hare, director of sales' and charge of disposal of surplus war materials, to $J2,000. Mr. Hare now is being paidat the rat,e of $25,000 .-. year,. - . Criticize Selling War Supplies.' During the discussion, Senators, McKellar, democrat, Tennessee, and Reed, criticized- the - manner in which war materials were being dis posed of by the government and es pecially the surplus supply of meats, estimated to be vorth ' $65,000,000. Senator McKellar called attention to a n? vvsoaDer item which said all bids for this nJeat had been rejected be- causj- thev were too law. and charged that the packers were being especially, favored by the War de partment in the disposal of this meat. He asserted that Mr. Hare "is tbe only' man in the United Statei that can be found who-says this meat must not be, sold sovthat the people Can get the benefit, ut that it must be put on the market so thnt only the packers can get it." 40,000 Applications Sent Out. Chairman WadswOrth said thiiJ this meat' ere sold in smallcrl r if tt,-. , I if this meat' were sold in smaller quantities' or if the government were compelled to open stores for the purpose of .retailing it,, that a much larger appropriation would be required. He said that applica- J tions fot .bids had been sent to 40,000 retail ' dealers. and others by the War department. "I .cannot see," he aMded, "that anjrbody is criminally negligent in this mattef." .Senator Reed criticized the sale of $20,000,000 worth of airplanes for $2,000,000 by. the War department and saj he thought some explana tion of. this, niatter should be made. The senate also accepted the cbfnmittee amendment authorizing the War department to turn over to the Red Cross -hospital supplies hot' needed by tjie American expc-" ditionary force's, for relief work in Europe. ' - ; ' r Government Plans to Pay for Liberty Bonds in 25 Years Fort-Dodge, la., June 24. Th government plans to have the L'h erty bonds entirely paid for ,with! 25, years, according to a statement by W. P. G. Harding, governor of the- federal reserve system, in . an address before the Iowa bankers' convention. He .termed the federl reserve "the financial fire depatt ment of the world war," f DenfDbilizing: Swiss Army. . Geneva,' ' June 24. The ( federal authorities have, taken measures to demobilize the $3wiss army, ..:, if Couhcilmen THE WEATHER t . Generally fair and con tinued warm' Wednesday and Thursday. ' s-' Hourly tvmpmtnrl 5 ft. wi... 1ft 1,1 p. m. a. m.. . 7 ft. m.. , 8 . in.. a. .. . 10 ft. .., 11 ft. ., IS . m.. I is p. m.. . .. .55 . ..M , S . .M . M . M 7 ..no St s p. m.: . 4 9. m....i 5 p. m..... p. n.. , . , 7 p. m S p. m rn TO PRESIDE AT TABLE PREMIER OF tM Lloyd George and Wilson Will." ' Be Other Chief Dignitaries ; to Attach Allied Signa- ; ;;. - tures to Treaty. ' f 4 Weimar, June 24. (By the As sociated Press.) The plenipoten- -tiaries who will sign the peace treaty for Germany have not yet been chosen. ' - ' . It is still proving difficult to' find men who are, willing to affix "; their signatures to a document ' , which is to be such a momentous . historical record. 1 ' Paris, June 24. (By the Assoc'' -ated Press.) Unoffocialry, Frirfai ' afternoon has ,been set as "the titm s ' for thev-eereiriony of signing thf- '.'. peace treaty of the allied"-and asso- i ' dated powers in behalf of Germany. 'While the German plenipotenti '" aries have not "yet been announced " advices received from Weimar art to the effect that they will airrivt in Versailles Friday, morning. - V . ' 'Premier Clemenceau was cone-rat 1 Lulated on the result of the peace ne gotiations by his tellow ministers , ' at a meeting of the French cabinet at 'which acceptance of the" peact ' treaty by XJrmany was discussed. ". The cabinet also examined vari- ous political and parliamentary ' v questions involved in the peace set tlement, i , ' ' V'J. ' . v' " ) '!"" ' Clemceau Will Preside." . M. Clemenceau-will open the cere rfnonies with a brief introduction, , No speech is expected from the Ger mans. i.Williajn Martin, of trie . French foreign office, as master of . ceremonies, - will then carry the treaty to President Wilson and the premiers, who will sign at theit' seats. - ( After the treaty is brought back ; to the signature table the names of the other-delegates will be called 3 anil they will advance and sign. ' ; It is expected the signing will re quire two hours. The seals of all the delegates will be affixed in ad"1 vance; many of them are already in' the hands of the French foreign office. President Wilson ' is using the president's seal, which Is an eagle, with the words "Seal of the Presi dent of the United iStates." . Some of the seals supplied by the delegates are merely monograms un adorned. The French treaty ex perts regard the Chineseand Japa-v ,! nese seals as the most artistic. These are chiefly. the names of the, delegates in oriental .letters, and are , alorned with flowers and - quaint figures. , V,y Not -All Personal Seals. V The expectation was that strictly " personal sealswould be used, but like President" Wilson, M. Vander velde, representing Belgium, is using ; an official seal the Belgian coat ei ' arms encircled by the words "Minister of Justice." ' The German delegates will sign 4 after the allies. ' The order in which the allied dele gates will sign after the signature of the president and premiers are at tached will be according to the alphabetical, order "of the names of the countries they represent When, , the 'signatures are ; completed Ihei' ?'. entente party will emerge on the terrace at the side of the palace. ker a.U th.e feat founUini will h '"l m a ' Germans will leave on the 'side where they entered. " Austrian Treaty Delayed. The question of reparations is still -delaying completion of the" Austrian , treaty, owing to the difficulty of aligning the small, eastern states on any general scheme for a division of the financial obligations and the claims resulting from the break-up V. of the Hapsburg monarchy, with consequent -elimination of Us re ' sponsibility for reparatiphs. . American experts have conducted negotiations with representatives of (Continued on Face Two, Column Sovea. - ' . ' ' . Armed Guards Will ; Patrol Wheat Belt - During Harvest Time. :, f , .. , , - : .. - f ,. v Kansas City, June 24 Determina tion to patrol the wheat belt of Kan- ; sas with armed guards until after ! harv.-st was reached at a conference here attended by representatives ,ol . the insurance companies, railway po lice, secret service agents, D. T. Hussey, rtate fire warden of Kansas, . and L. S. Hussey assistant United States attorney for the district of Kansas. - . , ; t M:. Hussey told the. insurance I men reports coming to his office indicated there is grave danger, of thi Industrial ' Vorkers of the World repeating- the work of' 1917 -when,inany grain v storage house ' were uuroed.