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I B RIEF RIG HT REEZY BITS OF NEWS . GIFT GOLD WILL SEAL PEACE PACT FOR WILSON. Paris, June 26. President Wil son's personal stial, which he will use in signing the peace treaty, wis - ; mtde from, a gold nugget presented to him four years ago by the state of California with which to make a ring for the president's wedding. , After the ring was made, enough gold remained for a seal ring on which the president had "Woodrow Wilson" engraved in stenographic characters. FIRST VICTORY MEDAL WILL GO TO PRESIDENT. Washington, June 26. The first official victory medal to be struck will be issued to President Wilson, as commander-in-chief of the army, the War department announced. The second medal will go to Secretary Baker. JESS WILLARD NOW 37, MARRIAGE RECORD SHOWS i Leavenworth, Kan., June 26. On ' . examining the marriage license rec- ord book at the probate judge's office in Leavenworth county court house, it was found that March 13, 1908. a . i license was issued to Jesse M. Wil lard, aged 26 and Hattie Evans, aged ' 22. Willard swore to an affidavit at ; that time that he was 26 (years old and this would make him 37 now, ; thereby, sport followers here con tend, settling the controversy about . his age. MURDERER ASKS GRACE TILL. AFTER BIG FIGHT New York, June 26. Gordon Faw cett Hamby, who fired the shot which killed Dewitt C. Peal, a pay v ing teller, during a h6ld-up of the I East Brooklyn Savings bank, last December, was sentenced in the su preme court in Brooklyn today to ; die in the electric chair at Sing Sing prison during the week of July 28. Hamby maintained his air of in difference which has" characterized 1 his every action since being brought back here from Tacoma, Wash., tyJien he faced Justice Lewis to be ', sentenced to die in the electric chair. Aside from expressing the hope that he might live to hear the result of the Willard-Dempsey champion ship bout, Hamby offered no objec tions to the court setting an early date for his electrocution. j BACCHANTES TO HOLD J FORTH MONDAY NIGHT. New York, June 26. (By Uni- - - versal Service.) The biggest drink . ing bout on earth is to be held at Madison Square Garden on the ' night of June 30, when prohibition goes into effect at midnight, to cele brate the last hours of John Barley corn. Promoters of this festival of the grape promise that more liquor will be consumed in the last few hours before the dry spell than was consumed at all the notorious Bac chanalian revelries in ancient days. ' The passing of "booze" will be i invested with all the ritual fittins ' th occasion. The srarden will be "draped with blade crept and at 12 o clock, when the laws ot trie lanu declare the gay fluid taboo, Ihe band will play Chopin's funerai march. Fifteen thousand persons are ex pected to participate. The equ'p ment for the festival, according to the promoters, will consist of: 200 bartenders? 500 kegs of beer, 24,000 bottles of beer, 2,000 bottles of wi. e mostly champagne; 5,000 quarts of whisky, 30,000 glasses of sof'. drinks. There will be individual and team drinking contests. At 11:30 p. m. jl warning will be sounded that the ' country goes 'dry in 30 minutes and that the drinkers better fill up. Two former lieutenants in the av- - iation corps of the army leased the garden for this festival and let out ; concessions to certain liquor inter ests. Only a proclamation by Pres ident Wilson setting aside wartime prohibition as unessential will up set the festival. "outside, old top!" And out he went. New York, June 26. Knighthood ' was in eclipse at the St. Regis hotel . when Sir Charles Allen, after having expressed his disapproval of the col lection of a fund by the Friends of : Irish Freedom, went sailing out of the front entrance, propelled by the toes of several boots and landed on the pavement with a dull thud. It appears that the Englishman, who is a member of a firm of deco rators in this city, walked up to the table in the hotel lobby at which flaxen-haired Sheila O'Reilly and j Mabel Clayton were seated and , asked the two girls: "What's this? Are you collecting a fund for the Irish rebellion?" "No, we are collecting for the Irish republic," said Miss O'Reilley. V "Well, I'm an Irishman," shouted Sir Charles, white with rage, "and I say you don't know what you're talking about You are misled by the priests." v That ended the diatogue. Joseph Haan, brother of the pro prietor of the hotel, came forward and irtformed Sir Charles the girls were there for a worthy purpose and by his invitation. A squad of por s ters did the rest. - GHOSTLY OCCUPANTS OF ? HUN CASTLES IN DESPAIR. - New York,. June 26. (By Uni versal Service.) Ghosts of ancient Germans must haunt the night with their sorrows and German warriors of today (if there are any left), must - pull their hair in despair. For the famous old fortresses of Veste Franz and Ehrenbreitstein on the Rhine have been whitewashed by the Americans. The, Knights of Columbus havi : v taken 'over the ancient piles and " have cleaned them from turret to cellar. They are now used as recre . ation houses. , . . The armory' of the castle of Veste Franz is now a movie halt and in the powder magazines cigars, chew ing gum and writing paper tor the boys have been stored. Reject Gambling Bill. Brussels, June 26. The chamber of deputies rejected, by a vote of 81 to 41, a bill authorizing Ostend and Spa to open casinos where gambling might be indulged n. - ARE VOL. 49 NO. 8. VIGOROUS STEPS WILL BE TAKEN AGAINSPREOS" Bill Reported to Senate Makes Ample Provision Against Lawless and Bomb Throwers Here. OPPONENTS OF LEAGUE PACT RESUME FIGHT Make Determined Effort To ward Agreement on Plan for Final Attack. Washington. Tune 26. Provision for vigorous steps by the federal government against bomb throwers and other anarchists and radicals declared by government officials to be plotting overthrow of the gov ernment and spending $2,000,000 monthly to that end were made in the sundry civil appropriation bill as reported to the senate. Among the measures recommended were large additional appropriations for the Department of Justice and legis lation continuing permanently the wartime regulations as to purchase, storage, manufacture, sale and dis tribution of explosives. In reporting the bill, the senate appropriations committee increased from $1,400,000 to $2,000,000 the fund of the Department of Justice for gen eral suppression of crime. In addi tion, it added $300,000 for a special fund to enforce the law against alient anarchists through deporta tions. Strict Saie of Explosives. The arnendment added to continue the explosives regulation law after declaration of peace provides for strict licensing and supervision of all sales of explosives under the bu reau of mines. Intention of government officials to deal vigorously with anarchists and other lawbreakers was disclosed in statements made at hearings on the appropriation bill made public. Francis r. Garvan of the Depart ment of Justice bureau of investiga tion,; told the committee that with increased Jundsj. proposed,- the de partment plans an active campaign. We have found in the short time thatwe have been at war said Mr. Garvan, "that conditions are quite serious throughout the country. We are asking $2,000 0(10 and we have every reason to believe that the Russian bolsheviki are pouring money in here at the rate of that much a month." Mr. Garvan was asked specifica.'- ly whether there was an organized effort to destroy the federal govern ment, to which question he replied. Certainly. We have evidence to show that, and that is also shown by the tremendous amount of mori'.y they are spending. The condition is serious throughout the country" New York. Chicago and Paterson, N. J,, he said, are centers of an archistic activity. When asked it the department has information that another outbreak of bomb outrages is planned for July 4. , Mr. Garvar said: "There is a great deal of talk to that effect. The number of radical papers (found in the mails) has in creased by more than ISO papers since the armistice was signed. We have to take now dver 450 papers, read and digest them. League Fight to Resume. Turning from the more immedi ate issues of the league of nations fight, senate opponents of the league began a determined effort toward agreement on a plan for their final tight against ratification .of the league covenant in its present form. Although no definite agreement was reached a day of conferences served to add impetus to the sug- (Contlnued on Paf Two, Column Sii.) Daylight Saving Repeal Adopted Finally in House Washington, June 26. With the exception of the provision for in specting horse meat, the house adopted the conference report on the $37,000,000 agricultural appro priation bill. The house sent tht measure back to conference and in structed its managers to insist upon provision for branding as well as inspection of horse meat. The rider repealing the daylight savings law was approved finally. Dodge Engineers Arrive in New York From Overseas Word was received in Council Bluffs late last night that the 109th engineers, kno-wn as the Dodge En gineers, under command of Major Leon Goodman . of Des Moines, landed in New York at 1:30 p. m. yesterday from the transport Pas tores. This company includes many Iowa, and Nebraska men, and is ex pected to leave for Camp Dodge within a day or so, where they will be mustered out of service. Front Line Review Actors Fteturn With Scars of War New York, June 26-The front line review actors, all wounded, came back on the transport Pasto-es after a .reported triumphant succes sion of performances before 400,000 troops in France. ' - .. . Lt Harry W. Smith. Little Rock, Ark., commands the show, mm YOU READING OUR The Omaha Eata4 amaa'-tlaia witter May 2S, 1906, at Omaha P. 0. undar act al Mirth S. I87. We Win, Brewers Declare; You Don't, Say Federal Men in Beer Making Argument 9 Opinion Handed Down by U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals Modifying In junction Against N Inter fering With Production of 2.75 Per Cent Beverage. New York, June 26. Attorneys for both the brewers and the fed eral government claimed to have gained a victory through an opinion handed down by the United States circuit court of appeals modifying Judge Mayer's preliminary injunc tion against interference with .or prosecution for the production and sale of beer containing not more than 2.7S per cent alcoholic content. The original order restrained Richard J. McElligott, acting col lector of internal revenue, from in ferfering' with the manufacture or sale of 2.75 per cent beer pending a legal decision as to whethti- it was "intoxicating." It also forbade United States Attorney Francis G. Caffey from prosecuting the brew ers and retailers of such beer. The appellate court decision strikes out the injunction "pendente lite" against the federal prosecutor, mak ing it possible for him to proceed as he sees fit, but continues in force, the. injunction against McElligott, regarding whom the court makes this observation: "The injunction against the acting collector of internal revenue can do harm." Emory R. Buckner, of counsel for (Continued on Page Two, Column Five.) Frisco Physician Found Guilty of . Murdering Nurse Second Degree Verdict Re turned by Jury in Dr. Northcott's Case. Redwood City, Cal. June 26. A verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree was found by a jury here in the case of Dr. Ephraim Northcott, San Francisco physician, accused of the murder of Miss Inez E, Reed, army nurse. The jury, composed of seven women and five jnen, was out two hours and eleven minutes. The body of Miss Inez Reed was found in a ravine near San Mateo, in this county, March 8. Death had been caused by an illegal operation. Miss Reed was a graduate of an Oakland, Cal., hospital. During the war she was a nurse at the Letter man general hospital at .the Presidio, San Francisco and at Fort Riley, Kan. She came from Fort Riley to San Francisco in March. Retail Grocers Urge Co-Operative Buying; Oppose the Luxury Tax Salt Lake, June 26. Co-operative buying by retail grocers in order to compete with preferred buyers of the socalled chain stores system was indorsed in a resolution adopted by the National Association of Retail Grocers. The convention went on record in favor of establishing a uni form weights and measures law with a 100-pound unit base. Atlanta, Ga., was unanimously se lected as the city for the 1920 con vention. Officers elected are: J. A. Ulmer, Toledo, O., president; H. H. Spin ner, Boston, vice-president; John H. Speas, Kansas City, treasurer. Philip De Puyt, Rochester, N. Y.,was elected trustee for a three-year term and Francis E. Kamper, Atlanta, trustee for one year. Final resolutions endorsed the movement for the repeal of the lux ury fax and advocated 1-cent letter rate. , Two Die of Heat in Kansas Wheat Fields Topeka, June 26 Gov. Henry 1. Allen telegraphed to the demobiliza tion bureau, St. Louis, urging that more harvest hands be rushed to the Kansas wheat fields. Two deaths have occurred in the Kansas wheat fields as a result cf the extreme heat which has pre vailed throughout the state the last three days; William Moore, 67, of Des Moines, la., dropped dead th' morning near Lecompton. Max Manning, Boise, Idaho, was found delirious in a field near Paola and died later. Japanese Ship Reports Ramming Another Bark New York, June 26. A wireless message from the Japanese steamer Tsuruga Maru, at 12:15 a. m. said that she had collided witha sailing ship about 60 miles outside New York and that the sailing ship had not been sighted sinco Tsuruga Maru said that she was remaining in the vicinity and searching for the missing vessel! ' The Tsuruga Maru sailed from New York at 8 o'clock lat night bound for Yokohama with a general cargo. She is a vessel of 7,289 tons. MYSTERY STORY, OMAHA, FRIDAY, on rvn Wartime Prohibition Be comes Effective at 12 P. ,M., Next Monday, June 30; No Further Legisla tive Enactments Mean while Are Necessary. Washington, June 26. Wartime prohibition will become effective next Monday at midnight without enactment meanwhile by congress of additional legislation for its en forcement. Out of a maze of confusing de velopments, this fact stood out clearly with the decision of the house judiciary committee, chargeu with the duty of preparing and sub mitting enforcement machinery, to report three bills in one, each stand ing on its own legs, and capable of holding its own in the event that the others were made invalid ly congress or the courts. Chairman Volstead of the com mittee declared there was no possi bility of the passage of the joint measure before July -1, but that there existed ample means of en forcement and ample penalties for violation of the wartime act. The full and explicit definition of intoxi cating liquors, any beverage or product containing more than one half of one per cent alcohol set by the bureau of internal revenue left no doubt, hei said, as to how ihe courts would construe the law or deal with offenders. Special Session of Legislature Likely to Be Convened July 24 Governor Not Prepared to Say What Matters Would , Come Up. Lincoln, June 26. It is probable that the special session of the legis lature will be called for Monday July 21, according to information given out by Governor McKelvie Thursday. Besides ratification of the national constitutional amendment on woman suffrage, the governor was not prepared to say what would be incorporated in the call, though there are onevor two other matters of importance which may be mentioned. One of these is the appointment of a committee to in vestigate profiteering in Nebraska. Just how far -the legislature could go in this matter and the methods to be used are yet under considera tion. There will be no incorporation in the call of any matter relative to the building of a fireproof state supreme court and library building. The building committee considers that the last legislature went into the matter fully and decided to take no action. Chicago, for First Time, Becomes Port of Export Chicago, June 26. Chicago,-be-came a .port of export when the Lake Granby, built here by the fed eral shipping board, carrying a cat go of packing house products for Liverpool steamed from, the Chicago river on its maiden voyage by way of the Great Lakes and the Atlan tic. The ship is of all-steel con struction, of 4,000 tons capacity. Tbe shipping' board has arranged to load 13 new ocean-going ships at Chi cago during July and August. Ocean traffic direct from Chicago without transfer or reloading it New York is provided by the ship ping board at rates much below the charges of the big steamship lines Nonpartisans Behind in North Dakota Returns Fargo, N. D., June 26. First re ports on the referendum election held in North Dakota on seven measures of the nonpartisan league, passed by the last legislature, show that the vote so far received was al most two to one against the measures. The vote is from towns and vil lages, nothing being heard from ,the rural , districts where trie league counts on scoring heavily. Governor Won't Intervene to Save Murderer'sNeok Chicago, June 26. Governor Lowden refused to interfere wi'h the sentence of Earl Dear, known as "the immune," who ' will be hanged at the county jail Friday morning, barring the unforeseen. Dear was convicted of murder h an attempted theft of an automo bile. Murder-Accused Doctor's Case in Hands of Jury Mineola, N. Y., June 26. The case of Dr. Walker Keen Wilkins, ac cused of the murder of his wife. Julia, at their home 'February 27, was given to the jury late Thursday afternoon. The aged physician's de fense was that 'his wife was killed by burglars. "THE WOMAN IN BLACK," RUNNING SERIAL D AILY JUNF 27, 1919. CENTRAL UNION ORDER IGNORED BY TEAMSTERS Strikers Fail to Return to Work, as Directed, for Firms Which Have Conceded Demands. ZIMMAN MAKES LITTLE PROGRESS IN MEDIATION Building Trades May Reject Materials Hauled by Non-Union Men. Although directed by the Central Labor union to resume work for those firms which had conceded the demands made by the union, none of the striking teamsters and truck drivers had returned to work for these firms up to a late hour tas night. Some opposition to the pro posal made by the central organiza tion at the meeting Wednesday night is being manifested on the grounds that should the recommsn dation be complied with, the strike would end in failure. In the meantime the efforts ot City Commissioner Zimman toward.3 conciliation are no nearer success. With the knowledge that a general sympathetic strike is out of the question at present, employers are strengthened in their determination to defeat the strikers. Aiding Mr. Zimman in his effovl to bring employers and strikers to gether are four prominent Omaha business men, according to Thomas Menzies, chairman of the gener.-.! strike committee. Promise Satisfactory Settlement. It was on the strength of proir. ises made by these four business men that the Central Labor union refused to take strike action at the meeting Wednesday night. It was promised officials of the union that if they prevailed upon employes, of "fair" employers to return to work every effort would be made by the business interests in the city, not affected by the strike, to have the controversy " satisfactorily settled. Mr. Menzies refused to divulge the names of the four business men. . Definite information as ' to the outcome of the efforts of these bus iness men will probably be received late this afternoon, Mr. Menzies said. Should the instructions issued by the central body to the delegates of the various locals be carefully carried out many intermittent strikes of a minor nature are threatened. A great portion ofvthe building material is at present being hauled by non-union teamsters employed by the large building material com panies. As all locals are pledged to refuse to handle material trans ported by non-union men there is a strong possibility that the men en gaged in the building trades may walk out unless the contractors at the particular places where they are employed refuse longer to deal with the firms employing non union drivers. Mayor Makes Statement In a signed statement Mayor Smith answers the charges lodged against him by organized labor. He says: "Resolutions do not hurt me in this emergency. If I can assist in preventing a sympathetic strike in Omaha at this time or can assist in getting employes back at work, I will have done more for union labor and for the wives and children de pendent on that labor than all those who would make a Winnipeg of Omaha or who threaten anarchy or to stop all the wheels in the city. ! "The fact that no general strike has been called shows that reason, good judgment, and good citizen ship is still in the majority in the Central Labor union a very few agitators and unreasonable disturb ers to the' contrary notwithstand ing." The Federal Labor board, it was learned, is to be asked to investi gate labor conditions in the city. Officials of the board wil be re quested to' use their efforts to end the present controversy. Party of Mexicans Fire orU. S. Border Patrol Nogales, June 26. A party of about six Mexicans fired upon a cavalry patrol about four miles west of here. The Americans returned the fire. No Americans were in jured. . The cavalrymen were without orders to cross the border line and sought cover when fired upon, a dozen rounds were fired at the Mexican's, who were concealed in brush. To Ask Wilson Report in Thomas Mooney Case Washington, June 26. By unani mous vote the house labor commit tee recommended adoption by the house of the resolution by Repre sentative Blanton, democrat of Texas, requesting Secretary Wilson for a report on activities of labor department officials and employes in the case of Thomas J. Mooney, con victed in California in connection with bomb explosions. Bee By Mall (I yaar). Dally. $4.60: Snada. II. SO: Dally an Sua.. M.JO: anttltfa Nab. aetata antra. American Casualties in Meuse-Argonne Offensive . Aggregate 120,000 Men Statistical Summary of theWar With Germany N Pre pared by Col.t Leonard P. Meyers Shows That Two Per Cent of Yanks Engaged in War Were Killed or Died of Disease During Hostilities. Washington, June 26. American casualties during the 47-day Meuse Argonne offensive aggregated 120, 000 men, or 10 per cent of the total of 1,200,000 engaged, according to a "statistical summary of the war with Germany," prepared by Col. Leon ard P. Meyers, chief statistical branch of the general staff and pub lished by the jiv&t department. "Of every 100 American soldiers and sailors who took part in the war with Germany," the report said, "two were killed or died of disease during: the period of hostilities. In the northern army during the civil war the number was about 10. Among the other great nations'-in this war, between 20 and 25 in each 100 called to the colors were killed or died." Best' information obtainable by the general staff places the total bat tle deaths for all belligerents at 7, 450,200, divided as follows: Russia, 1,700,000; Germany, 1,600, 000; France, 1,385.300; Great Britain, 900,000; Austria, 800.000; Italy, 330, 000; Turkey, 250,0007 Serbia and Montenegro, 125,000; Belgium, 102, 000; Rumania, 100,000; Bulgaria, Heir-Apparent of Hoherrzollerns Flees From Internment Escapes Guards and Makes Way Into Germany From Holland. Paris, June 26. The peace con ference has not yet been advised of the escape of the German crown prince, the news coming through British sources. Pending details, official discus sion of the event and its bearing on German affairs and the ques tion whether itlinvolves violation of neutrality by Holland is with held. Paris, June 26. Frederick Wil liam Hohenzollern, the former Ger man crown prince, has escaped from Holland and made his way in to Germany. News of the escape of the ex crown prince caused a considerable stir in peace conference circles. While it is not felt that he is a figure around which the reaction aries and monarchists would gather enthusiastially, nevertheless his act is regarded as an event of consider able significance in view of other German recalcitrancy. Hints have come from Germany within the last few days that the military caste there would not be averse to bringing about ai military situation within the former empire that would embarrass the allies in putting the peace treaty into effect, and it seems not improbable that the move made by the ex-crown prince is connected with some such plan. The former crown prince made Kis way into Holland shortly after tb? signing of the armistice last Novem ber and was interned there by the Dutch government, taking up- his residence on the island of Wierin gen, in the Zuyder Zee.- British Labor Wants Kinder Treatment for Vanquished Germany London, June 26. The British labor party, with only one dissent ing vote, in a resolution has called for a revision by the league of nations of "harsh provisions" of the peace treaty which are declared to be n'ot consistent with statements made by the allied governments, when the armistice was signed. Protest also was made against the blockade of eGrnany and failure to incorporate in the peace treaty measures for the restoration of in dustry throughout Europe with equality in fiscal treatment. Ireland to Liquidate Raid Bill if Freedom Granted New York, June 26 If the Irish republic gains its freedom it will assume full responsibility for the $500,000 Fenian bond issue as ve unpaid, whjch was floated in -4he United States in 1866 on behalf of Ireland's cause, it was announced here by Eamonn de Valera, presi dent of the Irish republic Four Burn to Death When Cabin Destroyed Bakersfield, Cal.,, June 26. Four persons were burned to death Wednesday night in a cabin fire in the Kelso Valley. 50 miles north east of Bakersfield, according to ad vices rec!eived by Coroner Arch H. Dixon. Three of the dead are: Mrs. Frank Whitney, aged 70; her son, Forest Moore, and his wife; the fourth person is unidentified. , TWO CENTS. -4 100,000; United States, 48,900; Greece, 7,000; Portugal, 2,000. American participation ,is sum marized in the report in the follow ing table: Total armed forces, including army, navy, marine corps, 4,800,000; total men in the army, 4,000,000; men who went overseas, 2,086,000; men who fought in France, 1,390, 000; tons of supplies shipped from America to France, 7,500,000; total registered in draft, 24,234,021; total draft inductions, 2,810,296; cost of war to April 30, 1919, $21,850,000. 000; battles fought by American troops, 13; days of battle, 200; dys of duration of Meuse-Argonne bat tle, 47; American battle deaths in war, 50,000; American -wounded in war, 236,000; American deaths from disease, 56,991; total deaths in the army, 112,422. Under the head of "Sources of the Army," the report shows that 13 per cent came from the regular army, 10 per cent from the nation! guard and 77 per cent from the draft. Attention was called to the fart that "two of every three Americar soldiers who reached France took part in battle." Hang Negro on Tree Underneath Which He Assaulted White Girl Posses, Including Colored Men, Trail Assailant Ten Days Till Captured. Ellisville, Mo., June 26. Trailed for 10 days through southern Mis sissippi by posses which included several hundred members of his own race, John Hartfield, negro, con fessed assailant of an Ellisville young woman, was captured, des perately wounded, in a canebrake, rushed by automobile to the scene of his crime, hanged to a gum tree and burned to ashes. His victim identified him and witnessed his ex ecution. Governor Bilbo, petitioned during the day to intervene, in a statement issued at Jackson shortly before the lynching, declared himself "utterly powerless" and said that interfer ence would only lead to the deaths of hundreds of persons and that "no body can keep the inevitable from happening. Lynching Conducted Orderly. The lynching was conducted in a manner which the authorities char acterized as "orderly." Guarded by a committee of citizens of Ellisville, Hartfield was taken first to the of fice of Dr. A. J. Carter, who after examination of gunshot wounds re ceived when the fugitive made his fight against capture, declared the negro could not live more than 24 hours. In the meantime a group of silent men were piling cross ties and brush in a depression in the ground near the railroad trestle. There was no shouting. Arrangements appar ently had been made days ago. After Hartfield. had been identi fied upon being brought here, there were quiet conferences. Members of the committee circulated in the crowd. Reports that there would be a "burning" at 5 o'clock gave way to statements that there would be a "hanging at the big gum tree" Had Plenty of Nerve. ' From the doctor's office, Hart field was taken to the station and faced the crowd. "You have the right man," he said. Then a noose found its way around his neck and the trip to the big gum tree was started, the crowd still ominously silent Under the big gum tree Hartfield forcibly detained his victim all of the night of Sunday. June 15." If was under a limb of the same gun tree that Hartfield was hanged as soon as the rope could be pulled up by hundreds of hands. Then oc curred the first demonstration While the body was in its dea'h struggles, pistols were produced bv men and fired point blank , at the swinging form. Before the rope had been cut by bullets, burning fag gots were thrown under the body and an hour later there was only pile of. ashes. No arrests were made after the lynching and the little town is agd-n quiet. Most of the visitors from the surrounding country have lt't for their homes. Lee Newspaper Syndicate Acquires Wisconsin Paper Madison, Wis., June 26. The Lee Newspaper Syndicate has acquired the Wisconsin State Journal and will take possession July 1. E. P. Adler, president of the Lee News paper Syndicate and publisher of the Davenport (Iowa) Daily Times, will be president of, the Wisconsin State Journal company, and A. M. Brayton, publisher and editor of the La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press, will be publisher and editor, dividing his time between the two cities. THE WEATHER t Generally fair and con tinued warm Friday and Saturday. Hourly trmprraturtai B a. m 781 1 p. m 10 a. in W 1 p. ni ....... ... Ht T a. ni 1!tl S i. m nil a. in 71! 4 p. m ft . m 7S S p. m.....;.., M 10 a. m.... 16 p. m mi 11 m. , 1 p. ni Ml IS noon 7D S p. in SO WEAKNESS OF HUN GOVERNMENT IS RECOGNIZED Signing of PactsMay Mean Little More Than Did Bolshevik Fiasco at Brest-Litovsk. DEFIANT GERMAN NOTE -UNFAVORABLY RECEIVED No Provision Made as to When Teutons Must Ratify Agree ment With Allies. ' ' Berlin, June 26. By the Asso ciated Press. Former Emperor William is planning to speedily ' return to Germany before the en-' tente can demand his surrender from Holland, according to a Stuttgart "dispatch to the Neue Berliner Zeitung. Th dispatch states that the Dutch govern' ment "thoroughly approves of his return,as the former emporer is an unwelcome guest and his pres ence in Holland is increasing the problem before that country." N Paris. 'Tiiiip 7A fR t, i,,..: ated Press.) Disappointment over wiidi is iermea me apparent weak ness, of the present German govern ment i.a. not rnnrralprl in m,i. - . . ... iswm.v fcWH" ference circles, and the feeling has" uceu expressed tne signing ot this neace treatv mav mnn 1ittl m- than the signing by the bolsheviki at Brest-Litovsk did. The defiant tnn nf th C.mrmn note, which grudingly agreed to sign ine treaty witnout reservations, cre ated an 'unfavorable impression on members of the and this seemingly has been intensi- nea Dy me aeiay ot the Uermans in arranging for the carrvinor nut nJ their promises. The peacestreaty contains no pro vision as to when they must ratify. Consequently delay in ratification may cause the peace conference ad ditional annoyance. -. ' ,- The fate of the peace treaty still hangs in the balance and has caused disquietude in Paris and there is considerable speculation regarding the next development in the situa tion. Third German Envoy to Sign Peace Treaty Is INot Yet INamed Mueller and Bell Chosen and Have Accepted; Time of . Signing Still Doubtful. (By the Associated Press.) i While no official information Is yet a,t hand with regard to the Ap pointment by the German govern ment of plenipotentiaries to proceed to Versailles to sign the peace treaty, the latest unofficial advices arriving in Paris from Germany n:t that Dr. Hermann Mueller, foreign minister in the cabinet of Herr B4U er, and Dr. Bell, the minister ol colonies, have been chosen for the duty. , , ' The time for the signing of the treaty also still is in doubt The' German delegation, says the report, will reach Versailles Saturday morn- ' ing, having been due to depart frcri 1 Berlin Thursday night. There h?s been due some talk of the possibil ity of setting Sunday as the date for the function, and Monday also has ' been spoken of. . . , - Another vote of confidence has been given the new German gov ernment by the Prussian national assembly, following a discussion of -. the peace situation. - - The allied and associated powers have informed the German govern--ment that reparation would be r quired for the sinking of the Ger man fleet in Scapa Flow and also that the individuals guilty of ths violation of the- armistice will be tried by a military court Likewise -reparation is to be required for th. burning by the Germans of old French battle flags. Another warning has been sent ' to the Germans. It is to the effect that the German government wil!" be held to account for failure to withdraw troops from the new Pol ish territory and for any aid ren dered the insurgents against t'ie : Poles in those regions. Think Religion Best Antidote "for Combatting Radicalism St. Louis June 26. Resolutions declaring radicalism can be corn batted by sound moral and religious instruction in the school and de manding the abolution of child labor and the freedom of christian educa tion we're adnntH at th mn.u:..' session of the 16th annual conven-' tion of the Catholic Educational as- sociation here. Ukrainian Forces Violate Polish Armistice Text Paris. June 26. The armistice en tered into several days ago by the Poles and Ukrainians has ben " 1 vi, i 1 1 c pari of the Ukrainian forces, according 10 iniormaiion received ere today V V