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T . RIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS OMAHA, THE GATE CITY OF THE WEST, OFFERS YOU GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES. The Omaha Sunday Bee MANY DAMAGE CLAIMS FOLLOW RACE RIOTS. Chicago, Aug. 30. Scores of claims against the city' for dam ages growing out ol recent race riots have been filed and the aggre gate amount is nearly $1,000,000. Other claims are in course of prep aration. Most of the chirrs are based on fires which followed the riots. One law fism filed 95 claims Friday. AGED ARMY OFFICER MARRIES HIS NURSE. New York Anr .10 C,n Vithin Goff, 77 years old, who was secre- tary of the navy in the Hayes ad ministration, thrice a representative and once a United States senator, lias married Miss Catherine Penny, 40, his nurse. News of the wedding came from Clarksburg, W. Va., Gen- ral Goff's home, but all efforts to learn particulars of the nuptials were irumcss. The marriage license bureau was closed when the news was received and clerks at the Hotel Walcott and the Holland house, where General Goff is cccustomed to live while in New York, &aid they had not seen him for months and had no idea where he was stopping. No better results were met from inquiries at clubs which the general frequented when in town. It was assumed from the reports of turmoil in General GotT's family, which accompanied news of his wed ding, that the decision of the couple to m2rrv was rather suddenly taken and the journey to this city partook of the nature of an elopement. Isot even George Moore, private secre tary to General Goff, knew ot his intention to get married. POP THE QUESTION. EDDIE; ELSIE SEEMS WILLIN New York, Aug. 30. Miss Elsie Janis, vaudeville artist, admits that Eddie Rickenbacker, ace of aces among the flying fighters in the great war. stands more than ace high with her as do all members of the 94th aero squadron, of which she is honorary commander. But as for being engaged to marry Eddie well, let her tell it as she did to a reporter who reported the report of the engagement. "Engaged to Eddie Kickenbacker? My goodness, no! "There isn't one little iota of truth in it. I only wish I could make such a nice announcement. I'd shout it and sing it and maybe weep to all the world, in my joy. "Why, I scarcely know him and haven't the slightest idea where the dear boy is. And for all I know, he may have a wife and three chil dren. "I guess the story got started when he and I were engaged in a benefit entertainment together. We both received warm receptions and the audience begun calling first for tne and then for Rickenbacker. and then for us together. But I don't see that having our names called together right out in public right like that constitutes matrimony, do VOL, XLIX-NO. 11. JrrriMVJ-nr!! OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 31, 1919. &S4UdSriJtAfl&2 FIVE CENTS. THE WEATHER Fair Sunday and Monday; some what warmer Monday, and in north portion Sunday. Hourly ttmrmtimi S , m. nt. 1 m. m. ft a. m. a. n. 1 m. 11 a. m. li BOOB.. ..Ml t p. ..! t p. , .esj I p. .. i p. ,.m! & p. . .Hl P. ..IS 7 p. a p. m. , in.. .5 .IS .IS .18 .10 .IS .13 . Ml JV rwrvn ftJUE AMERICAN you: STEVENSON'S OLD SHIP WEATHERS ARCTIC STORM. San Francisco, Aug. 30. The schooner Casco, once owned by Robert Louis Stevenson, did not come to grief in northern Alaskan waters and compel the abandonment of plans for a peaceful conquest of resources on the Siberian coast, ac cording to Leon S. McGirk, San Francisco mining engineer, leader of the Casco's adventures, who has ar rived here from the north. The Casco on August IS, according to McGirk, was making her way north to a secret destination on the Arctic side of the Siberian, coast. Nome advices recently told of the Casco's peril in a storm. McGirk said the vessel weathered the storm, according -to a wireless from the schooner Belveder to the U. S. coast guard cutter Bear at Nome. McGirk and the first mate, G. M. Harwood, left the Casco July 17 to find a shelter on theNSiberian coast. A storm caused the Casco to drift to sea and McGirk and Harwood were picked up by the Bear and taken to Nome. From Nome McGirk returned to San Francisco, and he expects to outfit another ship and go northward to join the Casco party, he said. PARIAHS AND HELOTS OUR ENEMIES HINDENBURG Hanover, Prussia, Aug. 30. Ad dressing the delegation of students serenading him on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the battle of Tannenbe'rg, Field Marshal Von Ilindenburg said: "If, five years ago. I was per mitted to win a brilliant victory, it was due to the dispensation of providence and the spirit of the troops assigned me. We must hold on to this spirit in the sad days which are now overcoming us; we must not lose courage because the pariahs of society and helots are our endmies. . "We must again become that " Which we once were, when in Ver sailles the new German empire was proclaimed, I being among those permitted to join in the first three cheers for the emperor. "The spirit of those days must not be lost to us in these days of laxity and falseness." OIL STOCKS ON BOOM IN MEXICO. Mexico City, Aug. 30. The rise In Mexican oil companies stocks dealt in on the local exchange has been the feature of the dealings this week. The increase in some cases has beea 40 per cr.t. Financial writers of the. Mexican city papers say that the bull movement was due in part to the public confidence in future favorable oil legislation. Champ Clark's Sister Dies. Santa Cruz, Cal., Aug. 30. Mrs. Elizabeth Clark Haley, only sister of Champ Clark, former speaker of the house of representatives, died here suddenly Saturday. She was . t7 years old and was born in An derson. Ky. Her husband, the Rev. 1. J. Haley, is a widely known min-ister-.oi the Christian church and is a Usurer and writer on religious I exper kubJecta -x Altai RAP PACT Spokesmen Declare Covenant Seeks to Pronounce Death Sentence on Ireland and Tighten English Yoke. WALSH, RYAN, DUNNE REPEATEDLY CHEERED Greeks Also Appear Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee and State Their Peace Settlement Claims. Washington, Aug. 30. (By The Associated Press.) Impassioned protests against the league of na tions were presented on behalf of American Irishmen today at a hear ing before the senate foreign rela tions committee. In a series of dramatic appeals which repeatedly drew cheers from the crowd jamming the committee room, the spokesmen declared the covenant sought to pronounce a death sentence on the aspirations of the Irish people and to fasten forever upon Ireland what they characterized a yoke of British op pression. Among the speakers, who said they voiced the sentiments of more than 20,000,000 Americans of Irish origin, were Frank P. Walsh of Kansas City, Michael J. Ryan of Philadelphia and Edward F. Dunne, former governor of Illinois, mem bers of the American commission who sought to get a hearing for Ireland at Versailles. An opening statement 'was- made by Daniel F. Cohalan. justice of the New York supreme court, and the legal aspects of the covenant as they aiTect Ire land were summed up by Bourke Cockran, also of New York. Greeks Also Appear. Representatives of various Greek societies also appeared before the committee today and made a state ment of the claims of the Greek people regarding the peace settlement. Outrisrht rejection of the peace treaty was asked by the Irish speak ers, who charged that under the covenant Great Britain would re ceive a guarantee that no outside nation ever would help Ireland gain her independence. The domination of the British fleet over the seas, they also declared, would be made so complete by the treaty as to be a direct menace to the United States. In the Versailles negotiations, Walsh, Ryan and Dunne declared, President Wilson s ideals all were brushed aside by the other powers. At the open session, when the league covenant was approved, they said, delegates in all parts ot the hall tried to make protest, but were silenced by the "steam roller meth ods" of the controlling figures of the conference. Paint Gloomy Picture. Of conditions in Ireland where the commission spent some time, the three speakers painted a gloomy picture. Civil law had been sus pended, they declared, and local of ficers were being arrested and their homes searched without warrant, while women and children were ground beneath a "despotic" mili tary rule whose excesses, they de clared, the censorship had concealed from the United States. The three commissioners said they had been referred to E. M. House when they tried to get a hearing with President Wilson in Paris and that later Secretary Lans ing had written them that it would (Continned on Far Two, Column Three.) Lack of Revenue From American Tourists Brings Exchange Down i London, Aug. 30. One of the greatest causes of the falling of the exchange between America and Europe is the lack of revenue from American tourists. Before the war Americans touring Europe spent an average of $400,000,000. Sir George raish, leading British economist, well known in America, declared in an interview with Uni versal Service. "Until tourists and sightseers again flock to Europe, in full measure, spending money, the exchange will not regain its normal level. "With the revenue derived from tourists, Europe in the past has been able to pay England for her exports and she, in turn, has been thus enabled to give America gold for purchases made in the United States. Until the circle is again completed it has been broken for five years the exchange will re main low and uncertain. "This flow of American tourists into Europe must be resumed as soon as possible. The battlefields in France and Italy should attract thousands, perhaps millions, of visi tors from the United States. Their expenditures will held France and OMAHA MAY HAVE BIG NEW HOTEL TO COST MILLIONS Vice President of $ 1 00.000,000 Corporation Here to Look Over Field. A new hotal for Omaha, to cost $3,500,000 and eclipsing anything in this line in the middle west, is being figured on by the John McE. Bow man interests, a $100,000,000 hotel corporation of New York City. James Woods, vice-president of the giant corporation, arrived in Omaha yesterday and is looking over the situation. He was the guest of honor last night at a dinner given at the Omaha Athletic club by Rome Miller, who is an old friend of his. Would Cost $3,500,000 "We would not consider a hotel costing less than $3,500,000 for Omaha,' said Mr. Woods. "The cost of erecting hotels has risen enor mously so that at present we have to figure on $5,000 per room for the bare building, without furniture or decorations. Our proposition in Omaha would be for a hotel of 400 rooms. At $5,000 per room this would cost $2,000,000 for the bare structure, without the expensive decorations, carpets, furnishings and so on, which the John McE. Bow man corporation make a most im portant part of all its structures. "I am on a tour of the country, making preliminary arrangements for new hotels for our 'string.' We have just closed the deal for build ing a new $5,000,000 hotel in Seattle, and the negotiations for a new one in Los Angeles are well under way. In Detroit we are building a hotel to cost $7,000,000. Makes Preliminary Survey "On this trip I shall make a pre liminary survey of the Omaha field, looking to the erection of one of our hotels here, and report my findings on my return to New York. "With Omaha's unmistakable and tremendous growth, especially in re cent years, it looks to me as though there is a demand here for another large, first-class, up-to-the-minute hotel. We have already $75,000,000 worth of hotels now in operation. Omaha, so far as I have been able to examine the field, looks very promising for one of our hostelnes. The John McE. Bowman corpo ration, of which Mr. Woods is vice- (Contlnufd on race Two, Column Seven.) FRELINGHUYSEN AIDED GERMANS, PALMER SAYS ALL OMAHA READY FOR LABOR DAY Stores Will Close, Factories Will Cease Operations and Public Buildings Will Be Deserted Tomorrow. ABOUT 20,000 EXPECTED TO MARCH IN BIG PARADE Peculiar Significance Attaches to Celebration of Day This Year, Omaha Labor Lead ers Declare. JTian yhehy & v$3 Attorney General Comes Back at Senator Who Held Up Former Appointment. Washington, Aug. 30. A. Mitchell Palmer, whose nomination as at torney general was confirmed Friday by the senate, came back vigor ously Saturday at Senator Freling huysen, republican, New Jersey, leader of the forces in the senate which had for a number of weeks held up confirmation of the nomina tion. Charging that Mr. Frelinghuysen was constantly active in behalf of German property owners in the United States during the war and attempted to influence legislation which would atfect a diversity to companies in which he personally was interested financially, the at torney general gave a detailed ac count of alleged activities of the New Jersey senator while this coun try was at war with Germany. "No American interest has asked for any investigation of the allied property custodian," Mr. Palmer declared. "No American interest is complaining. The Germans are complaining very severely. Sena tors Frelinghuysen and Calder are pleasing Germany in this business. They have received special mention by the German foreign office for their activities, which Germany hopes may result in the Germans getting all their property back." Mr. Palmer declared that Senator Frelinghuysen was not really an tagonistic to him but to the trading with the enemy act which he had administered, and "he has been especially against the Americaniza tion of the industrial concerns in America owned by our enemies and heretofore used in a hostile way against this country's interests." In liquidating the business of German-owned insurance compan ies, Mr. Palmer said he received patriotic co-operation from all ex cept one American company which had reinsurance contracts with the enemy corporations. "The only American insurance company that stood in the way, therefore, of the final and complete liquidation of German insurance companies in the United States," Mr. Palmer said, "was the Stuyve sant Insurance company, of which the president is Joseph Frelinghuy sen of New Jersey." Stop Probes at Seattle. . Seattle, Wash., Aug. 30. -No more hearings of a congressional commit tee investigating shipyard expendi tures will be held here, the commit tee announces, because congress did not grant the committee authority to promise immunity from possible PgEScMoj tg probable autscsses, Labor will reign supreme and all Omaha will pay it homage tomor row, Labor day. All the forces of organzed labor are marshalled in the city and are prepared at the word of their leaders to turn out in one of the most impressive parades ever witnessed here. Stores will close, factories will cease operations, and public build ings will be deserted. No Mail Deliveries No mail will be delivered and all sub-stations of the postoffice will be closed, it was announced by Postmaster C. E. Fanning. Retail and wholesale houses will close at 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Officials at the county court house and the city hall stated that neither of these buildings will remain open during the day. Only the public library will remain open as usual. Although railroad offices will re main closed through the day, offi cials of the various roads are mak ing special preparations to accom modate the annual exodus from the city which comes on Labor day. Special coaches and extra equipment will be added to the regular trains to care for the passengers. Labor Seeks Vindication Peculiar significance attaches to the celebration of Labor day this year, in the opinion of Omaha labor leaders. Labor has just passed through the most critical year of its history. Controversies have been more numerous between employers and organized employes in , the period just passed than ever be fore, F. J. Huller, chairman of the Labor day program committee, de clared. High prices and profiteer ing have forced labor to make more demands than in any previous year. And now, with many people charg ing that the force of labor is being exerted for selfish and unpatriotic purposes, the organized workers of this city seek vindication, Mr. Hul ler further stated. This year's Labor day will, there fore, be a protest against the con ditions which have contributed to bringing about the present unrest. A rallying cry voicing this protest has been adopted officially, and will be heard many times during the cele bration. It is, "Ve won the war for democracy. We now demand democ racy." Has Doubled Membership In the past year organized tolior has practically doubled its member shin and affiliations in the city, ac cording to local labor leaders. All these newlv organized locals and new members of the older locals will march through Omaha's princi- nal streets tomorrow morning, be- ginning at 9:30, and will later at tend the annual outing at Krug park. The number of men and women who will participate in the mammoth demonstration of the forces of or ganized labor in the city is variously estimated at from 15,000 to 25,000. At the present time approximately 20,000 men and women comprise the various locals affiliated with the (Continued on Page Fonr, Column Two.) Serg. Pershing, Son of U. S. General, Fond of Drum Major's Suit Paris, Aug. 30. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Warren rersnmg, tin 10-vear-o d son ot the American commander-in-chief, who will return tn tho United States with his tather September 1, has been privileged to meet most of the prominent leaders of Europe, including several kings and queens. This has made little impression on him, however, and he remains the same natural American boy as when he came across to join General Pershing. Warren wears a sergeants uni form and calls himself Sergeant Pershing. . . Aftpr he lad had witnessed the peace parade in London when he was received by King George, Queen Mary and the Dowager Oneen Alexandra, and scores of other notables, a group of American officers engaged him in conversa tion, desirous of finding out how much the boy had been impressed by his introduction to high person ages. Warren had nothing to say about royalty, but suddenly his eyes brightened and he exclaimed, "That big Scotch drum major with the dress nn and the high thing on his tead stag the oge. I lied beslj x (2$ THE MERRY SONG OF THE PROFITEER By S. E. KISER. Oh, it's merry in the morning and it's merry all the day, It's merry to increase the killing pace ; Piling up the profits that the people have to pay Makes the world a very bright and merry place. Here a little, there a little added to the price, Now and then a skimpy pint or pound; Charge 'em more for gasoline, soak 'em for their ice ; Catch 'em when they come and go, soak 'em all around. Keep on putting money in the till, Let your victims worry if they will, Never mind how bitterly they grumble or complain; If babies that are hungry droop and die, More will take their places bye and bye, So be merry, merry, merry, and be always on the gain. Oh, it's merry to be adding to the car fare and the rent, And merry to mark up the price of shoes; Charge 'em more for milk and eggs ten or twelve per cent, Have a merry snicker when they hear the news. More for butter, more for bacon, more for bread and cheese; Never overlook a chance to sting, For there's nothing that is sweeter than the constant ecstasies That the profiteer's increasing profits bring. Profit, profit, profit! It's the sweetest word there is; Keep adding to your profits every day; Don't let conscience interfere, always stick to biz; Make 'em hump and hustle, get it all away! More for sugar, more for coffee, more for clothes and coal ; Hit 'em hard and hit 'em often, too, For it's cunning profiteering that brings solace to the soul, In spite of all the kicking they may do. Try to keep on getting all they get, Always make your profits larger yet, Never mind how bitterly they grumble in their need ; If their wives and babies weep, Gouge 'em hard and gouge 'em deep, And be merry, merry, merry, though they curse you for your greed. H. G. L, NEARER JUDGMENT DAY, OFFICIALS HINT Vigorous Punitive Action Promised by Department of JusticH if Retail Prices Don't Drop. Washington, Aug. 30. Unless re ductions in wholesale food prices resulting from sharp breaks on the produce markets are passed on to the consumer, vigorous punitive action will be taken by the Depart ment of Justice, it was sain today. Officials said the lower wholesale prices should be reflected on the re tail market m the near iuture. Profiteering in sugar virtually has cased, according to Judge Ames, assistant to the attorney general, in charge of administering the food control law. Elevent cents, he said, now is accepted as the just price by dealers throughout the country. Many Causes of H. C. L. High cost of living which the government now is seeking to com bat are due primarily to the cur tailment in the production of nearly all commodities, hoarding, profiteer ing and inflation of currency, the council of national defense said in an exhaustive report sent to con gress and made public today through Secretary Baker, chairman of the council. Suggestions for meeting the sit uation include stimulation of pro duction; repression of hoarding and profiteering; improvement in the methods of distribution and market ing and the dissemination of more exact news concerning probable fu ture national requirements. Gross profiteering in the woo! and shoe industries through conscious curtailment of production was al leged. Fierce Fight Waging Against Bolsheviki; Australians Assist Archangel. Aug. 30. With the Russians themselves conducting operations, aided by 200 Australians from the British forces, a stern fight is proceeding along the rail way front. A British airplane opened hostilities by bombing the town of Emtsa. The infantry then attacked supported by heavy gun fire and pierced the enemy's front positions, capturing Emtsa with 300 prisoners. The bolsheviki counter attacked, employing three armored trains and re-entered Emsta. An artillery duel is under way; airplanes are bombing the town and the Russian infantry has begun an- pj&er. advance, v Apartment Tenants Decide District Court is Only Place That They Can Find Relief Disgusted With Feeble Efforts of City Officials to Get at Facts and Do Something in Probe of Profiteering Demands of Landlords, Occupants of Flats Say Legal Action Is Next Step. The district court is the only place Omaha tenants can find relief from the profiteering demands of their landlords, was the decision reached yesterday, following the fruitless councilmanic investigation Friday night at the city hall, by an indig nant gathering of apartment house dwellers. The meeting was held in the Kee line building, and was attended by representatives of thousands of ten ants and their attorneys, who ad vised their clients no hope would be realized as a result of the feeble ef forts of the city officials. Playing Politics, Charge. Attention was called the fact that certain members of the council failed to attach the proper impor tance to the undertaking. They were accused of playing politics and of not having the proper regard for the subject which they have promised to investigate. Mayor Smith was accused of lack ing faith, and condemned for failing to appear in the council chamber. "Mayor Smith's sounding mani festo two weeks ago indicated he was in earnest," commented one man, "but his actions have spoken louder than the tone of his af fected announcement." Landlords Are Excused. According to the admissions of the landlords themselves, one of the attorneys pointed out at the meeting yesterday, the average increase in rents recently rated by real estate men and their agents is 33 1-3 per cent. The council has failed utterly to show that this unusual advance is justified, it was said. Landlords who have refused point blank to dis continued on Page Two, Column Two.) Comedy Star Badly Injured When Movie Bomb Explodes Harold Lloyd, comedy star, who, as a member of a stock company played Omaha several years ago, was seriously injured recently when a movie bomb from which he was lighting a cigarette exploded. He was badly burned about his face, chest and body. One of his eyes was seriously injured. Mr. Lloyd was rushed to a hospi tal where the thumb and forefinger of his right hand had to be ampu tated. The photographer and his assist ant, who were in the room, were thrown to the floor but escaped in pury. The bomb looked like a com bination of harmless paper, and in appearance was the kind generally used in producing smoke. How ever, it was loaded. . Mr. Lloyd is expected to be able to continue his career. His comedy pictures are shown nearly every week at the Strand theater in Omaha. Fiume Problem Unsolved. Paris, Aug. 30. The treaty of peace to be handed the Austrian delegation on Tuesday next does not solve the problem of the dis position of Fiume, according to the j Six-Year-Old Boy Is Struck by Motor Truck and Seriously Injured Robert Drier, 6 years old, 1344 South Twenty-fourth street, was perhaps fatally injured at 4:40 o'clock yesterday afternoon when he was run down at Twenty-fourth street and Woolworth avenue by an Orchard & Wilhelm truck operat by Harry Hess, 813 South Twenty second street. Hess drove away, according to the police, but two hours later sur rendered at central police station. He was "booked" for investigation. Hess told the police he was not driving fast. The Drier boy, Hess said, ran out into the street from behind another truck and darted directly in front of his car. Passersby took the injured boy to the Swedish Mission hospital where it was found that he had suf fered a fractured skull, a fractur ed arm and severe bruises. His con dition was said last night to be critical. SOLDIERS Til! RAPID FIRE GUN ON BLACKS Mob Storms County Jail Befit on Reaching Negro Arrested in Connection With Murder of White Woman. STORES LOOTED TO SECURE FIREARMS Bonar Law's Brother Dead. London, Aug. 30. John Law, brother of Andrew Bonar Law, governmental spokesman in the house of commons, son of Rev. J. A. Law of New Brunswick, Canada, died at .Glasgow, Scotland, Friday. Two Members of Machine Gun Company Killed and Many Colored Persons Are Re ported to Be Dead. Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 31. After the storming of the Knok county jail Saturday night by a mob bent on reaching Maurice Mayes, a negro arrested early in the day in con nection with the murder of Mrs, Bertie Lindsey, a race riot ol serious proportions broke out in Knoxville early today. Soldiers of the Fourth Tennessee national guard turned a machine gun on a crowd of armed negroes al Vine and Central avenues after a battle between whites and -blacks in which two negroes were killed. Four negroes fell under the machine i gun fire. Firing was continuing 2u3d and it was impossible to teb how many have been killed oi wounded. Seven men, all white, art wounded in local hospitals as th result of the trouble at the jail and subsequent rioting. Lieutenant Maguey and Private Henderson, both of the .machine gun company, Fourth Tennessee , national guard, were killed . at 12:40 a. m. It is said both were slain" by mistake by bullets from their own command. All hardware stores and pawn shops have bee looted to secure arms. Five motor trucks . loaded with members of the mob left Knoxville with the announced purpose of go ing to Chattanooga, to which city . the negro had been taken before the crowd began gathering about the jail. Series of Fights In a series of fights between depu ty sheriffs, police officers and militiamen and members of the mob in the jail corridors and outside the building, several men were wounded. Several national guardsmen were beaten, but not seriously hurt. One man . was carried away by friends unconscious. Most of the window glass in the jail was shot out; one front win dow and the main door were bat tered in and all other exposed win dows were broken. Early in the evening it became apparent that the deputies and po licemen on duty at the jail would be unable to cope with the situation and a call was sent for troops from the Fourth Tennessee National Guard, which is holding its encamp ment here. Two squads were rushed to the jail in a motortruck. The disorder reached its height wfth their arrival and -missies of all kinds were hurled, while fist-fights were numerous and promiscuous shooting outside the jail began. The guardsmen were soon strengthened -by the arrival of a full company and it became possible then to clear the jail corridors and the yard. Killed in Her Room, Mrs. Lindsey was shot to death in her home as she was preparing to leap from a window. Her niece, who was sleeping with her, was threatened by the same negro. The two women were alone in the house. - Mayes, who had been arrested 10 days ago for prowling about a house occupied by another white family, was taken into custody in connection with the murder an hour after the crime was committed. He denied his cuilt. but feann oossi- ble violence. Sheriff Cafe took Mayes to Chattanooea later in the day. Ready for Mob Coming. Chattanooea. Tenn.. Auc. 31 When informed that five motor trucks filled with men had left Knox-. ville for this city to obtain the negro, Maurice t. Mayes, who is held in the couty jail here. Sheriff B?s. after calculating the number of men in the five trucks, remarked: "All right: let 'em come. I have eot room for that many in jail." Begin Return of German Captives Held by Britain London, Aug. 30. Pursuant to the decision of the supreme council at Paris, orders have been issued for the repatriation immediately of Ger man prisoners held by Great Britain in Frrnce. The first batch, number ine 1,000, left there Saturday. the repatriation of prisoners to England depends upon sea transpor tation which the peace treaty pro vides Germany must arrange.