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TURK MISSION IS RECEIVED; FINISH PACT FOR AUSTRIA

Peace Conference on "Home Stretch" of Activities Be fore Wilson Leaves for Bel gium rRantzau Leaves. HUNS' ANSWER JUNE 23 (By Associated Press). PARIS, June 17 The council of ten of the oeace conference received the Turkish peace mission in the clock room of the Qua! d'Orsay this morn ing. The Turkish delegation, headed by Damad Ferid Pasha, the grand vizer, motored from Vaucresson accompanied by French officers. The council of five met this afternoon and took up consideration of the remaining clauses in the peace terms with Austria. The council likewise considered other matters requiring its attention before the departure of President Wilson for his trip to Belgium. Germany's answer to the allied peace terms must be presented to the peace conference at or before 6:49 p. m., Parjs time, Monday. June 23. The five day period originally given the enemy delegation to either accept or reject the terms, was extended 48 hours by the conference yesterday. Delegates at Weimar Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau, head of the German peace mission, left Versailles last evening for Weimar, where he will arrive today. According to advices he will at once confer with the German cabinet which will send the revised treaty to experts who will report as soon as possible. The terms will be laid before the German national assembly Wednesday and it may be that the cabinet will ask that a vote be taken on acceDtance or rejection, bo that it may art. as havine a mandate from the German people. It is expected the mnsideration of the pact will be con tinued by the cabinet until Friday and that the final German answer win De laid before the assembly for rami ration on Saturday. Immediately after the assembly has acted, it is expected the chief of the German delegation will start on ms return trip to Versailles. , RECOGNITION OF -IRISH REPUBLIC ASKED BY LABOR By Associated Press) ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 17 A resolution urging congress to recognize the Irish republic and recommending that representatives of the Irish republic be given a neanng at the Paris peace conference was adopted today by the American Federation of Labor in convention here. The memorial places American organized labor as being in favor of self determination for Ireland. RUSSIAN FORTRESS REPORTED SEIZED (By Associated Press) LONDON, June 17. The North Russian general staff, directing operations against Petrograd. reports the fortress of Cronstadt, on the gulf of Cronstadt, northwest of Petrograd, to be on fire, according to a Helsingfors dispatch to the Daily Mail, which was filed on Sunday. Seven Bolshevik warships have hoisted the white flag, the dispatch states, and will surrender to the British squadron operating in the gulf of Finland. Several forts near the fortress of Cronstadt have also raised the white flag, it is said. The capture of the fort of Krasnay"agorka, across the bay from Cronstadt, the occupation of which by white guards was announced from Stockholm yesterday, will, it is said, enable the north Russian force to strengthen its thrust against Peterfof and advance quickly on a wide front. Bolshevik garrisons near Krasnayagorka went over to the white guards yesterday. The north Russian force has taken during the present cam paign 22,000 prisoners and 87 cannon. BOMB EXPLODED IN CHICAGO NORTH SIDE (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, June 17. A bomb was exploded in the exclusive residence district of the north side known as the "gold coast" last night, breaking windows for blocks around and doing some minor damage to property. The bomb was exploded near the residence of William D. Austin, broker, and is believed to be the sequel to a telephone warning to Mr. Austin to get rid of negro tenants in property he owns on the south side. In this section repeated bomb explosions have occurred in buildings occupied by negroes. LEAVES MONEY TO HARVARD - (By Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA. Pa., June 17. Harvard university is bequeathed $100,000 -for the study of methods to reform and cure criminals and mental defectives by surgery, under the will of Dr. J. Ewing Mears, which was probated here yesterday. Dr. Mears died here on May 2S. He was 80 years old.

Canada Strike Leaders

Are Held By Officials (By Associated Press) WINNIPEG, June 17. Ten strike leaders were arrested In their homes here early today and transported in automobiles to some place . In the country, presumably Stormy Moun tain, by government police official. Other arrests are reported to have been made in Calgary and other western points at the same time. Simultaneously with the arrests of the strike leaders, the Royal North west mounted police raided the labor temple from which the strike was con ducted. Considerable literature, said to be of a Bolshevist nature, was seized. The police broke down doors and windows during the raid. WAYNE FARMERS WATCH FOR ARMY WORMJROP PEST Dreaded Farm Scourge Causes Thousands of Dollars Damage in Counties. Farmers of Wayne county are keep ing close watch for the army worm, a terrible crop pest which has appeared near Newcastle in Henry county, and near Greenville In Darke county, Ohio, besides ravaging crops in many other Indiana counties.. While no sign of the pest has yet been seen in Wayne county, It can wreak terrible devastation In a few hours, and farmers are on the alert for the first sign of the worm. Strict repressive measures will be used upon the first indication of its presence. Walter Ratliff, veteran farmer, said that it has been twenty years since the worm appeared in this county. He said that there is a worm which works under the soil in fields of timothy hay, the Hadema Dezatatrix, which is similar to the army worm and which might be mistaken for it, but that this pest had also not appeared for many years. $3,000 Damage. North, of Newcastle, the worm, apnearing on the farm of Omer John son, late Saturday, did what is estimated as $3,000 damage before the fight was begun against it Monday. A fifteen acre field of corn was laid as bare as a road, and a field of rye containing 100 acres was almost totally ruined. The county commissioners of Henry county at once called an extra session for Tuesday and will appropriate a fund to fight the worm, in an effort to confine its'" activities ttf Prairie township where It started. - Under the direction or county Agent Ralph Test, the fanners of the county will gather at the Johnson farm at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, armed with sprinkling cans loaded with poison, and with other weapons to fight the worm. Several farms adjoining that of Johnson are already infected. Darke County Invaded. A farm belonging to Bernie Phillips in Darke county near Greenville was devastated Sunday, the worm destroying a twenty-acre field of rye and a four-acre field of corn during the day. It was said that the worm had not appeared in that vlciinty for fifty years. The army worm is so-called because it appears in droves which are regular armies, comprising millions. The mild winter is responsible for their appearance all over the middle west, it is thought. During a winter of average severity, they are frozen to death, but the mild weather since December has left them alive this spring. They attack every sort of growing things, and march straight across fields of hay, corn, wheat, oats, clover, or any other green crop, mowing it level as they go. How to Fight Worm. Theburning of straw, the setting of poison bait and the digging of deep trenches around the infected fields are the main methods of fighting the worm, but the principal weapons, in case it appears in Wayne county, will be teamwork and quick action. TTnles sthe worm should be stamped out on the first farm or in the first township in which it should appear, there will be danger of grave loss to the entire county. WIRE STRIKE HAY END TOMORROW 'By Associated Press) CHICAGO, June 17. The strike of commercial telegraphers, which has been in effect a week today, may be settled tomorrow, according to S. J Konencamp, international president of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union master General Burleson's order of Saturday, granting right of collective bargaining to electrical and telephone workers, which prevented a strike, except on the Pacific coast, would apply to the - telegraph operators and would tend to simplify the situation. "The speed with which the strike is ended depends mostly on the time it takes the postmaster general to organize his machinery for bringing the officials of the telegraph companies and those of the union together," Mr. Konenkamp said. Officials at the Chi cago offices of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies reported the situation as unchanged. "Traffic is normal," the chief operators said. One Killed, 100 Hart In Collapse Of K. C. Hat (By Associated Press) BREST, June 17 One American sol dier was killed, two are dying and over 100 others were injured as the result of a collapse of & Knights of Columbus hut at Pontanesen last night, while a boxing contest was in progress.

PROM APPEAL

ATTEMPT LOST BY MISSOURAN House Judiciary Committee Refuses to Adopt Motion by 10 to 3 Vote. (By Associated Pressl WASHINGTON, June 17. By vote of 10 to 3, the house Judiciary committee refused today to accept the motion of Representative Igoe, Democrat of Missouri, to recommend repeal of prohibition Insofar as it affects light wines and beer. Joining Mr. Igoe in supporting the motion were Representative Gard, Democrat of Ohio, and Representative Classon, Republican, of Wisconsin. The senate fight over the league of nations entered a new phase today with the beginning of debate on the resolution of Senator Knox, Republican of Pennsylvania, a former secretary of state, proposing that the senate formally express unwillingness to accept the league covenant as it now is interwoven with the terms of peace. The debate is expected to last for many days and to develop some of the bitterest passages yet produced by th treaty fight. League supporters are ready to fight the resolution at every step, though they disclaim any intention of filibuster. Before the debate began they claimed they had enough votes to defeat the measure. Those favoring the resolution de clared that if it should command the support of more than one third of the senate, the result would be to serve notice that the treaty never could receive in its present form the two thirds necessary to ratification. This, however, was denied by the opposition leaders. Senators Ready Senator Knox was ready to open the debate and Senator McCumber of North Dakota, another Republican member of the foreign relations committee, expected to make the first speech in opposition. Senator Johnson. Republican of California, may also speak during the day regarding the reply received yesterday to his resolution asking the state department for the complete treaty text. The resolution, adopted 10 days ago, and forwarded by the department to President Wilson at Paris, who replied that he did not consider it in the public Interest to transmit the treaty until It was com plete and ready for the signature. Another topic expected to draw discussion was the announcement yes terday that President Wilson as Boon as he returns to this country, will begin a speaking tour in support of the league. ' At 3 the' white house it was Said that although a tentative itinerary had been arranged, it would not he made jmbjic until finally approved by the president. BARNS STRUCK BY BOLT OF LIGHTNING WHILE SUN SHINES Lightning from an apparently clear sky caused a fire which completely destroyed three buildings on the farm of Richard Smelser, about four miles southwest of Richmond, Monday afternoon. Two large barns and a corn crib containing about 1,100 bushels of corn were burned. Although a storm was approaching, the clouds were still low, and the sun was shining at the time the lightning struck. A quantity of farm machinery belonging to John Heckman, who tenanted the farm, was also destroyed. The total damage has not been determined. " NEW ALLIED TERMS CAUSE DEPRESSION AMONG FOE HEADS WEIMAR, June 17. The new allied terms reached here last night. The first apparent effect upon the German leaders who remained awake to wait for the terms was that of depression. A report passed rapidly through the old castle where the government heads are residing temporarily that the sign ing of the peace terms by Germany was highly improbable. No one would talk for publication but every official and every member of the foreign office available expressed the deepest pessimism and resentment at the alleged cruelty of the terms. The Germans were specially imbittered over a report that a French mob had stoned the helpless German delegates at Versailles. Foot Are Indicted For Toledo Strike Riots (By Associated Press) TOLEDO. O., June 17. Indictments against four alleged participants in the recent riot at the Willys-Overland company plant in which two were killed and a score injured, were returned late yesterday by the federal grand Jury. The men are charged with having stoned a special investigator of the government. John M. Killits, judge of the United States District Court, ordered Alex Schwartenzield, secretary of the workers, soldiers and sailors council - to leave the city, adding that the penalty for remaining here would be citation for contempt of court. WESTERN PHONE GIRLS STRIKE (By Associated Press) SAN FRANCISCO. June 17. Tele phone operators were on strike today in many cities of southern California and with addition to their ranks of others in central and northern California together with electrical work ers, the industry promised soon to be come paralyzed throughout the state,

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the whites of their eyes, and put to rout the British. This photo is a view taken from an airplane looking down upon the famous monument which marks the battlefield and that section of Boston which is called Charlestown. How little did those pioneer Americans who fought the "Red Coats" think that in two centuries they would be fighting side by side with English troops for the cause of freedom. The day is known as "Bunker Hill Day" in the east and is observed in some way In most of the schools in the country. ,

WILSON TO SAIL IN COMING WEEK IF ENEMY SIGNS Will Address Congress Immediately on Arrival Plans Tour for League. (By Associated Press)1 : -WASHINGTON. "June- 17-Pweirt Wilson hopes to leave Paris lor Wash tlngton, June 24 Or 25, if the Germans sign the peace treaty. Immediately after his arrival in Washington the president will ad dress congress. After clearing up pressing official business, he will start on his "swing around the circle" early in July. It was said at the White House today that the president expected to spend three weeks on his speaking tour, explaining the peace treaty and the league of nations covenant. The itinerary has not been announced but he expects to visit the principal cities over the country. PRESIDENT MAY GO THROUGH RICHMOND Providing the Germans sign the i peace treaty. President Wilson has planned to arrive in the States about the first of July and will speak in St. Louis, Mo., early in the month, dispatches received today state. On his way to St. Louis the president's itinerary is expected to take him through Richmond, and while local Democrats have made no. definite plans yet, it is thought that a fitting welcome will be planned to honor him in the Quaker City. As soon as the definite arrangements of the president can be secured, plans here will probably be taken up on a large scale. Navel Forces Are To Be Divided In Two Fleets (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 17. Orders making effective the proposed division of the United States naval forces into I be called the Atlantic and the other j the PacifiC fleets, were issued today two neeis oi equai fcLieuBiu, uiic by the navy department. Admiral Henry B. Wilson will com - mand the Atlantic and Admiral Hugh Rodman the Pacific fleet. Weather Forecast For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight ana Wednesday; continued warm. Today's Temperature. Noon 84 Yesterday. Maximum 90 Minimum 64 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Wednesday. Local thunder show ers but fair in general. General Conditions Weather continues somewhat" unsettled in Missis sippi valley, with heavy scateredi thunder showers. Warm wave unbroken east of the Rocky mountains. Ninety degrees in northwestern North Dakota. Eighty to ninety degrees in western Canada. Although the warm weather continues fair in some places in Wayne county, the heavy local thunder showers continue over southern parts of Wayne county and also over Union and Preble counties. The drought is becoming severe over parts of Indiana. Temperature over Alaska continues mild.

Battle, Where American Farmers to Rout, Points Out Changes in the World's Affairs

showing Bunker Hill monument and not to be forgotten. It was on that war, where the colonial farmers obeyed Advise Investigation Of Michigan Election ! i . (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. June 17. Investigation of the Michigan senatorial election in which Henry Ford is contesting the election of Truman H. Newberry, Republican, was recommended unanimously by the senate privileges and elections committee. QUIET PREVAILS EX BORDER; TROOPS RETURN Routine Resumed After Three Days of Intense Excitement Gonzales Holds Juarez. (By Associated Press) EL PASO, Texas., June 16. After three days of intense excitement and fighting in and near Juarez the border resumed its routine today with no muicttiiuu ui ttii mimeuiaie resump:tion of- hostilities. All American troops were back on the American side last night, Villa and his column are somewhere south of Samalayuca, Chihuahua, and General Francisco Gonzales is again in full control of the Juarez district. Burial parties were being sent out to the wheat fields and near the Juarez race track this morning to complete the work of burying the dead from the battle. The forces along the river were manned by small guards and the tension which had held Juarez for almost a week was broken. Major General Cadell, commander of the southern department, who arrived here yesterday morning to assume personal command of the situation, was to leave late today for SanAntonio. CABINET INJCONFERENCE MEXICO CITY. June 17. The Mexican government has nothing to give out for publication regarding the crossing of American troops from El j Paso into Juarez, according to a statement made last night at the offices of Generai Juan Barragan, President carranza's chief of staff. General Barragan, who was in conference with the president and cab inet ministers, virtually all day, gave , out a copy of offlciaI dispatches from Juarez, Hennosillo and other border! points, giving details of the fighting which were almost identical with those of The Associated Press dispatches received last night. One official dispatch from General Candido Aguilar, confidential ambassador of President Carranza in -the United States, stated that he had made representations to the state department in Washington regarding the incident. Questioned regarding the stand taken by General Aguilar, it was stated by General Barregan that General Aguilar would give out the necessary information. Accept U. S. Claim The tone of official dispatches seemed to indicate the Mexican government officials on the border accepted the American claim that the attack on the Villa forces by Ameri- - jean troops was for the purpose of protecting American lives across the fron tier. The statement made by General Gonzales that his forces could have defeated the Villistas without American help, is concurred in at military headquarters here. AIRPLANE UNITS TO BORDER (By Associated Press) . WASHINGTON, June 17. Three airplane units of six machines each, were ordered to the Mexican border yesterday, to conduct' observations.

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date that the famous battle of Bunker the command, "Don't fire until you see NEXT TRIP IN FLYING BOATS. SAYS AIR HERO Airplane in Present State Not Adaptable for Ocean Flight, Alcock Declares.e .- ' . (By Associated Presa i LONDON, June 17. Captain John Alcock, who, with Lieutenant Arthur W. Brown, completed on Sunday a trans-Atlantic flight from Newfoundland to Ireland, told the Associated Press today that he intends to make a trip to the United States Boon. WELCOME AT DUBLIN DUBLIN, June 17. A tumultuous welcome was given Captain Alcock and Lieut. Brown on their arrival here last night. When the train entered the Broadstone station, cheering crowds fairly mobbed the fliers' car, dragging them out and carrying them on sturdy shoulders to waiting automobiles. American soldiers on leave, waving the Stars and Stripes, were a feature of the demonstration. A proppRion V9, fnrmArt nnrl tnxrorcoH the 1 ix .v, a. 1. main streets to a hotel where Alcock and Brown spent the night prepara tory to their start for London today, On the train Captain Alcock looked remarkably well and was in buoyant spirits. 'It I am due for a reaction from the strain and excitement of the flight, it is a long time coming," he laughed in a matter-of-fact way. Then he scrib bled an autograph for a girt. On the other hand, Lieut. Brown seemed greatly fatigued and frankly admitted it. Soldiers Join in Welcome, The biggest reception the aviators got along the road before Dublin was reached was at Mullinger, where the soldiers from the garrison with a band swelled the crowd of townspeople. Ihe outstanding conviction of the flight impressed upon Captain Alcock as he remarked to the correspondent i is that the airplane in its present state of development is not the type of machine for a trans-Atlantic voyage. "The next time I cross the ocean," he said, "it will be in a flying boat. I foresee for the flying boat a great future, both as a passenger and com carrier. On his side Lieutenant Brown remarked that the lesson gained was that marine navigation is entirely applicable to airplanes. Could Do It Again. "There is little element of luck either in the success of the NC-t or our flight," he eclare. "So far as the weather was concerned, it could not have been worse in our case, for after the first hour we were smothered in fog until we landed in Ireland. Nevertheless, with only a sextant and compass and a special device for determining the machine's speed and drift, we came through. And I am sure we could do it again.' "Occasionally glimpses of the ocean through rifts in the fog enabled me to ascertain how fast we were 1 ravelling and how far we were drifting and by combining the two, to get a dead reckoning. At first I thus used erllmnses of ice, which was easier to make out in the mist than the water. I was ab solutely right until early yesterday ien l naa to descend to within 60 feet of the water, before being able to see it distinctly. After I got the arut ana naa made observations, it was easy by calculation from the last position to get back on the course Lieut Brown added that Directional gation when further perfected, but tnougnt it unreliable at present. REJECT SOVIET PROPOSAL (By Associated Press) WEIMAR, June 17. The Socialist congress has rejected a proposal for a soviet constitution for Germany.

PEACE TERMS PAY FOR WAR CRIME. ENEMY CHIEFS TOLD Cause of War Reviewed m Allied Answer to .German Complaints that Accompanied New Treaty. NATION;. BLAMED

(By Associated Press) VERSAILLES, June 17. The detailed reply of the peace conference to counter-proposals of the Germans, which was handed to the German dele gates here today, takes up In its order each of the objections made by the enemy to the provisions of the original peace treaty. Among the modifications which are acceded to by the conference are frontier rectifications for West Prussia, a plebiscite in Upper Silesia, with a guarantee to Germany that she will receive fair treatment in securing mineral products from that region; modifications in the clauses relating to finance, economic and. waterways phases of the treaty; permission for uermany to retain 200,000 men in its army temporarily and a promise to furnish Germany within a month with a full list of the persons who are to be tried for responsibility for th great conflict and violations rf th. laws of war. Taking up the subiect of the reply enters into a discussion of the immediate cause of the war and says that the conflict was brought about through the "decision, deliberately taken, of the statesmen of Berlin, Vienna and Budapest." It is also pointed out that even the German memorandum admits that Germany authorized Austria-Hungary to settle the Serbian question on her own initiative and, moreover supported Austria's repection of Serbia's "extraor dinary concessions." It Is declared that Germany steadily rejected every proposal for a conference and did not urge moderation until all hope of avoiding war had vanished. German attempts to throw the blame on Rus sia, because of her mobilization of her army. It is pointed out. Is vitiated by the lact that this mobilization was the immediate result of Austria' action. War Spirit Blamed But the outbreak of the war." the reply says, "was no sudden decision taken in a difficult crisis. It was the logical outcome of a policy of domin ation, aggression and war followed by uermany for decades. Hypnotized by Bismarck's spirit of blood and iron. Germany set about sowing suspicion and discord among the nations, conspiring with elements of unrest in every land, steadily Increasing arma ments and mobilizing the universities, press, pulpit and governmental authorities to further the gospel of hatred and force. The essential truth of these charges is admitted by the Germans themselves through their revolution. "The war was a crime deliberately plotted against the life and liberties of the people of Europe. It brought death and mutilation to millions, starvation, unemployment and disease stalk across the continent from end to end. The punishment of those responsible for bringing on. these calamities Is essential on the score of Justice and as a Csterrent for others who may be tempted to follow their example." The reply asserts the powers cannot "entrust the trial of those responsible to those who hare been their accomplices." The tribunals established for the trial of those under charges will represent the deliberate Judgment of the greater part of the civilized world and there can be no question of admitting the right of jurisdiction of representatives of countries which took no part In the war. The allies, it is declared, will stand by the verdict of history for the impartially and justice with which the accused will be tried. The accused wil be insured full rights of defense and the judgment of the tribunal will have the most solemn judicial character. The allied and associated powers are prepared to submit a final list of those who must be handed over to justice within one month of the signing of the treaty. Will Enforce Reparation. The allied and associated powers refuse to enter into a discussion with the principles underlying the reparations clauses, but certain observations are made, especially as the German proposals are said to "present a view so distorted and inexact as to raise a doubt if the clauses were calmly and carefully examined." The problem of reparations is of such extraordinary magnitude and complexity that it can be solved only by a continuing body, limited in personnel and invested with broad , powers. The reparation commission, is the reply declares, Instructed to exercise Its powers bo as to insure in the interest of all as early and complete a discharge by Germany of her reparations obgligations as is consistent with the true maintenance of th,e social, economic and financial structure of Germany. . " -It is pointed out that the commission is not an "engine of oppression'nor a device for interfering with Germany's sovereignty. Its business Is that Germany can pay and report In case Germany does not pay. The commission cannot prescribe or enforce taxes or dictate the character of the German budget, but may examine the latter to see if any modification is desirable, probably in Germany's Interests and to be assured that German taxation is at least as heavy as the heaviest allied taxation. It is pointed out that not only are Continued On Page Eleven.) '