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ATTITUDE OF EMEi.1V HEADS TOWARD PACT IS CHANGING More Favorable Trend Taken by German Feeling in Regard to Treaty Majority Favors Signature. ; '

Countess, Imprisoned by Germans for Long Months, is Home Again With Her Loved Ones Gomper Leading Great Labor Parade Which Protests Against Prohibition on July 1 HEARS WAYNE COUNTY LINE Crop Pest Appears on Henry County r arms three Miles from Border West of Dublin

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Relief Service and Gallant Support Shown by U. S. Forces- Praised by Foreign Minister of Belgium.

SEE WAR-TORN LAND (By Associated Press) BRUSSELS, June 19. Belgium's gratitude for America's work of relief during the great war and for the gal- , lant service of the American army during the last months of the conflict, was expressed by Paul Hymann, foreign minister today, on the occasion of President Wilson's yisit to the Belgian parliament. Addressing Mr. Wilson, the minister recalled proofs of America's friend ship for Belgium which were given him when he visited the United States during the first few months of the war as a member of the Belgian commission which inquired into German atrocities. "Since then," he 6aid. "Americans have proved their sentiments toward our country by acts of generosity, especially by the establishment of the Belgian Relief commission." Tribute to Hoover. M. Hymann paid a tribute to Herbert C. Hoover, who acted as chair man of the Relief commission, Brand Whitlock, American minister to Bel-' gium, and the American press, and American women. "The result of these efforts of Americans, he continued, "was that the Belgian cause became the fight of right. It won such partisans of weight as Cardinal Gibbons, Dr. Charles W. Elliot, president-emeritus of Harvard university; Samuel Gompers, . president of the American federation of labor, and Theodore Roosevelt. Finally the American army, crusading to Europe, took a glorious part in the common victory. "Thanks to our liberal democratic constitution, under the leadership of our beloved dynasty, the Belgian people resisted the formidable attack of the invader. Belgium, - after four years of occupation, bruised and weakened, is deprived of its means of production but is not discouraged and is confident of the future. Workers, business men, scientists and artists will co-operate in the work of reconstructing Belgium's moral and intellectual life. They are convinced they may rely upon American aid and friendship." Desire Peace of Justice. M. Hyman spoke of the good will toward Belgium Bhown by the American delegates at the peace conference and said that Belgium desired "a peace of justice and reparation." "Certain problems of vital importance for, Belgium's future are not yet solved," he said. "Belgium needs efficacious guarantees for her economic development and security. She has decided to pursue them with perservance and vigor, and relies upon the j assistance of the allies to obtain these indespensable guarantees. Belgium will ardently co-operate with the League of Nations, having the moral authority of a people that has suffered for. the right." Witness Devastation President and Mrs. Wilson, with King Albert and Queen Elizabeth as their guides, Wednesday saw the devastation visited upon Belgium by the Germans. The first part of their visit deeply affected the Americans, not only Mr.- Wilson, but those accompanying him. The second phase was of an entirely different character. In the forenoon almost no residents were encountered. In the afternoon the appearance of the president at Vpres, Ostend, Zeebrugge and, finally, Brussels, was made the occasion of demonstrations that might have been accorded a conquering hero. With the president and Mrs. Wilson were Miss Margaret Wilson, B. M. Baruch, Gorman Davis, General W. W. Harts, Herbert Hoover, chairman of the interallied food commission and Commander Baker. The night run from Paris ended at Adinkerke, just across the Franco-Belgian frontier, where King Albert, Queen Elizabeth and 'a party of Belgian officers waited to receive the president. The Americans had breakfast on their train and stepped out of it rrepared for their long drive. Brand Whitlock, American minister to Belgium, accompanied the kind and queen end. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson throughout the trip and explained conditions along the way. Into Shell-Torn Country There were no ceremonies on the train other than the ordinary greetings and introductions. Through the . little station building, which had been elaborately decorated, the party moved to a long line of cars and began its trip into the shell-torn and, as yet, abandoned country. From time to time the cavalcade halted to permit the visitors to study at close range some bitter fortification or some piece of destruction that was unusually thorough. Nieuport was the first halt. President Wilson, who was riding with King Albert, followed Queen Elizabeth and Mrs. Wilson, who descended from the next car, and walked through what had been the city of Nieuport to the ruins of the canal. - From Nieuport eastward along the old line of trenches to Dlxmude, where the lines at one time, almost touched each other, the party went on toward Ypres. All that part of the ride was in an almost deserted country. There were very few refugees and there could be seen little attempt toward reclaiming the soil. - It was like a dead country. Here fContinued On Page Thirteen.!

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Countess Caron de Wiart

Countess Caron de Wiart was formerly the Countess Frederica. She is

the Belgian noblewoman imprisoned in

mans for having aided imprisoned Belgian boys to write to their mothers. Her brother-in-law is secretary to the king of Belgium and a cousin, Baron de

Wiart, Is a brigadier general in the Belgian army.

Qaits Peace Delegation Over Action On Russia (By Associated Press UARIS, Wednesday, June 18. The American peace delegates has accepted the resignation of Dr. S. E. Morrison, member of the section of Russian experts, who represented the United States on the Baltic commission. Dr. Morrison resigned because he did not approve of the exchange of notes between the allies and Admiral Kolchak, head of the all-Russian government at Omsk, believing that Russia cannot be restored through allied co-operation with the Omsk government. RESTRICTION OF IMMIGRATION IS ASKEDBY LABOR Bitter Debate Precedes Action Usurpation of Powers by Judiciary Denounced (By Associated Press) ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 19 American Federation of Labor, in annual convention here, adopted today a resolution favoring the restriction of immigration during the reconstruction period. In a debate continuing longer than two hours the radical element bitterly assailed the idea, while the conservatives, led by Secretary Frank Morrison, insisted it was necessary as a means of protecting American labor from "exploitation by vested interests." The convention adopted also a resolution condemning "usurpations by the judiciary of the legislative and executive powers of the government." In the resolution the judiciary was condemned as being "autocratic, despotic and tyrannical, and it was recommended that organized labor should disregard injunctional decrees of courts on the grounds that such decrees violated rights guaranteed under the constitution. CENTER PARTY WINNER. (By Associated Press) BERNE, June 19. The Catholic Center party was virtually victorious everywhere in Bavaria in the municipal elections held Sunday. The Democratic and Majority Socialist parties made a poor showing. Weather Forecast For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Local thundershowers this afternoon or tonight Friday generally fair. Today's Temperature. Noon 88 Yesterday Maximum .................. . . ... 91 Minimum . . .... . . . .... ..... ..... 63 For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore Unsettled this afternoon and tonight, probably thunder showers. Friday, partly cloudy. General Conditions The weather continues generally fair except for local rains which were falling over parts of eastern Indiana at noon. The rainfall is becoming more general and will probably cause occasional rains some time during the next twenty -four hours, and probable electrical storms. The temperatures continue above normal over the northwestern part of United States, although it is somewhat cooler In the far northwest.

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Berlin for three months by the Ger WOULD REQUIRE MILLION MEN TO FIGHT MEXICANS Beede Says a Great Army Would. Be Necessary for Successful Action. "Although I cannot speak with au thority, it is my impression that Villa Ongeles, the younger Diaz and two or three other 'bandit' leaders form a moK or less concerted revolutionist partyin Mexico, having as its object the overthrow of Carranza and the present regime," said B. Willis Beede, field secretary of the Board Foreign Missions of the Five Years Meeting in America, in discussing his recent trip through Mexico. Beede arrived hi Richmond Wednes day afternoon after more than a month in the Republic of Mexico, dur ing which he visited Monterey, Tampi co, Victoria, and west as for down as Mexico City, where he spent several delightful days, he said. "I can tell nothing and vouch for it being the absolute truth," said Beede, "for my information comes simply from what I have observed and been told, and everything is contradictory. I am convinced, however, that Mexico's regeneration will not be brought about in a day and that the only way in which it can be successfully brought about is through giving the people a Christian education in an industrial and literary way. Would Take Million Men. "Because I am a Quaker, you doubtless would expect me to say that I do not believe in Intervention. I do not say that, but rather because I feel confident it would mean at least five years of guerilla warfare, needing nearly a million American men to sweep down through Mexico, leaving absolutely no loop hope for the bandit organizations to slip through and come in back of them of them down the whole length of the country. "Villa and his men know ever inch of that region. They know every hole, every sheep path, every cattle trail. American soldiers do not. It would not be like fighting in France. I do not say it could not be done. I met many people in Mexico, miners and others, who thought the United States should intervene. However, I met other people who were firmly assured that it would mean endless toil and thousands of dollars, one-tenth of which could bemused much more advantageausly in giving the people Chris tian educations. "The Mexican congress is an Instance of the present political situation. I saw the congress in session. Most of the men were very . young. They know very little about the busi ness of running a country. Have Padded Army "Carranza's generals, have 'padded' armies. They call for money to sup ply 5,000 men for example. Perhaps they have 2,000, perhaps 500, or less It is a good money making plant, and at times if the general wants all the money that has been given him for the army he sends his men out on a raiding trip and thereby does not have to give them anything. The soldiers are miserable looking fellows; dirty and ragged. They look deplorable. Many times you see Carranza's men are just as much bandits as Villa's.".. On the other hand Beede explained that - some people Americans,, English and French are paying the Villa men to protect them against the Carranzita troops because they despise the present regime. "The present constitutional government claims that concessions given foreigners did not include oil which Continued on page thirteen

The army worm . invasion is within

three miles of the Wayne county line, according to reports received Thursday afternoon from farmers west of Dublin. Wilson Gilbert, living northwest of that town, in Henry county, reported that the worm plague had reached his farm. It has also appeared on the farm of Warner, Macey. Other farm ers in the neighborhood, who found invasions of worms in their crops Thurs day, were relieved when they found that the worm was entirely different from what is called the army worm, and was not doing any appreciable damage. Gilbert said during the afternoon that the worm was not in great numbers on his farm. He is taking prompt repressive measures and hopes that the plague will not spread beyond the borders of the field in which it ap peared. He said they are in small numbers on many farms. The nearest approach of the worm previous to this report was on farms between Newcastle and Ashland, about five miles from the line. None Near Hagerstown. Farmers living west and north of Hagerstown, near the line said Thursday morning that they had seen nothing to indicate that the worm had come into this county. However, ac cording to dispatches from Newcastle, the spread of the worm is sporadic, and it may appear in any community without being carried from another place, being hatched out in the ground. FARMERS ORGANIZE EFFORTS NEWCASTLE, Ind., June 19.. .At a mass meeting of farmers of the county in the court house Wednesday, an organized method was devised to fight the army worm, the township to be the unit in the fight. A crowd of 200 farmers attended the meeting and it was decided that an organized effort is needed to stamp out the worm. The progress of the destruction reached the point today where It ceased to be a township affair, but became s county-wide. The system to be followed is for the officers of the township farmers' organizations to take charge and direct the work. Despite frantic efforts and the use of practically every known method of extermination, the spread pf the worm in Henry county went on Wendesday apparently unabated. The worm is now prevalent in six townships Henry, Prairie, Stony Creek, Fall Creek, Blue River and Spiceland and every farm between the city of Newcastle and the Omer Johnson farm in Prairie township is now affected. Prairie township is almost one continuous net work of trenches. There is hardly a field in the township that does not have a ditch around it and into these ditches have been placed poisons. Yet, the worm continues to thrive and they apparently are being hatched out faster than they are being killed off. It was estimated that over 1,000 farmers were out digging trenches, Wednesday, a crowd of over 400 farmers being at work near Mooreland. Crest Reached Soon. The crest of the destruction in Henry county will be reached within four or five days, in the opinion of W. G. Larrimore of the department of agri culture, who addressed the mass meet- r ing of farmers in the court room. He said that if the worms are not now In the wheat and timothy, they will not be, that the worms eat in the mature stage and gradually turn a dunn color, that they come from eggs or larvae and in the adult form will take the shape of a moth and cease to hold the cut worm form; that the moth will appear later in the season; that the worms are now in the last stage and Continued on page thirteen LEAGUE OPPONENTS HOLD CONFERENCE TO PLAN ACTION (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 19. Plans to force a showdown on the league of nations in the senate before signing of the peace treaty at Versailles were further considered today at conference of league opponents. - Several proposal were under consideration. One would call for a test vote in the fight over Senator Knox's resolution proposing to serve notice that the senate cannot accept the league covenant as now incorporated in the treaty. Another suggests passage of a resolution declaring the war at an end, and still another proposes a round robin to show the strength of those opposing the league. It is not considered likely that a definite' course will be decided on until tomorrow. League opponents do not hope for a vote on adoption of the Knox resolution, but they believe they can get it into such a parliamentary situation that a test vote can be had. The round robin plan is held in reserve as a last resort, should the league supporters block all other ef forts for an expression of senate opinion before the German delegates give their decision on the treaty Monday. Those supporting the league will fight any attempt for a record vote at this time, contending it would be misleading and would constitute undue interference with the peace con ference.-.: No general debate on the subject was expected during today's session. but Senator Thomas, democrat, of Colorado had given notice he would speak against the Knox resolution before adjournment.

Samuel Gompers, with straw hat and small flag at left of large American flag, leading wet demonstration in Washington A giant demonstration by labor men and others was staged recently in Washington as a protest against prohibition July 1.. President Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor led the procession which marched to the steps of the capitol. The marchers carried American flags to show their loyalty to the U. S. while making the protest.

LESSONS OF WAR MUST CONTROL ACTION IN PEACE, URGES. LODGE

(By Associated Press) CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 19. Lessons for America in Germany's military aggression following years of effort toward world peace and in Russia's Bolshevist rule were emphasized in an address .here today by United States Senator Lodge of MassachuEett.cfc.airman of, the Senate Foreign Relations committee, at the commencement exercises of Harvard university. - Destruction of Germany's war power, Senator Lodge declared, now is the best guarantee of world peace. Misery wrought by Bolshevism in Russia, he asserted. proves that reforms must come slowly by evolution andSj that present conditions may be endangered "by vainly striving for a glitr tering impossibility." No direct reference was made by Mr. Lodge to the peace treaty or the league of nations, but in discussing peace efforts and Germany's course, he said: "At the close of the last century there was quite a general belief that serious wars would not come again. Some doubted and for their skepticism were called 'jingoes,' 'war-lovers and 'pessimists.' Treaties Go In Flame "But almost everyone felt sure that if war should again break upon us, its horrors would be reduced to the lowest point and that by the conventions of Geneva and the Hague, the sufferings and cruelties of past wars would be larzelv eliminated. "Suddenly the great war came. Germany, esteemed by all a highly civilized nation, entered deliberately upon a course of savage cruelty worse tnan tmaerlned. because It was carefully organized. The world had known barbarism before but never had anything fallen upon men comparable to the scientific, wholesale Mtrnritles carried on by Germany by which not merely individuals but en tire communities were suDjeciea io the most hideous sufferings and the most utter ruin which highly trained mind's entirely destitute of humanity could devise. . "As for treaties and laws, they went in the fierce flame of war as quickly as the dry leaves of autumn when a spark falls among them. . "The beautiful scheme of making mankind" suddenly virtuous by a statute or a written convention was once more exhibited in all its weakness. Experience Must Guide. "It is a melancholy reflection that the best assurance of the future peace of the world lies in the destruction of the German war power, wnicn is i worth all it cost. . . I "Onoe again comes the harsn lesson that all the advances of man in morals and in altruism, in charity and gentler manners and purer laws, an that really remain with us, come slow,ly, never in a moment." Experience of the past. Senator Lodge declared, must be a guide to future action. "I fervently hope" he said to the Harvard graduates, "that, you will have visions and dream dreams, but do not forget that having visions Is one thing while being a visionary, especially a visionary whose visions and ideals are stage properties, is quite another. Warning in Bolshevism "What troubles me most about the books and articles and speeches by our most advanced thinkers setting forth new panaceas and systems for all the evils is that they are generally so very old, a fact apparently disregarded by their authors, who very properly despise a past which only rises up to be troublesome." ,. Russian Bolshevism, Mr. Lodge said In conclusion, presents a warning to America in its "awful results of a scheme which its authors pretended and their dupes believed would make all men happy In a moment, "In letters of fire' said Mr. LodeJ

this Russian scene says to us 'this

way lies ruin". , ' "Does the United States tell us trumpet tongued that the country for which thi3 younger generation has died is still the best hope for mankind and that it must be preserved as their fathers preserved and saved it in the days that are gone? Be Americans first, Americans last and Americans always. From that firm foundation you can march on. Abandon it and chaos will come as when the civilization of Rome crashed down in Irremediable ruin." HOLD TO IDEALS OF AMERICANISM APPEAL OF WOOD Keep Feet on Ground and Build National Spirit, He Urges Soldiers Praised. (By Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA, June 19. General Wood talked on national policy at today's commencement exercises of the University of Pennsylvania. Eight hundred eleven students were graduated. In addition to these twenty of the class of 1919 who gave their lives in the service of their country, received their degrees. "Our men fought with splendid courage, said General Wood. "They lived up to the highest traditions of our military service, and in their performance of duty gained the admiration of Europe. They never failed; they always took their objective. Their courage was resistless." General Wood urged that this country must do the right thing by the returning soldiers. "If we do," he de clared, "we shall have in the home of each one of them a centre of patriotism and a spirit of service which will 1 go far to keep alive a sound, patriotic spirit. A great part of the world is very much upset, and dangerous ideas are obroad. We want to keep our feet on the ground and hold onto the ideals and policies which have made us great. We must do all we can to build up a sound national spirit, an in tense spirit of Americanism. Urges Real Democracy. "We must do all we can in this period of readjustment to maintain the best possible relations between labor and capital, for they are interdependent. United they stand; separated they fall. We must do everything wo can to help on good business, for on it depends national prosperity. Labor and capital in this country must work together in order to meet the problems which are going to follow this world war. We do not wish an au tocracy of either capital or labor, but a real democracy in both, characteriz ed by a spirit of co-operation and helpfulness. "There is room In this country for but one flag and that is the American flag! Put down the red flag! It Btands for nothing which our government stands for. It is against everything we have struggled for. The ex perience of the training camps brought out very forcibly the desirability of having but one language in our grada public schools, and that language should be the- language of the declara tion of Independence of the constltU' tion, of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoin. Cleveland and Roosevelt"

SWING IN SENTIMENT

(By Associated Press) PARIS, June 9. German, feeling toward the peace treaty appears to be taking a more favorable trend. Although the peace delegation headed by Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau is represented as decidedly opposed to acceptance of the revised allied terms, the latest dispatches from Weimar where the German cabinet and national assembly are considering the treaty, reflect a different viewpoint. The majority Socialists, the present aominant political force in the Ger man republic, are declared In these advices to be more favorably inclined toward the treaty than at first, while the clericals and the democrats of the left wing are reported to be swinging in the same direction. One report from Berlin represents the people of the capital as resigned to the future, desiring only to see the treaty signed and the suspense ended. Minor Affairs Considered In the meantime, however, rumors of an exciting nature are printed in London newspapers. It being said that the British grand fleet is preparing to sail on short notice, for German waters and that British dirigibles are already near the German coast. If not over German soil. Only minor affairs are being taken up by minor officials of the peace conference, In the absence of President Wilson in Belgium. Efforts are being maae to adjust the railway communications between Fiume and Triest and Vienna to the satisfaction of Italy, Jugo-Slavla and Czecho-SlovaJda. This problem seems quite difficult and may be considered by the league of nations. RANT2AU SHOWS ANGER "WEIMAR, Wednesday, June 18. The special train bringing Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau and his colleagues irom Versailles reached Weimar and was run Into a siding shortly after midnight this morning. Government troops which were arriving to strengthen the city's protection were marching through the dark streets to their quarters when the train rolled in. Suddenly the silence was broken by the chatter of machine guns. The origin of the firing was not known until it was learned that Spartacan and communist prisoners had attacked the castle where members of the government are quartered. Count von Brockdorff-Rantxau remained on board his train until after breakfast. The delegation was grimly angry at the hostile attack made upon it at Versailles, in which a considerable number, instead of three as at first reported, were more or less seriously injured.- The - Italian and French officers who accompanied the German delegation as far as Cologne, were profuse in theif apologies for the incident, ana said the police at Versailles had been unreliable since the strike, but the German delegates suspected the attack to have been deliberately planned. VILLA CAMP FIRES SEEN OVER BORDER (By Associated Press) FABENS, Tex, June 19. Major Adolphus Roffe, commanding the Fa bens patrol base, announced early today that the camp fires to be seen on the Mexican side of the border were believed to be those of small bands of Villa men who were scattered by the American cavalry, when they crossed into Mexico Sunday evening and were reassembling in small groups preparatory to rejoining Villa. Major Roffe said he expected no raid on that part of the border although he prepared for any eventuality. 80,000 Soldiers Want Share In U. 5. Farms (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, June 19. More than 80,000 soldiers, many of them still overseas, have notified Secretary Lane of their desire to obtain farms under the plan endorsed by him and now being considered by the House Public Lands committee. Mr. Lane was unable to appear before the committee today but sent word that the number of inquiries from soldiers exceeded 80,000, compared with 52,000 on May 31. New Premier Is Named To . v Organize Chinese Cabinet (By Associated Press) - ' . f: -s PEKING. Sunday, June 15. A mandate has been Issued accepting . the premier's resignation and appointing Hung He in-Chun, minister of finance, as acting premier. Hung He in Chun has agreed to act for ten days only. Chow Shu-Mu has been asked to form a cabinet. He is an official of the old class and a personal frleni of the president. He is not particularly Tmtrrooc1vo Tint It fa JVinMarAt V . he may blend the conflicting Interests and contribute to - a peaceful settle ment of the situation for which all classes are yearning. '- ---'V