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RUSSIANS IN GERMANY ARE PROBLEM FOR PEACEJEADS Bolsheviki Infection Through War Prisoners is Feared 240,000 Russians Still Held by Germans. CONSIDER RHINE FORCE ' (By Associated Press)' , PARIS, Friday. July IS The su preme oounoll of the peace conference today discussed the disposition of '240,000 Russian prisoners of war who are still In Germany. These prisoners were held by Germany at the re quest of the allies after the armistice land have been fed at the expense of the entente powers. Aa many of them are badly Infected 'with BolBherlsm, Poland and other countries through which they would go on their way back to Russia hare obJeoted to giving them passage for fear or Bolshevik propaganda. Moreover, It Is held they would be either forced into the Bolshevik army or killed if sent home. The expense of maintaining them in Germany, however, Is becoming burdensome. The council today was unable to reach a decision 'with further Information concerning the military phases of the situation and referred the question to Its mill tary advisors for a report. The council received a protest from the Bhiek of Aldln, Asia Minor, con cerning atrocities which the Greeks are alleged to have committed upon Greeks in the neighborhood of that city when they landed there. It was decided to send a mission of military OTfiws to investigate the charge, The American delegation will cable to Washington for inctructions before announcing whether it will send representatives with the mission. The v council hM taken no action concernlng the punlshmwpt of the forme? empurer of Germany and has not even considered the report from the com mission on responsibilities, which dew not favor tha peace conference allowing Field Manb.il ton Hindeu- ' burg or any one else to be substituted for th former uonirnh. Will Demand -WHhelm - The council appears to be firm' In the conviction which is held by milt tty officials of tha entente powers that William Hohenxnllern must be punished as it wcuifi be Impossible to secure tho punishment of military. naval find civil officials in Germany who are charged with atrocities If the former emperor is exempted. A list of these officials and officers is to be supplied the German government soon but as yet there Is no knowledge here of the preparation of It. The council's appointment ef Gen. E. H. H. Allenby of the British army to the duty of adjusting the differences between the Greek and Italian forces in Asia minor is regarded as the best means of disponing of friction there because It Is believed the Turks will be impressed by the united action of the allies. It Is hoped the Greeks and Italian will withdraw behind lines which General Allenby will outline and that the Turks will cease hostilities when they realize that the Italians and Greeks are not in charge of the occupation of Asia minor. The problem of the force of occupation in the Rhineland province, arising from the withdrawal of a majority of the British and American troops, was also considered by the council today. The question of principles Involved has been settled and all that remains to be decided upon is the exact number of effectives and the proportion of the force of occupation to be provided by each of the allies. Marshal Foch's plan may serve as a basis for the settlement of this question. BELA KUN CONCEDES DANGER TO SOVIET PARIS. Friday, July 18. Speaking before the Central Federative committee at Budapest on Thursday, Bela Kun, the foreign minister of the Hungarian soviet government admitted that the dictatorship of the proletariat was "passing through a triple crisis moral, economic and political," according to a Havas dispatch from the Hungarian capital. Weakness toward the reactionaries, corruption in communist establishments and difficulties of production and revictualing, he said, were responsible for the situation. He pointed to revolutionary activities abroad as "a reassuring indication." "The effervescence provoked by the Russian and Hungarian revolutions," he added, "will ripen into effective action through strikes set for July 21 in France, Italy and Switzerland." Bela Kun assured his hearers that "with such an interior situation to contend with, the countries of the entente would be unable to throttle the Hungarian communists as they would like to do." FIRE FIGHTERS IN CHICAGO ON STRIKE (By Associated Press) CHICAGO. July 19. Every engineer and his assistant in the Chicago fire department walked out at 8 o'clock this morning, in accordance with a decision reached yesterday after the city had declined to meet the demands of th men for higher wages. Two hundred fifty city employes were affected by the walk out

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"Weakness To Be Held As Guilt;9 Says NM (By Associated Press) ROME, July 19. ''Instructions concerning public order must be carried out scrupulously and with firmness. The government will not show indulgence to transgressors and will hold weakness as a guilt," says a circular letter sent by Premier Nltti to all the prefects in the kingdom concerning the general ' strike . which has been called for July 20 and 21. ... "The fact that arms and explosives have been seised in some cities show the criminal dreams of a few delinquents," the letter says. "Any disorder injures Italy's credit and her starving people. Therefore liberty and order, which guarantees our life, must be rigidly protected. Let us avoid any useless conflict but any seditious movement and any violence must be immediately repressed. Italy must begin In these days her work of reconstruction and has no time to lose." ANSELL RESIGNS TO FORCE INTEREST IN COURT MARTIAL WAR (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 19. Lieut. Col. Samuel T. Ansell, former acting judge advocate general of the army and the central figure in the controversy within the war department regarding military justice, handed his resignation to Secretary Baker today. Col. Ansell Is understood to have taken this action in the hope that he might bring more forcefully before the public the fight which he is making to have the rules of military trial radically changed. He has maintained in hearings before congressional committees and in speeches before law orgaizations that under present conditions a private in the army could not hope for a fair trial. Secretary Baker would not say today what action he would take on Col. Ansell's resignation. It is generally expected, however, that it will be accepted. Airmail Postage Rates Reduced To Two Cents (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 19. Postmaster General Burleson today reduced the postage rate on airplane mail to 2 cents an ounce, the regular rate for first-class mail matter, and placed the air mail service on the same footing with all other means of mail transportation. Weather Forecast For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and probably Sunday. No change. Today's Temperature. Noon 82 Yesterday. Maximum 87 Minimum 55 For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy this afteroon, tonight and Sunday. LoLcal thunderstorms but fair in general. Gen erally warm and sultry. General Conditions The weather remains generally fair over the lake regions and central states. Local thunderstorms are developing. Local rains occurred yesterday in Preble county, Ohio, and are now in progress over parts of Wayne county. The storm center is over southern Canada and weather is unsettled from there to the Gulf of Mexico.

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FOREST FIRES SPREADING IN WEST STATES 3,000 Men Fighting Blaze in " Montana and Idaho-Mil-lions of Trees Burned. (By Associated Press) SPOKANE, Wash., July 19 Forest fires which have been burning for more than a week over an area of several hundred square miles in north ern Idaho and western Montana, con tinued to spread today, although three thousand men were fighting the flames. Hundreds of millions of feet of standing timber have been burned and at least three small towns in Mon tana were threatened with destruc tion. A report early today stated that Gilt Edge, a hamlet east of Lewistown, Mont., was menaced by the flames. Another report said Alberton, 31 miles west of Missoula, was safe for the time being, but not out of danger. St. Re gis, also west of Missoula, was reported hemmed in by fire with communication shut off. Fire was burning in a tract of two hundred million feet of white pine timber on Steamboat creek in the Coeur d'Alene forest, northern Idaho. Crosses Canadian Line At Porthill, Idaho, on the Canadian line, where American fire fighters crossed the international boundary to check a blaze which threatened a valuable stand of timber, the Americans were aided by shifting of the wind, which turned the flames back on 10,000 acres already burned over. A menacing blaze near Heron, Mont., and fires in the Lolo and Missoula forests, north and west of Missoula, were being fought by several hundred men, while in the Jefferson forest near Great Falls, Mont., there was Increasing demand for additional fire fighters. Fires in the vicinity of Bozeman, Mont., also were making demands upon the forest service, as were smaller blazes near Helena, at Canyon Ferry and Jimtown, small mining camps. Glenn A. Smith, assistant forester of district number 1, with headquarters at Missoula, stated that the cost of fire fighting in June wa3 $135,000 and in July $200,000 with men hard to obtain. Eaton Boy Pilots Plane On 1350 Mile Non-Stop Flight, Wichita To N. Y. (By Associated Press) WICHITA, KAS., July 19. C. F. Kettering of Dayton, O., who was prevented from making a non-stop airplane flight from Wichita to Mineola, N. Y., yesterday by a broken magneto coil, left Wichita this morning at 8:20 o'clock. He will attempt to fly the 1,850 miles at an average speed of 125 miles an hour. Howard Rinehart, of Eaton, Ohio, 13 Kettering's pilot. Kettering and Rhinehart estimated their flying time from Wichita as about 11 hours, putting them in New York City at 7:30 o'clock Saturday evening. Kettering has been attending a tractor demonstration at Wichita. AERIAL MAILMAN KILLED (By Associated Press) BELLEFONTAINE, Pa., July 19. Lieut. Charles Lamborn, 33, of Los Angeles, Cal., an aerial mail carrier flying from this city to Cleveland was killed this afternoon when bis machine, a DeHaviland Four, fell 6,000 feet at Dix Run, at the foot of the Allegheny fountains near here.

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Poland Prepares For Taking Over New Land i (By Associate Press) : POSEN, July 19. A commission of the Upper People's council of Posen has been authorized by the Warsaw government to act aa executives in the taking over of that part of Prussia which hereafter will be a part of Poland. The commission has been granted special authority and among the duties which it has been given, full authority to perform will be issuance of temporary edicts affecting questions of government which , may arise, prepare for liquidation of material in an effort to square accounts with the Imperial government and pro tection of Germans. To forestall uprising Germans the Poles have conducted a house to house canvass for arms while many Germans have been interned. In Poland alone 5,000 are being detained. KRUEGER UNDER $10,000 BOND AFTER ARREST Trial in Baby Case as Soon as Possible, Prosecutor Promises Bond Given. Following his arrest on a grand Jury indictment, charging involuntary manslaughter, Dr. Frederick W. Krueger appeared before Judge Bond in Wayne county circuit court. Saturday morn ing, and was released on $10,000 bond, pending trial. The date for his trial was not set by the Judge, who said it probably would not be before next month. Prosecuting Attorney Gath Freeman said Saturday that he would ask that Krueger be brought to trial as quickly as possible, and before the court officials take their summer vacations, in August. Krueger's bond was signed by the same five men who signed the bond for his appearance before the grand jury, all of whom were present In court Saturday morning. Those who signed the bond were E. F. Hiatt, George Eggemeyer, Adam H. Bartel, Henry Gennett and G. W. Hayes. The indictment returned againsj Krueger does not specify that voluntary manslaughter was committed. According to law, In order to commit voluntary manslaughter, the accused must have been in a "sudden heat of passion," which was not the case in Krueger's action. The full text of the grand jury indictment and the report of "the r Jury follows: r The indictment reads partly as follows: "The Grand Juors for said State of Indiana, charged and sworn in Wayne Circuit Court to inquire within and for the body of the same said County of Wayne, upon their oath, charge and present that Frederick W. Krueger, late of said county, at said county, on the 30th day of June, A. D., 3919, did then and there unlawfully and feloniously in a rude, insolent, angry manner, touch, strike, cut, wound and injure the person of one John Smith, the said John Smith being then and there the infant child of one Lewis Smith and one Isabel Smith, and that said Frederick W. Krueger-did then and there and thereby unlawfully and feloniously inflict a mortal wound and injury in and upon the person of the said John Smith, of which mortal wound the said John Smith did then and there languish until the first day of July, A. D., 1919, and so languishing at and in said County of Wayne, and State of Indiana, the said John Smith did, on said first day of July, A. D., 1919, then and there did die." And so the grand jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do say and charge that the said Frederick W. Krueger in the manner and by the means aforesaid, did then and there unlawfully and feloniously kill the said John Smith, being then and there contrary to the form of the statute in such cases, made and provided, ana against the peace and dignity of the State of Indiana. Second Count And the said grand jurors further charge that Frederick W. Krueger, on ,V.a firct datr nf Tnlv 1919. rilri In a. I v. ' rude, insolent, and angry manner, throw, hurl, and discharge the person of John Smith down a steep embankment with great force and violence, and that Frederick W. Krueger did inflict a mortal wound and injury upon the nerson of John Smith, of which mortal wound and injury John Smith did then and there die. Third Count And the grand jurors further charge that Frederick W. Krueger did cruelly ill-treat, abuse and inflict unnecessary cruel punishment upon one John Smith, by cutting off the umbilical cord of the said infant John Smith, and by neglecting to tie the same so as to prevent bleeding, and by permitting infant John Smith to bleed, and by failing to wasn ana cleanse infant John Smith after its birth, and by wraping said infant John Smith, in a piece of cloth and a piece of newspaper, and by layir. infant John Smith upon a bureau, and by" permitting infant John Smith, thus wrapped to be and remain upon said bureau, nine hours, and by permitting said infant John Smith to remain upon the floor of the house, and by permitting infant John Smith to remain upon said floor for six hours, and by placing infant John Smith, thus wrapped In a certain automobile of the said Frederick W. Kreuger, and by hauling and conveying said infant John Smith, in said automobile along and upon the public streets of the City of Richmond, in Wayne county, Indiana, for eight hours, and by hurling and discharging the person of infant John Smith down a certain steep embankment,of the east fork of the Whitewater river, the said Frederick W. Krueger, being a physician of said county of Wayne and state of Indiana, and having as such physician undertaken to attend to, and treat, infant John Smith at the time of his birth, and thereafter. And the grand jurors i upon their oath further charge and

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BRITISH EMPIRE JOINS IN PEACE DAY OBSERVANCE Three Battalions of Americans Lead Victory Review of Allied Troops in London. (By Associated Press) LONDON, July 19. Nineteen thou sand allied soldiers picked men from famous combat divisions the names of which are written large on the pages of history of the world wax marched through London's streets to day in celebration of the return of peace. The line of parade was more than six miles in length and required over an hour to pass a given point. The procession began at Albert gate and passed through Sloan square to Buckingham palace road, crossing the Thames at Vouxhall bridge. It then passed to Westminster bridge and recrossed the Thames, going on to Whitehall and Pall Mall and terminat ing at Hyde Park, which adjoins Kens ington gardens. King George, with other members of the Royal family, army and navy officers and leaders of both houses of parliament, stood on the steps of the Victoria memorial, in front of Buckingham palace to receive the salute of the warriors. Streets Bright with Color A magnificent reception was given the marching hosts. The streets were bright with allied colors, some thoroughfares being flanked by stucco pylons supporting allegorical figures of victory. Eager spectators jammed every corner of vantage even the roofs being black with cheering thousands. Large numbers of people camped on the streets all night to hold places from which the parade could be witnessed. Huge grandstands accommodating thousands were erected for demobilized soldiers, an effort being made to arrange that every soldier home on leave from France should see the parade. Among those who witnessed the procession from these stands were four thousand widows, mothers and children of officers and men killed during the war. London for the past week hae been overflowing with those who came to the city for the celebration. Many were forced to seek shelter in police stations and churches and large numbers elept on park and embankment benches. Over 1,000 Yank The nineteen thousand paraders camped at Kensington gardens yest erday,, and last, night, They were drawn from the British, . American, French, Italian, Belgian, Japanese, Polish, Rumanian, Portuguese, Serbian. Siamese and Csecho-Slovakian armies. In the line of march the contingents were arranged in a)phabetical order, the Americans leading the parade. The Americana, led by General John J. Pershing, marched in three batta lions of S3 officers end 1,000 men each., Belgium bad in line 440 officers and men. led by General Gildan; France was represented by 990 men and Italy by 835. There were five officers and 50 men for the other allied nations. Behind the allied section came Vice Admirals Beatty and Keyes and other high officers of the grand fleet, with a naval contingent of 4,000 men. Then came 1,000 men from the mercantile marine and 500 women from various war services. Next came Field Marshal Haig and his staff, leading 5,000 British troops of every branch of the service. Major General Salmond led the Royal air force contingent. All the dominions with the exception of Canada, had forces in line, Canada being unable to supply a representative detachment owing to demobilization of her forces. War Heroes Honored. Peace was celebrated by the British empire today, not only in London, but in every port of the vast dominion which floats the Union Jack. Lond don's great victory parade was, of course, the most spectacular event of the day, but throughout the country, every city, town and hamlet held a peace ca nival. Religious services, processions and sports made up the program in nearly every place. In some places, particularly the seaside resorts, battles of flowers featured i . . j in aay Every the returned heroes of the war were honored, whether they ap peared in khaki or mufti. These men, released from the perils and hardships of war, led the merrymaking. Those who did not return from the battle fields, however, were not forgotten. In every town or city there were prayers for the fallen and many shrine dedicated to the memory of a dead hero, bore its floral tribute. Tonight there will blaze from hill and mountain tops the flare of fires kindled in honor of the return of peace. In Dover there will be a grand illumination, the Admiralty turning over to the committee there a large number of flares invented by Commander Brock, who was killed at Zeebrugge, who used this means of illuminating the channel in defending the coast and shipping from U boats during the war. These burn for seven hinuCSs and light up an area of three square miles. Navy Gives Display. The navy will give a big display off the mouth of the Thames, more than a hundred ships anchored in a line five miles long taking port. One of the largest celebrations of the day, outisde of London, was Dublin, where Irish regiments paraded beforre Field Marshal Viscount French, and other members of the Irish administration. As a result of the efforts of the British patriotic league the celebrattion of the day was observed in the dominions and in the most remote parts of the empire. AMERICAN IS MURDERED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 19. The murder of Peter Catron, American, by Mexican bandits, near Vales, San Luis Potosl, has been reported to the state I department

Persia Sends Official Representative to U. S.

Sadfgh-el-Sullanes For the first time in nearly two years Persia has an official represen tatlve in Washington. Sadigh-el-Sul-lanes, the newly appointed minister. arrived at the capital recently. He succeeds Mirza Ali-Kuli-Khan. the for mer charge d'affaires, now in Paris as a peace delegate. F. OVERKOLSER ELECTROCUTED AT GRAVEL PLANT Burial of Young Liberty Man, Killed Friday to Be Made m Boston. Funeral serivces for Fred E. Over holser, 27 years old, of Liberty, em ployee of the Liberty Light Heat and Power company, who .was electrocuted late Friday afternoon, will be held Monday afternoon, at 2 "Cclockr ft the Christian church, at Boston. Burial will be In Boston cemetery. Overholser was working in the gravel pit of the Richmond-Greenville Gravel company, three miles east of Richmond, and was fastened by safety belt to a telephone pole, while stringing wires about 30 feet above the ground. Above him, about three feet, was a high tension wire with a voltage of 13,500. Touched Charged Wire In some way, in moving, he came in contact with the high tension wire. He was burned near the ankle, and also under the left arm. No one saw the accident, but his fellow employee, Sam Spahr, and the foreman, C. F. Johnson, started up the pole to relieve him. when they heard the con tact of the wires with his body. Spahr found Overholser dead, hanging by his safety belt and supported by the telephone wires. He had been warned by his forman. Johnson, the latter said to keep away from the high tension wires. The body was removed to the funeral parlors of Jordan, McManua, Hunt and Walterman. Coroner S. Edgar Bond was called to investigate. The body was taken to Liberty Saturday at noon, and will be taken from there to Boston. Richmond High Graduate. Overholser was born in Boston, July 11, 1892. He received his schooling in Boston and graduated from Richmond high school. He was married on May 10, 1916, to Ruth Shepard. He lived in Liberty for a year and had been an employe of the Liberty Light and Power company for four years. Previous to that time he was a car penter in Boston. He was a member of the Oriental Encampment here and was transferred to the encampment at Boston. He was also a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellow lodges. The surviving relatives are the widow, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Overholser, and two brothers, Vir gil Overholser of Boston, who recently returned from military service, and Clarence Overholser, of San Francisco. Warning Against Lack Of War Preparedness Given British By Foch (By Associated Press) LONDON. July 19. "The next time, England will be in the same position as the last time she will not be ready and we will have to wait for her," is a statement made by Marshal Foch of France to a correspondent of the Danly Mail, which prints an Interview with the commander-in-chief of the allied armies this morning. Marshal Foch in the course of the interview, however, pays highest tribute to the British army saying: "The military history of the world contains no parallel to the production of such an army in such a way. In every respect the British army has been superb." The marshal Insists that Great Brit ain should maintain large reserves of military material saying: "That Is one of the obvious and indispensable pre cautions to- be taken "Look at the out of date equipment with which we started this war," the marshal is quoted as saying. "The next war will be more than ever one of machinery. You should have lab oratories with inventors always at work keeping you abreast of the mechanical side of war."

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HOUSE ACTION ON" DRY" LAW ENFORCEMENT DUE TONIGHT Drastic Provisions Contained in Measure to Enforce Wartime Prohibition Act Three Parts to Bill CIVIL BILL IS SIGNED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. July 19. The $613,000,000 sundry civil appropriation bill revised by congress to meet bis objections was signed today by Prest dent Wilson. WANT NIGHT SESSION WASHINGTON, July 19. Before the house resumed consideration today of the prohibition enforcement bill, one part of which already has oeen perfected, dry leaders announced they would insist upon a night session in the hope of letting the country know Sunday morning that the measure, with its drastic provisions, had Deen passed and was ready for the senate. Some of the leaders made no attempt to cenceal the fact they were incensed at the failure to keep the house at work last night after fighting nearly six hours over daylight saving. inere are tnree parts to the bill. The first relating to enforcement of the war time act. stood its ground against amendments, and debate today was exepected to be confined to the second part, which deals with enforcement of the law during the long dry period to begin next January. The third part relating to the manufacture and sale of industrial alcohol la not. expected to provoke such discussion and If the prohibition forces continue to shut off rebates at will, as heretofore, leaders believe they should finish with part two In five hours at the most. Extracts Are Debated. First on the program today was the question of amendments to the flavor ing extract section, half a dosen of which were introduced by Chairman Volstead. For a week or more the chairman has been trying to bit upon some compromise amendment which would permit housewives to keep on flavoring their puddings, while at the same time placing enough restrictions on the extract industry to prevent us9 of its product as an alcoholic beverage. Radical prohibition members were ready to fight for changes in that part of the bill which would permit a sick man, with the aid of a physician, to get as much as one quart of liquor a month. They said it was too muchChairman Volstead however, waa prepared to resist any attempt to cut dowp the sick man's share. There was a recess today in senate debate on the peace treaty as well as to its consideration by the foreign relations committee. Committee Adjourns. At two meetings yesterday the committee made a little progress In preliminary reading of the treaty text, but gave up hope of completing the task this week and adjourned until Monday. The senate also adjourned over today, but many senators were at work on addresses to be made during debate next week. Senators Pomerene, Ohio, Beckham, Kensucky, and Harrison, Mississippi, all Democrats, have announced they will speak Monday, and more than a score of others are known to be preparing to take part in the debate soon. President Wilson had no engagements to see senators today but he Is expected to resume his talks with Republican members Monday. He saw four of them yesterday and afterward went to the capitol and had a long talk on the senate situation with Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, ranking democrat of the Foreign Relations committee and leaders of the admin istration forces In the treaty fight CLEMENGEAU TO ASK VOTE OF CONFIDENCE (By Associated Press) PARIS, July 19. In view of last night's vote in the chamber of deputies, the cabinet has decided to demand a vote of confidence by the chamber on Tuesday next. A general debate on the govern. ment's policy is considered probable. Housewives "Fed Up' With H. C. L. Probes; Want Cheaper Food (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. July 19. Housewives are rather "fed up" with, congressional investigation of the high cost of living and would prefer enactment of remedial legislation. Miss Jessie Haver, legislative representative of the National Consumer's Leagui wrote today to Representative Pink ham of Massachusetts. Mr. Pinkham has Introduced a bill approprlatlni $30,000 for a nation-wide inquiry InU living ccts. BELGIAN MINISTER WEDS (By Associated Press) PARIS. July 19. Mrs. Hamlltoi Cary of New York and Baron Eml de Cartier de Marchienne, Belgiai minister to the United States, wen married here Wednesday. Hugh C Wallace, American ' ambassador, am Herbert Hoover attended tha ears, mony, , .. . ; j. V