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But Those 2,175 Bottles Cham
pagne Were Worth 1t.
"Disappeared" Near TOul, in U.
S. Sector, Last December.
931 YANKS DIG INTO POCKETS
Are Assessed Over $4,000 To
Reimburse French Railroad.
Left in Car They Broke
Into but "Empties."
Correspondence Associated Press.)

correspondence ASSoCldteu EeSSJ
Coblentz. May 1.-Nine hundred and
thirty-one officers and enlisted men
OF the Third United States army have
been assessed approximately $1,000
francs lover $4,000 to reimburse a
French ra' way company for the loss
of 2,175 bottles of champagne which
disappeared near Toul last December
Findings of an army board which had
the case in hand for several months
were announced recently.
Yanks Came; Spirits Went.
The officers and men, all from the
army of occupation, were on their way
to an army school at Chatillon-Sur-
Seine, travelling by special train, and,
according to testimony before the
board. the champaign disappeared one
night soon after the Americans ar
rived in Toul.
While number of French soldiers
were also involved, testimony at the
hearing did not bring out just who dis
covered the freight car loaded with
wine nor who were the first individ-
uals to start handing cat the bottles.
Three Majors Implicated.
Three majors, fifteen captains,
ninety-two first lieutenants and 174
second Heutenants and SAT enlisted
men were involved
The railroad employees reported that
the morning after the raid on the car
of champagne there was nothing left
but the bottles. many of which had
been broken.
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NEW U. S. SHIP BURNS
One Sailor Lost on City of Mobile, Sov-
eraI Hurt-Loss $500, 900.

Montevideo, Wednesday. May IA
The new American five ma sted
schooner, City of Mobile. which ar
rived here on March 2S from Port Ar
thur, Tex. with a cargo of petroleum.
was burned here this afternoon. One
member of the crew is missing and
seven sailors were injured in fighting
the fire. The loss is estimated at
100000.
The fire followed an explosion.
newspaper reports saying that faulty
construction of the vessel was a con-
tributing cause. The vessel is still
burning, the heat being 50 great that
it can be felt half a mile. Thousands
went to the seashore tonight to see the
sight.
The City Of Mobile was a wooden
vessel with a capacity of 1,776 tons.
She was in the oil trade between Port
Arthur and South American ports.
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WANTED TO EXPLAIN
Lloyd George Desired To Give Eng
lands Side of Irish Dispute.

London, May 15.-Andrew Bonar
Law, government leader in the house
of commons admitted today that Pre-
mier Lloyd George had asked Frank
p. Walsh, Edward f. Dunno and Mi
chael +. Ryan. representatives of Irish
societies in the United States, to call
on him.
He had planned to lay before them
the British case and have it widely re-
ported in America, where it is insuffi
said.
The premier has withdrawn the in
vitation, the government leader added.
because, while he is willing to receive
Americans, he is unwilling to receive
those who come to Ireland and not
only take part in the politics of Ire
land but also in rebellious move
ments'
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First Unit of seth Starts Across
the Water Today.
354th Infantry Coming on One
of Big Hun Ships.
GENERAL WINN WINS HONOR
He Is Made a Commander of
the Legion of Honor.
Part of S9th Will Come Home
on LeViathan.

Brest, May 15.-The liner Impera-
tor, which was turned over to the
United States by Germany under the
arm:stic9 agreetment. sailed today for
America on her first overseas journey
under the American flag.
Among the troops on board the YES
sci is the 354th infantry. The 354th
infantry is a part of the S9th division
and is composed largely of Missouri
troops A portion of the seth division
was preparing today to embark on the
Leviath than.
Admiral Moreau of the French navy
reviewed the division and read a let
ter from Premier Clemenceau con-
graduating the unit on its brilliant
conduct during the war. General Winn
was made a commander of the Legion
of Honor.
(By Union Pacific r. Il. Press Bureau)
Washington. May 15-Seven or
eight transports will be necessary to
bring the seth division to this country.
Ihe names of all the ships assigned to
carry the Nebraska. Kansas. Missouri
Colorado and South Dakota men home
nave not yet been announced. altho
this will be the next news of the divi-
sion given out by the war department.
The first announcement of the exact
dates of arrival in this country will be
ISSUED at the time OF the transports
sailing, giving the time of leaving of
the different ships, the units they are
carrying. in which port they will dock
and the arriving time. This will come
by cable, decoded at the war depart
ment and flashed to every portion of
the Middle West, Immediately upon
receipt.
The official sailing schedule places
the S9th division as the first to sail
IN June. The rapidity with which
troops have been conveyed over has
set this forward. it is thought. and it
is expected that the first news of the
divisions sailing will be received
shortly after May Is.
Many Want Grand Review.
The proposal of the governor of
Kansas that all of the mid-western
states from which the S9th division
was drawn unite in one big combined
welcome, has received much commen-
dation among those familiar with past
reception work at New York and New
port News.
One solid reception plan. represen-
tative of the middle west as a whole
would be a far more effective pro-
ceeding than anything yet attempted
in greeting troops. it is said. Hereto
fore any particular section of the
country has been represented only by
state or city committees, each working
independently. The idea of one or
SaniZation to welcome the whole di-
vision instead of several smaller ones,
many of which would probably cover
the same ground. should meet with
favor, according to those here who are
best informed and most interested in
the return of the seth
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'BLIMP' SHOWS'EM
DirigibIe C-5 Reaches st. Johns
in Record Flight.
Navy Airplanes Ready To Hop
NC-4 Resumes Journey.

Trepassey, n. F., May 15.-The sea-
planes NC-1 and NC-3 will start for
the Azores on their way across the
Atlantic this afternoon if weather con-
ditions are favorable, Commander
Towers announced, the NC-4 flying
here from Halifax will follow as soon
as possible, joining the rest of the
squadron at the Azores.
The transatlan voyage could not
be delayed much longer, he said, be-
cause the destroyers in the warship
patrol were exhausting their fuel.
British Flyers Hold Off.
st. Johns, May I5.-Altho reports
received here indicated that the
American naval seaplanes might start
this evening on their way to trans
atlantic flight. Hawker and Ryanham,
the British flyers, announced that un-
favorable weather would prevent their
hop Off today.
NC-4 Resumes Fight.
Halifax, May 15.-The American
navy seaplane NC-4, after leaving
Halifax this morning for Trepassey,
descended at Musquodoboit harbor,
owing to engine trouble, but resumed
her flight at 11:47 a. m.
The planes trouble. according to a
wireless message received by the ten
der Baltimore, was with the oil lines
A little more than two hours work
restored the mechanism to operating
order.
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Germans Will Oppose Treaty
Providing His Trial.
Agree on Reparation, but Object
to Individual Responsibility.

Paris, May 15.-The German peace
delegates will oppose signing that ar
ticle of the treaty providing for trial of
the former kaiser, it was learned this
afternoon.
Foreign Minister Brockdorff- Rant
Eau was understood to have forward
ed a note to the allies accepting Ger
man responsibility for the war to the
extent of agreeing that reparation is
necessary but denying individual re-
SponSibilitV
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H. ]. HEINZ is DEAD
Creator of Famous "57 Varieties" Vic
tim of Pneumonia

Pittsburgh, Pa, May 15.-Henry ].
Heinz, rs. proprietor of the Heinz
Food Products Co. and creator of the
famous "57 varieties" was dead here
today of pneumonia. He was taken
i'll last Sunday.
Heinz was prominent Sunday school
worker. Fortified by a business col
lege education. he began business life
at the bottom and worked his way to
the head of the food concern.
Two sons. Howard J. Heinz, and
Clifford Heinz survive him.
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Cleveland, May 15.-Daily air mail
service between Cleveland and Chicago
was started at $50 o'clock this morn
ing when Pilot Edward Gardner left
for Chicago Gardner carried six
pouches of mail weighing about fifty
pounds each. He is scheduled to ar
rivesat Chicago between l and 2 p. m.
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REDS LOSE SAMARA
KoIchak's Troops Capture Important
City on the VoIga.

Berne. May 15.-The troops of Ad-
an important city on the Volga river.
the Ukrainian press bureau here says
it learns from a well informed source
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MUST RATIFY LEAGUE
Taft Makes That Condition Upon
Which q o. p. Supremacy Hangs.

Indianapolis. May 15.-That the Re
publican party will be restored to ma
tional powers at the next election
if the Republican congress ratifies the
league of nationS-waS the predic-
ton of former President William
Howard Taft in an address here last
night.
The G. o. P. success, he said, de-
pends largely upon whether the party
does not make too many mistakes
between now and the election.
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ANOTHER AIR MAIL
New Chicago Cleveland Service Start.
cd This Morning.

Chicago. May 15.-The first air
plane in the new Chicago
aerial mail service left here today at
9:35 a. m. 1t is due in Cleveland at
p. m. Trent C. Fry is pilot of the
machine which is a De Haviland 4.
The mail bag weighs 45O pounds.
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TODAY's TEMPERATURES:

A Few scattered showers for Kansas,
was the prediction made by S. D.
Flora, state meteorologist, this morn
ing. He believes, however. that To-
peka will escape further rainfall for
the present.
During the last "a hours rains have
been general thruout Kansas. Kansas
practically had a monopoly on rainfall
during that time as scarcely any pre-
cipitation was reported from other
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TWO HUN OFFICERS TO PRISON
Convicted of Part in Murder of Licb-
knecht and Rosa Luxemburg.

convicted of completely in the murder
of Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxem-
burg, Spartacan leaders, today was
sentenced to two years in prison.
Lieutenant Vogel received a sentence
of two years and a half. The other
five defendants were acquitted.
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Raymond b. FOsdick, n. Y.
Lawyer, Will Represent Q. S.
Will Be One of Permanent OFF,
GERS of World Body.
is ONLY So YEARS OF AGE
Gained Fame by His Investiga-
tiOn of Gotham. Politics.
President Regards Him Highly
Recently i'm War Work.

Washington, May 15.-Rasmond IS.
Fosdick. a New York lawyer. who was
chairman of the commission on train
ing camp activities during the war.
will be one of the permanent Ameri-
can officials in the league of nations
when the league is organized.
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BANK CALL MAY II
Comptroller of Currency Asks for Con-
dition of National Banks.

Washington. May 15.-The comp
trolleE- of the currency today issued
call for the condition of all national
banks at the close of business on Mon
day, May IL.
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WILSON TO BE BRIEF
Message to Coming Congress Will Be
Only Few Hundred Words.

Paris, May 15.-President Wilson
has advised the cable companies that
his message to the forthcoming spe-
cial session of congress will not be
more than a few hundred words, enab-
ling it to be cabled probably on the
day of delivery.
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JUDGES TO SUE JURY
Plan To Ask $4,000 for Sweeping
Criticism Against Them.

Criticism Against Them.
Chicago. May 15.-Plans for filing
suits aggregating s1,10O,OoO against
t~'enty-two members of the April
grand jury by Judge Irwin r. Hazen
and Chief Justice Harr. Olson were
under discussion today.
The discussion followed sweeping
criticism made of the judTes in gen
eral and Judge Hazen in particular
by the grand jury, in report of its
recent investigation.
If the plan go thru, suit for $50, 600
will be started against each of the
twenty-five jurors, some of whom are
wealthy
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CHANGE FOR KOREA
Jap Privy Council Will Partially Re
wise Government.

Toxic. May 1.-THE privy council
met today under the presidency of the
emperor and decided upon a partial
revision of the organic system of the
Korean government.
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GET TREATY WEDNESDAY
Austrians Must Dismantle Skoda !
Works. Under Terms

Paris. May 15.-The Austrian peace
terms probably will be presented to
the Austrian delegation Wednesday.
The terms. it is understood. require
the dismantling of the famous Skoda
works. among other armament plants.
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RECRUITING AIR FLEET Off
Leave Dallas for Oklahoma CiIy-In
Topeka May 21.

Dallas, Tex. May 15.-The squadron
of six De Haviland airplanes, starting
their Dallas to Boston recruiting
flight took off from Love field here
at 10:55 this morning. The first leg
of the flight is from Dallas to Okla
homa City.
The ships expect to make the flight
to Oklahoma City. the first leg of their
long trip to Boston. in about two
hours.
(The squadron is due in Topeka for
a days recruiting, Wednesday, May
21.)
AIight at Sooner Capital.
Oklahoma City. May 15.-Air serv-
ice recruiting planes from Love field.
Dallas. Tex. began alighting at West
wood field here shortly after l o'clock.
They are to spend two days here in
recruiting activities before continuing
their flight for Wichita, Kan. Satur-
day. en- route to Boston.
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DOLLAR DAY.


we
well
needs
a a will permit
s real
this the regular merchandise the stores offer
are andW 5
dollar there
indications this the
history
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BASEBALL GAMES rODAY


American AssOcfatIon.
Indianapolis st Columbus. clear. 3 30 r. IN.
Louisville at Toledo. cloudy. 2 30 y. IN.
Milwaukee at Kansas City, rain, $3.50 p. m.
Others not scheduled.
National League.
Chicago at New York. clear. :; 20 y. m
Cincinnati at Brooklyn. clear. , 20 p. IN.
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, cloudy, 80
p m
st. Louis at Boston, postponed. cold
weather
American League.
New York at Detroit rain. :: D. IN.
Washington at Cleveland cloudy. 3 p. m.
Boston at Chicago. clear. : y.
Philadelphia at st. Louis. cloudy, 30
p m
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Inc exact position TO which MT
Fosdick will be appointed was not
known today in Washington.
Is Only SO Years Old.
Mr.. Fosdick is So years old. His
home formerly was in Buffalo. n. Y.
where his father is an educator. He
first came into public notice some ten
years ago. when, soon after being
graduated from Princeton and taking
post graduate course at the New
York law school, he began practicing
law in New York and became connect
ed with Mayor Gaynor's administra-
ton as assistant corporation counsel.
A little later he became commissioner
of accounts and the investigation he
conducted into municipal affairs at
tracted countrywide attention. Dur
ing 1913 Mr.. Fosdick worked in Eu-
rope investigating police systems for
the Rockefeller bureau of social hy-
giene. He was offered a public office
again at the beginning of President
Wilson's administration but declined.
When the United States entered the
war he took the chairmanship of the
commission on training camp activi-
ties. serving without pay. The work
was broadened into the business OF
providing wholesale recreation and re-
Taxation for the troops in the field:
and in pursuing il Mr.. Fosdick has
spent great deal of time in Europe
during the last two years.
Wilson Regards Him Highly.
President Wilson. it is known to Mr.
Fosdicks friends, regards his qualities
highly. At present Mr.. FOsdick is in
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RAINS WERE GENERAL
Topeka Precipitation Was 1923 Inches
Friday To Be Fair.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR KANSAS:
Generally fair tonight and Friday; warmer
northwest portion tonight.
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NC-4 Resumes Fight.
Balloon Record.

st. Johns, y. f, May 15.-Complet-
ing a mountaineering flight from
Montauk Point, Long Island, the
United States navy dirigible C-5 ar
rived at St. Johns this morning.
The CO was ready for a flight
across the Atlantic, her commander,
Lieutenant Commander Coil, decla red
as he stepL-l out of dirigible's basket.
Both the crew and the machine stood
the trip we'll he said. AS yet he add
e., no order had been issued for flu
ture movements
The great gas bag, which had been
flying steadily since yesterday morn
ing, was sighted from Signal Hill, ap-
preaching the city at a high rate of
: need. The word was Immediately
flashed to Washington, where the
navy department had been out of
touch with the ''blimp" for hours while
it rusA d steadily thru the air lanes
over land and sea. A few minutes after
wing been sighted the C-5 made a
perfect landing.
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Lost Track of Her.

starting from MOntauk. l.. l.. early
yesterday morning, the big dirigible
headed up the coast with perfect
weather conditions for the trip of ap-
proXimately 900 miles to Newfound-
land. 1t was reported at various
points along the American and Cana
dian coasts yesterday. but late in the
afternoon wireless communication
with the airship was lost. She was un-
officially sighted on the coast of Nova
Scotia and was expected to arrive at
st. Johns about a a. m.
There was no trace of the ship at
that hour, however First word of her
approach came from points fifty miles
inland, where the C-5 was seen max
ing her way toward here.
The "blimp" passed Cape Pine. ten
miles west of Trepassey. at 1880 a. m.
Well inland, she sailed over Whit
bourne railway junction. fifty miles
west. northwest of st. Johns. At 9 a.
m. she was sighted over the British
wireless station at Mt. Pearl. appear
ing to spectators like a small white
cloud floating along with the breeze in
leisurely fashion. her great speed not
being apparent from the ground.
The sky was unflecked, there was
no mist and the day Vas brilliant at
$3.50 a. m. as the sky ship circled over
Freshwater valley and over the city
of st. Johns, passed, the Narrows end,
then scudding close TO the earth. pro-
ceeded more slowly to the field at
Pleasantville. She was fast i'll her
moorinss by 9:55 a. m, New York
time.
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Wilson Regards Him Highly.

President Wilson. it is known to Mr.
Fosdick's friends, regards his qualities
highly. At present Mr.. Fosdick is in
the west but is expected in Washing
ton early next week
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AIight at sooner Capital.

(The squadron is due in Topeka for
days recruiting, Wednesday, May
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WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas.
Generally fair tonight and Friday.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-11-23
Ell ORC DEBE SER PROBADO
POR MEDIC DEL FUEGO.

La nejor de probar la ca
lidad del GRO es Ia del fuego, Y Ia
de ma medicinal, por los resultados
que ~proporciona cuaEdo las condi-
clones saludables son criticas. FL
ano pasado Ia terrible mortandad que
Sc regiStro fue realmente de tremen-
da lucha entire las Intermediates Y
las medicines. FL Elixir Americana
de Vino Amargo de Triner, "Trinar's
American Elixir of Bitter Wine re-
sisti6 ~victorioso las pruebas Y Sc on
uuist0 muchoS nuevos amigos Y adep-
tos. Al c~onServar los intestinos lim-
pios, este remcdio arrcia a las BAG
terias. Quitandoles su fuerza destruc-
tora Y les quita toda probaoilidad de
acumularse en- ell canal digestive, 20
uiendo al ORGANISING ell ~perfectas
condolences para hacer frente a las
Intermediates. Tambien el ''Triner's
Angelica Bitter Tonic" es una TX
celente medicinal. El Sr. Ant. Kle-
ment. nos dice en- su Carta fecha
Nov. I. 1919, de AdGy. Wash: "Sus
medicinas. sTriner's American Bitter
Wine" Y ''Triner's Angelica Bitter
Tonic" hacen verdaderos milagroS.
Dcs botellas fueron su~ficientss para
salvar la vida de mi hija, y, cuando
Sc los proporcione a mi vecino. al
cabo de dos d;as vino a VERNE lleno
de gczo. diciendo que habia cormido
perfectamente Y que su appetite habia
meiorado muchiSimo, pidiendome que
Embellishments eScribiera en- solicit
tud de otras botellas a Spokane.
I'd. puede adquirir estas medicinas
en- cualquiera ~drogueria. Joseph Tri-
Ter Company, 13S3-l34S So. Ashland
Ave, Chicago, III. (Adv.)
Copyright. 1919, by Joseph TriRer Company; |
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Como fue eli F~usilamiento del
traidor frances Lenoir
UN PEREoDIsTA PARESlENsE DESCRIBE LOS
ULTEMCS MOMENToS DEL AJUSTICIAD0

I que saluda Ia pr6xima aurora, sue
ma tetricamente.
Los automobiles rompen ell silencio
de la noche con I'm ruido que crece
cada vez mas: son los AUTOMOBILES
oficiales.
La gran masa de la puerta de Ia
carcel gira y penetra I'm automovil.
POGO antes de las cinco de Ia manana
penetran otros AUTOMOBILES.
Los carros repartidores de leche pa
san por Ell boulevard Arago. I'm jo-
ven Gamma cantando ga Madelon."
Y despues Sc oye b~rusc.nente un rui
do: es que detras de las atlas pare
des de Ia prision ha resonado
voz V otra puerta sc ha alberto.
E insistentemente pegados a la
puerta de la carcel todos procura-
mos DIR los memories ruidos.
La tragedia Sc desarrolla arriba
en- III corredor pobremente ilumina-
do donde Sc italian ell Gobernador Mi
litar de Paris acompanado de dos
oficiales de artilleria, de dos conan
dantes. del comisario del Gobierno,
del ~relator del Cuarto Consejo de
Guerra, del limosnero Gespitz, que a.
siste a todas las ejecuciones; del a.
bogado defensor al cual acompanan
J ctros dos abogados, de un grupo De
| policias, y finalnlente, de seis medi-
cos, que estan ALI, como 10 manifies-
ia ell defensor "por mera formal-
dad, para que Sc e que la eJecu-
ci0n Sc lleva a cabo con todas las
garantias de ~humanidad."
Ell G~obernador Militar We su relol
Y dice:
LAS cinco.'
Ell grupo Sc dirige a Ia zelda del
condenado a muerte. Sc hace girar
una lave y Sc abre Una puerta y I'm
torrente de luz invade la zelda. Le-
noir Sc despierta y We que Sc aproxl-
ma la bora de ST. muerte.
"iValor!" dijo n voz. pero Lee
noir no contesta Y continual sin mo-
vimiento en- ell lecho.
-iLevantese! grita n voz.
Ell condenado arroja a I'll lado las
ropas de CANA y e&tiende dificilmen-
tie sus piernas flacas y entumecidas.
AL fin Sc levanta y tiene que apoyar-
Sc en- la cabecera de la CANA para
no a Dos asistentes van a ayu-
darle a vestirse.
Ell abogado Moienes viendo la
trema debilidad de su cliente Sc vuel
We hacia ell G%obernador Militar y e
pide que cl condenado a muerte sea
CPasa a la Pag. 16a)