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PLOT TO KILL SCHEIDEMANN FOUND IN WEIMAR; FOILED Augusta Market Today’s Today's opening close MIDDLING 32.00 32.12 VOLUME XXVI, No. 177 HUN DELAY AROUSES ALLIES; MAY DEMAND MORE SPEED FILL RESOLUTION IS UNACTED UPON BYTHESENATORS Washington, D. C.—After two hours’ discussion today of the resolution of Sen ator Fall, Republican of New Mexico, to declare a sttae of peace with Germany, the senate foreign relations committee adjourned without action. Efforts to press the resolution at this time met with vigorous opposition, al though it was said there was consider able sentiment among opponents of the league of nations in favor of bringing it to a vote in the senate later. BOSTON PREPARES FOR "RED” RIOTS Boston. —Every patrolman tn the city was on duty or on call today, the result of a special mobilisation. No official explanation was advanced but it was said at headquarters that reports were cur rent of a possible radical demonstration and parade, permits for wrich had been refused. An object resembling a bomb was found in a Congress street office building this morning and turned over to the ex plosives expert of the state police for analysis. LEGION OF HONOR GIVFN FOURTEEN NAVAL OFFICERS Washington.—Decorations of the Legion of Honor bestowed on fourteen American naval officers by the French government for distinguished service during the war were formally presented today with im pressive ceremonies at the navy depart ment. Captain Saint Seine, French naval attache here, made the presentations, assisted by Secretary Daniels. Vice-Admiral Henry R. Wilson, who commanded American naval forces in French waters, received the cross of the grand officer of the Legion of Honor, the second highest honor of the order Crosses of the commander of the Leg ion of Honor went to Rear-Admiral David W. Taylor, chief of construction of the navy; Robert S. Griffin, chief of steam engineering, and Ralph Earle, chief pf ordnance. KING ALFONSO PLEASED OVER PEACE PROSPECTS Madrid—“Ht was with ineffable joy that I received and you received the news of the certain advent o's pear * ' said King Alfonso tn his speech from the throne at the reopening of (he cor tes today. After stating that Spain had recog nixed the independence of Poland. Cxe cho-Slovakla and Finland, the king IftM Spain had manifested her adhesion in principle to the league of nations and had “the honor to be Included in the prlvlaory executive committee of (bat organization. ’’ He. closed by announc ing that various bills looking to national development, popular education, bousing and other matters of social welfare would be Introduced before the oortes by (he government. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDALS ARE AWARDED Washington, O. C.—Awanl of dlatln rutahed aervlr, m.dala to Amer ican expeditionary force atjiff officers wns announced Tucaday by the war depart ment: Brlcadler Generals S. D. Roeken hack and M. X.. Walker, Colonela Alvin C. Vorls, Geo. M. Hoffman, M. A TlnW, H H Oory, H C. Jewett. W. C. Babcock. J. J Kingman. S. H. Ford, A. F. t'asard, James K. Crain, E I). Brteker and D. M Kina: Lieutenant Colonels Hugh W. Okden. Jr., R Brabson. A ,R. Peck, W. L. Culbomon and H. J. Maloney and Mator Perelval Manchester FRONT— k METHODISTS PREPARE FOR BIG CELEBRATION TODAY Columbus, Ohio.—With prospects for the largest crowd yet assembled at fh* exposition grounds. Methodists celebrated Sonthem Da yat the centenary cele bration today Former President Taft Is to be here FrMay for the celebration of Sunday school day He will be tendered a ban quet It the Masonle Temple In the eve nlnk .attended for the first time In his tory bv nil the b'shops of both the Meth adist Episcopal church and of the Meth odist Episcopal church. South. More than a thousand persona are expected to be present THE AUGUSTA HERALD S CENTS PER COPY. (FULL LEASED WIRE) Plot to Murder Scheidemann at WeimarStopped London. —A number of soldiers have been arrested in Weimar, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen, on charges of having planned to arrest and murder Philipp Scheidemann, the former premier. The plot was to have been carried out Monday evening. Fortified Frontier Is a Reality Upon the Mexican Border Washington, D. C.—Completion of forts and housing accommodation along the Mexican border, undertaken by the war department to ameliorate the trials of the troops serving as patrols, will give the United States its first real fortified front ier. Regularly established army posts along the international boundary now total more than two score, with probably as many more outpots positions, each ac commodating a trop of cavalry or an in fantry platoon. The three-year watch of the American troops led the war de partment finally to decide that permanent INDUSM ACTION 111 POLITICS UP 111 LIBOR CONFERENCE Southport, England.—The main inter est of the outside world in the nineteenth annual conference of the labor party which opens in Southport today lies in the question before it of using industrial I action to secure political aims An influ ential section of the leaders of the triple antance of miners, railway men and transport workers has long been in favor of exorcising the power of the alliance to compel compliance with the demands for the abolition of conscription, the withdrawal of troops from Russia, the release or conscientious objectors and other objects sought. Tlie far-reacning importance of any decision placing tn the hand* of the in dustrial unions the power to enforce po litical demands by means of strikes, Is recognised by the executive committee of the labor conference which, in a re ! port to be presented today, expresses the i view that If labor is to Institute such a precedent in British Industrial history I It. is imperative that the trade unions I which adopt the n*w policy and whose l finances presumably should he Involved In i carrying It out should realise the respon sibility which such a movement entails i and should themselves determine the 1 ground plan of the new campaign. . ■ HURLEY URGES INCREASE IN SHIPBUILDING MONEY Washington, D. C.—An Increase of ap proximately $200,000,000 In the $276,000.- 000 appropriation for government ship building carried In the sundry civil ap propriation bill, was urged toaay by Chairman Hurley of the shipping hoard at the beginning of hearings on the measure today before the senate appro priations committee. Mr. Hurley said If the Increase* were not granted the government, would kme heavily In disposing of ships now under construction. Tfnemployment of men in the shipyards also would result, he saW. ALLIES GIVE HUNGARIANS TIME LIMIT TO MOVE Copenhagen—The allied commanders have given the Hungarians until the evening of June 28th to evacuate the part of Cxecho-Slovak (a they Invaded, ac cording to a Budapest dispatch today. Full compensation for she damage done bv the Hungarian troops is demanded when the evacuation is completed, the allies. It Is stated, will request th'j Ru manians to evacuate Hungarian territory. The Hungarian!!, the message adds, have expressed willingness < to comply with these conditions. THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES; housing should be furnished Official maps just issued by the war department designate. the following points as “army posts.” California—San Yeldo, Compo, Tecate and Calexico. Arizoma—Yuma, A jo, Arivaro, Fort Nogales, Nochiel and Fort Douglas. Texas—E3l Paso, Fort Hancock, Hes ter’s Ranch, Marfa, Candelario, Bvett’s Ranch, Ruirniosa, Terlingua, Glenn Springs, Del Rio, Fort Clark, Eagle, Pass. Indio Ranch, elores Mine, Delo res, Zapata, Roma, Mission, Fort Ring gold. Saq. Bern f to. Camp Mercedes, Dar lington, Brownsville and Fort Brown. PERSHING AND HOOVER ARE DEGREED BY OXFORD Oxford, England.—General Pershing and Herbert C. Hoover represented the United States In a distinguished company of noted men from the allied countries who were honored today by Oxford University with degrees of doctor of civil law. The ceremony was held In the Sheldonlan Theater. It was the culminating feature of the annual Encaenia, or comrnenora tion exercises. TRANSPORT BABY GIVEN 1,800 FRANCS BY CREW N«w York.—A wireless mesHtig© re ceived early today from the Iranaport Santa Teresa stated that she expected to arrive at her South Brooklyn pier before night with X.OOt) troopa and 21 war brides of army men A haby, born on the voyage to the French wife of F. K. Smith, of Gildford, Mont., was christened Mar oelle Tereaa Smith, after the Hhlp and was presented with a christening fund of 1,800 francs by the officers and crew of the vessel MONTEVIDEO QUIET AFTER ARMY OFFICERS REMOVAL Buenos Aires, —Montevideo Is (diet, ac cording to latest advices received from that rUy, and calm prevails throughout, the republic of Uruguay following the president’s action in removing several army officers from their commands and confining the troops to their barracks to prevent what has been described as a projected revolution by friends of for mer President Viera. Pedro Manlnl Rios has been apoointed minister of the interior. SHORTAGE OF MILLION HOMES, SAYS GARLAND Atlantic City, N. J.—There Is a short age of one million homes In the United States, according to William H. Garland, of Los Angeles, president of the Na tional Association of Real Estate Boards, the twenty-fifth annual convention of which body opened here today Delegates predicted a nation-wide boom In building. They declared the only obstacle In the way Is the failure of the manufacturers to stabilize prices for materials. GOV. KILBY OFFERS BIG REWARD FOR LYNCHERS Montgomery, Ala.—Governor Kilby to day offered a reward of S4OO each for the arrest of anyone or more members of the mob who entered the Baldwin County Jail at Bay Mlnette last Hunday and killed Frank Faukal, a white pris oner held on a murder charge Race Track Law Is Declared Unconstitutional Annapolis, Md. The law permitting rare track betting In Prince George's Ma/yland, Is unconstitutional, according to a decision of the court of appeals ren- 4 dered today. The law applices to the tracks at Bowie and Upper Marlboro. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 25, 1919 COCCHrS CHARGES THAT WIFE KILLED GIRL HALTS TRIAL Bologna.—The trial of Alfred Coochl* charged with the murder of Ruth Cruger In New York in 1917, has been Interrupt ed for an Indefinite period to enable the court to examine the papers In the trial of Cocchl's wife. There was a spirited exchange between Signor Bagnoli, president of the court, and Cocchi, yesterday over the latter’s change of attitude toward the crime, In which the court spoke Vehemently in citing incidents narrated in the confession made by Cocchl and the findings of Am lean tribunals. Cocchi told of having sawed the body of Miss Cruger so that he might hide it. Then he broke down, crying in a broken voice. “I took the body and tried to conceal It in the cellar, but the door was not large enough and I sawed the body in two. The girl was dead when this was done.” Then followed a discussion betwoer Signor Bagnoli and Cocchl an to whether the rirl was dead before her body \w, dismembered The whole courtroom was aghast at the prisoner’s narration but Cocchi rapidly proceeded wlih his story, being apparently very nervous. Dispatches received Tuesday from Bo logna stated that Alfred Cocchl had ap peared before (he court and jury and had declared his wife was guilty of the murder of Ruth Gruger, a New York girl, who was slain in Cocrhl’s bicycle repair shop in New York Glty in 1017. Jt evidently Is thi purpose of the court to examine the record of the inquiry made in the case of Mrs. Cocchi by a New York grand jury which exonerated her. FRENCH ELECTION MAY RE HELD IN FALL SAYS TIGER Paris.—’Premier Clemenceau appeared In the looby of the chamber of deputies today arid members pressed the ques tion as to the governments intention re garding the elections and the demobili zation of the army. The premier said that the elections would be held at the earliest, iiossihle date, possibly late, In September or early in Octobar. lie said (that the governments principal concern at present was demobilization i ‘Although it is desired that demobili zation may b“ as complete and rapid as t possible, the government fs obliged to i take Into account the circumstance* «t. present and the state of mind of the Germans” he said. "To understand the spirit In which Germany is about to sign the treaty it Is only necessary to con sider the scuttling of the <U\rm an fleet Jn Scapa Flow and the more rvoent de struction of German ships at Kiel. Con sequently, precautions are necessary and |an army of a certain importance must ihe kept to enforce. If necessary, strict !observance of the conditions of the treaty i fcy the Germans, p;irticularly the one re garding the evacuation of Poland with I which the Germans seem reluctant to comply. Besides, peace with Bulgaria and Turkey will not be concluded for several months.” As the elections cannot be held with out receiving the votes of soldiers, the premier is considering a scheme that will enable them to vote by mall or which will perm It special leaves to be granted the men. PEBFinr MEN SEEN PROTECTION Washington, D. C. Representatives of medicine ana perfurnery manufacturer* urged th" senate judiciary committee to day to revise tentative prohibition en forcement leal slat lon so tut to Insure sup plies of alcohol for Industrial purposes They said alcohol was necessary In the manufacture of patent and other rnedl ctne-s, perfumes, toilet and other articles and declared they would seek to prevent use of their products for beverage pur poses, Federal Storage Contracts Show a Large Decrease Washington—" Purchase snd storage" contracts outstanding June Ist aggre gated 1107.000.000 against more than a billion when hostilities ceased, accord ing to a war department report Issued today. Of the 17,000 contrails which have been liquidated, more than half were settled without cost to the govern ment, suspension having caused the con tractors no tons It Is estimated liquida tion of war contracts haa saved more than ,a billion dollars and contracts still to he liquidated will result In additional savings of more than (M 00,004,900. Demand to Send Envoys to Paris May Go to Hnns ALLIES GETTING TIRED OF DELAYS OF THE GERMANS. TIME LIMIT WILL BE FIXED—FORMAL SIGNING OF TREATY HELD UP MEANWHILE HUNS STILL SILENT. Pari*.—Up to 4.45 o’clock this afternoon no official word has been received here regarding Germany’s plans with regard to the formal signing of the peace treaty. The peace conference leaders were ( undisguisedly per plexed over the situation. Paris.—ls the heads of the allied powers in Paris do not hear from Weimar very soon regarding the German delega tion for the signing of the peace treaty an ultimatum will be sent to the German government, according to the Paris of fice of Reuter’s Limited. The ultimatum will demand the appointment of plenipotentiaries within a certain number of hours. This lack of official advices from Germany with regard to the new plenipotentiaries has caused some uneasiness to manifest itself in conference circles and the plans for the signing of the treaty are in a complete state of suspense. Herr Haniel von Haimhausen, the acting German representative at Versailles, apparently is also without information. It was announced today that President Poincare’s offi cial dinner to the peace plenipotentiaries will take place Thursday night. It was originally planned to hold the dinner on the night of the signing of the treaty, but the uncertainty as to the date for the ceremony has caused Thursday to he named definitely for the dinner irrespective of the time of the event at Versailles. GERMAN MILITARISTS RESENTED THE TREATY. Berlin. —Long accounts written for the Berlin papers by correspondents at Weimar telling of events preceding the decision of the German government to sign the treaty of peace show there was a threat by generals and officers of the'volunteer troops to quit the army if the treaty was signed without reservations. Gustav Noske, minister of defense, proffered his resignation, but later succeeded in appeusing the officers. He then withdrew his resignation under pres sure from his party and cabinet ministers. Feeling among military leaders is still running high, not withstanding the fact that they are admonishing the troops to continue in the service. Major-General Baron von Luett witz, in a special call, reiterates his opposition to the peace terms, while Major von Gilsa, Herr Noske’s adjutant, has announced that Prussian War Minister Reinhart “will en deavor to defend the menaced honor of the army and its leaders by the adoption of special measures.” Correspondents at Weimer are unanimous in the belief that the prestige of Mathias Erzberger has been damaged be cause of his mysterious but emphatic assurances that the en tente would be willing to yield on the honor issue which failed to materialize. Herr Erzberger’s position is a subject of much speculation and it is believed as soon as the peace crisis ia past he faces a rather trying period. PEACE CONFERENCE BECOMES UNEASY. (By The Associated Press) Germany has proved slow in making known to the peace conference in Paris what her plans are regarding her repre sentation at the formal signing of the peace treaty. Con ference circles are reported somewhat uneasy over the lack of official advices from the German government as regards the personnel of its new delegation and the time of its com ing, as all the arrangements for the ceremony are being held up. It is still hoped in Paris that the treaty will be signed Friday, but the event may go over until the following day. Everything manifestly now depends unon the time of arrival of the German delegates. It is expected that the new Italian delegation headed by Tommaso Tittoni, the new Italian foreign minister, will arrive on Page Two.) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) HOME EDITION THK WEATHRR—Augusta, and vicinity: Showtrs iirobahly tonight and Thursday, FOB Kim IS SOOE WITH HUNS HKTM Amerongcn.—Newt of Germany's de cision to accept the peace terms, includ ing the clause providing for the delivery of the former German emperor to th« allies, reached the castle late yesterday! evening. Exactly how the former em peror was affected by the tidings cannot be ascertained, but the attitude of mem bers of his party gives rise to the belief that til*- n« ws was a considerable shock. When the Associated Press correspond enf talked with attendants they declared the news was already known at the castle. They made the most, scathing criticisms of the German national as sembly for Its action. Evidently they had held to the hope some way would be found for the former emperor to re turn to Germany. Now. however, it ap parently It Is realized he Is exiled forever from his country. The former monarch resumed his cus tomary log-sawing at the usual hour. GONZALES EIGHT STILE UNSETTLED Washington.—Confirmation of Prank I*. F'olk, councillor of the state department, to be under-secretary of state; Hugh Gibson to he minister to Poland, and Boa* W. bong to be minister to Cuba* was recommended today by the se.nata foreign relations committee Opposition to the nomination of Wil liam K. Gonzales, of Columbia, 8. C.,, to he the first ambassador to Peru, de veloped In the committee and action was deferred. The committee also postponed action on the nomination of Norman Hapgood to he minister to Denmark and Benton McMillan, of Tennessee, now minister to Peru, to be minister to Guate mala. NOTABLES ARE TO ATTEND SIGNING OF TOE PEACE TREATY Parla. —Notable among the persons who will attend the ceremony of the signing or the treaty with Germany lata thta week will be five senators who par ticipated in the campaign of 1870 Marshal Petaln, accompanied by sht' French generals Mrs. Wilson and her secretary and Miss Margaret Wilson wtTlt be among the thousand persons. Includ- , ' be present when the Germans attach their signatures to the treaty. Threa hundred iournHlists from all the Inter ested nations, a few neutral newspaper corespondents and about. 300 guests ap portioned among the signatory nations will have places in the hall Heven regiments of cavsiry and four regiments of infsntry will guard the p*J nrc grounds during the r#*remany. With in the marble court through which all th« wltneaaea except the Germans wilt pass, will be stationed a company of drummers and bugler*. No other music ians will participated. The Germans will he admitted at a side entrance from the park after tha other delegation* are seated at the horseshoe table within which will he (ha signing table, where the treaty will 11a. PRESIDENT POINCARE TO • PAY VISIT TO BRUSSELS Brussels—President Poincare, of Franc Will visit Brussel* July Ztst which is Belgium's national fete day. He will he accompanied by Marshals Joffre, Koch and petaln al a review of the Bel gian army July 2?nd. FIVE TRAINMEN KILLED •NEAR FAXON, TENtf. Nashville, Teen. Five trainmen were killed and two seriously Injured when a heavily loaded coal train north-bound and a south-bound freight train collided shortly after midnight near Kaxon. Tenn.. on the Memphis division of the Loulgvtlls and Nashville railroad. King Albert to Bring Distinguished Party Here Brussels —Cardinal Mender and General Leman, defender of Liege In I*l4. may possibly accompany King Albert and Queen Lilia hath when they visit the TTnlted States. The date for the trip of the king and queen haa aa yet not been fixed, but It will probably he late In Sep tember or may be postponed until curly In November.