The Courier-Journal from Louisville, Kentucky • Page 1

A National Newspaper 12 Pages Today 96 Columns VOL. CXXXIV. NEW SERIES NO. 19,225. LOUISVILLE, SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1921.

ON TKAI.NS AND BEYOND THIRD ZONE FIVE CENTS. (THftBIjyfo CENTS. Must Quit Army BERLIN TO SIGN UP NEH WEEK Ample Majority In Reichstag Is Assured As Final Draft Is Being Made. ITS BASIS IS AGREED ON MAJ. GEN.

LEONARD WOOD. Man Whips Wife Who Asks Baby Milk Cash Special to The Courier-Journal. Jersey City, Aug. 19. Mrs.

Michael Maga, a young wife and mother, appeared in Criminal Court today with many lacerations and welts on her neck, face, body and arms, and charged her husband with having inflicted them with a horse whip. The reason for the beating, she said, was that she had begged for money with which to buy milk for their 13-months-old child, Eleanor. Judge O'Reagan promptly held Maga in $1,000 bail on a charge of atrocious assault. 30 DRY AGENTS DUE SOON, IS TIP Police Captain Explains Conference With Drink Stand Men In His District. A development in the latest war on illicit rum selling in Louisville yester day was a conference between Police Captain David Heimerdinger of the Fifth Police District and a number of soft drink proprietors at the station.

Clay and St. Catherine Streets. 'There was nothing unusual in the conference," Captain Heimerdinger said last night. "I frequently have had conferences with business men of the district over conditions. In fact, I have talked to soft drink men before.

'I told them that the district had been free of rum running and that I intended to keep it so. I let it be come known that anyone who tried to disobey the law would be closed up if it is possible to do so and that I'd throw the keys away." 30 Agents Reported Coming. In the meantime, the word had been passed about "thiry prohibition agents were coming to Louisville." The alleged rum dealers seemed to be informed of the fact before it 'became known generally. The bars were bare of "the stuff" yesterday and to ask for a drink was to invite the ire of the barkeeper. Activities of the police, under or ders from headquarters failed to de velop any cases against rum violators yesterday.

Bootleg Alley was as dry as the absence of whisky and moon shine could make It and the alley is waiting behind its bars for the newest developments. Whether the expected onslaught of the thirty prohibition officers will materialize soon could not be learned last night. 14 Cases In Police Court. However, "drunk and disorderly" was a recurring charge in Police Court yesterday, fourteen cases having resulted from the intemperate use of tonics" and moonshine. William Knight, 35 years old, gained courage by drinking witchhazel, he told the Judge.

He attempted to enter animal cages at the Al G. Barnes circus Thursday night, it was charged. He was fined $10. Charges of drunkenness and disor derly conduct against Rosa Jessie and W. R.

Bryant, who were arrested in a rooming house at 653 South Sixth Street on complaint of other roomers. were continued. Charles Gegg, 30 years old, was fined $15 on a charge of disorderly conduct after he had promised to pay for the damage to a glass display case which was smashed when Gegg knock ed a negro through the case at Preston and Fehr Streets. Police said Gegg had been drinking. A charge of de stroying property was dismissed.

Whisky In Auto, Police Charge. The case of Joseph Mucci, 1016 Bar ret Avenue, charged with having whis ky in his possession, was continued. Patrolmen Buterfield and Justice testified that Mucci's automobile con cealed several containers of moonshine when he was arrested at Jackson and Main Streets Thursday night. He was also charged with carrying concealed a deadly weapon. A charge of "driving an automobile while intoxicated" against J.

C. Red-mon, 35 years old, was amended by Burcevin to that of "drunk in a public place." Patrolmen arrested Redmon as ine driver oi. an autumuuiie which ran down Mrs. Magdelina France, living at 52" South Seven-ianth Street, when she, stepped from a car at Eighteenth and Market Streets July 2u. Redmon was fined $To and sentenced to twentv days in jail.

He was held to the grand jury under a $400 bond on a charge of malicious assault. BEER FACTIONS IN AGREEMENT Stanley Amendment to Protect Homes Partially Rejected, Is Report. CONFEREES' ARE READY Washington, Aug. 19 (Associated press). Senate and House conferees were reported tonight virtually to be agreed on contested points in the anti-beer bill and hopeful of final enactment of the measure prior to the recess set for Wednesday.

While the conferees declined to indicate the nature of the agreement, their practical adjustment, of differences was taken to mean at least partial rejection of the Stanley amendment designed to protect the home against indiscriminate search for liquor, in view of the known desire of Representative A. J. Volstead, head of the House managers, to "throw the beer bill overboard" rather than accept the amendment as originally drawn and passed unanimously by the Senate. Stanley Plan Retaiaed In Part. That part of the Stanley proposal, relating to search of a man's dwelling, was said to have been retained, however.

Mr. Volstead's chief objection to it aa a whole was based on the ground that to require a warrant to search an automobile or other property, would make rigid enforcement of national prohibition ineffective. Vi'her. Senator Thomas Sterling, Republican, South Dakota, left his office for the night he announced that there was strong probability of agreement. Later he conferred with Mr.

Volstead, and the latter declared that unless there were unexpected overnight developments the conference report would be ready and signed tomorrow. May Not Get To President. Although both -Mr. Sterling and Mr. Volstead were determined to press for early action on the conference report in event of its presentation to the Senate tomorrow, they expressed some doubt as to their ability to obtain a vote by both houses in time to send it to the President Wednesday.

As explained by one of the confer-ee the proposed compromise is on the basis of about an even split on the Stanley amendment, part of which will be retained and the other part rejected. Mr. Volstead, however, has held firm to his determination not to accept the provision requiring a warrant to search automobiles, for example, contending that "they are the heart of the bootleg traffic." In standing out for the elimination of this feature of the amendment. House prohibition leaders admitted the possibility of decided Senate opposition, but despite that they were said to be unwilling to take it as a whole. 3 Hurt, 1 Seriously, In Cycle-Auto Crash Fire Chief At U.

S. Depot One of Victims When Two Machines Are Wrecked. Clarence Yancey, fire chief at the Government Depot, Jeffersonville, suffered serious injuries and two other ir.en were hurt in an automobile-motorcycle crash at 3:45 o'clock yesterday afternoon near the depot garage at Fulton Grove. George K. Ford, assistant to Mr.

Tancey, 953 South Fifth Street, Louis ville, was with the chief in the automobile. He suffered bruises and in ternal injuries not regarded as dangerous. John F. Boyce, chief storekeeper at the depot, living at 724 Mechanic Street, was the rider of the motorcycle. He suffered cuts in the right arm and right leg and bruises.

Mr. Tancey was taken to the Marine Hospital, Louisville, after an examination by Dr. W. Marshall Varble. Jeffersonville, disclosed that several of his ribs were broken and he wa3 injured internally.

His condition wis said to be serious. The fire chief and his assistant wtre making a test run to Camp Powers. They were going in the same direc tion as Mr. Boyce. The impact of the collision overturned the touring car and demolished the motorcycle.

Mr. Yancey and Mr. Ford were pinned under the car. and Mr. Boyce was thrown several feet.

Retirement of York As Captain Fought In Senate Washington, Aug. ID (Associated Press). -Opposition to the proposal to authorlzo retirement of Sergt. Alvin C. York, Tennessee, World War hero, with the rank and pay of Captain, developed today in the Senate Mili tary Committee in executive session and may prevent a favorable report on the bill.

THE WEATHER. Washington, Aug. 19 (Associated Press). Forecast: Kentucky Partly- cloudy Saturday; probably local thunder-showers in north portion Sunday; unsettled and cooler, probably showers in south portion. Tennessee Partly cloudy Saturday; Sunday showers and thun- Indlana Showers and thunderstorms and cooler Saturday; Sunday fair, cooler in south portion, derstormi; cooler.

i to Guide Filipno tabling the measure which makes it certain that the bill will not come to a vote in the House. No criticism of General Wood was expressed at the committee session it was said, members agreeing that he would make an excellent Governor and should accept Mr. Harding's offer. The opinion was reported to be equally general, however, that would be a. dangerous precedent to permit army officers, without resigning their commissions to accept civilian posts.

TRADE HERE HAS BRIGHT OUTLOOK Some Lines Show Improvement and General Revival In Fall Is Indicated. Unexpectedly optimistic prospects are revealed by a business survey just completed by the Louisville Board of Trade among all lines of commercial activity here and made public yesterday by William E. Morrow, secretary. EmphasiB is given to the fact that a stronger tone exists in many industries. Attention is called to Louisville's advantageous situation in comparison to other cities of similar size.

Statistics on which the report is based were furnished by Louisville manufacturers and merchants. Idleness Discouraging Factor. "Discouraging factors," the report states, "aro lack of improvement in the employment situation generally, rathter slow collections, a falling off in the value of building permits, despite an increase in residence building, and scattering reports of slow business in some lines." "More than offsetting this, however, is the news of increasing sales in many lines, a growing conviction that wholesale prices are rather well stabilized and prospects of general improvement in business through the autumn and winter," the report adds. "Opinion is general that the worst of tho depression is past and that business will be of normal volume within a year." What Report Shows. The several lines canvassed showed the following: Agricultural Implements A moderate improvement over the last three months, although August Is dull normally.

Reports from throughout the country show that no sudden increase is expected but gradual improvement is looked for. The manufacturers will reach normal early next year, it is believed. House Furnishers The greatest volume in business since 1916, with evidences of increased buying power (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) employ men to do this work to the exclusion of other duties. The County Attorney believes that every county should employ a prohibition enforcement officer whose sole duty would be to run down moonshiners. This officer should possess Federal authority to be able to make arrests either in his or other counties.

Tha moonshiners usually operate near the county lines, across which they dart when county officers take their trail. Frequently their stills are located in one county and their selling operations in another. For generations the moonshiners have operated in the hilly sections in this part of the State, but were always peaceful, tho County Attorney said, never resisting arrest, although fleeing from arrest when possible. Newcomers, however, have stirred up the lawless sentiment displayed in the attack on the prohibition officers this week. No additional arrests were made here today and the examining trials of two of the alleged bany of attackers were continued until next week.

No further trace has been found of the alleged leader. "Wild Bill" Skaggs, who was last seen fleeing in Us automobile in Barren County. TOKIO SEES NO HOPE SN LODGE Envoys to Washington Not Satisfied With Him As Mem ber of Arms Parley. OPEN-MINDEDNESS ISSUE BY LORENZO MAKTIN. The Courier-Journal Washington Bureau.

Washington, Aug. 19. President Warren G. Harding's selection of Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as one of the American Delegates to the International conference on disarmament to be held here in November, is not all pleasing to Japanese statemen, many of whom already are regarded as inclined to lack confidence in the open-mindedness of the American delegation toward matters affecting the far East. While there is no general disposition, even among the anti-administration forces, to assume that Mr.

Lodge is disqualified from sitting as a member of the conference because of any con stitutional prohibition, comments privately voiced today disclosed that even a number of his own party enter tain serious doubts as to the advisability of his participation because of certain of his public utterances. Speech on Shantunc; Recalled. Particularly unrelenting, it was re called, have been Mr. Lodge's speeches assailing Japan, a fact said to be well known to Japanese diplomats in Wash ington. In a speech on the floor of the Sen ate, October 14, 1919, Mr.

Lodge made a vigorous assault on the Japanese foreign policy with respect to China, the text of which was the Shantung settlement, which probably will be one of the questions coming before the disarmament conference. In this address, Mr. Lodge severely criticised, not only Japan's course, but also that of President Woodrow Wilson in agreeing to Japanese occupa tion of the Shantung peninsula and traced Japan's history for many years, attempting to show what he regarded as the rapacious attitude of that country toward China. Senate May Not Act on Names. The attitude of Mr.

Lodge on such issues, however, is said In official cir cles to have been considered fully by the President before he made the appointment. In this connection, administration leaders point out it would be difficult for the President to engage the services of the best equipped men as delegates if tho choice should be lim ited to those who had never expressed an opinion concerning any of the important issues that will como before the conference. It was expected in official quarters that the President will submit the names of the American delegates to the conference to the Senato for con firmation. Mr. Wilson, it is recalled, did not ask the Senato to confirm the names of the American representatives to the Paris Peaco Conference and it is regarded as equally unlikely that Mr.

Harding will submit tho names of to disarmament delegates to that body. Sh ip Board "Crooks Sought By Senators $48,500,000 Deficiency Bill Causes Attack By Members of Both Parties. Washington. Aug. 19 (Associated Press).

Demand that Congress get the names of the men who "had been guilty of crookedness in affairs of the Shipping Board," was made in the Senate today by Senator William C. Borah, Republican, Idaho, during consideration of a deficiency bill of for the Board. Mr. Borah declared if officials had failed to keep a record of funds received and paid out, and could give no reason for expenditures and losses, it could not be passed over as mere incompetency, but was "sheer crook edness." Declaring the effort to get at the bottom of Shipping Board management was not partisan, Senator Carter Glass, Democrat, Virginia, insisted it crooks should be found they would prove to be Democrats and Republicans alike, an opinion in which Mr. Borah agreed.

Hand That Saved Moses Is Willed to Institute Peoria, 111., Aug. 19 (Associated Press.) The right mummy hand of Pharoah's daughter who rescued Moses from the waters of the Nile was left tq Bradley Polytechnic Institute in the will of the late Mrs. Annie E. Petherbridge, filed today for probate. V.

S. and Swiss Agents Fail In Bergdoll Quest Berne, Switzerland, Aug. 19 (Associated Press). Agents of the American Logation here and the Swiss Police have been unable to locate Grover Bergdoll, American draft evader, who was reported to have fled to Switzerland from Gerrfjljjnjl. Next Winesllay Till October Aug.

19 (Associated House probably will recess from next Wednesday until the first week in October, Representative Frank W. Mondell, Republican leader, announced today, LIE IS PASSED INTAXuLASH House Members In Near-Fistic Combat Are Quelled By Sergeant-At-Arms. 50 AMENDMENTS ADOPTED Washington, Aug. 19 (Associated Press). More than fifty amendments to the Republican tax bill, mostly of minor importance, were accepted today by the House in a five hours' session marked by occasional clashes between majority and minority and a renewal of tho personal controversy between Chairman Joseph W.

Fordney. of the Ways and Means Committee, and Representative J. Byrnes, Democrat, South Carolina. The lie was passed again today by Mr. Byrnes, after Mr.

Fordney had repeated his assertion of last night that the South Carolina member's statement that the tax b.Il was drawn by the Republicans to pay campaign debts was untrue and that Mr. Byrnes knew it was untrue. There was uproar, and Representative T. A. Chandler, Republican, Oklahoma, started toward- Mr.

Byrnes declaring: "You cannot talk that way to (in old man." Other Republicans started toward the Democratic side from which there came a shout, "Come on," but the oci buin-tn-cimis. intervened, ana later both Mr. Fordney and Mr. Byrnes again withdrew what had been said and opologized to the House. Tax Changes Proposed.

A number of other changes in the bill, including elimination of the provisions foe a five cent tax on the manufacturers of proprietary medicines, tooth powder and paste and mouth washes, and a reduction in the tax on cereal beverages from six to four cents a gallon, are expected to be proposed tomorrow by the Ways and Means Committee before the measure is passed late in the day. Republicans and Democrats of the House were a unit today in approving one amendment, that striking out tha section of the bill imposing an annual license tax of $10 on vendors of soft drinks. Sliarp Divisions Occur. On a few other changes there wero sharp divisions, but many of the min-or ones merely changing language or punctuations were put through without a single member on either side voting. on the "yea" and "nay" calls.

All of the committee changes proposed were adopted. Charitable O'fts Exempted. Under one amendment approved over Democratic opposition, corporations making gifs for charitable pur. poses would be relieved from tax on such sums unless they exceeded 5 per cent of the net income of the donating company. The big fight of the day was over an amendment defining as foreign trade corporations such domestic corporations as derive 50 per cent or more of the gross income from the ao-tive conduct of business outside tho United States and, similarly, as foreign traders those American citizens who derive SO per cent or more of their gros3 income from sources outside this country.

The Democrats claimed this proposal was a discrimination against purely domestic corporations In the matter of taxes. The Republicans defeated it on the ground that it was necessary to relieve foreign trade corporations and foreign traders from taxation on income received from sources outside the country in order that they might compete with foreign concerns. The amendment was adopted 103 to So, eleven Republicans joining in the negative vote. Tax Commission Propose' One of the principal amendments approved by the Ways and Means Committee, but yet to be presented to the House, proposes creation of a tax investigating commission, which would inquire into: Effect upon the Federal revenues of tax exempt State and municipal secur. ities; Effect of existing differences in law between the Federal taxation of individuals and partnerships and of corporations; The taxation of expenditures and the reduction of the tax rates on savings as mcar.3 for raising revenue, stimulating thrift and redistributing the burdens of taxation; and the effects of income and profits taxes on the accumulation and investment of liquid capitals.

The commission would make yearly reports to both the President and Congress and would 'consist of nine members, three Senators and three members of the House, appointed by the presiding officers, and three representatives of the public appointed by the President. Minority View Filed. Views of the minority on the tax bill, written by Representative Clauds Kitchin, North Carolina, ranking Dent-ocrat'on the Ways tind Means Committee, who is ill at his home in North Carolina, were filed with the House late today by Representatives W. A. Oldfield, Democrat, Arkansas.

While announcing Democratic opposition to "many provisions of the bill," Mr. Kitcbin confined his report to what he termed "the two principal provisions of the Republican tax programme! repeal of the excess profits tax and tho substitution of a 2' per cent increase in the corporation income tax and elimination of the surtax income rates in excess of 32 per cent." The North Carolina member declared repeal of tha profit tax, would, "ajj 21,000 Watermelons! and Nobody Watching Special to The Courier-Journal. Newport, Aug. 19. Men, women and children today kept up a steady procession on the Licking Pike between Newport and the Louisville Nashville yards at Wilder, ky.

Then went to the "watermelon dump" of 21,000 melons from fourteen freight cars. The melons were dumped by the railroads after the consignee, I. N. Price Company, wholesale commission merchants, Cincinnati, refused to accept the shipment because the market is glutted and some of the melons appeared to be in bad condition. Several thousand of tho melons were "salvaged" and carried back to homes In Northern Kentucky.

The melons came from Georgia and the freight amounted to 'BED MURDER' GUN FOUND ONE HELD Slayer Used Sleeping Farmer's Own Weapon; Former Employe" Suspected. Special to The Courier-Journal. Bardstown, Aug. 19. The ar rest of a discharged employe as suspect and the discovery of the weap on of murder were developments to day in the investigation Into the assassination of Charles Vance, farmer as he lay asleep in bed beside his wife last night.

George Lindsey, 50 years old, an itinerant carpenter and painter, who was discharged by Vance a month ago after ho had played a practical joke on his employer, was arrested today on the Atterburn farm near Bloomfleld, eight miles from the scene of the crime. He denied knowledge of the murdcr and persons living in the house with him declared Lindsey was at homu all of last night. DischarBgiKJun Found In Hall. Discovery that the gun used to kill Mr. Vance was the farmer's own shot gun, which was taken from tho hall of the home and replaced there after the murder, was made today.

Bloodhounds followed a trail from the porch, from which the assasin fired through the window curtain, to the chicken house, where the empty shotgun shell was found. The dogs then made a bee line foi- the barn, went down the road a short distance, returned to the barn, then back to the house, where they went through the front door, into the hall. In the corner of the hall, near the front door, a single-barrel shotgun, recently fired, was found. A piece of the window curtain was discovered in the end of the barrel, on which there were spots resembling blood. Tho bloodhounds continued to run in a circle from tho residence, hen house and barn for an hour.

When Lindsey was taken into cus tody, he readily agreed to go with bloodhounds to the scene, and never lost his self-possession. Explains Quarrel With Vance. Explaining the quarrel with Mr. Vance, he said that he had put pep per into the farmer's tobacco with tho aid of one of his young daughters. When his employer became angry.

he left, he said. "Sunday I called Mr. Vance and asked him if he had gotten over it. He answered Then I told him 'I am coming over to see you." This does not coincide with the neighbors' version, who said that Mr. Vance told Lindsey: "I'd like to kill the fellow who did it," and Lindsey re plied: "That's all foolishness.

I'm coming over to see you." Lindsey was placed in jail tonight. No formal charge has been made against him. Negroes Alibi Witnesses. Lindsey lives in the second story of a house on the Atterburn farm, and several negroes, who do his cooking and housework, live on the first floor. These negroes told officers that Lindsey never left tho house last night.

Little is known of the man. He has been in Nelson County for several years and formerly lived in Indian apolis. He has always been quiet and peaceful. Dr. W.

E. Crumc, Coroner, began holding an inquest early this morn ing but continued it indefinitely. He is being assisted in the investigation by Deputy Sheriffs Ben Irvin, Dick West and Boone Peak. Gun Pressed Against Body. Examination by the Coroner re vealed that the shot had torn the victim's heart to pieces.

The shot gun evidently had been pressed against the curtain until it touched Mr. Vance's body. The nature of the wound showed that the gun was slightly elevated. The authorities are convinced that tho person who committed the crime was familiar with the premises and with the place where Mr. Vance was accustomed to keeping his gun.

The report that the crime might have been work of reyenge of moonshiners was discredited today. Ofncers say that Mr. Vance had taken no part in the warfare on moonshiners and had done nothing to incur their enmity. Ferd Vance, a merchant of Smith-field, Henry County, arrived today and declared that he would spare nc expense to run down the murderer of his brother. Senate Passes Federal Road Help Measure Washington.

Aug. 19 (Associated Press). The Federal Aid Roads Bill, appropriating $75,000,000 for construction, one-third of which would be immediately available, was passed today by the Senatej WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 (Associated Press). The Administration bill designed to authorize Maj.

Gen. Leonard Wood to become Governor General of the Philippines without retiring as an active officer of the army was laid on the table today by the House Military Committee without a record vote. Committeemen were said to have held it would be a dangerous precedent to establish. Practically all committee members were reported to have favored 'MYSTERY HOUSE' LOST ROM CACHE Century-Old Mansion Yields Liquor Diverted On Way To Paducah Drug Firm. Special to The Courier-Journal.

Frankfort, Aug. 19. Ano'ther whisky mystery was born tonigh' when 100 cases, removed last nigh from the Stagg distillery here on a jtecmit. for shipment to a Paducah wholesale drug house, were found in a ctntury-old resldenco ten miles from Frankfort on the old Lexington Pike, There are two unsolved angles: Who is the owner of the old brick and frame mansion, whoso identity United States Commissioner Charles Wiard refused to divulge tonight? Who is responsible for the diverting of whisky legally sold to Kolb Paducah wholesale druggists, to the 100-year-old cache? Morris Asks Secrecy. Mr.

Wiard, who, with Charles Morris, former Attorney General of Kentucky, went with prohibition agents to recover the whisky, declared tonight: "I promised Mr. Morris I would not reveal tho name of the owner of the house until warrants are issued." Mr. Morris would make no comment except that the whisky was surrendered voluntarily. It is supposed Mr. Morris is acting for the owner of the house.

Two Washington and two Lexington prohibition agents left Frankfort before newspaper men had an opportunity to interview them. They were reported to have taken a traction car to Lexington, but could not be found there. The only information as to the place where the liquor was found was obtained from Jerome Tartar, the only prohibition agent who could be found. House Is Described. Mr.

Tartar said he did not know the name of the owner of the house, but that it was two stories high and was of stone and frame construction and he was' told that it was 100 years old. It was located far back from the (Continued On Pago Column 5.) Berlin, Aug. 19 (Associated Press). Unless unexpected complications de velop in the next few days, a formal peace treaty with the United States will be signed by the German Government next week. Chancellor Wlrth's confidential dis cussions with the parliamentary leaders of all parties, with the exception of the Communists, now are concluded, and as a result of these exchanges of opinions and confidences and consultations with other influential persons outside Parliament, the government is assured an ample majority in the Reichstag when the treaty, which is now being given its final draft, comes up for the ratifying vote before that body.

Ellis Loring Dresel, the American commissioner in Berlin, and Dr. Fried-rich Rosen, the Foreign Minister, have agreed on the fundamentals, and the document only awaits approval from Washington. This is expected to arrive in a day or two. Will Be Submitted Direct. The treaty will not be discussed by the Foreign Relations Committee, but it will go direct from the Cabinet of plenary session of the Reichstag, where the Chancellor will present it with the government's statement and the necessary elucidations.

He will then request that it be ratified without party debate. This request, it is believed, will be acceded to even by the parties not included in the coalition group as an act of courtesy to the Government, all of them, with the exception of the Communists, considering the Government entitled to that accommodation in view of the nature of tho issue and the nation's desire to have relations between the two countries restored without further delay. "This is one of the necessary evils growing out of the war which we are glad to swallow," said a well-known Reichstag leader, discussing the treaty today. Guarantees Are Given. He added that the parties were given Dr.

Wirth's assurance that the Porter-Knox resolution, on which the treaty is based, contained no conditions or penalties incompatible with the honor of Germany. So far as can be learned, the treaty about to be concluded through the mediation of Mr. Dresel will bo general in outline. No date has been fixed for the Reichstag vote, but it is believed the Government will endeavor to have the event take place simultaneously with action by the United States Senate. Aside from the Reichstag's approval, the treaty must also be ratified by the Reichsrat.

Youth, Trying to Save Kitten, Shot Stops Auto to Avoid Crushing Animal and Jar Discharges Gun. Because he didn't want to run down kitten. William Chamberlain, 17 years old, son of E. T. Chamberlain.

St. Matthews, is at the City Hospital suffering from a dangerous shotgun wound just above the heart. Chamberlain at about 11 o'clock last night was driving his automobile along a lonely road three miles from Worth-ington, when a kitten bounded from the roadside into the path of the car. The youth applied the brakes suddenly, and the jar discharged a shotgun propped against the seat beside him. With the boy in the car was his cousin, Paul Chamberlain, 18 years old.

employed in the garage of M. A. Stark at Worthington. The younger bov was driving his cousin home from wo'rk. The shotgun was between them.

They had taken it on account of the recent activities in the neighborhood of prowlers. Paul Chamberlain immediately took the wheel and drove to the City Hosr pital, a distance of about fifteen miles. He was questioned by Maj. B. F.

Griffin. Night Chief of Police, and released. He then drove to St. Matthews to tell his cousin's family. Physicians were unable to determine at 1 o'clock this morning whether the wounded boy will live.

Chaplain He Met During Per-Big Future for Mexico. qualntance of the pleasant padre, "who doesn't know much English." It was a business of gold and silver that caused Father Munoz to visit ihe United States. He is interested in twelve tracts containing gold' and silver and he visited friends at Syracuse, N. in an effort to raise capital for development of the properties. He will engage an engineer to survey the possibilities of the development when he reachs El Paso.

William P. Gannon, Syracuse, attorney, and George Tickner, banker, are interested in the development of the property. Father Munoz's eyes twinklfd when he told of Villa's flight before the American troops after the Columbus. N. attack.

He said he was in touch with the former bandit during the flight before the Pershing forces. "But Villa is a good boy," Father Munoz added, thoughtfully. "H.j has i (ixnutnuea on race voiumi 40(1 MOONSHINERS OPERATING IN STRIP 20 MILES IN LENGTH Larue County Attorney Advocates County Dry Agents, With Federal Powers, to Break Up Traffic. PRIEST MARRYING VILLA VISITS CITY: CALLS BANDIT 'GOOD BOY Special to The Courier-Journal. Hodgenville, Aug.

19. Four hundred moonshiners are operating in a strip six miles wide and twenty miles long in Larue, Hart, Green. Taylor, Marion and Nelson Counties, according to estimates of County Attorney E. W. Creal, Larue County.

The territory of the moonshiners, he said, is about three miles on each side of the southern and eastern line separating the counties. A road, located on a ridge in the hilly country, is the dividing line along a good portion of the boundary. The task of stamping out the moonshiners is almost a hopeless ono under present conditions, the County Attorney said. Officers hunting without information for stills rarely can find them. They must depend on information supplied by citizens who know the locations.

The force of Federal dry agents is too small to police the entire State. Mr, Creal explained, and the Sheriff has too many duties to spend all. his time hunting moonshiners and has not the financial means to Father Munoz, Guest of Knox shing's Campaign, Sees The whirl of the wheel of fate yesterday caused the Rev. Father J. do D.

Munoz, uerrero. Chihuahua, Mexico, to visit Louisville. Father Munoz was the priest who sealed Francisco romance with Dona Luiz Corral, a prett; Mexican belle, at San Andres, Chihuahua. He performed the sacrament at tho parish church May 28. 1011.

thereby making Dona Corral the wife of Pancho Villa. Father Munoz arrived in Louisville to visit the Rev. Father Frank P. Joyce, chaplain at Camp Henry Knox. The friendship of tho fathers dates back to the time Gen.

John J. Pershing chased the wounded and frightened Villa into the mountain fastnesses of Mexico. Father Joyce thou was chaplain in the Seventh Field Artillery. He was the guest of Father Mjunoz at Chihuahua. Gtn-eral Pershing also mads the ac-.