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RIEF RIGHT REEZY BITS OF NEWS MAY VOTE ON -DRV AMENDMENT IN OHIO, Columbus", Juno 19. Righty pi Ohio voters to approve or disap prove the action of the state legis lature in -ratifying federal constitu tional amendments was upheld by Judge E. B. Dillon of the Franklin county common pleas court .The decision, unless reversed by higher courts, will permit a referendum to be held on both the federal prohibi tion and woman suffrage amend ments -which the legislature has rat ified. ; PAYS $500 FOR PIPE FOCH SMOKED AT LAST DRIVE. ' Pjris, June 19 An unknown American paid $500 for a pipe which Marshal Foch smoked on July 19, the opening day of the last tni. decisive offensive. The pipe iwas auctioned at a charity fete at the house oi Prince Murat. NO TOBACCO CORPORATION "PLUMB OUT OP LUCK" . Pittsburgh, Pa., June 19. Plans - lor a nation-wide anti-tobacco cam paign intended to follow, the actual promulgation of prohibition were given a setback herewhn Turiao James McF, Carpenter handed down an opinion in common plea9 court refusing to grant a sharter to the No Tobacco Corporation." The petition was signed oy, prominent church people and ministers of this and other cities of 'the country, la his opinion Jijdge Carpenter katd th law rrafinrr nrtnniTQti'Anfl .with judicial sanction in the form of granting charters was not intended .to provide for incorporation of as sociations for the promulgation and propaganda of theories as to effects' and consequences 1 personal habits and ' immemorable customs, es pecially if not contra bono mores and concernfe? conseauences of which laymen of equal intelligence differ radically with doctors. .", Judge Carpenter ' declared the organization was "political in its aims, as its petition stated its object "to; secure by. law prohibition of culture, sale and use of tobacco." -A U. S. NAVY MYSTIFIED AT STRANGE MESSAGE. - London, June 19. United States rival headquarters here is mystified regarding the circumstances at the base of the following cablegram re ceived from Admiral Andrews, N. S. N at Venice: 1 "Serious disorders here.-' Three . Italian . officers 'insulted: Revolver shots. Holding allied court in quiry, ! ' "Request , authority to appoint mixed allied military courts to 'try cases, on account of civil govern- n An rt rhilri tiff 4i Qnrricrs. Slim- mary action necessary." Officials at. American naval head quarters here fail to understand what emergency warrants allied interven tion on the Italian coast, so the mat- ' ter, has, been referred to Admiral Knapp at Paris. . ; N. Y. GUARD RESPONDS QUICKLY TO TEST CALL. . New York, June ' 19 Ten. regi ment of the Nw York State Guard demonstrated what .they could do by way of protecting the city in an emergency when tliey' answered a test mobilization call and quickly threw .cordons of armed guards about public buildings, powerhouses, car barns, public utilities and the homes of prominent citizens.. .-The guardsmen carried out the practice so grimly that in many quarters it' was believed they were to remain on guard duty to protect me cuy iruin icu uuvuimr FAST GIRL SPRINTER . NOT WORLD CHAMPION. ; Vancouver, June 19;-For more than two days-this week Miss Ada Algar, 14-year-old student of St Margaret's school here, held the be lief she was the world's champion !00 yards spjinter, having been credited with making the century dash in nine and one-half seconds in a1 school meet Miss Algar has found . that championship honors were not for her.as it was discov eredithe watch that timed her was defective. Her time was given as 10'A seconds. i WONT REDUCE A. E. F. TILL GERMANY SIGNS. Washington, June 19.--The Amer ican expeditionary force will not be . t.,rtUi,r rAurA until fifriranv siarns the peace treaty. This was the, an nouncement coming from General Pershing.- - - I . - -' . ' The resumption here is that the army to enforce peace will not ex- ceed 650,600 mn, with an American -nninnt of about 150.000. Offi cials! are of the opinion that the : a ...Ml L!Uam k ci rrrt T in France or. at some point in Ger many after the allied forces of oc cupation iave penetrated some dfs 'tance beyond their present -position as outlined. in the, terms of the ar mistice. ,., ": J .... 5,000 CHINESE STUDENTS ARRESTED IN FUCHOW. . Amoy, June 19. Fuchow reports 5,000 students arrested and held by the .Chinese and Japanese military authorities. -- . SAYS WEST POINT. BREEDS SNOBBERY.' ODenverr-June 19. "Prussiamsm in the American army, must go. Legis lation will be introduced in congress within a few weeks to make the mil itary policy of the country conform with America's democratic princi ples," said Governor Henry J. Allen, ;; of Kansas, speakmg at a luncheon k th hoard of trustees of the University of Denver attended 5y 100 leaders oi tne ousmess, po litical and industrial life of Colo- : - ado. C : '.' ,- , Tk. man at West Point, is shut iway from civilian life at an early ige. It is nowonaer ne Becomes a snob," said Governor Allen. "Citi zen soldiers are the best- for the - army. West Point should be made ; a finishing school for officers. The earlier training should be secured at some university. .'If we art to have a democratic army in the future, free from all traces of snobbery, we must look to th civilian institutions for our officers. COIVyNG T1N INTENSELY INTERESTING MYSTERY THE VOL. 9 NO. 2. ROYALTY GODSPEED President Makes Speehes in Brussels and Extended Tour of Battlefields; Best of Feeling Showrf. Brussels, June 19. The king and queen of the Belgians said good bye to President and Mrs. Wilson tonight after a day of functions and sightseeing that taxed the energies of every individual in the American party. The president made three speech es and an extended tour of the bat tlefields, attended a luncheon and a formal dinner by the king. Had there been any doubt relative to the feeling vbetween Americans and Bel gians it was relieved in the cham ber of deputies when President Wilson was warmly applauded hy the members andithose gathered in the galleries. ' Itr a simple, straightforward man ner, he brought them ro the' realiza tion that America was not dealing with the past; that now is the time for credits and it is proposed to ex tend them. The president said he had in mind to suggest to congress to elevae the legation at Brussels to an em bassy and the' post of minister to ambassador. The appearance of President Wil son before the chamber was the most important feature of the day's program, but it was rivaled by the reception of Burgomaster Max, at the Hotel de Ville, later in the day. Hall Filled to Greet Wilson. With Kiwi Albert, the ''president entered the chamber of deputies at" the minute fixed, while Mrs. Wil son, Margaret Wilson and the quen were escorted to their seats.- T4he hall was filled, every member's seat being taken and rife galleries were crowded. .... The president, with the king, was seated on 'the floog of the house, directly in front of the speaker. The queen, and 'Mrs. Wlon occup.ed places to the speaker s lett. The Belgian minister" of foreign affairs, Paul Hymans, expressed gratitude at the part America played in the war. He referred specifically tcthe work done by Herbert Hoov er, who was present and was forced to arise ana acknowledge the ap plause of the chamber. , More than once tne president ana Mrs. Wilson, were obliged to bow acknowledgements, when refer ences were made to tnem. At tM conclusion of his address the .whole chamber rose and gave the president art ovation. The guests were' conducted late through the historic rooms, includ ing the senate chambers, where the English nurse, Edith CaVell, was tried and sentenced ' by the Ger mans. . Before leavine. the president signedJ'the gold book" and at 3:30 the, president and royal party, amid renewed plaudits took automobiles for Malinese. Play National Anthem. On the arrival and. departure of the oresident. Belgian bands played "The Star Spangled Banner." When the party left tor the tront. hundreds of youngsters, mostly girls, gathered before the palace so densely as almost to hault the cars. . In his address before the Belgian chamber of deputies President Wil son said Ri oart: "The enemy committed many oum rages in this wan gentlemen, but the initial outrage was tne tunaa mental outrage of all. They, with insolent indifference, violated the sacredness of treaties. They showed that they did not care ter the honor of any pledge.! They Showed that theyTdid not care for the independ ence of any nation whether it had raised its hand againsj them or notf that they were ruthless in Jheir de termination . to have their whim1 at their pleasure. Therefore, it was the violation of Belgium that awak ened he world to, the" realization of the character of the struggle. . f 5 Belgium's Plea to Nations. "A very interesting thing came out,, of thVt struggle, which seems al tnpst like an illogical consequence. One of the first things that the rep resentatives of Belgium said to ine alter the war was that they did not want their "neutrality guaranteed. They did-not want any neutrality. They wanted eauality, nbt because, (Coatlawd en Fare ,Xwo. Column Six.) B G AN WILSONS "THE WOMAN IN BLACK" By Edmund C. Bentley, who has written a cheerful tale though it begins with .a murden Don'tiss the opening chapters, because if. you start it you will be eagerly waiting ach day for the con tinuation. - V Entartf u Meu-tliM itthr Uvr M. I90f. it Oaurti P. O. aat tt Marck S, IS79. Urges Wilson to "Hurry Home and Clean House" as Means to Allay -Unrest Massachusetts Democrat Makes Scathing AttaclTOn Postmaster General Burleson, Whom He Calls "One of the Greatest Blunderers of the Administra tion and One of the Worst Autocrats the Country Ever Had in Official Life." Washington, June 19. Represent ative Galhvan, democrat, of Massa chusetts, in an attack on the admin istration of Postmaster General Burleson, declared it would be a great relief to the people of the United States if President Wilson would "hurry home and clean house in his official family." "If he wif! do this," Mr. Gallivan added, "it will do more than any thing else to check the spread of radicalism and anarchy and make unnecessary a special appropriation of $500,000 urged by the attorney general to prevent crime by anarch ists." i. The, spirit of unrest among the toilers o fthe country, Mr. Gallivan said, was breaking out in the nost violent form of anarchy in many places. The men most directly re sponsible, he charged, were "the misguided officials in the city of Washington clothed, with war au thority, which has turned their heads." Mad in Lust for Power. "While the president has been in Europe," he said, "some of these officials seem to have gone mad in their lust for power and have blind ly blundered in the administration of their departments in such a man ner as to aggravate the spirit'' of unrest." Mr. Gallivan characterized the postmaster general as "one of the greatest blunderers of the adminis tration and one of the worst auto crats the. country ever had in official lffc," and adde: "It is the unanimous sentiment of the people of the entire country that Postmaster General Burleson is the most complete failure as a public of ficial that the country has'ever pro duced." Mr. Gallivan asserted that Mr. 'Burleson forced a strike among tele GOVERNMENT OF ITALY RESIGNS, . 'FOLLOWING VOTE King Victor . Emmanuel Re serves Deision as to ' Acceptance. Rome, June 19. Italian govern ment resigned following an adverse vote against it in the chamber of deputies. . Premier Orlando in announcing his resignation and that of the cabinet, said King Victor Em manuel had reserved decision as to acceptance. t . The chamber of deputies, had by a vote of 259 to 78, rejected Pre mier Orlando's motion in favor of discussing the question of confi dence which related to the foreign policy of the government, in secret session. V Woman Is Attacked , on Her Way Home by Unidentified Man While ' returning .to her home about 10:30 o'clock last night, Mrs. C. R. McConneil, 1221 Fourth ave nue, Council Bluffs, was seized by an unknown man near Thirteenth street and Second avenue, dragged into the weeds at the side of the street and her clothes nearly torn from her body. Her screams arfcused the neighbors for two blocks around and her assailant fled when Fred Rapp and Charles Deeds, who live near by, came to the rescue. Mrs, McConneil had been to a drug store on Broadway after ice cream, and had her one-year-old baby with her at the time of the attack. Her husband, is a railroad man, and nearly 100 of his fellow employes spent several houcs last night searching for the man. It was reported once that he hard been caught, hut the report proved to be false. Mrs. McConneil was unable tx tell whether the man was a Negro' or a Mexican, but thinks he is the same one who she has seen looking in at the window of her fiome two or three times during the past week. More Than 80,000 Soldiers 'Express Desire for Farms Washington, Tune 19. More than 30,000 soldiers, many of them-'still overseas, have "notified Secretary Lane of their desire to pbtain farms under the plan endorsed by him and5 now being considered by the house public lands committee. AN A OMAHA. FRIDAY, JUNE 20. 1919. MI graph employes and then "got from under" by turning the operation back to private hands and "destroyed all hope of government .ownership of public utilities." ' The whole country, he told the house, has suffered from deteriora tion of the postal service, which, he declared, was filled with embittered, underpaid and overworked men. Makes Service Hated. "The postmaster general," Mr. Gallivan continued, "has made his service hated by .thousands of those jwho served in it because the postal department had been administered since he went into office under a rule of tyranny and, economic creed so harsh as to bring disintegration as a natural consequence. Yet Mr. Burleson remains, the swaggering reactionary, safe in the cabinet, a living denial and contradiction of all that isgenerous and far-sighted in President Wlson's policies." Representative Sisson, democrat, Mississippi, answering Mr. Gallivan, declared the people loved the post master general for the enemies' he had made in an honest endeavor to gwe the country "a proper mail service at economical cost. There have been no charges of fraud against his administration, Mr. Sis son said, but only an attack based on the opinion of certain persons and interests anxious tov destroy Mr. Burleson." 1 "I trust President Wilson, "before he takes any action," Mr. Sisson said, "will look' into the record, and if you will look into it you will not find one single thing on which you can justify the claim focJiis removal. Mr. Burleson was honored while a member of this house, and he has always tried to do the right thing for the people and the Postoffice department. WANTON WAR DESTRUCTION OF SUPPLIES BARED Investigation of Expenditures During Big 'Conflict ' Opened. Washington, June 19. Congres sional investigation of wartime ex penditures of the War department was opened with Sergt. Charles B. Malcolm, of Company L, 23d en gineers, who has just returned from France, testifying that he personally had seen large quantities of govern ment property, both old and neV, wantonly destroyed by fire. "The only apparent explanation for burning this property," declared Malcolm, "was that the salvage officer did not care to sort the equip ment." The fire was started last March and burned for about a month, Mal colm said, adding that in the last week of - the month he personally saw about 700 pairs of tjew pants, 500 rifles in good condition, 25 un opened boxes of small arms am munition, 800 pairs of old and new rubber boots, 200 leather holsters and 10 carloads of hay destroyed. Malcolm said he and members of his squad reported the fire which was jm a xoad midway between Souilly and Ippecourt, to Capt. W. L. Clark, commanding the fourth battillipn of the 23d engineers. "Did the burning cease?" asked Representative Flood, democrat of Virginia. "It stopped shortly after we made the report." Public Utility Corporations Depressed by High Costs New York, June 19. Testimony that the general situation among the country's public utility corporations is-most discouraging and that wage increases, higher cost of materials-, and kindred circumstances havo greatly depressed the financial strength of the companies, was given here today' by William Howard Taft as first witness at the federal electric railway- commission's hear ings into the problems of public util ity finance and service. ' Scouts Well Over the Top. New York, June 19. Full success in all its objectives has crowned Boy Scou-week,. June 8 to 14, ac cording to statements issued here by William G. McAdoo, chairman of the. National Citizens' committee; James E. West, chief scout execu tive and Colin. H. 'Livingston, presi dent of the scout movement. MYSTERY i AMAZING DETECTIVE. STORY STORY OF LOVE Daily UTOPIA IS PLANNED BY LABOR DELEGATES Broad Reconstruction Pro gram Looks to "Better Day, Brighter Lift, Greater Lib erty, Larger Happiness." Atlantic City, June 19. A compre hensive reconstruction program, de signed to "bring to alljseople great er hope for a better day, a brighter life, greater liberty and a larger de gree of happiness," was adopted by the American Federation of Labor at Thursday's session of its conven tion. Radicals and conservatives united in approving a report embodying re construction recommendations de vised by the federation's executive council. The report was termed by labor leaders " a new declaration of independence for the workers of America." "Developments in our social, in dustrial and political relations, by reason, of the necessities of war, have been as varied in nature as they have been grave in character," said the report. "One of the most pro nounced and far-reaching' results is the realization of workers' rights, duties and responsibilities in the structure of , society, industry and government' "Conscious, as never heretofore, of its' power, labor no longer will rest content under a system which treats workers as a commodity or article of commerce. Workers have reached the status and have come to that determination which de mand's treatment of equality with all other men and ,WQmeh in modern sdciety. They now insist on full value and full compensation for ser vices rendered on a basis that will enable all to enjoy the higher things in life, rather than merely exist near the line beyond which we find, hu man misery, which spells human bankruptcy. . What Is Recommended. "The reconstruction program 'in brief recommends remedies against unemployment, demands adequate wages; declares labor's right to fix its own working hours; demands, protection of women and children in industry; favors co-operative insti tutions of farmers and such produc ing agencies; favors curbing the power of the courts to make and unmake laws; favors full participa tion of labor fti politics, but disap proval of partisan politics; favors puDiic extension oi waterways ana public ownership and developmenvr of water power; urges a minimum of land tenancies and favors farm ownership with public aid would curb corporate power; insists upon a full return of freedom of spe?ch and press; would prohibit immigra tion for two years and restrict there after; would tax in proportion to the (Continued on Page, Two, Column One.) The Bee's Fund for Free Ice and Milk' Think of a little, helpless baby, panting for breath in the sweltering heat such as we have had for several days. - It is in a home of poverty where, for various reasons, pure milk and cooling ice are an impossibility un less they are supplied through The Bee's fund. This is the oi?ly public agency for this work. . Will you help that little bab through these critical days?, A few dimes or dollars won't be missed by you. And they may spell health and "even life itself for that baby and others. "I am glad to have, the opportun ity to assist," says W. L. Pierpoint, in sending his contribution.' "I feel The Bee is rendering this commun ity a service beyond price in opening its column gratis to this worthy cause.'1 . . Any sum, from 10 cents to $5 will help. Obey that impulse NOW. Send or bring your contribution to The Bee office. It will be ac knowlegded in this column. The Bee ..$5.00 Mrs. C. E. Campbell, 1124 South Twenty-eighth street .- 2.00 Dr. C. B. Folx. ... 5.00 W. L. Pierpoint.... 2.50 Mrs. Victor Rose water in .mem ory of Jeanne Ziegler , 5.00 Total $19.50 You will love The Woman in Black. 'She is tangled in a kaze of circumstan tial evidence but for failer disclosures would be absolutely convicting, yet AND CRIME STARTS SUNDAY - Bee By Mall (I tr).N0M. 14. Dally Sun.. tSM: tilda ro) nri Evidence in the BrownCase Shows Proof Demanded by Mayor Has' Been Furnished The Mayor Wanted to Know If the Brown Flats Had Been Entered and Its Occupants Arrested With out a Warrant The Evidence Shows It Was He Wanted to Know tf Mrs. Brown Was Dragged From Her Home at Midnight and Thrown in Jail without .Bond The Evidence Shows She Was. Roy Kelly, who in a signed state ment has charged that Detectives Herdzina and Armstrong conspired with him to brand the Brown flat at Twenty-first and Cass streets as a disorderly house, . was Walking the streets of Omaha yesterday. Detectives Herdzina and Arm strong continue to perform the du ties as members5f the police de partment as though no charges had been brought against them. Mayor Smith, assisting Commis sioner Ringer, has made every pos sible effort to delay the investiga tion instituted by the city council. Kelly heard of the mayor's latest order to bring him in and laughed. At the instahce of Mayor Smith,' the commission s investigation of the charges against the officers has been abandoned until the police have captured Klly, or until Kelly vol unteers to give himself up. - In his long drawn-out statement read to the city commission when the Brown case first was taken up, giving his ideas in regard to the lines along which the investigation should be conducted, Mayor Smith made no mention of Kelly's being an essential witness. Evideece in Case. "Was part of Mrs. Brown's premises being used for immoral purposes?" was one of the ques tions that should be considered in the opinion of Mayor Smitjj'. This is the first question that GEORGIA MAN IS CHOSEN AS HEAD OF ROTARY CLUBS Albert S. Adams Unopposed for Chief Executive; Six Nominations for Vice President Are lyjade. ; Salt Lake City, June 19. Albert S. Adams of Atlanta, Ga., first vice president of the International As- sociation of Rotary clubs, in vention here, was today nominated without opposition for president of the association. This is the first time in the history of rotary that a presidential condidate has had no nnnosit nn Six nominations for vice'-president were made. They are John N. Dyer, Vincennes, Ind.; Hiram Martin, St. Louis; James Fin ley, Chattanooga; Cliff Miller, Cin cinnati; Jacob R. Perkins, Burling ton, la., and Estes Snedecor, Port land, Ore. Ray Havens, Kansas City, was the only nominee for ser-geant-at-arms. Rufus S. Chapiri. Chicago, was nominated to succeed himself as treasurer. The official register of the con vention shows 3,905 visitors in Salt Lake City, the registration commit tee reported. This includes Rota rians and their families. The different delegations were both- guests and hosts at numerous dinner parties preceding a vaudeville show at a local theater, .in which only Rotarians were the performers. The Cleveland Rotarians were host to the international officers at a banquet. Hold Telephone Conference Upon Strike of Keymen Chicago, -June 19. Long-distance telephone conferences were held be tween union leaders here and repre sentativesof the striking commercial telegraphers in Atlantic City, whereJ the American hedertion of Labor is in convehtion. . ' Officers of the Commercial Te legraphers union declined to -discuss the conferences, but were expecting that early action would be taken by the convention as to the next move in the strike, which union men claim involves 25,000 operators in addi tion to some 80,000 railroad teleg raphers, who are rfcfusing to handle commercial telegrams. Reports received here showed lit tle change -in the conditions result ing from' strikes of telephone oper ators and linemen in western states. STARTS IN SUNDAY'S BEE wins through at deserves. tO: Unity, SJ.SO; TWO CFNTQ Hat, mataf antra. 1 W U OraNlO. nn JV should be taken up by the couneil. according to the mayor's recom mendations., Though the testimony of 17 wit nesses was introduced into the evi dence by the city attorney's office, there was not one word to show any one had ever seen any disorder about the Cass street house with the exception of Detectives Herd zina and Armstrong. Police Commissioner Ringer has declared repeatedly that his depart ment has received complaints about the house at 2106 Cass" street. He did not introduce any such persons on the witness stand at the Brown hearing, nor have any such persons testified before the councilmanic in vestigation. "Did Officers Herdzina and Arm every day since the raid. He has strong' abuse their official positions and enter Mrs. Brown's home with' out legal authority for so doing, and under conditions that called for uspension or dismissal from the police force?" t This is another of the mayor's points which he urged the city com missioner should take . into consid eration, y Admit Their Guilt. The detectives do not deny that they entered the house at 2106 Cass street and at 508 Twenty-first street without warrants. Chief of Detectives John Dunn declared an the witness stand that the office's (Continued on Put Two, Column Four.) AIR PATROL OF MEXICAN BORDER IS MAINTAINED U. S. Officer In Charge; Villa's toliimns Are Sighted; Car ranza Denounced by Peo ple in Mexico City. El Paso, Tex., June 19. Regulaf airplane patrols of the Mexican bor der in this military district are being con-ynaintained by the ,11th aero squad ron under command of Major To bin. The eastern patrol plane flew to Fort Hancock, Tex., 6. miles distant, returning with a reporfto military headquarters that no rebel activities were to be seen. The western patrol planes flew to Columbus,- N. M.8S miles west of here, and returned with the report that no armed bands' were to be seen below the border. Brigadier General Erwin gave'W ders that these planes were not to fly into Mexico, but to maintain reg ular aerial patrols. along the border in this district to prevent surprise raids on border settlements. Villa's Columns Sighted. Arrivals roiti the Samalayuca dis district, south of Juarez, brought a report that Villa's main column was south of Samalayuca Tuesday morn ing, going south with a number of wounded. Some of these needed medical attention badly. Among them was ax Villa general, one ar rival stated. Villa's forces were scattered by American troops Mon day. Villa is believed to be going toward? Santa Clara canyon, 175 miles south of the border. Scattered bands of Villa men con tinue south of the border east of Juarez. ( "The hours of Carranza are counted," says an articlerprinte3 in heavy type under a large headline in an extra edition of a Mexico City newspaper brought ,here by an American who came from the cap ital to this . port by a roundabout way. Carranza officials confiscated every -copy of the edition . which could be found, within an hour or two of its appearance, he declared. . I-, , Senate Committee Agrees- -on Army of 400,000 Men Washington, June 19. Provision in the army appropriation bill .for maintenance of an army of 400.000 officers and men during the next fiscal, year was.' tentatively agreed on by the senate military subcom mittee. The house bill, which was before the committee,' reduced the size-of the temporary, army of 509, 0(j0 officers and men requested by the war department to 300.000. t- last the happiness she v THE WEATHER t Partly cluly Friday a4 Sat. urlay potaibir thuntlar akovcra iia-Mst und cantral portfoasi not much chang in tmpratura. V.. . . f S a. m.. av. an 1 a. n...... . m a av. m...... 10 a. na 11 m. m...... is aooa....... ; 7 lp.a .... t p. m ., BO S p. fla 84 4 p. m 11' 5 p. n. ........ 71 P. n 14 7 p. m. 78 S p. m 78 . 1 . 18 . SO . 87 LnJ FORCES OF READY BY SATURDAY ENTENTE t - ; Several Hundred Thousand Allied Soldiers Prepared to March Toward Berlin if Germans Do Not Sign. -Xaris, June 19. (By Associated ?ress).-Marshal Foch' is form- ing one front against the Ger mans from the Rhine to the Danube, L'Intransigeant siys it isffiformed, and will henceforth extend his com mand over the Czecho-Slovak, Ru. manian and Polish armies. Advices received in the American peace circles in Paris from Weimar indicate that there may be a change in the personnel of the German peace delegation and that a short ex tension of the -tjme limit for signing the peace treaty may be requested by the Grmans, but that the Ger- mans will sign the treaty. . Coblenz, June 19. (By the As sociated Press. The" concentration of American, British, French and Belgian troops, begun' by order of Marshal Foch, preparatory to ad vancing further into Germany will be completed Saturday,' : when several . hundred thousand allied ': Gamers will stand ready to march toward Berlin if th r.m... J - not sgn the peace terms. v : Artillery and great trucks carry--' mg various kinds of war materials' ' are being moved across the Rhine at Cologne, Coblen?, Mayence and 1 - . 0 w nuuiu LUC XJK. tU- pied area. . ; ; In ; the Anjerican area ther was marked activity, particularly among the fjrst,and second divisions, which r. 1. I J ' ...... . the left tattle of the Rhine the third and fourth divisions- completed -minor Retails for advancing .if the word comes to go ahead. - The fourth division, which had been ordere1 home' several ' weeks ago, and had turned in, all its equip ment, Is being re-equipped ior pos sible action. -. v: ; Final Decision Saturday, - Berlih, June 10. The German na tional assembly will make its final decision on the peace,, treaty Satur day, according to private advices re ceived here from Weimar. In all probability it is said, the assembly -will decide to order that a plebiscite- -be taken. lne German peace delegation is one in backing up Count von Brock dorff-Rantzauin his opposition to signing tne peace conditions, ac cording to the correspondents of Berlin newspapers at Weimar. ' A memorial-prepared bv the dele-". gates demands . rejection of the; - icrms. ine nostue tenor of the " reply, it is argued in the memonal, simplifies such action and it is said, unless Count von Brockendorff Rantzau succeeds in nersuadino- th cabinet to his view, he and the en tire delegation will withdraw - and he wilL,resign from the cabinet as f rfP i crn tnlnietar ' Retire Rather Than Sign. The correspondent of th T ntal Anzeiger declares that President Ebert and Premier Scheidemann would rather retire than affix their signatures to the treaty. The Neue Zeitung cprrespondent telegraphs- -that Professor Schuecking, one -of ' ie principal uerman dejegates, was impatient at the mere suggestion that the question of signing is still a. ucuaiauie topic. . . ' s The memorial drawn up by the' delegates.goes into all details ot the . situation which would result from " not signing and comesto the 'eon-' elusion that these effects would not be as bad as those that would re- ' sultifrom yielding. . The memorial; - . further says that invasion and occu- pation by the allied forces would ' be bound to.have an instantaneous.'. eiiect in quicKening tne national spirit. i Arrange Details for . Deportation Hearing of Winnipeg Strikers Winnipeg, June 19. Details ot the deportation hearing for the 11 arrested strike leaders have been ar ranged. A. J. Andrews, special pros ecutor for the-dominion government., ' G. DJ Robertson, Canadian minister , of labor, and Manitoba immigration officials met with 'five representa tives of the central strike Committee, Efforts will be made by the do-. ' minion government to establish charces of ' among , the 11 jnen, in order to se cure deportation Srdcrs for Jhem, . The sympathetic strike has eW- ' tered upon its sixth week. Thirty-ive former employes have reported for duty with the street car company and . service is "im proved. The cars began ' moving Wednesday after a month's tieup. '. Raijjny freiglrt service still is re--t stricted, but gradually improving. V.