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.
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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.
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FORCES OF
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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
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pied area. . ; ;
In ; the Anjerican area ther was
marked activity, particularly among
the fjrst,and second divisions, which
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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.
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