1
RIEF
RIGHT
REEZY
BITS OF NEWS
ARCHBISHffr OF PARIS
S ORDERS PEACE TE DEUM.
Paris, June 25. Cardinal Amettc,
archbishop of Paris, has ordered a
te deum to be sung Friday in the
church of the Sacred Heart at
Montmartre and on Sunday in all
churches of the diocese.
' The order adds: "Let prayers for
peace be continued until the treaties
are concluded with the powers with
which France was at war."
WYOMING GIRLS PROTEST
OMAHA PRIZE BEAUTIES.
Cheyenne, Wyo., June 25. (Spe
cial Telegram.) A regular weste-n
cowgirl on a regular western horse
in a regular wild western way rode
up the steps of fhe state capitol here
today, right into the governor's ot
fice and delivered a spectacular
protest against the admittance of
beauties from Omaha and other out
side cities and states as models for
the Frontier Days' poster. (
"FLYING DOCTOR" ATTENDS
RACES IN HIS AIRPL'ANE. .
Beatrice, Neb, June 25. (Special
Telegram.) Dr. Frank Brewster,
known as the "flying doctor," made
a spectacular airplane flight from
his home at Beaver Crossing, Neb,
today, a distance of 200 miles, in
two j hours. Lt. Wade Stevens is
pilot of the machine, which will give
daily flights and carry passengers
'during the circuit races here.
BOSTON SALOON MEN
PLAN TO SELL BEER.
Boston, June 25. Boston saloon
keepers plan to sell 2H per cent
beer after July 1, Secretary John J.
Calvin of the Retail Liquor Deal
ers' association announced. His
statement explained the eagerness
of dealers in applying for licenses
recently.
. PROMISES TO MAKE
$100,000 IN YEAR. '
New York, June 25, (By Universal
Service). Upon his pledge that he
would engage only in lawful pur
suits and thathe will make $100,000
within a year, regardless of the fact
that "friends" had stripped him of
all his property, Frank Thompson,
just discharged on parole, after serv
ing part of a five-year term at Dan
nemora state prison, won favor from
Judge Otto A. Rosalsky in general
sessions and was given another
chance.
Thompson was haled before the
court on an old grand larceny in-
- dictment. In pleading for his lib
erty, he said: v
"My real estate is all gone. It
was taken from me by alleged
friends while I was in prison. I
have made millions in my time and
I can make them again if I am
given an opportunity. That is all
I ask. .
Thompson's visit to prison arose
from his alleged organization in
1915 of a "millionaires' club," where,
in'' crooked faro game, wealthy
men were mulcted of large sums of
money" by confidence men. All the
, promoters of tht-xlub received Iqng
sentences. :-..T:i " ' '
PREACHER TO SPEAK
FROM NAVY BALLOON.
. Columbus. Oi June 25. What
probably would be the largest gath
ering oi Methodist bishops and of
firiaTs of the Methodist church will
be held here Thursday and Friday
in connection with the Methodist
centenary celebration. Hundreds of
preachers and other officials of the
church will gather to witness a spec
tacular procession ot tne nations io
be put on at the exposition.
Dr. F. B. Fisher will deliver a
sermon from a navy dirigible balloon
Fridav while it remains stationary
in mid-air. His address will be de
livered throueh an electrical con
trivsnce which will enable ( the
crowds below to hear him distinctly.
BERTILLON'S DAUGHTER
ARRIVES IN DENVER
Denver Time 25. Mademoiselle
Jacqueline . Bertillon, advocate of
the court of appeals, Paris, and
niece of Alphonso, Bertillon, the
French scientist who invented the
criminal identification System, has
Denver to become, for
hrief tim. a orobation officer in
the juvenile court here. The object
of her visit is to obtain information
on the workings of the court. She
was sent by the French govern
ment . ,
ADDITIONAL $5,000
FOR DARING AVIATORS.
Hilo, Hawaii, June 25. Stirred by
the report that Thomas Ince, mo
tion oictlre producer, has offered
$50,000 as a prize for the first avia
tor to reach Australia from Calif or
nia, touching in Hawaii, L. Barron,
local banker, is raising by subscrip
tion a fund of $5,000. which will be
presented to aviators competing for
the ince prize u mcy nisi uu i.
Hilo. More than half of the fund
was subscribed in a few hours.
H. C OFVL.TO STAY UP,
RETAIL GROCER SAYS.
Salt Lake, June 25. Food prices
will not be -lower for some time.
according to John A. Green, former
secretary of the National Retail
Grocers' association, who addressed
the annual convention or the organ
ration here. -
"It will take two, probably three,
harvests to restore the world to its
normal food state. Mr. Green de
elared. "Meanwhile," he continued,
"tht retailer must do business upon
as substantial a foundation as he
ran"
. v Mr. Green warned the delegates
- against being too cautious, and de
clared that the cost of selling must
rome down, but that there could not
be any reduction in the wages of
, employes at tne present time.
CHICAGO SALOON MEN
RENEW LICENSES. -
. ChiSaaro. June 25. Eighty saloof
keepers and 10 wholesale liquor
dealers paid the internal revenue tax
for the fiscal year beginning juiy J
just as though prohibition had never
been heard of. Anti-saloon league
officials hold that possession of
i federal tax receipt is prima facie
evidence, under the new Illino
search and seizure act, of law viola
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VOL. 49 NO. 7.
REFUSES TO
SANCTION
GENERAL
WALKOUT
Centra! Labor Body Defeats
Motion That Would Have
Called Out Every Union
Man in Omaha.
After more than four hours of
stormy debate and discussion, 102
delegates of the various locals com
prising the Central Labor union,
defeated a motion to call a general
sympathetic strike in this city. The
meeting was held in the Labor Tem
ple last night.
The action of the central union
makes any sympathetic strike un
likely for some time to come, it was
announced by members of the gen
eral committee.
In an effort to strike back at em
ployers who had refused to confer
with employes now on strike, all
business houses or other institu
tions handling goods or material
transported by nonunion men are
to
be boycotted by the organized
workers or the city. Union men
will refuseto handle any material
which is transported by the team
sters who continued , to work, de-
pite the strike order of the team
sters' local. Members of the vari
ous locals will be assessed a cer
tain sum each -week. The money
raised will be used in extending fi
nancial aid tajhe striktngleamsters
and truck drivers.
Some Teamsters Going Back.
Teamsters who obeyed the gen-
ral strike order about a week ago
and walked out after the .firms
Which employed them had acceded
to "the requests of the union will
return to, work for these concerns
as soon akthe action taken by the
central iody is made known to
them.
The Federal Labor board, it was
learned, is to be asked to investi
gate labor conditions in the city.
Officials of the board will be re
quested to use their efforts to end
the present controversy. '
A resolution denouncing Mayor
Smith for his attitude during the
trouble and especially Aor state
ments he made at a meeting of the
American Legion, was introduced
and unanimously accepted. The
resolution was introduced by T. P
Reynolds, president of the Nebras
ka State Federation of Labor.
The majority of the locals which
voted on the sympathetic strike fa
vored a walkout, Thomas Menzies
chairman of the general strike com
mittee, stated.
Street Car Men for Strike.
Two hundred and eighty street
car men voted for and 208 against a
general sympathetic strike at their
meeting just before the central body
convened.
The following official statement
was issued by the Committee of 15
headed by Mr. Menzies and J. J.
(Continued on Face Two, Column Tfcree.)
Winnipeg Strikers
Rush to Get Back in
Jheir Old Positions
Winnioesr. June 25. A grand rush
for their old jobs was made by mosv
of the strikers Wednesday, although
the strike committee had designat
Thursday, at 11 o clock, as the time
to return to work.
Federal, provincial and municipal
officials and industrial employers an
nounce emphatically some, of their
men would not be reinstated. Mayor
Charles F. Gray declared those who
are taken back by the city must sign
pledge not to join sympathetic
strikes.
Official notice of the termination
of the strike was sent to Premier T,
C Morris of Manitoba. It is under,
stood that the government will ap
point Judge H. A. Robison as a one
man- commission for the fullest in
vestigation into the causes of the
strike and, to make recommendations
to the provincial government
Vancouver, June zs. contirma
tion of press reports calling off the
Winnipee strike were received here
by labor leaders tonight. A nur
ried consultation was called and a
bulletin was posted at Labor temple
by the strike (committee calling off
the strike in Vancouver, Friday
noon.nexti "if no discrimination is
shown."
Alleged . W. Agitator
Arrested in Colorado
Fort Morgan, Colo., June "25.-
Phiny Aleas, alias Pat Early, alleged
I. W. W. agitator-said to Je wanted
in Kansas for complicity in de
struction of crops and machinery in
the wheat fields, is under arrest at
New Raymer, 30 miles north . of
here, government agents announced
today. He was secretary of the
I. Vv W. at Augusta, Kan, in 1917
durinfc the I. W. W. disturbances in
that state, according to government
officials.
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SECOND BRAVEST
' YANKEE SOLDIER
HIGHLY HONORED
New Yorker Gets Congres
sional Medal for Alone Bring,
ing in Eighty Prisoners.
Camp Dix, N. Y., June 25. An
other humble American doughboy
took his place in the hall of fame
in the person of Private Frank
Gaffney of Company G, 108th
infantry, Twenty-seventh division
(New York National Guard).
Sergeant Alvin York, of Palma,
Tenn., is the only man in the
American army credited with a
larger bag of prisoners than Gaff
ney. The lanky Tennesseean
brought in 132 Germans, but he had
a few men to help him round them
up, while the New Yorker, alone
and suffering from a wound which
cost him one of his x arms, piloted
80 into the American lines.
You re the second bravest man
the war produced," declared the
major general when he pinned the
congressional medal of honor upon
the breast of the blushing boy.
BLUFFS SUFFERS
FROM SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM
ndian Creek Overflows, Del
uging Part of City; Omaha
Escapes Lightly With Nine
Fires of Little Moment.
. The rain arid thunder storm that
struck the city shortly before last
midnight caused more damage in
Council Bluffs than in Omaha. In
dian creek, in the Bluffs, overflow1
deluging about five blocks in Broad
way trom wintn street west wan
mud.
Following the storm last year,
when Indian creek mud caused con
siderably property loss by a like
overflowing after a severe rain
storm, city officials voteTl -sum -ot
money to dam tne creek." The
heavy rainfall of last night caused
the waters in the creek to break this
dam, with heavy consequent damage
to property in the deluged area.
Ihe monetary loss entailed is not
known. Traffic has been in
terrupted between this city and the
Bluffs. Lights are out, connec
tions haying been broken by trees
felled by the" heavy wind which ac
companied the rainstorm.
South Side is also reported to
have suffered from the storm. Two
blocks of wirfes are down in tKe
vicinity of Twenty-fourth and F
streets.
Aside from nine fire calls in
Omaha, no damage has been re
ported. None of the fires caused
much damage.
Six Children of One
Family Burn to Death;
Parents, Baby Escape
,
Bode. Ia.. June 25. (Special.)
Six of the children of Mr. and Mrs.
Matt Faber of Bode were burned to
death when the Faber farm house.
Kossuth county, four miles north
of Bode, burned to the ground. The
cause of the fire is unknown. Flames
awakened-the father and mother,
who made their escape from the
house with the youngest child, a
baby. All efforts to save the other
children failed.
Commercial Travelers
. Elect George E. Hunt
Columbus. O.: June 25. In
equalities and inconsistencies in the
administration of internal revenue
laws as they pertain to commercial
travelers and traveling brokers
were discussed here today by the
supreme council of the United
Commercial Travelers. '
Geortre E. Hunt of Boston was
elected head of the Imperial Guild
of the Order of Bagmen. . Louis
Wirth of Cincinnati was re-elected
secretary-treasurer. J
Peace Council Discusses
- Germans' Scuttling Ships
Paris. Tune 25. The council of
three, composed of Premiers Cle
menceau and Lloyd George and
President Wilson, at its meeting to
day discussed the scuttling of the
German fleet at Scapa Flow, ac
cording to the Paris office of Reu
ter's, Ltd. The council hadbefore
it and examined ' fully, it is added,
the facts relative to what took place
with regard to the ships at the time
the armistice was signed.
Baker Honors Plnnkett.
Washington, June 25. Secretary
Baker has personally presented to
Rear Admiral C P. Pluhkett the
Distinguished Service medal award
ed him for his supervision of "the
production, transportation to Eu
rope, and the placing in action of
the United States naval gun bat
talion of five 14-inch guns on rail
way mounts, the most powerful ar
tillery weapons brought into action
against Germany and her allies dar
ing the war." '
OMAHA, THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 19J9.'
CLEAR CUT
BILL FOR
DRY U.S.
DRAFTED
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Wilr Be Reported Out Thurs
day by House Judiciary
Committee; Decision After'
All-Day Sesson.
Washington, June 25. A straight.'
clear-cut bill for enforcement of
wartime prohibition will be report
ed out Thursday by the house
judiciary committee.
Decision to separate the wartime
from the constitutional prohibition
enforcement measure said to be the
most drastic liquor bill ever present
ed to congress was reached after
an all-day session. A proposal that
two distinct bills be drafted was
rejected Tuesday, but it was brought
up again by Representative Walsh,
republican, of Massachusetts, and
was pending when a motion to ad
journ abruptly ended the discus
sion. Plan Quick Passage.
There was no indication as to
how the committee would have
voted, but several of the leading pro
hibition members agreed, in view of
the manifest differences between the
two issues, and the possibility that
the sale of beer and light wines
might be permittted until January
by presidential proclamation, that
the wisest thing to do was to report
out the wartime bill the first thing
Thursday, and the constitutional bill
later in the day. In this way there
is every assurance, they said, that
the wartime bill would be passed
probably by both houses before the
end of the month, at which time the
"dry" act becomes effective.
Joker Defeated, V
An amendment by Representative
Steel, democrat, Pennsylvania,
which, it was admitted later, would
have nullified the entire law, got
through by a vote of 9 to .8, subse
quently was reconsidered and de
feated, 10 to 7. The amendment
stipulated that provisions of the
enforcement act, except as they re
late to interstate and foreign com
merce, should not be effective in
any state until ratified by the peo
ple. It was said that one or two
members voted for the amendment
as "a joke."
When the committee adjourned
without acting on the Walsh mo
tion for separate enforcement bills,
Representative Gard, democrat,
Ohio, returned to the house and in
troduced the enforcement bill of
fered at the last session. The com
mittee measure tlat will go to the
house is considered far less drast'i:
than the general bill. During the
day democratic leaders in the house
made inquiry of Chairman Vol
stead as to when the liquor b ill
might be expected and were in
formed that it might not be ready
before Saturday.
Jump Into Fight
After more than a dozen com
mittee roll calls on various pro
visions, none or general public
interest, Mr. Welsh, Mr. Gard and
-ai : i . : i. ii -
imiers juiupcu actively . miu uic
fight with a vigorous demand for
separation of the measures not
withstanding the previous action of
the committee. Mr. ' Walsh de
clared the committee ought to take
the bull by the horns, get the war
time enforcement bill introduced at
the last session before the house
and urge quick enactment. Then
if the president wanted to lift the
ban it would only be necessary, he
said, to suspend the act providing
for wartime enforcement and not
interfere with legislation affecting
the constitutional prohibition.
Gong Ends Meeting.
The committee, Mr. Walsh
added, "then could go ahead and
make ready machinery for perma
nent prohibition. Unless the ques
tions were separated there would
be no responsibility of enacting
any law before July 1, Mr. Walsh
stated, adding that he would go be
fore the rules committee and get a
rule by which the measure could
be passed promptly and without
extended debate. Several members
of the committee, including Chair
man Volstead, took part in the dis
cussion that followed. A vote was
within sight, but the house gong.
calling .members to a roll call, sud
denly ended the meeting.
There has 1een no straight pro
hibition and anti-prohibition align
ment in the voting heretofore on
the various amendments. Some of
the ardent prohibitionists have sup
ported amendments eliminating
drastic features, and they 'have
agreed that it is necessary to separ
ate the measures in order to get
action- betore the country goes
dry next week.
Bill to Tunnel Hudson Passed
Washington, June 25. With s
record vote the house passed the
senate bill to permit the states of
New Jersey and New York to co'.-
struct a vehicle tunnel under Hud
son river at New York.
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BERLIN STREETS ,
SCENES OF RIOTS
AND PLUNDERING
Pedestrians Attacked and
Robbed; General . Strike
Faced Germany.
Berlin, June 25. (By the As
sociated Press). The streets of
Berlin were scenes of rioting 'and
plundering Tuesday night and
Wednesday morning. Incited by
speeches from agitators in Alex
ander Platz, mobs attacked and
robbed pedestrians and maltreated
lated soldiers. Troops sent to Alex
ander Platz were fired on by
crowds in the streets and from the
roofs of buildings. They finally
succeeded in clearing the streets.
Elsewhere in the city bands of
marauders robbed shops and at
tacked citizens, rifling their pockets.
The neighborhood of the Stettin
railroad station was notably disor
derly. Street cars were held up
while rioters searched the passen
gers pockets and stole women s
rings. Here, also, soldiers were
beaten and shots were fired from
roofs and windows and the soldiers
returned the fire.
After daylight the city was
quieter, but at noon the police ap
pealed for troops, as the crowds
were gathering once more. Four
thousand workers in the shops
across Gruenewald railroad had
struck, i Troopshave occupied the
Goerlitz and Stettin stations, which
are still being used by the public.
PLAN TO DECLARE
PEACE SHELVED
BY COMMITTEE
Senator Fall's Proposal Fails
to Command United Support
of Opponents of League
of Nations.
Washington, June 25. Failing to
command the united support of op
ponents of the. league of. nations,
the proposal for n immediate
declaration of peace by congress
was blocked in the senate foreign
relations committee.
After a long and lively discus
sion the committee voted, 12 to 4,
to defer action for the present on
the resolution of Senator Fall, re
publican, New Mexico, embodying
the peace declaration, five sena
tors opposing the league, including
Chairman Lodge, joined the league
advocates in supporting the post
ponement motion.
Besides Mr. Fall, those voting for
immediate action were Senators
Borah, Idaho, Johnson, California,
and Moses, New Hampshire, all re
publicans. Later a special meeting to re
sume consideration of the resolu
tion was called for Monday and
Senator Fall predicted a favorable
report of the measure would result.
Its opponents, however, declared
the discussion today revealed such
strong opposition in the committee
that favorable1 action would be im
possible. Won't Ask for Action Now.
After the committee's decision,
Mr. Fall announced in the senate he
would not ask for action on his
amendment to the army bill, also
embodying the peace declaration
The amendment thus failed actual1
to come before the senate, having
been technically disposed of previ
ously, when a section to which it
had been attached went out on, a
point of order.
Although the peace declaration
proposal was not discussed in the
senate chamber during "the day.
Senator Borah aroused a three-hour
debate on other issues of the treatv
fight by renewing his attack on ti e
league covenant. Citing the army
bill's provisio for an army of 400.
000 men, the Idaho senator declared
the league would increase rather
than decrease armament.
Senate Asks Purpose
of Troops in Siberia
Washington, June 25. The resolu
tion of Senator Johnson, republican,
of California, calling on the presi
dent for information as to presence
and purposes of American troops in
Siberia, was favorably reported to
day by the senate foreign relations
committee. Senator Johnson expects
to ask for a vote on it within a few
days.
Makes Record Flight From
Gotham to Atlantic City
New York, June 25. A record
flight from Atlantic City, N. J., to
New York, was established when
LieuU Kenneth H. Murray,
formerly of the American air serv
ice, piloted a Sopwith "camel" over
the route, 140. miles, in 61 minutes.
The time was officially recorded by
the Aero club of : America.
Won't Hold War Emergency
' Students' Against Desires
Washington, June 25. Young
men who enlisted in the navy for
the war emergency and desire to
continue their education will.be re
leased in time to enter schools and
colleges at the beginning of the
term next fall, Secretary Daniels
announced.
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ROTTING
PRODUCE
FILLS UP
I Y. PIERS
Gotham Faces Fresh Vege
table and Fruit Famine Un
less Market Teamsters and
Others End Strike.
New York, June 25. Commis
sion merchants whose produce is
rotting On New York piers because
of the strike of market teamsters,
porters and chauffeurs, sent tele
grams to the governors of Noriii
Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Mary
land and California, asking them to
request Governor Smith of New
ork to intercede in the contro
versy on the ground that the farm
ers in those states will suffer great
financial injury if the strike con
tinues. Situation Is Acute.
The situation became so acute
that a representative of the Depart
ment of Labor arrived in the city
to aid in the settlement of the
strike. The walkout Monday has
seriously diminished the city's sup
ply of fresh vegetables and fruits
and New York is actually without
some of these commodities. The
only break in the embargo was the
arrival of a ship with 700 barrels "f
potatoes. Business at the markets
handling green vegetables and
fruits was at a standstill. The on y
movement out of these markets was
that of government trucks taking
supplies to hospitals. These were
operated under a guard of military
police.
L. J. Lippman, chairman of the
produce dealers' committee, an
nounced that if assured ample po
lice protection the dealers would at
tempt delivery. While the strike .s
in progress thousands of barrels of
potatoes, cabbage and other vege
tables are rotting.
Eight hundred refrigerator cars
of fresh vegetables and fruits, val
ued at $1,000,000, lying in adjacent
New Jersey railroad yards, may
have to be diverted to other points
unless a settlement is soon reached.
Irish Delegates Must
Sign Peace Treaty, Says
De Valera, President
New York, June 25. Eamom.
De Valera, "president of the Irish
republic," reiterated a statement
forwarded by him to Premier
Clemenceau of France, warning the
peace1 conference that Ireland
would not be bound by a peace
treaty signed on her behalf by
English peace commissioners.
He declared "the Irish people
will scrupulously observe any
treaty obligation to which they are
legitimately committed, but the
British delegates cannot bind Ire
land. The only signatures by
which Ireland will be bound are
those of its own delegates, de
liberately chosen."
Bill Would Provide
Training for Disabled
Soldier and Sailors
. Washington, June 25. Soldiers
and sailors disabled by war would
be given the opportunity to begin
immediately courses in vocational
training at government expense un
der terms of an amended senate
bill appropriationg $6,000,000 for the
purpose passed by the house.
Large increases in payments to
men while being educated were
made by the. house in passing the
bill, which' would fix $80 a month as
compensation for single men and
$100 per1 month for men with de
pendents, in addition to govern
ment family allotments.
Guard Mormon Colonies
Against Villista Raids
Juarez, Mex., June 25;Ger;.
Francisco Gonzales, commander of
the federal garrison here, held a
telegraphic conference . with Gen
Manuel Dieguez at Chihuahua City
khe telegraph line to Chihuahua City
having been restored for the firs1
time since Villa begaifhis advance
on Juarez several weeks ago. The
railroad line to the state capital is
expected to be ready for use in an
other week, it . was ' announced at
military headquarters. .
The Mormocolonies near Casas
Grandes are being guarded from
Villa raids by 350 federal troops
under' Colonel Porcayo, who reached
Casas Grandes today from Juarez.
Telegraphic reports from, there re
ceived by General Gonzales said
no Villa rebels had been. there re
cently. Gen. Pedro Quiroga, with a cav
alry column ,was pursuing the Viila
rebels west of Villa Ahumada. -
TWO CENTS.
YANK UNITS TO
REMAIN UNTIL
' PEACE SIGNED
Three American Divisions Are
Concentrated East of
the Rhne. ,
Coblenz, June 26. (By the As
sociated Press). The three Ameri
can divisions which were concen
trated east of the Rhine in the
American bridgehead area will re
main there until the peace treaty is
actually signed, according to an an
nouncement. As soon as peace is signed the
Americans 1 will begin to return to
the quarters they occupied before
the concentration of a week ago.
The Third army consists of five
divisions and the auxiliary units of
the third corps, approximately 160,
000 men. Transportation . officers
said that the divisions and the vari
ous units could be out of Germany
by August 1, if general headquar
ters gave orders to that effect.
According to present plans the
Fifth division, which occupies part
of Luxemburg, will . start for
France probably within a day or
two after peace is signed.
ARMYliLL IS
PASSED WITHOUT
CALLING OF ROLL
Appropriation Measure Car
ries $888,000,000 and Pro
vides for 400,000; Senate
Considers Naval Bill.
Washington, June 25. The army
appropriation bill, carrying $888,000,
000 and providing for an average
army of 400,000 men next year, an
increase over the house bill of
$171,000,000 in funds and 100,000 in
personnel was passed by the senate
without a roll call and sent to con
ference. Before passage of the bill. Sena
tor Fall, republican, 4 of New
Mexico, withdrew, his amendment
to declar the war af an end ex
plaining he expected action within
a day or two on his joint resolution
to the same effect now before the
foreign relations committee.
Consider Naval Bill.
The senate, following disposal of
the army measure, began considera
tion of the annual naval appropria
tion bill, carrying $646,272,00, an in
crease of $45,000,000 over the house
bill. Passage of the naval bill is de
sired and leaders, in their effort to
enact all appropriations bills needed
tl' July 1, plan then to rush through
the $500,000,000 sundry civil budget.
Final vote on the army bill was
delayed temporarily by protracted
discussion of the peace treaty and
league of nations. In yiis connec
tion Senator Borah, republican, of
Idaho, opposed the increase of the
army for 1920 from 300,000 to 400,000
men, but without a record vote the
senate approved the 400,000 pro
vision. Main Army Bill Items.
As passed by the senate, the prin
cipal items of the "army bill are:
$215,885,000 for army pay; $523
991,000 for subsistence, and trans
portation; $54,400,000 for aviation
an increase of about $30,000,000 over
the house appropriation; $12,215,000
for the national guard; $19,000,000
for ordnance,' and $45,000,000 for
storage and shipping facilities.
The senate reduced from $3,260,
000 to $2,660,000 the appropriation
for-purchase of the Dayton-Wright
aviation field at Dayton, Ohio.
Another amendment adopted and
reapproved would limit the salary of
C. W. Hare, in charge of disposal
of surplus war supplies, to $12,000 a
year, a reduction of $13,000.
Riojters Storm Food Plant
When Dogs Found In Them
Copenhagen, June 25. Serious
rioting occurred at Hamburg on
Monday and Tuesday when mobs
attacked food preserving factories,
it being alleged that the bodies of
dogs and cats had been found in
them. The war provision -depart
ment also was attacked and its of fi
ces were wrecked. ,
The mob tried to disarm troops
marching through the streets and
the latter opened fire, a number of
persons being killed and wounded.
Big Cities to Install. "'
Automatic Phones
Chicago, June 25. Automatic
telephones, are to be installed by
the telephone companies of the
large cities soon, a. h. bunny, presi
dent of the Chicago Telephone com
pany, -said, believing the machines
would reduce the manual labor
about -50 per cent. All of the 7.500
local operators will be retained. The
automatics would not replace the
party lines at present
Prince of Wales to Start
International Air Race
Toronto, June 25. An interna
tional aerial race, which will start
simultaneously from Toronto and
New York, will be held August 25,
with the prince of Wales as the
starter, it is announced. A prize of
So.lHXJ and a trophy have been of
feied by John McE. Bowman of
Isew York.
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ENTENTE
WILL NO
WAIT ON
TEUTONS
Enemy Fails to Send Definite
Word When Delegates Will '
Be Ready to Sign the s
, Peace Treaty.
(By the Associated Press.)
Another day has passed with ths
delegates of the allied and associated
powers in Paris awaiting in vain :
definite word from the Germans as '
to when they will be ready to sign
the peace treaty. Unofficial opinion
in the French capital is that the mo
mentous event will not take place .
before Saturday and possibly not un
til Monday. '
The council of four was informed
that during Wednesday the German 1
government was busily engaged H -trying
to arrange the personnel oi
its delegation in Versailles. v
The Germans thus far have given '
no intimation as to what men are
to be the choice of the Bauer gov
ernment. Unofficial advices indicate '
that the cabinet is experiencing -great
difficulty in finding men who
are willing to take upon their shoul- '
ders the duty of acknowledging, in
a document which will become world ; ;
history, Germany's utter defeat in;,
the war and "her unqualified ac
quiescence to the terms of .the vie- '
tors. '
Mueller Refuses to Sign.
Reports are that Herman Mueller. 1
foreign secretary in the Bauer cabi
net, like Dr. Haniel von Hainhansen,
declined to accept the onus for. sign-.
ing a treaty - admittedly- obnoxious
to the. Germans.'1"'. ,
Even a visit Wednesday to Ver
sailles, where the members of the
original German delegation still are,
by the general secretary of the peace
conference, failed to bring forth any
knowledge of what was. being done
in Germany toward the selectjon of
plenipotentiaries. , . . .
Fans dispatches assert that ow
ing to the uncertainty of the situ
ation the heads of the allied and
associated powers are contemplat
ing issue of an ultimatum setting, a
day and a time satisfactory to the-.n "
for the appearance of the Germans
before the peace congress to sign
the treaty. . ' '
Field Marshal von Hindenburg is
understood to have resigned V the
chief command of the German
army. . ;
May Send Ultimatum. , t -
Paris, June 25. (By Associated
Press.) If the heads .of the allied
powers in Paris do not hear from '
Weimar very soon regarding th
German delegation for the signing '
of the peace treaty an . ultimatum
will be sent to the German govern
ment according to the Paris office of
Reuter's. Ltd. The ultimatum. will
demand the appointment of pleni-
potentiaries within a certain number
ol hours. ; ' ' ,
It was announced today that '
President Poincare's official dinner
to the peace plenipotentiaries will
take place Thursday night. It wat
originally planned to hold the din
ner on the night of the signing of
the treaty but the uncertainty ss-to ,
the date of the ceremohv has caused '
Thursday to be named definitely for -the
dinner irrespective of the time , "
of the event at Versailles. ' .
Officials Are Uneasy. " '
This lack of official advices fro'ii
Germany with regard to the nsw '
plenipotentiaries has caused ,: somt.
uneasiness in conference circles and
the plans for the signing oi te ;
treaty are in a complete sate of ;
(Continued on Pare Two, Column Foar.) .
Airplanes Arriye in i J
Omaha for Flightsto j
Towns in Nebraska
, - " ' i '
Three Curtiss airplanes, the first
to be purchased by the Omaha Fly :
ing company, arrived in Omaha last
night by express, and were unloaded
in preparation for a flight to North
Bend, Neb., where flying exhibii -tions
will fee held. .The three
machines -will "hop off" at the Ak-Sar-Ben
field sometime this morn
ing, according to Clarke G. Powell,
one of the promoters of the com
pany.. ' ' ' " ; .
Arjhur Balis, Walter R. Johnson '
and John Brooks, all ex-army
aviators, - and stockholders in the
Omaha Flying company, will pilot "
the machines to North fiend. The ,
three planes are of the, type used
by the. Canadians for training their '
airmen. They are easily handled, '
and highly practical for commer- -cial
purposes, according to Mr.
Powell. - .
After giving exhibitions in several ;
Nebraska and South Dakota towns,
the three aviators will fly back to
Omaha, where exhibition flights
will be made from the Ak-Sar-Bea
field. . -
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