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BEE WANT ADS WILL HELP YOU TO THE JOB YOU SEEK OR TO THE MAN FOR THE JOB. The Omaha Daily Bee THE WEATHER: Generally fair and con tinued warm Saturday and Sunday. R1EF RIGHT REEZ Y Hourly trmixraturra: 5 a. m. . 8 a. m.. 7 a. in. R . ni.. 9 a. m. . 10 a. in.. It a. m.. 12 in. 7S . t .74 .74 .SO .84 .87 1 p. m.. t . ni.. M i. m. 4 i. ni. t p. ni.. p. m. 1 p. m.. 8 p. ni. ..87 ...ST . K. Ml 80 . . 711 ....77 .... BITS OF NEWS 'SPONGES' SEEKING SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES. New York.' June 27. "Have you a safety deposit box where I can store some whisky?" . This is one of the many inquiries a New York safety deposit company received today now that the im pending prohibition is becoming more than a shadow cast before the event. Treasures of gold and jew els are nothing now as compared with the preciousness of the mellow fluid of the grape. (From all indications fishing par ties are not likely to be so popular after July 1. One can hear hubby saying to the wife: T have some important documents stored in my safety deposit to look over. Do not Cxp'ect me home until late." The safety deposit vault com pany, however, has a serious legal problem to settle before strong boxes are rented out for the storage of whisky and wines. The company is frequently obliged to sell the con tents of the vaults to recover the fee for rental. A sale of liquor is illegal. The only prospect for the directors of the company would be to consume the liquor as compensation. DELIVERS SERMON FROM DECTK OF DIRIGIBLE. Columbus. O., June 27. From a height of 300 feet above an immense crowd at the Methodist centenary celebration here. Dr. Edward Soper delivered a sermon through a mega phone from the decks of the big army dirgible A-4, which came here from Akron under command of Maj. Clarence Maranville. Dr. Soper's voice could be distinctly heard. The sermon was about 300 words in length. Former President William H. Taft was the principal speaker. Mr. Taft spoke on various phases of Sunday school work. HAMBY CALMLY AWAITS , DEATH IN ELECTRIC CHAIR New York, June 27. Gordon Fawcett Hamby is in solitary con finement in a cell in "Murderers'" row at Sing Sing state prison at Os ainirig, N. Y awaiting death in the electric chair some time during the week of July 28 as the penalty for shooting and killing Dewitt C. Peal, paying teller of the East Brooklyn Savings bank, during the sensational daylight holdup of that institution last December. Hamby's pal in that robbery is at large, and the man condemned to die has refused to disclose his identity. Alienists who examined Hamby at the state supreme court in Brook lyn, declared the youthful criminal trD! "mentally and , legally sane." . His attorney offered to prepare an appeal for a new trial, but Hamby gave no indications that he would not consider as final the verdict given by a jury that he was guilty of murder, in the first degree. TO MAKE 100,000,000 PENNIES EACH MONTH. San Francisco, June 27. The San Francisco mint concentrated Friday on turning out of pennies follow;ng an order by Ray Baker, United States superintendent of mines, who is now here, that the mints of the country turn out 100,000,000 of these coins a month. The pennies will be applied for the most part to meet the tax on small commodities, Baker said. U. S. A. HAS 3,400 AIRPLANES READY FOR IMMEDIATE USE. Washington, June 24. Army air planes in commission for immedi ate service number 3,400, it was of ' ficially announced, after an inven tory had been made at all air serv ice fields and stations over the coun try. The survey shows that should an emeency arise there would be available for instant duty as socn as the flyers could be put down at the hangars a total of 1,240 "battle planes," or enough to form 50 squad rons. Backing up the 1,240 battle planes BA? nfl th cam tvne in storacre. but recently tested and capable of being put in commission within a few hours. In trained personnel, there are 1,394 flying officers. BAY RUM POPULAR IN V WASHINGTON SOCIETY. " Washington, June 27. Declaring that society and other women as well as men in Washington were purchasing for beverage purposes bay rum and other toilet articles of high alcoholic contents. F. T. Stone, representing the Washington Druggists' association, asked the senate judiciary subcommittee not to require druggists to place labels on bottles showing the alcoholic strength of the contents. Such labels, he said, would be an invita tion to purchase for use as bever ages. WARM WELCOME GIVEN TO TRANSATLANTIC FLIERS. "New York, June 27. An official welcome such as previously had been accorded only to returning cabinet members awaited Lt Com Albert C Read, who commanded the first aircraft to cross the Atlan tic ocean, and his associates, Com. John H. Towers and Lt Com. P. N. L. Bellinger, when they stepped ashorei from the army transport Zeppelin. Commander Read expressed his appreciation of the reception. RICKENBACHER TO TRY TRANSOCEANIC FLIGHT. San Francisco, June 27. Capt. Edward Rickenbacher, America's premier aviator, plans a trans oceanid airplane flight, he said here following his arrival from Los An geles. " "I may make a transoceanic flight," said Rickenbacher, "and I am not particular whether it will be the Pacific or the Atlantic ocean that I cross." . Captain Rickenbacher will leave here Sunday, going to the Pacific northwest enroute to his home at Columbus, O, VOL. 49 NO. 9. HIS PLANS TO MAKE COUNTRY DRY UP TO CONGRESS General Measure Embracing Wartime and Constitutional Prohibition Reported Out by House Committee. REAL BATTLE WILL BE FOR 2 3-4 PER CENT BEER Antis Will Fight Desperately for Modification of Most Severe Sections. Washington, June 27. The whole question of prohibition enforcement was transferred from the judiciary committee to the house, without promise or assurance of speedy con sideration. A general enforcement measure, embracing both wartime and con stitutional prohibition put together in such' a way as to let one stand independently of the other, was re ported out by a vote of 17 to 2 after the committee had refused to split it into two separate and distinct parts. But this vote did not accur ately represent the 'sentiment of the committee, some members of which will send in a minority report and insist upon the elimination of some of 'the drastic provisions. Will Make Fight For Beer. Backed up by representatives from districts outwardly hostile to wartime prohibition, the minority will attempt a flying wedge fight in the hope of so amending the war time enforcement bill as to permit the manufacture and sale of 24 per cent beer. While the prohibition leaders claim to have sufficient votes to put the bill through without substantial change, they conferred informally to decide upon a plan of action, believing there was no indi cation that the president, before July 1, would issue a proclamation declaring demobilization and war time prohibition ended. Anti-orohibition forces' Jn the house counted heads and agreed to put up a desperate battle for whole sale.anodifications -of severe sec tions. There was wide difference of opinion among members as to how soon the fight might begin. House "Dry" by Big Margin. After the bill was formally report ed out, Chairman Volstead an nounced he would ask tor a me giving it the right of way, but strong objection developed. The general view was that the bill would not be called up in the house until July 7, at the earliest. There was little disagreement on the bills ultimate passage, for the house is counted "dry" by a big margin. Some of the prohibition members pointed out there was no great di- vision except on tne aennmon oi intoxicating liquor, and while they expected a strong effort to raise the percentage from one-half of one per cent they expressed every confi dence in this respect the bill would be passed as drawn by the commit tee and as endorsed by all of the anti-liquor organizations. The real battle will be for 2Y per cent beer. Dealers in St. Louis Advised to Contest Wartime Prohibition St. Louis, June 27. John P. Pen sa, president of the St. Louis Retail T intmr 'npalpi-Q announced he had advised the 600 members of the as sociation to continue the sale of all liquors after July 1 in an effort to test the enforcement of wartime prohibition. The decision of the United States court of appeals in New York, modifying the injunction against enforcement by district at torneys, he said, would have no ef fect on the stand of local saloon keepers, as they expect only a few arrests will be made as a basis for test cases. Approximately 600 saloon-keepers have applied for new licenses to cover the last' six months of the year. These applications, however, are regarded as conditional on the lifting of wartime prohibition. Seattle Mayor" Asks More Pay for Employes of City Seattle, June 27. Mayor Ok Hanson asked the board of public works to increase the compensa tion of about 5,000 employes. The mayor said he has found the cost of living is still on the increase in Seattle and he thought it time for the city to conduct an investigation. StiU in Holland. The Hague. June 27. Frederick William Hohenzollern, the former German crown prince, whose escape from Holland to Germany had been reported.was still at his residence on the island of Wierengen in the Zuyder Zee this morning, it was officially announced here this afternoon. YOUNG AMERICA ON THE FOURTH OF JULY showing in photograph one of Omaha's own celebrating Independence day noisily, is to be the cover page in Next Sunday's Bee Gravure Section Phone Tyler 1000 ' Better phone your order for the Sunday Bee now and have the carrier deliver it to your home. Phone Tyler 1000 futon1 MMaa-tlau mtttr M 21, IMS. mt Oaah P. O. ifr aet at March S. 1879. Will GRAIN CONTROL COMMITTEE TO BE NAMED IN OMAHA Hines Announces Permit Sys tem to Prevent Conges tion of Shipments. Washington, June 27. TJefinite plans for controlling shipments of grain to prevent railroad conges tion and excess accumulation at primary markets involving a dual system of individual and blanket permits were announced Friday night by Director General Hines. Grain control committees will be appointed in Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Louis and Omaha, to administer control of grain movements to the principal markets in their respec tive territories. The jurisdicaion of the Omaha committee will include Council Bluffs, Detroit, Toledo, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Wichita and Fort Worth. Each commission will consist of three members, it was said, two representing the railroad adminis tration and' one the United States grain corporations transportation division. The movement of grain to pri mary markets will be controlled by issuance of blanket permits to the railroads, while control of the movements between the markets as well as from all points to Atlantic or gulf ports will be exercised through the issuance of individual permits to the shipper. BRITISH UNABLE TO STOP SINKING OF GERMAN SHIPS Terms of Armistice Prevented Armed Guards on In terned Vessels. Washington, June 27. No effec tive measures could have been taken by the British admiralty to prevent scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow without violating the terms of the armistice, said a state ment issued by the British embassy, fhe fact that the ships were merely interned and not surrendered, said the statement, prevented the plac ing of armed guards on board. Even had this been done, it was said, it would not have been a guar antee against sinking, because the German crews, ' with their expert knowledge of the complex valve machinery, would) have found it a comparatively easy matter to open the valves without detection. It was recommended to the all'ed naval council by the naval adviser of the British admiralty, the state ment said, that the armistice terms provided for surrender instead of in ternment of the German ships, but the recommendation was overruled by the council. "Admiral Von Reuter stated verbally- that on his own responsibility he had given orders for the ships to be sunk, being under the impres sion the armistice had ceased on Saturday," the statement said. Wool Firm Members Sentenced to Prison for Income Tax Fraud Boston, June 28. William A. English and John H. O'Brien, mem bers of the wool firm of English & O'Brien, were fined $10,000 each and sentenced to serve 18 months in prison in federal court here for conspiring to defraud the government in connection with in come tax returns. The defendants leaded guilty to frauds involving 1,379,000. Government counsel announced the Department of Justice in civil proceedings, will seek to collect both the income and excess profits taxes due and a 100 per cent fine provided by law. The court in its opinion said that "if the government is approximately right in its compu tation, the amount of money due it for taxes is nearly $2,500.000." Man Who Threatened Wilson Sent to Asylum Chicago, June 27. George Marks hall is in Dunning insane asylum today as the result of a commitment from the county court following his transfer from federal authorities after arrest on a charge of sending a threatening letter to President Wil son. Markshall is 47 years old. He married Mrs. Lucy Parsons, widow of one of the Haymarket anarchists, who was hanged in 1887. Bandits Rob Mine Office of $41,000; One, Man Killed Benton, 111., June 27 Five robbers held up the officer of the Middlefork mie, two miles east of here, Friday afternoon, and after wounding three employes of the company escaped with $41,000. One of the bandits was shot and killed as he ran from the office. His companions carried the body to a waiting automobile and made their escape. OMAHA, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1919. SIGN PROMINENT MEN TO BE CALLED IN TOWNLEY TRIAL Defense May Place Senators and Representatives on Stand in Case Against Nonparti san League Heads. PRINCIPAL DEFENDANT APPEARS FOR FIRST TIME Hears Witnesses Testify About Speeches Held to Be Seditious. Jackson, Minn., June 27. Men and women of national prominence are to be called by the defense at the conspiracy trial of A. C. Town ley and Joseph Gilbert in district court here to give their views re garding the patriotic or unpatri otic quality of one or more ad dresses which Townley, president of the National Nonpartisan league, has delivered since the United States declared war on Germany.. The trial of the two men charged with having conspired to advocate sedition, got well under way, with Townley present for the first time. The state called a number of wit nesses, including shorthand repor ters, who testified regarding vari ous speeches which Townley and Gilbert have made since the sum mer of 1917. Advocated Conscription. One of the Townley addresses was that delivered in' St. Paul at a Nonpartisan league convention Sep tember 18, 19 and 20. In this ad dress Townley attacked wealth and food profiteers, referred to them as autocrats and declared that wealth should be conscripted to the limit. It was at this meeting United States Senator Robert M. LaFolktt delivered his address on the t war which later became the subject for sepatorial comment. The prosecu tion made an unsuccessful attempt to have the LaFollette speach read to the jury. Attorneys for the defense indi cated that so far as Townley's St. Paul speech was concerned the issue was a clean cut one as to whether his attack on wealth and the alleged failure of wealth to carry its share of the war burden was disloyal. Attorneys for the defense said the speech was listened to by Sen. W. E. Borah of Idaho, George Creel, chairman of the committee on public information; Rep. Jean nette Rankin of Montana, W. B. Colver, chairman of the Federal Trades commission and other well known persons, who spoke at St. Paul convention of Nonpartisan league. The attorneys said it was probable that all of these persons would be asked to testify regarding their views as to the loyalty of this particular address. Editor Left Platform. Andrew Finstuen, editor of the Leader at Kenyon, Mian., testified regarding a Nonpartisan league meeting at Kenyon, August 18, 1917, when speeches were made by Joseph Gilbert, L. W. Martin and N. S. Randall, all Nonpartisan league organizers. "I was loyal. I did not know it was to be a disloyal meeting," tes tified Finstuen. "My opinion was that the meeting was rank disloyal ty. I left the platform and con cluded I would not have anything to do with the meeting." James E. Gillespie, a banker from Stillwater, Minn., testified that Townley in a political speech at Stillwater on February 19 of this year, defended the red flag and de clared that it was the emblem of the oppressed. ' , Republicans Oppose 10 Day Recess for Congress Washington, June 27. Proposals that congress recess for 10 days be ginning early next month, after the annual supply measures had been passed, has been made by some democratic senators, but thus far republican leaders have refused to agree, holding that in view of the early return of President Wilson and his desire to address the sen ate, it would be unwise for the senate to suspend its work. It is understood, however, that they agree to a three-day recess pending consideration of the peace treaty. Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, ad ministration spokesman, and Swan son o'f Virginia were said to have been among senators urging a brief recess. Former Austrian Emperor Reported III in Switzerland Geneva, June 27. (By Associated Press.) It is reported from Pran gins, where former Emperor Charles of Austria is staying, that the health of the ex-emperor is causing anxiety. He has not left the house for a week and is being attended by a iSwiss doctor. Former Empress Zita is acting as nurse for her husband. PEAC RESIGNATION OF HEGG, DEMAND BY CHIEF EBEKSTEIN Chauffeur to Be Ousted Be cause of Testimony in Brown Raid Case. The first of a series of expectfd retaliations against police officers who testified unfavorably for Detec tives Armstrong and Herdzina w.is announced last night when Police Captain Henry Heitfeld ordered Chauffeur Edward Hegg to resign. Hegg at the recent hearing of Detectives Armstrong and Herd zina testified that the two officers were drunk the night of the raid on the Brown flats, 2106 Cass street. Other policemen who testified against Mhe' two officers will be asked for their resignations, it is understood. Numerous conferences between Armstrong, Herdzina and the po lice heads haveled to the belief in police circles tnat attacks will be made and charges filed dealing with Hegg's personal character. Record Without Blemish. Brother officers say Hegg's of ficial record is withouf blemish. Ht was appointed by Ringer. The demand for Hegg's resigna tion is similar to demands made fol lowing the trial of former Detective Danbaum, when men who test'fied favorably for Danbaum were asked to quit the force! Sergt. Edward Vanous, present head of the morals squad, is under stood to be one of the men slated for demotion or resignation, as n result of his testimony at the re cent hearing. Captain Heitfeld said last night the orders askingHegg to resign came from Police Crief Eberstein Hegg declared last night he would not resign unless charges were filed against him and proved. Rumors affecting the demotion or forced resignation of Hegg, Vanous and Joseph Potach, another morals squad officer, have been current at the police station for several days. Chief Eberstein could not be reached last night to discuss the matter and Police Commissioner Ringer refused to answer any ques tions. Mayor Peers From Cell. Mayor Smith was in jail last night, locked in a cell, too. and looking out jusj like a person who fracti res laws and ordinances. He was taken to the cell occupied by Tom Brown, son of the woman locked up by police for being the owner of apartments where alleged disorderliness was taking place. The mayor wanted to see if Tom Brown could have peered as far as the spot where the turnkey pushed his mother as she ascended the stairs to the upper tier of cells. Mr. Smith did not announce his finding when he returned from his visit to the cell. He was accom panied by Captain Heitfeld, who still insists Brown couldn't have seen the turnkey push his mother. After the mayor had left the sta tion a copy of the "whitewash" find ings of the recent Herdzina-Arm-strong trial was tacked up on the police bulletin board. Doctor Who Reported Burglars Shot Wife Convicted of Murder Mineola, L. I., June 27. Dr. Wal ter Keene Wilkins, charged with having killed his wife, Julia, at their Long Beach home February 27, was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury in the state su preme court today. Dr. Wilkins is about 67 years old. The jury recommended mercy on the part of the court. The penalty for first degree murder in New York is death by electrocution. Dr. Wilkins accepted calmly the jury's decision, which meant that the 12 men were not convinced by the physician's story on the witness stand that burglars killed his wife. British Dirigible to Start Transatlantic Flight Soon London, June 27. The dirigible R-34 will start on a transatlantic flight at 2 a. m. next Wednesday, weather permitting, it was an nounced tonight. Present plans! call for arrival of the big gas bag over New York July 4. The landing will be made at Cape May. St. Johns, N. F., June 27. Vice Admiral Mark Kerr announced Fii day night he hoped to start his transatlantic flight in the Handley Page biplane Saturday. Exhibitors Ask Repeal ' of War Tax on Movies St. Louis, Tune 27. .Alfred Black of Rockford, Me., was elected president of the Motion Picture Ex hibitors of America at the annual convention of the organization here. The delegates voted to hold the 1920 convention at Ocean View, Va. A resolution asking repeal of the 10 per cent tax on admissions to moving picture .theaters and the tax on films was adopted by the exhibitors. By Malt (I jaar). Dally, S4.S0: Dally and Sua.. S5.S0: autiWt Nab. I aaJ PRESIDENT TO SAIL FOR HOME AT NOON SUNDAY Will Lay Results of Confer ence Before Congress Im mediately Upon Arrival at White House. IS MORE THAN SATISFIED WITH RESULTS OBTAINED Thinks Treaty and League Covenant Should Be Ratified Without Amendment. Paris, June 27. (By the Associ ated Press.) The sojourn of Pres ident Wilson in Europe will come to an end Saturday. He will start homeward immediately following the signing of the peace treaty. All arrangements for his departure have been completed and the special pres idential train will leave the Care Des Invalides at 9:30 Saturday eve ning. It will arrive at Brest Sun day morning, where the president will board the steamship George Washington, which will sail about noon. On his arrival in the United States President Wilson will go straight to Washington to lay before congress the results of the peace conference. He will leave soon afterward for an extended tour of the country for the purpose of explaining directly to the people all questions relating to the peace treaty and the league of nations covenant. Is Well Satisfied. The president goes back to he United States more than satisfied, his friends say, with the net resu't? of the conference ,and all thir.gg considered, it is his opinion that the conference has been a wonderful success. 'While it is regarded as a disadvantageous peace for Germany, yet against this it is held that Ger many committed a great wrong and quite naturally and inevitably must make just reparation for that wrong. But outside,- of German results the conference is viewed in presi dential quarters as liberating peo ples who never before had a chance of liberty, such as Poland, Jugo Slavia and Czecho-Slovakia. Also the conference is credited with banding together the people of the world to make the peace regime enduring. Other large results, it was pointed out, are the giving of a charter to labor, removing restric tions on international intercourse and many other international re sults which can be summed up as "a colossal business, such as the world never dreamed of before." Should Be Ratified. The peace treaty and the league of nations covenant should be rati fied without amendment, according to the presidential view as it is understood for certain definite rea sons, namely, that if any one power seeks to make amendments then the war will not be over until every one of the 21 associated nations learns the results of the amend ments. This can only be done through processes of negotiation and it is held that it would be a hopeless process of delay in re- storing peace. It is also held that the effect of the amendments would be to keep the United States out of the treaty and out of the league. The question has arisen whether reservations amount to amend- (Contlnned on Page Two, Column Five.) Nonpartisan League Laws Carry by 10,000 Votes in North Dakota Fargo, N. D., June 27. Every county, with the possible exception of one, in which the opposition to the Nonpartisan league expects a majority, has been reported. On the basis of these returns, which represent about 65 per cent of the total vote cast, it was regard ed as likely that " the Nonpartisan league majority on all of the sever; referred laws would range around 10,000. Repeal of Zone System Sought by Congressman Washington, June 27. Repeal of the postal zone system for newspa pers and periodicals is proposed in a bill by Representative Mondell of Wyoming, the republican leader. Under the measure second-class mail would be at the flat rate in force before the war revenue bill of 1917 was passed. Mrs. Wilcox Convalescent. London, June 27. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, the noted poetess, who re cently was critically ill, is speedingly rec6vering, Mrs. Wilcox plans, to return to the United States immedi ately. ' x v Saaiay. SJ.M; aeitaa antra. TWO CENTS. IIS RESISTANCE TO ALLIES PLANNED BY SCHEIDEMANN "" " "T vVouId Have Refused ' Peace ' Treaty, Says Correspondent of Tageblatt. Berlin, June 27. (By the Associ ated Press.) The German govern ment headed by - Philipp Scheido mann had planned to refuse to sign the peace treaty and to permit the allied troops to March into Ger many as far as the Elbe, where it would be attacked by strong Ger man forces, the Danzig correspond ent of the Tageblatt declares in a dispatch describing the details of a secret plan to create a separate state in northeastern Germany. The plan failed because of jealous ies and differences of opinion ot tween the government and the army leaders, the correspondent says. A report from, Geneva Thursday night saidHerr Scheidemann had arrived in Switzerland after cross ing the frontier ,on foot. The last proposal made by the conspirators planning to oppose hc allies, it is said, was to ask Poland to combine with eastern Germany in the formation of an independent republic. The offer, it is declared, was rebuffed by the Poles, wh asked why it had not been offered 10 years ago. POINCARE LEFT -OFT FREE LIST TO PEACE SIGNING Every Sort of Intrigue Used to Obtain Coveted Pasteboards to Big Event. Paris, June 27. (By the Associat ed Press.) Every sort of intrigue is being indulged in by those who are able to advance the slightes: claim to obtain a ticket of admis sion to the hall of mirrors at Ver sailles to witness the signing of the peace treaty. The official list has been drawn up by the government and it forgot, according to LTntransigeants, to include President Poincare, among those entitled to a ticket The presi dent says he newspaper personally drew attention to this sfightrbut if was announced that 'it was unlikely he will be able to be present Marshal Foch and General Pe tain are among those included in the list of ticket holders, but Mar shal Joffre and most of the former premiers, even those who held of fice during the war, were omitted from the list. M. Briand, Fainleve and Viviani, all former premiers a.id M. Delcasse, former foreign minis ter, are among those uninvited to attend the ceremony. Police and Firemen of Chicago Threaten to Resign Their Jobs Chicago, June 27 Although the city council received the 1919 budget carrying $33,970,386, including near ly $3,000,000 for increased pay for city employes, from the finance committee, none of the employes' organization was satisfied. Police men and firemen arranged a joint action, expected to take the form of an agreement to resign unless the council on Monday meets their de mands in full, will be outlined. While approximately 5,000 city employes, chiefly those of the street bureau, remained on strike, although the budget would provide 50 cents a day more pay, there were rumors of other labor troubles brewing among stock yards and public utilities workers. Street car men have called a meeting for Sunday Engineers employed by the city had declared for a strike, but postponed it until Monday noon to await council action- To Protest Against Allied Intervention in Russia Southport, Eng., June 27 British, trench and Italian labor represent tives nave aeciaea to mane a gen eral demonstration on July 20 or 21 to protest against allied interven tion in Russia. This announcement was made by Arthur Henderson, Brities labor leader, at the labor- conference here Friday. The conference later adopted a resolution calling upon the trade union congress to take industrial action in order to compel the Brit ish government to stop" operations in Russia. Will Not Lift Blockade Until Treaty Is Ratified London, June 27. According to a statement made in authoritative quarters, the blockade of Germany will not be lifted until the powers concerned have ratified the peace treaty. It is understood, however, that Owing to the delay of ratifica tion inevitable in America, the pow ers have-agreed that President Wil son's signature shall be regarded as ratification pending that of the American congress. I UIM IT ENVOYS FROM' BERLIN ARRIVE AT VERSAILLES Ministers Mueller and Bell to Carry Out Promise of Ger man Cabinet and Na tional Assembly. CHINESE DELEGATES SAY THEY WILL N0TSIGN PACT Conference to Continue After Departure of Wilson and Lloyd George. By the Associated Press. Everything is in readiness for the signing Saturday afternoon by the Germans of the peace treaty. Dr. Hermann Mueller, foreign minister in the new German cabinet and Dr. Bell, chief of the colonial office, designated as Germany'i signatories to the momentous docu ment, arrived in Versailles late Fri day night to carry out the promise of the cabinet and the national as sembly to seal the compact. That the Germans still are dis satisfied with the treaty terms is indicated by reports that Dr. Muel ler and Dr. Bell left Berlin for Ver sailles secretly, fearing attempts on their lives. i Chinese May Not Sign. An llth-hour discordant note has been struck by the Chinese dele gates, who announce they will not affix their signatures to the treaty because China will not be allowed to make reservations concerning the province of Shantung. President Wilson is expected to sail homeward on the steame' George Washington from Brest Sunday afternoon. Shortly after his arrival in the United States, it is said, the president will make tour of the country on behalf of the peace treaty and the league of ra tions covenant. Secretary of Stae Lansing will take the president's place in -the peace councils. - Germans Advance in Poland. - Some anxiety has been aroused in Paris by news of further Germitt aggressions against Poland. The important city of Czenstochow, ISO miles southwest of Warsaw, is reported as being under heavy at tack by artillery. At some points the' Germans are declared to be within 20 miles of the city. Vienna advices say that Austrian, German and Italian communists haVe decided to attempt to raise the red flag of revolution in Italy abcmW July 15. Conference to Continue.- ; Paris, June 27. The work of the peace conference will not be inter- rupted by the signing of the treaty with Germany, although President Wilson will leave Paris Saturday night and Premier Lloyd George will return to London Sunday. Foreign Secretary Balfour and Sec retary of State Lansing will replace ' the British minister and President Wilson in the work yet to be done. The peace treaty with Austria probably will be taken up Monday. Paris, June 27. The Austrians have protested to the council of -four against the division - of the Klagenfurt district between Austria and Jugo Slavia, as ' recommended by the special commission which in- vestigated the matter. , ( The original of the treaty of ' peace which will be signed by all the plenipotentiaries will be on Japan parchment, according 4 to L'Intransigeant It will cost 15,000 francs to prepare the iocument. Those holding tickets of admis sion to the peace signing ceremony in the hall of mirrors in the Ver-; sailles palace have been notified that they must be provided with identification papers. These papers must carry the photographs of the person to be admitted. ' Chinese Follow Orders. Washington, June 27. Announce ment by the Chinese peace delega tion in Paris that China would not sign tne peace treaty is in line with the instructions sent the delegation several weeks ago by the Chinese government. ( These instructions (Continued on Para Two, Col am n Tw.) Telephone Operators Refuse Offer of 3 Year Apprenticeship San Francisco, Cal., June 27. Th c negotiations between the striking telephone operators and electrical workers of California and Nevada and the Pacific Telephone and Tele- ' graph company were ended Friday. The strikers refused the rnmnanv' offer of a three-year aDDrenticeshin instead of five years if the operators would accept the wage scale pre sented in a former compromise of fer. In the former offer the ,con). - pany demanded a seven-year ap prenticeship and the employes asked that the maximum wases h naiA at the end of five years. tviaences of a solit between ti,e international officers of the striking ' unions and the strikers themselves were less apparent Friday, it beiR announced that L. C. Grasser, in ternational vice president, had de cided to suspend his decision to sub-" . mit the company's comoromis n - referendum of the affected local. S ,4