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'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.
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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.
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Dally and Sua.. S5.S0: autiWt Nab.
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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
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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.
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