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"Give us conl, and quickly," was the Imperative demand of n great part of tho American public last week. So serloua had the fuel situation become, that It seemed n settlement of the dls puto between the operators nnd min ers must bo forced by dire necessity. In the northwestern and middle West states the condition was aggravated by n severe cold wave, and the people of that part of tho country especially, ictually hecamo alarmed by tho pros pect of freezing to death. Plans for ending the strike at least temporarily were as numerous as the planners, tut almost the only steps really tak en were for the conservation of the existing supplies of fuel. It Is true that In some of the western state? the operation of tho mines was taken over by the state government and volun teer miners were put at work under protection of the stnto troops. This was most commendable In principle, but naturally the concrete results In tho wny of coal to burn were not ex tensive. Chicago, and Illinois general ly, felt the pinch more ncutely than most regions, and prominent men gathered and devised regulation" to curtail the use of coal. The state public utilities Issued these regula tions formally, and (Iqvcrnnr Lowden proclaimed them, nnd nlso planned to nfek the federal government to adopt the same rules for the entire country. They cut the working day of stores and factories to six and a half hours, nnd materially rcducd the heating and lighting wrvlce everywhere. Al ready the regional conl committee had cut off all new supplies from nones sential Industries. These rules prom ised, within a very short time, to throw out of employment ninny tlioth sands of men and women. New York city was not suffering from the soft coal strike, because the law permits It to burn only anthracite, but It was worried by rumors- thnt the hard conl miners also might strike soon. In general the Atlantic const states had enough fuel, nnd Director General Hlnes was shipping hundreds of carlnnds from there to the dis tressed middle West. Tho federal government got Into action again by filing In the district court nt Indianapolis, Information charging criminal contempt of court ognlnst 81 International nnd district Ulcers of tho miners' union. These leaders, who tncludo Acting President Lewis nnd Secretnry Green, were sum moned to appear In court Tuesdny nnd unswer tho charges. Of course such proceedings mny result In tho punish ment of the accused men, but will they get coal for the would-be con sumer? Thnt Is what the latter Is In terested In Jiift now, nnd thnt only, e Is thoroughly disgusted with the )hole wrangle and Is no more In sym pathy with greedy operators than with rreedy miners. vIn Ids view, both sides nro crlmlnajly tncnnsldernto of the public needs, and he demands that they be forced Into n compromise. The Buffering nnd financial loss to the peo ple already have been Immense nnd cannot now bo checked entirely even If conl mining Is resumed nt once, Out the people do Insist that they be kept warm from now on. Townrd tho end of the week hopo arose that the warring operators and miners might reach nn ngreement. A number of the Inrgest operators form ulated a now wage scale offering lightly more than the 14 per cent rnlie iiggcstod by Dr. Garfield and making certain other concessions. This scale was submitted to the fuel ad ministration before being made public. Though In most of the mine fields the men were reported to be firmly stand ing for the .'II per cent Increaso which Secretnry Wilson imposed, In some parts of the country they were said to be drifting back to work nn the Garlleld huMs; and It was hoped that even If their union did not accept tho now scale offered, It would help to break down the holdout of the more stubborn. At this writing Consular Agent Jen kins Is still In jail at Puebln, the state department nt Washington Is await ing a reply to Its second request that he be releawd Immediately, nnd Pres ident Carranzn Is In conference with Generals Margula nnd Dleguez, two of his strongest military commanders. Secretary Lansing's second note went to considerable length to refute the contentions put forward by Mexico In the Jenkins case nnd closed with n repetition of the urgent request for the freeing of the consular agent, but It wns no more of nn ultlmntum than the tlrst note. The Mexican congress formally put the whole matter In the hands of Carranzn. Many members of congress as well ns mnny other Americans nro not sat isfied with the administration's Mex ican policy, and In response to this feeling Senator Fall of New Mexico drafted a resolution requesting Pres ident Wllwm to sever diplomatic re lations with Mexico, nnd to withdraw his recognition of tho Carranzn gov ernment. The resolution was taken under consideration by the foreign re lations committee, nnd that body had before It copies of official documents said to disclose the activities of Car ranza, his embassy In Washington nnd his consulates In various American cities, to stir the radical elements to revolutionary outbreaks. There was a report that these documents were supplied by Secretary Lansing, who wished congress to relieve him of the responsibility for aggressive action against Mexico. It wns said that Pres ident Wilson had not been consulted concerning tho Mexican crisis and that the state department wanted congres sional action before breaking off dip lomatic relations. If this were the ftnte of affairs, It seemed likely Hint Mexico could not nvert the rupture now by releasing Mr. Jenkins. Tho demand thnt the whole unsavory mess he cleaned up Is growing Insistent, notwithstanding tho fact that the mo tives of some of the loudest shouters for such action nro open to grave sus picion. When he Introduced his resolution Senntor Fall said the evidence by which It Is supported "will nstound tile people of the United States when It Is produced." Senator Ashurst scored the war depnrtment for Ignoring re peated requests for sufllclent troops to protect the border. Senator Shields of Tenncssve, a Democrat, said: "There Is no question that our rela tions with Mexico constitute the most humiliating chapter of our foreign re lations nnd thnt there ought to be some action to protect tho citizens of the United States. We have had oc casion for war with Mexico for flvo years, nnd now this resolution ought to declare wnr ngnlnst Mexico." Germany persisted In Its refusal to sign the protocol nnd thus delnyed the Interchange of ratifications nnd the proclamation of peace. The Gerninns objected especially to the requirement that they make reparntlon for the sinking of the surrendered wnr ships In Scapa Flow; to the evacuation of Llthunnra ; to the necessity of turning over to the nllles for trial the Germnn olllcers accused of crime", nnd to the paragraph which, as Baron von Lers ner hays, "would permit the Invasion of our country by armed fowc In times of peace on any trivial pretext." The supremo council showed no disposi tion to recede from Its position, and ns the Amerlcnn delegntlon delnyed 'Its departure nnd supported lts col- leagues entirely, It seemed certnln the Gerninns would yield soon. Their assertion thnt If tho terms nro too drnstlc their government will fall and the country lapse Into holshevlsm Is discounted, for recent Investigators have learned that that kind of talk, so .prevalent elnco tho signing of tho i nrmlstlce, Is Inrgcly "bunk." Mr. Polk hns let the Germans know definite!) that any differences In America con corning the treaty cannot bo construed to their beuellt. The American delegntes planned to return home because they felt that such matters ns were being hnndled by the supreme council should bo hnndled by the state departments of the various nations. The IlrltMi nnd French urged thnt their departure be delayed for they considered the situa tion as threatening In view of tho ugly temper shown by the Germans, and felt that the armed assistance of America might still be needed. A Paris dispatch says secret advices from Germany state that more than half a million Germnn mldlers still nro under amis a force exceeding tho combined British and French forces not yet demobilized. The American, French nnd British pence commissioners Inst week formu lated a compromise agreement on the Adriatic question which wns present ed to Italy for consideration nnd which It wns confidently expected would sat Isfy the Italians nnd all other parties to the dispute. A dispatch from Rome snld Italian regulars would occupy Flume nnd nil the territory given to Itnly by the trenty of London, nnd thnt Cuptnln D'Annunzio's, volunteer troops would withdraw. Unless some solution for Itnly's troubles Is found, here Is n good pros pect of a revolution there. When pnr llnment assembled the Socialist depu ties refused to rlw on the entrance of tho king or to tnke the" oath In hi presence. Next n genernl strike wa started In several large cities, and though this did not Inst long It wns nccompnnled by disorders thnt as sumed revolutionary aspects. In Rome Turin nnd Mllnn there were pcrlnus riots. Tho tangled sltuntlon In Russln. Po land nnd the Baltic countries' Is still more complicated by dispatches that show Denlklnc Is being fought to a standstill by tlie Ukrainians. Poles and Jews; thnt the bolshevlkl nre either winning or losing ground, ac cording to the source of the news; that Colonel Bermondt nnd bis Ger mnn army In the Baltic region were lighting for Denlklne and Kolchnk nnd against the bolshevlkl. It would take a Philadelphia lawyer to figure out the truth concerning thnt' p;rt of the world. Esthonln nnd Llthuanln began n con ference with the Itusslnn soviet govern ment on Thursday at Dorpnt nnd II wns believed n truce would result. Finnish nnd Lettish delegntes attend ed, but they were without Instructions ns their governments were awaiting word from the nllles. From Tlflls conies word thnt nn Amoricnn officer, Colonel Bhen. hn been nnrned personal nrblter In nil disputes between Armenln nnd Azer baijan that cannot be pcttled by ngreement. The Armenlnn premier said this wns the first time In history that the Armenlnns nnd the Tnrtnrs hnd signed nn ngreement, nnd he gnvo full credit to Colonel Hhen for having ended n warfare that had been going on for nenrly two thousand yenrs. Although It was not wholly unex pected, the Indictment of Senntor Newberry of Michigan and scores of his supporters In tho senatorial elec tion came ns something of n shock. The defendants nre licensed of cor ruption, fraud nnd conspiracy. At first there wns a widespread rumor that pleas of guilty would he enteref. but Mr. Newberry not only declared he would fight the caso to a finish, but nlso demiMided n senatorial Inquiry Into his right to his sent. Politicians loolced toward South Dn kota last week with great Interest, for tho stnte conventions of the vnr lous parties declared their preferences for presidential nominees. The Be publicans Indorsed General Wood nf ter n Uvely strugglo In which Cover nor Lowden enme out second best. The Democrnts were unanimous fof Wilson for n third term, nnd the Nnn pnrtlsnns were n unit for Governor Frnzler of North Dakota. Both Re publicans and Democrnts Indorsed thoi. League of Nations covenant, the form er with reservations, tho latter with out NEBRASKA IN BRIEF rimely News Culled Trom All Farts of the State, Reduced for the Busy. SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED Public schools nt Omaha, Lincoln, Nebraska City, Crete mid numerous other places in the state have, been closed because of the coal strike. Thea ters have been closed at Omaha and business generally curtailed ; the state university nt Lincoln was ordered closed Inst Monday. The drastic regu lations Issued by the government for bidding fuel to all Industries savo es bontliilg, nre expected to cause a gen eral paralysis of business In this state and to close virtually all schools and places of amusement until after the' holidays at least. Hastings Is tightly closed by the fuel order. Theaters mid the library nre shut down. All fneetlngs, lodge gatherings and public eiiterfaluinents nro prohibited. All school and college activities have been suspended. Coal dc)l erics are limited to 1,000 pounds, to be made on olllclal permit only. In n field of eight contestants for the privilege of submitting plans for the new Nebraska $.",000,000 slate cap Itol, John Latenser & Sons of Oinnha, Kllery Davis of Lincoln mid John and Allen MacDouald of Omaha, presented plans that wore selected by the capltol commission In Lincoln. A municipal wood yard wns started Inst week by ,r0 business men nt Su perior. They contributed $23 each as n working fund. It is reported H.OOO loads of wood can be got by the wood choppers along the Republican river to help cut the coal shortage. In the book of estimates for the fis cal year ending June 110, 1910, Secre tary of the Treasury Glass asks for an appropriation of $102,500 for the Ge neva Indian school, and $1,000,000 for the North Platte reclamntlon project In Nebraska.1" L. C. Christie, county agent for Dodge county for the last two years hns resigned and will go to Seward county to take up similar work. Mr. Christie hns leased a farm of f2 acres near Seward, which he will operate along lines lie advocates In his work. The republican state central com mittee will take no part In the contests between individuals In Hie republican prlnmrles, nco.rHng to a statement Is sued by Robert Devoe, chairman of the republican stnte central committee at Lincoln, Land values in Saunders county are Increasing. Six yenrs ago Ell Kelser bought 40 acres of unimproved lund north of Ashland for $0,000. Three years ngo he erected a modern home, and has Just sold the property for $2f,000. Formation of eo-operntlve associa tions throughout tho stnte soon will be stnrtcd. Governor McKelvIe Is hav ing printed some pamphlets containing fhe laws regarding the forming of as cioclations of this kind which will be distributed to the public. Two hundred "buck privates," who served under Genernl Pershing over sens, will meet him nt tho Nebraska state line and escort him t Lincoln when he arrives In December to spend Christmas In the Capital City. Business men of Beatrice huvo shortened business hours from 10 a. in. to ,1 p. m. All display signs nnd resi dence street lights have been turned off. Mnny people nre reported burn ing wood with their conl. With three of laM year's team back In school and some excellent material to choose from, Midland College at Fremont, will have a fast basket ball team to represent It In the conference games thts year. A Marsland colored boy was ar rested for robbing the bank at that plnce nnd locking the otshlcr In the vault. The money stolen from the In stitution wns found In tho boy's pos session. Governor McKelvIe directed Adju tant General Paul to tnke charge of the enrollment of Nebraska volunteers for work In the conl mines, pursuant to his proclamation for such service. It Is estimated that approximately 0,000 nicking house workmen lit South Omaha will be benefited by tho In creased wage scale announced by Judge Alschuler of Chicago. Timber along Muddy Creek Is being used ns fuel by the people in Stella and vicinity. The coal supply was exhausted last week. Actual suffering from lack of fuel was reported to the Nebraska Railway commission In u telegram from Kll gore, which said the village had been without coal for ten days. The statement that farm women are driven to hospitals for Insane by coun try life gains no support from facts announced by J. O. Rauklu, of tho Ne braska Collego of Agriculture at Lin coln. From every 100,000 of their pop ulation, tho rural communities send 41.4 persons to asylums, while the cit ies sond 80, or more than twlco as many. Loss of stock, snowbound mulls, .nnd suffering among the poor resulted In Arthur county from tho bllzzurd last week. A hnudsomo Partridge Wyandotte cock, owned by Fred Knrro, of Cotes field, was awarded tho sweepstake prize at the Omaha Poultry show. Tho bird Is valued at $3,f00. The contract for 41 blocks of brick pavement In David City Iibh been 'let to nn Omnhn firm, nt a totnl cost of $180,000. When this Is completed, David City will have 55 blocks of good pavement. George E, Johnson, secretary of the Nebraska depnrtment of public works, told delegates to the state convention of county clerks, registers of deeds, eommlssolners, supervisors and high way commissioners at Omaha that ev ery county In the stnte will bnvo state aid roads next year. He said bis de partment has 220 trucks and ,r0 trac tors for the work. The suddenness of the blizzard which swept over northwestern Ne braska early last week caught many ranches of Hooker nnd surrounding counties without sufllclent brushwood nnd cobs to last through the had weather. Ono rancher Is reported to hnvo torn down a half tulle of fence In order to get the posts for fuel. Bnrtos Brothers, Wilbur, attorneys, charged with Illegal practices In their profession during the war, have filed an answer in the supremo court In Lin coln denying nil charges, The com plaint was filed by the county attor ney of Saline county with tho Idea of hnvlng them debarred. A Hooker county rancher offered $20 a ton for conl the other day nt Mullen, but was obliged to go home with an empty wagon. Two cattle cars, remains of a wreck, at Mullen three weeks ago, are bare skeletons, every bit of removable lumber having been torn off. At a special meeting of tho county board In Kearney, Chairman George Con my wns uutborlzed to sign n lease with the Union Pacific railroad for fiO feet of their right-of-way through Buffalo county for use as u federal and state uld highway. Since farm bureaus of tho stale have been so successful In combating hog cholera, grasshoppers uiiil other de structive pests, attention Is now turned to ridding Nebraska of the gopher post, which Is threatening alfalfa produc tion. Several deals relating to a tract of land In Platte county, chronicled re cently In a Columbus paper, shows that the laud was bought thirty-nine years ago for $,l.iO, and was sold the other dny for the sum of $180,000. (ravel Is to bo used as surfacing on tho latest federal and state aid road project designated for Buffalo county. This Is the Lincoln Highway, work on which will be started in the spring nnd completed before fall. The War department at Washington refused Governor McKelvle's request to cut natUuiul guard companies from 100 to ." men, basing its contention that the latter would be too small for n ponce time state military unit. Nebraska Is the largest potash pro ducing state In the union, according to the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. The state produced 28,854 tons of the f4, 502 tons of potnsh in the United States In 1918. The state depart ment of finance has bought seventy twelve-foot graders far road construction In the depart ment of public works, laying $18,700 on a contract calling for deliveries by March 1. Father F. B. Tomauek dedicated tho new Sacred Heart hospital at Lynch, which was Immediately opened under the supervision of the Sisters of St. Benedict from St. Vincent hospital, Sioux City. The annual convention of the Ne braska State Laundrymen's associa tion, scheduled to be held In Fremont last week, was Indefinitely postponed because of tho fuel shortage. Geo. A. Williams, head of the state bureau of markets, plnns to tour the state to encourage formation of co operative enterprises, as a means of reducing living costs. Tliut Harpy county uinii prices imu not yot reached the top was evidenced when the Olderog IGOacre farm near Gretna was sold nt referee's sale for $50,000 cash. William Krleger Post No. 120, Am erican Legion, has been organized by over 100 ex-service men in Butler county with headquarters at David City. The will of the late Frederick Krug, pioneer Omhna brewer, filed In county court nt Omaha, shows he left on es tate valued at $500,000. The annual convention of the Ne braska Farmers' Educational and Co operative union will bo held In Omaha January 13 to 15. Farmers In the vicinity of Imperial and Belfast nre reported to be burn. Ing car corn, due to the Inability to so cure coal or wood. The Lincoln' Commercial club sent n request to the government urging the use of the army and volunteer innor 10 work coal mines. Members of tho midwest rctnll Im plement dcnlcrs' nsoclntlon will meet at 'Omaha January 0 to 8. The first nlrplnne taxi line In tho world Is the claim of Lincoln, wluu-o the Ensign company, pioneers In tux Icab service In that city, have purchas ed a plane, hired n driver and selected n lnndlng field for the now branch of their business. Shortngo of conl hns led to the pos sibility of tho stnto board of control beginning n wood harvest on some of the trees near the Soldiers' Home at Mllford. A natural growth of timber nlong the Blue river will Insure tho Institution sufllcjent fuel to keep the veterans warm. Farmers' unions nil over Nebraska nnd Iowa nro preparing to combat the reduction of hog prices, soy members of vnrlous organizations In this state. Weather records In a number of Ne braska cities show that tho Inst few days of tho pust month wore tho cold est for November In more thnn ten yenrs. . lister Kltterlng, who returned Id June from France, wns killed nt Grand Island by tho explosion of a bomb which he picked up on tho battlefields of France and brought back with him as a trophy. V FLU CAUSES SIX DEATHS IN CHICAGO The- weekly bulletin of tho health department Issued yesterdny, shows that six persons died In Chicago last week ns result of lnlluenzn. Dr. W. A. Evnns, health nuthorlty and writer of Chicago, Inst week predicted thnt the world would ngnln be Bwcpt by an epidemic of Influenzn far more severe thnn Inst yenr, when thousnnds of lives worn lost. One thing Is sure, that Is, the warm weather this fall hns kept tho epidemic down, but as colder weather nppronches, Influenza Is liable to break out any time. Dr. Brady say: "No ono hns ns yet dis covered a posltivo method of diagnos ing enrly enses of Influenza from al leged 'colds.'" The utmost cnr should be taken, therefore, not to cntch cold, for colds wenken tho re sistance to Influenza germs. Doctors seem to ngree thnt It Is much easier to prevent Influenza than to cure it. The secret of preventing Influenza Is to keep tho germs froia lodging nnd developing In the respira tory orgnns the mouth, nose nnd thront. No one should bo allowed ( brcnthc In your face because the gcrmw are often transmitted' In this manner Influenza enn bd prevented; Inst yenr's results provo thnt. As n pre ventive for Flu, Turpo hns been a pronounced success. Turpo Is nn ef fective germicide, combining the old fnshloned remedies of turpentlno (which hns nlwnys been known ns th best homo germicide), enmphor nnd menthol In n pure mineral base. These Ingredients have long been recognized ns effective germicides, ns well ns hnv lng renlly wonderful qunlltlcs In re lieving colds nnd congestions. Snuff n little Turpo up tho nostrils several times a dny, and tho Flu germs will hnvo little chance of getting a lodg ing and breeding plnce. Mnny physi cians nnd hospitals uso nnd recom mend Turpo. Frepnro now. Buy a thirty cent Jar of Turpo, whllo your druggist has a supply on hnnd, nnd use ns directed. Lnst yenr druggists could not supply the demnnd. Remember thnt Turpo la a preventive, not n euro for Influenza. Tako care of ynnrself. Adv. The Pianist's Hair. Patience I understand Pnderewskl wns only two years old when he began to play the piano. Patrice Well, he couldn't have had enough hair then to piny very good. iiiinii TONIGHT! i Take "Cascarets" if sick. Bilious, Constipated. - ..1-J...J. .-- T f t t 9 t a Enjoy life! Straighten up I Tour system Is filled with liver and bowel poison which keeps your skin sallow, your stomach upset, your bend dull and aching. Your meals are turning into poison nnd you cannot feel right Don't stay bilious or constipated. Feel splendid always by taking Cascnrets occasionally. They act without grip ing or Inconvenience. They never sick en you like Calomel, Salts, Oil or nasty, harsh pills. They cost so little too Cat carets work while you sleep. Adv. On the Links. Dubb I don't like my cnddle; ha Inughs every time I piny badly. Gulit) I noticed he had a perpetual grin. YOUR COLD IS EASED AFTER THE FIRST DOSE MPape'a Cold Compound" then breaks up a cold In few hours Belief comes Instantly. A dose taken every two hours until three doses are taken usually breaks up a cevere cold and ends nil the grlppo misery. The very first doso opens your clogged-up nostrils nnd tho air pass ages In tho head, stops nose running, relieves the hendnchc, dullness, fever Ishness, sneezing, soreness and stiff ness. Don't stay stuff ed-up 1 Quit blowing nnd snuffling! Clenr your congested head I Nothing clqe in the world gives such prompt relief ns 'Tape's Cold Compound," which costs only a few cents at any drug store. It acts with out assistance, tastes nice, contains n quinine Insist upon Tape's I AdT, Necessary Preliminary. "Miss Cutle, will you, accept mjr hand?" "First, let mo seo what yoo have In It." WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND SWAMP-ROOT For many years druggists hare watched with much interest the remarkable record maintained by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder medi cine. It is a physician's prescription. Swamp-Root is a strengthening medi cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and blad der do the work nature intended the should do. Swamp-Root baa stood the test of years. It is sold by all druggista on ita merit and it should help you. No other kidney medicine has so many friends. Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start treatment at once, However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer k Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper. Adv. Not all the free air stations on eartfe are labeled. ' i tl 1 ) I i t KA ' & "-Mia.i