DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
BEMMir WILL SIGH
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GERMAN ASSEMBLY ARE WILL-
ING TO ACCEPT PEACE
TERMS.
ALLIES MAKE NO CHANGES
President Ebert, However, Will Re
tain Office Temporarily Paris Cir
cles Believe Germany Finally Will
Consent and Sign Document.
Berlin. Germany will sign the
peace treaty. Tlio national usscmbly,
by a voto, of 237 to 138, decided to
sign. The aBBombly also voted con
fidence in the new government of
Hon- Bauer, 236 to 89. Sixty-eight
members abstained from voting.
On the question of signing tho
treaty Hvo members of the assembly
ubHtalncd from voting.
Before tho vote of confidence was
taken Herr Bauer, the new premier,
declared that the government would
sign the treaty, but without acknow
ledging responsibility of tho German
puoplo (or the war and without ac
cepting tho obligations contained in
articles 227 to 230 in tho treaty relat
ing to tho trial of tho former emper
or and the extradition of other Ger
man personages.
Paris. Germany's now cabinet,
headed by Gustav Bauer, has asked
for and been given a vote of conll
donee by the German national as
sembly at Weimar, and tho assembly
has announced Us willingness to sign
tho peaco treaty.
Tho offer has been communicated
to the members of tho poaco congress
In Paris, who havo discussed Its pro
visions, including reBorvntlons made
by tho GermaiiH against affixing their
fllgnatures to tho document while it
contains clauses aclyiowledglng tho
responsibility of the Gorman people
for tho war and demanding tho trial
J of termor Emperor William.
All tho roqueotu ot tho Germans for
further allocations havo boon definite
ly rejected by tho allies and Germany
now mtiBt givo lior acqulosconco to
tho treaty as it stands boforo the oX
f, plration of tho tlmo limit Monday aft
1 ornoon, on pain of huving tho allies
furthor invado her territory.
Allied Troops Prepared.
All Is in roadlnesa on tho part of
the allied troopB In tho occupied
Arons. Moro than a half million spl
dlors aro concentrated thoro and are
only awaiting tho word to march east
, ward Into Germany If tho Gormans
provo obdurate, About 100,000 Amer
icans aro included In this force.
Prepnrationa nlso lire bolng mnda
nt Vnrnnl!lnn In linlil n nnautnn nt !
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poaco congress during tho present
wook nt which tho Gormans may affix
their signatures to tho treaty in tho
tamous hall of mirrors in tho Trianon
palaco. While tho hall has beon ord
ered prepared by Tuesday, tho belief
prevails In Paris that tho coromony
will not tako place much boforo
Thursday.
FORE8T FIRE8 IN MONTANA.
Nine Separate Blazes Reported In the
Flathead Timber Country.
MlsBouIa. Mont. Fourtoon forest
flros woro roported burning In forest
.district No. 1, with a force of 300 men
fighting them. Nino ot tho fires woro
reported In tho Fluthcud forest, throo
In Lolo forest and ono each In Mis
soula and Madison forests. Tho most
eorlous blazo, in tho opinion ot of
ilclals, was ono burning on it tw'o-nillo
front on tho south fork of tho Plat
head river.
Power Plant Burned Out.
Helena, Mont. A foreBt lire near
Canyon Ferry, burned out Uolomi's
light aud powor lines, leaving tho
city In darkness and without street
cars for many hours.
Tornados In Minnesota.
St. Paul, Minn. Destruction ot tho
central section of Fergus Fnlls. Minn.,
by a tornado, with a Iosb ot approxi
mately 200 lives, was reported by rail
road offlclnls and dispatches from
nearby towns. Tho strom struck the
city, destroying among othor build.
Ings. tho Grand hotol, In which It is
reportod 75 persons wero trunpod
when tho structuro collapsed.
Soldiers In Control at Winnipeg.
Winnipeg. Winnipeg, strlko torn
since Way 15, is under marital law.
After lighting between 2,000 strikers
and the city and provincial police, in
which ono man wns killed, another In
Jured, probably fatally, and moro than
a Bcoro hurt, Mayor Charles F. Gray
tormully turned ovor the city to the
protection ot tho fedora! military
forces.
Uprlslno of Natives Reported.
Juneau. Alaska. -Submarine chnsor
No. 310 was ordered by Gov. Thomas
Rlggs, Jr., to tho vicinity ot Yukutut
village to quell a reported native up
rising thoro. Tho governor ulso ord
ered tho gunboat VJcksburg to .Kodlnk
and Port Althrop, where cannery men
nro striking, and from whore reports
of alleged bolshovlst nctlvltlos hud
boon received' Tho governor, in tho
first lnstauco. acted upon tho urgent
nppenl of white residents of Yakutat,
v i reported natives hud tho vlllugo
t . orlzod, " ,
TEXT OF EKHf
REPLY GIVEN OUT
German Answer to Peace Treaty
Is Made Public.
WANTS VOICE IN REPARATION
Document Cites Injustice of Treaty In
Its Present Form Charges Origin
al Treaty Constitutes a Breach
of the Armistice.
Pnrls, June 10. "Gormnny's Impor
tance Is Independent of her temporary
military and political position. If Hhe
In not admitted (to Hie League of Na
tions) Immediately on the signing of
peace It is Impossible to speak of n
League of Nations."
Tills Is one of the points raised by
Germany In her 00,000-word reply to
the peace treaty, In which she makes
a long series of counter-proposals. A
summary of that reply was Issued by
the committee on public information In
tho eve of the delivery to Count von
Brockdorff-ltnntznu by the allies of
the amended pact.
On Hie whole the summary covers
little now ground, the main points of
tho German urgiimentH having been
covered In press dispatches during the
last few weeks. Beyond putting ofll
finl stamp on tliose dispatches the sum
mary reveals, however, some Interest
ing details. It shows, also, that the
German reply was much stronger
both in text and tenor of protests and
counter-demands, than hitherto indi
cated. Main Thread of Reply.
The main thread ot the German an
swer Is the charge that tho original
peace treaty constitutes a breach of
the solemn armistice agreement, based
on the Wllsonlan 14 points. It says
the treaty would mean "the complete
enslavement of tho German people and
the betrayal of nil the world's cher
ished hopes of peace." The right of
self-determination, the Germans assert,
has been "wilfully violated through
out." It Is dlllleult to see, Germany avers,
how any harsher terms could have
been dictated to the former Imperial
istic and irresponsible government.
Many speeches ot allied statesmen and
of President Wilson aro thud quoted
!as saying the war was against that
government, not ngalnst the German
people. In the words of tho summary:
"Today, however, the allied powers
are facing not an Irresponsible Ger
man government but the German peo
ple ruling Its own future for Itself.
This has been utterly disregarded In
the draft treaty."
Tho treaty is described as "merely
a celebration of tho Inst triumph of Im
perialist and capitalist tendencies."
Won't Barter Human Beings.
In another passage the reply says
Germany "cannot consent to the bar
tering of human beings," and later:
"The German government declines
tomako any reparation in the form of
punishment, and still moro emphatical
ly declines to pass on to Individual
parts of the population the punishment
intended for tho whole of the com
munity." Annexation of tho Sanr district Is
called the creation of nnnthcr Alsaee
Lorralne. As for thoso provinces, Ger
many claims their cession without
consulting tho population would bo a
new wrong. She admits that, "accord
ing to present conceptions of right, an
Injustice was committed In 1871, when
tho people were not consulted"
Acceptance oftthe trial of the ex
kaiser and sanction of his extradition
from Holland are flatly refused on the
ground that "no German subject can
be brought before a foreign court with
out established law or legal bnsls."
Nor will she consent to tho extradition
of other subjects neensed of war
crimes, but Instead proposes an Inter
num lonnl court of neutrals "to Judge
the fact of crime." The punishment,
however, she claims, must remain with
tho national courts'."
The document bitterly assails tho
abolition of all German rlglrtv outsldo
Europo as "Irreconcilable with tho pre
liminary negotiations mid as wholly
Impossible to a great people who not
only have supremo needs for markets
and supplies but who have shown
themselves capable of sharing the
world's task of colonization."
A summary ot tho German protests
ami counter-proposals as computed
from today's olllclul resume, follows :
Reparation.
Germany accepts responsibility only
for civilian losses In the Belgian anil
French areas occupied by her in the
war. She agrees to pay not more than
$25,000,000, provided her other counter-proposals
are accepted. Charneter-
Irlng tho allied plan for u reparations
commission as Infringing on German
sovereignty, she proposes a "co-opera-tlvo
German commission" to work
alongside tho allied body.
Germany accepts the obligation to
pay for all damages sustained by the
civil populations In tho occupied parts
of Belgium and France, inasmuch as
ho brought upon them tho terrors of
wnr by a breach of International law
through the violation of neutrality.
Tho Germans refuse, however, to
pay reparation to other occupied ter
ritories in Italy, .Montenegro, Sorbin,
Itouumulu and Poland, on the ground
that "no attack in contradiction to In
ternational law vtis Involved."
She refuses to pay the costs of tho
nllled-Ameilcan iirmle,? of occupation,
, w
considering this "both unnecessary
nnd uneconomic."
.She dec-hires the Poles have not so
far shown themselves trusworthy pro-tec-tors
of the national and religion
rights of minorities, nnd asks n com
mission to assess damages, caused b
recent Polish disturbances lit German
Inhabited; regions.
Occupation.
She demnnds, In words of bitter pro
test, that all allied troops be with
drawn within six months of tho sign
ing of peace.
Negotiations.
She Insists she has a right to oral
discussion of the practical application
of tho principles upon the acceptance
of which by her nnd her enemies she
laid down her arms.
Saar.
"Purely German territory." She
claims important industrial districts
beyond the coal mines Is demanded
from her, but "even the cession of the
mining district could not be admitted."
She is willing to gunrantee a supply of
cool, "but the total coal computed to
exist In the Sanr mines wotfld repre
sent a hundred times the maximum
France demands." Except for 08 years
under French rule, the population has
been nttached to Germany for over a
thousand years. Iteconslderntlon of
the whole question Is demanded.
Schleswlg.
She charges thc demarcation for n
plebiscite lias been traced through
purely German territory and goes
further than Denmark herself wishes
to go.
Upper Sileela.
Cession "cannot be demanded nt
all." It Is added that "Upper Silesia
owes everything to Germany nnd Ger
many cannot dispense with Upper SI
lesla, while Poland does not really
need It." Gormany is prepared to cede
such parts as are truly Polish. In all
territories east and west, where ces
sion Is demnnded, she says It must bo
preceded by a plebiscite with unlversnl
suffrage administered under fair condl.
tlons by a neutral power after evacua
tion of foreign troops.
We6t Prussia.
Germany Is ready to cede to Poland
such west Prussian territories ns aro
Indisputably Polish.
East Prussia.
Germany cannot consent to tho
severance of East Prussia, .with n
Germnn population of 1,500,000, from
the Gvrman empire. A bridge must
bo absolutely prepared.
Danzig.
This purely German town must re
main within the German empire. Ger
mnny refuses to make It a free city,
but Is willing to make It and Koenlgs
berg free ports to' give Poland ncccss
to tho sea.
Alsace-Lorraine.
The population alonu should decide,
whether It wants to belong to Franco
or Germany or wants to be an Inde
pendent state. "If France Is to take
over tho results of Germany's effort
she must equally tako over a propor
tionate share In the German debt.'
German Austria.
Germany cannot pledge herself to
oppose u possible desire of German
Austria to be united with her.
Colonies.
The treaty clauses arc called "un
just." Germany claims she has "a
natural claim to colonics from her
culture and undeniable colonial ac
complishments. Russia.
It conflicts with a peace of right
aud Justice to demand from Gormnny
to recognize beforehand any treaties
which her present enemies may mnke
with tho states which wero formerly
part of the Itusslau empire.
"Gormnny," says the reply, "has ex
pressly accepted President Wilson's
1-1 points, and nothing else." By elim
inating Germany from the world's
trade, It is asserted, her enemies
"might get rid of n troublesomo com
petitor, but tho world already Impov
erished by thu war would become In
finitely poorer." She promises in her
counter-proposals to set an example
of disarmament, offering to give up all
naval aud military weapons to the
minimum point required for police
work Id maintaining law and order In
ternally. Trial of Ex-Kaiser.
"As to tho trim of tho ex-kalser,
Germnny cannot recognize the Justi
fication of such criminal prosecution,
which Is not founded upon any legal
basis, or agree to the competence of
the special tribunal proposed, or the
advisability of tho surrender to be re
quested of tho Netherlands.
"Shu cannot admit that a German be
placed before a special foreign tri
bunal, to be convicted as a conse
quence of an exceptional law promul
gated by foreign powers only ngalnst
him, on principles not of right, but of
politics, ami to ho punished for un ac
tion which was not punishable at the
time It was committed.
"Nor can she consent to a request
being addressed to Holland to surren
der u German to a foreign power for
such unjustifiable proceedings.
"As to tho surrender of person ac
cused of violations of the laws and
eustonfs of war for trial by a military
tribunal oven though proceedings have
already been begun by German courts,
Germany Is forbidden by her criminal
code to make such extradition of Ger
man subjects to foreign governments."
Tho document then renews the pro
posal of an International tribunal of
competent neutrals. Germany to have
a Mm re In Its formation and tho pun
ishment to bo left to the national
courts.
Turks to Keep Constantinople.
Purls, June 10. Tho big four of tho
pence) conference have decided to allow
tho '-Turks to rotulu Constantinople.
MISS JOSEPHINE DUNN
.Miss Josephine Dunn, sixteen years
of age, who hails from Yazoo, Miss.,
graduated from nvlatlon nnd has been
Hying n piano over Atlantic City, doing
nose dives, (ail spins, etc. She has
been called tho most remarkable
avlntrix, It Is said, by the Aero Club
of America, and lias few equals In
Jooplng-the-loop. Glenn Curtlss has
been building, a special plane for her
and when it Is finished she will carry
passengers.
YANKS QUIT MEXICO
U. S. FORCES RETURN HOME
AFTER DEFEATING VILLISTAS.
Americans Crossed Border When
Rebels Started Shooting Into El
Paso, Tex., Killing Two.
' i
I!l Paso, Tex., Juno IS. All Ameri
can troops which crossed to the Mexi
can side at eleven o'clock Sundny
night have returned to the American
side, a report received nt military
headquarters stated.
The cavalry brigade and artillery
crossed nenr Ysleta, Tex., 12 miles
southeast of here.
Tho Infantry troops stnrted with
drawing from Juarez to El Paso In
obedlenecto orders by Mnj. Gen. Do
Itosey C. Cabell, 'commander of tho
Southern department, who nrrlvcd
from San Antonio nnd crossed tho In
ternational bridge for a conference
with Gen. Francisco Gonznlos, su
premo commander of the Juarez
troops, after conferring with Brig.
Gen. James B. Erwin, commander of
the El Paso border district and tho
expeditionary force which crossed Into
Mexico.
At the conference with Gcnernl Gon
zales, General Cabell agreed to with
draw the American troops ns soon as
they could get them together.
''l told General Gonznles thnt there
was no lden of Invading Mexican sov
ereignty and that tho infantry would
withdraw ns soon as possible," Gen
eral Cabell announced, following tho
Interview.
American cavalry forces returned
f;om Mexico with 100 VUln cavalry
horses and nine prisoners. The com
manding olllcers reported four 'Villa
followers were killed when the adobe
headquarters wns charged.
El 'Paso, Tex., Juno 17. American
vroops and Mexican rebels under
Villa fought n general engagement nt
tho race track to tho south of Juarez
shortly after two o'clock Monday
morning. Tho Americans were vic
torious. Villn's rebels wero driven
from tho race track by the American
rlile and machine-gun fire. Mnny pris
oners were taken by the American cav
alry, which surrounded the rebels on
the east and southeast, according to
an Hfllclnl announcement Issued by tho
army headquarters here.
The decision of the Americans to
uikepart In tho lighting was the re
sult of the killing or u man and a
woman In El Paso by shots from tho
icbel forces, who for several days
tuivo been attempting to capture
Juarez from the Carranzlstns.
Other shots have fallen Into El
Paso and the American nrmy olllcers
decided to move Into Mexican soil to
stop.lt.
3AKER FOR 509,000 ARMY
Secretary of War Tells Senate Com-
mlttce Proposed Force of 300,000
Is Too Small.
Washington, June 17. Secretary
Baker, appearing before the senate
military committee. Insisted that con
gress make provlMon for an nrmy of
100.000 men uuul n permanent mill
tnry policy can be adopted. Ho de
clared the force of 300,000 proposed
In tho annual army appropriation bill
ns passed by the house was "Inade
quate." End Argentine Tleup.
Buenos Aires, June, IS. Tho trans
portation strlko which thfeatened to
tie up tralllc in this city wus settled.
New Trial fcr E. A. Strause.
Sprlngfleld III. June 20. Tho su
premo court granted n new trial to Ed
win A. Strause, former bank president
of Peoria, convicted or slaying Bemo
M. Meade, bis cashier, and sentenced
to .servo 25 years in the ponltontlnry.
'To See Battlefield ot Verdun.
Paris, Juno 20. During the absence
of President Wilson In Belgium, the
Temps says, Premlpr Lloyd George
will .visit "tho Imttloilold ot Vcrtiun.
Tho British lender Will leave Paris
to lie absent two or throo days.
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FROM ALL SEGTIOHS OF
THIS MAJESTIC STATE
rienort8 of Interesting Happenings
Throughout Nebraska Condensed
to a Few Lines for Quick
Perusal.
Governor McKelvio has received
notice from Secretary of the Navy
Daniels that there are 1,111 1 memorial
tablets at the Washington nnvy yird,
made from metal recovered from tho
wreck of the battleship Maine In
Hnwinu harbor. Those eligible to pur
chase them are municipalities, military
or naval associations or societies nnd
former olllcers of tho Maine or their
heirs. They cost $5 each.
Cattle feeders of tho state nro urged
by the state veterinarian to Investi
gate sanitary conditions on their prem
ises la order to prevent the spread of
beef or tapeworm cysts In cattle. Dur
ing the past six months, It Is stated.
,slx shipments of cattle from, various
sections of the state have been made
to South Oinnhii, which were found
to be aiToetcd by the tapeworm.
Between ."0 and 00 auto loads of
Butler county Boys' and Girls' club
members were guests of the University
State Farm nenr Lincoln during tho
past week. They were in charge ot
Everett T. Winter, club lender for But
ler county. There were 250 youngsters
In the party.
Complaint has been made to the
county attorney at Aurora that a pri
vate school has been organized on the
York-IInmllton county line, Just north
of Henderson, for Instruction in Ger
man, contrary to the provisions of tho
new state law passed by the last leg
islature. The suit brought by the Bock Island
railroad to enjoin the putting into ef
fect of the 2-cent passenger rate over
that road has been dismissed at the
cost of the plaintiff In tho case, by
John F. Stout of Omaha, appointed by
the federal ns special master In the
suits.
Governor McKolvIe In n proclama
tion asks Nobraskans to celebrate n
".safo-and-sane" Fourth of July this
year. He suggests the observance of
the day in celebration of "word-wide
victory for everlasting peace and
Justice."
A contract has been let by Seward,
York and Hamilton counties for the
grading of the S. Y. A. road from
Seward to Aurora nt n cost of $107,
511.12, there being forty-nine miles of
rond to be graded In the three counties.
It Is estimated that over 4,000 per
sons from over the state attended the
Nebraska Stock Growers convention
at Gordon. The meeting was by far
the most Interesting and successful
ever held by the association.
Ten thousand of the 20,006 transient
hnrvest hands migrating to Nebraska
this mouth will be I. W. W., said W.
Soworby, organlze'r, arrested with
eight companions "riding the rods''
through Lincoln.
The seventy-three Nebraska chap
ters, P. E. O.. bought $1,112,020 in lib
erty bonds and gave 938,727 for unit
ed war work, It was shown at the state
convention of the lodge at Lincoln.
People of Ognllala aro quite Jubilant
over the announcement that the city
post office is to be housed In new
quarters. It is likely a new building
will be erected for tho purpose.
The good roads club of Bordonux,
Dawes county, lias the pledge of Its
members for $S00.00 in money and 125
days' work for improving highways of
the district.
A stock company with n cnpital of
$20,000 has been organized nt Lyons
for the erection and maintenance of a
hospital. Building operations will be
xin at once.
An effort Is being inndo In Dodgo
county to stamp out tho army worm
pest in alfalfa fields by thu use of
poison for which prescriptions havo
joon furnished tho farmers.
Mrs. 'Otto Klarr, of Grand Island,
was killed and eight others were In
jured, when a Burlington train crush
ed into an automobile In which they
ivere riding near Cairo.
Tho Knox County Bettor Live Stock
l.ssoelatioii lias ' decided to make
illoomlleld the" permanent location for
tho association's annual stock show
md agricultural fair.
A thirty acre tract of land near
Stanton, used entirely for agricultural
purposes and with only uverngu im
provements, was sold recently for
f 100 an acrcv
Dawes County Development Associa
tion has decided to spend $1500 adver
tising the resources of the county.
Several townships In Cuming county
are agitating tho question of establish
ing township high schools.
The North Platte central labor
union hns leased the Knights of
Pythias hnll for live years and will
use It as a labor temple. All locnl
unions and labor organizations will
mu"t there until the erection of a new
temple.
As a result of the condemnation of
the old school building nt Blue Springs
by the htnte tiro warden, the board of
education has called n special elec
tion to be held July 1 to voto bonds in
tlie sum of $50,000 to bo used In tho
erection of a new building.
Paul T. Barnes n native of Sioux
county, wns lined extremely heavy tho
other dny for killing two nntelopes In
his home county.
Tho farmers of DeWltt vicinity re
port that tho wheat Is being damaged'
by rust from the excessive ralus, and
a considerable amount of corn will
havo to bo replanted.
Lincoln county farm land Is chang
ing hands now-n-days for prices runn
ing all the way from $150 to $175 and
In some eases 200 an ncre. Not many
yours ago laud in thu county could be
had almost for tho asklnir.
Three members of the family of 0.
F. Green of Aurora were Instnntly
killed and two others were seriously
Injured when an nutomoblle In which
they were riding collided with a U. P.
passenger train near Kearney. The re
markable fact of the accident Is that
tho auto crashed Into the fast moving
train. Mrs. Green nnd two children,
age 0 and 12, were killed, while Mr.
Green and a daughter were hurt. It Is
supposed Green lost control of his car.
To Itepresentatlve McLaughlin of
tho Fourth Nebraska district goes con
siderable credit for the repeul of the
daylight law by congress. He showed
thnt moro than 0,000,000 farmers nro
opposed 'to the practice. The action of
the senate and house provides that the
law will cease to operate after the
last Sunday in October.
Announcement has been made that
tho State University will hold a series
of four weeks' courses In the study ot
nutomoblle, tractor and trucks begin
ning September 28. Now classes will
be opened each Mondny to enable
anyone who wishes to take up tho
work.
Despite; tho fact that n number ot
central Nebraska counties have re
ceived unusual heavy soaklngs this
year, in some places nearly ten Inches
of rain huving fallen since April first,
roads aro in fairly good shape and
streams are swollen but little.
Nebraska architects will plan the
new $5,000,000 capitol building, to be
constructed nt Lincoln, Governor Mc
Kelvio stuted after a recent meeting
of th new state cnpltol commission.
Contracts may be let within sir
months, ho said.
Over 18,000 of the 2-4,000 signatures
necessary to hold up Governor Me
Kclvlo's code bill from becoming
operative in July nnd for Its submis
sion' nt nn election have already been
secured, according to leaders in thu
movement.
The first cnntllever bridge to be con
structed in Lancaster county will
span a stream north of Lincoln. It Is
to bo 100 feet long nnd will cost $10,
000. No more cheap bridges are to bo
built by tho county If present pinna
are carried out. '
Nebraska members of the Grand
Army of tho Republic have selected
the Burlington as the line over which
they will travel In going to nnd re
turning from the national encamp
ment to be held In Columbus, 0 Sep
tember 7.
Flying for pleasure In 'an alrplaue is
now possible from Lincoln to points in
surrounding territory nt a minimum
cost of $15 per passenger. The service
was Inaugurated In the city Inst week
by a student of the University of Ne
braska. The State Normal board has pur
chased a 31 acre tract of land near
the Kearney state normal for agricul
tural purposes and bus called for
specification for the new :sl00,000 dor
mitory to bo erected on the campus
this Summer,
The first consignment of battle relics
picked up at the front by Addison E.
Sheldon, secretary of the Nebraska
Historical society, has arrived at the
society's museum at; the university at
Lincoln.
Figures compiled by tho assessors ot
Kearney county shows thnt the num
ber of state hail insurance policies,
carried by farmers In the county this
year is S17 compared with 285 in 1918..
John Gerdes, wealthy retired farmer
of Beatrice, fined $1,000 under the
state sedition law for alleged pro-German
utterances, bus appealed to the
state supreme court.
Contract hns been let for a new
hospital building at Alnsworth to cost
nbout $23,000. It will have twelve
rooms nnd two wards and will be mod
ern In every detail.
Sidney's new public school building,
work on which will commence In a few
days, Is expected to bo ready for use
when school opens In September.
Lincoln voters are to pass upon a.
$2,300,000 bond proposition at a special
election for tho purpose of construct--lng
several new school buildings.
Tho Humboldt band Is aiding a com--mlttco
of boosters in their eainpnign.
for the removal of the county seat
from Fnlls City to Humboldt.
Mnny eomplnints are reaching Coun
ty Agent It. II. Watson at Wuhoo con
cerning ravages of the alfalfa wornij
In Holds of corn and potatoes.
A contract has been let for paving
flvo and a quarter miles of Lincoln
streets, the Inrgest project of the kind
In thu history of the city.
The new St. Paul's Evangelical
Lutheran Church Just completed nt
Sidney was dedicated last Sunday with,
appropriate ceremony.
Business men of Ulysses have con-- v
trlbuted $500 to the support of the
local baseball club and a fast- team Is
assured.
A movement Is-on foot at West
Point to organize a branch of the.
American Legion.
Tho highest price ever paid for land
In Cedar county wns Involved In tho
sale of 40 acres near the edge ot
laurel, $475 per aero being realized
for tho tract.
In tho course of one week's time tho
prlco of hogs lit the South Omnlia
market Increased nn oven dollnr, reach
Ing $21 per hundred, and consequent
ly all previous high records were shat
tered. Itov. Dr. Ernest V. Shnyler of Seat
tle, Wash., has accepted tho call to
the Episcopal diocese of Nebraska to.
succeed Bishop Williams who died
recently.
Louis D. Gibson, Custer county so:
dier, who wns sentenced to two yearn
In u military prison In Franco for be
ing found iihleep on duty after live
ilnvs constant service In. the front
lines, and who was pardoned and
given an honorable discharge) by the
government, wus' accorded n tre
mendous welcome whenhe rwlurnod to
bis home and friends at Aunlov.
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