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FORMAL REQUE8T SENT BY THE
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MADE INDEPENDENT STATE
Arbitration of Differences Over the
Boundaries of New Republic Left
To President Wilton.
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Ban Ilomo. Tho supremo council la
'ending a formal request to President
Wilson that tho United States gov
ernment take tho mandate for Ar-
monJa. Tho council In leaving to Pres
ident Wilson the arbitration of tho dif
ferences over tho boundaries of tho
now republic ot Armenia.
Thoro acorns to be division on the
part of tho council as to whother tho
.region of Erzerum and Its vicinity
should bo Included In tho torrltory of
tho Armenian republic. Tho Turkish
nationalists are strongly claiming 13r
sorum for themselves.
Tho council awarded a mandato for
Mesopotamia and Palestine to Great
Britain and a mandate for Syria to
France, , '
In placing Pnlostlno undor a British
mandate tho counoll established with
in ancient limits of the Holy Land
what is called "the national homo for
tho Jews."
Tho terras of the mandato protoot
the national rights ot Jewish citizens
f other countrlos. That is to say, a
Jew of American, British, French or
ether nationality may retain bis na
tionality, although ho is also a citizen
f the state of Palestine. The rights
ot Arabs also are protoctcd, thoro be
ing 600,000 in Palestine and 100,000
Jows. Tho mandato Is limited gen
erally by what Is known as tho Bal
four declaration. British forces have
been in occupation ot Palestino slnco
i (he defeat ot tho Turks forcos by the
British flold marshal, Viscount Al
lenby. France has boen tho protector of tho
Christians in Syria slnco the middle
gos, having been doslgnatod for the
1 purpose by tho Holy See. Tho ques
tion with regard to Syria has boon in
orlous controversy by the French and
British governments since the armi
stice was signed, particularly over tho
folnt whether Franco shall havo all
-- f what it geographically outlined as
Syria, or only certain parts.
The boundaries ot Syria and Meso
potamia will bo determined by nego
tiation lutor botwoon Franco and
Groat Britain. Tho Mesopotamia
mandate is given subject to friendly
arrnngomont with tho Italian govern-
wont ovor economic rights.
Tho Turkish treaty Is now what is
officially called practically flnlshod.
Tho' Turkish plonlpotontlarlos, after
receiving It in Purls about May 10,
will havo throe woaka to consldor it,
The allies after rocolvlng tho Turkish
reply will take a tow days to oxamlno
It; then the Turks will bo allowed a
final ten days In which to nialto up
tkelr mind to sign tho treaty or not.
Eight Found Slain.
Turtle Lake, N. D. Eight porsons
wore found' dead at tho farm homo
ot Jacob Wolff, three mllos north ot
ere, victims in a mysterious tragedy.
The dead: Jacob Wolff and his wlto;
(heir five daughters, Bertha, aged 13;
Edna, 8; Ida, 5 and Martha, A, und
Jake Hotfer, 14 years old, who waa
txnployad on tho farm. Only ono
momber of tho farmtly oscapod
Kmma, eight months old. Authorities
feellovo all vrero rourdorod with a
Hatchet. Tho bodtes of Uio mothor,
three daughtors and tho hired man
were thrown Into tho cellar by the
slayer or slayers and thoso ot tho
fathor and two children put in a cow
shed and barn and covorcd with hay
Profiteers Jolted.
Washington, P. C. Profiteers woro
denounced in tho senate by Sonutor
Capper, ropuhllcan, of Kansas, who
presented Btntistlcs which ho said
ehowod that tho earnings ot many
American corporations represented
profiteering "open, scandalous and
' homeless."
Wave Plays Kavoc. i.
Ban Salvador, Republic ot Salvador.
A hugo wavo nwopt ovor tho wharf
at Champorlco, Guatomaln, killing six
persons and destroying more than
0,000 bags of coffee, ready for ship
ment to San FrtwclHco, Cal., and
many bales ot merchandise.
President to Fight Editor.
Montevideo, Uruguay. BaltaBar
Brum, president of tie republic, has
challenged Dr. Rodriguez Larreta, di
rector of tho nowspaper El Pals, to a
duel. Dr. Larreta has accepted tho
fe&llange.
Soldier and Workers Clash.
London. Numerous casualties In a
fight at Trsylnotz, Silesia, between
-workmen and French soldiers, citizen
pruards and Polish gendarmes are re
ported In a Berlin dispatch to tho
Central News. Maj. Froumond, of the
Trench detachment, was killed. The
trouble Is declared to havo started
when tho French commander at Tray
lactr, receiving information ot a hid
den store ot arms, ent detachments
ml French soldiers and cltls'.en guards
4o make a search. The workmen
overpowered tho detachment
GEN. JOHN J. PERSHING
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A hitherto unpublished picture of
General Pershing In civilian clothes.
FILE WAGE DEMANDS
Rail Labor Board Permits Rebeis
to Present Papers.
St. Louis Union Official Says Men Will
Return If Demands Are Acted
Upon at Once.
Wellington, .April 21. Formal writ
ten demands thnt tho railroad labor
joard give assurances of the award
of n "living wage" to railroad men nnd
thut the employees now on strike
would be returned to work without
ions of seniority or prejudice were
Med with the hoard by Edward Mc
Hugh, representing the strikers In tho
Metropolitan district of New York,
nnd Jnmcs Eubnnks of the St. Louis
Ynrdmcn'fl nssoclntlon.
Spokesmen for the rnllronil brother
hoods objected to the tiling of tho de
mands, hut Chairman Barton snld any
body of men had the right to file com
plaints with tho board, but It was for
the hoard to decide whether they were
such ns the hoard was authorized to
hear.
The St. Louis Yurdmon's nssoclntlon
nsked a separate recognltilon before
tho hoard ns n distinct organization,
claiming that Hh mehibers were not
properly reported by the recognized
unloiiH.
Mr. EuhnnkH said that If tho board
would assure him that the men's do
ninnds w.ould boiiicted, upon speedily
ho would put a message on tho wire
which would send the men In the St.
Louis district back to work In threo
hours, Mr. Mclliigh reiterated that
tho men of tho New York district
would remain out until word was re
ceived from htm thut the board would
act on their complaints.
The board permitted tins tiling of
the complaints after It had held u
short executive session. With tho
complaints In the hands of the secre
tary, the board proceeded with Its
first public hearing on tho general
wage demnnds of tho 2,000,000 rail
rond workers over tho country.
Chairman Barton, In opening tho
first hearing, laid down tho policy that
cases would bo heard In tho prder In
which they wore filed, except where
hoiiio dispute should become of such
pressing Importance as to demand pre
cedence. W. N. Douk, vice-president of tho
Brotherhood of Trainmen, was tho
Unit spokesmen for the unions, pre
senting the trainmen's east) ns It was
outlined to the bi-partisan board,
which failed to reach an agreement
hero three weeks ago,
DISABLED MEN GET RAISE
House Votes to Increase by $20 a
Month Risk Insurance Payment
to Crippled Soldiers.
Washington. April lit). By unani
mous vote the house passed u bill In
creasing by $20 u month the wur risk
Insurance payment of the goeriiiucut
to 2.r,0(X) disabled soldiers anil sailors,
now receiving vocational rehabilita
tion. Under tho measure, which now
goes to the senate, single iii.mi would
receive $100 n month, unci married
$120. Various organizations of world
war veterans Mipported the bill.
FOR PATCHES "FORE AND AFT"
Senator Harding Says People Must lie
turn to the Simple Ways cf
Living.
Kokonio, Intl., April -ft "I will
wear patches fore nnd itft before I
will surrender to the high cost of liv
ing." . Senator Harding said In an iuL
dress' here, "1 would Join tho overall
club If It would nut boost the price of
overalls," ho added. "The only way
to bring down Hut high cost of living
Is to return to the simple ways of liv
ing." Peace Move to Aid Austria.
Washington. April 22. A proposal
tc extend the Republican Joint pence
riKolutlnu passed by the house so us to
declare th war with Austria at an end
wns made before the senate foreign
relations committee.
Surgeons to Examine La Foltette.
Rochester, Minn., April 22. United
States Senator Robert M. Ln Follette
of Wisconsin arrived hero to consult
. Ith Doctors Mayo, The senator will
! e.TQinlncd ns to hl physical condl
I on.
.uriNHUSKER ITEMS
New.! of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska,
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
The Nebraska supreme court sus
tained the finding of the Merrick coun
ty district court In the suit of Charles
Wooster und others ngnlnst the Union
Pacific to recover the 100 feet of right-of-way
on each side of Its main line
through the state. The decision, stated
that according to the evidence the rail
road company has clear title to the
entire -100 feet of Its right-of-way,
granted In 1802, no proof of abandon
ment of any portion having been
shown.
Arrangements have been made to
have nn army observation balloon sta
tioned above the Western league bnse
ball grounds nt Omaha, May fi, the
opening day of tho season, for the
purpose of sending broadcast over the
Missouri Valley district reports by
wireless telephone of the game between
Onmhu and Tulsa, Oltla. All cities In
tho circuit have arranged to receive
the messages.
Two lots on which to build u hospi
tal to he known ns tho Warren Me
morial hospital, nnd .$10,000 for the
erection of the building, were willed
the city of Friend by the late Norman
K. Warren. The will also gives the
Solvation Army, the American Itcd
Cross and the Methodist church of
Friend the sum of $1,000 each.
Eph Johnson, farmer near Uehltng,
tins sent to the soil survey department
of the state university samples of fire
clay taken from his farm for decision
as to the prospects In commercial de
velopment. Two acres of farm land
have a sub-soil of the clay, declared
to be of excellent fire-resisting quality
and grcnt tensile strength.
The total cost of the Illratn Johnson
campaign In Nebraska was $1,072,
according to a statement tiled by the
Johnson campaign munagcr, In the
ofllce of the secretary of state nt Lin
coln. Failure of government sanction to
the proposed Todd-Stevens balloon ex
pedition to signal Mars, will delay the
experiment, It is said. The flight was
to have boon made at Fort Omaha
lust week.
What Is belloved by police to be the
skeleton of the sou of Itobcrt Slant?,
of Grand Island, who disappeared last
October, was found In a haystack near
Superior. There woo two bullet 'holes
In the skull
The Overall club movement has
reached Nebraska and organizations
have been perfected nt Omaha, Lin
coln, Fremont, Norfolk nnd a number
of other places over tho stnte.
While Governor McKelvle wns In
Beatrice Inst week he discovered a
deed to a half-mile of the south Jetty
of the harbor nt Galveston, Tex. It Is
owned by the State of Nebraska.
Return of Wyoming cattle nnd sheep
from Nebraska ranges, where they
have been feeding during the winter,
has already begun, according to re
ports front O'Neill.
Herbert S. Daniel, attorney, hns
been appointed acting postmaster of
Omaha, succeeding Charles K. Fan
ning, who died Just recently.
It cost a Lewellcn man $95 In flues
when he was. found with fourteen
muskrat skins In his possession n id aw
fully. Real estate transfers in Stanton
county for March were $r,G(531240.GO,
tho average price being $200 per acre.
Tho Ulysses hand of 25 pieces hntj
been reorganized and weekly concerts
throughout tho summer will bo held.
Plans are being mado to remodel the
First National Bank building at Au
burn at a cost of $10,000.
All high school students ut Norfolk
are members of the newly organized
Overall nnd Denim clubs.
Preparations am colnplete for the
grand opening of tho now Besse audi
torlum at Red Cloud.
All North Platte dance halls now
operate under license Issued by tho
Welfare Board,
Tho Knights of Columbus of Mcl'ooU
plan to erect a new homo to cost about
$25,000.
Motion pictures have been Introduced
into tho First Presbyterian chun-h,;iit
St. Paul.
Work has begun on tho Scolt&hluff
Kimball state and federal aid highway.
Six miles of water extension In the
city of Fremont hns been recommended
to the city council. Tho estimated
cost Is $GS,000.
Lieutenant Governor Barrows sus
tained ii fractured rib and other Inju
ries when he tripped over a stake at
Lincoln.
Flvo loads of tine Holt county steers,
raised by Thomas Crowo of northeast
Holt, were sold recently on tho Omaha
market and exported du the hoof to
Holland. These cattle were grass fed
nnd ranked up with the cornfed stuff
of Iowa mill eastern Nebraska.
Work on the $2.,10,000 paving con
tract nt David City was begun last
week.
Fire completely destroyed the homo
of tho Ancient Order of United Work
men nt the state fair grounds at Lin
coln. Origin of the blazu Is unknown
Members of tho Fremont Overalls
club havo decided not to buy overalls,
ns tho result of the Increased prlco of
the apparel, nnd have changed tho
uiimu of their organization to "Tho
Patch club," pledging themselves to
wear their old clothes until the cost
of clotltlns; conies down
Frank Taylor of Tecuir.yeh, u reilied
farmer, has made n canvass of sixteen
sections of lnnd, 10,240 acres, Just cast
of Tecumseh, as to man power, which
clearly shows tho boys are leaving tho
country. On the 10 sections of lnnd
aro .'10 men over .'10 years of age, and
a few of them arc considerably older;
12 men from 21 to a." years of age, nnd
but 7 boys from 15 to 21 yenrs of ugo.
air. Taylor says when he lived In this
territory there could easily he counted
about 50 boys.
Crawford and nil of Sioux county
Is "oil mad," according to reports. A
strong How of gus was struck In nn
oil well drilled In the downtown dis
trict of Crawford last week, and wnter
and mud shot up 75 feet for hnlf an
hour. The gas was lighted and con
siderable difficulty experienced putting
out tho llro nnd capping the well. Sev
eral companies aro organizing for pur
poses of putting down oil wells In tho
district and a decided upward trend
In land values hns token plnce.
Farmers and stockmen Jurors, for the
last few years used to the luxury of
big cars for getting to town hnd to
mount their bronchos to attend tho
Garfield county session of district
court nt Burwell. The heavy rains nnd
snows In the section making tho roads
and trails too soft for auto traffic, and
the Jurors attended court on horse
back. St. Paul has received n battery of
ortlllery from the government. It con
sists of four howitzers of late model.
They will be purked In the court house
square, around the soldiers' nnd sail
ors monument recently erected.
A community library for Wheeler
county hns been organized at Erlck
son, hooks from the private libraries
of county residents being donated In
sufficient numbers to start the library
off with a lurge number of volumes.
The department of public works will
start out three gangs of prisoners from
the stnte penitentiary for road work,
next week. The men will be assigned
to work- at Tecumseh, In Seward coun
ty, and nt Table Rock.
Judge L. A. Flunsburg of Lincoln.
who the late Judge A. J. Cornish of
the Nebraska supreme court had asked
to have succeed him before his death,
hns been appointed to 1111 the vacancy
by Governor McKelvle.
Erlckson will Join with tho farmers
and ranchmen of Wheeler county In
one big community or cominerclal
club to work for the bettering of con
ditions in the county.
According to n decision of the Ne
braska supreme court, the rights of tho
Individual to keep a .supply of liquor
In his home does not Include rights to
renew or replenish the stock.
Many families living in the south
purt of Norfolk were driven from their
homes Inst week when the Elkhorn
river overflowed and Inundated a large
area of the city.
Two Oshkosh men, caught with 50
muskrat skins In their possession in
violation of the state game hn', were
fined $1110.50 and the skins taken from
them.
Seven tennis courts uro being laid
out In Fremont to accommodate a bus
iness men's association, high school
association nnd Midland college nsso
clntlon. Drustlc action hns been taken nt
West Point to suppress tho punch
boards and slot machines, which have
become too prevnlent In the city of
Into.
In a fight over the location of tho
new county court house between Co
lumbus und Plntte Center, Columbus
wns selected by a majority of 1,500.
On May 11 voters, ot Scottshluff will
pass on n proposition to bond the city
to the sum of $100,000 for the purpose
oC, constructing new school buildings.
The State Railway Commission has
granted the Union Pacific permission
to charge three cents per 100 pounds
for storage of hay In transit.
Snow hlockndes prevented nn elec
tion being held at Mullen April 20, mes
sengers being unable to deliver sup
plies to the polling plnces.
Dr. Calvin II. French of New York
has accepted tho presidency of Hast
ings college to succeed R. B. Crone,
who resigned recently.
The congregation of the First Meth
odist Episcopal church nt Fremont has
decided to build n new church to cost
$00,000. '
The state supremo court upheld tho
Issuance of $822,000 bonds for repair
to the Douglas county courthouse vulld.
Tho Farmers' union of Iuuiiin vicin
ity has Incorporated for $25,000 nnd
will conduct u general store ut lnmiin.
Lincoln voters nt the recent election
gave the lighting bond Issue 1,000 ma
jority. A school of political Instruction for
women voters of both parties has been
opened In Fremont.
Judge A. L. Cornish of Lincoln, 01,
member of the Nebraska supreme court
und widely known throughout this
state, dropped dead at tho Commercial
club rooms at Lincoln.
Governor McKelvle bus Issued n
proclamation miming Saturday, May 1,
as "Americanization Day," thnt day
having been chosen by the American
Legion particularly because It has been
chosen In former years as a day of
demonstration by the radicals.
An American englo with wlngsprcnd
of six feet eight Inches was shot ln
the Platte valley by W. M. Mateor, au
tomobile salesman of Fremont.
Deshler hns organized a ball team
under the management of the Com
mercial club. The team Is to be made
up ot local talent. .
RltCs on the $250,000 bonds for tho
erection of a new high school building
nt West Point were considered too low
by the school board und rejected. The
erection of the building, however, Is
not being delayed by falbvo to sell the
bonds.
WRIGLEY
The children love
Wrigley'sand it's
good for them.
Made under conditions of
absolute cleanliness and
brought to them in Wrteley's
sealed sanitary package.
Satisfies the craving for
sweets, aids digestion, sweet
ens breath, allays thirst and
helps keep teeth clean.
Costs little, benefits much. fewM I
KPty
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The Mysterious Fascination.
"I don't approvo of some ot these
popular songs," remarked the severe
person.
"You don't hnve to pay any atten
tion to those you disapprove."
"Oh, yes I do. That's the worst
of It. They are the very ones thnt
keep running through my hend."
A Feeling of Security
Yon naturally feci secure when you
Irnnw that the medicine vou are about to
take is absolutely pure and contains no
harmful or habit producing drags.
Such a medicine is Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
Tho same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle of Swamp-Root.
It is scientifically compounded from
vegetable herbs.
It is not a stimulant and is taken in
teaspoonful doses.
It is not recommended for everything.
It is nature's great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney, liver and blad
der troubles.
A aworn tatement of DUritv is With
every bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp
If vou need a medicine, you should
have the best. On sale at all drug stores
in bottles of two sires, medium and large.
However, if you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a
ranple bottle. When writing bo sure and
mention this paper. Adv.
Unless the past has enabled us to
mnster the present, we will be slnves
to tho futnrc.
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Perfect Health is Yours
If the Blood is Kept Pure
Almost Every liumnn Aliment
Is Directly Traceable to Im
purities in the Wood.
You should pay particular heed
to any indication that your blood
upply Is becoming1 sluggish, or
that thorn is a lessening in its
strong' and vIUl force.
By keeping your blood purlfioil,
your system more easily wards c
disse tht In ever present, wa
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Making Fast
"Ee bolted the ticket."
"Then what hnppened?"
"Ho and the party locked horns."
LIFT OFF CORNS!
Drop Freezone on a touchy
corn, then lift that com
off with fingers
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Doesn't hurt a bit I Drop n Utti
Freezone on nn aching corn, Instantly
that corn stops hurting, then you lift
It right out. Yes, magic! No humbug!
A tiny bottle of Frcczono costs but
n few cents at any drug store, but Is
sufficient to remove every hard corn,
soft corn, or corn between the toes,
nnd the cnlluscs, without soreness or
irritation.
Freezone Is tho FensiUIonnl- dis
covery of n Cincinnati genius. It la
wonderful. Adv.
Acme of Activity.
Joshua performed his little stunt.
"Ret you couldn't make a favorite
son stand still," we Limited.
State of Ohio. City of Toledo, Lucas
County bs.
Frank J. Cheney maliea oath that he is
senior partner of tho tlrm of F. J. Chenoy
& Co., dolnc business In tho City ot To
ledo, County ami Slate aforesaid, und that
said tlrm will pay tho sum of ONE HUN
DHED DOLLArtB for any ense of Catarrh
that cannot bo cured by the use of
HALL'S CATARRH MEDiriNIC.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Bvrorn to hiifore mo nnd mibscrlbcd In
my presence, this 6th day of December.
A. D. 18S.
(Seal) A. W. Gleaeon. Notary Public.
IIALL'B CATARRH MEDICINE Is tak
en Internally nnd acts through the Wood
en the Mucous Surfaces of the System.
F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Deny self for self's sake. Uenjnmln
frnnkllii.
opening-. A few bottles of S. S. S.,
tho great vcgctablo blood medicine,
will revitalizo your blood and givo
you now strength and a healthy,
vigorous vitality. Everyone needs
it just now to keep the system in
perfect condition. Go to your dru
storo nnd get a bottle to-day, and
If you need any medical advice, you
can obtain it without cost by writ
iif? to Medical Director, Swift Spe
c 1c Co.. 112 Swift Laboratory, AU
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