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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1918)
THE SEMLWEEKLV YrirUMF. NORTH platt mprrarka. UNFAIR TO NEBRASKA nail Body's Rate Expert Says Mc Adoo's Plan Would Place Durden On Shippers of This State. Tn the opinion of Unto Export N. G. Powell of tho Nobrnsku railway com mission, tho rntc schedule proposed by Director Gonorni MoAdoo, untl which (lie eoininlHKlon declined to ap prove, would place it heavy burden upon shippers of this sluto nnd would give Chicago, St. Louis and tho otlior big uholosnlo confers outside of Ne braska more favorable rates for reach Ing the retail trnde In this territory than tho Jobber of Omnha, Lincoln, Grand Island, Norfolk and other Ne braska towns. From IK to 18 per rent increase over freight rales now In effect In Nebraska, whleh In them selves are uniformly iifi per rent nhove the rates charged up to late July, would he Involved In the Me Adoo scale. Mr. I'owell llgures. As compared with the dlstanoe fhiss rates now efTecttvo In Nebraska for shipments between loeal points, the proposed schedule would represent an ndvanee of from one-third to ono-hnlf In freight cost. The director general's new schedule means a sllnht reduetlon from tho present Jobbing seale In Ne braska for distances of twenty-five mil' s or less and would not change the thirty-mile rates, but In nil other Instances would raise the present hnullng charges. Local non-Jobbing rates would bo materially ailvanced In every case. Nebraska tenants on th 100.000 ncres of land owned by heirs of the late Lord William Skully are plan ning a collective strike If rents are raised, ns threatened. This Increase will nmount to from W) to 100 per cent to present rental. An orgnnlzu Hon of 225" tenants, living on 40,000 acres of tho Skully land In Nuckolls county, has been formed. Other coun ty organizations will follow. Leading publishers throughout Am erica of Seventh Day Adventlst llter nture attending the national home missionary convention of that church, at College View, a Lincoln suburb, re contly declared that 17,XK),000 copies of "Tho 1'rcscnt Truth," their monthly publication, had been sold In tho United States nnd Canada In two years. Before the smallest Thanksgiving crowds In the history of the game of football at the State University at Lincoln, tho Cornhuskers and the Notra Damo teams battled throughout tho entire contest without either side scoring. For tho third tltno tho date for tho dedication of tho new Dodge county courthouse lias neon set oy u county board of supervisors, uoiciu- bcr M. Is now tho time selected u formally dedicate the imiKling. Ono thousand mules, owned by tho Italian government, will spend tho winter in Fremont. As tho Italian government does not need them now, they will bo kept In Nebraska and ishlpped next spring. Joe Steelier, Nebraska's oliumpion wrestler, and Wludek Zbyszko wrest- led for an hour without either being nble to gain a fall In the war drive benefit show at Madison Square uui- tlcn, New York. Flro believed to have been cntiseti by n defective fluo completely destroy- ed tho modern rural school at Rudu, Uuffnlo county, entailing a loss or about $7,000. Demobilization of the students ar- my training camp at tho University of Nebraska at Lincoln, wiucn miuiuh the llrst of the montli, win ne com- pleted about Dee. 2(1. Miss Annie King, one oi me wwuim- lest young woman In western Nebras- l;a, has sold her Interest In the King nnd Murray runcii, near Aiiinnco, mi jno.ooo. n 1m l'pnnrnllv understood In nmnliii Hint tho Fort Omaha, Fort Crook and Florence Held will be re tained permanently by the govern ment as n balloon school. Douglas county plans to limit a good roads bond Issuo of $2,000,000 to M.000.000, with which to pave every road lending out of Omaha. After having been at a standstill for more thnn n year, work has been re sumed on Kearney's new hotel build ing. Business men of Alliance have form ed an association having for Its pur- pose the furthering of the "own your homo" movement. A fund has been ralsed for the purpose of advancing money to ieople who desire to con struct homes. Miss May Pershing, sister of Gen eral John J. Pershing, will christen the American ship which Lincoln bus the privilege or naming as tun resuu of tho olty's record In the Fourth Lib- rty loan. Tlio vessel will bo named "The City or Lincoln," Additional names of men lost on the transport Otrnnto, which wn sunk In u collision In llrltlRh wnters Inst Octo - ber, made public by tho War depart- meat, Include; Henry Fulsos, Itrndlsh, Itoone county ; Robert Hlland, Omaha, and Michael Zuerleln, Humphrey. A number of north Nebraska towns nre planning Fourth of July celebra tlons. Pecauso tho soldiers nro ex pected to return Homo in small groups It Is Imposslblo to give home coming receptions to nil anil tney nave ne elded tint the Fourtii or Jtny woum be n -uu iMo time for this event. A war department announcement reveals that Nebraska soldiers were In four of the forty-one eombat divis ions on various fronts, November 7. Tho Sflth Kunston division, was at Tallly and St. Dlzer. This Is made up of tho first draft men from Nebraska. The SSth division from Camp Dodge, which contains many men from this state, was at Montroniir Chateau Mini Is-Sur-Tllle. The ,'Mth Sandstorm division, composed of former Nebras ka and Iowa national guardsmen, and formerly stationed at Camp Cody, was at Cast res. Slate Siierlntondent Clemnions has promulgated an official ruling Hint all teachers who were compd'ed to lose time by the closing of the schools on account of tho tin epidemic should be paid without any deduction therefor being made from their salaries. To ascertain what other stales are doing In regard to the mutter he mnde In quiry of a iHrge number of tliem, and almost without woptlnn they indi cated that they were paying the sal aries of tho teachers In full. Nebraska potash men are awaiting with Interest the result of the recent conference In Washington between Secretary Lane, llernard Ilnrueh. chairman of the war Industrie! board, and Vance MeCormlck of the war trade board, on the policy of the gov ernment toward the potash business. Nearly $10,000,000 worth of potash Is In storage In the country, awaiting living of a price. Sixty per cent of Ihls amount was produced In western Nebraska. Governor Neville has appointed N. II. Huso, formerly editor of the Nor folk News, to represent Nebraska In tho great welcoming program planned for all soldiers when they arrive .In New York. Nebraska will have a decorated "Welcome Home" block on Fifth avenue, New Vork. to greet tho eye of the returning Cornhusker sol diers. Every stnte will have a block decorated. Investigation of the supposed rob bery of an express car on the North Phitto-Gering branch of the Union Pa cific by a lone bandit resulted In the express messenger, C. M. Smith, con fessing that It was a frame-up on his part and that he took the $000 sup posedly to have been taken by tho bandit, The Nebraska Good Roads associa tion was formed with forty charter members at Omaha a few days ago. Nearly every county In the state was retrreM'tited at the meeting and It Is believed that tho new organization will mean much to our stale In the way of better highways. Tlio Kearney Commercial club Is promoting a plan to present a bill be fore tho next legislature nuking that the matter of voting certain appro priations for permanent good road work In the state bo brought heforo U)0 ,,,,,,, al n ,.al.y Section. In u forcniutn of the A. T. C. stu (lonts nt ,)l0 sltlU, uivcrsy nt TJn- ..,., 7,u v,m,Hsod nreferonce to )invo lll0 work ,icoutlnutd at. tho (,n,i r H0 present term In January while .111 were In favor of continuing t ui next June or the 1(1,000 voting blanks sent to N.,niskn soldiers In this county for the purpose of allowing them tho m-ivlloco of expressing their choice at tho lll8( election, only about 2.000 W(,ro riturncd to the state canvassing i,mirUi stuto iroiiltU Officer Wild has re. celved word from (ho public health wr..eo i -Washington that federal nl.i for romimtiIur Simnlsh Inlluenza (n Nebraska will bo withdrawn at om,p Colonel Clarence C. Culver, whoso nvonion nf n, wireless toienhonii ,1S0tl American airplanes In France linK 1llst ))lon announced. Is a sou of fonnw Adlutant General J. H. Culver, of Gilford. ,r. w ,ii.iiiiiin.ii( nt Washington JmH imnun,,otl ,lmt x,,iir,iska. town m(1 ,,. n,0))S ,(f , Thirty-fourth ,,,...,.. wIU , , ,,, ,m flrl elttbt divisions to be sent home from Europe, .T. W. Fagan. former bandmaster nt the Girls' Industrial school, was found guilty by a Jury In the district court at Geneva, charted with atteinntlng criminal oners t Inn on Grace Moore. Nebraska's Tied Cross rooster, whlcl has been sold and refold at audio until he ihImoiI SfiS.snO for th" Re Cross. Ilnully has been dlsnosed "f t Joek Flnnoenn of Fremont for M0 Itoscoe (Dustv) Rhodes of Ansley university of Nebraska football sta was killed In action October 24 Dana Mutz, editor of the Utlca Sui succumbed to the dreaded Influenza 1Iu waf4 .. nom,iar yoimir man In th ,.n,immiiy. having been fuel atlmlnts- irator, chairman of tho four-minute men and a member of the home guard. Valuation of 8,1,711 ucivh of state school lands In Keith, Hock and Ited Wllow county has been Increased .poo. by action or tho state board of (.aucut1nuul lands and funds. This lu,(,H i rm Q , s(ate scmml nv. cmu? Pourlnc coal oil Into a stove with .. ,lro , H IUariy C0Ht tho lives of ( Mrfl Koss Doets anil llcl. .y0ar old mby ut lP The mother and baby wero terribly burnetl und recovery of t,itjlcr Is doubtful. ,min H n foot in Hamilton ,!0,mty to construct, as a memorial - ror t),0 country's RoldlerH and snllors, - ,. Iiulllu auditorium at Aurora, on the wulls of wj,cl, wlll be placed the naxmH 0f tho Hamilton county men. - of t,L, roo young men who went from n,uliton county, 11 have fallen In linttlo or died In cnnin 1 King and queen of Helglum bung welcomed In the public square of Hruges by the burgomaster of tho city. 2 "Mustered out' at Camp Dix; n pcono that Is being repeated ut all the great army camps. U Col. Theodore Helnach, head of the French educational commission that Is In America 'as guest of tho Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. EWS REVIEW OF CURBEHT EVENTS resident Wilson to Sail Tuesday for Peace Conference in Paris. WHOLE WORLD IN TURMOIL Greatest Armed Struggle of History Has Shaken Whole Structure of Civilization Change, Disorder and Fighting, Features of European Situation. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Unless tho unexpected happens which seems to be tho rule rather than the exception nowadays President Wilson wlll sail for the peace confer ence In Paris Tuesday on tlio George Washington, Immediately after deliv ering ids message to congress, which reassembles Monday. Unolllclal re ports are that ho will appoint himself a member of tlio commission and wlll uct as chairman during his stay of six weeks or more In Paris. Returning, he will he replaced by Secretary of War linker; Secretary of State Lan sing will succeed hhn as chairman. Other members of the commission are believed to be Col. 13. M. House, his chief confidant; Secretary of Agricul ture Houston and Henry White, for mer ambassador to France. Those who criticize tho president for going must admit that his temptation Is great. Setting aside tho fact that ho may feel it Ids duty to attend, It Is tho literal truth that such a meet ing of sovereigns, presidents, premiers, chancellors and high dignitaries of the nations of the earth the worlr has nev er seen. It Is likely to lie preceded by a grand review of designated units of the victorious armies and fleets. It wlll certainly he preceded by consul tations of tho heads of many nations. As to the conference Itself, It has no parallel in history. And among these great ones of the earth, who wlll he more prominent thnn Woodrow Wil son, president of the United States of America, both by reason of his own activities In tho world struggle and of the unique, position of his country? Moreover, Mr. Wilson will have an opportunity to be a modern Solomon to the many applicants for his per sonal aid. These appeals have come to him from victor and vanquished, from new nations and old, from the in dependent and from those seeking in dependence froin Turkey, Luxem burg, Austria, Germany, Russia, Ire laud, Poland, Roumanla ; from the Jugo-Slnvs and the Czecho-Slovaks, Turkey asks for United States admin istration of nuances, etc.; Luxemburg for protection as a small Independent state; Austria for occupation by American troops to prevent civil war among newly formed nations, and so on. Hach request presents a different problem. On tho other hand, the peace con ference faces the tremendous problem of reconstructing a world. Thrown without warning Into the greatest armed struggle of nil time, the nations emerge from the bloody conlllct to tlnd that it is not only the lands that have been trampled under foot that must bo reconstructed, but that the whole structure of modern civilization has been shaken. Ancient institutions nnd time-honored traditions are over thrown. Mankind llnds Itself among civic nnd economic ruins. It wlll be too much to expect of human nature to count on this pence conference be ing entirely peaceful. It Is nioro like ly to bo a rough-and-tumble affair. There are many possibilities of trou hie. Suppose our allies point out that America's traditional policy has been ono of detachment from European af fairs and that for two years and a half she observed neutrality and then sug gest that sho return to her detachment nnd allow the nations most intimately concerned to arrange a settlement Suppose the fundamental principles of Justice and rigid, given woridwldo publicity as the things for which America was lighting and unolllclnlly accepted oy our allies, nre thrown overboard by the conference. Take but one of the many grent questions, tho "freedom of the sens." Nolnidy iceiiis to know just what this means, hut it needs no prophet to know that (rent ltrltaln regards her position ns the dominant sen power of the world as a matter of life and death. Of course Mr. Wilson Is strong he cause he speaks for a nation that wants nothing for Itself nnd holds the purso strings for tho world. Yet who loves tho player who comes into the game late and holds all the big curds? ma Who will net as president during Mr. Wilson's absence? Opinions dif fer. G. W. Wlckershum, attorney gen eral In tho Taft cabinet, says that the Constitution makes It mnndutory upon Vlco President Marshall " to act as presWent because of tho president's 'inability to discharge tho duties of aid olllce." C. D. Illlles, former chair man of the Republican national com mittee, says thnt tho Constitution docs not cover the situation, ns Its makers did not contemplate the absence of tho president. "The next in line," he says, 'Is the secretary of state, who Is also going to Kurope; then comes the sec retary of the treasury, who has re signed." Still, there would seem to be no cause for worry, us the president intends to administer the ofllce on board ship and in Paris. He says there are no constitutional difficulties nnd wireless nnd cable solve the physi cal problem. l.'t-Mdes, he leaves In Washington Secretary of War linker, holding 1 1 It i i to be the ranking member of the cabinet upon the retirement of Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo. imi wiiat or tlio United Stntes sen- ute, "the most august body on earth?" Under tlio Constitution It Is the duty of this august body to serve as adviser and counselor to tho executive au thority In the making of treaties and to act as a ratifying body. Certainly the senate will not do much advising and counseling; Mr. Wilson will be where lie cannot be advised and coun seled to any great extent. And as to ratification tho senate fears that will probably he about the same story. Mr. McAdoo's resignation from the treasury department and from the di rectorship of railroads Is naturally n topic of nation-wide discussion, for the reason that it appears to contain a concealed significance. He says he quits because the compensation Is too small and his health is Impaired by overwork. Some take his statement at Its face value. Others who have seen In him a presidential candidate In the making, ready to receive the man tle of succession without flinching, think he quits because ho does not care to be Identified with what he con siders the president's set purpose to Impose government ownership or con trol on all public utilities in this coun try. They do not say that he has given up any presidential aspirations he may have had. They do say that recent government action has made the situ ation so acute that he was compelled to resign or to remain In olllce and help to formulate a policy which he does not approve. One thing Is sure: Mr. MeAdoo's resignation from the president's otllclal family has set the whole country to discussing govern ment ownership of public utilities. It Is no new question, but it is one on which the American people have never passed. They have tho right in times of peace to be heard on measures taken In wnr for the "duration of tho war." They will Insist on being heard. It Is understood in Washington thnt ltcruard M. Itarueh, chairman of the war Industries board, has been offered the post of secretary of the treasury. -r)a Change and disorder, If not actual lighting, are features of the European news. In southeastern Europe a mil lion Austrian army deserters have es tablished fortified camps In various districts; these and hordes of released prisoners are a menace. From Russia come reports of the assassination of Admiral Kolclmk. dictator of Siberia, at Omsk ; tho wholesale massacre of Jews In Warsaw and parts of Gallcla, and the massacre by the holshevlkl of former Russian officers In Petrograd, Polish troops have captured Lemberg capital of Gallcla, and Poles ami Ukrainians have declared at) armistice, looking toward President Wilson ns arbitrator. Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia has been appointed regent or the Jugo-Slav state that Is for.aing- Roumanla lias dissolved Its parliament and convened n constituent assembly. Roumanian Transylvania lias declared Its Independence. Efforts to. reinstate Emperor Karl nre reported from Vi enna. King Albert of Belgium has promised equal suffrage to his sub jects. The German government, It Is stat ed, will Invite President Wilson to vis It Germnny while he is In Europe. Whnt Is the German government? No body knows. Tlio news sent out from Germany, even If true, simply con fuses the sltuntlon. And Is the news true? The German has proved himself the worst liar In all history. Can the leopard change his spots? The social ists are struggling among themselves for place and power. Are they making any progress toward n government that tho ullles can recognize? On the Information nt hand It Is Impossible to say. The feeling is growing that the allies will ultimately have to oc cupy Germany until order und govern ment nro restored. Delnyed reports show that the Ger man line In front of tho American army of occupntlon Sundny ran from BItburg to Treves, Oberemmel, Ober- zerf and Losheim. Marshal Focli ar rived in Strassburg Wednesday and re viewed tho army of occupation. Twen ty-elght German U-boats surrendered Sundny at Harwich and 27 Wednes day. The total to date Is now 11 1. In cluded In the lntest surrender Is the noted submarine cruiser, Deiitschland, which made two trips to the United States as a enrgo ship before being converted and raiding shipping off the Atlantic coast. Many Indications of a purpose to ex tradite tho former kaiser and try him for his crimes against civilization and humanity are seen In Franco nnd Eng land. Even the extreme socialists in Germany express a desire to lay hands on him ns n traitor to his country. Holland says ho Is there ns a private citizen and thnt he must go If his pres ence becomes perilous to the country. Us The totnl of l!.'i(j,117 for the casual ties of the American expeditionary forces, according to General Persh ing's ofllclnl report to the war depart ment, Is unexpectedly large. That SO.IM are classified as "killed and died of wounds" Is proof tlint our brilliant victories during the lntter days of the war were won by fierce lighting. The total of 179.G25 "wound ed" Is believed to Include ninny whose wounds were very slight. About 00, 000 casualties have been furnished to the press to date. Casualties that oc curred In late September and early October are being reported now. The delay Is stated to be due to the ina bility of the cables to carry the lists. If from now on the lists average 11,000 a day, us promised, It will take about r0 days to complete publication In the newspapers. Thirty divisions of American troops, approximately 1,200,000 men, will probably be kept In Europe for occu pation purposes. This leaves about 1.000.000 men to be sent home ns fast and quickly as possible. It is likely to be a slow Job. .Pi Tho sentence of Thomas J. Mooney, sentenced to be hnnged December 1!J In connection with the deaths of ten persons from a bomb explosion in San Francisco during the Preparedness day parade July 22, 1010, has been com muted by Gov. W. D. Stephens to Im prisonment for life. Mooney has been under sentence since February 24, 1917, and the legal fight to suve him has made his case famous. Ha lt Is officially announced that total subscriptions In tho United War Work campaign nre $20.'U70.0:?8, or $32.079,. (HIS In excess of the nmount asked by the seven wnr relief organizations. This Is tho largest sum ever raised In history as an outright gift, its signifi cance Is tremendous. One reason for our strong position In European nf- fairs Is the general belief In our high Ideals and the spiritual quality of our motives. To our Red Cross and other relief agencies Is largely due this bo lief. Moreover, this campaign has brought Americans of all races and creeds closer together. Score a trl uiiiph for hnninnltarlunlsm ! Hn- Chlcago I' singing u federal grand Jury lnqiili.N Into mid price. i I aunouuiid ihat cen th 'imm (nimni. trillion win b- In - -i , n i WITH PRESIDENT Wilson Names Delegates to Rep resent the United States at Paris. GEN. BLISS ONE OF THEM Distinguished Soldier Choeen as Mili tary Expert Former Ambassador White Is Republican Member of the American Commission. Washington. President Wilson an nounced Friday night tho names of tho delegates he has appointed to rep resent the United States nt tho peace conference. They nre: WOODROW WILSON, president of the United States. ROBERT LANSING, secretary of state. EDWARD M. HOUSE, the presl dent's chief confidant, now represent ing him at Versailles. HENRY WHITE, formerly ambas sador to Italy and to France. GEN. TASKER H. BLISS, American military adviser of the supreme war council. White House Statement. The names were disclosed In the fol lowing announcement from tho White louse: "It was announced nt the executive olllce that the representatives of tho United Stntes nt the peace conference would bo the president himself, the sec retary of state, Henry White, recently ninbnssndor to France; Edwurd M. House and Gen. Tnsker 11. Bliss. "It wns explained that It hud not been possible to nnnounce these ap pointments before because the number of representatives each of the chief belligerents wns to send had, until it day or two ago, been under discus sion." Bliss' Name a Surprise. The only surprise in the announce ment wns the selection of Gen. Tnsker H. Bliss, former chief of staff of the army and now' the representative of tho American wnr department in the supremo wnr council of tho allies. For several days It had been gen erally understood thnt the Republican member of the delegation would be Mr. White. Thnt Secretary Lansing and Colonel nouso would bo tho other members had been unofficially ad mitted. White Long In Service. Henry White, long In diplomatic service, was tho American ambassador to France during President Roosevelt's administration, nis diplomatic service began in 1SS3, when bo served for two years ns secretary to the Amerlcnn legation nt Vienna. Ho was trans ferred to London in 1884 ns second sec retary of the American legation and in 1SS0 he wns made secretary to the lega tion there, being recalled by President Cleveland In 1S93. no returned to Lon don ns secretary to the embassy in 1897 and romnlncd until 1903. During his career ho also served tho government In special diplomatic ca pacities, representing the United Stntes nt the international conference In Lon don, 1SS7-8S, for tho nbolition of sugar bounties. He wns a delegate from the United Stntes to tlio international conference on agriculture at Rome In 1905, and also wns the American delegate to the International conference on Moroccan nffntrs at Algeclras. From March, 1905. to March, 1907, Mr. White was the American nmbnssndor to Italy, leaving thnt linportnnt post to become the am bassador to France, where he remained until December, 1909. Will Parley in Berlin. London. Representntlves of. Great Britain, France and the United States will arrive In Berlin shortly to discuss tho armistice, the Berlin correspond ent of the Cologne-Gazette says he un derstands. A meeting of the nllled lenders in London will bo n preliminary to the peace conference, the Dally Express says. Colonel House nnd Premier Or lando of Italy will bo here with tho British and French statesmen. Paris. A group of members of the chnmbcr of deputies representing agri cultural Interests have sent n letter to Premier Clcniencenu expressing objec tion to giving special representation to tho socialists at tho peace conference. If thnt should .bo ngrccd to, however the deputies urgo that tho farming and peasant clnsscs also be represented, since they had shed blood more freely than any other clnss. Bavaria for Separato Peace. London. Bavaria probably will nsk to have separate plenipotentiaries at the peace negotiations and will claim conditions of n separate pence, says the Paris Matin In commenting on tho uctlon of Rnvarln In breaking off re lations with the government nt Berlin. The Socialist council of Munich has telegraphed to tho executive commit tee of the Berlin Socialist council de manding the dismissal of Dr. W. S. Solf, foreign minister; Phillpp Schclde mnnn. minister of colonics, nnd Mnthl ns Erzberger, who, It bos been an nounced, will conduct ucgotlntlons pre liminary to signing n treaty of peace. Tho telegrnm Invites tho Berlin coun cil to overthrow n government which continues such persons In Important posts. Viscount Kato Jap Envoy. Washington. Viscount Knto, for mer minister of foreign affairs, wlll head the Japanese delegntlon to the pence conference, according to unoffi cial nihices reaching Wnshlngton from 1 '