""THE 'sEMI-WEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PjATTE, NEBRASKA.
SAVE IN CITE OF WAR i
Report Iwucd By Bahklno Board
Shows Activities Did Not Stop
People From DcposltlnQ.
"Despite the war, tin loss -of tho
Torn crop In u targe part )f Nebrnsku
nml the liberal response of this state
la subscribing to nil war funds, tho
people of Nebraska had almost $210,
000,000 deposited In state banks on
November 1, according to n report Is
sued by Secretary Tooluy of tho Stale
Banking Board. That amount of de
posit Ik only if. 10,000,000 below the
high-water mark for slate hank de
posit In the history of Nebraska,
Which was reached early In the present
year. It is $10,000,000 more limn a
year ago. Tho number of commercial
mid saving banks reporting to the de
partment under the call for November
1 statement, was JEM, an Increase of
11. The commercial deposits aggre
gate yjlH5,5M),000 and the ftavlngs
$l,.'t(V),(M)0.
For having discounted $2ll,(Jl.7D In
worthless notes at the Gormun-Amcr-lean
Irnnk at Chnleo, Sarpy county,
four agent of the Mutual lienellt
Health and Accident association of
Omaha were denied' licenses to sell In
surance fob a year by the state Insur
ance board. The hoard exonerated the
insurance company on the ground that
the notes were taken ami cashed with
out Its knowledge.
Ruilroiuj crop experts estimate that
more than 000,000 tons of alfalfa and
2,100,000 bushels of grain will bo saved
by Nebraska farmers this winter by
feeding cattle on the pastures through
out the state. Pasture conditions were
never bolter In the state.
The 2(Ith annuul report of the state
banking boanl, Just made public, shows
that there are 72 building and loan
associations In tho state. Total assets
of the associations have Increased over
two and a half million dollars the past
year, the report shown.
Since the completion of the new ho
tol McGloud at York, people of the
city are boustlng'of having the llnest
hosteh'y In Nebraska outside of Omalta
nnd Lincoln. The .structure Is six
stories in height and has all modern
conveniences.
Dr. ltohcrt L. Wheeler, pastor of a
Presbyterian church at South Omaha,
has a record of fifty-one funerals con
ducted in his own congregation since
October 1 this year. Practically nil
were Influenza and pneumonia victims.
Sixty million dollars arc to he spent
on good roads within the state of Ne
braska nnd the money will be raised
by statewide taxation, according to
plans now being worked out by good
road enthusiasts of tho state.
For the third time the dale for tho
dedication of tho new Dodgo county
court houso at Fremont has been post
poned. December ill was the last date.
Tho prevailing epidemic was tho cause
of. all postponements.
When additions to tho Skinner Mac
aroni manufacturing plant at Omaha,
which the company Is planning to
make the coming, spring, aro complet
ed, It will bo tho largest factory of
that kind In tho world.
Secretary of the Interior Lano estl
mates that Nebraska has more than
500,000 acres of waste wot land, of
which 100,000 acres aro wet grazing
lands and '112,100 acres periodically
overflowed.
The annual convention of tho Ne
braska Stato Tcnehers' association
which was to bo held at Omaha Dec.
2(1 to 28, bus been called olT because
of tho prevalence of Influenza In the
state.
Colonel William II. llayward of
Nebraska was the first soldier of the
allied armies to cross the lthlne and
enter Germany, according to a letter
received by friends In Omaha,
Orolghtou university at Omaha has
been selected as a reserve training
camp, according to announcement of
the War department at Washington.
The campaign at tho beet sugar
factory at (lerlng la progressing quttu
well, and Is expected to lust until the
latter part of January.
For seventy-two hours last week an
tnnbnrgo was placed on hogs at South
Omahn because of the glutted market.
In an effort to stamp out the "tin"
at McCook, medical Inspection Is being
taken In all public schools dally.
Public funerals have been prohibited
at Auburn as one measure to .slump
out the spreading of Influenza.
Tho Htoto supreme court handed
down a decision at Lincoln to the ef
fect that members of the State Rail
way Commission do not have to fur
nish bonds.
Kearney has adopted a plan of
quarantining all houses where "II u"
cases are discovered. Tho quarantine
covers not alone tho patient, hut all
people In the family domiciled in that
particular home.
Tho Nebraska supreme court has
ruled In a Douglas county case that
an advertiser In a newspaper has no
right to advertise goods for sale which
bo has not on hand.
A movement Is on foot at Kearney
for the erection of a new hospital, a
modern' structiu'o that will cost ap
proximately one hundred thousand
dollars,
Tho Farmers Equity Union national
convention, which was to ho held at
Omaha, December 18, was abandoned
because of the Influenza epidemic ey
ory v here.
Complete oflK-fal returns of Hie re
cent election. In tho state show that
Hallway Commissioner Taylor received
the highest- plurality of any state can
didate, lie defeated K, C. Simmons,
his democrat Ic opponent by 20,2811
volt;. Next to the railway commis
sioner, G. W. .Marsh, for state auditor,
has the largest lead. lie heat his an
tagonist by 28,55)1. Governor-elect Mc
KeUle's plurality over Governor Ne
ville Is 2::,002, while Senator Norrls
has 20,:J(5 over Morehead. The total
vote In the state was 225,717, which Is
77,000 below the record-breaking vot"
of the presidential election In 101(5.
Nebraska's army of four nilnuto
men closed Its work last Monday, the
Ited Cross Chrlstmns roll call being
the last drive conducted. The Nebras
ka branch has, in over 11.000 address
es, reached over 'l,0(X),000 people since
October, 1017. The men will be mus
tered out Jontiary iri-HI, when the
government will give a certificate of
sorvleo to each chalruinn and each
speaker, and a theater certificate to
each theater manager who has co
operated. The government Iink conferred upon
Professor M. M. Fogg, of tho Uni
versity of Nebraska, state director of
tlit- division of four-minute men. the
honorary title of lieutenant general In
the "army of the Inner lines of de
fense." The award Is made because It
Is considered that his division of four
minute men was the most effective In
tho union.
State Fuel Administrator Kennedy
at Omaha has received word from
Washington to the effect that Nebras
ka retail coal dealers will continue to
work under the zono system which
has regulated the coal trade in this
state during the war. No change lu
the regulations Is expected before
next spring.
Itlgldly enforced quarantine the
same as applies to smallpox and scar
let fever to combat the Influenza epi
demic lu Nebraska that has taken an
estimated toll of 5,500 lives since Sep
tember, was recommended to the state
hoard of health by a conference of 250
county and city health olllclals at Lin
coln. Teaching of foreign languages In
grade schools and other educational
Institutions, If the parents of pupils re
quest. It, was recommended by the
the state Americanization committee in
its report to Governor Neville.
The University College of Medicine
nml Hospital, Omaha, Is one of the
grandest and most useful state Institu
tions In Nebraska. Dr. Irving S. Cut
ter Is the dean, assisted by an able
corps of doctors ami nurses.
Resolutions adopted at the confer
ence of health nuthorltlcH of the stnte
at Lincoln, putting a ban on all public
gatherings for pleasure, are aimed at
pool halls, dances and lodge meetings.
Despite the fact that the "flu" .situa
tion Is under control at Konesaw,
school will remain closed and public
gatherings will be prohibited until the
llrst of the year.
According to an estimate of the
Slate Agricultural association '1,511,000
acres of wheat have been sown In Ne
braska this fall, compared with !l,015,
811 acres last year.
Tho entire family of Martin Stcff
cnsnieler of near llowells has been
wiped out by tho Influenza, father,
mother and baby having .succumbed to
the disease.
An airplane hangar Is being con
structed at Omaha to houso planes
that will bring mall to the metropolis
over the Woodrow Wilson postal air
way from Chicago westward.
Frank A. Peterson, county attorney
of Lancaster county, has been appoint
ed assistant United States district at
torney to succeed Howard Saxton, resigned.
A meeting of tho Nebraska State
Par association, scheduled to be held
at Omaha December 27 and 28, has
been postponed because of Influenza.
The paving laid at Kearney this
year gives the city about ten miles of
paved Ktreots. practically all of which
was laid in the past three years.
The power plant of the Lincoln
Traction company at Lincoln was se
verely damaged when a big boiler,
housed In the building, exploded.
Nebraska's 1018 potash production
will be worth $11,250,000, according to
an estimate by the publicity director
of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce.
Considerable damage was done In
the northern purl of the stato last
week by a severe sleet storm, which
swept over tho district.
The State Hoard of Health has In
augurated a campaign for the suppres
sion of social diseases, which requires
a physician's report of every case to
the stato health olllcer and which re
quires a person so registered to re
port regularly for treatment.
Administration of the soldier voting
law hi Nebraska took $11,511.20 of the
.$25,000 appropriated by the special
session of tho legislature early this
year, aecorlllng to a report mudo by
Election Commissioner Pool to Gov
ernor Neville.
The Norfolk schools have been
closed because the superintendent,
tho prlnclplo of tho high school, eight
teachers and a laro number of stu
dents aro sick with Influenza. Tho
schools will remain closed until
January d.
Nebraska grain and llvo stock for
tho year 1018 will bo worth approxi
mately $0(12,050,000. according to a
report Issued by tho stato hoard of
agriculture. The report covers tho
value of wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley,
the five principal grains, and horses,
mules, cattle, hogs and sheep.
1 Statue of Wllhelm I. grandfather of tin- kaiser, overthrown In Metz after the French occupied that city.
2 Singing of To Deum In front of the Milan cathedral in honor of lb defeat of the central powers. .'1
General Trepoff, former premier of Russia, at the head of a movement to put Grand Duke Cyril on the throne.
NEWS REVIEW OF
GURRENTEVENTS
Attitude of President Wilson As
sures Harmony With the
British and French.
IN ACCORD ON MAIN POINTS
Destruction of Surrendered Enemy
Warshlp3 Is Favored Bolshevikl
Out-Voted In Germany and Ebert
Government Given Greater
Power Poland Be
coming Very Ag
gressive. By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
The tact with which President Wil
son has received the ovations accord
ed him In France lias created u most
favorable Impression abroad and at
home. Still more pleasing Is it to
record the fact that he has gone to
Europe with a much more open mind
than many had feared was the case.
Though standing firmly on his four
teen points, he Is open to conviction as
to the best means of applying his
Ideas. In brief, he went across with
no set program for the adjustment of
the . many problems that must arise,
and he Is devoting himself whole
heartedly to learning the views of the
representatives of tho other nations.
On some of the greatest questions to
bo determined, the organization of a
league of nations, the Indemnity to be
assessed against Germany nnd the dis
position of the surrendered German
war fleet, It appears the American and
British delegates will bo In full ac
cord, and there Is reason to believe
the French representatives will be sat
isfied lu these matters. Furthermore,
Mr. Wilson, It Is asserted In Paris, In
sists that In formulating the peace
treaty no one nation shall bo allowed
to assume the role of master, dictating
to the others their line of conduct.
N
T' president has not changed his
vie. us to the foundation of a league
of nations, and those, in general, meet
with the approval of the Hrltish and
French. The French Society for a
League of Nations, of which Senntor
Hourgeols Is president, already lias
drafted a complete plan for the consti
tution of such a league una submitted
it to Premier Cleinencenu. This so
ciety Is not of recent formation. Its
delegates will confer with members of
similar organizations hi the other al
lied countries and probably the result
of their deliberations will be submit
ted to the peace conference. One of
President Wilson's demands concern
ing such a league, namely, that Its or
ganization shall be a part of the peace
treaty, will meet with opposition In
America, If not at the conference.
Some Rcpuhllcnn senntors aro against
what they think would be unwise
hasto In committing this nation to
such alliance and urge that the forma
tion of the league should be delayed
and made the subject of a separate
treaty. If adopted at all. Senator
Knox started the debate by proposing
a resolution putting the senate on rec
ord as favoring the postponement of
both the league of nations and the
freedom of the sens questions until
after the settlement of the Immediate
issues of tho war.
Mr. Taft, who for long has been pro
moting the League to Enforce Peace,
Is combating this Republican opposi
tion and, It Is said, has warned the
Republican senators that their courso
may largely help the Democrats to
win the next presidential election.
As for the matter of Indemnity,
President Wilson has let It be known
that ho Is as determined as anyone
that Germany shall pay for the devas
tation sho has wrought, and doubtless
his visit to the regions the Huns rav
aged will not lessen this determina
tion. Rut, so far as is known, he does
not contemplate the exaction of puni
tive damages from Germany. Tho en
tente allies have a very clear idea of
what should bo demanded of the Ger
mans lu the way of payment, for they
have been the acuinl sufferers, and It
Is likely their views, when the reach
full agreement, will prevail In tho
main.
America's delegates to the peace
conference, It Is declnrcd, have agreed
to recommend the destruction of the
surrendered enemy warships, In or
der to avoid any disputes as to
their distribution. In this they are
supported by tho British who,
through Sir Erie Gcddes, llrst lord of
the admiralty, ulrcady had acquiesced
In the plan. The smaller nations prob-
nbly will protest against tills plan, for
they had counted on building up their
navies with some of the Hun vessels.
P
That vague proposition, the "free
dom of the seas," Is becoming a trifle
less vague, und the chances that It
will cauve any serious dispute between
the Americans and the Ilrltlsh at the
conference table are growing dally
more remote. It Is understood that
Mr. Wilson has assured, or will assure
Premier Lloyd George that be has no
Intention of suggesting that the Brit-'
lsh navy lie reduced to a point thut
would endanger the safety of the em
pire. In this, as In all else, the presi
dent's freipient conferences with the
statesmen of Europe are having de
cided effect nnd the possibility of
clashes between the American dele
gates and those of the other nations Is
fading away rapidly.
King Victor Emmanuel of Italy and
the prince of Piedmont, heir to the
throne, arrived In Paris Thursday and
met President Wilson, formally Invit
ing him to visit Italy. Over in Eng
land there was much confusion owing
to Mr. Wilson's sudden change of
plans regarding his visit to London.
He determined to be there on Decem
ber 20, Instead of waiting until later,
the reason given being the possibility
that he might find It necessary to re
turn to the United States earlier than
had been expected.
E
For the time being, at least, the bol
shevikl of Germnny are beaten. The
national convention of delegates of
the soldiers and workmen's councils
opened In Rerlln and at once declared
In favor of the calling of a national
assembly to elect a president of Ger
many and the government set Decem
ber 20 as the date. The Independent
Socialists lined up lu the convention
with the Social Democrats, the party
which Is now in control and which Is
led by Ebert, Scheldemann and other
of the people's commissioners. Lleb
knecht and ids Spartacldes vainly
fought the plan for a national assem
bly, and tho llery Karl was barred
from the meeting. Ebert continues to
urge the orderly formation of a re
public that shall be strongly social
istic, but the belief that he really
would foster a counter-revolution per
sists In some quarters. It was violent
ly voiced In the Brrlln meeting by
Georg Ledebour, a radical leader of
the Independent Socialists, but he was
howled down.
The response of the congress to the
attack was the adoption of a resolu
tion transferring legislative and execu
tive power to the Ebert government
until some other arrangement Is made
by the national ussembly.
In many parts of Germany great dis
order prevails. At Danzig, for In
stance, all the prisons were opened
nnd the Inmates set at liberty, and
street fighting is general.
P3I
Meanwhile the bolshevik menace Is
moving westward in Russia. The fol
lowers of Lenlne and Trotsky have or
ganized a formidable army and aro
steadily attacking the people of the
Raltlc provinces. The arrival of allied
naval forces at several ports has not
sutllced to stop this movement, and tho
provisional government of Esthonhi
has placed that "republic" under the
common protection of the entente pow
ers "pending the decision of the penco
conference." Livonia, Courlnnd and
much of Lithuania are lu much tho
same plight as Esthonla. and the retir
ing Germnn troops are adding to the
distress of the people.
te
There have been recently Insistent
demands for the withdrawal of Rrltlsh
forces from Russia. To these Viscount
Mllner, secretary of war, replies with
a statement explaining tho continuance
of the allied operations in Russia and
Justifying them, not only as the carry
ing out of an obligation of honor in
protect the Russians ami Czechoslo
vaks from bolshevik outrages, but also
a measure to prevent n reign of bar
barism thero that would menace all
Europe.
Nt
The government of the recreated
Polish nation Is going ahead rapidly
and with determination. Having come
to tho conclusion thnt Germnny was In
alliance with the bolshevikl, It sev
ered diplomatic rotations with Berlin
nnd drove Count Harry Kesslcr, tho
German minister, out of the country.
He wns accused of having tnkeu to
Warsaw u corruption fund of 20,000,
000 marks to organize a bolshevik coup
there. The government also has or
dered elections to the Polish pnrlln
irtent In the districts of Allenstcln, Ro
sen, Oppcln, Reuthen, Kattowltz. Fla
tow nnd Danzig, and this Is denounced
by the Germnn press as the Implied an
nexation of large parts of German east
ern provinces. The Poles have ordered
the mobilization of about 1,500,000
men.
On Friday came the news thnt a
Polish army numbering 50,000 was be
ing landed at Danzig, the seaport of
West Prussia, which the Poles seek as
an outlet to the Raltlc sea.
Another anti-German leader of the
Ukrainians lias come to the front,
General Petlura, and he hns occupied
Odessa. Ho has the support of the
working and middle classes, and hns
declared war against the Ukrainian
government, the capitalists and the
land owners. He advocates the exten
sion of the Ukraine Into the Ruthcnlnn
portions of Gallcia, and consequently
will find himself opposed by the Poles.
marched up to and across
the Rhine, the allied armies of occupa
tion now hold tho three bridgeheads
on the east bank of that river ; as stip
ulated in the armistice. The British
have the Cologne bridgehead, the
French that at Mainz, and the Ameri
cans nnd French together hold the
bridgehead of Coblenz. Forty-two pel
cent of this, the southern part, Is occu
pied by the Pollus. The American Third
army, under General Dlckmnn, was In
Its final position at the expiration of
tho orlglnnl period of the armistice
exactly according to the plnns made a
month before, despite chances therein
and the diflicultles of moving a largo
army so far, with all Its supplies.
The people of Cologne are not en
joying the restrictions on their move
ments instituted by the British, and
hundreds of them have been arrested
for being out In the streets In the eve
ning. The French, also ore very, strict
with the Inhabitants of the territory
they are occupying. There Is no dan
ger of any sympathy for the Huns be
ing stirred up by this.
Practically every day sees the ar
rival of one or more transports fader
with returning American soldiers,
many of them wounded, and arrange
ments for their release from the serv
ice are being perfected. That their ab
sorption Into the civil life of the coun
try will ho accomplished without trou
ble is assured by leaders in industrial
affairs. The casualty lists just now
are longer than ever, for we are get
ting the names of the boys who fell
In the great light In the Argonne, the
severest conflict In which the Ameri
can troops were engaged.
Our navy also Is coming homo, piece
meal. Many of the vessels will be kept
abroad for some time, nnd American
nnval stations will be maintained at
Brest. Gibraltar und the Azores for a
year at least, the consent of France,
Great Britain and Portugal having
been obtained. Tlie.se stations, with
their seaplanes and radios, will render
aid to the merchnnt marine. Our
other naval establishments In Europe
are being dismantled as rapldlv as pos
sible. Swift work on the finance hill has
been done by the Semite. Among tho
many Important committee amend
ments adopted was one Imposing a fax
of 10 per cent on profits from child la
bor products entering Interstate com
merce. Twelve Southern senators,
and they alone, voted against this
amendment, which Is designed to re
place the child labor law declared un
constitutional by the Supreme court.
He
Admiral Castro was elected pre 1
dent of Portugal to succeed Doctor
1'aes, who was usknsslimtcd as the r. -suit
of ii conp,a. y aoej-ed to lu ,
been formed by ih. l.e.,KUe of Re,,..!,
Ilcan Youths.
10 USE FOE FLEETS
ALLIED MARITIME COUNCIL
TAKES MERCHANT SHIPS.
ITALY WILL ACT AS TRUSTEE
Vessels to Be Utilized for Transport
ing War Supplies Only Move
Toward League of Nations.
Paris, Dec. 21. Italy will act as
trustee of 500,000 tons of Austrian
shipping now lu Italian ports und
distribute It for use exclusively for
war supply and transportation, nono
to be used for commercial tralllc. Thla
agreement was readied at a meeting
of tho allied maratlme council.
More than 100,000 tons of Austrian
shipping In other ports and tho
2,500.000 tons of German shipping in
nllled ports will bo also distributed.
It was said. The Italian flag will bo
flown from those ships, manned nnd
managed by Itallons. On these ships
the flag of the nllled maritime council
will masko Its first appearance on tho
seas.
Four admirals, representing tho
United States, France, Great Rritaln
nnd Italy, w'hose ships are In Italian
waters, will take lmmedlato chnrgo
of the disposition of the shipping un
der the direction of tho council.
Edward X. Hurley, chalrmnn of tho
American shipping board; Thomas F.
Logan and Rear Admiral Benson rep
resented the United States at the con
ference; Giovanni Villa, minister of
transport; Dr. Crospl, minister of
food, nnd Admiral Grassl represented
Italy; a representative of the foreign
ofllce acted for Great Britain In tho
absence of Lord Reading, while M
CIcnientel, minister of commerce; Ad
mlrny Deblon and M. Monet acted for
Franco.
Dr. Silvio Crespl, minister of food,
discussing the action of tho council,
said: Tho new flag consists of three
horizontal stripes, with top and bot
tom white and center blue, This ton
nage In the Adriatic will be used
chiefly for relief work.
"There are also 100,000 tons or Aus
trian merchantmen In the Black sea
which will bo treated like those In
the Adlntlc. Half of these ships prob
ably will be entrusted to Spain nnd
half to Italy, provisionally, the Idea
being that the countries in whoso ter
ritorial waters the merchantmen are.
or those In close proximity shall act
as trustees for the entente.
"Thirty thousand more tons of Aus
trian merchantmen In th eBlnck sea
also will bo taken over by Italy, while
an additional tfO.OOO tons in various
northern European ports will bo. di
vided between England nnd France.
"The same rule Is to be npplied to
2.500,000 tons of German merchant
men spread throughout the world. All
these enemy merchantmen utlmately
will be divided between the nllled
powers nnd the United States In u ra
tio which will be decided by the pcace
conference." In nllled councils the decision of
tho ninrltlmo council is considered on
of greatest Importance as it Is the
first step toward international control
of shipping nnd freights, and in some
circles Is regarded even ns the begin
ning of the foundation of a league of
nations, ns It gives to the world n new
ling of the allied maritime council to
he flown alongside thnt of each of I he
alllcd countries.
To North Pole in Airplane.
Now York, Dec. 21. An expedition
to bo led by Captain Robert A. Bnrt
lett, noted explorer, will bo sent t
the polar regions next Juno to survey
the north polo by airplane, according ,
to announcement, hero by the Aero
Club of America.
The plan, It was said, was conceived
by Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary,
discoverer of the north pole.
Tho purpose of this expedition
which, it was said, would be the most
completely equipped ever sent out,
will be to "explore, survey and photo
graph the unexplored parts of the
Arctic regions and establish the exist
ence or nonexistence of land or lands
In that region."
It Is nlso Intonded, according to the
announcement, "to explore the upjier
air and tho bottom of the polar basin."
Results of inestimable value to the
United States and to science surely
will be obtained from this expedition,
said the announcement, which addml
that the club would raise $250,000 to
finance tho trip.
Walter Hlnes Page Dead.
PInehurst, N. C. Dec. 24. Walter
Hlnes Page, former ambassador to
Great Britain, died here Sunday night
nfter nn Illness of many weeks.
Would Raise Volunteer Army.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 2-l.--A vol
unteer forco of ten divisions for oc
cupation of European soil as long ns
It Is found necessary, Is providd In a,
bill Introduced lu the houso by Rep
resentative Green of Town.
Thousands of Autos On Hand.
Washington. I. C, Dec. 21 Nliu-ry-slx
thousand truck und passenger au
tomobiles. '.'0.000 motorcycles and U.V
fM)0 hk'.wlcs were left on tin hands
of n.iinufaiturers by cancellation of
War den ii'tmeiif order