THE SEMhWESKLV TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
FROM ALL SECTIONS OF
THIS MAJESTIC STATE
Reports of Interesting Happenings
Throughout Nebraska Condensed
to a Few Lines (or Quick
Peri'sal.
Tn miU n total of Ui'.O'T nutnmnbll:
licensee were Issued In Nebraska. Dur
ing tho year Just passed the tiumhor
totnllcil over 175,000. Bnsed tn popu
lation, this Ik one automobile to every
0. 7 persons In the state. Douglas
county has the largest number, 1 1.JWh,
1. nncnster coining next with 0,051.
Custer county stnnds third with -IJill),
while Hooker has the leant nuniher.
1-15.
llurnl twill -carriers In the southern
part of the stnte are having their
troubles because of the rough, frozen
roads. Automobile cannot be used
and owners of good horse will not let
them out on the horrible rendu, conse
quently the delivery of mull is n
tough problem.
In n letter to Nebraska counlry conn
dls of defense the state council
thanks the' vnrlous bodies for their
work during the war and reiterates
the necessity of the prohibition of the
teaching of foreign languages In pub
lic and private schools of Nebraska.
The first step In connecting Nehrns
ka cities with the- Wyoming oil fields
lay plpo line Is to be made next spring,
when work will begin on the laying of
n crude oil main from the l.nneo
Creek field In "Wyoming to the potash
plants near Allianco.
Of the 27.!I0."i exemption claims filed
with tlie South l'latte draft appeal
board, 8.71-1 claimants were held for
service. Deferred classification was
allowed 30,000 farmers. Of -1.087 de
pendency claims, the board allowed
2,20(1 appeals.
A movement Is on foot at Oumlm to
organize an Aero club for Nebraska.
Jt is estimated that over -100 men In
this stnte have had nvlation expe
rience. The club would be patterned
after aero clubs In the oust.
Alliance delegates to the annual State
Firemen's convention at Fremont
January 21, 22 and 211, will be accom
panied by the Alllnnce fire depart
ment band. Allianco business men
linvo raised .$1,000 to send thu band to
Fremont.
Hundreds of cottontails and Jack
rabbits avoio killed, but not) a wolf
was flighted In the big hunt staged In
Saunders county by more than 200
men and boys. Fanners say that
wolves nre numerous In the county.
Ity a vote of two to one citizens of
Sidney at a special election, favored
bonding tho city for tho purpose oC
raising money to buy and erect a wu
ter works system and electric lighting
and power plant.
Mrs. E. Angolleo Scully bus filed n
deed nt Beatrice, transferring 2l,i00
acres of Cage county land to her son,
Frederick Scully. This Is part of the
lnnd, tenantH of which arc iVotcstln;;
against Increased rentals.
A (uadruplo funeral took place at
Bnndolph when three members of the
Tatgo family of Norfolk and u cousin,
who lived at Hnndolph, were burled
there. Influenza caused tho death of
tho four youitg people.
Lamb feeders of Nebraska will
gather nt the University Farm, at Lin
coin, .Tanuary II, for their annual
meeting and to hear tho results of
lamb feeding experiments of the state
experiment station.
Merchants throughout the northern
part of Nebraska are unanimous in tho
declaration that 1018 was ti record
breaker In every line, despite the six
'weeks' slump dun to tin; "llu" epi
demic.
The Dodge county Medical society
passed a resolution nt Fremont declar
ing It was tho .sense of the society
that the state-wide quarantine for In
'fluenxa was absolutely worthless.
New express rates, considerably
higher than former charges, went-lnto
effect In Nebraska tho tlrst of tho
year, In splto of the opposition of tho
fctato railway commission.
Stuto Food Administrator Wattles
was presented with a silver platter
by the county food administrator in
appreciation of his work. The pre
Hentntion wan made ut Oniuha.
Hoy' and girls' clubs In Nebriinkn,
under the supervision of the extension
bcrvlee of the University of Nebraska
College of Acrlculturc Imw n total
enrollment of 28.JW1.
Wnunctn has one of the youngest,
If not the youngest, bank cashier (u
Nebraska. He Is Wayne McCalloni, Id
years old, who was recently elected
assistant cashier of the People's bunk
t Wnuneta.
Improvement mado by (ho Bur
lington during HUH Include the build
ing of a second track from Crawford
to Itutlnnd, cost $1-17,000; change In
line and new bridge over the Platte
at Phillips, cost .'$271,000, and now
terminal facilities nt Bridgeport, on
tailing nn expenditure) of StV.MXX).
The Omahn real estate board has
Inbtructed its executive secretary to
nsk Secretary of tho Interior Lano to
send government. ongluuer.s to survey
the possibilities of water power devel
opinent In Nebraska.
Ninety-three per cent of the school
children of Nebraska arc junior mem
bers of the It oil Cross, a roeord In
tho United States, uccordlng to Leon
ard Trcstor. director of Junior Bed
Cross activities. On July 1, 1018,
there wore 1.15,1102 Junior lied Cross
member. Following the land drive
there were 211 701 members
At the close of u mnss .meeting ot
Oft citizens at Crelghton, called for
the purpose- of discussing the foreign
languago question the following res
olution was unanimously adopted by
standing vote: "Hcsolved. That
this mass meeting of citizens shall go
on record as being opposed to any use
of tho German language being taught.
preached or spoken In any school,
church or nt any public gathering la
this vicinity."
C. M. Smith of Kddyvlllo, who ad
mitted robbing a U. P. baggage car
of which ho was In charge, was sen
tenced to from one to seven years In
the state penitentiary by the district
court nt North Platte. When tho
theft was llrst discovered. .Smith
claimed he had been struck with an
lion bar and robbed. Later ho con
foHed to the crime.
Lhe tock receipt nt the Soutii
Omaha market during 1018 show a de
cided Increase over the previous -eur.
Cattle receipts for the past year wen
1.085,8.55 bend, an Increase of ID per
cent over 1017. I log) receipts were
:i, i:M.fi:!.i head, a 2.'1 per cent increase.
f-heep receipts Increased 10 per cent,
the total being :5,-IOs,021.
Tho sum of ?I0,2-M was raised In
120 northern Nebraska towns for the
relief of llelglan babies. The sum
was raised through the sale of "for
get-me-not," souvenir (lowers of the
Belgian queen. This (lower was sold
for not less than 10 cents and many
people paid as high as $50 for one
of them.
Omaha's new wheel Jnx law, which
went Into effect the llrst of the year,
and which levies a tax ranging from
S2 to $7 on nil automobiles, trucks and
liorse-drawn vehicles. Is expected to
bring $."0,000 11 year Into the city treas
ury. A ni'tlon-wldc cnmpnlgn to enroll
tho children tinder tho banner of
health will be launched by the Nation
al 'fuhorehlosls association, beginning
February 1 and extending to May 24.
Thousands of Nebraska children will
be enrolled.
As a special courtesy to th men of
DcWItt and vicinity who have served
with the colors, Hev. C. E. Itrown, rec
tor of tho Episcopal church, has of
fered his services free to nny of theso
who desire to be married.
cllvo campaigning has been start
ed by the representatives of Hustings
college for raising $200,000 among tho
presbyteries of Nebraska (for the ben
efit of the college In that city.
During the last three months of
101S Omaha had 1,591 deaths com
pared with f8'2 In the corresponding
months In J0I7. The Increase was duo
to the Influenza epidemic.
An agreement has been made where
by the Nebraska Ons and Electric
company of Beatrice Is to furnish Wy
tnore with current for the next llvo
years.
Stella's board of health has lifted
the ban on public gatherings, and
church services are again being held
for the llrst time since Thanksgiving.
During 1018 the peoplo of Omaha
donated .$1,22S,207 to war activities
outside of Ited Cross memberships and
Invested !?2:t,012.Ur In war securities.
Costs for the upkeep of county
roads and tho building of new brldgei
throughout Douglns county amounted
to ?221. 758.1 !l for the year 191S.
Tee cutting began throughout Ne
braska last week. Some parts of the
stato report Ice sixteen Inches thick
and a good harvest Is anticipated.
The executive committee of the Ne
braska Slate Press association has
called the annual meeting for Febru
ary 20. 21 and 22 In Lincoln.
It. 11. Mann, widely known through
out western' Nebraska as "Daddy
Mann," was Instantly killed by a Bur-
lington train at Hrldgeport.
For the llrst time In the history of
Fremont schools classes were held on
New Year's day. when the city sehoo's
took no vacation.
Over fvlOOAOO pounds of flour was
shipped to the American army and the
allied nations from Bent rice during
the war.
Oinutin had 071 deaths from Influ
enza between October 5. when the epi
demic began, and 'December :tl. T.H.S.
The Nebraska conference of Social
Workers will meet In annual conven
tion In Lincoln February 2, it and -I.
only nine new residences wore
built in Fremont during the past year.
ms against llfty-fonr In 1017.
Commissioners of Madison county
have organized a health board to com
bat the influenr.n epidemic.
Buffalo county sent approximately
000 men to war, nearly 100 of whom
volunteered their services.
After sevcrnl weeks of restriction
tho llu "lid ' has been lifted In Tecum
eh. The churehe now hold regular
services and school sedulous are being
held as usual.
The IMS business of the Omnh
federal laud hunk will show an in
crease of $25,000,000, the host record
of any laud bank In the country,
Frank G. Odell. secretary of the hank,
says.
Heads aro In unusually rocky condi
tion In many parts of Nebraska, as a
result of the freeze after the recent
rain. Traveling via automobile Is
being abandoned.
Tho Nebraska headquarters for the
campaign January 12 to 10 for relief
for starving Armenians. Syrians nud
others In the near east, at Omaha, re
ceived n tolegram staling thai 2.000
people In IJrumlu are absolutely desti
tute. Ten thousand Kurds nre stnrv
lug nt Sojbblak, and 110,000 are desti
tute nt Tabriz. Starvation Is lucreas
lug dally.
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1 Lieut. Cen. Sir H. Halting and his aide of the Hrltlsh armistice commission nt Spn, acknowledging the sn
lute of a German soldier on guard duty. 2 Czecho slovak soldiers going over the top In a raid on bolshevik
trenches in Siberia. 3 Vincent Astor, who Is to command a yeoman guard that will form part of the guard at the
Palace of Versailles during the peace conference.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENTJVENTS
oles Fighting the Germans on
the West and the Advancing
Bolsheviki on East.
CALL ON ALLIES FOR HELP
Lenlne's Forces Meet Disastrous De
feat at Perm, but Capture Ufa
President Wilson Visits Rome
Secretary Daniels' Pro
gram for the Greatest
Navy.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
So far as lighting Is concerned, thu
absorbing news Is coming from Poland
Just now. The Poles, having enthusi
astically welcomed the head of their
new republic, Ignace Jan Paderewski,
the famous musician, nre following his
lend against. the Germans on the one
side and the Husslun bolsheviki on the
other. They are determined to udd to
their state the province of Posen, Dan
zig nud other parts of Prussia, and the
government at Berlin is equally deter
mined that they shall not lay hands on
German territory. Tho result Is 11
series of conflicts, with varying re
sults. As this Is written n report comes
thnt a Polish army of 30,000 men Is
marching on Berlin and that Gustnv
Noske, member of the Ebert cabinet
In charge of military affairs, has or
dered the Fifth German division to ad
vance to meet the Poles.
The Poles entered Frankfort 011 the
Oder, DO miles east of Berlin, and also
Heuthen In Prusslnn Silesia, and
Bromberg, In the province of Posen. In
the city of Posen the Polos occupied
the fortress, disarming 20,000 German
soldiers, and the fighting there has
been almost continuous. Many Jews
arc said to have been slain.
The German authorities admit the
Polish question Is serious and that It j
will be difficult tq prevent tho estab
lishment of a free Polnnd. The Poles '
are masters of most of the towns and
have cut all means of communication, j
It Is on their eastern borders that tin
Poles are having the worst time. There
they are contending not only against
tho bolshevik armies In their sweep '
through Lithuania, but also against
the Ukrainians, who are disputing with
the. Poles the possession of the south
ern part of Lithuania. General I'll- ,
sudtky commands a rather small nrm
of loyal Poles, and General Huller.
who commanded the Poles In France,
has landed at Danzig with a body of
troops ; but they nre a long way apart, (
with hostile armies between them.
There Is considerable demand that the
allies extend quick and strong aid to
the Poles, since the establishment of
Poland ns n buffer state not only would
keep Gennauy from grabbing the Bui
tic provinces and eventunlly control
ling Hussln, but also would deprive the
Germans of most of tho conl deposit-,
on which they rely. The holshcvlst
menace and the Industrial disorder In
Poland mnk It impossible for tin
Poles to await the settlement of their
problin by the pence congress, say
their lenders. Most of their factories
were destroyed by the Germans and
the thousands of Poles now sent back
by Germany are clmuoring for food
and employment and In some place,
nre taking the law Into their own
hands and plundering their former em
ployers. Lately the bolsheviki hnve both lost
nnd won in eastern Hussia. Their
chief loss wns at Penn, in the Urals,
which was captured by General Galdu
nt the head of Czecho-Slovnk and SI
berlnn forces. The bolshevik Third
army was virtually destroyed and Nik
olal Leal no, the bolshevik premier,
who wns directing oponitlons from an
nrmored train, narrowly escaped cap
ture. Gnldn completely surprised the
bolsheviki nnd captured Hl.OOO men
.1,000 railway cars. 120 Hold guns, l.OOo
machine guns and much other equip
ment. Ten regiments woro annihilated
nnd the remainder of the enemy driven
niross the Kama rlcr.
The bolsheviki claimed the capture,
on Tuesday, of the city of Ufa. capital
of the nonbolshovlk government in the
region west of tho Ural mountains, nnd
also of the town of Sterlltamak, south
of LTa. '
In Lithuania the advance of the bol
shevlst forces was so threatening that
the bourgeois government was moved
from Vllna to Kovno, and In Esthonlu
and Livonia the Lenlne troops were
moving forward against Heval nnd
Hlga, occupying Honiershof on the
Dvlna. Swedish volunteer troops have
gone to the aid of the Esthonlans.
At the time of writing this, news
comes that the Germans have evacuat
ed Hlga and thit the British have land
ed troops, under all arms, at that port
nnd also nt Llbau and Wlndau, the
chief ports of Courlnnd on the Baltic
The allied forces In the Archnngel
region aro still awaiting an announce
ment of policy by their governments,
but they aro not inactive, having re
cently defeated tho enemy along tho
Onega river and greatly Improved their
positions. ' Michigan and Wisconsin
troops played a notable part In these
operations, which were carried out In
zero temperature nnd deep snow.
yoi
I.iebknecht bus not yet succeeded in
overthrowing the Ebert government in
Berlin, but the Independent soclnllst
members of the government have been
ousted, nnd It is now reported that
Ebert and Scheldcmunn nre In secret
agreement with the lenders of the bour
geois party to combat the extremists,
who Include the Independents, the
Spartacldes and the sailors. The bour
geois leaders, It Is said, aro convinced
thnt civil wnr ennnot be averted.
The Spartacus group, assembled In
congress, howled down a proposition
made by LIcbknecht that they take
part In tho election of members of the
new national assembly. Led by Hosn
Luxembourg, they declared the meet
ing of the assembly must be prevented
at nil costs. Kudck, bend of the bol
shevlst mission to Germany, tells the
Spartacldes he would welcome an en
tente occupation of Germany, because
the Invaders would become Infected
with bolshevism and spread its doc
tries to the west. Kurt Eisner, pre
mier of the "republic-" of Bavaria, is
said to be siding with the Independent
socialists against Ebert, and Ulnden
burg Is ho discouraged by the disorder
In Berlin that he has said ho would
support tlie occtipntion of the city by
the British.
- Ha
Hetumlng from England to Paris
early In the week, President Wilson
loft for Italy Wednesday evening
When he arrived in Home he was we!
coined by the king and queen and n
host of other notables, and the Homnn
population gave him so enthusiastic a
reception that It was evident they had
made up their minds to outdo the Lon
doners and Parisians. The streets and
buildings were lavishly decorated and
the freedom of the Eternal City was
bestowed on the American president.
Banquets, otllclal rails and conferen
ces took up most of his time in Home.
While he wns In Italy, It Is understood,
President Wilson studied carefully the
conflicting claims of Italy nnd the Jugo
Slnvs for possession of the lands along
the east eoast of the Adriatic.
-
hen on the same day President
Wilson In Manchester declared ugulnst
the old "balance of power" methods
and In favor of the league of nations
und Premier Clemenceau told the
French that he still stood for a bulance
of power, the croakers at once discov
ered that there was to n great dlfll
culty In bringing about a recouelllatloii
between the lew of the two lenders.
There really did wecm to be a chance
for trouble there; but Colonel House
called on M. Clemencoati and on Now
Year's day he told Mr. Wilson all about
It. The result, according to hints
thrown out by some of the American
delegates, was that the president was
nssured there was nothing In Clemen
conu's attitude that would Justify un
apprehension of nny marked differ
eiicos between the entente powers nnd
the United States. Colonel House nlso
saw Mr. Balfour and found that they
were In full agreement. It Is statwl
that Clemenceau meant that he stands
for it dominating league of nations
rofldy to use force to malntulu peace,
President Wilson, It wns announced,
would be back In Paris by the begin
ning of the week, and M. Cleinenccau
wns expected back from a brief vaca
tion at the same time. Mr. Lloyd
George arrived In the French capital
Saturday. Conferences among tlie
representatives of the allies were to
begin at once. It seems probable that
the number of delegates to the pence
conference will bo enlarged so thnt
experts in certnln lines may sit at the
board when the things they know most
about nre bclnf: discussed. Grent Brit
ain's delegates include Lloyd George.
Balfour and Bonar Law, and suuong
tho ndvlsers on specinl matters are
such men ns Viscount llardlnge. Sir
William G. Tyrrell, Sir Louis Mallet
Sir Esme Howard, Sir Halph Paget.
Sir Eyre Crowe and Lord Hobert Cecil
an Imposing list of truly big men
thoroughly trained In diplomacy nnd
statecraft.
The numerous and complicated
questions thnt the peaco conference
must take up and settle have given rise
to the suggestion thnt the congress
should be a continuing body so that fu
ture developments might bo taken In
to consideration and matters decided
that nre now too hazy for clear vision.
If this plan were adopted, the forma
tion of the league of nations might not
be so pressing a question ns It is now
considered by President Wilson and
many others who support his views.
Pa
General sntlsfuctlon is expressed
with the desire of the depnrtment of
Justice to hnve deported most of the
enemy aliens now Interned for their
pernicious activities. Tlie.se men nnd
women a few of the gentler sex are
Included were either German spies
nnd agents, tnklng their chances as
such, or else traitors to the country
that had given them sheltor. In either
case they nre not wanted in America
nnd should be sent back to the lnnd
they came from or thnt they served.
There are n lot of others who might
well be deported, but we nre too mild
mannered n people for our own good
In such matters.
mi
Secretary Daniels tells the congres
sional committee that his determina
tion to hnve n great navy is based on
the argument that If the league of na
tions Is formed the United Stales will
be shirking its share of the policing of
tlie world If Its navy is not ns big as
Great Britain's; and that If tho league
Is not established and n curtailment
of armament is not agreed upon, we
must have "Incomparably the greatest
navy In the world" to defend tlie Mon
roe doctrine and protect the weak na
tions. His program, according to his
own admission. Is Intended as un argu
ment by which President Wilson can
bring the Other nations to accept the
proposed reduction of aruiament. The
secretary SiO'-s the president backs up
his policy If competitive building is to
continue. .Mr. Daniels' new three-year
building program calls for the appro
priation of 5000,000,000 to provide for
ir(5 additional naval ships, Including
ton drendnaughts nnd slv buttle crnls
erx. - fes
Two severe uttucks on the adminis
tration were made In the senate last
week. First Senator Cliamberlnln.
chairman of the committee on military
affairs, nssnlled the "dilatory" policy
followed In demobilization, asserting
that the administration Is us unpre
pared for disbanding the army ns it
was for the wnr itself. He warned bin
party thnt It would be held responsible
politically by the returning soldlere
If It failed to adopt nn adequate pro
gram for taking care of them. The
other attack wns made by a Hepuhllc
an. Senator Weeks of Massachusetts
who bitterly criticized the war depart
ment for delays and errors In compll
Ing casualties among the expeditionary
forces and for failure to co-operate
with the Bed Cross In the matter ot
forwarding letters from wounded sol
diers to their relatives in this counlrj
In ninny Instances, Mr. Weeks suhl
parents were Incorrectly Informed thai
their sous had been killed, Also so
oral hundred American soldiers report
ed as missing by tho war department
had been located In French howpllnh
by tho Hed Cross and letters wHtlei
by them had not been lorwnrdod be
cause of an order by the ileparlinein
The senate commerce committee h,
extended lt- InvoHtlKMlInn of the lt
Island shipyard to a Kciicrul 1 i 1 1
Into the ioliiKS f th hippim l 'M
ROOSEVELT
IS
FORMER PRESIDENT 8UCCUMB8
AT OYSTER BAY HOME.
PASSED AWAY VERY SUDDENLY
Blood Clot On Heart Said to Have
Brought On Death Was 61
Year6 of Age.
Oyster Bay, N. Y .Tan.) 7. Colonel
Theodore Itnnctelt died at his home,
Sagnnioro Hill, Monday morning. A
clot of blood on the heart caused
death. It was stated at the house.-Tho
colonel went to bed Sunday night
feeling well. Ills end was peaceful.
Several members of the family were '
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt.
at the bedside. Hoosevelf returned
home Christinas day from Hoosevell
hospital, Now York, where he had
been ill for some time with sciatica.
The house at Sagnnioro Hill wa1
closed and nobody allowed to enter
the grounds after the colonel died.
Farmer Slays Entire Family.
Onnwa, lit., Jan. 0. Denied thu
love of 11 woman, William Barnes, 11
farmer, known throughout this neigh
borhood ns tho "one-armed crack
shot," Friday night shot and killed
five persons two women, two children
and n man.
Then ho sat in a chair, took off
his left shoe and stocking, placed Nn
toe on the trigger of his .sliotgr.it and
blew oft the top of his bend.
Ono of his victims was Mrs. Alice
Jones, 21, recently divorced, whose
love he wanted.
The other victims were:
Wilbur Johnson, 55', Mrs. Jones'
fnthor.
Mrs. Johnson, IS.
Their son, Hex Johnson, 12.
Mrs. Jones' son, Held, 2.
In September Barnes and Mrs.
Jones ran away together. Two weeks
ago the young woman returned to her
parents' home. She told friends then
she bad found she did not love
Barnes.
Barnes returned Friday morning.
He was sullen to persons he met in
Decatur, Neb. He bought a shotgun
and shells there, and snld he was
going hunting, lie used tjte gun to
wipe out the Johnson family and kill
himself.
Tho tragedy occurred on HolmerV
Island, comprising about 1,000 ncres,
on tlie Nebraska side of the river,
hut still a purl ol I own. Johnson was
a well-to-do farmer.
An Investigation, which was started
Monday, is expected 10 solve tho mys
tery of several deaths during the past
IS months In tho vicinity of Onnwa.
Monona county.
Authorities of Mononu county havr
recalled, since the tragedy at tin
Johnson home. Hint Burnes' wife and
daughter died under singular clrcuni
stnuccs In their home about n your
ajjo. At the time of Mrs. Burnes
death speculation was; rlfo amoiii:
neighbors, many of whom openly ex
pressed the opinion tho woman met
with foul play.
Tho man's 17-year-old daughter,
who kept house for her fit l her for a
short whllo following hor uinlher'
denth, ended her own life, supposedly,
by drinking poison.
Barnes in known to hnvo been n
desperate character, nnd thcro nro
many In this community who believe
1 1 1 in directly rotqioitslblp for tliodcflths
of his wife nud daughter.
Wldle House Open to Visitors,
Washlniilon. D. C Jan. 7. After
bolllK chined to tho public for ncill'ly
two years becaiu-e of the war, the
White limine was reopi ned to visitors
a few day nun.
Youth Draws Huge Snlnry.
DbIioII, Mich., Jan. 7. The newly
minimi picNldciii of iho Ford Motor
company, IJdsel Ford, wn of Henry
Ford, l drawing oil of I ho blggm.
milni-lm In tl Minify $lo0,000 a -1-.
hHIioiiIi hi only ; j em ,,i,
DEAD
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