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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. DR. LIEBKNECHT 1H0T TO DEATH reader of Spartacans Slain While Trying to Escape From Guard in Berlin. ROSA LUXEMBOURG IS KILLED Woman Socialist Beaten Into Uncon sciousness and Then Shot by Crowd in German Capital Reign of Terror Ends. Berlin. Jan. 20. Dr. Karl Llcb knecht and Rosa Luxembourg have been killed. Doctor Llebknccht was shot and killed while trying to escape as he was being taken to prison. , Rosa Luxembourg, Doctor Llcb knecht's chief lieutenant, was also shot dead after being beaten Into un consciousness by n crowd at Berlin. When It became known that Doctor Llebknccht and Rosa Luxembourg were at the Hotel Eden, In the west ern part of the city, a crowd rapidly congregated and stormed the hotel lobby to lay hnnds on them. Roth were spirited to n side entrance to the hotel, but the mob forestalled the at tempt of the Iroops to save Frauloln Luxembourg. She was beaten Into In sensibility and then thrown Into an automobile by the crowd, which In tended to take her to prison. A few blocks down the street the ninchue was halted by a second mob, and when the presence of Frauloln Luxembourg became known a man jumped on the running board of the ear and shot her through the head. The body was dragged from the auto and carried off. It Is supposed that It was thrown Into the canal, but It has not been found. In the meantime Doctor Llebknccht was hurried Into another automobile by ollicers and troops and the ear was beaded for the Monblt prison. While going through the Tlergarten the ma chine wns halted by a punctured tire. Doctor Llebknccht wns asked to get out by. the ofllccrs, who Intended to hail another automobile nnd continue toward the prison. While waiting Doctor Llebknccht made an attempt to escape and was shot dead by sol diers, who had anticipated such an effort on his part. Doctor Llebknccht had long been a leader of the radical party of Ger many, and in his attacks on the gov ernment and In the course of debates mentioned Emperor Wllllnm nnd the crown prince ns being Involved In the alleged conspiracy centering around the Krupps. As. a result of his reve lations several army ofllcers were tried for accepting bribes from the Krupps. They were convicted but re ceived light sentences. Field .Marshal vonIIIndenburg soon will take command of the German troops opposing Polish forces In east ern Germany, according to advices re ceived from Brombcrg, quoting news papers printed In the province of l'oen. The German cabinet met to discuss tin- new constitution and to consider proposals for the meeting of the na tional assembly. Germany's partici pation In the peace congress was also taken up. The meeting will bo con tinued. Merlin's long week of bolshevlsm Is finally ended. Here and there, scat tered desperadoes, mostly youths, still fire occasionally from some housetop and (luring the night attempts are made by small bands of the followers of Dr. ICarl Llebknccht to revive the reign of terror. 43 I.' W. W. ARE SENTENCED Terms of One to Ten Years Imposed on the California Reds. Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 26. Sen tences ranging from one to ten years' imprisonment were Imposed by Unit ed Slates District Judge F. II. Rud kln of Spokane, Wash., on 4'A of the 40 defendants convicted in the Industrial Workers of the World antiwar con spiracy case. Sentence on Miss Theo dore Pollok, only woman defendant, Busilo Saffores and A. L. Fax, the only three defendants represented by an at torney, was held up by their counsel, who saiil a motion for a new trial would bo offered. 'VICTORY LIBERTY' LOAN NEXT Name for the Coming War Isquc Is Announced Date. Not Yet Fixed. Washington, Jan. 18. The name of the next war Ionn will be "the Vic tory Liberty loan," Secretary Glass announced. The exact date has not been fixed. Old Cruisers Made Training Ships. Philadelphia, Jan. 20. Having done their share In making naval history, tlie old battleships Iowa, Indiana and Massachusetts tire on their way to Norfolk to become training ships. All saw active service In two wars. Liners Use Havre Port Again. Havre, .'fan. 20. The French line of steamships, which abandoned the port of Ilavro us the French terminus of its trans-Atlantic service during the war, will resume the use of that port as a landing point for its steamers. HUoTON THOMPSON Huston Thompson of Denver, Colo., who has been made a menibVr of the federal trade commission to succeed Wllllnm J. Harris, new senator from Georgia, air. Thompson was former ly an assistant nttorney general anil his present appointment Is a promotion in government service. CALLS YANKS SUPERB FOCH SAYS HE TOLD PERSHING TO "GO TO IT." And About Every One Will Agree That the American General Obeyed Orders. Treves. Jan. IS. It Is (ho conviction of .Marshal Foch that the Ithlnc must be made the barrier between Germany and France. He expressed this clearly today when he received American newspaper correspondents. The tnnr ,hal Is here in connection with the meeting concerning the extension of the Gerinnn armistice. Marshal Foch pointed out the dim cultles that had been overcome nnd said thnt peace must be commensurnto with the price of victory, Germnny now was beaten, he added, but with her resources, especially in men, recup eration In a comparatively short time was quite possible. It was now the study of the allies to prevent further aggressions. Marshal Foch praised the work of the American troops and said that Gen eral Pershing had asked that- the American forces be concenratedfor an attack on one sector. The allied gen eralissimo admitted that the Argonne Meuso front, where the Amerlcnns be gan their offensive on September 20, was a "sector hard to tackle." The marshal said he had told General Per shing: "Your men hnvo the devil's own punch. Go to It." The American attack succeeded! the mnrshal continued, "and here we are on the Rhine." ' The nrmlstlce wns not concluded too soon and the allies got all they asked for from Germany without continuing the fighting. The allies, the marshal said, were prepared for another offensive stroke which would have forced the Germans to give up. This was to have been made In Lorraine on November 1-1. with six American and 20 French divi sions. "This Is, for me," Marshal Foch be gan, "n happy opportunity to tell you all the good things I think of "the American army and of the part it played on our side. Your soldiers wore superb. They came to us young, en thusiastic, and carried forward by a vigorous Idealism and they marched to battle with admirable gallantry. Yes, they were superb. There Is no other word." BRITISH TROOPS FEED FOE Trainload of Foodstuffs Arrives in Vienna Act Prompted by Kind ness to Prisoners. Vienna, Jan. 10. A small body of Hrltlsh troops arrived here as the con voy of a trainload of foodstuffs, a present from the British army in Italy to the women and children of Vienna. Gr'ent crowds followed the convoy through the streets, giving the men a cordial welcome, but one devoid of any especial enthusiasm. The British ofllcer In command ex plained to the burgomaster that the supplies were sent in recognition of the fact that Austria bad treated her Hrltlsh prisoners with consideration in contrast with the Inhuman treatment given them by the Germans. LENINE REPORTED IN SPAIN Bolshevist Premier of Russia Lands at Barcelona, Newspaper Men Say. Madrid, Jan. 18. Nikolai Lenlne, tho bolshevlst premier of Russia, was among Russian refugees who landed at Harccjona recently, according to newspapers here. Big Fire 'Loss. Missoula, Mont.. Jan. 20. The mnln plant of the lumber department of the Anaconda Copper Mining company at Honner, seven miles east of this city, was destroyed by tire. The dam age probably will reach $500,000. Cnrlnthian Fighting Ceases. Klagenfurt, Austria, Jan. 20. The chief commander In Carlnthla reports that In agreement with the chief com mander ut Lnlhach, hostilities censed from January 14 on the Corinthian front to allow of i 'gotlnllnns. ii&'iv III lnlijWMWillxli. - V RATES ARE AGREED ON Big Liquor Tax Approved in Con gress as Country Goes Dry. $100,000,000 RELIEF 0. K.'D Little Opposition Shown to President Wilson's Request for Appropria tionConferees Vote to Put Rate of $6.40 on Spirits. Washington, Jan. IS. Tax rates on beverages in the war revenue bill were agreed to by senate and house con ferees, the latter accepting substan tially all of the senate's rates, estimat ed to yield about $ 150,000.000 In reve nue. The conferees voted Just before word wns received that Nebraska, thu thirty sixth state, had ratified the federal prohibition amendment, which eventu ally will cut oil' all revenue from liquor. The house managers yielded to tin senate on the distilled spirits section and finally approved of the senntu rates of $0.40 per gallon on distilled beverages. They also agreed to tho sennte rate of $2.20 per gallon, that of existing lnw, on distilled spirits for industrial or other than beverage purpose. Tho house bill had provided rates of $8 and 1.40 per gallon respectively on beverage and commercial distilled spirits. ' There was no disagreement be tween the houso nnd senate on the rate of ?0 per barrel on beer, double the present tax, and on tho wine rates, also doubled. The houso bill originally proposed to raise $1,1117,000,000 from- beverages, while now not more than $450,000,000 Is estimated for the present year. Tho conferees adopted tho sennto amendment for relief of those having distilled spirits In bond when prohibi tion becomes effective, exempting such spirits from federal taxes. Another senate amendment accepted by the house conferees and Incorpor ated In the bill Imposes a tax of 1 cent on encb 10 cents paid to retailers o ice cream, soda water and other such refreshments after May 1. This Is ex tlmated to raise $37,000,000. and Is a reduction of CO per cent from the orig inal house rate. Senator Sheppard said be would soon Introduce a bill to make the pro hibition amendment effective, after consultation with senate and house lenders and prohibition organizations. A proclamation by tho president and stnte department, tho senator said, was not necessary to make the amend ment effective on Janunry 10, 1920, but one probably would be Issued as a formality. He said he was not disturbed over reports thai liquor Interests intended to test the validity of the amendment's adoption, and declared no loopholes to invalidate tho law would be found. With little opposition, a 'favorable report was ordered by the senate ap propriations committee on the house bill to appropriate thu $100,000,000 re quested by President Wilson for food in Europe. No record vote was taken In tho committee, but Senator Kenyon ol Iowa (Hep.) for himself nnd Senator Hardwlck of Georgia (Dem.) reserved the right to oppose the measure In the senate. Much opposition had been manifest ed against the bill, even since Presi dent Wilson appealed for prompt ac tion with a warning that only food could stop the wave of bolshevlsm sweeping westward In Europe. P.y unanimous vote the bouse mer chant marine committee decided to at tempt no action at this session of con gress on the administration mensuro proposing government acquisition of all wireless stations. 1 German propaganda was put aside by the senate investigating committee to turn attention against the aethltles of brewing Interests. A. J. Arnold of Fort Worth. T.'X.. said the Texas branch of the National Fanners' union received $25,000 from 1014 to 101(5 from Robert L. Antrey. whom be Identified as connected with the Texas Prowers' association, and between $10,000 and $15,000 from Ed ward Landsborg of Chicago. SAYS 500 PERSONS PERISH Rome Report Declares French Steam ship Chaproi From Marseilles Struck a Mine. Rome, Jan. 17. Fivo hundred per sons perished when the French steam ship Chnprol, outward-bound from .Marseilles, struck a mine and sank within four minutes In the Straits of Mosslna. Wilson Hold6 Up Press Gag. Paris, Jan. -'0. At tho instance of President Wilson tho supremo council of the allies decided to hold In nbey nnco tho proposed rule- for virtual so crecy regarding Its deliberation be yond olllclnl statements. Russ Tire of Reds, llelslngfors, Jan. 18. A countur revolutlon has broken out In Petro grad, according to reports from Ruvnl. mid tho bolshovlkl have started a gen eral hurried retreat eastward from Estlionla REVENU IHVIN S. COBB Ii-n a s. Cobb, author ami numorlst, has iieen made a chevalier of tho FreiHli Legion of Honor. NEW ARMISTICE TERMS GERMANS MUST RESTORE GOODS STOLEN FROM BELGIUM. Hun Gold Amounting to $100,000,000 Must Dc Removed to Safe Place. London, Jan. 20. The German nrm Isllic has been extended one month by ilie commissioners, who have con cluded their session at Treves. The clauses offered by the allies concerning agricultural implements, Russian prisoners of war, naval con ditions and the restitution of mnterlal stolen by the Germans from Invaded countries, wero signed by the enemy delegates. Rudolf llnvenstoln, president of tho Imperial Rank of Germany, (tho Rel lisbank), has been ordered to Spa by Marshal Foch, according to n dis patch from Berlin, to attend a confer ence concerning the entente financial demands on Germnny. Paris, Jan. 17. Marshal Foch. tho allied commander In chief, arrived In Treves for the meeting with tho Ger man armistice delegates for discussion of the extension of the armistice. London, Jan. 17. Tho Central News declares that as a result of tho allies' discussions In Paris the wholo as pect of demobilisation has undergouo a sudden and vital change, this being shown in the drastic conditions de manded of Germany for a renewal of the armistice. "On authority of an unimpeachable character," snys tho Central News, "It can bo stated that a situation exists i In Europe under which war may break ; out again nt any moment. The nllled war council has1 arrived at a decision which means that tho Rritlsh peoplo , have mistaken the appearance of peace for reality. This decision means that the new Hrltlsh ministry must revise t Hie whole scheme of army demohlllza- Hon. 1 The new armistice terms to be pre 1 -entod to Germnny by .Marshal Foch ni-e unolllclally slated to include tho' following: I. Retribution upon the Germans for 1 Hie murder and ill treatment of allied prisoners. 1 2. The machinery and goods stolen Iy Germany from France and Helgluin i be at once given up. II. German gold, amounting to more , Hum $500,000,000, to bo moved from P.orlln to Frankfort. ' I. Germnny to give over her ship ping to carry food supplies to coun tries In Europe in need of them. 5. Any U-boats on tho stocks to be handed to the allies for disposal, or to he destroyed, ami no more submarines io be built. TWENTY LIVES LOST IN BLAST Odd Explosion Gums Up Many Victims Who Escape Death In Boston, Roston, Jan. 17. Fifteen to twenty persons nre estimated to have been Killed by the explosion of a storage lank of molasses in tho yards of the Purity Distillery company near Capps wharf, off Commercial street. Tho explosion blew away two of the supporting pillars of the Atlantic ave nue elevated structure, demolished scv- rnl buildings, blew an electric freight ear off the track, overturned a nuinbor "f heavily loaded trucks and killed ibout a dozen horses. Soldier Killed In Bridge Crash. Winchester, Va., Jan. 18. George sfninbolld, Company E. One Hundred unci Tenth division supply train, was Killed and four other soldiers wero se louBly injured near hero when an army truck In which they wero riding rnshed through a bridge. Says Priests Tortured. Omsk. Jnn. 18. Priests who escaped from Perm say that msjiy of their colleagues wore terribly tortured bo fore the battle following which Prem wns captured by troops under General ialiln. Bavaria Fights Reds. Paris, Jan. IS. Advices from Heme roRiirdlug tho situation In Havarln re port thnt lu ordor to prevent bolshevl kl, reaching Bavaria tho govorniiM'nt has drastically amended Its imssport rules. " FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THIS MAJESTIC STATE Reports of Interesting Happenings Throughout Nebraska Condensed to a Few Lines for Quick Perusal. At a conference of representatives of patriotic societies of Nebraska, at Lincoln, a conimttlee consisting of S. C. Hassctt, Gibbon ; J. II. Corclenl, Mc Cook: D. S. Hardin, Alma; Mrs. A. E. Sheldon and Miss Surka R. llrhkova of Lincoln, was appointed to forniu h'te plans for gathering and preparing n history of Nebraska in the world war. Cnptaln C. E. Adams, head of tho G. A. R., sent a telegram from Omaha to Nebraska representatives In con fiiess. urging that they vote against the bill to convert the National Sol diers' Home at Hot Springs, S. D., into a government hospltul and move the Inmates of the Institution to some place In the south. Nebraska uutolsts will spend $120. 000 000 lurlng RUO In gasoline, repairs and general upkeep or their 200.000 motor cars and trucks, according to an estimate made by State Engineer Johnson, on upkeep figures furnished by 2,000 garage men in the stale. .Miss S. H. llrhkova of Lincoln has been designated as one of 100 Amer ican women to sponsor national con ference lo be held at Washington, February 12 unci 111, for the purpose of supporting a league of nations and the formulation of P'" to protect children of this country. John Dlnmente, a Utah farmer, was sentenced to thirty days In Jail by Federal Judge M linger ut Lincoln for transporting booze from a wet to a dry slate. Dlnmente had twelve pints of whisky In his possession when caught. A h.ulro-cleelrlc plant to cost $125,000 Is to be erected along the Blue river, near Harnestown. The new plant will furnish electric current to Reatrlce, the Holmesvllle plant owned by George W. Slelnineyer, being over crowded. The Schuyler home guards comimny MUod to use Its surplus money, amounting to about $1,000, for a fund to etect a monument for Colfax conn ly soldiers who gave their lives for their country In the war. March 4, 5 and 0 are the dates set for .Merchants' Market Week at Omaha. Arrangements are being imulu to entertain a larger number of up state merchants this year than ever before. , The 100th ummunltlou train and the 12(lth Held artillery, in which were many Nebraska men, were demobilized ut Camp Dodge, la. The units re turned from Franco about ten days ugo. After having gono for mouths with out any serious outbreak of Inlluenza, portions of the western part of Hall county are suffering now from what appears to be an epidemic of the dis ease. The One Hundred and Twenty-seventh field artillery, the old Fourth No braska regiment, arrived at Camp Dodge, la., the first of the week and is rapidly being mustered out. Reatrlce, Norfolk and Columbus are to make an elVort to laud the state V. M.C A. summer camp meeting when u committee of the Nebraska as sociation liieels at Lincoln. The University stock farm at Lin coln shipped 1527 lambs to the South Omaha market, which sold for $1(1.50 u hundred, topping the market for the day. All equipment of the Peru home guards, which was disbanded a. few days ago, was turned In and the com pany fund donated to the Red Cross. Nebraska has 28,000 men working on food products In the packing houses, creameries, grain mills and Leet sugar plants In the state. The Third Nebraska, state confer ence of wholesale credit men will be held In Omaha. Tuesday, February IS. A large delegation Is expected. Nebraska City has a new automo bile fire truck. The machine Is cap abb1 of making -10 miles an hour and Cot the city dads $4,000. Don L. Love of Lincoln was elected president of the Nebraska Historical society at a business meeting of the or.'jiinlznlli.n at Lincoln. February 21 to 2!l have been desig nated by tho National War Camp Community service for the demobilize lion oi service nags. A real airplane will be one of the attractions at the Omaha automobile Miow, which will he held March 10 to 15. Commissioners of Madison county have organized a health hoard lo com bat the influenza epidemic. Two big conventions will bo held nt Omaha the last of this month. Mem bers of tho Nebraska Pollard Here ford Breeders Association will meet on tho 28lh and members of tho stato Hottlers' organization on tho 29th and !!0th. County councils of dofonso are a thing of the past In Nebraska. The bodies have been disorganized by or ders of the government. However, tho good work accomplished by tho coun ty councils over the stato during tho period of tho war will long be rcmem bored and dosorves a good deal of commendation. Representatives solected 8t the farmers national reconstruction con ference at Washington to attend the peace conference at Purls Included C. II (iuMafs-on of this state, head of the Nebraska Farmers' Congress. The terrible automobile accident near Lincoln which cost the live of Miles E. McKnlght, agod 54; u son of 15. n dnujditor of 12, a married dnughter of 20, and the year and n half old baby of the latter, all of that city, was due, It Is believed, to the slilo curtains of the automobile being up. Tho tragedy happened a short dis tance east of Lincoln, when McICnlght apparently drove the car directly In the path of a fast Rock Island passen ger train. The automobile was ground to bits by the Impact, and the deaths cif the occupants were ulniost Instan taneous. Nebraska millers who wore given 'a scare, thinking that perltaps the gov ernment was going to tmke all tho wheat offered on the Omnha market, have found relief in thu announce ment thnt Undo Sam Is going to'por mlt them to buy for their needs from the stocks in storage. January 10 tho clay tho Nebraska legislature niado the United States dry has been designated by the; stnto superintendent of schools as an an nual holiday In memory of Francis E. Wlllard, the first exponent of national prohibition, In all public schools In Nebraska. , Dean E. A. Burnett of tho University College of Agriculture, told a delega tion of sheep feeders at Lincoln that high prices for farm products are like ly to continue throughout the year, and there Is reason to believe that tho government will fulfill every promise It has made. Lincoln citizens are Jubilant over the report that Lincoln lobbyists at Washington have clinched the contract with tho Postolllco department nam ing the capital city as the terminus of the first leg of the aeroplane mall service out of Chicago. j Kearney Is to hnvo two nuw hos pitals in tho near future. Catholic so cieties of tho city arc to build a $100. 000 structure and the St. Luke's Eplscopnl hospital association has do. elded to erect a now $50,000 building. While playing with a loaded re volver bo had found lu a hay loft tho ;i-year-old son of P. 11. Murphy of near Tecuniseh, died from thu effects of being shot through the stomach when tho weapon' accldently exploded. A truck company .litis been organ ized ut Elntwood with a capital stock of $10,000. The Company will Soon begin operations uml will establish a lino between Elm wood and surround ing towns. . ' ' The Great Western Sugar company,, with factories at. several western Ne braska cities, fixed the price for the 1010 sugar beet crop at $10 a ton, this being the same scale lfald to the beet' growers for tho IMS crop. W. J. Miller, farmer of Carroll county, Iowa, while .at the South Omahii market last week with' u load of stock, asserted that Inlluenza has made lis nppearaifco nmong hogs of bis county. Total expenditures for road ' work In Dodge county during the year 1018 amounted to $18,000, according to tho report of County Highway Commis sioner William Sanders. ' Among troops assigned to early convoy from Europe Is tho 107th trench mortar battery, Thirty-second division, which includes a largo num ber of Nebraskans. "Vie" llalllgan of North PlitUo. for leer University of Nebraska football star, returned from overseas with tho 12fllh field artillery. He was an olll tor lu tin; unit. A record price for farm land in tho North Rend vicinity was paid when Hurley Walker sold his 80-acre tract on the Lincoln highway for $1150 nn acre. Favorable action looking toward the removal of Midland college from Atch Ipoii. Kan., to Fremont, was taken by i lie board of trustees last week. Three hundred men took part In tho wolf hunt near Wabash. Seven wolves were rounded up In a" six mllo terri tory, and three were killed. About S0O soldiers stationed nt tho Fori Omahu government balloon school were , given honorable dis charges from the tinny. A large number of Nebraska towns nre making preparations to bold a serins of entertainments In honor of the returning soldiers. A farm of 100 acres, a' mile oust of Surprise was sold at auction for $105.50 an acre. There wero no build ings on the land. Two farms northwest or Slella were sold at public auction .Just recently for $210 and $220 per nerd respectively. Norfolk's annual nutoinobllo show will bo held this year on Muruh II) lo 22. A movement Is on foot at Omaha to' organize a concern to construct air planes. The movement Is bnckod by several strong financiers of tho city, and establishment oT tho factory Is al most assured. The annual meeting nnd reunion of tho Nebraska Territorial I'lonoors as soelatlon. which wns to hnvo been held at Lincoln. .Innunry 14. was calliMl off on account of the Inllutfnza. Tho dairying industry Is becoming nn important factor among farmers of Morrill county. A number of stations In the county aro shipping largo quantities of cream dally. The Pawnee county chapter of the American Red Cross lias compiled list showing that twelve of th oowh ty's lwys have died while in tho serv ice of their country. To popularise rabbits as. mmt, tlt Consolidated Rabbit Brooders' a,-w. clai Ion of Lancaster county lias k elded to establish a rabbit mmt mar ket at Lincoln.