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THE SEMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. STATE LAWMAKERS MIEH BILLS MEASURES COVER A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS NEBRASKA FOR PROHIBITION Becomes Thirty-Sixth State to Ratify Prohibitory Amendent to the National Constitution Lincoln. Governor S. It. McKolvlc, In tho presence of a small group oS officials of tho legislature, afllxed his signature to a documont that prom ises to bo of historic Interest to the present nnd future generations. It was nothing more or less than a document that makes the United States "dry;" a document certifying that tho legisla ture of Nebraska hud ratified the pro hibitory amendment to tho constitu tion of tho United States. This action placed Nebraska thirty-sixth In tho list of states ratifying tho national pro. hlbltory amendment. The bill as passed by the house was tho senate resolution amended by the house to Include the names of eighteen houso members as joint in troducers. " The work was completed at 10:1(5 Thursday morning, January 111, when the senate concurred in the houso amendment to tho senate reso lution. WILL C. ISRAEL Mr. Israel Is editor of the Havelock Post and was elected First Assistant Chief Clerk of House of Representatives. He Is Vice President of the Nebraska Press Association and, according to precedent, will be elected president next February. The State Budget The budget of state expenditures necessary for tho two years 1019-1020, as prepared under tho direction of Governor Neville before his retire ment, has been printed and presented to tho finance committee of the legis lature The budge -moses tho ap propriation of $11. r ' as compared with $11,710,830 oii. printed two years ago. Thoro are heavy decreases in certain departments. Tho adjutant general's appropriation is cut from $239,400 to $37,900, duo to tho practi cal abolition of tho national guard. Tho $25,000 for the stain council of defense is eliminated. Among the in creases are $300,000 for tho improve ment of roads, $81,000 for tho state normals. $83,000 Tor the homo for fee bio minded children and $94,000 for the university. A general increase of salaries of cloriciil employes Is recom mended in order that these- may com pare not unfavorably with salaries) paid similar classes of employes in pri vate business. Two bills tor a new capltol were introduced in the house, both pro viding for a 1 mill levy and differing as to membership of a commission to to supervise tho Job. All bars to tho practice of medicine, surgery and dentistry by men who havo served in such capacity in tho army or navy aro removed by a bill introduced in the lower house by Representative Frost. ITohling. It pro vides that such shall be permitted to practice without a license. Representatives Hardin nnd Byrum Introduced a bill In the houso, which had its counterpart in one by Hall in tho senate, abolishing the primary nomination of candidates ami substi tuting a convention system, members of tho convention to bo elected by tho voters. Itapresentutlvo .Maurer proposed that all children bo required to at tend tho public schools, Instead of being allowed to attend private or parochial schools. Representative McKco woujd prohibit tho uso of any but tho English languago In school instruction. For Commission Merchants .mong the bills Introduced in tho house was ono by Kenagy of Seward, a fanner member, which Is Intended to make all commission morcbantB who handlo farm produco walk tho straight and narrow path. It requires every poison who sells farm produce except tho producer to secure a license from tho secretary of the state board of agriculture. Ho must also put up :i bond foi an honest accounting of all nignmcr.s to him, which may bo - -I upon b any consignor w ho lias a In arUnano C6mplle History of War At a conforenco of tho representa tives of tho patriotic organizations of Nebraska hold nt the Llndell hotel, Lincoln, a committee was appointed to promote and proscnt to tho legis lature a definite plau for gathering nnd proparing a history of Nebraska's part in tho world war. Tho committee consists of S. C. Bassott, Gibbon; John H. Cordeal, McCook; D, S. Har den, Alma; Mrs. A. H Sheldon, Lin coln nnd Miss Sarka 13. Ilrbkova, Lin coln. It will meet nt tho call o( Chairman. Hassett, who says, that novy when material is easily avallablo is tho timo to begin a systematic movo mcjit to presorvo tho story of tho part that tho stato played In tho great waj so that it may ho available for future generations. Tho Tenantry Problem Tho evils of landlordism, ono of the Issues upon which tho non-pnrtlsan leaguo was founded in this state, mado an appearanco In tho house in tho form of a resolution by John O. Schmidt, of Saunders, a meinber of tho non-partisan wing. Tho resolution asked that tho house rules bo expand ed to include a standing committee of soven to. deal with land tenantry. Tho recent revolt by the tenants ot tho Scully estate, which owns nearly 100,000 acres of land in Gage and Nuckolls counties, was a leading argument for 'tho creation of this now committee. Tho following woro named: Jacobs, chairman; Gilford Stoats, Reynolds, W. J. Anderson. Thompson and Schmidt. Jacobs and Schmidt nro tho only Nonpartisan leaguers on tho list. Fir? inspector Named The appointment ot two inspectors under State Firo Commissioner K. D. Beach has been announced from the governor's olllce. B. E. Hyduck, who Is appointed In Omaha has been, for eight and one-half years, n member of tho Omaha llro department. David F. Meeker of Imperial is a graduate of the Wayne high school nnd attended the University of Nebraska for three years. Both have be6n recently re leased from war service. Women Control Schools Nebraska counties are partial to wo men as county superintendents of schools. The educational "directory just issued by the state department ot education lisis sixty women as having been chosen at the last election to those positions. This leaves but thirty threo of these jobs for the men. Many of tho women arc serving third and fourth terms, others still longer. Twelve men wore retired nnd woman elected in their stead at the recent election. A Boxing Measure A bill introduced in tho houso by Barton Green of Lancaster, proposes to regulato boxing nnd sparring exhi bitions in tho state nnd for tho crea tion of n statue commission to bo known as the stato athletic commission to regulato such matches. Tho 'bill pro poses to make tho governor chairman pf the commission with tho attorney general and secretaiy of state as fellow members. Tho commission shall havo solo direction and management of all boxing nnd sparring matches within tho stato whether given by club, cor poration or association. Opposition to the bill says it legalizes pugilism. The "Code Bill" Governor McKelvie's "Code Bill" reorganizing the state administration departments nnd centralizing power in the governor's hands was introduced in the senato by Sonators Peterson, Cordenl, Bushee, Saunders and Reed. The bill, which promises to bo the storm center of the legislative sosslon, repeals and re-enacts in substance tho present administrative laws, but places authority in the hands of six executive departments Instead of a series of boards and Individuals, as at present. These departments arc: Finance, agriculture, labor, trade and commerce, public welfare, public works. Boost For Suffrage Tho state senate by unanimous vote adopted a Joint resolution memoral izlng tho United States senate to sub mit national equal suffrage to the states for approval and particularly re questing Senator O. M. Hitchcock of Nebraska to vote for such submission to the states. State Employes Get Together Sixty representatives of tho state administration attended a get-together, get-acqunlnted meeting in representa tive hall by Invitation of Governor McKelvlc. The meeting resolved Itsolf Into a lovo feast and was the tirst of a series of meetings intended to create fratornullsm and a spirit of friendly rivalry between state departments. Both legislative houses havo com pleted appointment of tho new joint conforenco committee on co-ordination, designed to mnlntnln plcasnnt and efficient relations between the two branches. Tho members are: Senate, Peterson, BubIioq and Reed; bouse, Fulls, Willlums and Berkn. The Governor's Mansion Governor McKelvie's plan to have tho executive mansion occupied by stato ollleors went Into the ditch when Attorney Genoral Davis advised that such action would be illegal. The nt toroy genoral also ruled that the gov ernor is not compelled to live In tho mansion. A bill by Senator Randall, Randolph, would mnko It unlawful for any pub lic school teacher to wear an Inslgniu Indicating membership In any religious organization 1 New Curtis airplane, fastest in the world, built lor tho American navy. 2 The Emir Felsol, son of Hie king of the Hedjnz, who has been in England to present his father's respects to King George. 3 Government troops In Cologne celebrating the order to re-moblllze to combat the Spnrtacans. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Formal Sessions of the Peace Congress Begun; League of Nations Up First. MANY PLANS ARE PRESENTED Americans Carefully Safeguarding the Monroe Doctrine Poland to Get Help Armistice Terms Made More Drastic United States For National Prohibition. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Unless the peace congress, whtcb held Us first formal session on Satur day, changes Its mind, the world must be satisfied hereafter with such Infor mation concerning Its deliberations as Is contained In the olllclnl communique Issued dally. Possibly because of n breach of confidence on the part of 'some correspondent, the supreme al lied council adopted u resolution that the delegates shall not talk outsldo the peace ehnnibor of the doings of the conference. The hundreds of high priced journalists gathered In Paris from all parts of the world can-devote their time to describing tho majesty of tho Arc ile Triomphe and the allure-" meats of the Paris boulevards. Tho American and British correspondents formally and energetically protested against this rigid censorship. Litter '.he rule may bo relaxed, otherwise the demnnd for "open covenants of peace openly arrived at" goes by the board. In the preliminary work of the con erence the make-up nnd procedure of the congress were settled. It was de eded that the United States, the Brit ish empire, France, Italy and Japan lliotild he represented by live delegates tplece. The British dominions and In Iln besides nre represented as follows: Ewo delegates respectively for Aus n'ullu, Canada, South Africa and In Jia, Including the native states, and mo delegate for New Zealand. Brazil tins three delegates. Belgium, China, Greece, Poland, Portugal, the Czecho slovak republic, Roumanla nnd Serbia have two delegates apiece; .Slum, Mon i'enogro, Cuba, Guatemala, Haiti, Ibm Jurns, Liberia, Nicaragua and Panama sne delegate apiece. The delegates R'HI vole as units. He A great deal of time last week us .leveled to consideration of the various plans for the league of nations, the organization of which was the tlrst nutter taken up by the peace drle- jtntcs after they began their fonimK Sessions, In accordance with the le slre of President Wilson. Many schemes for the league were submit 'ed, these dividing themselves gem-rally Into two groups which differ us to the means of making effective the 'le rlslons of the league. One holds ti .it Hie rulings of the society of nations should be backed up by Its combined physical forces; tho other, I hat sn.-h force will not be necessary, lu the fc nmlnntlnn of the plans it seemed tain that a compromise would noi bo difllcult to roach. Prodded by the expressed nnxlelj of the senate, tho American delegates carefully examined every scheme sub mitted to make sure that nothluv in them endangered the cherished Moiime doctrine. They appear to be sutlsh'd that this American Ideal is not lmir lied and that, on the contrary, mo league would In effect extend the pun clplo of the Monroe doctrine to i'io whole world. The senato Is not so sure of this, and Senator Borah, who Miongly opposed the formation of ho league, Introduced a resolution whh h, If passed, would serve notice that ihe senate will not ratify n treaty Jbe io visions of which conflict with tho Mi. roe doctritio and with tho traditional duty of the United States to enforce that principle. fca The matter of extending aid to Po land was one of the serious tiling" 1 cussed last sscek, especially sen. ' because It probably involves the k ' lem of what the allies shall do In tho enso of Russia. The American and British delegates were said to have agreed that, while none of their own troops should be sent to help tho Poles, tho two Polish divisions recruit ed in tho United States should be sent from Franco through Germnny to as sist tthe government set up by the Po lish national committee. These troops would co-operate In stemming the tide of bolshevlsm that Is flowing west from Itussln, making tho new Poland n strong bulwark against that Hood of anarchy. The plan Is a concession to the Ideas of the French, who are con vinced (hut bolshevlsm cannot or should not bo denlt with militarily In Russia by the allies. It also Is likely to compel General PUsudskl to come to an agreement with tho Polish tin tlonnl commlttoo ns represented In Polnnd by Paderewskl. Ita The Spartacan revolution In Ger many or nt lenst fn Berlin has fizzled out. Liebkneclit and Rosa Luxemburg wero captured and, according to report, killed. The other leaders arc under ar rest or dispersed and some hundreds of their followers nre dead. After a week of terror the police were rclnslatcd and nrmed, order was restored and busi ness was resumed. In some other cities the "Reds" are still In control, but their chance for ultimate success s;ems to have gone glimmering. For one thing, Hlndenburg still has under his command an oflldent nrmy of moro than a million, men, and most of these troops he Is holding true to the Ebert government. ( lea This fact .about the German army lends to the warning Issued by the Central News of London, Hint a situa tion exists In Europe under which wnr may break out again at any tlmo and Unit the British scheme of demobiliza tion will have to bo radically changed which may nlso apply to American demobilization. An "unimpeachable authority" Is quoted as saying Hint Great Britain will havo to keep nn nrmy of occupation on tho Rhine for many months, which accords with the opinion of others concerning nil tho armies of occupation. It may bo this note of alarm was caused by the dis covery that the Germans wero trying to evade some of tho terms of the armistice and by tho more drastic conditions Imposed by Marshal Foch In granting an extension of (lie armi stice. It was reported the marshal even threatened to march directly on Berlin If (be Huns didn't fulfill their pledges. It was state'd unofficially that tho new terms included the following: , First Retribution upon tho Ger mans for the murder and Ill-treatment of allied prisoners. Second The machinery nnd goods stolen by Gerniuny from Franco and Belgium to be at once given up. Third German gold, amounting to more than ?r00,0O0,00O, to bo moved from Berlin to a safe place, probably Frankfort, and protected from bolshe vlsm in Germany en route. Certain other property to lie surrendered. Fourth Germany to give over her s'hlpplng, of which she Is believed to have 4,000,))0 tons, to carry food sup piles to countries In Europe In need of them. Fifth--Any U-boats on the stocks to be handed to the allies for their dis posal, 'or lo be destroyed, and no more submarines should be built. Htl Germany Is fully Justifying all those who refused to believe In her good faith under any clrcumsinnccs. She Is determined not lo permit the estab lishment of an Independent Poland be cause she still proposes to grab enough In the east to make up for her losses on the west, nnd a Polish state would prevent this. The GermuiiN nro said to lie supplying urnis to the bol shevlkl who nre ravaging parts of Poland, and there was heavy fighting last week between the German troops and the Poles near Kalmar. It was re ported that Hlndenburg himself would lead the German army against Poland. The world-wide activities of the bol sbevlkl took in Argentina, Uruguay and Peru, where there wero desperate strikes accompanied by bloody fight Ing, engineered by bolshevik agents. They also sent from Russia 4,000,000 gulden to Holland for a coup d'etat and riotous demonstrations planneii for .Iniiuary 20. In this plot the Gei man radicals wero co-operating with Wyncoop, tho Dutch socialist leader (Ja t Because of dissension over Italy's territorial claims tho cabinet resigned and Premier Orlando was commission' ed to form a now one. Several mem hers wero bitterly opposed to Foreign Minister Sonnlno In his demnnds that Italy be given the whole of the Dalma tian coast, holding with President Wit son that part of that territory should Justly bo given to the .lugo-Slav state. laa Little Luxemburg also had her crisis last week. After a republic had been proclaimed, and suppressed within a few hours by the French tnllltnry au thorities, Grand Duchess Mnrie abdi cated and was succeeded by the eldest of her sisters, Princess Charlotte. Marie had lost tho favor of her people because, though she protested against the passagij of the German armies through the principality, she after word entertained high German per sonages. (531 Speaking of high personages, thert are some queer reports coming from the refuge of tho former kaiser In Holland. It Is declared he Is border ing on insanity, talking nlniost luces snntly nnd incoherently and wandering about nt night. It Is nlso snld that his health Is falling rapidly. The Genitalis, who supported Wllhelm hclirtlly until he turned out to be n loser, are now heaping abuse on him and tho German commission appoint ed to determine his responsibility fot tho war has recommended that he be brought to trial, declaring that mar ginal no.tcs In the kaiser's hnndwrltliifl on papers In tho foreign ofllco prove him to have been ono of tho chief wat makers. This venomous course of tho Germans certainly Is superfluous, 'for the allied governments will see to It that Wllhelm and others get the pun ishment they so richly deserve. tea The desperate need of the liberated peoples of central Europe for food will ho relieved as soon as possible. Urged by President Wilson, tho American houso of representatives appropriated ?100,000,000 for this purpose, and it Is understood tho other allied nations will do their part. Tho money Is not to be spent for food for the Germans, but much of the relief will go to the peo ples formerly under the rule of the Emperor of Austria. The British nrmy in Italy did a graceful thing the othei iluy when they sent several tralnionds of food to starving Vienna In recogni tion of the decent way In which the Austrluns had treated British prison ers of wnr. Hungary, which has been made a republic under the presidency of Count Karolyl, Is appealing to the allies for Its share of help, as well ue against being deprived of any of IU Jcrrltory by the surrounding new na tions. fSa Turkey came to the front with the report that the Turks had finally stir rendered Medina, the holy city of the Mohammedans, to the king of the Hetljaz. This capitulation was In cluded In the terms of the nnnlstlce, but was delayed by the long Isolation of the garrison. Tho disposition of Constantinople nlso wus brought un der renewed discussion by the submis sion of the claims of Greece to the peace delegates In Paris. The general belief was flint the city would be placed under .International control rather thiin turned over to tho Greeks, Ha The United States went dry last week, national prohibition "going over the top" when Nebraska ratified the constitutional amendment, being Ihe thirty-sixth state to take that ac tion. The atnendmenf goes Into effect one year hence, but ns the war meas ure passed by congress establishes country-wide prohibition on July 1 the dry era will really date from that day. The leaders of the prohibition party naturally are Joyous over the triumph of thu cause for which they struggled through so many years, and I hey now have a vision of a hoozclcss world. They have established headquarters In tunny foreign titles nnd say they are making great headway. The Unit ed States Is the first great nation to I adopt prolilliltlou, for the Russian ban was only on vodka, and Hint hue heeii lifted by the bolshevik govern ineiii HEROESREAGHHOME FOUR SHIP LOADS OF U. S. WAR. RIORS BACK FROM WAR. HUNDREDS WOUNDED INBATTLE Nebraska and Iowa Soldiers Among Returning Fighters Wounded Nurses Brought Back. Now York. Jan. 21. Four steam ships, their decks crowded with Ame: lean fighting men, hundreds of whom fjrnzed upon tho home shores from cois nnd convalescent chairs, passed thu Statue of Liberty Sunday amid n Hn. from harbor craft, bringing hem. 1,022 heroes. The climax of the demonstrnU"n came when the hospltnl ship Com fort, bearing 5171 sick nnd wounded entered the upper buy and wits lini'ei' 17 cheer. from the throng on hIicim nnd the strains of "Home, Sweet Homo" from n bnnd on bonrd n ves sel cnrrylng Mayor Hyhiii's commltteo of welcome. As the Comfort came nhrenst the Slntuto of Liberty n great Fhout arose from her decks, crowded to the rolls with soldiers In blindages supported by crutches and ennes or fcntcd In easy chnlr. Through the portholes of the hospital ship glhnpe wero caught of tho more seriously wounded. The other steamship were Iran, ports, the T.nplintl, which brought 2.nttn soldiers, the Sierra with l-fil'i nnd the Wllhelmta with 1.-041 aboard Of the lek nnd wounded brought back by the Comfort, 120 were naval men and four wero murine.. The troop on the Lnplnnd for the mot pnrt were cnunl eompnnle mnde up of men from base hnplnl In France nnd England and mo't of whom were convnlescent. One other detachment the 114th trench mortar batterv. which hnd not seen service at tho front, wn on the way back to Cnmp Beauregard, Ln. The casual eo'iinanlo ami their destination are' No 211.212. 21.1, Camp nix; 211 Upton; 2ir. 2W. !WR. 410, Monde: 417 Gordon. 'Hie Lnplnnd nlso cnrrled HO casual .fllcor. Among' tho troops on the Sierra wero the n.TTth regiment of field nr till pry nnd 2.".1 c'osuul officer. nnd en IMetl men. (Iip littler from hospital In France. The nrtlllery rpglmont wn trained nt Camp Dodge. Do Mnlne. nnd comprise selected men from Mlnnesotn. North nnd South Pn Until. Iowa. Nebrnsku ,nnd MIouri It hnd been In tho Claromont section In Franco. Of the men on he WRholmlnn. 40." were from the radio stntlnn near Bor denuv, where fbey were engnged In pontritctliif four radio tower. There were nlo 200 men; of tho nnvnl nero snuntlron. with n bnse in northern France. According to n statement mnde by Cnptnln Ttobert W. Hudgens of Lnn rpnfc. S. f. who nriivod on the Com fort. Avbpti Ihe town of iBcllocourt wn captured, the Americans found the bodle of German soldiers being pre pared to bo rendered Into fats. A roinpletp rendering plnnt wn found in n funnel beside the Belleconrt en mil. Cnptnln Tludgens said. Three wounded heroines no were aboard the Comfort. All wero nurses. Peace Conference Formally Opened. Paris, Jan. 21. Fixing the guilt for starting thu war and for crimes com mil ted during the war was the llri task taken up by the pence confer once, which formally convened here Saturday. Premier Ulomencouu of France wus elected permanent chair man of tho conference. Four lce presidents, representing tho great powers, were selected, ami a commit tee on credentials was appointed. Newspaper men were admitted to thK session. Besides delegates from the United Stutes, England, France and llnl representatives from Japan, Bolivia China, Ecuador, Guatemiihi, Hondo ras, Niciiragua, Peru, Portugal, Serbia. Ozecho-Slovukla and Hcdjaa wero present, hi the center of the conference linl was a largo table "with three sides The central part was occupied li President Polncare of France wltu President Wilson and the Amcrlcai. delegation on his right, while Lloy" George and the British delegation so on his left. Riots During German Election. Loudon, Jan. 20. Grave election riots took place Sunday lu Gerniuny where tho people voted to choose members of tho national assembly. general strike bus been declared nr Lelpsle. The doaths of Dr. Karl Liebkneclit and Rosa Luxemburg ap pear to havo mado a deep Impression ln provincial towns and to have led to the demonstrations and street lighting- U. S. Plans Two More Loanc Washington, Jan. 21. Preparations are being mado by lho treasury lo raise SI 2,000,000,000 during this year. This becamo known when the federal reserve board announced that the treasury plan of raising $2 In loans to .$1 obtained In taxes will remain effective (luring payment of war costs Ollicelal opinion Is that the govern men! would seel: to obtain the givn sum through two popular loans Out the victory loan, is due to coim will In two months