THE 8EMI-WEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
SENATORS
REV VED
THECISARETTE BILL
MEASURE ONCE KILLED BROUGHT
BACK TO LIFE
OTHER LEGISLATIVE DOINGS
A Brief Digest of Other Important
Legislation Being Considered by
the Nebraska Legislature
Lincoln, By a voto of 17 to 12 tho
stuto sonato postponed Indefinitely
House Roll No. 207, Intended to stop
salon of clgnrettos to minors by legaliz
ing sales la ndnlts. By iv vote or 10
to 12 tho sonata on Thursday ro
versed Its action of Tuesday and
revived the bill legalizing the salo of
clgarottes to porsons over twenty
ono. On motion of Hrndstrcct of Hall
tho senate reconsidered Its action
and placed tho bill with Its amend
ments upon the gonoral Hie. As a ro
suit tho measuro will again como
beforo tho committee of tho wholo
and its amendments and the entire
bill may bo disposed of as tho ma
jority sees fit.
Practically ovory senator indulged
In tho debate, which was "contored
largely on tho matter of tho Injurious
nature of tho "demon clgaretto" rather
than on tho subject of writing a law
that would bo enforceable. The bill
wns defeated by tho voto of senators
after ono of tho most llvqly debates on
any question this year.
Senator Busheo, who favored tho
bill, said that ho and others had boon
accused of being Influenced by the
"tobacco" trust. Bushce Informed tho
senato that ho had 'never been ap
proached by any ono who wantod him
to voto for tho bill, excopt two mem
bers of tho lower houso. Ho then
added that tho only people ho had
seen lobbying on tho bill wore thoso
opposod to It, somo of whom were not
citizens of this state.
Lucy Pago Gaston, head of tho Na
tional Antl-dgarot league, was on the
floor of tho senate, along with other
welfare and church workers. Mrs.
Gaston sovoral days ago beforo tho
committee Bald if tho legislature would
lenvo tho law as it Is, that sho would
como to tho state and enforce tho law.
Tho voto would lndlcato that sho has
convinced several of tho older mom
obrs of that body that this could bo
done.
CHARLES M. PARKER
Mr. Parker, who wai a member of the
Lancaster county delectation In the lower
houte of the legislature and for over
forty. elaht years a resident of Lincoln,
died at midnight March 10, at his home,
1731 L street, Lincoln. He was seventy
elaht years old and a veteran of Un
civil War.
With only three or four scattered
"nays" tho houso passed to third read
ing tho bill doolgncd to force tho
Omaha drain exchange to permit Its
membors to dlstrlbuto their profits
on tho basis of patronage. Grain ex
change representatives havo declared
that, If the bill pnsseB tho somite and
becomes a law, It will force tho ox
change either to go out of buslnuHs
or movo to Council Bluffs. Tho bill
declares ovory organization' maintain
ing or operating a regular place of
business or trading room for mombers
only, in which tho members' buy, sell
or excliango grain or other furm prod
ucts, for themselves or othors, to bo
a public market. Such organizations
must admit to membership any con
corn which oboys reasonable rules and
any rule regulating tho distribution
of profits is specifically forbidden.
Sonator Cronln, of Holt, succeeded
In getting tho senato commltteo or
the wholo to approvo Senato File 132,
which haa been tho applo or his oyo
for many sessions. Tho bill provides
that a hearing shall be granted before
tho state Insurance board, If request
is mado by a person whoso bond has
toon cancelled by a bonding company,
competing the company to show causo.
Tho uew motor vohlclo registration
law was approvod by tho lower house,
It was amondod in various details, ono
amendment removing tho speed limit
of twelve miles an hour Imposed by
tho original bill on traffic In cities
and towns. This matter will bo left
to local regulation.
Houso Itoll 35, by Ostorman, com
monly known as tho Union Pacific
rlght-ofway bill, passed tho stato
senate on third reading by a voto of
27 to 4. Thoso voting "No" woro
Tanner, Soars, Harris and Watson
The measuro want to third reading
without a dissenting vote,
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Tho program for Improved stnU
highways was advanced a big step
when the lower houso, In commit
tea of tho wholo, npproved Houso
Rolls Nos, 298 and 300, drafted by
the roads committees of tho senato
and house with the nld or Stato
Englnevr Johnson. Houso Roll No.
300, ns approved, lovlon a 3-mlll tax
tor tho construction or Improved
roads, this to match federal aid np'
proprlatlons. Originally tho bill fixed
the tax at 1 mill, but it was in
creased in ordor to mutch new fed
eral appropriations of tho last con
gress. Tho voto to increaso the tax
was unlnlmous, ns was tho voto to
rocommond tho bill for final passage,
The tax la expected to yield $1,G00,
000 annually. Houso Roll No 298
lays out a systom or stato highways
to bo Improved under tho federal
and stato appropriations and pro1
vldes for their maintenance. There
woro somo efforts to chango tho
routes, but tho commlttco'a recom
mendations stood In oach case.
Sevonty-nlno routes woro specified, In
addition to nlno established by pre
vious legislatures. Tho voto to ad
vance this bill to third reading for
final passage was also unanimous.
Tho senate In commltto of tho wholo
advnnccd to third reading Senato Pllo
No. 200 Introduced by the Judiciary
commltteo, which defines "criminal
syndicalism" and prohibits tho advo
cacy, teaching or afflrmatlvo sugges
tion of crlmo or physical or political
revolution, or for profit. It also pro
hibits assemblago for these purposes,
and makes It unlawful ror an owner or
property to permit a room or building
to bo usod ror such meetings. The
bill Is directed at I. W. V. nativities
though certain sections or It, espe
cially tho provision defining "syndi
calism" as tho doing or nny act or'
nhvslcal violence. llin ilnHtrno.tlon nf
or damage to property, or injury to
any porsons" are also applicable to
strikes.
Four or rarmors that Houso Roll
No, 480, a pure seed bill introduced by
McLaughlin or Hall county, would act
to the advantago or mall order housos
In other states- led to tho killing or
tho bill by tho lower houso. Tho bill
provided strict supervision 6r tho salo
or seeds by tho stato rood, dairy and
oil commissioner. Seed houses or tho
stato assorted that Its provisions woro
arbitrary and unworkable. They said
It would result In driving them out
or buslnoss through tho competition
of outsldo firms not under Its regula
tion. Tho houso Judiciary commltteo
hilled H. R. G14, Rodman's bill which
the trust companies said would put
them out or business bocauso It pre
vents them rrom acting ns execu
tors, administrators and guardlanB.
Tho Judiciary commltteo or tho
houso killed Senator Qhappoll's bill
which required both parties who de
sire a marrlago Ilconso to make affi
davit that nclthor Is disqualified
from ontorlng tho marrlago state.
Tho houso committee on manufac
tures and commorco voted to kill
tho nntl trndlnc stamn bill. II. It. -148
which had boon presented to' It for
consideration.
Representative Foster's bill requir
ing nil harbors to bo oxumlncd by a
atato board and none to work with
out n license, railed to pass on third
roadlng. It rocolved only thlrty-sK
of tho necessary fitty-one votes.
Tho stnto senato ndjonmed ono daj
In ordor that Its mombers could ac
copt tho Invitation or tho Omaha
Chamber or Commerce to bo its guests
at luncheon and afterward at tho auto
mobile show.' Tho lower houso de
clined n similar Invitation.
Tho houso commltteo on the gover
nor's "code bill" has divided tho big
bill Into sections, two membors or the
committoo to study each section. The
division follows: Agriculture, Wil
liams and Hardin; finance, Rodman
and Hostetlor; trado and commerce,
Axtoll and Reynolds; public welfnre,
Jonlson and Hardin; public works.
Mears and Snow; labor, Larson and
J. Raid Green.
II. R. 85, by Crozlor, ror official
tests ror gas, gasoline, kerosono or
other liquid fuol engines and to com
pel maintenance ot adequate service
stations ror same, was recommended
by tho committoo or the wholo or the
sonato for passage.
Following a formal roquest by the
stato board or control, the legislative
commmlttce, Investigating tho board,
directed tho Lancaster county shorlff
to issue subpoenas ror tho appearance
or George Weldenrold bororo tho com
mltteo. Weldonrold, rormorly or Om
nha, was tho board's accountant until
his resignation wbb requested, on evi
dence that ho was responsible for
u scurrilous anonymous lottor handed
to Senator Bradstrcct and prcsonted
to tho senato by him. In Ub roquest
to tho commltteo tho board charged
that Weldenrold had taken from Its
olllco a quantity of records and copies
of records which bolong to tho board.
Tho board filed thrco affidavits, nil
tolling of tho removal of approximately
DOu pounds or packages, apparently
containing books and papers, rrom tho
board's office.
The stato souate divided Tuosday
Into a tlobatlng1 society, comppsod ot
business men on ono side, nnd law
yers on tho othor, with tho exception
ot Sonator Weavorllng, who Joined tho
buslnoss men, and Sonator Reed who
Joined tho lawyers. Tho question was
on concurring In tho commltteo report
to Indefinitely postpono Houso Roll 97,
which provided for only 7C per cent
oxomptlon ot a dobtor's wages rrom
garnishment Instead ot 90 por cent,
as tho law now stands. The houso
had passed tho bill. Tho bill was
killed by tho senato by a vote of 18
to 10.
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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Quick Peace and Food for the
Peoples of Central Europe
Are Called for.
TO CHECK ANARCHISM FLOOD
Treaty and League of Nations May Be
Separated Some Features of
Terms Germany Must Accept
Spartacans Desperately
Fighting President Eb
ert'e Troops.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Immediate peace, nnd food for tho
hungry peoples of central Europe.
These uro tho two essentials, If over
whelming anarchy Is to bo averted,
according to well posted authorities on
the situation. To these Frank Vnnder-
Up adds that the speedy (resumption
of production Is most Imperative, "or
the horrors of war mny be exceeded
by the horrors of this after period,,
which Is neither war nor peace but a
breakdown of tho machinery of civil
ization."
Howerer wrong In somo respects
mny be tho senators and other Amer
icans who oppose the present plans
for the league of nntlons, they appear
to hnve been right when they said
the pence trenty should be devised and
ratified first and the mntter of the
league taken up later for llnnl settle
ment. Tho two propositions nre un
doubtedly closely Interwoven and
President Wilson may yet have his
way nnd see them considered and
ndopted ns one, but the opinion Inst
week In Paris and elsewhere was that
tho peace treaty should be closed up
at once so that Its ratification mny not
be delayed by the opposition to the
league and the demands for amend
ments of the present plan.
The pence delegntes recognize tho
necessity of submitting the treaty to
the German government beforo that
government falls, nnd In order that
It may not fall because of longer de
lay. It Is hoped the preliminary treaty
can be ready by March 20, when the
German plenipotentiaries will ho
called to Versailles to receive It. They
will lay It before the national assem
bly at Weimar and receive their In
structions from that body. While the
Germans will bo given opportunity to
suggest minor changes, they will lie
compelled to accept the pact substan
tially as It stand!. Since this treaty
Is held to concern only tlfe belliger
ent nations; It will not be submitted
to the plonnry session of the con
ference, which Includes representa
tives of the neutral nntlons; only the
ratification of the supreme council Is
held necessary. Though the terms to
he Imposed on the Germans will not
be so hnrsh as those first suggested,
they will be so severe that there are
many predictions thnt the Ebert gov
ernment cannot sign them nnd live.
If the Huns refuse to sign them. It Is
up to Marshal Foch, and the wisdom
of keeping n very largo allied force
under arms may become npparont at
once. ,
As It stood nt the time this was
written, tho section of tho, trenty deal,
lug with the military cuts down the
German nrmy to 100,000 men with
4,000 officers, tho force to ho raised
by voluntary twelve-year enlistments.
All equipment In excess fit the require
meats or this nrmy Is to be sur
rendered and tho munitions output
correspondingly kept down. The Rhino
rorts are to bo demolished.
The reparation to he exacted has
been reduced to about $3.0,000.000.
and economic terms are being ar
ranged with a view to permitting Ger
many to resumo Its mnnuracturlng
nnd commerco In order that It may
pay the bill. This hitter subject 1ms
given the supreme council consider
able trouble, mainly becnuso of tho
stand taken by the French, who want
their own production In tho devastat
ed region restored first.
The supreme council decided that
the questions of tho western German.
Turkish nnd Adriatic boundaries
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should not be passed upon by the
boundaries commission, but deter
mined byithe council Itself, becnuse of
their vast Importance and difficulties.
These Include the frontier disputes
between Italy and Jugo-SIovakia.
The commission on waterways,
ports and railways recommended that
the Rhine and the Kiel cnnnl be opened
to free navigation by all nations, the
former to be controlled by an Interna
tional commission and the latter to
remain under German ownership and
operation.
Poland probably will bo granted tho
desired outlet to the Baltic sea, and
It Is likely she will be given Danzig
and the entire Vlsttiln valley. This
would cut off east Prussia nnd It Is
believed that state will be set up as
a separate republic, In accordance
with the wishes of a large part of its
population. The violent opposition
which these measures may arouse In
Germany probably will render ad
visable the sending to Poland of Gen
eral Hallcr's two divisions of Poles
now In France.
That the Germans must hnve food
quickly If the flood of bolshevik and
Spurtacan anarchy" Is to be stayed Is
the flat statement of many who should
know, Including Secretary Lansing. In
this policy there Is no pity for the
Huns; It Is merely a mntter of self
protection for the rest' of Europe If
not for the world. Investlgntors for
the. allies do not agree with the state
ments that there Is plenty of food In
most of Germany, nnd the great ma
jorlty 'of authorities are convinced
that the anarchistic movement In cen
tral Europe Is feeding on hunger nnd
can be checked by provisions. The
Ebert government virtually threatened
to He down and let the Spartacans
hnvo their own way If tho nllles did
not consent to feed Germnny. Whether
or not the thrent was n bluff, It has
worked. With this was Involved the
matter of (he surrender of Germnn
merchant shipping, and tho Huns In
duced the allies to agree to revlctual
Germany until the next harvest If the
fllilps were given up. Letting n de
feated nation dictate thus to Its con
querors was said by .some to bo a seri
ous blunder, but Its worst effect prob
ably will be to encourage the Germans
to be stubborn on othor questions
where the allies cannot afford to yield.
Three hundred thousand tons of Gor
man shipping now In German ports
has been allocated to the United
States. In' addition about 100,000 tons
of German shipping Interned In Chil
ean waters was allocated to America,
but this may not be accepted If the
shipping -board finds the necessary re
pairs would not be justified If the
vessels are to be used by us for a
short period.
The Internal condition of Germany
Is described ns almost hopeless. There
has been continuous lighting In Berlin
and other centers, and while the Spar
tacans have generally got the worst
of It, they are persistent nnd very des
perate. In the suburbs of tho capital
the battles were especially bloody,
Llchtenberg seeing the most snnguln
arj encounters. The government
troops used artillery and mine throw
ers there and after some dnys suc
ceeded In ousting the Spartacans.
Many prisoners were taken and were
summarily executed. Tho reds devot
ed a great deal of their attention to
plundering the shops. Politically, the
majority socialists are no meeting
with great success or Inspiring much
enthusiasm In the people. Hugollnasc
and tho minority socialists are grow
ing stronger, and some observers say
the only snlvatlon from tho commun
ism or chaos they would bring nbout
Is" In the new democratic party which
Is getting, into action. The fact that
the chief of this party is Count von
Bemstorff will not give It much stand
ing with the allies. It Is to be noted,
too, that Doctor Albert, former lender
of plots and propaganda In the United
States, has been given a cabinet posi
tion under Scheldemann. One enn al
most discern, already, the finish of tho
so-called German revolution against
autocracy. Even now, It Is reported,
the people nre virtually Ignoring the
national assembly and Its delibera
tions. Seemingly, Lenlne and Trotsky hnvo
given up nny Idea of coming to terms
with tho rest or tho world, and nre go
ing ahead with their plan or forcing
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ioiK wun uic J. wenty-sevontn divi
at Chateau Snlins, Lorraine, on a
A. K. F., In front of the hotel do
bolshevlsm on nil peoples. Dispatches
from Moscow sny the soviet govern
ment hns appointed n Swiss named
Moor to bo "International commissar"
with unlimited financial and political
powers, with a view to promoting a
world-wide communist revolution. In
the Archnngel region the bolshevlsts
continue their nttacks on the allied
forces nnd, though suffering severe
losses, have compelled them to move
northward from Vistnvka. Jnforma
tlon from the pnrt of Russia controlled
by the bolshcvlkl Is thnt though their
army Is increasing nnd Is well drilled
nnd well fed, tho rest of the people
nre starving to death. Production of
all kinds has ceased nnd trnnsnortn-
tlon Is so utterly demoralized that what
grain they have cannot be distributed.
In n word, the soviet government has
demonstrated Its nbsoluto Incapacity
nnd lack of administrative ability, ex
cept In the matter of raising a con
script army. In this Trotzk.v Is larco-
ly following tho old system of the em
pire.
The wnr of words nnd Ideas over the
league of nutlons continues unabated.
Former President Tnft nnd others of
the plan's supporters admit tho pres
ent draft should be amended, and have
suggested desirable changes. Senntor
Borah and the rest of the attackers do
not seem to npprove the league nt all.
The pope hns rather weakly reverted
to tho old Idea of an ngreeincnt for In
ternational arbitration with economic
boycott of the nation refusing to sub
mit to the award of the arbitrators.
He also would admit to the league ev
ery nation. In this he Is supported by
Mr. Bryan, who thinks to require a
two-thirds voto to admit a new mem
ber suggests the social club, where a
few black balls may keep out an un
congenial applicant.
Opponents of the league plan In
America havo formed n natlonnl or
ganization of which Col. Henry Wnt
terson of Louisville Is president and
George Wharton Pepper of Philadel
phia Is the managing head and di
rector. Its purpose Is to create the
machinery for conducting an active
campaign ngalnst the proposed league
throughout the nation. It will under
take to reach every voter by distribut
ing literature attacking the league
plan. Among the members are many
senators and prominent publicists.
All neutral nations are to hnve some
thing to sny concerning the lengue be
fore action Is taken. They hnve been
Invited by the conference authorities
to uttend n private and unofficial con
ference In Paris March 30, to express
their views on tho constitution as
drafted. It Is believed now that Ge
neva may be made the permanent seat
of tho league of nations.
Irelnnd Is not the only country that
is seeking to take advantage of the
"self-determination" principle enunci
ated by President Wilson nnd accepted
by the belligerent nations. Porto Rico
strongly urges that it be made a state
or given independence, nnd the Phil
ippines are urging that they be permit
ted to paddle their own canoe. Presi
dent Wilson's record lends to tho be
lief that he will not offer any serious
opposition to the desires of the Fili
pinos. Korea, also, has declared its
Independence from Japan, and the dec
laration, which says It represents the
voice of 20,000,000 p'eople, asserts they
will fight to the last drop of blood In
the great cause of liberty. The leader
o( (he Koreans Is said to have come to
the United States to conduct a press
campaign with (he Immediate object of
obtaining a hearing at the Paris peace
conference.
Two pieces of news concerning Mex
ico aroused Interest Inst week. Ono
was that President Carranza was In
sisting on the payment of the conlls
ca(ory "royalty tax" on oil produced
bj foreign operators and that the ca
dre controversy wns likely to reach
n crltlcol stage again. The other was
the Information that the I. W. W. had
established a revollitlonary confedera
tion in Moxjco for (be purpose of over
throwing the clergy, capitalists and
bourgeoisie, nnd that tho chief or the
Carranza cabinet had signed uu agree
ment with them to have enacted the
necessary syndicalist legislation. Mem
bers of the I. W. W. are to be designat
ed as immobilized soldiers for any duty
In the way of establishing the desired
results.
JAPS KILL KOREANS
REVOLUTIONISTS SHOT DOWN BY
MIKADO'S SOLDIERS.
GIRL STUDENTS LEAD
Uprising Spreading All Schools and
Churches Closed Wilson Asked
to Help the Country.
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Shntighni, March 18. Thirty per
sons were killed nnd -10 wounded nt
Sung Chun, Korea, March 4, nceording
to a translation of an account of the
disorders In that country published In
n Japanese newspaper at Seoul and
translated by the Reuters agency.
At the vlllnge of Suhcung, south of
Pine; Yung, four gendunues tired on u
mob until their uminunltlon was ex
hausted, 01 persons being killed, the
account stntes. The mob eventually
killed tho gendarmes. At Yangdok 20
rioters were slain in an engagement.
The activities of girl students
throughout tho Independence demon
strations In Korea, are emphasized by
tho newspaper, which makes particu
lar mention of (lid fact (hat nt Anju.
two Korean gendarmes discarded their
uniforms, joined a crowd and stunned
"Long live Korea." Tho Japanese
(hereupon fired, eight persons being
killed nnd .10 wounded, four morlnlly.
Revolt Is Widespread.
Peking. March 18. The demonstra
tions In Korea have been more gen
eral than has been reported by the
Japnuese, according to Information
from Korea. It Is said all classes of
the population are taking part. Ko
reans assert all schools and churches
hnvo been closed nnd Hint 1,000 native
pastors and elders hnve been arrested.
It Is said the movement for inde
pendence has been going on ever since
the country was annexed by Japan In
VM0. Sensational rumors In connec
tion with the outbreak are rife.
Appeal to Wilson.
Washington, D. .C, March IS. Pres
ident Wilson has been nsked by tin?
Korean National association to imitate
action at the peace conference looking
to Independence of Korea wltli the
country1 to be guided by a mandatory
until such time us tho league of na
tions shnll decide that It is fit for full
self-government.
The copy of the letter to the presi
dent was mado public here by Syng
man Rhee, who, with Henry Chung,
nre the authorized delegates of the as
sociation In tho United Sta(es. At the
snme time there wns also given out a.
letter addressed to the peace confer
ence asking that Korea be orced from
the domination of Japan, aiid given
full freedom eventunlly. This letter
wns sent to the state department foi
trnnsmlsslon to Paris.
Say Woman Foully Murdered.
Valentine, Neb., March 17. Doc
tors who examined the body of Mrs.
Josef Blnzka w,ho Is alleged to have
been beaten to death by her husband
last week In her home near Ellsworth,
declared it to be (heir opinion sho
met her death as a result of (he
wounds Indicted by an Instrument of
torture In the bands of her assailant.
The body was a mass of cuts and
bruises.
Blazka has maintained silence since
admitting that lie beat his wife with
a harness tug with a heavy buckle
on tho end of It. Ho insisted he did
not kill his wife. The man's three
young sons have refused to tell the
authorities anything which will en.
able them to substantiate charge of
murder agattist the dead woman's hus
band. Tornadoes Kill and Malm.
Kansas City, Mo., March 18. Sev
eral persons were killed, scores in
jurod and a vast amount of property
damaged by tornadoes and cloud
bursts which struck towns in Kan
sas, Missouri and Oklahoma Saturday.
Tho town of Porter, Okla., twelve
miles northwest of Muskogee, waw
slruck by a tornado which laid wimto
most of the business sVctlon. The
place Is said to be a pile of wreckage.
Three deaths resulted from the storm.
Italy May Quit Conference.
London, March 18. An Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Paris wild
Italian Premier Orlando and Foreign
Minister Sonnlno soon will confer
with President Wilson for tho purpose
of Intimating that Italy will withdraw
from tho peace conference unless nhe
Is given Fieume.
Billions for Ireland's Freedom.
New York, March 17. A niitltn
,wldo campaign to collect $2,000,000.
000 In aid of "Irish freedom" and to
gnln world recognition for the so
called Irish republican 1 government,
will commence in a few days, (he
Frlends of Irish Freedom eoclely an
nounced. Planning Flight Across Atlantic.
Washington, D. C March 18. Defi
nite plans for extensive experimental
work with aircraft are being worked
out by the nnvy general board and In
their conferences abroad with officials
of (ho Brldsh. French and Italian ad
mlralllus. Secretary Dnnlc'.s says- al
ready plans arc being mado toward
the first transatlantic night. Our
plans, be said, are dollnlte and prepa
rations are proceeding smoothly. The
lllght was ordered because It was u
logical step In aircraft development.
