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U, S. VOLUNTEERS
TO 00 TO EUROPE
Government Wants 50,000 Men
to Serve America Over
seas, Is Report.
POLES TO CROSS GERMANY
Marshal Foch Demands the Right to
Land Men at Danzig Lenlne
Asks Recognition by the
United States.
Paris, March 31. News was re
ceived hero that tho Germans arc In
creasing the garrison at Danzig. This
Is taken as Indicating an Intention to
.resist whatever disposition the peuoo
conference makes of the fort.
Washington, March 31. An Imme
diate call for 00,000 volunteers for
service In Europe hns been prepared
by the war department.
As an Incentive to enlistment tho
men will be offered early duty In
France as n relief for men In the ex
peditionary forces who wish to re
turn home.
Enlistment In this special force will
be for three years. The men will be
concentrated at Camp Meade, Mary
land, and probably will be sent over
seas in contingents 1.000 strong.
Paris, March 31. The Roumanian
and Czecho-Slovak governments have
taken military measures against the
Hungarian revolutionary government,
a Geneva dispatch to the Petit Pa
risian says. Two Itoumanlan army
corp3 are said to have crossed the
frontier of eastern Gallcla.
The communist elements In Austria
are planning a movement to gain con
trol of the government, the correspond
ent of tho Matin at The Hague says
ho learns from Vienna. The move
incur, If launched, would begin , simul
taneously in Vienna, Llnz ami urntz,
Copenhagen, March 31. Tho Ger
man government at Weimar hns re
celved from the allied high command
.a demand for jiermlssion for Polish
troops to land at Danzig nnd to march
"through German territory to Poland,
iaecordlng to a dispatch received hero
from Weimar.
The German flnnnclnl mission which
was to have reached Versailles on
Sunday lias received Instructions to
postpone Its departure, a Weimar dls
patch says.
Zurich, March 31. The Polish diet
has unanimously adopted a resolution
that bolshevlsm shall be combated
with all tho force of tho Polish gov
eminent,' u dispatch from Warsaw
fiays.
Paris, March 31. A rumor is cur
rent here that the United States had
received a nota from Premier Lenlne
and War Minister Trotzky of the mis
sinn soviet government asking recog
nition for the government says Mar
col Hutln in the Echo do I'nrls.
Loudon, March 31. Brig Gen. Wilds
P. Hlchartlson, U. S. army, who has
been put In command of the American
expedition in' northern Uussln, will
leave London In n few days with n
fair-sized detachment of engineers
sanitary workers and replacement ofll
cers for Archangel. Tho engineers
predominate in the detachment.
U. S. TO DEPORT 200 I. W. W
Attorney General Says 4,000 Enemy
Aliens Were Interned To Parole
( 600 Harmless Ones.
'Washington, March 20. Attorney
Palmer, disclosing that about 4,000 en
emy aliens were interned during the
Avar, said paroles would be granted
to some 000 of the hnrmloss class,
lothers would be repatriated, and 000
dangerous persons would be held In
definitely, Including about 200 pro
fessed members of the I. W. W. or
'anarchistic organization whose cases
would be referred to the department
of labor with a view to their depnrta
tlon. "The residue of these 900 dan
gerous alien enemies," said the attor
ney general, "contains a lorge num
ber of convicted criminals, spies and
enemy agents, who, in the view of the
attorney general, ought not to ho per
mitted under any circumstances to re
main In this country nfter the declara
tion of peace."
MORE TROOPS ORDERED HOME
Ambulance Company No. 161, Head
quarters First Corps and Convales
cent Camp No. 10 Back Soon.
Washington, March 20. Unlls as
signed to early convoy were announced
hj the war department ns follows:
Ambulance company No. 101, field hns
pital No. 153, headquarters First corps
sanitary train, bnkery compnny No.
320, nmbulnnco No. 333, evacuation hos
pltal No. 32 and convalescent enmp
No. 10.
Hungry in Armenia.
Paris, March 31. The need for food
Armenia is urgent and thousnnds
In
are threatened with starvation, ac
cording to n telegram from Mr. Holms,
an American relief worker in Tiflls,
sent to tho Armenian delegation here.
Data on German Brutality.
Brussels, March 31. Six thousand
B.'U'lan civilians died during tho war
as the rosult of Gorman ill-treatment,
according to an olllclal report made In
the chamber of deputies. Seven, thou
sand children. wore miulo orphans.
SPRING FEVER
ALLIES TO CURB REDS
GENERAL MANGIN ASSIGNED TO
HUNGARY FOR DUTY.
Czecho-Slovak Army Which Is Invad
ing Hungary to Wlpo Out Bol
shevism, Captures Raab.
Paris, March 28. General Mangln,
one or the leading oillccrs or tnc
French army, will be recalled from
his commnnd at Mayence, the newspa
pers announce, to undertake a mission,
tho character and scope of which "Is
Indicuted plainly by tho events In
Hungnry."
According to the Gnulos, ho would
receive a very Important command In
eastern Europe, undoubtedly the Balk
ans, with a view to possible operations
on the Hungnrlan frontier nnd south
western Russia.
London, March 28. Italian troops
havo occupied tho town of Pressburg,
thlrty-flve miles southeast of Vienna,
on the Hungnrlan side of tljo border,
according to a dispatch from Buda
pest, forwarded by the Central News
correspondent nt Berlin.
London, March 27. The Czecho-Slovak
army which Is invndlpg Hungnry
to stamp out tho bolshevist uprising
there hns captured the Hungarian rail
center of Raab, cutting communication
between VIennn and Budapest accord
ing to dispatches reaching here. Raab
Is on the Danube, about midway be
tween the two cities nnd contains
large Hungnrlan cannon foundries.
The report that Count Knrolyl, the
former Hungarian premier, hnd been
nssasslnnted, has not been confirmed.
Instead a Copenhagen dispatch assert
ed that Karolyl had Veen arrested and
was to have been brought before a
revolutionary trlbunnl for trial.
AH the members of the allied mili
tary missions except one American of
ficer have left Budapest, according to
another dispatch.
Colonel Vlx, head of tho French mis
sion, hns been wounded and taken
prisoner, nccordlng to a Prague report
transmitted here from Berne. Major
Freeman of the British army, It is
added, succeeded in making his escape
from Budapest.
6 MONTHS TO PAY FOR BONDS
Liberal Payment Plan for the Victory
Loan Announced by Treasury
Department.
Washington, March 20. Terms of
payment of the new Victory Liberty
loan nnnounced are the most liberal
ever offered by the government. 'De
ferred payments may be extended over
n period of six months, from May 10
to November 11.
BANDITSR0B DETROIT BANK
Six Armed Men Hold Up State In
stltution and Escape With
$50,000.
Detroit, Mich., March 31. Six armed
bandits held up a branch of the- Com
monwealth State bank, escaping with
a sum reported to the police to exceed
$50,000, nfter hnvlng locked 12 per
sons, Including patrons as well as at
taches of ttie bank, In a vault.
War Tank to Climb Pike's Peak.
Washington, March 20. Pike's peak
will be ascended by a battle tank ns
an advertising feature of the Victory
Liberty loan beforo the loan campaign
opens.
Huns Must Assist Poles.
London, March 29. Tho Paris cor
respondent of tho London Times said
he understands tho "Big Four" have
decided that Marshal Foch shall de
mand the Germans facilitate the land
ing of Polish troops at Danzig.
Fletcher Estate to Harvard.
Now York, March 29. Tho residuary
estate of Horace Fletcher, export on
dietetics, whoso will wnH Hied liore, Is
left to Harvard university, tho Income
to bo used "to foster knowledge of
hoalthful nutrition."
BIG ARMY IN RUSSIA
HAVE 369,465 TROOPS ON TWO
FRONTS.
12,420 U. S. Soldiers at Archangel and
In Siberia Is Official
Report
Paris, March 28. The total strength
of the allies' forces on the Archnngel
nnd Slbcrlnn fronts Is 309,405. nccord
lng to figures given by Stephen Plchon,
the French foreign minister, In his
address to tho chnmber of deputies.
The figures ns to nationalities were
given by tho foreign minister as fol
lows :
Archnngel front British, 13,100;
United States, 4,920; France, 2,345;
Itnllnns, 1,340; Serbians, 1,290; Rus
sians, 11,770; total, 44,705.
Siberian-front British, 1,000; Cana
dian, 4,000; United States, 7,500;
French, 7,000; Italians, 2,000.; Ser
bians, 4,000; Russlnns, 210,000; Poles,
12,000; Roumanians, 4000; Japanese,
27,000; Cecho-Slovnks, 55,000; total.
334,700.
The total forces of tho allies on tho
various ' eastern fronts. M. Plchon
stated, was 850,000. This total wns
divided as follows: French, 140,000;
Russlnns, 190,000; -British,
Italians, 40,000; Serblnns,
1-10,000;
1.000;
Greeks. 200.000.
.London, March 28. Tho troops of
the Kolchuk government, which
pierced tho bolshevik front on a 30
mlle sector March 11, continued their
progress and the position of tho bol
shevikl Is precarious, according to n
Router dispatch from Omsk. Tho
Kolehak army hns completed the cap
ture of Osa, southwest of Perm, and Is
driving the bolshe'lk army westward
In three directions.
Tho bolshevikl are abandoning largo
quantities of stores, whllu tho Kol
chuk troops have taken a large num
ber of prisoners and annihilated three
bolshevik- regiments.
With the Allied Forces In North
Russia, March 28. The bolshevikl are
intrenching nnd re-enforcing both their
Infantry nnd artillery at Bolsholn
Ozoia and are endeavoring to hold
this Important point In the line of tho
allied communications' between Oboz
crsknln and Onega.
Sunday the Americans nnd British
attacked from the west side of tho
village, and tho Russians, supported
by Amerlcnns nnd British, attacked
from the cast along the road.
Fighting under the utmost difficul
ties, tho allied troops were unable to
advanco beyond tho line of enemy mn
chlno guns, while tho bolshevik nrtll
lery maintained a certain sweep of the
winding high rond through the woods.
WOUNDED BOUND FOR WEST
More Than 125 Disabled Soldiers Pass
Through Chicago on Modern
Hospital Train.
Chicago, March 27. More than 125
wounded soldiers are being transport
ed fo Linda Vista, Camp Kearney,
California, In n hospital train which Is
described ns tho Inst word In modern
Improvements. Tho men are traveling
on n five-day schedule from Hoboken,
N. J. They are In charge of Capt.
W. K. Chilton, M. C. As the train
pulled Into the LaSallc street station
over tho New York Central lines ono
of tho soldiers was undergoing an op
eration on a leg which had been lu
jurcd by shrapnel.
Tie Up Emperor's Fortune.
London, March 29. An embargo has
been placed on tho private fortune of
former Emperor hnrlcs until his of
ficial abdication has been received at
Vienna, according to reports from thnt
city, transmitted by German wireless.
Robbers Take $50,000.
St. Louis, March 31. Three masked
bandits obtained .$50,000 when they
looted tho express car of u Frisco
train near Moiripliis, according to In
formation received nt tlio olilcos of tlio
Frisco railroad here.
OVERHAUL THE
LEAGUE ARTICLE
Major Problems Remain Unde
cided; Important Points Not
Even Discussed.
GUARDSOOCTRINEOFMONROE
American President Said to Be Safe,
guarding Famous Policy With
Amendment to Be Offered at
the Proper Time.
1 1 1
-Paris, March 29. Though the league
of nations covenant now has been
completely overhauled and partly re
cast, three mnjor problems remain un
dcclilid which havo not even been dis
cussed at the redrafting sessions of
tho league commission. The problems
a ro:
J. The Monroe doctrine, for which
President Wilson reserved n safe
guarding ameudmeut without actually
offering one.
2. Tlio racial equality clnusc, which
tho Japanese still havo "up their
sleeves," but which they refrained from
offering at the commission meeting.
3. The French proposal for n league
of nations military staff, which would
prepare plans, nnd which, the French
hope, would act more quickly than tho
league Itself In tho event of another
Invasion. i
The revised covennnt now Is In tho
hnnds of .. redrafting committee which
will Incorporate tho adopted changes
In suitable form. Thus modified, the
draft will be subject to ratification by
tho full commission.
The greatest concession to tho Amcr-
Icnn Republican opposition Is seen In
the Insertion of an absolute clause af
firming that all members 'shall have
the riglit to withdraw from the league
whenever they consider this to servo
their respective nntlonal interests.
Here are the muln decisions of tho
league commission which the redraft
ing committee will embody In the cov
ennnt:
1. Women mny hold nny office in tho
league. The proposal, made by Lord
Robert Cecil, was unanimously fcnd en
thusiastically adopted without discus
sion. 2. Colonel House and Messrs Or
lando, Smuts nfod Mnklno were np
pointed to select n "cnpltal" for the
league. It mny bo said In parenthesis
that Judging from the composition n(
this committee Geneva, Switzerland,
hns the best chances to becoun: the
sent of tho league.
3. It will bo definitely stated In tho
covenant thnt no member nation, enn
bo forced -to tnke a mandate for one or
more colonies. This was Implied by
the original draft, but Is now to bu
specifically stated.
4., A .special group of clauses will be
added "referring to labor, commerce,
traffic In war nintcrlal, white slavery
and drugs, explicit conventions regard
ing which will be left for future elab
oration. It Is perhaps worth mentioning that
nothing Is said about prohibition.
5. Member nations desiring to with
draw must give two years' notice. This
is designed to forestall possible wars
arising over the "secession of mem
bers." Washington, March 27. A message
to the White House from the American
peace delegation at Paris said greater
progress toward peace wns being made
than "appeared on the surface."
5,500 U. S. SOLDIERS MISSING
Reinterments From Isolated Graves
Likely to Identify Many
American.
Washington, March 29. General
Pershing reported to the war depart-
I ment that there are still 5,500 officers
and men of the expeditionary forces
listed us missing. This total com
pares with the British official figures
of Hil.SOO missing and tho French 290,
000. All of the 5,500 names have been
published, the report said. Reinter
ments of bodies from Isolated graves
In the centralized cemeteries Is fur
nishing additional Identification In n
number of cases, nnd for this reason
the records of the grave registration
service are being carefully studied.
GRANTS LABOR MORE POWER
Toll
Delegate From Each Nation
High Council of New
League.
in
Paris, March 31. The membership
of each of the individual states in the
executive council of the league of na
tl"iis, Router's Limited says It under
stands, will be Increased from two to
tlii"u for each state to bo represented
In tho council. Tlio third member
pp'lmbly will bo n representative of
labor.
U. 8. Troops to Russia.
Archangel, March 31. Tho first do
tn hment of American railroad troops
de-tlned for 'work ,on the Murinan
j-n'irond havo arrived on the Murmiui
ci ..I st. Other detachments are expect
ei ' "o follow soon.
Big Pay for Ebert. t
iiei-lln, 'March 31. Tho salary of
p sldent Kbcrt, which has been the
8i! Juct of discussion In the press re-(-1
itly, Is officially announced to be
$'j .000 monthly, with no perquisites or
OM'ellSO ullowaiico.
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FROM ALL SECTIONS OF
THIS MAJESTIC STATE
Reports of Interesting Happenings
Throughout Nebraska Condensed
to a Few Lines for Quick
Perusal.
Tho state supremo court has refused
tho appeal of Vincent Graminer, con
victed of complicity in the murder of
Mrs. Lulu Vogt of Howard county, his
mother-in-law. Grnnuuer's execution
will be the first electrocution nt tho
stnte penitentiary. An electric chair
will havo to bo bought for the execu
tion, as no chair has ever been In
stalled In the prison. The execution
may bo a double ono, ns Grammer's
accomplice In the crime, Anson Colo,
now under sentenco to die April 25,
tuny be granted another reprieve.
Buffalo county farmers are clamor
ing for help, sending lu dally requests
to County Agent Stewart for assist
ance In solving their labor problem.
Mr. Stewart states fanners are offering
a salary of $50 and upwards and living
expenses for hired help.
A stock company at Deshler has
taken over 174 residence lots nnd 103
business lots In the south part of the
city as tho first step toward making n
Greater Deshler. Tho company has
been Incorporated for $2,000,000. forty
por cent paid up.
William II. Pltzer of Nebraska City
ninde arrangements for acquiring n
block of ground In the heart of the
city, and will present It to the board
of education, to bo used for school ath
letics and reereat'onal purposes for oil
time to come.
About sixteen thousand Nebraska
members of the Modern Woodmen of
America are affected by the fifty per
cent rate increase voted by the head
camp of the order after a three days'
stormy session at Chicago.
A society of 100 young men has been
formed at Fulrbury to aid the Com
mercial club and other organizations
In bettering the city. The new organ
lzatlon Is known as "The Fulrbury
Boosters' Club."
All Nebraska Liberty Loan Workers
who participate actively In the Victory
Liberty Loan campaign will bo award
ed a Victory modal made from cap
tured Gorman cannon, by tho govern
ment.
Work on the construction of a $1(55,-
000 hydro-electric plnnt at Barnoston
for the Beatrice Power company will
begtn soon. Juice will be furnished
to a number of towns In tlio county
Dodge county supervisors voted to
nppropiiate $17,500 for the county's
share of the proposed six miles of con
civte highway to bo built from Fre
mont to Ames on the Lincoln highway.
Admission of women to the Ancient
Order of United Workmen of Nebrus
ka will bo discussed at the session of
the grand lodge which will be held
May 13-14 nt Lincoln.
Seward Is not waiting for lower
building prices, but liiis under con
struction several business houses, n
number of modern homes and a $30,
000 swimming pool.
An elVort Is being ninde to remove
the Nebraska Wesleyan university
from Unierslty Place, near Lincoln,
to Omaha, by a number of prominent
Methodists of the state.
The State Grand Lodge of the Odd
Fellows will convene on April 20-27 in
Omaha. There will be a Centennial
celebration In connection with the reg
ular state meeting.
Gage county bankers have already
arranged tu take $S(K,000 In treasury
certificates for the Victory loan drive,
und may later boost It to $1,500,000.
Tho Arnold Methodist church has
reached Its century quota of $10,700,
It being the first church In the Ne
braska conference to go over the top.
The department convention of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
Woman's relief corps will be held In
York. May 1!), 20 and 21. ,
Democrats of Ilavolock havo named
Miss Rachel Conway, a clerk in the
railroad shops, as candidate for city
treasurer.
Tiie new flare-up of Spanish Influen
za at Gothenburg Is causing great un
easiness In the city and surrounding
country.
Hooper Is to receive electric current
from the Fremont lighting plant, ji
contract having already been agreed
upon. 11
April 5 and (i are the dates set for
the Fifth Annual No.brnska Bowling
tournament, to bo held at Oinnliu.
Six quilts auctioned off at Table
Rock recently for tlio benefit of tlio
Red Cross brought the sum of $54.
Material for the now .$75.00(1 consul
ldnted school building nt Holmesvllle,
arrived last week, and work has
started on the structure.
It Is estimated that the $2,000 spent
by 'armors In Dodge county for dik
ing 'ilong the Platte river has already
Directed a saving of $."0,0(H).
Lowell. Kearney county. Is becoming
one of Nebraska's most lively villages.
The town has a now bank, a new lum
ber yard Is being built, besides u
blacksmith shop and soveral other
b millings.
One hundred and thirty Gage county
boys and girls lire members of the Ne
braska Junior Reserve. They aro
connected with chicken raising clubs,
garden clubs corn growing, sheep
rnlMng, sewing and cooking and bak
ing clulis.
More than 200 persons intended tho
annual dinner of the Thurston Comity
Farm Bureau Association nt Walthlll.
Officers wore elected following the
banquet, and Miss Mabel Lucitdo was
employed for one year as domoiistra
tor, and II. 10. Tuft was chosen coun
ty agent.
About $40,000 has been raised by tho
capitalists of Plattsinotith with which
to start an alfalfa mill. Considerable
more stock must be sold before It can
be made a go, but It Is thought It will
bo an easy matter to raise nil tho
money needed.
Tho state of Nebraska contributed a
mammoth beautiful wreath to tho
court of honor In front of- tho Now
York City public library during a re
cent parado as n tribute to fallen he
roes. Tho wreath was laid by Mr. and
Mrs. N. A. Huse, formerly of Norfolk.
Fred Kyemer, Lincoln, nnd B. C. En-
yurt, Teknninh, were elected delegates
to tho sovereign camp meeting of the
Woodmen of the World at tho state
head camp meeting at Hastings. Co
lumbus wns chosen for tho next bien
nial meeting.
Special trains are to bo run to Al-
llnnco from ncur-by cities to permit
the people to witness the big aerial
demonstration which Is to bo given
there about the middle of April In bo- .
half of tho Victory loan.
In an effort to rid tho county of
scrub cattle the Gage county farm bu
reau Is entering upon u campaign to
Induce owners of such stock to ex
change them for animals for brcd-for-production
and registered sires.
A Beatrice booster has bid $50 fof
the first shovel full of dirt to bo
thrown for a community building to
bo erected there ns a memorial to
Gage county soldiers nnd sailors who
participated In tho world war.
Tho Board of Governors of Ak-Sar-Ben,
nt Omaha, Is drawing up plana
for n million dollar company to estab
lish a permanent agricultural exposi
tion lu the city Instead of the usual
fall carnival.
A great sendoff was given iho Shcl
ton high school basket ball flvo when
It returned from Lincoln enptors of
the silver trophy for defeating all op
ponents lu Class A In the tournament
held lu that city.
With the lifting of the embargo on
hogs big runs of stock are leaving
north Nebraska for inurket. Almost
300 cars of stock passed through Nor
folk ono day Inst week In three hours
time.
Farmers of Clay county hnve de
cided that they cannot get, along with
out a fhnn bureau. Sufficient funds
aro to bo raised by farmers of tho
county to carry on tlio wprk this year.
An aviation school has been organ
ized at Seward. Hangars and an air
drome will bo built, as Seward Is on
tho air line from Omaha to Denver
and from Galveston to Winnipeg.
Considerable opposition to tho day
light saving law Is manifest around
Albion. Ministers of the city have
agreed to Ignore the practice In so far
as church services are concerned.
Tho board of health closed tho
Alnsworth auditorium for thirty days
because dancing, nnd roller skating
were permitted after tho practice had
been prohibited by the board.
Application for a 25 per cent In
crease In rates has been made to the
State Rallwuy commission by tho Alns
worth Telephone company, operating
lu Brown county.
The lickroll Live Stock association
made n net profit of $1(IS,000 the past
year. The association shipped 3,000
bond of stock from Iickrcll during tho
past twelve months. '
Leases have been taken on u number
of farms near Beatrice by two repre
sentatives of a largo oil company.
Drilling for oil on the leased ground
will begin soon.
The Nebraska supremo court, hand
ed down a decision to the effect that
the First National bank of Aurora
cannot deduct liberty bonds from Its
nssosslble property. 1
Reports ironi Washington are to the
effect that the Nebraska Red Cross
base hospital No. 40 Is at a French
port, awaiting to embark for tho
United States.
Nebraska City will bold a spocjal
election April 29 to vote new sewer
bonds for the south side of the city.
The estimated cost of the sower Ik
$52,000.
The new price for bay at the South
Omaha stock yards Is $40 a ton. Up
to the past few days, and for months
past, the price has been $35 u ton for
prairie hay.
A salary raise of 15 per cent has
been ordered by the Board of Fduon
tlon for the leaching force of tho
Hastings public schools.
Thirty ruses of Spanish Influenza
and two deaths from the dreadful dis
ease have been reported In Old during
the past few days.
A special election will be held at
Columbus April 14 to vole on a $120,
000 school bond proposition.
Thirty-four bend of Duroc-.Tersey
gilts were sold by Haworth Brothers,
near Klwood. at public sale, for an av
erage of $120.03 a head.
York Is building an artificial lco
plant with n capacity of twenty (ons
por day. The plnnt, which will cost
$18,000, will be completed lu about
sixty days.
The highly Improved 100-acro Doug
las county farm, owned by the Siiie
dive Farms company, was sold a fow
days ago for $00,000, or slightly moro
than $4(50 un acre.
Omaiin capitalists have leased n
tract of ground at Shelton on which
will be erected a $50,000 fertilizing
plant. A large force of men will bo
employed In the new enterprise, which
will utilize fertilizer from sheep
yards tributary to Shelton.
The woman's committee of the Ne
braska State Council of DoTenso
wound up their work nt u meeting nt
Lincoln. Tlio women quit their war
activities wllh a balanco of $2,0Q0 In
the treasury, which will lie iised to
forward the work of women In' tho
state.
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