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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1919)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. PROM ALL SECTIONS OF THIS MAJESTIC STATE Reports of Interesting Happenings Throughout Nebraska Condensed to a Few Lines for Quick Perusal.- ITrndqurirtor.s have been established nt Lincoln by lenders In n movement to Invoice the referendum for tlio re call of Governor MeKolvlo's code 1)111, passed by the Into legislature. Fred Ayers, former deputy food commis sioner, Is understood to have been se lected to look after the details of the organization, and the men who are backing the referendum have not been publicly named, as ycL nus llyers, chief prohibition olllcor for Nebraska, expects to havo his law enforcement squad reorganized by Inly 1, under the provision of House Roll No. 585, passed by the recont legislature. It Is claimed the force will be virtually a state constabulary, ns It will be empowered to suppress riots and strike violence. Following a complaint of citizens of Franklin, that the Burlington rond be compelled to build a new depot, the state railway commission was ndvlsed by the government railway adminis tration that there will bo no construc tion of new depots recognized at the present time. Tins Madison city council approved cstlmntes and advertised for bids on 20,300 yards of brick paving for the city, nnd passed an ordinance provid ing for the laying of about 15,000 square yards, which will also bo paved this year. "William J. Bryan of Lincoln, It Is snld, will he a candidate for the ofllcc . of moderator of the Presbyterian , church of the United States, during tho sessions of ,tho church's general assembly at St. Louis May 15 to 23. Word from Washington Is to tho ef fect thnt tho ndvocato general of tho army has promised exccutlvo clemency In the case of Louis Gibson of Ansley, sentenced to two years' Imprisonment In Franco for sleeping on sentry posL A project Is under way nt West Point for the hnrnesslng of tho Elk horn river with tho object In view ul- tlmntely of "lighting every homo In Cuming county with electricity" sup Piled by water power. Dr. 13. E. Burr, piactlclng physician InGrant county for more than twenty . years, died suddenly whllo on a pro fessional call near Hyannls. Ills was , the third sudden donth within four days In the district. The stnto engineer and tho county commissioners of Pawnee county linvo changed tho routing of the east nnd west road from Falls City to Pawneo City, being built under federal and Btato direction. The battle of St. Mihlel will bo re- enncted nightly nt tho Nebraska stnto fair, Lincoln, Aug. .'11 to September 5, nccordlng to Secretary Danlelson. A stage 300x500 feet will bo built for tho exhibition. After five yenrs without n football team, the Columbus Board of Educa tion voted to permit tho reinstate ment of football In tho list of sports at the nigh school next fall. Peter llnler, who lives on n small farty near Tnble Hock, claims to bo the champion, hunter of the vicinity, 'having captured twelve wolves In two dnys, near his farm. Three thousand pints of whisky was found In four largo automobiles, and nlno peoplo were' arrested by state booze agents Just south of Falls City one day last week'. Senator Norrls of Nebraska has made known that ho Is opposed to going on record ns being against tho revised covenant of the Icaguo of nations. , A record for farm land In the ..vi cinity of North Bond wns made when n 100 acre farm "changed hands tho , other day for $1)00 an acre. Arrangements are nearly completed Sbr the state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to bo held at York May 10, 20 and 21. The Nebraska association of com merclul clubs will hold their annual meeting nt Broken How, June 3-1. Farmers of the Bluo Springs vleln lty have organized a cooperative as Boclatlon capitalized at $50,000, Grand Islaiid was the first large city In Nobraska to record Its VIctotry loan quota oversubscribed. All churches throughout Nebraska nro oxpocted to observe Mother's Day, next Sunday, May 11. Tlio annual state troop shooting tournament Is to be held at Columbus May 20 to 30. Tho people of Fairmont hnvo turned the clocks back one hour. Sentiment In the community Is very strong against tho daylight law. Births In Nebraska for 1018 num lerod 25,804, nccordjng to records compiled by the Stato Bonrd of nealth. In 1017 the births wero 80,503. A largo number of Gage county far mors nro laying plans to begin tho work of exterminating tho crows, wlllch arc killing thousands of chick ens. Tho Madison and Platte counties road project, in length 47.0 miles, has received federal npprovnl. The estl mated cost of tho project Is given nt $104,455, and tho amount of federal nld which will bo extended to it will be In excess of ?52,000. According to tho dispatches from Franco giving on nccount of tho Paris Brest railroad wreck, In which six teen American soldiers were killed and more than twenty Injured, tho nnme of Prlvato Charles Davis. Ellis Gngo county, appears among the list of Injured. Mrs. Cnlvln .Towctt, Nebraska's earliest living pioneer, died At her home In Papllllon. She came to Ne braska 07 .years ngo, long before this state was even a territory. At a re union of stnto pioneers nt Omaha In 1011 It was definitely established that Mrs. .Tewett and her two sisters, also resldonts of Papllllon, were the llrst on tho list of living pioneers of the slate at that time. The Beatrice city council bus nsked tho state for $20,000 to pay one-halt' the cost of building one mile of per manent hlghwny connecting the state Institution for feeble-minded with tho paving nt the cast limit of the city, under the provisions of house roll No. 30S. . The Eighty-ninth division, with tho American Army of Occupation In Ger many, which Is mnde up of men of middle west states, Including Nebras ka, has been assigned for early con voy to the U. S. A. by the War depart ment at Washington. George Greder, a wealthy retired fanner, In n lit of Insanity, beat his wife's brains out with a baseball bat, killed bis baby daughter by severing her bend from the body with a butcher knife nnd then hung himself at tho family homo In Omaha. E. O. Mayflcld of the Board of Con trol, who resigned following an Inves tigation of n legislative committee which asked for his removal, prom ises to make a full statement of his nets when ho goes out of the office July l. Two children of Mr. nnd Mrs. Frank Mesklo of Beatrice, aged 5 and 13, were burned to deatlj as tho re sult of starting n fire with kerosene. Another child of tho family was ser iously, but not fatally burned. At an election held at Nebraska City a $52,000 sewer bond proposition car ried by a vote of 077 for to twenty-four against. Women took a prominent part In the election, it being their lnltlnl ven'turo nt voting In tho city. Omnhn police authorities prevented a pre-arranged I. W. W.-Socialist mass meeting from being held In tho city May Day. No demonstrations of any consequence marred the day at Omaha. Tho stato railway commission hns Is sued an order extending for six months tho emergency exchange and toll rates of tho Nebraska Telephone company and tho Lincoln Telephone, nnd Tele graph company. A splendid program has been pre pared for the semi-centennial celebra tion nt the Stato University at Lin coln, May 23 to 20. People from all pnrts of the state arc expected to at tend the exercises. Plans hnvo been made for calling an election to vote bonds for the erection of nn up-to-date consolidated school building south of Aurora to be In read iness by Sept. 1. It will nccommodato five school districts. According to Mayor Dayton of Lin coln tho I. W. W. will not be permitted to moot In tho city, nnd If necessary, tho returning soldiers will bo called out to drive them out of town. Bids for the. new paved stretch of Lincoln highway, extending from Fre mont to Ames, expected to cost about $35,000 will bo received June 3 by tho state engineer at Lincoln. John Gerdes, wealthy retired farmer, who wns found guilty some time ago of sedition, was sentenced to pay a fine or .$1,000 and costs nt Beatrico by Judge Pemberton. An Omaha architect has been given a contract for tho erection of a $25,000 women's building and a $15,000 sheep barn on the Nebraska fair grounds nt Lincoln. Promoters of tho Nebraska branch of the Amcrlcnn World Wnr Veterans, organized at Lincoln, expect to even tunlly have 40,000 members In this stato. Freeman Merryman, wealthy Buffalo county farmer, set a now record for Individual subscriptions to tho victory loan when ' he invested $25,000 In bonds, Word has reached Stato Game Warden Kostor at Lincoln thnt a num ber of Antelope have been killed In Sioux county by hunters. All tho Genevn High school teach ers have made known that they will not resume their duties with the In stitution next term. Preimrntlons are being made for the annual meeting of the Nebraska St,ock Growers' association nt Gordon, Juno 15th. Tho ninth annual meeting of tho O. L. D. Hlghwny association will bo held at Iloldrege, May 13 and 14. The Hall county farm burenu, re organized under tho new law, hns moro than 300 members. A paving program adopted by Douglas county commissioners pro vides for the pnvlng of three high ways across tho county. A speclnl election will bo held soon to pnss on a $3,000,000 bond Issuo to carry on tho project. Public schools at Geneva now open at 10 o'clock n. m. Instead of 0. Bus iness houses of tho city open In tho morning one hour later than has been tho custom, tho clocks meanwhile con tinning to run In accordance with gov eminent standard time. Fifteen thousand Odd Fellows and Roboknhs from Nohraskn and Iowa marched In tho I. O. O. F. centennial parade at Omaha. Petitions nro In circulation at North Bend to cnll n speclnl election to vote on the Sunday nmusement question. The city has enjoyed Sunday aniuso ments for tho past three years. Moro than 100 Nebraska soldiers wero among the 8,200 troops who ar rived at Nowport, News, Vn., from Franco on the transports Aeolus and Nnnsemond. The troops wero attached to tho Thirty-fifth division. 1 Tho 300th Infantry In the stadium of City College, New York, to he decorated by General Collnrdet on behnlf of the French government. 2 Delegation of the peace conference Inspecting the devastated regions of France to determine the Indemnities. 3 Latest photograph of Premier Padcrewskl of Poland, made In Paris, where he was presenting the claims of his country for Danzig. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Wilson Consents to Compromise on the Japanese Claims to Rights in Shantung. GERMANS ARE IN VERSAILLES Meet Representatives of the Allies and Present Credentials Plan for Try ing Former Kaiser Great Bomb Plot In America At tributed to Radicals. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. In tho Interest of an early peace and of the successful organization of the league of natlons. Prcsldent Wilson re laxed last week somewhat from his hitherto uncompromising attitude In tho matter of secret treaties nnd self determination. As n result tile contro versy over Klau-Chau nnd the Shan tung peninsula was ended In favor of Jnpan, which Is to get nil the old Ger man concessions nnd grants. The Chi neso delegation nrgued and protested In vnln, and there was nn Intlnmtfon thnt, though It would not withdraw from the conference, It would appeal to the United States sennte. Viscount Chimin successfully object ed to the publication of the treaty of 1015 which was Imposed on Chlan, nnd the two countries will be left to agree on tho dotnlls of carrying out thnt pact and the agreement of 1018. Tho understanding Is thnt tho city of Klnu Chnu will be given bnck to China, but that Japan will retain tho port privi leges. More Important are the rights Japan obtnlns In tho Shantung district, Including tho most valuable railway and mineral concessions. Since Great Britain virtually refused to support the Amerlcnn contention In favor of China and evidently Intended to stnnd by her Jnpnnose alliance, nnd ns Jnpan made It clear that If her de- mnnds wero rejected sho would not re main In cither the peace conference or tho league of nations, there was nothing for Mr. Wilson to do but yield, and thus one of the most serious disputes of the conference was settled. Tho American delegation considered the ngreement the best possible to bo 'obtained, nnd confidence Is felt that tho league of nations will be able to protect China's rights fully In the fu iiire. ino .inpnncse military iv(s are to bo withdrawn from Shantung as speedily as possible. If tho Italian controversy can be set tied as well as this, the peace innkors may certainly congratulate themselves, but ut this writing the end of that dts pute Is not In sight. Tho Italian dele gation, returning home, was aecuded wiiniy eninusiastie receptions every where, and the parliament gave Pre mler Orlando n vote of confidence, only a small group of Socialists opposing, It was expected that Orlando and his colleagues, strengthened by this vote, would ,go hack to Paris and resumo their efforts to put through the Itallnn claims; but Wilson, Lloyd George and Clemencenu, nccordlng to reports, were as firm as over In the determination that Flume should not bo given to Italy. Tho probable outcome, it wns predicted, would bo tho internationali zation of that port. In his memorandum to Orlando. Mr, Wilson said tho town of Volpnn should belong to Italy, nnd this has raised another row. Volpnn Is nn Albanian port, nnd tho Albanian delegation said Its selzuro by Italy would start a move ment that would mean tho dismember ment of Albnnln. Already the Greeks and Serhlnns wero clnlmlng parts of thnt country; because ,of Mr. Wilson's stnnd concerning Volpnn. Among tho minor dllllcultles of tho porico conference was a protest by the Belgian delegates against tho Indem nity arrangements. It had been pro vided, that Belgium should recelvo $500,000,000 ns a part of the five bul lions that Germnny Is to be required to pay by the end of next year. This was unsatisfactory to tho Belgians bo- cnuse It left undecided the proportion of the total reparation money to be al lotted to them, and the Brussels gov ernment decided Its delegates could not sign n treaty thnt did not provide for n complete fulfillment of the prom ises made Belgium by her allies. These and several other mntters hav ing delayed the completion of the pence trenty, It could not be presented to the Germans last week, but this ceremony, It wns believed, would take place Mon day. Tho German plenipotentiaries arrived at Versullles on Wednesday and were received by a representative of tho French foreign ministry with cold but carefully studled-out formnl- Ity, after which they wero housed In the Hotel des Reservoirs. On Thurs day they handed over their credentials to nn allied commission headed by Jules Cambon, and the same dny wit nessed their first formal meeting with the allied peace commissioners as rep resented by a speclnl committee that included Amerlcnns. Though these Germans nre cnlled plenipotentiaries, there wns some doubt last week as to the adequacy of their powers and especially ns to their qualifications to speak and act for Bavaria. Examination Into this matter, It was said, might further de lay the presentation of the peace terms. It Is understood the Germans will bo given enough time to study the trenty and to transmit It to the national as sembly at Welmnr, but thnt Its terms would not be subject to nny material modifications at their demand. Should tho Germans refuse to sign the treaty their further resistance to the allies Could be but little more than passive, and doubtless Marshal Foch has In bund full plnns to meet that sltuntlon. These presumably w.ild Include tho occupation of more German territory, the seizure of more mntcrlnl resources and tho continuation of .the blocknde. Prominent Huns nre quoted daily In protest against the "harshness" of the terms, which they aver will only throw Germnny Into tho blinds of the bolshe vik!. An nrgument that -already has lost most of Its force. The publication of tho terms which Herr Erzberger hnd drawn up to be Imposed on the allies after their defeat doesn't tend to In crease the spirit of leniency toward the Huns, for they were planning to impose on France nnd Belgium tho most crushing of terms. That the former knlscr will be tried for at lenst some of his crimes seemed reasonably certain, since the commis sion on responsibility recommended that he be arraigned before nn Inter national tribunal "not for nn offense against criminal Inw, but for a su premo offense against Internntlonal morality nnd the sanctity of .treaties." This decision was reached despite the sentimental protests of the Japanese nnd the pnlnfully technlcnl objections of Mr. Lansing. The viewpoint of the Japanese Is easily understandable. since for them to ndmlt that a kaiser of Germany Is responsible for his ac tions to anyone short of divinity would be knocking oft' ono of the legs of their own emperor's throne. Per haps Mr. Lansing could make his po sltlon clear to a committee of the bar association, but the layman can scarcely comprehend It. According 'to the recommendation of the commission, offenders of lesser rank are to bo tried before tribunals of the country or countries whose nn tlonnls suffered by their crimes. The German government is required to fur nlsh all documents nnd Information In Its possession necessary to discover the offenders and fix their responsibil ity. The Netherlands government Is to be nsked to surrender the ex-kalser, nnd tho Germnn government Is cnlled on to .give up all the other nccused persons. Tho revised covennnt of tho lenguo of nations was made public Monday and nt n plennry session of the penco conference It was adopted unanimously on motion of President Wilson. Ho first explained to the delegates nil tho changes thnt had been mndo nnd tho rensons therefor. Italy was not pros ent nt the meeting, but It wns Included among the chnrtor members of the league. Tho French nnd Japanese amendments wero offered nnd dls cussed briefly, but were not pressed nnd tho covenant was adopted without ineir inclusion, air James kmc Drum mond was made secretary general of tho league nnd the representatives of Brazil, Belgium, Greece and Spnln, wero selected temporarily to represent the lesser powers. At once began tho making of plans for the first meeting of the league, nnd it was admitted that this would be held In Washington In October next, in the White House, under the presidency of Mr. Wilson. At that time tho assembly "will com plete the organization and the next session will be held In Geneva, tho permanent seat of the league. Republican senators who .are still unsatisfied with the league covenant nnd they are rather numerous agreed to hold a conference on the question ns soon as the president Issued tlfo call for an extra session of congress. They nre determined thnt the covennnt shnll be further amended, and somo of them favor a plnn to try to dis sociate It from the peace treaty. The latter, they agree, must not be unduly delayed, and they nre a unit In de manding the early return of nil Amer ican troops from foreign lnnds. Half a dozen or moro of tho original op ponents of the lengue In the senate will support the amended covenant. but some of tho Republican leaders assert that there are still 33 on tho list of those who will not accept It. Once more we nre asked to believe that the bolshevik regime In Russia Is waning, and nccqrdlng to the story, Lenlne nnd Trotzky havo sought In vnln for assurances of asylum In va rlous European countries. Petrograd Is being evacuated by the bolshevlkl, say dispatches from nelslngfors, and tho government Is sending nway many of the Inhabitants. On their western and northern fronts the soviet forces met with decided reverses, but thelp leaders claimed these were counter balanced by gains In tho South. The soviet government of Munich at Inst accounts wns still holding out, but the city was 'being closely sur rounded by troops of the German gov ernment and the rule of the comma nlsts, It wns snld, was near Its end. Elsewhere In Germany It was the same old story of repented outbreaks of the Spartacans, street lights nnd riots, and strikes. The sensation of the week In tho United States was the' uncovering of n grisly plot to assassinate leading citizens In nil parts of the country. Several scores of cleverly constructed bombs were mailed from Now York city to members of tho cabinet, sen ators, representntlves, Judges nnd wealthy men, nnd only the failure to attach sufllclent postnge prevented the murder or mnlnilng of many of tho In tended victims. Practically all of those whose death was thus sought hnve been concerned In some wny with the prosecution or deportation of members of the T. W. W. nnd other rndlcnls, so the source of the bombs Is not far to seek. The reds had threatened a demonstration on May In behalf of Thomas J. Mooney nnd others convicted of the San Frnnclsco bomb outrage, nnd Eugene V. Debs, when sent to prison for violating the esplonnge act, had voiced a similar threat. Investigation showed tho bombs hnd been mailed on different days with the evident plnn thnt they should be received by the victims on the same dny. The Socialists denied nny part In the plot or nny knowledge of It, but Its discovery nnd the general feeling of lndlgnntlon H nroused result ed In the suppression of their plans for elaborate May day celebrations In va rlous cities. Two great disasters occurred last week on opposite sides of the globe, In San Salvador there wns a severe earthquake which resulted In grent loss of life and property, though Its extent is not yet runy Known. A large sec tlon of Yokohama was swept by fire, fully 2,000 buildings being destroyed Including pnrt of tho business district What might be regnrded ns n dlsns ter by many nlso lilt tho United States, for the tnx on luxuries went Into ef fect on May 1. This boosts the cost on Innumerable articles If the prlco Is In excess of specified sums, and nlso applies to soft drinks, druggists' sun dries, candy nnd other things thnt have become almost necessities for many Americans. BELGIUM II BALK LITTLE NATION WROUGHT UP OVER PEACE CONDITIONS. ASK KING NOT TO SIGN TREAT1T Great Demonstration Held at Antwerp in Support of Claims Italians Invited Back to Paris. Brussels. May 0. Belgium's three delegates to the poaco conference have been recalled to Brussels to attend a cabinet council to bo hold In the royal palace ut Laeken, ut which It will he decided whether or not tlio conditions offered Belgium by the peace confer ence are acceptable. A great patriotic demonstration wns held at Antwerp, at which demnndH wero mndo for the fulfillment of the allied plcdgos to Belgium. Tho netltlon nresented to iKing Al bert by the nutlonitl political commlt- ......lw. I.I.., in f.fi,c.-.i l, ultm tlm peace treaty, declares the nation would gain prestige In the eyes or tho worm If her fcoverelgn declined to nttuch Ills sliniuture to a document which did not guarantee her rights. "In the last few ilays," says tno pe tition, "vast bodies have Joined us. We echo public opinion, which Is constant ly growing-and whicli is indignant at the little which Is offered us for the safetv of Belirluui and the dynasty. We beg your majesty to refuse to sign tho treaty rather than accept aims given us. By leaving tho conference Belgium would show the Immorality of a pence without her. "Bv sncrltlclncr herself she would gain prestige In the eyes of the world nnd the nations would demand that justice should bo done lier. W be lieve It would be better to risk Having nothing rather than abdicate our rights to the reparation nnd guaran tees .promised by most solemn assur ances. In the midst of the nation's distress we commit to your hands our desire and our confidence." Ask Italians to Return. Paris, May 5. President Wllsonr Premier Clemencenu and Premier Lloyd George, composing the council of three, sent a communication Sun day to the Itallnn government Inviting it to resume its place at the peace conference. It Is hoped to bring the Italian delegation back to the French capital in time for the signing of tho German trenty, if possible, or, nt least In time for the banding of a treaty to the Austrian delegates who are ex pected In Paris shortly. Enemy Delegates Walled In. Versailles, May 0. The erectlion of barlcades In ".the German quarter" of Versailles, designed to prevent any of -tho Germnns from straying off the sec tion nslgned to them, have been finish ed. Tho barricades consist of wooden palings bound with wire and set up on both sides of tho Rue des Reervolrs. one side of which Is reserved for tho Germnns while the opposite side has been loft free for residents. Strict con trol will bo established nt all the exits to prevent the Germans from going out of bounds without authority. Bolshevik Drive Started. London, May 0. Tho long-heralded bolshevik offensive In northern Russia has started, nccordlng to an olllcinl report from General Ironside, British commnnder, received here. The bolshevlkl started by delivering a powerful attack against Vngn, at the same time shelling allied defenses from gunboats on the Dvinn. Both nt tacks were repulsed. A contingent of Americans was sta tioned recently on the Vaga front, whore the bolshevlkl are attacking. Bulgaria Swept By Revolt. Berlin, Mny 0. A rebellion ngnlnst the Coburg dynasty at Sofia Is re ported. Ferdinand, the former king of Bulpiriu, Is a member of the house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He was, the son of Prince August of Saxo Coburg nnd Gotha. Official notifica tion of his abdication was published in November. 101S. Later he wns re ported to have arrived nt Coburg nnd to have asked permission of the Swiss authorities to reside In Switzerland. Extra Session In June. Wnshington, D. C, May 0. Intima tion that a special session of congress will be cnlled by President Wilson to meet nbout June 1 Is contained in con fidential dispatches received in Wash ington from Paris. It was said in au thoritative administration quarters that It was quite possible that If the situation In Paris should develop rap Idly tho special session might meet even before June 1. In thnt ense, the call would be made by cable. Tornado In Hawkeye state. Grant City. In.,, May 0. Although seven dwelling and n church were de molished by n tornndo which swept this city Inst Snturday, not a single person was Injured. Predicts Labor Shortage. New York, May 0. Notwithstanding tho return of tho American expedi tionary force the country will be con fronted by n shortage of lnbor by 1020 in tho opinion expressed here by Col. Arthur Woods, special assistant to the secretary of war. Colonel Woods declared thnt the employers wero showing n disposition to give jobs to discharged soldiers and sailors nnd that the tituo wns approaching when every man released from serv ice would be at work.
