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.
