THE SEMUWEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA
FOE MUST SIGN
CLOSER AND CLOSER
ULTIMATUM SENT
BY BOLSHEVIK!
15 DAYS
WITHIN
Will Be Permitted to Consider
Treaty and Make Counter
Proposals.
ENEMY CHIEF NEARLY FAINTS
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau Almost
Overcome With Emotion When
He Presents Credentials
to Allies' Envoys.
Pnrls, May 5. Tlio German dclo
gatcs (o tlio ponco congress will linve
fifteen tlnya In which to consider the
treaty nnd mnko nny counter proposals
they desire, It hits hocn learned. They
may begin offering their suggestions
nt nny time, but no dny of grace will
bo allowed. . Representatives of the
allies. It was stated, reserve the right
to reply to nny of the German objec
tions or proposals at nny time, but
the belief Is expressed that no moro
than Ave days or a week will be re
quired for closing tho exchanges of
Ideas.
While the date for tho presentation
of tho treaty to tho Germans has still
not been fixed, It probably will bo
Mondny or Tuesdny. Numerous de
tails remain to bo approved, but con
sideration of them has reached such
n stage that It Is reasonably .certain
that tho pence documents can be
whipped Into shape In the next three
or four days. The ceremony of pres
entation will bo In the presence of
only the delegates of the governments
which participated In tho war.
The council of three Is proceeding
with Its deliberations, unembarrassed
by tho absence of the Italian dele
gates. Italy Is still regarded as n
member of tho conference and lnvl
Intlons nre being forwarded to her
ambassador for participation In the
conferences.
Among the questions still unsettled
nnd which M. Clomencenu, David
Lloyd George and President Wilson
'considered nt two meetings Is the
'disposition of tho German cables. It
Is learned that the Belgian claims
ltuve been' finally disposed of or that
,nn agreement had been reached'glvlng
Belgium priority In the reparations to
the amount of 500,000,000.
Versailles, France, May C. Pale
nnd almost fainting from emotion,
count von Brockdorff-Rnntznu, tho
German foreign secretary am head of
the German pence delegation, passed
through what evidently was one of the
bitterest moments of his life Thurs
day. He was barely able to sustain
3ilmself through the brief ceremony of
presenting tho credentials of tho dele
gations to n committee of the United
States and tho allies.
The meeting took place in tho
room of the Trianon hotel previously
used for the sessions of tho supreme
military council. Count von Brockdorff-Itnntznu,
on entering, was ac
companied by Herr Landsberg, Pro
fessor Schuccklng nnd two secretaries,
and waiting for him the allied repre
sentatives were grouped around Jules
Cambon, tho former French ambas
sador to Berlin, who Is chairman of
the commission.
Other members of tho allies' party
Included Henry White of the United
States, Lord Harding, Great Britain,
and Ambassador Mntsul, Japan.
Tokyo, May 1. Tho diplomatic ad
visory council has voted to adhere
to Japan's attitude relating to tho
Shantung peninsula and to make no
concessions or compromises at Paris,
according to newspapers here.
Paris, May 1. All Gorman rights
nt Klaochow and In Shnntung prov
ince nro to be transferred without re
servo to Jnpan, according to an agree
ment reached by the "council of
three." Japan voluntarily engages to
band back Shantung province In full
sovereignty to China, retaining only
the economic provlleges granted Ger
many and the right to establish a set
tlement nt Tslngtau, south of Kino
chow. TO RUSH U. S. TROOPS HOME
American Army In Europe to Be Lim
ited to Force on the
Rhine.
Paris, Mny 3. The American expe
ditionary force will bo reduced solely
to the army of occupation nlong the
Rhine as rapidly as possible, It was
announced.
Three hundred thousnnd American
soldiers will bo sent homo during May
nnd n like number in Juno. After tho
first of July tho use of French ports
will be abnndoned, American-controlled
railroads returned to France nnd
American nnd military police with
drawn. Antwerp will then become tho
American supply bnso under command
of Brig. Gen. XV. D. Conner. Com
munications hereafter will bo through
Belgium.
Child Labor Section Void.
Greensboro, N. C, Mny 5. Tho child
labor section of tho war revenue bill,
placing a prohibitive tax on products
of child labor entering Interstate com
merce, was declared unconstitutional
by Federal Judge Boyd.
No Yanks Beheaded.
London, May 5. A report that the
bolshevlkl had captured Chenkursk
nnd decapitated 00 Amerlcnn prisoners
with nxes wns declnrcd by both tho
British wnr office nnd American head
quarters to be untrue.
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5 "fltW Y0"KW0U.
TAX ON ALL LUXURIES
NEW WAR REVENUE ACT IN
CREASES COST OF ARTICLES.
Tax Must Be Paid by Consumer and
Cannot Be Absorbed by Vender In
Cost of Merchandise.
Washington, May 1. Tho commis
sioner of Internal revenue through the
Issuance of tentative rulings with ref
erence to the collection of the luxury
tax In the new war revenue act, calls
attention to tho fact that tho Amerlcnn
citizen will now have to pay more
money for many things.
While the luxury tax hits women's
finery, beautlllers, and ninny things
that they might exist without, It finds
a way Into the pocketbook of nearly
every man, woman and child.
Ice cream, soda water, and candy do
not escape. Sodas, sundnes, lemon
ades, which were 1C cents, now cost 17
cents. Tho new tax add3 1 cent for
every 10 cents or part of 10 cents such
refreshments cosf.
Then the Items of druggists' sun
dries, patent medicines nnd things like
that. Your 25-cent tube of tooth paste
now costs you 20 cents, ns will every
thing else tho druggist sells that for
merly cost a quarter. The new tax
adds 1 penny for every 25 cents of an
nrtlclo's cost, nndthls Includes patent
medicines, cosmetics, talc powder, nnd
everything else. Candy, chewing gum
nnd kodak Alms fall In the snmo class
when It comes to garnering the wnr
tax pennies.
Tho following nre some of the nr
tlcles upon which tho government Is
now collecting a tnx of 10 per cent:
Hnndbags, on the amount In excess
of $7.50 each.
House or smoking coats or jackets
and bath or lounging robes, on the
amount In excess of $7.50 ench.
Men's waistcoats, sold separately
from suits, on the amount In excess of
55 each.
Women's and misses' bats, bonnets,
nnd hoods, on the amount In excess
of $15 each.
Men's and boys' hats on the amount
In excess of $5 ench.
Men's and boys' caps on tho amount
in excess of $2 each.
Men's, women's, misses' and boys'
, boots, shoes, pumps and slippers, not
' Including shoes or appliances made to
order or for any person having a crip
i pled or deformed foot or ankle, on tho
i amount In excess of $10 a pair.
! Women's nnd misses' silk stockings
or hose, on the amount In excess of $2
u pair.
Men's, women's, misses' and boys'
pajamas, night gowns, nnd underwear,
on tho nmount In excess of $5 each.
Kimonos, petticoats and waists, on
the nmount In excess of $15 each.
Carpets, rugs, Including fiber, except
Imported nnd American rugs made
principally of wool, on tho amount In
excess of $5 a square yard.
Valises, traveling bags, suitcases,
hat boxes used by travelers and fitted
toilet cases, on the amount In excess
of $25 each.
In the tentntlvo ruling on the luxury
tnxes the collector .said that the tax
must be pnld by tho consumer to tho
vender In the snlo of tho article.
Merchants will be required to render
returns covering tho tax collected dur
ing a given month.
Launch U. S. Warship.
New York, May 2. Moro than 75,
000 persons crowded Into the New
York unvy yard Wednosday to witness
tho launching of tho most powerful
battleship ever built, the United
Stntes superdrcadnnugbt Tennessee, n
32,000-ton monster which will cost
$15,000,000 when completed. (
U. S. Ships to Archangel.
Plymouth, Eng., Mny 5. The United
Stntes cruiser Dos Moines, the first
ship to fire a salute at Plymouth since
the beginning of tho wnr, snllod Sat
urday for Ilarwltb and thence will pro
ceed for Archangel.
Spanish Parliament Dissolved.
London, Mny 5. King Alfonso of
Spnln has signed a docreo dissolving
parliament, says a Madrid dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph. It adds
that general elections will bo held
June 1.
1M
REDS RIOT MAY DAY
TANKS AID POLICE IN FIGHTING
AT CLEVELAND.
Eleven Officers Wounded and 100 Per
sons Injured During Demonstra
tion 200 Arrested. ,
Cleveland, O., Mny 3. An unidenti
fied mnn wns killed by n detective's
bullet, 11 policemen were shot or bud
ly beaten and about 100 persons
wounded, many seriously, In general
rioting which brought a dramatic
finale to a Socialist May day demon
stration of 20,000 reds here.
About thirty persons, seriously In
jured, are In hospltnls, whllo scores
of others, Including women, were
trampled by rioters und clubbed Jjy
police.
Socialists und sympathizers in East
Ninth street nnd nt Public Square
were ridden down by mounted police
men nnd by soldiers In army tanks
nnd trucks.
Socialist hendquarters were totally
wrecked by ungry clvilluns bent on
putting nn end to tho demonstra
tion. The rioting was general In Public
Squnre, East Ninth street, Iluran road,
Prospect avenue, Superior avenue,
Bollver avenue and other thorough
fares. Tho one fatality occurred at Cen
tral nnd Woodlnud avenues, when a
mob said to have been composed of
Socialists and sympathizers rushed
Detective Woodrlng and other ofilccrs.
Woodring drew his revolver to save
his own life, fired into the alleged
leader of tho mob, the bullet passing
through tho man's neck, killing him
Instantly. ,
Over 200 rioters were arrested.
A score were found to have weapons
on .them, police say.
New York, Mny 3. Rioting followed
the celebration by the New York Call,
tho Socialist dolly newspaper, of Its
occupation of new offices on Fourth
avenue and the display outside of
what some soldiers called "bolshovlst
posters."
ITALY VOTES TO TAKE FIUME
Parliament at Rome Backs Premier
Orlando's Stand at the Peace
Conference.
'
Borne, Mny 1. Only -10 votes out
of -122" dissented from Premier Orlan
do's Paris policy on Flume when he
called upon the Italian parliament for
a vote of confidence on Tuesday. The
vote was 382 to -10.
Thus the lawmaking body of Itnly
by nn overwhelming mnjorlty and amid
demonstrations of wild enthusiasm In
dorsed tho withdrawal of the Italian
peace delegation from tho Paris con
ference nnd went on record as agree
ing with It tlint Flume must bo nn
nexed outright.
A tremendous throng besieged tho
parliament building throughout tho
session.
Orlando was acclaimed as tho hero,
of the hour.
SEARCH-SEIZURE BILL WINS
Senate of Illinois Legislature Passes
Measure to Enforce Antl-Saloon
Laws In Dry Territory.
Springfield. 111.. May 2. The senate
passed, 29 to 11, tho Antl-Saloou
league law enforcement bill, called a
search and selzuro monsure, to en
force anti-saloon laws in dry territory.
Hurt on Submarine Chaser.
Charleston, S. C, May 5. Three na
val men nnd 13 Charleston firemen
were Injured by explosion of a gaso
line tank on the submarine chaser G8,
which later burned to the water's
edge.
Joffre to Visit U. S.
Washington, May 5. Private advices
received hero say Marshal .Toffro has
not changed his plan to visit tho Unit
ed states again before tho end of this
yenr. Lie had not fixed a date for his
trip.
Russian Soviet Government
Makes Threat of New War
on Roumania.
KUST EVACUATE BESSARABIA
King Ferdinand Enters Budapest at
Head of His Army Government
of Carlnthla Orders Mobiliza
tion of 20 Military Classes.
Lnndon, May 3. Tho Russian soviet
government hns sent nn ultimatum to
Roumania, demanding tho ovncuatlon
of Bisarabla.
A wireless dispatch from Moscow
says Unit tho Roumanians are glvou
18 hears to reply.
Bessarabia Is a former Russian
province populated mostly by Rmtnin
nluns and to which Roumnnln lias laid
claim. On Iho retirement of tho Gor
man after the signing of the nrmlstlco
Rounianlnn tro6ps occupied Bessara
bia. Four or five weeks ngo Russian bol
shevik troops, nfter fighting their way
through tho Ukraine, reached tho
Dniester river, tho eastern border of
Bessarabia. A bolshevik official state
ment April 1-1 reported tho Roumanl
nns had been defented In fighting nlong
tho Dniester nnd were retiring from
Bcssnrabla.
Tho Roumanlnn government, how
ever, deuled thnt Its troop's were eva
cuating the province.
The Russlnn ultimatum to Rouma
nln mny have been mndo In view of
the successful Roumanian cnmpalgn
against tho communist government In
Hungary. Tho Russian soviet govern
ment thus far has attempted unsuc
cessfully to fornl a physical union with
communist Hungary.
Basle, May 3. King Ferdinand of
Roumania hns entered Budapest, Hun
gary, at the head of his army, It Is re
ported here.
Budapest, May 3. In his notes sen)
to the Roumanian, Czccho-Slovnk nnd
Jugo-Slav governments, Beln Kun, tho
foreign minister erf tho Hungarian
communist government, snid that his
government "recognizes unreservedly
tho turrltorlnl claims which you put
forward."
The minister demanded tho Imme
diate cessation of hostilities, noninter
ference with Hungarian internal af
fairs and tho reaching of economic
ngreenients.
Qenevn, Mny 3. The government of
Carlnthla hns ordered the mobilization
of 20 military clnsses In order to ar
rest tho Invasion of German-Austria by
tho'.Tugo-SIavs, according to a dispatch
received at Berne from a reliable
source.
Jugo-Slavs aro reported to be at
tacking on a GO-mllo fromt for the pur
pose of seizing Klagenfurt nnd Vlllach,
from which they now aro only 50 miles
distant.
Vienna Is said to lie preparing to
aid the Carinthlnn troops nnd the ul
Hps nre seeking to settle the conflict.
Carlnthla Is a titular duchy of Aus
tria situated east of tho Tyrol nnd
north of Carnlola. The capital Is Kla
genfurt. Two-thirds trf the people of
Cnriuthlu are German and the remain
der Slavs.
250 PERSONS HURT IN PARIS
Several American Soldiers Are Victims
' of Their Curiosity In Con
dorde Place.
Paris, Mny 3. Two hundred nnd
fifty policemen were hurt, one sergeant,
wIki was stablied In the back, being
In a dangerous condition, during tho
Mny day disorders, according to an tin
lumiieonient made by the prefecture
of police at midnight. Apparently
only one person was killed, a youth
iii.iiied Lome, who. nccording to reports
not yet authenticated, was struck by
several revolver bullets. The person
who fired the shots Is said to have
been arrested, but his Identity bus not
been established.
Several American soldiers were hurt
In tlio PInce do la Concorde, being tho
victims of their curiosity.
HAYWOOD TO STAY IN PRISON
U. S. Court of Appeals , Refuses to
Approve Bonds for I. W. W.
Leaders. t
riilcngo, May 3. William D. Hay
wend, I. W. XV, chieftain, und four of
hli nssoclutes now confined In tlio
federal ponltentlnry at Fort Leaven
worth for violation of tho csplonago
ai, must romnln In prison until they
can furnish bonds moro acceptable
Hum those they have offered to ob
tniii their freedom. Tho United
Suites Circuit Court of Appenls re-fu-ed
to approvo bonds for Haywood
and four other I. W. W. leaders.
Strike Ties Up Newspapers.
Albany, N. Y May 3. Albany news
papers aro tied up with a strlko and
walkout" of their printers. Tho print
ers struck on two pnpors and resigned
their positions on tho romnmlng publi
cations. Higher wages nro sought.
To Discuss Kniser's Trial.
London, May 3. A. Bonur Law, for
mer chancellor nnd now government
leader In tho houso of commons, Is
leaving for Pnrls to consult with Pro
mler Lloyd Gcorgo on tho trial of tho
ex-kaiser of Germany.
LLOYD GEORGE VS. NORTHCLIFFE
It looks llko wnr to the knlfo be
tweqn Lloyd Georgo and Northcllffe.
Tho British premier turned on tho
nowspnper mnn viciously, nnd gave
him a scarifying thnt left nothing to
ho said. The viscount was pictured ns
a dlsnppolnted seeker nfter glory nnd
power, whoso failure to achieve bis
ambition ns dictator In war and pence
had loft him suffering from Injured
pride. "Diseased vanity" wns the di
agnosis of Lloyd George diseased
vanity that sought to avenge itself by
creating discord and suspicion among
the allies.
Tho premier has challenged n pow
erful foe, but challenged hltu boldly.
Lloyd George nnd Lord Northcllffe
probably nro the two most Intlueutlnl
personal forces In British politics, and
now that they nre fiercely and publicly
at wnr, tho effect on Mr. Lloyd
George's political fortunes and tho test
of the Influence of the Northcllffe press
which Is expected to follow, will mnrk tho beginning of a now polltlcnl chapter,
tho developments of which nro being discussed with tho liveliest Interest.
Each man Is an eager fighter, nnd tho battle between tho llttlo Welsh
"giant" nnd the "nowspnper Napoleon" Is not likely to bo a tamo one.
ii .pi u mi ' I . i i in
ISHII'S DEPARTURE MEANS WHAT?
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ington by the Ternuclil government, nn Imperialistic arid militaristic ministry,
which wnB driven from power a few months ngo by popular disapproval of tho
Siberian adventure. Although Viscount Ishll successfully negotiated tho Lnn-slng-Ishll
agreement, In which the United States recognized tho speclnl Interest
of Japan In China, he Is said to bo out of favor with tho present Ham ministry,
controlled by his political opponents.
LOUIS J. STASKO, "DOUGH" BOY
The United Stntes army points
with pride though Individual soldiers
at times viewed with ulnrm to Prlvato
Louis J. Stasko, champion crap shooter,
A. 10. F. He has been nine months In
the army nnd now ho Is going to .Toilet
with $17,000 in his clothes, till of It
won nt craps. No; not to the peni
tentiary Juliet? 111., Is his home.
And no man enn win $17,000 with
"phony" dice in the A. 13. F. ; there
nre too many quick-eyed nnd hard
listed players In tho game.
Well, Private Stasko was bom
twenty-eight years ago In Jollct of
Slav parents. Ho was earning $10 a
week as a machinist In a rolling mill
when Uncle Sam put him on his pay
roll at $30 a month. Stnsko hnd
"rolled tho botys" at homo; nfter en
listment he spent his leisure and tho
other doughboys spent their money
shooting craps.
From Jollot Stasko went to Jeffer
son barracks, Missouri. His first two weeks showed a profit of $1,100. Iom
weeks at Fort Leavenworth yielded another' thousand. At Camp Mcnitt, thn
embarkation camp on- tho edge of Now York, money wns plenty nnd his win
nings were large. At Havre, France, he trimmed the negro stevedores. Al
Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Hnglnnd, a distribution camp, be had a constant stream
of now customers.
Stusko's working capital was $30. He never made n pass for more than
$S0. He Is taking his $17,000 winnings homo with him.
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NANSEN TO FEED STARVING RUSSIA
to organize n purely humanitarian committee for tho provisioning of Russia,
the foodstuffs and medical supplies to bo paid for, perhaps to some consld
ernblo extent, by Russia Itself, tho justlco of distribution to bo guaranteed by
a committee. The general innko-up of tho commission would bo guaranteed by
Norwegian, Swedish, and possibly Dutch, Danish, and Swiss nationalities.
"It does not nppenr that tho existing authorities In Russia would rofuso
tho Intervention of such a commltteo of a wholly nonpolltlcul order, devoted
solely to the humanitarian servlco of envlng life."
Doctor Nnnsen In conclusion points out thnt such a commission would
raise no question of polltlcnl negotiations.
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Conflicting versions of the Impend
ing return of Viscount Ishll, tho Jnp
nnoso umbnssador, to Tokyo, an
nounced by tho Japanese embassy, aro
tho subject of anlmnted spcciilntlon In
American official and diplomatic cir
cles. According to tho cmbnssy, the nm
bnssador Is going home on leavo to.
consult with his, government on vari
ous questions relating to tho relations
of tho United States and Jnpan, nnd
Is expected to return to Washington to
resume his duties. The embassy' wns
at pains to emphasize that thcro Is no
friction between tho American nud
Jnpnneso governments which might ac
count for It.
The other version of tho Incident
Is that the ambassador has been re
called by his government, Is taking his
family with him, nnd will not return to
Washington.
Viscount Ishll wns sent to Wash
Dr. Frldtjof Nnnsen of Norwny.
head of the commission appointed by
tho peace conference to feed Russia,
Is famous by reason of his arctic ex
plorations and experiences. Ills "Far
thest North" (ISnr), which tells of his
drifting for two years on tho Fram, Is
his best-known book. Doctor Nnnsen'
letter to Wilson, Lloyd George, Clo
mencenu and Orlando, suggesting the
commission, rends In part:
"Tho present food situation In
Russia, where hundreds of thousands
(it people are dying monthly from sheer
starvation und disease, Is one of tho
problems now uppermost In all men's
minds. As It appears that no solution
of this food question hns so far been
reached In any delegntlou, I would like
to make a suggestion from n neutral
point of view for tho benefit of this
glguntlc misery, on purely humani
tarian grounds.
"It would appear to mo pos-slblo
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