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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. :from all sections of this majestic state 'Reports of Interesting Happenings Throughout Nebraska Condensed to a Few Lines for Quick Perusal. W. J. Taylor of Mernn, Custer coun ty, has been made chiilrmnn of ti "commlttcn of 100" named for two j elect "representatives of the people to , elect representatives of the people to the constitutional convention which convenes In December to draft n new state constitution. Some of the names of the conimlttee nre Senator .T. V. Hammond of Cumbrldge, .T. O. Shroyer of the Farmers' Union, Ilumholdt; P. Gothenburg; C. A. Hundnll, Newman Grove: Arthur G. Wray, York; C. D. Casper, Bridgeport; Edgar Howard, Columbus; A. 13. Sheldon, Lincoln; S. C. Hussett. Glhhon; HeprcsonUUlvo J. O. Schmidt, Wahoo; J. .1. McCarthy, Pnnca; Florlan Jacobs, Broken How.; T. P. Reynolds, Omaha; W. P. Bryant J llurllngton; Clarence liecumeyer, I'rc monf, .lames Auton, Albion; A. W. Lndd. Albion; W. V. Allen, Madison; O. A, Sorenson, Lincoln ; Soren Pries, Dnnnebrog; P. M. Coffey, Lincoln; K. Von Porrell, Scottsbluff. According to the State Hoard of Ag riculture winter wheat In Nebraska Improved during the past month and present chances for a record produc tion are excellent. The condition of 101 per cent compared to 1)7 per cent last month Indicates a production of 70,700,000 bushels, which Is more than twice the production last ear. C. .T. Llljenstople, a member of the stnte engineering force and water commissioner for Irrigation work In western Nebraska, was instantly killed, and Prank McCarter. a ditch contractor was seriously injured, when nn auto in which they were riding was struck by a Burlington passenger train nenr ScottsblufC. Governor McKelvie has Inaugurated n movement to provide a reception for Nebraska soldiers of the SOtb division when they land at New York. Mall addressed to members of the Eighty ninth division, "care of the Nebraska division, Hall of States, New York City," will bo delivered to them. A report Issued by the State Hoard of Health show that Nebraska had a total of 1G.313 deaths In the year 1018, 070 being stillborn deaths. The record for 1017 was 11,321, the In crease being doubtless due to the flu, of which there were 4,332 deaths in the state. HIchardson county's court house at Falls City burned to the ground last week. AH records were saved, but the building, valued at ."5-10,000, Is a total loss. The city water plant was broken down and there was no possibility of saving the building. United States Senator Norris of Ne braska has expressed himself as spe cially pleased with the provision In the summary of the peace treaty re lating to the creation of a tribunal to try the kaiser and other Germans for their crimes. Oil leases covering about 2,000 acres have been signed by farmers In Gage county by representatives of 'the Bed Cloud-IIoidrego Oil company. The company expects to begin drilling near Beatrice and Wymore In the near fu ture. Lincoln voters at the recent city election decisively defeated the pro posal to permit Sunday theaters, the majority acrntnst being approximately a thousand. Mayor John E. Miller was re-elected by a good majority. The annual reunion of the Nebraska state Elks asoclatlon, which will be held at York on Juno 4 and 5, Is ex pected to bo the most largely attended gathering of the kind ever held In the stnte. Nebraska has a chance of winning a captured German cannon offered by the Tenth federal reserve district to the stnte In the district raising the largest oversubscription In the Victory loan drive. Nebraska will get her share of tho $45,000,000 worth of motor trucks to bo distributed to the states of tho union by tho government to be used for highway construction. The Golden Rod Orchard company has lensed tho Chapman orchard, near Table Rock, and It will be used by the county agent as a demonstration or chard. A hospital company has been or ganized for Alnsworth with a capital of $40,000. Tho work pf construction will he begun In a sliort time. Nebraska potash manufacturers are figuring on resuming tho manufacture of their product by July 1. Thirty-two counties wero repre sented nt the formation of tho Ne braska chapter of the American Le. gion a natlonnl organization of world war soldiers at the state capltol build ing at Lincoln. Nebraska's two United States sena tors, Hitchcock and Norris, havo ex pressed their approval of the pcaco treaty formulated by the Paris con gress. Senator Hitchcock said he was greatly Impressed with tho complete ness of the work and Its constructive character. Automobile llcenso fees amounting to $9,043.42 wore received by tho state engineer at Lincoln between April 'M nnd April 31. This did not include 25 per cent of license fees that wore paid to counties and retalnod by tho coun ties for road dragging purposes. Tho suit brought nt Omaha against the Slman law, passed by tho recent legislature, prohibiting foreign lan guage instruction In Nebraska, will bo defended by tho state legal depart ment to tho utmost of Its ability, ac cording to an announcement by At torney General Davis Tho first meeting of tho committee which will have In charge building the new $5,000,000 state house, was held at Lincoln last week. Tho commltteo consists of Governor McKolvie, who was elected chairman; State Engineer Johnson, who was selected secretary; Walter W. Head, Omaha; W. H. Thompson, Grand Island, and W. E. Hardy, Lincoln. It was proposed nt the meeting to have plans drawn un der the plan of the national association of architects, which provides that Ne braska architects have first chance at making plans. , 10. P. Ferbor of Wynot has sent a letter to the State Hallway Commis sion at Lincoln In which ho stated that German subscribers oh the mu tual farm telephone line out of that place are trying to work up n now company to establish a lino over which they can talk In the Gorman language. The entire community la aroused over the boldness of the Ger mnn element, ho says. Grand Island high school won first honors nt the Central Nebraska track meet at Kearney, with 42 points, Oth er scores In Olnss A were as follows: York. 10; Kearney. 15; Shelton, 14; Mason City, 12; and Broken How, 12. Callaway won first "honors In Class B. Elm Creek came second. Gold medals were given as first prizes, bronze as second nnd ribbons as third. Warning to people of Nebraska to use tho utmost caution in dealing with concerns running llamlng advertising in Nebrnska papers, selling stock on the mall-order plan, where the sale Is technically made outside of the state, nnd does not come under the Jurisdic tion of the Nebrnska blue sky law, has been Issued by the State Hallway Com mission. The little town of Waverly, near Lin coln, was shocked by a fearful tragedy tho other day, when Jess Poland of Omaha, in n tit of jealousy, entered the home of Dan Headley, met Mr. Ileadley face to face and without a word of warning shot him dead, fired two bullet Into tho arms of Mrs. Head ley and then killed himself. Twenty years ago alfalfa could not be grown In Nebraska. Now this state ranks first In Its production, and last yenr Nebraska's alfalfa crop, 1.5S3.720 tons, sold at tho present market price, $38 a ton, was worth tho snug sum of 58.181,300. N C. M. Gruenther, of Platte Center, has been appointed secretary of the federal farm loan bnnk of Omaha Co fill the vacancy created by the resig nation of Prank G. Odoll. The ap pointment of Mr. Gruenther takes ef fect June 2. In the face of strong opposition from the ministers and churches of Beatrice, tho board of supervisors acted favorably upon a petition from tho Beatrice ball teain for Sundny base ball, the vote being 5 to 20. Because of tho slow sale of Victory loan notes In some localities the drive has been , extended one week In Ne braska. Bad roads and unfavorable wenther have retarded sales of tho notes to some extent In tho state. Tho State Hallway Commission has ordered the Lincoln Telephone com pany to rebnte to Its subscribers for exchange rental on phones which were out of commission because of tho storm in April. Dodge county Is arranging to pave a second strip of the Lincoln Hlgliwny, extending east from Fremont for a distance of five and one-half miles to the Douglas county line, a point thirty miles west of Omaha. The town of Plymouth, Which has been without a lighting system for several years, is considering a deal whereby the town will receive current from Beatrice for lighting purposes. Newspapers of tills state are unani mous In their endorsement of tho pence terms Imposed on Germany. Peo ple of Nebraska, as a whole, too, seem satisfied with tho treaty. Preinont has nn automobile pound for machines rounded up by the au thorities, when breakers of tho law regarding displaying license tags on their cars are apprehended. Continued rains are causing farmers In southeastern Nebrnska somo uneas iness, especially in tho lowlands. With tho exception of peaches, all fruit promises a good crop. Geneva has nvvarded a contract for n city sewerage system, the pricu being about $30,000. The terms re qulro tho completion of the work by August 15. Members of Nebraska's base hospl tnl No. 4!) were discharged from serv ice at Camp Dodge Inst week and re turned to their homes throughout tho state. Omaha Is to hold a home coming celebration July 4 for returned sol diers, sailors and mnrlnes. A syndicate of Omaha men recently bought from former Governor Keith Neville, for approximately $500,000, tho famous Keith and Barton rnnch In Lincoln county, comprising about 10,000 acres. Secretary Hart of tho state banking board has sent out a call for reports from state banks under dato of May 3. Moro than 2,000 Husslan beet field workers nre expected to leave Lincoln for western Nebraska this year. Moro than 1,000 left the cnpltal city last Tuesday for Bridgeport and Bayard. Citizens of Thomas and Cherry county have formed an organization for the purposo of promoting the es tablishment of a state highway from Valentine to North Platte, passing through Brownlee, Thedford and Sta pleton. During tho past year fifty-two con solidated district wero formed In Ne braska, according to State. Snperln tendenilt of Schools Clemmons. About sixty-two havo been organized so far this year, with about twenty applica tions now In tho ofllce, insisting on be ing organized at one. 1 Naval seaplane P-5, In which Mm navy aviators recently made a nonstop night of 20 hours nnd 10 minutes. 2 New photograph of Plume, which probably will go to Italy after 1023, 3 Olyntho de Mngalhaes, minister from Brazil to Prance and one if the Brazilian delegates to tho peace conference. EWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Germany Considering the Treaty Which Strips Her of Much Land and All Power. FRANCE WILL BE PROTECTED Von Brockdorff-Rantzau and Associ ates Are Expected to Make Coun ter proposals Allied Council Working on Terms for Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. "The time has come when we must settle our account," said Clemencoau, nnd thereupon he handed to tho repre sentatives of Germany whnt he aptly called a "book" some 80,000 words of peace terms to which Germnny Is re quired to give adherence. When this Is done Indeed, whether or not It Is done Germany stands shorn of vir tually all of her military and naval power and of more than a million square miles of territory, and economl-. cally and financially bound until she has paid for tho tremendous damage sho wrought In the war. Whether by Intention or by accident, tho day was well chosen for the deliv ery to the Germans of the document so fateful to them and their country. It was May 7, the fourth nnniversnry of one of their most shocking crimes, the sinking of the Lusltnnln. The re ception of the delegates from Berlin was deliberately cool and tho proceed ings In tho Versailles palace wero marked by 'a stern formality. Thero was no smallest pretense of cordinlity on the part of tho representatives of tho allied and nssoclated powers, for they felt none. "Ypu havo asked for peace. Wo are ready to give you peace" were Clomenceau's words, but the ponce offered will bo as gall and wormwood In tho mouths of tho Ger mans. Count von Brockdorff-Hantznu, re plying for tho enemy delegation, ad milted tho utter defeat of Germany, but denied her sole culpability for tho war. He intimated plainly that Ger many would put In n counter claim for damages because of the loss of life due to tho blockade, and that in gen eral sho would take her stand on Pres ident AVIIson's fourteen points In op posing what she might consider oppres sive in the treaty. Indeed, It Is clear that the Germans Intend to pay much moro attention to those points than do tho allies. Whnt this will avail them Is not dltllcult to forecast. Before get ting tho treaty they said unofllcinlly that they would sign It, but that Ger many never' would pay un Indemnity by which they presumably meant penal damages such as Bismarck exacted from Prance In 1871. The treaty does not call for tho payment of an In demnity, as such, hut the Germans may so consider some of the Items of repa ration. In any event, their refusal to sign, or the.Ir failure to carry out the terms of tho pact, has been or will bo provided for In the plans of the eco nomic commission of the allies. Pos sibly the military will have something to say nnd do, also. M. Clemencoau Informed the Ger mans that they would bo allowed fif teen days In which to make Inquiries or "observations," In writing, to which the allied council will make reply, af ter which the council will determine the time within which the Germans must give n final answer. As soon as tho ceremony In the Versailles palace was over Count von Brockdorff-ltant-zau dispatched a copy of the treaty by aerial courier to Berlin for the consid eration of the German cabinet and' as sembly. The Germans maintained an ar rogant air during the proceedings Wednesday, and It was noted that though M. Clemenceau stood while ad dressing them, Voii BrockdorlT-Hantzau .remained seated when he replied. This, and tho tone of some of his utterances tnudo tho allied representatives rather indignant. The correspondent of n Berlin pa per predicted that the German dele gates In each case where It was con sidered necessnry would present n carefully formulated countorproposl thm stntlng the maximum they were willing to concede. Mnny of these, ho said, were already drawn tip, nnd tho Gerainns would "show tho utmost con sideration for the enemy's standpoint." He nssertcd It would be particularly dltllcult for Germany to yield to tho demand for the delivering up of tlie Germans held guilty of being the In stigators of the war. This clause, which calls for the trial of the former kaiser, was incorporated In the treaty at the last moment. Oth er matters which were put In Inst week Included the disposition of the Ger man colonics, ns follows: "Togoland nnd Kamerun Prance nnd Great Brltnln shall make a Joint recom mendation to the league of nations as to their future. German East Africa Tho mnndato shall bo held by Great Brltnln. German Southwest Africa The man date shall be held by the Union of South Africa. The German Samonn Islands Tho mnndato shall bo held by Nqvv Zealand. The other Germnn Pnclllc posses sions south of the equator, excluding the Germnn Snmoan islands and Nauru The mandate shall bo held by Aus tralia. Nauru (Pleasant Island) The man date shall be given to the British em pire. The German Pacific Islands north of tho equator Tho mandate shall bo held by Jupan. Marshal Foch persisted to tho last In his demand that France should bo guaranteed In some way against future armed attack by Germnny. It was re ported that President Wilson nnd Pre mier Lloyd George gave him mensur able satisfaction by promising to ask congress nnd parliament, respectively, to authorize an open nsreement that the United States and Great Britain would go instantly to tho aid of Franco if she were attacked. However, If the terms of the treaty as written are car ried out, Germany will have very little left with 'which to carry on mllltnry enterprises. She couldn't get far with nn army of 100,000 men, n puny navy, no submarines and no nrmed planes, and with the fortifications of Helgo land and the Hhlne valley demolished. Belgium having been given satisfac tion as to the parts of the treaty which didn't suit her nt ilrst, the only one of the nlllcd and nssoclated nations that till held out against the pact was idna. Tlie cabinet at Peking, It was -aid, had Instructed the Chinese dele Kates not to sign any treaty that trans i erred to Japan the former German lights in Shantung. Japan's victory In the nllled council has greatly stirred iiinn and there is danger of nntl-for-elgn outbreaks there. Press conunent on the treaty, which indicates or forms public opinion, Is v arietl. The Germnn papers, of course, denounce mnny of the terms ns brutal and Impossible of ncceptance. Those if Franco praise the pact rather faint ly. In England some journals commend the treaty highly and others condemn it. The American prcss'gencrnlly looks "ii the peace terms as satisfactory. No sooner had the German treaty iieon handed to the Hun delegntes than the council of four began consideration f the program for the presentation of pence terms to the representatives of Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria.' These j treaties, which already were partly 'Iruwn up, more Immediately concern ! Italy, and the return. of the Italian del gates, who were In time for the cere mony mi Wednesday, made It possible n go ahead speedily. Premier. Orlan , do and his associates went liack to ! Paris at the request of tlie other meiu I'ers of the conference! and after n plan i was formulated for the disposition or Flume. It was proposed that the city i should be under International outrol until 1023 and should then be given to I Italy. In the meantime Jiigo-Slnviu I -hull construct for Itself a port a little i to tho south of Flume, with railroad coniiectloji with Agiam and other I lilies. It viiN understood that Italy wail prepared - to saciillce some of her claims on the Dalmatian conrtt. It was believed In Purls. that President Wilson would consent to some such compro mise, for the strength ot the Jugo- Slavs' contention lay In their need of a port on the Adriatic. Lutost reports of the operntlons ot the bolshevikl were that they were be ginning nn attack In great strength ngnlnst Vllnn, cnpltnl of Lithuania, which had been captured by the Poles. The city was under heavy artillery tire. The allies In northern Hussla had sev erul successes against the reds and believed the crisis along tho Dvinn river had passed. The American rail way detachment recently sent there had Its first engagement with the bol shevikl nnd helped In the capture of a town, losing one olllcer. Dispatches concerning Hungnry have been contllctlng. From Vienna enme tho word tluit tho communist govern ment of Beln Kun had surrendered un conditionally, but this was not wholly confirmed. Anyhow, the communists were being hard pressed by the Czech, Houmanlan and Serbian troops, which wero surrounding Budapest. Copen hagen advices wore that they had re fused urmlstlco terms offered 'by the Houmanlans and decided to light to n finish. The collapse of the soviet govern ment of Bnvarla apparently was com plete, nnd was followed by the whole sale slaughter of Spartncans and sus 'poets, the excesses of the victors In Munich being about as bad as hud been those of the reds while they were In control. Tho German government troops were nided by somo 3,000 Aus frlans In regaining the city. President Wilson last week issued his call for an extra session of con gress, summoning the lnw-mukers to meet on May 10 an earlier date than had been expected. He cannot be In Washington for tho opening of the ses sion, awing to the work still to be done In Purls. The Hepubllchns, who will control both houses, are busy prepar ing their program. Tho house must hurry, through a lot of appropriation bills nnd In tho sennte will be staged the great debate over tlu peace treaty, and especially the covenant of tho league of nntlons. It Is predicted thnt the senate will give the entire treaty Its approval, though many of tho mem bers will nrguo long nnd earnestly against the league covennnt us It stands. Tho supporters of the league undoubtedly will have the Immense as sistance of addresses by the president, who will return In time to tnke the Held In championship of the great In ternational linlon with whose forma tion he lias had so much to do. Secretary Baker says the millionth American soldier leaves France for home this week, nnd It Is certain thnt all of them will bo returned before long, barring unforeseen complications. However, It Is apparent that we will continue to bo represented In tho nl lied expedition in Siberia, for the war department Is recruiting 8,000 volun teers for that service to relieve those nrw there, und the first 1,000 nlrendy have started. The American Legion, In process of organization by veterans of tho great war, opened a caucus In St. Louis with a thousand delegates present nnd Lieut. Col. Theodore Hoosevelt in the chain. The first sessions developed a decided dissension between the National Guurd nnd the regular nrmy. The feelings of the former were voiced by Col. Bonnet Clark, son of Champ Clark, In tho Na tlonnl Guard convention, when ho de clared that the regular army "must be smashed." However, he Is fighting against the effort to lmvo regular army men excluded from the Legion. Some of the Southern delegates were work ing hard against the admission of negroes to membership. .Messrs. Walsh, Dunne and Hynn, whom the Americans of Irish blood sent across to work for n "free Ire land," have succeeded In arousing the hot resentment of the British against what many of them say Is the unwar ranted Interference of tho United States in a matter that does not con cern It. The delegation, visiting In Ire land, was feted and escorted by Sinn Fein leaders and at tho same time, ac cording to hostile journals, was openly boasting that It bus received strong en couragement from President Wilson and that Lloyd George would receive it on Its return to Purls. GERMANY III FRENZY WHOLE NATION UNITED AQAIN07 THE PEACE TERMS. WILSON MILDLY ASSAILED Inhabitants of Rhlncland See Enor mlty of Crime for First Time Al lies Refuse to modify Treaty. Berlin, May 13. The protests that mine from various quarters In Her mnny over tho peace terms, as they were roportedjiofore tho olllcinl tonus became known nre ns nothing in com parison with tho vvnve of remonstmneo angry, bitter, disappointed In tone that is swooping over Gormany now that the trenty has been presented. Slntes, municipalities, districts, organ izations of various sorts, buslnosb men's nnd women's clubs und the po litical parties are vying with onah other In finding words to express scoru and condemnation for the docu ment. For perhaps tho tlrst time In his tory nil the German parties are united in opinion, each of thorn assailing tho terms Germany Is usked to sign. The newspapers are utterly swamp ed with the protests, being able to print but a fraction of them. The government, llkowiso, is being overwhelmed with telegrams. In the criticisms President Wilson is only mildly assailed hero and there, since word luis gono to the press from ofhelnl quarters thnt ho Is not to bo taken to task. The assertions upon which stress are laid nre that the pro posed peace lacks nil elements of jus tice und conforms In no way to tho president's 11 points, while indignation Is expressed over the terms character ized ns. unbearable and as spelling slavery for the German people. Somo of the protestnnts .declaro they are outraged by the provisions of. the treaty, while others express deep contempt for whnt they call u "brutnl peace of force." The expression "a verdict pf death" Is one frequently used. The delegation Is expected to reply to the entente's terms before the ex piration of the time limit, according to opinion expressed here. Sevornl members of the delegation have nl- ' ready returned to Berlin. Begin to Realize Crimea. ' Coblenz, May 13. Tho Germans In the American occupied nrea are men tally stunned by what they declaro the severity of the peace terms. Tho Ger mans of Coblenz nppear to feel tho -loss of Silesia moro than anything else nnd exhibit more concern over tho eastern frontier than tho occupation of tho Hhlneland for tho next flvo to fifteen years. Tho army Intelligence summary snfd: "Never until now has the enor mity of the nation's crimes seemed apparent to the Hhlneland population. Prepared though they may have boon for the punishment meted out, tho Germans, nevertheless, plainly por trayed their dismay upon tho publica tion of the pence terms." London, May 13. The chief presi dent nnd central council of Silcsln have Issued u proclamation renounc ing tlie peace trenty and . declaring that the transference of the greater part of upper Silesia cannot produce n lasting peace, but "only a peace of desperation for Silesia." Tho procla mation calls on tlie Slleslans 'Uo let the world know wo will not submit to such a peace." Refuse to Modify Treaty. Paris, May 13. Tho allies can ad mit of no discussion of their right to Insist upon tho terms of the peaco treaty substantially as drafted. This is the reply to Count von Brockdorfl' Huntzau, head of tho Gorman peaco delegation, who submitted a noto to Premier Clemenceau declaring that tho peace treaty contains demands which could bo borne by no people, and many of thom incapable- of accomplish ment. Holland to Hand Over Kaiser. London, May 13. Tho Dutch gov ernment has decided to surrender tho former German omponor to tho allied nnd associated powers, according to a dispatch from The Hague received here. " Victory Loan "Over the Top." Washington, May 13. Tho fifth and lost jiopulnr war loan of tho United States has been oversubscribed. Al though the npproxlmnto total subscrip tions will mot be known for nearly two weeks, figures available at the end of tho campaign Inst Saturday night showed that thp American people had responded generously to tho appeal to "finish the Job." Wilson Names "Boy Scout Week." Washington, May 13 President Wll son, In a proclamation made public horo yesterday, recommended that the period beginning Juno 8 to Flag day, Juno 11, be observed over the country ns "Boy Scout week," for tho purpose of strengthening the work of tho Boy Scouts of America. Proposals from Foe Expected. Paris, May 13. It is gonerally ho lleved that tho Germans will answer tho treaty of peace by proposals rela tive to certain phases of tlie document A competont commission will examine the Gorman answer nnd If modifica tions aro necessary tho Germans will be notified. It Is expected thut In this rojolntlor the onemy will be allowed four or five days to agree definitely to tho whole treaty. It is therefore probable that from 25 to 30 days will elapse hofore the pact Is slgnod.-