THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE NEBRASKA.
WLSON
EULOGIZES
AMERIGAN
DEW
President Speaks in the Surcsnes
Cemetery Near Paris.
LEAGUE FRUIT OF SACRIFICE
Asserts It Is the Duty of the Nations
to Prevent Mothers Going
Through the Suffering of
War Aoaln.
Paris, Mny 31. Tlio tost of tliu
Memorial nridrem of President .WIlon
nt Stirosnoa cemetery Is nn follows:
"Mr. Ambassador, Ladles and Gon
tlcmon, Follow Countrymen :
"No ono with tt heart. In IiIh breast,
no Amorlcnn, no lover of humnnlty,
can stnnd In tlio prosenco of llioso
Braves without tlio moat profound emo
tion. These men who lie here nro
men of n unique breed. Their lllco
has not been seen slnco the days of
crusades.
"Never before have men crossed tho
seas to n foreign land to fight for a
cause of humanity which they did not
pretend wns particularly tbolr own,
but knew was tho cause of humanity
and of mankind. And when they came
they found comrades for their courage
nnd tbelr devotion. They found nrm
ics of liberty already In tho field
men who, though they had gono
through thrco years of llery trial,
seemed only to bo Just discovering, nut
for a moment losing, tho high temper
of tho great nffalr; mon seasoned In
tho bloody service of liberty. Joining
hands with these, tho men of Ajncrlen
gavo tho greatest of nil gifts the gift
of llfo nnd tho gift of spirit.
Praises. Unflinching Courage.
"It will always bo a trensured mem
ory on tho part of thoso who knew and
loved theso men that tho testimony of
everybody who saw them In tho field
of nctlon wns their unflinching cour
age, their nrdor to tho point of au
dacity, their full consciousness of tho
high cause they had come to servo and
their constnnt vision of tho Issue.
"It Is delightful to learn from thoso
who snw theso men fight and saw them
wnltlng In tho trenches for the sum
mons to tho fight that they had a touch
of tho high spirit of religion, that
they know they wcro exhibiting a spir
it ns welt as a physical might, and
those of us who know and lovo Amer
ica know thnt they wero discovering
to tho whole world tho true spirit nnd
dovotlon of their motherland. It wns
America who camo In .tho person of
these men nnd who will forever bo
grateful that she wns so represented.
"And It Is tho moro delightful to en-
tcrtnln theso thoughts because wo
know that these men, though burled In
n foreign lnnd, nro not burled In an
nllen soil. They nro nt homo, sleep
ing with tho spirits of thoso who
thought tho snmo thoughts and enter
tained tho samo aspirations, Tho no
bio women of Surcsnes havo given evi
dence of tho loving sense with which
thoy received theso dead ns their own,
for they havo cared for their graves,
thoy havo inado it their Interest, their
loving Interest, to see that thoro was
no hour of neglect and that constant
ly through nil tho months that havo
gono by tho mothors at homo should
know thnt thero wero mothers hero
who remembered nnd honored their
dend.
"You hnvc Just heard In tho beauti
ful letter from M. Clemenceau what I
believe to la tho real message of
Franco to us on a day like this, a mes
sage of genuine comradeship, a message
of gcnulno sympathy, and I havo no
doubt that If our IJrltlsh comrades
wcro hero they would speak In tho
snmo spirit nnd In tho same lnngungo.
For tho beauty of this war Is that It
lms brought n now partnership and a
now comradeship and a new under
standing Into tho Held of the effort of
tho nntlon.
Lesson Taught by Sacrifices.
"Hut It would bo no profit to is to
euloglzo theso Illustrious dend If we
did not tnko to heart tho lesson which
they havo taught us. They are dead ;
they have dono their utmost to show
their dovotlon to a great cause, nnd
thoy havo left us to see to It that
that cause shall not be betrnyed,
whether In war or peace. It Is our priv
ilege and our high duty to consecrate
ourselves afresh on a day llko this to
tho objects for which they fought.
"It Is not necessary that I should res
hearso to you what these objects were.
Theso men did not como across tho sea
merely to defeat Germany and her as
sociated powers In tho war. They
camo to defeat forever tho things for
which tho central powers stood, tho
sort of power they mennt to assert In
tho world.
"So It Is our duty to tnko and main
tnln tho safeguards which will see to
it that tho mothers of America and
tho mothers of Franco and Eneiimd
and Italy and Belgium and nil other
Duiiuuut, imuuiia 6HOUIU HCVOr bo
culled upon for this sncrlfico agnln.
This can b'o dono. It must bo dnm!
And It will bo done. Tho things that
meso men iert us, though they did not
In their counsels concclvo It, Is tho
great Instrument which wo havo Just
erocico m mo icuguo oi tuitions.
"Tho lenguo of nations Is tho covo
nnjit of government that theso men
shall not havo died In vain. I llko
to think that tho dust of those sons of
America who wero privileged to bo
burled In their mother coutnry will
mlnglo with tho dust of tho men who
fought for tho preservation of tho
Union, and that America might bo uni
ted, those mon havo given their lives
In order thnt tho world might bo uni
ted. "Those iiipij gavo their Ives In orner
to secure tho freedom of a nntlon.
Theso men have given theirs In order
to srctire tho freedom of mankind, nnd
I look forward to an age when It will
be Just as Impossible to regret the re
sults of their labor as It Is now
Impossible to regret tho results of the
labor of those men who fought for the
union of the states. I look for the
time when every man who now puts
his counsel against the united service
of mankind under the league of na
tions will bo Just ns ushamed of It as
If he now regrolted tho union of tho
stntes. ?r
Fight Final Battle for Right. '
"You nre aware, as I am nware, that
the airs of an older day are beginning
to stir ngnln, that tho ntnndnrds of nn
old order nro trying to iiswert them
selves again. There is here nnd there
nn attempt to Insert Into tho counsel
of statesmen the old reckoning of sel
fishness nnd bargaining nnd nntlonnl
advantage which were the roots of
this wnr, nnd nny man who counsels
thoso things ndvocntos' n rcnewnl of
the sncrlfico which theso men hnvo
made; for If this Is not the final bnt
tlo for rlglit, there will be another that
will bo flnnl.
"Lot these gentlemen who suppose
that 11 Is possible for them to accom
plish this return to nn order of which
wo nre nshanied nnd'tlmt we nro ready
to forget, realize they cannot nccom
pllsh It. The peoples of tho world nro
nwnko and tho peoples of tho world
nro In the saddle. Private counsels of
statesmen ennnot now nnd ennnot
hereafter detcrmluo the destinies of
nations.
"If wo nro not the servants of tho
opinion of mnnklnd, wo nro of all men
tho littlest, tho most contemptible, the,
least gifted with vision. If wo do not
know courage, wo cannot accomplish
our purpose, nnd this age Is an ngo
which lookB forward, not backward;
which rejects the standard of national
selfishness thnt onco governed tho
counsels of nations nnd demands thnt
thoy shall glvo way to n new order of
things In which only the questions will
be, 'Is It right?' 'Is It JustJ'llsiit.ln1
tho Interest of mankind?' '
"This Is a challenge thnt no previa
ous generntlon ever dared to give ear
to. So mnny things have happened and'
thoy have happened so fast In tho Inst
four years that I do not think many of'
us renllzo what It Is that has hap
pened. Think how Impossible It would
have been to got a body of responsible
stntesmen seriously to cntertnln tho
Idea of the organization of a league of
nations four years ago 1
"And think of the change thnt has
taken plncol I was told before I came,
to Franco that thero would bo confu
sion of counsels nbout this thing and
I found unity of counsel. I wns told
thnt thero would bo opposition nnd I
found union of action. I found tho
stntesmen with whom I wns about to
deal united In the ldeu that wo must
havo a lcnguoof nntlons; thnt wo,
could not merely mnko n pence settle
ment and then leave It to mnko Itself
effectual. Etr'--
v, Spirits Not Durled With Bodies.
"Ladles and gentlemen, wo nil be
lieve, I hope, that tho spirits of theso
men nro not burled with their bones.
These spirits live. I hope I believe
thnt their spirits aro present with iw
nt this hour. I hope that I feel tho
compulsion of their presence. I hopo
thnt I renllzo tho significance of their
presence. Think, soldiers, of thoso
comrades of yours who aro gono. If
they wero here, what would thoy say?
They would not remember what you-
nro tnlklng nbout today. Thoy would
remember America which they left
with their high hope und purpose.
And thoy would say :
" 'Forget all the little circunistnncesi
of tho day. lie ashamed of tho Jeal-I
ousles that divide you. Wo commnndi
you In the iiamo of thoso who, llko!
ourselves, hnvo died to bring tho coun
sels of men together, nnd wo remind,
you what America said she wns born,
for. Sbo wns born, sho said, to show
mankind the way to liberty. Sho wns
bom to mnko this great gift a common
gift. She-wis born to show men the
way of experience by which they
might rcnllzo this gift nnd maintain It,
and wo adjure you In tho namo of nil
tho great traditions of America to
mnko yourselves soldiers now once for
all In this common cause where we
need wenr no uniform except the uni
form of the heart, clothing ourselves
with tho principles of right nnd say
ing to men everywhere, "You nre our
brothers nnd wo invito you Into the
comrndcshlp of liberty and peace."
Should Hear Mandates of Men.
"Let us go away hearing theso un
spoken mandates of our dead com
rades. "If I mny speak a personal word, I
beg you to realize tho compulsion thnt
I myself feel that I nm under. IJy tho
Constitution of our great country I
wns tho commander In chief of theso
men. I ndvlscd tho congress to dccluro
that n stnto of war existed. Theso
lads over hero to dip (apparent omis
sion). Shall I can I over spent n
word of counsel which Is Inconsistent
with tho assurances I gavo thorn when
they camo over?
"Is it inconceivable there is some
thing better, if possible, thnt n man
enn glvo than his life, that is his llv-,
lng spirit to n scrvlcothat Is not easy:
to resist counsels thnt nro hard to re
sist, to stnnd against purposes that aro
dllllcult to stand ngulnst, and to sny,
'Hero stand I, consecruted In spirit of
tho men who wero pneo my comrades
and who nro now gono nnd wh6 left
mo under eternal bonds of fidelity I'"
1 View of Pontn Delgnda, Azores, whence the American navy plane NC-4 started on the last leg of Its
transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to Lisbon. 2 A few of tho hundreds of New York school children who
held a demonstration ngnlnst the Wnr tnx on sodn water and ice cream. 3. The I'ollas, second largest concreto
ship in tho world, just before It wns launched nt Long Island City.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Germans Hand in Their Counter
Proposals for Peace to
Council of Four.
WANT TO RETAIN COLONIES
Make Many Other Demands to Which
Allies Will Not Yield Adriatic Ques
tion Settled, Flume Becoming In
dependent City Western Can
ada Strike Spreads.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Tho Germans have handed In their
countcr-proposnls 10S printed pages
of them with tho evident nnd pre
sumably Justified feeling that they
won't do Germany nny particular good.
If the replies of tho allies to Brock-dorff-Itantzau's
preliminary notes fur
nish nny basis for prediction, It is snfe
to say that this bunch of counter-proposals
will In tho main be turned down
flat by the council of four.
As wns enslly foreseen, the Germuns
predlcnto their propositions largely on
tho fourteen points nnd on various
idealistic utterances of President Wil
son and others, nnd quotations from
theso nro used liberally. Tho Ideas
of territorial self-determination nnd
opportunities for economic develop
ment nro plnyed upon strongly, and
tho ponce terms prepared by the al
lies aro declured to be in contradiction
to n Just peace and domlnntcd by the
"might grenter than right" principle.
Germany refuses nbsolutoly to cede
Upper Silesia, and declines to give up
tho Snar basin, Posen nnd other terri
tory unless n plebiscite Is held. Dan
zig, sho snys, must be n free port nnd
must not bo In nny wny controlled by
the Poles, but It Is ngreed that the
Vistula river mny be neutralized as
far as tho Polish border. Sbo agrees
to surrender her warships and to dis
solve the rest of her navy, but de
mands mcrchnnt shipping-in exchange,
saying this is necessary to her com
mercial life. Sho accepts tho limita
tion of the nrmy to 100,000 men, but
wants more thnn that for the present
to malntnln order. She offers to pay
nn Indemnity of $5,000,000,000 In gold
by 1020 nnd to make annual payments
thereafter up to n total of $25,000,000.
000, but puts in a counter-claim of
about $3,300,000,000 for damngos from
the allied blockade.
The Germans refuso to ndmlt that
Germnny Is alone to blame for tho war
and Its damage, and take a slap at
Italy nnd Roumnnln, which, they as
sert, entered the conflict for territo
rial conquest. As for personal respon
sibility, they declare they will not sur
render the former knlser nnd others
for trial by the allies, asserting they
can be tried only by Germans or neu
trals. Return of Germany's colonies Is de
manded, though It Is ngreed that Ger
many might he wllllngg to act ns man
datory for them under the longtto ot
nations, nnd tho rlgltf: of Germany to
enter the league at once on nn equal
ity with other nations Is asserted. All
occupied territories, say the counter
proposals, must be evacuated within
six months. In claiming the return of
tho colonies the Germans call atten
tion to the fact that tin Impnrtlal set
tlement of nil colonial claims was
promised In number five of the four
teen points. This rends:
"Free, open-minded, nnd nbsolutoly
Impartial adjustment of all colonial
claims, bnscd upon a strict observance
of tho principle that In determining nil
such questions of sovereignty tho In
terests of tho population concerned
must hnvo equal weight with tho equi
table claims of tho government whoso
title is to bo determined."
Slnco Gcrmnny's ndmlnlstrntlon of
her colonlnl possessions, especially
thoso In Africa, was notoriously op
pressive to tho natives, It Is hard
to see how sho can gain much by nn
appeal to nn agreement thnt tho Inter
ests of the people concerned shnll bo
given full weight.
Germany's claim for damages duo to
tho blockade Is based on tho alleged
loss of thousands of lives from hun
ger nnd malnutrition. But the nlllcd
council Is rendy for them on this point
with stntlstics thnt prove the Infnnt
mortnllty In German cities would hnvc
been kept at nenr normal If the dis
tribution of the country's milk supply
had been efficient, slnco the milk pro
duction never was below 45 per cent
of the pre-Wnr figures. Mortality In
hospltnls, due to luck of rubber nnd
cotton, nlso was- cited by tho Germans.
To this the allies reply that the Im
ports of rubber nnd cotton were much
In excess of hospital requirements, but
the authorities chose to devote theso
supplies to military purposes, and for
this choice tho allies ennnot be held re
sponsible. Those are the outstanding points In
the counter-proposnls made by the
Huns. They object, of course, to ln
nummornble other clauses in the
treaty, especially the economic provi
sions, nnd offer many vsubstltutlons
and modifications. It Is not likely thnt
the council of four will require many
days to digest the docmnent and re
ply to it. Then the Germnns will be
required to sign the treaty within a
given time, presumably before June
15. If, unexpectedly, they refuse to
sign, they will be given 72 hours' no
tice of the.ternilnntlon of the armistice
and then the blockndo will bo restored
with all its former rigidity nnd tho
allied rirmles of occupntlon will ad
vance fnrther Into Gennnn territory.
No one pretends thnt the Germnns
could offer serious armed reslstnnce to
such n movement. An Indlcntlon of
the unyielding spirit of the allies was
given last week when American nnd
British troops were lnnded nt Danzig
nnd their wnrshlps began to gather
there.
At home In Germnny the counter
proposals seemed to plense no one.
Tho conservntlvo papers denounced
them ns too yielding nnd the radical
press said thoy did not yield enough.
None had much hope of their suc
cess. According to correspondents in Ger
mnny, the Germans Intend to sign the
treaty, but also Intend to evade Its
terms In every wny possible. This
would mean thnt the allies would be
compelled to keep under arms a largo
force of "collectors." The German
people, as n whole, sny theso corre
spondents, have adopted the position
thnt they will pay for the war only
what Is forced out of them. They nro
more united In spirit thnn at nny time
before for several years, and ennnot
bo brought to see thnt thoy nre n de
feated, not a conquering people. In
other words, say these observers, Ger
many has not had enough whipping.
The terms of peace with Austria,
though not wholly completed, wero
banded to the Austrian delegates. All
the territorial questions were Included,
but certain economic arrangements
nnd the matter of reparation were left
for further consideration. It wns
known, however, thnt Austria would
be required to pay about 2,500,000,000
kroner Indemnity, nnd that the pay
ment of u like sum would bo apportion
ed among Hungary, Czecho-Slavakla.
Jugo-Slavla, Roumania, Poland nnd
Italy. The countries that formerly
formed parts of the Austro-IIungn-rlan
empire have agreed to share In
the payment of indemnity, not ns en
emies of the allies, but In recognition
of their liberation. They also will re
deem proportionately the'lr share of
tho Austrian paper currency In circu
lation within their boundaries. Italy
Is Included because of her acquisition
of tho Trentlno, Trieste and other ter
ritory thnt was Austrian.
It was announced In Paris that tho
Adriatic muddle had been cleared up
at last. Flume Is to bo nn Independ
ent city nnd Italy Is to got Sobenlco
and Znrn, together with soverlgnty
over certain strategic Islands.
Nows from Russia Is frequently de
layed nnd often confusing, but the
latest; ndvlces from that wretched
country show that Admiral Kolchak
Is unremittingly driving tho bolshevik
forces Inward. Some days ago he was
attacking Orenburg, nn Important rail
way Junction and n bolshevik strong
hold In southeastern Russln. Dis
patches from Omsk told of n revolt
against tho soviet rule In tho Ukraine,
Trotzky's forces thus being nttacked
from the rear. The Esthonlnns con
m Wfttcrn NwiDHtcr Union'
tinued their ndvnncc on Pctrograd
while declaring thoy mennt to occupy
thnt city only to relievo its suffering
Inhabitants, nnd If recent reports from
there nre reliable tho relief is sadly
needed, for the people nre snld to bo
starving to death by the thousands.
New units of the British volunteer
nrmy arrived at Archangel nnd the
transports thnt took them were ex
pected to bring away the Amerlcnn
troops thqt have been serving there,
nnd whose return has been so loudly
demanded. According to Maxim Gorky,
who was Interviewed by Frnzler Hunt,
tho outside world cannot aid Russia;
bolshcvlsm must run Its course, bring
ing gradual starvation and paralysis of
Industries; n great revolt will follow,
with n reign of terror, nnd then there
will be a constituent nsserably In which
the peasants will assert their power
and form a democracy.
The Budapest communists claimed
to have defeated the forces of the
"enemy" that were advancing on the
city, nnd nssert thnt ono Roumnnlan
regiment wns almost wiped out. Bela,
Kun, however, Is not satisfying Leninc,
who nnnounces that Moscow, not
Budapest, is the revolutionary center
of tho world nnd Its orders must ba
obeyed, nnd that the Hungarian revoi
lutlon is not proceeding well.
In the United Stntes senate the bnt
tie over the league of nations Is pro!
cecdlng merrily, nnd on Wednesday,
the Democratic national committed
took n hand. It unanimously adopt
ed resolutions demandlpg thnt the
lenguo covenant be ratified by tho sen
ate, which Is controlled by the Rcpulh
Hcans, nnd then its members Indicated
that the rejection of the covenant
would not be unwelcome to thom, be
cause It would force tho political is
sue.
Reed of Missouri delivered in tho
senate n fierce denunciation of tho
lengue, In the course of which he snld
the covennnt meant the domlnntlon ot
the white races by the black, yellow
nnd brown races, his nppenl being
chiefly to the southern nnd far west
ern senutors. Senntor Robinson of Ar
kansns, also a Democrat, replied to
Reed and challenged him to join him
in resigning nnd seeking re-election
as a test of the sentiment of their
stntes on the lengue question.
Secretary Daniels, nppearlng be-.
fore the house committee on naval af
fairs, formally withdrew his recom
mcndntlon for n second three-yenr
program of bnttleshlp building which,
as he formerly snld, was designed to
make the American navy the biggest in
the world. Last winter he told the con
gressmen that even with n lengue of
nations the United Stntes should hnvo
a navy ns large as Great Britain's,
Now he says we must show our confl
denco In the efllcncy qf tho lengue by
at least postponing nny plnns for such
a naval Increase.
Tho great general strike which has
tied up and almost Isolated Winnipeg
has not yet been brought to an end,
and, despite the efforts of the govern
ment representatives, is spreading to
other cities of western Canada. Tho
authorities declare the agitators are
trying to overthrow tho dominion nnd
provlnolnl governments nnd to cstaln
llsh bolshevlsm. This the strike lead
ers deny, but their course lends credi
blllty to tho accusation. Ostensibly
tlio strike is to enforce tho workers
demand for the right of collective bar
gaining, but the plan to form the "ono
big union," fostered by the I. W. W.,
Is apparently at the bottom of tho trou
ble.
Lleutennnt Commnnder Rend and
his crew of the American nnvy piano
NCM completed their grent achieve
ment of crossing tho Atlantic by nir
plnne by Hying from the Azores to Lis
bon, Portugal. Tho last leg of the cp
och-mnklng flight wns without speclul
Incident. Tho bold nvlntors wero re
ceived In Lisbon with plaudits and giv
en decorations.
Hnwkcr nnd Grieve, given up for
dead, wero picked up In mld-Atlnntic
by n smnll stenmer which took them
to Grent Brltnln. Thero they wcro
welcomed as the heroes they undoubt
edly nre, though their attempt failed.
It was regrettable thnt Hawker should
show himself to be n poor sport by
belittling nnd sneering nt the feat of
the Americans.
TERWIS 100 SEVERE
RANTZAU SAYS DEMANDS CAN
NOT BE CARRIED OUT.
DOES NOT REFUSE TO SIGN
Exclusion From League of Nations
Means Death Sentence to Ger
many Agree to Yield Much.
Washington, D. C, Juno 3. Ger
many, although realizing thnt sho
must mnko sacrifice to obtain pcacu
Is convinced that tho execution of the
peace treaty us drawn Is "moro than.
the German people can benr."
Count von! Brockdorff-Rnntznu, head
of tho German peace delegation, thus
sums up the attitude of tho Gernati
nation towards the proposed treaty
of pence In a note to tho allied and
associated powers, outlining various
Genua n couter proposals. The Stato
department has made public the Ger
man note, which was handed, to Pre
mier Clemenceau, president of tlio
lien co conference, last Thursday.
The Gorman delegation nowhere in
its note asserts thnt It will refuse to
sign the present treaty, but declares
on behulf of the Gennnn nntlon that
"even In her need, Justice for her is
too sacred a tiling to allow her to
stoop to achieve conditions which
she cannot undcrtnko to carry out."
Exclusion of Germnny from the
league of nations, tlje noto asserts,
means that In signing tho pence
treaty Gennnny would bo executing
a "decree for its own proscription,
nay, its own death sentence."
The German people, the noto says,
have been disappointed in their hopo
for a pence of justice which had been
promised, und stand 'aghast" at tho
(demands mado upon them by the
"victorious violence of our enemies."
Tlio German delegntlon agrees to
reduction of Gennnny's army and
nnvy on condition that Germany bo
udmltted immediately to the lenguo
of nations; to renounce Germany's
sovereign rights in Alsace-Lorraine
and Posen, but ns to all other terri
tories which Germany is called up
on to give up, the principle of eelf
determlnntion, applicable at once, is
asked, to subject all German col
onies to administration by tho league
of nations, but under German man
datory nnd to make tho indemnity
pnymunts as required, but in amounts
that will bunion tho German tnxpayer
no more heavily than the taxpayer of
tho most heavily burdened among
those represented on the reparation?
commission.
The note declnres Germany Is will
ing to pool her entire mcrchnnt ma
rine with that of the associated pow
ers. Neutral participation in the in
quiry as to responsibility for the war
is asked. It Is believed that the al
lies' reply will be forthcoming in a
day .or two and that the Germans
then will be given five days or a week
in which td decide finally whether or
not to sign the treaty.
Three Auto Racers Killed.
Indianapolis, Ind., June 2. TJic sev
enth International Automobile Sweep
stakes race of 500 miles at tho motor
speedway, May 31, resulted In three
lenths. Arthur Thurman, driving n car
he had reassembled himself, was killed
when his machine turned over on the
back stretch, before tho race had pro
pressed 250 miles. Louis Lccocq and
his assistant, R. Bnndlni, were burned
to death when their car turned, over
and caught fire. Tho race was won by
Howard Wilcox of this city, his time
for the 500 miles being 5:42:21:75.
As a result of his victory, Wiloorc wins
n prize of $20,000. Fifty thousand
dollnrs was divided among tho first 10
drivers. The other prize winners finish
ed in the order named : Ilearne, Goux,
Guyot, Alley, De Palma, L. Chevrolet,
D. Illckey, G. Chevrolet and Thomas.
Troop Train Wrecked.
Ashland, Neb., Juno 8. A troop
train on tlio Burlington railroad ran
Into a washout on the Salt river two
miles east of here Sunday morning,
and practically tho entire train plunged
down the bank and Into the water.
One hundred and fifty men went down;
with the cars. Twenty-seven soldiers
were more or less Injured in the
wnock but none were killed. Tho train
wns en routo from nn Atlantic port to
San Francisco, where the men wero
to havo been discharged. The men
wero members of the Twenty-llfth en
gineers, nnd were from! California.
NC-4 Finishes Flight.
Washington, Juno 2. -The American
naval transatlantic flight which began
at Rockaway Beach, L. I., Mny 8, was
successfully completed with the arrival
of tlio NC-4 at Plymouth, Knglnnd, af
ter a oOO-mile "hop" from Ferrol,
Spain, where It wns forced to nllght as
tho result of engine trouble after leaving-
Lisbon, Portugal. The great cruise
of tho first aircraft In nil history to
cross tho sea, ending at Plymouth,
totaled about 3.000 miles.
Attacked by Eleven States.
Snn Francisco, Juno 3. With tho
circulation of referendum petitions
against the national prohibition
amendment nctually 'begun In Okla
homa and Nebraska, 11 statos now aro
attacking the amendment by reforcn
dura. In Nevada tho circulation xf the
petitions Is being held up by a court
action. The decision of the Nevada
supreme court upholding tho state pro
hibition law has no connection with
tho referendum Issue, It was announced.