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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA, URGES GERMANY TO SIGN TREATY Hrzberger, Head of Foe Armistice Commission, Will Make Sug gestion to Berlin. 14 POINTS STAND-WILSON 'President Declares, "I Am Convinced Our Peace Project Violates None of My Principles" Copy of Treaty to U. S. Lawmakers. Copenhagen, Juno 0. Mnthlas Erz forger, licnd of tho German annlstlco commission, according to the Doutchen Xages oltung of Berlin. Is preparing a memorandum which, after discussing the peace terms in nil their aspects, advocates signing tho treaty. Paris, Juno 0. It Is understood Jiero that tho Berlin government Ih -isendlng photographically reproduced copies of tho peace terms to every United States senator and representa tive. "I am convinced that our trenty proj ect violates none of my principles," President Wilson Is quoted by the Matin ns having said when he was made acquainted with tho German counter-proposals to tho peace treaty. "If I held a contrary opinion I would not hesitate to confess It and would endeavor to correct the error. The treaty as drawn up, however, entirely conforms with my 14 points." When the council of four met Pro filer Orlnndo of Italy was absent. This -led to the belief that the Adriatic ques tion was again under consideration. It Is understood that no further prog- jess has been made by tho various ele roents working on the solution of this problem. It is probable that tho allied and as sociated powers will comply with the German demand to state approximate ly the maximum sum which Germany must pay in reparation under tho pence treaty, nqcordlng to tho Matin This sum, It states, will be from 200,' 000,000,000 to 250,000,000,000 francs. (The larger sum named, on n gold valuation would bo not far from $50,- 000,000,000.) An answer from Admiral Kolchnk, liend of the all-Russian government -at Omsk, to the allied proposals has been received by the French foreign ofOce. It is understood, In tho main, to bo a satisfactory acceptance of the ,proposals. Kolchak's reply, howver, raakes reservations concerning a con etltuent assembly and also In respect 'to dealings with new states formed ifrom old Russia. Tho South Slav delegation here "handed to President Wilson a memo randum regarding the Flume affair, -according to the Petit Parlslen. When the Germans are handed the rallied reply they will be Informed, nc cording to French circles, that tho dlS' cusslon has been finally closed and will be given no less than three or more than five days In which to accept or reject tho conditions. Wire strike is spreading Union Headquarters at Atlanta Says A 3,000 Telegraph Operators Are Out Men Warned by Carlton. i Atlanta, Gn., Juno 0. Union fiend' -quarters announced on Friday thnt In formation received Indicated that 3,- 000 employees of the Western Union In tho South either had gone on strike or would do so during the day. New York, June 9. Employees of the Western Union Telegraph com pany, who joined tho Telegraphers' union on tho assurance of tho post master general that there would bo no discrimination In regard to employees joining unions, will not be taken back If they strike, Newcomb Carlton, presi dent of tho company, nnnounccd Frl dent of the company, nnnounccd Frl day. Mr. Carlton said that out of 40,000 employees only 710 belonged to the union nnd that the call for n strike In the southern division was meeting with practically no response. SENATE FOR IRISH HEARING Votes Request by 60 to 1 to Peace Conference In Paris to Receive Delegates. Washington, June 0. Scnntor Bo rah's resolution asking tho American peace delegates at Paris to secure a hearing before tho peace conference for the Irish delegates headed by Ed ward Do Valera, provisional president of tho Irish republic, was adopted on Friday by tho senate, CO to 1. Senator Williams, Democrat, of Mississippi, cast the negative vote. Tho resolution expressed tho sympathy of tho senate In tho aspirations of tho Irish people for "a government of Its own choice." tAiw Trnnna I 3lnrff.rf New York, June 9. TRo troopship steamed Into tho harbor at noon. The a few minutes after with ,,707 troops Auks HelD From Allies. Paris, Juno 0. M. Poskn, foreign mintafor nf Esthonln. arrived In Pnria to ask tho great powers to aid the email Kstnoninn unny wiucn is ugnt ins tho bolshovikl southwest of Petro- MILES POINDEXTER This n io ib'.ct portrait of United States Scnntor Miles Polndexter of Washington. 5,000 STRIKERS RIOT ATTACK WORKERS LEAVING AUTO PLANT AT TOLEDO. Eighty Discharged Soldiers Hired as Guards Charge Mob With Rifles. Toledo. O., Juno 5. Serious rioting occurred on Tuesday night nt the Willys-Overland Automobile company when 5,000 Idle employees attacked workers as they were leaving tho plant. First reports to tho police were that eleven persons were injured, two of whom may die. Shots wore fired by guards stntlonoa nt the works. Eighty soldiers under command of Col. L. W. Howard, county treasurer elect, charged tho mob. , Sixteen troopers, armed only witn clubs were followed by three truck- loads of Infnntrymcn, with rifles point ed nt tho crowd. Two troopers were beaten Into un consciousness, nnd a score of former Ovorlaud workers were Injured. Three shots were fired Into tho air by the soldiers. The charge followed the stoning of three street cars, where many workers were cut by rocks and flying glass. Tho soldiers are acting as special police, having been discharged from tho army. It was tho most serious trouble since tho Overland opened last week after having closed May 8. About 4,000 of the 13,000 workers are back on tho Job. Tho others are holding out for a 44-hour week. HINES FOR HIGHER RATES Director Genera! of Railroads Says Government Must Have More Money to Meet Expenses. Washington, June 5. Only by In creased rates can tho government con trolled railroads meet operating ex penses, Director General Illnes told tho house appropriations committee on Tuesday. Be Is opposed to any in crease at this time, however, because it might advanco the cost of neces sltlos of life. Mr. nines, who nppenrqd to ask for $1,200,000,000 additional for the railroad administration's re volving fund for the remainder of this calendar year, said that while wages of railroad employees had been In creased 51 to 52 per cent during gov ernment control, they now wore only "reasonable and fair," and ndded that ho could see no prospect of reducing them. In explaining railroad require ments Mr. nines said tho government's loss In 1918 and tho first three months of this year was approximately 480,- 000,000. The replacement of this amount was requested ns n part of tho now appropriation, together with In creased working cnpltol of $425,000,- 000. Proposed loans to railroads ho expected to be Increased to $775,000, 000. APPROVE WIRE RETURN BILL Senate Committee Makes Favorable Report on Measure Introduced by Senator Kellogg. Washington, June 5. Favorable re port on the bill of Senator Kellogg, Republican, of Minnesota, for the lm mediate return of the telephone nnd telegraph wires to private ownership, was ordered by the senate Interstnto commorco committee- on Tuesday after the raensuro had been amended so as to contlnuo existing telephone rates for GO days after final action by can gress. Tho voto of tho committee was unanimous. Yank Freed by Reds Home. New York. June 7. Merlo U. Am old. n Y. M. C. A. secrctury of Polk. Neb., arrived hero from Siberia, whero ho was held a prisoner by the bolshevik!. lie wns captured outside tho American lines. Pay High Honor to Flyers. London, Juno 7. Royalty paid hon ors to America's airmen when the prince of Wales attended a luncheon given In honor of Lieutenant Com mander Rend, skipper of tho seaplano NO-4, and his fellow flyers. WIRE SYSTEMS GIVEN TO OWNERS Postmaster General Issues Or der Which Is Effective Im mediately. PRESENT RATES WILL STAND President of Commercial Telegraphers' Union Orders Walkout of All Western Union Operators In Southeast Washington, Juno 7. Postmnstcr General Burleson Issued nn order on Thursday returning tho telephone and telegraph systems of tho country to the owners for operating purposes. Control of tho companies Is not rclln-1 qulshed by the government. In n statement nccoinpnnylng the formal order tho postmaster general stated that the existing rates would remnln In effect, nnd thnt orders for bidding discharge of employees bc cnuso of union affiliations nlso would stand. Immediately upon receipt of this In formation n strlko of nil Western Union telegraph employees In tho Southeast was called by S. J. Koncn knrap, International president of tho Commercial Telegraphers' Union of Amcrlcn. Tho strlko Is effcctlvo Im mediately and Is an extension of tho present Atlanta Western Union strike. Employees of tho Western Union Telegraph company In Florldn, Ala bama, Georgia, South nnd North Car olina, West Vlrglnln, Virginia, Ken tucky, Tennessee, Mississippi nnd New Orleans, La., go out under tho now order. Mr. Burleson's order turning back tho wlro properties read: "Tho president hnvlng recommend ed tho return of tho wire systems nnd tho control' of tho owning companies with certain legislation designed to stnblllzo their operation, nnd tho sen- nto commltteo having taken action looumg to tnoir immcutnto return, nnd tho house committee In Its hear ings on tho proposed legislation hav ing lndlcntcd concurrence In tho sug gested Immedlnto return with or with out legislation so recommended, I feel It my duty to now return the actual control of operations to tho com panies. "Some days ago I directed the nec essary orders to bo prepared to ac complish this and hnvo today Issued same. Theso orders do not affect questions of rates and finance wltf which tho congress may detcrnilno to deal. "Tho rates now In forco and tho financial relations between tho govern ment nnd tho companies, and tho or der of October 2, 1018, prohibiting dis crimination because of union affilia tion will continue unless congress mny decide to change them or the 'emergency is terminated by the proc lamation of pence. -"IV?. JlSliL?.07. tjalcon however tho wire companies resume nctunl control of operations of their respec tive properties, nnd are free to formu late and put into effect their own pol icies unrestricted by government con trol, which Is to contlnuo In nny ensa but a few weeks, and thus will bo nblo to prepare themselves for -a com plete resumption of tho mnnngemcut of their property. "It will bo necessary for each com pany to so keep its accounts during tho continuance of government con trol that Its books mny bo closed on the day government control ends In order that a full and accurate state ment may bo promptly made when It Is" called on for same." 85 DEAD; 48 HURT IN BLAST Car Loaded With Powder, Attached to Train Carrying Miners In Penn sylvania, Blows Up. Wllkesbarro, Pa., Juno 7. Eighty fivo miners were killed and forty eight were injured on Thursday ,nt the Daltimoro No. 2 tunnel of tho Dela ware & Hudson Coal company, near here. Tho nccident happened shortly before seven o'clock, whllo tho men were being tnken to their plnces of employment. A train of empty cars was provided to convey them down by an electric motor, with John McGonr ty driving. Into theso cars tho 100 workmen were crowded nnd near the rear of the train wns a car of black powder. When 200 feet in the tunnel tho electric trolley wlro fell. Sparks from It Ignited tho powder nnd the explosion that followed blew tho men In all directions. More men died from flnmes and suffocation than from tho explosion. Within an hour and n half after wards most of tho injured hnd been removed. Tho dead were brought to tho surface and placed In tlcra along tho green. Explorers Believed Lost. San Diego, Cnl., Juno 0. Los An geles, nnd northern California scien tists, members of un exploring party, aro believed to havo lost their lives In n big storm off tho Lower California coast on May 15. To Repeal Daylight Act. Washington, Juno 0. Favorablo re port on tho bill torepcnl tho daylight saving law on tho lust Sundny Ui Octo ber was voted by tho houso interstate comtneco commltteo. Tho voto of tho committee was 10 to 8. WILLIAM E. ALLEN William IS. Allen, formerly United Stntcs attorney nt Dallas, Tex., has been nametl ns temporary successor to A. Uruco Blclnpkl, formor chief of tho hurcnu of investigation, depart ment of Justice. Tho bureau Is now devoting most of Its attention to bol shevlkl, I. w. W. and other disturbers of domestic harmony. It may have chnrgo nlso of enforcing tho national prohibition law. SUFFRAGE WINS OUT SENATE PASSES HOUSE RESOLU TION BY VOTE OF 56 TO 25. Proposed Constitutional Amendment Now Goes to States for Rati fication. Washington, Juno 0. Tho houso woman suffrage resolution was adopt ed on Wednesday by tho scnuto nnd tho proposed constitutional amend ment now goes to tho states for ratifi cation. Tho voto wns 50 for adoption and 25 against, or two more than two thirds majority required. Tho amendment wns supported by 30 Republicans nnd 20 Democrats nnd opposed by 17 Democrats and 8 Re publicans. It received two more votes' than wer6 needed to mnko tho requis ite two-thirds. Tho suffrage amendment text fol lows : "Article 1, Section 1. Tho right ot citizens of tho United States'' to vote shall not bo denied or abridged by tho United States or by any state on no count of sex. "Sec. 2. Congress shall hnvo pow cr, by appropriate legislation, to en forco tho provisions of this article." It was exactly 5 :25 p. m. when Pros ldent Pro-tem Cummins, from tho chair, made the announcement to tho expectant crowds in tho galleries who lmd sat through a tenso nil-day debate waiting for tho final voto to be taken. "Thlsresolutlon hns received the nf firmntlvo votes of more than two thirds of tho senate, a quorum being present, nnd is declnred to hnvo passed tho sennte In nccordnnco with tho Con stitution of the United States." PLAN TO CUT WAR BILL ; War Department Estimates to Be Re ' duced by House Body Bills Pro hlblt Immigration for 5 Years. Washington, Juno 0. Wnr depart ! mcnt estimates for the coming year i will be reduced nt lenst $400,000,00 by tho house military committee. Pro I vision will be Included In tho bill for nn nrmy of .100,000, Instead of G00.000, requested by tho department. This reduction, members declared, would re duce tho total estimate of $1,203,000, ik)0 by 20 per cent. Hills prohibiting , Immigration for five yenrs nnd placing moro rigid restrictions upon aliens en 1 torlng tills country woro Introduced In the sennte. One measuro by Senator King (Dem.) of Utah would cxcludo alien anarchists and others who be lieve In tho overthrow of governments through force. FIRST YANKS QUIT RUSSIA Six Companies of 339th Infantry, Ag gregatlng 1,600 Men, Constitute Force to Leave Archangel, Archangel, Russia, Juno 0. A con tingent of Amerlcnn Infantry which has been serving In northern Russia boarded n transport for tho Journey to tho United Stntes. Theso nro tho first Amerlcnn troops detnllcd to sail for home. Tho detachment will go to Brest. Six copipnnfes of tho Three Hun dred and Thirty-ninth infantry, ag gregating 1,000 men, or approximate ly one-third of tho American forco on tho Arclumgel front, constltuto tho first detachment to leave. Yanks Refuse to Aid Foe. Pnrls, Juno 0. American officers at Coblcnz, It beenmo known hero, have refused to display posters advertising tho Rhenish republic sent them by French officers. Tho Americans re ceived tho posters from tho French, $32,400 for Ocean Flight. Lisbon, Juno 0. Tho Portuguese government Issued n decrco establish lng n prlzo of 80 contos (nt normal ox change approximately $32,400) for tho Portuguese or Brazilian aviator who flies from Portugal to Brazil, g FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THIS MAJESTIC STATE Reports of Interesting Happenings Throughout Nebraska Condensed to a Few Lines for Quick Perusal. Allen Vincent Grnmmcr, who was sentenced to die In tho electric chnlr nt the state penitentiary at Lincoln, June 0 for his alleged part in tho mur. dor of his mothor-ln-lnw, Mrs. Lulu Vogt, near St. Paul, July fi, 1017, was granted a ro-honrlng by tho supremo court of Nebraska as the result of n confession by Alson B. Cole, also un der death sentence for the murder, In which ho exonerated Grammcr. A Ford automobile mot its Wntorloo nt Omaha tho other day when a big DO-horso power nlrplnne crashed Into it while mnklng n landing on tho Ak-Sar-Bon lljing field. Tho lllvvor was demolished nnd tho plnno, nftor hnv Sag1 u damaged wing ropulroil, con tinued on Its way to Denver. No ono wns injured in tho smashup. Tho Nebraska Stato Asoclatlon of Commercial clubs chose N. T. Gndd of Broken Bow for Its futuro president for tho coming year nt tho recent con vention In tho Custer county me tropolis. Tho convention wns one of jtho best in the history of the associa tion, urnna lsianu is to do me scene of tho next gathering. It is said that petitions containing about 5,000 names hnvo been received at tho office of tho promotion commlt teo nt Lincoln which hns In charge tho' Invoking of the referendum on tho code bill In order to keep It from being given u trial. It will require 23,000 mimes to hold up.thc bill. Attorneys for Morris Kntelman, Omaha business man, convicted nnd sentenced to prison for a term of from ono to seven years by the district court of Douglas county for alleged complicity in nutomobllo stealing hnvo nsked the supreme cohrt to review tho case. Catholics of Cedar Rapids dedicated tho new St. Anthony's church with n ceremony attended by tho greatest throng of people ever ussombled In tho city before at ono time. Tho now odlflco is ono of tho finest in tho stnto. Omaha is Included in tho route of n great continental airline to carry passengers nnd express, according to plans of Akron (O.) promoters, who hopo to have big dirigibles In operation within n yenr. People of RIchnrdson county nro de termined to havo a new court houso at Falls City to replace tho ono destroyed by,flro recently. A special election to voto bonds for tho project will bo hold before long. Lincoln proposes to do moro paving this year than ever before In a slnglo season. Ono proposed district In tho north part of tho city will make nonr ly two miles of newly paved streets. But ono ibid was submitted for tho Ames-Fremont concroto road of six miles, tho estimated cost being $107, 000. Tho contract Is to bo lot tho lost of June. Stato Treasurer Crosby reports that tho balance In tho state's strong boxatv the end of May totnllcd $2,008,510.81, ns compared with $1,800,010.04, tho end of tho previous month. A change of first degrco murder hns been filed ngalnst Mrs. Minnie Owens of Hastings who Is sold to have con fessed to tho murder of her 3-months-old bnby with n butcher knlfo. A trans-continental flight from Now York to tho Pacific coast Is to bo made with only ono stop, nnd that to bo made nt North Platte by an army nirplane. Rev. Samuel E. Tnft, who has filled the pulpit of tho M. K. church at Tnblo Rock for nearly tnrco years, lias ac cepted n call to n Metjiodlst church near Spokane, Wash. Work Is expected to begin soon on tho laying of 10 blocks of paving at West Point. The toul cost of the Im provement will bo approximately $125,000. A movement Is on foot at Lincoln to nnnox four suburbs to tho Capital. The first nttempt to make a Greater Lincoln by legislative action, failed. Rallronds In many uistrlcts of east crn Nebraska suffered heavy daniogo to tholr rondbeds ns tho result of the heavy rains of tho past weoTc. A contract has been closed whereby nn nrmy nvlator will give an oxhlbl tion flight at Odell tho last day of tho chnutauqua, Juno 20. Contracts havo iboen let nnd work Is well under way on the now municipal lighting plant which Is bolng Installed at Hold rege. Work has begun on $1-10,000 worth of paving nnd storm sower construe tion at Geneva. Ono of the largest land deals In tho history of western Nebraska tran spired last week when tho George R Richardson's "X-L" ranch of 14.G00 ncres, part In Gnrdcn and part in Morrill counties, situated near Llsco, wns sold for moro than $200,000. Tho heavy rains and high winds of tho past week caused thousands of dol lars' dumngo to crops In eastern Ne braska, Wheat was levclod to tho ground by tho high winds In many sections. Corn on tho Ivottom hind In many cases was washed away. Tho hay outlook in Nobraska, ac cording to the stato agricultural de partment, promises 0,000,000 tons, as against n December estimate of half that amount. Lincoln citizens will now receive something llko $100,000 In robnto charges for gas ns tho rosult of the United Statos supreme courts decree dismissing tho injunction proceedings brought by tho Lincoln Gns and Eloe trie Light Company, restraining tho enforcement of a city ordlnnnco re duclng tho price of gas from $1.20 to $1, enacted twelve years ago. Softening of tho rontl-bed by hcavj rnlna wns tho reason glvou for tho wreck of tho Burlington troop trnl'i near Ashland by rnllrond officials. It , Is considered very rcmnrknblo that none of the more thnn 200 soldiers who woro asleep In tho fivo coachos which rolled down the ten-foot em bankment and Into Snlt Crock, Were not killed. A good many of tho sol diers, who were mostly from Cull- fornln, lost nil their personal belong ings. Tho Fromont Commercial club has raised- the $75,000 It pledged toward tho cxponso of moving Midland collcgo to Fremont from Atchls n, Kan., nnd the establishment of a Lutheran1 uni versity nenr the city. This announce ment was followed by a report frpm Atchison that tho board of tho collcgo had voted to remove tho institution to Fromont July 15. The stnto engineering department at Incoln collected $71,802 for nutomo bllo llconsos during the month of April, tho first month tho now stnto law has boon In effect. Fifteen counties turn ed in more thnn $1,000. Douglas county turned In $0,820; Lancaster, $3,502; Knox, $2,05, nnd Custer, $2,357. Ninety-eight dentnl students, who confessed to reading tho test ques tions before they began to tnko tho ex amination under tho state dental board at Lincoln recently, will bo giv en another opportunity to tako tho ex amination somo tlmo next month, ac cording to nctlon tnkon by tho. board. Nebraska's two United States sen- ntors cast their voto when tho upper branch of congress finally sanctioned tho Susan B. Anthony suffrage amend ment to tho federal constitution, Sen ator Norris voting for tho measure and Hitchcock against it Frank Green of Lincoln was mndo first president of Uio Frntomal Order of Elks of Nebraska at tho annual convention of tho association nt York. Other olllccrs woro chosen for tho en suing year and Alliance was selected for tho 1020 meotlng. A well known Minnesota man Is In Lincoln making preparations, It Is snld, to establish a nonpartisan lcaguo farm paper In the Capital City with n circulation nmong tho 20,000member ho clnlms tho lcaguo has throughout tho state. Governor McKelvlo has Intimated that ho would not hcsltato to call tho legislature In extra session to net on tho suffrage amendment If It becomes necessary to havo Nebraska's voto to complcto Uio ratification of tho act Congressman Evans, of Nebraska, has Introduced bills in congress au thorizing tho war department to do nate captured, German cannon to tho cities of Fromont, Columbus nnd Nor folk In his district Moro thnn 2,000 women hnvo regis tered In Douglas county and Uioy aro expected to tako a prominent part In the spoclnl election to bo held Juno 24 to voto $3,000,000 In bonds for; road building. i Tho Methodist church nt Randolph not only "wont over tho top" In tho recent missionary centenary drive but raised n fund sufficient to build n flno parsonage anil equip tho pastor with a motor car. According to A. O. Andrews, govern ment crop ngent stationed at Lincoln, orange leaf rust, unusually prevalent In Nebraska, mny reduce production of tho state's wintor whent crop. A contract has been lot for tho building of tho Blnlr-Onkland htghway. Tho project, which will cost about $00,- 000, comprises 34.8 miles and passes through Tckamnh and Crnlg. Tho Yoiik Commercial club has de cided to pavo twenty-four miles of roads In the county, six miles in each direction of York, tho city to guarau tco $1,000 per mllo paved. Tho state engineer's office at Lincoln lot a contract for tho construction of the thirty-seven miles of public high way between Lincoln and Beatrice to cost about $05,000. Theodore Frelerlck Barnes of Mc- Cook, a discharged soldlor, has boon appointed to the West Point Military academy by Congressman Andrews of tho Fifth district. Washington reports sny that tho government Intends to havo a big war oxhlblt at tho Nebraska homo-coming at Lincoln tho wcok of Juno 15 to 20. Two Nobraska congressman, f Jef- ferls and Reovls, aro members of a commltteo appointed to investigate ex penditures of tho Wnr department Tho Fremont cantoon served 7,000 men during tho month of May, ac cording to tho report of Miss Maud May, commandant Tho fourteenth nnnual convention of tho Nobraska Fraternal Order of Eaglos will bo held at South Omaha Juno 10 and 17. Rev. D. M. orr of Wakefield has ac ceptcd n call from tho Presbyterian church of Aurora and will assume tho pastorate July 1, Rov. J. H. Sals bury hnvlng resigned to engago per manently In tho now era movement of his church. Congressman Joffrles of Nebraska has Introduced n bill In cdngross to repeal the daylight saving law, In re sponso to a number of requests from farming communities, whore It Is said tho present schedulo of tlmo Is a ser ious handicap to farm work. Moro than 20,000 ncros of Gago county Innd has been leased by tih Holdrcgo-Red Cloud Oil company for Uio purposo of prospecting for oil. Ac tual drilling Is expected to stark be foro long. Wnhoo Is planning many Improve ments Oils yoar, tho program begin ning with tho pavement of forty blocks In tho business and rosldenco portions of tho city of which one-hnlf will bo on tho famous Cornhuslcer highway and which is now bolng grad ed through Snunders county by tho federal nnd state aid projects.