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THE SEMI 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. Governor McKclvIe has received netted from Socrotury of the Navy Dnnlols that tlicro nro l,:ill liiomorlnl toblcts nt the Washington navy ynrd, made from molnl recovered from the wreck of tho battleship Maine In Ilnvnna liarbor. Those eligible to pur cliaso thotn tiro municipalities, military or naval associations or Focletlcs nnd former ofllcors of the Maine or tlielr hairs. They cost $5 each. Cattle feeders of tho stato nro urged by tho state veterinarian to Invest! gnt,o sanitary conditions on their prem ises In order to prevent tho spread of beef or tapeworm cysts In cattle. Dur ing the past six months, It Is stated, nix shipments of cattlo from various sections of tho state have boon made to South Omaha, which wore found to be affected by tho tapeworm. Uotwoon GO nnd GO auto loads of Hutler county Hoys' nnd Girls' club niombers were guests of tho' University State Farm near Lincoln during the past week. They were In chnrgo of Everett T. Winter, club leader for But ler county. Thoro wore 250 youngsters In tho party. , Complaint has been mndo to the county attorney nt Aurora that a pri vate school has been organized on tho York-Hamilton county lino, Just north of Henderson, for Instruction In Ger man, contrary to tli6 provisions of tho new stato law passed by tho last leg islature. The Bult brought by the Rock Island railroad to enjoin tho putting Into ef fect of tho 2-cent passenger rate over that rond has been dismissed at the cost of tho plaintiff In tho case, by John F. 'Stout of Omaha, appointed by the federal ns special master In the suits. Governor McKclvIe In n proclama tion asks Nebraskans to celebrate a "sufe-and-suno" Fourth of July this year, llo suggests tho observance of tho dny in celebration of "word-wldo victory for everlasting pcaco nnd Justice." A contract has been lot by Sownrd, York nnd Hamilton counties for tho grading of tho S. Y. A. rond from Seward to Aurora at a cost of $107, 541.12, there being forty-nlno miles of road to bo graded In tho three counties. It Is estimated thut over 4,000 per sons from over the stnto attended tho Nebraska Stock , Growers convention nt Gordon. Tho meeting was by far tho most Interesting nnd successful ever held by tho association. Ten thousand of tho 20,000 transient harvest hands migrating to Nebraska thtk month will bo I. W. W., said W. Sowerby, organizer, arrested with eight cpmpuulonu "riding tho rods" through Lincoln. Tho seventy-thrco Nebraska chap tors, P. 10. O., bought $1,112,020 In lib erty bonds and gave $38,727 for unit ed war work, It was shown at tho stato convention of tho lodgo at Lincoln. People of Ognllnlu aro quite Jubilant over tho announcement that tho city post office Is to bo housed In new quarters. It Is likely a now building will he erected for tho purpose ( Tho gdod ronds club of Bordeaux, Dawes county, has tho pledgo of Its members for SS00.00 In money nnd 125 days' work for Improving highways of the district. A stock company with n capital of $20,000 has been organized at Lyons for tho erection and maintenance of a hospital. Hulhllng operations will ho gin at once. An effort Is being mndo In Dodge county to stamp out the army worm pest In nlfalfa Iloliht by (ho uso of poison for which prescriptions hnvo been furnished the fanners. Mrs. Otto Klarr, of Grand Island, was killed and eight others were In Jural, when a Burlington train crush- 'ed Into an automobile In which they wore riding near Cairo. Tho Knox County Hottor Live Stock association has decided to make Bloomllold tho permanent location for the association's, annual stock show nnd agricultural fair. A tinny ncrc tract or land nenr Stanton, used entirely for agricultural purposes and with only nvorngo Im provements, was sold recently for 100 an acre. Dawes County Development Associa tion has decided to spend $1500 adver tising tho resources of tho county. Sovernl townships In Cuming county are agitating the question of establish Ing tnwnahlp high schools. Tho North Plntte central, labor union has leased tho Knights of PythhtB hall for ftvo years and will uso It ns a labor temple. All local unions nnd labor organizations will meet there until tho erection of a now leninie. As u result of tho condemnation of tho old school building at nine Springs by tho state tiro warden, tho board of education has culled a special elec tion to bo held July 1 to voto bonds In tho sum of $50,000 to bo used in tho erection of n now building. Paul T. Barnes n native of Sioux county, wur lined extremely henvy tho other dny for killing two antelopes In lils home county. Tho farmers of DeWItt vicinity re- port that the wheat Is being damaged by rust from tho oxcesslvo ruins, nnd n considerable amount of corn will have to be Toplnntcd. Lincoln county farm lnnd Is cluing Ing hands' now-n-days for prices rang Ing nil the way from $150 to $175 and in sotno cases $200 qn acre. Not many years ngo land In the county could bo had almost for thu asking. Three members o tho family of C. F. Green of Aurora were Instantly ) killed and two others were seriously Injured when nn automobile in which they were riding collided with a U. P. passenger train near Kearney. The re. mnrhablo fact of tho accident Is thnt the auto crashed, Into the fast moviis train. Mrs. Green nnd two children, ago 9 nnd 12, were killed, while Mr Green and a daughter were hurt. It ! supposed Green lost control of his car To Representative McLaughlin ol the Fourth Nebraska district goes ton sldorablo credit for the repeul of the daylight law by congress. He showed that more than 0,000,000 farmers nro opposed to tho practice. The action ol tho senate and house provides thnt the law will cease to operate after the Inst Sunday In October. Announcement has been made that the Stato University will hold a series of four weeks' courses In the study of automobile, tractor and trucks begin ning September 28. New classes will bo opoucd each Monday to enable anyone who wishes to take up thu work. Despite tho fact that a number of central Nebraskn counties have re ceived unusual heavy soaklngs this year, In some places nearly ten Inches of rain having fallen since April first, ronds are In fairly gootr shape nnd streams arc swollen but little. Nebraskn architects will plan tho new $5,000,000 capitol building, to be constructed nt Lincoln, Governor Mc KclvIe stated after a recent meeting of tho now stato capitol commission. Contracts may bo let within six months, ho snld. Over .18,000 of the 21,000 signatures necessary to Hold up Governor Mc Kelvlo's i code bill from becoming ipcrntlvo In July nnd for Its submis sion nt an election hnve already been secured, according to leaders In tho movement. The first cantilever bridge to bo con structed In Lnncaster county will span n stream north of Lincoln. It Is to bo lOO.feot long and will cost $10,- 000. No moro cheap bridges are to bo built by the county If present plans aro carried out. Nebraska members of the Grand Army of tho Republic hnve selected tho Burlington as tho lino over which they will travel In going to nnd re turning from tho national encamp ment to bo held In Columbus, 0 Sep tember 7. Flying for pleasure In an airplane Is now possible from Lincoln to points In surrounding territory at a minimum cost of $15 per passenger. Tho servlco was Inaugurated In tho city last week by a student of Uio University of Ne braska. Tho Stato Normnl board has pur chased a .11 aero tract of land near tho Kearney stnto normal for agricul tural purposes nnd has called for specification for tho now .100,00Q dor mitory to bu erected on the campus this summer, Tho first consignment of battle relics picked up at tho front by Addison E. Sheldon, secretary of tho Nebraska Historical society, has arrived at tho soclety'a museum nt tho university at Lincoln. Figures compiled by tho assessors of Kearney county shows that the num ber of state hall Insurance policies carried by farmers In tho county this year Is 817 compared with 285 lu 1018. John Gerdos, weulthy retired farmer of Bentrlcc, lined $1,000 under tho stnto sedition Inw for alleged pro-German utterances, has appealed to tho state supremo court. Contract has been let for' n new hospital building nt Alnswovth to cost about $2:1,000. It will hnvo twelvo rooms nnd two wards and .will bo mod ern In every detail, Sidney's new public school building, work on which will commence In u few days,' Is expected to bo ready for uso when school opens In September. Lincoln voters nro to pass upon a $2,1100,000 bond proposition nt n special election for tho purposo of construct ing several now school buildings. Tho Humboldt band Is nldlng a com mittee of boosters lu their campaign for tho removal of tho county seat from Falls City to Humboldt. 4 Muny complnhitB nro reaching Coun ty Agent R. II. Watson at Wnhoo con cerning ravages of tho alfalfa worm In fields of corn nnd potatoes. A contract has been let for paving live nnd u quarter miles of Lincoln streets, the largest project of the kind In tho history of tho city. Tho new St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran OhurOh Just completed nt Sidney was dedicated last Sunday with appropriate ceremony. Business men of Ulysses hnvo con trlbuted $500 to tho support of tho local baseball dub and a fast team Is assured. A movement Is on foot nt West Point to organize a branch of tho American Legion. Tho highest prtco ever paid for lnnd In Cednr, county was Involved In tho snlo of 40 acres near tho edge of Laurel, $475 per aero being realized for tho tract. In tho courso of one week's tlmo the price of hogs at tho South Omaha market Increased an even dollnr, reach Ing $21 per hundred, and consequent ly all provlous high records were shat tered. Rev. Dr. Ernest V. Shayler of Seat tie, Wash., hns accepted tho call to tho Episcopal diocese of Nebraska to succeed Bishop Williams who died recently. Louis I). Gibson, Custer county sol dier, who was sentenced to two years In a military prison in France for be ing found nslcep on duty after five days' constant service In the front lines, and who vns pardoned and given an honorable dlschargo by tho government, was accorded a tre mendous welcome when ho returned to his homo and friends at Anslcy. 1 Group of striking femnle employees of tho Western Union Telegraph company In New York city. 2 Armed civilians arresting Red Guard soldiers In Munich, Bavaria, when the soviet forces were driven out. S Lieut. George Horowitz of Pussalc, N. J., the high-honor mnn of the 1010 class Just graduated from tho United Slates Military academy. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Uncertain Attitude of Germany Toward the Peace Treaty Up to Friday, June 20.' SCHE1DEMANN CABINET OUT Foch Ready for Invasion From Three 8lde8 Turks Ask That Their Coun try Be Left Intact Americans Cross Mexican Border and Punish the Vllllstas. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. "Wo had better sign the trenty and have done with It. But whether we sign It or not, tho worst Is yet to :ome; nnd wo refuse to cheer up." Thnt was apparently the attitude 3f tho greater part of the German poo plo on Frdny, June 20, when this re view wns written. However, nt that time It was Impossible to forecast the action that would be taken by tho Gcr mnn government, nnd tho news col amns will tell whether tho treaty wns signed or rojectcd, by Monday, June 2.1, nt 0:40 p. in., Paris time, when tho. tlmo limit given tho Gcrmnns expired. Friday morning came the news thut tho Schcldemnnn cabinet hnd fallen and thnt Gustav Noske, minister of de fense, wns to become head of the new government. This wns taken to menn that tho treaty would be signed, as Scheldemnnn hnd been tho chief op ponent of such a course. It was be lieved that th6 rule of Noske would amount to n dlstatorshlp. Another story wns that BcrnstorfC would suc ceed Brockdorff-Rnntznu as head of tho commission. Disappointed, dismnyed nnd thor oughly angered by tho flnnl refusal of tho allies to nmeliornto to any marked pxtent tho terms Imposed on them, the Germans raged lmpotcntly ngnlnst their fnte. Count von Brockdorff Itantznu nnd his collengues on the pence commission united In advising the cabinet to refuso to sign the treaty, tho cabinet to refuse to sign tho treaty. In the national assembly at Wei mar, where the treaty wos to bo con sidered, the majority socialists, It was believed, would vote for signing, nnd It was believed tho Catholic center and Independent soclnllst parties olso would finally ngree to accept the terms. Throughout the former empire sentiment wns diverse. The south ern states, which would suffer most from Invasion, were in favor of yield Ing, while the northern provinces, es peclnlly East Prussia, were strongly opposed to such n course. Naturally, the old pan-German element wns lilt lorly against the trenty, but that ele ment no longer rules In Germany. Meanwhile, the nllled nations, tuk Ing no chances, made every prepnra lion for Immediate action In case of rejection of the treaty. They had Git many encircled by n ring of guns nnd bayonets nnd were ready to invnilo from three sides, while on the north the guns of their fleets would enforce a ronewed blockade by sen. Before the week ended the British grand licet was on u war footing. The Immense dirigible R-31, which wns about to start across the Atlantic, wns made ready to sail for the Baltic, and her companion, H-33, set out on a cruise that wns to lncludo tho Kiel canal. Lnnd oporatlons, carefully planned by Marshal Foch nnd his collengues called for swift advance by the Bel glan nnd British "forces through Essen and the Ruhr district toMho fortress of Mlndcn; by the Amerlcnns up tho valley of tho Mnln to tho Bohemian border, cutting Germany In two; by the French totthe fortress of Ulm and then to Nordllngen. outflanking th strong Bhoen mountnln defenses. At the same time, according to the plan the Czccho-Slovnks would attack from tho south nnd the Poles from the east nnd It Is believed the great Industrial district of Silesia would thus be occu pled. The nllled command estimated the available Gorman forces nt not more thnn half a million, and the lnrger part of those arc concentrated In the east where preparations had been made for warfare with the Poles. Also, the Germans aro notoriously weak In tho mntter of railway and motor truck transport and have few alrplnnes left. It did not seem that they could pos sibly make any powerful nnd pro longed resistance to an Invasion, but Murshal Foch planned his operations to meet the maximum strength the enemy might summon. Tho resignation of Premier Orlando of Italy and his cabinet, It was feared, might have an embarrassing effect on the pence negotiations, ns Orlando wns a member of the council of four. Or lando had addressed the chamber of deputies In defense of the peace treaty and called for a vote of confi dence, which wns refused through the efforts of the socialists. The king re served decision ns to acceptance of the resignation. Tho German peace envoys hnd au unpleasant time Inst week. On their departure from Versailles' with the flnnl draft of the treaty they were as sailed by a mob and several of them were Injured by thrown stones nn un fortunate occurrence for which the French authorities made ample apology. No sooner hnd the envoys reached Weimar than some -sixty Spnr tnenn prisoners, released from the jail there, nttneked tho castle where the members of tho government live. It wns tnelr intention, apparently, to seize Ebert, Scheldeniunn nnd Noske, but they made so much' noise that tho surprise nssault failed and tho troops drove off tho Spnrtncnns. The Ger mans considered this occurrence more Important than it appeared to be on tho surface. The Turkish pence mission wns re celved informally by tho council of ten nt the Qua! d'Orsny and Its mem hers set forth tho Turkish situation They nsserted Turkey wns forced into tho wnr by the Young Turks, tho for mer German emperor nnd Russia's de sire to grab Constantinople nnd that the Turkish people were not responsl bio for it. Tho grand vizier pleaded for the preservation of Turkey Intact and the withdrawal of Greek troops from Smyrna, saying thnt course nlono could Insure peace among HOO.OOO.OOO Mohnmmednns throughout the world The council gave no Intimation of Its Intentions, but It hns been generally ad mitted that the empire of the sultiin Is to be dismembered. Chancellor Renner submitted to the allied delegates ids detailed objections to tho tonus imposed on Austria, pro testing especially ngnlnst the alleged "Injustice which menaces 4,500,000 Gcrmnn Austiiuns," nnd against the setting up of a number of new states In- Europe which he says .will create nnother hotbed of war such ns tho Bal kans hnve been. There wns some Improvement In the bolshevlkl situation nnd consequently less apprehension on the part of the peace conference. , A nntlonnl con gress of Hungarian Soviets, over which Bela Kun presided, appealed to the French proletariat to aid Hungary und Russia in their "revolution for lib erty." The progress of the Hungarian communist troops against the Czechs nnd Roumanians was checked, and tho reports from Russln contnlncd no nlurmlng nows. The Wldte Guards that are moving on Petrogrnd succeed ed in destroying nn important fort ncross the bny from Kronstadt, and ngutn It was reported thnt the bolshe vik! were preparing to evacuate Petro grnd. , Senator Knox's resolution designed to separate the penco treuty from the League, of Nations covenant was the subject of hot debnto ill the senate, Mr, Knox himself lending tho way In u speech thnt was forceful. and Impres slve, whatever ono may think of the correctness of his views. He attacked the covenant ns "destructive of human progress and liberty," citing ospeclall "tho pernicious provisions embodied In article 10 which nre designed to fix through nil time and merit Is mude of this purpose of the provision the boundaries set up by the treaty of peace." Senator McCuniber of North Dakota Republican, nbly led the defenders of the league and bitterly criticized his pnrty colleagues for conducting what he characterized as a campaign of mis reprosecution and distortion. He ad mitted the covenant Is not perfect, but Igorously denied that It discriminates against us or imposes on us any obll- gntlon or burden tlmt Is not equally borne by every othef nation. It was predicted In Washington that the Knox resolution would bo defeated but. that It would receive enough votes to show that the treaty and covenant together could not be ratified by the senate. President Wilson's announced plnn of making a spenklng tour In sup port of the league Is not approved by muny of the Democratic leaders, who say that ho will thus give tho Repub licans an opportunity to mnko the eague an Issue before the people. But Mr. Wilson, ns well as a great many other very well posted persons, be lieves firmly that a vast majority of the American people want the lenguo covenant ratified so ho does not fear nn appeal to them on thut issue. Onco ngnln American troops have been sent across tho Mexican border because of the nctlon of the Vllllstns, and this time tho latter were quickly attacked nnd ns quickly put to flight. The rebels hnd Invested Juarez and, us on former occasions, some of theli bullets landed in El Paso, Tex. Sev eral Americans were killed and wound' ed nnd our soldiers got Into notion ln stnutly. After the artillery hnd rained shrapnel on the Villa forces tho lnfnm try rushed ncross the International brIUge nnd drove them from their, trenches, nnd tho cavalry pursued them for several miles. The Moxlcnn authorities wore assured that this was not to bo taken us an Invasion, und In deed tho Americans returned to their own side of the river within n few hours. At first President Carranzn, through his special envoy at Washing ton, protested against the nctlon, but next dny the Mexican government an nounced thnt It considered the Incident closed. Whether Pnncho Villa also would so consider it wns another mat tor. All along the border there wns fear les.t he attempt reprlsnl and Amerlcnn troops were hurriedly placed at the points that were considered threatened. . Of course the senate took a whack at this affair and tho opponents of the administration severely criticized for its general Mexican policy, which Senator Fall asserted, was to support the weak Carranzn government with out protecting the lives and property of Americans nnd other foreigners In Mexico. Tho week opened with the great news of the successful nonstop lllght ncross the Atlantic by Captain Alcock nnd Lieutenant Brown In tho VIckcrs VImy bombing plane. It wns a won dcrful achievement nnd nil the world joined In praise of the courage and skill of the hold aviators. Most of the way from Newfoundland to Irelnnd they Hew through fog nnd drizzle, ye: they made tho 1,000 "land miles In the remnrknble time of 10 hours nnd 12 minutes. , Despite the big demonstration by tho American Federation of Labor, con gress will not sanction n modification of the wnrtimo prohibition lnw to per mlt the manufacture and side of heer nnd light wines from July 1 until nn tlonal prohibition goes Into effect next January. This was made certain when the sennto by n vote of 55 to 11 killed n rider to this effect which Senator Phclnn wnntcd to nttnch to the agrl cultural appropriation bill. Action by President Wilson Is the only remaining hope of the wets nnd It Is slender. Tho A. F. of L. busied Itself with several big matters last week. For In stance, It butted Into the Irish muddl with a resolution favoring the "Freo Irish," nnd It also swatted the radical elements within Itself by refusing to adopt n resolution for the lnltlutlv and referendum within the ranks of organized labor and defeating another resolution for tho recognition of soviet Russia. Also It rejected tho proposed general strike on July 4 in bchnlf of Tom Mooney. Then Postmnster Gen ernl Burleson cuine up for discussion nnd ns the poor mnn had nn friend 1 tho convention a resolution wns adopt ed asking the president to remove him because of his "lnbor policy." FLEET GERMAN SHIPS INTERNED BY AL LIES DESTROYED BY CREW. OWN WIPED OUT BY TORNADO Fergus Falls, Minn., In Path of Twist er. Hundreds Killed and Large Number Injured. t London, Juno 24. Tho Gorman of: fleers and sailors forming the compli ments of the German ships interned at Scnpa Flow sank most of their lleet lust Saturday. All the big ships, the battleships and bnttlo cruisers, except ing tho Baden, und numerous smnller raft, were sunk, while others wont ashore In n half sunken condition. Eighteen destroyers were beached by tugs; four still nro ullont, while the onialnder went under. Tho wholesale sinking of tho Ger man ships, which were surrendered un der the terms of the nrmlstlce, was nrefully arranged by olllcers and. rows. All explosives had been re moved und therefore tho only means, of destroying tho lleet wns by opening tno seacocks. Tiio snips went uown. slowly, with the Gcrmnn flag, which the crews had hoisted, showing at tho mast heads. The crews, composed entirely of Germuns, under tho terms of tho armistice, which did not permit of British guards nbonrd, took to tho boats when tho vessels began to settle. While making for tho shore tho boats were challenged and called, upon to surrender. Some of them Ig nored the summons and were fired upon, a few casualties resulting. The admiralty at first denied the re port hut Inter confirmed It nnd Issued nn olllclnl statement. The German of ficers and crews hayo been made prisoners. None of tho olllcinls would offer an opinion ns to how they are to bo dealt with. Torando Wipes Out Town. St Paul, Minn., Juno 24. Between. three and four hundred persons lost their lives ns the result of a tornado that literally destroyed n greater por tion of Fergus Falls, Minn., Sunday evening, according to first reports of tho disaster received here. Many score were Injured, some seriously. Tho storm struck tho city nbout T o'clock, destroying among other build ings, the Grand hotel, In which, It Is believed seventy-five persons were trapped when tho structure collapsed. , Seven hundred houses nnd other buildings were destroyed by the storm or by n flro which followed. A Grent Northern passenger train was blown from the track about six miles west of Fergus Falls, but early reports said only ono passenger wns Injured. Brnlnerd, Minn., residents snw the storm sweeping in n northensterly di rection, passing over several towns after Its destruction at Fergus Falls but no other towns In that vicinity' reported serious damage. For the past few days several sec tions of the stato hnve reported se vere electrical ahtl rainstorms, nnd the upper Minnesota river valley was vis ited by a llood which caused half a pillion dollars' damage to towns, along the river. Sanctions New Hun Cabinet Berlin, June 23. Following the voto of tho national assembly Sunday to sign the peaqe treaty, a vote of confidence wns given the new Hon Bauer ministry. On tho question of signing tho treaty OS members ab stained from voting Other mamberfv of the new Germnn cabinet which was organized nfter tho fall of the Schledemnn ministry are: Minister of Finance and Vice Pre niler Muthias Erzberger. "Minister of Economics Herr Wis sell. . Minister of Lnbor Herr Schlicke. Minister of tho Treasury Herr Meyer. Minister of Post nnd Telegraphs Herr Gichcrts. Chief of tho Colonlul Ofllce Dr Bell. , Minister of Nntlonal Defense Gustitv Noske. Minister of Food Dr. Schmidt. No appointment hns been made to the ministry of Justice Herr Meyer, the new head of the treasury depart ment, Is a natlvo of Kautbeuren, Ba varia. Winnipeg Under Martial Law Winnipeg, June 24 Winnipeg, striko torn since Mny 15, Is under mnrtlnl' lnw. After lighting between thousands, of strikers nnd the city nnd provincial police, In which one man wns killed, another Injured, probably fatally, and moro thnn a score hurt, Mayor Charles F. Gray formally turned over the city to the protection of federal mllltary forccs. Abandon Plan to Vote on League. Washington, June 24. Sennto lead ers opposing tho lenguo of nations abandoned their plan to try for n test voto In tho Immediate future on the Knox resolution nnd turned their ut tentlon to crystnllztng sentiment be hind Kllhu Root's proposal that the league covenant bo ratified with re servations. The decision wns taken us n forecast that tho league tight would remain In a quiescent state during tho present week and probably until the trenty Is submitted for rntlfU-ntlon about two weeks hence. KIT IS