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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1920)
THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF Timely News Gulled From All Parts of tho State, Reduced for the Busy. SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED It Is announced Mint nny American Legion post In Nebraska rim now linve n women's auxiliary. State Comman der Karl Cllno In making this an nouncement stated that anyone desir ing to organize mi auxiliary should oh tain blanks from our state headquar ters at Lincoln. .Membership will he limited to mothers, wives, daughters nnd sisters of members of the Legion, and mothers, wives, daughters and sis ters of men ami women who were In the service during the war. Reports from Lincoln Indicate that the closing of the Farmers" Slate haul; of rialsey by the state Hanking bureau gives promise of disclosing soinc high financing, particularly for a country bank, and possibly some connection with Ihc .Scanillnavlnii-Aiiierlcaii Hank of Fargo, N. L., which bus been- the source of bitter content Ions In that state during the past few months. It Is reported at the stnte house nt Lincoln that a prominent member of the Hryan wing of Nebraska democracy has protested to United States Attor ney General Palmer the suggested up polntment by Governor McKelvIe of Itohert W. DeVoe, chairman of the re publican state committee, for fair price administrator of Nebraska. While working about a com sbeller In a sweater at bis homo near Do Witt, Norman Hchunumn, 1(5, was killed when the garment became fastened to a bolt on the fly wheel. He made sev eral revolutions with the wheel and wns thrown violently to the ground. He died before medical aid could reach him. The sudden denth of Supreme Judge Samuel H. Sedgwick nt Lincoln was a shock to Ids many friends or the state. Tho end camo whllo lie wns apparently In tho best of health. For fifteen years ho was Justice of the Nebraska supreme court and was a pioneer law yer of this state. He was 71 years old. Nearly a thousand automobiles, dec orated with Pershing's picture, escorted the A. K. F. commander from the Hur llngton depot to the family home, when he reached Lincoln last Thursday. Tho welcomo given the general to the Cap ital City was tho greatest accorded an international flguro In many years. Neighbors of Weasel Copek, aged hermit, who lived near Ansley, not seeing any signs of llfo around the place, Investigated and found the old man dead and all his stock, a few horses and cattle, frozen to death. Manufacturers nnd merchants In the larger cities of Nebraska were more llbernl with Christmas bonuses to their employes this season than ever before, reports Indicate. Excess profit taxes undoubtedly had some Influence. Governor Samuel McKelvIe has In formed Attorney General Palmer, In answer to nn Inquiry,, tbnt there are twelve I. W. W. In custody In Ne braska, and that they will be prose cuted In duo time. While In Lincoln a few days ago Judge A. L. Sutton of Onialin Indi cated that he was thinking some of again entering the race for governor at the next election on the republican 1 Fire of unknown source destroyed two big business blocks nt Fulls City, causing n loss estimated at $80,000. All Y. W. O. A. belongings, housed In one of the structures, were loNt. Many shipments of live stock are being received at tho South Omaha market In box curs, due, It la said, to the shortage of stock cars. CUfi JlLUuml niecUjig of the Farmers' EdUV-tUlvn and Co-Opcratlvc Union of iW!lui WW i,e t Oninhu Jan tufty lH, it and 15. ; .M.tCook citizens wilt vote on n $lr0, 000 bond proposition January 0 for the purpose of erecting n Junior high school bidldlug, t Tfuiate V. Cnraon, for tUy past eight years superintendent of file Nebraska AntJ-Sitloon Lengue, died lit his home In Lincoln, Tho Hlnto Railway Commission has permitted tho Lincoln Street Car com puhy to Increase Its fares to 7 cents. William Watt sold bis eighty-acre farm north of North Rend the other day for $1175 an acre. A Catholic bazaar nt West Point netted the neat sum of $l,:iOO. Work has begun on the construction of the new $100,000 Keystone hotel nt McCook. A Knnsns City firm lias the contract. J. C. Cook, county Attorney of Dodge county, has sent a vigorous protest to the state attorney general at Lincoln over tho action of the pardon board In approving the release of Tom Calcord, Wlnslow hank robber, from the statu penitentiary. The county attorney says that not a single Dodge county resident was consulted about tho matter, and the people aro highly Incensed over tho affair. Janunry 7 to 0 nro the tlntes set for tho annual meeting of tho county as sessors of Nebraska. Lincoln Ik the lucky city to entertain tho tax ninkers. Delegates from all parts of the state are expected to attend the annual con vention of tho Nebraska Retail Cloth iers' Association at Omaha February 4 and fi. Athletic authorities tit tho University of Nebraska havo already arranged football games with tho following col leges for next year: Washburn, Notre Dame. Penn State, Knnsns Unlveralty and Michigan Agglua. The Nebraska foreign laii;.i: ige law, passed by the last legislature, which prohibits the teaching of any foreign languitge In grade schools, was uphold In a decision handed down by tho state supreme court nt Lincoln. The court held that I he law does not Interfere with religious liberty or right of prop erty, as claimed by a number of Ger man, Polish, ltohemlan nnd Swedish Lutheran churches. Women voters of Nebraska tuny voto for delegates fo the national parly con vention, according to an opinion ren dered by Attorney General Davis, in response to an Inquiry .sent (o his of fice at Lincoln by Mrs. W. K. Hnrkloy, president of the Slate Suffrage asso ciation. The opinion also says t lint women may be candidates for delegate Snows of tho past few weeks havo proven the value of the new graveled roads, there being fewer drifts on tho Fremont-Ceresco road than on tho other roads In vicinities, and also tho fact that the road seemed In lincmiw. passable for both teams and automo biles much more quickly Hum Hie oth er roads. Attorney General Davis has asked the state supreme court to extend the hearing of tho code law referendum case. January 1) had been set for tho hearing. The attorney general says the work In his olllce has been so heavy that they have not been able to pro pare for tho enrly date. Twenty or more organizations, with a combined membership of. ninny thou sands of those who hnve to do with the raising of fnrm products and live stock, will hold their annua! conven tion at Lincoln between January 10 nnd 2-1, the dates set for Organized Agriculture meetings. The Pawnee County Fair association will enter the New Year free of debt. At a meeting of stockholders nt Tablo Hock all the old directors were re elected and the debt which has been carried for seventeen years was wiped out. Alson It. Colo, sentenced to execution for murder, January f), at the stato prison at Lincoln, lost his Inst chanco for a rehearing when the state su preme court turned down bis second motion to reopen the case. The Auburn, N. Y olllclal who Is to officiate at tho electrocution of Colo and Graminer nt the state prison at Lincoln January 0 has notified War den Fenton that he will not be able to be there on that dato. W. E. Weldeburg, Lincoln, member of tho University of Nebraska stock Judging team at the International Live Stock show In Chicago, with a scoro of 881) In a possible 1,000 points, bend ed all contestants. The Nebraska College of Agrlculturo at Lincoln estimates that at least 25,000 farmers of this state will keep an nccurato account of expenditures nnd Income by using the college's farm record books this year. All civic organizations of Hebron united In holding a Community Christ mas. A huge Christmas tree was placed In the center of Mi I tflU'n mill hundreds of children wero treated with candy nnd nuts. General Pershing caused the Roy Scouts of Lincoln to swell with prldo when ho declared iinun Ma nrrivni there tbnt they wero the finest bunch of Scouts bo bad seen anywhere. Rev. N. L. Packard, pastor of tho Congregational church nt Waboo, bna accepted n call to Almn, this stnto, and tendered his resignation to be como effective Murch 1. HendqunrlorR for "Pershing for President" hnve been established nt Lincoln with K. W. Woods at tho bead, surrounded by a corns of clerks nmi secretaries. Success of the Lincoln Wonmn'a club In reduclnir the nrlce of Pirira by the boycott process, may result In a similar enort by women's organiza tions In other cities of Nebraska. Members of the Olllnhn Wnmnn'a dub havo decided to follow Hi lp T.ln. com turners, in puyeouing certain high- nccu roow'iuns. Fire of MnknoWU Origin destroyed two bulldulJis In I lmslness district of W ood Hlvatj Causing a loss estimated nt ?15,000. Price of eggs lms soared ugain at Lincoln n'nd the Woman's club of tho ctty has again boycotted tho com modity. Ex-servlco men of Cedar IJIUffs aro bucking a movement to organlzu n post of tho Amerlcnn Legion, North Ilend'H new nost of ilu Anion. leun Legion started off with a member. ship of thirty. An epidemic of smallpox has caused tho closing of schools at Oakdale. A number of extensive Improvements nro to be made In the Y. M. C. A headquarters at Houtrlec. Threshing small grain bus tech ro numod with tho moderation of tho wenthor In the vicinity of Surprise where there Is considerable of that kind of work yet to be done. Mayors of nil cities In Nebraska and nil organisations Interested In chihl wolfnru nnd other social prob leins, aro asked to send dolcgatcs to tho State Conference of Social Work ers, to be held nt York, Jnnuary IS. 10 and 20. The Douglas county fair, which Is usually hold at Omaha, will be trans ferred to Waterloo next year. Severnl hundreds of dollnrs In prizes were distributed among members of tho Webster county boys' and girls' calf club, at the annual show nnd snlo ut Hod Cloud. A report Issued by L. I. Frlsble, leader of state Junior work In this stato shows that 412 members of Ne braska Hoys and Girls clubs, raised poultry valued at $11,011.35 this year. The net profit wns $0,27.1.00. Tho total number of chickens raised was 12,000, 1 Hadlcals boarding the "soviet ark,'' otherwise the transport Huford. for deportutlon to Hussla. 2 Gen eral Pershing with some of the wounded Yanks on whom he called while In Chicago. ."I The Alejandrlnu, which lay on a reef In the Straits of Magellan for twenty years nnd recently arrived at New York from Patagonia with n cargo of wool worth $1,500,000. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS President Proclaims Return of the Railroads to Their Own ers on March 1. GOOD PROSPECTS FOR RILL First Shipload of Deported Reds on Its Way to Russia Admiral Sims Refuses Medal and Accuses Sec retary Daniels of Injustice. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. President Wilson, having been con vinced of the dangers tbnt would be Incurred If he carried out his an nounced Intention to return the rail roads to their owners on Janunry 1, since congress could not or would not pass the nocessnry legislation by tbnt time, yielded to the situation and on Wednesday Issued a proclamation set ting the date for the return as March 1. In the Intervening two months, he believes, the railroads nnd express companies should be nble to prepare adequately for the resumption of their business under their ownership nnd control. This action plensed such congressmen and railway ofllclals as wero Interviewed, nnd the lntter ex pressed the belief tbnt the roads would be ready by March 1, to carry on, Of course they expect congress' to en net Biiltuhlo legislation nnd the Inter stnto commorco bill to permit such rnto Increases ns will make It pos sible for them to borrow the money for needed equipment, extensions nnd Improvements. Immediately nfter the Issunnce of tho president's proclnmntlon Direc tor Genernl nines mnde an appeal to all officers nnd employees of rnllroads to redouble their efforts to produce tho best and most economical rnllroad service possible during the remaining period of federal control. This renlly was directed especially to the railway brotherhoods, which hnve been hold ing In abeyance their demands for wngc Increases amounting to nearly u billion a year to see whether the government's efforts to bring down the cost of living would have any marked effect. They do not sc?m Im pressed by the present success of those efforts nnd five growing restless. It remains to be seen whether they will now wait much longer for the decrense In prices, which the attorney general has said are likely to begin to appear next month. Tho prospects for onrly legislation for tho return of the railroads to their owners have brightened very consid erably. The senate having pnssed the Cummins bill, conferences began to adjust the differences between that and the Esch bill passed by the house. The clauses concerning wage adjust ment, the forbidding of strikes and voluntary or compulsory arbitration presented the greatest dlillcnltles. The conferees said they hoped to ninkv considerable progress before digress Reconvenes on January 5. Loud cheers. metatihor'lenHy speak ing, sped on Its Way the departing transport Ruforfl when nt the begin ning of tlie week ft started for Eu rope. No one wanted ever to see any part of the cargo come back, for that cargo consisted of 210 rabid and dan gerous "reds" who were being deport ed by Uncle Sam for bis own sake. True to type, the radicals cursed the 1'nlted States venomously as they were herded opto the vessel, and threatened awful deeds when they re turn. They were headed by Emma Goldman and Alexander Herkman. who for many years have preached their poisonous doctrine In America almost unhindered. The delectable Ktnnin shouted, as she passed up the gangplank: "This Is the begin ning of the end of the United States." Just where the unsavory gang Is to be landed was unknown even to the captain of the transport until he opened his orders at sea. It was pre sumed, however, that they would be put ashore at u Finnish port nnd sent thence by rail to Hussla, If the Chicago Federation of Labor was seeking a way to "get In bad" It could not have found a better one than In Its action Indorsing the work of Emiiin Goldman nnd Herkman and an nouncing Its opposition to the depor tation of aliens who are members of any union aflllluted with the Amer ican Federation of Labor. No such brazen demand for the exemption of any "class" from punishment for crime was ever heard, at least In America. The decent citizens of Amerlcn, who after all form the vnst majority in the country, have shown plainly that they are tired of the al ien radicals and their vicious activi ties, mid the sooner union labor rec ognizes jthnt faqt, the better for It. As might have been expected, William Z. Foster, erstwhile apostle of syn dicalism and sabotage and organizer of the fizzled out steel strike, support ed the nntl-deportntlon movement In the Chicago meeting. It Is planned to extend throughout the land the plan to save union men from "bnnlshnient nnd exile." A recent example of the work of the radicals was revealed when the army transport America bringing the peace commission from France, docked at Hoboken with 11 members of the crew In Irons charged with mutiny and other crimes. The troubles, which broke out on the eastward trip, were Instigated by bolshevik nnd I. W. W. agitators. Admiral Sims, who commanded Anierlcu's naval fighting forces In the war, started what may develop into a real navy scandal when he declined to nccept the Distinguished Service mednl awarded him by Secretary of the Navy Daniels. The ndmlral. In his letter to the secretary, accused the latter of Injustice and discrimination in making up the list of those to re ceive medals nnd navy crosses, nnd expressed his Indignation at tho giving of the medal to swivel chnlr officers and to officers who lost their vessels nt sen under clrcumstnnces tbnt might not be to their credit, while It was refused to others who displayed great In a very nnd gnllnntry In combnt. Many of the latter, recommended for the decoration by Admiral Sims nnd approved by the board of awnrds, were cut from the list by Mr.- Dnniels. The ndmlral snld such Injusti. o would go far toward destroying the morale of the nnvy nnd he did not wish to coimtennnce It by nccepdng the medal awarded to Itlm. Secretary Daniels said there was no basis for the charge of favoritism, tbnt he wns determined to decorute every commander of u torpedoed ship his son-in-law, Commander Hagley, lo In that category and that the list Is not yet closed. It was snld In Washington that the admiral's action wns very likely to bring about a con gressional Investigation of the whole matter. Grent P.rltnln will never consent to sepnrntlon of Ireland from the em pire, but Is willing to give It the larg est possible measure of self-government and to give this at once. Such was the statement of premier Lloyd George to parliament, and he then proceeded to give an outline of the home rule bill which the government will Introduce when parliament reas sembles. The measure will create tyo legislatures soniewhnt on the Amer ican model, one for the southern part of Ireland and the Hnniau Catholic part of Ulster, and the other for Protestant Ulster. Above them will be the council of Ireland, elected by the two legislatures. The latter bodies have the power to combine nt any time without the consent of the Hrlt Ish parliament. All powers not re served to the lmperlnl Hrltlsh parlia ment are given to the legislatures. These reserved powers Include peace and war. foreign affairs, the army and nnvy, defense, treason, trade outside of Ireland, navigation, wireless and cable, colnnge, trade marks, light houses, and the appointment of the higher Judiciary until tlie legislatures agree on a plan for the appointment of Judges. Also reserved are the In come tux, customs and excise, but the excise may he reclaimed by Ire laud by agreement of the legislatures. Ireland Is to collect all of the taxes and retain all but n fair contribution to the lmperlnl expenses. . The house of commons ns a whole' received the scheme with approval, but there Is little hope that It will please any of tlie Irish factions. In that fact, it Is said, lies the best chance of its success. Lloyd George took occasion to say what he thought of the recent attempt to assassinate Viscount French, lord lieutenant of Ireland. He declared It was not only despicable and dastardly, but one of the most foolhardy political crimes in history. Delny of the Gormnns In signing the protocol rendered futile the hopes of tho supreme council that pence would be proclnlmed by Christmas. Though the council had Indicated that It would lessen Its demands for reparation for the scuttling of tho interned Germnn war vessels If the Germans could prove that they could not turn over the material required, Von Lersner, chief of the Germnn delegntlop, felt 'it nec essary to carry the amended terms to Berlin for submission to the gov ernment. It wns announced in Lon don that Premier Lloyd George would go to Paris this week to confer with Clemencenu. Addressing the chamber of deputies, the French premier made the first nuthorltntlve statement concerning the conference in London. The two prin cipal decisions made, he said, were not to make peace and not to com promise with the soviet government of Russia. The allies were deter- mined, ne aimed to be the allies of nil peoples nttucked by bolshevism nnd would maintain a barbed wire around Russln, notnbly by aiding the Poles, Roumanians nnd others along the frontiers. He expressed full confi dence In the Anglo-Franco-Amerlcnn pnets and predicted n solution of the Flume difficulty. The chamber there upon gave the government a vote of confidence, 158 to 71. Really, tho Flume dispute seems nt this writing to be on tho eve of set tlement. The Itallnn cabinet has ap proved nn agreement with D'Annun zlo on the basis of proposals made by the government. This, It wns report ed, was that Italy should keep in its possession the whole of the armistice line, reaffirming the right of Flume to decide Its own fate and nsslstlng It financially to resume Its activities under the regime of a free port. The recent plebiscite in Flume resulted Jn 70 per cent of the voles being cast In favor of (he Italian government's plan for the future occupation of the city. If was said that Captain D'An nunzlo declared he would not accept this result and tbnt he departed from, j the city. As for Russln, the bolshevlkl seem to be getting along very well In a mil itary way. They have beaten Petlura and his Ukrainian army, and are snld to have cut off the retreat of Denl kine's volunteers so that their only wny of escape Is Into Rouinanln. The Esthonlnns nnd the bolshevlkl, It Is announced, agreed on the questions of frontiers nnd military guarantees. A compromise proposal concerning the peace treaty was formulated last week by Senator King of Utah, a Dem ocrat who supported most of the Lodge reservations, Tnklng these as a basis, he so modified the wording that be hoped it would be acceptable to all the senators who favor the rat ification of tho trenty. Senator Hitch cock was not so sanguine that the King plnn would solve the tangle. The bituminous coal operators, af ter registering an objection to the statement tbnt they had agreed to the terms of the settlement with the strik ers, have neeeped the agreement, at least In the central competitive field. The president mimed- the commission that Is to Inquire Into the situation and determine wages and conditions. He appointed Henry M. Hoblnson, John P. White and Rembrandt Peale, representing respectively the public, the miners nnd the operators. Al ready some of the larger operators have let It be known that they Intend to pass on to their customers the 11 per cent advance In wages, but the federal department of Justice ofllclals say such action will result In prose cutions If the consumer Is asked to pay more. EXCHANGE DATE SET GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF RAIL ROADS ENDS MARCH 1. ES APPEALS TO WORKERS Urges Best Efforts Be Put Forward In Next Two Months Release Telephone and Express. Washington, I). C The United States government will transfer th railroads back to private ownership nnd control Murch 1, 1020, at 12:01 a. m., says u proclamation Issued bj President Wilson. Director General nines Issued an nppeal to every officer and employee, of railroads under federal control tu "redouble bis efforts lo produce the best and most economical railroad service possible during the remaining period of federal control." President Wilson ncted under au thority of the railroad control law, passed In March, 11)18, which author ized him to return the railroads at any itlme . within twenty-one months after IP once. I The government contracted with the. railroads for the payment of an annual rental, based on average Incomes for three years. Under this contract, the government has borne n deficit con tlnually untjl the last severnl months. The railroad administration will continue to function for severnl months after control ends, it Is predicted by officials. The task of "unscrambling'' lines and equipment and businesses which were consolidated, will require government assistance for many mouths, It was snld., The government took over the rail roads December 27, 1017, as a war measure. President Wilson orlglnnlly planned to hand over the rnllroads December HI. Hut because the two houses of congress had not passed legislation on the subject, he considered it necessary to advance the date. The express companies and other businesses under federal control will likewise revert to their private own ers. These Include coastwlso and In land water transportation systems, terminal facilities, sleeping nnd pnrloi cars, elevators, warehouses and tele graph and telephone lines. The operation of the rnllroads by tbe government for twenty-six month's, will cost approximately ?1 80,000,000, officials estlmnted. The losses are th differences between the Income of the roads and the operating expenses and annual rentals, amounting to about $000,000,000 a year, which wns guaran teed by the government. Congress has voted during federnl nnnti-ni si 'm - 000,000 for the rnllroads. The railroads owe the government $7.r)0,000,000, It was estimated. Half of this is for equipment, payment of which Is to be funded over-a period of ten years by private bankers under a recently enacted law. MEANS TO AVERT STRIKE. WlUon's Industrial Board Suggets a. Tentative Program. Washington, D. C Tentative rec ommendations for the establishment of machinery to prevent or retard la bor conflicts In private Industry were announced by the president's indus trial conference with a view to ob taining constructive criticism before a final plan Is adopted. The plun an outlined now contemplates the crea tion of a national Industrial tribunal and regional boards of inquiry and ad justment, which would move to the settlement of disputes before (here was any stoppage of production. Pershing at Leclede. Laclede, Mo. Gen. John J. Pershlng spent Tuesday, December 2Urd in this: city, ids boyhood home, nnd was pre sented with a medal nnd n loving cup. He visited relutlves and cronies of long agOi explored anew the old Pershing house, and mnde severnl speeches. In the words of Miss May Pershing, his. sister, also u guest nt the homecoming celebration, It was "a lovely day, quite beyond description." And (he general seemed lo enjoy every minute, from the time he stepped from his private car to grasp the outstretched1 band of" Al Wnrllold, aged negro, once a ser vant In the Pershing household, who. was the (list to greet him, until hi; de parted for Lincoln. To Revlie Award List. Washington, D. C Secretary Danl els has ordered the navy department's board of awards reconvened .Monday, January f, to revise the recent recoiii meiiihiilons as to naval awards, which havo been the source of a controversy brought to a head a few days ago by declination of Admiral Sims to ac cept (he distinguished service medal, while the awards remained as at pres ent. Predlcta Coal Famine. Kansas city. Mo. A coal shoring more acute than nl any (Inio since the, settlemont of (he bituminous coal strike was predicted for January by W. M. Corbett, subreglotml cunl dlrec. tor.for this district. $1,000 an Acre for Land. CInrlnda. In. The Colonol IS. stlck olnian home, Just north of town, wu.s sold last week for $20,000. Tills prlcy of $1,000 an acre fur the twenty-acre, tract Is the hlghtsi ever paid for hunt lu Page rnuutj