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TIT13 NORTH PLATTE SEMI "WEEKLY TJITI3UNE. DLSLSEMTDR GUU.1T OLD REGIME REGAINS POWER REJECT PEACE PACT Ebert and His Cabinet Back In Berlin. Efforts Being Made to Restore Or der. Red Menace Serious. NEWBERRY AND OTHERS CON VICTED OF FRAUD. SENATE AGAIN REFUSES TO RATIFY TREATY. SENTENCE IS PRONOUNCED Fifteen Campaign Managers Share. Fate of Michigan Solon Sixty eight Discharged. Grand Rapids, Mich. Truman IT. Newberry, junior United State senator from Michigan, who was elected by r. majority of 7,fG7 votos over Henry Ford, automobile, magnate, In 1018, was convicted by a Jury of having con spired criminally to violate the elec tion laWH. He wan sentenced by Judge Clarence. W. Sessions to two yearn' Imprisonment and lined flO.000, released on bond ponding nn appeal, and at once Issued a statement declar ing his Intention to retain his seat lb the somite unless that body decides otherwise, or the supreme court up holds Ills conviction. Sliming the fate of the senator were Ids brother, John S. Newberry, and fifteen campaign managers, Including Frederick Cody, New York, and l'aul II. King, Detroit. Roth these, men re ceived the lemlt sentence with their chief. Charles A. Floyd, Detroit, was also sentenced to two years In the peniten tiary, hut he wnrf fined only half as much as Newberry. The brother was fined $10,000 and was one of four who were sentenced to Leavenworth. The lightest sentence went to George S. Lndd of Sturbrlde, Mass., and lie was fined 91,000. Sixty-eight others who were Indicted for taking part In New berry's election, were discharged byi the court. STORM KILLS THREE. Colorado, Wyoming and Kansas Swept by Terrific Gale. Denver, Colo. The terrific gnlo which swept Colorado and Wyoming last Thursday and Friday, varying from 17 to 100 miles an hour, caused three deaths, one probable fatal In Jury, and resulted In heavy property losses and crippled wire communica tion nnd train service. Kansas also suffered severely by tho storm, great quantities of wheat being blown out of tho ground, wire com munication being Impaired, and the air filled with such an amount of dust and sand that the sun wns obscured. Northeastern Colorado Is In a serious condition as n result of sand storms. Large drifts of sand bnve blocked country roads and thousands of acres of .winter whent liave been damaged, rersons of long residence here recall no sand storms of similar proportions. CAUSE OF POISONING. Low Pressure In Preserving Olives Blamed for Deaths. Washington, D. O. Failure of somo packers to use a sufficiently high tem perature during 'stoiillzntlon of ripe olives In glnss containers peripltted dovelopmunt of tho botullnus germ, which caused tho deaths of 25 persons two months ago, said a report of spec ialists of the bureau of chemistry, who have Just concluded an Investigation In co-operation with the public health service. The poison would develop Just the same In tin containers, the report showed, If the olives were not suffi ciently processed, hut as there Is no dnnger of breakage Involved In tin, the pneker does not hesitate to apply the proper degree of heat to kill the germ in sterilization. Minnesota for Wood. St. Paul, Minn. On the face of seml-nlllclal returns from the repub lican presidential preference primary, members of Leonard "Wood's state or ganization predicted thnt Wood swept tho state by a majority of three toino over Senator HIrnni Johnson of Cali fornia. Ex-Kalser Shadowed. Amorongcn. The Dutch govern ment Is maintaining an extremely close guard over former Kmperor Wil liam, l'ollco otllcers have been detail ed to follow him, afew steps In tln rear, as he walks about the garden of the Ucntwlclc castle here. Dead Baby May Reunite Chapllna. Los Angelas, Cal. A little grey mouse graven in granite on the head stone of n tiny nnd nameless grave In Knglewood cemetery may be the moans of reconciling Charlie Chaplin and Ida wife, who bnve parted again as the re sult of temperamental differences which have been the cause of discord In tho comedian's fnmlly nlniost from tho time of tho marriage, a year ago. At least, so hopes Mamma Harris, as tho comedian's niotlier-ln-law Is affec tionately called. Trial May Preclpltato Strike. Indianapolis, Ind. Possibility of another tleup of the nation's bitumi nous coal Industry, beginning April 1, wns declared to exist as a result of the government's prosecution of operators nnd miners for alleged violation of the Lever fuel control act, In a statement Issued by K. D. Logsdon of this city. Mr, Logsdon Is one of the live coal operators arrested by federal olllclals and one of 12f men, operators ami miners Indicted by a federal grand Jury here for alleged conspiracy to en hance the price of coal. Herlln. The government of Presi dent Kbert, which left Herlln a week ngo when Dr. Wolfgang Knpp and his reactionary troops entered the city. Is Jignln In powers In the capital. Public services In a measure havo heen re-established and It Is hoped thnt Borlln will soon resume lt normal Activities, though It will he a longtime hefore the damage, material and moral, will be repaired. Deaths from the lighting In Herlln may total .',nn The situation in parts of the country Appears serious. From the .group of Industrial centers on the Rhino and the Ituhr district continue to come re ports of Spnrtaoun uprisings which have resulted In many persons being killed. In several places, especially the Ituhr district, the SpMrtaeuiis are said to be In absolute control. Here their available force Is estimated at TO.WH). Concentration of loyal government forces, however, are taking place anil their arrival at the scenes of disorder Is expected to bring quiet. While the resignation of Guslav Nnske, minister of defense, has been demanded by the radicals, It Is con sidered probable that he will retain his post for a time nt least In order to restore the confidence of the Herlln population genornlly. It Is declnred that the new cabinet will Include netlvo representatives of labor, Carl Rudolph Leglen, president of the federation of trade unions, be ing named for chnncellor. It Is reported that three thousand persons were killed In the lighting at. Lelpslc before the government troops captured the town. The shelling of the Volkhnus and labor headquarters by government troops resulted In many hundred deaths. The socialist nnd commnnlts or ganizations have united to cnll the workmen to nrms. The situation be comes more dllllcult as small bands of spnrtaclsts try to attack the Noske troops at several places. Strikes are Increasing. A revolt Is going on In Westphalia east of a geographical line from Gel- senklrchen to Klberfeld, Including these two towns. Military measures nrc being taken. FIVE DIE IN NO. DAK. BLIZZARD. Four Sons of Farmer Frozen to Death On Way Home From School. IHsmnrck, N. D. Four schoolboys, sons of Gust Wohlkii, a farmer living near Rider, wero frozen to death In the bllzznrd, which swept over North Dakota March 15. The boys, Adolph, Ernest, Soren and Herman, set out from school with n team, but half-way the horses be came exhausted and could go no fur ther. Adolph bundled up his younger brothers, placed them In the wagon box and set out for help. Ills body was found nenr his home. A mile down (ho road the father cnnio upon the team and wagon, practically burled by snow. After digging nway the snow he came upon tho three frozen bodies of his sons. I Reports to the weather bureau In dicated that North Dakota was In the grip of the worst blizzard since 1S88. -Trains were ntnlled and schedules nn- : nulled In some Instances. I According to the weather mironu here the storm area extended from Montana to Wisconsin and from Mani toba, Can., to Nebraska. Sister Gives Her Life. Center. N. D. Iluzel Miner, 18 years old, gave her life to save her younger brother and sister from freez ing to death In the bllzznrd which raged over the state for two days. When the sleigh In which they wero riding was blown over and wrecked, Hazel wrapped blankets and her own coat around the children and snt down In the snow to await help. Twenty-four hours later they wero found by n searching party. Hazel was dead but tho other two will recover. Stock Yards and Hogs Burn. Nebraska City, Neb. Fire of un known origin trtnlly destroyed the Union Stock Yards at Nebraska City, causing a loss estimated at $100,000. Several small buildings nnd about r00 hogs wore also burned. It wns Im possible to obtain an estimate on the vnlue of tho live stock burned. Wood Granted Leave. Washington, D. C MaJ. Gen. Leon ard Wood hns asked for and ' was granted u two months' leave of ab sence to conduct his cnmpnlgn for the republican nomination for president. U. S. to Get Warships. Washington, D. C. Five German surrendered warships allowed to tho United States under the armistice terms, a battleship, a cruiser and three destroyers, will be brought to tbla country next ufonth. Seeks Funds to Enforce Dry Laws. Washington, D. C. Attorney Gen eral Pnlmoa asked congress for !?-,-f.OO.OOO for the bureau of Investigation, WHKI.OOO for the Enforcement of prohi bition and .$1500,000 for the employ ment of special attorneys. Non-Partisan Defeated. Fargo. N. D. Returls from the re cent primaries give Guilder Olson, reg Hint repuh)lcan candidate for national committeeman, a substantial lead over Olson, the Non-purtlsan league candidate. 1 f.l..l.ll.. 1.. !.. i NEWS REVIEW 0 German Revolution a Mystery, the Undercurrents of Which Are a World Puzzle. CHAOS SEEMS TO PREVAIL How It Affects Treaty Status Minne sota Primary and Presidential Race Allies Under Milne Occupy Constantinople Mexico and Her Presidential Timber. By E. F. CLIPSON. Although Germnny has occupied an eminence conspicuous In the center of the stage of world events during the week nnd considerable light has arisen from tho conflagration rnglug within her borders, much mystery rules as to the true state of affairs. Dark areas exist which the spotlights of anxious International Interest and the tele scopes of publicity cannot penetrate. One thing certnln Is that the revolu tion Instigated by Knpp, Luettwitz and others with Knpp as self-appointed dic tator, has Ween overthrown after five days of hectic, febrile existence. The active agent In bringing about this speedy demise was n general strike of workmen centered In Herlln. Whether the offspring of militarist le designs, an' effort to administer oxy gen to the gasping hopes of royalty, a cunning machination of bolshevlsm, or n deeply laid plot Involving all parties to muddy the waters of international affairs and so defent the terms of the peace treaty as affecting Germany, Is not yet evident and may nol be clear for a long time. At any rate, the rev olution appears to have been a feeble child. When the railroad workers quit, and nlsn those of the public utilities Including gns, water and electricity, the life-giving and distributive facili ties ceased. A lustier Infant could bnve lasted longer, but eventunlly would have succumbed. Has the Kbert government been mere camouflage? Kbert seems to have known what wns Impending and at the first sound of alarm deserted Herlln after calling upon the proletariat to support hlin by the strike. Knrller ad vices Indicated that Noske, his minis tor of defense, the man who has re cently been proclaiming his neceptnneo of the principles of the treaty nnd his determination to help work them out. had an understanding with the revolu tlonarl("vTlme alone will demonstrate .the truth or falsity of this Indication. With the Russian. Turkish and eastern sltuntlons what they are. added to th complications of the Adriatic situation nnd the Internal affairs of France and Knglnnd. It would seem to bo n fairly opportune time for Germany to stage a muddling and distracting demonstra tion. There are elements aplentv In Germnny committed to such Intentions. That which now seems likely Is that the various groups could not work to gether harmoniously. Ludendorff was In Moscow Intriguing with Lenlne and Trotsky, a case Indeed of politics mak ing strange bedfellows. At home there wns a movement, If Kbert and his fid lowers could be rendered sulllclently complaisant, to sot up Hlndenburg n a candidate for president. Notwith standing that Ludendorff, the embodi ment of reactlonlsin, was flirting with the personification of ndvnnced radi calism, and Hlndenburg's supporters were endeavoring to make friends with tho socialistic adherents of Kbert, a re actionary undercurrent was prevalent throughout all the plotting. If the revolution went off half cocked. n seems- fnlrly evident, It wns due to hu man nature and the Impossibility of combining antagonistic elements and soothing Individual ambitions. Through out the whole affair there has been de celt, subterfuge nnd recrimination, a heritage from the teachings of kultur; proving that German leaders cannot be honest with ench other and can scarcely face their own vl.-nges In a looking glns. Out of the whole mess has come the renewed menace of bolshevlsm, Hur nossinnkor Kbert Is the one figure In Germany who carries any Indications of Influence and strength " the side a. I'iKMiiiiK in mi- mii-vm 111 i. ri.i.. -. Direct scene nt 1' rocpori . . .m,i , Its banks. 3. General Von Luettwitz. cuuimander of the forces wihch temporarily overthrew the Kbert gov ernment In Germany. CURRENT EVENTS ' Assess . ,1 .. . . . of law and order. Ho ordered the strike and it remains to bo seen wheth er or not ho can control It. Just now It looks ns though ho might have cre ated a Frankenstein destined to crush him and throw his nation perhaps the whole of Europe Into chaos. Soviets have been proclaimed In eertnlp places In Germany. It Is true that these man ifestations tire confined largely to Sax ony and other Industrial centers where radicalism has been strongest. Kbert has confidence In his mllltnry resources and In tho sober Inclinations of the people; thoroughly sick of war, anxious to heal Internal troubles nnd get back to work. The optimistic an nouncement comes from his govern ment that tho present rioting nnd com munistic demonstrations will be con trolled ns easily as were the Sparta clde outbreaks. Observers who have been warning thnt a renewnl of war In Europe wns Imminent and that It needed but n spark, are firm In the be lief that the spark has been applied. Meanwhile the kaiser In his Ilollnnd retrent, Is- sawing wood literally. The erstwhile crown prince Is reported run ning around In circles alternately buoy ed and depressed by the course of events. Holland hns doubled the guards surrounding the residences of the two. Firm In her determination not to abate the right of sanctuary to which she claims they are entitled, she nlso seems equally disposed not to permit them to escape or to become active partici pants In any of the affairs of the dis turbed area. What of the treaty status In Amer ica? Many there are who nre contend ing that delay In ratifying the instru ment has contributed to present condi tions. Others are equally firm In the assertion that the German Imbroglio shows the wisdom of the delay. Their position Is that if we had not been cau tious we would lit this minute have been In the heart of n great world mlx up. At any rate the situation nnd the discussion evoked caused a showdown and galvanized the sennte Into nctlon. William J. Rryan entered the treaty fight at the eleventh hour on the side of compromise. Ills position was that his party could not go before tho country In the next campaign on an Issue on thr- president's view of the treaty and our obligations under It. A startling Incident In connection with the late treaty struggle was the adoption by the senate of a resolution committing the United States to sym pathy for the cause of Irish Independ ence, Introduced by Senator Gerry of Rhode Island, as u reservation to the treaty, the resolution stated that the United States adheres to the principle of self-determination and sympathizes with the aspirations of the Irish' peo ple for a government of their own choice, and that when such govern ment Is attained, It should promptly be admitted as a member of the League of Nations. The nctlon wns pot merely a realllrinatlon of the reso lution of sympathy passed Inst June, the difference being that In the latest resolution n speclllc mention Is madp of the principle of self-determination and the United States Is placed on record by the senato as favoring the application of thnt principle to Ire land. Although there has heen enn tintinl agitation for an expression re garding Irish Independence, It was not thought that the senate In view of pres ent relations with Great Hrltaln would go so far and take such unequivocal action. The tlrst vote In committee of the whole was close, being !1S to .'10. Afterwards It was readnpted by the sennte by a vote of 45 In favor of adoption to Its opposed. Opposition was keen. Senator Thom as, of Colorado endeavoring to secure an amendment expressing tho wish of the senate that Japan should by the same token at once restore Independ ence to Korea. v Senator Townsend of Michigan nnd Williams of Mississippi attacked the proposition relating to Ireland ami all the proposed amend ments as being nothing but politics. In the race for presidential nomina tions the Mlnnesotn primary furnished a test of strength and a now basis for forming theories. Unless verified re turns change the figures Wood will he shown to have carried every county In the state but two. Ills lead appears to bo ,r0 per cent over bis nearest com petitor, Senator Johnson, with nearly four times as many votes as Lowdeii. although Minnesota Is tho native state of the Illinois governor. This disposes of u prediction thnt a soldier candidate would be defeated in an agricultural state, which though traditionally Re publican, President Wilson almost car ried In 1010, the claim being made that the "kept us out of war" Issue contributed lnrgely to his strength. Much significance is nlso attached to the comparatively lnrge vote in the primary for Herbert Hoover, whoso name it was necessary to paste or write upon the ballot. It is taken as an evidence of his strength with Inde pendent Republicans. Tlie Wood forces regard the Minnesota result ns nn au gury of success In the South Dakota prlmnry. Mr. Hrynn hns announced himself In favor of primary instructions while Mr. McAdoo is ngnlnst them. The former thinks that general opposition to Instructions savors of reaction against the primary system. Inciden tally, Hrynn makes It clear that be Is not a candidate for the Democratic nomination, neither Is he running away from It. Ills attitude seems to be that lie Is not seeking it, but that the nomi nation may do nil the seeking it wnnts In his direction. In pursuance of plans to stop massa cres and enforce upon Turkey fulfill ment of the terms of the pence treaty. Constantinople was occupied by nlliod forces under Gen. Sir George F. Milne of tho Rritlsh army. The ancient city returns to Christian control for the first time In nearly five centuries. Tills long nntlclpnted military demonstration wns accomplished with but slight resist ance. At tho war olllce an exclinnge of shots occurred in which two British soldiers were killed and four wounded. Nine Turks were killed. Tho city which has withstood so many sieges nnd boon the grave of so many expedi tions sent ngnlnst it. lias never before In history surrendered so quietly. The allied high commission hns announced that In the occupation there was no Intention to permanently destroy the Sultan's authority or deprive the Turks of the city. President Deschunel nnd Premier Mlllernnd of France have united to op pose misconceptions concerning that country which they, fear are forming In the United States. Deschanel has tens to combat the charge that France Is either militaristic or Imperialistic. He points out that having n German pistol aimed at her heart, 'she wishes to protect herself and must have the co-operation of Knglnnd and America. Mlllenind says that no misunderstand ings must be allowed to mar our rela tions. He nisotouclies on economic conditions and' states that France will pay every debt; that she Is asking time, not pity; help, not nlnif. Mexico continues to bo u point of most absorbing interest. As a prob lem It will soon cull for something like dellnlte settlement. In the present condition of the world, the, dearth of materials, especially minerals, oil and foodstuffs, this natural treasure house must be opened. Just bow It Is to be accomplished Is not exactly evident. America and American Interests have been listening to the claims of rival candidates for direction of affairs in that country. Ohregmi lias put forth u statement of his qualifications, plain ly Implying that he Is the only man who has the ability to grapple with the problems of that disturbed nation and restore it to tranquility or at least comparative safety for agricultural and industrial pursuits. There Is a famil iar .sound to bis assertions, Just like those of others who have aspired, to the task and failed signally. An Impasse mny be renched which will prevent complete ratification of the suffrage amendment in time for women to vote In the presidential pri maries this year. Suffragists pin their hopes on the action of the Vermont legislature, but even if It should bo fa vorable delay Is likely through the ac tion of at least one state which has been not f'ntlrely favorable to tho amendment. In Ohio, where it wns submitted to n referendum, the nctual decision Is still in doubt, nnd the caso Is now nwnltlng dlsposltoln by the supremo court. Thirty-five stntes havo ratllled the amendment, nnd the snmo action by but ono more Is needed to make It effective. If the Ohio case Is decided ndversely, then It will be nec essary for both Vermont nnd Connecti cut to ratify before It can become law. ORDER IT BACK TO PRESIDENT Opinion Prevails That IsrucWIII Be Main Topic In Coming Political ' Campaign. Washington, D. C. The German' peace treaty with Its league of tin .'Ions covenant failed of ratlilcation in die senate last Friday and wns order Ml returned to the president with a formal notification of the failure or the body to consent to the pact he ltnd negotiated In Paris. On the decisive roil call the vote was 10 for ratification, to 3fi ngnlnst, the opposition numbering In its ranks twenty democrats who were unwilling to see the treaty go through with tho republican reservations objected to by the president nnd three democratic Hid twelve republican Irreconellables. Twenty-one democrats quit the presi dent's lend and voted for ratification, but the defection failed by seven votes of providing the two-thirds requisite to ratify. The result wns regarded everywhere In the cnpltol as having put over Into the polllcnl campaign for decision the long nnd bitter fight between the chief executive and the senate majority. A move to reconsider the vote and try once more to ratify collapsed in its in ception, lenders on both sides ngree Ing thnt further ratification efforts would be n waste of time ns long ns the senate membership remains ns It Is. Whether the president would return the treaty to the sennte remnlned un determined, but the republicans served notice thnt If ho did, It would repose for mnny weeks to come In n commit tee pigeonhole. In the vote of forty seven to. thirty-seven by which the sennte washed Its bands of tho subject nnd sent the treaty to the White house the republican leaders lind flic support of the mild rcscrvntlonlst as well as the Irreconellables of their party, while the democrats voted almost solidly in opposition. ALLIES SEIZE CITY. Turkish Capital In Hands of Entente Troops. See Political Move. Constantinople. The long looked fot mllltnry demonstration ngnlnst Tur key by the nllles took place March 17 wlien n lnrge force from the Imposing allied war fleet In the r.osphorus land ed here and took oyer control of tho clty. One clash occurred during tho procedure, nt which several persons were killed. Turkish newspapers l.nve little to sny of the situation, but the people In general express the belief thnt Cnn stnntinoplo Is about to repeat tho his tory of Cairo : that tho Rtitish would remain in Turkey as they had In Egypt. The opinion expressed nmong Amer icans here In touch with near enst conditions is that the occupation was prompted more by political motives tlinn because of the massacre of Ar menians. Killed On Eve of Marriage. ' Lexington, Neb. Slierlnn Muneriof, n farmer, 2.'! years old, was found deud on the road near his home between El wood nnd Lexington. He was going to a neighbor's, who wns to join lilm in. a hunting trip on the river. It is supposed lie was killed in tak ing Ids gun out of the cur to shoot nt game along the road. Muncrlef wns an ex-service man. His brother lives Id Woiiand, Wyo. . He wns to have been married soon." Execution Again Put Off. Lincoln, Neb. The execution of Vincent Graninier and Alson H. Cole, convicted slnyers of Grnniiner's mother-lu-lnw, Mrs. Lulu Vogt, sched uled for March 10, wns again post poned when n letter wns received by the attorney general from tho federal circuit. court of appeals at St. Louis, stntlng that the court wns unable to hear the motion of the stnte for the dismissal of the Grnniiner appeal. Gov ernor MeKolvie hns named Friday. June -1, as the date for Colo's execu tion. All Americans Are Safe, Washington, D. C Oillclnl ndvlces from Herlln sny thnt no Americans or other foreigners, so far as known, were injured during the counter revo lution In Germany. Wheat May Stage Comeback. Topekn, Kan. Despite nppnrent. lienvy losses to ICunsns wheat Holds from the recent wild storm. It Is like ly they will stage a comeback should favorable weather ensue, according to members of the stnte board of agricul ture. Peace Army of 300,000. Washington. D. C A peace-time army of 2fliMX) enlisted men nnd 17,000 officers wns approved by the house In passing the army reorgn'.l '.' -tlon bill by a vote of 2-1(5 to 02. TU measure now goes to the senate. To Care for Mlnlcters. Chicago. III. .More than ? 10,000,000 will be spent by the Methodist Episco pal church this year in caring for its 7,f00 pensioned ministers and their de pendents, n report made nt n mooting of tho hoard of claimants here shows..