_f BE C'flEILL FRONTIER
O, H. P30NIN, Put.li*her.
O'kf.lLL. NEDilASKA
There Is a hideous reptile, known as
the fishing frog, which angles for its
game as expertly and with as great
Success as the most adroit fly lislier.
He is a clumsy, awkward swimmer, but
nature has compensated lilm with an
equivalent for a rod and line, with bait
always ready for use. Two elongated
tentacles spring from his nose, which
taper away like actual fishing rods.
To the end of them Is attached, by a
slender filament, which serves tho pur
pose of a line, a bait In tho form of a
shiny bit of membrane. The hooks are
set In the mouth of the fisherman be
low, and In order to induce the fish to
venture within reach of them, the an
gler stirs up the mud at the bottom
with his fins and tall. This attracts
ths fish and conceals him from their
observation. He then piles his rod; the
glittering bait glows In the wster like
a living Insect. The dazed fish are
taken In great numbers, perfectly cir
cumvented by the trick of the crafty
angler.
Manila’s Anglo-Chlnese school, es
tablished by the Philippine Chinese
educational Association In April, 1917,
for the benefit of Chinese youth in Ma
nila. Is in flourishing condition. It Is
under the supervision of the bureau of
education and Is meeting the stand
ards set for schools throughout the
islands. Recently there were 366 stu
dents enrolled In the day school and
126 In ths night school. A primary
school has been opened In conjunction
with the original Anglo-Chineso
school, and attendance la growing very
fast. _ _
The bureau of fisheries reports that
■ ts work In rescuing fishes from the
pools due to overflows of the Missis
sippi river before the drying up of the
some was mors successful last sum
mer than ever before. In July alone
the number of fishes salvaged and re
planted was 7,709,700. There was an
unusual number of carp and black
bass. During the fiscal year ending
June W, 1918, the number of food
fishes recued by these operations was
26,680,770. The expense ranged from
9 to 64 cents per 1,000 fish In the dif
ferent fields.
The first apparatus to enable persons
to enter a noxious Inflammable atmo
sphere was called an "acrophore" and
was the Invention of M. Denayrrouza
a French Inventor and scientist. II
was first tested at Chatham. England,
44 years ago, and was reported suc
cessful. Vast Improvements on this
device, which comprised an airpump
lamp and flexible tubing, huve since
I been made and these have saved the
lives of hundreds in mine acidents and
other disasters where rescue work
would be Impossible without thetr use.
The file fish captured off Land's End
Is a very rare visitor to our cost, the
only previous specimens recorded hav
ing been caught so long ago as 1827.
It belongs to a numerous and Import
ant family of the tropical seas, which
ire socalled because the first forsal
rin is studded up the front with small
projections that suggest some resem
blance to a file. Another peculiarity
*f these comlo looking fish Is the gun
lock spine, the principle of which was
adopted for the earliest safety rifle
lucks.
Experts from the federal department
*f agriculture and from the war de
part.**nt will begin a eu*as of ex
periments In the south In the efTort tq
utilize a powerful gas that was used
by the American army In the war in
Europe. The goa will be used in at
tempts to destroy the cotton boll wee
rtl, the pink boll worm, caterpillars,
potato bugs and other Insect pests that
mvage crops. It Is said to be a by
product of southern pine.
The great success with which the ln
roductlon of electric power from the
generating station on the Ghats is be
tas developed In Bombay Is revealed
?y the report of the Tata Hydro-Elec
Urto Power Supply Company. The en
ergy now being supplied to motors In
Bombay amounts to 48,000-horse pow
er. Thirty-six miles are receiving
power, and only the difficulties arising
I Vons the war prevented development
being more rapid.
A remarkable bird found In Mexico
4e the bee martin, which has a trick
»f ruffling up the feathers on top ol
Xs head Into the exact resemblance ol
a beautiful flower; when a bee comer
along to sip the honey from the sup
posed flower itls snapped up by the
eled.
The elevation of mountains Is us
sally determined by the barometer, by
noting the boiling point of water as it
Is carried upward, or by the use of
surveying Instruments and computa
tions In trigonometry. The last is the
scientific method.
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Frustrating an alleged attempted
holdup by clinching the highwayman’s
thumb between his teeth and holding
him fast for 10 minutes until police
help arrived, Walter McCain, of Bal
timore, Md.. effected the capture of
Me assailant. In Pittsburgh recently.
It takes a powerful locomotive draw
ing a train of 10 pessenger carriages a
distance of five miles to teach a speed
of (0 miles an hour on a straight and
level track. The brakes will stop the
train la TOO feet.
The mueolee of a bird's wing are 20
times more powerful, proportionately
speaking, than those of a man’s arm.
Lake Huron holds the curious record.
«f having more Islands than Any other
Jake, ft hie at least *,000.
Starfish are known to contain nearly
0 per eet of nitrogen and a small quan
tity of phosphoric acid. In Japah they
are used a* fertiliser.
A Danish physician, wt)o formerly
manufactured artificial legs out of pa
per mache, now makes artificial feci
out of paper pulp.
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In mountainous and wet districts
tract* of moss are of great service in
r<4aihing the water and preventing
midden floo-is
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WOMEN EVE I?
Authorities In Nebraska Are
Having Much Trouble From
That Source—Many
Schemes Used.
Lincoln, • Neb., Feb. 19.—Women
"whisky runners” are increasing In
Nebraska, according to the federal au
thorities. In many instances they are
working with men offenders. The lat
ter often use them to get the "booze”
across into "dry” territory. Hereto
fore women crossing the state line
have not been watched closely, but
Borne caused suspicion to fall upon
themselves because they made so many
trips and carried so much hand bag
gage. Recently Katherine Butler, her
daughter Helen and May Schoffiled
were stopped and searched when they
arrived at Sidney. They had come
from Cheyenne and the baggage was
heavy. State "booze hounds’* con
sluded to Inspect the luggage, and they
did. They claimed that the grips con
tained a large quantity of whisky. The
:ase of these women has been trans
ferred from the North Platte division
to the Lincoln division.
Federal District Attorney T. S. Allen
■ays that a close tab will now be kept
>n women crossing Into Nebraska from
a "wet” state. Chief State Agent Qus
Hyers has ordered his men to look
ifter women as well as men at the
itate lines.' Several weeks ago a young
woman claiming, to be a resident of
Missouri was arrested at Lincoln. She
was caught with a large quantity of
whisky. She declared that she was
the agent of a man friend, and he
turned bootlegger and sold It at war
prices to the thirsty ones In the city.
Because of her youth and the fact that
she had previously a good record, Fed
eral Judge Munger gave her one day
In the county Jail.
Many novel ways are used to trans
port booze Into Nebraska. A Lincoln
negro woman, afterwards sentenced to
60 days In the Lancaster Jail by the
United States judge, sewed pockets In
hat petticoat, and When she was
searched by the police a quart bottle
of whisky was found In each pocket.
At Omaha booze Is shipped in boxes
and packages containing merchandise.
A large quantity of liquor was shipped
to the metropolis In empty gun
shells,- each shell held a gallon of
whisky.
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RECENT STORM THE
WORST IN 30 YEARS
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 19.—‘Railroad of
fllclalB agree that the snow and wind
etorm In central and northern Nebras
ka, which has just spent its force, was
the worst since the terrible storm of
1888. Superintendent Ed Bignell, of
the Burlington, who has had more than
30 years’ experience In moving snow
blockades, says that tt was the worst
snow to move out of the cuts because
It was so wet that it packed hard, and
when plows attempted to push It from
the tracks the broke down. "If the
snow had been dry and light the plows
would have had little trouble,” said the
veteran superintendent “In 1888 the
snow was light and the lines could be
cleared much quicker and not nearly
so mtich force was required. It was
bitterly cold then, while during the
late storm the weather was compara
tively mild. In some places the snow
was from 14 to 20 feet deep. The ter
rific winds filled the cuts and the
draws and all the low places in the
storm ajpne.”
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL
REBUKED BY HIGH COURT
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 17.—The state
supreme court, in a decision, rebuked
former Attorney General Reed for his
action in agreeing that Frank lams,
wealthy horse breeder since dead,
should be preferred creditor of the
Farmers' State Bank of Decatur.
lams had deposited 312,000 in the
bank at 6 per cent, 1 per cent above
the legal maximum rate. After the
bank failed, the court denied him
rights as a depositor, declaring the
deposlt'merely a loan, and lams a gen
eral creditor. lams' attorney, John L.
Webster, of Omaha, asserted that tho
state banking board had permitted the
bank to operate after its condition was
known to be bad. and that lams had
deposited his money during this period.
Had the board done its duty, lams
would not have made the deposit, he
contended. He claimed that Reed, then
attorney general, consented because of
this to make lams a preferred creditor.
The Oakland State Bank Intervened
afterward.
The supreme court reversed the case.
BISHOP STUNTZ’S SON
NOT DEAD IN FRANCE
Iowa City, la., Feb. 17.—That Hugh
Stuntz, son of Bishop Stuntz, former
Methodist Episcopal bishop of Nebras
ka, is not dead is the statement of the
young chaplain's cousin. Dr. Mary lv.
Heard, of Iowa City.
Dr. Heard has received a letter dated
January 15, written by Hugh Stuntz
on the Rhine, near Coblenz. He was
not even in a hospital.
The cablegram, which the war de
partment gave out announcing to the
Stuntz family that Hugh was dead,
was sent before the letter was written,
and hence the relatives here feel that
the war department must have confused
another Hugh Stuntz with the bishop's
son.
Bishop Stuntz is now in China.
WEST POINT—The directors chosen
for the IVest Point Speed Association
MBS*®* G. J. Collins, W. T. 8. Ne'jgh,
Herman Koch,-Matt Schmidt. Fred KUr.
Chris Schlnstock and H. H. Howarth.'
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SUES FOR WAGES BUT
MEETS COUNTER CLAIM
Fremont, Neb., Feb." 17.—Gilbert
Houscli sued his fatherinlaw, James
Wilson, for $90 back wages. Wilson
Hied a counter claim for $100, claim
ing Uie amount due as board bills
against Ills daughter, who is Housell’s
wife. Justice A, K. Dame heard this
interesting case and asked the attor
neys to prepare briefs. The justice
would not admit testimony to the ef
fect that Wilson's wife is suing hlr
for divorce.
Rail Traffic Badly Hit In Places
—Trains Reported Buried
Many Feet Deep
In Drifts.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 17.—Blizzard con
ditions in Nebraska abated but little
last night. The storm was central In
Hamilton and Adams counties, where
drifts 10 feet high covered the rail
road tracks In many places and pro
duced a standstill condition of traffic.
Several trains were stalled for hours
out In the country. Two Burlington
trains were stalled in the country,
with the engines and front cars cov
ered out of sight by snow.
The storm is pronounced by railroad
men to be the worst since 1888, when
many persons perished, among the
number school children in rural dis
tricts. In some cuts on the Billings
line of the Burlington today drifts
25 feet deep were reported.
The telephone and telegraph lines
have suffered heavy damage. The rain
was followed by a wet snow that clung
to the wires and the 40-mile-an-hcur
wind snapped wires and tore down
poles by the hundreds.
NEBRA8KA PIONEER DIES
IN OLD HOME IN SWEDEN
Fremont, Neb.. Feb. 17.—rMrs. Dan
Swanson, wife of State Commissioner
of Public Lands Swanson, received a
cablegram from Sweden announcing
the death of her father, John Streed,
at Vexlve, Sweden. Mr. Streed re
sided for many years in Nebraska.
Coming to America when a young man,
he settled in Minnesota. In 1875 he
moved to the vicinity of Fremont, set
tling on the Lee farm east of the city.
Farming did not pay well those days
and Mr. Streed moved to Wahoo, where
he resumed his old trade as a mer
chant tailor. He was engaged in busi
ness there till about 1900, when he re
turned to Sweden.
RECORD PRICE PAID
FOR 8INGLE ANIMAL
Fremont, Neb., Feb. 17.—It Is said
that the sale of John Bader, near
Scribner, established a new record
price for a sow of any breed when
$5,000 cash was paid for one of the
offerings. Mr. Bader recently sold a
boar for $5,000 at private sale.
DAKOTA STATE NEWS.
MITCHELL PLANNING
A MONSTER RECEPTION
Mitchell, S. D„ Feb. 15.—The 116th
supply train, containing a number of
former members of old Company F,
of Mitchell, who have been in France
for over a year, landed in New- York
Thursday and were sent to Camp Dix,
N. J., according to a wire received bp
W. O. Crampton from his brother,
Sergt. Walter Crampton.
It is not known how many Mitchell
men are included among those who
have returned, as the men who were
stationed at the motor transport school
at Chemery and St. Aignon, France,
were not sent home. It is estimated,
however, that about half of the men in
old Company F are among those who
have returned.
The Mitchell Chamber of Commerce
la already making plans for a monster
demonstration in case a fair repre
sentation of Mitchell men have re
turned and can be discharged so that
they reach Mitchell in a body. W. H.
King has been appointed chairman of
this committee, and has already wired
Congressman Royal C. Johnson for in
formation as to where and when these
men will be demobilised.
NEW COMMANDANT AT
8. DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE
Brookings, S. D„ Feb. 15.—Losey J.
Williams, first lieutenant R. S., re
tired, is the new commandant at South
Dakota State College. Lieutenant Wil
liams was a former student here and
was major of^he college cad at battal
ion in 1903. From 1909 to 1917, he
was in the Philippine Islands—two
years in the Philippine constabulary
and since 1912 in the Philippine Scouts,
United States army. In 1917 he re
turned to the United States, and was
retired, for physical disability con
tracted in line of duty, due to long
service in the tropics. He has been
on college details since, at the Uni
versity of Michigan and later at North
western University.
OPEN CIRCUIT COURT
AT ALEXANDRIA, FEB. 25
Alexandria. S. D„ Feb. 17.—Circuit
court will convene here February 25,
Judge Smith, of Mitchell, presiding.
Only six civil cases will come up for
trial. G. G. Brewer, a stranger, who
was being held for forgery, was last
week taken before Judge Smith In
Chambers and received 18 months sen
tence.
CHILD 18 ACCIDENTALLY
KILLED BY SCHOOLMATE
Alexandria, S. D., Feb. 17.—Little
Hon&ld Tupke, northwest of Emery,
! was killed by the accidental discharge
of a shotgun In the hands of Matt
Myers, an older boy. The accident
occurred at the McKtllup school house.
The coroner's Jury rendered a verdict
of accidental death.
SOUTH DAKOTA DELEGATES
TO GOOD ROADS MEETING
Pierre, S. D„ Feb. 17.—Tire governtr
has appointed the following delegates
to attend the ninth American Good
Hoads Congress, which meets under
the supervision of the American
Builders' Association in New" York
city from February 25 to 28 inclusive:
J. R. Dalton, of Woonsocket; O.
Monserud, of Sioux Falls, and ,t. V -
Farmley, of Ipswich.
SOCIETY WOMEN
TO HAVE RELIEF
Actor, Claiming to Be a Baron,
Gets Orders to Leave Omaha
and to Stay
Away.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 16.—Baron De
Orgler will complete his engagement
at the Gayety this week, but will can
cel all engagements, social and other
wise, so far as Omaha Is concerned, by
special request of Chief of Police Eber
steln.
Detectives John Dunn and Paul Haze
awaited the baron at the stage door
and escorted him to the chief's office,
where the nobleman told the story of
Ills life, including all his love affairs,
much to the amusement of the chief
and Commissioner Ringer.
"You are In bad, baron,” said the
chief, "and unless you leave Mrs. Jack
son and her daughter, Mrs. Grace
Heineman, completely alone, as well as
other Omaha women, you will be
brought up pronto.”
The baron was exceedingly nervous
but managed to reply, "Before Ood,
chief, X am through with ‘dream’ girls
forever.”
The arrest of the baron occurred by
reason of his insistence on seeing Mrs.
M. J. Jackson, mother of his “dream”
girl. Wednesday morning he visited the
home of another daughter, where he
failed to see Mrs. Jackson, but met
her son, Earl D. Jackson, who, after
mussing him up, chased him from the
premises and complained to the police.
OLD SOLDIERS COMPLAIN
OF FOOD AT HOME
Grand Island, Neb., Feb. 15.—Fight
ing the disciplinary order of Command
ant J. W. Walsh for their suspension
for 30 days from the privileges of the
soldiers and sailors’ home, four old
soldiers obtained attorneys and have
filed a petition in district court asking
an injunction against the order being
-made effective. Judge Paine issued a
temporary restraining order.
The plaintiffs in the case are Eli
Mundorf, L. W. Driscoll, M. A. Kerr
and J. W. Plnney. The defendants
are J. W. Walsh, as commandant, and
members of the board of commission
ers of the state institution. The pe
tition alleges that the defendants
threatened to remove the plaintiffs
from the home for 30 days, from Feb
ruary 10 until March 12, without just
cause or law.
The trouble arose over the use of
a certain brand of flour for pancakes.
A short time ago this flour was dis
tributed to the kitchen employes. Later,
it is claimed, the four plaintiffs went
to the kitchen, took the flour and re
turned it to the commissary with the
remark that it was "not fit for a hog
to eat."
The four were called before the com
mandant and given a hearing. The
proceedings were forwarded to the
state*J>oard of control, which unani
mously confirmed the sentence, Com
mandant Walsh states.
PROMISCUOUS ARRESTS
ARE TO BE HALTED
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 15. — Girls no
longer are sent to the women’s de
tention home without a proper hearing
in open court.
Health Commissioner Dr. E. T. Man
ning announced yesterday that several
days ago the practice of picking up
women on the street, arresting them in
their residences without warrants and
imprisoning them in the home upon
the recommendation of the assistant
health commissioner, has been aban
doned.
The new plan was decided on pur
suant to sensational disclosures in con
nection with the administration of af
fairs at the home.
Doctor Manning declared that 1ft the
future no women would be sent to the
detention home until they, had been
given an opportunity to employ coun
sel and defend themselves in a court'of
Justice.
‘‘Then if they are convicted on the
charges filed against them,” said the
health commissioner, "they may be
sent to the home for treatment.”
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LANGUAGE BILL CHANGED.
l.incoln, Nob., Feb. 15.—The house
committee on education reported for i
the calendar, Thursday morning; a sub
stitute for Senator Simon’s bill cover- j
ing the use of foreign languages In '
church and parochial schools.
The house substitute requires that
these schools shall conform in their
course of study to those of the public !
schools, and that English only shall be
used therein.
The Simon bill prohibited any for
eign language being used in Sunday
schools Or summer schools conducted
by various churches. The substitute
permits any language in these schools.
These changes were made because of
many peltions and personal protests
from representatives of nearly all re
ligious denominations.
RECORD PRICES PAID
AT BROOD SOW SALE
Stanton,- Neb., Feb. 15. — Ed M.
Kern’s sale of brood sows, held on his
farm near here, broke the world's rec
ord for any breed of hogs. The top
sow brought $4,250, and the total of
the sale was $64,425,, an average of
$1,025 per head.
This sale shows what a strong de
mand there Is for hcoeding hogs and
that the outlook for the future of the
hog Industry Is good.
CROFTON, NEB, FARMER
KILLED BY ACCIDENT
Crafton. Neb, Feb. IS.—W. H. Han
son, a farmer ^gslding near Crofton,
who formerly lived in Woodbury coun
ty, loWA, is dead following an unusual
accident' with a shotguh. Mr. Hansen
w ent into his barn to > get a hammer
and as he was taking it f:c-n! a shelf,
the gun fell from a bracket nearby, 'he
charge entering his body.
PACKER EMPLOYES TO
GET INCREASED WA6E
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Feb. 18.—Packing house
employes were giyen a 10 per cent ad
vance by the decision of the Arbitrator,
Judge Alschuler, who announced the
award today.
Time and a half is given for over
time, with double time in certain in
stances. Overtime begins after eight
hours, and there is compensation also
for men who are required to be at
work before 5 o’clock in the morning.
The overtime scale becomes effective
March 2. The award applies to the
plants of Armour & Co., Swift & Co.,
Morris & Co., Wilson & Co., and the
Cudahy Packing Co. throughout the
country.
The advance is based on the advance
in the cost of living. The award also
deals with a number of minor com
plaints.
Advance Retroactive.
The advance is retroactive to No
vember 10. In addition the award
grants 2% cents an hour raise to all
workers under 21 years of age whose
earnings are less than 42 % cents an
hour.
Counsel for the packers estimated
that the award would cost the packers
$13,000,000 a yean. About 85,000 em
ployes will receive the retroactive ad
vance.
Judge Alschuler said that while
there has been a slight decline in some
items of the cost of living, rents have
gone up.
NEW BOUNDARIES
DELAYING TREATY
Disposition of Austrian Frag
ments and Other Geographical
Questions Must Be Decided
By Peace Conference.
By Associated Press.
Paris, Feb. 18.—Stephen Pichon, in
discussing obstacles to an immediate
peace during a talk with newspaper
correspondents Sunday said there were
many reasons why the treaty could not
be signed at once, even' though the
league of nations project was out of
the way. Many Issues that will form
the basis of peace, he said, were be
ing carefully studied. Among them
Is the disposition of many of the frag
ments into which the former Austrian
empire has been divided and another
is the treatment to be accorded Bul
garia.
The French people, he added, want
peace, but they realize—at the same
time the danger of precipitate and un
satisfactory solutions. He agreed that
there should be no unnecessary delay,
but he did not share the opinion that
time had been wasted at the confer
ence. A full discussion of all questions
must be permitted so that settlements
which might be decided upon would
bo unanimous.
Mr. Pichon said that there was no
obstacle to recognition being extended
the new German government, but
added that the Germans must be made
to realize they have been beaten, a
fact, he said, of which great num
bers of them do not seem to be aware.
The new boundaries of Germany, he
remarked, would come up for consid
eration within a few days.
American headquarters at the Hotel
Crillon was slightly less crowded to
day, owing to the departure of the
presidential party, several members of
the American commission and scores
of correspondents. Most of the com
missioners and newspaper men left for
Vbe southern provinces to recuperate
from the effects of grip and influenza.
The committee on reparation was
e.lso to continue its hearings today.
Considerable progress is said to have
been made toward solution of the in
demnities question. The principal
point of difference in the committee
members' views seems to be that some
contend that Germany should pay the
cost of the war of little nations, while
others hold to the American Idea that
the associated powers should not go
beyond the 14 points with the amend
ment contained In the original armis
tice terms.
Two other subjects, heretofore un
represented in international affairs, are
assuming an increasingly important
place in the peace work. These are ;
labor and women. Inter-allied suf
frage advocates, having gained Presi
dent Wilson’s approval of a plan for
the commission's dealing .with matters
affecting women, to confer with wom
en advisers are now endeavoring to
put the leaders of other countries sim
ilarly on record. They already have
won the backing of President Poincare,
Jules Cambon and Paul Hymans of
Belgium. Cambon pointed out that a
woman’s commission would be particu
larly valuable In representing the conr
ference with details regarding depor
tation of women from France, Bel
gium, Serbia, Greece, Poland and Ar
! menia. He said that reports of Ser
bian women being sold at public auc
lion in Constantinople and Greek girls
being advertised at "reasonable prices"
in Asia Minor, called for Investigation
and prompt steps to rescue them.
President Wilson’ statement that the
conference represents 1,200.000 people
and his emphasis that the lowest work
ers in the most isolated sections of the
world have figuratively been brought to
the peace table, has established labor
as one of the strongest elements to be
considered in the peace settlement.
The work of the special committee on
labor organization has been held in
abeyance until Samuel Gompers and
other members return from Belgium.
Premier Clemenceau has promised to
support a bill giving the women the
right of municipal suffrage, which is
now pending in the French chamber of
deputies.
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WORK ON FREE TRANSIT.
Ixunlon l iniu cablf «wvl«« (Copyright 1*1*. by
Public l.edesr Co.j to The Sioux City Tribune.
PARIS. Peb. 17.—Appreciable prog
teas, has been made lit establishing
rules "for the International use of ports,
railways and waterways by the com
mission appointed for that purpose.
The commission has decided on the in
ternationalization of ports and rail
ways. That is to say the sharing of
control by two or more nations io r.ojt
desirable. Tho members of the com
mission havo been split info two sub
committees In order to hasten the
work. c»
The second sub-committee is en
gaged with technical details connected
with the special types of transit on
j rivers, railways and ports. It will later
carry specialization further still and
draft conventions suitable for the con
ditions of particular rivers or railways.
II. 5. PLEDGED,
TJFTiECLIBES
Asserts Country Must Not Al.
low Senate to Refuse to Ap
prove Constitution of
League of Nations.
By United Press.
Portland, Ore., Feb. 18. — Former
President Wm. H. Taft today, in a
speech, predicted that the Senate
would ratify the "great covenant of .
Paris.” He characterized the objec
tions of some of its opponents as "re
actionary.”
“On the whole we should thank God
that such a great advance towards the
suppression of war and the promotion
of permanent peace has been taken as
in the agreement on this constitution.”
ho declared.
Taft addressed the northwestern
congress for a league of nations. It
was his first complete statement on
the league of antions constitution.
Regarding the objection of Senator
Poindexter that the constitution mini
mizes the sovereignty of the United
States, Taft said:
“That is a reactionary doctrine that
belongs to the German view of the
state. It leads directly to the pro
posal that might makes right.”
Taft said in part:
“When President Wilson returns to
present the result of his visit to Europe
it must be that the American people
will welcome him with approval and
congratulations upon the success of the
congress in which he has taken so
prominent a part.
"The nation is thus pledged to the
idea of a league of nations to render
peace permanent. Good faith requires
that what other nations are willing to
undergo to secure the peace of the
world, wre should ourselves be willing
to assume. Only now after the war,
after the reaction that the ending of
war brings and after impatlonce at the
delays in reaching peace conditions, do
we hear on the floor of the Senate the
criticisms of a league of nations.
"No reasonable and patriotic and,
properly self-respecting citizen of the
United States can claim that our sov
ereignty should be more than a right
to freedom of action within the limita
tions of international law, international
morality, and a due regard for the
rights of other nations. The only sov
ereignty which we ought to claim is
sovereignty regulated by these limi
tations.
“Now the league does not propose in.
any way further to restrict that sov
ereignty but only through the joint
compulsion of all nations to keep a
would-be outlaw nation within the
proper and existing limitation. The
league is not a super-sovereignty. It
is only a partnership. Its power is in
joint agreement—not in the establish- .
tnent of a government.”
PUBLIC BUILDING
BILL OF INTEREST
Numerous Iowa, Nebraska and
South Dakota Towns Will
Be Benefitted.
Washington, Feb, 18 — In the public
building bill reported to the House
$360,000 la allowed for the postoffice
and other government offices at Sioux
City. Of this not over $60,000 - is al
lowed for Additional land. Provision 1*
made fb Increase the cost of the Des
Moines court house, and public build
ings at Cherokee and Carroll, as rec
ommended by the treasury depart
ment. Appropriations for public build
ings are provided for at Iowa City,
i Shenandoah, Fairfield, Marengo, New
ton, Oelwein, Osage, Corning, Eagle
Grove, Harlan, Knoxville, Indianola
and Waverly.
Among the Nebraska projects fa
vored is a $6,600 building at Scott’s
Bluffs. Increased appropriations are
allowed at Belle Fourche and Cham
berlain, S. D„ and buildings authorized
at Vermilion, Canton and Aberdeen.
HURRY WHEAT GUARANTY.
Washington, D. C„ Feb. 18.—Senator
Gore, chairman of the Senate agricul
ture committee, said today the appro
priation to meet the wheat guaranty
and the necessary legislation, would be
attached to the agricuituari approprla
tion bill by the committee. This will
expedite congressional action cn it.
-DISCOVER LIGNITE.
By United. Press.
Home. Feb. 17.—Signor Devito, min
ister of combustibles, announced today
that as a result of a discovery of de
posits of lignite, the large electric
power houses of the country will soon
bum that mineral exclusively as u
substitute for coal.
Former Governor Hunt, of Arizona, toe
won a suit against the state for
back salary, on account of a salary tn
crease bill technically passed during hie
, urn- The state has appealed.