o RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF in ! 3 :i q i 'l : $MW?$& fo&Z&. .S Tyj?,;v ri9 41 i i i 1:11 i $ . ?5'rYr il'lMMM'' 1 1L1 H ifc 1 American mrrlnes ontorlnj; the Forbidden City In Poking on Thnnksclvlng tiny to celebrate flic signing of the armistice. '2- Soldiers and sailors of the revolutionary government on guard In tin court. van I of the Im perial palace In Merlin. Workmen removing the protecting sandbags and hoards from the Voiidoino column In Hurls. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Spartacans Start Civil War in Berlin and Many Fall in Street Fighting. EBERT GOVEiiNMENT UPSET ? Disorders In Other Parts of Germany Trotzky Makes Himself Dicta tor of Bolshevik Russia Prog ress of Peace Conference In Paris America Mourns Roosevelt's Death. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Hollering themselves now strong enough to overthrow the Ebert govern ment and gain control of Germany, the Spartacans, led hy Llebknecht, last week deliberately provoked civil war In Uerlln. First they seized the ar Ecnnl and munition plants at Spandnti and armed themselves, and then pro ceeded to attack the government build ings. Sanguinary lighting ensued, for the Ebert crowd was determined and was supported by many of the return ed soldiers. Some of these were posted on the Hrandonburg gate and nt other strategic points with mnehlno guns, grenades and ilame projectors. After several hundred persons had been killed and many wounded, It was nnnounced that the government forces lind maintained the supremacy and had large bodies of troop concentrat ed Just outside the city, ready to enter It The chancellor, addressing great crowds outside his palace, bitterly de nounced the Spartacans for their "rascally behnvlor and Insane policy" and promised thnt they would be sup pressed. At tills point the Independent social ists Jumped Into action, tnklng advan tage of the crisis, and tried to force out the Ebcrt-Scheldemnnn crowd. A new revolutionary government was proclaimed, composed of Independent socialists, with Lodcbour, Llegmaun nnd Tick In control. This naturally ild not satisfy Llebknecht, and lie wns enld to lie continuing his efforts to In nll a government of his own choos- ng. His followers were In possession of the royal stables and of police head quarters. Chief of Police Elchhorn, who Is one of 'them, had Ignored his dismissal by the people's commission ers. Hadek, the bolshevik emissary from Itussln, was advising the Sparta cans. Dispatches coming as this Is written Bay the Spartacans were being strengthened hy the accession of some of the troops nnd were holding the principal points In Herlln; that Gustnv Noske, commander In chief of the Ebert government troops, was prepar ing to call new forces In to attempt to regain control of Heriln, nnd Unit a violent reaction by the more conserva tive elements wns expected. There were reports that the civil war was sprendlng to other parts of Germany nnd thnt violent uprisings were disturbing Huvarla and the Hhon lsh provinces. In Munich nnd Uruns wick there were strikes and riots In cited by the adherents of Llebknecht, Mores being pillared and several per sons killed. The main strength of Uio Spartacans, however, Is In Uerlln. If nny government can hold out until Uio national assembly has met and de termined what the. future of Germany filiall bo, It may bo recognized by tho allies as competent to enter into tho peace negotiations nnd sign tho treaty. Thnt, of course, Is Its Immediate aim, nnd that Is what tlio Spartacans are flghtiug against so strenuously. na The military commission of tho al lies sent to Uerlln In connection with tho cnrrylng out of tho terms of tho armistice got, mixed up In tho ruction and, seeking protection, porsuaded General Harries of tho American tinny to raise the American ling over tho Hotel Adlon, where tho members were sheltered. A street mob threatened to storm tho building If the Hag wero not dowered, and at tho demand of tho Albert government this was done. In dlgnnnt patriots aro assured by ofll- kkssss e-SrSjBX! . MWWBass z S5S53Wii? . JirrSi'. . 'i rials tit Washington that If tho press reports nre correct tho Germans were well within their rights nnd that Gen oral Harries acted Injudiciously. The war Is not yet formally ended nnd the allies have no more right to rnlso one of their ilags In an enemy city than would the Germans to lly their colors within the allied Hues. rat It begins to look ns If Itussln Is to" bo left to her fate and to be called on to work out her own snivation or relapse Into barbarism under the semblance of rule of the bolshevlkl. Japan tins an nounced that most of her troops will be withdrawn from Siberia, Great Urltaln declares that she will send no more men to Husslnn territory nnd that those now there are being re called, and there Is no reason to be lieve that the United States will in crease her forces there. Indeed, some of our senntors and congressmen nre openly demanding thnt the Yunks ho brought hnck from Uussla at once In stead of being left to light tlio bolshe vik armies In the snows of the Arch angel region and along the Siberian railway. " Although they aro still making con siderable progress in the Haltlc prov inces and have captured Itlgn, from which the allied and German troops withdrew, tho bolshevlkl have not been doing so well toward the east. Tho Omsk government of loyal Russians grows stronger nnd asks recognition by the allied nations, with the right of representation nt the peace confer ence. The Siberian nnd other factions hnve Joined with It, asking Admiral Kolchak to accept their support for tho salvation of Russia. The bolshe vik government Is having Internal troubles, and n story cume from Co penhagen to tho effect that Trotzky had quarreled with Lenlne and ordered his arrest, declaring himself dictator. Lenlne, It Is said, sought to effect n coalition with the moderates. Pa The conflict between Gormnny nnd Poland over tho province of Posen may lie Fettled without further fight ing, for the two governments hnve opened negotiations for n peaceful un derstanding. Hut the Ruthenlans, at latest reports, wero detennlned to re cover Lemberg nnd had surrounded thnt city, which was defended by n large force tif Poles, Including n divi sion made up of women. Tho Poles wero driven out of Vllnn by the bolshevlkl, tho defenders be ing without cannon and short of car tridges. The bolshevik troops at once began a massacre of the civilians. The Polish soldiers retreated to Lana varova, whero they were disarmed by tho Germans nnd sent to Hlulystok. There they were robbed by Germans nnd stinted for Polish territory. Paderewskl and Pllsudskl are still trying to get together to form a gov ernment for Poland, knowing that dis sension must end before the allies will help. res President Wilson returned to Paris from Italy, where ho probnbly accom plished much In clearing up the situ ntlon concerning tho disputed territory on the east coast of the Adriatic. It Is said that opinion In Italy on this mat ter Is divided, many of the people pre ferring to have peace rather than to Insist on possession of tho land that tho Jugo-Slavs claim. It Is likely a compromise can bo reached In tho peace congress without great dlfllculty. Premier Lloyd Georgo being de tained In London, tho preliminary con feronces of tho premiers and foreign ministers of tho four great powers In Paris went over to this week, but Mr. Wilson had tin Important Informal con ference with Premier Orlando of Italy and the representatives of Japan. President Polncaro named tho fol lowing as the French delegates to tho peace conference: Premier Clemen ceau, Foreign Minister Plchon, Finance Minister Klotz, Jules Cnmbon and" An dro Tardleti, high commissioner to the United States. Tho French have sub mitted to other delegations a program for procedure by which the peace con gress would tnko up matters In this order: A general ngreement for the creation of a leaguo of nations; the sotting up of new Independent states growing out of tho war; tho assess ment of damages and Indemnities and manner of pnyment ; tho conclusion of peace treaties with tho central powers. Tho treaties, it la plain, must wait un ', ''i- ") P-tail" , r, -r;'sv. t fr tfHljtT-.,MtAVJ'J- ""-"XWM K 4 7W5utw22kjtX2!EKS3? M Wl"' CwAyvAwaV J. MAVww,vr..7mZl3' fi . ? tfitf V " . "''"?. -, w ' i til rccognlynblo governments hnve been established In the central nations. If this were too long delayed It might be come necessary for the allies to step la and help, though probably this would he done only as a last resort, and the Pulled Stntes might decline to have nny active part In It. ryj The Urltlsh government, It Is under stood, will urge that some kind of a general peace settlement be the first business of the conference, one of tho Important reasons for this being that It would penult uu early demobiliza tion of the tinny. Just now this hi a serious matter for England, for last week there were inuny noisy demon strations by troops who wnnt to be re leased to return to civil life. Tho crews of tho mine-sweeping trawlers nlso protested, nnd It wns nnnounced that hereafter the work of these men mostly fishermen would be done by volunteers. That no punishment was Inflicted for the open breaking of dis cipline by the Urltlsh soldiers Is one of the significant signs of the time. In the United States there Is similar dis content over the slowness and poor system of demobilization, but so far there have been no demonstrations. Ka Secretary Raker's pacifist soul Is finding expression anew these days as the Yanks return from oversens. In various cases there have been efforts to organize receptions for these men In their home localities before their de mobilization, so thnt their friends can sec them parade nnd show tliunj In a body how their gallant services are ap preciated. Among these the case of the Ulackhawk division and Chicago was notable. Hut the secretary of war seems to fear that such martial dis plays as are asked would tend toward militarism. Ho does not say so, but that Is the way It looks. ret A Jury In Judge Landls' federal court In Chicago did a good Job last week, finding Victor L. Uerger, Adolph Germer, W. F. Kruse, J. Louis Eng dahl and Rev. Irwin St. John Tucker guilty of sedition and dlsloynlty under the espionage act. Tho congressman elect from Milwaukee nnd his Socialist nssoclates were active throughout tho war In their efforts to obstruct tho government's war program, and they now face terms In u federnl prison and heavy fines. It may be that Herger will not be permitted to take his seat In the next congress, though this Is un certain, owing to his appeal from tho verdict. pa The allies are planning to mltigato the rigors of the blockade of the cen tral powers In order to let In food, not for the Huns, but for Poland and tho people of the Halkans and certain sec tions of Russia. Partial surveys of the food situation show that these re gions are near starvation, tho shortngo of bread, ment and fats being especial ly serious. Most of the fats must be supplied by America. The Gentian ves sels required to send food to Europe will be available before long and Mr. Hoover, who Is directing the relief work, Is doing all in his power to hasten the supplies o sorely needed. n All other events of Inst week wero overshadowed, so far as America wbh concerned, by the death of Colonel Roosevelt. Relieved by his countless admirers to be the greatest Amerlcnti since Abraham Lincoln, he Is admitted by those who disagreed with him to hnve been unexcelled In courageous patriotism and zeal for tho welfare of Ids country and his countrymen. To eulogize one whoso remarkable quali ties and achievements were known to all the world seems superfluous. Ills passing evoked the sincere nnd unlver snl grief of men nnd women In every rnnk of life. No pomp nnd circum stance marked his funeral none was needed, for his glorious place In history and In the hearts of his fellow citizens Is secure. na Another mighty good mnn passed nwny last week MaJ. Gen. J. Franklin Hell, commander of tho department of tho East. He was a West Pointer nnd had a distinguished enreer of forty years In tho army, In tlio course of which ho saw much fighting In Indian campaigns ntfd In tho Philippines. Ho trnlned tho Scventy-sovetith division for the war in Europo but was not physically tit for Bervlco nt the front. rc& I , : NEBRASKA INCIDENTS BOILED T0A FEW LINES Occurrences Over the Cornhuskcr State Chronicled In Paragraph , Form for the Busy Reader. County councils of defense nre n (lung of the past in Nebraska. The bodies have been tlKorgmilzed by or ders of the government. However, the good work accomplished by the coun ty council over the state during the period of the war will long bo rcnioni. liereil nnd deserves u good deal of cotilntendntlou. Two big conventions will bo held nt Onnlm the last of this month. Mem ben of the Nebraska Pollard Here ford llrceders AmicIjioii will meet on the -Sth and member of the state ItollletV organization on the "!Hh and lilllll. Chun It ervlceH were held hi Tabl. Hock last Sunday a week for the llvt time shire the establishment "' ''"' mllitenxii quarantine by small towns. The house quiiriiiitlne has caused but few homes to be placarded lit the city. While pln.vlng with a loaded re volver he had found In a lmy loft the Il-.veiir-old von of 1'. 11. Murphy of near Teitmiseh. died from the elYeef of being shot through the stomach when the weapon aeelileiitly exploded. ltepies(i!tntle selected at the fanners national reconstruction con. fcrcnee nt Washington to attend the peace conference at Paris Included C. 11. Giisttifvon of thlv vtnie. head of the Nebraska Farmer- Congress. While milk has Increased In price 7." per cent In the Miito, the cost of cattle feed has advanced '2W per cent since the war beiran. Prof. Frundscii told 'JIM Nebraska dairymen nt a con-fc'-e'u'e nt Lincoln recently. The second annual convention of tin- Nebravka State Potato Impiove ment association twice postponed on lecount of the Intlueiiz'a epidemic, will be held at Lincoln. February 5. G and 7. EvCon-Jxessmnn n.ivld II. Mercer, prominent In political circles of Ne bras,a.Mlleil at Omaha, lie venod fle terms in coni:res and was (51 j ears of nge nt the time of Ills death. Alvim l'. Cole, venteneed to be eve ruled tills month for the murder or Mrs. Lulu Vogt. near St. Paul, has been reprieved for the third time. April -". I now vet for the execution. Norfolk has made tirrniiKoients- to prevent every man of the ity who has donned a uniform with service medal Immediately upon their return to the cltv after being mustered out. The "flu" situation throughout Ne braska appears to be steadily Improv ing, despite the fact that a number of counties have hail flare tips of the ntahnly In the past few days. Catholics of Kearney have started a movement to raise funds to con struct n SIOO.000 hospital In the city. It Is reported that cood progress in the undertaking Is being made. Influenza has taken "n heavy toll of lives among the Indians at . Santee. Knov county. Fp to the first of the year fprt.v deaths had occurred from the malady In the tribe. The "llu" ban at Norfolk has been lifted after several weeks duration. All public gatherings are now per mitted In the city, with the exception of dancing. The campaign to sell 101!) war sav ing stamps In Nebraska Is well under way. It Is to be hoped that Nebraska will take her full share of tho cer tificates. County sheriffs throughout Wyom ing are enrchlng for Simon Decker of Klmbnll. who disappeared from Hillsdale, Wyo more than six weeks ago. Nebraska lias CS.OOO men working on food products In the packing houses, creameries, grain mills and beet sugar plants In the stnte. Nebraskn C'ity has a new automo bile fire truck. The machine Is cap rble of maklntr 10 miles an hour nnd cost the city dnds- ? 1.000. Ttlchanlvon county land reached the top record price when Henry Harton sold an elubt acre tract uear Falls City for !'"" n " n0- The board of supervisors of Gnge rnuntv lias voted '$2 TOO for the sup port of the county agent's work dur ing win. A renl nlrplnno will he one of the attractions at the Omahn automobile show, which will bo hold March 10 to in. During the period between January C and 0 ten persons succumbed to the ilremleil Influenza and Its effects In and around Ord. ''onmilssloiicrs of Madison county have organized a health board to com bat the Influenza epidemic. The recent cold snap cauved consid erable trouble In tho vntious potnvh plants in western Nebraska. Tho breaking of pipes In which tho luime Is ennied from 'the lakes to the plants through freezing, wns tho main dif ficulty. Nebraska Is the first stnto In the Union to manufacture potash from sugar beefs, according to S. P.. How ard, Immigration expert for tho Hur llngton railroad. This Is holm: doin nt n three-acre lake, owned bv the Western Sugar Refining company, be tween Scottsb1u.1T nnd Gerlng. Gnge county's honor roll, Just com piled, shows that fourteen boys from tho county wero killed In action, four died of wounds received In action, four have been reported missing and twenty died from vnrlotts cnitses. The county's wounded total thirty-one. Tho tcniblo automobllo accident nenr Lincoln which cost the lives of Miles E. McKnlght, nged 01; a son of JO, a daughter of V2, a married daughter of l!0, and the year and a half old baby of the hitter, all of thai city, was due, It Is believed, to the sldo curtains of tho nuiomoblle being up. The tragedy happened a short dis tance east of Lincoln, when McKnlght apparently drove the car directly In the palh of n fast Hock Nlrnd passen ger train. The automobile v-4is ground to lilts by the Impact, and the deaths of the! occupants were almost Install Innooiis. One of the moit disastrous automo bile accidents In the history of west ern Nebraska occurred near Scotts hluff. when u Huiilugton work train crashed Into a touring car containing slv persons, killing five of them and seriously Injuring the sixth. The dead are: William Nicholas. IS; .1. A. lNi's. ."i: .1. P.lssell. ".; K. Olio. Jap anese, -10; and Hie mouths-old baby of (Urn. Mrs. oiio, was veverely hurt, prominent f aimers county. A world's record Ihe only survlver, The men were all of Scott' HluiT of forty . years' standing wps broken at the Miuisel P.rolherv' ate of Hereford cattle at Cambridge, when fifty animals brought sl!)-j .:,(. The top bull brought S'Jl.tMin with a clove second bringing Rl'o.ohh. No animal brought lev than M.oiK). A large percentage of" the cattle were sold to Nebraska breeders. The sale was alteuded by .",.(M)0 people from all parts of Ihe Pulled Stales as well ns buyers from Canada Argentine and the Hawaiian Islands. Editor A. A. Mm dock, of the IV Witt Eagle. Is planning to enlarge h's n'aiit end Install modern equipment. The editor of the Fagle Is one of the most popular cltbons of the cominun lly and Is a constant booster for his home town. Won! hasi been received nt Alns. worth that Dr. T. K. Jones of thnt city, now in France, has been cited for bravery In the performance of his duty as a surgeon on the battle Held, and will be awarded the cross of war. Plans for the organization of n formers' elevator company in Heat rice have been made and It Is proposed to raise not less than S1."i.(m)0 and to either erect n new elevator or pur chase one of the old line concerns. A movement Is on foot nt Omaha to organize a concern to construct air planes. The movement Is backed by several strong financiers of the city, and establishment of the factory Is al most assured. The annulil meeting and reunion of the Nebraska Territorial Pioneers' as. sociation, which was to have been held nt Lincoln, January 11, was called off on account of the Influenza. The dairying Industry Is becoming un important factor among farmers of Morrill county. A number of stations In the county are shipping largo quantities of cream dally. The Pawnee county chapter of tho American Red Cross has compiled a list showing that twelve of the conn t.v's bo.vs have died while In the serv ice of their country. ' To popularize rabbits as meat, tho Consolidated Rabbit Rrecders asso ciation of Lancaster county has de cided to establish a rabbit ine-it mar ket nt Lincoln. Nebraska holds first place In the central division for Junior Red Cross with approximately 'Jl.'I.OOO members. The number of schools organized Is placed at .",115. Over two hundred delegates are ox pected to attend a southeastern Ne braska Y. M. C. A. conference at Heat rice February 1." and 1(1. The board of education at Grand Island has decided to enforce tho law which requires children below 10 years of age to attend school. Three hundred men took part In the wolf hunt near Wabash. Seven wolves were rounded up in a six- mile terri tory, nnd three were killed. A large number of Nebraska towns nre making preparations to hold n series of entertainments In honor of tho returning soldiers. A farm of 100 acres, n mile ctt of Surprise wns sold at auction for $10."..i0 an acre. There were no build ings on the land. , Two farms northwest of Stella were sold at public auction Just recently for 51110 and S'Ji'O per aero respectively. SIvty thousand dollars' worth of water bonds Issued by the city of Sidney have been sold to n Denver firm. A bill now before congress provides that the secretary of the Interior build' n canal and reservoirs In Dawson nnd Lincoln counties, Nebraska, on tho lower North Pintle project, to carry out plans for utilizing flood waters of the Platte already made by reclama-, Una engineers. i Congressman Klnkald has Introduc ed bill In congress for $S00,000 for construction of n dam nnd icservolr In the North Plntto river, near Guern sey, 'Wyo.. as part of tho North Platto reclamation project. Many Nebraska men will he affected by the order to demobilize half of tho Tenth division, now stationed nt Camp l'uns'ton. Kan. Post M, Travelers' Protective asso ciation of Alliance, has urged every representative and senator In tho stnto to iuhHo good ronds Improve ments n slogan for 1019, Increased automobile tnv to bo applied to good roads, similar to the llltnphj law, nnd n ."eetlon allowing counties to voto bonds whero townships and districts will ho benefited, similar to tho Kan sas law, nro urged. IHFOR PESSIMISM Canada as a Nation Builder. Wltn Canada's great tusk In tho war before the public, tho burdens that she so willingly took nnd so u'oly carried, and her recent victory In sub scribing $170,000,000 to the Oth Vic tory Hond Loan more than sho asked, ho would bo a skeptic who would as sociate the word pessimism with her present condition. Canada deplores tho heavy human loss which she has suffered, but even 'those akin to thoso lost In battle say with cheerfulness; that while the saciillce was great, tho ctuifru was wonderful, nnil accept their sufferings with grace. It may well be said theie is no room In Can ada tnda.v for the pessimist. The ag tlcttltural production of the country has doubled In four years. SMO.000, 000 aro the railway earnings today or .'Hi times what they worn ten years ago, while the bank deposits lire now v?1.7:t;i.000.000 as compared with SIHU, 000.000 thirty years ago. There Is u wonderful promise for the future. It Is with buoyancy that Canada, faces an era of peace. She has tri umphed over the soul-testing crisis of wnr. Heforo the war Canada was n borrower, and expected to continue so for many years. For the past year and a half we have seen her finance her self. She has also been furnishing credits to other nations. A recent nrticle In the "Uoston Transcript" says: "The people at home have not been lagging behind the boys at tho front In courage, resourcefulness nnd elllciency. Tho development of Cnnudu's wur in dustry Is nn industrial romance of front rank. American Government of ficials can testify to tho elllciency of tho manufacturing plant Canada has built up In four short years. In De partment after Department where they found American Industry failed them they wore able to turn to Canada. Tho full story may bo revealed somo dy." Tho same paper says: "It Is n new Canada that emerges from tho world war in 101S u nation transformed from that which entered the conflict In 1011. 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