RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF ! lit 3crrS z, rr.t,&:i i , i .Wrt .wWttvvrrrrVr. . A.S,tAffS tjt,&Sm,fj( tA$,J. . rr wwAaW, frO &J ftf American army trucks on tlie rontl liotweon Coblonz nml Itonn on the loft bank of tln Ilhlnc. U Vanguard of the American nnny of occupation crossing, the Ithlnc nt Colilunz, one of tin; gntewnys to (Jerninny. 15 Oar dun house of the governor's mansion ut Archangel, liusslu, used by the American lied Cross as part of Its headquarters. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Russian Factions Are Invited to Confer With Commission From the Allies. ON SEA OF MARMORA ISLAND Must First Cease Military Operations Majority Socialists Victors In German Elections British Plan for League of Nations Presented Irish Par liament Meets. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. IloulUIng that they cannot establish pence In the. world while liusslu Is at war with herself anil her neighbors, the supremo council of the peace con gress has Invited all Russian factious to send representatives to the Princes' Islands In the sen of Marmora, that they may there confer with representa tives of the associated powers with a view to bringing about an understand ing by which llussln may work out her own purposes In peaceful ways. It was stipulated that the Russian factions must first cease all military nctlon, and the Invitation made plain that the allied powers had no Intention or desire of Interfering with the right of tho Russians to settle their differ ences In their own way. February 15 was set as the date of the opening of tho conference. This solution of the Russian prob lem was presented to tho supreme council by President Wilson and In the main Is on the Hues of the action pro posed by Premier Lloyd George. At first the French, who admittedly are nfrald of the spread of bolshevlsm In their own country, were opposed to treating In any way with the Russian bolshcvlsts, but they yielded to the opinion of the majority, it wns be lieved that the contending factious would uccept the Invitation, since their resources are nearly exhausted. The bolshevlkl were severely defeated very A'cently In northern Russia, and there ure numerous and extensive peasant risings against their rule In the terri tory they have controlled. It In understood that the allied com missioners who will meet the Russians will state these four conditions as be ing Indispensable In bringing about un adjustment: First Peace at all points. Second Removal of nil economic barriers which restrain the free circu lation or exchange of food and com modities between tho Notional zones unil tho outside world. Third General elections on n repre sentative basis. Fourth Homo adequate arrange ment for the payment of debts. The plan of the biipremo council was very badly received by the ant! bolshevik Russian leaders now In Paris. Their comments were bitter In the extreme and Sorglus Snznnoff, rep resentative of the governments of F.kntotinodar and Omsk, declared he would not sit In conference with the traitors who had betrayed his country. 1Q Decision wns reached by the su preme cmiiicU last week on another very troublesome matter tho Polish quesJon. It wn determined to send at Once to study this problem a mis sion composed of u military and a civil Wegnto from the United Stales, Great Itrltalu, France and Italy. Piolmbly, it tho Russian bolshevlkl remain rocal vltrant, tho Polish state will be set p as u strong barrier between them Jnd western Europe. fi The Temps of Paris said last week that the peace congress Is likely to create two commissions, one on the league of nations and one on the com pensation Germany must pay. It added that tho American delegates 1eo proposed commissions on terri torial questions, on oveiseas territor ies and on responsibilities. It Is said In Paris that tho American delegates ore not yet satisfied as to tho respon sibility of the former kaiser and his chiefs for tho war, In this matter they are likely to find themselves opposed .,,! W Mtwwywwwwjftv .w yzvr vW ! . to the firm, even passlonnte, opinion of the British, French and Italians, to say nothing of tho Belgians and Serbians. pea Prince Llchnowsky, whose record en titles him to respectful hearing, urges n peace that will not grind the Ger mans In the dust. Rut It Is only dis gusting to read the plea of Itetlunann Ilollweg, who wns Imperial chancellor at the outbreak of the war. He begs for n peace of Justice based on Presi dent Wilson's program, and snys Jus tice will veil her head If the victor exploits the distressed conditions of the. conquered. This would sound bet ter If It did not come from otio who Is held Inrgely to blame for the crime of the centuries. Such men as Hethinnnn Ilollweg and Uernstorff will help their countrymen more by keeping silent. Ca- Desplte many riotous demonstrations by the Spartaeans and Independent Socialists, the German elections for the coustltutent assembly were held and resulted In a substantial victory for the Ebert faction. The Majority Socialists elected more representatives than any other group. The former Lib erals, now called the German Demo crats, were second, und tho Spartaeans and Independents were snowed under, winning only In Frnnkfort-on-the-Mnln nnd Hrunswlek. It was estimated the Majority Socialists would hold (55 per cent of the seats. The national .assem bly 1b to meet on February G In Wei mar, capital of tho grand duchy of Saxe-Welmar-lJIsenach, In deference to tho demand of tho south Gorman stntes, which wished to have the con vention as far as possible removed from tho Influence of Prussia. Kurt Kls-uer. the Bavarian premier, failed of election to tho convention. The most radical elements In Ger many are making capital out of the brutal murder of Llebknocht nnd Rosa Luxemburg, the Spartncan leaders, nnd In many places general strikes were started In protest. Bremen was re ported to bo In the hands of the work lngmen, who had seized the barracks', the banks and public buildings and dis armed the garrison. At Remscheld all work was slopped. There we"re serious riots In Lelpslc and other cities, but In Berlin the disturbers weru scat tered by the firm measures adopted by Gustav Xoskc, head of the government police. S One of the worst beatings the bol shevlkl of Russln have received was after the capturo of Narva by the Esthnnlnus, and tho victors declnre It amounted to n complete rout. The Ksthonlnn army nt once moved on Petrogratl, taking ninny prisoners and guns. London heard that Trotzky or dered the governor of Petrograd to surrender tho city without a struggle. In the Archangel region the bolshevlkl kept up a vigorous attack on the ml vanced positions of the Americans and loyal Russians nnd were boasting that In the Kadlsh vicinity they would drive the allies Into the White sen In March. They seem to bo well supplied with artillery and shells, but are gaining no material advantages. ta in addition to settling the dispute between the Itullnns and the Jugo slavs concerning Dalmatln and Flume the peace eongress bus another con flict of claims to adjudicate. The secret treaty between tho entente al lies gae to France the control of Syria and Armenia and now comes the king of tho Hedjns, represented at Paris by his sou, Prince Felsal, asking com plete Independence and autonomy for tlio Arabian state of the Hedjas to consist of Syria, upper and lower Mesopotamia, Yemen and Nejd. The conference Is nhkod to send n commis sion to learn tho desires of tho peoples Involved. The king of the Hedjas and his troops gave the British very con siderable aid In tho conquest of Pales tine. Ma The British draft of a league of na tions was submitted to tho peace dele gates last week by Lord Robert Cecil, who said It was his opinion that an in ternational tribunal with absolutely binding powers Is not practical nt the present time. The British plan follows the Ideas of General Smuts, the South African leader, and contemplates a lenguo relying largely on public opin ion and having tho power to Impose delay on disputants beforo re'sort to amis. Tho French plan for a lenguo n r i V v-V..s , .sWWt, f.yv 'A,? w,, SMAt I'AWtAft't yrt was the next scheduled for presenta tion. It was said President Wilson would not submit his schemo unUl nil others had been heard, not only out of deference to the European nntlons but In the belief that when the others have been discussed, his plan may serve to reconcile the differences that will have developed. That these differences will not be great Is the belief of Lord Cecil, who says be found In conversations with tho delegates that there wns In very Inrge measure an agreement on the principles ho outlined. a The opening of the Sinn Fein par liament In Dublin, with Its formal proc lamation of the independence of Ire land, was perilously near to being n comedy, but may well develop Into tragedy later. Only 125 members were present, the others being In Jail. They elected Charles Burgess speaker and appointed Count Plunkett, Arthur Grif fiths and Prof. Edward Do Vnlera a committee to present to the peace con ference at Pnrls the clalms.of Ireland to self-determination. The last two named are In English prisons. The proceedings of tho "parliament" were conducted so far as possible In the Irish Celtic language, with lapses Into English when tho former failed. Tho government took absolutely no notice of the meeting of the "Dull Elrennn," ns tho Irish cnll their as sembly, although it wns in the Man slon house, under tho very shndow of Dublin castle. Loyal citizens hung out nn unusual number of union Jacks and some returned soldiers growled a bit, but there was no disorder. The Brit ish government apparently Intends to Ignore tho Sinn Fein republic until It undertakes to enforce laws that are In conflict with those esthllsbed by tho British; then the trouble Is likely to begin. In the opinion of the loyal Irish press, the purpose of the "par liament" Is to attrnct the nttentlon of the world, especially the peace confer ence, to the case of the Sinn Felners, and the hitter expected and hoped the nssembly would bo suppressed by the police. In this tho British fooled them, not desiring to create nny more Irish martyrs than necessity compels. IT Count Plunkett takes the Sinn Fein declaration to the pence conference It l likely to be quietly pigeon-holed. to One result of the Irish matter was the killing of two policemen who were guarding a quantity of explosives In Tlppernry and the theft of the explos ives. Tlpperary was nt once placed under the crimes net, which means Its Inhabitants arc under much the sumo restraint as the people In the occupied parts of Germany. The murder mny be the beginning of u now period of terrorism and assassinations. fa While new republics are springing up overnight In Europe, the renctlon nrles of Portugal have broken out und proclaimed tho restoration of the mon archy. Tho movement Is especlully strong In tho northern part of tho country. The revolutionists have of fered the throne to tho former king, Manuel, and though he Is absolved of ficially of any connection with tho up rising, it Is reported ho Is on a vessel off Oporto awaiting developments. His lord In waiting at IaiihIoii said Manuel would return to his country If It w Nlied him to do so. There Is a re port that, In case Manuel does not ac cept the Invitation of tho rojnllsts, they will offer tho throne to Diuu Mig uel of Braganza. wjjn married Anita Stewart of New Jersey. ras It may bo the "Yellow -Peril" nlarin Ists In America will be somewhat si lenced by the statement of Viscount Uchldn, minister for foreign affairs, at the opening of the Japanese. .parlia ment. He declined that Japan had "no aspiration but to seek the consum mation of a free and unfettered devel opment of her national life along tho highway of Justice ami peace," and that she was "determined to pursue n fair and clean policy In all Internation al relations." Ho especially emphasized his country's friendship for China and Russia and denied that It would be Julian's policy to take advantage of the domestic troubles of Russia to pro mole selfish alms of territorial or eco nomic aggression. Tho Japanese for eign olllco also Issued denials of "mis chievous roiiorts" of Japanese activi ties In China, particularly In regard to tho granting of loans. NEBRASKA INCIDENTS BOILED TO A FEW LINES Occurrences Over tho.. Cornhusker GUtc Chronicled In Paragraph Form for the Buoy Render. Tho decision of Judge Flansburg In the district court at Lincoln, holding j the .unM-sufTrugi' referendum petition Invalid, finally gives the ballot to Ne braska wotnt'ii for the llrt time aside from voting at school elections. The decision, suffrage attorneys say, will give the women the right to vote for till oflices not mentioned In the stut constitution. An appeal to a higher court will not prevent them voting at the spring elections to bo held In many Nebraska towns. Argument before the Nebraska su preme court of I he ease wherein the State of Nebraska has filed u inandii tory writ to compel the American Ex press .'. to abide by the freight rate charges provided by the state railway t commission rather than the rates made by the government railway ad ministration has been Indefinitely post poned. The I a el; of the resumption of build ing operation throughout Nebraska, either by Individuals or munlcipnllt'cs. Is due. contractors say, to the belief that the price of building material may drop. Men In cloe touch with the building industry, assert that no de elded reduction In the mice of mate rials s looked for. While eastern Nebraska people nro paying .$1.'J0 to $1.1:5 per bushel for graded while potatoes, the best price! the farmers of Box Itutfe and Sherl- I dan counties can get from the com mission men Is ."5 and -10 cents per bushel, nccordlng to Lloyd Thomas of Alliance. The 1'nlversity of Nebraska added one more permanent trophy to Its list when Its college of agriculture stock I Judging team took first place at the Western Live Stock show at Denver, ' It being tho third time the university's stock Judging team has won first place nt the Western show. The committee in charge of Omalin Market Week, March -1(1, has com- pleted arrangements for n reception and musical on March -I, for the enter tainment of Its guests. Several strik ing entertainment features are being ' planned for the other evenings'. Mrs. Ella Ends of Julian. Richard Fon county, claims to be the champion knitter of Nebraska. She has kn'ttcd twenty-three sweaters, two mufflers, two pairs of wristlets, six helmets and twelve pairs of socks holdes attend ing Red Cross sewings regularly. Nebraska and Wyoming farmers are nsking congress to appropriate $500,000 to complete the Fort Laranilo Irrlga- j tlon canal by 10120. Work on the on- j mil, which Is Intended to water -IS.000 acres of western Nebraska land, has practically ceased for lack of funds. Nebraska's two United States sen ators. Hitchcock mid Norrls, voted with the majority when the upper house of congress passed the presi dent's bill to appropriate $100,000,000 for food relief In Europe and the Nenr East. A large delegation Is evpected ut the Nebraska county treasurers' associa tion meeting, which will bo held nt Lincoln on February IS, 10 and 120. with headquarters at the Llndell hotel. During the first three days of last week there were shipped Into tho Omaha stock market S0.H00 hogs, coin pared with shipments of -10, KM) head the corre.'jioudlng days a year ago. William" Vlnnattn, -15 years old, of North Platte, who was found guilty of mistreating bis 11-year-old daughter, faces a prison sentence of from one to twenty years. A recent West Hluo wolf nTint re sulted In the sale of $51.70 worth of coyote hides at miction. The funds were donated to Sunnyslde home or old people at Hastings'. Nebraska potatoes are holding their own with the products of the best po tato regions of the country, according to dealers over the state who nro handling them. Contracts have been let for -the ex tension .of the Interstate canal In Morrill county, adding 15,000 acres to Nebraska's Irrigated territory. The Federation of Nebraska Retail ers will bold Its annual meeting In Lincoln. February 10 to 1 1. Lincoln baseball men say that the Capital City Is sure to be represented In the Western lenguo this year. The Liberty motor will be a fea ture of the fourteenth annual automo bile show at Omaha March 10 to i."i. More than 100 Nebraska city school superintendents und members - of boards of education attended the nlut conference at Hastings and endorsed proposed legislation to repeal the pro vision mnkliig 15 mills tho limit that enn be levied for schools Nebraska Base Hospital Unit No. 40 will be home In live weeks. The hivspltnl was closed January -0. nnd the IO0 or more Nebrnsknns who make up Its personnel expect to be home by tho end of Fol'runry. according to Washington reports. Membership in the Mutual Aid so ciety of the Nebraska State Volunteer Firemen's association, was boosted to close to tho 1.000 murk nt the Fremont convention. Tho IncrciiMs will reduce the death assessment to 00 cents. Eighty acres of land In tho vicinity of liattsmouth, bought thirteen years ago for $00 nn ncre, was sold the other dny for tho record sum or SiOO per ncre. Tho Burlington's new cement steel hrldgo over tho Platte river, near Grand Island, is now being used by the road. Affcr nearly sir ycnrB of continue litigation ranging from county to su premo court, District Judge Diiugan held tho alleged will of John O'Connor. Ifnstlngs recluse, to be genuine, thus turning tho hundred thousand dollar estate to tho heirs of Charles O'Con nor, alleged brother and beneficiary. There have been more than 100 claim mils to the estate nnd this Is the third purported will offered in the oxten-dvp litigation. More than 500 Nebraska overseas soldiers, members of (lie 1127th Held artillery and formerly a part of the Ith Nebraska National Guard, return ed to their homes over the state last week, after being mustered out nt Camp Dodge. Though they didn't get on the firing line, these men were ns great heroes to the folks they left be hind as nny detachment decorated for bravery. -. Flour prices will be stabilized, nnd possibly slightly reduced, by the ac tion of the United .Slates Grain cor poration In opening for sale to millers stores of government wheat, said mem bers of the Nebraska Millers' associa tion, who attended the recent conven tion of the organization at Omaha. Word has reached Deshler that John ISodenburg, president of the Farmers and Merchants bank there, and his wife of a few weeks, were killed in an automobile accident near Orange. Oil. Tins coiifde were on u honeymoon trip when death overtook them. The Superior First Community hos pital has been renamed Taylor Lewis Memorial hospital after the first Su perior man to give up his life In battle In France. Taylor Lewis en listed In Superior shortly after the war broke out. The Fanners' Co-operative associa tion, ut Table Rock, did more than $100,000 worth of business In the past year. A dividend of 8 per cent on capital stock was declared at a recent meeting and -I'," per cent on business transacted. Slock from the Nebraska University Farm, near Lincoln, carried off $000 In prize money at tho Western Live Stock Show at Denver. Out of thir teen steers exhibited, twelve of them were winners, receiving a total of twenty ribbons. Vice President Neal of the federal grain control told members jif the State Millers' association at Omaha that there is no doubt Hie government assured prices for 101S and 1010 wheat will be maintained. The meetings of Nebraska Organ bed Agriculture will be held In Lin coln February 125 to 12S. The conven tion, which moots, annually early In January, was postponed on account of the Influenza epidemic. The death of Joseph Schweitzer, re siding near Wood River, marks the llfth victim In a single family of In fluenza. The wife, a son, a brother and a sister of the deceased preceded him In death. Tlii 10120 convention of the Nebraska Slate Volunteer Firemen's association will be held In Scottsbluff. The cop volition at Fremont selected Scotts bluff over Alliance by a vote of 17$ to M Fire, believed to have been caused bv throwing a cigar or cigarette stump Into a pile of excelsior, started a blaze In the Coddlngton block at Kearney, causing a loss estimated at $10,000. Preparations nro under way for the ninth annual May festival, to be held at Peru. May 120, at which time Han del's "Messiah" will be rendered by i chorus of seventy-live to 100 voices. Al Koyen of Fremont made the high score at Plnehursl, N. C, trapsbontlng midwinter tournament, breaking sev enty-four blue rocks In seventy-five. Ills score was :i5!l In possible I175. A movement Is on foot at Lincoln to build a municipal hospital. It Is planned to build one wing of (he hos pital first, costing $100,000, and to add to It later on. The Nebraska fuel administration will ceae to exist after March 1. ac cording to Instructions to State Admin istrator Kennedy at Omaha from Washington. The Sliomsburg home guards have discontinued their organization ns home guards, but have formed Into a Stronisburg-home guard association. Reports enilnating from the Stnto House at Lincoln, say that there will be no reorganization of tho state coun cil of defense or county councils. Oinaha cash corn juices suffered tho biggest drop of the season lust Sat urday, declines ranging from 7 to 17 cents. A total of 1,5 111 automobiles, valued at $750,000, have been stolen in Omaha and vicinity since January 1, 1018. Walter George Rlckenburg esenjiod from parole from the Nebraska pent tenflnry, and who jiosed as a war hero tit Denver, admits he is a inonnnioutal fakir and a bigamist, that be nevir had been In I'mnnV never had been wounded, and never had seen a baffle "except In moving pictures." He will now finish hls""tong term at tho state prison at Lincoln. . The Farmers' Co-Opcratlve Grain company- of Pleasantdale, with a jinld ujr capital of SD.OOO, declared divi dends of Mi.OOO on 191S earnings-. A large arch lias been erected at North Platte by the welcome homo committee In honor of the Lincoln county soldiers and sallnis who-are re. turning homo from war. Total expenditures for road work In Dodgo county during tho yenr 1D1S amounted to $18,000, according to the rejiort of County Highway Commis sioner William Sunders. Falling In lino with' other wide awake counties of tho state, Otoe i'lids tho services of an agricultural npeiiUtirneHcIiil and will continue tin work, H MI FOI Duty Devolving on Farmers of This Continent. Western Canada Well Prepared to Meet the Needs of the Old World "Tho Earth la a Machine Which Yields Almost Gratuitous Service to Every Application of Intellect" Emerson, Sponklng with one of tho commis sioners appointed to ninke n survey of tho food situation In tho bnttlc-torn countries of Europe tho writer wns told thnt tho depletion nnd shortngo of food wns for grenter thnn anybody hnd expected. With tho investlgntlon, which nt thnt time hnd merely stnrted, much hnd been brought to light thnt had only been surmised. Herds of llvo stock were completely wiped out, fields thnt hnd been prolific ylelders of grain, roots nnd vegetables were terraced nnd hummocked by bombs nnd shells, many of them still lying uncxploded and dnngerous. Until this- lnnd enn be gone over nnd cleaned nothing in th wny of cultivation enn be cnrrled on,, nnd even where thnt is done the work of leveling nnd getting under cultiva tion will take a long time. Much more devolves upon the farmer on this side of the Atlantic thnn was nt first supposed. Herds of live stock will hnve to be replenished and this will tnko yenrs; the provisioning of tho people In the meantime Is tho task tho fa'rmers here will be asked to un dertake. Producing countries will be tnxed to their utmost to meet this de mand; all that can bo provided will bo needed. This need will continuo for some time, and during this period prices will be high. The opinion of those who have given the question most careful thought and study Is that food scarcity will be greater than ever before. The Allies will have to feed Germany, Austria, Turkey and Russia and this In nddltion to the require ments of European neutrals for In creased' supplies now that there Is no submarine menace. To the Canadian and American fann er this moans a demand for his grain fully as great as nt any time In the past Wheat will be needed, meat will be required. The slogan "don't stop saving food" is ns necessary today as ever. The purpose of this article is to direct nttentlon to the fact that hun dreds of thousnnds of acres of land: In Western Canada are still unoccn pfed, nnd this lnnd Is cnpnblo of pro ducing enough to supply nil needs. On its rich grasses nro cnslly raised nnd cheaidy too the cattle that will bo sought; In its soil lies tho nutriment thnt mnkes ensy the production of tho grain thnt will bo needed, and In both, the farmer will be assured of n good profit on his Investment. Tho lnnd enn, bo purchnsed nt low prices, on ensy terms, nnd with the abundance of re turns that it will give, it does not mean, n matter of speculation. The facts ns set out aro known, and certainly are gunrnnteed. These facts, tho low cost of the land,, and its grent productivity, combined' with tho admirable mnrketlng nnd transport facilities nt tho dlsposnJ of the farmer ninke farming in Western Conndn nn attractive proposition. Ad vertisement. Hitting Only the HlQh Spots. An Alabama private who was rag ing becnu-e he was kept In u northern camp dining the holidays when things were "right sninit" down South was asked what he would do Jf he wore suddenly discharged. "Roy, I'se gwino to taka distance." An Attack ot Influenza Ofion Leaves Kidneys In Weakened Condition Doctors in nil parts of the country liavo been kept busy with tho epidemic of in fjuenza which has vinited fo many homes. The symptoms of this disease aro very distressing and leave the system in a run down condition. Almost every victim i complains of lame back and urinary troubles which should not be neglect ' cd, ns these daiiRer signals often lead to dangerous kidney troubles. Druggists I report n largo sale on Dr. Kilmer's j Swnmp-Itoot which bo many people say soon heals nnd strengthens the kidneys nftcr an attack of crip. Swamp-Hoot, being an herbal compound, has a. gentlo healing effect on the kidneys, which U almost immediately noticed in most caFes by thoce who try it. Dr. Kilmer k Co., Ulnghimton, N. Y ofTcr to tend n snnij)lo fize bottle of Swamp-Root, on receipt of ten cents, to every sufferer who requests it. A trial will convince nny one who may bo in need of it. lingu lar medium nnd large size bottle", for sale nt nil (fniKpists. lie sure to mention this paper. Adv. A Time Saver. Mistress I want u maid who will bo faithful and not a tlmu-waster. Can you promise that? Hrhlgot Indecd'n I can. I'm that scrup-lous, ma'am, about wastln' timo that I ninke one Job of jirayln' and scrubblu'. Life. To Have a Clear Sweet Skin. Touch pimples, redness, roughness or Itching, if any. with Ciiticnm nint. 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