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r?v ... r RED OLOUD, H1B1AIKA, OIIIF i i r if 1' 81 ii i . :.B n 1:1 ' I it in l 1. J t: iv. 'T tf. f l if w w ff 11 Ii if '' X ) b t - "?. .. 1. . '.. '.t Wlrn Kwiwwr tlntnnjf w -K J lltft&W r , 4L.SJ 1Itelglnn workmen beginning to nbtnr (ho entrance nntl subway connections of tlio great rnllwny station n Ghent, destroyed by the Germans. 2 Scene nt Hemlon aerodrome, Englnnd, wlien Lord I.otidnndcrry for the gov ernment presented to the Canadian government fifteen airplanes. Col. P. M. Wise, commander of the Second bnttnllon, Fifth marines, In the battle of Chatenti Thierry, and Mrs. Wise photographed on the colonel's arrival In New York. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS President Departs for France Without Senate's Approval of Nations' League. CHANGES MAY BE NECESSARY Filibuster In Senate Kills Urgent Bills nd Early Extra Session Is Pre dictedProgress of the Peace Conference Delegates In Paris. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. When President Wilson sailed awny on his return trip to France last Wed nesday there must have been some bitterness In his soul. For n very considerable part of the senate had re fused to accept his dictates concern ing the. constitution of the league of nations, and congress had ndjourued under circumstances that seem to make necessary the early calling of an extra session despite the president's flat declaration that he would not sum mon the new congress until his return from Paris. Mr. Wilson, In his speech In New Tork, asserted that the great majority of the American people favor n league of nations, and there Is no doubt of the truth of the assertion. It Is fa vored, too, by a great majority of the senators, but many of them, and pre sumably many private citizens, do not favor the constitution of the league as It now stands. The president has told us that It Is practically Impossible now to amend the drafted constitution, but that he Is mistaken In this Is the opinion of the opposing senators, and, according to recent dispatches from Paris, some of the delegates to the peace conference agree with them. 'After SO Republican hold-over senators and senators-elect had signed a round robin declaring that the league con stitution should bo altered and that It should not be considered further until tho pence treaty had been rati fied, It was plain to the administra tion leaders, If not to the president, that some compromise was necessary. Therefore, possibly with the authoriza tion of Mr. Wilson, Senator Hitchcock asked Senator Knox to draft the amendments which he and other Re publican senators desire. At this writ ing the results of this step are not known, but It seemed likely that, If the president should concede some of the changes asked, tho senators would con sent to malting the league an Integral part of the peace treaty. On this Int ter point the president takes n deter mined stand, telling his New York audience thot when the trenty comes hock for ratification "we will find the covenant not only In It, but so many threads of the treaty tied to the cove nant that you cannot dissect the cove nant from tho treaty without destroy ing the whole vltnl structure." That a majority of the American people nro In favor of the league con stitution as It now stands Is doubted by Senntors Dorah, Lodge, Knox and others of Its opponents. They siiy they are receiving numerous letters dally that protest against It, and are willing that It should be submitted to a nation wide referendum. Though the ques tlon seems to be drifting Into the field of partisan politics, It must be sold that a number of Democratic senator are as much against the present league plan as are the Republicans who signed the round robin, while some Republi cans nro heartily supporting the presi dent. In the noxt senate there will be at least 52 votes against the league plan, and 33 will be enough to prevent Its ratification. When the Sixty-fifth congress gave up the ghost nt noon, March 4, u vast deal of Important legislation, Including appropriations of about 53,000,000,000, was left unfinished. This was duo to n personal filibuster conducted by I Senators Sherman, France and Ln Fol Jlette. They assumed all responsibility for their notion, for the Republican lenders would have permitted the pas sage of some of the bills, especially that adding $7r0.000,000 to the revolv ing fund for railroad administration. Two measures that did get through In the last hours were the Victory lonn and billion dollar wheat guarantee bills. The purpose of the flllbustet wns to compel the president to call the new congress In extra session In i short time, nnd so urgent are mnny of the measures thnt failed of passage that It seems likely he will have to yield to the demand. When he left America, however, he appeared as de termined as ever not to summon con gress until his return. His statement to the public, Hcoring tho obstruction ists, wns rather unfortunate. The pco pie rend : "It Is not in' the Interest of the right conduct of public affairs thot I should call the congress In special ses sion while It Is Impossible for me to be In Washington, becnuse of a more pressing duty elsewhere, to co-operntc with the houses." Then they immediately recalled Mr. Wilson's statement before his depar ture for France Inst December, that legislation could go forward unim peded In his absence ond thnt he could keep constantly ln touch with congress by cable nntl wireless. It Is the president's own opinion thnt the failure of emergency legisla tion will seriously upset financial con ditions, nnd becnuse there is general agreement on this It Is predicted the extra session of congress will be called not later than In May. There Is no likelihood of Mr. Wilson's being bnck by thnt time, for he has announced his Intention of remaining abroad until the work of the pence congress Is com pleted. At first It wns thought the failure of the appropriation for the railway ad ministration would result ln the almost Immediate return of the roads to their former owners, though this Is desired by neither the owners nor the general public. Director General Hlnes stated Inter that n new plan of financing the sltuntton would be devised; that nn effort would be made to prevail on the railroads ond other business Interests to borrow money necessary to enable the administration to go forward with Its railroad plans and that In no case would he countenance a policy which would slow down Industry or throw men out of employment. The director general also declared that "there Is no occasion to discuss the question of re linquishment of tho railroads." The fact remains thnt the railroads must have at least $700,000,000 before May 31, and If they are forced to bor row In the market the success of the Victory lonn will be Jeopardized. With the return of Premier Lloyd George to Pnrls the pence delegates took up the consideration of the trenty. tackling first the question of the dis armament of the enemy, naval and military, which wns lifted from the nrmlstlce terms nnd will become a part of the peace pact. As framed by the commission, this clnuse will effectually safeguard the world against aggression by the Huns for u long time. As wns expected, the amount of money to be exacted In reparation has been cut down grently, but It still stands nt nn enormous sum. The commission on the matter of the western frontier wns said to have virtually finished Its work. France mny not get all her most en thusiastic citizens hoped for, but nn adequate buffer between her nnd Ger many will be provided by the creation of the neutralized strip along the west bank of the Rhine, According to the Inst reports, the commission named to determine the responsibility of tho authors of the wnr, which Is headed by Secretary Lan sing, hns come to a conclusion that will arouse a storm of protest through out the civilized world. Its report, It Is said, while fixing moral responsibil ity on the former kaiser and his as sociates, falls to find legal responsibil ity becnuse there is no precedent or law nppllcnblo to the case and no ex isting court competent to try the ac cused If their legal guilt were evident. Tho Inyman will wonder why It Is necessary to find n precedent when Wllhelm and his crew created so many In their murderous wnrfnre, nnd why any crimlnnl court In Amerlcn, Great Britain, France or Belgium Is not com petent to try the nccused Individuals, whatever may hnve been their rnnk. Kmlnent legnl bodies In several coun tries hnve renched conclusions at total varlnnce with the reported finding of the commission over which Lansing presides. The PnnGermnn lengue nlso Is taking steps to protect the ex-kalser from Justice, having Issued n procla mation declaring the nntlonnl nssembly or the Ebert government In In honor bound to furnish him n safe retreat on German soil. Thnt Ebert government, by the way, Is becoming rather cocky In its attitude toward the allies. The cnblnet held n meeting the other dny with party lead ers nnd others and all agreed that Germany could not submit to coercion from the entente powers In the nr mlstlce negotiations or In the pence pourparlers. It wns" declared that the government would decline responsibil ity for possible consequences "If the entente tries to speculate on German pntlence." The demands of the allies for the Immediate surrender of mer chant shipping were held to be Inno ceptable because they would "pnrnlyze the country's economic future," and the dismissnl of Oermnn crews from the ships requisitioned wns also "ob jected to. In mnny parts of Germany the disor ders created by the Spnrtncnns con tinue unnboted, nnd there hns been fre quent nnd bloody fighting, in Berlin ns well ns other places. The Reds keep up their method of starting strikes, nnd In nddltlon nre said to be trying to open up the way through Kocnlgsberg, East Prussia, for the entry of their bolshevik brothers from Russln. This move wns temporarily checked by the sending of strong forces of troops. Government soldiers nlso operated ef fectively In Berlin, where the Sparta enns were trying to get possession of the police stations but were routed by artillery fire. The government press predicted thnt the workingmen nnd the government would rench nn ngrecment nnd thnt the genornl strike would fall, leaving the most rndlcnl Reds ns the only mnlcontents. The government has proposed thnt the soldiers nnd worklngmen's council be mnde nn or gnnlc part of the governmental sys tem undor the new constitution that Is being constructed nt Weimar. Most of the present Germnn lenders are still agnlnst nny concessions to the demands of the Poles ns to the enstern frontier, nnd the allies' com mission now in session nt Kreuz on the Brnndenburg-Posen border, hns a dlfll cult question to settle. Field Marshal von Hlndenburg Is quoted ns snylng thnt the territory ln dlsputo never will be hold by the Poles, but will belong to either the Germnns or tho bolshe vik!. He declares the annrchlst hordes ennnot be benten off unless the people there rally to the defense of their homes nnd their families. The allied forces In northern Russia have retired somewhat before tho at tacks of the soviet troops, but have Inflicted great losses on them. Trotsky Is getting his big army more organized and Is reported to bo planning to drive through Bessarabia nnd Into Roumnnla and Hungary, with the expectation of capturing Budapest, The most amaz ing story coming from Russia recently Is that the soviet government hopes to arrange a big loan In Amerlcn In re turn for mining and railroad conces sions. And, nt that, It might bo done. The Irish question pestered the president almost to the hour of his de parture. The house before adjourning adopted a resolution asking the pence conference to recognize the right of Irelnnd to self determination; and n big delegation of Americans of Irish blood waited on Mr. Wilson In New York to urge that ha support thnt proposition. He refused to meet them until Justice Cohnlan of New York hnd withdrawn, that Individual having been accused of taking pnrt In Sinn Fein conspiracies nnd having been u defend er of Jeremiah O'Leary who was charged with obstructing the draft. What the president told the delegation wns not made public. . "i 4.n ' i h.K..f . y.'CW NEBRASKA INCIDENTS BOILED TJM FEW LINES Occurrences Over the Cornhusker State Chronicled In Paragraph Form for the Busy Reader. The Lincoln Commerclnl club hns started n movement to organize it Pershing Highway nssoclntlon, Its pur pose being to extend n thoroughfare, nnmed after tho gront American gen eral, through nil the cities nnd towns where the principal events of his llfo occurred. Tho proposed route would begin nt Snn Francisco nnd end nt New York. One of Nebrnskn's native sons, Lieu tenant Carroll G. Evans, of Columbus niTiod tit New York the other day from Frame, with the I0,"d nero squadron, formerly the famous Ln fnyettu osradrlllo. Lieutenant Evans wears u ciolx do guerre and other decnniMons. The squndron twice was cited by the French for heroism. Platte county fighters held a lively meeting nt Columbus nnd formed the nucleus of u permanent organization of discharged soldiers, sailors and mu rines. All soldiers, sailors and ma rines holding nn honorable discharge, with the evceptlon of conscientious objectors nre eligible, nnd earnestly urged to join the organization. Only two other states hyve n larger number of banks in proportion to pop. ulatlon than Nebraska. They are North nnd South Dakota. In North Dakota there Is one bank to eery It.'W people, In South Dakota one bank t every 1,174 people, nnd In Nebraska one bank to every 1,'JOS people. No definite plans have been made lit Nebraska to submit to a vote the prop osition of ratifying or rejecting the legislative action on the prohibition amendment to the federal constitution, but there nre sufficient' indications to warrant the belief that the. referendum will be Invoked. Thousands of bushels of potatoes nte still stored In warehouses In the North Platte valley. A few are finding their way to market around 7." cents n bushel, but some growers have ex pressed u willingness to take r0 cents a bushel It only they can get rid of their surplus. A committee from tho hoard of di rectors of the general synod of the Lutheran church wns at Fremont the other day making nn Investigation of Fremont college with n view to buying the school and removing Midland col lege from Atchison. Kaus., to that city. The present stocks of wheat on farms In Nebrnskn are estimated to be n.COS.000 bushels by the state board of agriculture. Nearly 1,000.000 bushels of this will he required for seed If the ncrenge of spring wheat Is to be as largo as last year. First Red Cross girl of Superlnt. May Dally, who was nn officer of the United States lnrget base hospital at London, hns nrrlved In this country after it yenr over there nnd left with special train of nurses for Denver. Thnt 100 new houses nre badly needed in Kearney nt once Is the con sensus of opinion of the real estate denlers of the city. Modern houses are Impossible to procure nt any price In tho city. The removal of pork nnd pork prod ucers from the export conservntlon list by the wur trade board, will have no Immediate effect on hog prices nt South Omiiha, packers say. Rental property for residence pur poses In Omnhn Is more scarce now than ever before In the history of the city, nccordlng to Oinnlm real estate dealers. Up to tho end of last week only sixty-five Lincoln women had regis tered to vote at the April city elec tion, out of T-MKiO eligible. Firemen of OnHiiivo started a stock company for the purpose of building it hall. Tu half an hour S'J.COO was nils ed nt 100 per share. P. II. Young, cattle breeder nt Val entine, bought n thoroughbred Here ford bull at n Kansas City sale tho other day for ?S05. Miller & Son of Chester sold 35 head of hogs the other day, all gilts, but two, for an average of 110 per head. The movement to form n Country club nt Chadron has reached n stage where lis organization Is nssured. Business men of Nebraska City are behind a movement to construct n new, uii-to-dntP hotel ln the city. North Platte women will hnve an opportunity to voto nt tho city election April S. Army recruiting offices nt Omnhn, which have been closed since Septem ber 110, hnve again reopened to pro euro 170,000 men for the regular army. Tho Omnhn Chamber of Commerce adopted u resolution opposing the bill boloro tho legislature to qreato it state moving picture censorship board. A petition was presented to the North Platto city council nsklng thnt pictures shows be permitted to run on Sunday. It had 131 slgnntures, suf ficient to mnko tho proposition an In buo at the city election April S. After being virtually free from tho Influenza scourgo for several weeks, tin: disease has become prevalent ngaln at North Plntte, some dozen or fio houses now being quarantined In tho city. The movement started by tho Omaha Woman's club to plant trees on tho Lincoln highway, Arbor Day, ns it per pctunl memorial to Nebraska heroes who gavo their lives in tho grent wnr. is gaining much headway over the Btate. Governor McKelvle will bo ns';. ed to place this recommendation ln his Arbor Day proclamation. tri,'.'. wrs1 n,."a-ry-ft'lii"rTit;ij Tho quarterly roport of Secretary Hart of the state banking bonrd sns thnt Nebraska hns oAo state bank for every 1,317 people. This, ho says, Is tho largest number of hanks per cap ita In nny state In the United States, There were 1)12 stnto banks In this state January 128. the date of tho ro port, an increase of twelve In one year. In addition to stnto luniks there tiro ISO national banks In the state, i7.'t building nnd loan associations nnd 110 trust companies. According to figures tabulated by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, Nebraska, thirty-first ste.to In point of population, Is fourteenth la per capita bank deposits. Its per capita Is .fUSi. 120. Illinois Is the next following Ne brnskn, with a per capita of $1!7!).S2. Nebraska's population Is set at l,!l.".V 000, and Its bank deposits at ?3S.",874, 000. Farmers of Dodge county nre pay ing s."0 to $7." a month for single men, while married men get as high us'ffSu nnd In some Instances fcll(0. Wngei for farm hands In the coiiniy are from 10 to lid per cent lower than last year, when the high water mark was reached. Voters of Scolts Itluff county will decide on April l.'lli, by special elec tion, whether they will authorize (he construction of u real court house nnd Jail to take Hie place of he old ram shackle affair which now house the business administration of the county at Gerlng. A home-coming 'reception and linn quet for Nebraska's base hospital No. 40 h planned by regents of the Uni versity or Nebraska and the fnculiv of the university medical school, which organization is responsible for the for mation of the Red Cross unit. George A. Lee, who represented the Nebraska potash companies nt Wash ington, declared upon his return to Lincoln, that he was confident the next congress would tnkr tho necessary steps to provide tidequnto protection for Nebraskit potash companies. The March crop report of the Ne braska board or agriculture states that liS per cent of last year's corn crop Is still on fnrnis. This Is the equivalent to 34,401.000 bushels compared to 130.-70,-1,000 bushels on hand n year ugo. Cheyenne county citizens have started ugltntlng the matter of erect ing a monument on the court bouse grounds at Sidney as u tribute to the boys of the county who gave up their lives for democracy. Nebraska Is making toady to ralso Its quota or the Victory lean during the drive which begins April 27. Thl.-. state's quota Is evpected to be about ifOO.OOO.oOO ; 1 per cent of the :?0.000, 000,000 to be raised. Automobile thieves wore still active in Omahii during the month of Febru ary, ii total of forty-two cars being made nway with by the robiiers. Twenty-eight were recovered by the police of the city. More than 1,000 teachers from southenslern Nebrnskn nre expected to attend the annual meeting of the Southeastern Nebrnskn Educational association, to bo held ln Lincoln .Vnrch 18-I!J). Discharged soldiers of Humboldt hnve perfected an organization under tho nunie of World Wur veterans. It will be In mnny ways slinllur to the old G. A. R with several new fea tures added. Upon complaint of tlio Business Men's association of Pawnee City, the Nebraska State Railway commission entered nn order directing the Pawnee Telephone company to Improve its plant. The final dividend of 2W per cent on the First Nntlonnl bank of Super ior, waH paid recently, making 33jj per cent In all realized for creditors In " years since the bunk failed. Conditions In Nebrnskn and the en tire country east of the Rocky moun tains never looked more prosperous than now, according to General Mini nger Holdrege of the Burlington. The Nebraska Cement company at Superior, which has been n year re modeling its plant to the wet process, expect to start making cement ln n few dnys. Tho Odell band has been reorgan ized with sixteen members, several of tho new members being former sol diers who have recently returned home. The directors of the Thayer county fair hnve contracted for tho appear ance of n slxteeu-car show at the fair to be held ln Desbler August 20-30. Chadron now lays claim to being u city of tho first class, with n popula tion of more than .",000. According to State Prohibition Agent Hjers, ?2,000 In fines have been col lected In Omnha In three weeks for violations of the prohibitory luw. John Gerdes, wenlthy Gage county fanner, was found guilty of violating the state sedition lnw on three counts by n Jury at Beatrice. Tho board of directors of tho Lin coln county fair association have se lected September 2'J to 27 for their nn nnnl county fnlr and nre also making nrmngements to hold nuto races at tho city park nt North Platto on July 4. Officials In chnrgo of the Odd Fel lows' centennial celebration to ho hold nt Omaha April 20, estimate thnt at lenst 10,000 visitors will participate In tho ceremonies, Lincoln won the stnto volley ball championship at tho recent tourna ment lit tho Capital City. Omaha fin ished second In tho Clacs A division. Fremont third nnd York fourth. The Lincoln players received sport en pi und n pennant as a result of their vie toty. Tho team also was given the 1020 statu tournament, which will bu played February 11. ti-ira .t tfini ;.. Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and Never Suspect It Applicants for Insurance Often Rejected. Judging from reports from druggists who nre constantly in direct touch with the public, there is one preparation that has been very successful in overcoming these conditions'. The mild nnd healing Influence of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is soon realized. It fitnixls the highest for Its remarkable record of success. An examining physician for one of the prominent Life Insurance Companies, in sn interview of the subject, made tho as tonishing statement that one reason why so many applicants for insurance nre re jected is becau'o kidney trouble is no common to the American people, and the Urge majority of those whose applica tions nre declined do not even suspect that they have the diease. It is on sale at all drug stores in bottles of two sires, medium and large. However, if you wish first to test this treat preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing he sure and mention this paper. Adv. Different Reactions. The Ilunuin B-r-r-rl I think I'll go South. The Bird Wheel I think I'll go north. OPEN NOSTRILS! END A COLD OR CATARRH How To Get Relief When Head and Nose are Stuffed Up. 4&J-5!?$xSk?44sS3 County fifty I Your cold In hend or catarrh disappears. Your clogged nos trils will open, the air passages of your head will clenr nnd you can brentho freely. No more snuffling, hawking, mucous discharge, dryness or head tchc; no struggling for breath nt night. Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist and npply a little of this fragrant antiseptic cream In your nostrils. It penetrates through every nlr passage of the head, soothing nnd healing the swollen or Inflamed mucous membrane, giving you Instnnt relief. Head colds nnd catarrh yield llko magic. Don't stay stuffed-up and miserable. Relief Is sure. Adv. Perhnps nil things come to him who waits, hut th'jre nre many things not worth wnltlng for. Men who Jump nt conclusions usu ally go limping bnck to tho starting point. Weekly Health Talks A Single Remedy Often Cures Many Diseases BY VALENTINE MOTT, M. D. It is almost impossible to give a list ot the endless diseases that follow indigestion. Perhaps a whole column in this newspa per would be required to print them all. You eat to keep alive to supply blood and flesh and bone and muscle and brain. It Is easy to sec that if your food is not di gested and taken up by the delicate or gans and distributed where it is needed, m disease of some sort is sure to come. Dys pepsia is a common symptom, and so are liver complaint, loss of flesh, nervousness, bad memory, dizziness, sleeplessness, no appetite. Many times, when neglected, in digestion results in coughs, throat diseases, catarrh, bronchitis and even more danger ous things. And all theso disorders arise because the food is not properly digested In the stomach. It is plain even to a child that relief and cure are to be had only by setting up a healthy condition in the stomach. Dr. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y., many years ago combined a number of vegetable growths into a temperance remedy for indigestion, and called it Golden Medical Discovery. It is probably the most efficacious discovery ever made In medicine, for the list of people all over the world who have had their countless ills overcorao by Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery makes an amazing total of thou sands. I know of no advice better than this: Begin a home treatment today with this good vegetable medicine. It will show you better than I can tell you what it will do. When taking Golden Medical Dis covery, you can rest nssured of one very important thing it contains neither alco hol nor opiates. Thero is nothing in it but standard roots and herbs that possess curative properties of a high order. A safe medicine is the only kind you caa afford to take. u. QUICKLY FINDS STOMACH RELIEF Joseph Taggart, M. C, from Kansas, Declares EATONIC Best for Indigestion He Ever Used. A concrttimin bears rainy rcumeuti (or and agatmt different propositions. Ills mind la open to conrlctlon, but be Tore be casts bla vot on any meiuuro bt Inalats upon cTldenca tbat, on Its own weight, carries con viction. In tba case ot "EATON. 10" Joseph, Tecgart, Con gressman from tlie 2nd Dis trict, Kaniaa Cltr, Kani., decided tbat a trial of tbe .remedy. Itself, would for- ' nlih th moit rnnelnslva (roof. Read bla decision and do wuat be tells too. "One box ot EATON 10 will couTlnce the most akeptlcaU It la the beat remedy I bare erer tried for Indigestion. IlespectfuilT, JOSKl'lt TAOaAUT, M. a 3t Can. Diet., Kan. Cltr. Knns." Nearly all stomarb trouble la canted by to much acid ln the atomacb. KATO.S'IO neutralizes tbe excess acidity and enables you to cat what you like and digest nbat you rat In comfort. It keeps tba stomach. In a atato ot perfect health. Here's tbe secretl KATONIO takes tip tbe acidity, drlres tba ga out of tbo body and tbe bloat goes with it. Costs only a cent or two a day to use It. Get box today from yous druggist. 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