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5(lll.l.Tvi" 1 l( RED OLOUD, NRBKASKA, CHIEF : fkkL:MJiym-MMiajtf ,1 pff-i'if- --J'llia ' f 1 Italian soldiers reconstructing tnllxvays In the Trcntlno destroyed during the war. 1! General Mnngln, commnndcr of tlic French army of occupation, revlewliiB his troops In Hnngerhnusen, Gorniuny. 3 Australian troops passing Australia house In London on Au.ac day. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Peace Terms for Austria Are Pre pared by the Allied Dele gates at Paris. GERMANS STILL PROTESTING Ebert and Scheldemann Insist Treaty Must Not Be Signed, and Allies Get Ready for Further Action Kolchak Plans to Crush Soviet Armies. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The allied peace delegates at Paris were occupied last week mnluly In pre . paring to liiuul out to Austria what Is coming to her, and In listening to the walls?, otllclal and unofllclnl, of the Germans over the treaty that awaits their signature. Austria's delegates, headed hy Chan cellor Karl Itenner, were received and housed at St. Germain. They were treated with a good deal more cordial My than were the Germans at Ver sailles, and were given quarters In pleasant vlllns that overlook the Seine valley and Paris, with no high fences or sentries to restrict their move ments. In return, the Austrlans ap peared In good humor and hopeful of lenient treatment, and seemed to ap probate the good nature dlsplnycd hy the cosmopolitan crowd of Journalists and others that met them. Chancel lor Itenner spoke In German hut ex plained that this was because he was unable to spenk French, his courtesy In this contrasting with the behavior of Count von HrorltdorfY-Rantzau at Versailles. In responding to the greetings of the allies' representative-! he said : "I hope I may go away with as Joyful n heart as I bring." Other members of the delegation Intimated, none too strongly, that they would not be able to sign the treaty unless It provided for the union of German Bo hemia and German Tyrol with Ger many. It Is assumed they will accept the pact even If that annexation Is ot permitted. I In some ways the treaty with Aus tria, It Is said, will be like that with Germany. Austria Is to lose her en tiro navy, according to the reports, and there Is little doubt that when her pew boundaries are delimited she will find that her southern frontier Is push ed back so far thnt Itnly will have not only the Trentlno and Trieste, but also nil the strategic passes nnd heights In the Alps which the Italians say are necessary to their future se curity. This Is In accordance with the secret treaty of London. In tho matter of reparation Austria of course will ho required to pay certain suras, but these will be small In comparison with those demanded from the Ger mans. Tho clauses concerning water Cays are much like those In the Ger an trenty. Tho brenklng up of the Austro-Hungarlan empire has result ed In reducing Austria to n rather small fourth rate power without direct access to the sea, and it Is the aim of at lenst some of tho allied nations to keep her !n that condition. By her self she Is comparatively harmless; united with Germany, she would help largely to make up a nation that might again threaten the peace of the world. Von BrockdorfT-Itnntzau nnd his colleagues on tho German delegation, together with their numerous experts, have been as busy as bees formulat ing objections to tho German trenty. Several of thee wero transmitted to tho allies last week nnd most of them wero rather summarily answered, and 'dismissed. These formal objections were considered mero preliminary fcklrmishes, and meanwhile the Ger mans were preparing elaborate counter-proposals. These, It Is said, would contnln two dominant diplomatic fen tures nn exnltntlon of tho league of natlons Idea, and n vigorous demand that there be n "pure application" of .Wilson's fourteen points. Tho lnttcr lis designed to win favor In America 'ind to create a breach between the Amerlcnns nnd their nllles. A strong play also will be innde to secure the sympathy of Socialists all over tho world for what tho Hun leaders cull tho German Socialist state. One of the most seriously tnken of tho German objections was to tho treaty terms concerning labor reforms,, and with It was sent a draft of an International ngreement on labor lnw. To this the allies replied at length, showing that the treaty fully covered nil tho points raised nnd that Its pro visions were more satisfactory than those In the Germnn proposition, wherefore tho nllled and associated governments nre "of the opinion thnt their decisions give satisfaction to the anxiety which the Germnn delegate professes for social Justice and Insure the realization of reforms which tho working classes have more than ever n right to expect nfter the cruel trial to which the world hns been subjected during the Inst live years." Yet another German note denlt with tho economic aspect of the pence terms, declaring that If enforced they would bring death to "many millions of peoplo In Germnny, all tho more quickly ns the nation's health Is al rtady broken by the blockade." While these diplomatic exchanges were going on, President Ebert, Chan cellor Scheldemnnn and others wero Inflaming the German people with vio lent denunciations of the treaty and declarations that Germany never would submit to It. All of them harp ed on tho alleged abandonment of tho fourteen points by the allies, and Pres ident Wilson was bitterly attacked ns n traitor to mankind nnd a weakling who has betrayed tho trust that had been reposed In him by tho people of Germany. President Ebert told his applauding hearers that ho feared nn outbreak of "psychic furor teutonl cus" within a few dnys nnd that the wrath of the soul of the people when It reached tho boiling point would know no hounds ns a result of the deep disappointment nnd nnger born of fury and Just lndlgnntlon. The position taken by the govern ment heads Is supported by all fac tions except tho Independent Social ists Hnase's crowd who, while de claring the treaty oppressive, advise that It be signed. This mny be ex plained by the probability thnt If tho treaty Is signed the present govern ment will be forced to glvo way to one mndo up of Independent Socialists. The protests of the Germnns ngalnst the pact and their harping on the four teen points also were Indorsed by n convention of Socialists In Paris nnd by the Women's International Con ference for Permnnent Pence, In ses sion nt Zurich. Tho resolution ndopt ed by the women was proposed by Mrs. Philip Snnwdcn of England nnd seconded by Miss Jennnetto Rnnkln, former member of congress from Mon tana. Despite protests, denunciations and walling. It wna still tho opinion of the well-informed in Paris thnt tho Ger mnns would sign tho treaty before tho expiration of the period of grace al lowed them. The possibility thjt they would persist In their refusal, how ever, has been amply provided for nnd the pinna of the allies In thnt con tingency are complete. Mnrshnl Foch already has been sent to the Rhine land by tho council of four to take such military action ns mny bo neces sary and the council also has mndc Its plans for tho Immediate rc-lmposltlon of the blocknde on Germnny. At Co blenz General Pershing said the Amer ican army of occupation was ready to do its pnrt, whntever that might be. Another thing thnt occupied, the nt tentlon of the allied foreign minister was arrangement for mnlntnlnlng or der In Schleswlg nfter the Germnns evneunte that territory. Probnbly all tho nllled naval force, In which the United Stntes, Great Britain and Frnnce will Join, will bo stationed nt Flemsberg nnd severnl battalions of infantry landed to police the country. Negotiations between the Itnllnn delcgntlon and tho other nllles over tho settlement of tho Adriatic dispute were still In progress when this was written. "In progress," however, mny be misleading, for they did not seem to be getting abend much. Tho Ital ians were said to be yielding aa to somo of the clauses of the London trrnty, but President Wilson, accord ing to reports, was as adamant In re gard to Flume. Anyhow, the plan to Internationalize that port for several years had not proved acceptable. The Italians have landed large military forces nt Sebenlco anil Znrn, ports on the Dalmatian coast between Fluino nnd Spalato. Appeals nro made by the Italians to America not to assume the role of an oppressor of "millions of Italians desiring to reunite with their mother country," and at tho sumo tlmu America and all things American are being reviled throughout Italy. Premier Paderewskl, returning from Paris to Warsaw, was greeted first by an attempt on his life by two bolshev ists nnd then by n mammoth demon stration by his fellow countrymen, who nro grateful for his efforts' nt tho peace conference. Tho Poles nre high ly pleased by the placing of the free city of Danzig under their control In stend of that of Germnny, though they wnnted to be grnnted the port out right. The Slleslnn boundary settle ment also suits them, but not tho SI leslnns, who nre said to bo planning nn nrmed revolt against annexation u Poland nnd asking aid from Germany. Tho Poles and tho Ukralnlnns nre said to have agreed to quit fighting each other, though later reports told of a defeat o' the former hy tho latter In the vicinity of Lomberg. In eastern Russia Admiral Kolchafc, head of the Omsk government, Is mak ing plans for n great advance designed to establish communication with tho Archangel forces on the north nnd those" of General Deneklno on the south nnd to effectually crush the soviet armies. As n starter he has captured Samnra, nn Important city. Ho says he will move In tho direction of Moscow nnd that the enpturo of that bolshevik capital will be his chief aim. What he asks from the allies Is armament, munitions, mnterlal nnd clothing. After his final victory, he declares, n nntlonnl assembly will bo called to which he will hand over his authority. The bolshovlkl hnvo met further defeats at the hands of Pet lurn's Ukrainians, and revolts ngalnst their rule have broken out In the gov ernments of Kiev. Tchernlgov nnd Poltnvn. Tchltcherln, holshevlst foreign min ister, hns announced thnt the bolshe vlkl will not consent to stop hostilities ns n condition of the provisioning of Russia by neutrals, nnd tho nntl-bol-shevlst lenders declare that this plan, proposed by Doctor Nnnsen, Is no so lution of the Russian question. China Is still holding out on tho pence treaty because of the Shnntung clnuse, nnd her delegates recently re ceived warnings from the people of that territory thnt they would sign the pact at tho peril of their lives. Roumnnla nlso hnB Joined those na tions that have n grievance. Her dele gates threnten to bolt the pence con ference unless the decision of tho council of ten to divide Bannt between Roumnnla and Serbia is modified. Roumnnln's record since the outbreak of the war has not been such ns 'to entitle her to the special consideration of any nation or group of nations. Tho plans for tho trial and punish ment of tho former kaiser are not going smoothly. They contemplate the assumption of the role of com plalnnnt by somo one of the nllled na tions, and It xvas presumed Belgium would so net. But Belgium, perhaps because It is n kingdom, declines, nnd no other has yet volunteered. Hol land has not decided to surrender Wil liam for trial, the Dutch government contending that at present the ques tion concerns only Germany nnd tho entente. Ono of the most Impresslvo ceremo nies Incident to the war was the recep tion by the British of the remains of Edith Cnvell, the nurse tho Germnns murdered In Belgium, nnd tho public funeral services In Westminster nhboy. High officials and representntlvea of foreign governments attended, as well ns n grcnt throng of citizens, nnd the streets around tho abbey were filled with an Immense throng of those who sought to do reverent homage to the brave woman. NEBRASKA INCIDENTS BOILED T0A FEW LINES Occurrences Over the CornhtiBker State Chronicled In Paragraph Form for tho Busy Reader. Highest honors In the twelfth an nual debate of the State High School Debating League, held at the State University, at Lincoln, went to How nnl Vn.e of the South Omaha High School. George Turner of I'nlrluir.v xxon second pin re. Ernest l'cnn of Beatrice took third place. Miss Vero Baiter of Brol.cn Bow and IKs Helen llollldny of McC'onlt. Wlll'atn Contain of Alliance. Ambrose Mcfinminr of Albion and Miss Vera Fetteroff of Wavne wero the other contestants, each representing one of the eight dls. tricts to decide the state champion ship. Citizens of Franklin are up In arm- oxer the refusal of the Burlington railroad to comply xvlth the State Railway fomniKsinn's order for the building of n better depot, xvhleh xvns made in HMO nnd afterward suspend ed by ngreement during the xvnr. A ladles auxiliary to the Nebraska Suns of Veterans, made up of tin xvlves and daughters of the Sons of Veterans, has been organized nt Lin coln, It being the first such organiza tion In the state. It xvlll be known as Auxiliary No. 1. .7. W. Fagan. former bandmaster nt the Geneva Industrial School, xvho xns sentenced to n year in prison for administering n drug to an Inmate of the institution, has appealed the case to the state supreme court. At n meeting of editors held nt Lincoln last week, arrangements xvere made for the mid-summer excur sion of the Nebrnskn Press associa tion this year. The excursion xvlll leave Lincoln August 4. The Lincoln Telephone and Tele graph company has filed application with the Nebraska railway commission for an increase In rates in sixty-four of Its 111 exchanges In the South Platte district. The state board of equalization de nied the request of several Nebraska banks for permission to deduct inter est on Liberty bonds, and Interest on time deposits from their capital stock. The state highways commissioner lias sent out notices to the sheriffs of every Nebraska county, requesting them to round up nutoniohlle drivers still using n UHS license tag. As tho result of nn Increase In rate granted the telephone company nt Fremont by the state railway commis sion, many citizens are talking of having their 'phones removed. Steps have been tnken to establish plants nt Bayard, Mlimtare, Scotts Bluff, Mitchell and Morrill, for tho purpose of making n preparation to exterminate grasshoppers. The Omaha Federal Land hank lonned $11,000,000 this spring, break ing all previous records, according to President It. P. Hognn. C. H. Roper of Lincoln xvas re-elected president of tho Omaha-Llncoln-Denver hlghwny, at the O. L. D. con vention nt Holdrege. North Bend xvlll pave eight blocks in the business section of town, tho city council having voted to make the Improvement. A special election xvlll be held nt Sidney June 2 to vote $40,000 xvorth of bonds to be ued to eiect n modern grade school building. Supervisors of Cast and Otoe coun ties hnve contracted for 31 miles Of federal aid road to be built In the two counties. In Lancaster county a position for a SK.OOO.OOO road paving bond issue is being cireulntcl exclusively among the fnrmers. Lincoln High school won first place. Cambridge second, York third and Omaha fourth, nt the state track meet at Lincoln. Two Cuming county farms, near "West Point, xvere sold the other day for $281.25 nnd $3."0 per acre, respect ively. Plans are being, made to give Ne braska soldiers of the Sdth division public receptions nt Omaha and Lin coln. A movement Is on foot to build n Memorial building at Center In houor of Knox county's soldiers. The Northxvestern railroad yards at Chndron nro to bo Increased In size about 50 per cent this year. People of Lincoln nre planning a big welcome to the boys from overseas some time next month. Work on the laying of forty blocks of paving nt Wnhoo Is expected to be. Cln In nbout six xveeks. Jefferson county gets twenty miles of federal state rood, entering from the east near Ilarblne, extending xvest through Jansen to Fairbury. This road calls for an expenditure of approxi mately $40,000, xvork to begin prior to June ir this year. People in all parts of Nebrnskn aro Fending petitions to Washington nd. dressed to President Wilson, nsking for n pardon for Louis Gibson of Ansley, xvho is serving n two years' sentence in n French prison for sleep ing xxhlle on duty. The Scotia school district, xvhleh em braces about CO sections of land, is plnnnlng n nexv school building to cost from $75 000 to $100,000. Tho Gage county board of supervis ors has nwarded tho contract for the Beatrlce-Fnlrbury aid paving. About txx-enty-nlno miles of paving Is includ ed In the nexv district The War department at Washing ton announced that Lieutenant Clifford F. Phillips, before tho xvnr an attor ney of Falls City, died In n hospltnl nt Archangel, from xvounds received on the Onega front In Russia. Land Commissioner Swnnson lint stnrted n campaign In northern and, western Nebraska for tho reappraise ment of state school lands. There aro nbout 2,000.000 acres of school land In tho state. Cherry county alone has 2.'.-.(KK), Wheeler county 17.SO0, Gree ley, 8.100. Pierce (5.0(H), Dawson 7.000. Chase :.100. Boone 2,700 and many other counties from 2,000 down to a few hundred. Two United States army orlleers, T.t. .McKay and Sgt. Ucnfson, Hew from Bellexllle, III., to the (?. A. It. encampment at York, n distance of !V( miles. In a Curtis airplane. Tho landing of the aviators created qulto n sensation among the veterans. Shortly nffer the special session of the iHlth congress convened nt Wash Ington. two Nebraska congressmen. Andrews of the Flflh district and Renvls of the Firt district, submitted resolutions asking for the repeal of tJie da, light law. The thirty-sixth annual encamp ment of the G. A. It. In eomiei Moil xvlth other iiulll.iry organizations held at York last week was one of the most Interesting nnd well attended nf falrs of the kind over held In Ne braska. All members of the Nebiaska de'e gntlon were In their seats when con gress mot In extraordinary '-("i'oii. Senator Hitchcock, a hold-over, ng tho only democrat among the eight members fioui this state. The aggregate assessed valuation of all railroads In Nebrnskn Is placed at S2Sl.iriIM)S." by the State Board of 1 inllzatlon i"iil Assessments, a re duction of about $100 000 In compari son with ii year ago. A public hearing xvlll I o held In Lincoln .Tune ! before the State Rail way commission to establish a basis on xvhleh the Nebraska Telephone Co. mny charge farm customers for ex tension lines. The IWlM machine gun battalion made up almost exclusively of Nebras kiins will be one of the last units of the SOth division to snll from Brest ac cording to Washington ndxices. Dr. R. P. Ilnmmon, formerly pnstoi of tho Methodist church at Kearney, died nt Pasadena. Cal. He xvas xvlde-' ly known and admired throughout tho southern pnrt of Nebraska. United States Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska, has been nsked to Join ex Presldent Tuft, Dr. Anna Howard Shnxv and others, in n speaking tour for the league of nations. Farmers of this stnte xvlll harvest MiM.000 acres of xvlld and tame hnv combined this year. The crop Is ex pected to be the greatest In tho his tory of Nebraska. This state Is represented In tho trans-Atlantic seaplane flight under taken by Uncle Sam. by Lloyd It. Moore, of Grand Island, boatswain In N-C-Jl. A movement Is on foot to pave the eleven blocks of roadxvay from tho State Normal school nt Chndron to the Northwestern railroad station In tho city. A syndlcato has been formed and plans already made for constructing a $1, "."0.000 building at Omaha to houso the Douglas County Medical associa tion. Nebraska xvlll produce twice the amount of xvlnter xvheat this year that it did In 101S, latest estimates plac ing the yield at 70.700.000 bushels. Despite the fnct that pastures aro the finest ever knoxvn in the state, hay is selling for $45 u ton In many district, and hard to get at that. Automobiles seem to cut no llguro xx lth the high price of horses. A team sold at a farm sale In Cuming county n few days ago for $07.". Over .r,000 delegates are expected to nttend the state convention of the Ne braska branch. League to Enforce Peace, at Omaha May Hi. In connection xvlth the big raco meet nt Alliance, for n purso of $.".000. July 2, l nnd 4, n soldiers and sailors reunion xvlll be held. The state fair management has pur chased a large herd of sheep, xvhleh nre to be turned loose In thu state fair grounds at Lincoln. A special election Is to bo held In Douglas county next month to vote on a $.'1,000,000 bond Issue to pave the county roads. Crete Is plnnnlng to pave the Lin-coln-Crete-Dorchester road now the O. L. D. east of Crete to meet the pro posed paving from Lincoln. Appropriations made by the last legislature xvlll nmount to $15,714, 440.82, according to figures given out by State Auditor Marsh. Paving xvlll soon commence In Crete, preliminaries hnvlng been fin ished for district No. One. Schuyler city dads havo decided to purchase a new motor-driven fire truck. Unable to gnln satisfactory prom ises of a branch Burlington line from Benkelman, Dundy county, to1 Cham pion, farmers of the district nre plan ning to rnlse tho money and build the road themselves. It Is estimated that the project xvould cost about $500,000. Plans for the consolidation of the Blue Springs and Wyraore school dis tricts are being discussed by the school boards of the two toxvns. a building to cost from $150,000 to $200, 000 xvlll be erected, If tho scheme goes through. Momorlnl services In honor of Major A. D. Fetterman, xvho died xvhlle with the American Army of Occupation in Germany, xvere held at Hyannls. The Dodge .county branch of tho American Legion hns launched an at tack on ten xvealthy Fromonters, near ly all retired farmers, for failure to subscribe to tho Mctory loan. Over 100 hall losses were reported to the state hall iusuranco board dur ing a slnglo day last xxtok. About 75 per cent of theso losses wero from Phelns countv. xvhlle tho remainder came from Dawson und BuUer. NERVOUS PROSTRATION May be Overcome by Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound This Letter Proves It. West Philadelphia, Pa. "During thi thirty years I havo been married, I liavs neon in oau neaiw nnd had several at tacks of nervous prostration until it seemed as if tho organs in my wholo body wero worn out. I was finally persuaded to try Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vcgotnblo Com pound and it mado a well woman of me. I can now do all mv housework and ndvlso all niling women to try Lydia E. Finkham'G Vegetable Com- Sound nnd I will guarantee they will erivo great benefit from It" Mrs. Frank Fitzgerald, 25 N. 41ot Street, West Philadelphia, Pa. There nro thousands of women every where in Mrs. Fitzgerald's condition, suffering from nervousness, backache, hondacher, and other symptoms of a functional derangement. It was a grnteful apiritfor health restored which led her to writo this letter so that other women may benefit from her experience nnd find health aa she has done. For suggestions In regard to your con dition write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. Tho roBult of their 40 ycara,exporienco is at your service. THE PAXTON HOTEL Omaha, Nebraiks FIIROPF1MPI AM noomB irom l.W up elugle, T¢H tip double. CAFE PRICES REASONABLE NOT QUITE TO HIS TASTE Hunter Liked Bear, All Rloht, bul That Particular One Was Not Done Enough. Hlenklns once Joined u benr-huntlnn; expedition. During the hunt, ns ho xvns resting by the side of n rock and talking xvlth nnother hunter ho began sxvanklng heavily. "If there's anything I dote on It's bear. A slice of bear steak nicely done Is Just perfect!" he said. "Well," said his companion look ing up, "I'm hanged If there Isn't n bear noxvl" The man who "doted on benr" looked up, saw nn Immense grizzly on the top of the rock, gave a yell and leaped Into the xx'oods and dis appeared. Ills companion soon over tool; him and said to the fugitive ns he came up: "I thought you liked benr?" "Well. I do," silld the runnxx-ny; "but that one xvasn't done enough." London Tit-lilts. GOODBY, WOMEN'S TROUBLES Tho tortures and discomforts of weak, lame and aching back, swollen feet nnd limbs, xvenkneas, dizziness, nausea, ns a rule have their origin la kidney trouble, not "female complaints." These general Bymptoraa of kidney and bladder disease are well known bo is the remedy. Next time you feel a twinge of pain in the back or aro troubled with head ache, indigestion, insomnia, irritation in tho bladder or pain in the loins and lower abdomen, you xvlll find quick and sure relief in GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules. This old and tried rem edy for kidney trouble and allied do rancements has stood the test for hun dreds of years. It docs tho work. Fains and troubles vanish and new life and health xvlll come as you continue their use. When completely restored to your usual vigor, contlnuo taking a capsule or txx-o each day. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Cap sules are imported from the laborato ries at Haarlem, Holland. Do not ac cept a substitute, la scaled boxes, three sizes. Adv. Build Nests Like an Oven. Do you know how the oven bird got its name? Well, It xvas because Its nest built among the1 leaves or pine needles on the ground is nrched of pine nn ovenIike nppenrance, says the Americnn Forestry association, Wash ington, xvhleh Is encouraging bird con servntion through bird-house building contests nmong school children and is conducting n nntlonnl campaign. Yon do not see the oven bird sitting on the topmost twig of n tree like some othei members of tho feathery tribe, but ho Bticks close to the ground, mount ing to tho lower branches of a tree only to sing or to scold nn Intruder. The song of tho oven bird somewhat resembles the xx-ord "teacher." A Deferential Critic. "What Is that tune the band is play Ing?" inquired tho visitor from abroad. " 'Johnny, Get Your Gun I' Don't you approve of it?" "Oh, yes. Every nation must be tho Judge of Its oxvn llternture. I havo no doubt it Is very excellent poetry. But isn't it rather reckless advice?" Not In Installments. "Is he rich?" "Very. Ho paid his Income tax in full." Naturally. "Is your husband's deslro to be an aviator n trial to you?" 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