The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, June 19, 1919, Image 2
ISaWWVift)"- 1 BED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF - W )UI I I I UN '" .- NEBRASKA INCIDENTS BOILED T0A FEW LINES Occurrences Over the Cornhunker State Chronicled In Paragraph Form for the Busy Reader. 1 General Pershing decorating French heroes with the Distinguished Service Cross In the Court of Honor ofthe Invalldes, Paris. 2 Vlow of Saarbruck'en, center of tho Snar coal reglojn, which berth Franco and Germany claim, IB Tho grand' mufti of Palestine, hcud of nil Moslems In thut country and descendant of Mohamincd, who Is opposing tho establishment of a Zionist commonwealth In tho Holy Land. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Supreme Allied Council Tries to Reach Agreement on tho Reply to Germany. BRITISH FOR CONCESSIONS Huns Proparlnn for Refusal to 8hjn Independent ReiMihllo Proclaimed In Rhlnsland-Austrla Gets Terms T Place and Says Thsy Mean Her Death Warrant. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Germany's tounJcr-propoBals were nceesaful at least so far as causing a temporary division In the- big four, but t this writing It semed likely nn tgreevent on the- disputed point woulC bo reached within a few days and a unanimous reply raado to the German. That sow alterations, not fundamental, would be made In the treaty was predloted, since it only re mained to gain tho consent of Gle monceau to cbnifgcs favored by tho British nnd presumably by the Amer icans. These Included tlio readjust ing of the Silesia clauses' so that the population may obtain self-deter-tjlnatlm probably through a plcbS tclte ; reduction of tho period of occu pation along the Rhine from fifteen to ten years; and the addition of some plan by which the Germans shnll lmvo the tye of a certain amount of mer chant, shipping with which to resume trade and help pay tho reparations. The endeuTor among the allied dele gates wus to assure the world thnt bu changes as might be made In the terms were contemplated not In the way of lenleney to Germany, but to make tho conditions "workable" ami bring about a speedy peace and re Tumptloa of normal business every' jrhere. Clemcnccau and the rest of the French were said to be strongly ippoeed to any changes, Lloyd George was reported an favoring concessions. President Wilson, after first standing aloof, taking tho position that the British and Preach should cotno to an agreement among themselves, under took to reconcile them, and as some of the alterations had been favored by American delegates his task was main ly to persuade the Preach. Orlando's attitude was not nade clear. He was tnoro Interested, anyhow, la the settle ment of the Adriatic question. In view of his pre-election pledgen, tho position taken by Premier Lloyd George Is surprising until one consid ers the fact that he Is the head of a very shaky and unwieldy coalition ministry, which even' now Is tlrftftten ing to go to pieces. The liberal and labor elements In England have been urging greater leniency toward the Germans In order that the treaty may be signed and calmness be restored to tho Industrial world, and It Is fair to suppose that the premier has been trying to placnto those elements. Ve hement denials by the British press and attacks by British correspondent en American correspondents who have made public the state of affairs will be taken for what they are worth. One Insistent demnnd of Germany, that sho be admitted at onco to mem- "benthlp in tho league of nations, it was said would not he granted, for tho French wero unalterably opposed to this, nnd Mr. Wilson, according to re ports, had gradually come around to (their view of keening .Gcrmuny out of the league until sho has become regen erated and proved her sincerity. There nrc no,t wanting Influential persons and Journals that argue for the Immediate admission of Germany, basing the pica mainly on the allegation that the good will and curly restoration to prosperity of that country nro necessary to the safoty and economic progress of tho rest of the world. They call attention, with shivers of apprehension, to the imminent danger of Germany's form ing an alliance with Japan and Rus sia, and this was backed up last week by mors or less precise statements that the Japanese and German emis saries already had been holding con ferences In various neutral places. A good deal of this sort of stuff may bo put down to prb-Gannan propaganda, more active Just now than for some time past, an witness the recent doings of the "Gcrmannmerlcan Cttlzea's league," with headquarters In Chicago. Much of It, too, is said and printed In behalf of the selfish and self-centered business man who deminds uninter rupted and greater returns from his Investments, regardless of Justice to tho vanquished and the victors In the war, the victors who might suffer, In this case, being the French. From Vienna conies the news that the bolshevlst regime In Hungary Is nearlng Its end. The communist cabi net has been replaced by one headed by nerr German, one of Count Karol- yl's followers, nnd It wus said he had been Invited to Versailles to confer with the entente representatives. In the Ukraine the troops of General Petlura rapttifed several railway cen ters from the bolshevlkl. A prematura rtpoTt from Vardoc said the E.sthonl ann and Finns had captured Petrograd. Later the bolshcvists claimed to have driven tire Esthonlans buck west of Gatchlnn. The American troops In tho Archangel region began embnrklng for home. An Interesting but unlikely stofy coming by bolshevlst wire from Moscow said General Semenqff had called a congress la eastern Siberia, which had declared the autonomy of Mongolia and named Scmcnoff m grand duka of thut country. The coming Nobrnskn Press nsso clullcin social gathering and excursion are expected to surpass anything of a like nature ever attempted by tho or ganization. August 4 the editors will congregate fit Otnnliu for a big "blowout," after which a trip through the state nnd Into Wyoming will bo taken, followed by a three (lays' meet Ing at Gerlng. Tho Nebraska Eastern Star has closed n deal for n 10-acre tract near Fremont for tho purpose of erecting n hospital to cost $100,000. Work probably will begin some time during the summer. Mrs. William Fried of Fremont Is vice president of the Nebraska home and Miss Pearl Albertson Is secretary nnd treasurer. Secretary of Stale Amshury Is re ceiving many Inquiries regarding the payment of wolf bounties under a law onuctvd by the last legislature nnd which will go Into effect .Inly 18. The new law nrovldes for a bounty of s:t on coyotes, $1 on wildcats and $ on wolves. Gnsollne prices have been advanc ed In Nebraska 2 cents a gallon. The advnnce Is due principally to Nebras ka's new law making gasoline sold In The setting up of an Independent re public In tho Rhine provinces, with Dr. Hans A. Dorten as preoldent.has still further Increased the bitterness be tween France nnd Germany. The Ber lin government, of course, refused to recognize the new stnto and ordered the prosecution of. Dorten for high treason. Then the Germans claimed to have discovered that tho scheme was fosteretl and aided by the French nnd that Marshal Foch and Premier Clemenceau had told tho Bhlnelanders that "the. German government would never again have anything to do with the left bank of the Rhine, and hence the propagandists could not be pun lstied" The Berlin press said the French had a propaganda fund of $2, 000,000 and wero using It to bribe the people of Rblnqland and the Palatinate to favor the independent republic. It la true that the French look with favor on the new stats and apparently they will, so far as possible, prsteot It from the Ebtrt government General Man fin, 'commanding tho French army of occupation at Mayence, has forbidden strikes and other disturbances directed against the Rhenish republic. The German government formally protest -ed to. tho armistice commission against the ceurse pursued by the French. Too British and Americans in the occupied territory, it was said, were taking no part In the affair and would take none. Two events have stirred the Sparta- cans of Germnny to renewed activity that leads to the prediction thut they will soon make another organized at tempt to overthrow the government One was the finding In tho Landwthr canal of a body declared to be that of "Red Rosa" Luxemburg, their rnqr dered woman lender. The other was the discovery that Cnpt. von Pttug-Hur-tung and Lieutenant Ltebimtn, who were convicted of the murder of Lleo knecht, had been allowed to escnpo from prison on false release orders and get to Holland on also passport. It had been known that Lieut. Kurt Vogcl, convicted of the same aim, had escaped In the same way. All this has aroused great bitterness against the government In the mindof many people. AnotlHir "leak" sensation enlivened tho proceedings of the United States senate last week when Senators Lodge and Borah declared that to their cer tain, knowledge copies of the peace treaty, denied to the senate, had been In the hands of New York financiers for some days. Their statement was not doubted and Senator Hitchcock, after conferences at the White House and the state department, asserted that the copies in question had boon stolen. lie Introduced a resolution calling for an Investigation by tho committee on foreign relations. The senate on Wednesday adopted tho resolution for submitting to fho states the Susan B. Anthony amend ment to the Constitution granting sho franchise to women. The vote was M to 25. The houoa already had adopted the resolution and as the women of 3t states bow exercise presidential suf frage there is little doubt that tho amendment wtil be .rattled by a suftV dent number, of statos. While the nHled urmles of occupa tion are ready to move forward at a moment's notice If the Germans refuso to sign the treaty, the Germans them selves are not Idle In the same line. 'Nosko, minister of defense has made n tour of the const defenses nnd di rected all forces to be re&dv for emer gencies In case of tho resumption of naval operations, and the fortifications near tho borders have not yet been dismantled as tho treaty requires. The German volunteer nrmy, much of which is In tho eastern part of tho country, Is so largo and so well equip ped that It must be taken Into serious "consideration. Only recently the su preme army command sent out a circu lar asking tho people of Germany whether they favored the resumption of the war, and when the government called Von Illndenhurg to account for this he had a ready excuse which was far from an apology. Tho reply of the Austrtans to tho terms of the peace treaty handed to them was a dignified, rather pathetic nnd almost hopeless plea by Chancellor Karl uenner for conditions that would permit the German-A,ustrian republic to live and to organize for the exist ence of an Independent commonwealth. He outlined the history of Its estab lishment and argued that It has no re lation with the former empire of the Hapsburgs. His country, he urged, should be treated as considerately as the other nations that have sprung from the Danube monarchy. Like the Germans, ho made frequent reference to the fourteen points, and so did the Vienna papers when the terms were given to tiro public. Tho press de clared the terms were cruelly harsh, and much anger was shown ngnlnst the Italians, Czeclis and Jiigo-Slavs. The, people generally wero bitterly dis appointed to find that they wero not being treated muh better than tho Germans, nnd a big meeting of protest was held. The public view was ex pressed by Doctor Trelchl, a banker, who said : "Tho only thing for the Aus trian people Is to say: 'We might ns well Join with Germany, ns we are companions In misfortune. We have nothing to lose by doing so.' " The grand council of German Aus tria adapted the report of Dr. Otto Bauer', which was to tho effect that the pence" terms meant the death sen tence of (Tie Austrian republic. The springing of, another big bomb plot by terrorists early in the week has aroused the national government to the necessity of rounding up nnd disposing of the anarchists who are running amuck In this country. Wil liam J. Flynn, new chief of the bureau of Investigation of the department of I Justice, has been given a freo hnrid. with orders to end anarchy In the Uni ted States, and his record warrants tho prediction that he will go far toward doing that very thing. This time tho "Reds" sought to kill Attorney Gen eral Palmer and other law-enforcement officials In eight cities of tho East Cordite bombs were exploded at their residences, but they nil escaped doatl). One of the conspirators was blown to pieces by his own bomb In Washing ton and a watchman wus killed In New Yor,k. The attorney general says extra legislation Is not needed to take caro of these bomb throwers and he wishes the authorities to treat them like other criminals and not to give the radldals the chnnce to say tho government Is persecuting them. Tho strlko situation In Canada Im proved considerably. In Winnipeg most of the returned soldiers threat ened nctlon against the strikers nnd the leaders of the latter appealed for "protection." It was believed the strike might soon be cnlled off. This action already had been taken by the workers of Toronto. In Toledo, where uutoino bile plant workers are on strike, thrro were riots In which two men wero killed by guards. tho staje conform to army and navy specifications. Dealers say under the new law they are compelled to furnish u superior quality. An Investigation of wheat fields In Buffalo county to determine how ex tensive red rust has diunnged tin crop, shows that It Is quite preva lent throughout the country. Sonic fnrmcrs say the loss will be heavy, while others are more optimistic. Nebraska's two United States sen ators east their vote when the upper branch of congress finally sanctioned tho Susan B. Anthony suffrage amend ment to the federal constitution, Sen ator Norrls voting for the mensuro and Hitchcock ngnlnst It Nearly $2,000,000 of road construc tion contracts have been lot In Ne braska already this year, nnd $2, 000,000 will be let before the year Is over, says State Engineer George E. Johnson. The Methodist church at Randolph not only "wont over tho top" In tho recent missionary centenary drive but raised n fund sufficient to build n fine parsonage and equip the pastor with n motor car. The production of candy In Ne braska In 1018 was worth $8,000,000, or eight times as much as that manu factured In tho state In 1010. Prohi bition la given as tho reason for tho big increase. Mrs. Ellen D. Hnrn, DO. of Kenn saw, Nebraska's oldest suffragist, has called upon Governor McKolvIo to summon the legislature In extra ses sion to ratify the federal constitution al amendment. Sixteen automobile agencies lmvo agreed to abandon the automobile show nt tho 1019 Nebraska state fair unless the fair 'board would give them n "suitable" building. Governor McKelvIe has reappointed Dan Morris of Kearney as u member of the State Normal board for a term of five years, beginning June 24, this year. But one bid was submitted for tho Ames-Fremont concreto road of six miles, tho estimated cost being $107, 000. The contract Is to bo let the last of June. State Trcnsurer Crosby reports that tho balance In tho state's strong box at tho end of May totalled $2,008,010.81, as compared with $1,800.0-10.0-1, tho end of the previous month. A, change of first degree murder has been filed against Mrs. Minnie Owens of Hastings who is said to have con fessed to the murdor of her 3-months-old baby with a butcher knife. A movement Is on foot at Lincoln to annex four suburbs to tho Capital. The first attempt to make a Greater Lincoln by legislative nctton, failed. Auto thieves were busy at Lincoln during tho month of May. There were 2.1 cars stolen during the month, nccnrdlng to police reports. A contract has been closed whereby -an array aviator will give an exhibi tion flight nt Odell the last day of tho Chautauqua, Juno 20. Contracts lmvo been let nnd work Is well under wny on the new municipal lighting plant which Is being installed at Holdrege. Work has begun on $140,000 worth of paving and storm sower construc tion ut Geneva. Omaha Is lm'iudcd In 'tho route of, n great continental airline to carry passengers and express, according to plans of Akron (O.) promoters, who hope to have big dirigibles In operation within a year. Ninety-eight dontnl students, wno confessed to reading the test ques tions before they began to tnko the ex amination under the state dental board at Lincoln recently, will bo glv- on another opportunity to take the ex amination soino tlmo next month, ac cording to action tnken by thp board. A well known Mlnnosota man is In Lincoln making preparations, It Is said, to establish a nonpartisan leaguo farm patter In the Capital City with a circulation among the 20,000 members ho claims tho league has throughout the state. It Is said that petitions containing nfiout 0,000 names have been received at tho olllce of the promotion commit teo at Lincoln which bus In charge tho Invoking of tho referendum on the code bill In order to keep It from being I given a trial. It will requlro 2'1,000 I names to hold up the bill. Tho Fremont Commercial club has raised tho $75,000 It pledged toward tho cxpenso of moving Midland collego to Fremont from Atchison, Kan., uml the establishment of a Lutheran uni versity neur the city. This announce ment was follow oil by n report from Atchison that the board of tho college had voted to remove the Institution to Fremont July 10. High school students at Hasting defaced and damaged cement walks, outside walls and doors of tho senior high school building with paint. Tho "clnss of 1020," was one Inscription which It has been found Impossible to erase without permanent diitungo to the building. Scandalous allusion to high school faculty members was among the lettering. Camp Sheldon, tho Young Men's Christian association new state camp at Columbus, was dedicated .Sunday. Tho purpose of the camp Is tho train Ins: of Christian leadership. Different groups of boys of different ages from the whole stnto will he accommodated during lived periods throughout each summer. The special committee from Fre-i moot met stiff opposition nt AtHiWon, Knn., when trustees of the Midland Lutheran collego decided the removal question. Transfer of the Atchison school to Fremont will be made dur ing the summer In time to open fho full term. September 1. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska is making an effort to hau 21,000 acres of land withdrawn In Cherry county orirs ago as a so-called forest re serve, opened up for returned soldiers of Nebraska. He maintains It would help solve the living problem which Is confronting them upon their return from war. That South Platte farm land Is greatly In demand Is proved by the fact that an Adams real estate man reports that during the past flvo weeks he has wild 00 quarter sections In Gngo nnd Lnncaster counties, aver aging from $100 to $'100 an acre. Frank Green of Lincoln was nindo first president of the Fraternal Order of Elks of Nebraska at the annual convention of the association nt York. Other olllcers were chosen for the en suing year and Alllanco wob selected for tho 1020 meeting. Judge "E. E. Good In district court nt Aurora, annulled the alleged con solidation of school district Nos. 0(1 nnd 13 becauso of Illegal votes cast at the election. The election carried by n vote of fourteen to thirteen. Professor Chaso of the engineer ing department of the University of Nebraska, estimates that prohibition Increased the output of soft drinks In this state from $1,000,000 in 1010 to $11,000,000 in 1018. Troops from Europe are being un loaded nt New York by the thou sands dnlly. One dny last week 10 shliw docked, landing 1S.000 men, ninny of whom were Nebraska boys. According to A. C. Annrcws. govern ment crop agent stationed nt Lincoln, orange leaf rust, unusually prevalent In Nebraska, may reduce production of tho state's winter wheat crop, A new school building will bo erected In South Beatrice this sum mer to tnko the place of the Belvl dere school, which was built about HIS DREAM FADED Soldier's View of Pure Delight Abruptly Dissipated. The state banking board grunted charters to state banks at Cedar Rap Ids. Elk Creek, Klllgore. Lorenzo. Richfield and Huntman during tho pnst few days. Theodore Frederick Barnes of Mc 'Cook, n discharged soldier, has been appointed to the West Point Military academy by Congressman Andrews of the Fifth district. Dend cattle were scattered over more than a mllo of rondbed when a Burlington train crashed Into a large herd near Table Rock the other day. The largest number of vouchers ever Issued In n single month My tho state nndltor were tho 0,130 Issued during May for a total of $721,881.10. Two Nebraska congressman, Jef feris nnd Reevls, are members of a committee nppolnfed to Investigate ex penditures of tho War department. Wheat and oats In the vicinity of Ulysses nro rusting badly and farm ers are now claiming a damage to wheat of from HO to 00 per cent Recent heavy rains In Gugo and surrounding counties hnve washed out considerable corn, n good part of which has been replanted. A five-ncro tract has been set nsldo at tho Stato Farm, nenr Lincoln, for tho purpose of carrying on an experi ment In poultry raising. The Fremont canteen served 7,000 men during tho month of May, ac cording to jjie report of Miss Maud May, commandant. Farm are rapidly changing hands In Pawneo county nt prices ranging from $100 to $200 nn acre. More than 3,000 women have regis tered In Douglas county nnd they nro expected to take a prominent part In the special election to bo held Juno 21 to voto $3,000,000 in bonds for road building. Attorneys for Morris Kntelman, Omaha business man, convicted nna sentenced to prison for a term of from ono to seven years by tho district court of Douglas county for alleged complicity In automobile stealing have asked the supreme court to review the case. Catholics of Cedar Rapids dedicated tho new St. Anthony's church with a ceremony attended by Iho greatest throng of people ever assembled In tho city before at ono time, tho now edifice Is one of tho finest In tho stato. A Ford automobile mot Its Waterloo at Omaha tho other day when a big 00-liorsn power ulrplano crashed Into It wlillo making n binding on the Ak-Siir-Ben lllng field. Tho flivver wus demolished nnd the plane, after hnv Ing n damaged wing repaired, con tinued on Its way to Denser. No ono was injured In the smashup. Officer of the Day Had His Own Ideas Concerning the Wlno Cellar and the American Fighting Man. How would you like to have six prisoners, whom you were guarding nnd who apparently hnd no means of escape, suddenly disappear from sight, nnd to all appearances from the faco of tho earth? Such was the experience of n Sev enth Infantryman on gunrd not long "go. According to the guard's own story, he was In charge of six prisoners who were digging a hole near the rear of the Liberty hall at Andernach. On tlnee sides were walW of such helghl thut It would be impossible for (lie prisoners to scale them. On the re maining side was the guard, bayonet fixed anil ever on the alert for disor ders among his charges. "For an Instant," said the guard, "I glanced nway from my prisoners. When I ngaln looked In their direction they were gone. For n few minutes I was almost paralyzed. I began to think I had lost my mind or thnt nightly recreation In the wlrtschnfts had permanently affected my eyesight. I knew they couldn't get over the walls, I was sure that they had not passed me, and yet In tho fraction of a second they had disappeared from sight." Visions observing the sentences of the six fugitives (lushed through tho mind of the guard. Then he decided that some action must be tnken, and taken Immediately. He rushed to the edge of the holo and peered Into Its depths. At first he found no clew to tho mystery. Then In one corner of the excavation he saw a few loose brlqj8 and an opening Into what seenlid to be an underground pnssnge wuy. With one Jump he renched this opening, and shoving his gun and bny onet abend of him, he crowded his way nlong a narrow brick-lined tun nel. A few steps along this and ho found himself In a large cellar, amply stocked with ancient vintages from the vineyards nlong the Rhine. Seated on the wine casks, nnd evi dently very much at ease, sat tho six prisoners, smiling nt tho discomfiture of their guardian. With his charges once more In hand the mind of the Infantryman Instnnt ly fpjmulntcd a plan. Hurrying the "willful six" bnck Into the daylight, he began to brick up the entrance to the discovery with n plan for future reference. Just then the officer of the day came on tho scene. Result The secret pnssageway nnd wine cellnr came Into ofllclnl notice, was ordered "out of bounds to the A. E. F." and Seventh Infantry dreams of a private wine ceUnr went the way of tho -goof and dodo. From Tho Wntch on the Rhine, Andernnch, Germany. His Suggestion. ' "The majority of people In nnd around Wnyoverbehlnd declined to set their clocks ahead, and are still going by old time," said Farmer Hornbetfk. "it seems to mo that a government commission should be appointed to In vestigate the mntter. Those of, us who are outraged by the refusal of those moss-grown procrnstlnntors to net In harmony with us will feel that wo are going to be avenged, and the commission will move so slowly that It will not be ready to commence to do anything until nfter the time has been changed bnck again, snd then there will be no cause for action. Ac cordingly those nonprogressive but en tirely worthy persons will not bo dis turbed, nnd the rest of us will have the hnppy consciousness of having done our whole duty when we snouted Into their affairs. Kansas City Star. Cigarette Rings. Aristocratic women In London aro wenrlng gem ring cigarette holdors. It's the very latest wrinkle. The rings nro advertised In British magazines as made by his majesty's Jeweler. You have to be nrlstocrntlc or plutocratic to wear one, becnuso they cost from $250 to $300 apiece. The rings are gold or platinum, set with precious stones. You press a .tiny cach on the side ond up springs a dainty metal finger with a circlet nt tho end through which you Insert your cigarette and then puff nway. 'The women wear the rings on their fore fingers. Tho holder, according to tho advertisements, prevents nicotine from coloring the fingers. So far tho rings haven't ranched this country, but American Jewelers expect the fad will soon appear on this side of tho water. . But She brought Him. "Doruh," said the literary woman, "I wish you would go down to tho library and bring me 'Flnvlus Jos'e phus.' " Tho new girl left the room and has tened to execute the commission. Presently n terrific noise wns heard and Dorah pushed the door open with ft land dog. "Here ho Is, Mrs, Dlnnls," she said, "hut ye ought not to have slnt me fr Mm. It's n man's Job. The bruto thrled to bite mo nn I had to fight lm iv'ry fut o' tho wuy." er foot n moment Inter, dragging In y the collar a reluctant isewiounu- ) - I L :,i X ' t. -Ml-rfMHjKHft !," ft- : t-fr.'.WHVs Tl. i y t.'aAiK- "'STO-as. Jr -a,iHi