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" ,J?fflJ'V''''' ' f , ""j1" ""' WllyltW ABM 'MlH.r. wjmw" mmnr.m wiim Hipim, ! . a '"Mr'y , .Miim.-- RED OLOUD, R1BRAIKA, CHIEF in; H ! Ill H -. MM I 1 ' 1 Group of striking. female employees of the Western Union Telegraph company In New York city. 2 Armed civilians arresting Red Guard soldiers In Munich, Bavaria, when the soviet forces were driven out. 3 Lieut. George Horowlt?. of Passaic, N. J.,the high-honor mun of the 1010 class Just graduated from the United States Military academy. h- NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS (Uncertain Attitude of Germany Toward the Peace Treaty Up to Friday, June 20. SCHWANN CABINET OUT (Foch Ready for Invasion From Three Sides Turks Ask That Their Ceun- try ie Left Intact Americana Cross Mexican Border and I ' Punish tho Vllllstas. i By EDWARD W. PICKARD. "W bad better sign tlu treaty and have done With It. But whether we Ign It or cot, the worst Is yet to rme; and We refuse to cheer up." That was apparently the attitude f the greater part of tho German peo ple en Friday, June 20, when this re jriew was written. However, at that time it was impossible to forecast the action that would be taken by the Ger- mun government, ana the news col umns will tell whether the treaty wnB signed or rejected, by Monday, June 23, t 0:40 p. m., Paris time, when the 3me limit given the Germans expired. Friday morning camo the news that the Scheldcmann cabinet had fallen and that Gustav Noskc, minister of de fense, was to become head of the new government. Tills wob taken to mean that the treaty would be signed, ns Bcholdemann had been the chief op ponent of such a course. It was be lieved that the rule of Noske would Amount to n dlstatorshlp. Another story was that Bornstorff would suc ceed Brockdorff-Rnntznu as head of the commission. Disappointed, dlfiinoycd and thor oughly angered by the final refusal of tho allies to ameliorate to any marked extent the terms Imposed on them, the Germans raged Impotently against their fate. Count von Brockdorff Rantznu and his colleagues on the peace commission united In advising the cabinet to refuse to sign the tronty, the cabinet to refuse to sign tho treaty. In tho national assembly at Wei mar, where tho treaty wns to be con sidered, the majority socialists, it was believed, would vote for signing, and It was believed the Catholic center and Independent socialist parties rIso would finally agree to accept the terms. Throughout the formor empire sentiment was dlversp. The south ern Btatcs, which would suffer most from Invasion, wcro In favor of yield ing, while the northern provinces, es pecially East Prussia, were strongly opposed to such a course. Naturally, the old pan-German clement was bit terly against the treaty, but that cle went no longer rules In Germany. Meanwhile, the nllled nations, tnk Ing no chances, made every prepara tion for lnunedlnte action In case of rejection of tho-treaty. They had Ger many encircled by a ring of guns nnd bayonets nnd were ready to Invndo from three sides, while on tho north the guns of their fleets would enforce n renewed blockade by sea. Beforo tho week ended the British grand fleet wns on n war footing. Tho lmmenso dirigible R-34, which wns about to start across tho Atlontlc, wns made ready to sail for tho Baltic, and hor companion, H-33, set out nn a cmlso thnt was to Include tho Kiel canal. Land operations, carefully planned by Marshal Foch and his colleagues, called for swift advance by the Bel gian and British forces through Essen nnd tho Ruhr district to the fortress of MInden; by tho Americans up the valley of the Main to the Bohemian border, cutting Germany In two; by ,tho French to tho fortress of Ulm nnd then to Nordllngen, outflanking th strong Rhoen mountain defenses. At 'th'o same time, according to the plan, ,the Czecho-Slovaks would attack from the south nnd the Poles from the oast, 'tod It Is believed the great Industrial Istrlct of Silesia wonld thus bo occu pied. The allied command estimated the available German forces at not more than hulf a million, and the larger pnrt of those tiro concentrated In the east where preparations had been made for warfare with the Poles. Also, the Germans are notoriously weak In the matter of railway and motor truck transport and have few alrp'nnes lcft It did not seem that they could pos sibly make any powerful and pro longed reslstauco to an Invasion, but Marshal Foch planned his operations to meet tho maximum strength the enemy might summon. The resignation of Premier Orlando of Italy and his cabinet, It wns feared, might hnvc an embarrassing effect on the peace negotiations, ns Orlando was u member of the council of four. Or lando had addressed the chamber of deputies In defense of the pence treaty and called for n vote of confi dence, which was refusod through the efforts of the socialists. The king re served decision ns to acceptnnco of the resignation. The German peace envoys hnd an unpleasant time last week. On their departure from Versailles with the final draft of tho treaty they were as suited by a mob and several of them were injured by thrown stones an un fortunate occurrence for which the French authorities made ample apology. No sooner had the envoys reached Weimar than some sixty Spur tncan prisoners, released from the Jail there, attacked the castlo whero the members of tho government live. It wns their Intention, nppnrently, to seize Ebert, Scheldcmann and Noske, but they made so much noise thnt the surprise assault failed and the troops drove off the Spnrtucuns. The Ger mans considered this occurrence more Important than it appenred to be on the surface. The Turkish peace mission wns re ceived Informally by the council of ten at the Qual d'Orsuy and Its mem bers set forth the Turkish situation. They nsscrtcd Turkey was forced Into tho war by tho Young Turks, the for mer German emperor and Russia's de sire to grab Constantinople and thnt the Turkish people were not responsi ble for It. Tho grand vlzlor pleaded for tho preservation of Turkey Intact and tho withdrawal of Greek troops from Smyxnn, snylng that course nlone could Insure pence among 300,000,000 Mohammedans throughout tho world. The council gave no Intimation of Its Intentions, but It has been generally ud mltted that the empire of the sultan Is to bo dismembered. Chnncellor Renner submitted to the allied delegates his detailed objections to the terms Imposed on Austrhvpro testing especially against the nlleged "Injustice which menaces 4,W0,000 German Austrluns," nnd against the setting up of n number of new btntcs In Europo which ho says will create another hotbed of war such as the Bal kans have been. There was some Improvement In the bolshcvlkl situation and consequently less apprehension on the part of the penco conference. A national con gress of Hungarian Soviets, over which Bela Kun presided, appealed to .the French proluturlnt to aid Hungary and RuksIu In their "revolution for lib erty." Tho progress of the Hungarian communist troops against the Czechs and Roumanlnns was checked, and the reports from Russia contulned no alarming news. Tho Whlta Guards that uro moving on Pctrogrnd succeed ed In destroying nn Important fort across tho bay from Kronstndt, and ngain It wns reported that thu bolshc vlkl were preparing to evueunto Petro grad. Senator Knox's resolution designed to separato tho penco treaty from the League of Nations covennnt was tho subject of hot dobato In tho senate, Mr. Knox himself leading tho way In a speech that was forceful and Impres sive, whatever one may think of the correctness of hlsvlows. He attacked the covenant ns "destructive of human progress nnd liberty," citing especially "the pernicious provisions embodied In article 10 which are designed to fix through all time and merit Is tnado of this purpose of the provision the boundaries set up by the treaty of peace." Senator IfcCumber of North Dakota, Republican, ably led the defenders of the league and bitterly criticized his pnrty colleagues for conductlng'Wlmt lie characterized ns u campaign of mis representation nnd distortion. He ad mitted tho covenant Is not perfect, but vigorously denied thnt It discriminates against us or Imposes on us any obli gation or burden that is not equally borne by every other nation. It was predicted In Washington that the Knox resolution would be defeated but that It would receive enough votes to show thnt the treaty and covenant together could not be ratified by tho senate. President Wilson's announced plan of mnklng a speaking tour In sup port of the league "la not approved by many of the Democratic leaders, who say that lie will thus give the Repub licans an opportunity to make the lengue an Issue before the people. But Mr. Wilson, ns well as n great many other very well posted persons, be lieves firmly thnt a vast mnjorlty of the American people want the league covennnt ratified so he does not fear an appeal to them on thnt issue. Once again American troops have been sent ncross the Mexican border because of the action of the VUllstns, and this time tho latter were quickly attacked nnd ns quickly put to flight. The rebels had Invested Junrez nnd, as on former occnslons, some of their bullets landed in El Paso, Tex. Sev eral Americans were killed nnd wound ed nnd our soldiers got Into action in stantly. After the artillery hnd rained shrapnel on the Villa forces the lnfnn try rushed ncross tho International bridge nnd drove them from their trenches, aud tho cavalry pursued them for several miles. The Mexican authorities wore nssured that this was not to be taken ns nn Invasion, nnd in deed the Americans returned to their own side of tho river within n few hours. At first President Cnrrnnzn, through his special envoy ut Washing ton, protested against tho action, hut next day the Mexican government an nounced that it considered the Incident closed. Whether Pnncho Villa also would so consider It was nnothor mat ter. AH nlong the border there was fear lest ho attempt reprisal and American troops were hurriedly placed at the .points thnt wcro considered threatened. Of course tho senate took a whack at this affair and the opponents of tho administration severely criticized It for Its general Mexican policy, which, Senator Full asserted, was to support the weak Carrunza government with out protecting tho lives and property of Americans nnd other foreigners In Mexico. The week opened with the great news of tho successful nonstop flight ncross tho Atlantic by Captain Alcock and Lieutenant Brown In the Vlckors Vlmy bombing plane. It was a won derful achievement and nil tho world Joined In praise of the courage and skill of the bold nvlators. Most of tho way from Newfoundland to Irelnnd they flew through fog and drizzle, yet they inndo tho 1,000 land miles In tho remarkable tlnio of 10 hours and 12 minutes. Despite tho big demonstration by tho Amerlcnn Federation of Labor, con gress will not sanction n modification of the wnrtlmo prohibition lnw to per mit tho manufacture and sale of beer and light wines from July 1 until na tional prohibition goes Into effect next January. This was made ccrtnln when the M'lintc by n vote of 55 to 11 killed a rider to this effect which Senator I'helun wanted to attach to the agri cultural appropriation bill. Action by President Wilson Is the only remaining hope of the wets and It Is slender. Tho A. F. of L. busied Itself with several big mutters last week. For In stance, It butted Into tho Irish uiuddlo with a resolution favoring tho "Freo Irish," nnd It also swatted the radical elements within Itself by refusing to adopt n resolution for the Inltlatlvo and referendum within tho ranks of organized labor and defeating another resolution for tho recognition of soviet RubsIh. Also It rejected tho proposed genernl strike on July 4 In behalf of Tom Mooney. Then Postmnster Gen ernl Burleson came up for discussion and as the poor man had no friend In the convention a resolution was adopt ed asking the president to remove him because of his "labor policy." NEBRASKA INCIDENTS BOILED T0A FEW LINES Occurrences Over the Cornhuaker State Chronicled In Paragraph Form for the Busy Reader. Rtnte Engineer George Johnson has appointed the following superintend' ents of the five dlvMoim of the stnto under which the sy.stetn of road build ing will bo carried on: First district, E. II. Morey of Lincoln. Second dis trict, M. F. Black of Norfolk. Third district, Harold Cochran of North Plnttc. Fourth district, R. O. Green of Hnstlngs. Fifth district, J. II. Mc Lean of Bridgeport. Cattle feeders of tho stnto tire urged by the slate veterinarian to Investi gate sanitary conditions on their prem ises in order to prevent the spread of beef or tapeworm cysts In cuttle. Dur ing the past six months, It Is stated, six shipments of cattle from various sections of the state have been made to South Omaha, which wero found to be affected by the tapeworm. Sheriff Bruce of Sheridan county wns exonerated by n Jury from nil blame for the death of William' Gar land, who was Instantly killed at Rushvllle by the discharge- of a re volver which slipped from the hoc ster of the sheriff to the sidewalk as Garland was being escorted to Jail. Beginning November 1, the first of a scries of five annual egg laying con. tests will be held at the Nebraska agricultural experiment station ut Lincoln. The object of the, experiment Is to promote the breeding of high lay ing strains of standard-bred poultry. The State Normal board has pur chased u 31 ncre tract of land near the Kearney stnte normal for agricul tural purposes nnd hns cnlled for specification for the new 5-100,000 dor mitory to be erected on the campus this summer. More than two score Nebraska com munities have nsked for the assist ance of Miss Louise Murphy, the state's first public health nurse. Miss Murphy began her work the first of July. The farm of Edward Jordan, near Wilcox, nn Interned German alien, has been ordered sold by the alien property custodian to satisfy n $10,000 alimony Judgment obtained by Mrs. Jordan. Unless drastic action Is tnken at once to destroy cutworms working on Douglas county alfalfa crops, n grent loss ma.v be experienced by farmers. according to County Agent Maxwell. People of Ogallaln are quite Jubllnnl over the announcement that the city post office Is to bo housed In new quarters. It Is likely n new building will be erected for the purpose. The agricultural department at Washington reports that crops In Ne braska, counting ttho entire field and comparing to the ton-yenr average aro In 112 per cent condition. The Colorado and Wyoming division of the Sons of Veterans has indorsed Lltutennnt Governor Barrows of Ne braska for commander-in-chief of the national organization. The good roads club of Bordeaux, Dawes county, has the pledge of Its members for .fSOO.OO In money nnd 12.) days' work for Improving highways of the district. A stock company with a capital of $20,000 has been organized at Lyons for the erection nnd maintenance of u hospital. Building operations will be gin nt once. An effort Is being inndo In Dodgo county to stamp out the army worm pest In alfalfa fields by the use of poison for which prescriptions have been furnished the farmers. Mrs. Otto Klurr, of Grand Island, was killed nnd eight others were In jured, when n Burlington train crash ed Into mi automobile In which they were riding near Cairo. The Knox County Better Live Stock association has decided to make Bloointlcld the permanent location for the association's annual stock show nnd agricultural fair. A thirty acre tract of Innil near Stanton, used entirely for agricultural purposes and with only nverngo Im provements, was sold recently for $100 nn acre. A contract has been awarded for tho laying of forty blocks of brick paving nt Wnhoo. The contract price Is $3.18 n snunre yard. Dawes County Development Associa tion hns decided to spend $1500 adver tising the resources of the county. The Fremont Commercial club hns decided to secure suitable grounds for tho landing of noroplnnes. Several townships In Cuming county aro ngltatlng the question of establish ing township high schools. The seventy-three Nebraska chap ters, P. E. O., bought $1,1 12,020 In lib erty bonds anil gave $38,727 for unit ed war work, It was shown nt the stnte convention of the lodge nt Lincoln. Ten thousand of the 20,000 transient harvest hands migrating to Nebraska this month will be I. W. W sum w. Sowerby, organizer, nrrcsted with eight companions "riding tho rods" through Lincoln. Nebraska members of tho Grnnd Army of thu Republic have selected tho Burlington us the line over wnicn they will travel In going to nnd re turning from tho nntlonnl encamp ment to bo held In Columbus, 0., Sep tember 7. Between 50 and CO auto loads of Butler county Boys' nnd Girls' club members wcro guests of tho University Stnto Farm nenr Lincoln during tho past week. They wero In chnrgo of Everett T. Winter, club leader for But ler county. There wero 250 youngsters In Uie party. To Representative McLaughlin of the Fourth Nebraska district goes con siderable credit for the repeal of tho daylight law by congress. Ho sliowed thnt more thnn 0,000,000 farmers nro opposed to the practice. Tho action of the senntennd house provides thnt tho law will cense to operate after the last Sunday In October. Replies to Governor McKelvle's In quiry to state senators and represen tatives relating to the advisability of calling the legislature In special ses sion to act on the suffrage amend ment Indicate that a majority of tho members are In favor of the move, and some advise that the code law be Included. Peter O'Shcn of Scottsbluff Is suing the North American Hotel company for $32,000, charging that the com pany bought three lots from him In .ScottsblulT, Mating that they Intended to build u hotel on the property mid that they have never finished the ho tel nor paid lilin for the lots. The recent ruling of the" Roynl Highlanders, a fraternal organization, to suspend the payment of so-called pioneer policies, Issued In ISO'l and 1807, has nrouscd holders of such cer tificates In Hamilton county. A com mute has hco nniuned to Investigate the action of the order. Tho Fremont Gus nnd Electric Light company will soon resume thto operation of Its electric light plant. The business of the company was con. sollduted with that of the city plant upon nn order from the government last fall. There will be no paving of the Lin coln highway through North Plntto this year. A petition signed by two thirds of the property owners on tho street through which the highway runs, has registered sentiment against the project. According to railroad crop experts, condition of wheat, corn, oats, barley, sugar beets and other crops In Ne braska Is the .best. Winter wheat, threatened by rust, Is safe, It Is said. An average crop of fruit Is reported. W. T. Thompson of Lincoln has been chosen chairman of the execu tive committee of tho New-Nebraska Federation, an organization started to help elect certain delegates to tho state constitutional convention. Daylight saving wns abandoned by the village oUjihinbar last Monday. The scheme was too Inconvenient for the people to wnlt for the repeal of tho law In October, so the old order of things was adopted. The government army motor track train which Is to cross tho continent to stimulate Interest In a transconti nental highway, will leave Washing ton July 7 nnd will pass through No brnskn enrly In August. The first consignment of battle relic picked up nt the front by Addison E. Sheldon, secretary of the Nebraska Hlstoricnl society, hns nrrlved nt tho society's museum nt the university at Lincoln. Figures compiled by tho nssessors of Kearney county shows thnt the num ber of state hall Insurance policies cnrrled by farmers In the county this year is 817 compared with 285 In 1018. Miss Ethel Mollltt, nged 15, daugh ter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Joseph Moflltt, old residents of western Nebraska, lost her life by drowning In the Far mers' canal ut Scottsbluff. John Gerdes, wealthy retired farmer of Beatrice, fined $1,000 under tho stnte sedition law for alleged pro-German utterances, hns appealed to tho state supreme court. Contract has Seen let fr u new hospital building at Alnsworth to cost about $23,000. It will have twelve rooms and two wards and will bo mod ern In every detail. A fast umatciir baseball club has been organized by citizens of Wnhoo. A good sized fund has been raised by public subscription to support tho team. Sidney's now public school building, work on which will commence In n few davs. Is expected to bo ready for uso when school opens In September. Many coniplulnts nro reaching Coun ty Agent R. II. Wntson nt Wnhoo con cerning ravages of tho alfalfa worm In fields of corn nnd potatoes. Wnhoo lodge No. 50, A. V nnd A. M. has taken stops to erect n Ma sonic temple in tho city on the two lots owned by the Masons. A contract has been let for paving flvo and n quarter tulles of Lincoln streets, the largest project of tho kind In the history nt the city. The state board or agriculture has reiwrted that tho spring wheat acre age In Nebraska totals approximately 812,000 acres. While bathing In the Elkhorn river near Beemer, Sam Rich, Jr., is. lost his life by drowning. The new St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church Just completed at Sidney was dedicated lost Sunday with appropriate ceremony. Business men of Ulysses have con tributed $500 to the support of tho local baseball club nnd n fast team la assured. Over 18,000 of tho 21,000 signatures necessary to hold up Governor Mc Kelvle's code bill from becoming operative and for Its submission nt nn election have already been secured, ac cording to leaders In the movement. Despite-the fact that a number of central Nebraska counties have re ceived unusual heavy soaklngs this year, In somo plnces nearly ten Inches of rain hnvlng fallen slnco April first, roads are in fairly good slinpo and streams nro swollen but little. Announcement has been inndo thnt tho Stnto University will hold u series of four weeks' courses In tho study of automobile, tractor nnd trucks begin nlng September 28. Now elnssos will bo opened each Mondny to enablo nnyono who wishes to tnko up tho work. IMPROVED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL StWrSOKE Lesson (Dy REV. V. U. FITZWATER. D. D Teacher of English Dlblo In tlio Moody Ulble Instltuto of Chicago.) (Cip)rlRlit. lUtO. Iit Wrti-rn Nriviaier I'd lot).) ' LESSON FOR JULY 6 CHURCH: ITS LIFE AND WORK. LESSON TEXTS-Actu 2:1-4, 37-47: I Thess. 6:11-15. OOl.DEN TEXT-Chrlst also loved the church, and nve lilmsolf for It. Eph. 6:25. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL 1 Cor. 12: 4-31; Eph. 1:10-23. 4:11-10; 5:25-27; ltev. l: 10-20. PRIMARY TOPIC-Our Father's House. JUNIOR TOl'IC-Why Wo Should Lov thu Church. INTERMEDIATE TOIMC-Whnt the Church Does for Us nnd What We Should Do for the Church. SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-Ta Spirit nnd Mission f tho Church. I. The Origin of the Church (Acts 2:1-1). Fifty days after the passover, while the 120 men nnd women were "with one accord In one pluce" the Holy Spirit came upon them and baptized them Into one body (I Cor. 12:13). Thus was begun the body culled tho church. The church hnd Its beginning nt Pentecost. The believers were united nround the resurrected Christ ns head. II. Conditions of Entrance Into the Church (Acts 2:37-11). After the coming of the Spirit nt Pentecost, Peter witnessed to the death nnd resurrection of Christ. Through this testimony the Spirit con victed these Jews of their sins. In their desperate need they cried out: "What shall we do?" Peter's reply indicated the steps Into the church. (1) Belief In Jesus Christ us Savior. Ills nrgument proved thnt Jesus whom they had crucified wus the Messiah. (2) Bepentnnce. Every one entering the church .should repent; should change his mind and attitude toward Jesus Christ. (3) Be baptized. The divinely ap pointed method for the public confes sion of Jesus Christ Is baptism. Those who have believed In Jesus Christ should receive this tangible ordinance, which symbolizes our Identification with Christ In his death, burial aud res urrection. (1) Receive remission of sins. Those who hnve been united to Jesus Christ have till their sins removed; there Is nn entire cancellation of guilt. They hnve n stnndlng befor6 God which Is absolutely perfect. (5) Receive the Holy Spirit. The gift of the Holy Spirit Is the birthright of every regenerated soul who Is obedi ent to Christ. III. A Portrait of the Primitive Church (Acts 2:42-47). 1. They continued In tho apostles' doctrine (v. 42). Instead of being taught by the scribes they are now taught by the apostles. They have turned away from their blind guides nnd nro following new ones. 2. They continued In fellowship nround Christ as the head (v. 42). The breaking of bread Illustrated the one ness of believers In Christ. As nil partook of one loaf, so nil believers are one In Christ. 3. They continued In prayer (v. 42)." The Ideal church Is n praying church. 4. They had n community of goods (vv. 43-45). They had all things In com mon. Those thnt had possessions sold them nnd distribution wns made to every one ns he had need. 5. They were filled with praise (v. 40). All those who have had the ex perience of tho life of God being poured Into them nro filled with praise, nnd gratitude must express Itself. IV. The Mutual Duties of Officers and Members of the Church (I Thcss. 5:11-15). 1. Mutual Intercourse for comfort and edification (v. 11). There Is no casto In tho church of Jesus Christ; It Is a brotherhood. 2. Proper recognition should be given to those wlio are engaged In spiritual service (v. 12). Only ns the grace of God abounds do men nnd women turn from their secular to spir itual Interests. Those who thus re spond to the call of God should have popular recognition. 3. Proper respect should be given to church officials (v. 13). While we should not give worship to those who are leaders In tho church of Christ we should g'lve them proper respect. One of the signs of the de generacy of the ago Is a lack of re spect shown Christian ministers. 4. Live In penco (v. 13). Although there Is In the church n diversity of Interests and personalities the love of Christ should so fill us that there Ije no strife In his body. 5. Warn the disorderly (v. 14). As Christ chose twelve and ono was a devil, so In the church there will be those who nre disorderly. All such should be lovingly warned. 0. Bo not rctnlluttvo (v. 15). Al though others wrong us wo should not retnllute. Growth. Violent efforts to growth nro right In earnestness, but wholly wrong In principle. There Is but one principle of growth both for the natural and spiritual, for body and soul. And the principle of growing In grace Is onco more this. "Consider the lilies how they grow." Take 8econd Look. I om not one of those who do not bellevo In love at first sight, but I be lieve In taking a second look. II. Vla-ctnt J 1 I : i "T t : i r r