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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Mr. Taft's Plan of Interpretive
Reservations May Solve the
Treaty Problem.
UKED BY MANY SENATORS
President Wilson Rebuffed by Foreign
Relations Committee Austria Gets
Her Peace Terms News
From Russia Not Cheerful
More Trouble With
Mexico.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
William II. Taft.uctu.ited by the two
worthy motives of trying to aid in tlte
pecdy stabilizing of world pence and
of averting possible disaster to bis par
ty In the next presidential elections
made n notable contribution last week
toward the ratification of the peuco
treaty und Lenguo of Nations covenant
by the senate. In letters to Republican
National Chairman Hays he suggested
a wuy In which he thought this might
bo brought about with the votes of
those Republican senators who are
friendly to the league but are doubtful
concerning certnln of Its articles. Mr.
Taft's plan is that the treaty be rati
fied with "Interpretive reservations"
that would satisfy the consciences ot
those senators and that would he ac
ceptable to the administration. These,
not being amendments or flat reserva
tions, would not necessitate the recom
mittal of the pact to a peace confer
ence. Making It clear that he favors rati
fication of the treaty as It stands, to bo
amended later by tho league If neces
sary, Mr. Taft declares It to be "tho
part of statesmen to recognize the exi
gencies, personal, partisan and polit
ical, of a situation In seeking to achieve
irenl progress and reform." He admits
Ithnt there are reasonable and sincere
criticisms made against the league and
(believes these must bo satisfied in
order to obtain the nineteen Republican
votes necessnry to ratification. This ho
i seeks to do with his suggested reser
vations, which cover most of the an
'tides criticised but Ignore tho Shan
tung feature. This lutter, ho asserts,
'has been deliberately exaggerated.
Mr. Ilnys looked with favor on Mr.
iTnft's plan, and In Washington many
Republican senntors were said to bo
so Impressed with Its value that they
already were at work on a program
,ef Interpretive reservations. President
Wilson hud been nware of tho Tuft
suggestions for several dnys, but his at
titude toward them was not stated.
The administration senators, however,
were said to bo still determined to at
tempt to force unreserved rntillcntlon.
Mr. Wilson, though suffering from a
slight attack of illness, kept up his
work In behalf of tho treaty, calling
into conference at the White Houso
it number of the opposing senators.
.Most of these asserted that the presi
dent bad not been able to change their
views or Intentions by his argument!)
and explanations, and tho debate In
tiie senate did not indicate that he
bad converted any of them. It Is only
fnlr to assume that few of these sena
tors ure governed by anything but
jatrlottsni and honesty In taking the
attitude they do, but It Is hard to see
anything but partisanship In such ac
tion ns that of the majority of the
committee on foreign relations the
Hher day. The president, In the In
terest of business, asked for authority
to appoint provisionally an American
member of tho Interallied commission
on reparations pending nctlon on the
treaty. This the committee refused,
Adopting Instead Senator Knox's reso
lution declaring:
"That it is the judgment of the coin
, -wlttce that until the treaty Is ratified
no power exists, cither In tho presi
dent or congress, to execute any provi
sion of tho proposed treaty, cither pro-
vlslonally or otherwise."
And yet,-only three weeks ago Sen
ator Knox declared that the tVeaty ot
peace will apply to tho United States
jwben ratified by three otbar power
SmSiAMy...-'-''''- - v.-- Z,,,,&.&('iv,,.r..t--.'''!i'Zi
of the rormer senator rrom Illinois, who nas neon given n memu or nonor
for the French wounded. 1! Food shops In Berlin tl.nt were raided by
Island who wetv unable to get fiom Manhattan to their homes because,
New Vork ferry boats.
"whether we shall actually Irive rati
fied or not, because peace will then bo
n fact."
The president mny go ahead any
how and name the member of the repa
rations commission, nnd It was report
ed that Bernard Buruch is to be his se
lection. Some of the senators, und perhaps
a great many other people, do not
agree with Mr. Tuft that the Shantung
nffulr has been exaggerated. Mr. Wil
son Is said to have explained to cer
tain of his callers that the other peace
makers, entangled In secret treaties,
left to him the settlement of that an
noying matter nnd that It was neces
sary to yield so much to Japan In or
der to nssurc her Joining the League
of Nations. It was believed he might
now bring some pressure to bear to
persuade Japan to declare formally
her Intention to return the province
to Chlnn within a short period of time.
Thut, of course, would do much to si
lenco tho criticism against the clause.
The Japanese, however, aro not dis
playing a very compliant spirit lately.
They have vigorously denied the story
that the Shantung settlement was In
exchange for the Japanese withdrawal
of the racial equality clauso from tho
league covenant, and the Intimation is
plain thut they will renew later their
demand for the inclusion of such n
clause. Also there Is open opposition
In Japan to participating In the Inter
national tribunal to try the former
kaiser, based on the assertion that
such action would have a bud effect
on the Japanese people.
The Rrltlsh parliament has ratified
tho peace treaty with Germany unan
imously, und also has adopted tho
Anglo-French alliance bill.
Austrln has been handed the pence
treaty she must sign nnd of course is
protesting hopelessly against tho
terms Imposed. The reparation terms
nre similar to those In tho German
treaty, and the financial terms pro
vide that the prewar debt shall bo
apportioned among the various former
parts of the Austrian empire nnd the
coinage und war bonds taken up by
the new governments and redeemed
as they see fit. The Austrian urmy Is
to be reduced to 30,000 men and she Is
to give up all her merchant shipping
and fishing boats und 20 per cent of
her river fleet. Lnrgo numbers of cnt
tie also must be surrendered, ns well
us quantities of stuff stolen by the
llnpsburgs. In the revised territorial
terms Is seen n possibility of future
trouble, for Austria Is to receive the
Oderberg region of Hungary. The
Hungarians nrc not likely to submit
tamely to this nnd Rein Kun, If he is
still In power there, mny find in It n
chance to keep his urmy from disinte
grating by appealing to the national
feeling.
Conflicting stories concerning Belu
Kun have been coming from Vienna.
One had It that the communist leader
hud been deposed by a triumvirate and
that "terror troops" were In control of
Budapest. Another and later dispatch
showed ho was still In tho saddle.
The tangled mess known as the Rus
sian situation hns no very promising
aspects of late. The British comman
der In North Russia reports that tho
Russian volunteer troops that have
been co-operating with him have muti
nied and Joined tho bolshcvlsts; Gen
eral Deniklne hns been suffering re
verses nt tho hands of Trotzky's army
and Admlrul Kolchak, head of tho
Omsk government, does not seem to
be getting anywhere. Lenlno has of
fered to cede Bessarabia to Roumnnln
If the latter country will prohibit Kol
disk's supporters from crossing Its
frontier. This may amount to nothing,
ns Roumunln already holds possession
of Bessarabia. In eastern Gnllclo,
where the Ukrainians and Poles aro
fighting for tho territory, tho Poles
have captured tho Important city ot
Tarnopol. Delayed dlsputches from
Vladivostok tell of a successful excur
sion In the Suchi.n valley district by
nn American military column which
cleared out bands of bolshcvlki at a
cost of two men killed nnd cloven
wounded. The bolshcvlki In Siberia
huve released all their American pris
oners, five In number.
The peace conference is now attend
ing to Bulgaria. Tho delegates from
that country arrived In Paris from
Sofia Friday and were quurtcred at tho
suburb of Nonllly. The French troops
have been taking care of Bulgaria late
ly and when the other day some of
them were attacked by Bulgarians a
French regiment occupied Sofia and
disarmed the local garrison.
Sweden Is expected to mnke a loud
wall over tho report of the Baltic com
mission of the peace conference. It
recommends thut the Aland Islands nt
the mouth of the Gulf of Bothnia,
which Sweden has claimed, be neu
tralized under the guaranty ot the
League of Nations. The Swedes ure
not In high favor with the allies and
any protest they mny make Is not like
ly to be considered.
Our relations with Mexico seemed to
be approaching the well-known climax,
us they have been Intermittently for
years. Senators and representatives
from the border states cliimor for In
tervention, more Americans ure kllfed
or kidnaped or robbed by Mexicans,
Interested European nations become
more und more exasperated by tho
chaotic conditions below the Rio
Grande, but tho administration keeps
Its own councils, giving no Intimation
of Its Intentions, If It bus any. Among
the recent outrages to be reported
were an attack by armed Mexicans on
a boutload of sailors from tho U. S.
ship Cheyenne near Tumplco nnd the
robbery of about M0.000 from tLe
Puerto Lobos station of the Atlantic
Refining company. Some, trifles were
stolen from the sailors and the Mexi
can government says It was their own
fault because they disregarded warn
ings und went Into rebel territory.
Most of the other outrages tho Cur
ruuzn officials try weakly to explain
u way.
Henry P. Fletcher, ambassador to
Mexico, appeared before a bouse com
mittee und said thut, although hun
dreds of Americans had been killed in
Mexico in the hist few years, nnd CO
since February, 1017, he had never
heard of the prosecution or conviction
ot nny Mexican for the murder of an
American. He thinks, however, that
nothing would be gained by withdraw
al of our recognition ot the Cnrrunzn
government and lifting of tho embargo
on arms.
Word was brought from Chlhuiihun
City to HI Paso thut Villa und General
Angeles had disbanded their forces un
til September und were going to Japan
to obtain arms and ammunition for u
renewal of their revolution.
The city of Washington was greatly
upset early In the week by mob riots
that amounted to a race wnr. Whites,
angered by alleged a'ttacks on women
by colored men, made Indiscriminate
warfare on tlte negroes, and the hitter
retaliated In kind. Several persons,
Including two policemen, were killed.
After long nnd wearisome debate,
the house of representatives passed
the prohibition enforcement bill by a
voto of 287 to 100. Nearly ull Uio
rigid restrictions Insisted on by tho.
radical drys were retained, but Indl
vlduuls are permitted to have liquor
In their homes for their own consump
tion. The measuro is now In the sen
ate nnd may be changed In Important
particulars.
The chief counsel for tho Associa
tion Opposed to National Prohibition,
in reply to numerous Inquiries, has Is
sued a stiitemcnt concerning the sta
tus of the fight against the constitu
tional amendment. He says the right
of referendum on acts of the legisla
ture exists In 15 states. Petitions for
referendum have been filed In seven of
these and are being circulated in tho
others. If tho people In ten of these
states reverse the action of the legis
latures the prohibition amendment
will be void, slnco it must ho ratified
by 30 states and 45 have tnken that
action. Tho validity of the amend
ment also will be attacked on consti
tutional grounds before tho United
States Supreme court in tiio fall.
All the world was startled and
shocked by tho unlquo nlrshlp disaster
In Chicago. A dlrlglhlo balloon was
making experimental (lights over the
loop district of the city when It hurst
Into I1au.es and fell through the roof of
ono of tho largest hanks. Ten em
ployees of tho bank ami three men
who were In the car of tho balloon
were killed and more than u score were
Injured. Thu causo of tho accident
was a mystery.
NEWS NOTES OF
INTEREST TO EVHRYQHE
IH NEBRASKA
r ..i m ..ii i I '''np Mnln fair iniinngomont him so-
Louls (111, son, Ansloy ...an, who was I cl)ml nllrai.,lol) llt H, ,,
.sentenced o serve n ... II jury sontonco oxlillltloti LI onnnt On.or Lockolnr,
after having boon tried "! '' ,l0 n.ver uho leaps fro... one alrph.no
gull y of sleeping on ditty, arrived at I , nnf,l(,r h, , ,, f,,,,t
his home ,lt Ansloy Jus recently. I Is , lu , , , ,
sentence was commuted af or No- wl0n , , ,, . (I(HS f
brnsku friends had (aken to the wnr l0r st,mjH
department the facts!,, his case and ntp,"o,.tatlv of all tcloplmn
had demanded his release. (companies doing budnos.s In Nebraska
Two Reward chaps who were fined nrc oiillctl to meet at the olllce of tho
for Illegal fishing the other day got it state railway commission In Lincoln,
hock at the game jvnrden who j October 15, to show cause If thev nl
"pinched" them by filing a complaint j0ct to the commlss.nn putting in force
against the olllcer for running his Installation, move nnd chnngoof-iinmo
auto without a tall light. The guar- , charges to ho applied generally.
(iiaii or tne law was assessed m.siu. .
Tho fishermen pnld a total of ?0.l().
Lack of water caused by tho break-
Ing of a float valve, which controlled
a watering tank, caused tho donlh of ,
slty bead of thoroughl
i?hlred Hereford .
cattle valued at $U.",000 In the herd of
Rendu brothers, near Osceola. Tho
Hondas failed to visit the pasture for
more than n week and did not discov
er tho accident to the tank.
After beating Ids wife to death
with a stovo poker Fred Ilockmeler,
wealthy farmer of nea Leigh, hung
himself from tho roof of u wagon-shed
near tho house whore the murder wns
committed. Tho night prior to tho
tragedy the couple quarrelled about n
calf getting on the lnwn.
II. L. Krnuse, n Lincoln aviator, was
killed nnd H. L. Wllmoth, nlso of
Lincoln, was seriously injured when
nn airplane occupied by the two men
fell 200 feet near Fremont. They were
making n flight from Lincoln to Fre
mont when tho accident occurred.
An electric company nt Mllford Is
constructing n line to Wllber down
the Blue river. If" enough subscriber
for lights can be obtained the line
will bo run, us far south ns Do Witt
and Plymouth. Plymouth has long
boon without n lighting plant.
Representatives of tho highway
departments of Nebraska, Kansas,
lown, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Missouri and Texas have Joined hands
nnd propose to work ns n unit that
will result in better roads In the states
named.
Stnto headquarters of the Q. A. R.
at Lincoln expects 1,000 people from
Nebraska will journey to Columbus,
Ohio, for the nntlonal encampment of
the O. A., R., Sons of Veterans and nl
lled organizations September 7 to 13.
Some sort of a hitch has occurred
between the York and Hamilton coun
ty bonrds which may delay tho com
pletion of the S. Y. A. federal nld
highway between Aurora nnd York
until next year.
The Nebraska railway commission
has authorized telephone companies
to chnrge Burleson Installation rates
until a hearing October 15, when new
state rates will be determined.
L. I. Fusble, state club leader, has
announced that ono entire barn at the
Nebraska state fair will be given over
to swine exhibits by members of boys
nnd girls' clubs.
Wheat fields In the vicinity of Big
Springs nre yielding splendidly and
some estimates figure the district will
produce around 2,000,000 bushels.
Over 100 citizens of Hooper and
vli'lriltv luivn rmtlflimnil flio rnutitv
' board to enlarge the bridge over the
131khorn river near Hooper.
Nebraska will bo represented nt the
hearing nt Washington, August 11, of
tho problems confronting electric
rnllwnys of tho country.
Gago county wheat fields nre yield
ing Letter than had been expected. A
good mnny fields nro running twenty
to thirty bushels to the acre.
President Wilson has boon Invited
to visit Omaha when be makes a tour
of tho country, speaking in behalf of
tho league of nntlnns.
Corn prices bnvo sonred over tho
$2 mark nt Omaha and grain exchnngo
men say 52.50 a bushel will be reached
before long.
Governor McKelvIe has accepted an
Invitation to spenk nt a conference nt
governors at Salt Lake City, August
18th.
An. 80 acre farm near Lyons was
sold tho other dny for $450 per acre,
u now top price for Burt county hind.
The fhe-.nlll court house levy which
wns voted on In Richardson county at
a special election, carried by four
votes.
Organization of a regiment of na
tional gunrda to be known ns the
Eighth regiment, will soon bo under
way, according to Cnpt. II. O. Stein
of Lincoln, U. S. disbursing officer.
Tho Stnto Bnnrd of Control will
require teachers nt all state Institu
tions to tnko a two weeks' short
course In tho psychology of abnorinnl
children, to bo given nt tho Bentrico
Instltuto for feeble-minded early this
fall.
In Issuing tho call for a special ses.
slon of the legislature, Governor Mc
KelvIe included nothing snvo the pas
sage of n joint resolution ratifying the
national woman suffrage amendment,
nnd appropriation of expense of the
session.
Saunders county, by voluntary sub
scriptions, has collected tho county's
share. !f20,000, for a state aid bridge
across tho Platto river at Yutan.
Automobile drivers In tho state nro
warned to be awnre of tho now auto
mobllo lnw. which prohibits an auto
mobile to be driven with a dealer's
number for personnl use.
Addison Walt, for some tlmo adju
tant of tho soldiers' home at Grand
Islnnd, hns been promoted to com
mandant of that Institution nnd Rov.
J. W. AVnlts of Valparaiso, has bcon
appointed adjutant
I Reports reaching State Superintend
cnt of .Schools Ciemmons nt Lincoln
Indicate tliat many sections of Nebras
ka will experience a shortage of
school teachers this fall. The short
age of teachers Is said to he due to
hotter pay offered In other lines of
work.
rw rnn..os .,, hn west urn i?lv.n
as tho cause of tit breaking of two
records for cattle receipts at tho
South Omaha llvo stock market dur- i
Ing the past week. The high mark for I
a single day was U!),78.'!. I
K. 13. Stnuffer, pivsldont of Midland
college, has returned to Fremont from
Philadelphia, where he obtained tho
olllclal sanction of Lutherans of Amor
leu to tho transfer of the college from
Atchison to Fremont. ,
Members of the Tribe of Ben Ilur,
fraternal organization, nrc In n cam
paign to have the western headquar
ters of tho order established In Onin
tin, where n new $500,000 home will
be erected."
Sam Maxwell of near Fremont hnr
vestod $1,500 worth of potatoes from
n patch n little less thnn five ncros In
size. The big yield woj duo to treat
ment of the seed and spraying the
vines, ho claims.
Although whent Is reaching tho
Omaha mnrkot nt the rate of 300,000 to
500,000 bushels a dny, rnllrond frenght
officials are of tho opinion that there
will bo no congestion nt the terminal.
Funeral services for Lr. Charles
Lamborn, Nebraska flyer, killed whllo
employed as n government nlr mnll
carrier when he fell 0,000 feet near
Dlx Run, Pn., were held nt Mlndcn.
The United States nrmy transport
train traveling from Washington, D.
C, to San Francisco crossed the Mis
souri nt Omnhn on a pontoon bridge
constructed by its own engineers.
The top price for Dodge county
Innd wns reached tho other day when
a 120-acre tractnear Fremont sold for
$175 per acre. Three yenrs ago tho
same farm sold ior $200 nn acre.
Twenty Nebraska broom manufac
turers have requested the state board
of control to abolish the penitentiary
broom plant, which they claim Is ruin
ing their business.
Orcbardlsts of southeastern Nebras
ka claim the apple crop this year will
moro than double that of 1018. Tho
yield Is expected to bo about GO per
cent normal.
Fremont, Ord nnd Central City nro
tho latest Nebraska cities to inaugur
ate a movement to buy nn nlrplnno to
mnke dally flights over the city.
Nenrly $1,000 dropped Into tho
treasury of Richardson county when
Sheriff McNulty sold four automobiles
taken from boozo runners.
Nebraska's prospects for n bumper
corn crop are stlu excellent desplto
the hot, dry weather, nccording to
crop experts.
A contract has been let for marking
the Goldenrod highway from Nebraska
City to Oxford, a distance of 300
miles.
Harvest hands by tho hundreds nro
d'llly leaving Nebrakn for work in
the wheat Holds of 'Minnesota an.l
South Dakota.
Fremont Is soon to have another
dally newspaper. It Is to be estab
lished by the Fremont Publishing Co.
Actunl construction will begin on
Red Cloud's new $50,000 auditorium
and siJles pavilion In a few days.
Workmen nro busy nt Wahoo mak
ing preparations to lay a total of
about forty blocks of paving.
Tho city of Lincoln lias inaugurated
n movement to acquire the street rail
way lines of tho capital.
Work Is progressing rapidly on tho
new Cornhuskcr hlghwny through
Saunders county.
But one week Is Ice for candidates
to the constitutional convention to get
their petitions filed.
Omnhn expects to hnvo nlr mall
servico from the enst the latter part
of next October.
Walthlll Is to have n community
sales pavilion, which will seat about
700 people.
A movement is under way to trans
fer the Dnnlsh Lutheran college nt
Blair to Omaha.
Laurel has lot a contract for 20,
000 yards of paving to cost about
$82,000.
The state prison board has refused
a recommendation of pnrdon to Georgo
Davenport, who haB served two yeara
of his ten-yenr sentence from Clay
county for an offenso against a 10-yoar-old
girl.
Dr. F. M. Fling, professor of his
tory at the University of Nebraska,
who hns beon commissioned by the
government to wrlto a history of
Amorlcn's pnrt In the world war, is
now Jn Wnshlngton, gathering first
hand material on the senuto's ratifi
cation of tin) pence treaty.
Tho recently formed branch of tho
American Legion nt Ilnrtlngton has
been grunted Its chnrtcr, giving It tho
honor of being the fourth In tho stnto
to perfect Its organization. Omnhn,
Lincoln nnd Fremont aro the flrct
threo on tho list.
Farmers of Brown county are quite
disappointed In their whent crops.
Early in tho spring the outlook for a
bumper crop wns splendid, but tho
throe weeks dry spell In Juno greatly
:'...... r.
reuueeu mo prouuciion. rrospecw
for n good corn crop in tho county,
are fair.
IS
SUEPRIMAHYGALL
PROCLAMATION OF GOVERNOR
FIXES DATE AT SEPT. 16
FOR CONVENTION DELEGATES
Primaries Must Choose Twice
Number to Bo Elected to
Convention
tho
Lincoln. Nonpartisan primary elec
tion to bo hold September lfith for th)
purposo ot nominating delegates for
tho constitutional convention is called
in a proclamation by tho aovornor.
Tho elections nro to bo hold only in
those representative districts who. a
tho number of porsons nominated by
nominating petitions equals or ex
ceeds thioo times tho number to bo
elected from those districts.
At tho primary, twice tho number of
persons to bo elected aro to bo chosen
from thoso nominated by the nominat
ing petitions.
Following Is tho governor's procla
mation: Lincoln, July 30, 1919.
By virtue of tho authority vos'el
In mo by law, and in accordance with a
section, of chapter 19G of the ses.Von
laws of tho leglslaturo ot Nebraska
for 1919, I, Samuel R. McKelvIe, gov
ernor of tho stnto of Nebraska, hereby
direct nnd proclaim that a non-par-itisnn
primary election bo hold through
out tho state, In tho sovoral represen
tative districts wherein tho nuuibor of
porsons nominated by nominating peti
tions equals or exceeds thrco times
tho number to bo elected delegates to
tho constitutional convention frtin
such district, as provided by snid chap
ter 19G. Said non-partisan primary
.election to bo held at tho usual votn.s
places in the several reprosootatlvo
districts on tho third Tuesday after
tho third Monday in Soptcmbor, 1919.
At 'such primary, twice tho number of
.persons to bo elected delegates Bball
bo chosen from thoso nominated by
nominating petitions, nnd those so
chosen shall bo deemed nominated for
delegates.
Given under my hand and tho Great
Seal of tho State, this, tho lCth day of
July, 1919.
SAMUEL R.. McKELVTE,
Governor.
Murderer Denied Writ
Lincoln. Judgo Stewnrt of the dis
trict court Wednesday mornnig heard
arguments on the application of Al.nm
B.. Colo for n writ of habeas corpua.
Colo is now in tho penintentiary under
death sentenco imposed by tho dis
trict court of Howard county after ho
had withdrawn his plea of not guilty
and entered a plea of guilty of murder
in tho first degree in having f lain Mrs.
Lulu Vogt. Tho writ was denied by
Judge Stewart.
It was tho contention of J. M. Priest,
attorney for Cole, thnt tlte Judgment
of tho Howard county court was void
ton the reason thnt tho statute was
not compiled with. Ho insisted that
when a plea of guilty is cntored in a
case of this kind tho Judgo is required
to tako testimony to detormino tho do
grco ot homicide ot which tho accused
is guilty and In this caso thta proced
ure was not followed. Tho oourt In
structed tho jury to find the defon-,
dant guilty on his plea and to fly. tho
penalty at olthor lifo imprisonment or
death.
Tho Btato waB represented by As
sistant Attorney General Georgo W.
Ayres, who contended that tho trial
judgo bad complied with an" tho stat
utes in imposing tho sontenco on Cola.
New Suffrage Officers
Lincoln. Tho following officers
wero elected for tho stato snffrago as
sociation at tho convontlon noaslon
July 30 nt tho First Christian churcli
hero:
Mrs. C. II. Dietrich, Hastings, presi
dent; Mrs. Frank A. Harrioon, Lin
coln, first vicc-presidont; Mrs. II. C.
Sumnoy, Omaha, second vi0-pro3l-dent;
Miss Mny Gund, Lincoln, record
ing secretary; Miss Mary Williams,
Konesnw, corresponding socrotaiy;
Mrs. Josio Dictz, Broken Bow, trea
surer; Mrs. E. E. Boll, Lincoln, first
auditor; Miss Edith Tobltt, Omnha,
second auditor.
Presbyterian Special Funds
Stony Brook, N. Y. A special en
dowment fund of $2,000,000 tor Pres
byterian collogos In tho United States,
and another of $1,000,000 for agn and
disabled pastors will be Indmled rn
next year's budget ot tho Presbyterian
Now Era conference. Tho fall amount
of tho budgot haB not yet booa tfotarm
ined, but it is expected to oxcoed
$13,000,000.
"Washington. A bill directing th
postmastor genoral to establish and
oporata air mall servico boUreoa Now
York and San Francisco wr intro
duced by Ropresontativo Kahn, of Cali
fornia. Offers Land for Hospital
Washington. Passago of a bill au
thorizing tho frco conveyance ot not
moro than C40 ncros of mountainous
or forost Innds owned by tho govorn
bent to any benovplont or fraternal
organization for sanitarium purposes,
, provided tho Institution would not bo
oporato1 for protlt wa8 rccommCndod
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I Rnnrflsnntatlvn Tinker, flullfnrnln aolil
Ropresontativo Raker, California, said
many western organizations vroro in
terested.
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