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1 Colored man wounded In Chicago's rnco riots being escorted to safoty by mounted policemen. 2 Amer
ican cofor bearers marchlna at the bend of tlie Yanks In the great Bnstllle-dny parade In Purls. .1 Scene In Chi
cago during the street car strike whan the people were forced to utilize all manner of conveyances.
NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Nearly Two Score Are Killed in
War Between Whites and
Blacks in Chicago.
STATE TROOPS CALLED OUT
treet Car Men' Strike at Same Time
Urgency of Action to Cut Living
Cost Impressed on Govern
ment Status of Peace
Treaty Contest.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Ilnce riots and strikes made Chicago
the news center of the country for the
week, and the news from It was sen
sational nnd plentiful. Starting In a
trifling quarrel over the "color line"
at a bathing beach, n real race war
sprang up with startling suddenness
and quickly spread throughout the
South side of the city, where most of
the negroes live, nnd thence to the
downtown business district, with spo
radic outbreaks in other regions. He
fore the authorities got the situation
under control nearly two score per
sons had been killed and several hun
dred wounded. For several days the
mayor Insisted the police could re
store order, but realization of his mis
itako was forced on him and he called
on the governor for assistance from
thu state nllttla. Several regiments
t once occupied the "black belt."
However, the establishment of martial
law was avoided and thus tho city
"saved Its face."
There Is no doubt that the casualty
.lets of tlie race war were kept down
by tho fact that the strike of the
street car men wub coincident with
iths riots. Not n surface or elevated
car was running and It was compara
tively easy for the authorities to keep
,out of the riot district the trouble and
curiosity seekers. The strike, which
'had been Impending for some time,
was precipitated suddenly by tho rad
ical element In the car men's unions, a
compromise offer of the companies, ap
proved by the state and city authori
ties and the heads of the unions, be
ing rejected. Theugh seriously ham
pered In getting to its work and In
transacting business, the public took
tho situation good anturedly and made
Its way to the business district and
'home again with rather remarkable
facility. All Manner of motor ve
hicles were pressed Into service and
the steam roads exerted every effort
to carry their many thousands of extra
passengers. The demand of the car
jinen for a heavy Increase In wages
did not have general syrapnthy, for It
meant a corresponding Increase In the
fares charged.
There haye been many hitter com
plaints lately to the effect thnt tho
government was not doing what It
might to reduce the cost of living by
selling to consumers tho Immense sur
plus stores of food held by the war
Uepurtnicnt. On Thursday tho war
department put on sale about 341,000,
,000 pounds of those foodstuffs, Includ
ing canned vegetables, corned beef,
bacon, roast beef, frozen meats nnd
poultry. The marketing was done
! through local postmasters and mall
carriers, who took orders from buy-
tho goods. The prices obtained rep
resented the cost to the government
plus the postage. Him sale was es-
peclnlly well patronized by the people
of smnll towns and rural districts, and
It wns predicted that tho supplies
would bo disposed of within n week.
Of course such n measure ns this
Is only a drop In the bucket, and It Is
being more and moro forcibly Impress
ed on tho government that It must do
something to make the cost of life's
necessities square with tho Incomes
of tho people. Tho ndvlsory board of
tho Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi
neers took up the matter directly with
tho president, presenting to him a
momorandum which he characterized
ns nn "Impressive document" and
ordered made public. The board ap
pealed to the president nnd cabinet
for government action to Increase tho
purchasing power of the dollnr, fall
ing In which, It said, the engineers
would have to nsk a further Increase
In wages. Tho memorandum asserted
that tho spirit of unrest existing
nmong. nil classes, especially wage
earners, was due "mainly to the con
scienceless profiteering by tho great
Interests who have secured control of
all the necessaries of life." The en
gineers are wise enough to see and
to admit that Increasing the wages
Is hut temporary relief, so long as
prices continue to soar.
Just before the engineers visited tho
Whlto House Democratic National
Chairman Cummlngs reported to the
president on his political Inspection
trip over the country, telling Mr. Wil
son of the growing Importance of ac
tion to reduce tho cost of living. What
form that action will tnke, when It
comes, cannot bo conjectured even
from the fact that -01110101 Investiga
tions of various kinds of alleged profi
teering are under wny or proposed.
The Immediate result of all this was
a conference of cabinet members and
heads of bureaus colled by Attorney
General Palmer for the purpose of
discussing the situation and possible
remedies. The government will Beek
to stop nnd punish profiteering, to de
termine the contributing causes for
high prices and to dovlsc remedies for
Immediate relief for the public.
The administration Is gravely con
cerned over the manifest discontent
of the American farmers, which comes
Just at a time when the official es
timates of the nation's wheat crop
have had to be greatly reduced. The
farmers have been dissatisfied with
the system of grading fixed by the bu
reau of markets of the department of
agriculture, and now, as Chairman
Barnes of the government grain cor
poration told the president, they are
protesting against an order from the
corporation fixing a schedule of dis
counts for tho lower grades of wheat.
This, they assert, deprives them of an
unreasonably large part of the guar
anteed price of $2.20 per bushel, the
amount received being In some In
stances as low as $1.45 per bushel.
The Franco-American defense trenty
was submitted to the senate, and nt
once became a subject of debate In
the committee on foreign relations,
along with the peace treaty. President
Wilson, In asking its approval, said
ho considered the treaty with Ger
many and the covenant of the League
of Nations gave Franco full protec
tion, but that he hnd been moved to
tho trenty by considerations, of friend
ship nnd gratitude to France. Oppo
sition senators protested that this
pact violated the constitutional right
of congress to make war, to which tho
president's supporters had the obvious
retort thnt It created no precedent,
similar action hnvlng been taken In
numerous cases In the past.
The foreign relations committee did
an unusual If not unprecedented thing
la holding public hearings on the pence
treaty. Bernard Baruch was the first
witness nnd was questioned especially
regarding the reparation nnd other
financial clauses.
President Wilson postponed tho
stnrt of his speaking tour of the coun
try probably until August 15, and con
tinued his efforts In Washington In
behalf of tho peaco treaty and Icaguo
covenant. Ho called In more sonntors
to conference, both Democrats nnd Re
publicans, nnd appealed for unquali
fied ratification of thojreaty especial
ly on" tho ground tluftreservatlons or
amendments would necessitate Its re
submission to Germany, which ho said
would be humiliating to us. To Sen
ator Fernald of Maine Mr. Wilson said
he had assumed there were at least
sixty senators who would take a world
view of the situation.
"There are sixty men In the United
States senate who take a world view
of tho situation," Senator Fernnld re
plied. "Fortunately, they Include In
their view the best Interests of tho
United States of America."
Other senators told the president
that while they recognized the fact
that reservations would cnuse delay,
they considered the protection of
American Interests of grenter Impor
tance than speedy ratification. There
Is no doubt that both sides to tho con
troversy, would be glad to And somo
dignified wny out of It, but neither
seems to have mnde any converts. Tho
help which the administration expect
ed In tho wny of a formnl declaration
by Japan that It would restore Shan
tung to China was not forthcoming
and thnt grab clause remained n soro
spot.
Offlcinl dispatches from MaJ. J. C.
Green, director of the American re
lief administration's work In Turkey,
calls attention to the Imminent peril
of tho remainder of the Armenian na
tion. The Turks have reorganized
their army and they nnd the Tatars
are advancing on the Armenians from
three sides, cutting them off from nil
relief supplies and threatening their
extermination. Unless military pro
tection Is afforded tho Armenians nt
once, says Major Green, the disaster
will bo more terrible than the massa
cres In 1015. In Paris It Is said the
peace conference's hands nre tied un
til America decides whether or not It
will accept a mandate for Asia Mlnoi.
Germany's commissioners named to
attend to the delivery of live stock to
tho French nnd Belgians, and to the
transfer of the Soar coal mines hns
arrived at Versailles and gone to work,
nnd In other respects the Germans
seem to be trying reluctantly to carry
out the provisions of tho trenty. But
their army In Lctvla remains obdurate
andtOcncrnl Von der Goltz and other
officers linve become so Insolent In
their endenvors to prevent tho Letts
from establishing n stable government
that the supremo council of tho allies
has ordered the Immediate expulsion
of the German troops from Lctvla.
' Austria was given until one o'clock
In tho afternoon of August 0 to con
sider tho terms offered her. Her press
nnd public men hnve declared tho
terms are Impossible of acceptance,
nnd on Thursday It was announced
thnt tho cabinet, bended by Dr. Karl
Renncr, hnd decided to resign.
Though America was not at wnr
with Bulgaria, It wus decided thnt It
should sign tho trenty with thnt nation.
This treaty was completed with thu
exception of some of the territorial
clauses. All tho Allies except America
were In favor of nwurdlng western
Thrace to Greece. Undersecretary of
Stato Polk, who has taken Secretary
Lansing's place on the council, was
taking an active part In the discus
sion of this matter.
NEWS NOTES OF
INTEREST TO EVERYONE
IN NEBRASKA
Governor McKelvIe has appointed
sl depart mental secretaries provided
for under the administrative codo 1)111,
passed by tin last legislature. The
appointments arc as follows: Philip
F. Bross, private secretary to
the governor, secretary of finance.
Loo A. Stuhr, drug and dairy com
missioner, .secretary of agriculture.
.T. K. Hart, secretary state banking
hoard, secretary of trade and com
merce. Frank A. Kennedy, labor
commissioner, secretary of labor.
George K. Johnson, .state engineer,
secretary of public works. 11. II.
Antics, former chief of police In Lin
coln, .secretary of public welfare.
Knob secretary will draw u salary
of SIS.O(K) it .war.
Hall comity fanners who signed n
petition for a county agent, nnd which
wns turned down by tin county
board, have decided to carry the mat
ter Into court to test tlie constitution
ality of the new state law, which pro
vides that each county In Nebraska set
aside funds for farm. bureau work, If
petitioned by tho required number of
citizens.
Nebraska has the honor of being
the fourteenth statu to ratify tho na
tional suffriigo amendment. The states
which acted on tho amendment ahead
of Nebraska arc: Illinois, Wisconsin,
Michigan, Kansas, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania. Massachusetts, Texas,
Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Mon
tana. A man and n boy were injured and
windows were broken In a number of
buildings, wlille firemen were destroy
ing walls of the Paddock block lit
Ileittrlci'. Fire hud completely gutted
the structure.
Tlie rnlns of tho past week camo
Just In time to save crops and pas
tures from serious damage In many
sections of Nebraska. Crop exports
contend that tho long dry spell did
not damage corn to any extent.
One of the ,most hilarious sessions
ever held In tlie senate chamber of the
state house at Lincoln took place
when the upper house of the state
legislature unanimously, ratified the
national suffrage amendment.
Housewives at Fremont arc now
I paying 15 cents a quart for milk.
Roosting of the prlre to thnt level lias
taken place nt Ouinliu and several
other cities of the state.
Paving Is being laid upon a number
of streets at Geneva. If petitions,
which have been presented to the city
council, are favorably acted upon,
forty additional blocks will be added
to the first district.
A GOO-acru wheat held In Pcuul
county yielded 21,10) bushels, which
tested sixty-two pounds. A number
of wheat Holds In the county pro
duced as high as forty-live bushels to
the acre.
Lack of attendance, duo to hot
weather, resulted in a deficit of $100
suffered by thu Hod Cloud ehautauquu.
Thu company announced they would
expect the local guarantors to make
up the shortage.
nithoo expects a captured German
cannon In recognition of Saunders
county's wnr nctlvltles, according to
n resolution recently Introduced in
congress by Representative Mc
Laughlin. Warden Fenton of the state peniten
tiary has sold the grain raised this
year on the penitentiary farm south
of Lincoln and the state treasurer re
ceived n check for 50,008.
The state supreme court has ruled
that It Is not unlawful for a person
to hnve a reasonable amount of liquor
in their homes providing it was pur
chased prior to July 1.
Tlie South Omaha live stock mar
ket led the nation In the receipts of
sheep Inst week, when n total of
12.'l,200 were marketed.
A total of eighty-live carloads of
wheat was shipped from the-Karmers'
elevator at Cliappell in n little moro
than two weeks.
J. W. Lewis, Chase county fnrmer,
threshed from two. big wheat fields,
twenty-six nnd thirty-three bushels to
tho ncre.
A compnny Is to be organized nt
Fremont which will purchase an nlr
plnno to mnko flights dally over tho
district.
The primary election for' selecting
candidates to tho Constltutionnl con
vention will bo held on Tuesday, Sep
tember 10.
Laurel has let n contract for 20,
000 yards of paving to cost about
$82,000.
The Arlington Telephone Co. hns
mnde application with tho state rail
way commission for nn Increase of
25 cents on each telephone.
Sixty Gngo county vetcrnns of the
world war voted at a meeting nt
Beatrice to apply for n charter, pre
liminary to the organization of n part
of tho American Legion.
Mrs. Clara O. Qulmby, of Colorado,
lias assumed her new duties as super
intendent of tho stato industrial home
for girls at Geneva. Slio succeeded
Putil McAulcy of Omaha.
With tho turning over of the tolo
graph and telcphono companies to
their owners by tho government on
August 1st, word was received by tho
Stato Hallway Commission at Lincoln
thnt n new schcdulo of rates would go
into effect.
i Tho Lincoln street cnar company haB
been permitted to Increnso Us fares
from 5 to 0 cents In tlie city, and to
7 cents to subuibs by tho federal
court, which also Issued a restraining
order against the railway commission
from Interfering with the establish
ment of tho new schedules.
Tho administrative codo lw en
acted by the last leclslature and
' which Is, now operating, does away
1 with practically all the state boards
nnd commissions, which have been
conducting the various state activities,
such as Inspection of foods, drug's
and oils, enforcement and health, .san
itary and labor laws, supervision of
all ugrlctiltutiil activities, the oper
ation of the blue sky law, the building
of state highway and tho registra
tion of automobiles and enforcement
of water power and Irrigation and
drainage laws.
Governor McKolvIe won the first
round of the fight to prevent the illlifg
of tho rofciciidum petitions against
bis codo bill when the Lancaster coun
ty district court denied n writ of man
daunts to compel Seerotnry of Stnto
Amsborry to nccopt the filing of the
20,000 signatures. The court ruled
that each of the 1,200 petitions circu
lated should have had attached to It
a full copy of the code bill, contain
ing fiOO pages.
Nebraska members of congress, es
pecially Itoprosontativos ltonvis and
Jeffries, plnjed it loading part In tho
debate In tlie house preceding the
adoption of a resolution demanding
thnt surplus army foodstuffs be sold
to the public
Laxity in the method vf keeping ac
counts Is blamed for a loss of $7,000
sulfoiod by the Janson Kqulty I'x
chungo, a Jausen organization, during
the past' j oar. An audit of the books
of the company revealed this loss.
Plans for the erection of u bulldltjg
to replace the Hotel Paddock at lien
trice, which was destrojed by lire, lira
already under consideration. The de
struction of the Paddock loaves Bou
trlce without a first-class hotel.
Plans fov Nebraska's HMD Stato
fair, to be held at Lincoln, August 28
to Koptoiibor (J, have been virtually
completed. Those In charge say the
fair will be the greatest ever hold In
the state.
The new social science building and
the teachers' college building on tho
downtown campus of the State Uni
versity nt Lincoln will be ready for
occupancy when school opens next
mouth.
That southeastern Nebraska Is n
profitable fruit raising country Is at
tested by the fact that a quarter aero
of raspberries on the farm of Oscar
Mason, near Stella, netted the owner
?Sl.l.r.
Klghty-flvp Nebraska soldiers, resi
dents of nearly as many towns and
cities of the state, arrived at New
York aboard the transport George
Washington from overseas. The men
were members of the Second dlvlson.
Flie departments from Falrbury,
Wyniore and Lincoln wore called to
Hen trice, to assist In controlling a tire
of unknown origin which destroyed
tlie Paddock hotel, at n loss of
$300,000.
Thu Ashland Platte river bridge Is
now the property of the state and
Saunders county, and hereafter will
bo free to the public. It lias been op
efnto'd as a toll bridge since 1011.
The state board of assessment has
lived tlie state levy at l.'J mills for the
year 1011). On an estimated valuation
of the state of $572,000,000 this will
raise $7,120,000.
Jmonllo farmers, members of Ne
braska boys' and girls' clubs, are ex
pected to have more exhibits by far at
the State Fair nt Lincoln this fall
than ever before.
A fast Jiurllngton passenger train
crashed Into a herd of 43 cattle near
O'Dell, Gage county, killing thirty
four of them. Several were pure-bred
Hereford.
Street enr fares at Lincoln have been
increased from 5 cents nnd 0 cents to
suburbs to 0 cents and 7 cents, re
spectively, on authority of the federal
court.
Preparations are being made mt
Bed Cloud to pave thirty-four blocks
of streets and four blocks of alleys.
The work will cost between $150,000
nnd $200,000.
Several farmers in Dodge county re
ported loss of stock from tlie recent
hot period. One farmer reported tho
loss of n $1,000 bull from sunstroke.
Farmers south of Superior report
much excitement in the vicinity of the
Standard Oil company's drilling, oil
having been struck, they say.
AVayno Megruo, 12-year-old Harvard
lad, was killed when a Ford In which
ho nnd n chum were riding, turned
over near Blngvlllc.
A totnl of 772 bushels of wheat, val
ued at $1,010, was harvested from a
Held at the Richardson county poor
farm near Fnlls City.
Omaha's offlcinl welcome-lioroe day
for soldiers and sailors has been set
for August 27.
September 24 to October 4. ore tho
dates set for the Ak-Sar-Ben fall fes
tival at Omaha.
Chancellor Avery of Uio University
of Nebraska announced he had denied
tlie application to admit to the Uni
versity of Nebraska for technical
training n number of students Identi
fied with tlie federal soviet republic
of Russiaa.
W. E. Sharp, president of the Am
orienn Potash company, announced
thnt he hns received an order for 150
carloads of Nebraska potash, vnlued
at $1,500,000. It is the Inrgest snlo
of potash ever miulo In tho United
States.
Pender has a now banking Institu
tion, tho Farmers' and Merchants'
Stato bank. It Is capitalized nt $50,000
and opened for business tho first of
tlie month.
Tho recent convention of tho State
Suffriigo association, held at Lincoln,
was tho greatest In tho history of tho
organization. It wns decided at tho
meeting that hereafter efforts of tho
association will bo centered upon tho
education of women voters along the
lines of government politics. Mrs. O.
H. DIetrick of Hastings was chosea
president for the ensuing year.
IHP10VED UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL
SflNMrSuW
Lesson
(By TIEV. P. H, riTZWATHU. D. D.,
Teacher of Kngllnh Ullilo In the Moody
Itlhlo Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright, 1911. Wmttrn Newspaper Union)
LESSON FOR AUGUST 17
CHRISTIAN MISSIONS.
LRHSON TKXTS-Acts 1:8; 13:t: H:23.
OULUKN TDXT-CJo yo Into all ths
world nnd preach the Gospel to every
cieature. ..lark itf:lf.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL- Matthew
23:18-20; Luke 2I:45-M; Acts 20:12-20.
PIUMAHY TOPIC-lIclplnR everybod
to know Jcius.
JUNIOR TOPIC The whole world need
Jesus INTnrtMKDIATIJ TOIMC-Taklnit tht
KOapi'l to tho whole woild.
SKNlOtt AND ADULT TOPIC-ChrU-tlnn
iiiIfbIomh: alms nnd results.
I. The Obligation of Missions (Mark
10:1.-)).
God snes men for a purpose. That
purpose Is to he laborers together with
him In the salvation of others. Christ's
parting message, yen, bis final com
mission to the disciples won, "Go,
preach the Gospel to every creature."
This obligation still rests upon the
church. Since the command Is to
preach the Gospel to every creature,
this obligation will obtain as long at
there Is one iureitchod soul.
II. The Power of Missions (Acts
1:8).
This power Is tho supernatural In
ducement of the Holy Spirit. Mission
ary endeavor without the Holy Spirit
Is doomed to failure. Power to witness
for Christ Is the puiposo of the gift
of tho Spirit. Success will crown the
efforts of those who go forth under tho
leadership and power of the Holy
Spirit. The Spirit wns not given pri
marily to make Christians hnppy, but
to mnko them strong to carry tho
Gospel to the heathen. However, "
those who go fortfTIn tills blessed serv
ice In the Spirit's power nre truly
hnppy.
III. The Scope of Missionary En
deavor (Acts 1:S).
The disciples were to begin their
witnessing where they were when tho
Holy Spirit fell upon them Jerusa
lem. But they were to go out from
there to the "uttermost parts of tho
earth." This Is tho program for ev
ery disciple of Christ. Begin witness
ing where Christ saves you, nnd then
go to your neighbors next to you, and
on to the remotest hounds of the enrth.
There Is no such thing ns "home mis
sions," except thnt you begin nt home.
IV. The First Foreign Missionaries
(18:1-14; 28).
1. Who they were (13:2). Bar
nabas and Saul were selected tho
very best two men In the church. Tho '
evangelization of the world Is n task
of such tremendous Importance thnt It
challenges the church to offer her best
men nnd women. Since nn Institution
Is Judged by Its representatives. It be
comes the church to put her most capa
ble men to the front.
2. By whom sent (13:2, 4). The
noly Spirit chose these men and sent
them forth to their work. The church
nt Antlnch seemed to hnve deliberate
ly planned this mlsslonnry enterprise.
It wns nfter prayer nnd fasting thnt
the Spirit ordered the church to send
forth these missionaries. It should bo
the business of the church to constant-.,
ly seek the mind of God relntlvo to
Fending forth lnhorers Into the Lord's
vineyard. The Spirit callB and sends
men forth, but he does this through
tho church.
3. Some experiences of the first for
eign missionaries:
(1) Withstood by Elymas the sor
cerer (13:0-12). Elymns moved by tho
devil, sought to turn the mind of Sergl
us Pnulus from the faith, thus barring
the Gospel ns it enters upon Its widest
mission of salvation. The most vll
Ininous net which one enn commit In
to turn n soul from the Gospel. (2).
Worshiped as gods (14:8-18). (a) The
occasion (vv. 8-10). God accompanied
the testimony of these missionaries by
his mighty power. He wrought a mir
acle through Paul. At his call the
Inveterate cripple one who had never
walked leaped up and walked. The
cure was Instant, (b) The method (rv.
11-13). They called Barnabas, Jupi
ter, and Paul, Mercury, because he was
the chief speaker. Thy declared thnt
the gods had come down In the like
ness of men, nnd they brought oxen and
garlands to offer sacrifice. (c) Their
efforts foiled (vv. 14-18). 1. The mis
sionaries rent their clothes and ran
In among the people, saying they were
cot divine hut beings of like passions
with themselves. 2. They urged the
people to turn to God. 8. Paul
stoned (w. 10-22). "" Stirred up by
wicked Jews from Antloch and Icon!
nm, the rabble who n moment ago were
worshiping arc filled with satnnlc hnte.
Doubtless Paul remembered Stephen's
experience. God raised him up nnd he,
went forth to dlschnrgo his duties as
a missionary. Such men of courage
are needed today.
Without Loyalty to Christ
A Christianity without loyalty to the
Christ, us Its motive and Inspiration,
may bo likened to well, may we say,
our solar system mlnns the swa.
An Inward Beauty.
There Is an Inward beauty, life, and
loveliness In divine truth, which can
not be known but when It Is digested
into life and practice. John Smith.
i Take heed of tho first stumble, for It
Is ominous; and at best there Is a good
step IobL Cenjamln Wblchcote.
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