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RED OLOUD, I1BRAIIA, Olllf m m r.T - " MLBIL TOi&BiW PBHA, sMBiasKISqysfSn Z!5 i$! 9S . i III t 10 CORNHUSKER ITEMS News of All Klnd3 Gathered From Various Point3 Throughout Nebraska. OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS 1 Mexican nrmed train filled with troops mountain section where the American expedition pur- .. . a i .. l..t-.l u..1 ....... a la Md nit M' MAIlIn sued the bandits. 12 Scene nt Roosevelt Held, Mlncoln, just ncroro tnu sunt m in .urpiiuiua m u v.u iu u and bnek. 3 Mr. Roberts, who Is now food controller of Great Britain. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENHVENTS President About to Start on His Trip to Tell People About the Peace Treaty. LIVING COST IS INVOLVED Opponents of Pact Propose Many Amendments to Keep America From "Foreign Entanglements" Montenegro Revolts Against Serbian Rule Palmer Predicts Lower Prices. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Being satisfied that economic condi tions Uie world over absolutely depend pn the ratification of the peace treaty, find decidedly disturbed by the violent assaults on that pact In the senate commlttco on foreign relations, Presi dent Wilson determined that his speak ing tour of tho country could not be much longer postponed. He announced that he would start on Wednesday, September 8, nnd would visit nbout 50 ef the principal cities, being absent from Washington about 25 days. At San Francisco he will review tho Pa cific fleet. It was said In Washington that tho president considered tho trip of greater lmportnnco than any func tion nrranged for tho reception of Genernl Pershing, who Is about to come home. The peace treaty Is by no meuns the only subject on which Mr. Wilson will address the people. He Is much exer cised by tho lubor sltuntlon, especially as It applies to the railroads, and will take the opportunity to try to Impress on the workers the wisdom of avoiding strikes In order to allay unrest and restore normal conditions and thus help bring down the cost of living. Washington to the effect that the Shnntung affair has caused a brench between the president and Colonel House. It Is said Mr. Wilson took the ndvlce of House In the matter, reject ing that of the other members of the Amerlcnn delegation, nnd that now the Texan Is In disfavor and Is resting In London preparatory to coming home. Nuturnlly, those close to the president denied the tale, saying House was In London helping tho British ofllclals In tho organization of the League of Na tions. The nenr East docs not surrender Its supremacy among trouble-making re gions. Tho Turks continue to mas sacre the Armenians; tho Bulgarians nnd Greeks are nt swords' points over Thrace; the Jugo-Slavs and Italians are getting ready to fight over the pos session of Flume, nnd now the whole of Montenegro has broken out In re volt against the rule of the Serbians. The latter are using strong mensures to suppress the revolt, but the na tional spirit of the Montenegrins lias reawakened and fighting Is genernl throughout the country. Just how tho forced Inclusion of Montenegro in the new state of Jugo-Slavla, against Its will, Is squared with the principle of self-determination never has been ex plained to the world. Renr Admiral Bristol, commander of the American naval forces In Turkey, warned the Porte not long ago that" tho mnssacres of Armenians must cease. This uctlon nroused some criti cism In the supreme pence council, bo cause the United States has not yet accepted the mandate over any parts of the Turkish empire; but the vexa tion of the French nnd British was al layed when Mr. Polk explained that the wnrnlng, though It enmo from President Wilson, 'was unofllclnl nnd wns transmitted In an Informal way by Admiral Bristol. The British troops are being withdrawn from Armenia and it Is predicted that unless the country Is strongly policed by foreign troops several hundred thousands of Armenians will either stnrvc or be slaughtered by the Turks, Kurds, Tar tars and Georgians. Even now these peoples nre greatly hindering the work of the American relief commission. Genernl "applause wns accorded President Wilson's nctlon In refusing to grant to tho railway shopmen more than n slight Incrense of wages, nnd his statement explaining his course and appealing to the mciir-and to all workers, to stop striking nnd get to work to Incrense production nnd there by help reduce the cost of living. He declared It vital to public welfare that demands for higher wages, "unwisely mnde nnd passionately Insisted on," should cease, and that there should be a truce In Industrial disputes until In telligent settlements enn bo made. In this he was supported by Warren S. Stone, chief of tho engineers, whose statement Implied that the shopmen, If they Insisted on striking, would not be helped by the four great railway broth erhoods. The leaders of the shopmen rejected the settlement offered by President Wilson and ordered that the locals take n vote on the question. In his statement Mr. Wilson called tho present n "temporary situation which will last, In nil probability, only for n limited time," and In so far as the cost of the necessaries of life Is concerned Attorney Genernl Palmer agrees ,wlWi him. Mr. Palmer believes the price of almost every necessity will be lower next year than this, and that persons who buy clothing and other articles now for next yenr will be fooled nnd nre only helping to keep prices high. Reduction will be brought about, he thinks, by the activ ities of the government ngulnst prof iteers nnd hoarders, the operation of fnlr'prlce committees, and especlnlly by Increased production. He sees In tho arguments that Induce people to buy now nn organized propaganda pro moted by greedy dealers. The long nwnlted mnndnmus suit of flic Hull county farm bureau ngulnst tho Hull county board of supervisors, to which many other counties In the state are said to be looking for u su premo court test of tho constitutionali ty of the law requiring boards to llimnee such bureaus when legally po- ' tltloned to do so, was filed In the dis trict court at Gland Island. i Nearly 1,000 persons attended n niaK meeting of fanners at Plckretl to protest against the recent breaking up ' Ilf ft fit I'tlllll'U1 lllWlf III' 1st ltriiill.ik fttuf ws. it 'H'Miin iiiiJilll tu JUIUI IV U 1(1111 to name a committee to confer with i ..?-. ...I .... I inivi-riiur imciciviu mm iihi; nun to i take steps to remove city and county olllclals who nro said to have failed to propurly protect tho farmers. A number of prominent eastern physicians predict that tho recurrance of an Inlluen.u epidemic the coming winter In this country Is unlikely. A number of Nebrrskn medical men have expressed similar views. Farms In Cuming county nre chang ing hands nt unheard of prices. A small tract near West Point sold for $100 an aero and several large farms have sold recently from s?'J30 to $:130 an acre. Reduction In hog prices on the South Oiuahn market during the Inst week In August was the sharpest In the history of the market. Tho de crease amounted to 911.50 per bun dled. Preliminary steps for the organiza tion of n fanners creamery company capitalized at a half million dollars, was taken nt a meeting of nbout fifty Gage county farmers nt Beatrice. The state board of control an nounced that fire escapes nre to be ln stalled nt tho Girl's Industrial home In Geneva and Mil ford nnd the Boys' In dustrial school In Kearnoy. Sleeping qunrters of these threo Institutions were reported by Stnte. Fire Commis sioner Beach as "flro traps." The report that one of tho threo skeletons unearthed In the yard of a livery barn nt Maplo Hill, Kns owned by Rufus King was thnt of W. P. Ringer, brother of T. 0. Ringer of Tit den nnd C. R. Ringer of Wlsner, created considerable excltemunet iu nnd around Tllden nnd Wlsner. Allotment of federal funds to tho various states for vocational educa tional purposes for tho year ll)10-lft20 shows tlmf Nclmisku will receive tho sum of $."10,018. This amount will bo added to stnte appropriations and spent for iigiieultuntl, trade and In dustrial Instructions and training. A stock sale of iiioro than usual In tere.ft took place at Clindron when C. II. Lundy sold n cow nnd u calf pure bred Ilerefords, to Mousel Bros., of Cambridge, for !f 1.500. This Is said to' bo tho highest price over paid In Ne braska for a cow and cnlf. The potato crop in Box Butte and other Northwestern counties will nvorngo from eighty to 100 bushels per acre. Potato commission men predict that they will bring the grower $:i per bushel this fall. Governor McKelvIc, who ordered tho stnte-wlde probe Into the high cost of living, told a Fairmont audience that countrywide Investigations were hit ting the farmer first by reducing tho price of grnln. Figures compiled by the stnte Insur ance bureau show that Nebraska's state-owned hall Insurance plan net ted tne stnte during the past year, considerable over $100,000. Mrs. Henry Meyer, wife of n young Hall county farmer, wns Instantly killed when n touring enr she was driving was struck by n Union Pacific train nenr Grand Island. Sutton, Hebron nnd Cnrleton tele phone exchanges have compiled with the conditions mentioned by the rail way commission, that allows them to IMP10VED UNirORH INTERNATIONAL SBNWSQM Lesson (By ItEV. P. B, F1TZWATEB, D. D., Teacher of Knellsh Blbio In the Moody Bible tnstltuto of Chicago.) (Copyright, 1919, Western Newapnptr Union) LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 14 Allinnce's new theater, built nt n r'se their rate. Some half n dozen of the most stub born opponents of the pence treaty In the senate also will leave Washington during the week to appcnl to the coun try to uphold them In the position they have taken. Among them will bo Sen ators Johnson, Polndexter, Borah and Reed. They are not going to trnll the president, but will expend their ef forts mainly In stntes whose senators are classed among the mild reservn tlonlsts. These senntors, they hope, vim be forced to Join the group of ex- remlsts. The hitter are now openly trying to defeat not only the League of Nntlon's covenant but the main body of the trenty. With this end In view the foreign relntlons committee, which they control, has adopted a series of amendments to the trenty of fered by Senator Fall. These not only would restore Shantung directly to China, but would exclude the United States from all the Interallied com missions sot up by tho pact except thnt on repnrntlons. Lodge nnd his followers hold that the treaty, even If drastically amended, would leave the United States liable to become em broiled In tho controversies of Europe nnd Asln. This nctlon of the committee was bitterly assailed In the senate by Dem ocrats nnd by Republicans of tho "mild reservation" group, nnd It was pre dicted thnt the amendments would not be accepted by tho senate. Scnntor McCumber especially attacked the Shantung amendment, declaring It was the greatest blow that could he struck at tho real Interests of China. Sena tor Borah replied that the Shantung nettlemcnt wns Indefensible from the standpoint of International morals and common decency. . s In this connection tho fact that Dr. Paul Relnsch, our minister to China, has JuHt resigned Is significant. It Is understood In Washington that he found his position In Peking untenable on account of the approval of the Shantung settlement by the American peace delegates, since, according to the general belief, he had a good deal to do with iraundlng China to enter the Mar ou promises of American support. Another related story came from A new government In Hungary has not yet been formed, and though Archduke Joseph was forced to relin quish his control, his premier, Fried rich, asserts he Is still favored by n majority of the people and will retnln the leadership. In Upper Sllesln conditions are re ported much Improved. Most of the miners have resumed 'orlc and the fighting between tho "Poles and Ger mans has grown less. Tho Fifth and Fiftieth regiments of American Infan try, now In tho United States, have been ordered to Sllesln to help In po licing that country during tho pleb iscite provided for by the peace treaty. A resolution protesting ngnlnst this wns Introduced In congress by Wood of Indiana, who snld the work should be done by European troops. Ruuslan boKhovlsts last week claim ed two considerable victories the cap ture of Pskov, southwest of Petrograd, and of Knnilshln, on the Volga. -General Denlklne, the nntl-bnlshevlk lender In southern Russia, who occu pied Odessa, reported steady progress Into the central part of the country, nnd the Kok-hnk forces denied that they had evacuated Omsk. Represen tatives of the people of north Russia, assembled at Archangel, have sent to President Wilson n cable urging that the allied nrmed support be not with drawn lest they fall prey to tho bol shcvlkl. However, the president hna said that the American troops would be brought home as soon ns possible. The peace conference has been trying to devise means to protect the north Russians, but has not arrived nt any definite plan. After killing several bandits, Includ ing, according to report, the leader of the gang thnt kidnaped the American aviators, the American expedition Into Mexico retraced Its steps. At first It was said this was because tho "hot trail" hud been obliterated by rains, but afterward It was admitted thut the expedition hnd encountered Mexican troops and withdrew in order to avoid a clnsh. If, anything of solid benefit wns accomplished It Is not yet appar-ent. The department of Justice an nounced Jt wns meeting with success In obtaining fromshoe manufacturers n promise to fix maximum prices on shoes, and thnt In the mntter of food stuffs reports Indicated n slight down ward tendency, not yet sufficient to be reflected In the retail market. In the great food centers, however, there were considerable declines In prices, which perhaps were to be attributed In part to the expressed Intention of the war department to open retail shops In u number of cities These markets not only will dispose of tho army's surplus stores, but will bo kept open for an Indefinite time for the snle direct to the people of supplies which the wnr department will purchase at wholesale, according to the present plnn. This, of course, nroused the op position of the retnll dealers, who ns sert that no government agency Is au thorized by law to conduct such n bust ness. cost of $85,000, nnd snld to bo the finest found In a town the size of Al liance unywhere In the country, was opened to tho public August SO. William C. Bullnrd. GO years old, prominent Omahn business men nnd well known over the state, wns killed by a fall down stnlrs front the second floor of his home nt Omaha. A bunch of live wires nt Sutherland nre agitating n proposition to hold n street fair or some sort of nit affair to exhibit n sample of the splendid crops raised In the district. The Red Cloud city council award ed a contrnct for thirty-eight blocks of nsphnltlc concrete pavement nt $2.20 per square yard. The work Is to be finished by December 1. It Is reported that lakes In the north mid northwestern part of the stato nro lltternlly covered with wild ducks. Many hunters nro expected to Invtido tho region this fall. It Is reported thnt Ogallalu's new hotel building, which hns been stand ing for n yenr pnrtlally erected, may ho finished by January 1st or soon after. Wheat fields In Keith county hnvo yielded tho greatest crop ever grown In that pnrt of Nebraska. Many fields produced from 40 to 50 bushels to tho ncrc. The board of education nt Meadow Grove awarded a contrnct for the erec tion of tho new high school gym nasium. The building will cost $8,450. Cecil P. Laverty of Burwell has been appointed assistant state attor ney general to succeed Judge Ralph Wilson, who resigned recently. A public market has been establish ed at Grand Island where producers of food mny dispose of their wares di rect to the consumer. Cut tie prices dropped 75 cents to $1.50 per hundred nnd sheep $3.50 u hundred at the South Omnhn- market dining the past week. Citizens of Beemer turned their Iu an effort to hold teachers through out the entire term tho Columbus school bonrd has agreed to give nil instructors n bonus of $100 at tho end of the yenr. The government store whero nrmy food, clothing nnd other suppplles will be sold direct to the people nt cost, will bo established Iu Ouinha on Sep tember 25. " Hemp rnlslng hns become so suc cessful In Cedar county thnt it big harvester company Is snld to be con templating tho establishing of a hemp mill nt Laurel. A car load of clam shells taken from the Blue river iu tho vicinity of Beatrice sold for $2,000. Tho sheila were shipped to n Washington pearl button factory. The proposition of erecting n sales pavilion has been brought 'o the foro ngnln at Wakefield. It Is thought tho establishing of tho enterprise will bo renlized at last. A new mnrk was set for farm Innds In the vicinity of Wnhoo when Peter THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS. LESSON TKXT-Miitt. 25:31-41".. GOLDEN TEXT-For wo must nil ap pear beforo tho Judgment scat of Christ, -II Cor. 5:10. , Tho subject selected by tho lesson committee Is "Tho Future Life." but nt. best such a statement would be the use of tho term In an accommo dated sense. According to legitimate textual nnd contextual signification It Is the Judgment of the living nations which lies still In the future (v. U2). The Idea of n general judgment which Is of such frequent occurrenco In religious lltcrnture nnd teaching Is n fundamental error. It Is not onco found In the Bible, neither the Idea which It Is Intended to convey. Doc tor Pentecost most distinctively says, "It Is a mischievous habit that has led tho Christian world to speak of tho Judgment ns being one great event taking plncc nt the end of the world, when nil human beings, saints, sin ners, Jews nnd Gentiles, the living nnd the dend, shall stand up beforo the grent white throne nnd there bo Judged. Nothing enn be more wide of tho Scriptures." The Blhlo speaks of different Judgments, differing In re spect to the subjects to be Judged, tho place of judgment, the time of Judg ment nnd the result of the Judgment. This Is not the Judgment set forth In Revelation 20:11-14, but precedes that one at least one thousand years. I. The Judae (v. Rl.L It Is the Son of Man, tho one who camo and died to redeem the human race, and who now being clothed with majesty and power will act as Judge. Those who accept him now shall not come into the Judgment (John 5:24). II. The Time (v. 31). This will he when the Lord comes In his glory, accompanied by a retinue .of glorious angels. This will take place after he has gathered the elect remnant of Israel. There will be no resurrection In connection with this Judgment v -- III. The Place (v. 31). It'wlll be on his glorious throne. This thronewill bo most sorely In the ltnd of Israel. Tho Propn'ecy of Joel,, third chapter, and Zecharlnh 14:1-5, make It to be In or near Jerusalem. Tho angel said to Mary, "Thou shult call his namo Jesus; he shall be great nnd shall be called the son of the high est; nnd tho Lord God shnll give unto him the throno of his father David; nnd he shnll reign over the house of Jacob forever, nnd of his kingdom there shnll be no cna." (Luke 1:31-33). Just ns there was a literal place and a literal king there shall be a literal P. Cernek sold his farm, ono mile east r throne, The rallronds of the Pacific coast were tied up for a number of days by a strlke'and the officials of the unions hnd ordered the men to return to work under penalty of suspension. They were warned by Director General limes that the government would take ovei the operation of the lines If they d'd not nt once resume their positions, nnd thnt anyone who Interfered with the uso of railroad property would bo dealt with for having committed nn offense ngnlnst the United States, of Wahoo, to John T. Pokorny for $450 nn ncre. A farmer near Mlnntuic, n. A. Lotspeech, raised 712 bushel of-wheat on n fourteen ncro field. This Is tho high record production In the district. A new hotel to eclipse anything In the hostelry lino In the middle "west, nnd to cost nbout $3,500,000, Is to bo erected nt Omaha, according to reports. Tho Nebraska Welcomo committee In New York City will close Its activi ties nnd welfare work for returning Nebraska troops September 15. At the rnto uuto licenses nre being Issued nt the State house, Nebraska will have 225,000 automobiles nnd trucks by the end of Mio year. Plans nro under way In Colfax coun ty to erect n monument to be known ns n Memorial to tho fallen Koldlcrs nnd snllors In tho recent wnr. The Evangelical Lutheran hospital which Is under construction nt Palls clocks hack to tho old time August City, will no cieuicmen uciouer i. m linnii "recommendation of Iho vll-' Lntest figures on Oninha s populn; The committee of the steel and Iron workers, which was given power to call a strike utiles concessions were granted by the United Stntes Steel corporation, wns twice refused an nudlence by Elbert II. Gary, chairman of the executive commlttep of tho cor poration, being told to put Its demnnds In writing. Samuel Clampers, who had Just returned from Europe, at onco took a hand In this serious affair and It wns announced thaj. tho executive committee of the American Federation of Labor would consider Mr. Clary's nttltudo and make recommendations to the cnmmltteo of steel men on tho advisability of calling it strike. Any Idea thnt Uncle Sam did not In tend to enforce tho emergency prohi bition Inw was dispelled by numerous raids on liquor dealers In Chicago, New York nnd elsewhere. It was a notorious fact thnt Intoxicating drinks could bo bought In many of (Iu larger titles, at least, nnd tho saloonkeepers hnd grown carelessly brazen. Thpy were brought to their senses by arrests nnd Indictments, nnd gentlemen of bibulous propensities wcro again forced to draw on their private stocks. ,'MjCSrtC' ' upon lngo board. There Is considerable ngltntlon In several eastern Nebraska counties for n freo wngon bridge ucross tho Plntto river. A Hour mill with a capacity of 100 hnrrels ner iln.v and to cost nround $23,000, Is to bo orected nt Sidney. A movement Is on foot to build n now hotel nt Axtoll. A new hotel Is tho towns ono greatest need. Tho nvorngo wheat yield In Lincoln county has been placed nt fifteen bushels to tho ncro. Streets of Sholton will soon bo In tip-top shape. Tho work of paving it number of them will bo finished be foro long. Columbus Is soon to hnvo nn nuto truck line, giving dully freight servlco between tho city nnd towns within a radius of thirty or forty miles of tho city. J. C. Pederscn, prominent western Nebraska architect, was awarded tho contract for the plans and supervision of construction fotho Klmlmll county high school to bo eroded nt Klmbnll at a cost of $100,00u. Work on tho Hastlngs-Ayer federal nld highway will begin nbout the 15th of this month. During tho week of October 20-27 Nebrnskn will bo iiBked to contribute $75,000 to tho $5,000,000 national Roosevelt memorial funds. This week was selected by tho slate coinmlttco which met In Lincoln recently. Four hundred Snllne county boys nnd girls contested for premiums nt n Junior fair held nt Wllbor. It wns tho ftrsl affair of the kind over held In the county, rru.0 money to iuu numum et $000 was given awoy. tlon give the state Metropolis a total of 214,035 people. Miss Eluln Rnsmussen of Onkland was Instantly killed In mi automobile accident nenr Lyons. Work nlong the Kenmey to Plea snnton stnto nnd federal aid rond Is 'progressing rapidly. October 11 has been set ror tne nig centennial celebration at Fort Cul houn. Mitchell's now Ico manufacturing plant will be in operation In n few mouths. Lleutennnt John G. Walsh of Goring, former army nvlntor, has purchased an airplane, nnd regulur flights aro 4o bo made. Considerable Interest Is manifest In tho coming primary election to choose candidates to tho constitutional con vention. Septcmbi 10 Ib tho dnto sot for the election. A ilnlnnnllnn ft KprltllU'r CltV Of- ficlals attended a meeting of tho Fre mont city council .with n request for permission to connoct with tho Hooper power nnd light line from tho Fremont city light plnnt. A post of tho American Legion hns neen organized nt Clindron. It started with a good sized membership. Several big wholesalo grocers de clared beforo stato officials nt Omnhn, Investigating tho high cost of living, thnt In their opinion prices of nil necessities of life will contlnuo to rlso for at least two moro years. Less than thirty days ago n section of land located threo miles north of Humboldt sold for $300 nn ncro. Just tho other day a half section of tho samo land was sold for $375 an acre, a net profit of $24,000. IV. The People Judged (w. 82-45). These will be the living nntlons up on the earth after the church has been translated (I Thess. 4:10, 17). These nro the nntlons io whom jho gospel of tho kingdom shnll be preached, Just prior to tho coming of the end. "And this gospel of the kingdom shnll be preached In nil tho world for a wit ness unto nil nntlons and then shnll the end como" (Matt. 24:14). This gospel Is distinguished from the gos pel of tho grace of God which Is now being prenched. The preachers of this gospel will be Jews (Rev. 7 and Rom. 11). Theso are tho brethren In tho flesh, of tho Lord, they that move among tho nntlons of the world with the startling messnge of tho news of the Lord's nppronchlng kingdom. Seme of the nations will gladly re ceive the messago nnd most kindly re ceive the king's messengers, giving them clothing, food, shelter, etc. Oth ers will persecute them, thrusting them Into prison, etc. Here tho for mer will visit theso messengers of tho king nnd provide for their wunt,s. At this tlmo the Judge will scpnrato tho nations, placing the sheepLon the right nnd the goats on tho left. Tho "sheep" nre those who have given proper treat ment to Christ's brethren. The goats nro those who rejected and Ill-treated his brethren. If theso three classes, tho j'shcep," "goats," "brethren," be kept scpnrato all confusion will be avoided. V. The Issue of the Judgment, (v. 40, cf. 34-41). 1. Tho sheep enter upon tho Inheri tance of n prepared kingdom (v. 34). 2, The gonts go Into nn everlasting flro prepared for tho devil and his angels (v. 40). This Judgment Bhnll determine their destiny. The Secret of Comfort. Tho chief secret of comfort lies In not suffering trifles to vex us, and In prudently cultivating our undergrowth of small plensures, since very few grent ones, nlas I aro let on long leases. Sharp. Love Thy Neighbors. I would tear out my own henrt If It hnd no better disposition than to lovo only myself, and laugh at all my neighbors. Pope. Live by the Day. Tho secret of a sweet and Christian life Is learning to llvo by tho day. It la the long stretches that tire us. A Hope Begun. Immortality does not consist of a& argument completed, but In a hop b-CUB.-New.ell Dwlght Hlllla. V v K 7 t " jLfjgwttifrjsyTMr'irwCT'T ft n-ww."w