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.-- t RED CLOUD, HEBBASIA, CHIEF I ....- . .. ,';.-iftws;. . ... , .. ..-..a -' nmiMt. .. CQRNHUSKER ITEMS News of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. A delegation of Gage county citizens called upon Governor McICclvIe at Lin coin to protest against tho breaking up of u non-partisan league meeting recently at Iieatrlcc, and to ask for the removal of the ofllclals who had refused to Rive protection to the meet ing or arrest those who assaulted those In attendance. The governor told the delegation that It was his pur nose to L'ivn tmitortlnn In nil innnlltifo OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS conducted nlong right lines, but that I the statutes provided thnt where an I assault had been made, as In the case Governor McKelvIe declined to com- nt K(,IttrIce, the courts were to bo mute to life Imprisonment tho sen- 0ll,,(Ml "! nnd until that recourse totiras of Allen V. Grammer and Alson nn,, ,)C0" ,nl0" ,10 woul1 ot act. R. Cole, sentenced at St. Paul, to die I because Nemaha county, Nebraska, In connection with tho death of subscribed about 500 per cent more to Crammer's mother-in-law, Mrs. Lulu t"o various wnr activities than did it ogt of near Elba, who was shot to death in 1017. Thu accused men, who were under sentence to die Sop- leiniior in, however, will be granted n certain South Carolina county, bull No. 1,410, being built at Baltimore by tho U. S. Shipping Hoard, Is to be named "Nemaha," and not "Forsyth," reprieve until the supreme court according to Washington reports. An S Uwn.M 1 Bolshevists burning British warehouses full of supplies nt Kem. North Russia. 2 Advance party of tho First division of the Amerlcnn nrmy arriving nt Hohoken on the Pastores. 3 MnJ. Orde Lees In the water near the Stntuo of Liberty nfter demonstrating the practicality of his new parachute by leaping from a seaplane only 250 feet above the surface. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS President Wilson on His Tour to Argue Peace Treaty Case Before the People. HE ACCEPTS NO COMPROMISE Senate Committee Votes to Report Pact With Reservations Supreme Council Sends Ultimatum to Roumanla and Warning to Germany Indus- trial Conference Planned. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. President Wilson Is on his way, toll ing the people of the United States lace to face how excellent a document la the pence treaty with the Incorpor ated League of Nations covenant, nnd how necessary to tho welfare of the world It Is that It should be ratlllcd by tho senate speedily. Beginning his ad dresses at Columbus, 0.,,be continued them nt Indianapolis, St. Louis, Kan sas City and Des Moines, nnd he is now proceeding on westward by the northern route. Before leaving Wash ington Mr. Wilson had a llunl confer ence with Senator Hitchcock and Is ued Instructions to his supporters to make n fight to n finish for ratification fef the trcuty Just ns It stands. Senntor Hitchcock on the same dny addressed the senate on the question, hotly denouncing the opponents of the treaty, even those who favor only mild reservations. He dcclnied the real purpose of the majority on the foreign relations committee was to kill the pact entirely, nnd Indeed there seems to be justification for that assertion. Senator Knox's proposal thnt the tren- y be rejected und a separate peace made with Germany, be said was tin In ano mixture of poltroonery nnd folly. Mr. Hitchcock took direct Issue with tlio.se who complain thnt the United Btates will derive no advantages nnd benefits from the treaty ns It is. They evidently hnve no conception, he said, of tho enortnons benefits America will get from It, nnd Intlmnted thce would come through the operations of the reparations commission, though how, and what they would be, he neglected to explain. The senate committee on foreign re lations voted to recommend tho ratifi cation of the treaty by the senate with four Important modifications. Theso reservations provide for unconditional right to withdraw from the League of Nations; assumption of no obligation to guarantee terrltorlul Integrity of nations or to employ troops for co ercive purposes or to accept mandates except under tin direction of congress; full freedom to determine what ques tions are domestic nnd therefore not subject to consideration by the league; exemption of tho Monroe doctrine from consideration by the league und dec laration that tho United States is sole interpreter of that doctrine. Senator Shields of Tennessee, Dem ocrat, Joined the mnjorlty In voting for all tho rvservt'tlons except thnt re lating to nrtlcle X. Senator McCum ber of North Dakota voted against the first two reservations. On the hist two the vote vns 11 to 0. The committee resolution stipulates thnt the twenty ratification by the Unit ed Stntes shall not tnke effect until the American reservations have been uccepted by three of the four other great powers: Great Britain, France, sly nnd Japan. The bearings granted tho representa tives of small nnd dissatisfied peoples by tho foreign relations committee wust bo regarded as lnrgely political sunk. The spokesmen for the Irish af course made the loudest noise, de ,orudlig that the senate reject the itreaty entire, but the Republican sen ator) know, ns do most Americans, that the Irish question Is none of our business; moreover, many of us be UtTe the Irish already ars tolerably free nnd In the wny of being freer very soon. As for the Chinese, If Yosuko Mut sucka, a member of the Japanese pence delegation, Is to be believed, the wind will soon be taken out of the sails of those who are shouting ngnlnst the Shnntung settlement. He thinks Japan will open negotiations In a very feuj weeks for the settling of the Shantung question In a way that will satisfy ev cryone. Tokyo will offer to restore the territory to Chlnn, withdrawing all Japanese troops, stipulating that the peninsula shall be open to Internation al Jrude and thnt there shall be an In ternational settlement at Tslng-Tao, and that the Shantung railway shall be operated by a Chlno-Japunose joint corporation. There are reasons to be lieve the Chinese government is not nearly so nngry over the Shnntung nr tlcle ns the American opponents of the treaty pretend to be. Hungnry continues to present the most annoying problems now before the peace conference. The Itoumanlnn occupants of the country so far have been absolutely defiant of the orders of the supreme council nnd are snld to be plundering It In n most shame ful way. Finally the exusperatcd council lust week dispatched to the Roumanians an ultimatum couched In drastic terms, demanding that they evacuate Hungary and hnnd over to the allies for proper distribution all the goods they have requisitioned. The Itoumanlnn dlplomntlc representatives In the allied capitals also were sum moned by tho foreign ministers who Impressed on them the seriousness of the situation thnt would urlse If their government should refuse to comply. The position of the Roumanians Is that what they call the war between them nnd the Hungarians Is a new affair nnd that the allied conference has nothing to do with It. In Budapest they were trying hnrd to establish n government that the al lies would recognize. Frledrich offer ed to resign In fnvor of a coalition cab inet formed by IIcInrU.lt, a wholesale hardware merchant, on certnln condi tions. All Jews are barred from tho Helnrlch ministry, but all other classes and pnrtles nre represented. Serbia ofllclully denied tho report 'of n general revolt of the Montene grins, but neutral observers who have arrived In I'arls from the Rlnck Moun tain country declnre the Serbs nre fnst wiping out tho loyal people of Monte negro nnd thnt they enn be saved only by military intervention by America nnd Great Britain. These observers assert that much of the food Hoover sent into that country fell Into the hands of the Serbs and thnt no Monte negrin can obtnln supplies unless he denounces his own country nnd swears ulleglancts to King I'eter of Scrblu. Late reports from the Ukraine said Petlura and Denlklne were closing In on Klcff and apparently were about to take thnt Important city from the bob shcvlkl. The Reds claim tho capture of Dubovka, on the lower Volgu, nnd nlso unuotmced that Admiral Kolchak bad evacuated Omsk nnd established his government ut Irkutsk, l,0.r() miles further oust. Kolchak bus Issued n stirring appeal to all loyal Russians to rejoin the ranks, and his representa tives have been granted the privilege of recruiting In Japan. The Esthonl tins had tho bolshevik armies In so tight n hole that the Lenlno govern ment offered to mnko pence with them. Trotsky, addressing the I'etrogrnd sov iet, said tho bolshevikl must stand tin pregnably In the defense of that city. Tho reports that General Gough, tho Ilrltlhh commander, was ubout to at tnck Petrogrnd nppenr to have been untrue. Tho Poles nlso, using tunks for the first time, whipped tbe bolshev ikl, rapturing the fortified town of Bob ruisk anil 500 prisoners. The supremo council handed to Aus tria the Until pence terms and a long reply to the protests of the Austrian delegates, The note Impressed on tho Austrlans the fact thnt they wero prl mnrlly responsible for the outbreak of tho grent wnr nnd cannot escape ret ribution by claiming they have thrown off the yoke of the Hnpsburgs. Tho people of Austria-Hungary, It said, bnd given full -support to the ultimntum to Serbia and to the prosecution of the war, and for years bad supported tbe mltltnrlst plot of Germany for the donv Inntlon of Europe. As It Is left by the trenty. Austrtn will be an unimportant "republic" of some 0,000.000. The decision whether It shall be permitted to join Germany Is left to tbe Lenguo of Nations. When the supreme coun cil rend the new Gcrtnnn constitution tho other day it found In It provision for the representation of Austria In the j German rclchsrntb. This being con trary to the Versailles treaty, the Ger man government wus told thnt the nr tlcle must be changed within a fort night or the nllles would undertake a further occupation of the left bon of the Rhine. The Berlin press there npon warned the allies of the danger of precipitating a new revolt of tho German people. The Pun-Germans, by no menus suppressed, hclcLn union conference recently In Berlin which wns participated In by Austrlans, nnd tnld plans for the restoration of the Imperial government, union with Aus tria and the recovery of the lnnds ced ed by the pence trenty. Marshal Foch bus determined the territory which tho American troops will occupy permanently In the Rhine land. It will be about twice as great In extent as that occupied by them re cently. Just before stnrtlng out on his spenk lng tour President Wilson announced thnt n general conference on Indus trial nnd economic questions would be held In Washington early In October. Already u number of leaders of finance, manufacturing, labor and agriculture have been Invited nnd the list will bo enlarged from time to time. The pres ident nnd members of his cabinet will tnke part in tho discussions, and It Is the hope und belief of Mr. Wilson nnd Indeed of everyone thnt the sessions of this round tnblo will have decisive ben eficial results In the way of stabilizing Industrial conditions. Certainly much good should come of tho frank Inter change of opinions und suggestions that Is planned. In general the Inbor situation Is un changed, pending the president's tour, tbe war on high prices nnd tho nbove mentioned conference. At the some time flie radical elements nre keeping busy, nnd It mny be the threatened strike of steel workers will come any dny. Quick to resent nttneks on the pack ing Industry, several big clubs and as sociations of Chicago have gone on rec ord against the proposed restrictive legislation by congress. The secretary of the Chicago board of trade snld Its members were united In opposition to the licensing fcutures of the pending bills, believing the whole licensing sys tem wns wrong, or, If right, should bo applied to all business. All of theso organizations seem to assume that the reports of tho federal trade commis sion nnd the nllegutlons on which legnl notion ngnlnst the packers Is based arc full of falsehood. Tho senate has passed the highly Im portant hill providing for the leaso of public lands with deposits of oil, coal, gas, phosphate and sodium, and the measure hits gone to the house. Sen ator Lenroot of Wisconsin says the bill goes further In the protection of tho public Interest than any other bill over proposed In the senate or house. Other senators chnrged that It wns framed In the Interest of the Standnrd Oil com pany. It plnccs the leasing of all lands In tho hnnds of the secretary of tho Interior nnd fixes the minimum nnd maximum royalties. One amendment ndopted compels constituent compiin les of the Standard Oil company to seJ their product nt tho same price In nil parts of the country, nnd another Is designed to force those compnnles to become Independent In fact as well as In nnme. Mexican soldiers in tne utirrnnza uniform provided tho latest complica tion In tbe Mexican situation by shoot ing nt an American nrmy nlrplnne thnt was patrolling the border nenr Laredo, Tex. One of tbe aviators, Cupt. Dnvls W. McNnbb. wns wounded. The More lenn authorities said the machluo wns over Mexican territory nt the time; tho American ofllclnls on the ground passes on appeal by Cole from a re cent district court decision refusing him n writ of hnbeas corpus. Thu fight on the Sliuan foreign lan guage law, enacted by the last legis lature began again when J. J. Sulli van, Omaha attorney, filed a petition of Intervention In the stitto supreme court at Lincoln In thu Injunction suit brought ngalnst tho act. Tbe suit was Instituted on behalf of several Ger man Evangelical Lutheran churches of this state. The petition clnlms the lnw Is unconstitutional. Attorney General Davis bus also filed tho state's briefs in thu Slman language suit. He claims the suit constitutes an attack on the public school system of Ne braska. Tho backers of the movement to establish a packing plant at Alliance declnre that they have nt least $1, 500,000 to finance the project Al liance Is certulnly a good territory for such on Institution, which, with out doubt, will mean a great deal to western Nebraska. , Senator B. K. Busliee of Kimball, president pro tern of the state senate, was called upon to act as governor of Nebraska for three days during the past week in the absence of Governor McKelvIe and Lieutenant Governor Barrows. Douglas county carried off tho hon ors for agricultural exhibits at thu State fair for the eastern district. Kearney county won first In the cen tral district and Box Butte took pre mier honors in the western district. Forty-eight thousand five hundred more persons attended the 1019 State fair at Lincoln than ever before. The first five days' attendance exceeded last year's full six days attendance by 20,000. Total attendance for the six days this year was 207,458. At a community picnic hold nt Wu boo tho men enlarged the school ground so that It contains one and one half acres of ground, and laid out a new ball diamond, dug a now well nnd planted out fifteen or twenty trees. According to Secretary of Agricul ture Stuhr, much of the wheat raised in eastern Nebm.sku thin year Is of an exceptionally low germination, nnd should not be ued for seed unless a thorough test has been made. A resolution Indorsing tbe Salva tion Army home service drive which will be held In Nebraska September 21-27 to raise $312,000, has been passed by the Douglas county post of tho American Legion. Keya Palm and Brown counties have Jointly agreed to share in thu expense of building a new up-to-date bridge across the Niobrara at Mead vllle. Tho Installation of Bishop-elect Shnyler of the Episcopal diocese of Nebraska will be held at Trinity ca thedral, n: Omaha, September 21. T. 1). Hnrtstock of Jamison, promi nent breeder of pure-bred live stock, purchased a tract of 02 acres adjoin ing Fremont for $.100 an acre. The counties ot Lincoln, Perkins nnd Keith are short seventy-five rural school teachers, according to Stuto Superintendent Clemmons. Hamilton county telephone workers went on strike when a demand for In creased wages wits not compiled with by tho company. Governor McKelvIe was the princi pal speaker at the formal opening of Midland college at Fremont, Wednes day. A home-coming celebration for Kearney county soldiers und sailors IMPIOVED UNirOHM INTERNATIONAL Lesson tny nnv. i h. fitzwatek, d. d.. Teacher ot KnKllsh Illblo In tlio Moody lillilo iMHlltulo of Chicago.) (Copyright, 1919, Wottrn Newspaper Union) LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 21 will be hold at Mlnden Sept. 25. Aluswortb Is to lay several morn blocks of paving, making seventeun In all to go In in the city this year. Hamilton county farmers predict that their corn crop will be ubout 75 per cent normal. The state treasurer's report for August .'H shows a bnlanco on band of 2,470,207, as compared with a bulanco on July III of $1,SS2,078. Thu Beatrice sorghum plant hns re sumed operation. A number of fnrmors bavo a good crop of enno to market, and tho owners of tho plant expect to mnko a good run this fall. Miss May Pershing nnd Mrs. D. M. Butler of Lincoln, sisters of General John J. Pershing, wero at tho pier to meet the general when ho arrived nt New York from Franco aboard the Lovlathan thu first of tbe week. Midland college, which was trans ferred from Atchison, Kits., to Fre mont, expects to huvo'ono of tho fast est football teams In tho state. Games ore to he played with Grand Island college, Donne, Cottner and Wayno normal. Bids will be asked on tho new school bouso nt Mead, for which $130,000 In bonds bavo been Issued and sold and eirort was made by the Carolina county to garner the honor, but the ship Is to hear the name "Nemaha," in honor of the Nebraska county and river. Citizens of Sliver Creek nnd vicinity nre greatly aroused over a series of robberies which have occurred In the district lately. Several negroes, who have been working In the city for a few weeks and who came to the dis trict during harvest season, nre sus pected of being Implicated In tho crimes and huve been told to leave the district. Several have heeded tho warning. J. W. Hlles, rancher, nenr Gothen burg, has purchased two airplanes, one for use in supervising his pluco and tbe oilier for the convenience of his family. It Is believed to be the first purchase of the kind In Nebraska for exclusive porsonnl use. Several hundred head of prize Ne braska bogs are suffering from pneu monia and are under quarantine at tho Nebraska State fair grounds nt Lin coln. The exhibits will be held there until the disease is stamped out. Harry Boomgurd, 1(5, was killed when a snud-sllde burled the Ind and his father wlillu the two were work ing in u pit on the Bnomgard farm near Table Rock. The father succeed ed In extricating himself. Kearney people have filed a petition with the city commissioners asking that a special election be culled for tho purpose of voting bonds for the erec tion and operation of u municipal lighting plant. Through an error the list of dates for cqunty fairs published over the state the dates for the Frontier county fair, which will be held at Stockvllle, was omitted. September 23 to 20 tiro the fair dates. Four of Fllley's principal store buildings were wiped out when a fire devastated the major portion of the business section of thu town. The loss Is placed ut $30,000. Highest priced farm land of Nuck olls county so far reported was 80 acres Karl Crammer sold to Mrs. (luvinii, eight miles east of Superior, bringing $2(!(i an acre. Spontaneous combustion of cnnl is believed to have caused the lire which destroyed the Hord potash reduction plant nt Lakeside, causing n loss es timated at .$000,000. Hampton citizens hnvo been advised by State Engineer Johnson that It Is very probable that the S. V. A. high way will be re-routed to pass through that village. High food prices In Hamilton coun ty received a severe jolt when 200,000 pounds of government food supplies wore put on sale at Aurora's munici pal store. Reports Indicate that Jefferson county will have fair crops of nil grains raised in the district, despite many predlcltlons to the contrary. Thousands of dollars worth of fruit will go to waste In this stnto unless the ncute shortage of sugar Is relieved soon, dealers declare. A number of Nebraska hog raisers nre to exhibit their stock ot the Na tion Swine Show at Des Moines, Iu., Sept. 20 to Oct. 4. A total of 55,000,000 worth of new school buildings tiro to bo erected at Omaha In addition to a new high school building. A total of 24,80.1 automobiles passed through the gates of tho 1019 State fair at Lincoln, compared with 15,7111 a year ago. A Hour mill with n capacity of fifty barrels n day, and to cost around $25,000, Is to be erected at Gurley. A movement Is under way to con struct n stuto aid bridge across tho Platte river south of Shelton. An army store where government foodstuffs nre to bo sold Is to be es tablished at Lincoln. Earl Drlscoll, 10-year-old Council Bluffs bid, was drowned in a deep hole In tht) Nemaha river, nenr Rulo. Jnmes Rogers, Bassett, formorly of Compnny L, .'Kid Infantry, has been nwardod tho Croix do Guerre for bravery In action. He forced German out posts to withdraw according to Ilia citation. John Knlekrebm, sr., owner of ono of the largest grocery stores In Grand Island, has offered to turn bis grocery over to the city, without any strings attached, to bo operated as a munic ipal store. Withdrawal of J. J. Thomas ns a candidate for a member of tho consti tutional convention from tho thirty eighth district will snvo Seward coun ty tho expense, which would bo nbout $2,000 of holding a primary olection September 10. According to n statement Issued by tho state hanking burenu, thero has been n gain In tho deposits In stuto THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. LKSSON TEXTS-Psalms 13:7-14; II Timothy 3:14-17. GOLDEN TKXT-Thy word Ih n Intnp. unto my feet, and' a light unto my puth. -Psalm 119:10S. ADDITIONAL MATERIAL-Psnlm 119; Mutt. 4:1-11; Luke 4:10-22; John 6:33-47. PRIMARY TOPIC-Tlio best book lr tho world. JUNIOR TOPIC-Whut tho Bible con tain. INTERMEDIATE TOPIC-Tho author ity or the Iilhle. SENIOR AND ADULT TOPIC-The in spiration of the Hlble. I. The Characteristics of the Word! of God (Psalm 10:7-11). 1. The law of tho Lord Is perfect (v. 7). The law here means the fun damental principles which God ns a moral being reveals to the consciences of men ns binding upon the soul. These principles are free from nil omissions and redundancies, perfect ns n moral code. It perfectly accom plishes Its design, nnmely, the convert ing of. the soul. The effect of tbe law of God is to turn men to God him self, to righteousness nnd holiness. 2. The testimony of the Lord (v. 7). By testimony Is meant the witness which God benrs ns to his attributes and ngnlnst mnn's sins. This testi mony is plnln nnd infallible. Those who receive It nre made wise. Those who with open nnd trnchnble minds receive God's testimony nre wiser than the greatest Intellectuals of tho earth. 3. The statutes of the Lord nre right (v. 8). Ills statutes nre the principles given to us to fit us for the different relationships of life. These nre Just nnd equitable, because they are from the righteous God. They re joice the heart, because the true heart rejoices In Justice and equity. 4. The commandment of the Lord (v. 8). This brings Into view tho per sonal God who stands back of His lnw to enforce Its demands. This commandment Is free from error and deceit, and It enlightens the eyes. The effect of God's law Is to give mnn ability, not only to understnnd his love nnd snlvatlon, but to be wise as to the things nbout him. 5. Tho fear of the Lord Is clean (v. 0). The reading of the Word of God produces reverential fenr In tbe heart of the reader. Those who have this godly fear have their hearts clennsed from sin. The life nnd rela tionship founded upon this feur abide forever. 0. Tho Judgments of the Lord nre true nnd righteous (vv. 0-11). By judgments Is meant tbe sen tences pronounced by God's Word. Theso penalties nro absolutely true nnd righteous; they arc conformnble to the Intuitive moral sense of mnn. These judgments servo ns warnings; they prevent mnn's shipwreck upon life's sen and bring Just return to those who obey. II. A Prayer to God (v. 12-14). 1. For demising from secret faults (v. 12). Those who reverently study the Word of God renllzo In themselves tho presence of hidden faults from which they need cleansing, nnd they cry out to God for this cleansing. 2. Kept back from presumptuous sins (v. 13). The sins which result from prond defiance , of God's laws need to be eradicated by God's special grace and help. 3. Words ncccptnble with God (v. 14). The godly mnn Is concerned with even his words nnd desires them to bo untie. God's control. 4. Meditation of the heart (v. 14). III. The Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures (II Tim. 3:14-17). Inspiration means God-breathed. By the scriptures Is meant the Old Testa ment. If Paul's testimony be accept ed, then tho whole Old Testament is God-breathed, regardless of what tho skeptical critics say. Because tbey are God-breathed they are profitable for 1. Doctrine, that Is. teacblnn. Reproof. Correction. Instruction In righteousness. Thorough equipment of the man o 3. 4. 5. of God for his work. Love Endureth All Things. Lovo beareth all things, belleveth all things, endureth all things. Peo ple we lovo sometimes disappoint ns. They do things wo never dreamed they could do. If wo lovo them, wo shnll not abandon them because they havo faults. We shall Just bellovo thnt one dny they will put nway their faults, cease to do evil, nnd leurn to do well. Love never despairs of nnyone. Lovo never fnllcth. denied this, nnd the administration nt 'which Is to bo constructed ns soon ns banks during the past threo months Washington pntlently nwnlted further information. Tho Amerlcnn army la growing restlvo under the evident con tempt In wnlcn ll neia Dy mcui-u. conditions will permit. Threo districts hnve been consolidated and thu now school houso will bo a modern, up-to-dato building In every respect. of $10,G03,0t0. Tho reserve on hnnd is $02,400,700, or 22 per cent, wherens nil thnt Is required by law Is $11, 83V 727, or 15 per cent. Of Ono Religion. All bumble, mock, merciful, Just, pious, and devout souls nro every where of ono religion, and when death has tnken off tho mnsk they will know ono nnother, though the divers llyer les they wear mnko them strangem Penn. When to Begin Kind Acts. A more glorious victory cannot b gained over another man than this, thnt when the Injury began on hla part, the kindness should begin eta ra-TUtetaon. I rc 1 . !" i i j V t&