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RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF u m KT. I til S3 i k n R I I ? 1 1 'S Vi h B f.1 K B Ft K ISi i i i i i t'O r- . v-flrrn NtHtpnper I'nlun s.z? Y'i- !'.. ... "ti" ' '."'., ijj.ii.iajau wsfcT ul 7,"'s- --'"v. - 'T'mv5 y - j??P?rgyy iaiwwiHJB JEsaMBKBailli 4 1 1 wKNtmm4m$ yv i m KvfrMOKvAW.Vii'X . Ar. wWI-vtv;vSvWwv5Cv: tfiA ttf V. tt ,WT''' r v sxv v .v 1 Mansion of Uicj Into Henry Clny I-'rlck, which, with tlio groat art become tin property of Now York city. 2 Latest typo of (llsnppoiirliiK K" tostoil nt Sandy Hook. .'J John V. Turner of Philadelphia getting Into the went down KGO feet, a world's record. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Miners End Strike, Accepting 14 Per Cent Increase With, Hopes for More. GOAL PRODUCTION RESUMED Commission to Determine Future Wages and Conditions Labor Lead ers Preparing Declaration of Prin ciples Chicago Captures the Republican National Con vention of 1920. g. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. ' After causing lliianclal losses run ', nlng fur Into the millions nnd wide spread distress and Inconvenience, the strike of the soft coal minora camo to an end last Wednesday on terms that might Just as -veil have heen ac cepted a week or more earlier. The men resumed (work nt a wage advance of 14 per cent, which was Just what Fuel Director Garfield offered.. They have, however, saved face by accept ing these terms from President Wil son himself, nnd the settlement In cludes provision for the appointment by the president of a commission that flhall determine the exact wage In creases to which the miners are en titled. The public may console Itself for the suffering to which It has been subjected by the reflection tlint It will now receive the fuel for which It has been clamoring and by the virtual as surance of the government that the operators will not lie permitted to sad dle upon It any of the Increase thoy are compelled to pay the miners. Ilndlcal elements among the miners strove to upset the settlement, but their motion to reject the offer wns voted down after hot argument. Act ing President Lewis nnd Secretary Treasurer Green, who had Journeyed to Washington to meet the government authorities, were Insistent that the plan be accepted and they had their wny. The men began returning to the pits on Thursday, ami though In some regions tlaoy were slow In resuming work, by the end of the week produc tion wns again approaching normal. The operators feared there would not bo enough cars to carry away the con I, but were reassured on this point by officials of the railroad administration. First shipments wore hurried to those points In the West that, without fuel, were suffering exceedingly In the pre vailing cold weather. . Of course 't will be months before production nt the mines can make up for the long shutdown nnd reserves are restored. Consequently the drastic orders for conservation of coal, Issued by Dr. Garfield and by local commis sions, remain In force to a considerable extent. In some of the eastern cities there was displayed great reluctance to abide by those regulations nnd the fuel administration had to threaten the selfish recalcitrants with prosecu tion. The commission on mine wages Is to be nnnolnted bv President wii,,,, Ld nnd will consist nf tlm nu.mi.n,.., ...... Ifl of them nn operator and one a miner. It Is believed It wilt be able to make Its report within sixty days. It has the power to readjust both wages and Iy profits as well as working conditions. H The hope held out to them for more ac ceptable conditions In the future was what Induced the minors. t ..,.. .i... 13 -.- settlement ; In Dr. Garfield's offer, they said, tney were- given no chance be yond the 14 per cent Increase. The ne gotiations on belinlf of the government were carried on by Attorney General Palmer, and his friends believed he lind thus squared himself with the labor element whose 111 will ho had Incurred by the Injunction proceedings ut Indinnapolls, It wns said In Washington that the fuel administration was not highly pleased by the terms of settlement, fearing that the commission will not regard tho Interests of the public with out bins; that the operator nnd miner on tho board will get together and that tbe consumer will, as usual, pay , rii ?. Wr rf.Vrr. rr .-. .rrfr-n n-'MMM "ViV rtv rt iVrtV. . A the freight. It was understood thnt the Injunction proceedings against the minors would be dismissed us soon as possible. A great many American citi zens not directly concerned looked askance nt that method of handling the matter, and one result of the strike, It Is Imped, will bo tho adoption ot legislation that will eliminate the pos sibility or the nation's suffering whllu the capital and labor engage in u dis pute, and at the same time will not necessitate recourse to injunctions nnd prosecutions for contempt. Another outstanding fact Is the Influence wield ed by the radicals In labor councils, nnd there Is a general demand thnt, If organized labor cannot crush the reds, they lie handled without gloves by the government. The bends of the International un ions In the American Federation ot Labor and of the railway brotherhoods met In Washington Saturday to pre pare a declaration of principles, pre sumably In part against activities in congress to restrict liberty of speech and to make strikes Illegal. In an nouncing the meeting President Gom pcrs said: "It Is earnestly hoped that out of the conference will come a plan of action by which the orderly progress and development of the bona llde labor movement of America may continue In Its great work, and also to secure the laws protecting the fundamental rights and freedom of the tolling masses of America. The wage earners of a republic cannot by any process be practically made slaves uud the spirit of a republic endure." President Wilson hnvlng, with chill politeness, told the senate that the handling of the trouble with Mexico was his affair and that it would ovoid embarrassment by keeping hands off, It seemed prolmble that Senator Fall's resolution for severance of relations with our neighbor would not be acted upon soon If at all. Fall's subcom mittee, however. Is continuing Its In vestigation of the hostile activities of Cnrrauzn and his followers, and It has transmitted tothe president a lot of Interesting facts. At the time of writing no reply had been received from the Mexican government to Sec retary Lansing's latest note concern lug Consular Agent Jenkins. It was learned thnt the release of Jenkins was brought about by an American who provided ball for him In the be lief that thus hostilities would be averted. The Mexicans, however, yielded one point when their federal court assumed full Jurisdiction In the case, removing It from the local court at I'uebla. Meanwhile, Carranza Is continuing his efforts to prevent the shipping nt fuel oil Into this country and tho bringing in of new wells by Americans on their own oil lands In Mexico. Tho Mexican senate on Wednesday, nfter long debate, adopted the oil bill sub mitted by Carranza, and It then went to the lower house for approval. The Republican national committee, nt Its session In Washington, fulfilled expectations by selecting Chlcngo for the nutlonnl convention of 1020, and sot the date for the opening of the great gathering as June S. That Is Tuesday, and tho plan Is to have tho convention adjourn on the following Friday Instead of Saturday ns bus boon customary. St. Louis made a contest for the convention hut received only 0 votes out of fill. Tho conven tion will consist of 084 delegates, seven fewer than In 101(1. Tho basis of representation wns ordered In 1010, one dolognto for each senator anil member of congress and one addi tional In each congressional district where as many as 7.R00 votes wore cast for Hughes In 1010. Ily this New York and North Carollnn each gain one delegate, while Alabama loses 2, Arknnsns 2, Massachusetts 1, Tonnes see 1 and Texas II. The committee created a new party council, consisting of twelve of Its members and twelve outsiders, four ot them women. Tho council Is to delib erate on matters touching the party welfare, to consider subjects to be em bodied In the national platform, nnd to make recommendations for tho con sideration of tho nntlnnnl committee. It Is Intended thnt n draft of the plat form shall be mndo nt lenst two weeks before tho convention opens and sub mitted to the resolutions committee. J' "i " J v w wwwww f " ? r -. r- iw,"W""'i'""''"W" " VI id !73QnflPlE&PXUfBMJ - - t?t ,rf-i;uiw!vAli'.a tiftt,VJrrrt, reArSfrfjVttibtftWfcttJl collection It houses, will eventually for Aiiiorlrim count defenses recently new brass diving suit In which ho This will be done by a preliminary platform committee of fit) members which will maintain permanent head quarters In Washington. Although tho country,, already short of sugar, Is confronted with an actual famine In that necessity, the sena tors from Louisiana, Itansdell and Guy, last week undertook a filibuster to defeat the McNary bill which U de signed to relieve the sltuatloa and check exorbitant prices. Tho measure would enable the sugar equalization board to buy the Cuban crop, esti mated at 8,000,000 tons, and to place It on the market at a "fair and rea sonable price." This naturally does not suit the sugar planters of Louis iana and their senators were, as al ways, quick to come to their rescue. Last summer seven oT the eight mem bers of the equalization bonrd urged the president to buy the Cuban crop, but the other member, Professor Taus sig, dissented and persuaded the ad ministration to let the Inw of supply and demand take its course. Taussig Is u member of the new Industrial conference nnmed by the president. Hnvlng slightly softened the terms of the protocol submitted to Germany, the supreme council at Paris told the Germans they must sign it, uud nt last reports was sitting back waiting for the signature. Meanwhile various rather disturbing reports came out ot Germany. The most serious of these told how four tralnloads of the Iron division troops that were being re moved from the lJnltlc states, hnvlng arrived at Tilsit, 'refused to obey tho allied commission's order and returned to Memel, where they continued to threaten Courland. The German unny headquarters at Koenlgsberg assumed responsibility for this action, saying It was according to Its orders. The Ger mans In the Ilaltlc region nre becom ing more truculent dully anil u number of nllled ofllcers have been nttucked. Negotiations nt Dorpat between tho bolshevlkl and the Ksthonlans con tinued, with Indications that they would result In nn armistice though It was considered Improbable that a pence treaty would be signed. Tho terms which the bolshevlkl seek to Im pose are rather severe and the Esthon tans balked especially at the demand for guarantees, feeling It Incompati ble with their dignity. During these negotiations the armies of the soviet government nnd ot Ksthonla are fight ing fiercely on the Narva front, where the bolshevlkl were repulsed after making ten assaults. Under Secretary Poll: and the other American delegates to tho peace con ference departed from Paris, and cer tain French newspaper writers tool: occasion to express the belief that this closed the League of Nation's stage of the conference. "Tho hollow shell of tho league may perhaps remain," said they, "but tho era of alliances has re turned." And they pointed to the con ference In London between Clemen ceau and Lloyd George ns confirma tion. It was believed the French pre mier went to tighten up tho entente cordlalo. Dispatches from London said the two statesmen were largely concerned with tbe Turkish situation and with the Krltlsb request that tlvo peace conference with the Turks bo held In Loudon. Tho efforts of Kmnin Goldman nnd Alexander Ilorkman to prevent their deportation to Itussln having failed everywhere else, tho two anarchists asked tbe Supreme court of tho United Stntes to take up tho matter. The federal officials announced that Perk man and Miss Goldman, together with other aliens, would bo shipped out of the country within two weeks. A notnble achievement of tho week In aeronautics was tho completion ol his airplane flight from England tn Australia by Capt. Uoss Smith, nn Australian aviator. Ity finishing tho trip In thirty days ho won a prize of $r0,000, as well as other money prizes. In tanking tho Journey of ll.fiOO miles from lloundslow, nenr London, to Port Dnrwin, on tho northern coast of Aus tralia, Cnptnln Smith pnssed through Paris, Home, Snlonlkl, Cnlro, Damas cus, Itagdad, Bushlre, Delhi, Rangoon, Ilnngkok. Singapore and Knlldaltl. West Java. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF rimoly News Culled From All Parts of tho State, Reduced for tho Busy. SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED Senator Husheo of Klmbnll county, In a stntoment ex, Inlnlng his reason for signing tho furlough of Pcryl Kirk for his relense from tho slate prison nt Lincoln, where ho was serving a long term for alleged complicity in the Malshook Jewelry robbery at Omaha, while acting governor, declared he ap proved tho document upon the recom mendation of Warden Fcnton. Itay Abbott, former assistant county attor ney of Douglas county; Sheriff Clark and W. L. Mr.sgravo of the Ouiaba 'Street Hallway Co. Following Is a list of conventions booked for Omaha during the coming month: Midwest Implement Dealers, January 0-S. Farmers Educational and Co-Operative Union, Jan. lU-lfi. Lumber Dealers' Association, Jan. T4-10. Polled Hereford Breeders' Asso ciation, Jan. 28-20. Nebraska State As sociation of County Treasurers, Jan. 28-20. Central Whist Tournament, Jan. 28 nnd 20. Stale Fuel Administrator Taylor hns expressed the belief that although the coal strike hnR boon cnlled off, the people of Nebraska uro u long way from being out of the woods and tbe rules which have been in effect for tbe past week or so will have to be substantially continued for some time before the coal can be put upun the market again. Charging that her husband and his companion, who were killed In an auto mobile accident In November, 1010, wore Intoxicated, Mrs. Saloma Jehu has filed suit for $lfi,000 damages In district court nt Columbus against three former Lindsay saloon men and their bondsmen. Representative Renvis, nt the request of the Lincoln Commercial dub, se cured permission from the War depart ment In Washington for the use of army trucks to transport wood from nearby country districts to the Ne braska capital during the fuel scarcity. A report mndo public by the treas ury department at Washington shows that the Omaha fnrm loan bank lends nil like Institutions In the country. The Omaha bank loans In the last fiscal year exceeded $20,000,000, and since March 1, 1017, totaled $.1.",no0.200. Articles of Incorporation for the Wyoming-Northeastern Oil Co., of Al liance, with n capital of $1,000,000. were tiled with the secretary of state nt Lincoln by Lloyd C. Thomas, secre tary of the new corporation. Injunction proceedings brought in the Johnson county district court nt Tecumsch by four fnrmers to prevent payment of outstanding county war rants, excesslvo of the 8." per cent of the legal levy, hnve been dismissed. The Masonic lodge of Beatrice has decided to purchase the Burnett block, adjoining the Masonic building In thnt city, nnd will nt once begin remodel ing the building. The Improvement will cost approximately $.'10,000. A state organization Intended to bring forwnrd General Pershing as a candidate for tho republican nomina tion for president, was created nt Lin coln at a mooting of 200 admirers and former neighbors of the general. Lieutenant Governor Barrows esti mates that the coal strike caused a loss to business nnd Industry In Ne braska of at least '." pur cent during the past two weeks. Joe Steelier of Dodge, threw Wladek Zyhszko of Poland In u catch as catch can wrestling mntch nt New York after n bnttlo which lnsted nearly two and a half hours. Ice cutting In many parts of the state Is under way. Not for a good many years has the harvest started before Christmas In this state. DeWltt felt tho pinch of the fuel shortuge severely Inst week, reports stating thnt the town was absolutely con 1 1 ess for four days. Empty coal bins have resulted In citizens at Ilemingford hauling wood overland from Pine Ridge, u distance of thirty miles. Coal shortage has caused the post ponement of the ninth nnnual Irriga tion convention, scheduled to be held nt Goring. Tho employment bureau of the Uni versity of Nebraska at Lincoln found places for 100 men during November. linns hnve been perfected for tho construction of a new theater nt Ne hawkn. Protestant churches of David City have united and yvlll hold union serv ices In one church until the coal short age Is over, although they nil hnve their winter's supply of coal stored. The schools of the Missouri Valley conference will havo no athletic rela tions with the University of Nebraska, eo long ns Nebraska remains out of Jlio organization, tho governing board of the conference decided nt Kansas City. Tho Commercial hotel at McCook, pioneer hostelry of tho city, was to tally destroyed by fire, causing n loss of about 10,000. Tho coal shortage hns become so serious at Scottsbluff that many fam ilies hnve united and uro living In one house. Reports current In Bentrlce are thnt the Kansas City and Northwestern railroad will ask the people along the line between Virginia, Neb., and Kan sas City to buy $500,000 worth of bonds In order that the rond can pay oft Its debts and resume operations. Sovcrnl thousand handbills, de nouncing the uctlon of the University of Nebrnskn regents In not closing school during the conl shortage, dis tributed to students nt Lincoln by members of the Omnbn club, charged thnt J. E. Miller, member of tho bonrd of regents, and head of the Miller & Paine store, Lincoln's largest depart nient store, was urging school to be continued so thnt he would not lose the students' Christmas trade. Tho fuel shortago hns brought about n movement to reopen tho tong for gotten Coal inlno nt Honey Creek, be tween Auburn nnd Peru. Sex oral years ago twenty or thirty tons of rich lignite, It Is said, were taken from a vein two feet thick. Then a shaft was sunk a half mile distant. It missed, the vela and tho niliiu wus abandoned. W. E. Wldeburg of Lincoln : DoLoss P. Moultoii of Wymoro; M. V. Kap plus of West Point; Ira llepporly, Norfolk; R. E. Fortna, Octavla : and l.arl Vutes Geneva, composed I ho State Agricultural College stock Judg ing team which won second honors at tho International Live Stock Show at Chicago. State Superintendent of Public In struction Clemmons hns ordered tho l.'MXK) public, private nnd pnroehlnl schools of Nebraska to hold patriotic exercises on the second and last Fri day of each month. He suggests n study of tho federal constitution, of America's historic characters and tho singing of patriotic songs. Judge F. W. Button of Fremont, who was accidentally shot while hunt ing rabbits In Boone county with Sher iff Frank Wlllott of thnt county, is un dergolng treatment In an Omaha bos pllal In hopes to save one of his eyes, which was penetrated by a No. (5 shot. During Governor McKehie's absence last week from Lincoln, Acting Gov ernor Barrows appointed A. M. Post of Columbus to tho district Judgeship In tho Sixth Judicial district to till tho vacancy caused by the death of Judge Thomas of Fremont. American Legion circles at Fremont nre stirred over an alleged statement mndo by W. H. Kremser, well known local socialist, to the effect that ho preferred the soviet form of govern ment to thnt of this country. A shortage of brown sugar Is said to hnve hit the "home brewers" In ninny plnces of Nebrnskn a severe blow. Brown sugar, it Is claimed, Is needed to get the best results out of bops, malt and yeast. The Lincoln Woman's club hns ask ed Lincoln merchants to display for one week each month "inexpensive and serviceable" clothing nnd shoes, to encourage a movement to reduce the high cost of living. Denlers In Fremont hnve announced the price of eggs to be raised to SO cents u dozen. Butter Is selling now for 7.r cents n pound. One dairyman hns rnlsed the price of mill: to 20 cents a quart. A report reached the governor's of fice at Lincoln last week that peoplo at Orleans were helping themselves to a car of coal consigned to a lumber compnny which the tlrm was unable to get released. Tho Lincoln Women's club, with a membership of 1,700, hns Inaugurated n boycott ngninst butter, eggs and n few other high price foodstuffs In an effort to reduco living costs. One northern Nebraska stock raiser brought three nuto truck loads of hides Into Long Pine, tho other day, taken from cattle thnt had perished during the blizzard last week. W. E. Sharp of Lincoln, president of tho American Potnsh company, reports potash plants In western Nebraska havo been forced to close because of tho fuel shortage. The First Natlonnl bnnk of Wnhoo, one of tho pioneer bunks of the fulddlo west, Is now located In Its beautiful now building, ono of the finest bank homos In Nebraska. Tho Commercial club of DeWJtt has purchased about .10 acres of timber near town, to be cut for fuel for De Wltt citizens who aro out of coal. West Virginia and Georgetown uni versities have both asked for places on Nebraska University's 1020 foot ball schedule. .Miss Edith Whitley of Milwaukee has boon employed ns community anil school nurse nt Columbus nt a salary of $Ktr a month. Inability to secure a supply of print paper and "high prices caused tho Burchnrd Times to suspend publication. It. II. Dauley of Axtell has assumed tho duties of secretary to Congress man Andrews. Temperatures In Nebraska descended tho lowest for December since 1SS0, last Wednesday, a week. Fremont was the coldest spot In the state, with HO below. The Nebraska supreme court, on re quest of district court Judges of Doug las county, ordered tho state bar com mission nnd tho attorney general to start Immediately n thorough Investi gation of the release of Beryl C. Klrlc from tho state penitentiary December 2 on furlough order signed last Sep tember by State Senator Bushee, us acting governor. Sugar prices will soar to unhenrd of levels after January 1st, when tho federal equalization hoard dissolves, say many Nebraska wholesale grocers. Word has reached Omnbn thnt Gen eral Pershing will spend a full day In that city Janunry 8 on nn Inspection trip of Forts Omaha and Crook, Salesmen of stocks of various kinds hnve become so plentiful In Fremont that tho Commercial club pnssed n res olution urging Fremont people to make n careful Investigation before Invest ing their money In enterprises promot ed by outsiders. -..t-.-i...... t." " ' I-- DON'T WHIP! Stop Lashlne Your Bowels with Harsh Cathartics but take "Cascarets." Everyono must occasionally give th bowels somo regular help or elso su? fer from constipation, bll!ou3 attacks, Rtomnch disorders, nnd sick headache. Out do not whip the bowels Into ac tivity with harsh cathartics. What tho liver and bowels need In a lentlo nnd natural tonic, ono that can constantly, bo used without hnrm. The gentlest liver nnd bowel tonic Is "Cns carets." They put tho liver to work and clennso tho colon nnd bowels of all waste, toxins and poisons without griping they never sicken or Incon venience you lllto Calomel, Salts, OIL or Purgatives. Twenty-flvo million boxes of Cas carets nro sold each year. They work whllo you sleep. Cnscnrets cost o Uttlo too. Adv. CASES OF MISPLACED PRIDE Comparison of Hot-Headed Striker and Incurable Patient Not a Great Deal Overdrawn. A Bonntor snld In n discussion of tho steel strike: "Strikes are often cnusvd by pride pride ns foolish and misplaced bh that of the Incurable In the hospital. "An Incurable, lifting his haggard head from the pillow, said In a weary voice to a newcomer with a crushed thumb : "'The worse we nre, the bettor they like us here. Why, pnrdner, they won't think nothln o' thnt thero thumb o' yourn. But sny, If ye hnd a big lump In yer lnsldos like me, goshnlmlghty, they wouldn't do a thing but make a fuss over ye thenl Trllles like your thumb tho young boy doctor sees to, but when It comes to big lump cases like mo ye get four or five of the high, muckymucks tnd In' to ye. Bet yer life I" Washing ton Star. If You Need a Medicine You Should Have the Best Have yon ever stopped to reason why It is that so many products that are ex tensively advertised, all at once drop out of sight and are soon forgotten? Th reason is plain the article did not fulfil the promises of the manufacturer. This applies more particularly to a medicine. A medicinal preparation that has real curative value almost sells itself, as like an endless chain system the remedy is recommended by those who have been benefited, to those who are in need of it. A prominent druggist says "Take for example Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, preparation I have sold for many years and never hesitate to recommend, for is almost every case it shows excellent re sults, as many of my customers testify. No other kidney remedy has eo large sale." According to sworn statements and verified testimony of thousands who have used the preparation, the success of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to the fact, so many people claim, that it fulfills al most every r wish in overcoming kidney, liver and bladder ailments; corrects uri nary troubles and neutralizes the urie acid which causes rheumatism. You may receive a sample bottle ol Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., and enclose ten cents; nlso mention this paper. Large and medium size bottles lor sale at all drug stores. Adr. One Drawback, at Least. A lunntlc hnd the delusion thnt he wns mnrried nt different times to the daughters of different celebrities. "To whom nre you mnrried now?" aaked tho visitor. "To tho devil's daughter," was the reply. That Is a strange cholcol" the vis itor remarked. "I don't know nbout thnt," replied the lunutlc. "She Is a very nice girl and very accomplished, nlthough I ad mit there are drawbacks. Her people are rather awkward to get on with at times I" ASPIRIN FOR HEADACHE Nami "Bayer" is on Genntat Aspirin say Bayer Insist f n "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" In a "Bayer package," containing prop er directions for Headache, Colds, Pain, Neuralgia, Lumbago, and Rhea mntlsm. Name "Bayer" means genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years. Handy tin toxes of 12 tablets cost few cents. Aspirin Is trad atark of Bayer Manufacture of Mono tceticacldester of Snllcyllcacld. Adr Doesn't Pay, Hobbs Your debts don't seem te worry you. Dobbs No ; If I look worried It wor ries my creditors, nnd then thoy worry ne Into worrying a lot more. The Language Plant. "Why have words roots, paF "To make the language grow, my child." Baltimore American. pviiAv, y 1 1. - v 11