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0 TITK NORTH PLATTE riAVwi'LV TRTBUNR, REPRIVE IS GRANTED EXECUTION OF COLE AND GRAM MER POSTPONED AGAIN. FEBRUARY 2flJS NEW DATE Leoal Battle for Lives of Men Greatest On Record Mandate Put Off Eleven Times. Lincoln, Nob. Governor McKohio grunted a two-wooks' reprieve to Allen V. (iriiinnior imil Alson II. Cole, con (Icnmt'd to die Inst Friday and later postponed until Saturday for the mur der of .Mrs. I.tiln Vogt n July -I, MM". The executive's action followed tin re fitmil of Federal Judge Milliner to grunt the attorney general's motion to dis miss Gruiiimor's npjtt-nl to the circuit court of appeals for bulletin corpus, and the docketing of the hppcnl in the court hero. 'Plus governor lixod Krlday, February 20, as the next (lute for the carrying out of the inandnto of the court, providing the men were iiiihiic ecusfnl In their latest action In the fed oral court. Eleven different dates have been set for the execution of the men and as many times they have been saved from the chair. Never In Nebraska legal annals has mieh a battle been stitged for men's lives as Is being fought by two young Lincoln attorneys, John M. Priest and Sterling F. Mutz. Both were practi cally unknown outside of Lincoln be fore they took up the fight. Priest has been Cole's counsel and Mut. Is de fending (Iranuner. The resourceful ness of these two barristers, when they have saved the lives of the (loomed men In the eleventh hour, Is astonishing the legal world. Following Is a list or dates when Coie and Grainmor were to die : .July 12, 11)18; .lanmiry 17, 1010; April 2.r, .Inly 11, September 11), De cember 1) and .lanmiry 1), 1020; .limitary 1(5, January .'10, February (J, February 7 and February 20. The announcement of the granting of the last reprieve to (be condemned men found Grninmor In an utter state of collapse, while Cole displayed will power unusual In the annals of capital punishment at the Nebraska state pen itentiary. Never before has n con demned murderer at the Nebraska prison approached his doom, to expiate for bis crime, displayed the utter dis regard for the Inlllctlon of the extreme, penalty, according to prison officials. LADOR ENTERS RING. Determined to Elect Officials Friendly to the Cause. Washington,, D. 0. Organized, labor, ,1,000,000 strong, has thrown Its hat into the political, ting. VlKorously de nouncing congress, which, It was said, "has failed to do Its duty," the Ameri can Federation of Labor announced the appointment of a national non partisan, political campaign committee which will mobilize trade unionists ami "all lovers of freedom," In an ef fort to defeat candidates Indifferent or hostile to labor and to elect "true and tried" friends of the trade union move ment. Not waiting for the general election In November, the campaign will he started Immediately and pursued with out relaxation tnroiign tne primaries, In which It Is stated all aspirants for ofllce will have their records 'an alysed, stated In unmistakable lan guage and given the widest possible publicity." This program applies tr all ; candidates, from presidential nominees down. k" R. R. Workers May Strike. Detroit, Mich. Formal Insistence Jhnt favorable action be taken upon denuinds of the maintenance ot way employes and rallwny shop laborers for wage Increases, was decided upon by grand olllcers of the workers' broth erhood In conference here. Tho union olllcers adopted a resolution Instruct ing their committee In Washington to inform Director General Hlnes that seven days will be allowed for action on their demands. Should the strike be called, ofllclals said, their union would net Independently of the other railroad organizations. It would af fect approximately 1100,000 and Involve nil roads In tho country. Dixie Couple Has "Some Family." Albany, Ala. Six children two setn of triplets within fifteen mouths, Is the birth record In the family of Mr. ami Mrs. Posey Livingstone of Albany. Express Merger to Remain. New York. The American lb'tlwny Express Co., a voluntary organization of the big express corporations of the country for war operation, will con tinue ;is a combination under private operation after relinquishment of gov (irnment control March 1, It is said. May Help Float French Loan. Purls. A portion of the new French loan will be flouted In the United Stall's through consortium of bankers and will be placed In dollars with a view to easing the exchange Munition, It Is learned here. Newberry Jury Chcaen. Grand lluplds, Mich. Tho Jury which will sit In the trial of Truman 11. Newberry, United Status senator, uud JIM of his associates charged with violation of the corrupt practice net, bus been' chosen, SEE LOWER PRICES Government Officials Agree Shrinkage In Foreign Exchango Means Glut ting of Amrloon Marto. Washington. D. C. A big drop In prices of necessities Is only a few weeks Hwny, government officials lu re predict, If the present low levels of foreign exchange rates continue. England, France and Italy will be forced quickly, it Is agreed, to curtail their purchases In American markets. This moans a reduction In the volume of American exports and the dumping of goods Into the American markets. P.rendsluiT, meals and dnlry prod- ducts nre now being shipped abroad nt the rate of nearly $1,000,000 a day by American growers, packers and ex porters, government reports show. Humped suddenly Into the domestic markets, such a vast quantity of food would quickly force down tho prices, officials said. A sudden doorcase of European purchasing In American markets would have a tendency to close factories and throw workmen out (,f employment. some ofllclals say. America, they say. must be aide to slope off gradually from the present record volume of ex- portatlons. That the curtnllment of exportallons already has begun Is Indicated to some In the reduction of exports In Decem ber as compared with November. WON'T YIELD KAISER. Berlin Reports Say Allies' Demand Will Not Be Complied With. Rorlln. Tho Herman government will refuse to allow the extradition ot thu kaiser or any others accused ol war crimes by the allies. This was made known when Count von Hern- storir Informed tho government be was willing to give himself up for trial, confident he was guilty of no crime. If the demand Is pressed It Is be llcvcd the present government will re BlgiKMl and be replucoiL either by a more radical one, the mouarcblals, or ti coalition. Von Hernstorff (lectured lb" only pos ilblo connection with himself and win crimes was an allegation he was mixed up In the Nolo Pasha case. This, he (aid, he could easily disprove. 800 IN ACCUSED LIST. War Criminal List Spurned by Lersnei n Lengthy One. rarlH. Three Kims of the former emperor of (lermany are Included In the allied list of German war guilty, which Raron Kurt von I.ersner refused to transmit to Germany. Resides the former crown prince, the nllled demand Includes the former Prince Kltel Fried- rick and Oscar. Other prominent Germans, whoso surrender for trial by the allies Is demanded total more than 800. Prolonged occupation of the left hank of tho Ithlue, In case of refusal by the Germans to give up tho accused men, Is one sugestlou made, here. Hoover Not a Candidate. New York. Herbert Hoover Issued a statement hero defining his attitude toward the presidency. He anounced that he Is not a candidate for the nomination and that no one Is author ized to speak for him politically. If the league of nations Is made an Issue In the election ho says he will vote for the party that stands for the league. In response to requests that lie declare allegiance to either one or tho other of the great political par ties, Mr. Hoover snys he will wnlt un til lt more definitely appears what the parly malingers stand for, and will "exercise a prerogative of American citizenship and decline to pledge my vote blindfold." Near Peak In Prices. Washington, D. C Kesults of tho action of the federal reserve system In raising discount rates to 0 per cent, forcing, a reduction In outstanding lines of credit, have become evident In the last month, the federal reserve hoard announced In a summary of the nation's business conditions. Coupled with this "optimistic outlook,", the board expressed the belief "that a peak In high prices and lnllatlon had been approached If not reached." Eliminate Anti-Strike Clause. Washington, D. C. Senate and house conferees on the Cummins railroad hill have agreed to eliminate the sen ate antl-striko clause In the measure. Yeggmen Carry Off Safe. Omaha, Neb. Yeggmen "Jimmied" , window ot the u v. .mciiois on sta tion on the south side, and stole a 400-pound safe containing $."(l In cash. Grain Given Priority. Washington, D. O. To factlltnto greater movement of bulk grain, Hall Director Hlnes has Instructed grain loading railroads to give- preference and priority to the furnishing of box cars for bulk grain loading for two weeks. Influenza In Mexico. Mexico City. lnlluenza has reap peared In epidemic form In Mexico. Ho ports state the lnlluenza has appeared In the states along the United States frontier. Bonus for Service Men. Washington, D. C Every mail serv lug In the war would got a world war veteran bond, worth one dollar for ov cry day In service ami bearing Inter est at 4?i per cent under u bill Intro ducod by Representative Osborne, re publican, California. 1- First session of the League of Nations In Pnrls. with eight nations represented. 2 Monument erect ed In Prague to Czecho-Slovak volunteers who fought In other lands. ! Last contingent of the A. E. F. to come home mar'UIng through New York city. NEWS REVIEW 0F CURRENT EVENTS Germans Protest They Cannot Surrender War Criminals for Trial by Allies. SAY GOVERNMENT WOULD FALL Council of Ambassadors May Con sider Some Modifications Great Fall of Foreign Exchange May Stop Exports Results of Viscount's Grey's Letter. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Germany's always evident Intention to evade us much of the Versailles treaty us she could brought matters between her nnd the allies to the crit ical stage last week. The test ol the ability of tliu allies to enforce full compliance with the terms of the pact comes up in the case of the Germans who are accused of war crimes nnd whose extradition for trlul is demand ed, in accordance with the treaty which Germany Hlgnod. The list, com prising 85 K) names, was handed to IJaron von Lersner, head of the Ger man delegation at Paris, for trans mission to his government. He had been protesting, verbally and In writ ing, against the enforcement of Hint clause of the treaty, and finding his arguments futile, sent tho list back to tho French foreign olllce and re signed his post. The list was sent to Rorlln by telegraph, but the Rorlln government made it plain that It would never consent to extradition of the accused. Its attitude was expressed by Mlnlser of Defense Noske, who said: "The surrender of these men Is virtually Impossible. SupjMise 1 suc ceeded In getting the men arrested:' Do you think the train taking them to France would bo allowed to cross the frontier? And If a crowd held up the train, do you Imagine that I could or der Germans shot down so that other Germans should be handed over to the revenge of their enemies? 'Hie government might resign, but what party could take Its place?" Passive resistance, It was said, would be the course followed by Kbert's government. The Iterlln press ngrood that delivery of the men could not be made, and the general asser tion was that Insistence by the allies would mean the downfall of the gov ernment anil a probable revolution. The council of ambassadors In Paris was sutilclently Impressed by the German assertions to consider a modi fication of Its demands. Its plan ns outlined there was that Germany should accept the list of offenders nnd thus admit their culpability, and that the allies should then consider the exigencies of the situation. s for the former kaiser, his fate seems to he either trial and punish ment by the allies or exile from Eu rope. Sir Auckland Gcddes, British minister oi nauouai service ami re construction, declared In a speech at Andover that tho government intend, ed to put the former emperor on trial and carry out whatever penally vas provided; and he added that If Hol land persisted In giving him asylum It must put him on some island be longing to It outside of Europe, for the fallen ruler could not reside on Dutch territory In Europe. There has been talk of a trade embargo against Holland to compel her to sur render Wllhelin, but It Is not consld erod likely that this will bo resorted to by tho allies. Foreign exchange, which had been xeaillly falling for some time, went down with a crash last yvoek, and llnnmiora of all calibers were tin-own Into, a near-panic. On American stock exchanges prices tumbled lust and holders of securities nihled to the col lapse by dumping their Mocks and bonds on tho market. The causes and probable effects of nil this must be left to the financial experts to tell. Hut one thing Is mnile clear to every one. That Is that tho high cost of living In Anierlcn Is due to shortage of production no more than to the greed of the producers. For the downward trend of foreign exchange Is putting a stop to the export of American products to Europe, and those who should know agree that this Is almost certain to result In a decrease In prices In this country. The European Importers cannot af ford to buy these products when ex change Is so much against them, and there will be a "backing up" In all lines of goods, which will be thrown on the American market. This move ment already is under way. Prices of grains nnd other commodities declined considerably last week, and In the case of grains the drop was helped on by the notion of tho railway ad ministration which plnced a ten-dny embargo on the use of freight cars for the shipment of anything except grnin. wood pulp or sugar In the Mis sissippi valley states. This was done to provide the farmers with cars with which to send their crops to market, relieving the artificial shortage and releasing Immense funds. Dispatches from Warsaw made it plain that Poland was about to ac cept the peace offer of the soviet gov ernment of Russia provided guaran tees were given that bolshevlst prop aganda In Poland and other European states would cease. Poland's nini, says Prince Lubomlrskl, minister to the United States, Is to serve as a peaceful and moral bulwark against bolshevlsm, and for this she must have the economic support of the al lies. Ry the Russo-Esthonlun peace treaty the soviet government re nounces all sovereignty over Es thonla and recognizes Its Independ ence. Roth parties renounce claims to compensation for war expendi tures. The treaty provides that pris oners will be repatriated shortly by both. Kusslu Is to pay Esthonla 15, 000.000 rubles In gold. There are to be no customs or transit charges on goods by either country. The soviet armies met with some reverses last week, notably one In tho region ot the Don where tho best of the bolshevik cavalry was routed by the Russian volunteer forces. In gen eral, however, the soviet forward movement was continued on all fronts. A local revolution In Vladivostok put that city In the 1 amis of the rebels. In England and probably elsewhere the opinion Is gnlnlng strength that peace should bo made with the Lenlno government because the return to normal life In Russia will soon de stroy bolshevlsm. When Viscount Grey's letter to the London Times, justifying the delay of the senate In ratifying the pence treaty and explaining to the lhitlsh tin attitude of America toward world affairs, was made public, It was tit once assumed that acceptance of the pact by the senate, with the Lodge reservations little modified, would soon follow. Roth sides admitted that the Grey letter had knocked Im portant props from under the opposi tion to the Lodge program. In that It nuide clear that Great Riitaln and. presumably, the other allied powers would welcome the adhesion of Amer ica even with the reservations. The Informal committee of the senate had failed to reach a compromise and Hitchcock had given notice that he would move to take up the treaty In the open senate on February 10. Lodge countered with the statement that thi' Republicans would bring the pact before the somite one day earlier. As the days passed with no comment from the White House on the Grey letter, however, hoie for early rat 111- cation faded, and toward the end of the week It was widely reported In Washington unit the letter luid an gered the president and Increased bis determination never to accept the Lodge reservations or anything like thorn. It was said Mr. Wilson and his firm adherents looked on Viscount (ireys pronouncement as an unwar ranted attempt by the spokesman of a foreign government to Interfere In the legislative affairs of this, country. Though It seemed the letter had per suaded many Democrats that It was best to accept the reservations, It was admitted that the president could still rally a sulllclent number to pre' vent rat mention. As n mntter of parliamentary pro cedtire, the treaty now goes througl the entire course, through which I' passed before Its rejection on Novem her 10, so any amendments are In or dor. Senator Johnson hurried back from the far West with the assertion that lie would push, his amendment giving the United States six voles In the League of Nations, the same as the Rrltlsh empire. This, Lord Grey Intimated, was preferable to the Lon- root reservation, which sometime.' would bur the empire from voting nt nil. Johnson and his supporters say now that opponents of his plan will find themselves In the position of be ing "moro Rrltlsh than the Rrltlsh." Tn any event Lord Grey's letter has Justified, to the Rrltlsh and to ninny Americans, this country's hesitancy to enter the League of Nations without full consideration and careful exam ination, since It Is so radical a de parture from our traditional policy. It will go far toward restoring or maintaining sympathetic relations be tween America and Great Rlrtaln, es pecially If wo do finally enter the league. Secretary of the Navy Daniels ap peared before the senate subcommit tee Investigating nnvy awards and re plied vigorously to the charges made by Rear Admiral Sims and others. He rend a prepared statement In which he took up point by point state ments before the subcommittee by Admiral Sims and dwelt ut consider able length on the two major dis agreements voiced by the ndnilral namely, the awarding of decorations to olllcers who lost their ships through submarine attacks or by mines, and the relntlvc Importance of shore nnd sea duty. On the latter Mr. Dan iels said be bad not nnd never would "approve a disparity between awards given men who served on shore as compared with the men who went to sen." Admiral Sims, ho asserted, probably advocated high awards for many olllcers who served on stnff duty ashore and few awards for olllcers who went to sea because "most of Admiral Sims' duty In the navy has been on shore." Secretary Daniels declared there was untiling tne matter wiin tne morale of the navy except n shortnge of enlisted men In many ratings nnd Insufllclent pay for olllcers and men left. The conference committee of the senate and house renched a full agree ment on railroad legislation, and It seemed certain that the remodeled Esch-Cuninilns bill would soon bo reported to both houses and passed before March 1. As It now stands the Cummins nntlstrike provision Is omitted but the Esch voluntary arbi tration plan Is strengthened by the creation of a hoard of appeals of live members to be appointed by the pres ident. Public opinion will bo relied on to prevent strikes. The Cummins section providing for an average re turn of .riJ,! per cent remains but the Interstate commerce commission Is given authority, after one and a lialf or two years, to change tho percent age. Earnings above 0 per cent are to be divided equally between' car riers and a fund to be administered by the commerce commission for the benefit of weaker railroads. Tho guaranteed standard return now In effect Is to be continued for six months, the government paying the deficit. A revolving fund of SliOO.OOO, 000 Is established to make loans to the nillronds. All week representatives of the rail way administration and ofllclals of the railway unions endeavored to reach an agreement on tlu wage demands of the brotherhoods, hut at this writ ing the results were nil. On Thurs day the oxccutlvo committee of the maintenance of way employees nnd rallwny shop laborers met In Detroit to consider wnge demands. The grand president of the union predict ed a general strike on tho railways If a satisfactory adjustment was not renched at Washington. Some of tho railway labor leaders are seriously discussing the formation of n third big political party with government ownership and lowering of tho cost of living ns Its platform, nnd with n showdown jit tho presidential elec tion next fall. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION NOTES Lincoln.- Tho executive committor of the conventlo:i reported out n rec ommendation for the passage of tho Ryriini-Jaikson proposal, No. 14 which would abolish Nebraska's code form of government and would reor- . gantzo tho executive department under n board of elective ofllclals, Instead of secretaries appointed by the gover nor. A minority report wns offered by Oleson of Cuming county. The majori ty was signed by seven anil the minori ty report by six committee members. Roth reports were placed on the gen eral lllo to be fought out In committee of the whole. All proposals relating to the Judic iary system were Indelliiltely postponed when the Judiciary committee reported out Its recommendations 111 tho fornt of a complete article on tho court sys tem. The recommendation was placed on general lllo. Several swooping changes from tho present system are recommended by tho committee. Ths proposed plan would give the supreme court the power to call in district Judges to sit on the supreme beiuii with the high court in two divisions so that the docket can bo cleared nil If It gets congested. The putting to death of Proposal No 211 by Soughrotio of Red Willow bj the committee on Indebtedness ralhei put a crimp In the non-partisan league program, as this amendment was fath ered by that organization. Tho pro posal would authorize the state to g in debt for establishing of nny Indus! rj or business deemed expedient and foi tho benefit of the people of the state Under this provision the state conic create a debt to pay for state 'stool yards,, state-owned mills or any othei state-owned industry. The report of the legislative com mlttee recommends a two-house legK hiture Instead of a one-house body which has been suggested and dls cussed by the convention. The repon embodies many of the proposals roc ommended for indefinite postponement Tho report recommends thnt the 102V legislature divide the state into dls Irlcls, each one of which will elect bit: one member of the legislature. Anoth or system of districts for the electloi of .senators Is recommended. in a single day during the past wool, almost 100 proposed changes to the con stitution wore indefinitely postponed by the convention. The judiciary commit too presented fifl recommendations foi indefinite postponement when it pre sented Its own recommendation foi a court system for the state. Tho leg Islutlve committee recommended that "!) proposed cl.anges be killed ami thu commit loo on revenue and taxation passed the same sentence on eight pro posals. Those who have been fearful that the constitutional convention in going to practically abandon tin. present constitution and set up In it: place an almost entirely new redraft for adoption by the voters this fall, ap parently have little to fear. In fact, the attitude of the great majority of tho members seems to be that only such chnnges should bo made as arc genornll demanded. On recommendation of the revenue committee the following proposals huvo been posted for Indefinite postpone ment: Nos. 22, OS, 70, 07, 10:i. 210, ''.'tl and 1201. all relating to exemptions of properly from taxation. o Representatives of the Omaha Grain Exchange, the South Oinalui Live Stock Exchange and other Institutions usko-l the committee on corporations to kill a proposal making all exchanges or that nature public markets. j Recommendations for -a state gov ernment with divided responsibilities contrary to the code system now !u use were made to the committee on excou live deparinionis by tho sub-commit tee of fluit group. f Tho convention In committee of the whole approved proposal No. 101. b. Nye, a proposal to Increase the mini mum age limit for commitment of pi t sons to reform schools from 10 years to IS years. A proposal to provide an appoint he board to manage tho state normal schools was approved during the past week by the convention. Effort to ha- the hoard made elective was defeated. Attempts to amend the proposed t,i atiou section of the now constitution, as recommended by the committee on revenue and taxation, failed Friday In tho convention. Members of tho American Lvjon appeared liefore tho educational "in mlttee and urged that only the English language be used In tho grndos.t.oo!v e Ry u decisive vote the convention killed Proposal No. 223, by I Menu i, Lewis of Wayne county, to lov a stale tax for educational Imtllutlo-is. The convention approved a f.nen.s.ii providing that constitutional .imen.i ments submitted by the legislature nn bo adopietl by a majority of tlnxe ot lug on the auioudmont, provldod -in-h a majority Is 515 per cent of tho total vote cast at the election. The present constitution required a majority of all votes cnM Hi tha- election.