PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
PACE 7.
REFORM PROGRAM
OF LA
Will Be First Business Men
Up st Coming Session.
BOSTON OF FOLK SiVES NOTICE
. who counts It more to have friends
' among bis fellow workers than to gam
: any signal honor that it might be in
their power to bestow. On that basis
his race assumes a different attitude
than a mere material affair and he is
; gaining support because of his an
trounced desire to conduct the party's
affairs as speaker with sucfh dispatcd
and such dignity tht the party his
tory of the future will sure have some
thing to say about it.
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SOLONS. FAVOR
GO-DAY SESSION ;
arrive for the scss!cn. Naturally the!
first talk is of the organization of
Will Have Amendments Ready For
Submission to Democratic Caucus
Immediately Upon Its Convening
Speakership Fiht.
Lincoln A (".onion of the reform
ftograni out!in u by the legislative
committee of IMS will be the first ini
pi nam business tak-". up at the corn
Lag session of the lawmakers. Iteprrf
sentative John N. Norton of Poi'i
-o-.ny. a member cf that committed
served r.ome on legislators this week
that he w o ;M make this a matter of
hu-irn ss f'-r the 1 mocratic caucus
ir.i:;n diateiy upon its convening and
th..t he wouhl nrge the indorsement
o; the reform by the majority party
cf the Louse and senate.
Th reforms outlined are in the
r.rrn worthy ones viewed from th'J
anuh s of ;i:e old-time numbers. They
Leiit-ve that ir'cii good can be ace on i-
.1 if t':e meuibers will adhere to
the ? n cram. There are several place.-,
in w ii'i h hunc.es can he riade of h. n-
:U to the lawmakers v.v.O. of distiivt
benefit to the taxp.'.v ers of the state.
R- ; r s- r; :.'iv-- Norton says that he
has prepare d for the--' and that he
will l r.-.ner.uTUeii;.- ready tor st?')-r.ii.-
:en rt tin- can- ;i which will tae
i:; any of th" s!.r k that appears in the
line at that. time.
The p'.an of holding e omir.it tee ses
sion in i'-o forouoor.s and recr.lar
l-o-i(- - s- ions in tie afternoon, for
i::. Tan e. would m- t the approval of
:-( raemh . rs. It would j.lc.y into the
hat ...! of but or.e pa nor. the Stat Jour
!c' ir.strnce. fr,d would cive that
t r an in.-iiie en the news save to
sr a A' fnse at th hand? of the
On-a in i.aaer. Ir.af h as the Daily
f :ai- rf this -i:y and the Wcrld-HeraM
o: hp- " bcth c on; out edbcrial-
1- ; ;., s.ti. n t" this, plan nr.d ir.a -r
'. .:s t! ese two pa;. rs are the cues
: . . : .. . t during the campaign for
';:' J1 at is now in power it is
'' t l.r. their wis Ik in this ap-
1 t-.!l will be respected. The
; "is cia't at! er th news
- . i,:-t it would mean the pny-
:' h:?c" t.baraph tolls in th
a. ' woa.I ! p it upon them an un-
--:-ry P-;re.eu 0:i that account u
-ib tha.t th l?eTnorrafs w-pl
:. ;n ih w!:es ( f tlieir own or
in this f?ate.
. ( !'- two s-.-v.i'.'o! s n?tt of the to-
?;i:"t'--t! H" ir-mhers of the up-i,e-.-
and f"rty-fie of the 10
sel..: : f s wi'.l be St t f ! CC- ii-
t1 e i oi; 1 of comroi's pro'
.!:,; r rr b- so d:( tat'T in the
t- of ropv'ntions tor Ftr-te in-
;i!ir the (onrr.; f-snn.
:..'-rr.h' - fn-m the dis
;!, ii it :;! ions are Ic
havp to attend to their
.- havo in the past. The
: mend it ions aio expect
w Ith the lawnutvcrs this
In the offing, as it were, there are
lurking George Jaekron and G. V.
ileredith and one or two others whoss
candidacies have not as yet become as
strong as they would have to be in
cider to win. Some peculiar turn of
fate might swing the honor their way,
but from a preliminary canvass of the
Democrats of the house it is apparent
that it would have to be an unusual
proceeding to give them a chance at
carrying home the bacon. Mr. Jack
son is the strongest minor candidate,
but he has no chance if present line
ups continue at marching past the
stand as the winner. Neither has Mr.
Fries, whose candidacy has been start
ed by a lew who are more intent on
having their joke than they are on
working for the be?t interests of the
party. Mr. Fries is a very good floor
wcrker, but twenty or more legislators
who have commented on the matter
since announcement of his can lidacy
by John Sink of Grand Island, have
said that it would be a physical im
possibility fcr him to get anywhere
in the race. His ultra-wet polities
v.onld hardly be accepted by the bulk
of the Democratic members, in vitw rf
the fact that there are other moder
ately damp members whose seVuien
might reflect no discredit upon th;
party. There are wet members, and
again there are w- t member?, s'l of
which the party leaders recognize.
The greatest stumbling block, perhaps,
to the Fries campaign would be Gov
ernor More-head, who would 1 ardly get
behind such a move when it meant so
much to him to select a high class
legislator for the important job.
; Lawmakers Expect to Finish
Labors by March 20,
HEW LEGISLATION PROPOSED.
No Radical Changes Necec;ary to
Rectify Present Laws No Change
In Speakership Race Nichols and
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Cronin Minority Candidates.
each house. The lower house mem
bers outnumbering the upper house
members, the talk naturally gravitates
toward that body.
No change in the situation is ap
parent. Those who have been keeping
lose watch of the affairs say that the
iain race for the speakership is going
to be between Henry C. Richmond of
Omaha and George Jackson at the out
set, with the probability that neither
one of them is going to have enough
votes to win out on one or two ballots.
After that, according to the seers,
here are several things that might
happen. One is that F. M. Broome o
Alliance might run to the front and
inherit enough support from both ot
the "leading candidates, plus some cf
his own and of the minor candidates,
to i 'Jt him in the chair. Others say
that G. W. Meredith of Ashland occu-
L:ncoln Teople who have been r,jes better cround as the compromise.
dark horse candidate and that he may
dash into the lead after the prelim
inary ballots have been taken. Others
hold that some man yet unnamed is
likely to prove a better vote getter
than any of those who have yet been
mentioned for the honor.
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y. - The r.l lias m'e'e an -xten-!'.
e .-?.:(!v of ail the needs of the in
f "'i-'a ;.r 1 ! members are better
7-r ; . ! 'o say what the appropria
te ! s .-:..) ! i,e than rny members who
a: a ! v n only sheet time in which to
ra ' :rory investigations at each
'.tit. ; r. Th - f.v t that th junk"t
a ?: o;.. r.se will also he cut down
: . e;:- i srvorly to the taxpayers and
'ih h;.t the saving in the
r. v. il he a potent one.
ilow -iier Moi eh aid Tias taken no in
;":: - in ?!: speakership fight as
:t there is no te'iing but what
'. h-i-'T! to prick up his ears
the next few days. F. M.
of Alliance has arrived on the
aid is here to f-tay. lie has
it i r at the ou'set that he is
;. o-,vv -u'didnto for tb honor
.:. if it comes his way It will
i .-er-k him rather than he sreh
says that if he sought the
of the members be would be
to fnvir thoc who favored him.
i'o toward those who did not fut
t him there would be at least a
s' a; t c-tr an.'. mer.t. In this he is
'".'v r :ro:';:::2T human nature and
F'-ov-.rr Irani ! what would 1 e the nt
tiin'ie of almost any man in the gather-?
it is .ro!,ab;e that Mr. P.roome
V' '1 t'ay the ro1" of dark horse an-"!
' 1 rom h e andidate at one and the
s a. time and that bis part will be
o'-c'-'b rtiy t.ihcn. He is a southern
Democrat, the uri.rne. c h.ivalrous hind
that niaks cool with Democrats
c v-r where. to western Nebras
h i mensber frnm a sect ion of the
fr4ai nanif".?t!y where the DeirocrRts
ejer-f t rt shower some favors before
h s';-.-ion is over. Western Nebras
1 ,i--s'l? dependence of the tepubl;c
rrs tt tho 1-to election surprised
everybody by doing what it never did
befo'c. hy turr.ii:c a Democratic pab'
ri.drr the l;ind of campaign that was
carried on by the state committee.
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While members are talking a ho i
afairs here there is some talk about
the membership of the third hous-,
that large but active body which is
always on the job and whose business
it is to act as pickets for some spe
cial interest. Dut one member is on
hand of that house at the present time.
that is Thomas Denton of the Pullman
company, .uany mere cac uevu
have wondered what kept Mr. Bentcn
here the year round, in hot season
ami iu eoiu. but. here he is and thorj
are none to deny that he trb-s to mal e
his superiors believe that he will keen
busy. His principal duty during the
coining session will be to attempt to
prevent the levying of more taxes up
on the business done by his company.
The state tax commission recommend
ed a gross earnings tax. and Mr. Ben
tcn does not believe such a plan would
bo profitable to his company. He
admits that tlieir payment would be
greater than under the present loose
and ineffective system. He will keep
bt-sy during the session with this and
other matters and in time there will
bo pt. u
;)rrmri him w-oo ir.t"resf3
are iyt entirely, at riiht angles to his
interests.
Frcm away out in Custer county it
is :;aid that W. J. Taylor, warrior of
the bouso of Populism, now a knight
errant of the cause cr Democracy, is
preparing fcr an assault upon the
stock yards of South Omaha. Just
why the big concern needs a Haying r.r
why the assault is being planned wit.i
such care has not been disclosed, but
it is said that Mr. Taylor -will be here
with bells on when he arrives." Sev
eral members have anticipated the at
tack and say that it may be that it
will he frustrated and that in a way
to eonvlme Mr. Taylor that unless he
has a very good case he should not
try to yank the trolley off the Demo
cratic cars while in the Capital City.
Pam Patterson, representative elect
from Harlan county, was a city visitor.
He is looking ahead to a session of
real accomplishment and believes that
the people's hopes will not be dashed,
to pieces this session with regard to
low- appropriations and real efficiency.
Mr. Patterson indorses the plan of
doinz things up in business-like stylo
and getting away from here as soon a
possible without flighting anything
that should be done.
"The people of southwestern Ne
bras-lea want us to come here and get
down to business from the start sr.el
do the things that should be done
without waste of time, and then call
the job finished and return to our
homes." was the interpretation of pub
lic sentiment given by Mr. Patterson.
Meanwhile another urbane, suave
and chivalrous gentleman, represt nra
Tive also of the southern aristocracy,
? a candidate for the same honor.
That i- none other than Henry C.
Ttirhmcnd of Omaha, former clns-i
fr;erd rf CI; snip C'nik cf th" ""Show
-"' state. Mr. Richmond ir. a big.
ad minded. ODen hearted Domorrst
Clerk of the Supreme Court Harry
C. Dind.ay. for twelve years at. periods
when the legislature was in session,
has urgd that body to provide a fire
proof library building for the protec
tion cf a state library, considered one
of the mcst valuable in the country.
In his report this year Mr. Lindsay
jj re"onmertr!atinri.
Over ?"oo,orv) are invested in the
la c.'.s v.aicti i.ow lie ej.osed to the
ravages of time and of fire and water.
I in ease of fire. A largo number of
J these nooks, valuable as references
, and otUc-r invaluable from a historic
' standpoint, would be destroyed and
j could never be replaced. Cooks dating
j back several hundred years which
could never be replaced, but on which
rtn vatii4 rrmlrt lio rtet wontft tio de
stroyed and it is probable outside of
the financial loss of $30000. which .
the state would sustain in case of fire, t
there wotld be that much more on a 1
comparatively soall number of books
even !f it ware possible to replace
them by purchase.
taikinr; alcut a thirty or forty day ses j
sicm of the legislature w ould do well
to disabuse their iniiitl of any such a
tlnng as that. The constitution makes
it mandatory upon the lawmakers to
stay jn session sixty days and while
the constitution should be "nothing
between friends," it must govern m
Ibis instance at least.
Dut despite this barrier to a shorter
session the lawmakers can get through
with their work and can be ready to
return home at the end of the sixty
day per:od. Lawmaker after lawmaker
who has visited the city since elec
tion has declared himself in favor of
such a program. Now it is up to the
scions to keep their void with the
taxpayers and to show them that not
later than March 20 they will be ready
to park their dudi and return to their
constituents.
Alter all. according to some of the
old-time members among the legis
lators, there are only a comparatively
few things needed to rectify the pres
ent statutes. The present laws do not
miscarry grossly at any place so far
as bus boen reported and it is not
likely that any real harm would be
done if the stat" were to go cn for two
or lour years more under the very
same laws that are now in force. A
glance over the field justifies the as
sertions that there are to be the fol
lowing pieces of legislation proposed
d.iring tiie session:
A public warehouse law, in conform
ity with a pledge of the Democratic
party.
A law making more drastic the stat
ate governing the sale of dope.
Amendment to the present tax laws.
-Pfcjwir.g assessment of property at
hill value, gross earnings tax for Puli
lian company, abolishment of muniei
al taxes for express and telephone
aid telegraph companies, and coI!ec-
tim of this tax by the state.
Amendment to the Smith mortage
ta law, allowing deduction of reai
eaate mortgages only by trust com
panies. 'hanges in the pure elections law
offjouc'as county, giving the election
coimissiorrr power to enforce the
law and preventing the police from
asaming su. h an impoitant part in its
ad ninist ration.
Anendment of the metrcpnlitnn
v.t't district law of Omaha, permit
tingof the manufacture and sale of
c!e-((ical current also
Amendment of th" primary law, so
as ti make the filing of candidates
morvlif!i( ult. In this connection there
may vcrhrps bo ;in aitript made to
do aviy with popular nomination of
some f the under state officials and
give lis duty back to the state oon
ventios. If this is done it is likely
that uiegates to the state convention
will hi selected by some sort of a
county primary system. There will
likely b no attempt made to return
to the aid open primary scheme, as
that is huv deemed bv nearlv overv-
one to b utterly destructive of party
unity at! a force that in the end de
feats th very ends the people seek
to acoondi.-h.
Ksiabiihmont of a registration s?yi5
teni for e "third" cities of the state
such as earnoy. Hastings. Superior,
Columbus Norfolk. Beatrice, Yorji.
Nebraska City. Grand Island. North
Platte ar. Fremont.
I'of sibl consolidation of some of
the cjepuiments of the state over
which thoirovernor has control, such
a? the laor commission, the hotel
commissio; rrd so on
Probable am.-ndment to the state
water pewr laws, clearing up the
status of nie of the important sites
tint have !,eon located upon, hut
which havoiot heen developed, ow ing
to the men stringency in the east.
Knaotnier or' a complete or partial
ly eompletevct of school laws follow
:ng recomtr.dations by the state
school law vision commission.
Provision lor a jury commissioner
fn Douglas j-ounty and other likely
'egr.l reform intended to correct ap
parent miso-riages or delays of jus
tice under sent laws
Possible abl-shment of a state
printing nlr do;ng away with print
ing hwls of bout $7:,.0fiO to 5100,000
a vezr. j
Change inrison lgis'ation. allow
ing establisht.-nt of a broom factory
at the prisorjinder ownership hy the
stnte. "
Possible si lit amendments to the
code insurat" law. rorreotlnz dis-
FRANCIS B. HARRISON.
Governor Gsneral, Who
Minimizes Uprising of
Discontented Filipinos.
In spite of the fact that the Repub
licans are in the minority in both
houses this year and that the lower
ho;is3 majority is decidedly against
them, there is to be a spirited contest
for the Republican speakership nomi
nation. John II. Mockett, who has
held the honor and who was once
speaker in fact, will likely have to
pass over bis title in that connection.
The most widely talked of candidates
in that connection are Jim Nichols of
Madison and Dennis Cronin of Holt
county The latter was a candidate
for the honor at the last session. Mr
Nichols was a member of the lftlC ses
sion and frequently electrified the
members of the house with his flights
of oratory. He acquitted himself with
considerable distinction in the investi
gation of the doings of the railway
commission. On that affair he passed
a pleasant coat of whitewash over the
bodies of the three commissioners.
One of them, Thomas L. Hall, resented
it somewhat and told his friends after
the ordeal had been gone through
with that it should never have been
done In that fashion. There are many
of the members who swear to this day
that Mr. Hall himself brought on the
investigation.
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THIRD ADVANCE ON
WARSAW IS FAILURE
Farmers will have ample representa
tion in the early lists of candidates
Agricultural board members or close
friends, for instance, are entered in
the four important races, the speaker
ship and clerkship of the house and
the presidency and secretaryship of
tbe senate. George Jackson, superin
tendent of gates at tfce fair, is the
candidate for speaker, and George W
Potts, superintended: of sanitation,
is the candidate for clerk. J A. Ollis
of Ord. one of the board of managers
of the state fair, is a candidate for
the secretaryship of tbe senate, and
Peter Wink of Kearney is slated to be
come a candidate for the presidency,
so it is stated here.
Russian View of f.'iliiary Situa
tion In Poland.
Appropriation bills, the bane of the
legislators expediences, will be easier
disposed of this year than in the past
if everything contemplated for their
attention is done. The institutional
budget recommendations of the board
of control will be put up to that new
body exclusively, in all probability,
and its word will go a considerable
distance with the members. The nor
mal board will assume a similar ca
pacity in the matter of appropriations
for the four state normal schools, and
the board of regents will exercise like
influence in the matter of appropria
tions for the state university, the med
ical college at Omaha and the various
experiment stations scattered over
the state. Each of these boards will
be placed in a position to do more
this year than at any time in the past
in the way of keeping down appropria
tions and in giving the solons the ad
vice that they should have before set
tipg aside money for operating ex
penses during the coming two years.
Petrograri,, Dec. 31- The Russian
view of the military situation in Po
land, in the light of recent develop
ments, is that a definite check has
been administered to the Germans.
The evacuation by the Germans oi
the village of Mistrzewice. related offi
cially by the war office, is regarded by
military critics here as ' ringing down
the curtain on the third German ad
vance toward Warsaw."
At a tremendous loss to themselves,
the Germans had succeeded in esta'
lishing a foothold in Mistrzewice, on
the cast bank of the Bzura river, but
their persistent sledgehammer attacks
during the last three weeks failed to
penetrate the Russian line before War
Eaw.
When it became evident that tl
Austrian advance from the Carpathian
mountains had failed, the German
evacuated the village during interval
between Russian attacks. The Aust.
an operations from the Carpathians
evidently formed an integral part o
the general plan of the Germans for
the Warsaw campaign.
Heavy artillery is being brought np
by the Germans along their center be
tween tvkireniewico and the r;en
river. This Is regarded here as purely
a defensive move, designed to prevent
the breaking of the German line by
the Russian infantry forces.
In Galicia the Russians have taken
the important town of Gortiee. fifte
miles south of Tuchow. where the Rus
sians recently halted the west Galicia
army of the Austrians, preventing it
from joining with that of General
Boehm-Ermclli. which was advancing
from Sarck-Lisko. Gorlice is the
junction point of several railroads rm
ning through the Carpathian district
The pursuit of the retreating Aus
trians in the Sanck-Lisko district has
teen carried as far as Yaslisk. on the
extreme left flank of the Austrian
which has been captured. Yaslisk
commands the most important high
way into Hungary.
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Peru Will Entertain Legislators.
The Peru Commercial club will give
a banquet to members of the legisla
ture from that section of Nebraska
this week. A number of leading sena
tors and representatives aud prom
inent men from other parts of the
state have also been invited. TT. C.
Richmond of Omaha has promised to
be present, as has State Superintend
ent elect A. O. Thomas. The plan is
to have these people see Peru and Its
outlook as it really is; also to see the
normal's needs at first hand.
criminations gainst home companies
nrd putting fm on an equal footing
with the foreh companies doing busl.
ness in the ste.
Enactment f a new military eod.
placing tbe n-foal guard cf tbe state
on a parity wrhWhe federal war de
partment andyr.iking it. possible for
troopr; info federal
"d tape than would
Omaha Ordinance Before High Court
Validity of Omaha's ordinance, re
quiring public service corporations to
elevate their overhead wires w henever
required to do so by house movers, at
the corporation's expense, is at stake
in a case appealed to the supreme
bench here. Tbe Omaba. and Council
Bluffs Street Railway company ap
peals from a district court case, in
which W. H. Barnum obtained the up
per hand. The company holds that
the ordinance in question is in viola
tion of the constitutional guaranty
against confiscation of property with
out due process of law.
BELGIANS GETTING U. S. FOOD
German Officials Are Not Interfering
With Distribution.
London. Dec, 31. E. Watts. United
States consul general at .irussels, w ho
is on his way to America on eick
leave, arrived in London.
He told the American commission
for relief in Belgium that the food
stuffs sent to that country were being
wisely distributed and hat the Ger
mans were not interfering in any way
in the work of tho agents of the com
mission.
Between 2"in(m and 30O.O00 people
are fed in Brussels every day, accord
ing to the consul.
swearing ot si-t4
service with ls
be cncountc-reiuttl er exu-ting lawas
Jlembers ari ieady beginning to
Thirteen Important Witneste Called.
Names of thirteen additional wit
nesses who will be called before the
Fnited States commission on inahs
trial relations in its investigation into
American charitable and philanthropic
foundations, to be begun in New York.
Jan 5. were announced by Frark P
Walsh, chairman. Th list includes
names of persons leaditij in the pbi
Jantbropical and business world.
DUMDUM BULLETS DO
NOT Flf ALLIES' GUNS
Washington, Dec. 31. State depart
ment officials have practically com
pleted their investigation of charges
by the German ambassador, Count
von Bernstorff, that dumdum bullets
were being supplied from the United
States to the armies of the allies.; An
answer to Count von Bernstorff will be
made within the next few days.
The department's investigators have
reported that the samples of'dumdum
bullets submitted by the German am
bassador as having been made in the
United States would not fit any rifle
being used by tbe allies.
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IN PLATTSMOUTH
FORTY YEARS AGO.
r-oii in v.hiui ;-he wa ;iUi'
The
woun.l apnare '".ly ';-:i!ci, but (-. f
hor toes commenci-i to g-tow c;.e l.
cau.-incr suth jsain that she -.; 1 to
have it amputate.l la-t Monciav a
VJ vcfK. The ope-iatin w is nerformc I
l.-y Dr. J. V. Waterman of Louisville.
The following arc the officers of
Macoy Lodge No. 22, A. F. and A. M.,
for the ensuing vcur:
W. M. V. V. Leonard.
S. W.E. B. Lewis.
J. W. R. Baliance.
Treasurer J. N. Wi.-e.
Chaplain J. W. Carries.
Senior Steward Vvr. R. Dai rah.
Junior Steward II Petersen.
Tyler A. Jerkersen.
S. Deacon E. A. Kirkpatrick.
J. Deacon W. B. Shryock.
At th?
riattsmou
t""-, lay e-.
follow irg
regular meeting of the
th fire 'r--.i r:ne nt on Wed.
etiin?, Xo' -ember 17th. the
fiirers vcre e'evted:
We hr.ri quite a Utile flurry on the
owl train from Omaha Monday night.
Somebody left a stone trcin on the
main track, and "we uns" ran irto it
ku-smash, up-ending- two or three
platform cars. It throwed Hatt over
on t-cenan, the marbie man, an I
t.if.ped Mike Murphy amonjrst the
other males, just where he's used to
being.
Chief cn-inttr, Wm. L. Wc'l, ; a -sixtunt
chief enrir:ee-, 'J. M. fStie.ght;
r: w ndent, Jes. W. .John-ot,; sec
retary Rtmh O. Fellow.-; treasurer, J.
Ph. Your-.
Ermine Comra:;y i'o-cma.n, 1". .7.
Mctteer; f::st assi.-tur.t foiema'., H.
Sage; second a; sistunt foreman, !. D.
Murpliy.
Hook and L:. b.lcr I c eman. Win.
B. Shryock: firjt assi: ir.nt ft-re-na:i.
Yv'. J. Mur.holu; st-end a.-.i..ta::t.
foreman, Pat:ey Mrti-ey.
The ladies of the Presbyterian
church desire most heartily to ex
press their thanks to Gen. Jeff C.
E. Petersen' of Chariiori, Iow,
lived in tho city this mroning t j ve il
with his wife here for a feu day a".
he ""lome of her sister, Mrs. 1.
Karnes an 1 family, ar.d t' atte-:i'.
Karnes golden weddinyr.
1!.
tii'
Paul Morgan and w ife, w ho !.a'. e
been he: o vL iti.ng with lela'.ivcs and
Davis, the commandinf: officer oflfrier.d? over Christmas, departed this
State department officials also have c
been informed by an American diplo-1
mat just back from Europe that he
found no ground" lor charges that Bel
gians ha been mutilated by German
Koldieri. -
Omaha barracks, and to Col. Charles
Bird, adjutant of the post, for the
delicious music furnished by the band
I tainment
Mrs. Goodwin was hot in the foot
about a year ago, caused hy the dis
charge of a loaded gun which v-a
afternoon for their heme in Hay
Springs, Xeb.
CASTOR I A
Tor Infart and Children.
Tii9 Kind Yea Have Always Eoht
Bears the
carelessly laid in the bottom of the signature of
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