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RED CLOUD NEBRASKA
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NEW CURRENCY BILL GIVES
NATIONAL BANK8 THE RIGHT.
AN UP TO DATE MONARCH
New Emperor of Japan It Modern In
His Method W. C. T. U. to
Start Anti-Tobacco.
Crusade.
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Wnshlngton. Tlio newly Introduced
currency bill contnlns ti proposition nl
lowing national bnnkB to loan money
on real ostnto that Ih meeting with
tho approval of most of tho men In
congress who como from farming
states. 11111b for this purpoRo ba"o
been before congress for a long time,
most of them Introduced by western
men. The present provision limits
loans of this character to nine months
and nllowB national banks to loan an
aggregate sum on real estate ciual to
25 per cent of their capital and sur
plus and f0 per cent of their time
dopoBltB. Only banks not In reserve
or central .reserve cHIcb arc allowed
the privilege.
To Start Antl-Tobncco Campaign.
Lincoln. Tho W. C. T. U. Is going
to start n campaign against tho uso of
tobacco by minora. F.apcclally toward
tho clgaretto will tho light bo waged.
Mrs. I S. Corey, Btato stipcrlntciulent
of tho anti-narcotics department of tho
union, will direct tho campaign. It
will bo remembered that It was (Mrs.
Corey who framod tho now law regit
latlng the uso of tobacco, II. R. 313,
passed In 1911. This law Is very brief,
having but threo short flections. It
imply Btntes that It shall bo unlaw
ful for nny minor under tho ago of 18
yeara to Bmoko cigarettes, cigars, or
uso tobacco in nny form whatover.
IS MODERN IN HIS WAYS.
New Emperor of Japan la an Up-to-Date
Monarch.
Toklo Tho late Emperor Mutstihlto,
Who reigned during tho "era of enlight
enment" was uverso to photography
and electricity. Ho never sat for his
portrait, and lie nover,allowed nu elec
tric light to be Installed in tho resi
dential part of tho palnce, which was
lighted with candles and oil lamps.
HIb successor to tho throno, Yoshlhlto,
hnB changed all this. Tho now em
peror shows no disinclination toward
either photography or electricity. He
hns ant time after time for his photo
graph. In net, ho Is an amateur pho
tographer himself. Ho has n number
of cameras, and Is fond of "snapping"
his children In tho royal garden. As
to electricity, ho has ordered the
candles nnd oil lamps In the Chlyodn
palaco In Toklo to be replaced by mod
ern electric lights, tho Installation of
which has Just boon completed.
Suffragets Use Combustibles In Malls
Edinburgh. Tho militant suffra
getto campaign was resumed here
with tho biggest raid that had yet
been mado on mall boxes. Twolvo ol
theso receptacles from one end of tho
town to tho other wero attacked.
Chemists tubes tilled with a colorless
ncld which caught flro when tho glass
was broken woro dropped into the
boxes by tho suffragettes and many
letters were damaged.
Confusion of Orders Fatal.
Valejo, Cal. A confusion of orders
that may never bo explained brought
death to fourteen persons Thursday
when two olectric trains met head-on
near hero whlio running at high
Bpeed. Elovon wero Instantlv killed,
threo died within n short timo nnd
threo of tho thirty or moro Injured arc
perhaps fatally hurt.
St. Louis. Tho strike of Bell tele
phone operators assumed more serious
proportions when union labor leaders
threatened a sympathetic Btrlko of as
many unionists ns could bo mustered
unless tho telephono company boon
uccedes to the demands of tho "hello"
girls.
Fourth of July Reception at London.
London. Waiter nines Pago, tho
American ambassador to the court of
St. James, has put an end to tho
rumors that there was to bo no recep
tion In London on tho Fourth of July
by definitely announcing that there
would bo no break in tho ambassa
dorial custom. Even if he was unable
iu Mvei uis compatriots in his ov
residence. owim in i. .nu ......
of
securing n suitable- house, ho would
ho Bald, llnd temporary quarters li
which to entertain them.
Found Gold in Meteor.
Fresno, Cal. -Fred Williams.
larmer. urouglit to liakorsfleld a chi
of metal having tho appearanco
tOlid gold. Which llO lipplnrn.l .
chunk
of
enmo
irom a meteor found nt a iiimtii nf u
Ix-
teen feet on his farm whlio digging
a
uii "juhiiiih was seeiiing an nsaay
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or
to
a number of Jewelers who pronounced
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buried metal must weluh n limit
ho
tons, n is only an inch and a half
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THE NEW TARIFF BILL
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AGUINALDO HAS A MISSION
Said to be Negotiating for Philippine
Independence Militant 8uffra-
gette Escapes In Man's
Attl're.
Washington. Important reductions
In tho Underwood tariff bill rates on
jron, steel nnd other motnl products,
.tho addition of cattle, wheat, pig iron,
Angora wool, nnd ninny other nrtlcles
Jto tho freo list, and nn increase In
Tates on many classes of cotton goods
and some silk products, wero tho chief
features of tho revised tariff bill, an It
wna laid beforo Bonato democrats Fri
day by Chairman Simmons of tho fin
,'nnco committee. After weeks of work
in which overy Item hail undergone
cloao scrutiny by r.ubconitnltteoa of
the majority menibcr&hlpof tho llnanco
committee tho redrafted mvuBiiro was
brought Into the democratic caucus.
For two hourB tho Important changes
wero explained nnd tho bill thou was
HENRY F. HOLLIS
Henry F. Holds Is the first Demo
'cratlc senator to be elected from New
Hampshire since 1855. He Is a gradu
ate of Harvard, a lawyer and resides
In Concord.
mado public. Experts of tho com
mltteo nt onco began work on a com
prchonslvo summary of tho changes.
Escapes In Man's Attire.
"London. Miss Lillian ,Lonton the
miUtnnt suffragette who was convicted
of having started tho llro in tho Kew
tea garden pavilion and who lias
given tho pollco much trouble, has
escaped In man's clothes from tho
Jiouso where bIio was living in Leeds
pending tho expiration of her license.
Miss 1enton was released from Jail in
March because of illness caused by a
.hunger strike Sho broke her llcenso
nnd wns not heard of again until Juno
JO, when alio wns arrested nt Don
caster under dramatic circumstances.
AGUINALDO HAS A MISSION.
,Son of Former Leader Thought to to
Negotiating for Independence of
Philippines.
Toklo. The newspapers hero report
tho arrival in Toklo of John Agulnnldo,
.son of Emlllo Agulnaldo, tho former
'Filipino revolutionary leader. They
say ho woro Japanese dress and camo
to Toklo secretly, being followed later
iby a suite of three Filipinos. Tho
newspapers rellect the impression
which obtains In some quarters that
Agulnnldo has come to Japan to tako
advantage of tho negotiations between
Jnpan and tho United States to secure
tho liberation of tho Philippines from
American rule.
On 8ummlt of Mt. McKlnley.
Seattle, Wash. Archdeacon Hudson
Stuck, tho Episcopal missionary who
sot out from Fairbanks,, Alaskn, sev
eral months ago to climb Mount Mc
Klnley, reached tho summit of tho
highest peak of the great mountain
Juno 7.
Washington. Chlof Justice Whlto
has grantod an appeal to tho supremo
court for Samuel Gompers, John
(Mitchell nnd Frank Morrison, labor
lenders, convicted of contempt of
court.
"Washington. Secretary Brynn nnd
Norwegian Minister Bryn (Monday
signed a treaty extending for another
term of flvo years tho Bpec'lal arbitra
tion treaty betwoon tho United Stntes
nnd Norway, which will oxplro by lim
itation on Juno 24. This makes llfteen
puch treaties now before tho senate
for ratification.
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Moose Jaw, Saslc A serious storm
which swept tills section Wednesday
overturned buildings, killed live stock,
nnd caused other damago that will run
well Into tho thousands.
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During tho coming celebration of tho fiftieth anniversary of tho battle
of Gettysburg thlB house, which was General Mcado'a headquarters, will b
a center of Interest. It la on tho Tarrytown road.
MUST INSPECT ALL MEATS
PRESIDENT APPROVES CURRENCY
REFORM MEASURE.
Blow that May Paralyze Australian
Industry Eighty Girls Cremat
ed by Russian Sugar
Laborers.
Washington. The administration
currency bill hns been made public by
Representative Glass, chairman of tho
Iioubo committee on banking and cur
rency. It will be Introduced In the
house and senate after President Wil
son hns delivered In person his nddress
to congress next week. An outllno of
tho mensuro prepared by Mr. Glass
states that It will be gone over In de
tail for' alterations, and sets out that
ita purposo is to accomplish three
principal objects provision for redls
counting commercial paper of speci
fied types; n bnsjs Tor elastic notes
properly safeguarded; machinery for
doing foreign bnnking business. Tho
menBUro essentially provides for
twolvo or more federal reserve banks,
which will rediscount paper, deal in
government securities, exchange nnd
conduct government ilscal operations.
National banks nnd Buch stnto banks
nnd trust companies na conform to
stnndarda will bo stockholders of the
reserve banks. The government would
hold no stock.
Laborers Cremate Russian Girls.
St. Petersburg. Eighty gtrlB wero
burned to death by villagers enraged
at tho importation of cjieap girl labor
ers to work on .a BUg'ar estate in tho
district of Pirlatin. in tho province of
Poltava, southern Russia, according to
tho Kiev newspaper, Llamln.' Tho ex
cited villagers first securoly fastened
all the means of exit from n wooden
barn In which the clrls wero hmiso.l.
Then they Bet fire to tho building
wniie tho Inmates were still aslcop and
all wero burned to deathwithout n
chanco to cscapo.
MU8T INSPECT ALL MEATS.
Blow that May Paralyze the Austra
Han Industry.
San Francisco, Cal. A blow that
may paralyzo tho new Australian meat
Industry ,haa como from tho depart
ment of agriculture nt Wnshlngton In
tho shape of nn order which requires
thnt every piece of ment In cargoes
from Australia must bo examined by
the local Inspectors. Heretofore ship
ments have been Judged by the In
spection of n few pieces selected nt
random. Tho order menns, it is stat
ed, thnt tho.. work of unlnnrilni n
cargo, formerly a matter of nbout
iweive nours, will not take from three
to five days and tho cost of handling
will bo affected.
Ascot En?. Fired by tho roeent ex
nmplo of Miss Emily Wilding Davlsson
during n derby, n male Hiiffrniret
Thursday committed Bulcldo by fling
ing nimsoir in rront of August Bel
mont's 4-yenr-oUl Tracery, during tho
race for tho valuablo Ascot gold cup.
His act dep'rlved the American sports
man of a good chance of capturing tho
trophy. Tho man was killed on the
spot. The horso and Its rider, al
though they wero both thrown to tho
ground, wero not harmed.
Gettysburg, Pa. Former President
Tnft will preside over tho Catherine
nnd deliver the oration on July 4, the
closing any or tne celebration or the
nnnlversary of tho battle of Gettys
burg. x-
Hessian Fly Makes Appearance.
Howe, Neb. Tho Insect that has
been damaging wheat in this part of
tho stnto has been pronounced the
Hessian fly by the department of ento
mology of tho stnto university. The
insect will develop Into n full-grown
fly by tho ond of September nnd, un
less mennn nro used for its destruc
tion, will attnok tho young sprouts of
rnu wneat. Tne stato university is
Bonding out bulletins on tho hUtory
nnd habits of the fiy, with extended
directions for Its destruction this fall.
MEXICO AN UNDESIRABLE LOCA.
TION FOR AMERICANS.
Wife of Man Killed During Convict
Chase Gets Voucher for $4,000
Searching for Missing
Nebraska Girl.
San Francisco, Cal. Forty-two men,
women and children nrrlved here
Wcdnesdny from the west const of
Mexico on the British tramp steam
Bhlp Colllnghnm, the first of two
freighters pressed into emergency pas
senger service for tho transportation
of refugees. They asserted that hun
dreds of Americans wero anxious to
leavo the west coast but were unable
to procure passage. At Guaymas, they
said, women were camping In tonts on
tho bench waiting for a chanco to em
bark on somo vessel coming north
ward. Tho federals wero still holding
aunymas when tho Colllngham sailed,
but a strong insurrectionary forco was
encamped at Ortiz, forty-seven miles
north of the port and an attack was
expected at any moment.
Searching for Missing 8lster.
Denver, Colo. Searching for his
slstor, who disappeared Bix years ago,
Clarence Young of Tecumseh, Neb., is
In Denver. Ho has failed to get any
clew to'the whereabouts of tho miss
ing girl, Bertha Alice Young, but hopes
that someone who knows her may ad
vise her to write to him at Tecumseh,
as it Is necessary to find hor to sottlo
her mother's estate. Miss Young was
working in a music Btoro at Auburn,
Neb., Immediately before her disap
pearance. Sho had not informed her
family of hor intention of leaving thnt
place, but failed to appear for work
one morning nnd her family hns not
had nny word from hor Bince, nlthough
about two weeks later sho was report
ed to have been seen In Kansas City.
MRS. BLUNT GETS VOUCHER.
Will Ask Next Session for Further
Compensation.
Lincoln, Neb. David Anderson of
Sarpy county, father of Mrs. Roy
Blunt, whose husband was killed while
acting as hostago to tho convicts In
the chase which terminated near his
homo, appeared at tho state house
Wednesday and asked for the voucher
for $4,000 which tho lato legislative
session appropriated for his daughter's
relief. "Mrs. Blunt is not at all satis
fied with this amount, but sho wilt
take It," said Mr. Anderson. "But she
will ask the members of tho next ses
sion to compensate her further for the1
loss of her husband." Tho $3,000 set
asldo for Roy Blunt, Jr., will be paid
over Just as soon as a guardian is ap
pointed for him.
Train Crashes Into Auto.
Oxford, Nob. Thomas Askoy and
his half-brother, Ray Askey, wero In
stantly killed, and Frank Morris had
an arm and leg broken nnd wns other
wise seriously but not fatally Injured
Wednesday evening, when tho nutomo
bllo In which they wero riding was
struck by a fast passenger train on
the Burlington two miles west of here.
Tho three mon, togother with Morris
two brothers, hnd been at Arapahoe
and had Just returned in tho auto,
mobile.
Mexico City. An autograph letter
from the German emporor recogniz
ing the Mexican administration has
been placed In tho hands of Provis
ional President Huertn by Herr Von
KnrdorfT, tho charge d'affaires of the
German legation.
Bandits Hold Up Illinois Train.
Springfield, 111. Tho Diamond spe
cial of tho Illinois Central railroad was
hold up at 12:10 .o'clock Wednesday
morning nenr Glennrm, thirteen miles
south of this city- According to Con
ductor Nicholas Wlllams, who report
ed the hold-up to tho-sheriff's office by
long distance telephone, two masked
mon flogged the train nnd compelled
tho trainmen to upcouplo tho englno
nnd tho exnrcsB car and to run nhomi.
Tho passengers were marooned in tho
coaches nt ths point whore tho twin
wns stopped.
BRIEF NEWS OK NfeUftASKA.
Auburn Is discussing the problem of
street paving.
Weeping Water will celebrate the
Fourth on an elaborate Bcale.
Nuckolls county commissioners
have decided not to permit Sunday
ball.
Over a hundred delegates attended
tho sessions of the P. li O. conven
tion at Hebron.
A two months old bnby girl was left
en the doorsteps of a Lincoln couple,
who will adopt It.
To hasten work on tho Tecumseh
drnlnago ditch tho contractors will
put In a second dredge.
Henry Arp, a farmer residing nenr
Washington, sustained a fractured nVm
and leg when he fell from tho hayloft
of his barn.
Tho Wymore city council hns
pnssed an ordinnnce calling for a ref
erendum Juy 1 on the question of
Sunday hasebnll.
A contract for decorating the Sew-
nrd county court house has been lot.
All the rooniB throughout tho building
will bo decorated.
A little son of Richard Mnson nt
Howe was caught In the gear of a
gnsolino engine and had his hand
crushed nnd torn.
At n mooting of tho Wnhoo Commer
cial club it w.ib decided to boost for
tho county fair and two big bargain
days for that place.
Tho nlfaira in tho upper Platte val
ley was never in better condition than
nt present as n result of tho favorable
year nnd abundant rains.
It seems reasonably certain that the
Wayno normal will get the now ad
ministration building thnt wns asked
of tho board of education.
L. G. Anderson lost several fingers
In a sausage machine In n Fremont
butcher Bhop, and has brought suit
against tho proprietor for $15,000.
Clifford McCosh nnd his wife wero
badly Injured Sunday night when nn
ncetyllno gas plant exploded nt the
homo of Henry Bremer at Beatrice.
Beatrice is assured of nineteen
blocks of paving In the residence dis
trict and a petition Is now being cir
culated for paving fourteen blocks
more.
The old Tribune building at Fre
mont, the home In the pioneer dnya
of the Fremont Tribune, 1b being de
molished by order of the state fire
commissioner.
While nttending a case of ptomalno
poisoning, Dr. Guidlnger of Dodge
was attacked by tho samo malady, and
another physician had to bo called to
attend him.
Weeping Water Is to hnvo the dis
tinction of being the smallest town in
tho state vhero a chapter of tho
Daughters 'or he American Revolution
may bo found.
Tho explosion of a mall order oil
stove In the homo of John Brnucr at
Deshlcr camo close to causing a dis
astrous fire. Prompt work of the fire
department saved tho building.
"Vic" Holmes, a well known resi
dent of Wymore is dead at his homo
in that city, following a stroke of' apo
plexy. Mr. Holmes was formerly
street commissioner of Wymore.
Thero Is talk among tho baseball
"fans" of Beatrlco for Sunday base
ball to bo played nt tho driving park,
Just outside tho city limits. The mat
ter will bo taken up with tho board
of supervisors.
A brick school house near Steele
City was destroyed by fire, Involving
a loss of $4,000 to tho district. The
llro wns discovered enrly in tho morn
ing nnd it is supposed that tramps
woro responsible.
Tho Gago county board of supervis
ors will readvertlse for bids for tho
building of county bridges. In May
tho annual bridgo bids wero read but
rejected by tho board on the grounds
that thoy were too complicated.
Tho ditching crow with the power
dredgo at Sterling on tho Nemaha
drainage ditch project ditched the big
channel for tho river a distance of
forty rods, contrary to tho proper sur
vey, nnd tho work will-have to bo
dono over.
The 12 year old son of Rudolph-Gun-
thr, near Tecumseh. wns caught In
tho cogs of a power pump and lost a
leg.
Adjutant General Hall has appointed
Major A. H. Holllngworth of Beatrice
aB temporary commnnder of the mn
chlno gun company for tho purpose of
assisting in recruiting it to full
strength.
W. C. Norton, editor of tho Hum
boldt Stnndnrd. has gono to Rochester,
'Minn., to consult with physicians nnd
if thought best to submit to an oper
ation for relief from a long standing
lntornal trouble.
Tho Beatrice Cold Storago company
has purchnsed tho Blair Poultry nnd
Crenmery company's plant which will
be operated In connection with tho
Beatrice establishment.
Friday, tho 13th, whilo too Btrenu
ously celebrating his 39th birthday,,
Joseph Hondrio (13 letters) wns nr-'
rested and fined $13 by n Hastings
Judge (13 letters). Hendrlo says ho
was born and married on tho 13th and
lost his wife on the 13th.
Tho sum of $1,980 will bo expended
by Seward county during tho next few
months In decorating the walls of tho
court house.
Robert Krepel of Dodge was almost
Instantly killed when hiB autoinobllo
turned turtle near Scribner.
Edith Joy, a year-old Falrbury girl,
fell from a high chnlr.nnd received In
juries which resulted in her death a
few hours later.
Tho Falrbury council has received
ndvico from Ed Campbell nt Crete
that ho cannot accept tho superlntondi
ency of tho wntor and light plant.
Grand Island will have the-highest
school lovy In tho history of tho city.
Tho board of education has voted to
Iscrease the lovy ten mills, making It
total 23 mills.
PROTECT JE BIROS
FARMERS WANT PRAIRIE CHICK
ENS PROTECTED.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Want Prairie Chicken Protected.
Nebraska farmers nnd reform
sportsmeu nro Interested In tho futo
or tho pralrlo chicken. In view of tho
fnct that tho chicken Is n valuable
asset to tho farmer, they feel that tho
penson should bo closed for tho com
ing live years. Tho present liberality
of the Nebraska game laws presages
extinction, according to n number of
them, nnd they nro nnxlous to see tho
bird family propagated, Instead of de
Ftroyed. The pralrlo chicken Is nn
Industrious consumer of insect posts.
As man as 1.R00 grasshoppers have
been taken from tho stomach of a
Rlnglo bird of that species, and 300 po
tato bugs from tho craw of another.
The pralrlo chicken loves to feed In.
timothy pastures, clover nnd wheat
fields. Tho protection of tho birds,
would mcM.n millions of dollars to the
pralrlo stnTc farmers during the next
twenty years.
Commission Is Appointed.
Announcement or the appointment
of u commission in accordance with
tho provisions of a bill passed by tho
lute legislative session has been mado
by Governor 'Morchead.
Thoso who will comprise tho body
are: Prof. George O. Virtue or Lincoln, a.
member or the university raculty.
J. H. Grosvcuor, of Aurora, an at
torney. C. A. Schaeppel of Pawnee Clty
county treasurer.
C. W. Senrs of Omaha, an attorney.
E. B. Gaddis of Lincoln, a newspaper
mna.
Tho commission will seek to ferret
out changes that Bhould bo made la
tho revenue nnd taxation laws of tho
stato and to that end will investigate
'laws of all states whero various tax
problems aro believed to have been,
solved more satisfactorily than In Ne
braska. Tiio members will work in.
conjunction with tho legislative rerer
ence bureau, and will make a public
report not later than July 1, 1914. The
report will embrace a general review
or taxation matters nnd suggested,
changes for Nebraska revenuo laws.
Trying to Handicap Twine Factory.
Information has been received by
ho state board or control Indicating:
thnt a combination is being formed
to hinder and, ir possible, prevent th
Btato or Nebraska from starting a.
binding twine factory nt tho stnto
ponitentlnry. Tho lnformntlon showa
thnt twine fnctorfl-s aro taking nn in
terest in tho matter with a view to
making It unpleasant for tho sLito
board of control to carry out tho-
wishes of tho legislature ns partially
expressed in a bill passed last winter
appropriating $35,000 for ranchinery
for a twlno factory. Tho board or
control will Investigate the situation
and then act accordingly.
To Remodel State House.
Plans foi5 tho remodoling of the
rourth story or tho cnpltol building
hnvo been brought to tho state housw
by Stato Architect Miller. As 6ut
linod at present tho plans contem
plate tho completion or the spaco
that has heretofore gone to waste
around tho dome. Tho railway coin
mission will occupy the greater sharo
of tho addition to floor spaco and will
havo tho physical valuation depart
ment located adjacent to its offices.
Tho Improvement will allow tho ex
pansion of other stato departments
and will likely glvo the board or con
trol an opportunity to occupy tho
prcsent quarters or tho railway com
mission. With tho completion or tho
fourth story, elevator service is to bo
installed in the building.
Lleutennnt John E. Hnughn of the
Fremont signnl corps has resigned as
an officer of tho Nebraska national
guard. Being engaged in railroad
work ho round it impossible for hlra.
to drill with his company.
Wholesale adulteration of linseed
oil, sold In Nebraska after Importa
tion rrom other states, is charged by
Doputy Stato Pure Food and Oil Com
missioner Campbell. After Inspec
tion covering n large part of the state.
Campbell asserts that adulteration of
imported oil is tho rule rather than
the exception. Crude petroleum Is.
mixed with the pure oil to tho extent
of from 10 to 50 per cent ho charges.
Tho adulteration practically ruins the
lasting qualities of paint In-which the
mixture Is used. According to Camp
bell, It Is causing an annual loss of
thousands of dollars to Nebraska. '
Secretary J, A. Piper of the stato
prison board considers It a good
record made by that body when
eighty convicts were paroled In six
months and ISO altogether since tho
lndetermlnno sentenco law went into
effect two years ago. Ho thinks tho
fact that only thirteen paroled men
have "Jumped, their Jobs" and left for
parts unknown Is a creditable show.
Ing; likewise, tho record of only ten
men who quarreled with their employ
ers nnd wero roturned to tho penl
tontlnry. nnd only three men com
mitted now crimes while out on parole
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