THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 1, 1917. Nebraska FREMONT STARTS TO TURNOUT LIGHTS Scarcity of Coal Causes City Fathers to Begin Campaign of Fuel Conservation; Food Campaign Progresses. ft :i Fremont, Xeb.. Oct. 31. (Special Telegram.)- In an effort to conserve the fuel supply, the board of public works has started a campaign among business men and Fremont citizens to ! conserve the electric current used for Hating and lighting purposes. The board has issued instructions to hum only the top lights of the electroliers and is urging business men to be con servative in the burning of their window lights. The coal situation is becoming acute and drastic measures are needed it is declared. Dies of Dread Disease. Roy Anderson, 28 years of age, a prominent young man of North Bend, died at his home at that place from an attack of infantile paralysis. Mr. Anderson was . taken ill last Thursday and physicians at first pro nounced the ailment grip. He was a :,metnbr. of the firm of Anderson Bros., nurserymen. His parents, Mr., and Mrs. V. B. Anderson, one brother and one sister survive. William Weeks Hurt Mrs. Harry Ownes has been calle: to Grand Island by the injury of her son, William Weeks, who was hurt in an automobile accident near Cen tral City, Mr, Weeks was taken from the wreckage in an unconscious con nilion. 1 he car went into the ditch. Sign Food Pledges. Of the 50 districts of Dodge county reporting, 11 give an enrollment o 100 per cent in the food pledge cam paign. Thirty-five more districts are to be heard from. According to re ports so tar received but a very small per cent ot housewives are re fusing to sign the cards. John Schriver Hurl. John Schriver suffered the fracture of his right leg and the dislocation o his knee cap when a cable attached to a house-moving machine broke and struck mm. ) Will Inherit Estate. George A. Moore, a former Fre mont boy, will inherit the fortune of $30.(A0 left by Mr. and Mrs. JaniM R. Boyd, who were asphyxiated at tneir nome- m Lincoln. Mr. Moore is a grandson. He is the son of A. e. .Moore, a former Fremont rtui dent, and. is a graduate of the Fre mont high school. ... Franklin Spends Large . Sum for Improvements ' Franklin. Neb.. Oct. 31. rWrial Improvements costing approximate, ly $200,000, have been built In Frank lin since unrina .and this ! mntuiiail i to be a 'dull year, too.: Foremost in k i... : . - j L.f.i (...'I, yin mi l IICW IIIUUCIll nuici uuuu- ing, containing j58 guest rooms, large lobby, dining room, kitchen, ladies' waiting room, men's waiting room, and living rooms for the owners, mlil.l. ...Ill tinnrirt ..a mi ii win wit f ju,uwi wncn com " .. . ..... i ' i j v x' . kin j vau Next in importance is a new modern school building costing $35,000. . A fine new ffirao. a 10 (H)fl.Knlil .le vator, new store building 24x120, new larmers union - maiding, new meat market building, 10-room office build ing, new store building 24x40, several new residences, new encrine and o&n. erator at the municipal power plant' costing u,iuu, new plate glass.fronts . m k(....t L..M.M t ' 1 ' i ' ;ciii siurc uunuings, oncK side walks replaced by cement 10 feet wide down Fifteenth street and marty other minor improvements go to make up Franklin a hi at srain tlm vear. A sewer system and pavements are oeing talked ot tor next year. Pioneer of McPhcrson ' - County Kills Himself Tryon, Neb., Oct 31. (Special.) -W. T. Harvey, pioneer of McPherson county, committed suicide some time. Between f noay night and Sunday nigni ny. snooting nunselt with ;a .10- c lucre ihntortin: U ru.1H n top of a haystack, held the gun in the left hand and with the right took a stick and pushed the trigger. The ioaa went into tits head just above the right eye, killing him instantly. He was well off, owning two or three sec tions of land. His 6lks had been looking for him since Friday and he was found Monday afternoon about 4 o'clock. Keith County Has Bought . $90,000 Worth of Bonds Ogallala, Neb., Oct. 31 (Special.) J. W. Welpton, president of the Ex change bank here and also the Keith county chairman of the Liberty loan committee, reports that the subscrip tions to the second Liberty loan ag gregated $90,000, instead of $60,000, as formerly stated. This did not include the aubscriptions of the Union Pacific employes on the two company lines that pass through the county. .. , , Stromsburg Minister to , 1 ' Do "Y" Work at Camp Cody Stromsburg, Neb., Oct. 3l.(Spe ciaL) Rev. John L. Barton, pastor of the Eden Baptist church of. this city, has been granted a three months' leave of absence to do Young Men's Christian association-work at Camp Cody, Deming, N. M. He will leave for Deming November 4. ' Large Cattle' Sale. ' " f Milfer.-5.Dr, Oct! M. (Special.) One of the largest cattle sales held in South Dakota this year took place! at the Schriver yards at Miller, when 1,040 cattle of all ages were sold for a total of $64,000. Weather conditions were bad on the day of the sale, but notwithstanding this, there was a large attendance of buyers. On No vember 2, Magness brothers will hold a sale of Hereford cattle at St Law rence, being one of the Hereford cir cuit sales now being carried on in the state. About 750 Hereford cattle will be offered at the sale" . ; . . South Dakota Towns in Battle For County Seat Clark, S. D., Oct. 31. (Special.) The indications now are that Clark county is facing a spirited county seat fight next year. Citizens of El rod, it has been learned, are circulat ing a petition asking the county com missioners to order 'a vote taken on a proposition to remove the county seat .from Clark to Elrod at the next general election in November, 1918. Claries Mackey of Elrod, one of the leaders in the movement, is quoted as saying that about 25 petitions are in circulation in the county, and that El rod boosters have hn planning the move for about two years. The county Is" in need of a ;iew Court house-, and thejKlrod men, according to Mr. Mackey, believe this to be an auspicious time to agitate the removal. ; h. E. Kneedy, an attorney of Aber deen, is said to have drawn up the petition for the Elrod people. Clark is near the center of the county, on the Chicago & Northwestern rail way. Elrod is a few miles from the eastern boundary of the county, but is on both the Milwaukee and North western roads, and this is one argu ment the F'rod people are using in behalf of that town. i . Edgar Man Diet.' ; Edgar.' Neb., Oct., 31. (Special.) J. B. Graham died last night at the hospital in Hastings, aged 49 years, of infection and necrosis of the bone of the hip due to an old trouble dat ing from childhood, following scarlet fever. He was taken to Hastings Oc tober 21 and was operated on the fol lowing day. Funeral services will be held Thursday from the Presbyterian church of Edgar, ' " " Hastings Masons Give $100 ) Bond to Masonic Home Ecaver City, Neb., Oct. 31 (Spe cial.) Noon McMurran mailed to Francis E. White, Omaha, grand sec retary of the Masonic grand lodge, a Liberty bond for $100 which is to be placed to the benefit of the Masonic home at Plattsmouth. The bond is presented by the. Liberty class of Hastings Consistory Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons. The class con sists of 42 members from the south western part, of the state, who took the degree last' week at Hastings, and are as follows: B. T. Butler, Cmbrlillie: O. B. BUek tono. Hntlnr; I.. H. Hrand, Haatlnn'l U M. (.'qllnt. Raiting; R. A. Campbell, Lebanon; II. II. Kaiton, Kuntlii; J. A. fclsen bargrr. May wood; M. F. I)cti. Mailing; I,. H. Pom Id. Grand Iiland: J. M. Drol ling, Haatlnga; V. H. Kldredga. Halting; T. R. Oaiton, Halting! ; J. J. Oraen. Moore flold; 8. A. Ifayne, Malting; A. K. Hw.k man. Hailing; W. W. Hodlund, InglMlde; C. P. Hord, Hendlnjr; P. Ij. Hill, Fairfield; r. B. Hupp. Lebanon; M. T. J. Jnttir, Mln danj C. I. Johnton, Beaver City; J. H. John on, Birtrand: W. T. Kalleyi Beaver City; B. P. KlMlngir. Fairfield ; W. O. F. Lum Uy, Beaver City; D. B. McClelland, Beaver City; Noon McMurran, Beaver City; C. J. Meyer, Halting; A. V. Nlckoinon, Beaver City; C. E. Pop, Sutton; V. fl. Prldeaux. Beaver City; J. D. Phillip, Heaver Clly; I. T. eimm. Haatlng; V. l. Hmlth, Beaver City; B. C. Smith, Beaver City. W. H. Swanion, Halting; H. W. Thorndlk. Cam bridge; H. l. Turblt, Halting; A. R. Thompion, Halting; R. M. VanOllder, Hailing: O. M. Wagner, Euitii; K. L. Vutiy, Cambridge. J. D. Phillips nd Noon McMur ran, both of this city, are president and secretary, respectively of the Liberty class. NORMAL BOARD IN BAD0N FINANCE Treasurer Hall Says Body Is Quarter of Million Dollars in Hole and Is Still Spend ing Money. From a Staff Correspondent ) Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 31. (Special Telegram.) The State Normal board is in bad financially, according x to State Treasurer Hall, who returned today from a meeting of the board at Chadron. The board is already about a quar ter of a million in the hole and has expended $350,000 of the $400,000 ap propriated for the present biennium. The report of Secretary H. E. Reische shows that the board has appropriated and is spending all of the appropriation for the coming year and has diverted $12,000 of funds set aside for the purchase of land at each of the normals for farm demonstration work. Negro Convict Strikes Giiard on Head With Bottle " Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 31. -(Special.) Ed Helm, a negro, who is serv ing a life term in the Sioux Falls penitential for shooting and killing a railway brakeman, near Scotland sev eral years ago, because the brakeman attempted to put him off the train, nearly added" another murder to his rernrrl thi wed- when llf without uiarnino- arrnrW Andrew Wall, a CUard at the penitentiary; ovet the head With' a heavy bottle. The guard's scalp was split open : by "C torce oi the blow, but fortunately his skull was nn frirtureH Tht nrom it strnnflr and powerful and of a fierce disposi tion ana tanes aavaiuage oi every op- nnrtnnitv tn mV trouble for the guards and others about the prison. Sixty Aggies Will Leave ' School to Work on Land Lincoln, Oct 31. (Special.) Six ty students of the School of Agri culture have signified their intention of leaving school to help with farm work during the next few weeks Fifteen will go next Saturday and other contingents during the succeed' ing two weeks. All must make re turn to school not later than Decern- bef 3. Free, tutoring will he offered and some extra classes will probably be opened to enable them to make up their work. There are Z16 men stu dents in the school and the number leaving represents more than one fourth. Monday the faculty will meet to discuss plans for holding a special winter session for farm boys who can not attend in the fall or spring. Beatrice News Notes. Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 31. (Special.) James Giles, a boy 18 years of age, who lives at Wymore, was bound over to the district court on bond of $200 by Judge Woolsey for taking an auto belonging to S.' J. Welsh and using it without the consent of the owner. In order to procure the car the boy was obliged to break the lock on the garage where the car had been left by Mr. Walsh. Leonard T. Marshall of Clifton, Kan., and Miss Hazel Corwin of Washington, Kan., were married here yesterday by Dr. Clyde Clay Cissell of the Methodist church. They will make their home at Clifton after a brief wedding trip through the south. Ine University i'lace foot ball eleven, will play . the Beatrice High school team here next Friday after noon. The resents have arranged a game with the Adims team. Clarence Albert Uanible and Anna Buck, both of this city, were married at the Nazarene parsonage by Rev. K." E. Ryder, the 'pastor. Owing to the wet weather of the ast few days farmers have stopped husking corn. A considerable amount of which 'is still green. They say about ten days or two weeks of warm, windy weather would greatly improve conditions. v - v . New Hotel for Alliance. Alliance, Neb., Oct, 31. (Special.) At a meeting of the Alliance Com munity club the matter of another hotel for Alliance was discussed bv the prominent business men of the city. Secretary fisher of the club presented three propositions from parties wanting to enter the hotel held here. It is likely one of these will be accepted and Alliance capital furnished for the erection of the build ing. It was announced at this meeting also that Alliance capital will in the near future be invested in a potash plant to be erected in Alliance. Diseased Slcin PnadMa 4 nc rma the agrmy of k!a . ueue, TbeooUiint wjhof o(l, Trr&0.iV it's different, tic Mcftiklfu. Wo UDoillDo Rmtbumi MComU Ortw C. Kearney Times Suspends; Hub Takes Over List Kearney, Neb., Oct. 31. (Special ielegrani.) Ihis morning the hear ney Morning Times, leading demo cratic paper of this part of the state, suspended publication. The Kearney Daily Hub, edited by M. A. Brown, took over the lists and advertising contracts of the morning paper. The Wularn v. Bailey company, publish ing the Times, will remain in business having retained its job equipment Frank Brown, who was editor is sec retary of the company. He was re cently named lieutenant of the Kear ney machine gun company, and is now free to respond to his country s call should his services be needed. Beans Furnish Valuable Food for Farm Stock (Prom a Staff Correipondent.) Lincoln, Oct. 31. (Special.) Ne braska farmers who raised a crop ot beana this year may not know they have at hand valuable feed for bores, cattle and sheep, according to Dean E. A. Burnett of the College of Agriculture. The bean crop is a le guminous crop and itraw can be used as a substitue for alfalfa hay or clover. The threshing, of course, destroys some of the leaves and finer particles, but these can be used by cattle or sheep if they are saved. The pods are woody and will be wasted to a considerable extent, but furnish- val uable feed. . fj HYMENAEL Richards-Betts. Neva E. Betts ot Clarks, Neb., and Jay Richards of Fullerton, Neb., were married by Rev. Charles W. Savidge at the Paxton, Wednesday morning at 11:30. The witnesses were: Mrs. O. A. Bittinger, Mrs. Roy Cowgill, Mrs. J. A. Gregg. r Mortensen-Wendell. Miss Katherine Wendell, daughter of Hans Wendell of Washington, Neb., and Mr. Will Mortensen of Benson, Neb., were married by Rev. Charles W. Savidge at the Peoples church, Yre('nesday non- The -witnesses 'were: Andrew Mortensen, brother of the groom, and Miss Marie Wendell, sister of the bride. -!: , Sheldon-Kalous. v DeWitt C. Sheldon of Eddyville and Miss Emma Kalous of Sumner were married at York, October 27. Judge Hayes officiated. jfinckney-ateven. Orln S. Pinckney of York and Miss Isabel Steven of Milligan were married Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Justice of the Peace B. A. Ward officiated. STOPS TOBACCO HABIT IH QBE DAY Sanitarium Publish Fr Book Show ing How Tobacco Habit Can B Banished in From On to Fivo Days at Homo. Th Elder Sanitarium located at 603 Main St, St. Joieph, Mo., ha publlehed a free book allowing th deadly effects ot ' the tobacco bablt, and how it can be banished in from on to five day at home. Men who have med tobacco for more than fifty year have tried thi method and ay it ia entirely tuceeiiful, and In addition to baniihing th desire tot tobacco ha im proved their health wonderfully. This method banlihe the deiir for tobacco, no matter whether it 1 imoking, chewing, cigarette or muff dipping. A thi book i being dlitributed free, any one wanting a copy ihould (end their name and addreie at once. Advertuement. .1 Ford Must Pay Out $60,000,000 in Cash To Stockholders Detroit, Mich., Oct. 31 Minority stockholders of the Ford Motor com pany today won the first round of their fight for increased dividends and a more important voice in the transac tion of the company's business. Circuit Judge George S. Hosmer of Detroit handed down a decision for the plaintiff in u suit brought by John F. Dodge and Horace E. Dodge of Detroit against the Ford Motor com pany and Henry Ford, to compel Ford to disburse about $60,000,000 of accumulated dividends to the com pany's stockholders. The Dodge brothers, who are auto mobile manufacturers, also are min ority stockholders of the Ford Motor company. Henry Ford holds a con trolling interest in the latter organ ization. Ford announced some months ago that he hoped to use this money to greatly increase his company's busi ness. Ford, in a statement some time ago, declared that he would appeal the case to the supreme court of the United States if the lower court's decisions were against him. Booze Swan Song Sung At National Capital Washington. Oct. 31. The national capital went dry today. Among the establishments going out of business today, under the terms of the Sheppard prohibition law, were several which served during a his toric existence of more than half a century as familiar meeting places for prominent political figures of past generations. American Aviator Killed. Toledo, Oct. 31. Frank Champion, an American aviator fell and was killed while making a flight over Kochio today. Reception to Indians. Alliance, Neb., Oct. 31. (Special.) The 100 Sioux Indians brought to this county to assist in harvesting the potato crop were given a reception Saturday by the Community club. The Indians donned paint, feathers and bevds and did their utmost to show their appreciation. About 1,000,000 bushels of spuds were picket! by the Indians in this and adjoining counties. Deshler Fair Election. Deshler, Neb., Oct. 31; (Special.! At the annual meeting of the Thayer County Agricultural society held here Monday Albert Caughey, John Rodenburg and E. J. Mitchell were unanimously re-electea directors for a term of three years. All ex penses were met and a small balance left in the treasury. r ELL-ANS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. Druggists refund money if it fails. 25c Easy to Darken ;Your Gray Hair "try Thi! Brmh Sag Tea and Sulphur Compound through your hair, Ukt ing on strand at a time. When you darken your hair with Sage Tea and Sulphur no one can tell, because it's done so naturally, so evenly. Preparing this mixture, though, at home is mussy and trouble some. At little cost you can buy at any drug store the ready-to-use prep aration, improved by the addition of other ingredients, called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound." You just dampen a sponge 'or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. By morning all gray hair dis appears and after another application or two your hair becomes beautifully darkened, glossy and' luxuriant Gray, faded hairj' though no dis grace, is a sign of old age and as we all desire a youthful and attractive appearance, get busy at once with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound and look years younger. This ready tp-use preparation is a delightful toi let requisite and not a medicine. It is rsot intended for the cure, mitiga tion or prevention of disease. Adv. SAFE, GENTLE REMEDY CLEANSES YOUR KIDNEYS For centurle GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil haa been a atandard household remedy for kidney, liver, bladder and stomach trouble, and all disease connected with the urinary organ. The kidneys and bladder are the K matt important organ of the body, They are th filter, the purifier oi your-blood. It the poison which enter your lyatem through the blood and stomach are not en tirely thrown out by the kidney and bladdvr, you are doomed. 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William Bye, a retired farmer living in Seward, was prob ably fatally injured Wednesday after noon when the automobile he was driving crashed into a moving engine on the Northwestern railroad near Seward. His scalp was badly cut and both jawbones were broken. The car was completely demolished. The automobile was entirely en closed, and it is believed Mr. Bye did not see the engine, which was moving down the track toward the neighboring town of Bee, where a train of freight cars awaited the com ing of the locomotive. Mr. Bye is well known fa the vicinity of Seward and has been a resident of the town for several years. A year ago his wife was injured in an automobile accident, escaping serious injury by jumping from a moving automobile which was rush ing down grade at a rapid pace. Mr. Bye was alone in the car when the collision happened. Three Lose Way and Die In Wyoming Blizzard Sheridan, Wyo., Oct. 31. The bliz zard which swept over Wyoming last Sunday caused three deaths. Roy Snyder, a ranch foreman, and Melvin Sutton, a ranch employe, went hunting Saturday and when they failed to return a searching party of 100 men was sent out for them. Snyder's body was found Monday night on the edge of the Little Piney river. Sutton is believed to have fallen into the water and his body carried under the ice. The men apparently had fallen oyer a cliff while seeking shelter. George H. Cutter, a ranchman, was the third victim of the storm. He was driving in an automobile through the blizzard and is believed to have be come so blinded by the storm that he drove off a bridge. Japs and Chinese Scrap Over Rule of Old German Railroad Peking, Oct 31. China has pro tested against the extension of the Japanese civil administration along the railway on the Shan Tung peninsula, between Tsing Tau and Tsi-nan-Fu, captured from the Germans. 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