THE BEE: OMAHA, MUNDAK, DECEMtffcK 10. iyi7.
Brie j City Neivs
'ST..- I ,: I Hut It .w nacon Press.
For .mii Kwrythlng electrical
Uiiryoss-Granden Co.
Visitor from w York Miss
Josohhi Haves of Tonawar.da, N.
Y., aunt of Dr." V. H. Milliner, is visit
ing the doctor at the New Hamilton.
Stale Bank of Omaha, corner Six
teenth and Harney streets, pays 4 per
"-lit on time deposits. Three per cent
on sAvinss accounts. All deposits In
this bank are protected by the de
positors' guarantee fund of the state
of jvebraska. Adv.
Mm 1 tig of Socialists The socialist
parly of Omaha will hold the first of
a series of weekly pwi t" "
ing-s next Sunday afternoon at 2:30,
in the Lyric building. D. M. Cro kar
will ti'lk on "Who Are the Bol
.slieviki?" J. T. Eklund toLecture J. T. Kk-
lund will deli r an address on "The
(ireat Teachers of the Past and the
.Coming of the Christ before the Or
der of the Star in the East, Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock, 701 Bee build
ing. 1
Philosophical Society to Meet.
The Omaha Philosophical society will
meet Sunday afternoon at 3. o'clock
in the Lyric building. Nineteenth and
I'arnam streets. William R. Patrick
will speak upon "Equality Before the
Lav,."
Xewly Married Couple Return Mr.
and Mrs. Irving C. Palmer returned
Saturday morning from their wed
ding trip to Chicago. They will reside
in the New Hamilton. Mr. and Mrs.
Palmer were married In Omaha
Thanksgiving day.
Wedding Announcement Miss
Irene Wahoskey, secretary of the
Carey Cleaning Co. for two years,
and Lieutenant John Ormsby, will be
married next Wednesday I orning at
8 o'clock at St Cecelia's cathedral.
Try Liquor Appeals More than 60
witnesses have been summoned to ap
pear in 20 liquor cases set for 9 a. m.
Monday in the district court. The
oases are appeals from the police
court, which are being tried by spe
cial prosecutor McGuire..
Gains in Real Estate A compari
son of the week's real estate trans
actions with 1916 shows In 1917, deeds
filed 91, considerations, $193,793; In
1916, deeds filed 118, considerations,
SU52. Mortgages filed in 1917, 52,
lA-iiderations, 123,093.75; in 1916,
fi"d, 84, considerations, $135,891.35.
Preparing to Move Although the
date for moving has not been set,
Omaha officials of the Missouri Pa
cific are, preparing to move from the
Ware block to the First National
bank building. They are cleaning out
their desks and packing up papers
and documents, preparatory to the
move.
Wives Seek Freedom Ella M.
Campbell has filed an action for sepa
rate maintenance for herself and
three children alleging that Roy A.
Campbell has abandoned them. The
Campbells were married in 1897.
Catherine Doherty, suing John J. Do
herty, alleges she was forced to leave
him in 1914 because-of his alleged
cruel treatment.
Attorney General "Tagged" Attor
ney General Reed was surrounded
hy a bevy of pretty girls in the lobby
of the Paxton hotel Saturday even
ir and decorated with tags by the
"taggers," who were raising funds
for the free dental dispensary. The
worthwhile purpose of the cause and
the smiles of the girls made an irre
sistible combination the genial at
torney fell for both.
Fine Fireplace Good at Sunderland's.
POLICE ARREST
MEN THEY THINK
IN HOLDUP GAME
Shortly after they had committed a
holdup at. midnight, Officers Allen,
Jackman and Scott of the South Side
police station arrested three highway
men whom police believe have been
holding up people in different parts
of the city during the last few weeks.
They gave their names and ad
dresses as Dennis O'Brien, age 21,
4 227 Jefferson street, South Side;
''Jewey Woodman, age 22, and Robert
Harvey, age 22, the latter both living
at 412 North Eighteenth street. All
three confessed to the holdup.
Police found a .38 caliber, nickel
plated revolver with a six-inch bar
rel on Woodman. '
The three suspected highwaymen
held up C. L. Payne, 2208 J street,
and robbed him of a tobacco pouch
and two handkerchiefs, between
Twenty-second and Twenty-third
street, on J, as he was on his way
home, shortly after midnight. While
they were searching their victim,
Grover E. Payne, a brother, was
coming along the street and the rob
bers became frightened and ran.
Payne immediately reported the hold
up to the police and Officers Allen,
teckman and Scott rushed to the
scene in the patrol wagon and
scoured the neighborhood. They
came upon the three men at Twenty
second and L streets and arrested
them before they attempted to es
cape. The three men are a youthful ap
pearing set and were well dressed.
Austrian Is Rearrested
When U. S. Declares War
The United States declaration of
war against Austria caused the re
arrest of M. J. Vitelich, 2816 R street,
Saturday. Vitelich is an Austrian and
was arrested Monday on c mplaint of
Recruiting Sergeant Crawford, who
charged him with making- disloyal
utterances and declaring he would,
under o circumstances, enlist in the
United States army and fight against
his own brothers in Europe.
Vitelich registered at Senvca, N. D.
lie said that he does not know if he
tvas been drawn or not. His case is
Xdng :i .-estigated.
Hotel M:n Elect McFadden
Of Fremont; To Omaha Next
Cedar Rapids, la., Dec. 9. R. D.
McFadden of Fremont, Neb., was re
elected president of the Iowa-Nebraska
Hotel Greeters' association at
the final session of the convention
here today. The next convention, will
be held at Omaha.
PERSONAL MENTION.
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Umt'TiaPt an1 Mr. C. F. Shook have r
tnrn?t to Dei Motrtse. after a week visit
In QnmV.a.
Mrs. L VT. Miner will for California
Tuesday for her bal'h. Mr. and Mr.
Andretr Trainer will tinva her In their
car as fir as Sarraistento. The Trainora
going to tle'l Blurt) for a stay of '.n;e
tie.-'. affer mhich ter lit to to aiclheri
Ottirornli. V.r?. Mirer IU nia'.:o a brlaf
stay with .-..- JorvJ. In Pnn Francisco,
afro'-i'vlcli Jfe will CO oa to Los Arfolc-s
fur r. :c'.rj--r ol the wirier with her
dauchw.Mn-law, Mrs Viola S. Miner, widow
of AValtr-r l. Sllner
LcekinK for work? Turn to the
!c!p Wanted Columns now. You
fnd hundreds ot positions listed
SCTOOLS MB COLLEGES
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Deane College.
Traey Tyler, Mrs. Tyler and sister.
Miss Sharrod, of Wood River, spent Thanks
giving with Rev. and Mrs. William A. Tyler
and family.
The Misses Nina, Paulins and Doris Hos
teller of Douglas drove down on Friday
to see. Miss Sara Marshall.
Miss Frances West of Winner was guest of
Miss Leota and Miss Helen West.
Misses Lucy, Lucile and Pauline Whitman
' are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Laura Gelslor.
I They are attending the Whltton-Carlyle
school at Lincoln.
Miss Alberta Gelsler. 'IT, teaching at Sen
eca, returned to Crete for Thanksgiving.
Miss Alice Carter, 'IT, teaching near Ful
lerton, and Miss Marlon' Carter of Fuller
ton were week-end guests of Miss Mildred
Carter.
Mrs. H. J. Coffin and Miss Margaret were
guests of Miss Olive Coffin.
Miss Nellie Schwab of Lincoln visited Miss
Helen Hleb over Thanksgiving.
Virgil Sklpton, ex--16, renewed old ac
quaintances while visiting his sister, Mtsa
Frances Sklpton.
Miss Phranla McDonald from Ravenna
spent a few days with Misses Louise Kinney
and Mildred Cass.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard and daughters.
Alice and Lenna of Beaver Crossing were
Week-end guests of Miss Lorella Leonard.
Mrs. and Miss Kuhlman of Cambridge vis
ited Joseph Kuhlman.
A. R. Kinney of Ravenna was guest of
his daughter, Louise.
Henry Johnston and Ward Haylett. ex-'lT.
spent Saturday and Sunday with friends In
Doane.
Miss Harriett Thompson, former Doantte,
now teaching at Franklin academy, spent
Sunday renewing acquaintances.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Pierce and daughter,
Vivian, visited Miaa Roine Fierce on Sun
day. Arthur Piatt, 15, now on the faculty of
Franklin academy, was the guost of his
brother, Julius Piatt, '19, on Monday.
A "Pep" meeting was held Monday eve
ning In Uaylord Hall parlor. College songs
and yells were practiced preparatory to at
tending the series of inter-class basket ball
games which commenced on Tuesday.
H. H. Johnston, '16, now at Camp Fun
ston, has been chosen to play center on tho
crack foot ball team representing that camp.
The Owl has offered two prizes for the
two best college songs which shall fit the
absence of foot ball In the schedule.
The first Inter-class basket ball game was
played on Tuesday. The Junior-seniors lost
to the freshmen.
According to a petition which the '.'-Is
have circulated there will be no Interchang
ing of Christmas gifts In school this year
as a patriotic measure.
Prof. J. N. Bennett was Called to Chicago
on Wednesday to attend a meeting of Young
Men's Christian association men. The pur
pose of the meeting is to select soma (09
men for active T. M. work In Europe.
Keanrey State Normal.
Dr. R. M. Shreves conducted study-center
work In Grand Island Saturday.
Miles Cadwallader, '17, now teaching In
Republican City, and Miss Fay Balbitt were
married In Cambridge, Thursday, Novem
ber C9.
Miss Ruth Walker, of Hastings, Neb.,
a former student, visited her aunt. Miss
Anna Jennl gs, during Thanksgiving vaca
tion. President George 8. Dick and Prof. R. W.
Noyer went to Fullerton Friday.
Miss Bessie Furman, former desk-editor of
the Kearney Hub, has accepted the prlncl
palshlp of the Hope Consolidated school In
Scottsbluff county.
Robert Swift, former student, now In
training at Camp Funston, Is spending a
two weeks' furlough with parents and friends
in Kearney.
Miss Blanche Ball, '17, now teaching at
Lodgepole, visited her parents tn Kearney
last week. She had as her guest for the
week-end Miss Althea Ottlson, '17, who Is
teaching at Edison.
The annual home-coming reception was
held Thursday. A lunch was served In '.ho
Young Women' Christian association.
Miss Adah Bnedekar, last year sophomore,
was married to Wlnfield Haldt, of Charles
town, Del., Sunday morning at the Snedekar
home north of Kearney. Rev. R. M. Miller,
of the Christian church, performed the
ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Haldt will make
their home on a farm near Charleatown,
Del.
t'nele Sam entertained at the annual Krist
Markt held Friday evening, November 30,
Many visitors came to the hostess hut
where lunch was served. The booth of
War cooking was also visited by many Inter
ested In the conservation of food. The
Dramatic club entertained the Krist Markt
"shoppers" with the play, "The Economical
Boomerang."
The personal h; glene classes have charge
of the baby show to be given In connection
with the rural life conference to be held
the last three days of the week The girls
will assist the physicians In the- measure
ments, directing the spectators, and helping
tn various other ways. Appropriate posters
have been received by Dean Wirt and are
being arranged for the exhibits.
Chadron Normal Notes.
Mr. Bostder and family spent the Thanks
giving vacation In the Scottsbluff district.
Miss Frazler In Alliance and Mrs. Rustm
In Hemingford.
Misses Ruth Hawk and Sylvia Qulble were
recently elected to membership In the Zeta
Alpha club.
Mrs. Phtlpott has been called to Lincoln
pn account of the seriousness of her sister's
condition. Mr. Brown was Injured In an
auto accident while out riding with her
husband. Sergeant Brown, who was home
on a furlough from Camp Funston.
Recently the sixth grade geography took
up an Intensive study of corn and its
products. Splendid charts were made. ,
.Mrs. Pollard and Mrs. English were chapel
visitors Monday, appearing In the Interest
of the lecture course, which will be put on
this winter by the Woman's club.
A Christmas pageant, 'The Spirit of
Christmas," for Red Cross benefit, will be
given at the Normal Friday night, Decem
ber 14.
An exciting gam of foot ball was played
Thanksgiving afternoon upon the Normal
field between the Normal and west Ward
teams. Score: Normal, 13 ; West Ward, t.
The gate receipts were turned over to the
Young Men's Christian association war fund.
Cotner College Notes.
Four of they Cotter boys from Camp
Funston arrivedrln Bethany Saturday morn
ing in time for a special cltapel service
callrd In their honor. Aside from the boys
Tracy Mumford, Bert More, Barton Johnson
and Clyde Darner, other guests of honor
were Mrs. Edna Rodney Darner and O. W.
Darner. .
he Cotner Dramatic club gave 'The Rose
of Plymouth Town" In tha auditorium
Monday night. The play was coached by
Prof. R. R. Hardin and the performance
was a credit to him and to the school. The
Ten more little girls will be made happy this week
and I wonder will one of these little girls be you?
DOLL COUPON
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proceeds were given to the student friend
ship war work fund.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Smith, who were In
school last year, are the proud parents of
an eight and one-halt pound boy, David
Pennington,
Saturday night a number of students
gathered to surprise Barton Johnson at the
home of his grandmother, Mrs. Sheelor. Mr.
Johnson left Sunday night to return to
camp.
The first games of the basket ball tour
nament were played Tuesday night, seniors
against Juniors and sophomores against
freshmen.
Cotner University.
Miss Marguerite Chamberlain Is now a
student In the music department. She, with
her mother and small brother, has moved to
Bethany from Verdon, Neb.
Alden Lee Hill, a Cotner man who Is en
gaged In Young Men's Christian association
work at Camp Dodge, spoke In chapel Fri
day morning. He was most enthusiastically
recolvod by the atudents.
Bight of the freshman girls, under the
direction of Prof. Hardin, will present "The
Farmerette" In the auditorium Monday
night. The proceeds are to go Into the
treasury of the Young Woman's Christian
association.
Dr. Beattle, formerly head of the de
partment of education in Cotner. address, d
the students In chapel on Wednesday morn
ing. Sam Waugh, who was at one time basket
ball roach at the atate university, has been
employed to coach the Cotner team for the
season of 17-'ll. There has been splendid
Interest manifested, and Coach Waugh Is
enthusiastic over the prospects of his team.
Miss Blanche Swartwood enjoyed a visit
from her mother the fore part of the week.
Mrs. Swartwood attended "Our Plymouth
Rose" Monday night and visited chapel
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Earl Parmlnter went to Camp Fun
ston Tuesday morning in response to a mes- I
sage that Mr. Parmlnter had undergone an
operation for appendicitis. She was accom
panied by Mr. Parmlntcr's father and
mother. Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Parmlnter. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Parmlntor are members
of the class of 'IS, but Mr. Parmlnter was
called to camp In October.
The Phllomathlan and Mathestan Literary
societies held a Joint session with the first
year expression class In the chapel Friday
night.
Hastings College.
Dr. F. C. Knauer filled the pulpit at Fre
mont last Sunday, giving a missionary talk.
The coming Sabbath he will occupy the
pulpit at St. Paul in the absence of the
pastor.
The boys of Rlnglond hall entertained
the Alexander ball girls lust Monday eve
ning. Among those who visited the college re
cently are Lieutenants Riley Stoln snd Roy
Cook, former students of tho college, who
are on their way to their station at Gov
ernor's Island; Miss Ruth Mann, who Is now
teaching at Beaver Crossing; Miss Ger
trude McLaughlin, Principal Edwin St rat
ton of Atkinson, Mrs. Maunder, '8, of Pax
ton, whose two daughters are students tn
the college; Mrs. Beekley of Lincoln, a sister
of Mrs. Knauer; Miss Kathleen Ballenger
of Morrill; Miss Edith Newell of Mitchell
and Mrs. Var Valln of Loup City.
Rev. B. P. Richardson gave an address
at chapel Wednesday.
Prof. McCracken will oocupy the pulpit
at Hansen next Sunday morning.
The college orchestra, which now consists
of IS pieces, gave a program at chapel last
Saturday.
Among the eollego men who have en
listed recently are Archie Brown of Sheri
dan, Wyo., Lee Hlddleson of Loup City,
Earl Burge of Hastings, Milton Mock of
Bloomlngton, and Albert Theobald of Hast
ings. These men have enlisted In the cler
ical department of the aviation corps and
leave next Wednesday for Fort Logan. ,
President Crone Is to speak at the Teach
ers' Institute of Furnas county next Friday.
Growing Power of
Italy in the Air
In spite of distractions along the
northern front, Italy is maintaining
supremacy in new air developments.
One of its pilots recently completed
a significant record-breaking flight,
when he flew with a passenger from
Rome to London without a stop. The
distance is 656 miles, and it was
made in a little more than seven
hours. The Italian Caproni ma
chines are becoming well-known in
the United States, as a result of the
New York-Washington flights. The
Rome-to-London passage was not
made in a Caproni, but an Aila.
Reception Next Sunday for
Rabbi ar.d Mrs. Morris Taxson
The United ' Orthodox Jewish
Synagogues under the auspices of
the rabbinical organization will ten
der a public reception to Rabbi Mor
ris Taxson anr1 Mrs. Taxson Sunday
evening.' December 16, at 8:30, at the
synagogue, at Nineteenth and Burt
streets, to which the public is invited.
Yaquis Torture Five
Americans to Death
(By Associated Press.)
Nogals, Ariz., Dec 9. Five
Americans, one German and three
Chinese were tortured and then
shot to death by the Yaqui In
dians, who raided Esperanza, 70
miles south of Guaymas, Sonora,
Thursday, according to a report
brought here tonight by an Ameri
can mining man. Forty Germans,
working on a plantation south of
Esperanza, were unaccounted for.
The Americans' names were giv
en as "Jack" Eppler, Fred Hahn,
George Boxer, Lee Rasmussen and
Henry Farnum. The German was
Lucas Voglement.
TEN DOLLS will be given free to
the ten little girls under 12
years' of age that bring or mail as
the largest number of doll cou
pons cut out of The Bee, before 4
P. M. Saturday, December 8. This
coupon will be printed in every
edition of The Bee until then. Ask
everybody you know to save doll
coupons for you. You can win one
of these dollies if you really want
to. Will you try? We want every
little girl in Omaha and vicinity to
have one of these beautiful dolls.
You ean leave the coupons and
get your dolly at The Bee branch
office nearest you.
Ames Office. 41 10 N. 24th St.
Lake Office, 2516 N. 24th St
Walnut Office, 819 N. 40th St.
Park Office, 2615 Leavenworth
St.
Vinton Office, 1715 Vinton St.
South Side Office, 2318 N St
Council Bluffs Office, 14 N.
Main St
Benson Office, Military Ave.
and Main St
Jury Disagrees for Second Time
In Circus Parade Damage Suit
The jury in the suit of William
Rinker of Flattsmouth against Ring
ling Brothers Circus company dis
agreed and was discharged by Fed
eral Judge Woodrough Saturday
noon after being out eight hours. This
was the secoi.J trial of the suit. The
jury in the first trial was also unable
to agree.
This trial vas spectacular. It began
last Monday. Each side introduced
about 35 witnesses.
Rinker sued for $25,000, alleging he
was knocked down by a runaway
circus wagon at Sixteenth and Dodge
streets during the circus parade, Au
gust 10, 1914. At the first trial he held
he was knocked down on the north
east corner of the intersection. At the
second trial the location was changed
to the southwest corner.
The reporter who tdok the notes
of the first trial is dad and transla
tion of his notes was important. Fin
ally, by accident, a reporter was found j
who read them easily. Ihey were
transcribed and witnesses for the
plaintiff in the first case were con
fronted with their testimony given
then.
Many tilts between Attorney
Mathew Gcring for the plaintjff and
Water at 34 Miles
Depth Is Frozen Solid
The query that most frequently
reaches the editor of the Scientific
American is in reference to the sink
ing of a heavy body in water. In a
recent issue he replied to some of
these questions as follows:
"The belief seems to be widely held
that at a certain depth an iron ship or
an iron ball will remain suspended,
floating about and never reaching the
bottom. These inquirers evidently con
fuse weight and pressure. A body
sinks in a fluid when it weighs more
than the fluid which it displace, which
evidently has the same volume as the
body, For this reason any heavy body
will go to the bottom in water, since
water is nearly incompressible."
An engineer of high repute took ex
ception to this statement, asserting
that at a depth of 33.7 miles water
would be as dense as cast iron, and
therefore cast iron would float at that
depth. The Scientific American ex
posed the fallacy of this argument,
and now publishes a letter from "an
authority connected with the Geogra
phical Laboratory, Washington, D.
C," containing calculations of the
specific gravity of water at depths up
to 36 miles. These prove that if there
be water at any such depths it is
frozen solid in the dense form of ice,
frozen by the pressure of the water
above it, since the freezing point of
water is lowered by pressure.
Effects High Altitudes
Have on Aviators
Sonic effects of airplane flights at
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very nign aunuue arc ucscnoea in a
recent Englih report. "Height ef
fects" begin to be felt at 10,000 feet,
and become marked in most cases
froyi 17,000 feet up. The principal dif
ficulties arc cold, and lack of oxygen.
Strange to say, no airplane has yet
been devised on a plan which deliber
ately utilizes the heat of the engine to
keep the passengers warm, although
any tractor model has this effect to
some extent. The matter of oxygen
is solved by taking a supply in a con
tainer, which the aviator mixes with
air when he feels oppressed. It is
feared that flying at very high alti
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Attorney John M. Kelly of Chicago
for the circus company occurred.
Judge Woodrough, on motion of
the defense, ordered the jury to dis
regard the testimony of some of the
plaintiff's witnesses, including that of
Mrs. Bates of 1'lattsmouth. She tes
tified that she saw arid recognized the
plaintiff when he was knocked down
on the southwest corner of Sixteenth
and Dodge streets, although she was
standing at the corner of Sixteenth
ami Farnam streets at the time. She
even said the plaintiff was knocked
down bj being struck by the knee of
the second horse attached to the
wagon. Judge Woodrough ruled that
this was an impossible feat of eye
sight. A number of police officers who
were at the scene of the alleged ac
cident testified that they did not see
anyone knocked down.
Among the witnesses was Mrs.
Edna Curtis of Baraboo, Wis., who
was dressed as a princess and was
riding one of the horses in the parade.
She has been with the circus for a
number of years. Another was Frank
Dial, who has been with the circus for
25 years and is an expert driver. "I
can drive 10 horses easily," he said.
He is now marshal of parades.
tudes, to be made possible in the
future by further development of
models, may. produce a trouble
analogous to the "bends" experienced
by workers in compressed-air cais
sons, due to the extreme pressure
changes.
Tubes That Crumple,
But Do Not Break
Steel tubes are now being made so
tough that dynamite will not break
them. A writer in Railway and Lo
comotive Engineering cites some in
stances in which this has been proved
recently, instances that a few years
ago would have been unbelievable.
He tells of an 18-foot length of
53-16 inch steel casing that was stuck
in an oil well and 170 quarts of nitro
glycerine were shot off in the well to
blow out the pipe and at the same
time to "shoot" the well. The ex
plosion did not budge the pipe, how
ever, but reduced it to about 6 feet
in length, making it crumple, but not
even cracking it.
In an Oklahoma oil field a string of
340 feet of 10-inch oil-well casing fell
236 feet to the bottom of a well. The
casing was not broken by the shock,
although the thread protector was
forced over the threads about 12 or 13
inches and the bottom of the pipe was
bent backward and inward.
In another similar , case 34,0.10
pounds of pipe fell 200 feet and the
impact telescoped the three lower sec
tions, one inside and one outside, but
no weld failed, nor was there a crack
in any one of the pieces of pipe.
Extracting Petroleum
From Oil-Bearing Shale
An important new process for ex
tracting petroleum from the enormous
banks of oil-bearing shale of certain
western states is indicated in an
nouncements from Nevada. Such a
process, if successful, would help
greatly in solving the gasoline prob
lem. The new process, which is now
being tested, was developed by a pris
oner in the Nevada state prison, A
special pardon was granted him to
give him an opportunity to continue
his chemical work.
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Miss Higgins Proves
Match for Lawyers on
Income Tax Law
Miss Joy Higgins of the depart
ment of internal revenue here
played the role of a Portia at a
meeting of the Douglas County
Bar association Saturday at the
Commercial club rooms, and la.d
down the law to the lawyers and
judges in regard to the new income
tax.
Many polished domes of thought
were rubbed perplexedly in an ef
fort to think up some new question
in regard to the complicated tax
law which would be a poser for the
youthful advocate. She explained
the system of computing the tax and
allowing exemptions under the two
acts of July, 1916, and September,
1917.
E. W. North, deputy collector of
internal revenue, also explained cer
tain features of the new tax law.
Fuel and the Relation
It Has to Cancer
A Scotch physician has just com
pleted an extensive scries of re
searches into the incidence of cancer
which lead him to some novel con-
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Eat Muskrats to Aid
U. S. Meat Situatior
Winona, Minn. Dec. 9. Musk
rats as a solution for the national
food problem is suggested in a re
port to the Winona Association of
Commerce by local trappers, who
assert that more than 1,000,000
pounds of good meat is annually
going to waste along the upper
Mississippi valley alone. The re
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elusions. He finds that in Scotland
and the Scotch islands, the per
centaye of cancer is particularly high
in coal-burning districts, and low in
peat-burning districts. There arc
some exceptions to this rule, and in
every such case he finds that the ptat-.
burning district with a high death
rate from cancer burns a peat with a
high percentage of sulphur. Thus he
concludes that coals and peats with
a high sulphur content used as fuel
have a direct connection with the
development of cancer.
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plain poliiheci High
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movement, gilt dial.
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