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7vn fr? F "-; DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. hv ! ',' LDS AN6EUES HOME WRECKEDBY BOMB - it ATTORNEY. LAWLER AND WIFE BOTH' SUFFER 8ERIOU8 ' . BURN8 COUPLE ASLEEP AT THE TIME Revenge fop Part Attorney Played In Prisecutlon of Dynamltero Assigned bV Los Angeles Police as a Motive for the Crime. t .Los Angolos, Cal. Revenge for tho part ho played In tho prosecution of .1 group of dynamltero In tho middle wosttsoveral yours ago was assigned by 'the police hero as tho probable mo tive for for an attempt on tho llfo of Oscar Lawler, fo'rmor assistant attor ney general of tho United States. Mr. Lawlor's homo was practically de stroyed by a bomb and subsequent llro hero and lie and Mrs. Lawler both seri ously burned and otherwise lujured. The Lawler homo was 11 large brick and frame structure In tho faslonablo Wllshlra district In tho west part of the city. " Mr. and Mrs. Lawlor wero sleeping on a porch on tho south Hide of tho bouse, oponlng from a second iloor room and screened from tho stroot by an angle of tho building. Miss Hosslo Mills, a nurso, and Oscar Lawlor, Jr, wero sluoplng on a screened porch, at tho roar or east end of the house. House 8et on Fire. When tho explosion came a shoot of (lame at onco rushed up the side of tho house, directly below tho porch occu pied by tho Lawlors, nnd cut off pos sible oscapo toward tho outside. Mr Lawler and bin wlfo wont Into the house- and tried to mako their way to tho rear porch, where tbolr Bon was with tho nurso. Thoy wero cut olT by Hinoko and (lames and when Mrs. Law ler realized this she fainted. Mr. Law lor took her In bis arms, carried her through flames to the front of tho house and dropped hor to nn awnlnp over tho front veranda, wbonco she rolled to loo ground. Ho then leaped after hor. Tho young son and tho nurso wore rcscuod from tho porch by neighbor: Another son and dnughtor wore away from homo at tho time. HUNGARY SEEKS PEACE. Bola Kun, Dictator Since the Revolu tion, Is Forced to Resign. Coponhngon Tho strictest martini law Is being enforced In Budnpest by tho war minister In tho now govern ment, Joseph Hauhrlch, advices from (Tie Hungarian capital stale. Tho city is roported quiet. Vlonna. Overtures for pouco with tho allies have boon made by the now socialist government of Hungary which has boon set up In ,'auccouslon to the Debt Kun rogime. ' Hela Kun, Nvho roslgnod his virtual dictatorship, has boon furnlBhcd u mifo conduct by tho nllios and Ib expoctod to seek rofugo horo, as It Is folt that Ills llfo would bo endangered it he remained in Budapest. The poaco ovorturos wero mado by Jacob vWoltner, president of tho sol dlera' ,und workers! aoviot from Dudn-posV-irorr Weltnor ugkod Col. Cun nihuham, tho leading representative of the .allied offlalalB hero, to rocognlzo the now government and to troat for peuco.' Tho now Hungarian cabinet Is presided over by Judas Poldll, who wbh formerly minister of tho people's welfare In 'tho Count Kurolyl cabinet Tho cabinet contains provisionally many members of tho former Ilela Kun ministry. Budapest Orderly. Vlonnii. Budapest waa orderly dur ing tho night, l'lckod troops patrolled tho town. Tho troops now at tho front wore informed thut thoy may retire, as it Is Htatod in Budapest that Uumn nlan forcos along the Tholss river had received orders from tho peace confer ence at Purls not to ndvance further toward Budapest. When tho now gov ornmont was 'iroctalmod and tho com ing of poaco wus announcod, tbore wABva celebration, but tho people re sponded to (ho appeal for order Sinn Folners Carry Off Guns. flelfaBt. 8lnn Folnorta raided tho freight dopot at Oroouinoro and enr rloiLoff a quantity of rllloB which had Jut arrived from Kngland. Tho rlllos were addressed to tho commanding of ficer of tho royal artillery. Spanish 8nate for League. Madrid. Tho senate voted a bill au thorizing tho govorunient to Join tho league of nations. Tho vote wtw unan imous. Turmll In Japan. Tokjd, Tho government hus decldod to meet tho situation arising from the high cost of rico and other n-eiissltlos, which Is causing Borlous unrest, by transporting rice freo on the rullroadB nnd reducing freight rates ou other foodstuffs. Capronl Mane Drops. Romo. A Capronl alrplano, flying from Venlco to Milan, with fourten pnrsouB on board, foil' to tho ground from a height of 1,000 meto.'a, near Verona All on board woro killed. CHICAGO NEGRO FLEEING FOR HIS LIFE sV Huir Vt i ' T?ji' 9HHK i& iSiSfcwfcSflK VBBMKk JSmSBMIBK iBBBBBmWlBBBsiBMHBtTSLA. jJtwfiMliSiSiSiSiSiSiSiSiSiSB LsHisssLsH -'&?t4ZnEm&t!i&UEU&yf'jyi d&iE & jflHBLsLsLsLsHosBl KLJMPyBUEnn&BtSuBBKB5 'HbHbbbbbbP obsHbbbbbHbbbbbbbbbbbbbbHbIH This photograph, taken hi tin "lilnck belt" of Chicago during tho hlocly race riots, fihows a colored man making n desperate run to escape white hoodlum who were trying to catch tind kill him. Such scenes were frequent. ARMENIA IS IN PERIL TURKS AND TARTARS CUT OFF RELIEF SUPPLIES. Victims Are Hemmed In on Three Sides Slaughter lo Feared. Paris, July .'11. Turks and Tartars nre moving on tho Armenians from three sides. Thoy have cut off the Armenian re lief supplies and threaten all the re maining Armenians with extermination unless additional military protection Is afforded, according to dispatches from Major Joseph O. Green of Cincinnati, who is directing tho American relict administration's work from Tlllls. Herbert Hoover, director general of relief, immediately submitted Major Green's message to tho peuco confer ence, which nlrcady had similar re ports from other American nnd British observers. Under date of July 24 Major dreen telegraphs : "Tho Turks nnd Tartars nre ad vancing In the districts of Knrabngb nnd Alngbez. Thoy now occupy ap proximately the reopened territory of Russlnn Armenln. Khnlll Hey, n Turk ish colonel, Is commanding the Azer baijan Tartars. "UelleC depots nnd trains aro sur rounded and bavo probably been seized. Tho British state that orders from nbove provont their Interference. Tho Armenian people and government aro in despair. General mobilization was ordered yostordny, taking the men from the harvest. "Wo shall not he able to enrry on relief work much longer unless tho British receive orders to clear all Rus Rlan Armenia, Including Karnbagh nmt Alngbez, of Turkish and Tartnr forces." CHARGE BIAS IN ARMY QUIZ Committee Investigating Court-Martial System "Packed" Is Assertion of Army Officer. Washington, July 29. Charges amounting to tho assertion that tho special commtttco which investigated the nllegod iniquities at army courts martini was virtually packed ngnlnst his demands for reform nre innde In n letter to Georgo T. Pngo of tho American Bar association, given out by S. T. Ansell, formerly nctlng Judgo advocate general. The former army nfllcer, who was demoted by tho secretary of war fol lowing his criticism of the existing system, now demands thnt President Pago direct the. executive commltteo of the bar association to ovorhnul tho special commltteo proceedings. It Is evident that If tho bar associa tion does not do this, thero will bo further Investigations In congress. SALES OF WHEAT INCREASE 33,793,000 Bushels Received From Farms During Week Ended July 1817,493,000 Previous Week. Washington, July .'II. A total of 33, 70:1,000 bushels of wheat was received in markets from farms In tho week ending July 18, according to llgures Is sued by tho United Stntes Grain cor poration, covering the wheat and flour movement throughout tho country. This compared w'th l7.-i03.000 bush els for tho previous weolr and 32,510, 000 for tho saino week In 1018. Germans Vote Extra Wealth Tax. Weimar, July 31. The proposed ox traoidlnary tax on wealth was voted upon favornbly by tho council of state. Explosion Kills Entlro Family, Denver, Colo., July 31. A houso In which lljd E. Molonsky, n fruit ped dler, his wife nnd two children, a girl of nine nnd a boy of elnhteen months, wus wrecked by an explosion and then burned to the ground. Illinois Bank Is Robbed. Pontine, III., July 31.-Tlio Taylor State bank at Kmlngton, northeast of here, was robbed. Tho safe blowers opened 1100 prlvnto safety deposit boxes nnd took Liberty bomU valued ut ? 10,000. MORON MURDERS. GIRL CHICAGO HOTEL WATCHMAN CONFESSES TO CRIME. Choked Child to Death In His Room and Buried the Body in Coal in Basement. Chicago, July 29. Thomas FItzgcr old murdered slx-yenr-old Janet Wil kinson. ' Ho enticed her Into his flat with candy. Ho made ndvnnces. She screamed. Ho choked her to death. Then ho burled her body In tho conl pile In tho basement of tho build ing. Ho confessed the crime to Acting Lieut. Fred Howe nt tho Chlcngo nve nuo station, where lie had been held slnco 1 a. m. Wednesday, 12 hours aft er Jnnet vanished. Then ho helped tho police to find tho corpse. Ills confession came nbruptly nt tho end of tho most remnrkublo grilling In tho history of crime. It lasted through out the entire night. It vns n verita ble "fourth degree," It-, which psychol ogy ployed n leading part. A detective dressed as n priest had tried to Induce Fltzgcrnld to confess. Tho man said ho had nothing to tell. Tiny bands, taken from dolls, wero laid before him on n tnble In tho dimly lighted basement of tho police station as nn appeal to his feelings. This fnlled. Kind words, threats, thousands of questions nnd suggestions were fired nt him with mnchlno gun regularity. Tho ordeal had endured eight hours when ho chlled for Acting Lieutenant Howe. ' "Send Mr. nowo down here," ho said simply. Then ho confessed every thing. RANSOM PAID FOR AMERICAN Demand of Mexican Bandits Is Met by Ranchman for Release of Four- teen-Year-Old Son. Washington, July 20. Acting upon the ndvlco of tho Mexican government, John West Thompson, nn American ranchman living near Mexico City, has paid' the 1,500 pesos ransom demanded by bandits for tho rclcnso of his four-teen-ycnr-old son, the stnto depart ment Is advised. Tho Mexican author ities snld they feared tho bandits would murder tho boy unless they re ceived tho money. STRIKE THROWS 100,000 OUT Situation at Scranton, Pa., Is Serious Wholo Lackawanna Valley Without Electricity. Scranton, Pn., July 31. Tho Indus trial situation In tlio Lncknwannn val ley assumed a critical phase. Tho strlko has practically shut off the op erations of tho Scranton Electric com pany. Industry after Industry bin been forced to quit, and It Is estlmnted that more than 100,000 workers are Idle. CHICAGO TRAVELS ON FOOT Employees of the Surface and Elevat ed Lines Walk Out After Week's Conference. .. Chlcngo, July 30. Chicago Is walk ing. After a week of fruitless confer ence between bonds of the trolley men's unions nnd company ofllclnls the order was given for n walkout and the surfaeo and elovnted cars were run In to tho bnrns. ,Thc men deinnnd 85 cents nn hour, nn eight-hour day, CO per cent of the runs to bo straight time and tlmo nnd one-half for overtime. Big Coal Strike Still On. London, Aug. 1. An attempt to set tle tho Yorkshire coal strike proved unsuccessful. Tho conference- of mine owners and strikers, held In Leeds, nt which It was hoped n solutlftn of the difficulty might bo reached, failed. Spain May Join the League. Madrid, Aug. 1. Tho foreign mln Ister Introduced a bill In the senate empowering the government to adhere to the League of Nations and the Inter national labor agreement ns Incorpo rated In tho treaty of Versailles. SENATE GIVEN FRENCH TREATY Wilson Urges Ratification, Ex plaining Pact Is (or Immedi ate Protection. CITES U. S. DEBT TO ALLY Franco-American Treaty Is Almost Identical With One Signed Be tween Great Britain and France Purpose of Pact. Washington, July 31. President Wilson transmitted to tho senate the special treaty with Frunco by which tho United States pledges Itself to come Immediately to tho aid of that republic In the event of nn unprovoked attack by Germany, nnd nslcd for Its early ratification "along with tho treaty with Germany." Submission of the trenty came after bharp criticism by senate Republicans, who for several days had openly charged on the senate floor that In falling to present tho draft of the pact along with the treaty of Versailles, tho president had violated one of tho ar ticles of the document. Tho president did not follow tho usunl custom of presenting tho treaty In person. Tho Franco-American treaty- Is al most Identical with one signed between Great Britain and France. One dif ference between tho texts, as mado public by the French foreign office, to which attention hns been called, Is that tho United States pledges Itself -lo go "Immediately" to the assistance of France, while Great Britain "con sents" to nsslst that country. Tho president told the senate tho purpose of the trenty was to provldo assistance for France In case of un provoked aggression by Gcrmnny with out wnltlng for tho advice of the coun cil of tho Lenguo of Nations thnt such action should bo taken, and explained that It was to bo an arrangement, "not Independent of tho League of Nntlons, but under It." "Tho covenant of the Lenguo of Na tions," tho president said, "provides for military nctlon for the protection of its members only upon tho advice of the council of the league advlco given, it Is to be presumed, only upon deliberation nnd acted upon by each of the governments of tho member states only if Its own Judgment justi fies such action." Pointing out that the trenty "shall receive tho npprovnl of tho council of tho league," tho president said It would remnin In force "only until, upon the nppllcntlon of one of tho par ties to It, tho council of tho league, nctlng, If necessary, by a majority vote, shall agree that tho provisions of tho covenant of the lenguo nfford her (France) sufficient protection." Mr. Wilson snld ho was moved to sign tho trenty by tho tics of friend ship binding the two countries nnd the nsslstnnce Franco gavo America In Its strugglo for Independence. Without this assistance, the president said, It was seriously to be doubted whether America could havo won Independence, nnd added : , "Nothing enn pny such u debt." AURORA AND ELGIN MEN OUT Interurban Employees Vote to Strike at Two O'clock Wednesday Morn. Ing Many Towns Affected. Chlcngo, July 31. Employees of tho Aurora, Elgin k Chicago In terurbnn road voted yesterday to go on strlko nt two o'clock this morning. This will mean a com plete tie-up of nil transportation on tho "third-rail" line. Elgin, West Chl cngo, Whenton, Glen Ellyn, Villa Park and Lombnrd will be without light nnd many lnrgo Industrial plants In those vicinities will be without nower, ns they aro supplied with elec tricity from tlio Interurban dynnmos. KILLS HIS FATHER-IN-LAW Iowa Man Then Shoots Mother-In. Law and Wife Near Town of Kesley. Wnterloo, la., July 29. Sam Bloom, n fanner living near Kesley, was shot and killed by his son-ln-lnw, Anton Boclkes, who hid In tho haymow and attacked Bloom without warning when ho went out to do his chores. After killing Bloom, Boelkes went to tho house and shot his mother-in-law and wife. Mrs. Bloom, who Is about fifty years old, is in a critical condition. Kills Wife and Himself. Pontine, Mich., July 31. George Nenr, twenty-two, London, Ont.. shot and killed his young wife and then committed suicide In n field nenr tho stnte hospital for Insnno here. Mrs. Nenr left her husband three weeks ago. Fund for Presbyterian Colleges. Stony Brook, N. Y Aug. 1. A spe cial endowment fund at $2,000,000 for Presbyterian colleges In tho United States and another of $1,000,000 for aged nnd 'disabled pastors, will bo In cluded In next year's budget. Matricide Hangs Self. Lcston, In., Aug. 1. Hoy Emerson, convicted July 30 of tho murder of his mother, killed himself by bunging. Emerson had been ut liberty for n weelc, pending his appeal to the Iowu supremo court. HEWS NOTES OF INTEREST TO EVERYONE IN NEBRASKA Louis Gibson, Ansley mnn, who was sentenced to serve a military sentence after hnvlng been tried nnd found guilty of sleeping on duty, nrrlved nt his homo nt Ansley Just recently. His sentence wns commuted after Ne braska friends had taken to the wnr department tho facts In his case nnd had demanded his release. Two Seward chaps who wero fined for lllegnl fishing the other dny got It back nt the game wnrden who "pinched" them by flllng a complaint ngalnst the officer for running his auto without n tnil light. The gunr dlnn of the law wus nssessed $3.00. Tho fishermen paid n total of $9.40. Lack of wnter caused by the break ing of n float vnlve, which controlled n wnterlng tank, caused the death of sixty head of thoroughbred Hereford cnttlo valued nt $25,000 in the herd of Bendn brothers, near Osceola. The Bendas fnlled to visit the pasture for more than a week and did not discov er the nccldcnt to the tank. After bentlng his wife to death with a stove poker Fred Hockmoler, wenlthy farmer of nen' Leigh, hung himself from the roof of n wagon-shod nenr the houso where the murder wns committed. The night prior to tho tragedy the couple quarrelled about n cnlf getting on tho lawn. 13. L. Krnuse, n Lincoln nvlntor, was killed nnd E. L. Wllmoth, also of Lincoln, wns seriously Injured when nn nlrplnno occupied by the two men fell 200 feet nenr Fremont. They were making n flight from Lincoln to Fre mont when tho nccldent occurred. An electric company nt Mllford Is constructing n lino to Wtlboi- dowu the Blue river. If enough subscriber for lights enn be obtained the line will be run ns far south as Do Witt nnd Plymouth. Plymouth hus long been without n lighting plant. Itepresentntlves of the hlghwny depnrtments of Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Colorado, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Texns havo joined hnnds nnd propose to work ns a unit that will result In better roads In the stntes named. Stnte headquarters of tho G. A. It. nt Lincoln expects 1,000 people from Nebraska will journey to Columbus, Ohio, for the national enenmpment of the G. A. It., Sons of Veterans nnd al lied orgnnlzntlbns September 7 to 13. Some sort of n hitch hns occurred between tho York nnd Hamilton coun ty boards which mny dclny the com pletion of the S. Y. A. federal aid highway between Aurora nnd York until next yenr. The Nebraskn railway commission has nuthorizod telephone companies to charge Burleson Instnllatlon rates until n hearing October lfi, when new state rates will be determined. L. I. Fusblo, stnto club leader, has announced thut one entire barn nt the Nebraska state fair will bo given over to swine exhibits by members of boys nnd girls' clubs. Wheut fields In the vicinity of Big Springs nre yielding splendidly nnd some estimates figure tho district will produce around 2,000,000 bushels. Over 100 citizens of Hooper nnd vicinity hnve petitioned the county board to enlarge tlio bridge over the Elkhorn river nenr Hooper. Nebraska will bo represented at the hearing at Washington, August 11, of the problems confronting electric railways of tflo country. Gage county wheat fields nre yield-, tng Letter thnn had been expected. A good many fields nre running twenty to thirty bushels to tho acre. President Wilson has been Invited to visit Omnbn when he makes n tour of the country, spenklng In behalf of tho league of nntlons. Corn prices hnve soared over tho $2 mark at Omnbn and grain exchnngo men sny $2.50 a bushel will bo reached beforo long. Governor MeKelvIe hns accepted an Invitation to speak nt n conference) of governors nt Salt Lake City, August ISth. An SO acre farm near Lyons was sold the other day for $150 per acre, n new top price for Burt county lnnd. Tho llve-mlll court houso levy which wns voted on In Richardson county at a special election, carried by four votes. Organization of n regiment of nn tlonnl guards to bo known ns tho Eighth regiment, will soon be under wny, according to Cnpt. II. C. Stein of Lincoln, U. S. disbursing officer. The Stnto Bonrd of Control will require teachers at nil stnto institu tions to tnko n two weeks' short course In the psychology of abnormal children, to bo given nt tho Beatrice Institute for feeble-minded early this fall. In Issuing the call for n special ses. slim of the legislature, Governor Mc Kehle Included nothing save the jias sage of a Joint resolution ratifying the national woman suffrage nniendment, and appropriation of expense of the , session, Saunders county, by voluntary sub ccrlptlons, has collected the county's nhnre, 20,000, for a state aid brldgo across the I'latto river at Yutnn. Automobile drivers in tho stnto aro warned to be uwnro of the new nuto- niobllo law, which prohibits an auto mobile to bo driven with a dealer." number for personal use. Addison Walt, for some tlmo adju tant of the soldiers' home nt Grand Islnnd, has been promoted to com mandant of that institution and Rev, J. W. Walts of Valparaiso, has been appointed adjutant. Reports renchlng Stnle Superintend . out of Schools Cleinmons ut Lincoln, indlcnte that many sections of Nebras kn will experience a shortage of school teachers this fall. The short age of teachers Is said to be due to better pay offered In other lines of work. Tho stnto fnlr management has se cured ns nn nttrnction nt the 1010 exhibition Lloutcnnnt Omcr Lockelnr, tho flyer who leaps from one nlrplnno to another while several thousand feet In the air, crawls nil over the piano when In motion nnd who does n lot ot other stunts. Representatives of nil telephone companies doing business In Nebraskn nro called to meet nt the office of tho stnto rallwny commission In Lincoln,. October 15, to show cnuso If they ob ject to tho commlss.on putting In force Installation, move nnd chnnge-of-nnmo charges to bo applied generally. Dry ranges In tho west nre given ns tho cnuse of tho breaking of two records for cattlo receipts nt tho South Omnbn live stock market dur ing the past week. The high mnrk for n single dny wns 29,783. E. E. Stnuffer, president of Mldlnnd college, hns returned to Fremont from Phllndelphln, whore he obtnlned tho ofllclnl snnctlon of Lutherans of Amer Icn to the transfer of the college from Atchison to Fremont. Members of the Tribe of Ben IIur fraternal orgnnlzntlon, nro In n enm pnlgn to havo tho western headquar ters of tho order established In Omn bn, where n new $500,000 home will be erected. Sam Maxwell of nenr Fremont hnr vestod $1,500 worth of potntoes from n patch n little loss thnn five acres In size. The big yield was duo to trent incnt of tho seed nnd spraying tho vinos, he clnlms. Although whent Is reaching tho Oinahn market at tho rate of 300,000 to 500,000 bushels a day, railroad frehght officials aro of the opinion thnt thero will be no congestion nt the termlnnl! Funeral services for Lt. Charles Lnmborn, Nebraskn flyer, killed whllo employed ns n government nlr mall carrier when ho fell 0,000 feet nenr Dlx Run, Pa., woro held nt Minden. The United Stntes nrmy transport train traveling from Wnshlngton, D. C, to San Francisco crossed the Mis souri nt Omaha on n pontoon brldgo constructed by Us own engineers. The top price for Dodge county lnnd was reached the other day when a 120-ncre tract near Fremont sold for $475 per ncre. Three years ago tho same farm sold lor $200 nn ncre. Twenty Nebraska broom manufac turers have requested tho state bonrd of control to nbollsh the penitentiary broom plant, which they clnlm Is ruin ing their business. Orcbnrdlsts of southeastern Nebras kn claim tho npple crop this yenr will more than double that of 1918. Tho yield Is expected to bo about CO per cent normnl.' Fremont, Ord nnd Central City aro tho latest Nebraskn cities to Innugur ato a movement to buy nn airplane to mako dally flights over the city. Nearly $1,000 dropped into tho trensury of Richardson county when Sheriff McNulty sold four nutomoblles tnken from booze runners. Nebraska's prospects for n bumper corn crop nro stln excellent despite the hot, dry weather, according to crop experts. A contract hns been let for marking the Goldenrod higliwny from Nebraska City to Oxford, a distance of 30O miles. Harvest hnnds by tho hundreds nre dally leaving Nebraskn for work iu the wheat fields of Minnesota noil South Dakota. Fremont Is soon to havo nnother dally newspaper. It Is to be estab lished by tho Fremont Publishing Co. Actual construction will begin on Red Cloud's new $50,000 nudltoiiura nnd sales pavilion in a few dnys. Workmen nre busy nt Wahoo mak ing preparations to lay n total of about forty blocks of pnvlng. Tho city of Lincoln hns Inaugurated n movement to acquire the street rall wny lines of tho cnpltnl. Work Is progressing rapidly on tho new Cornhuskor highway through Saunders county. But one week Is lec for candldntes to the constitutional convention to get their petitions filed. Omaha expects to have air mall service from tho oast tho latter part of next October. Wnlthlll Is to hnvo a community sales pavilion, which will seat about 700 people. A movement Is under wny to trans fer the Danish Lutheran college at Blair to Omnbn. Laurel hns let n contract for 20, 000 ynrds of pnvlng to cost nbout $S2,000. The stnto prison board hns refused n recommendation of pardon to Georgo Davenport, who has served two years of his ten-year sentence from Clay county for an offenso ngalnst n 10-year-old girl. Dr. F. M. Fling, professor of his tory nt the University of Nebraska, who has been commissioned by tho government to write n history of America's part In the world war, is now In Washington, gathering first hand material on the sennte's ratifi cation of the peace treaty. The recently formed branch of tho American Legion nt Hartlngton has been granted Its chnrter, giving It tha honor of being the fourth In the statu to perfect Us organization. Omnha, Lincoln and Fremont nro the first three on the list. Farmers of Brown county are qulto disappointed In their whent crops. Early In tho 6prlng the outlook for a bumper crop wns splendid, but tho three weoks' dry spell In Juno greatly reduced the production. Prospects for ft good corn crop In the county J ure fair I JTi 12 -?Siir7tZ