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LDS AN6EUES HOME
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ATTORNEY. LAWLER AND WIFE
BOTH' SUFFER 8ERIOU8
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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.
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.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.
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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
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