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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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Ailif! NOTE ID
MEXICO FROM II S.
MISSIVE RELATING TO JENKIN3
MATTER IS HANDED TO
CARRANZA.
ITS CONTENTS NOT REVEALED
Officials In Touch with Situation Be
lieve Document Is More Cmphatlo
Than Any Previous Statement
Congress to Talk It Over.
Washington, D. 0. Another note to
tho Moxlcan govornment rotating to j
tho arrest and Imprisonment of Will-,
inm O. Jenkins, consular agent at
Puebla, was sent by tho state depart-1
mont to tho ombassy at Mexico City (
for presentation to Carranzn.
Tho nolo, which some officials Indl
catcd might bo tho last on tho bud- B,t J'K"1 . ,
Joct, was in Teply to Mexico's answer j Tlio miners' rejection came after tho
to a sharp demand by this govern-, operator had accepted tho govern
mont for lmmedlalo releaso of Jen-, "- Proposal as a basis for n set
kins. No intimation of its charnctot i Uwnent although they declared that
was disclosed, but officials in touch
with tho situation bollevcd It was
moro emphatic than any sent hereto
fere.
It was thought here that tho nota
would bo delivered by tho American
representative to the foreign ofllco at
Mexico City immediately, but thore
was no statement as to when tho toxl j
would bo made public. State depart
mont officials declined to bo question
d concerning the nature of the com
munication. No Word from Mexico City.
Thoro wore no advices to tho de
partment from tho Mexican capital
concerning tho Jenkins caso or the
latest murder of another oil man, Wal
laco, although tho ombassy bad bo in
Vstructod to invostlgato and report.
Senators and representatives, back
fir tho regular session of congress,
took a llvo interest in latest dls-
paicncs irora iuo souinern rejmuui;,
and thero wore Indications tuut de
bate would broak looso in both house
on tho gonernl Mexican situation. Sev
eral senators who had eipoctod to dls- j
ciisb tho situation said thoy wouid
await publication of tho last nolo U
this government beforo expressing
their views. In nomo quarters it was t
believed that tho president's moissgo
to congress, to bo presented Tuesday,
would have ft good deal to say about '
Mexico.
Protests Action of U. S.
t
Madrid. Tho Moxlcan location hero
issued a letter protesting against (ho
action of tho Unltod States toward
Moxlco with regard to tho arrost to
American Consul Agent Jonklns ut
Puebla. . Tho lattor says tho case Is '
n lntrn1 nn whlnh .t.nnl.1 lin .loalt
wth by tho Moxlcan government with
out foreign Intervention
EMPTY COAL BINS.
Drastic Steps Are Taken to Conserve
Supplies en Hand.
Chicago. Rapid developments char
acterised the chaotic conditions in tho
bituminous coal fields of tho country
whero, approximately 400,000 minors
have Teon on strike slnr.o November
1, but thert was no indication of nn
immtdlate return to production, PoHt
Anna tf Mnilmin Wh Ih a wrmnrwn nt 1 A
lUf, ui iiuuuun u u uyuiuiuio uv iuu
mines announcing Fuol Administrator
Garfield's 14 per cent wage advance
was genorat. but It was agreed no of.
foct of 'the offer would bo noticed
w, ,. ...v
before next week.
wmio awaiung resuus 01 me gov
ernmeiit'e decision that coal must bo
mlnod with a 14 por cent wngo In-
croaso, Gov. Roderick Qardnor, of
Missouri, called a confoTouco of gov
orpors of nlno coal producing states
to be held in Chicago. Thero was no
forecast of action by tho confurouco.
No Clemency for Mooney.
Sacramento, Cnl. No further clem.
enoy In behalf of Thomas J. Moonoy,
convlctod of murder In connection
with tho San Francisco proparudness
duy bomb explosion, is warranted by
anything within tho knowledge of Gov,
Wm. D. Stephens, tho govornor stated
in n lottor inndo public at tho gov-
nvnnr'i siftlnn li.trn "rt Mnnmiu.
ornors oISlco hero. "Of Moonoy a
guilt thero is, In my mind, nn ques
tion," tho lottor stated. Tho latter
was sent to Paul Schnrrenbarg, secre
tary of tho California Btate Fedora
tlon of Ijibor.
German Socialists Discover Plot.
Dussoldorf. Tho Gorman socialists
novo dlscovorrd n .monnrrhiat plot
which has ns Its purposu tho roturn
to Gorinany at tho beginning of Do
comu-or of former, Kniporor William
snd Crown PrincoFrcdorlck William.
Htchcook to Renew Treaty Fight.
Washington. D. C Preliminary
plana to ronow tho struggle for ratlll
cation of tho Gorman peaco treat;
wero made by Senator Hitchcock, ut
Nebraska, administration leader In tho
sennto fight. He did not scu Prosldont
'Wilson, liowuvor, and an fow senators
had returned for tho opening of con
gress, thn treaty situation scented to
stand Just an it d.ld when tho sonata
adjourned -ten ilnys ago. Tho demo
cratic leader nrodlctod that tlio ttcaty
'would bo resubmitted by tho president
xiext weV, '
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Government's Offer or, 14 Per
Cent Increase Is Rejected.
U. S. FAILS TO END TIEUP
Coal Men's Parley Adjourns Sine Die
Operators Agree to Accept Gar.
field's' Proposal, While Lewis
Claims Injustice to Miners.
Wuolilngton, Nov. 28. The govern
ment's offer of a 14 per cent IncreuBO
of wages was flatly rejected by tho
coal miners.
As n result tho conference between
tho miners nnd operators adjourned
sine dlo with the settlement of tho
wngo controversy still "In tho nlr." No
provision was inado for tho resumption
of tho conference, the miners declar
ing "that they wcro going home nnd
the Incrcnso without raising tho prlco
of coal to tho public wtuild mean tho
loss of profits to n. largo number of
mines and would seriously Interfcro
with production.
After tho rejection tho operators
tendered n compromise offering to sub
mit (ho entlro dispute to n board of
arbitration. This also was refused by
tho miners and the conference- took an
adjournment.
Statement by Lewis.
The following statement was dictat
ed by Acting President John L. Lewis
of tho United Mlno Workers:
"Tho miners and operators' Joint
conference adjourned sine die. Tho
mlno workers' representatives declined
to recommend to the miners any ac
ceptance of tho 14 per cent Incrense
offered.
"Tho operators protended to be will
ing to grant this 11 per cent Incrense,
but in tho samo breath stated that they
would bo unnblo to operato n large
number of their mines unless they had
an Increase in tho selling prlco of coal.
It would bo foolish for us to attempt
to mnko any agreement with tho op
erators unless tliclr mines were to bo
operated.
"Tho position of tho mlno workers
Is unchanged. Wo hold that tho Uni
ted States government ennnot break
Its word. Tho pledge given by Secro-
tnry ' r;nl,or w"son to "rant n 81.0
iui vim 1 1. uii.-ri.-MHu in wuxua mum uu re
deemed. "In my Judgment Doctor Gnrfleld
nnd tho cabinet hnve committed tho
most colqssnl blunder In tho Industrlnl
history of our nation. Thoy nro blind
ly following an academic theory with
out regard to Justice to tho mlno 'work-
or l" " r i theory upon
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Says Justice Is Denied.
"The responsibility for the crisis now
confronting tho nation must Ho upon
thoso Btntcsmen who nro using tlio
powers of tho government to oppress
and deny justico to tho great clement
mining industry.
"I cannot jbcliovo thnt tho people of
our country will indorse n policy of
oprcsslon nnd repression which
means continued industrial chaos, nnd
intense suffering on tho part of tho
mlno workers nnd our entire citizen
, ship."
tho loiter sent to Doctor Garfield,
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present crisis aud tho urgent need of
tho country for coal, wo wish to ndvlso
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conditioned upon tho mines resuming
operations Immediately, tho optrators'
scale cominlttoo of tho central com
petitive coal Held accept, as n basis
for tlio settlement of tho present wngo
controversy nnd termination of tho
( 8trik0 (ll0 flguro9 mi,)Illltted by you
I to the joint meeting of operators nnd
miners held yesterday evening, name-
, y, an nvcrngo Incrcnso of 14 per cent
! to bo granted to till classes of minn in.
bor, such Incrense to bo npportloned In
accordance with tlio wngo bases that
nro acceptable to the employees nnd
employers, thus preserving present
differentials. Othenvlso thun as abovo,
modified In complete nccordanco with
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your proposal, tho present contract in
all Its term and conditions to bo con
tinued In full forco nnd effect until
March HI. 1022.
"Wohnvo already notified tho miners
to this effect.
Says Profits Eliminated.
"At tlio samo tlmo wo wish to call
your attention to tho fnct that tho nc
ccptnneo of this Incrcnso In wages
without any Increase In selling prices
entirely eiiiuinntea tho profits of n
largo number of mines. Such a largo
number, In fact, wo fear thnt tho pro
duction of coal will bo seriously af
fected. Wo understand thnt operating
statistics for 1010 aro not now In your
possession, nnu wo shnll rely upon tho,
government, when such statistics aro
properly ussembled nnd presented, to
mnko such adjustments In wiling
prices ns will permit theso mines to
mnko such fair nnd rensonnblo protUs
ns they nro entitled to under tho Lover
law."
William Green, secretary of tho tim.
ted Mlno Workers, enW.'
"Secrotary of Labor Wilson stntCB
that tlio mlno worker? nro entitled to
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BREAKS M ROW
an Increase In wnges nmountlng to 31.0
per cent Mr. Garfield snys 14 per
cent. Obviously these two conclusions
conflict with each other nnd, to sny
tho lenst, arc confusing. Tho mine
workers know the figures of Secretary
of Labor Wilson nro approximately
correct nnd tho figures of Doctor Gar
field nro erroneous. Tho mine workers
chnllcnge tho figure? of Doctor Gar
fleld nnd cannot nnd will not accept
them. Wo will accept tho figures of a
responsible cabinet ofllcer, Secretary
Wilson.
"Doctor Garfield, because of tho re
sponsible position which ho occupies,
has dono a great Injustice to n million
miners in America. Ills statement nnd
decision has served to Inject Into the
settlement of tho minors' wngo contro
versy an almost Insurmountable ob
stacle. In that respect his action ap
proaches tho commission of a moral
crhno ngalrist tho public.
"Mlno workers ennnot mine coal nt
tho figures fixed by Doctor Garfield.
The acceptance of his conclusion
would mean untold sacrifice, suffering
and deprivation on the part of the !
minors nnd their families. Tho prob
lem of decent wnges and a decent
American standard of living, together
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ennnot bo solved ns a collcgo professor ;
would work out a problem In geometry,
algebra or theoretical philosophy.
"The practical way to solve tho
present problem of conl production Is
to grant tho miners an Increase In
wnges sufficient to meet tho Incrcneo
In the cost of living nnd to guarantee
them nn American standard ofllving.
Thoy will then risk their lives In the
mines, nccept all tlio hazards of the
Industry nnd mine a steady stream of
coal sufllclent to meet every require
ment." Garfield's Ruling.
Acting under Instructions from the
cabinet, United States Fuel Adminis
trator Garfield told tho coal miners
nnd tho operators that tho wage In
crcnso for tho miners should bo 14 per
cent nnd that tho prlco of coal to tho
public should not bo raised. j.
This declaration, coming from the
government as n basis for settling tho
wngo controversy, was received with
great dissatisfaction by both the
miners nnd tho operntors.
Somo of tho minors' representatives
declared that tho offer of a 14 per cent
Increase, in the fnco of tho fact that
Secretary of Labor Wilson had of
fered them 81.0 per cent, was an In
sult. They declared thnt thp miners
would starve Itllo rather than go back
to tho mines at this wago incrense.
Tho operntors, who have been ex
pecting that the government would seo
them through on nny wngo increase,
declared that their margins would not
permit them to give tho miners the 14
per cent out of tliclr awn pockets?.
Thoy said that It would break many of
tho weaker mines nnd thnt It mennt
ruin and sacrifice of years of comings
and savings.
Tho operntors for tho most part
bore their disappointment in silence,
but from the miners enmo denuncia
tion nfter denunciation of tho govern
ment's solution. Without reservation,
nnd without mincing words, the miners
questioned Doctor Gnrfleld and,
through htm grilled tho government
for moro thnn two hours.
Doctor Gnrfleld stood adamant In tho
faco of tho questions und tho criticism
hurled nt him from the miners' sldo of
tho hall, Ho answered nil questions
Kvlthout betraying personal excitement
and firmly but kindly told the miners
that what ho hnd lnld beforo them was
purely a series of facts.
Doctor Garfield said his statement
was mndo on tho facts and the figures
In tho caso as ho had Investigated It.
Ho said that it was ns if ono looked up
nt tho clock nnd thero rend tho time,
"Tho clock tells you tho hour, nnd
thnt Is what I hnvo done. I toll you
that per cent of incrcnso which should
bo applied to tho miners wnges, on tho
nverngo to equalize wages with tlTo
rlso In tho cost of living Is 14 per cent."
said Doctor Garfield.
Shot From Other Barrel.
Dr. Gnrfleld was equally Insistent on
Ids finding thnt tho price of coal should
not bo raised nt this time. This was n
shot tired from tho other barrel of IiIb
double-barreled statement to tho con
ference. Ho mndo it clear that tho
facts, as ho found them, meant thnt If
tho minors' -wages wero Increased 14
per cunt, as ho snld should bo done,
that tho burden should bo borno en
tirely by tlio operators aud not by tho
public.
Dr. Onrflold also made a third state
ment, which almost ranks In Impor
tance with his two main propositions.
This was that government control of
prlco will bo maintained nt present.
This menus that tho government does
not Intend to rclnx its grip on tho conl
situation through holding prices within
n maxltnum limit.
"It fcceins to mo thnt the rensonnblo
wny to deal with this situation," Gnr
lleld said, "lsito glvo tho Industry ns
n whole an nvcrngo Incrcnso commen
surate with tho Incrcnso In tho cost
of living nnd then lot that nmount of
increase bo npportlonca in nccordanco
with tho wngo bnsls that Is accept
able to the employers nnd the employ
ees. "Tho present negotiation stands by
Itself, but It is far from disposing of
tho fundamental controversy between
operators and mlno workers. That
controversy Is bound to be a continu
ing ono as matters now stand, Thero-
fore, to aid in applying the principles
which hnvo governed us and which
should govern In reaching conclusions
lu tho future, It Is urged thnt congress
muko provisions for collecting (Infinite
nnd trustworthy Information concern.
Ing tho conl and coko Industry nnd for
the tabulation of tho samo lu qunrtcr
Jly reports."
RADICALS 00 OH
HUNGER STRIKE
Reds Held at Ellis Island Await
ing Deportation Refuse
to Eat.
Refuse to Ansver Questions of House
Committee, or Reveal Their Names
Only a Few Desert "Soviet"
and Submit to Examination.
Now York, Nov. 27. More than
three score radicals awaiting depor
tation hearings at 12111s Island, now
being Investigated by the house Im
migration committee, have instituted
two strikes within 24 hours. After
having issued an ultimatum to the
effect thnt they would not attend
their hearings unless the wlro screen
which separated them from visitors
wns removed, they declined an Invita
tion to march Into tlio dining hall for
breakfast. The menu which tlio
hunger strikers turned down consisted
of prunes, oatmeal bread with a sub
stitute for butter and coffee.
The first showdown In the antltrlnl
strlko came when ono striker wns
summoned for a hearing. Ho offered
no resistance nnd mnrclied into the
room, but when ho arrived there ho
refused to answer questions.
Hearings, however, were hold In
tho cases of six other strikers, who
went back on their "soviet" nnd an
nounced they wero ready to appear.
Tho hunger striko continued nt
noon when soup, beef stew, bread and
butter, cako and coffee were left un
touched. The strikers won Ave moro
recruits during tho, morning, bringing
their number to 73, nmong them two
girls, Dorn Llpkln nnd Ethel Bern
stein, nrrestcd In a raid on the Kus
slnn "peoplo's house."
The strikers prcse"ntcd their de
mands in a formal mnnncr to the
house committee in n letter delivered
to Isaac Shorr, their counsel, for
transmission. This letter, taking the
form of a resolution not to nppenr at
hearings or to eat government food
whllo tho wire net remained In plnce,
complained of "cruel beatings nnd In
sults" suffered at tho hands "of agents
of tho government of tho United
States'-' at the tlmo of their nrrest.
Shorr declnred nil his clients desire
either to bo deported to soviet ltus
sla or nllowed to pay their own pas
sago there.
Whllo n congressional committee In
vestigating tlio department of lnbor
was attending the hearings sudden nrt
Journmcnt was taken when opo of the
keepers, sent to bring a prisoner from
tho enclosure, returned with the state
ment thut tlio man would not answer
his name and no one could Identify
him. The uttorney representing tho
'defendants wns appealed to, but said
ho could bo of no aid, as ho did not
know his clients "by their faces."
The authorities decided to wait
until tho friends of tho prisoners
cnlled with food and tobneco and thus
establish identifications, but ob there
can bo no individual property in a
"communist republic," such as tho
prisoners aro said to .have established,
keepers do not hope for relief from
this sourco, as whnt Ib brought for
ono is brought for nil, nud nny ono
can roceive It.
LENINE BOASTS OF VICTORY
Declares Versailles Treaty Allies' Un-
doing Peoples All Indebted to
"Unmasked America."
London,1 Nov. 27. "Impudent nt
tucks by enemies of tho revolution
hnvo brought nbout n miracle. We
have gained a full victory over Kol
chnk, which will be of historic Im
portance for tho peoples of the Ens.t."
This wus whnt Nikolai Lenlne told
tho second all-llusslnn congress of tho
Mussulman communists ut Moscow.
Hu continued: "Tho Vcrsnllles pence
Is tho greatest blow tho entente could
Inflict upon itself. The peoples seo
clearly that President Wilson Is not
bringing liberty to democracy, even
for tho victorious nations, nnd are In
debted to unmasked America."
FOIL PLOT TO KILL VENIZEL0S
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Greek Authorities Arrest Officers Who
Planned to Re-estnbllsh King
Constantlne.
Athens, Greece, Nov. 27. Plotters
nrrestcd, following discovery of n con
spiracy to assnsslnuto Premier Tenl
zelos, overthrow tho present regime
and re-cstnbltsh King Constnntlne on
tho throno, hnvo mndo full confes
sions, according to tho authorities.
Thoy wero snld to bo former otllcers
under King Constnntlne. They will
bo tried befcro court-martial.
Green Bay la Headquarters.
Milwaukee, Nov. 27. Tho prevalenco
of "inoonshlnlng" in tho vicinity of
Green Bay is tho principal reason for
tho establishment In that city of tho
headquurters In Wisconsin for tho en
forcement of prohibition.
Milwaukee Meat Men Strike.
Milwaukee, Nov. 27. Ment cutters,
packers, butcher workmen, drivers and
laborers numbering npproxlmntely 3,
PK). nccordlng to nn estimate, went on
strike in the p.nnts of Pluuklngton
t'uckiug company.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
Timely News Culled From All
Parts of tho State, Reduced
for the Busy.
SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED
The assembling of the constitutional
convention nt Lincoln Tuesdny has
brought forth somo speculation ns to
how long n tlmo It will tnke to draw
up a new constitution for Nebrnskn.
Bused on past conventions of like nii
turo tho work should be finished In
from thirty to sixty days. The conven
tion which drew up the present con
stitution was held in 1875 nnd lasted
thirty days.
Governor McKelvie may yet issue a
stay of execution for Grammur nnd
Cole, the two men sentenced to electro
cution nt tho penitentiary at Lincoln,
on Jnnunry 0, because John Ilulbcrt of
tfew York penitentiary has notified
Warden Fenton thnt he may be delay
ed In getting to Lincoln becnuso of five
electrocutions he must perform In New
York beginning Jnnunry 5.
E. C. McDermott, D. P. AVard, It. M.
Kidd nnd N. W. Wnre of Omnhn, and
John A. llnnim, Aulrurn; C. B. Scott,
llushvillo; It. G. Browcr, Pullorton;
D. D. Mnpes, Norfolk; Frank M. Gol
fer, McCook; and .7. M. Turbyflll,
Hastings, have been granted certifi
cates to practice law In Nebraska by
tho stnte bar association.
Mrs. George Walton, wife of George
Walton, Northwestern brakeman, who
hnd his leg taken off when he fell be
tween two cars at Pllger, permitted
tho transfusion of two quarts of her
blood Into the body of her husband In
nn effort to save his life. Doctors suy
Walton will recover.
The Ashland high school building,
a brick affair, constructed in 1871, and
one of the landmarks of the town, was
completely destroyed by fire the other
day. The loss is placed at abont
$80,000, with $18,000 Insurance. Most
of the books, desks and other equip
ment were saved.
, The Safety Auto Mud Lug company,
n new Deshler concern with n capital
of $15,000, expect to begin operations
about the first of the yenr. It will
manufacture lugs for automobile
wheels nnd other articles patented un
der their control.
Nebraska university football team
won tho greatest victory in tlio annals
of tho nthletlc records of the State
college, when the sqund defeated the
Syracuse, N. Y., eleven at Lincoln
Thanksgiving Day by a score of 3 to 0.
Two hundred "buck privntes," who
served under General Pershing over
seas, will meet him at the Nebraska
state line and escort him to Lincoln
when he arrives In December to spend
Christians in tho Capital City.
Nebraska women may vote for pres
ident -and vice president of tlio United
States at tlio next election, but not for
llnny ofllcer named In the state const!
. tutlon, according to an opinion of At
tomey General Davis.
Citing thirty-eight alleged errors In
tho trial court, wherein The Omaha
Beo nnd Victor Itosewnter were fined
$1,000 each for contempt, the defend
ants appealed to the Nebraska su
preme court.
Tho United Brethren church in Crab
Orchard, which has been trying to
maintain Itself as n station tho last
two years, has given up the struggle
nnd the pastor, .7. M. Eads, has re
turned to Omaha.
Silks and furs to tho value of $1,500
wero stolen from the L. Kllllnn and
Co. department store nt Cedar Bluffs,
when burglars entered the establish
ment the other night.
H. Chrlstensen.state employe of the
good roads department, was killed
when nn army truck which he was
driving wns struck by a U. P. train at
Wood Itlver.
The first wedding in the big new
Lutheran church at Gothenburg took
placo Thanksgivings Day when Miss
Erma Huffmnn nnd Arthur Muy were
married.
Pawnee county war veterans hnve
applied to tho state headquarters of
the American Legion for n charter for
"Thomas Little" post.
Petitions signed for two nddltlonnl
pnvlng districts nt Gonevn will give
the city live nnd a half miles of paved
streets.
A Fremont firm plans to construct
ten new cottages at once In an effort
to relieve the houso shortnge In the
city.
Tho Douglas county post of the Am
erican Legion bus over -1,000 members,
and moro nro being added dally.
People if Douglas and Washington
counties wcro shocked over the dis
covery of tho body of u benutlful
woman In a ravlno nenr Fort Cnl
houn. A bullet wound In tlio hend left
no doubt In tho minds of officials that
tho woiunn hnd boon murdered. Thou
sands of people viewed tho body nt
Omnhn but no one could positively
Identify tho dead girl. It Is chronicled
us the most mysterious murder In tho
annals of Omnhn's police records.
A bond proposition to build n new
Junior high school building nt McCook,
will soon be submitted to voters of the
city.
Tho stnto rallwny commission hns
Issued an order permitting tho Far
mers' Telephone Co. of Ord to pur
chaso the Ord Independent Telephone
company,
While hunting In tho vicinity of Pop
ular Bluff, two boys discovered a cava
more thnn two miles 'in length and be
lieved to bo tho "Lost Cave," for which,
It Is declared. -Indians searched in
vain, for 00 yenrs.
Elnboratc preparations are being
made at Lincoln for the visit of Gen
eral Pershing to the Nebraska capital
during Christmns time. The published
itinerary of the gcndral's inspection of
army camps, which began nt Cump
Lee, Va., Dec. 3, provides for n stay
In Lincoln from Dec. 24 to January 6.
Most of tho tlmo will be spent with
his son aud his sisters, who reside
there.
Hearing on tho Burleson interstate
telephone toll rates Is to be held in
Lincoln, Dec. 10, tho state railway
commission announced. The rates
wcro to expire the first of this month,
but it was impossible for tho commis
sion to establish a permanent rate at
that time, so the schedule wus extend
ed to Jun. 31, 1920.
Govornor McKelvie hns notified all
county attorneys to enforce the law
passed by the 1017 legislature which
requires persons renting garage space
to owners ,of automobiles to keep a
record of tho liciinse and motor num
bers for cars for inspection ut any
lime.
Thnt fnrm lnnd In Nebrnskn Is be
coming more valuable by leaps and
bounds Is attested by reports that Mrs.
Anna Brown of Nicker&on refused on
offer of $500 per acre for licr 80-acro
farm, and Paul BIzo of Nemaha county
turned down $500 an acre for a 120
ncrc tract.
The state compensation department
hns granted Mrs. Albert Scorclja of
Omaha $12 a week for 350 weeks for
tho death of her husband, who wns the
victim of nn alleged Joke perpetrated
upon him by two of his associates in a
packing house nt South Omaha.
Mrs. Roy Wiles, wife of a young
farmer living southeast of Louisville,
died from burns received when a can
of kerosene exploded. She was start
ing tho kitchen fire nnd was pouring
oil from the can into tho stove when
the accident occurred.
City ofllclnls and civic and patriotic
organizations of Omnhn have combin
ed In urranging n great welcoming cel
ebration for General Pershing, sched
uled to visit the metropolis soon after
Christians for inspection of Fort
Crook and Fort Omnlia.
Mrs. Roy Clayton Graham of Beat
rice, has been awarded a verdict of
$13,000 damages by a Jury of the Lan
caster district court for tho death of
her husband, who was killed while
employed by the Lincoln Telephone
nnd Telegraph company.
According to announcement by tho
War department nt Washington, 80.5
per cent of all men registered In Ne
braska for war service were physically
fit. Wyoming alone tops Nebraska,
with a percentage of 87.2. Kansas -la
third, with 85.3.
The tie game between the footbnll
teams of the Lincoln nnd Bentrice High
schools played at Beatrice, has result
ed In a deadlock over tho high school
championship of tho stnte. Neither
team has lost a game this season.
Lloyd Thlele, 10 years old, son ot
Mr. nnd Mrs. Emll Tliiele of West
Point, lived for three hours nfter tho
top of his head was blown off, when
ho accidentally shot himself with n
shotgun.
Novnl Clark, Walter Briggs and Pe
ter Pratt, Seward county boys, are rep
resenting Nebraska . In noncolleglato
Judging nt the International live stock
exposition nt Chicago.
Mrs. Sherman Whitcomb of Beat
rice was Instantly killed at her homo
when n shotgun in the hands of her
son, Ted, 10 years old, was accidentally
discharged.
Miss Charlotte Templeton, hend of
the traveling library commission slnco
its birth fourteen years ago, has "ac
cepted a similar position at Atlanta,
Ga.
The presence of General Pershing
in Lincoln December 24, has led somo
of his admirers to start a boom for
"Pershing for President."
On account of the conl Bhortage In
North Platte, business firms have been
ordered to open an hour later and closo
a half hour earlier.
Thanksgiving was n gala day at
Stella when more than 1,000 persons
attended a barbecue on the school
campus.
Sentences ranging from ono to threo
months In Jail wero Imposed on eight
een I. W. W. members in police court
nt Omaha.
Members of the farmers' union of
Pnwneo county plan to organize an
elevator and produce association In
Pawnee City.
Farmers of Gage county report that
they expect to renp n yield of 30
bushels of corn to tho ncre.
A movement Is under wnv at Boat-
rice to reorganize Company C of the
Nebraska National guard.
Word has reached tho tlnlvorsltv nf
Nebraska, at Lincoln, that Chancellor
Avery has been made nrcsldent of tho
Land Grant College association.
Joseph Ilnvllck of Falrbury, has been
chosen president of tho athletic asso
ciation of the school of engineering
of Milwaukee.
Representatives to the state const!
tutlonnl convention consist of 44 law
yers, 32 formers, four bnnkerp, four
teachers, four merchants, three labor
ers, two editors, two lnsnrnnco men,
two prenchers, ono doctor nnd one city
clerk.
One thousand dollars was tho con
sideration received for four head of
mules recently by Joseph nnd Richard
Jun of the DuBols vicinity.
. Tho stnte has offered a $200 rewnrd
for tho npprehenslon of Glen Benson,
charged with the murder of Nellie
Benson In noword county last Sep
tember. Sunday plctunvshows aro being held
regularly now ut Lodge Pole. Hereto
fore the little city has only hnd ono
program each week and thut was on
Saturday evening and wltl nn addi
tional attraction during the week.
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