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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA t y r P V, .! r U ' 1 , ia - . IVP, f t WILL LOOK OVER THE NEW SYSTEM ,THE GUARANTEE AGAINST PRICE DECLINE DRAWS MANY PROTEST8. MANY LETTERS ARE SENT,0UT Federal Commission to Bound Out Business, Labor and Public Gener ally as 'to Views on Plan of Manu facturers and Wholesalers. Washington, D. C. Business Inter ests, labor unions and the public gen erally aro to bo sounded out as to tho sentiment In regard to thn guar-intoongalnat-prlcedccIno systerrt said to bo In ubo by many manufacturers md wholesalers In tho sale of goodn, rho federal trado commission asu nounced that it had sent out fiever.il thousand letters Inquiring as to tho plan. Tho guarantee amounts to a guaran loo by manufacturers and wholesalers In soiling goods that should a decline In price occur boforo delivery of tho goods buyers shall benefit by the de cline, but If tho market should rise before delivery tho manufacturer or wholesaler would assuino tho loss. Complaints lodged with tho commis sion assert thnt -working out of the plan tends to provont n decrease In Iho cost of Jiving, Text of tho Letter. The commission In, a letter to boards ef trado, cirlc bodies, trado organs and papers, labor groups and farmers' associations says: "Tho question of guarantee against the dccllno of prlco has been the sub ject of so many complaints beforo the commission, and opinion Hceran to bo no diverse, that tho commission has determined to go into tho whole mat ter thoroughly. "As a basis for tho necessary Infor mation attendant upon such an In qairy, formal complaints hare been Is sued presenting various phases of the subject. The commission Investigat ing producers, manufacturers,, whole sale and retail dealers and consumors are urged to declare tbelr Interest so that tho commission may know what party has bean represented, "Tho committee is asking you, there fore, to'jiiommunlcnte as npeodily and as widely as possible with your mem bership advising them of the Invita tion) and to notify tho commission ot tho nature of their interest in tha subject. m a To Invito Opinions; "An soon as this list of tho parties t interest in the matter can be com piled it Is the purpose ot tho com mission to invito each or any ot them to submit his observations in, writing, "A reasonable time limit for the fil ing, of written statements will bo given after which they will bo assonibied aud 'ias far art possible classified and each corresopondent will be furnished with a copy of the document, ' "As soon thereafter as is possible It Is the purpose of the commission to call a general hearing at, Washing ten, at which parties at interest may he present in person, by representa tives or by counsel and an ordorly method for hearing the matter wilt bo , laid ou," ' ' The proposed hearing, probably will be held about the-mlddle ot March. i i POISON WHISKY KILLS MANY. The List' ef Wood Alcohol Victims Is f Growlni Hourly. 1 rfew v York. Bovontyone 'persons have died during the past forty-ejght hours and scores of others' aro suffer ing from paralysis and bllndnoiisvduo' t to drinking wood alcohol "whisky," according to reports received from sovon eastern cities and Chicago, The toll' of poisonous liquor Is the highest In Now England, whoro sixty deaths are rccordod, Two women at Chicopeo Falls, Mass,, and ono at Springfield, Mass., aro included In the list. In connection with tho Now Eng. land deaths and Ave reported In Now York city, police, Intornal rovenuo of, Accra and agents of the department ot Justlco aro seeking Adolph Parnell, Im porter and commission morchunt, ot this oily, who thoy assert sold twetyo barrels of the poisonous liquor. The police charge that the "whisky" was concocted In Parneli's store in Bleeker street. j In Cbfcopce, Moss., thirty-four men and two women died; In Springfield, three men and ono woman; Holyoke, iz men, and In Greenfield, Mass., one an, In Hartford, Conn., thirteen parsons died ot tho poisoning. i Chicago reported four deaths from ! tho drinking ot poisonous baveragoH, Two deaths .were announced at Now. ark, N, .JjgtV10 Police. Admit Murder of Maid. Newark, N. J. Frank Kelly and Emnm Robinson, both negroos, ot Brooklyn, arrested horo on suspicion of having been connectod with the niurder of Catherine Duns, a bouse maid employed at the home of Clar- ence S. Clark, in Brooklyn, have con fessed to the. crime, District Attorney Jyewls, of Kings county, announce lie said that he would ask tho grand Jury to return Indictments charging Kelly wlth murder In the flrijt degree and Die Robinson woman with. being 1 THE HAND STRETCHE f ni1myfW,2'WTrA'TWm'M'iyiLT'W'lJXftT&Z gySBaT'flJsXajsTyTfcfrrv,'ag TFT Till I'f itsyriiriilTtfMBMMMsBsMBsl dHKrJm U mm j?- ' &.'' HfMrlLi'Vi CAnHHH ) sflHMB -J53F .V -fir L .rti 3- rt3r WHY U. S. OUSTS REDS WASHINGTON YELL8 FOREIGN NATIONS OF REASONS. State Department Asks Safe Conduct For Aliens Who Are Now on Way Back to Soviet Russia. 4 ' Washington, Dec. 25. An explana tion of tho deportation of the 240 rod icnl Russians on tho transport Buford wan cnblod by tho state department to "various foreign capitals," Tho messago Bnld precaution had been tnken "to request for them safe conduct nnd huniano treatment at tho hands of tho authorities under whose jurisdiction they will pnsa en route to soviet Russia." Conditions found 6n Itn arrival In Europo and future orders which may be given while it Ih en route will gov ern tho destination of tho transport with Its cargo of deported radicals, Anthony Camlnettl, commissioner gep errtj of immigration, said. "It Is, of course, Intended to deliver tho deportees to soviet Russia," the commissioner ndded, Tho department's message follows: "Thcro are being 'deported from the United Slates to Bovlot Russia about 250 citizens of Russia who nro unde sirable hero. Thcno persons, while en Joying the hospitality of this country, have conducted themselves in a most obnoxious manner, nnd whllo enjoy ing tho benefits of living under tho protection of this government hnvo plotted Its overthrow. "They aro a mennco to law nnd or der. T,hey hold theories which aro antagonistic to tho orderly processes of modern civil Izntlon. They hnvo In dulged In practices which tend to sub vert tho rights which tho Constitution of tho United States guarantees to Its citizens. "They aro arrayed In opposition to government, to decency, to Justice. They plan to apply their destructive theories by violence. In derogation of liuy. "Thoy are anarchists. They are persons of such chnractor ns to be undesirable In tho United States of America and nro being sent whence they came. Tho deportation Is in nc qordanco with tho law. ' H'reoautlon 1ms been taken to re quest for them safe conduct; nnd hu innno treatment at tllo hands qt tho authorities under whoso Jurlsdlctlpn they will pnss en routo to soviet Rus sia." JOHN D. GIVES $100,000,000 Rockefeller Gifts Make a Real Christ- mar Schools and Health Will Benefit by Present New York, Dec. 27. John D. Rocke feller has Just given nwny $100,000, 000 tho largest recorded slnglo phll nnthrdpy in tho history ot tho world. Ilnlf of that sum goes to tho general education board, Itself a Rockefeller creation, to bo disbursed, both princi pal nnd Interest, In co-operating with Institutions of higher lenrnlng In In creasing tho salnrles of their teach ing stuffs. Tho other $50,000,000 goes to tho Rockefeller foundation, chartered "to promote tho well-being of mankind throughout the world." Of this sum ?5,000,000 In deference to a special request of tho'donor, Is to bo expend ed for tho development nnd Improve ment of tho leading modlcul schools of Cunrtdn. Leases $1,000,000 for Distressed. Cincinnati, Dec 27. Tho will of Jacob O. Schmldlapp, Cincinnati cap italist, who died recently In New York, lenves an estate estimated at $1,000, 000 In trust, tho Incomo to bo used for tho ''relief of suffering and distress." McClure Publications Sold. New York. Due, S!?,. McClure's Magazine has been bought by Herbert Kaufman, it was announced by ljred crick L. Collins, president of tho com pany, All the htncl; of McCJuro pub Mentions went to Sir Kniifiium. D TOWARD THE WEST '29 " sz'&r: New york wom-n ii,rOty ALEX. HOWAT FREED KANSAS LABOR LEADER AGREES TO TRY TO END STRIKE. Released 'on Previous Ball on His Promise to Send Telegrams to the Miners. Mx Indlnnnpolls, Dec. 2-1. Alexander Ilowat, president of the Knnsas dis trict of the United Mine Workers of Amerlcn, was released fromthe Marl on county Jnll by United States Dis trict Judge A. B. Anderson. Ilownt ngree'd to Join the International offy clnls of tho mine workers In sending telegrams to the district executive board In Knnsas In an endeavor to have all tho strikes In tlfp Kansas conl mines ended. Ilownt was released on his previous bnll, and if the agreement Is carried out In good fulth, tho contempt heni Ing, set for next Monday, probably will bo continued against Ilowat, as In tho cnscB of the other Internation al nnd district ofllclnls of the mine workers. Tho telegrams to tho Kansas min ors' executive body not only will as tho return of tho men out on the Central Coal & Coko company strike slnco last July, but wllj ordCr tho re turn of the men who struck In protest against Judge Anderson's action In sending Ilownt to Jnll. , William Green, secretary-treasurer of tho miners, urged Ilownt to, ngreo to tho plan. SAYS VIRGO KILLED WOMAN Mr. Tabor Confesses to Officers of Van Buren County, Mich., That . Son-ln-Law Is Guilty, Lawton, Mich., Dec. 25. Mrs. Sarah I. Tubor confessed to tho authorities of Van Huron county, tho truth con cerning tho denth and burial of her daughter, Maud "Tabor Virgo, In a trunk In tho cellar of their homo at Lawton. Showing emotion for tho first time slnco her arrest, tho aged woman broke down nt 2 n. m. and cried to Prosecutors II. u. Adams and Glenn Warner "Joe did It." 'Joe said ho didn't want nny brats nround his house," the. old lady sobbed out to Prosecutors Warner and Adams. "Joo Virgo did It; Joe nnd nobody else, nnd for three years he's dared mo to toll it." Mrs. Tabor told her story with a rush of words. "I knew Maud wns to become a mother," she said. "Joo Virgo camo to tho house and took Mnud away In an auto tho latter part of April nnd was gone threo days. Ho brought her back tho Saturday before tho Monday May 1,- when sho died." LAUNCH, LARGEST U. S. DIVER Submarine S-10 With Cruising Range, of 12,000 Miles, Takes Waves at Bridgeport Rrldgeport, Conn., Dec. 25. Submn rlno S-10. tho largest in tho United Htute3 nnvy, was lnunched from tho yard of tho Lako Torpedoboat com pnny. The sponsor wns Mrs. Archi bald McNeil, Jr., who broko a bottle of champagne on tho noso of tho craft as It slipped down tho ways. The S 10 has n cruising rndlus of 12,000 miles, Is 220 feet long, will have a speed of 12 knots mi hour snuii,.r...i and 15 knots on the surface. French Loan Overiubscrlbed. Now York, Dec. 20. Franco's nn tionnl credit loan wns oversubscribed on tho first day, according to cnblo ad vices received hero. Tho nrivi n,t,.i that the oversubscription had exceed ed mo uesi nnpes oc tnagou'riiiDunt. Arrest in Brown Case, Mount Clemens, Mich., Dtn;. 29. Sheriff Caldwell nrrcsted Lloyd Pre vont and Mrs. Ruth Iirown. whn ,- suspqeted of having murdered J. Sinn Joy Rrown, tho tjn of n deceased mil-. uonairo Detroit clgur manufacturer. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION NOTES Lincoln. Tho convention adjourned following Frldny's session until after the holidays, and, outside of some possible commttteo meetings, there will bo no .meetings of the members until time for reconvening on January 0. During the holiday .recess dele gates will mall to Secretary Uarnanl nny proposals they wish to Introduce. Ueforo the nssemb,ly broke up blnnlc ballots were placed on tho desks of members bearing tho nnmes of lend ing presidential candidates, to secure a straw vote of tho convention. Thore woro sixty-three ballots turned In, thirty-seven not voting. Some members seemed to take the ballot seriously, but not nil. General Wood led, with thirty-six votes; Bryan was second, with five, while Jerry HowanL repre senting Douglas county nnd tho "Irish republic," tied Senatpr III Johnson of California for third place, both re ceiving four votes. Many other cele brities, Including President Weaver of the convention, received compliment ary votes. Among the proposals before the con vention is one by IJyrum of Franklin nnd Jackson of Nuckolls, which pro poses u reorganizing of the civil gov ernment of tho state, eliminating ecu trnllzed power such as Is pluced In the governor's hands by the code bill, The proposal, which Is attracting a great deal of attention, provides for ten de partments ns follows : Public welfare; public lands and buildings; labor; trade and commerce; finance; law; agricul ture; public works; education; ac counts; public utilities. Tho head of the. department of public welfare would be the governor, with a salary of $0,000 a year. The proposal would cut down the number of elective "state officers tq, the governor, lieutenant goernor, attorney general, treasurer and auditor. The scale of compensation fixed by tho committee in charge of this fea ture of the convention, allows Secre tary Rarnard $10 a day; two assist ants $8 a day each ; stenographers nnd engrossing clerks, $0 ; sergeant-at-nrms, postmaster, custodian pf cloak room, assistant scrgeant-at-arms, nilmeo grapher, chaplain, Janitor, bill room clerks nnd proof readers, $5 a day ach, and the two pages, 3 a day each. Svoboda of Iloward county has sub mitted a proposal which he claims will be pushed with vigor, calling for the election of state senators for a term of four years, one-halt elected every two years and makes the number 34 Instead of 83, as at present It also divides the state into that number of districts. House members remain the sarriVwlth" terms of two years and the pay fixed nt $10 a day. President Weaver of tho convention has been Informed that committees containing some of the ablest members of tiro convention will have very little work to (lo, In some Instances practic ally none, while other committees are already swamped with work. Members of tho convention generally appear to bo In favor of n resolution submitted by Davles of Boyd, which would elect supreme Judges by dls tricts. andt tho chief Justlco of the su preme court by the entire state. Abolishment of tho state board o( cdntrol nnd tho stnto railway commis sion Is tho outstanding feature ot a proposal Introduced In tho convention by A. H. Byrutn and George Jackson. i M 4Jury service for Nebraska women is provided for in a proposal by A. H. Byrum, Bloomlngton. .He would also permit verdicts by less than twelve members of u Jury. The first 103 proposals Introduced In tho convention have been returned from tho prluter and were distrib uted to their respectlvo commit tees last week for consideration. W. II. Pltzer, Nebraska City, hai submitted n proposal for n statp Indus trial commission of labor, trado and commerce, to consist of threo memberi appointed by the governor. Proposals for n recall lnw, applica ble to all elective ofllclals, nnd u workable Initiative nnd referendum law hao been introduced by J. N. Norton, Polk county. John,L. Webster, president of th 1875 convention, will nddrcss the members of tho convention on Junu ary 8. v Tho convention votod to Invite W. J. Bryan, former secretary of stato, to nddrcss tho convention at a date to suit his convenience. Blgelow, ot Douglas county, Intro duced a proposal which would nllow Omaha nnd Douglas county to consol idate their governments, lu a manner to bo provided by law. Tho convention will be asked to nu thorlzo tho state nnd muulcpalltlcs to operate and establish public utilities and Industrial enterprises whenever empowered to do so by a vote of the people. Delcgnto Scott of Chase county Is the-uther of n resolution beforo the coincntlon which would abolish tho In determinate sentence law nnd forbids nn.", otUelal taking nny action which vvould'shortun the sentence of n pris onerexcept tha usual good ttmu allowance. CORKER ITEMS flows of AU Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS State Superintendent flemraons ay Nebraska must get remdy to line tip with Minnesota, South Dakotn and Iowa for the Interstate old-fashioned spelling beo" which Is to bo hold at Wnync, this state, in October, 1020. Every Nebraska school child In the seenth grade ami Mnder in city and eighth grade and under In rural schools is eligible. Elimination preliminaries will be held flnt In nil counties. Tho state will be divided Into thirteen dis tricts, to be announced Inter. Each district will hold a contest, the win ners of which will Contest in Lincoln some tlm. in the spring. J. O. Cook, county attorney of Dodge county, has sent a vigorous protest to the stnto attorney general at LInooln over the action of the pardon bonrd In approving the release of Tom Cnlcord, Winslow bnnk robber, from tho state penitentiary. The county attorney says that not a single Dodge county resident wus consulted about the matter, and the peoplo are highly! Incensed over the affair. ' Mr. and Mrs. John Zlmmercr of Seward have donntoil tii fnrm i,nni of cx-Chlef Justice of the Nebraska bupremo Court T. L. Norval and SO acres of lnnd to tho city for use as either a jiome for aged people or a boys' schpol. The property Is valued at $40,000. The gift was made as a Christmas present. Tho boycott on certain high priced foods instituted by the more than 2,000 members of tho Woman's club at Lin coln, Is already showing results. Lat est reports show that eggs have dropped from 85 to 55 cents a dozen, nnd some other Important staples have decreased lu price considerable. A report Issued by L. I. Frlsble, leader of stato Junior work In this stato shows that 412 members of Ne braska Boys and Girls clubs, raised poultry valued at $11,011.35 this year. The net profit was $0,273.09. The total number of chickens raised was 12,090. Tho latent Etntn irnn i-onn .).... that the average of winter wheat sown in JNcoraska last autumn Is 17 per cent less than that a year ago nnd about 5 per cent under tho usual amount. Tho estimate Is 3,093,000 acres as com pared with 3,727,000 acres last year. Although tho coal strike has been cnlled off, reports from Lincoln Indi cate that Nebraska Is yet a long way from relief in the fuel situation. Con servation measures, practiced through out the state, must bo continued In definitely, the reports say. Railroads nre refusing to ship hay into western Nebraska and hundreds of head of stock are dying as tho re sult, according to a letter received by the State Railway ommlsslon at Lin coln from S. N. Stnpleton, Crawford banker nnd ranch owner. A movement Is on foot at Lincoln te persuade the city to rebuild the cat tle bnrn at the state , fair grounds, which was recently destroyed by fire; and make the fair association a pres ent of the building. Athletic authorities nt tha University of Nebraska have already arranged football gumes with tho following col leges for noxt year: Washburn, Notre Dame, Penn Stnte, Kansas University and Michigan Aggies., Several hundreds of dollars In prizes were distributed among members of the Webster county boys' and girls' calf club, nt the annual show nnd sale at Red Cloud. Delegates from all parts of the stato are expected to attend the annual con vention of the Nebraska Retail Cloth iers' Association at Omaha February 4 and 5. Assistant Adjutant General Bross of the G. A. R., at Lincoln, declares that organization suffered severely from the recent coal restrictions throughout the state. January Y to 0 nre the dates' set for tho annual meeting of the county as sessors of Nebraska. Lincoln is the lucky city to entertain the tax makers. Work has begun on the construction of the new $150,000 Keystone hotel at McCook. Ji. Kunsas City firm has the contract. A movement Is on foot at Genova to erect nn $8,000 dock sales pavilion. Six veteran railway locomotlvo en gineers acted as pallbearers at the fun-, erul of J. W. Coolldge, Unlpn Pacific engineer, who died at Omaha follow ing his collapse at the throttle, -while his train wns speeding through Vnlley. School authorities at Lyons believe they have solved the teacher question, noreufter grade teachers will receive a minimum of $1,000 n year and u yoarly Increuse of $100 until a maxi mum of $1,000 Is reached, nigh school teachers will receive a minimum of $1,200 and a yearly incrensp of $100 until a muxlmum of $2,200 Is reached. Valley county Is advertising for bids for the new court house, the construc tion of which Is to be started early next spring. Governor McKelvlo has appointed Judge O. E. Eldred of McCook to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of District Judge B. B. Perry of the Fourteenth district. The Nebraska law which requliec the closing of barber shops on Sunday nnd which prohibits the plying of the barber trade In u private way, was upheld by tho state supreme court lu a Douglas county case. Twenty or more erganlnatlons, with a combined membership tf many thou sands of thoso who hove to do with Uio raising of farm products and live stock, will hold their annual conven tion at Lincoln between January 10 and 24, tho dates set for Orgnnlzod Agriculture meetings. Negotiations are now being carried on with several noted speakers who will address th mootlngs. This year the farmers have many things on their minds, which It Is expected will be brought up. In somo tespects the sessions will be as important us those held durlnir thn wr. During the war the fnrmers woro asked for a maximum production. Now they nro wondering Just what tht future of farming will be during tht next two or throe years. It Is announced that nny American Legion post In Nebraska can now have a women's nuxiilnry. Stnte Common dor Earl Cllno In making this an nouncement stated thnt anyone desir ing to orgnnlzo an auxiliary should ob tain blnnks from our state headquar. tors at Lincoln. Membership will be limited to mothers, wives, daughters and sisters of members of the Legion, and mothers, whes, duughters nnd sis ters of men nnd women who were la the service during the war. Considerable comment wns caused at South Omaha the other day over the arrival of thirty carloads of cattle sent to thnt market by the Crowln dlnns under government supervision. The man In chnrge of the shipment said the Indians had very good luck In breeding cattle, and proved apt students. Governor McKelvlo sanctioned tho "furlough" of Beryl Kirk, Omaha ban dit, who was released some time ago from the state prison on papers signed by Stnte Senator Busheo while acting; governor, two days before the man was given his freedom, tlid supremo court Investigating committee wns told by At torney P. Petrus Peterson of Lincoln. Burt county's farmers' union held a lively meeting at Tekamah the other day at which the organization went on record as being lq favor of the estab lishment by farmers' associations of sugar factories over the- stato in an effort to smash the sugar trust. Tho eleventh annual Nebraska far mers' congress, which was to be held at Omaha In December and was post poned because of the coal shortage, wfll be held soon after the first of the year; O. G. Smith of Kearney, Its pres ident, announced. Dr. Dillon, chief of the state bu reau of health, has sent letters from his office at Lincoln to local health boards In Nebraska, asking their aid In seeing that all dairy herds are test ed annually for tuberculosis, as re quired by law. State Engineer Johnson expressed tho belief, after inspecting the forty or more army trucks, owned by the state, which weredamaged by fire at the State Fair grounds at Lincoln, that many of the trucks ,can be saved. The Nebraska College of Agriculture at Lincoln estimates that nt least 25,000 Taruiors of this state will keep nn accurato account of expenditures nnd income by using the college's farm record books this year. Threshing small grain has been re sumed with the moderation of the weather In the vicinity of Surprise where there Is considerable of that kind of work yet to be done. Oscar Hansen, Fremont's crack shot, will probably bo included on the team of the ten best trapshooters to repre sent the United States In the Olympic games at Antwerp next summer. Municipal bonds In the sum of $10,000 were recently sold nt Thedford and arrangements are being completed for tho establishment In the village of a system of. waterworks. ,In an effort to stamp out an epl-. demlc of smallpox at Bluo Springs schools have been ordered closed and a strict quarantine of all cases is to be kept I Mrs. J. B. Bacon, Dawson county ranch owner, known as the "Alfalfa Queen," realized the sum of $20,000 from a 500-acre alfalfa field this year. Fifty farmers and business men held a meeting at Venango the other day and organized a Commercial club. A number of extensive improvements aro to be made In tho Y. M. C. A. headquurtors 04 Beatrice. Tho Douglas county fair, which Is usually held at Omaha, -will be trans ferred to Waterloo next year. Ex-sorvlco men of Cedar Bluffs are backing a movement to organize a post of tho American Legion. North Bend's new post of the Amer ican Legion started off with n member ship of thirty, Reports from a good many points ovor tho state indicate that the sugar shortngo Is still acute In Nebraska, and dealers sny that there will bo no relief in sight for several months. More than twenty-ono acres of pota toes were raised by members of Boys' and Girls' clubs of Nebraska this year. Ono hundrod and seventy-one boys nnd girls took part In this project, grow ing not less than one-eighth of an a era each. L. I. Frlsblt, head of the clubs in this state, In making this announce ment, says he expects greater things In 1020. Tho cattle barn at the Nebraska agricultural experiment sub-stntlon at North Platte burned December 13, causing a loss of about $5,000. It Is rumored at Lincoln that the Des Moines club of the Western Base ball league will be transferred to th Nebraska capital next season. Miss Nellie Williams will servo as temporary director of the state trav eling library, filling the vacancy caus ed by tho resignation of Miss Char lotto Templeton. Miss Ruth Warwick of Meadow Grovo has been appointed assistant to Miss William 4 A- Ok ' J.,I A. . 5 i i "2 tr f f? -f.'