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Powhatan in distress off At
lantic COAST 500 ARE
ON BOARD.
600 PASSENGERS ON BOARD
Radio Message Reports Boiler Room
Flooded 8teamcra Western Comet
and Cedrlc Are Nearby Ready to
Take Off Her Travelers.
Boston. Tho army transport Pow
hatan, with COO passongora aboard,
sent word that sho was in distress
about 500 miles east ot Now York.
Tho boiler room was said to bo flood
od, with tho water gaining and help
from the pumps uncertain. Tho
stoamors, Wostorn Comot and Cedrlc,
which ropllcd to tho distress calls,
woro aakod to stand by.
Capt. Randall, who signed tho mos
sagos, gave tho position of tho Pow
hatan as Jatltudo 41.05 north; longi
tude 02.01 West, v
Tho first message said tho trans
port's flro room was floodod, with tho
pipes choked nnd wator gaining. In
a socond messago Capt. Randall said:
"We havo 500 porsons on board.
Boiler room floodod. Dosiro ships
stand by until results of attompt to
raiso steam to Btart pumps 1b known."
Now York. Tho United States army"
transport Powhatan, reported to bo
leaking badly about 500 miles oaBt of
Now York, is In no lmmedlato danger,
and will probably bo floated Into Hal
ifax, tho noarost port, according to a
wireless messago rccolvod Bhortly
.after mfdntght from Capt. Ilnndall,
tho ship commander, at tho army
transport offico here.
Tho Powhatan, which was formorly
tho Hamburg-Amorlcan liner Ham
burg, and prior to that tho private
yacht of William Hohenzollorn, sallod
from Now York for Antwerp on Friday
morning with 271 military and civilian
passengers, It was announced at tho
. array transport offlcoa. She carried a
crow ot 150 men and had aboard a
cargo of military supplies.
Classification of List.
Tho possongor list of tho Powhatan,
array offlotalB Bald, was classed as fol
lows: Ono hundred and olghty-thrco
military, eighty-four war department,
two commorco dopartmont nnd two
navy department
Included among thoso was a party
of sovonty-flve former service mon and
officers who woro on tholr way to tho
French battlollolds to bogln tho work
of returning tho bodies ot Atnorlcan
soldier dead to this country- Tho ex
pedition was In chargo of Horbort S.
Foreman, a formor artillery offlcor ot
tho Rain bow division.
' Tho first wireless mossago rocolvod
at tho army transport offico from
Capt Randall, tho ship'B commander,
said:
"Ship leaking in fl room. Flro
room flooded. Steam not sufficient to
oporato pumps. Assistance requested.
Northeastern galo blowing."
Shortly atterwafd nnothor messago
roporUd that tho White Star linor
Cedrlo was standing by.
THROW BACK 80VIET ARMY.
Powerful Counter Attaoki Are Re
pulsed, Copenhagen. Tho bolshovlkl are
throwing Targo forces on tho Lettish
front, Including Calneao regiments,
says a dispatch to tho official Lettish
bureau from Riga.
"Tho Letts ovorywhere," BayB tho
dlspatoh, "have ropulsod tho onomy'u
powerful counter attacks with cnorm
out enemy Iobios and enpturod aTnunv
bor ot villages In tho ndvanco on
XJoBflhotza. Thay also havo capturod
ths Junction ot St, Pytalowo and many
vltlagoi in tho direction ot Pskov."
Borne. Consldoniblo bolshevik
force aro monaclng tho Ukrainian
&al Polish fronts, according to a mes
sage recolvcd by the Ukrainian mis
,slon horo. Qon. Petlurn, tho Ukrain
ian leader, has started for tho front
and Important military events soom
imminent, tho mosBago Bays.
Tho economics situation in tho Uk
raine is doscrlbod aa favorable Dos
pits tho long porlod of warfare, thero
aro largo stocks of grain, sugar and
other foodstuffs.
Borlln. Au official telogram re
colved from Danzig reports a collision
between Gorman troops and Polos
near Argonau (provlnco ot Poson) in
which tho greater part ot tho Gorman
occupation forco toll Into the hands
ot the Polos.
Tho dispatch places tho entire
blame for the affair on tho Poles, say
lag that they advanced several hours
boforo tho tlmo ngrood upon for tho
German oracuatlon ot tho district.
Natlonjal ;Banks Prosperous. .
Washington. With rosourcoa aggro
gating 22,444,092,000 on Novombor 17,
national banks of tho United States
have established a new record for
growth and development, it was said
by John Skolton Williams, ccutrollor
at the curreacy, in making public fig
ares as to the bank call of that dnto.
Between tho calls of Soptombor 12
and November 17, national banking re
sources Increased $829,570,000. A gain
4 9,623,638,00O in resources for tho
'year ending Novombor 17 was to-ferded.
HERE COMES THE
BRITAIN FACES WAR?
LONDON FEARS NEW CONFLICT
WITH RUSSIAN REDS.
Cabinet and Military Chiefs Called to
Paris for Conference on
Situation.
London, Jan.' 10. Before peace with
Germany is n week old tho British pub
lic has boon brought up sharply
ngalnst the possibility of another war.
Winston Spencer Churchill, secre
tary for war; Walter Ilumo Long, first
lord of tho ndmlrnlty; Baron Bentty,
commnndcr of tho grand fleet, nnd
Field Mnrshnl Sir Henry II. Wilson,
chief o tho Imperial staff, left London
having been hurriedly summoned to
I'nrls for n consultation with Premier
Lloyd George nnd other British offi
cials thero on Important military and
navnl innttcrs.
This summons Is Inevitably connect
ed In the public mind with tho semi
official statement published, cnlllng at
tention to the threatening Bltuntlon In
tho middle East ns n result of bolshe
vik military successes, which hnvo
given tho Soviets vlrtunl tnnstery of
tho whole of European Russia, for al
though It Is not yet confirmed thnt
they have entered Odcssn, It Is bc
Hoved It ennnot bo long before they nro
In full possession of tho const re
gions In thnt vicinity.
By their victories tho bolshovlkl have
obtained command of enormous sup
plies of food, raw mnterlnls, coal and
rolling stock and other means of
transportation of which they formerly
wcro In need.
TO STOP FEEDING THE WORLD
Hoover Says Europe Must Supply
Food for Victims of War Wants
American Aid Stopped.
Washington, Jan. 14. Herbert
Hoover told tho houso wnys and means
committco that tho United States
should sorvo notlco on tho world that,
thlB government nftor tho lmmedlato
emergency can no longer extend re
lief to Austria. Whllo It was tho duty
of tho United States to come to Aus
tria's relief this year ho said European
nations responsible -for hor downfall
by tho treaty terms should bear tho
burden thereafter. Mr. Hoover ap
peared In support of tho request of Sec
retary of tho Treasury Glass for au
thorization for tho uso of $150,000,000
by tho grain corporation for the pur
chaso of food for tho pcoplo of Aus
tria, Poland and other European coun
tries. WATER POWER BILL IS PASSED
8enate Ends Ten-Year Floht by Adopt.
Ing Measure, 52 to 18 Goes
to Conference.
Washington, Jan. 10. Ending a ton
yenr fight, tho sennto pnssed tho wa
tor power bill, which now goes to con
ference for tho composing of differ-'
ences between tho houso nnd tho sen
ate. Tho bill provides for creation of n
federal water-power commission, com
posed of tho secretaries of war, In
terior and agriculture, which would bo
authorized, after investigation, to Is
sue licenses for development of wn-tor-power
projects "for n reasonable
unnuiil charge." The licenses would
run for CO yenrs.
SEVEN SUGAR MEN INDICTED
Chicago Federal Grand Jury Votes
Thirteen Moro nnd Continues
Its Investigation.
Chlcngo, Jan. 10, Indictments
ngnlnst Buven men, olllclals of three
wliolesnlo grocery houses, wero re
turned by tho federal grnml Jury bo
foro Federal Juilgo Carpenter, charg
ing them with profiteering In sugar.
Seven Die In Fireworks Blast.
Alx Los Rains, France, Jnn. JO.
Seven porsons wero killed and ninny
injured lu nn explosion In a fireworks
factory here. Thno adjoining fac
tories wero destroyed nnd tho wnllH of
a numbor of houses wero cracked.
Mines Are Scattered by Storm.
Stockholm, Jan. 10. Many marine
mines, which wero carried nwny by
tho bonvy storm which hns' prevnlloJ
over tho North sea for sovernl dayit,
aro floating through tho Scandinavian
straits, according to report.
UNDERTAKER
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE.
U. S. MARINES IN FIGH1
AMERICANS AND GENDARMERIE
REPEAL ATTACK IN HAYTI.
Yanks Pursue Outlaws Outside the
Capital 150 Rebels Are Killed
or Captured.
Wnshlngtori, Jan. 17. United States
marines and nnytlnn rendnrmcrlo re
pelled nn nttnek on Port nu Prince,
tho Hnytlnn capital, by ti forco of 800
bandits, more than half of whom wero
killed, wounded or captured after -being
pursued outside the city, the navy
department was advised.
The casualties of the marines were
two privates wounded, according to
tho report of tho engagement re
ceived nt tho nnvy department today
from Col. J. n. Russell, commanding
the marine forces and gcndarmerlo in
Haiti.
The bnndlt force, Col. Russell said,
npproached Port nu Prlnco In three
columns, which Immediately wero met
and driven buck.
Certain revolutionary elements of
the city nttempted to join the bnndlts
In tho assault, he said, ndding that ho
believed the fato of tho attacking
forces should bo "sufficient to provent
nn early repetition of tho assault."
Honolulu, T. H., Jan. 17. The Jnp
nneso foreign ofllco has announced
that a formal note will be sent to
China nsklng tho appointment of n
commission to negotiate with Japan
regarding tho restoration of Shan
tung, according to a Tokyo cablo dis
patch to tho Nlppu Ulll, a Jupanese
langungo newspaper here.
MANY KILLED IN BERLIN RIOT
Members of Radical Mob Shot Down
by Machine Guns When They
Try to Storm Reichstag.
Berlin, Jan. 15. Minister of Defense
Nosko showedJils teeth to tho radicals
again when mnchlno guns wcro turned
on n mob of communists and Independ
ent socialists who attempted to storm
tho rclchstng.
A furious battle on tho very steps of
tho relchstng was tho climax to a dem
onstration of n mob of radicals esti
mated at 30,000 who had left factories
and shops at noon and poured through
Unter den Linden nnd tho Tlergarten
to tho parliament building In order to
protest ngalnst tho so-called "Betrleb-sraoto-gcsotz,"
a bill that would plnco
tho workmen's councils In the various
Industries on a legal bnsls.
Twenty of tho mob nro dead and
more thnn one hundred wounded.
Tho occasion ot tho demonstration
wns tho second rending In tho upper
houso of tho act creating factory coun
cils In tho rclchstng, Independent so
cialists declare that tho act does not
meet tho demands of tho workmen,
nnd DIo Frolhclt, a radical socialist
orgnn, published an appeal In the.
name of 15 unions some unions say
without nulhorlty to all workmen to
stop work nt uoon nnd assemble In
front of tho relchstng at three o'clock.
400 LOST ON FRENCH LINER
Only Flfty-Seven Known Survivors
From Steamer Afrlque, Lost In
Bay of Biscay.
La Rocholle, France, Jnn. W Moro
than '100 persons nro believed to have
lost their lives In tho wreck of the
Htenmer Afrlque on Rocho Donuo
Shnnl, Bay of Biscay.
Only llfty-seven survivors are known
to have been landed. Hopo for the
rest of the passengers nnd crow fnded
during tho past night as hour after
hour passed without cheering tidings,
nnd 72 hours after tho vessel foundered
ninny feared ono of tho grentest
murine tragedies of modern times was
enacted off tho coast before dawn
Sunday morning.
Winnipeg Dallies Suspend.
Winnipeg, Can., Jnn. 10. Because
of tho shortago of newsprint the three
dally pupcrii In this city announced
thnt they would suspend publication.
Tho three editorial staffs will mUto
In Issuing a ono-pngo paper.
Alleged Forger Is Held.
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 19. I. D. Corn
Ibh of Rochester, Minn., wns nrrested
here by United States secret service
agents charged with forging federal
treasury checks Issued to disabled sol
dlers in Minnesota.
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION NOTES
Lincoln. The committco on commit
tees, acting on the suggestion of the
commltteo on rules, which lu turn acted,
on tho suggestion of tho convention
that there were many nblo bodied mem
bers of the commltteo serving on
standing committees thnt has nothing
to do, reported from two to four addi
tional members of some of tbo larger
committees. Tho report, which was
ndopted, makes the following addition
al assignments to standing committees :
Hill of Rights Wiltsc and Norvnl.
Legislative Cleve, Cornell, Lnhuers
and Strong.
Executive Junkln, Heeler, Sullivan
and Lehman.
Judlclul Keefc nnd Price.
Education Elwood and Osborne.
Revenue nnd Taxation Abbott, Aus
tin, Johnson nnd Widle.
Municipal Government Pugsley,
Mnrvln, Sughrouo and Normnn.
Industrial Conditions Sprlck, Svo
bodn, Hnldernian and Sellcck.
Miscellaneous Subjects Rankin,
Scott, Saunders nnd Fornenu.
Schedules Peterson, Multeity, Wil
son of Douglas, Ross.
Delegnte W. II. Pltzer of Otoe
county lias presented n proposal de
signed to withhold the ballot from na
tive born children of parents who
themselves are not eligible to citizen
ship tinder the laws of tho United
States, and to withhold tho bnllot from
porsons convicted of felony or trea
son, or convicted under such laws of
the crime or offense of membcrshln
In or conspiracy with any society or
organization engaged In advocating or
attempting to effect the destruction or
overthrow by force of the government
of the state or United States.
Several proposals affecting the legis
lature wero Introduced In the conven
tion during tho past week. They
would reduce the number of houso
members from 100 to eighty, tho num
ber of state senntors from thirty
three to twenty-seven, repeal the
slxty-dny limit on the length of legis
lative sessions nnd permit two-thirds
of cither liouse t,o dlspenso with tho
rending of a measure on three sepa
rate days.
In the hope of doing nwny with "n
handful of legislators passing bills nnd
amending them by adopting confer
ence commltteo reports by a majority
of tho mpmbers present nt tho last
days of tho legislative session A. T.
Brntton ot Adams proposed on amend
ment requiring conference committee
reports to be adopted by a majority of
all members elected to both houses
nnd permit tho pnssngo of bills by the
same majority.
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A number of prominent suffrage lend
ers appeared bqforo the suffrage com
mittee of tho convention the past
week nnd wcro assured that at least
sixty per cent of tho delegates were
pledged to tho suffrage mensuro be
fore their election. They wero told
no fears need bo entertained for an
unfavorable decision when It comes
to putting n suffrage plank In the now
state constitution.
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Up to the end of last week the con
vention hnd been In session twenty
four days, most of which has been con
sumed In submitting proposals nnd pre
liminary organization. Tho fact thnt
tho tlmo limit for introducing amend
ments expired Inst Friday should act
as an lncentlvo to speed up tho mak
ing of a now constitution.
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Democratic members of the conven
tion, It Is sntd, regard Bryan's recent
address to tho nssembly ns ndvanco
notice an effort would bo made to
havo tho democratic party at its state
com entlon declare for state and muni
cipal ownership.
George C. Junkln, Gosper county, is
the father of nn amendment submitted
to the constitution which would fix
tho limitation on the stnto debt nt $1
for every man, woman nnd child in
Nebraska, or approximately $1,500,000.
A proposnl Introduced by delegate
Epperson of Clay county, will. If
ndopted, declare all oxchnnges such ns
the South Omaha Live Stock exchange,
the Omaha Grain exchange nnd slm
liar concerns to be "public markets."
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A proposal by Jerry Uownrd of
Douglas county would give tho statu
power to regulate hotels and board
ing iiiiuseu. iiii'iiHiiiiK niiu iui .h.-im-modatlon
furnished, to bo supervised
by a stnto "tavern commissioner."
Following suggestions by W. J.
Hryan. Delegate Stolley Introduced an
amendment to permit statu develop
ment nnd operation of any industry
after approval by tho people.
Flansburg of Lancaster hns offered
a proposal which would prohibit nu
appeal from district court to 1ip siv
premo court In clil enses wheie judg
ment does not exceed $500.
W. J. Hrynn's unqualified endorse
ment of stnto ownership of public
utilities In his address to tho eonven
tlon did not please delegates opposed
to amendments encouraging growth ot
public ownership, It la said.
Charles n. Cornell of Cherry connty,
offorcd nn amendment to permit the
state to buy largo tracts of land and
sell It to bonaflde settlors. His proposal
No. 282 Is designed to discourage farm
tenantry, which In somo portions of
Nebraska, has become an in'orostlng
question.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
Timely News Culled From All
. Parts of tho State, Reduced
for tho Busy.
SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED
North Plntto was stirred by n most
fearful tragedy last Thursdny when
Chief of Police O. Mecomber nnd Pn
trolmnn O. W. Rogers were shot nnd
almost Instantly killed by two Mexi
cans whom they nttempted to nrrest.
Tho tragedy occurred In Nick Chlres
pool hall, where the .men had been
traced by the officers whom they re
sisted and opened fire on before other
occupants of the plnce were nware of
any trouble. One of the murderers
wns captured.
vPlatte county supervisors have been
Informed by tho architect and engineer
hnvlng in clmrgo plans and specifica
tions for tho new county court house
thnt If the structure Is erected on the
North strert site nt Columbus, a sub
foundation of costly piling will bo
necessary because of the quick snnd
conditions beneath tho surface. This
condition, It Is snld, Is typlcnl of the
Platte river valley, nnd a chnngc In lo
cation would be no Improvement.
Allen V. Grammer and Alson B.
Cole, who wero sentenced to be elec
trocuted at the state penitentiary nt
Lincoln January 10 for the murder of
Mrs. Lulu Vogt in Howard county in
1017, were granted a stay until
January 30, following the granting of
nn appeal to tbo circuit court by Fed
eral Judge Mungcr. Attorneys for tho
condemned men expressed the belief
that many months would elapse before
they would be executed, if at all.
Alleged high-handed methods of the
federal reserve bank In dealing with
non-member state bnnks were con
demned In resolution ndopted by the
Nebraska Bnnkers' association In con
vention nt Omnhn. A committee was
appointed to resist alleged attempts
to force state banks Into membership
In the reserve bank system.
That j the minimum salnry for Ne
braska school teachers should be
$1,000 was the conclusion drawn from
the data tabulated by Lulu E. Wirt,
dean of women of the normal school
nt Kearney, following nn extensive In
vestigation of living conditions In 10
counties In Nebraska.
Tho state banking board hns closed
tho State bnnk nt Valparaiso becauso
of n shortage of between $150,000 and
$200,000, due, It Is snld, to the Institu
tion through its former cashier, R. A.
Lower, loaning large sums of money
for deals In unsound land and oil
stock.
During the last month feeder cattle
have gnlned In price from $1.50. to $2
per hundred nt the South Omaha Mar
ket. During tho early part of Decem
ber quotations on choice prime feeders
wore $10.50 and $12.50, ns compared
with $12 to $13.50 now.
Tho broom factory nt the state peni
tentiary at Lincoln, which hns been
the means of employing convict labor
In the Institution for ninny years, will
be discontinued February 15, the
board of control nnnounced.
The educational commltteo of the
Lincoln Commercial club asked tho
bonrd of education to incur a $100,000
deficit, to give a $300 bonus to each of
the 3C0 tenchcrs In tho Lincoln public
schools.
Rentals to farm tennnts In nolt
county will bo generally lncrensed
this yenr, owing to the lncrensed
value of lnnds. A like condition Is
general in virtually all counties of the
state.
As "soon ns tho weather permits,
work on tho new $100,000 water
works at Chndron will be started,
since n settlement hns been effected
for tho purchase of all needed land.
Expenditure of more than $200,000
for a now municipal light plant and ex
tension of tho munv water plant, a
sewer system nnd paved streets Is plan
ned for Spencer this year.
Victor Rosownter, for many yenrs
editor of the Oimihn Hoe, hns sold his
Interest In the pnper to Nelson R. Up
dike, prominent grain man of Omnha.
Stockholders of the Nebraska State
Farmers' exchange In convention at
Omuha voted to establish a $2,000,000
co-operatlvo sugar factory ntMlnntarc.
The bonrd of education at Beatrice
lias raised the salaries of school teach
ers ,20 to 25 per cent for tho remainder
of the school year.
North Platte Methodists aro laying
plnns for tho erection of n $35,000
community liouse In tho near future.
It Is reported that Improvements
costing nbovo $1,000,000 will be made
on tho Union Pacific roadbed and
ynrds nt Valley this year.
The Aurora city council hns nward
ed n big paving contract, the nggro
gato cost being nbout $310,000. It
looks ns though Aurora will bo fully
paved Inside of two years.
Richardson county's new court
house will be built In Fnlls City, ac
cording to an ngreement between rep
reseiitntlves of Falls City, Humboldt
nnd the county board. The building
cost $350,000.
A rotary club hns been orgnnlzed
nt Aurora. It started off with n mem
bership of twenty.
Nebraska suffragists are rejoicing
over tho refund by the state of tho
$1,8S0.70 contributed for tho court ex
penses of their fight ngalnst fraudu
lent referendum petitions gotten out
by nntt-suffraglsts two years ngo.
The winter short course in agricul
ture, for men eighteen or more years
old with nn eighth grade jeducntlon,
will open nt tho University Farm at
Lincoln January 20 nnd contlnuo
four weeks.
Attorney General Davis has started
proceedings for an application for tho
appointment of n receiver for tho
Farmers and Merchants bank nt Hul
sey, which wns closed recently by tho
stnto banking board. It Is reported
thnt the Scntidlnnvlnn bnnk nt Fnrgor
N. D., has secured judgment ngnlnst
nenrly every man Interested In tho
Hnlsey bnnk. .The Hnlsey bnnk hns
been In trouble for somo time becauso'
tho cashier hnd been Issuing cer
tificates of deposit In favor of the
president of the bnnk.
Buslnes was virtually suspended nt:
Alllnnco during the two dnys prelimi
nary trial of Lawrence Lnckay,
charged with causing tho death of his
eight year old daughter by giving her
poisoned enndy. The trial was one off
the most sensatlonnl In the history of
Alllnnco and people from miles around
attended. Lackey will remain In the
Alliance Jnll until the next term of
district court, May 4, ball having bcem
forbidden by the court.
Mrs. Charles G. Ryan of Grand Is
Innd, state director of the Nebraska
economic campaign, pluns to nsk 250,
000 housewives In this state to sign
the following pledge: To purchase
nothlng at excessive prices. To keep
a careful budget of household ex
penses. To buy only when necessary
for service nnd economy. To aid other
women in setting stnndnrds for enro-
lui conservation nnd economical buy
ing. Tho state board of control hns lo
cated n stnte custodinl fnrm nt York,,
comprised of SO acres nnd a 10-room
modern houso. The state will take
possession March 1. Tho Inst legisla
ture appropriated $50,000 for the es
tablishment of such a farm for fcmnlo
offenders. The nged mother of Guy Cornelius
Nowlln of Lincoln, who suffered the
fnto of his ship, the Cyclops, which
mysteriously disappeared during the
war, will be paid a $5,000 government
Indemnify, nccordlng to the provisions
of n bill now pending In congress.
Lincoln has been thosen for the 1020
national convention of the prohibition
party. The executive committee of
the party voted unanimously In favor
of the Nebraska capital at a recent
meeting nt Washington nnd named.
July 21 ns tho time.
Governor McKelvio hns appointed
John M. Mntzen, Fremont, state super
intendent of schools to fill the unex
pired term of W. i. Clenimons, who
died January 8. Mntzen wns formerly
superintendent of Dodge county
schools. (With tho Inauguration, of constitu
tional prohibition over tho country
January 17, James II. Ilanley, Omnha
attorney, assumed the office of super
intendent of tho prohibition enforce
ment organization for Nebraska.
Chris Keuch was bu.-ned to death
and two other men were Injured nt
Norfolk, when fire, which followed tho
explosion of nn oil tank, destroyed
the city gas plnnt, cutting off the gas
supply In the city.
The Commercial club of nebron Is
bnck of n project to estnbllsh a
sorghum mill near the city. It has also
promised to support the band and a
lecture course for next winter.
The Christian church of Hebron re
cently celebrated Its fiftieth anniver
sary. The church was chartered In
1SC9 with 20 members. It now has a
membership of 243.
Thirty-one bend of pure-bred Poland
China sows sold for $35,825, an aver
age of $1,155, at the William Fergu
son auction sale nt Fremont. This la
believed to be n world's record sale.
On February 3 voters of Aurora
will pass on a bond proposition to
raise funds to erect an nthletlc build
ing In conjunction with the public
schools.
Joe Steelier of Dodge, tills stnte,
and Earl Caddock will wrcstlo for the
championship of tho world at Madison
.Square Garden, New York, January 80.
k.T. B. Evans, 33 years old, son of
Congressman Robert E. Evans of Da
kota City, was crushed to death In an
automobile accident at Coltou, S. D.
The First Presbyterian church of
Mndlson will celebrate its golden anni
versary February 1-2 with a jubilee
and homecoming.
Preliminary moves aro being made
at Alliance to construct a new $100,000
senior high school building the coming
summer.
Contract hns been nwnrded for
$100,000 worth of paving to bo lnld at
Wayne. Work will begin April 1.
Fifty ex-servico mon mot nt Mllford
the other evening nnd orgnnlzed Post
No. 171 of tho American Legion.
A movement Is no foot to organize
a post of tho American Legion at
Sutherland.
Physicians report thnt Nellie Buc
holz, 10, of Silver Creek, who hns been
In a state of comn for several days, is
afflicted with sleeping sickness.
D. M. Amsberry secretnry of state,
George Marsh, state auditor, and
Lloutennnt Governor Burrows have
filed to enter tho republican prlmnrles
as candidates to succeed themselves.
A book -showing the achievements
of Americans In the grent war, pub
lished by a firm nt Washington, shows
thnt forty-ono Nebraska boys re
ceived tho Distinguish! Servlco
Cross cltntion.
Provisions hnvo been made by tho
city council of Vnlentlnc to pavo Main
street.
At a special election at Schuyler n
bond Issue of $55,000 for tho purpose
of rebuilding tho electric light plant
was passed. At the samo time voters
favorod the Issuance of $20,000 wnter
bonds to lny now wnter mains.
Ezra Perln Savage former governor
Nebraska, and nsaoclnto of nuffnlo
Bill, diod at Tacoma, Wash., nt the
ngo of 77. Ho was known during his
administration ns Nebraska's cowboy
governor.
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