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DAMAGE PLACED AT MANY MIL
LIONS OF DOLLARS
CHICAGO SUBURBS HARD HIT
Gales Extend as Far South at Georgia
and Alabama, Where 30 Death
Have Been Reported.
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Chicago. Tomadoos that struck In
half a dozon states causod a death
Jiat that may pass throo score,
caused proporty damago reaching
many million dollars and playod havoc
with wlro and railway servfeo In wide
aproad areas.
Tho greatest damago was dono In
Chicago suburbs and Elgin, 111., whoro
tho known doath list wa stwonty-thrco
and a numbor of othor persons wore
missing.
Atlanta reported that tho death list
In Georgia and Alabama was at least
thirty-six. Apparently thoro woro
throe distinct storms, ono driving
northeastward Into Illinois and dying
out on tho shoreB of Lake Michigan
just north of Chicago, ono striking
in Ucorglo and Alabama and another
swooping through Indiana and passing
into Ohio and Michigan.
, Points suffering greatest damago
follow:
Chicago suburbs, tiftoon known
killed, hundrods Injured, a dozen or
more missing and damage of upwards
of a half a million dollars dono.
Elgin, 111., eJght known dead, sev
eral missing and scores Injured. Prop
orty damago estimated at nearly
14,000,000.
LaGrango, Ga., death list reported as
Wgh as thirty and heavy proporty
damago.
Wost Point, Ga.. flvo reported
killed.
Agrlcola, Ala., flvo killed.
Zulu, Ind., three klllod, heavy prop
erty damago.
Grconvlllo and Union City, O., six
teon reported killed.
Hart, Mich., ono dead.
Kenton, Mich., sovon killed.
Gonoa, O., sovoral roportod killed.
' Nashvlllo, O., four known killed and
tho death list estimated as high as
twenty.
Bast Troy, Wis.,'' ono klllod.
St. Louis, ono killed.
. 12,000 Guns Discovered,
Paris. Throe thousand flvo hun
dred threo-inch guns havo boon found
fcy tho Interallied commission in tho
Tlclnlty of Dorlln iilono and alto
gether 12,000 of those guns thus far
kave boon discovered throughout Gor
aaany as well as 6,000 airplanes in
tact According to tho terms of tho
treaty at Versailles tho Gorman army
should how havo only 204 threo-inch
(una and no airplanes whatsoever.
Poland Seeking Peace.
Warsaw. Poland has sent n wire
less messago to tho Russian bolshOYtk
irovernmont proposing April 10 as tho
elate for meeting soviet dologates with
a view of negotiation for poaco. Borl
on (Brozozow, fifty mllos Bouthwest
of Lemberg) is suggested us tho placo
for tbo meeting. Tho Poles say that
If the bolshevik! agreu to this dato
and placo tho Polish nrmy will ceaso
fighting for tho time bolng,
Winnipeg Strike Chief Convicted.
WinaJpeg, Man. Fire of tho load
ers of' tho Winnipeg gonoral strike
last year at this time wore found guil
ty of seditious conspiracy at the otose
of the long trial horo. Ono of tho
, other defendants was found guilty of
committing a common nulsanco, but
not guilty of conspiracy, and tho
aronth defendant was found not
guilty on all sovon counts.
Girl Convicted of Manslaughter.
Durnngo, Colo.Corollno Jones, 17
years old, was found guilty of vol
untary manslaughter by a jury trying
ber on a charge of killing Carl Day,
who was slain on tho street at Bay
field in January Inst, Tho penalty Is
from one to eight yoars in tho peni
tentiary. Council muffs. Mrs. Douglas Bond,
of Ltborty, Mo., blind for thirteen
years, s now able 10 see. Sho was
ono of i 'four women from tho lnstltu
Uon for blind In Nebraska who attend
ed the healing mttiidou of Jamos
Moore Htckson In St. Paul's Episcopal
church here.
Dublin. Prisoners from various
part of Ireland havo been arriving
at Mouatjey jail. Heavy military
guard accompanied thorn. Phillip
baaahan, Finn Scln member of par
liament, and promlnont In Sinn Fein
cUvltUs, was arroatod.
Obleago. Demands of the National
Wholesale Grocers association that
aaefearo restrict shipments In rofrlg
Vater cars to fresh meat only aro
aot only economically unsound, but
would work a hardship on tbo general
euMle, IL D. Ryder, counsel for Swift
ft Co., declared before Commissioner
O, D. Altcblson, of tbo Interstate com
aaerce commission, Mr. Ilyder said
that tho number of refrigerator cars
aerated by Swift &. Co., would bo cut
prom 717 In 150 a week if tbo ordur
avught by tbo wholesale grocers wore
granted.
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ENDS U. S, COAL RULE
President Paves Way for In
creased Fuel Prices.
Says There la No Provision of Law
for Fixing New Rates for Peace-
Time Purposes.
Washington, Mnrch 25. Govern
ment control over the maximum price
of bituminous coal was withdrawn by
President Wilson, effective April 1.
At tho same time the president
wroto the operators mid miners trans
mitting tho majority report of the coal
commission nnd Informing them that
this report was "the basis upon which
tho wage-scale agreements between
the nilno workers nnd operators shnll
bo made."
April 1 Is the date on which theso
agreements normally would become ef
fective, nnd by removing government
control of prices effective thnt dny
tho president paves tho way for In
creased coal prices to absorb the
average 27 per cent Increase recom
mended In tho uinjority report.
The president wrote the operators
and miners thnt It was "essential to
tho public welfaro that tho agreements
bo concluded at the enrllest dato prac
ticable so Unit tho uncertainty as to
the fuel supply may bo ended nnd
that the consumers niny bo nblo to
inula' contracts for their conl supply."
Tho president said be assumed that
neither party would raise any ques
tion ami Hint ho was sum that no
question could properly be raised us
"to tho binding character of- tbo awnni
by tlio majority of the commission,
notwithstanding tho fnct that It was
not unanimous.
Tho executive- order withdrawing
government control of prices removes
virtually nil government control of
coal, placing tbo fuel administration
In tho status It was before Its author
ity was restored when the miners
struck last November 1.
The" president said there was no
provision of lnw for fixing new coal
prices for peacetime purposes nnd
that "unless inn! until some grave
emergency shnll arise, which In my
Judgment bus n relation to. the enter
gency purpose of the Lever act, I
would not feel justified In .fixing conl
prices with reference to future condi
tions of production."
The majority report of the commis
sion said tbo 27 per cent Increase ab
sorbed the 14 per rent Increase al
lowed when the miners returned to
work m.d that In dollars It would up
proxlmiuo $200,000,000 a your.
HARD GOAL MEN WON'T QUIT
Mlnera Will Continue Work Pending
New Wage Agreement
Negotiations,
Peorln, March 21. At the conclu
sion of a lengthy address by President
Frank Fnrrlngton, In which he bitter
ly assailed the Socialist Labor pnrty
leaders nnd Insurgents who led "the
wild cat" strike of last August, Illinois
mine workers In convention hero voted
against tho proposed strike In the
Bellovllle district. The vote was -180
to 123.
Chicago City Workers Quit
Chicago, March 24. The first walk
out In what threatens to bo n general
strlko of city employes occurred
when MX) teamsters nnd chauffeurs
quit work, tying up the collection of
! garbago and refuse throughout the
city.
Thousand Killed at Coburg.
Berlin, March 2.V In a Imttlo at
rVilmrL' Hnxo-ColllirL'-fiollili. tbn citm.
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rminlat tfnrffH were defeated unci lnw
moro than 1,000 killed, while the rekhs-
wehr hnd ID killed nnd hi wounded.
BIG MEDICINE
NEW CABINET FORMED
Gustav Noske and Mathias Erz
berger Are Let Out.
Doctor Gessler, Former Burgomaster
of Nuremberg, Is Named Minister
of Defense.
Berlin, March 20. Doctor Gessler,
a Democrat, former burgomaster of
Nuremberg and more recently minis
ter of reconstruction, has accepted the
thankless task of maintaining law and
order In Germany ns minister of de
fense, succeeding Gustav Noske.
Doctor Cuno, tho Into Albert Ball
Ill's successor as head of the Hamburg
American Hue, has been named min
ister of finance, to succeed Dr. Ma
thias Erzbcrgor. ,
These aro the two only rcnlly impor
tant changes In tho "reconstructed cab
inet," which will bo presented to tho
national assembly simultaneously with
tho announcement of the formal re
tirement of tho Bauer cabinet.
The convening of tho assembly had
to bo postponed owing to Uie Inabil
ity of tho three coalition parties to
ngreo upon three less important port
folios, which aro still unsettled.
Tho political complexion of tho "new
old cabinet" is tho same as It was be
foro tho Kapp-Lucttwitz coup, tho
coalition comprising social democrats,
centrists nnd democrats. Tho inde
pendent socialists refused to como
Into ho ministry. Tho lifo of the
"patched-up" cabinet promises to be
short.
SIMS ASSAILED BY PITTMAN
Nevada Senator Tell Admiral He
Wanted to Turn U. S. Navy
Over to Britain.
Washington, March 25. Cross-examination
of Itear Admiral Sims was
concluded by the senate com
mittee. Senator Plttnmn of Nevada said Ad
miral Sims desired to "turn over the
whole American navy to tho British"
during tho war regardless of protec
tion of the coasts of tho United States.
"Tho testimony proves to my satis
faction thnt you relied very largely
on the British admiralty for your
opinions nnd recommendations," de
clared Senator Plttnmn.
At ono point the senator shook hN
linger at tho otllcer.
"Don't shake your linger tit me," ad
monished the admiral.
"You are not on the bridge or n
ship," retorted the senator. "We win
follow senate procedure, not nny
methods, here."
PLAN RECOUNT IN MICHIGAN
Arrangements Made for Check of Bal
lots In Ford-Newberry Sen
atorlal Election.
Washington, March 25. Arrange
ments were inndo for n recount of bal
lots In tbo Ford-Newberry senatorial
election In Michigan by u subcommit
tee of tho senate privileges and elec
tions committee.
Rob Bismarck's Casket.
Copenhagen, March 25. Prince Bis
marck's mausoleum at Frledrlchsruhe
was entered by burglars, tho thieves
carrying off silver wreaths uttached
to the casket. Two suspects havo
becji arrested at Buechcn,
Small Majority Against Gambling.
Berne, Switzerland, Mnrch 20. A
referendum on tho proposed prohibi
tion of gambling houses In Switzer
land showed n majority of only 50,000
In favor of prohibition In a total vol..
nppronehlng 500,000.
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION NOTES
Lincoln. Amendments adopted by
the constitutional convention will bo
submitted to voters of Nebraska at a
special election to bo held on Tuesday,
September 21, according to a decision
reached by tlio body before adjourn
ment. The action was taken by the
convention because of the fact thnt
two, and possibly three referendum, If
Uie liquor referendum is allowed by the
courts, will be submitted at the regu
lar election this fall along with a full
list of candidates for all olllees. A bal
lot for submitting the proposals has
been formulated. It will show each
proposn! by number with the section
It seeks to amend. This will be fol
lowed by nn explanation In a short
way of the proposal which will follow
with the usual square In which the
cross may be made. Under the pro
vision of tho present constitution,
amendments are adopted by a major
ity of those voting.
The constitutional convention, which
hnd been In session continuously, ex
cept for a sl'ort vacation after the
holidays, since December 1, adjourned
Inst Thursday until October 10. The
adjournment wns tnken in order to
permit the convention to reassemble
after the election, and eliminate tho
proposals rejected by the voters and
get the new constitution In proper
order.
The matter of putting the work of
the convention before the voters was
left to two committees, on publicity,
H. L. Kecfo of Thurston, chairman;
and address to the people. President
Weaver, chairman. A statement ex
plaining thq work of the convention
lias been prepared by the committee on
address to the people. The committee
on publicity hns decided to hnve print
ed In pamphlet form tbo entire present
constitution, nnd In n parallel column,
with the nmended sections, the amend
ments proposed by the present consti
tutional convention. This, with the
nddress to the people, will be placed
In the hands of every voter In the
state, both men nnd women.
After the renl business of the con
vention had been disposed of and just
before adjournment, a tribute was paid
to President Wenver In the form of a
testimonial signed by all members ot
the convention. SIdner of Dodge pre
sented It to the secretary for reading.
It wns In the form of u letter thanking
the president for the able nnd splendid
way be bad presided over the conven
tion, for his absolute Impartiality, his
Insistence thnt all delegates should be
heard and his untiring efforts for the
.'iracccss of thcconvcntloii. The testi
monial was made a part of the journal
iind the original was given to Presi
dent Weaver.
Each member of the convention Is to
receive ono copy of the Journul when It
printed In permanent form, prepaid,
unci ono copy to be sent as each mem
ber directs. Nowspupers thnt have re
ported the convention are to receive
one copy each, certain officers one
each, the balance to be pluced In the
state law and miscellaneous library to
bo disposed of as the legislature shall
direct. The secretary Is to retain nec
essary help for the next ten days In
finishing the work of the convention.
A constitutional amendment to give
Nebraska women .full voting privilege,
If ndopted by the voters September
21, could be made effective hy the gov
ernor In time to grant them complete
suffrage at tho November general elec
tion, under a provision made by the
state's constitutional convention.
Louis J. TePoel, constitutional con
vention delegate from Omaha, wns the
only ono of the ninety-five delegates
who voted against the question of giv
ing the women suffrage In the consti
tution of Nebraska.
Wnmnn suffrage, minimum wage for
women, exemption of household goods
to the value of $200 from taxation,
nnd legislative regulation of the hours
nnd conditions of labor for women and
children, all are part of the new consti
tution. All were sponsored by llownrd
of Douglas.
Ono of the Inst nets of the conven
tion wns the ndoptlon of u proposal
'giving wonnn full voting privileges. At
present they are prohibited from vot
ing for officers provided for by the con
stitution. Many Omniums nre elated over the
net of the convenUon In adopting Pro
posal H12, which will permit the me
tropolis to adopt Its present charter
ns Its )mme rule charter by a majority
vote of the people voting on the prop
osition. President Weaver appointed as nn
advisory commlttoe In legal matters
connected with tbo work of Uie conven
tion yet to be performed, Peterson of
IinciiHter, Pltzer of Otoe and Albert -of
Platte. ,
Tin convention eliminated the Pe
terson amendment to the rural credits
proposnl giving the state tho right to
back loans to any amount nnd .Uien
ndopted the original proposnl limiting
the amount to which the state could
go Into debt to $500,000.
There will bo no more executive ses
sions of the Nebraska state sennto In
confirmation of nominations of the
governor for members of the state
board of control. The constitutional
convention struck that proUlon ont of
the constitution.
CORNHUSKER ITEMS
Nowa of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
The condition of the American State
bank at Aurora, which recently closed
Its doors nnd Is now In the hands of
the state banking bonrd, is not alnrm
ing, according to Secretary P. E. Ilnrt
of the department of trade nnd com
merce. The greatest chance for possi
ble loss lies in nn overdraft for .$30,000
mnde by C. W. Wcntz, vice president of
the bank, who has been found In nn
Omaha sanltorlum.
Secretary of State Amsberry nn
nounccd that the name of ex-Governor
John II. Morehead of Kails City will
appear on the democratic primary 1ml
lot as a candidate for nomination for
governor despite a ruling to tbo con
trary by the attorney general.
riinrles V. Wcntz, vice president of
the Amerlcnn State bank at Aurora,
found in Omaha after having left the
bank with a shortage of $37,500, has
turned over to Secretnry J. K. Ilnrt of
tho state banking board first mortgage
securities covering the amount.
Among the prizes offered for win
ners In the membership drive Insti
tuted by tho American Legion the first
of April nre free trips for the four
high men to the national convention In
Cleveland, O., In October, with all ex
penses pnld.
Red, oily, clay soil from Kansas and
Oklahoma plastered the sidewalks,
streets and buildings of O'Neill ns a
result of the recent high winds. Dust
even penetrated the Interior of stores
and homes.
Fanners near Ilnlston have com
plnlned to the State Hallway Commis
sion that the Nebraska Telephone
Compnny will not extend service to
their homes unless they build the lines
nt the expense of .$500.
The Cheyenne county fnir board has
asked the commissioners to submit to
the voters nt the April primary a
30,000 bond issue to be used in mak
ing necessary Improvements nt the
fair grounds nt Sidney.
Leo Darling, negro, who confessed
to the killing of Conductor Robert
Mnrsey of Omnlin nt North PIntto a
few months ngo, was sentenced to 09
years In the stnte penitentiary.
State officers have found no trace
of the robbers who blew the vault of
the Flrsf National bnnk of Greenwood
nnd escaped with $100,000 worth of
bonds nnd $50 cash. ,
The Amerlcnn Legion of Nobrnskn
announced that It will probe the war
record of every candidate for public
office In tho coming campaign.
Thirty Nebraska high schools have
entered students In a Nebraska live
stock Judging contest, to be held at the
sfhte farm at Lincoln April 3.
Tho Fremont Commercial club en
dorsed the American Legion's re
quest for nddltlonn.l compensation for
former service men.
At the regular municipal elcctlc.i at
West Point, April 0, voters will pnss
on a $22,000 water extension bond
proposition. '
Highways in the vicinity of Brock
have been rendered almost Impassable
by the terrific dust storms of the past
week.
The Sutton city council ndopted an
ordlnnnce prohibiting- the establish
ment of oil filling stations within the
city limits.
At a meeting of fnrmers at Sutton
plans wore laid for forming nn asso
ciation for mercantile purposes.
Fnlrbury's Commercial Club hns a
membership of nearly 300 and n pnld
secretary Is to be secured soon.
Oak Davis, former newspaper man,
hns been appointed director of the
Interchuich campaign In Nobrnskn.
Bond bonds to the extent of $20,000
hnve been proposed by citizens of In
man township, Holt county.
.Tohn II. Bncholor of Valentine, re
publican candidate for governor, has
withdrawn from the race.
The Lincoln Telephone and Tele
graph Company Is planning to build n
new home at Nobrnskn City.
A. II. Meyer of Bui well purchased
the estate of the late Thomas G. Ilcm
mett for .7 1,000.
A heavy hall storm nt Fremont dam
aged greenhouses In the city to the
extent of $10,000.
Construction of a new 80-room hos
pital at O'Neill will begin in June or
early In July.
Ills car, presumably blown over by
a 15-nille gale, William J. Bobbltt.
former Adums county nsseswor, wns
found dead under his automobile near
Hastings.
Sarpy county women nre anxious to
serve In the coming political cam
paign, about twenty linvlng filed for
membership on the republican county
central committee.
The Ord school board hns raised the
minimum snlarics of teachers in the
primary grades to $100 a month with
n $100 bonus if the contract Is success
fully flnlBhod.
Work on Wymore's big sewer project
Is now In progress. It will cost ap
proximately $08,000.
The orders of a pnssenger to "give
him all tho thrills he had" Is said to
be responsible for the accident nt
Ogallala, In which Aviator Lon But
ton of Grand Island wns seriously in
jured nnd his passenger killed.
A flock of 100 chickcii3 owned by
Mrs. Walter Armstrong of Stella, In
one year's time, excluslvo of tho eggs
and poultry consumed nt home, earned
a net Incomo for the family of $320.75,
and represented nn Investment of $175
When the time for filing for tnu nom
ination for governor of Nebraska
closed there were seven cnndldntes for
tho republican nnd five for the demo
crntlc nomination. Following nra ln
the republican rnco : Governor McKol
vle, Tom Ilnll, 12. M. Pollard, Adam
McMullcn, II. J. McLaughlin, G. D,
Mnthewson nnd It. B. Howell. The
democratic race has been entered by
Grant Shumwny, George Jnckson, .7. A.
Robertson, John M. Morehead anil
Ralph A. Clark.
The Nebraska City Products com
pnny, capitalized at ,$1,500,000, has
taken over tho holdings of the Hum
boldt Brick company ut Humboldt.
They plan to mnke the plnnt one of
the lnrgcst in the stnte, nnd they will
build cottnges for the use of their
employes.
In an effort to promote purebred
stock raising signs are to be plnced
on tho entry gntes of hundreds of Gago
county farms, bearing a slognn which
reflects the owners'7 pledge thnt they
will use only purebred sires nt the
head of their cattle or swine.
Nehraskn American Legion officers
have asked Governor McKelvIo to de
slgnnte May 1 us Ainerlcanlzntlon day
hi this state, with programs In every
city nnd town, to Impress foreign-borii
AVltb American principles of govern
ment. The Amerlcnn Legion of .Nebraska
has Inaugurated a campaign to secure
30,000 members before the expiration
of 1020. The total membership In the
stnte now is over the 12,000 mark.
There ure 54,000 men eligible to mem
bership. '
The vlllnge of Johnson Is soon to
vote a bond Issue for the purpose of
building n transmission line, either to
Auburn or to Tecumseh for the pur
pose of providing light nnd power for
the town.
In spite of the fact thnt the 10101
crop wns large there is u shortage of
good seed corn, nccordlng to reports.
Enrly wet nnd cold weather, together
with labor shortage, Is blamed for the
condition. The final survey of the O'Neill
Spencer highway has been completed
by Assistant State Engineer Noble nnd
a federal engineer. The highway is
expeced to be completed this fall.
Secretnry of State Amsberry has
flnnlly decided to eliminate the nnine
of Gov. E. I. Edwards from the No
brnskn primary ballot as n presidential
candldnte.
Nebraska women nre granted full
voting privileges under, a measure
adopted by the stnte constitutional
convention which ended its session nt
Lincoln last Thursday. v
Columbus citizens nre organizing to
prevent the removal of the county sent
to Platte Center. The question will be
voted on at the April primaries.
Horse traffic In Lincoln hns decreas
ed 85 per cent since 1013, nnd motor
driven traffic has Increased 310 pet
cent, statistics show.
Ono nnd a half miles of paving will
be lnld at Gothenburg this summer.
Plnns nre being made to begin the
work.
Tho women's club3 of Ord have
launched a campaign to secure a mod
ern nnd efficient public library for the
city.
Tho Neal & Bowcn burns nnd cules
pavilion, nt Kearney, were completely
destroyed by fire, entnlllng a loss of
$10,000.
J. H. Rayburn, formerly secretnry
of the Scottsbluff Chamber of Com
merce, has assumed the position of
city mnnnger nt Cbadron.
Steel signs, in the shnpe of nn arrow,
are to be placed along highways lend
ing Into Brunswick by the Community
club of the town.
John II. Dundns, pioneer of Nema
hn county, died nt Auburn. For mnny
years he! wns editor of tho Nemnha
County Granger.
School teachers of Fairbury have
been granted a substantial Increnso
In salary by the board of education.
The stnte banking board report an
Increase of $10,711,070 In hank de
posits In Nebraska since November 15.
Fall wheat In Jefferson county suf
fered considerably from the dust
storm the early port of tl.o pnst week.
Women of O'Neill nre waging a cam
paign to secure at least hnlf of the
political offices at the April election.
Announcement bus been made thnt
the Nebraska state spelling contest
will he held nt Lincoln April 30.
Creighton college nt Oninlm won the
state Inter-colleglnte oratorical con
test for the fifth successive time.
A paint factory with u capacity of
200 gallons u dny will go Into opera
tion April 5 at Geneva.
Henri William Enderles, editor of
tho Lincoln Frelo Presse, u German
publication, died in Lincoln.
It will be necessary to discontinue
state support to tho economy cnmpalgn
ns u result of suspension of the oper
ation of the code bill, Governor Mc
Kelvle hns stated.
The Nebraska branch of the Wom
en's Relief Corps will give nn Easter
dinner to Nebraska soldiers nnd nurses
confined to the nrmy hospltnl nt Fort
Siicrldan.
Authority to Instnll a transmission
lino from Stanton to Pllgcr has been
granted the Pllger High Power Line
company by the State Railway com
mission. Tlio name of Senator G. M. Hitch
cock was filed In Lincoln us candldnte
for tho democratic nomination for
president.
Several carloads of osago orange
fence posts are being shipped dally
from various towns In southeastern
Nebraskn, and the Industry is becom
ing nn Important one In thnt section.
The executive committee of the
Amerlcnn Legion of Nebraska, at a
meeting In Fremont, ndopted resolu
tions urging congress to ntt at once
on the soldier bonus plr.u backed by
i nctlonnl officers of the legljn.
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