DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD. DAKOTA CITY. NEBRASKA.
SILL HOPE SEEN
ISTICE
RUOS AND POLES TO CONTINUE
THEIR WARFARE.
RIGA ADVISES PESSIMISTIC
Cessation of Hoctllltles Not Likely
Until Peace Terms Have Been
Agreed Upon.
TllRft. After a two-hour conference,
between M. Dombskl, hcail of the Po
lish poac mission, and Adolph Joffo,
chief of tho Husslan sovlot dologu
tlon, tho opinion was expressed to the
Associated l'rosB by M. Iadoa, secro
tury of tho Polish mission, that thoro
is iittle chance of a cessation of tho
IlusBO-Pollsh fighting until prelimi
nary pence torma aro agreed upon.
Tho favorable military Hltuatlon of
tho Polos at present and tho arrival
of the Polish delegates, coupled with
the deliberations, havo created tho
Impression thnt tho conference may
be long drawn out. . Until the Poles
are able to establish a lino which can
roadlly bo defended, It Is considered
probublo that Poland will not agree
to a cessation of hostilities.
Tho conference was held bohlnd
closed doors. M. Joffe drove to tho
conferonco In a llmouslno which be
longed to tho late czar of Ilusaia.
Polish successes. i
Warsaw. The communication Is
sued by the war office says:
"Our detachments lmvo driven the
enemy, across tho Stripa and have
brokon his roslatanco. They aro ap
preaching Sercth. Our pursuit of the
enemy's forces continues.
"In tho region of Kobrln tho one
my attacked fiercely, but vainly.
"it had been observed that the
LithunnianB are reinforcing tbeli
troops."
Pressure Brought on Mlllerand.
Paris. Tho election of Premier Mil
.lerand to tho presidency of France
scorns Inevitable, despito the premier's
ropeated declaration that ho Is not a
candidate Tho premier has received
asmirancos from numerous groups In
tho ehambor of doputies and tho Hon
ate that It a revision of tho French
constitution Is necessary to glvo the
president a wider range of authority
In public affairs thta will bo made
It Is bolloved In political circles thai
Mlllerand will bo unnbo to avoid ac
coptlng tho nomination,
Definite Clewo Lacking.
New York. Department of Justlci
agotsn nml tho pollco were still with
out a definite clow to tho Identity o
tho persons responsible for Thursdnv'i
oxnloslon In Wall Htreot. Alexamle:
Brallovsky, a Russian Journalist, whe
was arrested on Information furulshe
by an anonymous correspondent nix
who admitted having heon In tho fl
nanclal district a short time aftor tin
explosion, is still held without ball ot
n ohargo of boing an un.leslrable alien
Discover Portion Woman's Body.
Cincinnati, O. What Is believed hj
physicians to bo the dlsmomborot
torso' of a woman's body was found bj
M. H. Tilamson, of Cloves, 0.. lylnf
In an unfrGiiuonted spot near tin
tomb ot President William Honry liar
rlson. On tho upper part of tho bodj
was n thick oncrustatlon ot limn, In
dlcatlng, it was bolloved, that an ot
fort had boon mtido to destroy It.
Nine Accused of Murder.
HlrmlnKhain, Ala. Nino mon won
arroBted at Patton charged with com
pllclty in the murder ot Leon M. Ad
lor, goneral manugur of the Coronr
Coal company. At tho headquarters ol
IlrlK. Gen. R. JO. Stelnor It was said
that conditions were quiet throughout
tho Alahnma mining fields, which art
being patrolled by national guardsmen
Turks Bcalcnc French.
Constantinople- French and Turk
lsli forces aro engaged in an almost
continuous artillery duel nt Alntab
where tho French are besieged, and
occasionally Infantry forces take pari
lu the ti(htliig, says a letter received
from an American relief work lu that
city.
Three Killed at Crosslnn.
Cumberland, Md. Missus Ruth
Nicholson, Hazel Rlter and Emma
Fulk wore killed when a Hultlmnro
and Ohio passenger train struck an
automobile In which thoy wore rid
ing near Oakland, Mil. Two other per
sons were Injured.
Strikers Accept Mediation Offer.
Purls. Roproioutatlvos of Italian
employers and tho striking workmen
who huve mo I zed tho factories hitVe ac
cepted Premier Olollttl's offer ot medi
ation, it is stated lu ndvlcua from
Rome.
Four Shot to Death.
Halifax, N. S.--Three mon. oue of
thorn his father, and a woiimu were
shot and killed nt lleinford by Iluve
louk Voluott, who then committed aut
oldu. Voluott attacked tho four dur
ing a dispute over the location ot a
mill dam on his fatlior's property.
Formor Canadian Premier Dead. i
VlctorlM, IJ. C Robrt Beavnu, 84, '
former nrsmlar of Ilhtlsu Columbia,
died toduy. Mr Heaven was born lu
I'll'. 'n ml mill ui'1'V'..il
two tonuH us
mavor ot Victoria.
M
VETERANS ASK
JAP EXCLUSION
Adopt Resolution Demanding
That "Gentlemen's Agree
ment" Be Abrogated.
ORIENTALS NOT ASSIMILABLE
Declares Question of National Scope
and Not Confined to the Pacific
toast Source of Constant and
Increasing Irritation,
Washington, Sept. 17. Exclusion of
nil Japanese Immigrants was urged In
a resolution adopted unanimously by
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, holding
their annual encampment here.
Abrogation of the "gentlemen's
agreement" with Japan, and amend
ment of the federal Constitution so as
to make children born In this country
eligible for citizenship only If both
parents were ellglbiu were also fa
vored. Tho resolution Introduced by Com
mander J. W. Jones, Portland, Ore.,
declnred tho Japanese Immigration
question was of national scope and
not confined to the Pacific coast.
"The Japanese question Is a source
of acute nml constantly Increasing Irri
tation," said the preamble, "and In
time this Irritation cannot fall to end
In grave International friction unless
vigorous steps are taken to allay It.
"Wo acknowledge and respect the
virtues of thrift and industry which
characterize the Japanese race, but If
the Japanese are not assimilable,
those virtues Instead of being a con
tribution to our national character,
are a weapon."
With several spirited contests In
prospect, nomination of olllccnt occu
pied the attention of the delegates also.
On the program for addresses were
Surgeon General Cuminlng of the pub
lic health service; Col. It. G. Choline
ley-Jones, director of the bureau of
wnr-rlsk Insurance, and U. W. I.amkln,
director of vocational training.
More than 5,000 men who had fought
on foreign soli participated In a pa
rade down Pennsylvania avenue. Pres
ident Wilson watched the procession
procession
tho White ,
1
from tho cast portico of
House
Near the capltol the veterans were
reviewed by General Pershing and Sec-
rotary Daniels. j
, Later Mr. Daniels addressed them ,
rrom the steps of the capltol. '
Japan has made formal demand up-,
on tho United Slates government that
the unjust racial discrimination
against her citizens In California lie I
made a matter of negotiation between
the two governments- at once and Hint
It bo settled without delay.
Thls in-:
formation was obtained at the state
department. .
Until the present time the negotia
tions arising out of tho referendum act
by which California proposes to debar
citizens of Japan from ownership or
control of land In that state have been
ot an entirely Informal character.
Following tho visit by Governor .
Stephens of California to Secretary ,
Colby week- before last, during which
tho governor Informed the stale de
partment that olfortN- to Induce Cali
fornia to withdraw Its referendum bill
from the November election would
only aggravate the citizens of that i
state, Ambassador Shldehura was In
structed by his government to bring
tho controversy to a formal Issue and ,
conclusion.
Japan contends that It is the duty
of tho federal government to lake pro-
cautionary measures that will protect
tho Japanese from any discriminatory
action California might take.
It was niade very clear by state de
partment olllelals that this government
will decline to deal with the situation
until the Issue Is made complete by
passage of tho proposed referendum
act.
INDICTED IN OIL STOCK FRAUD
Co'
oration and Nine Individuals Ac
cused by a' New York Grand
Jury.
New York, Sept. 17. Conspiracy to
defraud oil stock Investors of $120,000
Is charged .tgtilnsl one corporation ami
nlnu Individuals In a federal Indict
ment returned lust August and un
sealed here
Defendants mimed lu the Indict
ment are the Pennsylvania-Kentucky
Oil mid Gasoline Refining corporation ;
L. M. Stephens, .1. M. Dultols, C. M.
Wiitson. A. E. Kenuey, Frank I licks,
.1 times L. Holland, Frederick W. Rog
ers, Edward Gerard and M. K. Tall
mini. The paper was unsealed and made
nubile by Judge William II. Slicnniml.
sitting in tho federal district court, on
request of United Stntes District Attor
ney Simmons.
Abraham Lincoln Lawshe Dead.
Ln Angeles. Cnl Sept. 17.---Abraham
Lincoln Uiwshe, third iikglHuni
postmasit'r ttenoral under Frouldents
Roosevelt and Tuft, nml for several
years audliur for tin Philippine Is
IhimIk. died nt hit, home ut Munrovht.
Dies After flexing Blew.
Los Annolo. Cul.. Sept. 10. Al Al
vines. IS. ,oiir old, who whs rendered
iiiieoiu-cioiiM b. a 'blow nwelved in h
boxing bout unh Frank Oulgley .it
' the Los Angeles Y. M. C. A., died in
i n hospltul here.
STILL CHAS'NG HIS TAIL
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N. Y. "REGULARS" WIN
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Organization Candidates of Both
Parties Carry Primaries.
Wadsworth Walker for Senate
partisans Lead In Colorado
Smith Wins In Carolina.
-Non-
New York, Sept. 10. Ttcpubllcnn and
Democratic candidates who received
the indorsement of the unotilclal stnto
conventions at Saratoga won decisive
victories In nil statewide contests In
Tuesday's New York state primary.
With 2,51!) districts missing of n
total of 7,274 In the state, Nathnn L.
Miller of Syracuse, former Judge of
the stnto Court of Appeals, Republican
organization designee for governor, led
st to S(,,mtor (j00,KL. p. Thompson of
Niagara by 77,782 votes.
Gov. Smith was renominated with-
out 0,)nosition ,y tho Democrats,
Unltuil States Senntor Wadsworth,
lt.aM j,y the Republican state organ-
izton, won an ensy victory over Mrs.
.u A 5()0,;i president of the stnto
Women's Christian Temperance union,
,i George II. Pnyne, New York city
tMX commissioner,
Denver, Colo., Sept. 10. The slight
oati t James M. Collins, nonpartisan
n,i iMi)0r candldato for the Demo-
crntlc nomination for governor, ill-
most overshadowed Interest In tho
other contests In tho statowide pri
mary. With most of tho city voto
heard from and n majority of tho
country precincts unreported, Collins
was lending Ruber M. lllgglns, former
state treasurer, by a little more than
100 votes.
Columbia, S. C, Sept. 10. United
States Senator Ellison D. Smith was
renominated by South Carolina Demo
crats lu the prlmnry, unolllclal returns
to tho Columbia Stato from forty-four
of tho forty-six counties Indicated to
day. SEVEN DIE IN AUTO WRECK
Larue Touring Car Goes Over Em
bankment Near Dobbs Ferry,
New York.
New York, Sept. M. Seven persons
perished and another Is dying as the
result of an nuto accident near Dobbs
Ferry when they were pinned under a
largu touring car which had Jumped a
20-foot embankment during a liereo
rainstorm. The dead are:
Dr. George II. McGuIre, Mrs. Flor
ence McGuIre, his wife; George II. Mc
Gulro, Jr., their sixteen-year-old son;
May McGuIre their daughter, thirteen,
and their guests, John J. liawley. Mrs.
Hawley, Ms wife and Edward Mill
money, llfleeu-yonr old son of Police
Captain Mulroonoy.
Doctor MiUuire's remaining son.
Francis, nged twelve, escaped instant
death by being thrown out of tint car
at tho timo of Its plunge, and now lies
unconscious In tho Dobtis Ferrv hos
pital. TWO DIE IN FLAMING PLANE
Air Mail Pilot and Mechanician Lose
Lives While on Duty Near
Toledo, O.
Clevelnnd. O., Sept. 10. .Mr Mail Pi
lot Walter Stevens and Meel Iclmi
, Russell Thomas, both of Cleveland.
were Dinned to death nt three o'clock
In the morning when thotr plane iniight
tiro ut an Hltitude of 500 feet at Pern
liurvlllo, O., IS uiUos south of Toledo.
U. S. Mine Sweeper Aground.
Ketchikan. Aluska, Sept. 10. Tin?
I'nlrwl StHfos niliiu sweeper Swallow
Is roportod to lmvo grounded In Snow
pitMMtge, 00 miles from KetehlkMu. The
vessel Is In no danger, iiccordlnu to the
reiwirt.
Labor Plea Is Lost.
Wnshlniiton, Sept. 10. Labor lend-
rs HSklnK Kouerat aiimesiy for polltl-
ill prisoner were told by Attorney
General Palmer Hint Hie government
ad.iIi! continue its policy of consul-
1 erlng the cases Individually."
LOOT RELIEF SUPPLIES
Goods Valued at Hundreds of
Thousands Are Stolen.
American Organization In the Near
East Robbed by Dishonest Em
ployees and Others.
Constantinople, Sept. 1-1. Supplies
valued at many hundreds of thousands
of dollars have been stolen from the
Americnn organization for relief In the
near East recently, according to evi
dence placed before Charles Allen,
American consul here.
These losses have been partly duo to
the work of dishonest employees in
Asia Minor anil Armenia, but there
are also Indications that while the
goods were in transit from the Unit
ed Stntestiiey wore subjected to theft.
Cases of condensed milk taken over
from army contract supplies in Uie
United States have been found to con
tain only three-quarters of the num
ber of cans called for !n the bill of
lading.
Tho spaces In these cases have been
filled with American newspapers of
recent date
It Is related that on the body of an
Armenian clinuffeur who had been shot
by bandits was found a letter from a
relief worker to a superior olllcer,
stating that In ono shipment of su
plles1 there was a shortage of goods
valued at $-10,000.
KILL WHITE MAN FOR INSULT
Alabamans Avenge Remarks Made to
Woman by Hanging Near
Hartford.,
Montgomery, Ala., Sepl. 10. Alto
Windham, white was lynched near
Hartford, Ala., because of remark's he
was alleged to have made to a white
woman.
The womnn's husband Is reported
to have telephoned a neighbor to stop
Windham. This was done, and soon a
number of men arrived.
The neighbor refused to surrender
the mnn until he received n promise
that he would not lie hilrmed.
The man wns taken to n nearby
swamp and lynched.
ULSTER CASTLE IS BURNED
Houce Where Sir Edward Carson Was
Dorn, Destroyed, Presumably
by Sinn Fclners.
Relfnst, Sept. 1.1. Castle Lambert
house, lu A theory. County Gal way.
where Sir Edward Carson, the Ulster
unionist lender, wits born was burned,
presumably by Slim Felners.
Gal way has been' placed under the
curfew law, making six Irish cities
tinder tills law. The others are Del
fast, Dublin, Londonderry, Cork and
Limerick, as well as a number of
smaller towns and villages.
i
SHERMAN FEARS BLINDNESS
Illinois Senator Must Rest for Year
or Lose Eyesight, Specialist
Declares.
Springfield, 111.. Sept. 1.1. United
States Senator I.uwrenre Y. Sherman
of this city is facing the alternative
of a year's completo rest from work
or blindness. Specialists hnve decided
there Is no other help for him. lie sold,
us he lins almost worn his eyes out by
overwork.
Three American Legion Men Killed,
Sallnn. Kan.. Sept. 17. Thu iiiuHliit
oil bodies of three younji men, all
wearlnse Americnn Legion buttons and
currying cards ludlciitiiiK they had
been employed by a cjrciis. were found
lylnjt iiIoiik the I'uloii Puelfic tracks.
Chioago Girl, tC, Heiress.
ChlctiBO. Sept. 17. Miss Hnronre
Welskopf, sixteen jours old. a ilnugh
ter of Mr. nml Mrs. Maui Ice "Velskopf.
l7fJ Maiden avenue was notlled that,
through the death of an aunt, she bad
been given a legacy of SoOO.OOO.
CORNHUSKER ITEMS
Ncw3 of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
The board of control, In awarding u
public contract, must invent the offer
i of the lowest responsible bidder, no
; cording to the decision of District
Judge Stewart nt.Llnroln. who allowed .
,. ... . i
a writ of mandamus asked for by tho
Nebraska ISuIldlng and Investment
company. The court ordered the board
to rescind Its action In giving the con
tract for the new hospital building at
the Milford Soldl.'rs Home to Ernest
Roknhr at $77,000, and to make a eon-
tract with the Nebraska company at Its i
llgure of S77,:sr3.
Clarence O. Lunge of the government j
nlr mail service won Hie air race from i
Omaha to the Dawes county fair at
Crawford, a distance of 470 miles. It
was the first airplane race evr at
tempted In Nebraska. Lan'ge Civered
the distance in three hours and fifty
minutes, making one stop nt Grand
Island. Edward Gardner of tl.t Ne
braska Aircraft Co., of Lincoln fin
ished second. Warren P. Kite of the
Grand Island Aero Co., finished third.
Only three contestants participated in
the race
Nebraska Presbyterians In the last
two years have added to their pastors'
salaries an average of $-100 each, ac
cording to"n recent statement of Dr.
William II. Kearns of Omaha, one of
Hie district secretnries of the New
Era movement. There nre 17!) Presby
terian ministers included in the synod
of Nebraska overseeing a total of 1!1!J
churches.
A jury In the district court at Fre
mont found August Thompson of North
Hem! guilty of assaulting Miss Marie
Krnel, 17, also of North Rend. The
young lady was found unconscious on
the doorstep of her homo the morning
after attending an American Legion
dance, and for three weeks was delir
ious from injuries received when she
leaped from Thompson's automobile.
All physicians in Nebraskn are being
supplied from thq- state health bureau
with franked post cards for making
reports to county superintendents on
cases of contagious diseases in their
communities, who report to the state
beadtiuarters at) Lincoln, who, In turn,
sends a weekly report to Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Smith, former
employes of the Institute for feeble
minded at Hentiiee, who were arrested
last week for the alleged systematic
I theft of goods from the Institution for
the past few years, protest their inno
cence and hnve secured attorneys to
defend them.
Secretary Stiihr of the state depart
ment of agriculture has appointed sev
enteen men to Inspect and grade pota
toes to be shlppo 1 from western Ne
braska. He estimates the Nebraska
potato crop tills year will total ap
proylinntely .'i,000 carloads.
Reports from Leavenworth, Kan.,
are that Leslie A. Tlbbetts, of Wy
more, serving a one year term In the
federal prison there for deserting the
army, made his escape with another
prisoner.
It Is estimated that more thnn .$.V
000,000 in income tax was paid by
N'ebraskans in the third Installment of
the year. Time, to get under the wire
expired lust Thursday.
Reports from ."0 towns In north
eastern Nebraska, northwestern Iowa
and South Dakota indicate that upland
corn Is almost all out of danger from
frosts.
Voters of Saline county nt a special
election defeated a movement to re
move the county seat from Wilber,
where It lias been for forty years, to
Crete
Mrs. Gus Ilanika and her 2-year-old
child of Stella were killed when a car
in which Hie family was riding went
over an embankment hear Shiibert.
Impressive ceremony marked' the
laying of the cornerstone for the new
Valley county court house, being built
nt Ord.
A movement Is under way for the
organization of the fourth bank for
McCook. The capital Is to lie $100,000.
Ak-Sar-P.en festivities at Omaha this
week nre drawing the largest crowds In
the history of the organization.
Contract lias been let for paving a
number of blocks at Pawnee City.
Records for land In Saunders county
were shuttered the other day when W.
J. Mnghor, living four miles southeast
of Morse Rluff, sold his 210 acre farm
for $102,000 or M2fi an acre
Saunders county hog raisers carried
off high honors at the State Fair. Pert
O. Lyman of Cedar muffs, breeder of
Chester White hogs, won eighteen rib
bons, Including Junior clmmplon sow,
and eight other first prizes. I lurry
Woodworth of Wtihoo, breeder of the
same strain, won eleven ribbons. In
cluding second on senior yearling boar
and second futurity litter.
Petitions are helnic circulated In
Franklin county asking for tho re
moval of the county sent from Illuoin-
Inglon to Franklin.
Good roads tntliHlnsts of tho east
ern uih! of tho suite declaro Snrpy
county highways hto the best In Ne
brnskn. Chsb county school exhibits woro
awHtiled the highest rank of any on
collective work at the Stute Fair. Cuss
pupils also carried off twelve Individ
ual first prises and uuiimmour socnutfa
nml thirds. Plattsmouth school led
the Mute in penmanship.
Meryl Kirk, Omnhn bandit, win. wan
fiuioughed by Senator Rushee of Klin-
i boll, wlille acting governor In the ab-
pence of Governor McKelvIo and Lieutenant-Governor
Harrows, after lie had
served only eighteen months of n
twenty-year sentence in connection
with the Mnlstock Jewelry robbery and
the murder of Detective Koonoy at
Omalui, was arrested In lies Moines,
In., Inst week. The release of Kirk
cawed much comment over the state
nml '.fought much criticism of the
power of "furlough," Invested In tho
governor.
After two hours' deliberation a jurjr
in the district court ut Fremont found
John Olson, Oiimha contractor, guilty
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I.ueken at the hitter's homo ut Vn.
niont, May 12. The case has attracted
wide ntlentlon over tlte slate. Shortly
after tho verdict was rendered Mrs.
Florence Olson, the defendant's wife,
filed a suit for damages of $2.1,000
against Mrs. Lueken, on the grounds
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A hot contest for football honors '
expected between teams comprising
the Nebrnsku conference Twelve col
leges will compete this year, which Is
three schools larger than the iirecedhnr
season. They are: Nebraska Wesleyiin,
iuii. renege, uonne college at Crete,
Cottner University, Hastings College,
Wayne Normal, Kearney Norpial, Peru
Normal, Midland College, Fremont;
Grand Island College, University of
Omaha and Central College
Ronald R. Williams, six weeks' old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Itollu Williams of
Anselmo, who has a great great-grandfather,
two great-grandmothers, two
great-grandfathers, two grandmothers
and two grandfathers, bus perhaps the
longest list of ancestors of any person
In the state. Resides lie has scores of
aunts, uncles and cousins.
Disbarment proceedings agninst At
torneys Frank and Stanley. P.artos for
alleged efforts to aid a client to evade
the draft law and other irregularities,
scheduled to be hoard by the state su
preme court last week, was postponed
on account of tho illness of Judge Faw
cett. Anton Ilason, who found the body of
Miss Carrie P.outelle, school teacher,
drowned in tho Missouri river near ills
home, at Onmlin, lias found twelve.
other bodies of drowned persons dur
ing the forty years lie lias lived In his
little home on the river bench.
Cattle and hog raisers of Nebraskn
and oilier middle west rtntes will bo
forced out of business unless bankers
furnish them with $100,000,00.) in loans,
ranchmen ami hoge raisers told repre
sentatives of Wall street bankers at n
meeting in Chicago.
Rev. W. E. .7. Gratz, pastor of St.
Paul's M. 10. church, Lincoln, has been
appointed secretary of the institute
and life work department of Hie Ep
wortli league of Hie Methodist Episco
pal church, with heudiiuartt.rs in Chi
cago. Tlie state railway commission issu.'d
an order authorizing express compan
ies to increase Intrastate rates M.
per cent aiul interstate rates stiUM or
ly to conform to recommendations of
tho interstate commerce commission.
The Consolidated Electric company
at Ueatrlce lias decided to complete.
the construction of the electric line
from Ilolinesvllle, through Rock
ford and Fllley, as far east ns Vir
ginia. Tho line will cost about $20,000.
Lloyd and Leon Ilarhiu were wrest
ed at Schuyler recently, charged with
pulling the tongue from -i mule b long
ing to Charles Sweet. Elkhorn town
ship farmer. Spite w..rk Is tald to
have cmisod the act.
Figures furnished the State College
of Agriculture at Lincoln by farmer.
of Dakota county,' show that the labor
of growing corn up to July 20 cnt an
average of more than $10 an acre.
Citizens of Murray have organized
a community club. Various commit
tees have been appointed and some ex
cellent work will no doubt be the re
sult. Herman Upton wns Instantly killed
by a Union Pacific passenger train at
Elm Creek, when crowds attending a
barbecue forced him onto tho tracks.
Tho state agricultural college says
that If favorable weather continues
ten days, practically all Nebraska corn
will be out of danger of frost.
Lancaster county has a population of
S."),!)02, census figures show. In- liilt)
the county had a population of 7.'t.7!Xl.
Federal census figures show Dixon
county has a population of 11M.1;
Guillen. 4..TT2. and Hitchcock. 0.0f.".
Lincoln police are boasting that not
a single automobile was reported
stolen during tho state fair.
Ruiilngton crop experts estimate the
potato yield fn Nebraska tills year :it
!),OHO,000 bushels, as compared with
0,:!2r.,000 bushels in 1010.
Mrs. Nell Miimford of Uontrlce lias
been appointed by the state board of
control as house supervisor at Uia
girls' reformatory nt York.
A uniform course of study, the first
of Its kind ever compiled, has been
minted bv tho state sunerlnteml- "i s
oillce for the uso of normal tr:
In high schools that receive st;ii
There are 21!l such schools in
M I g
n i.
e-
bruskn at Uie present time.
Neurly $.100,000 lias bwii "ii
benevolent collections by'Nclu.
Methodist churches during the
year, tho treasurer reported to
state conforonco nt Omnhn.
Ohartea Eiickson, Merrick "
farmer, raised 817 bushels of oni
tract of less than eight acris, or
bushels to the acre. He towed
tlmu ten bushels of seed.
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