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DAKOTA CITY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. t p -v Of OF FIRE CHOSE OF THEATRE PANIC M BIX TOT3 LOSE LIVE8 IN NEW YORK MOVIE 8HOW. DOZEN OTHERS BAOLY HURT Paper Clogged Furnace Flue Fills an East Side Theater vvlth Smoke Scores of Children Caught. Now York. A paper-clogged furnaco flue, which caused smoke to fill tho Catherine theater, ft motion plcturo houso in tho cast Bide Italian quarter, raised a cry of "Fire" and in tho en eulng panic six tots, botwoon the agon ot 2 to 10 years, were trampled to death. Twelve others woro seriously injured. Tho llttlo theater was crowded to capacity. Children filled moat ot tho 800 seats, for the horo ot tho plcturo was an Italian lad who roso from bum bio surroundings liko theirs to riches and fame. Tho youngstora wero ab sorbed In tho progress ot tho screen hero, Pletro, who was protocting his father from thieves, when smoko be gan to soop through tho cracks ot tho thoater floor. "My God, It's aflrol" Tills shout camo from an elderly woman "who gathered a llttlo onoundor her arm and ran for the nearest oxlt. 'Imme diately loud walls uroso, children be ginning to cry. Thoy Jumped from tholr scats, Jammed tho alBles nnd fought for passage. Tho flights flick ered out. ' Youthful crlos attracted many resi dents of tho Italian neighborhood. Camlllo Bruillo, who sells bananas from a push cart on .tho Bowery, dar' od Into tho thonfor and attempted to shout down tho cries. Palling, ho carrlod more than fifteen totu to safe ty, then collapsed, ovorcomo by Bmoko. ' Somoono sounded a fire alarm. Many woro ovorcomo by smoko, but soon rovlved. Frantic womon nnd men, learning of tho disaster, crowded boforo tho llttlo thoator, at this time guardod by po lice, nnd sought nowu of their chil dren. A pollco station nearby also was crowded with those seoklng Informa tion of loved ones. Tho hodlos ot the vlcvlms soon woro Identified, but tho oxcltomont attending tho panic kept children from returning to tholr homes and, many womon fought for admit tance to tho thoator, believing their missing children fltlll there. Wlonborg and Schwartz, proprietors of tho thoator, woro questioned by tho district uttornsy. Thoy said thoy purchased tho (heater lust week. Thoy wero hold pending Investigation of charges that one ot tho front exits was locked, Wlonborg and Schwartz, with A. To land, tho Janitor, who made tho flro in tho furnace, lator wero arrested on a chargo ot 'misdemeanor resulting in manslaughter by admitting children to a theater unaccompanied by parents or guardians." Murdoro Wlfo; Mnlmo Babe. Chicago, 111. Whllo two ot his chil dren, dumb with terror, wntchod through a window, Kazlnborskl Ruth owBkl, a stock yards laborer, murdered his wife, tubbed their youngoat child, a girl 4 months old, and thou shot nnd Btabbod himself to death. Tho wife and children hud juat returned from church whoro thoy had gono to pray for Iholr falhor Hint ho might not bo bo, cruol.to them. Tho tragedy fol lowed throe duys of bL'.tqr quarreling, and neighbors wero not surprised ut tho outcome. Mexican Labor Conditions. Mexico City. Iubbr conditions throughout Moxlco took n bot'er turn according to various official state ments. Ad Ices woro rocelved from Vera Cruz assorting tho strike of Btovedoros and dock workers there had ended, and that tho men had re turned to work. Whisky Thieves Raid Car. Nowurk, N. J. A band ot about twonty-flvo whisky thieves broke open two freight curs in rullroad yards horo and stolo CBS cuhoh ot whisky and 44 barrels ot alcohol valued at C7,Gt0, Tho loot was, carried oft in motor trucks after a railroad policeman iiad been kidnaped. Pastors Move Families Into Churches. Lob Angeles. High rents havo caused two southern California pas tors, tho Rev. M. O. Duwuubo of a lo cal MothodlBt church and the Rev, Varren Elaine of a Prosbyorlun church at Vauuuls, a suburb, to move their families Into tholr churches. Bank at 8t. George, Utah, Rifled. St. George, Utah. Approximately $10,000 n money and ,bundB was ob tained by robb'ors who 'broke Into safe deposit boxoS. dt tho Bunk ot Sain George horo. Tho door ot tho bank hud boon prlod open and explosives used to open ,tho Bnfo deposit vault, No traco ot the' robbers has been found., Airplane Factory Closes. Paris. Tho Blerlot ulrplnno works kayo, hijon . clOHod down .Indefinitely, throwlnjj 2.CV0 persons out'of work- I Cooking Up Something a nan. m. w6 (gfSSmK MI88ING NEW YORK HEIRE33 DISCOVERED IN DES MOINES Wealthy Wife of Naval Officer Left Her Winter Place In Brooklyn September 10 Last. Des Moines, la. Mrs. Viola Van Itlppcr Svesson, wealthy Now York society matron and heiress, who dis appeared In Brooklyn, September 10, has been locatod working as a domes tic In a Des Moines home. Mrs. Sves son left hor winter home In Brooklyn, September 10, ostensibly to go to her summer homo at Rockaway beach. Slio did not reach her summer home, ami a day later Chief Inspector W. J. Lahuy, ot New York city, ordered a general search of tho country for the missing woman. Two days ago Chlof of Dotoctivos John Brophy rccolved word that MrB. Svosuon was employed at tho homo of B. Solgol, 1302 Tenth street, as a domostlc. Investigation followed, with tho result that tho woman em ployed at tho Solgol homo has boon positively identified by, Dotectlves Ilolllbaugh and Trimble as tho miss ing heiress of Brooklyn. Mrs, Svesson, who Is tho wife of a torpedo officer in churgo of tho tor pedo division of tho North Atlantic coast, and daughter ot a wealthy root ing manufacturer of Now York, loft hor husband and paronts aflor quar rollng with them tho night boforo. She took with hor much valuablo Jewelry, which sho Bald she sold to obtain enough money to loave Now York. Among the goniH which sho sold woro two lurge diamond rings, a dia mond lavalllor and a largo diamond brooch. Sho Bold theso articles, said to ho valuod at several thousand dol lars, fo&?200 to pawnbrokers In Now York. ' Mrs. Svosson was prominent In nnval society circles ot Rockaway beach. I lor sudden dlBupcaruuca cre ated a furpro. Her husband, who had gono on Ilia ship for n week's cruise, returned to aid in carrying on tho sonrch. Mrs. Chaplin Granted Divorce. Los Angoloa, Cul. Mrs. Mlldrod Harris Chaplin, wife ot Charllo Chap lin, famous film comedian, was grant ed a divorce by Suporlor Judge York. Mr. Chaplin was not present, but At torney Arthur Wright was in court to protect his intorusta If nn attempt was mudo to ntttack tho property agroomont onterod Into bctwoen Mr ant! Mrs. Chaplin. Tho court ap proved tho settlomont which provides that $50,000 should bo paid Mrs. Chaplin Immediately, nnd $57,700 with in one year. It Is understood tlm.t nil told Mrs. Chaplin will receive approx imately $200,000 from tho settlomont. Find 8tolen Bond Agency. St. Paul, Minn. Posing as purchas ers of stolon bonds, United Stntos secret service agonti unearthed what thoy term Is n cloarlng houso for stolon bonds nnd through which thoy charge more than $100,000 worth of stolen IkiikIb havo passn'l. Clvdo A Smith and Mrs. Cln BearBo, both of M'miriRim -i " In thn t-j'i-tv Jn.IV hero. When Smith was arrested at Rochostor, Minn, $16,000 worth ot stoion uoiid . vtoru in their possession, Hocret agents say. France Opposed to Germany. Paris. Tho French government is unalterably opposed to tho admission ot Germany to tho tongue ot nations at this tlmo it was tntcd at, tho for- oign oftlce. Somo "drastic action would bo a consequence If tho league voted to admit Gormnny, It was Inti mated. Freezing In Texas. DallnB, Tex. lowest tomperaturos ot the season wero roportod from west and north Texns. Abilene and Fort Worth felt tho first frcozo of tho sea son, tho thermometer in thoso soctlous registered about 28 degrees. Poles Predict European War. Win saw Tho declaration that war botMtsm Germany and Poland would bo Inovltablo It the plebiscites to ho held In uppor Slloslu gives that ronton to Gormnny is mudo in tho Gazette Porranua, In discussing tho plebiscite Tho nowspapor Is the organ of thr national domocialH, whosn leader is John Dombskl, under uccretury for foreign atratrs. Tho Gazette Porran predicts that another world wnr would roault with Franco and Belgium Join Jng Poland and Great Britain Bldlug with Gormuny. CHARGE QR088 WASTE AND GRAFT IN WAR SUPPLIE8 Corruption of Employes and Officials , and Graft In Purchases Alleged by Inquisitors. , Washington, D. C. Corruption of employes and officials of tho shipping board emorgoncy fleet corporation, graft in purchasing supplies for and in repairing government-owned mij'r chant ships, and tho uho of political or other influence it obtuinlng contracts for Bhlp construction and tho alloca tion of captured vessels to operating compunics aro among a muzo of charges mudo in a report submitted to tho houso commlttoo on shipping board operations by A. M. Fisher Tind J. P. Richardson! former employes of tho board. Chairman Bonuon, of tho shipping board, rofuscd to discuss tho report, declaring that any statement he might havo to make would bo made to the houso committee, which is now con ducting its investigation of tho board's operations. Tho report was mndo public by the commlttoo ot which Representative Walsh, republican, of Massachusetts, Is chairman. It covers more than 100 printed pagos and deals exhaustively with many phases ot shipping board operations as observed by the commit teo'B Investigation over a period of moro than a year. Mr, Fisher, who formerly wan con nected with tho fedornl trado commis sion, mndo a survey, for tho shipping board as to record keeping systems in tho office ot tho lumber administra tion. Mr. Richardson, for twenty years a nowspapor man, was employpd for Bovoral yearB in tho board's depart ment of investigation. In presenting tho report, Mr. Fisher explained that it was designed to denl only with problems which could bo solyed wholly by tho shipping board itsolf, nnd "loft untouched" fourteen goneral subjocts in connection with tho board's operations. Among theso woro enumerated organization of tho bonrd, technical orrors In tho construc tion program, Gorman-American Idoals, assumption of tho diplomatic functions by board officials, enforce ment of tho now merchant marlno act and ovnsions of tho, selective draft act. Taking up In detail bovoii general phases ot tho board's activities, the report charged gross waste of govern mont funds, improperly drawn con tracts which cost tho government largo sums' nnd failure of tho various divisions of tho board to co-oporate ef ficiently, and the almost complete fatlura of somo of tho divisions to function properly. Padding of payrolls by firms repair ing shipping board vosdols, ownership by companies operating government vosscls of stock In companies furnish ing supplies to thoso craft at iri u ranging anywhere from 40 to 50 per cont abovo wholesnlo costs, wholesale theft of supplies and equipment from ships nnd tho loss ot millions ot dol lars through Improperly secured loans m.idii to contractors building govern mont vessels, nlso woro charged. Duchess of Marlborough Divorced. London. Tho dueheBS of .Marl borough, formoly Consuolo Vundorbllt, daughter of W. K. Vandorhllt, was uwardrd a deeroo ot dlvorco from tho duko of Marlborough. Allocations of dosortlon and misconduct woro mndo by tho duchess. Formal denial of tho charges was mndo by tho duko's counsol, but no ovldonco was taken. Tho duchess also was awarded tho costs of tho action. Quake In Oregon. Portland, Oro, Portland was shak en by what Ib believed to havo been a slight earthquake Tho tremor con Inucd for about 10 seconds. It was sufficiently violent to niako pictures swing on tho walls ot houBos, but did no damago. Material Reduction In Clothing. Chicago. Men's clothing for inime dtato delivery was offorod at prices 10 to 50 per cont. below presont whole sale prices. Ooods for spring and summer dollveiy were shown at nrlees 10 to 33 1-3 por cent, undor those ot a year ago. Men's shirts nnd olmllar articles wore shown at groatly reduced prlcds. The occasion was the opening of the 13th semi-annual buy ing rati vontlnn of tho United Na'lonal Clothlora in Chicago. Tho convention Is being nttemlod by dealers from 17 middle west and western states. CORN IS THE KINO OF ALL AMERICAN CROP8 Iowa's Production of 441,660,000 Bush els Largest of Any State Illi nois Ranks Second. Washington, D. C. American farm ers broko production records of fivo crops this year. Preliminary esti mates unnouncod by tho department of agriculture showed the corn, tobac co, rice, sweet potatoes and pear crops surpassed in size thoso of any pre vious year In tho country's history. In addition "ory largo crops wero grown, In somo Instances closely ap proaching records of oats, barley, rye, potatoes, apples and hay. The buck wheat production record, however, has stood since 18CC, with this year's crop moro than 8,000,000 under It. Final crop production figures will bo announced next month. Corn, king of all crops and of which tho United States grows moro than 70 per cent of tho world's output, reported the enormous total of 3,199,120,000 bush els. That is 75,000,000 bushels more than over before grown In any year. This is tho third corn crop to exceed 3,000,000,000 bushels, the previous record hnving been made in 1912, while tho crop of 1917 was tho second larg est. In point of value, this year's corn crop will not equal that of last year which, based on tho December 1st price of $1.33 a, bushel, was worth $3,934,231,000. Tho crop of 1912 was valuod at $1,520,454,000 on tho De comber 1 price of 48.7 cents a bushel and tho 1917 crop at $3,920,228,000 with tho December price almost $1.30 a bushel. Tho value of this year's crop based on tho November 1 farm price, which was 87.3 cents a bushel, Is estimated at $2,792,837,000. Iowa's corn crop is tho largest of any stato at 441,060,000 bushels. I1U nols ranks second with 302.C34.000 bushels and Nebraska third at 250,99b, 000 bushels. The tobacco crop this year, placed at l,47G,44-f,000 pounds by the pre liminary estimate, is 87,000,000 pounds more than grown last year when nl' previous records woro broken. Vn glnla, North Carolina and South Caro lina exceeded their last year's pro duction whllo Kentucky's crop this year is 30,000,000 pounds les3 than a year ago. Production of rice this year exceeds by 12,000,000 bushels tho provlouh largest crop, In 1917. The output this year Is placed at 52,298,000 bushels, almost half of which was grown In Louisiana. Tho Bwect potato harvest will show 105,070,000 bushols, which Is 2,000,000 bushols moro than grown last year when tho crop exceeded all previous year's production. Alabama's output Is larger than nny other stato. -Tho crop of pears this year Is placed at 15,558,000 bushels. Tho pre vious largest crop was that of 1917 when 13,2.81,000 bushels woro pro duced. California produced more than 3,000,000 bushels, whllo New York's production is almost 2,250,000 bushels Allies Fear Reds. Paris. Tho allies, as- well as the Fronch, are said to bo concerned ovor development in tho Caucasus. Re ports to tho foreign office confirm tht signing of an armistice by tho Anno nlnis ind Turks and tho fear la ex pressed that tho possihlo imminent . action of the bolshovlkl In that re glon with tho Turkish nationalist fol lowers of Muatnpha Kernel Pasha might have gravo consequences result ing In an eventual clash of tho bol Bhovlkl forces with tho allied troops In Turkey. Irish Demonstration at Capitol. Washington. Hundreds of Irish sympathizers mnrched for an hour last night in single tllo around tho White j Houso as a protest against tho recent death of Torenco MacSwlnoy. The demonstration was organized at a j meeting of tho local branch of the Friends of Irish Freedom and It was announced It would bo ropeatod each night for 73 days, ono each for which MacSwlnoy fastod boforo his death. ' Cut Food Prices In New York. Now York. An nverago reduction of 10 per cent in food prices vn3 an nounced by soveral largo hotels after conferences with federal food investi gators. Tho number of itoins on the menus In which decreasos have been mndo varies from slxteon in one large hn'el to 172 In nnothor. Socialists Lose In Italy. Palermo, Italy. Tho socialists woro completely defeated in tho municlp.d elections. Big Fire at Denver. Denver, Colo. Flro of undetermined origin dostroyod tho machine shop, tool houso, stationery supply building and threo locomotives of tho Denver and Salt Lako railroad, at Utah Junc tion, near hero. W. 11. Freeman, re ceiver for tho road, estimated tho loss at $1,000,000. Brazil Merchants Protest. Rio Janolro. Eight Important firms ot .this city havo protested to tho for eign minister against tho recent sols uro at Flume by Cap4. Gabrlolo D'An mtuzlo, ot the steamer Congo, which carried a cargo consigned to Brazil. Wilson Preparing Final Message. Washington. Prosidont Wilson has begun work on his annual inoBs&ga to cotiRroMi which will bo transmitted ol'hci on the opening day of tho next session on December 6, or on the day folluwiup CDRNHUSKER ITEMS News of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS An unknown bnndlt knocked F. S. Tucker, Rock Island cashier nt Fnlr bury, unconscious ns he stepped from his oilier and robbed him of $525 which was to have been deposited In a local bank. The Nebrnskn college of agriculture 18 setting n new record with a 7-ycur-old Holstein cow. In 283 dnys she produced 21,881.8 pounds of milk and 1,101 pounds of butter. Henry Wnrnke, from near Fnlrhury, report the record corn yield for Jef ferson county, 100 bushels an acre. Another Held on his farm yielded seventy-five biiBhels. Frank Kennedy, secretnry of the stnte labor department, says there Is n shortage of 5,000 corn buskers in Nebraska. Farmers nre paying (J and 8 cents n bushel. Stanford 'Grill, 17-yenr-old captain and star end of the Decatur high school footbnll team, Is dead from injuries re ceived In u football game nt Pender September 29. Mr. nnd Mrs. E. II. Chnmhers nnd Mrs. Chun Spelce, of Columbus, haye gone to Vancouver, It. C, whence they will sail for the Orient for a three months' tour. , Representatives of n number, of com mercial clubs of the stnte held n con ference In Lincoln nnd drew up n con stitution for the stnte Chamber of Commerce. Over 100 applications for trained ntfrses' certificates have been filed pre liminary to the state examinations soon to be held In Lincoln nnd In Onmhu. A fund of ovor $1,200 has been rnlsed by Omnlin firemen to assist the family of Fred Bluzek, who was killed while fighting a fire nt that place re cently. Those in attendance declare the 'meetings of tho state teachers nt Omaha Inst week were the best yet held. The registration was nearly 5,000. Henry Hansen, near Benson, the father of twelve children, nnd who came to this country from Germany In 1878, has been admitted to citizen ship. Iola Vincent, Omnhn, and Irene Huf llngton, Lincoln, wore tho only two girls In a class of twelve applicants for ndmission to tho stnte bnr. Tho Fidelity National bank of Au rora hns changed to a state bank and has opened under the name of the Fidelity State Bank. W. II. Osborne, jr., secretnry of the state board of equalization, has been appointed state tax commissioner by Governor McKelvic. Lincoln "was chosen ns tho meeting place of the next conference of mid west farm bureaus which will he held early next January. C. D. Wllllninsdn, formerly of Wash ington, KmiH., has been called to the pastorate of tho Presbyterian church nt Hebron. v The tenth annual convention of the Nebraska State Irrigation association will he held in Gerlng on January 18, 10 and 20. Unlversll of Nebraska students in terested in journalism nre planning the formation of u university press club. It is miderstoed that work on the new stne house at Lincoln will not be begun until (ioino time next sum mer. Fremont Rotarinns havo stocked Lyman lake, near that place, with 110,000 minnows from the state fishery. John Carpenter, farmer nnd proprie tor of n store at Willis, lost his life In n fire that destroyed the store. Heavy rains have delayed corn husking In Saline county, two inches hnving fallen In some sections. Business women of Kearney have organized nnd nre preparing to estab lish u Y. W..C. A. in Kearney. Everett J. Lake, republican governor-elect of Connecticut was a former resident of Stromsburg. A .special election may bo called to decide whether Sunday movies will be permitted ut Hastings Allen V. Grammer, sentenced to be executed last week, has been granted his lUth reprieve. District Court at Geneva had fifty three eases on the docket. Mildred Kennedy, Loup City high school student, fell downstairs at the school nnd ran n pencil Into her arm several Inches. An operation was necessary to remove It. The United Electric Co. of Lexing ton has contracted with the village board of Smlthfield to run a transmis sion 1 1 no ncross country and furnish light nnd power for that place. The University of Neliraska football eleven may tackle Princeton next fall. This announcement Is made by Ath letic Director F. II. Luehring follow ing the return of the Cornhuskers from their eastern tour. The Nebraska Irrigation association will hold Its anniml meeting nt Gerlng Jnnunry 10 to IS. The twenty-first annual convention of the Nebrasku State Bur association will he held nt Lincoln December 27 and 23. The Omnha,,Poultr.v association will hold Its seventh nuiiual exhibition and poultry show November 22 to 27, In clusive, at the Audltifrluin. Tills show Ik the first free educational ono to he hold In (he countrj and ranks third In the United States, tho Madison Square Garden, oue in New York uud Chicago's exhibition preceding It. in n general order isMit-1 to til. i mil posts the state department of tl.e G A. II. announces that nil election" l officers must he held nt the Deeenibe meeting nnd that nt that time also the delegates to the state encampment nt Hastings in May must nlso he elected nnd certified to headquarters. Each post Is entitled to one delegate and alternate, and to nn additional dele gate for each twenty-five members. The constitution of Nebraska ns amended by voto of the people from time to time since 1875, Including amendments proposed by the recent constitutional convention, has been printed In pnmphlot form. It Is a re production of the compilation ns mndo by the convention nnd filed, with tho secretary of state. Charles Slinw, senior vice comman der of the Lincoln Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars, has been notified thnt he hns been awarded a medal nnd $1,000' for his part in sinking the Ger man submarine which had destroyed tho American ship Covington, llr. Shaw wus a gunner In the nuvy. Bishop Homer C. Stuntz, head of the Methodist church in Nebraska, was the guest of honor at a bunquet of Meth odist of the North Plutte valley at Scottsbluff, when 250 churchmen nnd women of thnt rlncc, Goring, Mitchell, Minntare, Bayard and other towns of that section gathered to pay their re spects. University of Nebraska, up to 1020, had a registration of 5,958 pupils, in cluding summer and extension school enrollment, nnd wns ninth In enroll ment of the publicly supported schools of tho country, according to stntlstlcs published In n recent issue of tho Literary Digest. Due to a change In the dnte of tho Clay county poultry show the show ot the co-operative association of Fill more county hns been sot for Decem ber 1 to :i. Entries will need to bo closed nt 10:30 p. in., November 80. Henry Restiiu of Iluvelock, a stu dent of Midland college, nt Fremont, met death In .the Y. M. C. A. pool nt that plnco. lie wns a guest nt the Y and hnd been watching some friends pluy baskctbnll. .T. P. Lawrence, for the past three years connected with the university college of ugrlculture, nt 'Lincoln, has gone to AUInnce as acting manager of the Nebraska Potato Growers' Co-oper-utive Exchange. Princeton has challenged the Uni versity of Nebraska to a debate, to bo held In Lincoln during the Christmas holidays, i Prof. Fogg lias wired that ho believed the contest could be ar ranged. The Fremont Commercial club has decided to build a skating rink for tha benefit of the school children who have had to travel a number of miles in past winters to find a suitable place to skate. The Hebron Woman's club will rnlso funds to finance the Salvation Army nt that place, and will also erect a soldiers' monument In the cemetery. Home talent will stage a minstrel show. "Stnndlsh of Standish," n play with New England sotting of three hun dred years ago, was given by the hook review department of the Woman's club of Geneva to a large crowd. Two sisters were brides In a double wedding at Columbus, when Herman L. Mueller and Miss Anna Nelson, Manvllle G. Reeves and Miss Gladys Nelson Wero milted In marriage. Night classes are being held' at the Hnvelock high school, at which stu dies being taken nre: Cooking, sew ing, gas enlgnes, sheet metal working, drawing nnd electrical work. John McConnell of Beatrice, post master at that place for n number of years, Is dead, at the ago of S5. He was the father of' thirteen children, " eight of whom survive him. Omaha is the victim of too many tng days, according to Mayor Smith, who hns suggested that charitable and welfare organizations ought to ha financed by annual budgets. Proposed Incorporation of the Ne braska State Bar association will bo considered at the twenty-first annual convention of that organization, nt Lincoln, December 27-2S. Professor James II. Frandsen, ono of tho best known dairy experts in tho state and a member of the stuff of the university dairy department, lias re signed his position. Tho city council of Central City has brought suit against the Central Power company of Grand Island to en join them from shutting oft' electric power In the city. Fred Gain's store, Winter's tailor 'in)). Holenbeck barber shop and tho library of Ansley, were totally deploy ed by fire, the origin of which Is un known. McCoolt Knights of Columbus will build a three-story council hall next spring. They have purchased a Mil liable lot and lire now nrrAnglng plans. The department of conservation and soil survey has sent five motion pic ture reels, showing the Nebrnskn stato ralr to Tulsa, Oklu., where they will be shown before an agricultural confer ence. ' Theiu Is nn urgent demand for telegraph operators for the Washington-Alaska telegraph and cable svmoiii, dipt. A. E. Whltworth of the signal corps, U. S. A., Oumhn recruiting otllce, announces. Following is a list of tho school which have made application for nd mission to the state high school de bating leaguo: Battle Creek, Bloom field. Burwell, College View, Cowles, Danii College Academy, Dlllor, Emer son, Hastings, Lawrence, Onl, Ran dolph, Red Cloud, Republican Clt, St. Paul, Wakefield, Wesleya'n Academy, and Wlsner, and a number of orhcra nre tanking nrra'nguments to become eligible. Penn Slate defeated Ihe University of Nebrnskn football tonin, 20 to 0. Ly n combination of forward passes and long runs. 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