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IE8SEL CATCHES FIRE; SflELL
EXPLOSIONS FOLLOW
BROOKLYN PEOPLE IN PANIC
Port Hamilton Section of City Scene
of International Blatita from 6
and 10-Inch 'Shells.
Now York, Hundreds of homes In
the Fort Hamilton section of Brooklyn
virtually were undor heavy nrtlllory
bombardment resulting from Intermit
tent oxploslona of Blx-lnch nnd ten
Inch flhellfi on a steam lighter which
caught flro whllo moored to tho army
rcacrvatlon wharf.
Gathering together their bclonglns
In a belief that the naval arsenal at
Port LaFayettc, a umnll Island near
Fort Hamilton, was ablaze, terrified
scores fled tholr homes for safer zones
driven to fronzled haste by tho series
of detonations which wcro heard for
miles around.
An official statement from Ft. Ham
ilton said no Hvoh had been lost nnd
that only four persons had been slight
ly. Injured,
One of tho terrifying Incidents of tho
bnrrngo was tho 400-yard flight of n
ton-Inch shell clear over tho reser
vation nnd Into n houso In Ft. Hamil
ton parkway. Tho projoctllo tore n
hugo hole In tho roofof tho dwelling;
passed through two floors and burled
Itself in the collar. Tho houso, occu
pied by tho family of August Galtorn
all of wlom escaped Injury, was shak
en with tho vlolonco of an earthquake.
Tho lighter which was laden with
900 shollB for Bhlpmont to BoBton, wna
torn from Its moorlngB by tho violence
of tho first oxploslon. Two men were
on board, but thoy escaped.
A naval tug soon reached tho scone
nnd In a dosporato effort to prevent
tho flames spreading to tho wharf,
tho commanding officer deliberately
hoadod his craft for tho blazing light
or nnd Its exploding cargo. Ho stuck
her nose ngalnst tho sldo of tho light
or and pushed hor awoy t6 a sund bat
In Imminent peril of his own craft
boing blown from tho water.
Hardlntf Arrives In Nation's Capital.
Washington, D. C Presldont-elect
Hnrdlng slipped quietly Into Washing
ton recontly, sovoral hours boforo the
spoclal train bearing Mr. and Mrs.
Harding nnd tho momborsof tho party
which accompanied them on tholr vn
cation trip to tho Panama canal zone
was expected to arrive RoportB hail
spread that tho prosldont-olect would
not reach Washington until a lattoi
dato with a result that only a Bmall
gathering was on hand to groot the
senator.
yomen Lobbyists Reach Wnahlnnton,
Washington. D. C., In conjunction
with tho oporiing of tho short session
, at congress, womon (from many sec
tions of (ho country; havo arrived in
Washington to Join tho national league
of women voters' lobby for tho fur
therance of tho legislative program
adopted by tho national loaguo and
lndorsod by ton or tho leading wom
en's organization- -ountry.
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Battle 8tagcd In vu .14 Town.
Bristol, Va.,Tuto niondoll, a chauf
four, was killed and Bdvoral mon wore
wounded during a pitched battle ro.
uultlng from tho attempt of a mob to
' storm tho jail nt Wlso, near lioro, and
obtain poBsosslim of a negro named
Williams, who Is accuned of assault
ing and robbing Greed Hoblnott, an
aged morchnnt of Aphnlnchla.
Charges Manipulation of Marketo.
Washington, D. 0., An Investiga
tion by tho federal trado commission
of poustblo violations of tho anM-truat
laws in tho operations of foreign gov.
ornmontu In tho grain murkot of tlio
United Stntos Is sought la a resolu
tion to bo Introduced by Roprotontn
tlvo Stoonorson, of Minnesota, In tho
houso this week.
Tulsa Mob Hanna Nenro.
Tulsa,' OklaAn unldonllflud ne
gro charged with an attack today upon
' a whlto womnn,07 yonrs old, wn ta
ken from tho Hughes county Jail at
Holdenvllle by n mob of about fifty
men and banged to a tolophone post.
Tlio negroes body, was thou, riddled
with bullets.
Church Lecturer Scofleld la Doad.
Pororln. 111., James Scofleld, known
as "Sunny Jim," well known church
locturor, died suddonly at Panlto, 111.,
from what Is believed to havo boon
ptomaine poisoning. Scoflold had
made his homo In I'ororla for tho past
five years, Ho formerly lived In Den
ver. Big Jewel Theft In Kansas City,
, Kansas City," Mo., Police declined
to discuss details of an alleged theft
of jowolu cB'lmatcd to valuo $104,000
from tho home of II, C. Flower, chair
man of tho board of directors of tho
Fidelity National Uarik. Tho robbery,
on tlio night of November 22, bocamo
known after efforts of tho police and
tho fiowor family had failed to keep
it accrot. Tho Jewelry, inoBtly dia
monds, is believed to have been stoles
by porch cllmbore
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A VERY HEATED DI8PUTE
AT AGRICULTURAL HEARING
Wm. P. G. Harding, Governor of the
Federal Reserve Board, Declares
He Was Target For Abuse.
Washington. D. C., Tho congres
sional Joint committee hearings on
tho agricultural situation developed
In a dispute at times qulto heated bo
tween William P. G. Harding, gover
nor of tho federal ronervo board, and
members of congress.
"Mr. Chulr'man what is tho purposo
of this hoarlng?" Govornor Harding
finally domanded, whllo being ques
tioned bx Representative Byrnes, dem
ocrat, of South Carolina. "Is tho fed
oral reserve board on trial? Am I on
trial horo? ho continued doclarlng ho
had boon a targot for "nil kinds of
abuso."
Rcprosontatlvo Byrnes said ho
meant no rofloctlon on Oovornor Hard
ing. Circulars issued by tho rcgtnal re
servo bank of Richmond Va to mem
bor banks and which Mr. Dynes was
attempting to show had resulted In
right restriction of farmers' credits,
woro undor discussion. Govornor Har
ding Bald such clrcukira wero not sub
mitted to tho board until printed,
whon thoy woro looked over, and at
tention of tho regional bank Issuing
them called to anything tho board
deemed unwlso.
Tho board, he added, was not a cen
tral bank. -. ,
At ono point Govornor Harding told
Representative Byrnes, ho "ought to
roud tho fedoral resorvo act and try
to understand It." Mr. ByrneB roplled
that ho did understand tho act, us he
hud helped framo IL '
To Check Speculative Grain Trading.
Washington, D. C, Two measuros
looking to tho rollot of farmors havo
boon drafted by Ropresontatlvo Dick
inson, ropubllcan, of Iowa, who an
nounced that thoy, would bo offered
Immodlatoly after congross convones
Monday, Ono Is a bill imposing n
tax of 10 per cent In tho total valuo
of all contracts for tho sale of grain
when dollvory Is mado within thirty
days, nnd tho other la n resolution
special Eoc otaol taol otaol taoln
authorizing tho appointment of a spe
cial coiiimlttoo to Investigate grain,
llvo stock and cotton prices nnd to
recommond legislation doslgnod to
romedy present conditions.
Husband Kills wife Ends Own Life.
Iluluth, Joseph O'Uourko, 53 years
old, shot nnd killod his wlfo and then
killed hlmsolf. The O'Rouko chlldron
awakenod by tho shot, rushod down
stairs and found tholr fathor standing
over Mb wlfo. Tho oldor chlldron
rushed forward, but woro commanded
to stand still, thoy said, whllo tho fa
ther" fired another shot Into his wife's
body as she lay on the floor. Ho
'hen sent n bullot Into IiIb own broast,
dying at a hospital a fow hours later.
Primary Election Officials Indicted,
Pittsburg. Pa., Tho fodoral grand
Jury hero returned many Indict
monts In connection with tho laBt
primary election In tho Thirty-first
congressional district. Among tho men
Indlctod are Clmrlos A.nderi!on, mem
ber of tho city council; Magistrate
P. J. Sullivan, republican candidate
for tho congrOBBlonal nomination; Ed
ward W. Konna and Uernard Mc
Kenun. Receivership for Aerial Plant.
Now York, The L. W. F. Engin
eering company of College Point, Ixing
Island a $1,000,000,000 aircraft corpor
ation, filed a petition for a voluntary
receivership and tho Fodoral Judgo
Julius M, Moyor appointed Ernest
Whltobock rocelvor.
Cheats Law With Razor.
Burlington, la., Louis Markum who
was found guilty by a Jury, In tho dis
trict court of murder In tho first do
groo, and his penalty fixed at llfo
Imprisonment, committed suicide by
cutting his throat with n safety razor
blado In tho county Jail. Markum
camn to Burlington with n string of
race horsca to tho trl-stute fulr last
August. Without uppnront provoca
tion, whllo drunk, ho shot nnd. killed
Po'o- Mornn,' uuothor horseman, in
a Btt bio at tho fulr grounds. Mnr
l;u til's mother lives in St. Louis,
Convenes
CUBAN AFFAIRS A.RE IN A
VERY CHAOTIC STATE
Financial Condition of Republic Worse
Than the Political MaJ. Crowder
To be Sent.
WashlnKton. D. C Cuba's affairs
are in such a chaotic stato, politically,
financially and industrially, that tne
United States government finds itsolf
confronted with thn task of brlnKlnc
about bottormont of conditions in tho
perturbed island in order to obviate
military interventions. Every effort
of this government is bolng directed
to staying tho nccossity for taking
physical control, but the situation is
complicated and i3 causing much con-
corn.
Intervention would bo uudortakeu
only of a last resort. Although gen
oral elections woro held in Cuba on
November 1. tho outcome is Btill In
doubt, duo to tho nonrocolpt of elec
tion returns from many precincts or
"colleges" as thoy aro called in Cuba,
and to charKCB and countercharges
of fraud and intimidation.
Tho financial condition of Cuba is
oven worso than tho political. Various
proposals of plans to bring about fi
nancial botterment avo been vetoed by
tho United States undor the authority
vested in it by tho Piatt amendment,
which Is a part of tho Cuban institu
tion. An carnost effort is now being
mado to savo Cuba from financial dis
aster and thero Is strong hope that it
will bo successful, and thus lesson tho
danger of Amorlcan Intervention.
In connection with tho stato of af
fairs In Cuba, It has become known
that tho United Statos government has
In contemplation sending MaJ. Oen.
Enoch H. Crowder, tho Judge advocato
irnnoral of tho army, to tho Uland on a
! diplomatic mission doslgnod to bring
I tho interests of Cuba and the united
Statos into closer association and laj
I tho foundation for bettor political and
1 financial conditions In that country.
Tho idea bohlnd tho consideration of
'den. Crowder for this mission Is that
ho might ultimately bo designated na
Amorlcan minister to Cuba. Ho has
ronowod his application for retire
ment from active military sorvlco and
when this Is granted ho will bo in a
position to accept a civilian office
Bandits Rob Bank Messengers.
Now York, Four bandltB held up
two messengers of tho Manhattan
brokorago firm of Koan, Taylor & Co.,
in Brooklln, nnd seized a package said
to contain fiG7.000 In Liberty bonds,
fired a fuslllado of shots and escaped.
Throo of tho bandits thrust revolvers
In tho mossongers faces whllo the
fourth anatchod tho package. Thon
1 entering an automobile standing at
tho curb thoy drove away.
Hart Wins Siilt Agalns Film Producer.
1 Los Angel's, Cal., William S. Hart
"Hiotlon picture actor, was granted Judg
ment for $87,779.73 against Thomas
II. Inch, film producer, in a decision
handed down horo today by judge
' Lowla R. Works, of tho Los Angeles
county superior court. Hart brought
suit for profits ho alleged wore his
undor a contract mado In Juno, 1017.
Government , Troopa Circling Flume.
London, Flume is surrounded by
throo battalions of carabineers and
nhots havo boon oxchangad between
tho regulars and Gabrlalo D'Annun
zlo'a loglonnarloe, says a dlspatc to
tho London Tlmos from Milan. (Ion.
Cavlglla, commanding tho government
troopB says ho will do Is bast tho
dispatch adds.
Not Attempt Robbery at the Dlnffs.
Council BluffB, la., Today attar
twonty-four hour Investigation by
Milwaukee railroad officials, tho three
young mon arrosted yesterday as sus
pacts in an attempted mall car rob
bery woro releasod, the mon claiming
thoy woro merely trying to outer tho
car to escape tho cold.
Boy Murderer Given Life Term.
Bassott, Nob., Floyd It. Wick, 18,
of near Malvern, Neb., has been sen
tenced by Dlstrlst Judge R. It. Dick
man to serve a llfo sontonco In tho
penitentiary at hard labor for tho mur
der of Clydo M, Patterson, a nulghbor
and Imcholor ranchman, shot to death
August 1C. Wlok ploaded to sorond
degree murder. Patorwin'fl body was
found burled undor a pile of dirt and
hay ut his ranch home six weeks after
tho crime had been committed. Wick
Is nllogod to havo driven Patorsou's
cnttlo away.
RAILROADS MAKE DEMANDS
FOR PAYMENT OF MONEY
Company Declares Sum Is' due Un-
dcr Provisions of Transportation
Act $300,000,000 Claimed.
Washington, D. C, Mandamus pro-
' ceedlngs against tho secretary of tho
treasury wero Instituted In tho Dis
trict of Columbia supreme court by U10
Grand Trunk Weatorn Railway com
pany to require payment of an Inter
state commerce commission certifi
cate calling for $500,000 bb duo tho
road under the guaranty provisions of
tho transportation act. Justice Mc
Coy iasued an order returnable Decem
ber 7, requiring Secretary Houston to
show cause why the writ should not
bo granted. While the Grand Trunk
company lo the only petitioner in U10
case, approximately $400,000,000
claimed by the railroads la Involved by
the litigation, according to a statement
Issued by tho Aasoclatlon of Railway
executives.
"This proceeding grew out of tho
opinion rendered October 7 by the con
troller of tho treasury," tho statement
said. "Based on certain certificates
presented by tho Interstate commerce
commission to tho treasury department
Jn favor of tho Grand Trunk Western
Railway company and tho Detroit,
Grand Haven and Milwaukee road, in
which opinion tho controller of the
treasury 'held that partial payments
could not bo mado by tho secretary of
tho treasury 'to a carrlor In advance
of final settlement.
"Tho controller held that tho Inter
stato commerce commission was em
powered to Issho only ono certificate
to each carrier, which certificate must
bo for the full amount of tho final set
tlement. Whllo In this proceeding the
Grand Trunk railway company is the
only petitioner, jrot tho result of the
doclslon rendered in this case will In
volve the payment of approximately
$400,000,000 now duo to railroads oi
this country undor tho guaranty pro
visions of tho guaranty act.
Taxation Provision Advanced By Hull.
Washington, D. C., Elimination ol
tho "capital Invested" provisions oi
tho excess profits tax and merging
into tho income tax a substitute pro
vision to place individuals, partner
ships and corporations on the same rel
ative basis was advocatod today by
Reprosentntlvo Hull, of Tennessee, a
domocratlc member of tho house ways
and means committee and for man
years ono of tho most active members
of congress in connection with tax leg
lalatlon. Whllo Representative Hull
was defeated for reeloctlon, ho is ex
pected to havo a hand In shaping the
policies of tho minority party for the
coming revision of revenue laws.
Berlin Has Recognized Mexico.
San Antonio, Tex., Germany has
officially 1 recognized tho Do La Hu
orta government of Mexico, according
to a dispatch printed in La Prenza, a
Spanish language newspaper published
hero. Tho announcement camo in a
cablegram from Presldont Ebert. to
Dr. Cuthberto Illdaigo, secretary of
foreign affairs of Mexico, according to
tho report. Tho German mlnlstor to
Mexico has been Instructed to attend
tho dispatch says.
Objectors Released.
Salt Lako City, Utah, Seven men
imprisoned at tho war prison bar
acks at Ft. Dougla3, near hero, as
"conscientious objectors" since 1917
woro roleased today on orders from
tho socrotnry of war. Thoy aro tho
last prlooners of that class' to bo re
leased from tho barracks. All aro
from tho east, It was said at Fcrt
Douglas. ,
Republicans to Celebrate.
Lincoln, Nob,, Republicans of both
sexos will hold a big ratification meet
ing and banquet In January to cole
brato tho victory won at tho recent
election. Mombors of tho state legis
lature will be Invited to attond. Etta
Caton, of Hastings, and Mrs. Elizabeth
O. Lynn-Smith, of Chadron havo charge
of arrangements.
Johnson Appeals to Wilson.
Sioux Falls, S. D Senator Ed S.
Johnson, of South Dakotn, has scut
a tologram to President Wilson urg
ing Immedlato financial relief tor the
farmors and llvostock producers of
tho northwest. Tho mossago stated
that "conditions aro extremely sor
tous." ' ' "
Held for Burning Wheat.
Kimball, Nob., Waltor Zalsor Is
under arrest, charged to having sot
flro to 31 wheat Blacks belonging to
Charles Lpng. An Inspector of tho
stato tiro prevention bureau ordored
tho arrost of Zalsor.
Six Killed at Crossing. ,
Muskogoo, Okla., One woman and
flvo men wero killed and a lG-year-old
boy was seriously Injured when
tho automobllo in which thoy were
riding was struck by a train near On
npa, Ogla.
Crime to Increase Says Plnkcrton.
Salt Laho City, Utah, Tho crime
wavo now prevalent throughout the
country will show an Increase of L'UO
per cent, declared William A. Pinker
ton, bond of a detective agency, who
urrived horo from Donvor today. Mr.
Plnkcrton characterized tho enforce
ment of tho prohibition law as bolng
farcical in mauy instances. He said
tho number of drug addicts had in
croaBod 200 per cant singe prohibition
wont Into offoct and that tho drug
fleud was much more liable to devel
op into n criminal than ,a drunkard.
CORNHUSKER
MS
New3 of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
1 Fulrbui-y is to have u municipal
skating rink.
Bloomlleld business men have or
innlzod a retailers' credit association.
A decline In bread prices throughout
the .state Is predicted before the first
jf the your.
Grand Chnptor Royal Arch Masons
of Nebraska will meet In Oniiiha,
December 10.
Petty thieves are operating In Fre
mont, anil many amall thefts are
being reported.
, St. John's Catholic church nt Wnu
ni'tn 'wii8 dedicated Sunday by Bishop
O'Reilly of Lincoln.
I Nearly fiO.OOO people visited tho dis
play nt the show of tho OmiUui poultry
association Inst week.
Omiilm women will urge the next
legislature to pass laws that will net
as preventatives of divorce.
I McCook will stage n drive to raise
J100.000 for the purpose of establish
ing a hospital at that place.
Hog cholera has broken out In Gnge
?ountv, nnd every effort is being made
.0 prevent Its further spread.
' Births exceeded deaths more than
Ivc to one In .Slierumii county during
ho three months ending November
, Will.
I A. meeting of the Nebraska stnte
college athletic association will be
Held In Lincoln, Saturday, December
nth.
The new municipal Ice plant at
Grand Island has begun operations,
with a capacity of lvonty-llve tons
I 'Jnlly.
' Albert Norgron, a farmer living
near Overton, fell off a windmill,
breaking his neck. He died almost ln
slimtly. I Fire in the printing plant of Scott
I & Milburn nt Beatrice caused a dnm
ag'j of nearly S-IO.OOO,' covered by in
surance. j F. 1. Mlllicli of Iown, who was
recently elected superintendent of the
schools of Blue Springs, bus assumed
bis duties. '
I Nebraska's npple crop, this year, Is
the lightest in the past decade, accord
ing to reports from towns In the npplc-
' growing belt.
I New markings of tho Lincoln Illgh-
, way from Oinnhn to Los Angeles are
being put up by the Southern Cali
fornia Automobile club.
i Frank P. Lawrence, a pioneer of
Fremont and 11 veteran of the civil
i war, Is dead. , He was at one time a
' captive in Llbby prison,
j All recruiting records for the
Omaha army recruiting district were
broken In the months just ended,
when 281 were enlisted.
I C. II. Gustufson, n farmer of Mead,
Is being strongly endorsed by his
friends over the state for secretary of
agriculture under President Harding.
There were 1,027 chickens, .ducks,
pheasants, turkeys and other- fowl In
tho exhibit nt the Omaha poultry show
last week. Their' total valuation was
M5.C00.
! The stnte college of 'agriculture has
Issued a circular protesting against
the modern abuse of the Christmas
spirit In the promiscuous exchange of
presents.
j. Coyotes nro becoming active In
, Cheyenne county, nnd ninny losses of
I poultry have hern reported. In some
' localities old-fashioned wolf hunts nre
1 being planned.
1 daughters of the American Revolu
tion will erect a .$10,000 fountain on
the courthouse square at Oniaba in
memory of Thomas L. Cuming, first
((.rriiuriui governor,
A wild-cat measuring thirty-nine
inches from nose to tip of tail, 111 id
weighing forty pounds, was caught
near Ghndron by .Joe Jausek, In a
(rap he had set for skunks.
Governor MeKelvIe has Issued n
reclamation requesting the people
of the stnte to contribute freely to
tho fund being raised for the aid of
the sulterlpg children of Europe.
The shul-lns nt the stnte peniten
tiary gave their annual Thanksgiving
show to inmates anil ofilclals nnd In
the evening repeated the performance
to n erow'ded house from outside.
A subscription amounting to several
hundred dollars hits been raised for
Henry Utosh of Columbus, whose home
and contents wns destroyed by lire
last week. Ills loss was complete,
with no Insurance.
A Ladles' Auxiliary to the American
Legion Post has been organized nt
Columbus. .
Edwin Crawford or Violet wns
jerlously Injured when n. rock weigh
ing between two and three tonr- which
ho had undcrmlndcd and planned to
bury, fell on I1I111. His leg was crush
ed so that amputntlon was necessary.
The supply of teachers In Thayer
county promises to bo more nearly
equal to the demand by riext fall, ns
an nnusually large number passed the
examinations. Sixty-five registration
numbers were sold In the county, 20
of them in Hebron.
Olnf Olson, Lincoln's now fire chief,
I appointed to take the place of Chief
.Summer, Wiled In nn automobile acci
dent while going to a fire a couple of
months ngo, arrived from' the Panama
zone, where he has been connected
with the flro department nt Cristobal.
Preparation of n complete stato
budget embracing nil departments,
liist'tutiniiR nnd enterprises of the,
Htnle of Nebraska, ns well as public
nnd senil-publtc activities supported ,
by It In whole or In part, hns been
commenced by Finance 'Secretary P.
F l viw, as provided for by the code
I law 1 ' the amended constitution.
Otnccrs tit South Oiuatin inr' 1 a
".Moonshine" plant, and nmong.t i.:'n-r
paraphernalia, en Huron "n still 1 1
from u gallon colTed po.
Nebraska Is the first of the ",!.
to raise its quota toward cons' r n
of a Natlom.; ('linmbur of ('.::: o w
building at Washington, D ('.
The general jtore of Then. Ilmni '
nt Manley, in 7ass county, ui lno
ken Into and robbed of $1,00(1 ututli
of merchandise, one night hist we. ';.
Paul F. Wright was Instantly kli. l
when he grasped a live wire nt the
new Evans hospital nt Columbus
where be wns working as a carpenter.
The bond of Kclf'h Collins, said to
be tho "brains" of the .'J ,.000,00' 1 m.ill
robbery, nnd who was arretted at
Mnskogee, Okla., has been set nt
sno.ooo.
From Saturday, December IS, until
Saturday, .January 1, has 110011 set for
Christmas recess at the Universitv of
'lrnska; Instead of the 'later period
beginning Wednesday, December 22.
A large pnrt of the biggest corn crop
Cheyenne county ever produced is still
In the field. The weather has been
Ideal for shucking, but the price Is so
unsatisfactory that farmers are hiring
but little help.
When the state legislature meets
this fall, the teachers and school ofd
clals of the beet-growing districts will
demand n law requiring nttendnnce In
the rural as well as city schools nine
mouths of the year.
Nebraska will bo the only state to
furnish women electors when the
Mine comes to enst the electoral vote
for president, according to Col. J. H.
Presson, recording clerk In the office
or Governor McKelvle. v
I The state railway commission has
1 granted an Incrense in telephone
rates to the Nebraska Telephone com
pany, totullng 10 per cent of the pres
ent exchange rate, effective December
1 until June 30, 1021.
The sleet storm that swept tho
eastern portion of the state last week
caused 0 damage of over ?20,000 to the
Nebraska Telephone conipuny. Wires,
arms and poles were torn down by the
weight of ice nnd snow.
Miss Elizabeth Parsons, attorney,
has the distinction of being the first
woman in Omaha to receive u permit
to practice in the federal court, per
mission linving been granted by the
Nebraska supreme court;
Twenty neighbors of Oscar Groth,
south of Blair, met last ' week nnd
gathered his corn crop. Groth's 8-year-old
son died a few weeks ngo,
and since then another son was badly
Injured wlicn lie was thrown from a
wagon.
Lieutenant Governor Barrows; in his
capacity as commander-in-chief of the
Sons of Veterans, bus nccepted an In
vitation to be one of the speakers to
address the big banquet of the order
In Philadelphia on Lincoln's btrtbdny,
February 12.
The University of Nebraska wrest
ling team and the Omahn Y. M. C. A.
wrestling team will meet In Omaha,
January 12, and' In Lincoln the fol
lowing week-end, according to an
nouncement made by the university
nthlotlc department.
Floyd II. Wick of Malvern hns been
sentenced for a life term in -alio peni
tentiary for the murder of 11. R. Dick
son, a rancher nnd a neighbor. Wick
Is only IS, nnd is the youngest person
to be convicted of the crime within
the state for mnny years.
More than 11 hundred overalled Has
tings college stildents completed Iho
excavation for Liberty Memorial Hall,
the quarter million dollar structure
which Is to bo the next addition to the
college plant. The co-eds Joined by
cooking dinner for the laborers.
Not a deatli In the fniully for near
ly fifty years is the remnrkablo record
of Mr. nnd Mrs. George Shafto, who
celebrated their golden wedding at
Kearney recently. Ten children it nil
sixteen grandchildren nro living.
State university and agricultural
farm authorities are urging the neces
sity of asking the legislature to give
the farm bureau extension department
nn Increased appropriation amounting
to about $200,000 for the coming two
yenrs.
A bandit killed nt Fremont last
week, following the hold-up of tho
Collego Book store nnd a gun battlo
with the police, has been Identified an
Earnest A. Guest, a deserter from
Troop I, 10th Cavalry of Ft. Russell
at Cheyenne, Wyo.
According to word from the vcsiern
pnrt of the state, farmers In that
locality would gladly give large quan
tities of grain to help starving peoples
overseas if the government will pro
vide free transportation nnd send
something In the nature of a Christ
mas ship.
Twelve young mon and 'mo young
woman passed examination and were
admitted to practice at the bar of Ne
braska, at Lincoln Inst week.
For the third lime In a year, a rural
school house near Emerson In Dixon
county was the object of an Incendiary
attempt last week. TVe building had
been burned down twice before and
wns rebuilt this fall.
.7. W. Freeman, Omaha ovpollce
officer, shot by his wife last week, Is
alive with a bullet In his heart. Not
only Hint, but following the shooting
at his home he walked unaided Into
the police station for treatment.
Counterfeit $10 bank notes of a
crude sort are ir. circulation over the
state jiud authorities have Issued a
warning to be on the lookout for them.
With seventy-eight members, the
Nebraska High School Debating lengue
will soon announce the schedule of
thlrty-nlno first series debates In the
fourteenth year's work of the league,
which opens In Jonuury and cuds with
the newly arranged two-day tourna
ment nt the University of NebniaUu In
Mny by all flie district r'lnniploiisiiip,
schools on tho question of ivp.-nKng
the literacy lost restrictions on immigration.
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