ti DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD DELEGATES WILL CTU- FIVE POWERS VIRTUALLY AGREE ' TO PROPOSAL. MOVE IS MADE BY BRITAIN Proposal Would Ban Use of U-Ooati Aflalnct Commerce In Event of War Between Nations. Washington, D. C. A proposal thai tho flvo great powers pledge them elves not to employ submarine! against commerce, in the event ot wai between any two of them, was made by Groat Dritaln and seconded by the United States shortly before adjourn' ment of the conference committee on armament. France, Italy and Japan will record their attitude toward this proposal when the committee resumes its de liberations. Mr. Hughes strongly fav era placing the ban on commerce de struction by submarines and bollovec tho flvo principal powers should sot the example to the world. This move was made by Mr. Bal four at the cIoro of a day devoted to consideration of tho Hoot resolution proposing that international law b amendod to outlaw and punsh as pi racy tho uso of the submarine against merchantmen which submit to visit and search. Tho first section of tho Root reso' lution declaring submarines subject tc existing international law on visit and torch of merchantmen and romoval ot non-combatants to a place of safe ty boforo tho destruction of merchant men was unanimously approvod In princlplo by tho flvo delegations. On account, howover, of questions raised as to terminology It was referred to n committee on draft, of which Mr. Root Is chnlrman, to prepare for final action. This section declares tha sinking of morchnntmon without warn ing absolutely illegal. , When tho commltteo passed to con sideration of tho second section, that proposes to amend International law so as to prohibit tho use of subma rines against merchant vossols under any circumstances, a discussion nroso as to tho practicability of establish' Ing such a prohibition ns international law, which is formed by tho Blow pro cess gf general acceptance of princi ples by nations. Thoroupon, Mr. Balfour suggostod that in advanco of nny gonornl accept ance of the prohibition tho fivo pow ers ropreBontod In this conference might bind thomBolvos to abstain from employing the submarine ngainst com merce, If war should arise between any two ot them. Unusual significance attaches to this move by Mr. Balfour In vlow o( ttls charge that tho French Intend to uso tho submarlno illegitimately and his assertion that In a war between England und Franco tho hitter's sub iflarlnos could destroy "tho very ex istence" of Brltlan. Wlion Mr. Huglios Indorsed tho suggestion of Mr. Balfour, tho lattor proposed an amendment to the Root resolution providing that the flvo pow ers "agroo to be bound forthwith among themselves" not to use tho sub marlno against commerce Mr. Hughes on behalf of tho United Statos assented. He then adjourned tho com nlttee. Bombs Burst, Killing Two. Lisbon, Two persons woro klllod and five othors woundod through the explosion of bombs which it Is alleged wore being manufactured. In a build ing belonging to tho Lisbon gonornl confederation of labor. Somo arrosts , followod. Tho government Is main taining order and tho elemonts from which vlolonco was feared by tho authorities aro undor survolllanco. Two Killed by Bandits. Pearl Itlvor, N. Y. Four bandits hot and klllod tho assistant cushlor and n clerk of tho First Nutlonnl Bank hero and escaped In an automobile after wounding a railroad guard. It was not known whothor thoy ob tained any loot. N. Y. Bank Closes. New York. Tho Italian Discount and Trust Company, at 3D9 Broadway, Now York correspondents of the Ban ca Italalna Dl Sconto, of Romo which has boon clased, also closed Us doors fallowing a run. Sugar Goes Lower. Now York. Prices for rotlnod sug ar declined to another now low roc ord when a local reflnor reduced the list quotation 10 points to tho baalj f $4.80 for tine grauulated, Russians Eat Dead Bodies. Riga. Tho first official roport ol cannibalism In tho famine districts ol Russia hns been mado to tho nil-Russian soviet congress by Delegate Ovslenko of Samura, according to a dispatch to tbo official Rosta Newt Agency, datod Moscow. "At Rami fcovosky tho parish peoplo aro eating the, bodlos of their dead," ho told the congroHH. ''It 1b dangornus to bury the famlno victims In tho presenco of the peoplo and M guards must bo kopl over them until they aro In a statt that makes eating Impossible." RESTR 0 The Dawn of 3EATH TOLL FROM CANCER IN THE U. S. VERY GREAT In Massachusetts the Rate of Death Per 100,000 Is 98, the Highest In the United States Washington, D. C., Deaths from iancer In tho death registration area af tho United States In 1920 totaled approximately 73,000 according to o roport by tho census bureau, which Dn a basis of proportional population, Sstltunted toh total of deaths for the antiro country at 89,000, or an in croaso of G.000 from tho ostimato of 1919. Using an "adjusted" rato for state and sectional comparisons of cancer mortality, the roport concludes that "the northern states have a compar atively high and tho southern states a comparatively low cancer mortality." Among states In tho registration area Massachusetts showed tho highest "adjusted" rate, 98 per 100,000 while tho rato of 45.9 for South Carolina was tho lowest. New York's Idle Decreases. Now York, A canvass mado by iho Merchants association shows thoro uro In New York 331,000 un employed persons. Two montliB ago tho number was 343,000. Tho now figures do not cover tho floating pop ulation. Tho main Increase In employ ment has been In tho rotall trades. Though theso groups still show largo unemployment totals, thoro has been a slight liKiroaso among longshoromon, stevedores nnd other connected with transportation., Debs In Washington. Washington, D. C Changes In tvar Is to occupy a great part of tho futuro activities of Eugene V. Debs, frood from Atlanta penltontary by executive clemency on Christmas day, according to his own announce ment horo. Tho socialist leador said ho could mako no concroto plans for tho futuro until he reachod his home In Torre Hauto, Ind. Margaret Sllvi Dies. Elizabeth, N. J., Margaret Sllvl, tvho Bang In opora in Now York 50 years ago and lator took part in con certs with Olo Bull, violinist, died from burns In tho goneral hospital hero. She was 83 yours old and had lived for many years In tho homo of Cloorgo Chotwood in this place. Hor dress caught flro as she was lighting i gas holder. Big Year For Divorces. Chicago, Tho year which Is draw dig to a closo hns seen tho dlvorco courts of Cook county groaning undor tho stress of nn unusually heavy load. Approximately 8,000 Chicago homos have boon logally Boverod with de crees handed down by chancellors of tho circuit and superior courts. Held for Triple Murder. Ardiuoro, Okla., Two defendants A'oro dismissed nnd 11 othors were bound over to tho noxt term ot crim inal district court undor bonds of $10,000 for trial on chargos ot mur der In Connection with the killing ot throo men at Wilson the night of Doc ambor 15. Former G. A. R. Commander Dead. IndinnupoUs, Ind., Wllllum A. Kotchmu, former commander In chief nt tho Grand Army ot tho Republic, died at his homo horo. Ho was 7G years old. Death was caused by acuto indigestion. Bishop Grace Dies. Sacrnmonto, Cal. Thomas Grace, for moro than 25 yours bishop of the Roman Catholic dlocoso ot Sacra mento, died horo after an tllnoss of several months. Ho was 81 years of ago. Famous Watchmaker Bankrupt, Now York, An involuntary peti tion In bankruptcy was filed In fod oral court ngulnst Robert II. Ingersoll & Bro., munfacturora of tho Ingorsoll watches, of this city. Liabilities woro set forth as J3.000.000, and aBsats, oxcluslvo ot good will, as $2,000,000. Rear Admiral Davis Dies. Washington, D, C., Roar Admiral ChnrlQB Houry Davis, retired, brothor-In-law ot Senator Lodgo, ot Massachu setts, dlod at his home hore. Ho was 1 a native of Boston an'd 70 years ot ago. D the New Year STORM LOSS VERY LARGE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Three Killed In Accidents Caused by Wind Tourists In Desert Experience Sandstorm. San Francisco. The death list In the California storms of the past few days reached bIx. Three men were killed in accidents, caused by the wind and the body of a fourth, be lieved drowned when the high waves upset his skiff, was found In Oak land estuary. , A man and his wife were found dead In their apartment here. The ga3 burners of their range were flowing, but tho flame apparently had beon blown out by tho high wind, asphyx iation following. Damage In tthls section was esti mated nt $100,000, but was much heavlor In southern California. There 11 bridge were washed out or ordered closed, Impeding traffic mat erially, San Diego was cut off com pletely from rail or automobile com munication nnd streams In that sec tion wero overrunning their banks as a result of extraordinary downpours In tho mountains east of there. Tourists who pressed southward across tho desert from Bakersfleld had tho unique experience of driving through sandstorm while rain was falling. Strong winds whipped up the fine grit from tho desert despite Its dampness and hurled it at all who were abroad. TopB wero torn from automobiles and at times gusts wero sq powerful headway could not bo made against them nnd the cars had to stop and await n lull. Several automobiles wero turned over and a number ol minor accldonts wero reported. Tho precipitation throughout the state, and especially In the southern part, has boon heavy for a week. In San Francisco the fall In tho last 24 hours was .95 of an Inch, In Los An geles .90 of an Inch and at Mt. Wil son 2.75 Inches. Debs Calls at White House. Washington, Tt. C Eugene V. Dobs, socialist leader whoso 10-yoar prison sentence for violation of tho espion age act was communted on Christmas, camo here from tho Atlanta federal prison and railed on President Hard ing and Attorney General Daughorty. Mr. Dougherty said Debs came ot his "own volition," while Dobs de clared his visit was at tho request "ot tho attorney general and that he was given a ticket to the capital by tho warden without choice of dcsinatlon." Gas. Kills Family of Five. Detroit, Mich. Fumes from a de fective gas heater caused tho death ol U. Malmonti, his wife and three chil dren hero ns tho family was prepar ing to celebrate tho holiday. Police called by neighbors whoso anxiety had beon nrousod by the fact that the Christmas treo In tho Malmonti home was brightly lighted since Saturday night while none of tho family had been seen, broke down a window and discovered the trngody. Throst to Die on Gallows. Wnukon, In. Earl Thro3t, con fessed slayer ot Miss In git Magnunon, 20, a school teacher of Dorchester, was sentenced to bo hanged on March 9, 1923, by Judge II. E. Taylor. Cowboy Hughes Killed, Fort Worth, Tox. Angelo Hughes, famous American cowboy star, was klllod In nn auto accident, according to word received hero. Hughes cai crashed into a ditch. French Cabinet Member Resigns Paris. Phllllpc Bothelot. gonornl secretary for foreign nffnlrs, doclared his resignation to Premier Brland. Farmer Blows Head Off. Oskulooaa, la. Tho body ot Som Cruseun. 65, wealthy Mahaska coun ty farmer, was found In n largo barn an his son's pluco. Tho top c( Iiis head hnd boon blown off with a shot trim. No ronson Is known for his ap parent suicide, Ho was In good honltfc and hud.no financial difficulties. Further Disorders In Belfast. Belfast. Further dlsordors occurred hero. A dozen shots wore flrud In oil si root, but so far as Is known no am Nts Injured. Soldlera rostored orK- KEBRASKAJN BRIEF rimcly News .Culled From All Parts of tho State, Reduced for tho Busy. Hot lunches for sixty children In the Friend schools are provided by the district nt n cost of 2 cents a child, .snys Miss Margaret McGreevy, chief of the site division of child hygiene, in n report filed with the stnte bureau of health. This plan hns been In op eration three years, and she Is recom mending It to other schools. Children nt Friend get one hot dish nt noon, either soup, vegetables or cocoa. Miss Ixra Mendenhn.i of tKe home econom ics department there, supervises the work. In Dawson county there are forty-two rural schools where hot lunches are furnished by co-operntlon with parents. Miss McGreevy Is urg ing school districts to take up the work. W. L. Marshall of Beatrice, whose son, W. E. Marshall, mysteriously dis appeared about ten years ago under circumstances which led the father to suspicion foul play, has received word that the son wus alive. It Is under stood that the young man, 20 when he disappeared, served three years In the navy, later graduating as nn architect In a government school. The card received by his father gives a photograph of the young man, but does not give his address. Short courses offered to farmers nnd others In Nebraska who can spare a few weeks time nre offered nt the state agricultural college nt Lincoln, begin ning January 2,'J. Intensive training Is offered in nuto tractor mechanics, animal husbnndry, animal pathology, botany, dairying, entomology, field crops nnd soils, grain grading, horti culture, poultry husbandry nnd rural economics. The courses will end .Feb ruary 17 and nre open to all persons over sixteen years of nge. The Havejock shops of the Burling ton, employing over 1,500 men, will go on u 40-hour-u-week basis, Instead of the present 48-hour schedule, Janu ary 1, announcement was made by E. Roop, superintendent of the motive power department. , Theodore Galligher, nn Omaha man who wns supposed to have been almost penniless nnd who recently died, Is re ported to have been possessed of prop erty to the value of $00,000, or more. Statistics gathered by the Publicity Department of the Omaha Chamber of Coinnlerce that Nebraska stands first among the stutes In the pcrcnpltu of building and loan nssets. The Rotary, Klwnnls and Lions clubs all will Join with the chamber of commerce In erecting n municipal Christmas tree and nrranglng a Chrlst nms program for Hastings. Fifty-two turkeys, weighing 12 pounds each, were oaten by 8.10 Omaha newsboys at n dinner In the Rome hotel given to them by the Rotary club. A meeting of the Traveling Men's Protective association of Nebraska, low a, South Dakota, Wyoming, Kansas nn(i Missouri will be held In Omaha December 27-20. Miss Letta 1. Oldfleld, 14, of Tecum seh, Is dead, the r esult of Injuries sust'ilned when n can of coal oil which she was pouring on the lire exploded, Igniting her clothing. Members of the Presbyterian Sun day School nt Fremont Joined In tn rab bit hunt ns a menus of providing a stew for the annual church dinner party. The ,drlve for the sale of stock In tho Beatrice Hotel company will start shortly after the first of the year. Tho building will cost about ?:500,000. Omaha Elks have started on n drive to raise money fort he construction of their proposed building to be erect ed at Eighteenth and Dodge streets. Governor McKelvle was Santa Clnus at the Christmas distribution of 500 baskets of food provided by the Omaha dlvlblon of the Volunteers of America. Tho Midwest Implement Dealers' as sociation conies to Omaha January 4-0 for Its annual convention. James Wal lace, Council Bluffs Is secretary, After 22 years continuous service on the Omnhn police force, Captain ,Toln Brlggs announces that o.i April 1 he will retire. Oliver K. Chandler, living near Elm wood, while cutting a tree was killed by the tree fallli.1; upon him. The Nebraska Farmers union will hold Its annual meeting In Omnhn January 10-11. Dcwnyne Stoddard, the 17-year-old son of C T. Stoddard of Aurora, Inst his left arm In a haw. Ills mitten caught and the arm was drawn against (be saw. It was amputated Just be low the elbow. In letting contracts for shoes for In mates of the 17 state institutions for the first six months of 1022. the board of control found prices considerably lower than for the same period a year ago. The board was able to buy chil dren's and ndults' shoes for prices ranging from $1.07 to $11 n pair. A year ago tho prices were nearly dou ble that. Sixty-three head of Poland China hogs, the property of the state, have died from cholera at the Institution for feeble winded youths, at Beatrice, ac cording to Superintendent Stewart. Hazel Gustnfson and Eleanor Borre son of the Wnhon Taming club, und Yergene Mathlasen of tho Mtnden Club, were the Nebraska winners In a na tional canning contest conducted by a glass company of Wheeling, W. Vn., In which more than ?00 In prizes were offered for tlio products canned In the company's glass Jars, the agricultural colleca announces. FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR DISABLED NEBRASKANS Who May Be Beneficiaries Men or women who arc so disabled physically by accident or disease, that they can not earn u livelihood and who are cap able of being rendered fit to engage in some other occupation. In each case the feasibility of retraining both from the physlcnl and vocational stand points must be determined. Where the Retraining is Done In public nnd prlvatu Institutions, In dustrial plants, shops, offices, at home or nnywhere the student may be train ed efficiently In the most advantageous way and In the shortest possible time. No classes are formed because each case must be treated Individually. Use of Funds Funds may be used for Instruction, Incidental fees regu larly charged by schools, necessary books nnd supplies but no funds aro nvallable for the maintenance of stud ents during training. Women's Compensation Act Ac ceptance of training by persons In jured In Industry does not deprlvj them of nny rights under the Work man's Compensation Act. For Civilians This service Is dis tinct from that of the rehabilitation of disabled soldiers, sailors and marines of the World War, now being carried on by the Federal government. Your Help You can help by sending In the names and postoillce addresses of any disabled persons whom you may know or of whom you may learn. Address: C. A. Fulmer, 201 University Temple. Lincoln, Nebraska. All of the new machinery for tho new seventy-five thousand dollar power plnnt being built by Pawnee City hns arrived and most of it is now in place. A. W. Merkle, In charge of the In stallation, snys that the plant will be complete about February 1. The air tank In the Thomas Lane tire shop, nt Grand Island exploded while being filled and Thomns L. Pet erson and William Menefee, had an exciting experience. Nearly all tho windows were broken from the build ing nnd equipment wns hurled every where, but both men escaped unin jured. Fifty per cent of the business men nnd farmers of Spencer will take out their telephones If the rate Increase usked by the Northwestern Bell Tele phone company Is granted, according to a letter to the state railway com mission from the Spencer Community club. The first case of "black" smallpox to be found In Nebraska was reported from Fnlls City by Dr. E. R. Hays, ac cording to nn announcement by Dr. L. IT. Dillon, chief of the state bureau of health. The dedication of the Presbyterian church at Marlon, in Red Willow county, gave that town the first church tifildtng, although It has been on the map for 15 years. The home of Lieutenant Governor P. A. Barrows of Lincoln, was slightly damaged by fire. Mrs. Barrows sub dued the blaze with palls of water until fireman arrived. Building of the municlpnl auditor ium at Hastings will probably start In February or March. Monds In the sum of $175,000 have been sold at par. Fire thought to have started from defective wiring caused considerable damage to the po3tofllce building nnd fixtures In the office at Fullerton. In Omnhn the automatic has dis placed the verbal telephone In the bus iness pnrt of the city. Of the Atlantic exchange 7,000 'phones are affected. Hundreds from nil sections attended the dedication of the new county high school building at Harrison. Prof. ,f. Wilson of Chadron normal gave the main address. . In a drive to raise funds for tho Improvement of Its building, the Om aha Young Women's Clirlstinn associa tion obtained pledges amounting to ?30,000. For the nld of the old nnd poor a fund of nearly $5,000 wns left by the will of S. S. Pennell, Hied In probate court nt Geneva. Cornstalk disease has taken n heny toll of horses near Rogers, according to reports of vetorlnnrlnns. A milch cow census of eight western states recorded Nebraska second with 454,700 cows. ' Three hundred and soventy-fivo trnveling libraries are now circulating In Nebraska. The winter wheat In the vicinity of Table Rock Is In great need of mois ture. A horse with cornstnlk disease broke Into the farm home of Roy Lewis, nenr Marquette, breaking the kitchen stove, destroying dishes, cooking utensils nnd furniture. Tho horse finally pushed Its head thru a window, cutting Its throat. The owner wns compelled to shoot It. Elkhorn farmers and business men nre prepared to make Elkhorn another Bloomlleld so far as telephones nre concerned If the stnte railway com mission nllows.tho Northwestern Bell Telephone conipnny to put Into efieot the new rates asked and on which a henrlng will be had before tho com mission. Motor licenses Issued this year num ber 202,7778, representing $2,S17,U30 In fees, nccordlng to records of the stato auto reglsteratlon bureau. This Is 3S.000 moro than in 1020, Severnl hundred hunters nre ex pected to take part In a New Year's day wolf hunt to bo staged January 2 In Washington county, The scene of the hunt will ho extended over ton sections of land in the western part of the country. Tho hunters will bo divided Into four groups nnd all group will converge toward the cter of 're J area. CRAMPS, PAIN AND BACKACH St Louis Woman Relieved by Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg etable Compound St Louis, Mo. 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WI11. Pate liumie.w.T HINDERCORNS nemorei Onrna, Cal louiet. etc atopi all pain, rnturei comfurt to tbo feet, make walking etu-r. Vu. r mill or at Druc Ctita, lllKox Chemical Work a, fatdweiM. N. T. Fur Beavers. The government forest rancors le port a great number of heavers this year, ami the Indications are that there will be planty of skins for furs unless the laws which now protect the ani mals. are greatly relaxed. Two years ago In the Cochetojm forest In Colo rado there were 200 beavers, estimat ing four or the to a limine, which Is a conservative estimate. This year there aro 12,000 animals. Heavers have complete protection In 25 states and have become so numerous that they are a nuisance. He Was Only Sparring. Judge A few minutes ago yon swore that you were only .sparring with the plaintiff and that was what Injured him. Now we have proved that you struck him over the head with a blunt Instrument. Why did you lie? 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