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    THE SEMIAVEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
BIG BATTLE
SHIP
lost to en
Bulwark Blown Up in Estuary of
River Medway, Near
London.
ALMOST ENTIRE CREW GONE
Between 700 and 800 Men Killed Be
lieved to Have Been Caused by Ex
plosion of the Magazine Russians
Claim Victory Which Is Denied by
Berlin Little Fighting In Flanders.
lend" Nov. 2S The battleship
1 uw.r of Great Britain aa blown
tip n:td sunk Thursday in the estuary of
the "iiNay rtrer. Between 700 and
8 n.f were loL Including Cnpt.
Guy Bclater. her commander, and all
her c r.iere Only U of her crew were
sarnd
It is announced officially that tho ex
jilcsicn was interior and originated in
t)io ship's niBgasIno.
The dlaster la the most apiwlllng,
Itli the exception of the loss of the
Audacious, tho British navy has suf
fered In war. Tho men aboard her
had not a lighting chance, for their
Ihes The boat snnk" in threo min
utes, Tho band wns playing aboard tho
Bulwark. Near her wero anchored
several other ships.
Churchill Announces Disaster.
Suddenly a terrlllc explosion oc
curred in the bowels of tho ship. A
great cloud of stnoko arose, envelop
ing tho Bulwark nntl shutting her from
Bight. A great whlto Hush of lire
streaked through tho black veil; tho
smoko cloud thickened und rolled out
ward and upward.
Announcement of tho loss of tho Bul
wark In ShcerncBH harbor was made
In the hoiiBo of commons by Winston
Churchill, first lord of tho admiralty.
Only Fourteen Are Saved.
Mr Churchill's olllclal statement fol
lows: "The battleship Bulwark was lying
in tho harbor nt Shcerncss when she
wns blown up. Tho disaster occurred
nt 7:53 o'clock In tho morning. Tho
ship was torn absolutely asunder and
had entirely disappeared when tho
smoko cleared away. It is tho opinion
of tho admirals at Shuorness that tho!
uhlp wns destroyed by nn explosion of
tho magazine. Only 14 members of
tho crow wero saved. Tho destruction
of tho Bulwark will not sensibly af
fect our military or naval position "
Chief Loss la In Men.
Tho Bulwark wns of 10,000 tons dis
placement. It was laid down In 18S9
and completed In 1902. It wns -111 feet
long, 75 feet wide, nnd drew 29 feet
of water. Its nrmnmont consisted of
four 12-lnch guns, 12 0-inch guns, 10
12-pountlers, six 3-pouudcrs and four
submerged torpedo tubes. It had a
complement of 750 men. It cost $5,000,
000, Although too old to bo any longer
In tho ilrst fighting line, the Bulwark
still was n useful unit. Tho loss of tho
ship, however, wns nothing compared
with tho heavy loss In trained olllcers
and men. Tho Bulwnrk In its enrly ca
re rr was qulto n favored ship. For
a long timo It was tho flagship of Ad
miral Charles Borosford in tho Modi
i' rrnnean
More British Ships Sunk.
London, Nov. 29. Gorman submar
ines hnvo mink two moro British
steamships and a German mino has
sent to tho bottom a British naval col
lier, according to admission of tho
British admit ally.
Coming on tho heels of tho nppall
ing disaster which bofoll tho British
battleship Bulwark, when It was blown
up with tho loss of mora than 750 olll
curs and men, thoso now ovldonces of
hostile naval moijaco nt tho very gatCB
of London has served to spread con
sternation over England.
Churchill Seeks to Allay Fear.
A supremo effort to allay tho grow
ing terror of tho British people was
mado In an oxtraordlnary spooch In
tho hotiBO of commons by Winston
Churchill, first lord of tho admiralty.
Ho reviewed tho opuratlons of tho Brit
ish fleet in tho war and contrasted tho
present nnd piospoctivo strength of
tho British licet with that of tho Ger
man fleet, declaring now wnrshlps
wero being finished so rnpldly In Eng
lund now that Great Britain could loso
ono dreadnnught every month for a
yenr and still retain bur present su
periority over tho Got mans.
"At tho beginning of tho war wo
had 31 dreadnaughts and Got many had
21," Mr. Churchill said. "Wo hnvo lost
six of our oldor arred cruisers; Ger
many has lout two. Great Biltaln had
3G modern light crulsera; Gormany had
25. V have lost two; Germany hns
lost .? Intorned six; wo hnvo added
six."
To Reveal All Losses.
Referring to criticisms of tho ad
miralty's failure to utilize Mb sub
murines as effectively ns tho GormaiiB
had dono. Churchill said tho fact that
British submnrlnoB had been unable to
produco rosultB on u largo scalo was
duo to tho "soldom offered opportunity
to nttack
"The timo haB not yot nrrlvod whon
wo can usefully dlsouss tho particulars
of certain losses to which referenco
Iiiih been mado. As soon us posslhlo
nil fncts connected' with past opera
tions nntl tho ndmlnlstrntlon of tho
imy Mil! be mado public."
STAFF MAKES NO BIG CLAIMS
Pctrograd Official Announcement Sltr-
ply Reports Victory Over the
German Forces.
London. Nov. 27. The Russian gen
eral staff still is withholding the de
ntils of the victory which all other
dlHpntches from Petrograd say the
Russians have won over the German
forces which penetrated Poland. To
night's olllclal report Mmply Kays tho
battle continue to develop to tho ad
vantage of tho Russians and that the
Germans are trying to extricate them
selves from nn unfavorable position.
The Germans, on the other hand,
claim they have Inflicted heavy Iossbb
on tho Russians between Lodi and
Lowlcz.
Lord Kitchener in the boii of lords
today stated that "the re-enforced
Russian troops in this neighborhood
have been able to check and defeat
the Germans with, I believe, heavlor
losmes than they ever sustained be
fore." The Russians are said to he con
tinuing their advances through tho
Carpathians in western Gallcla and
against Cracow and also are forming
a half-circle around East Prussia to
avoid tho well-fortified and dinicult
Mazurlan lake region.
Russian Olllclal statement.
Pctrograd, Nov. 27. Tho following
official communication from general
headquarters was Issued today:
"In tho battle of Lodz, which con
tinues to devolop, tho advantage re
mains with our troops. Tho Germans
nro making strenuous efforts to facili
tate tho retreat of their troops, which,
having penetrated In tho direction of
Brzezlny, nro now retiring to tho re
gion of Strykow under conditions very
unfavorable to them.
"A Germah corps has been surround
ed nnd Is struggling to break through
to tho northward, but tho Russians
nro keeping tho pneo nnd nro gradually
drnwlng Inwards. Tho corps has lost
very severely and nfnny men have
been captured.
"On tho Austrian front our action
continues with success. In the fight
ing of November 25 wo took as many
as 8,000 prisoners, Including two regi
ments with their commanders und
other officers."
Germans Claim 40,000 Prisoners.
Berlin, November 27. An olllclal an
nouncement given out totlny by tho
German army staff says:
"There Is no chnngo In tho situation
In Kast Prussia.
"In Poland our troops under Gen
eral von MnckenHcn at Lodz and Lo
wlcz lnlllctcd heavy losso on tho first
nntl second nnd on a portion of tho
fifth Russian armies. In nddltion to
mnny killed and woundod wo havo In
our possession about 40,000 uninjured
prisoners, 70 cannon, 1G0 ammunition
wagons and 150 niachlno guns, whllo
wo destroyed 30 cannon. In thoso
battles our young troops did brllllnntly
In splto of great Bacrlllces.
LULL IN FLANDERS BATTLE
Both Sides Claim to Have Made
Slight Progress, But With Little
Important Results.
Paris, Nov. 27. Excopt for artillery
fighting tho bnttlo In Flnndorn re
mains virtually at n standstill, al
though in Isolated attacks both sides
claim to havo mado some progress.
There Is no Indication where tho next
Gormnn blo is to ho struck In tho at
tempt to reach tho French coast.
Tho olllclal French announcement
given out In Paris this afternoon rends
as follows:
"No important dovolopment marked
tho day of Novombor 25. In the north
tho cannonading diminished in inten
sity and no Infantry attack was di
rected against our linos, which mndo
slight advances nt certain points.
"In tho region or Arras there wns n
continuation of tho bombardment on
tho town und Its onvlrons."
Berlin Reports Situation Unchanged.
Berlin, Nov. 27. An olllclal an
nouncement given out In Berlin today
Is us follows:
"In tho western nronn of tho war
tho situation remains unchanged. Tho
French opened nn attack In tho region
of St. Hllufro with strong forces. Tho
strength of this nttack gradually
dwindled and tho movement finally
was repulsed with heavy losses to tho
onomy.
"Wo havo mado progress at Apro
mont." Report of Casualties.
Borlln, Nov. 211. A dispatch from
Berno says report from a reliable
sourco sot forth that tho French loasos
up to Novombor 1 wero 130,000 men
killed, 370,000 wounded, and 1G7.000
missing.
Paris. Nov. 2(1. Tho Copenhagen
correspondent of tho Tomps tola
graphs that ho loams from illploniatlc
sources that tho total Gorman losses
counting dentl, wounded, prisoners,
men Incapacitated by illness, nnd
thoso missing for August, September,
and tho early part of October amount
oil to 1,500,000.
England to Repel Foes.
London, Nov. 27. England 1b pre
paring rapidly to repel any posslhlo
Invasion by Gormany. Along the cut
and south coasts of England theso
preparations, begun somo timo ago,
are being pushed forwnrd as speodlly
as possible. Emergency commlttoos
of prominent citizens havo boon
formed In sovnrnl of tho Inrgo towns.
Tho principal measures already plan
ned look to tho sufo withdrawal of
womon ami children from the areas
which may bo threatened, and nlbo
tho removal of llvo Btock.
EPIT01E OF BEITS
PARAGRAPHS THAT PERTAIN TO
MANY SUBJECTS.
ABE SHORT CUT INTEOESTING
Brlc Mntlon of What Is Transpiring
h Various Sections of Our Own
Ana Foreign Countries.
WASHINGTON.
Tho interstate commerce commis
sion has been asked by railwny com
missions of fifteen western state to
suspend a proposed general advance
in feight rates west of tho Mississippi.
Until tho Federal Reserve hoard
has accurate Information on tho
surplus, held by member banks, it
does not expect to chnngo tho present
rates for rediscount of commercial
paper.
KraK-.Torirenson rllles discarded bv
flw. TTtffr..l C3f.i ......... ..!.... flw. tin...'
high power Springfield rifles wero de
veloped nt tho government's arsenals
and supplied to all troops will not be
sold during tho European war to uny
bidder.
.
An order releasing from somo re
strictions of tho federal llvo stock
quarantine certain counties in Wis
consin, Illinois and Iowa which woro
placed under embargo because of the
foot and mouth disease, was Issued
by tho department of agriculture.
Officials of tho internal revenue
bureau have sent out thousands of
explanatory circulars recently hoping
to clenr tho understanding of thoso
subject to the war tax and avoid the
imposition of penalties for failure to
make returns disclosing liability.
President Wilson has communi
cated unofficially to tho diplomatic
representatives of tho United States
In the belligerent countries of Europe,
his disapproval of attacks by bombs
from aircraft dropped on unfortified
cities occupied by noncombntants.
To exclude all warships of bellig
erent nations from ports of North and
South America during tho present
war, and to restore trado conditions,
nro tho objects of negotiations Insti
tuted by Argentina, 'Chile, Peru nnd
Uruguay with tho American govern
ment. War department offlclnls possess
no Information which they "feel free
to disclose" ns to tho state of tho na
tion's defense which has not already
been mado public, according to a let
ter addressed by Secretary Garrltson
to Representative A. P. Gardner of
Massachusetts.
Turkey has explained to the, United
States government through Ambassa
dor Morganthau, that tho firing to
ward tho launch of tho crulsor Ton
ncbsoo was intended moroly ns the
customary warning that tho port of
Smyrna was mined and c1obh1 to nav
igation. DOMESTIC.
After virtually four months of en
forced Idleness, necessitated by tho
European war, tho Now York Stock
exebnngo hns reoponcd for business.
c
Tho Argentine dreadnought Rlva
daviti took leavo of Massachusetts
hay, on tho shores of Which It was
built, and sailed for Now York, on
its wny to tho South American re
public. r
A thorough and impartial investi
gation of tho mining troubles In
lluttford Valley, Ark., is promised by
Etholbert Stowart, chief statistician
of tho federal bureau of lnbor and
statistics, who arrived at Fort Smith
recently.
Seven cracksmen entered tho office
of the Anhousor-Busch Browing com
pany at Chicago, hound nnd gagged
tho watchman, drank thirtoen pints
of beer, blow tho snfo and escnpod
with about ? 1,000.
What iu said to ho tho largest sin
gle shipment of horses for sorvico In
the European war from an American
port was shipped recoutly from Now
Orlonns on board tho nrltish stcainor
Rownnmoro. Tho horses numbered
1,020.
Two thousand pounds of nltrogly
coilno exploded In tho plant of tho
Aetna Powder company, nt Aetna.
Intl. No ono wns 'killed or injured. In
Gary hundreds of plato glass win
dows wero brokon.
A falso message lured Unmet Uaff,
a wealthy poultry dcmlor. to u spot
in Thirteenth nvonuo, Now York,
whero ho was shot and killed by un
identified men, who oscnpod In nn nu
tomohlle. Daft is sold to havo given
tuBtlmony when tho "poultry trust"
wus on trial.
Assistant United State's District At
torney Roger Wood at Now York wild
tht tho government Ih looking into
the. wee of Henry Slogul with n pos
sible view oj Instituting n prosecution
for misuse of tho malls.
(i. iti at fur lii i (i dim ft ii of pine
r.nlwaj ci oss tie for war tihe haB
In en recervod by a Selmn, Ala , lum
ber coinpanj. An agent for the Brit
i'h government made the deul
Tho Kansas wheat crop of 1914
amounted to 180,021,886 bushels, with
;t value ostlmntetl at $161,583,032, ac
tordlng to tho annual wheat crop re
port of tho Kansas Board of Agricul
ture nt Topokn.
After threo months of idleness tho
Kansns City shops of tho Frisco road
hnvo reoponcd with a full forco of
380 mon. Tho Springfield, Mo., shops
havo also resumed operations.
"Fnmluo will end the European
war, and tho feeding of starving mil
lions ylll tnko precedence over re
arrangement of political lineH," said
Davltl Starr Jordan, peace utlvocate,
at Albnny, N. Y.
)
Insuranco amounting to $12,510,1(13
has boon writton on American car
goes and American bottoms by tho
bureau of war risks. Applications
for nn additional $1,161,010 are pend
ing. Increascb In freight rates on grain
and grain products proposed by tho
1'nlon Pacific railroad between points
in Wisconsin nnd Iowa, and destina
tions in other states, were suspended
by the Interstate commerce commis
sion until July 3.
Probate Judge Luedera of Clncln
nattl, has found $500 In gold pieces
and $31,000 worth of assorted val
uables In mattresses and holes in tho
walls of the home of the late Miss
Louise Laralde, 73, a recluse.
Romulo S. Nnon, ambassador from
tho Argentine Republic, declared nt
Philadelphia that the present Euro
pean situation offered an unpnralleled
opening in South America for the
business men of the United States.
John Foley, a Butte mine worker,
was found guilty at Boseman, Mont.,
of burglary In that ho assisted at tho
dynamiting and looting of a safe in
tho rioting at Butte, Juno 13. Ho was
sentenced to twenty months In tho
stato penitentiary.
Henry G. Slogol, New York mor
chant prince, has been found guilty of
a mlsdemonnor and sentenced to pay
$1,000 fino and serve ten months In
jail. Stay of execution was granted
until tho second Monday of June, and
hail was fixed at $25,000. )
With its object to convince Amer
icans of the unpreparedness of this
nation for war, tho conference which
will be held In Chicago, December 29
to 31, will resolve Itself into a per
manent organization to be known as
the United Slates Safety league.
Brandishing a revolver and threat
ening to shoot Mrs. Newton D. Ba
ker, wifo of Cleveland's mayor, and
her two children, if sho did not imme
diately hand over her jewelry and
money, a robber obtained $500 worth
of jewelry and a small amount of
money.
FOREIGN.
Wounded soldiers from Servia nro
pouring into Hungary in such vast
numbers that nearly nil the school
buildings In tho country havo boon
requisitioned In their accommodation.
Queen Mary, In a letter to Mrs.
Walter Page, wifo of tho American
ambassador to Great Britain, has
thanked tlio peoplo of tho United
States for tho presonts they havo
sent the children of tho warring na
tions on tho Santa Claus ship Jason.
Lloyd's reports that in addition to
tho British steamer Melachlto, tho
sinking of which olf Havre had been
previously announced, a Gorman sub
marlno has sont to tho bottom off
Havre tho British stenmor Prlmo.
. President Poincaro has conferred
upon General Jolfro tho mcdaillo mil
ltairo, the highest honor that can bo
conferred on a French soldlor. Tho
presentation was mado in tho pres
ence of Premier Vivlnnl, tho presi
dents of tho senate and tho Chambor
of Deputies.
Tho Swiss ministers nt Bordonux
and London, according to a report
published at Berno, have been told
by tho Swiss government to request
nn explanation of tho alleged viola
tion of Swiss neutrality by English
and French aviators, who are said to
havo flown ovor Swiss territory.
Leaders of the agrarian, national
and liberal parties in tho Bulgarian
parliament havo urged tho formation
of a gonulno national ministry and
tho occupation of Mncetlonla by Bui
garln. It w-ns argued that such occu
pation could bo accomplished in
ngroonuuit with tho powers of tho
triple cntonto.
x Tho mlnlstor of finnnco nnd a syn
dicate of French hrokors havo ngroed
upon Docombor 7 ns tho dato for tho
rooponlng of the French Stock ox
chnngo in Paris, for cash transac
tions. Tho German declaration that wood
Is contraband of war has brought out
considerable comment In tlio Swed
ish press. Flvo Swedish stenmors
laden with wood, it Ik rocitod, havo
recently been stopped in tho south
Baltic by German cruisers and mado
to return to Swedish ports
15 PEACE
WILSON APPOINTS COMMISSION
TO SETTLE COLO DISPUTES.
WILL MEDIATE DIFFERENCES
Parties to Place Themselves at the
Service of Both Miners and
Operators.
Washington, D. C President Wil
son has announced tho appointment
of Soth Iow of Now York, Charles W.
Mills of Philadelphia and Patrick
GUday of Clearfield, Pa.i as a com
mission through which future differ
ences between operators and mino
employes In tho Colorado strike may
bo sottled. Tho commission, ho ex
plained, was not appointed to deal
with tho existing differences which
havo caused rioting and bloodshed in
Colorado. Ilymel DaIs and W. R
Fnirley, tho conciliators who have
been attempting to seittlo the strike
for several months, will continue in
their efforts to have the operators
and miners agree on a settlement of
tho present strike.
In a statement announcing tho ap
pointment tho president expressed
tho "very earnest and sincere hope
that tho parties may see It not mere
ly to their own bet interest, bu'l also
a duty which they owo to the com
munity thoy serve and tho nation it
self, to make use of this instru-'
mentality of peace and render strikes
of tho kind which has threatened the
order and prosperity of the great
stato of Colorado a thing of the past."
The president also announced that
the commission will place themselves
at tho service of the minors and the
operators of the mines of Colorado
in case controversy between them
should In tho fulturo develop circum
stances which would render media
tion tho obvious way of peaceful and
just settlement.
Mr. Wilson added that "merely to
withdraw the federal troops and leave
tho situation to setUo itself, would
seem to mo to be doing something
less than my duty after all that has
occurred."
To Turn Land Into Farms.
San Francisco, Cal. Major Fred
R. Reed of Boise, Idaho, commission
er from his stato to tho Panama-Pacific
exposition has instituted a move
ment having for its ultimate object
tlio settlement and cultivation of vast
areas of land in western states now
virgin to the plow. It is the lnten
Hon of Uie Idaho commissioner, aftei
obtaining the railroad companies' in
dorsement of his plan, to bring about
a conference of governors of the
western states, which will result in a
systematized modus operandi. In each
state the land available for settle
ment, whether owned by the federal
government, the stato or Individuals
will bo listed, with tho terms of pay
ment, etc. If the land must be pur
chased. Instead of being acquired by
homestead entry, it will bo sought tc
have the ttjrms of payments extend
ovor a period of fifteen to twenty
llvo years and to procure freo trans
portation to tho prospective settlers
Part of Persia Against Czar.
Berlin. It is announced by the of
ficial press bureau that word has
been received from Sofia, Bulgaria
that tho Sorvian cabinet of Premie:
N. P. Pnchitch has been ovet thrown
Other Information given out by the
official press bureau follows:
"It Is reported from Constantinople
that the larger part of northern Per
sla has lcen aroused to hostile ac
tion ngnlnst Russia and thai ir.
southern Persia tho movement
against Great Britain is increasing.
"Prince Abbas and Piinco Osman
relatives of tho khedivo of Egjnt
havo boon banished by British au
thoritios on charges of engaging in an
anti-British conspiracy.
Surgeon Attended 6,000 Wounded.
Paris. Tho Legion of Honor has
been conferred on Dr. Pauchet,
Amiens surgeon, who has attended
0,000 "wounded nnd performed 500
operations.
Rebels Gain AgalnstBritlsh.
Berlin. It is announced that n dis
patch has been received from Tho
Hague reporting that rebellious
forces In South Africa had seized the
police station at Hammorskrnal, In
the Transvaal, and had forced the
English to retreat. Heavy losses
woro inflicted, it is said, upon tho
British.
Lid on Correspondents.
London. A correspondent at Cop
enhagen says: "All correspondents
who wore allowed with tho German
army In Poland have been prohibited
communication with tholr papers
Swedes Must Be Good.
London. Tho Dally Mail's Co
penhagen correspondent says Ger
many has demnnded that the Swedish
govomment suppress unfriendly ut
tornncos against Germany in Swedish
nowspnpors and lias threatened re
prisals in the ovont of non-com-pllnnco.
Tho correspondent repre
sents that Gorman's declaration mail
ing wood contraband of war has
caused a tremendous revulsion of
feeling In Sweden nnd Norway
against Germany
BOOT
CONDENSED HE1S
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
Company F, N. N. G , has been re
organized nt Beatrice.
Fremont is planning a metropolitan
motor enr show to bo hold this win
ter. The now horse disease, cerebro
mengitis, has appeared near Weeping
Water.
All vehicles In Omaha will have to
display lights at night on and after
December 10.
At a special election Norfolk voted
a light contract which is expected to
improve service.
Tho resldonco of Samuel Pollock of
McCook was destroyed by fire, with
a loss estimated nt $2,000.
J. G. Evans' thirty-acre apple or
chard nenr Falls City produced eight
carloads of apples this year.
Tho forty-year-old residence, occu
pied by Chares Kuehne, near Kone
saw, was destroyed by fire.
Tho Peoples State bank of Anselmo,
which lost its homo by fire recently,
is again opened for business.
Frank C. Lewis of Crawford has
sold his grocery store to A. L. Thorp
& Son, wholesalo fruit dealers.
N. P. Niemann of Benson had tho
highest score In a cattle Judging con
test at tho University farm at Lin
coln. A fine new block will rlso on tho
site of the Gumport department store,
recently destroyed by fire at Fre
mont. Tho young people of Gage county
who have attended the state farm
havo organized tho Gage county agri
cultural club.
Roy Rust and George Miller wero
seriously injured in a motorcyclo
head-on collision on the fair ground
tracks at Nelson.
Flro destroyed tho Edwards and
Bradford Lumber Co., at Allen. Every
thing was burned with a loss ' esti
mated at $30,000.
Tho replacements of ties during tho
last fiscal year cost the seven Ne
braska railroads $1,34S,G59 on their
lines In this state.
While playing in tho street at Fre
mont, a C-year-old child was run over
by a 7-passenger motor car and not in
jured in any manner.
Five horses and a quantity of
hay and grain woro destroyed when
tho barn on the, George Pearson farm
near Tecumseh was burned.
The Elmwood Mill & Elevator com
pany is installing an electric light
plant and will furnish current to res
idences and business houses.
Two thousand horses havo been
bought at the South Omaha market
as tho first lot of 8,500 to ho pur
chased for tho French army.
The Hastings Chamber of Com
merce will nppeal tho Burlington rail
road to restore passenger trains Nos.
1 and 10, discontinued recently.
More than 1,750 pounds of roast
turkey and chicken wero served to
the unfortunates of Inglesldo hospital
at Hastings for Thanksgiving dinner.
After being out more than twelve
hours tho jury in the Salvatoro Fran
co murder case at Superior returned
a verdict of murder in the second de
gree. Nebraska has moro wild ducks and
gecso within tho stato borders this
year than ever before In history, ac
cording to tho stato gamo nntl fish
warden.
M. Bruce Carpenter of Omaha camo
near losing his life whon a Union Pa
cific motor car struck his automobilo
on tho Loup river bridge, west of
Scotia.
Charles T. Grinor, a traveling sales
man, was thrown from a motor car
and seriously Injured when the ma
chino struck a high culvert noar
North Platte.
Doctor Trpnholm of Elmwood was
overcome by carbon dioxide gas in
his garage. Tho gas was generated
when tho engine was being run for
tho purpose of drying.
Members of the Nebraska Stato as
sociation of Commissioners, Super
visors and City Clerks will hold
their twentieth annual convention at
Fremont on December 8, 9 and 10.
- Two railroad men were sorlously in
jured in tho shops at Plattsmouth
when ono of them got caught in a
lathe shnft and tho other wns violent
ly hurled to tho roof in attempting to
rescuo him.
Elmer L. Hevelono has becn elected
president of the Boatrlco Commrclal
club by tho directors to complete tho
unexpired term of Charles M. Crun
cleton Mr. Hevelono is treasurer of
Gago county.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goodard, who
rosido six miles east of Holmesville,
woro, seriously injured when their au
tomobilo upset throe miles east of
that place whllo they were en routo
homo from church. '
Van Crow and John Fltzpatrick of
Weeping Water aro still being cared
for at Tecumseh. They sustained
serious Injuries when an automobilo
carrying members of tho Weeping
Water football team turned turtle.
Mllford Turner, 15 years old, of
Lincoln, died as a result of being
struck by a brick thrown at a footbair
by Joo Sinner.
Ike Hart, peddler, has admitted
killing Mack O'Day at Onmhn. He
claims that O'Day atackod him with
a club and that ho fired lu self de
fonso. Tho 5 year-old twins of Mr. and
Mrs. L J. Lano of Weeping Water,
whllo playing with matches, set flro
to a chlckon houso. 'After a hnrd bat
tlo firemen wero able 'to check tho
spread of the flnmos, which threat
ened tho Lano home.