THE SEMIWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA
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CLAIM B!fi VICTORY
GERMANS DECLARE RUSSIANS
ARE IN FULL RETREAT ALL
ALONG LINE.
PETROGRAD REPORTS GAINS
Official Statement Says Austrian Of
fensive In Western Gallela Has
Been Checked and 3,000
Prisoners Taken.
London, Dec. 21. Although there
beems no doubt that the Russians are
retreating and that for the present
any anticipation!! the allien may hare
held of an early Invasion of Germany
must be dismissed, considerable mys
tery surrounds the reported decisive
victory by the Germans which Berlin
f olebratod.
The following statement from the
KMiPral staff of tho Russian army was
made public In Petrograd:
'On the left bank of tho Vistula an
almost complete lull has replaced the
attacks made by the enemy. All of
these attacks we repulsed.
'in connection with the advance of
part of our troops toward the Bzura
river (Russian I'oland) and In view of
the fact that the Austrlans are contin
ually receiving rc-onforcoments In tho
Carpathians, wo havo thought fit to re
arrange the positions of some of our
armies.
"We checked the offensive of the
enemy In western Gallela. We have
captured 3,000 prisoners, several guns
and mitrailleuses."
Uerlin, Dec. 21, by wireless - The
official press bureau gave out the fol
lowing items:
"In I'oland wo continue to pursue
the retreating enemy,
"Although tho headquarters report
Is chary of details there is general ex
pectation that tho Russian defeat will
prove to have been complete. From
details already available, however, It
seems safo to say that the victory has
freed Germany for a long period from
any possible menace of Invasion from
tho east.
SAYS RUSS OFFENSIVE HOLDS
Petrograd Has a Report That the
Czar's Troops Are Closing In
on Cracow.
Petrograd, Dec. 18. The Russian
offensivo ngalnst Cracow is being
maintained despite violent counter-attacks
by tho allied Tcatonlc troops In
that region, according to dispatches
received from Lomberg,
"Russia's iron clrclo Is being drawn
closer around Cracow," telegraphs tho
correspondent of tho Bourse Gazette.
"Tho main Austrian forces havo re
tired within tho forts. Only van
guards are left in tho trenches.
"The dlsUinco between tho Russian
and tho Austro-Gorman trenches Is
only about ono hundred paces. Tho
0 Russians 11 ro seldom, but tho Aus
trlans maintain an unceasing flro day
and nlghL"
SECOND CRUISER TO CANAL
Col. Goethals Tells War Department
Neutrality Can Be Violated Unless
He Can Guard Zone.
Portsmouth, N. II., Dec. 18. Tho
Portsmouth navy yard has been asked
by tho navy department how quickly
tho cruiser Washington can bo mado
ready for service. It Is understood
tho department wishes to send the
Washington to Panama.
Wuuhlngton, Dec. 18. Colonel Goo
glials informed tho war department
that neutrality might bo violated with
out detection unless ho had ships to
patrol Cannl Zone waters. The cruiser
Tncormi left Guantnnatno today for
Cristobal.
DISROBE AND DUCK GIRL
This Is the Charge of a Purdue Coed
Against Seven of Her
Bex.
Lafayette, ind., Dec. 18. Miss Mabel
Rogers of Shoals, Ind., was subjected
to nn oral examination by attorneys
for scvon girl students of Purduo uni
versity, whom Miss Rogors is suing
for dumuges. Sho told lior story that
she had been pricked with plus, her
faco painted with rod ink, partly dis
robed and thrown into u tub of cold
water Tho plaintiff alleges tliut her
health wus Impaired by tho hazing.
APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED
Measure Carrying $36,500,000 Wins In
House Agricultural Ceneus
Eliminated,
Washington, Due. 21. After elimi
nating tho $2,000,000 Horn for un agri
cultural connis In 101G, tho houso on
Friday passed tho legislative appro
ntlnu bill currying approximately $iIG,
fiOO.OOO. Accident Coots Bank $100,000.
Vow York, Doc. 21. Tho Emigrant
Industrial Havings bank was ordered
by a Jury In tho supremo court to pay
$100,000 damages for tho duath of
Justice) Honry Illschoff, who was killed
bv falling Into an elevator shaft.
Czar Returns to Capital..
Petrogrud, Due. 21. Emperor Nicho
las returned from Transcaucasia and.
Immediately callud a mooting of tho
Imperial council at Ttsarko-Sulo pal
ace. Tho scission wus nttondud by
Minister of War Houkhomlluoff.
7,50U FRENCH TAKEN
i BERLIN SAYS GERMANS VON IN
THE ARGONNE.
Allies Say Teutons Are Being Farced
Back All Along Flan
ders Front.
Jxmdon, Dec. SI. A Times corre
spondent in northern France Bays:
"The allies have advanced Their
troops ro reported to bare passed
MIddoIkerko and to have broken
through the German line Just nolo
Dlxmudc "
Berlin (by wireless). Dec. 21. The
following official statement was re
ceived by wireless from Merlin:
"Tho fighting at Nleuport continues
favorable, hut no decision yet has
been reached. The French attacks
between a Itassce and Arras and on
both sides of the River Sornmo have
resulted in failure, with severe losses
to the enemy. On the Somrnc the
French lost 1,200 men In prisoners
and at least 1,800 in dead; our own
losses were under 200.
"In the Argonne forest our success
ful attack resulted In the capture of
some 7,600 prisoners In addition to
war material. There have been no
Important developments elsewhere on
the western front."
London, Doc. 21 The allies' ad
vance In Belgium Is fast gaining mo
mentum. The Germans are being
forced back all along the FlanderB
front with great losses In killed,
wounded, prisoners and war mate
rial, according to reports reaching
here
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NEWS FROM FAR
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New York, Dec. 18. Hravlng a high
wind and the terrific cold, F. A.
Thompson, an aviator of tho array ro
serve corps, ascended to a height of
5,000 feet over the government avia
tion field in Oakland Heights, Staten
Island, and made four complete loop-the-loops
beforo reaching tho ground.
Thompson, who has been flying for
only four months, Is tho fourth United
States army aviator who has accom
plished the looping tcsL
Washburn, Wis., Dec. 18. Mr. and
Mrs. Edward McDonald, tho first
couple married in Bayfield county aft
er tho eugenic law went into offecL
nro the parents of a baby boy, tho
first eugenic babe In Wisconsin.
Nlsh, Dec. 18. King Peter returned
hero from Belgrade and received an
enthusiastic reception. He will remain
hero for some time.
Denver, Colo., Dec 18. William
Barth, eighty-five, multimillionaire,
Denver pioneer, died here of pneu
monia. His fortune Is estimated at
$8,000,000.
Alexandria, Egypt, Dec. 18. The
United States crulsor Tennesseo has
arrived hero from Chios.
San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 18. Tho
Southern Pacific has put 1.C00 shop
men back to work on the coasL
Morton, Miss., Dec. 1ft. Five yegg
men cracked the safe in tho Bank of
Morton wlt,h nitroglycerine and es
caped on a handcar with $3,000.
GERMAN TRENCHES CAPTURED
French Take Teuton Positions In
Flanders at the Point of
the Bayonet.
Paris, Dec. 18. Dcsporato hand-to-hand
fighting Is now going on in Flan
ders. Tho French uro attacking tho
Germans with the bayonet ns they con
tinue to push their offensivo against
tho kaiser's troops.
An official statement Issued hero
suys that they havo already captured
several trenches at the point of tho
bayonet. As fast as tho French' ad
vanced they strengthen tho captured
positions to hold them against any
countcr-nttacks by tho Gormans
London, Dec. 18. Tho Germans'
loft center In Flanders Is slowly but
surely being turned by tho allies,
according to an official statement I is
sued hero.
WILSON DOES HIS SHOPPING
Has to Push Through Crowds In
Stores Mrs. Sayre Coming to
Spend Christmas.
Washington, Doc 18. President
Wilson did his ChrlutmnH shopping
during tho day. Ho went Into tho
downtown district at tho rush hour,
armed with a list of purchases ho do
sired to make, and vlBltcd a depart
ment storo, two hook stores, and a
Jewelry establishment. All of tho
places wero crowded, nnd at times tho
president had to push his wny energet
ically to get what ho wanted. Ho
was recognized by ninny of tho shop
pers. Mrs Francis II. Snyro, tho
president's daughter, will arrive early
next week to spend Christmas nt tho
Whlto Houso.
Roosevelt Not to Appear.
Washington, Doc. 18. Former Pres
ident Theodore Ronsovolt telegraphed
Roprosontatlvo Hobson that ho did not
bolluvojt would do any good for him
to npponr beforo thu naval affairs
committee.
Father of Thirteen Drowned.
Bowstring, Minn., Doc. 17. Whllo
his vvlfo and children searched In vain
In tho darkness, Nick Abcll, aged fifty-two,
was drowned in Sand lake. Ho
was on tjio way homo' nnd tried to
croBs tho lako. Ho left 13 children.
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FIVE PER CENT ADVANCE GRANT-'
ED EXCEPT ON SOME COM- '
MODITIES. !
AMOUNTS TO $30,000,000
Consequences of the War Held by i
Commerce Commission to Give
Ground for Raising Income of Lines
Between Atlantic and Mississippi.
Washington. Dec. 21. Increases in
freight rates approximating five per
cent on 123 railroads, comprising all
the lines between the Atlantic sea
board and the Mississippi, north of the
Potomac and Ohio rivers, were grant
ed by the Interstate commerce commis
sion In a divided opinion, excepting on
certain heavy commodities, which
comprise a large bulk of the traffic.
The Increases will further apply to
the railroads west of Buffalo and Pitts
burgh, which wero granted partial ad
vances In the decision of laBt August,
which denied thern altogether to the
roads cast of those points.
It is estimated the advanced rateB
will increase the annual Income of the
roads about $30,000,000.
The commission made its decision
upon the showing of the railroads that
In addition to conditions from which
they previously asked relief they now
are confronted with an emergency be
causo of the war In Europe.
After further consideration tho com
mission permltB advances to bo made
also on cement, starch, brick, tllo,
clay and plaster. On these commodi
ties no advances were permitted by
the decision of August 1.
Tho commission was divided on tho
question of granting the railroads' ap
peal. Commissioners Clements and
Harlan dissented from the opinion of
tho majority. Tho decision. In part,
was as follows:
"In view of the tendency toward a
diminishing net operating Income, as
shown by tho facts described, we are
of tho opinion that the net operating
Income of tho railroads In official
classification territory, taken as a
whole, Is smaller than Is demanded In
tho Interests of the general public and
tho railroads, and It Is our duty and
.our purpose to aid so far as we legally
may. in tho solution of the problem as
to tho course that tho carriers may
pursue to meet the situation."
Tho commission did not acquiesce
in tho carriers' proposal of a general
Increase, as Indicated in the tariff
filed by them, but suggested various
methods by which they might properly
conserve their revenues.
"For various reasons we shall except
from tho proposed increase the fol
lowing rateB:
"1. Rail-lake-and-rall. lake-and-rall and
rall-and-lake rates. It Is shown on the
record that since the rail carriers ac
quired ownership and control of the
lake HneB successive Increases have
been made In the rates via lake tend
ing to 'eFscn the differences between
them and the all-rail rates
"2. RateB on bituminous coal and
coke. Not long since these rateB were
Investigated and maximum rates were
prescribed by the commission Tho
key rates upon bituminous coal the
rate from tho Pittsburgh district to
Youngstown. and tho rato on lake car
go coal to Ashtabula, have been fixed
In tho light of tho various factors
which entered Into tho transportation
of such coal. Tho prevailing rates
arc remunerative, and tho financial
condition of tho principal bituminous
coal carriers is in marked contrast
with that of many other carriers In
official classification territory.
"3. Rates on anthracite coal and
Iron ore, largely because thoy nre be
fore us In review in other proceedings.
4. Rates hold by unexpired orders
of the commission."
MINES SINK FOUR STEAMERS
Vessels Are Destroyed In the North
Sea One Is Believed to Be
a Passenger Ship.
South Shields, England, Dec. 18.
Four steamors, ono believed to bo a
pasBengor ship, wero sunk by mines
In tho North sea, off Flamborough
head, Wednesday night.
Only two of tho vossels havo been
Identified. Ono was tho steamer El
tervvntor. Twelvo of its crow wero
saved, but seven lost their llvos. Tho
other was tho Princess Olga. Tho
crow of 18 men landed In their own
boats
Upholds Raid on Britain.
Now York, Dec. 19. That Hartle
pool, Scarborough and Whitby, tho
throo English towns bombardod by
Gorman warships arc defendud places
and that tho GormaiiB thoreforo woro
Justified In shelling thorn, Is tho sub
Btnnco of a statement given out horo
by Captain Franz von Papon, military
attache of tho German embassy.
Designation Changed,
Mllwnukeo, Wis., Doc. IS. Official
announcement lias been mado at tho
olllccs of tho Chicago, Milwaukee nnd
St. Paul railway that tho road will
horeaftor bo designated as tho "Mil
vvaukeo" Instead of tho "St. Paul"
vvhon tho full nnmu Is not used.
Dletz to Be Pardoned.
Madison, Wis., Dec. 18. John F.
Dletz, under llfo sontonco for tho mur
der of Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp,
will bo pardoned by Govornor McGov
em tho night before Christmas,
ROADS W
NGREAS
BANK ROBBER IS SLAIN
HELD UP TVO INSTITUTIONS IN
CINCINNATI.
Daring Bandit Wounds Police When
They Attempt to Arrest Him
Fierce Street Duel.
Cincinnati, O.. Dec. 18. A three
hour career of crime by one man,
which Included the robbing of two Cin
cinnati banks, pistol shot accompani
ments, tho theft of two automobiles
and a duel with pollcemon In which
one officer and the robber were shot
and fatally wounded, marked the most
sensational day In Cincinnati's crim
inal history.
The bandit is Frank Hohl, whose
homo Is In Philadelphia. Ho was mor
tally wounded In a sensational street
duel with Policeman Edward Knaull
and died shortly after being taken to
the city hospital.
Knaull also was probably fatally
wounded.
Before the shooting Hohl had
robbed the Eighth street branch of
tho Provident Savings bank, where
he got awny with more than seven
thousand dollars, and the Liberty Sav
ings bank, where he got more than six
thousand dollars. What became of
the loot remains a mystery.
Knaull, a patrolman, and George
Winter, cashier at the Liberty Savings
bank, wero slightly Injured.
Hohl first stole an automobile. He
then drove to the branch bank on
Eighth street shortly before eleven
o'clock In tho morning, "shot up" the
place, and stole $7,600.
Then he drove to the Liberty bank;
again used his revolver. Injuring the
cashier; stole $5,C10. and again es
caped. RAID ENGLAND'S EAST COAST
German Warships Bombard Cities and
Escape Death List Reaches
Total of 143.
London, Dec IS. The casualty list
as a result of the German naval raid
on the east coast of England early yes
terday morning shows 143 persons
killed, of whom only a small percen
tage were combatants, and 537 wound
ed Simultaneously with the receipt of
tho report of casualties from West
Hartlepool, where the official list In
Hartlepool and West Hartlepool has
reached the figure of 79 killed and
320 wounded, there came the first
definite news that the German ships
had been engaged by the British coaBt
patrol ships while carrying on the
bombardment.
The admiralty announced tonight,
through the official press bureau, that
the light cruiser Patrol and the tor
pedo destroyer Doon were among the
British warships that attacked the
German raiders. They were heavily
engaged and cifme off with some casu
alties. Aboard the Patrol four men
were killed and four wounded, while
on the Doon one was killed and 11
wounded.
Unofficial reports are that tho Ger
man ships did not escape without suf
fering severe damage. Several of
them are reported to have been struck,
though not vitally.
GEN. SCOTT SENT TO NAC0
Chief of Staff Sent to Arizona In At-
tempt to Stop Firing Across
the Border.
Washington, Dec. 18. Closely fol
lowing tho dispatch of moro United
States troopB to Naco, Ariz., where
residents havo been killed and wound
ed by tho flro of Mexican soldlerB
across tho bolder, Secretary of War
Garrison ordered Gen. Hugh L. Scott,
chief of staff of tho United States
nrmy, to proceed to Naco at once. Ho
will try to Induce tho warring Mexi
can factions to stop Imperiling lives
and property on tho American sldo of
tho border.
NAME NEW SULTAN IN EGYPT
Great Britain Appoints Prince Mussel.)
Kemal to the Post With New
Title.
Loudon. Dec 21. It Is olllclally an
nounced that Prlnco Hussein Kemal
has been appointed to succeed tho
khedlve of Egypt, Abbas Hllml. Prlnco
Hussein Kemal will tnko the title of
sultan Tho new sultan Is an uncle of
Abbas Hllml nnd Is a son of Ismnel
Pasha, who was khodivo from 18G3 to
1879.
CONTINUE TO SHELL GERMANS
British Warships Still Bombarding
Belgian Coast But Put Several
Batteries Out of Action.
Dover. England. Dec IS. British
warships continued to bombard tho
Gormans on the Belgian coast and put
several buttorles out of action.
Storms Cause Damage.
Los Angeles, Cal, Doc. 19. Heavy
damage along tho coast Is reported ns
tho result of winds and rainstorms
which havo boon raging for tho last
21 hours Damage from high tldoa
total $50,000 at Long Beach nloue
Four Firemen Injured.
Sandusky, O., Doc. 19. Four firemen
were Injured by falling timbers In a
$100,000 flro In tho business district
hore. Tho Injured: Captain Mcl.nugh
lln, Captain Curtis, Fireman Chnrloa
Gcorgon. Englnemen Dlskam.
GEN. SCOn AT NACO
TO INVESTIGATE MEXICAN BOR
DER TROUBLE.
SITUATION A DIFFICULT ONE
Stray Bullets Will Continue to Cross
Line Through Poor Marks
manship. Naco, Arts. Brigadier Generai
Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the
United States stray, arrived here
Sunday and began an investigation
of the Mexican border trouble which
has resulted in Use kilting and
wounding of many persons by Mexi
can bullets cross in? the Use during
the ten week' siege of Naco, So
nora. General Scott bepan a series of
conversations with persons Informed
oa Mexican affairs, including tho
in touch with General Hill, the Oar
ransa commander in Naco. Sonera,
and Governor Maytorena. the Villa
besieger. This investigation is pre
liminary to conferences Genera?
Scott expects to have with HiU and
Maytorena in an effort to eliminate
further Mexican fighting along tbe
border.
It is recognized that whatever croe
the Mexican factions might take sot
to fire into the United States. tJat
stray bullets will continue to fall
here cither through bad marks mas
ship or individual disobedience of or
ders General Scott's peace conference
will be held with an army of 4,700
men in command of Brigadier Gener
al Tasker H. Bliss, encamped oppo
site the Mexican battle ground. The
last of the reinforcements from Fort
Sill and Texas has arrived. The
American army forces now consist of
the Eleventh, Eighteenth and Twenty-second
Infantry, ten troops each
of the Ninth and Tenth cavalry, and
three batteries each of the Fifth and
Sixth field artillery'- This is a force
greater than the combined forces of
the two Mexican camps with artillery
also superior to that of the Mex
icans. Anti-Austrian Demonstration.
Rome. The troops and police at
many places In Italy were called
upon Sunday to keep down riots
against Austria at celebrations of the
anniversary of the death of the Ir
redentist leader. Oberdank, who or
ganized the unsuccessful plot to as
sassinate Emperor Francis Joseph
in Trieste in 1882 and was put to
death for 1L
During the night of Saturday, al
though they had been forbidden by
the authorities to do so, parties to
the movement placarded the streets
with posters referring to Oberdank
and also distributed leaflets, somo of
them with mourning borders, bear
ing the Inscription, "Remember the
Sacrifice of Oberdank." Several were
arrested and some demonstrators
were slightly injured In clashes with
the police.
No More Dreadnoughts for England.
London. England probably novcr
will lay down another dreadnought,
says ono of the foremost thip build
era In this country, who for obvious
reasons cannot he quoted. All of 'the
dreadnoughts, according to this
authority, which havo been laid down
will bo rushed to completion, but no
orders will be given for any more ves
sels of this type. This policy was un
der serious consideration when the
Audacious went to tho bottom and the
recent loss of the Bulwark has only
served to confirm the opinion that tho
battleship as a fighting craft is
doomed. All now construction In the
British ship yardB consist of heavily
armed cruisors of great coal carrying
capacity, destroyers nnd submarines.
For ten miles along the Tyno In com
ing into Newcastle tho passengers on
tho boats cannot hear each other
speak because of tho din of steam
hamers most of which are making
destroyers and submarines.
Italy and Turkey Near Rupture.
Petrograd. The Bourse Gazette
hoars from Odessa that a serious
situation has arisen in Constantino
ple between the porte and Italy. The
ltnlian ambassador, Marqula Gar
rani, received Information from his
own government that 4,000 Arabs un
der Turkish and German olficers had
boon directed against trlpoll. Tho am
bassador has demanded an explana
tion, threatening to break off relations
with Turkey If a fully satisfactory an
swer Is not given within a certain
time.
Banner of Allies Lowered.
Borkoley, Cal. A banner extend
Ing across tho street leading to tho
entranco of tho University of Cnllfor
nla, advertising "tho bazaar of tho
allies," was taken down at tho ordor
of Mayor Charles Hoywood as a vio
lation of neutrality.
Wilson Asked to Talk.
Washington. President Wilson
was asked to deliver "a mossago to
buslnoss" at tho mooting of tho As
sociated Advertising Clubs of the
World In Chicago next June.
CONDENSED HEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL,
Ice is being ut on Silver Lake near
Hastings.
Talmage ha started a boy scout or
gan tuition.
Palmyra was visited by a S40.O0Q
fire last week.
Peru has shipped 35,000 bushel of
apples this fall.
The town of Talmage ha signed for
its first Chautauqua.
William Underdown was killed bv a.
Burlington train at Ashland.
Fire destroyed tho I. O. O. F. build
ing at Humboldt. Lose $8,000.
Wymore is planning to send a car
of flour to Belgium war victims.
The Fort Calhoun State bank haa
opened for business in thoir new
building.
Cltfsecs of York contributed 285
sacks of flour toward the relief of tho
Belgians.
The annual session of tho f'uniiug:
conty farmers' institute was held at
West Point.
Omaha was selected as the next
meeting place of the State Teachers'
association.
Faew all orer the state 1b believed
to icsare the safety of the winter
wheat crop.
W K Strode has bought tho Blair
Tribune. bteh was formerly owned
by W R- Wiiliame.
State university reports the sale of
S1S5S7': bog cholera serum during
the past two years.
Workmen are Just finishing up the
painting of the Cedar county court
house at Harlington.
Joseph Wells ol Kimball, stumbled
with a shotgun in his hand and in'
stantly killed his son.
Three hundred and fifty-pound
sacks of flour will be forwarded to
Belgium from Tecumseh.
The Alnsworth Odd Fellows dedi
cated their new building. Many out-of-town
visitors attended.
Frank Rustler of Lushton had his
right arm badly mangled by getting"
it caught in a corn sheller.
The perjury causa against Dan
Jacobs, former night marshal of West
Point, have been dismissed.
Otto Bellows, who shot and killed
his mother at McCall Junction, died
from a self-inflicted wound.
Harvey Wulonpel of West Point
was Instantly killed when his auto
mobile turned over near Scribner.
Burglars entered the clothing store
of Leiner & Simon at Bloomfield and
carried off .,00 pounds of merchandise.
John Cottlsh. an escaped inmate of
the Norfolk hospital for the insane,
has been returned to the institution.
Fire of an unknown origin destroy
ed the T B. Hord elevator at Monroe,
Platte county, and 5,000 bushels of
grain.
James P. Baker of Dunbar was seri
ously" injured when struck by a part
of a gasoline engine being Hised to
pump water.
Work on the laying of new iron be
tween Omaha and Weeping Water on
tho Missouri Pacific "low line" is now
well under way.
A systematic campaign is being car
ried on in Gage county to raise funds
for the purchase of flour to be sent
to the Belgians.
While working on an actylene plant
at the home of J. H. Kemp, at Fuller
ton, the tank exploded, throwing ono
of tho men n distance of twenty feet.
Clara, the G-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ford, died as n
result of using matches while alono
in the houso, six miles northeast of
Weeping Water.
A public meeting to organize for
navigation of the Missouri river has
been called by the trade extension,
committee of the Omaha Commercial
club for January S.
The associated retailers of Omnha
are in favor of the movement for a
Missouri river barge line that would
open river navigation between Omaha,
and the Gulf of Mexico.
The Pacific Fruit Express company
of North Platte has 100 men storing
away the ice crop that Is coming from.
Wyoming, where cutting has com
menced at Laramie and Gvanston
Railway commissioners of five
western states in session at Omaha
decided to raise funds for the em
ployment of expert accountants to
analyze the freight rate situation
Both the Presbyterian and Method
ist churches and Sunday schools of
Lyons passed resolutions requesting
Congressman Dan V. Stephens to vote
for tho natlon-wJdo prohibition amend
ment now before congress.
A farewell .reception was given bv
the patrons of tho Ilavvthorno school
at Hastings in honor of Miss Cnrrio
Sullivan, who resigned her position
as principal, after being elected;
county superintendent of schools.
Walter Sammos, convicted of rob
bing tho Kearney postofllco of $fi,000
last Christmas, was denied a new
trial by United States Judge Morrisi
after an all day's argument by attor
neys for tho convicted man at Omaha.
Albion high school students gave n
benefit concert last week. The pro
cpeds were turned into tho Belgian re
llof fund.
Editor Mutz of tho Utlca Sun, who
sued Editor Shields of tho Tamora
Lyro for $10,000, alleging libel, was
awarded 1 cont.
Amanda H. Brown nnd Anna L.
Ilnms nro two moro O'Connor rela
tives to fllo transcripts In tho district
court at Hastings to appeal tho do
ci8ion of tho county court awarding
tho O'Connor fortune to John Culllvan
of Omnha FIvo contestants have np-poaled