Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA
U. 5. Ml 01 L
YASAKA MAHU, TORPEDOED IN
THE MEDITERRANEAN, HAD
$5,000,000 CARGO.
ATTACKED WITHOUT WARNING
All on Board Vcosel Saved National
Ity of Submarine Not Known
French Gunboat Rescues Pnssengcro
and Crew at Midnight.
London, Doc 27. Tho now JnpnncBO
liner Ynsalia Mnru, which was sunk In
tho oaBtern Mediterranean Tucsduy
by a Hiibmnrlno whllo tho Btcamer was
on Ita way from London to Japan
With 120 passengers and a crow of ICO
nBoard, waa oont to tho bottom with
out warning, according to a report ro
eolved from Port Said from the agents
of tho owners.
All of thoso on board tho ship, In
cluding ono American passenger, W.J.
LoIi;h, woro saved. Tho nationality
of tho uubmnrlno lu not mentioned
by tho agents, and prevloun reports re
ferred to tho sinking' of tho ship as
dona by olthcr an Austria., or u Gor
man Biibmerslblo.
V. J. Lolgh Is an Amorlcun citizen,
although born In China. His father
wbh a Callfornlan.
Mr. Lolgh was returning to China
on tho Ynsaka Maru to tako a posi
tion with n business houso.
A French gunboat picked up tho
pasaongors and crow at midnight and
landed them at Port Said Wednesday
morning. Tho company provldod ho
tel accommodations for them and Is
arranging to forward them to their
destination!). On tho passenger list
wero 51 men, C4 women nnd 15 chil
dren, most of whom wero llrltlsh sub
jects. Tho Dally Telegraph states that tho
sinking of tho Yasaka Maru has ro
suited In tho biggest war loss that
has fallon on tho market Blnco tho
war began. Tho paper expressed tho
belief that $5,000,000 Is a likely est!
mato of tho valuo of tho ship and Its
cargo.
INDICTS ALLEGED PLOTTERS
Koenlp and Aids Charged With lllo
gal Acts Freed on $100,000
Bonds.
Now York, Dec. 27. Throo Indict
ments against alleged Gorman plot
tors woro returned on Thursday by
tho federal grand Jury. Paul Koonlg,
chlof dotoctivo of tho Hamburg-American
lino, and Richard Loyondockor.
an nntlquo dealer, nro charged with
conspiring to dynamlto tho Wolland
canal. Edmund Justice, n Hamburg
Amorlcan lino watchman, Is charged
with conspiring In tho United States
to socuro military information regard
ing Canadian munitions for tho Ger
man govornmont. Koonlg also Is
named In tho Justlco charge Koonlg,
Loyondockor and Justlco woro hold, In
bondB of $50,000, $30,000 and $20,000
rospoctlvoly. Tho ball was furnlBhod
hy tho Hamburg-Amorlcan lino
through a surety company. Tho pris
oners wero rolcased.
Tho maximum penalty for tho
chnrgo la thrco years' Imprisonment
and $3,000 line.
BRIDE SEIZED BY FATHER
Formor Congressman Vollmer of
Iowa Says Wealthy Chlcagoan
Must "Mako Good."
Davenport, la Doc. 27. Uoforo Ed
ward Victor Palm, rich young Chlca
goan, can claim Dorothea Vollmer as
his wlfo ho must go out into tho world
and "mako good." That was tho illtl
raatum dollvorcd to tho young couplo
by formor Congressman Honry- Voll
mor, Dorothea's father, when ho
learned of tho secret murrlngo of tho
pair on Wodnesday. Mr. Palm loft
for Chicago alono on Thursday. Ilia
brldo nnd nor brothor, Harry Vollmer,
will leave for California. Their stay
on tho coast will bo Indollnlto. Thoy
woro married In Davonport at Trinity
cathedral by Dean Marmaduko llaro.
FORD RETURNING TO U. S.?
Illness Forces Chief to Quit Peace
Party for America, Messngo
Says.
Copenhagen, via London, Deo. 27.
A dispatch to tho National Tldondo
from Chrlstlanla says that Henry Ford
loft Chrlstlanla on Thursday secretly
for Dcrgen, whero ho oxpocted to
board tho Norwcglan-Amorlcan lino
stoamor llorgonhus to roturn to tho
United States. Tho roason for Mr.
Ford's suddon doparturo, tho dispatch
roports, was said to bo that hla doctor
had ordorod him to rust hla tired nnd
over-worked norvos. Tho romalnder
of tho expedition, Ignorant of Mr.
Ford's doparturo, loft for Stockholm
during tho day. j
Forbid Fancy Baking In Vienna.
Vienna. Doc. 27. A ministerial iln.
croo has been Issued forbidding tho
baking of rolls, biscuits and other
fancy broads and permitting only tho
making of loaves of ordinary bread by
oaKorics.
Dr. Elliot, Zoologist, Dies.
Now York, Doc. 27. Dr. Danlol Gl
raud Elliot, zoologist nnd writer on
natural history, dlod of pneumonia at
bis homo hero ou Thureday aftornoon.
Ho was born In this city eighty years
ago.
JUST TINKERING
Dm lloloei IUcletcr on4 leader. t(y '
FLEE GALLIP0LI FIGHT
BRITISH WITHDRAWN FROM THE
DARDANELLES.
Forces at Suvla and Anzac Districts
Have Been Transferred, Says an
Official Statement.
Londo. Dee. 21. All British troons
in tho Suvla and Anznc districts of
Gullipoll pcnluBula lmvo boon' with
drawn.
Tho followlnu official statement rn-
gurdlug this stop was Issuod hero on
Monday:
"All tho troons at Suvla and An.
zac. together with their aims and
stores, havo boon successfully trans
ferred, with Insignificant casualties,
to another aphoro of operations."
Operations In sectors of tho front
at Galllpoll othor than thoso from
which troopB havo been withdrawn nro
to bo continued, It Is Intimated In an
othor official statement. Tho with-
drawal was effected without knowl
edge of tho inovomont on tho part of
tho Turks, It Is dcclarod.
"Further details of tho ovacuatlon
of tho Anzac and Suvla zones havo
boon received," says tho official state
ment. "Without tho Turks bolng
nwnro of tho movement, a groat army
has boon withdrawn from ono of tho
areas occupied In tho closout of con
tact with tho onoiny. By this contrac
tion of tho front operations at other
points of tho lino will bo moro offoc
tlvoly carried out.
"Sir Charles Monro gives great
credit for tills skillfully conducted
transfer of forces to tho gonorala
commanding nnd tho royal navy."
Tho war olilco statement leaves' tho
public to draw Its own conclusions as
to tho destination of these Australa
sian and United Kingdom forces,
which must bo well ovor 100,000
strong, but It is widely conjectured
that any southward swoop of tho Teu
tonic or Bulgarian armies In tho Bal
kans, whothor from tho north, west
or cast, will sooner or lator como In
contact with thorn.
RUSS TAKE BULGAR PORT?
Czar'a Fleet Reported to Havo Landed
Troops at Varna After Fleet
Laid Town In Ruins.
London, Doc. 23. Tho Dally Chron
icle roports tho capturo of Varna, Bui
garia'B chlof Black Boa port, by tho
ItllHRlnilR. It fifl VII Mm hnnihnnlnn)
silenced tho Bulgarian guns and laid
tho town In ruins, tho garrison suffer
ing heavily.
Tho Russians then, nccordlng to tho
report, landed infantry nnd nrtlil nrv
without loss nnd In sufficient force to
hold, tho town against Bulgarian at
tack. BRITISH GENERALS SHOOK UP
Lieutenant General Murray Succeeds
Sir Charles Monro and Latter
Relieves Halg In France.
London. Doc. 23, Lloutonant Don
oral Sir Archibald Murray has, boon
appointed to succeed Sir Charlos
Monro as British commander at tho
Dardanelles, says an official statomont
Issuod this aftornoon. Sir Charlos
Monro has boon appointed In command
of tho First British army in Frauco,
In succession to Sir Douglas Halg.
Pardons Bertsche and Ryan.
Sprlngllold. 111.. Dec. 27.f!
Dunno pordoned James Ryan nnd Bar-
noy uortscno, whoso testimony con
victed Chicago pollcomon In tho graft
trials. Dunno followed tho recom
mendation of tho board of pardons.
Sun's Son to Fight Yuan.
San FranclBco, Doe. 27. Sun Fo, a
University of California student
whoso fathor, Sun Ynt-Son, waa tho
first president of China, will Join tho
revolutionary movement In China
against tho accession of Yuan.
TWO AMERICANS KILLED
VILLISTAS ATTACK STREET CAR
IN JUAREZ, MEXICO.
Mob and Rob Passengors Troops
Finally Restore Ordur Funston
Increases Guard on Line.
El Paso. Tex., Dec. 23. -Two Amer
icans and eight Mexicans woro killed
as a result of sovero rioting at Juaroz
on Tuesday. Ono American was killed
in El Paso by bullets of Moxlcan
snipers, which came from tho Juaroz
sldo of tho river. Ho was Georgo A.
Dlpcrt; n brakoman, and was shot
whllo on n freight train.
Tho rlotlnc at Junroz hntrnn nlinut
noon. A street car which ontnrnrt tho
town at tho International brldgo was
stoned by a mob and tho passengers,
Including a number f Americans,
woro robbed.
Tho crow and nassoncora fmipht off
tho Mexicans and tho car cscapod
back to El PaBo. A crowd of Mexi
cans gathered at tho bridge, seeking
passaga to American soil. Sovoral
Juaroz stores wero closed. Some woro
robbed. Quiet was restored when Gen
eral Hanua. ono of thoso who niimed
tho ngreomont with tlm do tno.tn mv.
ernmont to turn ovor tho Villa organl-
zaiion, lied to tho Amorlcan sldo and
tho Carranza consul phoned that ho
would sond over 190,000 pesos to pay
tho soldiers.
Shortly aftor Oennrnl nniirln hfwl
restored ordor slmntlnrr
again In Juaroz and roports reacbod
nero mat Intoxicated soldiers on
Horseback woro rlotlnc in tlm inni
General Ochoa cleared the streets of
uruiiKon soldiers and placed trusty of
flcors In charno of rlfinn
tlon. Ochoa promised to sign tho
agioomont to turn ovor tho garrison to
Carranza. According to last advices,
Villa loft Chihuahua f!itv with -inn mi.
lowors.
U. S. OFFICIAL KILLS TWO MEN
R. L. Knox, Surveyor of Customs for
Port of New Orleans, Shoots
Attorneys to Death.
Baton Rougo, La., Doc. 21. Robert
L. Knox, surveyor of customs for tho
port of Now Orlcnns and prominent
Louisiana attorney, shot nnd killed
Bon Foster, nn nttornoy of Hattlos
burg. MIsb.. and Alex Frnnko. nn nt.
tornoy of Natchltochos, La., In tho
Yazoo ana Mississippi Valloy railroad
dopot horo. Knox had been Buffering
from montal troublo and for sovcral
months hnd boon In a sanitarium In
Washington for trentment. Ho ar
rived In Baton Rougo on Wodnesdav.
supposedly from Washington.
According to roports, Knox know
nolthor of tho men.
HOUSE ON PEACE ERRAND7
President's Personal Friend Expected
to Sound Sentiment on Peace
Overtures.
Washington, Deo. 23. Tho report
was current hero on Tuesday that Col.
E. M. House of Now York city, tho pres
ident's closo frlond and advisor, is go
ing to Europe ngaln to sound tho sontl
mont on penco overtures. Tho report
was donlod at tho Whlto Houso by Sec
retary Tumulty, but doaplto thlsBomo
crcdonco was placed on It.
W. Va. Railways Bar Whisky.
Charloston, W. Va Doc. 27. Con
forming to a recent court ruling, a
gonornl ordor prohibiting tho accept
ance of whisky as personal baggngo of
passongors In West Virginia was put
Into effect by four railroads.
Mexican General and Staff Executed.
Mexico City, Doc. 27. Friends of
Gen. Rafael Egula Lis havo bcon In
formed that ho, with all his staff of
ficers, has boon executed at Cuautla
by ordor of Emlllano Zapata. Tho or
dor was fulfilled publicly.
T
AGENTS OP BASEBALL LEAGUES
AGREE TO ELIMINATE FED
ERAL BODY.
WEEGHMAN GETS THE CUBS
Owners Rush to Sign Up "Outlaw"
Players Only Two Magnates of Old
Organization Are Taken Care Of
Phil Ball Given the Brown3.
Cincinnati, Dec. 24. Representa
tives of tho Federal, American and
National leagues Blgned nn agreement
which eliminated tho third circuit
from tho baseball map of tho country.
As soon as tho signatures had been
appended, it was announced on Wed
nesday that Charles H. Wecghmau.
president of the Whales, had acquired
tho Cubs and tho West sldo team will
bo moved to tho North sldo. Joo
Tinker will bo manager and tho best
players on both teams will bo re
tained. Second In importance to tho trans
for of tho Cubs was tho purchaso of
tho Rrowns by Phil Ball, a deal which
was also mado ofllcinl.
Outsldo of theso two every Federal
leainiO ownor In out nt tlm rnmp. nml
as a playing organization tho third
leaguo Is now only a momory.
Tho players of tho Independent cir
cuit Will ho controlled bv tho clubs
thomsolvcs. which will probably mean
mat an outsldo of tho Whales and tho
Terriers will bo nnnlni! in lin nnhl to
tho highest bidders. Hardly had the
official announcement been mado bo
foro a scramble started fnr tlm ntara
of tho defunct organization. President
ucmpsteau of tho Giants started nego
tiations for tho RnrvIrnH nf Pnnnv
Kauf', whllo Captain Huston of tho
Yankees began angling for Leo Mageo.
Mordecal Brown will be retained
a star member of tho Cubs.
LYDST0N WINS A. M. A. SUIT
Supremo Court Upholds Chicago Phy
slclan In Long Fight to Oust As
soclatlon Directors.
Chicago, Dec. 23. Dr. G. Frank
Lydston won his flvo-voar local bat-
tlo against tho American Medical as
sociation when tho supremo court up
hold tho decision of tho appellate
court and ordered tho removal of tho
present board of directors.
A complete reorganization of tho as
sociation, a national body composed of
moro than 40,000 momboiB, probably
will follow. Under tho supremo court's
ruling tho members of tho present
board of directors woro olectod Ille
gally, inasmuch as tho association
was Incorporated under a charter
from Illinois, and thoroforo must hold
its annual mootlngs In this state.
Tho warfaro botweon Doctor Lyd
ston and tho association began when
tho physician attompted to provent
Dr. George H. Simmons, then secre
tary, from holding threo offices at
onco. Ho claimed tho affairs of tho
association wero controlled by an oli
garchy. "In view of this decision," ho said,
"It will remain for tho officers of tho
association to explain why thoy have
bcon spending tho association's money
for flvo years to provent a logltlmato
Inquiry into tho operation of tho as
sociation: "It is probable now that tho rank
and file will havo something to say
about tho operation of tho society
will gain tho ballot and that tho po
litical oporatlon of tho association will
bo taken out of tho hands of tho self
elected few."
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE U
Amsterdam, Dec. 23, Thirty thou
sand Turkish soldlors aro reported to
havo arrived In Belgium to light with
tho Germans.
London, Dec. 24. Thrco hundred of
GOO women employed in tho powder
factory at Muonstor, Westphalia, wero
killed In an explosion at tho plant,
according to advices to tho Amster
dam Tolograf, forwarded on Wednes
day by Router's correspondent. Groat
damago waB done to tho town, tho
newspaper adds.
Berlin, Dec. 23. Tho Cologne Ga
zotto roports that British troops which
havo bcon stationed on islands in tho
eastern Mediterranean havo boon sont
to Salonlkl.
London, Doc. 24. Emperor William
has boon compelled to postpono his
trip to tho westorn front becnuso of
a slight Inflammation of tho collular
Bystom. His Indisposition Is slight,
Tho kaiser's illness Is described In nn
official message from Berlin ns "Zoll
gowobentzuendung," moro frequently
called "bludogowobontzuondung." Hla
physicians havo ordered him to romaln
indoors.
Krupp Works Blown Up.
Copenhagen, Dec. 24. Tho National
Tldendo prints a statomont of a Dana
from Constantinople that tho Krupp
works outsldo Constantinople havo
been destroyed by bombs dropped by
tho British airmen.
Pittsburgh Bank Is Closed.
Pittsburgh, Pa., Doc. 24. Tho Pitts
burgh Bank for Savings, ono of tho
best-known institutions in tho city,
failed to opon for business on Tues
day. DoposltB on Septembor 15, 1915,
woro $10,945,713.
PEACE
PC
SIGNED
ALL OVER NEBRASKA
SHORT NEWS ITEMS.
The Stato Firemen's Convention haB
been datod for January IS, 10 and 20.
at Crawford.
Madison county citizens at a big
mass meotlng In Madison declared un
qualifiedly as opposed to tho removal
of tho county sent to Norfolk.
Michael Cunningham, Missouri Paci
fic conductor on line between Auburn
nnd Crete, was Btruck by u moving
freight truln and Instantly killed nt
Auburn.
Following the action of tho Farm
ers' congress at Omaha tho Stato
Grange, In session nt Grand Island,
recently, adopted resolutions In favor
of state-wide prohibition.
Livo stock experts of national rep
utation will glvo nddesses at tho ses
sions of tho Improved Llvo Stock
Breeders during tho week of Organ
ized Agriculture nt Lincoln, January
17-22.
Eugene Grace, proprietor of the
Donnhoe hotel, at Valentine, died as
tho result of falling down tho base
ment stairs In tho annex building. He
was ono of the oldest hotelmen in
Northern Nebraska.
Omaha dairy shippers have con
tracted with tho Midwest Dispatch
Co., Chicago, to give their business by
reference to that company, and a lino
of 700 cars Is being built for it, named
tho "Aksarben Dispatch."
Tho names of streets and avenues
In Hastings will be permanently
marked In stone for tho benellt of
strangers. Tho proposition was rec
ommended by Mayor Mndgctt and
adopted by tho city council.
Tho corn and npplo show will bo
hold at tho Lincoln Auditorium, Janu
ary 17-22. In addition to the displays
of corn and apples, Prof. Geo. E.
Condru will portray the resources of
tho stuto by means of moving pictures.
Congressman Reavls has sent word
that bids for tho construction of the
Fall's City postoffico to bo one story
and basement In height nnd built of
rough stone, would bo opened In tho
supervising architect's ofllco on
March 1.
Tho Fremont tabernacle whero tho
union revivals will be held, beginning
January 2, Is about ready for tho meet
ings. The tabernacle will have a
seating capacity of 2,200, and will be
erected so tho sentlng capacity can
bo increased.
A new system by which tab may
be kept on all exports from the United
States is being Installed in offices of
port collectors, Including Omaha.
Every export must bo declared beforo
the port collector on nnd after Febru
ary 1, next.
Tho vlllago of Elk Creek Is soon to
havo a system of electric lights, both
for street lighting and commercial
purposes. A power plant Is being
erected by two garage operators, who
have a street lighting contract with
tho village.
Becauso ho was opposed to tho In
stallation of pool tables In the Y. M.
C. A., E. J. Alcorn, assistant secretary
of tho association at Hastings, re
signed his position. Mr. Alcorn Bald
pool tables woro contrary to his Chris
tian belief.
Patrick Harmon, 50, Seattle, Wash.,
arrived in Omaha tho other day, hav
ing walked backward from San Fran
cisco, nnd continued on his journey
walking backward to New York City
to settle a $20,000 wager between two
Seattle clubmen.
Fireman II. II. Ault of Lincoln
suffered slight Injuries when he fell
headlong from his cab on a Burling
ton passenger train locomotive near
Saronvlllo. Ho fell out of tho cab
when tho chain on which he was lean
ing becamo unhooked.
At a mass meeting of tho citizens
of York for tho purposo of discussing
public ownership of public utilities, a
resolution to this effect was uanlinous-
ly passed after a thorough discussion.
There appeared to bo llttlo opposition
to public ownership.
Railway commissioners from Ne
braska, Iowa, Missouri, North and
South Dakota, Kansas and Minnesota
held a conference in Omaha recently
relative to tho proposed Interstate 20
per cont passenger rate raise In this
territory. It was decided by theso of
ficials to resist tho Increase.
Honest advertising campaign fos
tered by tho Lincoln Ad club and giv
en genoral Indorsement by merchants
and consumers of that city will cul
minate In tho Introduction of ono or
two bills In the next session of tho
legislature, according to mombors
who aro now preparing them.
Men of mystery seem to bo the
rule rather than tho oxcoptlon in
Koarnoy, four unidentified and un-
claimed bodies having been held in
tho morgue tho past threo weeks. Of
theso ono baa been Interred, an un
known, killed on tho Union Pnclflc
tracks near Buda. Tho others aro a
bricklayer named Glldoraolr, died at a
local hospital A Filipino by tho namo
of Muri died at tho state hospital last
week and tho body of a young Hungnr
lan, who also died at the stato institu
tion. That Great Britain will soon resort
to conscription was tho opinion ex
pressed by John O'Connoll of Limer
ick, Ireland, who is visiting friends in
North Plntto,
Tho noxt meotlng of tho Mississippi
Valloy Historical socloty will bo held
at Nashvlllo, Tenn., April 27 to 29,
191G. Tho announcement of tho selec
tion was mado by C. S. Paine of Lin
coin, secretary of tho society, follow
ing the receipt by letter of tho last
voto of membore of tho oxocutlvo com
mittee, to whom was left tho choice of
a convention city.
Qcrlng Is to have a new state bank
In the near future.
Beatrice will stage the Gage county
poultry show January II to fi.
The sports of Valley have organ
ized a gun club with a churter mem
bership of fifteen.
Victor E. Wilson of Stromsburg, for
mer state representative, has an
nounced his cnndldncy for the demo
cratic nomination for railway commis
sioner. The Elks' lodge of Grand Island Is
canviiHslng tho city for the purposo
of raising funds to build a new lodge
hall. It is contemplated to ralso
about $50,000 for tho building.
Tho sixteenth annual show of tho
Dodgo County Poultry association at
Fremont was one of the nu)3t success
ful exhibitions In the history of tho
organization, over 1,000 birds being oa
exhibition.
A good roads "safety Hint" movo
mont is being carried on at Axtell.
Tho road overseer Is setting whlto
posts about five feet high at each end
of tho bridges and culverts on all pub
lic roads.
Neatly 500.000 bushels of wheat
was sold at Omaha during the past
week for export to Europe. The grain
Is being moved east in big consign
ments as rapidly as cars can be ob
tained. A cow belonging to Elmer McClean,
on n fnrm near Pohocco, In Saunders
county, gave birth to twin calves ono
day recently. This Is the seuoad pair
of twins born to this bossle In a year
and threo dnys.
An effort Is being mado in Seward
to enter George A. MerriuM In tho
race for the republican nomination
for secretary of state. Mr. Merrlnm
is serving his fourth term as mayor
of that place. ;
Tho Grand Island sugar Sactory lias
closed Its 1915 campaign after a most
successful season. During the ninety
days and night thd plant was iu
operation an average of 460 tons of
beets were sliced dally.
Threo thousand new chuich mem
bers in Omaha before Easter la tho
slogan adopted by tho Omaha church
federation, which has inaugurated an
elaborate campaign for carrying on
its membership work.
A gravel bed Bnld to lo about twen
ty feet thick and about the same num
ber of feet under the sand, has been
discovered at Capital beaoh, a snmmor
resort near Lincoln Tiro deposit Is a
most vavluable one, It is said.
An eighty-five aero unimproved
farm near Ralston sold recently for
a consideration of $25,00.0. This would
mnko the price per aero nearly $275,
the highest, real estato men say, ever
paid for Douglas county farm land.
Tho business men of Aurora havo
decided to put on a week of commun
ity Interest next spring. It is planned
to make the week a revival of busi
ness and an effort will bo made to get
all of Hamilton county Interested.
Mabel Layton, tried for complicity
in the murder of her husband at
Scottsbluff, for which crime her al
leged father, Dan Gordan, is now serv
ing a life sentence, was found not guil
ty after an all night session by tho
jury.
Heirs to a $50,000 estate hi Aurora
are missing. Attorneys fiuvo been
searching unsuccessfully for moro
than a month for relatives of Alden
Nichols, 71, a bachelr-, who died
there leaving a 240-acre farm nnd $20,
000 In securities.
The Omaha city council passed an
ordinance designed to prohibit tho dis
play of any dramatic, motion plcturo
or other public exhibition which might
tend to create raco feeling. The ordin
ance Is tho result of protests made by
Omaha negro citizens against a film
production which has been showing In
the city for several weeks.
Nebraska farmers havo sown 10 per
cent less winter wheat this year than
In 1914, according to tho government
bureau of crop estimates at Washing,
ton, D. C. The condition of tho crop
December 1 was 4 per cent better than
on tho same date of 1911. Tho report
shows that 3,307,000 acres have been
sown to winter wheat Tho condition
December 1 was 04 per cent perfect.
II. II. Holmes, who has been in tho
Lutheran hospital at York for tho last
threo weeks suffering from two gun
shot wounds which ho received when
ho attempted to hold up Night Watch
man Springer, made a confession to
Chief of Police Finnoy, t!at ho held
up Clark Perkins nt Aurora, on
Thanksgiving night.
Poor ventilation In the sohools of
Nobraska has sont 11 per cent of tho
present population of the Kearney
Tubercular hospital thoro for treat
ment, according to a roport of Super
intendent E. R. Vanderslico to tho
state board of control. Fonr school
teachers, threo women and ono man
woro received during the last year.
Charley Peters of PapUlion, heavy
weight wrestler, threw Gus Korveras,
a 200-pound Greek at tlw Omaha audi
torium. Peters took the first fall In
two and a halt minutes-wlth the scis
sors and nn arm bar lock, but the
second fnll wont twenty-soven min
utes and forty-five seconds before tho
foreigner finally succumbed to tho
scissors.
Hastings was officially declared tho
third city of Nobraska In population
when llgures of tho recently complete
ed special census reached there from
Washington and showed 10,873 Inhab
itants, a fow hundred nlovo Grand
Island. Places are thus exchanged.
Ntnety-flvo publications, Including
newspapers and weekly and monthly
publications, go out of Omaha
through tho potofflco. This means
nlnoty-flvo sepajato and distinct pe
riodicals that aro printed In Omaha,
and entered attho Omaha posloljlco
as second-clasB matter.