TMP ftCMiWFFKty TRimjMF MOHTH PI ATTE. NERRA8KA. STATE MEWS IN BRIEF Items of Interest Pertaining to th Affairs of Nebraska. The grand total of Nebraska's mag nificent Rift to Young Men's Clirls tlan association war work lias mount ed to $500,000. This Is twlco as much as Nebraska's apportionment of $250, 000. Though many status exceeded the apportionments, Nebraska Is the only ono Hint doubled It. The grand total of the nation-wide campaign, re ported to tho headquarters In New York, Is close to tho $50,000,000 mark $10,000,000 above the goal set at the beginning of tho drive, November 12. FIvo hundred and llfly dollars was raised nt Henry, ScottsblulT county, for Y. M. C. A. war work. Henry has n population of seventy-live persons. A mass meeting was held at which tho object of the Y. M. C. A. cam paign was explained In a thorough manner. Ulysses chapter, American Red Cross, Is second In Butler county and seventh In tho stato to take training to make surgical dressings. These standard dressings nro In dally use In ull hospitals and uro known to meet tho requirements of war service. Company A, Lincoln Homo Cluards, has completed Its organization. Tho company now has n membership or over 200 nnd will ho recruited to war strength ns fast as possible, High school boys of Aurora havo organized a hand and plan to meet twlco a week for practice. Those who attend regularly will get high school credits. Tho Nebraska Knights of Columbus plan Immediately to erect, equip and maintain recreation buildings at Fort Omaha, Fort Crook and Fort Robin- sou. Citizens of Odell havo decided to hold n short courso In agriculture and n seed corn show on December 17. This Is tho first ono over huld In Gago county. , Dawson, with n population of about -100, during ono weck'Btime, raised $2,500 for Y. M. C. A. war work, $100 for Y. W. C. A. and $1,000 for Knights of Columbus. Ole VIkoron, Arapahoe, Is tho com poser of tho regimental march select ed to lead tho "Lucky" .Seventh. It Is entitled, "Tho Nebrnska Regimental March." Holdrege high school gnvo Its sec ond principal in two months when Principal Ashtou .0. Lovo resigned to Join tho avlatlop section of tho army, Tho Hansen hotel, a two-story brick structure at Wymoro, erected nt a cost of $12,000, was thrown open to tho public a fow days ugo. Tho Community clubs of Ilcmlng ford and Alliance havo ngrcod to com blno their effort to mnko a bigger and bottor Box Butto county. A total of twelvo men havo been arrested In Nebraska as alien enemies nnd ordered interned slnco tho begin ning of tho war. Friend's now Homo Guard company now has a membership of over llfty and now recruits uro coming in reg ularly. O'Neill has organized a company of homo guards. A number of prominent business men havo Joined tho organi zation. Tho first annual show of tho Elk horn Valloy Poultry association will bo held nt lloopor December 0, 7 ami 8. The farmers of Lancaster county subscribed $12,555 to build a now ele vator at ltocn and repair tho ono at Kaltlllo. A movement is on foot to orgunlzo home guard companies In every town In Gage county to protect property against alien enemies. Hotels, cafes and lunch rooms nt North Platto havo agreed to observe wlioatU'ss and mentions days dich week. Tho knights of Columbus of Ne braska nro carrying on a two weeks' campaign to raise a $160,000 war fund. A chnptcr of tho Sons of Veterans has been orgnnlzed nt Soward with n charter membership of fifty-live. Six hundred dollarH was raised In six minutes for tho Y. M. C. A. war fund nt Dunbar. Tho Olson quarry nt Weeping Wa ter is shipping two cnrloads of stone n day to Omaha for war work. A sixty-mllo-un-hour wind swept over Lincoln, resulting In sovero dam ago to wires, trees and windows. Sidney, with n population of 1.200, gnvo $0.r,00 to tho Y. M. O. A. war fund, or over $0 per capita. Parties drilling for oil In tho vi cinity of lied Cloud claim to have found shule which shows a marked Indication of oil. It having n distinct odor of (ill and showing n trace of oil In ts cr upostlon. Drillers have reached a depth of ubout -10Q feet Farmers In southeastern Nebraska are having n good denl of trouble with soft corn. Ono farmer Into lost 800 bushels because of tho moisture In corn nnd another farmer had to sort n crib of 1,000 bushels. Husking has virtually ceased. Tho Hastings High school roottmll schedule bus been cancelled because of tho death of lioscoo Bnttau, a member of tho team, who died from Injuries received. In the Kearney Hastings game. Complete tabulations on tho regis tration of women in Lancaster counjy for nerhert Hoover's food campaign show Mint over 12,000 women signed tho cards. A fanners Non-Purtlsitn Jcngno Is being organized In Gago county, a number of fnrm'rs bavins' already lgned .up to" become members. j i. Ij. Hiuzky, rancher, liti.ig iai. Ellsworth, stnbbed Guy Cntlow, n neighbor, to death when Outlow and Constable 1'Ioyd Younlo tried to In duco BInzky to withdraw a complaint against Cutlow's mother because tho latter hnd corrected Blozky's children, lounlo then attempted to arrest Blazky, Ulazky resisted and tho i stable shot and wounded him Every Nebraskan Is called upon to purchase $20 worth of government savings certlilcates, which will pity 4.',W tier cent Interest. A chairman for every county has been appointed for tho work1 by W. M. Burgess of Omnhit, state savings director. No person can own more than $1,000 worth of these certificates. An organization, litis been perfected In Greeley county, under the huh pices of the county council of do fense, for the purpose of promoting a greater production of wheat, rye and other foodstuffs and all kinds of live stock. A. G. Thompson of Spalding, originator of the Idea, was made chnirman. Allen' enemies are believed to bo at work In Jefferson county. Two far mers near Helvey report tho death of inn i x ...i.t iiujjii wiiiiuui any uppurcni. reuwoii Live stock preparations fed to the porkers is believed to have been doped. Excitement is high among tho farmers in the district A terrlllc wind toppled over a 130 foot scaffolding, used in erecting tho $1,000,000 Catholic cathedral at Omaha, on tho roof of tho old struc ture HIhIwiii Ilnptv'u nflli.lnl n1mrv.li completely wrecking tho building. Tho oki structure, erected In 1888, wus valued at about $0,000. Alnsworth is after a creamery. A representative of a large creamery was in tho city recently working up Intereot nlong that line. Over 0,000 cans nf cream aro shipped out of Alnsworth every year to the creamer les In other cities. Brown county Is peculiarly adapted to the dairying Interests. The meetings of tho council of do- fenso at Beatrice are being largely at tended. Tho council is Investigating various charges of disloyalty and tho circulation of false rumors relative to deaths nt training camps, etc. Tho council Is also pushing Its activity against German schools. Uehllng far exceede Its Yotmg Men's Christian association war fund quota of $220, by subscribing over $1,100. Uehllng has been In the front rnnk of Nebraska towns In the Ited Cross drive, Liberty loan and Christ mas packages, and is exceedingly proud of Its record Tho hoard of education of Aurora has secured an option on five acres of ground In tho city und will put the school gardening on a scientific basis next yenr. With all of the gardens together, tho competition among tho school children will be more actlvo and earnest, It Is thought. i' armors ot Hamilton county aro buying great herds of stock for feed ing purposes, Intending to use up a largo amount of soft corn In Mint mnnner. Demand for money at tho bnnks to buy up ntoclc Is tho greutest In years, Kearney Is considering the hiring of a polico womnn and tho purchasing of nn auto for tho polico department, besides having n matron placed at the depot to meet young women coming to the city on late trains, i)nuccoin paulcd. A letter received by friends In Fre mont, from Boss L. Hammond, with the congressional delegation lit Eu rope, tells of "a masterful address In support of n bill to thank tho War forces of tho nation," by Lloyd George. Figures compiled by tho Fremont district board for the provost marshal show that of tho 2,214 men register ed for tho draft tho Danes lead In foreign birth with 59 against 55 for Germnny. The Hum of $500 was raised for Bed Cross work ot Lyons from a dance, given In tho opera house nnd nttend ed by a largo number of citizens. The Chester homo guards havo or dered uniforms. Tho company hns been drilling for tho past three weeks and Is becoming qulto efficient. The cornerstono of tho now $25,000 German Methodist church nt ITnllnm was laid last Sunday with appropriate ceremonies. Nebraska stands fourth among all the states of tho union In work per formed by Its division of four-mlntitu men. Hotel keepers and restaurant men of Fremont have entered Into nn agreement to observe meatless nnd wheatless days. Eleven counties, Cass, Richardson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Johnson, Otop, Dodge, Butler, Colfax, Cuming and Saunders, contributed over $82,000 to the Y. M. C. A. war work fund. The quota for tho entire eleven counties wns $211,500. Nebrnskn university's football team won tho Missouri Valley conference chninplonshlp by defeating her only contender, Knnsns, by a scoro of 111 to Jl. Tho Cornhuskers - proved su perior over the Jayhawkers In every department of the game. Members of mo three Lincoln ex emptlnn bonrds and tlvo assisting doc- tors havo declined to accept pay from the government for their services dur ing tho draft. District Judge Cosgrovo criticised tho people of Lincoln for not encour aging enlistments more fully, declar ing Mint Omaha had put them to shame wltli Its recruiting record. Reports from Washington are that . "J" '' Kelectert for . u u m recouKuuct on iiospuuis, 10 b erected by the government for the making over' of wounded Sammies. I vIrPi8h0T,!1BAhU,rCK!0n r?'C ,!10,IJrU,8n ,mvc brokcn P-eat gap through the Hindenburg line and nd TZTfr'Ta, 'Al " nt! ! V10 h" tnnks th,,t ",n vXnnt part in the advance, and ..., nilu NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK uenerai byng Smashes Through Hindenburg Line Toward City of Cambrai. OOCIIES TAKEN BY SURPRISE Vanks Play a Big Part In the Sensa tlonal Victory Itallano Bravely Re Dieting Powerful Attacks of Austro Germans Enemy Aliens In Amer lea Under Surveillance. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Lieut. Gen. Sir Julian Byng smashed a great hole In the Hindenburg line between St. Quentln and the Scarpo. General Diaz und his heroic Italians put a stop for the time being to the Teuton attacks on most of the Plave river line. General Allenby and the British army in Palestine moved steadily on to the envelopment of Jo rusalem. Tho French struck the crown prince's forces n hnrd blow In the Alsne sector. President Wilson plnced the severest restrictions on en emy aliens In the United States. Altogether It was not a pleasant week for Kaiser Wllhelm. General Byng's sensational advance, which was begun Tuesduy and con tinned through the week, was hailed ns the greatest British victory since the Sommo, Its success wus due large ly to the element of surprise, for the British had been delivering their pre1 punitory artillery fire much farther north and, then suddenly attacked In the. Cambrai sector, taking the Ger- mans qulto unawares. General Byng, who devised the plan and whose army cnrrled It out, llrst sent out a great number of tanks, and as these cleared away the barhed-wiro entanglements and broko through two of the strong est lines In the German defense sys tem In the west, tho Infantry and cav alry followed wjth a rush that car ried all before It. The Germans wen: demoralized, and for many hours of fered little resistance, surrendering by tho thousand, ami the British moved' rapidly forward, taking village after village, and quickly consolidat ing tho enemy positions, which had not been badly demolished by shell lire. Almost to Cambrai. On Wednesdny the resistance of the enemy stiffened considerably, but to no nvnll, for the British pushed on un til they had put behind them the towns of Mosnlcrcs, Mnrcolng, Itlbecourt, Hnvrlncourt, Grnlncourt nnd Fies nulcrcs. Tho tanks still were leading the way, and co-operating 'with them were the mounted forces, which have liad so lit M opportunity for real ac tion. By Thursday noon Byng's troops were but little more than two miles from Cambrai. and his big guns had begun to shell Mint most Important German base ami railway center. Tho British swiftly built roads and llcbt rnllways across the captured sec tion up to fielr new lines and also be gnn to widen out their salient, which nt first was dangerously sharp. Crown Prlnco Itupprecht rushed up masses nf troops and took up a strong position In Bourlon wood lust north of tlm British salient, dominating the Imme diate region. He also pushed tho ad- vnnco posts of tho British out of Fon tnlne Notre Dame, hut they held and consolidated all the rest of the terri tory they had gained. The secrecy which enveloped the preparations for this great movement vas astounding and speaks volumes for the skill of-the British command ers and the efllclency of tho aviation corps which prevented the enemy air scouts from discovering the massing of troops and tanks. The Cnmbml sector hud been quiet for n long time. n"'l be Germans considered that part or their defease lines Impregnable, They also thought an attack In force (Mi such defenses could not be made successfully without artillery prepa ration. At tremendous cost they have learned they were mistaken in both In stances. Attack Has Several Objects. JZ Z f fSiS! rotnnt 0'f Ulp (Unm "ht !s Aside from the capture of Cambrai fnmt, the Im.nidlute object of this nritisl, offensive probably was to re ncvo ilw proHsur) 0 the Italians nud ,i.u me victorious xiuru nrmy in tne attack. to prevent a threatened nttiick by the Teutonic forces on the Salonlki front. Very large numbers of German troops hove been taken from the Russian front, and while many of them were sent to replnce the worn-out divisions In Flanders, others probably were tinned toward the Greek frontier. Not many could be used In Itnly owing to the narrowness of the fighting front there. It does not seem reasonable to as sume, from the success of Byng's at tack, that the allies hnve any Iden of nnondonlng high explosive artillery preparation for such movements In the future and depending on the use of great masses of Infantry, regardless oi tne consequent henvy casualties, Either great droves of tanks such ns Byng used, or henvy shelling, Is nee essary to open the way for infantry and It Is likely the tnnks nlone could not have done it If the Germans hnd not been taken so completely by sur prise, The movements of the French Inst week were not so sensational ns those of the British, but they were of great importance. A strong salient of the German line to the south of Juvln court wns attacked and partly straight enod out, nnd nil the positions recent ly won north of the Chemln des Dnmos were maintained. It is not unlikely tluit tho Germnns will he forced to n lino north of Laon. losing that very important city. Allenby Surrounding Jerusalem Jerusalem seems the certain prize of uenerai Allenby's expeditionary forces In Pnlcstlnc, for nfter taking Jnffa he moved on to the east and northeast un til he had the city almost surrounded If the Turks attempt seriously to de fend it, It mny bo Allenby will draw a cordon about It and starve them into surrender, rather Minn shock the Christian world by bombarding its Jioiicst shrines The remnrknble tenacity with which the Italians held on to their Pinve river line nnd its continuation In the mountains between the Plave and the Brenta-so checked the Austro-Germnn advance that attacks virtually ceased during the first hnlf of the week. On Jhursdny, however, the enemy begun u' great mass attack on the upper Pl ave where It bends to the northeast into .the Belluno Alps. The German commander brought Into action picked troops of the Prussian gunrds, some or the best units from the west and Russian fronts and a lnrge body of the notoriously brutal mountaineers from lower Hungary. American Troops Going Over Fast. It Is no breach of confidential Infor mation to state now Mint the transpor tation of American troops to Europe Is going forwnrd with Increasing rapid ity, and Mint General Pershing prob ably will have a million men in his cnmmnnd by next summer. The train ing of a grent part of the National army will be curtailed in America and completed quickly on French soli. The British government has now come over to the view of tho French war commission Mint visited us, nnd Is urging that our troops get Into action In ns large numbers nnd ns swlftlv as Js possible. This has been the pro gram of the administration for some time, nnd the shlp-hulldlng program bus been speeded up accordingly. In fact. President Wilson Is Insisting on swiftness In all departments, and on Mondny ho mndo his requirements In this line clenr to various cabinet offi cers and other ofllclals. At the sumo time ho appointed Daniel Wlllard cliiilrmun of the war Industries board to succeed Frank A. Scott, who re signed on nccount of 111 health. Rear Admiral Capps resigned ns gen eral mnnnger of the emergency fleet corporation on Thursdny because he does not believe the policy of con structing wooden ships will result sat- sfuctorlly, and thinks the shlnntm? board 'should have extended existing plants to their capacity Instead of at- emptlng to build new yards, Chair man Hurley, however, Is eradicating many of tho causes of complaint nnd his program promises to be successful If he can get enough labor. Mr. Wilson Is earnestly even In sistentlyIn favor of the creation of a supreme war council of the allies, and has Instructed Colonel Hcnise to do till ho can to bring It abouVnt the Hirls conference. Triumph for Lloyd-George. When Premier Lloyd-Georgo came to reply to his critics In parliament concerning his advocacy of the Inter allied war council, he gnlned n great personal triumph and quite routed As- qultli and Ills followers. In the course of his speech ho said the government censed to fear the submarine mennce, nnd Mint the only other thing that could shatter the allies' hope of vic tory was lack of unity. That, he as serted, wns now to be remedied. isext day, in the Anglo-American wnr council, the premier made his call for as many American troops as pos slblo, and said the easing of the posi tion of the allies depends entirely on ine mites on which the American nro grnm of launching six millions of ship ping in mis comes Into practical ef fect. He asserted that tho must iirnn tic food restrictions were about to be plnced on 'the people of the British Isles, nnd said he regarded the tight ening of the blockade as of next Im portance. Russia Asks an Armistice. The Russian government meaning tho bolshevikl group In control of Pet- rograd on Wednesday instructed General Bukhonin, the communder in chief, to open negotiations for un arm istice with the commanders of the en emy armies. Bokhonln refused nnd wns deposed, being succeeded by En sign N. Kryienko of the nuvy. The kaiser Is reported already to have refused to treat concerning peace "un any out the legalized suc cessors to the government of the czar or the constitutional assembly wiien it meets, hut the way in which he hns denuded his eastern line of troops shows he hns no further fear ot Hostile action by the Russia ns. Whether or not he Is Justified In this nttitudc is uncertain, for there come rrom Itussia stories of violent protests against a separate peace by the peo ple, ouu in some cases by the soldiers. General Knledlnes, hetmnn of the Don Cossacks, was reported to be marching toward Moscow with a large anny, ana in a very roundabout way came me story that these troops hnd ocen turneil over to Grand Duke NIch olns. cousin of the former czar, in pur suance of a plan to restore the mon archy with the grand duke as recent Latest reports of Kerensky were that he was at Lugu with two nrmy corps that remained loyal to his faction. The fallen premier, however, seems to be quite out of the rec' onlng. The dismemberment of Itussia nro cecded with the declaration of the In dependence of Mie Ukraine, and a com promise between the Socialist and Bourgeois parties In Finland directed agnlnSt the Russlnn soldiery. It Is said 3G0.000 Ukrainian troops hnve been recalled from tho front. In view of the conditions in Russlu. tne united Stntes hns stonned the shipment of supplies to that country. Restrictions on Enemy Aliens. President Wilson opened the week auspiciously by Issuing the long-need ert order placing ull enemy nllens un der strict survelllnnce nnd Imposing drastic restrictions on them. They are onrred from the District of Columbia nnd Pannmn, from all shipping cen ters and all domestic except on public ferries, nnd mny not travel or change thel place of nbode or occu pation without permission. All enemy aliens nro to be required to register. Tho proclamation applies only to Ger man citizens or subjects at nresent. but congress may be asked to declare wnr against Austrln-IIungnry, so that the thousands of Austrian subjects also may be placed under surveillance. fcquelehlng the opposition of a few pacifists, tho American Federation of Lnbor, In convention ut Buffalo, em phatically Indorsed the position of President Gompers, Mint union labor must work hand In hand with Presi dent Wilson and plnce the needs of tho nation above all other considera tions In questions Involving tho work Ingmnn's part In the prosecution of the war. As a result of a long conference Thursdny nfternoon between President Wilson nnd the presidents of the four brotherhoods of railway employees. the chief executive believed the danger of a general railway strike was greatly lessened if not wholly nvejted. Mr. Wilson intimated Mint he thought the men should hnve higher wages, and the brotherhood bends suid Mint, though they could not promise there would be no strike, they would "co-operate with the government to the utmost extent In arriving nt o just und equitable ns well as patriotic conclusion." Germany bus been working on n plan for operating submarines nlong the const of Brazil, with buses in Brazil ian waters, nccordlng to disclosures re sulting from the arrest of n promi nent resident of Bio de Janeiro. It may be some of tho U-bonts nlrendv aro there, for fishermen and conslwlse esseis report having sighted a Deri- scope near Rio Grande do Sul. ELEVEN SLIIIII BT ANARCHISTS' HUB EXPLODES IN POLICE STATION AT MILWAUKEE, WIS. HUD BEEN PLACED IN CHURCH. Arrest of "Reds" for Breaking Up Pa. trlotlc Meeting May Have Caused Tragedy U. S. Ships Sink U boat and Captures Crew. Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 27. Eleven, persons were killed and several In jured when a bomb designed to de stroy the Itullan Evangelical churoln In the heart of the Italian settlement exploded In central police station here, where It had been carried for exami nation. Seven detectives, two police men, one woman and un unidenti fied Italian were killed. The bomb, which was of scientific- construction, und evidently with a tlma fuse attached, was found in the bnso- ment of the church. Police heudnunrters Were called nndi Detective McKiiiuey wus sent to get tne bomb. On his wny he met an Itnllun named Muzulnnl, who wo tnklng the bomb to heudouurters. Hie- Kinney nccoinpnnled him back to the station. While Mazutnni wns belntr taken into the office of Lieutenant Flood for questioning, Desk Serceant nenrv Deckart took Mie bomb into the pa trolmen's room. Meanwhile Detectives were answer ing roll call on the second floor nnd( Just before dlsmlssnl they were In formed tho bomb hnd been found. On going downstairs they gathered nbout the missile. Without warning it ex ploded, killing seven of the number instantly. It wns the belief of the police that the bomb was placed In the Evangel ical church by anarchists friendly to the Itnllun recently nrrested for breaking up a patriotic mcetlnc belmr held by a missionary from the church. The federal, state and countv of ficials, as well as detectives from the police dennrtment from Chlcnco. nro Investigating the facts surrounding tho tragedy. Romans Holding Enemy at Bay. Itullan Headquarters in Northern Italy, Nov. 27. Several attempts of the Austro-Germans to cross the Plnvo river on pontoons have resulted In the wiping out of both tho pontoons nnd. men by the Italian cunnon-flre. In tho Italian Mieater, the troops of General DInz are more than hojdlng. their own against the savage attacks of the Austro-Gormnns from th region of Lake Garda eastward to the upper reaches of the Piuve river. The Invaders have switched their mnln offensive to the Aslago plateau secton, but have been held by tho It.ilians without the gain of a yard of ground. Kelly Freed of Villlcca Crime. Red Oak, In.. Nov. 27. "Not culltv" was the verdict returned by the 1urv here which tried the Rev. Lyn G. J- Kelly for the second time on the- charge of welldlng tho nx In tho now famous octuple ax murder mystery of Vllllsea, on June 9. 1012. Attorner General Hnvner who prosecuted both. cases against Kelly, says the preach er was charged specifically with tho murder of Lena Stllllncer. the eldest of the girl victims, nnd that Kelly can be brought to trial on seven oMier counts. He Intimated that this would, not bo done. U. S. Ships Capture U-Boat Crew. Washington, Nov. 27. A German. submarine captured recently by two American destroyers was sent to the bottom by the explosion of terrific; depth charges fired by the United Stntes war vessels. Members of the crew stood on deck with hands raised. In signal of surrender. All of the crew wore taken prisoners. The action. occurred in tho wnr zone several days ago and the submarine went down- while one destroyer wns attempting to- tow it to port. The American destroy ers have returned to their base wltrn flags flying. Kaiser Won't Deal With Reds. Washington, Nov. 27. Dlspntcho from Petrogrnd declare that Gennnny wlll not negotlnte an armlstico except with n Russian constituent assembly. It Is said that the Germans refused- to received the maximalist parliamen tarians In their offer of n truce us a, preliminary mensure. Before consideration even of nn of fer from n constituent nssembiy in ' Russln, the Germans demand a with drawal of Russian troops for n dis tance of sixty miles, It was declared. No Help If Russia Quits. Pittsburgh, Pa.. Nov. 27. the Internal disorders of Russia are suhdued and the eo-opomtlon or the Russian troops Is guaranteed, thefts "' tente powers need expect little-' 'as sistance from their Japanese ally en tile custom front, declnred A. Kiif- amn, n member of tho Japanese Im perial railway commission. In an ad dress here a few days ago. "The send ing of Japanese troops to Russia Is- n serious question confronting the al lies." he sa ill