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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1917)
THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. The State News of the Week in Brief An Epitome of All the Big and I ri te resting Events of the Past Few Days In Nebraska. All Nebrnskn business concerns that luive not compiled wltli government regulations requiring them to take li censee, will bo called upon to defond fcdornl proceedings to he Instituted against thorn. The Information wiw conveyed In a telegram received by Food Administrator Wattles from United States Food Administrator Hoover. Henry Wessol, hardware merchant of Nchawlta, was astonished tho other morning on finding the steps of his establishment painted a golden yel low. Ho has constantly refused to contribute to wnr work and Is ac cused of pro-German sympathies. Word has reached Fremont that Victor Beaver, former Fremont boy, was killed In action In Flanders, November 12. Ho was "a member of a Canadian regiment. Heaver Is the first Fremont boy to bo killed In tlijp war. Several boys out hunting near Loulsvlllo found the skeleton of nn unidentified man under the floor of an abandoned tool house. The boys wore digging to unearth n rabbit when they were horrified to find a grinning skull. COUNTY FOOD ADMINISTRATORS. Nebraska Food Controller Wattles appoints assistants to look after sit uation In eacli county. Women chosen for Hall county. 'Many prominent men in tno list of appointees. County Admlnlitrator Count Town Adam rfaitlnra 1. 11. Corej'Kaarney Mlndm It. II. McKlnney (tanner ltarrliburtt M. E. Bhfto Krltti Ogellala 1. II. ICroh lloonii., Albion 1. J. l'omttt Keva I'lha BwIiietUw A. V. Iloby Dox Hutlfl Alliance Hon. I. K. Ta1i Klmhall Klmliall Will J. Jala loru Bulla W. W. Mahannan Lincoln .North Halt K. II. Goodman llfown .Alnawnrtli .0. Y. Howo I.ancater Lincoln fi. I'. l'cterson !i'"falo Kim CreeH C. (1. 1111m I,jan tlupltton W. II. MoLeay I'uller Octatla K. A. lttml er Loon Taylor Itobert Htuho ?' Union Wm. It. Manning Mittlnn Norfolk J. J. Cleland Colerldj 3. W. UnkliartiMMrlck Central City Jaa. Stephen j" ltniierlal Jamea urkMorrllI llrlcUoimrt J. H. BtcutetUli wierry .....Valentine.,.., ..John M. Tucker ytnee 1'ullerton E. II. rtitnoy ntiywn Sidney...., K. I.. Ul'taftwM.Nemalia South Aulmrn Frank SnvilM Oolfjx clirUnn W. Y. Ad.tmek Cmnlrif Went I'nint V. I. Sliarrar i:uter llruken I low 1). It. Rockwell Iaknta.. H. Nlnut City J. J. Miner.! Damon l.Mlnntoii I, J. NUV w Chadrnn...,, C. H. JlawK JwM.. ....Chappel..,., II. It ltuinee ronua.. a. n. rranoiai I'txU Fremont II. W. IlcrnnldV "iy llrnkeltnan W. S. Fuller! Fillmore (intern IM. J. 1'lerce Franklin... Illontnlnitnn Wm. A. Cole rormer MtKirelleld ,Jat. 1'rarton Furn Hotbrook A. M. K'oe OaiH...... Ileatrtoe A. II. Klilit larilrn ,....0hlli,, J. T. Turfun' "arfteld Iturnrll V. 1. Omnkerncye- floater. IMwnml Anilret. tin Hall. (Irand Iiland...Mra. C. C. Ilran Harlan Alma T. I I'ortrt.Rtanton. larw ,.IIm Center U M. Erin-art iiuononcx ....mrattou,, . -. Vennuu Holt O'Neill J, M. Huntr Hooker Mullen John J. Mn)' Howard Ht. Paul C. W. McCraoken -irnrtaon Falrbury 15. O. IImp 'onnaon Tecumaeh W. I', Campbell Ltiwyera and business men of Dodge county lmvo volunteered their cervices to assist registrants In an swering tho questions propounded by tho provost marshal on the (iiiostloii aires that will bo sent out shortly. York county citizens claim their county Is practically without pro Germnn Bcntlment. Before the U. S. entered tho war, It Is said, thero was much sympathy for Germany In the county. lSdltor Blehol of tho Juniata Herald has discontinued tho publication of his paper, which has been a chronicle of Adams county evonts for 32 years. Tho high cost of production was tho reiiHon. At Brock, Nemaha county, Inst week, H30 food conservation pledge cards wero signed. Thero were re ported 202 wheatless, 'IRS meatless anil M50 wasteless meals. According to figures prepared by Secretary Berneqkori 'of tho Stato Board of Fqualls'.atlon, tho school tnx In Lancaster county Is $180,588.12 more than Inst year. J'ire, believed to lmvo been of In ocudlary origin, almost completely de stroyed the Nebraska National Guard Armory nt Nebraska City. By defeating North PIntto Thanks giving, York lays claim to the high school football championship of Ne braska for this year. A farm of 300 acres near North I'latio sold for $1C0 per aero one day last veck. Several leases for land have been made in Scottsbluft county for tho purpose of prospecting for oil. Voters of ltlchnrdson county reject ed n proposition to .Issue $100,00T. brldgo bonds at a special election. Tho Banner county oil well Is down nearly 2,000 feet and Is to bo drilled scvenil hundred fcot deeper. At n donation Bed Cross salo held at Orleans tho total raised for Bed Cross purposes amounted to $000. All articles wero donated and Included everything from half a dozen eggs to a yearling mule nnd two yearling colta. The Nebraska football team went down to defeat before the Syracuse, N. Y., university eleven Thankhglviug day at Lincoln by tho narrow margin of 30 to 0. It waft said to be the greatest football game over played in this state. The South Platto druft board of ap peals has refused agricultural cxemp tlous to 3,002 fanners and granted llieni to 3,000 others. Two hundred and twenty-five of tho agricultural claims hnvo been .appealed to Presi dent Wilson. Prospecting for oil Is being carried on In four counties In Nebraska, namely Bock, Banner, Frontier and Webster. . Holdrego high school gave Its sec ond principal In two mouths when a'j'Incjpnl.Ashton 0. Love resigned to 1oln tho nvliiflnn section of the army. Bralnnrd claims to be one of tho most patriotic towns In Nebraska, and It has soino Justification for the claim. Brnlnard doubled tho Y. M. G. A. and Knights of Columbus quota, contribut ed $3,872.40 to the Itud Cross, three, vtJmes tho allotment; raised n fund of .2oO to provido Christmas presents for tho soldiers and furnished more reTults to the army and navy than any other town In Butler couiny. Bralnard has COO Inhabitants. The live stock branch of tho fed eral board administration has sent out 7,000 letters to Nebraska farmers urging them to buy feeders at tho stock yards and the feeding of soft corn. Bankers are called upon to as sist the feeders by loaning money to them at a reasonable rate of Interest. Co-operation between bankers and feeders Is essential, says the food ad ministration, If Increased production, which Is an urgent necessity, Is to b attained. AI Blender, a bachelor farmer, re siding near Benedict, was foully murdered last Wednesday night, sup posedly by a farm In. ml named Shu her. Shober and his wife had been woruiwg for Blender. Mrs. Shober Is alleged to have said her husband bound her to n bedntend after which he shot and killed Blender. The mur derer Is wild to hr-vo taken $500 In cash and Blender's automobile. .Miss Dorothy Farmei, a 13-ycar-old farmer's daughter, near Stella, had her own flock of chickens this season, and raised twenty-two cockerels and thirty-seven hens. She mnrkcted tho corkerels tho other day nnd received $18.41. She Is saving the hens for higher prices. Cottntr County Town Adminlntrator Nurkolla Superior U. II. Malnlmry Otn Kebratka Clty.... 1. Stafford Fanner l'awtiro City A. E. Henry 'Mni Vnanjo V. O. Stockton I'lielp Holdreee W. M. lit lien 'I'lerro... ...l'lalntleu I'. I). Corel! . ..Coluinbui C. I. (lerrard J'litte,.,. Folk Oaecola C. C. Jobnaon lied Willow llcfook J. If. Cardeal nicbardHm l'alla City J. K. IH' Hock lliaaett It. J. Miller Hallne Krlrnd. Prank 1'tak (.'rrte It Aller Sarpy l'apllllon K. t. McKroy Saundera Wahoo W, W. Wenttrand reward Seward 1). M. lllldebrand Hlietidan Itushtrille J. I). Crowder Hinnr. Sherman Loup City Iter. P. M. Stoen Ilarrlton.t P. B. Ilaker Stanton W. S. Tlonlner Tlrn - er Hebron II. 1". Hardlni Thurtton Fender., K. T. Crellln Valley Ord Ultln Claum Wavne , Wayne J. II. Kemp Weh.ter lied Cloud It. K. Mollrlde Wheeler llattlctt A. It. Shapland Vork York Wm. U Whltt Citizens of Bushnell lmvo arranged plans to secure more publicity for Kimball county. The excellent show ing mado in nil agricultural products Is attracting attention among tho far mers of the oast, and It Is tho Inten tion of tho Bushnell people to Inter est tho easterners In becoming set tlers. Through tho generosity of Perkins county people the Soldiers' homo in mates at Grand Island wero royally fed Thanksgiving day. Owing to tho war, state hoard of control ordered that no extra money be expended on holldny feasts. Dr. T. Klrby, Attorney J. C. Snylor and Mrs. C. M. Corbln of Kearney wero found guilty by a coroners Jury or being Implicated In tho death of Bosella May, an 38-year-old girl, who died November 15 as tho result of u criminal operation. A Bed Cross auction sale nt Fre mont netted $10S for tho cause, ar ticles being donated by merchants and citizens. At Osmond $!U7.5 was secured when the now town hall was dedicated with a big Bed Cross bazar. Nebraska must have more coal, or many people will surfer, according to word sent tho national fuel adminis tration by John L. Kennedy, stato fuel administrator. Winter wheat In Northern Nebraska was greatly benefitted by the recent heavy snow throughout that part of the state. Citizens of Red Cloud and Webster county lmvo raised $50,000 to defray tho cost of boring for oil In that dis trict. A Bed Cross auction sale held at Cody netted tho sum of $502. Arti cles of nil descriptions wero sold. Bapld strides are being mado by Hebron citizens looking toward the forming of a homo guard company. Tho demand for army horses Is strong at Tnblo Bock. Last week ono firm shipped In 101 head from west ern Nebraska and shipped one load to Suporlor, where tho government lias established an Inspection point; one load to St. Louis, nnd still unoth er to Mississippi. So far this year approximately 1,515,000 head of cattle have been re ceived at the South Oiiinlm market This Is over 300,000 more than regis tered during nil of 1010, tho Imnnet year at tho yards for cattle. Company A, Lincoln Homo Guards, has completed Its organisation. Thu company now has u membership of over 200 and will bo recruited to war strength as fast as possible. Baseball fans of York aro agitating tho question of organizing n state league of young men, becuuso so many men of baseball ago have gone to war. , Gothenburg's new theatre, said to bo one of the best show houses In the middle west, was formally opened last week. It has , seating capacity of S00. 3 Scene at n divisional headquarters of tho British during one of the big battles on tho west front. 2 Mem bers of an American college girls' trench candle brigade making candles of rolled paper boiled In paraflin. 3 Gen. Herbert C. O. Pltimer, appointed commander of the British forces sent to aid tho Italians. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Interallied War Conference Paris Opens With Russia the Big Topic. in LEiMINE DEALS WITH B0CHES Germans Accept Bolshevik) Proposal of Armistice Signs of Collapse of Radical "Government" Ital ian Crisis Considered Over Supremo War Coun cil for United States. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. The great interallied wnr conference opened In Paris on Thursday and the world Is Justified In expecting momen tous results from it, though they may not bo Immediately eylilent. Aside from tho question of unified control of the war, one of the most Important matters considered bv the conference, of course, was the Itusslan situation. This was ranldlv moving to a climax, for durlnir the week tho representatives of the bolshevik! gov ernment crossed over to the German side and mado their proposition of an armistice on all fronts of the belliger ent countries. Since this plan coin cides with Germany's desires and doubtless was inspired by her: tho German authorities accepted the sug gestion and set December 2 for a con ference on tho subject. Meanwhile members of the German general staff were In Petrograd advising Lenlne and Trotzky. The conference ti Paris took under consideration the lssunnco of a "rea soned statement for the guidance and warning of the Busslnns as to the serious results that are likely to fol low If a separate peace Is concluded," to quote the conservative laiiKUiiKe of Lord Bobert Cecil. Tills means noth ing less than that the Petrograd rad icals, and Bussla If they are able to Impose their will on tho country, will lie recognized as enemies of the allied nations. The ambassadors of the nl- lies anil of tho United States were said to be waiting for the meeting of the Busslnu constituent assembly, elections for which were held Inst week though tho results were not known at the time of writing. Hope In Southeastern Russia. There are growing Indications that, when the froth nnd spume of the pres ent bolshevlkl revolution In Bussla lmvo blown nway, the original revolu tionists of Inst March, men like Mil youkoff. who lmvo brains and exnerl- ence as well as Ideals, will come to the surface again and regain a control that may savo their distracted coun try from tho talons of tho Prussian eagle. The beginning of the end for Lenlne was repotted to have- come on Friday, when, according to dispatches from Petrograd, his cabinet was succeeded by a coalition ministry of advanced Socialists and other factions, with the Bolshevlkl In the minority. Despite the fact that the second nnd fifth armies last week gave their ad herence to the Bolshevlkl "trovorn. ment," Lenlne and Trotzky lmvo shown no slightest evidence of their ability to rule Bussla, and whether or not they lie knowingly agents of Germany, their actions aro all for the benefit of tho central pow ers. If the armistice they ask for were followed by tho kind of peace they advocate, Bussla would lie open to Germany as a ripe field for merci less exploitation and the Germans would gain Infinitely more than they possibly would lose In western Uu rope. Tho hopefulness In the situation lies far awny from Petrograd. A great or ganization known as the Southeastern union has been formed, embracing the Don territory, most of Little Bussla, tho lower Volga region and Turkestan. This Is the great grain-growing part of Bussla, the territory that feeds the rest, und steps are being taken to add to tho union tho corn-producing part if Siberia. In nil this territory, rough y speaking, Geuerul Kaledlues, hot inn of the Cossucks, Is In control, und lie. In turn, Is controlled by leaderb who have not yielded to tho dictation of Lenlne and bis bolshevlklsts. More over, the Immense gold reserve of the Hussion empire, which was removed from Petrograd to the Kremlin in 1013, hns been tnken still further Into the Interior nnd Is out of the reach of the mnximnllsts. Whether Knlcdlnes nnd the Cossacks will chose to support the social democrats or will aid In a res toration of the monarchy is not clear. But sane friends of order, democracy and freedom feel that anything would bo better than the reign of anarchy and civil wnr that threatens Russln uow. The soldiers who remain at the front aro walling bitterly because of tho shortage of food, and there Is n fine prospect of hundreds of thousands of these fighting meii turning back In to their country half-starved and ready to pillage nnd ravage It without restraint. Italy's Danger Lessened. The heroic Itnllan troops having demonstrated their ability to hold back about four times as many Teutons nlong the PInvo front, the fears of a more extended Invasion of Italy and of the capture of Venice are lessening. During the week great numbers of re enforcements arrived from the British and French armies on the west front, many of them having marched eight days through the mountains. They brought with them ample artillery and supplies. Itnllan reserves in great masses, young, well-equipped nnd full of spirit, also moved north to relieve those who have been combating tho invaders, and in some plnces the Ital ians took the offensive. The fighting, especially between the Plave and the Brentn, continued fierce and unabated throughout the week, and the losses on both sides were heavy, but the Aus-tro-Germnus made no further gains. Down toward the Adriatic they made repeated attempts to cross the river and the Hooded lnnds In pontoons, but wero completely routed by the Italian artillery. As the week closed the situ ation in Italy was still serious, but Im proving each day. Gen. TP, B. Maurice, chief director of military operations in the British war office, was especially well satis fied with the week's developments in Italy. From the fact thnt Germnny hud not brought up vast re-enforcements to follow up the Initial success with a decisive blow, ho concluded that Germany was unnblo to send them. It Is now time, ho declared, to say definitely that the crisis in Italy lias passed, this being due en tirely to tho efforts of the Itnllan tinny. "Anglo-French troops are now available In sulllclent quantities to satisfy us that the situation is se cure," he concluded. Hard Fighting Around Cambral. The war has seen no more desperate fighting than has followed on the heels of General Byng's sensntlonnl thrust toward Cambral. Crown Prince Hup precht seemed determined not to let that city full Into the hands of the British, or nt least to make It a costly prize, and his constantly re-enforced troops were sent against the British In Bourlon wood again and again and In tho village of Fontaine, which clmnged hands severnl times. Byng's men held on tenaciously and usunlly had the best of It In the hand-to-hand fighting as well as In tho nrtlllery com bats, and tho tanks continued to play their part. These monsters often cleared tho way for the Infantry, and In at least one Instance, when they were themselves held up by superior forces, tho British airmen, Hying dar ingly low, routed tho enemy with ma chine gun fire and permitted the tanks to go on. Altogether, It has been the most spectacular battle of the war, and It has cost the Germans a great many of their best men. General Byng last week seemed to be endeavoring to break through to the north of Cambral, n movement that probably would compel the enemy to fall back on a wide front. Cambral It self seems doomed to destruction. General Pershing last week sent over his second disunity list. It gave tho names of two privates who were killed In tho trenches by German ar tillery tiro and of five severely wounded. U, S. Supreme War Council. While urgently advising upon our allies more unified actlou In the prose cution of tho war, the administration s not overlooking the need for similar jo-ordlnated effort nt home. On Tues lay a great step toward centralized control of all tho country's resources was taken In the appointment of a bu perior wnr council through which all the war activities of the government will be ennbled to work together. This council Is made up of the members of the council of national defense Secre taries Baker, Daniels, Lane, Houston, Bedfleld and Wilson Secretary Mc Adoo, Chairman Hurley of the ship ping board, Food Administrator Hoov er, Fuel Administrator Garfield and Chairman Wlllard or the war Indus tries board. Director Gilford of the council of national defense will sit with this superior council, and Presi dent Wilson will meet with It when ever ho thinks It ndvlsable. The government Is mnklng n deter mined effort to settle the troubles of tho railways nnd Its own problems In the matter of transportation, and just now the plan of a railroad pool for all lines enst of Chicago is being tried out If this Is not successful, it Is predict ed, the government may take over the operation of all American railways. President Wilson proclaimed a new embargo on the importation of manj articles that are essentials of muni tions of war, without the express per mission of the government. This will operate to conserve Americnn tonnage for war purposes and to facilitate the importation of raw materials and oth er supplies necessary In the manufac ture of munitions. This assumption of control over' Imports, provided fot in the embargo act, gives the govern ment n powerful weapon for the eco nomic war on Germany and can be directed nlso against neutral traders suspected of supplying the central powers with American goods. President Wilson on Monday ap proved n recommendation of Mr Hoover reducing the nleoliolic content of beer to 3 per cent and reducing the amount of grnin used by brewers ta about 70 per cent of the volume hither to consumed. Prohibition of ull brew ing, the administration believes, would divert tipplers from the comparatively harmless beer to the consumption ol whisky, brandy nnd gin, of which then, Is In the country enough to last seve eral years. No War on Austria Yet. Vigorous enforcement of the orders restricting enemy aliens mado things rather lively last week for German residents, especially of the large cities. But the hope that the administration would mnke easier the checking of es pionage by having congress declare war on Austria went glimmering. For reasons which could not be made pub lic, President Wilson and his cabinet ngrecd that no declaration against tho dual monnrchy should be made unless It commits some further especlnlly hostile acts. The president pointed out the fact that the enemy alien lnw could be amended to Include the subjects of countries -allied with Germany, as was done In the trading with the enemy act, and Attorney General Gregory nt once began the preparation of such an amendment. Vatican Replies to Critics. Unusually bold criticism of tho course of the Vatican by a number of papers, antl assertions that the pope hod been fostering the cause of Aus tria, bad been fnr from neutral und should be called on to mnke bis posi tion clear, brought forth lndlgnnnt de nial from Cardinal G asnarri. nnnni secretary of state. Said he: "To say innt nis nonness ravers, or has fa vored, or will favor an unlust. tin. Christian, nnd unendurable peace Is not oniy raise nut also absurd. Any propaganda for such a nenco. nllr.,! to be conducted nt tho Vatican's In spiration, especlnlly In certnln nations, is tne product or pure maliciousness." He asserted that the disruptive propaganda that began to afreet tho morale of the Italian nrmy could not be laid at the doors of the Vntlcan, nnd that "the shoulders on which rests the responsibility for the re verses are well-known, a responsibility which certainly does not touch r.ntu. ollcs, the clergy uud least of nil the august person of the sovereign non. tiff." Ills eminence made no rpforon PA tf ' the Sinn Fein rebellion In Ireland. One of the first matters taken up by the interallied conference In Paris was tho need of speedy diplomatic action In regard to Switzerland, where Ger man Intrigue Is Imperiling the neu trality of the country und' gaining eco nomical domination through the Swiss rnllways. The Swiss federal council is becoming anxious over Ger man military movements on the frontier. GOAL CONSUMERS ' PUT ON PREFERRED LIST ISSUED BY! FUEL ADMINISTRATION. FIFTY MILLlOu lONS SHUT First Move by Government to Curtail' Non-essential Industries. House hold Needs Included in Pre ferential List. Washington, D. C, Dec. 4. 'J?he gov ernment's first move towurtl curtail ing uoun-esscntiul Industries during the war wus made when the fuel ad ministration sent to coal producers a pi ef erred list of consumers to sorv as a guldo In filling orders. Tito list established tho preferential shipment for government orders, ralrwuy fimi, household requirements, public utili ties, steel plants, coko ovens and munitions plants. Although no direct order wus Issued requiring operators to glvo the list preference, n definite request wna niade and fuel administration officials bellovo It would be followed. Tha priority Is asked for n period ef thir ty days. "The requests nro designed," said-' Fuel Administrator Garfield, "to In sure fulfilling of the requirements of those coal users whose, activities aro essentlnl to tho military nnd economic efficiency of the nation In tho con duct of the wnr." To obtain coal for emergency re quirements operators were nsked to notlfy tho fuel administration im mediately of the nmounts of their f reo tonnngc. This coal will bo used to sup ply communities that run short un expectedly. The preferential lists went to vir tually every operator In the conntjv except In the Hocky Mountain dis tricts, which servo local consumers. More than 5,000 were mailed. Facing a coal shortage of fifty mil lion tons for the country tho fuel ad ministration determined Unit n rad ical step was necessary If essential Industries i"ii nubile utilities were to be kept running. " -noim that a list of non-essen-tial Industries be prepared to which .Miutinl be denied were- rejected' by the fuel administrator, who estab lished, Instcnd, the preferential list, believing It less likely to injure tho credit of concerns which it Is consid ered certain will suffer. Burn Negro at Stake. Dycrsburg, Tex., Dec. -1. Llgnon. Scott, negro, who nttneked n younj? white woman In this county, Novem ber 22, was burned nt tho stake on tho public squnro here. Following tho nrrest of the negro Snturdny a trial was arranged nnd a Jury selected. A mob of severnl thou sand was Importuned to wlthold nc tlon until tho jury decided his fate. Tho negro confessed his guilt. An Iron stake was driven Into tho ground nnd the negro tied to tha stnke. He was stripped of his clothes nnd rcdvhot irons npplled to nil pnrt of his body. Finally a bonfire was built around until even the bones were con sumed. The crowd Jeered ns the vic tim writhed nnd screamed before tha Homes did their work. Germans Fall to Dislodge BrlUsh. London, Dec. Ofllclnl reports from tho front declare that the at tempt of the Bavarian crown nrlnce. Bupprecht, by an encircling move ment to nullify the brilllnnt ndvnnco of tho British General Byng townrd Cambria hns resulted In complete fnllure. Although nt certain points the Germnns pierced tho British llne9 nnd captured positions, men nnd euns. they have paid denrly for their enter prise in casualties. The number of dend near La Vaequerio during tho course of 12 hours on Saturday wnsi grenter tlmn during nny similar per iod of fighting since tho wnr begun. Freed of Murder and Gets Son. Mlneoln, N. Y Dec. 4. It re quired only one hour nnd 43 minute for n Jury In supremo court Saturday to reach n verdict of not guilty In tho trial of Mrs. Blnncn De Snulles for tho murder of her divorced husband. John Do Sanlles, former Yale football star and clubman, nt his home near Westbury, Long Islnnd, tho night of August 3. In the verdict no reference was made to Insanity. It was n plea of temporary loss of accountability, which formed the bnsls of the defend ant's ruse. Following on tho heclo of the acquittal of Mrs. De Suulles. her son, nged 4& years, was restored by tho court to the custody of his mother. Campaign for Stenographers. New York, Dec. 4. Intensive train ing courses In typewriting nnd sten ography to train women to fill t many vacancies In the government of fices and elsewhere will bo Btnrtetl throughout the United States, It wus announced at a convention of short nnnd teachers. The courses will be given dnlly Instend of three times a week, In 10,000 schools and the puplN will bo prepared to tako the govern ment exnmlnntlon In ns short a tinio ns possible, the delegnten iinnormc(S. BASIS
