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.
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