Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEDRA8KA.
STATE WEALTH GROWS
IN LAST FIVE YEARS
ASSESSMENT RECORDS SHOW
INCREASE OF 10 PER CENT
AN APPEAL FOR CASH
Woman's Committee of State Coun
cil of Defense Needs Money
flEWS FROM STATE CARITAL
4temi
of Varied Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources
at the State
House
Comparative assossniont figures for
Nebraska covering the Inst flvo years,
.as compiled by Socretary Bcrneckor
of tlio Btato board ot equalization,
Bhovr a atoady incrcaso In tho valu
ttloti of all proporty In tho state,
amounting to $63,000,000 on tho basis
of ono-flfth actual value, or $340,000,
000 real worth. Tho state's assess
ment (n 1913 was $470,690,000, whllo
this year U stands at $528,891,000.
Farm lands and other real estate
show sonio gain In values, but tho big
Increase Is that shown on llvo stock.
Cattle, listed In 1913 at an actual
ealno of $29.70, apiece for animals of
ill agoa and sizes, are now assessed
it an average ot $40.40 each. Hogs
:havo Jumped from $10.15 actual val
.ao, in tho former year, to $15.80 in
1917. Snoop aro now countod as
worth $5.60 aploce, compared with
fS.GO in 1313.
Duo to tUo passago of tho Ostcrman
.set forbidding banks and trunt com
panion to deduct their real ostato
mortgages from capital stock in mak
ing assessment returns, tho taxable
vuluatioii of banks this year is $8,
581,000, whoro only $7,176,000 was ro
turned in 1913. Tho actual values of
those items aro the real incrcaso of
this item is about $7,000,000.
Mono? on deposit made a material
gain in Uio assessment tables, having
grown from $5,025,000 in 1913 to $8,
BGL008 this year.
Autoinobllos foil off in tholr as
sessed valuation from $89.70 in tho
former yoar to $64.36 tho present an
num, but tho number of them was
quadrupled and tho gross assessment
ls raised from $2,112,000 to $0,579,000.
At tho closo ot a most exciting
campaign, during which sovoral thou
sand dollars of funds, unlimited time,
nnd tho dauntless work ot many pa
triotic women was given over to tho
causo of liberty and domocracy, tho
woman's commlttco of tho stato
council of defense finds itself in
urgent need of material for still fur
ther carrying on Its work.
Tho stato council of defense pro
vides headquarters. It paid $500
of tho oxponso incurred by registra
tion. Tho woman's commlttco mem
bers hav6 lndi.ldually financed hun
dreds of dollars' worth ot work In
arrears at tho present time, dospite
tho capablo Individual support. The
chairman of tho oxecutlvo board of
tho woman's committee, Miss Sarka
B. rlrbkova, and all hor co-workers,
aro giving time and strength to the
dofenso labors, wholly without com
pensation of any sort.
Tho appropriation by tho legisla
ture has been so small that a ploa
for support has becomo necessary.
Tho woman's committeo therefore
appeals to tho public in Nebraska to
give support to this nocossary co
ordinating work which is tho back
bono of all tho war rollof work
among women. An especial day, tho
15th of December, has been sot
asldo for tho campaign to raise
funds for tho Nobraska stato divi
sion of woman's work of tho coun
cil ot national defenso.
It is earnestly hoped that every
person who is called upon will re
spond heartily and willingly, nnd
thus do their bit toward keeping tho
work alive, and carrying it to a
glorious finish.
GUARDS IN FRANCE
REGIMENTS FROM NEARLY EVERY
STATE JOIN PERSHING'S
FORCES.
RAINBOW DIVISION IN CAMP
MISS TATIANA ROMANOFF
Americans Welcomed Enthusiastically
by the French Guardsmen Have
Been Going Across for
Many Weeks.
Washington. Dec. 3. America's
Rainbow division Is In France, along
with nlliPi- N'ntloiinl fitinnl units. They
include Illinois troops, most from 1
Chicago. While tho war department
made no announcement .upon receipt
of dispatches telling of the Guard
units' arrival, t'.ie army censor said It
was permissible to refer to tho italn
bow division as that was obviously
meant Innsmuch ns General Pershing's
censor had passed the news.
With the American Army In France,
Dec 3. National Guardsmen from
1
IEW DRAFT RULES
FEDERAL AGENTS, POSTAL OFFI-
CIALS AND POLICE TO HUNT
DESERTERS.
$50 REWARD FOR PRISONERS
Governor Tenders Resignation
Governor Novillo's formal resigna
tion as tho chief oxecutlvo of No
braska, to take effect whenever ho en
ters tho military service of tho United
States as colonol of tho Seventh regi
ment, is now in tho hands of Secretary
of Stato Pool, and a copy ot It is on Us
way to Washington tor tho informa
tion of tho war department.
Tho governor will continue to hold
tho ofllco until such tlmo as tho Sev
enth regiment is cither drafted or
called and mustered in as a federal
Miss Tatlana Nlcolnevnn Romanoff,
second daughter of Nicholas Romanoff,
deposed emperor of Russia, has es
caped from Slberln through a fictitious
marriage to n son of n former cham
berlain of the emperor and Is now on
her way to tho United States chaper
oned by nn English woman. In this
cotmtrv she will iliiiii-o. lecture, and
every state In the Union have arrived wrj0 f(lry lnios for tno benefit of the
In France, It Is now pcrmittcu to oo Russian civil relief organization.
announced. They nre among tno iroops
now training or lately arrived.
While It Is not permitted to disclose
the Identity of units, It may be said
that all of those which sailed from the
United States have arrived safely and
thnt some already nre In training with
in sound of tho guns on the battle
front. t
The former state troops are billeted
over n wide area and aro pronounced
excellent soldiers.
The Gunrdsmen have been nrrlvlng
In the American zone for many weeks.
riMwitr nnnHnil r.r.l n It'll II llll t fl S
w . " , , m Senttlo, Wash., Nov. 20. More than
far ns possible the units from the same .... , ,
. .... ,. ,.. ,., -.ilf,r 100 Italians, most of them miners and
except In one case. They found the r ' .'0 b,0.VB-
regular army hnd made good prepara
tions for them, and while many arc
100 ITALIANS ARE HELD
ANARCHIST SUSPECTS TAKEN IN
NORTHWESTERN CITIES.
Charged With Plotting to Aid Germany
by Fomenting Revolt In
Italy.
Registrants Who Fall to Return Ques
tlonnairc, or to Appear for Exam
ination, or to Perform Any
Act Will Be Punished.
DR. RAFAEL MEN0CAL
rwsm
mum
Washington, Dec. 1. Federal
agents, the entire postnl machinery of
the nation nnd police of all cities are
drafted Into the pursuit of the men
who attempt to evnde tho conscription
law In regulations made public on
Thursday by Provost Marshal General
Crowder and approved by the presi
dent. Tho regulations also set tho penal
ties which shall be Imposed upon tho
men who nttempt to escnpo military
duty or who by their own IndlfCerenco
fall to comply with the letter of the
law.
organization. This tlmo is uncertain,
Next yoar will show almost a 50 por i but as the Inspection of tho regiment
billeted In houses In French towns,
others hnve been quartered In low
wooden barracks specially erected.
The troops from the various states
have been recognized by the French
population and hnve been welcomed
the Clrcolo StudI Soclall, an alleged
anarchistic society, were arrested In
Seattle, Portland, Spokane, Tacomn
and other Northwestern cities by fed
eral agents in raids which ended Tues
day night, according to nn announce
ment by II. W. White, federal Immi
gration commissioner, who had charge
Dr. Rafael Menocal, a leading Cnban
surgeon, has arrived In this country to
tnko nn with the American Red Cross
"Under tho plan of tho wnr depart- 0mCns preparations for tho field hos-
ment every police official, high or low, ptnj nml Cqpment to be sent to
throughout the land, will becomo a prnnce Dy (he Cuban Red Cross. Tin
part of the army-bulldlng machine," organization of this unit Is duo to tb
declared General Crowder. "This great efforts of Mine. Mariana Seva do Mo-
agency will be put In operation from n0cnl, wire of the president of Cuba.
D.OOO sepnrato points by tho local Doctor Monocnl brought with him the
boards. news that moro thnn half of tho mil-
"The postal authorities under dlrec- lion-dollnr fund necessary to maintain
tlon of tho president and postmaster the Cuban Red Cross hospltnl unit hn
general also will work hand In mum nlrcndy been paid In.
with tho local boards In every direc
tion and every posslblo clue will bo
run out to trace registrants who have
disappeared from their homo districts
In order that they may hnvo no pos
sible excuse for their failure to return
their questionnaire within tho seven
day period prescribed by law."
It also was stated that tho postal au
thorities through their ability to trail
persons through the addresses on let- B,g Aed Armles Arrlvo on Lal
ters win turn tneir wnoio iiiacinm:j
TEUTONS HURLED BACK
ITALIANS MOW DOWN FOE8
GREAT BATTLE.
IN
cent Inoroaso in tho 1917 figuros on
automohllos.
Whoat, oata and corn, of course,
.navo groatly increased in value, but
-tho shrinkago in wheat stocks which
occurred last winter and spring partly
nulliflod this gam. About 25,000,000
bushels of corn was assessed in 1913,
and virtually tho same amount this
yoar, but only $1,927,000 while now it
Is $4,596,000.
Tho railroads have not had any ma
terial lncroaao in tholr assessment
.during tho flvo-ydar period. Aside
from a raiso of $1,000,000 last year,
their valuation has remained prac
tically stationary, while most other
proporty was being Increased. They
aro assessed for this year at $56,-855.000.
Confer on Vocational Education
A conforonco between tho stato
board of vocational education and rep
resentatives of the fodoral bureau pro
moting that work took place last week
at tho ofllco of Governor Neville,
chairman of tho stato board. It dealt
with tho general scope of tho work,
'tho oxtonl of federal aid to bo given,
and tho requirements which must bo
j -mot in order for tho stato to obtain
this uirt V. F. Cramer and J. C.
Wright, ono a specialist In agricul
tural inattor8 and tho other in indus
trial education, wore tho government
representatives. The threo members
of the stato board Governor Neville,
Stato Suporintendont Clommons and
Troasurer Hall were all in attend-nce.
has Just boon comploted by an army
officer tho summons to war may como
soon after his report is received at
Washington.
It will requlro no further action by
Governor Neville to vncato tho execu
tive ofllco when ho enters tho activo
servico of tho United Statos. Upon
being mustered in ho will automati
cally ceaso to bo governor, under
terms of hl3 resignation on fllo with
tho secrotary of stato, and Lieutenant
Governor Howard will thereupon step
Into tho gubernatorial shoes.
Other officers of tho Seventh who
must resign their civil positions aro:
Captain H. B. Gooch of Lincoln, who
is a member of the stato council ot do
fenso; Captain Leo. Metcalfe, who Is
tho governor's secretary, and Major
Ray Abbott, who is an assistant in the
Douglas county district attorney's office.
nf tlwk vMitiilnn
enthusiastically. After a sufficient
time to rest from the Journey, which According to1 federal agents, the
in some cases has been extremely tire-' Italians plotted to help Germany w n
twmrt unf tn Writ If the wnr by fomenting n rebellion In
training for nctual service at
front.
During the last few days one unit
has been working with grenndes and
toward the apprehension of men who
fall to report for servico when ordered.
The agents of the department of Jus
tice throughout the country also will
carry on this work, In addition to tak
ing a largo part In tho prosecutions.
In a new regulation promulgated on
the method of dealing with draft
evaders, Provost Marshal
Front After Long March Eager
to Fight.
Rome, Nov. 28. Utter fnlluro of vio
lent enemy attacks In tho mountains
between tho Brentn and PInvo rivers
was announced on Monday in tho offi
cial statement.
At Tasson tho Monte Rosa battalion
Will Aid Exemption Boards
Nebraska attorneys are going to
bo callod upon to glvo froo legal
advise to men called for military
servico nnder tho solcctivo draft law.
Governor Novlllo has picked threo
lawyers in each county and recom
mended thoin to tho war department
for appointment on local committees
to assist exemption boardB and to
odviso tho conscripts as to their
will not announco the names of any
of thoso barrlstors until ho receives
duties and privileges. Tho governor
word from Washington that his selec
tions havo boon confirmed.
Must Secure Certificates of Health
Students, members of tho faculty
and employees of tho university will
bo required to show certificates of
vaccination or officially signed certifi
cates ot good health, issued daily, In
order to gain admittance to tho
campus, beginning Monday, Decem
ber 3 and continuing until other
notico is given. This Is tho order
given out by Chancellor S. Avery
and Dean Carl C. Engborg aftor a
conference held Saturday.
During tho past week a number of
cases of smallpox havo been con
tracted by students of the unlvorslty.
There is no official report as to the
exact numbor of cases already devel
oped, but at least ten persons havo
boon confined with tho sickness.
Tho university executives take this
measuro as tho most consorvatlvo
ono in view ot tho present circumstances.
Oonernl 01 Itnllnn Alpines nnulhtlntc-1 strong
tli0 Italy to overthrow King victor - , . . enemy forces massed In uttnek.
iniuiuci. i.tm,,. ,i, -ti -..f,,m Mm mips. "liiiemy masses, sunnortcu by heavy
-A llllni: 11 IIU A. 11 1 1 LU 1VIWIII I - ... m v
Vederal olllcors In disguise, It was tn,inilr(1 nP mmonr for nhvslcnl ex- nrtlllery, ngaln httemptcd to nt
announced, attended one of tho so- to ronort change of tuck our positions between the Brcn'
... . nlntva rninn f i,nnl 1 1, ira c I f wlllpll PflllQ I . m .. I In nllfl 1'lfivn rlvnra " Hm afnf.ii.tnnf
nutomntlc rllles, wnue nnouier nas v., .v..... .... status, or to report ror any uuiy, ui v..u ....... ....w..
been working out military problems were issueu ror voiunieers w uuhk to perform any act nt tho tlmo and
In maneuvers. Another unit hns been , ""out disturbances In this country. c renulrc,i uy ln0 regulations or by "On our left wing the enemy's of-
In the Instruction trenches which I Olllclnls planned to assemble nil tno directions by local or district boards In rorts were directed against tho Monto
bring them as near as possible to oc- prisoners In ono camp, where they pursuance thereof, nre guilty of u nils- Pertlcn area. They wero crushed
tual lighting conditions. Many or tno pronnmy win oe inicrneu ror mo uura- demeanor under tho selectlvo service prumiiuy mm n ucnuiy nnu weii-oxo-
tlon or the war. inW. Under authority crnnted by thnt ciuen counter-nttacic on our part was
Pnmnhlets entitled "Throw Down law. It Is hereby made the duty of all made in nnswer to every fresh attempt
Your Arms" wero among tho papers police officials of the United States, or oy mo enemy.
and documents federal agents snid of any state, or any county, munlcl- At 'lnsson, tho Monto Rosn bnt
they seized at the society's hendquar- pallty, or other subdivision thereof, to tnllon of Alplnl annihilated Its ussall
ters here. locate and take Into custody such per- ants,
The nronncondn. It wns said, urged sons nnd to bring them forthwith be- 'At our center, where tho cnomy'a
Itnllnns everywhere to rise ncalnst fore local boards to determine whether pressure wns strongest, tho Fifty-sixth
Every one of the uuanis wno saueu governments nnd resist nil military their cases snail no reported to tno uivision iiveu up to us cnvinulc reputn
from the United States has arrived . cC.rvice federal department of Justice for tlon.
prosecution, und to servo tho suminons "Enemy columns, which with Btub
in (Klllintfnno InDIItil 111? 1 ft f (1 1 11 1 1 ! U. I t.nn l 1 H . t.A . 1.
tRiriRicM ci AIM BY TCIITHMQ DncHIX IOULHI" rt i nuunnu trlct boards. west and north In tho direction of
V U III UK dunill ui i uu i unv ,. I up
former Guardsmen In training hnve
heard guns roaring In the distance.
They are all being given the same
course of Instruction as the first con
tingents of regulurs have under
gone. The Guardsmen are all In good
health.
Mothers and Babes Used as Shields by
KaUcr's Troops During In
vasion, of Italy.
Washington, Dec. 3. All tho oppres-
crsons who, after Induction Into Monto Cnsonot, Col Del L'Orso.
No Word With Southern Part of the military service, with Intent to cvado Monto Snn Lnrolo and Monto Splnonla,
Country While Germans Arrive
to Help Lenlne.
such service, willfully fnll to report to wero mowed down by our lire, repeat-
local boards for military duty, or tnu cdly met by furious counter-attacks
to entrain for a mobilization camp, or and definitely repulsed, leaving more
who absent themselves from entrain- than 200 prisoners In our hands.
ment or from their parties of selected "On our right tho enemy attach '
men en route to n mobilization camp, started from tho enstern slopes of
nro (lpsnrters and aro sublect to mill- Mnntn Mmirnnnm no.n.,iinn
III - -' -iwiiiviibiut 1 tVJ (130(4 UI II It II
bnrbarlsm which re- tnbllsh touch with Odessa and other tnry law. It Is hereby made the duty waves were first checked by our nrtll
sed world, semiofficial poliitB In southern Russia. Official 0f all such police officials to apprehend iery nnd nfterwnrd counter-nttneked
London, Nov. 20. All communion
tlon has been broken between north
6tve measures which characterized the nn,i soll(i, Russia. Tho foreign em
Germnn Invasion of Belgium nnd many j)nfiSes at Potrogrnd are unable to es
of tho acts of
volted tile civilized
dispatches from Rome say, are now mcssnges, however, nre reaching Odes- nnj urrcst such deserters and proceed several times nnd repulsed by our gal
belhg practiced by the Austro-German , SIl ,)y Wiy of Persia. against them. Innt Alplnl. A few scoro of prisoners
Invaders of Italy. Information was received hero from reward of ?50 Is payable for the Wero taken."
iirui u-iiown, uif.mit.ii-u , i iuii uii mi ii i iiuimiv:i l vj. . u,.a m i ii irim I'limuu nun iiuiivuij iu 11 mm- i mill,,,, A fin., T7nn.i..nnHinHn i
Invaders placed Italian women nnd atnff officers had arrived there and tnry camp, post or station of a deserter Noru,orn itnly. Nov. 28. Solid ranks
children before their troops as they were acting In nn ndvisory capacity to from the National army when tho per- of Franco-British Infnntrv with nrtll.
advanced and the Italian soldiers Nikolai Lenlne, tho holshevlkl pre- son making such delivery presents the iPV Kimni PniI10 ,m K.
i I."...... I ---, " , .,..u nvvil uj
lnlnt 1 niiH.lllmili. i r .. Inmil li.iifl " 1 . ... . . .
i nisi imwuiu ui it iuuii ii n rorrpsiiniwinnr within snnni nf
Italian
were compelled to sacrifice their Inno
cent countrymen.
Washington, Nov. 20. Official con-
llllttln 1111 Dm Ttnllllll nnpltinm llnna
Austro-German prisoners toll of Itnl- firmntlon of the news from London KAISER WOULD MAKE PEACE Thoy hnd been on nn eight-day
Nebraska Acreage Shows Increase
Nobraska's total acreage of twenty
throo coreal, forage, vegotablo and
other agricultural crops shows a small
incrcaso for this year over 1916, as
computed by tho stato board of agri
culture. Notwithstanding tho groat
shrinkago in tho winter whoat area,
duo to freezing out of that crop last
winter, farmers havo made pretty full
use of tholx lands and havo raised
other things to take tho place of tho
whoat.
Loss than 20 per cent of a normal
winter wboat aoroago was grown
Find Lot of Ancient Documents
in hniitlnir throuch tho old books
and documents stored in the basement
nt Mm nnnltbl building. Land Com
inisRlnnor Shumway found 3.000 copies
nt nn old circular nrintod many years
ago explaining tho law that requires
land ownors to destroy Russian
thteHcs. This lltoraturo is apparently
nnri nt n. batch nrlntcd for the stato
and loft over. It weighed nearly a ton
and a half. Mr. Shumway sold It to a
Junlr dealer for $14.83 and will turn
tke money Into the state treasury.
Specialist In Poultry Husbandry
A specialist in poultry husbandry
has Just been added to the staff of tho
agricultural extension servico at Lin
coln. A. G. Poters, for many years en
gaged in commercial poultry work In
tho mlddlo west, has been delegated
by tho department of agriculture to
spend his entire tlmo In Nebraska in
the interests of Nebraska poultrymon.
Inn iinncoiiilmtuutM massacred by tho thnt German staff officers are In Petro
Invading troops and loot from Italian grnd acting ns military advisers of the
homes and shops has been found on Lenlne faction probably will bo fol
the bodies of dead troops. Soldiers lowed promptly by nctlon on tho part
on tho PInvo declare they hear the of the United Stntes and her allies
screams of women and children from definitely to place the holshevlkl
the oimoslto xMa of the river. regime In tho list of Germany's nl
march.
Many Enlisted Men Rejected
Word has been recolvod by Gover
nor Kolth Nevlllo, colonol of tho
Seventh regiment, that fully 25 por
cent and possibly 30 por cent of tho
men enlisted in Companios E, F and
G of the Seventh Nebraska national
guard regiment, statlonod at Omaha,
will bo rejected as a result of tho
physical ro-oxamlnatton that has been
in progress during tho last fow days
by tho medical staff. Tho governor's
information is that approximately 150
men in tho throo companios will not
be accepted for service In tho army.
The Invading armies have taken
away cuttle and other property and
Imni household furniture for their
bivouac fires tit night. Bosnian troops,
the dispatches say. have committed
unnaniable atrocities.
Chancellor Tells Reichstag He Is Eager
to Discuss Truce With Russia
Slavs Quit Fighting.
Berlin. Dec. 1. Count George F.
von llertllng, tho new Imperial Ger
man chancellor, told tho rclchstag that
ho was ready to enter Into peace nego-
TWO U. S. MEN DIE IN FIGHT nations as soon as the Russian gov
ernment would send representatives
lies.
LENINE GOVERNMENT OUSTED
Succeeded by Coalition Cabinet of Ad
vanced Socialists Bolshevlkl Are
Represented.
London, Dec. 3. The government of
Nlkolnl Lenlne has fallen, according
Pershing's Soldiers Killed in Artillery
Battle Five Others Severely
Wounded.
having full powers to Berlin.
WOMEN WIN "STRIKE;" FREED
Militants Exultant When Twenty-Two
Are Released at Washington Be
fore Terms End.
Washington, Nov. 20. Twenty-two
woman's party militants who have
been on hunger strike In tho District
"I hope nnd wish," he said, "that 0f Columbia Jail hero wero suddenly
these efforts will soon tnko definite released nn Tuesday, long before thu
shape und bring us peace." expiration of their terms for picketing
Petrograd, Dec. 1. Tho bolshevlkl nt tho White House. Among them
government received formal notlflca- Wero Alice Paul, chnlrman of the
tlon from Ensign Krylenko, Its com- pnrty, and Lucy Burns, vice chnlrman,
mander in chief, that a comploto ces- Woman'H party headquarters exultant-
Butiou of all hostilities on all fronts jy announced that tho Jail officials "had
was In sight, through ncijuiescenco or KOtten enough" of tho first American
all German front commanders to tho hunger strike. In n procession of taxi-
... .... .i.i.n..i. M-a T rv.w.1 i mno I iioimHfi tint) of nn lirmlHtlCC. nhn Ihn linrnlnn mlllfimfa nomn nt
to a Petrograu u sputcn io me un y "". j.-miiu, uu- -o- v.... .u .
i,..,,inin iiiiiiwl Wi'diu'Rdii v. It hns center street, uaner, ure. i icihuiiuhj .v.,..,. v., i uiuin huuwihk wu hb" i iureu
Jilt Wilt". IV. . , . ... . I ( II . .. .1 . I . . . . .,,.,.,.,,.,,. f 1 1 V ., ......, I . 1 1 I I I A. . 1 . .1
been succeeded by a coalition cabinet Private Charles uissmiuor, Held nr- hiuiwucu mui ':".' " rccuing ami wuum Hiurvuuoii, were
of advanced socialists, In which, how- tlllery; mother, Mrs. Clara Rlssmlller, InK to discuss un armistice had been taken In n triumphant procession to
1.121 Moss street, itonding, i'n. onuum-u uu mu "i ......j ncnuquuriur.
Washington, Nov. 20. Two Ameri
can soldiers wero killed nnd five were
severely wounded In an nrtlllery com
bat with the Germans on November
20. General Pershing reported.
Those killed were:
Prlvnte Harry L. Miller, field nrtll-
over, the bolshevlkl nre represented.
Must Secure a Permit
Attorney General Reed has given
an opinion holding a rotall druggist
cannot legally buy alcohol to bo
usod In compounding pharmaceutical
supplies until ho has rocelvod a per
mit from the governor to do so.
Possession of a federal permit, tho
attornoy goneral says, makes no dif
fcrenco. "Until tho supremo court shall
havo hold otherwise, or an amend
ment 1b mado by tho legislature, I
hold that it is essontlal thatva rotall
druggist should secure a permit."
East Africa Fight Near End.
London, Dec. 3. Tho end of tho
East African campnlgn before Christ
ians Is predicted by the Router cor
respondent at Ndara. He declares
that by that tlmo the German com
mander In chief wilt be a prisoner.
Gertrude Smith, Author, Dies.
Brookllne, Mass.. Dec. 3. Gertrude
Smith, author of innny books for chil
dren, nnd best remembered for her
"Arnbell.u and Aramlnta" stories, pub
lished more thnn twenty yeurs ago,
died at a hospital here.
Captain of Raider Jailed.
Philadelphia, Dec. 1. Capt. Max V.
Thlerlchens, former commander of the
German sea raider Prlnz Eltei Fried
rich, wns sentenced to M months' Im
prisonment. Ho was convicted of vio
lating the Mnnn white slave act.
Arrested as a Traitor.
Brantford, Ont., Dec. 3. E. L. Hun-
selman, graduate of a school of chiro
practic In Chicago, who has been prac
ticing here In the daytime nnd work-
lug ut munitions nt night, was arrested
on u charge of treason.
British Casualties Go Up.
London, Dec. 3. November's casu
alties among the British nrmy forces
were grenter by far Minn thoso of nnj
recent months. Britain lost 120,070
officers nnd men In killed, wouLdcif
nnd missing.
Ynquls Fire on Train, Wounding 15.
Nognles, Ariz., Dec. 1. Four pas
sengers, threo of them women, and
eleven federal soldiers were Injured
when n bnnd of Yaqul Indians fired on
a Southern Pnclflc Do Mexico train
near Lynch, south of Guuymas.
Schoolboy Robs the Kaiser.
Berlin, Dec. 3. A seventeen-year-old
schoolboy was arrested In connection
with tho robbery of tho Imperial resi
dence, Wllhelmshoehe, nt Casscl, Most
of tho objects of art which wiu-o stolen
havo been recovered.
William E, Chandler Dead.
Concord, N. II., Dec. 8. William
Eaton Chandlor, who, na secretary
of tho navy In President Arthur'
cabinet, wna largely responsible fot
tho beginning of the modern United
States navy, died at his homo here.