Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMIAVEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
FOUR
BAVARIA
CHIEFS KILLED
Premier, Two Ministers
Deputy Assassinated
at Munich.
and
TP OFFICIALS ARE WOUNDED
Slaying of Kurt EUner Starts Reign
of Murder in the Landtag
Building Is Now Sur
rounded byTroopa
London, Feb. 22. The troubles In
Munich hnvo taken n still more serious
turn, nccnrdlng to n Copenhagen dis
patch to tho Exchnnge Tclegrnph
coinpnny. Church bells began ringing,
ten thousand 'workmen from the sub
urbs innrclicd Into the center of tho
pity, nnd u short time Inter violent tir
ing wns heard.
The mob is reported to hnvc begun
plundrrltig shops.
The dispatch characterizes the con
ditions now prevailing In Munich as
ylrtimlly those of civil wnr.
London, Feb. 22. A scries of as
sassinations of governmental leaders
took place In Munich, the Bavarian
capital. In all, according to best
available reports, four high officials
have been slain and two other olllclats
of .the government have been wounded.
The Bavarian premier was the first
victim. He was shot by n reactionary
lieutenant who met him on the street
In Munich while the premier war. on
his way to a session of the landtag.
Tho assassin shouted as be shot:
"Lung live the kaiser."
Tho other assassinations took place
n the chamber, apparently outgrowths
of the first killing. Munich wns de
scribed by Herr Scheldemann In the
national assembly In Weimar as "tho
scene of a bloody civil war."
Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian premier,
"champion of the revolution," shot
nnd killed on the Prnnnerstrnsso while
walking to attend tho landtag session.
His slayer was Lieut. Count Avco Vul
ley. a former ofllcer of tho Prussian
guards.
Hen- Auer, Bnvarlnn minister of the
interior; nssassinnted during a session
of the landing. First reports were he
hod been shot but not killed; later
reports announce that he was slain.
Herr Itosshaupter, Bavarian minis
ter of wnr, also reported killed during
the bloody outbreak In the landtag.
Deputy Osel, killed while attending
the session of the Inndtag.
Two other Bavarian olllclnls wound
ed during the melee In the landing.
The murder of Premier Eisner oc
curred ut 10 o'clock in tho morning.
It Is described In a dispatch from Ge
neva, Switzerland.
"Herr Eisner, with Ilcrr Mnrkle, his
secretary, was walking along the Prnn
norstrusse to nttend the opening of
the landtag, where ho Intended to de
liver an Important speech. Suddenly
Lieut. Count Arco Valley, formerly nn
ofllcer in the Prussian gunrds, shout
ing 'Down with the revolution, long
Vive the kaiser,' fired at Herr Elsuer
from behind at a distance of a few
yimls.
"Two bullets penetrated tho pre-
miiv's head and ho fell dead on tho
pim-mcnt. A snllor shot down bis
assailant, who Is reported to be mor
tally Injured.
"Th first news of tho tragedy
rencheil the landtag when a Bavarian
soldier, holding Herr Eisner's blood
covered spectacles In his hand, entered
shouting:
"'Eisner has been murdered.'
"The ilssusslnntlon has created a
great sensation nt Munich and grave
troubles are feared, as Herr Eisner
wns the Idol of the population of the
city." ,
A German wireless message received
here, quote; Philip Scheldemann, Ger
man ehnnev-llor, as saying that Herr
Rosshnuptet, Bavarian minister ot
war. has been killed.
The wireless nlso brings the report
thnt Ilcrr Auer Is nlso slain.
The shots were fired from the pub
lic gallery and caused a panic among
the deputies.
The diet building now Is being
guarded by tho military.
U. S. D0UGH0YS IN BERLIN
American Soldiers Arrive In German
Capital and Are Billeted
in Hotels.
Copenhagen,- Feb. 22. Tho Amerl
can doughboys' farewell promise, "I'll
wrlto you from Berlin," Is to be ful
filled after nil ns far as a certain Me
tnrhment of Now York troops Is con
cerned, at least. They arrived In the
German capital and were billeted In
hotels, according to p Borlln dispatch.
The hotel managers have filed n Joint
protest which, however, Is expected to
avail them nothing. They are to
guard food supplies.
Alarmist Reports Unwarranted.
Washington, Feb. 22. Col. Georgo
F. Stewart, commanding the Ameri
can troops In northern Russln, cabled
the war department that "alarmist re
ports of the condition of troops In
northern Russia" were not wnrranted.
' Cannot Go to Australia.
Melbourne, Feb. 22.--"Undesirables"
to bo deported from America will not
be permitted to enter Australia, It was
announced here. Tho federal minis
ters hnvo already taken measured to
tighten tho passport regv''na,
A PARADOX
sag WAgsB- w
WASHINGTON STAR.
CLEIY1ENCEAU IS SHOT j
PREMIER OF FRANCE WOUNDED
BY ASSASSIN.
Would-Be Slayer says Noted States
man "Was Preparing for An
other War."
Paris, Feb. 21. Premier Georges
Clcmenccau wns shot three times ns
be was on his wny to confer with
Colonel House.
Late bulletins say ids condition Is
considered satisfactory,
Emlle Cottiu, tho man who shot tho
premier, says he planned to kill tho
French statesman because ho "was an
enemy to humnnlty and was preparing
to start another war."
The French premier, la expected to
make nn early recovery from the three
wounds Indicted on him by the as
sassin. Two of tho wounds are mero
scratches. The third Is more serious,
but, several hours after tho shooting,
tho physicians said they feared ao
complications and that the only effect
observable was a slight rise In tern
pernture. Tho great age of the premier ho la
soventy-slx nt first caused alarm thnt
complications would set In, but tho
powerful physique with which tho
stntesmnn Is endowed permitted him
to escape this dnnger.
The bullet which Inflicted the most
serious wound struck tho premier in
the right shoulder nnd lodged under
tho left shoulder, missing the splnnl
cord and tho lungs. Tho other two
bullets caused scarcely more than
abrasions of the skin ofi tho right
arm and tho right hand.
In all, seven shots were fired at the
premier. Two bullets passed through
his clothing, but missed his body.
The assassin Is Emllo Cottln, known
In red circles as "MIlou." Ho said
he was twenty-five yenrs old and was
born at Crell. Ho said his home was
In tho Montrouso quarter of Paris.
The police, however, do not bcllevo
the papers he holds belong to him and
are Inclined to think him a Russian.
Tho premier, both nt tho time of
tho attempted murder and nfterwanl,
showed the fenrtess spirit which
earned for htm tho title of "the Tiger
of France." He walked unaided to
his rcsldenco nearby and refused to
worry about his condition.
Tho shooting took place at 8:55
o'clock In the morning ns tho premier
was leaving his house In tho Rue
Franklin to go to the war office to
meet Col. E. M. House and A. J. Bal
four for a conference.
BERGER IS GIVEN 20 YEARS
Milwaukee Socialist Congressman
Elect and Four Aids Sentenced
by Judge Landls.
Chicago, Feb. 22. Congressman
elect Victor I.. Berger of Mllwnukeo
and each of his four co-defendants,
convicted of violating tho esplonnge
act and being In a conspiracy to ob
stmct the United States from being
victorious over Germany, were sen
tenced to 20 yenrs Imprisonment in
the federal penitentiary at Leaven
worth, Kan., by Federal Judge Kene
saw M. Lnndls.
DRY LAW REPEAL BILL SOON
Measure for Killing War-TIme Prohibi
tion Act, Effectlvo July 1, Will
Be Considered in House.
Washington, Feb. 21. A bill for tho
repenl of tho war-time prohibition law,
which becomes effectlvo July 1. Intro
ducod by Representative Galllvan o
Massachusetts, will bo considered by
the house agricultural committee with
in the next few dnys, members of
tho committee said. There Is Ilttlo
or no prospect of action on the meas
ure at this session of congress.
May U6C German Lines.
Berlin, Fob. 21. A proposal to trans
port several hundred thousand men
of the American expeditionary force
to the United States by way of Ger
many, placing them on board ships nt
Bremen and Hamburg, hns been made.
Hold 20 on Anarchy Charge.
Seattle, Wash.. Feb. 21. Twenty
men are In Jail here awaiting trial In
the state courts on charges of criminal
anarchy In connection with tho incent
general etr'ko of orgnnlzed labor, The
nrrcst of six additional men Is sclent.
NOTES REPLACE BONDS
SHORT-TERM ISSUE URGED BY
HOUSE COMMITTEE.
Would Put $7,000,000,000 Limit on
Which Treasury Will Issue Only
$6,000,000,000.
Washington, Feb. 20. Short-term
notes, mnturlng In from one to five
yenrs, would be offered In tho forth
coming Victory Liberty loan cnmpnlgn,
Instead of tho long-term notes, under n
tentative agreement reached by tho
houso ways and menus committee to
fix the terms of tho loan by legislation
rather thaa to give Secretary Glass
wide discretlonnry powers to deter
mine them, ns he had asked.
At tho same time Secretary Glass In
n statement explained that the Inten
sive populnr campaign would be con
ducted ns planned, regardless of tho
terms arranged by congress, and thnt
it would start not Inter than April 21,
The secretary lmd asked congress to
Issue either bonds or notes, ns market
conditions at tho time might warrant,
but members of tho committee con
cluded thnt a new loan Issue would
necessarily carry with It such a high
rate of Interest that financial markets
might bo adversely affected for some
time.
Under the tentative agreement of
the committee Secretary Glass would
be given discretion of Issuing any ono
or several of four kinds of notes, to be
proscribed by tho legislation. Tho
quantity of theso non-negotlnblo securi
ties would bo limited to probably $7,
000,000,000, of which tho treasury now
plans to Issue only nbout $0,000,000,
000. The draft of the proposed legislation
for the short-term notes was ordered
by tho committee, and Its experts be
gan Immediately to consider tho plnns
for the new measure.
U. S. GETS BIG GERMAN SHIPS
Agreement Reached Whereby America
Gets Hun Vessels to Transport
Yankee Troops.
Paris, Feb. 24. "An agreement has
been renched whereby tho Unln
Stntes obtains some of the best Ger
man merchant ships for transporting
American troops' homeward," says in
official communique Issued by the
Amerlcnn commltteo on public Infor
mation here.
The ships Include tho Imporntor, n
moister liner, second to the Vntor
Innd, now tho Leviathan, tho Gin
Wnldersce, Pretoria and other big
vessels.
"Unfortnnately," continues the state
ment, "the exit of the channel of Ham
burg wns choked during tho war itnd
the Imporntor cannot bo brought out
until the channel Is dredged."
450,000 YANKS ARE TO STAY
Paris Newspaper Says Alllep Will
Keep Big Army Until Germany
Makes Financial Settlement.
Paris, Feb. 21. L'Intrnnsigennt an
nounces that It hears nn Inter-alllod
army will be formed to keep the field
until Germany makes complete finan
cial settlement. The army, according
to the newspaper, would Include fl.'O.
000 French, 450,000 Americans, .'150.000
British and 100,000 Belgians.
IOWA GOVERNOR IN HOSPITAL
Harding's Glands Near Ear Are Af
fected Operation Not Believed
Necessary.
Des Mnlnos, In., Feb. 20. Gov. Hard
ing Is In a hospital at Carroll, In.,
suffering from glandular Infection near
his ear, which may couse his confine
ment for several dnyn. It was said
no operation would be necessary.
Allies Win Russ Battles, flW German Klag Chosen.
London, Feb. !M. American and al- Berlin. Veb. 24. According to a spe
lled troops In northern Russln hnvo ( ml dispatch received from Weimar,
gained notable successes, (lie war of- ! the Mute's commlsfjori has chosen
lice announced. They have readied Muck, red and gold, the class!-? colors
Hogoja on the Mnrmnn railway. Their i of German republicanism, for tho nn
own casualties were very slight. I tmnal Hag.
Big Strike In Buenos Aires.
Washington, Feb. 2JI. Serious con
dltlons at Buenos Aires as a .vsult of
the general strike there are reported
in dispatches reaching here. Jtollef Is
exposed that the strike has now
reach a political stage.
FRENCH DECORATE
YANKS P RUSSIA
Michigan, Wisconsin. Ohio, Indi
ana and Illinois Men Given
Crosses.
CEREHY IN ZERO WEATHER
Many Instances of Personal Bravery
During Fighting Against Bolshc
vlkl Arc Cited In List of
Awards,
j -Archangel,
Northern Russia, Feb. 22.
Thirty officers nnd men of tho Amer
lcnn forces In northern Russia received
French wnr crosses for gallant servlco
under French command on tho Vologda
railway front during tho brisk offen
sive against the bolshevik! n Septem
ber. October and Novcmbur. They re
ceded the moduls from tho French
commander In the presenco of MnJ.
Gen. Kdmond Ironside, tho commander
In chief, and Col. Georgo 13. Stcwurt,
commanding tho Americans In north
ern Russia. Tho thermometer was bo
low zero whllo tho decorations wcro
being presented.
Second Lieutenant William K.
Wright, Chicago, 111. Cited for cour
age. First Lieutenant James R. Donovan,
Wntipun, Wis. On September 28, nf
tor having been on a hard march for
11 hours volunteered to Join ro-euforc
Ing party, brilliantly fulfilling his duty
and being wounded.
First Lieutenant Clarence J. Prlmo,
Manitowoc, Wis. Daring personal ro
connolsnnco on. October 18.
Second Lieutenant Dwlght FIstler of
St. Johns, Mich. Coolness nnd. energy
wore shown by him on November -1
wtilo lending his men In u grenade
combat which compelled tho enemy to
retire.
First Lieutenant Georgo W. Stouer,
Monroe, Mich. On October 17 ho exe
cuted an attack with an Impetuosity,
nnd Inslstenco which contributed lnrgo
ly to the success of the operation.
Second Lieutenant Robert J. Wlocz
erelc, Cleveland, O. For gallnutry on
October 17, when, after ji personal
rcconnolssanco of enemy position, en
ergetically attacked and captured
them.
Corporal Clement. A. Grobbel, War
ren, Mich. November 4, on his own In
itiative, he carried a Lewis gun for
ward to a most exposed position, hold
ing his ground until the enemy waa
completely repulsed.
Corporal Theodoro S. SleloIT, Detroit,
Mich. After having had his Lewis mu
cblno gun put out of action by henvy
enemy fire ho repaired It without leav
ing his position.
Corporal John C. Smollnsettl, De
troit, Mich., nnd Privates Herman A.
Soder, Munistee, Mich., nnd Frank
Rank, Chilton, Wis., and John Kukorls,
Kenosha, Wis. Maintained their po
sition until tho nrrlvul of re-enforcements.
Sergennt Matthew O. Grnhck, Calu
met, Mich. Brought back to tho lines
under heavy fire n wounded comrade.
Sergeant Harvey D. Peterson, Mnnls
tec, Mich. Showed courage and cool
ness during a dangerous' reconnols
snnco 400 yards In rear of tho enemy's
lines on October 4.
Sergennt Chnrlcs V. Rim, Detroit,
.Mich., and Privates William Donor, Big
ltaplds, Mich., John R. II. Romplne,
Kearsarae. Mich., and Oscar E.LIghtcr,
(iasport, Ind. Volunteered to carry In
wounded comrades under heavy shell
fiie and during n bolshevik countqr-nt-tuck
on September 29.
Corporal Robert M. Prutt, Ashton,
Mich. Coolness and gallantry during
an nttuck on October 17.
Private Thomas McElroy, Valley
Center, Mich. Showing great real and
devotion to duties.
Sergeant Frank Getzloff, Harris,
Mich. Went forward on his own Inltl
n live ngninst a heavy enemy counter
attack on October 17.
Private Clarence A. Miller, Battle
( reek, Mich. On September 29, after
carrying forward supplies under henvy
lire rescued wounded comrade.
Sergeant John P. Gray, Detroit,
Mich. When on patrol, November 1,
In .took charge of the defenso of tho
Ullage which was being attacked by
t l.o enemy. Ho rallied partisan and
peasant troops.
Corporal Frank O'Connor. Detroit,
.!ich. Repulsed tho bolshevik! with
great bravery, holding his position un
til the arrival of re-ei.forcemonts.
Private Benjamin Wondro, Monroo,
Mich. On October 22, though wounded
ii ml losing much blood, he remained at
his post ami encouraged his comrades.
Private Ray Lawrence, Battle Creek,
Mich. In an attack October 14 ho was
wounded by a grenade thrown by a
bolshevik, whom ho afterward killed
nt'd then continued to advance, seek
in'. mi medical attention until aftor tho
kittle.
War Tourists Not Wanted.
Washington, Feb. 24. At tho request
oi tho British and French govern-iM.-nts,
the state department has adopt
. i ti policy under which pasaports will
..- refused except on esseutlal busJ.
iess.
FROM ALL SECTIONS OF
THIS MAJESTIC STATE
Reports of Interesting Happenings
Throughout Nebraska Condensed
to a Few Lines for Quick
PcruBal.
Colonel Wllllnm Hnywnrd, former
ly of Nebraska City, who reached Now
York a few dtys ago with his negro
regiment, ofiOth Infantry, formerly tho
irth New York National Guard, said
that out of the fid officers and 2,000
men, who loft Now York for Bcrvlco
ovorsonos, 20 otllcers and 1,200 men
returned. Tho missing officers and
men of the regiment, he said, are
sleoplng In France and Belgium.
According to a bi-weekly bulletin Is
sued by Secretary Danlelson of the
state department of agriculture. Ne
braska ranked third In total value of
cattle, hogs am' sheep In the Mate
January 1. 1011). Iowa and Illinois
are tho only two other states ahead.
In the total vnluo of all live stock. In
cluding horses and mules, ?.ohmslcu
stands fourth. The state Is 17th le
value of crops for 101S.
Tho book on Nebraska's resources
and Industries which Governor Me
hid vie, Dr. Condrn nnd a corps of as
sistants from tho university faculty
are preparing will be published next
month. It will be put out at the ex
pense of the state conservation And
soil survey atul will bo distributed
free of charge throughout Nebraska
nnd adjoining stntes for publicity
purposes.
At a mass meeting ot the citizens
nt Mndlson It was unanimously npreed
thnt the legislature pass house roll
Nos. 108, 2f)fl and 300 providing for a
system of state highways. A petition
carrying the names of many farmers
and business men of the community
wns forwarded to the committees on
roads urging prompt action.
The wnr department will establish
a &100.000 field artillery unit this
spring for the reservo otllcers' train
ing corps of the University of Nebras
ka, according to Captain C. J. Frnnk
fnrter, commandant nt the university,
Five otllcers, sixty regulars and a hun
dred horses will be Included In the
unit.
Cuiioy, Sioux county will get a
new depot from tho Burlington rail
road, according to nn answer filed by
Solicitor Byron Clark, accepting serv
ice on behalf of the federal railway
administration, In theforu.nl complaint
befote the railway commission made
by Gurley citizens.
I rank Stobbe, discharged soldier,
wns killed; his mother, Mrs. Dorothy
Stobbe, (54, died a few hours Inter, and
Henry Stobbi an Invalid, Is seriously
ill from accidental asphyxiation. All
are residents of Grand Island.
S. A. Holcomb, of the board of con
trol, says there will bo little chance of
Nebraska prison labor being used on
tin.' public highways, becauso of. the
shrinkage In the population of tins
state prison nt Lincoln.
With n sugar belt acreage of 42,831
noes in 1018. Nebraska ranks fifth In
the union In production of beet sugar,
sixth in beet sugar acreage. The
acreage. In 1009 was 4,101 and In 1P17
rl,:i37 acres.
Income tax "slackers" nro to bo
prosecuted by the Internal Revenue
department through the co-operation
of the Department of Justice, Federal
District Attorney Tom Allen announc
ed at Lincoln.
Plenty of farm labor in 1010, but at
n high price, was predicted by Prof.
IJ. C. Filley of the University of Ne
braska In an address to the Nebraska
Farmers' congress at Omnlia.
The Fremont Rifles were organized
to take the placo of tho home guards
mustered out of the servlco recently.
The same olllcers who served In tho
gunrds will head tho rllles.
Washington reports state that plans
have been made for obtaining speedy
u'tlon In lho.senate on the Ihudcrsnu
bill to protect Nebrnskn potash inter
ests from ruin.
The Johnson county board of com
missioners has failed to make an ap
propriation for the maintenance of a
country Agricultural agent for the
coming year.
Citizens of Stanton are agitating
the question of constructing n now
high school building. There Is some
talk of building a structure to cost
around $150,000.
Many Nebraska beys were among
1 lit 2fin.ri veterans who arrived at
Newport Xows Vu., lif t week from
Franco on the transport Pocahontas.
FIro of undetermined origin badly
damaged the auditorium building al
Curtis.
Fifty-four hours hurled In snow Is
the thrilling oxperlenco sopio eighty
passengers, Including n number of
women and children, had when a train
on the M. and O. became stalled In a
deep cut neiir Ilosklns during tho
iccent blizzard. Tho hurled passen
gers kept .from freezing by steam
from tho engine and obtained food
from farmers, there being but ono
small outlet to their tomb.
Nebraska stands second among nil
states In tho union in economy of ad
ministration of tho selective draft law,
ucenrdiug to State Provost Marshal
Walter L. Anderson, who had charge.
of the administration of the law In
Nebraska.
Miss Eva Ashton, student at tho
Mate college of agriculture nt Lin
coin, who won first placo as an Iml
vldunl stock Judgo at the nutiona1
live stock show at Denver. Is the first
college woman In the I idled Siuf-
to win the highest Individual Judging
lr nors at a large 11 vo stock show.
Speaking on "Prices of Farm Prod,
nets After the Wnr," at the aiinttfll
convention of the Nobinskn Fanners'
congress at Omaha, ,T, W. Shorthlll.
secretary of the Nebraska Former.
Co-operative Grain ami Live Slock
State association, said price of farm
products will take the lead In the de
cline of prices of most comumdltlos
sure to come In tho next eighteen
months.
The $00,000,000 public buildings nnd
grounds bill Just reported to tho lowor
houso of congress, provides sums to
bo expendod on federal projects In
Nebraska as follows: Central City,
$2fi,000; Geneva, $40,000 ; Scottsblutr,
?0o,000; Superior, $45,000; Broken
Bow, $10,000; David City, $0,000;
O'Neill, $0,000; Schuyler, $7,r0O;
Seward, $0,000; and Wayne, $7,r00.
Both Hooper and Scrlhner are with
out electric lights as the result of a
tiro which destroyed tho plant at
Hooper, owned by tho Nebraska Gas,
Electric Light and Power company.
Tho loss Is estimated at $12,000, with
inly n small amount of insurance.
Die plant supplied both Hooper and
Scrlhner and a 'number ot farm homes
with curront.
Nebraska's per capita sales ot war
savings stamps In 1018' were .f21.18
greater than those of any other state.
I'ho states aggregate sales were $27,-
r0,4000. Ohio, wlth.$S0,244,0OO aggro
gate solos, ranked first In volume, but
second In per capita sales. South Da
kota came .third In per capita records,
the District of Columbia fourth ami
Iowa fifth.
The Burlington railroad, In a peti
tion to the state railway commission
for the discontinuing of tho agent
ut Ilofi'luud, sets forth thnt the potash
products reduction plant around which
the village was built In the Antloch
potash region had closed Its doors, and
the lone store of the village bad shnt
tip shop for want of patronage.
John Gerdes of Beatrice, a retired
Gorman reputed to be worth $00,000,
who was arrested on n charge of sedi
tion during the Third Liberty loan
drive, nnd was bound ovor to the dis
trict court on bonds of $5,000, default
ed his bond. County Attorney Vasey
of Gage county says he will push tho
case ngninst him.
Referendum elections will be sought
in fourteen stntes of tho union on tho
federal prohibition amendment, ac
cording to nn announcement mudc by
the national association of distillers
and wholesale liquor dealers. Nebras
ka Is Included In the list of states to
vote on the Issue, the announcement
snld.
Charles T. Neal, vice president of
the United Stuto Grain corporation,
nnd who has charge of tho buying of
wheat on the Omaha market for tho
:ovet'nment since It took over the
stocks, wll go to Europe to take
charge of the distribution of food
stuffs throughout the war zone.
Tho newspaper business In Nebras
ka, is on a much better fooling than It
was a year ago, according to the re-
port of Clark Perkins of Aurora, field
secretary, which wns read at the
annual meeting of the Nebraska Press,
association at Lincoln.
Emerson Purcell of Broken Bow,
editor, member of tho legislature and
member of the state board' of -agriculture,
Is being mentioned ao a possible
appointee to the state board of con
trol to succeed Silas Holcomb, re
signed. An appropriation of $25,000 will bo
needed for tho establishment of head
quarters for returning soldier nt Now
York. Norrls A. Iluse, chalrmnn of
the Nebraska' reception committee In
New York, has notified Governor Mc
Kelvlo. The Nebraska Farmers' congress, nt
Its annual meeting at Omaha, went on
record favoring better roads In the
state, but protesting against any plan
which would call for paving country
highways.
At n special meeting of the Deshler
village board an expert wns employed
to prepare plnns nnd specifications of
the cost of a sanitary sewer system
for the town.
The War department's tnblo, just
issued, showing tho number of sol
diers furnished by each state,, credits
Nebraska with 47,803.
Omaha police say that bootleggers
are stocking the city with 10,000 plnti
of boo'e whisky.
Crop expert? estimate that the re
cent heavy snow over the eastern part
of the state was worth millions of
dollars to farmers.
Senator Norrls, republican, of Ne
braska, has come out in defense of
Irte league of nations.
Preparations are rapidly going for
ward ut Omaha to mnko tho 1010
uutcmobllo show the biggest nnd best
over held In tho Nebraska Metropolis.
The dates nro March 10 to IS.
State Prohibition Agent Dyers has
decided to Install a largo Iron gate at
the Onmhn end of the Missouri river
brldgo In an effort to apprehend boot
logger. All automobiles will bo held
until Jhe agents hnvo satisfied them
selves that cars nro free from boozo
whero the circumstances tiro such , as
Justify a search.
Tho pastor of St. Pauls Lutheran
church at West Point has announced
that every Sunday morning hereafter
there will lie German services ns well
ns English services.
Prizes worth in tho neighborhood of
$1,000 will be given away when mer
chants nnd their wives visit Omaha
during Merchants' Market Week,
March 4 to (i.
Dui-'ng the recent lillzztml no trains
were nblo to movo In or out of Su
perior for four days. Snow drifted In
miinj placet in the vicinity to a depth
of twenty feet.