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    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
NEBRASKA
HAPPENINGS CONDENSED
TO A FEW LINES
The Apportionment of school funds
to tlio different counties of the statu
1ms been completed nt tlic office of
State Superintendent Cleininons nnd
shows tlmt 1182,00 1 school children
will receive n totnl of $ft71,153, or
nhotit $1.11) per pupil. This will glvo
Douglas county $ril,S(V.ll; Lancaster,
$27,405; Ouster, $i:i,00 J.0:i ; Iluffnlo,
$10,4G8.H7; Gage, $i;!,20l.i$t ; Knox,
$10,1-15.71 ; Platte, $10,525.77. All oth
or counties receive less thnn $10,000,
Hooker receiving the least, $050.
During a conference at thu state
houso at Lincoln between Governor
McKelvIo and J. It. Johnson, head of
thu non-partisan league In Nebraska,
In reference to the recent description
of n league meeting at Ilea trice, the
governor Is said to have promised to
use all power at his coinmandTo pun
sh persons who break up public
meetings nnd officers who refuse to
arrest disturbers. '
Prosecutions are expected to result
from a riot at Kenosaw, which was
precipitated by accusations made
against some hoys by members of the
Hoys Amusement Co., which was clos
ing a several days' engagement In the
lown. None of the disturbers, who nre
said to have pelted the performers
with eggs and handled some of them
pretty rough, are residents of tho city.
Women of Nebraska cannot votu nt
(he primary elections to choose can
didates for thu constitutional conven
tion, according to Attorney General
Davis. He announced this ruljng In a
letter to the new president of the Ne
braska Womnn Suffrage association,
Mrs. O. II Dietrich of Hastings.
Stntu Law Enforcement Agent Hy
ers claims he has evidence to show
that tho Indian reservation ncross tho
South Dakota line from western Ne
braska Is used as a "fence" for auto
mobiles stolen from Omnhn, Sioux
City, Lincoln and other Nebraska
cities.
Stalo Superintendent Clcmmons hns
called a conference "i representatives
for tho purpose u? redisricting the
Btnte for consolidation, district organ
ization to bo held In Lincoln. Under
tho law passed by the legislature, each
county Is entitled to two delegates.
Several head df cattle have already
died In lloyd county from anthrax and
the disease has appeared among herds
In both Cedar and Knox counties, ac
cording to reports reaching tho stalo
veterinarian's office at Lincoln.
Applications of fifty telephone com
panies In Nebraska for permission to
Increase rates are now before the state
railway commission. The commission
has heard a number of these cases
nnd has them under advisement.
Nebrasknns of Bohemian descent
have begun n campaign to get food,
medicine, money nnd clothing to help
tho suffering people of tho newly
formed republic of Gzecho-Slovukla.
Several buildings were wrecked, n
number of head of cattlo killed nnd
other minor damage dono by a cyclone
that swept over an era of six miles,
northwest of Grand Island.
Mountain Giant, a boar which cost
tho owner $5,000 last spring, was
killed In a fight with another boar at
tho farm of Meyer Bros. & Parkert,
near Hooper.
Tho State Hoard of Educational
Funtls has awarded one potash and
mineral lease In Cheyenne county,
four In Garden, three In Sheridan and
11 In Sioux.
Virtually every section of Nebraska
received good rains during the past
week. Schuyler had a near-cloud
hurst, five Inches of rain falling In a
single day.
Work Is progressing rapidly on the
now Cornhusker highway between
Wahoo and Fremont. Tho covering
of iho routo with gravel has already
begun.
Tho Beatrice Canning company will
not put up any sweet corn this year
because of tho poor crop In tho dis
trict Grasshoppers are doing considerable
damage to corn Holds along side of
alfalfa and small grain stubble In
Nuckolls county.
Work on an annex to tho Meadow
Grove high school, which will bo used
for a gymnnslum, has been started.
A post of tho American Legion, a
world war veterans' organization, has
been perfected at Morrill.
Preliminary work for tho laying of
forty blocks of puvlng nt Wnhoo Is
virtually completed.
Tho Pilgrim Congregational church
of Cortland Is erecting a now $30,000
church edifice.
An effort Is being mado to enlarge
the facilities of tho Auburn municipal
light plant so It can furnish commer
cial light nnd power.
U, G. Powell, who hns been rate
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expert for tho slato rallwny coinmls-
alon since Its organization twelvo
years ago, hns handed In his resigna
tion to take effect September 1.
C. A. Fulmer, state director of fed
eral vocational aid, was elected presi
dent of this Nebraska conference of tho
Epworth league nt tlte stnto conven
tion nt Lincoln.
Based on August 1 conditions tho
Stuto Board of Agriculture estimates
Mint Nebraska's 1010 corn production
will total 17-l,S!10,000 bushels. Last
year's crop totalled 12:i,0S0,000 bush
els. Tho State Board of Agriculture es
timated that tho total production of
winter wheat in Nebraska this year
u.t -10,000,000 hushols, as compared to
.'13,470,000 In 1018; spring wheat, 7,-
240,000 as against 0,fl0.000 bushels
last year, and all wheat, 50,210,000
bushels ns compared with 43,141,000
, Suit for $110,800 has been started
In the district court nt Fremont
' ngalnst the city of Scrlbner and Oscar
Illeyhl and Henry Kathman, Scrlbner
soft drink merchants, by Mrs. Bnrbrn
.Tanosovsky for the death of her hus
band. The) plaintiff alleges that Ben
jamin .Tnnesovsky, father and husband,
was killed In an automobile nccldent
three weeks ago, while In a state of
drunkenness, caused from drinking
cider at die Bleyhl and Itathman cs- I
tabllshmont. Scrlbner officials are al- ,
leged to have been Informed that tho
two defendants were selling Intoxicat
ing llipior.
An attempt to hold a non-partisan
league meeting at Beatrice resulted In
the formation of n mob estimated at
JtOO, which broke up tho gathering,
mobbed nnd slugged several persons,
whs a league official, nnd threatened,
It Is said, to throw all the leaguers
Into the Blue river. The excitement
lasted several hours and caused tho
leaguers to make a hasty exit from
tho city.
Whether $2.20 Is a fair price for
wheat, or Just whnt the price should
bo, with the growers getting a fair
profit, will he determined by at least
three county bureaus next year. Gage,
Seward and Polk counties have obtain
ed cost of production blanks from tho
University Department of Itural Eco
nomics and nt least twenty-five farm
ers In each county will keep records.
Juvenile pig raisers of Nuckolls
county to the number; of thirty-ono
Journeyed to Lincoln in nutontobllcs
and spent a day In sight-seeing. They
were guests of Governor McKelvIo for
several hours and paid a lengthy
visit to tho state farm. The excur
sionists, all boys, are members of tho
county pig club.
Free rnngc on tho cut-over lands of
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan,
and a surplus of fall and winter range
In Texas and New Mexico have do
creased tho demand for Nebraska aid
In caring for stock of drouth states,
according to Information reaching tho
agricultural collcgo at Lincoln.
Five hundred Nebrnskans nre ex
pected to Journey to Columbus, Ohio,
aboard the Sons of Veterans special,
which leaves Lincoln Sept. 7, to attend
the G. A. It. encampment. Tho 1-cent
per mile railroad fare, and the pros
pects of a big encampment seem to bo
tho attraction.
Geo. Williams of Fairmont, legisla
tor, has been made chief of the bureau
of markets under tho new state de
partment of agriculture, created by
tho "codu bill." This office, Governor
McKelvIo claims, has the authority to
check profiteering.
The Board of Begents of tho Uni
versity of Nebraska announced tho
election of Fred W. Luohrlng, Prince
ton man, as director of the combined
departments of athletics and physical
education nt an annual salary of
1,1100.
State Fire Inspector Meeker visited
Beatrice and condemned twelve of tho
business blocks. Of 100 buildings In
spected he found 00 per cent in bail
shape.
Eighty sisters of tho Franciscan or
der, who havo been attending the nor
mnl training course nt tho St. Fran
cis' academy, nt Columbus, received
certificates.
A flvo-day coursing meet Is to bo
held nt Bcatrlco beginning October
14. Greyhounds from 15 states, In
cluding famous entries from San Fran
cisco, will be In the races, It is said.
Secretary Webber of the State Hor
tlcultural society, estlmntes this year's
apple crop in Nebraska will bo about
tho same ns last year, 215,000 barrels.
Beports reaching tho secrotnry of
state at Lincoln Indicate that about
250 candidates filed for tho nomina
tion to tho constitutional convention.
Frank Gcssel, 28, chnmplon swim
mer of Lincoln county, was drowned
In n bathing pool at North Platte. Ho
was seized with cramps.
A movement Is on foot to chango
tho Seward-Aurorn-York nutomobllo
highway so that It will pass through
Bradshaw and Hampton.
No primary will be held for candl
dates for the constitutional conven
tlon In Plntto county, as only four
men filed petitions. ,
Tho Hoard of Education of Bluo
Springs has adopted plans and sped
ilcatlons for a now school building to
cost $11,000.
All sheep receipts for a single day
at the South Omaha market were
broken last Wednesday when 53,000
head were unloaded.
York county has decided to employ
n county engineer. Tho new olllclnl
will commence work Sept. 1 at a sal
ary of $11,000 annually.
Wymoro will hold a special election
In the near future to votu on a prop
osltlon to Issue bonds for n sowago
system.
Kearney city school teachers have
been given n Hat Incrcasu In pay
amounting to fifteen dollars for
grades nnd ten dollars for high teach-
ors monthly,
I -iri..rt I .
Flro, believed to havo started from
a candle in a Catholic church during
services, vlrtuully wiped out tho en
tiro business section of tho vlllngo ol
Davy, 12 miles north of Lincoln. The
church, two general stores, drug
store, postotllco and telephone huildln
were completely destroyed. Tho loss
Is placed at $100,000.
Statu Engineer Johnson now has
tho approval of tho federal govern
ment of n lease agreed upotr by county
officers and the Union Pacific railway
regarding the uko of railroad right of
way as a wlto for a portion of tho Liu
coin hlghwny In Nebraska.
The stalo board of control has or
dored tho discontinuance of tho broom
factory nt tho state penitentiary at
Lincoln, following n protest from
twonty-two broom manufacturers tlmt
tho stnto was doing the work for lesa
than half what It would cost by free
1 U. S. S. Mississippi, one of the Pacific licet, passing through the Galllard cut of the Panama canal. 2
Actresses In New Xork who took part In the strike of the Actors' Equity association. 3 Nelson Morris, one of
tho "big five" packers whom the government charges with profiteering and violation of the food laws.
NEWS REVIEW OF
EVENTS
All Government Forces Concen
trating on Fight Against High
Cost of Living.
FOODS IN STORAGE SEIZED
Test Case Against Alleged Sugar
Hoarders Labor Situation Is Lit
tle Improved Kolchak's Siberi
an Armies In Flight Rou
manians In Hungary
Defy Allied Com
mission. By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Spurred oh by tho welcome, If long-
delayed action of the chief executive,
nil available forces of the federal gov
ernment are devoting themselves to
tho task of reducing tho cost of liv
ing, nnd they are receiving the en
thusiastic co-operation of stnto and
municipal bodies nnd officials all over
tho country..
Attorney General Palmer sent out
instructions nnd authority to confiscate
nt onco hoarded food stocks, and largo
quantities of foodstuffs In warehouses
were seized in Chattanooga, Tampa,
Jacksonville, Fin.; Fort Sam Houston,
Tex., nnd other plnces. In every case,
according to Mr. Pnlmer's Instructions,
the names of tho hoarders and the
amounts of food seized were made pub
lic, for It was thought the publicity
would result In the Immediate release
of excessive amounts of foodstuffs
that have been withheld from con
sumption. Tho nttoiney general cen
tered his attention especially on Chi
cago, not only because It Is tho great
est food storago center of the world,
but becnuse he had learned the spec
ulators there had been particularly and
perniciously nctlve. The Chicago
packers, naturally, are tho chief tar
gets, because they are alleged to bo
In control of the cold-storage business,
not only there but all over the coun
try. This they deny. Senntor MeKol
lar has Introduced a bill for federal
regulation of cold-storage plants and
in supporting it ho told of the vast
amounts of poultry, eggs and butter
In storago and of the apparent exorbi
tant profits made on those commodi
ties by some middlemen. Louis Swift
says ho has been and Is In favor of
regulation of storage methods: -nnd
President Horn of the American Be-
frlgeratlng association asserts his or
ganization would not object to reason
able regulatory measures, but that
most of the suggested plans are too
drastic.
Tho government's fight ngalnst the
sugar hoarders also centered in Chi
cago, and tlte first test ease Is that
against the officials of the Central f3u
gar company who were arrested n
week or more ngo. Henry II. Itulapp,
head of the sugar distribution com
mittee of tho food administration, said
the situation was serious, as runners
nnd dealers were clamoring la vain
for sugar. The railway shopmen's
strike entered Into this, as 20.000.000
pounds of sugar was delayed In Cali
fornia by lack of cars. Mr. Holapp
said that in a few days the arrival of
cane sugar from New Orleans and beet
sugar from the West would timid the
market.
Theentlro food crusade had its ef
fect on retail prices, in somo Instances
only slight and In others, notably po
tatoes, very marked. The federal
agents Intend to go after the retail
grocers and butchers for profiteering,
as well as after the bigger ganu, and
bofore long the suffering consumer
may get relief that will actually affect
his bank roll.
In Boston a grand Jury Investigation
elicited the rather surprising liu'onim
tlon that the American people dmnnd
shoos of high grade and high price and
scorn the cheaper iitdos, of whlih the
manufacturers say they have largo
stocks. In a way this Is borne out by
the statement of a Burlln paper that
American shoe dealers are making
strenuous efforts to find a suitable
CURRENT
market for their goods In Germany.
The witnesses in Boston said their
margin of profit was no larger than
when shoes were selling at much lower
prices, and that a decline might be
expected, perhaps a yenr hence.
The British, too, arc nttncklng tho
cost of living problem with vigor. The
house of commons had before It a bill
to ourb profiteering, and after a hard
fight the measure was amended so as
to empower the bonrd of trade, after
an investigation, to fix wholesale and
relnll prices. Sir Auckland Gcddes,
minister of national service, said this
would operate in cases where com
munities were likely to be bled by any
combination, national or international,
for the purpose of raising prices; and
Andrew Bonnr Law mado It clear that
the government had no Intention of es
tablishing a general system of price-
fixing throughout the country.
Belgium Is suffering, like most of the
rest of tho world, nnd the lubor party
there has suggested to the prime min
ister a series of measures to nrrest the
increasing prices of necessnrles, to en
courage the home growing of food and
to insure tho equal distribution of im
ports. The party wants the govern
ment to fix tho prices of foodstuffs and
to control the prices of con nnd cloth
ing. Paris was the scene of some lively
scrapping Inst week between the food
vendors In the markets and tho price
vigilance committees and would-be
purchasers. Tho committees endeav
ored to prevent foodstuffs bought by
tho hotels and other large consumers
from leaving tho markets, asserting
that the willingness of those buyers
to pay any prices, however high, re
sulted in the raising of nil prices. Dur
ing tho fighting many stalls and shops
were looted.
The labor situation In the United
States did not show marked Improve
ment. In spite of all efforts to make
them return to work, the striking rail
way shopmen in many localities were
obdurate, and the officers of their In
ternational union were compelled to
thrcnten them with expulsion from tho
union If they did not resume their la
bors. Then delegates representing
500,000 shopmen met In Chicago und
voted to go back to work.
Before August 25 a general strike
ol steel workers throughout the coun
try may be declared. The men have
been taking a vote on the question in
all the plants. They demand $1 nn
hour, a 44-hour week and better work
ing conditions. Such a strike will af
fect more than a million men.
As congress has not yet acted on
the Plumb plan, the railway brother
hoods are waiting. Meanwhile tho
Plumb plan Is getting some very hard
knocks from Industrial and rallwny
experts, some of whom assert It would
Incrense the cost of living. Churles
Plez says the Plumb bill Is about ns
bnd as It could be made, adding: "As
n shipper and citizen. I should like to
be told what advantage or profit the
public will get outside of the privilege
of paying the yearly deficit." Mr.
Plumb told the house committee on In
terstate commerce that ho either had
or could procure evidence proving that
a .systematized plundering of nil the
railroads has been conducted under
the direction of tho Morgan and Rock
efeller banking interests.
More Interesting than important was
Iho strike of the members of (hp
Actors' Equity association, which,
starting In New York, spread to Chi
cago. A number of theaters in Jioth
cities were forced to close their doors.
The actors demanded recognition of
their association nnd vnrlous reforms
In the conditions of working. The dis
pute was carried Into court by Injunc
tion proceedings.
A sltimtlon arose nt tlte Chicago
stockyards which may tench union la
borers a lesson In the matter of ob
serving their contracts. Federal Judge
Alschulor, mediator, ruled that the
enrilnyees who quit work during tho
recent race riots had violated their
pledge not to strike for ono year and
thus had lost their seniority rights.
Union officials objected violently to
this, but It seemed likely must of tho
packing house workers would abide
by Judge Alschuler's rulings, for the
present at least.
In New York 1,200 Interior decorat
ors quit work; and representatives of
21 international building trades unions
began planning 1 for a national strike
because of a dispute there between two
unions of plasterers.
Considerable uneasiness, not to ray
anxiety, was caused in tho cnpltnls
of the.allled nations by the news, that
tho Kolchnk government of western
Siberia was "on the run" If not qulto
collapsed. The bolshevik armies
gained repeated victories over Kol
chak's forces, and at last reports the
latter were hastily moving eastward,
The admiral's plight was laid to short
age of guns and ammunition, nnd largo
supplies of both were dispatched to
him from the Urllted States by way of
the Paclflc ocean. Whether they would
rencli him In time to save his troops
from disaster was uncertain.
Better hews came from both north
and south Bussln. On the Dvina a
force of British and Russians de
stroyed six battalions of bolshevlkl,
taking 1,000 prisoners nnd many guns
nnd ndvnncing Its front 12 miles. In
Volhynln the Ukrainians havo taken
tho railway center of Lutsk nnd the
fortress of Dubno, nnd the bolshevik!
also abandoned tho important city of
Vinnitza In the Ukraine. General Den
Ikino's armies were making , stead5
progress toward Odessa and at the
nonnwest corner or tne nines; sen
they were only 50 miles from a junc
tion with the Beuninnlnn forces.
The Roumanians who occupied
Budapest were a stubborn lot and
flatly refused to take orders from the
allied commission there and get out
agnln, declaring they would remain
until n stnble government was estab
lished. The peace council nt Paris
was a bit flabbergasted and feared
that if Boumanla were permitted to
defy its' orders, Germnny nnd other
enemy countries might be encournged
to do likewise. The Roumnnlans
threatened tlint If they were forced to
withdraw they would strip Hungary of
everything portnble, and Indeed they
are said to be doing thnt now. Their
representatives In Budapest said the
only policy for nungury was union
with Rouniunin under a. Roumnnlnn
king. Antonesco, tho Rouiniinlnn mln
Ister to Paris, says Boumanla does not
favor the Installation of Archduke .To
soph In 'power, considering him rone'
tlonary. The situation was strained
but the peace council was hopeful of
nr. amicable settlement.
According to nn edict of the peace
conference, Austria Is to be known
as tho Republic of Austrin. tho word
"German" being eliminated. There
is u movement In Vlennn to re-establish
tlte monnrchy, but the entire
armed forces of the country, there nnd
In other cities, nre demnndlng that the
republican form of government be re
tained. After long delay, the Rritlsh gov
ernment has found n man to represent
It In Wnshlngton, but only temporar
ily. Viscount Grey hns agreed to fill
the post of ambassador until a perma
nent appointment hns been made, early
next year. Great responsibility at
taches to the position Just now, for
financial and treaty relations between
tho two countries must be readjusted.
The London press predicts that he
will have somo difficulties, and the
Dully News says his path will not be
smoothed by the British government's
"sustained refusal to make any ap
proach to a solution of tho Irish prob
lem." Presumably Viscount Grey will come
over soon and will be In Washington
when the prince of Wales visits our
national rapltal. That young man
lauded In Newfoundland and Is now
making a triumphal tour of Canada.
The death of Andrew Carnegie re
moved ono of the few survivors of nn
Industrial age that has passed when
men of vision made Incredibly large
fortunes In ways that wore not consid
ered reprehensible. Ills avowed de
sire to die a poor man was not real
ized, for though he gave away more
than $r0,000.000, It is believed he left
an estate worth nearly $500,000,000.
Henry Ford's libel suit against the
Chicago Tribune resulted In a verdict
for tho plaintiff, who was awarded
nomlnnl damages 0 cents. The trlnl
of tho case had lasted ninny weeks, nf
fording pecuniary profit to a few per
sons and amusement to still fewer.
YANK PLIERS HEU
AMERICAN AVIATORS CAPTURED
BY VILLA BANDITS.
OUTLAWS DEMAND BIG RANSOM
Men Had Been Missing Since August
10. Threatened With Death If
Military Efforts Made.
Marfa, Tox. Word has finally been
received from Lieutenants Paul H.
Davis and Herald G. Peterson, Ameri
can army aviators, who have boon
missing across the Mexican border
since August 10. Letters direct from
tho missing ilyors stated that they
were being held by Vllllsta Mexican
bandits for $15,000 ransom nnd were
threatened with death unless It was
paid. Another message received about
the same time from a former Villa fol
lower, now n member of tho bandit
bnnd, stated that the American
aviators would bo killed if any evi
dence of mllltnry movements to search
for them were seen on tho American
side of the border.
Tho demand for tho ransom was at
once reported to Major General Dick
man, tominnndcr of tho southern de-
partment It was stated the messnges
from the aviators were sent to their
relatives at Strathmore nnd Berkeley
Cnl., and Hutchinson, Minn., us soon
as received nt Marfa. The text of their
messages was not given out, but it
was understood the aviators request
ed their relatives to urge the payment
of the ransom. '
Aviators Peterson and Davis are a
part of the personnel of the Fort Bliss
aviation corps, but were on detached
duty with the Big Bend district mili
tary headquarters here at the time
they disappeared. They left Marfa
tho morning of Aug. 10 for the usual
patrol of the border, planning to fol
low the north bnnk of the Rio Grundo
to the end of the district.
It is believed they confused the
Conchos river, which flows into tho
Rlo Grnndo nenr Presidio, Tex., with
the Rio Grande, and followed the
course of this river Into the Interior of
Mexico.
Presidio do Pllnres, where the avl
ntors were reported to have boon cap
tured Is forty miles southwest of
Marfa, on the Rio Grande. This Is in
tlte most rugged pnrt of tho Big Bend
district, where the Rio Grande runs
through a canyon for a part of the
way. Many killings, raids and cattle
thefts have occurred In the district
nround Presidio de Pllnres. nnd Ameri
can cavalry troops havo crossed tt
number of times near there in follow
ing hot trnlls of bandits who haV'e
stolen cattlo on the American side.
Farmers Issue Warning.
Washington, D. C. Representatives
of farmers' organizations who testified
before the house nnd senate agricul
ture committees during tho pnst week
warned that unless present disturbed
conditions resulting from profiteering
"in goods nnd wngos" and strikes were
settled soon the country would face a
far worse situation from the high cost
of living next yenr thnn nt preent.
Farmers, they said, were preparing
now for next year's crops and under
present conditions they could not esti
mate what the probable market would
be. Fear was expressed that there
would be decreased production, both
on this account and on account of
President Wilson's statement In his
message vetoing the repeal of the day
light saving law, placing Industrial
production ahead of farm output. It
was ulso stated by the fanner dele
gates that next year's supply will be
"nmtorlullyr educed" unless congress
repeals wartime control of food.
Treaty Must Stand As It Is.
Wnshlngton, D. C All efforts by
democratic senators to gree with re
publicans on a program of reserva
tions to the peace treaty have been
nbnndoned ns the result of 'word from
President Wilson.
Tho president, in a talk with Sen
ntor Hitchcock, sennte administration
leader, strongly discouraged even dis
cussion of reservations by democrats.
He made It plain to Hitchcock that, in.
his opinion, tho day for discussing res
ervations Is a long way off. What
democrats must concentrate their ef
forts on, In tho president's opinion,
Hitchcock said, is defeat of all pro
posals to amend the treaty.
Texas Democrats 'Split.
Fort Worth, Tex. Two factions of
Texas democrats, dissatisfied with the
present party organization, met here
and determined upon separate lines of
endeavor.
Treaty Ratified in Full.
London. King George has given his
assent to the bill adopted by Parlia
ment ratifying the German peace
treaty. The act thus becomes law.
Britain to Suppress Sinn Felners.
London. Tlte government announces,
thnt owing to Increase In crime lit
County Clare, Ireland, it has been de
cided to suppress all Sinn Foln nnd
kindred organizations In that county.
Broke Faith With Government.
Winnipeg, Man. Right nlleg'd
strike loader have been refuged free
dom on ball, 'justice CniiU)ro,ii charg
ed tltoy had broken faith with the gov
ernment when previously reloaM o:t
ball.
bushclr. In 1018.
labor.