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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEETCLY TRIBUNE. U. S. WILL OPEN RETAIL STORES To Sell Household Commodities Included in Surplus Stocks of War Department. START BUSINESS SEPT. 25 Wilt Continue to Purchase Certain Ncccnsarlej and Keep Open In definitely as Part of Cam paign Against H. C. L. Washington, Aug. 28. Retail stores for the snlo of household commodities Included In the surplus stocks of the war department will ho estnhllshcd September 25, It. was announced here. The stores will ho In depot centers and largo cities and they will accept nnd till mail orders. Continued pur chase by tho department of certuln necessaries s that them stores may be continued Indellnltely .:s a part of the government campaign against the high cost of living Is understood to bo under consideration. Hugo quantities of socks, under wear, shirts, raincoats, blankets, gloves, tobacco, soap and other arti cles will be sold at the stores. Prices on all commodities offered for sale will bo fixed to prevent dis crimination between tho purchasers who buy over tho counter and thoso 'who purchase through tho mall. All mall orders will bo delivered by parcel post, but tho policy of making theso sales through tho post oflice department is to bo discontinued. All such orders will go directly to tho stores. To expedlto tho mail order sales tho post ofllco department has been asked to .establish substations In each store. Catalogues quoting prices and giving tho location of all stores nro being prepared, and will bo available at every post ofllco In tho United States. Tho present plan is to open stores In tho 14 zone supply cities Boston, Now York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, At lantn, Jefferson vl lie, Chicago, St. Louis, Now Orleans, San Antonio, Omnha, El Paso, San Francisco and Washington. Tho chain will bo ex tended to additional cities us rapidly as possible. CRUSHING DEFEAT FOR REDS Polish Army Forces Bolehevlki to Re treat Everywhere Fortress of Rovno Is Captured. Pimi.nlipn.nn Anrf 9r.Tl.n Pnllnti I nrmy has administered a crushing do- ?u,t' 1 ,n tll kl "n ' four bandits feat on tho bolshovlkl In tho neighbor-1 h,y. troI,s ,nnd ,dcth of -hood of Dubno. tho Polish general staff ch,no gun bl,1Icts froln nn at Warsaw announces. Tho soviet forces are In retreat everywhere, with tho Polish army lit pursuit. Tho fortress of Rovno, In Volhynln, northeast of Dubno, lias been captured by the Poles after hard fighting. Ukrainian troops have cupturod Odessa, It Is announced by tho Ukrain ian mission. Tho capture was effected after se vere lighting north of tho city. Bol shevist naval detachments from tho Black sea licet, who wero dispatched n great nusto to opposo tno uuram- laus, deserted. TWO AVIATORS ARE KILLED . Lieutenant Meleenhelmer and Sergeant Ice Meet Death In Fall at Scott Field. Scott Field, Belleville, HI., Aug. 28. In an 1,500-foot plunge to earth after their airplane had gone. Into a tall spin, Llout. Floyd B. Mclsonhclmer, Detroit, und Scrgt. Harold J. Ice, a resident here. of Iowa, wero killed Yankees to Stay on Rhine. Washington, Aug. 25. American forces which will remain In Germany after September 80 nro the Eighth In fantry, Eleventh mnchlno. gun battal ion, Second battalion of the Sixth Held artillery, Thirty-fifth field signul bat talion, First supply train, First mobile ordnance repair shop, Company A ot . t,n.t w... ni.i i.i...... Su"' "1" "r.r' r'" 1,1 "" """. w.iim.i u. -u. This was announced by tho war de partment. Socialists Seek New Charter. ' St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 20. Tho St. Louis Socialist party, whoso charter wus revoked recently by tho state or - gnnlzatlon, appointed n committee to seek a now one. Tho charter was re - voked because It was alleged that ad- vocatcs of tho "communist party" had gained control of tho local organlru - tlon. $10,000,000 Cargo of Silk Landed. Victoria, B. C, Aug. 28. Ten thou sand bales of raw silk, valued at $8, 500,000, wero brought hero from tho Orient by tho Canadian Pacific liner Empress, of Asia. In addition, the Asia carried 2,053 cases of silk goods. 8ell 30,000 Pairs U. 8. Shoes. New York, Aug. 27. Authorization for tho snlo of 80,000 pairs of army ehocs at 55.50 u pair was given by tho "war .deportment to a company which has on hand a largo stock of tho reg - ulatlon soldier footwear. How tin. BANDIT CHIEF SLAIN U. 8. AVIATOR KILLS MEXICAN WHO CAPTURED COMRADES. American Troops Who Crossed Border In Chase After Outlaws Return When Rain Wipes Out Trail. Marfa, Tex., Aug. 27. American av iators mado Jesus Ilenterla, bandit lender, pay In full for his treatment of Lieut. Harold 0. Poterson and Lieut. Paul H. Davis, hold for ransom by tho Mexican, when Lieut. It. H. Cooper killed Itcntcrin from an nlrplane, ac cording to statements mndo by MaJ. James P. Yancey, commander of tho United States punitive expedition, Capt. Lconnrd M. Matlack and Llcuten nnt Peterson, who returned from Mex ico last night with tho force that had been pursuing tho outlaw gang. Lieutenant Peterson reported thnt Ilenterla was the man killed from tho air by Lieutenant Cooper, who with Lieut. Frank Estill, Ills pilot, returned tho flro of three Mexicans who shot at their plane while tho Americans wero on scout patrol last Tuesday. Marfa, Tex., Aug. 25. Three hun dred American cnvnlry troops made their way back to tho Rio Grande through a driving rainstorm nftcr an unsuccessful campaign begun last Tuesday to ovcrtako the bandits who captured nnd held for rnnsom Ltcuts. Harold 0. Peterson and Paul II. Davis. Contact with Cnrranza soldiers also on the trail of tho bandits nnd n heavy rnln, which wiped out tho fresh trails, resulted In decision to abandon tlie chase. Tho punitive expedition Is making tho return In single column with three cavalry troops leading, pack trains, mnchlno gun troops, nnd other units following, Two troops arc uct Ing as rear guard. riM. I .i a j. , , " UUIOW U1U UUniLT IX- nnr-rit ... ... . , ,. "REDS" HEM IN VLADIVOSTOK Japanese Squadron Arrive to Aid De fense Nurses at Omsk Ordered to Irkutsk. London, Aug. 20. Vladivostok Is surrounded by Insurgents and the town Is filled with refugees, according to a bolshovlk wireless received hero. It states that a Japanese squadron hns arrived at Vladivostok. Another bolshevik military report re- d , , wlro,CM hovlk, ,mvo ,cfl Tcnbov and ro occupied Teninov ana re captured Kamyshin, an Important ship building town on tho Volgu river, southwest of Saratov. American troops In Siberia have 1 hclr tsndqunrtcrii In Vladivostok, and have been guarding railroad lines In the vicinity. Omsk, Aug. 20. All tho American women Red Cross workers nt Omsk, PIroxinmtlnB sixty, were recently or i1,01"01 su.nt ? Irkut8.k by "0,nnd s Plor. American unuassnuor to ja pan, who caino to Omsk on orders from Washington to make an Investl gallon of tho Kolchok government. SOLDIER KILLS TWO AND SELF Shoots Wife and Her EGCort Crowded Chicago Cafe Was Wounded In War. in Chicago, Aug. 20. Entering the Royal Canton cafe, Private William 'i; i Zrw. T , . "er, shot and killed his wife, Mrs, IP aA.t.i.t . i.n.nt.n.1 1 Emma Stewart. Charles Schools and , ti.n Lima,,! M Stewart and I I tuv til I t Schools booths. wero dining In one of the Wearing his soldier's uniform nnd with his right hand, Injured In a bat tie, In a sling, ho walked directly to tho booth and with his left hand drew , an army revolver. Aiming carefully "t Mrs. Stewart's head, he llred, tho 1 bullet entering back of tho right ear Roforo Schools could arise tho soldier ,,lul "r(l n ll,mi t'10 hullet entering , 1,10 rKht temple. Then Stewart turned the revolver on himself. Big Majority for Strike. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 27. Of 175,000 bnllots counted only 2,000 are ogulnst a strike of innlntcuance-of-way em ployces nnd railway shopmen of tho United States and Canada, according to omcers Here. $75,000 in Mall Stolen. Jollet, 111., Aug, 27. It was learned 1,oro t,int registered pouch contnln 1 ,n8' 18 snl(1' nbout $75,000 In Liberty bonds and other securities disappeared 1 'ron lo malls recently between Jollet anu umcago. TV. in toetllwl" TEETH IN FOOD ACT HOUSE PA8SES BILL TO JAIL OR FINE VIOLATORS. Five-Thousand Dollar Fine or Two Years' Sentence Provided Rent Clause Barely Beaten. Washington, Aug. 25. Rent profi teers narrowly escaped being Included In tho food control act amendments which pnsscd tho house Friday after five hours of debate. Exemption of farmers from pcnnl tlcb and honrdlng ns provided In tho blli was tho subject of nttack, but tho representatives of rural districts car ried tho day. Without any change more Important than the Insertion of a semicolon, tho measure finally was passed as pro posed by the attorney general. There was no roll call on any of the prop ositions. As passed, tho scope of the food control act Is extended to Include wearing npparel and containers of food, feed nnd fertilizers. A penalty of $5,000 fine or two years Imprison ment Is provided for hoarding nnd profiteering, and tho department of Justice Is given authority to go after the small as well as tho large re tailers. Representative Iluddleston of Ala hnma sponsored tho amendment ap plying to rent profiteers. Ho won In committee of tho whole, his amend ment being ndopteo by n vote of 70 to 03, but In tho house proper It was rejected by a vote of 77 to 132. U. S. FLEET AT HONOLULU Secretary and His Party of Officers and Men of Dreadnaught Given Warm Welcome by Natives. Aboard the S. S. Now York, Hon olulu Harbor, Aug. 25. Secretary of tho Navy Daniels nnd his ofllclal party of ofllcers and men of the dread naught New York, arriving here, were treated with the hospitality that long hns distinguished tho Hawaiian Is lands. From the time ho went down tho New York gangplank Secretnry Dan iels' time was fully occupied. From tho ship ho was taken to a hotel at Walklkl beach, where ho was re ceived with all tho pomp of a visiting monarch, according to the old Ha waiian custom, by tho sons and daugh ters of Hawaiian warriors. U. S. AVIATORS ARE FOUND Colonel Baranco, Mexican Officer, Re- ports Two Yank Airmen Alive In Lower California. El Contro, Cnl., Aug. 23. Col. Illn- ollto Bnranco reported that Captain TruJIllo of his forces had found tho missing American nvlntors, Llouts. F. B. Waterhouso and C. II. Connellv. both alive, between OJns Negrus nnd Cnlle do la Trinidad, In Lower Califor nia. The message from Captain TruJIllo In the field brought no details. Colonel Baranca placed full credence In tho report. The locality named Is In an almost Inaccessible country. The mes sage said nothing of finding the air plane used by the airmen. TWO KILLED; 10 HURT IN RIOT Charlotte (N. C.) Police Battle a Mob of Strike Sympathizers at Car Barns. Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 2S. Two men wore killed nnd ten Injured, four prob ably fatally, In a battle between pulh-e guards and a mob of strike sympa thizers nt the car barns of tho South ern Public Utilities company soon af ter midnight, when at lenst a hundred shots were llred. Tho guard had hold the mob at buy for several hours, when, the police allege, u brother of Clem Wilson, who had been knocked down nnd taken to a hospital earlier In tho night, llred nt Chief of Police Orr. The shot missed. Tho guards llred a volley in return. RU8S Soviet Active. Washington, Aug. 2S. Russlnn sovi et Interests apparently are supplying funds for a propaganda to stir up rare antagonism In the United States, ac cording to Information now In tho hands of tho department of Justice. J. p. Morgan Goes Abroad. Now York, Aug. 28. J. p. Morgan sailed for Europe on the steamship Lapland. Ho hns not had a vacation In five years and Intends to visit rela tives In England and Frnnco and de vote his entlro stay to recreation. PRESIDENT ASKS FOR WAGE TRUCE Shopmen Are Offered 4-Cent Raise; Greater Increase Called Unwise. WAGE BOOSTS RAISE PRICES Present High Cost of Living Is Tem porary, the President Asserts, and Will Fall When Peace Is Rati, fied and Conditions Settle. Washington, Aug. 27. President Wilson submitted to representatives of tho six railroad shop crafts a proposal to pay shopmen about four cents nn hour Increase, on a basis of ten-hours pay for eight hours' work, retroactivo to May 1. Tho president told the committee of 100 representing the shop crafts that any greater increase now would grent ly increase the cost of living and there fore was Inadvisable. Certain classes of shopmen, repalr nien nnd car Inspectors, who havo been receiving 03 cents nnd 58 cents, respec tively, would bo paid 07 cents an hour under tho proposed scale. Tho shopmen's representatives told tho president they would submit tho propostlon to their members, whoso original demands were for an advance of 25 per cent. The president requested thnt the men not net on tho original proposi tion to havo a congressional commit tee pass on tho wage demands. A vote of tho shopmen on this proposition Is now being tabulated. Tho Increase represents a conces sion amounting to approximately one fourth of the demand mndo by tho shopmen. Tho shopmeu ask for n 25 per cent Increnso on their basic pay of 08 cents an hour. This Increase would havo amounted to 17 cents nn hour, where ns tho proposal of the president would give thorn 4 cents an hour, or 40 cents n dny more than the workers uow re ceive. Tho president, coincident with his statement to tho shopmen's representa tlves, nddressed a stntement to the public advising the nntlon of tho situa tion nnd tho basis of his action. It Is his first publicly expressed view on tho country's labor situation. The 4-ccnt an hour Increnso pro posed, the president's stntement snld, represents a readjustment of shop men's wages to put their pay on tho same bnsls ns other railroad workers, that Is, on ten-hour pay and eight- hour work basis, and accordingly Is not In the strict sense nn Increnso In wages. Pointing to tho shopmen's argument that an Increnso In wages was neces sary to meet tho high cost of living, the president said tho workcis' de mands wero In effect "thnt wo make an Increase In wages, which aro likely to bo permanent, In order to meet a tem porary situation which will lost no body can certainly tell how long, but In nil probability only for a limited time." The president's statement snld "It la neither wise nor feasible to tako care of Increases In wages of railroad em ployees at this time by Increases In freight rates." A single paragraph of the statement Is sufllclent to show how serious tho president considers the entlro situa tion. Ho snys: "We nro face to face with a situa tion which Is more likely to nffect the happiness nnd prosperity, and even tho life, of our people than the wnr Itself," adding: "In such circumstances It fcecms clear to me, nnd I believe will seem clear to every thoughtful American. In cluding tho shopmen themselves, when they have token second thought, nnd to all wage earners of every kind, that we ought to postpono questions of this sort until nonnnl conditions como ngaln nnd we havo tho opportunity for certain calculation as to the relation between wages ond the cost of living. "It Is tho duty of every citizen of tho country to Insist upon a truce In such contests until Intelligent pettlc ments can bo made, ond made by peaceful and effective common coun sel. "I nppenl to my fellow citizens of evorv employment to co-opornto In In- i slstlng upon und In maintaining such a t truce, and to co-opcrnte also In sus I tabling the government In what It con ! colves to be the only course which con sclentlous public servants can pur- sue. "Demands unwisely made nnd pas sionately Insisted upon nt this tlmo menace the peace and prosperity of tho country as nothing olso could( and thus i contrlbuto to bring nbout tho very re i puits which such demands nro Intended to rotnody." Buyers Flock to U. S. Now York. Aug. 28. Foreign buyers, demanding everything from toys to locomotives, nnd representing prac tically every country of the civilized globo, nro pouring Into New York on every arriving steamor. $135,000 Theft In Boston. Boston, Aug. 28. The theft of $100, 000 In Liberty bonds nnd $35,000 In ensh from n vault In tho offlco of tho paymaster of tho . Boston & Albnny railroad nt tho South station was discovered. Timely and Interesting Notes Gath ered From All Corners of This Great State. Tho average wheat yield In Lincoln county bus been placed at fifteen bushels to tho acre. A movement Is on foot to build a now hotel nt Axtell. A new hotel Is the towns one greatest need. A flour milt with a capacity of 100 barrels per day ond to cost around $25,000, Is to bo erected at Sidney. Streets of Shelton will soon be In tip-top shape. Tho work of paving n number of them will be finished be fore long. There Is considerable agltntion In several eastern Nebraska counties for n free wagon bridge across tho Platte river. Plans arc under wny In Colfax coun ty to erect a monument to bo known us a Memorial to the fallen soldiers and sailors In tho recent war. Governor McKelvle has appointed L. C. Oberlies, Lincoln lumber dealer, to succeed Dr. B. F. Williams as a member of the State Board of Control. Tho bonrd of education at Meadow Grove awarded n contract for the erec tion of tho new high school gym nasium. The building will cost $8,450. Columbus Is soon to have an auto truck line, giving dally freight service between tho city and towns within n radius of thirty or forty miles of the city. Wheat fields In Keith county havo yielded the greatest crop over grown in that part of Nebraska. Many fields produced from 40 to 50 bushels to the acre. It Is reported that Ogallala's new hotel building, which hns been stand ing for a year partially erected, may be finished by January 1st or soon after. Extensive preparations nro bolng made for the annual convention of the Nebraska Potato Improvement associa tion, which will bo hold nt Rushvlllo entiy In November. Governor McKelvle has appointed W. W. Cole, member of tho legislature from Antelope county as a food and dairy inspector, In the department of agriculture. In nn effort to hold teachers through out the entire term tho Columbus school board has ngrccdfto give all Instructors a bonus of $100 at tho end of the year. The Red Cloud city council nwnrd ed n contract for thirty-eight blocks of asphaltlc concrete pavement at $2.20 per square yard. The work Is to be finished by December 1. A bunch of live wires at Sutherland are agitating u proposition to hold a street fair or some sort of nn affair to exhibit a sample of the splendid crops raised In the district. William O. Bullard, 00 years old, prominent Omaha business men nnd well known over tho state, was killed by a fall down stairs from the second floor of his homo at Omaha. A number of prominent enstern physicians predict thnt the recurrancQ of an Influenza epidemic the coming winter In this country is unlikely. A number of Nebraska medical men havo expressed similar views. J. C. Pedorsen, prominent western Nebraska architect, was awarded tho contract for the pluns nnd supervision of construction for the Kimball county high school to bo erected at Kimball nt a cost of $100,000. Four hundred Saline county boys nnd girls contested for premiums at n Junior fnlr held at Wllber. It was tho first affair of the kind ever held In the county. Prize money to the amount of $000 was given away. A reward of $500 has been offered for Information lending to tho nrrest nnd conviction of tho party who mndo several attempts to destroy the W. H. Grussmeyor winter wheat crop and wreck a threshing machine on his place at Rlverdnle. During the week of October 20-27 Nebraska will be asked to contribute $75,000 to tho $5,000,000 national Roosevelt memorlni funds. This week was selected by the stote committee Which met In Lincoln recently. The State Railway Commission hns received a communication from .7. J. Welch, Omaha grain man. In which ho says formers of the western part of Nebraska face the possibility of losing great quantities of wheat unless rail roads adopt some new method for moving the grain. Ho states that thousands of ncres of wheat aro still In the bundlo stage of preparation, nnd that farmers are frantic In their efforts to. got It marketed. A quarter section farm near Stella was rented the other day for $2,000 cush per year. Tho preliminary plans for the new $100,000 science building for the Peru state normal, hove been accepted and the board will be able to advertise for bids shortly, It Is thought. Nebraska garage men ond auto dealers, who buy cars with mutilated engine numbers nnd otlior Identifica tions, will bo prosecuted, according to Gus Hyers, chief state law enforce ment ngent, running down stolen auto mobiles. The highest price over paid for a large tract of farm hind In Boone county wus paid Max Wolf or Wolf Brothers for 180 acres east of Albion. Tho purchaser Is II. P. Peterson of Platto county, and the price wits $000 on acre. York will not wait until the last Sundiiy in October to turn back the clocks to nonnnl. A petition submit ted to the city council nnd signed by virtually all business men of the city nuking the adoption of the old tlmo met with Immediate favor, Tho clocks go back nuxt week. A community club Is to bo organized at Axtell In the Immediate future. Mitchell's new Ice manufacturing" plant will be In operation In n few months. Work on the Ilnstlngs-Ayer federal old highway will begin nbout the 15th. of this month. A post of the American Legion hns Deen orgnulzcd at Chadron. It started, with n good sized membership. One hundred thousand pounds of government food bus been purchased by Aurora for distribution to people of tho city at cost. Lloutunnnt John G. Walsh of Gerlng, former army aviator, hns purchased an airplane, and regular flights aro to .bo made. At tho rate auto licenses arc being Issued at tho Stnto house, Nebraska will have 225,000 automobiles and trucks by tho end of ho year. A farmer near Mlnntare, II. A. Lotspeech, raised 712 bushel of wheat on a fourteen aero field. Tills is tho high record production in the district, A new mark was sot for farm lands in tho vicinity of Wnhoo when Peter P. Cernek sold his farm, one mile east of Wahoo, to John T. Pokomy for $450 an acre. The proposition of erecting a sales pavilion has been brought to tho fore again at Wakclleld. It Is thought tho establishing of tho enterprise will bo realized at last. Considerable Interest Is manifest In the coming prlmnry election to chooso candidates to tho constitutional con vention. September 10 Is tho dnto set for tho election. A delegation of Scrlbner city of ficials attended a meeting of the Fre mont city council with a request for permission to connect with the Hooper power und light llne froni the Fremont city light plant. Governor McKelvle, who ordered the state-wide probe Into the high cost ci living, told a Fairmont audience Hint countrywide Investigations wore, hlt tiny the fnrnier first by reducing the price of grain. Less than thirty days ago a section of land located three miles north of Humboldt sold for $.'(00 an ncre. Just the other day a half section of tho same land wns sold for $375 nn acre, a net profit of $24,000. Clair Fowler, tho 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Preston Fowler of Gor don, was Instantly killed on a Gordon street crossing when ho wns run down by nn automobile driven by William Margrave of Falls City. It is reported that thousands of bushels of wheat In Perkins nnd sur rounding countries nro rotting In tho fields because the growers ennnot get help to stuck It nnd the elevntor men. have no room to receive It. The Salvation Army will put on a drive Sept. 21-27, to raise $500,000 In Nebraska. The aim of the Salvation Army Is to raise $15,000,000 in tho United States to carry 'on reconstruc tion work for home service. C. C. Smith of Montrose, Cnl., has been made city manager of Alliance. He will have complete charge of the flro und police departments, streets and alleys, the light and water depart ment, the library and tho city pnrk. A stock sale of more than usual In terest took place at Chadron when C. II. Lundy sold a cow and a calf pure bred Herefords, to Mousel Bros., of Cambridge, for $4,500. This Is said to be the highest price ever paid In Ne braska for a cow and calf. The executive committee of Midland college selected tho 40-acro tract un der lease by the Fremont Driving park association as a site for the loca tion of the university buildings It Is planned to erect during the coming year. The price paid was $25,000. J. E. Hart, secretary of trade and commerce, hns sent out a letter from his ofllco In the State House at Lin coln, to nil bunkers of tho stnte, cau tioning them against too great liber ality in handling or purchasing notes given by farmers in exchnnge for stock. Rntiflcntion of tho ponce treaty sometime during September, defent of the proposed Shantung amendment and the voting down of nil amend ments to the treaty that might cause It to bo sent back for renegotiation was predicted by Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, at Washington. ' Several big wholesale grocers de clared before state oilkials at Omaha, Investigating the high cost of living. I that In their opinion prices of all I necessities of life will continue to rise t for at least two more years. They , blamed no one for the present enndi- lions, asserting It was brought about by the supply nnd demand of all com modities. All business houses In Wnhoo were closed during tho funeral services fpr Henry Edwnrd Winter, banker and pioneer of the city, who died suddenly. While excavating for a dwelling nt Wahoo Russell Johnson unearthed a skull of an Indian, nlong with n stone pipe highly polished nnd ndorned nnd several other trinkets. Figures submitted nt n high cost of living Investigation conducted nt Omaha revealed that at the present time 7,853,121 pounds of foodstuffs lire stored In wnre houses In the Ne- brnska metropolis. Eating too much snnd caused the death of $1,000 worth of hogs owned by R. C. Johnson, Saunders county fnrnier. Frank Mills, Nebraska division com mander of. Sons of Votorans, organ ized tho T. F. Powers camp No. !17 at Chndron. Box Butte county Is planning tho erection of a soldiers' memorial hull nt Alliance In honor of the soldiers of nil wars. Petitions for calling an elec'iou to llunnco the enterprise are now being circulated and uro receiving en thusiastic support.