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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. PRESIDENT HEADS ST. LOUIS PARADE Wilson Delivers Two Speeches in Missouri uity in benait of League. PUTS OK FIGHTING CLOTHES Chief Executive Greeted by Great Crowds All Along the Route In dianapolis Gathering So Large It Almost Spoils Program. St. Louis, Sept. 0. President Wll son left no douht in the minds of his audience here thnt ho menus to ob tain the ratification of the pence trca ty. lie mndo two addresses, both to rapnclty crowds nnd to the first, In re ferring to the men in the senate op posing tho treaty, ho said In cold, crisp language: "They are absolutely contemptible quitters If they don't sco tho game through." Ills words clcctr'ilod the 1,000 men and women In the roof garden of tho Hotel Stntler, brought them to their feet, sent them climbing chairs nnd tables, and precipitated a roar that had force enough to disturb the calm waters of tho Mississippi. Beautiful sunshine combined with a soft breeze nnd most of tho populn- tlon of St. Louis had the effect of mak ing tho president's second day out of Washington tho most enjoyable thus far of the trip. The crowds gavo tho president nnd Mrs. Wilson n great re caption and the city wns decked In gala attire In honor of tho guest. From tne rnuroad station to tho Hotel Stat ler, where tho president spent a rest ful nftcrnoon before nppenrlng at tho Coliseum, ho wns driven through cheer Ing throngs. Tho people were glad to ico him and showed their happiness In scores of wnys. Big Crowd at Indianapolis. Indlnnapolls, Sept. 0. President Wilson's address In tho coliseum of tho state fair grounds hero was prnc tlcally n failure becauso of the slzo of tho crowd on hand to hear him. It was estimated nt 12,000 to 15,000 persons -and wns so huge It was un manageable Added to this featuro was tho unfortunate occurrenco which bofell Governor Goodrich of Indiana, who wns Intended to lntroduco tho president. Tho governor mndo tho mlstako of talking to long nnd tho crowd resented It, causing great con fusion. Tho president ran tho whoto gamut of human emotions on tho first dny of his transcontinental trip. Figurative ly, ho mot tiio American pcoplo nt every waystatlon nnd crossronds where his special train stopped. And tho American pcoplo congratulated him, called him by his first name, shouted for him, whistled In his honor and asked him all manner of qucs tions. Tho president wns escorted to tho Coliseum nt the state fair grounds hero by a committee which Included Gov. Tames P. Goodrich, Mayor Jowctt. In- dlaunpollB; Thomas Tnggnrt, former Gov. Snmuol L. Itnlstou, and Frnnklln McCrny, president of tho Indiana branch of the League to Enforce Peace. Thousands of persons, Including many visitors to tho stnto fair, crowded tho Btreots and cheered lustily as tho pros luent passed. What the President Said. "I have conio upon n very sober er rand Indeed, I hnvo como to report to you upoti tho work which the ronro sontntlves of tho United States at tempted to do at tho conference of peace on tho other sldo of the sea, be cause I realize, my fellow citizens, that my colleagues and I, In the tnsk wo attempted over there, woro your servants." Thus the president opened his ad dress, continuing: 'We went there with n distinct errand, which It was our duty to perform In tho spirit which you hnvo displayed In tho prosecution of tho wnr nnd lit conceiving the pur poses nnd objects of that war." After recalling somo of tho clrcum stnnccs of tho war and tho conditions under which tho treaty was formu lated, tho president said: "I want to point out to you whnt nppnreutly has escaped tho attention of some of tho critics of tho Lenguo of Nations, that tho heart of tho League of Nations does not 11q In any of tho portions which hnvo boon dis cussed In public dclmto. "Tho great bulk of the provisions of thnt covenant contained thoso on gngements and promises on the part of tho states which undertook to bo- como members of It. "That In no circumstances will they go to war without first having either submitted the question to arbitration in which case they agreo to nbldo by tho result, or having submitted tho question to discussion by tho council of tho Lenguo of Nations, In which SCRAPS Floating mooring buoys hnvo been inudo of concrete by on English In ventor. It hnB been estimated that 100,000, OOOirubbcr stnmps are In uso In tho United States. The science of bell-cnstlng has been practiced In o English foundry for nenrly 350 years. The British and Foreign Blblo so ciety Issues the Scriptures In upwards of 870 languages and dlnlocls. caso they will nllow six months for tho discussion, nnd cngngo not to go to wnr until thrco inontlis nfter tho r-ouncll has announced Us opinion upon tho subject under dispute. "So thnt tho henrt of the covennnt of tho lenguo Is thnt tho nntlons solemnly covennnt not to go to wnr for nlno ""t" nftcr n controversy Defends Article X. Later, taking up nrtlclo X, ho said: "You hnvo heard n great deal about nrtlclo X of tho covennnt of the Lenguo of Nations. Article X speaks the conscience of tho world. Artlclo X Is tho nrtlcle which goes to the heart of this whole bad bnslness, for thnt article says that tho members of this league and that Is Intended to bo nil tho great nations of the world engage to resist and preserve against nil external aggression tho territorial Integrity nnd political In dependence of the nntlons concerned. "Wo engage, In tho first sentence of nrtlclo X, to respect nnd prescrvo from cxtornnl aggression the territorial In tegrity nnd tho exiting political Inde pendence, not only of tho other mem ber states, but of nil states, and If any member of tho lenguo disregards thut promise, then whnt happens? "Tho council of tho lenguc ndvlses whnt should bo done to enforce tho respect for thnt covennnt, on the part of tho nation attempting to vlolato It. And thero Is no compulsion upon us to tako thnt advlco except tho com pulsion of our good conscience and Judgment. "So thnt It Is perfectly evident thnt If, In tho Judgment of tho people of tho United Stntcs, tho council ad Judged this was not an occasion for tho uso of force, thero would be no necessity on tho part of tho congress of the United Stntcs to vote tho uso of force. IJut thero could be no advlco of tho council on nny such subject, without n unnnlmous vote, nnd the unanimous voto would Include our own." Force of Economic Boycott. Tho president called nttentlon to tho provisions In tho treaty for an nb soluto economic boycott of recalcl trant nations nnd predicted tho com pleto efllcncy of such action, contlnu ing: "I dnro say that somo of thoso ideas aro now to you, becnuso it is true, as I said this forenoon, In Columbus, thnt apparently nobody has taken the pnlns ta say what Is In tho covennnt of tho Lenguo of Nntlons. "They hnvo discussed three chiefly three out of twenty-six articles, nud tho other nrtlcles contnln tho heart of tho matter; that Instead of war there slinll be arbitration; Instead of wnr thero shnll bo discussion ; Instead of war thero shall bo tho closure of Intercourse; thnt Instend of war thero shall bo tho Irrcslstlblo pressure of tho opinion of all mankind. I nin nrgulng this thing with you, my fellow citizens, as If I had any dpubt of whnt tho verdict of the Amer ican pcoplo would be. I haven't the slightest doubt. I Just wnntcd to have the pleasure of pointing out to you how absolutely Ignorant of tho trenty, nnd of tho covennnt, somo of tho men nro who have been opposing it. "If they do rend tho English Inn guago they do not understand the Eng llsh lnngungo as 1 understand It. If they hnvo really read this treaty and this covennnt they only nmnzo mo by their Inability to understand what Is plainly oxpresscd. So thnt my errand upon thisJourney Is not to nrguo these matters, but to recall you to tho real Issues which aro Involved." Touches on Irish Question. Alluding evidently to tho Irish ques tion. Mr. Wilson said : "Thero were a good ninny dolcgn Uono that visited Paris waiting to he heard by the peaco conference who hnd real causes to present and which ought to bo presented to tho view of tho world. "Hut we hnd to point out to them thnt they did not happen, unfortunate ly, to como within the aren of settle ment; that their questions were not questions wnlch wero necessarily .drawn Into tho things thnt wo wero deciding. . . . "I thereforo wnnt to call your utten tlon, if you will turn It up when you go homo, to article XI, following artl clo X of tho covenant of the League of Nations. "That artlclo XI, lot mo say, Is the favorite nrtlclo In tho treaty so far as I am concerned. It says that every matter which Is likely to affect the peaco of tho world Is everybody's husl ncss nnd that It shall bo tho friendly right of any nation to call attention In the lenguo to anything thnt Is likely to affect tho peace of tho world or tho good understanding between nn tlons, upon which tho peaco of the world depends, Whether that matter Immediately concerns tho nation draw Ing attention to It or not. "Thero Is not nn oppressed people In the world wllch cannot, henceforth, got a hearing nt that forum." In closing, tho president explained tho necessity for tho Shantung settle ment, and then challenged the op poncnts of tho trenty and league to suggest n better way to secure world pence. When Legislators ".Pair." When n legislator wishes to bo nb sent nt tho time when nn important voto Is to ho taken, ho finds somo mem ber who Intends to voto on the other sldo of tho question nnd arranges n "pnlr" with him, Thnt Is, tho second, legislator ngrees to refrain from vot ing, ns nn accommodation to tho first. The not result when neither voto Is cast is the name as If both had voted on opposlto sides. Both legislators can then bo nbscnt If .they wish without- loss or gain to either sldo. BOWS TQ THE HUES AUSTRIA ACCEPT8 PEACE TERM8 UNDER PROTEST. ASSEMBLYVOTESTOSIGNPACT German Speaking People Express Wish to Ultimately Unite With Ger many Renner Given Honor. Vienna. Tho national assembly, by n voto of 1)7 to III!, decided to accept the peaco treaty submitted by tho allies and associated powers, Tho assembly, however, protested ugnlnst "the violation of Austria's right of free disposal of herself." The Germnn nationalists voted against signature of the treaty, whllo somo members of tho South Tyrolcso party abstained from voting. The voto was taken after adoption without dis sent of tho government's resolution of protest, presented by the Christian socialist, llauser, declaring the terri torial clauses of tho treaty grossly violate tho nailonnl claim to self-determination, nnd the basis on which tho armistice was concluded. Wo raise once' more our voices ngnlnst a peace founded on bruto force," said tho resolution. "As ono mini, we decline tho dividing up of our peoples Into free and unfree, ns Is done by this peace. We further declare that the 4,000,000 Germnns forced under foreign rule will for nil time Insist on self-determination as the only possible basis on which tho modern state jnay be founded." The resolution also declares thut ultimate union with Germany Is nn absolute necessity and expresses the- hope that when the hatred of the war dies down tho union will bo consum- muted. Dr. Knrl Itcnncr. head of tho Aus triad delegation at St. Germain, hns been charged with signing tho docu- ment. Huge Fire at Coblenz. Coblenz. Property vnlued nt np proximately 10,000,000 mnrks, sold recently by the Amerlcnns to tho Ger mans, wes destroyed by a series of ex plosions In ammunition dumps near Nleuwlcd. Among tho material de stroyed was ammunition worth 3,000,- 000 marks, which was sold to a Ger man company for commercial pur poses. Fire followed the first explosion nnd destroyed about fifty buildings scat tered about a forty-acre tract, used for years by the Germans nnd then by tho Americans for storing shells, The cause of the explosion Is un- known. Battle In Penitentiary. Pontine, 111. One ofllcer nnd ono In mnto wero killed and two officers and an Inmnto were wounded In a revolver battlo In the state reformntory hero nftcr two prisoners had attempted to escape by sawing the bars of their cells. When two officers tried to enter tho cell the prisoners, who hnd secretly nrnlcd themselves with revolvers, fired upon them, killing one and wounding the other, nnd fleeing from the cell. There followed n battlo In tho grounds, where one of the prisoners was killed and tho other wounded. Yank Killed by Germans. Coblenz. Prlvnte Itenss Madscn of Sncramento, Cnl., was shot and killed by German soldiers In the neutral zone nbout n mile from tho boundary of the Coblenz bridgehead. Madscn and Private Bert Bnlslnger of the Eighth Infantry, who hnd been , on outpost duty, wero hunting when they encountered n Germnn patrol of 13 soldiers. According to IJalslnger, the Germans began firing without ask ing un explanation as to why the two Americans were in tho neutral zone. G. A. R. Encampment Opened. Columbus, Ohio. Weavers of tho Union hluo In the days of '01 have taken possession of this city. As early as Sunday morning the van guard of tho old soldiers began arriv ing In Columbus for tho national G. A. R. encampment which formally began Tuesday and will continue throughout tho week. Tho attendance far exceeds the fondest expectntlons of the enter tainment committee. Sunday to Invade CanadaS Ocean. Grove,?-N. J. Billy Sunday will fitorm Cnnndn In tho Interests o( prohibition, he announced at the con clusion of his ninety-day campaign hero. Shopmen Reject Offer. Wnshlngton. The railroad shopmen hnvo voted overwhelmingly to reject President Wilson's proposnl for a 4- cent-nn-hour Increase, but have also voted to leave strike action In tho hands of their national officers, pend ing tho fight on the high cost of living. More People and More Autos. Lincoln, Neb. A total of 202,458 persons attended the 1010 Nebraska State Fair, compnred with 214,537 In 1018. This year 124,803 automobiles passed through the gates, compared with 15,731 last year. Drugs Worth Thousands Seized New York. Eight men wero arrest ed and hablt-formlng drugs vnlued at $100,000 wero seized hero by Internal revenue agents In whnt tney declared to he tho most Important raid of Its kind In tho country. WILSON AT IOWA CAPITAL President's Special Train Showered With Flowers By Airplane Rests Day at Dcs Moines. Dcs Moines, In. As President Wil son's special train nppronched Des Moines for Ills fifth nddress In bchnlf of the peace treaty, a squadron of air planes met it, swooping close to the cars and dropping llowers. This sky escort kept with the train as It swept Into tho city. Hundreds of persons encored ns President Wilson walked through the station and entered his automobile for tho parado to the Coliseum. Despite the heat, the president looked fresh. Ills step wns brisk, and ho waved his hat cheerily. The ovation In the streets kept Wil son on his feet most of the wny from the train to the hall. It was one of the noisiest welcomes he has received on the trip. Police and soldiers were powerless to keep tho people back. An overflow meeting wns hold out side the Coliseum. Cheering began even before the president entered. Mrs. Wilson wns greeted with ap plause, to which she Inclined her head. There was n great craning of necks nnd shuffling of feet ns efforts wero made to get a good look at her. President Wilson was Introduced to the Coliseum throng by J. B. Weaver, president of tho Des Moines Chumber of Commerce,, who spoke on the "out standing figure In the life of the world today." The first stop of the president's 10,000-mile tour was made ut Colum bus, O., followed by addresses at In dianapolis, Ind St. Louis, Kansas City and Des Moines. Between these points the president mndo frequent renr-platform talks from the special train which Is to carry tho party over the country. At many places along the route the president would appear on the obser vation platform, to be greeted by calls for Mrs. Wilson. And each time Mrs. Wilson would appear. The president and Mrs. Wilson spent Sunday nt a Des Moines notcl. Sun day morning they attended services it the Central Presbyterian church, and in the afternoon went for nn au tomobile ride, which took them out through tho country nbout the Iowa capital. The president will make nd- dressos at Omnha, Sioux Falls, S. D., Minneapolis and St. Paul; Bismarck, S. D.; Helena nnd Billings, Mont.; D'Alene, Idaho and Spokane, Wash., this week. Arraigns Mexican Regime. Washington, D. C.' Warning Moxl cans that Intervention by the United Stntcs Is Imminent, General Salvador Alvndoro, one of the leaders In the Cavranza movement throughout Its course, hns addressed an open letter to Carranzn himself nnd Generals Obregon nnd Gonzales, In which he ar rnlgns conditions In Mexico In scath lug fashion. Alvaradp, who attracted attention of all tho pan-Americans for his ad ministrations in Yucatan, estimates that tho present death list In the scat tered fighting between federal troops and rebels Is 100 n dny. In Mexico City alone, he says, 8,000 children die each year for want of proper food, clothing and shelter. . Alvarndo, after trying to make the radical theories of tho new Mexican constitution work In actual practice, declares the system must bo changed. Ho deelnres Mexico has passed from one extreme of nn Irresponsible, ob structlonlst congress, to the other n despotic, coruptlng and ultrn-pcr- sonnl presidential regime without re sponslblllty or legal restraint. Ho excorintcs tho administration of Jus tice, chnrgtng that Justice Is sold to tho highest bidder. The fall text of Alvarado s remark able communication has just reached tho state department, where ofllclnls regnrd It as a sign that members of Cnrranza's inner circlo realize danger. Alvnrado urges Ourranza, Obregon nnd Gonznles to drop personnl poll tics and unite with tho revolutionary element in a great party t.-. aolvo the nntlonul problems. Cabinet Member Quits. Wnshlngton, D. 0. William C. Bed field, secretary of commerce, hns ten dered his resignation to President Wilson and It hns been accepted, ef fective November 1. Rain Checks Forest Fires. Missoula, Mont. Recent rains hero and throughout northern Idaho and western Montann have aided greatly In the light against forest fires In this ter ritory. Bryan To Go On Dry Tour. Columbus, O. W. J. Bryan will tour Ohio from October 0 to November 2 to urge enforcement of tho existing pro hibition laws, tho enactment of addi tional dry measures, defeat of the wet proposals and election of dry candi dates to olllce. Food Supplies Greater Than Ever. Paris. Food supplies now hold in tho United States aro greater than nt nny lime since 1013, Herbert noover said, testifying heforo the American congressional cominltteo Investigating wnr expenses. A tremendous drop In food prices In tho United Stntes mny bo expected In tho next few months, ho snld. The speculators hnvo renched tho end of their powers, Hoover declared, and are no longer to maintain comers In stocks, owing to Europe's Inability to purchase Ameri ca's over-production. NEBRASKAIN BRIEF Timely News Culled From All Parts of tho State, Reduced for the Busy. SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED Governor McKclvle declined to com muto to life imprisonment the sen tences of Allen V. Grnmmer nnd Alson B. Cole, sentenced nt St. Paul, to die . In connection with tho dentil of Granuner's mother-in-law, Mrs. Lulu 1 Vogt of near Elbn, who was shot to death In 1017. Tho nccused men, who wero under sentence to die Sep- tembor 10, however, will bo granted u reprieve until tho supreme court 1 passes on appeal by Cole from n re- j rent district court decision refusing him a writ of habens corpus. A great deal of Indlgnntlon Is mani fest nmong tho colored populutlon of Omnha over tho killing of Eugono Scott, negro bellboy, during a raid on tho Plnza hotel In tho city by members of tho moral squad. The boy, accord ing to testimony at tho Inquest, was deliberately murdered by ono of tho officers. Lleutennnt-Colonel Theodore Ropse- velt, Jr., delivered two stirring nd- dresses In Nebraska last week In be half of the American Legion, one nt Omahn and ono nt Lincoln. Tho American leglorihns n membership of 2,000,000 in the United States. Thero are forty-eight posts In as mnny coun ties in Nebraska. Bids will be nsked on the new school house nt Mend, for which $130,000 In bonds have been Issued nnd sold nnd which Is to bo constructed ns soon as conditions will permit. Three districts have been consolidated and tho new school house will be n modern, up-to-date building In every respect. The strite board of control an nounced that fire escapes are to bo in stalled at the Girl's Industrial home In Geneva and Mil ford and the Boys' In dustrial school In Kearney. Sleeping qunrters of these three institutions were reported by Stnte Flro Commis sioner Bench as "fire traps." According to a stntcment Issued by the stuto banking bureau, there has been n gain In the deposits In state banks during the pnst three months of $10,093,015. Tho reserve on hand Is $C'VJ00,700, or 22 per cent, whereas all that is required by law Is $41,834,- 727, or 15 per cent. Midland college, which wns trans ferred from Atchison, Kns., to Fre mont, expects to hnvo one of the fast est football teams In the stnte. Games aro to be played with Grand Island college, Donne, Cottner nnd Wayne normal. Withdrawal of .T. .T. Thomas as n candidate for a member of the consti tutional convention from the thirty- eighth district will save Seward coun ty the expense, which would be about $2,000 of holding a primary election September 10. Chnuncey W. Porter, Chambers, who had received the Croix do Guerre and distinguished service cross, hns been nwnrded the French mllitnry medal. He won this decoration for capturing a machine gun nnd its crew, unaided. Tenants In apartment houses nnd otllce buildings nt Omnha nro or giuilzlng to prevent nn Increase In their rents, which, In many cases, will ap proximate a boost of from 50 to 00 per cent, from being put Into effect Octo ber 1st by the lnndlords. Over 4,000 people attended n soldiers nnd snllors home-coming celebration at Wymore. A featuro of the celebra tion was a big dinner, served to tho soldiers nnd snllors on tho mnln street by tho ladies of tho Bed Cross. John Knlckrehm, sr., owner of ono of the largest grocery stores In Grand Island, has offered to turn his grocery over to the city, without any strings nttnehed, to be operated as n munic ipal store. A tii-stnte fair and race meet will bo held In Crnwford on September 17-18-10, It hns been announced. Tho fnlr Is un nnnual event and Is well at tended by people from Nebraska, Colo rado and Montann. The Beatrice sorghum plant has re sumed operation. A number of farmers hnvo a good crop of cane to market, and the owners of the plant expect to make a good run this fall. The state treasurer's report for August 31 shows a bnlanco on hand of $2,470,207, as compared with a balance on July 31 of $1,8S2,978. Tho Nebraska Welcomo cominltteo In New York City will close Its activi ties 'and welfare work for returning Nebraska troops September 15. It Is reported that lakes Jn the north nnd northwestern part of the state aro litterally covered with wild ducks. Many hunters are expected to invade the region this fall. Reduction In hog prices on the South Omaha mnrket during the last week In August was the sharpest in tho history of the mnrket. The de crease amounted to $3.50 per bun dled. A new hotel to eclipse anything In the hostelry line In the middle wesf, and to cost nbout $3,500,000, Is to bo. erected at Omaha, according to reports. Alliance's new theater, built at n cost of $85,000, and said to bo tho finest found In n town the size of Al liance anywhere In the country, was opened to the public August 30. Farms In Cuming county nro chnng Ing hnnds at unheard of prices. A small tract near West Point sold for $-100 nn aero and several large farms Iuito sold recently from $250 to $350 an ncro. A delegation of Gngo county citizens called upon Governor McKehie nt Lin coln to protest ngnlnst the breaking up of n non-partisan leaguo meeting recently nt Beatrice, and to nsk for the removnl of the officials who had refused to give protection to tho meet ing or arrest those who assaulted those In attendance. Tho governor told tho delegation thut It wns his pur pose to give protection to nil meetings conducted nlong light lines, but thnt the statutes provided that where an assault had been made, as In the enso at Beatrice, tho courts were to bo called upon, and until thnt recourse had been taken he would not act. Citizens of Silver Crook nnd vicinity are greatly aroused over u series of robberies which have occurred In the dlstrlct lately. Several negroes, who have been working In the city for n few weeks nnd who enme to the dis trict during hnrvest season, nre sus pected of being Implicated In the- climes and have been told to leave the district. Several have heeded the wnrnlng. Wholesnle grocers of Nebraska pre dict thnt the entire middle west will face a serious sugar famine In a short time unless sugar shipments Intended for foreign countries nre diverted to this part of the country. Nebraska represcntntlves in congress have been asked to aid In relieving tho situation In this state. Allotment of federal funds to the- various states for vocational educa tional purposes for the yenr 1010-1020' shows that Nebraska will receive tho sum of $30,018. This amount will bo ndded to state appropriations nnd spent for agricultural, trade and In dustrial instructions nnd training. With thrashing of spring whent practically completed, farmers of Ne braska are plowing for the next sow ing, according to crop reports Issued by the railroads. Recent rains put corn In excellent condition, but tho western Nebrnskn crop Is short, due to drouth,, it is reported. According to n compilation by the- Insuriince Press of New York, the Inrgest sum of old line life Insurance paid In Nebraska during 1018 wns $74,024, turned over to tho estate of Oliver N. Mugee, who was a clothing merchant of Lincoln. The potuto crop in Box Butte and other Northwestern counties will uverage from eighty to 100 bushels per acre. Potato commission men predict that they will bring the grower $3 per bushel this fall. Miss May Pershing and Mrs. D. M. Butler of Lincoln, sisters of GeneruL John J. Pershing, were nt tho pier to meet the general when ho arrived at New York from France aboard the Levlnthan the first of the week. During n electrical storm seven mules were killed In the government corral at Fort Robinson. Considerable damage was done In the vicinity of the fort, Including the killing of other live stock. Shopmen at the big Burlington shops nt Havolock are all back at their posi tions, following a strike which Insted about two days. It is reported the men, secured whnt concessions they nsked for. Through nn error the list of dates for county fairs published over the state the dates for the Frontier county fair, which will be held nt Stockvllle, was omitted. September 23 to 20 ure the fair dates. At a community picnic hold at Wa hoo tho men enlarged tho school ground so that It contains one nnd one- half acres of ground, and laid out n new ball diamond, dug n new well nnd plnnted out fifteen or twenty trees. James Rogers, Bassett, formerly of Company L, 803d Infantry, has been awarded tho Croix de Guerre for bravery In action. Ho forced Germnn out posts to withdraw according to the citation. O. L. Herring of Des Moines mndc nn nlrplnne trip to Lincoln from Des Moines in two hours nnd 57 minutes. The distance is nbout 230 miles. Fifty-five Nebraska soldiers arrived from overseas aboard three transports, the Amphlon, Suwnneo nnd Mobile,, which docked nt New York. A totnl of $5,000,000 worth of new school buildings nro- to be erected at Omaha In addition to a new high- school building. Thousands of dollars worth offrult will go to waste In this state unless the ncute shortngo of sugar Is relieved soon, dealers declare. Citizens of Beomcr turned their clocks back to the old time August 31 upon recommendation of the vil la go board." Earl Diispoll, 10vear-old Council Bluffs lnd, was drowned In a deep hole In the Nemaha river, near Rulo. Tho Evangelical Lutheran hospltav which Is under construction nt Fall City, will bo dudlcated October 1. Cecil F. Laverty of Burwell has been appointed nsslstant stnto attor noy general to succeed Judge Ralph Wilson, who resigned recently. The report that one of the three skeletons unearthed In the yard of a livery bnm nt Mnple Hill, Kas., owned Rufus King was that of W. F. i Ringer, brother of T. C. Ringer of Til- den and C. It. Ringer or wisner, created considerable excltcmcnet In. nnd around Tllden nnd Wisner. The government store where nrmy food, clothing and other supppllcs will be sold direct to the people at cost, will be established in Omnha on Sep tember 25. Hemp raising has become so suc cessful In Cedar county that a big harvester company Is said to bo con templating tho establishing of u hemp mill at Liiun'l. A car load of clam shells taken from the Blue river In tho vicinity of Beutiice sold for $2,000. The shells weru shipped to a Washington pearl button factory.
