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THH NORTH PLATTE RKAiI WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
Timely News Oullotl From All
Parts of the State, Reduced
for the Busy.
SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED
Kt roots of Republic, ICiik., Just
across the lino from Deslilor, this
state, arc reported unsafe after dark
in account of tho nightly battles be
tween large Hooks of owls. Tim town
Is located near the Republican river
niidMho owIh remain In tho timber
'.hiring tho lny hut at night seem to
ho attracted hy tho electric lights nnd
iwiinn about like locusts. Tlioy tire
t numerous nnd vicious Hint they" at
tack huiniin 1 1 1? In km. Slop are being
fnlien liy Hie town authorities to rid
I ho locality of the strr.ngo pests.
Many tou'iia and dial i Ids In No
finiskn aro In need of fuel, according
to' complaints reaching the offices of
Governor MeKelvIe nnd tho State Kali
way Commission at Lincoln. Crete,
Sluitit, York, Superior and scores of
rithof places report schools and public
(till tins either elo.od or on the verge
of closing hucuuso of no coal.
Mayor Kd 1. Smith of Omaha,
who members of a moh attneked
September 28, during tho rioting which
culminated In tho burning of tho Doug
las comity courthouse and lynching a
negro, Is hack on the Jnh In the met
ropolis nfter sovernl weeks spent In
the south recovering from Injuries re
ceived In tho affair.
All attendance records of the No
hraska Slate Teachers' association
meetings throughout Its fifty-three
years of history were broken when
registration of teachers went over the
fi.OOO mark at the Omaha convention
last week. The hlgln st previous rec
ord was 4,800 at the UtM meeting nt
Oiimlia.
' Following Is a reply sent by the
Stale Hallway commission to a mcs
sagu from citizens of Long Pine In
which It was suited the city was out
of fuel: "No Nebraska power to In
terfere with government. In every
great emurgency we may be able to
help. Much rod tape, however."
Wahoo business men who have been
taking their places In the paving gang
promptly at 7 and worked until mid
night In order that there might not bo
a possibility of Wnhoo's business sec
tion being caught unpaved by an early
winter, expect to soon see tho work
completed and their hopes realized,
Broken Bow citizens sent a dispatch
to stnte ofllclals nt Lincoln In which
thoy urged Hint tho governor send a
messagu to the president of the United
States asking lilm to call for volun
teers to work in the coal mines so
thnt the situation could lie relieved.
A larger corn yield than was ex
pected Is being harvested In Dodge
and surrounding counties. It Is re
ported that thoro Is a shortage of
cornluiBkors, notwithstanding farmers
are pnylng 8 and 10 cents a bushel.
Tho Wahoo city council donated tho
uso of a house thnt stands on one of
the lots acquired lids summer for a
city park, to the Hoy Scouts and Hint
organization will remodel the house
and fit It up as n modem scout home.
Of tho 100 cnndldates elected to the
Nebraska constitutional convention
more Ihan half aro lawyers. Fanners
are second in strength, with a sprink
ling of bankers, merchnuts nnd those
engaged In Industrial pursuits.
Omaha citizens voted 2 to 1 In favor
of a $5,000,000 bond Issue for the Im
provement of the public schools of tho
city nnd for a $100,000 Issue for tho
erection of a new police stntlon nnd
city Jnll.
The commission planning the now
$5,000,000 Nebraska stnte capltol has
returned to Lincoln after visiting capl
tol buildings at St. Paul, Minn., Madi
son, Wis., and '.Tefferson, Mo.
O. 0. Smith, chairman of the Ne
braska stain board nf agriculture, wns
elected president of the Fnrmer's Na
tlonal congress at Its nnnual conven
tion nt nugerstown, Md.
0. 10. Trevey hns been chosen secre
tary of Uio children code commission
Mr. Trcvoy for sovernl yenrs has been
secretary of the charity organization
In Lincoln.
A proposed special funding bond
Issuo to euro for registered wnrrnuts
In the sum of $210,000 wns benton In
the recent election in Ncmnha county.
Two bridge and road bond Issues, of
$75,000 nnd $50,000, respectively, wero
carried nt tho election November 4 ut
Pawnee City.
SchoolH nt Marsland wero forced
to close Inst week because of tho lack
of fuel.
Examination for applicants to prac
tlco law In Nebraska, which wns to bo
held at Lincoln Nov. 18, has been post
poned to Nov. 25.
The Nebraska Telephones company
hns asked the state rallwny com
mission to continue Its present ex
change rates, expiring .Tnnuary 1, nnd
tho Rurlciiou telephone toll rates, which
expire December l, during tho yeur
1020.
Tho Douglns county commissioners
linvu slgneil a fifty-year contract with
tho Union Paclllc railroad to penult tho
state highway to occupy part of the
Union Pacific right of way in Douglas
County.
Goyonior ZnCKolvlo nn issued n
Hod Cross proclamation u which ho
appeals to tho people of Nebraska to
renew their nionincrsuip in tne or
gnntzatlon, nt least to the extent
of becoming members at the luminal
rat of tl ner year. Ho rx;i'o-ned the
wish that Nebraska show a HW per
Frank W. P.ni'tos and Stanley Bar
ton, attorneys of Wither, ale made de
fendants in an action filed In supremo
court at Lincoln which hns for Its ob
ject their parliament disbarment from
the practice of their profession. Tho
law firm was tho target of very sharp
criticism (luring tho draft days of the
war because of their activities In be
half of wealthy Snllne county farmers
who desired to get their hoys relieved
from army service.
It has been announced that John
Hulberl, chief englner of the New
York ponltonlhiry,. will bo paid $1100
for manipulating tho electric chair
when A. V. Orniniiior nnd A. B. Cole,
convicted of murdering Mrs. Lulu
Vogt In llowiyd county July 5, 1017,
nre executed at the state prison at
Lincoln, January l), next.
Among a total of thirteen proposi
tions voted on by Lincoln citizen at
Hie recent election a $.'100,0110 bond
Issue to extend tho municipal llgl ting
system lost by ;17 votes and a proposi
tion to take over the Ntieet car lines
was snowrd nii'or by a big majority.
Kloven propositions which mean much
to the city were easy winners
From Brown county, South Dakota,
conies the report that farmers In tho
district nre organizing for the purpose
of establishing the live-day week and
six hours a day plan. It is proposed
to put in Just enough on their farms
next year to keep themselves busy six
hours n duy for live days In the week.
Returns from the constitutional con
vention election In Nebraska show
that Non-partisan league candidates
went down to defeat In many districts.
Of the 100 delegates elected it Is lig
ured but ten are In sympathy with
the league, while 75 arc known to bo
opposed to its methods.
Ralph T. Wilson. 21, student at the
Crclgbton Medical college. Omaha,
nnd Alfred I. Reese, University of Ne
braska sludenl, were .among slxly-four
men In the United Stntes lo receive
appointment to 1018 Khondcs .Schol
arship to Oxford University In Hug-
land.
A. L, Ilungerford of Crawford, whlla
boring for wnler for coninicrclnl pur
poses, near Hie oily, struck an nrloslan
well nt a depth of H20 feet. Tho well,
he says, tlows nt the rate of lOO.OOU
gallons n day, and hns a touch of sul
phur nnd oil.
Tho village of Candy, In Logan
county, scut word to state olllclals
at Lincoln thnt the town was In dire
straits because of the coal strike.
There have been only two cars of coal
unloaded there since last summei, tho
message stated.
No more coal enn be sold by the
basket, but must be sold by weight and
in every case the purchaser shall be
given a receipt showing tho nmount
of coal received. This Is tho order of
the Nebrnskn board of agriculture,
Just Issued.
One of the best entertainments ol
the kind ever held In Nebraska took
place nr. David City the other night
when the Commercial club Invited the
men folks for miles around for u
smoker at the club rooms.
D. O. Lonergan and Sons, living
near Bennington, Douglas county, paid
a world's record price for the Poland
China boar, "Designer," which they
purchased from Wllllnin Ferguson of
Scrlbnor, for $:i0,000.
.Too Steelier, of Dodge, claimant of
tho world heavywelglit wrestling
chnmplonslilp, defeated Kd "Strangler
Lewis of Kentucky In a one-fall match
at Madison Square Garden, New York,
in i.ni.o:t.
The proposition to bond Johnson
county in mo sum oi ju.wu as a uiuei-
lug Issue to take care of outstanding
Indebtedness was defeated by a tied
sivo vote In the recent election.
Tito Gothenburg high school foot
ball team in idl probability will be tho
clinmpinn tenm or central ami western.
Nebraska this season. They have not
been defeated this yenr.
The now Mntthew Lutheran church,
erected on the slto of the structure de
molished during tho cyclone last March
near Cednr Bluffs, was dedicated with
appropriate services.
Tho drive to raise $1,000,000 tor mo.
building of a permanent exhibition
grounds for the Ak-Snr-Bon at Omaha
hns closed with more than the re-
quired sum subscribed.
Acting Governor P. A. Bnrows nas
Issued n statement to tho people of tho
state asking them to conserve as much
fuel as possible during the present
emergency.
Five of tho twelve delegates elected
to tho constitutional convention in
Douglas county were candidates sup
ported by organized labor.
A Blue Springs committee of threa
Is raising funds for a memorial monu
ment to ho erected to tho soldier dead
of all wars.
The Nebraska Farmers' congress
will hold a two days' convention In
Omnha, beginning Ducember 10.
Germanla hull at Stanton, scene of
gny soclnl functions of German socie
ties boforo the war, was completely de
stroyed by lire of undetermined origin
Geo. W. Iloldrege, manager of the
Burlington rond west of the Missouri
river, Inn? purchased the 5,520-ncro
Schwahu ranch, near Chndron, tho con
sideration being $1118,000. Mr. Hot-
drego Intends to make the ranch one of
the show places In western Nobrnskiu
Grant county has exceeded Its quota
for tho Roosevelt memorial fund by
10 per cent. It Is tho tlrat county In
tho state to go over the top, neeprdln
to those In charge of tho Roosevelt
memorial campaign In Omaha.
Suit for $250,000 damages hns been
nied hi United States district court nt
Lincoln by Beryl A, Felver, former
Nonpartisan league organizer, for an.
alleged attack mndo on hlui near
('larks, May 28, 1018. Ilo nnmed
twouty-threo defendants In his petition,
many of whom aro prominent in tho
state.
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1 Opening of the world's labor conference In the Pan-Amerlcnn building, Washington. 2 Poulet nnd Bono
1st, French aviators, photographed just boforo their stnrt on n flight from France tooAustmlin via Italy, Greece,
Arabia, Persia, India, Slum and Borneo. 3 Jewish Poles offering to President Pllsudskl of the republic of
Poland tho traditional bread and salt of friendship.
NEWS REVIEW 0
CURRENT EVENTS
Government Refuses to Vacate
Legal Proceedings Against
Coal Strikers.
GOMPERS APPEAL IS IN VAIN
Operators Declare He Has Misrepre
sented tho Facts People's Atti
tude Toward Radical Labor
Leadership Shown In Mas
sachusetts Election.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Firmly refusing to bo put In the po
sition of compounding a felony, the
federal government has rejected the
proposition of the union labor lenders
thnt It abandon the legal proceedings
ngnlnst the coal strike as a prelimi
nary to negotiations for peace.
On Saturdny Assistant Attorney
General Ames asked Federal Judgo
Anderson at Indianapolis to make per
manent the restraining order, thus es
tablishing the illegality of the strike.
If this is done, according to the lead
ers of tho miners, tho strike will be
of long duration because the men "will
resist to tho last any attempt at
wrongful compulsion."
In most of the bituminous Holds
there was little change In tho status,
thouch onorntors In Colorado and
West Virginia reported gains In pro
duction. In several states the shortage of
conl bognn to mnke Itself felt and
there were appeals for tho release of
conl conflscnted by tho railroads; n
number of trains were cancelled to
snvo fuel; In some places the schools
were closed for short periods.
President Wilson gave to Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield full authority
over prices, distribution nnd shipment
of all fuel. Doctor Garfield delegated
to the railroad administration his au
thority over distribution.
Such broadly was tho coal strike
situation nt tho time of writing. Thero
was little sign of yielding on either
side. The operators of Illinois were
of the opinion thnt tho strlko would
last two weeks longer nnd that then
public opinion nnd the government
would compel tho miners to call It
'off and accept arbitration. In which
enso the operators would agree to tne
flve-dny week, If assured of adequate
sunnlv of cars, nnd would grant an
Increase of wnges.
Samuel Gnmnors, who with W. S.
Stone, bend of the locomotive engl
neors, has been working to bring about
a compromise, made the appenl for
vacation of tho Injunction against the
strike, nnd issued a statoment do
signed to justify the demands made
by tho strikers nnd accusing the op
erntors of much wrongdoing and nn
fnlrness. The latter retorted with a
statement saying that Mr. Gompors'
pronouncement wns full of mlsrepre
setitntlnns, continuing:
"It Is not true that tho operators
representatives walked out of Sec-re
tnrv Wilson's conference, leaving Mr,
Lewis with no altcmatlvo hut to call
a strike. The operators' representu
tlves accepted President Wilson's pro
posit I In Its entirety and withdrew
from the conference In order thnt
their presence might not embarrass
Secretary Wilson In his effort to per
sunde the miners to take the honorable
courso thus opened to them
"At the time of their withdrawal,
the operators ndvlsed Secretnry Wll
son thnt they would remain In Wash
lngton, awaiting his call to further
ennferenco.
"It Is not true, as Mr. Gonipers Im
plies, that the miners aro not penult
,)y ,,,c operators to work full time,
The operators have no control over
the demand for conl. They can merely
stand ready to produco nnd furnish
It when tho public requires nnd Is
willing to accept It.
"It is not true thai tho miners re
ceived an advance of 20 cents ti ton
In 1014.
"It Is not true that tho operators
raised the price of conl $5 n ton In
1014. On the contrary, tho price wns
reduced.
"It Is not true, ns Mr. Gompors
states, that for the past several years
the miners have averaged only 100
to ISO working dnys n yenr.
"It Is a fact, however and Mr.
Gompors could easily hnve ascertained
It that virtually every bituminous
mine In tho country hns on Its pay
roll a substantial number of men who
deliberately lay off from one to three
dnys a week when they have nn op
portunity to work."
Snmucl Gompers nnd his conserva
tive associates among the leaders of
tho Amerlcnn Federation of Lnbor de
serve commendation for their elTorts
to keep tho radicals nnd nnnrchlsts
from gulnlng control over organized
labor In this country, but they nre not
doing their cause or themselves any
good by giving their full support to
such movements ns the conl strike,
the steel strike and the strike of Bos
ton policemen. Public sympathy Is be
ing rapidly alienated by some of the
methods adopted by union lnbor, and
In America public'" sympathy Is abso
lutely necessary to success in such
matters.
Thnt the people really are waking
up to the perils of the situation was
fully demonstrated in -the Massachu
setts election. Governor Coolldco,
who had taken a firm stnnd against
tile striking policemen nnd had In
sisted on the maintenance of law and
order, was up for re-election nnd was
opposed by Richard II. Long. The lat
ter, running on tho Democratic ticket,
hud promised to reinstate the police
men If elected, and the contest really
centered In the strike. The result, of
course, everyone knows Coolldgc was
returned by nn overwhelming major
Ity nnd the radicals, who had gatlv
ered their forces to the support of
Long were crushed.
Of tho other elections of the week
tho most Interesting wns In Kentucky,
whero E. P. Morrow, Republican, de
feated Governor Rlnck by n large plu
rality and the state-wide prohibition
amendment won. In New Jersey B.
I. Edwards, Democrat, who ran on a
wet platform, was elected governor;
nnd Ohio voted wet on nil four of the
liquor propositions presented, accord
Ing to incomplete returns. Mnrylnnd
nnd Mississippi were carried by the
Democrats. In New York city Tam
many sustained a terrific defeat, los
ing ten aldermen nnd eighteen assem
blymen besides vnrlous other ofiiees,
The Oys'er Bay district sent Lieut.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt to the as
sembly with n whopping big vote.
President Wilson warmly congratu
lated Governor Coolldgo on his vie
tory over the forces of misrule, as do
all good citizens regardless of party
The Republican loaders also rejoiced
because thoy looked on the results In
the Bny state and In Kentucky ns n
forecast of tho results tn the next
presidential election. Democrats were
elated over Now Jersey, nnd tho wets
derived much comfort over the vote
In that state and In Ohio.
Despite tho apparent deadlock over
the peace treaty in tho senate, the In
dications nre thnt nn ngreoment for
onrly final action Is nt hnnd. Secre
tary Tumulty arranged with tho pres
ident's physicians for n visit by Sen
ator Hitchcock to Mr. Wilson In order
to Iny before him the entire sltuntion.
explain the evident Intentions of the
majority concerning reservations and
obrnln.the president's word ns to what
ho would accept In thnt lino. Over
and over ngnln Mr. Wilson has said
ho would accept no change In the
treaty or reservation which would
compel Hie resubmission of tie pact
to the other nations, and the majority
senators aro taking cognlznnco of his
determination. Alrendy they have
changed tho Lodge reservations by n
sentence pointing out that the ac
ceptance of the reservations by tho
other powers, as required by the pro
posed ratification resolution, may be
obtained through nn exchange of dip
lomatic notes. They nlso planned tn
strlko out the fourteenth reservation,
declaring the United Stntes Is not
bound to submit to tho Lengue of Na
tions questions of vital Interest or na
tional honor.
According to Paris advices the
treaty of Versailles will become effec
tive on November 28, when tho ex
change of ratifications between Ger
many nnd such nntlons as hnve rati
fled the pact will take place. Ger
many hns not yet fulfilled u numbei
of the provisions of the armistice nnd
wns Instructed by the supreme coun
cil to send a delegation to Paris on
November 10 to sign n protocol guar
anteeing to carry them out, nnd nlso
to surrender certnln vessels nnd float
ing docks as n penalty for the sink
ing of tho wnrshlps In Scnpa Flow.
Germany Is excited over the revela
tions In n leading Berlin paper of n
big communist plot for nn uprising
this winter which, beginning with
strikes to cripple Industry, shall end
in the establishment of a soviet form
of government in close nssoclntion
with the present bolshevik govern
ment of Russln. The conspiracy, it Is
said, Is led and financed by Russian
The outbreak Is to hnve Its beginning
In the Ruhr coal-mining district, nl
rendy full of Spartacans, and Munich
and Brunswick will he nmong the
muln centers of uprising. The com
munists believe n large part of the
national defense nrmy will desert nnd
join their red army.
The pendulum of civil wnr swings
bnck nnd forth with considerable
regularity In Russia. At this writing
It Is tho bolshevlkl Hint nre winning
General Yudenitch nnd bis white
army of the northwest not only fnlled
to reach Petrograd but nre now said
to be In a most precarious situation
The reds issert they are surrounding
him, thnt they nre receiving heavy re
enforcements nnd that bolshevik
troops nre nttncklng him In the rem
from Luga. This, however, came di
rect from Trotzky, and he Is a notori
ous Unr. Consideration must be given
a report from Uclstngfors thnt 20.000
Finns hnve secretly volunteered to
Join Yudenitch and nre well equipped
Denlklne's nrtlllery has destroyed
Derhent on the Caspian sen, and he
claims tho Don Cossncks In the latter
pnrt of October, enptured 55,000 bol
shevlkl. But ho does not seem to he
getting much nenrer to Moscow. Ad
mlrnl Kolchnk's Siberian armies,
which were defeated on the Tobol
river, have retired far to the east and
likely nre still on the move.
The bolshevik government lenders
hnve reiterated their willingness to
make peace and to pay the old Rus
slan debt If they are let alone.
Congress hnd been dawdling along
In the matter of railroad legislation,
but was aroused to action Inst week
when Director General nines In
formed Sonntor Cummins thnt Presi
dent Wilson hnd determined to return
the ronds to their owners on Jnnunry
1 whether or not congress hnd pnssed
any bill for their regulation. It wns
recognized ns Impossible to pass tho
Cummins bill or anything like It nt
this session, so work wns begun nt
once on n temporary measure to meet
the emergency nnd to avert a threat
ened flnnncin! catastrophe. It will
provide for the restoration of the
roads to their former owners and for
continuation of the government gunr-
unty. but all controversial matters,
like :lw anti-strike provisions of the
Cummin Will, will bo omitted.
General Pershing, appearing before
the senate nnd house mllltnry commit
tees, opposed the crvntlun of nn inde
pendent depnrtinent of .tvlntlon ns pro
posed in the New bill, but urged tho
concentration of nuthorlty for tho pro
curement of nlrplanes for tho army,
navy and post office departments
A special army hoard has just mnde
n report recommending thnt congress
enact an aviation policy based either
on n ton-year program with large an
nual appropriations gunrnnteed to
stimulate commercial aeronnutlcs. or
make appropriations for air develop
ment by the post office, war and nnvy
departments. If the former policy Is
adopted the bonrd recommended that
a separate depnrtinent of aeronautics
bo created; If the latter, that a com
mission under the director of aeronau
tics reporting directly to the president
ho formed to co-ordlnnte the work.
Secretnry linker transmitted the re
port to the sonnte committee, stating
that he disagreed with both Hie pro.
posnls. Ilo snld If a lugl agency
wero to bo created. It diuuhl bo ap
pointed nnd controlled hy tho cabinet
members whoso depr.i ttu-ntN oijM
he directly affected.
NEARLY 1,000 REDS ARRESTED IN
EASTERN CrTIES.
Seized. Documents Reveal Plot to
Overthrow Government. Many to
e Deported.
Washington, D. C Inaugurating a
general warfare on radical aliens ad
vocating forcible overthrow of the gov
ernment, ngonts of the Department of
Justice, nsslstod by thu immigration
bureau, rounded up nearly 1,000 men
nnd women In raids In more than a
score of cities, including the national
capital Itself.
More than 200 of those arrested will
oe held for deportntlon atid It wan an
nounced at the Department of Justice
Hint it was the intention to request tho
Department of Labor to deport njl
aliens found to he engaged In radical
activities.
In their raids In Newark and Tren
ton, N. J., the federal agents seized
materials for making bombs and a
complete counterfeiting outfit, together
with considerable counterfeit money.
In practically every raid the officers
found great quantities of literature of"
the "red" nature.
The Union of Russlnn Workers first
nine Into prominence during the sen
ate investigation of the steel strike,
Jacob Margolls, counsel for the
strikers' committee, testifying that be
sought the aid of the Russians in tins-
strlke.
Attorney General Palmer disclosed
that. Adolph Sehnabel, whom ho de
scribed as "the brains of the union of
Russian workers," was taken into.
custody 10 dnys ago. He is now at
13111s Island, nwniting deportation.
Peter Blanki, who succeeded Sehnabel
as general secretary of the Russian
union, nlso Is being held for deporta
tion. With the announcement of the na
tion-wide raids, Chalrmnn Johnson of"
the house immigration committee said
his committee soon would begin an
Investigation of the alleged delays In
tho deportation of aliens now in cus
tody. The committee nlso will seek to
determine whether any additional
legislation1" to deal with radical aliens
Is necessary.
Plans of the union to bring nhout an
overthrow of the government through
a general strlko Is revealed in docu
ments seized. With the government
overthrown and everything "wiped
from the enrth that Is a reminder of
the right to 'private ownership of prop
erty" tho Russlnn workers, according
to their manifesto, looked forward "to
the magnificent, benutlful form of a
man without a god, without a master
and free of authority."
The documents and publications ob
tained in the raids, officials said, are
of the most Inflammatory nature, and
make no effort to conceal the union's
program of destruction and death to
achieve Its end.
IRISH GIRLS MUST BEHAVE.
New "Republic" Forbids Colleens to
Spoon With British Troopers.
Dublin. Love-making by the girls
of Ireland with members of tho Brit
ish government forces hns been pro
scribed by the Irish republican army.
Any girl keeping company with a gov
ernment soldier or policeman will be
penalized by having her hair cut off.
One girl has already suffered Rio pen
alty, losing her tresses for walking
out with a soldier.
The proclamation hns been1 posted,
signed by "the competent military
authority," saying:
!Whoroas, certain girls wanting In
self-respect, have lamned themselves
by keeping company with the nrmy
of occupation, It Is deemed proper by
competent authority, both to safe
guard morality and to stop bad ex
amples, to publish tho names of t hose
culprits and nlso to warn them that
after the publication of ihls proclama
tion those who persist In the above
mentioned scandalous, unpatriotic-company-keeping
render themselves
liable to the punishment of being
branded by bnvlng their hnlr cut off."
All loyal subjects of the Irish repub
lic also nre requested to shun public
bouses which entertain members nt
tho enemy army until such time ns
thoy make reparation hy a complete
change of conduct.
Kansas Teachers Oro-mlze. '
Kansas City. Mo. Forty high school
teachers of Kansas City, Kas., have
applied for a cliurliv Vrom tlio-Ainerl-enn
federation of teachers which Is af
filiated with the American federation
of lnbor.
Fuel Shortage Closes Plant.
Dos Moines, la. Tho Ilawkeye Port
land cement plant here closed for Inck
of coal and 200 employees are thrown
out of work. It Is reported that one
mine near Rlpploy and another near
Corning are operating.
Die From Eating Ccrn.
Watertown. N. Y. Mrs. Flnmr
Towner nnd two children Kllaahoth,
aged 12. and Lillian, aged 10, are dead,
and a son and daughter are dying as
tho result of eating preserved corn.
Professors Join Union.
Missoula. Mont. More tlnni a hun
dred members of the faculty of the
Unlverslty of Montana have become
nieoibe-s vt i he now Faculty union No.
120. -1Y -1 wllli the American Fed
eral t 'i 1 ii.
cent membership.