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TIITC NORTH PLATTE 8I3MI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. S 249 RADICALS LEAVE N. Y. FOR UNKNOWN PORT. CURSE AND WEEP AT LEAVING Alexander Berkrr.an and Emma Gold, man Among Party. Russia Thought to Be Destination. Now York. The United States army transport Buford, "ark of the soviet," willed from here December 2L with n cargo of niiarchlsts, communlHts ami radicals banned from America for con spiring against Hh government. IIh destination was hidden In sealed orders, but the 21(1 passengers It car ried expect to be landed at some far northern port giving access to soviet Itussla. "Long live the revolution In Ameri ca !" was chanted defiantly by the mot ley crowds on the decks of the steel pray troop ship as she churned her way past the statue of liberty, Now and then they cursed In chorus nt the United Slates and the men who hnd cut short their propaganda here. Not until the Buford steamed out of the narrows betweon Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth did the din cease. The autocrats of all the Russians on the transport were Alexander Berk man and Kiiinm Goldman, his boon companion for thirty years. With them were 2 ir men and two women, Ethel Bernstein and Dora Llpkln. Only n few high officials of the war nnd labor departments know the ship's destina tion. The voyage will Inst eighteen days unless It Is prolonged by unfavorable weather. The presumption Is that the Buford will land at ITanmc, llolslng fors, or Abo In Finland, which tire con nected by rail with Hlelo-Osporoff, on the Russian frontier. While nil the anarchlsls had pro fessed Joy at the thought of returning to llussln, n few of them wept anil most of them seemed downcast as they stepped on board the tu for the grim Journey through the darkness of the harbor to the troopship, COAL PRODE BODY. Wllcon Names Board to Look Into Coal Situation. Washington, D. 0. 'resident Wil son has nnnied the following men as members of Ills coal commission to In vestigate the mining situation: Henry M. ltoblnson, John I. White, Item brnnilt Penlo. They will look Into mining conditions throughout the coun try and recommend chnngos In wages, Jf any nro warranted by the economic situation. White Is former president of the United Mine Workers of America, and will represent tlio minors on the com mission. Penlo Is n coal operator In tlio Pennsylvania field mid will spenk for tho operators. Robinson, former member of the shipping board, was named to represent the public. All have accepted the appointment, It was an nounced. IMMIGRANTS MEET DEATH. Twenty.Elght Perish In Wreck On Canadian Pacific. Onuwa, Me. Twenty-three persons were killed or burned to death, and nbout forty, Including several children, were seriously Injured when an east bound freight collided head-on with n special train bearing 300 English Immi grants on the Canadian Pacific rail way near here. The Wreck occurred when n freight train failed to glvo the special the right of way. Tho victims, English Immigrants, hnd Just arrived nt St. John, N. H on the ship Empress of France. Tho collision occurred near the foot of Boar Stono mountain, In nn Isolated section of tho wilds of Maine, several miles from human habi tation. Millions Face Starvation. Washington, D. C Herbert Hoover Is quoted as saying that the United States must extend credit to Finland, Polnnd, Austrln and other portions of central Europe, or condemn 20,000,000 persons to starvation. "The question of export of brcndstufi's In this par ticular caso does not Influence the price or supply to tho American peo ple" Hoover said. "Tho government could extend these credits without n call for special appropriations by con gress for this purpose." Announce Olymplo Dates. Brussels. Tho official program and schedulo for the Olympic games In Antwerp next summer will commence April 1 and continue with occasional breaks until October 1, It has been an nounced Tho program will consist of more than 20 different branches of sport. Tho track and Hold champion ships, Including tho marathon race from Brussels to Antwerp, the feature event of the grimes, will cover n period of nlno days from August 15 to 23. Battlo Mexican Smugglers. El Paso, Tex. An American provost jfiiard uud n Mexican civilian wore killed during a pitched battle between American soldlors and pollco and Mex ican smugglers at the International boundary Hue near here. Franco to Release Prisoners. Paris. The Germnn delegation hero announced Unit Premier Clonionceuii lias Informed thorn that the Gorman prisoners of wur In Franco will be re turned Immediately without unit Inn the signing of the protocol. PROGRAM TO REDUCE PRICES Government A6ks for Every Man and Woman In the Country to Assist In Fight Course Mapped Out 4,000,000 Enter Fight. Washington, D, C. An army of 4,000,000, representing 10,000 organ izations, has been organized by the savings division of the Treasury department to enter the fight against the high cost of living. Beginning January 1 and extend ing to April 1, a great thrift .cam paign will be conducted In an effort to Induce women to keep strict ac counts of tholr dally expenditures in order, by study of them, to elim inate unnecessary Items. According to the plan, amounts saved by this means would be Invested In govern ment securities. Chicago, III. Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer, at a -meeting here ol 100 city officials, head of civic organ Izutlons and club women of Illinois called by flovernor Lowdcn, mapped out the program of the Department ol Justice to bring down the cost of liv ing. Pledging the full power of his de partmeul in the prosecution of hoard ers and profiteers, Mr. Palmer cnlloi; for the assistance of every man and woman In the country for a nnflonu, fight against high prices. Explaining the plan of action, where by fair price committees In every community become agents of the fed eral government in enforcing Its de crees, Mr. Palmer Inid down a pro gram of five courses of action, which If carried out, would do much to deal a death blow to the high cost of living. They are: 1. Organization of fair price com mlttees In every city and county, backed by mayors ami prosecuting at torneys, with the committees support ing United States district attorneys. 2. Organization of women to re fuse to buy anything but actual neces sities until prices come down. !. Holding of "conservation and economic meetings" In every commun ity under the auspices of civic bodies. 4. Influence ot innyors nml prose cutors to be brought to bear on tho "warring elements" to prevent "fac tional disturbances In Industry" and particularly to bring about an Indus trial peace of at least six months' du ration, fi. lteinobllzatloii of the "four-minute men" to deliver "work and save" addresses In thenters each night. "Despite all objections and obsta cles, I purpose to go through with this campaign," Mr. Palmer told the dele gates. "If Industrial conditions do not get too bad dining tho next few months, we can bring real relief." Tho chief causes of the high cost ot living, he asserted, were decreased production, Incident to tho wnr, In flated currency, due to government bor rowings and henvy taxes, which he charged were passed on by business men to tho ultimate consumer. R. R. BILL PASSED. Cummins Measure With Antl-Strlkc Clause Voted by Senate. Washington. The senate late last Snturday passed tho Cummins bill by a vote of 4(1 to 30. The house hnd previously passed the Eseh bill Twenty-two democrats and eight re publicans voted against the bill. Tho Cummins bill sets up machin ery for complete reorganization of the railroads, provides for financing them, guarantees them a f!V6 per cent return, revises tho powers of the In terstate commerce commission and provides for settlement of labor dis putes. It provides that the railroad shall be returned to their owners on the last day ot the month In which the bill becomes law. Because of the differences between tho house and senate bills final enactment of tho legislation Is not expected for nt least sixty days. The bill contains an untl strike provision which would penalize strikers with fine nnd Imprisonment. BERGER RE-ELECTED. Socialist Unseated by Congress Wins Place in House Again. Milwaukee, Wis. Victor L. Berger, the socialist leader of Milwaukee, who was unseated by congress for bis nutl-governmeut utterances, was elect ed at a speclnl election held December 10 to fill his own Vucnncy nnd will go hack to congress. Berger's lead over Henry IT. Bodenstnb wns placed at 4,S0tt.. He was given 21,307 votes and Bodenstnb, a fusion cnndldnte, ll),001. The news of Berger's re-election had hardly been flashed on the bul letin boards before non-soclnllst forces called n conference to pick a candi date to opposo him when congress un seats him again, as everyone, Includ ing Berger, expects It to do. Nearly 500 Lost at Sea. London. Tho British steamer I.Ian Shlng, bound from Hongkong to Saig on, Indo-Chlna, has been lost at sea. It Is reported that 403 natives and one European were lost. Gerard After Presidency. Plerro, S. D. James W. Gerard of New York, former umhiiKsutW to Ger many, and previous to that n Justice of tho supremo court of Now York, hits filed a minority democratic nominat ing petition as a candidate ?or endorse ment of this state for the presidency. U.S. CURBS PACKERS GOVERNMENT ANTI-TRUST 8UIT AT LAST BEARS FRUIT. "BIG FIVE1BANBDNS SIDE LINE Compromise Agreement Provides Deal ing In Meat and Provisions Only Two Years to Comply. Washington, D. C. The govern ment's anti-trust suit against the great meat packers, began at President Wil son's direction last summer ns part of the fight on the high cost of living, has been compromised under nn agreement by which the packers will confine themselves hereafter to the meat and provision business. An Injunction decree to which the packers have acceded will bo entered In the federal courts to make the agree ment binding. Under Its terms, the Big Five Swift, Armour, Morris, Wil son and Cudahy have agreed to di vorce their meat packing industries from their other commercial activities uud to sell their holdings In public stock yards and their interests In stock yard railroads, terminals, market newspapers and similar "side lines." Two years are given to comply with the decree which affects 87 corpora tions and 40 Individuals. Oovomnuuit oflkialn regard the agreement ns so complete that It will remove any danger of the packers mo nopolizing the dinner fable of the av erage American, inasmuch as the pack ers will be forced to retire from their domination of the markets and trans portation systems. Retirement of the packers from all lines of business except the meat and produce business, ends a fight of long standing, which has been an Issue in elections and 'polltlcnl debates for years, the subject of much attempted legislation, the cause of the expend! ture of thousands of dollars In Invest! gat Ions and untold bitterness between packers on tho one hand and the gov ernment, live stock producers and small business firms on the other. The present settlement Is nn out growth of an Investigation started by the federal trade commission by direc tion of President Wilson on February 7, 1017. A letter reviewing that work and what It accomplished was trans inltted to the White House by Chair man Murdock and his associates. Madman Slays Whole Family. Gilchrist, Colo. Adam Shank, a wealthy farmer, his wife and three young children were murdered on their farm near here last Sunday. iVnother child died after being taken to a hospital In Greeley. The bodies were found by Adam George, Shank's cousin, when ho went to tho farm to take the family to church. The mur derer apparently used a revolver. The authorities are looking for an employe of Shank's who has not been seen since for several days. , Special Session Ends. Denver, Colo. The special session of the Colorado legislature, which ad journed last week, ratified the woman suffrage amendment to the federal con stitution, passed the antl-nutomoblle theft measure and an nntl-sedltion till, and placed before the voters a constitutional amendment calling for Increases In the sulnrles of certain state officials. Decision Hits Market. Now York. Wild trading In United States Food Products, which has largo stores of liquor on hand, followed re ceipt In Wall street of tho news that tho United States supreme court had declared war-time prohibition constitu tional. The stock, which had been selling 78 to 81, Immediately dropped to 73. Carlisle Back In Prison. Cheyenne, Wyo. William I.. Car lisle, the Union Pacific train bandit. has been taken buck to the stnto peni tentiary at ituwiins, from which he escaped a month ago, to resume serv ice on his term of from twenty-five tc fifty years for tho robbery of the Over land Limited in 1010. He will not be tried for his robbery of No. 10 aftot his recent escape. Miners Call Convention. Washington, D. C William Green secretary of the united mine workers of America, uunounccd that the general convention of the organization will be held In Columbus, O., during the week of Jnnunry 5, when delegates will be formally Informed of the details of the agreement which ended the strike. Kansas Farmers Suffer Loss. Topeku, Kun. Accordlm: to S. D. Flora, federal meteoroglst, nuiny far mers In the northwestern counties of the state have suffered a loss from 23 to ,10 per cent of their wheat eron owing to delay In threshing, Going After Denvor Profiteers. Denver, Colo. A special grand Jury to Investigate .profiteering In food- stuffs, fuel and clothing will be called soon by Federal Judge Lewis, It Is announced. Schwab for Labor Unions. New York. Successful cumlovmpnt of labor will rest more and mro mmn recognition of tho rights of collective bargaining and profit-shniiug, accord ing to Charles E. Schwab, chairman of the board of directors of the Bethln. hem Steel Co. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION NOTES Lincoln. Tho convention adjorrned following Friday's session until after the holidays, and, outside of some possible committee meetings, thero will be no meetings of the members until tlmo for reconvening on January 0. During the holiday recess dele gntes will mnll to Secretary Barnard any proposals they wish to Introduce. Before tlio assembly broke up blank ballots wero placed on tlio desks of members bearing the names of lead ing presidential candidates, to secure a straw vote of the convention. There wero sixty-three ballots turned in, tlilrty-sevcn not voting. Some members seemed to take tho ballot seriously, but not all. General Wood led, with thirty-six votes; Bryan wns second, with live, while Jerry Howard, repre senting Douglas county nnd tho "Irish republic," tied Senator III Johnnon of California for third place, both re ceiving four votes. Many other cele- brides. Including President Weaver of the convention, received compliment ary votes. Among the proposals before the con ventlon Is one by Byrum of Franklin and Jackson of Nuckolls, which pro poses n reorganizing of tho civil gov ernment of the state, eliminating cen trnllzed powdr such as Is placed In the governor's bnnds by the code bill. The proposal, which is attracting a great deal of attention, provides for ten de partments as follows : Public welfare : public lands and buildings; labor; trade and commerce; finance; law; agrlcul ture ; public works ; education ; ac counts; public utilities. The head of .ho department of public welfare would be the governor, with a salary of $0,000 a year. The proposal- would cut down the number of elective state olllcers to the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, treasurer and auditor. The scale of compensation fixed by the committee in charge of this fea ture of the convention, allows Secre tary Barnnrd $10 a day; two assist ants $8 a day each ; stenographers and ?ngrossIng clerks, $0 ; scrgennt-nt-arms, postmaster, custodian of cloak room, assistant sergeant-at-nrnis, mimeo graph er, chaplain, janitor, bill room clerks nnd proof readers, $5 a day each, and the two pages, 3 a day each. Svoboda of Howard county has sub mitted a proposal which he claims will be pushed with vigor, calling for the election of state senators for a term of four years, one-half elected every two years nnd makes the number 31 Instead of 33, as at present. It also divides the state Into that number of districts. House members remain the same with terms of two years and the pay fixed at 10 a day. President Wenver of the convention has been Informed that committees containing some of the ablest members of the convention will have very little work to do, In some Instances practic ally none, while other committees are already swamped with work. Members of the convention generally appear to be In favor of a resolution submitted by Davics of Boyd, which would elect supreme Judges ' by dis tricts and the chief Justice of the su preme court by the entire stnte. Abolishment of the stnte board of control and the state railway commis sion Is the outstanding fenture of a Iiroposal Introduced In tho convention by A. II. Byrum nnd George Jackson. Jury service for Nebraska women Is provided for In a proposnl by A. II. Byrum, Bloomlngton. He would also penult verdicts by less than twelve members of a Jury. The first 103 proposals Introduced In the convention have been returned from the printer and were distrib uted to their respective commit tees last week for consideration. W. II. Pltzer, Nebraska City, has submitted a proposal for a state Indus trial commission of labor, trade and commerce, to consist of three members appointed by the governor. Proposals for a recall law, applica ble to all elective officials, and a workable Initiative and referendum Inw have been Introduced by J. N. Norton, Polk county. John L. Wobster, president of the 1875 convention, will address the members of the convention on Janu ary 8. The convention voted to Invite W.J. Bryan, former secretary of state, to address the convention ut a date to suit his convenience. Blgelow, of Douglas county, Intro duced n proposal which would allow Omaha and Douglas county to consol idate their governments, In a maimer to be provided by law. The convention will be asked to au thorize the state and muulcpallties to operate nnd establish public utilities and Industrial enterprises whenever empowered to do so by a vote of the people. Delegate Scott of Chase county la the father of a resolution before the convention which would abolish the In determinate sentence lnw nnd forbids nny otllclnl Inking any notion which would shorten the sentence of a pris oner, except the usual good time allow, a nee. NEBRASKA IN BRIEF Timely News Culled From All Parts of tho Stats, Reduced for the Busy. SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED Stnte Superintendent Clemmons says Nebraska must get ready to line up with Minnesota, South Dakota und Iowa for the Interstate old-fashioned "spelling bee" which Is to be held nt Wayne, this stnte, In October, 1020. Every Nebraska school child In the seventh grade and under In city and eighth grade and under In rural schools Is eligible. Elimination preliminaries will be held first In all counties. The stnte will be divided Into thirteen dis tricts, to be announced later. Each district will hold a contest, the win ners of which will contest in Lincoln some time in tho spring. More tlinn twenty-one acres of pota toes were raised by members of Boys' and Girls clubs of Nebraska this year. One hundred and seventy-one boys and girls took part In this project, grow ing not less than one-eighth of nn ncre each. L. I. Frlsblt, head of the clubs In this stnte, In making this announce ment, says he expects greater things In 1020. School authorities at Lyons believe they have solved the teacher question. Hereafter grade teachers will receive a minimum of $1,000 a year and a yearly Increase of $100 until a maxi mum of .$1,000 Is reached. High school teachers will receive a minimum o'f $1,200 and a yearly Increase of $100 until a maximum of $2,200 is reached. The Commercial club of the state university commended the action of the chancellor, board of regents and fuel committee of Lincoln for their stnnd In keeping the university open through the fuel crisis. They also con demned the action of some students who criticised this same action of the university authorities. The controversy over tho furlough 3f Byrl'o C. Kirk, Oninhn bandit, from the penitentiary, at Lincoln, has brought to light the fact that fifty-two inmates of the state prison have been paroled In the last few years. The records show that Morehead released 20, Neville 14, McKelvie 7 and Bar rows 2. Because their salaries were Insuffici ent to meet tho cost of living expenses nine of the fourteen teachers employed In the Shelton public schools tendered their resignations to the board of edu cation which hnve been accepted. Among those to resign are Supt. Han sen and Principal Alma Bering. Lincoln has been made national headquarters for the Pershing for president movement. It is said that a national cnmpnlgn mannger is to bo sent to Lincoln at once, nnd that na tional workers will be directed from thero. 13. J. sins hns been made cam paign mnnnger for Nebraska. Although the coal strike has been :aiied ofr, reports from Lincoln Indi sate that Nebraska .Is yet a loin wnv from relief In the fuel situation. Con servation measures, nractlced throucrli aut the state, must be continued ln- iieinutely, the reports say. The latest state crop report shows :hat the average of winter whent sown In Nebraskn last nutumn Is 17 per cent less tnnn Hint a year ngo and about j per cent under the usual amount The estimate Is 3,003.000 acres as eom- pareii with a,727,000 acres last year. Itallroads are refusing to ship hny nio western Nebraska and hundreds of head of stock are dying ns the re- suit, according to a letter received by the state Hallway ommisslon. at Lin coln from S. N. Stnpleton, Crawford oanutT and ranch owner. Miss Nellie Wllllnms will serve as remporary director of the state trav eling library, filling the vacancy caus ed by the resignation of Miss Char lotte Tenipleton. Miss Iluth Warwick of Meadow Grove has been appointed assistant to Miss Williams. Assistant Adjutant General Bross of the G. A. It., at Lincoln, declares that organization suffered severely from the recent coal restrictions throughout the state. Valley county is advertising for bids for the new court house, the construc tion of which Is to be started curly next spring. Business men of Lnurel raised $000 to establish a municipal wood alio to relieve the fuel shortage In the town. Frank Hnywnrd. nloncer Nebraska settler, and uncle of "Bill" Hayward, former Nebrnskan prominent In na tional republican circles, was found dead from suffocation In his home at Nebraska City. Immediate deportation of alien members of organizations almlnir to overthrow the government, and also of American citizens enrolled In such societies, Is demanded In nil open let ter to Nehnwkn's congresslonnl dele gation adopted at Lincoln by the stnte executive committee of the American Legion. Iteports from Superior nre to din effect thnt tho Nebraska Cement Com pany plnns to double the size of Its plant the coming year. Governor McKelvie has imnnlnto.i Judge C. E. Eldred of McCook to till tho vacancy caused by the reslimntinn of District Judge E. B. Perry of the Fourteenth district. The Nebraska law which requires the closing of barber shops on Sunday and which prohibits the plying of tho burner trade In iv private way, was upheld by the state supreme court In a Douglas county case. Itocords In the governor's office at Lincoln show that during tho cloven months, or 337 days, thnt tho present administration hns been In charge, Governor McKelvie lin been absent from the stnte eighty-one dnys. Lieu tenant Governor Barrows acted as governor seventy-eight days, while president pro tern of the senate, B. K. Bushee, acted in that capacity for three days. Considerable comment was caused at South Omaha the other duv over the nrrlvul of thirty carloads, of cattle sent to .that market by the Crow In dians under government supervision. The man in charge of the shipment said the Indians had very good luck In breeding cattle, and proved apt students. Several prominent Omaha movie theater proprietors have withdrawn their membership from the Omaha Chamber of Commerce because of tlui hostile attitude the executive commit tee of thnt body exhibited toward the film business and picture shows during the coal shortage. The first Amerlcnn legion auxiliary post In the stnte, und perhnps In Urn country, has been organized at York. Ninety-seven women wero enrolled nt the first meeting. All wives, mothers, daughters and sisters of men who woro In tho service during the war are elig ible to membership. A deal was closed Just recently whereby Ed M. Kern. Duroc hogninn, purchnsed twenty acres of land adjoin Ing Slnnfon for a little over $2,000 an acre, paying for the tract a total of $10,2.-0. This is Jh'e hlgest price ever paid for land in Stanton county in this large a tract. The attorney general of Nebraska has ruled that William Kreniser of Fremont, who Is nlleged to have said thnt he believed the soviet form of government was better than tho American, cannot be prosecuted under the Nebraska criminal syndicalism law. Forty-six annv ti-m-i.-a by the public works department of tho Mine, were lost when fire destroyed the cattle building at the Nebraska inir grounds at Lincoln. The trucks were valued nt $101,000 nnd the build ing at $70,000. Republicans of Beatrice are reported to have Inaugurated a stockpiling campaign to consummate the purchase of the Beatrice Daily Express, daily newspaper, by Clarke Perkins from Aurora. The Express Is one of the oldest dallies' In the South I'latto country. The eleventh nnnunl Nebraska far mers' congress, which was to be held at Omaha in December and was post poned because of the coal shortage, will be held soon after the first of the year, O. O. Smith of Kearney, its pres ident, announced. Dr. Dillon, chief of the state bu reau of health,, has sent letters from his office at Lincoln to local health boards In Nebraska, asking their aid in seeing that all dairy herds are test ed annually for tuberculosis, us re quired by law. Six veteran railway locomotive en gineers acted as pallbonrers at the fun oral of J. V. Coolldge, Union Pacific engineer, who died nt Omnliu follow ing his collapse nt the throttle, while his train was speeding through Valley. Preliminary steps have been taken to construct an addition to the First Christian church at Beatrice, to cost about $2."),0O0. The church Is free of debt now, a $15,000 mortgage having been burned Just recently. January 10 to 24 have been an nounced us the dates for the annual meeting of Organized Agriculture at Lincoln. Last year the meetings were called off because of the Influenza epidemic. Reports from a good many points over the state indicate that the sugar shortage Is still acute In Nebraska, und dealers say that there will be no relief in sight for several months. Mrs. J. B. Bacon, Dawson county ranch owner, known as the "Alfalfa Queen," realized the sum of $20,000 from n fiOO-acro alfalfa field this year. The cuttle hnrn at the Nebraska agricultural exnerimmr snii.vt.iii,,,, ,.. North Platte burned , December 13, causing a loss or about $r,000. It is rumored at Lincoln that tho Des Moines club of the Western Base ball league will be transferred to the. Nebraska capital next season. W. E. Muth, formerly In the news paper business at Bruning, has estab lished a paper at Odell. The new pub llcatlon Is called The Oracle. Fifty farmers anil imciimu ...... held a meeting nt Venango the other uay ami organized n Commercial clubs In an effort to stnmn out nil mil. denilc of smallpox nt Blue Springs ' schools have been ordered cl strict quarantine of till cusses Is to bo KCpi. Two full semesters' work n "iinnnv Mnninges" Is n required course for co-cos ar i omer university, a denom inational college Of tho ClirUMini church In Bethnny, n suburb of Lin coln. Girls are advised to have all problems that would confront it ma ti- ried couple understood before tho weiuuntr. particularly along financial lines. Twenty-five persons wero inim-.,.i several more or less seriously, when n' iroiiey car overturned at lTnu-ni-n. Place, a Lincoln suburb. Oscar Hansen. Fremont's will probably be included of the ten best trnpshooters to icpre- num nn: uinieu Mimes in the Olympic games at Antwerp next summer. A "Pershing for Prcslilont" ii. been formed by students of the stato university at Lincoln. Tim ,.i,.i. sent Invitations to thousmmia c r ' students over the state to Join In tin. movement.