THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRTIVTNE.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF
Timely Ncw3 Culled From All
Parts of the State, Reduced
for the Busy.
SCORES GF EVENTS COVERED
Omnlm was chosen fur (lie nest
mooting; resolutions urging the gov
ernment to Increase fann loans from
a mlxlnium of $10,001) to SUT,(HK); ask
ing tliu constitutional convention at
Lincoln to Incorporate several amend
inentM In the new constitution directly
of Inlorosto to farmers, and several
other proposals of fnr-roncliliig Im
portance, marked tlie iinnual conven
tion of tlie Nebrnskn Farmers Con
gress at Omalia. Tliose who attend
ed Claim It was one of tlie liesl gather
ing of farmers held In the .slate for
sonio time.
Awards for members of the Junior
pig clubs In Nohrnskn for 11111), an
nounced by the college of agriculture
nt Lincoln, show Hint Walter Brlggs
of Seward county was champion pig
nilser of the slate. Le Itoy Bnwiln
of Klin Creek wns second and Karl
A'atik of Sutton was champion Junior
Hampshire raiser. Hrlggs won as
prizes one plaque and a free trip to
the State Kami at Lincoln next spring.
Bowiln's prize was a bushel of alfalfa
seed and Viuik won n September gill.
At the opening of the Mousol Bros,
sale of Hereford cattle at Cambridge,
llfty bead of stock were sold at an
average of more than $5, 1(H), shatter
ing all sale records In Nebraska. One
bull, Superior Mischief, sold for $22,
000. Buyers from all parts of the
country attended the sale.
State Knglneer Johnson In his an
nual report to the governor reports a
total of I.'IOII miles of state roads have
been surveyed, 100 projects have been
submitted to the federal government
and eighty-two liavo been approved for
Nebraska.
Following several attacks on O. (5.
Smith of Kearney, president of the Ne
braska Farmers Congress, at the
recent convention at Omaha for his
advocacy of the state county agent
law, the convention Indorsed lilm as
"100 per cent. Ainerlcnn."
Boasting a paid secretary at $200 n
mouth, and a Tcyear lease on a new
club room, besides spending $2,i50() on
furniture and rugs, the newly organ
ized Community club at Ord numbers
110 members.
McCook citizens sent a petition to
the state railway commission at Lin
coln, signed by 80 citizens, requesting
that body to order a new Burlington
depot there In place of the present
wooden structure erected in 188-'.
Commercial clubs representing near
ly all the towns on the Hurllngton
branch running from Aurora to Har
well, liave made complaint to the stnte
railway commission asking for better
train service.
Flro caused by n defected furnace
gutted the enterlor of the Methodist
church at Pawnee City. All furniture
fixtures and a $2,000 pipe organ were
destroyed. Damage to the building
amounted to about $5,000.
Beatrice Farmers' Union voted In
fuvor of the establishment of a general
store In the city by the Farmers'
Union State exchange. Three stores of
the kind are to. bo operated In the
the state.
A huge snowplow, which Is pushed
by two tractors and pulled by twelve
horses, has been constructed by the
Commercial club of Venango for the
purpose of keeping the roads open.
Licenses were granted during 1010
to 28,150 Insurance agents and -108
Insurance companies were granted
authority to do business In Nebraska
by the state Insurance bureau.
Several men have been arrested In
connection wllh the robbery of the
Farmers' State bank nt Benson, a sub
urb of Omaha, of cash and bonds to
the amount of .$115,000.
Nine men and one woman, alleged
members of the communist party of
America, wore arrested at Omaiia dur
ing the nation-wide round-up of radi
cals over the country.
The arguments' on the validity of the
referendum petitions on governor Mc
Kelvle's code bill will be beard by the
supreme court at Lincoln, February 2.
Fremont firemen announced they
would lake a 15-plece band to the
state llrcnicn's convention at Scotts
bluff. January 20 to 22.
VutcA of McCook at u special elec
tion put over a .?150,000 school bond
proposition by a big majority.
Stanley K. Haln, Post No. 15-1 of the
American legion, ban been organized
at Blair with -17 chnrter mumbius.
Nebraska will bo well represented
nt a meeting at Denver, January 20
called by farm organizations of several
wiistern states to devlso ways and
means to light the so-called sugar
trust.
Dr. W. K. J. Cut of St. Paul Metho
dlst church of Lincoln has accepted
the appointment tendered him by the
Nebraska conference of the Kpworth
league as dean of tho Institute, which
will bo held In Lincoln, July '-'0.
It Is rumored In western Nebraska
that, the Union Pacific Is to extend 1(8
line, west from (ierlng thin year.
The new consolidated school build
Ing at Holniesvllle, Cage county, erect
ed at a cost of $8.1,000, has been com
pleted and turned over to the school
board.
Nebraska owners of slot weighing
machines must pay annual license and
Inspection fees of $,i Immediately, or
the machines will be confiscated and
owners subjected 'to fines. Chief
Orprgo A." Williams of tho state bu
reuu of markets announced,
Forty-olfehl hoys and girls, members
or Junior pig raising clubs of 1011),
won free trips to the Slate Farm at
Lincoln the coming spring. They nre:
Sibyl Harris. Clarence llnslk, Butler
county; Homer Lytic, Lloyd Russell.
Fillmore; Clarenco Killed, Carl
Viber, Saline: Itny Barrett, Humid
LedliiBham, Scotts Bluff; Mennlc AHc
erniHii, Boone ; Hsther Oroxrh. Bed WIN
low; Rupert ltwensleln, Kleth ; Ha
rold Miller. Cuming; Byron Hurtling.
Washington; Cyril Winkler, Dawson;
Harry Knahe, Cass; Nnrvnl Chirk,
Seward; Beulah Morrison, Phelps;
Theodore (Iran, Douglas; .Mauls Long,
Polk; Dale Kberly, Madison; Olio
Klsch, Colfax; Knill Urban, Valley; Le
Itoy Bowlln, Buffalo; Kverelt Stein
bach, Saunders; Kmerson Baker. How
ard; Karl Danhert, Dodge; Harold
Liindson. Kearney; Karl Vauk. Clay:
Klvln Lawrence, Adams; Itolnnd
Owens, Frontier; Charles Beerman,
Kathleen Daly, Dakota: Sarah New
ton, Cedar: John Fleer, Wayne; Verno
Hlce, Ford Welnrlch. Pierce; Wesley
Schrain, Dixon; Call Klllnglon, Ante
lope; Leonard Kulil. Knox; Marshal
Friend, Holt; .Martin Wiley, Otto Dil
lon, Nuckolls: Floyd Robinson, Web
ster; Wllber Avery, Richardson; Ray
mond Wilson, Franklin; Glen Thomp
son, Harlan; Roy Bradley, Cage; Ken
neth Vernlmont, Fillmore. The expense
of the trips are to be borne by the
Stock Kxchnnge at South Omaha and
the stock yards companies at Sioux
City and St. Joseph.
Ben trice post of the American
Legion lias been named Bllllng-Nor-nian
post No. 27 In honor of Arthur
Billing, who was killed In action In
France, and Andrew Norman, who
died at his home In Beatrice soon af
ter ids return from overseas.
Rev. James L. Leonard, chaplain oi
the Nebraska department O. A. It., died
at his home In University Place, a
suburb of Lincoln. He was 78 years
of age and had been a Methodist min
ister In Nebraska for nearly -10 years.
Sugar beet growers In the vicinity of
Kearney have virtually agreed not to
sell their crop during 1020 unless tho
American Beet Sugar Refining Co.
pays more than $0.00 per ton, the prlco
paid last year for the product.
At n lively meeting of the Scrlbner
Community club the other day a reso
lution was adopted favoring n bond
Issue of $1,200,000, to be voted by tho
county this spring, for permanent high
ways In Dodge county.
Nebraska will be represented by an
exhibit nt thu western potato exposi
tion In Denver, January 20, 21, 22 and
2:i, according to Secretary Werner of
the Nebraska Potato Improvement as
sociation. Kmergeney telephone rates author
ized by the State Railway commission
for Uie Lincoln and the Bell telephone
companies during the wnn period are
to remain in effect another year.
According to figures made public by
the stato auditor's oHlce, $8,108,010
worth -of bonds have been registered
during the period from November SO,
juia, 10 .lantiary 1, lino.
Tho paving bonds voted by tho
citizens of Falrhury nt a recent elec
tion will give tho city seventy more
blocks of paving. The city now has
twenty blocks of paved streets.
Expenditure of more than $200,000
for a new municipal light plant and ex
tension of thu muny water plant, a
sewer system and puved street Is plan
ned for Spencer this year.
Forty-eight persons were killed and
thirty-three Injured In twenty-six Ne
braska railway grade accidents In tho
last year, according to tho state rail
way commission's report.
Organized agriculture meetings,
which will bo held in Lincoln Janu
ary 10 to 21, aro expected to draw tho
largest crowds In the history of better
agriculture.
Athletic authorities of flie Universi
ty of Nebraska at Lincoln have de
cided to make a bid towards getting
back Into the Missouri Valley confer
ence. Needs of a now hospital at Sidney
are being keenly felt and leading
citizens of the city have the question
of erecting an up-to-date hospital un
der consideration,
(leo. Sawtell, Dodge county poultry
raiser, reports ho sold $28 worth of
eggs In a single month from a flock of
thirty young pullets,
Work Is expected to begin In a few
weeks on several blocks of paving and
a new sower system at Gibbon.
It Is reported that Lincoln schools
are feeling the effects of n general
teacher shortage.
Governor MeKetvie says coal profit
eers In Nebraska are Jo bo prosecuted
under the Lever act.
Stops hnvo been taken nt Hebron to
organize a post of the American legion.
The Smith theater at Tecumseh has
been leased for meeting quarters for
the local post of the American Lnglnn
The big feature of the annual meet
Ing of the Nebraska Farm Bureau
federation at Lincoln, January 22 and
2.1, will be the nnnearanco of J. It
Howard of Clemens, la., president of
the American Farm Bureau federation
The Beet Growers' association of
Lincoln county has appointed a com
mlttee to confer with tho Great West
ern Sugar Co.. In ramrd to Its Inteu
tlons concerning tho building of n
sugar beet factory at Hersbey.
Adam McMullen of Bentrlce has
filed minors with the secretarv o
stato for the republican nomination for
governor. Ho Is first In tho field.
Living quarters have become so
scarce at Kearno.v that new-comers to
the city are told that tho only hope of
(hiding ( place to live Is to build.
William Decknlger. Richardson
county fanner boy, 11 years old, has
demonstrated that cotton onn 10 raised
In Nebraska. From the crop raised In
the family minion In 1018. he cat th
seed to plant the 1010 crop, and raised
107 plants.
1 President Polncare of I' ranee doing honor to those who fell In battle at Fort Charlemont on the Meuse. 2
One of the rebuilt mills at Armcntleres. showing how the textile Industry of France Is recovering from tho ruin
Inflicted by the Germans. :$ New subway la process of construction In the Herinannstrasse, Berlin.
NEWS REVIEW 0
CURRENT EVENT
President Wilson and Bryan Split
on Ratification of the
Peace Treaty.
Utter advises compromise
Chief Executive Urges Issue Be Sub
mitted to People and Nebraskan
Opposes San Francisco Cap
tures Democratic National
Convention Develop
ments In War
on Reds.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Predictions of a great split In the
Democratjc party, with William Jen
nings Bryan leading the revolt ngnlnst
President Wilson's policies, came to
tho verge of fulfilment at tho big
Jackson day dinner In Washington
Thursday evening. Sensational devel
opments hnd been expected, and they
came. The president sent a letter In
which he reiterated his demand for
ratification of the peace treaty with
out changes that would alter Its mean
ing, strongly condemned the Lodge
reservations and urged that the entire
Issue he referred to the people at the
coming presidential election.
Mr. Bryan, addressing the huge
gntherlng of leaders, challenged Mrj
Wilson's treaty policy and his utter
ances gave assurance that he and his
followers will fight the matter to the
finish In the Democratic convention If
necessary. He condemned the nctlnn
of the Republican majority In the sen-
nte whll, conceding Us right to dic
tate the sonnte's course, and contin
ued: "Our plan has been rejected and
wo must face the situation as It Is.
We must either secure such compro
mises as may be possible or present
the Issue to the country. Tlu latter
course would mean a delay of at least
fourteen months and then success only
In the case of our securing a two
thirds majority of tho senate." The
party, said Mr. Bryan, cannot afford
to share with tho Republicans respon
sibility for further delay, and cannot
go before the country on the Issue that
such an appeal would present, lie
even went so far as to repudiate arti
cle X and to uphold the Lodge reser
vation on that article, saying: "If we
do not Intend to Impair the right of
congress to decide the question of
peace or war when the time for action
arises, how can we Insist upon a
moral obligation to go to war which
can have no force or value except as
It does Impair tho Independence of
congress?"
It remains to be seen, whether Mr.
Bryan can secure enough of a follow
ing to bring about a real split In the
party. He himself Is a potential can
didate for the nomination, now more
than ever, and It may be President
Wilson will be compelled again to ac
cept tlie place of standard bearer. Ills
letter made no reference to this what
ever. San Francisco captured the Demo
cratic national convention after n
warm contest with Chicago nnd Kan
sas City. Tlie Pacific coast metropolis
pledged $125,000 and free! use of the
Municipal auditorium, which seats
some 15.000 persons. This Is the high
est price ever paid for h convention.
The date for the convention was set
for Monday. June 28. throe weeks after
the Republican convention meets In
Chicago.
The national committee backed up
President Wilson by adopting resolu
tions Indorsing the treaty of Versailles
nnd denouncing as unpatriotic the at
titude of senators who are trying to
defeat It or to qualify it by nullifying
reservations.
The Republicans also had an impor
tant gathering, earlier In the week,
when the party lenders of the I I mid
western states held a two-days' pow
wow In Chicago. General Wood, Gov
ernor Lowden, both candidates for tho
it-nbtfln.i 1 1 ii 1 ii.ii.il i .1 1 . i
i f , tnn ii-i,i, it, iiiiiiiuit, nun, mm .Mtuonill
Chairman Hays were chief f-pnkers at
I a big dlr.ner, and It vnn taken for
granted that their utterances, or at
least those of Mr. Hays, gave a defin
ite Indication of 'the platform on
which the next Republican nominee
for the presidency would stand. As
suming that this Is true, the main
planks of that platform will deal with
labor nnd Industrial relations and with
the radicals who seek to overthrow
th government. A fair summary of
the propositions with which the party
may bo expected to go before the peo
ple this yenr is:
Fair representation for labor In all
the councils of the nntlon.
Development of closer relations be
tween cnpltal and labor with Justice
to both and also to the third side of
tho triangle, tho public.
Sympathetic help for business, not
antagonistic curtailment, as part of
tho economic readjustment.
Strong repressive measures against
I. W. W.-Ism and other forms of ex
tremism which advocate overthrow of
the present form of government.
Efficient nnd honest administration.
No taxes which kill Initiative. Ade
quate taxes, but none for extrava
gance. A plan for spreading payment of the
war debt over a long period of years.
No undue federalization of indus
tries nnd actlvltlos, such as railroads;
strong federal regulation, but not gov
ernment ownership.
No toleration of- attempts to array
group against group, section ngnlnst
section or sect against sect.
Back to the Constitution In times
of pence. 1
General Wood handled' the reds
without gloves, as might have been ex
pected. Ills henrers vigorously ap
plauded such eplgrammntlc sentences
as these:
"The big Issue today Is, first and
foremost, maintenance of law and or
der, respect for constituted authority,
and malntennnce of a government un
der the Constitution.
"Give Inbor American leadership.
Don't allow it to drift Into tho hands
of nnnrchlstlc, red leaders.
"As for the reds, let's stamp them
out. They grow only In communities
where government Is timid nnd slack.
They are a cowardly lot, assassins and
murderers often, cowards always.
With thorn go tho I. W. W.; their
brand Is treason.
"We've got to follow up our Immi
gration more closely. Why not In
struct the newcomers In Americanism?
When they get over tho gangplank the
literature of tho reds Is placed In their
hands. Let's meet them with tho liter
ature of Americanism.
"It Is very flue to picture America
as the refuge of the oppressed of the
world, hut there Is danger In making
America,, (he dumping ground for the
degenerates of the world. We've got
to wntch our Immigration more
closely."
The government evidently has ac
cepted with alacrity the challenge of
the reds nnd the war on them' Is ex
tending to lengths which they probably
did not anticipate. If their cause
needs martyrs, they will soon have
thousands who may be so classed by
their sympathizers. Since the year
opened tlie agents of the department
of Justice have been making daily and
nightly raids on the heudquniters, re
sorts and homes of the radical leaders,
and ns fast as they can be examined
by Immigration commissioners the
prisoners are being sent to the Atlan
tic const for deportation. Ellis Island
could not begin to nccommodate all of
them, so one of the army camps Is
used for that purpose. At the time of
writing Martens, self-styled ambassa
dor from the soviet government of
Russia, was still at large, though the
authorities were searching for him,
believing him to be the real head of
the revolutionary communists In Amer
ica. Ills "chief of staff." Gregory
Welnsteln. who Is rated as Trotzky's
best friend In tho Unltel States, was
captured. He has been In control of
the distribution of holshovlst money
and propaganda.
The Chicago Federation of Labor
doesn't yet see the light. At n recent
meeting It adopted a resolution de
nouncing the raids on the reds as a
plot to kill labor unions In America,
and also called on congress to give to
Victor L. Bercer "the sent to which
he Is entitled." Then the delegates of
the painters' union were applauded
I
when they announced that plans wer
being formed to oust from their unlor.
every member who belonged to the
American Legion. Of course suet
silly action cannot hurt the legion 1c
the least, for, as Commander In Chlel
D'Oller has made clear, the purposes
of loyal organized labor and of tin
legion are in full accord. How muck
longer will union labor of Chicago per
mlt the reds to lead it about by tlw
nose?
As for Berger of Wisconsin, he de
lnyed presenting himself for n seat le
congress, nnd Issued (he boast that If
he were ngnln excluded he would bt
elected governor of Wisconsin nnc"
then go to Washington as senator,
There seemed small likelihood that
the house of representatives would
seat him, though Representative Mann
of Illinois caused some surprise bj
declaring that he would oppose sum
mary proceedings for the exclusion of
the convicted b'oclnlist.
New York's legislature started Its
session by denying their seats to live
Socialists. A resolution was passed
questioning whether they could be
loyal to their oaths of office- while
bound to act subject to the Instruc
tions of the Socialist party, and the
speaker ordered them brought before
tho bnr of the house. They must now
prove their fitness to occupy theli
seats before a special tribunal of the
assembly. Only six assemblymen
voted in their favor. . ,
Though the reds are liaving such a
difficult time in America, as much
cannot be said concerning itussla.
Over there they are sweeping ahead in
a way that Is most disheartening to
their antagonists. The soviet troops
have smashed their way through the
armies of Denlklne and reached the
Sea of Azov at Taganrog, nnd are
pushing ahead both east and west,
with a prospect of soon being In full
control of all of southern Itussla. Al
ready they are threatening Odessa and
reports from Moscow say tlie peo
ple of Odessa are fleeing, though
other dispatches assert they nre
preparing to defend their city.
In their progress eastward the bol
sbevlsts are said to have taken the Im
portant railroad town of Krasnovedsk
on the Caspian, and this, If true, will
open to them the way to north Persia.
In London the fear is expressed that
tlie reds will be able to overcome the
small British forces In Persia and the
poorly organized native troops and
seize Teheran, after which they might
obtain control of the entire country.
It is considered likely, also, that Hie
bolshevlsts will capture Baku on the
Caspian, the great oil center.
The one setbnek Which the soviet
armies sustained wns In the west.
The Letts, evidently not caring to par
ticipate In the armistice arranged by
the 1'Mhunlnus, joined forces with the
Poles and drove the bolshevlkl out of
Dvlnsk and enstward In Letgnlio, a
district which Letvia claims.
Tint supreme council in Paris de
cided the exchange of ratifications or
the treaty of Versailles should take
place on Saturday, January 10, In the
French foiHgn otllce. but nt this time
there Is Indication that the Germans
have dug up some additional excuses
for delay In tlie assertion that the sev
eral states In their "republic" must be
consulted. However, the patience of
the entente allies probably will not
last much longer.
Tlve full extent of the damage done
by tho terrible earthquake in southern
Mexico probably never will be known.
It Is certain that many thousands of
lives were lost, and numerous small
towns were wiped out. The disturb
ance was centered about Orizaba, an
occasionally active volcano.
Agnln the United States government
hns been compelled to call the atten
tion of President Cnrmnzn to tho
murder of American citizens. Three
recent murders have come to the no
tice of Washington, nnd Mexico Is
asked to use every means of bringing
the slayers to Justice. There Is not
the slightest reason to expect any re
sult from this protest and appeal. Al
ready the Jenkins eiso seems to be
forgotten, together wUh the vigorous
Inngungo It called forth lu Washington.
PEACE FOR AWES
BIG POWERS OF EUROPE RESUME
FRIENDLY RELATIONS.
u. s.
AT
All Other Nations Exchange Ratlfica
tlons. Commissions and League of
Nations Will Now Function.
Paris. The treaty of Versailles,
making peace between Germany and
the ratifying allied powers was put
Into effect January 10 by the exchange
of nit mentions.
Baron Kurt von Lersner. the bend
of the German mission, affixed bis
signature to the protocol, after which
he declared :
"I am naturally happy that pence
has finally become effective. My great
regret Is that the United States Is the
only country with which Germany Is
still In a state of war. T hope; how
ever, that this situation will soon be
changed.
"Execution of tlie treaty of Versail
les Imposes upon Gerniany the heaviest
sacrifices ever borne by a nation In
modern times. Wo lost In the west
and In the east territories that, be
longed to Prussia for many centuries.
Vv have assumed enormous economic
obligations. Nevertheless, I am glad
that peace Is at last re-established be
cause It will give back to Germany hot
beloved sons still prisoners abroad."
Asked ns to the execution of the
terms of the treaty, Baron von Lers
ner declared that Germany was ready
and determined to do her utmost.
The exchanged of ratification re
stored peaceful relations between Ger
many and (front Britain, France. Italy,
Japan, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Gua
temala, Peru, Poland, Slam, Czecho
slovakia and Uruguay.
The United States alone of the "big
five'' has not ratified the treaty. As
the list shows, formal ratifications
have been given by most of the small
er powers signatory to the treaty.
China did not sign the document be
cause of her objections to the Shan
tung provisions, but proclaimed n
slate of peace with Gerniany.
With the taking effect of tlie treaty
n number of commissions created by It
spring into existence, tlie league of na
tions will begin to function by the call
ing of the first meeting of Its council
and preparatloTis will be hastened for
the taking of plebiscites. In the areas
where the population Is to have the
opportunity of determining whether
their territories shall separate from
Gerniany nnd take on another allegi
ance. Of the commissions now beginning
their work probably the most import
nnt Is' the reparations commission, its
special tluty. being to regulate Ger
many's payment of Indemnification
during the next :?0 years.
Boundary commissions which are to
fix, upon tho spot the now boundaries
of Germany with Belgium, the Sarre
basin, Poland and Czecbo-SIoyakln are
to be appointed within lf days.
A speedy development following the
action of ratification is expected to be
the presentation to Germany of the
list of war criminals to be demanded
by the allies for trial under the treaty.
It has been reported recently Unit
this list has been considerably cut
down from the originally proposed
1,200 names.
TROOPS FOR NEBRASKA.
Two Regiments of Ex-Scrvice Msrr
Formed to Handle Emergencies.
Lincoln, Neb. The organization of
two complete regiments of guards to
be known ns the ''Nebraska Kitles,'
has been practically completed, under
the direction of Adjutant General II. J.
Paul, and at the order of Governor
McKehie.
Each regiment will be composed f
1,200 men, made up of twelve compa
nies of 100 men ench. The men com
prising the Nebraska rifles are largely
ex-service men, though Its organiza
tion bus no connection with the
Auierlcun Legion. The purpose or the
organization of the "Nebraska rille"
Is to take care of any emergencies
that may arise before the national
guard companies are organized.
Special Train for Buyers.
Chicago, 111. A record sale of
thoroughbred hogs was made wbei Its
Poland-Cliina sows were auctioned for
$.r.),l7., an average of $1,53 I.St each,
at tlie farm near Lake Geneva, Wi- . of
William Wrlgley, Jr., who took 2!tS
stock raisers as his guests on a .special
train from Chicago. The buyers were
taken lu motor cars nnd bobsleds from
the train to the fann, where the sale
was held In u stenmlieated pavilion.
Afterward a turkey dinner was served.
Pershing Endorses Movement.
New York.--The Victory hall which
Is to be erected in this city as a
memorial to American soldiers, ;it a
cost, of SI.-.OOO.OOO, has been indorsed
by General Pershing.
Finish Largest Radio Station.
Bordeaux. Construction work on
the giant Fafayette radio station being
built here by the American navy is fin
ished and Installation of the elect rical
equipment will be completed next
spring, It Is announced. This win be
the largest and most powerful ;-ele.s
station in the world, according to
naval authorities. The actinia of the
station are swung upon eight steel
towers, each about 1)00 feet high, al
most equalling In altitude the famous
Eiffel lower In Purjs.