Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORTH PLATTE REMT-WEEKLY TRTBUNT3.
POLES REFUSE TO
STOP AT BORDER
Imform America Necessity Must
Govern Drive Against
Bolshevikl.
NATION FACES DANGER ALONE
Poland Not the Aggressor in Present
Conflict; Desires Peace With All
Countries Reds Call Last
Reserves to Qrodno.
Washington, D, C. Poland has de
clined to Jeopardize Its military oper
atlotiH ngnlnst the bolshevikl by bind
ing Itself to regard the "artificial boun
daries" laid down at tho peace confer
ence. Replying to Secretary Colby's sug
gestion that Poland remain within tho
lines specified by the peace conference,
tho Polish government states:
"Notwithstanding the sympathetic
nttttudc of our allies, the Polish na
tion had to face the danger alone, and
political events proved that It must,
In the first place, rely on its own mil
itary strength. If military operations
necessitated measures to prevent a re
newed Invasion of Poland, It could
hardly be considered fair that artific
ial boundaries that do not hind one op
ponent should Interfere with tho mil
itary operations of the other," con
tinuing the statement declares: "Po
land desires a Just, lasting und equit
able peace and has not altered Its at
titude In consequence of Its victory.
Poland has not made war on tho Bus
Klau nation' and has the most sinceru
desire to live on peaceful and friendly
terms with Its eastern neighbors."
The Stnte department has, been ad
vised hi dispatches from Warsaw that
nil available bolshevik reserve forces
invo been ordered from Petrogrud to
the fighting urea near Grodno.
Forest fires sweeping through sev
eral provinces of soviet Russia wero
said to be menacing tho winter fuel
bupply.
POLITICIANS VORRIED.
Suffrage Act May Nullify General
Election Results.
Washington, D. C Fears that lltl
gntlon growing out of ratification of
the woman suffrage amendment may
result In serious complications In the
forthcoming election are heglnnlng to
ugltatc political leaders here.
Tho possibility that legal proceed
ings growing out of the problem, ren
dered more complicated by the recent
action of the Tennessee house of rep
resentatives In rescinding Its ratifica
tion vote, might not be decided by tho
supreme court of the United States
until after the presidential election, Is
regarded as the most alarming pros
pect In the situation.
If litigation should 'result In n de
rision that the 10th nmendment had
not been legally ratified, politicians
fear that the national election might
be thrown into the house of represen
tatives far a decision and also that
numerous congressional elections might
be questioned.
Decline In Prices Expected.
Washington, D. C, Business and In
dustrial conditions during the remain
der of the calendar year will he
marked by n "definite trend to a some
what lower level of prices," according
to n semi-annual report upon crops and
business given out by the United States
Chamber of Commerce. Tight money,
unrest of labor, loosened bonds in sumo
phases Of social life, tho Russian-Polish
wnr nnd the high cost of necessU
ties aro enumerated as disturbing bus
iness factors, but In the opinion of the
committee there Is no need for tho
country to become panicky over these
matters.
Postal Workers Dismissed.
Washington, 1), C. Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson ordered the removal of
eleven clerks In tio Chicago postolllco
for "soliciting or causing to he solic
ited sum. of money from the public,
unit publishing or causing to be pub
lished false and slanderous statements
relative to tho postal service."
Strike Causes Two Deaths.
New York. Two persons have been
killed and scores Injured as n result of
the strike on the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit system. The casualties resulted
from collision between Improvised1
conveyances and falls from crowded
buses. Many were run down In tho
congested street tratlle. Two acts of
violence occurred when n subway train
running on a surface section was
stoned. Tho motornum was knocked
unconscious and n woman passenger
was badly Injured.
Mall Plane Pilots Killed.
Morrlstown, N. J. Max Miller,
pilot, nnd Gustavo Rlerson, mecha
nician, of Troy, Ida., wore burned to
death when a government all metal air
piano crftHhcd Into tho street here.
The plane was hound from New York
to qinvohniO. and was flying low with
the engine backfiring luully Just ho
fore tho accident. Fanners saw tho
plunc take n sudden dlvo and burnt
Into flames. It hit the ground and u
tremendous explosion occurred, throw
ing mall bags hundreds of feet In ev
ry direction.
IRISH BATTLE AT BELFAST
Eighteen Killed and Two Hundred
Wounded When Sinn Felnera and
Unionists Clash.
Belfast, Ireland. Total cnsunltlcs
resulting from lighting which began
between Orangemen nnd embolics on
August 28, Include eighteen killed nnd
more than 200 wounded, sono of whom
nro not expected to live. The fighting
assumed tho aspect of civil war with
vlrtunlly the whole adult population,
Including hundreds of women, drawn
Into tho fray. lMtlsh troops wero
rushed hero from Dublin on u speclnl
train.
Sir Edward Cnr3on, Ulstcrlte lender,
appealed to all loyalists to co-operate
In restoration of order. Martial law
was declared In Belfast on August 31
nt which time rioting wns growing In
Intensity.
ReportH Indlcnto disorders, growing
out of political nnd religious differ
ences, wero spreading throughout Ire
land. Time nnd again soldiers, sometimes
supported by on armored car, with
fixed bayonets, pushed the opposing
groups npnrt. Several soldiers and
policemen wero wounded,
Tho Orangemen, determined to drlvo
nil Catholics from Belfast, as they
have from smnll towns nearby, are
meeting with Increasing resistance.
Nearly 200 Incendiary fires have
started. Damages Is close to $4,000,
000. Catholics are. retaliating for de
struction of their homes nnd business
places by setting lire to Orangemen's
property.
MINERS WALK OUT.
Anthracite Flold of Pennsylvania Idle
Because of Outlaw Strike.
Wllkesbarre, Pa. f Approximately
200,000 anthracite coal miners, dissatis
fied with the wage uwnrd of President
Wilson's commission, went on strike
Inst Thursday In answer to calls Issued
by Insurgent leaders. Union otllclals
who appealed to the men to remain at
work and accept the commission's
nward, were Ignored. Throughout.
Iickuwnnna nnd Luzerne counties the
tleup was the most complete In the
last twenty yearn.
Public sentiment In the coal fields is
ngnlnst the strike. The strikers know
this and they know that they cannot
draw funds from the union to support
them while the strike is on.
- Another thing, the men will, not re
ceive' their back pay, amounting' to
$18,000,000, because to get this they
must accept tho majority award.
Against Stock Yards Deal.
Washington, D. C. Tho Farmers
National council, with headquarters In
Washington, protested ngnlnst the
holding company proposal submitted by
the Chicago puckers to the district su
premo court for disposing, of their
stock yards and terminal railroad hold
ings. Characterizing the plan to sell the
stock yard holdings to F. H. Prinze h
Co. of Boston us "the same old shell
game of the packers to hoodwink tho
public," the Farmers' council assails
congress for adjourning without enact
ing legislation to control the packing
Industry.
British Mines Vote to Strike.
London. Tho referendum of the
federal coal, miners has resulted In u
majority of n general strike according
to the Central News. Robert Smlllle,
head of the miners' organization, pre
dicts a complete stoppage of work In
the British coal fields by the middle of
this month unless the British govern
ment agrees to the demands, Tho
chief demands of the men nro a wage
Increase of fifty cents a day and u de
crease In the price of coal to the pub
lic. Public Caused Price Slump.
Washington, D. C "Refusal of tho
public to pay excessive prices" caused
a continuation of the downward trend
of vnlues In August, the federal re
servo boanl. declared In its monthly re
view of business conditions.
War Contractors to Be Punished.
Washington, D. C. Prosecution of
324 contractors, marking the beginning
of n move by the government to clean
up Its war contract controversies, has
been ordered by tho Department of
Justice. " s
Mine Strike In Alabama.
Indianapolis, Intl. John U Lewis,
president of the United Mlno Workers
of America, ordered a general strike
In the bituminous coal fields In Ala
bama. The order followed a report
made by tho organization committee of
the International executive bourd. The
report .declared tno coal operators had
failed to put Into effect the awards of
President Wilson's coal commission of
last March. It said the miners wero
wrirklng for wages less than thosu
specified by the commission.
Democrats Attack Allen's Court.
Topekn, KaH. Tho resolution adopt
ed by tho democratic party council de
voted Its longest plank to an attack on
Governor II. .T, Allen nnd the In
dustrial relations court law.
Demo. Nominee to Visit Nebraska,
Now' York. Announcement lins been
mndo that Governor Cox's western
speaking tour will, Include addresses
at Kearney, Grand Inland, Columbus,
Fremont and Omnhn, Neb., on Septem
ber 27. Kansas City will bo the last
city visited on tho western awing.
SUFF OPPONENTS
ARE STILL ACTIVE
Tonnessce Antis Apparently Not
Satisfied Battle Won
By Women.
VOTE TO REPUDIATE ACTION
Solons Who Journeyed to Alabama to
Block Bill Return to Nashville
and Put Through Measure
to Annul Ratification.
Nashville, Tenn. The Tennessee
house of representatives, with a quo
rum present for the first time since
August 20, expunged from Its Journal
all record of ratification of the federal
suffrage amendment and voted, 47 to
24, with 20 not voting, to nonconcur
In the action of the sulfate In ratifying
the nmendment.
Governor Roberts, upon being noti
fied of tin- house's action, declined to
make any statement other'thnn to say
that the situation could only he dealt
with hi u legal manner and was In the
bunds of Attorney General Thomp
son. The latter In a letter read on the
house floor during discussion of the
matter of reconsidering the vote, ex
pressed the opinion that reconsidera
tion of the resolution of ratification
was Impossible since the house already
had adopted It and Governor Roberts
had certified to Secretary Colby this
action by both house and senate.
Shortly after the house convened It
became evident the antl-ratlficatlon-Ists,
a majority of whom have been In
Alabama, on a filibuster, were In the
majority. With clock-like program, the
antls proceeded to put through their
plan of attempting to undo what was
done August 21, when ratification was
accomplished.
State ofllclnls and members of the
legislature expressed the belief that
legality or Illegality of the ratification
would be decided by the record certi
fied to In Washington by Governor
Robert and not on the action taken by
tho house.
LYNCHINGS STIR GOVERNOR.
Chief Executive tf Oklahoma Ousts
Sheriffs for Collusion With Mob.
Oklahoma City, Okln. Chnrglig
that the sheriffs of Tulsa and Okla
homa counties, wlcrc Claude Chandler
and Roy Bel ton, negroes, were lynched,
"were In collusion with tho leaders of
tho mob, or else were wholly unfit by
lack of physical courage to dlschiugeJ
ine iiuues oi ineir omces,' Hovornor
Robertson sent a letter to the ntt6r
ney general's department directing (hut
Immediate steps be taken to remove
the ofllclnls from office.
Kxeuscs offered by the Jailers were
characterized by the governor as being
"too flimsy" and as "stock excuses."
"They should be made to suffer the
consequences," the executive wrote.
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from otllce."
Chandler was lynched n t'.ils city
August 20, following a raid upon an al
leged moonshine still ne ir Arcadia,
Ok!., In which Stanton Weiss, federal
prohibition olllcer"; Homer Andrciin,
deputy sheriff, and tharles Chandler,
father of Claude Chandler, were killed.
Bolton wns taken from the county Jail
at Tulsa on August 28 by a mob and
hanged to a telegraph pole for tho
murder of noiner Mda, taxi cab driver.
King Refuses to Interfere,
lmdou. King George refused to In
tervene In behalf of Terence Mae
Sweney, lord mayor of Cork, who Is
at the point of death In Brixton jail.
Lord Stamfordham, tho king's secre
tary, sent n letter to Horatio Bottom
ley, M. P., saying that King George
took the view that It would be uncon
stitutional for him to Intercede In be
half of the lord nuiyor. "It would bo
dangerous for tho sovereign to make
such experiments with the constitu
tion," said the letter.
Home Brew Fatal.
Sacramento, Cn!. An unidentified
man Is dead and another may die from
drinking a mysterious brew that coun
ty hospital authorities said had the
odor of shellac, hut defied analysis.
'Men In Plane, Nearly Freeze.
San Antonio, Tex. Lieutenant Har
ry U Weddlngton and Privates Mnddl
gan, Dowd, Dent ley, Cruz, Jewell and
Brown of Kelley field nro under treat
ment for frozen noses and cars In tliu
United States army hospital here.
Weddlngton wanted to establish a
world passenger-carrying altitude ree
ord. He selected the six privates for
his companions. Weddlngton reached
10,071 feet. "I could have gone 1,000
feet higher, but I was afraid we would
freeze to death," lie said.
Advises Canned Goods for Food.
Washington, D. C. Hat more canned
beef, advises the Department of Agri
culture In a circular to American
housewives. It Is cheap, succulent and
nourishing and, unlike many other
meats, It adds savorluess to the diet.
Odd Follows Hold Conclave.
Kansas City, Mo. Fifteen thousand
nuvnbers of the I. O. O, F. organiza
tions of six states attended the con
clave of Odd Fellows at Convention
Hall hero last Friday, Saturday and
Sunday.
FEDERAL GUARANTEE ENDS
Railroads of the Nation On Own Ro
sources Henceforth. Earnings Fall
Below Standard.
Washington, D. C Railroads of the
country began operation on their own
resources September 1 nfter having
cost the government approximately
$100,000,000 monthly for six months In
which their enrnlngs were guaranteed
by the transportation net. The car
riers will be allowed further aid from
the government only through loans
from revolving funds.
Karnlngs of the roads will fall about
$000,000,000 below their standard re
turn for the period since March 1, ac
cording to estimates by the bureau of
railway economies. Fewer than half
a score of Hues have produced revenue
sufficient to equal actual operating ex
penses, which does not Include the
fixed charges of Interest, taxes and
dividends. Definite figures on thecost
to the government of the earnings
guarantee provisions of the transporta
tion act will not be known for several
months.
SAYS COX HOAXED.
Hays Tells Senate Body Governor's
Charges Unfounded.
Chicago, 111'. An extended examina
tion of Will II. Hays, republican na
tional chairman, and Homer S. Cum
inhigs, until recently democratic na
tional chairman, by the senate commit
teen Investigating campaign expendi
tures failed to throw any light on the
$15,000,000 fund which Governor Cox
charged the republican party was seek
ing In "tin attempt to corrupt the
American electorate and buy the presi
dency," Mr. Hays testified tlpit the republic
an national committee's budget for the
presidential campaign called for ex
penditure of $3,070,037.20.
Taking up the specific charges of
Governor Cox's Pittsburgh speech, Sen
ator Kenyon questioned Mr. Hays
about the much discussed "quota
sheet" from which the democratic
nominee read figures to show the re
publicans sought to raise $8,145,000 in
fifty-one principal cities.
Mr. Hays denied ever having seen
or henrdj of the quota sheet and de
clared Inquiry by him had failed to
show any republican party leader who
had heard of It.
"Somebody gave the governor a
Shoddy list," he said. "The state
ments In regard to the whole quota
matter are false."
BOLSHEV'lK ARMY WRECKED.
Mighty Force That Swept Down On
Polish Capital Shattered.
Paris. The destruction of the bol
shevikl armies now may be considered
'complete, nccording to advices received
here." Of the host which swept down
on Warsaw nothing Is left but 30,000
fugitives. The Poles have taken 80,000
prisoners, thus far, but what Is more
Important, they have captured great
quantities of guns and materials. It
Is considered probable that the Soviets
employed all their available resources
hind In their present condition Russian
industries will tube a long time to re
place them. Consequently, If the
Soviets ore able to find effectives with
which to restore tlte. fortunes of their
arms, lack of equipment will make
them without military value.
Bolshevikl who hnv escaped the
Polish armies are so overruniilng
Fast Prussia that ths- German mili
tary authorities aro said to have
.-ailed out extra border forces 'to
prevent further crossing.
i
Flume a New State.
Flume. Gabrlele d'AnnunzIo, Itallnn
soldier-poet,. who has held .possession of
the city of Flume for nearly 'a year,
mndo public the text of the constitu
tion of u new state, "The I allau Re
gency of Quurnoro." The new nation
will comprise the city of Flume and
several Islands In the Adriatic. Flume,
which Is termed In the document, "the
guardian of Latin civilization in the
extreme east," Is to he made an open
port to nil friendly nations.
Need Not Give Exact Age.
Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska women do
not need to give their exact age when
registering as voters. So rules Attor
ney General Davis, holding that their
oath must establish only that they arc
"over 21." The same rule, of course,
would apply to men, vho heretofore
have been giving their precise uge, the
attorney general says. The law still
requires the exact age of persons nam
ed In marriage licenses.
Lincoln Man Wins Prize.
Milwaukee, Wis Awards to win
ners in the first state air derby ever
held In America were made when Ed
ward Gardner, Lincoln, Neb., piloting
the Milwaukee Journal-Hamilton en
try, was presented with the Wiscon
sin state pilot championship cup and
a $7(H) prize purse offered by the
Journal and state, fair otllclals. The
Journal machine's time for the 204
mile Journey to Green Bay and return
was 3 hours, 45 minutes and 48 seconds.
Appeal to Queen to Save M'Sweeney.
" London. An effort to uillst the aid
of Queen Mary in obtaining t!'o release
from prison of the hunger-striking Ter
ence MacSweeney, lord mayor of Cork,
who Is In 15rxton prison, has. been
uutde by Itedmond Howard, nephew of
the late John Itedmond, whose appeal
to King George was unavailing.
Twelve Sinn Felners on hunger
strike at Cork for several weeks are
near death. They refused to drink
water, because prison attendants at
tempted to add liquid food to It.
NEBRASKA NEWS
IN CONCISE FORM
State Occurrences of Importanco
Boiled to a Few Lines for
Quick Perusal
A new $10,000 school building Is to
be erected at once nt Terry, lted Wil
low county.
Coznd now boasts of having riiorc
paved streets than any town between
Kearney and Norh Platte.
Heglnnlng October.!, Schuyler will
have city mall delivery, with two let
ter carriers and bno substitute carrier.
Mrs. Uinrlcs G. Hyan of Grand
Island has sent her resignation as fed
eral fair price commissioner for Ne
braska to the department of justice nt
Washington.
The formation of n company of Ne
braska Natlonnl Guards at Auburn Is
progressing satisfactorily, more than
fiO per cent of the required number
having signed up.
The census bureau nt Washington
antiouueed the population of Keith
county as r,21H, an lilcroase of 1,001
over the 1010 census, or 43.4 per cent
gain In ten years.
A Nebraska pig, bred by the Uni
versity agricultural college, was ship
ped from Lincoln by airplane the ether
tiny to the Wisconsin state fair at Mil
waukee. The American Legion chose Fremont
ns the 1021 convention eltyfor the or
ganization at the recent meeting at
Fremont. August 124 to 27 were the
dates selected.
Garden county fanners are prepar
ing their land for a good acreage of
winter wheat this season. This year's
crop Is running about twenty-live bush
els to the acre.
The' Lincoln highway; through Ne
braska Is being permanently marked
with enameled signs of steel, 10x21
inches In size, carrying the standard
marker In three colors.
The state labor department at Lin
coln advises laboring men coming un
der the compensation law not to sign
a contract for a Job they are to do,
as they are then contractors and not
laborers.
The ' Union Pacific railroad has
agreed to comply with the schedule of
freight rates tixed by the state railway
commission within Nebraska, allowing
only i!.r per cent Increase over those
hitherto charged.
A coroner's Jury which Investigated
the suicide of Herbert Harmon, 12-yonr-old
Beatrice boy, who crawled
Into a haymow, blindfolded himself and
blew out his brains witli a shotgun,
was unable to determine the cause of
the lad's act.
Attorney General Davis announced
at Lincoln that under the state law
women of Nebraska do not have to
give their exact age when registering
as voters. The words "over 121," he
says, are sulllcleut. The same rule ap
plies to men.
Colonel Paul, adjutant general, 'in
explaining the necessity for a Ne
braska National Guard, In an address
at Lincoln, asserted that each com
pany Is to consist of tlfty men and
three olllcers, whereas the pre-war ba
sis was 100 men and three olllcers.
A pronounced success was the ver
dict rendered by the nearly 25,000
persons who attended "Achievement
Week" at lloldrege last week. It was
a substitution for the old-fashioned
county fair, with exhibits of the coun
ty's products, baseball games airplane
flights and get-together meetings and
a general good time for all the people
of the community.
Actual assessed valuation of all Ne
braska property as equalized by the
state board of assessment, Is $701,240.
078, or $1!U,423,83!1 more than tie
equalized value of all property In 1010.
The state levy last year was 13 mills.
This year.it Is 1 (.:!. mills, the Increase
being lue largely to the revaluation of
lauds and lots which are valued for
assessment every fourth year.
Kobert Simmons, Seottsbluff, was
chosen state commander of the Amer
ican Legion of Nebraska at the animal
session of the organization at Hast
ings. Other olllcers chosen are: Vice
Commanders: K. S. Goodrich, Fair
bury: T. J. Brosslcr. Wayne: Lyjnnn
Wheeler. Omaha. Chaplain, Dean C. It.
Tyner, Hastings. Delegates to national
convention, Karl Cllne, Nebraska City;
K. P. McDerinott, Kearney : George
Fnwell, Lincoln; T. .1. McGulre. Lin
coln. Natlonnl committeeman, 13. P.
McDerinott, Kearney.
Work on the installation of an
$84,000 sewer system at Tekamah Is to
begin about October 1.
Potato growers In the Kearney dis
trict report the average yield will be
about 1100 bushels to the acre.
County Agent Cleinmnns at Mcl'ook
has purchased from Knnsas growers a
carload of Kenrad wheat for distribu
tion among lied Willow county farm
ers. A few small p"ots In the county
were sown with Kcffrad last year and
results were so good many growers are
anxious to secure flio new variety for
next season.
It is estimated that 000 Nebraska
G. A. It. veterans will attend the na
tional encampment at Indianapolis
this month.
Chadron's latest water bond Issue of
$80,504 carried at a special election by
the decisive majority of 4 to 1. Many
women took part in the election.
The Nebraska Potato exchange, with
headquarters at Alliance, has contract
ed to market the potato crop of north
west Nebraska through the North
American FruP exchange of New York.
The contract' calls for the delivery of
not less thuu 500 cars.
A contract hns been let for repairing
the Court street bridge nerotw the Blue
river at Beatrice, the amount belnjf
$10,000.
Potato yields are going as high ns
5100 bushels an acre on non-lrrlgntcd
land In Box Butte nnd Sherldnn coun
ties. Plnttsmouth ofllclnls hnve served no
tice on all Juveniles that the city's cur
few ordinance is to be rigidly enforc
ed hereafter.
r.
A prlnclpnl fcaturo nt tho Douglas
county fair nt Waterloo next week will
bo exhibits of the various Children'
clubs of the county.
Pastures In the Sandhill region of
the state arc well covered with grass
and present a panorama of green ex
tremely beautiful.
Dltllculty Is being experienced la
disposing of $14,000 In bonds voted by
people of Hynnnls for Improving tha
olectrle light system.
Governor Cox, democratic presiden
tial nominee, will spenk nt Kearney,
Grand Island, Columbus, Fremont nndL
Omaha, on Sept. 27.
Citizens of Kearney county, nt ths
special election September 21, will vote
on a proposition to establish' a county
fair under tho Chnppell act
The Custer county fair, held nt Bro
ken Bow, was the most successful In
the history of the organization, from,
the point of attendance nnd exhibit
Forty blocks of new paving haver
been laid at Beatrice tills summer. A
mile of paving Is yet to In tlnlshed to
the Institute for feeble minded youth.
The railroads of Nebraska are mov
ing about 1,800 cars of grain per week,
nnd grain, shippers' complaints nro
very few at the present time, state,
house ofllclnls at Lincoln say.
Omaha Post of tho American IiCglo-i!
was enr.ehcd ?.r00 when the city coun
cil appropriated that amount to aid
lis barbecue and reunion bolng held
there this week.
During 1010 there were 00,407,050:
pounds of butter manufactured In Ne
braska, making this state rank fifth In.
the union In the production of that
staple commodity.
Frank Harrison, at Lincoln, state
that Senator Hiram Johnson will In
clude Nebraska In his speaking tour
on behalf of Warren G. Harding, th
republican candidate for president.
Frank S. Perkins of Fremont has
been reappointed finance olllcer of the
statc department of the American Le
gion, tin otllce he hns held since tho
Legion first organized In Nebraska.
The city council of Fremont denied,
the gas company of that city permis
sion to increase Its rates to $2 a thou
sand cubic feet. The company was
granted an increase the Hist of tho
year.
The sum of $11,522, proceeds of tho
sale of wheat raised on the farm
tended by convicts at the penitentiary
at Lincoln, was turned over to tho
shite treasurer. Tho crop averaged
thirty bushels to the acre, totaling.
4,700 bushels.
Nemaha county people are highly
incensed over the nctlon of Felix
Woodie of Peru, formerly of the urmy
of occupation, who Is alleged to have
packed his belongings nnd left homo
after attackim: and seriously Injuring
his German war bride. The latter Is.
hi a hospital at Auburn.
Flection Commissioner Moorhend of
Douglas county has ruled that Ne
braska women arc not yet eligible to.
serve on juries, despite the ratification
of the 10th nmendment, granting them,
the right to vote. The statutes of tho
state must he amended, before they can.
vote, he says.
The American Legion of Nebraska
went on record at the state convention,
at Hastings as favoring legalized box
ing under a strict boxing law, well
regulated, and selected a committee
with power to draw up a suitable bill,,
and to urge its passage nt the, coming;
session of the legislature
Literature advertising the southeast
Nebraska fair at Maywood. Sept. 27 to
Oet. 1 will be distributed over the,dls
trlct comprising the counties of
1 helps, Lincoln, Hitchcock, Harlan,
Frontier. Perkins, Gosper, Bed Wil
low, Chase, Furnas, Hayes and Dundy,,
by airplane. The fair association has.
contracted with the North Platte Air
craft company to do the work and.
also to do stunt Hying at the fair.
Alson B. Cole, sentenced to death,
with Allen Vincent Grammer, for tho
alleged murder of Mrs. Lulu Vogt, has
been allowed another stay of executloa
Iv the granting of nn application by
Federal, Judge Woodrough, nt Omaha,
for a writ of habeas corpus returnable
October 4. At tho same time the judge
signed an order which permits Cole to
;nter the courts and make a plea for
his own life, without expense to him
self, ns he has been declared a pauper.
The big $35,000 farmers' union ele
vator, being built at Hemlngford. Is.
rapidly Hearing completion.
The athletic camlvnl nt Scotia, held
under the uusplees of the local post
of the American Legion, wns a pro
nounced success.
The Union Pacific railroad company
has asked the Interstate Commerce
Commission for permission to con
struct a 20-mile branch line to develop
the North Platte Irrigation project.
The line will extend through Seotts
hluffs county, Nebraska, and Goshen,
county, Wyoming
The population of York Is 5,388, a
decrease of S47 ,or 13.0 per cent, cen
sus figures show.
Fillmore county has a population or
13,071, a decrease of 1,003 persons
since 1010, the census bureau at Wash
ington announced.
It IS hellsrci tlmt n number of Ne
braska farmers will go after the
$10,000 In prize offered by the Chicago
board of trade for the best .exhibit,
of grain, bay nnd seeds nt the Interna
tlonal grain und hny show at the union
stock ynrds, Chicago, November 27 to
December 5.