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TITE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. FOURTEEN KJLLED IN DUBLIN RIOTS Early Morning Attacks Made Simultaneously Ovor the City on Military. FURTHER ROBBERY ARRESTS Eight Persona Are Now Under Arrest In Council Bluffs Mall Robbery Case. Dublin. Dublin la n'galn the scene of fur-spread murder and reprisal. Not since tjio first outliroak of the vicious civil warfare thnt has been shedding blood In Irelnnd hnvo the assassina tions been ns concerted or Uio retalia tion so swift nnd pronounced. Not lesH thnn 14 men are dead In tho attacks arranged simultaneously all over tho city Sunday inoniliiK. The method was the same In each ense and nil the men assassinated were officers or former officers or otherwise In tho Hcrvlco of the government. .Small bodies of men numbering generally from six to eight presented themselves nt various houses, called their victims (tut or entered and shot their victims In bed while dressing, or at break fast. Tho districts In which the mur ders were committed wwv In some In stances closo together; others were separated by miles, but all the assns slnntlons took place about the sama l:our, 1) o'clock In the morning. Farther Arrests In Mall Loot Case. Omaha, Neb, Two new arrests and the recovery of $7,840 Saturday night and Sunday morning mark the new developments of the Council Bluffs mall robbery of a week ago. The per sons taken Into custody nre Fred' A, I'offenberger, Council Bluffs, nnd" Clyde I'offenbergor, Council Bluffs, father and brother respectively of Fred H. I'offenberger, self-confessed robber of tho registered mall car. Both men, according to Claud Clean, postal inspector, wero Impli cated by Fred Poffenberger. Both persistently denied Iholr Implication until confronted by the self-confessed. Eight are now under arrest. Tho others are Merle IMillllps, Orvlllo Phillips, Fred I'offenberger, T. W. Daly, II. A,, Reed and Mrs, Daly. Klght mrill sacks have been recover ed, seven empty. Four sacks recover ed In Spoon hike, one In Cochran park, one nenr the Eighth Avenue school nnd at the home of John Bell, negro. The sack recovered unopened wan, found near the scene of tl;e robbery." Ten sacks In nil were stolen, two thus re maining unaccounted for. Slack Demand Caused Shutdown. Topekn, ICnns. Officials of Topeka flour mills, testifying hvforu the Kan sas court of Industrial relations on n vitntlon to show why they hnvo limit ed production of Hour without first obtaining permission provided by tho Industrial court act, said they hnvo partly shut down because of a slack demnnd for Knnsns flour. This Is dpo they said, to the fact that northwest ern nilllB, by using cheaper Canadian wheat, are able to sell flour for about $1 a barrel less. "So far as I know this Is the first case of tho kind which hns been tried In tho whole world," said Judge W. L. Hugglns, in opening tho hearing. State Stands High In Tax Returns. Washington. Personal Income taxes collected' In Nebraska for the calendar year, 11)18, amounted to $300 053,505, exceeding the total collected In each of lit) states of the union and nmounted to $87,520,511 more than Kansas, $115, 853.880 more than Wisconsin. They ex ceeded by $2,000,000 the. combined per sonal returns of Alaska, Arizona, Dela ware, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Hawaii. Germany Not Bound by Treaty, flenevn. The German government 'no longer considers Itself bound by tho rlause of tho Versailles trenty by which Oernmny surrenders Its colonies to the allies, according to an official note of protest which has been pre sented to tho league of untlous. Orange Opposes Repeal. Boston, Mnss. The National Grange lias gone on record ns opposed to tho repent of the excess profits tax, but asking for revision of thu law "to bring It up to date." Ludlam Probably Lincoln Postmaster. Washington. J. O. Ludlnm will probably be the first postmaster for tho city of Lincoln chosen under tho presidential order which places first class offices under the civil service. Hln nnmo has been certified by the civil service commission to the postofllco department ns the highest ranking eligible among tho thirty or moro per sons who took tho examination. Mr. Ludlnm served for a number of years ns assistant postmaster In tho Lincoln office, resigning to become secretary to the board of education. Expect Emancipation 8oon. St. Louis. Indlnns expect emnn clpatlon from government reservation j stem within tho next four years, Thomas I Sloan of Washington, president of the Socloty of American Indlnns, declared at tho annual con ference of the organization hero. Ho asserted tho clnlms of the Indians for lull citizenship nre meeting with Krowlng Interest nnd that tho progress lielng made Justified the belief they nvlll be recognized. THIRD ROBBERY WITHIN WEEK Parcel Post Sacks Are Found Rifled in Storages Car at Council Bluifs. Council Bluffs, In. TJie third mnlt robbery within live days, in the vicini ty of this place was discovered at mid night Wednesdny when u storage cur of ordlnnry parcel post mnll reached the Bluffs terminal railway mnll sta tion In rifled condition. Two sacks of uninsured post mnll had been ransacked, according to rail way mall officials, who refused to be quoted In the matter or give details of the loss. The rilled car was from Chicago. Padlocks on n door hnd been broken off. The theft, though not discovered un til the enr reached the Bluffs, may have occurred anywhere between Chi cago and Council Bluffs. The door used for entry had been fastened se curely from the Inside by the thief, who evidently looted only twd sacks of the car's contents nnd then escaped through n skylight, leaving the doors fastened. Mrs. Dnly, the last of those Implicat ed In tho crime, is now under urrest, nnd her statements to newspaper men ns to the crime have been made In nn effort to shield her husband nnd Heed, both men past 45 years of age, who hnve been the brnlns of the organiza tion. The only substantial recovery of the plunder was made nt their home. WEEKLY MARKETQRAM. (U. S. Bureau of Market-.) Wnshlngton, D. C. For Week KnrtiKt Nov. 18, 1920. FUUITH AND VICQETAHLES. North ern Potatoes steady f. o. b. at Jl-802.05 per '100 lbs. sacked, with weak tone pre vailing at the close. Carlots. Chicago, de clined 10 to 1C cents, cloHlnK at 1.90fj 2.00. Jobbing prices In other) middle western markets steady at J2.ir.O2.50. ItecclDtB llaht at Western New York shipping- polntB: Hound White stock ntendy at $2.00ij)2.10. Shipments from Maine and Northern states decreasing. Apple receipts falling off at Western New York shipping points; A 2H Ualtl wlns H.C6 per bbl. Baldwins and Yorks steady In consuming markets, mostly at hmo. neports or uoia storage uoiumgs Nov. 1st show a. sllcht Increaso In bar reled stock, but an Important decrease In number of boxes held. Stocks of bar reled apples In storage 3,256.355, com pared with 3,108,246 Nov. 1st, last seuson, and 2,914,828 In 1918. Iloxod apple hold ings Nov. 1st were 2,716,734 boxes, com pared with 4.244.24S last year, and 2,512, S41 In 1918. Shipments of barreled and boxed apples decreasing rapidly. Danish Typo Cabbage steady f. o. I). New York shipping points at J9.0010.00 per ton bulk; receipts lighter. Trices de clined about $4.00 per ton In eastern con suming markets, closing S13.00fl20.00. Movement lighter from New York jind Wisconsin. HAY AND FEED. Hay market weak In east. HeceiptB moro than arnplo to take care of requirements In that sec tion. Buyers reluctant to buy, becauao prevailing prices are still. 100 per cent higher than before the war, while prices of feed and grain are gradually declining to pro-war figures. Production of hay 7.000,000 tons higher than flvo-ycar aver age. Prices practically unchanged. No. I Timothy, New York, J40.60; Philadel phia, $31.00; Chicago, $34.00. No. 1 Al falfa. Omaha. $25. No. 1 Prairie. Omaha. $17.50; Chicago, $24.00. Wheat feeds unchanged. Linseed and Cottonseed Meal weak and lower. De mand for all feeds light. Corn feeds In fair demand. Movement good. Jobbers underselling mills J1.00CT2.00 on llnsoed meal. Stocks of high protein feeds heavy; normni lor oilier (oeus. ijuoteu, man $31.00, Minneapolis; $40.50, Philadelphia; Middlings. $29.00, Minneapolis; $39.50. Philadelphia, lied Dog, $53.00, Duluth. Unseed Meal. 149.50 f. o. b. mills. 36 nor cent Cotton Seed Meal. $35.50: Memphis. 43 per cent Cottonseed Meal, $35.00, Texas common points, Hominy, $43.60, north western markets, dluten feed, $43.00 Chi cago. UltAlN. Wheat markets displayed a tcady tone nnd an advanclnir tendency until the 17th,. when rcportod purchase of three cargoes Canadian Wheat weakened. Confidence In prices and recessions set In on tho 17th nnd 18th. Great weakness In corn wub additional Influence. Flour stocks In hands of Important bakers und all retailers small. Heavy stocks wheat at Fort William, Ontario, cannot bo moved nn inrmer-owners nre Holding. Stocks of Wheat small nt American tor. mlnnl markets. On tho 18th Dccomher Corn closed at 70 centn. now low point slnco 1916, caused by break of five to eight cents In Knnsns City cash corn mnrkct. Corn market under Influence of now crop, Cash demand slow, but prices tiro at big premiums over December fu ture, new sso, 2 wnite i:orn, so ovor Deo. future on the 18th. Nns. 1 and S old mixed, 10c premiums; yellow, 13o; white, 11c. For tho week Chicago De comber wheat unchnnged, $1.801. Da comber corn down GUo, closing nt 70o. Minneapolis December wheat lost 4o, closing at $1.65H- Kansas City Decom- uor oown uc, ai jt.i-ji. Winnipeg, iuo, nt $1.90. I.IVIS STOCK AND MHATH. HxcobsIva runs nnd poor average quality produced sharp declines In tho cattle market dur ing tho week. Depreciation ranged 60u on tho yearling steers to $1.75 per 100 His, on westerns, nnd medium native beef steers, cows nnd heifers broke 75a(01$.125. Fat ewes declined $1.00, and feeding lamlm avorngod 50c down. Hogs lost about 80c per iuu iub. iMovemucr lBth. Chlcngo prices. Top hogs, $11.60, bulk, $11.90(1 12.10. Top yearling steers. $17.00; good beef Hteers, $14.75 down; heifers. $12.25; cows. 110.00: feeder steers. 110 60: wit. ems, $11,76, veal calves, $15.00; fat lambs, $12.00; feeding lambs. $12.50; owes, 6.25. With the exception of voal and pork loins, tho fresh meat markets wero weak and lower. Hoef and mutton averaged .uu iuwer, wun minus snowing nn extra decline of $3 per 100 lbs. Veal about $1.00 higher. Some weights of pork loins ranged $1.00O'3.00 higher than a wcok ago. No vember 18th prices on good creon mpntn. lleof. $18.0024.00: vertls, $25.00fi28.00: lambs. $24.00ff28.00: mutton. $14.00018.00; light pork loins, $33.00039.00; heavy loins. $26.00(5134.00. , DAIUY PP.ODUCTS. Butter market has been losing strength pnat few days nnd trading Is rather quiet. Prices are lower nt Chicago and Philadelphia, and barely steady at lloston and New York. uuiiinii uuuer is ueing lined lo some ex tent nt New York to mititilv fnnnv tm.i. at 65Vi68c, while Argentine butter Is moving slowly ut 404Go, on account of poor quality. Closing m prices. 92 score. New York nnd Ph laileltililn. S5n; Ttnainn and Chicago, 61c, Cheese prices holding wen wriiu mivniivva ui !ubi weeK; marKel reported firm. Young Americas nnd Square Prints In strong demnnd nt dls- iriuuung lunrKeis, nt xvifsoc, one cent to lUo lowor in uroduclnir entlnnn nti... Btyles moving readily In producing sec tions, at ZGtyzte. Thero Is moderate In quiry for held cheese, but dealers are trying to keop stock of fresh well clean ed up. Receiver for Motor Company. Lincoln, Neb. Joseph K. Itosenfeld nf Omnhn hns been appointed receiver for the Hebb Motor Co. nnd tho Patriot Motors by Federal Judge T. C. Munger upon application tiled by three creditors, Including the Baum Iron store nnd the Powell Supply com pany of Omnhn. Tho receiver Is to be plnced under bond of $50,000. In tho event that the motor company Is de chired bankrupt the order, provides thnt Mr. Itosenfeld shall continue to net as receiver until the appointment nnd qualification of n trustee. TO BANISH RADICAL ELEMENT Conservative Labor Leaders Take Firm Stand on Solution of Unemployment. Washington. Direct steps to elim inate radicalism from any control In organized labor and to meet tho men ncc of Increasing unemployment are being tnken by the American Federn tlon of Lnbor, through Its executive council, In session here. Already a decisive victory over rntli cat elements within the organization has been achieved at one point, nnd the far-reaching nature of the confer ences of the council for a week past, dealing with economic problems, np pear now to foreshadow some ac tion looking to closer co-operation be tween labor and capital to meet uu employment. 8ay Slump Is Result of Conspiracy. Columbus, O. Illume for tho pres ent slump In prices for furm products wns laid nt the door of n "well organ ized conspiracy on the port of grahi gamblers nnd some of the captains of llnnnce," by O. G. Smith of Nebraska, president of the farmers' notional con gress, In bis nddress ut the nnnunl con vention of thnt body here. Mr. Smith expressed the hope thnt "congress will endorse formers In their refusal to sell their products ut n loss." - Call for Producers' Strike. Kansas City, Mo. A nntlon-wlde producers strike to combnt tho falling prices of farm products Is urged In a call sent out by the National Farmers' julou to Its local unions throughout (he country. The cnll, In the form of a resolution adopted at the nntlonnl convention of the organization here, went forwnrd to secretaries of local brunches of the orcnnlziitlon. which represent producers of grain, cotton, wool anu live stock, snlu to number 800,000. Loot May Be $3,500,000. Omnhn, Neb. Loss in the mall car robbery In Council Bluffs Saturday night will total nt least $3,500,000, ac cording to estimates ninde by post ofllco Inspectors, when additional of ilclnls came to nsslst locnl investiga tors nnd n check of Insurance on the pouches was made. Some officials place '.heir estimates ns high ns $10,000,000, while others were more conservative. Postmnjter George F. Hughes, while unwilling "to set any definite figure ns to his esti mate of the loss, stated that It would In nil probability considerably exceed the million ninrk. Phillips, the 20-yenr-old mnll sorter, sticks to his story thnt he merely stood wntch on the locomotive while two others did tho nctunl robbing. But officers nre convinced thnt he is with holding vnlunble Information. Reserve Loans Increase. New' York. The consoljdnted state ment of tho twelve federal reserve banks shows nn expansion In lonns of $25,528,000, those on government obligations Increasing $11,100,000 and thoso on commercial paper Increasing $14,332,000. Jlllls bought In the mar ket Incrensed $1,!!IM,000, so that total bills on band expnnded $20,022,000. De spite the lonn expansion, the member banks decreased their reserve account $28,432,000. Holdings of treasury cor tlflcates declined $1,887,000; so thnt totnl earning nssets expnnded $25,532, 000. Gold reserves declined $1,017,000, but subsidiary money Incrensed $3. 338,000, so thnt total reserves Increased $11C1,000. Gross deposits Increased $05,35 1,000, Including uu lncrense In government deposes of $28,021,000. Federal reserve note circulation ex panded $2,877,000. Nebraska's Bio Corn Crop. Lincoln, Neb. A corn crop ranking first In both yield und production since 1005, leaven no argument to tho fact that "corn Is king" In Nebraska this year. According to tho November 1 report of A. 10. Anderson of the bureau of crop estimates, nnd Leo Stuhr of the stuto department of ngrlculture, the prellmlnnry estimate of yield Is 31 bushels per acre. Lnst year tho yield wus 20.2 bushels nnd the 10-yenr nver age is 28.7 bushels'. Tills year's total production Is estimated nt 250,088.000 bushels ns compared to 184,180,000 bushels last year nnd the 10-year uvcr ugo of 178,030,000 bushels. This year's crop ranks fifth In size since 1805. Lincoln. As n result of the storm of protest thnt followed the nnnounee inent of the parole board to release. Hen Mnrshall, negro assailant of wo men, from the stnto penitentiary, and the governor's finally refusing tho pn rolc, it Is probable that further pa roles grunted by tho board will not be mude public. Seattle. Hundreds of Indians In tho upper Copper river district of Alaskn are facing starvation because of failure of the salmon fishing In their section. Greek Cabinet Resigns. Athens. Premier Venlzelo's cabinet hns resigned and Admiral Coundourlo tls, the regent of Greece, hns sent for George Ithnllls, to whom, It Is expect ed, will be entrusted the formation of a new ministry. Tho complete victory of the opposi tion seems utmost certn'n, although final results tare still lucking. Even lenders of the elements opposed to Premier Venlr.elos In the elections held on Sunday were surprised by the shnwhfg their cnndldntes bad made In Salonlki and Attica. DEATH RATE LOWEST KNOWN. Total Number of Deaths for the year 1919 Foot Up Only 1,096,436. "Washington, D. C The 1010 denth rate In the denth registration nrca of continental United States, embracing 81 per cent of the totnl population, wns shown In statistics Just mnde pub lic by the census bureau, to be the lowest recorded for nny one year. Tho rate of 12.0 per 1,000 of population showed n drop of 5.1 per 1,000 from the unusually high rate of 1018, re sulting from the epidemic of Influenza. The totnl number of deaths In 1010 wns 1,000,430, of which 111,570, or 10.2 per cent, were caused by heart disease, while tuberculosis resulted in 100,035, or 0.8 per cent, the statistics showed. Deaths attributed to pneumonln to talcd 105,218: Influenza, 84,113; ne phritis and Bright'3 disease, 75.005, nnd cancer nnd other mnllgnnnt tu mors 08,551. Invites Rigid Investigation. Washington. A blanket Invitation to every citizen -having knowledge of "any Irregularity or misconduct on the pnrt ,uf any agent, employe or olllcer of the War department" to submt such evidence for investigation, has been Is sued by Secretary Baker in reply to recent criticism of the surplus proper ty d lvlslon, appearing In n New York newspaper. The secretary's, statement pledged thorough Inquiry Into every accusation brought to the attention of the department. Declaring thnt the nrtlclcs referred to chnrge, first, thnt the Wnr depart ment bo r.ght too many supplies, nntl second, thnt Irregularities, favoritism nnI profiteering hnve characterized the disposal of surplus stocks, the statement emphatically denied both al legations. Supplies- were bought, It said, on the basis of an expected longer duration of the war. San Francisco Deeply Interested. San Francisco. About $1,300,000 in securities, mostly canceled or non negotiable, forwarded by Sun Francis co, banks or bond houses, was Involved In the Council Bluffs mull enr robbery, postal ofllclals have announced here,. The officials said insurance covered most of tho shipment. The only government liability on each registered mnll package stolen in the $3,500,000 Counca Bluffs mail rob bery Is $50. Losses beyond that amount must be suffered by the sender or by Insurance companies Insuring the pucknges. A representative of the locnl post ofilce Inspector's ofllec has gone to .Council Bluffs to nld jn checking up the vnlunbles lost In the robbery. Not to Rush State Capitol Building. Lincoln, Neb. The hopes of those who nre anxious to sec the work on the new state capltol building begun within a year went glimmering when Architect Goodhue of Now York" and members of the capltol commission de- eld"! that It will be impossible or not practical to break ground nt least until 1022. Work could be stnrted earlier, It wns pointed out, but It would neces sitate n rush which, in the opinion of the' commission, would be detrimental to the chnrnctcr of the building. Tho plans, other thnn thoso Involv ing the exterior und general aspect of the building, nre still quite Indefinite. There will probably be many changes In the Interior arrangement from the tentative plans submitted by the archi tect. The construction of the building will In all likelihood take not less thnn seven years, according to Commis sioner Kimball. Predicts Another World War. Wnrsnw. The declaration thnt wnr between Germany nnd Polnnd would bo Inevitable If the plebiscite to be held In Upper Sllesln gives thnt region to Germany Is made In the Gnzetto Poraniia In discussing the plebiscite. The newspaper Is the organ of the na tional democrats, whose leader is John DombskI, under secretary for foreign affairs. The Gazette Porannn predicts thnt another world wnr would result, with France nntl Belgium Joining Po land nnd Great Britain siding with Germany. It ndds: "If Englnnd should enter this war It would mean, perhnps, the end of itrltlsh world power." The newspaper contends that Grent Brit ain has shown certain lennlngs townrd Germany in Slleslan affairs and warns Britain to keep her knnds off. Lincoln, Neb. America Is slowly, but surely recovering from Its chaotic financial stability," said President Charles Smrlia of Mllllgnn, In Ids ad dress before n group of the Stute Hunkers' association, convening here. Chicago Cattle Market Goes Wild. Chlcngo. The Chicago live stock market, nenr the close. Tuesday was In a demoralized condition, with sellers unloading nt most any price offered. Gootl cattle were sold at $1 less than Monday's close nnd from $1.50 to $3 cheaper thnn two weeks ngo. Prlcea ranged from $7,50 to $12.50. Albeit Baker, head of the United States bureau of markets, snld thu market wns In such n bad condition it wns dllllcult to give exact quota tions becnuse of the vnrlance In rlco for cuttle of the same crude. Refugees at Constantinople. Constantinople Thirteen thousand refugees have arrived here from Se bastopol, but because of lack of ac commodations, they ale still aboard ships moored In the Bosphorus, Sev eral thousand more are due, und It is understood 30,000 hnve been permitted to take pnssage from the Crimean city. It wns found impossible o provide ships for the entire , population of 30,000. Two thousand wounded also hnve arrived, nml hnve been distrib uted among the French and Itusslaa hospitals. CORNHUSKER ITEMS Nows of All Kinds .Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nobroska. OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS Yeggs blew open tho safe of the post ofilce nt Beaver City, and mnde their escape In nn automobile with $100. Tho explosion wrecked the windows nnd wns heard for many blocks. It is estimated that the harvest of sugar beets from the 70,000 ueres sown tolhat crop in the valley of the North Plnttc river, west of North Platte, will approximate 770,000 tons. Tho Nebraska chamber of commerce, which is the successor to the state as sociation of commercial clubs, Is to be incorporated shortly by leading busi ness men of the state. Citizens of Kimbnll, on tho alrmnll route between Omaha nntl Cheyenne, hnve requested thnt arrangements be made for the dropping of mnll nt thnt place while In flight. Forty-one Gnge county farmers who shipped In a carload of "Kanred" wheat Inst fall have sold $20,000. worth of the seed tills yeur in other Nebraska counties. A smooth-toi)gued magazine solicitor who worked Alliance for several days has disappeared following the. collec tion of a tidy sum, principally from womnii victims. Nebraska is to be divided Into eight prohibition, enforcement districts, with nn ngent in each district. Omnhn will bo the headquarters of the new or gnnizutlon. Gust Curlson, n fnrmer nenr St. Ed wards," is dead of tetanus, the result of Infection fro'm n blow on the thumb with n hammer while making rejmlrs on a fence. Petitions have been formnlly tiled with tho city council of Norfolk ask ing that u special election be called on the city management form of govern ment The annual convention of the Ne braska Association of County Com missioners, Supervisors nnd Clerks will be held nt Omaha on December 7 to 0. Invaders entered the store of Hynte & Tull nt Murray by breaking n plate glass window, nnd carried off goods to the vnlue of u couple hundred dollars. Frank Adams of Battle Creek lost his left hnnd, ns the result of getting it cnught In the rolls of a corn husking machine, which he wns operating. While performing stunts with n re volver at North Plntte, Kenneth Mc Fnrlnnd wns accidentally shot, deuth resulting from the wound. Iturul mnll carriers of Hastings lnst week Informally celebrated the twen tieth anniversary of the first rural mail route In thnt place. All metul monoplanes have been in stalled on the Omnhn-Chicugo nlr mnll lines nnd are making regulnr trips be tween tin; two cities. It. B. Howell of Omaha is being prominently mentioned ns n possibility for Secretary of the Nnvy under President Hording. Hebron fire department hns n new modern fire truck, housed In the city hall, which has been remodeled to ac commodate It. An appropriation -of $S0,000 hns been made by thnt denomination for im provements In the Lutheran uendemy at Hebron. For the first time In more thnn four years tho Cass county jail Is deserted, the Inst prisoner having been let out last week. The cornerstone of Plntte county's new court house will be lnld with Im pressive Masonic -ceremonies on No vember 30. The Stamford Hour mills were de stroyed last week by fire of unknown origin. The loss Js covered by insur mice. Pnssenger nlr planes nre expected to bo In operation between Omnha and Chicago within the next sixty days. Ord Is Installing nearly 100 beauti ful electroliers around the squnro and on the extending business streets. Naturalization pnpers were denied two men who hnd been convicted of boot-legging, nt Omnha. The Nebraska Jewelers' association will hold Its nnnunl convention at Omnhn Februnry 23-24. Grand Island sportsmen hnve de cided to' revive the Coursing club ut thnt place. The Hotel Greeters will meet In an nual convention at Omaha December 2 und 3. John W. Guthrie, secretary of tho Alliance Chamber of Commerce, hns tendered his resignation to the board of directors, effectlvo January 1. To accommodate farmers and others who nro limited In the time they can spare In school, the state university school of ngrlculture ut Lincoln Is again offering four weeks courses In automobiles nntl tractors, and general agriculture. The nutomobllc-trnctor short course opens November 20. Stu dents to the number of twenty-flvo may enter this course on nny Monday, beginning with tho Inst Monday in November. The live stock which tho collego of agriculture, at Lincoln, will send to the International live stock exposition nt Chicago, wns exhibited to the pub lic last week In what Is known as the "baby International." Students of the college displayed sixty-four bend of cattle, horses, hogs and sheep to about 500 people in the Judging pavilion ut the university farm. One hundred and fifty mombers of the Richnrdson county furui bureau, meeting nt their annuul banquet nt Falls City, voted to Join In the state campaign for new farm bureau members, State's ..ttorncy Parker of Dend wood, S. Dak., who is Investigating tho alleged wholesnlc theft of dyna mite by Cnrmalettu .CUccI, former Omnhn mnn, who wns nrrested at Terry, S. Dvnk., claims tchnve devel oped evidence of a plot which in volves a ring of blnck-hnnd men and dynamiters In Omnha. ' The arrest of Cuccl ulded in frusttrntlng n plot to blow up several Omahn homes, he de clares. An Klkhorn valley or Sunday base ball leaguo Is in the process of form ation, preparatory to next senson's gnmes and the towns of Arlington, Beemer, Fremont, Dodge, Snyder,, JJcrlbner, Hooper, North Bend, Oak land nnd West Point ore- to be In cluded. The executive committee of the Nor folk post of the American' legion hnv tnken steps to hold n Madison county meeting of legion posta in this county sometime in December for the purpose of organizing a permanent county Amertcnn legion association. Plnns ore being mnde for Ord's first municipal Christmas tree. With the completion of the paving nnd the in stallation of the new street lights, lm. mediatc uso will be mnde of these con veniences for. an extensive Christinas -program. The state convention of the young peoples society of Christian endenvor held ut Aurora last week had the largest registration of nny former meeting for many yours, nenrly 700' delegates being in attendance. Citizens of Alliance nre all worked: up over reports of wTde openj gamb ling thnt Is alleged to hnve been run ning in thnt place for some time, nnd n probe Into the mntter has been or dered by the city council. The state board oP commissioners,'; nccordlng to L. C. Qberlles, chulrmnn, probably will ask the legislature when it convenes in January to provide a separate institution or colony for the treatment of epilepsy. Tho Nntlonnl Humane Society nt its meeting nt Omahn urged action look ing to the abolishment of Wild West Shows, on the ground that they nre detrimental to the morals of the youth of the land. Burglnrs attempted to break Into the vnult of the bnnk of Princeton some time lnst Sundny night, but af ter working on It for a number of " hours evidently gave the Job up ns a bnd one nnd left. Women are to have nn Important pnrt in the meetings of organized agri culture at Lincoln, Jnnunry 3 to 7. In addition to attending the general ses sion on Wednesday they will have a three-day program of their own,- begin, nlng Tuesdny. Omnhn is being flooded with nn arti ficially colored bootleg whisky repre sented to be genuine "Canndinn club," n brand which hns been smuggled across the border In small quantities -und which became quite popular In. Omaha recently. After H years, during which he be lieved he wns an orphan without mime or family, narry Morris of Beatrice hns found his mother from whom he wns separated in infancy, nnd will shortly visit her nt her hpme In Brook lyn, N. Y. With a ne,w modernly equipped fire truck just received the city of Plntts uiotith Is practically without h fire de partment, as all but two members nnd the chief of the volunteer compnny have resigned on account of dissatis faction. Three hundred nnd six men toobr membership in the Hamilton county fnrm bureau the first dny of the enm pnign. Half tills number left their cornhusklng and went to Aurora for the booster meeting in the afternoon. Nebraska City lias a "hunger strik lr," Mose Givens, colored prisoner in the county Jail, lias refused for several days to take nourishment, although temptingly displayed by Sheriff Fischer. When1 John II. Gerdes of Adams, ap plied for ills second citizenship pnpers he discovered thnt n clnlm mftde dur ing the wnr to secure draft exemption had barred him from naturalization, Plattsmouth lodge B. P. O. 13., Is or ganizing n concert hnnd of twenty pieces, under the direction of Profes sor Ed Schulhof, well-known band in structor of southeastern Nebraska. Forty-four women nro enrolled In tho night classes established in tho high school nt Hastings under the Smith-Hughes law. There are classes in sewing, cooking nnd millinery. Bnrtram G. Goodhue, of New York City, has been retained nt the snlary of $25,000 a yeur to finish plans for supervising the construction of tho new Nebrnskn state house. Mrs. William Hurmon of Nebraska City, nged 01, Is growing n new head of hair, according to neighbor women. She has been bed-ridden for the lnst year and her linlr, it is snld, is being replaced by tresses which hnve begun to grow within the lnst few weeks. Her batr in front is snld to be two inches long and of a dnrk color. Tho tractor testing work being con ducted by the, University of Nebraska has attracted the attention of the United Stntes Wnr department, nnd a group of ordnance officers will be sent to the college of tTgrlculture to person ally Inspect the work. A porcupine, one of the first ever killed In the Elkhorn valley In Holt county, was rim over by u car driven by Thomas Itae, ranchman, near O'Neill lust week and has been sent to a taxidermist for preservation. Old Inhabitants declare that it is the first anlmnl of the kind over seen along the Elkhorn. Hastings Is to have n llrst-clnes amusement park next season. In ad dition to a pavilion, swimming pool, athletic park, aviation field, etc., it Is proposed to erect cabins for boy scouts and camp tire girls' conferences.
