ARTIFICIAL ICE PLANT PLANNED Building and Outfit of Ne ligh, Neb., to Cost $25,000 -AUllgh. Neb., March 22.--e allowed the chance to repeut with another woman. Mrs. Stoker secur ed a $10,000 judgment against her husband’s mother for alienation of affections, and the appeal on this was argued also. CATTLE FEEDER8 PUT ELEVATOR OUT OF BUSINESS Bolden. Neb.. March 22.—t Special to The Tribune.)—The Atlas clavator here will close on account of the tack of business. It Is claimed that stock feeders in this locality ars using their corn and buying the corn of the other farmers for feeding pur poses, so that the elevator Is tiecom ing Idle and unable to pny its run ning expenses. CHILD BADLY BURNED ABOUT BACK AND HEAD. Wlsner, Neb.. March 22 (Special) —The 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard McGuire whs se riously burned when sitting on the hearth at her home. Her dress caught fire and her head and back were burned , • ' JUDGE ELLIOTT REFUSES TO QUASH INDICTMENT. •maha. Neb., Marsh 22.—Federal Judge J. E>. BHiott, of Sioux PaHs. B. 1>„ holding eourt in Omaha dur ing the abeonee ef Federal Judge "Weedrough, refused to tiuash tbeis dtatsnent against Loyal B. Howty, and Lee J. l>unn, former officers, ef the City Maiienal bank, ef Ltacela, •barging them with the mieappUea «t»n of the bank’s fluids tn the pay ment of ever draft cheeks and the discounting ef notes Cor tht Nebras ka air eraft our pom Hon. ! KEPT COPIES LOVE LETTERS Lincoln, Neb., Attorney, Appeals In Matter of Alimony Assessed Lincoln, Neb., March .Special, —T. f». It. Stocker, a Lincoln lawyer who appealed to supreme court on the ground that he could not earn enough at his profession to pay the alimon/ the lower court said his wife was entitled to In giving her a sep arata maintenance decree, argued to that tribunal that there was no merit In the contention of opposing counsel that he ought, in that case, to find somehlng else to do. He Insisted thRt it was an Injustice to demand that he give up his profession merely so that he might earn alimony. Stocker's parents are wealthy, and his wife, after defeating his plea for divorce, secured a $10,000 Judgment against his mother for alienation of affections. On his divorce trial Stocker admitted that he kept %' car bon copy of ail love letters he wrote In courtship days. ANTI PASS LAW BADLY TANGLED Telephone Companies May Not Give Cut Rates to Their Employes Idncoln, Neb., March \ (Special) —That the legislature bungled also whin It passed the amendment to the anti-free pass law permitting rail roads to Issue pusses to preachers and charity workers was claimed by representatives of the Northwestern Bell Telephone company when they appeared, Tuesday, to ask for per mission to give reduced rates for tel ephone service to employes and pen sioners. The commissioners were in clined to hold that while It was ad vantageous for the company to have quick communication with employes when emergencies arise, It could not sanction this because the law forbids discrimination between patrons. Then it was brought out' that when the law was amended at the last ups' slon It was changed only in so far as railroads are concerned, and by repealing the sections amended also wiped out that portion which prohib ited discrimination on the part of other common carriers. i BROKEN BOW MAN 16 KILLED IN ODD MANNER. Broken Bow, Neb., March ' -—Leo Orlebol, 80 year* old, living about 20 miles from here was accidentally shot and killed, when a shot gun he was carrying while riding a horse was in some manner discharged. Tt la believed he was thrown from the horse, causing the gun to go off. He had been married a month. INDIANA ELOPERS CAUGHT IN NEBRA8KA. Omaha, Neb., March , (II. P.)— Mrs. Hasel Stully, SO years old. of Auburn. Ind., charged with deserting her husband and thite children to elope with Dell Hayes, of Auburn, Was arrested hero last night and is being held for Indiana authorities. Hayes was arrested at Paplllon, Neb. Hayes' wife ia a paralytic, according to information received here. QUARANTINE 8IGNS DID NOT LOOK GOOD Huron, S. D., March \ (Special) — Two traveling men assisting Mr. and Mrs. Mark Kunl entertain a doeen additional guests at a dinner party here Sunday night, nearly broke up the party with a prank they pulled. Before the guests commenced to ar rive, they procured measles and soar let fever quarantine signs which they nailed to the house. The arriving guests left with one look at the house, and 4t was some time later before they could all be rounded up again and brought back to the house for the big dinner that had been prepared for them. BRICTSON CONCEHN PAID BIG DIVIDENDS Omaha, Neb., March * -Edwin T. Svtobe, fiscal agent for the defunct Bricteon Mfg., company testified to day in the trial of O. A. Rrictaon. In federal court, on charges of using the mails to defraud, that Brictson had reported to him that the company's earnings on a J1W.OO* basis had been 87 per oeat. ever an eight year per iod. Swobe said Brietson's advertising matter cited the profits of other tire companies te show the possibilities of thv Luctso* company. CRANKED CAR, NOW ASKS FOR DAMAGES Omaha. Neb., M«!?h SH ae the remainder at the pride agreed te he ppM ter e Martin airplane by Bay Pape, The latter abucaed Mat tea plane weald net By. ui that it eeei Men a hi at money te find. iAb eat. .The Jsr* betew gave hia» a dulter 4kmages. ' HE GAVE NOTE UNDERPRESSURE —— Former Cashier of Sidney, Neb., Bank Won Case In Lower Court — Lincoln, Neb., March (Special) —The Liberty State bang, of Sidney, has appealed to supreme court from a district court verdict that its former cashier, R. A. Barlow, does not owe anything on a note and mortgage he executed. Barlow de fended on the ground that while he was ill he was told by officers of the bank that he was short $6,000 in his accounts, and that if he did not mortgage his home he would be turned over to the attorney gen eral for prosecution. He said he was told (hat this was necessary in or der to satisfy the state department of trade and commerce, and that after all was over the instruments would be cancelled. This was de nied, but the Jury made a specific finding that duress had been used, and that he need not pay. CANNERY FOR STATE HOSPITAL Institution At Cherokee Will Take Care of Surplus From Farm Cherokee, la., March (SpeoiaJ’i —A canning plant wit{ u capacity of 1,320 No. 1 cans per day will be installed in a now concrete block building at the State Hospital farm, and all canning operations will be removed from the kitchens. The ad dition to equipment will salvage great quantities of tomatoes, apples, various vegetables and small fruits, surplus ai'sr all needs of the hos pital have V 'sn met. The product, will be packed in No. 10 cans. Nona *111 find its way to the retail trade. •utpif* at Cherokee will be sold to other state institutions at market prices. Toe executive council and Supt. Dr. George B. Ilonohoe are Intent In the introduc tion ai. d elaboration of business methods. The Statg Hospital dairy herd Is practically self-sustaining through the sale of pure-blood and high grade Holstein cows end heifers. The surplus from the herd is not equal to the demand and the stuff com mands top prices. --— Sunday Dinners To Her Friends Worthington Woman Invites Business and Profes sional Men Worthington, Minn., March (Special)—Mrs. J. L. Baldwin, a wealthy widow and a long time resi dent of Worthington, has in the past three weeks given a series of Sun day dinners at the leading cafes, having as her guests, all the business and professional men of the town and their families. Iowa Girls Win Oratory Contest Miss Marie Kline is First In Catholic School Event Slayton, Minn., Mar. Special)— At an oratorical contest at Iowa, conducted by the schools of the St. Francis Sisters of the Catholic diocese of Winona. Miss Marie Kline, of the parochial school at Currie, won first place, her subject being "The New Race Problem," and Miss CnmilUs Hllger. of Iowa, won second Diace. Her subject was •'The Delin quent Boy;" There were three girls and three boys who contested for the prises. The two winners will go to Winona in April to take part In the diocesan contest. PROVIDES FLOWERS FOR SOLDIERS' GRAVES. Lincoln, Neb.. March ‘Special) —An unusual bequest was contained in the will of W. J. Blystone, former legislator and long prominent In Grand Army circles. He gave to Farragut post, of Lincoln, the sum of $fi00, the interest of which is to be used to buy flowers every Dec oration day for the graves of old soldiers. What (s believed to be America's first apartment house was built in New Orleans by the Baroness I’ontalha. 1 daughter of the Spanish governor of Ixxiisiana. Sixteen of these apartment houses were erected in tSt6. a row of tlietn on either side of the city plaaui. ■ Red-haired women are said te suffer lees from seriaus diseases than darker wsiaea. WESTERN UNION SUED FOR LARGE AMOUNT 'Warthlagtea, Mina . Mar. ,-Bs HUM thqy chum the Weatert Litton Telegraph company failed te aeiiver a message which waa sent te Alta Veata. la.. F. J. Cuntauskey and Nick BWk have brought suit against tlis ssutpaay far tit.*** Baeti sold a farm near LUmore te Cuoimiekey a ltd wired the farm saner in lews that the deal Had peso wads. DUCK HUNTERS HEAVILY FINED Game Wardens Take Lin wood, Neb., Men for Shoot ing on Platte River Schuyler, Neb., March — J.yle Stevens and Kclwln Franklin, noth of Llnnwood, Neb., wore fined $«09.70 in court here on charges of hunting ducks on the Platte river without li cense and in violation to the state migratory bird act. Federal Game Warden John Holmes of Orleans, and State Deputy Oatne Warden Peter Barley made the arrest. They said they caught Stevens and Franklin with 24 ducks in their pos session, which they shot from a blind \ on the Platte river. Holmes said the men would be prosecuted by federal authorititifc for violation of the federal migratory bird act. EACH COW TRAVELED DIFFERENT DIRECTION Newcastle, Neli., March —(Spe cial to The Tribune.)—V. . Brew ster, a farmer living a few miles northwest o£ here, met with a pscu liar accident while taking two cows, tied together with a rope, to South Sioux City where he is moving his goods. As he started out on horse back, the cow's tried to get by him, one running on one side of the road and the other pulling toward the other side. The rope on the cows wrapped itself around t.he horse, tripping and throwing him. This hurled Mr. Brew ster tn the air and pitched him into some f Jrtn machinery, breaking his collar hone and inflicting severe wounds on his head ond body. THREAT IS MADE IN LETTER TO MERCHANT Fremont, Neb., March -(Spe cial.)—A threatening letter nas been received by John Hauser, well known Fremont merchant, in w’htch he is accused of giving false testimony in the recent trial of the John O’Connor case, in which an estate of $200,000 was given to the state. The writer, who is a woman, accused Hauser of knowing that, the man known as O’Connor is in reality one John Moore who resided in Fremont in the 60’s and was an acquaintance of Mr. Hauser. Mr. Hauser said that he would not turn the letter over to the police department. AGED COUPLE SEEK SEPARATION BY DIVORCE Lincoln, N«jb., March ' —After 6t years of man led life, John VV. Sirine S3 and has wife, Dorothy W. Strine, 77, both of Lincoln are In divorce court. Memory is failing the couple; neither is able to remember the ex act dote of their marriage, except that it took place in Oreencastle, Fa. in 1863, Kach charges the other with threats to kill and with in sanity, and Mr. Strlnc alleges that their crippled daughter, Myrtle, 3s years old,, has estranged Mrs. Strine from him. Attorneys are attempting to affect a reconciliation or a settlement of the small amount of property. WOMEN PREPARE SICK ROOM OUTFIT. Red Cloud. Neb., March (Spe cial)—A complete nick rou<>« outfit will be made up here by Ihe mem bers of the Red Cloud Community club for use in any home where it 1* needed, according to the plaus of the women who are taking the Ag ricultural Extension project, "Home Care of the Sick." One member Is to furnish the bedside table atpl the husband of one of the other mem bers will make the blocks With which to raise the bed. Other mem bers will do their share likewise to make the set of tables, pans, steri lizer, medicine chest, bandages, heel and elbow rests, back rests, lunch table, trays, and other necessary things complete. Most of these things will be simple, home-made articles hut when assembled they will lie of great use in many homes where all of them could not be oth erwise furnished, say the women who are in the club. IOWA YOUTH GOES TO PEN ON STRETCHER, ! remont, Neb., March iSpecial) —Arthur Stevenson, one-icgged Io wa youth, who fractured that one limb in four places when he at tempted to escaoo from the Dodge county jail last winter, was taken to the penitentiary at Lincoln yes terday t>n u stretcher. Instead of being confined with prisoners in the pen, Stevenson will probably spend his whole 12-month term in the pen itentiary hospital, according to Sheriff V\. C, Condit. Stevenson was arrested here for burglary and shortly after his conviction, at tempted to get out of jail by climb ing down an improvised rope made from the bed-clot ues in his room. The rope broke while Stevenson was four stories above the ground. Publicity given this sensational in cident brought his mother from a small Iowa town to his bedside and she remained with him in a Fremont hospital for several days. Five dollars Is the pri** of th« best seats in some of the first-class motion picture theaters in Japan. TO DEDICATE MONUMENT AT «. A. R .ENCAMPMENT Frfntaat, N*fe„ Uoreh _tBp*. cial.l—A fin* It ^««t high. I containing a frgur* in fer**a* *f a Civil war «*Idl*r. is t* he *r*«t*d at th* entra n«* t* RUtg* »* oat vary fear* • n4 d*d!«at*d during th* annual state en«uu*gu*at *f tit* «. A. R Jun* t t* S. tennittN *f m*a*k*rs •f th* Dons and Daughters *f •1*11 War Veterans, beaded fey #e*rg* W*l*. will have ♦ boig« *f th* pur chase and *rectKin »i fU* menJUfvnt VALUABLE COAT WORK OF HUBBY Mrs. T. J. Ryan of Newcas tle, Neb., Wears Furs She Knows Are Native Newcastle, Neb'., March 21. (Spe cial)—Mrs. T. J. Ryan, living near the Missouri river not far from New castle, has a unique and very beauti ful fur coat, which she prizes high ly, made from the skins of & coyotes and 2 raccoons, which were caught by her husband. Mr. Ryan, who appears to be a genius in this respect, wishing to Please his young wife, tanned*, cut and sewed the hides himself, without any pattern and without any sugges tions. The seams of the coat are scarcely discernible, and the artis tic design and orderly arrangement of the skins are remarkable. Th'e back of this extraordinary coat is made of one big coyote skin so tiictL tuts stripes or colorings exienu from the top to the bottom in a striking way, and the coyote tall hangs at the bottom as a part of the trimming. The oiner coyote tails make up the rest of the trimming around the bottom of the coat, while the cuffs and collar are made from the raccoon skins with one skin and tail hanging from the neck at the back, similar to the big coyote skin described. Then on each shoulder is an artistic design made from the pretty, soft fur of the coyotes breusts. The coat Is lined with blue taffeta, and probubly is worth sev eral hundred dollars. Interest Scouts In Conservation Boys Are Made Members of Cottonwood County Fish and Game League Windom, Minn., Mar. 21. (Special) —The Cottonwood County Game and Fish Protective league recently elected the WJ»3om council of Boy Scouts to honorary membership F. J. GottM, Minnesota state game and fish commissioner, said that the Cottonwood County league is the first to take this step In making Boy Scouts members of their organiza tion with a view of teaching the boys of the community the value of conserving, not only the state’s wild life, but it’s wooded and watered areas. Officials of the game and fish de partments hope that the various county game and fish organizations will follow the lead established by the Cottonwood county organization. Many of the Scout leaders al ready have stated that they see a statewide membership of Boy Scouts In the game leagues as a result of the action taken by this leading county. STOCK REMEDY COMPANY HAS FACTORY AT WINDOM Windom, Minn., Mar, 21. (Special) —A stock remedy company of In wood, la., is to open a factory in Windom. The local manager will be T. O. Burroughs. The factory will be in operation by April 1. WINDOM DECLAIMERS WON IN CONTEST Windom, Minn.. Mar. 21. (Special) —Windom was the winner in the re cent triangular declamatory contest with Worthington and Luverne. 1 ARTESIAN WATER WASTE SHOULD BE CURTAILED Pierre, S. D.. March 21.—Unless prompt action is taken to shut down to proportions for required use the flow of artesian water In South Da kota this great resource which has declined from a flow of 288,065 gal lons a minute from 2,626 wells to 67,020 gallons a minute from 6,681 wells in approximately the last ten years will be a total loss, according to Dr. Freeman Ward, state geologist. Recent suvey of the diminishing number of these wells and retarding pressure of their flo «proved that the danger is imminent, he said. In Davison county alone, in the heart of the artesian well district, the number of these wells dropped from 242 with a total flow of 22,754 gallons a minute to a more 19 wells producing only 70 gallons a minute. Preventable waste of this water from excessive flow Is the heart of this problem which must be attacked. Dr. Ward declared. The reeervolr Instead of being replentished each year, as streams and rivers, is the slow accumulation of centuries. The supply is being drained away ia de gree much more rapid than it* pres ent accumulation. MOSCOW-TO-LONOON BY AIR Moscow.—The first direct airplane service from Moscow to London will be opened April 15. The Moscow Koontgsberg line will be reopened about the same time. Resolutions praising Mayor W. Free land Kendrick and Snedley I>. Butler, director of public safety, for their ‘'courageous attitude” iu fighting law lessness In Philadelphia, have bee* adopted and signed by members ef nearly 600 churches. BEGIN APPROACHES TO BRIDGE! AT YANKTON Yankton, 8. X>., l farek M. NNwaMN —Erection of steel for the sixth aw4 next to last span ef the BsIBnt Highway bridge arenas the Uwgt< river here Is hi pjegree*. work Is to he eeoiMii sewn Base In April, aceortlin ( te the «wEMt> ere. Prebad nary week her Bte «# preaebee ban been shirts*. The Vatted States eaes ***** butt the lumber h the werUL am HSn MB the paper made from wee*, mat sheet two-fifths *1 tbs wee* ts an fectn. TO PAY SALARY STENOGRAPHER Attorney General So Ad vises In Case of Judge Morning’s Reporter Lincoln, Neb., March 21. (Special) —State Auditor Marsh has been ad vised by Attorney General Spillman that he should pay Minor S. Bacon his salary for the current month. Mr. Bacon was court reporter for Judge Morning, when he was murder ed by a man named Wallick, whom he had cited for contempt of court. After shooting the Judge Wallick sent a bullet In Bacon's direction. A heavy booklet deflected It and saved his life. Being without a judge he had no work to do, and the auditor held up the claim. The attorney general held that the death of the Judge did not vacate the position of reporter. BRICTSON NOT GUILTY ILLEGAL USE OF MAILS Omaha, Neb., March 21.—O. A. Brlctson was frted of charges of using the malls to defraud in connec tion with the promotion of Brlctson Manufacturing Company, in federal court here Thursday when Judge El liott took the case from the hands of the jury and dismissed it, holding the question Involved to be one of law and not one of fact. Mr. Brlctson was president of a. company established at Brookings, 3. D., to manufacture a patent tire tread. The headquarters of the com pany were moved to Omaha in 1917, and the company became a corpora tion and was licensed to sell stock in Nebraska. The suit grew out of alleged illegal methods of stock sale. HOME TALENT PLAY MADE DI8TINCT HIT Homer, Neb., March 21. (Special)— A home talent entertainment, pres ented in the opera house here by the Ladies’ aid of the M. E. church, proved to be a huge success in every way and several hundred peo ple attended. All nations were rep resented by the 25 who took part. Those taking part were Mrs. A. E. Thacker, Miss Julia Holsworth, Mrs. F. M. Church, Mrs. L. L. Ream, Mrs. M. L. Flllman, Mrs. John Blacketer, MIsa Phebe Spense, P. A. Rogers, Mias Florence Rena, Miss Marlon Curtis, F. M. Church, Miss Genevieve Mason, F. W. Wilkins, Miss Lura Goodsell. The following high school students took part: Rosa Runge, Helene Blacketer, Catherine O’Connor, Catherine Rasmussen, Helen Blessing, Hilda Barlow. Vel ma Jones, Alfred Hamilton< Alberta Polly and Florence Whmaley. Mrs. F. M. Church was chairman, of the committee In charge and also has gained a reputation as being one of the best coaches for home talent affairs which have been put on at. this point by the community club. AMATEUR MAGICIAN 18 OUT FIVE DOLLARS Homer, Neb., March 21. (Special) ■—It cost Fred W. Wilkins of thkr place a five dollar bill when he played the part of a magic man at the home talent play given here at the opera house. In demonstrating his ability to transfer a five dollar bill from on* envelope to another the magic five dollars failed to transfer and the little boy who was also taking a part in his performance, when told to bum the envelope, burnt the one with the biK In it, though the magic man was aware of the fact. In order to keep the large audience from knowing hie mistake, the five dollar William went up In smoke. MARRIAGE OF TWO 8TUDENT8 CONFIRMED Lincoln. Neb., March 21. (U. P.)— C'. R. Dailey, father of Kayo Daley, reported to have eloped with Miss Helen Luckey, Lincoln, student at Midland college, Fremont, confirmed Lie reports of the marriage and said the couple werq '•honeymooning” with relatives in Missouri. Friends close to Mr. ard Mrs. H. C. Luckey, parents of (ii* girl who live here, predict that th -re will be no attempt to an nul the marriage. Dailey said he was in communication with his son over long distance telephone but refused to give the name of the Missouri town where the honeymoon is being spent. Dailey said they would re turn hare.” CREWS HEAD OF 8H0RTH0RN BREEDERS Grand Inland, Neb., Mar. 21.—The annual two-day meet and sale of the Nebraska Shorthorn Breeders Arso eiatlon came to a close late Thurs day with L. E. Crews, of Haigler, elected president for the ensuing year and H. Tt. Fauseh, Red Cloud, secre tary-treasurer. Speakers at the an nual banquet were A. W. Thompson. Lincoln. Judge B. E. Payne, Grand Island and H. C. McKelvie, Clay Cen ter. A lantern slide lecture by Ilal Lonley, of the Shorthorn World, Chi cago, also featured. The grand cham pion bull prize was awarded to Floyd Brown, of Stamford and the cham pion cow prize to F. W. Tetzloff and sons, Walt os. SPEECH AMD HEARING RESTORED BY "HEALER." •w*a, Net., Mars* 21.- Mrs. Master Splgie, tea* a*4 tomb for M f«t«. has rs*»«S sgees* and bearing at Kaaattx* GUr. a daughter, Mrs. D. 8- Htakewgala. at Omaha, with whom <** sHake* her hams, said she bad Mrs er edits a healer whose lecture* she had been attending m Ka fleas City, with bringing about the rtasrge, Mr*. Ftnheaeteln said.