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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1918)
-J. tl"A fi h : RED OLOXTD, NIB1AIKA, CHIEF k f I 11 ! i hi li ll AMENDMENTS CARRIED Election Returns Show Proposal AgnlnEt Allen Votlho and 1 Cunvcntlon Adopted. Upturns from 72 of the 03 counties of tlio slate show that both the con stitutional amendment "to deprive aliens of tlio vutlng privilege and tho piopusnl to call n constitution conven tion carried at the recent election by safe majorities. In these counties tho alien anienilmeiit received 103,1(17 votes, while, the conntl'i'tlonnl con vention question received 102,058. In order to Insure tho adoption of the amendmentH, on the voto shown nboe In these counties the nnirtnntlvu voto would have to ho nlinut HTXtOO. The alien nmend ment has received fi.SOO more limn necessary, while the other amendment has 1,f(H) more than required to carry It. It Is not believed that the 21 counties remaining will mnke any difference to tlie result. A great amount of Intorest wns at tracted to a cattle thieving case at Alnsworlh which reunited In one man being bound over to the district court on $4,000 bonds. It Is estimated that as mnny na three or four car loads of stolen cattle have been ship pd out of Brown county In the past six months. Lincoln hns been designated ona of the ten cities in tho Tenth fedornl re serve district as n winner of the privi lege of naming n ship turned out by the U. S. shipping board. The Nebras ka capital city won tho honor by its great record in the Fourth Liberty loan. Addltlonnl names of men lost on the transport Otrnnto, which won sunk in collision In Rrltlsh waters last Octo ber. nde public by the War depart neat, Includo: Henry Fulsos, Bradlsh, tBoone county; Robort Hlland, Omaha, and Michael Zucrleln, Humphrey. The lum of $525,000 wnn the total abacrlbod by the United War Fund, ty Omnha, or more than BO per cent ver the city's quota. Omaha stands won the highest cities in the coun try In the total subscriptions In the thrift. Prof. Ftlley, head of the department T rural economics of the University f Nebraska, has Issued an appeal te to-tparatlva elevators In Nebraska to Install snail mills for grinding whole wheat four and whole corn meal. At a Betting of Nebraska food ad rinlstrators at Omaha, a resolution to donate the 91-year salary of 125 county controllers and heads of committees aa a gift to State Administrator Wat ties, was unanimously adopted. Reconstruction In all branches of business will be the principal subject taken up by members of tho Nebraska Manufacturers association at their annual convention at Omaha, Decem ber 18-14. J. W. McKlssIck of Beatrice, for merly n membor of the legislature, was chosen grand master of the Ne braska grand lodge I. O. O. F. at the recent session in Lincoln. County Commissioner A. F. Velte of Ilenron, was elected to ofilco by 000 majority three days after his death of Influenza, at the November election. Straight republican votes cast wore responsible. The work at the Fort Omaha nnd Fort Crook Balloon school will con tinue this winter, according to orders received by MnJ. P. B. Van Nostrand, executive officer. Two hundred Nebraska farmers at tended tho sixteenth nnnual conven tion of the Nebraska Farmers' Co operative Grain nnd Live Stock asso ciation at Omaha. The next session of the Nebraska Odd Fellows and the Itebekahs will be held in Tork, according to action ta ken by the two societies at the rocent session at Lincoln. C. W. Pugsley, secretary of Organ ised Agriculture, announced tho week of Organised Agriculture in Nebraska will he held at Lincoln January 20 to 25. Thirty thousand school children In Oraahn contributed at an average of more than $1 ench to tho united war work campaign. More than 1,500 Odd Fellows and BOO Itebekahs nttended the recent grand lodte sessions of the Ncbraskn order at Lincoln. To nominate nnd elect Judges of the Nebraska supreme court by districts Instead of from the atstn at large Is the o!1ect of a hill which will he In tiodueed In the coming legislature by PenHtor John ,F. Cordeal of Ited Wil low county. Twenty-four potato growers, dealers and government and state experts w'U be among the speakers ut the second annual convention of tho Nebrnskn State Potato Improvement assoclo tlon, nt Scottshluff, December 4, 5 and 0. The government has given Nebras. ta 512.052.75 with which to fight so cial diseases, according to Dr. Rich ard T. Leader of the United States public health service, who visited the stale health department at Lincoln. The Idea of building a new Nebras ka state house has again come to the surface. Hnrry L. Cook of Lincoln etnto fair expert, and member of the next legislature, suggests that Ne braska lawmakers be asked to erect a new capltol building at Lincoln cloven stories In height and alone the lino of modern office building, State Superintendent of Schools Clemmons, in a communication to the school boards and teachers of the state, outlines a suttablo solution fori making up the tlmo lost in classes as n tesult of the recent epidemic, it tho board of henlth closes the schools teachers cannot draw thulr salaries,' but If tho district board closes tho schools, teachers can draw salaries. Mr. Clemmons suggests that tho teachers moko up one-half tho tlmo nnd tho stnto will provldo for tho other one-hnlf. Governor Nerlllo has appointed N. II. Huso, formerly editor of the Nor folk News, to represent Nebraska In tho grent welcoming program planned for all soldiers when they arrive In Now Tork. Nebraska will have a decorated "Welcome Homo" block on Fifth nvenue, New Tork, to greet tho' eye of the returning Cornhusker sol tilers, Kvory state will huvo a block decorated. Wuiren Pershlnjr, young son of General John J. Pershing, commander of the American expeditionary forces, hns sent his father from his homo at Lincoln, a Christmas box made up of articles to the average soldiers' lik ing. It contnlned n Inyer of choco late, a layer of candled cake, n knife, three linen handkerchiefs nnd a pair of socks. ' Dr. Inez Plillhrlck, chnlnnnn of the henlth committee of the Nebrnskn fed eration of wotnnn'a clubs, bpfore 200 delegates at the state convention nt Lincoln, bitterly scored tho so-called fashionable mode of dressing of wom en. She said woman's dress Incked three fundamental qualities modesty, protection from wenther nnd comfort. Cornstnlk dlsnnse has caused the death of a great number of cattle in Hooker county. A mnn near Seneca turned his cattle on his winter range, on which was a slx-ncre field of corn stalks. He lost seventeen head In a few hours. Another man lost eight head in an hour. The cattle die quick ly and there seems to be no relief once they get down with the disease. Of the 10,000 voting blanka sent to Nebraska soldiers In this county for the purpose of allowing them tht privilege of expressing their choice at the lost election, only about 2,000 were returned to tht state canvassing board. Colonel Clarenet C Culver, whost Invention of the wireless telephone used on American airplanes la Francs has Just beea announced, is a son ef , former Adjatant' General J. H. Culver, tf Mllford. State Health Officer Wild has rs celved word from the public health service at Washington that federal aid for combating Spanish influeasa la Nebraska will be withdrawn at, once. The state conventloa of the i Nebras ka Christian Endeavor Union which was to have been held at Tork Dec. 8 to 8, has beon abandoned on account of the prevalance of Influenza in tht state. The War department at Washington has announced that Nebraska, Iowa and other troops of the Thirty-fourth division will he among the first eight divisions to be sent homo from Europe. J. W. Fagan, former bandmaster nt tho Girls' Industrial school, was found guilty by a Jury in the district court et Geneva, charged with attempting a criminal operation on Grace Moore. Lincoln's first robbery otnee the out break of the war sccurred Just the other dny, when a burglar entered a rooming house and made off with $100 and some other valuables. J. S. Canndy of Mlnden was elected president of the Farmers' Co-operative Grain nnd Livestock association at the annual convention of the orguu Ixatton at Omaha. F. F. Snavely, Lancaster county chalrmnn of the united war work drive, hns reported 1,500 aubscriptlon "slacker" to the county council of defense. A grand review ef all Nebraska troops end a monster parade when the boys come home from overseas is being planned by business men of Omnha. Nebraska members ef congress in Washington have already started tht machinery working to get Nebraska soldiers sent to Omaha for demobili zation. Lincoln dttcons are considering changing the name of O strtot to Pershing nvenue. O stroet Is the prin cipal street In Lincoln. The statu banking board has in formed Nebraska state banks that they must not accept Liberty bonds from patrons and give a certain form, of certificate promising to collect in-j terest nnd retnrn the bonds on de mand. ' Autonlo Green, a poolhnl! operator nt Doniphan, has brought suit against twenty citizens of the town for $100,000 dnmnges because he was forced to close his place of business and march In n peace parade the day the armistice was signed. Elmer Johnson, 11, of Concord, is a clnlmnnt for the cornhusklng cham pionship of the United States for boys of his age. He husked forty bushels of corn In one day In a field thnt aver aged forty bushels to the acre. A Nebraska delegation called upon tho war Industries board at Washing ton last week to secure if posalblo somo government nctlon on the potash sltuntlon. The Nebrnskn potash In dustrlos are embarrassed because there hns been no sale of potash now for several months, nnd n large sup ply of tho potash has accumulated. 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Just then tho Rocho let go with n bomb. When the thunders of tho ex plosion died out, tho "T" man decided ho might Just ns well go nway from there, but ho discovered thnt elrcuni stances ruled otherwise. To his aston ishment lie found that both tires on ono eldo ot tho caiuloncttu mtually had been pulled off tho rims, other wise tho car wna Intact. Cleaning London Slums. Somo live yenrs ago n committee wns appointed by tho county council of London on tho "housing of tho work ing classes." It recommended that tho toum of S17.C00.000 bo expended In denning slum urens In tlio city, tho um to bo spread over n period of 'seven years in equal Installments of j$2,r00,000 each. 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In tho experiments of tho United States bu reau of standards to dctcrmlno pre cisely tho proprieties of different mate rials, such compounds ns Jnmcsonlte, cyllndrlte, sliver sulphide, hlsmuthln ite, houlangcrlte, stibnlto and niolyb ilenlto showed somo chnngo In electri cal conductivity wltli varying light in the same way ns tho element selenium. i... .... .- -""i'v. i uvi,rhiu,u ouuna t,nt . iZT"ZZ' u. 'lVUrn kJ-.u..u. llln-l and construction department lu an showing n scene that will be familiar He Had Failed to Salute. A chnplnln, on making his rounds in tho baso hospital of n largo canton ment, stopped at tho cot of n darky and snld: "Snm, how Ib It that you nro In bed today? You wcro qulto well when I spoko to you yesterday." The darky replied: "Well, pahson, Ah dono was kicked by n mule." "What in tho nnmo of goodness did ho kick you for?" "Ah guess Ah dono fo'got to salute." Wulcbmnn.lCxnmlner. CALLS FOR FIRST-CLASS MEN Incident That Shows That Missionary Work Is Only for Those Who Are Especially Efficient Bnngs was sent to Bung-bang up In the Malay pcnlnsuln. This Is not his name, nor Is it the place, but that does not matter. Tho story Is true. Ills Instructions were to start n school for the Chinese and to open up mission work. The government had promised to provide tho Inml for the school building and Bangs expected to find waiting for him a very extensive sub scription list signed by wealthy Chi- f ne.vo id inept the expenses of building. He was instructed to present himself to tho police Inspector, who was sup posed to he heartily hacking tho proj ect. Shortly nftcr Bangs' arrival tho ofllclal was suddenly transferred for excellent reasons. Then Bangs discov ered that the names of all the brothel keepers In tho region were on his sub scription list. They had no objections to .subscribing when the Inspector of 'police argued the cause, hut they felt very differently about paying out their cash when n young missionary came to collect tho money. Mennwhllo Bangs found that the contract for the school bul(llng had been let to a dishonest builder. lie sent nut 200 notices to ,., uini tuiiiiT mi me proper action toniT ii,.. s- .... -. . . .' .. ".. lu? i.ni-ii. s, iiiii, ciiioe. I in rniiiwi n meeting of his executive committee, with n similar response. Then ho Jumped on his bicycle, scoured the hlghwnys nnd bywnys of the Jungle in the .scorching sun. which registers 140 degrees nnd no simile-, every day, to round up his committee. The Inst member he roused from bed and Into at night cnlled them to order. Tho project wns revived and n new sub scription list started which soon to taled $8,000. The school began tern pornrlly In nn old church with 43 pu pils. At the same time .preaching services n Chinese, Tamil and Malny were opened In tho Jail, nnd a Young Men's nssoclntlon for tho Chinese, of ferlng opportunities which nppenled greatly to the wealthy men, was organ ized. One effective means of raising money for the young men was to make n rulo that whenever n $500 gift wns registered the donor might have his picture hung in the clubrooms. Ho finished tho echoolhouse, found the money to pny the contractor, tutored some boys for the Cambridge cxnml nntlons nnd turned the money in to pny for n Chinese preacher, put in enough time on the polygot lnngungcs of the district to make himself under stood, nnd, when I visited him, wiib od good terms with everybody in town. The missionary who cannot stand sucb acid tests ns these need not apply for the Job. Tyler Dennett, in Asia Mng nzine. Heroic Red Cross Doctors. Few Incidents will stir Americans with more Justified satisfaction thnn the conduct of two American doctors nt Annel, nn outpost of Complegne.on the night of March 2S. The patients of their hospital hnd been cvjotmteil the preceding night. The French sur geons nnd all the nurses were gone. The Germans were within n half-dozen kilometers nnd advancing. Heavy ar tillery, set In the hospital grounds, ninde n terrific din. Rut the American ambulance sections kept on coming to Annel Chntenu. They did not know where ele to go. Two Red Cross doctors, Major Tnrnowsy nnd Major Morehend. stayed on in the deserted chateau. Two canteen women volunteer ed from Compelgne. The two doctors kept on operating, the canteen women hnndlng them Instruments nnd dress ings, the Red Cross truck drivers hold ing cnndles nnd bringing in nnd carry ing out the wounded. A day and a night and n second dny the two doc tors operated. The crisis passed. Tht regular attendants returned, the rou tine was resumed. - Motorcycles With Wooden Tires. Wooden tires that nre readily de tachable nre now standard equipment for motorcycles being exported to tho neutral countries of Europe. Inter national treaties prohibit the export ing of rubber tires to these countries, while without tho wooden tires ma chines could not be handled on their own wheels without damaging tho rims. The neutrality of tho non belligerent nntlons of Europe Is being so closely guarded that a frre manu factured there cannot be purchased without a permit from the authorities. Reforo puch n permit is issued It Is necessnry to give satisfactory evidence that the tire Is for one's own individual use and under no clrcumstnnce will bo allowed to get, Into the hands of tho German. Ferry From England to France. Trnln ferrlca across the channel to France hnve for somo tlmo heen used for the transport of supplies nnd nro now also being used regularly for passenger traffic. Tho development Is ono of the grcntest Importance on account of tho present saving of time nnd Inbor effected by not having to chnngo from cars to boat, and tho train ferries will serve n no less useful pur pose when peace Is onco more estab lished. Soldier's Terrible Experience. In it hospltnl In Kgypt I saw n wounded Turkish prisoner who had had such n terrible experience that his nrrves hud completely given way. While lying wounded with a bullet through his foot ho had been nttacked by a Mack serpent from three to four feet In length. After a desperate struggle ho succeeded in strangling the crwrturc, and then fainted. Exchange. A i V J. Watt ! - -fci. f