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After celebrating for a while the announcement that the armistice tuitl heen signed ttilH Aiiieili'iin uriii looked onco
more upon the serious side of the Brent war, and with tlio biiijiu linn step but with lighter hearts started on the inarch
for occupied territory In Germany.
YANK GUNNERY
AMAZES BOCHE
-
Captured Hun Says He Never
I Saw Such a Perfect
! Barrage.
IRISHMEN SAVED THE DAY
(Famous New York Infantry Regiment
Did Great Work at Champagne
Took Terrible Toll of Death
From Enemy.
Now York. Over tho rnll of tho
liospltal transport Sierra as It came
In ono day recently leaned Hoy Dnvii
fit Chicago, no was n soldier 01 the
Ono Hundred and Forty-ninth artil
lery, formerly tho First Illinois, In
Command of II. J. Itellly. He yelled
down to thoso on tho polko bont:
' "Tell tho peoplo of New Yorlc tho
old Sixty-ninth (a famous Irish Infan
try regiment In tho New York Nation-1
ar Guard, now tue ono Hundred anu
Sixty-fifth, a part of tho Ilnlnbow dl
"vision) saved tho day at tho Cham
pagne. Tho peoplo of Franco aro
Slldly enthusiastic over tho Ono Hun
rod and Sixty-fifth, nnd, bcllovo me,
vthey hnvo reason to be.
f "Wo followed tho Sixty-ninth up at
the battlo of Champagne, laying down
(their barrage for them. It got hot as
hell behind thoso hoys nnd then hot
tor nnd It was Just us bnd In front.
JTho Pollus started to go back and
polled to the Olio Hundred nnd Sixty
fifth to turn and follow them.
"To hell with thntl' yelled hack
the Sixty-ninth. 'Wc'ro going right
on. And, believe me, they went right
on and Raved tho day.
Exacted Terrible Cost.
"Tho gray-green uniforms Rtrowcd
the ground In front of tho Irish posl
itlons. Ono walked on n carpet of
dead bodies after tho attack was
hurled back. Tho Sixty-ninth was cut
tip, but they exacted terriblo cost
from tho Boche."
It was of tho Ono Hundred and Forty-ninth
Held artillery that a captured
(German said:
"Let mo sco thoso men who nro be
hind those guns. I never saw such u
perfect burrngo In all my life."
Ono of the most popular otllcers on
s Two Senators Live in
Same Street in Topeka
Topeka, Kan. Topeka claims
to bo the only city In tho country
which boasts of two United
States benutors living In the
samo street. They aro Senator
Charles G. Curtis, now repre
senting tho state, and Senator
elect Arthur Capper.
itmWttttUTOff;
$75 JY Alfe
Tickets for Trip Now on Sale in
London.
Use Bombing Machines for Passengers
Until New Designs Aro
Produced.
London. Tickets nro now being sold
at $75 each for Journey-by-nlrpliino to
Paris, pnsscngcr servlco starting as
eoon ns circumstances permit. Tho
Journey by nlr will bo done In two nnd
ono-lmlf hours, tho distance being 2-10
miles. Holt Thomas, of tho Aircraft
Manufacturing company, is backing
tho enterprise, which Is expected to
find favor umong tourists and btibtncss
people. During tho war many public
olllcluls havo flown from London to
Paris. Donar Law prefers to go thnt
way. Allowing a half hour p cither
end of tho Jotinipy to get to nnd from
tho ulrdromes, tho entire Journey will
YANKEE TROOPS MARCHING INTO
tho transport wob tho Itcv. Itny F.
Jcnney, tho fighting chnplaln of De
catur, III., who had four wound stripes
on his sleeve. When nil tho officers
of n company In his regiment had been
shot down in tho big drlvo at St. Ml
hlel ho led the men on nnd brought
back n trophy In the shape of n silver
mounted Lugcr pistol that ho took
from a German commander when his
company smashed up n machine gun.
Bear Distinguishes Himself.
Among thoso wearing tho Croix do
Guerro was Lieut. J. Sanford Dear of
Illinois of tho Thirty-ninth Infantry.
Ho Is twenty-two years old. On July
27 he distinguished himself In a novel
manner. It was before Chateau-Thierry
and a group of officers In French
uniforms on the opposlto bank of the
Vesle were believed to be Germans
In disguise. It was to find out if the
officers who pretended to bo French
wero really so that Lieut Beur vol
unteered to swim tho Veslo and make
WOMAN BOSSES MINE
Heads Corporation Controlled En
tirely by Her Sex.
Operates Garnet Mine In Alaska and
Lead, ZIno and Sliver Mines
In Arizona.
Now York. From tho far West
thero now comes to us tho lady miner,
Miss Anna Durkce, organizer and con
trolling element of n $1,000,000 cor
poration run entirely by women. Miss
Durkco operates a garnet mine In
southern Alaska und lead, zinc nnd sil
ver mines In Arlzonn. Sho la tho lur
gost ludlvlduul mine owner In tho Oat
man district of Arizona, nnd tho most
widely known woman In tho mining
world.
It was whllo sho wns In Alaska seven
years ago, Investigating n proposition
In copper, that Miss Durkco first be
came Interested In n garnot mine, won
given nn option on It nnd finally took
It over In tho uamo of a corporation
which had a board of 10 women direc
tors. At tho beginning tho mine did not
seem to amount to n great deal, but
as Miss Durkee began to develop the
first claim with which tho corporation
started, eins were discovered opening
out In every direction, and as the work
continued tho amazing fact dawned
that the entire mountain was a gigan
tic mlno of the beautiful crystals, with
ledges of garnets extending from the
sea level to a distance of 3,000 feet
up tltc mountain side.
But the greatest value of tho deposit
consists In n by-product of garnet
waste, discovered by Miss Durkee,
who passed two years In n chemical
laboratory working It out. Shu hnd
TO PARIS
rc1,1,ro but thrco und nc-ni' hours.
uiuu new uesigns aro produced
bombing machines which can enrry n
load of 3,250 pounds, travel 128 miles
an hour and climb 0,000 feet In flvo
minutes will bo used. Experiments
havo shown that by covering the
fuselage with glass passengers can con
verso readily, tho roar of tho engines
being minimized. Thomas hopes to ro
duco tho one-way fare to $25 within n
fow mouths.
Find Potash In Georgia.
Cnrtcrsvlllc, Ga. Vast deposits of
high potash slates In this district and
high potash bchlst In Pickens county
hnvo Just been located. This new
found supply of potnsh, It Is said, will
make Georgia and nearby territory In
dependent of tho rest of tho world In
the matter of fertilizer manufacture,
now in such a precarious condition
because of the falling supply of pot-ush.
GERMANY
:I; Almost Entire Family f,
I Wiped Out by War 2
1 T.
, Leavenworth, Kan. Almost
T the entire family of Sergt. Wll-
llnm 0. Baldwin, Company C, of
the Soldiers' home near here, has
been offered up on the altar of
America. Bceoutly a letter wns
received by him stating that his
third son had died from pneu
monia nt Camp Funstou. Two
other sons died In action In
France.
Two (laughters are now over
sens, serving as Red Cross
nurses. Ono of them has been
wounded by a bomb.
HMH"M44H"M"i''$MH,fr
close observation on tho other shore.
Whether they wero friends or foes
Dear was exposed to the machine-gun
lire of tho enemy while swimming, but
ho carried through his mission suc
cessfully, found that the French uni
forms were but disguises, nnd so per
mitted the lire from tho American Bide
to be centered upon the enemy posi
tions. For this he won the cross.
observed that garnets when milled did
not fuse with iron or brass, and follow
ing this up, she discovered a new uso
for the waste garnet, of which thero
were hundreds of thousands of tons.
'Ground to n certain mesh and put
through a secret process the waste gar
net makes n sepnratlng powdor valu
able In foundry work," sho stated.
Tho garnets of Miss Durkee's mlno
nrc of tho finest variety, nlmnndlnes.
Dccnuse of their beauty and hardness,
geologists have given them tho name
of "precious garnets."
WELL-KNOWN BUFFET CLOSES
Famous Place In Boston Frequented
by Men of Affairs to Go Out
of Existence.
I
Boston. "Fennel's Place," Boston's j
famous buffet bur, where men of nt
fairs long hnvo met to have a friendly
"nip," will pass Into history In May,
because of wartime prohibition.
Tucked away in a quiet spot closo
to busy Devonshire street, "Fennel's"
has stood for 40 years, presided over
by John Fennel. The lenau expires
In May mid Mr. Fennel has decided to
closo up.
"Combination" Is the popular drink
nt "Fennel's." It consists of whisky
with n "chaser" of ale. Famous per
sonages visiting the city were always
taken to "Fennel's" to try tho "com
bination." Mr. Fennel Is said to be the coun
try's most famous purveyor of wines.
He hns traveled over Europe nil his
Hfo collecting choice wines. Ho hns
paid as high as $120 for small bottles
put up In the lntter part of tho eight
eenth century.
WAR IS GOOD HAIR TONIC
Yankee Goes to France With Billiard
Ball Head and Now Has
Fine Crop.
Shnron, Pa. Tho crash of cannon,
shriek of high explosive shells and tho
bursting of shrapnel Is tho best hnlr
tonic ever concocted, nccordlng to Pri
vate Harry Vance, a Farrell boy now
in France. Vance tells of an Ameri
can soldier who landed In Franco with
n head as frco of hair ns a billiard
ball. After a short time In the front
lines, where he engnged in n number
of sharp battles, his hair started to
grow and today ho hns a tlno crop.
Man Who Never Worries.
Dayton, O. This city hns been en
tertaining n man who never worried
about "a single, solitary thing." Ho
Is Bay D. Lllllbrldgo of Now York.
Lllllbrldgo says ho never worries be
causo he lives every day by a "card
Index system." His walking, sleep
ing, enllug nnd everything elso ho does
Is governed by tho curd Index, nnd
ho Is probably tho most syHtematlc
man In the world.
NEBRASKA INCIDENTS
BOILED TO A FEW LINES
Occurrences Over the Cornhuaker
State Chronicled In Paragraph
Form for the Busy
Reader.
With tl.e iiomntor nnd Ids wife
down with the "llu." the editor or the
home paper sick with the same ills
cum1, the rural mall carrier likewise
Indisposed, and numerous other ease
Irt the community. Wllsonvllle Is hav
iiL' Its share of the dreaded malady.
' Tho roads have been so bad for a
week that the doctor can scarcely get
, out to see the hick, the automobile hi"?
been riven up and horses are pressed
Into service on tl o road.
Six of the thirteen American bal
loon companies engaged In active
service between the Motive river and
Argonuc finest during the last two
, weeks of the war wcie trained at
; Fort Omaha and composed largely of
. men from this part of the country, ae
I cording to word reaching Omaha from
the war department, which commends
t the Nebraska units for unusual
bcrvlcu.
Tho state supremo court has ruled
that Nebraska banks mu-t pay taxes
on real estate mortgages In which
they havo Invested their assets, un
less the mortgage gler agrcob to pay
Hum. The decision holds valid tho
Smith mortgage law of 101.". which
forbids bunks and trust companies
from deducting real estate mortgages
from their capital stock assessment.
At'other Nebraska pioneer passed
away when General Delevan Dates,
former superintendent of Hamilton
county schools, vlllngo trustee, city
councilman and mayor of Aurora for
many years, succumbed at bis sister's
home near Aurora. He was past the
two-third century mnrk and was one
of the few remaining notable charac
ters iif the civil war period.
Bruce Dickinson of tho U. S. navy,
nlier investigating the killing of hl.i
bweetheart and fiancee, Miss Sylvia
Kolley, of Fremont, near Henry, by
Detective Lanby of Dcmer. told
friends nt Fremont thnt the killing
was unwarranted and that the detec
tive and Sheriff Schuman of Tornng
tim, Wyo., aro both being held for
trial.
An appeal to the War department
to release Doctors Morrow and Evans
from army service In order that they
may return to l'lutto county and as
sist in conducting the fight against In
fluenza In the district, has been mndo
by Mayor Kcrsenbrock of Columbus.
Wnunetii has one of the youngest,
If not the youngest, bank cashier in
Nebraska. Ho Is Wayne McYjallom, 10
years old, who was recently elected
nsslstanr cashier of the People's bank
ut Wauneta.
Merchnnts In scores of northern Ne
braska towns suffered a big slump In
their holiday sales this season, bo
cause tho country roads were made
almost impassable by freezing In ruts
and 1)11111)".
Tho 1D1S business of the Omaha
federal land bank will show an In
crease of $2.",000,000, the best record
of any land bank In the country,
Frank G. Odell, secretary of the bank,
says.
DeiM)sIts In state banks In Nebraska
In the past two years Increased from
$lfl.",ri27,520.GO to $230,810,320.00, ac
cording to n report of the state bnnk
lug heard.
Nebraska limited service men, work-
Ing at local draft boards will be (IN-
charged at Fort Omaha Instead of
Camp Funstou. as formerly Intended.
The University of Nebraska plans to
kpikI fifty-three head of show tock to
the National Western Live Stock
Phow at Denver, .Tnnuarv 17 to 2.".
'rl'.' Norfolk health bonrd has an
I'd that the state boards rulin:
i absolute quarantine for Infill
will be observed In the ilty.
. lulators of the state board of
health's Influenza quarantine regula
tions will be fined not less than $15
nor more than $100.
Fire of unknown origin totnllv de
stroyed the American hotel In Sidney
the other day.
Public danco balls have been closed
up nt Fremont been use of the prevail-
hip epidemic.
Dr. George Duol of Itnvennn wns
killed near Sweetwater when ills nuto
was struck by n Burlington train.
Nebtaska's 30 000 homo guards are
to bo mustered out In a few days, re
ports from the state house at Lincoln
say.
Charters Jiavo been gi anted by the
Mate banking hoard to new stnto
banks nt Lowell nnd Gladstone, both
capitalized at $10,000.
Health authorities at Omaha have
lifted the "flu" ban from nil public
gatherings Including dances. Condi
tlons In tho city are bettor now than
nt any time elnco tho outbreak of tho
dlscuso.
The Farmers Co-operative Mercan
tile company at Scribner, ono of tho
largest milling concerns In the state,
has bad Its license permanently re
voked by the federal food administra
tion for nlleged profiteering.
Tho government's order releasing
the restrictions Imposed on nllen one
mlcs nffeetcd 1-1,000 persons In Ne
braska8,000 men and 0,000 women,
nccordlng to figures at tho U. S. mar
rbal's ofllco at Omaha. Only twenty
five NebraFkans nil men havo been
interned. Five of these havo been
Daroled.
At tho close of n maps mcet.fj it
500 citizens at Crclghton, called for
the purpose) of discussing the foivlcu
Innguage question the following res
olution was unanimously adopted by
n standing vote: "Itesolved. That
this mass mooting of citizens shall go
on record as being opposed to any u-o
of the Get man language being taught,
preached or spoken In any school,
church or at any public gathering In
this Alclnlty."
The Nebraska headquarters for tho
cnmiulgii January 12 to 10 for relief
for starving Armenians. Syrians una
others in the near east, at Omaha, re
ceived u telegram stating that 2,000
people In Uritmlii are absolutely desti
tute. Ten thousand Kurds nre .starv
ing at Sojhlilak, and 30,000 are destl.
tute at Tabriz. Starvation Is Increas
ing daily.
Miict,-three per cent of the sr-hnnl
children of Vehraska are Junior mem
bers of (he itcil Cross, a re-ord In
the I'nlted States, accoullng to Leon
ard Ti ester, director of .Junior Bed
Cross activities-, on .inly i, mis,
there were 1.'t:...'l!l2 .lunliir Red Cross
members, Following the last drlo
there were 211,701 members. ,
Improvements made by tho Bur
lington during UMS Include tho build
ing o:' a second track from Crawford
to Biitland. cost $117,000; change In
Hue and new bridge over the Phitte
nt Phillips, cost
$271,000. and new
teiinlnnl facilities m Bridgeport, en
tailing an epeudltiiiil of SU2.O00.
General Pershing reports ihiit tho
Thlity-foiirth division, which com
prises tne national guard of Nebras
ka and other middle slates, which,
when the armistice was signed was at
fust res, southwestern France, now
has Its divisional headquarters at Le
Mans, near Paris.
Deserters from the military servlco
are to he prosecuted. Provost Marshal
Anders u of Nebraska was told at r.
conference of draft heads In 20 states
with Provost Mar-dial Crowder and
his assistants In Washington.
Tho Omaha real estate board has
Instructed Its executive secretury to
ask Secretary of the Interior Lane to
send government engineers to survey
the possibilities of water power devel
opment In Nebraska.
Because of the prevalence or influ
enza in Nebraska and elsewhere tho
Inaugural ball and public reception ar
ranged for now state officers at Lin
coln has been called off by Govetnor
clect McKelvlo.
Omaha reported to the stato board
of health a total of 02 deaths from
.s-imnlsh Influenza during the past
week, which was about the snitic ns
In previous weeks since the epidemic
started.
Tho "fir." carried off one of Nebras
ka's oldest residents when John W
Prince of Trumbull succumbed to the
Jlsease. He obered the 100th anni
versary of Ids birth December 8.
A conference of milk producers to
discus.) tho various problems confront
ing that Industry will bo held In tie
dairy bui'dlng. University Farm, Lin
coln. January 17.
One telephone company In the north
em parr of the state reports the los.s
of over .100 poles as the result of the
storm which swept oor (he district u
few days ago.
Four shirt courses, each four weeks
long, and open to any one In the state
over 10 years old will be given by
the University of Nebraska nt Lincoln
beginning January 27.
Beads are In unusually rocky condi
tion in many parts of Nebraska, as a
result of the freeze after the recent
rain. Traveling vin automobile Is
being abandoned.
The Nebraska P.etall Hardware
Dealers' association will hold its con
vention In Omaha February -1. 0,
and t, with headquarters at
Castlil hotel.
After several weeks of restrictions
the llu "lid ' has been lifted In Tecum
sob. The churches now hold regular
services and school sessions aro being
bold as usual.
More than 100 homes at Fremont
are quarantined with Influenza. Tho
quarantine order of the stnlo board
of health is beli'g rigidly enforced in
the city.
Tho "flu" epidemic In Nebraskn Is
waning ncnln, according to reports
reaching tho stato board of health at
Lincoln.
General John CL Cowin, Nebraska
pioneer, bunkmnto of President Mc
Klnley during tho civil war, died at
Omahn.
J. N. Wilkinson, Omahn detective,
who achieved considerable prominpiicu
an a witness for tho defense In tho
Villlsca, la., ax murder case, has been
denied permission to practice In tho
Nebraska courts by the tato far com
mission. Charles 13. Gunnels of Crete has re
signed ns director of tho e-ctenslon
servlco nt the University of Nebraska
collego of agriculture to become as
sistant director of stnto relations
sen Ice, north and west, department
of ngrlculture, nt Washington.
Tho central division of states, com
prising Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin
l.iinols ii'id Michigan, lend nil oilier
tortious l'i the United States with tlm
largest numl er of members per capita
In tho recent Christmas Bed Cross roll
will.
Plans nro being made for the mi
nimi conference of county agents and
related workers nt the University
Farm at Lincoln, the third week In
.limitary. Plans will bo discussed for
the coming year's work. It Is ex
pected that more than 100 will ba
present
FIR BETTER ROUS
SIXTEEN HUNDRED MILES TO BE
4 DUILT THIS YEAF1
Lincoln. Nebraska's good roads
program for 1919, the beginning of tho
five-year drive for 5,000 miles of high
way connecting every county scat in
tho state, includes the construction of
1,000 miles at rn estimated cost of
over $3,200,000. State Englncor Gcorgo
E. Johnson, in cooperation with tho
commissioners of each county and tho
st.ito highway bonTd, has drawn sched
ules of tho work, which havo been
I approved by tho secretary of agrlciil
j lure; tho 1.C0O miles huvo been stir
I voyed nnd on 210 miles contracts havo
j already been ltit and tho work begun.
Funds for tho carrying out of tho
' program come equallj from ho fed-
eral government and tho stato. Tho
oral government has appropriated
$1,000,000; the last tosslon of the leg
islature appropiiated $040,000 and tho
coming session was pledged to furnish,
tho remaining $9(10,000.
A bill in congress at tho present
time provides for the increaso of tho
amount of federal road monoy from
$75,000,000 annually to $100,000,000,
which would give Nebraska about two
and one fourth millions Instead of a
little over one and one-half millions.
Replenish School Fund.
Land Commissioner Slnimwtvy Is
urging the coming leglslntuio to mako
good tho amounts lust to tho perma
nent school fund of tho stato through
tho failure of the old Capital National
bank and tho defalcation of former
Treasurer Hartley, which took from,
tho educational funds of tho stato
$293,C80.03. Tills, with lntorcst for all
the years, belongs in tho school fund,
and the legislature is urged to muko
Buitablo provision by a levy to replen
ish tho treasury for tho amount due.
A levy of one-fourth of a mill will
pay It out in two or threo years.
Tho constitutional requirement Is that
tho permanent school fund shall never
bo depleted. Interest at G por cent
should bo added to the amount given
from 1S93 until dato to make tho fund
intact.
Water for State House.
In a report to tho coming legisla
ture, Land Commissioner Shumway
irccommends tho connecting of tho
well on the stato house grounds to
tho engine house motor, and tho con
struction of a suitable tank, to pro
vldo an adequate water supply for tho
grounds, especially to keop tho lawa
and trees in good condition. Tho past
year tho grounds suffered whllo tho ad
ministration paid tho city $3,000 for
water.
To Aid Weak Schools.
Increased stato aid for weak school
districts unable to maintain- seven
months of school by levying tho
maximum tax allowed by law will bo
recommended to the coming legisla
ture by tho state department of edu
cation. Tho recommendation will
favor an allowance of $575 per year.
In place of $385 as provided by tin
present statute.
Nine Counties Denied Aid.
Applications for stato aid from nino
counties of the stato during tho
school year of 1917-18 wero rejected
by tho stato supciintendent bocauso
tho assessment lists showed that tho
districts becking It could support
tholr own schools by imposing th
maximum tnx. Aid was granted to
eleven counties.
Budget for State Institutions.
Approximately $000,000 more monoy
Is being asked by tho board of con
trol to run tho fifteen state institu
tions under its supervision during tho
the I next two years and pay for improve
I iivonts to bo made in that period, than
was provided in the legislature of 1917.
Tho gross amount requested la $3,G07,
390, or about 20 per cent above tho last
blennlum.
No Inaugural Festivities.
No social festivities will follow tho
biennial Inauguration of jstate officers
In January, according to u. statement
mado by Governor-elect McKolvlo. It
baa boon for years tho custom to hold
a ball or public reception of somo kind.
In honor of tho new administration.
Health conditions this year havo re
sulted In a postponement of tho af
fair. Dairy Conference In January.
A conforence of milk producers will
bo hold at tho university farm Jnnenrv
7. Prof. J. H. Frandscn, head or tho
dairy department ot ui. . j,
has Invited all producers, especially
farmer producers, to gather for a gen
oral discussion of their problems.
One Member Absent.
Ono member or tho lower house ot
tho Nebraska legislature will not bo
In his sent when tho roll Is called at
tho first mooting of that body at noon
of Tuesday, January 7. Tho gentle
man Is V. M. Buddy, who loft for over
seas Immediately after oloctlon.
Adopts Strict Quarantine.
An abBoluto quarantine for Influenza,
casos has been announced by tho staU
board ot health as a result of a con
ference ot local boards of health held
In Lincoln. Tho rules and regulations
announced by Dr. W. F. Wild, stato
hoalth officer, provido that no ono shall
bo allowed to loavo or enter quaran
tined promises except tho attending
physician, nurso or clergyman In tho
pursuit of Ills duties. Person ox.nsod
shall bo hold In quarantlno four days
and thoso with tho dUcase f -ur days
after tho fever entirely sot M es
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