RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
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NEWS REVIEW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Supreme Court Deals Hard Blow
to the Wets and They Stand
Up to Get Another.
HOW ATTACKING AMENDMENT
Attorney General Palmer Persuades
the Packers to Abandon Their Side
Lines 'Flume Agreement Blocked
by D'Annunzlo's Troops Grow
ing Sentiment for Peace
Treaty Compromise.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
' Like n real tragedy to a grunt many
tltlzcns of the United States was the
rhlef event of the past week the deci
sion of the Supreme court of the Unit
d States upholding the constitutional
ity of the war-time prohibition act.
Jt was n severe blow not only for the
men who hoped to renew their fast
dwindling supplies of "private stock"
before Jonunry.10, when the constitu
tional prohibition amendment goes In
to effect, and to the dealers who had
hoped for a clinnce to dispone of their
vast stores of liquors, but also to many
banks that had made loans on whisky
certificates totalling perhaps $100,000,
DOO. It was estimated that the govern
ment would lose in taxes about SGOO,
000,000, and that the loss In physical
iralue of plants and other property
tvould be SUOO.OOO.OOO. The total was
roughly put at a billion and n half
of dollnrs.
The cases decided were those of the
Kentucky Distilleries and Warehouse
company of Louisville, Ky., and Dry
foos, Ilium & Co. of New York, Insti
tuted for the purpose of compelling
the government to ruleaso whisky
from bond.
In both rases the court denied con
tentlons of Ellhu Hoot and. other at
torneys for the distilleries that the act,
In violation oJ the constitution, takes
private property without Just compen
sation; thit the period of the war
emergency, for which the act wjis
passed, had terminated; that the Inw
was an Interference with the state po
lice powers and an undue exercise of
the wnr powers of congress.
The wur-tlme act, the court held, is
not confiscatory, asserting that more
than seven months were given distil
3ers to dispose of their stocks, which
time the court believed to be adequate.
The act also was not repealed, the
tourt held, by the prohibition constitu
tional amendment, which, It asserted,
,w binding not only in peace, but nlso
t
l war times.
The wets did not give up all hope,
but at once went to work on new
lncs, "previously prepared." The He
all Liquor Dealers' association of Now
Jersey and the state of Ilhodo Island
both asked tho Supreme court for per
mission to Institute original proceed
ings to have the natlonnl prohibition
amendment declared unconstitutional
mid to enjoin federal olllclals from
enforcing It. Ithodo Island Is one of
the states that did not rntify the
amendment, and tho present action
was taken by direction of the legisla
ture. These attacks on the amendment
ure based on the allegation thnt It
violates the fifth amendment to the
constitution, which prohibits the tak
ing of private property without Just
compensation, and also on tho charge
that It Is an Interference with the
.state police powers.
Another attempt to repeal the war
time prohibition law was made In con
gress, but the houso agriculture com
mittee reported unfavorably on the bill
by a vote of 10 to .'!, Representative
Italney of Illinois made the only argu
ment for repeal, urging that tho wot
period should be allowed, so tho por
tions of small means could lay In a
etock of liquor for medicinal pur
poses, and tho government could col
lect .'0,000,000 In revenue titxen.
Ever slnco ho assumed the office
of attorney general, Mr. Palmer lias
jbeen at work on a plan to curb tho
fust growing Interests of the big pack
New Yiirlt. In ilntnunetmii,.,! n,miiU) i.,
ers, and last week It was announced
thnt the latter had agreed, admittedly
under government pressure, to discard
all their Interests except those directly
connected with the handling of the
nation's supply of meat. More than a
billion dollars will be Involved In the
disposing of the side lines the packers
have been handling, but It Is stated
the bulk of their business will not be
affected. The "unscrambling" process
really began last summer when Swift
& Co. gave up their leather business
and their foreign business to new com
panies. Reorganization of the pnekers Is ex
pected to follow virtually the plan of
breaking up tho Standnrd Oil company
and the method provided in the Inter
national Harvester company agree
ment In 1018. Of course, the primary
object of the department of Justice
In this Is to bring about a lowering of
prices of foodstuffs. Whether or not
this will be the result Is uncertain. The
representatives of tho packers were
noncommittal on this point, and many
persons were of opinion that there
would be a tendency to Increase prices
through abolition of the control that
now exists, if the process of unscram
bling does no more financial harm to
the packers than It lias done to capi
talists In previous Instances, they need
not worry on thnt score.
At the opening of the week the news
was cabled from Flume thnt D'Annun
zlo was to hand over that city at once
to regular Italian troops, commanded
by Genera! Cavlllgla. former minister
of wnr, and that France, Great Hrltuln
and Itnly had agreed that Italy should
have complete, sovereignty over Flume
and thnt all tho provisions of the pact
of London would bo cnrrled out. The
alleged agreement was not confirmed,
and nt this writing D'AnnunzIo is still
holding the city. The truth seems to
be that he was asked to give it up on
the promise by the Italian government
that It would be held by regulars, nt
least until the Adriatic question was
finally settled. Hut a largo part of his
garrison Is strongly objecting to this
arrangement. Ills olllcers and Fiddlers
are living In luxury there, receiving
much higher pay than they would as
part of the regular army, and prospects
for work In Italy are bad. Consequent
ly they insist that they he permitted
to remain as the garrison, and the
task of ousting them promises to be
dlllicult.
Just what the London conference
discussed and what decisions It reach
ed, If any, Is not known nt this time,
ns no ofllclul statement has been Is
sued. Doubtless there was n lot of tnlk
about the peace treaty deadlock In
the American sennte, and certain Eu
ropean correspondents were Insistent
In their assertions thnt the Rrltlsh
and French were rendy nnd willing to
accept any reasonable reservations the
senate might make In order to assure
the co-operation of America. The Eu
ropean diplomats realize the urgent
need for an early declaration of peace,
say these correspondents, and one of
them asserts that Ambassador Jus
serand for weeks has been trying to
see President Wilson to assure him
thnt the senate's reservations aro ac
ceptable to France.
Meanwhile the sentiment In congress
In favor of a compromise Is growing
stronger dally, though tho president
nnd the Republican majority continue
to "pass the buck" back and forth.
Senator Underwood, who Is a candi
date for tho place of minority leader
In opposition to Senator Hitchcock,
rami forward as an advocate of "pence
nt any price." Ho said thnt the presi
dent, when he declared he had no con
cession of any kind to offer and thnt
all the responsibility rested on tho Re
publicans, was merely giving notice to
the senators to get busy and .compro
mise among themselves before asking
him to compromise. Mr. Hitchcock
proposed the appointment of a con
ciliation committee for compromise In
a spirit of give and take. Senntor
Knox again attempted to have the sen
ate sidetrack the League of Nations
and pass a resolution ratifying the
treaty "In so far as It restores tho
status of peace between' the United
States nnd Germany," but ho was
blocked by objections.
Whether or not the Germans are
taking advantage of tho unpleasant
trenty sltuntlon, they certainly are
haggling a lot over tho signing of the
liuu'ijmw'i mnJUil
i,m.ut n i i ,. .. .
protocol. Certain concessions were
made to them, but these were not
enough, for they Insist they are unnble
to turn over the 400.000 tons of harbor
and dock material demanded in repa
ration for the sinking of the Interned
warships In Scapa Flow. Late reports
said their proofs of this Inability were
so strong thnt experts of the nllle
were disposed to consider an offer to
reduce the amount to 200.000 tons.
Germany's chief Internal trouble
Just now Is flnunclnl. The premium
lonn, by which It wns hoped to rnlse
five billion murks, wns a failure, and
some of the papers assert thnt open
bankruptcy Is not far distant
Austria Is stnrving. Thnt grim fact
hns been established by the testimony
of numerous persons, and it appears
to bo up t"o the United States to supply
tho food for that unfortunate nntlon.
All tho other nations of central Europe
are suffering only In less degree, and
Herbert Hoover, who knows more
nbout tho foreign food sltuntlon than
anyone else, proposes thnt the grent
surplus of wheat and flour held by the
grain corporation be sold to them on
credit.
The Russian bolshevik! and the Es
thonlnns in conference nt Dorpnt nre
not arriving very rapidly at nn amica
ble understanding. Tho Esthonlans
suspect tho Russians of treacherous
designs, nnd In nddltlon there nre ru
mors thrtt France Is Intervening In
tho Baltic ngalnst the soviet govern
ment. In the field the bolshevlkl hnd
more victories to report, Including the
capture of Kiev, capital of the
Ukraine, from General Denlklne's
troops. They nlso occupied Kuplnnsk,
southenst of Kharkov.
The United States and Grent Rrltnln
hnve become Involved In nn unpleas
ant controversy ovcrMhe treaty by
which virtually a Rrltlsh protectorate
over Perslo hns been established. A
Teheran paper accused the United
States of having nlmndoned Persia,
whereupon our legation there Issued a
statement this country hnd done Its
utmost to befriend I'ersln but thnt the
net of some Persian authorities In con
cluding the treaty with England hnd
indicated that they did not desire the
friendship of the United States In the
future.
Rrltlsh Foreign Minister Curzon has
taken extreme exception to this state
ment ns being undlplomntlc. unfriend
ly and even hostile, nnd nsks that the
Impression made by it be corrected In
Persia by our state department. In
the reply from Washington It Is plain
ly stated that the United States will
not, at the present time, approve of
the Anglo-Persian trenty.
According to what Is called authen
tic Information from the highest
sources, the government will not re
turn the railroads to private owner
ship on January 1, but will continue to
operate them until March 1, or per
haps for a month longer. This wns
good news for everybody nnd served
to remove tho apprehension thnt the
return would be made before congress
hnd passed tho needed legislation,
which certainly would result In the
paralysis of transportation and busi
ness nnd In great general llnanclnl
loss. There Is no Immediate prospect
of tho pnssnge of the Cummins bill
which the senate Is considering, or any
other railroad bill, and Director Gen
eral Hlnes Is snld to hnve recommend
ed to tho president thnt the govern
ment retain control until legislation Is
effected.
Mexico's reply to Secretary Lan
sing's latest note on the case of Con
sular Agent Jenkins was received In
Washington Thursday, and doubtless
gave the state department little satis
faction. In It Cnrranza said be took It
for granted that tho release of Jen
kins on ball had removed the cause of
complaint, and then declined to have
the proceedings against the consular
agent dropped. He assorted thnt the
American government's belief In tho
Innocence of Jenkins wns not sufficient
cause for removing that olllclal froin
tho Jurisdiction of the Mexican tri
bunals. So once more It Is up to Wash
ington to make tho next move, and
what that will be there Is nn intima
tion. Senntor Fall thinks that our gov
ernment will not depnrt from Its time
honored policy of permitting Carranza
to insult and defy it with impuulty.
CORKER ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
State Superintendent Clemmons
nys Nebraska must get ready to line
tip with Minnesota, South Dakota and
Iowa for the Interstate old-fashioned
"spelling bee" which Is to be held at
Wayne, (his slate, In October, WHO.
Every Nebraska school child In the
seventh grade and under in city and
I'lrhtli grade and under In rural schools
Is eligible. Elimination preliminaries
will be held llrst In all counties. The
Mate will be divided Into thirteen ills
jrh'lH, to be announced later. Each
district will bold n mutest, the win
ders of which will contest In Lincoln
some time In Hie spring.
J. Cook, county attorney of Dodge
county, has sent a vigorous protest to
the stale attorney general at Lincoln
over the action of the pardon board In
approving the release of Tom Culeonl,
Wlnslow bank robber, from the state
penitentiary. The county attorney says
that not a single Dodge county resident
was consulted about the mutter, and
the people are highly Incensed over the
affair.
Mr. and Mrs. John Zlniinoror of
Seward have donated the former home
of ex-Cblef Justice of the Nebraska
Supreme Court T. L. Nerval and ;!()
acres of land to the city for use as
either a home for aged people or a
boys' school. The property is valued
at S 10,000. The gift was made us a
Christmas present.
The boycott on certain high priced
foods Instituted by the more than 'J.OOO
members of the Woman's club at Lin
coln, Is already showing results. Lat
est reports show that eggs huve
dropped from 8." to .1.1 cents a dozen,
and some other Important staples have
decreased In price considerable.
A report Issued by L. I. Frlsble,
leader of state Junior work In this
state shows that 4 III members of Ne
braska Roys and Girls clubs, raised
poultry valued at $11,011.:!.') this year.
The net profit wns .fO.'JT.'i.O!). The total
number of chickens raised was 1L000.
The latest state crop report shows
,that the average of winter wheat sown
In Nebraska last autumn Is 17 per cent
less than that n year ago and about
.1 per cent under the usual amount.
The estimate Is HJKW.OOO acres as com
pnreii with :i,7-,00) acres last year.
Although the coal strike has been
called olT, reports front Lincoln indi
cate that Nebraska Is yet a long way
from relief In the fuel situation. Con
servation measures, practiced through
out the state, must be continued In
definitely, the reports say.
Railroads are refusing to ship hay
Into western Nebraska and hundreds
of head or stock are dying as the re
sult, according to a letter received by
the State Railway oinmlsslon at Lin
coln from S. N. Staple! on, Crawford
banker and ranch owner.
A movement Is on foot at Lincoln
to persuade the clly to rebuild the cat
tle barn at the state fair grounds,
which was recently destroyed by lire,
and make the fair association u pres
ent of the building.
Athletic authorities at the University
of Nebraska have already arranged
football games with the follow lug col
leges for next year: Washburn, Notre
Dame, Penn State, Kansas University
and Michigan Aggies.
Several hundreds of dollars In prizes
were distributed among members of
the Webster county bo.vs' ninl girls'
calf club, at the annual show and sale
at Red t'loud.
Delegates from all parts of the state
are expected to attend the annual con
vention of the Nebraska Retail Cloth
iers' Association nt Omaha February
4 and .'..
Assistant Adjutant General Dross of
the (1. A. R., at Lincoln, declares that
urganlzntlon suffered severely from the
recent coal restrictions throughout the
stale.
January 7 to 0 are the dates set for
the annual meeting of the county as
sessors of Nebraska. Lincoln Is the
lucky city to entertain the tax makers.
worn lias liegun on the conslructloi
of the new $1.10,000 Keystone hotel a
Ion
t
Mcniok. A Kansas City linn has th
contract.,
A movement Is on foot at Geneva
to
erect nn SS.000 stock sales pavilion.
Six veteran railway locomotive en
giueers acted as pallbearers at the fin
oral of J. W. Coolldtre. Union Pnelll
Me
engineer, who died at Omaha follow
nig ins collapse at the throttle, whll
lie
ins train was speeding through Vnllej
School authorities at Lyons bellev
Ihe.V have solved the teacher oiicstl
on.
Hereafter grade teachers will recelv
a minimum of $1,000 a year and
'yearly Increase of SI 00 until a max
o
a
I-
mum of SI. 000 Is reached. High si
I'bool
teachers Will receive n minimum
of
Sl.'.'OO and a vearlv Increase of S
100
until a maximum of .','JOO Is reaclu
(I.
Vulle.v county Is advertising for lili
for the new court house, the coiistru
Is
lion ol which Is to bo started ear
next spring.
Governor McKelvIe has aiipo
iilnted
Judge C. E. Eldred of MeCook to
llll
Die vacancy caused bv tln rcSIeiuif
lou
of District Judge E. It. Perry of tl
lie
Fourteenth district.
The Nebraska law which reoiiLr
os
the closing of bather shops on Stiiula
y
c
anil wli cli nrohlli its the n vlng of
tti
barber trade in u private way, w
as
uplieiu ny the state supremo court
a Douglas county case.
in
Twenty or more organizations, with
it combined membership of ninny thou
sands or those who have to do with
the raising of farm products and llo
stock, will hold their annual conven
tion at Lincoln between January W
and 1M, the dales set for Organized
Agriculture meetings. Negotiations
are now iteing carried on with several
noted speakers who will address tho
meetings. This year the farmers huvo
many things on their minds, which It
Is expected will be brought Up. In
some respects the sessions will be as
Important as those held during tho
war. During the war the runners
were asked for a maximum production.
Now they are wondering Just what tho
future of farming will be during tho
next Iwo or three years. '
It Is announced that any American
Legion post In Nebraska can now ha'e
a women's auxiliary. Slate Coiiuran
dor Earl ('line in making this an
nouncement slated that anyone desr
Ing In organize an auxiliary should ob
tain blanks from our slate headquar
ters at Lincoln. Membership will he
limited to mothers, wives, daughters
ami lscrs of members of the Legion,
and mot hers, wles, (laughters and sis
ters iff men and women who weie in
the service during the war.
Considerable comment was caused
nt South Omaha the other day over
tl 'rival of thirty carloads of cattlo
sent to that market by the ('row In
iIIiims under government supervision.
The man In charge or the shipment
said the Indians had very good luck
In breeding cattle, and proved apt
students.
Governor .McKelvIe sanctioned tho
"rurloiigb" or Reryl Kirk. Omaha ban
dit, w;o was released some lime ago
from the state prison on papers signed
by State Senator Itushce while acting
governor, two days before the man was
given his freedom, the .supreme court
Investigating committee was lold by At
torney P. Petrus Peterson of Lincoln.
Run county's farmers union held a
lively meeting at Tekamah the other
day at which the organization went on
record as being In favor of the estab
lishment by farmers' associations of
sugar factories over the state In aa
effort to smash the sugar trust.
The eleventh mutual Nebraska far
mers' congress, which wns to be held
at Omaha in December and was post
poned because of the coal shortage,
will be hold soon nfler the first of the
year, O. G. Smith of Kearney, its pres
ident, announced.
Dr. Dillon, chief of the state bu
reau of health, has sent letters from
his olllce at Lincoln to lucnl health
beards In Nebraska, asking their aid
in seeing that all dairy herds are test
ed annually for tuberculosis, as re
quired by law.
State Engineer Johnson expressed
the belief, after Inspecting the forty
or more army trucks, owned by the
state, which were damaged by fire at
the State Fair grounds nt Lincoln, that
many of the trucks can be saved.
The Nebraska College of Agriculture
at Lincoln estimates that at least
2.1,000 farmers of this state will keep
an accurate account of expenditures
and Income by using the college's farm
record books this your. -
Threshing small grain has been re
sullied with the moderation of the
weather in the vicinity of Surprise
where there Is considerable of that
kind of work yet to be done.
Oscar Hansen, Fremont's crack shot,
will probably be included on the team
of the ten best trapshooters to lepre
sent the United States in the Oljmplc
games at Antwerp next summer.
Municipal bonds In Die sum of
S 0,000 were recently old at Thedford
nnd arrangements are being complHcil
for the establishment In the village of
a system of waterworks.
In an effort to' stamp out no opt
di mle of smallpox at P.ltm Springs
schools have been ordered closed and it
strict quarantine of all cases Is to be
Kept.
Mrs. J. 15. P.ncon, Dawson county
ranch owner, known as the "Alfalfa
Queen," realized the sum of S'.'Oitoo
from a fioo-ncrc alfalfa field this year.
Fifty farmers and business men
held a meeting at Venango the other
day and organized a Commercial club.
A number of extensive Improvements
are to be made In the Y. M. C. A.
headquarters at I lea trice.
The Douglas county fair, which is
usually held at Omaha, will he trans
ferred to Waterloo next year.
Ex-service men of Cedar Rluffs am
backing a movement to organize a post
of the American Legion.
North Pond's new post of the Amer
ican Legion started off with a member
ship of thirty.
Reports from a good many points
over the slate indicate that the sugar
shortage Is still acute In Nebraska,
and dealers say that there will bo no
relief In sight for several mnnthr.
More than twenty-one acres or pota
toes were raised by members or Roys'
and Girls' clubs of Nebraska this year.
One hundred and seventy-one boys and
girls took part In this project, grow
ing not less than one-eighth or an acre
each. L. I. Frlsblt, head of the clubs
In this stale, In making this announce
ment, says ho expects greater things
In Wi!0.
Tlio cattle barn at the Nebraska
agricultural experiment sub-station at
North Platte hiirned December Ki,
causing u loss of about $.1,000.
It is rumored at Lincoln Jbat tho
Des .Moines club of (ho Western Rase
ball league will Ia transferred to tho
Nebraska capital next season.
Miss Nellie Williams will servo an
temporary director of the slate trav
eling library, tilling the vacancy cans
ed by the resignation of Miss Char
lotle Teinpleton. Miss Ruth Warwick
of Meadow Grovo has been a'ppolnteU
assistant to Miss Williams.
CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION NOTES
Lincoln. The convention nd.lourncd
following Friday's session until lifter
the holidays, and, otilsldo of some
possible committee meetings, there
will ie no meetings of the members
until time for reconvening on .lanuary
0. During the holiday recess dele
gates will mall to Secretary Huriuiril
any proposals they wish to Introduce.
Refine the assembly broke up blank
ballols were plaied on the desks or
members bearing the names or lead
ing presidential candidates, to secure
a straw vote or the convention. There
wero sixty-three ballots turned In,
thirty-seven not voting. Some members
seemed to take the ballot serlousl.v,
but not all. General Wood led, with
thlrty.K voles; J'.c.iun was second,
with live, while Jo'-ry Howard, repre
senting Douhis county and the "lijsh
reiuiblli," lied Senator 1 II Johnson of
California for third place, both re
ceiving four votes. Many other cele
brities. Including Piesldent Weaver of
the convention, received compliment
ary voles.
Among the proposals before the con
vention Is one by Ryruin of Franklin
and Jackson of Nuckolls, which pro
poses n reorganizing of the civil gov
ernment of the state, eliminating cen
.trullxcd power such as Is placed In the
governor's hands by the code bill. Tho
proposal, which Is attracting a great
deal of attention, provides for ten de
partments as follows: Public welfare;
public lands and buildings; labor; trade
and commerce; tlnanco; law; agricul
ture; public works; education; ac
counts; public utilities. The head or
the department or public welfare, would
bo the governor, with a salary of
SO.000 a yin The proposal would
cut down the number of elective state
olllcers to the governor, lleii'.enunt
governor, attorney general, treusurer
and auditor.
The scale of compensation fixed by
the committee In charge of this fea
ture of the convention, allows Secre
tary Rarnard 10 a day; two assist
ants ?S a day each : stenographers anil
engrossing clerks, ?(; sergeant-at-arms,
postmaster, custodian of cloak room,
assistant sergeant-at-arms, niitneo
gruphcr, chaplain, Janitor, bill room
clerks and proof readers, S3 u day
each, and the two pages, $3 a day
each.
Svoboda or Howard county hns sub
mitted a proposal which he claims will
be pushed with vigor, calling ror the
election of state senators for a term
of four years, one-half elected every
two years and makes the number III
.Instead of :!.', as at present. It also
divides the state Into that number of
districts. House members remain the?
same with terms of two yours and th
pay fixed at S10 a day.
President Weaver of tho convention
lias been Informed that committees
containing some of the ablest members
of the convention will have very little
work to do, In some Instances practic
ally none, while other committees are
already swamped with work.
Members of the convention generally
appear to be In favor of a resolution
submitted by Davles of Royd, which
would elect supreme Judges bv dis
tricts and the chief Justice of the su
preme court by the entire state.
Abolishment of the state board of
control and the slate railway commis
sion Is the outstanding- fcatuie of a
proposal introduced in the convention
by A. II. Ryruin and George Jackson.
Juvy service for Nebraska women Is
provided for In a proposal by A. II.
Ryruin, Rlnoiulngton. lie would also
penult verdicts by less than twelve
members of u Jury.
The llrst 10:i proposals Introduced
in the coineiiiiou have been returned
from tln printer and were distrib
uted to thalr respective commit
tees last week for consideration.
W. II. PItzer, Nebraska City, has
submitted a proposal for a state Indus
trial commission of labor, trade and
commerce, to consist iff three members
uppolnled by the governor.
Proposals ror a recall law, applica
ble to all elective olllclals, and a
workable initiative ami lefeieiidiim
lnw have been Introduced by J. N.
'Norton, Polk county.
John L. Webster, president of the
1S7.1 convention, will address tho
members of the convention on Janu
ary 8.
The convention voted to Invito W. .7.
iRryan, former secretary of state, to
address the convention at it date to
suit Ids convenience.
Rlge'ow, of Douglas county, Intro-'
duced a proposal which would allow
Omaha and Douglas county to consol
idate their governments, In u manner
to bo provided by law,
6
The convention will ho asked to nil-
thorlire the stale and tuiiulcpalltles to
operate and establish public utilities
'and Industrial enterprises whenever
'empowered to do so by a vote of the
people,
I
' Delegate Scott of Chase county Is
the father iff a resolution hefon, the
convention which would abolish the In
determinate sentence law and forbids
any olllclal taking any action which
would shorlen tlio sentence of a prB
loner, except the usual good tlmu allowance.
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