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3 9 RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF France Hopeful for New Year i Begins 1920 With Greater Confi dence Than It Did the Last. DUE TO DEFEAT OF RADICALS Elections Stabilize Internal Condi tions, Though Fall of Franc Is Still Serious Problem Study Financial Policy. Paris. France begnn tlio now year with fur greater confidence tlinn Hip Inst. This Is In spite of formidable handicaps, such tiK tliu balance of trnilp running against her nt the Yule of nlintit r,fiO0,OO0,000 francs a tuontli, about f0 per cent depreciation of Hip exchange vulup of the frnnc anil the consequent difficulty of procuring raw materials iiihI machines ureontly needed for reconstruction. France's renewpil confidence Is de rived directly from the result of the recent election". Those are regarded here as having definitely stabilized In ternal polities, ended all (longer of revolutionary ngltatlon for some time to come and brought about a bettor at titude by capital nail labor toward the Immense effort hoforv France. Money Is forthcoming for Invpxt ments In anything that promises stabil ity. While the Investments In short term treasury bonds are continuing nt the rate of nenrly 2,000,000,000 francs a month, there -Is plenty of money for Induilrliil and commercial enterprises and long-term loans. The -1 ,000,000,000 'nnc loan to provide Immediate resources for liidemnlfvlng victims of the Invasion was oversftTscrlbod before 1he olllclal opening of the subsorlp Hon. Important banks and Indus trial companies have lately Increased their capital to an aggregate of nenrlv VX,000,000,000 francs. Big Trade on Bourse. Transactions on the Paris bourse, which still are confined to ensb deals, hnve exceeded on certain days records of pre-war trading, when futures en tered Inrgely Into the totals. The up ward movement of all Industrials which began before the signature of the treaty nt Versailles, has been un checked by successive liquidations. This Is regarded by keen observers here ns a sure sign of economic re covery. Employers say the labor situation Is Improved and that the last strikes de veloped signs thtxt the workers them selves were becoming woury of long continued disturbances of business, In dustry and transportation. They see a tendency against frivolous strikes and an Indication that only real griev ances will Induce the wage earners to quit work hereafter. Decentralization of capital and In dustry Is seen In the establishing In Normandy of textile Industries to re placo those In the occupied territory destroyed by the war. This movement has been greatly extended by develop ment of water power In the region of the Alps and the center and south of AMERICAN TROOPSHIP DEKALB ON FIRE m9 ?-MM4mM4: A striking ilmlograiii ul the Fulled Stales troopship DuKulu. lormerly the German raider Prince Kit el Frledrlch, on tire In the Hudson river near Spuyten Duyvil. All of the memberB of tho skeleton crew of H00 escaped uninjured. Owl, Protected by Law, Disturbs Law Chelsea, Mass. Residents In tho vicinity of Chelsea have been disturbed nights by an ac tive but elusive screech owl. The little marauder stnrts In his disturbance between 0 nnd 10 o'clock. The police have Iicpii asked to capture the bird. Dur ing the day the owl flits from one chimney to another In an effort to escape capture. The police have given an alibi thnt It Is against the game laws to Bhoot the owl. . --' "'"""-4j Foot Caught In Rail, Woman Diet. Pittsburgh. Her foot wedged tightly between the rail nnd a plank, at a rail road crossing, Mrs. John Forbes, sixty live, of this city, wbh struck and In stantly killed by a fast train. France. Industrial leaders miv thnt no particular region of France here after will monopolize any Industry, and ' declare that this scattering will prove , benellclal and result In a more ! (finable recoery of all parts of the' country. To Transfer Industries.. Powerful (lmmclal groups nre a the head of the movement to transfer Im portant Industries from the coal re gion to southwestern France, where water power noon nlll be available. Other groups are being formed to de velop manufacturing centers near the coast so as to reduce the cost of transporting raw materials. Indus- trial leaders say that this actlvitv on l lie part of capital, supported bv the,"1" "he franc abroad, a recovery of labor from what lias been characterized as n wac of "laziness," gives a healthy tone to the situa tion. Instability of the exchange value of the franc Is regarded as one of the weakest points In French conditions. It Is pointed out (lint France cannot pay twice over at present high prices for supplies she needs, and that Is h what the present low value of the fianc means. The French government is mm Miidjiug a complete renovation of the financial policy with a view to making such provisions to meet obll- gallons as will give greatest stability, both at home nnd abroad. Details of the new llm lul policy ate as yet not disclosed, but It Is understood that It comprises a large Interior loan to take up all short-term bonds and floating Meet Ethyl and Methyl Alcohol Two Most Prominent and Inter esting Members of the Family. MANY OFFSPRINGS ARE KNOWN Difference Between Grain and Wood Alcohol Clearly Described Fatal ities Due to Amateur Attempts to Make Grain Alcohol. Chicago. While there nre seventeen or more alcoholic products known In chemistry, there are two of general commercial use In the country ethyl alcohol, or ordinary alcohol, the kind we used to be able to buy "for medici nal purposes," and methylated spirit, or Industrial alcohol, which Is popular ly called "wood alcohol," and which does contain an amount of that fluid. Kthyl or ordinary alcohol Is formed by the spirituous or nlcohollc fermen tation of saccharine Juices. The fer mentation must be completed before It Is distilled. It is made lrom grain, either corn, wheat, or barley. This Is Has Ludendorff s War Car - Chicago Man Now Has Machine in Daily Use. Limousine Was Seized for General While Owner Was Touring Germany. Chicago, 111. Gen. I.udcndorfrx gen eral headquarters motor car, wltl. tho same black body and sloping duck nose, that carried the military head of the German armies over Ilelglun and French roads while Its occupant wns Hooking to annihilate the allies, can ho seen almost any day on Chicago's streets and houlevnrds. Hullet-Kcurrcd and .mttercil after traveling more than (50,000 miles ns the equipage of tho German commander, the limousine bus returned to peaceful pursuits and civilian service. In the summer of 1014 C. L. Wlllcy, Germany Accused of Taking 26,000 Dogs Paris. The French ministry of agriculture has lodged with the commission of war dntnages a claim for 20,000 dogs alleged, to have been stolen by the Ger mans during the war. The min istry spccllles some of the thefts, naming specially sir. val uable setters taken k' the Gor man crown prince and a prize pointer taken by General Von Klttck. debt, nnd Important Increases In nil taxes to bring the revenues up to the annual budget, estimated to require 20.000.000.000 to 2.V0OO.000.OO0 francs. It Is not expected that any Internal llnanelal arrangement can exert more ""' moral influence on the value ml this may be aid to be the object of the greatest anxiety In ofllelal circles. GERMANS CROWD TO COLLEGE Universities' Enrollment This Year Is 41,000 Greater Than In 1914. German newspapers sny 41.000 more students enrolled In the universities ,f Germany than in :i)U. In the venr f the beginning of the war there were ir.0,000 students enrolled, while In 1010 j there are approximately 01.000. This ! represents an Increase of nearly 2.000 leach for each of the 2.'1 national mil vcrsltles. In 11 technical schools more than lO.f.OO have enrolled as compared ' to 10,000 In UIM. also known ns grain alcohol. The formula Is C, II, OH. -Methylated spirit, or Industrial nlco hoi, Is made of ninety parts of ordi nary alcohol and ten parta of wood alcohol methyl alcohol. Source of Wood Alcohol. Wood alcohol Is obtulned by the dry distillation of wood. The common method of obtaining this Is to tnko cord wood which has been seasoned for about two years beech, maple, nnd birch are best place it In Iron or steel retorts over n slow lire. The Intensity of the lire Is gradually Increased nsthe (Kst Illation progresses, uutll nt tho end of from twelve to eighteen hours noth ing remains In the retort but clinrcoul. The distlllnte Is passed through a condenser, and ihe liquid thus gath ered Is allowed to set In tanks until the greater part of the tarry matter Ir It has subsided. The lighter part Is then drawn off and snturnted with slaked lime to fix the acetic acid. It Is then distilled a second time and tho distillate sent to the refineries ns wood alcohol. Sawdust or nny woody fiber or cellulose can be used in place of cordwond. Wood alcohol, either In Its pure form or ns an Ingredient of Industrial nlco hoi. Is a poison, and has a selective action upon the optic nerve, In which It often Induces a condition of permn neilt atrophy which results In total blindness. Denatured Alcohol. For some purposes "completely de natured alcohol" Is mnde by adding to Industrial alcohol a little benzine or pyridine to spoil the taste nnd render It offensive. Denatured alcohol may be made more cheaply than ordinary alcohol by using cheaper materials, such ns any starchy vegetable sub stance, or a waste byproduct, as the poorest grade of molasses oi the wnsto o; n canning factory. "It Is probable that a .good deal of the wood alcohol that Is being distrib uted as a beverage Is tho result of tho attempts of amateurs to make ordinary alcohol. In their Ignorance they use vgelublc substances such as potato pi clings, and, by using too Intense a Ore and making the distillation with out having, tli st allowed fermentntlon to take place, produce methyl or wood alcohol Instead," said J. 11. Nusbuum, a chemist. n Chicago lumber merchant, with hh wife, was touring Germany In the mo tor car. The war flamed up and the automobile was seized by German of. flchiN, despite Its owner's protests, ho comlng the olllclal property of en. I.udcndorff, .Somewhere In Its war activity tho limousine was the target of well-aimed machine-gun lire from the allied air men and Its roof wns perforated In many places. Through an Amerlcnn consul W'llley brought about the return of the auto mobile. 0. h. Wllley died In 1010 nnd th'o car Is now used dolly by his i,on C. It. Wllley. Fall Into Hydrangea Bush Fatal. New York. Phoenix Miller, eleven years old, fell Into n hydrangen biiBh. A broken stem of the plant went through a nostril nnd penetrated the ; brain, killing the boy Instantly. B CORNHUSKER ITEMS Ncw3 of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points Throughout Nebraska. OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS North Platte was stirred by n most fearful tnigedj last Thursday when Chief or Polbe c. Mecomber iind Pa trolman G, w. linger were shot and almost liistimily Killed by two Mexi cans whom they attempted to arrest. The tragedy occurred in Nick Clilrcs pool hall, where the men Innl been traced by the officers whom thev re aisled and opened Hie on before other occupants of Ihe place were aware of any trouble. One of the murderers was captured. .lobb-rs. retailers nnd consumer In western Nebraska have been placed on sugar ration- by the I real Western S'gar Company. 'y customers are limited to ."() cents worth at a time and rural patrons to si.oo worth. Jobbers are limited to die amount thev pur chased last ear, Shipment of sack sugar by people In the district to friends and relatives In the eastern end or the slate Is bclleed to have precipitated Hie aciloii. Allen V. Graiiimer and ANun It. Tole. who were sentenced to be elec trocuted at the state penitentiary nt Lincoln .Iniiunry ill for the murder of .Mrs. I.ulu Vogt In Howard county In 1017, were granted a stav until .lannary :). following the granting of an appeal to the circuit court by Fed eral Judge Mtingor. Attorneys for the condemned men expressed the belief that many mouths would elapse before they would be executed, If at all. Kay A. Lower, former cashier of the Stale bank at Valparaiso, which was closed recently by the Slate Hanking hoard, pleaded not guilty when he was arraigned at Wahoo on a charge of making fraudulent returns on the con dition of the bank to the stale banking department. .Members of the newly formed or ganizntlon for the abolishment of capital punishment n Nebraska stated at Lincoln that no effort would be made to obtain clemency for Grumiher and Cole, under death sentence at the state prison for the murder of Mrs. Vogt In Howard county In 1017. .John M. Mntzeu, Fremont, newly appointed Male superintendent of schools, has filed his S.'O.OOO bond nnd assumed office. Mntzeu, for fourteen years superintendent of Dodge county, was appointed ,v Governor McKel vie to fill the vacancy-caused by the death of W. II. Cleniinons. The big drop In the eastern hay market has reached the shipping point markets of Holt and Hock counties, the big hny producers of the state. The best hay only Is bringing $10 on the cars and much of It is selling for $10 and $1'J u ton. Constitutional prohibition which went Into effect throughout the Fulled State January 17, had little effect In Nebraska because this state bad been preparing for It since May 1, 1017 when Nebraska went Into the "dry column." Custer county claims the oldest liv ing white man In this country. He Is Thomas Morris and lives with Charles W. Mytton, eight miles northeast' of Ansley. Mr. Morris was 12G years old January in. The Oklahoma Oil syndicate now engaged In leasing the oil privileges on lauds around Krlnn at the head of the cedar, In Gnrllcld county, will begin prospecting In March according to re ports. Frank Dovel, n Stella buyer, shipped three cars of horses and mules from the district to Kansas City, represent ing u destrlbutlon of at least $10,000 to farmers for their surplus stock. Humors In liunnclal circles at Lin coln have It that prospects for con struction of an liiterurbitu railway be tween Omaha and Lincoln are brighter than ever before. A contract for the erection of a $2.", 000 nurses' home to he erected by the Mennoulte hospital association at Iteatrice, has been nwaidcd to local contractors. Itetween fifty and one hundred children were suddenly taken sick In an Omaha public school with a malady said by physicians to resemble In fluenza, The week' of Februa v 2! to 2S has lreen designated as Met chants MnrkH Vcck at Omaha. A most elaborate p dgrani has been arranged. Klgnt blocks In, the business section of O'Neill will be paved this spring. Expenditure of more than $200,000 for a new municipal light plant and ex tension of the iiiiinv wnter plant, n sewer system and paved streets Is plan ned for Spencer tills year. The board cfucducntlou at Iteatrice has raised the salaries of school teach ers 20 to 2."i per cent for the remainder of the school year. The educational committee of the Lincoln Commercial dub asked Ihe board of educntlou to Incur a $100,000 deficit to give n SHOO bonus to each of the :i00 tea dim: In the Lincoln public schools. That Ihe minimum salary for Ne braska school teachers should he '$1,000 was the conclusion drawn from the data tabulated by Lulu K. Wirt, dean of women of the normal school at Kearney, following an extensive In vestigation of living conditions In 10 counties In Nebraska. During the last mouth feeder cattle have gained In price from $1.W) to $2 per hundred at the South Omaha Mar ket. During the early part of Decem ber quotations on choice prime feeders were $10,r0 and $12..r9, as compared with $12 to S1H.G0 now. It Is reported In Lincoln that a test of tho constitutionality of tho school district consolidation law will bo tnnde and Hint it will probably come up to the supreme court from Nomahit county. The farmers of thnt county recently held an Indignation meeting "t Auburn nt which funds were pledged to lest tho validity of this law, The First Presbyterian .clmreii at Hastings surprised the pastor, the Itev. George K. Newell, by presenting him anil his family a jiew Ileo touring car. ltuslnes was virtually suspended at Alliance during the two days prelimi nary trial of Lawrence Lnckay, charged with causing uu. (Mitli of his ,,,l" y ' "Id daughter bv giving her poisoned candy. The trial was one of Ihe most sensational n tH. hlslorv of Alliance and people from m.lcsnround attended. Lackey will remain In the Alliance Jail uutll the next term of district court, May 4. bail having been forbidden by the court. Mrs. Charles G. u.vau of Grand Is land, stale ("reclor of the Nebraska economic campaign, plans t0 ask 2.r0 000 housewives In Ibis state to sign Ihe following pledge: To purchnso nothing nt excessive prices. To keep a careful budget of household ex peases. To buy only when necessary for servlie ami economy. To aid other women In setting standards for care ful conservation and economlcnl buying. Plans for the new $.-,000,000 Nebras ka capllol building to be ill reeled nt Lincoln, designing of which has been left In Hie hands of ten competing ar chitects, must be submitted tothestata capllol commissi, ,n ,v ,(, ,,,1,1,,, nj June, according to Governor McKelvIe, member of the c(,iiiin..so;i. Itlg Hear White, wif . of i.eo While, Wlnebngo Indian, was .awarded full Judgment by the slate supreme court In her suit for $H,:i(!2.(iri against Pen der hankers, which. .su. claims, she was defrauded out of in securing one eighth interest In a lightning-rod com puny. On account of lack of Interest In a meeting scheduled to he held at Lin coln a few days ago for the purpose of reorganizing the Stale League of Itae Itall CMibs. former President Miles postponed Hie meeting until some time late in February. The Nebraska supreme court bus ruled that precinct or county assessor may raise a personal asses.sinent, that It Is not eiiher's duty to so notify the taxpayer, who must gain such knowl edge from the county clerk. The Internal Itevenue department nt Washington notified the college of agriculture at Lincoln that farmers' In ventories at market value less cost of marketing will ho accepted horeiiftcr In determining Income tax. Kleven acres of ground In the south part of Lincoln have been purchased by the State Department of Public Works to I m used us storage space for state road equipment which can bo left In thi! open. McCook Is making preparations to hold an automobile show In the spring. Traciors. trucks and all forms of motor equipment will be exhibited in a huge tent. Attorney General Davis has ruled that women may vote In the primaries only for such officers as they will be entitled to Vote for In the general elec tion. , Stockholders of the Nebraska Stnto Farmers' exchange In convention at Omaha voted to establish n $2,000,000 cooperative sugar factor 11 1 Mlnntnre. Victor Ilosewater, for many jenrs editor of the Omaha Pee, has sold his Interest In the paper to Nelson It. Up dike, prominent grain man of Oiurhii. Members of Nebraska boyV and girls' diihs. nhoiit 20(1 In all, will be entertained by the conege of agricul ture at Lincoln, May :tl to June .'. The third Nebraska road institute will be held during the llrst week of March on the city cnnipiu of the Uni versity of Nebraska at Lincoln. Steps have been taken to erect a memorial hall at Fremont In honor of Dodge county men who entered tho service during the war. Automobile tourlMs passing through McCook are to be provided wllh camp ing nnd park facilities along the Re publican river. A conlracl has been awarded for a new water system at Chailroii. the price being S0I.S00. It was" given to a local contractor. The I'ebling Good Heads Club passed n resolution favoring n bond Issue of S1.2U0JMIO for Dodge county roadsf Preliminary moves nre being made at Alliance to construct a new $100,000 senior high school building the coming summer. The week beginning April !l will be spring Miration week for students of fhe state university. The Great Western Sugar Co. an nounced at (Serine it would pay bonus of SI a ton on all heels delivered lo Its factories this year, This menus oer S. ,1)0,000 more for beet growers In western Nebraska. That Nebraska's code bill Is an at tack on he Initiative anil referendum passed by the people of the state is the charge made in a Juief tiled In Iho supreme court In Lincoln protesting the action of Secretary of Slate Ams berry, In refusing to place 011 the bal lot a referendum on the bill after the petition was tiled. The First Presbyterian church of Madison will celebrate Us golden anni versary February 1-2 with a Juhlleo and homecoming. The Commercial club of Hebron Is back of a project' to establish u sorghum mill near the city. It has also promised to support the hand and n lecture course for noxj winter. Chris Keuch wns burned to death and two other men were Injured nt Norfolk, when fire, which followed the explosion of an oil tank, destroyed the city gas plant, cutting off the gaa supply In the city CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION NOTES Lincoln. - Many school principals and tencheis, headed by Superintend ent Jose Newlon of Lincoln, appeared before the coiiM'tilioii last Friday and urged the enactment of a provision for a state board of education of seven members, appointed by the governor, the board to elect a state commission-' or of education with Jurisdiction over all public grade and high schools. Put rons of the rural schools opposed tho appolntle hoard. At a mass meeting held Thursday, January l.", an organization was per fected to abolish capital punishment In Nebraska. Mrs. George II. Hidden was made chairman and she will pick n temporary commit lee, composed of nine members, to assist her. It Is the Intention of the organization to use Its efforts In the constitutional conven tion for the abolishment of the death penally. The work of the organization will be state-wide. Delegate Flansburg of Lancaster county has submitted n proposal In the convention to abolish capital pimWhmcnt by constitutional enactment. Delegate W. II. Pltzer of Otoe county has presented a proposal de signed to withhold the ballot from na tive born children of parents who theniseles are not eligible to citizen ship under the laws of the United Slates, timl to withhold the ballot from persons convicted of felony or tren- son, or convicted tinder such laws of the crime or offense of membership In or conspiracy with nny society or organization engaged In advocating or attempting lo effect the destruction or overthrow by force of the government of the state or United Slates. Several proposals Directing the legis lature were Introduced In the conven tion during the past week. They would reduce the number of house members from 100 to eighty, the num ber of state senators from thirty three to twenty-seven, repeal the sixty-day limit on the length of legis lative sessions and permit two-thirds of either house to dispense with the reading of a measure on three sepa rate days. A delegation of women conferred with the suffrage committee last week and urged that it report u sun'ruge amendment which will not contain the word "male" but will state that "all citizens of the United States, 21 years of age nnd upward, who have resided In the state for six months, shall be electors." Governor McKelvIe explained the workings of his administrative code bill to the committee on the executive (leparlment. lie urged the principle of the code bill be made a part of the new constitution, wllh the governor the center of the state government. The convention In coiiiuilttee of tho whole, rejected a resolution that would practically have Instructed its com mittee to provide for election of state and county olllcluls In years other than those iu which a presidential election is held. The convention, by 11 vote of GO to US, r.'Jecfed an amendment providing trial by Jury for persons charged with constructive contempt of court or vio lation of city ordinances when the of fense. Is held to be 11 crime under state or federal statutes. ' Although he knew In advance thnt It would have no cluincj of adoption, Delegate Norton, of Polk county, thrust Into the hopper of the conven tion a proposal providing that the leg islature shall in tho future consist of only one house. Three hundred nnd eight proposals for chnnges In the constitution are be fore tho convention. No more pro posals can be Introduced, except by permission of fifty-one of tho 100 dele gates, The conitnltteo on Industrial rela tions Is apparently deadlocked on tho , proposal to have the constitution rec ognize Inbor's right to collective bar gaining. Five-sixths of a Jury may return n. verdict In civil cases, tho convention has decided. The amendment was rec ommended for adopt Ion. Dplcgato Epperson, of Clay county, author of a proposal to abolish the slate railway commission, tol ) tho committee on puliHe service corpora tions that the commission had not giv en the public a square deal In the way of telephone rates. The commltteo took no action, A proposal Introduced by delegate F.ppersnn of Clay county, will, If adopted, declare all exchanges such ns the South Omaha Livestock exchange, the Omaha Grain exchange and sim ilar concerns to be "public markets." 1 Flansburg 'of Lancaster has offered n proposal which would prohibit an appeal from district court to the su premo court In dvll cases whero Judg ment does not exceed $fi00. Up to the end of last week tho con vention had been In session twenty four dnys, most of which has boon con mimed in submitting proposals nnd pre liminary organization. The fact that the time limit for Introducing amend ments expired hiBt Friday should act, B8 nn Incentive to speed up tho rank-' Ing of a new constitution. - ? 7)