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How It Looks
Now in France
There Is Not Much Change Ex
cept in the Spaces Between
' the Villages.
'SHOWS HAVOC UNDISTURBED
The Sotdler Who Goes Back to His
Dugout In the Woods It Likely to
Find That Only the Rains
Have Reshaped It
New York. To uny American com
ing back from Franco thews days, the
first greeting from u (luondiuu mem
Ner of the A. R F. is nlwuya thin:
, "Well, Iiow'b It look over there?
Changed much?"
To which, uftcr some futile short-
tlvod notion of deucrlblug tho great
iiutllated stretch of France, with Its
inllllon discouragements and Its thou-
fiiuid and one evidences of renewing
Ife, the returning wanderer must
needs answer:
"No, not much."
For tho Impression that the old bat
tlefields1 make Is of huvoc undisturbed,
paralysis uncurcd, Alexander Wooll
colt writes In tho North American
Review. Tho soldier who goes back
to his old dugout in the woods near
Grand Pro is likely to find that only
the Btcady ruins havo reshaped It, that
the old helmet the shell-hit blew from
ills head Btlll lies where it fell two
years ngo and more. The villages of
the Mouse, tho Ourcq, tho Ve-slo and
the AIbiic look much as they did when
,1110 American troops trudged out of
them for the last time. It is true that
tho rubblo is gouo from the streets,
and tho Utter of stono has been re
duced to neat piles of assorted pieces.
Hero and there a rough new cottage
has been fashioned from tho materials
t Its demolished predecessor. At In
tervals thero uro unfamiliar shacks
end barracks. Hut on tho whole, Mont
faucon and Fcre-en-Tnrdenols and Ju
vlgny they all look much as they did
when tho Yanks started home. Vaux
that little Mnrno vlllnge which the ar
tillery behind tho ninth Infantry blew
to bits In the excitement of June. 1018
Vaux has only one new building. It
Is not much of a building at that Just
ehack of wood and tarpaper. And
It is not a dwelling at all. It Is a
buvette.
Where Improvements Are Seen.
It is In Uie spaces between the vil
lages that the change Is so remark
able. You see it even In the rolling
land of tho Argonno and the blusted
countryBldo of the Chenilu-des-Datnes.
For almost everywhere sonio tilling
has been done.
Visitors to the American graves nenr
Juvlgny In the spring of 1010 marveled
to And that the old quarries along
tho ravine on tho Bldo of tho town,
which had once served as divisional
headquarters, message centers and
dugouts In tltno of battle, were then
serving as homes for tho first six of
tho returning families, ho that children
wero playing with the useless gas
masks out in front while Spartan
porce-uelges bloomed at cave en
trance:! and the week's wash Happed
in the wind.
Now another winter and another
Bummer have gone by. The fields near
by iiuvo been largely cleared of their
wire and shells and havo yielded some
food and a little Income to Juvlgny.
Perhaps 200 people are buck In tho
towu. ,
It is because of tills scantiness of
reconstruction ns fur as homo build
ing goes that, ns you walk along a
ruined street, Juvlgny seems- a de
serted city, nut it Is hardly thnt and
you rcullzo as much with something
.of a thrill when In a clearing amid
jtho rubble, you como upon a barrack
.and catch through tho windows tho
kinmlstiiknblo drone of childish voices.
It Is a school and a gluuco through
jthu window shows row on row of pig-I
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fJnlted States government, presenting distinguished services and nnvy crosses
t about one hundred officers of the French army and navy. Tho presenta
tion was made Jo the gardens of the American embassy in Ports.
tailed girls and black-smocked boys
declaiming the fact that the Amazon
l a river In I'Amcrlque du Bud or thnt
Ceylon Is an island where tho tea
comes from.
School In a Barracks.
Laboring with them patiently, his
brow furrowed by Ills sense of tho
thno that has been lost, you see a
fatherly young Frenchman. Perhaps
he was a corporal at Verdun when tho
armistice was signed.
As tho Amerlcun In Franco sees all
Sobs as He Tells of
Son Taking Fortune
Montreal, Que. A tragic story
of n father's misplaced confi
dence which enabled his son to
wreck tho family fortune during
Ills absence abroad was bared on
the witness stand before Justlco
McLennan In Superior court by
C. II. Cnhnn, K. C, ono of
Cnnndn's most distinguished
lawyers.
The witness burst Into tenra
when he told how ho had con
ferred power of attorney on his
Ron, O. II. Cohan, Jr., trusting
him absolutely to carry on his
affairs while on n European trip,
and returning home only to dis
cover that he had been betrayed ;
that his son had absconded and
the family fortuno had been
wiped out.
Tho remarkable caso wan re
vealed through a suit brought by
tho Corporation Agencies, Limit
ed, against the Homo Hank of
Cnnnda to recover $200,028, tho
alleged defalcations of tho son.
Tho legnl Issue rests on whether
the hank can be held to mako
good the amount.
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Use of Forests Is
Increasing in U..S.
National Reserves Becoming Rec
reation Grounds for Campers
and Summer Residents.
MANY HOMES BEING BUILT
Income Promises to Be Important
Source of Revenue to the United
States Specially Trained Men
Needed in 8ervice.
Washington. That the uso of tho
nntlonnl forests for recreational pur
poses Is Increasing rapidly nnd bids
fair to rank third among tho major
services performed by tho national
forests, with only timber production
and stream flow regulation taking pre
cedence over It, Is tho statement made
b Col. W. B. Greeley, head of tho for
est service, In his annual report. Many
summer homes are being erected In
the nntlonnl forests by private indi
viduals, and the uso of forests for
other forms of out-of-door rccreutlon
was greater during the past year than
ever before.
Tho summer homo business promises
to becomo an important source ofrev
enue, Col. Greeley points out. On tho
Angeles forest In southern California,
for example, n total of 1,320 permits
for summer residences nnd commercial
resorts were, he says, in effect ut tho
close of the past fiscal year. The
revenue from thin one Item amounted
to approximately 522,000. It Is be
lieved thnt within n few years tho rev
enues obtained from tho various rec-
the preposterous havoc and rnignt mill
In force, ho finds himself thinking of
plcasnnt suburbs back In America,
comfortable, well fed America, of tidy
lawns and children"" romping off to
school, of country clubs and poker
games and silk stockings and squan
dered wealth. And of people who say:
"Oh, forget about tho war." And he
begins to feel a certain tingling re
sentment at America.
But then tho train wheezes Info
Paris and his taxi whirls him away to
boulevards all gay with bustling peo
ple nnd restaurants with groaning ta
bles and such food nnd drink n only
tho Old World knows. Ho sees luxury
and ease and cxtruvnganco on every
side and he realizes then thnt all the
selfishness and forgctfuluess In the
world is not American.
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During the spectacular tire on an
ammunition bnrgo at Fort Hamilton,
n 10-Inch shell crashed through the
wall of a house a mllo away nnd
plunged down to tho cellar. Fortu
nately the family wero all out watch
ing tho Arc.
rentlonnl settlements within the An
geles forest will pay the entire cost
of protection and administration.
Many western communltlea are rec
ognizing the recreational resources of
nearby national forests as one of their
greatest assets and privileges, Col.
Greeley says, nnd aro establishing com
munity camps under more or less for
mal organization.
No Charge to Public '
Tho picnic enmps are Improved by
tho construction of fireplaces, rustic
tables and seats, and nro made avail
able to the public without any charge
Tho vacation camps under municipal
direction chnrgo merely tho expense
of feeding nnd caring for the succes
sive groups of city people who enjoy
their privileges.
Tho growth of tho recreational re
sources of tho national forests Is so
rapid thnt specially trained men are
needed to direct nnd plan for tho most
effective development of this service,
Col. Greeley snys.
Tho protection of wild llfo nnd the
recognition of tho nntlonnl forests as
natural breeding grounds of fish and
game Is closely rclntcd to tho develop
ment of the recreational resources. To
make more effective tho work of game
protection, In co-operntlon with tho
state and local authorities-, and to se
cure better development of tho fish
nnd gnmo resources of tho nnttonal
forests, Col. Greeley believes that con
gress should mako provision for tho
establishment of gnmo sanctuaries
within which wild llfo may find se
curity. These sanctuaries, ho says,
Bbould bo relatively limited In nren,
but should bo established In consider
able number.
Elks Suffer Hardships.
Speclul attention Is called by Col.
Greeley to tho necessity of additional
protection for tho harassed and decl
mntcd herds of elk using tho Yellow
stone National pnrk and tho surround
ing forests. ' Famine nnd cold last
winter took nn unusually heavy toll
from their number. Driven out of tho
high country by starvation and early
snows, tho northern herd suffered
from hunters nlong the boundary lino
n percentage loss equal to that of n
defeated army.
Mnny thnt escaped the hunters per
Ishod from cold nnd starvation heforo
spring. Tho southern herd also lost
heavily. As a result, tho total .mmtmr
of animals In theso two herds Is now
estimated by the best quullllcd ofllccrs
In the forest service to equnl hulf of
their number fivo yenrs ngo.
Tho addition to tho AhsnroKn and
Gallatin forests oi tho lands still In
government ownership nnd under with
drawal nlong tho Yellowstone- river
north of Gardiner Is urged by tho
chief forester. This land, ho stntcs, Is
urgently needed ns winter rnngo for
tho oik, and Its addition to tho nntlon
nl forests will nmterJally relievo tho
situation without working nn Injus
tice to tho locnl Inhabitants whoso
llvo stock uso tho rnngo. If this ac
tion la not taken tho outlook for tho
northern elk herd Is gloomy. Tho
prospocts for tho southern herd nro
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Timely News Culled From All
Parts of the State, Reduced
for the Busy.
SCORES OF EVENTS COVERED
There Is one automobile to every
0.1) persons In the stnte.
Comstock will have n big poultry
and pet stock show the week of Janu
ary Mill.
The IOplscnpa) church nt Arapahoe
is building a new parsonage nt a cost
of ?,"),0(K).
Seventeen applicants took the civil
service examination held nt Hebron
last week.
The Catholic Workmen's Nntlonnl
Ilnhcmlnii Society will convene ut
Omaha Jnnunry 20.
State Auditor Marsh, In n recent re
port, places the value of state piop
erly at !Slfl.",,077.:i81.
It Is said that four women will br
candidates for the nomination for
mayor of Uloomfleld.
Tho Alliance packing company or
ganized last year, has been dissolved
nnd retired from business.
North Platte olllcers found nn Illicit
still In 'operation In u tank car on the
railroad tracks it that place.
The municipal employment burenu
nt Omnhn claims there nro 10,000 un
employed persons in thnt city.
Sam Wlckllne, nn Ouuilin restaurant
tnnn, found u rare blue pearl while
opening oysters. It Is said to be worth
?5fa)0.
. Plans for n church costing $100,000
In n downtown district nre being dis
cuflsed by tho orthodox Greeks of
Omnhn.
A. K. Evans of Columbus hns been
designated as a candidate for entrance
examination nt West Point to bo held
In March.
Itoss Wickcrshnp died at a Fremont
hospital from n gunshot wood received
in n fight ut Nickerson ns the result
of n poker gnme.
A church for children only hns ttoon
established nt Scottshluff. Ono hundred
nnd forty-five children attended the
opening services.
Ceresco is to hnvo a new financial
institution to be known as the Union
State Bank. Tho stockholders nro
principally farmers.
Lodgepolc will have Sunday night
moving picture shows begin nn hour
Inter than usual, so ns not to conflict
with church service.
At a recent meeting of tho stock
holders, It wns decided to allow no
gambling concessions of nny nature
at the Loup Valley fnlr next fall.
Genevn citizens linve organized n
"Fifty Year" club, to which anyone
having lived in the county for fifty
years is eligible for membership.
O. A. Rystrom of Stromshurg wns
elected president of the Midwest Im
plement Dealers association at the an
nual business meeting ut Omnhn.
Frank Delbrldge n convict nt the
stnte prison, committed suicide by
hnnglng himself to the upper bunk In
his cell with n pnlr of suspenders.
A crowd so big that no hnll at the
state farm would hold It, attended the
opening session of the Nebraska"
Farm Bureau Federation at Lincoln.
Fire, thought to be caused from de
fective wiring, did considerable dam
ago to tho plant of tho Iteglster-Cham-plon
Printing company ut Hebron last
week.
J. B. Parker, a Bentrlce pioneer,,
wns found dead In bed ono day last
week, by his aged wife. It Is supposed
his death was tho result of heart
trouble.
Itov. Henry II. Mnrtens of Lodgcpolo
'was entertained by members, of tho
congrcgntlon, who, In honor of his 45th
birthday, presented lilni a sack of sil
ver coins.
The municipal skating pond nt
Osceoln is now in operation nnd
.thronged with bkatcrs from over tho
entire county.' The pond is electrical
ly lighted.
, Two hundred npd seventy Webster
county furmers were entertained with
'n program and oyster supper nt Red
Cloud tho other evening by n local
fanners' union.
Dr. P. L. Hall, president of the Cen
tral National bank of Lincoln, has been
elected president of the board of re
gents of thq, stnte university for the
coming hlcunlum.
At n mnss meeting nt North Platte,
called by tho ministerial association,
It was decided by a vote of 12(1 to 10
to start legal action to bur dancing
In the school auditorium.
. Elizabeth McClure, for over 40
years nn employo of tho Omnhn tele
phono company, was retired on a pen
slon January 1st.
Three baby girls, all In excellent
condition and weighing five pounds
each, were born to Mrs. Ncal Mclntyro
In Nebraska City last week. Thero nre
six other children In the family, the
oldest being sixteen year of age.
"Shoot to kill, take no chances," nro
tho orders Issued by Sheriff Condltnnd
Chief of Police Brenner to ofllccrs and
members of tho police department nt
Fremont, In nn attempt to clear thnt
community of thugs and hold ups.
Six stills, 450 gallons of moonshtno
nnd three men were raptured by n
jforco from tho sheriff's office In n raid
.upon n farm In tho woods nenr Car
tor lnkn In Douglas county. Tho stills
were found In tho house and barn but
liquor was hidden In many places
bcattered over tho farm.
At the close of their annual meeting
ni Lincoln tho association of county
agents of Nebraska elected the follow
Ing ofllcers for tho year: President,
II. It. Frausch, Bed Cloud; vico presi
dent, Philip Sheldon, Scottn Bluffs;
secretary-treasurer, II. G, Gould, Sidney.
A 10 per month Increase In the pay
of firemen nnd policemen has been
voted by the city council of Omnhn.
Snmuel Jacobs, 80, oldest Odd Fel
low In Nebraska, died nt Omaha Inst
week of Illness Incident to old age. Mr.
Jacobs hnd lived in Ncbrnskn fifty
five years.
A red fox was captured and killed In
n circle hunt held near Adams. About
17C men Joined In the round up. It Is
tho first of this species seen In this
seel Ion in years.
Thirty-five street enrmen In Omnhn
Imve been grunted permission to carry
firearms. Tho move was made as un
endeavor to reduce holdups nnd law
lessness In thnt city.
Churches 'of Greenwood have ac
quired nenrly n hundred new members
as the result of n largely attended re
vivnl conducted by Evangelist W. D.
Hamilton of University Place.
Oil bubbling forth In thu creek In
the very heart of Tekamah has caused
considerable excitement nmntig the
citizens of that place over the pros
pective finding of n new oil field.
Inability to collect on Its customers'
notes Is given as the reason for the
closing of the doors of the First Na
tional bank nt Chappell, pending ac
tion of the national bank examiner.
Bentrlce citizens nre petitioning for
n special election to submit a proposi
tion to the 'voters changing from tin)
present commission form of govern
ment to the old mayor and council
system. '
Colorado capitalists are making ar
rangements to develop the clay de
posits recently opened up near Wy
more, and which ure said to be ideal
for the manufacture of brick, tile and
pottery.
One of the last nets of tho Midwest
Implement Dealers' association, before
It closed its convention at Omaha, was
to ndopt live little Armenlnn orphans
nnd donate $300 for their support for
n year.
Compnred with 1010 there was a
largo falling off in live stock receipts
nt the packing house centers through
out the United States. This wns ap
parent nt Omaha, but more pronounced
elsewhere.
Kappa Deltn Phi, fraternity nt the
state university, has been granted n
charter of Lomba Chi Alpha. Tho pe
tition was made to the convention of
tho frntemlty held in Indlnnnpolls
last week.
Mike and Bernard Tlerney, who
plead guilty to charges of stealing
thirteen dozen shirts from n box car
near Valley, were sentenced to threo
years In the federal penitentiary at
Leavenworth.
Mr. nnd Mrs. E. D. Hunter, of El
wood, celebrated their golden wed
ding nnnlversnry lust week In tha
Masonic hall, where their silver wed
ding nnnlversnry was observed twenty
five yenrs ngo.
Attorney General Davis has filed a
brief In supreme court defending the
right of the juvenile court in the carry
ing out of the objects for which it wns
created, to try and sentence udults
without calling In a Jury.
Electric light nnd power rates have
been boosted In Stanton from 12 nnd
0 cents to 14 nnd 8 cents, respectively.
Fifty head of Durocs were sold nt
Beaver City by J. C. Forney for .$0,.r00,
un-average of $1H0 a head.
During 1020 there wus shipped from
liny Springs lf.0 enrs of cattle, 170
cars of hogs, fifty four cars of wheat
and 100. cars of potatoes. Conservative
estimates of tho value of tho foregoing
.shipment would bo over $800,000.
Mrs. Evelyn Prless McElhnncy, con
victed of murdering Earl B. Anderson
nt Alliance and sentenced to HO years
In the penitentiary, Is now an Inmate,
of that Institution nnd has been as
signed to the laundry department.
11. J. Dunham has .been re-eleeted
president, and Everett Buckingham re
named vice president nnd general
mnnnger of the Union Stock Yards at
Omaha. Mr. Buckingham has been n
director of the company for 15 yenrs,
nine of which lie has served ns vice
president nnd general mnnnger.
Edwin Smith, u member of the Ne
brasku City high school basket ball
team; fractured his collar bone while
nt practice nnd will be out of tho gnmo
for several weeks. Lust fall, Just be
fore the opening of the foot hnll sea
son, young Smith fractured the same
bono and was out of the gamo during
the entire season.
During 1020, tho state of Nebraska
puld $2r,rci'l,U02.no revenue to. the fed
eral government through the Omaha
internal revenue ofllce, nccordlng to
announcement by tho ollke of Col
lector George I Loomls. This was
nn Increase of over $1,300,000 since
1010, when tho collections for the dis
trict totalled $24,223,004.00.
Tho stato railway commission has
Issued an order permitting the Amer
ican Hallway Express Co. to increase
Its present rates In tho state 124 per
cent beginning Jnnunry 15. Tho com
pany had asked for a 15 per cent In
crease. C. A. Sorcnsen, ehnlrman of the Non
partisan League of Nebraska, has Is
sued u call for a mass meeting of men
and women voters to bo held nt Lin
coln, January 10 nnd 20, for tho pur
poso of making demands on tho legis
lature for u "constructive program of
economic, political mid social pro
gress." According to n report Issued by
Stnte Auditor Georgo W. Marsh, slate
faxes delinquent for tho yenrs 1017,
1018 nnd 1010 'can be considered col
lectable to about 07 per cent, whllo
taxes unpaid for the years 1011 to 1010
aro good to about 25 per cent. Of
those prior to lOtO, only nhout two
per cent will over bo collected.
Workmen of, Nebraska suffered 25,
027 nccldcnlB during tho two-year
period ending January 1, according to
the biennial report of Frank Kennedy,
sccretnry of tho Slnte Department of
Labor. Of theso nccldcnla 7S were
fatal.
REPORT ON PHISUN
RECEIVE MORE PRISONERS IN,
1920 THAN DURING ANY
PREVIOU8YEAR
PENITENTIARYJS crowded
Warden Blames War antTAutomobllea
for Many Crimes Committed
Reformatory Is Recommended
for First Offenders
Lincoln More prisonors were ad
mitted to tho Nebraska state pentton
tlary in,1920 than during any previous,
year. Threo hundred and fifty-seven
percons wore received at tho inctltu
lion during tha year, according to Hs
uresrglvonout nt Warden W. T. Fen
ton's olllco. This exceeds by 07 tho
number of prlsoncra received durlm:
191G, tho next highest year.
Tho war, strict enforcement of the?
law nnd automobiles aro blamed by
Warden Fonton for tho Increase. Mnny
of tho prisoners admitted during 1920- ,
wero Bent up charged with stealing;
automobiles.
Sinco tho prison was established In
1SC9, it has shown a steady Increase
in tho number admitted each year.
When the prison was completed in
18G9 thero was ono prl8onor to bo
admitted. During tho next fewtnontliB.
10 othorB wero admitted. In 1870, tha
first year tho prison was open, 38 pris
oners were admitted. From that year
until 1884 tho numbor admitted each
year was less than 100. From 1884
until 1894, tho number ranged from
100 to 200 yearly. In 1894, tho number
Jumped to 272, but fell bock to less
than 200 In 1895. From 1895 until
1911, the numbor ranged from 136 to
223. The present population of the
penitentiary Is 550. Of 1Mb numbor,.
all but four nro men.
Governor McKclvlo has recommend
ed to tho legislature that funds be pro
vided at this session for the erection
of a reformatory for first6ffondcrs.
An appropriation of $150,000 for a re
formatory was made by tne legislature
In 1913, but it was never built. Tha
governor will Include an appropriation
-for a reformatory In his budget, to be
presented to tho legislature.
Appropriation Bill Introduced
Without waiting for Governor Mc
Kelvle to send in the budget for
departmental and institutional appro
priations, Representative Morlan of
Madison county introduced a bill to
provide $35,000 of additional funds for
buliding, equipping and furnishing a.
combined kitchen, dining room and
dormitory at the Norfolk state hos
pital for the insane.
If tho budget should include an itenv
for that purpose, it will take prec
edence over Mr. Morlan's bill. The
new constitution says that the legis
lature shall not increase any budget
item except by thrco-flfths vote of
each chamber.
Governor Invited to Inauguration
Governor McKelvlo has received
from, A. B. McClean, chairman of the
District of Columbia Inaugural com
mittee, a personal invitation to attend
tho ceremonies attending Sonator
Harding's inauguration as president
on March 4. Tho governor plans to
accept.
Welfare Bills Introduced
Tho movlo censorship bill and fifty
two others proposed by the children's,
codo commission, in connection with
its program calllngfor appropriations,
totaling $359,000, and tho creation of
a number of now stato Jobs, aro now
before the Nebraska legislature.
Receipts Over Million Dollars
Receipts of tho Nebraska state
treasury in December wero $1,732,
3S0.G7 and disbursements 91,41G,240,
according to tho monthly report ot
Stavj Treasurer Cropsey. During De
cember, overdrawn accounts wero re
duced from $2,089,G31 to 11,834,102,.
wth a cnoh balanco at the end of lh
mouth of $998,370.
8enate Selects Clerical Force
The senato committee on employes
has announced that twenty-nine work
ers hav been placed on the clerical
staff including women at salaries of
$5 and $G u day, except the pages,"
who aro to get $3 a day.
7ho payroll will amount to $150 a.
day It all are working.
Attacks Primary Laws
Representative Douglas of Polk,
county has launched nn attack on tho
direct primary as It now exists by
Introducing a bill that would bar from
tho primary election only those nomi
nated by u stuto convention. Each
pnrty convention takes ono preference
ballot, and tho threo high persons run
in tho succeeding primary.
Reject Hospital Bids
Bids on tho proposed new kitchen,
and dining room for tho Norfolk hos
pital for tho ItiBano, which wero
opened by tho board of control, and
which ranged from $86,000 to $111,
000, not including plumbing, heating
or equipment, wero all rejoctoil be
cause thp board had only $75,000 ap
propriated to cover' all tjio oxpenso?
of tho building and cquipmont.
New Parole Regulations
Not a man of tho 110 at the Nebras
ka ponltentiary Bubjoct to pnrolo can
bo released without a formul hearing
and notlco of it giveu to tho trial
Judge, tho sherirr and tho county attor
ney of tho county In which ho was
convicted.
Tho new constitutional nmondmont.
creating tho board of pardons and:
'paroles so provides, according to Soc
rotary of Stuto 1). M. Amsborry, boc
retary of tho bourd, whoso other mem
bors aro Governor Mcitoivln ,
( Attorney General Clarenco A. Davla.
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