The Omaha M< irning Bee ^ ~ VOT. R9_vn 9CM ™ see,,*.,. «.„., •*. OMAHA. SATURDAY. MAY 26 1923. * Z JtJT -*TU TW0 CENTS " ^T^^Z'LV^ » waj. Ui, OMiaH P. 0. Und.r Act o( Match 3. 1173- ’ _______— ■ —--w———— Small Town Residents Enjoy Life Big Change Is Noted as Result of War and College Life —Golf Is Popular Pastime. Hospitality Abounds By PA I L GKEEB. On Board Chamber of Commerce Special Train. Ord, Neb.. May 25.—If you don't be lieve the people in the small towns in Nebraska enjoy life, ask any mem ber of the Omaha Trade excursion. Or, ask some of the young people who drove into Ord tonight from 30 miles away to attend the pavement dance given In honor of the visitors. from Omaha. Folks out here think nothing of motoring that far across country for business or a frolic. One of the best things about small town life is the everyday spirit of home tpun^lslpilality. As H. L. Cushing, superintendent of schools at Ord, expressed it today, "we try to go just a little out of our way to make strangers within our gates feel at home.” An Omaha family that recently moved to Burwell tells of finding six | ( of their neighbors waiting on the porch to help unload and arrange their furniture. It was not curiosity to see what kind of curtains or what sort of furniture the newcomers had, but the genuine desire to be helpful. Service Men’s Outlook. Add to this the sol d characteristic | the broadened outlook on life brought back by the service men from their j conteat with the new environments in | Europe and the encampments, and the ever-increasing influence of the boys and girls who came hack to the old home town after attending college, and you have the factors that are improv ing village life. The war shook ev- j erybody at home and overseas and among itr after effects was the ex terminatioj-of a great deal of pettiness and the hri-iking down of cliques. One of the first things the legion men did In Ord was to pay Sift the debt on the G. A. K. hail and make it a center for activities of many sorts. Then, the boys took over an is land in the North I.oup, cleaned it up and presented the town with a park and swimming hole. The town also has a community club of 127 ! members which is pushing the move ment for a pub) ^ library and every other good cause. Sports Flourish. Baseball and sports of all kinds I flourish. Wherever there is a high school, there are teams. The county fair grounds And a new use for their race bourses during the track meets. Ord make* much of its Sunday base hall and boasra now of a no-hit no-run f;ame from Arcadia, 6 to A. Almost everyone plays golf. Father Lawler says, and he tells With real enthusi asm of the hill where he and the other players have to knock up 30 feet. A great many .Nebraska towns pos sess country clubs whh excellent links. One of the leading citizens of Greeley is Tr.Amas A. Lnnnigm, and he would rather talk golf than busi ness. » In the old days of Creighton col lege. Mr Lannigan won Tame as a pitcher, and more recently he was a candidate for Moses Klnkald's seat in congress. But it was .golf and the plea sees of life in Greeley that lie talked about to the visitors from Omaha. Light Nebraska towns, Ord. Gree ley, St. Paufluilerton, Kearney, Grand Island. Ravenna and Aurora onstitute the central Nebraska golf league. In each town five men are selected by tournament for places on the team. There are no golf widows here, for when the teams meet, the whole family is loaded Into the auto mobile for a picnic Jaunt. Some of the towns are more thanO 100 miles apart, yet always the matches are made the occas on of a family outings. The highways are good out here, and although even Inches of rain fell from last Friday to Wednesday, they are pretty well dried out now. County fairs are a great feature of country life. A number of counties In this district have Joined together to form a circuit for automobile and horso races an dother attractions, ts’o town is too small to support a f hand of musicians. Bands are Popular. At Alda, community of 175 persons rear Grand Island, the trade trippers were met by a brass band. At Ord ind any number of other places, weekly band concerts are the regular thing during the summer. This is a pleasure lacking In Omaha. Nor sre these towns without their pic ture shows, these being run three or four nights each week. A great factor In community tif« Is the schools all along the line. To day graduation exercises wers on at Ord, the children presenting a pa geant on the high school compos, decked out In fancy costumes for the dance of the seasons. There are also high school (fttette and glee < lubs l/ooking over the opportunities for enjoying life in these towns, it Is difficult to find any real opportunity for comfortable, decent and onjoya Me living that the cities afford that are not also found In the towns, and there are many others, fishing and hunting among them, where the smaller places out in the state have all the advantage. Rail Heads, Business Men, Plan Trip to North Pintle Omaha business men and Union Pacific railroad officials will go to North Platte for "Union Pacific day" next Thursday. Tjtt of Five Captures Heart of Noted Modiste; No Time for Dandies By I'nierrsnl Service. New York. May 25.—It was a tot of 5 and not the regular deck chair dandies who captured the heart of Miss Anna Fitzgerald, modiste of this city, as she came back from Europe. Miss Fitzgerald could have been "dated up" every minute of every day of the entire voyage. And she could have "had a different partner for al most every minute. But it was tiny Rene Inezan, trav eling alone from France to California, who occupied the girl's entire atten tion. "Let's take a stroll.” said a dapper young fellow right after dinner. "I’m sorry, but Rene has to be tucked in,” and away went Miss Fitz gerald to her cabin, where the boy with the cherubic face was getting into his nighties. And so it went all through the voyage. The companionship with the young men who sought her out would have been infinitely easier, too, for baby Rene spoke no English. But that first night out. when he stood, all forlorn, against the rail, sobbing his heart out, settled his fate—and the young men's. Labor Department Wrecked by Bryan, Kennedy Asserts Figures Quoted to Disprove Governor's Attempt to Place Blame on Republicans. Special Dispatch to The Omaha Dee. Lincoln. May 25.—Parsimony on the part of Governor Bryan will result in wrecking thp slate labor department, Frank A. Kennedy, secretary of la bor. asserted today. Kennedy, in h s statement, points to figures on file at the state house to disapprove an attempt made h.v the governor yesterday to blame the wreckage on the republican majority in the legislature. Not only does Ken nedy give figures recommended by Bryan to prove that the governor has wrecked the department, but he also ind cates the pages in the governor's budget, where the niggardly appro priations for this department, so im portant to welfare of workers in Oma ha, are recommended. He also points to the more generous appropriations recommended by Governor McKelvie and pushed through both sessions dur ing the McKelvie administration. The Kennedy statement follows: "111 the budget submitted to the leg. islature by former Governor McKelvie. the amount recommended for salaries and wages for the labor department for the biennium beginning July 1, 1023. was $10,820. (See McKelvie budget, page $i. Bryan Made Slash. “In the budget submitted bv Gov ernor Bryan, the amount he allpwed for salaries and wages was rut to $12,000. (See Bryan budget, page J6t. “The appropriation allowed by the legislature for .salaries and wages for the labor department was the amount recommended by Governor Bryan, $12,000. “This is the rut In the appropriation that will cripple the department, un it as some way outside the appro priation can be found fo provide funds to pay the employes of the depart ment. “The amount of salaries paid to em ployes of the department a* the pres ent time would total $16,080 for the biennium, but this would not allow any salary for the secretary of la bor. Walloped by Br^an. “The first wallop the labor depart ment received was when Governor Bryan cut the salary and wage ap propriation in the McKelvl* budget from $10,820 to $12,000. The second wallop it received was when the legis lature failed to appropriate a salary for the head of the department. “Xo one could ask for better treat ment from the legislature of 1919, 1921 aud 1922 than was given the la bor department In the way of passing (Turn to I’ng* bight, f niiinut Three.) U. S. Army Too SrJ0 weeks bays Secretary of War Urges Force Be Brought Back to Mini mum of 150,000 Men and 13.000 Officers. Raps Peace Societies By Associated Press. San Francisco, May 25.—The stand ing army of the United States stands 46th on the list of active armies of tho world and Is "too small to ac complish what is intended for it to do,” Secretary or War John W. , Weeks said tonight, in an address at a public banquet preeided over by the Association of the Army of the Unit ed States. Other speakers were United States Senators Francis E. Warren of Wyoming and Samuel M. Shortridge of California, Congress ;men Julius Kahn of California and Maj. Gen. Charles G. Morton, com jmnnding the Ninth corps army area. The present standing army "should be brought back at the earliest pos sible date to the minimum of 150.000 enlisted t rn and 13.000 officers,” the secretary said. “The extremists who are hoping to I promote peace by urgent methods are ! being led into many inaccurate stnte nints In their endeavors to prove a faulty case. ir'has been generally re peated. owing to the activity of some of our so-called peace societies, that our government is spending S3 per cent of Its budget for military pur poses and that we are preparing for a mighty war. The truth of the mat ter is that we are now spending proportionately less for national de fense than in 1315, when we were admitedly unprepared for the war that was coming upon us. Hap* "Pear* Lovers." "That we are spending 83 per cent of our budget for military purposes is utterly false. The official report of the budget shows that but 13.5 per cent is spent for national defense. We are actually spending much less to maintain a modest fence at the top of the present hill than we are for maintaining hospitals and operat ing the ambulance at the bottom of the last hill. “An analysis of the governmental expenditures in 13 of our largest cities shows that approximately 2 1-2 cents of every dollar of taxes Is spent for the upkeep of our army and about B cents for army and navy together. In other words. If the socalled peace lovers succeed in their efforts to abolish completely Our military forces, the result would he mere!)’ to reduce the dollar of taxation to ahoul S7 12 cents. “Such a bargain «alc reduction is certainly not important enough to , warrant a departure from the te.oh |ings of the respected leaders of the' past and front the obvious dictates of tlie wisdom of the present. The true spirit of economy relative to war is to eliminate or decrease the cost of war by paying tho insurance rates nf protection against such a calamity. Defends National tiiiaid. “Finally there has been a strange recurring tendency to belittle the Im portance of and attack tho mainten ance of the National guard. Have you thought of the enduring history of your guard? Although yours is lone of the comparatively younger states some of the units of your state forces have a history of nearly three- 1 quarters of a century of constructive Interim! inmil Nrt»* ^rtlrf Washington, May 2u.—Major Thom ,;h Duncan, an air service officer, and Krwin H. Krupp, a civilian employe of the War department, were burned | to death at B< lling field here this I afternoon when the airplane in which they were flying crashed to the ground from n height of 200 feet and was con ! smiled by flames. The Omaha Sunday Bee 1. TWENTY TWO - Life, action, suspense, ( harm, humor and. of roiirnr>. young love me some of the contents of this fiction mixture pre pared by .Mary Roberts Rinehart. A short story you n success or failure you will la? tin able to restrain your laughter. 4. PLUG MATS—What has become of the old “silk dicer!' What's the reason you never wear one? O. O. McIntyre tells why he doesn't. In the first place he rouldn t learn to control it. In the second place the moths made away with it. Read it in the magn zine section. 5. SA\ INO HOULS— How the pretty Omaha gnl. a V"lunfeei nf Arnerh a. continues her Christian wink behind the footlights and finds her mantle of religion a sure protection against the perils of Broad way. An Illustrated story in the magazine section. I! ABOUND THE TOWN—A few views here and there about Omaha snapped by Louis B. Boat wrick. A full page of Interesting photo graphs In the rotogravure section. Another full large of photo graphs taken by Louis B. Bostwlck reveals tiro romance of one of our neighbors of the Caribbean sea, the Island cf Barbados In the British West Indies. 7 FBENCTl FEABH- Why docs France occupy the Buhl? Why Is she afraid? A thorough, detailed story of the most perplexing problem fnred hy France today—her decreasing hltlh tale —by Mark Sulli van, famous editor, author and student irf International affairs S. STACIE NEWS All the new s of the thealc-r In New York l>v Ben j Hammond, the highest paid dramatic writer In t|ie country. In the amusement sect Pin. !' ALL THE NEWS—The complete service of The Associated Pres*, the International News Service and the Cnlvers.il Seivie The Omaha Bee is the only newspaper |p Nebraska receiving the coin plot* reports of these three giea; .tews gathering organisation* •icon Prisoner *iP^iN ^Chinese Bandits Sends tf ill to Outside By Associated Press. Tsao-Chwang. May 25.—Leon Fried man. one of the Americana held by the Shantung bandits In the hills be yond here, today sent out''his will, drawn up In legal form and witnessed by two of hls.fellow captives. Friedman s will, w hich was brought out by J. 15. Powell, American pub lisher of Shanghai, released on parole as a messenger to carry what the bandits say are their “final terms," bequests everything he owns to his brother, Max Friedman of Shanghai. The testament was witnessed by Pow ell and G. D. Musso, Italian attorney, who is one of the prisoners. Powell, as the bearer of the brig ands’ “last word,” is to participate in an all-night conference with for eign consular officials and Chinese government officials. Powell has given the bandits his word of honor that he will return to their camp within 24 hours. Pekin Considers Drive to Vt ipe Out Chinese Bandits Officials Believe Brigands Would Yield to Foreign Troops — Prisoners Los ing Hope of Rescue. By rnlvrnuil Service. Pekin, May 25.—A foreign military commission is preparing to make a survey of the region In which the Suchow bandits are holding the Americans and other foreigners pris oners, with the object, it is believed, of attacking and wiping out the brig ands. While the diplomatic officers here hesitate to use military force through fear that the bandits will slay their captives as soon as the soldiers begin to move against them, they are In hopes that the brigands may yield as soon as they know that foreign sol diers are after them. The diplomatic body is disheartened by the delays, duplicity and weakness! of the Chinese government in deal ing with the bandits, and are com ing to the helief that military ac tion must follow quickly after i last effort to deal directly with the ban dits. Requests Airplanes. A request for four airplanes came today from Military Governor Tien of Shantung province, who with 1,300 men, has completely surrounded the stronghold of the bandits. While Marshall Tien is known to have urged a general cleanup of bandits throughout Shantung pro vince, Inspector General Tsao Kun hesitates to open unit vr offensive for fear it may bring death to the foreign capth es. A report from Shanghai giving ex cerpts from the diary of L. C Solo mon, one of the American prisoners, indicates that hope of rescue is al most abandoned by th» prisoners. In part the diary says: "We climbed from an old temple 6i)0 feet into the clouds. Then wo went up a stairway cut in the stone of the mountainside. Then there was a slope about 6nn fret, in extent. Part of the time wo were pulled up with ropes. It was worse than trying to elinib up the side of the Woolworth building. Portress at Top. “I.'pon the top is a fortress cover ing about two acres. Inside a second slone wall are dugouts where the ‘filth and stench were terrible. We found there 30 Chinese captives who had been seized a tout a year ago. "There seemed to to plenty of sup piles. Trenches were cut in tlye mountainside to catch rainwater. There were about 3.000 callous of water stored in reservoirs. "Prom the actions ami talk of the Chinese 1 believe it will be only a short time before vve go one bv one. They cannot take us any higher. The only alternative, they feel, Is to shoot us or throw us from the cliffs We are ns well ns llie rest anti are Irv ing not to lose our grip or give up hope." Woman Dies Suddenly m Physician’s Office j Mims Katherine Donahue 3R, 3« *> Lincoln boulevard. tiled muM« nly yes terday afternoon In the office of n physician in the City National Imnk building after undergoing an opera lion for sin us troubb She collapse.! after the operation had been perform ed Miss Donohue is survived by her mother. Mrs Mmy Donahue. two brothers. Jack and Joseph Donahue; two Sisters, Mrs William V. Maher of niitir ami Mis K P c’armlehael of Council Bluffs, and two aunts Misses Bose and Nora Donahue of Omaha Funeral service* will he conducted at 8:30 Monday morning at the resi dence and at 9 at Ft. John Catholic ehtirVh. Burial will hr in Holy Hep ul< her cemetery. \rm\ I' Kcr- Kr.it li I I I’aso on Flijjlil to \\ ii»liiiigtoii Kl Paso. T< it . May 2 . Lo u • n ants Oakley Cl. Kelly and John A Mai Heady, armv ailators. who • stub lished a world's record In a nonstop flight across the continent mixed m t int Bliss this aftMnocm at t ’ A tusl flying time between here iuul San Diego iv «s horns and ...» min utes. On their ritivrI !• . his w»* « received from the Wai d* pai linent for ihem to have early Saturday men lung at d stop at Kit • . • n \ .>. • Sunday Present ordets also «'ate I that the fix .ns are to i *pnit u. Wash* ington June I Spring Tonic for the President’s Official Family •Tart MiT* ' U5 HURDSf lu. DEH»y? v y , wtuM* S't*' Jfc i, r f Economy.; i Capitol Board Deliberations ^ ill Be Public Commission Agrees to Admit Newspaper ' Men — Orna mental Fronts Will Be Added to Plans. Ntfesiiil I»lspa(< li tn The Omaha llee. Lincoln, May 25.—Hereafter meet-, ings of the state capitol commission are to bo open to newspapermen, "ex cepting when It is decided that an executive session i* necessary in the interests of the people of the state,” according to a resolution passed by the commi.salon today. "I made this suggestion,** Governor Bryan, chairman of the commission ami official spokesman, said. The commission also instructed Architect Goodhuo to change his plans so tliat instead of one decorated oj»ening to the state house on the north, as originally planned, there will ho three. "I made this suggestion to the ' commission at our last meeting,** the governor said, "but on account of the absence of the architect, no action was taken.** Meantime, a miml*er of interested property owners m Lincoln apparent ly unaware of the governor’s action, appointed a committee which called on the commission this morning re questing ornamental fronts t«» the east and west of the state house as well as the north The governor was unable to specify the extra tost of the work The governor al*o announced tliat considerable stone delivered to the state house grounds had been reject ed recently and more specific rules for quality of stun* had been decided upon by the commission. This re jected stone is in addition to stones taken out of the walls after the ex pose by George K Johnson, state englneei The governor said he was unable to staff how many stones had l*eeq rejected and sent lsick t*> lndi ana. Following the meeting of the « »»m mission Architect Bertram GtHslhue returned !«» New York elt.y. (.ill \\ iliH**s in Micliifian ( nil ( a«c Nit'IciI in * (lii<> It* Ini mint town I New* >rr%i«n. Toledo, (,» ,VJa> -Until Woibel 21, natcl t«> |.e nn tinpoi tnnt witness in the Mohican Inventitintlon of Itn mortality <*)mrirea ncoinat House of Hnvld member*. win ait( sird here to day on a warrant t haiglng embezzle fiient. , Mii lit^aii antlioiitm d who made the nirest -lid Mlaa Welbrl whs one of tlioar married in croup martian** i eroiiionirs at Heiiton Ihuhor. I he Weather Km '4 hnum endm* T p m M■' ?R IS l Tri»u»nenl ur»* If g fl"*' . *>. rtiml T«il»l I" 4 % • . Ill*'* II * I ntii rjipM •in* • .Unutry 1 ttrliiliir Miiniiillli IVririilatf. 7 a HI IHI.IM ♦ »'. 7 n\ I'm i|»ilnl ion anil IlmnliriHh* T.H#t. H.*h, Tumi ■!«< • Until"? 1 * * 4 tl* fl. ■ I 4 lloiirl* I i mhm i«iurr« i* H Ml j4 111 N 111. N n ill i « HI i l‘» « HI 111* Ml ) 5 noun I I' I” ...... I I1 M . 4 •Ip »" ........ 4 |l **• ...... « mi ....... *• •> i* m ...... ^ . p m ...... j I * P m .• I rmiiri Nl lire* nf < I * n r n n .* •• »* i t».»v#u|'«rt .»t» l Hi 11 V P ? *. *> ** Muin^M T*• 1 *«*«!H^ t it* • ? ! *n*%r * ' N^rth P in* t# *9 o ..... *n <"M> .... '•* S*»!l l.*U* *1' Manin * • , ... ■ ? *? *h#*i <1* •* . T I V .... ■ i \al*u!itl» . <4 Powers to Pav for Rhine Army y Cost of American Occupation Forces to Come Out of * Reparations Received Paris, May 25.—An agreement meet ing the United State* demand for 5 256,000,000 for the upkt-ep of the army of occupation on the Rhine, was •igned her* tate tat* afternoon. 7*1* treaty wu signed by the United States and the interested allied pow ers. The funds will be drawn from German reparations. Settlement, wlii*h has taken three months to negotiate, does not in clude the clause to which the United State* delegate, Kliot Wadsworth, ob jected. namely, that the allies should lmve the right to abrogate the agree ment in case the United States sought to recover war damages direct from Germany. The agreement may be summarized as follows: The net coat <*f the army of occu pation is to l*e paid in 22 equal in stallments without interest, the first of wide h shall be due on or before December 31. 102.1. For the first four years the an nual installment* dm !! ■ United States shall constitute first charge upon all payments in cash made each year by Germany or for the repara tion account of Germany up to 25 per cent of such payments During each of the first fortr year*, the current co«? of the allied armies of occupation shall have priority over the annual installments due the United Stales, as this re pa ration ac count is credited with German pay inents only after the allied army « "Sts are leimbutsed ami other treaty ex penses :>!'• met * For the last eight years tin* install inents due the United State* shall lonstitule first charge upon all cash payments made by Germany on no ilttint of reparation* tip to their full amount, and shall lia\e priority over the cm rent costs of the allied arnu«* of occupation Collar Thief Souclit. Police no looking for < man who w*hm No 15 collars A thief entered the room of John J Rogers, Rome In tel. and stole a dozen collars of (hit •* ye Search Is Made for ^ Oman's Bodv in Lou]) River Farmers Report Seeing Float er in Swollen Stream—Res eue Diffieult—Columbus Officers on Guard. |M«p*trk to Tito Omaha Ike. Columbus. Neb.. May 25.—Tile ••ody of xt woman is floating eastward amid the* swirling waters of tb© rain frwollen I>nup river. Tb© police de partment was notified by farmer? liv ing IT mil*** northwest of Columbus that they had followed the long haired. scently-clad body of a woman down the river at various distances. Guard? were stationed on the l?>up river bridge here by Chief of Police Lehman and County Attorney Otto Walters with County Commissioners Walter MaU?* n and Herlor Blaser di rected a group of workers, who are searching the .sandbars. Islands, island* and wooded shores of the river. No rescu© of the body was at first attempted by the farmers who saw it be*-aua© the water? of the Loup are «o swollen by recent rain? that no swimmer could endure. It is believed that the body has be come snagged somewhere in the Loup. The river ha? risen to such an extent that in a numb©? of places it is flood it g the meadows while the stream is filled with driftwood, dead farm ani mals and d**bi i-- Four different i*©o pie report ©d* seeing the woman's l>©dy tit four different |nunts. some a? doe© ■ ? r.»f feet front the shore Noted \r< tic Fxplorer Injured in Fxpludoii |t> ri*** t*openhage*i. May .’.V—t'apt Got! fro-d Mansi’ tho \ivth « xplorei *».- igt the exp kudo • f » turn < i - *«. >*ei during naval maneuver? south of the island t«*da> t'.ipia n Hansen ? not *-x peeled to recover Vile expl«w*i«»n oveunni a few in i ute? after i'n»«n Pt;io-e Freden-k *'f Dennmik 1* ft I ft© Geiser to take o*ju mattil of hi? o\\« dr?nob , • _ Hitch Develops in Match Race Spark Plug Will Only Hun Off Classic at Midnight. Rodeo King Charlie Gardner Says. A UiMi ha* d*xclop*d In the in-go* tut Ions (or tin- apecial ran* b*tw.-#r. Karin' i,ninth's imld* at**d, l'lw>1' King, nml Mvmlain* Charli* Irwins slur galliHM'i. and Adonis 111* I’lld* .•f Hi* Williaui \ t il «sk wi 1 nk this tinoRie baa a go*M reason tor keeping under rover in the davtrue itinted in Nesselhaua Mv g .**s that they're locking for Mi •?.»• u‘ some pin re ami he knows th-i’ s iopi*ei will soot him if lie shows l.s tare in da vliakt \ till the IT t|u mV:.«■ stands 1* h stile refuses to budge an i»ub the rontn»\e«s\ s d all attempts o d i tors to bring about a * omprom haw fa ded Riverton Is Cut Off by Floods Farmers Flee to Higher Ground With Families—No Loss of Life Reported— Harlan County Is Hit. Bridges Are Washed Out fipwia! !>i«pnt< h to Th«- Omaha IW. Hastings, Neb., May 25.—Iti\'erton, Neb., has been cut off from mail and train service since 9 Wednesday morning, according to word received here. Telephones give the only con nection with other towns. The Republican river is 20 feet deep and still rising. It conies within two feet of the beams on the big bridge near Riverton and reaches from bluff to bluff. The farm of J. W. Wickstrom near Riverlcn on the south bank is com pletely covered. The water has backed up Thompson creek that flows through the center of Riverton for about three-quartets of a mile. The Burlington track is reported unsafe and partly out at the riprap four miles west of Riverton. About 10 families living on farms between Riverton and Franklin have been forced to move with their stock to higher grounda So far no loss of life or great loss of stock has been reported. The north span of the Franklin bridge is reported out this morning. The St. Francis branch of the Bur lington it idle with no hope of train service before the first part of r.egt week. Three hundred feet of track is said to be washed out. The Almena, Kan., branch was threatened yesterday but no report cf Its condition was obtainable today. The weather Is clear here for the first time this week but the local fore cast is for threatening weather to night. Harlan County Hit. Alina, Neb., May 25—From five to eight inches of rain fell in Harlan county in less than one hour. This was preceded fyv heavy rains on the previous day, when th\ Prairie Dog creek overflowed Its banks followed by the Republican river. The river ij one mile wide. Six spans of the 3bS foot bridge south of Alma is wished away, the 30-foot bridge south ot Stamford has gone out and a 30 foot washout month of the Orlecc bridge is reported. All train service with the exception of the Sutton an ! Alnia branch, has l-*>en suspended on account r.f tracks ben e washed it. River Overflows al Gibbon. Gibbon, May 25.—The Mood rivet overflowed Its hanks in Gibbon. It i has been rapidly risetvduring the lest 'four days in which five inches of rain have fallen. The river spread out into a lake about 200 feet wide, where the r.ver flows through the northeast part ••••:. -d • h>- ground n • e than two Inches, has tausol a arr: "Us delay In the planting of Com In la s Dakota Farmer*, who have hare'y "unshed nliiwiit, :»• s shew • g atix.e*v 'hat late planted o' n n eh* lie nniskt y the fins- fall. More land will put t,. listed ,vni this year thsn f '* *!'i- • > e- of this Jih; il*a\\ ground ah.- h has never Is'em si.il ..... is being put to own :w , ilus faster moth si iVuitirv mails are very s..f» and " ** i ' •* h | rav#! JV***!. i .< art* in n*-»n1 of y-ti hut ■it iiifi > Hi * • , ^ .o* * * b\* Hie !*; ;;,fcr tp ison. The !».*>' * R it* v ♦'];* j*fA»po it ,* it - h ,.f the *.*:?•« Alfa If* .** i! 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