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OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1917. -FOURTEEN PAGES.
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THE WEATHER
Fair
MORE GUARDS
ARE CALLED INTO
FEDERALSERVICE
Four Additional Regiments in
Eastern States Will Once
More Go ' Into Serv
ice of Uncle Sam.
I. W. W. MEMBERS FINED
Men Who Try, to Prevent Re
cruiting at Kansas City
Nearly Start Riot.
MANY SIGN NAVY ROLLS.
BULLETIN.
Washington, March 28. Orders
were issued today by the War depart
ment calling all National Guard units
which have been partially demobilized
back into the federal service.
The order aDnlies also to troops de
mobilized within the last few days
which the department understood to
still be in the federal service when its
previous orders were issued. These
are about six regiments in this class
which will be mobilized agam.-
Wa&hington, March 26. Four addi
tional regiments of the National
Guard were called into the federal
service today by the War depart
ment They are the first west Vir
ginia. Seventv-fourth New York, Sec
ond Connecticut and Second New
lersev infantrv reeiments.
More than 3,000 letters from per
sons who wish to serve tne leaerai
government in the present emergency
i i: 1 l, . .' . . ,4
in muusiruu imc. nave uccii titiv.u
by the civil service commission m re
SDonse to its recent appeal for work
ers. AH trades and professions are
represented and many sacrifices are
proposed by tne writers to aia me
nation.
Commission officials today called
upon heads of American universities
and colleges to permit senior techni
cal and scientific students to receive
diplomas at once so the government,
if necessary, may quickly obtain their
services.
Near Riot in Kansas City.
Kansas City, Mo., March 28. Sev
enteen members of the Industrial
Workers of the World were .fined
$100 and $200 each in the municipal
court (today, but stays of execution
were ordered provided they would
leave the city. T"he men were arrest
ed last night, following a clash be
" tween several of them and a recruit
ing detail f the Third Missouri in
fantrv. which had become incensed
at anti-enlistment speeches and lit-
. - wature .attriDutp o. xq some oi me
organization leaders.
In fining them Judge Coon said
there was no room in Kansas City
for men who did not stand behind the
army in the present crisis. - '
Many Enlist in Navy.
Recruits for the navy are being re
ceived at the naval enlisting office
here in numbers never exceeded be
fore, attaches of the office said today.
A much larger per cent are being ac-
cepted than normally.
"Usually only about 25 or 30 per
cent of the men offering themselves
can pass the examination," an at
tache of the office said. "Now, how
ever, nearly 80 per cent of them are
being accepted." -
The explanation given was that
the call for possible active duty was
attracting "a high type of men."
Eight women who yesterday vol
unteered to aid Lieutenant H. V.
McCabc, in charge of the offices
here, today took up special duties in
connection witli recruiting. . .
Carl R. Wheeler, who applied for
enlistment with the Third Missouri
infantry today, was found to be one
inch short of the 'required five-feet
four-inch regulation. To remedy the
defect a half dozen, guardsmen mas
saged fi'nd rolled the applicant for an
hour, when he was again brought be
fore the examining physician and
was accepted. Wheeler's stature was
said to have been decreased as a re
sult of carrying sacks of cement.
Says Workmen Are Patriotic.
New Ybrki March 28. Official ap
peals, to organized labor to join in
H'ontlmieri on I'nice Two, Column Three),
The Weather
Brtr'N'ohTrtRka-1 Fair.
Temperature! at Omaha Yesterday.
Hour. Deg.
5 a. ,m 39
,t a. m.. ,K S8
7 a. m.
X a. m.
9 a. m ..... 47
in a. m. 62
11 a. in ufi
IS m ... &9
f 1 p. m,ts 61
" 2 i. m...t 2
3 p. m &i
'4 p. m 69
6 p. m 57
6 p. m BS
7 p. in 63
8 p. m 60
Comparative Local Bccord,
, 1917. 1916. 1S1B. 114.
Itirlipst yenterday.... 62 - 61 42 90
Uwwt yen tenia?.,. 31 31 30 4
tan temperature.,.. CO 64 88 . 62
Precipitation 00 .00 .00 ,39
Temperature and precipitation departurea
from the normal:
Normal temperature.. , ,,
Kxi'i'KM for th day .,,
Total 6ccn tine March 1.....
No-mat precipitation.
IVfieiem-y for tlie day.... ,
Total rainfall ulnre March 1.,,.
Rxrri in co March 1
IWlrTenfy for cor. period. 191
42
.t...... $
46
.06 Inch ;
.06 Inch
1.36inchM
.16 Inch
.86 inch
Ksccra for cor. period, 191&..,., ,47 inch
Jteporta From Station! at 7 P. K.
Station and Rtate Temp. High- Rain
or weainer, i p. m.
Pheyrnn. clear. . , '. . . . , 6tf
Davenport, cloudy...... 62
Denver, clear. 92
)m MoinpK, pt. cloudy., 64
Dmlq-ti city, clear., .... 70-
I a nd fir, pt. cloudy 68
North Platte, clear 69
thnaha, clear 63
u'h)o, clear 72
Rapid City, cloudy 118
Bait Lake City, pt. cldy. 94
Hanta Ft, clear.. 40
flhertdan. clear 36
Hloux city. pt. cloudy., 4
Yakiltlne, clear 42
rut. fall.
6 .110
fit . t)
70 .pa
M - .00
7S .00
0 ' - ' .00
66 ,00
92 .09
74 .00
48 .00
66 .00
92 .09
39 T
54 ,00
62 .00
T Indicate traca of precipitation.
L. A. WELSH, Metooroloflit
BRITISH WOMEN TO
BE GIVEN BALLOT
Premier Lloyd George Makes
Declaration in Commons
' in Favor of Suffrage.
ASQUITH CHANGES VIEWS
London, March 28. Premier Lloyd
George made a declaration in the
House of Commons today in favor
of woman suffrage. The premier said
he welcomed the' recommendation in
favor of woman suffrage which was
made in the program for electoral
reform moved today by former Pre
mier Asquithi
The other reform measures also
were approved by the premier, who
said that in the opinion of the gov
ernment it would be a national waste
if. the results of the conference at
which the reforms were outlined
should be thrown away. He favored
a generous extension of the electoral
franchise by reducing to three months
the period for qualifying for voting1
and besides assuring the qualihcation
ot every soldier and sailor.
Asquith Changes Views.
Former Premier Asquith' said in the
House of. Commons today that the
house would not be unprepared to
hear that he and other members no
longer regarded the question of wo
man suffrage from the standpoint
they occupied before the war. Mr.
Asquith made this statement in mov
ing the adoption of a plan for elec
toral reform. .
Mr. Asquith said his opposition to
woman suffrage always had been
based solely on considerations of pub
lic expediency. The. women had now
worked out their own salvation. The
war could not be carried on without
them. What moved him especially,
he added,' was the problem of recon
struction after the war. He consid
ered it to be a neither just nor ex
pedient to withhold from women the
power or the right to make their votes
neara directly.
The fact that for three vears there
had been no recurrence of the "de
testable campaign which had dis
figured our oublic life." said Mr. As
quith, would make it impossible for
any one to say that in changing their
position in regard to suffrage he and
his associates -had yielded to force
what they had refused to yield to ar
guments. With the exception of the
actual bearing of arms in the field
there was hardly a service which had
contributed to maintenance of the
cause of the allies in which women
had not been as active and efficient
as men.
New Problems to Solve.
Wherever one turned miaht be
seemvomen, who, without detriment
to the prerogatives of their sex, were
performing work which three years
ago would have been -regarded as
tailing exclusively within the prov
ince of men. After the war questions
would arise with regard to women's
labor actions and activities in which
the women must have a voice.
Mr. Asquith also suonorted stronclv
the other proposals for electoral fe
form and expressed the opinion that
the recommendation that all elec
tions should take place on one day
dealt with one of the greatest reforms
which could be introduced. He un
derstood that -the life of Parliament
would be extended further until the
end of November and hoped that a
new register on the lines ot the re
forms suggested would be readv.
should an election be necessary at
that time.
Hitchcock Tells ,
Wilson 4the West ,
Agaja&t War Move
..(.p-rom a'lfc)u'(rriirrespomlentj) ,
-.Washington, JJarch 28. (Special
Telfcgram.) Senator Hitchcock while
iif conference.with President Wilson
today as second member on the com
mittee of foreign relations told the
chief executive that the middle west
is not anxious for a declaration of
war. He told the president that he
was in favor of the continuation of
armed neutrality. "I have taken a
conservative view as to what should
be, done in this situation," said Sena
tor Hitchcock. "The peace sentiment
in the middle west is strong. I have
believed a policy of armed neutrality
is the wise policy for the time. Under
this we could continue our prepara
tions just as we are doing.
"Later on at any time necessary we
could' take such further action in
recognizing a sate of war or declar
ing war as rmgnt be necessary.
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WHEAT CROP OF
NEBRASKA HANGS
IN THE BALANCE
University Experts, farmers
and Grain Men Hold Meet
ing and Discuss Condi
tions in the State.
MUCH DAMAGE REPORTED
Steps Taken to Get Spring
Wheat for Reseeding Where
Plant Is Winter Killed.
MORE CORN TO BE PLANTED
TO SECURE SPRING WHEAT.
A committee of the Omaha
Grain Exchange will be charged
with the duty of securing . such
spring wheat as may be available,
starting for the most promising
sources of supply at once.
All transportation lines pledge
prompt uninterrupted' service for
any shipments of spring wheat
sought to be moved from such
sources.
Farmers wanting spring wheat,
communicate with secretary of
Omaha Grain exchange. Wheat
will be furnished at cost, approxi
mately at $2.50 per bushel in car
lots f. o. b. Omaha.
The University of Nebraska
will co-operate in giving out in
formation in regard to re-seeding
of damaged fields.
The foregoing was the result of a
meeting of soil experts of the Uni
versity of Nebraska, Nebraska farm
ers, Omaha grain men, railroad offi
cials and bankers held at the Omaha
Grain exchange yesterday afternoon,
called for the purpose of considering
the wheat crop conditions in the state.
The Omaha meeting was' attended
by 200 prominenf business men and
farmers and was presided over by F.
L. Haller, who spoke of the outlook
for winter wheat, asserting that
from what information he could
gather the plant, especially through
the South Platte- country, had been
seriously damaged. He urged quick
action and co-operation , with the
farmers-'in their efforts to re-seed
their fields.
Conditions Are Bad.
Chancellor Avery of the Nebraska
University asserted that conditions in
the South Platte country are very
bad. so far as the winter wheat is
concerned, and . that unless speedy
action is taken the outlook for a
wheat crop this season is very bad.
jHe asserted that the university stands
reaay 10 ao cveryming in us power
to co-operate with the farmers in aid
ing them to get in a crop to take
the place of the wheit that is badly
damaged 6r is a total loss. He knew
that the farmers would welcome sug
gestions, if wisely made. .
Professor Burr of the university
told of having visited numerous fields
of the state experimental stations and
his estimate that the damage to the
wheat, by reason of weather and cli
matic conditions, would be 50 to 80
per cent. The area where the damage
is the greatest, he said, is through the
southern counties of the state and
east of Holdrege, in some instances
extending as far north as a line drawn
through Central City.
Many Fields Dead.
The professor told of examining
fields between Omaha and Lincoln
and in many of them the winter wheat
was all dead, while in others it would
run close to 90 per cent.
Professor Burr contended that if
weather ;conditions continued favor
able spring wheat could be sown, but
his judgment was that there is but
little available in the state. , He
thought com could be planted and
that the profit would be large, as
everything points to the prices con
tinuing high.
Dean Burnett of the university
thought that a crop of spring wheat
could be sown with good results if
seed could be secured quickly, but ad
vised against sowing much after the
first week in Aril, especially in the
southern part of the state.
Shortage of Horses.
Prof. Chase told of having visited
a large number of winter wheat fields
and that in most of them the wheat
plants failed to show any signs of life.
He advised planting to other crops,
but contended that the lack of power
was the obstacle that confronted the
(Cnttnntd on fuo Io, Column Two.)
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FRENCH ADVANCE
DDRING THE NIGHT
i .
Paris War Office Reports Cap
ture of Important Positions
. North of Ailette River,
GERMANS TAKE TRENCHES
Paris, March 28. Heavy artillery
fighting between the French and Ger
mans took place today .on the
Essigny-Benay front. The Germans
delivered strong attack in the,
Chaitifaigne-region,- gaining a foot
hold in the French first line, but, ac
cording to the official communication
tonight, all their attempts .against
Maisons De Champagne wert . de
feated with sanguinary losses. ,
London, March 28. British cavalry
today captured the villages of 'Y'llers
Faucon -and Saulcourt, north of
Roisel,. and also to the north of this
region took . Terrain from the, Ger
mans at two points. on the Boignes
Lagnicourt road and south and west
of Croisilles, according to the official
communication issued tonight. 1
Berlin, March 28. By Wirekss to
Savville. An engagement with the
British today near Croissilles north
east ot Bapaume resulted tavorably to
the Germans, army headquarters an
nounced in. tonight's supplementary
report.
Paris, March 28. The advance of
the French in the region north of
Soissons was continued during the
night. Progress .was made north of
the Ailette riverf and east ot the
Leuilly-Neuville-Sur-Margival line.
where important positions were cap
tured. -
These gains are recorded in to
day's official report, which also indi
cates unusual activity further east.
The artillery of both the French and
Germans kepmp a violent fire yester
day and during the night on the front
between Butte Du Me.mil and Mais
ons de Champagne. Heavy artillery
fighting is in progress tn the region
east of the lower forest of Coucy.
J he statement follows:
"Between the Somme and the Oise
and south of the Oise there were no
important events during the night.
The artillery fighting was rather
heavy in the region east of the lower
forest of Coucy. North of the Ail
lette we made further progress, and
also in the sector east of the line of
Leuilly-Neuville-Sur-Margival, where
we captured several important points
ot support.
I "In the region of Rheit.s we made
: a surprise attack east of Neuville,
taking prisoners. Ir. the Champagne
, late yesterday and during the night
! the artillery fighting became violent,
' especially iii the region of Butte Du
I Mesnil and Maisons de Champagne.
! French Attack Fails.
J Berlin, March 28. (By Wireless tc
Sayville.) A French attack on the
! west bank of the Oise near La Fere
j failed yesterday with heavy losses,
tne war , omce announces, trench
trenches in the Champagne south of
Ripont were captured by the Ger
mans. - j . ,
The statement follows:
" "Western front With the majority
of the armies the day pissed quiet
ly. In the district on both sides of
the Somme and the Oise there were
only minor engagements. The suc
cessful mannerin which our troops
there are accomplishing their task
is illustrated by the fact that in the
field of the engagement of March
26 between Lagnicourt and Morchics
about 1,000 British dead were counted.
"In the Champagne some French
tr;nch-s south of Ripont were cap
tured. There and in enterprises south
of Saint Souplet and near Tahure
300 French were taken prisoners and
several tnarllinp criin lirwl min. thrnur.
i er captured."
"What Might Have Happened"
Many Bills Die
As House Turns
To Senate Files
(From a Staff Corroipondent.)
Lincoln. March 28. (Special.)
One hundred and fifteen house bills
left on the general file died in the
lower branch of the legislature at
noon today, under a motion adopted
last wt?K, and henceforth the sifting
committee will consider none but sen
ate bills. The committee made its last
report on house bills an hour before
noon, bringing out a dozen or more,
which were thus matched from the
jovt-a: 6f death:- ; 1 .
. : Mr. McAllister got his wjter power
franchise bill raised and Mr. Neff
pulled his'bridgcand Culvert measure
out. Others-were lost. '
Among the "bills which the sifting
committee reported for consideration
B ere the following: :..
RuUtllng- nd lo.n .ntoH.tlons .flowed to
lonn to a lnkl. bnrrowfir.
Hfat centorahlp of movliut picturM,
SMto auditor to . ox.itnlne account, of
county officer, upnn rooueat of county board
or 10 oar cent petition of taxpayera. '
Don-taa ot la to IS a year, proreeda to
he need in relmburatnff own.ra of llva atock
hilled by doga. or wolvea. i .
uivini local teiepnona .icnansea a larsar
ahar. of toll rev.nu..
iMiprleonnient of from twenty year, to life'
for robbery committed fnalde a building with
the uae of a deadly weapon.
&!raet railway oompanlea In Omaha to
pave between and nulaldo tbelr track.
Neff flagpole bill.
Applications for ,
Millions Made for ,
Loans on Farms
Four recommendations for appoint
ment of four appraisers of the Fed
eral Land bank of Omaha for Ne
braska and South Dakota were last
night wired to Washington, after the
directors of the banlt had considered
them during the day along with going
over some otker routine business.
The directors spent part of the day
looking for a permanent location for
the institution. The inspected quar
ters in the new Fitt National bank
building, the Woodmen of the World
building and the National Fidelity
and Casualty building, but no definite
decision was reached. ,
The total amount of loans applied
lor to date is $4,946,640.
Twenty Miners Overcome
. By Fumes of Explosion
Salt Lake City, Utah, March 28.
Twenty miners were overcome and
450 men were thrown out of work as
the result of a fire in the Bingham
copper mine at Bingham last night.
Spontaneous combustion is believed
to have been the cause of the blaze.
The damage is estimated at $20,0(10
and ten weeks will be required, it is
said, to briug the mine to normal
working conditions.
England Will Import Farmers
And Farm Tractors from U. 5.
,1
(Correapondence of Th Aaaoclated Pfeaa.)
London, March 18.Five thou
sand skilled American farmers of
English soil would go a long way
toward combating Germany's plan to
starve us into submission through its
submaiincs," Sir Arthur Lee, head of
the newly formed food production de
partment, told the Associated Press
correspondent. "I told you recently,"
Sir Arthur continued, "that we in
tended to bring from America some
2.000 tractor plows for night plowing.
We need the skilled American farm
ers to supplement them." ,
Sir Arthur knows America. He
married an ' American, Miss Ruth
Moore, daughter of J. G. Moore of
New York, and he has spent many
years in the United States, having
been British military attache with the
United States army during the Spanish-American
war and later military
attache -IT the British embassy at
Washington. Sir Arthur is charged
WOULD BUY PART
OF . DESIRED LAND
Special Investigating; Commit
tee Recommends Out in the
Norfolk Appropriation.
ADD LANCASTER JUDGE
, (Ktom a Blafr Cofreepondent.) . .
Lincoln, March 28. (Special.)-r-In
vestigation of lands for" sale needed
for the Norfolk insane asylumvmade
by Representatives Regan and Hughes
and for-which an appropriation was
voted of $31,400 by the house,; has
resulted in a report by them that. only
fifty-seven acres could be used by the
state 'to advantage. . J hey recom
mended that the appropriation be cut
down to jist sufficient to cover the
cost of the fifty-seven acres, which
would be $12,000. -
A bill providing foranother district
judge for Lancaster county, making
the number four, was sent to the sift-.
ing hie ot.tlie house this morning with
another raising the municipal taxing
limit in Lincoln from $365,000' to
$450,000. , !
Only fifteen votes were cast against
the Fox bill coming from the senate
reorganizing the state health, depart
ment. The bill was slightly amended,
so will go to a conference committee.
The following other bills passed the
lower chamber: .
Authorletng the raltwar eommlaalon to
order rallroada to funilah mora motlv.
power ami car equipment for paaaenler and
freight traffic. - -
Jlng cholera .arum regulation act, to tak.
place of ml atalula declared UDConetltu
tlnnal. .
Public garage. to keep record, of auto
mobile nuinbera and ownera, la order to
expedite detection of thefte,
1'eacH.ra' Inatftutaa to b. held In the fall,
'with no deductloa of pay for tcaoher. at
tending. Shipping crate, for poultry to.b. of ha-
mane conatruotlon.
Baldwin Named Adjutant
General of Colorado
Denver. March 28. The appoint
ment of Brigadier General Frank D,
Baldwin, U. A., retired, as adjutant
general of the Colorado National
Guard, effective April 1, was an
nounced by Gfvernor Julius C. Gun
ter today in his program for prepar
ing the National Guard for war. The
appointment of General Baldwin was
made possible by a special act passed
at the recent session of the legisla
ture. Governor Guntcr plant to fill im
mediately the ranks of the National
Guard units to authorized war
strength. A home guard, to be called
only in cast of actual hostilities, also
is considered.
General Baldwin is expected to ar
rive in Denver this week from Loi
Angeles.
7
with the task of making every avail
able foot of soil produce its maximum
amofnit of food.
"I have great respect for the abil
ity of the American farmer," said
Sir Arthur. "I have seen him at work
and I know that everything he does
spells efficiency. That is why we
would like to have so many of them
in the present crisis."
Sir Arthur laid the introduction of
the American tractors on the large
scale, contemplated would also wit
ness the more universal employment
of women on the land. "I hope to
see," he said, "as many of our women
cultivating the soil as I saw French
womenjou the land of glorious France
during one of my recent visits. There
I saw nothing but women. They
were everywhere. The picture spoke
volumes for France's efforts. Our
women are just as patriotic .and will
fill the gaps on the land if only they
are shown the way." s
SENATORS AGREE
TO WET CLAUSES
IN BONE DRY BILL
Measure Recommended to Pass
After Another Day of Bitter
Debate in the
Upper
. Chamber.
DRY CONCESSIONS REFUSES
Offers to Give ' Unlimited
, Amount of Liquor in Homes
Voted Down. - -
LINEUP STAYS UNCHANGED
(Prom a Staff Correapondent,)i
Lincoln, , March 28. (Special.)
"Crucifixion of the democratic party
upon a beer keg" is the way Lieutenant-Governor
Howard looks at the
action of democratic senators after
the senate today had spent all of the
session in an effort to bring some
thing out of the chaotic condition in
which the dry bill finds itself after
the fight of yesterday. .
The bill was amended in conformity
with the policy indicated on Tuesday
and in this form recommended to
pass, 18 to 15, Howell and Albert vot
ing with the drys. ' 1 .
The amendment, provide that a
limited amount of liquor may be kept
in the hony, that the saloons shall
have a period of grace-in which to
dispose of their stock, that the owner
of a building shall not be held liable
if the lessee violates the liquor law
and that the individual, may make his
own wine.
The session displayed a brand of
vaudeville in its most aggravated
form. The senators locked horns and
charged each other with acts which
it took apologies afterward to set
right. Coming back from theis de
feat of yesterday, the dry bunch wero
prepared to put the wet fellows in a
hole if they, could and attempt after
attempt was made to split up the ,
majority vote, luit to no avail.
Drys Make Concessions.
It was evident from the start that
the drys. recognized that they were
beaten arid determined to fight to the
last. ' Taking a back somersault from
their stand yesterday for a bone-dry
condition, they offered first an amend
ment, allowing each .individual in his
home a quart of liquor. The wets
refused and voted solidly to defeat
the amendment. Then another was
sent up by McMullea, allowing five
gallins "in the home, arid this, too,
went down 'to., defeat; i. '.Then he sent
up his third ' attempt, - making the .
amount ten gallons, 1mF this too'
failed, h' wets seemingly being de- .
terniined to be consistent, in .their
stand even jf the drys had receded
from,' the principle'they were, so anx
ious to carry out yesterday. .
Only one vote was taken and that
was oil an amendment-Id section
regulating the- shipments of liquor,
and this carried -by the-same old vote
of 19 wets to 14 drys. ' . ' ,
"How much liquor , do. you want;
you name at," Senator Sandalt asked,.
; ' ; - Principle at Issue. :
Senator Albert explained1 that it
-was hot a question of quantity, but a .
question ot principle tne ngnt ot tne
legislature to say what any man shall
have in his own home.
"Let's go ahead and have air the
amendments crammed down . our
necks at once; why prolong the
agony," said Senator Oberlies of Lan
caster. These amendments leave no
more chance of catching the boot
legger than has a dog with tallo ' legs
of catching an asbestos cat in Hades."
. Referrinp; to allusions made Tues
day against being swamped by. gallery
applause, he declared that the gallery -was
the master and the senate the
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ThreeKUled When
Fast rain Strikes
Automobile in Iowa
Fairfield, la.. March 28. Three
were killed and two injured when a
fast passenger tr..in on the Burlington
hit an automobile at the Jughth street
grade crossing here this afternoon.
the dead;
C. C. CAR1 ased l.
O. C. WOLI.ETT, aged . .
KARL i HODUSN, axed 10.
Injured; ,
C. W. Hotliren. aeeS SI.
Cat Howell, ased SO.
The men wero on their way to" the
country to work, and because"' of
buildings and box cars near, the tract
did not see the approaching - train
until they were twenty-five feet away.
They applied the brakes, but the car
slid onto the track and the train hit
toe rear of the automobile. Young '
Hodgen was thrown eighty feet and
was probably dead before he struck
the ground.
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