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THE BEE; OMAHA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1917.' Nebraska ANGRY RANCHER KILLS YOUNG MAN: SHOT BY OFFICER 1.1. Blazky, Living Near Ells worth, Stabs Guy Catlow and Is Wounded by Constable Making Arrest. Ellsworth, Neb., Nov. 22. (Special Telegram.) Guy Catlow, a young and well known rancher, living 25 miles northwest oMiere, in Cherry county, wa stabbed to'-death early last tvt ning- by I. L. filazky, a neighbor. Reports that have just reached here say the Blazky children while visiting at the Catlow home had been cor rected for unruly and ' unbecoming conduct by Mrs. Catlow, the dead boy t mother. , This so incensed Blazky that he Rwb.re out a warrant for her arrest. When Constable Floyd Younie ap peared, the son suggested that they both go and see. if they could not settle the trouble in order to avoid having his mother arrested. When they reached . the Blazky home they found Blazky in a quarrel some mood- and after a few words Blazky ran into the house for his gun. Constable Younie then deputized Cat low to aid him in disarming Blazky. When this was accomplished an other effort was made to smooth mat ters over, when without warning and in the midst. of their pacific efforts, Blazky drew a knife and stabbed Cat low twice in tHe breast and once in the head. The knife penetrated the braid and caused instant death. ' When the constable made an effort to place Blazky under arrest, he resisted,-and Constable Younie .shot and crippled iiitn. Assistance was then obtained and f Blazky was taken to Hyannis, where he received medical aid and where, he will be hell until the sheriff of Cherry county arrives, i ' Carpenter Injured in..... . . ill Pa From High Scaffold Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 22. (Special.) Charles Ziegenhain, , a, carpenter, suffered a compound fracture of his right leg and severe bruises about the ' body when he fell from a scaffold at the John Herold farm near- Lewiston last night.. He was brought to a hos pital in this city. t. -v ' -?."''. The Ladies' Country club at De ' Witt held a box social and entertain ment and cleared $227, which will be turned Over to the members of the . club,' who will knit sweaters for the Sammies invFrance. ( ' ,' ; RJ R. JCyd of this city has been ap pointed chairman of the Gage eouety fuel administration by John. If Ken nedy: fuel administrator of tire state. Mr. Kyd, rectfved instructions tq p? point a committee to assist him in the work, bur.'not ito include ,any coal dealers on sttch committee. s V Aecdrdingtrt' the1 census taken m 1917.for the hew jcity directory, vhich has just been , issued, Beatrice- has a ' population of 11.471. The names-of all persons overe are included in the book.4"- ; "i'-:' , . . Fire last evening destroyed part of an alfalfa field near the feeble minded institute and for a time threatened soma, the buildings at , the . farm. Firemen from this city assisted the department; at the institute in subdu ing the flames. ? ' . , Hal Kelly, formerly proprietor of the Gilbert theater in. 'this city, has purchased a playhouse at St. Joseph and will assume charge "pf the theater December 1. Fjoyd Fur'se, whd has been in charge of the Gilbert theater orchestra, will accompany Mr. Kelly to St. Joseph and become director of the new orchestra at that place. Robert Patrick, a graduate of the Beatrice High school and member of last year's foot ball team, died at I the Presidio, San Francis.cp. yesterday morning, where he recently enlisted in the coast artillery service of the United States army. He was about 21 years old.' , The body wiirba brought to his home at Rosalie, Neb., for burial. . , Governor Issues His Thanksgiving Proclamation to Citizens of State (ijjlm a Staff Correspondent) Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 22.i(Special.) The executive department of the state has issued a proclamation des ignating Thursday, November 29 as Thanksgiving day. The official procla mations nave been printed in elaborate form and several hundred of them are being sent out to prom inent people over the state. They are done on white paper in black print with a ereen border and are suitable for framing, so that in years to come the holder of one of these ean point to it with considerable satis faction as a memento of the demo cratic war regime. The proclamation reads as follows: "We are approaching the season when, in keeping with the custom and spirit of the fathers, we set apart a day for public thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God for the blessings be stowed upon us as a people during the past year. " "The earth has once more yielded '.he penerous treasures of the harvest and labor has been rewarded to de gree seldom realized. Pestilence has not come within our borders and the general health of our citizens has been above the average, so that we can say that goodness and mercy i have composed us on every hand. "We are not unmindful of the fact that as a nation we are engaged in war, the magnitude of which has never been equalled. This is not of our own choosing; our people were hoping to be spared the necessity of entering the world-wide strife, but the hour struqk and our duty seemed em blazoned on tRe sky. We could not stand idly by and see the dearest rights of the people swept away be fore the mad rush of the armies of an autocracy bent on the mission of de stroying the liberties of the people and the bringing to naught a de mocracy whose watch word is 'Peace on Earth, Good Will to Mea.' lo the support of the position which we have taken in relation to the war, three quarters of a million of young Americans are in line: money has been poured out without stint; men, women and children are giving their best to the support of the government. May we not on all these stupendous efforts ask the blessing of God to the end that the wicked awbition of those wlo seek by military force to destrov the, lib erties of the people shall be brought to, naught and a speedy and per manent peace be secured to all the world. "Therefore, I. Keith Neville. ernor ol Nebraska, in harmony, with the example of the president o't the United States, do herehv anart Thursday, the 29th day of November, 1917, a day of public thanksgiving. ana go most earnestly call upon all within our-borders to observe it in its true spirit and meaning, that those wno desire to assemble in th churches and other public places and engage in such service as becomes the day. and at the hdme mav th -u:i a i . .. tmiuicrc ana iricnas earner ana en joy the bounties that have crowned the year." JEFFERSON SWINE Dlfe FROM POISON , One Hundred Head of Hogs Stricken as if by' Hand of Enemy of United States. Sutherland Raises More Than $1,000 for "Y" Fund Sutherland. Neb,., Nov. 22 (Special) Complete figures on the amount of money raised for the Young Mens Christian association fuifcl in this vicinity.' shows that a little better :han $1,130 , was donated. This amount eiceeds the returns from nther townsontside of 'the cityeof 'rth Platte in Lincoln county. - -So; far "the losses frdm cornstalk noison have been Iwht fin this neigh- , horhood, although there; have been a few. 'As a result of the -completion of corhhiisking operations by several of the farmers; cattle and horses are nerinninr.jo be .turned into the stalk fields! Last' season losses from the poison' were heavy and various farm ers found it'necessarvftb Vmr their in'mMj away from the fields. Winter wheat prosnects are lob'v' Ing b'trer with the passimr days sinr the Sel, have een-t moistened bv rains. .The acreage ts large here abouts and the ground inbetter con- . dition for poing into the winter than it was at this time last year. "A considerable amount of attention is just now being piven to the feed ing of ho"S bv the farmers who have much soft corn. ; Liht -hogs and shoats are in demand and it is ex pected tat an enormous amount of pork will, he produced here in the next several months. Hay shipments, which have been delayed bv the car shortage and hurry of farm work are mow beinc started along. Quite an amount of the sWnments consist of alfalfa hav of which thfre was a heavy tonnae-e grown in the valteys here the lt season. Thousands of tons of wild hay are in stack, in this vicinity. Kick of Mule Proves Fatal to Nebraska Farmer Looisville, Neb!, Nov. 22. (Special.) -Fred Wegener, farmer, living four miles southeast of Louisville, died last night at his home. Mr. Wegener was injured a week ago last Sunday when he was knocked down by a mule. He was unconscious most of the time since the accident He was 59 years age. .H Uvcs a widow and seven children. South Dakota Boy Tells Of Life With the Marines Siux Falls, S. D., Nov. 22. (Spe cial.) Although the United . States marines are credited with being-in the van of any of the military activi ties of the American army or navy, that they have' qther important du ties, is shown by a letter just received, from Ralph" L. Olivet, a Lake county boy, who is a .member1 of the . 86th company of the marines. At present himself, and. numerous, ther marines ire, stationed on historic ground,-at Santiago, ,Cuba, where they have the important dutft of guarding, a! sugar crop valued at millions of dollars. His letter is in part as follows: "Our cathp is located on San Juan hill, in the outskirts of Santiago and is an ideal camping ground.. All the old trenches and artillery emplacements still remain, owing to, the fact that thev were all cut out of solid rock and the elements have had no effect on them.- 'We are a long ways from France, but find some consolation in the fact that we are guarding the sugar crop, which is estimated at three and one-half million tons. The mis crop wouia mean tnat a number ef our Madist n friends would be forced to drink sugarless coffee." The marines with whom young Oliver is doinar dutv. hav trav.Uri about' 6,000 miles since last May, and vxpeci 10 dc on tne move again as soon -as the sugar crop in that part of Cuba has been taken care of. The next scene of activities of this squad of marines may be the fighting front in France, ;,:,. ' . , , , . . r State Vocational Board Confers With State Officers (From a Staff Correioond.n Lincoln. Nov. state vocational hoard mi;.h'.. c Buvcrnor, siate superintendent and treasuter, held a conference to- uy wiw yv. r. Cramer and T. C. VVright- of Kansai C.itv t.A.i agents for the national board of vo cation' training in the public schools. Ine object of the conference is to cover the ground for a better and more extensive teaching of agricul- mjic uui omer vocational occupa tions in the schools. Tomorrow Miss ti LoTomis ot Washington, formerly of the Nebraska state university, but now in Washington, on work con nected with vocational training, will meet with the board. - Youth Suffers Fractured La,a f"ner' ""ices were held . Skull in Fall From Horse Wednesday af ernoon. HerhuBband c... c r. - . ,il died six months ago. H settled.ini a. liT. L..' n'iT-- wpeSiaL' del . f . "F'K mrown irom Fairbury, Neb.,N Novi 22. (Special Telegram.) Considerable concern is felt among Jhe farmers of Jefferson county over the death of nearly 100 hogs belonging to Arthur Lakey and Clarence Stinabrock, two farmers liv ing near Helvey.- It is believed the German hand of destruction is be ing felt here as Mr. Lakey lost nearly 50 head of porkers suddenly without any apparent cause. ' Veterinarians who examined the dead hogs, assert they cannot understand the cause. It is said Mr. Lakey gave his hogs a live stock preparation and it is be lieved this was. doped. Mr.' Stina bro"ck, it is asserted, took the viscera to Omaha for analysis. . Excitement is' high among the farm ers, in this vicinity. , , Problem Faces Farmers; x ; Lack Good Corn for, Seed j (From a Staff Correspondent.) " tincoln.'Novj 22. (SoeciaD It is evident that because-of the recent long spell, of warm weather, -corn has not matured the .way it should do in order to make good seed and a problem -will face the corn , grower of, the state' Jiext spring regarding good "seed orn.- Reports whicUs have -come in Irom the State Council of Defense indi cate the utmost cafe must be taken in (shucking corn to save 'for seed that of the best quality. It is; sug gested that in fields where corn' was cut up. before the Jro'st the . same should be saved for seed. The state agricultural college and ! the State Council of Defense are I working jointly to" bring about the very best condition regarding seed corn. , . ' : u . Prominent York Woman V' . Dies at Age of 75. Years i York, Neb., Nov. 22.-(SpeciaI.)- Airs. jonn u cowman died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. A.'Mc Cloud, Sunday., She was 75 years STATE'S DEFENSE BOARDSECRETIVE New Order Prevails and Callers at Headquarters Must Await Their Turn and Prove Up Before Admitted. Mount, Pleasant, la., in 1833, and made hist home in York only a few years. Major E. N. Bowman, a son, stationed at rort bam Houston, attended the tuncrat. , - George K. Sypher died Monday night of apoplexy. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon. The body Was taken to Lushton for. burial i Konert K. Patterson and Miss F.m ma Shipserning.1. both. .of. Benedict. were married by Judge H. G. Hop- Kins. Youthful Fairbury, i j Wanderers. Are Located FairWy, Neb., Nov. 22. (Special Telegram.) This afternoon the po- lite vi w-vitmsun, ivan., wirca ine au thorities here that they had taken into custody Lewis Holloway and Wash ington Wotfdward, two 13-year-old ladsVho ran away from their homes here' Monday night The boys were both students in the Northwest school building and both had splendid homes. It Is believed thev walked the .Mistance from Fairbury to Atchison. The parents have bten working day and night since. Monday trying to lo cate the youngsters. ; ' Prominent Young People Of Laurel Are Married Laurel, Neb., Nov. 22. (Special.) H. Glen Bessire and Miss Viola Elitabeth Woodruff were quietly mar ried here today at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus T. Woodruff, pioneer residents .of Laurel. The young people are both prominent in Methodist Episcopal church circles. The ceremony was performed by Rev. G. M. Bring, in the presence of a few relatives. The groom is the youngest son of C. E. Bessire, prominent farmer and stock raiser near Laurel. The young people will live on a farm near here. Auctioneers Volunteer Tjieir Services tb Red Cross Shenandoah, la., Nov. 22 (Special.) Ten auctioneers from southwestern Iowa, whose homes are at Farragut, Red Oak, Malvern, Imogene, Blanch ard and Shenandoah, have each agreed to give one day's service to ihe Red Cross. They will sell the $5,000 worth of articles for Red Cross auc tion day here Tuesday, when pens arid stands will be placed at the street intersections for the auction. j a horse which he was riding, Homer ruini, a young man from Kentucky, who for some tune had been employed on farms in this vicinity, "suffered in juries' which may ptove fatal." He struck the ground on his head with such force that he sustained concus sion of the brain. He has not ..re gained consciousness. SoutltDakota Minister l Accepts Call to BayafdNeb. Spencer, S. D., Nov. 22.-r.(Special.) Rev. C H. Nmegar, for some time pastor of the Baptist church in this city, has accepted a: call to the pas torate of the Baptist church at Bay. ard, Neb. The Baptist organization there was organized only about a year ftgo, but is growing rapidly. The new pastor will depart for Bayard without delay so he can assume his new duties at an early datei, . " Farmer's Skull Crushed , When Weight Falls on Him Aurora,. Neb.,' Nov." 22. (Special.) Herman Fisher, living in the country, was severely injured yester day. A heavy weight fell upon him, forcing his head against a beam. His skull was crushed. A RAW u in E THROAT (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 22. Special. New conditions prevail around th State Council of Defense headquar ters. This is due to the fact that not long ago a pesky newspaper reporter vis ited the council headquarters in his usual daily rounds and was told the council was busy in the, inner works, While waiting he noted that a num ber of people were sitting in the wait ing room he sauntered in and began talking with them. After ob taining a story why each one was there he went back to his desk and taking his typewriter into his confi dence, knocked off. a story covering the. things he had discovered from persons who, it happened, had been summoned before the council to an swer charges made against their patriotism. It had been the custom of the coun cil to keep all matters pertaining to people called on the carpet from the newspapers until such time as the oc currence was too old to be of newspa per value, and so to be sure that noth ing slips a cog from now on a new system has been put into effect. As one approaches tne council head quarters he rinds the doors which have heretofore been wide open to the public, closed and locked. The turn- ng of the knob on the door appears to give sufficient notice so that in the room which has heretofore been used by stenographers, an alarm is sounded and the outside door is opened by a woman in uniform. The . visitor is asked what he seeks and if his an swer is satisfactory, he is ushered into the room. The room is long and nar row, like a trench and as one enters he feels that he has struck the first line. When the time approaches for him to go further in his quest for informa tion, another attendant approaches and he is ushered into the second line of trenches, a large room formerly used as a reception room. As one looks off to the northeast he can see the private office of the secretary Straight ahead is the entrance to the council chamber, wherein the inquisi tions are held and in which the chair man and vice chairman hold their conferences. Wheri the coast is clear the visitor is either, escorted through the ofhxi of the private secretary into the in ner chamber or if he looks harmless he is permitted to enter direct into the tribunal. Today newspaper men were permit ted to get only as far as the hrst line, when the vice chairman met them and imparted the knowledge there was going to be a scarcity of seed corn. Voters Defeat Proposition To Consolidate Schools Howard, S- D., Nov. 22. (Special.) Voters of Pearl township, McCook county, at a special election,' defeated the, proposition to consolidate the schools of the district into one school at afcentral location. The proposition received1 a majority of the vote cast, but under the law, in order for such propositions to carry it i necessary to secure 60 per cent of the vote cast. Woman Tenders Home to City for New Hospital Aurora, Neb., Nov. 22. (Special.) Mrs. William Glover has tendered to the city of Aurora her home for a hospital. This home is one of the roomiest in the city and can be .-remodeled into - an excellent hospital. Ihe city authorities have not an nounced their acceptance of the gift of Mrs. Glover. HOG BREEDERS ARE . CALLED TO LiNCOLL Raisers of Porcine Stock tc Consider Ways and Means of Increased Pro-ductlon. Twenty of the principal blooded-hog ' breeders of the state have been callen by C W. Pugsley of the university state farm to meet in Lincoln next Monday to consider ways and means of increasing the production of hogs , in the state. I Mr. Pugsley points out in his let-! ter that it will be easy for the farm ers to increase production tire 20 per ' cent asked by the government if all farmers will breed an extra litter o! pigs. He believes this will readily be done for the reason that the gov ernment has already fixed a minimum price of $15.50 for hogs farrowed next , spring. j He also points out that it is abso lutely necessary to feed the soft corn which cannot be cribbed. Thjs mus; be done to save it. "No hog under 300 pounds in weight should be put on the market," says Prof. Pugsley, "for the reason that up to that time it is still profitable to feed them and fat ten them still further, especially with the abundance of soft corn, which is good for nothing but immediate feed ing." Former Plattsmouth Woman Dies in Wisconsin City Plattsmouth, Neb., Nov. 22. (Spe- cial.) Word was received here this morning of the death at Kenosha. ! Wis., of Mrs. Peter Zhine, formerly a citizen of Plattsmouth. She was born here and lived here until about i 10 years ago. The body will be brought here for the funeral services and interment. A trade which involved the Hotel Riley, which goes to a Minneapolis firm, Olson & King, was made today. Lands located in Minnesota were traded for the hotel orooertv. The deal involved, about $60,000. The new proprietors will rent the hotel. Child Dies From Effects . Of Fall Into Hot Water Aurora. Neb.. Nov. 21. (Special.) Ransom London, only child of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Condon, living north of Hampton, died last night from the effects of burns. The baby fell into a pail of boiling water and lived but a few hours. ACoodTime All the Time Willi This Columbia Outfit This Columbia Grafonola will bring to your home one con . tinuous round of fun and pleas ure. 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It is power that moves armies, and it is also power; that moves machinery that makes the weapons and material to supply these armies. , V But power must be transmitted, and Uncle Sam is finding it extremely 'difficult to4 accomplish such transmission. Ships and freight cars are scarce and costly but they must be had, at any price. Victory demands it. - Business must be kept at full, swing to furnish the power for Uncle Sam to transmit 'to the battlefront abroad, and that part of his business located - in Omaha is furnished with electric power by your electric service company; - - But this company, as well as Uncle Sam, is 'meeting difficulties in the transmission of its power. You have already been made familiar with the vast increases in the "war" eost of coal and copper sp essential to the gen eration and handling of current, but there is yet another item the poles! Your Electric Service Company has between 500 and 600 miles of pole line in Omaha, and the,, steady growth of the city necessitates constant ex tensions; ' Moreover, 'to' maintain efficiency, many new poles have to be . placed each year, replacing old ones. . , ' Our contracts generally call for about ?,210 new poles each year. On January 1, 1916, we paid $13,930 for this quantity. On the first of this year we paid $15,070 for the same number. But on the first of next year,' Jan uary 1, 1918, we will begin to receive these poles at a total cost of $21,470! This is an increase of more than 50 in the cost of "war" poles. We have previously mentioned a 76 increase in cost of "war" coal. , As well as an increaseof 100 in cost of "war" copper. . ' . Vfhile such absolutely essential material has been going "over the top" we have been meeting the expenditure emergency to the best of our ability, and notwithstanding the fact that our remuneration for service is lower ' than ever before. . 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