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THE OMAHA' SUNDAY " BEE SEPTEMBER 28, 1919. ! Lincoln Bureau of The Omaha-Bee L'ICOLfl FORMS' CL(i3;tO BOOM General wood Officers Are Elected and Ex ,x ccutive Committee Se 'O lected- Find Senti- ment Strong. ( 'Lincoln. Sept. 27.-(Spijl)The organization of "Wood for Presi Vnt Club" was perfected- at a ocheon held at the Lindeir hotel lyi'this city today in which a Dum ber of ; suooorters of Gen.; Leonard A... Wood gathered to talk over the Mtuat'-jn, , Before the meeting closed full quota of officers were elected find n executive, committee which jjrom time to time will be added to, elected. Frank. P. Corrick, who "ai charge of the management of the ' Wood campaign iif this state,; was tnade ctratrman of the executive com mittee and was givea authority to select his committee. As far as heard from the committee is made up of . the following and as fast as tther counties report the names will be added: . President, P. A. Barrows Lincoln; !vicc ; president, ",H. E. Sackejt, Beatrtceji secretary, O. P. "Stewart, Milford; treasurer, Senator D. M. Poutbett, Gothenburg. -- Executive Committee F, P. Cor rick, ;Lincoln, chairman; Don ' L. Love, Capt. A. M. Trimbell, N. P. Hansen, J L. Kennard, Lincoln; E. Feireau, .Auburn; S. S- Stewart, Te ;cumseh; Col. P. L.' Hall, Green wood: Donald E. Hansen, Fremont; ':.. R. Davis, WaynejX. L. Richards, Hebron; Mai C.,L. Brewster, Beat rice; W. H. Miller, Bloomington; P. A: Caldwell,' Edgar; Cliff Brooks, Fairbury ; .MaJ. "R S. Dunlap, Hast ings; Mon Broderick, .airfield; W. H. Reynolds, Chadront Judge Leslie G, Hurd, Bridgeport; W.'L. Gaston, Broken Bow; C. L. Rein, John S. Bishop, Crawford Kennedy, Claude Hansel, J. C. Harpham, E. E. Ben ntt; 'Capt C. W. Taylor,, J. F. Thompson and J. E, Ferris, Lincoln. " '.Communication received from different portions of the .state indi cate that there is a very strong sen timent In favor - of the man who showed himself able to rise iljove a fereat disappointment and do his Huty as soldier. V Two Lincoln Firms Arex , i. Charged With Conspiracy Lincoln;1 Sept 27.-(Spccial.) At torney; General ..Clarence E. Davis It be'halfof the-atate filed in the 'ccuntjr'- court of Lancaster county tJay a, ' complaint charging T. Jiraingem&, ,Cq.' of Lincoln -and iStacy( Brosof the same city with Conspiracy in restraint of trade in (--at tney naa entered into an agree ment: in which prices were main tained of, a similar sum on com dities handled: by the two houses. P. A. Banows. Correspondent- Professor of State ; r Uni Defends Peace Plans of President . . ,,.v, - ,,;,"; Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 27. While President Wilson was devoting his attention to the peace conference in Paris certain United States senators' were sending messages to Italian statesmen saying sentiment In this country was not with the president on the Fiume question, but was with the , Italian vProf. -Fred Morrow Fling, head of the European history department of the University of Ne braska and one of. the two official War department historians! at the peace conference declared, in' an ad dress here today. . . ' Professor Fling spoke on the peace treaty with its league of na tions covenant His address, his first on this subject since he re turned from France was given be fore a meeting of the City Teachers' institute. ' He lauded the efforts of President Wilson at the peace conference atid during a reference to the Shantune Lsettlement of the jieace treaty de- ciara mat. me Dest way tor tne United States to seethat China got Shantung was to ratify the league of nations covenant in its present fOrm-o that the league would'see to it that Japan 'kept t jts; promise to return the, province. - ... City Not Responsible for Man's Death in tarter Lake ' Lincoln, Sept- 27. (Special.) "In 4he absence of statute a city in maintaining a public park and a mu nicipal beach therein for Bathing and other aquatic recreations performs a governmental function as distin guished "from a proprietary or busi ness enterprise and is not pecuni arily liable for personal injuries re sulting from the negligence of city officers to persons, exercising such municipal privileges, and neither the; character of the, municipal function nor the: exemption from liability is changed by a small incidental reve nue derived from the rental of city buildings used in connection with the public, park or the municipal beach.",,f : - t .:, ," , This is the opinion of the. state supreme court in the case brought by the administrator of the estate of Samuel H. Daniels, who was killed at Carter lake, and the city of Omaha was siiedfor $10,000 dam ages. Daniels was killed when lumping from a springing bj)ard into shallow water and his. neck was broken when he struck the bottom of. the lake. - The Douglas county court denied the responsibility of the x. ity and, the higher court sustain the lower tribunal. V . Bank ants Charter." - Lincoln, .-' Sept 27. (Special.) The State bank of Champion, Chase county, has made application for a charter to. the department of bank ing. The application .shows a cap ital stock ti the bankat $10,000 and. the officers are O. F. Shallenberger, president: J. E. Burke, vice presi dent and W; If. Pyle, cashier. . DEBAR CHADRON LAWYER ON FOUR FRAUD CHARGES Blackmail Scandal, Involving Omaha Police, Ended by Nebraska Supreme ' Court.- Lincoln, Sept 27.-(SpeciaI.) The state supreme court 6nd3 Allen G. Fisher tit Chadron guilty of fraud in connection with ' the well - known Chadron blackmailing case two years ago and debars him from prac tice in this state. . The counts on which the court af firms the findings of the', re fere efT. A. Barton, are that Fisher forged a document and then swore that it was la'cknpwledged before him. " The second count found him guilty of practicing law while tem porarily debarred from, practice in 1919. - ' " . f., . -The third count finds that Fisher conspired . with Rotert Hood and certain private .detectives from Oma ha to involve, Mrs. Hood "with County AttoTtiey E. D. Crites in a scandal fqr purposes of blackmail. The fourth count holds that he had his son adopt a younger brother while living under hisi parental roof and usd the former to institute a contest against the rights f,a man by the name of Rule to" hold a homestead.' . - Reyerse Damage Award to Douglas County Brakeman vLincoln, Septv 27. (Special.) The state supreme court ' reverses the findings- of the Pouglas county district court in a judgment secured by John W. Seibert against the Chicago,, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad in the amount of $8,250 secured by damages sustained, from which the company appealed.. ' The plaintiff was a conductor in the tmploy of the White Sulphur Serines and Ypllnwstnnp Parle rail. way company, ' operating a small raa oi co mnes in Montana Oe tween Singling and White Sulphur Springs. Under a lease the plain tiff's employer and 'the defendant road used the. tracks and . switch yartrt at Ringling. ' Seibert while on top or some treignt cars releasing brakes was thrown by the recoil of one of the brakes from the car and Seriously injured He sued for $10, 000. In the opinion written by Judg Rose, while admitting that the sym- Dathies of the iurv lvnnlH natnrallw be with the injured man, he feels mat tne evidence as regards negl gence of the company was not suffi ciently shown and sends the case back for another trial. milium iicimv iriay Make Air Raic to Stop , uiegea Fremont, Nfcb., Sept 27. (Spei 'D Everv nteht for the last 10 -ys ' an airplane, believed to be .tngaged in the i booze traffic, ' has assetr over rremonw aoout mia jbt, headed north,-. Shtrjii Con it is tryinsr to work , out some Scheme whereby he can search the ?rial jnae'ne, but so far has been )t :a Iojs. - He has been negotiating jT jth- Aviator Robbins t of ttte Fre nnont Aerial tompaqy and a? raid iby air fof bdftlegges may be ipuuea on at any time. Ffemont School Teacher Closes Out Herd of Hogs 'Fremont vNeb.. 'Sent- 27. Soe. cialj The dispersidn sale of Miss zinnia Meservey, tremont : school teacher who turned hog raiser, to- illed neWly $6,000. The herd of 4 Duroc-Jerseys sold for an aver- ge of $100. Mi4S' Meservey" will juit.the business for the present, awiny to her inability to secure snit- be help.v When Miss- Meservey. .rst started in the business she re: -6Ved many offers of marriage, but efused vthem - -all.- , The highest priced, hog sold was a boar which rought $500... - : L:2ds of Wheat Parked' in f Streets at Night in Venango t Ver ango.. .Neb. Sept " 27. (Spe-;iaL)--One of the biggest and best f. beat. crop3; ever harvested in the Sr-.ilcwest has been harvested, in I aa around Venango. ' Trucks ind I -Qnsfcf all descriptions loaded A .A wheat a.r parked in the streets i fU the arrival of cars to relieve J e cpngestion. ,Farmers.lnd truck I aivers are compelled to leave their sgons 'arid trucks in the streets at I "iht and return home afoot on at 5 int of the elevators being unable ! take care of the grain. Some of. e wheat has averaged, as high as Dshels to the acre. . - i:l Neighbors Hold y : tf Annual Meeting in Fremont 'r Fremont, Neb.,1 ScpC 27. ( Jpe; ttial.) North Bend was chosen as tbe pJaCe to hold the county conven jtJon df vthe1 Royal Neighbors of jf.merica at the annual meeting here J "sterday. : Mrs. Emma Miller of orth Bend jwas chosen president i Irs. Amelia Rogers of Hooper vice I resident and Mrs. Henry Street; flrth Bend, secretary. A class of : instruction was. held by Mrs. Fran re L. Robinson of xLincoln,. supreme auditor. ? Fifty, delegates aUended. . I .. m .n -y patertaia College Faculty. : ; Ftemoht, Neb., Sept. 27. (Spe tia!.) Fifty officers and members of ie faculty of Midland college and Iheir wives were guestV at a recep- ! on and banquet at Hotel Path er this evening, when the Com 1 .xial club was host. "Covers were i sriteVf for 200. C E. AbbottNwas f astmaster and Frank Hammond, j ;an Tilberg, Dean Dysinger and I tsiqent h h. btaurler ot the col 1 r ere speakers. y . .- i . Fremont Manufacturers : Receive Plenty of Sugar Fremont; . Neb., Sept 27.r-(Spc- cial.)Local ice cream manufactur ers say .they have no trouble in get ting all the sugar they need to keep their factories going, while Fremont housewives - are limited to fthe amount of tlje sweet stuff ithey may purchase. i One ice cream maker yesterday received 50 bags of sugar from St Louis at $12.50 a sack and 25 from Omaha at $13. Ten sacks of cane sugar fiom Chicago was pur chased for $9.95 by the same manu facture!. Local dealers say they are unab'e to buy the sugar at any price. Big Program Planned for, Cedar Bluffs Service Men Cedar ; Bluffs Neb, Sept. 27. (Special.) Cedar Bluffs will enter tain what promises to be the larg est crowd in the history of the city next Tuesday, Home-Coming day. An elaborate program has been ar ranged by the : Commercial club to entertain the Teturned soldiers, sail ors and marines. The Fort rook military band has been secured for the day. ; A joint debate on tWe league of nations will be argued by Judge E; E. Placet and Judge E. E. Good of Wahoo. ;( The " airplane of the Fremont Aero club wilt give ex hibition flights during the day. FinrJ Gun Used by Recluse in Wounding; Beatrice Negro 'Bea'trice," Neb.,- Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) Thq rifle used by John Foose in wounding Harvey Clayton, negro, here Wednesday, was found near a tree on Bear creek by an inmate pf the Feeble Minded institute. A large revolver, also, the property of the re clusev was found near the rifle. The condition of Clayton is critical and it is thought he cannot recover. Fdox, who is said to be' demented, does not appear to realize what he has done. Negro Wounded in Beatrice Sues for. $35,000 Damaged Beatrice, Neb., Sept. 27 (Special Telegram.) Sujt was brought by at torneys, of HarVey Clayton, -the ne gro boy who was shot and serious ly wounded Wednesday as he and his wife were enrgute home in an automobile by John Foose, dement ed hermit; for $35,250 for permanent injuries." Money in the bank-belonging to Foose - was ' also attached. Claytcm is in a hospital in a critical condition; . . w f - Superior Forms Legion. ; Superior, Neb., Sept. 27. (Special Telegram.) An American Legion branch, was formed here last night with tli v following, officers: Major Wakers, president; Earl Lineberger, vice president; secretary-treasurer, Charles Haut; trustees, ; Captain Dr.. Towbridge, Erncy Grey, Carl David son and Ernest Hayes. Thy ex pect to have club rooms shortly, t ... - Genev Teachers Entertained. Geneva, Neb, Sept. 27A.(Special.) t-A reception to the teachers of the public Bchools was given by the Ge neva Woman's club at the Congre gational church, ' -. -.- - v.- Auto Race Driver Hurt . at Lincoln County Fair Nprth Platte, Neb.. Sept. 27. (Special Telegram.) C. S. Buenker of. Grand Island suffered a broken wrist and five fractured ribs when his racer left the track at Lincoln county fair auto raced, Saturday aft ernoon; -The half-mile track, oblong in shape, is elevated, and Bueker go ing too near outside plunged down a six-foot embankment .The car was traveling more than 70 miles an Jiour and rolled over twice. Buenker was taken from in under the car and re moved to a hospital. - Gage County Corn Crop i 1 Will Average 15 Bushels Beatrice. NpK. Spnt 97 Cial.1 Farmers rennrt thtt V corn yield in Gage county, this fall wia De neavier tnan a year ago. oome jieias will make as high as 25 ann 30 hnhls , - u, I . ...IV VllltIO will not make scarcely, anything. The average over the county will us -imunu io Dusneis to the acre. Venango Will Improve V Light and Water System .. Venango, Neb., Sept 27. (Spe cial.) Plans and specifications for light and water svetem (nr Vaniiun have been completed by the Hennesy Engineering company, Omaha. Ven ango is navmg a Dig boom and the rapid growth and progress of the city has made it necessary to im prove the light and water system, Farmers Plant Wheat, . Beatrice Neb., Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) Farmers in Gage county are busily engaged, sowing their wheat crop, i The work has been delayed this fall because of the dry condi tion of the ground, but now that It haS received 9 tfinmttnrli , ....wugu avast- ing, farmers are losing no time in fcci"iig me, crop in. ine. acre age in this section will be about the same as a year ago. v WAR PRESAGED " BETWEEN ITALY, v ANDjUGO-SLAVS Conflict Will Begin . Before v Next March According to Prediction Macje. ' f .. ' ' ' ' ' New York, Sept. 27. There will be war between Italy and Jugo slavia before next March, according to a prediction . made by Prince Lazarovitch-Hrebelianovitch. The prince, who is a journalist of wide reputation and one of the leaders in America of the Jugo-Slavs, declared that tie Fiume and Dalmatian con troversies will be responsible for starting a clash between the coun tries named. - . . Greece, he predicted, will throw her support to his country in the event of, such a conflict Further, he declared that a woman, the Duchess d'Aosta, is chiefly respon sible for the " critical situation, her ambition to wear a erown being at the bottom of . the matter. 1 Italy's present ruler will either abdicate or be deposed, and the Duke d'Aosta ill ascend the Ital ian throne shortly before the clash with Jugo Slavia, the prince pre dicted, adding that the duke and certain persons close to the Vatican are directly supporting Gabrielle d'Ahnunisio-in his seizure of Fiume and his attempt to secure control of Jugo-Slav territory. The- entire Levant has excited the cupidity of certain Italian financiers, who are keen to secure financial and eco nomic cqntrol, the prince declared. .The Jugo-Slav republican alliance, which meets in convention Sunday at Cleveland, will send a delegation to the home country, 'of which dele gation he expects to be a member, the prince said,.with a million dollar fund collected in America to aid the Jugo-Slavs in working for a repub lican government ,and resisting Italy.. , ; , .k .: . . ; Deputy Sheriff Is Killed by Men Said , To Be in Bandit Gang .' ; - f ' Smith Center, Kan., Sept. 27. (Specfel Telegram.) S. H. Munger, druggist at Athol, seven miles west oLhere, was rriurdered in cold blood on a well-traveled road ty two strange men in an auto.' The two came through-Athol and motioned Munger, wno is a deputy sheriff, to follow,, wfiich he did. . The pair led him one mile east of Athol, where they stopped their car, and as Munger came alongside one of the men shot him through the body with a revolver. He sprang frdni his car, ran (a short distance and fell dead. His murderers then hastily transferred their effectHrom the car they were driving into that of the dead man and left the spot at terrific speed. They have not been apprehended. Henry Bose, who was working in a field not far from the murder scene, heard the shot and seeing Munger fall, went to him, but found him dead. The car that the murderers abandoned was a Dodge, bearing Kansas license tag No. 24,799. In the bottom 'of it and along the ground by its side were scattered nickels and dimes to the amount of about $6. The murdered man, since his store was robbed several weeks ago, has ben very active and persistent in tracing the thieves, and it is be lieved bv many that he was killed in revenge by members of the gang in this part of Kansas that has been Stealing autos and robbing stores tor many weeks, tie was a man of about 30.years of age, and leaves a wife and adopted child. Fremont Fire Department Fights Sparrows WithJVater Fremont, Neb., Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) The fire flepartment was called out last night to break up the nests of thousands of sparrows in the large trees of the court house lawn. Complaints have reached the county officials concerning the nui sance and the board has about de cided to cut down the trees. A pro test x was., registered against the move. In order to save the trees an effort will be made to drive the feathery -beings away. Scores of sparrows were killed by the streams of water. ' Need Bigger School. Venango, Sept. 27. (Special.) The school board is plann ng on erecting a bigger and better' school building. Under the present ar rangement of consolidated schools, children are hauled to school in big school trucks from all the neigh boring districts and the present building is crowded to the limit. Foot Administrator Quits. Fremont, Neb., Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) B. W. Reynolds, who served as food administrator during the war, has resigned. Mr. Reynolds was appointed to continue his du ties during the price-fixing period, but after securing one "fair" list gave up the job. "No authority, no backing," is the reason Mr. Reynolds gave for his action. " - for hearth fires Sound, dry, oak body wood. Any length you prefer. Makes fine Fall fires in fur- Dry Pine Kindling also on hand for . f immediata ' delivery. . , S0I1DERLAI1D DROS. CO. Phone Tyler 2700. ? J i. Main , Office, KIina Bldg 17th and Harntr SU.; Entire 3d Floor. t5 II ii lUfJGS' GIFTS TO VILSON SUBJECT OF AN INQUIRY Congressman Asks for Inves tigation, Which, It Is Said May Develop' National Scandal. 1 - Bj'alvereal Service. Washington, Sept. 27. Declaring that the mystery of President Wil son's reported acceptance of lavish gifts from foreign potentates bids fair to become a national scandal unless satisfactorily cleaned up. Representative Rodenberg, republi can, Illinois, has introduced' a reso lution calling for a sweeping con gressional investigation. if the reports are accurate, Mr. Rodenberg charged, the president has plainly violated the constitution. He added, however, that he was loath to believe this was the case. "If the rumors are without founda tion," the Illinois member said, "the president is being subjected to a great injustice andjs entitled, to an exoneration. v , 'Will Clear Up Rumors. "I have introduced this resolu tion," Mr. Rodenberg stated, "for the purpose of clearing up the rumors (hat have been current for months that the president and the members of his family were made the recipients of gifts while in Eu rope aggregating in value more than half a million dollars. If there should be no foundation for these rumors, a great injustice is being done to the reputation of the presi dent, and he is entitled to an exon eration. ; i "Section 9 of Article I of the con stitution expressly provides that 'no person holding office of profit or trust in the United States shall without the consent of congress ac cept any present, emlument, office or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince of foreign state.' ' Personally I am loath to believe that any president of the United States would be guilty of violating the plain provision'of the constitu tion, but owing to the persistent repetition of these rumors the pub lic is entitled to be fully advised as to their truth or falsity." -' ' (A similar resolution was intro duced in the house Thursday by Representative Ramseyer, republican of Iowa. . -" Pqstoffice Examinations. Washington, Sept 27. (Special Tele gram.) Civil gervice examination will be held ..on October .28 for presidential post master at Falls City, Neb., salary $2,600, and Waverly, la., salary 12,500. T-W-E-L-V-E BUROURNETT TEXAS USHER Sure Shot Oil Wells Ml In Block 88 Northwest Extension, the center of North Tea" Billion Dollar Oil Fool. 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You cannot equal it and may never beat this wonderful op portunity for quick returns and oil profits. Every share participates in every well and all assets owned now or to be added later. TO I C ,ow fir offering price I nl cannot and will not last ion g a limited allotment only and going rapidly.1 A stock with such holdings actual develop ments visible assets paying divi dends cannot long remain at a price of 10c-a share. An advance Is sure, and it is only a question of how high the price will go maybe 60 per cent 100 per centperhaps BOO per cent; but you know "that you are go ing to have an increased market profit with quick action and sure re turns from actual oil production. this offer with any on the market com pare from every angle. Where can the moderate investor beat this offer? YOU CAN'T LOSE in a Burkburnett producing, dividend paying oil company that offers you this positive, assured protection. MAKE ALL CHECKS PAYABLE TO THE WICHITA TRUST COMPANY, BEAN-ANDERSON BLDG., WICH ITA FALLS, TEXAS, AND IAIL DIRECT TO THEM. THEY ARE ACTING UNDER A STEEL-BOUND PROTECTION .CONTRACT THAT ASSURES YOU the actual return of four stock, thus eliminating the risks and hazards usually taken. All as signments, contracts and legal docu ments pertaining to the holdings of this company now on file in the of fices of county clerks in bounties where various holdings, are situated. DON'T DE LAY, as this - I. lim. Med and requires quick action. Price may advance any time upon selling out of present allotment. References: First State Bank. Dallas.Texas American National Bank, Wichita Falls, Texas First State Bank, Lancaster, Texas Or Any Other Bank, Mercantile Agency or Trust Company Familiar with North Texas Oil Development. .CONGRESSIONAL SALES COMPANY v 710Vi Indiana! Avenue WICHITA FAfcLS, TEXAS COMPARE ACT NOW British Trains Slow v As 'Accommodations' of The Days otLong Ago London, Sept. 27. British trains are slowing down and in some in stances hours are. being added to journeys. ....... This i particularly true of trains going out of London. The pre-war time of a train frotrl . London to Birmingham was two hours. Now it is two hours and a half. To Liv erpool the pre-war time wis." three hours and 35 minutes, now it is four hours and a half. The northeast coast has suffered severely. .The Scotch express serv ice, formerly Jthe best of alK is now looked uoon as ouite the worst. For example the journey from Euston station to Aberdeen, wnicn during the railroad race in August, 1895, was accomplished in eight hqurs and 32 minutes, now occupies nearly 14 hours. K Trains which carry pleasure seek ers to the coast resorts in the south also have slowed down, aud some pf the best have disappeared, never to return under government con trol, many persons believe. Opponents of government control point out that only one company has emerged from the war with an improved service the Southeastern &,, Chatham. As long as any one can remember the Kentish linei were spoken of with ridicule and abuse, but for the. summer of 1919 Kent is the only part of the coun try enjoying an express I service which is better than the best pro vided before tne war. Council Orders Germans To Evacuate Lithuania Paris, Septr 27. The supreme council decided today to send the German government, through Mar shal Foch, a note demanding the evacuation of Lithuania by German troops under drastic penalties for non-compliance. Tne note informs Germany that her provisioning will be immediately stopped and the financial arrange ments she has requested be held up if Lithuania is not evacuated. New York Families Find Means to Fool Profiteer Landlords New York, Sept. 27. Metropoli tan cliffdwellers and home hunters have discovered a new and very ef fective way to beat the "profiteering landlord. ' Thousands of families nave been summering at' the score of beaches around New York. Instead of rush ing back to the city this winter, as the open-palmed landlords expect ed, most ot these people intend to remain. by the seaside, where homes can be rented for next to nothing during the cold months. All of the houses can be well heated. - Germany Faces . Blcckcade Again Is the Warning Paris, ?epu27. If all German troops are not recalled from the Baltic provinces within a- very short time, trie allies will cut off supplies from Germany, re-establish the J blockade and interrupt the repatria tion of German prisoners of war, ac cording to the Figaro, which states a note to this effect" is being pre pared by the entente; powers in an swer to a communication from the German government, which stated that forces under General von Der Goltz were being retained in the Baltic provinces because it was im-- possible to prepare a plan ot evacu ation at present. American experts, the newspaper says, suggested these measures. Curfew For Youth. Eortsmouth. Three boys charged with breaking into a shop .were placed on 12 months' , probation, during which they are to attend Sunday school regularly and to be indoors by eight every evening. Fails to Show Damage From Firemen's Initiation Fremont, Neb.t . Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) The case of Grant See against Fire Chief Harry S. Morse, Fire man Harry Struve and William Lau ner for $15,000 for injuries sustained by shock when "initiated" at the a-. nual state firemen's convention in Fremont in January, 1918. was taken from mot n theoury by Judge1 Button upon ion of the defendant's attorneys. $62 ,$125 STOCK PRIVILEGES PIIT AND CAI.I-S 30 DAYS ODD LOTS Best, eafrst war to trade. No merptw Calls, possible, as risk- is limited. rrufiU unlimited. Ask-or free booklet. "SUCCESS IN THE STOCK MARKET With small outlay hundreds of dollars are made. t UNLISTED SECURITIES KENNEDY & CO. Est 1884 Member Consolldeted Stock Exchange, N.Y, 74 BROADWAY, NEW YORK OIL DIGEST FREE ; Write for ear Oil Digest, giving valu able up-to-date information about Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and other oil fields that every investor should have. Tells where you can buy and sell any oil stock. Quotes prices. , R. M. SANFORD, , 7U Republic Bide, Kantaa Cirr, Mo. Harvey Crude Oil Rave 1.000 share for sl at $1.10. 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