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THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. APRIL 25. 1912. X ( Nebraska iORLEY'S MOTER TO HELP Mrs. Alice Ramsey Comes from Kansas City for Trial. FAMILY IS IXTBEJtEIY POOS Jnry nml l Try Albert Prlan Cnare of Marderlaa; K ardri Dclaaaalr Jesse. Cathera Uoial Onr, (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN", April S4.-8perial Tele gram.) Mr. Altre Ramwy, mother of fharlee Morley. the convict who Is to be tried after the Prince cae la concluded for the killing of Warden Delahunty and others, arrived In Lincoln today and will remain until after the fate of ber son is settled. She lives near Kansas City and the family is poor, the money to send her here absorbing practically all their resources. Jury 4a Try Prime. Contrsry to expectations, a Jury was obtained this afternoon to try Albert Prince, the state and defense each waiv ing peremptory challenges. The opening statements were concluded before court adjourned for the day. William Prince, a brother of the de fendant, who lives In New York, la here to attend the trial. Caadlsatee la Laarastrr. Complete unofficial returns from every precinct In Lancaster county show that Henry V. Hong land and John T. Mar shall are the republican candidates for slate senstor. The canvassing board started work this morning and completed four precincts before noon, but better time was made after-dinner. It la ex pected a week will be required to com plete the canvass. Wealthy Faraaer Roaea Over. James Gathers, a wfaTthy fanner near Hallatn, was bound over to the district court today on a pesos warrant. In January he and Blden W. Reeves, agent for the Rock Island road, had a fight In which Cathera got the worst of It, having a severely out hand. At that time. It is charged, he asserted he would try conclusions again as soon as his hand got well. Reeves, noting that the wound had about healed, swore out the peace warrant, being perfectly satisfied with the outcome of the firrt encounter and having no desire to try it over. C. O. fuller, secretary of state of New Jersey, has written for copies of the Ne braska primary law and a sample ballot. He will receive them unless t'uele Ham's mall facilities bresk down. There !s some ourhattr sround the statehoiise to know Just what he will say when he lurveya the proportions of the ballot. This waa clean up day In Lincoln and Acting Mayor Leonhardt took It so se riously that he put In the day cleaning ip his yard and failed to get down to the office, ' Bishop. Talk Missions. . The Methodist bishops, in session In this city, put In the dsy discussing mis sionary matters. Reports from all the missionary fields are of a most encour aging character, the only discouraging feature being Ihe scarcity of workers. The missionary bishops, who only attend these conferences every four years. Im mediately preceding the general confer ence, are In attendance and bring the most encouraging word of the work In foreign lands. The ward of bishop will visit Wesleysn university at University Place Friday morning and will be pres ent at chapel exercises. Each of the bishops will be introduced to the assem bled students. SIX COUNTIES RETURN SCHEDULES OF VOTES (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. April M.-(8peclal.)-Offtclal returns are coming in of the recent pri mary. Garfield, Webster, Dixon, Hooker, McPberson and Dakota being received by the secretary of stats this forenoon. They show about the same percentage of the total rote cast at the primary as the earlier returns, about 50 per cent. One noticeable thing la the practical disap pearance of the populist party, not a county reporting up to date casting a large enough vote to enable them to get on the ballot another year. Oreeley county, for Instance, reporting only Ave populist rotas Is the entire county and others about the same. The following candidates filed expense accounts: C. C. Boslaw, republican, land commissioner, 1123; J- W. Kelley, demo, era', secretary of state, IKMO; W. J. Blair, republican, auditor, 145.; Her man Diets, democrat' lieutenant gov--amor, SIKH: 8. R. MeKervle, republican, lieutenant governor, SlOt.Kt; H. H. Bald rise, republican, congress. Second dis trict. H4S.3&; Victor Roaewater. repub lican, national committeeman, Sesj.jt; John F. Cordeal, senator. Twenty-eighth district. St: William H. Smith, senstor. Twelfth dlctrlct, VM; Charles P. Schnor, representative. Thirty-fourth district, SM.S. LITTLE GIRL BURNED TO DEATH NEAR CAMBRIDGE CAMBRIDGE. Neb, April 24. (Special.) Lucy Ogorsolka. the t-year-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ogorsolka, Hving seven mile southwest of Cam bridge, met with horrible accident yes terday afternoon which resulted In her death tew hours later. The parents had come to town and left their It-year-oM son to burn the Russian thistles around the fields on the farm and the yoanger children having accomanled him. tliW little girl's clothe caught fire and the brother, waa unable to extinguish the ftaines. The clothing was all burned off from the child's body except her shoes aad the flesh cooked to crisp. JAMES WEATHERSTONE IS KILLED WITH SCALE WEIGHT j PULLERTON. Neb.. April 4 -Special.) j James Weatherstone, a farmer about 45 Years of age residing M miles north of ! town, died at his home Monday from the j effects of a wound 'on the head received ; from a scale weight thrown W John It Hack of Belgrade on the evening ot April IS. Hack threw the weight at aj third party whom he missed and struck , Weatnersioae on the head. Hack has i been arrested and is held In the county j jail awaiting the next terms of the die-! trlct court. Alaaaal STANTON. Neb.. April JtWSpecial.l Tbe Stanton High school Alumni eseo ciatioB) met Tuesday evening and mad preliminary arrangements for holding its third annual banqoeU 'Pershrtent Advertising la the Road to g Returns, j Card Game Kept Up to Avoid Panic as Boats Were Filled XEW YORK. April S4.-A group of men passengers on the Titanic kept a card game going for three-quarters of an hour after the steamer struck the Ice be r. to allay the fears of others, accord ing to George Bradley, one of the first cabin passengers. Bradley was playing bridge whist in a room aft on the ship and felt only a slight shock from the collision. Henry R Harris was in another party In the same room, Bradley said, and left his game to go on deck with Bradley to investigate. Mr. Harris. Bradley aaid. found his wife, saw her to one of the boats, and then came back to the room to which Bradley already had returned. , "He told me there was danger." Brad ley said, "but for the aake of the women and children to make no sign. Ths or chestra struck up 'Alexander's Rag Time Rand' and we went on playing cards. There wssn't a man in the game who did not realise the stakes we were play ing for; there wasn't a man who didn't know what those hysterical musicians were playing tor. They played on. played anything they had a mind to and finally struck up 'Nearer. My God. to Thee." "Then we knew that the time had come ahd that it wasn't any use to bluff any longer. People crowded around us and watched us play the game out. feeling that there could be no danger. When the old hymn sounded, a different feeling possessed them. They knew thst it was time to go, if any one of us hoped for a chance to get off the ship. "How an- man was going to save him self no one of that bunch knew. It took only a few momenta on deck to realise that we were all too late for the life boats. The last ones were being lowered." Bradley said that he ran between decks and managed to get Into a boat as It wss being lowered. The boat was not a bit crowded, he said, but It waa not more than MS yards from the Titanic when the steamer went dewn. MARTIN HAS NEW MEASURE FOR IMPROVING TOWNSITES (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, April SWSpecial.) Representatlve Martin of South Dakota today Introduced a bill under the pro visions of which funds realised by the government from the sale of townslte property on reclamation projects may be used for the Improvement of the town la building water works, sidewalks and other like public benefits. Mr. Martin has had a similar bill pending for some time and it was up before the house com mittee on irrigation at Its Isst meeting. At that time some amendments were suggested by reclamation officials and the present measure Is offered to comply with those suggestions. A brief report hss been made by the house committee on public lands on Ihe bill by Representatlva Martin of South Dakota to open for settlement three town ships hi the counties of Lawrence and Pennington, South Dakota, that were withheld under Ihe act of June It, 190s. to determine whether there were mineral deposits thereon. Examination having ahown that there are no minerala on the lands, they are now to be opened to homesteaders. WOMEN'S CLUBS OF FIFTH DISTRICT ELECT OFFICERS YORK, Neb., April H. -(Special. )La at svenlng the Hosing session of the Federa tion of Women'a clubs of the fourth dis trict closed two-day session. There was more than sixty delegates present The following officers were elected: Mrs Nora Graves-Clark, vice president and acting president. Polk: Mrs. Alma O. Koons. secretary. Bradshaw; Mrs. Thomas Wake, treasurer, Seward. The School Luncii Some Post Toasties nnd a small bottle of cream in the children's lunch box is sure to make them happy. Post Toasties are thin bits of com carefully cooked and toasted a delicate brown crisp without a hand touching them. "Toasties" are all ready to serve taste so good and digest so easily that they make a fine lunch. "The Memory Lingers" Made by Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., Pure Pood Factories Battle Creek, Mich. GAOFORNIANJEAR TITANIC Ley land Steamer SeYenteen Miles from Vessel When it Sank. SHUT OFF INGoFs Ef ICE FIELD Captain Says Me Failed to Get Sl aala far Help Beewaae Wire leas Waa Met Werklaa Dealea Hr'aara 111. BOSTON. Mass., April S.-Tbe Leyland steamer Californian was leaa than twenty miles from ths Titsnic when the latter foundered. Captain Lord said tonight that had he known of the Titanic s plight ail the latter a passengers could have been saved. That his ship waa the steamer reported to have passed within five miles of the sinking liner and to have disregarded signals tor help. Captain Lord denied positively. "I figure that we were from seventeen to nineteen miles dlstsnt from the Ti tanic that night." he aaid. "About 19:10 that Sunday night we steamed into aa immense Ice field and immediately our engines were shut down to wait for day light With the engines stopped the wire less was, of course, not working, so ws heard nothing of the Titanic s plight un til ths next morning. Then the news came in a message from the Virginian. On receipt of the message we started Immediately for the scene of the dis aster." Captain Lord explained statements aredited to members of his crew to the effect thst the Californian waa within sight of the Titanic and failed to re spond to its calls for assistance, by say ing: "Sailors will tell most anything when they are ashore." SIZE OF AUDIENCE PREVENTS LECTURE ON ISIDOR STRAUS NEW YORK, April M. A vast outpour ing of eaat aide residents who wished to pay tribute to Istdor fttraus. a victim, with his wife, of ihe Titsnic disaster, defeated the purpose for which they as sembled, when it became necessary to postpone a lecture on his career arranged for tonight. Fully 40,ooa persons, according to the police, crowded the streets surrounding the building where the meeting wss to e held. So great waa Ihe crush that the police dared not allow the doers to be opened for fear hundreds would be trampled In the rush into Ihs hall. The crowds began gathering at I o'clock this afternoon and by evening had grown to such dimensions that the police on guard were awept oft their feet; It was necessary to call out the reserve to disperse the crowds after It was decided to postpone the meeting Indefinitely. Werksarn Association Meeting. AI'RORA. Neb.. April Sl.-ISpeclsl Tel egram.) The regular monthly meeting of the Nebraska Workmen Health and Acci dent association was held here today. Those present were J. H. Grosvenor, John J. Bennett, Dr. J. M. Woods rd. Joseph Oberfeli'er. Guy T. Walling. Fred Jeffers and A. M. Wailing. Considerable business waa transacted. A large number of applications were approved and pros pects are favorable for more than 1.M0 new applications in the next thirty days. Beet Bevel Delivered. LEXINOTON. Neb., April X-(8pecisl 1 The Union Pacsfle Railroad company delivered to beet growers 16.000 pounds of sugar beet seed, to be planted near Lex ington. The aeed waa shipped from Ger many to the American Beet Sugar com pany at Grand Island. This will plsnt about 1.600 acres of beets. Victim at Rnaawas- Dead, CAMBRIDGE. Neb., April M.-lgpe-elal.) The funeral of Marcus La re Bar- nett, who died Psturdsy night from ths Injuries received In a runaway the day before, waa held from Ihe Methodist Episcopal church of Hulbrook yesterdsy. .i .. . ! 1-1. Dr. Wiley Protests Against Free Sugar For Sake of Farmer WASHINGTON. April J.-Pr. Harvey W. Wiley told the house committee on Interstate commerce today some of his views about living and housekeeping. Advocating a bill to require the net weight of food packages to be stamped upon them, he declared that all- food should be bought by weight and measure and not simply by package. Dr. Wiley said a grocer recently tried to sell him a ham which he said weighed a certain amount. "I naked him if he had weighed. It and he aaid it waa weighed wtien It came In last November." Dr. Wiley said. "I made him weigh It again and It had lost three Pounds. Thst saved me M cents." Dr. Wiley paid his respects to federal aulhoritiea with whom he waa In frequent controversy while chief of Ihe bureau of chemistry. "I have seen so many regulations made for keeping the law from accomplishing Its full Intent.' lie aaid. "that I would like to see congress tie the officials up pretty closely la the making of regula tions In the future." Dr. Wiley. In his capacity aa "a farmer engaged in practical agriculture and as one who has been Interested during his I whole active life in the sugar Industry" later filed with the senate finance roni I mlttee a protest against "free sugar" which he characterised as "a threat of the extinction of the Industry." Art Exposition in Venice is Opened VKNICK. April . The International Art exposition was inaugurated today by the duke of Genoa in the name of King Victor Kmmanuel. J. Pterpont Morgan, who arrived yesterday, was one of the central figures at the ceremonr. Count Grimant. mayor of Venice, in bis speech said this exhibition had great artistic significance, owing to Its being connected with the rebirth of the cam panile and the resurrection of Italian power In northern Africa and the Med iterranean. STANTON. Neb., April M.-tHnrtial.)-The following county ticket wss nomi nated for Stanton county at the primar ies Isst Frldsy: For county sttomey. Virgil L. Horton, republican: D. C Chare. democrat. For county assessor. Kmll Shults. republican, and Gustav Flrhner, democrat. For commissioner Third dis trict, Edward Dsntell, republl.sn, and John W. Blunt, democrat. For county survevor. ronrad H. Wlgner, republican. Police Judge, city of Stanton, J. J. Hop per, republican. Masked wltk a Rear, wounded with a gun or pierced by a rusty nail. Rucklln's Amlra Pelve soon heals ths Injured part. Guaranteed. Sc. For sale by Beaton Drug Co. rn 'lht Water-Level Route Straight and Smooth and Gradeless Nt Cbicsgo-Boston-NewYorki with top-over pnvileget it Cleveland. Detroit, Toledo, Buffalo, rittsburgh, Albany. Niagara falls and many STREET CAR Every, street car on the sytem is thoroughly cleaned and fumigated at frequent inter vals. We ask passengers to co-operate with us in keeping them clean and sanitary. Hoofprints Lead to Charge of Murder NOWATA. Ok... April :4.-I!auye the foot of his horse exactly matched a cast of the footprint of a hor? driven to the ihi near where Mr. Irene to heen was. murdered Teoemly. H. O. Jef frie, editor of the Nowata Advrttr, today waa arreated charged with ktllniR the woman. Detectives who swore to the complain, allejte that the oast taken -f the hoof print at the pot where Mrs. Ooheen'a body was found show the ahoea were of the racing variety. Jeffries' horse, they allele, is ths only one in the vicinity of Nowata shod with this kind of a sboe. Mrs. Goheen. who was a solicitor for the Advertiser, disappeared from her homo several weeks a to. Ths following day her body was found by a boy In a pasture. Jeffries. It t aliened, visited Mrs. Goheen until late upon the night she disappeared. When first arrested the editor treated the matter as a jofc and then deviated It to be an attempt to prevent lit confirma tion as postmaster here, lie waa ap pointed for the office several weeks affo. but his confirmation has been held up. IOWA MAN DEMANDS MONEY OF MISS LILLIAN RUSSELL BOOK 1SLAXD, 111 . April ;4.-Valter Harder, S years old, a mechanic, was arrested here today on a federal war rant charging misuse of Ihe malls, after he had written a number of tetters to I.llllan Husarll, sn actress, st Chlcsgs demsndlng la) from her. Miss Itusaell turned the letters over Ihe postnfrtce de partment. Harder was taken to Peoria to be arraigned before the 'nited States commissioner. He clalma Davenport, la., aa his home. He Is believed to be ef fected mentally. Vote I Wart lloaee Levy. LEXINGTON, Neb.. April .-Special 1 -The proposition voted on to make a levy of 4 mills on the taxslile property Woman's Ills Many w oases suffer needlessly Irons hood sad (roes motherhood to old sis with backache, dimness or headache. She becomes brokea-dowa, sleep less, aenrous, irritable sad ieels tired Irosa. morninj lo eight. When paint aad aches rack the womanly system al I request intervals, aui ysae mtliUtr asea Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription fife ereserffl ess, far erer a years, ksea earing steZcafe, irea, aaa-srraceaf waasea, r Me aaBafreafe ef raoasaaafe east rafs faa fa ra pritmer of thtlr aames wffaeef raefr ae lag re aeaasftT tm faatelicafe aaestfoaiags aasf rfeaefrely reaegaaaf esaaafaarfeas. Sick woesea are invited le eonsalt la oabdenee by letter frm. Address World's Dispensary Medical Asa's., R.V. Pierce, M. D., Pros'!, Bufalo, N. Y. Da. 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Detectives ar rested James Hughes and Kirby and Jesse Brown yesterday, charging them with assault. They confessed to having beaten Gnmble. They say robbery was not their motive, but thst they took Gamble for a pool room acquaintance against whom they have a grudge. They say thty did not find Gamble's -diamond and their atory sounded s truthful to the police thst they were cliarged with assault Instead of highway robbery. Karly yesterday morning and late Monday night a large crowd searched South Tenth street near Farnam Inch by Inch in the hope of finding Ihe gem, but If anyone picked it up. it waa not made known. Gamble says when the men a sailed him he slipped the ring from his finger and threw It aa hard aa he could ton aids the oprostte side of the street, yelling for help at the same time. Culled from the Wires 1 - Arrnwtemcnts were perfected In San Ki anciiwo for taking depositions In a f&i.nw libel suit brought by Fisncls.J. 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