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TTTH KET.: OMAnA. TUESDAY. ATOIL 27, 1915. Nebraska BRYAN AFTER THE CREDIT Something of Row on in Lincoln Over Honors for Getting Dol lar Gas. MA5T VIEWS ON THIS QUESTION (From Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. April .-!?pcl!n-Ths ctty lection fight In Lincoln continue to grow interesting. While It U generally conceded that to City Attorney Foster la due the credit for bringing about the agreement for $1 gaa with the gas com-t pany, Charles w. Bryan Is claiming taat glory and every effort la being ma ie to 'make votes for Brother Charlie on that proposition. Opponents of Mr. Bryan charge tna. W. M. Morning, who was the special coun sel for the city In the gaa litigation. Knew that $1 gas had been agreed upon, or was likely to be agreed on, and tlppe the proposition off to Mr. Bryan, his personal -if tend, and that Mr. Bryan took the mat ter In hand and issued his famous mani festo demanding that $1 gas be given the people. Now a letter Is being sent out by a ; bunch of patriots mho, for some reason, j are backing Mr. Bryan, in whlcn they : claim all the glory for $1 gas for Mr. j I'-ryan and a lot of other things for which It is claimed by some he is Just as much j entitled to. The letter Is signed by Ches- tor H. Aldrleh, Elliott Lowe, Geo -go A. I Ada ma, E. D. Beach, J. . Ewart and E. ! O. Maggi. It (a claimed that Mr. Bryan, If elected mayor, will force the gaa company to pay back to gas consumers all they have paid In past years over and above the fl now to be charged. CRAWFORD DEDICATES ITS NEW CITY HALL CRAWFORD. Neb.. April 26. (Special.) The new city hall was thrown open to the public here Saturday evening and many of the citixena took advantage of the opportunity to Inspect the new build ing. The building Is thoroughly modern in every detail, being provided with nu merous lavatories, drinking fountains, Bhower baths for the firemen, etc. The building la Crawford'a prldt. pro viding rooms for mayor, city clerk and other officials, besides firemen, public li brary and Chamber of Commerce. The rulldlng cost S15.000. . The people'! party gave a banquet Fri day night In honor of the newly elected city officers, namely,. Arah L. Hunger lord, mayor; C. L. Lelthoff and Warren r.. tiamum, councllmen, some lbO of Crawford'a citixena being in attendunce. Jt waa called a "get-to-gcther" banquet for a bigger and better Crawford and waa a pronounced success.. tmra annual aesslon of to Re- bckah district meeting of northwest Ne braska district No. 13, comprising the lodges of Harrison, Chadron. Go-don. Rushvllle and Crawford, waa held In thU c;ty Thursday. The new officer elected are: President. Mildred Lyon. -Gordon: vice president. Carrie Henderson, Rush vllle; warden, Iona Naylor. Chadroa: sec rttary. Myrtle Longcar. Chadron; treas urer, Mary Fensk. Harrison. GRAND ISLAND MAY MAKE . .V; MINIMUM LIGHT RATE GRAND ISLAND. Neb.. April 26. 'Spe cial.) x nat the city as a municipality will go out of the electric wiring burlnesa Is a possibility. Such a step was recom mended by Mayor Ryan in a messng; and verbal remarks in connection with the same. This would leave the wiring td be done , by private parties or the urirate company, as the future might decide. Another recommendation Is an Increase in the rate to small consumers, by the Imposing of a minimum monthly pay ment. Both propositions am nw vf the council. In the matter of the wiring l la alleged that it Is difficult to keep ... wunn accounting. On the whol-l-oweyer. Mayor Ryan has recentl; r ,...-.-. ,C .i.uuuipai ownership cf the u,",lf " Profitable, making many extensions and betterments out o' tli receipts of the plant and without d.rerf axation. Both his recommendations are -------re inn council for action. RICH FARMER KILLED WHEN AUTO OVERTURNS TECTMSEIT. Neb.. April Special Telegram-V-Juliua Hansen, a well-to-do farmer living five miles southeast of Cook, this county, waa Instantly killed and Gedrge" Badburg. hsd three ribs broken and George Schoenc his collar bone and one rib broken this evening, when an automobile turned over. Bad burg was driving the car a mile north of Cook when the accident happened. Han sen waa years of age and la survived by a widow and eight children. Three WeddlDK . k-dr.-. CHADRON, Neb.. April M.-(.-i;--cial.-. -r. ara a. uiehl and Miss Amelia K. Bare, I also Mr. Leo J. Oray and Miss ........ uhwid iioi.man. were mar- riea ai ine tint Methodist church. The fathers of the bridee gave them away, and the usual bridesmaids and best men were all two fold. Mr. Paul C. Hoffman and Miss Ruth G. Burns were married at the residence of the bride's parents, oy the Rev. F. M. tturdevant of the flrrt Baptist church. All three couples will reside in Chauron. 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LINCOLN, April W (Special.) It haa beeft discovered that the legislature made no appropriation for the payment of the salary of the state 'librarian. Heretofore an appropriation of $1,500 has been made, which went to Harry iLndsay, who holds that position in addition to that of clerk of the supreme court. However, Mr. Lindsay Is not worrying over the attempt of the economy finance committee to lop off the $1,500, for the of fice is one provided In the constitution and an opinion of the supreme court In 1902, when Lee Herdman waa clerk of the court, declares that no appropriation la necessary, as the salary la a constitu tional one and will have to come from the general fund the same as any state office. Wray Sticks to Party T, R. Made Famous (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. April IS.-(Speclal.-Judge Arthur G. . Wray, single taxer, socialist and bullmoose leader of -Nebraska, pro poses to mutate, the boy who "stood on the burning deck whence all but him had fled," and will stick to the pro gressive party notwithstanding many of ita. principal leaders and jnoat-of Its fol lowers are "Falling into' line for the G. O. P." V , - Judge Wray baa written a . letter to William Allen White of Emporia. Kan-, commending him on hla determination not to go back to the republican party if it meant going back to "Barnes) and Penrose." The judge Bays. "It appears to me that the republican party la lapsing back pretty hopelessly Into reactionary status." Knapp Will Case To Supreme Court (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. April - 2& (SpcclaJ.) Lu therla Ludden of Williamsburg, Mass., and Helen Anderson of Shelburn, In the aame state have appealed to the supreme court of Nebraska from a judgment of the Pouglaa county district court in a case Involving the legality of a will made by Jane C. Knapp of Douglas county. . The jury In the case found that the will made by Mrs. Knapp leaving the prop erty to Mrs. Conies, a foster daughter, was valid and the two women from Masaachuaetta, couslna of the deceased in an effort to break the will have ap pealed to the supreme court. I BODY OF NEIHART EXHUMED; . RUMOR OF MURDER FALSE DUNBAR, Neb.. April e. (Special.) While with a party of four, dynamiting fish In a creek, August 23, 1911, near Hoi ton. Kan., Karl Nelhnit, a former resident of Dunbar, was killed, phisiclans staling that the cause of hia death waa the concussion from an explosion while he waa still In the water. Lately a rumor has been current around Holtoii, Kan., that lie had been murdered, by having his skull fractured with some instrument, snd the body placed in the water. On Sunday, his father, Alex Neihart, of Omaka, and his brother. M. W. Neihsrt. of Nebraska City, cure to Dunbar, and hat! the body exhumed, and a post mortem examination made by Dr. W. D. Gibbon of Dunbar and Dr. B. A. Smith of Lorton. They found no fracture of the skull and ieported that the datb had undoubtedly been caused by accident. MISS ANNA KRANZ0F CAIRO COMMITS SUICIDE GRAND ISLAJfD. Neb.. April :.-6pe-cial Telegram.) Miss Anna Krans, aged 35, disappeared from the home of her parents, three miles meat of Cairo, last night, and this morning her dead body was found In a nearby creek. It is be lieved she committed sulfide by drown ing while temporarily deranged. Wis had acted peculiarly at Uma, though not In a manner Indicating the contem plation of such a step or to require close watching. Makes I reef 1.IV. IS). I suffered wiu Sidney ailment for two years." writes Mrs. M. A. Bridges, Robin son, Miss., "and commenced taking Foley Kidney Pills about ten months ago. I am now able to do ail my work without fatigue. I am now fl years ef age and feet like a ls-year-old girl." Foley Kid ney Pills strengthen and Invigorate seek, tired and deranged kidneys; relieve back ache, weak back, rheumatism snd blad der trouble. Tbey are tonic in action. 8ol4 everywhere. Advertisement Nebraska Harlan County Case Involving Judgment Up to Higher Court From a ftaff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. April : -P.x-c.a. -The Burlington railroad has eppeale dto the supreme court from a judgment secured In the district court f Harlan county by Frank Morris for injuriea received by being struck by a locomotive wh'lc cross ing the track of the Burlington about three miles west of Oxford. It Is alleged by .Morris that he waa riding In an automobile driven by Thomas Askay and was struck by the train, hurted about fifty feet, his arm broken, shoulder crushed and other in juries received, lie siu-d for $10,000 and was awarded K-.OtfO. It was shown that the track carved at about 300 feet west of the crossing and that a row of trees nld the approaching train from view until within about thirty feet of the track.- It Is alleged that no whistle- wee blown or bell runs warning by the engineer. The road set up the dvfrnse that both men had been drinking and thai they were exceeding the speed limit, going at twenty-five mllea an hour. The railroads attempted to secure the passage of an automobile bill In tie last legislature covering crossing acldents. The roads asseite dlhut If automobiles, and those especially driven by careless drivera, were reqiilre'd to stop Wfi feet trom a railroad crossing, the occupants would hear a trlan approaching and would be aafe from accident. After pass ing the bill to a third readlnx it was brought back for specific amendment and killed.. Nebraska Convicts May Make Chairs LINCOLN. April .-(Speclal Telegram.) The State Board of Control may buy the equipment of the Handicraft Furni ture company at the petiltentlsry and go Into the burlness of manufacturing chairs. The contract with that company will soon expire and they have made the Board of Control an offer of the plant. The company manufactures chairs snd tables of reed and fiber, and as the leg islature passed an appropriation of SIOOi- ono for the purpose of establishing some sort ef business that would keep the con victs at work the board la seriously con sidering the offer of the company. To day Commissioners eKnnedy and Qerdes went over the plant to make a thorough investigation. YOUTH INSTANTLY KILLED WHEN FALLS BEFORE DISC DESHLER, Neb.. April K.-(8peclal.)- Barnard, the 11-year-old son of W. F. Drohman. living near this place, was thrown in front of a dlso and Instantly killed while returning from work with his father Saturday evening. The funeral waa held at the Presbyterian church In Deehler todsy. stea from Gage Coaaity. BEATHICK. Neb.. April IS. (Special.) Mrs. George Shock.' an old resident of Blue Springs,' died Saturday evening at her home there, aged m years. .. , Prof. T. E. Con ley and Herman Weins, both of this city, have purchased the Falrbury Business college of Prof. M. H. Barringer, and will assume charge June t E. J. Cater, formerly manager ef the Searle 4 Chapln Lumber company here and later holding the came position- at Filley, died yesterday at a local hos pital, aged tt years. He left an estate valued at $3,000, which, according to the wilt. Is bequeathed to the Masonic borne at Plattsmouth. a parlor Cse Ceatlaaed. SUPERIOR, Neb., April K.-SpeclsJ Telegram.) When the city council mpt this morning to hear the remonstrances against the saloon men Attorney Mc Ncny of Red Cloud, who Is acting as at torney for the saloon men, asked for a continuance. Attorneys Anderson of Lin coln and Agee of Superior are conducting the case for the "drys." The council set Tuesday, May 4," as the date for the hear ing. It Is rumored that the council will attempt to pass new license ordinance. Tote for Edward Slmoa for city com missioner. The man who procured the passage of the mothers' pension law ahould be elected city commissioner that's Edward Simon. Advertisement Jfsw Fire Iaapeetor. LINCOLN. April 38.-Special.)-Otto Merrhell of Ord, formerly county clerk of Valley county, has been appointed a fire Inspector under Fire Commissioner Rldgell. This makes four Inspectors now In the service of the state In that depart ment, the same numbers as were ap pointed two years sgo. E . ALL OVER BODY i . Itched 'Terribly. Could Not Sleep at Night. Clothing Aggravated Trouble. Cuticura Soap and Cuti cura Ointment Healed,- 133 Furiosi St., Chicago, ITL T noticed peculiar spots breaking out all over my body which Itched terribly. Tbey were ma ana uuer wmte and scaly. The eruption burned and riches) so that I could not sleep at all at night. My clothing aggra vated the trouble and made me Itch mors. I took a treatment but go bo relief. I read the Cutloura advertisement in the paper and wrote for a free unnbi nf rmi. cura Soap and Ointment. I used them as per directions and had my first night's rest la two ssonths. Then I bought one hog of Cuticura Ointment and had only used half of It with the Cuticura Soap when I was healed. I have no disfiguring scars left. (Signed) Frederick 8al. August 8. 114. Keep your skin rtear, scalp clean and free from dandruff, and hair live and glossy. Cuticura Soap, with aa occasional use of CuUcurs Otatnwmt, will do It. i aampie cacti r re by Mail " son book est request. Ad- dress pot-ord Cwtlcssra. Dsa. T, sn tee". Sold throughout the vetM. Si TROUBL Now is the Accepted Time, Russia and France Warn Italy ROME, April !. (Via ParisV-An en ergetic, campaign la being conducted in the Italian press on behalf of the allies. Kvery day there appear telegrams from Petrograd warning Italy that If It does not soon Intervene It will lose everything. It la said the allies have decided to give nothing In case ther are victorious to a neutral power, which In the words of Jules Camhon. the French diplomat. rushes to succor the victor " The newspapers also publish long re productions from the French press, stat ing that Italy's participation In the war Is Imminent. Dispatches from London say the Italian ambassador there. Marquis Imperial!, la about to sign with Plr Kd- ward Orey, the British foreign minister, an agreement containing clauses which provide that Italy shall side with the allies. Although dispatches from Berlin and Vienna on thla subject sre more guarded on account of the censorship of the press of those cities, efforts are being made to offset this campaign. Representstlves here of the Berlin and Vienna newspapers are most active, and seek to convey the impression that every necessary measure will be taken to prevent Italy from abandoning Ita neutrality. It Is affirmed that in the end Auatria will be convinced of the necessity of making sultsble ter ritorial concessions, even if Oermany la compelled to compensate It by ceding ter ritory In Bararla or Silesia On this theory there are being prepared many imaginative lists of districts to be exchsnged between Austria and Italy and between Germany and Austria. The truth of the matter is, however, that there is little basis for these various re ports. It csn only be said that the nego tlstlons as still proceeding and they are surrounded with the deepest secrecy. Hastings Family 111 from Poisoning HASTINGS. " Neb.. April K-(8peclal Telegram.) fl. J. McCrachen, former sec retary of the oTung Men's Christian as sociation, his wife anil two children sud denly became unconscious from poisoning yesterday, presumably either from bread or butter. The 4-year-old daughter first lost consciousness. While carrying her to a bed Mr. McCraoken collapsed, re ceiving a serious wound on the head In felling. Mrs. McCracken and the other child were later stricken. After several hours' work a doctor restored the family and today they are nearly recovered. Falrkary News Notes. FAIRBURY. Neb., April . (Spclal.) Owing to th havy rain that prevailed Sunday, the exhibition game of base ball between the Falrbury State league team and W liber nine was postponed. Time table No. S3 went Into effect en the Nebraska division 8unday, and a number of changes were made In the arrival and departure of trains. The Jersey paasenger train leaves Lincoln for the west forty minutes earlier and the eaatbound train Is forty-five minutes later. The St. Joseph passenger train 3M follows No. t. the .Denver Express, out of Falrbury at noon Instead of preceding It, as formrly. Trains Nos. XT and tt run through from Belleville, Kan., to Denver Instead of consolidating wlthNos. I and 6. These changes are pleasing to railroad men. The union evangelical services which have been In session at Falrbury'a new tabernacle since March 33, closed Sunday night. Rev. Oscar Lowry, evangelist, secured nearly 000 conversions. Rer. Mr. Lowry and party leave thla week for Forty-eight free trips to the California Fairs as guests of Runaway June Every Theater showing Runaway June can enter the California Free Trip Contest by making application to the Representative Frederick H. Price at the Mutual Film Exchange, 1415 Harney Street, Omaha, Neb. . I Miririii-ii i " - i-i-ih- inn ruin rLn.n.i'irinj-u-inri.n n.i jnn.n.n.r.nn.ii.n-in-Ln l'ltj-ij-l ijlnrinn rLTi.ru i-n.ii.i.-ir rr EMPRESS THEATER, Fremont, Neb. Wednesday-Episode No. 3. GRAND THEATER, 16th and Binney, CLIFTON THEATER, 45th and Burdette, Omaha, Omaha, Every Tuesday. T-rr r Every Friday. Episode No. 14 IOUAY Episode 14 Next l ; 1 Lj. . HIPPODROME THEATER, 2514 Cuming, CAME RAPH ONE THEATER TODAY I Omaha, 14th and Douglas, Omaha, Every Wednesday. Every Tuesday. Episode No. 12, April 28. Episode No. 11, Today. I PRODUCED BY THE RELIANCE MOTION PICTURE CORPORATION Syndicated by SERIAL PUBLICATION CORPORATION 1413-1415 North Platte, Neb., where another revival will be held, commencing stay S, Wsmss Fatally TAwrwed. BJBATRICn Neb., April M-fSpeolal Telegram.) Mrs. John O he ring Urmgr test miles) northwest of Beatrice waa probably fatally horned thla afternoon la aa ex plosion at her heme while cleaning cloth ing with gasoline. She was rescued by her husband who also severely burned about the hands. The Oberllng home caugth fire, but the flames were extin guished before doing moan damage. nr. Sell's Pi m Tar lloaey. Oet a So bottle today. 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In every part of the railroad service we find these thoughtful, quick-actinff. manly men, makinz thinkioe more accu and doers" chew STAR that one ww 1113 raurvMirj iruni ifl. thfill Ia v l rBmwsrsmsrsm smew! stretch to Tacoma, Washington. - v aa w sjBaa as s saasvgssus1 s H TOBACCO OF THE WORLD COMFORT THEATER 2319 Vinton Street.' Every Sunday, Episode No. 9, May 2. VENEZIA THEATER, 1211 South 13th St, Every Friday, Episode No. 10, Next. arrive at The Haa-ue In time for the conference, which opens Wednesday. Answering the appeal of Miss Addams, Mr. Pags said it would be Impossllit. fir ths embassy to aid the delegates to itarh The Hague. All shipping to Dutch ports has been stopped, he explained, and It was not even possible for the member of the embassy to make the trip. JAMES MAHER, HEAD OF COLUMBUS KNIGHTS. DEAD CHICAGO. April .. James Msher. na tional supreme director of the Knights of Columbus, died at his home here yester day. He was born In WllmUgton, Del , In 1M0. 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