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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JUSTICE ANDREWS of
the New York supreme
court, who is hearing the
libel suit started against
Theodore Roosevelt.
Case Where Money
May Be Paid With
No Appropriation
iFrom a Staff Correspondent.)
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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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