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BLAIR UAH HEADS
THE POSTMASTERS
Senator Hitchcock Does Not Attend
Annual Conrention, Though
-Expected There.
BRADY IS ELECTED SECRETARY
i rrom a Stiff Correspondent)
I..I.VCOLN, Jun l.-(8pclJ 1 "enator
Httchroc k wa not prrswnt this afwrnoon
to Mvr n iWr" before th Stat
mating of poMmantrr., but ouulde of
that the profram followed.
Clyde H. Jleed of Omaha, euperlnten
dnt of the railway mall aorvlce, an
Wtrttr. talk on the relatione of the
potmatera with the mall clerka. B. R
llendrts of Swanton read a paper on Im
provements in the rural aervlre and the
Mscufton wa Indulged In under the
leadership of Ottouelow of Behuyler.
In the afternoon reports of offlrer
were read and the annual election held.
retiultlni- as follows:
rrel(lnt-Thom T fiermn. Blnlr.
c I'reeldents-F. V. Rrown. Unroln:
Andrew V. Nelwrn. Norfolk; T. A. Davis,
Nelmh: V. I.. Miller. Paykln.
Pecretary-rc 1- Hrady. MeCoolc.
Treasurer R. B. Waln'Ut. Haatlnss.
IilKate National Convention George
Allen. Clay Center.
Bryan Asks People
, To Pass Judgment
(Continued from Tate One.)
"Minister Has No Right to Diminish
the Prestige of His Government
ft
TARI8. June 1. Great Importance Is
attached by the morning newspapers to
the resignation of Pecretary of State
Bryan from the cabinet of President
Wlleon. They express the belief that it
explains the delay In answering the Ger
man reply to the first American note of
protest on the sinking of the Lusltanla
and forecasts the contents of the second
note jnat sent.
"It must be admitted that such a resig
nation and, ahoy an, sucti a letter, sur
prises ua In Europe." Mrs Jean Her
bette, one 'of the best known French
writers of foreign affairs. "It Is hard
for us to understand that a minister, at
a time when his country was dtseusng
with Oermany so grave a question as the
use of submarines against merchant ships
could part company with hie chief execu
tive and openly declare that he Is In com
plete dleagreement with him as to the
methods to be employed.
"We should say this minister had not
the right to diminish the prestige of his
government before foreign countries; but
Mr. Bryan has a double excuse. First of
all, ministerial discipline rnunt have
seemed rsther Irksome to a man who so
many times has aimed at the presidency.
Then, too, his departure doe not In any
way lessen the prestige of his govern
ment, for that prestige rests on the
ardent patriotism of the American peo
ple, on the deep senses of Justice, honor,
high character and popularity of Presi
dent Wilson and last, but not least, on
the powerful fleet which President Wil
son reviewed last month."
NATIONAL FIDELITY
ASKS LIQUIDATION
President Armstrong; Request. State
Insurance Board to Take Over
Ita Affairi.
Text of American
Note to Germany
(Continued from Pag One.)
Is little better than war at Its worst; the
new system contemplates an universal
btotherhoed established through the up
lifting power of example.
Sprr4ert by Preeedeata.
"If I correctly Interpret the note to Oer
many. It conforms to the standard of
the old system rsther than to the rules
of the new, and I cheerfully adnWt that
It Is abundantly supported by precedents
precedents written In characters of Wood
upon almost every page of human his
tory. Austria furnishes the most recent
precedent: it -was Austria- firmness that
dictated the ultimatum aaainst Herbla.
which set the world at war. Every ruler
now participating In this unparalleled
conflict has proclaimed hut" desire for
pesce and denied responsibility for the
war and It Is only charitable that w
should credit all of them with good faith.
They desired peace, but they sought It
according to the rules of the old system.
They believe that firmness wouM glv
the best assurance of the maintenance of
peace, and faithfully following precedent,
they went o near the fire that they
were, one after another, ricked Into the
contest. Never before have the frightful
follies of this fatal system been so clearly
i e vested as now. The most civilised and
enlightened-aic the most Christian t
the nations of Europe-are grappling with
each other as If In a deats struggle.
, , Sacrifices la War.
, 'They are sacrificing the,' best and
bravest of .thqir sons en the 'battlefields
they, are . converting, thelr gardeni Into
cemeteries and Jhelr. home Into house ,
of mourning; they are taxing the wealth
of today nd laylmT a burden of debt on
the toll of tha future; they he filled
the air with , thunderbolt mora deadly
than those of' Jove nd they have multi
plied the peril of the deep. Adding fresh
.fuel to 'the flame of hate, they Jiava
daily devised sew horror until on side
Is endeavoring to drown nonoembatant
men, women and children at a, whlla
th other lde aeek to starve noncoro
batant men, women and children on land.
' "And they a so absorbed In alternate
leUHatlons and ta competitive cruelties
that they eem. for Ui time being;, blind
to tha right of neutral. nd deaf to tha
appeal of humanity. A tree I known by
Its fruit The war In Europe, t tha
ripened fruit of the old system.
This" Is wha' firmness, 'supported by
force, has don In the old world. Shall
we Invite It to eroae tha Atlantic? Al
ready the Jlngoee of our awn country
Vave caught tha fable from tha dog
of war; shall th opponent or organised
a'auKhter be silent while th disease
spreads -
Where H Staada.
-A an humbl followr of th rrlnoa
of Peace, a a devoted believer In th
nrookecv 'they that take the sword htl
perish by the aword, I Us to be counted
. among those who earnestly urga tha
adoption of a course In tl'le matter which
win leave na doubt of cur gorernment
willingness to continua ntoti0 with
Germany until an amicable unaeraiaoa
Ing l reached, or at leat until th etress
f war ta over, w can appeal from Philip
drunk with earaaga to I hllip sobered br
the memories of an historic friendship
and by a recollection of tha Innumerable
ties of kinship that bind th fatherland
to the L'nlUd Ktatee.
"Pome nation must lead the world out
of the War rlfht of war Into th light
,.f ih-t Car when 'sword shall be beaten
inta nlowsharea.' Why not make that
honor cure? Some day why aot now?
the nations will learn that enduringr plaoe
. an not l boU upoa fear that good will
Iocs not grow upon the iitalk of violence.
Komi day the nations w ill ' plac their
'trust in lov. th weapon for which there
ta na ahleld; to love, that suffered long
and la kind; In lov. that I not easily
provoked, that beareth atl thing, be
lleveth all things, hppelh all. things,
endureth all things; In love which though
despised a weakaeas by worshipper of
mar. abldth when all alee talis.
(Signed) "W. J. BRTAN."
DEATH RECORD"
ISTELUA. Nb.. June la (Cpecial.) The
funeral of Helen Mildred ftlcMullen, who
died yestvrday moralng at I o'clook, wasj
held Wednesday afternoon at tha home
ut her unats. Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Mo-
Mullen, on the fthubert road. Miss Mo-
Mullen had been sick for several weeks
hh typhoid fever. She was II jests old
In Msy. tine waa oae of this year's
graduates ta th Stella school, taking
second honors. -
Mra. feitih telafer.
BEATRICE. Neb.. June M.-poUl.)-Un.
tjduh eUcinmeyer, wife of Henry
Kinlmneycr of Clatonta. died Tuesday
evening at her home at that place after
a prolonged illness eced B years. She Is
survived by her husbaad, tmo daughter
and oae boo.
Weeaeed Mhlle Htssllsf Rifle.
; BP. WARD, Neb.. June 10 FpcUl T1
rain Piank Hedge, chef at a local
cafe, waa perhapa fataJly wounded, till
afternoon when handling a .21 rifle. The
'tM'.let peottmUd his rufbt foreavrra a ad
u.n his right lusg. It ha ont yet been
Apartment, flats, iivwm ana rotiage
ita b reiitedqult-Kly and cheaply ky a
v t tr '-'
of tha Imperial German government
regarding the carriage of contraband
of war on board the Lusltanla or re
garding the eiplosion of that ma
terial ty the torpedo, it need only
be nald that In the view of thla gov
ernment these contention are Ir
relevant to the Question of the
legality of the metbode need by the
German naval authorities in linking
that vessel.
"But the sinking of passenger
shpg involves principles of humanity
which throw into the background any
special circumstance of detail that
may be thought to affaet the cases,
principles which lift it. as th Im
perial government will no doubt be
quick to recognise and acknowl
edge, out of the class of ordinary
subjects of diplomatic discussion or
of international controversy. What
ever be the other facts regarding the
I.nsltania, the principal fact Is that a
great steamer, primarily and chiefly
i conveyance for passengers and car
rying more than a thousand souls
who had no part or lot in the con
duct of the war, was torpedoed aud
sunk without ao much as a challenge
or a warning, and that men, women
and children were sent to their death
In circumstances unparalleled In
modern warfare..
Duty to tjpfk.
"The fact that more than 100
American cltisens were among those
who perished madlt the duty of the
government of the United States to
speak of these things, and once more
with solemn emphasis, to call tha at
tention of the imperial .German gov
ernment to the grave responsibility
which th government of to .United,
States conceives that 1 has, incurred
in thla tragid occurrence, atid to the
indisputable principle 'upon which
that responsibility rests. . The gov
ernment of the United States Is con
tending for Boruethlng'mnch greater
than mere rights of property or privi
leges of commerce. It Is contending
(or nothing less high and sacred than
the rights of humanity, which every
government honors itself In respect
ing and which no government Is
justified In resigning on behalf of
thos under It care and authority.
Only her actual resistance to cap
tor or refusal to stop when ordered
to do so for the purpose of visit
could have afforded the commander
of the submarine any Justification
for so much ss putting the lives of
those on board tha ship In Jeopardy.
This principle the government of the
United States understands, the ex
plicit Instructions Issued on August
S, 1114, by tha imperial German ad
miralty to Ita commanders at sea to
have recognised and embodied, as do
the naval codes of all other nations,
and upon It every traveler and sea
man had a tight to depend. It Is
upon thla principle of humanity as
well as upon the law founded upon
this principle that the United States
must stand. ' ' '
Iteady to Ts Office.
"The government . of the United
Etatee la happy to observe that your
excellency's note closes with the
Umatlon that tha Imperial Geru-ai
government Is willing, now as be
fore, to accept ths good otflcea of!
Ua United States In .an attempt to
come to an understanding with, the j
government of Great Britain by i
which the character and conditions j
of the war upon the sea may be;
changed. The government of the'
United 8Utes would consider it a1
privilege thus to serve its friends and
the world. It stand ready at any
tme to convey to either government
any intimation or suggestion the
other may be willing to have It con
vey, and cordially invites the Im
perial German government to make
use of Us services In this way at Ita
convenience. The whole world is
concerned In anything that may bring
about even a partial accommodation
of Interests, or In any way mitigate
the terrors of the present distressing
conflict.
"la th meantime, whatever arrange
ment may happily b snad between th
partis ta tba war. and whatever may
In tha opinion ef the Imperial Oermaa
government have been the provooattoa
or th oirouroatantial Justification for
th east acta o Ita commanders at sea,
tha government ef th United Btataa
oonfldsatly looks to aa th Justice and
humanity of th government of Uermaay
vindicated la all ease where Amerioan
have been wronged or their right aa
neutral lav ailed, .
"Tbe aaveraoumt 4 tha VaUeeV tfiatee
therefore very, earnestly., and very aol
ewnly renews the representations of its
note transmitted to the imperial Oerman
government on tha 1Mb of May, and re
lie In these repreeentattona upon tha
principle of humanity, the universally
recognised understandings of Interna
tional Isw and the anient friendship
of tha Oerman nation.
Rlebt ef I. . (IHsea.
"The government of the United States
cannot admit that a proclamation of a
war con from which neutral ship have
been warned to keep away may be made
to operate as in any degree an abbrevia
tion of the rights either of Amerioan
shipmasters or of American cltlxsn
bound en lawful errand as passenger
on merohant ship of belligerent nation.
It doe not understand tha Imperial Oer
man government to question those right.
It understand It. also, to accept as es
tablished beyond question the principle
that the lives of none om bat ants oannot
lawfully or rightfully be put In Jeopardy
by the capture or destruction of an un
resisting merchant ship, and to reoognla
the obligation to take sufficient precau
tion to ascertain whether a suspected
merchantman Is In fart of belligerent
nationality, or 1 In fact carrying con
traband of war . under a neutral flag.
Tli government of the .United Mtate
therefore deems it reasonable to espect
that the Imperial Oerman government
will adopt the measures necessary to put
these principles Into practice In respect
of the safeguarding of American Uvea
and American ships, and asks for as
surances that thla wll be done.
(Signed! "ROBERT UtNPINO,
"Secretary, of state ad Interim."
POLICYHOLDERS AXE PROTECTED
ITALIANS OCCUPY
MANFALCONE CITY
Continued from Page One.)
FaJsaregj pass, at the foot of th fiaaeo
Di Utrla.
"A victorious action was fought ten
kilometer (about seven miles) north of
Cortina U'Ampesso. . A ploee of artillery
remained In our hands.
"In th neighborhood of Monto Croc
flgtrUng has boon going on for severnl
day for the Important position of Frel
kopel. which tho Austrian defended des
perately. Our Alpine troops definitely
took It In the evening of the Sth, making
103 prisoner."
David W. Armstrong, Jr., president
- M . t. X'.J 1 Mli.lll. J . .. 1 I
or ion jeuuuai w lueuiy uu liwubii
company of Omaha, late yesterday
asked in district court that tbe 8tate
Insurance board take charge Of the
Sftgets and records of the company.
Mr. Armstrong's request was filed
in the suit brought by the State In
surance board, in which the company
was ordered to show cause why the
board should not take charge of Its
affairs. According to a dispatch
from Lincoln, Ed A. Agee of Lincoln
Is understood to be the choice of the
board as Its representative to take
charge of tbe company.
At th eofflce of the company. Arm
strong. Jr.. It president, said: "Th dif
ficulties of th company were due to Its
organisation without surplus and it pay
ment of dividends to stockholders too
soon after Ita organttatlon. and at a
time when Ita assets should have been
conserved, the Inflation In former years
of assets by a sum vastly In esose of
actual value, as well a tha failure to
provide th company with adequate re-
eervs for pending claim a Tha thing.
together with th conducting of toe
many line of bualne, had created an
overhead expense altogether dispropor
tionate to tha company's premium In
come."
In It sefforta to rehabilitate the com
pany h esald, "the present management
ha not only been confronted by the
above conditions and the general strin
gency In th eflnatoctal situation, but haa
also had to deal with the factional oppo
sition of a small minority of stockholders.
which Increased the difficulties and con
tributed In no small degree to bring
about tha company's retirement from
business."
Obllaratloas te Be Met.
He ' stated that the company had
already reinsured with th Southwestern
Surety Insurance company ot Denlson.
Tex., It liability, plat glass, burglary
and accident business, and that Its ob
ligations to policyholders would be met
in full.
Mr. Armstrong stated that the . state
authorities had dona sverythlng possible
to save the company, but that in tha
opinion of the State Insurance board, as
well aa It own directors, the best In
terest of vryon would be conserved
by placing tha company in the hand ot
th stat authorities, te be dealt with
a wording to law.
Sioux Tails Man '; ;
Is Grand Master
BIOVX- FALLS, '.B. J)., June 10. ("pa
cta! Telegram.) Tha forty-first annual
meeting of tho Masonic grand lodge of
Mouth Dakota was concluded hers after
selecting Bloux Fall a tha place for th
next annual gathering, and electing them
onicer for the coming year:
"rand master.. M. R. Brown, Bloux
Falls; deputy grand master, James
w, r ana ion . senior grand warden.
n, ivum. nepia uijt; grand treasurer,
O. I., liryan. Mitchell; grand secretary,
oeorg A. ettlifrew. Bloux Falls: mrmnA
elector, Benjamin F. Ivee. Huron; grand
v.uayiam, nev. cawara Ashley, Aberdeen.
New officers elected by tha Mason
Veterans' association for the coming year
are: ,
President. Abraham K. .yen Camp,
Tflghmore: vice president. Frank A.
wrown, Aberdeen, and Edmund Oook.
Wilmot; secretary, Ueorge a. l'etturrew,
Fioux Falls; treasurer, Harvey J. lljoa.
1HIVH,
Th eastern Star chapter of South
Dakota selected Bloux Fill as tha place
ror th next annual meeting and elected
officers a follows for th ensuing year:
orand matron. Mr. Susan Warring,
lanKioo; grand patron, lira. Richard
tvorman ox row. Caatlewood; associate
ua iniinm, jurs. aiyrti Ay res. Dead'
wood: associate mini, natmn rw u vr
i1rS..'UBl: '"d secretary, Mra Angle
U Williamson. Madison: arand treasurer.
Jessie 1L Wendell, Aberduen: grand con
ductress, Mr. ITeeclll Howell, Arte-
JtU
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Chadron, Nebraska, Pocember 30, 1914.
The Old Line Bankers Life Insurance Oo.
Lincoln, Nebraska. j
Gentlemen: ,1 have to acknowledge receipt of your favor of tho
28th inst, handing me your check for $432.67, and paid-up participat
ing policy No. 57416 for $1,000.00, in settlement of matured policy No.
3413 taken out twenty years ago. This has certainly been a good in
vestment for me.. For twenty years, I have had the benefit of the in
surance, and now I receive a return in cash of a good Bhare of what I
have paid in premiums and the paid-up policy for tha full amount of the
insurance that I have been carrying. This speaks well for th$ good man
agement of the company's affairs, and you to do so.
327 .Very truly yours ERNEST M. SIiATTERY.
Twenty Payment Life Policy j
Matured in !
OLD LINE BANKERS LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
of Lincoln, Nebraska
; . . .Ernest M. Slaitery
Residence Cfhadron, Neb.
Amount of policy $1,000.00
Total premiums . . .... $ 557.OO
Settlement
Cash paid Mr. Slattery. . . .$ 432.67
And Paid-up Participating
Pucy SL00O.0O
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