TTIK Bra:: OMAHA. WEDNESDAY, DRCEMHKU lli, 1915.
Nebraska
Nebraska
DR. HALL WILL NOT
BE A CANDIDATE
Returns from Eastern Trip with
This Decision Firmly Fixed in
Mind.
LOOKS FOR DEMO SUCCESS
(From Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Dec. M. (Speclsl.) Dr. P.
L. Hll of Lincoln, democratic national
committeeman will not be a candidate
for the democratlo nomination for gov
ernor, neither can ha be pursLlV to
become ao by any amount of paitlohs
which may be filed for the purpose of
placing hi name on the ballot.
Dr. Hall returned today from a trip
to Washington, where he attended the
meeting of the national democratlo com
mittee which called the national conven
tion for St. Louis. He aaya that wy
body waa enthusiastic over the outlook
for democratic success next year and
with the national administration.
Dr. Hall believes that the aesalon ot
the democratic convention will be short,
not to exceed three daya and that there
will be little opposition If any to the
renomlnation of the president.
When asked If It waa true that ha had
made a statement that he thought Mr.
Bryan would go to the convention and
raise several kinds of trouble, the doctor
answered he had made no such statement
and In fact did not do any talking while
ha waa away.
Dr. Hall went to Kaw Tork from
Washington and aaya that ha found
business condition good. A ' banker told
htm that less than .1' per ceitt' of' the
business could ba classed aa furnishing
munitions. Thar : has - bean a general
awakening In business condtttotig In the
cast' along all line, according to Dr.
Hall, and ba looks for It to continue.
Chances) for democratlo success never
looked better, according to the doctor,
butt here was no way of telling whether
bit flngera were crossed when he said
It 0 not ' '
Referring to his candidacy for the denv
eeratta nomination for governor. Dr.' Hall
waa very emphatic In saying that under
no circumstances would ha allow his
name to ba used, "t hav no ambitions
along office-holding lines." said he. "I
have always had an ambition to build up
a good banking business and I cannot af
ford now to aacririca it for a political
Job. Thare would be nothing gained for
ma to hold the office of governor and why
should I do so? I think I stand pretty
well with my party and I do not believe
I oars to take any Africa which, might
give a chance for ma to lose the prestige
which I now enjoy."
Regarding the feeling In the east to
ward the Ford peace expedition. Dr. Hall
said it waa looked upon as very much of a
Joke.
FILE PETITIONS FOR GEORGE
Six Lilts of Names in His Behalf
Are Sett to Office of Secre
tary of State.
LIKELY TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR
Prosperous Nebraska Merchant to
Give His Time to Farming in Future
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Dec. M.-(fleelal,-lf the
frlenda of Walter A. George of Omaha.
former state treaaurer. have their way
AIRORA, Dec. II. itiperial.l-After
completing twenty-one years' constant
labor as a Hamilton county mtnlmnt,
J. K. Davidson locked the door Saturday
night and retired from thst business for
ever. Fy reason of salt held during the
Inst six weeks lits $40,000 stock had shrunk
until he had just a few odds and ends
when the end came. He would be alad
t take for the stork he hue left.
Mr. Davidson started In business in
Aurora In 1KI, Just before the hot wind
of that year came along to destroy the
the ex-state official will ba a candidate V "" "n": . ? "r,7
for th republican nominal on for gov- pr)prl,,or, jMlltor. dvsry boy.
ernor. aaveral petitions reaching the of tic. pfor h), lo
of the secretary of State thla morning From tmt ,,, owning in that year
plaolng him In tha running. ief fBmlnei Mr. Davtdson haa advanced
One petition U signed by A. W. Sterne unt whn he dclded t0 c,ott) out ,
of Orand Island and alghty-al other of h(1 a depBrtment ore employing thirty
that city, one by twenty old soldiers of C,rk, nd dotng a buslnesa of t0i a
tha Grand Island Soldiers Pome, one by year. But n decided to cult and retire
Frank C. Tatea of Omaha and twenty- to g frult ri,nch near this city. He sold
eight Other Omaha republicans, one by Wl ; his stock and not hia buslnesa and now
W. Walton and twenty-seven othera from he la through. In the twenty-one years
Knox county, one headed by M. N. jof his life spent In business here his
Troupe and ' twenty-seven others from trade expanded until he counted aa Ids
Kearney and another from L. M. Wilson customers many farmers outside of this
and twenty-eight others at ttroken Bow county.
General Hall Is
Opposed to Plan of
Continental Army
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. Dec. H.-HSrclsJL)-A.dJutant
General Phil Hall, who has Just returned
from Washington; where ha investigated
President Wilson's proposed increase of
the army of tha United States by organ
ising a continental army of 100,000, is con
vinced the scheme will not give beat re
sults.
According to plana allotments would be;
Men. Apcromiatlon.
Regular army 141.S4S IU7.2&4.669
National guard 129,000 10000.000
Continental army 100,000 4S.O0O.OfiO
General Hall believes It would be im
possible to organise a citlsen soldiery
from the ranks of tha young men of the
country for none ot them could afford to
give up a position to take on any Job
which would ba for only two or three
months and for only 60 cents per day,
and, besides, no employer would care to
have clerks who would ba away from
Business as long as the requirements call
for.
The general believes If the government
would give tha guard a aufflclent amount
to enable It to drill Ita members four drills
a month and pay them 11 per. drill that
the guard could be made much more. effi
cient and better able for effective service.
the former home of Mr. George..
: Mr. George has been a little ahy about
entering the race, but thia action on the
part ot his friends will probably ba the
meant of settling tha matter of hla can
didacy. He served two terms as atate
treasurer and then organised the fire In
surance company of which he la now the
head, with headquarters at Omaha.
' Isstiwar Mies.
Candidates-for1 lieutenant governor on
both .tickets are. beginning to get busy.
Thla, morning the- first filing for that
place on. the. republican ticket was re
ceived at tha offloa of "Secretary of State
Pool. ., v, . . ; .
It cornea from Wakefield and announces
that Senator H. P.' Shtimway wilt be a
candidate fttr the republican nomination
at tha primary. ..y ,.,
r Senator 1 Shumway served three terms
in the state senate . and in each of them
was- one , of the very active members.
Ha first served hla district In tha upper
nody-tn tm. He took a vacation from
politics at the close of. that Session, but
came back to tha a&ms body in IBM and
was, re-elected to serve, again In the last
session. ' ,
'r Sandall Mar File.
Senator C. A. Sandall ,of Tork will
probably be . av candidate for the repub
lican . nomination for attorney general.
Senator' Sandall served In the last ses
sion of the legislature In the upper body
and,wui ,one ot the fighting senators in
that memorable session. He is a good
speaker and a good attorney. He is a son
of Andrew L. Sandall of York, who served
in tha lower body of the legislature in
tha sessions of1899 and 1901.
; . Wink Likely to Ram.
Senator 'Wlnlc of Buffalo will probably
be a candidate for the democratlo nomi
nation for. lieutenant governor. . Senator
Wink served In the upper body of toe
legislature two .terms; being elected from
his district to the 191S session and again
to tha 1916 session. Tha senator was one
of-the hard workers on the democratlo
side of the chamber.
Kohl Still Talked Of.
Tha early rumors that Senator Phil
Kohl of Wayne would be a candidate tor
tha democratic nomination for governor
have . quieted ' down although hla nam
bobs up occasionally whenever the crew
of tha old ship begins to figure It Is
about time to find a skipper to command
tha craft on its next voyage.
Senator Kohl never talks very much,
but his fine Italian hand could ba seen
In ' much of the legislation of the last
session whenever It became necessary to
ahow the house tha the economy pro
gram over there waa not good for the
bualnesa Interests of th etate.
As tha biennium draws to a close and
it Is discovered , that tha atate ha been
crippled b ythe acts of the house. Senator
Phil may fall heir to tha nomination be
cause ot his leadership against the house
program. . .
Mr, Davidnon waa born In Monona,
Clayton county, Iowa, fifty-nine years
ago. His father was a congregational
minister, a graduate of Yale college and
Yale Divinity school. In 1ST?, Mr. David
son came to this county and farmed for
three years. He then went to Sherman
county and took a homestead. On this
homestead he established a store, freight
ing his goods across the country from
Kearney. Initer the little town of Hasard
waa established close to his homestead
and he moved hla store to that place.
He was compelled to ssll out and quit
buslnesa about 183 by reason of poor
health. But the lure of the store business
waa in his blood and he came to Aurora
and bought out a atock of goods worth
SH0. Other merchants quit when the
hot winds came along, but Davidson
stayed. He saw hundreds of farmers
quit this country in those years. Many
others stayed because they could not get
away. They are now riding around the
country In automobiles, while their neigh
bors who went back to Iowa and Illinois
are renters.
In 1901 Mr. Davidson organised the J. It
Davidson company. It had a paid up
capital of $000. Hia business grew and
Nebraska
ANDREWS GIVES
OUT HIS JLATFORM
HattiBgs Mm Tells Why He Thinks
He Should Have Republican
Nomination for Congress.
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FAV0BS A TARIFF COMMISSION !
FOUNDER OF ELM .CREEK
BEACON BUYS IT AGAIN
KKtnXKt, Neb., Dec. II. (Special
Teleursm )-The Kim Creek Reacon. pub
ItsVed in Kim Creek since 1. and
founded 1v R. C. Krewson. has been
bought by Mr. Krewson from George
Keensn, who has owned the pnper for
two years. After founding the paper, Mr.
Krewson published it for several years,
when he sold It out and purchased the
Kmplre ranch near Kearney. Later B.
P. Faylof, afterward postmaster of I?TJn
Creek, bought Ms Interests, and Snylor
then sold to Keensn. For the Isat two
years the new owner has been farming
near. Klwood.
While In Kim Creek he was Identified
with several different business Inter
est., the most important being the es
tablishment of the Independent Tele
phone system.
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Headquarters for Practical Gifts.
H0LDREGE PROTESTS
TAX ON BANK CHECKS
HOLDREGB, Neb., Dec. 11 (Special.)
me following resolution was adopted by
the Holdrege Commercial club at Its
meeting thla week:
Whereas, The president of the United
8tatea In hla recent meseage to congreea
haa recommended the enactment of
law Imposing a tax. on bank checks, and
Whereas, In tha Judgment of this club
such action would not only create an
unmitigated nuisance, but also work an
unnecessary hardship on the depositors of
our banks. Therefore, be It
Resolved, That the Holdrege Commer
cial club is unalterably opposed to that
method of raising revenue ' In time of
peace, and respectfully u.ea the Ne
braska delegation In congress to resist
by all honorable means such - contem
plated legislation. -'
became the largest business In the
county. He fore ho began his sales which
finally closed out his stock and permit
ted him to lock up his store for all
time, he had purchased tha stock of his
colleagues and owned the company. He
did not want the business continued In
his name and without his name the busl
nlesa would not have been worth much.
So he closed out.
Mr. Davidson's hobby Is horticulture
and he will devote the remainder ot his
llfo to his plums and grapes and ai
ples. He hss originated several valua
ble varletlea of ' plums. When the St.
Loula exposition waa held he took some
of his plums there. He got the bronse
medal. California was the only state that
beat him.
He expects to get a horticultural ex
pert here and lay out his farm anfl will
build It to the plan devised. He has no
desire to make money out of It. It will
be practically an experimental farm In
Hamilton county for fruit. The entire
community will profit by the experiments
conducted on his farm.
BOY BABY CHOKES TO
DEATHNEAR LINDSAY
LINDSEY, Neb., Dec. ll.-(Speclal)
A 1-year-old of bpy, of Mr. and Mrs.
Buchanan died suddenly yesterday . after
noon. The baby was playing on the floor
and It must have put aomthlng in)
ita mouth and Inhaled It Into Its larynx,
death resulting almost Immediately. Mr,
Buchanan is visiting with his brother-in-law
Chris Nelson, about eight miles
south of town. Mr. Buchanan, whose home
is in Genoa, had a narrow escape from
death about three months ago when an
infuriated bull took after him. He still
is on crutches. F. W. Edwards', owner oi
the electric light plant,, is Mrs. Buch
anan'a father.
- HASTINGS, Neb.. Dec. 14. (Rpe-j
clal.) W. E. Andrews, former audi-!
tor of tbe I'nlted States treasury, haa
given out a statement of his platform i
In connection with hla candidacy for
the republican nomination for con
gress, lie favors a thorough revision
of the Underwood' tariff which, he de
clares, has hern a failure as a rev
enue producer and In this connection
favors the creation of a permanent
tariff eommiaalon to secure reliable
data on which to fix tariff rates,
rMlla On National Perense.
While favoring "an adequate national
defense," Mr. Andrewa declares, "If we
are ndt now threatened by anybody there
seems to be no occasion to Incur Uie ex
penditure of ll.Ooo.oio.oini at present for
national defense."
Ho takes a stand against the exporta
tion ot war munitions from this country
to the beligerents. He favors the estab
lishment of an International court of ar
bitration to Settle differences between
nations and to avoid war. The close of
the present war ha believes would be the
proper time to establish such a court.
Liberal pensions and legislation favor
able to labor, agriculture and Irrigation
are also on his program.
Mr. Andrewa calls attention to hla long
publio service first as a member of the
faculty of Hastings college from ISxS to
1SW; private secretary to Qovernor
Crounae, lffiS-4; member of oongresa from
tha Wfth district. 19M-7; auditor of tha
United States teaaury, IS7 to 1R1K, aa
qualifying him for good service because
of his Intimate knowledge with public
affairs.
Beaton & Laier Co.
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COLUMBUS, Neb.. Dec. II -(Special.)
Mark Burke, sheriff, haa been busy all
day serving summons on atl the saloon
keepers of "Columbus In a sutt brought by
Mrs. , Glarn of Fierce, Neb., for selling
Intoxicating liquors to her husband. One
hundred saloon keepers have been served
wth a summons In the cities of Norfolk,
Madison, Fremont, Columbus and
Omaha. The local saloon keepers will
hold a meeting this afternoon, to take
some united action.
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COLUMBUS. Neb., Dec. 11. (Special
Telegram.) The twenty-first annual con
vention of tha Nebraska Association of
ComrtiUsloners, Supervisors and County
Clerks was called to order by P. 3. Ken
nedy, president of the association, who
Introduced Judge Edgar Howard to de
liver the address of welcome In the ab
sence ot Mayor M. M. Hothleltner, whose
father very recently died. '
The response was made By Phil J. Ken
nedy, president "of the association, who
sounded the keynote of tha expectations
of the work ' which the organisation la
expected to do, enumerating and recom
me.odlng several improvementa In busi
ness matters pertaining to supervisors'
duties which should ba brought before
tha oonventlon. . I
About 150 members of tha association
have registered, among them are, P. J.
Kennedy, president; C. K. Hill, secretary.
Tomorrow Is the .big day for the conven
tion and a full representation of the
membership Is assured..
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KNIGHTS INITIATE FORTY
MADISON, Neb.. Dec. H.-(fipeclsl)
Madison council. No. 1788, Knights of
Columbus, Initiated its second class of
forty candidates Sunday afternoon and
evening. There were over 300 members
In 'attendance from Columbua. Humphtsy,
Albion, Greeley, Heatings. O'Neill, Bloom
field. Norfork and Cralghton.
At the conclusion of tha military cer
emony an elaborate banquet waa served
at St. Leonard'a hall, by tbe ladies of St.
Lonard'a parish. -
Rev. Edward 8. Muenich presided -is
toastmaster,
' TORK.', Neb., Dec. H (Special Tele
gram.) York is to have a new 175,000 ho
tel to. be biillt on the ground now occu
pied by the Lrf Grande hotel. The direc
tors of the Jerk County Commercial club
have orgiMttiWl a company which wltl be
lncorporftti for . tha above amount ot
capital with which to handle tha project
to.k will be Issued of tha value of 1100
per share and sold to 1 hose desiring to
purchsse. '
It Is j)!ahned to havs work on the build
ing' started In tha atkrly, spring.
Baj'm Bkall F-rarlared. . .' '
MCOOK. Neb., Dec.' li.-Special
John, the S-year-old " son of Rudolf
Lunkwlts, waa brought to a McCook
hoapital yesterday. Buffering with a se
vere fracture of the skull, the result of
a borsa kick in tha forehead. Much of the
frontal bone was removed. The lad's
condition is very serious. The father la
a farmer living a few miles aoutheast of
McCook.
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FALLS CITT, Neb.. Dee. II. (Special )
The. family under quarantine for diph
theria win be released and at thla time
no new cases have been reported. One
hw case of typhoid fever waa registered
with the Board of Health thla morning
In 'the person of Roecoa Rse. . He was
taken to tha city hoapital on Friday. Ha
was employed in a cafe and haa betn
(eeling badly for the last two weeks, but
did not give up until it was absolutely
necessary to-call a physician. The other
trphotd patients are running the regular
course of the disease, but are getting
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