THE BEE: OMAHA. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 25. 1917.
Nebraska
FREMONT CITY
. OFFICIALS tO BE
ARRESTED TODAY
County Attorney Magney Files
I Complaint Alleging Unsam-" ,
' tary Sewerage System;
- Hearing Here.
i County Attorney Majjney, at the
Request of Attorney General Reed,
bis filipd: complaints jn. Douglas coun
ty attainst city officials of Fremont,
Dodge county. An unsanitary sewer
age system, which discharges into
Rawhide creek; and the attorney gen
eral alleges, "into and upon lands and
,near the residences of numerous citi
zens, of Dodge and Douglas counties,
creating a Icommon nuisance in the.
state," is the basis of the complaint.
', Deputies from Sheriff Clark's of
fice will go to . Fremont , today
armed with warrants for the arrest
of the following Fremont city offi
cials: William C. Wiley, mayor, and
Henry Dohl, Charles Cuykendale,
Frank Wallace, Jacob Rogers, H. S,
Murphy, William Fisher, Henry C.
Holton and C. M. Harrington, coun
citmen. - . .
County Attorney Magney has or
dered the sheriff to bring the Fre
mont officials to Omaha for hearing
in county court here. The maximum
fine for the offense is $500.
J Impurities from the Fremont sew
erage ystern are a menace to the
health of citizens , of Dodge- and
Douglas counties, according to the
complaint,, which. was . filed by ..the
County attorney and sworn to by
Paul Steinwender.
. , . .ii a;
Southwestern Dentists
i Hold Meeting at Cambridge
i Cambridge, Neb., .Oct. 24. (Spe
cial.) The tenth annual meeting of
the Southwestern Nebraska Dental
society was held here October 22.
Twenty members andeveraVvisiting
dentists - from other - districts were
present.-.. - .'.,' ;.'..,"
During the sessions there were pre
sented interesting and instructive pa
pers and clinics by the following: Dr.
E. A. Meservey of Kearney, Dr. S. F;
Schwartr of Lincoln, Dr, J. E.. Wait
of Superior, Prof. E. L. Mueller of
Omaha, "as welt as by several local
dentists.
' The following officers were elected
lor 1918: President, Dr. W. D. Grandy,
Superior; vice president, Dr. H. R..
Belville, Holdrege; secretary, Dr. R.
G. Phelps. Holdregei-treasurer. Dr. J.
D. Hamilton, Orleans, and delegate to
the executive council of. the state
meeting, Dr. R. W. Winteriteen, Hol
drege. Superior was chosen for the 1918
meeting. The meeting closed with a
banquet at the Perry hotel t
U. S. Radio Instructor ; 1 V':
; Weds Grand Island Girl
Grand' Island, Neb., Oct 24. (Spe.
eial.) j- Miss Magdalene Roeier,
'daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Roe
ser, was married yesterday at St.
Mary's parsonage to Stanley W, Harr
iett, son. of Mrs. Dodd of Sioux City,
la., the ReV. Father" Heims officiating.
Miss Roeser has for some time been
assistant in the office of County Judge
Mullin. MlV Bartlett was Associated
Press operator in the office of the
) independent until July-1 last, when
e enlisted in the signal service de
partment of the army and soon be
, came-' an-instructor at the Great Lakes
training.iStation and has now been
promoted to instructor - in radio at
Harvard university, Cambridge, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett departed at
noon today for Mr. Bartlett' s new
post Mr. Bartlett did two years of
wireless work: in Honolulu and also
served is wireless operator on the
steamship China for several trips.
Shoplifting" by Wholesale '..
k " " Charged Against Family
Grand Island. N'eb, Oct. 24,! (Spe
cialsMr.; and., Mrs. ,-George . Gans,
Mamie Gans and George. Gans, jr,
were arrested here a( they were leav
ing the Kaufman variety store on a
charge of shooliftinor.r The family re
sides six miles south of St. Paul, Neb.,
and came to- this thy in their car to
shop. -Ob the -persons of each and in
the car goods were-found which are
alleged to hive been stolen.- -The arti
cles included . six'-robber - balls, two
dolls, two dresses, two toys, one doll
, sweater,' two shirts;--two pairs of
gloves, a pair of overalls,-26 handker
chiefs, two pairs-of undergarments,
two aproAs, and' at least 100 other
articles. They are teld for trial under
oona or ea.cn. " iue trial has
been set for" Saturday morning, yj
Hartington Church Calls i i
;Rev.uMuhseH of Nehawka
Hartington. Neb-, Oct 24(Speciai:)
The First Congregational church of
Hartitigtoa . lias , extended a call- to
Rev.. J. . Guy Munsell of Nehawka to
become its pastor. The call has been
accepted and the new pastor will
probably .commence his -work -here
early in November. Rev Mr, Munsell
occupied the pulpit of , the .Congre
gational church Sunday! and Monday
, evening the congregation metrand
voted 9 extend him call, v : -.t
Tom Sweeney, Rapid
City, Injured When ;
Engine Hits Auto
Rapid City, S. D.. Oct. 24. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Tom Sweeney.
orominent citizen of Rapid City, was
severely injured early today when an
automobile in which he was r.iding
was hit by a switch engine. He was
thrown from the car, his scalp torn
from his head and his skull injured.
He has a chance for recovery, physi
cians say.
Sweeney, with C. ). Bucll and John
Brennarti two other prominent resi
dents, were leaving the city to solicit
Liberty bond subscriptions. Buell
and Brennan were slightly bruised.
Mr. Sweeney is known in commer
cial circles all through the country
by .his advertising slogan, "Sweeney
wants to see you." He is proprietor
and manager of a big department
store here and has been a resident of
the city for a number of years.
Kraus Found Guilty in
Murder Trial at Wilber
Wilber, Neb., Oct. 24. (Special.)
The jury in the murder trial of Ru
dolph Kraus returned a verdict yes
terday of murder in the first degree,
and recommended that he be sen
tenced to life imprisonment. The
crime for which he was tried was the
shooting of his wife and two children,
a girl of 5 years and a boy of 4, on
February 20, then sending a bullet
into his own head, which caused total
blindness. He admitted that he com
mitted the deed-, and said he was not
sorry as he could not bear to see the
children suffer poverty and sickness.
His defense was that he was insane
from belief that his wife and both
children were affected with tubercu
losis, and' that he believed he was
doing the right thing in ridding them
of their suffering.
Kearney Alien Is Arrested
For Alleged Disloyal Talk
Kearney, Neb., Oct. 24. (Special.)
Martin Zschacka, a native of Saxony,
Germany, was arrested by United
States Deputy Marshal Lincoln yes
terday; charged with being an alien
enemy and having fire arms in his
possession. Zschacka has been em
ployed on farms near Pleasanton and
Litchfield for the past six years. Of
late, it is alleged, he hat given free ex
pression to pro-German sentiments
and this brought him under obser
vation of the federal authorities. He
is alleged to have said at one time
that before the war was over the pres
ident and members of his cabinet
would.be .killed. The man, under
cross-examining, maintained he did
not know this country was at war
with the kaiser and that be did not
realize that having fire arms in his
possession was an offense against the
government lit threatened at first
to make trouble for the arresting of
ficer, but finally was prevailed to ac
company him quietly.
Thayer County Forgets
Crop Loss in Big Bond Rally
Deshter, v Neb.,- Oct. 24-(Special
Telegr&m.) In iplttf'of the fact that
Thayer cotinty lost, its entire winter
wheat crop 'and faces a shortage' ir all
crops, it is coming forward nobly in
response to the call for. Liberty bands.
Over $18,000 worth have been sold in
Deshler including 'the Spring Creek
precihct A Liberty bond fire cele
bration was held last evening and was
participated in by the band and school
children. 1 Rev. Mr. Lewis of Hebron
addressed .the large audience, .The
Woman's club hat taken two $50
bonds. ., . . . ; ' ' . .
Numerous employe of 'the broom
factory are signing for $50 and $100
bonds. Schools were dismissed today
ana committees are nara at wortc on
the big bond drive.
Court Orders Guardian to
V Invest Funds in Bonds
.Broken Bow, Neb.. Oct. 24. (Spe
cial.) A departure in court rulings
was made by Judge Ford today when
he ordered guardian funds to be in
vested in Liberty bonds. A petition
was filed jn the county court by Frank
Skillman of this city, guardian of
Curtis Bradshaw, insane, asking for
permission to invest the funds in his
hands as guardian and suggesting to
the court that Liberty bonds would be
safe investment Hearing was had
upon the petition and the court or
dered the guardian to make the in
vestment of the entire amount in his
handa in Liberty bonds, j ,.
CONVICTS TAKE
LIBERTY BONDS
Nearly Three Thousand Dollars
Subscribed by Men in State's
Prison at Lincoln; War
den's Son Passes List.
Soldiers Home Notes
Grand Xaland. Oct. S4, (BpadalVu.
Conrsdr Jam MeClay of -Compani B.
Twenty-sixth Ponn.jlvanla infantry, and a
mnbr of Borkett alnca 111 I. di.j gtur
djr at Aurora. Nab., whllo out on furious n.
Mr. XcClar waa bora, tat Iralaad aa waa
It ycara kL
Order!? 8twart was taJcaw wddenly tli
rmwusr Kin u mw connaea to oil room
under the doctor1 care, : i . . . :
The farm Maperlntendent remarked laat
Sunday that if ke could have fair weather
on 'Monday and Tuesday of thla -k .
would havrtouwid on of the ftneat tl-aer
crop of pot loco that ha been ralaed la
Hall county in many moon. H h.m
them.- Oa Wedneeday of thto week, the
maKm win oenn. ' - .
Mrs Barbir- wai liken aaddanlv In
Saturday .afternoon and vaa removed to
me men noapitai Bunaay.
A larra number of our veteran toldlen
have returned from the . national reunion
at Vteksburr. JtlM.. and are hlaaly pleaaed
with their trip. , The report a moat ax
cellent tlin. -
Biebop-pvfrynd Rev.; Father Reimee
of Oraad Ielaal were ploaaast caller at
Burkett laat Bunday. Thla la . the firet call
the blahap tl fnada line bl arrival her
ana a number ezpremed regret that no an
bouneement wa mad of hi comina.
, Grandma Shoffar, who ha been vlalting
with relative in Iowa for several weeks,
ha returned and 'withstood the trip very
weii. bbi report a man njoysni visit.
"Th Peril of Vcctntimw
, . - Hear ,
Mrt. Little's Address
THURSDAY EVENING
at a o'clock
Prairie Park Club
26th St and Ames Are.
Everybody Iiivitad -Saats Fra
AuipScm of CQKtmittM of Protatt
(From a Blaff Correfpondntit.)
Lincoln, Oct. 24. (Special.) Pris
oners at the state penitentiary appear
to be patriotic and while the word
"liberty' appeals to them a little dif
ferently than it does to others, they
feel they stand on an equal footing
with everybody else when the name
of "liberty" i connected up with an
investment in bonds for the prosecu
tion of the war.
Bryan Fenton. the young son of the
warden, one of the live Boy Scouts of.
Lincoln, took the job of soliciting for
the sale of bonds at the institution of
which his father is the head, and the
inmates subscribed the sum of $2,850.
Members of the warden family and
two of the employes subscribed $750
more.
The highest subscription came from
John G. Hamlin, a life rrisoner. who
subscribed for $400. He was closely
followed, by another life man, Lewis
Keczer, who took $350. Then came
William Jordan, with $250, Harry
Forbes with $200. Charles Hawkins
and George McClellan for $150 each,
William rlege, Charles Locopoulos,
Isadore Sitzman, George Stewart, Joe
Lewis, Clyde hllington and Henry
Burrows for $100 each, and the fol
lowing for $50 each: George B. Ward,
Alma Ward, W. L. Brown, Samuel
Baxter, Ray Brown, Howard Bailey,
John Bell, Thomas Haley, Frank
Miller, Charles Wagner, Silas Deer
dorff, Frank J. Dorr and Archie Ed
wards, uenerally the larger subscrip
tions were taken by life men.
Warden f enton took $-ZUO, Mrs.
Fenton $200. little Helen Ruth Fenton
$100 and Bryan Fenton $100. Book
keeper James O Connell took $200 and
a guard, J. E. Evans, $50.
Furnas County Bankers
Organize; Davis, President
Arapahoe, Neb., Oct 24. (Special.)
The bankers of Furnas county met
at the Arapahoe Mate bank and
formed a county association. T. M.
Davis of the First State bank of
Beaver City was elected president, and
R. J. Finch of the Citizens' State bank
of Arapahoe was elected secretary.
Mr. Mohney and Mr. Williams of Edi
son and Mr. Springer of Oxford were
appointed- a committee to prepare the
constitution and bylaws for the as
sociation. State House Newspaper
Workers Will Form Club
(Krom a Staff CorreHondnt.)
Lincoln. Oct. 24. (Special.) The
state house is to have a gridiron 'club
made up from state officers and em
ployes who have been at some time in
the newspaper game. Its membership
also will include newspaper reporters
covering the state house regularly or
as substitutes.
The call sent out is' signed by Sec
retary of State Fool. Deputy Auditor
Ayers and Commissioner Mayfield of
the state board of control. The or
ganization will take place at the board
of control offices at 4 o'clock Saturday
afternoon.
Among the number on the list be
sides the above committee are:. W. H.
Smith, state auditor; Lee Metcalfe,
private secretary to the governor;
Lieutenant Governor Edward How
ard; Will M. Maupin, Publicity com
missioner; H. L. Cooper, deputy sec
retary of state; J. F. Webster, print
ing commissioner; H. G. Taylor, rail
way commissioner; Grant L. Shum
way, land commissioner; J. W.
Thomas, deputy land commissioner;
J. M. Thompson, State Journal; E.
E. Wolfe. Lincoln Star; P. A. Bar
rows, Omaha Bee; J. E. Lawrence,
Omaha World-Herald; Roy Hilton,
Omaha News; H. C. Richmond, sec
retary State Council of-Defense; T.
C. Palmer, chief cherk state live stock
commission; H. T. Dobbins, Lincoln
News; Mrs. Weekes, Sophus Neble,
jr., and Nell A. Schmidt of the food
commission; T. L. Browne, secretary
of the railway commission. y
Lincoln Gas Company Asks
To Raise Its Charge
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Oct. 24. (Special.) Gas
rates in Lincoln may go up with ev
erything else, depending whether the
city council listens to the tale of woe
put up by the Lincoln Gas company
that the present rate of $1 per 1,000
is not sufficient to cover cost of pro
duction. The change asked for is of
a temporary nature lasting only until
the war is over and business again
reaches its normal condition.
The company says the net cost of
producing gas the last three months
was 94.36 cents per 1,000 cubic feet
as against 64.76 cents in 1915. The
company says that in 1913 the cost of
coke was $6.90, whi)e now it is $12,60.
The i same year the price of gas oil
was 3.21 cents per gallon, while now
it is 6 cents, and that material has ad
vanced 100 per- cent.
Huge
Water Leak Found
At State Penitentiary
(From a Staff Correspondent).
Lincoln, Oct. 25. The problem , of
water supply at the state penitentiary
is believed to have been solved. For
years the institution has wrestled
with it and many wells have been
sunk , in an effort to obtain "the
amount of water needed. ,
This week is was discovered that
an old pipe which had been carrying
water. for the institution had a hale
in it. which had rusted .through and
the water' was escaping at-a rapid
rate. A lest "of, the capacity, of the
hole shQwed1hat. 42 KPllons per min
ute had been theaste,; which would
mean that 60,480 gallons itr day or
3,15560 a year, and there, is no way
of telling now long the water has
been running to waste.
The hole was stopped up and as
a result the institution has been able
to shut off one of its pumps.' The
leak had not been discovered because
it was ninriing'.'into an abandoned
well . which'.haeLrbecn partially filled
with loose sand 'and other material
giving plenty of chance for the water
to seep away.
State House Officials
: Aid in Liberty Drive
(From Staff Correspondent.) (
Lincoln, Oct. 24. (Special.) This
was Liberty bond sale day at the tate
house. Offices generally were-closed
during the afternoon, while the offi
cials and their employes were observ
ing the day subscribing for the bonds
or soliciting. '
Already a good block of bonds has
been taken by the state house people
and it is expected more will subscribe.
The feeling which existed at the time
of thefi rst sale appears to have en
tirely gone.
American Express Company
Pays Its Occupation Tax
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Oct. 24. (Special.) The
American Express company paid into
the state treasury this morning $14,
389.62 as its occupation tax under the
Smith law. The tax was paid under
protest, pending a case now going
through the courts as to the validity
of the law.
Eighteen Hundred Sixty
Voting Precincts in State
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Oct. 25. (Special.) Be
cause of the increase in ouglas county
of 44 new voting precincts and one in
Lancaster cqunty, there will be at
least 1,860 voting precincts in the
state at the next election. Last year
the number was 1,815.
2,700,000 Tons Wool
In U. S. Allotment
To Canadian People
Washington, Oct. 24. Under ' a
definite allotment of American coal
for Canada, announced tonight by the
fuel administration, about 2,000,000
tons of bituminous and 700,000 tons
of anthracite will be permitted to
move across the Canadian border dur
ing the next two months. .
The allotments, which! will ma
terially reduce the volume of exports,
were arranged in consultation with the
authorities and after 4 review of
statistics showing the dominion's fuel
consumption during the past year and
the future needs of its industries and
domestic consumers,
It was announced that Admin
istrator Garfield had insisted that
Canada be treated as well as the
United States in the matter of coal,
but no better, and that the Canadian
government recognized the United
States was warranted in taking the
present step to protect the interests
of its consumers.
York County Will Take
More Than Half Million
York, Neb., Oct. 24. (Special Tele
gram.) The drive for subscriptions
ior war bonds in York county has met
with a generous response from the
citizens of the county. A meeting was
held in the opera house this afternoon.
Ex-Senator Burkett was the prin
cioat speaker.
The banks have taken $337,500 of
the $519,000 allotted to York county.
The 'individual subscriptions had not
been reported to Chairman Hart this
evening, but he is confident York
county will subscribe its share of
the loan. The county board of su
pervision subscribed for $10,000 of the
war bonds.
Box Butte County Puts
In Intensive Bond Drive
AilianceD, Neb., Oct. 25. At mid
night ringing bells and blowing whis
tles announced the opening of a cam
paign for Liberty bonds to last two
days. Today school children paraded
the streets with flags and banners
urging the purchase of Liberty bonds.
$10,000 was subscribed by Burlington
shop employes in 2 hours. The quota
for Box Butte county will be over
subscribed by tomorrow night
Persistent Advertising Is the Road
to Success.
CLEANLINESS AND
NATOREHEALERS
Incision Method of Treating
Wounds Found Better Than
Any of the Known
Germicides.
Chicago, Oct. 24. That nature and
cleanliness stilt are the greatest heal
ers and that the world is yet to dis
cover the perfect germicide are as
sertions made before the eighth an
nual session of the Clinical Congress
of Surgeons in session here today.
More than 2,500 physicians and sur
geons from this country and from
England and France are in attend
ance.
Sir Berkely Moynihan of Leeds,
England, member of the British army
medical staff, and Major George W.
Crile of Cleveland, both of whom have
worked along the front in France, de
clared in addressing the surgeons that
the incision method of treating the
most terrible gunshot wounds did
away with both antiseptic solutions
and drainage and that perfect healings
were obtained in ten days. Dr. Moy
nihan asserted he had been able to
discard all the recent solutions used
as antiseptics and employed no other
methods than cleansing the wounds,
sewing them tight before infection set
in and then leaving nature to do, the
rest.
These upsets of theories and -inventions,
all of which were ascribed to
the lessons the war has taught, were
not accepted without protest. Major
Edward Martin of Philadelphia de
fended the germicide solutions and
declared he believed neither surgeons
nor patients would sleep well if a
mere washing and sewing tight of the
wound were the only methods em
ployed. Gage County Expects to
Raise More Than Million j
Beatrice, Neb., Oct. 24. (Special '
Telegram.) The committee in charge
of the Liberty bond drive in Gage
county announced this evening that
more than the county quota of $1,000,
000 would be subscribed. Dewitt
held a patriotic meeting this ' after
noon addressed by George Hastings
of Crete. The sum of $9,000 was raised
at the meeting. The two banks
doubled that amount, $6,000 already
raised made the total $24,000.
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