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DAKOTA CITY, NEB., THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1915.
NO. 35.
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APPEAL HAS BEEN 8ENT TO TUR.
KEY TO PROTECT AR
MENIANS. FEARS FURTHER MASSACRES
Ambassador Morgenthau Instructed tc
8eek Intervention by Constantino
ple to Prevent Future Religious
Outbreaks. '
(Yealeni Newspipfr Union Mini Smlce.
Washington, D. C. An appeal for
relief of Armenians in Turkoy, follow
ing reported massacres and threat-Jt-Md
further outrages, was mado to
inu luniisn government Dy tne uniteu
States.
Acting upon the request of tho Rus
sian government, submitted through
Ambassador Beklunoteff, Secretary
Bryan cabled Ambassador Morgen
thau at Constantinople- to make repre
sentations to tho Turkish authorities
asking that steps bo taken for the
protection of Imperiled Armenians and
prevent tho ocurrence of religious out
breaks. Ambassador Bekhmeteff called at
the state department Tuesday with a
dispatch from his government, which
included an appeal to the president
of the United States for aid, forward
ed through tho Russian government
from tho Catholics of tho Armenian
church, at Etchmladzin In the Cau
casus. Russia being at war with Tur
koy could not qonduct negotiations In
the matter.
"The request from tho head of the
American church to this government,
forwarded through the Russian am
bassador," said Secretary Bryan, "is
the first official notice the department
has received (of the reported Armen
ian massacres. Our action was taken
as a matter of humanity. We notified
Mr. Morgenthau to submit the mat
ter to the Turkish government, ask
ing that inquiry be made and combin
ing therewith a request for represen
tations on behalf of Aromenians."
ALLIES DENT TURK WALL.
Capture Strategic Point at Mouth of
Dardanelles.
2,-jjndon. T,he march on Constant!-,
noples has begun. British and French
troops have effected a landing on both
sides of tho Dardanellss under what
are described as "excellent condi
tions," have taken many prisoners
and are continuing their advance.
The British war office and admiral
ty announce that "tho troops landed
on Galllpoli peninsula are, thoroughly
making good their footing with the
effective help of the navy."
Paris officially announces the occu
pation of Kum-Kaleh, on the Asiatic
side of tho strait, by French infantry
and artillery. That the Turks offered
desporate resistance to both the land
ing and occupation, although they
were under the guns of French war
ships, is indicated by the fact thai
they delivered seven counter attacks
and employed heavy guns.
Second Rover Interned.
Newport News, Va. The German
auxiliary cruiser Kronprlnz Wllhelm,
which put into Hampton Roads on
April 11 after a notable commerce de
stroying cruise, will be Interned until
after the war at tho Norfolk navy
yard near hor sister raider, the Prlnz
Eitol Frlederich.
Lieut. Capt, Thlerfelder, of the Wll
helm, has notitled Collector Hamilton
of his intention to intern in this la
conic message:
, A "Herewith I have to officially Inform
you that I intern."
No , explanation accompanied the
communication, but later tho German
commander said he had intended to
attempt a dash past tho allied war
ships off the Virginia capes, but this
the illness of more than sixty of his
sailors with beriberi would make that
Impossible before the expiration of
tho time that the United States gov
ernment granted to mako his cruiser
seaworthy. It was understood the
limit on that time was midnight of
April 30.
Fix Blame for Disaster.
Montreal. Tho admiralty court has
just handed down a decision holding
the collier Storstad responsible for
tho collision with the liner Empress
of Ireland In the St. Lawrence river.
May 29, 1914, an accident which cost
approximately 1,000 lives in the sink
ing of the liner with nearly all aboard.
No blame whatever Is attached to tho
captain or crew of tho liner by the
court.
California Approves Prison Labor
Sacramonto, Cal. Gov. Johnson haa
Blgned a convict labor bill permitting
prisoners of the stato penitentiaries
to build state highways. A statement
was Issued by tho governor in which
he said that apprehension that free
labor will bo affected is groundless.
Fire Ruins Many Books.
vSL Paul, Minn. Tons of water were
poured Into the St. Paul public libra
ry building to check a stubborn blazo
In tho basoment lato Tuesday iilght,
ruining more than 100,000 volumes,
valued at $150,000. Tho total loss
caused by fire, smoke and water was
estimated at $300,000.
Germans Collect Copper Coins.
Paris German agents aro reported
to bo collecting all tho copper coins
available throughout the Balkan states
and forwarding them to Germany,
"I. R." TELLS DEALS
SAYS WALL STREET TOSSED
THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN
TO CAMPAIGN FUND.
$100,000 GIVEN BY MORGAN
Harrlman Also Liberal Barnes Is
Called a Jekyll-Hde Politician
Whom Colonel Tried to Save From
Evil.
Syracuse, N. Y., April 22. After
nearly two days of dlrsof examina
tion, and with William Barnes resting
his case with the examination of ono
witness, lasting seven minutes, Theo
dore Roosevelt was placed under
cross-examination In tho Barnes
Roosevelt $50,080 libel suit
Political deals and manipulations
which landed Roosevelt In tho gover
nor's chair and started him on tho road
to tho White House were revealed.
Roosevelt was subjected to almost
merciless gi tiling when ho resumed
the witness stand.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
tossed Into tho Republican campaign
fund of 1904 by J. P. Morgan, E. H.
Harrlman, H. C. Frick, Jacob Schlff
and other Wall street leaders to elect
Roosevelt to the presidency wob ad
mitted on tho witness stand by Roose
velt. Tho former president gavo no
credit to this feature of the campaign,
however, for ho said:
"My election was already assured.
Tho money was for tho New York
state campaign."
Tho colonel said that J. P. Morgan,
E. H. Harrlman and several others
gavo $100,000 each to tho Republican
fund.
"But I made it plain that such con
tribution should be made with no
obligation made or implied," declared
Mr. Roosevelt
"How do you know such agreements
were made?"
"Mr. E. H. Harrlman told me."
Alliances with Republipan bosses to
obtain the 1904 Republican nomina
tion at Chicago was emphatically de
nied by Roosevelt
"I never moved a little finger to
get that nomination, except by my
public acts in office," Colonel Roose
velt testified. '
Tho colonel also revealed to tho
jurors that Damon and Pythias and
David and Jonathan were no moro
devoted to each other's Interests than
were Theodore Roosevelt and William
Barnes before ho discovered that Mr.
Barnes was a political Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde.
When Mr. Hyde got tho upper hand
of the combination Mr., Roosevelt and
Mr. Barnes fell out, according to the
colonel.
Mr. Roosevelt was interested in
Barnes because he was trying to ro
form him, the former president stated
under cross-examination by William
M. Ivins, chief counsel for Mr. Barnes.
He believed Barnes above tho aver
age politician morally, he said, and
he wanted to mako Barnes a useful
citizen. He wanted to preserve Doctor
Jekyll, but Mr. Hyde absorbed him.
3,000,000-MILE COMET TAIL
Photograph of Melllsh's Ethereal
Wanderer Reveals Formation of
Two Branches.
Flagstaff, Ariz., April 24. A direct
photograph of Melllsh's comet mado
at tho Lowell observatory shows a
tall composed of two divergent
branches, tho longer ono of which Is
probably not less than 3,000,000 miles
In length. Observations of tho spec
trum of tho comet revealed tho pres
ence of tho usual cometary gases. Cy
anogen 13 one of Its moro prominent
constituents, but appears in this com-'
et In peculiar spectroscopic form,
which may be of special scientific in
terest, while hydro-carbon Is less
prominent than In most comets.
Othor gases or vapors aro evidenced
by tho presence In tho spectrum of
soveral strong, bright bands, but the
chemical Identification of theso is as
yet unknown.
ACTS AS MAYOR IN PRISON
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Roberts' of Terre Haute Cuts Down
Police Force and Will Reduce
City Expenses,
Leavenworth, Ran., April 24. Mayor
Donn M. Roberts of Terro Haute, Ind.,
serving a six-year term In tho federal
penitentiary here, is continuing to ex
ercise the functions of mayor of bis
homo city. Ho had sent telegrams to
Terre Haute regarding tho appoint
ment of policemen. It Is said that ho
hau ordered the force cut down and
that he will send on a plan by letter
to reduce city expenses.
Nono of tho other Terre Haute offi
cials serving prison terms hero are at
tempting to run their offices.
William Thaw Is Unharmed.
Pittsburgh, April 2C Fears of Wil
liam Thaw II, who is serving as an
aviator with tho foreign volunteers
fighting for Franco, wero set at rest
when his father received a cablegram
which read: "William 'safe."
Big Order for Brakes.
New York, April 2C WeBtlnghouse
Air Brake company has announced the
receipt of an order for 17,000 lets of
nlr brakes. Tho order was worth $l,.
000,000, and Is the largest single air
fcrako order ever recorded
NO EMBARGO ON ARMS
PRESIDENT WILSON REPLIES TO
GERMAN PROTEST.
Executive Denies Charge of One-Sided
Neutrality In a Calm and Dig
nified Document.
Washington, April 23. Tho United
States will not apply an embargo on
arms or chango Its neutrality laws
during tho progress of tho war.
This is tho answer of President Wil
son to tho memorandum submitted by
Count von Bernstorff, the German am
bassador, impugning tho good faith ot
tho United States in the enforcement
of its neutrality.
Tho note, which was drafted by
Counselor Lansing and amended by tho
president, Is a calm and dignified re
pudiation of tho chargo mado by tho
ambassador. It rojects tho ambassa
dor's proposals to establish an em
bargo on arms and to use this coun
try's export trade as a means to com
pel England to permit foodstuffs to
reach Germany.
It proclaims tho policy of tho United
States to bo ns it has been, tho up
holding of lis rights as against any and
all belligerents and the enforcement of
thojlaws of neutrality which were in
force at the time tho war began.
Moreover, tho president asserts that
any chango of tho prlnclplo Involved,
such as tho German ambassador sug
gested, would bo a direct violation of
American neutrality.
The communication is courteous and
polite. Tho president shows his view
that it would havo been moro In keep
ing with tho proprieties had tho am
bassador mentioned several matters
connected with tho general subject of
American neutrality, which ho failed
to nentlon; and that the ambassador
stepped beyond tho bodnds when ho
sought to tako up with tho United
States questions this government is
discussing with Great Britain.
MRS. STORY'S TICKET WINS
D. A. R. President-General Retained
Office by a Majority of 234 Votes
Congratulated by Opponents.
Washington, April 24. Memorial
hall rang with cheers on Thursday
for Mrs. William Cummlng Story
When she called the congress of tho
Daughters of tho American Revolu
tion to order, following her re-election
as prcMdent-goneral. Sho also car
ried hor entire ticket to victory in tho
balloting. Mrs. Story was retained
In office by a majority of 234 votes.
Mrs. George T. Guernsoy of Independ
ence, Kan., went to tho platform and
congratulated her succcessful oppo
nent Ton Story vlco-presldent-gen-erals
wero chosen. Mrs. George E.
Ransdell, wlfo of tho senator from
Louisiana, was elected treasurer-gen-oral;
Mrs. William A. Smoot ot Vir
ginia, organizing secretary-general;
Mrs. Grace H. Pierce of Now York,
registrar-general, and Miss Natalie
Sumner Lincoln ot this city, editor of
the D. A. R. Magazine.
WILL NOT VISIT OKLAHOMA
President Not to Attend Convention
of the Southern Commercial Con-
gress at Muskogee.
Washington, April 23. President
Wilson will not attend the annual con
vention of the Southern Commercial
congress to be held in Muskogee,
Okla., from April 26 to 29, bocamo
known definitely.
Secretary of Labor Wilson will bo
tho only cabinet member present, but
among othor officials from Washing
ton who will attend aro Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury Malburn, As
sistant Secretary of Commerce Sweet,
and Assistant Secretary of Agricul
ture Vrooman.
STAR BALL PLAYER TO JAIL
Eddie Alnsmlth of Washington Team
Gets Thirty Days for Assault
Pitcher Joe Engel Fined.
Washington, April 22. Eddie Aln
smlth, premier catcher of the Wash
ington American league baseball
team, was sentenced to 30 days In the
workhouse without option of a line,
In the pollco court, after conviction of
an assault upon a street car motor
man. Joe Engel, a pitcher, was fined
$50 for participating in the assault
MARSH ON DEMOCRATIC BODY
Waterloo (la.) Man Elected National'
Committeeman to Succeed
Martin J. Wade.
Des Moines, April 23. W. W. Marsh
of Waterloo, la., was elected national
Democratic committeeman on Wednes
day to succeed Martin J, Wado, re
cently appointed district judge of tho
United States court f the southern
district of Iowa.
Violent Earthquake Is Recorded.
Buffalo, N. Y., April 20. An earth
quake ot unusual severity, sharp and
well developed, was recorded on tho
seismograph at Canlslus collego on
Friday. It was estimated the center ot
disturbance was 2,700 miles uouth.
All Concerned Hopeful.
Canton, O., April 26. The confer
ence between coal operators and min
ers ot Ohio, In an effort to Bottle tho
strlko which haa tied up mine opera
tions for moro than a year, oponed
br with all hopeful of settlement
SWEEP ALLIES BACK
GERMAN8' SUCCESSES NORTH OF
YPRES ATTRIBUTED BY FOE
TO GAS BOMBS.
FRENCH GAIN AT ST. MIHIEL
Nearly Half a Mile of Trenches Taken
at Famous "Wedge" on tho Meuse
Teutons Capture 1,000 Men and Four
Guns.
Berlin (via London, April 20.
An official report on tho progress ot
hostilities was given out In Borlln on
Friday. It said:
"In tho western area ot tho fighting
wo advanced from our front at Steen
straate, cast ot Langemarck, against
tho positions of tho enemy north and
northwest of Ypres. With a rush our
troops moved forward along a lino ex
tending as far as tho hills south ot
PUkcn nnd cast ot Douon.
"At tho samo Umo they forced their
way, after a stubborn fight, acroBB tho
Yser canal at Stconstraato and Hot
Sas, where they established themselves
on tho western bank of tho canal. At
least 1,600 French and British sol
diors wore taken prisoners and thirty
cannon, including four heavy British
guns, fell fnto our hands.
"Between tho Meuso and tho Mo
selle tho active fighting again bocamo
more lively. Tho artillery battles wero
especially florco at Corabres'St Ml
hlel and Aprcmont, as well as at a
point northeast of Fllrey. Infantry
attacks on tho part ot tho enomy fol
lowed only in the wooded country be
tween Allly and Apremont Tho
French penetrated this region into cer
tain sections of our foremost trenches,
but thoy wore partly driven out again.
Tho fighting at closo quarters con
tinues. "Tho villago of Embremeull, west
of Agrlcourt, which had been takon
by us and which was set on flro by
tho French with their shells, has boon
evacuated by our outposts. Tho hills
north and south of Embremeull wero
retained."
The French war office on Friday Is
sued tho foIow!ng statcmont:
"In tho evening there wero fairly
lively engagements In Bijgium. In
tho bend of tho Yser, north of Dlx
mudo, Belgian troops repulsed an at
tack against tho chateau of Vicoquo
and inflicted heavy losses on tho eno
my. North of Ypres tho Germans, by
employing largo quantities ot asphyxi
ating, bombs, the effect of which was
felt for a distance of two kllometors
(about a mile and a half) behind our
lines, forced us to retire In tho direc
tion ot tho Yser canal.
"Toward tho west and In tho direc
tion ot Ypres toward tho south, the
enemy's attack was checked. Vigorous
counter-attacks enablod us to regain
ground and mako many prisoners.
"In tho wooded valley near St Ml-
hlel, by an attack east and west of
tho positions previously captured, we
took 700 meters (nearly half a mile)
of trenches and made about ono hun
dred prisoners, Including three offi
cers." TEUTONS HUNT SEA FOR FOE
Berlin Declares Fleet Failed to Lo
cate Enemy Big Naval Bat
tle Rumored.
Berlin, April 26. Tho Gorman high
seas fleet Is scouring tho North sea
for (ho British floet, ready to glvo
battlo to Admiral Beatty In what will
beyond doubt bo the greatest naval
battlo in tho history of tho world
when It is fought. Tho following state
ment was Issued hero:
"Tho German high seas fleet re
cently carried out many cruises in
tho North oca, navigating in English
waters, but did not observe any Eng
lish vessels."
t Montreal, Quo., April 20. An ovo
ning papor prints a dispatch saying
that a Montreal banker has received a
cablo stating that a big naval battlo
Is raging in tho North sea.
THAW WINS COURT BATTLE
Slayer Granted .Jury Trial by Justice
Hendrlck Case Up on
May 17.
New York, April 26. Harry K.
Thaw on Friday won his long fight for
a sanity trial. Justice Hendrlck ot the
supremo court handed down a deci
sion granting tho slayer of Stanford
Whlto a hearing to determine whother
he is sano or insano. Tho trial ot
Thaw's sanity will bo conducted be
fore a Jury, Justlco Hendrlck deciding
that it was within his power to grant
this rcqueBt, and set tho trial tor
May 17. t
Thaw's lawyers declared that tho de
cision of tho court assured Thaw his
freedom, as thoy had no doubt they
would bo ablo to convlnco any fair
minded jury of his sanity.
Fleet Through Canal July 4.
Washington, April 26, Secretary
Daniels reiterated without qualifica
tion that tho Atlantic fleot will pass
through tho Panama canal to the Pa
cific In July. "Wo will bo In tho canal
July 4," said Mr. Daniels.
Exports Continue Big.
Washington. April 26. United
States exports In larch wero 290,
009,663 against 1187,499,334 for the
Bamo month last year Imports in
March wero 1168,040,210 against $182,
GG6.304 in March, 1914.
ITALY MAKES DEMANDS
DOCUMENT GIVE8 AUSTRIA MINI
MUM TEAMS OF PEACE.
All Ships to U. S. Are Held Mllltarj
Preparations Are Being Made
Along the Frontier.
Rome, April 24. A report reached
Romo from Potrognul on Thursday
that Italy had sont a noto to Austria
which virtually amounted to nn ulti
matum. Tho noto is said to embody
tho minimum terms upon which Italj
will consent to conclude an agroo
ment with Austria.
General opinion In Romo is that an
agreoment may still bo reached. Nev
ertheless, military preparations are be
ing continued with tho greatest ener
gy along tho frontlor, whoro Austria
Is concentrating troops.
All Gorman and Austrian subjects
In Switzerland, oven thoso who nover
did military sorvlco, wero recalled by
tholr respectlvo governments. News
reached Lugano that tho Italian gov
ernment had stopped tho trauBatlantlo
service with tho United States. Pas
sengers who had purchased tickets
havo had tholr monoy roturnod. Tho
Italian government, tho report says,
requires all tho steamships.
DlspatchcB wero received indicating
that all Bca communication between
Great Britain and tho Netherlands has
been cut off.
Taken In connection with tho an
nouncement a tow days ago that all
communication between Holland and
Germany had boon cut oft and with
tho nows that Holland was niBhlng
preparations for war, tho dispatches
assumo extraordinary significance. No
reasons wero given for tho action.
"DIVER" SUNK BY TEUTONS
British Submarine Destroyed In Raid
on Helgoland Others May
Be Lost.
Borlln (via Amsterdam), April 24.
British submarines which had entered
Helgoland bight wero attackod on
April 17 by German ships, ono and
probably others ot tho underwater
craft being sunk, tho admiralty an
nounced hero on Thursday. It was
prqbably tio. Intention, ot tho subma
rines to attack tho Gorman fleet' at
Helgoland. This is tho first reported
activity of British submarines in this
locality. It Is not yet known how thoy
escaped tho German mine fields. Tho
statement issued by tho admiralty fol
lows: "British submarines wero recently
ropcatedly observed in Holgoland
bight. Thoy wero attacked by tho Gor
man forces. A hostllo submarlno was
sunk on April 17. Probably others
wero destroyed, but this is uncertain."
i: IMPORTANT NEWS f
;i ITEMS J
Liverpool, April 23. Tho steamers
Defender and Gascony collided in tho
Mersey. Both wero badly damaged
abovo tho water line, but kept afloat
Calgary, Alberta, April 23. From
two to six Inches of snow has fallen
over tho entlro northwest section of
Alberta. Drifts two feet high aro
piled in highways as far south aa
Calgary.
Paris, April 23. Twenty-nlno more
French generals havo been placed ci
ther on tho rcservo or retired lists to
mako way for younger or moro active
men. Tho official journal contains tho
names of 11 generals of division and
18 generals of brlgado who havo been
relieved from activo service.
Philadelphia, April 24. The nation
wido unity of men, and plans for a
campaign for an Interdenominational
federation wero among tho questions
discussed by representatives ot tho
chapters throughout' tho eastern sec
tion ot tho United States and Canada
and Jamaica, who aro attending the
olevonth international convention of
tho Brotherhood ot Androw and Philip,
In session hero.
6,000 LOST IN YPRES BATTLE
Fight for Hill No. 60 Continues Brit
Ish Lost 2,000 and Ger
mans 4,000.
London, April 24. Hill No. 60, dom
inating an area to the southeast ol
Ypres, continues to bo tho storm cen
ter ot tho western front, with the Brit
ish clinging tenaciously to the ground
taken by assault last Saturday. Counter-attack
after counter-attack hat
been bo far successfully repulsed, but
tho British bold is still disputed by
tho Germans, and the end of tho lively
and costly fighting is not yet in sight
The British lossos havo not bocn an
nounced, but they nro estimated at
well over 2,000. Tho Germans aro be
lieved to havo lost moro than 4,000
men.
Train Hits Auto; Two Dead.
Philadelphia, April 24. Two per
sons wero instantly killed and a boy
badly Injured when their automoblU
was struck by a Pennsylvania train
near Tullytown, N. J. The dead:
John L. John, Mrs. Emma Myer,
Fire at Elk River, Minn.
Elk River, Minn., April 24. Six busi
ness buildings and ono resldonca was
destroyed In a flro that did $125,000
damage. Firemen from nearby cltlei
holpcd tho local department In ex
languishing tho blazo.
CONDENSED NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
Citizens of North Platte aro agi
tating paving.
Alnsworth is to havo a now $10,000
Junior high Bchool.
A $136,000 school bond voted on at
Hastings was defeated.
Alllanco gets tho next convention
of tho Nebraska T. P. A.
Soven blocks of paving will bo laid
in Kearney this season.
Thlrty-slx cases of smallpox havo
boon reported in Hastings.
Work has comencod on -tho now
Cornogio library at Harvard.
Plorco wont dry by thirty votos.
Mayor Duff was ro-olectcd.
Flro destroyed tho llvory barn ot
A. J. Hutchinson at Dlllcr.
Tho Kearney bascall teom will not
play Sunday ball this yoar.
Jitney cars havo been started at
North Platto by a local garago.
Sterling has voted in favor ot
bonds to build a water plant
Alfred Pont, editor of tho Stanton
Register, dlod at his homo in that
city.
200 acres of orchard havo bocn sot
out In tho vicinity of Shubort this
yoar.
Tho Odd Follows of Polk will soon
erect a now building at that placo to
cost $12,000.
Mayor Klblor of Kearney vetoed
tho ordlnonco raising tho salaries ot
tho city councllracn nnd himself.
Hugcno V. Dobs Is to epoak in
North Platto on Juno 2. Ho haB boon
Bccurod through tho efforts of local
socialists.
Nebraska Eagles will hold tholr
annual convention at South Omaha,
Juno 16-16-17. An olaborato program
is being planned.
Work lias started on tho taborna.
clo for tho Lowry-Moody ovangoliBtlo
meotlngs to bo hold at North Platto,
beginning May 2.
80,000 mules will be assembled at
Grand Island by a Kansas City dealer
for use in tho British army. They will
be shipped to Canada from that point
Farmers in tho vicinity of Grand Is
land havo been husking corn. Thoy
report the corn in good condition in
spito of staying in tho fields all win
tor. . Suggestion of Crawford Kennedy of,
Lincoln that tho republican 'national
convention bo held at Omaha In 1916
is meeting with support over tho
state.
MrB. Mary Francis Humphrey ot
Obert committed suicide by hanging.
Tho deed was done with a skipping
rope used by tho children of Dr.
Flold.
Tho contract for tho now Carneglo
library at Gothenburg was awrded to
Danlol Faublo of Grand Island. Ho
will begin tho erection of the now
$10,000 building at onco.
Flro of unknown origin destroyed
four framo buildings at Chapman, nnd
tho contents, and partly damaged tho
brick building ot tho Chapman Stato
bank. Tho total loss amounts to
$16,700.
Among, tho "living wax figures" pro
vided by teachers in a special enter
tainment at tho Longfellow school at
Hastings was a striking impersona
tion ot John O'Connor, dead more
than a year, but yot unburled.
Lighting bonds ot tho village ot
Maxwell havo been registered with
Stato Auditor Smith In tho sum ot
$6,000. Tho villago of Lyons has reg
istered $15,000 worth of bonds, nlso,
for an electric lighting plant
Alvah Street, a 16-year-old boy liv
ing south of Merna, died in a mys
terious manner. He took a doso of
effervescent salts ot a standard
brand, and a fow minutes later went
Into convulsions, dying a short tlmo
after.
Tho grain elevator belonging to
Secfus & Docrson at Elkhorn, was
completely destroyed by flro. About
7,000 bushels of grain wore destroy
ed. Tho total Iobb is estimated be
tween $10,000 and $12,000, tho elo-
vator being worth about $6,000.
Atlas Smith was instantly killed by
electrocution on tho transmission,
wires ot tho bridgo betweon Scottu
bluff and Goring. Tho boy wob AbIh
Ing and undertook to untangle his
lino from tho llvo wires. Hlo body,
when recovered from tho stream, was
burned bluo.
Tho abstract of tho condition of Uia
nntlonal banks of Nebraska, oxcluslvo
of reserve cities at tho closo ot busi
ness on March 4 as reported to the
comptroller of tho currency, shows
tho reserve hold at 27.15 per cent;
loans and discounts, $54,584,850; gold
coin, $1,048,313; lawful monoy re
serve, $2,765,823; deposits, $52,909,434.
Richardson county Is claiming,
with many othor sections ot tho coun
try, nn Interest In tho preliminary
training of tho present champion of
llBtlc circles. It is asserted that Joss
Willard, a fow yoars ago, was a cham
pion corn Bhucker in tho vicinity of
Baradn, and 1b quite woll remembered
by many of tho people of that vicinity.
Catching hor skirt in a chair from
which sho was arising, Mrs. W. H.
Lynn, wlfo of tho former city physi
cian of Hastings, fell, breaking her
loft wrist
Hastings Commercial club, mayor
and postmaster wrlto Secretary of
Stato Bryan asking that "Llborty
Bell" train stop there on way to Pan
ama exposition.
President Wilson haa appointed
John C. Morrow of Scottsbluff to be
receiver of public monoy at Alliance,
and Thomas J.O'Koero to bo register
of tho land office at tho same placo
SESSION ON TRAIN
PRES8 ASSOCIATION CHOOSE
NOVEL MEETING PLACE.
WESTERN CITIES WILL HELP
8cottsbluff Offered Thousand Dollars
As Starter. Davis of Ord
Made President.
Omaha. Tho 1916 meeting of tut
Btato press association will bo hold
on a special train as it cavorts
through tho western part of tho stato,
At tho meeting held In this city lost
week a resolution offered by Edltot
Wood ot tho Goring Courier to thai
offoct, was unanimously adopted. Th
oxecntiro committee will havo charga
of tho arrangements for tho meeting;.
Tho Commercial club of Scottsblufl
offered a thousand dollars toward
paying tho expense ot tho train, and
other cities In that section will pay
PRESIDENT NEBRASKA STATU
' PEESS ASSOCIATION.
T. , TT Tlrv
a largo part of tho remainder of the
cost Tho editors from that section
want thq editors of nil otbr parts ol
tlib stato "to como and soo what sort
of an empire is bolng built in that
part of Nebraska, and tho associa
tion accepted tho Invitation.
Ed Whltcomb of tho Friend Journal
was awarded tho gold medal offered
for the man who could show tho great
est number of years of continuous
service on a Nebraska mswspaper,
having been In tho newspaper busi
ness for thirty-eight years, starting in
1877.
Tho urgent need for a school ot
Journnllsra in tho University of Ne
braska, was pointed out in resolu
tions adopted by tho association. The
editors urged the co-operation of tho
stato university in securing such an
institution.
Horace M. Davis, publisher of tho
Ord Journal, was elected president ot
tho association.
Fully two hundred edltora and theti
wIvob attended tho convention and
from all appearances all bad a de
lightful tlmo.
Arithmetical Wonder.
Broken Bow. Mjss Ada Nowmaa,
teacher in school district No. 22, this
county, has a small pupil in whom
sho takes much interest Horbert
Moaas is tho boy's name and, though
only 6 years old, Is thoroughly famil
iar with tho third reader, can multi
ply any problem set before him and
does intricate .division problems with
ease and accuracy. Ho is a son of
Mrs. Albert Rhodo of that vicinity.
Editor of Stanton Register Dead.
Stanton. Alfred Pont, editor and
proprietor of tho Stanton Register, Is
dead. Ho was ono ot Stanton's most
progressive ,and influential men, and
through his efforts a now high school
building was erectod, sqwer system
Installed and tho light plant pur
chased. Ho wan 49 years old. Ha
leaves a wlfo and two children.
Loneliness Causes Suicide.
North Platto. With a bullet
through his heart and a revolver
clasped In his right band, Horace
Bartholomew, a bachelor homestead
er, was found doad In his bod at his
lonoly ranch house near here by
Sheriff Salisbury. It is thought prob
ablo that lonollness affected his mind.
Disc Runs Over Boy.
Hastings Tho 14-year-old son ot
Mr, and Mrs. Jacob' Burr, was
terribly bruised and hacked by a farm
disc when tho four horses which
young Burr was driving on tho road
becsine frlghtoned. As thoy ran Burr
was thrown at their heels in front of
the sharp disc knives.
O n a Killed the Othe r.
West Point. After a searching in
quiry by a coroner's Jury into tho
causo ot tho deaths of Herman
Wruck and hlB wife, a verdict based
on all tho obtainable ovWenco was to
tho effect tha ono killed the other
and that in the scufflo a lighted lamp
was upset and tho house set on flro.
Which of the two was tho first to dlo
was not determined by the juryp
An examination of tho body ot
Wruck revealed no trace of auy dis
cernible Injury, such as had been pre
viously stated was found.
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