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DAEvTA
COUNTY HERALD.
Motto: All The News When It Is News.
VOL. 23.
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1015.
NO. 47.
GERMANS STILL GAIN
FRANK'S THROAT GUI
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DRIVE ON WARSAW FROM THE NORTH
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RUSSIAN FORCES LOSE MORE
VANTAGE POINTS WAR8AW
SEEMS LOST.
CAPITAL IS IN ACUTE PERIL
British Public Opinion Is that Cap
ture of Warsaw Is Certain Teu
ton Official Statement Claims
Sweeping Successes.
Wntern Nmrtpipet Union Nf Serrlc.
London. From the Bhores of the
Culf of Riga, in the north part of
Poland, Into which they drove the
Russians from Gnllcla, the Austro
ofe.'man armies are still surging for
ward, and If Warsaw can be denied
them it will be almost a miracle.
This seems to be the consensus of
opinion, even among those In Eng
land wno heretofore have been hope
ful that the Russians would turn and
deliver a counter blow, and news of
the evacuation of the Polish capital
followed by the triumphant entry of
the Germans amid such scenes as were
enacted at Przemysl and Lemberg
dtould come :ib no surprise.
" The German official statement, be
ginning its recital at the northern tip
of the eastern battle line, records the
progress of the German troops to
within about fifty miles of Riga; then,
following the great battle arc south
ward, chronicles further successes in
the section northeast of Warsaw, cul
minating In the capture of Ostrolenka,
ono of the fortresses designed to
shield the capital. The acute peril
to Warsaw Ib accentuated by the Rus
alan official communication, which
aays that German columns are within
artillery range of the fortress of Nowo
Goorgtovsk, the key to the capital
from the northwest, and only about
twenty miles from It.
Immediately southwest of the city
and less than twenty miles from it,
Blonle has fallen, and further south
Qrojec; while German cavalry are
astride the important railway from
Radom to Ivangcfrod. The Lublln
Cholm railway is still in the hands of
the Russians, so far as is known, but
tho town of Lublin has either been
captured or Is in danger of falling into
tho 'trip of the uatro-Genrnnn, tho
ItuMlan commander in chief having
issued, through the civil governor, an
order that In case of retreat, the male
population is to attach Itself to the
Tetreatlng troops.
ZAPATA FORCES RETURN.
Once More In Control of Mexican Capi
tal Out Ten Days.
Washington. Dispatches to the
state department from Mexico City
announced that Zapata forces reoccu
pled tho capital Sunday following the
evacuation by the Carranza army un
der Gen. Gonzales.
Zapata officials were said to have re
sumed full control of the city from
which they were driven ten days ago
by Gonzalez, Avho now has gone north
ward with his troops to meet an ad
vancing Villa force.
This unexpected development came
as a surprise not only to officials of
the Washington government, but to
both the Mexican agencies. It has
been supposed that the Zapata army,
defeated nnd harassed on retreat, was
operating along the railroad to Vera
Cruz waiting an opportunity to form
n junction with the Villa column ap
proaching' from the north.
Deaf Mutes Dance.
San Francisco. A ball In which tho
W dancers could not hear the music was
a feature of the converitton of tho
National Association of the Deaf.
Members of the association laughed at
tho suggestion that they could not
dance as easily as anybody. Most of
thorn, it was explained, caught the
vibrations of the music through the
floor. Others who could not do this
said they watched the ones who could.
15,000-Word Tale Filed.
New York. Another offort to save
the life of Charles Becker, the former
New York police lieutenant, who is
sentenced to die July 28 for instigat
ing the murder of Herman Rosenthal,
the gamblor, was made July 20 when a
fifteen thousand word statement, pre
pared by Decker In the Sing Sing
prison death house, and said to con
tain numerous facts, was placed In the
hands of Gov. Whitman at Albany.
Train Drops 200 Feet.
Dalhart, Tex. A 200-foot plunge In
to a gulch at Indianola, near hero,
killed three men and smashed an en
gine and ten loaded freight cars. Tho
freight was on tho El Paso and South
western railroad and ran through u
bridge ovor tho gulch. Tho dead are
Engineer Brickley, Fireman Pricer
and Brakeman Kirley, all of Tucum
carl, N. M.
Flood's Toll Enormous.
Washington. D. C From 80.000 to
100,000 IIvoh have been lout in the
floods in tho vicinity of Canton, China,
according to a cablegram to tho state
depnrtmont from Poking.
War Burden Grows Dally.
London. A new vote of credit of
150,000,000 ($750,000,000) has been
introduced in tho house of commons,
With the .iin'iuM votd between Au
gust 1 and March 1 the grand total
is jtl.01-000 000 (15 000,000,000).
FELLOW PRI80NER SLA8ME8 HIM
WITH BUTCHER KNIFE WHILE
HE SLEEPS.
HAS CHANCE FOR RECOVERY
Miscreant's Only Excuse Is That "He
Thought It Should Be Done" Gov
ernor Harris to Start Investigation
of Affair.
Millodgeville, Ga., July 20. Loo M.
Frank is lying in tho Georgia stato
prison hospital with a Jagged wound
in his throat made by a fellow pris
oner armed with a butcher knife. At
tendants say he has a fighting chance
for reoovery. Physicians have suc
ceeded In stopping the flow of blood
from tho wound.
William Creen, a follow convict, also
serving a Ufo torm for murder, slashed
Frank as tho latter slept In his bunk
In a dormitory late Saturday night.
An investigation of tho attack prob
ably will bo conducted by the Georgia
prison commission, tho samo body
that refused to recommend that
Frank's death sentence for tho murdor
of Mary Phagan bo commuted to Ufo
Imprisonment. Reports from Atlan
ta wero that Governor Harris inti
mated he would start such an Investi
gation to ascertain if -reen acted nn
tlroly of his own volition.
Creen said, when taken from soli
tary confinement long enough to be
questioned, that he planned tho attack
alone and that no ono know what ho
intended to do. He was not communi
cative and gave as his only excuso
that "he thought it should bo dono."
Ho said, however, ho regretted his
act.
Frank was quartered at night In a
dormitory with about 100 other pris
oners nnd occupied a bunk about 40
foot from one of the two doors to tho
largo room. Creen's bunk was fourth
from his. No prisoner Is allowed to
leave his place without permission
from one of the two guards stationed
at tho dormitory at night. Shortly
aftor eleven o'clock Creen called out
for permission to get up and It was
granted.
He started down the lino of bunks
toward tho ono occupied by Frank.
As ho reached it he quickly grabbed
Frank "by the--hair and" delivered one
blow with tho knife he had concealed.
A guard rushed to the bunk and pre
vented Creen from striking again.
Among prisoners who rushed to
Frank's aid were two physicians, ono
of whom also was serving a Ufo term
for murdor. They gave first aid and
treatod tho wound until Dr. Guy
Compton, the prison physician, was
summoned from his home, half a mllo
away. The three men took 25
stitches In Frank's neck Dr. H. J.
Rosenburg, the Frank family physi
cian, arrived from Atlanta with
nurses. Ho said that, while the pa
tient's condition was precarious, he
had a chance for life.
NEWS FROM FAR
AND NEAR
Washington, July 17. The stato de
partment announced on Thursday that
the German government apologized
for the attack on tho Hawaiian-American
steamer Nebraskan, torpedoed by
a German submarino on the night of
May 25 on her way to Delaware Break
water from Liverpool.
Full compensation will bo made for
the damage sustained by American
citizens in the injury to the vessel.
Berlin, July 16. From Stockholm
comes a report that the Swedish min
ister has protested In London asainst
tho "perpetual molestation of Swedish
commerce," and that Norway and
Denmark sustain tho protest.
Washington, July 17. General Za
pata's army, driven from Moxlco City
and retreating southward, has been
routed by pursuing Carranza troops In
the valley below tho capital, according
to a dispatch from General Carranza
to his agency here.
GREAT BRITAIN IS DEFIED
English Coal Exchange Closes as
Qovernment Seizes All Available
Supply for Navy.
London, July 17. With the excep
tion of two small collieries, In tho
Rhondda district, employing about 800
men, all the coal mines in South
Wales, from which comes tho coal for
the navy, wore Idle Thursday, and tho
miners, desplto tho action of the gov
ernment In bringing tho Industry un
der tho munitions of war act, and
the entreaties of tho rosponBlblo la
bor leaders and their own executive
council, decided by a voto of 180 to
118 not to accept tho recommenda
tions to continue work day by day un
til an arrangement could be conclud
ed. Cholera Rages In Hungary.
Geneva, July 19. A dispatch from
Vienna says It Is officially announced
thero that E 13 cases of cholera bavo
been recorded In Hungary this weok,
281 rosultlng In doaths Thoro have
been 81 cases in tho army.
American Qelzed In Berlin.
Borlln, July 19 Oeorgo S. Speots,
an American, and understood to repre
sent American copper Interests, was
arrested here Tuesday and Is held at
police headquarters on charges thai
have not been divulged
GERMAN ENVOY ASKS NEW EF-
FORT TO END BRITISH
STARVATION POLICY.
"NO," DECLARES SECRETARY
Lansing Declines to Again Sound Great
Britain on the Subject Matters
Now 8tand on Basis of Germany's
Previous Contentions.
Washington, July 19. In an Inter
view hero, to which considerable Im
portance had been attached, Count
von BornBtorff, the German ambassa
dor, fotind Secretary Lansing unre
sponsive to a suggestion that tho Uni
ted States undortako again to ap
proach Great Britain with n vlow of
effecting an arrangement undor the
terms of which tho British embargo
on shipments of supplIoB of all kinds
to Gorman ports and the Gorman sub
marine warfare on unarmed merchant
Bhlps would bo discontinued.
This proposal appeared to be the
main purpose of tho ambassador's call
on the secretary of stato. Briefly, tho
position of Socretary Lansing was
that, as the German proposal had
been suggested to Great Britain pre
viously and had failed to bring any
response, It was useless to renew It
Tho Interview between Count von
Bernstortf and Secretary Lansing
might bo construed as of primary Im
portance if the ambassador had not
given tho Impression that ho was act
ing on his own initiative and did not
appear as the bearer of direct pro
posals from his government.
Beyond tho suggestion that tho
United States again undortako to
bring about a modus vlvendl that
would bind Great Britain to suspend
what tho German government terms
"England's starvation policy" and bind
Germany to discontinue the sinking of
merchant ships before an opportunity
was given to enable tholr passengers
and crows to roach place, of safety
nothing was said by the German en
voy, according to tho best Information
obtainable, to chango the understand
ing of the United States on Germany's
attitude as made known In tho latest
note of tho Berlin government
' As matters stand the response of
this government will be based on Ger
many's unwillingness to concede that
she Is bound by tho established rule
of International law that a merchant
vessel, no matter what Its statuB,
shall not bo lent to the bottom by a
Gorman submarino until after tho re
quirement of visit and search has
been complied with and passengers
dad crew have been afforded time to
reach a place of safety.
IOWA POSSE HUNTS BANDITS
Bank Robbers Hold Up North Liberty
Cashier and Take All the
Cash on Hand.
North Liberty, la., July 19. Two
men held up and robbed the Farmers'
Savings bank here of $2,000, practical
ly all the cash it had on hand, shortly
bofore the closing hour Friday. Tho
robbers made their escape in an au
tomobile Practically all of tho men In the
town Joined in the hunt for the rob
bers. Tho cashier, James El. CIp
pera, was held up at the point of a
pistol.
Mr. Clppera, who was alone at tho
tlmo, was bound and gagged, while
tho robbers collected the money and
fled.
Mason City, la., July 19. After a
running fight Jack Noel, Scotty Mo
Donald and Roy Hoffman surrendered
after they had raided an Italian set
tlement at Dougherty, compelling all
tho men to surrender their clothing,
Jewelry and money.
FOUR PERISH IN OHIO FLOOD
Lima and Vicinity Hard Hit Farmers
8uffer Heavily Crops Reported
Ruined Loss $2,000,000.
Cleveland, O., July 19. Floods which
raced through towns and cities In cen
tral Ohio, following torrential rains of
Thursday night, took a toll of four
lives and caused a proporty damage
estimated at more than $2,000,000.
Conditions In soveral cities virtually
equaled those of tho disastrous floods
of 1913, when moro than 500 lives
were lost in Ohio. Hundreds of acres
of land are under water and vast areas
aro imperiled by weak levees.
Lima, whero three of tho four lives
wero loBt, Is probably tho worst sufferor
of any Ohio city. Lato roports are
thnt moro than 1,500 nro homolosB and
the property loss is probably $2,000,
000. Tho known dead thoro are
James Loguo, claim agent of tho Ohio
Electric Railway company; eloctrlclan,
an unidentified negro, drowned while
aiding in relief work, and Mrs. Laura
Bcrcaw.
Praise for U, 8. Doctors.
London, July 20. "MlrncuIouB lathe
only proper adjectlvo to apply to tho
work bolng dono by Amorlcan doc
tors and nurses In Sorbla," Bald Sir
Thomas Llpton, following his return
from his second trip to tho near East.
Big Fleet of Hydroplanes.
New York, July 20. According to
Information obtained bv tho Aero Club
of America, the navy department han
decided to order Immediately 20 hydro
aeroplanes and flying boats. These
are to be tho first of a Hoot of 200,
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H.K. THAW FOUND SANE
8LAYER OF STANFORD WHITE
WIN3 LONG. BATTLE.
Justice Hendrlck Approves Verdict of
Jury and Releases Him on Ball
Pending Appeal.
New York, July 17. Harry K. Thaw
Friday won his nlnA-year fight for llb
orty. Justice Hendrlck of tho su
premo court approved tho verdict of
tho Jury finding tho slayer of Stanford
White sano, and released him on $35,
000 ball pending an appeal by tho
stato.
Now York, July 16. Harry Kendall
Thaw was declared sano on Wednes
day by a Jury which for nearly threo
weeks Hstoned to testimony given In
tho supremo court hero beforo Justice
Peter Hendrlck. Forty-eight minutes
wero consumed and two ballotB were
taken In reaching a verdict,
Justico Hendrlck read tho verdict
and handed It back to the clerk.
"Gentlemen of tho Jury." said tho
clerk, "tho question you havo been
asked Is this: Is Harry K. Thaw sano?
Your answer is yes."
Thaw went to where his mother was
sitting a few feet away and, throwing
his arms about hor nock, klssod her.
Tho verdict recorder, John B.
Stanchflold, chief counsel for Thaw,
made a motion that tho commitment
signed by Justice Dowllng, following
a verdict of not guilty on the ground
of insanity, which was roturned by the
Jury at Thaw's seoond trial for tho
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murder of White, bo vacated. Deputy
Attorney General Becker In reply re
quested tlmo in which tho state might
proparo an appeal.
Aa soon as the Jury was dismissed
Thaw crossed to the box and shook
hands warmly with each of the men.
His mother also shook hands with tho
Jurymen, saying to each: "Thank you
bo much for all that you havo done."
Outsldo the courthoUBO a wide flight
of steps had been crowded all aftor
noon. Tho street and the sidewalks
on either side of it also wero con
gested. When Thaw, flanked by dep
uty sheriffs, appeared !n the doorway
a great cheer went up and thoso who
did not cheer applauded with their
hands.
NEGRO KILLED BY POSSE
Officers and Citizens of Georgia Dyna
mite Home of Triple 8layer Shot
Three White Men.
Macon, Ga July 16. A posse of cltl
zona and county officers on Wednes
day shot and killed Peter Jackson, a
negro, accused of killing throo white
men near Cochran, Ga. Tho negro had
barricaded hlmsolf In his homo and
defied tho posse, who, according to re
ports received hero, blow up tho houso
with dynamite.
Jackson's work, according to re
ports, was criticized by Lynn Sanders,
farm supervisor. Later, It is alleged,
Jackson accosted Sanders and killed
him. Lator W. S. Hogg, marshal, and
Oscar LawBon were also killed by tho
negro.
10,250,000 In New York State.
Albany, N. Y., July 20. Although
tno final figures aro not avalhlblo yet
from tho tabulations of tho recent
state census, it 1b estimated by Sec
retary of State Hugo thnt tho gain In
population Is about 1.135,000
400 Villa Men Give Up.
Ijirodo, Tex.. July 20 Four hun
dred Villa troops, undc r Colonel Car
denas, havo surrendered to Carranza's
furces. It was flalned In a dispatch
frnm Carrnnza sourrea In Monterey re
ceived in fteuvo Luredo
RUSS FRONT PIERCED
GERMAN8 CLOSING TRAP IN MOVE
TO 8MASH RUSSIAN ARMY.
Two-Thirds of the Kaiser's Army
Thrown Into Great Battle
In the East.
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London, July 20.-North and oouth
tho Germans havo pierced tho RunBlan
front, according to dlspntchen from
Borlln nnd Vienna, and tho millions
of Von Hlndonburg nnd tho othor mil
lions under Von MackcnBcn aro smash
ing forward to closo tho gap behind
Warsaw and trap, crush nnd destroy
tho greater portion of tho Russian
armies. ,
On a front of moro than 400 miles,
In a campaign unparalleled In htBtory
for daring and startling maneuvers
and tho colossal number of men on
gnged, Teuton and Slav are nt death
grips. Moro than 10,000,000 aro re
ported fighting on both sides. No less
than two-thirds of tho Gorinans undor
arms havo boen thrown' Into this east
ern battle, according to the estimates
of military experts, while practically
tho ontlro strength of Austria-Hungary
has boen added to tho Armageddon on
which hangs tho fate of nations.
The long maturing plana of Von
Hlndonburg, tho Prussian military
genius, which It has been predicted
will startle tho world, aro in process
of quick development. Leading his
own legions, ho haB split and brokon
tho Russian front south of Przoanycz,
anil Tillfllntr Vila ntnloa fnnrnt1 nn 4Va
and hurling his armies forward on the
heels of tho rapidly retreating Slavs,
has extended his advance until It ap
proaches tho banks of tho Narow.
Meanwhile 'n tho south, tho armies
under Von Mackensen which for tho
last two weeks have boon shifting
front and apparently wero inactive, be
gan a masalvo movement against tho
Lublln-Cholm railway In concort with
Hlndenburg's northern drive and
breaking the Russian front near Kras
nostav, 34 miles south of Lublin, are
sweeping In tremendous strength
against the .allroad upon which tho
grand duke depends for his supplies.
FIVE DROWN AT CHICAGO
Sank In Deep Pit While Wading In
Lake Michigan Other Bathers
Unable to Help.
Chicago, July 20. Five bathers, two
women and threo men, vanished In
Lake Michigan at Cornelia street beach
whllo moro than ono hundred bathers
looked on helpless to save them. Tho
wator whoro thoy woro wading wns
supposed to bo about four foot deop.
The life guards woro notlllod and
said thero was a pit about ilfteon foot
deop at tho point whoro tho four bath
ers last wero seen. Tho beaoh is used
chiefly by rcBldenta of tho neighbor
hood who know of tho pit.
Tho dead: Mario Dwyer, twenty
one years old, 3011 Wilton avenue;
Nora May, twonty, 210 Union Park
court; Gustavo II. Vottor, 1C1C Irving
Park boulevard; Frank J. Kelly, 1318
AddUon Btreot and Stanley Covesky.
Britons Must Not Treat.
London, July 20. Tho board of con
trol for munitions areaa haB prohibit
ed treating and credit for liquor. Tho
salo of liquor Is permitted only be
tween noon nnd 2:30 p. m. und
tween bIx und eight o'clock p. m.
bo-
Flood Distress In China,
Washington, July 20. Dlstrosa
among tho Chinoso In tho flooded dis
trict is Increaulng, .notwithstanding
tho fact that the waters uro receding,
according to advices to tho navy do
part incut from Captain Houi'h.
5 iai c new a
Lincoln has established a frco le
gal aid bureau.
A German picnic is to bo given at
Syracuse AugUBt 2G.
Louisville Is to havo a now bank,
tho Homo Stato bank.
Odd Follows of Avoca will hold their
annual picnic July 29.
York paving intersection bonds
carried by 779 to 207.
The annunl Alnsworth Chautauqua
dates nro July 28 to August 2.
Tho Now Era Is tho name of a now
paper being published at Hebron.
Tho Hastings city council has or
dered threo miles of utreet paving.
Fire destroyed two business build
ings In Adams with a loss of $25,000.
Flro caused by lightning destroyed
tho electric light plant In Seward.
The Congregational church of
Clarks will soon build a now parson
age. August 31 to Soptembor 4 are the
dates of Omaha's Merchants' Market
Weok.
Tho $2,000 barn of Ed Wostphal,
south of Elkhorn, was destroyed by
lightning.
Tho cornorstono was laid last weok
for North Bcnd'n $30,000 Catholic
church.
Plover nnd dovo shooting soaaon
oponcd in tho state July 1G. It will
closo August 31.
Tho coniorstono of tho Masonic
homo for orphans at Fremont, will bo
laid August 1.
Two largo bridges wero wuBhed out
by high water In drnlrago district No.
1, near Humboldt.
Thousands of dollars of loss re
nultcd In tho vicinity of Omaha from
a sevoro hall storm.
Frank Lehmkuhl'a $1,500 barn at
Wah oo was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground.
J. Horhort RIggs Is Buccecdlng his
fathor, who died recently, an editor
of tlm Watorloo Gazotto.
II. E. Willis, formerly of Omaha, is
now editor and mnnngor of tho Loup
City Tlmos-IndopendcnL
Alfred Swnnson, a farmer living
nenr Craig, was struck and Instantly
killed by a bolt of lightning.
Harvoy Wnrd, Bon of J. M. Ward of
Tccumsoh, was run over by an nuto
mobile lnf Fnlla City nnd killed.
A picnic will bo held ut Crab Orch
nrd August 19, undor tho direction of
tho Commercial club of thnt town.
Two French cavalry olllcors bought
nearly 100 horses forv tho French
government In Lincoln last weok.
A largo barn belonging to Joseph
Wnrd, near Hclvoy, waa atruck by
lightning and burned to tho ground.
Humidity in tho ntmosphero, with
tho thermometer 98 In tho ahado, re
sulted In death to threo horses near
Hastings.
Boy Bcouts aro to camp on tho
Hastings Chautauqua ground this yoar.
Thoy will koop tho ground in good
condition.
Women will bo admitted to the Nor
folk Commercial club membership, If
n move being atnrtcd by business men
Is auccossful.
Many farmers near Falls City nro
using gasollno engines to operato
their binding mnchlneB during har
vest Bcason.
Tho Humboldt Leader haB changed
hands, W. R. S. Austin having Bold
tho ontlro plnnt to J. J. Hayden of
Lyons, Nob
The oldest living Mason In Nebras
ka, Charles McDonald of North Platte,
was preaonted with tho Robert Car
roll Jordan modal.
George, tho son of Samuel Robblns,
of Coleridge, was drowned In tho
flood water of a llttlo stream aoven
miles west of that place.
It has been decided to hold tho
Ploneer8' nnd Old Sottlera' reunion
and picnic at Tekamah, Friday, Sop
tembor 3, in FolBom park.
Farm problems will bo discussed
by exports at tho encampmont at tho
boys' camp on tho state fair grounds
Lincoln, Soptombcr C to 10.
Stroet paving, a city nmusemcut
park, a new city hall and atreet light
ing aystom nro bolng urged by tho
North Plntto chamber of commerce.
Tho congregation of tho Gorman
Lutheran church In Hanovor town
ship, near Plckrell, Is soliciting funds
for tho oroctlon of a $30,000 church
building.
At a special election hold in Frank
lin tho votera decided by a majority
of 29 In favor of 'issuing bonds for
making extensions and improvement:)
to tho electric light plant.
Over threo hundred veterinarians at
tended tho annual convention of the
Missouri Valloy Veterinary aaBocln.
Hon In Omaha recently. Omaha was
mado tho permanent meeting place
of the association.
Owing to the continued bad weather
and tho Impassublo condition of the
roads south from Superior, tho direc
tors of the Chnutauqua association
havo called off this year's meeting. It
wna to have been lllod July 30tto Au
gust 8.
North Platte LulheraiiB will build
a $2D,000 church.
JaraoB DaiiEo, catcher of the North
Pnlto baHolmll toum, dlod from tho
effects of nn automobile uccldent.
Tho levoo, built n fow yonrB ngo
at Humboldt, to shorten the Long
branch and deliver Its waters into
tho new ditch mid to bhvo tin Hour
lug mill and resldouco property frcm
inundation, uh a result of roceut hea
vy rulUH. broke nii'l canned i.mi"
thousand dollar' diuiwF In ilr '
e.ulty.
Adjutant General Hall Arranges Them
Where They Can Be Moved at
the Least Expense.
Tho penurious aystom which thc
last legislature attempted to put into
cffec to cut down expensos Is al
ready bolng felt by one department oC
tho state, the Nebraska National
Guard. Tho result of Uie economy
scheme has forced the adjutant gen
eral to divide up tho state encamp
ment into two different camps, plac
ing them in portions of the state
whoro the companies may bo moved
at tho vory least expense. The time
la cut down from ten days to seven
dayB, which practically means only
Ave days for drill. In locating tho
camp of tho Fifth regiment, the adju
tant gonoral nttompted to place it at
Hastings, but the funds of the guard
woro so low, caused by tho lack of
appropriations, that he was compelled
to locate tho camp at Crete, about
twonty nilloB from Lincoln, whero all
equipment and supplies of-the guard
may bo moved across country by wa
gon Instead of shipped by train.
Tho different points for encamp,
ments are as folio wo:
Fourth Nobraska infantry, Fremont,
AugUBt 10 to 1G, inclusive.
Fourth Nobraska Infantry, sanitary
detachment, Fremont, August 10 to
1C, inclusive
Fifth Nwbrnska infantry, Crete, Au
gust 19 to 25, Inclusive.
Fifth Nebraska infantry, sanitary
detachment, Crete, August 19 to 25,.
Inclusive. ,
Company A, Signal corps, Crete, Au
gust 19 to 25, inclualvo.
Company A, Field hospital, Joint
camp, Sparta, Wis., August 23 to 31,
inclusive.
Computation of workman's compen
sation whero n twonty-nlne-day dis
ability kept a laborer from his duties
has been explained to tho American
Beet Sugar Co. of Grand Island by tho
state labor commission. He sums It
up in thia reply to tho company:
"Tho annual earning power lost by
renson of nn Injury suffered In tho
courso of employment should be tho
basis of computing compensation.
This computation would include the
whole of tho day upon which the em
jiloyo Buffered tho injury, and all days
actually lost by reason of tho injury.
Fractional parta of days should not
enter Into tho computation.
"The law provides that compensa
tion ahnll begin on tho fifteenth day,
and that the injured employe 8hall bo
compensated nt the rate of 50 per
cent of tho wages ho received nt tho
tlmo of tho injury. '
"In computing compensation tho
first fourteen daya aro calendar days,
compensation starting with tho fif
teenth day. If tho disability contlnuo
for eight weeks, or longer, the com
pensation shall be paid from the dato
of tho Injury.
"Tho number of days per week
worked by tho injured omployo at tho
tlmo of tho Injury would bo tho basis
of determining the fractional parts of
weeks. If an employe worked six days
per week for a stipulated wage 'per
week and Buffered an Injury in tho
courao of his employment which con
tinued for ttfenty-nlne days, he would
bo entitled to compensation for two
weeks nnd ono-sixth, or thirteen days.
But if he worked seven days per week
for a certain sum 'per week' and suf
fered an Injury that continued for
twenty-nlno days, he would be en
titled to compensation for two weeka
and one-Boventh, or flftoen days."
According to Stato Engineer John
son the weBtern part of tho state,
which has usually suffered by sand
storms and whero the roads have
been hard to travel because of their
aandy condition, is now facing an en
tirely opposite condition. A short dis
tance east of Lexington, near the town
of Overton, ia a aectlon of road which
has always boon exceedingly sandy.
This year, however, tho farmors havo
been compelled to lay planks along
the road bo that vehicles will not sink
Into the earth, because of the damp
ness of the soil.
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Six rural High schools, housed in
four brand now buildings and consol
idation of several schools into new,
compact districts, aro tho changes
wrought In Buffalo county under stat
utes enacted by the laat legislature.
Points on tho changes were related
to tho stato auperlntendent by Coun
ty Superintendent Nichols. All of
thoao, ho says, aro for good and will
bo approvod by tho people when their
operation demonstrates their economy
and efficiency.
At a meeting of the state chlro
practice board Dr. H. C. Crabtree of
Lincoln was made chairman, Dr. II. J.
Foster of HastlngB, secretary, and Dr.
J. It. Campbell of Norfolk, treasurer.
Tho board will begin tho administra
tion of tho now chiropractic law at
once, and practitioners of that school
of healing will hereafter be sheltered
by tho now state law.
Organization or a brand now flro
department at Clatonla, to correspond
to the now wator systom Just stall
ed thero, was reported by Firo Com
missioner Ridgoll. There are thirty
ono members In tho now organization.
The Stato Board of Control has let
tho coutract for tho erection of a
now building for tho Home for De
pendent Children, which will be oracl
ed In Lincoln nonr the Orthopedic
hospital. When completed. It will
cost about $25,700.