Nebraska Newspapers

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OTA COUNTY HERALD.
Motto: All The News When It Is News.
VOL 24.
DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1915.
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COAL DUST BLAST WRECKS A
SHAFT NEAR SEATTLE
CAUSE UNKNOWN.
SIX BROUGHT TO SURFACE
Body of Foreman Kane Found Seated
In Chair Before His Desk He Had
Beon Burned to Death Little Hope
of Recovering Remains of Others.
n'Mtcrn Nempiper Uolon News Scnlct.
Scuttle, Wash. Thlrty-ono men
wore killed November 16 by an explo
sion of coal dust In the Northwestern
Improvement company's coal mine at
Ravensdale, thlrty-flvo miles southeast
of Seattle. The mine caught fire and
there was llttlo hope of recovering
twenty-eight bodies remaining In the
mine.
The bodies of three mon were re
covered and three Injured bodies
brought safely to the surface, where
they were resuscitated by the use of
pulmotors.
The body of P. J. Kane, foreman of
the third level, 1,500 feet below the
surface, where the explosion occurred,
was fund seated in the chair before
his desk just within the trench to
the third level. Ho had been burned
to death. The rescuers were unable
to remove his body because of the in
tense heat in tho level, which was on
lire.
The cause of the explosion is un
known. The mine was well equip
ped with safety appliances and was
considered one of tho safest in the
country.
The explosion, which occurred about
an hour after the men had left tho
lower level, blew the top off tho main
hoiBt-house, sending fire, timbor and
debris high into the air. The explo
sion wrecked tho telephone lines
throughout the mine, making it Im
possible to communicate with the in
terior workings.
KING FIGHTS IN TRENCHES.
Peter of Serbia Is Said to Be Seeking
Death.
Saloniki. King Peter, of Serbia, de
spite his advanced age, is fighting
with his soldiers In tho trenches, clad
in the uniform of a private, according
to M. Jacowscheff, secretary ot tho
Russian legation in Greece, who ar
, rived here from Mitrovitza, western
jpSerbia, having como by way of Al
bania. Tho aged king seeks death, accord
ing to tho Russian diplomat, saying:
"When I am killed you can fleo or
surrender."
Old Serbia is lost and new Serbia is
in a precarious condition, in tho opin
ion of the secretary, who asserted tho
Serbians at Babuna pass could not
hold out much longer, and that' the
only hope was that the Serbian force
concentrated at Mitrovitza would
prove to bo strong enough to take tho
offensive and advance through Tetovo
towards Monastlr.
"Tho morale of the Serbians is
splendid," he continued. "Half trained
recruits march to battle singing like
veterans. Famine and misery prevail.
Thero is no bread at Mitrovitza. Tho
people are reduced to eating haricots."
The Birth of a Nation.
Sioux City, la. Sioux City is to bo
tho first city in Iowa to play tho won
derful "Birth of a Nation," known
throughout tho whole United States
as the most phenomenal thing ever
produced in moving pltcurcs. Some
18,000 i eoplo, 5,000 horses and a world
of scenic effects aro used in tho build
ing of tho picture, which is sot to
music, together with a symphony or
chestra of forty pieces. At the Grand
Opera House for two weeks, giving a
matinee daily, starting Sunday, the
'21st of November.
Mapping Out Legislation.
Washington, D. C. Rovision of the
fedoral neutrality laws so the depart
ment of justice can deal with offenses
difficult, if not impossible, to reach
under existing statutes, Is one ot tho
tasks congress will bo asked to under
take at tho corning session.
To Extend Recognition.
Washington, D. C Great Britain
has authorized Charge Holder, ot tho
British legation in Mexico City, to ex
tend recognition to tho de facto gov
ernment upon his return to his post
from the United Stntes.
Embargo on Furs Lifted.
Washington, D. C Russia lias lifted
its embargo on tho exportation of
furs, which has hold up shipments val
ued at millions of dollars, consigned
to tho United States.
W. O. W. Win Case In Court.
Chicago. Judge WIndos in tho cir
cuit court has refusod to enjoin the
Woodmen of tho World from Increas
ing assessment rates.
Hopes to Avoid Draft.
London. Premier Asqulth still is
hopeful that tho voluntary system of
recruiting in tho United Kingdom will
suceed. Tho premier 1ib statod in tho
'louse of commons that It was his hope
and belief that coorclvo measures
would not have to he rosortod to.
Fifteen Convicts Escape.
Asheville. N. C Fifteen long term
whito convicts escaped November 15
from the convict camp at Sandy Mush,
about fifteen mlhv wrst of li-rc
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VIENNA ACCEPTS RESPONSIBIL.
ITY FOR LOSS OF ITALIAN
LINER ANCONA.
GERMANY BLAMED FOR ACT
Rome Government In Official State
ment Declares Sinking of Vessel Is
an Act of War by Berlin Austria
Says Vessel Attempted to Escape.
Vienna (via Berlin and Sayvllle),
Nov. 16. Tho Austro-Hungarian ad
miralty on Sunday issued tho following
statement:
Tho forolgn press la spreading falso
reports regarding tho sinking of tho
Ancona. Tho incident occurred as fol
lows: Our submarine fired one shot boforo
tho steamer's prow, whoreupon tho
steamer fled at full speed in compli
ance with orders from tho Italian au
thorities, which states that ships shall
floo or sink tho submarine.
Tho submarine pursued tho steamor
and continued firing. Tho steamer
stopped only after it had boon hit sov
oral times. Tho submarino then al
lowed tho passengers and crew 45 min
utes in which to abandon tho steamor,
on which panic reigned. Howovor,
only tho small boats were lowered and
theso woro occupied principally by tho
crow. A great number of boats prob
ably sufficient to havo saved all tho
passengers remained unoccupied.
After fifty minutes tho submarino,
on tho approach of another steamer,
submerged and torpedoed tho Ancona,
which sank after forty-flvo minutes.
If any passengers lost their lives
this was tho fault of the crow, because
tho steamer tried to escape when It
was ordered to stop, and oven then tho
crow only saved themselves, leaving
tho passengers.
Foreign press reports that tho sub
marino llred on tho lifeboats aro in
ventions. When tho steamer stopped
tho submarino ceased firing.
Rome, Nov. 1C Tho Italian govern
ment issued tho following statement
regarding tho sinking of tho Italian
liner Ancona:
"Tho Ancona did not attempt to es
cape, but stopped within a short dis
tance after tho firing of tho first shell.
Tho linor was torpedoed whllo boats ,
woro being lowered and 100 passen
gers wore still on board.
"Tho submarino being German, Ger
many has opened hostilities against
Italy without a declaration of war."
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I IMPORTANT NEWS
ITEMS
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Chippewa Falls, WIb., Nov. 12. Op
erations for sterilization, tho first un
dor tho now Wisconsin law, havo been
performed at tho Stato Homo for Feo-ble-Mlnded
here on ten malo Inmates
whoso ages ranged from fifteen to
thirty years.
London, Nov. 13. Conscription prop
ably will be resorted to by Great Bri
tain December 1, unless tho "young
men medically fit and not indispensa
ble in any business of national impor
tance" enlist boforo Novombcr 30.
Lord Dorby, director of recruiting,
made this declaration with the author
ity of Premior Asqulth.
Lord Derby adds: "Whether a man
Is indispensable or not to his business
will bo decided later."
Rome, Nov. 16. Tho Italian steam
ship Bosnia has been sunk by a sub
marine flying tho Austrian flag. Tho
passengers and crew boarded four
lifeboats. Three of theso craft havo
been landed, but the fato of tho occu
pants of tho fourth boat Is not known.
Tho Bosnia is tho third Italian liner
3unk within a week by submarines fly
ing tho Austrian flag.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON DEAD
Founder of Tuskegee Institute Stricken
While In New York Re
cently. Tuskegeo, Ala., Nov. 1C. Booker T.
Washington, tho ablest leader of tho
negro raco, died hero on Sunday.
Bright's dlscaso and artcrio sclerosis
caused his death. Two weeks ago ho
was in Now York on business whon
stricken. Mr. Washington, foundor
of Tuskegeo instituto, was born a
slave near Halo's Ford, Va., In 1858.
Ho was educated at tho Hampton In
dustrial Instituto at Hampton, Vn.
Practical education of tho negro waB
his llfo work. In 1SS8 ho founded Tus
kegeo institute, at Tuskogee. Hero
hundreds of negroes havo been edu
cated and turned into usoful citizens.
Mr. Washington camo into intimate
contact with many leaders in Ameri
can affairs. Ono of theso was Theo
dore Roosevelt. Mr. Washington was
mar.'cd threo times. His first two
wives died. Ho Is survived by tho
third and two sons and a daughter.
Italy Seizes Interned Ships.
Milan, Nov. 10. A Genoa dispatch
says tho Italian government hns do
elded to fit out and uso German liners
which aro intornod in Italian ports
Threo or four of the vossols ot Genoa
ulono have a total tonnage of 32,000.
Arrest Alleged Dynamiter.
New York, Nov. 10. Just before the
American liner St. I.ouls sailed for
Liverpool, a man was arrested while
trying to got on board with a suitcase
containing two big sticks of dynamlto
Ho gave the name of Cummlncs.
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BRITISH MAY REACH GERMAN FLEET
Arrow No. 1 points to tho passago between Fchmarn Island and tho
mainland, from which locality tho Danes beard heavy cannonading, bollovod
to havo beon tho result of an attack by British submarines on a German
squadron. Arrow No. 2 points to Kiel and tho Kiel canal, headquarters ot tho
German fleet.
ARMS FACTORIES BURN
U. S. AGENTS INVESTIGATE FIRES
AT BIG PLANTS.
Italian Oil Steamer Destroyed $500,-
000 Blaze Destroys Wire Rope
Works Dynamite Found.
Washington, Nov. 13. Mysterious
fires raged on Thursday in American
factories making war supplies for tho
entento allies whllo agents of tho de
partment of Justice wero Investigating
previous disasters with a viow of dis
covering whether they wero nscriba
able to a plot. At tho same timo it
was reported that a bomb caused a
flro on an Italian steamship in tho
Gulf of Mexico and three men wero nr
rested after tho finding of a trunkful
of dynamlto near Scranton, Pa.
Hero aro tho day's flres, fhlch fol
lowed tho $1,000,000 blaze in a gun
making shop at tho Bethlehem Steel
plant and a smaller ono at tho Bald
win Locomotive works, and' Thurs
day's other developments:
Steamship Livietta Italian craft
which took flro Gu miles off Sabino bar
and later1 was beached G5 miles east
of Sabino, Tex. Captain Lico reported
to Italian consul at Port Arthur, Tcx
his belief that tho flro was caused by
tho explosion of a bomb.
Dynamite Trunkful, 150 pounds,
found at homo of Eugene ? English, at
Packvlllo, near Scranton, Pa. Fedornl
authorities bellovo discovery thwarted
a plot to blow up tho DuPont Powder
works at Jermyn, which aro furnish
ing explosives to tho allies. Three
men wero arrested.
John A. Roebling's Sons company
Wiro ropo shop at Tronton, N. J.,
burned with a loss of nearly $500,000.
Company Is making supplies for Euro
pean countries in other buildings.
Thomas P. Skelly Bolt company,
Inc. Plant at Philadelphia damaged
$20,000 by flro. "There's been funny
things going on around hero latoly,"
said an official of tho concorn, which
Indirectly has been filling orders des
tined for European belligerents.
CHURCHILL QUITS CABINET
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
to Join the Army In
France.
London, Nov. 15. It is officially an
nounced that Winston Sponcor
Churchill, chancollor of tho duchy of
Lancaster, has resigned from tho cab
lnot and will Join tho army In Franco.
Ho Is a major In tho Oxford Yeo
manry. When tho war broko out Churchill
was first lord ot tho admiralty
Though ho was demoted in tho cab
inet on a tldo of public disapproval,
It is generally conceded now that it
was Churchill that saved England
from defeat at sea and perhaps from
invasion when, with Prlnco Louis of
Battcnburg, ho mobilized tho scat
tered British licet two months boforo
war broko out and kept it mobilized.
ARMED MEN GUARD OIL TRAIN
750,000 Gallons a Day Shipped From
California Fields Across Country
for War Orders.
Richmond. Cal., Nov 12. An ox
press train with an armed guard and
carrying 750.000 gallons of petrol to
fill war orders wllll leavo hero for
New York every 24 hours Until tho
Panama canal Is reopened for traffic,
according to an announcement mudo
by officials of tho Standurd Oil com
pany. Kaiser Goes to Visit Sofia,
London, Nov. 10 Emperor William
on Thursday passed through Orsova,
Hungary, on Ills way to Sofia, whoro tin
will visit King Ferdinand for two davs.
according to a dispatch from Copen
hagen to tho Dally Mall.
Heavy Rain Hits Ireland.
Dublin. Nov. 10 The most severe
rain storm which has visited Ireland
In many years raged over tho coust
for 4S hours. Roads havo haon flooded
and 'ravol Iiob been sorlously inter
fered with on railroads.
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IMMAAAMM
12 PERISH IN CYCLONE
GREAT BEND, KAN., HARD HIT BY
TORNADO.
Waterworks, Electric Light Plant and
Othor Buildings Demolished by
Terrific Storm.
Great Bend, Kan., Nov. 12. Twelve
persons wero killed and moro than
ono hundred injured, many of thorn
seriously, in a cyclone which swept
through tho residence section of
Great Bend shortly after seven
o'clock Wednesday night.
Tho Santa Fo railway station was
carried away. Halt tho houses In tho
town wero wrecked. Threo largo
flour mills and sovoral grain olovntors
wero demolished.
It Is reported ot Kansas City that
tho waterworks, electric light plant
and many othor largo buildings woro
swept Into tho rlvqr by tho tornado
which swept Great Bend. ICfn,
A telophono messttffi from Great
Bend received at Wichita, Kan., over
a lono wiro out of that town, report
ed that six bodies of porsons killed in
tho tornado thero havo beon recov
ered. Fires broko out in many homes, but
tho heavy delugo of rain which fol
lowed tho' wind chocked tho (lames
boforo they could spread over tho
town.
A Bchoolhouso lying In tho path ot
the storm was completely demolished.
Tho towns of Pratt and Lamed
aro reported to havo suffered heavily.
A wrecking train carrying all tho
availabio doctors and nurses in Hutch
inson wns sent in responso to a plea
for aid from Great Bend.
BRITISH SEARCH U. S. SHIP
Act Committed In Port of Progreso,
Mex. Washington to Order
Investigation.
Washington, Nov. 12. Tho Amorl
enn steamship Zeclandla was forcibly
searched by n parly from a British
cruiser last week when lying In the
port of Progreso, Mox. Tho American
consul thero reports tho cruiser now
lying outsido, presumably waiting to
selzo tho ship.
On tho faco of such a report as tho
consul sent, oven though it 1b Incom
plete, tho official conclusion hero la
that tho British naval authorities not
only violated Mexican neutrality, but
far exceeded their rights in forcibly
searching an American ship in a neu
tral port
Forclblo searching of an American
ship in a neutral port probably would
constitute ono of tho most serious Is
sues to arise betweon tho United
States and Great Britain In tho con
troversy now In tho channels of di
plomacy over tho British navy's con
duct toward American shipping. Whllo
awaiting further details officials wero
silent A thorough Investigation will
bo mado.
PEACE MOVE TOLD TO WILSON
David Starr Jordan, Head of Lcland
Stanford University, Tells Presi
dent of Plan.
Washington, Nov. 15. David Starr
Jordan, president of Lcland Stanford
university and head of tho Interna
tional peaco congress, recently hold
in San Francisco, told President Wil
son on Frldny that a nuaslotflcla! meet.
Ing of noutral nations probably will be
hold somo timo beforo Christmas,
either nt Tho Ilacuo, Ilorno or Copen
hagen, to attempt to bring about peacf
In Europe.
Cancel Sailing of Liners.
Now York, Nov. 1C Owing to tho
destruction of tho Ancona tho sailing
of tho Italian liners America and Pa
lermo from New York has beon can
celed. The America was scheduled to
sail on Dccombor 7.
One Killed In Auto Crash.
Chicago, Nov. 10. John O'Connor
wns killed and several othora Injured
and two women had narrow cscuiich
In a collision of three automobiles at
East One Hundred Thirty-Second and
Houston avenue.
MLSON TELLS PLANSi
CABINET TOLD OF DEFENSE,
SHIP PURCHASE AND SPECIAL
TAX PROPOSALS.
CABINET MEMBER MAY QUI!
Reported at Washington That Secre
tary of Commerce Redfleld May Re
sign $1000,000,000 Additional Reve
nue Needed for U. S. Next Year.
Washington, Nov. 15. Prosidont
Wilson discussod with his cabinet on
Friday tho legislative program for the
coming session of congress and mat
ters of party policy. It is understood
that unanimous approval was glvon
tho president's suggestions which are
to bo carried in his nunual message.
Theso Includo:
Nntlonul defenso progrnm for army
and navy.
Ship purchaso legislation for up
building ot tho morchnnt marine
Giving United States Industries In
ono lino authority to havo co-opera-tlvo
soiling agonclos in foreign coun
tries.
Conservation legislation to dovolop
natural resources.
AmondmentB to federal roservo act
to permit mombcr banks to join In
establishing a forolgn bank.
Rovenuo legislation to meet needs
of the government.
It was the gossip during tho day
that Mr. Redfleld might leavo tho
cabinet, and that his successor would
bo Secretary Houston of tho depart
ment of agriculture Carl Vrooman
of Illinois, now assistant, was slated
for secretary ot agriculture
In connection with fiscal legislation
planned it Is understood tho presi
dent hns agreed with his advisers
that It will ho unwise to uso nny ol
tho Pnnamn cnnnl bonds remaining
unsold to meet tho omorgency needs
of tho treasury or to provldo funds
for tho defenso program.
Experts on treasury matters have
pointed out to tho president that It
will bo necessary noxt year to get
$100,000,000 additional rovenucs for
tho ordinary needs of tho government.
Fiscal experts In congress aro work
ing now on plans for now legislation
to ralso theso funds through special
taxes without being forced to reopen
tho Underwood tariff for a genornl In
crease of duties.
COY PURNELL FOUND GUILTY
Son of Head of House of David Must
Pay Six Cents to Former
Member of Cult.
St. Joseph, Mich., Nov. 13. Tho jurj
returned a verdict of guilty on Thurs
day as charged In tho $25,000 Augusta
Holllday slander suit ngalnst "Prlnco"
Coy Purnoll, son of tho rolgnlng mon
arch of tho Israel Houso of David, as
sossing dnmagos at six cents. Undoi
tho vordlct tho defendant must pay
tho costs. Boforo a crowd that Jammod
tho courtroom to suffocation Mrs. Hol
llday told her story. It was a recital
of tho llfo of tho "Inner court" ol
Shlloli, "King" Bonjamin's hendquar
tors. Benjamin wns pictured by Mrs.
Holllday as a "debauchor of young
girls, operating under tho cloak of ro-
llglon." Sho told of hor own Intimate
relations with tho "soventh angel," as
Benjamin was styled, and assorted
that sho was only ono of moro thnn
a score who woro forced to submit to
tho advances of "tho king."
FLEES WITH COLLEGE FUNDS
F. K, Jackson, Cashier of Northwest
ern University, Alleged to Havo
Taken $21,000.
Chicago, Nov. 15. Frank K. Jack
son, cashier of tho Northwestorn uni
versity, "model husband" of Evanston,
and a superintendent In tho First
Methodist Episcopal Sunday school,
has disappeared. Ho loft a wife, two
small daughters am' a beautiful homo,
built within tho last year A shortago
of $21,000, vhlch may bo incroasod
as tho examination of his books prog
resses, has beon disclosed by tho
audit, which was begun qulotly on
Wednesday. Tho defaulting cashier
was a largo Investor In war stocks,
which n io days ago suffered a tem
porary setback.
BOMBS KILL 28 AT VERONA
Austrian Flyers Also Hurt Thirty-One
Property Loss Was
Slight.
Rome, Nov. 10. Threo Austrian nor
oplnnos on Sunday dropped 15 bombs
on Verona, tho city whoso nanio Shako
spearo made n household ward by
laying tho scones of "Romeo nnd
Juliet" thero. According to tho offi
cial Btatbment of tho war offico. twen
ty eight persons woro killed and thlrty-ono
Aero seriously wounded. Tho
property Iobs was slight.
Mob Hangs a Negro Critic.
Aberdeen, MIsb., Nov 15. Criticiz
ing tho styles In dresses worn by
whito women cost tho llfo of John Tav
lor a negro. Taylor voiced his views'
on whito women's clothes.
A band of
masked mon lynched him.
Food Riots In Belgium.
Amsterdam, . Nov. 15 Many per
sons woro hurt in fighting between
Gorman police and UolglanB following
rood riots at Louvlcro. During a dem
onBtratlnn against high prlcos tho po
Ilea (Ired Into tho crowd,
OAT CROP BREAKS ALL R LGORDS
With Boyd County Missing, the Total
Reaches the Enormous Figure
of 72,751,284 Bu3hcls.
According to figures prepared by
tho Stato Board of Agriculture, tho
stato ot Nebraska raised 72,751,284
bushels of oats this year on 2,077,803
acres, an nverago of 34.0 bushels per
acre. Knox county lod In tho number
of acres, the amount being 94,58, on
which was raised 3,452,170 bushols,
an average of 30.5 bushols to the
aero, which was also tho largest num
ber of bushels raised In nny county.
Arthur county raised tho least num
ber of bushels, only 4,730 bushels be
ing raised on 220 acres, an nverago
of 21.5 bushols per acre. Dawes coun
ty raised tho highest averago per
acre, tho report showing 59 bushols.
Othor counties which raised fifty or
moro bushels to tho aero were: Deuel,
50; Morrill, 51.G; Scott's Bluff, 50,
and Sheridan, 50. Boyd county was
tho only county which failed to re
port. Notwithstanding tho fact that Ne
braska Is ono of tho greatest stock
producing states in tho union, It is
not a great shipper ot "live onos," as
shown by n report of tho stato llvo
stock commission, which has just
beon mado public. Nobraska produces
scores of thousands ot cattlo, hogs
and sheep every year, but they aro
slaughtored horo in this stato and
whon they leavo horo thoy go as
dressed meat products. Tho report
montionod shows that aside from
dairy and breeding stock, this stato
shipped only 7,378 cattlo from April
1 to November 1 of this yeur. Tho
number of head of swine shipped was
only 790 nnd ot sheep only 317.
With its great stock yards nnd
packing houses Chicago received not
a slnglo head ot cattlo, hogs or sheep
from Nobraska during tho period
mentioned. All of that sort of thing
that went east out of Nebraska re-
ceived Its dressing beforo leaving. A
stntoment of tho total number of Iivo
stock of each kind shlppod from this
stato during tho months mentioned
is: Stallions, 115; horses, 3,489;
mares, 2,71-1; mules, 291; cattle,
7,338; dairy and breeding cattle,
1,574; sheep, 317, and swine, 790.
This does not Includo horses shipped
to ports for transportation to boj
llfiorent nations.
According to an opinion which has
nist beon written for Stnto Auditor
Smith by G. W. Ayrc3 ot tho nttornoy
gonoral's office, thero Is no limit to
tho amount of bonds which may be
voted by a school district having over
1,500 inhabitants. It has heretofore
been supposed that a district could
not issuo bonds to more thnn 12 per
cent of tho aBSossod valuation, and
this Is tho case with districts of less
than tho numbor of Inhabitants men
tioned. Tho opinion was written in
responso to a request relative to tho
Red Cloud district. Tho lattor voted
bonds to tho amount of $35,000 for n
now building. This nmount was based
dh tho assessed valutlon for last year
and would not bo in excess ot 12 per
cent on such valuation.
Plans have been drawn nnd a call
for estimates made by tho board in
ehnrgo of tho state houso for tho pur
post of doing something to save tho
west wing' of the ancient structure
from falling down. This is something
entirely now and unlookod for in
3tnto houso conditions. It has been
known for several years that tho cast
wing of tho building was on tho vorgo
oJ collapso and considerable monoy
tins been laid out in an effort to
keep tho southeast corner from fall
ing out, tho Soundatlon having al
ready sottlcd about eight inches, but
nobody know that tho west wing was
In a dnngerous condition until nbout
a week ago when a part of tho foun
dation in the basement crumbled and
fell Inside.
State Treasurer Hall has recolvod
from tho federal government two
chucks for $8,000 as tho quarterly
amount paid undor a federal appro
priation for the support of tho Sol
ilors' home at Grand Island and Mll
tord. Tho state board of agriculture re
ports that ryo raised by Nobraska far
mers this year totals 3,451,301 bush
sis, as compared to 3,128,433 in 1913,
tho best previous year. Tho yield av
eraged 10. 1 busliolB pero aero.
Salo of Nebraska Telephone Co.'s
plant at Columbus to the Independent
:ompany of that placo Is likely to tako
place as soon as formal details of tho
transaction havo beon approved by
tho railway commission.
Moro than 4,500 Nobraska school
teachers attended tho fifteenth annual
oonvonllon in Omaha last week.
According to tabulations made by
tho Nobraska stato board of agricul
ture, thero aro moro owners of farms
occupying tho land this year thnn nt
anV tlmo ln Ul Istry of tho state
Moro than 73,oo farm owners are
residing on their farms, according to
tho Nobraska assessors.
Tfco stato auditor has roglBtond
bonds ot tho city ot Sutton, Clay
county, to tho amount of $15,000 Tho
monoy realized will bo used In Install
ing an eloctrlc light planf
Bore Town
THelpsT
MUST NOT BE USED ALONE
But Cement Plaster May De Mado
Quite Artistic When Employed
With Wood Trimmings.
A homobuildcr purposing to uso ce
ment plaster for tho oxtorior cover
ing of his now house, will obtain bet
ter results in tho completed building
If, boforo beginning operations, ho
acquaints hlmsolt with tho peculiari
ties nnd possibilities of cement plas
ter. Used understanding and properly,
it Is nn ideal covering; othorwlso it
may provo most uninteresting and un
satisfactroy. Cement accentuates poor design
moro than do most other materials;
consequently caro In doslgn Is essen
tial. Unusual structural features
should bo avoided; beauty ot lino and
proportion will furnish tho principal
medium for decorativo qualities.
Cement is apt to bo colorloos and
monotonous it used alono; It is at
its best when combined with othor
materials.
Used with wood trimmings, it is ex
tremely pleasing, nnd makes possible
attractlvo window arrangements. Co
mont has a peculiar quality of reflect
ing tho color of materials used with
IL. With trimmings of brown, tho
plaster takes on a brownish tint, whllo
groon trimmings give to it n tono ot
groon.
Whito trimmings for coment houses
nro raroly effective, unless set oft by
grocn blinds.
SPRING OR FALL PLANTING
Matter of Moment Over Which Ex
perto Have Disagreed for a
Great Many Years.
Among horticulturists in Illinois
thoro la a keen dlsputo as to whether
spring or fall planting of fruit trees
is hotter, Tho preponderance ot tes
timony Is in favor of spring planting.
But, for all of that, somo ot tho fall
planted trees succeed well; and often
It 1b much moro convenient to plant In
tho fall than in tho spring. ft Is tho
boliof of tho writor that n person
Bonding to a nursery In tho early fall
for a certain treo Is moro likely tp
got that troo than In tho spring, be
causo tho variety doBired is moro like
ly not to havo been all sold out. Tho
disadvantage ot fall planting in that
tho roots nro covered by looso dirt
and tho roots frcozo harder than thoy
would in tho ground from which thoy
aro dug. Fall planted fruit trees
Bhould havo tho dirt heaped quite high
abovo tho roots, and, after tho ground
is partly frozen, somo litter should bo
scnttorod about tho roots of tho troo
and trampod down hard to keep mlco
from working in it and gnawing bark
Dt tho young tree. Horso manuro is
good for this, purposo and will often
cauao tho frost to penetrate tho ground
only lightly. Chicago Daily News.
Mary Anderson.
Madamo do Navarro, tho Mary An
dorson of othor days, who mado her
debut as a slxtoon-ycar-oUl Juliet at
Macaulay'a theater, Loulsvilio, and
who withdrew from tho stage upon
hor marrlago many years ago, has
long mndo hor homo In Enuland, at a
quaint llttlo vlllngo in Worcestershire
Tho othor day sho appeared as Juliet
for a charltablo purposo, tho occasion
being Just forty years after her dobxit.
Hor homo is within easy driving dis
tance of Stratford-on-Avon, whlcn
sho first visited when eighteen years
old. Evon then she resolved, it is
said, to mako her homo In tho land oi
Shakespeare It was In tho mlddlq
oightlea, whon her photograph was In
groat domand and sold ovcrywhero in
England as well as in tho United
States by tho thousand.
Plant More Acacias.
Whllo tho aspiring oucalypt largely
dominates tho landscape vlowa of tho
valloyB and foothills there is no family
of trees bettor- fitted to tho demands
of tho public or prlvato parks or cot
tago dooryard than the variod and
vnriablo acacias. Whether in flower
or wearing their quiet summor dress
of grayish or bluish green all bear a
sufficiently shadoyleldlng head that
marks thorn as desirablo subjects for
building attractlvo and comfortablo
places of rest ln all classes of gar
dons. During tho summer days, when
"all round tho languid nlr doth swoon,"
tho valuo of thoso plant emigranta
from tho antipodes can bo appre
ciated, for during tho long, hot days,
though thoy both hunger and thirst,
thoy" fall not. Exchange
Ideal City Has 32,000.
Cities that aro using all logltlmato
offorts, and oven somo efforts that can
not bo so described, to climb to a
slightly higher rank in tho census list,
may bo interested to know that Ebo
nezor Howard, an English authority
on city planning, places tho maximum
population ot tho ideal city at about
32,000, depending somowhat on tho
sizo of tho component famines.
Incroaso ln population should bo
provided for, ho thinks, by building
another city near by. Mr. Howard's
ideal city covers G.0O0 acres, of which
about half Is cultivated, tho other halt
boing occupied by streets and build
injrs. Lltorary DlgeBt.