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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NEWS OF IHE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LE88KR IMPORTANCE. A OF EVENTS National, Political, Personal and Othor Matter In Brief Form for All Classes of Readers. WASHINGTON. Representative Britten has Introduc ed hlfl resolution for an Investigation of the navy's contracts for Australian Lecf. Ilepresentativo Charles P. Coady ot Maryland, who succeeds the lato Rep resentative George Kontg lias been worn Into ofllco. ' Estimates Secrotary Daniels has eent to the- house appropriations com mittee ask congress to voto $145,000, 000 for the naval establishment in tho next flscal year. Another Alaskan railroad to open the natural recourccs of tho territory, Is proposed In a bill Chairman Houston, or the territories committee, bas favorably reported to tho houso. Interest will bo revived in tho lobby ing activities In Washington when tho senate's special committee rcopons hearings for a short tlmo. Chairman Overman has called a meeting and plans will then bo mado for a conclu elon of tho Inquiry. Secrotary Houston desires congress lo opproprlato $25,00O,0QO for tho agri cultural work of tho government His estimates will bo submitted and tho houso commitloo on agrlculturo will Aesln consideration of tho agricultural impropriation bill oarly In December. Whlto houso officiate have informal ly expressed at their appreciation of the speech of Viscount Haldanc, lord high chancellor of Groat Brltlan, In London, In which ho lauded Prosldont Wilson's Interpretation of tho Monroe jloctrlno. a Secrotary Bryan told govornment printing oTflco employes at their Thanksgiving sorvlces that thanks of tho nation at thlB season should bo not only to God, but to thoso whoso labor In tho past onabled Americans to en joy their political prlvllogos, their re ligious ldoala and their educational ad vantages. Record-breaking estimates for army appropriations wero laid before con Kress by tho War department. Secro tary aarrlnon transmitted to tho Iioubo his C8tlma'tes for tho military estab lishment during tho noxt fiscal year, aggregating $106,000,000, which is roundly $10,000,000 greater than tho figures submitted a year ago for'tbo r.rmy bill. DOMESTIC. In a twonty-Bovcn-mlnuto flight from Los Angeles to Santa Ana, thlrty-flvo miles southeast, Glenn Martin, aviator, nttalncd an altitude ot 0,800 foot, with a passenger. James It. McGuirc, formor mayor of Byracuso who Is undo- indictment in Hew York for soliciting a political contribution from a corporation 1b In San Juanr Porto Rico. Mrs. Adlal E. Stevenson wlfo of tho formor vlco president and past president-general of the Daughters of tho American Revolution 1b seriously ill In her homo at Bloomington III. Chicago women to whom have beon promised appointments na oloctlon judges or dorks for tho coming year, must declare their allegiance to Bomo pi.UIcal party in order to got the jobs. The campaign for a $4,000,000 fund tor tho Young Men's Christian asso ciation und tho Young Womeu's Chris tlan association, which has boon In progress in New York, olOBed success fully when It was announced that a total ot $4,0G1,G00 had been donated. UnlosB thero 1b a substantial in creaso soon in tho number of men re turning to work, several mines In tho north end of tho Calumot. Mich., dls trlct will closo for tho winter, tho management announces. Tho prop erties which may bo temporarily shut down Include tho Ahmoek, AUouoz, North oarsarge, Wolverine and Mo hawk. . Mrs. Charlotto Campbell, who died recently In Vlnoland, N. J at tho ago of 101, was tho oldest woman in tho state and had novcr boon outstdo ot tho stato boundaries, having boon born in Monmouth. Tho wireless station on the shoros of Lako Huron above Point Edward, Ont., picked up BlgnnlB from tho wlro obs station at Darwin, near Pnlmors ten, Soutli Australia, which was call ing tho wireless station at Sydney. Tho signals recolved woro qulto cloar. This Is said to bo a record dlstanco Dr. William T. Elam, tho St." Joseph, Mo., physician who, last Tues day' shot and killed W. Putnum Cramer of Chicago, waived prelimin ary hearing ut Kunsas City and was bound over to tho crlmmlnal court. Atlanta, Gn., has adopted tho Initia tive, referendum and recall. Now York now has a municipal com plaint bureau, whither citizens may resort to "kick." Slnco I860 tho United States govern ment has paid out $4,300,000,000 in pensions. A naval rlflo team from the Ameri can warships was beaten 138 polnUi In a match against a toain from tho Nlco rlflo club. Asumlng tho population of tho United States to bo 100,000,00, ono man out of every forty owes, his moans of livelihood and usefulness In Eomo degrco to Edison. Tho American historical association of tho Pacific coast opened Its eleventh annual convention at Los Angeles with a largo attendance of members and with an excellent pro-, gram. The body of a man found by hunt ers In tho woods near Concord, Mass., was Identified as that of Alfred Bull Nichols, professor of German at Sim mons college, who had been missing slnco Soptomber 9. Ho had shot him self. Thero aro affiliated to tho Ameri can Federation of Labor 118 interna tional trado unions, with their 27,000 local unions, thirty-six stato federa tions, 537 city central bodies and 650 local trade and federal labor unions having no internationals. Tho Ohio federation of laboi adopted at its annual convention a resolution declaring for the establish ment of a life insurance department by tho state. Tho recent amendments to tho constitution authorized the stato 'to issue Insurance contracts. An inltlatlvo potltlon bearing 12,378 signatures, filed with tho California secrotary of stato In favor of a general eight-hour law makes It almost certain that tho meaBuro will find a place on the ballot at tho stato election noxt November. Tho petition brought tho total signatures up to 28,040, which Is but, 1,060 short of tho required 30,000. o Tito building trades department ot tho American federation of labor has decided that a building trades coun cil, ropresontatlvo of the American federation of labr and Its policies, shall bo established in Now York city ns a robuko to tho various so-called contral bodio3 which grant recogni tion to dual and seceedlng unions. Tho proposal that a national inter stato trado commission, fashioned along tho lines of tho lntorstato com merco commission, should bo formed to deal with problems arising from large industrial corporations will bo ono ot the important subjects to bo dealt with by tho national civic federa tion at its meeting to bo hold at Now York. FOREIGN. Tho Chilean battleship Almlrante Latorrn was launched at tho Elswick, England, shipyards. Confirmation hns been received ol tho conspiracy in tho island ot For mosa to overthrow Japanese rulo thero. Tho American ambassador, and Mrs Frederick Courtland Pcntleld gave t largo Thanksgiving dinner to promin ent American residents at Vlonna. Charles Voplcka of Chicago, the newly appointed American minister to Rustnanla, Sorvla and Bulgaria, pre sented hlB credentials to King Charles at Bucharest. Tho number of articles handled bj the Egyptian postoinco department during 1912 Is estimated at 81,619,6593 about one million six hundred thous and more than in 1911. Suicides In Berlin during Octobei reached record figures. Nino out of every ten deaths nro ascribed to the gambling mania which pervades the Gorman capital and most ot Europe. Tho great strlko of miners In north eru Franco have boon settled, the As sociation of Mino Proprietors agree ing to an eight-hour day until tho bll! fixing an eight-hour day for working men, which Is now boforo the Frond) Parliament, is passed. Statistics Issued by tho Russian fac toVy Inspectors Indicate that -working class unrest, which had boon allayed during the years 1908-10, has more ro cently reappoarod In a steadily in creasing ratio. Dr. Josoph Herzflold, u soclal-domo-cratlo mombor of the German parlia ment, asked tho govornment whether It had decided to Investigate tho re lations of "tho Anglo-Anierlcnu tobac co trust" with tho German clgaret in. duBtry. Tho production of potato Hour 'in Holland Increases rapidly from year to yoar and tho product Is also stead lly finding markets abroad. Tho total production is now not less than 275, 000,000 pounds annually, Colonel Roosovolt, after sightseeing at Valparaiso, Chile, returned to San tlago. Tho largest oil-carrying vessel In the world, having a capacity of 15,000 tons, was Inuuohod at Jarrow, England L SECRETARY DANIEL8 RECOM. MENDS AN INCREA8E. ' ASKS FBRTWO DHUGHTS Thinks Country Should Maintain a Ccpable Fleet In Both Oceans 'at All Times. Washington. Two droadnauglUs, eight destroyers and three submarines lo tho yearly nayal building program Secretary Daniels recommends in bis first annual report to President Wil son. While such a program Is somo what less than recommended by tho Navy General board, principally be causo Mr. Daniels believes it Is as heavy as tho revenues of tho govern ment will permit, ho believes It is a progressive ono which will meot tho demand to go forward in tho contin uation of an adequate and well pro portioned navy. Second only in Interest to the sec retary's building program Is an en dorsement of Winston Churchill's pro posed "naval holiday" with a recom mendation that tho United States tuko the initiative and that President Wil son ask congress to authorize him to Invito all tho powers to a conforonce to discuss tho project. Policy of Building. Regarding his building program) Secrotary Daniels Bays: "Tho wIbo naval policy for tho United States at this time Is to find tho golden mean. It cannot wisely by Itself reduce tho construction of drcadnaughts or compete with othor great powers In burdening taxpayers to hasten the construction ot a navy larger than our conditions demand. Tho estimates of tho Navy depart ment show a docroaso In the ordinary expenditures. Tho program of the de partment may be summed up in tho phrase: 'More money nfloat and less ashore' I therefore recommend the authorization by the present congress of tho following building program. TWo dreadnaughts, eight destroyers and three submarines. "This is not, It will be observed, a large program, but It is a progressive one. It meets tho demand to go for ward In the continuation of 'an ado quato and well proportioned navy.' " Villa Prepares to March. Juarez, Mexico. Northern Mexico, embracing tho states of Sonora, Chi huahua, Coahulla, Nuovo Leon and Tamaullpas, and including the terri tory from the border 500 miles south ward, will bo wholly under tho author ity of tho rebel forces within two wcoks. Tho forces which aro fight ing Huorta will thon Join at Guadala jara with a view of marching on to Moxlco City. General Francisco Vil la, tho robel leader, has so announced. This campaign, ho said, contemplated not only the capture of Chihuahua City, but also tho Bproadlng of tho ro bel or constltutonallst authority fur ther south. Ho Is to bo Joined in tho Interior later by General Carrnnza, the hoad of tho revolutionary movement. So far as tho north Is concerned, Vil la said tho campagn Is between 14,500 federal troops, mostly in garrison, and 20,300 rebels, or constltutonallsts, In garrisons or roaming tho country. Drafts and Checks Found. South Bend, Ind. Drafts, money or ders i.'nd checks amounting- to $10,249, stolon from a mail sack at Dowaglac, Mich., woro recovored here. Postal authorities said negotiable orders Amounting to nbout $5,000 had not boon found. According to tho postal official a sack of mall left on the platform of tho Michigan Central rail road station at Dowaglac was stolon. Tho loot recovcrod was dropped luto a mall box at tho postofflce. Iowa Haa a Hunger Striker. Iowa City, lo,- Emma B. Rlcord, a euffragotto now in Jail In Iowa Cty, charged with perjury, is tho first wo man in Iowa, It Is bolloved, to adopt tho "starvation strike" method of bringing her captors to time. Sho has refused to partake of a moal Blnce her Imprisonment, and while her frlonds are striving vainly to secure a $5,000 bond for her liberation, sho1 is seemingly determined to starvo horself. la Going After Law 'Sheepskin. Columbus, O. Robert Alphon&o Taft, son of former President Taft, is ono of about 100 applicants who will tako tho examination for llcenso to practlco law in tho courts of Ohio bo foro tho law oxamlnor'B board. Spug Campaign On. Washington. -Mrs. Champ Clark, Miss Margaret Wilson and other wo mon of tho capital's social llfo are ox pocted to speak at a meeting hero at a "sup" campaign. Ships Sail From Naples. Naples, Tho United States naval aupply ship Coltlc and the fuel ship Cyclops havo loft bore for .the south. Tho commanders of tho battleships Florida and ArknnBas exchanged visits with tho commandor of a Ruslan crulsor which arrived. Loan Shark Given 8lx Months. Now York. Daniel H. Tollman, "king of tho loan sharks," must serve months in tho penitentiary for UBury. In bo deciding, tho appellate division upheld the lower court WANTS UfiEHIMT NEWS FROM STATE HOUSE Farmers of Nebraska aro steadily and consistently buying silos for tho Improvement of their farms. In April, 1913, thero woro 2,076 silos in Ne braska. In 1912 thero wero 1,683. Hand separators to tho number of 47,444 wero in use in 1913, as against 43,006 In 1912 and 42,782 In 1911. Tho war department haB agreed to furnish all non-commlsaloner officers in tho Nebraska national guard with automatic revolvers of the kind used in the regular army. These will bo drawn at once by tho adjutant gen eral and distributed. There are 239 officers entitled to receive them. The stato fire commission, follow ing a lengthy Investigation, has brought about the arrest of C. E. Car penter at Gothenburg. Carpenter Is alleged to have set fire to his resi dence a year ago and to bavo collect ed insurance from two companies, this aggregating moro than the actual value of the structure. A telegram has been received by Lcsllo C. Stcvons, student at tho Ne braska university, announcing that ho passed tho recent Rhode scholarship examinations given in Lincoln. The message camo from W. G. Crossland, Rhode scholar from Wesleyan univer sity, who la now at Oxford. No official notice, however, has yet been re ceived by the stato university authori ties. Among other things for the weeko! Organized Agriculture at Lincoln, January 19 to 23, will be a clinic dur ing which a test will be mado of a cow afflicted with tuberculosis and tile Infected organs will bo displayed after tho tests have been made, Prominent dairy experts from a num ber of states will attend, according to the announcement of President R. W. McGlnnis. Doposits of state banks have in creased $13,269,812.64 fn the past year, and loans In the same period have reached a mark" $9,533,425.28 higher than they were In October, 1912, ac cording to the state banking board re port Just Issued. The number of banks roportthg Is 714, with deposits of $91, 794,086.44, and an nvcrago reserve ol 25 per cent The McCabe Aviation company oi Lexington is the first flying company to bo licensed by tho blue sky depart ment of tho state railway commission. Tho company has been given permis sion to issue stock In the amount ol $1,500, this to allow tho construction of the new form of airship which It proposes to build. Afterward, If every thing works woll, more stock will ba issued? with the department's permis sion. Mrs. Lydla J. Bradbury of Univer sity Place has been appointed by the board of control as matron at the Grand Island soldiers home, to begin her duties as soon as she can arrange her affairs. The salary is $5jOO a year, with maintenance at the institution, Mrs, Bradbury has beon prominent as a W, C. T. U. worker in her home community. The matron's position was resigned recently by Mrs. M. M. Hall. Following the recent suggestion oi Adjutant General Phil Hall, that Om aha should have four militia com panics instead of three, and the sub sequent order of tho war department that all companies must be recruited to full strength, and each batalllon must contain four companies, Omaha members of the national guard hava Btarted an active campaign to organ .ize the new company and fill the ranki of tho old. Governor Morohead, speaking to the Omaha Manufacturers' association upon "Convict Labor on tho Public Highways," said he favored making better use of the convicts than under the present contract convict labor sys tem and In taking convict labor out of competition with free labor. Ho suggested getting a large tract oi land and making paving brick for roads and working convict labor at this and upon roads. Enforcement ot tho nine-hour work ing day nnd other provisions of the femalo labor law, particularly in out-in-tho-state telephone offices, Is glvina Labor Commissioner Pool something to kep busy with those fall days Adjustments are being effected hew and thero which are not similar, but which aro thought to come under the statutes and not bo subject to tin penal provisions of tho ad. Sale of adulterated linseed oil Is practically stopped in tho state, ac cording to the state food commission. A few vigorous prosecutions and In sistence that tho state law be strictly enforced turned tho trick. Nino com panies which wero found to have broken tho law paid pennltles for their indiscretions during tho war on tho falso product. A breakdown of an engine at the penitentiary plunged the corridors of tho stato house Into darkness Friday afternoon. The codo commission's version oi state laws, soon to make their appear anco In tho revised statutes, will amount to more than one-third of a milo In length, were they strung oul end to end and with only the printer's leads between tho page-wldo lines Tho indox would n'dd 600 feet to thai amount. Tho work when finished and roady for tho desks of state officials and barristers will contain about 2,000 pages. Tho end Is in sight, according to assertions of the. codo commission, and the books should bo ready for dis tribution early in the Year I FINDS CANNED G00D8 IN VERY UNSATISFACTORY ORDER. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Jtems of Interest Gathered from Re- liable Sources and Presented In 'Condensed Form to Our Readers. Commissioner Harmon's office one day last week was tho ocenc of deadly carnage, and a fight for' life that be came more and more exciting and tragic as the contest waged, and tho slaughter continued. It was a battle of organisms and they tussled among themselves with great vigor In sweet potatoes, which were captured last week In a food Inspection trip to the store of a provision company at South. Omaha. The potatoes were alive with the little 'unknowns," and mag (led through a microscope at 550 diam eters tho little bodies were watched in their conflict by many interested spectators. According to statements made by tho head of the department, tho provision Company was ordered by an Inspector a fortnight ago to tako the goods off sale at onco. During a rccont trip to South Omaha tho canned good 3 were found to bo on salo at reduced prices. Tho official bought three cans of sweet potatoes and an equal number of cans of sar dines. Tho spudB wero full ot the or ganisms, while the small flsh were so stale that whon tho cans wero opened tho department's employes held their noses when attempting to got por tions detached for further inspection with the mlcracope. As soon as tho stato chemist's report on the-goods is available Commissioner Harman will likely take the matter up in a legal way with the company. Accidents Reported to Commissioner. Out of 103 accidents reported to State Labor Commissioner Pool under a new state law, three were fatal. Frenk Leonard of Omaha, employed by an electric light and power com pany, fell from a pole and died from his injuries. Peter Hock of Omaha, a railway employe, was killed by cars passing over his body. John Knopp omployed In a broom factory in Lin coln, bocamo entangled In a belt and was killed. Moro accidents were re ported among employers of the Omahp Gas and Electric Light company tha from any othor source. Only a fe accidents were reported among ra way employes. The reports sho that a considerable Ions of tlmo was caused by accidents to employes. Public Policy Is Constitutional. Briefs in defense of the juvenile court law which Wilbur F. Bryant of Hartington Is attacking in the supreme court, havo been filed with that tri bunal by County Superintendent Miller of Cedar county. In dofense of the enactment attorneys for Superin tendent Miller say: "Tho opposing litigant says the juvenile court Is against public policy. I have never heard of a law being sot aside because It was against public policy. It may havo been dono sometime and some where. Contracts have beon declared against public policy. But public pol icy itself is tho constitution and the lawi. Public policy Is but the mani fest of tho state." Affects Many Members of W. O. W. Thirty thousand policy holders o the Woowmen of the World are said . be affected by the probable ruling oi the state Insurance department with regard to continuation of payment on llfo certificates held by long-time mem bers of tho order. The payment Is said to. have been concluded under tho first rules of tho order and then after wards when these certificates were nullified, Inquiry arose as to what the policy holders might expect In return. The affairs will finally bo adjudicated In the courts, according to the attor ney general, instead of being settled by the department's ruling. Action by the department, however, will like ly bo used as a basis for tho litiga tion. The university law building, which was put In use at tho opening of the semester, will be dedicated December 9. Roscoe Pound, professor of law In Harvard university and former dean ot tho law college at Nebraska, will be tho speaker. " The 1913 report of tho Nebraska Btate board of agriculture has been published and is now ready for distri bution. This report contains tho Item ized statement of the receipts, and ex penditures ot tho stato board of agri culture, papers on various farm and llvo stock topics by experts, a record of the proceedings ot the Bessey memorial banquet, and a complete tabulation of the 1913 crops, compiled under tho provisions of the Scott act by tho department of agricultural sta tistics and publicity of the state board of agriculture. Pool Picks Out Homestead. Labor Commissioner Pool has re turned from Grant county, where ho picked out a homestead following In tho wake of his success In tho recent ly conducted drawings at North Platto. Tho official drew No. 65, but on ac count ot disqualifications and with drawals of those ahead of him was finally given an opportunity to make tho thirty-third selection. His. choice of acreages is located twelve miles southwest ot Hyannls and tho land Is well fitted for alfalfa growing. Water is only debt feet below the surface. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Tho bnsketball team at Falrbury has been reorganized. Ord is worrying over tho water problem in that place. Tho new Christian church at Alli ance wns dedicated Sunday. Wolves ore said to be quite numer ous in tho v,lclnity north of York. ' Gngo county fruit growlers will hold a big meeting nt Beatrice, December v 11. ' John Doyle, who was struck by a train at, Hampton, died from his in juries. Governor Morehead has become a sustaining member of the Lincoln Y. M. C. A. A shortage of material Is delaying operations nt tho new Fremont high school building. Lightning killed a cow owned by Vaclav Havel, five miles southeast of Clarkson, last week. William Baker, one of the oldest pioneers of Jefferson county, is dead at his home in Falrbury. Tho Nebraska Veterinary associa tion w"lth a membership of over 100, will hold Its annual meeting at Lin coln, December 9 nnd 10. Mrs. N. A. Kollne, a Lincoln wo man, chased a would-be burglar from nor home with an empty revolver, which she skilfully handled. ' George E. Bockler has received his commission as postmaster at Dcshler and taken charge of the office. 1 Mrs. Sarah Barkshlre, aged 84, died at Lincoln as a result of accidentally Inhaling gas froni an open jet in her kitchen. Georgo Lo Harris was bound over to the federal district court at Grand Island on the charge of impersonating a naval officer. -s An ordinance has been presented to ,the Omaha city council to prohibit tho manufacture, sale, uso or storage of 'the ordinary parfor or snapping match. Carl Engelman, a Hastings carpen ter, was taken to a local hospital, threatened with lockjaw as a result of running a rusty nail through his foot. The. Gage county farmers' instituto will be held at Beatrice December 9 and 10. D. S. Dalbcy is president and John Essam secretary of tho institute. Farm Demonstrator O. H. Liebers pas returned from Wisconsin, where he purchased twenty-eight high grade Holstein cattle for Gage county farm ers. Scarcity of rainfall In Johnson county has caused most of tho creeks to run dry, and the rivers are at the lowest stage in the history of the state. The dramt tic society of the Anselmo high school presented "The Merchant of Venice Up to Date" In a vory cred itablo manner to an appreciative au dience one night last week. Earl Parmenter, a former Hastings boy, now engaged in extensive farm ing in Saskatchewan, Canada, this sea son raised and threshed over 22.0001 bushels of oats on his own farm. Cholera has been raising havoc In Pierce county, and a number of farm- . era have lost more than 100 head. William Bartlett has lost practically hla entire herd,, about 150 head. A district meeting- ot the Odd Fel lows was held at Odell Tuesday even ing, which was attended by about 300 members of the order. Blue Springs lodge carried off first honors in the competitive drill. Pref. E. W. Hunt, former professor of English at tho state university, and well known over the state, was found dead In his room at the Flat iron building nt Omaha. Death re suited from heart trouble. The Wymore volunteer fire depart ment will hold a fair, December 17 to 20, to raise money for the building fund. Tho firemen have about $1,500 in their building fund at present, and plan to erect the' building next spring. George Bauragardner of Beatrice had a narrow escape from death when he was caught in the shafting of, a machine he was operating. He suc ceeded in throwing the lever to stop, but lost nearly all hlB clothing, be- . sides being badly cut and bruised. Several persons were seriously in jured when a speeding auto plunged into a crowd of pedestrians on the walk In front of an Omaha business house. A religious census taken of tho Sec- -ond ward of Beatrice shows that thera are thirty-four residents who have no church preference and only one who is a disbeliever. J. C. Farrlngton of Hough, Neb. who shot himself in the head with a pistol at the union station at Omaha on the night of November 9, died nt St. Joseph's hospital ten days later without regaining consciousness. A snake was dug out of his winter quarters five feet under ground by workmen excavating the basement of the hew Christian church at Brown vlllo. Two cars of fish, mostly bass, crap plo and cat, have been distributed among tho lakes and streams of Ne braska along the line of tho North western railway In the Elkhorn valley The cornerstone of the new $20,000 Presbyterian church in Madison was laid Thursday in the prosenco of a largo concourso ot citizens and tho program throughout was. very interest ing and impressive. The price of milk In Fremont has been raised from G to 7 cents a quart and tho creameries aro paying 14 cents a gallon instead of 12 as heretofore. Approximately 70 cents per capita of tho city's population 1b now on de posit at the Beatrice postal savings bank, according to a report of Post master A. H. Holllngworth. " Ray Trabert of Alliance was severe ly Injured by being struck in tho face by a crowbar with which ho was try ing to throw out a clutch on tho fly wheel ot a threshing engine. His jaw waB broken in two places and he was badly cut about the face aul neck.