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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1914)
THE NORTH PLATTE SEM1-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. V V USUAL WET AND DRY FIGHT IN NEBRASKA. MANY STARTLING RESULTS Saloon Question Was Most Frequent Cause of Division Sunday Baseball Aso an Issue, "Western Nuwspaper I'niun Now a Sim vice. Lincoln, Neb. Municipal elections "were held throughout the state Tues day. This year is the "off year" for this city, and no election takes place hero on municipal mutters until 1916. In contests reported the saloon ques tiou was the most frequent caubc of division. Bond issues and other mat ters of local government were decided In many places. WET Albion Alliance Alma Amherst 'Ashland Auburn Sarneston Beatrice Benson Bloomflcld Blue Hill Bloomington Bridgeport Brunlng Burwcll Cedar Bluffs Chadron Clarke Columbus Comsiock Cook ' Culbertson Crete Dawson Dewecse Elgin Elwood Eustis ralrbury , Fremont Friend Fullerton "Genoa Gothenburg Greenwood Greeley Hartington Harvard Hastings Havelock Herman Holstein Homer Johnson Kearney Kenesaw Laurel l.elgh Louisville Loup City Madison fVlcCook Nebraska City Nellgh Newport North Platte Oconto Odell Oh Iowa Ord Orleans Oshkosh O'Neill . Papilllon Pender Phillips Plckrell Pierce Pilger Plalnvlew Plattsmouth Prosser Ravenna ''Republican City Rulo Schuyler DRY Ainsworth Anselmo Ansloy ""Arapahoe Arcadia Arlington Aurora Bancroft Bascett . benkeiman Beaver City Beaver Crossing "Bellwood Benedict Blair Brock broken Bow 'Callaway Clay Center Central City Dorchester Craig Curtis David City Decatur Denton Edgar "Emerson . "Ewlng "Falls City Fairfield Franklin Gibbon 'Giltner "Hampton Hebron Hickman Holdrege Humboldt ouniata Kimball "Lexington Lyons Miller Mlnden Nelson North Loup Oakland Ogallala Ong Oxford Pavnee City Ponca Red Cloud Rushvllle Sargent Shubert . . ''Silver Creek Stella Stromsburg Sumner Superior Tecumseh Tekamah "Thurston Ulysses University Place Valley Waco "Wahoo Wakefield Wausa Weeping Water Western "Wolbach York Scotia Seward Shelton Springfield Stanton Staplehurst "Sterling Swanton Sutton Syracuse St. Pau Table Rock Talmage Tilden Upland i Valentino ' Verdon Waterloo West Point Wilber Wilcox Wood River Wymore "Changes from last year's policy. Sunday Baseball. For Norfolk Broken Bow Ashland Amherst Sterling Kearney Callaway F'ordyce Ord Upland Blair McCook Ansley Anselmo riartlngton Schuyler Plainvlew Ochkosh Againsi Tecumseh Beatrice Clay Center Gibbon Eustlo Hebron A number of surprising changes were recorded. Falls City went dry nftor fortj--five years of saloons. Su perior went dry by one vote. Wahoo went dry. Hickman. Emerson and Callaway wero other changes to tho dry column. St. Paul went wet nftor a hot fight on tho liquor question. Teknmah wont dry for tho eighth year. In many contests tho vote was very close. Tho fallowing aro tho rosults in tho more Important towns in tho state, and particularly when "wot or dry" was the issuo: Kearney - With tho samo majority us that of a year ago, Kearney re mained wot by I3 votes. The lighting contract providing for a serios of orna mental street lights was carried by 1S2 votes to tho surprise of many who thought the opposition wus too strong. The Sunday baseball question was de cided with a majority of uluctj-llvo votes. Beatrice. Closing one of the most bitter campaigns In tho history. of tho city the three present commissioners, .1. II. Spyer, .1. V. Mayer and J.U. C. Field, were re-elected. The city will remain in the wet column and the Sun day baseball and the, Sunday amuse ment questions fnlled to carry. The wets carried the city by a majbritj of 178. Sunduy baseball lost by forty one. Broken Bow. At the municipal elec tion here A. M. Brew, on the people's independent ticket, was elected ovei Major K. K. Squires of the citizens ticket. The contest was close and spirited. Brew's majority was about sixteen. Sunday baseball was carried and pool halls were voted out. Sa loon license was not voted upon, and the town temalns dry. Havelock. Tho democrats secured tho election of their candidate for mayor, one councilman and the city engineer (uncontested) at Havelock. The republican candidates were elect ed to other oIIcob. Sunday baseball was approved bj a large majority. An unusually large vote was polled. Hobron. "V. C. Cooper was elected mayor on the dry ticket by four votes,, Tho dry olemeut prevailed by a ma jority of eleven votes. Two wards went dry, one wet nnd one a combina tion of wet and drj votes. The pool hall question received an equal num ber of votes from both parties. Sun day bai-eball was decisively defeated by forty votes. Columbus. Tho ticket nominated by the citizens and endorsed by the democrats was elected, although there was some opposition, especially on the school board. The saloon ques tion was not an Issue. Tecumseh Tecumseh stays in the dry column by seventy-three majority. The town went dry last year by Jmt six. Sunday baseball was defeated by ninety-four votes. Harry S. Villar was elected mayor. Falls City. For the first (line in forty-five years Falls City went dry today by a majority of 172. Over a thousand votes were cast during the clay. Humboldt. Humboldt changed her policy and wen t dry by twelve votes. Mayor Davis, democrat, was defeated by A. L. Brunn, republican, by eight votes. Wahoo. Wahoo went dry by a ma jority of seven, lor the firBt timo for several years. Last year the vote was close, the wet majority being seven. David City. The proposal to license saloons was defeated by a majority of three votes. Last year the town went dry by twenty-eight votes. Norfolk. Sunday baseball carried by 427 majority and Sunday moving pictures by a majority of 105. Superior. Superior went dry by a majority of one vote on the Initiative and referendum election. Clay Center. J. E. Wheeler was re elected major. Sunday baseball was defeated three to one. Geneva. Genova went wet by sev enteen majority, this being no reversal of policy lrom last year. Gothenburg. After a year in tho dry column, Gothenburg went wet by only two votes. Harvard.-rliarvard remained In tho wet column this year by a majority of twelve. Cook. The wot policy was adopted here. Lincoln, Neb. The Nebraska State Democratic Editorial association has been called to meet in this city April 21, at which timo plana" for the' com ing state campaign are likely to bo tentatively outlined. Electric Power for Long Pine. Long Pine. Much Interest is cen tered in a plan to dam Long Pino crook and create electric power for use in this city and other towns up and down the road. An engineer has been looking over tho ground with H. M. Culhorhon, a well known local capi talist and promoter. If the plan Is found feasible it Is said a large amount of outside capital can be secured to construct the dam and power plant, as tho never ending supply of water and tho narrow walls of tho canon render tho undertaking comparatively easy. University Place, Neb. Citizens of this place wero thrown Into a high state of excitement Monday when forty sticks of dynamlto wore discovered In a shed not far from tho main street of tho town. Sheriff Hyors was noti fied immediately of tho find, and, after inspecting tho place where tho explo sive had boon, carted the ontiro con signment to his olllcn at tho court house. No cluo as to who took the dynamlto to the shed has been discov ered, but offlcors will bo kopt on tho case until thoy hunt down a clue or J aro compelled to give up. MRS. WARREN NOT A CLUBWOMAN finds the' cosmopolitan Boclal llfo in Washington particularly interesting, but she Is essentially a homo woman. She takes great delight in reading, and tioino of her happiest hours aro spent in her big, wel-stocked library. Mrs. Warren is not a clubwoman. Sho Is, however, "a suffragist by mar riage," as she says when asked for hor viows on equal suffrage. Then sho explains that Wyoming, her husband's state, enfranchised Its women nearly half a century ago. SAYS DIVISION OF PRODUCTS IS PROBLEM "The equitable division of that which is produced is a problem wo havo not yet solved," declared Sec tary Wilson of tho department of la bor la an address at the first anni versary banquet of tho department in Washington tho other night. "Nobody has yet presented a con crete plan by which this problem can bo solved. Somo say collective owner ship of all means of production, distri bution and exchnngo would solvo it and give to every man tho full social equivalent of that which his labor pro duces. But nssumlng you havo collec tive ownership of all means, how aro you going to determine what tho full social equivalent Is? "In tho primitive stnto of society such a thing might havo been pos sible, but not now. No; collective ownership would not give us a solu tion. Maybe a solution will como yet, though not ns tho result of ono man's brilliant iden, but from somo thought upon thought, idea upon idea, until every man on earth may havo a full social equivalent of his labor." Tho speakor then referred to tho different branches of tho department of labor. Ho said the department Is bound to grow. VISCOUNTESS D'AZY IS POPULAR Baron von Nngoll, iinron ivarl von Froudenthal and Mr. von Hath. Tho play was given as a benefit for tho Washington diet kitchen and $1,000 was realized. Tho Viscountess d'Azy has five children. Tho daughter or tho Marquis do Vogue, himself a scion of ono of tho oldest houses in Franco and a member of tho Froncli Academy, sho was married, as aro most French girls of gentle blood, almost as soon bb alio entered her teens. Sho is a devoted mother, and tho comrnde nnd playmate of her ilvo children, whoso names aro Charles, Elaine, Clare, Margaret and Martha. EXPLORER 6REELY As vigorous and active as many men of half his ago, MaJ. Gon. Adol phus Greoly, famous as a soldier and Arctic explorer, reached tho seven tieth milestone of his life's journey a few days ago. Slnco his retirement from active service bIx years ago Gen oral Greelj has nuulo his residence in Washington city Much of IiIb time, however, has hr nu spont abroad, whoro ho has Interested himself In the study of aviation, military affalrB and geography and kindred sciences. General Greely is a native of Now buryport, Maas.. where ho wa born Mnrch 27, 1811. Ho served In tho Union army from 1801 to 18f.5 and was tho first man who entered tho Civil war as a private soldier to at 'ain tho rank of brigadier general In tho regular kctvIco. Moro than 30 years ago Gonernl Greely attracted world-wide attention by a polar expedition of which ho was tho chief. This expedition sallod northward In 1881. it contained 25 members, of whom only seven camo back Two relief expeditions failed to find thotlbely party, and when finally rescuod by tho third expedition, sent uuder command of Capt. Winfleld Scott Schley, the survivors of tho party wore nearly crazed with hunger. Mrs. Francis E. Wnrren, tho young wile of Senator Warron of Wyoming, was known in Washington society dur ing her girlhood. Beforo she camo to take her plnco as a matron of tho offi cial set at tho cnpltal she was often a guest at tho homo of her undo, tho late Justlco Brown of tho Supremo court Senator arid Mrs. Wurron aro now otuipjlng shul was formerly tho Blown home, in which as a girl Mrs. Warren spont so many happy days. It is well adapted to entertaining on generous scnlu. Its drawing rooms contain some rare ptoces of old ma hogany which would delight tho cyo of tho collector, but Mrs. Warren prizes thorn most for their family asso ciations. Tho guestroom of this man sion Is furnished with colonial pieces which aro probably as beautiful ex amples of tho craftsmanship of that period nu aro in existence. Mrs. Warren Is fond of society and Viscountess Benolst d'Azy, tho young wife of tho naval attacho of tho French embassy at Washington, ia known as tho most popular woman in tho diplomatic corps. Accom plished and highly original, sho has also a gift for leadership that Is gen erally recognized. Sho is usually prime mover in privato theatricals, winter sports, costumo dances and other diversions with which society amuses itself, and sho often bends liqr energies upon tho successful con summation of some enterprlso which sho has organized for ono American charity, or another. Not- long ago she produced tho play, "Lo Voyugeur," In the ballroom of the mansion of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin MacVeagh. Viscountess d'Azy herself played a role, and tho other members of an unusually dls tlngulshcd cast wero tho Countops Bertior do Sauvlgny, wife of tho mil itary attacho of tho French embassy; STILL VIGOROUS 0OIOOfO0OiH040lOfOf0400OlO0-fOf040HOfOCHHO New Indian Animal Stories How the Rabbit Destroyed Flint U H By JOHN M. 000OtOiOtO00OiOIO0OtOiOKOKOKHOCHHO -- n - ' '" ' ""' i i .. i Children, Color the Above Sketch to Suit Yourself. Save All the Sketches and Make a Book of Them. (Copyright, 19H. bv tho McCluro News- j paper Hymncaio.) Long timo ago, when tho Indlnns of tho wooded mountains used to tip tholr arrowB with pieces of sharp flint, tho llttlo children who watched tho old men at work chipping tho flint and binding tho pointed bits of stono Into tho endB of tho arrowB with deer Blnow, would hear this story: Onco tho animals nil camo together in council to talk about how thoy could dostroy Flint, tho awful follow who lived up on tho mountain and killed so many of thorn. Ono after tho other, tho animals stood up in tho council and told nbout how Flint had como down from tho rocky ledges of tho mountain and carried off somo 'of their rolatives. Tho Groat Boar said It; tho long pronged deer said It; tho oldest gob blor said'lt; nnd finally tho Great Ottor said that somebody must go and kill Flint in order to save tho lives of tho rest of tho animals. But who would daro to go up to tho mountain and undortako to dostroy Flint? No ono wanted to go, though tho Oreat Ottor, who was at tho head of tho council, said that great honor would como to tho ono who succeeded. At last when It camo timo for tho rabbit to answer, ho said that ho would go and destroy Flint If ho only know tho way to his house. "Oh!" said all tho animals at onco, "wo will show you tho way." And so thoy all camo out of tho council nnd took the rabbit to a high knoll. When they woro all gathered on tho knoll, tho Great Otter stood besldo tho rab bit and pointed to a houso 'way up on tho sido of tho mountain. Thoy could just bnroly aeo it. "There," suld tho Groat Ottor, "lives Flint," and ho told tho rabbit just how to got up there. It was a long road, and tho rabbit sat down to rest boforo ho got to Flint's houso, and ho planned what ho would do. Then ho got up and went on. Flint wus standing in tho door of his houso as tho rabbit camo up and said to him: "Slyu (hello) aro you tho follow thoy call Flint?" And tho rabbit said it just as if ho meant to bito hla head off right thoro! "Yes, I'm Flint," nnsworod tho wicked ono who lived on tho moun tain, but ho didn't invito tho rabbit to como insldo. So tho rabbit Bald: ,JIs this whoro you llvo?" And Flint answered: DARK ROOM EMERGENCY LAMP Easy Matter to Arrange Ruby Light for Developing Films and Plates Tungsten Globe Used. In developing films and plates it is essential that a ruby lamp bo used. Not having ono I took my Brownio No. 2 camera, In tho hack of which is a ''Z Emergency Ruby Lamp. Btnall ruby lens, and removed tho film holder, aayo a writer In tho Popular Electricity. In this Bpaco wou placed a small tungsten battery lamp. A fow foot of flexible wiro was attached to tho lamp socket terminals and a dry battery furnished tho current. A small but practical electric rail way has been Installed In a Paris eowor. "Yes, this Is whoro I live." And, then tho rabbit said: "Well, my name Is Rabbit. I'vo heard about ydu, and so I'vo como to, invito you to visit mo." "Whoro do you llvo?" nsked FlinL "IIy homo is In tho broom grass by tho rlvoi," said tho rabbit. "Well, I will ho pleased to como and visit you In a fow days," said Flint, and ho looked as if ho wished tho rabbit would go away. "Why not como with mo toduy and' havo suppor at my house?" asked th' rabbit, who had mado his plants "All right, I will," Bald Flint. "Just wait till I cover my flro with ashes so it will keep till morning." So tho two enmo down from they mountain together, and thoy camo to tho rabbit's houso by tho rlvor. Tho rabbit Buld ho'd mako a flro down by tho water, where It was cooler, and then thoy ato their supper on tho grass. It was a good supper tho rabbit cooked, and afterward Flint said hoi was sleepy and would take n nap. And when Flint lay down tho rabbit hunted round for two big sticks. Then ho got out his knlfo and began to whittle on tho sticks. Ono ho whittled in tho shape of a hammer and tho other ho shaped llko a wedgo. "What aro you doing 'that for?" asked Flint sleepily. "Oh, I nlwnyB havo to bo doing some thing," said tho rabbit. "Besides, theso may como in handy." Soon Flint was fast aBhjop. Tho rnbblt spoko to him, but ho did not answer. Tho rnbblt wont over and kicked Flint, but oven that did nut wako him. Then tho rabbit put th Bhnrp wedgo against tho body of Flh and drow back as far as ho could wl' i tho hammer nnd sent tho wedgo de . into Flint's body. As ho struck, tho rnbblt turned ni 1 ran as fast as ho could to tho door c i his huse. JuBt as ho got insldo h hoard a great explosion and struck his head out to soo what it wob. Tho wedgo had broken tho body of Flint to bits and tho pieces wero flying all about. It was ono of tho pieces that camo flying straight at tho rabbit and cut his uppor lip boforo ho could pull hit head insldo his door. And to this duy you can boo in tun upper lip of tho rabbit tho llttlo split mado by tho pleco of Flint. FIRST BOOKS FOR CHILDREN Pioneer of Juvenile Literature Was John Newbury Immortalized in "The Vicar of Wakefield." John Nowbury wns really tho pionoer of tho children's books which ho advortlsod so ingonfously, and the two hundredth annlvorsary of his birth is worthy of romombrunce. Hi.i '"Juvonllo Library," commenced about 17C0, was tho fliHt attempt to provldo tho children with readable books, and It wns in this aorles that "Goody Two Shoes," "Giles Gingerbread" and' "Tommy Trip" first mado their nppear nnco In print. Goldsmith, who wroto' a good many of theso children's class ics for Nowbury, termed him tho "hon cstest man In creation," nnd Immortal ized him by u pleasing portrait in "Tho Vicar of Wnkofleld." Hla Parental Excuse. Teacher You wero nbseut from, Bchool yesterday? Tommlo Yes, ma'am. I was Bick. "Havo you any oxcuso for bolng sick: yestorday?" "Yob, ma'am. It was tho plo, ma'am.'" "I mean havo you any oxcuso fromi your paronta for being sick yostor-. day?" "Yos, ma'am. It waa plo what mother mado what mado mo Bick," OSKISON
