THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
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NINE OTHERS INJURED IN BOILER
EXPLOSION ON CRUI8ER
8AN DIEQO.
OCCURS OFF GUAYMAS, MEX.
Accident on Flagship of the Pacific
Fleet, Which lo Under the Command
of Rear Admiral Howard Valued at
$6,000,000. '
Washington, Jan. 25. Four men
woro killed and nine Injured In a boil
er explosion on Friday on board tho
United StatcB cruiser San Diego, for
merly tho California, off Guaymas,
Moxlco, Rear Admiral Howard report
ed to tho navy department.
Tho accident happened Just after
tho cruiser had completed her powur
trials. Admiral Howard's message,
which was dated six o'clock at night,
read:
"Duo to boiler explosion on U. S. S.
San Diego,- tho following men are
dead: Ascar J. Wyatt, Ambus L.
Hardee, William F. Elliott and Clifford
A. Weston, all second class firemen.
Tho following woro sorlously Injured:
"Benjamin F. Tucker, It. V. (Hidden,
Ernest A. Ledwlth, II. Miller. All
first class firemen; Georgo Ohm, wa
ter tender; Darroll L. Vornado and
Charles W. F. Peterson, both flromen
of Bccond class; Emanuol A. Shappl,
Beaman, and Patrick A, Meddiam, coal
passor. Next of kin havo been noti
fied. Tho Bhlp had Just completed
four hour full speed trials."
Tho Ban Diego Is tho flagship of tho
Paclflo fleot, Hear Admiral Howard
having transferred his flag as com
mander of tho Pacific fleot from tho
West Virginia to tho San DIogo on
November 25. Sho cost $G,000,000,
and wob built at tho Union Iron works,
San Francisco, and Is ono of tho fast
est and best boats of that typo In tho
navy. Sho formerly was tho cruiser
California.
Sho has a displacement of 15,680
tons. Her dimensions aro: Length,
502 feet; beam 70 feet; draft, 2GH
feet. Sho carries four eight-Inch
guns, 14 six-Inch guns, 18 three-Inch
and 12 threo-poundora.
G0MPERS CLAIMS BLACKLIST
Asks United States Body to Investi
gate Big Telegraph Com
panies. Now York, Jan. 25. Samuel Comp
crs, president of tho Amorlcan Fed
eration of Labor, was a -witness boforo
tho fedoral relations body on Friday.
Ho began by reading a tolocram
from tho Commercial Telegraphers'
union urlng him to ask tho commis
sion to Bummon boforo It officials of
tho largo telegraph companies to tes
tify rogardlng alleged blacklisting op
orations. "I can assure your commission that
It you follow this suggestion you will
rocolvo somo startling Information,"
be said.
Mr. Gompors said ho bellovod tho
samo laws should not given business
combinations and labor organizations.
Mr! Gompors assorted that boycotts
and strikes woro legal, according to
tho Clayton bill.
TWO U. S. SHIPS TO GERMANY
Steamer Dacla, With Cargo of Cotton,
to Be Seized by British
Warships.
Galveston, Tox Jan. 25. The for
mer Hamburg-American steamship Da
cla, with a cargo of 11,000 bales of cot
ton for Germany, cloarcd for Rotter
dam, via Norfolk, and sailed at day
break Saturday.
Officials realize that Great Britain
muy "capturo" tho vessol ns a prizo of
war, becauBo sho still regards tho
Dacla as tho proporty, In sufllclont de
greo, nt least, of Gormany.
Now York, Jan. 25. Carrying a
cargo of food supplies shipped by an
American firm and consigned to an
Amorlcan citizen in Gormany, tho
Amorlcan owned steamer Wllholmlna
loft its dock sailing for Hamburg. Tho
shlppors assort that tho food 'la
meant only for civilians.
BRITISH SHIP IS TORPEDOED
Steamer Durward Sent to the Bottom
by German Submarine Begin
ning of New Policy.
London, Englnnd, Jan. 25. Tho
British Btoamor Durward, says a Rot
terdam dispatch to noutor's Tclogram
company, Iibb boon torpodood by tho
Qorman submarino U-10. Tho crow
was saved. Tho London nowspapors
Interpret tho sinking or tho Durward
us tho beginning of a Gorman naval
policy ullegod to havo boon urged by
Admiral von Tirpltz, tho Gorman min
ister of tho nuvy, agalnBt British mer
chant vesselB.
Defends Canadian Slayers.
Toronto, Can., Jan. 25, Tho Domin
ion government has advised tho On
tario authorities that it has decided
to defend Canadian inllltlamun con
cerned in tho shooting of two Amorl
can duck hunters,
Swedish Steamer Sunk by Mine.
London, Jan. 25. A special from
BJornoborg says that tho Swedish
Eteamor Drett whllo entering tho har
bor struck a rnlno and Bank. Flvo
mombera of tho crow woro drowned
and 13 saved.
U. S. FLAG IS LOWERED
REFUSES TO MOVE WHEN BRIT
ISH EMBLEM IS RAISED.
Britain Asked to Explain Actions of
Warship In Detaining American
Vessel of Commerce.
Washington, Jan. 22. Tho state de
partment has requested of tho Drltlnh
embassy information as to why tho
American steamer Greenbrier, from
Now Orleans and Norfolk to Dromcn,
with cotton under certlflcato of tho
British consul at Now York, was
stopped by a British cruiser, sent un
der British flag to a British port and
detained two days boforo bolng al
lowed to comploto her voyage to
Bremen.
Tho detention of tho Greenbrier was
brought to tho attention of tho state
department by telegrams from Cap
tain Farley, her commander, now at
Bremen. Farloy stated that tho
Greenbrier was overhauled on Decem
ber 30 by n British cruiser. Tho board
ing officer required him to contlnuo
on his course convoyed by tho cruiser
for a day or two whllo tho cargo waB
being searched for arms.
Then tho cruiser placed aboard tho
Groonbrlor Bomo additional British of
Accra, hoisted tho British flag, and a
prizo crow, who navigated tho ship so
that, according to Captain Farley, it
was damaged boforo it was brought
into Kirkwall. Thero tho Greenbrier
remalno'd for threo days, Captain Far
loy refusing to sail it further except
undor tho American flag. Tho British
authorities Anally consented to tho
raising of tho American flag and Cap
tain Farloy took his ship to Lolth.
FLASHES
OFF THE WIRE
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Amsterdam, Jan. 21. Gorman air
craft passed over Holland from wost
to cast Tuesday night. It Is expected
tho Dutch government will point out
to Gormany that tho repeated flights
of German aircraft over Holland aro
not comfortablo to tho attitude of a
bolligerent to a neutral country.
Now York, Jan. 21. A federal In
quiry Into tho shooting of strikers
at Itoosovolt, N. J., has boon begun.
Edmund S. Brennan, an Investigator
of tho United States commission on
Industrial relations, was Bent to tho
Now Jersey town to mako nn Investi
gation. Amsterdam, Jan. 21. Tho motor
launch of a German warship struck a
mine in the Scheldt rlvor off Nieuvers-
luls at noon Tuesday and was de
stroyed. An officer and four men on
board woro killed.
Now York, Jan. 21. Christian mis
sionaries and converts in Urumlah,
Persia," which recontly waB occupied
by Turks, aro endangered and urgent
ly In need of help, as also aro 16,000
rofugoos ut Tabriz, according to a
cablo messago received from Tlflls by
tho Presbyterian board of foreign mis
sions, it was announced.
Now York, Jan. 1, Tho Southern
Paclflo steamer El Alba, which loft
Now York for Galveston, reported by
wireless that sho had sighted tho
wreck of a vessol floating, bottom up,
120 miles east of tho ontranco to
Chosapeako bay.
FORGER ENDS LIFE ON TRAIN
B. F. Straus, Note Broker of Chicago,
Admits Kiting Checks for Man
Now Dead.
Chicago, Jan. 22. Creditors of tho
Fox Rlvor Distillery company do
mandfld tho production In court of all
books and papers of tho company
when tho suicide of Chnrlos Lcdowsky,
hoad and boIo owner of tho concern
rovoaled Wednesday frauds amount
ing to $210,000. Tho confession
found after Lcdowsky had killed him
self whllo on a Michigan Central train
entering Chicago showed that through
forged warohouso receipts for whisky
ho had obtained largo loans from
banks and others. Tho confession
also named Bonjamln F. Straus, a
broker of commercial paper, as hav
ing known of his fraudulent transac
tions. Straus admitted that ho had
carrlod on a check-kiting arrango
mont with Lodowsky until It was
stopped by tho banks and that ho had
signed many blank chocks that wero
filled out by others.
0. K. FOR EUGENIC WEDDING
Indiana Senate Passes Measure Which
Requires Only the Male to Have
Physician's Certificate.
Indianapolis, Jan. 23. Eugenic mar
riages In Indiana wero approved by
tho stato aenato on Thursday, when
It passed n bill, 32 to 12, providing
Hint males Booking marringo IIcoiibob
must first obtain a health certlflcato.
Will Enter War In February.
Potrograd, Jan. 25. Tho newspapor
Retch announced that It has ruUhorl
tatlvo information that Roumania will
outer tho war on tho sldo of tho allies
In February. Roumanlau troopa will
Immediately lnvado Transylvania.
"Dry" Bill Wins Over Veto. '
Montgomory, Ala,, Jan. 25. Tho
houso repassed tho prohibition bill
over tho governor's veto by a voto of
73 to 29. It now needs only tho ap
proval of tho senate to become a law.
It goos into oKcct Juno 30.
ALLIES NEAR RHINE
BATTLE CRISI8 IN WESTERN
THEATER OF WAR VEERS
TO METZ.
FIGHT ALL THE WAY TO SEA
Germans Are Rushing Re-Enforcements
and Regain Some Posftlons
Where French Threaten Paris De
nies Heavy Losses.
London, Jan. 23. In tho mud of
Flanders, tho floods of tho Alsno val
ley and tho snows of tho Argonno and
tho Vosgcs tho Boldlcrs of Germany
and tho allied nations are keeping up
a constant battle.
Tho visit of tho prlnco of Wales to
Belfort has led to roportB that British
troops will soon bo sent to Bolfort to
partlclpato In any posslblo advance on
tho Rhine.
Whllo tho allies have gained ground
on almost ovcry part of tho front in
tho last two months they havo been
forced to glvo way In ono region, that
of Solssons. They are being put now
to a test similar to that which obliged
thorn to retire from north of tho Alsno
near Solssons.
The Germans, realizing tho danger
to tholr communications with Metz as
a result of tho French advanco near
Pont-a-Mousson, have sent re-enforcements
thero and havo begun a battle
for tho positions they lost last week.
Apparently tho Germans have regained
a portion of them and afe fighting for
tho remainder.
Tho following official communica
tion was Issued by tho French war
office at Paris:
"Jtecont German communications re
garding Fronch losses in the last few
weeks aro erroneous. Our losses are
less by more than half than those
given by tho German general staff.
Moreover, It has been found by esti
mating tho dead left on tho field that
tho Gorman losses havo been greater
than those of the' Fronch."
GERMANS TAKE TWO TOWNS
Teutons Capture Opoczno and Klelce,
Important Places In Poland Rus
sians Retreat to Radom.
Berlin (via Amsterdam), Jan. 21.
Klelce and Opoczno, two Important
towns of Bu8slan Poland, havo boon
captured by tho Germans, according
to dispatches received from Berlin
nowspapors from Breslau. Though
theso messages woro passed by tho
German censor, no official announce
ment of tho taking of these towns had
been Issued by tho war office up to tho
time this dispatch was sent.
Tho Breslau dispatches also state
that, following tho capturo of Klelco
and Opoczno, tho Russians retreated
to Radom, and that tho Germans are
pressing on toward Skurzysko, which
is tho Junction point of tho railroads
in the govornment of Kiolce.
GARDNER ATTACKS ARMY BILL
Wants More Money Says U. S. Forces
' Could Not Defend Trench Thirty
Miles Long.
Washington, Jan. 22. Declaring that
tho Monroo doctrlno Is useless unless
tho United States has power to defend
It and that this doctrlno Invites trou
ble with nations of Central Europe,
Rcprcsentntlvo Gardnor of Massachu
setts In tho house criticized tho army
appropriation bill. Gardner attacked
tho military committee becauso of its
limited appropriations, and assorted
that tho army is blind becauso it prac
tically has no scout aeroplanes. The
entire army cannot defend a trench
moro than 30. miles long, ho also
charged.
BAD YEAR FOR BIG LAKES
President Livingstone Blames Drastic
Reduction In Movement of Ore
Sees Recovery In 1915.
Detroit, Mich., Jnn. 22. Tho year
1914 was a loan yoar for great lakes
vosboI owners, duo to reduction In tho
oro movomont, according to tho re
port of William Livingstone, president
of tho Lnko Carriers' association, sub
mitted at tho annual meeting of that
organization hero. Besides tho lack
of business, 54 sailors lost tholr lives
In shipwrecks. Twonty-flvo vessels
woro lost during tho season.
"Thero 1b reason to bollevo that 1915
will bo a year of marked recovery,"
tho report concludes.
BARS ALIENS AS LAND OWNERS
Idaho House of Representatives Passes
Measure With This Pro
vision. BoIbo, Idaho, Jan. 22. An nntlallen
land ownership bill was passed by tho
houso of representatives of tho Idaho
legislature on Wednesday.
Mexico City Facing a Famine.
Washington, Jan. 25. Mexico City
Is facing n famine; food suppllos aro
noarly exhausted and tho valuo of
tho Mexican dollar has dropped to
12 & cents, according to dispatches to
tho stato department.
Americans Riot at Tamplco.
Washington, Jan. 25. Rioting has
broken out at Tamplco as n result of
1,200 Americans bolng thrown out of
employment by closing of oil wells.
Government to transport all ldlo Amer
icans back to U, S,
RAID BY ZEPPELINS
KING AND QUEEN MISS ATTACK
AT SANDRINGHAM PALACE.
People In Panic When Six German
Airships Drop Bombs on Yar
mouth and Other Towns.
London, Jan. 21. German air
craft mado a long threatened raid on
England on TuoBdoy night nnd at
tempted to blow up with bombs tho
king's royal resldenco In Sandrlng
ham, County Norfolk.
King Georgo and Queen Mary, who
had been staying at Sandringham
with their family, had returned to Lon
don to resume their resldenco In Buck
ingham palaco.
A Central News dispatch from
King's Lynn says It Is reported bombs
woro dropped in tho king's cstato at
Sandringham.
Reports reaching London aro to the
effect that a squadron of six Zoppe
11ns crossed tho North sea and on
reaching tho English coast lino sep
arated, somo of them taking a south
erly direction and others an opposite
course.
A Zeppelin Is reported to have been
brought down by the fire of a warship
at Hunstanton, a few miles north of
Sandringham.
Tho night was calm but extremely
dark and cloudy, which mado it impos
sible for the people In tho townB over
which the flyers passed to distinguish
even the outlines of tho raiders.
Tho whir of their propellers and
tho droning of tholr motors, however,
could bo heard distinctly.
Bombs were dropped on Yarmouth,
King's Lynn, Sandringham, Cromer,
Shorlngham and Beeston, and every
where except at Beeston casualties
and damago to property resulted.
TREMOR HITS ITALY'S "TOE"
Violent Shock Rocks the City of Cos-
enza, Calabria Province Heavy
Damage Done.
Rome, Jan. 21. A violent earth
quake shock occurred at Cosenza, a
city of moro than 20,000 Inhabitants
In Calabria, only twelve miles east of J
tho Mediterranean. Tho shock was
also perceptible at Spezanno, Castigll
one and Aprlgllano, according to a dis
patch from Baslgnnno.
Heavy damago Is reported to have
been caused In tho entlro province of
Cosenza, but reports received hero up
to noon gave no definite details as to
loss of life, though the dispatches car
ried rumors that a number of persons
had perished.
Calabria is In tho southwestern ex
tremity of Italy, commonly called the
"Toe" of tho mainland of tho king
dom. It is a mountainous region and
disastrous earthquakes havo been fre
quent there.
MRS. O'LEARY PASSES AWAY
World Believes She Carried Lamp
That Cow Kicked and Started
Great Chicago Fire.
Chicago, Jan. 22, Tho woman who
pwned tho historic cow which kicked
over a lamp and started the great Chi
cago flro of 1871, Is dead. Mrs. Cath
erine O'Leary loft Chicago a few years
aftor tho flro, never to return, and has
since been known as Maggie O'Leary.
Sho died alone in a little farmhouse
not far from Masonvllle, Mich. Mrs.
O'Leary and her husband, Patrick, al
ways denied that they wero milking
when tho flro started.
MIKE GIBBONS WINS BOUT
Jimmy Clabby, Champion Middle
weight, Outfought In Battle
at Milwaukee.
Ringside, Milwaukee, Jan. 23. Mike
Gibbons' phantom tactics and stiff,
clean punching with both hands,
brought him homo a winner over Jim
my Clabby, tho champion middle
weight belt holder, in ten rounds of
merry milling, nccording to a majority
of sporting writers at tho ringside.
Tho Hammond man still has tho
belt, but Gibbons has tho credit of
taking him to a licking in impressive
fashion.
NAVY IS SHORT 10,000 MEN
Rear Admiral Fletcher Reports Situa
tion Is "Alarming" All Vessels
Should Be Fully Manned.
Washington, Jnn. 23. An "alarm
ing" shortage of officers and men need
ed to man tho warships of tho United
States for battlo Is reported by Rear
Admiral Fletcher, commander In chief
of tho Atlantlo fleot. Tho admiral an
nounces that an inquiry Just com
pleted by special boards has revealed
that tho navy lacks by 10,000 tho men
to fully man all tho ships which ought
to be commissioned upon tho out
break of war.
Ettor Released on Bond.
St. ClatrBville, O., Jan. 23. J. J.
Ettor, tho I. W. W. leader, was ar
raigned in tho Belmont county crim
inal court on a chargo of treason. IIo
wns released under $5,000 bond on
condition that ho leave eastern Ohio
Rush Rural Credlt3 Bill.
Washington, Jan. 23. Republican as
well as Democratic sonators predict
that rural credits legislation will bo
put In front and passed boforo mid
summer. It Is practically conceded
that thero will bo an extra session.
TEUTON fill FAILS
ATTEMPT TO ATTACK BRITISH
COAST TOWNS FRUSTRATED.
ONE GERMAN CRUISER LOST
Warship Bluecher Destroyed by Eng
lish Fleet; Only 123 of Crew of
85 Saved.
London. An attempt by a German
cruiser squadron to repoat the attack
recently mado on Scarborough, the
Hartlepools and other British coast
towns, was frustrated by tho British
patrolling squadron, and in a running
light tho German armored cruiser
Bluochcr was sunk and two German
battle crulserB were seriously dam
aged. Tho British ships suffered only
slight injury. Only 123 of the Bluech
or'B crow of 885 were saved. 4
Tho British wero superior in ehlps
engaged, weight of armament and
speed, and tho flight of the German
ships into tho mine and submarino
field possibly saved them from further
losses.
On tho morning of January 24 a
British patrolling squadron of battlo
cruisers, undor Vice Admiral Sir
David Beatty, with a destroyer flotilla
under Commodore Tyrwhltt, sighted
four German battlo cruisers and sev
eral light cruisers and a number of
destroyers steaming westward and ap
parently making for the English
coast,
Tho enemy at onco made for home
at top speed. They were at onco pur
sued and at about 9:30 a. m. action
was Joined between the battle cruis
ers Lion, Tiger, Princess Royal, New
Zealand and Indomnltable, on the ono
hand and tho Derflnger, Seydltz,
Moltke and the Bluecher on tho other.
A well contested running fight en
sued. Shortly after 1 o'clock the
Bluecher, which had previously fallen
out of line, capsized and sank.
Admiral Beatty reports that two
other battlo cruisers were seriously
damaged. They were, however, able
to continue their flight and reached an
area where dangers from German
submarines and mines prevented fur
ther pursuit.
No British ships wero lost and
casualties reported are slight, the
Lion, which led the line, having only
eleven wounded and none killed.
All tho vessels that took part in the
naval engagement except tho Bluecher,
wero battle cruisers, all heavily armed
and capable of great speed. The
Bluecher, which was sunk, was an ar
mored cruiser 489 feet long and dis
placed 15,500 tons. Her complement
was 885 officers and men. She was
built at Kiel in 1908, at a coast of $6,.
500,000. Her speed was a little more
than 26 knots por hour.
Exchange of Teuton Forces.
Rome. A dispatch from tho Vienna
Gionnoralo D'ltalia tolling of the Jour
ney of Archduke Charles Francis of
Austria, heir apparent to the throne,
to Berlin, and his meoting with Em
peror William, stated that a vast plan
has been completed by the German
general staff. It Is said that, this plan
provides for an exchange of forces
between Gormany and Austria, tho for
mer sending large contingents to
Transylvania as a defense against an
Invasion by Roumania, should that
nation decide to enter tho war, and
the latter sending corresponding con
tingents to Flanders and France. The
German troops, continues tho dispatch,
will And In Austria a largo German
staff, so that' hereafter tho strategical
movements and military government
of tho country will ho entrusted to
tho German elements.
Buildings Slide Into River.
Vancouver, B. C. Three engineers
wero killed and Ave others Injured nt
tho British Columbia transport com
pany's quarry, Pitt river, twenty miles
from here. A blast so shook tho four
acres of ground where tho company's
wharf offices and machinery stood
that they slid off tho banks into tho
rlvor. Moro than a score of men
wero caught In the landslide. Throo
aro believed to havo been drowned.
Thaw1 Again In Tombs.
New York. Harry K. Thaw is
again In tho Tombs, which ho left al
most seven years ago, when ho was
committed to tho stato asylum for the
criminal insane at Matteawan, follow
ing his acquittal of tho murder of
Stanford White, on tho ground of in
sanity. Taken From Sheriff and Lynched.
Arlington, Ga. Peter Morris, a no
gro charged with tho murder of a
farmer, was takon from tho custody
of the Farley county sheriff and
lynched.
Joint Loan Proposed by' Allies.
Paris. A conference was held in
Paris recently by tho British chan
cellor, David Lloyd-Goorgo, and' Alex
ander Ribot and P. Bark, tho French
and RuBslan ministers of financo. It
la said that tho meoting was arranged
to consldor a loan of 115,000,000,000.
Hunter Killed by Avalanche.
Juneau, Alaska. Ivar Holmqulst,
who, with William Blomqulst, wont
hunting in tho mountains near hero,
woro overwhelmed by un avalancho
and killed.
CONDENSED HEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
Tho Plerco county farmers' lnsttuto
was well attended.
Two large wolves wero killed near
Wlsuer last week.
John Millnltz has been appointed as
sessor of Pierce county.
Work has been started on thoyiiow
Barnes storo t Palmyra.
A successful fanners' institute waa
held at Bancroft last week.
Work on tho Blair municipal light
ing plant will be started soon.
Fire did $1,000 damage to the Scott's
furniture warehouse at Beatrice.
Arthur Anderson lost his left hand,
in a corn shredder near Axtel.
L. A. Scriblr's moving picture thea
ter at Burwell was damaged by Arc.
In one week citizens of Chadrott
raised $4,500 for a commercial club
fund. Stromsburg will hold a farmers' In
stitute and corn show 'January 29
and 30.
Ono hundred and ten Box Butte far
mers havo slgnpil for a farm demon
strator. Edward Lowo of Nebraska City sus
tained a broken leg when he slipped
and fell.
For tho first time in many years:
the David City high school will put
out a year book.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Shannon of
Pawnee City celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary last week.
Charles Abbott of David City has
stored nearly 2,000 tons of lco for
next summer's- distribution.
Fire In the A. M. Davis block in tho
center of tho business district of Lin
coln caused damage estimated at
$110,000.
John Ilomple of Hastings was fined
$25 and costs in police court after
driving his family from homo with a.
revolver.
Less prairie and alfalfa' hay is com
ing to market .this winter than for
many years, according to Hastings
stockmen
The officers, Judges and directors of'
the state poultry show wero tendered
a hanquot by the Hastings Commer
cial club.
Alfred Larson who was found near
Alliance, December 1G, with both feet
badly frozen, underwent an amputa
tion operation. '
Judge F. A. Mewls has been ap
pointed by the Cuming county board
as a Justice of tho peace for tho
West Point precinct
A man giving the name of "J, F.
Fitzsimmons" of Fremont, is in Jail
at Huron, S. D., on a chargo of pass
ing worthless checks.
After a two year attempt Hastings
college has been recognized by tho
New York Presbyterian college board
as a class A Institution.
The estimate of expense for 1915
Just made by the county commission
ers of Otoe county is $11,000 higher
than the expense for 1914.
Firmen of Alliance havo been,
granted permission by the city coun
cil to build a swimming pool. The
pool will bo open to the public.
The W. C. T. U. at Weeping Water
has decided to request the school
board to havo tho Blblo read in Uie
schools at least twice a week.
Tho biggest stato poultry show
ever hold by tho Nebraska Poultry as
sociation opened with nearly 3,000
birds on exhibition, at Hastings.
The body of C. C. Christiansen of
Indianola, la., was found along tho
Missouri Pacific tracks at Nebraska
City. It Is thought ho fell from, a
moving train.
The postofflce primary nt Columbus
will bo held February 9. Each flvo
candidates have paid tho $30 filing
fee to defray tho expenses of tho elec
tion. W. H. Lyman, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Lyman of Weeping Water,
has been appointed mayor of Holyoke,
Colo., to fill out tho term of tho may
or who recently resigned.
Appointment of a state good roads
commission was urged by W. S. Gar
heart of Kansas in an address before
tho good ronds section of organized
agriculture meetings at Lincoln.
At a meeting of the Box Butte far
mers club, held at Alliance, a resolu
tlon was passed asking the stato to
appropriate $15,000 for pump Irriga
tion purposes In western Nebraska.
Ben Neal of Brownsville is tho
owner of nn old "one-horse shay"
more than forty years old. It was
twenty-flvo years tho property of ox
Governor Furnas, and is well pre
served. Ralph Vroman, a young machinist
of North Platte, has recently fitted up
a motor lco boat which he is operat
ing on the river. Tha boat will carry
four persons, and Is propelled by a
motorcycle.
Tho $C,G00 subscribed by Alllnnco
citizens for tho purpose of erecting a
community building was decided by
the Commercial club too small a sum
to ntart tho building, and tho cam
paign will bo renewed In tho spring.
G. E. Johnson of Falls City was ap
pointed manager of the Nebraska en
gineering society which was organ
ized at Omaha recontly.
Georgo Pooro, carpenter at Hast
ings, is suing J. N, Lyman for $5,000
for personal injuries alleged to havo
been sustained when ho fell a distance
of eight feet whllo erecting tho Ly
man building last August.
At n mooting, of the York county
medical association the following offi
cers wero elected: President, Dr. J.
N. Plumb; secretary-treasurer, Dr.
Rachol Watklns; doloato to state
convention, Dr. E. G. Ziramwer.
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