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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA,
13 DIE IN S
AMONG THOSE PRESENT
FAIR WILL PROVIDE SHELTER
REVEAL BIG FRAUDS
Board of Agriculture Making Improve.
WIND, LIGHTNING AND FLOODS
RAVAGE MISSOURI, KANSAS
AND OTHER STATES.
AMBASSADOR BERNSTORFF DE
NIES GERHARD IS KAISER'S
SPY FOR GERMANY.
ments Which Will House Over.
40,000 Visitors.
VIOLATORS OF OLEO LAW COSTS
GOVERNMENT MILLIONS.
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PL0TT0EMBR0ILU.S
RAIL PRESIDENT DROWNS
His Car Swept Into Stream at He In
vestigates Havoc 8on Also Lost
Tracks of Many Roads Washed Out
Farmers Are Killed by Bolts.
Kansas City, Mo., Juno 21. Thirteen
persons were killed as a result of tho
wind and rain storms thai prevailed on
Friday In this section of tho South
west. More than n scoro of others
woro Injured,
Five members of tho family of John
Bruges, a farmer near Onarga, In Pot
tawatomlo county, woro killed and two
seriously Injured In a tornado which
swept tho county, according to reports
received nt tho Topcka ofllces of tho
Union Pacific railroad. Tho sanin ro
port assorted that houses woro
wrecked and stock was killed and
much other property damngo dono.
Three persons lost their lives at
Richmond, Mo., when a terrific wind
storm swept that section of Itay
county. Mrs. Arthur Covoy and her
small child, and Mrs. Mary Boll woro
tho victims. Tho Covoy resldoncowas
lifted from Its foundation, carried fifty
yards and demolished. Mrs. Covoy
and her child woro burled In tho
wreckngo. Mrs. Hell was struck by
lightning.
Oc Williams, a farmer, and his wife,
living near Richmond, were Btruck by
wrockago whon tholr homo was swept
away. Doth woro sorlpusly Injured.
At Westmorland, Kan., Charles
Morris, president of tho Westmore
land Intorurban railroad; his son Guy
and John Qunthcr, a druggist,
drowned whon a brldgo gave way un
der tho gasollno car which 1b operated
on tho rallorad. Flvo other persons
who woro on tho car escaped. Tho
accident followod a cloudburst.
Gono Nichols, n farmer, living near
Wamogo, was killed by lightning.
At Asarla, Kan., near Sallna, Oscar
Olson, a twolvo-year-old boy, was so
rlously Injured when a team ho was
driving becamo frightened at tho
storm and ran away. Ernest Brandt,
a fanner, waB struck by lightning at
Beatrice, Nob. Ho will dio.
Tho farmhouso of Joseph Gregg,
three miles Bouth of Latour, Mo., was
blown to ploces by tho wind. His
aged aunt, Mrs. Altman, was killed.
Anothor aunt residing with him, a
Mrs. Gregg, was Injured, it Is thought
fatally. Gregg and his wlfo escaped
Many miles of railroad track woro
swopt away nnd all trains entering
Kansas City woro hours bohlng sched
ulo. Southern nnd northern trains
woro marked from four to flvo hours
late, whllo caBtern and western con
noctlons woro from one to throo
hours behind, Bccauso of washouts
botwoon Kansas City and fit. Louis,
Missouri Pacific trains woro routed
over tho tracks of tho Santa Fo road.
SPARKS FROM
THE WIRE
Paris, Juno 19. Llout, Reginald A.
J. Wnrnoford, tho Canadian nvlator
who won tho Victoria Cross and tho
Legion of Honor by destroying a Zop
polln ovor Belgium with a bomb, wnB
killed on Thursday by falling from his
neroplono at Due, Franco.
London, Juno 17. John E. Redmond,
the Irish nationalist leader, la suffor
ing from ptomaine poisoning and will
bo unablo for Borne tlmo to attend
sessions of parliament.
London, Juno 18. Word was ro
eolved hero on Wednesday that tho
Bteanlor Strathnalrn was torpedoed in
tho Irish channel. Twenty-two mom
bcrs of the crow aro thought to havo
boon drowned. Tho vessel was of
4,336 tons. Tho Dutch fishing bont
Broskons has boen blown up by a
mtno on tho Belgian coast. Four of
tho crow woro drowned.
MEXICO PEACE BELIEVED NEAR
President Wilson Takes Optimistic
View of Situation Sees Villa
Envoy.
Washington, Juno 17. Statements
made by ProBldont Wilson and Manuel
Bonllla, tho envoy of Goneral Villa, In
dlcatod an optimistic viow regarding
nn early peacoful settlement of af
fairs in Moxlco, President Wilson told
callers that tho situation in Mexico
Booms to bo taking shnpo.
"A peacoful arrangement can bo
made, and I havo vory strong hopes
that It will bo reached," said Bonilla,
Tho stato department waited with
Interest tho rocelpt of Gcnoral Car-
ranza's roply to tho telegram sent
him by General Villa, proposing dls
cusslon of nrrangomonts establishing
permanent peace.
Prominent Kentuc!:lans Hit.
Rockport, Ky Juno 21. Fiftoon
prominent citizens of Rockport woro
arrested cnargeu wim muruor in con
uectlon with killing of Harrison Mad
lox in raid of "posBum hunters" on
negro ceotlon of this placo April 29
Villa Troons Retreatlnn.
Washington. Juno 21. A dispatch
from Vera Cruz to tho Carranza
agency hero snld Genoral Villa was
ovnrimflnL' Atruaacallontes. retreating
northward, and that tho advancing
Carranza forcoB had reached castro.
I ffllK mff
INOIANAPOLI8 NEWS. "
AIRMEN KILL ELEVEN
KARL8RUHE 18 BOMBARDED BY
ALLIED AEROPLANES.
Berlin Says One Machine Was Brought
Down by German Flyers and
Occupants Killed.
Berlin, Juno 17. Main headquarters
gavo out tho following report on Tues
day:
Tho open town of Karlsruhe, which
Is far from tho theater of operations
and not In any way fortified, was at
tackod with bombs dropped by enomy
airmen. Eleven civilians wero killed
and six Injured. Ono of tho aircraft
was brought down by our military air
men and tho occupants killed. An-,
othor of tho enemy nlrcraft was
obliged to land near Schirmcck.
In tho wostem theater a further do-
feat was suffered by tho French. In
splto of tho heavy Iosbob thoy sus
tained on Juno 13, thoy continued to
attempt to break through our lino be
tween Liovcn and Arras. Tho attack
broko down everywhere, with oxtromo
ly heavy losses.
Northwest of tho Moulin Sous Tou-
vent wo havo not yet succeeded In re
gaining tho portions of trenches lost
by us on tho Cth.
In tho Chnmpagno, north of Perthes
and LcsincBnll, tho lighting continues,
but tho enomy has been unablo to gain
any ndvantago.
DISCUSS NOTE WITH KAISER
United States Envoy to See Emperor
Before Reply Is
Made.
Washington, Juno 17. Ono of tho
most Important of tho developments of
tho day which olllclals bollovo was
promoted from Washington, is that
Ambassador Gerard Is to havo n talk
with KalBor Wilhelm himself beforo
Germany sends nor roply to Washing
ton. Ofilclala do not deny that such a
meotlng is to tako place, and thoy all
rcallzo its overwhelming Importance.
In connection with this proposed
mooting comes tho statomont from
Borlln that Germany was at first led
to bollovo that tho United States
would not undortako to mediate bo
tweon Gormnny and England on the
subjects of tho submarine attacks on
noutrnl vessels and England's refusal
to let foodstuffs go Into Germany.
RUSS ADMIT LOSS OF TOWNS
Great Battlo Along the San River Con
tlnuen Gains for the
Teutons.
Pctrogrnd, Juno 19. Occupation by
the Germans of additional villages In
tho Shavll district and farther south
In tho region oust of Mnrlnmpol is ad
mlttod by tho Ruuslans In a statement
Issued on Thursday at tho war offlco.
Tho groat battlo along tho San in
West Galicia Is reported to bo con
tlnulng florcoly with frosh Austro-Gor-
man forces constantly ontorlng tho
combat.
U-14 IS SUNK BY BRITISH
Report That German Submarine Was
Destroyed Is Confirmed by
Berlin Admiralty.
Borlln, Junu 17 (via Amsterdam).-
Tho announcement recentl)' mndo by
A. J. Balfour In tho house of com
mons that a German submarlno had
boon sunk by tho British 1b confirmed
by tho Gornian admiralty. It is stated
that tho lost submarlno was tho U-14
Bridge Collapses; Six Killed.
Cleveland, 0 Juno 19. From two to
six mon woro killed and from six
to twenty injured when stool work on
n now htgh-lovel brldgo being con
structed ovor tho Cuyahoga river col
lapsed hero on Thursday,
Girl's Throat Cut.
Cincinnati, Juno 19. rho body of
clovon-yearold Elizabeth Nolto was
found wrapped in n sheet, lying in tho
roar yard of her homo. Tho child
throat had been cut and sho had been
otherwise mistreated.
MARINES TO MEXICO
EXPEDITIONARY FORCE WILL
RESCUE AMERICANS.
Yaquls Take to Warpath and Threaten
Settlers In the State of
Sonora.
Washington, June 18. Six hundred
marines and bluejackets have been
ordered to proceed to tho rescuo of
about ono hundred Americans near
Esperanza, state of Sonora, Mexico,
where Yaqui Indiana aro again on Che
warpath.
The expeditionary force of sailors
and marines will bo under tho com
mand of Rear Admiral Howard, now
on his flagship, the Colorado, In To
bar! bay. Tho Raleigh and tho Buf
falo are watching tho situation at
Guaymas. Thoso vcsboIs, however,
havo not sufficient forco to deal with
troublo to tho extent threatened by
tho savages.
Consul Hostottor, nt Hermoslllo, has
reported Indians in Esperanza valley
havo destroyed crops and horses and
aro threatening tho lives of tho set
tlers. Tho Americans are about twen-ty-flvo
miles In tho interior.
All Mexican leaders have boen no
tified tho United States Intends no
territorial aggression.
Galveston, Tex., Juno 18. Villa's
forces occupied Monterey nfter a des
perate battle lasting 12 hours, accord
ing to advices received hero. Tho
battle began with fury In the morning
when tho outpost3 of tho city wero
stormed. These ndvlces received In
Villa circles declaro that several hun
dred of Carrnnza's mon wero killed In
tho battle and that largo supplies of
arms and ammunition wero taken. It
Is also declared that several hundred
of tho defeated forces havo joined
Villa's nrmy. In Carrunza circles no
report of tho battle had been received.
BRITISH FORCE IS WIPED OUT
Berlin Reports an Attacking Column
Virtually Destroyed by the Ger
mans Attempt to Break Line.
Borlln, Oormany, Juno 21 (via Lon
uonj. umciai announcement was
mado horo on Friday that a forco of
tho allies which attacked German po
sltlons north of LaBasseo canal wns
destroyed, only a fow succeeding in
rotroatlng.
London, Juno 21. French forces op-
orating on Gormnn territory In Al
sace ronowod tho terrific offensive
movement along tho Focht river,
crossing that stream nnd capturing
tho outskirts of tho important city of
Metzcrnl and bringing up artillery to
a point whero tho German lino of
communication to Munstern, tho baso
of southorn operations, is now under
bombardment.
Tho official statomcnt of Sir John
French claims now advances for tho
British east of Fostubort and says tho
gains cast of Yprcs havo been held
with tho exception of a section of tho
German second lino trenches.
TURK TRANSPORTS ARE SUNK
Five Thousand Troops Drowned In
Golden Horn Vessels Torpedoed
by British Submarine.
London. Juno 19. Nearlv flvn Minn
sand men lost their lives when three
Turkish transports woro sunk in tho
uoidon Horn, in tho harbor of Con
stantinople by a British Sllbmnrlnn
according to a dispatch recolved from
TeneuoB on Thursday. Only a few o
tho BoldlorB woro saved.
Baseball as Insanity Cure.
San Bernardino, Cal., Juno 21. Base
ball as nn insanity euro Is to bo tried
nt tho state hospital horo. Tho Hrst
game of a Borlcs to bo played was
mado up of patients nnd attendants
Tho effect will bo carefully noted.
Wabash Owes $30,579,382.
St. Louis, Mo., Juno 21. Tho lia
bilities of tho Wnbash rnllrond aro
$30,579,382, whllo Its cash on hand Is
llttlo over $12,000, according to a ro
port filed In tho federal court hero by
tno receivers of the Wabash,
CALLS CHARGES GROUNDLESS
Detective Agency Employed by Ene
mies to Circulate False Reports,
Envoy From Germany Declares
Von Jagow Sees Special Agent.
Berlin, via London, Juno 19. Dr.
Anton Meyor-Gerhnrd, who sailed
from New York Juno 4 on a mission
to the German government from Count
von Berustorff, reached Berlin on
Wednesday.
Ho had a protracted conference
with Foreign Minister von Jagow and
Minister Solf of tho colonial ofllco.
Tho report that Dr. Moyer-Gorhard
Is In reality Dr. Alfred Meyer, chief
of tho supply department of tho Gor
man army, was denied authoritatively.
Washington, Juno 19. Doveltfp
ments which promise to mnke the
case a Bensatlon of some importance
occurred In connection with tho
charges that Dr. Meyer-Gerhard, for
whom tho state department obtained
safe passage to Germany, was In re
ality Dr. Alfred Meyer, chief of tho
upply division of the Gorman army.
Tho stato department received from
the German embassy at Cedarhurst,
j. I., an official denial of tho charges,
and a statement from the German am
bassador that the publication of tho
charges waB likely to operate against
his efforts to bring about a peaceful
settlement of tho controversy between
this government and Germany.
In several other Instances of late
whero publicity was given to charges
against the German ambassador and
members of his staff the view of the
German government, now disclosed
for the first tlmo, was that the
charges originated with a detective
agency employed by Germany's ene
mies. Tho state department gave out tho
following statement, Including tho
denial of tho ambassador:
"The department of state has re
ceived a telegram from the Gormnn
counselor, dated Juue 1G, calling at
tention to articles appearing in yes
torday's papers in regard to an al
leged breach of confidence on tho
part of tho ambassador in sending a
secret Gorman gun ngont to Berlin In
place of Doctor Gerhard, tho Red
Cross delogate. In reference to those
articles the ambassador states as fol
lows:
' 'It Is unnecessary for mo to as
sure you that the story circulated by
these articles 1b untrue from begin
ning to end. It contains a personal
attack upon tho ambassador and his
delegate, Dr. Meyer-Gerhard, and Is
likely at the same timo to nullify the
sincere and earnest efforts of the
ambassador4 to bring about an un
derstanding between tho United States
and Germany in the Lusltania ques
tion.' "
CAPT. STOREN FOUND GUILTY
Ex-Pollce Officer of Chicago Is Fined
$1,000 and Sergeant Is Sentenced
to Three Years In Jollct.
Chicago, June 18. Capt. James
O'Dea Storen nnd Detective Sergeant
Michael Wclssbaum, formerly of the
Maxwell police station, wore founa
guilty on Wednesday of conspiracy to
commit burglary by a jury in Judge
Dover's court. Sergeant Frederick
Roth, who was Indicted with them,
was acquitted. Punishment for Cap
tain Storen was fixed at a $1,000 fine,
whllo Welssbaum was sentenced to
three years In tho penitentiary at
Jollet.
Nathan Steinberg, head of tho "mil
llon-dollnr burglar trust," his chief
lieutenant, Isadore Woxler, nnd other
members of tho organization wero wit
nesses for tho prosecution. They tea
tilled that they paid vnrloua sums of
money to tho pollco officials for pro
tectlon while they were committing
burglaries In the Maxwell street police-"
precinct.
ALLIES' SHIPS FLEE TURKS
Fleet Seeks Refuge From Submarines
Sheltered In Bay Ten Miles
From Gnlllpoll.
Borlln, Juno 21. A correspondent
at Constantinople says that, pormlttod
to visit the Galllpoll peninsula, ho was
rollably informed that tho British fleet
haa taken refuge from Gorman subma
rines In Kefnla bay, on tho northeast
coast of Imbros Island, distant about
ton miles from tho Galllpoll coast.
Tho British ships could bo soon from
heights on shore nt anchor In tho
bay.
On three dlfforont occasions tho
Turks havo been successful In oxpiod
ing mines under British vessels in
tholr placo of refuge.
Former G. A. R. Head Is Dead,
Davonport. Ia., Juno 21. E. H.
Duck, paBt department commandor of
tho Illinois G. A. R., died at tho home
of his daughter hero. His homo for
years was in Rock Island. Death fol
lowed a stroko of apoplexy.
Germans Sink Norwegian Ship.
Copenhagen, Juno 21. According to
tho newspapers hero tho German aux
iliary cruiser Meteor Bank tho Nor
wegian lumber ship Granem, 15 miles
Bouth of Christlansand on Friday
morning.
Improvements now being completed
by tho state board of agriculture on
tho stato fair grounds will permit
housing of nioro than 40,000 people
during a downpour by September 1.
An extensive system of walks haa
been laid out and tho drainage sys
tem of tho grounds has been Improv
ed so space for exhibits under roof
will nmply provide for "rainy-day"
crowds.
An elaborate system of flower beds,
Including an artistic landscape gar
den, will add much to tho grounds.
Swino barns and other structures
have been remodeled to be strictly
sanitary.
The color of cotton fabrics should
bo set before washing. To shrink
cotton material before making into
garments, set the color nnd dip Into
warm water. Then chango to cold
water and lot It remain awhile. Next
hang in tho shade, keeping the selv
ages straight. Iron on the wrong
sldo. Wash cotton material with
white soap and rlnso well. Boll
white materials only. A few colors,
notably black and some reds, can be
boiled snfely. A scrap of material
Bhould bo tested, however, before
boiling such garments. Do not uso
bluing for blue, pink, tan or cream
colored fabrics. Novor wash two col
ors together. Department of Home
Economics, University of Nebraska.
Tho number of graduatea from tho1
College of Agriculture of tho Unlver-!
slty of Nobraska this year is 25 perj
cent greater than that or last year.
Tho total number of graduates ia 45
representing twenty-seven counties
and including those in tho extreme
northern, southern, eastern and west"
era portions of the state. Thoso
counties from which two or more
graduates came aro Dawson, Dodge,
Douglas, "Hall, Lancaster, Nuckolls
and Richardson. A queationalre Bent
to tho graduatea indicates that nearly
all of the graduates expect to return
to tho farm, do some apecial kind of
acrlcultural work, or teach agricul
ture or home econonilcs.
Tho Stato Railway commission has
turned down the application of pat
rons of tho Wynot branch of the Chi
cago, St. Paul, Minneapolis anu
Omaha railroad for an increase In pas
senger rates on that road from
Wynot to Sioux City. The ap
plication called for two paasenger
trains each way in addition to the
present service. The commission in
refusing the request suggested that a
discontinuance of one of tho freight
trains and the putting on of a paasen
ger train In Its place might relieve
tho situation.
Tho stato superintendent has com
peted tho division of the temporary
school fund among tho various coun
ties of tho stato and warranta aro be
Ini? forwarded. The fund for the semi
annual period is $470,G37.04. From
this amount $2,156.8G ia taken to cor
rect nrrnrs of nrovloua aDnortlonmonts,
leaving $4G8,480.18 to bo apportioned
among 3G8.313 pupils entitieu to snare,
which makes a per capita distribution
of $1,271.93.
Adlutant General Hall of tho Ne
braska National guard has issued a
schedule of Instructions for tho offi
cers' camn. to be held at Lincoln,
Juno 20 to 2G. Tho officers are to bo
organized into infantry companies,
and to bo drilled nnd disciplined as
such. Field officers and offie'ers who
havo attended previous camps of in
atruction will go into Company A; all
other commissioned officers into Com
pany B; and all non-commissioned of
ficers in Company C.
Tho stato board of control, after an
investigation of the cause of the death
of Charles Stcckolborg, an inmate of
tho Norfolk asylum for tho lnsano, on
May 27, has como to tho conclusion
that no blnmo can attach to any em
ployo of the institution". Tho board
also clears the attendant, Nowsom,
who was scuffling with him, and ad-
Tho stato railway commission has
granted tho Milburn & Anselmo Tele
phone Co. of Merna permission to
raise its ratea from $1 to $1.50 a
month. The necessity for tho in
crease was bo obvious, according to
tho majority of Uio members of tho
commission, that nn open hearing was
not held.
Attorney Ed P. Smith of Omaha,
who has been retained by tho State
Railway commission to conduct tho
case of tho stato In tho rato hearings
on order No. 19, had a conference
with tho commission last week. Tho
matter will como up for hearing In
Omaha on Juno 28 before tho Inter
state Commerco commission,
Secretary Shoehan of tho State
Board of Charities, who generally
aponds his vacation at tho lakes in
Urown county. haB received a letter
from II. L. Snvder. who keeps tho ho
tel at Endrus lake, Btatlng that tho
flsh havo all been killed in tho lakes
nf Urnwn eountv and most of thoso
In Cherry county. Ho sent postcard
pictures showing tho llsh which had
boon killed, some of them being bass
weighing six to seven pounds. Ho
Bays it will bo six years beforo fish
ing will again be good in tnoao
lakes.
INVESTIGATION MADE PUBLIC:
Forty-two Convicted and Twenty-nlnai
Have Been Given Sentence
Since January First.
Washington. How violators of tho
oleomargarine law have defrauded tho
federal government out of at least
$27,000,000 duo in stamp and special
taxes wns revealed by Secretary. Mc
Adoo, in a statement based upon a
preliminary report on a sweeping In
veatlgatlon conducted by Commis
sioner Osborn of the Internal revenue
bureau. Frauds committed as long ago aa
1902, immediately after tho enact
ment of the law, have been uncovered
by' tho commissioner. Ho began his.
Inquiry some months ago, but until
recently no Inkling had been given of
tho wide scope of(the investigation or;
of its results.
Unpaid taxes aggregating $851,000
have been recovered and deposited in
the treasury, "with tho prospect of
further very heavy collections." Forty-two
violators of the law havo been
convicted since January 1, and twenty-nine
of these havo been given pris
on sentences. Fines aggregating $148,
000 have been assessed in addition to
the recoveries actually made, and tho
announcement declares that while the
fraudulent practices of this sort havo
probably been checked, the Investiga
tion will be continued and every law
breaker brought to justice.
Tho announcement Bhowa that since
1902 more than 200,000,000 pounds of
colored oleomargarine have been man
ufactured and fraudulently sold as un
colored oleo.
Wife of Prison Warden Killed.
Jollet, 111. Mrs. Edmund M. Allen,
tho young wlfo of the warden of the
stato penitentiary here and former
comic opera favorite, was found dead
and burned in her bed in the
warden's suite in the penitentiary. A
wound on the left temple and tho
rapidity with which tho flames char
red her body almost beyond recogni
tion gave rise to the belief that she
had been stunned by a blow on the
head, and her night clothes soaked
with alcohol and ignited. A bottle
which had contained alcohol was.
found in tho room, together with a
heavy water bottle which might havo
been the instrument with which alio
was struck. An examination showed
she had not been outraged. Mrs. Al
len was formerly a prima donna of a
company presenting "The Merry Wi
dow." Her maiden name was Odette
Maizee Bordeoux, and her home Los
Angeles. Joseph Campbell, a negro
convict, who acted as tho Aliens'
house servant and who lived In the
warden's suite was placed in solitary
confinement nfter a committee of
prison officials had investigated the
fire. He will be charged with murder,.
it was said.
Riot Causes Great Loss.
Petrograd. Moscow suffered dam
age to tho extent of $20,000,000 dur
ing J,ho recent nnti-German demonstra
tions, in which nearly 500 stores and
factories and more t,han 200 private
lodgings were wrecked.
Tho mobs turned tho city into wild
disorder, according to eye witnesses.
The rioters, heated with liquor which
they found in demolished wine stores,,
became reckless in their pillaging;,
setting fire to and destroying many
stores and apartments, the owners. o
which were Russians. Of the total'
number of buildings destroyed only
113 belonged to Austro-Gorman sub
jects. The demonstrations began
early Juno 9 and lasted moro than
twenty-four hours. Tho number of
fatalities is not known.
Admits Sale of Arms by America O; K
Berlin. Writing in the Tageblatt,
Prof. Jastrow uphold the Amorican
contention that tho United Stated
does not violate neutrality by permit
ting the sale of nrms to tho allies.
From the legal standpoint, he said,,
tho Amorlcnn argument that tho al
lies' control of tho seas alone makes
them tho sole purchasers is sound.
Prof. Jastrow, however, declared,
that since tho United States has talc
en this position it would bo impos
sible for her to play the rolo of peace
maker. Other Berlin newspapers de
vote columns to whether the United.
States is justified In selling arms to
Germany's enemies.
Thaw Gets Jury Trial.
Now York. Tho stato has lost its
fight to prevent a Jury trial demanded)
by Harry K. Thaw to decide legally
whether or not ho is insane. If he is
declared sane, ho will go free; if in
sane, he will be sont back to Mat
teawan. C. W. Bryan Denies It.
Lincoln, Neb. C. W. Bryan, asso
ciate editor of tho Commoner, denies
tho report that negotiations are on
foot to transfer tho publication to
Denver, Colorado.