Nebraska Newspapers

    THE 8EMIAVEEKIV TRIRIIWP NORTH 01 attc, wphpaika
TEACHERS UNIFORMS
CONVICTS TEACHING AT PENI
TENTIARY ALLOWED SPE
CIAL CLOTHES
THIRD III PEBJAPITA WEALTH
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around
the State House.
Weitern Newspaper Union Nfwi Frvlca.
Prisoners ut the Btato penitentiary
who servo as Instructors In tho Hcliool
far convicts nre furnished by tho Btato
with white shirlH find trousers to wear
when thoy ure tutoring classes. Each
ono Is also provided hy tho Btato with i
a collar and nccktlo. Thero are cloven
teachers at (he penitentiary.
The state supplies prisoners at tholr
(telly tasks with gray uniforms, ami
It was felt by the prison officials that
tho tcachors should have something
to distinguish thorn and to impress
upon their pupils, by virtue of exam
ple, tho desirability of neatness and
tldlnesB In dress. The clothing fur
nished for this purpose Is Inexpensive.
An Item In tho January expenditures
reported to tho governor, shows that
75 centB was paid for a shirt, a collar
and a tlo for White, ono of tho In
etructors. A banner containing, tho words "Lan
caster School" waa purchased at the
price of $4, It occupies a place In
tho schoolroom, which Is the old base
ment dining hall.
According to tho warden's report,
tho institution contained .158 convicts
and 42' officers nnd employes on Feb
ruary 1, a docroaso of oloven convlctB
during January. The .number paroled,
furloughed or remanded In January
was 23. Altogether, thoro aro now on
parole 178; under furlough, 38; re
manded to county authorities, 5; to
tal, 221.
Tho stato furniture factory turned
$1,757 into tho penitentiary cash fund
In January, and tho further sum of
$691 was collected from tho Leo Ilroom
Si Duster company for convict labor
used In Its factory.
Nebraska Third In Per Capita Wealth
Only two states stand above Nebras
ka in tholr por capita agricultural
wealth to rural population, according
to a table of federal statistics Just
issued in nuiiotin rorm uy tno pun
Uclty department of tho stato board ,
of agriculture, North Dakota, with ,
$632 por capita, and South Dakota,
with $612, uro at tho top, while Ne
braska comes third, with $573. Iowa,
tho next stato In tho list, has $472,
nnd Kansas, $423. Next In the ordor
of their agricultural por capita wealth
aro these states: Minnesota. $318;
Illinois, $308; Wisconsin, $270; In
dlann, $251; Missouri, $234; Toxas.
$222; Oklahoma, $213; Ohio, $201;
Michigan, $195; Kentucky, $117; Geor
gia, $110; Pennsylvania, $103; Missis
sippi, $98; North Carolina, $92; Ala
bama, $91. In figuring tho agricul
tural wealth por capita, tho values of
all live stock and tho four leading
crops In each stato woro taken.
Policy Holders Are Liable.
It has boon reported to the stato
InBurnnco department that members
of mutual hall Insurance companies in
Nebraska are not paying assessments
lovlod upon them for Iobbob Incurrod
by tholr companlos.
Ono of tho companlos, organized at
Hastings, is under Investigation. It
paid only 25 cents on the dollar last
year and some of Its expondlturos aro
questioned by tho stato board. Com
missioner Eastham of tho stato board
has Issued the following Btatoinont as
serting that policy holders of mutual
companies aro bound under tho law
to pay assessments:
"Commissioner Eastham of tho stato
Insurance board has been Informed
that many policy holders of mutual
hall Insurance companies In tho state
are refusing to pay tholr nBsoHsmentn
to the companies. Tho commissioner
states that In n mutual assessment as
sociation of this kind each policy
holder Is logaUy liable tor tho full
amount of his assessment lnvlotl
against him and should pay this as
sessment promptly and without com
pelling his company to report to tho
courts In ordor thnt tho compuny may
thoroby bo onablod to pay Its Iobscs
promptly and that when a member re
fuses to pnv his assessment ho wrongs
each of Ills assoclato members In tho
company."
Rock Island Road Files Bond.
Tho Rock Island railroad has filed a
bond of $50,000 In federal court, or
dered by three federal Judges last
week In tho decision giving the rail
road the permission to charge 3 cents
per mile passonger ratos In Nebraska
nnd a temporary Injunction aculnst
the stnto railway commission from In
tnrforlng with tho Increase In rates.
Tho American Surety company of Now
York Is tho suroty for the company,
The bond has been approved by Fed
cral Judgo Mungor.
Dotes for N. N. G. Encampment.
Dates for holding tho annual on
campment of tho national guard of the
stato and selection of a placo for this
affair as well, aro oxpectod to be an
nounced by General Phil Hall upon
his return from a trip to Chicago.
General Hall will confer with the
ofneors of tho central division of tho
war-department, H oxpocts to bo
ablo to proparo for a joint camp this
year with ono or mora adjoining
states, perhaps on a largor scale than
URGES STATE CONTROL.
Favo-s tho Regulation of "Security"
Companies."
State Auditor W. II. Smith Is in re
ceipt of many letters of Inquiry In re
gard to tho standing of several com
panies organized In Nebraska as mort
gage and loan companies, security
companies and ono realty company
which, according lo Its name, Is u
bankers roalfy company. Auditor
Smith says tho writers of the letters
appear to be under tho impression
that such companies aro under stato
supervision. Ho says they arc not.
Thoy aro not under the supervision of
tho stato banking board, the blue sky
law or tho stato auditor who examines
trust companies.
Ono writer supposed he, had bought
hank stock from a
company which
uses tho word "banker" In its corpor
ate mime. Tho writer said ho had paid
$300 for tho stock and tho company
would glvo him but $150 for It. Ho
desired to know how ho could got a
sottlcmont and what tho company Is
making.
Mr. Smith bcllovcB tho state law
should bo changed so as to control and
rcguluto such companies.
Sccrotary Koyso of tho state bank
ing board says some companies of this
kind complained of do not come under
tho Installment Investment law, and
the bluo sky law oxempts them as
stock selling companies hocauso they
were organized beforo tho bluo sky
law went Into effect. Some companies
complained of mako loans, and tako
mortgages and then Issue bonds
against tho mortgages and soil tho
bonds. Others sell stock and build
and sell houses. Mr. Itoyso docs not
favor taking control of all auch com
panies hocauso If this Is commenced
It will bo hard to toll whoro to stop
and tho Btato would soon be control
ling ovory kind of business, Including
department stores and tho state would
bo chargod with being a general
guardian of tho people to prevent
them from making poor bargains.
Auditor Smith believes tho Btato
should at least provont such com
panies from using corporato names
that aro misleading and which causo
patrons to bollovo they arc doing a
bunking business when they aro not.
Saw Them After Explosion.
Tho story of Morton Freeman, tho
boy who said ho saw two men In tho
basement of tho stato houso with
Pieces of brass tubing In tholr hands,
ono of tho men being armed with a
rovolvor, has turned out to bo truo
and tho men havo beon Identified ns
tho night watchman who carries a re
volver on duty and tho other as Oalo
Harlan, Janitor, who narrowly oscaped
getting tho offocts of a churge of
powder In tho pipes. At least Secre
tary of Stato Pool says It Is truo, that
tho two men admit tho boy saw them
with tho piping In tholr possession,
but It turns out that tlmo Is a mater
ial factor In tho caso. It devolops
(hat tho boy Baw all ho said he saw,
but It was after and not boforo tho
oxplOBlon. The two mon had picked
up tho pipes 'and wore examining
thorn when tho boy came Into tho
state houso basement during tho ex
cttoment. Dr. Guttery Denies Allegations.
Denials of all alleged' questionable
acta uud explanation of all Incidents
rolloctlng on his character while sup
orintondent of tho stato hospital at
Norfolk featured tho first henrlng held
by tho board of control with Dr. W.
D. Quttory on tho stand In his own bo-
half.
The hearing Is a continuation of tho
Investigation started at Norfolk sov
oral weeks ago following tho filing of
charges of Editor Uso of tho Nowa
of that placo.
The "laying on of hands," which
wltnessofl testified tho doctor persist
od with pretty iiursos, tho doctor OX'
plained Was common with him.
"Unconsciously whllo commending
anybody In my employ or whllo talk
ing earnestly to people I put my hands
upon them," ho told the board. "I
havo dono that for years and
years."
Tho doctor said that repeatedly
tales brought to him of discretions
committed by male and female at-
tondants had been sifted to tho bot
tom and beon found to bo only gos
sip. Whenovor talobcarors substan
tiated their stories with evidence, he
said, tho offending parties had been
dismissed from tho stato's employ.
Tournament to Be Biggest Ever.
From tentntlvo entries of 143 Ne
braska high schools In tho sixth an
nual Nebraska high school basketball
tournament, conducted under tho aus
pices of the athletic department of tho
stato university, tho list finally nar
rowed down to olghty-nlno contest
ants. After n careful checking of all
completed entries, Athletic Manager
Guy 10. Rood announced thoro would
be only oloven loss than n hundred
teams competing In tho big floor ovent
which Is booked to begin Wednesday,
March 11. Even at that tho touriia
mont will shatter all Nebraska rec
ords, aB tho lUt Includes ulueteou
more high schools entered than over
participated before. With slxty-nlno
schools participating last spring, tho
Nebraska tournament was by far tho
biggest Interscholastlc event over
hold In tho country, and Hood ex
pects tho now rocord to stand for
some time for other states tp shoot at.
Teams from elghty-nlno high schools
from over tho state aro now listed
for competition nt tho basketball
tournament ODonlnc at Lincoln on
SENATE KILLS BILL
GORE SHIP-WARNING RESOLU
TION TABLED BY VOTE
OF 68 TO 14.
WILSON SATISFIED BY ACTION
Oklahoma Senator Sought to Obocuro
Issue With an Amendment Law
Makers Refuse to Interfere In Pres
ident's Conduct of Affairs.
Washington. March G. lly a vote or
68 to 14 the senate on Friday tabled
every resolution In tho senate seeking
to Interfere in any way with Presldert
Wilson's conduct of foreign nffulrs
It was said ot tho Whlto Houso
that tho result In tho Bcnato was sat
isfactory and met tho wishes of Presi
dent Wilson
At the last moment, when driven
Into n corner and threatened with
defeat on tho main Issuo fully as
heavily as that administered to tils
substitute. Senator Goro sought to
obscuro the Issuo with nn amendment,
declaring that any sinking of an
armed ship without warning should
bo regarded as nn net of war by Cor
many. Whllo this amendment ennblcd Son-
ntor Goro and those of his persua
sion to vote to tablo tho resolution,
tho voto In tho senulo to tablo nil
other resolutions nnd amendments on
tho snmo subject at tho samo time
wiped tho sennto sloto clean and
lenves tho president alone the spokes
man on foreign affairs.
Tho roll call was as follows:
Ayes Ashurst, Hankhead, Heckham.
Hrundogeo, Droussard. Burleigh, Chil
ton, Clark (Wyo.). Olarko (Ark ). Colt.
Culberson, Curtis, Dillingham. DuPont,
Fletcher, Goro. Harding, llnrdwlck,
Hitchcock, Hollls, Hughes. I lusting,
James, Johnson (Me.). Johnson (S.
D.), Kern, Lano. Leo (Md.), Lowls.
Lodge, McLean, Martin, Mnrtlno. My
srs, Nelson, Ncwlnnds. Oliver, Over
man. Owen, Pago, Phelnn. Plttmnn,
Polndexter, Pomorcne, RniiBdell. Reed.
Shnfroth, Sheppard, Shields, Simmons,
Smith (Ariz.), Smith (Gn.). Smith
(Md.), Smith (Mich.). Smith (S D.).
Sterling, Stone, Swanson, Thomas,
Thompson, Tillman, Underwood, Var
dnman, Wndsworth, Walsh. Warren,
Wooks, Williams 68.
Nays Ilornh, Chamberlain, Clapp.
Cummins, Fall. Galllnger. Gronna.
Jones, LaFollotto, McCumber, Norrls.
O'Gormnn, Works 14.
Forty-Boven Democrats and 21 Re
publicans voted to table.
As sobn as the voto was taken Sen
ators Clarko of Arkansas and Jones of
Washington expressed regret that
there had not been "more courageous
action" and that a subterfuge had been
used to nvold a voto on tho main Ibbuo
ralBed by tho Gore resolution. Sena
ton Stono nlso gavo notlco that ho will
nddress tho sennto on tho armed Bhlp
question, explaining Ills opposition to
tho president's position, and Senator
McCumber submitted bis resolution,
oxproBsIng tho hopo that Americana
will remain off armed ships until such
time ns tho president can bring about
an agreement with tho bolllgeronts.
Thl b rcBolutlon ts regarded by tho
friends of tho president ns' being ns
objectionable aB the Goro resolution.
Senator Reed of Missouri also partici
pated In tho "lotting off stenm" proc
ess by declaring all senators' wholly
patriotic and by regretting somo of
tho passages in tho sennto dobato.
GERMANY TO FIGHT PORTUGAL
Decree lo Believed Near Following
Ultimatum on Ship Seizure
48 Hours for Action.
London, March 3. Germany has
sent nn ultlmntum to Portugal do
maudlng tho restoration within forty
eight hours of tho Gorman ships ro
contly aolzcd by thnt country, accord
lug to u dispatch from Mudrld to Uou
tor's Telegram company on Wednos
day. Later Madrid dispatches report
ed Portugal probably would roject tho
German demand. Advices from Am
stordnm sny that a Gormun declara
tion of war ngtilnst Portugal la Imral
ncut
ITALY MAY FIGHT GERMANY
Decision to Open Hostilities Upon
Kaiser Reported Reached at Rome
Teuton Ships Seized.
London, March 2. Italy's act of
requisitioning thirty-four of tho thlrty
sovon German ships Intornod In Itnllan
ports, ns announced In tho houso of
commons, Is Interpreted ns corroborat
lug a report that tho Italian cabinet
has decided to declare wur on Gor-
mnny. DIspatchoB on Tuosdny said tho
decision had been reachod In Rome
and tho declaration of war would fol
low Immediately upon tho reopening of
tho Italian parliament.
Viking Blown Up by Mine.
Now York, March 6. Tho Rrltlsh
destroyer Viking was blown up by a
nilno on or about January 20, and all
of Its officers and crow, numbering
about Bovonty, woro lost, according to
word which reached hero
Money for New Navy Yard.
Washington, Murch 0. Senator
Polndoxtor'a bill appropriating $2,
065.000 to lit tho Pugot Sound navy
yard for battleship construction was
recommended to tho senate for pass
age by tho senate committee.
THE SPRING
3,130 LOST ON SHIP
STEAMER LA PROVENCE LOST IN
MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
Steamer Used by French Government
as Auxiliary Cruiser Cause of
Disaster Unknown.
Paris, March 4. It was announced
on Friday at tho French ministry of
marina that thoro were nearly 4,000
men on board tho French auxiliary
cruiser Provenco when It was sunk
In tho Mediterranean on February 20.
it was stated that on board tho
Provence were tho staff of the Third
Colonial Infantry regiment, tho third
battalion, the second company of tho
first battalion, tho second machine
gun company and ono extra company,
In all nearly 4,000 men.
As the ministry of marine on Feb
ruary 29 announced that tho number
of survivors of tho Provenco disaster
was estimated at 870, It is lnr.lcatod
that upward of 3,130 lives were lost.
Tho loss of more than 3,000 lives In
the sinking of tho French auxiliary
cruiser Provenco Is tho greatest ocean
disaster of modern times.
An official statement announcing
tho sinking of tho Provenco said:
"Tho French auxiliary cruiser Prov
ence II, engaged In transporting
troops to Salonlki, wnB sunk In the
Mediterranean on February 26. Two
hundred and nlety-slx survivors havo
beon brought to Malta and about forty
to Mclos
"No signs of a Bubmarlno were no
ticed."
AMERICANS ON ARMED SHIP
Italian Liner Vcrdl Sails From New
York for the War
Zone.
Now York, March 3. Tho first
known Americans to sail on nn armed
liner slnco tho Gorman admiralty's
now submarine campaign opened do
parted from this port on tho Italian
stonmshlp Giuseppe Verdi on Wednes
day. Of tho Verdi's 173 passengers
to Naples and Genoa, two are natural
ized Americans who woro born In
Italy. Tho Verdi 1b tho first armed
vossel to leave American shores slnco
tho now submarine policy wont Into
effect. When It sailed It had mounted
on Its afterdock tho two nnval guns
with which It was equipped two
months ago. Boforo sailing copper air
tanks woro fitted Into the llfo boats.
Tho Italian steamship America, ono
of tho ships which havo had guns
plncod on board by tho Italian govern
ment, Is today bolloved to bo In tho
war zone with 282 cabin passengers
and 1,732 stecrngo passengers on
board, bound for Now York. Twolvo
big liners aro In or near tho war zono.
Tho Whlto Star lino has cancoled all
passenger reservations for March on
tho Lapland, Baltic and Adriatic, it
was announced here.
SPARKS FROM
THE WTT?r. H
LoulBvllle, Ky., March 3. Tho Ken
tucky Republican stato convention In
structod ItB dolegateB at largb to voto
for Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana
for the presidential nomination nt Chi
cago In Juno.
Kompton. W. Va., March 2. Thir
toen mon are dead nnd fifty-two havo
beon brought safely from mlno No. 42
of tho Davis Coal and Coko compnny,
near hero, whoro nn oxploslon occurrod
soou after tho minors had gone to
work. Tho mlno, which Is n shaft 427
feet deep, was not badly wrecked.
Food Shortage In Russia.
Potrogrnd, March 4. Tho food
shortago In RuBsla. due to tho war,
Is beginning to bo koenly foil. Tho
ministry of ngrlculturo announced
that meat may only bo enten on flvo
days during tho week.
Buffalo Machinists Strike.
Buffalo, N. Y March 4. A strike of
about 30,000 union machinists was au
thorized at a meeting Wednesday nicht
attended by 350 men, who claimed to
represent lo.uou workmen In Buffalo
and other cities.
PROBLEM
2 BRITISH SHIPS SUNK
GERMANS RENEW SUBSEA WAR
ON SCHEDULED TIME.
Entire Crew of the Vessel Was
Killed or Drowned by Torpedo
Explosion.
London, March 3. Germany's sub
marine war against British shipping.
aB threatened In tho wnrnlng notlco to
tho United States government, wns
opened on scheduled tlmo. Tho
kaiser's sea offensive against the Brit
ish was set to go Into effect at mid
night and beforo noon word had been
received of tho torpedoing of two mer
chantmen. Thoy wore tho Thornsby,
1,782 tons, and tho Malvina, 1.244
tons
It Is announced on Wednesday that
all tho members of tho crew of tho
Thornsby woro killed by tho attack or
drowned
Tho dispatch which reported tho
destruction of tho Malvina off tho
Kentist coast did nottnentlon the fato
of the crow.
The Thornsby hailed from West
Hartlepool and was built In 188'J. Sho
wus engaged In tho freight trade.
Tho Malvina balled from Leith. She
was an old vessel, having been built
In 1879.
From the speed with which tho now
German submarine war was launched
In British waters It was ovldent thnt
submarines had been sent out In ad
vance, with orders to begin attacks as
soon as any enemy ships were sighted
today.
Tho German notlco of tho fresh of
fensive against English shipping had
stated that armed merchant ships
wore to bo attacked without notlco,
but thoro wus nothing to show that
tho Thornsby and Malvina boro guns.
Nowb of tho sinking of tho ships
aroused tho greatest anxiety In ship
ping circles and Insurance rates wero
Immediately raised.
NO ORDERS TO SINK DIVERS
Lord Cecil of England Says Merchant
men Were Not Directed to
Attack Submarines.
London, March 2. On the ovo of tho
dato set by Germany for the beginning
of her now submarin campaign
against armed merchant vessels, Lord
Robert Cecil, minister of war trade, is
sued a statement giving tho British
vlow of tho status of such merchant
men. This statement, which Is In an
swer to queries whether merchantmen
have beon Instructed to tako the of-
fenslvo ngalnst submarines, says:
"Tho British view has always been
t -nt defensively nrmod merchantmen
must not fire on submarines or nny
other warships, except In self-defense.
''Tho Germans havo twisted a pas
sago in a document taken from n
transport which thoy Bank into mean
ing that merchant vessols havo In
structions to tnke tho offonslvo. This
is not so.
"Tho passage In question, which lays
down a maximum dist .nco beyond
which merchant ships aro advised not
to flro, must bo rend In conjunction
with another passage which makes It
perfectly clear that merchant vessels
must not attack unless a submarine
shows unmistakably hostile Inten
tions." Mines Peril Swedish Ships.
Stockholm, Mnrch 4. According to
a messago from Karlskronn, Sweden,
a whole mlno Hold of several hundred
mines Is drifting from the north, hav
ing presumably been set adrift by tho
Ice and wind. The message adds that
explosions nro occurring hourly, and
that navigation In tho neighborhood of
the Swodish Islands Is perilous.
Open Mexican Stores.
Mexico City, Mnrch 6. The govern
ment Inaugurated a series of public
storos, tho first 92 of which wore
opened for business. At the stores,
fish, clothing, cereals and meats aro
sold at cost.
French Steamer Sunk.
Bordeaux, France, March 6, Jho
French stoamer Lakme of 3,117 tons Is
roported to have beon sunk by a Ger
man submarino southwest of tho
Island of Dyeu. Six members of the
crew aro missing.
BRITISH
MAKE
S
POSITIONS LOST AT YPRES RE
CAPTURED WITH PART OF
GERMAN FRONT.
SECOND FRENCH FORT RAZED?
Amsterdam Dispatch Says That Vauc
Has Been Destroyed by Tei'tons
Kaiser's Forces Renew Attack
North of Verdun.
London, March 4. Tho British offi
cial statement Issued horo on Thurs
day on tho fighting In tho Western
7.0110 says:
"Wo recaptured tho trenchea nt tho
bluff of the Ypres-Comlnea canal,
which wo lost February 14, and ulso
captured a small salient in tho German
line."
Tho cupture of 800 yards of British
positions southeast of Ypres, after
heavy artillery bombardments, was
claimed in tho German olflclal state
ment of February 15, which added I hut
a majority of tho defendors of tho
ilrltlsh ti ouches wore killed
Tho French war office reported tho
repulse of a German nttack agaltiBt
Fresnes In tho afternoon, casting dis
credit on an nlllcial report from Berlin
that Fresnes has been captured by tho
Teutons.
An Amsterdam dl3patch to tho Cen
tral News says that Fort Vaux, live
miles northeast of Verdun, has been
destroyed by heavy mortars, accord
ing to unconfirmed German reports,
but that tho Germans cannot npproach
tho fort, as tho French have brought
heavy artillery to bear on tho ap
proaches. Paris, March 4. German attacks of.
great violence, both artillery and In
fantry, havo been resumed north or
Verdun. Tho official stateraont issued
by the French war office on Thursday
night says furious infantry assaults
havo beon repulsed by tho French'
troops, "whoso flro decimated the
ranks of tho enemy."
Berlin (via wireless), March 4.
That Germany In her Verdun drive had
taken 170 square kilometers (approxi
mately forty squaro miles) of posi
tions held by tho French, or more than
four times as much as tho French,
gained In the entiro Champagno of
fensive last fall, was stated in a corre
spondent's summary from tho west
front, officially mado public hero.
Tho official statement ndds that
theso gains wero made with tactics
"which evaded tho possibility of great
human losses," and that by "collabo
ration of all arms and an advance con
sisting of a sorlcs ot human tidal
waves" all tho gains woro obtained
"with losses which were comparative
ly Insignificant."
SENATOR'S CHARGE DENIED
Gore Tells of Report That President
Said Clash With Germany Might
End the War.
Washington, March 4. Senator
Gore, In an address to tho sennto in
support of his resolution to warn
Americans to keep off armed belliger
ent merchantmen, declared the im
pelling reason for his course was n
report that President Wilson had told
certain congressmen that a war bo-
tween the United States and Germany
"might not bo ungrateful and might
result In advancing civilization by
bringing about tho end of tho Euro
pean war by midsummer."
Senator Stone yehemontly denied
the president had made such a state
ment. The following statement was Issued
at the White House:
"When tho nttontlon of tho White
Houso was called to certain stato
montB In Sonntor Gore's speech, tho
prcsldont authorized nn unqualified
denial of any utterance to which nny
such a meaning could bo nttuched."
QUEEN MOTHER IS DEAD
Elizabeth of Roumanla Falls Victim,
to Pneumonia Her Pen Name
Was Carmen Sylva.
London, March 4. A Bucharest dis
patch received by Router's Telegram
company by way of Amsterdam says
the queen mother Ellznbeth of Rou
manla (Carmen Sylva) died on Thurs
day. A dispatch said tho queen was
111 with pneumonia. Tho pen unmo
"Carmen Sylva," by which tho quoon
was most widely known, wns choson
by her In expression of her lovo for
song and the woods. In her own
words, sho was born "far from a
throne." Although sho waB a princes
of Wled, ono of tho many tiny princi
palities with which Germany abound
ed, her youth was that of an ordinary
robust country girl, who learned to
cook and sow and who romped In tho
open with her companions at tho vil
lage school. She was born December,
29, 1843.
Killed in Railroad Wreck.
Albany, N. Y March 6. Two mea
are known to bo dead, a third proba
bly was fatally Injured and two others
nre believed to have been killed in a.
rear-end collision hero on tho New
York Central railroad.
Twelve Hurt In Rail Accident.
Kingston, Ont., March 6. A dozen,
persons woro injured when west-bound
passonger train No. 13 on tho Grand
Trunk railway waB derailed near here.
Threo cars wero ditched. Tho train,
was from Montreal.
that.
1 March 11.