Nebraska Newspapers

    The O’Neil! Frontier
CL H. CRONIN, Publisher^
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA
New uses are constantly being found
for aluminum. One of the latest is
making it into foil to take the place
of tinfoil In wrapping up food products,
especially chocolate. Aluminum foil is
now made about one-six-hundredth of
an inch in thickness. Aluminum pow
der has also been coining into common
use. To make the aluminum powder,
very thin foil Is first cut up in small
Spangles; these are ground In a mill
and the powder is then sifted through
bolting cloth. The powder is used as
a basis for metallic paint and Is es
pecially valuable for metallic surfaces
that are exposed a great deal. The
powder is very soft and adhesive, like
graphite.
"Higher temperature is not the only
additional discomfort which comes with
summer tc the patron of the subway,”
said a business woman. "With spring,"
she Added, “come low shoes and fancy
hosiery, nnd In order to display them
the number of cross legged men be
comes greatly enlarged. It's too bad
that there Is no law against these feet
ln-the-way young men. There is one
remedy which usually cures for the
time, and that is to stare steadily at
the misplaced foot nnd if people would
apply If. stare every obtrusive foot out
of countenance, subway travel would
lose one of its terrors and our skirts
would be less soiled.”_
My house is on a high hill near Go
dalming. and as I sat reading the oth
er afternoon I heard, or rather felt,
a long vibrating boom several times
repeated. I thought it roust be a mo
tor van maneuvering behind the house
but found nothing there. Then I
guessed what it might be and forth
with wrote to the chlor'gunnery officer
of H. M. S. Orion to make sure.
Through the very kind courtesy of this
gentleman, I am able to state for cer
tain that the discharge of the Orion’s
guns was distinctly audible 97 statute
miles from the ship, the sound taking
somewhere about 11 minutes to travel
the distance. _ _
In the province of Yunnan, China,
where great quantities of poppy had
been raised, the ground Is now turned
over to other purposes, owing to the
recent restrictive measures with a view
to the suppression of the opium traf
fic. While this has not resulted In any
perceptible decrease in the consumption
of opium, It has, on the other hand,
been the ruination of the honey crop
of that section. The highest grade of
honey has been produced in this sec
tion, but the bees do not seem to get
the same amount of sweetness out of
the flowers of the beans and peas,
which have replaced the poppy plants.
Arrangements are proceeding rapidly
for the removal of the winter capita)
of India from Calcutta to Delhi, the
announcement of which was the most
striking event of the late durbar. It
is now expected that by next Janu
ary accommodations for all depart
ments of the government will be In
readiness at Delhi, while the finance
and cpntroller-gencral’s departments
are expected to move next October.
Asolo, which Inspired two of Brown
ing’s verses In “Asolando," and which
Is observing tho centenary, Is a forti
fied town In Treviso, In northern Italy.
It was the ancient Acellum, and pos
sesses a cathedral and a ruined acque
duct. The former palace of Catharine
Cornaro, queen of Cyprus, Is in the
neighborhood. There arc beautiful
seats In the vicinity, and tho town has
a population of under 6,000.
Strong protest Is being made in South
Australia against the continual slaugh
ter of such rare birds as the Ibis, the
egret, cranes and spoonbills to supply
the demandH of milliners. The slaugh
ter renders South Australia even more
prone to plagues of grasshoppers and
is a prime cause of tho decline of its
fish sources. As tho wuding birds dis
appear the crustateans that destroy fish
spawn Increase In multitude.
Any person past the ago of 16 years
who wishes to dance at Dodgo City
must pay the city tl a year. The city
commissioners met not long ago and
passed an ordinance providing for a
license fee of $1 from all dancers, and
further providing that no person under
the age of 16 can attend a dance unless
accompanied by a parent or guardian.
; ■ m ■ .
some years ago, wnen soutn, i met
an old colored man who claimed to
have known George Washington,” says
ex-Governor Bunn, of Pennsylvania. '1
asked him whether he was In the boat
when George Washington crossed the
Delaware and he instantly replied:
•Lor,' massa, I steered dat boat.' ’’
Every German city of consequence
has a number of palutlal cafes, which
are nothing else than huge club houses
without membership formality. In any
one of these cafes are hundreds or
thousands of patrons glancing over do
mestic and foreign newspapers and
magazines.
New naval regulations In England
requite officers to wear epaulets and
medals on all ceremonial occasions.
Tlie change Is attributed to the durbar,
at which the relatively greater mag
nificence of the army officers was
noted by the king.
A London magistrate In sentencing
■Aap uastjnoj joj puf oj joatijaai p>ou}s a
for using profane language, laid down
the rule that, while the preaching of
atheism could not be objected to, pro
fanity was offensive as savoring of
blasphemy.
The profits in diamond mining can
be Imagined from the fact that the
Premier Diamond company of the
Transvaal paid last year a 250 per cent
dividend on Its preferred stock and 500
per cent on Its deferred stock.
A policeman, a quarryman and a
roadmender were among the prize win
ners at an arts and crafts exhibition
held In Yorkshire, England, village re
cently.
Fusel oil Is used chiefly In the United
States In connection with the manu
facture of explosives. It Is also used
In making artificial fruit essences.
A gasoline engine driven dynamo
that la entirely automatic In its action
la attracting attention In England.
Girls and women of Smyrna make
great quantities of lace. The work Is
mostly done In their own homes.
Very few hairpins are made In
France, most of Its supply coming from
England and Germany.
The murders of Italy outnumber
those of Germany nearly four to one.
It Is believed that this country's ex- I
ports In manufactures for the present
fiscal year will reach the billion dollar |
mark.
Women are employed by the Berlin
police to unearth "baby fax ins" In that
city.
In a single week 35.000 Chinese cut
off their pigtails In Hongkong.
WIFE’S FAITH MELTS
ON LEARNING STORY
OF CONVICT SPOUSE
Musician Protests Innocense
Until Shown Picture and
Bertillion Record.
Norfolk, Neb., July 22.—Max Rudolf
Von Worner and his young bride were
parted at Madison yesterday after a
pathetic scene which touched the heart
of Sheriff C. S. Smith, who related the
story of the parting during his visit
here yesterday.
Up to yesterday all Information
which showed that Worner was a
premier criminal, had been withheld
from the young bride, who is In a
delicate condition. Yesterday Sheriff
Smith saw the time had come to maku
the revelation and the result was
that Mrs. Worner becama hysterical,
but after many attempts she consent
ed to leave her husband. Her Bister,
Mrs. William Eberhardt, of Schuyler,
accompanied by her husband came to
Madison and took the bride of th£
noted criminal to her Schuyler home,
where last June, after breaking his
parole from an Ohio prison, Wornei
wooed and married her.
Sheriff Smith had exhausted all hifl
means to urge the girl to leave he/
worthless husband. All efforts to tell
the young woman that her husband
was worthless could not shake her
faith In him, and she continued to
believe that he was a good man—a
victim of circumstantial evidence.
When Sheriff Smith took Worner
from the room he occupied with his
young bride and locked him In an or
dinary prison cell yesterday, the young
woman broke down. Worner also broke
down and tho sheriff says the prison
er's grief was genuine. To the cement
floor of the county Jail Worner threw
himself with much force and begged
for at least half an hour’s stay with
his wife. The time was granted and In
the presence of the sheriff the young
couple pledged their love.
Later, however, Sheriff Smith called
the young woman into his office and
there gave out tho enormous quantity
of genuine Information against him.
The young wife recognized the pictures
of her husband as taken from the rec
ords at Leavenworth prison, where he
was confined for a time. She also rec
ognized his picture as taken from the
records of the Ohio prison. Letters
from St. Louis police showing that he
was wanted at other points for various
criminal work seemed to convince the
young bride that her husband was real
ly a criminal. This fact, however, did
not seem to shake her love for him.
“I admit the picture from Leaven
worth Is mine,” said Worner later, “but
the picture from Ohio is not mine. It
Is a case of some other prisoner bear
ing my resemblance.”
Sheriff Smith then read off the Ber
tilllon records on the other side of the
card, and Worner said no more. His
young bride Immediately afterward left
Madison with her sister.
LOUP RIGHTS OF BABCOCK
UPHELD BY DISTRICT COURT
Lincoln, Neb., July 22.—An added
complication has been given the light
bver the water power rights in the
Loup river by the decision of the dis
trict court at Columbus to the effect
that H. E. Babcock Is the man who
holds prior rights. The other party
to the controversy was A. C. Koenig,
of Omaha, who was engineer for Bab
cock at one time. Babcock claimed
that as Koenig was In the employ of
his company any right that he secured
belonged to Ills employers. The court
so holds, and also says that Sharp,
Hoggs and other Lincoln capitalists
vho secured an assignment of Koenig’s
•Ights were not Innocent purchasers.
The latter are back of the Central
Power company, now contesting be
fore the state board. As the law
permits the right of appeal to the
courts from the decision of the board,
It Is aparent that the decision of the
board will cut little figure, since the
matter Is already In court.
The Commonwealth Power company,
backed by the same Interests as are
behind the Central, has another con
test before the board which will he
beard late In August. Both concerns
ire really backed by big eastern cap
italists anxious to get Into wuter
power Investments.
A
EXCAVATING MUST BE
DONE BEFORE PAVING
Fremont, Neb., July 22.—The city
council, at a meeting last night, served
notice on local concerns that any exca
vating that Is to be done for water,
gas or sewerage purposes, along Mili
tary avenue, must be done now, before
the avenue Is paved. The council will
raise serious objections to the removal
of paving brick later. It has been a
source of much complaint that work
men employed by local concerns have
ruined some of Fremont’s best pavnig.
NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES.
YORK—An Important change in the
newspaper business was consummated
by the consolidation of the York Re
publican and Times. A new company
known as the York Printing company
was formed, with T. E. Sedgwick as
president and J. D. Fields, who has
been manager of the Republican for
some time, secretary. The plant of the
Republican will be moved. The Semi
Weekly Times will be discontinued and
Its subscribers furnished with either
the Dally Times or the Republican,
both of which papers will continue to
bo published.
DUBUQUE—When Sheriff Dunn re
turned from the annual convention of
the National Sheriffs' association at
St. Paul, yesterday, he brought with
him Adolph Slapatc, a Pole, accused of
the theft of about $150 worth of cloth
ing from the Paris hotel In this city.
Sheriff Dunn learned of the prisoner’s
whereabouts at Empire, Minn., while
attending the convention, and made the
trip of 30 miles from St. Puul to get his
man.
NORTH BEND—William Pool, a
haymaker, the father of 10 children,
ranging from 2 to 21 years, was killed
yesterday afternoon by heing struck
bv a haystacker on which he was
working three miles east of this place.
Pool lived three hours after the acci
dent. but did not regain conscious
ness. •
AMES—The big dredge which has been
It work between this place and North
Bend on the Colgan ditch route, finished
UP Its work today. The ditch will pro
vide drainage for about 76,000 aers of
land lying between the two places named.
LINCOLN—Orville White, an 1S
year-old youth, living at University
Place, is dead us the result of his curi
ousity in looking into the barrel of a
revolver he and a brother had been
using to practice turget shooting with.
The boy had just discharged the gjn
and hud then looked Into its barrel,
"ben it went off. He was dead within
a few minutes and before a doctor
could reach him
FAMOUS MUSICIAN IS
NOTED CRIMINAL AND
NOW IN DURANCE VILE
Madison County Jail His Pres
ent Abode, Attended By His
Schuyler Bride.
Madison, Neb., July 20.—From un
questionable Information now in the
possession of the officers, Max Von
Worner, a musician of a high order oi
ability, who was recently brought back
from Seymour, Tex., where he had been
arrested on telegraphic instructions
from Sheriff Smith, charged with pro
curing $80 from the Norfolk National
bank on the endorsement of a check
representing‘that he had money In a
bank at Schuyler, is a clever criminal
of varied and wide reputation, both in
America and Europe. It appears that
he has operated under many different
names, but his reoi name is supposed
to be Wilkins. He served a term in
both the prisons of Belgium and the
Netherlands, at Ft. Madison, la., and
the United States penitentiary at
Leavenworth, Kan., for using the Uni
ted States mails to defraud, and the
Ohio state reformatory at Mansfield,
at which place he was paroled April
4, 1912. He broke his parole at the
Ohio reformatory and that institution
offers a reward for his return. He is
a likely gentleman in appearance and
was married at Schuyler last May to
one of the most respected ladles of that
city and she has remained with him
at the county Jail since he was brought
to Madison.
A few days after the marriage Von
Worner and his wife came to Norfolk
to visit a friend of his wife and it was
during this visit that the bogus check
was passed. It is said that he at
tempted to defraud the Norfolk Na
tional bank by realizing on some sort
of draft on an eastern bank, but the
officials of that bank were too wise for
him.
The scheme to defraud through the
United States mails consisted in using
the mails to solicit from theatrical
managers money to pay his expenses
to Join their companies as a musician
and then failing to show up. It is
said that his full history is in the pos
session of County Attorney Nichols,
but excepting admitting that Von Wor
ner had been positively identified by
the Bertillon system, thut officer would
give no further information.
NELSON MORRIS BUYS
OMAHA PACKING PLANT
South Omaha, Neb.. July 20.—Nelson
Morris will take over the Omaha pack
ing plant at South Omaha August 1.
For years South Omaha has been
trying to induce Morris to locate a
plant, but for some reason he has not
added to the number of plants there.
Built two years ago, the Omaha plant
occupies about six and a half acres of
land. It has another tract of equal size
on which the former Omaha plant, de
stroyed by fire, stood. Originally the
old plant was organized as Fowler Bros,
Packing company plant. Tha new plant
ranks fourth in size among South
Omaha packing houses.
STATE BANK DEPOSITS
HIGHEST IN HISTORY
Lincoln, Neb,., July 20.—Deposits
reached the highest point in the his
tory of the state June 14, aocording to
a report Issued today by Secretary
Royse, of the state banking board,
The total upon that date was exactly
$82,836,356.02, the number of banks re
porting being 681. A summary of the
report shows on average reserve of 30
percent or double the amount required
by law. The total number of deposi
tors is 256,188.
SAUNDERS PIONEER
A SUICIDE AT OMAHA
Omaha, Neb., July 20.—Fred Ander
son, of near Wahoo, Neb., was found
unconscious yesterday afternoon in a
gas-filled room of a hotel at 1106 Doug
las street. He died a few moments
later. Anderson had $100 on him, to
gether with a dozen watches, all ol
different makes. He was 70 years old
Anderson was an old settler of Saun
ders county, and owned a 200-acrt
farm between Wahoo and Weston, val
ued at $45,000. Three sons are said tc
be living now upon his farm. Ander
son was separated from his second
wife some time ago and ever since has
spent much of his time in Omaha. His
friends believe he was tired of liv
ing.
_-A._
SUICIDE FOR LOVE
OF MOVING PICTURE
Omaha. Neb., July 20.—Love for a
moving picture heroine is believed tc
have caused the suicide of Fred An
derson, of Wahoo, Neb., the aged mar
ound dead In a gas-filled doom at 1101
Douglas street.
For a month Anderson frequented
the office of the county court, begging
for a license to marry “Decent Marie.
The girl, he said, was the heroine ol
numerous moving picture plays.
Anderson's last visit to the marriage
license clerk was early yesterday morn
lng. With tears in his eyes, he begged
the clerk to issue the license. Only a
few hours later he was dead by his
own hand.
He admitted he knew nothing of his
loved one, save that she appeared in
the pictures and that her name was
"Decent Marie.”
NINE PER CENT HIGH
FOR TELEPHONE PROFIT
Lincoln, Neb.. July 20.—The citizens
of McCook believe that the 9 per cent
which the Nebraska Bell Telephone
company earns upon its plant at tha'
point is niore than a reasonable re
turn on the investment, and the cltj
attorney Is before the state railway
commission asking that rates be re
duced 33 per cent The present rates
are 33 for business and 32 for residence
phones. The commission sent two ol
its accountants to the plant, and they
report that its receipts are 317,000 $
year, while the expenses are 310,500
leaving 36,500 a year for profit. They
found the plant to be worth 310,000
which Is 16 per cent Interest, making
no allowance for depreciation, which Is
supposed to reduce It to about 9 per
cent.
VALENTINE—Charles Narvik, c.f
Cody. Neb., was placed in Jail by Dep
uty Sheriff Hahn. He is charged with
Stealing a team of horses from A. c.
Reimenseheinder who lives near Cody,
blown flat.
PONCA.—The republican county
convention has been called for Emerson
July 22. It will consist of 120 dele
gates and an Interesting session Is ex
pected.
PONCA—Ben O’Connell, for 23 years
a stoekbuyer of this place has iust
completed a 36,000 house on one of his
farms and moved his family there.
WATERJ5URY—Rain Is much need
ed here to bring a good corn crop.
Crops look well but this hot wind will
undoubtedly soon effect them.
NEWCASTLE—Newcastle Is mak
ing arrangements for a celebration and
picnic sojne time in August.
TURK BOMBS SINK
ITALIAN WARSHIPS
Pierce Battle Waged Foi
Forty-Five Minutes At En
trance Of Dardanelles.
Constantinople, July 20.—Eight Ita
lan torpedo boats attacked the en
trance of the Dardanelles at 1:30
o’clock this morning. The Turkish
forts replied vigorously sinking two of
the Italian warships and damaging tha
other six. The cannonade lasted 4S
minutes.
The cabinet ministers wers hurriedly
called to the palace this morning wher«
at a council of war it was decided to
close the Dardanelles.
Tewflk Pasha, the Turkish ambassa
dor at London, who on July 17 was ap
pointed grand vizier, has undertaken to
form a new cabinet.
—♦—
BATTLE CAUSES FLURRY
IN THE GRAIN MARKETS
Chicago, July 19.—Excited trading Id
wheat and corn resulted here from the
news of the sinking of the Italian war
ships in the Dardanelles and the clos
ing of the passage. Shutting off grain
from the Black sea ports of Russia anij
other countries meant the stoppage oi
one of the chief sources of European
supply and coming wholly wlthoul
warning set speculators here wild.
Wheat prices jumped as much as
2 3-8 cents and corn 2 cents. After th«
rush to buy was ended, however, fully
half the advance was lost.
SUFFRAGETS TRY
TO KILL ASQUITH
One Hurls Hatchet At Premiei
—Blazing Chair Thrown In
to Crowded Theater.
Dublin, Ireland, July 20.—Eight Eng
lish women have been taken into cus
today by the police in connection wilt
the outbreaks here last night on the
arrival of Mr. Asquith by suffragets
who have been constantly dogging the
heels of the British premier since he
left England. The women are charged
with complicity in the attempt to burn
down the Dublin theater, where Mr ,
Asquith is scheduled to speak today, 1
A blazing chair was thrown Into the
orchestra from a box occupied by two
women who then set fire to the box
curtains. The fire caused a panlo
among the audience.
The eight are also charged with com
plicity in the attempt to injure Mr, ,
Asquith, by throwing a hatchet at his •
carriage as the party was proceeding ■
from the wharf to a hotel. ,
Mrs. Mary Leigh, one of the suffra- .
gets under arrest, was identified today ;
as the thrower of the hatchet. It is ,
alleged by the police that she intended j
to "brain” Mr. Asquith. Mrs. Leigb -
has long been a leader in the violent <
tactics of the militant suffragets. As
far back as July, 1908, she was arrested t
for breaking windows in a demonstra- ,
tlon in London. At that time, on be- \
lng sentenced to two months in prison 1
at hard labor, Mrs. Leigh told the court ]
“the next time we-come out you can ,
expect bombs.” j
A year later Mrs. Leigh \vas again i
sentenced to two months at hard laboi i
at Birmingham and on being released i
brought damages against the govern- ■
ment for forcible feeding while in sris- ]
on. The woman is described by the
police as the "most troublesome suf
fraget” they have had to deal with I
Mrs. Leigh was convicted for tht
eighth time in London last Novembei I
for smashing windows and was sen
tenced to two months in Jail without
the options of a fine. The magistral
warned Mrs. Leigh that if she wert
again convicted she would be sent tt
jail for a long term at hard labor.
One of the women arrested last night
gave the name of Gladys Evans and
said she came from England.
Mary Leigh, Gladys Evans, Lizzit
Baker and Mary Coffer appeared in tht
police court here today and were com
mitted for trial. The police testified
that a canister which apparently con- (
tained gunpowder had been exploded '
in the theater. They had found on
Gladys Evans a bag of gunpowder, a '
portion of the theater carpet saturated
with petrol and a basketful of lighters
Three bottles of benzine and a tin oi
gunpowder also had been discovered
by the police authorities. Their testi
mony brought out the fact that many
lives had been endangered by the fire.
The Leigh woman admitted hurling
the hatchet at Mr. Asquith’s carriage
ARCHBALD IN COURT. i
- i
Senate Fixes August 3 As Limit Foi j
All Formal Answers.
Washington, July 20.—The impeach
ment court which will try Judge Robert i
W. Archbald, of the commerce court <
nfter a brief session today fixed August
3 as the limit for all formal answers in
the case and then adjourned until July
29 without deciding if the trial shall go
on this summer or go over until fall. ,
Judge Archbald, of the commerce
court, the ninth man in the history oi
the United States to be impeached by
the House, was ready to appear before
the bar of the Senate for trial today
when it convened as a high court ol
impeachment.
The Judge arrived from his home at
Scranton, Pa., and at once went into a j
conference with his lawyers. He said
he would make no statement. ,
CONGRESSMAN PEPPER
AFTER POWDER TRUST
_
Washington, July 20.—Hearing of the 1
suit against the so-called powder trust
by the United States in the supreme
court is projected in a bill which Rep
resentative Pepper, of Iowa, introduced
in the House yesterday. It “authorizes,
directs and instructs” the United
States to appeal the suit against E. J.
Dupont De Nemours & Co. from the
decree of the United States court for
the district of Delaware, granted on
June 13. 1912,
1,500 WEAR THE RED~
BANDANNA KERCHIEF
Cedar Rapid*, la., July 19.—Fifteen
hundred people attended the first rally
of the new third party at the city audi
torium last night. Dr. Chas. Talmage,
of Boston and Judge J. L. Stevens, of
Boone, were the speakers and the con
demnation of the action of the national
committee and the Chicago convention
and pleas for Roosevelt support were
enthusiastically received. Red ban
danna handkerchiefs were given to all
who attended by Uift local committee.
ELECTION OF CATLIN
HELD TO BE CORRUPT
House of Representatives Will
Be Asked To Oust St. Louis
Member.
Washington, July 20.—By a strictlj
party vote, the House elections commit
tee No. 2, today voted to unseat Rep
resentative Theron E. Catlin. of St,
Louis, republican, and to seat former
Representative Patrick Gill, democrat
Mr. Catlin's campaign expenses were so
great that the committee held his elec
tion to have been corrupt. It also held
that Gill would have been elected, but
for the use of money by Catlin's man
agers.
The vote was 6 to 2 to declare Cat
lin’s election illegally effected. Hi*
majority in the li»10 returns was 1,200.
The resolution will be reported to the
House today for action.
On the motion in the committee tu
unseat Mr. Catlin, Chairman Hamill,
of New Jersey, and Representatives
Korbiy, of Indiana; Broussard, ol
Louisiana; Lenthicum, of Maryland;
Jacoway, of Arkansas, and Allen, ol
Ohio, voted aye. Representative*
Switzer, of Ohio; Anderson, of Minne
sota, and Nelson, of Wisconsin, repub
licans, voted no.
YOUNG CATLIN ENGAGED
TO LEADER OF SOCIETV
St. Louis, Mo., July 20.—Theron E,
Catlin is a son of Daniel Catlin, a re
tired multimillionaire tobacco manu
facturer. He is 34 years old. Testi
mony in the contest developed that
Catlin's father, through a firm of law
yers, spent more than $10,000 in hav
ing his son elected, but Theron con
tended he did not know his father was
spending the money.
His father testified thht his son did
not know of the expense.
The Missouri law allows a candidate
for congress to expend $600.
Mr. Catlin, who was educated at
Harvard, is engaged to marry Miss
Laura Merriam. a daughter of formei
Gov. William R. Merriam, of Minne
sota.
PRICE OF CLOTHING
HIGHER NEXT YEAR
Smaller Wool Clip Cause Of
Advance In Raw Material,
Dealers Say.
New York, July 20.—The price oi
clothes is going to be advanced next
year. This Increased tax on the al
ready high cost of living is clearly in
dicated merchants say today, by the
prices named by leading producers of
cloth who have lifted the prices for the
spring of 1813 season from 7% cents to
20 cents a yard above those which pre
vailed last year when the values for
the past spring season were announce I.
Cloth prices are higher for the next
spring season, agents say, because of
conditions over which the manufac
turers have no control. They say that
the most important element that
brought about the advance is that the
domestic wool clip this ye :r Is about
80,000,000 pounds smaller than a year
ago. The price of wool has also gone
up abroad while mill owneis sc.y that
the high scale of wages and th inter
working hours will also have th. it ef
fect on the increased prices of cloth
REBELS DEFEATED
BY YJiJI INDIANS
Over 300 Mexican Insurrectos
Reported to Have Been
Massacred by Savages.
Juarez, July 20.—Passengers arriving
over the Mexican Northwestern from
Madera today brought stories of a
bloody massacre of rebels in Dolores
mountain pass southwest of Madera
at the entrance to the state of Sonora.
They declared that the vanguard of the
column commanded by Gen. Antonio
Rojas was caught In a canon at Do
lores by nearly 1,000 Yaqui Indians and
that of 500 rebels less than 200 returned
to Madera in safety. That a force of
government volunteers was operating
behind Dolores to prevent an entrance
of the rebels from Sonora was gener
ally known here, but it was not be
lieved any Yaqui Indians were enlisted
In the cause of the government except
the 600 fighting for General Sanjinez at
Colonia Oaxaca In northern Sonora.
Federal officials in El Paso preferred
to wait more definite advices before
commenting on the report.
STEALS OWN CHILD.
Mother Kidnaps Little One She Has
Not Seen Since Babyhood
Buffalo, N. Y., July 20.—The little
village of Attica was stirred last nighl
when two women and a man in a tour
ing car grabbed Mildred Sloan, the 11
year-old adopted daughter of John W
Sloan, a hotel proprietor and made ofl
with her towards Buffalo. A playmate
of Mildred gave the alarm and Mr.
Sloan telephoned to Sheriff Hart, ol
Geneseo county to put a man on a
motorcycle and had the car trailed to
Buffalo, where the women were ar
rested.
To Chief of Police Regan, the young
er of the women, Mrs. Herman F. Leh
man. 27 years old, said Mildred was
her child, that she married Charles A.
Demlng in Chicago in 1899 and had di
vorced him in 1901, two months be
fore Mildred was born. She came to
Buffalo later and was induced by a
city official to part with the little girl.
Until last January she had not known
where Mildred was. She determined to
day to kidnap the little girl and hired
the auto In Buffalo for that purpose.
FARMER AND FAMILY
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
Centerville, Md., July 19.—Made un
conscious while in bed by lightning
which struck their home, David D.
Taylor, a farmer and his wife, last
night lay helpless for some minutes
while the flames were eating their way
about the cornice and only recovered
in time to save their three children,
asleep in another room. Within 20 min
utes the house was burned to th»
ground.
CAMPS SWEPr AWAY;
OVER SCORE DROWN
Upward of Thirty Meet Deatl
When Flood Wipes Out Ma
zuma and Seven Troughs.
Reno, Nev., July 20.—Searching par
ties from Lovelock and surroundint
towns are scouring the flood swepj
canyon and hillsides near Mazuma ami
Seven Troughs, in Humboldt county
Nevada, for bodies of victims of th<
catastrophe, which washed out the tw<
mining camps yesterdoy.
Late advices from the scene of th<
disaster state that more than a scort
of bodies have been recovered and ij
is believed the death list will numbej
30 or more.
A revised list of the dead is:
MRS, McLEAN, Mazuma.
MRS. REESE. Mazuma.
EDNA RUDDELl, postmistress Ma
zuma.
MRS. CONCANNON. Mazuma.
THREE CHILDREN OF MRS. KE
HOE, Mazuma.
MIKE WHALEN, Mazuma.
PERRY GILLESPIE, Mazuma.
FOURTEEN UNIDENTIFIED.
The missing:
MRS. KEHOE, Mazuma.
At Seven Troughs, no loss of life has
been reported, but the town practically
was wiped out. At Mazuma a solid
wall of water 15 feet high swept down
the narrow canyon without warning. It
carried everything before it. Just how
many victims were swept to their
deaths probably will not be learned un
til tonight, when the searching parties
return.
Rescue work brought gruesome evi
dence of the tragedy. The discovery
of the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. John
Trenchard was followed by a surprise
when it was found that neither was
dead. John Trenchard is expected to
die, but hope is held out that his wife
will recover.
CHINESE ASSEMBLY
VETOES NOMINEES
President Kais’ Cabinet Now
Consists Of One Member and
He Wants To Quit.
Peking, July 20.—The national as
sembly today vetoed all President
Yuan Shi Kai's nominees for cabinet
positions. As a result of the assem
bly’s action the premier, Lu Cheng
Hsiang, alone Is left in office, and he
threatens to resign immediately.
The rejection of the names proposed
by the president of the republic was
due in part to the objections of the
Tung-Men-Huis, the name by which
the party of ex-Premier Tang Shao Yl
is known, to a coalition governmenl
and to dissatisfaction in some of the
ether parties because of the alleged in
sufficient representation of those fac
tions in the cabinet. The national as
sembly also was opposed to some of the
nominees on personal grounds.
BRIGANDS CAPTURE CITY.
Amoy, China, July 19.—Native press »
dispatches report that brigands hav^
captured Hinghwa, an important city
In Fo-Kien province between Hweiar
and Fu Chow.
MANIAC CHAINED IN
ROOM TWENTY YEARS
Family Tragedy Revealed Aftei
Death of Father—Shipped
To Asylum In Box.
Pittsburgh, Pa., July 20.—After being
chained to a floor ring In s
room in a lonesome farm house
for more than 20 years, Harry Munshower,
36 years old, spent a day among 1,500 per
sons, the first time in his life he ever
was in a crowd. He is at the state asy
lum for the Insane at Dixmont, where he
was delivered In a pine box.
When the box was opened, under the
eyes of the superintendent, Dr. R. W.
Hutchinson, the insane man was found
bound hand and foot and able only to
move his head from side to side. A small
grating at one end of the box permitted
air to enter.
Harry Munshower had no clothes on
when he arrived. He has not worn clothes
tor years. His hair hung down near to
his waist. Neither hair nor beard has
been cut for two decades.
The man is a son of S. S. Munshower, a
farmer of White township, Indiana coun
ty, who died July 1. It was while arrang
ing for the funeral that neighbors discov
ered the Insane man. It was thought
years ago that Harry had run away and
that he was never heard of again by the
family. But during all these years he has
been locked in a room and chained that
the family tragedy might not be known.
STEFFENS ON STAND.
Author Says He Is An Anarchist and
Believes In Christianity.
Los Angeles, Cal., July 19.—After a
few questions relative to a meeting be
tween himself and Clarence S. Dar
row at which they were Joined by Bert
H. Franklin, Lincoln Steffens was
turned over to the prosecution for cross
examination at the bribery trial today.
District Attorney Fredericks plunged
Immediately into the negotiations for
the ending of the McNamara trial.
He asked the witness why no publc
ity was given the negotiations. Stef
fens replied that their object would be
misunderstood.
"Mr. Steffens,” said the district at
torney, “I believe you are an avowed
anarchist." .
"Yes, and worse than an anarchist,”
was the reply. “I am a great deal
more radical, I believe in Christian
ity.” __
BILL AIMS BLOW AT
POSTMASTER BRIGADE
Washington. July 19.—Prevention of
political activity by postmasters and
other federal officials is sought in a
bill reported by the House committee
on reform in the civil service. The
measure would prohibit such officials
from being delegates to any district,
state or national convention or from
becoming “perniciously active” in poll
tl«“