Th« O’Neil Frontier D. H. CRONIN, Publisher. yNEIl-UNEBRASKA The price of the 400-year-old Titian Cirtralt of King Philip II of Spain, hlch Mrs. T. J. Emery gave to Cln Snnatl as a Christmas gift, was $335, •0. The price was given on the In voice which accompanied the picture from England and Is so listed In th* ••cords of Customs Appraiser Butter Worth. It was first reported that Mr*. 5Bmery paid $400,000 for the painting, land later Sir Hugh Earie, from whom was purchased, said he received •150.000 for It. _ A woman, who wa* sitting In th* Kallery at a pantomime, waa warned by the attendant that unless she could Keep her baby quiet, she and her hus band would have to take their money back and leave the theater. The baby Waa silenced, but toward the end of »cene vll the mother began to be bored. ;*T>on't think much of this show, after [mil.” she said to her husband. “Wish we'd gone somewhere else.” "All right.” laald the husband, "pinch the babyl” Pill nuts from the Philippine Island# [were recently Introduced In the markets •f the United States. They are tri (Kngular In shape and contain a small [kernel of line flavor. One shipment of •00 tons Is reported from Manila to Ijfew York. Two similar varieties of these nuts are being Bliipped—Canar jfuni ovatoum and Canarlum lusonloum. IThey grew abundantly In the Philip pines, but the trees are very much pcattered. At breakfast the drummer who hai$ put up at a hotel In southern Illinois, l#rdered soft boiled eggs. The waitress deposited before lilm two In the shell! Booking up, the drummer said: "Pleasd (break the eggs In a glass.” With a, Withering look of scorn the buxom rwaltress replied: "Well, good gracious! BT you can't bre-ak two soft boiled eggs in a glass you'd better go to a hos pital 1” _ _ •roe cultivation or horse raaisn la a Shriving Industry, a writer In the Coun itry Gentleman says, and he describes a (three-acre farm devoted to this Indus try. which keeps two men busy, one mt them making good money out of m miniature farm. One advantage of this crop Is thus described: “The horse radish farmer can well lie back and test In easy security, for he has a crop that only Insects with suicidal motives attack." A horse displayed unusual Intelli gence recently In New Haven, Conn., prhen it wandered away In the absence mt Its driver. It came to a crossing (where there was a traffic policeman, Eid stopped and started again In obod nce to the wave of the officer's hand. flThe absence of the driver was not no ticed until after it had passed the ■rosslpg. Except for various government de Cartments, police and fire stations, etc., o telephones exlBt in Constantinople today, but an Anglo-American French pompany is vigorously pushing work cn Its franchise and will soon operate P complete network on both sides of the posphoruB and to the Princes Islands. A local band was one dny playing at Dumfernllne, when an old weaver came up and asked the bandmaster what It was they were playing. “That Is the JDeath of Nelson,’ ” solemnly replied the bandmaster. “Ay, man.” remarked the weaver, “Ye ha’e given him an aw ful death.' ’’ Edward Corton, of Everett, has at tained a reputation In picking chickens, in an exhibition given recently at X)erry, N. H„ he killed and picked four .chickens In two and three quarters minutes. Eater he plucked a chicken to 20 seconds, and a duck In two mln U tw in Schenectady, N. Y., a farmer fecognlxcd In a leather shop the green |hldo of a horse which had been stolen from him but two weeks before. By fneuns of the hide he traced the thief Pnd eventually was paid for the horse. The state of Colorado has Just re ceived an Inheritance tux amounting to 1140,498.40 from a man who, 61 years •go, came to the state In an ox cart, with a load of groceries, on the sale mt which started his rise to wealth. James Caudill, of Cornettsvlllo, was up the flrst of the week visiting friends here and otherwise looking around. He Is close to 60, and Saturday evening bad his flrst shave In a barber’s chair, —Whlteburg (Ky.) Eagle. Because London's fogs nt times seri ously reduce the supply of gasoline In that city by preventing the arrival ot vessels carrying It, It Is probable that a pipe will be built from the mouth of the Thames Into the city. Newly naturalized Immigrants In lwi wage Is $431. COMMISSIONERS HOLD OFFICES ONLY THREE YEARS, COURT RULES Decision Rendered on Long Drawn Contest From Cedar County—Furley Loses. Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 2.—County com missioners elected In Nebraska hold of fice for three years only, says the su preme court. Charles F. Furley, who was elected commissioner in Cedar county In 1909, thought differently, and when he was defeated for re-election in 1912 by Edward H. Carroll, he de clined to give up the office, claiming that the legislature of 1905 made the office a four-year one. Th,e lower court ousted Furley, and now the supreme court overrules his appeal. The case was based on the fact that in 1905 the legislature passed a law providing for biennial elections, and in order to straighten things out it was necessary to make commissioners serve an even number of years instead of odd. The term was made four years. The su prom court declared the biennial elec tions invalid, and the court, in the Fur ley case, says that the four-year term law also went by the board through subsequent action of the legislature. [Carroll assumed the office after tho decision of tho district court, but re signed the position a few weeks ago.] SUPREME COURT RULES ON EVASION OF GIBSON LAW Uncoln, Neb., Feb. 2.—The su premo court says that brewers can not evade the provisions of the Gib son law which prohibits the running of saloons In buildings owned by manu facturers of liquor by organizing hold ing companies for the real estate. The matter was decided in a caso from Stanton, where A. L. Hanff was given a license to operate a saloon In a building owned by the Independent Realty company, th.e stock of which was held by the Storz Brewing com pany. of Omaha. The court orders the license cancelled, saying in effect that the trick cannot be worked. The Gibson law wus passed In 1904. It was intended to stop the monopoli zation of the retail saloon business by the brewers, who had steadily been driving independent dealers to the wall and taking over saloons, which they turned over to agents whom they financed. The Independent Realty company was organized by the Storz company Immediately after the law went Into effect. The brewing com pany had purchased a great number of sites in different localities, and these it turned over to the realty company. The latter was organized by electing Gottlieb Storz wife as its president, Mrs. Storz' cousin ns vice president and an office man in the brewery as secretary and treasurer. The court says that the question it had to de termine was whether the building in which the saloon was located is con trolled by the manufacturer of beer. The evidence being that he controlled it through a holding company, the law had been violated and the license must be declared void. —♦— ROBBERS CAUGHT AFTER AN EXCITING PURSUIT Fremont. Neb.. Feb. 2.—A daylight robbery at the Brunswick hotel, op posite the union passenger station, was followed by the capture of the rob bers nt Yutan. Three men who en tered the office during the absence of the proprietors, F. G. Bierce and Charles Hawley, found the safe un locked, but bolted. They opened It, grabbed $14fi in bills and small change and ran. Police officers and Sheriff Condlt followed. The men went afoot south to the Burlington railroad bridge, crossed and run across corn fields. Meantime the officers, who rode in an automobile, had to go round by the wagon bridge, a half mile up the stream. The officers lost the trail, but found It again at Leshara, from which place the station wired that the men were seen hurrying along the Burlington track. Near Yutan the fugitives were overtaken. They had thrown the small change away and pinned the bills in the lining of their coats. They gave the names of George Martin, Jack Barnes and Frank White. All are be ing held ut the county Jail. FARMER CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON YOUNG GIRL Valentine, Neb., Feb. 2.—Sheriff Itossiter arrested Van Lewis, a farmer, who is charged with assault upon Ruth Ayers, the little 12-year-old daughter of William Ayers, a farmer about seven miles southwest of here. According to the girl's story, the crime was com mitted Monday evening and when she was going horseback after cattle. It was dusk, when she was approached by a man with his face masked and wearing ills coat turned inside out. He grabbed the child off the horse and forcibly pulled her within an old Isolated barn. There, Ik Is alleged, the crime was committed. The little girl returned home and told her parents of the outrage. Sheriff Rossiter and two physicians were sum moned. The little girl's condition was not serious. Van Lewis, who is a mar ried man, with a family, was arrested when he came to town with a kiad of corn. The child told tho authorities that she believed it was he, as site recognized his voice. —— YOUNG MURPHY GETS HIS CHANCE FOR EDUCATION Lincoln. Neb., Feb. 2.—With Gov ernor Morehead disinclined to give u full pardon to him, young Kenneth Murphy will take advantage of his re lease from prison as a trusty by reg istering for the university extension course. He will take th.e career of Abraham Lincoln as a part of the American history course, and some work In mathematics, literature and languages. The boy is extremely anxious to get an education, and at first was Inclined to take up farm work, but his new-found friends thought he ought to do better than that, and will finance him in his efforts to finish the preparatory work, after which he will choose his career. TWO CONVICTS REMOVED TO ASYLUM AT HASTINGS Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 31.—Louis J. Hronlrh. who drank lye two weeks ago and sought to end his career as a pen itentiary convict, was taken today to the Hastings asylum for the insane. He as serving a six-year term for the of fense of rape committed in Boyd county. Hronish got it into his h.ead that a brother had murdered his wife, ind lie said lie desired to follow them i'nto the next world. Morris Brassier, serving an eight-year term for Incest, ommitted in Boone county, was aaac uki s to tho asylum. SUPREME COURT HAS CHECKED THE CLAIM OF BOARD Board Says the Ruling Will Make School Work Difficult. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 31.—The Lincoln school board Is not at all pleased be cause the supreme court found that It had not the power to compel C. P. Kel ley’s daughter Eunice to take a course in domestic science. It has authorized the superintendent to notify Kelley that because the girl did not take domestic science she would not be given a di ploma from the eighth grade, which is necessary to enable her to enter the high school. The board expects that this will mean another lawsuit, but it has been advised by attorneys that the question involved is not on all fours with the one which the court decided in favor of Kelley. Members of the board said in the meeting called to dis cuss the case that the decree of the su preme court would disorganize every grade school in the state if the court should attempt to empower parents of children to decide what their children should study where courses were not optional and the judges to assume to decide whether such selection was rea sonable or not. It was also suggested that because domestic science was not in the curriculum when the judges went to school 40 years ago they decided as they did, and that if the study had been arithmetic or history they would have held different. PHYSICIAN INSISTS HE CAN ESTABLISH ALIBI Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 31.—Dr. W. R. Townsend is under arrest on the charge of responsibility for the death of Lola Sturms, a young woman whose home was in Strausville, Richardson county, following a coroner's inquest. It was testified that the girl had died from effects of a criminal operation. A statement signed by her on her death bed in which she stated that Townsend had performed the operation on Janu ary 20, 1914. She declined to give the name of the man responsible for her condition, and died refusing to tell who it was. Townsend was held in $1,000 ball. He vehemently denied the charge, and says that he can prove an alibi to the effect that he was in Omaha at the time the girl said in her statement the operation was performed. FLEGE HAS NEVER SEEN INSIDE OF PENITENTIARY Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 31.—A $15,000 ball bond, which will secure the release of William Flege, thrice convicted of the murder of his sister, pending the hear ing of his third appeal to the supreme court, has been filed with the clerk of that tribunal. It is signed by William’s two brothers, Fred and Henry, and his brotherinlaw, Herman Freebert, who signed the bond on each of the other appeals, the first one being for $25,000. Flege has never yet seen the inside of the penitentiary, being held in the cus tody of the sheriff while his attorneys could hustle through the record neces sary to lodge the appeal in the supreme court. NEBRASKA BOTTLERS ELECT NEW OFFICERS Fremont, Neb., Jan. 31.—The Ne braska Blotters' association convention today voted for Hastings for the 1915 convention and elected the following officers: President, George Koon, Hast ings; vice president, Charles Marr, Fremont; secretary-treasurer, K. M. Silver, Superior; executive committee: C. C. Porter, North Platte; J. E. Kee nan. Kearney; W. Metz, Nebraska City. The principal speakers Thursday were H. G. Schranek, Milwaukee; W. A. Brown, Kansas City, and W. H. Young, Fremont. _ _ _ MISSOURIANS MAY SUE, COURT HOLDS Kansas City. Mo., Jan. 31.—Injunc tions against John T. Barker, attorney general of Missouri preventing him from proceeding with suits to recover $24,000,000 excess freight and passenger charges made by railroads while the Missouri rate cases were in litigation, were dissolved in an opinion by Judge Smith McPherson, filed in the federal court today. The original Injunction brought by railroads to prevent enforcement of Missouri's two-cent passenger and maximum freight rate laws also was dismissed, In accordance with the re cent decision of the United States su preme court upholding the laws. In addition, the c< art held the $10, 000 bond put up by each railroad in 1005 when the state rate laws were en joined has no reference to those per sons who have paid excess rates or pas senger fares and they can recover whatever is -due them. "The injunction bond,” declared Judge McPherson, "does not limit any person as to his claim for recovery of overcharges.” Judge McPherson appointed Wash Adams, an attorey of this city as a master to adjudicate all claims brought in tlie federal court for excess charges, declaring, however, that claimants might sue for recovery of overcharges In any court they chose—state or na tional. The court declared it would retain jurisdiction over only such claims as might be filed before the master for adjudication. Attorney vleneral Barker dad opposed the court's right to appoint a master. Ho contended that, under the decree ot the higher court, Judge McPherson's only duty lay in dismissing the cases "without prejudice” taking no cogni zance of how the excess charges were collected. COUNTERFEITING PLANT FOUND ^PENITENTIARY Joliet, 111 . Jan. 31.—Five convicts whe have been making counterfeit 5-cent pieces in the machine shop in the prison here, were detected today. The nickels were passed in the prison store. The leaders were F. Collins, a tinsmith, and Andrew Schock. a machinist, both sentenced from Chicago last August for robbery. KANSAS PEACH TREES ARE BLOSSOMING OUT Topeka. Kan., Jan. 30.—Zero weather means no peach crop in Kansas this year. Prolonged warm weather now and zero temperatures later mean no apple crop. This statement was made today by Walter Welhouse. secretary of the Kansas Horticultural society. The peach buds have reached a stage of development where they cannot with stand cold. In sonn localities peach • trace a. ra rcyortfcij lit 1 - -ill. YOUNG MURDERER IS PAROLED TO A1 NO STATE UNI\ SITY Governor Thinks Young Men Only Intended to Frighten Cherry County Rancher. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 30.—Kenneth Murphy, one of the quartet of Cherry county cowboys who hanged Charles Sellers, of Cody, because he insisted on annoying Murphy’s sister with his at tentions, has been released by Govern or Morehead as a trusty, in order that the boy may attend the State univer sity. Murphy has served two years and three months in the state’s prison. For the last year he has been taking a correspondence course in th.e uni versity, and already has several cred its e. ned. J. M. Rosebrough, a pro fessor of music, stands sponsor for Murphy. In a written statement the governor says that h,e was urged to this course by the belief that it was not the in tension of the cowboys to hang Sellers, but merely to scare him badly enough to force him to leave the girl alone. Murphy took no part in the hanging, being an onlooker and companion of the night riders. The governor says that none of the boys ought to have had a heavier sentence than man slaughter. and this would entitle Murphy to a parole at this time. Judge westover, who tried the case, recom mended an unconditional pardon for th,e boy, who is but a little over 20 years of age. Eunice Murphy, the sister whom Sellers had threatened to kill if she would not marry him, has been a resi dent of Lincoln for months, and ha3 devoted every moment to bringing about the release of the boys. She and Kenneth are orphans. All four plead ed guilty because they believed that was the only way to save her from prosecution. The Weed boys and Harry Heath, a cousin, the other three, are not affected by the order, but it is believed they will soon be released under similar conditions. REMOVAL OPPONENTS ARE SUSPICIOUS OF COMMISSION Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 30.—But a single opponent of university removal ap peared before Regent Coupland's specially selected commission of ad visers from four other state univer sities, In response to the invitation is sued. To Insure some oppostion sev eral leaders of the antl-removalists were personally asked to appear. They declined to come. Two reasons are assigned. One Is that the antis believe that when Regent Coupland, who is the father of the removal agitation, selected the men he knew what he was doing and that it would be a compara tive waste of time to argue the ques tion before the commission. The other is that as the invitations were confined entirely to Lincoln opponents of re moval for Lincoln men only to appear would be seized upon by the removal lsts as proof of their contention that opposition is prompted purely by selfish reasons. The man who did appear was A. J. Sawyer, who put forward several prop ositions. One was that it would be a hardship on the BO per cent of boys who work their way through the uni vagplty, as it would remove them from opportunities of labor, and another was that it would be an injustice to the property interests that have been de veloped around the university in the way of accommodations for students. HUSBAND LEFT HOME BECAUSE BABY ANNOYED Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 30.—An unusual charge of cruelty was that lodged by Emma Pillar against her husband, Fred, when her divorce case was tried yesterday. Mrs. Pillar said that Pillar left her because their baby annoyed him. Later he came back and accom panied her to Kansas City, where he brought a woman to see her. He told her that the woman would take the baby and if she would consent they would resume their marital relations. He said he would give her just five minutes in which to make up her mind. She replied that he need not wait that long, as her mind was al ready made up, and that she would keep the baby and let him go. Pillar never came back. She was granted a divorce. “BACK TO BRYAN’S TOWN” IN HOPE OF ASSISTANCE Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 30.—"We have always been Bryan people and maybe we will get another start In Bryan's town,” said Carl Jensen, who, with his wife, walked all the way from South Omaha to Lincoln in search of work. They left for Lincoln with only 73 cents in their pockets, and arrived here with a nickel. They were cared for by the charity organization. Both are well along in years, and cheerful de spite their hardships. They said they were burned out by the drought in western Nebraska, but Jensen got some work in South Omaha. Losing his Job there, they put their children in the Juvenile home and started out for Bryan’s town with a faith that a job would certainly show up here. CLIFTON GETS SENTENCE TO STATE PENITENTIARY Plattsmouth, Neb., Jan. 30.—George E. Clifton. IS years old. was convicted in district court here of attempted blackmail and was given an indetermi nate sentence of from one to three years in the penitentiary. Clifton, a week ago, was arrested on the charge of writing a "black hand" letter to Henry Knabe, a wealthy farmer, de manding that J500 be left at a desig nated place, and threatening vengeance for failure to comply. He made no de fense at the trial. Clifton was once an inmate of the state reformatory and was out on parole. WARRANT ISSUED FOR ARREST OF FORMER SUPERIOR CASHIER Superior, Neb.. Jan. 30.—County At, tory Brubaker of Nuckolls county, has tiled a warrunt for the arrest of Cashier A. C. Felt of the closed First National bank of Superior. Complaint was made by ex-Governor Bailey of the Exchange National bank of Atchison. Kan., for obtaining money under false pretenses by faking a chattel mortgage on W. Eddy, living west of this city, and sell ing said note to the bank named. PASTOR SUES WIFE WHO IS ADDICTED TO CIGARETS Omaha, Neb.. Jan. 39.—Harold K. P. Cornish, pastor of the Ralston Meth odist church, has started suit for di vorce, alleging that his wife is too fond of the company of old men and that she has learned to smoke cigarets. According to Rev. Cornish, after his wife left him last summer, she sang and danced in cafes under the name oi Miss Evelyn Lavelle. He informed the district court that he was forced to leave a former pastorate at Esmond. S. I)., on account of her conduct. They were married June 0, 1909, at Huron, S. D LINCOLNITES RESENT OFFICIAL GUIDES ON UNIVERSITY REMOVAL Activity of Regent Copeland With Committee Cited as Violation of Agreement. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29.—The commit tee of educators whom the state farm ers’ congress has employed to come to Lincoln and look over the university situation and report as to whether they think the institution should be removed to the state farm or enlarged on its present site is at work. The commis sion consists of President VanHise, of the University of Wisconsin; President Thompson, of the University of Ohio; President Snyder, of the Michigan Ag ricultural school, and George E. Vin cent, of the University of Minnesota. It organized by electing President Thomp son as chairman. Yesterday afternoon was spent in visiting the two sites, and this morning an all-day hearing was begun at which all persons interested one way or the other were invited to express their opinion. Regent Coup land, of the State university, who be gan the agitation for removal and who secured the appointment of the com mission by the farmers’ congress, was the philosopher and guide of the mem bers during their tours of the univer sity campuses. Regent Whitmore, who opposes removal, said in a speech the other night that all members of the board of regents had been put on their honor not to take part in the contest. Considerable resentment has been stirred up over the fact that outsiders have been called in to advise the voters, who are to pass on the question next fall, Just how they should vote. . . A._ GOVERNOR DECLINES TO PARDON JOHN HEEGEL Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29.—Governor Morehead has declined to issue a par don to John Conrad Heegel, a young married man of Lincoln, who inveigled a University Place girl of 15 years into a down town rooming house. Heegel based his plea for clemency on the ground that his aged parents needed his help. His wife, who secured a divorce from him and afterwards re married, joined in the plea. Heegel was sentenced to five years in 1911. A pardon was also refused Henry A. Rowe, of Lyons, serving a seven year sentence for sustaining criminal relations with the 15-year-old daugh ter of his sister. Amasa Hall, of Lin coln, serving an indeterminate sentence for burglary, also failed to catch the executive favor. —♦— INFERNAL MACHINE JOKE GETS POLICE CHIEF’S GOAT Norfolk, Neb., Jan. 29.—Chief of Police Jolly has just broken his silence regrading a joke which was played on him by railroad employes at Chadron, assisted by a Norfolk girl. He admits that the jokers had him frightened for several months and that as a result his wife left Norfolk for Milwaukee be cause of nervousness. On the 27th day of each month, Chief Jolly received a leaf from a calendar on which were drawn fanstastic repro ductions of the blackhand signs. Dag gers, black hands, and verses reading “Make your peace with God,” and "Re member the 27th,” came to him. At one time he received an odd shaped package. On it was written ”27.” When the lid was opened, he found carbons, resembling dynamite. There were clock wheels and another figure ”27." A string protruding from the box start ed the wheels humming when it was pulled. Jolly was about to take the machine into a corn field when he changed his mind and took it to the office of Gen. Supt. S. M. Braden, where he discovered the Joke. FIRE MARSHAL’S OFFICE FINE PICKING FOR MANY Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29.—The office ot Fire Commissioner Ridgell is In the limelight on account of charges made by a Lincoln democratic paper that the office had been run extravagantly and that Miss Mamie Muldoon. clerk to the commissioner, had been paid extra time for a book prepared by her at the ex pense of the state for which the sta*e paid in addition $225 for its use. It was charged that Fire Commis sioner Ridgell had, in addition to his regular salary of $2,000, run up a bill for expenses in traveling amounting to $652. Mr. Requartte. a deputy, drew $530 for expenses. In seven months Paul Thompson, another deputy, drew $700 salary and $338 for expenses. In addition to these extra amounts $800 was paid out for mileage books. One item in the expense of the office was $25.for meal tickets at a Lincoln cafe. COMMISSION MEN MUST SECURE STATE LICENSES Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29.—The fact that out of the 145 commission merchants doing business in the state, but 25 have taken out licenses and paid $10 there for, under the provisions of the law re cently enacted, has stirred Food Com missioner Harman to action. He an nounced today that prosecutions would be at once started against each of the delinquents. The law requires all com mission men who handle farm produce to take out licenses and also to fur nish $2,000 bonds in order to indemnify persons who ship goods to them on'con signment. The law was enacted at tile behest of farmer, membes who claimed that producers were being bilked by a certain class of commission men, w ho made inadequate returns or none at all. leaving the shipper no redress. —f— BOARD MEMBER BALKS ON KEARNEY EGG ACCOUNT Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 29.—Dr. J. Lee Sutherland of Grand Island has filed complaint with the state board of con trol against the management of the Kearney hospital for tubereulars. Dr. Sutherland says that Mrs. Nellie Def fenbaugh. the supeintendent. was real ly appointed by her brother, Dr. E. A. Carr of Lincoln, one of the secretaries of the state board of health. What he really objects to is that too many eggs are’being used at the hospital. He says that he has gone through the bills and finds that during the month of No vember 30,000 eggs were bought by the institution. This would give 340 eggs a day. or 110 eggs each meal, which, he comments, is some eggs and some eat ing. DISTRICT JUDGE HOLDS McKELVIE IS INELIGIBLE Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. 28.—Judge Stew art, of the district court, today declared Lieutenant Governor McKelvie ineli gible as a candidate for the republican nomination for governor. The stale constitution provides that no executive official is eligible for any other state office during the period for which he was elected. The court held that the status of the candidate at the time of election and not at the time of assuming office governs, as held three times by the supreme court. McKelvie will appeal. , THINKS NEWSPAPERS SHOULD DECLINE TO ACCEPT FAKIRS’ ADS Federal Judge Munger Ex presses Hope That Laws Will Soon Reach Publishers, Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 28.—Newspapers that publish advertisements of clair voyants received a raking from Federal Judge Munger today when he sen tenced to four months In jail Clar ence W. Hester, an Omaha man con victed of using the mails to defraud. The judge said that he hoped the time would come when the law would reach out and nail the newspaper publish ers who aid, by selling the use of their columns, in the bilking of the inno cent. District Attorney Howell said that the newspapers could save the government thousands of dollars a year if they would refuse to receive advertisements from fakers. Hester is 34 years of age, and has a wife and two small children. He was charged with having defrauded C. S. Merriam, of Long Fine, Neb., a girl from Ohio, and a man from Texas. He advertised in the newspapers of the country that for five 2-cent stamps he would answer three questions by the use of his power to see into the future and his acquaintance with the occult deities. To those who answered he sent follow-up letters intended to draw more money from them, his lit erature painting him as a wonderful seer. He was unable, however, to for see that he was destined to get into prison. The Texas man asked the Omaha seer to tell him how long he would remain in Big Springs. A. _ FEDERAL JURY PROBES NATIONAL BANK FAILURES Linocln, Neb., Jan. 28.—A federal grand jury began yesterday afternoon an investigation of the failures of the national banks at Superior and Sutton, which closed their doors within the last six months. A large number of witnesses, including several officers of each of the failed banks, has been sub poenaed. The government has a mass of documentary evidence tending to show unusual practices in these insti tutions, and it is understood expects to secure several indictments. The failure at Sutton is believed to be a bad one, but the probe into the Superior bank has not proceeded far enough to indicate the extent of the failure. ALDRICH ASKS MOREHEAD TO CORRECT PRISON RECORD Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 28.—Former Governor Aldrich has asked his suc cessor, Governor Morehead, to please do something that he forgot while he was chief executive of the state. He wants the governor to deduct eight months from the time that Willis Al mack should serve in the state peni tentiary. Almack, Charles Pumphrey and Basil Mullen were sent up from Omaha for murdering Ham Pak, a Chinaman. Pumphrcy’s sentence was reduced to seven years by Governor Shallenberger and Governor Aldrcih cut those of the other two men to 10 years each. Mr. Aldrich says that he forgot to deduct from Almack’s sen tence the eight months he spent in the county jail, and cs this was done in the case of the others, he asks that Almack also be favored. — SENATOR ALLEN WILL REFEREE MADISON POSTOFFICE PRIMARY Madison, Neb., Jan. 28.—Congress man Dan V. Stephens has requested former Senator W. V. Allen to form a committee to take charge of the postoffice situation here and to hold a primary election for the purpose of recommending a candidate for post master at Madison. The rules pre scribed are substantially the same as heretofore promulgated by him. Out of a number of names to be furnished by the candidates, a com mittee of seven representative demo crats will be organized and wi’.i have the full management and control of the election. The known candidates are Fred H. Davis, mayor of Madison; A. K. Don ovan, editor of the Star-Mail; William Bates, ex-county judge; W. S. Tan nery, police judge, and H. C. Haskins. —♦— JOCKEYING WITH PLANS MAY AFFECT CONTRACT Lincoln Neb., Jan. 28.—Land Com missioner Beckmann has refused to give his assent to the payment of a final claim of $10,000 to the Assenma cher company, of Lincoln, which built the new agricultural hall on the state fair grounds. The first bids received showed that the lowest bidder wanted $128,000, whereas the state appropria tion was but $100,000. Members of the governing board changed the contract by cutting out the heavy steel and the structure was erected. Mr. Beckmann based his opposition on the ground that other contractors ought to have had a chance to bid on the work after the changes had been made. It was explained that there was not time for a readvertisement. The contractor was ordered paid finally. -♦ CONVICTS’ OPPORTUNITIES WILL DETERMINE LOCATION Lincoln, Nob.. Jan. 28.—The state board of control announces that it is ready to receive propositions from towns desiring to secure the location of the $150,000 reformatory that the state legislature has authorized built. Tin board will accept donations of land and manufacturing plants, but the de termining factor will be the availabil ity of the town for the working of con victs and that the location will he picked in the interests of the state and not based on the best bid. A half dozen towns have already indicated a desire to enter the competition. PINDELL AND DENISON FINALLY GET PLACES Washington, Jan. 27—The nomina tions of Henry M. Findell, of Peoria. 111., to be ambassador to Russia, and Winfred Denison, of Portland, Me to be member of the Philippine commis sion and secretary of the interior of the Philippines, were confirmed by the Senate today. COLONEL ROOSEVELT TO STUMP STATE OF ILLINOIS Springfield, 111., Jan. 27.—At a “round up” of members of the pro gressive party of this congressional district today, Raymond Robins, of Chicago, chairman of the state central committee, said Theodore Roosevelt some time ago authorize! him to an nounce bis unalterable opposition to any amalgamation with the republic ans. He said Roosevelt would make three speeches in Illinois in the coming campaign.