Nebraska Newspapers

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D. H. CRONIN, Publishsr.
QfNEILL,NEBRASKA
People were lens particular In ths
matter of children's reading 100 years
ago. Readers »tf Dickens will remem
ber that It was on such strong meat as
Fieldman and flmollett that the Infant
mind of David Coppertleld was nour
ished. “My father,” writes Dickens,
“had left a small collection of books
In a little room upstairs, to which I
had access (for It adjoined my own)
and which nobody else In our house
ever troubled. From that blessed lit
tle room ‘Roderick Random," “Pere
grine Pickle,' 'The Vioar of Wake
Held,' 'Don Quixote,’ 'Gil Bias' and
"Robinson Crusoe' came out, a glorious
host, to keep me company. They kept
me company. They kept alive my
fancy • • • and did me no harm,
for whatever harm was in some of
them was not there for me; 1 knew
nothing of lb”
An Arab who visited New York city
Is said to have sent this letter home:
“People In America travel like rats
under the ground (meaning tho sub
way), and like squirrels in the air
(meaning the elevated railways), and
the buildings are so high that people
have to be put In square boxes and
pulled to the top by heavy ropes
(meanh.g the elevator), in the day
the sun furnishes the light the name as
In Morocco. At night the light Is as
strong as the day, but people here do
not seem to have muclt use for sleep,
as ths streets are Just as crowded at
night as In the day.”
A crowd of small boys was gathered
about the entrance of a circus tent In
one of the small cities In New Hamp
shire one day trying to get a glimpse of
tho Interior. A man standing near
watched them for a few minutes, then
walking up to the seat seller, he said:
"Let all the boys In and count them
as they pass." The man did as re
quested, and when the last one had
gone he turned and said; "Twenty
eight,” “Good!” said the man, "I
guessed Just right," and walked off."—
BL Louis Mirror.
Frank Daggetb curator of the muie
um of Los Angeles county. California,
aays thut he has Indulged In a whale
hunt in the city of Los Angeles. The
whale was perhaps 1,000,000 years old.
and was found by a contractor In
cutting down a hill to open a street.
The contractor didn't know what he
had caught, but Mr. Daggett assured
him that It was a giant whole of pre
glacial times, which had probably been
trapped In a shallow hay ufter un
earthquake had shut off Its escape to
ths sea.
The saxophone, an Instrument that
few can get any real music out of, waa
played to perfection by the three ladles,
especially Miss Stella, who played her
Instrument and accompanied herself
on the piano, something rarely seen.
We heard Will Ritter say that tho
saxophone playing was fine, and he
being a member of a band ought to
give his expression somo weight —
Ifeyette county (Illinois) Democrat.
Britain’s Income tax, which the prime
minister thinks should bo revised, waa
OrBt Imposed In January 1799, by that
Ingenious flnancer, Mr. Pitt. It waa
Submitted to by an indignant nation,
who got rid of tho abomination In three
goars. But Napoleon could not be con
quered without It, and It made spas
modic entrances and exits until In 1842
it became a hardy annual. Ireland
managed to struggle on without It un
til 1863.
A lieutenant of police In Berlin has
Invented a parachute for aeroplanes
which Is designed on lines qulto differ
ent from tltoBo which have been here
tofore offered, for the parachute sur
face is operated in connection with the
wings of the aeroplane. According to
this scheme a large surface of cloth Is
rolled up and attached to the wings,
this being released by a lever so as to
spread out and allow the flyer to de
scend to the ground slowly.
Lloyds Is insuring Englishmen
Sgatnst mumps, which Is epidemic In
London. Those who have already had
the disease must pay a premium of 12.60
to obtain the payment of $25 for each
week of the next three months during
which they might bo disabled by a
fresh attack. Those who have not yet
toad the mumps must pay J6.25 to ob
tain the same benefit Tho whole staff
of one large London firm has been In
sured.
Aviation has made rapid strides In
Russia, and large numbers of young
Russians have taken enthusiastically to
flying. In Russia every science and art
• nd trade hns Its patron saint, but for
flying men there waa no saint whose
good offices might be Invoked for tho
protection of the aviator. Tho diffl
iL'j'fy ha* keen solved by canonizing
Elijah, who, it will be remembered flew
to heaven In a chariot of fire.
Litigation in a London court has re
vealed tho fact that a considerable
trade In dogs teeth nus sprung up In
the Pacific Islands, where they are
used for currency and ornaments. The
ku-st tearing and corner teeth for the
Pacific trade soil in London for u
guinea (J8.25) a hundred.
When the Itev. t’hnrles P. MneC.rep
P“tdf oj the First Baptist church
of 1 Ittsfleld. Mass., discovered that
there were five bachelor reporters on
**L!t Bti',ff of tt newspaper he said
The first one of you thut comes to mo
to be married this year I will marry
free of charge.
’P''° record toads of Iors were re
cently hauled Into Kennebunk, Me, one
acallng 2.260 feet of lumber and the
other -.400 feet. Each load was hauled
try single span of horses, except on
Culls where both spans drew up tlio
(wo loads, ope after the other.
»Ame,rlcan clty- »«>'» the Sclen
Sl0»e™ni7elran- has tt Pneumatic tube
SntfTh *t0r Postal use) comparable
With that of Paris or Merlin. The av
•rage Parisian "tube letter,” it assorts
to delivered ln an hour aud a uuartor
After It Is posted.
An automobile was built In 11 mln
«tea and put on the road In ID. at a
tort conducted at a factory ln Man
•hester. England. This beats by six
gnrDau""
The navy department has asked the
fcrest service to Investigate guipo a
Philippine wood, for possible use In
flocking boats and ships. Longleaf pine
IMgar maple and beech are the domestic
■Mods most used for decks.
Mrs J. W. Mooerve. of Bar Mills,
■to., has a cat who makes a regular
tractlce of ringing the .'root" door bell
hen he wishes to be admitted, reach
flhg up and pulling the cord' with his
dare paws.
California leads s./l the oihervstates
0* “i* number of *r , Ut pro
jpartlon tu poBtiia’ <
A
'STATE INVESTIGATES
ITS SCHOOL AFFAIRS;
VIELE TORE QUIZZED
Member of State Board Accused
of Malfeasance—Will Look
Into School Purchases.
Lincoln, Neb., March 16.—A. II. Viele
of Norfolk, a member of the state
board of education, will be called upon
by Governor Murehead to defend him
self on April 14 from a charge of mal
feasance in office. The charge was
preferred by George Blschel of Kear
ney, who Bets out a number of pur
chases of goods, made for the Wayne
normal school of the Norfolk furni
ture firm of which Viele is a member.
These sales were made between No
vember 1, 1911. and March 22, 1913,
and total $2,216.
The state board of education has the
control of the state normal schools, and
usually the member living nearest a
normal looks after that one. Viele
has been looking after the Interests of
the Wayne normnl. He was appointed
by Governor Aldrich for a term of five
years, and has one year to serve.
Blschel quotes the state law in his
complaint to the effect that the acts
charged against Blschel are prohibited
In the section which says no public of
ficer shall be interested In any way in
the profits of goods sold to state insti
tutions.
Vlele’s friends hero say that the ac
tion Is started by friends of I)r. A. O.
Thomas, whom lie helped remove as
head of the Kearney normal last fall.
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JOHN O. YEISER INDICTED
ON CHARGE OF BLACKMAIL
Omaha, Neb,, March 16.—John O.
Yelser, for over 20 years a practicing
attorney In Omaha, member at present
of the state parole and pardon boards,
former legislator and already filed as a
candidate for the republican nomina
tion for governor of Nebraska, was
yesterday indicted by tho grand jury
on the charge of blackmail. Mr. Yelser
was Informed of the fact shortly after,
and going to the court house to tender
bond for his appearance, was told to
return this morning.
The complaint 1b based upon the ac
tivity of Mr. Yelser as attorney for
Mrs. Edith Hicks, a young woman who
was last summer In tho employ of Al
bert A. Clark, a wealthy private bank
er of Council Bluffs, her husband also
being In Mr. Clark’s employ as chauf
feur. Mrs. Hicks alleged that Mr. Clark
made improper advances toward her,
which caused both her husband and
herself to leave his employ, and for
which each brought a $50,000 damage
suit. Later an attorney for Clark, one
W. H. Schurz. in trying to bring about
a settlement of the cases, made state
ments, It Is alleged, defaming the char
acter of Mrs. Hicks. Thereupon she
brought suit for $100,000 against Clark
for alleged slander. It went to trial be
fore Judge Estelle late last week. On
Sunday night Mrs. Hicks gave birth to
a son. Monday noon the trial was re
sumed. On Wednesday Judge Estelle
look the case from the jury at tho con
clusion of plaintiff's evidence, and gave
verdict for the defendant. Clark's trial
lawyers were W. J. Connell and Albert
is. Ritchie, and throughout the trial
they alleged th!» it was bluckmulllng
proceedings.
The day after the judge took the
case from the Jury Mr. Connell visited
the grand jury and Schurz was called
before it ns a witness. The indictment
of Mr. Yelser followed.
SON LOST IN FIGHT
TO GET MOTHER’S GOODS
Lincoln, Neb., March 16.—Robert J.
Dunlap of Des Moines last his suit In
supreme court to recover a fourth In
terest In valuable property in Omaha
formerly owned by his mother. Mrs.
Dunlap married Richard Marnell, her
next door neighbor, nnd about a year
before her death each made deeds giv
ing to the other property standing In
their names. These deeds they deposit
ed with a notary with Instructions that
if the wife died first he should file tho
deed she executed and If the husband
passed on ahead the deed he made
should be filed. Mrs. Marnell died
first, and within a few years her hus
bund followed her. Dunlap attacked
the deed as conveying no legal title
because of tho circumstances of its
execution. He won in tho district
court, but tho supreme court ordered
title quieted in Marnell's heirs.
HE WHO PARTS DOGS
CANNOT GET DAMAGES
Lincoln, Neb., March 16.—When ft
man grabs two dogs of a known quar
relsome disposition and holds them off
the ground with their faces close to
gether, he may resonably look for a
fight. M. A. Warrick of Aurora owned
a conch dog that could fight. Baker
Farley, who Is a member of the legls
islature, had a bull dog with similar
bent. Farley's bull dog attacked War
rick's coach dog on tile streot one day
and Warrick, to save his pet, grabbed
both dogs and tried to separate them
He was badly bitten. He sued Farley
and got damages, but the supreme
court says he cannot recover when he
himself created the condition of danger
to which ho voluntarily exposed him
self.
NEBRASKA PATENTS.
Official list of letters patent of in
vention. issued from the United States
paten office at Washington 1) c to
Inhabitants of Nebraska, for the week
ending March 14. 1914.
To John E. Allsteadt, of Hastings
Neb., for fruit picker; to Edward Rlg
nell. of Lincoln, assignor of two-fifths
to H. T. Jones of Seward, Net) for
nozzle for piles and caissons to Frank
Jackson, of Randolph, Neb., for spring
seat, to George Marshall, of Fremont
Non., for bundle carrier or conveyer
to Julius J. Nohr of Crofton Neb for
combined stalk cutter and roller- to
William H. Nutter of Shelton Neb
for hat pin guard; to Harrv H Randall
Bothany. Neb., for whip socket
STEAMER RECORD BROKEN.
New York. March 16,-The world’s
record for a day’s run by an eastbound
Atlantic steamship was broken on
Thursday by the Ounard liner Lusi
tania according to wireless from Cant
,r?ow Between Thursday noon
and Friday noon the vessel covered 618
knots. The previous record was 614
| knots.
RUNNER FALLS DEAD.
La Crosse. Wis., March 14.—George
Michaels fell dead here today while
participating in (he 100 yard dash
during an indoor field meet at the high
Hcliool gymnasium. Heart failure
superinduced by over exertion caused
his death.
AVIATOR MEETS DEATH,
Xoenlgcburg, Germany, March 14.—
The German aviator, Lieutenant lie
Letser. of the 170th West Prussian in -
fnntry nviment, was instantly killed
l eie while attempting to make a land
ing.
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j NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
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LINCOLN Railway Commissioner Hall
has been appointed by the national asso
ciation as a member of the committee on
express service and rates. The Nebraska
commission made the fight that sustained
the state law reducing express rates in
the state, and Its Investigation enabled It
to bring forth evidence to show that the
recent Interstate rates the Interstate Com
merce commission allowed the companies
to put into effect were higher than those
In force In this state for similar distances.
The Nebraska experts say that the new
schedule of the express companies has
been adroitly drawm so that the cuts made
are on the small packages where the par
cel post Is a competitor and Increases are
made on heavy hauls where the post Is not
a competitor.
LINCOLN— Food Commissioner Har
man and several speakers before the con
ference of health officers clashed over the
proposition of the latter that the enforce
ment of the pure food laws should be
placed In the hands of men picked by the
state board of health. The doctors who
led the discussion Insisted that the pos
session of medical knowledge with re
spect to food ingredients and preservatives
was an asset of Immense value to one
who sought to enforce laws regarding the
purity of food supplies. Mr. Harmon’s
Idea was that the state board is an ad
visory body, meeting only occasionally
and neither equipped with proper author
ity nor possessed of the continuity that
would make It of aid In enforcing laws.
LINCOLN—The state of Nebraska has
won out in the contest In the Furnas
county district court with the commission
ers of that county over the possession of
game license fees. The supreme court
will be asked to decide the matter. The
fees are collected by county clerks, and
they are supposed to send the same Into
the state treasurer, who deposits the
money to the credit of the state school
fund. The county commissioners cited
the constitution which i>rovldes that all
license fees go Into the county school fund.
The court held that this was a state li
cense, good In any county, that the state
school fund was the legal owner, and that
the county clerk Is merely agent for the
state.
LINCOLN—Holding Sunday school or
religious meetings In a country school
house so Infrequently as not to exceed
four times a year and which do not In- |
terfere with the school work does not con- !
stltutB the school house a place of wor
ship within the meaning of the consti
tutional section which says no taxpayer
may be forced to support a religious In
stitution. So says the supreme court In a
case from Saline county. The supreme
court says there was no evidence that the
relators paid out a cent more to maintain
the school house as an occasional place of
worship than if It had not been so used.
LINCOLN— Carrie D. Hanthorn asks the
district court for a divorce from her hus
band, Thomas, on the ground that he com
pels her to live with his parents and will
not allow her on the street unless she Is
accompanied by himself or some member
of his own family. She says that he
treats her as If she were a mental Incom
petent, and by his cruelty has shattered
her nervous system and made life with
him no longer bearable. They had a homo
of their own, but he forced her to lock
this up and go into the prison of his
father's home.
LYONS—Edgar A. Yeaton. of this place,
received word that his brother, Zelotus D.
Yeaton, had died at his home in Chicka
sha, Okla. He was a pioneer citizen of
this place, landing here with his father,
the late Jopl A. Yeaton, In 18G9, when this
was a wild and almost uninhabited land.
He leaves a widow and five children, be
sides a brother, Edgar, of this place,
Ellas M., of Sheldon, Wash., and a sister,
Mrs. T. 8. Ramey, of Los Angeles, Cal.
Interment was made in Chlckasha.
LINCOLN- The traveling man will not
be deprived of his job at once. When the
committee on resolutions at the Nebraska
federation of retailers submitted a resolu
tion declaring as the sense of the asso
ciation that there are too many traveling
men and that they take up too much of
the time of the merchant and besides add
to the cost of goods, it was voted down.
The objectors sold that they had nothing
against the traveling men. but the special
ty man ought to be abolished.
LINCOLN—Nearly a million more de
posits in state banks are shown by the
quarterly statement of Secretary Royse
of the state banking board, who makes his
comparison with the October statement.
The total resources of the reporting hanks
are $115,546,774.33. of which loans discounts
represent $85,000,000, deposits in oth
er banks $19,000,000 and cash on hand $5,
000,000. The deposits total $90,000,000, capital
stock, surplus and undivided profits $20,
000,000 and due other banks $2,600,000.
LINCOLN—Secretary Duncan, of the
state horticultural society, has started the
annual work of killing off the Nebraska
peach crop. Mr. Duncan says that re
ports that reach his office indicate that
the buds have been lured out by the warm
weather of the past few weeks, and that
from 25‘to GO per cent of them have been
killed off In Nemaha, Pawnee and Dodge
counties, the principal peach centers of
the state.
LINCOLN—The second annual confer
ence of state and county officers of Ne
braska opened here today for a two days’
session. Several hundred officers, mostly
doctors, are expected to enroll before the
conference ends. The program embraces
a number of papers on various health top
ics. together with a presentation of the
various problems connected with the en
forcement of health and sanitation laws
In the cities and in the country districts.
LYONS—The body of Mrs. William
Walters, who died at her home In Wake
field. was brought here for burial. She
was formerly Miss Paulina Riesche, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Riesche,
old pioneer settlors of this place. Her
mother is still living on the old home
stead. Her father died several years ago.
LINCOLN—The Western Union Tele
graph company will, within a few days,
be handling nil its Uncoln-Omaha com
mercial business by telephone, as Its Atch
ison-Leavenworth. Ivan., business Is now'
handled. The company Is now changing a
number of heavy short leads from the
Morse to the Bell system.
ALLEN—Roy Ellis has bought the T* O.
Waddell restaurant and has taken charfre
of the business.
The Philippine assembly Is consider
ing the offering of a substantial prize
for a means of destroying the tobacco
insect pest without injuring the to
bacco.
Lincoln and His War Secretary.
From the Christian Herald.
Lincoln was never ruffled by criti
cism. even when it was sharp. He suf
fered many thrusts from his irascible
war secretary, Stanton, but they never
disturbed his kindly good humor. On
one occasion a messenger came to Mr.
•Stanton with an order from tin* presi
dent directing the change of some army
affairs. Mr. Stanton sent the messen
ger back with the reply: "l won't, and
tell Lincoln he is a fool.” When the
message was delivered, Lincoln said
coolly, "Mr. Stanton is generally right*
I will go and see him about it.’*
FREMONT INDULGING
IN ROLLER SKATES;
TEACHERS USE THEM
No More Complaints Are Heard
of Long Walks to School
Morning and Night.
Fremont, Neb., March 14--Fremont
Is on roller skates. Hundreds of per
sons are using the cem.ent sidewalks,
which now reach to every part of the
city, excluding all other material, for
roller skating. Working men skate to
the factories. School teachers skate to
school. City Superintendent A. H.
Waterhouse is said to have bought a
pair of skates and to be engaged in
daily practice stunts, but the super
intendent denies it, though declaring
that he fully approves roller skating.
"We have no more complaints of the
long distance to school,” said Superin
tendent Waterhouse. "I suppose people
would laugh at me if I should skate to
school in order to save time, but they
would not laugh if I bought an auto
mobile for the same purpose. Some
of my teachers who have a distance of
15 to 20 blocks to walk formerly con
sumed as many minutes to go from
their home to school. They can skate
the same distance in from three to five
minutes. I approve of their using the
skates.”
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RETAILERS ARGUE ON
COMPETITION QUESTION
Lincoln, Neb., March 14.—The Ne
braska federation of retailers voted to
meet next year in Lincoln. Omaha was
the only competitor. Officers elected
were: President, C! E. Beinert, Wy
more; vice president, C. W., Darner,
Bethany; treasurer, M. A. Hostetler.
Shelton; member of executive board
for two years, A. A. Anderson, Wahoo;
for three years, F. H. Barclay, Pawnee
City and J. H. Knowles, Fremont.
The main question debated was how
to defeat the competition that the re
tailers are convinced is threatening
their existence. Not only is the mail
order house taking away its farmer
customers, but the farmers’ union is
establishing a number of branches, and
each of these amounts to a massing
of the buying power of members so
that staples may be purchased in car
load lots. Representatives of the farm
ers union were in the audience, but
took no part in the debate.
J. H. Davidson of Aurora, who led
the discussion, declared that there were
too many retail stores with the re
sult that the keen competition drove
many to bankruptcy. He advocated
consolidation in the country towns
after the manner of city department
stores, the owners of the independent
stores taking stock according to their
contribution to the combined stock and
running his own department. He be
lieved that the country store of the
future would be farmers co-operative
establishments run by experienced men.
COP OBJECTS WHEN BOY
TRIES COSTLY DEATH ROUTE
Omaha, Harch 14—In these lean times
of democratic administration, when the
cost of living performs in a most Bea
cheyesque manner, Policeman Joe Heil,
who talks of himself as "an ultimate
consumer,” has small patience with the
extravagant. That’s why Thomas
Walters. 22-year-old lonesome farmer
boy from near Lincoln, Is in the city
Jail, booked as “drunk and disorderly.”
Heil, with Police Surgeon Beadles,
answered a call to 514 North Nintoenth
street, and found Walters on a bed un
conscious, and a gas jet with a tube
attached held firmly in his teeth.
By hard work Beadles managed to
get the patient into a normal state,
when, as he was packing up his in
struments he asked: "What made you
try suicide?”
"I Just got blue, so I thought nobody
would care if I closed up shop.”
Here Heil rammed in. “Nobody
care ” he yelled. "I care!” Whaddaya
mean by using up $4 worth of gas to
kill yourself, when you could a-done
Just as well with a dime's worth of
something else? I’ll teach you extrav
agant guys something? I’m going to
lock you up!”
And Heil did.
EFFORTS BEING MADE
TO FREE IOWA MAN
Lincoln, Neb., March 14.—Strong rep
resentations were made today to the
state board of pardons to release W. H.
Cook, a resident of Iowa, from the
Nebraska penitentiary. Cook has
served six years of a 20 year sentence
for rape upon an 8 year old, com
mitted in Dougins county. His brother
inlaw from Iowa was present und urged
that clemency be extended on the
ground that the man's mother was
very ill at her Iowa home, and needed
her son. Ho also said that if Cook
committed the crime it was while in
toxicated. Cook told the board that
ho was railroaded to prison and that
six years was enough for an innocent
man to spend behind the bars. He is
35 years old. His wife has secured a
divorce from him since his Incarcer
ation.
CONVICTS WEAR GLASSES
IN PRISON NIGHT SCHOOL
Lincoln, Neb., March 14.—Principal
O’Connell of the night school at the
state penitentiary has stopped a threat
ened epidemic of bad eyesight among
Ills pupils by the expenditure of $1.1!0,
Some days ago one of the prisoners
whose desire for enlightenment and
knowledge did not keep pace with his
wish to avoid going to night school
developed a bad case of poor vision
Immediately thereafter one after an
other convict scholar asked to be ex
cused on the same ground. Mr. O’Con
nell had a hunch. He bought a dozen
pairs of spectacles and took them out
to the penitentiary. He hung up a
sign announcing that he was prepared
to aid the eyesight of all comers, but
as nobody came lie called on each
malingerer and gravely fitted him with
a pair of spectacles. These are all
back In school, but are wearing the
glasses with no air of satisfaction.
GRANT WOMEN SUFFRAGE.
Copenhagen, March 14.—An agree
ment reached today between the social
ist. radical and moderate parties wtiich
control majorities in both houses
of parliament, assures the passage of
a constitutional reform bill under pro
visions of which all electorate property
qualifications are abolished and suf
frage Is granted women.
GRASS WIDOWS? NO.
New York. March 13.—"Grass widows
should not be pensioned," Miss Grace
Straehan. president of the Interborough
Association of Teachers, said todav
spea king before the commission ap
pointed at Albany last vonr to report
u plan for pensioning widowed mothers
with dependent children. "They should
not be pensioned.” she continued "for
the simple reason that such a plan
would encourage u good many men to
leave their wives. Many husbands
haven’t the heart to leave their wives
because thee don’t itnow how the wives
will live without them. With the state
stepping In, things would he different’
VICTIMS QF FIRE
BURIED AT PONCA;
MOTHER IS DYING
Entire Town Mourns Tragedy in
die Watson Home—People
Raise $200 Fund.
Ponca. March 13.—Two members of
the Ed Watson family, victims of the
fire In the Watson home Tuesday night,
were laid in their graves in the Ponca
cemetery this afternoon. The services
were largely attended. The entire town
Is grief stricken.
While the funeral was being held, the
mother, wrapped in bandages and un
der the constant care of a doctor, con
tinued to lose in her fight for life. At
noon it was predicted she has no
chance to recover. She sustained severe
bums in saving three of her five chil
dren.
The father was able to attend the
funeral although he, too, was seriously
burned. His hands and arms are band
aged. The six-months' old baby which
was thrown from an upstairs window
and which struck the ground, is in a
serious condition.
Mr. Watson will receive $000 insur
ance which he carried on his home.
Residents of Ponca yesterday raised a
fund of $200 to aid the distressed fam
ily.
The Watson home burned late Tues
day night. By the time the fire was
discovered, two of the children had
perished in their beds. The father, by
heroic efforts, managed to save Mrs.
Watson and three of tho children. The
home was completely destroyed and it
was three hours before rescuers were
able to enter the ruins to search for
the bodies of the two who were lost.
WOMAN NAMES CAUSES
OF CHILDREN’S DISTRESS
Lincoln, Neb., March 13.—Drunken
ness and the social evil were declared
by Miss Etta Caton, state agent in
charge of dependent children, as the
chief cause for dependency in Nebras
ka, in an address before the state con
ference of health officers. Miss Caton
had taken 100 cases of dependent and
homeless children, and investigation
disclosed that in 49 of these cases drink
was the cause of trouble and 66 the
social evil played a part, the latter
being a resultant of the former. In
the cases where drunkenness was the
cause, 47 fathers were drinkers, one
mother and one case disclosed both
father and mother addicted to intoxi
cants. In the cases where immorality
was given at the cause, the blame was
divided: Father two, mother 15, both
47, child two. Twenty cases of de
pendency were caused death, 50 by
desertion, usually by the father, while
poverty, insanity and incompetency
claimed eight.
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BOARD REDUCES CLAIM
OF WOMAN PHYSICIAN
Lincoln. Neb.. March 13.—Dr. Nelle
G. Carr Deffenbaugh will not receive
two salaries as an official of the state
hospital for tubereulars at Kearney.
Dr. Deffenbaugh is the sister of Dr. E.
Arthur Carr, of Lincoln, who is a mem
ber of the board of secretaries of the
state board of health and who holds
the unofficial title of medical adviser to
the democratic party. Through his in
fluence she was named superintendent
of the hospital. She dispensed with
the services of a physician, and when
she filed her bill at the end of six
months it called for $900, of which $600
was for services as superintendent and
$300 as physician. She argued that as
she did the work of both she was en
titled to the two salaries, although
they are separated in the appropriation
law. The board of control, however,
has power to fix salaries, and cut her
bill to $600.
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BANKER INSISTS LAW
WILL NOT STOP PANIC
Lincoln, Neb., March 13.—Banker
Gurney, of Fremont, told the Nebraska
Retailers’ association, in session here,
that the secretary of agriculture was
mistaken when he said in a speech
here recently that the new currency law
would prevent panics. Mr. Gurney de
clared that a law that will do that is a
vain hope. Panic has its origin in fear
and is marked by the outbreak of the
elemental brute in men that cares
nothing for others.
REFEREE SELECTED FOR
WQLGAST-RITCHIE BOUT
Milwaukee. Wis.. March 13.—Differ
ences over the selection of a referee,
which at one time threatened to cause
a postponement of tonight’s 10-round
bout between Willie Ritchie, light
weight champion of the world, and Ad
Wolgast. were settled today with the
appointment of Harry Stout, of this
city. Both fighters announced they
were satisfied that Stout should be
the referee.
Indications were that a big crowd
would view the third encounter be
tween Ritchie and Wolgast. The pro
moters thought the receipts would total
more than 530,000. Tom Jones, Wol
gast’s manager, will receive 70 per
cent of the receipts, out of which he
must pay Ritchie his guarantee of 510,
000. The remainder will go to Wolgast.
Ritchie today continued the favorite
in the betting, most of which was 10
to 6 in his favor.
Both fighters were slightly under the
stipulated weight of 135 pounds this
morning. Wolgast’s injured thumb,
which was bruised in training several
days ago. had healed and gave the box
er no trouble.
As no decisions are permitted under
the Wisconsin boxing laws, division of
money which has been wagered, has
been left to newspaper decisions.
PUPILS MARCH OUT AS
OLD BUILDING BURNS
Baltimore, Md., March 12.—One
thousand pubipls of school No. 20
at Eden and Preston streets, were
marched from the building in good or
der by their teachers today while fire,
which originated in the basement was
making rapid progress through the
structure. The building was of brick
and old fashioned construction, was
completely destroyed.
FATALLY HURT TRYING
TO SAVE SWEETHEART
Williamson, W. Va., March 12.—
While attempting to save the life of
Miss Dixie Blackburn, his sweetheart
whose foot was caught in a railwa
trestle near here today, William MeCo>
was struck by a train and tossed into i
ravine 50 feet away. Miss Blackbur’
was instantly killed and McCoy wa
dying when picked up by the trai
crew.
SERIOUS CHARGES
BROUGHT AGAINST
OMAHA ATTORNEYS
Six Who Appeared in Notorious
Brandeis Trial, Are Indict
ed by Grand Jury.
Omaha, Neb., March 12.—A grand
Jury returned to Judge English, in the
district court last night indictments
against six well known attorneys,
fhree charging extortion and black
mail, two embezzlement and one sub
ornation of perjury. Irving H. Baxter,
former United States district at
torney and district Judge, afid at
present law partner of former
United States Senator Norris Brown,
is charged with extortion and black
mail, as are R. H. Olmsted and Thomas
Brady. All three appeared as counsel
at different times for Nellie Risley
Paul, who recently lost a damage suit 4
against Arthur D. Brandeis, a million
aire merchant of this city. Mrs. Paul
also was indicted on a similar charge.
Clinton Brome is charged with sub
ornation of perjury in a $50,000 suit
brought for the adjudication of an es
tate of a wealthy Omaha woman.
T. H. Matters and Carron Wright
were charged in indictments with hav
ing embezzled funds of clients, the for-,
mer $3,500 and the latter $220.
The Indictments against Baxter.
Olmsted and Brady, together with their
client, Mrs. Paul, caused a sensation.
The indictment against Baxter charges
him with having extorted from Bran
deis $7,500 to prevent publicity being
given to charges made by Mrs. Paul
that her son had been mistreated by
the merchant. Olmsted is charged with
having extorted $37,500 on the same
account. Brady was Mrs. Paul's at
torney in the $250,00$ damage suit, in
which a jury returned a verdict for Mr.
Brandeis.
The three indictments charging
blackmail form the sequel to a cash
which held the attention of a jury for
six weeks. Mrs. Paul charged that her
son had been the victim of unnatural
deeds committed by Brandeis covering
a lengthy period, ruining his health
and mind. Nearly 200 witnesses testi
fied, either orally or by deposition. The
jury returned a verdict fully vindicat
ing the merchant.
Testimony was given to show that
Attorney Baxter called Mr. Brandeis to
his office and demanded and received
$7,500. threatening him with publicity
of the charges unless the amount was
paid. There also was introduced a
signed declaration by Mrs. Paul's son
and witnessed by Mrs. Paul and Bax
ter that all the charges were false.
Later Mrs. Paul secured Olmsted as
an attorney and he prepared a suit
against Mr. Brandeis. Testimony was
offered to show that $35,000 was paid
to Mrs. Paul to prevent the suit being
filed and $2,500 to Olmsted as fees. A
bond company undertook to act as
guardian for Mrs. Paul’s son, but while
the negotiations were proceeding Mrs.
Paul secured possession of the money
and escaped. The bond company se
cured her* arrest at St. Joseph. Mo.
Mrs. Paul then secured the services
of Attorney Brady, who filed the $250.
000 damage suit against Mr. Brandeis,
who secured a verdict of vindication.
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TWO PERISH FLAMES.
Ponca, Neb., March 11.—Two young
children of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Watson
were burned to death in their beds hero
at 11 o’clock last night, when the Wat
son home caught fire. They were Al
bert, aged /», and Irma, aged 7.
Mrs. Watson was badly burned also.
The parents, who were sleeping up
stairs with three younger children
were unaware of the fire until too lata
to save the two sleeping down stairs.
They barely succeeded in saving the
other three children. The youngest, a
baby, had to be thrown from an up
stairs v'indow and was caught by the
father.
It was more than three hours before
anyone was able to enter the burned
home. Then the charred bodies of the
children were found.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
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RETAILERS PLANNING
BIG BOOST OF SALES
Lincoln. Neb., March 12.—The elim
ination of the wholesaler and the build
ing up of a system of co-operative buy
ing which will bring goods direct from
the factory to the retailer was the big
question that overshadowed all others
at the opening session of 'he Nebraska
Federation of Retailers, 25 members of
which are present in the city. Only in
this way, did the various speakers de
clare, can the growing competition of
the mail order houses he met.
One speaker who said that the tiest
competition lay in quality was almost
hooted down, the general opinion being
that the catalog house patron was
looking for cheapness rather than for
quality. The plan the retailers are fig
uring on, they believe, will enable them
to buy just as cheaply as can the mail
order houses, while their expenses are
loss. The plan has not been elaborated
yet, but it contemplates the concentra
tion of the buying power of the entire
federation in the hands of an agent or
agents, and in this way commanding
the lowest possible prices.
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MANY TOWNS COMPETE
FOR INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
Lincoln. Neb., March 12.—The state
board of control will shortly' start on a
(our of the state for the purpose of
picking a site for the boys’ industrial
icformatory which the last legislature
■rdeved established and appropriated
1150.000 for building. Twenty-two .'(ties
, nd towns in the state have indicated
(i desire to have the reformatory l<>
lated close by them. None has offered
| site free, but each has indicated the
price at which the necessary land may
he purchased. The reformatory will
not be ready for operation until after
(he next session of the legislature, as
no money for its maintenance has been
let aside.
In some instances commercial clubs
make the offer of sites, and In other
vases land owners are the applicants.
Judge Holcomb, one member of the
toard, has indicated bis desire to have
brick yard run In connection with
the reformatory. The towns entered In
the competition are: Wahoo, Ravenna.
Table Rock. Itoca, Superior, Red Cloud.
Lincoln. West Lincoln. Wayne. Aurora^
Humboldt, Alma, Mlndcn, Holdrege.
Crete. Loup City, Kearney, Tekamah,
Plattsmouth, Neligh and Columbus.
OMAHA VOTES DOWN
AUDITORIUM BONDS
Omaha. March 11.—At a special elec
tion today the voters of Omaha de
feated a new charter recently framed
by a special charter commission, auth
orized by the last legislature. A pro
posal to issue bonds in the sum of $250 -
000 for the purchase and refinishing of
a city auditorium was also defeated.
An initiated ordinance requiring tha
local traction company to give seven
car fares for 25 cents was carried by
a small majority. The street car com
pany has indicated, that it will carry
its fight to the highest court.