Nebraska Newspapers

    Th« O’Neil Frontier
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
yNEILl,NEBRASKA
A remarkable funeral took place re
cently at Querenburg, a little mlnlnj
town, where three men were ktlled by I
•re damp explosion. Thousands ol
Sople attended the funeral, at whlck
e service was read by the pastor ovej
three empty coffins, as the bodies ol
the three victims had been blown to
pieces.
It la officially estimated that the ac
cumulated fund* of the world's trade
unions stand at more than 1100.000,000,
Cf which 140,000,900 la credited to Brit
ish unions. The combined membership
cf all known trade unions is returned
*4 under 4.000,000. Great Britain having
SOe-fourth of these members.
The scarcity of wood for general pur
poses and the Increasing cost of
wooden railway ties In Europe has en
couraged the manufacture and general
cse of metal ties In recent years In the
railways on the continent. About 70
per cent of the tics In use on the fed
eral railways of Switzerland are metal.
Maud, “the worst mule to shoe In
Middlesex county, New Jersey," was
not allowed to enter the blacksmith
shop where it has usually been shod,
and Andy Kronweyer undertook the
Job, using a new method. A chloroform
oocktall was administered and the mule
Was shod while under Its Influence.
The British navy estimates for 1914
M are expected to call for 1265,000,000,
Which compares with 1231,500,000 for
Mat year. It Is believed that the
cabinet will sanction this production of
(bur battleships In the 1914-i6 pro
r.m. New taxation will be necessary
meet the demand.
Among the silver masters of Shef
field, England, It Is rather an estab
lished practice to encourage the em
ployment of families. It Is more the
rule than otherwise that a father work
ing In the sliver trade will apprentice
his ohlldren to that trade us they ar
rive at working age.
The mors pretentious apartment
Bouses In Vienna have a curious Impost
levied on them. The doors are closed
St 10 o’clock at night, and after that
our every one who goes or comes
■oust pay 30 cents until midnight and
41 cents theraftar until 4 o'clock In the
Morning.
The exportation of Japanese matches
Bas been seriously affected by the ac
tion of the Indian government In pro
klbltlQg the landing of sulphur
Matahes. Immediately following this
procedure the exportation of Japanese
matches to India was entirely sus
pended.
In presenting an easy chair to Mr. W.
B. Lawrence, a member of the staff
•f the Hungorford (Wilts) postoffice,
who was superannuated on December
•1. the postmaster stated that during
41 years and nine months’ service he
had walked 196,477 tnlles.
A shark's egg Is one of the oddest
looking things Imaginable. It Is un
provided with shell, but the contents
•re protected by a thick, leathery cov
ering, almost as elastic as India rubber.
The average size Is 2x2* Inches, and
tt la almost jet black.
After three fishermen from Man
•fcester, N. H., had chopped through IS
Inches of Ice they discovered after
Propping their lines through the holes
they had made that the water In that
place was less than two feet deop.
A shipment of duck eggs from Ire
land, the first made In more than a
quutor of a century, recently reached
New York. There were 2,200 dozen In
the shipment, which wus made possible
by the new tariff law.
At a wedding In Granite City, Mo.,
Phe bride danced with every one of the
4(0 guests present. The dance lasted
from Saturday until Monday, and the
•ride retired twloe for a short rest.
Statistics show that Ireland’s fish
eries continue to decline In amount of
fish landed and the number of men and
boats engaged. Capitalists are dis
placing Individual fishermen.
There are two reasons, says the Har
vard Lampoon, why some people don’t
pund their own business. One Is that
they haven't any mind, the other that
they haven’t any business.
More than 11,000,000 worth of raisins
were exported from the United States
M the last year, the quantity, IS,500,000
pounds, being In excess of any total
•sported any earlier year.
_ Queen Mary, of England, has ordered
that no lady of the royal household
Moy have any direct connection with
business of any sort, thereby putting
bn end to "graft." ™
^ wooes* of hardening steel with
aotnpressed air la said to be In kuc
««asful use by a German firm In caeca
pruere only certain parts of the metal
••quire hardening.
Many Greenland women are bald on
the sides of their heads, owing to their
method of dressing the hair, which Is
plied back tightly and held In place
■ty a ribbon.
Fashionable women In St. Petersburg
are painting tiny figures on their faces
and necks. Elephants, trees and geo
metrical designs are the commonest
patterns.
The number of horRes on farms In the
United States on January 1, 1914 wns
•M62.000, against 20,567.000 last year
•M09.000 In 1912 and 20,277.000 In 1911.
Austria Hungary, which not long ago
Wg« able to supply almost Its entire de
ftt&nd fox' grain, has In recent veurs Im
parted considerable quantities.
The largest coal mine In the world,
•t Nokomls, 111., where 1,000 tons of
•oal are taken out every* hour, is en
■mly operated by electricity.
^Sanatorium* In tropical countries are
Mglonlng to understand that ants are
•mong the Insect* which transmit dls
^A*ked if he didn’t think women are
?*T. V.ery the*r dress, a wit
JJJj™; Original? Aboriginal, you
_A hydraulic valve gate large enough
Hr a large automobile to pass through
recently completed In Germany.
_A man who has some appreciation of
She fltnee# of things Is Mr. Jugowhiskl
MM run* a saloon In Galena, 111.
■tagtotratlon shows that 50 per cent
i»_ the etudenU at the Untverelty of
Whatesln are church members.
•weden Is on the verge of national
^prohibition of alcohollo beverages and
mImooo.
The eggs of the ostrich are now ln
mmated sucteeafuUy.
WYNOT FOLKS DESIRE
BETTER SERVICE FOR
SIOUX CITY MARKETS
Complaint Filed With Railroad
Commission Against Pres
ent Train Service.
Llncon. Neb., April 13.—Demand for
better service from Wynot. Cedar
county, to Sioux City, over the Chi
cago, Ht. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha
railroad, was filed with the state
railway commission by P. A. Sulli
van and other shippers and busi
ness men of Wynot. They say that the
passenger service now consists of one
coach and part of a coach attacked to
stock and freight trains. They desire
to have a freight train leaving Wynot
daily in time to reach the market at
Sioux City's stock yards, to return to
Wynot whenever It can, "ns is now
done.” They also want two passenger
trains daily, one leaving Wynot at 6:30
in the morning and arriving at Sioux
City at 8:30 a. rn., and the othar leav
ing Wynot at 11 a. m. and reaching
Sioux Cltv at 1 p. m. They want the
same return service.
Complaint was also filed with the
commission by the Nebraska Ice Cream
association, asking that the express
companies lie compelled to reduce the
charges made for returning empty con
tainers. A statement of the present
rates charged was filed, the complaint
averring these to be excessive and dis
criminatory.
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TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR
FOUND IN STATE LAW
Lincoln, Neb., April 13.—A typo
graphical error in the statutes gave
some fleeting Joy to the writers of In
dustrial Insurance. The law' relating to
group insurance, as printed, is: "No
life insurance company shall enter tnto
any contract of Insurance upon lives
within this state except In groups of
100 or more OR Industrial Insurance
without having previously made a pre
scribed physical examination." The
section was intended to exempt group
Insurance of the industrial type from
the necessity of ft physical examination.
As originally written the word “for,”
riot "or," preceded the words "indus
trial insurance." The omission of the
letter "f" apparently left industrial in
surance of all kinds exempt from phy
sical examination. The engrossed bill
which tlie governor signed, however,
had It "for," and that is what gov
erns.
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PROGRESSIVE ORGANIZER
ARGUES AGAINST FUSION
Lincoln, Neb., April 13.—Clifford F.
Jackman, of Indiana, un organizer of
the national progressive party, was a
dinner guest of Lincoln progressives
yesterday, and made a speech in which
he took strong ground against any at
tempt at fusion with the republicans.
This Is a live subject In Nebraska,
where candidates for state office on the
republican ticket and who belong to
the progressive faction of that jiarty
are anxious to secure nominations op
the progressive ticket also. Mr. Jack
man has been touring Nebraska to kill
off this sentiment. He says that the
leaders of the national republican party
are opposed to a dozen different doc
trines of tho progressives, and that
there is no prospect of their ever get
ting together on a compromise plat
form. He says that while there Is no
Immediate prospect of victory for the
progressives there is no doubt of their
ultimate triumph. Mr. Jackman Is
convinced that the reactionary element
In the democratic party will show its
teeth to Wilson In the near future, and
that tho resultant fight will throw Jill
of the progressives of all pnrtles Into
the progressive organization.
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LINCOLN SHERIFF TRIES
CONVICT FARM PLAN
Lincoln, Neb.. April 13.—Without
waiting for official sanction. Sheriff
llyors Is trying out a county farm Idea
of his own. He has rented live acres
of ground near the city, put 10 men
serving county Jail sentences at work,
and proposes raising enough garden
stuff to keep the prisoners all fat and
healthy. The men are all placed on
their honor, the foreman being a pris
oner Uko tho others. The sheriff ex
pects to prove by experiment the value
of the idea so emphatically that tho
commissioners will establish a perma
nent county farm.
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NEGROES VOTED TOWN DRY
FROM PERSONAL PIQUE
Lincoln, Neb.. April IS.—For the first
time In 30 years Falls City, county seal
of Richardson, and the home of Gov
ernor Morehead, has gone dry, and for
a curious reason. There Is a consid
erable negro population, and every
negro was against the saloons. This
was because none of the saloon keep
ers would sell to negroes or permit
them Inside their places. This action
was taken two years ago when a negro
assaulted a white woman, and narrowly
escaped lynching. This negro vote,
added to the usual church element and
the Influence of railroad officials, put
the town dry. In spite of the fact that
It has a brewery.
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GANSON DEATH PROOFS
BEFORE SUPREME COURT
Lincoln, Neb . April 13. Whether the
bicycle and clothes of Dr. Harty S.
Ganson. of Nebraska City, found on the
barks of the Missouri river three years
and a half ago, are to be taken as legal
and conclusive evidence of his death
by drowning was the question put up
to the supreme court today. Ganson
was insured for $2,000 in the Knights
and Ladies of Security, and his widow
secured a judgment on the policy for
that amount. The society insists that
not enough time has elapsed to estab
lish definitely the fact of Ganson's
death and filed a long list of men who
had disappeared only to later reappear.
REGULAR ARMY OFFICERS
WILL INSTRUCT GUARDS
Lincoln. Neb.. April IS.—Officers of
the Nebraska national guard will re
ceive instructions from seven regular
army officers in a camp to l>e held at
the state fair grounds, June 1. The
war department has made its assign
ments of instructors, fixed the date and
will pay the expenses. About 100 of
ficers of the state militia will at
tend the school.
E. B. HARSCHMAN FILES
AS SENATORIAL CANDIDATE
Lincoln. Neb.. April 11. E. R. Har*
schman of Hartington would like to bo
the democratic candidate for state sen
ator from the counties of Gedur and
Knox, and has filed due legal notice
with the secretary of state. Dr. J. M.
Talcott of Grofton has represented that
distric t in the Senate fen* the last four
years, but being a member of the state
board of pardons he is ineligible to re
election. Being a member of the
prison board is worth $1,000 a year,
while a senator gets but $600 for two
year/ service.
OIL DISCOVERY EXCITES
M’PHERSON COUNTY
Stapleton, Neb., April 11.—A party
from Tryon, in McPherson county,
about 30 miles west of here, Which
drove in by auto, announced that oil
has been discovered in the neighbor
hood of the McPherson county seat.
Samples of the oil have been sent to
the laboratories and satisfactory re
ports as to Its qualities are shown by
analysis. There Ib great activity In tho
section affected, and there is promise
of a considerable development In the
new industry. It has been known for
a long time that the surface Indications
were strong for oil. but this Is the first
time that there has appeared anything
like a commercial oil find.
ANTI-SALOON 1ST8 ABANDON
FIGHT FOR TWO-MILE LAW
Lincoln. Neb., April 11.—The board
of directors of the Nebraska Antl
(fialoon league has announced the
abandonment of Its plans to initiate a
law prohibiting the location of a sa
loon within two miles of any state In
stitution. If enacted, the law would
have had the effect of abolishing many
saloons In cities of the state having
state Institutions. Including Omaha,
Lincoln and Kearney. The abandon
ment of the plan, the league officers
said, wns because the national organi
zation Is seeking the submission
through congress of a national consti
tutional amendment for prohibition and
divided Interest might result In this
state If the two-mile limit fight was
continued. Many signatures to the
initiative petition had already been
secured.
TO HOLD PROPERTY OWNERS
RESPONSIBLE FOR RESORTS
Omaha, Neb., April 11.—In an effort
to stamp out the existence of immoral
resorts in Omaha, an order was yes
terday given the police not only to ar
rest the keepers and inmates of such
houses, but to arrest the owners or
agents of the places and charge them
with renting property for immoral use.
"We are tired of playing hide and
seek with these people,” said Chief
Dunn of the police yesterday. “The
orders were issued from my office and
are a cog in the wheel to stop the
traffic here entirely.
"Heretofore we have arrested the
women, both the housekeeper and the
inmates. They are fined or sentenced
to jail. They pay their way out or lie
In Jail until released. After they are
out they go right back into the life.
It Is an endless task.”
Police Captain Mike Dempsey re
ceived the orders yesterday and will
pass them to the sergeants and other
officers. "We have several cases we
will probably file complaint today. It's
up to the property owners to get busy.”
he said.
COMPROMISE EFFECTED
OF YORK TELEPHONE CASE
Lincoln, Neb., April 11.—Peace pacts
entered Into In the York county tele
phone rate hearing ended that proceed
ing before the railway commission to
day. Both parties, the subscribers and
the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph
company, gave In to some extent. On
the whole, It was a victory for the com
pany.
The affair was not entirely unlooked
for by the astute managers of the cor
poration. Foreseeing that evidence of
Kxpert Stone would bear out the valu
ation made by the state's engineers, the
company at the outset put in an
amended rate application boosting busi
ness telephone rentals 60 cents per
month and eliminating county service.
Part of the company's recession was
the 60-cent charge on each of the two
classes of business telephones.
CONDUCTORS ACCUSED
OF VIOLATING THE LAW
Cincinnati, April 11.—United States
deputies arrested William A. Boyer and
Klder K. Crist, conductors of the
Chesapeake &. Ohio railroad, of In
diana, yesterday on a charge of violat
ing the Hepburn act by permitting pas
sengers to ride to and from this city
and Chicago for less than the legal
faro.
Boyer was arrested here ns his train
was leuvlng for Chicago and Crist was
taken into custody when his train ar
rived from Chicago. The arrests, it is
said, are the first of a number which
will soon be made by federal officials.
Not only conductors are concerned,
but men in various commercial pur
suits known as "scouts" for the con
ductors are Involved. The "scouts" in
troduced the passengers to the conduc
tors, It Is claimed by government
agents, and shared the profits.
MEREDITH CANDIDACY
MEANS FIGHT ON WADE
Washington. D. C„ April 11.—Highly
Interesting facts concerning the
Meredith-Connolly contest over the
democratic nomination for senator In
Iowa developed here today. The friends
of Meredith are prepared to make an
anti-Wade contest and assail Repre
sentative Connolly as part of the Judge
Wade machine. Dan Hamilton, who
was beaten for the southern district at
torneyship, is writing letters calling on
democrats to rid the party of "the in
cubus of Wadelsm.” Several of ttie
anti-Wade democrats In Town have
lately written to friends in Washing
ton, telling of the situation and de
claring "Wadelsm" is to be crushed.
"The Meredith candidacy means war on
Wadelsm." said an Iowan who lias been
getting letters recently from party
workers.
FORMER GAME WARDEN
IS CITED FOR CONTEMPT
lies Moines. Ia., April 11—George
Keenhold. deputy game warden, and
active in politcal circles for years, was
cited today in contempt proceedings on
the charge that he attempted to bribe
Fred Blackburn, a district court juror,
who recently offered to hang the Jury
in a $380,000 damage suit for $50.
Blackburn alleges that Keenhold ap
proached him with information that he
could realize financially if lie would
ir-ang the Jury.
VOUNG MORGAN HONORED.
Cambridge, Mass.. April 11.—Junius
Spencer Morgan, son of J. P. Morgan,
was elected captain of the Harvard
senior class crew today.
ESCAPES FIRE AND IS
SHOT BY_JEAL0US GIRL
St. Louis. Mo.. April 10.—Carl
•Strauss, president of a garment com
pany. who escaped from the Missouri
Athletic club fire In which his two
roommates perished, was shot and se
rlousiy wounded by Mrs. Etta Cook, a
divorcee, here yesterday. The shooting
took place in a doctor's office in n
downtown office bulidirtg. Strauvs
said he would not prosecute Mrs. Cook.
Mrs. Cook said she was moved b>
lealuusv to fire the shots.
ALL EFFORTS FUTILE
TO MAKE PRICE FILE
FOR ANOTHER OFFICE
Intimates That Politicians Are
Trying to Pull Him Out of
Race for Congress.
Lincoln, Neb., April 10.—The Insist
ence of W. B. Price, a local democrat
of prominence, in entering the demo
cratic congressional primary is vastly
disturbing to democratic politicians.
Mr. Price says that he intends to run
if he gets only 60 votes in the primary.
He says that every time in the past that
he has announced his desire to run for
congress delegations of democrats come
to his office and get him to run for
some other office. He has secured sev
eral nominations, but never an election.
Governor Morehead dropped in yester
day to tell Price that his entry into
the race will mean the defeat of both
himself and Price, with Congressman
Maguire a sure winner. Mr. Morehead
suggested that there was a real de
mand for Price to run for attorney gen
eral. but Mr. Price says that game has
been worked too often. He openly
charges that a deal has been made be
tween the governor and the Bryan ele
ment whereby the latter will support
Morehead against Maguire In exchange
for Morehead’s refusal to run again for
governor.
Meanwhile George K. Tobey of Lin
coln has announced himself as a can
didate for the republican nomination.
W. W. Anness of Dunbar is already in
the race. Political prophets say there
Is no chance In the world for a repub
lican in the district this year.
EVENING “DATES” NOW
ISSUE AT UNIVERSITY
Lincoln, Neb., April 10.—'University
authorities are trying to bring moral
suasion to bear upon the members of
sororities to induce them to refuse to
make "dates” with male friends during
the school week. They say that this is
no more prevalent than in boarding
schools, but that theater and dancing
parties on any of the first four nights
of the week are not conducive to
scholastic excellence. A practical ex
periment and demonstration in co-op
eration is to bo tried among the sorori
ties. There are a dozen of these in
Lincoln, and it is proposed to have all
supplies bought by one person. This
economy is appealing to the girls, be
cause of the fact that the enforcement
of the new rule against pledging fresh
men is certain to reduce the number
of supporting members of sororities,
and thus increase father's liability to
be called upon for additional supplies
of cash.
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CLAIMS COLORADO IS
TRYING TO STEAL RIVERS
Lincoln, Neb. April 10.—State Senator
Hoagland is her* it) enlist the support
of the state government in opposition
to a Joint resolution introduced in the
United States Senate by Senator
Thomas of Colorado. Mr. Hoagland
says that It is a daring attempt to im
pound all the waters of the North
Platte for the use of Colorado irrigators
and by denying It to Nebraskans who
have invested large sums in irrigation
enterprises. Tho Thomas resolution
permits an action to be brought against
the government to enforce the claims
of Colorado to priority to all the waters
in the rivers that flow through it. Mr.
Hoagland says there is great excite
ment in western Nebraska over the
matter, and indignation meetings have
been held at several places, resolutions
calling on Senators Hitchcock and Nor
ris to oppose Thomas being adopted.
OMAHA FILES PROTEST ON
REGIONAL BANK SYSTEM
Omaha, Neb., April 10.—Afficers of
the national banks of Omaha have
drawn up a formal protest to be sent
at once to Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo, objecting to the placing of
Omaha in the Kansas City district of
the reserve banking system. The pro
test is the formal action of the Omaha
clearing house. The burder of the pro
test is that the selection of some of
the locations for regional reserve banks
was not made with a view to the cus
tomary course of business and that,
therefore, It is not in accordance with
the letter and Intent of the currency
law. The protest sets forth that Omaha
bankers are opposed to being placed in
the Kansas City district, and asks if
Omaha may not have a regional bank
of its own, that It may be thrown into
the Chicago district, as the trend of its
business is in that direction. It asks
also that Wyoming and Nebraska be
thrown into the Chicago district.
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SUICIDE DUE TO GRIEF
OVER MOTHER’S DEATH
Lincoln. Neb., April 10.—Alexander
Ellis, a bachelor of 45 years, hung
himself in the basement of a home
where he had been given employment
recently. Ellis took some heavy twine,
made a noose of it by doubling it, and
then attached one end around his neck
and the other around a furnace pipe.
His action is supposed to have been
due to ill heulth and grief over the loss
of his mother. The body of the man
was found to be disfigured in a re
markable manner. Most of the surface
of the body, including the back of his
neck, was covered with warts of vary
ing sizes. Tho doctors said the man
was born that way, and they regard it
as a very rare condition. Apparently
ho never suffered pain from this dis
llgurcment, but it prevented him from
marrying.
AGITATING DRAINAGE
OF HAY LAND COUNTRY
. Lincoln, Neb. April 10.—Whether the
numerous lakes In the sand hills of
Nebraska may be drained under tho
drainage laws of the state was the
question submitted today to the su
preme court In a case from Grant
county. This particular case Involves
the right of George Moran, a Mg cattle
man, to empty the waters of a big lake
that occupies 500 acres of his ranch
through a ditch, such as the drainage
laws permit. Mrs. O’Keefe, who owns a
ranch further down the valley, claims
these laws do not apply, und that
Moran Is merely running the lake
down onto her ranch. If these lakes
can be legally got rid of in this way.
thousands of acres of rich hay lands
in the valleys can be reclaimed.
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BLAIR POSTMASTER
RESCINDS CENSORSHIP
Rlair. Nob.. April 9.—Postmaster Wes
Cook backed up on bis censorship order
against a Rlair newspaper. Ills first
official action was to notify Editor
Hilton that the embargo on the Enter
prise had been lirted. Cook does not
say whether he had word from Wash
ington or not. but admits he may have
been mistaken when he deprived the
paper of the privilege of the postof
fice. Editor Hilton says the matter is
not yet at an end. _
“DRYS” MAKE [GAIN
IN NEBRASKA E JTIONS
There Are 17 Shifts to “Dry”
Column and Nine to “Wet”—
Sunday Baseball Wins.
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4 IN NEBRASKA TOWNS. 4
4 WET. DRY. ^
4 Plalnvlew. Oakland. 4
4 O'Neill. Wausa. 4
4 Nellgh. Tekamah. 4
4 Beatrice. »Emerson. 4
4 Elgin. ’Fordyce. 4
4 Oakdale. Ponca. 4
4 Homer. Decatur. 4
4 Greenwood. ’Ewing. 4
4 Sterling. Randolph. 4
4 Havelock. ’Hickman. 4
4 Roca. Dorcester. 4
4 Columbus. ’Superior. 4
4 Shelton. ’Wahoo. 4
4 *Ord. »st. Paul. 4
4 "Greeley. ’Falls City. 4
4 "Center. ’Arapahoe. 4
4 ’ComBtock. ’Bancroft. 4
4 ’Republican City. ’Rushvllle. 4
t’Alma. ’Callaway. 4
•Wilcox. ’Humboldt. 4
4 ’Albion. ’Lexington. 4
4 ’Roca. ’Ogallala. 4
4 ’Red Cloud. 4
4 ’Silver Creek. 4
4 ’Thurston. 4
4 ’Wolbach. 4
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4 ’Changed from last year. 4
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Lincoln, Neb.. April 9.—Local option
elections over Nebraska, according to
reports received this morning, resulted
in 17 changes from wet to dry and
nine changes from dry to wet, in the
140 towns reporting. The wets made
the gain of Ord. Greeley. Center. Corn
stock, Republican City, Alma, Wilcox,
Albion, and Roca.
The drys gained Arapahoe, Ban
croft, Rushvllle, Callaway, Emerson,
Fall City, Humboldt, Hickman, Ewing,
Lexington, Ogallala, Red Cloud, St.
Paul, Superior, Silver Creek, Thurston,
Wolbach and Wahoo.
Under the terms of a new state law
the question of permitting Sunday
baseball was submitted In several
towns. Beatrice Is the only town re
porting defeat of the Sunday baseball
issue, although the town at the same
time voted wet by a large majority. In
several towns the voters registered
against saloons and in favor of Sun
day amusements. The Sunday base
ball Issue won at Hartlngton, Sterling,
Plalnvlew, Norfolk, Hastings, Broken
Bow and Fordyce.
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Oakland—The city election passed off
here without unusual activity or ex
citement. A heavy vote was cast. No
license carried by a vote of 172 to 101.
The electric light franchise won by
208 to 60. The people's party ticket,
the only one in the field, was elected,
making the list of city officers for the
coming year as follows; Mayor, A.
Hammarstrom; city clerk, A. F. Wick
strom; city treasurer, W. E. Minier;
city engineer, Charles A. Fiske; coun
cilman, S. A. Lundstrom, Charles M.
Hulbert, Oscar Samson. Oakland has
not had saloons for over five years, the
dry vote growing each year.
Ponca—G. L. Wood, republican, was
elected mayor over Walter Heydon,
democrat, by a majority of 24. A. M.
Porter, republican, was elected clerk;
O. M. Kneil, republican, treasurer, and
C. W. Walter, independent, police
Judge. Councllmen elected were: Frank
Engle. N. P. Heydon. Lars Nelson and
A. D. Townsend. The victorious ticket
Is opposed to saloons. Mr. Woods, the
new mayor, is a representative in the
Nebraska legislature
Wausa—In the village election, with
two tickets in the field, the Wausa pro
gressives and people's temperance, a
good vote was polled, 114 in all. The
election was the closest ever held in
Wausa. The progressives elected two
of their three candidates for trustee,
Emil Engdahl and S. J. Larson. A. J.
Coleson, people's party candidate, was
high man, with 68 votes. On the li
cense Question the vote stood 19 for
and 74 against.
Tekamah—A. M. Anderson was re
elected mayor for the sixth consecutive
time. The license was again defeated
This is the eighth year Tekamah has
gone dry. Other officers elected were:
M. S. McCrew, clerk; Ed Latta, treas
urer; William Connealy, city engineer;
Herbert Rhodes, police Judge; council
men, Ed Ireland, First Ward, and Ar
thus Jack. Second ward.
Emerson—Emerson went dry for the
first time in the history of the town by
a vote of 97 to 94. This means the re
moval of four saloons which have been
in business here for 20 years. A tax
levy for a Carnegie library was de
feated. 128 to 45. Guy Inman. Henry
Jenson and William Dougherty were
elected as village trustees.
Fordyce—In Its first election Fordyce
voted to do away with one of the two
saloons now in operation in the town
and elected F. W. Schaefer as the
saloonkeeper of the remaining saloon.
William Dirks, George O. Kuhes, B. J.
Ruslow, J. J. Pexa and L. S. Wise
were elected town trustees. It was also
voted to allow Sunday baseball to be
played within the limits of the town.
Fremont—S. Koeberlin and Henry
Jess, republicans, and Henry Carroil
and Harry Larson, democrats, were
chosen eouneilmen. E. R. Gurney and
C. D. Marr were named members of
the school board on a nonpartisan
ticket. The results were close in every
ward. Progressives had a full ticket
in the field, but not a progressive was
elected. Saloons were not an issue.
O’Neill—The question of license or
no license was up before the people of
O'Neill, and license won by 59 votes.
L. V. Golden, the man who built the
new Golden hotel, was elected mayor
without opposition. James F. Gallagher
cashier of the First National bank,
was elected treasurer and H. J. Ham
mond elected clerk. Very few women
voted at the school election.
Madison—-In the vote on a $20,000
school bond issue the proposition was
carried by 45 majority. The officers
elected were: W. H. Field, mayor;
Fred J. Bankers, clerk; I’hris J. c’ort
man, treasurer. The eouneilmen are:
W. H. Tinney, First ward, and Herman
Frieke. Second ward. The board of
education will be M. C. Jerret, W. L.
Dowling and John Bickey.
Osmond.—At the village election here
Henry Kruetzfeldt. John Davids and
W. M. F. Schroeder were elected as
members of the village board, Kruetz
feldt receiving 77 votes, Davids 65 and
Schroeder 61. The park and electric
light propositions both carried. There
was no contest between the vets and
the drys.
Plainview—Plainview went wet. O.
E. Engler was elected mayor; M. M.
Taylor, clerk; Joe Seda, treasurer; V.
H. Johnson, councilman First Ward; j
W. J. Houstin, councilman Second
w'urd. Onlv one ticket was in the I
field. For license, 156; against. ST. For '
Sunday baseball, 124; against, 115.
COL JOHN G. MAHER
NOW MAKES AN ENTRY
INTO NEBRASKA GAME
Out for Governor on Platform
Opposing Administration’s
Mexican Policy. \
Lincoln, Neb., April 9.—Col. John O.
Maher, whose chief delight in life Is tO’
manufacture material for the news
paper hoys, has taken out papers from
the office of secretary of state and an
nounces his Intention of filing as a can
didate for governor. Maher is a demo
crat, and was formerly a court1 steno
grapher In the sandhill country of the
state. In recent years he has accumu
lated a fortune selling Texas lands. He
belongs to the anti-Bryan faction of the
party.
"You may say,” he stated to the as
sembled reporters, "That I shall run on
a platform In opposition to prohibition
and county option. I will also oppose
the president’s Mexican policy, and will
show moving pictures that will tell
what is really going on down there.”
Maher claims to have been one of
the party of Americans that went over
Into Mexico a few weeks ago and
brought back the body of Vergara,
who was murdered by rebels.
BAKING POWDER CONCERNS
BEFORE FOOD COMMISSION
Lincoln, Neb., April 9.—Two baking
powder companies, the K. C. and Cal
umet, locked horns before the state
food commissioner. The K. C. peojjJe
claim that the Calumet folks have been
misbranding tlielr product In violation
of the fake advertising law. They also
complained that the Calumet company
used a "high hat” on Its cans, a raised
top that deceived purchasers into be
lieving they were getting more for
their money than they received. The
complaint says that any baking powder
Is misbranded when it Is branded as
containing albumen or dried egg. The
Calumet product contains 15-100 of 1
per cent albumen, enough to make It
foam when water is poured Into a glass
containing the powder. The K. C.
company’s men claimed that ths pro
portion does not add to the leavening
power of the powder, but that the fact
that it foams when its demonstrators
use the water glass test Induces per
sons to believe that it has some unusual
powers.
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RAILROADS WILL REDUCE
NORTHWEST LUMBER RATES \
Lincoln, Neb., April 9.—Without mak
ing any defense before a representative
of the Interstate Commerce commission
here to Investigate lumber rates from
the northwest, the Burlington, Missouri
Pacific and Northwestern agreed to
make the reductions demanded. Most
of the complaining towns were located
In southeastern and northeastern Ne
braska. They claimed that they were
discriminated against In rates in favor
of other towns not far distant that
happened to be on competitive lines.
The rates cover shipments of lumber
and shingles from the northwest.
The hearing was expected to occupy
several days, but when the railroads
found the state commission had taken
up the fight of the towns and had ac
cumulated a mass of evidence to sup
port the contention, they capitulated.
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FORMER POLICEMAN IS
LANGUISHING IN JAIL
Lincoln, Neb., April 9.—Miles Rooney,
for several years a member of the
police department but lately a resident
of Kansas City, Is In the same place
where he has in the past put other men
—in Jail. Two charges are pending
against him. One is for grand larceny
ar.d the other for adultery. He pleaded
guilty to the latter charge when ar
raigned and is held for a district court
trial. Rooney is understood to have
been living with a woman in Kansas
City, and at the same time maintaining
a household in Lincoln.
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BERRIES SCARCE THIS YEAR
IS PRESENT PREDICTION
Lincoln, Neb., April 9.—According to
a bulletin Just Issued by the state
board of horticulture, berries will he .
soa-ce in Nebraska this year. Rasp- f
berries have been damaged 50 per cent /
many of the vines being killed, while
the drought of last year is blamed for
the poor condition of the strawberry
plants. Peach buds in some sections
have been all killed, while in others
they are not much damaged. Some
winter killing of cherry buds is re
ported. Apples and plums are reported
in good condition.
EXPRESS COMPANIES
DENIED RAISE IN RATES
Lincoln, Neb., April 9.—The state rail
way commission has once more denied
the application of the express com
panies to adopt the interstate com
merce schedule. The last request was
preferred by Manager Butler of the
Adams Express company. The state
commission says that the rates author
ized by the interstate commission are
25 per cent greater than those now in
force in Nebraska.
MORE NEBRASKA ELECTIONS
Wayne.—The citizens' ticket was
elected here, headed by Mayor O. A.
Chace. Clerk, J. M. Cherry; treasur
er, H. S. Ringland; engineer. E. J.
Huntemer. A surprise was sprung at
the last moment, whereby Don Cun
ningham came within 11 votes of beat
ing Mayor Chace.
Neligh.—On a referendum vote Neligh
went wet by a majority of 79. N. B.
Swoitzer was re-elected mayor, along
with the entire ticket, representing'
the progressive improvement policy of
the present administration. Elgin and
Oakdale remain wet. Ewing changes
from wet to dry.
llartington.—Hartington voted to al
low Sunday baseball to be played with
in the city limits. Anton Walz was
elected mayor K. H. Mason, treasurer;
W. H. Tahle, clerk; J. Z. Z. Smith, city
engineer; A. Herzhcman and A. K.
Lammer, aldermen.
Norfolk.—Sunday baseball carried by
427 majority and Sunday moving pic
tures by a majority of 195. Four
eouncilmen and two members of the
school board were elected.
WalthiU.—In the election here 1? J.
Sheldon and W. H. Hoar were elected
to the two-year term as village trus
tees. M. Z. Easton was elected to fill
an unexpired term.
West Point.—At the West Point oitv
election Albert F. Walla was chosen
mayor. There was no saloon, bond nr
local issue. A normal vote was polled.
Craig.—Three trustees were elected,
as follows: E. J. Martin. J. T. Garner,
August Carlson. The town voted to li
cense pool halls. 57 to 26.
Randolph.—The license issue featur
ed. The result was dry by 39 majority.
O. O. Reed, mayor, was re-elected.
DIES AT AGE OF 123 YEARS. \
Mt. Vernon. 111., April 8.—Samuel
Bradley, a former slave, who claimed
to be 123 years old, died here yesterday.