Nebraska Newspapers

    Th« O’Neil Frontier
■n; 11 - "1, -rrai
a H. CRONIN, Publisher.
O'NEILL,NEBRASKA
There are operated In the Unltee
States more than half of nil the motoi
eehicles In the world, the number, In
cluding motorcycles, being 628,185, as
compared with England’s 125.728. The
balance of a total of 1.161,911 is dis
tributed throughout the other coun
tries of the world. Franco ranks third
with 89,186, and Germany fourth with
10.006. The total number of motor
trucks is given as 69,556. Usually the
number of automobiles In any country
greatly exceeds the number of trucks,
although Germany Is reported ns hav
ing 49.126 trucks and only 15.618 pleas
ure cars. These figures probably fall
far short of the actual number of ve
hicles in use today. It is estimated
that 300,000 motor vehicles were manu
factured and put Into service last year.
Trap shooting is the principal sport
•f Spain, and this is practically truu of
Jerez de la Frontera. Tho king’s cup,
emblematic of the national cluunpion
■hlp and presented by his mujef>ty, Al
fonso XIII, himself an ardent patron
of the sport, and one of tho crack shots
of Spain, has been held by tho organi
sation In that town for tho last two
years. The next competition will be
held there soon and is expected to at
tract several hundred of the best shots
from all parts of the country as en
tries for this event.
To determine the letting of a piece
of meadow land, a quaint device was
resorted to at Butterwlch. near Bos
ton. A candle was lighted and a pin
■tuck In its side. Then bidding com
menced. The cundlo burned until the
flame reached tho pin. which fell out,
«nd tho land was declared let to the
last bidder prior to tho pin falling.
There are people, still living, who re
member when tho sanilgluss was used
•t auctions In Lincolnshire, and the
candle and pin la a revival of an an
cient custom.
The enormous number of Brahmins
■nd Mohammedans, in India, whose re
ligions strictly prohibit the drinking of
alcoholic beverages, are finding in
aerated water a substitute that violates
no religious principle. Among natives,
of tho strictest caste prejudices, who
are ordinarily careful not to eat or
drink anything that has been prepared
by persons of other castes, no objec
tion seems to bo raised to ueratod wa
ters, which, being made by machinery,
are regarded as free from contamina
tion.
Dr. W. H. Hoots, of Kingston, Don
ion, tho oldest divisional surgeon In
the metropolitan police, has retired af
ter over to years' service. Tho ap
pointment has been held by ancestors
of Dr. Hoots for many years. One of
them, It Is related, was called to at
tend Dick Turpin on Kingston Hill,
when that notorious highwayman met
with an accident there. A guinea which
Dick Turpin paid for the doctor’s ser
vice, Is still kept as a curiosity by tho
family.
For about 100 years Denmark has
had a system of agricultural appren
ticeship to teach the practical side of
farming. The boys serve three years
on farms in different parts of the
country, spending one year on each
farm and receiving a small wage. They
report annually to the Royal Danish
Agricultural society, sending In notes
on their experience, Instruction and ob
servation.
Frank E. Hall, of Ranger, Me., has a
beuutlful violin thought to be of Italian
make, about 200 years old and worth
more than $300. Recently he had an
accident in which the instrument was
completely smashed Into small pieces,
but a local repairer, after many
months' work, succeeded In gluing all
the many Btnull pieces together, so that
the tone Is as good now us ever.
In DaCro88, Wls., 161 election offi
cials were employed for a day, and the
whole election formality gone through
with ut an expense of about $2,000, In
order that a vote might bo cist for the
alnglo office of Justice of the supreme
court. There was only one candidate
for tho office, and almost no one took
the trouble to vote.
Assisted by a trolley car, Alexander
Morton moved a large bouse from one
location to another In South Norwalk,
Conn., In less than 30 minutes. The
city authorities gave him only so much
time In which to do It, and, with the
aid of a car nnd a large gang of men
with rollers, the trick was done.
A novel newspaper has appeared In
Bt. Petersburg, called the Vagabonds’
Gazettu. It is Intended for circulation
among the criminal classes, and Its
chief contributors are well known to
the Russian police. Signed articles re
lating the details of famous coups are
an Important feature of the new Jour
nal.
Two “k-nuts" were ambling home at
an early hour In the morning—after a
festive evening. "Doesn't your wife
miss you on theBe occasions?" naked
one. "Not often." replied the other.
“She throws pretty straight."—Cleve
land Deader.
Another perfectly good reason for
“pure shoes" legislation Is that It Is so
disappointing to an arctic explorer to
bite Into a boot which ho bought at
cowhide prices and find that It Is Imi
tation leather.—Doulsvllle Courier-Jou
Journal.
Oil Helds In German New Guinea are
to be developed, four large companies
•eeklng concessions. It Is announced
from Berlin that the legislative budget
carries $120,000 for geological studies in
Nerman New Guinea, prior to granting
concessions.
A comparison of 52G star athletes of
the naval academy with G80 nonath
letes, In both eases from the classes of
1*92-1911. shows that, apparently, the
non-athletes are In better physical con
dition than the athletes.
Homing pigeons In calm weather can
travel at A speed of 1,200 yards a min
ute. With a brisk wind prevailing and
blowing In the direction of Its flight, a
pigeon has been known to make 1,900
yards a minute.
Wood blocks are used for paving the
gtreets of Berlin only on the sharpest
■trades and to give a better footing on
the bridges and their approaches.
The approved form of lifeboats Is
pew 82-ton, motor-propelled and capa
ble of accommodating 290 persons.
English explorers are crossing the
J^ican continent In an automobile.
Goats are said to be entirely free
from any Indication of tuberculosis.
▲ new electric bulletin board may be
read at a distance of four blocks.
There are 50,000 apprentices In the
German baking Industry.
Natal grows two varieties of r-lne
apples for market purposes.
OMAHA BANKERS WILL
PAY REGIONAL FUNDS
IN REBELLIOUS MOOD
Not Reconciled to Being Listed
With Kansas City—May 8
Is Time Limit Set.
Omaha. Neb.. May 4.—Omaha ' nd
South Omaha bankers will send in
their compulsory subscriptions to the
stock of the regional' reserve ban* nt
Kansas Oity on the last day possible
and will do that under protest.
Subscriptions must he sent 5 i by
May 8. which is 30 days after lotice
was received by the 835 bank *rs in
what has since been made in .o the
Kansas <’ity district, but wan first
looked upon as the Omaha district, who
notified the Washington autnorities
that they accepted the terms of the
new currency law.
By May 8 the subscribing banKs need
to send only subscriptions of 6 per cent
of their capital stock and surplus to
ward making up the capital of the
Kansas City reserve bank. One-sixth
of this is subject to call for cash pay
ment after the reserve bank is organ
ized. which it is said will not be before
August. One-sixth more Is payable
three months later and one-sixth more
in six months, making one-half of the
| 6 per ceat subscription in half a year.
“We shall thresh our protest against
being put in the Tenth, the Kansas
Oity district, before the federal reserve
board, yet to bo appointed and organ
ized,” said a leading Omaha banker.
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SACKETT’S INTENTIONS
STILL SUBJECT OF DOUBT
Lincoln, Neb., May 4.—Ross Ham
mond. editor of the Fremont Tribune,
and at present internal revenue
collector for Nebraska, may become the
white hope of the republicans of the
state. Mr. Hammond has told several
friends and old-time supporters that
he is not averse to accepting the re
publican nomination for governor. If
he does not have to fight for it. Mr.
Hammond had been previously men
tioned for the place, but he declined to
run as long as the name of R. B. Howell
of Omaha, national committeeman, was
being considered. Howell having de
clined to run because of the necessity
of sticking to his task of running the
municipal water plant, Hammond may
now get into the race.
Republicans here say that there Is
grave doubt whether H. E. Sackett, of
Beatrice, will accept the progressive
nomination for governor, tendered him
at a recent conference. They dal in to
have information that Sackett has not
entirely divorced himself from the re
publican party, and think that there
may be a scheme on to have him run
as both a progressive and a republican.
COMMISSION INVESTIGATES
DAWSON TELEPHONE TROUBLE
Lincoln. Neb.. May 4.—T. L. Hull, of
the state railway commission, has gone
to Dawson, Richardson county, to find
out why Manager Hnrbaugh of the
Miles ranch refuses to allow the Miles
tenants to use his exchange to tele
phone to a Dawson doctor. Tho Miles
ranch is one of the finest in the slate, it
comprises X.OOO acres and there are some
25 tenants and tenant houses on the
place, in one of these a telephone instru
ment has been installed and connections
have been furnished through an ex
change in the central ranch house. Free
service has been given between this
and the Dawson exchange until recent
ly, when the manager placed an em
bargo. The tenants complained, but
did not tell the commissioners why the
new order has been issued. It Is un
derstood that one of the Dawson doc
tors is interested In the Dawson ex
change.
PAROLED FARMER PAYS
FIRM THAT HE WRONGED
Lincoln, Neb.. May 4.—II. E. Carpen
ter, who was recently paroled front
the penitentiary, where he was serving
a sentence for obtaining money under
false pretenses, has made complete res
titution to the person he wronged. He
was a farmer living near Gothenburg,
and insured his small farmhouse for
$2,000, although it was worth but $600.
He collected $1,600 of the insurance af
ter it burned. The state fire marshal
investigated, and caused his arrest and
conviction. His previous record earned
him a parole as soon as the minimum
sentence was finished. He has proved the
wisdom of the board by paying back
everything. The whole affair cost him
$4,000.
LONG PINE PARK SPRING
IS ATTRACTING ATTENTION
Long Pine, Neb., May 4.—Hundreds |
of letters are pouring into this city,
asking for information concerning the
big spring in Long Pine canyon park.
Nearly all the letters are from physi
cians in Nebraska and adjacent states.
It has developed only recently that sev
eral of the campers in the park last
year had been greatly benefited by the
spring water.
Nebraska’s state chemist has found
by analysis that the canyon park spring
water is within a fraction of being 100
per cent pure, and that its only rival in
that respect is a spring in Europe, but
until recently it was not known that
the water here had any special medici
nal quality. Now Long Pine people are
much excited over the possibiltiy of
making this thriving city a great health
resort.
ADJUTANT GENERAL URGES
GETTING ON WAR BASIS
Lincoln. Neb.. May 4. -Adjutant Gen
eral Hall has sent out circular letters
to officers of all state military com
panies Impressing upon them the fact
that every man who is enlisted in the
national guard must respond if any
call to duty is issued, or subject himself
to court martial. Vie also relates the
work being done to prepare for the
mobilization of the troops and tells the
officers what to do in order that
prompt response may be had to orders.
General Hall thinks that there isn’t
much doubt but that it is only a ques
tion of time when the call comes. He
urges the company officers to continue
enlistments to w>r strength and to
make it clear that only those who are
registered with the guard will get the
opportunity to go to the front.
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LANCASTER COUNTY GETS
JUDGMENT FOR $10,000
Lincoln. Neb.. May 2.—Under the di
rection of the court a jury in the dis
trict court has entered a judgment of
$10,000 in favor of the county of Lan
caster and against the state of Ne
braska. The presiding judge directed
that no interest should be allowed on
the money which represents a sum
mistakenly paid by the county treas
urer to the state to recoup the latter
for money lost in a batik failure, the
cash being at the time under the direc
tion of the county treasurer.
OLD $17,000 CLAIM
AGAINST STATE NOW
IN DISTRICT COURT
Lancaster County Erroneously
Made Good on Money Lost
in Bank Failure.
Lincoln, Neb.. May 3.—The 21-year
old claim of the county of Lancaster
against the state of Nebraska, in
volving $17,000, is up again in destrict
court for adjudication. When the
Capital National bank broke In Lin
coln in 1893, there were $10,000 of state
tax money in the institution to the
credit of the county treasurer, who had
delayed In remitting the money to the
state treasurer. A year later, through
mistake or inadvertance and without
the consent of the county board, the
county treasurer made the amount
good to the state treasurer. It Is this
money, now amounting to $17,000, that
the county is endeavoring to get back.
Eleven years ago the legislature gave
the county permission to sue, and in
supreme court it was held that the
county was not liable to the state for
the money lost. As the lower court had
held otherwise, it was necessary to
take further steps in the district court,
but none of the county attorneys in
the last eight years asked for judg
ment. It was necessary to again get
legislative permission to revive the
suit.
“ALLIS” NEW TOWN ON
OMAHA-YUTAN CUTOFF
Lincoln, Neb., May 3.—The Burling
ton railroad authorities have selected
Allis as the name of the new town
created by the building of the Omaha -
Yutan cutoff to connect Omaha with
the Hioux City line. The town Is
named after Rev. Samuel Allis, a mis
sionary to the Pawnee Indians in 1834.
The town is located on the site of an.
ancient Indian village where religious
services were held and a school
started 80 years ago by missionaries
and where Chief Itan ruled over the
tribe. The village was one of the
oldest and best known in the state and
its ruins cover over 80 acres of land.
It was recently explored by representa
tives of the state historical society.
STATE BANK DEPOSITORS
WILL BE PAID IN FULL
Lincoln, Nob., May 3.—Formal de
mand upon 721 state banks for con
tribution of $64,526.17 from the guar
anty deposit fund to reimburse de
positors of the failed First State
Savings bank of Superior has been
made by the banking board.
Each state bank was drawn upon
for C.241 per cent of the amount of
guaranty funds now set aside by it.
The First Savings bank of this city
will pay the largest amount, $501.57.
The Home Savings bank of Wilber will
pay the least amount—$4.33.
It is expected depositors will have
been paid in full when the receiver
closes up business for the day, May 6.
Thus, within two months from the
time the bank closed its doors, the de
positors will have obtained their
money.
A different condition prevails in the
case of the First National bank of the
same city.
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES
CONFER ON CAMPAIGN
Lincoln, Neb., May 3.—State Senator
John Heasty, of Fairbury, and State
Senator J. H. Kemp, of Fullerton, two
republican leaders w ho have been men
tioned as likely candidates for govern
or, are in the city, and in the confer
ence they will hold It is expected that
one or the other will announce he is not
a candidate. To the reporters Senator
Kemp showed less inclination to enter
the campaign than he did a few weeks
ago. The reason is that II. E. Sackett,
of Beatrice, has agreed to become the
progressive candidate, and he and
Kemp have been close friends for a
number of years. Mr. Kemp said he
had been advised to get in and also to
stay out, and he was not sure yet which
advice he would accept. Senator Heasty
declined to discuss his candidacy. Both
were progressives, but both believe in
making their tight within the republic
an lines.
NEBRASKA GIANT DIES
AT AGE OF 76 YEARS
Lincoln, Neb., May 3.—Jonathan San
derson, one of the world's giants, died
In Lincoln yesterday, aged 76 years.
Sanderson was 6 feet 9 inches tall In
his stocking feet, and a specially made
casket was necessary to accommodate
his corpse. Sanderson lived at Oxford.
Neb. He was a retired farmer, and had
come to Lincoln for treatment. He has
eight children, not one of whom at
tained a height of even six feet. San
derson was born in England, and had
lived In Nebraska most of his life.
HALL CHOSEN LEADER
OF NEBRASKA MILITIA
Lincoln. Neb.. May 3.—Adjutant
General Hall will command a regiment
of the Nebraska militia if it is called
into action in the trouble with the
Mexicans. At the election held yester
day he received 105 out of the 107 votes
cast by the commissioned officers, who
alone have the right to vote. One vote
was cast for the late brigadier general.
Storch. of Fullerton, and one for Col
onel Eberly. of Stanton, of the Fourth
regiment. Storch was not a candidate
for re-election. After he had found out
that the word had gone out that Hall
was to be the man. he withdrew his
name and applied for a commission -as
major if the regiment is ordered out.
LECTURER DENOUNCES
FOLK DANCES IN SCHOOLS
Lincoln. Neb.. May 3.—The teaching
of folk dancing in the public school,
of Nebraska was v igorously scored by
Miss Jessie Wilson, before the district
meeting of the W. C. T. l\ She de
clared that it was merely the two-step
and waltz dancing of other nations, and
that the children of Christian parents
should not be taught these Tangoing
and other modern dances came in foi
denunciation in the discussion that fol
lowed.
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POSTMASTER RUHLOW.
Hoskins. Neb.. May 1.—Harry Ruh
low today took charge of the Hoskins
postoftice. following a warm contest for
the appointment, which finally resulted
in a civil service examination.
NEW IOWA JOBBERS.
Des M(vines, la.. May 1.—The Man
chester Biscuit company, of Sioux
Falls. S. D., and Fargo, N !>., today
leased quarters in Des Moines to in
stall a jobbing house for Iowa and Ne
braska.
TO OPEN TOLLS FIGHT.
Washington, May 1.—Senator O'Gor
man today gave notice to the Senate
that tomorrow he would call up for
consideration the House bill to repeal
the tolls exemption for American coast
wise vessels passing through the Pan
ama canal.
METHOD OF STATING
UNIVERSITY REMOVAL
PUZZLES SECRETARY
Wait Finds It Difficult to Put
Question in Form to Cov
er Various Phases.
Lincoln, Neb., May 2.—Secretary of
State Walt is having trouble over
drawing up a form of submission of the
question of what shall be done with
the state university. The last legis
lature provided for a levy covering six
years, the proceeds to be spent as the
people decide at this referendum. The
wording of the bill which made the
provision for a vote of the people is
not deemed sufficiently explicit to give
the voters the guidance they need. It
is, therefore, up to Mr. Wait to fix up
a ballot which will be clearer to the
electors. He proposes to put on the
proposition, shall the state university
be removed entire to the state farm,
and put a “for” and “against” box in
which the mark may be made. Objec
tion is made to this method, on the
ground that a majority against removal
<loes not necessarily mean a majority
for extension on the present campus
and on adjacent lots. Mr. Wait, how
ever. thinks that as this is the actual
issue, it is unnecessary to ask for a
vote on the motion as amended after
it has been amended, even though par
liamentarians so hold. As he is the
final judge, his present plan will doubt
less be carried out.
1 LINCOLN MAN TELLS
OF COLORADO TROUBLES
Lincoln. Neb., May 2.—F. S. Per
due. a Lincoln man, who is just back
from a journey through the Avar zone
of the Colorado strikers, says that
much of the shooting that is being
done by the miners is by Greeks who
I but recently served in the Balkan wars.
! and who are just as well pleased to
| perform this task as to eat. He said
! the strikers were apparently careless
of where their bullets went, and in this
j way a handicap was placed upon the
t officers Avith Avhom they were fighting,
as the latter had to be careful not to
fire upon the towns.
Mr. Perdue says that the course of
Governor Ammons has met Avith se
vere condemnation from both sides. In
his endeavor to be impartial he has not
pleased either side, and each accuses
him of trying to “stand in” with the
other crowd. It is impossible to secure
accurate information, says Perdue, as
to the causes leading up to the trouble,
since the merchants blame the strikers
and the strikers blame the mine oA\Tners
and the business men.
BODY OF LOST CHILD
FOUND TANGLED IN FENCE
Ord, Neb., May 2.—The mystery
of the disappearance of the 2-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Cage of
Ericson, Wheeler county, Nebraska,
three weeks ago was solved yesterday
hy the discovery of the body of an in
fant tangled in the barbed wire fence
across the Cedar river. The body was
found to be that of the Cage, chLKU
The child was playing with his G
year-old sister, Mary, not far from the
river, shortly before the disappearance.
The older child’s attention was dis
tracted a few minutes and the baby
when she again looked toward her
charge was gone. The neighborhood
spent a week in the search. The river
was dragged. The place where the
body was found was several miles be
low the place where it is supposed the
Infant stepped into the river. A farmer
coming to town saw the object tangled
in the wires and, investigating, found
the body.
VARYING CONDITIONS IN
FROST DANGER TO FRUIT
Lincoln. Neb.. May 2.—Fruit in Ne
braska was not injured by the cold
wave just ending, says Secretary Dun
can of the state horticultural associa
tion. He says that definite danger
points are hard to determine. For in
stance, experiments have shown that
29 degrees is about as low a tempera
ture as peaches can stand. Yet their
resisting power depends upon the kind
of weather that had preceded the
frost. If the previous weather had been
warm the sap was set to flowing,
whereas if it had been cool the sap was
In a concentrated form and better able
to stand a low temperature. The
greatest damage to buds comes, he
says, when the low temperature is
close to* sunrise and the morning is
clear. If the killing comes earlier in
the night and the morning is cloudy
the damage is small.
CLAIMS PERSECUTIONS DUE
TO MARRYING NEGRESS
Lincoln, Neb., May 2. — Mrs.
Clarence Miller, a negress, told the po
lice judge that all of the trouble that
had come to her husband in the last
few' weeks was due to the fact that he.
a white man. had married her. She
said they had been prosecuted and
persecuted by white people who ob
jected to their being wedded, and that
he had lost one job after another be
cause of this fact. Miller was before
the court on the charge of begging, and
he said that the persecution he had un
dergone because of his marriage to the
negress had forced htin into begging
for financial help.
DEMANDS INSPECTION OF
WISCONSIN DAIRY CATTLE
Lincoln, Neb.. May 2.—Dr. Kigin,
state veterinarian, has issued in
structions that no shipments of dairy
cattle from Wisconsin be admitted to
the state unless they are accompanied
by health certificates. His deputies
have lately found a large number of
tubercular cattle in northern and
northwestern Nebraska. Most of these
cattle have been traced to a Wisconsin
breeder, and the authorities of that
state have been asked to co-operate
with the Nebraska officials to prevent
the shipments being made.
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RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
FOR LATE DR. B. J. LEAHY
Wakefield. Neb.. May 2—At a meet
ing of physicians representing the
counties of Cedar. Dixon, Dakota.
Thurston and Wayne, held in Wake
field Monday, memorial resolutions
were adopted in honor of Dr. B. J.
Leahy, who died at Dakota City a few
weeks ago. The resolutions were pre
pared b* a committee consisting of
Drs. A. C. Cook, J. M. O’Connell and
C. H. Maxwell.
ROSS HAMMOND MAY
TRY FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Lincoln, Neb.. April SO.-—Ross Ham
mond of Fremont is to be republican
candidate for governor. The announce
ment was made to a coterie of local re
publicans at a sub-rosa session hold
here. The public declaration is not
stated to be made for some time to
come. The Dodge county politician is
said to have assured his colleagues
that he will fight with all his might
when he enters the fray.
TRADE COMMISSION
BILL
Measure Makes Guilt Personal
—Proposed Board to Be
of Five Members.
Washington, May 4.—The adminis
tration interstate trade commission bill
as framed by a sub-committee of the
Senate interstate commerce committee,
for report to the full committee, was
made public today. Railroad repre
senatives will be neard on the bill by
the committee May 11* and 12, and
others interested as opportunity of
fers.
The bill would provide for a commis
sion of five, not more than three of one
political party, at $10,000 a year. Each
commissioner would be allowed $5,000
for a secretary. The commission would
be authorized to "investigate the or
ganization, business, financial condi
tion, management and its relations to
other corporations of any corporation
engaged in such commerce as congress
has the power to regulate under the
constitution.”
The bill also would empower the
commission to call on the districts
courts to enforce its orders against
corporations. The bill makes guilt per
sonal by making directors, officers and
agents responsible for violations of the
law by corporations and providing a
fine of $5,000 or one year's imprison
ment as a penalty against such offi
cers.
MINERS AND MINE
GUARDS ARE TOLD
, . TO GIVE UP ARMS
Washington, May 4.—Under author
ities of the president Secretary of
War Garrison today Issued a procla
mation calling on the people in the
strike district of Colorado to surrender
all arms and ammunition to the United
States army officers now in charge at
the various troubled localities.
Secretary Garrison’s proclamation
addressed to Major Holbrook at Trin
idad is in the most sweeping terms and
demands the disarming of not only
strikers but the mine guards. The text
of the proclamation is:
"Whereas under existing condi
tions the possession of arms and
ammunition by persons not in the
military service of the United
States tends to provoke disorder
and to excite domestic violence and
hinders the restoration of normal
conditions of peace and good order,
I do, by the authority of the pres
ident of the United States call on
and direct all persons not in the
military service of the United
States who have arms or ammu
nition in their possession or under
their control to deliver them forth
with to the office* at the place here
in designated.
“Receipts will be issued for all
arms and ammunition delivered.
The above applies to individuals,
firms, associations and corpora
tions.”
The officer in command at each place
where troops are stationed is charged
to post the proclamation.
Secretary Garrison's determination to
Issue the proclamation for the surer n
der of arms was reached after mature
deliberation on reports from Major Hol
brock at Trinidad. It was pointed out
that in directing the surrender of arms
to the army commanders at the respec
tive stations the government assumes
all responsibility for the protection of
the property which individuals, corpor
ations, associations and firms hitherto
have been guarding on their own ac
count. Emphasis was laid on the fact
that the sweeping terms of the proc
lamation calling all “not in military
service of the United States” to sur
render their arms, applies only to lo
calities where the United Sattes troops
are present.
As the trouble districts are widely
scattered throughout Colorado no army
officer will be in supreme command of
the military forces sent into the state.
Secretary Garrison will issue his or
ders directly to the officers in com
mand of the forces in the various lo
calities.
Garrison Explains.
In explanation of the proclamation
Secretary Garrison made the following
statement:
"I learn from the commander in Col
orado that the use of firearms has
been widespread. In the district from
Walsenburg south, an area of about
400 square miles, there are at least 60
mines. They are located mainly In
canyons and are very difficult to reach.
The strikers and those sympathizing
with them have recently organized and
armed themselves and the operators
have had hundreds of mine guards who
are also armed.
“The state troops in certain local
ities have served to aggravate the
troubles. Certain stores in Walsen
burg were broken Into by some troops
connected with the organization and
articles were taken.
"Conditions in the Canon City dis
trict are similar to those In the Walsen
burg district.
“There was a very serious conflict
at Ludlow, where women and children
as well as men, were killed and since
that time tlie feeling has been exces
sively bitter.
“The commanders In the field, have,
so far exercised wise judgment, have
allayed alarm and with the limited num
bers now at their disposal are doing
the best that is possible.
"It is hoped that the proclamation
calling for all parties to give up arms
will be cheerfully and promptly com
plied with and a great sou ret- of ’danger
thus removed.
IT'S WORSE THAN MEXICO
DECLARES JOHN P. WHITE
Scnmmon, Kan., May 4.—"Our boys
in blue have gone lo Mexico to com
pel the Mexicans to salute the “Stars
and Stripes" while out in Colorado
they are tearing the flag out of our
hands and shooting men for 'daring to
proclaim what it stands for,'" John
P. White, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, declared in an
address here today. "More men have
been killed in Colorado in the last two
weeks than in Mexico," Mr. White con
tinued. “As to John 14. Rockefeller, jr.,
he has lost interest in the human
value. His life, in spite of his riches.
Is empty. He has devoted his great
brain and Intelligence to money
making."
ITALIAN CONSUL AIDS.
Washington. May 2.—Mr. Confal
onieri. the Italian ambassador, called
on the secretary of state again today to
confer in regard to the protection of
Italians in the strike zone. The am
bassador said he had received reports
from Mr. Davella. Italian consul in
Denver, that Major Holbrook had
promised protection for Italian citizens.
Mr. Davella has been making a tour
of the strike district and addressing
the Italians and warning them to use
no resistance against the federal troops
and assuring them they would be pro
tected if they abided bv the law.
INVENTOR SCHROETER,
FAMOUS, DIES PAUPER
Mf.de Several Fortunes and
Spent Them on Research—
On Eve of Another.
Chicago, 111., May 4.—Carl Schroeter,
civil engineer, chemist and inventor,
who made several fortunes and expend
ed them in the interest of science, died
yesterday on the eve of perfecting an
invention which he had expected would
bring him still another fortune. Friends
will pay the expenses of his funeral,
which was held today.
Friends say Schroeter devoted nearly
20 hours a day to work in his little
laboratory. As engineer he superin
tended the construction of modern of
fice buildings in New York and Chi
cago. As a chemist he evolved formu
las for water proofing, which are in ex
tensive use today. As an inventor, ha
patented a coke oven and a starch
which makes lace curtains fireproof.
In the role of inventor Schroeter had
perfected a dry distillation process of
disposing of mixed refuse and had
planned to give a demonstration of it
to city officials in charge of the city’s
garbage problem, within the next few
days.
Mr. Schroeter was born in Germany
6S years ago. He served through the
Franco-Prussian war as an officer of
engineers and was decorated with the
iron cross for bravery and for engi
peering feats.
WOULD POSTPONE
TOLLS BILL VOTE
Washington, May 4.—Senator Borah
today offered a resolution to postpone
action on the Panama tolls repeal bill
until the question had been "practical
ly” voted on in the election of the en
tire House of Representatives and 312
senators next November. i
Norris Opens Fire.
Withouth waiting for the Panama
canal tools exemption bill to be called
formally before the Senate, Senator
Norris began debate on the subject
with an appeal for a resort to arbitra
tion. He favored the House repeal
measure, with an amendment express
ly stating the United States waived no
rights thereby, but called upon Presi
dent Wilson to invite Great Britain to
arbitrate the dispute as to the right of
the United States to discriminate in
favor of its own vessels.
The exemption of coastwise vessels
from tolls. Senator Norris contended,
amounted to nothing less than a sub
sidy to a class of vessels already en
joying a monopoly, and not deserving it
nearly as much as American vessels
engaged in foreign trade and competing
with all the ships of the word. He
argued that the exemption would not
benefit shipper or consumer because
the difference in the cost of transporta
tion by rail and water was so great
33 1-3 per cent—that the exemption
would not affect the water rate.
Same as Free Railroad.^ -
He insisted the government had no
mere right to pay the legitimate cost of
transportation of goods across the isth
mus than it had to build a free rail
road across the continent.
Senator Norris criticized the position
taken by Senator Uodge, that the Uni
ted States has a right to discriminate
in favor of its own vessels, but should
surrender that right out of respect to
the opinion of the civilized world. On
the other hand, the Nebraska senator
said that to decline to arbitrate the
question would be to reverse the pre
tense the United States has been
making in the family of nations for
years.
It would not do, he argued, to admit
the weakness of the case by saying the
civilized world was against the United
States, and therefore a fair tribunal of
arbitration could not be procured. He
suggests the court of abritration con
sist of three members of the supreme
court of the United States and three
judges of the highest court of England,
with possibly the president of Switzer
land or a citizen of that country se
lected by the president of Switzerland,
sitting as the seventh member.
“I should expect the decision of such
a tribunal to be unanimous.” he added.
STEAMER SIBERIA
IS SAFE IN PORT
Tokio, May 4.—Great relief is felt
here at the news from Manila that the
Pacific mail steamer Siberia, reported
yesterday by wireless to have been in
great peril off tile coast of Formosa, is
safe at Manila.
No satisfactory explanation is avail
able in Tokio as to how the alarming
reports of yesterday came to be dis
seminated. The Japanese authorities
have decided to investigate. Japan has
recalled the warships she dispatched
yesterday to the aid of the liner sup
posed to be in distress.
A dispatch from Manila received
last night said the Siberia steamed
into the port at 11 a. m. today after
an uneventful voyage from Nagasaki,
which port she left April 29. Captain
Zeeder, of the Siberia, said he believed
the reports that his vessel was in dis
tress arose over confusion in the call
letters of the steamer Persia, with
which vessel he had been in communi
cation. These letters are "M. R. S..“
and they doubtless were mistaken for
“S. O. S,” the marine wireless appeal
for aid,
The wireless operator on board the
Siberia added that the atmospheric
conditions had been bad. making diffi
cult the sending of wireless messages.
The first erroneous reading of the
wireless calls from the Siberia evi
dently were maxle on the Osezekai sta
tion in Japan. They were interpreted
as setting forth that the steamer had
met with an accident and was in dis
tress. fuller wireless reports were re
sponsible for the belief that she was
sinking.
On receiving the news the Japanese
government dispatched cruisers and
merchant ships from Formosa to where
the Siberia was supposed to be ashore.
A British warship steamed at full
speed to her assistance and the Amer
ican naval authorities at Manila made
hurried preparations to send help.
KENYON RESOLUTION
“STIRS UP ANIMALS”
Washington, D. C., May 2.—Senator
Kenyon's hill to repeal the character
of the Rockefeller general education
board and his statement in which he
handed some hard wallops at the board
and at Rockefeller on account of the
Colorado strike situation has “stirred
up the animals." He received various
telegrams today from upholders of the
general education board in defense of
it