The O’Neil Frontier
Dl H. CRONIN, PubltaWi
yHEILUNERRAHA
Ruts are ths bane of country roads
find one farmer bat experienced until
be has found a way to eliminate them.
The Idea Is simple to All the ruts of a
prairie wagon road with concrete. The
filling should be four or Ave Inches
thick, and about eight Inches wide on
top the surface being hollowed out about
Sne and one-half Inches deep for ve
Jcle wheels. It Is easy to drive over,
as the wheels follow the tracks "with
first Intent,” and four years' wear on
the experimental road® built by the or
iginator show no wear nor corrosion,
A gang of laborers was employed
filgglng a mysterious ditch across the
Street. It was a sewer or a place to
Eut a gas pipe, or something. One man
l particular was working as If he were
a chorus man In a play. Just going
through the motions and pretending to
a ditch. The foreman came along I
and spoke to him. “Don't be afraid,"
he said, with rich sarcasm. "Lean on |
th' shovel now an’ thin. If It breaks
Til pay for It!”
Since the wireless telegraph appar
atus was first rendered practicable In
1196 It has been gradually perfected and
Ita use has extended to every large
body of water and to many large land
areas. In such regions as South Amor
ha and Africa, where the construction
and maintenance of the ordinary wire
telegraph lines are difficult, It Is prov
ing of value for land communication; I
but Its greatest service has, of course,
been on the oceans.
The coal produced In the Groundhog
district, Vancouver, Is said to be the
only hard smokeless steam anthracite
coal In the world outside of Wales,
Pennsylvania and West Virginia The
opening of the Panama canal will en
able vessels using hard coal to come
through the canal with a small amount
Of fuel In their bunkers and replenish
their supplies at one of the Pacific sta
tions with coal from the British Col
ambla mines.
Canadian trade In agricultural Imple
ments Is summarized In a return ta
bled in the House dealing with tho last
fiscal year. Canada Imported binders,
reapers, mowers, plows, seeders and
cultivators to a total value of $2,080,627,
and exported, during the same period, a
total of $3,228,866. The implements most
largely Imported were plows, while
binders led In the exports.
The Increasing Importance of the
automobile as a factor In International
trade Is apparent from the fact that the
exports of automobiles from six lead
ing manufacturing countries now ag
gregate $19,000,000 In value, an Increase
of 110,000,000 over those of 1912 and
$70,000,000 over those of 1908. In this
growing trade the United States occu
pies a prominent place.
Lon Lovelace has discovered a new
■port which he practices on Thousand
Island lake In Wisconsin. He has built
a combination aeroplane and Iceboat,
with which he can sull either on the Ice
or a short distance above It. He has
■pent the last winter hunting wolves
which are crossing the lake and aro un
able to escape to the land before be
overtakes them.
Charles Ackerson, of Bridgewater,
Conn., deserves the prize as rural free
delivery mall carrier. During the last
winter, with snow drifted to eight or
12 feet much of the time and hts route
leading through 21 miles of such
traveling, he has not mlBsed a single
trip. He carried a snow shovel every
day arid often had to shovel out a road
for his horse.
After being absent from home for
tl years, Richard Hoffman returned
to Belleville, N. Y., with the Intention
*f surprising his brother, who ho sup
posed would not recognize him. When
he reached his brother’s house, how
ever, he found that the pleasant man
he had been talking to on the train had
been his brother, who had known him
ail the time.
Dr. Kleiber, Swiss scientist, has dis
covered that the thick layer of ashes
covering the ruins of Herculaneum and
Pompeii contains large quantities of
potash and argil, a valuable agricul
tural fertilizer. He believes the region
Around Vesuvius Is rich In potash. It
Is proposed that the Italian government
•hall exploit the volcanic deposits com
mercially.
Among the moet recent substitutes
for rubber Is seaweed. In England there
1s being made from seaweed a product
which Is said to lie us good as rubber
for the manufacture of tires and simi
lar purposes, and while It has not been
used for boots, the experiments seem
to Indicate that It will be found cheap
«r and more durable than leuther or
rubber.
An enterprising firm In Hull, Eng
land, making oil, mill and other ma
chinery for export, has a prlvute pic
ture palace for rtmwing Its machinery
In operation under various circum
stances. The firm finds this particu
larly valuable In entertaining foreign
customers who want to see how the
machinery Is employed In actual prac
tlCA
At a Polish wedding In New Jersey
the guests onjoyed a 48-hour feast, n't
which a ton of oysters, seven calves,
12 dozen chickens and u “small moun
tain of sandwiches" were consumed.
After the feast the bride, according to
An old custom, danced with whoever
would give her a quarter, and earned
!a this way' about 14.
The king of England held a privy
council at Buckingham palace the other
day for the appointment of sheriffs for
the ensuing year. The list of names of
gentlemen eligible to serve was sub
mitted to his majesty, who made the
Appointments by pricking with a silver
bodkin opposite the names of the se
lected candidates.
Robert Danslng, who has been ap
pointed to succeed John Bassett Moore
as counsellor to the state department,
has. Ilka his predecessor, from his en
trance Into the law specialized In In
ternational matters, and has represent
ed the United States as counsel before
A number of arbitral tribunals and
dslrna commissions.
There Is a growing Inclination In
•ydney, Australia, to Introduce into
domestic architecture the American
mathod of placing permanent fittings
b all rooms of n house, so that the
tenant will need little furniture and the
Walls of the place will not be destroy, d
■T the moving about of large objects.
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London, which has never yet had an
ambulance, has at last ordered six of
teen, and expects to do all the work
far the entire city. In case of past acci
dents the policemen have had to com,
men deer the nearest wagon, depending
«n the generosity of the driver, as they
brara not able to ottgr him anything.
FULMER REFUSES TO
ACCEPT PRESIDENCY
OF Kf ABNEY NORMAL
Decides to Stay at Wesleyan
University and Help Solve
Financial Problems.
Lincoln, Neb., May 11.—Chancelloi
Fulmer, of Weslefcan university, who
was unanimously 'named for superin
tendent of the Kearney state normal,
by the stale board of education, has
filed a formal declination. He says that
he will stay with Wesleyan, which has
a big financial problem to solve, the
receipts from various sources falling
to meet expenses. The board of trus
tees of Wesleyan have given the chan
cellor aasurancea of help In securing
the needed money, and he decided to
remain. The Kearney position pays
$3,000 a year, nnd this Is the same sal
ary which Fuhner receives as the head
of Wesleyan. He said that the salary
cut no figure In his decision.
The state normal closes the latter
part of the month, and the board will
lake Its time about selecting a suc
cessor. Among the annlleants for the
position Is H. M. Gilmore, superin
tendent of city schools at Mason City,
la.
BLUE SKY OFFICIALS
RESTRAINED BY COURT
Lincoln, Neb., May 11.—The Farmers'
Life insurance company of Denver se
cured a:i Injunction, from Federal
Judge Munger. restraining the state In
surance commissioner from Interfering
with Its doing business In Nebraska.
The commissioner had refused a li
cense, claiming that the reports of the
company showed It had spent too much
for promotion expenses, and that ap
parently Its desire, In asking a re
newal of Its license. Is to sell stQCls
snd not Insurance. The commissioner
Is also enjoined from publishing any
defamatory statements regarding It.
The petition of the company also
brings Into issue again the constitu
tionality of the law, which took thg
Insurance department away from the
state auditor and placed It In charge
of a newly-created department. The
stale supremo court has a suit before
it. In which this same question Is at
Issue. The company claims that Com
missioner Urlan acted wickedly and
arbitrarily In denying it a license and
that Ills actions Injure and oppress It
greatly.
RAILROAD TAX EXPERT
OBJECTS TO VALUATION
Lincoln, Neb., May 11.—Tax Com
missioner Holleys, of the Chicago, St.
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad,
complained to the Btute board of as
sessment that the figure of $41,600 a
mile placed by it upon th,e road for
taxation purposes Is absurdly high,
when valuations on farm lands in
northeastern Nebraska are taken Into
consideration. He says that in the 13
counties In that section of the state
crossed by his line, the fnrm lands and
town lots are assessed at about 60 per
cent of their actual value, as shown by
recent transfers. If $41,500 a mite rep
resents only 60 per cent of what the
board thinks hts road is worth, then
this would mean that It considers Its
actual value $70,000, whereas the high
est possible figure would be $60,000 a
mile. He quotes tho valuation of the
road's property made by the state rail
way commission us a basis for earning
power as $37,7110 n mile, and insists
that the figure of $41,600 Is entirely too
high.
CIGARMAKERS PROTEST
AGAINST RESTRICTIONS
Lincoln. Neb.. May 11.—A delegation
nt striking clgarmakers have entered a
protest with Commissioner King be
cause, ns they say, the police will not
peacefully allow them to picket the
shop where the trouble Is on. They
claimed that the state law gave them
th.o right to peacefully picket a place,
but that at the request of the pro
prietor of the shop the police have
stopped them from talking to nonunion
men for the purpose of Inducing them
to quit work. The strikers said that
the men who have taken their places
are boarded by the proprietor, who
takes them to and from work In hacks,
and that the only chance they have to
talk and argue with them Is In front
of the shop, where they have been con
gregating.
YORK MAYOR ORDERS
ABSOLUTE BAN ON TANGO
York. Nob.. May 11.—Mayor Nelson
has put a quietus on the tango dunce
In this city. He. with an officer, was
called to the armory last evening. The
mayor said, after visiting the hall:
"1 saw enough. I felt sorry for the
flrls of good, respectable parents that
saw there. The dancing was coarse,
and cannot be permitted to continue.
We are not going to tolerate that sort
of thing In York. The next time It
happens complaints will be tiled against
anyone violating this order."
CRETE YOUNG WOMAN
WINNER OF BIOLOGY PRIZE
Crete, Neb.. May 11 The Ruth Mary
Stevens prize, given by Dr. J. F. Stev
ens, of Lincoln, for merit in advanced
work In biology, has been given this
year to Miss Besse Potter for her work
In beginning u collection of insects and
In recognition of the ability shown in
the class room. The money so award
ed is to help to defray the expenses of
a summer course of study at the ma
rine biological station. Woods Hole,
Mass.
RAISED AGE 20 YEARS
TO BLUFF YOUNG WOMAN
Lincoln. Neb.. May 11.—Edwin Cul
ver. a blacksmith who has lived In Lin
coln for 40 years, died yesterday. It
was supposed that he was 83 years old,
that being the age he had always given.
After his death a brother said that Cul
ver was really but 73. but that years
ago. when he was a young man and
bashful he got the idea that a young
woman was determined upon marry
ing him. To shunt her off his trail ho
told her that he was 20 years older than
he really was. and It worked. After
that, as a measure of self-protection,
he preserved the same fiction until he
came to believe it himself In later
years.
WINS $3,000 PER YEAR
TO EASE BROKEN HEART
London, May 9.—As a sequel to a
breach of promise of marriage, judg
ment was given today to Miss Derrlyle
Elizabeth Law. of Atlanta. Ga.. in a
suit brought to enforce payment of a
settlement of $3,000 a year made in her
favor by the late Oapt. Patrick Hamil
ton.
Captain Hamilton, a British army
aviator, was killed in a flying accident
at Stevenaga, England, on November
6. H I 2.
TALBOT PLANNING TO
USE “STEAM ROLLER"
AGAINST OPPONENTS
Having Only Uncontested Dele
gates, He Hope3 to Or
ganize Convention.
Lincoln, Neb., May 9.—With 80 pel
cent of the Modern Woodmen member
ship in open opposition to the present
head camp officers, it is now becoming
plain why the organization crowd hai
been keeping up their claims of control
at the national meeting, to be held al
Toledo, Ohio, in June. With unob
structed control of the delegations front
a few southern and eastern states, the
Inner circle contingent will try to em
ploy the old reliable "steam roller."
sometimes effective in political conven
tions.
The claim will he raised that only
"uncontested' delegates have any
rights in the preliminary organization!!
and these will be confined to the Tal
bot supporters. It is the expectation
to have these "uncontested" delegates
make up the roll of delegates. As the
administration crowd has conjured up
contests In all states where the antis
control, the next process will be to seat
enough of the bolter delegates from
these states to continue the control of
the present administration.
It Is a very simple process, as out
lined by the minority contingent, but
there may be some court complications
imposed against the program. The
antis have shown themselves to be a
determined and fighting bunch. They
are interested In ascertaining if there
is any possible process by which the
membership of a fraternal insurance
organization can secure a voice in the
management of its affairs.
It Is not only the Modern Woodmen
of America that is being given a test
at this time, but the condition applies
to every so-called mutual Insurance
company In the land. In all such com
panies. operating over a large territory,
the rule has been for the original pro
moters to retain control at will. This
is the first important effort ever made
for membership control of a mutual
insurance company, and precisely the
same trouble would be experienced In
any other large mutual company.
OXFORD NATIONAL BANK
TAKES STATE CHARTER
Lincoln, Neb., May 9—Another
feather was stuck in the cap of the
bank guaranty deposits law of Ne
braska today, when the First Na
tional bank of Oxford was given per
mission of the banking board to be
come a state Institution. It will adopt
the name of the Security State bank
of Oxford. The bank has a $20,000
capitalization. Its officers are: Presi
dent, W. C. Springer; vice president,
T. F. Mack prang; cashier, A. Von
Armsberger.
This is the tenth bank in Nebraska
to fly to the protection of the state
guaranty law in the last six months.
The names of the others are:
Nebraska National, of Norfolk, to
the Nebruska State bank; First Na
tional of Nelson, to State Hank of Nel
son; First National, of Lawrence, to
Security State bank; First National of
Henderson, to Farmers’ State bank;
the First National, Elmwood, to the
Elmwood State bank; Sutton National,
to State Hank of Sutton; First Nation
al of Bloomfield, to Nebraska State
bank of Bloomfield; Atkinson National
bank to the Security State bank of
Atkinson; Superior National bank, to
State Hank of Superior.
The combined capitalization of the
Institutions amounts to $360,000. Banks
under state regulation number above
the 72R murk at the present time. The
state guaranty fund has reached about
$860,000 deducting the $64,000 drawn
out for the aid of the failed Superior
State bank.
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PROTEST MADE ON FORM
OF SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
Lincoln, Neb., May 9.—A vigorously
worded protest against the form which
11 is proposed to use on the ballot this
fall In submitting the women's suf
frage amendment to the constitution
has been received by Secretary of State
Walt. It Is a request from the state
association opposed to women's suf
frage to be allowed to present argu
ments why the ballot proposition
should not be made clearer. As drawn
by the secretary and cordially ap
proved by the suffrage association the
proposition Is merely for and against
the amendment of the constitution
with respect to electors. What It does
Is to strike out the word "male” from
the stated qualifications for electors.
Mr. Walt has set May 12 as the date
when he will hear protests from the op
posing association. The suffragists
will also be represented. In the pro
test Just received the statement is
made that the lack of reference to wo
man’s suffrage will mislead and de
ceive a good many voters. They want
it made clear that when u vote is cast
for the amendment the voter knows
that he is giving the ballot to women.
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HOWARD SHIFTS AMBITION
TO HALLS OF CONGRESS
Lincoln, Neb., May 9.—W. H. Howard
Will not again be a candidate for
auditor, instead he will run as the re
publican candidate for congress in the
Second, or Omaha,district, if the ma
jority of republican electors want him
to do so. He sent his tiling to the
county clerks yesterday. Howard Is
serving his first term as state auditor.
He sought the office because he was
an experienced insurance man, and had
some ideas he wanted to put into
practice in controlling the business in
this state. A cruel legislature, within
two months after he took office, passed
a bill taking the insurance department
out of the auditor's hands and creating
a new department under a new and an
appointive chief. Howard has a law
suit pending in supreme court In which
this law is attacked, but he will not
wait this decision in deciding upon his
political future.
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McSHANE GETS VERDICT IN
SUITS FOR MEALS AT JAIL
Omaha, Neb., May 9.—It was planned
by County Commissioner Lynch yes
terday to have the board pass a reso
lution engaging Myron L. Learned as
special attorney to defend Douglas
county In all suits brought against it
by Sheriff McShane on his bills for
feeding prisoners, but the board laid
It over without action.
At the present time, Joseph T. Vo
tavu of Mr. Learned's office is repre
senting the county, though without a
resolution from the county board au
thorizing him to do so. He Is requir
ing a Jury trial on each monthly bill,
p,t a cost of $3S a day to the county for
jurors alone, though the law and facts
In each are the same. Following one
trial Tuesday, another was tried yes
terday in Judge Day's court, and as
before, the court instructed the jury
to return a verdict for the sheriff.
Kxperlments in cotton in southern
Spain have been so successful that It
may become one of the country's most
important crops.
DAN STEPHENS WILL
AGAIN TRY FOR HIS
CONGRESSIONAL JOB
Apparently Undaunted by Oppo
sition Aroused Over Nam
ing of Postmasters.
Lincoln, Neb., May 9.—Dan Stephens
will again be a candidate for the dem
ocratic congressional nomination In the
Third district, despite the roar raised
imong the politicians of his district
aver the fact that the postofflce pri
mary plan he put In force has deprived
them of rewards for party service.
Stephens filed with the secretary of
itate as a candidate at the democratic
primaries. He will be opposed by Art
Koenlgsteln, county attorney of Mad
ison county. O. 8. Spillman, a lawyer,
of Pierce, Is the only republican who
has Indicated his Intentions to make
the race.
J. F. Hansen, of Fremont. Is the first
of the progressives selected by the ex
ecutive committee to make the race
for state office, to make a filing. He
has deposited with the secretary of
state documents putting him In the
race for state auditor.
HASTINGS PUTS BAN ON
NOISE AT SUNDAY GAMES
Hustings, Neb., May 9.—The game be
tween Hastings and York last Sunday
was the first Sabbath day baseball ever
played In Hastings and the attendance,
In spite of the Inclement weather, wet
grounds and the fact that It was a
practice contest, exceeded all expecta
tions. Close to 1,500 persons were pres
ent.
The Hastings management has
adopted a rule which has done away
with most of the objections to Sunday
baseball—that of requiring the Sunday
crowds to keep the lid hard down on all
bolstcrousness and loud cheering. Pres
ident Delnes has decreed that anybody
who gets too noisy at Sunday games
>unds.
ASSEMBLING MATERIAL FOR
PROPOSED YUTAN CUTOFF
Omaha, Neb., May 9.—Although grad
ing on the Burlington's Chalco-Yutan
cut off has not began, building material
is being assembled The yards at Chal
eo are being filled with steel, ties and
bridge timber.
The grading of the 12 miles connect
ing up the Burlington’s main line from
Omaha west with the Ashland-Sioux
City- line will be finished within 60
days after starting. It Is a light grade
and there are but two, or three cuts.
It Is expected that grading will start
during the present month.
The steel to be used in the Burling
ton's new line Is said to Indicate that
company officials anticipate an enor
mous tonnage. Ninety pounds, the
heaviest laid Is being unloaded at the
Chaleo yards, while the ties are cedar,
the heaviest that can be found in the
Wyoming forests.
SACKETT DECLARES HE
WILL RUN FOR GOVERNOR
Beatrice, Neb., May 9.—Harry W.
Sackett of Beatrice, Is the progressive
candidate for governor. Mr. Sackett
made this announcement yesterday,
stating that he had notified Chairman
Corrick of the progressive party that
he would make the race if the requisite
petition Is filed.
Although Mr. Corrick announced Mr.
Sackett's candidacy two weeks ago.
there have been vague rumors that the
local man would not be willing to enter
the race or that he would line up with
the republican party.
Mr. Sackett served two terms In the
state legislature and was one of the
leaders In the fight for Roosevelt on
the convention floor in the last repub
lican national convention in Chicago.
He emphatically makes the statement
that he Is not a progressive republican,
ns some style themselves, but a "pro
gressive."
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PUTS BAN ON CATS, DOGS,
PIPES, CIGARS. CIGARETS
Lincoln, Neb., May 9.—States Food
Commissioner Harman has issued a
circular which contains, among other
prohibitions, a declaration against the
presence of cats or dogs in any kitchen,
dining room, bakery, meat market or
any other place where food is prepared
or sold. The smoking of cigarets,
cigars and pipes in these places is also
prohibited. The Instructions to food
purveyors tell them what they must
do with respect to maintaining sanitary
conditions, washing of hands before
beginning work, supplying towels and
wash rooms, keeping clothing clean
and barring all persons with contagious
or infectious diseases.
COAL WAR IN LINCOLN
RESULTS IN CUT PRICES
Lincoln. Neb.. May 9.—A price war
has broken out among Lincoln coal
dealers who have, for years, main
tained an organization that maintained
strict schedules. The cuts range all the
way from 50 cents a ton on hard coal
to >2.26 a ton on soft coal. These new
prices are all for delivery during the
next few months. The reason given Is
that last year several enterprising deal
ers employed solicitors to go from
house to house and convass for orders
for the winter's supply of fuel, with the
result that those that did not employ
solicitors lost a number of old time
customers. They are retaliating.
BOY KILLED BY EXPLOSION
OF EMPTY GASOLINE TANK
Foster. Neb., May 9.—The death of
Charles Parse on his father's farm
three miles southwest of here, was due
to the explosion of an empty gasoline
barrel, instead of the tank of an old
stove, as was at first reported. The
iron barrel was lying in the warm sun
near the barn. The head of the bar
rel was blown off and it Is supposed
that this is what struck him. mangling
his face beyond recognition.
OWNER OF GENOA FLOUR
MILL TAKES CARBOLIC ACID
Monroe. Neb., May 9.—H. E. Fonda,
proprietor of the Genoa flouring mill,
committed suicide yesterday after
noon by taking carbolic acid. The
cause is unknown. He seemed to be in
good health and enjoyed a prosperous
business.
TALBOT FORCES ROUTED
IN NEBRASKA CONVENTION
Hastings. Neb.. May 7.—Administra
tion forces of the Modern Woodmen of
America, with Head Consul A. R. Tal
bot in personal command, were defeat
ed. last night, on a test vots by the
Insurgents, in the state convention, on
the question of electing delegates to the
head camp at Toledo. Following their
defeat the administration men. headed
by Thomas S. Allen, of Lincoln, bolted
the convention and elected a contesting
delegation. The insurgents had previ
ously adopted a resolution, calling for
the retirement of the head officers and
repeal of the eo-called Chicago rates
AMERICAN SOLDIER
REPORTED SLAIN BY
GANG OF MEXICANS
Believed Irresponeibles Are to Blame
for Crime—Prompt Investigation
Will Be Ordered—Funston
Asks for Support.
Vera Cruz, May It.—Private Parks,
orderly for Lieut. Coy. Elmore Taggart,
who disappeared Inside of Mexican
lines Thursday, with two of Colonel.
Taggart's horses, was put to death by
the Mexicans near Tejera, according to
a report received here last night.
This Information, however, was not
regarded as conclusive. A Mexican
railroad man, the authority for the re
port, said he was told by one of Maas’
soldiers, with whom he had a talk In.
the vicinity of the alleged execution,,
that Parks had been killed. He said
also that the Mexican soldier told him’
that two nights before, another man,
dressed llko an American soldier, had'
been executed.
Colonel Taggart went by train as far
as the break in the railroad, near Te
jera, to try to get Information about
Parks. He said he heard the same
story as that told by the railroad man.
Even should the reported execution
by General Maas’ men of Private Sam-,
uel Parks, the orderly missing since:
Wednesday prove true army officers'
are Inclined not to regard one such in
cident as likely to precipitate a clash.
Maas Not Blamed.
They believe such an act would be
that of a subordinate officer without
authority and that General Mr as would
bo wholly Ignorant of the matter until
the Mexico City government asked for
an explanation. It is assumed here
that the matter will be taken up by
the authorities at Washington through
the Brazilian minister at Mexico City
and that the Huerta officials will make
a prompt investigation. General Fun
ston deems it inadvisable to open for
mal communication with General Maas
ftijd is therefore leaving the case to
Washington.
General Funston has asked that the
brigade equipment left behind at Gal-,
veston. because of lack of room for
horses and wagons on the transports.,
be sent forward. He Is also asking
that recruits for regiments here now
assembled at recruiting depots in the
United States be shipped.
The equipment includes a majority
of the regimental wagon trains and
horses for the signal corps. Lacking
these, the signal corps and quarter
master's department are hampered In
their work about the city and at the
outposts.
More Regulars Seen.
Reports from the north outposts and
the aviators indicate that there are
more regulars In that direction than
was heretofore thought. One party of
60 was seen. They made no hostile
demonstration and proceeded, appar
ently without paying attention to the
Americans. The largest party seen
northward previously was a small
squad which was sighted a few days
ago by an aviator.
The army estimates the population
of Vera Cruz, including troops and
American and Mexican refugees at be
tween 40,000 and 50,0u0. This is one
third above normal and accounts for
the water shortage. Efforts to limit
the water consumption are in progress.
Army officers report that the Mexi
can police are doing satisfactory work
Under the existing arrangement, they
handle only Mexicans, while the troops
take care of the cases in which solders,
sailors or foreigners are Involved.
DISAPPEARANCE OF CRAZED
MAN REPORTED BY FUNSTON
Washington, May 11.—General Funs
ton today, from Vera Cruz, confirmed
unofficial reports that Private Parks,
supposed to be insane, had been cap-,
tured by Mexican federals, into whoso
lines he rode with two horses belong
ing to Lieut. Col. Elmore F. Taggart,
whom he served as orderly. General
Funston did not report that Parks had
been executed, but mentioned the ex
ecution of an unidentified American
civilian.
The Parks Incident was summarized
In this statement by Secretary Garri
son:
"General Funston reported that on
May 6 Private Samuel Parks, belong
ing to the regimental detachment of
the Twenty-eighth Infantry, apparently:
went insane. He took two horses, the
property of Lieutenant Colonel Tag
gart, of the Twenty-eighth infantry,
and rode Into the Mexican lines. It
has been reported to General Funston
that the horses were seen In possession
of Mexican troops. There is also a
rumor than an unknown American
civilian In the Mexican lines was exe
cuted two days ago. Parks' fate is not,'
known. Mexican troops were last heard
of in the neighborhood of Tejerla,
where the tracks of the Mexican Na
tional railway have been torn up."
NOTED MINE EXPERT
TRIES TO END LIFE
Sewall Truax, Sufferer From
Rheumatism, Shoots Him
self With Revolver.
Chicago, May 11.—Sewall Truax. min
ing engineer and son of Col Sewall
Truax. of Tacoma, Wash., lies at the
point of death in his home in Highland
Park, u northern suburb, suffering
from a bullet wound in his head.
Mr. Truax for nearly two years had
suffered from a severe attack of rheu
matism from which physicians gave
him little hope'of relief.
Recently Mr. Truax sold one of his
revolvers and Thursday called for an
other revolver which he said lie in
tended to clean before disposing of it.
No one was in the room with him
when the injury was inflicted. There
were no powder marks visible and
members of the family insist the
weapon was accidentally discharged.
Cleanir^ Up.
From the Chicago Post.
"The fortress of San Juan da L'loa "
r*vs a Vw« Crus dispatch, "which has
Been notorious for centuries as the foulest
P* moil on tne American continent, has
been ordered vacated immediately by
Rear Admiral Fletcher. Dungeons below
the water line, cells in which the Inmates
could not lie down, recently used Instru
ments of tort ire and prisoners blind and
forgotten were among the shocking dis
coveries of the American officers."
This is the sort of work that Juntifles
Uncle Sam’s presence lri Mexico.
Iowa hens lay 1.000,000,000 eggs
yearly.
GREATEST YIELD OF
WHEAT IN HISTORY
INDICATED FOR 1914
First Official Estimate Places
Year’s Production at 630
000,000 Bushels.
BIG INCREASE IN ACREAGE
Spring Plowing Well Advanced and
Seeding le More Than Half Done
—Hay and Pasturage
Are Good.
Washington, May 9—The first official
estln. ite of the size of the crop of win-1
ter was made today in the May crop!
report of the crop reporting board, Uni-'
ted States department of agriculture,|
issued at 2: IB p. m. The report shows’
the condition on May 1 of winter wheat,,
rye, meadow lands and pastures; the
percentage of spring plowing and:
spring planting completed, the acre
age of winter wheat to be harvested,
the estimated outturn of the wdnter
wheat crop and the stocks of hay on
farms May 1. The figures are:
Winter Wheat—The average condi
tion of winter wheat on May 1 wras 9B.9
per cent of a normal; compared with1
95.6 per cent on April 1; 91.9 per cent
on May 1, 1913, and 85.5 per cent the
average for the past 10 years on May'
The area of winter wheat remaining
on May 1 to be harvested was about 35,
387.000 acres, or 1,119,000 acres less than
the area planted last autumn, but 3,-'
866.000 acres more than the area har
vested last year (31,699,000 acres).
The condition on May 1 is indicative
of a yield per acre of approximately
17.8 bushels, assuming average varia
tions.^. Prevail therafter. On the estl-,
mated area to be harvested (his would'
produce a final crop of 630,000.000
bushels, compared with 523,651,000
bushels harvested in 1913; 399,919,000
bushels in 1912; 430,656,000 bushels in
1911, and 434,142,000 bushels in 1910..
The outturn of the crop probably will
be above or below the figures here
given, according to whether the condi
tion from May 1 to time of harvest is
above or below the average change.
Rye—The condition of rye on May 1
was 93.4 per cent of a normal, com-’
pared with 91.3 per cent on April 1;
91.0 per cent on May 1. 1913, and 89.4
per cent the average for the past 10
years on May 1.
Meadow or Hay Hands—The average
condition of meadow or hay lands on,
May 1 was 90.9 per cent of a normal,1
rompared with 88.5 per cent on May 1,!
and a 10 year average on May 1 of
bs.l per cent.
, Hay on Farms—The stocks of hay on
farms on May 1 were estimated to be
,832,000 tons, compared with 10,828,000'
tons on May 1. 1913, and 4,744,000 tons
Bn May 1, 1912.
Pasture—The average condition of
pastures on May 1 was 88.3 per cent]
rf a normal, compared with 87.1 per
tent on May 1, 1913, and a 10 year
iverage on May 1 of 85.6 per cent.
Spring Plowing—Of spring plowing
10.9 per cent was completed up to May
I, compared with 67.2 per cent on May
I. 1913, and a 10 year average on May
1 of 66.6 per cent.
Spring Planting—Of spring planting
(6.4 per cent was completed up to May
I, compared with 57.0 per cent on May
I, 1913, and a six year average on May
1 of 54.6 per cent.
The Revenge of Neglected Thing*.
From The Survey.
. We may as well face the fact that so
long as we and our children are at large*
in a community, we shall be In danger*
Irom all the evils that are also at large
In that community, and, though we may;
ie able to exclude from our homes the
.noth, the housefly, the agent and the
*>urglar, we cannot exclude germs. They
jlde in on the trails of our gowns, they:
*re tracked in on our shoes. They come
In food and drink, in washes, in clothingJ
in wares. They come by messengers ana
iarriers and servants, as do the Influence*
If evil.
We need not go to the slums if we do>
rot wish. They will come to us, and,
Wreaking upon us the revenge of neglected
Ihings, they will avtnge the poor.
Yet it is not vengeance the poor are1
wanting. They only want help, and they
fo not dream how much we could give
Ihein, beside alms. They stand afar off,;
Hid look at us, beseeching, too timid to?
I nook at our forbidding portals. But the/
jvhite death, who has been their bed-fel
low. is not abashed by any grandeur or
^topped by any bar. He comes straight
from the filthy hovel to our homes, ana
peers in upon us through the windows*
while we feast, and laugh. He pushed
l>pen the door, and strides in, and sitting!
flown at our very fireside, looks into the*
laces of our best beloved, so that they
cry out and die!
The revenge of the slums falls not only!
upon the individual, but upon the city, irt
till its interests and activities.
It falls upon the city In losses of lives
knd money, taxes paid for pauperism, for
crime, for the cost of disease.
It falls upon the civic organizations that!
Ignore the slums, by the blight of their
Very ugliness and buyers from the neigh
borhood, and injures all adjacent prop
erty.
It falls upon them, too, by breeding a
rlass of citizens that are a dead weight
to civic progress.
It falls upon the business interests by
Killing or weakening valuable working
men, whose loss is felt In traffic, trade
and manufacture.
It falls upon the churches, by raising up
those who defeat and defy them, by lower-*
lng the whole moral tone of the com*
hiunity, and increasing the resistance id
the powers of good.
These are the ways in which we a,q
Scourged by the slums, and until wij
learn our lesson, we must continue to sui4
fer as well as the poor.
Ocean Traffic Impossible.
From the Christian Herald.
Several decades ago a learned professoi
delivered a course of lectures, in one of
which he proved to his own satisfaction
that the Atlantic ocean could never b<J
crossed by steam. Steam power had beeii
discovered and applied on land, but h«*
was confident It could never be applied tC
the ocean. Under the peculiar condition*
jof the heaving w'aves, the danger <>!
storms, the rolling of the tide, and s<
forth, you could never apply steam tr
navigation across the Atlantic. The bow i
In which that lecture was published wai
on the first steamer that crossed the Ah
lantic. The captain took It along as ;»
sort of curiosity. That book did not havd
a very large sale, but there has beep
quite a run of steamers ever since, ami
the professor ceased to argue that steam
could not be utilized on the ocean.
What la Your Idea of the Next World?
From the Woman’s Home Companion.
Charles E. Jefferson, pastor of thtt
Broadway tabernacle in New York city,'
In an Easter sermon entitled "The Othei4
World," begins by commenting on some
of the unsatisfactory pictures of the fu
ture that appear in the blble and other lit
erature. He then adds: .
"The fact's. there are no attractive pio
turea anywhere of the world of the dead.'
This Is because that world Is unpicturable..
We mar the beauty and power of it thej
moment we try to form an Image of lu
It is like God in lying beyond the reach]
of the pictorial Imagination. We cannot
liken It to anything that is In heaven
above or that Is In the earth beneath. Wa
Ban think heaven, but we cannot paint It.'*