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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 16, 1914)
THE O'NEIL FRONTIER. O. H. CRONIN, Publisher. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA The new waterway, between Stettin and Berlin for veas< la up to 600 tuna, epened on May 18, 1814. Starting from Uie northwest of Berlin. It utilizes the •slating Spandau ranal, which has been considerably deepened arid enlarged, leads afterward to the Tegler lake, fol lows tlis Havel, where considerable dredging work has been undertaken, then rune along the Elnow canal and finally reaches the Oder at Hohen ■aathen, whence important improve ments have been carried out on the liver. Krom Berlin to Hohensaathen Is •bout 62 miles, the distance between Berlin and Stettin being 130 miles. Tbe total cost is estimated at more than $26,000,000. _ Ten thousand acres of land In the Santa Cruz valley, Arizona, are Irri gated with water obtained by tapping •n underground river. Twenty large centrifugal pumps, driven by electric power, bring an underground river to the surface. At times this river flows ®n the surface, during the rainy sea son. but as soon as tho dry months come along the water recedes beneath the surface of the earth. Then the elec trically driven pumps raise this wa ter back to the surface so It flowa Into the irrigation ditches. These main ca nals are tapped by the farmers for suf ficient water to irrigate their growing crops. The work of supervising the health of school children began about 14 years •go, at which time only eight Ameri can cities had any plan for protecting the health of school children. Ten years later It was reported that over 400 American cities had organized health work in schools. Today probably 100 cities havo corps of school nurses. As far back as two years ago It was re ported that 48 American cities were employing staffs of school dentists, nnd it is probable that many other cities have undertaken the Barne work within the time elapsed since thnt report. A greater danger to the putting greens of England than the autfragets has appeared in an Insect which now bears the namo of the "golf green fly." This Insect, which destroys the tender and delicate grass on putting greens, was discovered by a research student •t tbe Royal College of Science. Hap pily, the Royal College of Science hus proved its usefulness to the nation by discovering a powder that effectually destroys the "golf green fly" and sev eral other varieties o: fly that are dan gerous to putting greens. The Joint committee on automatic train stops of the American Railway association has examined a number of devices for the automatic stopping of trains, and has come to this Important decision: "No automatic train control apparatus, so far as known, can be uni versally applied without adding ele ments of danger In train operation. The expediency of Its Installation at any particular point must be determined by all surrounding conditions." The sen has been giving up large catches of everything this spring. Among other things, a sea mouse, measuring nearly BO Inches in length, the largest of the species ever caught oft Portland. Me., was taken Into that port from the fishing grounds of Half Wav Rock, bv Bernard Johnson and Harvey (doughty, two Bailey Island fishermen. The length of tho average sea mouse Is not more than three Inches. A revolver, which has been designed for the nervous woman to carry In her vanity bag, Is probably the smallest weapon of Its kind In the world. From the tip of the hammer to the end of the barrel It measures about three Inches, and It fires a steel bullet about twice the size of a pin’s head. The weapon, which Is tho latest production of a leading gunmaker. Is beautifully made with mother-of-pearl mountings. In England the bootblack's calling has always been a monopoly of the male sex, but In at least one Swiss town It Is Invaded by women. On •merging from the railway station at Zurich one sees three middle-aged women kneeling at their wooden blocks and eager to shine the travelers' shoes. When no customers are forthcoming the shoeblackesdes of Zurich spend tho time knitting stockings. Charles W. Branscornb, of Lynn, has the key to a church, formerly In Mar tha’s Vineyard, which was built In 1704. and which was destroyed by the fire more than 80 years ago. For many gsars after the fire the father of Mr. ranscomb hung the key on a tree, which so grew around the handle that It had to be sawed out A house In Lewiston. Me., has one half on each side of the street. It was cut In two, and one section moved across without a permit, but then the formalities of obtaining a permit halted the removal of the other section. State monopolies and undertakings In Japan yield an annual revenue of about $64,000,000. of which $25,000,000 comes from posts, telegraphs and telephones: $25,000,000 profits from tobacco; $5, #00.000 from salt and $5,000,000 from forests. The course of study In Alabama nor mal schools Is to bo radically changed to Include such subjects as rural so ciology, biology, domestic science, do mestic ark library methods, school gar dening and agriculture. By the use of wireless telegraphy to measure longitude It is believed that a map of the Belgian Congo, which would require 10 years to prepare In the usual way, can be made In two years or less. "I don’t know what to give Ulzzle for a Christmas present." one chorus girl •aid tv her chum. "Give her a book." suggested the other. And the first one replied meditatively, "No, she's got a book.” A Tasmanian apple orchard, eight years old, will net the owner In an av erage year from *200 to *300 an acre. The Increase of orchard area in Tas mania is at the rate of 2,000 acres a year. _ Ragtown. a cltv of about 3.000 In the •dl fields of Oklahoma, 1b perhaps the mUy town of its size in the United •fates that does not have a postoffice. M. Raghboom. a newly elected dep uty of France, who has been a news ▼adder for many years, still continues ta sell newspapers In the streets of Faria. Salmon fishermen In British Colum bia earn *15 a day. and some Instances whan the catch is exceptionally good as much as *25 a day. Inmates of Falrvlew asylum for the insane (Pennsylvania), Issue a weekly paper. _ _ _ Nearly *0 per cent of the alcohol marts In German/ camea from potatoes. PACK OF COYOTES TREE TWO MEN FOR MANY LONG HOURS This Was the Experience of Two Traveling Returning From Sand Hills. Harlett, Neb . .Tuly 12—Attacked by a pack or coyotes, held In a lone tree for more than 16 hour*, and then per mitted to escape In an almost miracu lous manner, was the story told here by Henry Townsend and Thomas Coup land? Townsend and Coupland were return Ing from a business trip to O’Neill when they were attacked by a large number of coyotes In the sandhill coun try. while they had left their automo bile to partake of a lunch near a stream. They were cut off from their car, but a lone tree was near and tho men made for It, Almost 100 angry coyotes snarled below. Hour after hour the beasts howled, but the men were safely out of their reach. Morning came, hut not one an imal had left. They appeared to be come more angry and hungry. Hud-i denly two crows passed a short dis tance over tho tree. Pour more were following the same course. Coupland drew his revolver. "Maybe I can get a little prey for those beasts below," ho told Townsend. He shot one of the crows. It fluttered for almost 300 feet with the coyotes after it. The men made a break for their ma chine 200 feet away. After devouring tho crow the maddened animals re turned and made a dash for the men. Coupland killed a Half dozen, whilo Townsend cranked the car. A moment more and the men were off. They soon outdistanced their pursurers. MISSING MEEKER NOW LIVING AT SEATTLE, WASH. Omaha, Neb., July 13.—Howard L. Mocker, the young farmer residing near Llewellen. Neb., who last February mysteriously disappeared between Chi cago and Grand Island, Neb., has been located, but no effort will be made to bring lilm buck to Nebraska. He is now In Seattle, where he has been for six months. Meeker took a ear of horses to Chi cago. and sold them on tho market there. They wero from his father’s ramli, the father being one of the rich ranchers of Garden county. Ne braska. It was learned that the horses were sold and that the young man visited his mother, who was 111 in a Chicago hospital. He left her, telling her that he was going home. That was the last seen of him by friends or rela tives. However, later It was learned that lie bought a railroad ticket from Chicago to Grand Island. The young wife of Meeker, who was left at Llewellen clung to the Idea that her husband had been murdered and the father wus Just as certain. A large sum of money was posted as a reward, but tills failed to result In locating the missing man. Later,* though, the re ward was pulled down and now word conies to Omaha thut Howard L. Meeker Is In Seattle. Recent developments show tltat young Meeker was met by a nurse of that town and that, together, they went west, not stopping permanently until they reached Seattle. HOBO POKER PLAYERS HELD UP AND ROBBED Futrbury. Neb., July 13.—Two tramps, a negro and a white man, held up 76 hoboes in the woods across the river ner the Rock Island bridge, last night, and relieved them of $76. The hoboes were engaged In a poker game when the two tramps appeared on the scene and Incidentally remarked. "Guess we will hold up the bunch. Throw up your hands." Tho white man gathered In the money, while the negro kept guard on the tramps. The holdups then disap peared Into the timber and it Is al leged they took the Rook Island rail road to Thompson. YOUNG MAN BADLY HURT WHEN CAUGHT IN BINDER Grand Island. Neb., July 13.—John Schuett. a young farmer residing near Wood River, was seriouslv Injured by being caught In the self-binder to which he was hitching a double team of horses. Schuett Is frightfully cut about the head and body and one eve was gouged out. He was discovered In the field by a young son, who was unable to remove him and ran to another field for help. His condition is dangerous. DISTILLERS TO CURTAIL MANUFACTURE OF WHISKY i.ouisvme. r\ y., juiy u.—More than half the distillers of Kentucky, accord ing to information made public, yes terday, have agreed to Join in a move ment that will reduce the 1914 output 20.000. 000 gallons, on account of large stocks and over production during the last five years. Ohio, Indiana and 11 ltnots distillers are said to be taking like steps. Distillers are pointing out that de creased demand is not responsible for the present curtailment. They say sta tistics show consumption of whisky has Increased from 20.000.000 gallons to 35.000. 000 gallons in the last four years and in the same time production has jumped from 20,000,000 gallons to 40 - 000,000 gallons. "The idea." said one distiller, “'is to let the demand catch up with the pro duction.” NEBRASKA DOCTOR DIES AT BALTIMORE HOSPITAL Baltimore, Md.. July 11,—Recently graduated from the Johns Hopkins Medical school and stricken with pneumonia Just as he was about to be married and begin practice of his pro fession. Dr. Lee S. Krake. of Plain - view. Neb., died in Johns Hopkins hos pital here last night. With him when the end came were his mother and fiancee. A Russian excursion to England Is being arranged for July, to study ''gar den cities." NEW LIQUOR PLAN. Paris, July 11.—In an effort to dis courage drunkenness in France the chamber of deputies today voted the abolition of the license lax on saloon keepers except In regard to distilled liquors. It has been found by the authorities that the tax has had a tendency to restrict the sales of the more wholesome wines, beers and ci ders in favor of spirits. Baskets are used a great deal by the German army for carrying shells and cartridge s. !j-J j NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES . ■ ■ ■■ ■ ,,,,i NEHAWKA—A stock com pay with a capitalization of $15,000 has been formed for the purpose of building an auditorium for the town. The building will be of brick, two stories and a basement. The middle floor will be used for all kinds of public gatherings and will be fitted with a fine stage. The upper floor will be used for lodge purposes, while the basement will be used for a library. F. P. Sheldon has been elected president ancl has named the following building committee: E M. Pollard, B. OTolph and D. C. West. FAIR BURY—Grant C. Brown, car fore man for the Rock Island, has a force of 45 men, including car repairers and car penters, engaged in coopering cars for grain service. The force is the largest in the history of the company at Fa!r bury. Owing to a shortage of box cars, the company is coopering stock cars to haul grain. New grain is already being moved to the Kansas City markets, YORK—Dr. Roy Lovell, a local veteri narian and horse trader. Friday morning gave himself up to the sheriff. He is charged with carrying concealed weapons and shooting at Edward Ashley to wound. The affray started over a horse trade In a livery barn at Bradshaw on June 30. J/ovell was arraigned before Judge Wray and bound over in the sum of $900 for a preliminary hearing July 23. STOCKVTLLE—Arthur Warner, a youth of about 16 years, was drowned in Medi cine river Thursday evening. He was in swimming with some boys. The wrater is high on account of recent rains and the current took him down. He had been working for Ira Shinley, about four miles from here. His body wag recovered and taken to Cuftis, where his mother now lives. NIOBRARA -Deputy United State* Marshal John Sides was here and arrested J F. Reeson, proprietor of a country store east of here, and J. H. Stevens, a farmer, for bootlegging liquor to the Indians. Both white men and Indian detectives employed by the government were here the past week to secure evidence. Reeson was placed under $1,000 bonds and Stev ens $500. UPLAND—While excavating for the new Upland school building, Elmer Bun ger found a lower jaw of a mastodon americanus with 10 teeth ranging in size from 2x2*4 inches to *4x*4 inch. The bone crumbled on removal from the yellow clay in which it was found, but the teeth are in perfect condition. This Is the first specimen of the kind found In this lo cality. NELIGH—A mistake in name occurred in an account of Nellgh prowlers. George Beehler was not arrested. He is a re sponsible and highly respected citizen and never at any time was even suspected of connection with this offense. The men arrested are both named Weigent and are brothers. FREMONT—Ail three of the prisoners who escaped from the Dodge county jail July 3 have been recaptured. James Belek and James Krudna, two federal prisoners, returned voluntarily from South Omaha, where they went to spend the Fourth with their families. William Tschudy, serving a sentence for petit larceny, was later arrested at South Omaha and brought hack to Fremont. Tschudy’s time expired July 6. Belek and Krudna left a note saying they would return after the Fourth. LINCOLN—As a result of the decision of the Iowa supreme court declaring the blue sky law of that state unconstitution- | al, it is expected that action may be ; brought in the supreme court of Nebraska to have the Nebraska law, which is simi lar, declared invalid. The Nebraska law seems to have the same defects as the Iowa law, and as there are people who are dissatisfied with it action may be com menced very soon. FREMONT—Chas. W. Schneider, a well known pioneer settler of Saunders county, died at a local hospital Monday evening, suffering with what physicians pro nounced Rocky Mountain spotted or ••tick'' fever. Mr. Schneider contracted the malady while visiting a son in Ore gon and started for home. When he reached Fremont he was unconscious and grew gradually worse. SUPERIOR—The trial of E. Bossemey er, Jr., for alleged “electioneering'’ May 22, was held In Justice of the Peace J. W. Kiefer, Jr.’a court at Bostwick Monday and resulted In a verdict of not guilty by the Jury after a minute's deliberation. The case was prosecuted by County Attorney Brubaker, and Mr. Bossemeyer was repre sented by Attorneys Buck and Agee. M’COOK—The farm home of C. C. Sel lin who lives a few miles northeast of Mc Cook, together with its entire contents, was destroyed by fire Monday night. The fire is thought to have been caused by a stroke of lightning. There is $1,500 insur ance on the house and contents. GENEVA—Monday, while riding on a binder in the harvest field, Dean, a 10 year-old son of James Hill, of Geneva, jumped off while the machine was moving and his leg was cut off below the knee. TECUMSEH—Miss Louise Hall, the 13 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, of Elk Creek, was run over by an automobile on a crowded street corner here. She stepped backward to get out of the way of one automobile and came di rectly in front of one coming from an other direction. Both wheels of a ton and one-half machine passed over her body, and when she was picked up it was feared she had been killed. It was found later that her greatest injury was the loosening of three ribs, no bones being broken. LINCOLN—Mrs. C. B. Cowdon. whoso husband disappeared a year ago, is of the opinion that an unidentified dead man now in the hands of the coroner at Blair, Neb., Is her husband. The information she has obtained coincides with some facts about her husband, and she has enlisted the aid of Sheriff Ilyers to secure further facts. The only variance in the description of the man with^ that of Cowdon is that the corpse has gold filled teeth. Cowdon lias been absent a year, and might have had his molars filled. LINCOLN—Mrs. J. II Harper, of Ben net. is in a serious condition as the result of having been gored by a cow. YVJth her husband she went out into the pasture to milk the family herd. One of the cows made a lunge at her, caught her on its horns and tossed her. She was picked up unconscious but the doctors think she will recover. OMAHA—Simeon Kartas. 35 years of age, a Roumanian laborer who worked at Armour s packing house, was run down and instantly killed last evening at Twen ty-seventh and Q streets, South Omaha, by an auto owned and driven by Frank Peruke, a Ralston saloon man. OMAHA—F. A. Nash, president of the Omaha Electric Light and Power com pany, has announced a raise in the wages of over 100 men working in the operat ing department of the company. The raise is from 6 to 10 per cent and is effective from the first of the present month. This announcement follows that of the lower ing of the light rate to private con sumers. wihch went Into effect July 1. WEST POINT—The local speed associ ation never had a better prospect for a successful race meet than exists at this tliue. The entry list for this year for all but running horses closed June 25 and showed that 130 horses have been regis tered and 174 entiles made. NO REPORT FILED ON TEST PERIOD OF NEW WESTERN UNION RATE Burden Will Be on Company to Show That 25-Cent Mes sages Are Confiscatory. Lincoln, Neb., July 11.—Burden of fruof that the 25-cent day rate tele graph law enacted at the last legisla tive session is confiscatory and un remunerative is on the Western Union Telegraph company and not the rail way commission. That much has been decided following the completion of the six months’ test by the company as to the mount of business done under the new statute. The company has sent all of its fig ures to the New York offices. They have been there for some time and the company's delay in reporting them to the commission is taken by that body to mean that the returns do not show what the company wishes them to in order to make its case strong. At the time the company attacked the statute the contention was made that tho rate would not compensate tlie company for the expense of han dling messages. The commission as sumes now that business has increased and that the volume of business more than meets the legitimate expense. Experts of the commission intimate that despite the size of the Western Union company its methods of segre gating expenses are antique and should long ago have been relegated to the scrap heap. If the matter comes up on hearing before tho commission the experts believe that the company’s ac countants will have to devise an en tirely new and up-to-date method of keeping track of expenses. LEVY MADE ON LIONS TO FORCE LICENSE PAYMENT Lincoln. Neb., July 11.—Hagenbeek & Wallace’s circus will cut Lincoln out of its itinerary in the future. The show was billed for two performanpes and a parade yesterday. When the manager went to the city hall to get a license he was told that it would cost him $200. His head hit the ceiling. It was a holdup, an outrage. He would not pay it. City Treasurer Dayton replied that then there would be no parade. Mr. Manager said that he wouldn’t pay $200 to parade in any town. It was all off. Then he started out. Mr. Dayton said it would cost him $200, whether he had a parade or not. The circus man de clined to pay a cent. He repeated this later, after he had seen an attorney. His show was located outside the city, and he said lie did not have to. Then Mr. Dayton got busy. He caused the arrest of four balloon sellers, and threatened to arrest every driver for using the city streets to draw the wagons across town. The showmen laughed. The treasurer and the chief of police levied on a cage of lions. Then the showmen threw up their hands, paid over the $200 and cursed loudly. EXPERT CLAIMS^LLEGED O’CONNOR WILL IS FORGERY Hastings, Neb., July 11.—That the old will found among the papers of John Culivan and purported to be that of John O'Connor, bequeathing his en tire estate to the Omaha man, is a forgery, was the testimony of former State Bank Examiner E. E. Emmett, now connected with the Corn Exchange bank, of Omaha, who appeared as a writing expert here yesterday after noon. He said he reached this decision by comparing admitted signatures of O’Connor to that signed to the will. Th.e signature of James H. Culivan, of Chadron, a deceased brother of John T. Culivan, of Omaha, appearing as a witness on the will offered for probate, was verified by J. W. Finnegan, of Chadron, who said he had known the Culivan brothers for many years. The signature of J. K. Scott, another wit ness to the will, was recognized by Finnegan as well as by J. H. Pittman, real estate dealer, and H. E. Relsche, bank cashier, both of Chadron. CLOCK AGENT “GETS HIS’’ IN SCHOOL HOUSE CONTRACT Lincoln, Neb., July 11.—Lincoln tax payers are saying harsh things about the school board. They did not like it when they discovered the board was spending $660,000 for a high school building, when but $350,000 in bonds was voted for that purpose. Then they cried out loud when they discovered the president of the board was also the president of the company that was fur nishing part of the brick. But the straw that broke the camel’s back was when they found out the board had decided to spend $5,600 for clocks for the high school and a new grade build ing. The board substituted wooden dials for the marble ones they desired, but this leaves $4,000 as the clock bill. Clocks are in every room, even in the lineman's department. The state uni versity clock system cost $300. BLOODHOUNDS IN USE TO LOCATE NIGHT PROWLERS Nellgh. Neb., July 11.—Beatrice bloodhounds were brought here yester day in an effort to run down night prowlers who have terrorized this city for the past month. Every few nights efforts have been made to enter resi dences, the homes of women living alone being especially favored by the prowlers, and in three instances an en trance was obtained, but the parties were frightened away by the cries of the women. Nothing was taken from the homes entered. Wednesday night an effort was made to enter the home of it. J. Forsythe and the men were seen at work. They went from there to th? residence or ('. J. Best, across the street. Parties who saw them gave tip; alarm and a large posse was soon in pursuit, but accomplished nothing. The women of the city are in a state of d-rror over th* operations. AGED WOMAN KNOCKED FROM BRIDGE BY TRAIN Seward, Neb., July 11.—Thinking she could cross the bridge uhead of a pas senger train. Mrs. ljzzie Smith was caught near the end of the bridge over the Blue river and knocked to the ground beneath. As she is 75 years old. it is believed the shock will result in her death. She was taken to her home, a block from the bridge. Mrs. Smith saw the train coming, but thought she had plenty of time to get ahead of it. —♦— FIRE MARSHAL INVESTIGATES SIX INCENDIARY CASES Lincoln. Neb., July 10.—State Fir* Warden Ridgcll has men working on six Incendiary fires that have occurred in the last few days. One was at South Omaha, two at Omaha, one at New port, one at Hubbell and one at Sar gent The expense of this department Is borne by the insurance companies, and whenever an agent reports that suspicious circumstances attach to a fire, an inspector is sent to the place. At Hubbell several • business houses were burned, it was given out there that lightning start' 1 the blaze. ASHES OF ANARCHISTS DISPLAYED IN PUBLIC New York “Reds” Defy Mayor and Thousands Gather for Funeral Service. New York. July 13.—Seven thousand persons, some professed anarchists, some members of the Industrial Work ers of the World, the Free Speech league and kindred organizations and some merely curious, gathered in Union square this afternoon for a dem onstration in memory of the three men killed In the bomb explor on of July 4. The ashes of the victims was exhibited in the urns. The mayor had forbidden it. Police surrounded the square before the service was begun. There was no immediate disorder. New York, July 13.—Patrolmen in every police station in Manhattan were held in readiness today for duty in Union square where the Anti-Mili tarist league, the Mother Earth as sociation and anarchists planned to hold a memorial service for the three men killed in a bomb explosion a week ago. The proposed funeral procession today is in honor of Arthur Caron, Carl Hanson and Charles Berg, the victims of the bomb explosion was definitely arranged last night after Mayor Mitchel declared that no paradf would be tolerated. FAMILY ORCHESTRA BOOSTS MILK CROP Esthetic Bossies Show Bet ter Results When Soothed By Dreamy Music. Erickson. Neb., July 13.—Are cows fond of music? Harold Haighmeister, who has a herd of 23, is convinced that his animals have well defined tastes in that line. Halghmeister'e cows are accustomed to music each morning and evening of the year. They appear to enjoy it, and he is sure they give more milk under these soothing conditions. The Haighmeisters are musicians of local renown. There are 10 in the fam ily. While the father and two or three of the boys are engaged in milking the cows, the other members of the family form an orchestra on the porch of the ranch house. As a rule they play “dreamy” music, for Mr. Haighmeister says marches or ragtime seem to irri tate the cows. “If I did not believe the music had a soothing effect on the cows, I would not have my family go to all this trouble,” Haighmeister said. "We have been trying this method for the last three years. Just the other day Mrs. Haighmeister and six of our children went to Greeley to attend the dedica tion of a new court house there. They did not return in time for the evening chores. Two of my sons and myself had a difficult task that evening trying to milk. The cows were nervous and ever- little thing seemed to annoy them. We were unable to milk six of them.” TWIN CITIES WIN RATE CONCESSION Washington. July 13.—Acting on a complaint made by St. Paul and Minne apolis commerce commission, which set up the claim that existing rates to various points in South Dakota and North Dakota gave Chicago and Sioux City advantage over Minneapolis, the Interstate Commerce commission to day ordered the Milwaukee railroad to make reductions on its transcontinent al lines for distanpes up to 60* miles. It was complained that the class rates from Minneapolis and St. Paul to South Dakota and North Dakota points, located on the Hastings and Dakota division, the James river di vision, now consolidated with tho Hastings and Dakota division, and the Trans Missouri division of the Mil waukee are unjust and unreasonable and subject Minneapolis and St. Paul manufacturers and wholesalers, and the people living in tke. territory of des tination described, to Undue and unrea sonable prejudice and disadvantages. The destinations involved include stations from Milbunk, S. D., the first station west of the Minnesota-South Dakota boundary, to Montline, N. D., the first station east of the Montana North Dakota boundary; from White Rock to Fargo, N. D.; from Milbank to Stsseton, S. D.; from Over to Har lem, S. D.; from Edgeley to Mitchell, S. D.; from Linton, N. D., to Orient, S. D.; from Moreau Junction to Isabel, S. D.; from Trail City to Faith, S. D.; from Mcl-aughlln, S. D„ to New Eng land, N. D. In support of the allegation of un due prejudice and disadvantage, com parisons are made of the rates from Minneapolis and St. Paul with the rates from Chicago. Milwaukee, Sioux City, Winona and Duluth to the destinations The complaint is brought by the Minneapolis Civic and Commerce as sociation and the St. Paul Association of Commerce and the railroad commis sion of South Dakota intervened in Its support. The Chicago Association of Commerce, the traffic bureau of the Sioux City Commercial club and the Sioux Falls Commercial club Intervened In opposition to the complaint. The Commercial clubs of Duluth, Minn., and Mitchell, S. D„ were represented at the hearing The evidence introduced by the com plainant consisted almost entirely of rate comparison. The rates complained of were shown to be considerably higher than the rates for like distances prescribed for interstate traffic by the state of South Dakota. The distance tariffs prescribed by the state of Min nesota and Iowa for traffic within their respective boundaries were shown to be upon a still lower level. PAGET IS COMING. London, July IS.—Sir RaJpph Paget, assistant under secretary of state for American affairs, sailed for America today. Sir Ralph was formerly a sec retary of embassy at Washington. His visit on this occasion is purely a holi day one. He is accompanied by Lady Paget, whose mother is the daughter of the late Paran Stevens, of New York. SAYS HE WAS ROBBED OF HIS $7,400 ROLL Chicago. July 11.—Joseph Goodwin, of Vale, Ore., sent a telegram from Oma ha. Neb., to detective headquarters to day, reporting that lie was robbed of $7,400 by four men. two of whom were armed with revolvers, in a south side hotel before he left Chicago last Thurs day afternoon. A ) 'ven.mi.nt enumeration in Alaska shows -I7.fi:.', reindeer. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PRACTITIONERS HIT “Commercialized Prayer” Ille gal Court Holds—Another Justice Dissents. New York. July 13.—Commercialized use of Christian Science teaching was held by the appellate division of the supreme court to be illegal. The conviction in a lower court of Willis Vernon Cole, for practicing medicine without a license, when ho accepted fees for Christian Science treatment, was sustained. The higher courts, in Its opinion, answered In the negative, its premise: "Is the commercialized use of prayer for the avowed purpose of treating all persons seeking cure for all kinds of bodily ills the practice of the religious tenets of a church?” Cole, formerly a sculptor and poet, testified at his trial that his practice brought him an annual income of $6,000; that he had never studied medi cine; that he never solicited fees but accepted those offered him. Clifford S. Smith, of the committee on publication of the Christian Science church, issued a statement later de claring that the practice of Christian Science differed from the practice of medicine and that It could not ‘‘be made the same by law.” It was announced that in all prob ability the case will be appealed. The appeal probably will be based upon a dissenting opinion rendered by Justice Dowling, saying that if Cole indulged simply in silent prayer with his pa tient, there was nothing unlawful in the set, as by so doing Cole might honestly believe was "assisting the cure of the alleged patient by placing his patients in the proper spiritual attitude toward their Maker.” AMERICAN AIRMAN WINS GREAT RACE London, July 13.—The aeroplane race from Hendon to Paris and bacls today was won by Walter L. Brock, the American airman, who recently carried off the aerial derby round Lon don and the London-to-Manchester air race. Brock arrived at the Hendon aero drome just outside London at 4:48 o’clock, having taken exactly three hours and a half to fly from the Buc aerodrome outside of Paris. As his < flying time on the outward journey from Hendon to Paris was 3 hours and 33 minutes, the total duration of his double journey was 7 hours, 3 minutes and 6 seconds, official time. On this arrivial Brock received a great welcome from the huge crowd assembled in the aerodrome. He ha3 become very popular in England since his arrival here from Chicago two years ago. Raoul Garros, the Frenchman, was the second to return to Hendon. He arrived at 6:24 p. m., having taken four hours and 14 minutes to ac complish the homeward journey. His total flying time was 8 hours, 19 minutes. Paris. July 13.—Walter L. Brock, the American aviator, was the first of the six contestants in the London-Paris London aviation race to arrive at the Buc Aerodrome. He landed at 18 min utes past 11. Lord John Carbery w as second at 12:04 p. m., and Raoul Gar ros, third at 12:10. Brock’s flying time from London to Paris was three hours 33 minutes. Carbery's, three hours 52 minutes, and Garros’, four hours five minutes. Breck started on his return journey to L®n4on at 1:18 p. m. Brsck was the first to arrive on the French side of the channel. He landed at Hardelot near Boulogne, and aften taking a 15-minute rest continued his flight to Paris. Carbery. Garros and Eugene Renaux, two Frenchmen, closely followed Brock, Renaux carrying with him a woman as passenger. Two other British entrants, Reynold H. Carr and Louis Noel, de scended before reaching the English coast from London. Carbery started for London at 2:05, p. m., and Garros five minutes later after making some repairs to his aero plane. A Renaux arrived with his passenger ’ just two seconds before 3 o’clock. A great crowd greeted the aeroplanes at the Buc Aerodrome. DETERMINED GIRL TO PROFIT BY DEVOTION Pittsburgh, July 13.—A 17-year-old girl striker, whose action, in waving an American flag in front of the column of Pennsylvania constabulary when they entered the strike zone in East Pitts burgh 10 days ago, nearly led to disor der. will be among those to return to work nt the electric plant Monday gnd she will go to a better position. Captain G. L. Adams, commanding the constabulary, so admired the deter mination of the girl that, before leaving the district yesterday, he went to the company officials and obtained a pledge from them that the girl would not suf fer because of her act. The officials. It is said, also promised to promote the girl, whose name has been withheld. MONEY APPROPRIATED FOR FIRE SUFFERERS Washington, D. C.. July 13.—Con gress yesterday appropriated $200,000 for’ the relief of sufferers from the Salem, Mass,, lire. The House, in ' spite of vigorous opposition, led hy. Chairman Fitzgerald, of the appro priation committee, accepted by a vote of 161 to 66 a Senate amendment to the sundry civil bill to provide the money. The president has urged the ap propriation in a special message, and the Massachusetts delegates had been pressing for action for a week. Representative Fitzgerald told the House that while the sympathy of ev eryone went out to the destitute peo ple of Salem, it was no part of the federal functions to appropriate money for them. CUT EXPRESS RATES. Jefferson City, Mo., July 13.—An or der reducing express rates in Missouri 21 per cent was issued today by the Missouri public service commission. SHIP GOES AGROUND; POSITION DANGEROUS ————— i Buenos Ayres, Argentina, July 11.— The German steamship, Mendoza, went ashore today in fog off Megoles Point on the Argentina coast. She lias 257 people on hoard including passengers and crew, and telegraphs by wireless that her position is dangerous, GERMAN POET DIES. Rome, July 11.—Frof. Julius Roden burg. the German poet and author, died here today in his s4th vear.