Nebraska Newspapers

    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.
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j NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
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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.
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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
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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.