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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1915)
PAID IN FULL THE GAME. ■ —~—————— When the game’s played with woman—boys play the game fair. Be a liar with all men—for men never care. But a woman loves truth—like a rose loves the aun. And the heart of the flower and woman are one. 3 When you learn hearts are trumps In the great game of 11/e^ When something tells you, "What you need Is a wife;” When your man-soul Is longing for something to cherish. For a love that will live when all other loves perish. Don’t try your old tactics of trying to look wise, Nor mistake for a trick the love-light In her eyes. When the stake la a woman’s heart, play the game fair, The man woman loves—Is the man who is square. —Eva I* Crawford. .'V', TO QUIT CAPITAL Report From Athens Indicates Constantinople Is Threat ened—Extent of Activ L JBl ities Wot Known. RAID ON EGYPT ABANDOWED Berman Lines Apparently Not Weakened In West—Attack Shifts In Poland—Rus sians Enter Hungary. London, Jan. 4.—The sultan of Tur key and his court are preparing to leave Constantinople, fearing the fall »f the ancient Turkish capital, accord ing to advices from Athens. It Is ex teedingly difficult to obtain any clear dea of the operations of the Turks, but lie attack on Egypt seems to have been tbandoned indefinitely. Whether the allied fleets are prepar ing to shell the forts along the Dar lanelles and the works protecting Con ttantinople is not known, but it is as i lumed that the sultan’s preparations p tor departure presage an offensive movement by the allies. Former dis jatehes stated that the embassies of he Germanic allies were preparing to lepart for the interior. It is known that a large fleet of French tnd British warships are now in tho lediterranean and Adriatic waters. Thursday, it was reported, that Pola, the great Austrian naval base, was un ler bombardment by 30 or 40 French tnd English warships. One French warship was sunk there this week by j' in Austrian submarine. Germans Gain Ground. y > £ The latest news available from the ,western battle front shows that little T’/ progress Is being made by the allied Jorces and rather indicates a sporadic renewal of the German offensive, with resultant slight gains In the Argonne ind French Flanders. These operations San hardly be classed as a general Serman offensive movement In the west, such as Is still being conducted In Poland, but the strength the Ger mans are showing seems to make it plain that they have not weakened ippreeiably their western army by transfer of troops to the east, nor has the pressure's of the allies broken their grip on Belgium and France, from the North sea to Metz. 4 Germans On Offensive. The German attack in France and Oelgium, intimated in reply to the of fensive movements of the allies has developed to such a point that the al lies now are on the defensive along the greater part of the line. The extent Df the German movement is shown j by today's French statement, -which ; speaks of a series of night attacks , against the allies along the front. I These onslaughts apparently were not I In great force however, and the asser- j tlon is made that they w-ere all re pulsed with ease. As to the'result of I recent fighting in Alsace and the 1 Argonne along the eastern portion of the front, there is a sharp conflict in the statements from Berlin and Paris. The German communication says fur ther ground has been gained In the Argonne and specifically denies the claims of the French war office that half of the Alsatian village of Stein bach has been captured and that the p French are making a further advance w there. The Paris announcement asserts that some of the territory lost to the Ger mans in the Argonne has been regained and that three new lines of houses have been occupied in Steinbach. occmmvj »»oeiA ridbca. General Joffre apparently Is still preparing for a general attack. By their tactics of feeling out the German line by attacks here and there the al lies are playing a waiting game, pend '■ Ing the time when, with the assistance 4 »f reinforcements, they deliver a con :entrated blow at some strategic point. With full knowledge that vast num bers of men are being trained in Eng land, Germany, it is recognized here, must be preparing to meet their entry Into the -war. It Is agreed that much Uepends upon the quality of the new formations on both sides. The English view is that Britain’s new troops will be the cream of the country, while Germany having sent in her finest forces at the outset, must depend for reinforcements upon those less fit physically. Moving Troops East. There are again reports of the movement of German troops from the west to the east. Advices from Am sterdam state that 200,000 Germans passed through Cologne on the way past and it is suggested that they are being sent to General Von Hindenburg preparatory to another great effort to batter through the Russian lines to Warsaw. The Germans are still attempting to press forward In Poland, but to the south the Russians have driven the Austrians further back—more than 60 miles in all. It is again reported that the Russians are pouring across the Carpathians into Hungary, causing the inhabitants to flee. In Poland the German attack ap parently has shifted to the southward. The Russian statement mentions fight ing of particular Intensity at Rawa, which is 30 miles south of Sochaczew, the recent center of German activity. , Herman attacks there, as well as in / :ast Prussia and in the region of Mlawa, in Poland, near tne east Prus lian border, are said to have been re pulsed. Austrians Defeated. The Russian war office announces !hat another defeat has been Inflicted ipon the Austrian forces In Galicia, vhose advance from the Carpathiana £ 'ecently was checked with serious con • lequences to them. It is asserted that fortified Austrian positions near Gorlice were destroyed tnd that 3,000 prisoners were captured. The Russian statement says, how ever, that the victory was won only ifter a hard battle and that fighting still continues. Indicating that the Aus trians are still capable of offering de termined resistance. Austrian war ships have bombarded Belgrade, the Servian capital, from 4f which the Austrians were driven short iy after they had occupied it. Some Jamage to property was caused by the oombardment, but so far as known ne Jves were lost. I Belief Now Prevails Battleship Formidable Was Sent to Bottom By German Submarine. Paris, Jan. 4.—The British battleship Formidable, which sank in ;t'ne English channel Friday morning with the greater part of the crew, was torpe doed off Portsmouth by a German submarine, according to a report cur rent in Paris. Portsmouth Is the chief naval station of England. It is situated at the southwest extremity of Portsea island, 187 miles and southeast of Southamp ton, and 65 miles southwest of Lon don. Portsmouth harbor is four miles in length with about an equal width, and its entrance is only about 400 yards across. It has been said that in this land-locked haven the whole British navy might ride in perfect security. The arm of the English channel with which it communicates is the road stead of Spitshead. London, Jan. 2.—The Daily Chronicle states that survivors of the battleship Formidable report that the vassel was torpedoed both fore and aft early Fri day morning and sank almost imme diately. The Chronicle’s Brixham corre spondent, who is authority for the above, says the captain of the trawler Providence, which rescued 70 surviv ors who had escaped from the battle ship in a cutter, states that other Ash ing boats were close at hand. Tho captain expresses the belief that other survivors have been rescued and taken to Dartmouth. He saw no other boats belonging to the Formidable, however. Thus far only 150 men of the For midable’s crew of 750 are known to have been rescued. A light cruiser picked up 80 and a’Tor bay trawler, 70. Among the rescued are eight ofAcers and six midshipmen. WATCH CASE COMPANY WINS ANTI-TRUST SUIT Philadelphia, Jan. 2.—The United States district court here today handed down an opinion refusing the govern ment’s petition to break up the Key stone Watch Case company, on the ground that it is a trust in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. The court in its decision, said: “The defendant declares that the policy of boycott had been given up before the bill of complaint was filed, und there is some testimony to this pffect. but the circular has never been withdrawn or negatived and the com pany’s resolution of January, 1B10, has lever been rescinded. We have no doubt that an injunction should be granted but we see no sufficient evi dence that the public interest requires us to break up the existing corporate mtity.” The suit was brought three years ago igainst the Keystone Watch company, ' which is a combination of several watch making concerns in various parts of the country and aleged bv :he government to control 80 per cent if the business. The government charged that the company restrained py forcing dealers to use its goods ex ilusively under a threat of boycott if [hey dealt with rival manufacturing concerns. BROTHER OF DR. ANNA HOWARD SHAW IS DEAD -• i Boston. Jan. 2.—Dr. James S. Shaw, well known in theatrical circles for nany years and a brother of Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the Na ional Woman Suffrage association, lied yesterday. Mr. Shaw was exam ning physician for the Actors’ Fund pf America. He was born in New Cas- ' tie, England, 76 years ago. PASTOR AND SERVANT MEET DEATH IN FIRE Believed Home of Cleveland Priest Was Set on Fire By An Incendiary. Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 4.—Rev. Steph en Makara. aged 42, pastor of St. John's Greek Catholic church, and his house keeper, Mrs. Fedor, were burned to death early today when fire practically destroyed the parish house directly at the rear of the church. Police believe the fire was of incendiary origin. Rev. Mr. Makara was found dead in his bed when firemen finally fought their way through the flames, which had gained much headway before an alarm was turned in. The housekeeper was lying in the hallway near Rev. Mr. Makura’s room, where she is believed to have been Overcome while hastening to arouse the priest. The police learned today that Rev. Mr. Markara, on November 19, was assault ed by two men and that he was re leased from a hospital only a few days ago. The men, according to the po lice beat the priest and robbed him. That they robbed him to conceal the real motive of the attack is the be lief of the police. STEAMER BRINDILLA SEIZED SECOND TIME Standard Oil Tank Ship Is Grabbed Off Scotland—Will Soon Be Released. Halifax, N. S., Jan. 2.—Word was received here today that the American tank steamer Brindilla, whose arrest by a British cruiser and detention at Halifax last October was the cause of diplomatic correspondence between the United States and Great Britain, re sulting in the steamer’s release, again had been intercepted off the coast of Scotland and taken to Aberdeen. The Brindilla’s first seizure off New York last October, resulted in a vigorous protest by her owners to the United States government. At that time the Brindilla had aboard a cargo of oil and was bound ostensibly for Alexan dria, Egypt. A British cruiser con voyed her to this port. The British suspected she carried contraband for Germany. The state department at Washington made representations to the British government which resulted in the Brindilla’s release, after she had been detained at Halifax a week. BELGIAN BURGOMASTERS ARE LOYAL TO COUNTRY Amsterdam, (via London), Jan. 2.—A lispatch received here from Ghent de scribes a meeting of Belgian burgo nasters to deliberate on methods of •aising the German war levy of 480,000, )00 francs in the course of which there vas witnessed an extraordinary out burst of enthusiasm for Belgium. The ocal German garrison made no at .empts at interference. The hall in vhich the meeting was held was lecorated with Belgium flags and bortraits and plaster casts of the king md queen of Belgium. The Belgian :ivil governor of East Flanders, Her nan De Baetz. presided. He lost no ime in making it clear that the meet ng had taken place under the lovereignty of the king and queen, vith whom M. DeBates declared, we Lre more than ever united. At these words the entire assembly irose, filled the hall with shouts of 'Long live the King; Long live the [ueen, and long live Belgium.” The meeting agreed that the German lemand should be met by a general evy on individuals. OPEN COAL FIELDS. Washington, Jan. 2.—Secretary Lan<» las signed the regulations by which Maskan coal lands outside the Bering ■iver and Matanuska fields are ipened in 10-acre tracs to Alaskans. l’he government makes no royalty or bther charges. CREATE ME PIE FOR 108 SEEKERS Unless Senate Comes to Rescue Assistant Postmasters Will Lose Jobs—Blow at Civil Service. Washington, D. C., Jan. 4.—Efforts of democrats in congress to break down the civil service have been nu merpus in the last two years. In sev eral instances these efforts to return to the spoils system have been suc cessful. The House has just witnessed another such attempt and it promises to be as much of a victory for the spoilsmen as others that have pre ceded it. This time it is in the case of the as sistant postmasters. The democrats in congress have been hankering ever since March 4, 1913, to rind a way of getting rid of the republicans who are assistant postmasters and who are under the civil service. They believe they have at last found the way. Two or three other efforts have been made to accomplish this, but they have not succeeded, because the assistant post masters are civil service employes and not easy to get at. The method used was to provide in the postoffice appropriation bill for abolishing the office of assistant post master in first and second class of fices. In place of assistant postmas ters, new officials known as superin tendents of finance and superlniend ents of mails are provided for. Unless the Senate takes a different stand and opposes the change, there is no doubt in the mind of any prac tical politician here as to what will ■ happen. The assistant postmasters, where they are republicans, will speed ily find themselves legislated out of jobs. _ _ _ PARAGUAY PRESIDENT IS PRISONER OF WAR | Escobar, Deposed Cabinet Of ficer, Leads Revolt to Over throw Government. Buenos Ayres. .Tan. 4.—Further dis patches received here from Faraguay, where a revolutionary movement has broken out setforth that the leader of the uprising Is Colonel Escobar, who recently resigned the position of min ister of war in the Paraguayan cab inet. The colonel has explained he re linquished his post because the pres ident of the republic. Dr. Edurado Scherer Insisted on the practice of economy in the army because of the warfare in Europe. Passengers who have arrived at For mosa, Argentine, on board the steamer Mexico, from Asuncion, confirm the reported imprisonment of the president. He was arrested by Captains Pereyra and Mendoza and confined in an artil lery barracks. An artillery regiment has taken the field. Several encoun ters have occured between the police and the rebels. All the regular ways of communication with Paraguay ar in terrupted. CONGRESS WILL VOTE ON SUFFRAGE JANUARY 12 Washington, Jan. 2.—A vote in the ! House on the woman suffrage consti tuttnna! ammendment on Tuesday Jan uary 12, was definitely agreed upon today by House leaders. GETS $10,000 VERDICT. Chicago, Jan. 2.—Miss Mary Sheets, who alleged she contracted lead poi- | son, yesterday was awarded a verdict of $]0,000 in her suit against the In ternational Harvester company. The case is said to be the first in which lead poisoning in printing shops ha» been proven. SING SING WARDEN AGREES WITH KIPLING Believes No Sensible Man Can Have Policy—Opposed to Death Sentence. From the New York Herald. Immediately after arriving here from Boston, Thomas Mott Osborne, the newly appointed warden of Sing Sing rrison, who Is to take office December , declared In his room In the Belmont hotel that he agreed with Rudyard Kip ling that no sensible man has a policy. He added he had expressed his con tempt for the whole prison system, as human nature was not taken into con sideration In the punishing of felons. "A great many evils can’t bo elim inated, of course," said Mr. Osborne, "except by legislation. At Sing Sing there Is no place for the men except the damp stone cells. Confinement In such wretched places is terribly degen erating.” Asked If he was gratified at his ap pointment, he replied: "Only as a man who Is gratified over an Important piece of work where he has a great opportunity. In my letter to Superin tendent Riley, as already has been told, I wrote that I realized pretty clearly the conditions that prevailed. Up In Auburn you know, they look upon me as at least half a crook. “I probably was on more confiden tial relations with the prisoners In Au burn than any outsider has ever been. You see, I not only served a week in that prison a year ago, but when the scarlatina epidemic broke out last June I was quarantined with the prisoners for two weeks. Then I also did pick and shovel work in one of the road camps for a couple of weeks." . Mr. Osborne said he had no right to say what changes would be made until he got to Sing Sing and saw for him self what could be, done. He added that years ago he declared It was fool- , ish to take office with object of ac complishing one particular thing. “I expect to do everything I can that will accomplish the turning out of as many men as possible who are desirous and able to go straight” "Are you opposed to capital punish ment?" he aBked. “Ye^ I am absolutely against it. Why the taking of life should be wrong where a few persons are concerned and right where many are concerned In It, even under due process of law, I do not understand. My conception of prison Is that the present system is all wrong, so Is capital punishment. It is found ed on the notion of revenge, and I be lieve that the prison system should be founded on reform and rehabilitation." IN THE MORNING OF SECOND BRONZE AGE Copper Metal of Future—Be- ; comes More and More Es sential to Civilization. _______ From the Kansas City Star. i Copper Is the metal of the future. ' The many mechanical and electric In- } ventlons that have crowded the last ] half century literally eat copper. Day ] by day the consumption Is Increasing, i This is the morning of the second i bronze age. 1 The ultimate destiny of copper can- ’ not be prophesized. Mining, mechanical, electrical, hydraulic gas, in fact tech- | nical engineering or all different dis- t Unctions finds Its growth firmly rooted < in the beds of this base metal. The ( amount consumed in telegraphy and * telephony alone Is enormous today. Copper combined with tin was the : first metallic compound known to man; ( for bronze, which is the technical name , of this compound, has giver, its name t to archaelogical epoch, and students i have many metallic relics, such as do- s mesUc implements, arms, and orna- * ments, etc., which they can study to * give them a hint as to the manners and customs of the people of that prehis toric age. Unfortunately the knowledge j of the art of tempering copper, which j was known to the ancients, has been ^ lost, for it is a fact that this metal was " cast, not only Into shields and breast plates for the Roman soldiers, but Into sharp edged weapons and tools. In America copper was used exten- r Bively by the aborigines, whether they 1 were Indian, Aztec, Mayan, or Incan, s The national museum of Mexico con- £ tains' many specimens of both imple- 1 ments and utensils cast in the red c metal, of remarkable design and work- c manshlp. Copper Is a beautiful metal. Its bril liant red color distinguishes it from all c others. When polished It has such a 1 light reflecting quality that Us sheen 1 rivals the luster of gold. It Is to a high f degree malleable and ductile. Iron Is < the only metal which exceeds It in ten- 1 acity. It ranks second to silver as a 1 conductor of electricity, and is much preferred to the latter metal in this use. 1 It does not rust readily. 1 The distribution of copper In na- ‘ ture is extraordinary. The metal is t found in all soils and ferruginous min- i eral waters and ores. However, It is r not only distributed throughout the earth's crust, but also traces of it are 1 found in seaweed, certain mollusks i (often being disagreeably apparent In oysters, in straw, hay, eggs, cheese, meat. In our own anatomy and even in our blood. While the United States Is the lead ing copper producing country of the j I world, still some of the Latln-Amerlcan t countries show unmistakable evidences nf large deposits. Australasia, Africa, t Bolivia. Canada. Chile. Cuba, Germany, 1 Korea, Mexico, Norway. Peru, Russia, Spain and Portugal, and even Japan, are all copper producing countries. The greatest mass of native copper found was discovered tn the I.ake Su perior region In 1857. This copper t nugget was 55 feet long, 22 feet at its widest point, had a maximum thick- ’ ness of eight feet, weighed about 420 t tons and was 90 per cent copper. i The history of electricity Is the his- 1 tory of couDoer. It serves In the con struction of dynamos and motors. Great quantities are rolled into wire annually for submarine cable and transmission lines for light and power Bervlce—In fact, more and more copper la being employed In the construction of electri cal apparatus, from the gigantlo gen erator in the dynamo room to the most Insignificant key of the switch that turns on the light or starts the motor whirling. Electrical railroad work obviously has taken enormous quantities of copper. Street car lines of cities take annual toll In many tons of this red metal. Tha railways that have Installed special electrical circuits point to another field wherein copper will be consumed in large quantities. While the uses of copper are numer ous and important, perhaps of even more importance is the service of the metal as an alloy, silver, various brass es, bronze and German stiver. Copper Is added to these soft metals In order to give them hardness. Thus we find It In the composition of gold that goes to make Jewelry; in the composition of silver coins; In gunmetal, bell metal, bronze and aluminum bronze, and very extensively in all kinds of marine con struction work. Tobin bronze, which contains a large percentage of copper. Is a specific compound that goes to ■heath the bottom of modern battlo ■hips. Developments In Egypt. From the Indianapolis News. The British press accepts the establish ment of a protectorate over Egypt and the Sudan as the. second and last step to ward annexation. The first was the dec oration of martial law. Annexation of the vast North African territory by Great Britain Is by no means a matter of form, is some suppose it to be. In working toward annexation in Egypt, England is ’ollowlng the policy followed in the case >f Cyprus, which ones, nominally tribu tary to the Porte, is now claimed by Eon Ion as a British possession. Until the pro tectorate, Egypt and the Sudan were nom nally provinces of the Ottoman empire. . Egypt adds 1,350,000 square miles of terrl ory and 14,000,000 people to the British em pire. Of these 14,000,000 all but a few hun Ired thousand are Mussulmans. In es abllshlng a protectorate Great Britain iliows no fear of a Mohammedan holy war; nor does there seem to be cause for 'ear. To all intents and purposes, the whole Egyptian and Sudanese regions are now iarts of the British empire. There Is thus wought to a close what may be termed he third period of Egyptian historj ae leparate from that of a foreign power, fhe first period—the ancient—was one of wealth and military glory; the second—the llohammedan—of warfare and servility; lie third of awakening and education un ler the tutelage of France and England. Vow a fourth period Is entered. Egypt ■ame prominently into the history of Eu ope in 1775, when Ottoman supremacy was restored. The appearance of Bona parte and the resultant clash with the English, the struggles of the Mamelukes, he bombardment of Alexandria by the British and the ascendancy of Mehemet VI1 followed. Mehemet All, though he 'ought against the beys, whose cause had >een espoused by England, did Egypt treat service In helping to free It from tbirkish power. In 1854 Said Pasha came o the front. The Suez canal was built >y the French, and telegraph offices and lanks established by the British. The profligacy of Said Pasha's successors irouglit British bankers Into prominence ind the purchase of shares of Suez canal itock by England under Beaconsfield's riddance linked the fortunes of the Euro lean power and the decadent government n the east. From that hour, when Englishmen en ered financially Into the interests of Egypt, British authority dates. Repeated iroposals were made to get out, and eev ral times cities were .evacuated. But here were always circumstances, at home >r abroad, which prevented. Up to the ast, the suzerainty of the Turk was ao :nowledged, and tribute paid, although he British financial adviser was really ho power in administration. As the year* lassed, and as the Gordons, Cromwells nd Kitcheners came and went, the cer ilnty of English control developed. Kitch ned was sent to Egypt as a minor officer n 1883. For almost 30 years he partlcl Rted In campaigns and government utles. Kitchener at Khartum In the Su anese campaign, Kitchener at Fashoda nd Kitchener at the war office when treat Britain takes virtually the last step a annexation, link successive stages of lodcrn history. It Is a strange and slgni cant development that brings Kitchener, rho was responsible for French evacua lon In Egypt, Into co-operation today dth the French In Europe. The eonclu lon Is Inevitable that Kitchener had much o do with the action Just taken with ra ard to Egypt. WICKED SCIENTIST PLOTS * - AGAINST GIRLS’ HAPPINESS ♦ ' | e»*»11 e t ♦ t m ♦ t From the Cleveland Platn Dealer. Washington—The world’s meanest ian has been discovered. He Is Dr. D. ’ercy Hickllng, an alenist of this city, nd he has presumed to put love on a cientiflc basis. He has Issued a formu i by which a doubting swain may as ertain without fail the name of his loscst rival for ’’her” affections. Here it is: Carelessly hold "her" wrist, as if aressingly. Craftily place your fore mger on ‘her” pulse. Then name over, n casual conversations the rivals you ear most. When you name the right ne “her” pulse will jump scandalous ly. If it increases something like 100 eats you might as well quit the race. To offset this mean betrayal Doctor lickllng has issued some hints to ths air sex on how to avoid nervousness. Scorn gossip.” he says, “and don’t si end to other persons’ business or %vorry ver their troubles, and you will be all ight.” Rut he doesn't say a word as to how luleinea might have kept the fatal ulse jump from giving her away. Father’s Kind. From Puck. Mother—What kind of a show did ■apa take you to see while you were In he city? Bobble—It was a dandy show, namma, with ladies dressed In stock rigs clear up to their necks. Perplexity. From Life. First Modern Parent—Aren’t you* wo children something of a problem? Second Modern Parent-—Yes, Indeed. 'hey go away to school for 38 weeks, o camp for 10. and that leaves four yhole weeks when I don’t know wher* o send them.