Nebraska Newspapers

    ' THE O'NEIL FRONTIER,
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
O'NEILL, NEBRASKA
Victor Hugo was born in Hesancon,
Prance, in 1802. He was the son of a
polonel In the French army, and re
ceived a classical education. After the
revolution of 1830 his plays of “Marlon
Ce Lorme” and "The King Amuse*
Himself,” were performed at the The
ater Francals. He was created by
Louis Philippe a peer of France, with
the title of viscount, but he arose above
this honor in being the author of ‘‘Lee
Mlserables.” He opposed Napoleon III,
and was banished from France, but he
returned on the fall of the empire. He
died in Paris in 1886, and was burled
In the Panthpon.
Cotonge’s toilet water industry, which
Is being so seriously affected by the
war was established in the beginning
•f the 17th century. Tire inventors of
toilet water (eau-de-Cologne) were Paul
Keminls and Maria Clementine, a
Catholic nun. They began on a small
scale, with few persons employed whom
they did not initiate Into the secrets
•f the whole process, the last and most
Important mixture being made by the
Inventors themselves. Paul Femlnls
left the secret with the Farina family,
while the nun bequeathed the secret
to one Peter Schaeben, who had been
her assistant for many years.
Michigan Is said to have the deepest
mines In the world, but ore Is being
mined at the depth of 6,000 feet In the
Catlln shaft, the deepest gold mine of
the Wltwatersrand In South Africa.
Considering the small and uniform in
crease In temperatures in this shaft and
the fact that there are apparently no
mechanical barriers. It is believed that
tnlning can be carried on at a profit at
a depth as great as 8.000.
pome of the Canadian regiment
brought their pets to England with
them. In front of one detachment
during the march through Plymouth
was a young trooper with the neck and
shoulders of a wrestler, and on his
shoulder, playing w.,h his ear, was a
\ame white rat. Another batulion In
tends to take to the front a small
black bear captured In the Canadian
woods.
The wonderful eaves of Bellamar,
CuDa, to the east of Havana, attract
the attention of the ambitious tourist
They are on a plateau as level as a
table top which presents no signs of tho
existence of such caves After descend
ing Into the earth, however, a picture
unfolds Itself. Then come many pas
sages, and at last the great "Gothic
temple," 250 feet long and 80 feet wide.
It Is reported that the British war
office has received from his highness
the Aga Kahn, an application 1o be al
lowed to serve as a private In the In
dian contingent for the front. His fligh
tless is the head of the Khoja Moham
medans, and holds sway over 50.000,000
of the Inhabitants of India. He te about
80 years of age.
Of the 107 ranking officers of tho
Pennsylvania railroad system, 163—In
cluding the president—started at the
bottom, sweeping out ears, carrying
water for laborers and other like Jobs
vf the very commonest kind. One hun
dred and forty-two of the 170 have been
In the service more than 20 years.
According to a notice Issued at
Rowestoft, England, by the captain In
charge of the naval base, a reward not
exceeding £1,000 will be paid to fisher
men for Information which leads to the
actual capture or destruction of an
enemy's vessel down to and Including
a mine layer or submarine.
King George and Queen Mary, at
England, did not use the state coach
and the cream colored horses on the
occasion of the opening of parliament.
This departure from the usual 'Custom
was rendered necessary by the absence
at the front of 89 of the royal servants.
Grown Princess Gecille of Germany
po longer claims as her chum heir cous
in, Grand Duchess Olga, of Russia, or
as her little friend, her cousin. Prin
cess Mary, of England. War bus sev
ered the ties that hound In friendship
most of the royal folk of Europe.
A Greek law of July 30, 1914. prohibits
the Importation, manufacture and salo
»f certain weapons, Including stilettos,
daggers and spring or double edged
• knives. The Importation of firearms of
all kinds without government permis
sion is likewise prohibited.
About 350 English barristers are now
■serving In tho British army. Arrange
ments have been made by the bar coun
cil by which briefs Intended for them
will be attended to by substitutes, so
that their practice will not suffer In
their absence.
•On the Minnestota farms, says a
careful statistician, speaking of the
fecundity of the different races in
America, only one Polish-Ameriean
wife out of 13, and one Engllsh-Amer
lean wife out or 12 have no children.
'In the schools of Australia boxing
has been Introduced as regular exer
cise for school boys. In Sydney 107
boys responded to the call for those
desiring It. and In Melbourne the plan
has proved even more successful.
Starlings are not liked In Australia
according to reports from the Ameri
can consul at Melbourne. Besides be
ing destructive to fruit, they are
charged with turning valuable Insect
eating birds out of their nests.
A ton of water from the Atlantic
ocean, when evaporated, yields 81
pounds of salt; a ton of Pacific water
79 pounds; a ton of Arctic or Antarc
tic water, 86 pounds; a ton of water
from the Dead sea, 187 pounds.
Of the total world production of
commercial cotton in 1913 the United
States contributed 60.9 per cent. Next
to corn, cotton Is the most valuable
crop grown here, and It is the largest
■Ingle item of export.
Owing to the number of doctors whe
have left for the war, Lambeth guardi
ans have decided to give each dcctor a
jfratutty of £60 at the end of the year
to encourage him to remain In the poor
law service.
The health commissioner of Milwau
kee Is planning to establish free dispen
saries and clinics In school buildings
at regular hours, not only for service
to tile children, hut to the general pub
lic.
Twenty-five dollars “for scrubbing of
the tomstones of my neighbors in the
graveyard" was one of the peculiar be
quests in the will of Mrs. Margaretha
H. Schmjdt. of Belleville. 111.
A rancher has applied for rental of
St9 acres of the Pike national forest,
Colorado, to be used in connection with
private land for raising elk as a com
tnercial venture.
Last season the average wheat yield
in western Australia was 12.2 bushels
amore than the average for the 10 sea
boom ending in 1913.
BANUIT GONZALES IS
KILLED BY OFFICERS
IN RESISTING ARRES1
Bad Mexican Chased to Covet
Near Scribner—Killed an
Omaha Detective.
Scribner. Neb. Feb. 22.—Juan Gon
zales, the Mexican, who la believed to
have killed Thomas Fling, city detec
tlve. In Omaha, February 10, was killed
by a posse near here late yesterday.
Three days ago Gonzales was at Nor
folk. but escaped after shooting at Of
ficer Pllger, one bullet shattering the
butt of the officer's revolver. No one
was Injured in the gun fight at Nor
folk. Gonzales' companion, Joe Con
tano, was captured.
He was traced to Scribner and yes
terday a farmer boy brought in the
news of his whereabouts. Four Omaha
policemen, with the sheriff of Dodge
county, went to the place. Gonzales
at once opened fire, but fell riddled with
rlfte halls None of the officers was
hurt.
Detective Ring, of Omaha, was killed
while trying to arrest a party of Mex
icans for box car robberies. It Is
claimed the three men were Gonzales,
now dead; Contana, captured at Nor
folk, and <’ontM80, captured at Kansas
'City.
TAYLOR FAILS TO GET
COLLEGES TO ITEMIZE
Business Suggestion Creates
Regular Rumpus Among
Nebraska Solons.
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Lincoln. Net).. Feb. 22.—The house o'f
representatives yesterday afternoon was
the scene of one of the liveliest talk
feats in the history of Nebraskn. Some
members lost their temper. It was all
over a demand made by Representative
Taylor, of Custer, chairman of a com
mittee to investigate methods used by
the State university In spending appro
priations. Taylor could not agree with
the rest of the committee as to whether
the committee should oring in a report
calling for itemized appropriations or a
blanket appropriation, as has been the
custom. Taylor insisted that the house
should instruct the committee, and the
majority of the committee said It want
ed no Instructions. Taylor charged the
members of the committee with being
Influenced by university suroundlngs
and they burled a defiance back.
Thumbell, of Sherman, shook his fist
at Mockett. of Lancaster, and wanted
to know by what right the university
could spend money year after year
without making the people an Itemized
statement, the same as any other class
of business.
On a roll call Taylor was sat upon by
a vote of 59 to 25, and Taylor then
announced that he would do no further
work on the committee.
ATTORNEY GENERAL BACK
IN GRACES OF MUTUALS
Lincoln. Neb. Feb. 22.- Attorney Gen
eral Reed has succeeded In making his
peace with the farmers' mutual Insur
ance companies. He appeared before
them at the meeting yesterday after
noon and explained that he was not
listing any of them as doing business
Illegally, but pointing out that their
own safety lay In strict compliance
with the law. If they will file a copy
of their original articles of lncorpora
tion ho will be satisfied. Secretary of
State Pool, who started the trouble,
got a severs hazing, while the dele
gates to the convention got no satis
faction from Pool, who contented him
self with saying that the companies
should blame the newspapers for print
ing the ItHtR of companies he had listed
as wanting *ln legality.
The association went on record as
being in favor of a state hall Insur
ance company, despite a fight made by
representatives of hull Insurance com
panies. who declared the state could not
lawfully go Into the business because
It would have to tax all of the people
for the benefit of a few, the hull belt in
Nebraska being well defined.
BROTHERS POOR WITNESSES
FOR DIVORCE APPLICANT
Lincoln, Neh., Feb. 22.—Elizabeth
Muller made a serious mistake when
she called her two brothers as wit
nesses in support of her petition for a
divorce from her husband, Frederick.
She said that she had married Muller
In Russia seven years ago, and preceded
him to this country. Stic sent him the
money with which to come to Amer
ica, but they did not get along well to
gether, and when he located in Colorado
she refused to join him.
One of her brothers said that in ills
opinion his sister ought to return to
her husband, and the other said iherc
was "unother guy" in the case. He said
this fellow had given his sister money
with which to pay for an operation,
und he had seen them together several
times. The court gave Mrs. Muller K
chance to call “the other guy," to provg
she had to borrow the money from liln'
after her husband and brothers had re
fused to help her.
rftrtn SUSSLY SHUKI t-KUlVl
DESTRUCTION OF WAREHOUSE
IJncoln, Neb., Feb. 22.—Three Lin
coln newspapers had to make a mad
scramble yesterday- to secure enough
paper to keep their perfecting presses
going. The reason was that a big
storage warehouse in which they sept
their reserves, burned during the light.
The loss with amount to JSO.OOO, the
chief losers being the Lincoln Trans
fer and Storage company, the Indepen
dent Harvester company and the Ne
braska Material company. The ,osses
were largely covered by Insurance. The
Lincoln mills, near by, were saved af
ter a desperate struggle. Fifteen horses
were burned.
Nansemond. the name of a river In
Virginia, is from the Indian word
Nawnschlmund, “the place from which
we were driven away." The Flint, in
Michigan, was called by the Indiana
f’erwonigo, “the river of the flint," from
the abundance of this stone on its
banks. Humboldt river, in Nevada, was
named by Fremont in honor of Baron
Humboldt.
FORMER UNIVERSITY HEAD
DIES AT PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Lincoln, Neb.. Feb. 20.—J. Irving Ma
natt. wlio was chancellor of the Ne
braska State university from 1885 to
1SSS. died tile other day at his home in
Providence, according to word received
in tile city. For the last 22 years Mr.
Manatt has been professor of Greek in
Brown university. After lie left Ne
braska. lie was named consul at Ath
ens. Mr. Manatt was the author of a
number of books. Mere of a scholar
than an executive, iio still did much to
put Nebraska university, after a period
of factionalism, soundly on Its fact.
SCHOOLMASTER CLUB
INDIGNANT AT CLAIM
OF“TRUST”TENDENCY
Head of Organization Disputes
Alleged Desire to Control
All Teachers.
Omaha. Neb. Feb. 20.—"There is no
school teachers’ trust in this state, nor
is the Schoolmasters’ club of Nebras
ka in any way concerned in the mat
ter of maintaining an embargo against
any particular teacher or teachers,” de
clared E. U. Graff, president of the
Schoolmasters’ club of Nebraska, when
told of the bill introduced in the legis
lature by Senator Henry, of Colfax.
While the bill itself makes no refer
ence to the Schoolmasters’ club, that
organization has been mentioned in
this connection and the ire of various
educators of the state has been aroused.
Proponents of the bill maintain there
is a teachers’ trust in this state and
that “sharp politics" are played by
members of the club. It is alleged that
the club holds the whip hand in mat
ters educational and that it bodes ill
for any teacher to work at cross pur
poses in school politics or to take any
stand which may be regarded as inimi
cal by the club.
HARLAN COUNTY COUPLE
ELOPES TO BLOOMINGTON
Alma, Neb.. Feb. 20.—Word has been
received here that S. A. Scott, a young
farmer living near Alma, was married
at Bloomington to Miss Minnie Ascfce,
the daughter of a prominent farmer
living near Republican City. The father
of the bride had refused to consent to
the wedding, whereupon the young cou
ple eloped, via automobile. The reports
are that the road was exceedingly bad
and that at places the prospective bride
and groom had to assist the chauffeur
in extracting the car from the mud.
After several minor mishaps they ar
rived in Bloomington Just as the court
house was being locked for the eve
ning. They persuaded the judge to re
main long enough to perform the cere
mony. after which they departed on a
brief honeymoon. The young people
are members of prominent families and
expect to make their future home near
Alma.
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DEAN BESSEY URGES NO
SEPARATION OF COLLEGES
Lincoln. Neb., Feb. 20.—Dean Bessey
of the State university, from his sick
bed, has addressed an appeal to the
stute legislature not to take the ad
vice of those who would separate the
state agricultural college from the Uni
versity of Nebraska. Representative
Taylor of Custer county is leading a
movement In th.e legislature with that
object in mind. Dr. Bessey is prob
ably on his death bed. the physicans
having given him but a few months of
life, and he wrote:
"After serving thelUniversity of Ne
braska and the College of Agriculture
as a united institution for more than 30
years I greatly deplore any attempt in
the legislature to weaken the connec
tion between th.e university farm and
the mother institution at the city
campus. It has been my duty to study
the development of such institutions as
this, and I hope that there will be no
change in the direction of the policy
that financial or otherwise has charac
terized it for all these years of Its
development."
Representative Taylor and Regent
Hall had a run-in at a meeting of the
board of regents, In which the legislator
came out second best. In the course of
their exchunge of remarks Hall told
Taylor that while he knew he was ec
centric, he had always supposed him
to be honest, but he was beginning
to doubt that. Taylor had appeared at
the regents’ meeting with a stenogra
pher and had proceeded to question the
regents in what they term a rough and
rude manner. Taylor thinks that the
money raised for the support of The
university should be divided equally be
tween the two institutions, instead of
two-thirds downtown and one-third to
the farm.
MUTUAL INSURANCE MEN
SCORE STATE OFFICIALS
Lincoln. Neb. Feb. 20.—Loud voiced
indignation marked the opening ses
sion of the Nebraska Association of
Mutual Insurance companies. At one
time practically every delegate was on
his feet demanding recognition so that
he might tell what he thinks of Attor
ney General Reed and Secretary of
State Pool. These two officials have
ruled that under the insurance code
passed two years ago, all mutual com
panies must file their original articles
of incorporation with the secretary of
state. As most of the companies have
lost their original articles and the sec
retary of state won’t accept amended
ones, the managers are ’ firmly con
vinced that this is a scheme of the
old line companies to put them out of
business, or at least in the position of
doing business Illegally.
A motion was passed asking both
officials to come down to the conven
tion and explain this action. "They
won’t come,” declared many of the del
egates. When the attorney general
heard of the racket he sent in a let
ter to Pool telling him that it will be
all right to accept copies of the orig
inals.
Interest was added to the meeting
by the declaration of Fire Marshal Rid
gell that any man who would Insure
$2,000 worth of property for $7,000
ought to be in the penitentiary, and
lie was finally forced, by criticism, to
include in his condemnation, the agent
who wrote such a policy.
WEAK BRIDGES MAKE MORE
BUSINESS FOR CONTRACTORS
Lincoln, Neb.. Feb. 20.—Charging
that the bridge builders were backing
the bill to reduce the minimum carry
ing capacity of bridges below 20 tons,
because thereby they would get more
bridges to build, the Nebraska Tliresh
erman association went on record as
opposed to any change in the law.
The following officers were elected:
Preside**, C. H. Gustafson, Mead; vice
presidenT/L. A. Knderle, Aurora; treas
urer and secretary, J. W. McHarry,
Juniata: executive committee. C. H.
Gustafson, F. E. Shannon, of Hastings;
J. G. Cole, of Roseland. and Henry
Peterson, of Colon; legislative commit
tee, M. H. O'Malley, of Alda; L. A. En
derle, of Aurora, and \Y. W. Grown, of
Falls City.
POLICEMAN DIES FROM
SELF INFLICTED WOUNDS
Omaha. Neb., Feb. 19.—William Har
eld, former policeman and watchman
at the Omaha Field club, who shot his
wife and then turned the gun on him
self Tuesday, at his home, 1142 South
Thirty-second street, died at St. Jo
seph hospital at 2:20 yesterday morn
ing.
Mrs. Hareld, who was shot in the
face, is also at the hospital, but she
will recover.
An investigation to find a motive lias
been started by thy coroner.
SENATE COMMITTEE j
GIVES APPROVAL TO
SHORT BALLOT BILL
Provides For Making Minor Of
ficers Appointive—In Form
of Amendment.
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 20.—Senator
Dodge's bill for the snort ballot has
been recommended for passage by the
standing committee In the senate. It
provides that the executive department
shall consist of the governor and lieu
tenant governor, for two-year terms,
and that the governor shall appoint the
secretary of state, auditor of public ac
counts, treasurer, state superintendent,
attorney general and commissioner of
public lands and buildings, at terms of
two years each. This is in line with the
short ballot reform advocated at a re
cent meeting of the short ballot league.
The Dodge bill is in the form of a reso
lution submitting the constitutional
amendment to a vote of the people at
the next general election.
A bill, designed as another slap at
W. J. Bryan, was killed by standing
committee in the senate, and the sen
ate consented to the assassination. It
was introduced by A. D. Spencer, of
Cage county, and provided that dele
gates to the national convention must
not swerve, under any consideration,
from the choice for president expressed
by vote of the people at the primary
election. This means that if Nebraska
democrats voted for Champ Clarke, aS
at the last presidential primary in this
state, Bryan and his delegation would
have to stick to Clark at the conven
tion, no matter what happened.
LEFT ABSORBENT GAUZE IN
HIS PATIENT’S ABDOMEN
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 19.—Dr. John W.
Greenman is charged in district court
with having negligently allowed a ball
of absorbent gauze to remain In the
body of Mary E. Plette. after he had
operated upon her for appendicitis and
gall stones. Mrs. Plette says that she
suffered great pain for about five
months after the operation. She called
in another surgeon and he removed the
foreign substance. She says her health
was permanently injured by reason oi
the doctor’s negligence and that she
was compelled to pay large hospital
and medical fees. She asks $10,650 dam
ages. The case is now on trial.
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peace advocate says
NATIONS SHOULD BE DEHORNED
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 20.—“The United
States had better wait a while before
building any more new battleships foi
the exclusive use of the junk pile,!’ de
clared Dr. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, poted
peace advocate, here to make a speech
before the State Peace society, which
Is celebrating the 100 years of peace be
tween English-speaking nations.
“So far the war has shown that the
dreadnaughts do not amount to much.
One or two little torpedoes and down
they go to Davy Jones’ locker. What's
the use of spending money for ships
that may be of no use when we get
them. I believe in evolution, and evo
lution shows that the necessity for
fighting Is dying out. The fanged,
horned and clawed animals are being
weeded out. The farmer grows horn
less stock and the Texas steer doesn't
amount to 'much any more. If the
farmer doesn’t breed the horns out ho
dehorns the animals. We are trying to
dehorn the nations.”
THRESHERMEN WOULD LIKE
TO CHARGE HIGHER PRICES
Lincoln, Neb., eFb. 20.—But two
things stand in the way of the Thresh
ermen's association adopting a stand
ard scale of prices for work. One is the
anti-trust law and the other the com
petition of the farmers. The members
think they ought to charge no less than
5 cents a bushel for threshing wheat
and 3 cents for threshing oats, which is
a half cent more than they now receive.
Most of the speeches made at the an
nual convention here were on the sub
ject of getting a remunerative price
for their work. The specter of the
anti-trust law has so far deterred them
from taking action. Then they took
up the subject of insisting on a thresh
ermen’s lien law, making the charge
for their services a lien on the grain
threshed. The principal stumbling
block in the way of a price agreement
is the existence of a number of farm
ers’ combinations, where each helps
the other get rid of his wheat. If
the threshermen raise prices, they fear
this movement may be given such
impetus that it will put them all out
of business.
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CONFESSES FRAUD AFTER
LAPSE OF 10 YEARS
Lincoln. Neb., Feb. 20.—Remorse has
come to Thomas Jefferson Lincoln,
after 10 years. Lincoln walked into the
police station yesterday and told the
captain that he had come to give him
self up. Ten years ago, at Abingdon,
III., he had made out a bogus check
for $30. signed it and passed it. He
Bllpped away from town and has never
been back since. He said remorse bad
gripped him and he wanted to be sent
back to face the charge. The police
locked him up and will wire Abingdon
to know if he is wanted.
LINCOLN UOMMLKUIAL CLUB
URGES LANDSCAPE GARDENER
Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 20.—If the oCm
merclal club has its way about it the
city will employ a landscape gardener
who will employ his time in securing
the beautification of vacant lots and to
assist citizens in making their lawns
and flower gardens visions of art. The
directors have secured lantern slides
showing what is being done in other
cities along this line and giving pic
tures of "before and after" in the hope
that the city commissioners may be
Impressed.
FARMER NEAR ALLEN
HANGS SELF IN HAYMOW
Allen. Neb., Feb. 20.—Perry W. Har
per, a farmer living on his father's
place about five miles east of here,
hung himself in the haymow Wednes
day morning. He fed the horses, tied
a hitching strap to one of the rafters,
stood on a cream can to fasten the
Btrap around his neck, and then kicked
over the can. He was about 43 years
old and leaves a wife and three chil
dren. The cause Is a mystery to all.
He has a sister. Mrs. Harry Hemstreet,
living at Morningside.
WASHINGTON REFUSES TO
COMMENT ON GERMAN REPLY
Washington. I). O., Feb. 18.—Ger
many's reply to the American note on
:he naval war zone around the British
ales had not been received today at
.he state department. Dispatches on
tther matters from Ambassador Ge
■ard, filed in Berlin yesterday, said he
lad delivered the American note, but
:hat the German reply had not then
teen delivered to him.
The outline of the Gerard reply con
ained in news dispatches, however,
?ommanded close attention in official
tnd diplomatic quarters, but comments
vere heing reserved until after the text
tas been received
RUSH OF GERMANS'
RELIEVED CRECKEO
ON RIVER NIEMEN
Teutonic and Russian Armies
Again Locked In Combat— ,
Von Hindenburg Trying
to Flank Warsaw.
CZAR’S ARMY REINFORCED
Both Sides Have Sustained
Heavy Losses In Galicia—
Kaiser’s Forces Harass
ing British In Belgium.
Geneva, (via Paris), Feb. 22.—A
dispatch from Cracow says the
Russians have begun to bombard
Przemysl with new heavy artil
lery and that they have driven the
Austrians back along the line
Krosno - Jaslo - Gorliee. The Aus
trians are reported to have suf
fered heavy losses in the last three
days at Wyszkow, near Dukla pass.
Petrograd, (via London), Feb.
22.—The Russian minister to Ru
mania, M. Poklevsky-Kozelle, in a
report to the Russian foreign min
ister, M. Sazanoff, says that ac
cording to such information as he
has been able to gather, Rumania
will continue her present policy of
armed and watchful waiting, tak
ing sides neither for nor against
Russia and her allies.
uviiuuil, J- CU, id id.-VJC1 llldll 1JIUVC1UCULO
on the northern extremity of the east
ern battle front hold first place in
the military situation, particularly so
as Petrograd believes that Field Mar
shal Von Hindenburg is trying to flank
Warsaw from the north, a task which
the Russians think is rather daring
and fraught with great risks unless the
German commander's forces are over
whelming.
The first rush of the Germans over
the east Prussian frontier seems to
have spent itself. The Germans now
are reported to be locked with Russian
reinforcements at many points, from
the Nlemen river, below- Kovno, down
to the right bank of the lower Vistula,
and military experts in London say it
is difficult to visualize this position.
The campaign in the Austrian crown
land of Bukowina continues with pros
pects of developing into a decisive bat
tle on the banks of the river Pruth.
In Galicia the repeated violent Aus
trian attacks against the Russian po
sitions in the Carpathian passes have
been costly to both sides, but they have
left the alignment little changed.
In the west the Germans are ham
mering away in an endeavor to recov
er lost ground and are reported to be
keeping the British troops especially
busy to the southeast of Ypres In Bel
gium and elsewhere along their com
paratively extended front, but. accord
ing to French and British claims, with
out appreciable gains.
SITUATION IS EVERYWHERE
FAVORING KAISER, HE SAYS
Berlin, (via London), Feb. 22.—Ex
plaining the situation in the east Ma
jor Moraht, military expert of the
Tageblatt, points out that reports from
general headquarters show the pursuit
of the Russians Is proceeding in three
directions. The northernmost has re
sulted in the capture of Tauroggen, but
not without fighting along the line from
Tilsit to Tauroggen. The Russians,
however, soon were forced to retreat
again, major Moraht says and it ap
pears that no reinforcements have been
sent them from Kovno. He continues:
"There also has .been fighting north
west of Grodno, probably against the
fortress garrison sent ahead against
the Germans. The situation is just as
favorable in the district of the Narew
river near Lomza, where the Germans
still are contending with apparently
fresh Russian troops from the fortress
at Lomza.
"This whole movement is the result
of the Mazurian Lake victory. It was
well prepared and splendidly carried
out to cover the right flank of the fort
ified line north of Tarsain.” •
Major Moraht declares the western
situation shows daily the hopelessness
of the allies’ offensive and adds: 1
"Our procedure there stands in a
certain degree under the pressure of
general conditions. We must, like Gen
eral Lee, abandon for the time our bold
warfare and restrain ourselves to a
steady holding on.”
RUSSIA DENIES REPORTED
HEAVY LOSSES IN BUKOWINA
Petrograd. (via London). Feb. 22.—
The Russian headquarter’s staff, in a
statement referring to a recent Aus
trian official statement declared that
the Austrian assertions that they cap- i
tured 29,000 Russian prisoners are not
true. As an example the headquarter’s
staff cites the Austrian claim that they
captured 12,000 Russians during the re
treat in Bukowina. This number it is
stated, exceeds the total number of
Russians engaged on this front and the
actual Russian losses were seven of- *
ficers and 1,000 killed, wounded and
missing. '
GERMANS SUFFER LOSS IN !
AN ASSAULT NEAR YPRES
Paris, (via London). Feb. 22.—The <
official statement issued this afternoon t
by the French war department says: i
"In Belgium—The enems* bombard'd
Nieuport and the dunes. His batteries I
were effectively countered by ours. The f
Germans appear to have employed !m- (
portant forces in yesterday’s attack
against our trenches to the east if t
Ypres. After a heavy bombardment i f t
our positions the Germans attacked ,
with the bayonet but were repulsed and ,
our artillery held by its fire the re
serves which were to have supported
the first line attack. The German losses
were very high. ,
"From the Lys to the Oise, and the
Aisne. in the region of Berry-au-Bac, n
great artillery activity prevailed." ,
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
EX-BANDIT JAMES HELD f
_ V
Excelsior Springs. Mo,. Feb. 20.—Fun v
eral services for Frank James, the for
mer outlaw, who died last Thursday, ^
were held today on his farm near here. r
John F. Phillips, a former federal 1
Judge, who defended James when he I
was tried for murder and acquitted in p
Gallatin. Mo., delivered the funeral ad
dress. b
After the services today the body was 11
taken to St Louis, where it will be b
cremated and the ashes returned to a 1
■ale deposit vault in this city.
HOLD RAILWAYS MUST
PROVIDE EQUIPMENT
Commerce Court Kuies They
Must Furnish Cars or Be
Liable to Damages.
Washington, Feb. 22.—The Interstatt
Commerce commission held today, in a
divided opinion, that it and not the
courts has original Jurisdiction in a
case where there is an alleged failure
on the part of a railroad to furnish
cars to the extent requested by a ship
per. The Illinois Central had denied
the Jurisdiction of the commission in
a case involving two coal companies
and argued that the question was one
for court determination.
The opinion held that a carrier must
do more than provide itself with suf
ficient equipment for the slack period
of coal production and must assume the
burden of explaining or excusing its
failure to furnish cars.
Commissioner Clark wrote a dissent
ing opinion, in which Chairman Harlan
and Commissioner Clements concurred,
holding that the question of requiring
a carrier to provide Itself with addi
tional facilities or respond in damages
for failure to do so, was essentially
a Judicial one and not within the powtf
of- the commission.
REBEL PLOT
STIRS TEXAS
Government Unearths Scheme
to Murder All Whites and
Establish Republic of Ne
groes and Mexicans.
Corpus Christ 1, Tex., Feb. 22.—The
preliminary inquiry into the alleged
conspiracy to form a republic of Mexi
cans and negroes in south Texas by an
uprising on Washington's birthday,
was postponed today until next Satur
day by U. S. Commissioner Southgate
because of absence of witnesses.
It was charged that circulars, print
ed in Spanish, were distributed
throughout south Texas to incite the
murder of all white American males
over 16 years old. The postponed hear
ing was on charges against Anotoilo
Gonzales and Manuel Flores of sedi
tious conspiracy.
Federal and state officials in south
Texas are prepared for emergencies
next Monday.
STATE OFFICE IS
Deputy Secretary of State In
South Dakota Testifies to
Mysterious Losses
From Drawer.
Pierre, S. D., Peb. 20.—That a large
Bum of money belonging to the state
eras stolen from the drawer of his desk
In the secretary of state’s office, was
Siven by John T. Nelson, deputy, as
’he reason there was not sufficient
’unds to make the December remit
lances to the state treasurer, and ac
counting largely for the shortage in the
iffice. The sum of $1,500 was deposited
>y Mr. Nelson on January 23 and on
hat same date $1,000 was‘deposited in
he American Exchange bank to make
sufficient funds to pay the state treas
jrer the $1,500
In the examination leading up to this
statement, Mr. Nelson, when asked to
'xplain about the $1,000 prior to the
ime it was deposited on January 23
;aid he would not like to answer if
le did. he would not want it given
publicity. Finally he asked if com
piled to answer, and doubted the uu
hority of the committee. He was given
>ver an hour to look up authority then
•eturned to the stand and said he had
lot had sufficient time. On an opin
on of the attorney general, read to
dm, that the committee had full au
hority. Nelson said the money had
men stolen and that he had personally
nade up the amount by the deposit o'r
lanuarv 23
Not Sure of Amount.
Nelson testified that he had no idea
low much money was stolen from the
'rawer, but he thought as much as
2,000. Later he said he was unable to
Itate the amount stolen. The drawer
lad been pried open. There was no in
iication that the door or window had
leen broken into. He had in mind
nine one who might have taken the
noney. but did not want to make
harges. He did not know whether it
tas stolen during the first half or see
md half of the year 1914.
He was asked as to the receipts for
he months of July. August. Septem
icr. October and November which
cere paid over to the treasurer bv
hecks, and if it was not a fact that
lie money could not have been stolen
n those months.
Mr. Nelson answered that he did not
now. The witness took full respon
ibility for all the transactions of the
(lice and said the loss was his own
nd he has made it up. He had carried
he less at first by taking current fees
hat came in the next month and ro
!onth d tHe fUn<i of the Previous
Says Glassner Blameless.
Mr. Glassner had never done anv
•ork in the office to amount to anv
nng, he said. As to the present short
ge. testified to by State Accountant
ruran, Nelson said there are a num
er of items to ofTset that and fees
till due the office from various cor
orations. If there is any shortage it
! aue ‘° errors. His own fault entirely,
ome fees have been lost bv checks
'bid, the office had received and
Inch were since protested
The witness thought he had notified
11. Glassner, secretary of state, of the
ibbery In November; it was quite a
me after the money had been stole-.,
a 1 a^ never notified the attorney gen
The committee may not compel him
i come, but probably will be satisfied
) make a report showing the general
".seness Of ihe accounting system „
ie office of the secretary of state