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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1915)
1 THE O’NEIL FRONTIER. I ^ 1 .:.- 'SOS D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA In the Flathead Indian reservation. Bear Camas, Mont., Is an artesian well containing hot mineral water, said to be the only one in the world. Around It, within a mile, are other artesian wells in which the water is clear and oool. A few years ago the govern ment, threw open the Flathead reser vation, and those who were success ful in the drawing now own fine ranches in a fertile valley. Artesian wells have been struck at a depth ranging from 90 to 366 feet. In the summer of 1913, on a ranch within a mile of one of these cold wells, drillers were at work when, at the depth of 244 feet, hoi water gushed upward with such force that the drillers were forced to flee. In a few days the rush of hot water had washed a large hole, with the drill still In. though incapacitated. The well was Anally curbed so that It could be used. The water is 120 Fah renheit. flowing at the rate of 60 bar rels a minute. The British soldier Is never at a loss when sarcasm is needed, and an ex ample of his readiness was seen the other day in one of our seaside towns where thousands of men are in train ing. A long route march had been in progress, and the officer had been none too patient. Several times he had had •ccaslop to speak strongly to the men. At last, on the march home, the order came "March easy"—the time when songs are Indulged in. There was no call for "Tipperary” this time, but unanimously they started singing, "Kind Words Can Never Die.” The officer’s feelings are not described. A notable tribute to English beer was paid by the abbot of Monte Casino in a conversation with Lord Hounghton, reported to Sir Mountstuart Gran-Duff. Discussing English university reforms, the abbot expressed his hope that the British government would not interfere with the college founded in honor of the ever-blessed Trinity at Cambridge. Lord Houghton Inquired the reason for the abbot’s special solicitude, and the answer given (with a gesture of delight) was “Una tale blrra” (Such a beer)—* compliment well earned by the Trinity audit ale. ■ » - Abdul Ha ha, at the head of the Ba haist sect, which It Is asserted, has di verted about one-third of the popula tion of Persia from Mohammedanism, la now 70 years of age. He spent 14 years in prison, being released when 66 years of age. At the age of 18 he be Ei hie public work, and for 62 years proclaimed his faith. For It he was Tlsoned. He travels royally, 1s possessed of unbounded zeal, and be uves himself divinely appointed. For years past the sum of $16,000 a year has been set aside out of the Ger man military estimates for the upkeep and development of a pigeon service, and nearly 300,000 feathered messen gers were available at the beginning of the war for military service. Beyond these army pigeons, all trained bird* belong to civilian*, even the pets of school boys and school girls are care fully registered and numbered and may be commandeered by the war depart ment at any time. Robert Fulton was one of the earli est Inventors of the submarine. He con structed a boat in France and gave a trial trip In the Seine at Rouen and at Brest. Compressed air was used and Fulton remained at a depth of 25 feet, steering his submarine In every direc tion. He also attached a torpedo charged with gunpowder to an old ves sel In Brest harbor and blew her up. Moles, clumsy and almost blind, be come perfect demons when they quar rel. No one knows what they quarrel about, but when once they start fight ing one has to die. They will keep on la the presence of any number of spec tators, hanging on to each other like bulldogs and burying their enormous ly strong teeth 4n each other’s Mesh with the utmost fury. Much of the ivory from which our piano keys, billiard halls, knife han dles and combs are made Is collected In Siberia from the fossil remains of the giant mammont, the greatgrandmother of the elephant. Many of these tusks are 260,000 years old, having been pre served In frozen soil or ancient Ice only recently brought to the surface. The smallest school In England If not In the world. Is that In Augton where, although there are only tire pupils on the register, onlv two are attending, th school. A teacher Is em ployed for their benefit and spends as much time on them as on a larger gathering. A number of French cities, owing to the scarcity of coin, have, with the sanction of the government, issued bank notes for a franc (20 cents) and a half franc. Now the town of Eper nay, in the Champagne district, has Issued a note for 25 centimes, or 6 sents. Black spruce Is the most abundant tree In Ungava, and constitutes over 90 per cent of the forest. Balsam Hr Is found nearly to the edge of the for est belt. Larch Is probably the hard iest tree of the subarctic forest. It Is next In abundance to black spruce. Tho balance wheels of a watch vi brates 300 times a minute, or 157.680,000 times a year. As each vibration cov ers about one and ono-half revolutions, the shaft on which the balance wheei Is mounted makes 236,520,000 revolu tions In each year. When a Chinese lady approaches a muddy place she beckons a boy. The boy drops on his hands and knees in the mud and the lady uses him as a •topping stone, for which service slit gives him a small coin. As showing the possibilities for tre< gowth in regions where irrigation has to be depended on. it is pointed out thai Boise, Id., has 94 kinds of ornamenta and shade trees. More than half of the world's popu lation lives In the tropics of the ole world. Under British rule alone ther< are more than 325,000.000 dwellers ii the tropics. The United States Imported mor than 1,000,000,000 pounds of coffee las year, a record exceeded only twice be fore. In 1904 and 1909. Experiments have been so satlsfac tory that the Greek army will form ar automobile battalion, with 400 moto: trucks. Under The Hague convention of 190 prisoners of war are entitled to pay fo any work they do. The average annual eggs yield o each hen In the United States is 70 The record Is 303. An elephant has more muscles In iti .trunk than any other creature has li I its entire body,_ HOGS DIE OF CHOLERA IN CAR; OWNER GETS VERDICT OF $928,27 Claim Made That Infected Car Caused Disease—Unusual Damage Suit. Broken Bow. Mny 3. An unusual Verdict was rendered In district court this week before Judge Hostetler, the case being that of B. J. Tierney against the Burlington railroad. The plaintiff brought action to recover damages front the railroad company for loss on a shipment of h, gs from Ansley to Billings, Mont., in February, 1914. The petition stated that the car con tained 89 hogs at the time of leaving •»nd when it arrived at Sheridan, Wyo„ seven dead animals were found in one aar, which was unloaded and the re maining hogs quarantined for cholera. Transportation being refused through Wyoming and Montana, the hogs were shipped back and sent to South Oma ha, where the car was quarantined by the federal authorities. The plaintiff alleged that the hogs were ull sound when shipped and that the disease was communicated to them by an infected car furniBhed by the company and asked damages in the sum of $1,406.34. The railroad com pany denied any liability for the loss of the hogs and alleged that it was through no fault of the company that the loss occurred. The case was given to the jury and, after being out two hours, returned a verdict for the plain tiff, awarded him damages in the sum of $928.27, the value of the hogs lost at the maximum liability of $10 each, contained in the contract of shipment, and interest from date of loss. FIGHT CONTINUES OVER $100,000 O’CONNOR ESTATE Hasting*, Neb., May 3.— In an effort to solve the mystery of the late John O’Connor, whose $100,000 estate Is be ing fought over by more than 200 al leged heirs, the searchlight yesterday was turned on James Brady, of Omaha, Union Pacific shopman, who died In testate at Excelsior Springs, Mo.. April 21, leaving an estate of $28,000, but no known heirs. One of the claimants has alleged that O’Connor’s real name was John Brady. The name James Brady has been discovered In the register of the Victoria hotel, of Omaha, and the handwriting is said to bear a striking resemblance to that of John Brady in the O’Connor cryptogram. The register also contuins the name John O’Connor. John T. Culavin, Omaha, who says O’Connor's name was Brady, haB been sojourning in Excelsior Springs. A photograph of the Brady signatures was taken today and forwarded to the state attorney general for comparison. Matters in connection with the O'Connor case will be probed by the grand jury on May 10. Deputy Attor ney General Barrett, who has been looking up evidence for the Jury, will also atd in the jury's investigation of local conditions. —4— WOMAN SUES POLICE JUDGE ON CHARGE OF SEDUCTION Lincoln, Neb.. May 3.—Mrs. Thirza Sudduth, of University Place, has brought suit for $20,000 damages in the district court of Lancaster county against Police Judge Bruce Fullerton, of Lincoln, charging seduction of her daughter, A^is Goldsmith, 18 years of age. She alleges that Fullerton became acquainted with the girl when she ap peared as a witness in a case in the police court against her stepfather. "I acted as attorney for her mother at one timo and at another sentenced her father to a short term in jail,” he said. George Adams, Mrs. Sudduth’s attorney, has attempted to make me put up $10,000 as a settlement, but 1 have llways refused.” Miss Goldsmith reiterated what had been said by Judge Fullerton and add ed that their relations had been noth ing but professional and that It wiub all a scheme on the part of her mother to get money from the judge. BRYAN OPPONENT NOT HELD ON DIPSO CHARGE Lincoln, Neb.. May 3.— J. H. Allen, charged with being a dipsomaniac by Felix Newton, as a result of political differences brought on in the city elec tion. Thurday night was placed in the city Jail, but turned loose by the in sanity board yesterduy, before which a hearing was held. Newton acknowl edged that he had neven seen Allen drink anything, but thought he acted as If he had at times. —4— SAYS SALOON MAN PAID TO STOP REMONSTRANCE Norfolk, Neb., May 3.—Because he suspected that a financial considera tion, paid by a certain liquor dealer was the price for the sudden with drawal against several saloon peti tions at the hearing a few days ago Mayor Friday called all Norfolk saloon men into the city hall Thursday nlghi and publicly notified them that this practice would not be tolerated by the city so long as he was the chief ex ecutive. He announred that he hue received information from supposedly good authority that one saloon mar settled with the remonstrant for » financial consideration and he sale that this saloon man should be een Bured for his action, if the report was true. The mayor declared that an ordi nance- would be drawn providing thai the license of any saloon man whe makes such settlement hereafter wil be revoked. LINCOLN—Bids for contracts for print ing the senate journal, reports of the stat< hoard of agriculture, Insurance depart ment. and other reports, were rejectee this afternoon and new bids will be callei for. The reason given for cancelling thi bids was that the bond in some instance: was not sufficient to cover the cost, am so the whole bunch were declared can celled. MADISON—One hundred delegates ar: in attendance at the fifth annual conven tion of the Seventh district Christian En i deavor union. H. IL Clark, state presl dent, presided at the evening session. Dt Farmer, of Madison, gave the address o ‘ welcome. The address of the evening wa by Thomas Bowen, of Elgin, on "Evangel 1 tap.g Force." —— LINCOLN WHEATLY NOT MAN WANTED IN GEORGW Lincoln. Neb., May 1.—Waiter A Wheatly, the Lincoln opera singei was last evening declared not to b . the George D. Wheatly, the abscondin bank cashier of Americus, Ga„ whor the federal authorities have been seek ’ ing for more than a year. The Llncol man was arrested last Saturda charged with being the man wantei and witnesses were summoned fror , Georgia to prove him to be the cashiei but they declared him not the ma 1 when they arrived here last evening. MANY ATTORNEYS NOT ELIGIBLE IN MURDER TRIAL IN THURSTON Condition Makes It Necessary to Select Prosecutor From Outside Talent. Lincoln, Xeb„ May 1 Because al most every attorney In Thurston coun ty had made himself ineligible in some way or another. Attorney General Reed has been compelled to name T. S. Allen, of Lincoln, a brotherinlaw of Secretary of State Bryan, to prosecute a murder case that promises to be a famous one in northeastern Nebraska. Jesse Cochrane, of Rosalia, is charged with the killing of John F. Jump. Jump was charged by Cochrane with having been paying too much attention to Mrs. Cochrane, who was seeking a divorce. Jump was killed at his home, hut Coch rane proposes to urge self defense. The families of both sides have pledged their fortunes for the fight, but when it came to finding attorneys to help prosecute, the Jump family ran up against an unusual set of circum stances. County Attorney Larkin had acted as attorney for Mrs. Cochrane In the divorce proceedings, and this disqualifies him. Both families ramp from Richardson county originally and the Jumps pro ceeded to employ Congressman Reavis of that city. They ran up against a snag, however. In the supreme court decision which prohibits the employ ment of outside private counsel. The defense has employed Dan Sullivan, of Sioux City, and Howard Sexton, of Thurston county, but Sexton may be thrown out, as he once acted for Coch rane in a criminal prosecution that led to the murder. Harry Keefe, of Walthlll, was the only attorney in the county who was eligible, and he has been secured to aid the state. JUNIOR MEDICAL COLLEGE • ABOLISHED BY BOARD Lincoln. Neb., May 1.—The junior college of medicine at the University of Nebraska has been abolished by order of the regents. Instead a college of pharmacy will be established. Doctor Lyman has been named as dean, and Associate Dean Walcott has been re lieved from all connection with the department. The regents also ordered the discon tinuance of the department of forestry, and the resignation of Dean Morrill to take effect next August accepted. The departmcent was Installed some 12 years ago, when there was a tre mendous demand for trained foresters. Since then 23 professional schools of forestr-- have been established, while In some 70 colleges and universities training Is being given. This has less ened the demand for instruction at Ne braska. Nebraska has no forests where employment awaits, and the positions in other states where forestry is practiced are taking their own gradu ates first. The demand from the fed iral government and commercial con perns has practically ceased, and so the Nebraska university gracefully retires from that business. —V— REED GIVES RULING ON BANK ASSESSMENTS Lincoln. Neb., May 1.—Attorney flenerul Reed has given an opinion di recting how assessments shall be levied jgainst banks. The last legislature massed a law that cured a defect in the itatutes by which state banks, by de Sucting the amount of the money they lad invested In real estate mortgages, could escape paying any taxes what ever. The attorney general directs that in making assessments of banks the real estate only shall be deducted from I he capital stock of the Institution. In Jetermining the value of the capital Hock the assessor is not limtted, he lays, to the book or paid up value plus •.he surplus and undivided profits, but jhould take Into consideration the franchise value. He says the right to do business held by a bank Is a prop er subject of taxation because it has a value. This value can be determined by finding what the market value of the stock is. based upon its earning power. DIPSO CHARGE AGAINST C. W. BRYAN OPPONENT Lincoln, Neb., May 1.—The city campaign warmed up yesterday when Felix Newton, one of the leaders in the fight for the election of Charles W. Bryan, swore out papers against J. H. Allen, another democrat high in the councils of the party, and a former supporter of Mr. Bryan. The proceed ings charge Allen with being a dipso maniac and ask for his detention in the dipsomaniac department of the Insane asylum. Since Allen went back on Bryan, he has appeared at several Bry an meetings and persisted in asking questions which were objected to by Newton. It Is charged that the move on the part of Newton was for the pur pose of removing Allen from the cam naiern. STATE CHARTERS FOR TWO FORMER NATIONAL BANKS Lincoln, Neb., May 1.—The state banking board chartered three banks of Gothenburg yesterday. Two of them were national banks changing to state banks, while the third was a new bank. The First National bank of Gothen burg changes to the First State bank, with a capital of $50,000; the Gothen burg National changes to the Gothen burg state, also with a capital of $50, 000, while the Farmers State bank is the name of the new institution, which also carries a capital of $50,000. MINISTER DIES WHILE ATTENDING CONFERENCE Oakland, Neb., May 1.—Rev. Mr. Turnblom, of Swedburg, Neb., died at this place of stomach trouble. Rev. Mr. Turnblom was here attending the conference of the Swedish Mission church and preached the first sermon of the conference Tuesday evening. He was taken sick soon after the services. FIRST HEAT VICTIM. Lincoln, Neb., April 30.—Miss Nettie Mahaffy, a spinster, aged 58 years, was the first victim of the heat in Lincoln for 1915. While <|n her way back to ] work she was overcome at a down town , corner, and for several hours her life was endangered. The attending doc tors say she is still in a serious con dition, but believe she will recover. M SSING WOMAN TRACED ' TO POINT IN MONTANA Broken Bow, Neb., April 30.—Mrs. ■ Margareta Schmidt, of Mason City, this county, who lias been missing from her home since the first of April, has been 1 traced to a point in Montana, and her family hope that they may be able to definitely locate her in a short time. 1 Mrs. Schmidt was supposed to have * bought a ticket for Broken Bow on ' April 1, but later investigation showed 1 that she had purchased it for Alliance. • It 1* thought her mind has failed. She ’ is 49 years of age and th * wife of Mat thias Schmidt, of Mason City. GIRL QUIETS INSANE MAN WHO HAD ROUTED ARMED POLICE POSSE Daughter Takes Heroic Action and Calms Him—Turns Him Over to Officers. Lincoln, Neb., May 1.—A men and a gun put to flight a bunch of police officers last night in this city, stood off another bunch of deputy sheriff's who took the place of the police, hut finally gave up and surrendered to a pretty miss of 17 who turned the offender over to the sheriff and his men. George R. Ferringhy was the man and he was supposed to have gone lemporarily insane. He took refuge in a harn and with the gun stood off all attempts to reach him. The family vailed the police, who were unable to get close to him. and they finally turned the job over to the county authorities, as they believed a crazy man came more under the Jurisdiction of the ’ountv than of the city. However, none of the officers could ?et close enough to make any impres sion on the man and finally Ills daugh ter courageously undertook the task, and climbing to the loft of the barn. Was able to calm him. He will be taken before the board of insanity. STRANGE MAN INTERESTED IN WEST POINT MURDER Fremont, Neb., May 1.—In connec tion with the mysterious death of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Wruck at West Point, J. B. Charleston, who reside six miles north of Fremont, recited at the sheriffs offieo the tale of the singular .visit of a stranger to his place. The stranger appeared, plainly fagged from a long Journey, said that he had walked all the way from West Point and that he was hunting for work. Charleston gave the man a job and harbored him for a day, when during the night he mysteriously disappeared, leaving nothing behind excepting newspapers containing marked accounts of the -West Point crime. The unusual behavior of his guest coupled with the fact that he talked continually of the West Point case of Mr. and Mrs. Wruck. whose bodies were burned in a fire that destroyed their home, led Mr. Charleston to think that the wanderer might know something about the crime. —4— MERNA WOMAN KILLED BY FALL FROM CARRYALL Broken Bow. Neb., May 1.—While riding In a carryall with her husband and family, Mrs. Phillip Volmer, who resides 10 miles from Merna, on the west table, fell from the back of the vehicle to the ground and broke her neck. She lived but half an hour aft er the accident. The seat upon which Mrs. Volmer rode was held in place by a steel rod, which had broken, and when she leaned back the seat gave way. throwing her out backward. The woman was well known on the west table and the mother of a large family, some of whom are married. MEN FINED $50 EACH FOR PROMOTING ESCAPE Grand Island, Neb., May 1.—Henry Hammacher and James McElhaney, two young men who assisted Ed Ludwig In making his way almost to Aurora before the police overtook him for at tempting to stab Alex Gallipeaux at the sales stables here, were fined $50 and costs for abetting in the attempted escape, but the fine was remitted on condition that the young men pay the police department's automobile bill and remain good thereafter. ■—♦— CLAIMED MAN TAMPERED WITH HIS LIGHTING METER Grand Island, Neb., May 1.—On the complaint of J. C. McAuley, assistant water and light commissioner, the city attorney filed a complaint in the police court, charging Gustav C. Krueger with tampering with a light meter in such a manner as to reduce his lighting bills. The complaint has been hanging fire for about a week. The evidence was se cured by the city utility plant's agents. STORK’S ARRIVAL DELAYS CRIMINAL ASSAULT TRIAL Ainsworth, Neb., May 1.—The case of the state vs. Alfred Ellis, charged with criminal assault on Lena May Taylor, came to a sudden halt Tuesday noon. The case was set for hearing at 9 o’clock in the morning, but on ac count of the illness of the complaining witness was continued until 1:30 in the afternoon. At noon the complaining witness gave birth to an eight pound girl. The case was then adjourned un til the next regular term. All of the witnesses from the southwestern part of the county were present for the hear ing. MAN’S NECK BROKEN IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Nebraska City, Neb., May 1.—Julius Hansen, aged 49 years, was instantly killed in an automobile accident. He and two others were out driving when the front tire exploded, causing the auto to upset. Hansen was thrown out and his neck broken. The two who were with him suffered severe bruises and fractures, but they will recover. LINDSAY PMKIV1LK LUSLO $3,000 WORTH OF CATTLE Lindsay. Neb., May i.—John Haney, a prominent stock raiser living about four miles northwest of here, had the misfortune of having his cattle get in to the alfalfa, anil so far 36 have died with some of the others still sick. The dead ones were mostly 3-year-old steers and about ready for market. The loss will run close to $3,000. SEES ADVANTAGE IN PENSIONING PASTORS Chicago, April 20.—Pensions for^re tired ministers would have a tendtTicy to eliminate the commercializing oi the pulpit through "money making on .the side.” according to I)r. W. R. War ren, of Indianapolis. Ind„ secretary ot the board of ministerial relief of the Disciples of Christ who addressed tin; national convention of conference claimants in the Methodist Episcopal church today. GIRL IS EXONERATED; SAY COWL SHOT SELF Bridgeport, Conn.. April 29.—Coroner Phelan yesterday returned his verdict <n the case of Arthur Hearn Cowl, the youth whose death was supposed to have been caused by a shot tired un wittingly by his sweetheart. Miss Emily Wheeler. The coroner sard it was impossible that the girl fired the shot. He holds that Cowl himself fired the shot. Miss Wheeler was exoner ated. NOT SURE WHEATLEY IS MAN WANTED FOR CRIMES IN GEORGIA Government Takes Steps to Se cure Positive Testimony— Peculiar Angles. Lincoln, Neb., April 30.—The Wheat - ley riddle is as far from a solution as ever. The Chicago real estate man brought to Lincoln by the government, took a look at Walter Wheatley, the former grand opera singer, and said that while he would not swear he is the absconding Georgia banker, he thought he was the same man. His evidence was so vague, however, that both sides agreed the only thing to do is to have a complete showdown. To that end two men have been summoned from Georgia who have known the banker all his life, while the singer has wired to Webb City. Mo., where he was born and reared, for relatives to come and identify him. The Chicago superintendent of tlie federal inspectors' bureau brought with him a picture of the Wheatley from Georgia, taken in a bathing costume, but it does not closely resemble the Wheatley at Lincoln. The latter says he knows of no relatives in Georgia. The description of the two men tallies very closely. The Chicago witness said that the missing link was the hair. The Georgian had a goodly shock of light colored hair. The Lincoln man has so scanty a supply that he has to wear a wig. This wig. however, is one of the pegs upon which the government hangs a suspicion. Maybe he purposely kept his hair close, they say. The Chicago witness had seen Wheatley a dozen time in the Georgia bank, but the most he would say is that the suspect is of the same general appearance. One test proposed by the defendant was that he sing the same song as on fl Columhifln rp.pnrd wTiloVi hp had made in London in 1910, and is so marked. Then the record was to be played to identify the voice as the same. But the government detectives refused to regard this as conclusive. The Georgia Wheatley, to add to the complications, is also a tenor singer of unusual merit, and after suggesting various methods of speedily settling the matter, both sides agreed on sum moning men who know the two in terested. The attitude of the government of ficials is that while they do not dispute Wheatley’s word that he is not the man, the case is so important and the Georgia man one for whom the gov ernment has been spending much money to locate that they dare not let him go until he has positively iden tified himself or the chief has ordered his release. —f WILL U8E CONVICTS FOR MANUFACTURING CHAIRS Lincoln, Neb., April 30.—The state of Nebraska will go into the business of making chairs. Two members of the state board of control have begun an inspection of the plant now maintained at the state penitentiary by the Handi craft Furniture company, which em ployes 50 convicts in the work. The state receives 50 cents a day for each convict and also gets paid for electric power current furnished. The con tract between the state and the com pany will expire in June, and the plant ■will be taken over then in pursuance of the policy of the state to stop the contract labor system with convicts. The last legislature appropriated $100,000 for the purpose of establishing Industries at the prison and for op erating convict labor under the direc tion of the board of control. It is pro posed to use the men at such work as they will be able to follow with profit to themselves after this release. The chair making industry is one of these. If the present plant is purchased it will be enlarged and operated In con nection with the present plant where wooden furniture is made. SAYS COMPANY TRYING TO FREEZE OLD MEMBERS Lincoln, Neb.. April 30.—A protest has been filed by J. W. McReynolds with the state insurance commissioner against the Issuance of a license to the Protective League Life Insurance com pany, of Decatur. 111., which took over the Hastings Mutual Life last year. He says that the company is pursuing a policy Intended to drop out the older members by accepting assessments from the younger members under the old rules while applying new ones to the older ones. He says that an agent of the company has told men he names that the company would be a lot better off without a lot of old gray headed fellows. McReynolds failed to send in an assessment in the time fixed by the new rules and was later rejected by a medical examiner when he applied for reinstatement. Attorney General Reed has ordered the filing of papers in Douglas county asking for a receiver for the National Fidelity & Casualty company, of Oma ha. This company, it is claimed, has suffered an impairment of its capital stock of almost $100,000, and neglected to obey an order of the department to make this good. -4— LARGE FARMS SHOWN TO GIVE BEST NET RESULTS Lincoln, Neb.. April 30.—Results of the farm survey work conducted co operatively in Gage county by the Uni ted States department of agriculture and the agricultural extension service, university fafm, show that of the 54 farms having their business analyzed the 10 most prolitable ones were almost three times larger than the 10 farms making the least returns. In spite of the common belief that the small farm is better and there is more opportunity to take care of the crops, secure better yields, and consequently make more money, the largest yields and largest profits were found on th.e largest farms. The average labor income of the best 10 farms was $1,861, as compared with $148 on the poorest 10 farms. The farm management survey work under taken in Gage county is being intro duced into four other counties. The work determines the relative profits of the different systems of farming in a given locality and the factors that in fluence these profits. — NORFOLK BAR CRUSADE NOT PUSHED TO TRIAL Norfolk, Neb., April 28.—The crusade i of Mrs. Laura A. Forrest against six .Norfolk saloons came to a sudden end at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning when she withdrew all her remonstrances and the council immediately granted the licenses. Her attorney, John F. Joseph, of Sioux City, had stepped out of the room just before Mrs. Forrest withdrew her remonstrance and upon his learn ing of his client's action he declared that the case was at an end. .*r' Under Withering Fire of Sho and Shell and Despite Poison* ous Gases, They Fought Foes to Standstill. STRUGGLED HAND TO HAND Valiant Hearts of Territorials Could Not Be Broken Even After Every Other Man Had Fallen—Bayonets Won. Ottawa. Ont., Can., May 3.—The storj of what he describes as "a great and glorious feat of arms,” the desperate battle fought by the Canadian division to cheek the recent German advance near Ypres, was told in a cable com munication from Sir Max Aitken, the Canadian record officer, given out by the militia department here today. Th# account describes how the Canadians the majority of them raw recruits, mef the German rush, after the latter had released the asphyxiating gases, and how, although greatly outnumbered, they succeeded with heavy losses in recovering four British guns and much ground. "On April 22,” the account continues, “the Canadian division held a line of, roughly, 5,000 yards, extending in a northwesterly direction from the Ypres Roulers railway to the Ypres-Poelca pelle road and connecting at its ter minus with the French troops. The di vision consisted of three infantry brig ades, in addition to the artillery brig ades.’’ After telling of the release of the gas forcing the French backward. Sir Max reported that this left the Canadian di vision “with its left in the air.” It became imperative to extend the Canadian lines to the left rear. “In the course of the confusion which followed upon the readjustment of po sition.” the account says, “the enemy, which had advanced rapidly after his initial success, took four British 4.7 guns, in a small wood to the west of the village of St. Jullen, two miles in the rear of the original French trenches. won wun Bayonet. "In the course of the night of the 22nd and under the heaviest machine gun fire, this wood was assaulted by the Canadian Scottish One Hundred and Sixtieth battalion of the Third brigade and the Tenth battalion of the Second brigade. The battalions, after a very fierce struggle, took the posi tions at the point of the bayonet. At midnight the Second battalion, under Colonel Watson, and the Toronto regi ment, Queen's Own (Third battalion), under Lieutenant Colonel Rennie, both of the First brigade, brought up much needed reinforcements. "All through the following day and night, these battalions shared the for tunes and misfortune of the Third brigade. An officer, who took part in the attack, describes how the men Rbout him fell under the fire of the machine guns, which he said played upon them like a watering pot. “But the line never wavered. When one man fell, another took his place, and. with a final shout, the survivors of the two battalions flung themselves Into the wood. Forced to Yield Gains. "The German garrison was complete ly demoralized, and the impetuous ad vance of the Canadians did not cease until they reached the far side of the. wood and entrenched themselves in positions so dearly gained. They had. however, the disappointment of find ing that the guns had been blown up by the enemy and later in the same night a most formidable concentration Df artillery fire sweeping the wood made It Impossible for them to hold the po sition for which they had sacrificed so much. "The fighting continued without in termission all through the night. At B A m. on Friday, the 23d, it became ap parent that the left was becoming mure md more involved and a powerful Ger man attempt to outflank It developed rapidly. It was, therefore, decided to try to give relief by a counter attack m the first line of German trendies, now far advanced from those originally pccupied by the French. This was car ried out by the Ontario First and Fourth battalions of the First brigade under Brigadier General Mercer, in ronnection with a British brigade. Through Shower of Shell. "It did not seem that any human be ing could live in the shower of the shot ind shell which began to play on the ldvancing troops. For a short time, ivery other man seemed to fall, but the attack was pressed closer ano closer. The Fourth Canadian battalion it one moment came under a particu arly withering fire. For a moment it wavered. Its most gallant command ng officer. Lieutenant Colonel Birchall, carrying, after an old fashion, a light vane, coolly and cheerfully rallied hie nen and at the very moment when his example had infected the men, fell lead at the head of his battalion. "With a cry of anger, they sprang orward. The astonishing attack vhich followed, pushed home in tin ace of direct frontal fire made in broad laylight by battalions whose names should live forever in the memories of soldiers, was carried to the first line >f German trenches. After a hand to land struggle, the last German who •eslsted was bayoneted and the trench was won. But Left Wing Was Saved. “This trench represented in the Ger nan advance the apex in the breach vhich the enemy had made in the origi lal line of the allies, and it was two ind a half miles south of that line, rhis charge, made by men who looked leath indifferently in the face, saved he Canadian left. It also secured and naintained during the most critical noment of all the integrity of the al ied line. At 4 a. m. on the morning of Friday, he 23rd. a fresh emission of gas was nade both upon the Second brigade, vhich held the line running northeast, ind upon the Third brigade, which had ■ontinued to hold the line up to the jivotal point. The Forty-eighth Higli anders were dismayed ami their trench became intolerable. The bat alion retired from the trench, re covered themselves and reoccupied it. California possesses more than one twelfth of the hydroelectric power de velopment of the United States, about 150,000 horse power.