Nebraska Newspapers

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.