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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 13, 1915)
a H. CRONIN. Publisher. O'NEILL. NEBRASKA Hebron, one of the oldest cities in Palestine,, has always been famous for Its oriental water bottles, made of goat skins. Here are to be found large tan ncrles. where these receptables are turned out by thousands. Lying on the ground In rows may be seen hundreds of goat skins awaiting purchasers. Each skin Is Inflated, either with water or with air so that the buyer may know It is water tight. The majority of the skins used come from Arabia, while a large number are also received from the Lebanons. They are brought to Hebron by the camel caravans anil are bought by the tanneries and turned Into bot tles. They pass through many processes and a tanner will spend a week on a single skin before it is rendered water tight and serviceable. From Hebron these old "bottles" are sent to all part of the east, thousands going down Into Egypt and the Sudan every year. They are uiso used as rafts. A number of In fluted skins are attached to a light wooden frame, which then not only readily floats, but is capable of carry ing quite a heavy load. Such rafts are to be seen on the rivers or Syria and also on the Euphrates and Tigris. It Is likely that the English shall learn some new tastes and new habits when their men come home. They may bring back with them a taste of French bread, strong coffee, chocolate (which is not cocoa), cheap wine and black clg arets. Even Englishmen, after long residence In France, come by custom to prefer coffee to tea, and the full fla vor! d olgarcts of the French Regie (•'uporals and Marylands) to the light er kinds popular In this country. French soldiers brought with them from Al geria the taste of absinthe, and English officers bix)light back with them from Egypt In 1885 the clgaret habit. We may take it, too, that the British sol diers will bring home with them many fragments of the French language. The Boers gave them the W'ord "command er." This war has given the English no new terms so far, but It will prob ably add a good deal of French to their "■“"ft. A Texas politician, making Ills final campaign statement, apologizes to the telephone girls to whom he was fretful when the excitement was running high. We mention 'he matter to show an un civil world that Texas character is so and that even our fiercest politicians remember in their calm, un ruffled moments that no gentleman ever permits his wrath to explode upon a defenseless telephone girl without send ing, at the proper time, an apology and a box of chocolates. The British war office gives to Its prisoners of war the following dallv rations: One and a half pounds of oread; meat, eight ounces; fresh veg etables, eight ounces; butter, one ounce; condensed milk, one-twentieth j>r a pound; tea, one-half ounce or toffee, one ounce; sugar, two ounces; salt, one-half ounce. mhZ y°?er- of Paul, Minn., who attempted to enlist, was told that tie was six pounds overweight, and the recruiting officer told him that, to re JvnM ™ 0.UBht‘° tIlk0 l(">K walks and l\old moat and beer. Faithfully Yoder • r,'!we< QV;er lonB walks, ate sparingly And turned a cold eye on beer. At the Bounds *he WCek h* httd BUlne,i *>lx The present population of Italy Is 36’<?)uvj,0Iu' about 10.000,000 less than (.rent Britain. Its area Is 110.659 miles. 10,000 square miles less *k»n areat Britain. Included In Italy’s en mean ?re "eariy 11.000 Germans end 12,000 Austrians. The number of h8s been pstlmati*d « A scientific investigator of Europe bas discovered a new method of de *t„r"y,1’K disease and household pests by the use of mercury. In in Nosed spaces the mercury is employed ,'nlft® 0f vaP°r- In other case’s it 8 InjecuTi In metallic form directly Into the circulating fluids of the plant. ?mtnanueI t,f Italy, though well shaped In person and good looking, is s"'a'1-. n.ot "lore than 5 feet, 3 Inches in height, but, resenting the dls pensation he has taken every care to ids.Trinrt *| S strensth by constant exer ciso and Is now a very fair athlete. Kemloops British Columbia, a town pt about 6,000 people, boasts the pos session of the "longest street car sys tbe world," The Canadian Pa yailr°ad. which extends from the At'a”tl? tho Pacific runs through the main streets of the town. Suelelman Bln Musa, the sultan of Selangor, has affirmed his loyalty to Great Britain, and has issued an order to all the people living in his country fni?ininR ^em to entertain no evil in tentlon against the British government. Progressive Rochester, N. H.. has in stalled a revolving door In the postof itW° u®P*t>gresaive eit?zens ulate th|ab.fa8t' V''(' unab,‘‘ to nianip mate this new fangled” door- each pushed on his side of the door.’ Tlie construction of a new port on the east roast of the Island of Luzon is expected to reduce the time for trfpS b®tween the Paeifle toast of the Un! ted States and Manila by four days. , A ,w\ln Washington. D. c„ is so ta' thtt' be waa unable to kill himself with three shots of a revolver He we ghs 450 iKHinds. The three bullets failed to hit a vita! part. 19 v«VAti0n by <the geological sur vey °f the erosion of drainage basis Pr?,v'?s tbilt the surfac« of the country is being worn away at the rate of about An inch in 760 years. Portugal's navy consists of half a dozen small protected cruisers, in c«n ' £aIictA?n wlth a dozen torpedo craft and three submarines. Syria, almost the only country in the world in which pistachio nuts are oul tivated, produces about 500,000 pounds of them a year. No less than 60.000.000 gallons of milk are received in London by rail -OOOercowsar’ th® OUtPUt °f at lc'ast I2° - ™V?nds moat free from earthquake convulsions are Africa, Australia, Rus •la* Siberia, Scandinavia and Canada. It is estimated that the pensions paid to revolutionary war veterans amounted to 170,000.000. “* The United Ancient Order of Druids has completed an existence of 131 years AM A friendly society. Government care of the survivors of ll^perusions 1812 C°8t near,y $16,000,000 In Central park, New York, bacteria ?ul£ZVU the 1.500 every In its variety of resources, Russia is ••eoad onljr to the United States. A. 0. U. W. OFFICIALS UNDULY LIBERAL TO NORFOLK NEWSPAPER State Insurance Examiner Putf Order Under Grill Account of Printing Bills. Lincoln, N’el>.. May 10.- -The A. O. p. W. is due to come under the fire of criticism from the state insurance department This will relate largely to the size of the printing bills. With in a year and a half the organization has paid, according to the report Just filed with the department, over $39,000 for printing. The work is not done on pontracts based on competitive bids, hut has been handed over to the Huse Printing company of Norfolk. The ex aminer's report shows that the or ganization has been paying 14 cents a montli per copy for its official organ, while similar papers of other organi zations cost but 2 to 4 cents each. Cpmplaint is also paid to the payment of $5,000 for a booklet containing pic tures of the officers and buildings. The claim was made out by the American Photogravure company, but the exam iner says lie found no such an organi zation. He says that the checks were cashed in Norfolk and that the money went to the Huse company. Pour years ago the surplus of the society was $500,000, hut It lias now dropped to $120,000. The order has added 3,000 members in the last year, and now has 41,000 in the state. WISNER MAN NAMED TO NEW JUDICIAL POSITION Lincoln, Ncli., May 10.—A. it. Oleson, of Wlsner, Cuming county, has been appointed by Governor Morehead as Judge of tile Ntntli district created by the last legislature by the addition of Cuming and Stanton counties and ttie adding of a second judge. The law goes into effect July 8, and a succes- j got- will not be elected until 191(1. Mr. Oleson Is a graduate of the Wisconsin law school. He served as a republican one of nine legislators who blocked the election of D. E. Thompson as United States senntor. He said that after that the republican lenders In that county shut him out of all political conven tions nnd gatherings, and for seven years he has been a democrat. OPTIMISM IS KEYNOTE OF MEETING OF BANKERS Lincoln. Neb., May 10.—Optimism marked the utterances of speakers at the meeting of Group No. 1 of the Ne braska Bankers’ association. It was generally agreed that prosperity Is not only on the way, hut Is here. The banks have a pethora of money, but the amount of loans is gradually increas ing along safe lines. It was stated that the era of liquidation Is practically over and that business has turned the corners. Tile principal address was made by Asa Ramsey, deputy federal reserve agent at the Kansas City regional bank. Mr. Ramsey declared that hos tile comment of the bankers Is rarely heard now that the system has got in to working order. He said that the bank at Kansas City has not quite made expenses, but that was because the initial cost of doing business is large. Later he felt sure dividends would be paid to the banker stock holders. The bunk was organized just too lute to get In on the $20,000,000 needed for crop moving. He allowed how the red tape had been cut nnd how easy it was to do business with the bank. He felt sure that with the establishment of this system all chances of a panic have vanished. COUNTIES NOT LIABLE FOR CARE OF POOR IN TOWNS Lincoln, Neb, May 10.—Answering mi inquiry from County Attorney Kip linger, of Wayne, as to whether the county commissioners must care for the poor in the incorporated villages und cities of the county, Deputy At torney General Roe has sent a nega tive answer. The opinion Is somewhat lengthy and holds that the county board is under no legal obligation to furnish support nnd medical attend ance unless to Inmates of the county almshouse or poor farm. He holds that the law indicates In several places that the duty of furnishing supplies and medical attendance to the poor ot the incorporated towns and cities rests upon the authorities thereof. He says that a physician acting for a city or town cannot recover from a county for any services he may render the poor of the municipality. CUMING COUNTY FARMER MISSING; SEARCHERS ACTIVE West Point, Neb., May 10.—Frank Kidder, a prominent and wealthy farm er of Monterey township, living near the church, left his farm home late Wednesday night and has not since been seen. As soon as his absence was noticed, the alarm was given and searching parties of neighbors were or ganized and scoured the country west of the river, but they failed to lind any trace or the missing man. Kid der is a German farmer, about 45 years of age, and has a wife and fam ily. About a year ago lie was stricken with a mental malady and was sent to a hospital in t'hlcugo for treatment. After a stay there of some two or three weeks he suddenly left the in stitution and no trace of him could be found until about a week later he re turned to his home at Monterey. He has remained there until the present time, and it is feared that a sudder return of his trouble has occurred RAILROAD TAX COMMISSION IN PLEA FOR REDUCTION Lincoln. Neb., May 10.—Tax Com missioner Polleys, of the Chicago, Min neapolis, St. t*aul & Omaha road, made an earnest plea yesterday to the state board of equalization that its members go into executive session for an hour and consider his claim that the state is assessing it for more, than 100 per cent of its actual value and more than 100 per cent of the value found by the state's own railway commissioners. Mr. Polleys said that for years he lias been trying to get the state to deal square ly with the road in the matter of tax ation. and that if they ever looked into his claims they would find them correct. Tile road is valued at $45,100 a mile and Mr. Polleys* claims that the state has been taking $25,000 a year more from it in taxes than it should pay. —— MEET GOES TO NELIGH. ■Nellgh, Neb. May 8.—Nellgh won first place in the high school track meet here Friday, participated In by Ne ligh. Ewing, Tilden and Oakdale schools. Nellgh was strong in the track events and Ewing in the field. Neligh and Ewing tied on 36 points each, but the honors were awarded to Nellgh un der rules adopted by the association providing in such cases they should go to the team having the most firsts Tilden won 22 points and Oakdale i The attendance was large. FARMERS DISGUSTED WITH INTERFERENCE FROM CITY EXPERTS _ President Gustafson, Nebrasks Union, Says Ruralites Can Handle Own Affairs. Lincoln, Neb., May 8.— C. H. Gustaf Jon, president of the Nebraska Farm ers’ union, engaged in a heated discus sion with Allen G. Fisher and others folowing his address before the Ne braska Commercial club .association here yesterday. Gustafson asserted the farmers of the state were disguste' with the efforts of the townspeople t< Interfere with their affairs. "We don’t want any of your help," he is alleged to have said, "nor any ol your farm demonstrations or seed oi corn specials We're able to attend tc our own affairs without your help. We don’t believe iri a lot of your methods.’ Fisher anrl others replied to Gustaf son's address, accusing him of being unpatriotic toward the interests ant advancement of the state. Gustafsor stoutly maintained, however, that ev ery one of the 16,000 members of thf union believed as he did. The following officers were electee by the association: J. W. Steinhart Nebraska City, president; W. D. Fisher Alliance, secretary, and the following vice presidents for each congressional district; C. E. Eustlee, Auburn, first: J. L. McCague, Omaha, second; S. D Thornton. Neligh, third; H. A. Hahn David City, fourth; R. A. Blake Hastings, fifth, and A. G. Fisher, Chad ron, sixth. The next convention will be held In Omaha. DAHLMAN AFTER SCALP OF ELECTION COMMISSIONER Omaha, Neb., May 8.-—Mayor Dahl man, with after election exuberance announced yesterday that he will brinfi charges before Governor Moreheac against Election Commissioner Moor head, in an effort to secure the latter's removal from office. The mayor alleges that the defeat ol Commissioner McGovern is due en tirely to the disfranchising of lega voters by a too literal enforcement ol the law by the election of commission er. Commissioner Moorhead’s answei Is that he has at all times simply com plied with the law. DECLARED CHARLES BRYAN HAS EYE ON GOVERNORSHIP Lincoln, Neb.. May 8.—-The electioi of Charles W. Bryan as one of the citj commissioners of Lincoln, and th< probability that he will be selected bj his associates for mayor has causer the political prophets to agree that Mr Bryan will be a candidate for the dem oeratic nomination for governor. It was frequently stated during the campaign that Mr. Bryan desired the election as a stepping stone to the gov ernorship. BEEMER SALOONS CLOSED PENDING COURT APPEAL Beemer, Neb., May 8.—The remon strances against two saloonkeepers o Beemer, Claus Stamp and Frank Kone pasek, were heard yesterday afternoon It is charged that the applications fo license were not lawfully gotten out It nlso charged the men with law vto latlons, selling liquor to minors, selllm on Sunday and selling after 8 o’clock After the hearing the board decided t< grant the licenses, but B. F. Johnson the attorney for the Anti-Salooi league, immediately appealed the casi to the district court. The two saloon! in question will stay closed until th.< case is decided In the district court This caused great excitement, as Bee mer is one of the wettest towns it Nebraska. --f ASKS REVOCATION OF TWO INSURANCE LICENSES Lincoln. Neb., May 8.—w. J. Con nell, an Omaha attorney, has filed t complaint against the Reliance Lift Insurance company, of Pittsburgh, anc the Maryland Casualty company, o Baltimore, asking that their licenses t< do business in Nebraska be revoked. Mr. Connell alleges that his son Ralph S. Connell, was shot from am bush while riding near their home it Tularosa, N. M., last June, and tha the companies have refused to pay th« insurance carried by young Connell *10,000 in the Pittsburgh company, ant J25.000 in the other, and are trying t< compromise with the widow on a two thirds basis. CRITICIZES MANAGEMENT OF A. O. U. W. OFFICIALS Lincoln, Neb.. May 8.—In a repor made by one of the examiners of th< state board of insurance charges ari made that officers of the Ancient Circle Of United Workmen in Nebraska have been negligent in their duties and tha their management of affairs has beet weak. Just to what extent the weak pess has extended Insurance Oommls .doner L. G. Hrian refuses 40 divuigi Until the matter has been fully gone into by the Insurance board. Oover nor Moreh.ead and State Auditor Smith iwo of the members, would say nothin; '.his afternoon, and the third member /Attorney General Reed, is in Chicago Mr. Reed himself is a member of tin ndcr. FRENCH FOOLED TURKS WHILE BRITISH LANDEC Paris, May T.—The Official Gazette o ,he navy department published toda; Hi account of the landing of Frencl •roops on the Asiatic side of the Dar lanelles. which confirms previous re ports that the purpose of this enter prise was to make a diversion whlh *he main landing force was goint ishore on the Gallipoli peninsula. A regiment of colonial infantry de ’rarked at Kum Kalessi on the Asiatic ind attacked a greatly superior force it Turks. The official Gazette says the Frencl ,00k D00 prisoners and then retired tc cheir ships, having fulfilled their mis lion of engaging the attention of the Turks while the main landing opera /ions were being carried out in force *n the European side. The Valley of Decision. From the Christian Herald. The spring is a picture of reviva regeneration when the latent life of the barren trees springs into tiowei mil fruit. Spring is a new birth tc the seemingly dead plants. As tin north wind blows away the fogs, am: the south wind gently wooes slumber ing life into useful service for man to God's convicting and converting spirit awakens our dormant powers *0 life and Jove and liberty. ''Heaven: is near in the valley of decision.” A Christian life is more beautiful, more natural, more useful, than au un christian life PULLMANS APPLY FOR HIGHER ASSESSMENT; ; OFFICIALS SURPRISED Makes Suggestion of 21 Per Cent Raise and Given 25, Just For Good Measure. Lincoln, Neb.. May 8.—A rude shock was inflicted upon the members of the state board of equalization Tuesday when Thomas H. Benton, representing I he Pullman Car company, appeared before that body and asked that the assessed value of the company’s prop erty be assessed higher than it was last year. He suggested that the total be increased 21 per rent. Governor More head, not to be -jutdone in generosity, asked i# an increase of 25 per cent would be acceptable to the company, and Mr. Benton said it would not ob ject. The company will be assessed at the rate of $15,000 for each standard Pullman car and $8,000 for eac h tour ist sleeper. The total will be $812,000. R. W. McGinnis, general agent of the Northwestern, asked a reduction ol $500 a mile on the assessment against his company, from $7,000 to $6,500. He insisted that most of its properties in Nebraska were branch lines and should not be taxed as though they were main line trackage. He said that part of the rounty touched is pretty dead, and that tlie new order reducing rates will give the company less revenue than last year, in spite of the good crop pros pects. Treasurer Hall wanted to know If he thought taxes on farm lands should be remitted during poor crop years, but Mr. McGinnis did not an —f~ VIR. AND MRS. NEFF FIGHT WHITE SLAVERY CHARGE Lincoln. Neb., May 8.—Mr. and Mrs. Grover Neff, former residents of Sew ard, Neb., are making a vigorous tight in federal court aaginst a charge oi white slavery. The girl in the case, Nellie Taylor, swore that she was in duced to go to St. Joseph from her home in Lincoln, and that after they got there Mrs. Neff told her that he: husband was unable to get work and ihat to keep from starving they would have to make dates with men, and they jld. She said that before leaving Lin coln, Mrs. Neff dictated a postcard to Mrs. Taylor telling her not to worry, that her daughter was safe, that she had married and was going on a wed ding tour in the west. The defense of the Neffs is that the girl ran away from cruel treatment at home and went to St. Joseph on her own accord. —4— LINCOLN CREAMERY MAN TRANSFERRED TO CHICAGO Lincoln, Neb., May 8.—A. E. Wilken Bon, general manager of the Beatrice Creamery company, has been transfer red to the general headquarters of the ,'ompany at Chicago, and will leave for that city shortly. This company “ormerly controlled a creamery at Sioux city. It now has plants at Lincoln, Denver, Topeka, Oklahoma City, ','heyenne, Beatrice, Pueblo and Dead ivood. It w’as begun 15 years ago in a nodest way at Beatrice, and owes its present standing to the business genius yf George E. Haskell, who has made a million out of the business. —t— WRONGED OPERA SINGER HAS NO LEGAL REDRESS Lincoln, Neb., May 8.—Walter Wheatley, the operatic singer who was detained under bond for a week be cause some federal sleuth thought he was George D. Wheatley, an abscond ing banker from Amerieus, Ga., has been consulting attorneys trying to find what redress he has. His attorneys tell him that he has none. He has not even been able to find out who it was that ordered his arrest. The local fed eral officers say that they have no idea i how he came to be picked upon, that their orders came from Chicago to ar rest him, and that Chicago got its or ders from Washington. Just how this Wheatley came to be arrested promises to be a mystery. His complaint is that the officers tried to jam him into jail and railroad him to Georgia without any further authority than an order to arrest him. when this might have been deferred until after some one had been , brought here to identify him. OMAHA ADOPTS MEASURE FOR LOWER LIGHT RATE Omaha, Neb., May 8.—Without a dis senting vote, and with only one request for action of another sort, the city com mission passed Commissioner Butler’s electric light rate reduction ordinance. This ordinance provides for the follow ing general reductions: On commercial lighting, from 11 cents per kilowat hour to 8 cents per kilowat hour; on residence lighting, from 11 cents per kilowat hour, to 8 cents per kilowat hour; on retail power from 9 cents per kilowat hour on the first 200 kilowat, to 8 cents; next 400 kilowat from 5 cents to 4 1-2 cents, and the next 2,000 kilowat from 3 cents to 2 1-2 cents, and in excess of the above kilo wats the rate remains at its present 1 figure. Tlie secondary charge for commercial lighting is reduced from 0 cents per ; xllowat to 5 1-2 cents; secondary charge in residence lighting from 6 cents to 5 1-2 cents per kilowat. All heating and battery charges are reduced from 6 cents to 5 1-4 cents per kilowat hour. No change is made in | ihe wholesale rate. GUILTY OF PERJURY. New York. May 8.—A verdict of guilty was returned last night against Frank D. Safford, the aged hotel clerk I of the Hotel Kensington, in Plainfield, N. J„ who was charged with perjury in connection with proceedings growing out of the $50,000 breach of promise 3Uit brought by Miss Rae Tanzer against James W. Osborne, widely known criminal lawyer. ILLINOIS “WETS” WIN IN CLASH WITH “DRYS” Springfield. 111.. May 6.—The first lash between the "wets" and the ’’dry's” (n the Illinois senate today resulted in victory for the “wets." By a vote of 23 to 22 the senate refused to adopt Sen ator Oleary's resolution providing that his residence district anti-saloon bill be taken from the license committee and placed on the calendar. INSURANCE RATES SOON UNDER BUREAU CONTROL T>es Moines, la.. May 6—The “Inde i pendent Rating bureau" will remove from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines to take charge of fire insurance rates un der direction of State Insurance Com missioner Knglish. as provided in the newly enacted anti-competition law. It is expected that other bureaus may be formed, including one to handle mutua' business. G. W. BRYAN WILL BE NEXT LINCOLN MAYOR; DAHLMAN FOR OMAHA “Brother” Charley Makes Fine Spurt on First Entry Into Campaign Game. Lincoln, Neb., May 7.—Charles W. Bryan, brother of Secretary of State Bryan, was elected yesterday a member of the Lincoln city commission and probably will be chosen as the next mayor, the position to which he as pires. Under the plan here the mem bers of the commission elect the mayor. Frank C. Zehrung. present mayor, was a candidate for re-election and was backed by a so-called business men's organization, but he fell more than 700 votes behind Bryan and failed to land on the commission. The new commission will consist of three former members, George Dayton. William Schroeder and T. J. Hensley and two new members, Mr. Bryan and John Wright. The five commissioners desig nate the mayor and the unanimous election of Mr. Bryan to that position is conceded. The proposal to permit Sunday the aters was defeated. Bonds were voted for park extension and for garbage dis posal. —f— FOUND THINGS CHANGED AFTER LAPSE OF 80 YEARS Omaha, Neb., May 7.—Within the confines of the little government agency at Bellevue 80 years ago the first white child was born in the state of Nebraska. Today that same "tot,” now a white bearded man of four score years, is visiting in the city of his nativity. He Is Dr. Samuel T. Merrill. Instead of the crude wooden huts and log stockades which kept unfriendly Indians from molesting the 200 white settlers of the little community. Dr. Merrill found up on his return to Omaha from Rochester, N. Y., where he now resides, tall sky scrapers and a metropolitan city of 150,000 population. Contra.stprT with thp rmisinp nf mnelprn hotels Dr. Merrill recalls when he watched the Indians partake of stewed dog, the culinary delicacy of the red men. He is the son of a missionary who was working among Indians at Bellevue in 1835, when Dr. Merrill was born, and as the first white child in the territory he was the object of great in terest among the tribesmen who used . to travel miles for a glance at his little i pink white toes and fair complexion. His parents instituted the first agri cultural school in the state and were first to instruct the Indians how to plant corn and other crops. FLEA BEETLES INJURING EARLY SPRING VEGETABLES Lincoln, Neb., May 7.—Many com plaints have come to the college of ag riculture in regard to the flea beetles that are eating the leaves of radish, cabbage and other vegetables of this family at the present time. The beetles that seem to be doing most of the dam age are the cabbage flea beetle, a small, shiny, bluish-black species and another kind known as the striped flea beetle, which has a small yellow stripe on each side of the back. When the beetles, or the leaves on which they are working are touched, the insects jump away like fleas. They can be driven away from gardens by dusting with finely sifted iishes or air slaked lime. To each pint of the finely sifted ashes or lime add one teaspoon ful of kerosene or two finely crushed moth balls. Mix thor oughly and dust the mixture on tlia plants from a coffee can. the bottom of which has been punched with many small holes. If one cares to handle poi son, the insects can be got rid of on radishes or turnips by the use of paris green, using one part paris green to 10 parts flour or air slacked lime. Mix thoroughly and place in a cloth sack. Shake the sack over the plants iluring the early morning while the dew is still on the leaves. STATE OFFICIAL ASKED TO TRACK MARGARET MURPHEY Lincoln, Neb., May 7.—The state labor bureau has a new duty to per form. Commissioner Coffey received .1 letter from New York asking for in formation regarding Margaret Mur phy, daughter of Jeremiah Murphy, a civil war veteran, who left that state 35 years ago with what was known as the Father Smith pilgrims, and went to Omaha. The letter states that It was rumored that she married a man named McCarthy and that they settled in O'Connor. A number of years ago there was a small settlement in Greeley county known as the "Boston colony,” and the postoftice was called O’Connor. O’Con nor is still on the map and lies south east of Greeley three or four miles. This postoffice was established in the ’80s, or before, and it is possible that this is where Miss Murphy went, as it was an Irish settlement, and a fam ily by the name of McCarty resided in that locality. —♦— DAHLMAN AGAIN WINS IN ELECTION AT OMAHA Omaha, Neb.. May 7.—Five of the present commissioners, Dahlman, Hum mell. Kugel, Butler and Withnell, were re-elected in the municipal election held yesterday. John C. Drexel and Walter S. Jardine were chosen as the other commissioners. The latter de feated Thomas McGovern, present pub lic improvement commissioner, by 17 votes. J. B. Hummell, commissioner of parks, polled the highest number of votes. It is generally conceded that Mayor Dahlman will again be chosen mayor. SPANISH PALACE OF JUSTICE IS BURNED Madrid, May 5.—The court archives stored in the Palace of Justice were destroyed by the fire which started last evening. The flames have been brought under control. but probably will smoulder for a week, according to the chief of the fire department. Not only did the water supply fail, but the fire men lacked adequate apparatus with which to make their fight. The church of Santa Barbara, adjoin ing the Palace of Justice, was badly damaged, but the portion containing the tomb of Ferdinand VI. of Bragan za, was saved. EAST OHIO STRIKE NEARS SETTLEMENT Cleveland, Ohio, May 5.—Miners and operators of the joint scale commit tee continued their conference today in an effort to reach an agreement that may end the 13 months’ strike in the eastern Ohio field. With the agreement reached yester day on the size of “rooms" In which coal shall be mined to encourage them the negotiators tackled the problems of "yardage” and “dead work” anew to day. 4 ITALY READY TO STRIKE ♦ 4 WITH FORCES OF ALLIES -4 4 - 4 4 Italy will never forget the in- 4 4 justice doi»e her by the A us- 4 4 trians. and, therefore, the Ital- 4 4 ians will join the cause of the 4 4 allies in the great European war. 4 4 This is the. view expressed by 4 4 Oswaldo de Zuliani, who arrived 4 4 here yesterday from his home in 4 4 Italy. His wife formerly was 4 4 Miss Theresa Davidson, daugh- 4 4 ter of Ben Davidson, of Sioux 4 4 City. Signor Zuliani and family 4 j 4 will make an extended visit in 4 Tr 4 the Davidson home, at Tvven- 4 I 4 tieth and Jackson streets. 4 I 4 Signor Zuliani says it is only 4 4 a matter of time until Italy puts 4 4 her entire strength into the field. 4 4 He says the Italian army con- 4 . 4 tains 2.500,000. and that the fleet 4 I 4 is in splendid condition. Italy 4 4 will demand the restoration of 4 4 her former territory in the north. 4 4 4 By UNITED STATES Recent Mote Informed Berlin That Kaiser’s Government Would Be Held Responsible In Case of Attack. Washington, D. C., May 10.—When the German admiralty proclaimed the caters around Great Britain and ire and a "war zone” and warned neutral vessels against the dangers that lay therein, the United States did not ad ult Germany’s right to place hazards n the way of American vessels or lives, rhere was no distinction drawn then 38 to whether the representations of .lie United States covered Americans traveling on belligerent or neutral :raft. but officials informally disclosed eter that the note had been purposely phrased as to cover both contingencies. Fhe language of the American note was everywhere recalled last night as a possible index of the policy to be pur sued. The decision at the time arose particularly over the misuse of flags >f belligerent vessels, the Lusitania, itself having flown an American flag to escape attack from German subma- .1 rines. The United States remon- Jf Itrated with Great Britain over such jse of the American flag and said at the same time in a note to Germany: “If the commanders of Gorman vessels of war should act upon the presumption that the flag of the United States was not being used In good faith and should destroy on the high seas an American vessel or the lives of American citizens it would be difficult to view the act In any other light than as an inde fensible violation of neutral rights, which it would be very hard indeed to reconcile with the friendly re lations now existing between the two governments. "If such a deplorable situation should arise, the imperial German government can readily appreciate that the government of the United States wou'd be constrained to hold the German government to a strict accountability for such acts of their naval authorities and to take any steps that might be necessary to safeguard American lives and prop erty and to secure to American citizens the full enjoyments of their acknowledged rights on the high seas.” Officials, however, were careful to point out that If r.o American lives ivere lost there might be many guali tylng circumstances which would re move from the present incident the vital Interest that the United States ptherwise might have in it. It was indicated, for example, that a marked division of opinion had existed imong legal authorities as to whether J i hostile vessel need give any warn- 1 ng to a merchantman traveling under ” ponvoy, for the exercise of right of visit and search to determine the pres pnee of contraband. Such conditions obviously would imperil the safety of the attacking vessel itself. On the pther hand it had been Urged that un ler no circumstances can an unarmed merchantman be attacked unless re sisting capture or attempting to run a ulockade. “TREATY IS 1 OFFMTALY Rome Notifies Turkey That Pact Is No Longer Operative —Tantamount to Declar ation of War. Geneva. Switzerland, (via Paris), May 8.—The Tribune publishes a dis patch from Rome saying the Italian government has decided, owing to the recent uprising in Tripoli, to notify Turkey that it considered void the treaty of Lausanne. Such a notifica tion, the Tribune says, "would amount to a declaration of war.” Passenger trains from Italy are crowded with Germans and Austrians. A number of German correspondents from Milan and Turin have arrived at Lugano. _ AMERICAN CONSUL IS STRANGELY MISSING London, May 8.—E. Kilbourne Foote, f American vice consul at Chemnitz, is missing, according to an announcement made here today by the Central News. This organization says Mr. Foote left his post a month ;igo for America. Nothing lias been heard from him since and it is thought that he has been stopped by the German authorities. Mr. V Foote is a native of Ohio. 1 Mr. Rockefeller’s Grievance. From the Kansas City Star. The thing that sticks particularly ;n young Mr. Rockefeller's crop is that Mr. Walsh, as chairman of (he Industrial re lations commission, holds "a commission from the government of the United States." The idea that the power of the United States government should be in the hands of a man who calls the big interests n> account is quite shocking to them. It seems to be against the due process of tin- | J tup' as well as of law. What Is going to .A happen to "the representative classes” if | just plain every day folks can get the \ government to protect them, and even tv fight for them?