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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 17, 1915)
JHE O'NEIL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA The French institute has announced that the Osiris prize, which this year amounts to $36,000. because no award was made in 1912, lias been awarded chiefly for discoveries in medicine. Chantemessc and Vidal, discoverers of anti-typhoid vaccines, will divide $10, 000, while an equal amount will go to Or. Vincent, whose researches resulted In the finding of ether vaccine. Various ambulances receive $12,000, and the re mainder Is placed in reserve. Last summer saw completed the demarcation of the boundary line be tween Alaska and Canada, straight north along the 141st meridian to the Arctic ocean. No other boundary demarcation has extended Into such high latitudes and few boundaries of equal length are so straight. The lino follows the meridian without deviation, regardless of mountains, swamps and forests. • The odor of cloves has been known to destroy microbes in 36 minutes; cin namon will kill some species in 1$ minutes, thyme In 35 minutes. In 4S minutes common wild verbena is found effective, while the odor of some gera nium flowers has destroyed various forms of microbes In 50 minutes. - ■ » ■ Many of the Arabian peasant popu lation of Palestine have emigrated to North and South America and the Mo hammedan population from the envir ons of Jerusalem is beginning to emi grate. The tack of suitable employ ment Is the cause of this exodus. To obtain a powerful searchlight with comparatively weak current, a French man has mounted a. number of tungsten lamps on a revolving disk, each In turn being illuminated briefly and their combined rays being collected by a re flector. It Is reported now that valuable Bel gian paintings have been rolled In cloth, Inclosed ip watertight metal tubes and Sunk In the Scheldt river. The "Venus de Milo" was hidden In a cellar In 187# when the Germans entered Paris. Hick Colgan, the famous wolf catch er. who lives near Atchison, Kan., hits captured a total of 729 wolves. He receives a bounty of $5 for gray wolves and $1 for coyotes. Since the first of this year he has captured 39. According to the American Pomo loglcal society, the only apple tree In the world bearing the Barnes stripe is on the farm of Simeon King, of West Millbury, Me. The apple resembles the Blue Pjearmaln. San Antonio, Tex., Is eager to have a Pan-American university there. The main argument given in favor is that no other city in the United States has so much of the Latin-American at mosphere. V. K. Townsdin put this notice in a Randall, Kan., newspaper: “I bor rowed some man’s wheelbarrow last summer and the owner can have the same by coming for It and paying for this local. ’ Up to May 1, 142 foreign built ves sels of 600,706 gross tons, valued at $82,000,000, have been registered un der the American flag to engage in foreign trade under the act of August 18 last. Miss Kate Rank, of Llmestoneville, Pa., has a haversack which her grand father, John McGinnis, carried In the war of 1812. It Is made of heavy linen and is the size of the present day mall pouch. The coal produced by Pennsylvania last year exceeded by more than 20 per cent the entire output of the Uni ted States 3 5 years before and was nearly one-fifth of the world’s produc tion. Members of the Chicago Craftsmen chapter of Operative Masons are Masons In two senses of the word. They are bricklayers and stone masons and are members of the Masonic order. It is stated that Herr Alfred Ballln, of the Hamburg-American line, re ceives a salary of $100,000 per an num. The heads of two or three Brit ish passenger lines receive larger sums. "In His Steps.” the booklet by the Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, has sold more than 30,000,000 copies. An error In the copyright has kept the author from making more than a trifle out of it. A 125-mile stretch of the government owned railroads of Chile is being giv en up to extensive experiments with oil fuel. United States engineers are su pervising the Investigations. In the 12 months ended April 30, there were 877 merchant vessels built and officially numbered in the United States. The gross tonnage of these ships was 179,450. Three thousand horse power is pro dued by a water wheel in Switzerland that receives a stream only an Inch and a half In diameter after a fall of more than 5,400 feet. A Californian is the owner of what Is said to be the only watch of the kind In the world in which a lever oscillates and winds the spring with every step that he takes. New York city’s flock of sheep was sheared on a recent day and yielded about 720 pounds of high grade wool. There are 60 of them pastured in Cen tral park. A theater manager in Hungary sells seats In accordance with the size of his patrons, the shorter being seated in the front rows and the taller behind them. The Norwegian government has es tablished at Stavanger a domestic science school to afford a complete course in housekeeping to young girls. After a controversy lasting 10 years It has been decided in France that the use of old corks in wine bottles Is not detrimental to health. The railway that will link Greece with the rest of Europe is expected to be completed In August. Telephone lines are to be extended to Tromsoe, Norway, 200 miles north of the Arctic circle. Bowdolnham, Me., reports catching a toneless shad, it has been named "the Burbank.” It is said that no one can breathe at a greater hlght than seven miles from the earth Argentina last yeai- manufactured 660,000 boxes of cigarets and 300,000,000 cigars. The Canadian government recently placed an order for 2,600,000 barrels of cement. Nine-tenths of the gold mining in Russia la done on crpwxj owned lauds. STATE BOARD CLEARS ASYLUM OFFICERS ON STECKELBERG DEATH Held That Patient Made Attack and That Death Was Purely Accidental. Lincoln, Neb., June 14.—The state board of control, after a personal in vestigation of the death of Charles Steekelberg, a patient from Wakefield, due to injuries received in a scuffle with Assistant Farmer Newsom, has issued a statement in which it is stated thut the man’s death was purely ac cidental and that Newsom should not be charged with any blame for it. In this statement the board thoroughly covers the circumstances and summarizes the evidence. It says that this clearly showed that after Steekelberg had refused to hitch up a team he had changed his mind, under persuasion, but when about to perform the task he suddenly turned and sezied Newsom. In the scuffle that followed Steekelberg fell to the cement floor, striking on hia head and fracturing his skull. The evidence showed that Steekelberg was acustomed to do a great deal of talking and it was his way of approaching a task to declare that he would not do it. and that no brutality was shown toward him and that no effort was made by the su perintendent to cover the matter up. The board finds that Newsom’s rec ord of four years’ service was good, that he had been unusually successful In handling patients and that no charges of brutality or quick tempered retaliation has been made. DAUGHTER OF WRUCKS SAYS WOMAN WAS AGGRESSOR Fremont, Neb., June 14.—Mrs. H. Treppe, of Oregon City, Ore., who has been at West Point for the purpose of claiming the estate of her late father. Herman Wruck. gives a new version of the tragic affair Involving the death of Mr. anti Mrs. Wruck last April. Mrs. Treppe Is in Fremont on her way to Oregon City, Ore. Under the will left by Mr. Treppe she received the whole of his estate, valued at $15,000. The coroner's Jury that investigated the singular case In which the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Wruck were found In the ruins of their home, concluded that one of the couple murdered the other and then set fire to the house. Popular be lief was that Mr. and Mrs. Wruck were murdered and robbed. The conclusion of Mrs. Treppe Is that Mrs. Wruck kill ed Mr. Wruck by the use of a butcher knife and then killed herself after over turning the lamp on the table for the purpose of setting the house afire. Mrs. Treppe says that she learned from sev eral old neighbors that Mrs. Wruck had become despondent and had said on numerous occasions that she Intended to end her life. —4— FORMER HARTINGTON MAN PRISONER ON ISLE OF MAN Hartington. Neb.. June 14.—County Judge Bryant has just received a let ter from the department of state at Washington stating that the English government Is unwilling to authorize the release of FYeldrlch Wilhelm Melr, a German subject, who Is In prison on the Isle of Man. Melr Is a former res ident of Hartington. Ho used to be In the employ of Henry Stuckenhoff, a contractor here, and has been held a prisoner In Flngland since the out break of the war. Persistent efforts have been made by his friends here to secure his release, and It was at first thought they would be successful, but this letter from the state department indicates that there is little hope In the present condition of international affairs. FORMAL ACTION AGAINST DOUGLAS COUNTY TREASURER Lincoln, Neb., Juno 14.—Attorney General Reed, representing State Treasurer Hall, appeared before the aupretne court yesterday and secured a peremptory writ of mandamus to com pel County Treasurer lire, of Douglas county, to remit to the state $170,000 due, and upon which there hus been no remittance. The state treasurer re cently Issued an order that all county treasurers must make remittances of state money monthly. The law re quires that all treasurers shall remit twice a year, or as often as the state treasurer shall designate. Some of the treasurers have refused to comply with the order and the suit Is the result. Ure tins until June 17 to show cause why he shall not comply with the or der of the court. -4— JOBS OPEN FOR THREE LAWYERS; PAY UNCERTAIN Lincoln, Neb.. June 14.—Three law yers In the state who have a desire to serve the supreme court for two years without a surety of ever getting any pav may hear of something to their advantage by communicating with Governor Morehead. The legis lature passed a law giving him the power to reaommend names to the court from whom the judges may se lect three commissioners, to aid In catching up with the docket, but the legislature failed to make any appro priation to pay the salaries of such commissioners. It Is unlikely that the next legislature would refuse pay for services rendered, hut the men who perform these services will have to wait for that payment on legislative action. UAM MAAin Ail A V/ nr/%/Ms I EDITOR OF OMAHA BEt Fremont. Neb., June 14.—It is as serted that Ross L. Hammond, former revenue collector for Nebraska and at present editor of ills own paper, the Fremont Tribune, may become editor of the Omaha Bee. It is said that Mr. Hammond nus been offered editorial control of the paper under certain stip ulations and that a stock company is —♦— LINCOLN—Tile state Hoard of assess ment yesterday ordered the atWrney gen eral to begin suit against the "dams and Wells Fargo express companies to force payment of the 2 |>or cent tax due the stute on their gross business done ill the state, according to a law passed by the 1913 legislature, and which they have re fused to pay because they allege it makes them pay a double tax. which is unconsti tutional. REQUISITION ISSUED FOR ALEGED HAY THIEVES Lincoln. Neb., June 12.—Governor Morehead has Issued an extradition warrant which authorizes an agent of the governor of Wisconsin to go to Pender and take Into custody two brothers, George and Howard Reynolds, who are charged with having stolen 23 bales of hay while the moon shone in the town of Brookfield, Waukesha county. The men were trailed across coutry and were arrested in Thurston county. The two are brothers and are said to be members of a gypsy band, in course of formation to take over the publication. W. B. EASTHAM NAMED AS BRIAN SUCCESSOR; WAS DEPUTY AUDITOR Appointee Has Been Showing Special Talent of Late In Landing Jobs. Lincoln, Neb.. June 12.—The demo- j rratie plum tree was again shaken ! yestfcrday, and as a resuit Deputy state Auditor W. B. Eastham steps into the sjioes of Insurance Commissioner B. G. Brian, republican. This is the third job Mr. Eastham has cuptured since the First of Jan uary, and is a decided change in his luck. Four times he sought to be elected land commissioner, but suf fered defeat. He now lands the $2,BOO insurance commissionership. State Auditor Smith has not made ] up his mind whom he will appoint to the vacancy caused by the promotion of Mr. Eastham. ROADMASTER IS KNOCKED FROM MOVING ENGINE McCook, Neb.. June 12.—An accident occurred on a freight train near Mix, Neb. in which Roadmaster O. Rosand er of this city and Fireman Charles Wilson, also of the city, were severely injured. While the train was running at a rapid speed the injector pipe on the engine burst. In Jumping hack to escape; the escaping steam, Fireman Wilson struck Roadmaster Rosander, who was riding on the engine to note track conditions, knocking Mr. Rosand er tiff. The roadmaster sustained a fracture on a shoulder blade and dis location of a hip. Fireman Wilson was severely burned by escaping steam. Superintendent Peckenpaugh ot the McCook division was also riding the engine to note the track conditions over the territory which has recently been visited by heavy rains, but he escaped injury. AGEE TAKES POSITION WITH CASUALTY COMPANY Lincoln, Neb., June 12.—A, E. Agee, of Waterloo, who has been pursuing the Job of state fire insurance commis sioner with much abandon, has been shunted off the track, having accepted the appointment, at the hands of the board, of manager of the National Fi delity and Casualty company, of Omaha, which has gone into the hands of the state insurance board. This latter action was taken by the two rival factions of stockholders, who could not agree on any course among themselves. The court signed the or der on application of the attorney gen eral. The company’s capital stock has been Impaired $73,000 by reason of losses. The board has not yet agreed on a commissioner, but the members say they will not name any man who was active either for or against the insur ance bill that caused so much trouble at the last legislative session. "diOOD FELLOWS" FAIL TO GET BEST RESULTS Lincoln, Neb., June 12.—The "good fellows" are in the rear of life's race, according to Rev. Charles Medbury, of Des Moines, commencement orator for Cotner university. The places in the front ranks are held by great men, men with single and fixed purposes. Men achieve success only by having their life purpose clearly outlined be fore they start. Many great souls, he said, had failed, because they lack ob jective. Lack of progrant means mediocrity of effort. The greatest tragedy in life is a man who has no fixed purpose and who has lost his ideals. -4 MAN SEEKS DIVORCE FROM WOMAN LONG ON NAMES Lincoln. Neb., June 12.—George R. Mann has filed suit for divorce from his wife, who rejoices in the name of Evelyn Agnes Parish Parsons Brad field Mann. He says that they have been married but four years, but that in that time she has spent all he earned and $3,000 that he borrowed. lie said that her conduct was such that he had to go back home to his mother. He accuses her of infidelity and cruelty. R. B. SKINNER, OF NELIGH HEADS FUNERAL DIRECTORS Lincoln, Neb., June 12.—R. B. Skin ner. of Neligh. is the newly elected president of the Nebraska Funeral Di rectors’ association. The other offi cers are: Vice presidents, Earl t'arstensen. Curtis: H. J. Miller, Carle ton, and Frank Miller, sr., West Point; secretary, Peter Merten, Jr., Blue Hill; treasurer, C. H. Roper, University Place. Delegates to national conven tion: G. H. Brewer, South Omaha, V. A. Matthews. Lincoln; Peter Merten, sr., Blue Hill; William Beckenhour, Wayne. The next convention will be held at Hastings. HALL STARTS ON TRAIL OF DOUGLAS COUNTY TREASURER Omaha, Neb., June 12.—A legal bat tle over the right of the state treas urer to compel county treasurers to re mit to him monthly appears Imminent. State Treasurer Hall has given out that he will make a move on the Ure camp In Douglas county and that he will endeavor to secure legal rulings on contention that some $176,000 now held by County Treasurer Ure should be turned over to him at once. He will call particular attention to . the 10 per cent penalty attached where county treasurers do not mind nis calls for money. In the event that Mr. Ure is stuck then for the amount it will mean the payment of interest at the rate of $1,500 a month or thereabouts. LINCOLN—Governor Morehead this aft ernoon Issued a proclamation declaring that the election held in Omaha was ac cording to the prescribed statutes, and that 10 days from the time the proclama tion was filed with the city clerk in Omaha the three cities of Omaha, South Omaha and Dundee would be one and the same, and under one city government, to be known as Omaha. WAYNE—The Wayne state normal opened Its summer session with the larg est enrollment in its history. Very many high school graduates are among the stu dents. New teachers are O. H. Bowen, of the public schools of Wayne; Superin tendent Cowan, of Albion; Miss Hose, of Falls City and the University of Nebras ka, and Miss Mary Mahood. late of Co lumbia university. —*— FREMONT MAN NAMED AS LINCOLN HIGHWAY CONSUL Fremont, Neb., June 11.—George F. Wolz received his official appointment as state consul of the Lincoln highway from Pres. Henry Joy, of Detroit. Mr. Wolz was named to succeed Henry E. Fredrickson, who resigned to become general consul over the entire territory. Mr. Wolz has been serving as consul for Dodge county, and declined to ac cept the appointment as stute consul unless the other 11 consuls would agree. This they did. Mr. Wolz will begin up on his new duties at Mit" ELEVENTH-HOUR WORK OF DIPLOMATS NEVER CHECKS HOSTILITIES So Says Benjamin Ide Wheeler, In Address to Graduates of Nebraska University. Lincoln, Neb., June 12—In the opinion of Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California, told in his commencement address to the seniors of the University of Nebraska, each of the belligerent nations of Europe had a reason of its own for entering upon the war. and more of them can be cor related so as to determine Just what it is all about. Mr. Wheeler believed that the clash of conflicting trade ambitions was the immediate cause, while down at the bottom the cross currents of racial antagonism were to be found. He said: "If we are ever to lessen the geologic strain which produces the earthquakes of war, we must reach deep down and reckon with these underlying cross purposes of men; the ordinary 11th hour efforts of diplomacy are usually mere palliatives and treat symptoms rather than disease.” The commencement exercises were featured by the awarding of the hon oarary degree of doctor of laws upon a former head of the political economy department of the university, Prof. G. Langworthy Taylor. General Pershing, U. S. A., was present and presented the Pershing medal, which honor he es tablished when he was commandant years ago. General Pershing made a brief talk on the need of military train ing and education. He thought that if the 30,000 or 40,000 college students in America each received this training it would form a perfect nucleus of de fense for the nation. Three nundred candidates received degrees. Wesleyan university also held com mencement exercises yesterday. Forty three students graduated. Bishop Mc Dowell, the commencement orator, spoke on "The Modern Scholar.” Ball bearing brains were needed to do the world's work and to lead in modern thoughts. The stubbornness with w-hich we hold to ideas is often in inverse ration to the straight thinking behind them. He said the present war is due to the failure to think clear. Germany is guided by her own interests, Eng land by her own interests, and ordinary human interests suffer. REV. S. G. CARLSON HEADS SWEDISH BAPTIST CHURCH Gothenburg. Neb.. June 12.—The 33d annual meeting of the Swedish Bap tists of Nebraska closed here Sunday. Sixty delegates and pastors were in at tendance. The conference board chosen for the coming year is com posed of Rev. S. G. Carlson, of Valley, president; Rev. A. Rose, of Gothen burg, vice president; Oscar Turnquist, of Hordvtlle, secretary; G. O. Bork lund, of Stromsburg, vice secretary; Andrew Wicklund, Valley, treasurer. C. Hasselblad, former secretary, was chosen for general missionary. DAN STEPHENS TALKS OF BRYAN’S RESIGNATION Lincoln, Neb., June 12.—Congress man Stephens, of the Third district, here to address the postmasters’ con vention, had this to say of Bryan's res ignation; "I consider his withdrawal from the cabinet a national calamity for the reason that there is not another man in public life in America who speaks to as many persons when he talks on public matters. His influence can ill be spared from the cabinet, and 1 ap preciate how Mr. Wilson must feel in losing him. 1 do not think his with drawal will have any material effect on the future of the party, because Mr. Bryan has made it clear that he is in hearty sympathy with the president and his administration. I do not think it will have a thing to do with pa tronage. It was quite natural for Mr. Bryan, after concluding his arbitration treaties, to feel that he codld not now refuse to arbitrate a question of fact.” MAIL ORDER HOUSES ARE BURDEN TO POSTMASTERS Lincoln. Neb., June 12.—The mail order houses of the east and the par cel post have combined to bring gray hairs to the heads of Nebraska post masters, as was brought out in their annual convention. The principal trou ble lies in the fact that the return post age on packages is not the same as that which it costs for delivery. This is because the big mail order houses ship by freight to a central point and mail their packages from there, thus getting the smallest zone rate. If a patron desires to return an article, however, he must pay the rate from his zone to that of the mail order house. The postmaster gets blamed, be cause the patron thinks that he is pocketing the difference between the two rates of postage. An effort will be made to have the rate on returned packages made the same as that which was charged for their delivery. Speeches were made by Congress men Lobeck and Stephens on matters connected with the mail service. RIVER CUTS NEW CHANNEL: BRIDGE NOW HIGH AND DRY McCook, Neb., June 13.—Red Willow county has the rather unique exper ience of having a river bridge at this point with the water of the river run ning in another channel. During the recent high water in the Republican river at this place the river cut a new channel south of this city and the full head of the stream was thus diverted about a quarter of a mile from its old channel and the bridge left high and dry. The farm of John Schmidt, through which the river made a new channel, has been practically ruined. He was not long since offered $4,500 for the 45 acres comprising his farm, which is now practically worthless. The barn was carried away by the water, which finally stopped within a few feet of the brick farm house on the place. EARTHQUAKE SHOCK IS REPORTED AT VERDEL Verdel, Neb., June 10.—A slight earth quake jar was felt here Sunday night at 10:30 o’clock. Windows and dishes in the houses rattled for 10 seconds or more. It was thought to be a storm at first, but no clouds were in the sky. MAN SHOOTS OFF FOOT WHILE TOYING WITH GUN St. Edward, Neb.. June 10.—The visit of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Keleh, of Enid. Okla., to relatives here had a sad out come when Mr. Keleh shot his right foot off while toying with a shotgun with which he had been hunting. After the foot had been dressed. Mr. Keleh was taken to the home of his brother inlaw', Frank Smith, near here. Mr. Keleh is in charge of the Chase Har vester company's business for Oklaln*’ ma LOUP ATTORNEY SAYS > REED DIO NOT SHOW ORDINARY COURTESY Complains of Attorney Gener. al’s Method of Handling Fox Murder Case. Lincoln, Neb., June 11.—County At torney Moon of Loup county has writ ten a caustic letter to Attorney Gen eral Reed, in which he complains of the latter’s lack of courtesy in not com municating with him before sending a special Investigator into the county. Moon says that it is true Galbreath killed Pox last November, while en gaged in an altercation, but that he had taken no action because the evi dence showed self defense and that he believed it useless to seek to try to convict before a jury. Moon says that he never heard of the petition of cit izens sent the attorney general which led to the investigation of lawlessness in that county. He says there are some good citizens on the petition, and also that every law violator in the county is also listed there. Moon declares further that after the Pox killing lawlessness ceased, and that it was not until after the state in vestigator had been there and the law less element regained courage from a belief that the state was after the county authorities, that the old con ditions were reinstated. A grand jury has been called to in vestigate all lawless conditions and al so the killing of Pox. COURSE ON EMBALMING AT STATE MEDICAL SCHOOL Lincoln, Neb., June 11.—The teaching of embalming will be a new course in the state medical school, and two Lin coln undertakers have been assigned to th.e task of lecturing on the subject. This is a new departure in Nebraska, and when the funeral directors of the state, at their annual convention, now In session, heard about it, they ex pressed great pleasure. The directors w'ill be here for two days, and listen to addresses on various phases of their business and also attend some demon strations by expert embaimers. The course in the medical college will be given in connection with other instruc tion, covering the conduct of funerals and kindred topics. GORDON JOURNAL BOOMS KINKAID FOR SENATORSHIP Gordon, Neb., June 11.—The Gordon Journal in its Issue this week urges the nomination of ex-Congressman Klnkaid for senator. It says: “For years the Journal has had a longing desire to see M. P. Klnkaid make the race for the United States Senate. He is the logical man for the republicans to put forward for that responsible office. Mr. Klnkaid has ac complished more for the state of Ne braska than all other congressmen and senators the state has ever sent down to Washington. His long service in the lower house of congress has schooled him for the responsibilities of a sen ator. His large acquaintance with men of national reputation cannot help but be of inestimable value to the state as a senator. His wide knowledge of men and affairs in Nebraska assure him of a strong party support, while his work in the big Sixth district has so endear ed him to his constituency that he is sure of carrying a heavy vote regard less of politics.” MAYOR BRYAN TRYING TO FULFILL HIS PLEDGES Lincoln, Neb., June 11.—Mayor Bryan is preparing to make good on three more of his ante-election pledges. He has an ordinance ready for introduc tion which will establish in the city clerk's office a free employment bureau and in the city attorney's office a legal aid bureau. Another measure he will push will be the designation of the public prosecutor as the public de fender, and it w'ill be part of his duty to see that persons accused of crime are given a fair chance to present all the facts they have at their command and without going to the expense which few of them do because of lack of means of hiring a law'yer to defend them. In some instances he will be the prosecutor and in others the defend er. and often in one case he will be on both sides. The present legal staff is expected to be able to take care of the business offered without any in crease. MANY NEW FACES AT POSTMASTERS' CONVENTION Lincoln, Neb., June 11.—Several hun dred Nebraska postmasters are in at tendance at the annual convention of the state association. The most re markable feature of the meeting so far is the number of new faces at the con vention. A large number of republicans have lost their jobs in the last year, and even among the fourth class men, who thdUght they were secure under the civil service, many have lost out because they were unable to pass the examination. The fourth class men are interested in backing a bill that is shortly to be introduced in congress for the purpose of placing postmasters who are under the civil service on a pension list after they attain a certain age. Senator Norris was the principal speaker at the first session. NEW OFFICERS ELECTED BY NEBRASKA LIQUOR DEALERS Norfolk, Nob.. June 11.—At the annual meeting of the Nebraska Liquor Deal ers’ association here yesterday the fol lowing officers were elected: A. H. Koop, Lincoln, president; August Toelle. Wisner, vice president; Henry Keating. Omaha, secretary; Hans Pet erson. Omaha, treasurer. Omaha gets the next convention. TURKISH PEACE PARTY GAINS. Paris, June 9.—The correspondent at Athens of the Havas News agency wires that the departure of German families from Constantinople is re garded as an indication that the Ger mans are concerned over the present position of the Turkish army. The dispatch says the peace party in Turkey is gaining headway with a movement for the replacement of the present cabinet by another with Tefik Pasha, former Turkish ambassador at London, as grand vizier. PLANS INSURANCE AGAINST AIR RAIDS London. June 9.—Premier Asquith announced in the house of commons today that the British government was considering the initiation of a national Insurance scheme to cover the losses inflicted by German aircraft. The premier made this statement while replying to a number of ques tions relative to the damage done in the recent German air raids. "Relief will be granted in all these as well as in previous cases," said Mr. Asuuith CAN ST NO LI . ON GERMAN VIEW OF WILSON NOTE Indicated It Has Been Favor- i ably Received In Official Circles, But Press Holds v Kaiser Can’t Yield. THIS COUNTRY OPTIMISTIC Some Diplomats Believe Way ^las Been Paved For Peaco Negotiations If Berlin Is Willing. Washington. June 14.—Official Wash ington today looked to Ambassador Gerard in Berlin for some indication of how the German government views the American note to Germany concerning her submarine warfare. Unofficial ad vices received here said that official* of the German foreign office were fa miliarizing themselves with the con tents and it was expected here that as soon as they had done so the am bassador would send some definite in formation. It was also said that Germany prob ably would not give Its answer pend ing the arrival of Meyer Gerhard, thn personal representative of Count Von Bernstorff. the German ambassador to Washington. From this it was con- j eluded that a reply would not be forth- A coming for perhaps a fortnight. Reports Are Conflicting. There has been conflicting unof ficial information from Berlin. Dis patches coming direct from there said that some quarters regarded the not" as more conciliatory than cable dis patches had indicated. On the other hand dispatches received by way of London said Berlin was pessimistic re garding the continued maintenance of friendly relations with the United States. German opinion, it was said was unanimously against granting the American demands for assurance? that American ships and lives would | not be endangered by submarine war- ^ fare. The following is a London dispatch: “German opinion is unanimously igainst granting President Wilson's demands for assurances that American ships and lives will not be endangered by submarine warfare, according to a Berlin dispatch to the Exchange Tele graph company, sent by way pf Am sterdam." Washinqton Optimistic. The feeling in offclal circles in Wash ington, however, continued optimistic. Close reading in diplomatic quarters yf the American note to Germany prought out a variety of predictions 1 ind views as to the manner lrt which 1 Germany would reply. ■ There was a general feeling of confi dence, however, that Germany would iccept some of the several avenues <>f ipproach purposely included In the note by the American government, so as to make possible a friendly settle ment. Much importance was attached to the statement of the willingness of the United States to exercise its good of fices as between the belligerents in any attempt to come to an understanding v ‘by which the character and conditions >f the war upon the sea may bo changed.” Foresee Peace Negotiations. This, it was believed in many quar ters. might result in a correspondence, that might ultimately lead to peace ne gotiations. It was learned, too, that .•opies of the American note to Ger man had been cabled to the American jmbassies at London. Paris, Petrograd md Rome for the Information of the imbassadors, and copies would be de posited with the respective foreign of fices at those capitals. This procedure enables Great Britain to take cogniz ince of the virtual Invitation of the United States to the belligerents to make suggestions affecting maritime warfare, and it is suggested that out >f It may grow a modus vivendi. or temporary arrangement, whereby the rights of neutrals or belligerents would not be given up during the progress of the war, but changes effected so as to mitigate the terrors of the conflict and tfford safety to noncombatants and | neutrals on the high seas. ’ The Amazon river is 3,994 miles in length, rising within 70 miles of the Pacific ocean and flowing clear across the continent. The Amoor, the great stream of China and Siberia, is 1,500 miles in length, but for nearly nine months in the year is ice bound. The Hoangho, or Yellow river of China, is 2,800 miles in length and drains a ter ritory equal to one-third the area of the United States. STRATEGIC POINT IS SEIZED BY ITALIANS Capture of Gradisca, Near Gor izia, Gives Them Firm Foot ing on Isonzo. Rome. June 14.—The Italian advance across the Isonzo river has not been checked. Occupation of the town of Gradison, six miles southwest of Gortzia, is reported by the Italian mil itary authorities. Possession of this town and of Monfalcone, near the Gulf of Trieste, would appear to give the Italians a firm hold on the lower Isonzo. y, An official statement made at main ' headquarters says that the Italians are solidly established in the Austrian city of Gradisca. The full statement, which Is signed by Lieut. Gen. Count Cadoran, chief of staff of the Italian army, follows: "Some progress was made yesterday at different points along the front. A reconnaissance party beyond Monte Nero found in the gorges recently ex plored by our fire the wreckage of rifles and machine guns abandoned by the enemy and the bodies of 40 Aus trians. "Enemy forces comprising six bat talions, coming from Plezzo (in Aus tria, 39 miles northwest of Gorizia), attempted, according to statements made by prisoners, to take our troops in the region of Monte Nero in the rear. The attempt was frustrated by the energetic resistance and rapid maneuvering of Bersiglieri and Alpine _ troops. "We are now solidly estalbished in the city of Gradizsca, which has been held by our advanced troops for some days.”