THE O'NEIL FRONTIER
O. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
O'NEILL. NEBRASKA
An interesting enterprise Is the
American cyanamid works, at Niagara
Falls. Ontario, which began operations
In 1910 with a capacity ot 111,000 tons,
and which has recently increased Us
output to 64.000 tons a year in order to
meet the growing demand for its pro
duct. Cyanamid is a fertilizing ma
terial obtained by combining atmos
phereic- nitrogen with calcium carbide,
according to Consul Julius D. Dreher,
at Toronto. By simply lieuting cyana
mid with steam ammonia can be pro
duced, which being passed through
heated platinum sponges, is oxidized
Into nitric acid, of which the explosive
Industry uses 55,000 tons a year. By
fusing cayanamid with salts, cyanides
may be produced which are used in ex
tracting gold and silver from low grade
ores.
The woes of a man who was stopped
from singing raucously on the mez
zanine floor of a New York hotel were
poured forth when he was told his vo
calization was unnecessary. He said,
among other things: 'Bllme me 'otel!
Hi’ve got a suite of rooms over there,
and Hi've got my wife and a valet,
Hi 'ave. And what do you think 'ap
pened last night? They told me HI
was unconvential because Hi didn't
'ave me evening clothes on. Stopped
me from going on the floor to dance,
by Jove! Yet my valet, who nppened
to 'ave on his claw'ammer, 'e was
dancing like a lord.
The Butler gold medal, to be
awarded every fifth year by Columbia
university for the most distinguished
contribution made during tHe preceding
five-year period to philosophy or to
educational theory, practice or admin
istration will be given to Bertrand
Russell, lecturer and fellow of Trinity
college, Cambridge, for his contribu
tions to logical theory. The Butler
silver medal is to be awarded to Pro
fessor Ellwood Patterson Cubberley, of
Leiand Stanford, Jr., university, for his
Contributions to educational adminis
tration.
One of the many "by products" of
the great war Is the opportunity which
has of iate been enjoyed by astrono
mers Jiving In and near London to ob
serve the heavens with comparatively
little Interference due to city lights. At
a recent meeting of th*» British astron
omical association attention was called
to the fact that the zodiacal light had
become an easily observed feature of
Liondon skies, whereas before the days
of Zeppelin raids it was practically in
visible to Londoners.
The Rockefeller Foundation of Med
ical Research has begun work on the
construction of a laboratory near
Princeton for the study of animal dis
eases. The ground, building and
equipment of tne new laboratory will
cost about $1,000,000. Dr. Theobald
Smith, professor of comparative path
ology at Harvard, will direct tile in
stitution.
f Bombardment by the Germans made
It necessary to remove a number of
Insane persons from an asylum in
northern France during the early days
of the war. The problem was made
extremely difficult by the lunatics, who
Insisted on watching and applauding
as the shrapnel burst on all sides of
them.
English parents have almost entirely
given up the practice of naming their
children William since the war with
Germany broke out. But now a howl
is going up at the Idea of allowing
Germany to monopolize so good an
English name as that. But the kaiser's
name Is really Wilhelm.
The turkey, as far as records are
known was introduced into England In
1624, brought probably from the port
of Cadiz, where ships from tile port
orient were accustomed to call. In
nearly all European countries, and even
Turkey, itself, this bird is called the
"Indian fowl.”
The corporation of foreign bond
holders at London, recently reciting de
faulted public debts not yet settled,
gravely includes the bonds of the Con
federate states of America, of which
the principal Is given in the report at
$12,900,000 and "accrued interest,” as
$41,905.710,
There lacks only a five-mile link to
tho completion of a fine new highway
entirely across the .State of Oklahoma
from the Kansas to tho Texas boun
daries. Those who know Oklahoma
weather say the road will be almost
perfect for 340 days of each year.
The Samuel X). Gross prlzo of the
Philadelphia academy of medicine for
the year 1915 has been awarded to Dr.
John Lawrence Yates, of Milwaukee,
for his essay entitled "Surgery in the
Treatment of Hodgkins Diseases ” The
amount of this prize Is $l,50u.
Lord Lyons once Incensed Victor Hu
so by addressing a letter to him as
Victor Hugo, senateur, avenue de Vic
tor Hugo." There were too many de
tails there to suit the great man who
thought Just "Victor Hugo" enough.
Tho American Bible society Is 99
years old, and last year it distributed
*,370.485 blbles and religious docu
ments. During its life the society has
passed out more than 109.000,000 vol
umes.
i Illness, both bodily and mental, and
suicides have both decreased ’ very
noticeably In Russia since the national
prohibition edict went into effect. Sav
ings bank deposits are Increasing rap
idly. _ _ 1
Careful Investigation at the Berlin
nntverslty has shown that covers for
beer steins can contain as much as 35
per cent lead without danger of
poisoning consumers of tho steins'
sontents.
The Langenheck-Virchow building,
the new home for the medical surgical
societies of Berlin, is nearly completed.
The medical library of tills German In
stitution will commence with 113,000
volumes.
By a new process in the manufacture
of cotton, it Is said to be possible to
make a product which will take the
place of bunting in making flags.
Sixty per cent of English words are
of Teutonic origin. 30 per cent are
Greek and Latin, and 10 per cent come
from other sources.
For military purposes a United States
army officer hao designed an automo
bile that will carry 14 men, with full
♦quipment and three days' rations. 800
miles on one filling of its fuel tanks.
Dr. Allen W. Freeman, of Richmond.
Va., has resigned as assistant state
health commission to become epi
tflemlologist for the United States pub
lic health service at Washington.
The latest aeroplane Invention Is the
ose of a recording phonograph by
Which the operator may make notes of
Jtia observations. _ w
MILLION DOLLAR LOSS
IN BRIDGES SUGGESTS
BUILDING FOR FUTURE
Engineer Says Present Levy, In
Sinking Fund, Would Pay
Bonds In Six Years.
Lincoln, Neb.. June 28.—A million
Jollars worth of bridges were washed
off their foundations and destroyed by
Nebraska freshets this year. This is
the estimate made by State Knglneer
Johnson after having visited many
counties in the state. He said that on
his trip he had seen losses totalling
half that sum, and he had not been in
all of the Inundated areas. The coun
ties were the losers In mokt instances,
although several bridges that the state
had contributed part of the cost have
gone.
Mr. Johnson snys that the remedy
for this waste, which annually mounts
into many thousands of dollars, is for
the counties to vote bonds and in this
way secure a sufficient sum to build
a system of permanent bridges. His
Idea Is to reduce the annual bridge levy
to a sum sufficient only to care for
present repair bills. The remainder of
the present bridge levy, If put into a
sinking fund, would pay off any neces
sary bridge bond Issue In five or six
years. He says that $200,000 would
build permanent bridges over danger
ous streams in any county In the state,
and that most of them spend anually
from $10,000 to $40,000 for temporary
structures and repairs.
TWO COUNTIES IN DISPUTE
OVER three-mile STRIP
Lincoln. Neb., June 28.—County At
torney Osgood, of Grant county, is in
Lincoln to enlist the aid of the attorney
general's office in a suit he proposes
filing against Garden county. A strip
or land, three miles in width, on the
western border of Grant, is in dispute.
Garden county was organized some
years ago out of Cheyenne county, and
the dispute as to whether this strip of
territory Is In Garden or Grant has ex
isted ever since. The property is
claimed by both counties and the au
thorities have each notified the owners
or the land therein that they must pay
their taxes to each or the land will be
sold for taxes. The property owners
object to being made the butt of the
row. and they have so Impressed the
county attorney of Grant that he came
all the way to Lincoln to see what
could be done about it.
The chances are that a suit will be
filed in supreme court to settle the
boundary dispute and thus speedily end
the troubles of the settlers.
WOMAN FEIGNS ILLNESS:
HAS COURT "BUFFALOED”
Lincoln. Neb., June 28.—For over a
month the police authorities have been
trying to secure the appearance of Dora
Kills on a charge of disorderly conduct.
Every time she Is cited to appear she
declares she is 111. Yesterday the po
lice insisted that she must appear and
she dkl, but she insisted she was not
able to climb the stairs to the court
room. They placed her in a chair, but
no sooner had the second floor been
reached than she had a convulsion. At
each renewal of the effort to get her
before the judge she had a convulsion,
and fell out and writhed on the floor.
A doctor, who was called, said there
was nothing the matter with her. but
she kept on "fitting” until the court
grew tired and ordered her placed in
jail. There she kept up her pretense,
but the orders of the Judge are that she.
be detained until she quits or really
becomes ill.
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THRONG GREETS BRYAN AT
MADISON SQUARE MEETING
Lincoln, Neb., June 28.—Former Sec
retary Bryan will be In Lincoln next
Tuesday, according to a dispatch re
ceived by his brother, Mayor Bryan.
The telegram also stated that the New
York meeting was an immense success,
and that the secretary had received the
greatest reception of his career. Thous
ands of people who tried to get into
Madison Square Garden to hear him
were turned away.
WOULD COMPEL TREASURER
TO FORWARD STATE CASH
Lincoln. Nob.. June 28.—The supreme
court has sent a ballff to Omaha to
serve a writ of mandamus upon County
Treasurer TJre, commanding him, to pay
the $170,000 of state taxes he has on
hand and to hereafter make monthly
settlements with the state treasurer.
The county treasurer has three days to
apply for a rehearing of the case.
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OSCEOLA—William Gravltt and Guy
Bright are In jail here charged with an
attempt to murder Charles Mackey. Near
Shelby last night the pair shot at him
four times and then drove to Columbus,
where they were found by Sheriff Potter.
Each was well provided with firearms.
The trouble arose over the arrest of
Gravltt and Bright June 19, when they
were charged with being drunk and dis
orderly. Mackey had aided the village
marshal of Shelby in making the arrest
and had incurred the enmity of the two
men.
WAYNE—The Commercial club of this
place has appointed a committee to so
licit $t,t00 among the business men for
the establishment of a system of electro
liers on Main street. When the amount
Is raised the city council will add an
equal sum. which will install the new
system. The committee members are
Senator Philip Kohl, S. R. Theobald. H.
C. Hennv, John Harrington, Frank Stra
han and John T. Bressler.
LINCOLN—County assessors are be
ginning to make their reports to Sec
retary Bernecker, of the state board of
assessment, and in most cases a gain
Is shown, the greatest being from Platte
county, where the gain in assessment was
$202,40S. Pakota county reported yester
day. showing an assessment of $3,194,392,
an Increase over last year of $144.
LINCOLN.—The state lias appealed to
tho supreme court from the judgment of
tho Adams county district court, estab
lishing Louis Keller as a brother and heir
of Henry Keller. The latter was a Hast
ings resident who died In 1904, leaving
an estate worth about $8,000.
WAYNE—Beverly H. Strahan, of the
First National bank, of Wayne, and Miss
Mary Meister, of this place, were married
In Omaha. Both bride and groom are
members of prominent families. They will
make their home here.
HARTINGTON—At the meeting of the
board of equalization, which adjourned
last night, a $20,000 reduction was made
in the assessment of the telephone com
pany. The total valuation of the per
sonal property of the county is fixed at
57,824.420, which is about $100,000 less
than last year.
DUTCH STEAMER SUNK.
London, June 26.—A dispatch re
ceived here from Stockholm says that
The Netherlands steamer Ceres, from
Amsterdam for Lulea, Sweden, has
sunk as a result of striking a mine neat
Soderhamn. in the Gulf of Bothnia.
The crew was saved.
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NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
INDUCED TO KILL SISTER
BY CONTINUOUS DREAMS
Omaha. Neb., June 25.—George Pap
pandopulus, 28 years old, whose trial
on a charge of shooting his sister,
EJlen Arbanilis, will begin this morn
ing In Judge English's district court,
declared yesterday in his cell in t'na
county jail that a dream, which lasted
12 successive nights, sent him to Oma
ha from St. Louis to purify his sis
ter's soul by slaying her.
Mrs. Arbanilis, who was 23 years ol
age, deserted her husband for a sweet
heart, said her brother. The breaking
of one of two mirrors, which, in his
dream symbolized his two sisters, gavq
him notice of her fall from virtue last
July, said Pappandopulus. He met hen
twice In the Vienna restaurant, where
she was employed, and on July 16, 1914,
shot her as she was sitting opposite
hin t a table.
The woman died at St. Joseph hos
pital two months later, after having
begun to recover from two bullet
wounds. Because physicians said her
death might have been brought about
by other causes than the wounds, Pap
pandopulus was charged with assault
with intent to kill by County Attorney
Magney. The man will seek to Justify
his act to the Jury, but counsel ap
pointed to represent him will advance
the defense that he Is Insane. The
county attorney maintains that he
Is sane.
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5UIT OVER BEAGLE MAY
GO TO SUPREME COURT
Lincoln, Neb., June 26— Jacob L.
Fisher has been officially decreed to
t>e the owner of the English beagle
3ypsy. and her seven puppies and to
be entitled to recover 1 cent damages
from Thomas E. Britt, who also claimed
ownership. The case Is remarkable, In
that each man was very positive the
dog belonged to him and each had an
array of witnesses in court to prove the
fact. The period of time covered in the
testimony of these witnesses over
lapped, and it was a Job for Justice
Stavens, who heard the case, to decide
which group was mistaken. Britt
swears he will take the case to the
highest court In the state If necessary.
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DAN MORRIS DECIDES TO
ACCEPT BOARD PRESIDENCY
Lincoln, Neb., June 26.—Dan Morris,
bf Kearney, elected president of the
state normal board, and who first de
clined the honor, has reconsidered and
will accept. His election came about
through the political shrewdness of
Buperintendent Thomas, who was af
ter the scalp of President Vlele.
The Majors faction wanted Vide re
elected, but Vlele did not vote for him
self. As the Thomas faction had
Secretly agreed on Morris, he was
fleeted. Vlele's vote for him dkl the
business. The Thomas crowd lost,
however, when Cavlness was re-elected
secretary. He belongs to the Majors
faction.
LOSS OF $2,000,000 FROM
HAIL IN NEBRASKA STORMS
Lincoln, Neb., June 26.—Two million
dollars is the estimated loss of last
week from hail storms between the
Platte and the Republican rivers. The
estimate has been prepared by the
president of a Nebraska hail insurance
company, and represents a careful sum
mary of reports received from thnt sec
tion. The hail Insurance companies
will not lose very heavily, os the drought
of the last year forbade the farmers
from spending any money for hail in
surance. Most of the losses occurred
west of Hastings and south of the
Platte. Adams and Phelps counties
were the worst hit.
BACHELOR HOMESTEADER
FOUND DEAD IN CABIN
Arthur, Neb., June 26.—Oil that ap
parently exploded when an effort was
made to kindle a fire in the stove is
attributed as the cause of the death of
Oscar Smith, a homesteader, in his sod
house, about 15 miles from here. His
body was discovered, charred almost
beyond recognition, by .a neighbor, who
found a corner of the cabin wrecked
and the roof blown off. Smith's body
lay in front of the stove and near by
a largo kerosene can. These circum
stances, coupled with the damage to
the cabin, were held to indicate he had
tried to kindle a tire with the oil. It is
not definitely established when the fa
tality occurred.
PROMINENT OMAHA WOMAN
KILLED AT SANTA BARBARA
Omaha. Neb., June 26.—Miss Freda
Ramsay, daughter of Dr. F. P. Ramsay,
of the University of Omaha, died at
Santa Barbara, Cal., the result of be
ing thrown from a horse.
Miss Ramsay had been teaching in
Missouri and was in California on a
vacation trip. Details of the nature of
the accident have not been received in
Omaha, beyond the statement thnt she
did not recover consciousness after the
accident.
FREMONT UNION SAYS ONLY
DEFENSE WAR JUSTIFIABLE
Fremont. N,eb., June 26.—The Fre
mont Central Labor union passed res
olutions urging President Wilson "un
der no circumstances except in de
fense of the country, to enter into war
with a foreign foe." Copies of the res
olution were ordered sent to the pres
ident and to Samuel Gompers.
DIVORCE COURT SEQUEL
TO EUGENIC MARRIAGE
New York. June 26.—Arguments in
the supreme court today for alimony
In the separation or Mrs. Anna E.
Weber against Dr. Charles E. Weber,
of Brooklyn, disclosed that at least one
eugenic marriage has failed. "A pla
tonic wife" was the term used by Dr.
Weber in describing his wife, who re
fused to bear children until all the ele
ments of eugenics had been compiled
with, including full provision for their
support.
Dr. Weber’s counsel said that the
key to the case was the ‘‘peculiar men
tal condition" of Mrs. Weber concern
ing the duties of a wife toward her
husband. She became imbued, he said,
with the idea that the obligations of
married life are covered by the term
“platonic friendship."
It was shown that Dr. and Mrs.
Weher. after they found they couldn’t
agrre, parted, with the understanding
,liat if Mrs. Weber changed her mind
she would return. She never did.
DERNBERG TO REACH
BERLIN- BY SATURDAY
Berlin. June 25, (via London).—Dr.
Bernhard Dernburg, returning from the
l.'n!ted States on the Norwegian steam
er Bergensfjord. has sent a wireless
message to relatives here, saying he ex
pects to reach Berlin Saturday evening.
It has been learned, upon good author
ity. that Dr. Dernburg will immediate
ly be called into consultation concern
ing the forthcoming German answer to
the second American note on the Lusi
tania incident.
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NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
EXPLAINS SPECIAL FEATURES
OF COMPENSATION MEASURE
Lincoln. Neb., June 25.—Answering
nqulries with respect to the workings
if the new workmen's compensation
aw. State Labor Commissioner Coffey
lolds:
That when the law says that com
pensation begins 35 days after an in
ury, it means 35 days and not working
lays; therefore includes Sunday.
That where an employe refuses to
tocept the medical aid or go to the hos
>ital suggested by his employer, the
atter Is not liable for any aggravation
if the injury due to such refusal and
:he Insistence of the employe in choos
ng his own doctor and hospital.
That if an employe refuses to permit
nspection of his injuries by a physician
lent by the employer he is denied com
pensation during the period of the re
'usal.
That when an employe is Injured, the
:holce of attending physician rests
with him.
That if an employe suffers an injury
for which there is no specific number
weeks for which he shall be com
pensated set forth in the law, then he
would receive compensation during the
period of incapacitation as certified by
the attending physician, unless it
ihould appear upon an examination of
«. physician selected by the employer
that the attending physician Is in er
ror.
CITY RIVALRY INDUCES
RUSH IN SKYSCRAPERS
Lincoln. Neb., June 25.—The third
fight-story building to be erected in
the business district of Lincoln since
Ihe first of the year Is about to be be
gun. It will be erected at Tenth and O
Streets by a syndicate of which W. E.
Sharp, president of the Lincoln Trac
tion company, Is the head. Mr. Sharp
Is also the head of the fraternal or
ganization, the Royal Highlanders, and
the society and the traction company
will occupy a considerable portion of
the new structure. The building activ
ity Is due largely to the rivalry between
two sections of the city, the Tenth and
O property owners fighting desperately
to keep business from marching each
on O as it persists in doing.
STATE G. A. R. COMMANDER
NAMES EXECUTIVE MEMBERS
Lincoln. Neb., June 26.—Department
Commander Humphrey, of Grand Is
land, has appointed the following as an
executive committee to look after G. A.
R. matters in the state: A. M. Trim
ble, Addison Walt and W. J. lilystone,
of Lincoln, and Jonathan Edwards, of
Omaha. The commander Is urging the
organization of memorial day associa
tions for the perpetuation of Decora
tion Day services after the old soldiers
.have all passed on. It is understood
the Sons of Veterans will undertake the
work of organization of associations.
GAINS REPORTED BY
ALLIES ON GALLIPOLI
Claim to Have Advanced 150
to 500 Yards on One
.Mile Front.
Paris, June 25.—An official note made
public in Paris today gives details of
operations on the north side of the
Dardanelles, between June 1 and June
8 and recites that as a result of at
tacks by the French and British a gain
of from 150 to 500 yards along a front
of over a mile was made. British
troops took over 500 prisoners.
DERNBURG SATISFIED
WITH HIS W«0RK HERE
New York. June 25.—An Interview
with Dr. Berhard Dernburg, the former
German colonial secretary, published
in the Tribune today was obtained here
that paper says, on June 11, under the
stipulation that it should not be pub
lished until Dr. Dernburg’s arrival in
Bergen, Norway.
“Some of the allies might take of
fense at some of my statements and in
terfere with my journey," he was
quoted as saying. The steamer Ber
gensfjord, on which Dr. Dernburg was
a passenger, was due to arrive in Ber
gen today but a delayed dispatch from
London, received here last night, said
that the vessel had been detained at
Kirwall, Scotland, where it was under
stood the passengers and crew were
undergoing an investigation.
The Tribune quotes Dr. Dernburg
ns saying that his mission in the
United States, though curtailed, had
been successful. “I feel that the great
American public has been given a
clearer and better understanding of the
German cause and the German aims of
this war," he added. "Germany, at the
beginning of the war was so isolated
that the underlying motives for, and
the German viewpoint of the war might
never have penetrated through the
plrcie of isolation with which our
pnemies have tried to surround us. If
t have succeeded in presenting to the
;reat, intelligent body of Americans
ihe basic facts of this war as Germany
?ees them, and upon which her gigantic
itruggle is based, the main object of
ny mission will have been accom«
(dished." _ _
3HANGE MAIL ROUTES
TO AVOID CENSORSHIP
Washington, June 2',.—Because of
.he reports.that United States mails
destined for Norway, Sweden, Den
mark and The Netherlands in transit
through belligerent countries have
been opened and censored, Postmaster
General Burleson today directed that
until further orders all malls for those
countries be sent on vessels sailing di-.
reet and not touching at any port of
belligerents.
DATO TO HOLD PLACE.
Madrid, (via Paris.) June 24.—King
Mfonso it now is believed, will decide
:o retain Eduardo Dato as premier, but
with a new set of ministers. After
mnching with the king at La Granja,
Senor Dato returned to Madrid.
DYNAMITE DEPOSITED
ON CARNEGIE DOORSTEP |
New York, June 24.—Three sicks of
dynamite, wrapped in a pasteboard box ]
were found last night on the doorstep <
of Andrew Carnegie's Fifth avenue
residence here. Mr. Carnegie and mem
bers of his family are out of the city.
The fuse attached had been lighted,
but was not burning when found by the
watchman.
ORGANIZATION WORK
NOW UNDER WAY FOR
PROHIBITION FIGHT
Nebraska “Dry” Forces Plan tp
Make Things Hum In Effort
to Oust Saloons.
Lincoln, Neb.. June 25.—The varioul
organizations that propose to make a
fight next year for statewide prohibi
tion will shortly announce their plans.
\ arlous committees have been meet
ing and comprehensive plans laid for
carrying on an active fight in every
county in the state. The Third Ne
braska congressional district, which
has shown decided symptoms of “wet
ness” in past contests, is to be given
the most attention, with Omaha and
the remainder of the Second district
next in line.
The first work is to secure signa
tures to a petition calling for a ref
erendum on the subject, but under the
organization plans made, this is ex
pected to be an easy task. One of the
features of the campaign will be the
number of speakers turned loose in
the state.
Some of the old party leaders have
tried to discourage the submission of
a prohibition amendment during a
presidential election, and have argued
that, as the presidential contest will
draw out a very large number of vot
ers who do not take part in other elec
tions, the chances for the amendment
carrying will be made more difficult.
™ne prohibition leaders, however, are
of the opinion that the larger the total
vote cast, the larger will be their votes,
as the first really active in all state
elections is the liquor element.
Complaint has been made that a
number of country newspapers have
been beguiled into printing plate mat
ter prepared by the liquor dealers, and
furnished free of charge, that is sub
tly attacking prohibition.
I RANSPORTATION OF BOYS
CAUSE OF MANDAMUS SUIT
Lincoln, Nob., June 25.—The state
board of control is to bo made the de
fendant in a mandamus suit brought by
Lancaster country. In reality, how
ever, other counties in the state are in
terested. In the various county Jails
of the state, boys sentenced to the state
reform school are accumulating. The
state board declines to pay' the sheriff
for taking them to the reform school on
the ground that the last legislature, in
its desire to make a record for econ
omy, neglected to appropriate any
money for taking the boys thither.
The sheriffs are not objecting very
hard, as they receive 50 cents for each
day he remains in the Jail for his
board, but the county commissioners
are objecting to the expense being
saddled upon the county while the boys
are compelled to consort with adult
male criminals. The Kearney school
has a cash fund, derived from the sale
of products raised on the farm, and it
is contended this could be used to pay
the traveling expenses. The sheriffs
decline to work "on tick,” as they must
carry the account until the next legis
lature meets. If the mandamus suit
fails the commissioners say they will
order the boys released.
HURRY’S DESCENDANTS
TO GREET LIBERTY BELL
Lincoln, Neb., June 25.—Five youths,
direct descendants of William Hurry,
the patriot who rang the liberty bell
at Philadelphia to announce the sign
ing of the declaration of independence,
will take part in the Lincoln celebra
tion when the bell arrives here on July'
9. They are the live sons of Mrs. II. ,1.
Thomson, of Palmyra, Neb., who is
herself seventh in line of descent from
the original Hurry. Mrs. Thomson has
written the local committee for res
ervations for her sons, and they will
be awarded front seats.
FOUND THAT RATE EXPERTS
ARE LUXURIOUS LIVERS
Lincoln, Neb., June 25.—Thus far,
it has cost the state of Nebraska
$14,160 for defending the interests of
the shippers of the state from the pro
posed advance in western frieght rates
now before the interstate commerce
commissioners. Iowa and Minnesota
have paid out $15,000, while the other
states interested have spent but about
half that amount. The expenses have
been incurred largely in the employ
ment of experts to go through the rec
ords and formulate the testimony for
the states. Some comment has been
aroused by the fact that the bills sent
in provide for the payment of ice bills,
bills for mineral water and like lux
uries without which the experts appar
netly cannot do their work. The state
has had several experts of its own at
Chicago for months going through the
railroad records, but these get nothing
except their hotel bills and traveling
expenses.
OFFICERS SUSPECT WIFE IN
MYSTERIOUS PERCIVAL CASE
Nebraska City, Neb., June 25.—Mrs.
E. S. Bailey is being kept at the Fegers
hospital here where she was taken aft
er she was found unconscious and
wounded in her home at Percival. Her
husband was Instantly killed by being
! shot in the back of the head while sit
ting at the dinner table in his home.
It is believed, by officers, that Mrs.
Bailey shot her husband and then at
tempted to commit suicide. County
officers have stated that a warrant for
her arrest will be Issued.
I E. S. Bailey, who had long been in
business in Percival, conducting a gen
eral merchandise store in company
with his son, but who retired from
active life some time ago, from all in
dications was sitting at the dinner
table when he was shot in the back of
the head. The gun used was a two
barreled shot gun. The entire load en
tered the head at the base of the brain,
breaking all of the bones In the head,
and killing him Instantly. This was
proven from the position of the body
when found.
His wife, when found, was Dadly in
lured. being shot in the left arm. The
muscles were torn loose and she was
very weak from the loss of blood. The
ceiling of the room was riddled with
shot.
The shot gun was used, and it was
discharged several times, as eight
shells were found on the floor, and the
gun had been placed in the corner of
the room where it was found by those
who entered the house after the alarm
was given.
MAIL FOR GERMANY.
New York, June 23.—The Holland
American steamer Ryndam, which was
damaged in a collision with the steamer
Joseph J. t'uneo off Nantucket, May 26
and compelled to return to the port,
sails todav for Rotterdam. She carries
malls for Holland, Germany and Aus
tria and 12,000 tons of cargo, but no
passengers.
The ten countries with the largest
populations are, in the order named,
China, India, Russia, the United States,
Germany. Japan, the United Kingdom.
France, Italy and Austria.
RESTA WINS
MOTOR RACE
AT GHJCAGO
Italian Drivers Set Pace Alj
the Way, Grinding Along
at 98 to 100-Mile
Clip.
SPEED RECORDS BROKEN
Foreign Cars Take Most of
Money—Rickenbacher Is
Only American Driver
to Show Strong.
♦♦ ♦ » ♦ +-♦ 4-4-M
THE STARTERS. $
No. Make. Driver.
1— Peugeot .Dario Resta
2— Stutz .Howard Wilcox
3— Stutz .Gil Anderson
4— Stutz .Earl Cooper
5— Maxwell .William Carlson
7—Maxwell.Ed Rickenbacher
9—Peugeot .Bob Bnrman
10— Sunbeam .Ed Van Raalte
11— Sunbeam .G. Porporato
12— Delage .Louis Chevrolet
15—Duesenberg .Ed O’Donnell
17— Sunbeam .Harry Grant
18— Duesenberg .Tom Alley
20— Mercer .Otto Henning
21— Duesenberg .Willie Houpt
22— Peugeot .George Babcock
23— Sebring .Joe Cooper
24— Ogren.Billy Chandler
27—Maxwell .Tom Orr
30— Mulford Special... .Ralph Mulford
31— Sunbeam .Carl Limberg
Speedway, Chicago, .Tune 26.—
Resta, the Italian driver, in a
Peugeot, after setting the pace all
the way today, won the 500-mile
motor car race on the new Chi
cago board speedway.
The foreign cars today had all
the best of it. Only Rickenbaeher,
in a Maxwell, was consistently in
the race from start to finish.
Standing at 340 miles:
Resta, 3:28:04; Porporato,
3:32:03; Grant, 3:32:35. Average,
98.5 miles per hour.
Haupt, whose retirement was
announced, re-entered. Sixteen
cars were running at 360 miles.
At 300 miles the first six drivers
were: Resta, Grant, E. Cooper,
Porporato, Rickenbaeher, and
Anderson.
It was announced that Resta had
broken the world’s records for 300
miles and for 320 miles at an aver
age speed of 98 miles an hour, but
the exact figures were not given.
Resta’s time for the 320 miles
was 3:15. This compares with
3:19:32 which DePaima required
for 300 miles at Indianapolis.
Resta. leading by five miles, beat
the previous world's record for 400
miles by 22% minutes. His time was
4:04:49, or an average of 9S.03 miles
per hour.
Porporato was second and Grant
third, the latter but seven miles be
hind Resta.
Speedway, Chicago, June 26.—As the
gong sounded, 21 speed kings, the
world's favorites, crossed the line here
today in the 500-mile auto race, on
the new board track. Tom Alley was
the first to go to the pits for repairs.
High speed was maintained in the first
few laps.
Thousands of persons early today
were on their way to the new two-mile
automobile speedway, advertised ns the
fastest in the world, to witness the 500
mile derby participated in by 21 of the
best known drivers in the country.
rirsi muio nace.
Twenty years ago a so-called “horse
less carriage," driven by Charles
Duryea, of Springfield, Mass., plowed
through snow and slush on the roads
between Chicago and Evanston and
won the first automobile race ever held
in this country. His time for the 40
mile route laid out was at the rate of
7.5 miles an hour. Today, a generation
later, the finest creations of the en
gineers of three countries will meet at
10 o’clock to battle for $54,000 In prize
money and they expect to go 12 times
as fast as Duryea did as a pioneer.
The drivers have two 500-mile marks
to shoot at. First comes the Brook
lands, England, mark of 94.75 miles an
hour, made in 1913 by Resta, Chassagnc
and Guinnes, who relieved each other
at intervals of a 12-hour grind, and
the Indianapolis record of 89.84 miles
an hour established by Ralph De
Palma, who won the Hoosier classic
this year.
Three Drop Out.
Predictions were common that the
De Palma record would be over
whelmed, based on practice records
over the board track. Enthusiasts de
clared that the winner would have to
average 97 miles, but the more con
servative questioned whether the
Brooklands record -would be beaten.
Keene. Hughes and Devore withdrew
before the start, owing to accidents to
their cars in practice yesterday. They
reported to Fred Wagner, the starter,
this morning that they had been unable
to make repairs over night.
The start of the race was delayed
half an hour to allow Bob Burman to
replace a broken piston rod.
The death of Private Moles, Com
pany F, Third regiment, I. N. G., of
lockjaw in the speedway hospital, was
announced. Moles was seized with the
malady yesterday. He came with his
company from Pontiac to guard the
course.
At 9:30 a. m. the parkway space
around the big oval was filled with au
tomobile parties and the grandstand
was filling slowly. A mist which hinted
at rain apparently discouraged the
crowds from coming early.
The start was made at the stroke of
10:30 with Burman in the race.
Resta Sets Pace.
Chandler withdrew with a broken
crankshaft at his 24th mile. Resta and
Wilcox made the first 20 miles at a
rate of 102.71 miles per hour. Resta’s
time was 11:40, a new record for the
distance. The previous record, made
by Ralph De Palma, at Los Angeles,
was 14.56:05.
The timers of the race were unable to
keep up the pace. The cars had made
80 miles before they were able to an
nounce the time for 20 mile*