THE O'NEIL FRONTIER
P. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
O’NEILL. NEBRASKA
The ,strength of a hemlock stick a
foot square that had been In water for
i almost 40 years was recently tested in
the 600,000-pound testing machine at
Rensselear polytechnic instlluxe at
Troy, N. Y. The timber, which was 16
feet, nine inches long, had formed part
of one of the piers of the Congress
street bridge at Troy. When the pier
broke down after the floor in the spring
of 1913, the timber was turned over to
one of the material testing laboratories
Of the institute. It was kept in the
open air for three months, and then
placed in a dry room for a little more
than nine months. When placed in the
testing machine, the column failed un
der a load of 384,000 pounds: that is,
the long submerged wood showed an
ultimate strength of 2,670 pounds to
the square inch. In the opinion of Pro
fessor T. R. Lawson, who conducted
the test the remarkable strength of this
piece of hemlock Beems to show that
Being immersed in water for a long
time does not decrease the column
strength of timber that is subsequently
permitted to dry out.
In the total population of the United |
States more than two-fifths of all per
sons—over three-fifths of all the males,
But considerably less than one-fifth of
ail the females—were engaged in gain
ful occupation in 1910. In the popula
tion of 10 years of age and over more
than one-fifth of all persons—over
four-fifths of the males but less than
jne-fourth of the females—were gain
fully occupied.
Twelve billion dollars’ worth of pot
ash deposits are within grasp of the
French army in Alsace, and will pass
Into possession of France if the prov
ince is held after the war. The acquisi
tion alone will largely compensate
France for its huge War expenditures.
The deposits are known as Nonnen
bruch mines. They are situated on a
strategic road from Thann to Mul
house.
Details of a curious family complica
tion come from St. Gall, Switzerland.
Saturalized Swiss citizen, German by
irth, is married to a Hungarian. His
brother-in-law is fighting against the
Bervians and the husband of his sister
in-law is fighting against the Aus
rinns. Of the man’s two brothers, one
s in a Prussian regiment and the other
s serving France under General Gal
Uenl.
A watch may be used to determine
the points of the compass by pointing
the hour hand at the sun any time of
the day and then placing a small piece
of straight wire crosswise between the
hour hand and the figure 12, getting ex
actly half way. The point of the wire
which comes between the 12 and the
hour hand always points due south.
The hammer used at the sale of Ger
man prize ships In London was the
same as that used in 1855, when the en
emy’s ships seized were sold. At the
close of the sale the auctioneer pre
sented this hammer to the marshal of
the admiralty, H. W. Lovell. A gold
lettered Inscription on the hammer re
called the Crimean war.
It is said that British standards for
war horses are hlgh,er than those of
any other nation buying in this coun
try. Monthly shipments of horses from
Montana and Wyoming are now aver
aging 7,000 head.
The present enrollment at the
Carlisle Indian school is approximately
1,000. Sixty per cent of these are boys
and young men, practically all of
whom receive an elementary school
training.
For many years past the population
Df Germany has been Increasing at the
rate of about 900,000 a year. In 1871
the population was 41,000,000, and by
1910 It had risen to almost 65,000,000.
In Switzerland, on the demand of 50,
000 voters, or'of eight cantons, any law
passed by the federal parliament must
be submitted to the general body of the
people for acceptance or rejection.
Flies do not breathe through their
mouths, but through holes In their bod
ies. Their eyes are made up of 4,000
facets. Flies are able to carry from
60 to 70 times their own weight.
If the fruit from a person's trees falls
on to his neighbor’s land the neighbor
Is not entitled to keep it, according to
English law. He must give It up on
the owner demanding it.
“Sweating coins” is the practice of
shaking gold coins In a bag until some
part of the metal is worn off. In this
way a considerable amount of gold
dust can be collected.
The Greeks held that the red rose de
rived Its color from the blood of Venus
when she trod on a thorn of the white
rose while going to the assistance of
the dying Adonis.
An Austrian countess has contribu
ted 6,000 cork legs to wounded sol
diers. Jean de Reszke, the famous
tenor, has given 60,000 cigarets to the
wounded allies.
A new chair for invalids is equipped
■with a system of mirrors by which the
occupant may seo what is going on all
around without tho necessity of mov
ing the head.
Because of present rates of foreign
•xchangea dollar In American gold is
worth about 101.5 cents in England, 113
cents in Germany and 102.5 cents in
France.
Admiral Jellicoe’s signal after he had
first swept the North sea without see
ing the German fleet was the shortest
signal on record. It read: “No luck."
The United States navy will estab
lish a wireless station on Cape Cod
•specially equipped to guide vessels
along the Atlantic coast In.time of fog.
In the Russian army a "chief singer.”
who receives extra pay, marches in
front of each company of soldiers and
gives the opening lines of the verses.
Concrete arches, resting on bed rock
have been built In a New Hampshire
cemetery to support gravestones in
land too Boft to support them Itself.
Military training is compulsory on
all male citizens between the ages of
12 and 25 in New Zealand.
In western Kansas kafir corn is
worth twice as much, acre for acre, as
corn. It compares favorably with corn
for silage, fodder or grain.
Thirty thousand people a day line up
In Liege for bread and soup served
•ut by the American commission for
the relief of Beligians.
A “foot-pound" is the force exerted
to raise one pound a perpendicular dis
tance of one foot from the eurth
During last year. In New York city,
4,035 persons were reported as missing,
•nd of those 3,240 were recovered.
IMMENSE GAIN SURE
FOR NEBRASKA WHEAT
OVER FORMER YEARS
Prospects of War Market Addet?
to Usual Acreage—Western
Region In Line.
Lincoln, Neb., July 10.—From 5,000.000
to 10,000,000 more bushels of wheat
will be harvested in Nebraska this
month than in July of 1914. This is the
estimate of well posted grain men.
They say that while there has been
more grain damaged by hall and rain
than usual, the good prices of the war
times has added a great deal to the
acreage. Thus while the average yield
will be less, the decrease will be more
than accounted for by the larger num
ber of acres in harvest. It is expected
that before the week is out, all the
wheat in the central part of the state
will be cut, and that by the middle of
the month all will be harvested.
The big surprise of the year is the
size of the wheat crop in the western
and southwestern part of the state. !t
has been years since an average crop
for that section has been harvested.
This year the wheat yield will go as
high as in older sections.
Wheat prices will not average so well
as last year, dun to the fact that there
It little competition from abroad in the
buying of wheat. England Is now do
ing all of the buying for the allies, and
the absence of competition in the for
eign market tends toward lower prlres.
The yield will go about 75,000,000 in the
state.
STATE DISMISSES CASE
AGAINST DR. W. A. MYERS
Lincoln, Neb., July 10.—Dr. W. A.
Myers, charged with manslaughter, in
that In performing a surgical opera
tion upon Florence May Wren’s throat
ho was so unskillful that death ensued,
will not have to face a jury trial again.
The state has ordered the case dis
missed. Myers was tried at the last
term of court, and the jury failed to
agree.
William Tuescher, a wealthy farmer
and hog grower near Milford, escapes
second trial on the charge of buying
stolen hog cholera serum. The jury
disagreed at the first trial.
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LUIKILMI lb CANDIDATE
FOR LINCOLN POSTOFFICE
Lincoln, Neb., July 10.—J. W. Cut
right, editor of the Lincoln Star, has
announced his candidacy for post
master to succeed F. W. Brown, and in
this way has started a warm fight be
tween the Bryan and Hitchcock fac
tions. With the Lincoln district repre
sented by a republican, the disposition
of the postoffice will rest, under or
dinary procedure, with Senator Hitch
cock. But if the president still thinks
ns much of his late secretary of state
as the late secretary of state says he
thinks of the president, it is expected
that Mr. Bryan or his brother, the
mayor, will name the postmaster at
his home town. If this turns out to be
the case. Mr. Outright will not be
named, although he has a considerable
drag with Colonel Bryan. The mayor
is not friendly to C'drlght’s aspirations
because of the decided "wetness" of the
Star's policy on the liquor issue.
WARDEN’S SIX CHILDREN
PRACTICALLY IN "HOCK”
Lincoln, Neb., July 10.—James E.
Warden's six children are practically
In hock at a local orphanage. Warden
wants the children and has asked the
courts to give him a writ of habeas
corpus that he may take them with
him. The management of the orphan
age are resisting, claiming that to al
low them to be taken out and then
brought back again, as they think is
likely to follow from past experiences
with Warden, will result disastrously
to the discipline of the institution.
But if the court thinks the father
should have them, it is nsked that any
order of removal may be conditioned
upon the payment by the father of
*402.33, which the orphanage folks say
the book shows he owes them.
BUG EXPERT NAMED AS
DISTINGUISHED CITIZEN
Lincoln, Neb,, July 10.—rrof. Lau
rence Bruner, head of the department
bf entomology at the state university,
s the most distinguished citizen in Ne
braska. At least that is what five mem
bers of a committee of nine selected by
lie governor and charged with the
iuty of making a choice, have decided.
The committee was composed of clti
tons picked from various walks of life
tnd from various parts of the state.
I’he chosen one is to have a free trip to
he San Francisco exposition, and it is
xpected that there he will be pre
icnted by a gold medal by the exposi
ion authorities. The whole affair Is
in exposition stunt, and it calculated
o lure Nebraskans to the coast to take
■art in the presentation ceremonies.
Professor Bruner Is one of the best
mown scientists in the world in hts
ine. He has had several government
c-slgnments in remote places and twice
las gone to South America and Japan
o investigate grasshoppers and other
•pidemics.
•ORMER POPULIST WORKER
CHOSEN AS STATE PRINTER
Lincoln, Neb., July 10.—B. A. Wal
ath. former secretary of the populist
itate committee and editor of a news
taper at Osceola, has been chosen by
Jovernor Moorehead for the easy and
veil-paying position of state printer,
lis du.irs consist largely of looking
ifter all printing contracts and seeing
hat the state gets what it is paying
or. The place pays $1,500 a year, and
'or years has been the perquisite of
lome country editor of the predomi
lant political party. Walrath Is a
■arable editor and politician. He has
>een secretary of the senate several
erms. The governor tried last winter
o have the legislature consolidate this
jositton with that of labor commission
>r, who is not overtaxed with work,
jut the senate refused to make any
•onsolidations cf offices.
NEBRASKA PATENTS.
Omaha, July 10.—Official list of pat
mis Issued to inhabitants of Nebraska,
'or the week ending July 3, 1910, as re
jorted from the office of Willard Eddy,
if Omaha.:
William Raduechel, of Bloomfield, for
Iraft equalizer.
Clarence I. W. Smith, assignor to II.
Haubens and C. A. Slgafoos, of Omaha,
[or addressing machine.
SHOE DEALERS FAVOR
BETTER PAID SALESMEN
Davenport, la., July 10.—At the clos
ing session of the Iowa shoe dealers’
convention Waterloo was selected for
next year’s meeting place. The travel
ing salesmen, now associate members
of the association, voted to donate
$1,000 to next year’s convention fund.
Resolutions were passed favoring
among other things higher wages for
shoe salesmen.
OFFICIALS CHECKING
AFFAIRS OF MIS°'NG
DUNDEE POLITICIAN
Custodian of $130,000 Which
Is Due to Omaha Under
Merger Measure.
Omaha, Neb., July 9.—The “mysteri
ous disappearance” of Ellery H. West
erfield. the Omaha attorney who has
been treasurer of Dundee village, is
explained by his family as due to “a
nervous breakdown.” In the meantime
the village funds have not yet been
turned over to Treasurer Ure. in ac
cordance with the Greater Omaha mer
ger act, and the city comptroller’s of
fice Is checking up the warrant ac
count.
Dundee was suppose! to turn over
about $130,000 when it lost its corpor
ate Identity, of which, it is said, some
$116,000 is in the banks The Omaha city
council held a secret cession this morn
ing to consider the matter, and every
one who would be expected to have in
side Information is as close mouthed as
a clam.
Attorney Westerfield is of record in
the county court as administrator of a
number of estates, all of minor import
ance, except that of Grace E. Beals,
to which he was appointed about two
months ago, and in which he has not
yet filed an inventory. In the petition
it was declared that the estate consist
ed of $6,500 in personal property, and.
according to the terms of the will, only
a nominal $1,000 surety company bond
w'as exacted.
Besides Ills activity in village poli
tics in Dundee Mr. Westerfield took a
hand in politics generally, being one of
the leading lights of the Fontenelle
Club, of which he was, at last accounts,
one of the officers over whose names
the literature of that defunct organiza
tion was sent out.
City Commissioner Butler, of the de
partment of public accounts and fi
nance, representative of a bonding com
pany and tlie city treasurer arc mak
ing an audit of Mr. Westerfield’s ac
counts A cursory examination of the
books shows that the Dundee treasur
er maintained a separate balance for
money invested in warrants, instead of
keeping a general balance of all money
and securities in his keeping.
WHEAT HARVEST STARTED
IN SOUTHERN NEBRASKA
Omaha, Neb., July 9.—All through
the southern counties of Nebraska, the
wheat harvest has started and Is now
In full blast. In many localities the
farmers are experiencing considerable
difficulty in securing sufficient help,
but generally there are enough men to
take care of the grain.
According to the weekly crop report
of the Burlington, covering all south
ern and central Nebraska, wheat con
tinues in prime condition, with the ex
ception of on the Wymote division,
where there has been altogether too
much rain during the last 10 days and
where quite an extensive area was bad
ly damaged by hail and floods.
Taking the state as a whole, it is
estimated that the crop will exceed that
of last year and will be one of the
best in the history of Nebraska, both as
to yield and quality.
Oats are reported to be in prime con
dition, with now and then a field that
has been somewhat damaged by rust.
As a whole the crop is asserted to be
far above the average.
So far as corn is concerned all that
is lacking is a long period of dry, hot
weather, though the condition at this
time is not bad. according to the esti
mate.
GRAND JURY w7l.L ACT
IN LOUP COUNTY CASE
Grand Island, Neb., July 9.—News
from Taylor, Loup county, states that
Judge Hanna of the district court, has
instructed a grand jury of that county
diligently to inquire into the facts of
the alleged slaying of Roy Fox and to
bring an indictment, if the evidence so
justifies.
The court also appointed Attorney F.
Hawxby as special prosecutor. Benj
amin Franklin Tucker has been chosen
as foreman of the jury.
This is the inquiry recently demand
ed by citizens of Loup county of At
torney General Reed, it having been
set forth that the local authorities have
failed to prosecute.
VICTIMS OF EXPLOSION
MAKING GOOD RECOVERY
Ainsworth, Neb., July 9.—The Ains
worth people who were burned in the
explosion at the Amusement park, Long
Pine, on Monday, are getting along as
well as could be expected. Mrs. Ethel
Bailey and Miss Claudia Remy have
been brought home. Mrs. Levy Lind
quist was taken to the hospital In the
Pine. Dr. G. O. Remy and Dr. Charles
Remy, who were burned In their at
tempt to extinguish the flames, are im
proving. Mr. Lindquist was also burned
in his attempt to rescue his wife. The
explosion was caused by an attempt
to fill the alcohol stove before it was
sufficiently cooled from a previous fire.
HEAVY DAMAGE BY HAIL
IN NORTH PLATTE REGION
North Platte, Neb.. July 9.—Volent
wind and hall storms Tuesday night
and yesterday morning caused heavy
damage In Lincoln and Custer coun
ties. Hail destroyed over 2,000 acres cf
the finest small grain crop ever grown
on what is known as the Jack Morrow
flats district. 12 miles south of here.
The storm was six miles wide and ex
tended eastward many miles. The loss
will reach into hundreds of thousands
of dollars. Fields of grain five feet tall
now look as if nothing had been grown.
In Custer county a miniature torna
do struck the village of Callaway. The
top of the Masonic temple was blown
down, the Moran business building de
molished. one wall of the Union Pa
cific depot blown In and many houses
unroofed. Many farm houses near town
were partly wrecked. Crops in a strip
of country west of Callaway, 15 miles
wide and nearly 30 miles long, were al
most completely hailed out. There has
been no reports of casualties.
WOULD BAR JUDGE.
Denver, Colo., July 9. — Horace N.
Hawkins and associate counsel repre
senting John R. Lawson, today filed
a motion in the state supreme court for
a writ of prohibition to bar Judge
Granby Hilyer from proceeding further
in the Lawson case.
NEW FORMS DELAYED FOR
CHILD LABOR REGULATIONS
Des Moines, la., July 9.—Until such
time as the state department of educa
tion can provide the necessary forms
for the administration of the new child
labor law. the old forms of certificates
of age will be recognized, according to
an official notice issued yesterday by
J. C. Byram, school truancy officer,
agent for the school district for the is
suance of work certificates. This ap.
plies to all forms ol employment for
childr»»
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OFFICIALS ROW OVER
HAVING NAMES GO ON
NORMAL CORNERSTONE
Divergent Claims Reflect Late
Thomas-Majors Clash—Very
Serious Outlook.
Lincoln, Neb.. July 8.—The row over
whose names shall appear on the cor
nerstone of the Peru normal training
building has broken out afresh. This
building is known as the Majors
school, in honor of Thomas J. Majors,
former lieutenant governor, for several
years a member of the normal board.
Mr. Majors’ name appears in laige tet
ters on one side of the building, and
this seems to have excited the ire of
others members.
Dan Morris, of Kearney, now is pres
ident of the board, but a letter received
by State Superintendent Thomas says
that before the cornerstone was laid it
was understood the name of A. H.
Viele, of Norfolk, should appear there
on as president. J. R. Gettys is a mem
ber of the board, but his name does not
appear on the stone. Instead, the
name of H. E. Reische, of Chadron, not
now a member, but who succeeds
Gettys in September, appears.
This has renewed the tension in the
board between the Thomas-Gettys fac
tion on one side and the Majors-Viele
Cavernness on the other.
LURED BY GIRL’S WINK;
TO JAIL FOR 30 DAYS
Lincoln. Neb., July 8.—A girl’s wink
costs Roy Hamm, high school student
of Tecumseh, 30 days in jail. Maggie
Fritts is 13 years of age, but she wears
long dresses and looks as though sho
were 18. She lives in Sterling. Sat
urday she was in Tecumseh and when
she passed young Hamm on the street
she winked at him. He halted 'and
talked with her. When he said he was
coming to Lincoln she said she would
like to come along. He took her. The
girl’s father was notified and the po
lice found the couple in a hotel room,
listed as man and wife. The girl's
parents will seek to have Margaret
placed in the state reform school. They
say she has run off witli men before
and that she is incorrigible. The
father was intent on having young
Hamm sent to the penitentiary, but
when the girl corroborated the young
man’s story, Fritts relented. Hamm’s
parents live at North Platte. He was
at Tecumseh and working his way
^hrnnp’h cchnnl
WILL FURNISH LIGHT FOR
ALL OF STATE BUILDINGS
Lincoln, Neb., July 8.—The sum of
$25,000 will be expended by the state
board of control in enlarging the
power and lighting plant at the state
penitentiary, which will supply with
light all the state buildings in Lincoln,
outside the State university. The light
costs the state between 3 and 4 cents
a kilowatt, under present conditions,
but the experts say that this is more
than it should be. The last legislature
appropriated the money for this en
largement, after a bitter fight in which
local lighting companies %vere opposed
because it will take away all of the
state business. The board hopes to
make the plant a model one. and to
that end expects to so construct the
plant that it can cut the cost for ser
vice considerably. The original plans
did not contemplate furnishing the
light and power for the state hospital
for the insane, located southwest of
the city, but the board hopes to add
this to its string of consumers.
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INCREASED APPRAISAL FOR
SCHOOL LAND RENTALS
Lincoln. Neb., July 8.—Lessees of
state school lands in Brown and Cherry
counties will have to pay on increased
appraisals. Land Commissioner Beck
mann has just returned from there, and
the state board of educational lands
and funds has approved appraisals that
add $6,400 to the listed value of lands
there, which is an increase of about $3
an acre. Th.e board is embarked on a
policy of gradually raising these ap
praised prices on the theory that they
have been priced at too low a sum dur
ing the years past. Mr. Beckmann has
been going over a number of other
counties, and the board at today’s
meetings approved increases that he
recommended some time ago in Custer,
Greeley, Dawson, Valley and Webster
counties.
NEW WAYNE BUILDING
TO BE DEDICATED JULY 9
Wayne, Neb., July 8.—On July 9 will
occur the celebration of the completion
of the new administration building of
the normal school at this place. This
Will be the most notable gathering
since the state took charge of the in
stitution. The entire day will be given
over to the festivities. Supt. A. O.
Thomas will speak in the forenoon, and
the Stanton ladies’ quartet will give a
program. In the afternoon there will
be an educational rally in which prom
inent school men will speak, ana at
which President TJ. S. Conn will pre
side. After this meeting the students
will occupy about two hours with
plays, games and a school parade. In
the evening the faculty will give a re
ception to the public, and after the re
ception Miss Helen Ave Brown, so
prano, of Valparaiso, Ind., and Mrs.
Marie Monfort Keekley, of Wayne,
reader, will give a program. President
Viehle, of the state board of education,
will be present. •
NEBRASKA INCOME TAX
FOR YEAR WAS $232,638
Washingtoh, D. C„ July S.—The in
come tax in the Nebraska district yield
ed $232,638 during the fiscal year end
ing June 30, and the corporation tax
was $128,735. according to figures made
public recently by the secretary of the
treasury. During the 10 months end
ing June 30. 1914, the income tax yield
ed $79,900, and the corporation tax,
$235,596 in Nebraska. Returns in the
Third Iowa district are reported as fol
lows: 1915 income tax. $469,173; corpor
ation tax. $264,315. In 1914 the income
tax was $171,80S, and the corporation
tax, $441,666.
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LIGHTNING SETS FIRE TO
FEED STORE AT PONCA
Ponca, Neb., July S.—The Charles
Eyler feed store was destroyed by fire
early this morning. Most of the loss is
covered by insurance. Very little o(
the stock was saved. Lightning is sup
posed to have been the cause.
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
TO CONFER ON PATENTS
Des Moines, la., July 8.—The state
highway commission will come to Des
Moines on Thursday for a special
meeting and conference with the Poll
county board of supervisors relative t»
the Thatcher patents.
Polk county has been made defen
dant in a suit to recover about $30,000
royalties claimed for use of the Thatch
er patent in the construction of certain
arch concrete bridges in this county
The highway commission approved all
■*f the plana. _...
$7,500,000 INCREASE
IN PROPERTY VALUES;
LEVY TO BE LOWERED
Actual Property Valuation of
State $2,392,500,000 on
Both Real and Personal.
Lincoln, Neb.. July 7.—An increase of
$7,500,000 in the assessed value of all
; property in the state is indicated by
| the returns now in from 37 counties.
| This assessed value is but a fifth of the
real value. Last year the roll showed a
i total of $471,000,000. The increase may
! permit a reduction in the state taxes
: from 7.3 mills to an even 7 mills. This
reduction will probably be reflected in
the levy for state aid bridges. Most
of the items entering into the state
levy are fixed by the statute. The av
erage tax levy for all purposes in the
state last year was 43 1-3 mills. The
proportion paid the state was about a
sixth of the total. Most of the increase
on the assessment roll this year is on
personal property. The actual state
valuation, personal and real, now is
about $2,392,500,000.
YOUNG TECUMSEH ELOPERS
CAUGHT AT LINCOLN HOTEL
Lincoln, Neb., July 7.—Roy Hamm,
20 years of age, and Margaret Pritts,
14 years of age, eloped from Tecumseh,
Saturday night, and were found yes
terday by the girl’s father, registered
at a hotel as Mr. and Mrs. Gage, of
Omaha. The young man said that the
girl had said she did not want to stay
home any longer and when she said
she intended going to Lincoln he went
along. They wrere noticed on the train
by a man from their home town, who
notified the girl’s father as soon as he
confirmed his suspicions. The police
were notified and the couple arrested.
A complaint, charging statutory as
sault, wall be filed against Hamm and
the girl will be taken back home.
ALDRICH SAYS BREWERIES
SHOULD NOT MANAGE STATE
Lincoln, Neb., July 7.—Former Gov
ernor Aldrich, who was speaker of the
day at the university celebration of the
Fourth, handed some warm compli
ments to the present state administra
tion, saying among other things, after
delineating the qualifications for citi
zenship:
J i iici * v_ uni Ujfj WCtlCVCU
that the citizens of this state are better
qualified to make the laws of their
state and run their state government
than the sodden brewery interests that
now have control of it. I believe that
the people, regardless of party, should
rise as one man and say this state is
ours. The legislative and the executive
departments belong to us and no man
can stay in political life and pander to
the breweries, or any other special in
terest. We want a chief executive of
this state who does not owe his elec
tion to the breweries or other interests
and who will sign all just and neces
sary laws and veto all vicious and un
progressive measures.”
RURAL LETTER CARRIERS
CRITICAL OF SUPERIORS
Lincoln, Neb., July 7.—The state con
vention of rural letter carriers met all
day yesterday and discussed problems
and needs of their business. The na
tional administration came in for warm
comment because the department did
not send a representative to meet with
the carriers. Speakers at the conven
tion called it an exhibition of snobbery,
and declared that it showed how little
interest was taken by the department
in the interests of the hardest worked
men in the service. It was reported
that one official, who was asked to ap
pear on the program, had sent a note
saying that a ruling of his superiors
would not permit him to appear.
The Hamil pension bill came in for
commendation, and Congressman Rea
vis, one of the speakers, won applause
by pronouncing himself in favor of it,
although not as it is now drawn.
Two of the four women rural mail
carriers were present. These are: Mrs
Ruth Kenyon, who delivers mail out of
Monroe, and Mrs. Louise Middaugh,
who has a route out of Ames.
DIVORCE APPLICANT WANTS
SHARE OF GERMAN ESTATE
Omaha, Neb., July 7.—Mrs. Signa T.
Dunbier in a suit for divorce from Otto
B. Dunbier, of Omaha, a writer, filed
yesterday asks the district court to
award her as alimony a portion of a
large estate near Cologne, Germany,
BO miles from Belgium, in which she
alleges her husband had a considerable
Interest.
The plaintiff asks that a judgment
be awarded her which after the close
of the European war may be trans
ferred to Germany and enforced.
She alleges that Mr. Dunbier's share
of the estate amounts to at least $25,
000.
Mr. Dunbier, at his home, 2424 Tem
pleton street, declared he had no in
terest in the estate, but that it was
owned by his mother, who lives in Ger
many. He said he knew nothing of the
bringing of the divorce suit. His wife,
he asserted, was absent on a visit.
A
OFFICIALS FIND TANGLES IN
CASUALTY COMPANY AFFAIRS
Lincoln, Neb., July 7.—The state in
surance board, composed of Auditor
Smith, Attorney General Reed and
Governor Morchead, is having much
trouble smoothing out the tangled af
fairs of National Fidelity & Casualty
company, of Omaha. The board al
leged that the company was insolvent
and the district court of Douglas coun
ty turned its affairs over to the insur
ance board. A. E. Agee, an experi
enced insurance man, was placed in
charge of the company with the hope
that its affairs could be whipped into
shape to permit it to resume business.
Investigation by Mr. Agee has resulted
in more complications and the future
of the concern is said to be very un
certain.
EDITOR BECKER, ASHLAND,
DIES AFTER OPERATION
Ashland, Neb., July 7.—Following an
operation for intestinal trouble, Wil
liam Nelson Becker died at his home
here, aged S3 years. He was native of
New York and had resided in Ashland
since 1892. For nearly 19 years he was
editor and publisher of the Ashland
Gazette. He is survived by his widow, a
daughter, Mrs. C. L. Narber and son,
W. E. C. Becker, all of Ashland.
WOMAN MAKES GRAB AT
“RICK’S” PRIZE MONEY
Omaha. Neb., July 7.—Eddie Rick
enbacher, automobile racer, was today
sued for $5,000 in the Omaha courts
hv Mrs. Vera Flynn Payne, of Elkhorn,
Neb., and the $5,000 prize which he won
yesterday in Omaha has been attached
in the suit.
According to Mrs. Payne, she was
driving near Elkhorn in 1912 when
Rickenbacher’s car came up behind and
ran into her buggy. She avers that
she was thrown out and permanently
injured. She was unmarried at the
time and Mr. Payne was with her.
FORD WILL TEACH
MEN HOW TB EAT '
Department of Dietetics New
Hospital Feature—Check
Alcoholism By Stop- g
ping Gluttony. j
Detroit, July 12.—"Eat only when
hungry, and then eat less than you feel
you need. Try this for a week, and I’ll ^
guarantee you’ll feel much healthier.” \
Henry Ford.
Firmly convinced that people con
sume three times as much food as they
should and that gluttony causes brain
sluggishness and a “booze” appetite, Mr.
Ford, who has shown approal of the
theories cf Maj. Gen. W. C. Gorgas. has
ttiected Dr. James E. Mead to establish
In the new Ford general hospital a de
partment of dietetics, the object of
which wil be to teach the public to eat
less and new to cat
"We agree that too much food
causes tr.en to be sluggish of brain and
abnormal of appetite,” said Dr. Mead
in discussing the new department and
explaining Mr. Ford's Ideas regarding
the dietetic department. “Many of the
best authorities blame a great deal oi
the passion for liquor upon gluttony.
"The department of dietetics will lie
one of our means of prevention of ill
ness, which we ag-eo. is better than
cure. While wre are prepared to cure
cases of addiction to drugs and to
liquor, we prefer to prevent them.”
To Teach How to Eat.
Mr. Ford’s hospital plans, in sub
stance, are ns follows:
New- department in public hospital
to teach people how to oat.
People to have benefit of expert die
tician. i.
Less eating is expected to prevent .
cases of alc oholism. **
One thousand private rooms for the
middle cias3 to be provided at now
hospital, the charge £ rr a sick man to
be $2 a day. including room, board and
nurse attendance.
Nurses tc work in three shifts: no
nurse to work more than eight hours a
day.
New buildings at hospital to be built
around a garden.
Lake to be made in front of hospital.
The department is in line with Mr.
Ford’s propaganda looking tow'ard ef- t
fioiency of men. The mar.y thousands '
of Ford employes will be taught to sub
sist on less food and it is believed fully
$1,000,000 can be saved by the em
ployes in this manner.
NAVY BOARD TO ASK
FOR 30 SUBMARINES
New Battery Promises to Make
American Plungers Best
In World. j
Washington, July 12.—Plans for
making the American submarine more
efficient than that of any other power
are being worked out by the navy gen
eral board, it became known here today
in connection with the next building
program, the navy would include esti
mates for nearly double the number of
under sea craft appropriated for the
last session of congress.
The navy officials claim the effect
iveness of future of American sub
marines will be vastly increased
through use of a new battery that is
being introduced for motive power
while the underwater boats are sub
merged.
At least 30, and perhaps more sub
marines will be asked of the next con
gress, it is said. Secretary Daniels is
said to favor a large building pro
gram.
Secretary Daniels today made it
clear that he is a staunch advocate for
material increases in submarine
strength.
“I told the naval committee last
summer that I hoped they would add
just as many submarines as they pos
sibly could find money for," the sec
retary said. “Just how many we will
ask for next year, has not been de
termined, but we want all we can get.
I would not figure on a large increase
in submarines of the same type as we
now have. I think that we have got
to go in for larger submarines,
although the smaller submarines are
very valuable for coast defense, which
is our chief need.
“All these questions will be taken up
in the near future to be worked out for
the estimate to be submitted to con
gress."
NEW PLUNGER GANNON
HAS BEEN PERFECTED
U. S. Navy Ordnance Experts
Devise 3-Inch Disappearing
Gun For Submarines.
Washington, D. C„ July 12.—A three
inch disappearing gun for submarines^
has been perfected by th.e navy
ordnance bureau. Secretary Daniels an
nounced today, and In the future all
American under water craft will be
equipped with such weapons for sur
face fighting.
Mr. Daniels said every test had re
sulted satisfactorily and that within
10 days the gun and its carriage would
be sent from the ordnance factory here
to New York for mounting on the new
submarine M-l, under construction at
the Electric Boat company’s plant.
For nearly two years naval experts
have been working out the problem of
developing a weapon for the use of
submarines when cruising on the sur
face which would not delay the clear
ing of decks for diving. The German
U boats mount powerful little rifles, as
they have demonstrated recently by
shelling British merchantmen attempt
ing to escape.
MORGAN IS NOW OUT
OF DANGER, IS CLAIM
New York, July 10.—J. P. Morgan,
who was shot twice a week ago today
In an attempt on his life by Erich
Muenter, alias Frank Holt, was ‘‘feel
ing fine and dandy" today, it was said
it his office here. All apprehension s
to Mr. Morgan’s recovery has van
ished, it was said.
Mr. Morgan is in constant tel.-,
touch with his office.