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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1915)
r THE O’NEIL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA At the safety exposition held In New York recently. Dr. Charles Frederick Pabst demonstrated how to make fire proof clothing. He poured from one pound to a gallon of cold water In a eolutlon of ammonium phosphate. Then he took an eight-inch strip of ordinary cotton gauze agd dipped it in tho am monium phosphate solution. Ho dried It with an electric fan and held It In a flame for 30 seconds, but It did not burn. He took another strip of gauze that had not been treated with the solution, and on Igniting It It burned In four seconds. Ho advised that the ■whole family washing should bo made fireproof. The expense for an average size family would be about 15 cents a week. The banner cotton county In re spect to number of bales produced Is JSUis county, Texas. In which the gln nlngs from the growth of 1914 amounted to 143,714 bales—approxi mately 75 per cent more than the en tire crop of Missouri or Florida, about three times that of California and near ly six times that of Virginia. The area of Ellis county Is 975 square miles, and Its population Is about 56,000. Lorenzo E. Baer, a milkman of Rol llnsford, N. H„ Is the owner of the smallest heifer calf ever seen In that part of the country. The calf at thj present time is seven months old and weighs about 65 pounds, being per fectly formed and as healthy as any ol the cattle on his farm. She is so small that she once walked out of the pas ture, under the bottom board of th« fence, so that a special fence had to b« made. Fuller's earth Is used principally In bleaching, clarifying, or filtering fats, greases, and oils; It Is not now much employed for fulling cloth, the use from which it obtained Its name. It Is alse used In the manufacture of pigments for printing wall papers, for the de tection of certain coloring matter ll Eome food products, and as a subatltut# for talcum powder. | Some scientists are now insisting that plants have memories, that they are capable of love and are also capable of hating Intensely. The so-called blue rocket emits a perfume which Is one of the most deadly poisons, but it often Bhows fear, we are told, The deadly nightshade. In addition to Its extremely poisonous quality, Is described as full of hatred. ■ xno motion picture ribbon Is the only unit that Is standard In every country, | according to a statement made recently ji before the University club In Wash | Ington by C. Francis Jenkins. H# ?, pointed out that railway gauges, for example, vary In different countries; that units of value, volume, length, §' weight all differ, “but the motion pic ture film is the same the world over." § A manual of the flora of Washing ton, C., and vicinity Is being pre ! pared by a number of Washington bot I •*»«*•. under the direction of Messrs. Hitchcock and Covllle, of tlio United 1 Btatps department of agriculture. It la Y expected that a preliminary edition, to ; Include the flowering plants and ferns. W*‘J be Published In the spring of 1916, It Is hoped that later editions will Include nil cryptograms. i . Ceylon, according to the last census, 1 has a population of 4,110,000, the chief 1 element numerically being the Singha ^be area Is 25,000 square miles A The principal exports ufC tea, coffee SLn,^hona' rubber‘ cocoa, wunamon, car S aamons, ebony and the products of the 8 ~ balni- A large source of * *i,s? f°und In precious stones and pearl fisheries. 1 The moat ration of the British and 1 German soldiers is about 11-4 i E?“nd8,a day; ‘bat of the French sol 8 jler only one-half pound. * But the monhhh S0,lder I1118 "early twice as fhout the Englishman and *bo„ut 10 ounces more than the Ger i man. U"‘lCImty ,ot Pennsylvania J Amazon expedition has made another Journey into the unknown, and Is now Sip PeruR n°,?t!er ““Slons of Bra all, Peru and Bolivia. The expedition . ?pend slx months In that re Para d t0 retUr” to civl|l2atlon at s vwe,rLrlnS *r,,cate8t bells Include the King or bells, Moscow, weight 443 732 , pounds; St. Ivan’s. Moscow m 000 Peking, 120,000; Vienna. 40,200- St Pauls, London, 38.470; “Big Ben," 32i354: Montreal, 28,500, i and St. Peters, Rome, 18,600. I The expression' “Mind your P’s and Qs. Is generally believed to have I arisen from the former barroom Usage of scoring up against customers the amount of beer for which they had Q *for quar?~P 8tandln» for bint, and A St Croix river serves as an lm pT°n*,ta *°rdarZ ln two bhires in the tin.ted states. One is between north ern Maine and New Brunswick, the °lb*r °Jf,r a distance of several hun wfsconsln6* between Minnesota and mi— _.... W —a X ranait com I haJ placed an order for $1,413,000 S automatic cab signal and speed control lystem. Its Installation on the big sub Iway will mark the first application of •uch an arrangement to any subway in the world. - %°T*e ,than lOU1i ,tons of carP were IGinsd from the lake in a single dav recently near Dunkirk, N. Y. The fish come close to the shore during the warm weather. Most of them are sold In New York city for canning pur poses. When crossing rivers, the Cossacks, to avoid getting wet, throw the left •tirrup leather across the saddle and Uie right stirrup leather In the oppo site direction Then, placing their feet In the reversed stirrups, they stand up right. To make his descendants millionaires. *• Topeka, Kan., man has left 1300 000 to Increase until 21 years after 'the mHeath of the longest lived of his chil li €ren. when the fortune is to be dls ® trlbuted among his grandchildren. Building Inspector C. C. Knox of ■ Youngstown, Ohio, says that great pre S cautions should be taken in the con ■ •truction of chimneys, as he contends ■ that 26 per cent of all fires In the city ■ are caused by defective chimneys. i A new use for the automobile has Kgbeen developed. A Paterson, N. J„ man ■had his car cut off by the running board and doctors say that a surgical A operation could have been no neater. I | During the war members of the Eng RRUah Royal Flying corps have flown a BUUstance approximately equal to four ■HtUaea around the world. WIFE OF FARMER IN FAIRBURY VICINITY TAKES CREOSOTE DIP HI Health Ascribed as Cause For Suicide—Family Is Prominent. Fairbury, Neb.. Aug. 23.—Mrs. Tuma, wife of Albert Tuma, a wealthy farmer, living 14 miles southweBt of Fatrbury, committed suicide yesterday by drink ing creosote dip. Mr. Tuma and the several children had attended a picnic and returned at noon to find her lying in the yard writhing in pain. The family are old settlers. Mrs. Tuma was 50 years old, and the mother of eight children, most of whom are grown up, married and living on Tuma farms around Thompson. Neb. No motive Is known, but 111 health is ascribed as the reason for the sui cide. RARE FOSSIL FOUND IN ' EXCAVATION AT AIN8W0RTH Ainsworth, Neb., Aug. 23.—Another specimen of oxydactylus, one of the great prehistoric camels that roamed over the middle west millions of years ago has just been discovered by Prof. A. C. Whitford, of the university mu seum, In Murphy canyon near Ains worth. This Is the third known speci men of this strange bumpless camel of bygone ages; one specimen is in Carnegie museum and the other Is In the private museum on the Cook ranch In Sioux county. This particular skele ton is probably an entirely new species of oxydactylus, and those who have viewed part of the bones in the mu seum laboratory believe that It will prove one of the paleontologic finds of the year. This particular set of bones was found In the lower pleoceno strata. One of the most interesting things in con nection with the discovery is the fact that this partlclar camel has left no descendants in the world. This camel had no humps and to some extent re sembled the llama family. It was the ancestor of the giraffe camel, which died off in past ages and is today un known except through what few bones have been found. CARRIES BURNING GASOLINE , AND SERIOUSLY INJURLD Beatrice. Nob.. Aug. 23.—Thomas Sargont. an old resident of Cortland, was badly burned at that place yes terday morning while carrying a flam ing gasoline cun from the Nebraska elevator, where he Is employed. The gasoline engine furnishing the power for the elevator was out of repair and was being started by Charles A. Moore, the manager, when It backfired. Ignit ing a can of gasoline nearby. Mr. Sargent volunteered to carry the can from the building, and stumbled and fell when outside, the burning liquids splashing on his face and hands and burning his limbs below the knees. Ho was taken to his home and his In juries were attended to. Whether he Inhaled flames Is not known, and the extent of his Injuries cannot be stated at this time. He Is 60 years of age. —♦— ONE COUNTY LEFT OUT IN JUDICIAL APPORTIONMENT Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 23.—Arthur coun ty was left out when the last legisla ture passed the judicial apportionment bill and the omission Is causing trou ble. T. P. Barnes, a lawyer, of Hol drege, called at the office of the at torney general to report that he had a lawsuit In prospect In Arthur coun ty, but Judge Grimes, of the Thirteenth district had expressed doubts as to his jurisdiction because that county was left out of the list comprising the dis trict. The apportionment bill as It passed the legislature Intended to trunsfer Cuming and Stanton counties from the Eighth to the Ninth district and give the Ninth one additional judge. No changes were intended in any oth er judicial district, but by mistake Arthur county was omitted from the Thirteenth district. Deputy Attorney General Ayers is of the opinion that Arthur county remains legally a part of that district In spite of the unin tentional omission. NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS TO STAGE HARMONY SHOW Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 23.—With a view of making a harmony demonstration on Woodrow Wilson day at the state fair, September 8, democratic leaders met at the state house to complete ar rangements for the meeting. The com mittee which met was composed of Auditor Smith, Food Commissioner Harman, Insurance Commissioner Eastham, Col. John K. Maher and E. B. Gaddis. Governor Dunne, of Illinois, and Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, will speak. Ex-Governor Slayton has been Invited to be present. Governor More head will preside. It was announced that Senator Hitchcock and W. J. Bryan will sit on the stage In full view of the audience and remain silent. Bryan Is scheduled to speak In the evening. A lack of harmony was Indicated through closed doors, when loud voices were heard apparently in hot dispute. It was said that a dispute arose as to whether "Brother Charley” and Col. John G. Maher should shake hands at the meeting and bury the hatchet. An other report was that the dispute was over which of the chosen few should meet the distinguished speakers at the train. LONDON FIRM SUES FOR FAILURE TO DELIVER FLOUR Omaha. Nob.. Aug. 23.—A suit has been brought in the district court by T. S. Medill & Sons. Limited, of Lon don. England, against the Updike Mill ing company, asking damages to the extent of $19,617 because of an alleged failure on the part of the Updike com pany to deliver a series of large flour orders which were contracted for last July. Out of 8,000 bags, each weighing 140 pounds, which were ordered, It is alleged^there lias been no shipment ex cept on? of 500 bags. This order was to have been tilled at the rate of 1.000 bags a month, commencing with Inst August. The price made was $2.07 a bag. de livered at London. BODY OF CHILD FOUND FLOATING IN MISSOURI RIVER Falls, Neb., Aug. 21.—The body of a child 6 or 8 years of age, berefooted and dressed In a light colored romper suit, was found floating down the Mis souri river near the landing on the Collier farm about 15 miles northeast of Falls City. Officers are of the opinion thnt the body had been in the water eight or 10 days. There were no marks upon it to assist in identification. LINCOLN—When the attention of City Commissioner Wright was called to the gum slot machines hanging on telephone poles he promptly ordered Chief of Police Antics to see that they were taken down. Chief Anties has notified the owners of the gum contrivances to take them down. If they don't act the chief will have his SOfts remove them and bring them to Uw r-—-—» NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES | NATIONAL COURSING MEET WILL BE HELD AT SUTTON Sutton. Neb.. Aug. 21.—The 10th an nual run of the National Futurity Coursing club will be held here Oc tober 12-16. The drawings for the Fu turity stake will be held Monday even ing, October 11, and for the consolation st.Hce the following evening. The com bined value of the two stakes is $1, 056. Ed Dare will act as judge and Ora L. Lee as slipper. The officers of the< Sutton Coursing club are John Moran,' president; Henry L. Pfeiffer, vice presl-, dent; A. W. Burlingame, secretary and| \V. F. Greiss, treasurer. —»— ABOUT 400 DELEGATES AT NEBRASKA LUTHERAN SYNODl Dcshler. Neb., Aug. 21.—The opening] service of the annual meeting of NeJ braska district of the Lutheran-Mis Bourl synod was held here recently. Four hundred delegates, pastors and teachers, representing 3,000 communi cant members in this state, are in at tendance. The dedication sermon was preached by Rev. P. Brandt, of Pitts burgh, Pa., general vice president ol the Missouri synod. INJURED “HARVEST HAND” LAYS BY TRACK ALL NIGHT Bancroft, Neb., Aug. 21.—Peter C. Hoyt, of Randolph, N. Y., aged 26, met with a Bevere accident Wednesday night when he fell from a moving freight train, about a mile south of the railroad station. He was returning! from the harvest fields of South Dako ta and was on his way to Omaha, from where he intended to return home. Hoyt’s left leg was severed below the knee and his right foot badly man gled. The accident happened about 11 o’clock, but he was not found until yes terday morning, when he was hurried to town and medical attention given him. He was taken to an Omaha hos pital. MAKING MOVIE SCENES IN AND NEAR CHADRON Chadron, Neb.. Aug. 21.—The new moving picture company that has been organized in Chadron is getting down to business in and around Chadron. Last week was spent in taking pictures of the Indians in and near the Fort Robinson military reservation, and this week they are working In the hills to the south of the city. It has finally come out that the subject of the pres ent picture is “Wild Bill” Hicock and the old scouts ancjl early pioneers who remember the many Incidents of the early day, and they are assisting In the planning of this feature. It is the in tention of the company to reproduce the pioneer scenes as accurately as possible, so that they may be retained for the people of the future to see. The Black Hills have been the home of much that is associated with the wild west, and it is well worthy of preserva tion. —♦-— i/imjyijjM—ah pumanment ror being in the company of George Carlton and Earn est Elrod, self-confessed automobile thieves, Kenneth Murphy, a young Cherry county convict, has been ordered sent back to the penitentiary by Governor Morehead. The governor Is convinced that Murphy did not participate In the actual taking of automobiles In Lincoln for the purposes of ]oy riding, he thinks that he is to some extent guilty of misconduct. The governor may give him another chance, but there are no signs now that he will relent. Murphy was only 18 years old when he was convicted of murder In the second degree, for the hanging of a young ranchman, Charles Sellers, who was alleged to have made Improper advances to Murphy's sister. PONCA—Another "coal mine” has been opened and Is being worked by Geno Brew er and Jim Hamel. It Is about a quarter of a mile down the river from the old mine which was opened a number of years ago. It has not ns yet been determined whether the coal Is of a good quality or not. FREMONT—Miss Lucy Griswold, one of the pioneer school teachers of Fre mont, Is dead following an Illness of eight weeks' duration. Miss Griswold was 80 years of age, and came to Fremont In 1873. For nearly 20 years she was employed as a teacher In the same building. After giv ing up active school work she was elected a member of the school board, serving for several terms. She was stricken with ap polexy eight weeks ago. PONCA—A crew of men Is at work cleaning awdy the debris of the old Metho dist church, which was destroyed by lire last April. Work will soon commence on the excavating for the basement of the new modern building which Is to be erect ed. The new building Is to be a bungalow style, and will cost $7,000. It Is to contain a library, lecture room and main audito rium on the ground floor, all of which can be thrown Into one room when needed. MADISON--Mrs. Maude Richardson, wife of George E. Richardson, former county clerk of this county, died at the Norfolk general hospital, where she sub mitted to a surgical operation. She Is survived by her husband, one daughter, Merrlam, 15 years old, and one son. Dan iel, 10 years old; one sister, Mrs. Addle Schofield, of Nellgh, Neb., and two brothers. Myron Hodges of Lynch. an< Fred Hodges of Omaha, Neb. BOTH WILLIAMS AND MCLOUGHLIN SCORE Newport, R. I„ Aug. 20.—R. Norris Williams, III, of Philadelphia, the na tional champion, and Maurice E. Mc Loughlin, of San Francisco, the former title holder, won their matches In the semifinals of the singles tennis tourna ment at the Casino today. Williams dis posed of C. J. Griffin, of San Francisco, in straight sets, and McLoughlin de feated N. W. Niles, of Boston, three sets to one. The winners will meet to morrow in the final round of the ea cino cup competition. Williams won easily from Griffin in straight sets. The score: 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. McLoughlin defeated Niles 3-6, 10-8, 6-3, 9-7._ _ BRANSON TO MEET HAYES. Des Moines, la.. Aug. 20.—Roy Bran son, of Mitchell. S. D., will meet Walter Hayes, of Chicago, for the chance to go Into the finals of the Iowa State Tennis tourney. Branson defeated Bart Bone brake, of Des Moines, today, 6-2, 6-4. INCREASED STEEL RATES APPROVED BY COMMISSION Washington, D. C„ Aug. 20.—In creased rates on iron and steel from the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Chicago and intermediate territory to Utah, Colorado and Kansas points were approved today by the Interstate Com merce commission. The decision makes an exception as to Iron bars, steel bars, steel sheets and structural steel in carloads from St. Louis to Denver or iginating east of the Mississippi. MADISON WOMAN DEAD FROM DRINKING ACID; THOUGHT ACCIDENTAL Victim, Mrs. Nancy J. Young, Was Prominent—No Motive For Suicide. Madison, Neb.. Aug. 21.—'While mem flers of her family were in the front room of her home, Mrs. Nancy • J. Young, a prominent Madison woman, went into the kitchen and, apparently by accident, drank carbolic acid as a result of which she died yesterday morning. No cause for suicide is known, and friends are inclined to be lieve that the fact she was partially blind caused her to mistake the bottle1 of acid for medicine. Several of Mrs. Young's relatives, in cluding her grandson, Frank A. Peter son. vice president of the First Na tional bank of Madison, and a council man, had gathered at Mrs. Young’s home to spend the evening. Mr. Peter son had just left the house to attend a council meeting. Mrs. Young about 8 o’clock went into the kitchen, and after a time her daughter, Mrs. Peter son, of Battle Creek, w\ent In search of her. She was found lying unconscious in the back yard about 100 feet from the house. The poison was in an old bottle and bore the label of a druggist who is not in business here any longer. It was purchased about 10 years ago. Mrs. Young seemed to be in good spirits though she had worried somewhat be cause of the fear that she was going blind. She was 72 years old and was connected with several prominent fam ilies here. DR. P. L. HALL, OF LINCOLN, PROPOSED AS CANDIDATE Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 21.—N. ,T. Ludi. postmaster at Wahoo. called on the Secretary of state yesterday and se cured the necessary blanks to place the name of Dr. P. L. Hall, of Lincoln, on the primary ballot as a democratic can didate for governor. Mr. Ludi claimed to be representing E. O. Webber, coun ty chairman of Saunders county, and not himself, being prohibited as a post master from taking an active part in politics. State Senator W. D. Holbrook, of Dodge county, may be a candidate for the republican nomination for lieuten ant governor, according to friends who conversed with him on politics. The senator has been in Lincoln several days, and has appeared to be much in terested in the situation from a political standpoint. WOMAN ROUTS ROBBER ON COUNTRY HIGHWAY Harvard, Neb., Aug. 21.—Mrs. Min nie Greenbaum, of Juneau, Alaska, who is visiting her mother, Mrs. Anna Hen drickson, at her farm home east of the city, was violently assaulted last evening a little before 9 o’clock as she was on her way home from town, rob bery being the motive. She managed to get a strangle hold on the man’s collar and after a little effort threw him from the buggy. The fellow man aged to get her wedding ring off her finger, which is all he secured. She did not complain of suffering any bod ily Injury. SECRETARY OF STATE SAYS 60,000 AUTOS IN NEBRASKA Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 21.—Secretary of State Pool, who Is enforcing the auto mobile registration law, estimates that there are now 60,000 automobiles in Nebraska. The secretary states that the cunties which collected license fees for the year ending last January reported 4,000 machines. The value placed on them by the assessors was $3,220,658 for taxation purposes. This means that Nebraska people had $16, 102,790 invested at that time. Under the old law on January 1 the total num ber of automobiles registered was 65, 681. This was misleading because each one was numbered in numerical order without regard to "dead,’’ unpaid or unused licenses. KENNETH MURPHY WILL GET ONE MORE CHANCE Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 21.—Kenneth Murphy, young convict, out on fur lough from state penitentiary, will be given another chance to make good through an order issued by Governor Morehead releasing him from the coun ty Jail. Murphy was implicated with Earnest Elrod and George Carlton in the stealing of automobiles in Lincoln. Murphy was serving a life sentence for complicity in the murder of Charles Sellers, a Cherry county ranchman. Since he w'as given his freedom by Governor Morehead he has been a stu dent at a university. County Attorney Hager is angry, and says he may prosecute Murphy for the auto thefts. ANTI-INDIAN CANNON NOW IN STATE MUSEUM Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 21.—An ancient gun only 36 inches long, called a "Black Tom” cannon, and which car ried three-pound shot, has been donated to the state G. A. R. museum by the G. A. R. post of Wilber. It was used against the Indians in territorial days. The mounted cannon was easily car ried to the passenger elevator and taken to the fourth floor of the state house where it will stand in the corridor. STARTED BURGLAR ALARM; ROUSED STATE HOUSE CROWD Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 21.—When State Insurance Commissioner W. B. East ham opened the vault somehow he turned on the burglar apparatus, and when state house attaches rushed down to the basement in wild alarm they found the insurance commissioner with the vault door open and an amazed look on his face. About $190,000 worth of securities are kept in the vault. East ham has promised himself to make a study of the burglar alarm apparatus and prevent future trouble. CEDAR COUNTY PIONEER DIES AT WEST POINT Hartington, Neb., Aug. 19.—Anton J. Beste. a pioneer resident of Cedar coun ty, died Monday at St. Joseph’s home in West Point. He was 56 years old, and two years ago suffered a stroke of paralysis, from which he never fully re covered. About 16 months ago he went to the home to live. Mr. Beste was born in Germany and came to Cedar county with his parents in 1860. The body will be brought here and Interred Thursday In Holy Trinity cemetery, --+ HEALTH BOARD MEMBER ANGRY AT POUNDMASTER Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 19.—Dr. W. F. Wild, of the state health department, is preparing to go to the mat with the Lincoln police department over the failure of the department to keep sus pected dogs at least one week. Re cently a dog bit a boy and D'r. Wild re quested that the brute be kept a week In order to give time for development of disease symptoms, but the pound master killed it inside of three days. Dr. Wild has appealed to Mayor Bryan not to have this particular dog restored to life, but to prevent similar incidents in the future. KENNETH MURPHY IN WITH MEN WHO ADMIT AUTOMOBILE THEFTS Convict Paroled Through Pleas of Sister Is Picked Up In Bad Company. Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 20.—The mystery surrounding recent automobile thefts in Lincoln was cleared up yesterday when George Carlton and Earnest El rod, two former inmates of the peni tentiary, confessed In the presence of Deputy Warden Harmon and Sheriff Hyers to stealing several automobiles. Sheriff Hyers acted on tips and ar rested the two young men Tuesday morning. With them was Kenneth Murphy, the youth imprisoned after the Sellers murder in the sand hills. Much sympathy has been expressed for Mur ph in the past and he has been out for some time on furloughy granted by the governor. His sister's plea secured the payrole. Elrod and Murphy claimed that they did not know that some of the cars were stolen at first, though they did know later, about the supply. Elrod claimed that Carlton had stolen all of the cars used by the three young men. Carlton has Berved part of a term for auto stealing and Elrod was in for forgery. Carlton and Elrod have been re turned to the penitentiary and Murphy is being held in the county jail. -4— MISS ANNA HUNT TO EDIT NEW PAPER AT PONCA Ponca. Neb., Aug. 20.—Ponca, is to have a new paper with a young woman as its editor. It is to be called the Dixon County Advocate and Miss Anna Hunt will have charge of it. The business men of Ponca decided that the city could support another paper. They joined a company, bought an entirely new outfit and selected Miss Hunt as the one to whom they would entrust the plant. Miss Hunt was as-: sociated with the Ponca Journal-Lead er for several months, at which time the proposition to take charge of the new plant was made. She learned the printing business in the office of the Hamilton County Reg ister at Aurora, Neb., and afterwards went to the Aurora Republican, where she worked for about nine years, re signing to take charge of a paper her self, being editor and publisher of the Kennard Enterprise until the plant was purchased by L. F. Hamilton, and moved to Blair. She has the distinction of being one of the best straight matter compositors in the state. She has been a member of the Nebraska State Press association for the last three years and was on.e of the most popular newspaper women present at the meeting in Omaha last May. ■ A . ALL PAST RAIN RECORDS ARE BROKEN AT FREMONT Fremont. Neb.. Aug. 20.—With a fall of 6.64 inches of rain for the 24 hours ending yesterday morning at 7 o’clock and an additional inch during the day, all rain records for Fremont were broken. Basements of residences and business houses were flooded and much damage resulted. Streets were turned Into small rivers overflowing th.e curb ing. During the downpour Monday evening, when 5.10 inches fell In less than three hours, much damage to telephone and electric light wires was caused by the lightning. The rain was local and no damage was done to rail read tracks. Threshing, which was well under way following the few days of sunshine, will be retarded for sev eral days again. Some wheat is sprout ing in the shock. About 10 per cent of th.e grain is yet to be cut, the harvest having been delayed owing to the wet weather. WIFE OF COOK PHYSICIAN IS APPLICANT FOR DIVORCE Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 20.-—Claiming that the defendant beat her and called her vile names, Nellie H. Blumer has brought suit in the Lancaster county district court against her husband, Dr. Fred W. Blumer, a practicing physician of Cook, Johnson county. She alleges that the defendant makes $4,000 a year and has property valued at from $10, 000 to $15,000. Plaintiff says she left the defendant once after he had beaten her, but he begged so hard for her to 1-eturn, promising to be good, that she t-ame back to him. She wants a large slice of alimony following a decree. The couple were married in St. Joseph In 1909. BUTTON MAN HAS DRIED APPLE 65 YEARS OLD Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 20.—A. W. Nel son, of Sutton, has a dried apple which he picked when a boy 65 years ago in Indiana, and he wants to know if the state fair management would like to exhibit it as a curio at the fair. Sec retary Mellor has declined, because he says that the managers would not hold themselves responsible to return the mummified fruit in as good a shape as It was received. Mr. Nelson says the apple is of the Maiden Blush variety. It was agreed that he and an uncle Bhould eat it, if the uncle recovered from an illness which he was then af flicted with. If the uncle died, the nep hew was to keep the fruit. The undo died and Nelson kept it. ♦ ALFALFA MILL AT KEARNEY IS DESTROYED BY FIRE Kearney, Neb., Aug. 20.—The Kear ney alfalfa mill is a total loss this morning as the result of a fire shortly after midnight. The building and ma chinery were burned and 60 tons of al falfa hay stored in the building for grinding and also one car of meal on a track ready for shipment were de stroyed. The fire broke out during a severe electrical storm, the building having been struck by lightning. The loss to the owners. E. D. Gould and W. J. Scoutt, is about $15,000. BABY GIRL, ALIVE, FOUND ON CAR AT PLYMOUTH Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 18.—A baby girl, only a few hours old, was found on a flat car by a Rock Island brakeman at Plymouth Tuesday morning. Its cries attracted his attention. It was wrapped in a single sheet. The wee infant was cared for by Mrs. John Wulker, of Plymouth, and later brought to Lin coln by her and taken to the home for dependent children at 1344 G street. It is believed that the infant was put on the train at Lincoln. MERCANTILE MARINE IN HANDS OF RECEIVER Trenton. N. J., Jug. 18.—A receiver was appointed for the International Mercantile Marine company, a New Jersey corporation, by Vice Chancellor Raekos in the court of chancery to day. Chauneey G. Parker, of Newark, is the receiver. Counsel for the com pany admitted the allegations of in solvency. The application receiver was made by Emerson E Earvin, oi Plainfield. N. J.. a stockholder. RUSSIANS BATTLE IIAINLY TO STEM TEUTONIC ONRUSH All Along Great Line German Armies Forge Ahead Despite Desperate Resistance of t Slavic Forces. NAVAL BATTLE MYSTERIOUS Italy Issues Near Ultimatum ta Turkey Requiring Immediate Advice Concerning Ital ians In Porte. London, Auq. 23.—Three Russian warships and one German warship, all small vessels, have been sunk in the battle in the Gulf of Riga. Announce ment to this effect was made today Two other German warships were put out of commission during the engage ment. One ran ashore and the other was damaged. Naples, (via Paris), Aug. 23.—A dispatch to the Mattino from Salon iki said that Bulgaria has concen trated 100,000 troops on the Turk ish frontier. London. Aug. 23.—The Russian field armies are fighting desperately, but vainly, to check the crush of the Ger mans and Austrians. Novogeorgievsk, the last Polish fortress to hold out. has fallen. Ossowetz, to the north of Po land, has resisted the invaders thus far only because of the marshy nature of the surrounding country, which pre vents the Germans from employing their heavy guns effectively. South of Brest-Litovsk, Field Mar shal Von Mackensen’s forces have pen etrated far beyond the Bug. Other Ger man armies east of that river render a serious Russian defense along the i Bialystok-Brest-Litovsk line virtually impossible. ‘ Gulf Battle Rages. The mysterious naval battle in the Gulf of Riga was still in progress at the time of the latest report from Pe trograd, which, however, gave no de tails as to the magnitude of the ac tion. Along the other fronts no important changes are recorded, with the excep tion of the French admission of inabil ity to hold the Lens-Arras cross roads, recently captured. wiMivmctiiu nui|rcs!i. The diplomatic problem in the near east has been brought appreciably near er a solution by the formation of a Greek ministry under the premiership of M. Venizelos and the indications that the uncompromising attitude of the military faction in Serbia against \ Bulgaria’s claims are being broken down. After 48 hours of unusual activity, resulting in a heavy toil of merchant men traversing the naval war zone, German submarines apparently have been withdrawn to their bases. Re lief is expressed that the White Star liner Bovic is safely in port. It is now definitely established that only two Americans, who were passengers on the Arabic, are missing. Paris, Aug. 21.—The Italian ambas sador at Constantinople, says a Rome dispatch to the Matin, has been in structed to hand to the porte a note asking for a formal categoric state men as to the departure of the Italians for the Turkish possessions. The note is couched in terms admitting of no evasion. Without being an ultimatum, it calls upon the Turkish government to declare yes or no whether Italians will be permitted to leave, and when. Berlin, (via London), Aug. 21.—The Germans have captured the Russian town of Bielsk, 25 miles south of Bialystok and have driven the Rus sians over the Biala river, according to an official announcement given out today by the German army head quarters staff. WAR SITUATION IS WALL STREET BOGEY German Relations Add to Un settled Conditions—Stock Losses Registered. New York. Aug. 23.—The possi bility, noted in high banking circles, that existing relations with Germany may necessitate the flotation of a large domestic loan to meet possible emergencies caused further unsettle ment in the stock market today. At the outset only the specialties were materially affected, but later when it became known that the Arabic had not been under convoy, the entire list began to weaken on heavy offerings of standard shares. Losses of two to three points were registered by Union Pacific and Read ing and U. S. Steel, which fell a point to 72% in the early dealings, soon de clined to 71. Increased weakness was shown in the lator dealings, declines concurring with advices from Washington that the administration probably would make representations regarding the Arabic incident through its ambassador at Berlin. Steel, Union Pacific and Reading were among the many important shares which fell to lowest prices of the week Steel losing 3% at 70%, while Union Pacific’s loss at 127% was 3 points and Reading's decline at 145% was i points. War stocks were the greatest suf ferers, with recessions of 3 to 11 points Bethlehem Steel losing the maximum amount at 274. General Motors fell 91/ to 200, and New York Airbrake 6% it 126%. Minimum prices prevailed at the feverish and excited close. TWO IRISH ROMANCES BECOME ARABIC TRAGEDIES Salt Lake City. Utah, Aug. 21.—Miss Mary English, whose name appears in the Arabic list of missing, was a voung Irish girl on her way to Salt Lake to marry T. J. Kavanaugh, of this city Patrick Fitzgerald, also in the list of missing, was a young Irishman ac companying her to Salt Lake, where he planned to establish a home prelim inary to marrying her sister, who re mained in Ireland.