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THE O'NEIL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. O’NEILl.7^ NEBRASKA When the plant of the Niagara Fallf J>o«er company was designed accom modations were made for II power units of 12,500 each. Seven of these have been Installed and have been In operation for some time, and a J1.000, 000 extension is now being arranged for, which will bring the plant up to Its full capacity. Three more units will be Installed, and on the completion of these, work will be commenced on an other. which will bo the last. It Is con templated that the greater part of this additional power will be taken by Ca nadian Industrial concerns, which are now preparing for Increased business. Heretofore the product of the company has been mainly delivered to patrons on the American side. In a paper recently read before the Society of Chemical Industry the state ment was made that the strength of cast Iron was affected by the addition of wrought Iron In the following pro J'ortlons; With 100 parts of cast Iron 0 parts of wrought Iron Increases the strength 2 percent; 20 parts of wrought Iron Increases the strength 32 per cent; JO parts of wrought lros Increases the strength 60 per cent; 40 parts of wrought Iron Increases the strength only 33 per cent The maximum re sult Is therefore produced with 30 per cent wrought scrap. Hugh James O'Beirne, who has Just been promoted from the rank of coun cilor of the British embassy at Petro grad to the post of minister plenipo tentiary to the court of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, will be remembered at Washington as one of the cleverest and most agreeable of Irish born members of the British diplomatic service who has ever been satloned on the banks of the Potomac, where he spent several years as one of the secretaries of Lord Pauncefote's embassy. That fully 25 per cent of the acci dents to workmen are caused by In sufficient lighting for men working at night, la the opinion of experts who have made a study of the subject. It Is estimated that 125,000,000 is the av erage annual cost of Injuries to work men In the United States alone, and that more than 60 per cent of these accidents are preventable. Some scientists are now Insisting that plants have memories, that they are capable of love and are also capable of hating Intensely. The Bo-callod blue rocket emits a perfume which Is one of the most deadly poisons, but It often shows fear, wo arc told. The deadly nlg’nt shade, in addition to its extreme ly poisonous quality, is described tie full of hatred. The motion picture ribbon is the only unit that is standard in every country, according to a statement made recently before the University chib in Washing ton by C. Francis Jenkins. He pointed out that railway gauges, for example, vary in different countries; that units of value, volume, length, weight all differ, "but the motion picture film is the same the world over.” -- Ceylon, according to the last census, has a population of 4,110,000, the chief element numerically being the Sing halese. The area Is 26,000 square miles. The principal exports are tea, coffee, cinchona, rubber, cocoa, cinnamon, cardamoms, ebony and the products of the eocoanut palm. A large source of wealth Is also found In precious stones and pearl fisheries. Official statistics show that the ves sels of more than 65 tons register in the merchant marine of Spain on Janu ary 1, 1915. included 217 sailing vessels, with a total tonnage of 29,118, and 640 •teamers, tonnage 875,609, compared with 236 sailing vessels, tonnage 32,970, and 628 steamers, tonnage 844,322, on the corresponding date of 1914. The first jitney bus appeared in Lon don In 1830. It ran by steam power and carried 28 passeners inside and 22 out •Ide. Railroads prevented its operation by securing the passago of a law re quiring each bus to keep a man 100 yards In advance with a red flag by day and a red lantern by night. "Dixie," one of the most famous American songs, was written in 1869 by Daniel Emmet, an American song writer and minstrel, who was born In Ohio in 1816. He appeared In many cities of this country and England and at one time was associated with Dan Bryant. Enough Portland cement Is manufac tured In the United States each year to build concrete forts at every needed point on the entire coast of the United States, according to a report by Percy H. Wilson, secretary of the Association Of American Portland Cement Manu facturers. Whenever N. Frank Randall, of Ran dolph, Mass., goes Into a certain news ■tore in the town and leaves his horse near the curb the horse promptly comes up to the door and pokes his nose against the glass until Randolph comes out with some candy for the animal. Charles H. deist, of Philadelphia, has wagered $100,000 against $1,000 that he can defeat Dr. Edward Martin, a sur geon of the University of Pennsylvania a round of golf. The game will be played about the middle of October at the Sea View links near Atlantic City Vast expanses of grazing land and immense forests await exploitation in the northwestern part of Paraguay known as the Gran Chaco, which Is in habited mostly by nomadic tribes of Indians. It is estimated that Paraguay has a population of 1,000,000. Germany has been shocked by the In formation that Stettin women are pro viding huge helpings of whipped cream for the delectation of canine pets. One result has been a refusal of that city's request for Increased allowances to the Camilles of soldiers. The number of unemployed in the more Important Canadian labor cen ters at the end of April was estimated by the Ottawa department of labor at 15,000. Most of the large cities were overburdened with unskilled workers. _ During the first five months of 1914 Spain expended 49,201.000 pesetas on Its protectorate In Morocco; during the like pwlod In 1915 the expenditure was 65, Ha.OOO pesetas. At present exchange the peseta is worth about *0.20. Samuel Morse Felton, president of the Great Western railroad. Is said to have refused an offer of *250.000 a year Cor two years to manage for the Bald win Locomotive company an *80,000.000 war order. With Charles M. Schwab's rumored *1,000,000 a year, this Is among the record “wages.” Headed by a big rooster, a flock of bens In Pittsburgh marches every eve ning from its yard to the railroad sta 2®n to meet the owner, J. L. Armstrong, jbe fiock then escorts Armstrong to Jbts home, the rooster leading all the ***■ - -,w - I PROHIBITION WORKER ARRESTED ON CHARGE OF EXCESS MOISTURE Blames Balky Auto For Putting Him In Mood to Get Drunk —Out After Money. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. <i.—Prohibition workers in Nebraska are much dis turbed over the arrest and conviction on a charge of Intoxication of Ed Depu ty. who has heen soliciting money on, behalf of the state committee. Deputy makes the excuse that he had bought an automobile that broke down so often and caused him so much trouble that he was driven to drink. The "dry” federation, which Is made up of republicans and democrats and which proposes taking charge of the fight, to carry the amendment next year without the aid of the prohibition or ganization. is particularly annoyed over the Deputy affair. Not the least of this concern Is because the prohibi tion party crowd seems to have got the Jump on them in the matter of collect ing money. Their solicitors have humped up repeatedly against the statement by men from whom money was expected that they had already paid over their subscriptions In the be lief that it was to make the fight for the amendment. HALL “STANDS PAT” ON CONTEST WITH GOVERNOR Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 6.—Declaring that the criticism that has been heaped upon him is “political bunk,” pure and simple, Treasurer Hall has handed the reporters a long statement replying to what Governor Morehead! had to say about him. The gist of It is that the constitution says the treas urer must not pay out any money ex cept when it is appropriated by the legislature, and that he won't violate the law to suit the governor. He says that If the governor wants to violate the law he can, as head of the food commission, retain the fees as they are collected and use them to pay tho expenses of mftlntairlng them. Hall declares that his business Is to pro tect the taxpayers and that If the gov ernor and the food co. nnlssloner think his Idea of the law Is not correct, they' can go Into court and have It settled. In the absence of the governor. Food Commissioner Harman replied to the treasurer’s statement. He says that for nine months Hall has been paying out money for the support of three different state departments for which no legislative appropriations exist, and that he had agreed to keep on paying out the money to support the food and oil commission. Harman says Hall did not change his mind until he got Into a dispute with other state offi cers over the state levy, and since then has been a bull In the china shop. The treasurer's action, says Harman, will result In a loss of J50.000 a year from the excess of fees paid over ex penses and "throw the state wide open i to every food adulterator, grafter and short weight artist In the country.” uuu Sfcl I LcRa ASSEMBLE NEAR FIRST “WHITE” CAMP Tekamah, Neb., Sept. 6.—The 13th annual reunion of tne pioneers and old settlers of Burt county was held In Folsom park. The day was an Ideal one, and hundreds renewed friendships of years past. The park Is the place where. In 1854, the first camp was made by white men In Tekamah and Burt county, and Is now marked by a huge bowlder duly Inscribed, which was taken from hills west of the city. The principal address of the day was delivered by John L. Kennedy, of Oma ha. Judge Lee S. Estelle and others from Omaha also spoke. The address by the historian, J. R. Sutherland dwelt with the early organization of the G. A. R. In the county and their part In the building up of the county, which since their numbers are now so small, have united with the pioneers In the annual Joint reunion here. Music was furnished by the VanCleve band, and the late afternoon was spent in listen ing to many of the old timers recount their privations. WANT “BILLY” SUNDAY AS ATTRACTION AT FAIR Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 8.—If Lincoln can induce the Omaha people to con sent “Billy” Sunday, evangelist, will be one of the big cards at the state fair next week. Sunday had previously agreed to come to Lincoln and make a speech on the 13th, which is a week from next Monday, but this does not satisfy the Lincolnites, who desire to boost the state fair attendance by an nouncing the noted evangelist as one of the attractions. Sunday has replied that the only day on which h,e takcB a rest is Monday of each week, and that if the Omaha people will consent he will come down. Omaha is generally supposed to be quite jealous of Lincoln, especially since this city took the state fair away from her, and there may be trouble over semiring the attendance of the evangelisl. WHEAT THAT SPROUTS IS NOT SUITABLE FOR SEED Lincoln, Neb,, Sept. 6.—Expert Gad dis, of the state agronomy department, says that it will be perfectly safe for farmers to use 1915 wheat for seed next year if care is taken to see that no signs of sprouting appear. The least Indication of sprouting means that it Is valueless for seed, and no expert will be needed to determine whether it possesses germinating qualities or not. WAUSA VOTES FAVORABLE ON SEWER PROPOSITION Wausa, Neb., Sept. 6.—A proposition authorizing the village board to issue bonds in the sum of $12,000 for the construction of a sewer system and dis posal plant was carried here yesterday by a vote of SI to 69, the heaviest vote ever polled in Wausa. The balance necessary for the proposed system will be raised by a frontage tax on all lots in the Incorporation. The estimated cost is $20,000. Mains will be laid past practically ever lot^ in the city. HAVE LUCKY ESCAPE. Dixon, Neb.. Sept. 4.—In an auto race against time at the Dixon county fair at Concord, a tire came off of one ma chine and the driver, Dick Vandonselar. and a passenger. Neal Hooker, were thrown out. Hooker's wrist was sprained. Vandonselar is not badly hurt. The car turned completely over. ALLEGES OWNER KNEW PROPENSITY OF MULE Omaha, Neb., Sept. 4.—“Knowing full well the Inclination and propensity of said mule to kick and attack man kind," Margolin Brothers are alleged to have permitted the anmial to run at largo in the vicinity of Seventeenth and Dodge and go upon the premises of Carl C. Carlson. In his suit for $6,000 damages, Carl son alleges that he attempted to drive the mule off his lot, and that the animal kicked him. breaking the bones in his hand. His collision with the mule occurred on July 22. SOME FARMERS THINK HORSE PLAGUE ABOUT TO MAKE NEW RAIDS S. W. Walstrom, Near Craig, Has Lost Five Animals— State Is Investigating. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 4.—State Vete. Innrian Anderson nas gone to Craig, in northern Nebraska, for the purpose of investigating a story that the horse plague, which took so great a toll of animals three years ago, has reap peared. Five head of horses owned by S. W. Walstrom are deud and two others dying under circumstances that has tossed a scare into fanners in that section. Several reports from the west ern part of the state have been to the effect that horses have been dying there from the old complaint. There was much controversy three years ago as to what caused the epi demic and whether the disease was contagious. Dr. Anderson's opinion is that the cause was poisonous forage, the eating of stuff that had not been thoroughly cured. REED VAINLY TRIES TO SOOTHE TROUBLED WATERS Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 4.—Attorney General Reed has vainly tried to set tle the deadlock between the state treasurer and various departments of the state government that are being closed up for lack of funds, said funds being In the treasurer’s hands, and said treasurer declaring they will remain there until the legislature directs him to whom they shall be paid. The attorney general holds that the treasurer may lawfully pay out these funds for th.e purposes indicated by law because the law that created the various departments says the money earned by fees shall be so spent. But the treasurer says that he is not tak ing the attorney general's opinion be cause it might not save him from ju dicial wrath. After which the attorney general ad vised the heads of the penniless depart ments that they have a legal right to retain the fees they earn and devote them to paying the expenses of their offices. But the various commission ers say that there is a clause in the law that says these fees shall be paid In advance into the treasury, and they fear that their retention of them will cause them to be indicted for embezzle ment. To both of these objections the attor ney general has answered that while he is confident he 4s correct in his state ment of the law, if he is not neither the treasurer nor the commissioners could liable upon their bonds or to the court if they followed the advice of "the legally constituted authority cre ated by the constitution and the laws of the state.” But nobody interested has yet shown sufficient confidence in the attorney general’s knowledge of the law to take his advice. BIG TURTLE FOSSIL NOW IN UNIVERSITY MUSEUM Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 4.—“Testudo Or thopygla,” otherwise known as the big gest turtle that ever roamed the wilds of Nebraska, Is now enthroned in state In the state university museum. For over a year workmen have spent their spare time picking all pieces of dirt and rock out of the fossil and where a bone was missing one has been fabri cated to take its place. The skeleton of this mammoth was found a year ago in the fossil beds of Cherry county. From head to tail It measures five feet and the shell is three feet across. It lived in the pliocene period, say the experts. CHARLES JACKSON, HERMANN, VICTIM OF FOREIGN WAR Ottawa, Ont.. Sept. 4.—Charles Jack son, of Hermann, Neb., a member of the Fifth batalllon of the Canadian contingent, has died of wounds, ac cording to a casualty list issued by the militia department here last night. FULLY 5,000 CHRISTIANS MET DEATH IN PERSIA New York. Sept. 4.—At least 1,000 Christians were killed and about 4,000 others died of disease in Urumiah, Persia during the five 'months of Turkish occupation, according to a letter received by J. L. Caldwell, American minister at Teheran, from Dr. William Shedd. of Urumiah and made public here today by the Presby terian board of foreign missions. Dr. Shedd stated that his figures were based on careful investigation and record, there having been 3,600 Chris tian burials alone in the city of Urumish and the American college compound. He said that before the Russians left Urumish on January 2 there were between 32,000 and 33,000 Christians in the city and surrounding villages. Within a few days after Jan uary 2 between 8,000 and 9,000 left the country. Of the 6,500 Christian families In the district, Dr. Shedd said that all but 1,000 were robbed of all their posses sions, and nearly all suffered some loss. He said the total loss of Chris tians had been estimated at 32,500,000, and added that the Presbyterian mis sion sustained a loss of 310,000 during one attack. Considerably more than 100 Christian girls turned Moslems during the Turkish occupation, the writer said, in hope of escaping vio lence. INTERCOLLEGIATE GOLF SEMI-FINALS BEGUN Chicago, Sept. 3.—Semifinals were played this forenoon In the first an nual western intercollegiate golf cham pionship tournament at the Ravisloe Country club, paving the way for the final matches in the three flights which will be played in the afternoon. Both matches were scheduled for the 18-hole route. C. L. Weems, of Quincy, Uni versity of Illinois, and Charles Grimes, University of Chicago, and John Simp son, Terre Haute, Ind., University of Illinois, and Fred C. Stiles, North western university, were the semifinal pairings. Illinois won the team cham pionship in the play off with Chicago's five yesterday after a tie the previous day. scoring 421 strokes to the ma roons 425. NO MORE VACATION FOR PRESIDENT THIS SEASON Washington, Sept. 3.—President Wil son has given up all plans for return ing to his summer home at Cornish, N. H., this year. It was said at the' White House, today, that he considers his vacation over and will remain in Washington to be in personal touch with the European and Mexican situ ations and prepare for the next session of congress. I ■■■■■■■■ NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES TEACHER SUES SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR WAGES Beatrice. Neb., Sept. 4.—Suit for $300, alleged to be due from School District No. 71, this county, as wages, was filed in the district court Tuesday by Margaret O’Brien. Miss O’Brien al leges that she was engaged as teacher by C. East and S. J. Headley, two di rectors of the district board, and that when she was ready to begin her du ties she was refused admittance, and that on account of the lateness of the season she was unable to procure an other school. The suit is the result of a fight over the election of a member of the school board in that district in June, 1914, when Calvin East was chosen. On July 20 W. B. Myers was elected at a spe cial election. The board of which Mr. East claimed to be a member hired Miss O’Brien, and Myers and his board hired Miss Bessie Carrlthers. Upon hearing it was decided that Mr. East was duly elected director, but Miss Carrlthers had already assumed her duties as head of the school and was allowed to finish the term. WERNER RESTORES MONEY SECURED IN FORGERIES Omaha. Neb., Sept. 4.—Otto Werner, the Chicago auditor of the Creamery Package Manufacturing company, who was arrested here Tuesday with $17, 600 in his pockets, $15,000 of which had been secured by him on worthless drafts drawn on the Creamery Pack age Manufacturing company, yesterday restored to the agents of his former employers the $15,000 he had gotten from them, turned over $1,045 to agents of the Chicago bank from which he had.gotten that amount, and Is now being held at the city jail until his movements for the last week are in vestigated to see if he is guilty of fur ther transactions in high finance. If none is discovered, Werner will probably be released and the re mainder of the money he had in his possession will be restored to him. RUSSIANS GAIN! IN RAGE EUR TIME If Lines Hold Till Fall Rains Begin, German Drive Must End—Sudden Strength Shown In Baltic. Berlin. Sept. 2. (via London).— German forces attacking the Rus sian fortress of Grodno have taken the outer forts of the stronghold, It was officially announced by Ger man army headquarters today. London. Sept. 3.—The Russians are developing unexpected strength in the north where they state they are not only holding Field Marshal von Hin denburg, but have gained a local suc cess near Vilna. Various changes have been made in the Russian command, the most important being the return of General Russky to the leadership of the northern army. Berlin wireless reports, which usually are a day or two in advance of the Petrograd official communications, an nounce a reversal in the Galician situ ation as the result of a victorious as sault on the Russians north of Zborow. In the opinion of military writers here, the Russians now stand a good chance of winning the race for time. Within a few weeks the autumn rains will begin, and it is pointed out unless they can succeed in gaining a decisive result before that time the Austro-Ger mans can hardly hope to smash the Russian armies before, under cover of the long winter, they are reformed and reequipped. At present the Austro Germans are straining every nerve to win this decision but they have been greatly delayed by the intensity of the Russian counter attacks and the stub bornness with which the Russian troops hold the positions protecting their re treating comrades. Losses On Both Sides Great. The Russian losses of course have been enormous. According to Berlin the Russians have lost 1,000,000 in prisoners since May 2, the date on which the drive began in western Galicia, while during August alone, the capture included more than 250,000 and 2,300 cannon. The Austro-German losses too, have been heavy in killed and wounded, while the strain on the troops have been terrific. They still have, according to Petrograd estimates about 2,000,000 men on the eastern front, 300.000 being in the Riga region, more than 1,000,000 in the center and from 600.000 to 700,000 in Galicia. For a week the French have been puring an avalanche of shells into the German lines In the west. It is not be lieved that this ammunition would not be used simply for the purpose of dam aging the German trenches, and there fore an early general offensive is looked I for. GERMAN CONCESSION LOOKS ALL RIGHT TO ROOSEVELT Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. 2.—The fol lowing statement was given out by Col. Theodore Roosevelt In regard to Am bassador von Bernstorff’s note con cerning the Arabic: “On its face it appears to be most gratifying and, if the acts of the Ger mans bear it out, and if suitable amends are made for the lives lost on the Lusitania and Arabic and for the Gulflight and Falaba and similar cases, and if there is no provision expressed or implied as to action on our part such as was requested by Germany before, as regards England and France, the re sults will in every way be satisfactory. “I wish to call attention, however, to :>ne thing: This is in no way a conces sion of Germany: it is an announce ment that she intends to stop the policy of assassination. To stop the policy es tablished there is no claim for grati tude.” ANGLO-FRENCH EXPERTS GOING TO HELP RUSSIA Berlin, (by wireless to Tuckerton), Sept. 2. — The Lokal Anzeiger, learns from Paris that France and England are ready to assist Russia by detailing expert strategists to the headquarters of Grand Duke Nicholas to replace in capable Russian staff officers. It is planned also to establish a Franco Britlsh advisory board of financial ex perts to assist the Russian finance minister. FORGER GOT $15,000 GASH IN OMAHA FROM OPERATING TWO DAYS fails to Get Away With ‘‘Starl In Life”—Had $17,500 In Cash When Caught. Omaha, Neb.. Sept. 3.—After cashing two forged checks, pocketing $16,000 In bills and gold in two day3, and then slipping across the state line into Council Bluffs, Otto Werner, aged 46, was arrested by the police in Council Bluffs at 2 o’clock yesterday and brought back to Omaha. Werner was formerly a traveling auditor for the Creamery Packing company of Chicago. Yesterday at .10 o’clock he walked into the Omaha of fice of this company at 113 North Tenth street. He exhibited a draft for $7,500 to the local manager, E. S. Fol som. The name of the manager of the Chicago house was signed to the draft, so Folsom cashed it. Werner rolled up the roll of bills that would almost have choked a com sheller, stuffed them into his pockets and walked out Shortly after that Folsom got word from the Kansas City office that Wer ner had cashed a draft for a similar amount there yesterday, and that the drafts are forgeries. "Click," down came the telephone re ceiver and Folsom shouted the news to the Omaha police department. Capt. Steve Maloney stationed his detectives at all the railway stations and set them to work on the man’s description. Council Bluffs was communicated with also, with the result that the man was caught there at 2 o’clock. When captured the man had $17,520 in bills on his person. UANUbK Ul- AornYAlA I I GIN WHILE FILLING SILO Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 3.—The farmer expecting to fill a silo, especially for the first time, may find much valuable information in bulletin 145 of the ag ricultural experiment station of Ne braska. It may be had without cost upon application to the bulletin clerk, University farm, Lincoln. The bulletin gives the cost of the different types of machines used in filling silos, the cost of silage on 16 different Nebraska farms, and describes carefully the methods of handling the green corn when putting it into the silo and the methods of moving silage from silos to feed troughs. It also contains drawings showing how to hoist silage from pit silos. Farmers are reminded of the danger of death from asphyxiation during the filling of the silo. Large amounts of carbon dioxide are produced in the silo from the green crop and may collect in dangerous quantities if conditions be come favorable. To avoid such an ac cumulation of the gas, the doors should be left open as long as possible. Men should not stay in the silo when the blower is not running, and especially they should not sit or lie on the fresh silage. If the work has been inter rupted for any length of time, men should not again enter the silo until the blower has been running for a few minutes. This removes the dangerous gases. In the case of a pit silo, men should never remain in the silo when the blower Is not running, and the blower should always be started before anyone enters the silo. —♦— CAPTAIN OF JULIA TO BUILD LARGER BOAT Omaha, Neb., Sept. 3.—Captain Ste vens, of the Julia, who says he is more of a ship builder than ship operator, has informed Commissioner Manley that he will build a steamboat here this winter unless the Decatur business men purchase a larger boat before the Julia is forced to tie up for the win ter. “There’s lots of money in this up river business, but I must have a lar ger boat,” says Captain Stevens. The Julia, with 35 tons of wheat and com in sacks, several tons of garden ' seed for Council Bluffs, a number of crates of live chickens and a camping i outfit from a Mormon camp meeting, arrived here. Monday, from Decatur. Yesterday she was unloading and today will start on the return trip, carrying i a cargo of miscellaneous freight from Armour, Cudahy, McCord-Brady and several other firms. “I had the offer of six passengers from Decatur to Omaha, but refused them,” said Captain Stevens. “I don’t want any more passengers. The last one I had must have had a black cat in his pocket. We grounded twice.” —f LEGISLATORS WILLING TO HOLD SPECIAL SESSION Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 3.—Representa tive Hoffmeister, here on a business trip, declares that he will gladly re spond to a call of the governor for an extra session of the legislature, if that is necessary to convince State Treas urer Hall that that body meant to per mit the state insurance commission and the pure food bureau to use the fees they earn to support themselves. Mr. Hall relies upon the state constitution which says that he shall pay out no moneys unless they are specifically ap propriated, and he declines to follow the legal opinion of the attorney gen eral that this does not apply to those cases where the law authorizing the collection of fees for certain services also says what shall be done with the money. Mr. Hoffmeister was one of the dem ocratic leaders, and he gave out a real warm interview' in which he expressed his disapproval of the official acts of both Treasurer Hall and Attorney Gen eral Reed, and intimated that if the legislature were called in extra session because these officers are taking in dependent courses he W’ould favor an Investigation of the officers themselves for the purpose of discovering what is "biting” them. SAYS INTOXICATED MAN NOT REALLY RESPONSIBLE Lincoln. Neb., Sept. 3.—James Mecum, arraigned on the charge of run ning amuck with a revolver in the town depot at Bennett, made the novel ex cuse to the court that he had been drunk for seven weeks, and that a man who had been under the influence of liquor for that length of time should not be held responsible for what he did. He insisted he knew nothing about the matter. His shots hit nobody, bu' scared a large crowd. Making use of a wireless receiver ap paratus has been invented which re j cords each flash of lightning in a storm 1 with the time that it occurs. STILL PUSHING EFFORTS TO OUST SUPERVISORS Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 1.—The supreme court Is asked by M. T. Hiatt and H M. Uttley to set aside the order of District Judge Dickson dismissing the suit filed by the two men, asking for the removal from office of three su pervisors of Holt county, H. W. Tom linson, T. D. Sievers and J. O. Hubbel. ATTITUDE FLAKED BK NOTED TEUTON Oswald G. Villard, Former Sub ject of Kaiser, Now Editor of New York Post, Scores Fellow Immigrants. MENACE AMERICA, HE SAYS Thinks Issue Must Be Cone quered—If United States Is So Inferior, Why Come Here? He Asks. Stockbridge, Mass.. Sept. 6.—Oswald Garrison Villard. publisher of the New York Evening Post, in an address be fore the Laurel Hill association here today declared that the movement among American citizens of foreign, especially German descent, to form bodies apart from the citizenship pre sented a far reaching domestic issue which the American people must con quer. Mr. Villard said an important factor in the continuance of the “American melting pot” lay in educating immi grants to the proper duties of citizen ship. He said he was “born on Ger man soil, of a German father.” Foreigners becoming American citi zens must be made to understand Mr. Villard said, that there can be no divided citizenship or loyalty or allegi ance under the American flag; that no one can accept political obligations here, while at heart loyal to another social system, another entity or another code of laws. Would Shame Schurz, He Says. In opening his address Mr. Villard quoted from an address made by Carl Schurz at the celebration of the latter s i 70th birthday, 16 years ago. in which f Mr. Schurz said that no matter how warm the affections German-Americans had held for their native land they had never permitted their affections to in terfere with their duties as American citizens, nor to seduce them to use their power in American politics for foreign ends. “How amazed Schurz would be to re turn to us today to find that that has come to pass which he deemed incon ceivable,” said Mr. Villard. “He would find to his horror that at this moment the presence on this soil of German Americans does not help to preserve peace and friendship between their two parent nations, but adds fuel to the flames of bitterness. “Naturally Schurz would scan the horizon for some discriminatory act on the part of our government, or some manifestation or racial prejudice against German-Americans. But he would find nothing of the sort. So Var as the federal government and states are concerned, he would discover nothing changed from the day he left us, Not Loyal Citizens, He Charges. "The mighty convulsion we are wit nessing he would ascertain to be due entirely to foreign complications, to a determination on the part of our Ger man-Americans to stand by their fatherland through thick and thin, right or wrong, to a sudden self revelation that unlike himself they, by the ten thousands, had not really transferred their allegiance to the country of their adoption. “What could amaze him more than to find unnumbered Germans who, like himself, came to this country to escape the very militaristic autocracy they now uphold, today denouncing the na tion that adopted and sheltered, fed and clothed them?” He then asked that if it were true as contended, that German kultur and political system wero superior to the scheme of lifa and government in America, why the hordes who have flocked here did not go to Germany Instead. [Oswald Garrison Villard long has been an intimate friend of President Wilson. Dispatches this week stated that Mr. Vil lard has displaced Col. E. M. House, as confidential adviser of the president. As editor of the New York Evening Post, Mr. Villard contributed largely to bringing out Wilson as a presidential candidate, be ing one of his earliest and strongest sup porters.] HUNGARY FULLY IN HARMONY, IS CLAIM Emperor Congratulates States men—Say Nation Is Com pletely United. Berlin, Sept. 6. (by wireless to Say Ville).—The Overseas News agency made public today a dispatch from Vienna giving the address of Emperor Francis Joseph to the delegation of Hungarians and Croatians who visited him a few days ago. The emperor is quoted as follows: "One of the greatest joys of my life has been that the leading Hungarian statesmen have succeeded in bringing about complete accord between the crown and the nation and also good feeling between the Hungarian statu and the other parts of the empire, thus laying a firm foundation for the removal of any misunderstandings among the states and their harmonious relations through centuries to come. "We now see more clearly than ever that the present great trials prove the completeness of this work of recon ciliation and adjustment which has permeated to the hearts of all nations under my scepter." RUSSIAN WAR CHIEF MAY BECOME PREMIER London, Sept. 4.—The Petrograd cor respondent of the Times said it is be lieved that General Polivanoff, Rus sian minister of war. will become pre mier with extensive powers to recon struct the cabinet. GALE SWEEPS BERMUDA. Hamilton. Bermuda. Sept. 4.—A severe gale swept over Bermuda last night uprooting trees and doing a small amount of damage to other property. The el. (trie light, power and telephone n : • U-te were disorganized. The steam . ■ ’Vrrunlinn with ‘_d.> American tour ists in board, is delayed in port.