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J b'NEIL FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN. Publisher. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA The vestal virgins always kept fires burning in their temple at Rome, and no doubt needed them for heating the humble hot water bottles after eating the following menu, declared to have been a banquet served the girls by Julius Caesar. First course, prickly globe fish, oysters, thrushes, asparagus, fattened chickens, oyster pat tips, black and white sea acorns, sea nettles, snipe, cotelettes of venison and of wild boar, fattened wild game, powdered with flour; second course, swine udders, wild boar's head, swine udder patties, ducks, boiled teal ducks, roasted wild game; third course, puddings, custards, Picentisli sandwiches, wines, Falerno, Xeres, Spanish Medoc. The new polyvalent serum discovered by French physicians which is a sort of combinations of serums against differ ent varieties of bacteria, is reported as giving wonderful results in French mil itary hospitals. Wounds so serious anti so badly infected that recovery appears quite hopeless are said to heal with Burprising rapidity under the use of the serum so that hundreds of lives are saved and much suffering is pre vented. Although the serum is being prepared as rapidiv as possible, the supply is not sufficient for more than the base hospitals where the worst cases are found. According to uodrrcy laaacs, manag ing director of Marconi’s wireless tele graph company, a wireless message, announcing to German sea captains that war had been declared on England and warning them to make for neutral ports was flashed for a radius of 2,000 miles over the system of German wire less telegraph stations at 5 p. m., Aug ust 4. 1014. This message, he declares, saved the bulk of the German merchant marine, worth millions of dollars. United States Marshal Chesterfield C. Middlebrooks. administrator of the estate of Edward Clarke, of Winsted, Conn., found In the effects a dictionary measuring one Inch long, three-fourths of an lnefl wide and one-fourth of an Inch thick, and containing 384 pages. The book is enclosed in a metal case on the cover of which is a magnifying Blass with which to read the type, Which is much too small to be dis cerned by the naked eye German experimenters have found that the waste heat from factories and industrial establishments when con ducted by means of pipes to the soli In which garden and other plants are being cultivated causes fruits and veg etables to advance about twice as fast and to attain a size from 40 to 100 per cent greater than when grown un der Identical conditions, but In unheut ed soil. Kissing may be indulged In with per fect safety by observing the following precautions as laid down by the Amer ican Social Hygiene association; Cut out a square of tissue paper, give It a bath in an antiseptic solution and place it over your mouth. This safeguard will prevent the kiss doing you harm, provided you don't wear out the paper or break through it. As far us is known, says a Connells Vtlle Courier, the llrst American coke to be shipped to South America will be an official order for 4,300 tons from the Connellsvllle Coke company to the Ar Benttne republic, to go from Baltimore It is a trlul order, and the success oj the experiment with it will determln. whether th?re will be more orders. Orders forbidding the admission ol •ii outsiders to a chemical plant ir Springfield. N. J„ are so strict that guards stationed about the company's property refused to allow' the tire de partment to assist In extinguishing a lire which for more than two hours threatened to destroy the factory. Germany’s secret police are supplied with ' police eyeglusses.” These huvi tiny concave mirrors on the side nexl the face, which may be extended side ways or folded back so as not to show and give the wearer, if ho has normal (right, an image of what is going or directly behind him. Experts estimate that unused land lying at either side of the country roads ia capable in many cases of bearing 501 bushels of corn to the mile strip. Thou sands of miles of the best Europear roads are only a rod wide, but Uncls Sam's edge trimming still Is largely u matter of theory. Warning signs painted In Engllsi and Japanese probably will be erected on a number of the smaller Hawaliar Islands which have dense bird popula tions. There have been some shame ful massacres the-reabouts in latt years in spite of the governmental pro hibition. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has been en trusted by the English government wltt the writing of the official history of the present war, a task which will occupj his energies for some years. He provec his fitness for this undertaking by hie history of the South African cam. paign. With a total of only 1,867 thorough bred foals registered as the output o the breeeling farms In 1914, and i marked revival of racing this season owners of racing stables who do no happen to be breeders face a rathe aerlous problem for the season of 1917 A passenger train from New Yorl city was sruck two hours on a molasse coated track In the mountains, j freight train ahead had spiled tli atleky stutr. and Engineer McAlooi had to call Scranton, l'a., for help be fore be could get his train through. Rodtas Trudeau, of Worcester, Mass has spent his leisure time for the las six months In constructing a checker board. 18x27 inches of 2,498 pieces cu from seven kinds of wood. The boar. Is known as a double board, one std for 32 checkers and the other for 60. A. S. Tibbets was temporary post roaster of Lincoln, Neb., for two month without knowing It, owing to the fnc that he failed to read a communlcutioi at-nt him by the postofflee department The guns used In 1882 at the bom b&rdment of Alexandria, Egypt, wer of 16-Inch bore, an inch larger thai the biggest British naval cannon o today, while, four years later, that nav, bad guns of 16.25 Inches caliber. Mrs. Harriet Adams, of Belfast. Me owns a beautiful string of gold bead which are known to be more than 13 years old. They were worn by Mar Mitchell, the first wife of William Pat torsos, the first white coupL- to b married in Belfast. Mrs. Adams Is direct descendant of this couple. Sh la 87 cears old. Almost a world's classic in the nr of adding Insult to injuiy Is the cas of a Denver young man who was force to witness the codicil disinheriting hit: in his uncle's will. He now looks for warn to Ihe t leasure of appearing i court and testifying to l.is signature. ALL NEBRASKA LINES TO ASK 3-CENT RATE Will Seek to Enlarge Scope of Decision Made In Favor of Missouri Pacific. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 8.—Railroad of ficials in Omaha are quietly celebrating the intial victory won by the Missouri Pacific railroad In its attack upon the constitutionality of Nebraska's 2-cent intra-state passenger rate. This is considered as the leverage by which all railroads will pry the 2-cent rate out of Nebraska, and legal de partments of the various local head quarters are said to bo considering to day plans for following up the pre liminary victory with a general as sault on the statute. It Is believed that an effort will be made to have the injunction changed to blanket all roads operating in Nebraska, instead of spe cifically designating the Missouri Pa cific as the only road to enjoy its pro visions. The decision, which is final as re gards the state, orders a suspension of the 2-cent rate so far as the Mis souri Pacific Is specifically concerned, and further that no suit or suits shall be Instituted or maintained to keep in force the Inhibited rates during. the period that the injunction is in force, or until a final decision in the caso is made. —4™ DRUNKEN MEN IN AUTO INJURE SIX BOY SCOUTS Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 8.—Six boys, members of the Boy Scouts' organiza tion, with Assistant Scout Master H. W. Wright, were struck by an auto mobile on the river road northwest of the city last evening as they were re turning from a hike to Zimmerman Springs, and more of less severely hurt. Three unidentified men were in the car, which was running at the rate of 2D miles an hour. Chester Stoll sus tained a dislocated hip and Mr. Wright was severely cut about the head and body. Herbert Schaffer, Dean Carre, Byron Thomas, Otto Kopp and Paul Mumford were knocked down and bruised. The boys say the men in the car were evidently intoxicated, as they were shouting at the top of their voices. The hoys turned out to let the car pass, but the driver of the machine plowed through the squad, leaving the road to accomplish his purpose. The number of the machine was secured, and an effort will be made to appre hend and bring the guilty parties to justice. EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES CONTEST NEW LABOR LAW Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 8.—Labor Com missioner Coffey Is back from Omaha, where he helped defend an attack on the employment agency law which was passed by the last legislature. Injunc tion against the law is being sought by employment agencies that object to state supervision because the law re quires that they must not demand a fee unless a job Is really furnished to the applicant, and that this can be collected only through a percentage of the first month's salary. The law was passed in order to stop the practice of collecting fees for fake jobs or where the applicant was allowed to remain on a task for a few days only. GETS TERM IN PRISON FOR BAD CHECK HABIT Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 8.—Fred Meskil was sent to the stato penitentiary to day because he is possessed of a mania for Issuing worthless checks. Meskil was arrested some months ago, but on the Intercession of some pow erful friends ho was given a chance to be good. Instead he fell a victim to the desire to raise money In the easy way he had found possible be fore. He was arrested and when the Judge attempted to point out to him the enormity of his offense, he ex hibited very little interest in the pro ceedings With one of the checks last issued hd bought n $25 watch which he immediately took to a pawn broker and sold for $5. MOCK MUST RETURN TO MINNESOTA FOR TRIAL Lincoln. Neb.. Nov. 8.—Charles F. Mock, accused by his employers, the Harnett, Throckmorton companv, of Minneapolis, must return to Minne sota to face a charge of embezzling money. This was the decision of Gov ernor Morehead after he had heard protests by attorneys for Mock against the honoring of a requisition. The at torneys contended that Mock was a cattle buyer and that the arrest was an attempt to force him to settle for less money than he was owing his employers. An appeal may be made to the court to, hold him here. RETAILERS NEED GUARANTEES FOR SELF PROTECTION Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 8.—The state food department is sending final no tice to all retail dealers in the state that when they purchase proprietary articles or food products tiny must , secure guarantees from the wholesaler or manufacturer or else they will have to stand the brunt of all prosecutions for misbranding. When the denier has ; such a guaranty the wholesaler auto . rnatically becomes the defendant, i whervns in the absence of one the . retailer will have to share the odium I and the expense himself. . CHURCH HOWE’S ESTATE . ESTIMATED AT $100,00C I Auburn. Neb., Nov. 8,—The will ol , the late flhttrch Howe was filed for , probate. It consists of the original and k two codicils. The original Is dated Oc . tober 2, 1897: the first codicil on May 27, 1913, and tho last one September 2 1914. , The estate consists largely of Ne t maha and Johnson county lands, bank - stocks and bonds with a little Auburn t property, of the estimated value ol l $100,000. ) The bulk of his estate is given to his son. Herbert R. Howe. All his near relatives are remembered with sub • stantial bequests. * -- » -— - 1 French scientists have demonstrated > that the vapors of iodine and bromini * pass through thin glass, even at ordi nary temperature. * For preserving paintings a Germai f has patented a process which consist; c of inclosing them in tight, glass from ' cases filled with nitrogen. * MAJORITY OF STANLEY » WON’T EXCEED 1,00C l* Louisville. Ky„ Nov. C.—With thi i tabulation of official returns from Hi e of the 120 counties in the state and re vised unofficial, but apparently te liable returns from the remaining fit. * counties A. O. Stanley, democrat, o ; Henderson, led it Ik republican qppo * nent Kdwin P. Morrow, of Somerset 1 by C71 votes, for governor of Kentucky More than 375.000 votes were cast it 1 ‘-lie election Tuesday. BOARD MEMBERS NOT SURPRISED AT ORDER ON TWO-GENT FARE! Situation of Missouri Pacifi/ Does Not Fix General Rule, Commissioners Say. Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. 6.—Members of (he state railway commission were not surprised at the action of the federal ! judges at Omaha in enjoining the 2 : cent fare law at the demand of the Missouri Pacific railroad. On the face ! of it, the road is not making much money on its passenger business in the state. The case will now be gone into very extensively and thoroughly by the state’s experts. It is not expected that any other Nebraska road will follow I the example of the Missouri Pacific, : as none of the others are so unhap j pily situated in the matter of lines. The most disappointed man was the | attorney general, who felt sure that | the court had no jurisdiction in the I matter. He argued that if the defend - | ants were made defendants as state ' officers, then it was an action against i the state, and this is a procedure that can be taken only by consent of the legislature. If it we.’e against them us private citizens, then there would lie nothing to prevent any other pri vate citizen from seeking to enforce the law against the railroad. —-*~ OUSTER SUIT FOLLOWS FIGHT ON BRIDGE CONTRACTS Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 6.—Htate Engi neer Johnson has gone to Lexington to testify in a case brought by the county attorney to oust Ed Laverty, chairman of the board of county com missioners. The county has been hav ing a fight over bridge contracts and the county attorney charges that Lav erty approved claims and paid for hridges that were not built according to specifications and after he had had due notice of the defects. Laverty claims that the contractor was work ing to make good when the claim was ! paid, and that the ouster was begun before he had completed the work. The county attorney says that the bridges lacked in rafters. — MORE FIRES LAST YEAR, BUT PROPERTY DAMAGE IS LESS Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 6.—The annual report of Eire Commissioner Kidgoll, now being completed, will show that the fire loss in the state during the past year was over $2,000,000. His reports show that the total loss in the cities and villages was $1,870,000, and the remainder is estimated afl the dam age done on the farms. While there was a larger number of fires the past year than the year previous, the loss is $250,000 less. The decrease is due to the better organization of volunteer departments, says the commissioner, which makes also for better sanitary conditions in the smaller places. —f LINCOLN TEACHERS BACK LUCKEY’S CANDIDACY Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 0.—Two hundred nnd fifty Lincoln teachers went Omaha on a special train to attend the annual meeting of the state asso ciation. They also go to boost the candidacy of G. W. A. Luckey, of the State university, for president of the association. It is said here that State Superintendent Thomas will again try to seek a vindication by submitting his name to the association as a candi date. Thomas was decapitated by the state normal board as head of the Kearney school, and then ran as a candidate for state superintendent as a vindication, as he phrased it. He won, but his friends say that the Ne braska Schoolmaster’s club, which they call the inner ring of school politics, is still after Thomas, and that he needs vindicating some more. —+— DAIRYMEN PROTEST ON LIVE STOCK QUARANTINE Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 6.—A meeting of the state live stock sanitary board has been called for South Omaha today to consider protests of dairymen against the rigors of the quarantine against, the hoof and mouth disease. The pres ent bar runs against all cattle from east of the Mississippi river and north of Tennessee, and is embarrassing those Nebraska farmers who are anxious to add to their dairy herds. The board will also tfiscuss calling off the dourine quarantine on cattle from the counties of Blaine, Cherry. Hooker, Grant and Thomas. It is believed the disease has been wiped out by the kill ing of all affected animals. ♦ WANT CHANCE TO REVAMP STATE’S CONSTITUTION Lincoln. Neb., Nov. <i.—An organi zation is being effected to secure ttie submission at next year’s election, under the referendum, of a proposi tion to call a constitutional conven tion. Many efforts have been made in recent years to get the legislature to adopt a joint resolution calling a con vention. but all have failed. The or ganization is manned principally by men who are interested in securing the adoption of a more modern system of taxation. HONORARY DELEGATES TO “PORK BARREL” CONGRESS Lincoln. Neb.. Nov. C.—Thirty-six citizens of Nebraska were named by Governor Morehead as delegates to the National Rivers and Harbors con gress, to be held in 'Washington early in December. They will have fail power to pay ail expenses connected with tlieir trip. The following from northeastern Nebraska are on the list: Fred Volpp, Scribner; Fred Hunker, West Point; J. M. Gates, Fort Crook. BRITISH MINISTRY OPPOSES ELECTION London, Nov. 5.—The Marquis of Igmedowne. minister without portfolio, announced in the house of lords today that the government was firmly of the opinion that there should be no gen eral election until after the war. In proportion to population Stock holm leads the cities of the world for telephones, with Copenhagen in second place. FIVE STILL MISSING. Marshileld, Ore., Nov. 5.—Twelve I persons are known to have lost tliei lives and five passengers are still un accounted for in the wreck of t lie steamship Santa Clara, which went ashore on the south spit of Cosa bay Tuesday. No bodies in addition to those taken from the surf Tuesday night had been found up to noon to ! day. Kurope has about three and one half times the telegraph traffic, nearly twice the first class mail traffic, but 1 only two-fifths the telephone traffic of the United States. LAUNDRY MARK LEADS TO ARREST OF NEGRO FOR CRIME MYSTERY Officers Think Clue May Help o Solve Series of Attacks on Young Women. Omaha, Neb,. Nov. 6.—Upon a laun Iry mark, “W-29,” the police are hold ing C. W. Washington, Paxton hotel waiter, under suspicion of highway robbery and perhaps of another serious crime. When Stella Schnoor and Clarence Anderson were held up at Thirty-sec ond and Burt streets on the night of October 2, the robber tried to gag Anr rterson with a dirty handkerchief, marked "W-29.” He afterwards out raged Miss Schnoor. Both victims declared the picture of Arthur Houser closely resembled the bandit, but as he was masked at the time, they could not be positive. Detectives Rich and Psanowski, ever since have been searching the laun dries for the mark "W-29,” and several days ago they found that Washington's laundry came marked that way. They looked Washington up and found him to be a man of unstable characteristics and answering the gen eral description given by Miss Schnoor and Anderson and they took him to jail. Washington is a negro, hut one would have to look closely to become con vinced of the fact, so light is he. He denied everything—even being owner of lafindry marked “W-29.” When the detectives found other laundry marks exactly like that on the handkerchief, on Washington’s collars and shirts, they decided to hold him for further investigation. Heretofore the police have believed that the murderer of W. H. Smith is the same man who halted Miss Schnoor and her escort. —4— MANAGER OF FONTENELLE IS DIVORCE APPLICANT Omaha, Neb., Nov. fi.—Abraham Burbank, managing director of the Hotel Fontenelle, has filed suit for an nulment of his marriage, alleging that his wife deceived him when she rep resented that she was free to wed. He says they were married in Vermont In 1911, and he knew that she had boon married before, but that she claimed to have secured a divorce from her husband, Warren Clarke, and showed a purported telegram from her attor neys stating that the decree had been filed for record. He further alleges that they lived together for two years until he learned that the representations were false, and in November, J913, he left her after making property arrangements which have been carried out. He says he ascertained that the divorce was se cured by the husband on statutory grounds with divers persons named in the case, and that the decree pro vided that it would "not be lawful for the defendant to marry again until the plaintiff Is actually dead,” thus making it impossible to contract a lawful marriage with her in view of the fact that Clarke is still alive. -4 POLITICS STILL FEATURES AT MEETING OF TEACHERS Omaha. Neb.. Nov. 8.—With the pri mary system of nominations instituted in the Nebraska State Teachers’ as sociation exnresHlv to eliminate politics, politics nevertheless persists. While a few of the I'.OOO teachers that enrolled ut the association headquarters at the Rome hotel during the forenoon were at a loss for a candidate to vote for. many other delegations came in solid 1 ranks. The old light between the A. O. Thomas faction and the so called Schoolmasters' club ring is showing some tendency to be revived. Thus Prof. G. W. A. Luckey. of the University of Nebraska is the favorite candidate of the Lincoln delegation and of those who conspicuously opposed Thomas two years ago. At the same time Prof. H. H. Hahn . of the Wayne state normal has many supporters among those who have al ways been identified witli the Thomas faction. Other candidates that have been spoken of are P. M. Whitehead, of Red Cloud, and R. V. Clark, superintendent of the Kearney Industrial school, both of whom are looked upon favorably by the Thomas faction. MAN’S HE A’' "i.OWN OFF BY EXPLOSION OF TANK Humphrey Neb.. Nov. 8.—Michael T. Paprocki was instantly killed at the Janicek garage when a gasoline tank which he was soldering exploded. The force of the explosion was so great that Mr. Paprocki’s head was blown off. it happened that no one else was nearer than across the street at the time. The shock of the explosion was fell all over town and windows across the street were broken. The militia guarded the bodv until the county cor oner could arrive and hold an inquest. The body was then taken to the horns PRESIDENT TO OPEN FIGHT FOR DEFENSE Wilson Tonight Will Explain His Reasons For Desiring More War Weapons. Washington. Nov. 4.—President W'l *on will speak on national defense be fore the Manhattan club in New York tonight. The speech, which marks tbe first public utterance of the president rif.-e the scope of the administration's na tional defense program became known, was awaited today with keen interest in official circles here. He was to set forth the reasons which caused him to approve plans for materially strength ening the army and navy. President Wilson left early today fo' New York. He will be the guest there of his friend. Col. M. House. The pres ident will return to Washington tu rnon ow. SHELL MAKERS QUIT: DEMANDING MORE PAY Pittsburgh. Pa.. Nov. 4.—One hun dred and twenty-five men employed in the Ill-inch shell department of the Westinghouse Machine company, who struck early in the week for a re adjustment in wages, tire again on strike periling a conference with of ficials of the company next Monday. The workers who are practically all machinists, ask a substantial increase in wages. BROWN BROTHERS OF BOONE, IOWA, ADMIT SERIES OF HOLDUPS Shot One Man In Leg Because He Protested—Worked on Farm Near Hastings. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 5.—Two young chaps from Boone, la., are in the coun ty jail, seif confessed holdup men. They are William Brown, aged 23. and Rav Brown, aged 21. brothers. They held up three men in rapid succession in Lincoln and suburbs, Monday evening, shooting one of them. Harry Williams, in the leg because he protested. They left so broad a trail behind them that one was captured before he could get very far and he readily gave up the whole story and told the officers where they could find his brother. They repeated their confession be fore the county attorney. They said they w'ere born and reared in Boone, but removed not long ago to Portland, Ore., with their father, who is a brick layer. A few months ago they came east and worked for a time on a farm near Hastings. They stole the farm er's automobile and came to Lincoln. Later they started back, but at Milford the machine broke down. It was found there is a garage. In Lincoln they said they hunted for wrnrk, but could lind none. They bought a revolver in a pawnshop for $2.50 and started out on a aareer of holdup men. They got 10 cents from their first victim. From Williams, who was shot by the younger Brown, they got $1. a watch and a stickpin. Wil liams will recover. Both young men admit having been in trouble in Port land. and are uuite unconcerned about the difficulty in which they find them selves. 4 4 4 SURVEY SHOWS FARMERS 4 4 MAKING FAIR PROFITS 4 4 --—. 4 4 Lincoln, Neb.. Nov. 5.—The 4 4 following information on farm 4 4 profits in Nebraska is furnished 4 4 in a recent bulletin from the 4 4 State university: 4 4 “On 53 farms surveyed in 4 4 Thurston county, the farmers 4 4 made $1,448 above expenses and 4 4 5 per cent interest on their in- 4 4 vestment for the year 1914, in 4 4 addition to receiving a home and 4 4 what the farm contributed 4 4 toward their living. The aver- 4 4 age size of the farms was 214 4 4 acres and the average total cap- 4 4 ital for each farm W'as $24,846. 4 4 The crop year of 1914 was a fa- 4 4 vorable one and the prices were 4 4 good. This survey will be con- 4 4 tinued for a number of years for 4 4 the purpose of finding which 4 4 system of farm management 4 4 yields the greatest continuous 4 4 profit. It is being made by the 4 4 College of Agriculture in coop- 4 4 eration with United States de- 4 4 partment of agriculture.” 4 4 4. | » » » ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ $ 4 t44444 STARTS ANOTHER SUIT AGAINST CHIEF OF POLICE Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 5.—In spite of the desertion of her husband and daughter, Mrs. Thirsa Sudduth has tiled another petition in district court asking $25,000 damages from Bruce Fullerton, police judge of Lincoln. She alleges that Fullerton has ruined her daughter and sent her away to distant parts, thus depriving her of her so ciety and of her valuable services need ed to support the mother. The latter shot her husband not long ago, but has not been prosecuted. Sudduth told the officers it was all a plot to extort money. Miss Goldsmith, the daughter, has also denied the truth of the charges against Judge Fullerton. She is not now in the city. -4 DENIED MISSOURI PACIFIC DOING BUSINESS AT LOSS Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 5.—Members of the state railway commission and the attorney general's office went to Oma ha this morning to defend the 2-cent fare law against the attack of the Mis souri Pacific railroad. The railroad company claims it is losing money on its business in the state. The rate ex pert of the commission is prepared to submit figures showing that the com pany made from $S5,000 to $90,000 last year. The commission denies that it has endeavored to enforce the act, claiming that to be without its juris diction and resting entirely with the county attorneys in the state. FAIR SUPPLY OF FUNDS IN STATE’S CASH BOX Lincoln, Neb., Nov. a.—According to the report of Stale Treasurer Hall the state of Nebraska has the comfortable sum of $146,036 on hand. This gives hope that there will be money on hand to care for all warrants issued until next January, when it is possible he will be forced to register for a short time. After that the personal tax money will begin to come and the stress will be over for six months. About 90 per cert of the county treas urers are now settling monthly, as de manded by the state treasurer. —t— NORRIS WILL PUSH SILL TO QUIET LAND TITLES Washington. IJ. U., Nov. 5.—Senator Norris, of Nebraska, wno has returned to Washington, said today that one the first matters he would give atten tion in congress would be to renew his bill to quiet title to those parts of the Union l’acific right of way which are in dispute between the road and in dividuals. Judge Norris will reintro duce his bill on this subject and press it. Senator Norris has been speaking for suffrage in Pennsylvania, He did not comment on the general election result. RESTAURANT MAN HELD ON FEDERAL COMPLAINT Ainsworth, Neb.. Nov. f>.—A deputy United States marshal from Sioux City arrested Charles Anderson, proprietor of the Anderson hotel and cafe in this cit •, last evening on a charge of vio lating the white slave act. United States Commissioner Morgan, of Bas sett, came here and a preliminary hear ing was held. Anderson was bound over to the May term of the United States court at Sioux City. LINCOLN—Cold truth Intervened today to make naught of a newspaper story to the effect that Ihe dynamite found under a bridge near the city U03 part of the plant of a gang of Oklahoma bank burg lars who were supposed to have made their headquarters in ibis section. The county • nginrer tame forward to claim it aa the property cf the county. It had lien put aider the bridge for sale keeping., r.s the fang cf workmen would 1 r bui k li st way ills week to use it n e--'.>f-nr!!ve w< k lie men have been preci-riv 'U...ii-.1 ACCOUNTANT REPORTS STATE NORMAL BOOKS VERY BADLY JUMBLED Caustic Comments Made on System of Keeping Books at Chadron School. Lincoln, Nob.. Nov. 4.—The report l)l State Accountant De France, who recently inspected the books of the State normal school at Chadron, de clares that the system of bookkeeping at that institution is such that the cash book resembled a butcher’s block. The cash book and the other books are kept in such a way that in order to find out whether the $2,180 balance is correct, vouchers for the past four years must be all checked over. The pages in the cash book are un numbered and during the first eight months of the school's existence the cash book was only a stenographer's note book, with little attention paid to bookkeeping ideas. —+— I MEASURER FILES ANSWER IN MANDAMUS ACTION Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 4. — State Treasurer Hall came right back with his answer and brief to the claim of Fire Commissioner Ridgell that he is unlawfully withholding money that should go to the support of the com missioner’s department. Mr. Hall has hired two lawyers to defend his action. These contend that the statutes which set forth that the treasurer shall keep the fees collected bv the commissioner in a separate fund and use them only as the law creating the department provided contravenes the plain pro vision of the constitution that the ap propriations cannot be carried in bills other than appropriation bills and that a specific appropriation is necessary before the treasurer can safely pay out any money he has received. It is also pointed out that the law relied upon simply says the treasurer shall hold the money taken from insurance companies as fees, and may not pay it out ex cept as other claims are met. The brief concludes: ’’Is it possible that the legislature can create freebooters to go out and de spoil business of its profits and pay out the funds so collected for the fur- k ther spoliation of business? This would i be legalizing business pirates and is- M suing letters of marque and reprisal ^ to pirates on the high seas of business, authorizing them to seize and con fiscate its profits with the only re striction that the funds shall be used in making further reprisals.” The ease was submitted to the su preme court, Monday afternoon. —4— BELIEVED BANK ROBBERS HAD PLANTED DYNAMITE Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 4.—A quantity of dynamite was discovered under a bridge east of the city, yesterday, by two boys. It is now in the hands of the police. The theory is that it was left behind by a group of hank robbers who have been operating in Oklahoma. The basis for this belief is that when the movements of the Oklahoma bank trappers, was followed it was dis covered that they had been making their headquarters in this section of Nebraska, but just where nobody dis covered. -4— AUTO TURNS OVER NEAR HOMER; ONE MAN HURT Hbmer. Neb.. Nov. 4.—An automo bile occupied by Dr. D. J. Goodsell. a Homer veterinarian, and Frank Simon, turned over about one-half mile north of Homer last evening about 5:45 o'clock, injuring Goodsell. Simon was not hurt, and It is not believed that the injuries of his companion will prove to he serious. The ear, however, was badly damaged. Both rear wheels wore broken off. HARTINGTON LIGHT PLANT HAS CHANGED HANDS Hartington. Neb.. Nov. 4.—S. r Knudson, of St. Paul, Neb., has bought the Hartington electric light and power plant and taken possession. His man ager will be Fcrt Cummins, of St. Paul. The attachment of the Israelson Bros, against the plant has not yet been disposed of. NORFOLK —A six-cylinder Hudson au tomobile belonging to F H. Davis, of Nor folk, was stolen last evening while Mr. Davis and his family were at a picture show. Reports indicate that the car took gasoline at Stanton and that it went through Filger at a rate of 50 miles an hour. CURING—'The most complete and mod ern sugar factory in the world Is what the officials of the Gerlng Sugar company announced yesterday they would build at tiering, work commencing at once and completion In time for slicing the 191K beet crop. HARTINGTON—Mrs. B. J. Millard, o.f this city, has inherited a one-fourth in terest in an electric light and water plant at Houston, Tex., from an uncle, and left Monday for that city to take eharge of it. The plant is valued at *45,0(4). AINSWORTH—Dr. Moran, a veterinary ' surgeon, while treating a horse on the Frank Stephenson ranch, had one of his legs broken at the ankle. It is a serious break and it may be found necessary to take him to a hospital. More than 90 per cent of the refining and smelting of drosses and scrap nu t als in the United States is carried on in the territory east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio river. Tiie romancing of Sunday supple ment writers comes out true once in a while in spite of everything, a ease in point being the coal production of Spitzbergen, one of the most desolate islands of the Arctic ocean where mines financed by American capital produced nearly 40,000 tons of coal last year. The great dictator in the legal ad ministration of Japan is not the minis ter of justice or the chief judge of the court of cessation, but the chief gen era! public prosecutor of the supreme court. Kiehiro Hiranuma, Hogaku 1 akushi. Dr. Hiranuma is the strength and embodiment of the procurator;)I system as it works in Japan today, ip is a man of 50. has been an official .it the department of justice since 18>x and in 1912 was appointed chief p».i curntor. No man’s word carries great er weight in the courts of Japan. Although but 6 per cent of Spait s cultivated land is under irrigation, r iirigated sections yield about on fourth of the nation’s agricultural pu; ductions. Eighty per cent of the hiveoib erimes for which children are brought to court consist of one or another form of rational play which is in no case es sentially criminal. British eyesight tests require men to distinguish colored lights, the size of a pinhead. 12 feet away before they ar • licensed to pilot mail steamers on the Atlantic