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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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4 SURVEY SHOWS FARMERS 4
4 MAKING FAIR PROFITS 4
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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