Nebraska Newspapers

    JfE O’NEIL FRONTIER
D. M. CRONIN. Publlshsr,
O’NEILL. NEBRASKA
Among the forest resources of Rraz.l
one of considerable value and im
portance is the liber "piossava,” a pro
duct of certain palm trees, which la
used In the manufacture of brooms,
brush' s, ropes, baskets and hats. Tile
trees also produce a very hard nut,
called in Portuguese "coquilho,” (co
qullla), from which excellent buttons
are manufactured. The leaves are em
ployed for making fans, and in the
country districts, for roofing adobe
houses. For making brooms and
brushes, especially, no other material
is more extensively employed in Itrazll,
nod large quantities are required an
nually for domestic consumption as
well as for exportation to Europe.
It is said that a din will be pro
duced in the new Richard Strauss sym
phony by the following instruments:
Eight horns, four trumpets, four trom
bones, two bass tubas, two harps, an
organ and celesta, bass drums, kettle
drums, bells, cymbals, triangles, tom
tom and a shepherd’s bell: also 18
first violins, 16 second violins, 12 vio
las, 10 violoncellos, eight double basses,
two large flutes, oboes and clarinets.
A record in road making not unlike
the old fashioned barn and church
raising speed contests has been
achieved in the south, where 10,000
citizens turned to and in a single day
constructed a highway 150 miles long,
from Memphis, Term., to Paducah,
Ky. The work was, of course, very
rough, the statistics showing that each
man must have made 80 feet of road
during the hours of work.
Raising a vessel submerged in trop
ical waters is dangerous business, ac
cording to an account in Shipping Il
lustrated of the salvage of a gunboat
that had been sunk in the harbor of
Progreso, Yucatan. The sailors wore
In constant danger owing to the at
tacks of “"voracious fishes, some of
which are more ferocious than sharks,
and far more determined in their meth
ods of attacking human prey.”
The erection of a sugar center, far
larger than any at present operated In
tho Philippine islands, has Just been
assured by the signing of a contract
between members of the Yulo family
of Occidental Negros and allied Inter
ests, and a syndicate of Honolulu
sugar capitalists, who have agreed to
advance $260,000 gold to be used In
development work.
It Is officially announced In Peking
that the Hank of China is to increase
Its capital by $20,000,000. One-half of
this is to be obtained from the sale of
government property, and the remain
der from popular subscription. The
Increase will make the bank one of the
most important and largest in capital
In tho far east.
The wise ones have risen to pro
claim that Harvard men are now
known, not by their walk, but by their
mouths; the reason given being the
ilze of dining hall soup spoons, which
enable youths to dispose of the liquid
m record time, the process aocom
panled by a disastrous stretching.
Have you ever heard of the state of
Kenawha? No, It la not an Indian
principality, but the name applied, in
the original ordinance of separation, to
what is now West Virginia, tho latter
name having been decided on finally by
the convention which framed the con
stitution.
The director of hygiene of New
York’s child board of health has de
clared that since tho organization be
gan work eight years ago the death
rate among babies has been reduced to
96 in 1,000 In New York, while 20,000
Infants have been saved from tho
grave.
The German Iron cross, which has
been given since the war of liberation
In 1813, is not, as commonly supposed,
entirely of cast iron, but bos an edging
of silver. Bestowal of the decoration
ranics with It a small allowance to
members of the rank and file.
California has a court composed of
women. This Is probably the first of
Its kind In the United States. The
cases which the court will consider
will be those affecting children. The
Judge, the clerk, the bailiff and tho
reporter are all women.
The total yield of mine gold in Cal
ifornia in 1914 was $20,663,496, an In
crease of $246,538 over that of 1913.
With the exception of one year, 1883,
the mine gold output of the state in
1914 was higher thun it has been since
1864. 50 years ago.
An interesting Napoleonic relic is the
reply to a long and verbose letter from
the duke of Gaeta asking the emperor's
decision In a confiscation case, Na
poleon's answer was as follows: “Yes.
Napoleon."
Tho Donnet Head lighthouse, the
windows of which are 300 feet above
the high water, occasionally has Its
glasses broken by stones hurled from
the clifT on which It stands by the
waves.
A one-armed watchman at tho cen
tal crossing between Shiloh and
Bridgeton, N. J., gets his winter sup
ply of potatoes free by exacting a toll
from each load that passes his way.
There are more than 3.000,000 elec
tric flatirons In use In the United
States and more than 1,660.000 fans
those two being far In the lead of ali
rther electrical devices.
Thnt lightning flashes appear to rtg
**K is an optical illusion, according to
* German scientist, who contends that
tho effect is due to the eyes twitching
when flashes occur.
The first farm paper was printed in
England in 1681 and dignified iteoli
with the title Collection of Letters for
the Improvement of Husbandry and
Trade.
One of the largest English railway:
is building a fireproofing plant in
which to treat all the lumber used in
cars which will be constructed in tho
future.
Having spent about $’<00,000 for road
Improvement and equipment a Swls:
company will carry passengers ovei
the Alps in electric automobiles.
Electrically speaking, the average
man euch day dissipates about 2^j
kilowatt hours of energy, mental ex
ertlon and heat radiation.
Corrections made recently in map
of Greenland have shown it to be abou
mo,000 square miles larger than for
inerly belie veil.
The world’s turpentine output ex
coeds 2,1.000,000 gallons annually, tli
United States being the greatest pro
(Living nation.
ke >■ cities ill Germany have prove
lire worth of overhead monorail rail
ream and a fifth is building me.
BISHOP SGANNELL OF
i OMAHA DIOCESE DIES
| TODAY OF PNEUMONIA
Had Been Stationed at Omaha
as Bishop Since 1891—In
United States Since 1872.
Omaha. Neb.. Jan. 10.—The lit. Rev.
Richard Hcannell. bishop of the Omaha
diocese, died of pneumonia at 2 o'clock
this morning. He was 71 years of ago.
He was ordained in 1S71, and came to
the United States, from Ireland, In
1872. He had been bishop of Omaha
since 1891, coming from Concordia.
IKan., where he was assigned in 1887.
For 15 years Bishop Scannell
worked in the Nashville, Tenn., diocese
1 under the direction of the late Bishop
, Feean, of Chicago.
! ALLEGED SIOUX CITYANS
UNDER ARREST AT LINCOLN
I Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. 10.—Two couples
from Sioux City and one from Omaha
are under arrest here on the charge of
immoral practices. The Sioux City
couples are Harry K. Howell and wife,
j and John W. Campbell and Blanche
McMahan. The one from Omaha is
William J. McGavlan and wife. The
latter claim to be vaudeville artists.
The women admitted to the police that
they had been engaged in disorderly
conduct from which the men profited.
Their arrest was effected following the
theft by one of the party of some silk
socks and ties from a clothing store.
Howell claims to be married to the
I woman with him, and exhibited a cer
tificate signed by a Sioux City Justice
of the peace on January 2, 1918. A let
ter from his sister, found in his ef
fects, indicated that his mother was
surprised at news she iiad heard and
wanted to know what had become of
his former wife. Howell says she 'a
dead, but that his mother did not know
it.
Howell sought to escape on the way
to Jail and knocked down one man who
tri"i to stop him. He struck a sec
ond In the face, and was knocked
down. Before he got up the police had
hint again. Campbell says the woman
with him accompanied him from Min
neapolis. They may be turned over to
the federal authorities on a charge of
. violating the Mann white slave law.
NEBRASKA DELEGATES IN
DEFENSE OF PEACE PARTY
Lincoln, Neb. Jan. 10.—A. L. Weath
erly, secretary of the Nebraska Peace
society, a delegate on board the peace
ship, has written home declaring that
the reports of rows among the per
sons on board have been greatly ex
aggerated by sensation mongertng re
porters on board. He says that the
reading of the president’s messuge
touched off something, but that most
of those who refused at that time to
sign a protest against the Wilson pro
gram have since affixed their names.
He writes from Christlansand: "A
group of the newspaper men are de
termined to misrepresent the adven
ture. They told the Norwegian re
porters that we had been wrangling
I and quarreling since Friday. Now this
is not so. One or two members of the
party have expressed themselves very
strongly on preparedness, but there
has been no wrangling and there has
: developed a spirit of unity and a com
mon and united attitude toward our
mission. If you could know some of
these men who are endeavoring to
find some mistakes to pla„ up, you
could understand how little worth are
certain newspaper reports."
Under a date of a week later, Mr.
Weatherly writes: “The party is uni
ted. There have been small differ
ences of opinion, but these have not
and will not affect the spirit and pur
pose of the expedition. The prepared
ness men are still on our trail. They
want to do anything they can to dis
credit Henry Ford. They have been
vicious In their attacks. It is difficult
for many to understand this venture
because nothing like it was ever at
| tempted in this world. It represents
the love and tenderness of humanity.
I am very glad I came."
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WEALTHY RANCHMAN, 80
YEARS OLD, DIES AT TAKAMAH
Tekamah, Neb., Jan. 10.—R. A. Tem
pleton, sr., a wealthy ranch owner and
cattle feeder, died last night at 10:30
o’clock at his home here. He was 80
years old. Mr. Templeton was born in
Fayette county, Ohio. He moved west
to Fail field, la., in 1857. In 1858 he was
married to Miss Louisa Haywood. She
died a few months ago.
Three daughters and one son sur
vive. They are R. A. Templeton, jr„
Mrs. George H. Wixer, Mrs. E. C.
Houston and Mrs. Charles Fuller, all
of Tekamah.
Mr. Templeton moved to Tekamah in
1878. He dealt extensively in live
stock, and was one of the largest cattle
feeders in this section. He was as
sociated in the live stock business with
former Congressman Lntta.
ST. PAUL ROBBERY IS
UNEXPLAINED MYSTERY
Yeggs Got Negotiable Stamps
Valued at $575,000, But May
Find It Hard to Cash In.
St. Poul. Minn., Jan. 10.—Admittedly
without a tangible clue on which tc
work. Twin city police and federal se
cret service agents continued theii
search today for the robbers who early
yesterday looted the vault In the of
fice of the internal revenue collectoi
here and escaped, presumably in an au
tomobile with more than $675,000 it
negotiable revenue stumps and ap
proximately $3,500 in cash. Deputies
in the revenue office completed t
checking of accounts enrly today anr
announced that $576,077.51 in stamps
principally documentary tax stamps
were missing.
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WOMEN PACIFISTS MEET.
Washington, Jan. 8.—The second an
iiual convention of the Women's Peaci
party began a three days' session heri
today. Miss Jane Addams, natlona
chairman, presided.
NOTED BELGIAN WOMAN
GIVEN JAIL SENTENCE
Paris, Jan. S.—A Havas dispute'
from Havre says that Mile. JuietP
Itonkin. sister of the Belgian miniate'
of colonies, who was arrested in No
vember by the Herman authorities !i
Belgium, has been sentenced to a tern
of six months in jail and to pay a fin<
of 1,«! t/0 marks. The charge is no
specified.
OMAHA WOMAN SEEKS
DAMAGES OF $10,000
FROM FICKLE IOWAN
He Used Police Detectives In
Making Her Return Rings
and Other Favors.
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 8.—Alice Reiter
Jf Omaha, asks the court to assess
Joseph O. Cresty, of Perry, la., $10,
1)00 for seeking to enforce the return
of an engagement ring and a few other
presents.
| She alleges that he advertised for a
; wife through a matrimonial Journal,
and that she answered the advertise
ment. He came to visit her at the
home of her parents, 1618 South Tenth
street, and subsequently proposed
marriage through the mails. She ac
cepted him; also a few rings and other
things, and matters progressed quite
satisfactorily until Joseph learned
that she had been married and di
vorced.
This knowledge seemed to peeve
him, and he essayed to fasten a cable
to the engagement ring and pull it
back. The plaintiff averp that she had
not sought to deceive him and had
never claimed to have always been
single, and that he had entered into
the engagement without asking any
questions about it. Therefore, she de
murred to surrendering the chattels
that had come into her possession.
I She alleges that on the day after
Christmas, Cresty had a policeman
take her in custody at the Union sta
tion and detain her half an hour in an
attempt to make her hand over the
jewelry, and that on New Tear’s day
he came to her home with an officer
and forced her to turn over the prop
erty under threats of arrest. She
avers that she had never before been
charged with theft, or embezzlement
, or anything of the kind, and that by
reason of Joseph’s conduct she was
I humiliated and damaged $10,000 worth,
besides being forced to give up trin
I kets that should have remained her
very own.
I cresiy win acung prosecutor Mc
Guire that he became acquainted with
| her abq^t two years ago, and that by
last spring the acquaintance had
developed, as he thought, into a case
of warm affection on both sides. He
purchased her a fine diamond ring,
and also bought her many articles of
apparel, he says. He was amazed to
learn, he says, that not only did Alice
no longer care for him, but apparently
she never had loved him, for he says
he has learned that her affections were
another’s. She wouldn’t even let him
into the house, he declared.
"I’ve been worked for a sucker," he
told McGuire. “She never told me she
was married, and that she has two
children. I got the diamond ring back
through the detective department here,
but I want the rest of the things. I
am out about $300.”
ATTORNEY GENERAL PENALIZED
$40 FOR DELAY IN FILING
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 8.—Attorney
Geroral Reed was penalized in the
sum of $40 for being too busy to look
after all of his cases. The attorney
general draws but $2,000 a year, and
it has been the practice of the men
holding the position to engage in pri
vate practice. Mr. Reed was defending
a Norfolk saloonkeeper in an action
for damages, and got so busy with the
business of the state that he neglected
to file a brief in supreme court in sup
port of an appeal in time. He asked
for a continuance, and the court
granted it only on condition that he
pay the $40 expenses the other side had
been to in coming to Lincoln to argue
the matter.
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LETTERS SO FAR REFUSED TO
124 SECEDING BAPTISTS
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 8.—"Depart in
peace” is not the adjuration the mem
bers of the East Lincoln Baptist
church address to the 124 members
who walked out and formed a new
church. When the 124 asked for their
letters of dismissal the members of
the mother church refused, not because
they were anxious to have them re
main but because they feared they
were about to form another Baptist
church in the same neighborhood and
thus damage the present organization,
which is “loaded up" with a big
church that Isn’t paid for. A warm de
hate followed the request in a church
meeting, and in order to ward off
trouble the mother church has called
for a convention of Baptists of the
•date for next Tuesday to pass upon
the difficulties. The seceders insist
that if one member has a right to a
letter of dismissal the 124 have, and
there is a hint that they may go into
ither than an ecclesiastical court about
it. The other alternative is to form a
new church on confession of faith of
members. The trouble started months
ago when the pastor refused to dismiss
from the church an obnoxious doctor
unless charges were filed against him.
This led to a fight that drove the pas
tor. Rev. II. R. Waldo, from the pulpit
nnd he took 124 members with him.
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NORTHERN NEBRASKA COULD
GET RICH ON WILD RICE
Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. 8.—In the opinion
of Curator Gilmore, of the state his
torical society, residents of northern
Nebraska, in the sandhill country, are
passing up great opportunities for get
ting rich quickly. He says that he
found hundreds of acres growing in
that section, but nobody thought it
worth while to cultivate it. Wild rice,
gleaned from the lake country of Min
nesota and Wisconsin, sells in Lincoln
stores for 40 cents a pound. Wild rice
has a distinctive taste that appeals to
epicurean tastes, and there is a large
and growing demand for it from
wealthy folks.
LATE LINCOLN ATTORNEY
CITED FOR DISBARMENT
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 7.—The supreme
court has directed the attorney general
to make Investigation ot the ease of O.
W. Miller, a Lincoln attorney, and if
the facts warrant to begVi proceedings
for his disbarment. Miller recently
pleaded guilty and paid a fine of $100
for being mixed up in a deal by which
the Burlington Railroad company was
bilked out of $300 by a fake damage
. claim. Miller promised to leave town,
. and has done so. He returned the
money. Miller’s father is a wealthy
resident of Iowa, living near (Henwood.
CARNEGIE WILL CRUISE
IN FLORIDA FOR HEALTH
New York. Jan. 7.—Andrew Carnegie
, is on his way today to Miami, Fla.,
to spend the winter cruising in a
house boat on the waterways of Flori
da. While Mr. Carnegie’s health has
i recently shown considerable improve
i ment, his condition ->t times during the
> past year has been such that his phy
: sictans have recommended the present
trip.
DEF/ NG POSTAL
I (IS CAPTURED
George W. Roche Must Fact
Alleged Shortages — Had
Been Missing 12 Years.
Omaha, Neb.. Jan. 8.—After 12.years
eluding the federal authorities. George
W. Roche Is in custody in Los An
geles on a charge of embezzling money
from the Omaha postoffice. He will
be brought back to stand trial.
Roche worked in the money order
department here and it is alleged he
would make out foreign money or
ders, giving a receipt to the pur
chaser for the proper amount and
then altering the figures on the
money order itself and pocketing the
difference.
It is said he remembered his pur
chasers so well that when one would
come back to complain he would greet
him with the explanation that he had
been trying to find him in order to
refund the difference, declaring he had
made a "mistake.” Then he would re
fund the difference. Many of the send
ers, it is said, never returned, appar
ently not discovering the full amount
hadn't been sent to the foreign coun
tries.
Roche abandoned his wife and four
small children when he fled. She now
lives at 1721 Davenport street, sup
porting herself by operating an apart
ment house.
OIL COMPANIES SEEK
TO ENJOIN INSPECTOR
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 8.—State Food
Commissioner Clarence E. Harman was
today served with a temporary re
straining order, issued by the district
court of Douglas county and signed by
nine corporations doing an oil busi
ness in the state, which forbids the
state official or his assistant from in
terfering with the business of the com
panies or from seizing their products
for the nonpayment of inspection fees.
Under the terms of the injunction the
fees are to be paid into the district
court to be held until the merits of
the case are decided.
Mr. Harman, after consulting with
Attorney General Reed, began the
preparation of a counter injunction
suit to be filed in the supreme court
against 14 corporations doing business
in the state which will ask that they
be prevented from interfering by court
proceedings with the work of the state
oil inspectors and the collection of feof
for making inspections.
FREIGHT TRAINS AT CRETE
Crete, Neb., Jan. 8.—The engineer of
a through freight on the Burlington
had three ribs broken and was con
siderably bruised when the engine he
was driving left the rails in a rear
end collision at 6 o’clock last evening,
one and a half miles east of Crete.
Local freight. No. 72, was not able
to make the grade and was backing
down to get a running start when the
collision occurred. A brakeman had
been sent back to place warning tor
pedoes on the track. He had one set
when the through freight hove in sight.
The engineer did not see his attempt to
flag the train and crashed into the
caboose of the local backing down the
grade.
The caboose was smashed and later
consumed by fire.
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FREMONT MAN ROBBED
AT OMAHA UNION STATION
Fremont. Neb., Jan. 8.—Henry G.
Breitenfeld, a cigar manufacturer of
Fremont, was robbed of $40 and a gold
watch at the entrance to the union
passenger station in Omaha.
Mr. Breitenfeld went to the passen
ger station for the purpose of boarding
the 12:30 Union Pacific train for Fre
mont. While waiting for the train he
climbed the steps to the viaduct en
tiance for the purpose of getting a cup
of coffee at a restaurant opposite the
station. As he was crossing the via
duct, two men suddenly seized him
and while one of them held him with
one hand tightly clamped over his
mouth, the other went through nis
pockets.
STATE HAS MUCH CASH IN
SPITE OF ITS HIGH LIVING
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 8.—Over $1,250,000
is in the strong boxes of the state at
the present time, according to the re
port of Treasurer Hall just filed. Of
this sum a little over $1,000,000 is in
depositories of the state, national and
state banks. The remainder is repre
sented by cash investments the treas
urer has made in university and nor
mal school warrants and in bonds. The
warrants on the university and normal
funds indicate that the regents and the
board have been anticipating their in
come. The state has about $9,000,000
of securities held for the state school
fund, the interest on which is dis
tributed twice a year among the public
schools on the basis of school popula
tion. This fund has not grown any in
recent years because the state has
stopped selling school lands. It costs
the state $333,000 a month to live, and
the fact that it has so much cash on
hand just at present means that the
collections arc better at the Decem
ber period.
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CLARKE ANNOUNCES FOR
RAILWAY COMMISSIONER
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. S.—Henry T.
C... . ui pi e.-,cm cnairman of the
state railway commission and a mem
ber of it since it was first created, has
announced his candidacy for the re
publican nomination. He is the only
candidate so far in the field, although
M. T. Harrison, of Dunbar, a member
of the legislature that passed the law
that gave the commission its present
powers, has shown signs of entering.
For the democratic nomination Victor
Wilson, of Stromsburg. and Andrew
Clute, of Hastings, have filed, while
W. S Ridgell. state fire marshal, has
said he will enter the race.
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BLAIR NATIONAL BANK TO
GO UNDER STATE CHARTER
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 0.—The Blair
National bank has joined the proces
sions of fedenl reserve institutions
that desire to change and become state
banks. It will be known as the State
Rank of Blair, and has a paid up capi
tal of $50,000. C. A. Schmidt Is presi
dent, T. E. Stevens, vice president and
Thomas Finnell, cashier.
CAN SECURE PAINTING OF
FIRST HOMESTEAD. BEATRICE
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 6.—The state his
torical society has been given an op
portunity t.i secure the original paint
ing of the first homestead in the Bul
led States. This was located .it
Beatrice l>y Daniel Freeman, i. union
soldier, who tiled on it ut 11:56 o'clock
on the night of January 1, ISO:’. Free
man was home on a furlough, nut as
he could not wait for the opening of
the office he was allowed to file and
then go hack to the army. The paint
ing i regur 'e«l as of great historical
value. It . owned to Henry V .luck
son vf s'all D-.oB'n Cad.
THREE MEN INJURED IN
FIRE THAT DESTROYED
HOTEL AT HARTINGTON
Building and Fixtures of “The
Grand” Complete Loss—All
Guests Escape.
Hartington. NTeb„ Jan. 7.—The Grand
hotel in this city was completely de
stroyed this morning by tire of un
known origin. In connection with the
blaze three men were injured, as fol
lows:
Mr. Fitzgibbons, electrician at the
Hartington lighting plant, seriously
burned about arms and face; taken to
Sioux City hospital this morning. Ho
roomed in the third story of the hotel.
I M. F. Dillon, badly burned while
arousing hotel guests.
E. F. Morris, pioneer local business
man, fell and broke hi." hip while
working at the lire.
The fire was discovered by the crew
of the midnight freight train, and the
engineer sounded the alarm by con
tinuous whistling.
Through heroic volunteer efforts the
i house was quickly cleared of guests.
The only roomer at the hotel injured
In any way was Mr. Fitzglbbon, and
his injuries were secured after having
| safely made his own escape from his
room tn the third floor.
The hotel building was owned by
John Krause. It was valued at $10.
000, with $5,000 of insurance. The
lesses and hotel operators were M. F.
and E. P. Dillon, who estimate their
loss on fixtures at $5,000. half ln
i stired.
FIREMEN AND CITY ARE
GETTING INTO REGULAR STEW
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 7.—Commission
er Wright, in charge of the department
of public safety, which also includes
the fire department, Is in revolt be
cause the other commissioners have
fired an assistant to the chief, W. P.
Morrow, over his protest. Wright
wants to know why, if he Is held re
sponsible for the conduct of his de
partment, he is not permitted to run it
as lie pleases. The other commission
ers say that his authority is restricted
to details, and that all legislative mat
ters are within the province of all five
commissioners. The firemen of the city
have retained a lawyer for Morrow,
and, backed by the labor unions, are
demanding that he be given a hearing.
He was relieved from duty because he
was active In banding the firemen to
gether to resist an order that any em
ploye of the city who sued the city
automatically fired himself. The city
is afraid the firemen will sue for $104,
000, for extra services, because the city
kept them on duty 24 hours a day, in
stead of 12, as the state law provides.
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IOWA BUILDER INSPECTS
STATE’S INTERURBAN PROSPECT
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 7.—Lincoln busi
ness men that have been hoping for in
terurban electric development pricked
up their ears today when L. S. Cass,
of Waterloo, la., president of the Wa
terloo & Cedar Falls Electric system,
came to town and made a thorough
inspection of the Omaha, Lincoln &
Beatrice Electric railroad. This road
is not quite as long as its name. It
owns and operates five miles of track
between Lincoln and the suburb of
Bethany, and also owns a partial right
of way between here and Omaha, and
has six miles of grade out of Omaha.
It is owned by the estate of a deceased
Akron, Ohio, millionaire, who put $300,
000 of his own money into it. President
Musser gave out an interview not long
ago. saying that the road would be
built this year. Mr. Cass declined tc
state ‘whether it is true that he has
become financially Interested, or con
templated making an investment. H«
devoted the time to studying the rec
ords and development of the company.
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AUTOMOBILE THIEF NOT
RESIDENT OF O’NEILL
Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 7.—The youth
charged with stealing an automobile
from the Rock Island station here Sun
day night was not Roy Rogers, of
O’Neill, but Everett Secriss, of Elgin.
The lad gave the false name and ad
dess when first arrested, but later ad
mitted (that he was fibbing. He has
been brought back to Lincoln and will
be faced with a charge of grand lar
ceny. Two officers say he confessed
to the theft.
PAUL MEANS OF ORLEANS
GETS RHODES SCHOLARSHIP
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 7.—Paul B. Means,
of Orleans, has been chosen as the
Cecil Rhodes scholar from Nebraska
for the year. Mr. Means tried for an
appointment several years ago, but did
not receive one, because other contest
ants graded higher. He has attended
the University of Nebraska and Yale,
but is now at Oberlln. There were no
candidates for the scholarship this year,
and thus Means fell heir to the ap
pointment, which will give him a full
course at Oxford, with all expenses
paid.
BOARD REFUSES TO PURCHASE
SOUTH SIOUX CITY BONDS
Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. 7.—The state
hoard of public lands and funds re
fused today to purchase $22,000 in re
funding bonds issued by the school dis
trict of South Sioux City. The reason
given by the hoard for turning down
the proposition was that the district
had not paid the accruing interest on
the old bonds until a short time ago,
when a judgment was secured against
the district for $3,000 to pay it.
RECORD EXPORTS.
Philadelphia, Jan. 5—Export through
the port of Philadelphia in PJ15 were
more than double those the year
previous and broke all records. The
reports show $135,000,000 worth *>f
goods were shipped through the port
last year. This is $611,000,000 more
than was exported in 1914.
GREEKS FILE PROTEST.
London. Jan. 5.—Reuter’s Athens
correspondent says the Greek govern
ment has made a written protest
against the arrest of Greek subjects at
Saionikl. This protest, which has been
delivered to the entente ministers at
Athens, demands in energetic language
the immediate release of these per
sons. _
2,500 CASES OF TYPHUS
FEVER IN MEXICO CITY
Galveston, Tex.. Jan. 5.—There were
3,241 cases of typhus in Mexico Uty
and its suburbs during December, with
305 deaths in the city, according to an
official communication received by the
Mexican consulate today.
The report adds that the death rate
of cases treated in the hospitals was
about f> per cent and of other cases
about 20 per cent. There are at pres
ent. says the report about 2.500 cased
'u the city and suburbs.
CLAIMS RUSSIANS t
HAVE LOST 50,000
Austrian War Office Declares
Bessarabian Struggle Has?
Proved Costly—Czerna- i
witz Holding Out. f
Vienna, (via London), Jan. 14.—Ru'af
sian losses on the Bessarabian frontier
and the Stripa region during the new,
year’s fighting were at least 5d,8<M), ac
cording to the official statement issued
by the war office, today.
London, Jan. 10.—Some idea of the
determined nature of the Russians’
blow on the Bessarabian front is con
veyed by Petrograd dispatches, which
state that the Russians for 50 hours
concentrated 400 guns on the Austri
ans’ positions at Czernowitz, as a prep
aration for infantry attacks. The Rus
sian communications do not yet claim
that Czernowitz has fallen, but dis
patches from German sources admit
the Teutonic position there is critical.
It is not yet clear whether the Rus
sian operations in this theater herald
a big general offensive movement of
all the Russian armies from the Baltic
to the Rumanian border, or merely in
dicate a diversion of unparalleled mag
nitude and fierceness, designed to
weaken the pressure of the central
powers In the Balkans and. incidental
ly, on the Italian front. The fighting
has been of the most bitter character,
according to both the Austrian and
Russian reports. Few prisoners are be
ing taken, and the infantry engage
ments are largely in the nature of hand
to hand encounters.
All of the Russian operations thus
far revealed are being pressed alongV
the railway lines, which simplify the\
problems of the winter supply of food, 1
ammunition and fuel.
Berlin, (by wireless to Sayville). Jan.
8.—Reports from Italian sources .is
given out today by the Overseas News
agency state that further arrests have
been made at Saloniki during the last
week on the orders of the allies* com
manders. It is said a large number of
Jewish merchants have been takenXin
to custody as well as about 100 w«m>
en, mostly French, Austrian or Hun
garian, who have become Greek sub
jects. I
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RUSSIAN ATTACKS FEEBLE, \
DECLARES MAJOR MORAHT !
Berlin, (via wireless to Sayville),
Jan. 10.—The Overseas News agency
today gave out the following:
“There is a Neronian trait in the
ferocious massacres produced in the
Russian ranks by their attacks in Bes
sarabia,” says Major Moraht, military
expert of the Tageblatt. "The Austro
Hungarian positions are extremely
strong and are defended by troops of
Generals Planzer and Baltin St.
Petersburg says that 24 wire defenses
are charged with high tension elec
trical currents, making an approach!
impossible. m
“Contrary to Anglo-French insimi-1
ations which indicate a desire for Rus-'
sia to attack Bulgaria, Russia makes
her own war as Italy does.”
Major Moraht considers the attacks
feeble in comparison with the enor
mous Russian resources and expresses
the opinion that the Russian military
organization works badly after the
blows it received on the socalled glor
ious retreat from Galicia, Poland and
and Courland.
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AIR RAID ON CETTINJE.
Cettinje, Montenegro, Jan. 10. (via
Paris, Jan. 8).—The following state
ment was given out at the war office,
today:
“Austrian aeroplanes were excep
tionally active today. They dropped a
quantity of bombs on our positions ai
Mount Lovcen, and three on -Cettinj"
but without result.”
THESSALONIKI GREW »
ACTED LIKE HEROES
Greek Sailors Work 10 Days
in Water Waist Deep to
Save Vessel.
New York. Jan. 10—The stor.v of how
the crew of the Greek steamer Thes
saloniki. before abandoning the vessel
on January 5, worked for 10 days in
from three to four feet of water in a
desperate effort to keep steam in the
ship’s boilers and work the pumps,
was told today when Captain Goulan
dris and the crew of 89 arrived on the
steamship Perugia.
Captain Goulandrls said the behavior
of his men was so heroic that he did
not give up hope of bringing the ship
into New York until the coal supply
was entirely exhausted on January 5.
He declined to comment on statements
made by some of the Thessaloniki’s 17?
passengers, when they arrived her"
yesterday on the Patris. that he had
refused to send out wireless calls for
assistance after the .•’earner had
sprung several leaks.
The Thessaloniki was half full of
water when about at latitude 33.3:1
north, longitude G6.20 west. Captain
Goulandris said, and he believed ttm
vessel, the first lie ever commanded,
had sunk soon after he and his men
boarded the Perugia.
KAISER HAS NARROW
ESCAPE FROM DEATH
Petrograd, (via London), Jan. 8.-—
The Bourse Gazette today prints a )
sensational story of a narrow escape w
from death by Kmperor William dur- *
ing a flight in a Zeppelin airship over
Warsaw. Although the story is of
ficially (Jellied in Germany, the Bourse
Gazette's correspondent claims that he
is in possession of circumstantial de
tails of the entire incident and the
corroboration of the truth of his state ■ j
irtmt-says the crew and officers of the
airship were especially rewarded ttv. G
having saved the emperor’s life dur- 1
mg the flight at the front, \
NO MORE SEIZURES ON
AMERICAN STEAMSHIPS
Washington, Jan. S.—The state de
partment was advised today by Am
bassador Sharp at Paris that the
French government had ordered the
captain of the cruiser Descartes to
.act with great care and cireumspec • \
(ion and not to slot) any more Am»r- J
ican vessels. The cruiser recently 1
stopped three in Porto Rican waters '
|»nd removed Germans who since have
jbecn released.