THE O’NEIL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
O'NEILL. NEBRASK/
An important and interesting hydro
electric plant has Just been put into op
eration at Porjus. in Sweden, jusi
above the Arctic circle. The prevailing
severity of the winter has been re
sponsible fer a number of unusua
measures to insure the continuity 01
service in spite of the ice conditions
In 1904 the Swedish government
realizing the value of the water powei
resources of the kingdom and the pari
they migh be made to play in this
country’s economic development, took
steps toward the acquirement and uti
lization by the state of certain water
powers.
Dr. Manuel Amador, director of the
Mexican Institute for Biological Re
serach, says ho has developed a method
for taking X-ray photographs without
the use of radium, Crookes tubes or
expensive apparatus of any kind. He
used radio-active rays obtained from
an electric lamp lltted with a reflector
coated with highly purified white sul
phur. While experimenting with the
radio-active properties of this sub
stance, he says, he has discovered a
cheap substitute for radium.
German scientists have found that
glycerine is a valuable sterilizing agent
Various deadly germs when heated In
It to a temperature of 248 degrees
Fahrenheit were completely killed In
one minute. This process is particular
ly valuable! for sterilizing surgical in
struments for the reason that the metal
Is not attacked nor is the temperature
affected. Rubber tubes can be sterM
zed in It, and instead of being injured,
the elasticity of those which have be
come brittle is restored by the treat
ment.
General Sherman's epigram, "War is
hell,” has an apt paraphrase in a per
sonal letter recently received from a
surgeon of the British forces in Flan
ders: “The war, as I sec It here in
the trenches," he -says, “nw.y be summed
up in three words—mud, blood and
blasphemy.” The atmosphere of Flan
ders, it will be remembered by readers
of "Tristram Shandy,” Is conducive to
profanity—"Our armies swore terribly
In F'landers," said Unde Toby.
City men are better developed than
country men, according to the report
of a German army surgeon, who bases
bis statement on the result of the ex
amination of lt.MO soldiers. He says
the farmers were inferior in carriage
and in development of bone and mus
cle, and that bo found among them
more cases of curvaturo of the spine,
flat foot and varicose veins than among
the city men.
The armies of tho allies are using
sponges, or gauze, soaked with somo
solution, to absorb tho chlorine and
bromine gases employed by tho Ger
mans in trench warfare. Ordinarily,
"hypo," or sodium thiosulphate, is
widely used for this purpose and It
gives, generally, good results, except
that the reaction between tho hypo and
the chlorine, or bromine, liberates some
hydrochloric and sulphuric acid.
Estimates of exports on the Cuban
sugar crop of 1915-16 show that it will bo
a record «ne. One hundred and eighty
eight sugar centrals have begun grind
ing the sugar, as against 176 In opera
tion last seasen. The cane Is said to
be the best in quality in years, ce*I
weather ltaving ripened It properly and
added a higher saccharine content than
usual.
The government of Colombia has
Just made an appropriation of J10.066
annually for encouragement of silk cul
ture in .the republic. Experiments are
to be made with native plants, to see
If they con be used in the industry In
place om mulberry plants. Silk spin
ning machinery. Imported Into Colom
bia, will be exempt from duty for 10
years.
A letter mailed in Illinois the day the
writer cast his ballot for Abraham Lin
coln in 1880 has recently been received
by the son of the addressee, Its where
abouts during the Interim being a mys
tery, except for a 1910 postmark, “Col
lege Station. N. Y."
Notwithstanding the fact that In
Massachusetts the women outnumber
the men by $5,843, In Hull there ure 663
more men than women, in a population
of slightly more thun 3,000.
There are more thun 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 all
other electrical devices.
Carlsbad by law requires all build
ings to be as nearly fireproof as pos
sible, with the result that the city’s
firemen earn most of their wages as
chimney sweeps.
There Is less danger of fire in ereo
soted railroad trestles than in those
built of unpreserved wood as sound
surfaces do not hold stray sparks read
ily.
in an elTort to keep the Germans
from crossing the Vistula, several hun
dred women aided the Russian soldiers
to dig trenches.
Largely because of the great drought
In Africa, the supply of ostrich feath
ers ts smaller In quantity and inferior
grade.
A suspension bridge In Bavaria has
but one tower, the cables at the other
end being anchored In a high rock
bluff.
Among the Moors, if a wife does not
become the mother of a boy, she may
be divorced with the consent of the
tribe.
Since January 1, 1879, the popula
tion of the United States has gained
more than 100 per cent, or f.2,494,000.
The earliest designs used for china
at Worcester, Eng., are believed to
have been copied from the Chinese.
Upward of 300 children are being
killed each year in the streets of New
fork and about 7,500 others injured.
The Italian states railways are to be
supplied with 10,000,000 Chilean sleep
ers at the rate of 2.000,000 a year.
Since the outbreak of the war 30,000
settlers from the United States have
entered Canada.
The aluminum output of the United
States this year may reach 100,000.000
Sounds, or about half the world's pro
luctlon.
England has had more monarchs
ivlto have ruled half a century or more
:imn any other great nation of modern
times.
Since the first life insurance com
pany started In Japan in 1S81, the
lus.ness has doubled every 10 years.
Fifty thousand British lull way men
Joined or rejoined tile- colors when w*j
hte uec.U.cU.
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k DEPRAVED AND DEFICIENT
TRIO SENT TO ASYLUM
Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 31.—Edward,
Joseph and .Mary Hercoeks, adults,
have been ordered committed to the
institute for the feeble minded. The
three have been living together on the
parental farm in the southern part of
the county. The woman has had two
children and is expected to give birth
soon to another one, and her two
brothers acknowledge their responsi
bility for her condition. The doctor*
who examined them say they are aH
subnormal, and should be confined.
They own a valuable farm. Another
brother displayed homicidal mania
some time ago and killed a man, and
the neighbors feared that these other
two might ho seized with the same de
hire to slay,
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MAILROADS REQUESTED TO
PUSH GRAIN SHIPMENTS
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 31. -The state
railway commission has Issued a .cir
cular to shippers and railroads urging
that they cooperate as best they cun
to relieve the car shortage which now
exists and which is sadly interfering
with business. The railroads are asked
to handle grain shipments as expedi
tiously as they do live stock, and ship
pers are asked to use no delay in load
ing and unloading cars and not to or
der any more than they can promptly
dispatch with loads.
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COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS
URGE MILITARY TRAINING
Lincoln Neb., Jan. 31.—Military
training in the high schools of the
state found strong champions in Su
perintendents Waterhouse, of Fremont,
and Tout, of North Platte, in the con
vention of city and county superin
tendents. There was no one who took
the other side. Mr. Waterhouse said
that when he went to Omaha, where
there is military training, he was op
posed to it, but experience there made
him a champion of it. He was opposed
to camp life, however. He said it was
the llrst step toward perparedness. He
said that there were men going up
and down the land who said there was
no possibility of war. He had confi
dence that the president knew what
ho was talking about, and standing on
a volcano was no pleasant task. Su
perintendent Tout favored military
training in high schools because of the
good results on the boys. He did not
think It helped much in preparedness,
as the tendency was to make boys dis
like a military career. North Platte
high school has military training in
vogue.
4 REHEARING DENIED ON 4
4 PASSENGER RATE BOOST 4
4 4
4 Washington, Jan. 31—Petition 4
4 of tho Nebraska state railway 4
4 commission for rehearing on 4
4 the increases in passenger 4
4 fares, recently granted on 4
4 western rates, wes denied to- 4
4 day by the Interstate Com- 4
4 merce commission. 4
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NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA
EDITORS MEET AT WAYNE
Wayne, Neb., Jan. 31.—There was a
representative attendance of northeast
Nebraska editors at the meeting of the
association held here Friday. The
session concluded with a banquet in
the basement of tho Baptist church last
night, at which about 300 local citi
zens and visiting guests were in at
tendance. Editors E. W. Huse, of the
Wayne Herald, and E. O. Gardner, of
the Wayne Democrat, were in charge
of local arrangements and kept things
humming in good shape. During the
1 afternoon the visitors were taken for
an Inspection trip over the city, in
cluding visits to the high school and
state normal. Mel Schmeid, of Dukota
City, president of the association, was
unable to be present and E. A. Evans,
of Laurel, presided over the sessions.
Those in attendance from outside of
the association territory were: Victor
Rosewater, Omaha Bee; E. O. May
field, Omaha World-Herald; A. F. Al
len, Sioux City Journal; John L. Ken
nedy. Omaha, candidate f • United
States senator.
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PETITIONS CIRCULATED FOR
MOREHEAD AS SENATOR
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 31.—Petitions
placing Governor Morehead In the
democratic race for the senatorial
nomination are in circulation in Lin
coln and other parts e" the state.
Whether these have been authorized
by Mr. Morehead is not known. The
chances are that they have not been.
There are several things, however, that
point to a possible combination of in
terest between the governor and the
Bryans, which will put the Bryan in
fluence behind Morehead as a candi
date for senator and which will put
the Morehead influence behind Mayor
C. W. Bryan as a candidate for gov
ernor. The Bryans have been hunt
ing for material to fight Hitchcock
with. Morehead is the only one who
gives any hope of defeating the pres
ent senator.
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TELEPHONE MAKES BIG
HIT WITH FILIPINOS
Manila, Is. I., Jan. 31.—Telephones
have at last invaded the mountains of
northern Luzon. Several Igorrot town
ships have set aside municipal funds
to provide for this modern means of
communication. Recently the Ifugaos
have developed a craze for talking over
the official lines to an extent that gov
ernment business is prejudiced.
One member of a hill tribe has be
come a regular operator and several
others ure studying. Most of the line
work and making of installations is
being done by these people under
American and Filipino supervision.
TURN GARBAGE INTO
NITRO; SEEK CONTRACT
New York. Jan. 29.—The war and the
resultant demand for nitroglycerine are
given as the reasons for a legal con
test which has begun here for a con
tract to remove tlie garbage of New
York city. Although the city has paid
$3,750,000 in 17 years for its removal of
garbage, a company now offers the city
$900,000 for that privilege for five years.
Counsel for the new bidder explained
why the garbage had suddenly become
so valuable, by saying the product, aft
er being treated with steam. Is grease,
the value of which at present is high!
From this grease, he said, comes glyc
erine, from which is manufactured ni
troglycerine.
A remarkable botanical phenomenon
is the fact while the state of Wiscon
sin has been plentifully supplied with
hemlock. Minnesot for many miles sep
arted from its neighbor by nothing but
the St. Croix river, has almost none of
that timber, except one tiny spot "f c'in
| acres
WOMAN SAYS A EAL
TO HUBBY SIGNED BY
HER BEFORE DIVORCE
Classes Publication of It Nov
“Brutal and Cowardly” Ef
fort Idea of Humor.
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 29.—A sensa
tional turn to the matrimonial dif
ferences of O. M. Shores and his wife
was given today when Mrs. Shores’
attorney, A. C. Wolfenharger, stated
that the printed notice in the news
papers bearing the signature of Mrs.
Shores’ and in which she asked
Shores to return to her, was of an
cient origin and did not represent the
woman’s present state of mind.
Mrs. Shores’ father died a few days
ago, a victim of suffocation, while
she was at the court house getting
her divorce. The document, Which was
printed in the newspapers as coming
from her, was signed more than six
weeks ago, before her divorce petition
had been filed or acted upon. As a
matter of fact, she says, she had taken j
Shores back on his promise to bo
good, hut had to let him go again.
She said she signed the document be
cause her husband had represented to
her that the divorce proceedings had
injured him in his church and he was
likely to lose his membership. Its
publication at this time was not au
thorized by her and she declares it to
have been a ''brutal and cowardly" at
tempt to get even witli her and that
her husband caused the publication.
COACH FOR TEACHERS IS
LATEST LAW SUGGESTION
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 29.—A lield coach
for teachers, a bran new idea in edu
cation, was broached at the county su
perintendents’ convention, now in ses
sion. It received the approval of the
conference and a bill will be introduced
in the next legislature providing for
the incorporation of the idea in the
school laws.
The business of the coach is to visit
teachers who are are not making good
and failing to get results and to study
their problems and put them on the
way to success. It is a definite means
of bringing definite help to individual
teachers. Such a coach is necessary in
Nebraska, says Superintendent Thom
as. One-third of the teachers now em
ployed in the schools are inexperienced.
It is necessary to employ them be
cause there is not a sufficient supply
of trained instructors. The normals
and teachers' colleges are busy turn
ing them out, hut inost of the product
is feminine and a large percentage of
these marry before tt —• have been in
the teaching harness five years. Hence
the scarcity.
MONEY FOR OFFICERS BUT
NONE FOR POLICYHOLDERS
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 29.—The Nebras
ka Hail Insurance company of Hast
ings is passing under the roil of the
state insurance board. The company
had hard luck the past year and paid
only 2u cents on the dollars of its loss
es, but the keen eye of the insurance
commissioner has discovered that per
haps the payment of $2,400 to Director
Davis, of Kansas City, and $5,000 to
Vice President Lockhart may have
lessened the company's ability to pay
insurance losses. The board has In
vestigated these matters and has or
dered the $2,400 received by Davis to
be paid back, because it was not earned.
It has also ordered that as much of the
money paid to Lockhart as commis
sions as did not represent legitimate
expenses must be returned. If this is
done, the company will receive a li
cense to do business in the state for
the coming year.
ORDER ISSUED FOR BURIAL
OF JOHN O’CONNOR’S BODY
Hastings, Neb.. Jan. 29.—After two
and a half years, Probate Judge Sny
der today issued an order for the bur
ial of the remains of John O'Connor,
the wealthy recluse, for whose fortune
claimants have como from all parts
of the United States and Canada.
O’Connor left property estimated to
be worth between $80,000 and $100,000.
He left no known relatives, although
more than 40 people, mostly from a
distance, made claim to relationship.
In district court 10 days ago Judge
Corcoran pronounced all these claims
without merit. In the event that no
lawful heir appears the property will
revert to the state, which has already
tiled its claim. The remains of O’Con
nor have rested in a morgue for 768
days, pending the litigation.
ALLEGED HOTEL CROOK
H. I. ROSS, IS CAPTURED
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 29.—A country
wide search for H. 1. Ross, who is said
to be a professional in the business
of bilking hotels with forged drafts,
has resulted in his arrest at Chey
enne, Wyo., where he attempted the old
trick. Something went wrong and he
was jugged. He will be brought back
to Lincoln, as the police think they
have a stronger case here. The in
formation tiled against him recited that
he forged a draft on a Hastings bank
calling for the payment of $208 and
had it cashed at the Lincoln hotel.
“PORK” SLICES FOR IOWA,
NEBRASKA. SOUTH DAKOTA
Washington, D. C„ Jan. 29.—The
"urgent deficiency bill," as reported to
the Senate today contains appropria
tions for work on public buildings as
follows:
Iowa—Charles City, $29,000: Glen
wood, $500; Grinnell, $35,000; Ma
quoketa, $10,000; Washington, $35,000.
South Dakota—Madison, $12,000,
Redfleld, $25,000.
Nebraska—Aurora. $25,000; Chadron,
$20,000; Falls City, $15,000; Lincoln,
$75,000; Wahoo. $500.
CARRANZA FORESEES
ERA OF WORLD PEACE
El Paso, Tex., Jan. 28.—General Car
ranza, in a recent address at Celaya,
state of Guanajuato, d. ared that the
triumph of his cause in Mexico would
react in world peace, according to ad
vices received here today from Mexico
City. _ _ _
STRINGENT ELECTION
BILL IS RECOMMENDED
Washington, Jan. 28.—The Senate
elections committee today recom
mended passage of hills to make it un
lawful for any member of congress to
serve on or solicit funds for any politi
cal committee, club or organization, to
limit the use of tumpalgn funds in
presidential and congressional elections
and prohibit the mo- ement of
tunds into •'doubtful" lo■-Cities.
MOREHEAD ANNOUNCES
HE IS NOT CANDIDATE
Has Been Deliberating For
Some Time on Overtures
Made to Him By Leaders.
Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 29.—Governot
Morehead notified the reporters, Wed
nesday, that he would not be a candi
date for governor again, and said he
would issue a statement later, giving
his reasons. The governor’s hand was
forced by the filing with the secretary
of state of two petitions placing him
in nomination, one filed by Lancaster
county democrats anil one by 55 dem
ocrats of West Point.
The governor said that he would file
a declination of both nominations with
the secretary of state. He does not
intend to run again and he will not.
"I think it fair to the members of
the party and to everyone that my po
sition be understood. I shall make a
formal statement as soon as I get
time.”
The governor parried all questions
as to whether he intended to file as a
candidate for United States senator
against Hitchcock. It is know'll that
he lias given serious consideration to
this, hut lie has not stated his con
clusion.
SIX MEN FORGOT ABOUT
TRAIN; WRECK RESULTS
Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 29.—Inquiries so
far made by the Burlington indicate
that the real underlying cause of the
Mascot wreck, in which five were
killed Monday, was that the six men
composing the crew of the freight
train forgot at the same time the fact
that the passenger train with whieli
they collided later was on the time’
card. The blame has not been fixed
yet, as no formal hearing has been had,
but that is about the only explanation
that explains. This Is not unusual,
railroad men say, as many as 23 at
one time having forgotten an order.
The fact, too, that this was the first
trip the trains had made opposite each
other made it easy to forget that a
passenger was headed toward them.
The regulations provided that the
freight train should be in the clear at
Mascot at the time the passenger left
Atlanta. The latter was two minutes
late, and these two minutes placed the
meeting place of the two trains at a
point where It was impossible for the
men on the engines to see their dan
ger.
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WOMAN ADVERTISES FOR
HER DIVORCED HUSBAND
^ Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 29.—Mrs. Ada M.
Shore, who secured a divorce from her
husband, Oscar M. Shore, a few weeks
ago, has inserted an advertisement in
local papers, asking for Shore to come
back to her. She says that he was not
to blame for their marital trouble, hut
that she was influenced so greatly by
her sister, Mrs. Jansen, who kept nag
ging at her all the time, that she be
gan the action. She says: "I now
deeply regret such action, for I feel
that I have failed to recognize the sanc
tity of my marriage vows. I wish to
live with him again, and ask that this
statement be sent to him, that he may
feel free to join me in our home as
before.” The Jansen and Shore fam
ilies are well to do ami formerly cut
a figure in society.
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NORTON ELECTED PRESIDENT
OF NEBRASKA TITLE MEN
Fremont. Neb.. Jan. 29.—Frank J.
Norton, of Omaha, acting president of
the Nebraska Association of Title Mon,
was named president of the organiza
tion at the closing session here yes
terday. Other officers are: Vice pres
ident, First district. W. W. Wyckoff,
York: Third district, A. M. Barney,
Kearney: Fourth district, A. M. Bar
ney, Holdrege; Fifth district, O. E,
Elder, North Platte: secretary-treasur
er, Jay C. Moore Tecumseh, reelected.
Tlie naming of an executive commit
tee will he left to the officers. The ex
ecutive committee will select the meet
ing place for 1917. Twenty-five ab
stractors were in attendance.
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ASKS SAFETY APPLIANCES
ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 29.—Believing
that the state and munic.ipal authori
ties should obey the law as well as
private individuals, Labor Commis
sioner Coffey lias notified the state
hoard of educational lands and funds,
which is the. state capitol board, that
it must equip the state house with fire
escapes. He has also notified the state
board of control that similar equip
ments must be provided for all state
Institutions. The city council of Lin
coln has been warned to do the same
thing for the city hall.
ANOTHER NATIONAL BANK
TAKES OUT STATE CHARTER
Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 29.—The First
National bank, of Brunswick, Antelope
county, is the latest institution to seek
the protection of the state guaranty
law for its deposits by changing to a
state bank. A charter for the insti
tution, which will hereafter be known
as the Brunswick State bank, was is
sued today L. C Barbour is president:
R. J. Gaines, vice president, and W. G.
Rarbour, cashier. Tlie capital stock is
$25,000.
WILL HASTEN DECISION
ON AR?^ED_STEAMSHIPS
Washington, D. C„ Jan. 29.—Arrival
at New York of the Italian steamer
America, armed like the liner Verona,
already at tlie same port, with two
guns mounted aft, may hasten the de
cision of the United States government
on the question whether there shall bo
a change in policy regarding the clear
ance from American ports of merchan'
ships armed for defensive purposes.
TWO MILITARY CAMPS
ANNOUNCED BY WOOD
New York. Jan. 27.—Plans for the
military training camps at Plattsburg,
N. ~i., and Port Ogelthorpe. Ua„ next
summer were announced hv the de
partment of the east. According to
those in charge, arrangements already
have been made to accommodate a
minimum attendance of 10,000. Maj.
Gen. Leonard Wood, it was said, con
fidently expects (he number will be
twice that.
NIGHT RIDERS FREED;
MUST ATTEND CHURCH
New Madrid, Mo., Jan. 27.—Thirteen
night riders cf southern Missouri must
attend Sunday school or church services
every week and must have their good
behavior vouched for to the court by
responsible persons, according to the
conditions of parole imposed by Judge
Sterling McCarty here yesterday in or
dering their release from custody after
they had pleaded guilty to charges of
assault with intent to kill. t
GREAT SUM RAISED
FOR UNIIW HATTERS
Labor’s Contribution Expected
to Total Between $350,000
and $400,000.
Danbury. Conn.. Jnn. 31.—National
officers of the United Hatters of North
America estimated today that the con
tributions made Thursday for tho re
lief of the defendants in the Danbury
hatters' case would bo at least $350,000
and might reach $450,000, according to
word received here from the hatters’
headquarters in New York.
It was stated that reports received
from the largest cities in the country
indicated that the response to the ap
peal of the American Federation of
Labor for funds to meet the $252,000
damages and costs awardedt D. E.
Loewe & Co., plaintiffs in the case,
would he sufficient to protect the de
fendants from losing a dollar of their
personal property.
REVOLT BREWING
Constantine’s Physician Says
Monarch Is Worried Sick
Over Trend of Events—
Venizelcs at Head.
London. Jan. 31.—"The idea of revo
lutionary movement of the gravest
character is not absent from tho minds
of responsible politicians in Athens,"
said Prof. Baron Eiselberg, the noted
Viennese surgeon, in an interview on
his return home after a professional
visit to King Constantine, of Greece,
acording to the Morning Post's Buda
Professor Eiselberg, the reports adds,
found the wound caused by the removal
of one of the king’s ribs during an op
eration seven months ago, had not yet
healed properly, owing to the king’s
worry over Greek polities.
"King Constantine," the correspon
dent says, "although most popular witn
the army, seems totally powerless
against the political influence of M.
Venizelos, the former premier, and al
though he did not like to own it, you
could clearly discern his feelings on the
subject.
"Despite the German influence, which
is working energeti ally to counteract
the influence of Venizelos, the people
follow him almost blindly and are
slowly, but certainly dragging the
country to its doom. M. Venizelos is
in close relations with representatives
of the entente powers.”
EXPECT ATTACK ON RIGA:
RUSSIANS NEAR ERZERUM
Petrograd, (via London), Jan. 29. —
Early renewal of military activity along
the northern end of the Russian front
in the Riga and Dvinsk districts is
forecast by Russian military critics.
Their expectation is based in part on
the unusual activity of German air
craft in reeonnoitering the Russian
lines.
The activity leads to the belief that
(he Germans may be preparing an of
fensive in the north for the purpose of
countering the Russian attack in Buko
wina.
Along the Stripa river, the military
lire of the Teutons is increasing daily.
The comparative inactivity in Buko
wina during the last few days is ex
plained by seasonal conditions. Mud is
knee deep.
According to a statement made to
the foreign press by the military ex
pert of the Birzhevui Vedemosti, it is
practically impossible for the Germans
to send reinforcements from Constanti
nople to assist the Turks at Erzerum.
Even the bringing up of troops from
Bagdad would mean the weakening of
the forces which is facing the British
in Mesopotamia.
The Russians are now within three
or four miles of the outer fortifications
or Erzerum.
TURKS ARE KEEN FOR AN
ADVANCE ON SUEZ CANAl
London, Jan. 29.—All Turkish, as well
as German, sentiment is for an imme
diate advance on the Suez canal, says
the Daily Mail's correspondent, today.
In describing further Impressions
gained in his trip to the Balkans. Ow
ing to his dark complexion and to the
fact that he wore a fez and also be
cause of his perfect knowledge of Ger
man and French, which are the medi
ums of communication between Turks
and foreigners, the correspondent was
able to talk to all classes of the people
without suspicion.
The correspondent says that the
three Turco-German objectives are
Persia, the Caucasus and Egypt. Re
garding the advance of the British to
ward Bagdad, a prominent Turk is
quoted as having said to the corre
spondent:
"We were \ ery frightened when we
heard that the British were coming,
ns our defenses were in bad condition
and contained only a few old guns.
But. when spies told us that General
Townshend’s force was small, we took
courage and held it in check until re
inforcements arrived. Now, thanks to
Allah, they will never reach our holy
city. Their reinforcements are too
late."
A German interviewer said the in
activity of the entente allies in the
west had enabled the Germans to men
ace the lines of communication to India
RUMOR OF ULTIMATUM
TO KAISER IS DENIED
Lansing Brands as False Ger
many Has Been Given Time
to Settle Dispute.
Washington, T). Jan. 31.—Secre
tary Lansing today denied published
reports that the United States had
given Germany until February 5 to
make a den-..!*’ answer on whether it
intends to disavow the sinking of the
Lusitania.
The ampere, a unit of electrical
measurement, is so named from Andre
Marie Ampere, famous French scient
ist and philosopher, who spent much
■if his life in working over electricity,
and who is known as "the father o<
electro-dynamics."
Will CONSENT Of
POLICE, IS CLAIM -
Chicago Police Said to Be In
volved In Crime Wave to
Discredit Prosecuting
Attorney.
PLOTTED DEATH, SAYS ONE
Hoyne and Chief of Detectives
Slated For Death, Says
Eddie Mack—New York
Gang on Job.
Chicago, Jan. 31.—Charges that
criminals are heing brought from New
York and other cities to commit crimes
in Chicago for the purpose of discred
iting the state’s attorney's office and
the city administration, are to be in
vestigated by a special grand jury to
day, according to police officials.
in an alleged confession made public
last night by the police, Eddie Mack,
a notorious pickpocket, and charged
with leading the bandits who robbed
the Washington Park National bank
of $15,000, is said to have revealed a
Plot to discredit both city and county
officials and members of the police de
partment.
| "It was generally known among "1
crooks that imported gunmen were go
ing after Captain Hunt, (chief of de
tectives), and Maclay Hoyne, (state's
attorney of Cook county), because they
were after the crooks,” Mack is alleged
by the police to have said.
Big Frame Up, Says Mack.
"Certain politicians and police of
ficials are bringing them into town,”
Mack is reported to have added.
According to the state's attorney’s
office at least six police officers are
implicated by Mack’s confession, in
which he is quoted as naming several
as “fixers” for criminals, and as having \
accepted money for the protection of
law breakers. Several police officers
recently were convicted on similar
charges.
Johnson, jr„ said today that the grand
jury would be asked to return imme
diately indictments against Mack,
Charles and Harry Kramer, Alex
Brodie and Harry Feine, who were
taken into custody yesterday, charged
with robbery. The jury, Mr. Johnson
said, also would investigate the pos
sibility that the men were involved in
the robbery of the Cook Tourist agency
and the resultant murder of Policeman
Bror Johnson. He said that should ,
this connection be proven and also L
that certain policemen and politicians W
had allowed the criminals to work in f
Chicago, charges of accessory before
the fact to the murder of Policeman
Johnson would be lodged against them.
Hold “Gyp’s” Old Pals.
With the alleged confession of Mack
and the Kramer brothers that they
robbed the Washington Park bank, the
authorities today were paying great
est attention to reputed importation of
criminals to discredit the administra
tion. The Kramers were quoted as
having said they were intimates of the
Rosenthal murderers in New York.
According to Charles Kramer, the
brothers were taken into oustody by
New York police shortly after the mur
der in July, 1912, of Herman Rosen
thal. They were found, he said, in the
room of Harry Horowitz, known to the
New York authorities as "Gyp the
Blood,” and were held while the mur
der was being investigated, but later
released.
They came to Chicago last Septem
ber. Brodie and Feine also are said
to have police records in Now fork.
Only portions of the alleged confes
sions were made public by the po
lice and no announcement was made i
regarding what information, if any. i
had been obtained from half a dozen
other persons, several of them wom
en, who are held as material wit
nesses.
Mack Unusual Criminal.
Eddie Mack, arrested as a leader of
the bandits who robbed the Wash
ington Park National bank, and who i
is said to have confessed, is known to
Chicago police as a “family man.” ac
cording to informatio.. made public
today.
He lived on the south side here and
has for years attended baseball games
at the Chicago American league park,
accompanied by his wife and 10-year
old daughter. When accompanied by
his family, policemen said. Mack never
was arrested. There was a tacit agree
ment that he never "worked” a crowd
save when alone.
Mack, who came to Chicago years
ago from Cincinnati, is a neat dresser.
He is devoted to his daughter and in
valid wife. He had no "hang outs"
save his own house and did not use
drugs, a circumstance which the po
lice consider marks him as unique
among men of his kind.
SWISS HOOPS STOP
ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS
President of Republic Takes
Hand Following the Tearing
Down of Consul’s Flag.
Geneva, (via Paris), Jan. 31.— A hat ^
talion of the 123rd I.andwehr has been
sent to La"sanne. Camille De Coppe1,
president of Swiss federation, has been
delegated by the fedora! council to pro
ceed to Lausanne to discuss the situa
tion, which has arisen in that city as
a result of the hostile demonstrations
during which the German flag, raised
by the German consul, on the occasion d
of Emperor William's birthday, was ~T
torn down by a crowd. He is to eonfo: v
in this regard with the state council of ’ (
Yaud. )
The city of Lausanne now is calm.
The I.andwehr soldiers on arrival, wen
greeted with cheers form the Swiss
army and cries of "down with spies."
Lausanne, Switzerland, (via Parisi.
Jan. 29.—Notwithstanding the pres
ence of troops, riots broke out last
night in the vicinity of the German
consulate. More than 100 arrest:; were
made.”
ARGENTINE PROSPEROUS. t
Buenos Aires, Jan 29. — Official 1
statistics of the foreign Undo of Ar- r
gentina in 19i:>, show imports of sj"-, .
$92,000; exports. Sf.r,8.2::('.000 Import,
decreased *43.000 000. exports ;u
'reased, $209,0"0,C00.