Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O'NEIL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
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O’NEILL. NEBRASKA
Spain has sent & commercial com
mission to study business conditions in
Sweden, with the special end in view
«f placing ordors for goods formerly
obtained by Spain from Germany, Eng
land and France, but unobtainable now
from those countries on account of the
war. The commission visited some of
The most Important Swedish electrical
and gas machinery manufacturing
plants and ship building yards and
placed orders amounting to over
$1,300,000. Tloumania, it Is said, will
follow suit by sending a similar com
mission to Sweden with the object of
studying trade routes from England
via Russia to Roumania.
Report comes from Germany that the
town of Mitten Wald, whose inhabitants
arc renowned all over the world as
makers of violins, is suffering greatly
from the war. In times of peace fully
four-fifths of the output of Instruments
wont to the United States, but the dif
ficulties of export nowadays have al
most entirely cut off this trade. Never
theless, the violin makers continue to
produce the instruments and store
them away in expectation of better
days.
Another link In the now tremend
ously strong chains holding the friend
ship of north and south In this coun
try is riveted by the return by the state
of Illinois of the famous Jackson battle
flag, captured from a New Orleans
regiment during the civil war. The
flag was given to the general by New
Orleans women soon after the battle
and remained in that city after hie
death until the Illinois regiment laid
hands on It.
Inmates of the county jail In Super
ior, Wis., are conducting a checker
tournament and matches aro played
dally despite the fact some of the men
are confined to their cells. One man
holde the board on his lap and the other
makes his moves by poking a stick
through the bars.
Although his domain, which consists
of two seperate portions, lying 30
miles npart in northern Germany, and
having an area of only 433 square
miles. Prlnoe Frederick of Waldeck
Pyrmont rules with all the pomp and
ceremony Which characterizes the
courts of the great powers.
Swedish business men are apparently
working hard to take advantage of war
conditions for establishing themselves
firmly In Russia. A Swedish chamber
of commerce and a newspaper printed
in Swedish will be started, it is said, in
Petrograd.
Women are to bo employed as tram
car conductors in Bradford, England.
Wages and hours will be the same ns
for men. In the city of Sheffield, Eng
land, it Is reported that there are al
ready 250 women car conductors out of
a totul of 520 employed.
The skeleton of a prehistoric man,
beautifully green, has been dug up in
the Arizona copper district and the na
tives, who Insist no true Arizonian
could be yf such a hue, assert the tint
is due to a contact with that mineral.
So extensive are the precautions tak
en on the railroads that climb the
Andes and link Argentina and Chile,
which have the steepest grades in the
world, that not a fatal accident has oc
curred since they were opened in 1810.
Experiments in England with n new
bacterized peat fertiliser have resulted
in rouinrkuble Increases in plant
growth and productivity, while plants
believed to bo dying have been restored
to better than normal condition.
In a new desk telephone set which
obviates the necessity of holding the
Instruments in the hands the transmit
ter and receiver are mounted at oppo
site ends of a rod which is held in any
position desired by a ratchet.
That shooting is a most popular sport
among the foreign residents of .Shang
hai Is shown by the fact that out of a
total foreign imputation of about 15,000
there are seven shooting clubs with 754
members.
The historic dm tree which the late
King Edward VII planted In Independ
ence square, Philadelphia, when he vis
ited this country as Prince of Wales in
1861 haw died and been out down.
It is definitely known that Ceylon's
pearl fisheries have been in existence
since :i06 B. C„ and tradition savs they
yielded gems before that time.
A Russian scientist begun experi
ments in the investigation of lightning
with apparatus resembling a wireless
receiver as far back as 1895.
Concrete culverts, made In sections
that can he assembled at the places
where they are to remain, have been
Invented by a Chicago man.
m‘Ty, Dutch and towns
the chief door of the house Is never
opened except on the occasion of a
funeral or a marriage.
Henry C. Erick, the steel magnate. Is
an enthusiastic golfer, and never miss
es an opportunity to spend a few
hours on the links.
An attachment for hand pumps has
been invented in which springs are
used to equalize the load and help lift
the weight of water.
Because it lacks accessible quarries
'i " rh t0i *** |,avi'“t materials,
trorn'Portugal** l° 'mP°n ' ”ble ■*>»*•
About 100,000 tons of the more th,.„
30.000.000 tons of Steel made™™;?
in the l nlted States are produced in
electric furnaces. “
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Anemone is meant for "windflower"
a* it is so delicately poised that it
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with any one who is not of royal rank.
Electrical apparatus for permanently
curling women's hair lias been .,,
tented by a German scientist
Eoru Dalkeith, eldest son of the
Duke of Buccleueh, is heir t,, more
Engrand tha" any in
Over 81 per cent of the mrle stu
dents in the universities and colleges
service”"*"1’ arP 1,1 the military
Oculists have found that a peculiar
form of eye strain is due to persons
reading while lying down.
The government of Venezuela will
add an institute of modern language m
iu school of commerce.
STATE DAIRY JOB IS
PEDDLED BY AGENCY
Suit For $100 Filed Against J.
H. Frandsen, Claimed as
Unpaid Commission.
Lincoln, Neb., March 20.— Educa
tional circles are simmering over a lit
tle socalled scandal brought to light by
the Illing of suit In Justice court by a
techers’ agency against J. H. Frandsen,
head of the dairy husbandry depart
ment of the state agricultural college.
The agency munagers want $100.
claiming this as the balance due from
Frandsen under a contract he signed
whereby they were to get 5 per cent of
his first year's salary If they aided In
finding him a position as teacher.
Documents are tiled In the case to
show that Frandsen filed with the
agency, that he was informed of the
vacancy In Nebraska and thnt he aft
erward [laid $20 on the claim and
promised to pay the rest In monthly In
stallments.
Ills position pays $2,000 a year.
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JANITORS HAVE HARD TIME
IN ARRANGING FLAG DISPLAY
Lincoln, Neb., March 20. The state
house janitors had a busy time of it
Friday, satisfying the populnnce In the
mailer of a flag display. In honor of
St. Patrick they hoisted a green flag
over the west wing and a United States
flag over the east wing. A tangle in
the ropes permitted the stars und
stripes to be run only half way, and
complaints began to pour In because
It was at half mast on that day. The
Janitors toiled up to the roof and
straightened that out. Then com
plaints began to come in because the
United States flag was not floated
above the green one, the objectors
holding It to he treason to thus place
Ireland on an equality with the United
States on a public building. , Finally
the secretary of state had the stars
and stripes taken from the east flag
pole and flung to the breeze above the
green flag. Then a man who said he
was an orangeman, called up to pro
test against the presence of "the owld
green rag” there as an Insult to a part
of the Irish race.
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FILINGS CLOSE TODAY FOR
STATE PRIMARY OF APRIL 18
Lincoln, Neb., March 20.—This is the
last duy of the filing of nominations
(or the state-wide primaries on the 18th
of April, but the secretary of state an
nounces that he will accept any that
lire postmarked today, even if reaching
tile office later. Among the later fil
ings are these: J. H. Sweet, editor of
a Nebraska City paper, a former pro
gressive, for republican delegate from
the First district to the national con
vention: D. W. Livingston, a lawyer
of Nebraska City, as a democratic can
didate for congress in the First dis
trict; J. J. McAllister of Dakota City,
democratic candidate for representa.
tive in the Thirteenth district; J. M.
Woodcock, of South Sioux City, as a
socialist candidate for congress in the
Third district; T. ,1. Cummings, of Crab
Orchard, progressive candidate for
state railway commissioner; I. A. Ren
aux. Broken Bow, late secretary of the
progressive state committee, as a re
publican delegate to the national con
vention from the Sixth district.
STOECKER PRECIPITATES ROW
AT DEMOCRATIC MEETING
Lincoln, Neb., March 20.—Democrats
who attended the harmony banquet at
Nebraska City, say that W. F. Stoecker. I
tin* Omaha candidate for governor, who
is running on a platform that favors
the saloon but wants graduated prices
for licenses, came near to precipitating
a real fuss. Stoecker charged, in ef
fect, that the candidacy of Keith Ne
ville was being backed by the Union
Pacific railroad and the harvester
trust and that Ids platform and his
speeches were written for him by a co
terie of Omaha professional men who
were responsible for bringing him out.
Stoecker followed Neville and Bryan
an the toast list, and Neville had no
opportunity to reply. Others wanted to
reply, hut the leaders counselled si
lence.
PIERCE WOMAN AND SON
HELD AS COUNTERFEITERS
I’lorce, Neb., March 20. Mrs. Kath
erine Rogers, aged tit) years, a widow,
of Pierce and her son, Alonzo Rogers,
aged 25 years, are in custody of fed
eral authorities here charged with
counterfeiting at Pierce. Deputy Uni
ted State Marshal Morgan made the
arrests Wednesday following an In
vestigation which has lasted about a
week by H. H. Mills, a federal secret
service operative. Mrs. Rogers and
her son are charged by Mills with mak
ing two *10 bank notes out of one $10
and one $1 note. He charges that they
tore the notes lengthwise, patched the
halves of the $1 note and by skillful
obliteration of one side of the patched
notes were able to collect $20 for an
investment of $11.
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LINCOLN—Mayor Jim Duhlman and \V.
J. Bryan will speak from the same plat
form In Lincoln next Monday. Mr. Dahl
>nun and the former secretary were once
lmsom friends, but when the mayor ran
for governor on a wide open "wet" plat
form in 1910. Mr. Bryan took the stump
against him. They have burieo the
hatchet and ure running on the same fac
tional ticket at the primary. Mr. Bryan
Is to speak on the prohibition question.
What Mayor Jim will speak about Is u
matter that Is Interesting the politicians.
HART1NGTON—The democratic county
convention Was neld in this city yesterday,
and was followed by a banquet at the
Midwest hotel. Henry Korff was elected
chairman of the county central commit
tee; P. F. O'Gara. secretary, and L. B.
Htrschmun, treasurer. Fifteen delegates
were chosen to th. state convention, at
Hu-stings. Hon 1. J. Dunn delivered an
address on national Issues In the evening.
WYNOT—Joseph Reyter, one of the pio
neers of Cedar county, died suddenly at
his home of heart failure. He was born
In Westphalia. Germany, June 13. 1830, and
came to America In 1871, and was married
to Louisa Gerka in 1373 at St. Helena.
Neb. His wife died April 7, 1914.
HOMER—Miss Emma Wilkins, a mem
ber of one of the pioneer families of this
section died, of stomach trouble at her
home neoir Homer. Miss Wilkins was very
well known, having been assistant cushler
of the Security State bank at Homer. She
also had taught school in this vicinity.
WEST POINT—At the declamatory con
test just held here. In which 12 students
of the high scnuot tooa part. Miss Beatta
Krause won the first place. She will rep
resent the West Point high school in the
contest at Norfolk.
PONCA—Late tilings arc: A. N. Porter,
county clerk: F. I>. Fall's, county judge;
J. M. Hurley, clerk of the district court;
A II Maskell. sheriff: C. A. Kingsbury,
count- attorney; Robe t Mttcheltree. state
represt illative.
WEST POINT—A call has been issued
lor u mass meeting to be held here on
March 23 to organize thi "dry" societies
uf this ounty.
["NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
OFFICIALS SUSPICIOUS OF
RAILROAD PROTESTATIONS
Lincoln, Neb., March 18.—Alleging
that It la a good railroad and never
has had any intention of raising pas
senger rates in Nebraska, the Union
Pacific company has filed a motion
In federal court to have dismissed the
case begun by the state enjoining the
road from violating the law. N. H.
Loomis, general solicitor, makes affi
davit that he has never advised the of
ficers of the road to disobey the 2-cent
fare law, nor assisted the Rock Island
and Missouri Pacific in securing their
injunctions against its enforcement.
W. H. Basinger, the general passen
ger agent, avers that the road has al
ways recognized the law and has sold
tickets in compliance with it.
The state will contest the motion to
dismiss. There is nothing in the wa>
of the Union Pacific, should the in
junction be dismissed, applying for a
3-eent fare, and neither of ttH general
officers, in their affidavits, declare that
there is no intention of attacking the
2-cent fare law. The attorney general
will contend that, if the facts are as
stated by tile road, they do not apply
in this case, and that if it has no in
tention of asking for an increase in the
future, the injunction will not tie its
hands.
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DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE
WILL WELCOME BRYAN
Lincoln, Neb., March 18.—A com
mitee of 131 Lincoln democrats has
been appointed to receive W. J. Bryan
when he arrives in Lincoln next Mon
day to speak before a democratic mass
meeting in the evening. The rabid
anti-Bryanites were not included in the
list. Mr. Bryan has made no on
nouncement of when he will begin
campaigning in Nebraska, but it will
not be before the 27th. He has dates
in Kansas and Nebraska for lectures
and speeches that will keep him busy
all next week.
He will not arrive in Lincoln in
time to defend himself from the charge
brought by R. W. Whited, of Omaha,
that he is not a democrat and that his
filing as a democratic candidate for
national delegate cannot be received.
Secretary Pool has set the hearing for
Saturday afternon, but it is expected a
continuance will be granted. It is un
derstood that Whited bases his allega
tion that Mr. Bryan is not a democrat
on the fact that he is not supporting
the president on his preparedness pro
gram.
COMMERCIAL CLUB NEIGHBOR
IS SHACK ON CAR WHEELS
Lincoln, Neb., March 18.—Commer
cial club directors, Indignant over the
erection, next to their building, of a
frame structure on a set of car wheels,
the whole designed for use as a lunch
car, ran up against a queer kink in
the law today when they sought to
have the city authorities stop the work.
They were informed that the courts
had heid that such a structure, when
upon wheels, was not a building in the
eye of the law, and that there was no
ordinance against the erection of such
a building. The lunch car is designed
to permanently remain in the spot
picked out for it, and the owner placed
the wheel foundation instead of brick
or stone in order to evade the city law
against frame buildings in the fire
district.
ATTORNEY GENERAL TRIES
PECULIAR FILING KINK
Lincoln, Neb., March 18.—Attorney
General Reed Is making a determined
effort to get on the primary ballot as
a republican candidate for the position.
He has already been nominated by the
democrats and populists, and three pe
titions purporting to be signed by re
publicans have been received by the
secretary of state placing him on the
republican ballot. Mr. Pool says that
he must be shown if this can be done,
as it would, if legal, make the closed
primary a farce. Mr. Reed says that it
can be done and that he need not lile
an acceptance. Those who have looked
up the law say that it is directly
against Mr. Reed’s contention.
SHIELDS WITHDRAWS AS
CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR
Lincoln, Neb., March 18.—F. P.
Shields, editor of the Orleans Isser, a
candidate for governor on the demo
cratic ticket, withdrew his name
Thursday, setting forth that he did it
in the interest of the “dry" cause.
Shields was supposed to be one of the
numerous candidates who find filing
for office a neat and pleasant method
of obtaining free publicity.
FOUNDER OF LYONS FIXED
“DRY” ISSUE FOR ALL TIME
Lyons, Neb., March 18.- The citizens'
party met at te city hall and nominated
the following village trustees: Paul
Karo, Harry S. White and Roy Shum
way. This is supposed to be a “dry"
ticket, although that issue is not raised
here because of a clause in every deed
for lots prohibiting the sale of intoxi
cating liquors on said lots, under pen
alty of the lots reverting back to the
heirs of Waldo Lyon, founder of the
town.
IOWA STATE NEWS.
IOWA CITY—The annual convention of
the Iowa State Pharmaceutical association
will be held In Iowa City June 20-22. To
aid In the entertainment of the delegates
Johnson county’s 33 druggists are forming
a local pharmaceutical association. The
Iowa State association is the second larg
est In the United States.
KINGSLEY—A petition for the names of
the following candidates to be placed on
the ballot for the spring election has been
tiled with the city clerk: For mayor, W.
H. Creasy; for treasurer, J. A. Inghalls;
for assessor. William Gllmour; for coun
cilman, John Hall. M. C. Lurson. J. W.
Campbell, Charles Guth, J. M. Wormley;
for park commissioners. J. T. Shaw for
two years and C. C. Bowers for six years.
ONAWA—At the annual school election
here ISO votes were cast, the largest vote
In years C. R. Nixon, present members of
the board, received 175 votes, and A. H.
Hoffman, recently appointed, received 167
votes to till the vacancy. A rumor that
there was opposition to the present mem
bers and the superintendent caused a large,
number of their friends to roll up a big
vote as an Indorsement of the present ad
ministration.
OSKALOOSA—Fire of unknown origin
damaged the First Presbyteriun church.
The lirse started In the furnace In the
basement, burned through to the roof,
destroyed the pipe organ, library, minis
ter's study and all church and private rec
ords. The damage to the building and or
gan la $10,000 to $12,000. The loss Is insured.
COUNCIL BLUFFS—Industrial Com
missioner A. B. Funk presided at the Iowa
school for the deaf here In a hearing un
der the employers' liability act, In the case
of M. G. Kuhl against the state Kuht.
while employed at the school, was injured
by falling glass and be, au-»e of infection
suffered an amputation. Damages wets
dented him, hence the suit
BOYD AND HOLT HAVE
SETTLED LONG FIGHT
ON STATE AID BRIDGE
Structure Will Be Located on
County Line, Five Miles
South of Butte.
Lincoln, Neb., March 18.—A five-year
luarrel between the counties of Boyd
and Holt has just been ended. It was
all about where a bridge that the state
agreed to build for the counties should
be located. The law was secured
through the efforts of Representative
Cronin, whose interest lay in getting
this bridge through. While the two
county boards have been fighting, 19
other counties have taken advantage
of the Cronin law and secured bridges.
Boyd county was insistent that the
bridge be built so as to serve the town
of Butte. Holt county insisted on hav
ing it near one of its towns. As final
ly agreed, the bridge will be built
five miles south of Butte, which is a
victory for Boyd county folks, as no
Holt county town is in the neighbor
hood. The objections to this, or any
other site near Butte, came from the
business men of a number of Holt
county interior towns, who were afraid
that they would lose trade from Holt
county farmers who could reach Butte
easier after a bridge was built.
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"BINDING BANDIT" ADMITS
ACTIVE CAREER IN OMAHA
Omaha, Neb., March 18.—Adam
Moore, alias Frank White, alias Frank
Alexander, 28 years old, paroled con
vict, and by his own statement the
perpetrator of more than a score of
robberies, burglaries and sneak thefts
during the several months the police
have been looking for him, was cap
tured by citizens near Twenty-sixth
and Ohio streets, nearly yesterday
morning after he had been chased
three blocks, following an unsuccessful
holdup.
So many were the jobs which Moore
has done in Omaha that the police did
r.ot. know until yesterday that but one
man had done all of them. They did
know that one man staged a long series
of stickups in which the outstanding
feature was his custom of trussing up
bis victim before the robbery by means
of a short rope or heavy cord with
which he was always supplied. But
the various burglaries and sneak thefts
were not attributed to him.
Moore's downfall came when he at
tempted to hold up a grocery store
at Twenty-eighth and Binney streets.
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"ARMED NEUTRALITY" WAS
CONVENTION TEMPERAMENT
Lincoln, Neb., March 18.—Armed
neutrality prevailed at the democratic
harmony meeting at Hastings, accord
ing to the Lincoln men who were
present. Outside of the banquet halls
the "wets" and “drys” debated the
question very vociferously, and it was
freely declared that if C. W. Bryan
won the democratic nomination he
would not have the support of the
"w’ots" and that if C. J. Miles, repub
lican “wet.” won, he would defeat
Bryan. In the banquet halls the speak
ers were supposed to eschew anything
that would cause friction. Keith Ne
ville and W. F. Stoec.ker, the two “wet"
democratic candidates for governor,
broke the rule. Neville said that he
was against prohibition, had no desire
to straddle the question and wanted
the public to know where he stood.
Stoecker said he thought the demo
crats ought to declare against prohibi
tion.
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IVIUSUSAUK SKULL hUUNU
IN NORTHERN NEBRASKA.
Lincoln, Neb., March IS.—J. S.
Brown, of Verdigre, Knox county, has
sent to the state university museum,
the skull of a mososaur, one of the
largest water reptiles of the days when
Nebraska was an inland sea. The skull
is about five feet long and both the up
per and lower Jaws are studded with
powerful teeth several inches in length.
The specimen is embedded in hard rook
which will have to be chipped away
with carefully tempered steel chisels.
It is the finest one yet found in tile
state, and belongs to the cretaceous
period. The mososaur was a powerful
swimming reptile, and is presumed to
have been fairly numerous in the an
cient days. The skull weighs four hun
dred pounds.
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FORMAL FILING MADE FOR
VICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL.
Lincoln, Neb., March IS.—The name
of Vice President Thomas R. Marshall
has been tiled as a candidate for the
democratic vice presidential nomina
tion before the Nebraska primaries.
Governor John H. Morehead is the op
posing candidate for the preferential
nomination in this state on the demo
cratic ticket. Former United States
Senator Elmer J. Burkett is a candi
date for the nomination on the repub
lican ticket.
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SCHOOL BOOK SALESMAN
DIES AFTER MEMORY LAPSE.
Lincoln, Neb., March IS.—Hiram YV .
Monical. who covered Soutli Dakota
and Nebraska for the last four years
for the school hook publishing house
of D. C. Heatli & Co., died a few days
ago in New Harmony, ind. He was
!><> years of age. A few months ago Mr.
Monical suffered a severe nervous col
lapse which resulted in a complete loss
of memory and a gradual failing of his
physical forces.
POLITICAL FILINGS.
Lincoln, Neb., March IS.—W. L.
Stark, of Aurora, former populist con
gressman. drafted by the democratic
date committee to uphold the standard
of democracy in the hopelessly repub
lican Fourth district, has filed a per
sonal nomination blank with the secre
tary of state. Judge J. B. Barnes, of
Norfolk, for the past 12 years a mem
ber of the state supreme court, having
been twice elected as a republican, lias
filed as a candidate for reolection, this
t ine as a nonpartisan. Other state
wide filings made Wednesday include:
Walter Johnson, republican. North
Loup, for railway commissioner: R. W.
Ralston, democrat, Omaha, railway
: ommissioner; Anthony T. Monahan,
lemocrat, Omaha, congress; C. C.
Crowell, Jr., Omaha, and W. A. Bald
win. Bethany, prohibition candidates
for presidential electors, and G. E. Ba
ker, York, and J. W. Hollander, Omaha,
socialist candidates for electors.
REQU ISIT’CN HONORED FOR
SOUTH DAKOTA OFFICIALS.
Lincoln, Neb., March ;i?.—Governor
Morehead has honored the requisition
of the governor of South Dakota for
the return to that state o' Mike Egan,
a Dawes county man who is charged
with cattle stealing in the state to the
north. The charge is that Egan stole
several head from a ranchman named
lessen and delivered them to one Tyra
E. Campbell. The latter was convicted.
Egan fought extradition, claiming that
he was elsewhere when the thefts were
committed.
MOREHEAD WANTS TO
KNOW WHAT’S WRONG
WITH HEALTH BOARD
Gets Government Inspector to
Make Research to Locate
Source of Bickering,
Lincoln, Neb., March 17.—In order
to lay the ghost of dissension that has
been stalking through the corridors of
the state board of health Dr. Fox, a
government inspector, has been se
cured by Governor Morehead. The
chief executive desires to know who
:s responsible for the continually row
ing The board is made up of state of
ficers, jvith the governor at the head.
This board appoints secretaries to ths
number of four and also a health in
spector. Some lime ago the secre
taries recommended that the inspector.
Dr. Wild, be fired because he was not
toeing the chalk line they had laid
down, but the board refused to decapi
tate Wild. The federal inspector is to
find out whether the various branches
of the service are doing their duty or
not. The governor wants to know be
cause responsibility is shifted from one
department to the other. If any
changes are recommended the gover
nor will seek to secure legislative aid
to get them made.
ROAD SUES 14 COUNTIES TO
RESIST $16.40 IN CAR TAXES
Lincoln, Neb., March 17.—Fourteen
Nebraska counties—Blaine, Box Butte,
Buffalo, Custer, Hall, Hooker, Johnson.
Lancaster, Steward, Sheridan, Sher
man, Sioux, Thomas and York—are
made defendants in a suit filed in fed
eral court by the Great Northern Rail
way company. The amount of money
involved is exactly $16.40, but it is the
principle of the tax and not the cash
that is grieving the railroad company.
The sum represents the amount of the
tax levied by the counties on sleeping
cars owned by the Great Northern
which were in use in the Burlington
lines during 1914. These were used
from the junction point of the two
roads in Montana, as far as Lincoln.
The company says it paid full taxes on
these in its own territory, and the tax
levied by the state board and dis
tributed among the counties named is
illegal and In violation of the constitu
tion of the United States. The court
issued an order temporarily restraining
the collection of the tax.
CONFLICTING STATEMENTS IN
SUIT AGAINST SALOON MEN
Lincoln, Neb., March 17.—A small
sized sensation was created in district
court when Leslie Wickline, a youth
whose parents are suing Lincoln sa
loonkeepers for alleged debaueher of
him, declared that Attorney Doyle, rep
resenting the liquor dealers, had bribed
him to sign certain papers. These
papers were affidavits in which he set
forth that he had never obtained liquor
from the defendants, that he was not
a drunkard and that his health had
never been impaired from the use of
liquor. He said that Doyle bad promised
to give him $25 to sign each of two af
fidavits, but that his brother had col
lected the money and given him only
half. This made him sore. Mr. Doyle
told the court that young Wickline had
come to him and said he was sore be
cause his parents had advertised him
as a drunkard in the same way they
had a brother in another city, and had
desired to make an affidavit as to the
facts. Wickline said lie was two
thirds drunk when he was in the
lawyer’s office.
PROHIBITIONISTS TO FILE
CANDIDATES IN NEBRASKA
Lincoln, Neb., March 17.—Petitions
will be tiled in a few days placing
Eugene N. Foss, of Massachusetts ami
Robert Patton, of Springfield, 111., in
nomination as prohibition candidates
for president and vice president re
spectively.
Filings were made with the secre
tary of state today for James R. Dean,
of Broken Row, and Edward Falloon,
of Falls City for judges of the supreme
court; O. R. Thompson, of Wisner, as
a republican candidate for delegate to
the national convention, with Thomas
Kirk, of Neligh as alternate.
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STATE ENGINEER PRO iOTES
BIG ROAD BUILDING PLAN
Lincoln, Neb., March 17.—State En
gine! Johnson is to head a movement
to ask federal aid for the building of
good roads in Nebraska. He says that
his plan also contemplates the raising
of funds from cities, towns and farm
ing communities and also by levying
a tax of 50 cents per horsepower an
nually upon automobiles. The various
sources he believes it is possible to tap
would yield a fund of $1,500,000 a year
and he urges that the money be spent
in building permanent roads between
county seats first, and a road clear
across the state from east to west as
an alternative.
MOTION ADOPTED FOR DOLLAR
LICENSE iF TOWN GOES “WET."
Upland, Neb., March 17.—The “dry”
forces captured the citizens’ caucus
and carried a motion to make the Up
land saloon license $1 if the town goes
“wet.” This was done to prevent those
who were voting “wet,” for the sake
of the $1,500 license money which the
town formerly received, from carrying
the election this year. As a result, if
Upland goes “wet,” and appearances
at present indicate that it will, it will
probably be the wettest town in this
part of the country.
Peter Youngson, Jens lversen, Nels
Ostergaard. Albert Austerman, Martin
Nielsen and Louis Seberg were nomi
nated to fill the vacancies on the town
board.
It was decided to vote “for” and
“against” license, pool halls and Sun
ady baseball. 1
DR. CHARLTON NEW HEAD
NORFOLK INSANITY HOSPITAL !
Lincoln, Neh., March 17.—Late Tues
day afternoon the state board of con- ;
trol selected Dr. G. E. Uharlton, second
physician at the Hastings hospital for
the insane, to be superintendent of the
hospital at Norfolk, succeeding Dr. ,
Guttery, recently removed. Dr. C. A.
Oakes, third physician at Hastings, ;
will succeed Dr. Charlton. Clarence ’
Emerson was made consulting patholo
gist at the Lincoln hospital to fill a '
vacancy. 1
BLISTER CANKER THREATENS ,
ORCHARDS IN NEBRASKA
Lincoln. Neb., March 15.—The hor
ticultural department of the college of
agriculture has issued the following
warning bulletin: ]
“Illinois blister ranker is threatening
to wipe out the orchard industry in
Nebraska. Thousands of apple'trees <
are being killed each year by this dis- i
ease, and it is more than likely that it ,
las gain-d a foothold in your orchard.
“For information on the methods of
treat'ng this disease, write to the hor- 1
ticultural department college of agri
culture, Lincoln."
TIRPITZ POLICIES .
TO BE MADE ISSUE
BEFORE REICHSTAG r
National Liberal Group to Of- r
fer Measure Demanding the /
Carrying on of Sub- \
marine War.
KAISER IS FACING CRISIS
Feared U-Boat Campaign Would
Alienate Neutrals — Grand
Admiral Seems to Have
Big Following.
Berlin, March 18.— (Delayed).—The
National Liberal group in the reichstag,
decided today to introduce at this ses
sion its measure calling for the carry
ing on of submarine war.
The National Liberals sent the fol
lowing message to Admiral von Tirpitz:
“We are deeply moved by the news
of the retirement of your excellency
in the present difficult time. We send
j to the creator of our navy and the
father of the German naval spirit as
surance of the trust and most thank
ful devotion."
' Berlin, March 18. (by wireless to
Sayville).—The national liberty party *
has introduced the following measure T
in the reichstag: \
Considering that Great Britain not only ’
makes war on the armed forces of Ger
many. but has taken measures in order to
impede the providing of Germany with
food supplies and raw material, so as to
compel Germany to submit through hun
ger. for which purpose Great Britain
brutally violates International law and
employs force against neutral countries;
considering further that Germany is Able
through unlimited and restrained siLb
marine warfare to increase the Bri».li
lack of tonnage so that it can be rrJade
extraordinarily difficult and perhaps im
possible for the British nation to obtain
sufficient supplies of food and raw mate\
rials, considering that such warfare would \
bring more speedily a victorious end of 1
the war. the imperial chancellor is re- V
quired to enter into no arrangements with *
other countries which would hinder us in
the unlimited use of the sumbarine wea
pon and to permit in the war zone, against
the enemy’s traders with the exception ol
passenger ships, such use of submarines
as arises from the peculiarity of said
weapons
Similar bills were brought forward
by the conservative and center par
ties.
STRONG POLITICAL GROUP
BACKS TIRPITZ’ POLICIES
Berlin, (via London), March is.—The
retirement of Admiral Von Tirpitz
minister of marine occasioned a muilw
smaller sensation than might .1 vA
been expected in view of the long ser
vice of the creator of the German navy.
A great majority of tlie Germans ob
viously have full confidence in the gov
ernment’s course despite the fact that
no reasons have been made public for
the grand admiral's resignation and no
mention was even made of his : 1 In a s in
the official announcement. The onlv
criticism comes from the small but in
fluential group whose adherents are
mainly found in the eonservativ< fre»
conservative and national liberal’par
ties.
The national liberals and conserva
tives in the reichstag both sent tele
grams of condolence to Admiral Von
Tirpitz. as also did the conservatives
in the lower house of the Saxon par
liament. The Saxons in their tob-ram
expressed the hope that Von Tirnitx
might again take part in (he h-,-: let
ship *>f Germany's forces after the
present grievous state of affairs has
been done away with."
Praise Von Tirritc.
The Tagllsche Rundisehau regrets its
Inability to comment on the resigna
tion of the grand admiral, hut says
this will only he possible after the w.-trv
Count Von Reventlow, in llte Tatrtw
Zeitung. speaks 06 the tendency h►da
anti there to "deal out to the depart
ing minister the well known kick of
the not unbroken gray animal." He
defends Admiral Von Tirpitz against
the charge of neglecting the subma
rines and declares that Von Tirpitz wa*
the first to see that Germany's ind< \
pendent e of Great Britain depended .ml
her sea power. Count Reventlow firths |
comfort in the reflection that eveii
without Von Tirpitz. this—his great
idea—is still alive in the German people
and will remain so.
Die Post publishes a review of the
life of Themistocles. his creation of
the Athenian fleet and his banishment
after he had saved the country. The •:
article does not mention Von Tirpitz's I
name nor Germany, but the implica
tion is plain.
—,♦—.
FIRED BECAUSE HE WANTED
GREAT SEA BATTLE. REPORT
London, March 18.—A wireless dis
patch from Rome says that the re
Arement of Admiral Von Tirpitz, as
Aerman minister of marine, was oc
casioned by his intention to attack
Areat Britain with the entire German
lavy. This plan was vetoed, accord -
ng to these advices, by Emperor Wili
am and Prince Henry.
<AISER FEARED TIRPITZ
WOULD LOSE LAST FRIEND
London. March 18.—A dispatch to
ileuter's Telegram company from Am
sterdam says the German newspapers
reely discuss the resignation of Ad
nirai Von Tirpitz, which they ascribe
o Albert Rallin, director general of
he Hamburg-American line. They de
■lare that Herr Rallin warned Emperor
Villiam that a conti luance of the suJh
narine campaign on Von Tirpitz pfcut
veillH mean the seizure of all GemMa/t
esse is in neutral ports and finally
.donate South America from Germane-.
VILLA BURNS BRIDGE.
El Paso. Tex.. March 18.—The V111 -
stas have burned a railroad bridge,
IDO feet in length, near Corralitos.. iiu
he path cf the American advance.
I'his information was received here tgp
lay from sources believed to be iy»
iable. 1
\MES PROVES BOTH SIDES
ON WAR MUNITIONS
Ames. Ia.. March 18.—In the triangu
ar debate between Iowa State college,
’urdue university and Michigan agri
ultural college on a resolution that, the
Tnited States ought to have exclusive
ight to make its arms and munitions,
he Iowa affirmative team difeaqcd
’urdue here, and the Iowa negative
earn won from Michigan at East Lan