"THE O’NEIL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
O’NEILL. NEBRASK,
At one time Iron ore was found Ir
considerable quantities in the north
easterly provinces of the Netherlands
In late years apparently less has beer
found. Recently, however, further de
posits of iron ore have been found ir
the province of Drenthe, whore it was
discovered previously. These deposit*
were reveab :1 by the digging of peat Ir
the bogs of that section. The ore it
found in layers Just under the peat, and
also in collections or heaps six to 1C
feet high and 30 to 60 feet in circum
ference.
Herman Kimball, of Trevett, Me., has
a curious carrot; this carrot is of the
large wedge shaped variety; on one
fide of it is the face of an old man, ap
parently asleep. The skin is perfect
ground and over the scar, which looks
gs if it had been cut out of the vege
table.
It is said that an organization of
women in Japan numbers 10,000 mem
bers, w1k> have sworn never to marry
unless their prospective husbands
agree to support a movement for ob
taining for them equal treatment with
men and an improved economic posi
tion.
It is probable that the pecan tree is
destined to become the most important
of all the products of nut-bearing trees
In the United States, in the view of
the department of agriculture. The
production more than trebled between
1S99 and 1909.
A single gallon of gasoline will milk
300 cows, bale four tons of hay, mix 35
cubic yards of cement, move a ton
truck 14 miles, plow three-fifths of an
acre of land or generate sufficient elec
tricity to illuminate a farmhouse for
30 hours.
Hong Kong reports an increasing de
mand for notions of all sorts to supply
southern China. Needles, pins, buttons,
ribbons, safely pins, rubber and cellu
loid toilet articles and similar products
are in great demand.
The great war loan recently brought
out by the German government was
taken up by 2,133,220 individual sub
scribers, thousands of whom bought
securities to the amount of $48 or less.
4inc refhilng continues to be of In
terest in Canada. The iirltish Colum
bia government will give financial help
to a victoria reduction company for es
tablishing a demonstration plant at
Nelson.
Lloyd's, of London, have recently Is
sued a form of insurance against ap
pendicitis. Tho claims have become
so numerous that Lloyd's have found
It necessary to double their premiums.
Xu*? uuuHt* in noiion, Mass.,
In to bo reahlngled for tho first time
since Its erection in 1793. Homo of the
shingles are still In a perfect state of
.preservation after 121 years’ service.
According to official Italian figures,
the 1915 crop of cereals grown in tho
northern hemisphere exceeded the av
erage crop of tlie last five years by
more than 73,#00,009,000 pounds.
In tho United States census of 1870,
a record was obtained of the father of
a family who hud named his five chil
dren Imprimis, Finis, Appendix, Ad
dendum and Erratum.
First grown experimbentally 12 years
ago, American cotton has become an
established crop In the Punjab region
of India, as it gives a larger yield tbun
the native varieties.
At the presont rate of increase in the
consumption of nutive lumber In New
Zealand It is estimated that the supply
df standing timber will last not more
Mian 30 years.
A grenade that can be fired from an
ordinary rifle held in any position four
times a« far as ono can be thrown by
hand has been Invented by a United
States soldier.
During the six months from April to
September, 1915, 620 motor cars of
American make were imported into In
dia as against 407 made in Great Brit
ain.
Adopting the slogan. "Songbirds for
ever and a catless world by 1920,” a
wealthy Dakota farmer bus offered
prizes to those who kill the most cats.
It Is estimated that $10,000,000 worth
of gold Is destroyed annually by a
Chinese custom of burning small pieces
of gold leaf on certain anniversaries.
By fractional distillation under rela ■
tively low pressure, an Italian has
found a way to remove alcohol from
wine without otherwise altering It.
Recent examination of the coal de
posits of Spitsbergen indicates that
they contain more than 1,000,000.000
tons of fuel of remarkable purity.
A serious effort is being made in In
dia to revive the natural indigo indus
try and more than 258,000 acres have
been planted this year.
The area of Lake Superior is 31,200
square miles; Lake Michigan 22 450
Lake Huron, 23,800; Lake Erie, 9!960;
Lake Onario, 7,210.
Denicotined cigars and cigarets are
being made in France and Switzerland
that are acceptable to smokers of the
best tobacco.
7 he kingdom of Slam covers an urea
of about 200,000 square miles, and the
!f\sLc.t-KUti Kav<? a Ioti>l Population of
o, 14",4S i.
The peak of Teneriff, in the Canary
Islands, throws a shadow streaching
across the sea for a distance of 50
miles.
Among the lower animals only about
6 per cent are defective at birth, a
miicli lower ratio than among human
beings.
Sounds produced by an electric siren
invented in Germany, are hastened oti
their way by a fan built into the ma
chine.
Coke, automatically fed under the
boiler, is used for fuel in a New Ung
land steam driven road tractor of great
power.
The largest butterflies are found in
British Guiana, some of which have a
wing measurement of ll inches.
There is an excellent market for saws
ill Russia, as that great country does
nut manufacture them.
An electric process for drying lum
ber m piles of unbarked logs has been
perfected in France.
Baku. Russia, imports $40,000 worth
of wire monthly from the United States.
Ti e Portuguese language U used bv
febeut 30,000,000 persons.
I NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES
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t NEBRASKA STATE PAY ROLL
INCLUDES 1,734 PEOPLE,
Idncoln, Neb., March 27.—The state
of Nebraska employes an army of 1,
734 people, according to a compilation
made by Stale Auditor Smith. The pay
roll for the last three months of 1915
was $409,115. The following state
ment prepared by the auditor, shows
the apportionment of employes:
Governor . 6
Secretary of state . 9
Auditor of public accounts . 10
Attorney general . 6
Treasurer . 6
State superintendent . 13
Corn public lands and buildings . 7
Railway commission . 15
Adjutant general . 5
Insurance board . 8
Hoard of commissioners . 9
Board of Irrigation . 9
Board of equalization . 1
Bureau of labor . 3
Bureau of printing . I
Board of educational lands and funds. 11!
Game and fish c ommission . 8
Hotel commission . 3
I-lve stock sanitary board . 3
State banking board . 14
State prison board . 5
Board of health . 4
Library commission . 3
Historical society . 7
Supreme court state library . 23
O. A. It. 1
Fire commission 4
Food, drug dairy and oil commission.. 22
. 223
District court Judges .29
District court stenographers .29— 58
State university . 507
State normal schools . 210
Itato Institutions . 733
Total .1.734
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REPUBLICANS AND MOOSERS
ARE DISTINCT PARTIES.
Lincoln, Neb., March 27.—The pro
gressives and republicans in Nebraska
are divorced and no republican can don
antlers, bellow like a moose, and get
away with tt.
Secretary of State Pool today sus
tained the protest filed by F. P. Corriek,
of the state progressive committee,
against the names of Congressmen Kin
kald and Sloan appearing on the pro
gressive primary ballots. Other candi
dates for whom progressive filings had
been made, had withdrawn from the
ticket but the congressmen figured that
» vote was a vote even If It came from
‘he moosers.
Food Commissioner Harmon, after
■several days of thought and considera
ble parleying, has announced that he
will decline the gubernatorial nomina
tion petition filed In his behalf,
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NORFOLK HOSPITAL PATIENT
SUICIDES AFTER ESCAPING
Norfolk. Neb., March 27.-Joseph
Smlsek, aged 58, a patient at the state
Insane hospital here, slipped out of the
ranks while marching to breakfast yes
terday morning and hanged himself
In a grove of trees with a handker
chief.
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DRAWINGS SETTLE CONTESTS
AT ALLIANCE LAND OPENING
Alliance, Neb., March 27.—Land
drawing to .settle conflicts in lllings
on "farm units" under the new "high
line lateral” Irrigation ditch of the
Pathfinder dam project, were com
pleted here last night. About 4,000
acres in 43 tracts of 40 to 130 acres
were awarded witii the exception of
seven tracts which are open to entry,
but upon which no filings were made.
The tilings began Monday. There were
nearly 100 applications for each of
the choice tracts.
Winners of the best “units” were:
E. J. Kegley, Kearney, Neb., 86 acres;
Simon S. Bollinger. Lucerne, Colo., 80
acres; Mary A. McDermott, Alliance,
Neb., 72 acres; Carl G. Anderson.
Stromsburg, Noli., 56 acres. Among the
winners of second choice tracts of 21 to
80 acres were: Warren ,1. Snyder, Fort
Collins, Colo.; Edward T. Leo, Pacific
Junction, la.; Loroy Lambert, Hutch
inson, Kan.; Maybelle V. Hamilton,
Lincoln, Neb.
The other winners were: Charles V.
Foster, Merna, Neb.; Claude J. Hall,
Merna, Neb.; Elmer S. Miller, Merna,
Neb.; Edward L. Goll, Blue Hill, Neb.;
W. F. Peterson, Bayard, Neb.; B. E.
Nicola, Mlnatare, Neb.; Harold B.
Marshall. Weeping Water, Nob.; Hor
ace G. Edwards, Bayard, Nob.; Henry
Blerks, jr., Scribner. Neb.: Charley
Sagebart, Minature, Neb.; John Scott,
Scottn Bluff, Neb.; Hibson A. Vouchees,
Lincoln, Neb.; James E. Hiatt, Scotts
Bluff, Neb.; Caslus M. Lanpher, Camp
bell, Neb.; Lucius G. Stone, Falls City,
Neb.; F. E. Burqulst, Omaha; Ernest
George Johnson, Alliance; Fred Ball
weg, Spaulding, Neb.; Neal Delos You
nans, Minature, Neb.; Mark King, An
gora. Neb.; Emil A. Walberg, Mini
tare; George F. Birmingham, Colum
bus, Neb.
COUNTY SEAT ELECTION
IN MADISON COUNTY TODAY.
Norfolk, Neb., March 25.—Madison
county is voting today on the question
of removing the county seat from
Madison, where it has been for 40 years,
to Norfolks, the largest city in the
county, and its chief railroad center.
In spite of the fact that rain and sleet
are falling, a heavy vote is expected
because of the bitter light that has been
made throughout the county on the
proposition.
OBERT MAN FOUND DEAD
IN FEED YARD OF FARM.
Obert. Neb.. March 27.—James Tay
lor, age 60 was found dead this morn
ing in the feed yard on a farm near this
place, of which he made his home.
When found he had probably been dead
several hours, and it is thought the
cause of his death was heart failure. A
heavy gash on his forehead probably
was made when he fell.
DROUGHT IN SOUTHWEST
BROKEN BY HEAVY RAIN
Kansas City. March 25.—Rain last
night broke a threatened drought in
the southwest and extinguished prairie
lives which have been endangering
property in many sections. In west
Texas and the Panhandle region hail
was reported to have accompanied the
rain. Chickasaw, Okla., reported a ter
rific ruir and hail storm had swept the
county (or 10 miles west of their late
today, doing considerable damage to
fruit trees.
A report of a tornado near Davis,
Okla.. could not be confirmed.
TO ARRAIGN BLODGETT
ON INSANITY CHARGE
Dos Moines, la., March 25.—T. D.
I lodgctt, former convict, who has ac
quired considerable notoriety through
out Iowa by attacks upon Justices of
the supreme court and district court
judges, was today ordered tried for in
sanity when his indictment for crim
inal lil cl was called.
The king of .Spain has an annual
income of $ 1,4i'0,0uy.
MRS. MANCHESTER TO
MAKE COURT CONTEST
ON WOODMAN CIRCLE
Applies For Restraining Order
Against Resolution Which
Limits Actions.
Omaha, Neb., March 25.—Mrs. Emma
ft. Manchester, supreme guardian of
the Supreme Forest of the Woodmen’s
circles, women’s auxiliary of the
Woodmen of the World, has filed ap- J
plication in district court here for an i
order to restrain the national execu- |
live council of the Woodmen circle j
Trom holding in effect a resolution re
cently passed which, the applicant as
serts, deprives her of authority to ap- j
point organizers, deputies, lecturers, 1
adjusters and other officers and com-l
mittees or draw checks against the j
treasury of the organization to pay for j
the services of such officers or com- I
mittees. The suit, it is said, will affect
several hundred thousand women
throughout the country.
Attorneys for Mrs. Manchester salt
the suit follows a year of “lively pol
itics," culminating in the resolution
which deprived the supreme guardian
>f the auxiliary of all prerogatives an.
authorities.
Mrs. Manchester has held the offic<
>f supreme guardian for 18 years anc
was elected at St. Paul last year foj
another term of four years.
OWNER OF STOLEN HORSES
DIED OF BROKEN HEART
Lincoln, Neb., March 25.—-Sherlfl
McDaniel, of Cheyenne county, wait
ing here to effect a change in the mind
jt Warden Fenton as to allowing him
to take Convict Dullaghan to Sidney tc
testify in a horse stealing case, sayi
that as a result of the exploits of Dul
laghan and O. O. Simonson, who is tc
be tried soon, John Gillespie, owner oi
some of the stolen horses, is dead of g
oroken heart.
Gillespie was an eccentric Irish
bachelor who engaged in horse raisins
and treated the animals as pets and
companions. Sheriff McDaniel says
that as a result of his grief over th.
loss of the animals, which could no'
he traced, Gillespie pined awav and
died. Dullaghan served a term in th.
South Dakota penitentiary, and wai
convicted of the offense in Cheyenn.
county. The state is trying to secur.
his attendance as a witness when t i
monson is tried, but Dullaghan re
fuses to go and is backed by the sher
iff, who says the law is that he can
not be compelled to leave this counts
to testify.
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INSURANCE CONCERNS HOLD
HUGE PROFITS IN NEBRASKA
Lincoln, Neb., March 25.—Nebrnskt
paid nearly $19,000,000 during 1913 ir
premiums to the 390 fire and life insur
ance companies doing business in thi
state. Tiie premiums for fire insur
ance totalled $0,146,823, while the losses,
paid amounted to $5,228,575. Life in
surance companies garnered $10,121,621
in premiums, while they paid back in
losses but $5,002,395, Miscellaneous in
surance companies paid back $1,036,954
out of the $2,G00,338 received. The
premium account shows an increase of
$1,372,000, or about 10 per cent, while
the losses increased $3,629,456, or 47
per cent. These are figures taken from
the preliminary report of Insurance i
Commissioner Eastluim.
Mr. Eastham figures from his license
register that there are 20,000 men in
the state engaged in the writing of i
insurance, and that half this number
represents men who do that as their
one means of making a living.
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PRAIRIE FIRE IN NEBRASKA
COVERS 150 SQUARE IVIILES.
North Platte, Neb., March 25.—A ter
ritory of 150 square miles was burned
over and one man, Thomas Griffith,
perhaps fatally burned in a prairie Are
which raged north of the towns of Wal
lace and Somerset, in tills county. The
buildings on three farms were destroy
ed, and only the hardest kind of work
on the part of the fire fighters pre
vented the destruction of the village of
Dickens. Much hap. corn in cribs and
farm implements iVere destroyed, and
one farmer lost several head of hogs.
The fire Is believed to be under control.
Benkelman, Neb., March 25._The
teacher and pupils at the school in
Porter township were driven from the
building by an extensive prairie lire.
The occupants of the building ran has
tily into a nearby barren field and es
caped with their lives. The fire totally
destroyed the school building.
BERGE FINALLY ACCEPTS
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
Lincoln, Neb., March 25.—GeorgeW.
Berge, late “dry” candidate for gover
nor in opposition to C. W. Bryan, has
accepted the nomination for attorney
general tendered by a committee of
local democrats, and his name will go
on the ballot as a candidate in opposi
tion to Attorney General Reed. Auto
matically this lines up Berge with the
Bryan forces, as they have been
searching for a "dry" who would helo
them make the fight against liquor
control of tiie democratic party. When
the Berge petition was first filed, he
ieclnred that he had no intention of
-tinning for any other office when he
retired from the gubernatorial race.
RENEAU PETITION SHORT;
BARRED FROM DELEGATION
Lincoln, Neb., March 25.—Politicians
say that the joke is on I. A. Reneau,
veteran political worker from Broken
Bow. Reneau desires to go to the re
publican national,convention as a dele
gate at large. He filed a petition that
he supposed guaranteed him a place on
the ballot. The secretary of state, in
checking it up, finds that it is deficient
in the number of names from two of
the six districts, and holds Reneau can
not run. Renenus was secretary of the
state in 1912.
BEATRICE—John Bartler and Ganls
Smith were run down by bloodhounds
from this city, near Pawnee City, where
they are charged with robbing the home
of Frank Howard of $100 worth of articles
last night. Some sf the stolen propertv
was found In their possession. At theli
preliminary hearing at Pawnee City the>
were bound over to the district court or
a bond of $2,000 each.
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MUSIC SUPERVISORS MEET
NEXT YEAR IN MICHIGAN
Lincoln, Neb., March 24.—Grand
Rapids, Mich., will entertain the na
tional association of music supervisors
in 1917. as a result of the referendum
taken today. The following officers
were elected: President, P. W. Dyke
ma, Madison, Wis.; vice president, C.
H. Miller, Lincoln: secretary, Bliss
Julia Crane, Potsdam, N V.; treasurer
James McElroy. McKeesport, Pa. Tht
election was without any interesting
feature, rotation in office being the
rule of the association
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'treasurer HALL. DEMOCRAT.
DROPS "PROGRESSIVE” CALL
Lincoln. Neb.. March 25.—Because
Chairman Corrick, of the progressive
party, protested his appearance as a
candidate for treasurer on the progres
sive ticket. State Treasurer Hall, demo
crat, has declined the nomination. But
Mr. Hall says that it is a mistake to
say that he does not affiliate with the
progressive party. "The very object
and purpose of the organization,” he
says, “is to defeat the republican party
and to this extent 1 have affiliated with
the party quite as much as those who
oragnized it.” Mr. Hall says that he
accepted the petition as coming in good
faith, and that he is sorry to learn the
signers were not progressives. To save
them embarrassment, however, he
withdraws. The petition came from
Kimball county and was signed by 28
alleged progressives. There were but
14 progressive votes cast in the county
in 1914.
It is expected that all of the candi
dates of other parties included in Cor
rlck's protest will withdraw, as they
must swear they affiliate with that
party.
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LINCOLN CLUB WOMEN IN
BIG STEW OVER ELECTION
Lincoln, Neb.. March 25.—Lincoln
dub women are all stirred up over a
revolt against the calm and conserva
tive manner in which the Lincoln
Woman’s cluj has been managed. The
:lub has over 1,000 members, one of
he largest in the country. A group
>f progressives think the club ought
o do something in community work
hat will mark it as an aggressive part
if the city’s civic existence. They met,
JUtlined a program and picked a ticket
.leaded by Mrs. F. M. Hall, wife of one
if the city’s leading lawyer, and
launched a campaign. The adminis
tration forces, deeming this to be a
criticism of the work done in the last
two years, has chosen Miss Ida Rob
bins as its candidates, and the two
’actions are pushing the fight with all
the energy of a group of politicians,
sending out letters, giving out state
ments for publication and using the
telephone to round up supporters. The
election takes place Monday.
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CANNOT COMPEL CONVICT TO
LEAVE PRISON TO TESTIFY
Lincoln. Neb., March 25.—Sheriff Mc
Daniel, of Cheyenne county, will have
to return home without Convict Ed
ward Dullinghan. The sheriff had e
subpoena for Dullinghan from the dis
trict court. He was wanted to testit'j
against a man accused of horse steal
ing, a crime for which Dullingham h
serving a sentence. The convict salt
he would not go and that he would no'
testify if he did go. The matter was
referred to Warden Fenton, who de
dared that the man was within hi!
rights and that he could not be re
quired to go. There is a law on thi
books that says a convict may be ex
amined orally only in the county when
he is imprisoned, and that in all othe:
cases a deposition must be taken. Bu
the law also is that in a crjminal cas
the defendant is entitled to meet hi;
accusers face to face and a depositioi
does not go.
CLASSICAL MUSIC JOLTED
BY EASTERN AUTHORITY
Lincoln, Nob., March 25.—Classical
music received a jolt at the national
association of music supervisors' meet
ing when Otto Kinkeldey, director of
the mush' department of the New Y'ork
city library, told the members assem
bled that the songs of the people are
the only songs that will endure foi
posterity. Great compositions which
have made composers famous owe their
success to their extreme simplicity and
not to tlie complexity of harmony. Only
those parts live, he said, that the otun
poser has deigned to sing in the style
of the people. He urged (lie use ot
the “imple folk songs in schools rath
er than any music which depended up
on dexterity in composition.
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DR. LEONHARDT. LINCOLN,
HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Lincoln Neb.. March 25.—Or. J. S.
Leonhardt, former member of the Lin
coln city council, and a well known
Nebraska physician, lies at a local hos
pital in a serious condition from in
juries received when his automobile
ran off tlie higli embankment at the
crossing of the Missouri Pacific rail
road. four miles east of Lincoln. A
sharp turn approaching the track
makes tlie road dangerous, and losing
control of the machine, it went over
the embankment, the steering wheel
pinning the doctor underneath, break
ing three ribs, two of which had to
be removed, having penetrated one of
the lungs.
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NELS JOHNSON CITED FOR
BROWSING IN WRONG PASTURE
Lincoln, Neb.. March 25.—Nels John
son, of Oakland, Hurt county, has been
cited to appear this afternoon before
the secretary of state and show cause
why lie should be allowed to remain in
the field as a democratic candidate for
state senator from that district. John
son is a republican, and is also a can
Jidate for the republican nomination
ilong with two other republicans. The
lemoerats have no candidates. Chair
nan M. S. Wilcox, of the Burt county
lemocratic ticket, has filed a protest
Ringing that Johnson isn’t a democrat
ind has no right to run on their ticket.
TECUMSEH- The board of county com
nlssloners of Johnson county has ap
pointed Miss Jessie Dew as clerk of the
district court to till the vacancy caused by
the death of tier father. Colonel J. S. Dew,
who was clerk. Miss Dew had been her
father's deputy and continued Illness
seeping Colonel Dow away from the of
'Ue for the last year. Miss Dew had car
ried on the work. Miss Dew is a repub
lican candidate for nomination as clerk
to succeed herself.
EMERSON—At the annual election of
the Emerson Commercial club the follow
ing officers were elected. President. E.
G. Carliart; vice president. J. H. Bonder
sen: secretary, E. A. Betersdorf: treasur
er, H. If. Stoltz. The matter of good roads
was discussed and steps will be taken at
once to Insure good roads in and out of
Emerson this summer.
EMERSON—At a caucus held here the
following names were placed upon the city
ticket for city counctlmen: Guy Inman.
Prank Prouse and J. N. Remmet. The sa
.oon license question will come up again
it tlie spring election to be held In April.
FALLS t ITY- -Sheriff Ratekin went to
Jrand Island and returned Sunday with
tV. II. Cochran, who was Indicted by the
{rand jury on charge of passing a worth
ess cheek on Grant Ocamb at Rulo, a
rierclmnt. The (heck was drawn oil tlie
Barada State bank, btu there were no
,'unds there t • redeem ii Cochran is well
cnown in Barada.
SYRACl’SE— Florcin the 11-year-old
laughter of Mr and Mrs. Geo. Seymour,
was badly burned about her arm and face
while gem.rating fie in a gasoline stove
to prepare the evening meal. She was
using alcohol to gem rate tin* stove when
.he vessel containing the alcohol exploded,
burning her arm ur.d face.
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Verdun in Flames Berlin ^
Reports; Gun Duel Rages
German Official War Statement Today Declares City For
Which Armies Have Been Fighting For More Than Month
Is Now Burning—No New Moves, French Report. t
Berlin, (via London) March 2
to today’s official statement by the
The text of the official statement
says:
"Western theater: There have been
no actual changes in the situation
since yesterday. The Meuse district
artillery duels were especially lively,
and in the course of these engagements
Verdun was set on fire.
"Eastern theater: West of Jacob
stadt, the Russians again opened an
attack after having brought forward
fresh Siberian troops, and after strong
artillery preparations had been made.
The attack broke down with heavy
losses to the Russians.”
Paris, March 25.—The French offi
5-—Verdun is in flames, according L
German army headquarters. \
cial statement says that the past night j
was quiet in the Verdun region, both “V
east and west of the Meuse. Artillery \
duels were in progress in the Woevre.
The text of the statement foHows:
"In the Argonne a surprise attack
against the trenches of the enemy at
Courtes Chausses resulted in our tak
ing some prisoners and inflicting
losses on the enemy.
"The night passed quietly, both west
and east of the Meuse.
"In the Woevre there has been an
artillery duel near Moulainville.
“There have been no important de
velopments elsewhere on the front."
TJSH SHIP SINKS AFTER
DESTROYING GERMAN RAIDER
London, March 25.—Bulletin.—A German raider has been sunk
in the North sea. Five German officers and 115 men out of a total of
300 were captured. The British lost 74 men.
The British armed merchantman Alcantara, which sunk the Ger
man raider, the Greif, was herself sunk.
* I TllP fitrht rvomiKfn.t in « V. .. XI,. 1, __
PLOT TO INVOLVE
COUNTRY IS SEEN
President Wilson to Make a
Statement Concerning Ef
forts to Promote War
With Mexico.
Washington, I). C., March 27.—An
expected official statement on alarmist
reports from the Mexican border prob
ably will be issued by President Wilson
instead of by Secretary Lansing as was
at first planned. The president and
the cabinet are so convinced that cer
tain reports are part of a propaganda
to force a general intervention in
Mexico, that it was decided the subject
was of sufficient importance for the
president to deal with personally.
Today’s advices from Consul Rodg
ers, at General Carranza’s headquar
ters at Queretaro, reported a continu
ing favorable sentiment, but made no
mention of the American request for
use of Mexican railway lines for trans
porting supplies to General Pershing’s
expedition. Rodgers’ dispatch, dated
yesterday, is in substance as follows:
"1 have had an interview with Gen
eral Obregon and he informs me that
adequate forces are being utilized in
the Villa campaign and that should
more be required they will be sent.
"General Obregon stated that there
was excellent cooperation between the
forces of the two governments and ab
solutely no friction. He also stated
that there was absolutely no truth in
the reports published in the American
newspaper to the effect that General
Herrera nad revolted and had joined
forces with Villa.”
Official advices dated March 24, 5
p. m„ from El Paso, say a state de
partment announcement report the
military authorities at Juarez showing
evidence of being satisfied with the at
titude of the American government and
with the conduct of our troops.
FATE OF SHAOKLETON
AND PARTY IN DOUBT
Damage to Relief Ship Aurora
Leaves Explorers Stranded
In Antarctic.
London. March 27.—A wireless mes
sage from the auxiliary ship, Aurora,
of the Shackleton Antartic exposition
was received in London yesterday. The
Aurora at the time the message was
sent was in the far south Pacific. The
wireless said the steamer had been
damaged and was proceeding to New
Zealand for repairs.
The fate of Lieut. Sir Ernest
Shackleton and the party which had
set out to cross the south pole is not
known.
Apparently attempts had been made
to send the wireless for several months
but it had just been received at the
New Zealand station, which forwarded
it to England. The message was sent
by a member of the staff of the Aurora
which went from Australia to Ross sea
at til end of 1914 for the purpose of
bringing back Shackletor's party when
they had crosse.i the soutn polar con
tinent.
The news as received in London
leaves the world completely in the
dark as to the doings or whereabouts
of Lieutenant Shackleton and his im
mediate party. If they had carried
out this program they now would be
presumably at the Ross sea base, but
without the expected ship to take
them.
At the solicitation of marine inter
ests, especially on the Great Lakes, and
also in pursuance of a plan recom
mended recently by the commission on
storm warnings of the international
meteorological committee, the United
States weather bureau is preparing to
introduce a new system of night storm
warnings, consisting of three lanterns
in a vertical line, instead of two lan
terns heretofore employed. By this ar
rangement it will be possible to indi
cate the expected direction of the wind
to the nearest quadrant, instead of to
only two directons. Experiments re
cently conducted by the bureau show,
that, in order to be seen separately bv I
the naked eye, lanterns should be ap- j
proximately four feel apart for each |
mile the observer is distant. To obtain i
great brillancy. a standard electric
lamp of the gas tilled tungsten type is ;
being tested. The new system of t«n- j
terns is being Cist installed on the
Great Lakes.
on February 29. The Greif was sunk 1
by gunfire and the Alcantara by a tor- ’
pedo. The British losses were made
up of five officers and 69 men.
The Alcantara was a large liner be
longing to the Royal Mail Steam
Packet company of Belfast. She has
been in the service of the British forc
some time. Her gross tonnage was \
15,300. She was 570 feet long and wail
built in Glasgow in 1913. "
The following official statement was
issued: ' v
“An engagement occurred February \
29, in the North sea, between the Ger- i
man armed raider Greil', disguised as y
a Norwegian merchant vessel, and the '
British armed cruiser, Alcantara, Capt.
T. E. Wardle. It resulted in the loss
of both vessels, the German raider be
ing sunk by gun fire and the Alcantara
apparently by a torpedo. Five German
officers and 115 men were picked up
and taken prisoners out of the total
complement, believed to have been
over 300. The British losses amounted
to five officers and 69 men.
“It should be noted that during the
whole engagement the enemy fired
over the Norwegian colors painted on
the side of the ship.
"This news is now published as it ^
is made clear by tho receipt of a Ger- ^
man wireless message that the enemy
has learned that the Greif. a similar
ship to the Moewe, had been destroyed
before she succeeded in passing our
line of patrols."
.Senate Minority Claim Wilson
Is Risking Lives cf Men In ,
Pershing Army—Ctim- M
mins to Act. ^
Washington, March 27. — Feeling the
Mexican situation is critical and that k.
more troops are needed to protect the
border and insure safety of the Persh
ing expedition, republican senators
conferred over Mexico last evening
and today and will confer again Mon
day.
Senator Cummins at the suggestion \
of a number of his eollegies lire- k
pared a resolution expressing it as the
sense of the Senate that till available
mobile regular troops, plus such na
tional guards forces as necessary he
utilized to give adequate protection
along the border and insure safety of
the expedition in Mexico.
Senator MeCumber has a similar
resolution less specific thar. that of
Senator Cummins.
The conference Monday is expected
to decide a policy.
“I have no wish to embarrass the
president,” said Cummins. "All I want
is that the government take adequate
steps for protection of our people of
the border and our soldiers in Mexico.
Conditions in Mexico are chaotic and
there is no telling what will happen,
we should take all due precautions and
not wait until it is too late Other
wise 1 am fearful as to what will hap
pen.”
ISTHMUS TRANSPORT
LINES ARE CHOKED
United Fruit Company Is Forced
to Declare Embargo on .
Traffic. f
New York. March 27. — The finite''
Fruit company has placed an embargo
on all shipments to points on the wes>
coast of South America, south of Cal
lao, Peru. This followed the declaration
of similar embargoes by two of the M
steamship lines operating between Pan- "
ama and the west coast. It results from \
the piling up of goods at the isthmus V
and the inability of the west coast lines
to keep pace with the heavy shipments. I
The embargo is expected to be in /
force two weeks, in which time it is
hoped the surplus freight at the isth
mus will be cleared. Foodstuffs and
medicinal products are exempt from the
embargo.
ATKINSON TO WED.
Des Moines, la.. March 25.—An
nouncement was made here today of .
the approaching marriage of William \
Atkinson, speaker of th- Iowa house of l
representatives, to Miss 11a A. Bart- P
man, teacher in I"-.- Midms sehooN *
The wedding probat :y rll take place
in June.