Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O'NEIL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
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O’NEILL.NEBRASKA
The dangers of wood alconol are just
now attracting much attention, not only
on the part of the public, but also of
legislative bodies. A note in public
health reports records the progress ot
the campaign aguinst this substance
during the year of 1915. The National
Association of Retail Druggists adopt
ed a resolution opposing "the use of
Wrood alcohol in medicinal preparations
to be used by human beings," and in
favor of such labeling as would protect
the public against its harmful use. Two
states, New Hampshire and South Da
kota, each enacted a law restricting the
sal* of wood alcohol and prescribing a
form of label to be used. The South
Dakota law debars its use in any food,
drink, medicine or toilet preparation
Intended for human use, internally or
externally. The cities of New York,
Chicago, and Montclair, N. .1.. havs
adopted regulations or ordinances re
stricting its use.
Prizes aggregating $2,109 have been
offered by the national Americanization
committee In a contest for plans for
the housing of immigrants in industrial
towns. Two groups if prizes are of
fered The first covers plans for the
housing of workmen .a industrial corn- j
munltivs not exceeding a population of
6,000. Entries may include designs for
Single family housi s. combined family
and lodging houses, which will permit
Separation of the family from the lodg
ers or boarding houses, or community
dwellings for numbers of single men to
single women. The first prize in tins
group is $1,000, the Second $500, and
the third, fourth and fifth, $10o each.
The second group of prizes is offered
for a satisfactory substitute for the de
railed freight and cattle cars now used
to house construction gangs on rail
ways. In this group the iirst prize is
$200 and the second prize $100.
A phonograph, recently constructed
by a higli school boy Onil described in
the Popular Science Monthly, hus as Us
reproducing part nothing more preten
tious than an ordinary shingle, with the
point .if a darning needle securely
fastened in one corner. A steel knitting
»eedle, clamped in a laboratory ring
stand. is thrust through a hole In the
shingle to support It as it Is carried
over the record. 7 he record Is mount
ed on a wooden turntable, constructed
as follows: A disk, made of three
quarter inch wood, with u groove In the
•dge, is mounted on the huh and axle
Of an old bicycle wheel, so that it car.
turn easily. This is connected with an
ordinary battery motor by means of a
cord belt. Pressure of the thumb and
finger on the shaft of the motor regu
lates the speed of the disk. Records '
can he played backwards simply by '
twisting the belt.
Dr. Nugao Ariga, the Japanese con- |
■titutSouiU adviser to the Chinese gov
ernment, Is practically a man without \
a country. Since Dr. Ariga addressed i
Yuan Stdh-y'ai as "your majesty" in a !
document widely printed In the Chinese !
press supporting the morian hial move
ment. Dr. Ariga has been ostracised
by ills fellow countrymen residing in
China, and mercilessly attacked by the
press in Japan. This action of the ad
viser at a time when his country was
opposing the Chinese monarchy has
been regarded as little short of treason
by his fellow countrymen. • * .e was
forced to resign from the Japanese club
In Peking, and is no longer welcome In
the homes of the leading Japanese In
Toltio.
In the discussions about prepa:edness
■ It has been prominently suggested that
a belt line road ho built around the
United States, near the seucoast. Such
a road would be of undoubted value:
but enthusiasts In this direction ap
parently lose sight of the fundamental
fact that, either for war or peace, we
need good roads everywhere. Another
lesson that can he drawn from tho ex
Serlence of Europe of late is so to
ulld the roads that they will stand up
In time of need. If our special war
roads were built by the average countv
official they would probably not survive
actual war conditions over u week.
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Devout Roman Catholics often enjoy
a whimsical Joke on themselves, as this
story from a good-humored ecclecias
tlc indicates: “Lay readers are some
times employed to read aloud to an
assembly of the religious in a monas
tery. In one such case the reader ' not
a learned man) was reading an account
of missionary work. He came to this
r sentence: ‘So the Jesuit returned from
China with his Mss.' He rendered it
thus: ‘So the Jesuit returned from
China with his missus.’ The hearty
roars of laughter from the brothers
would have done credit to a group of
the worldly minded."
Within easy walking distance of tho
; old cathedral town of Chichester, Eng
land. Is the Rising Sun, in North Iter
ated, a house of interest to all who col
lect stamps. This small u.n contains a
room avery inch of which is covered
with postage stamps. Ceiling, walls,
doors, chairs, tables, picture frames!
every part of the room, except the
floor, is thickly covered, while from the
ceiling hang long festoons and ropes,
made of bundles of stamps for which
there Is no other place. Fully 2,000.000
atamps are pasted up, and 1,0-10.000
more hang in the festoons.
Auvucuung ine increased use of
paper appliances and utensils in the
household, a writer in Good Health
, eays that there are now about 30
1 household articles made from vege
table parchment paper—among them
Ice blankets, dishcloths, bed protec
: tors, etc. The house keepers who have
learned to us% these articles, the writer
avers, say that they could not possibly
■ do their work comfortably without
them.
The Germans are using at the pres
ent time a 104 millimeter anti-air craft
Krupp gun, 45 calibers long, which
•ends a projectile weighing 15 b, kilo
grams, with a muzzle velocity "of SCO
; meters, to to a height of 4,000 meters.
It can be fired at the rate of 15 rounds
a minute. The shrapnel shell which
It fires is said to burst into 625 frag
, ments. Guns of this type, as well as
i those of 120 millimeters, are the ord
| stance which defends Ostent'.
Motor driven street cleaning ma
chines cleanse about 85.000 square
■ yards of pavement a day as compared
■with 26,000 square yards by horse
drawn machines and at about two
thirds the cost per square yard.
Yearly on February 2 and for 45
<Jays after, a mysterious tire breaks
out in Arlyake bay. on the west coast
of Kyushu, Japan, burning both on
land and sea. the origin of the con
flagration being a complete mystery
which a recently outfitted scientific
exploration party wld make a point
• of solving. _
In line with experiments with are
lamps in which the expense of trim
iming and cleaning Is reduced one has
■been invented in which tungsten elec
trodes are enclosed in a crystalline
Cham ter.
THOMPSON ON SEARCH
FOR HAMER PROPERTY
Objects to Carrying Burden of
$58,000 Judgment In Lin
coln Bank Case.
Rincoln, Neb.. June 12. - D. K.
Thompson does not propose, even
though he is a millionaire, to foot all
of the $58,000 Judgment returned
against himself. C. E. Vates and the
estate of E. it Hamer. The three wero
directors of the old Capital National
bank, and after 23 years of litigation
they were “soaked” for large sums
deposited there because of the favor
aide reports of condition of the bank
which they signed without knowing if
they were correct.
flamer's estate was fotind to have
vanished, and so Thompson paid the
judgment, and is now utilizing court
processes to find out where the wealth
of Hamer, estimated at $250,000 when
he died, has gone. His representatives
charge that the Hamer heirs, one of
whom was the nominee for state treas
urer on the republican ticket two years
ago, have concealed it. They charge
that the Hamers organized several
companies in which they were the sole
stockholders and took over the prop
erty. These companies immediately
mortgaged the real estate. The mana
ger of the company to whom the mort
gages were made swore that they were
without consideration and that he in
dorsed them and the notes to F. C.
Hamer, one of the sons. The court
thereupon enjoined the Hamers from
seeking access to safe deposit vaults
where the Thompson representatives
think the securities are to be found.
The litigation promises to develop
into a battle royal with many harsh
charges bandied.
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EASTERN AD MEN VISIT
MANY NEBRASKA CITIES
Lincoln, Neb., June 12.—Fifty repre
sentatives of eastern advertising
agencies who have been guests for the
past week of the Nebraska Publishers’
association, spent Friday in Lincoln
examining her claims to commercial
greatness and to the favor of the east
ern advertiser. The men have been
visiting various points in the state—
Fremont, West Point, Norfolk, Colum
bus, Grand Island, Kearney and Hast
ings-—and Lincoln was the last stop.
They were Bostonians, Philadelphians
and New Yorkers. All confessed to
having had their eyes opened by 1he
solid character of the prosperity of Ne
braska. and the fact that none of it
is based on war babies, was not the
least important factor in impressing
them with the state’s buying power.
EXPRESS COMPANIES APPLY
FOR INCREASE IN RATES.
Lincoln, Neb., June 12.—The various
express company officials, with an ac
countant from New York, presented to
the state railway commission yester
day afternoon and this morning their
request for an increase in schedules in
force in Nebraska. They claim that
the cost of doing business has in
creased greatly in recent years, while
the competition of the parcel post has
cut into their income. The legislature
of 1907 passed a law providing that if
the 25 per cent cut in existing express
rates made therein was later shown to
be unwarranted and unjust the com
panies might have the right to ask the
commission to grant an increase.
The companies made such an appli
cation two years ago, but were turned
down. The chances are they will fare
no better this time, although their
showing is much more complete. The
rates they propose will increase the
schedules to a point in excess of what
they were when the 1907 law was
passed. The companies assert that the
rates proposed are those authorized by
the Interstate Commerce commission.
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FIRE FROM TAR KET.TLE
DESTROYS OMAHA VIADUCT,
Omaha, Neb., June 12.- Fire said to
have originated in the overturning of a
tar kettle, burned out eleven "bents"
of the east end of the Locust street
viaduct, and gave the entire city fire
department a three-hour battle to keep
the flames away from the great stores
of oil and gusoline in the Standard Oil
Co., warehouses, which adjoin the
viaduct on both sides.
The damage to the new viaduct,
which was to have been opened for
traffic yesterday, is roughly estimated
at $50,000 by M. Loftls, terminal train
master of the Missouri Pacific railroad.
The opening of the viaduct will be de
layed at least a month, he added.
RURAL LIFE CONFERENCE
BOOKED FOR JUNE 13 TO 23,
Lincoln, Neb., June 12. — A state
rural life conference will be held in
Lincoln from June 13 to 23. One of the
big features of the meeting will be the
discussion of the causes for the decline
in number and influence of the rural
churches. Reports are that hundreds
of these churches have been closed for
lack of putronuge and support in the
last live years.
LONDON EXPLANATION
CLEARS^ SHIP MYSTERY
London, June 12.—-The German wti
ship Pommern which was sunk In the
battle off Jutland w.ts not the battle
ship of that name but a recently com
pleted battle cruiser, according to a
Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph company quoting a sea cap
tain who is a frequent visitor to Ger
man ports. The battleship, which was
completed in 1905, was torpedoed in the
Hal tie* in July, 1915, according to the
captain.
Admiralty officals here have ex
pressed their belief to a representative
of the Associated Press that the Pom
mern which was sunk in the naval
battle, was a new capital ship. They
point out that the commander of a
British submarine reported that he
had torpedoed the old battleship Pom
mern in July, 1915, and this report, they
claim, was confirmed by survivors of
the battleship who were landed, wear
ing her cap hand.
Cellulose from wood fiber is being
used in Europe as a substitute for ab
sorbent cotton, which has become rela
tively scarce because of the war de
mands.
Every one who has occasion to use
adhesive plaster is familiar with the
line of adherent, discolored material
that is left on the skin around the
edges of the plaster when the strip is
removed. This adherent substance re
sists scrubbing with soup and all or
dinary means of removing. Even scrap
ing with a knife fails to remove tlie
grime and stickiness completely. Hut
a few drops of gasoline, benzine, etla r,
or chloroform on a piece of cloth will
remove tile stain. The basis of adhe
sive plaster is rubber. And the four
substances mentioned are rubber sol
vents.
100 OMAHA TEACHERS
GET RAISE IN S RY
Board Takes This Step as Com
promise On Request For 10
Months of School.
Omaha, Neb., June 10.—An advano
of $5 per month in 100 teachers' sal
aries was made by the school board. In
making this advance the finance com
mittee reported that it was in the na
ture of a compromise on the 10 months’
school year asked by the Teachers’ club
as the teachers were interested more
in the extra pay which they would re
ceive for an additional month than in
teaching the full 10 months.
The total increase will be about
$4,500 a year. The maximum for grade
school teachers was increased from $75
a month to $80 a month. Principals of
'our-room schools were increased to
$00 a month, w^h $2.50 for each room
In excess of four High school women
teachers, who were receiving $100, were
increased to $105, and men teachers
who were receiving $1,200 a year were
raised to $140 a month. About SO
teachers, who have not yet attained
the maximum, will be entitled to a $5
raise.
FRUIT CROP INJURED IN
SOME PARTS OF STATE
Lincoln, Neb., June 10.—Secretary
Duncan, of the state board of horticul
ture, says that northern and north
central Nebraska will have a small
yield of fruit this year owing to the
bad weather of last fall and the cold
weather of this spring. Only in the bet
ter sheltered sections and where hard
ier trees are planted will there be any
worth while yield. Cold wet weather at
blooming time prevented proper fertili
zation of the fruU and scab has hit the
apples. The condition is thus summar
ized :
Figures giver as based upon maxi
mum amount of fruit that trees are
capable of bringing to maturity. Sum
mer apples, 45 per cent crop; fall
apples, 42 per cent crop; winter apples,
50 per cent crop; cherries, 32 per cent;
plums, 30 per cent; grapes, 85 per cent;
raspberries, 35 per cent; blackberries,
85 per cent; strawberries, 80 per cent.
These figures are for the entire state
based upon reports received from each
horticultural district in the state.
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MAN WHO JUMPED BOND
CAPTURED IN FLORIDA
Lincoln, Neb., June 10.—The state of
Nebraska has finally landed Robert
Parmalee in state's prison to serve
from three to 20 years for ruining a
girl on a farm in Lincoln county. Par
malee attained some fleeting distinc
tion as the only man who ever jumped
a bond on the state supreme court.
Usually the supreme court, when it
affirms the conviction of a man out
oiv bond, keep quiet about it until the
man is rearrested, and as this is usu
ally without the knowledge of the man
he is taken unawares when the sheriff
comes after him. Parmalee ran off to
Florida, but he couldn't do without
news from home and his letters be
trayed his whereabouts. His bond was
for $2,1)00, and a reward of $500 by his
bondsmen resulted in his being turned
up. Parmalee was foreman of a big
ranch and the girl in the case worked
at the same place and attended
school.
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THINKS “UNITED DOCTORS”
INCLINED TO EXAGGERATE
Lincoln, Neb., June 10.-—Representa
tive Hoffmeister, of Imperial, lias filed
a complaint with the secretaries of the
state board of health against some
Omaha physicians who call themselves
the United Doctors. Mr. Hoffmeister
asks for an investigation first of their
right to practice. He said he was un
able to find out their names or whether
they had a right to practice in Ne
braska. He promises to file a formal
complaint if the investigation justifies
such action. From three to four thou
sand dollars was secured by the doctors
from the vicinity of Imperial, in the
lorm of bankable notes, says the legis
lator, and he added that their repre
sentatives represented to those whom
they called upon that they had spe
cialists for all diseases. Dr. Hoff
meister went to Omaha and says he
found the headquarters located in a
small office, with one man in charge.
He went there for the purpose of de
manding the return of a $250 note given
by H. M. F’lory for treatment. Flory
was sent to the insane asylum a few
days later. The note was returned.
ROAD OVERSEERS OVERLOOK
KILLING OF PRAIRIE DOGS
Lincoln, Neb., June 10.—Complaints
are coming to state officials that the
law requiring the killing of - rairie dogs
is not being enforced in various parts
of the state. The officials say that this
is not a duty devolving upon them, but
that the law specifically says that the
road overseer shall do the killing and
charge $3 a day and expenses that are
to be assessed against the land and
collected just as are other taxes. It
is said that in some sections of the
state where land is owned by nonresi
dents a local industry consists of col
lecting considerable sums for this
sport. Several efforts have been made
to repeal the law, but these were un
successful.
SATO TO REPRESENT
JAPAN AT WASHINGTON
Will Succeed Viscount Chinda,
Who Goes to London—
Began as Clerk.
Washington, D. C„ June 9.—Amor O.
Sato, former Japanese ambassador to
Austria, has been selected as ambas
sador to tlie United States, to succeed
Viscount Chinda, whose transfer to the
ambassadorship at London recently was
announced. Word of the selection
reached Washington last nlgnt.
At present Mr. Sato is in Tokio at
tached to the foreign office, where he
has been stationed since he received his
passports from Vienha at the outbreak
of the war. He is well known in diplo
matic circles here, having spent a con
siderable portion of his life in this
country. He is a brotherinlaw of the
retiring ambassador and was his fel
low student at DePauw university, in
Indiana.
1916 CROP IS SHORT,
SAYS DEPARTMENT REPORT
Washington, June 9.—First official inti
mations of the size of this year's spring
wheat crop and more definite information
as to the size of the winter wheat crop
now being harvested were given today by
the department of agriculture in its June
crop report. In addition a forecast was
given of the prospective production of
oats, barley, rye, apples and peaches.
These production forecasts were made by
the bureau of crop estimates which based
its calculations upon the condition of the
HEAVY LOSS IN FIRE
ON FARMNEAR ALLEN
Farm Buildings and Nine Head
Horses Are Destroyed—Esti
mate on Loss, $10,000.
Allen, Neb., June 10—Fire of unknown
origin, at the E. H. Allen farm, three
miles northwest of here, yesterday de
stroyed about $10,000 worth of build
ings and stock. Nine horses were
burned to death. One of the horses
broke loose and escaped.
One barn 66 by 66 feet, another 16
by 24, a large hog house and a double
corn crib were burned. There were
,12 tons of hay in the large barn ami
200 bushels of oats and corn and 1,200
bushels of ear corn in the double crib.
All of the hogs were saved.
The loss is estimated at $10,000. The
buildings were insured for $2,000, but
none or the other property was in
sured. The fire was first seen by one
of the boys, but at that time had made
too much progress to be checked. The
losses in machinery included a new
corn sheller, large motor engine, ma
nure spreader, top buggy, eight sets of
harness, two saddles, tools, anrl many
other articles.
The large barn was built five years
ago and was one of the largest in
Dixon county. A moderate breeze was
blowing from the west and the resid
ence stood in the direct path of the
flying embers, but it was saved.
Mr. Allen is one of the old settlers
here. His father, who died last winter,
was the fonder of the town of Allen.
He is the republican candidate for
sheriff of Dixon county.
WORKMEN FIND TRACES OF
ANCIENT INDIAN TRAGEDY
Valentine, Neb., June 10.—A tragedy
centuries old was unearthed here yes
terday when a gang of men, while ex
cavating on the canal at the Cornell
dam, uncovered the skeleton of an In
dian warrior who no doubt roamed the
plains hundreds of years before Co
lumbus made his debut in America.
The bones were found 10 feet beneath
the surface of the ground and were
covered with several stratus of dirt,
sand, gravel, shale and rock, indicat
ing that the man had been dead for
centuries.
The find would have been overlooked
had not the chief engineer, George \V.
Steinmeyer, been there to identify the
bones as those of a man. The Indian's
teeth were in perfect condition, as were
also a few of the larger bones. The
supposition Is that the Indian while
being on the bank of the Niobrara was
killed by his adversary, as a flint ar
row he had was found among the chest
bones beneath the skull. A string of
hand made stone beads were found,
which were thrown into the river by a
Sioux Indian, Peter Lonebear, who was
working on the dam. with the remark
that they were not pretty. The action
of Lonebear bears out the old Indian
superstition as regards ancestral relics.
The material covering the skeleton
through the entire number of stratas
was not disturbed, which proves him
to be one of the finds often unearthed
in this country of the early Indians.
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INDICTMENTS RETURNED
BY FEDERAL GRAND URY
Lincoln, Neb.. June 10.—The federal
grand jury returned indictments today
against J. J. Ramsey, charged with
enticing May Titel to St. Joseph for
immoral purposes; F. D. Proctor,
charged with violating the Harrison
drugs act; George Leary, charged with
violating the Mann law in running
away from Missouri to Nebraska, and
Ora Kelley, charged with scheming to
defraud. Kelley was the only one of
the quartet who displayed originality.
J. Sterling Kelley is a student at the
State university whose father resides |
at Beaver Crossing. Ora, who is not a
relative, knew that the father sent
money to Sterling often. When father
received a letter asking for $30 in a
strange handwriting which purported
to come from son Sterling and recited
as a reason why he himself could not
write that lie had hurt his hand, father
called a detective and Ora Kelley was
caught in a trap they laid with a
dummy let'er.
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SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS
TO BOOST PROHIBITION
Lincoln, Neb,, June 10.—Next Sun
day the prohibitionists propose pulling
off a rally with new wrinkles. All the
Sunday schools of the city will take
part. After a program at the First
Christian church the boys and girls,
each carrying a bible and each wear
ing a button, "Safety First, Vote Dry”
emblazoned thereon, will form in a pro
cession and parade the principal
streets. There will be a band and ban
ners and flags, and it is expected that
■1,000 or 3,000 will be in line.
KINKAID GETS EXTENSIONS
ON NIOBRARA HOMESTEADS
Washington, D. C„ Jvino 10.—Repre
sentative Kinkaiil secured the passage
of his joint resolution providing for
one year’s extension of time to make
installment payments .>f lands of the
former Fort Niobrara military reser
vation. As passed the resolution reads:
“Resolved, etc., that the secretary
of the interior be and he is hereby, au
thorized and directed to allow entry
men of lands of the former Fort Nio
brara military reservation, Nebraska,
made under the act entitled, ‘An act
to subject lands of the former Fort
Niobrara military reservation and
other lands to' homestead entry, ap
proved January 117. 1 y 1:5, as are re
quired to lit* paid for at their appraised
values, one year extension of time in
which to make each of the two remain- ■
ing unpaid installments of the purchase
price.”
Representative Mann, of Illinois, at
tempted to secure an amendment pro
viding that deferred payments should
hear interest, but Mr. Ferris, of Okla
homa. in charge of the resolution, ex
plained that tlie amounts would be too
small to consider, and that as the lands
are not Indian lands but United States
property, it would not follow precedent.
COL. J. G. MAHER HEADS
SPANISH WAR ASSOCIATION
North Platte, Neb., June S.—Col.
John G. Maher, of Lincoln, was elected
department commander over Leonard
Robinson, of North Platte, at the busi
ness meeting of the United Spanish
War veterans
A. W. Shilling. North Platte, was
elected senior vice commander.
Henry Shrode, Omaha, junior vice
commander.
Leonard Robinson. North Platte, de
partment inspector.
Capt. Harry Cline, Omaha, depart
ment chaplain.
The veterans took a slap at prohibi
tion when they passed resolutions
recommending that congress reestab
lish the army canteen. Further reso
lutions were wired to Washington
commending President Wilson for hi*
stand on preparedness, but advocating
still more adequate preparedness far
the country for war.
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NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES 1
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ONE DEAD, TWO INJURED
IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Lincoln, Neb., June 7.—Whether
George Starforth, one of the three men
thrown from an automobile east of
town last night, will recover, iB not
yet known. Dr. W. A. Charlton, of
Palmyra, is dead and Thomas Star
forth, father of George, has a broken
rib as a result of their machine over
turning while going at a high rate of
speed. Young Starforth had had his
Jaw broken in a tight with a road
worker in the evening, and his father
and the doctor were hastening to Lin
coln with him to put him in a hospital.
A defect in the mechanism of the car
is supposed to have caused the acci
dent. Young Starforth suffered seri
ous internal injuries.
EDITOR ATLANTIC MONTHLY
URGES WORLD ORGANIZATION
Lincoln, Neb., June 7.—Bliss Perry,
editor of Atlantic Monthly, was the
orator at the annual commencement of
the Nebraska state university today.
He took for his subject "A Text from
Carlyle," but wandered far afield.
The central thought of the address
was that the time had come for a
world organization to handle the af
fairs of the world. Mr. Perry said on
this point:
"It is evident that we are not yet
clear about our own national purpose
and policy, not yet ready for a real
solidarity of action. And if the Uni
ted States, after 140 years of welding,
is not yet. in the truest sense, united, j
what shall be said of the tragic inco
herence of those mother states of Eu
rope from which all of us have sprung?
“Is there anyone so blind, after these
two years of international agony, as
not to see that world organization has ■
become necessary, a world court and a I
world legislature and some form if ,
world executive to see that interna- [
tional law and international judical de- ;
eisions shall be obeyed?"
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BOARD MAKES PROTESTS
ON HIGHER PRODUCE RATES
Lincoln, Neb.. June 7.—The Nebraska
railway commission has filed three ap- j
plications with the interstate commerce !
commission asking it to suspend the j
proposed rate of western railroads on j
butter, eggs, poultry and kindred pro- i
ducts until a hearing can be had on the
matter. Experts have already been set ;
at work gathering evidence in the mat- |
ter. Chairman Clarke says that some of .
the proposed increases amount to 15 i
cents a hundred from Nebraska and
South Dakota stations to tlie Missis
sippi river and east. All interior points
in the state arc interested in the mat
ter, the only exceptions being Omaha
and stations on the west bank of the
Missouri, the ancient fiction of a strong
competition from water borne com
merce on that river being retained. The
Northwestern, however, does not make ,
the exception. The products named
carry a rate of 15 cents less than third
class. The proposition is to make them j
third class straight. Several of the j
roads include buttermilk, frozen rab
bits and dried or crystallized eggs.
WESTLAND IS PRESIDENT
OF ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Lincoln, Neb., June 7.—In an address
to the alumni association of the state 1
university. Chancellor Avery declared )
that scholarship was measurably high- j
er, that better standards of conduct ;
prevailed and that there were fewer |
sporadic exhibitions of discreditable i
conduct among the students than ever
before in the history of the !nstitution.
The association elected tt... following
officers: President, Frank H. Westland,
Omaha; vice president. Miss Frances
Gere, Lincoln; treasurer, Leonard
Flansburg, Lincoln.
The list of the board of directors an
nounced to the association follows:
Newton A. Buckley, ’03, North Platte;
Miss Bess Smith, '07, Schuyler; H. D.
Landis, '99, Seward: E. M. Pollard, ’03,
Nehawka; R. M. Tibbets, ’08. Hast
ings: AmoS Thomas, ’09, Omaha; F.
51. Hunter, '05, Lincoln; athletic board
members.
—A—
ATTORNEY OTTO W. MILLER
CITED FOR DISBARMENT
Lincoln. Neb., June 7.—The supreme
court has ordered Otto W. Miller, at
torney, to appear before it on June 3 6
and show cause why his license to
practice should not be canceled. Aliller
was indicted some time last winter for
aiding and abetting a conspiracy to
bilk the Burlington railroad out of
some money for a client who pretended
to have been injured on the company’s
property, fie pleaded guilty and on
his promise to leave the state he was
allowed to pay a line. Miller’s father
is a wealthy land owner near Atlantic,
la., and Miller went there for a time.
Lately he came back to Lincoln and
has appeared in a justice court case or
two. Whereupon the Lancaster county
attorney tiled disbarment proceedings
against him. and is joined in the prose
cution by Attorney General Reed.
Asia Minor.
From the New York Commercial.
Geographies only half a century ago
showed the “Great American desert'
covering th? present corn and wheat
fields of Oklahoma. Kansas and Ne
braska, and we did not find out the
truth until railroads were built across
the desert In the same way a general
impression prevails that the once fer
tile valley of the Tigris and Euphrates
is now an arid desert. It, therefore,
surprises American newspaper readers
to find that the British and Turkish
armies are mired in vast swamps and
the country seems to suffer from too
much water instead of too little.
Land in various parts of Asia Minor
planted with date palms and other val
uable fruit trees is worth more than
$1,000 an acre. The people are skilled
in the arts of agriculture. From the
Turkish possessions in Asia minor
come the finest figs and other dried
fruits, the most valuable druggists'
opium and other agricultural products
that require skill and patience. Irri
gation and good government are the
requisites for a renewal of the prosper
ity of 30 centuries ago. One of the dif
ficulties Is the law of the koran for
bidding the lending of money at in
terest. This blocks large commercial
and industrial enterprises. Idealism of
that kind kills progress.
It has been demonstrated that a well
constructed brick house will outlast
one of granite.
The increased cost of blasting pow
der, due to the war, is becoming a
problem in the mining industry.
In 40 years the sugar per capita of
this country has increased from 13 to
89 pounds.
Chicago authority established a zone
of quiet on the street fronting th->
home of its prize boy baby during his
illness.
Swedish chemists have found a way
to remove from coal tar the tineiy di
vided carbon which it holds in suspen
sion.
Among the new educational toys is
an outfit for making miniature con
crete blocks.
STATES ALL '
GET ABOARD
BANG WAGON *
- /
0 '
Justice Gets 9491/?. Votes Fol
lowing the Withdrawal of *
Weeks, Sherman, Burton,
Cummins and Others.
ROOSEVELT BAD SECOND
Fairbanks of Indiana Is Named
Running Mate — Nominee
Later Made ITnan
imonn Choice.
Washington, June 10—Justice
Hughes today sent his resignation
from the supremo bench by mes- ♦
merger to President Wilson.
Coliseum. June 10.—-Charles Evans
Hughes, of New York, was nominated
for president by the republican na
tional convention on the third ballot.
His vote was practically unanimous.
The vote wr*s 94fM£. Theodore Roose
velt received IS1/^, Dupont 5, Weeks 3
and Lodge 7. One was absent. Before
the i oil call had covered half the
states Hughes had the necessary 494. {
New Jersey *r. vote touched the mark. I
Hughes’ nomination was then made i
unanimous on motion of A. P. Moore, of *
Pennsylvania.
How they voted:
First Ballot.
Hughes .25T/>iBrnmbaugh . 29
Root .101 “il'Vrd ..32
Burton . 77DJ Knox.. ft*
Weeks .105 {Borah . 2
Du Pont . 12 iWillis . 4
Sherman . 64 McCall . 1
Fairbanks . 7-1U'Tuft . 14
Cummins . $5 !Noi voting . 2V*>
Roosevelt . C5 • -
La Follette .... £5 j Total .987
Second Ballot.
Hughes .32SUiLa Folloette ....25 I
Root . 98i. 1 McCall . i
Burton .. 76UjKnr>x . 36
Weeks . 79 j Willis . 1
Du Pont . 13 (Wood . 1
Sherman . 65 |Fording . 1
Fairbanks . Wanamaker .... 5
Cummins . 85 Not voting . 2
Roosevelt _..81 ——
Total .9S7
Third Ballot.
Hughes .949v,|Wec*ks . 3
La Follette . 5 , Du Pont . 5
Lodge . 7 | Absent . I
Roosevelt . 18*3*1 -
Total .988
The chair announced the nomination
of candidates for vice president wa?
next in order of business, and the clerk
started tin* roll call. Fairbanks was w
elu’sen. i
The nomination of Fairbanks was *
then, made unanimous.
Chairman Hiller* of the national com
mittee said;
“Six months ago I said the nominee
would be born in the convention, and
he was.”
Senator Penrose said: "I’m too busy
to talk.”
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, Colonel
Roosevelt’s daughter, was on the plat
form when the nomination was made.
While the demonsti ation on the floor
was enthusiastic, it was order! v.
Marching delegates choked the aisles
bearing rmte standards. Adjournment
was agreed upon when the excitement
died down.
T. R. to Take Hughes.
Either through actual fusion or by
refusal to take the bull moose nomina
tion and his personal indorsement of
Hughes, Colonel Roosevelt is expected
to give support to the republican nomi
nee, always provided he speaks out >n
a fashion that meets his approval.
The allies opposed to Hughes, * uth
such old guard figures as Barnes, Pen
rose. McKinley and Hemenway, have
vainly conferred since last night fry
ing to stem the Hughes tide. Their 1
combinations have failed. A hard jolt ^
was given the opposition to Hughes
when the Sherman leaders early this
morning decided to go to Hughes on
the f*'T**t ballot. Senator Weeks, of
Massachusetts, also released his 10f>
delegates.
Cummins Drops Out.
ruuuwum ueeision oi Illinois aeio- t
gates to go to Hughes, managers of
Senator Cummins* campaign said they
would release the Cummins delegates.
Outside of Iowa, the most of them will
go to Hughes. The lowans. as a trib
ute to Cummins will stand by to the
last, or until a motion is mode to make
the nomination unanimous.
Hughes leaders believe there will he
a general lining up of delegations for
their candidate either on the tirst bal
lot or noon thereafter.
These were the outstanding features,
at an early hour today, of this double
lointed gathering held here through this
history-mn k ing week.
Harmony talk was in the air. The sun
nven shone over Lake Michigan when
the day broke. Hut under the surface
there was a condition far from peace.
Moose Disappointed.
A most striking tone of bitterness
and disappointment of radical bull
moose leaders and delegates who for
the past -IS hours have had the con
viction gradually dawning on them that
Roosevelt was not willing to lead a
third party ticket in this campaign if
the republicans named Hughes and
Hughes would speak out on American
ism ami preparedness.
Many of the progressive party men
feel they are surrendering on the very
things for which they stood four year's
ago if they line up with the republi
cans for Hughes or any other man but j
the colonel himself. It looks as if the A
hull moose were moving inexorably to *
a tragic end by inches.
A world of meaning was contained in
c speech by Governor Johnson to the
progressive convention last night in
which lie vowed the progressive pari
would live on and in which he declares
he was opposed to the delay in nomi ^
rating Roosevelt and yielded only at A
the hands of the man most concerned m
Back of this stood the fact that ’ ,
Roosevelt yesterday wired Perkins net \
to allow his nomination by the bull f
moose until there had been two ballots i
at least by the republicans.
ORPF.T CASE CONTINUES
UNTIL MONDAY SESSION
Waukegan, 111., June 10.—The trial,
of Will Orpet will be resumed on Mon- w
day, Judge Donnelly having adjourned 1
court over today. It is expected that
the court will rule Monday on the de
mand of the state that letters written '
by Orpet on about February 9, last
the time of Marion Lambert's death!
to his father and now in possession of
attorneys for the defense, be turned,
over to the prosecution.