Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O'NEIL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
S’NEILL. ~__NEBRASKA
There Is a precedent for the curious
case of the ship's paperi of the Marls
iQuesada thrown overboard by the cap
tain and found by some Brazilians In
|»ie stomach of a shark, reported a short
time ago. A case occurred In 1799. re
corded by the Dictionary of National
Biography, in the article on Michael
Fitton. Fitton. w-hile in command of
the Ferret In the West Indies, caught
» shark and found in its stomach the
papers of the American brig Nancy.
(Acting on the Information of the papers,
the brig was captured by Fltton's Sub
ordinate, Whylie, in command of the
'Sparrow cutter. The papers are still
preserved in the Museum of the Royal
United Service institution.
Henry C. Belter, of Pittsburgh, Fa.,
bought the George McGuire farm,
which was cleared by Captain Michael
McGuire, a veteran of the revolutionary
war and a pioneer of the Allegheny
ftiountalns, and this Is the first time in
134 years the property has passed from
the possession of members of the Mc
Guire family.
A method has been found of ex
tracting and drying the light produc
ing organs of the firefly without im
pairing the power of the substance to
phosphoresce, according to the Popu
lar Science Monthly. When water con
taining oxygen is added to the powder
it gives the golden glow of the Ore
fly's light.
The correspondent of a Syracuse (N.
T.) newspaper asserts that, to hie
knowledge, no cancer sufferer has evor
been poisoned by poison Ivy and lays
claims, unless some one else can cite
such a case, to the discovery of a
cure. His cheerful assumption that
whatever does not kill, cures, is at least
refreshing.
Bread is made from chestnuts by the
mountain peasantry in Italy and
France. After the nuts have been
blanched they are dried and ground
From this flour a sweet and hoavy
cake is made which resembles the oaten
meal cakes so popular in Scotland.
Bean milk is said to be a favorite
article of Chinese diet, the oriental
being, It would seem, an expert in the
gentle rite of milking beans, though one
Imagines the famed Mexican Jumping
article might present a problem even
to the expert manipulator.
A new disinfectant, a by-produot In
the manufacturer of turpentine, Is
more than four times as powerful as
carbollo acid for disinfecting purposes,
yet nontoxlo and without harmful ef
fects on delicate membranes or with
AO.UI l VO ur 1Z10UUH.
W. F. Turrentlne, editor of the Wet
more (Mo.) Spectator, was defeated for
oounty clerk of Nemaha county at the
recent election, but he Is a good loser.
"For a short legged fellow I didn't run
so bad," was his only post eleotion
comment.
An English street railway Is ex
perimenting with a car that takes cur
rent from an overhead wire and runs
on rails as far as they are laid, then
completes Its Journey over ordinary
roadways, using storage batteries foi
power.
Figures recently gathered by the
United States geological survey show
that the world’s production of petro
leum last year was the greatest on rec
ord, amounting to 429,882,678 barrels, n
gain of 7 per cent over 1814.
Tobacco Is now being raised ta the
province of Quebec. The area devoted
to Its cultivation In 1916 amounted to
about 5,000 acres, which was slightly
more than 1914, and the yield an acre
was about 1,000 pounds.
About 4,000,000 tons of herrings are
caught In Japan every year. This
enormous quantity Is not used only for
human consumption; about four-flfthe
of It Is used as a fertiliser for the rice
neias.
.,*A,_??lentlno instrument named the
turbidimeter" has been Invented for
the purpose of measuring the turbidity
of spinal fluids, with a view to aiding
the diagnosis of mental diseases.
A machine has been perfected In Sax
ony that embroiders designs on throe
dozen pairs of stockings at once, a bat
tery of needles making 288 stitches sim
ultaneously.
■./rain.* improving the quality
•f I hlllppine tobacco the Insular grov^
eminent has put In fores a law requir
ing the Inspection of all that Is export
Some language students maintain
dhat Irish brogue Is the ancient wttT oi
pronouncing English, preserved In Its
purity by residents of the Emerald Isle.
A wooden cup with rubber feet to
prevent It slipping has been Invented
by an Englishman to help one armed
persons eat eggs.
An Inventor has combined an auto
mobile horn and headlight, the sound
Being produced back of the lamp and
Issuing around It.
To Insure hosnttnl lutum. U...1—
warm meals an electrically heated
wagon to hold several food trays has
been Invented.
A steering wheel, adjustable to sev
eral positions, has been Invented to re
place the handle bare of a bicycle oi
motorcycle.
A baby carrier to be hung to the
back of an automobile seat and which
can be folded flat when empty has beer
paten ed.
More than half of Australia has an
annual rainfall of less than IB Inches
and more than one-third less than 10
inches.
A device called a detectature has
been Invented to permit a man In on*
room to watch a cash register In an
other.
Experiments with cooling buildings
by forcing air through hollow walls
with electric fans are being tried in
India.
Apparatus to enable a man to cut his
own hair, or that of other men without
Instruction Is a recent Invention.
In France nearly BOO acres of land
ore devoted to raising young trees of
peculiar shape for umbrella handles.
Forty-nine factories In the United
States make needles and pins, and all
report an Increase in buslnees.
Judge Steere, of Brooklyn, N. Y..
rules that a husband may legally spank
a wife who refuses kisses.
■After extensive experimenting an
Englishman has perfected a steam
driven motorcycle.
_ Men do**, Argentina, has 75.000 peo
SNOW GREAT BENEFIT
TO NEBRASKA WHEAT
Pall Seeding Was Badly In Need
of Moisture—Snow of More
Benefit Than Rain.
Lincoln. Neb.. Oct. 23.—Grain men
say that the four-inch snow which cov
ered nearly all of Nebraska as a result
of Wednesday night's storm was the
best thing that could have happened
for the wheat crop. Wheat was begin
ning to need moisture, the usual fall
rains having absented themselves from
most of the state. Grain was already
showing distress.
The snow is better than the rain be
cause it will remain to soak Into the
ground, whereas a rain would have
gone off largely in surface drainage.
8AYS RAILROAD WRECK DUE
TO CARELES8NESS OF EMPLOYES
Lincoln. Neb., Oct. 28.—Railway
Commissioner Hall Is h^ck from an In
vestigation, made in conjunction with
two Inspectors of the Interstate Com
merce commission, of the Smlthfield
wreck last Sunday, when 13 stockmen
were crushed to death by the third
section of a stock train running into
the section ahead. They were running
close together. Mr. Hall heard the wit
nesses and went over the ground. He
says that the wreck was due to the
failure of employes of the Burlington
to properly safeguard the operation of
the two trains. The wreck would have
been avoided had the engineer on the
third section had his headlight burning
or If the rear brakeman of the second
section had hurried a little in flagging
the train following. The headlight of
the engine had gone out at Eustis, 20
miles away, and had been replaced by
an ordinary white lantern.
MISSOURI PACIFIC REBELS
ON STATE BOARD’S ORDER
Lincoln. Neb.. Oct. 23.—Now It Is the
Missouri Pacific railroad company that
Is showing its disregard for the feel
ings and orders of the state board of
commissioners. The board recently Is
sued an order to railroad companies
requiring them to return to the origi
nating line nil system cars and foreign
box cars received In switching. The
order was necessary In order to pre
vent what is known as car stealing,
but the Missouri Pacific has indicated
that It Intends to appeal to the su
preme court from the order. The road
In listed at the commission office as
being the most requent offender in the
matter of reloading cars after they
have been emptied and sending them
to other Btates, while not delivering
cars to the roads that sent them. The
order was Issued to aid in breaking up
the car shortage.
FORMAL CHARGES AGAINST
UNIVERSITY SIGMA CHI
Lincoln. Neb., Oct. 23.—National of
ficers of the Sigma Chi fraternity are
?n route to Lincoln to Investigate
charges made against the local chapter
by university authorities. The frat has
had a reputation in university circle*
cf being the limit in frolicsomeness, but
In the present Instance the members
seem to have gone far. Two of them
were fined the other day $10 apleco for
stealing billiard balls, and an oriental
rug that disappeared some weeks ago
from a hotel after a fraternity dance
was located In the chapter house. The
frat was In trouble at the last semester.
It numbers in its membership a number
of men now prominent in business and
professional life, but they have been
unable to keep the young fellows in
Him. ^
HIGHER ASSESSMENTS FOR
ROYAL ARCANUM MEMBERS
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 23.—Nebraska
members of the Royal Arcanum have
received notice that after December 1
they will be called upon the pay greatly
increased rates. The new ones will, In
some Instances, be double those of the
present tariff. The ones hit hardest
are the older members. A man of 70
must pay $10.64 a month per $1,000.
The new tariffs require the payment of
the rate for the nearest year to the
member's present attained rate.
Teach Wives to Bake Bread.
From the Chicago News.
Bread “like mother used to make"
has become a reality In Chicago. In
creased prices of the baker's product
sent housewives rushing to the demon
stration in home bread baking ar
ranged by the Women’s Association of
Commerce In Schiller hall, where rich
brown loaves that brought back mem
ories of vine covered cottages and
country dinners were turned out with
remarkable swiftness and ease. It was
the free school in baking of white,
whole wheat and corn bread.
"This Is our answer to the threatened
Increase In cost of bread, whatever
may be its ^ause," said Miss Florence
King, president of the association.
“Home made bread that Is baked right
cannot be equaled anywhere. But mak
ing bread In the home has become a
lost art in the cities, and largely so In
the small towns, because it has been so
convenient to run around the corner to
a store or bakery and buy a loaf for
g nickel.
"We have been trying for a long time
to get housewives to return to the old
custom of making their own bread, be
cause It is so much better, fresher and
has that richness of flavor that cannot
be duplicated In any wholesale bakery.
The present movement to raise the
prices gives us an opportunity to Im
press upon housekeepers and home
makers the advantages and economy ol
twn homes."
Children should be taught from the
beginning the great moral law of cause
und effect; not to look for wealth with
out work, for honor without honesty
Teach them that character stands
above surroundings and that esteem
should be bestowed where it is due
whether for mental endowment or ma
terial wealth.
It Is not all of morals to moralize
and less precept and more example is
to be commended. The living realiza
tion. the quiet suggestion, the favor
able opportunity are the efficient
teachers. Ignorance is responsible foi
a great deal of wickedness, but evl
example nnd parental neglect are re
sponsible for vastly more.
A sense of right and wrong shouk
be cultivated early In a child's Ilf*
and much may be accomplished in this
direction before the child leaves th<
mother's nursery training.
At the end of the handle of a recent
ly patented broom is a hinged box
which permits the insertion of nev
broom corn when the old has been won
out.
Haiti is not much of a customer fo
automobiles, only 20 being reported re
tently around Port au Prince, the cap
ital. Of these, more than half wer
operated as public conveyances.
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Rejected for the United States jna
rine corps because his "trigger” flnge
was missing, an Oklahoma man wen
to a shooting gallery nearby and mad
25 straight hits on a moving target.
EDITORS WILL MEET
AT LINCOLN NOV. 13
Social Session on Evening of
November 17—Question of
Field Secretary.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 21.—At the meet
ing of the Nebraska Press association,
to be held at Lincoln in November, the
question will be brought up of employ
ing a field secretary, as the publishers
of Iowa now do. An amendment has
been proposed to the association con
stitution, giving the executive commit
tee power to employ a field secretary.;
O. L. Caswell, publisher of the Denison,
(la.) Bulletin, and field secretary of
the Iowa Press association, will bo
present and explain the workings of
the plan.
Members of the newspaper fraternity
in Lincoln will tender a reception to
the visiting editors at the Commercial
club rooms on the evening of Novem
ber 17. This will be the only sociul
feature of the session. Among the
program numbers at the business
meeting on November 18 are:
Paper, "Should We Increase Our Sub
scription Prices”—Anna A. Hunt, Ponca
Advocate. Discussion led by C. B. Cass,
Ravenna News.
Paper, "Bargain Days. Do They Pay
tile Publisher? Do They Pay the Mer
chant? How to Conduct Them”—C. H.
Kuhle, Leigh World. Discussion led by C.
G. Carlton, Oakland Independent.
Address, "Are Nebraska Newspapers
Meeting Their Opportunities? What They
Most Need.”—W. R, Watson, Omaha
World-Herald.
Paper, “The Itinerant and His Ad
Scheme."—Frank Brown, Kearney Times, j
Discussion led by W. C. Israel, Havelock
Post.
Paper, “The Cost System Up to Date."
—Ray Hammond, Fremont Tribune.
Address, "Our Legislative Needs."—H
M. Davis, Ord Journal.
Paper, "How to Get and Maintain an l
Adequate Advertising Rate."—J. F. Web- ;
ster, St. Paul Phonograph. Discussion led j
by A. D. Scott, Edgar Sun.
Paper. "Foreign Advertising and How to
Handle It."—Lloyd Swain, Columbus Tele- i
gram. Discussion led by E. R. Purcell, :
Broken Bow Chief.
Address, "What a Field Secretary Could I
Do for the Publisher.”—G. L. Caswell, :
Denison, la.
NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN FOR
ODD FELLOWS GRAND LODGE
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 21.—Lincoln was
chosen for the meeting next year of
the grand lodge of Odd Fellows and
also for the Kebekahs.
The grand lodge of Nebraska Odd
Fellows elected officers for the en
suing year Thursday morning at the
city auditorium. They were:
Grand Master—Walter V. Hoggland,
North Platte.
Grand Deputy Master E. Arthui
Carr, Lincoln.
Grand Warden—J. W. McKisslck,
Beatrice.
Grand Secretary—I. P. Gage, Fre
mont.
Grand Treasurer — F. B. Bryant
Omaha.
Grand Representative — Sam K
Greenleaf, Omaha.
The complete list of new officers In
the Daughters of Rebekah follows:
President—Mrs. Hattie Hoagland.
North Platte.
Vice President—Mrs. Dora Town
send, O’Neill.
Secretary, Mrs. Emma L. Talbot,
Omaha.
Treasurer—Mrs. Mary E. Stuht,
Omaha.
Grand Warden—Mrs. Iona Naylor,
Chad ron.
Grand Representative—Mrs. Flor
ence M. Wagner, Omaha.
FORMER HASTINGS MAN
WOUNDED IN SOMME DRIVE
Hastings, Neb., Oct. 21.—After three
narrow escapes In as many Important
battles, Including the capture of Cour
celette on September 15, Paul Ragan
son of Judge John M. Ragan, of this
city, was wounded In the Somme drive,
when columns of British men were
mowed down. A cablegram reporting
his injury was received by the family
from a relative In England, but par
ticulars were not given. Only a few
days ago the stock of Paul Ragan’s
gun was broken by shrapnel, but he
was uninjured.
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DAKOTA STATE NEWS
FRIENDS URGED TO SEE THAT
SOLDIERS ARE REGISTERED
Pierre. S. D„ Oct. 21.—Friends of
South Dakota soldiers now on the bor
der are urged to see that the names of
these soldiers are properly registered
so that they can vote. On the Tuesday
preceding election, the law provides, a
person may himself go and be regls
‘VtVU, 11 UU1 ^1 CY 1UUDIJ OV ICftlkllVl VU I
or, a judge of election, knowing of a
name not registered, may register it;
or, any person knowing of the name of
another not registered may go in and
request that It bo registered. The sol
diers can send requests for their reg
istry, but It can also be done by their
friends or relatives In South Dakota,
on the Tuesday before general election.
About 1,000 application blanks for
ballots are being prepared in Pierre to
send to the colonel of the South Da
kota regiment, to be filled out at once
by the soldiers, and sent to the re
spective voting places, requesting bal
lots. and then the ballots can be sent
them. Only upon this formal applica
tion can the ballots be sent to the ab
sent voters. As it takes about four
days to send mail to Texas, and an
other four days for the return, and four
trips are necessary to get the marked
ballots back to South Dakota, the mat
ter is being taken up at once by persons
interested in having the soldiers vote.
SIOUX FALLS MAN TAKES
OKLAHOMA SECRETARYSHIP
Sioux Falls, S. D.. Oct. 21.—Leroy M.
Gibbs, of Sioux Falls, has submitted his
acceptance of the chamber of com
merce secretaryship at Oklahoma City,
Okla. Mr. Gibbs was offered the posi
tion last Saturday by the board of di
rectors Ho v ill assume charge of the
plr r- ot later than November 15. The
salary is $5,000 a year.
Y ANKTON—The news has reached here
>f the death in France of Lieutenant Ron
ald Pierce, eldest son of J. T. M. Pierce, a
juarter of a century ago a wealthy Eng
lsh promoter here. Ronald, who was
>r.ly IS years of age. was killed by a stray
Millet, when his command #as resting
. fler a successful charge.
MADISON—The. Madison stats normal
' tehool boasts the largest per cent of in
1 ,-rease in attendance of arty of the state
nstltutlons. The attendance at the pres
snt time is 375, as compared with 205 at
this time last year, an Increase of over
12 per cent. Every department of the
• chool Is crowded. The new training de
partment buildings, now under construc
tion, will relieve the Bituaticn somewhat
^ when it is completed, but there is great
> need for a library and an auditorium.
NO INTERFERENCE ON
NEW RATE SCHEDULES
Federal Court Order Restricts
State’s Officers In Very
Decisive Manner.
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 21.—A copy of the
federal court decree in the case involv
ing the dispute between the state and
the Interstate Commerce commission
was filed with the Nebraska body to
day. The order provides that the rail
way commission, the attorney general
anl shippers "be restrained until the
final order of the court or until the
,’ourt further orders, from taking any
action whatever to prevent, interfere
with or hinder the petitioner from car
rying out the said orders of the Inter
state Commerce commission of July 3,
1916. and August 25, 1916.”
The defendants are a.lso restrained
from commencing, carrying on or en
couraging the bringing of any civil or
criminal suits for the purpose of en
forcing or recovering penalties for fail
ire to comply with the orders of the
Nebraksa state railway commission or
with the schedules of the state of Ne
braska. Tlie railroads are required to
furnish bonds to make good any over
charges should the case finally go
pgainst them.
NORTHWESTERN QUERIED
ABOUT CAR PEDDLING
Lincoln. Neb.. Oct. 21.—The North
western railroad company has been re
1 nested by the state railway commis
sion to please indicate whether it will
be necessary to reach out and compel
It to come into court and be ordered
to permit peddling from its carp or
whether it will agree to do it without
trouble. The road is the only one left
in the state that still objects. It has an
operating rule prohibiting such ped
dling, and shippers have been com
plaining that agents are enforcing it.
The rule is one that local merchants
seek to enforce to protect themselves
from peddlers’ competition and also
from the Farmers’ union, which has a
habit of ordering supplies by the car
load and having members come in and
her tneir snares.
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WANTS BUSINESS SENSE
USED IN LODGE AFFAIRS
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 21.—The applica
tion of business sense and methods to
the order of Odd Fellows was advocat
ed by Grand Master Greenleaf, in his
Rnnual report to the grand lodge at the
session just opened here. He called
particular attention to the fact that the
mileage and per diem for 400 delegates
to the annual meeting was about $5,000.
Fewer delegates and biennial sessions
were advocated. He also urged the
raising of minimum dues from $4 to $6
per year. This was voted down.
The grand secretary reported the to
tal membership in the state at the
present time at 27,364.
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j DAKOTA STATE NEWS
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BETA THETA PI BRANCH
ORGANIZED AT DEADWOOD
Rapid City, S. D„ Oct. 21.—R. L.
Hughes and J. W. Mee, this city spent
Sunday in Deadwood, attending a ban
quet of the Black Hills alumni of the
Beta Theta Pi fraternity. At this ban
quet, held in the Franklin Hotel, was
organized the Black Hills Beta club,
and plans were laid for similar affairs
to be held from time to time in the
Black Hills cities.
Beta Theta Pi is one of the largest
and best known of the college fraterni
t'es, and is the first to be represented
by an alumni club in this part of the
country. The membership is at present
as follows:
Dr. F. E. Clough, Lead, class of 1901,
Boston; Harry Sweet, Lead, 1909,
Northwestern; A. J. Kimmel, Lead,
1886, Colgate; Dr. B. F. Bettelheim,
Spearfish, 1892, Wooster; H. H. Wood
man Deadwood, Minnesota; D. D.
Evans, Sturgis, 1910, South Dakota U.;
R. A. Cruickshank, Sturgis, 1915, South
Dakota U.; J. W. Mee, Rapid City, 1912
South Dakota U.; John Burgess. Canon
City, Colo., Colorado college, 1910; R. L.
Hughes, Rapid City, Colorado college,
1912; Robert Pfohl, Rapid City, class of
1916, Wabash.
PASSES BAD CHECK SOON
AFTER LEAVING PRISON
Sioux Falls. S. D.. Oct. 21.—Within ar.
hour or two after being released from
the Sioux Falls nenitentiary after serv
ing a term, John Larson visited the
business district and passed a worth
less check. Complaint was made and hd
was soon in custody of the police. Lar
son purchased clothes to the value oi
$18, and tendered in payment a check
for $25, which was drawn on an Elk
Point bank and bore the purported sig
nature of A. Anderson. A telephone
message to Elk Point disclosed that "A.
Anderson” was unknown there. Larson,
In the new case against him, is charged
with obtaining money under false pre
tenses. Some time after being arrested
he made a break for liberty, and was
recaptured alter a spectacular pursuit
in ImdnPQq
GOVERNOR BYRNE NAMES
BENNETT COUNTY JUDGE
Pierre. S. D., Oct. 21.—Governor
Byrne has appointed P. M. Robertson,
of Martin, as county judge of Bennett
county to succeed W. E. Hooper, wht
resigned.
J. H. Starky, of Pierre, has been ap
pointed by the county central commit
tee as republican nominee for treasurer
of Hughes county to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Haaken Pierson.
MADISON—One of the most interesting
cases to be tried during a term of state
circuit court for Lake county which has
convened here is that of Anna Meyer vs.
D. W. Leighton, to recover $3,000 damages
for alleged criminal assault. The princi
pals reside on neighboring farms near
Rutland. At a former trial the plaintiff
was awarded $1,000 damages. A motion
for a new trial was granted the defendant.
Another Important ease to be tried Is that
of Jennie S. Hunter and others against
Wellington R. Reynolds, to recover from
the estate of Gilson S. Reynolds, deceased,
for two children who are said to be direct
heirs of Gilson S. Reynolds. The amount
Involved is said to be in the neighborhood
of $45,099. There already have been several
suits over the estate.
RAPID CITY—From Information re
ceived here the 640-acre homestead bill will
come up for action by congress when con
gress reassembles in December. At that
time the amendments made by the United
States Senate cither will be concurrd in o:
disagreed to. In case of concurrence the
bill will become a law immediately upon
rpproval by President Wilson. If the
House does not concur In the amendments
the result will be a conference to adjust
the difficulty between the two houses. Ac
cording to South Dakota members of con
gress who now are in the state the final
•assage of the bill in December is praa
Ically assured.
Woman Physician, After In
spection, Says Housework
More In Their Line.
Lincoln, Neb.. Hot. 20.—Instead of
spending so many hours n week in the
gymnasium and swimming pool, many
higli school girls ought to be getting an
exercise better fitted to them by doing
housework. That’s what Dr. Inez. Phil
brick told tlie school board after hav
ing completed her physical examina
tion of the young women.
“I have found girls,” she reported,
"with dangerous forms of organic heart
disease, dooming them to die in the
20s or 30s, who have been playing
basketball for four years. The kind
of muscle training the girls of this
generation need is in productive work,
in their homes, in the ordinary opera
tions of housekeeping."
Dr. Stevens, member of the board,
supported the view of the medical in
spector. He declared that no boy can
sliine in strenuous school or college
athletics without dooming himself to
an early death.
Dr. Philbrick said that 10 per cent of
the girls she examined had organic
heart trouble, and 22 per cent with
functional murmurs. These murmurs
show weak heart muscles and should
be barred from strenuous athletics. She
declared that physical training has
been along wrong lines and has been
made a fetish.
PHYSICIAN COMPELLED TO
COMPLY WITH “FEE GRAFT”
Lincoln. Neb.. Oct. 20.—The revolt of
Dr. L. Little, of Clarks, against the
tyranny of the law has been suppressed
through the power of the state beard
of health. Dr. Little refused to report
and file certificates of birth with the
local registrar on the ground that he
looked upon the 25-cent fee as a graft.
He said that all that the registrar did
was to mail the reports to the state
vital statistics office. For personal
reasons, also, he said he desired to file
direct with the board. The board sent
word to the county attorney to file a
complaint against Dr. Little. Where
upon the doctor agreed to comply with
me miv, ana us neavy nana win oe
withheld from him
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CONVICTED PLUMBERS MUST
PAY FINES ASSESSED
Lincoln, Neb.. Oct. 20.—George H.
\\ entz, a Lincoln plumber, will have
to pay the $500 fine assessed against
him by the Iowa federal court some
months ago, says the circuit court of
appeals. He was a member of the na
tional association and was indicted
with 35 others for a conspiracy to re
strain the trade of manufacturers by
adopting rules that boycotted those
who sold to master plumbers not mem
bers of the association, a method that
was expected to result in putting the
small plumber out of business. The
indicted men were not personally
charged with any . direct offense other
than being members of an association
that backed such practices. Lawyers
say that the decision will catch every
jobber who belongs to a national asso
ciation that seeks to obtain like results.
PEARSON RAISES CLAIM
POPULIST PARTY IS DEAD
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 20.—Lieutenant
Governor Pearson, who recently with
drew as the populist nomine for reelec
tiou, has filed a protest with the sec
retary of state against Edgar Howard,
the democratic nominee, being named
for the place by the state committee,
which now consists of three men. Mr.
Pearson says the party is dead, and
that its demise occurred when it failed
to hold a state convention, as provided
in the law.
Hearing on the protest will be held
by Secretary of State Pool whenever
Pearson shows up. Mr. Pool and sev
eral other democratic nominees are in
the anomalous position of having been
nominated by the populist party pri
mary, held long before the convention
date fixed by law. If Howard can be
barred, why not them? They say that
the party demise, if it occurred, was
after their nomination and they are not
affected.
Pearson was beaten by Howard for
the democratic nomination, but won
that of the populists.
CASH TOLLS ON SPEEDERS
CAUSE REVOLT OF AUTOISTS
Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 20.—Eight auto
loads of Lincoln business men are in
Papilion today to enter their protest
against the popular outdoor sport of
Sarpy county officials in arresting ev
ery machine driver who goes through
that part of the landscape in excess of
20 miles per hour. On a recent Sunday
35 speeders contributed, and 11 of them
were Lincoln men. They object to the
method, also, which is a cash payment
to the arresting officer. They are
backed by the business men of Papilion
who do not want any boycott of the
route east through their town. The
protest is being lodged with the county
commissioners.
ALLEGED DRUNKEN AUTOIST
CAUSES INJURY TO WOMAN
Pender. Neb., Oct. 20.—Both of Mrs.
Thomae R. Blair's arms were broken in
an auto accident while the family was
en route home from Fremont. A few
miles south of West Point, the car In
which they were riding was forced from
the road by the action of a drunken
driver of another auto, and the Blair
car tipped over. The car was righted
and started for West Point when the
steering gear broke and the car again
ran into tlie ditch and tipped over. Mrs
Blair was the only one injured.
BOARD WILL INVESTIGATE
WRECK NEAR ELWOOD
Lincoln. Neb., Oct. 20.—The Nebraska
state railway commission will investi
gate the Burlington wreck near Elwood
Sunday morning, when 10 men were
killed and 15 Injured. It is established
that the second section of a cattle train
was rammed by an engine hauling a
third section, and the bottom of the
way car shoved tinder a car of cattle
immediately in front. When found, the
men—dead and living—were matted to
gether undef heavy timbers. It is re
ported by men who aided in the rescue
work that there were no lights on the
caboose where the men were riding and
that the*headlight of the engine follow
ing bad gone out and had been replaced
by a lantern. There was a heavy fog at
the time.
Two inspectors of the Interstate
Commerce commission who are here
Investigating the box car shortage, are
expected to be assigned to work with
the state inspectors in the imestiga
tion.
“What misfortune th n happened to
Bishop Odo?" was a question asked of
the history class, according to a cor
respondent of the London Spectator.
"He went blind," one pupil answered.
An explanation was demanded. “There,
Eir!" triumphantly exclaimed the
youthful historian, “the ’xiolc says so.'
The sentence indicated read, "Odo war
deprived of his sea.”
Aided By French They Are \
Drawing Closer to Mon
astir, Objective of
Allied Thrust.
THE BRITISH REPORT GAINS
Teutons Are Making Steady
Progress In Latest Offen
sive In Rumania—Snow
Blocks Armies.
Palis, Oct. 23.—The official account
of operations on tho Macedonian front
issued here today says that the Ser
bian forces which crossed the Cerna
river, thrusting back the Bulgarians
and capturing several villages, are
continuing the offensive movement and
have made further progress.
XTnofficial advices also report the
Serbians, assisted by French troops,
attacking in the Kenali region to the
west, along the Florina-Monastir rail
way.
Kenali is less than 10 miles from
Mcnastlr. The Bulgarians’ position
here is declared by the entente military
commentators to be virtually out
flanked by the Serbian capture of Ve
lyselo in the Cerna sector six miles
northeast of Kenali..
The latest Bulgarian and German of
ficial statements reported the Serbians
cheeked in their Cerna valley cam
paign.
Sofia, (via London), Oct. 23.—Tr.*
repulse of all Serbian attacks in tht
Cerna bend is claimed in the official W
statement issued by the war office to
day. The statement says:
“Macedonian front: Desperate fight
ing continues in the Cerna bend, th*
Serbians displaying particular obsti
nacy in their efforts to advance, but
we repulsed all attacks by our fire and
counter attacks. Attempts to advance
toward Tarnova and the summit of
Dobroupolje failed.
"At the foot of the Belaschitsa moun
tain we dispersed an enemy company
which was trying to entrench on the
railway north of Dova Tepe. On the
Struma front the enemy bombarded in
habited places, including Seres.”
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British Make Progress
Along Road to Bapaume
London. Oct. 23.—The British on the j
Somme front have made additional A
headway in their push toward Ba- ™
paume along the main road from Al
bert, according to today's announce
ment by the war office, which records
a gain of the ground near Butte De
Wariencourt. The statement reads:
“During the night further progress
wa3 made in the neighborhood of Butte
De Wariencourt. There was intermit
tent shelling by the enemy on our front
north and south of the Ancro.
“We successfully raided enemy
trenches south of Neuvo Chapelle.”
Berlin, (via London), Oct. 23.—On the
Somme battlefield heavy firing contin
ues, says the official statement giveD
out today by the German army head
quarters staff. English attacks on the
German positions between LeSars and
Eaucourt L'Abbaye failed, the an
nouncement says:
Defenders Lose Village
On the Dobrudja Frost
Petrograd, Oct. 23, (via London).—An
attack on the Russo-Rumanian lines in
Dobrudja by Field Marshal von Mack
ensen's forc-es, yesterday, resulted in the
loss to the defenders of the village of
Kokandja, the war office announced to
day. Later attacks on the entente lines
in the same region were repulsed.
Berlin, (via London), Oct. 21.—Ger
man troops have forced their way intc
several points of the main positions of
* ue Russians and Rumanians south of
Bachova, on the Danube, in Dobrudja.
The troops of the central powers cap
tured the Black sea town of Tuzla after >
stubborn fighting and stormed the
heights northwest of Mulciova. Some
5,000 Russians have been captured by
the Teutonic and Bulgarian forces and
22 machine guns were taken. The fore
going was announced in the official
statement issued today by the German
army headquarters.
Deep Snow Is Hindering
Carpathian Operations
Petrograd, (via London), Octo. 21.—
The repulse of a Teutonic attack in the
Naryuvka district southeast of Lem
berg, in Galicia, announced by the wai
office in today’s official. In Volhynia
only artillery engagements and outpost
operations are reported. The state
ment reads:
"In the Ulianovsk and Alexandrovsk
settlements, eight versts (about five
miles north of Kiselin, 22 miles east of
Validmir Motlynsky, in Volhynia, an
artillery battle is proceeding. In the
region of Shelvov and west of Bubnov
active reconnaissances have been con
ducted by our scouts. An enemy at
tack from the Barnov farm near the,
Narayuvka (in Galicia southeast of
Lemberg) two verses (about 1>4 miles)
south of the village of Svistelniki was
repelled.
"In the wooded Carpathians snow i»
falling and has reached, in the ravines
a depth as great as 4 feet 8 inches. ’ i
"South of the Dorna Watra, near the t
Rumanian border, the enemy attacked
one of our advanced posts. Supported
by 100 Cossacks, the post repelled the
attack and put the enemy to flight,
capturing one machine gun, a trench
cannon and a number of prisoners."
Berlin, (via London), Oct. 21.—Rus
sian attempts to take trenches on the
western bank of the river Stokhod in
Volhynia, were repulsed yesterday by
troops under command of Prince Leo
pold of Bavaria. There were heavy losses
to the enemy says the official statement
today, issued at army headquarters. On
the river Narayka, in Galicia, the state
ment adits the Germans captured Rus
sian positions northwest of Skormnn
oehy, taking 150 prisoners and seven
machine guns.
SLAYERS ARE SOUGHT.
Hot Springs, Ark., O'":. 21.—A man *
and a woman were sought by the police
here today in connection with the find
ing of the body of Basil T. Smith, a
chauffeur, who apparently had been
killed and robbed and his body then
hidden in a wood.