Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O'NEIL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
rf'NEILL. ~~ NEBRASKA
Marie de Rnbutin Chantal, known to
the world os Mme. Sevigne, is supposed
to have been born in Burgundy, at the
chateau of Boubilly, in 1G26, though
both date and place are somewhat
Bbscure. In 1644 she married the Mar
quis de Sevigne. Her unhappy mar
riage was terminated by the death of
the marquis seven years afterward In
4 duel. The young widow then devoted
berself entirely to her children. When
her daughter was married to the .Mar
quis de Grlgnan, the consequent sep
aration caused the correspondence,
which although not intended for pub
lication, made her name celebrated, for
she associated with the principal actors
In the civil war of the Fronde.
Gascony, the old province of France.
Is a favorite locality to evolve heroes of
fiction. It is In the BOuthv.estei n part,
and derived its name tom the Vas
cones, a Spanish tribe, which crossed
the Pyrenees about 580. It is that
area of land between the Pyrenees the
Garonne and tho Atlantic. in F.52.
when Eleanor married Henry P'aiiiag
enet, it became an English possession
and remained so until 1463. when the
French reconquered it. Its jnhn bitants
were noted for their slowness, courage
and passion for boasting.
Aluminum, one of the most abundant
«nd widely distributed of all the metals,
was little more that? a laboratory curi
osity until, in 1886, Charles Martin Hall,
then a young man of 22, discovered a
cheap way to reduce It. When he made
his experiments aluminium cost as
much as silver. Few people ever heard
of Dr. Hall, yet his achievement is one
pf the most notable in American scien
tific history.
Augusta, Me., has registered its first
Chinese voter. Chin llong became piop
erly recorded In time for tho recent
election. He was born In Seattle 28
years ago and is married, his wife be
ing at present In China. Previous to
going to Augusta he iived for some
lime ill Boston and was at that time a
voter.
Tiie art of conversation was not al-.
ways possessed by literary men. Cole
ridge and Macaulay were said to absorb
so much time on an interesting subject
that they were generally regarded as
bores, whereas Robert Browning, with
all Ids cumbersome poetry, was fasci
nating in his talk.
Denver, Colo., has, it is believed, the
largest American flag In tho world. It
is 137 feet long and 68 feet wide. When
18 "~ary to wash the immense
fla.^ it. is hung on the sido of the mu
nicipal auditorium and a fire hose
turned on it. It takes two hours to
wash the flag.
Vehicles resembling h^hPautomo
biks. but without motors, are used in
Borne .Swiss mountain resorts for a
Bport resembling tobogganing in snow
less seasons.
Bo sensitive Is electrical apparatus
•“vented by a French scientist that it
will detect the presence of one part of
blcromute of potash In 200.000,000 parts
of water. 1
A submarine tender built for the
Brazilian navy can admit an underwa
tei boat into its hull and carry it or
subject it to extreme water pressure
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Realizing that "bass feel the hot
weather, lllbard Raymond placed a
cake of ice in a rocky cove in Bake
flnokflBh.N Y" aml 80on cau«f‘l eight
Sanitary advantage*, as well as safe
ty for their contents, are usserted for
new steel poultry shipping crates,
w'dch are to in- folded flat when empty!
A )• ranch aviator lias placed a pneu
irmtlc buffer in front of the seat of
his aeroplane, to lessen the shock
should he strike the ground heavily.
To keep a sleeping child covered a
woman has invented a combination
gatment and blanket, tho former being
buttoned about the body of its user.
An Englishman has Invented a de
vice to enable aviators In flight to pick
up messages from the ground by drop
m"* a grapnel at the end of a line.
For stringing beads quickly an in
genious German hus patented a crank
operating machine which feeds them
on the point of a threaded needle.
A new cafe and observation car has
large windows at the tables so that
duuis may get a broad view of tho
passing landscape while dining.
The chief American articll sold in
t lima Is kerosene The value of this
Slagle product exceeds all other Ameri
can imports combined.
The Philippines assembly"^ put up
a substantial prize for a means of de
a tobacco insect pest without
Injmmg the tobacco.
During the last year 79,f'81,7S5 short
ofnV'J nd *rraveI- having a value
Enlted'states! dU‘ °Ut 1,1 (he
Argentina needs sugar. The govern
ment has just authorized the admit
tance. duty free, of 35,000.000 pounds of
refined sugar.
A new spring snap for harness and
other purposes is made from a single
piece of wire, swisted and suitably
shaped.
Japan is rapidly increasing the pro
luetiOH of its r.inc mines and tho de
velopment of the zinc refining indus
try.
China lias sent government agents
tbroad to study the manufacture of
blegraph and telephone equipment.
In Wales the hedge garlic, or, as It la
more commonly called, “Jack-by-ths
tedge," is often fried with bacon.
Woman car conductor* abroad have
proved themselves much more adept in
letecting bad coins than men.
A gold nugget, weighing !« pounds,
was found recently in the Chuquniguillo
mines, near 1-s Paz, Bolivia.
France is taking official notice of the
American farm tractor in what is culled
ihe "mechanical culture."
A patented ruhlier substitute is made
t>v mixing geietine with glycerine and a
roluticn of camphor in acetone and
treating the mass with sulphur
A skate strap with a pad for the toe
ef the font to relieve the pressure has
been patent*.I.
Alaska has forbidden tile employ
ment ai bora under l. underground in
mines.
Japanese make * tvateifirnof leather
alth tn.<<e» 1 rt*ni :h* hides of ata
lions,
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■ "Dry” Federation to Atneni
Draft of Statute For Their
Benefit.
Lincoln. Neb., .Jen. s. I’nder pn-si
f lire from the druggist'; of ihe state,
1)'" law committee of the Nebraska
“Dry'’ federation has decided to amend
if:; draft of the prohibition statute and
provide only for the sale of alcohol by
the drug store: of The state after May 1.
The druggists were represented by
officers of their state association. They
said that the history of the prohibition
amen "Intents in stales whcie the drug
stores were made the disperseric • was
that it ruined the* drug business, top
ple! over all ethical standards and gave
the business a bad name. In Kansas,
if was stated, there were twice as many
drug stores as the drug business justi
fied. and since the law had been
changed restricting druggists to the
frnlo of alcohol that had been denatured
as to be used externally only, hair
the stores in the state could be bought
with the fixtures thrown in free.
The other “dry” committee that is to
frame a law that will permit importa
tion of liquor for pergonal use will meet
next week. Its members say that a
‘ hone dry” law would be a breach of,
faith with voters who were led to be
lieve the saloon was the object of al
ia ek.
TROOPERS, INCENSED AT
ORDER, BURN UNIFORMS
Omaha. Neb., Jan. 8.—Incensed at
what was said to be orders from tho
war department that guardsmen’s uni
forms should be returned to the state
when the militiamen are mustered out
of the federal service, several compa
nies of the Fourth regiment, Nebraska
national guard, now- at Fort Crook,
|>maha, destroyed their uniforms.
Guardsmen who turned their clothing
fn to the state guard officers were is
sued uniforms unfit for wear, some of
then; being so ragged, the guardsmen
raid, it was necessary to telegraph
home or to friends for other clothing,
or money with which to buy it. Guards
men asserted the uniforms had been
purchased by them and did not belong
x o the state.
Adj. Gen. Phil Hall told the guards
men it was a “shame, but orders,” ac
cording to several privates, and an
nounced all the uniforms would be tak
en by the state.
Some of the guardsmen cut or ripped
their uniforms until they were useless,
and others burned them.
The fourth regiment returned a week
ago from duty on the Mexican border.
FULLER PLEADS GUILTY;
GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 8.— Floyd Fuller,
nf Lexington, Neb., who on December
21 shot and killed his sweetheart,
J uothy Rader-Carberry, when she
I u t him by appointment on a crowded
street in Omaha, pleaded guilty to sec
ond degree murder ami was sentenced
to life imprisonment. A. F. Perrier, of
Julesburg, Colo., deputy district at
torney and assistant county attorney
pf Sedgewick county, grandfather
file girl, assisted the prosecution. Me
: aid he came to see that "his dead
granddaughter got justice."
For the first time Fuller broke the
silence he has kept since the murder.
Me aid to the judge:
"l tried for weeks to stave it off. I
prayed to God to strike her dead if she
vs •* not true to me.”
The judge cut short his remarks and
« *d\ed him to plead guilty or not guilty.
1 oiler claimed the girl once had been
I .s wife.
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‘DROWN ID” OMAHA BOY
IS FOUND AT LINCOLN
Li.i oin. Ni'i)., .Lin. 5k Whil»: the par-*
ints of Pari A’ei ker. a {(-year-old Oma
ha md. wt'ic mourning hiui as drowned,
i victim of the Missouri river, the
yv.nth was enjoying himself as a tem
porary guest of the city of Lincoln.
The lad was picked up ul the station
the other day. He said that he had
luken soma money from his papa and
he guessed lu* would rather not go
home. lie was hi search of u former
hoarder, lie was put in the detention
home while the hoarder was being
.searelied for.
Friday morning, a policemen who had
handles the ease saw in an Omaha
paper that Pari Merker had disap
peared from homo and that a com
panion had said he saw him slip on
the 1 ank of the river and fall into it.
The boy’s father was communicated
with ami the family grief turned into
joy. The father took him home.
STATE WIDE OBSERVANCE
BY NEBRASKA PLANNED
Lincoln. Neb.. Jail. S. Nebraska will
celebrate the semicentennial of its en
trance to the union this year and plans
for a statewide observance of the event
are being made. ✓
The hrst program will he held on
Lincoln’s birthday, February 12. in ev
ery school district in the state. All
churches and Sunday schools in the
state have been asked to give special
programs commemorative of Nebras
ka’s statehood entry on February 25.
The final program will be held in every
county seat in the stato on March 1.
Nebraska was admitted to statehood
on March 1, 1867, after several attempts
had been made in congress to secure
the passage of the necessary enabling
act.
DR. WILD CHANGES REPORT;
FILES IT SECOND TIME
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. t -Or. Williams
F. Wild, who is in charge of the slate
hoard of health laboratory, lias filed
a second report of bis activities during
the year. The board of health is a
double barreled concern, with an in
spector, who reports to the same body
as does the bacteriologist. In his first
report, Dr. Wild declared that he bad
been unable to get any assistance from
‘"the Individual" who occupies the po
sition of health inspector, meaning Dr.
Case.
He also made statements to indicate
his firmly held heiier that the board
of secretaries, all doctors, were useless
appendages. He referred to one secre
tary. Dr. Carr, as listing supported
both candidates for on. office, the oc
cupant of which chooses the secretar
ies. Carr kicked. Case kicked, and
did a member of the state board of
health. Case is said to have threatened
trouble. Anyway, the doctor has tom
off the offending page and refiled his
report.
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NEBRASKA TOWNS L03E
SUIT AGAINST ROADS
Washington, D. C„ Dec. 6.—The In
terstate Commerce commission has dis.
missed a complaint of the Urand Island
Commercial club and the Commercial
club o' Ila dijigs. against the Mow York
Cent!r.l and carious railroads.
Aliegst iiic r that rates on carious
commodities from centra! and mcpi
territories, and from the south t,
tlrand Inland and Hastings wee unfaii
as compared w.tii tate* to Missoni'* til
er e;*.***: n_js *er« not upheld
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>n the S’Tec.nti'v.e, l oth Nc
fcr&ska Houses Take
Vacation.
L?r.< !u, X. b.. Jan. G.—Immediate'V
L,\[ wng the inaugural ceromorves
"'ll : . a, ho. i: house of tne
-r.sliUure pi.: 1 lib :s arut ;u!
jouMia.; until i • i y afternoon.
Tai.* first \v< > i. was i...a. i\eu by vi leisure
ly or; aniaai; n «u‘ the f.oure; but, as
it : a l way.4 a h l » part el out ^ Hi'
c ommittee i rain . .is *i| ami member
•mips, It yras lit* ' :v;.i i y vo take *omi I
or mure days for the job. This will
not be completed until Monday “r
Tuesday. 1'ntil there are committees
to whom bills may be referred, it is not
considered regular to introduce1 any
bills; and. there being nothing more to
do, most of the members hiked home.
Tuesday was chosen as the day foi
meeting again, because members like to
stay over Sunday at home, and when
they do that they can’t reach Lincoln
until Tuesday morning.
ocnooi Lanas riijm.
Several measures aside from prohi
bition bid fair to occupy time and in
tention. A big light is scheduled over
the renewal of the attempt of western
Nebraska to secure the sale of school
lands. The land commissioners have
fought this effort successfully in trie
past, asserting the stale ought to keep
them and take the unearned increment
to herself, while the western landown
ers wont to buy the land now and get
the rise in values for themselves. An
other fight scheduled is over the mat
ter of telephone tolls. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Howard thinks a maximum
charge should be fixed for long distance
calls. The phone companies say that
if toll charges are reduced, exchange
station rentals must be increased, as
both are taken into consideration by
the railroad commission when fixing
exchange rates.
Insurance Agents Have Bill.
The insurance agents’ association
will be present with a bill to give the
state insurance commissioner power to
tlx fire rates to prevent discrimination.
They are not so keen about this now
as at previous sessions, because the big
eastern companies that dominate the
rate situation have used their com
bined influence to stifle competition be
tween their local agents.
TELLS CURIOUS STORY
ABOUT COURT PROCEDURE
Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 6. -John P. Price
told a curious story in district court
todav, where he was seeking his lib
erty through the well worn habeas
corpus route. Price says that O. L.
Clark, a justice of the peace, is attor
ney for Jiis wife in a divorce proceed
ing. She secured a decree while he
was absent from the city and he called
upon her to protest. She had him ar
rested in Justice Clark’s court on a
charge of assaulting her. Clark re
fused. he said, to let him send for an
attorney, am* on ids ex-wife’s state
ment. contradicted by himself, the jus
tice ordered him sent to jail for
days. He asked the jailor to be al
lowed to see an attorney, but was told
the justice had given orders that the
request be denied, if made. He says
it is all a conspiracy to keep him
where he can’t make a fight to have
the decree sot aside.
NEBRASKA HAS OVER
$11,000,000 ON HAND
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 6.—State Treas
urer Hall turned over to himself as his
successor the sum of $l,615.878.34 in
cash and $9,903,648.33 in bonds, which
represents the actual wealth of the
commonwealth of Nebraska at this
date. The cash actually on hand is
j $233.68. the remainder being in state
depositories that pay 3 per cent inter
est for the pleasure of handling the
,-oin. The nearly Si0,000.000 of bonds
is owned by the school department of
the state, and the interest thereon is
distributed twice a y£ar to the various
schools for their support.
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CLAYBURN. ELECTED CUSTODIAN
THURSDAY, RESIGNS TODAY
Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. (>. -Henry ('lay
burn. 1 Matte county, two years ago
member of the lower house of the state
legislature, but defeated this year, was
also defeated in the election for ser
geant at arms, but was given the ctf
fice of custodian of the gallery. 'Phis
appointment was made Thursday. Now
Mr. Olayburn announces his resigna
tion. Mr. (May burn is very English
and drops bis ’Mis.” the committee of
emploves is made up of three Germans.
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DAIRY INSPECTOR THOUGHT
HE WOULD BE SECRETARY
Lincoln. Neb., Jan. <h —The selection
of Lee Metcalfe as private secretary to
the new governor has caused one case
of heart burning that is in the breast
of Y. K. Stahl, of Seward, one of the
food and dairy inspectors. Governor
Neville asked him how he would like
to be private secretary and be said it
would suit him fine. He took this to
be a proffer and told his friends of Ins
coining honor. Rut he lost out.
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TWO NORFOLK BOYS
KILLED BY TRAIN
Norfolk. Neb.. Jan. 6. -Uonakl Shoe
maker. 7 years oid. onlv son of M • s.
Sadie Shoemaker, a vidow. and Waiter
\pfel. 14 years old, son of Mr. and
Mis. Henry Apfcl, were run over and
family injured by a Northwestern
switch engine here yesterday afternoon.
'Pbe two boys v. i e riding to-ether
on » sled and reached the railroad
crossing about the same time as the
engine. Roth hoy* were terribly man
gled.
WRST POINT Tlie death of WP.lirm
Pet.:, octogenarian, occurred at the fani'lv
hmne northeast of this city. Mr. Pet"
v.'mb ,.re of ibe first homesteader* here,
locating in tlie late 'flu* and had mcuimi
Uitevl a large* estatfi. His relatives and
descendants are among the m. ct influen
tial people in the comity. lie was a na
tive iif Hermany oid lenves a large family
of grown children. 'Phe funeral held
under the suspice* - -f the Oj-mw»i LuUi
evcn chin ch.
WKST IMP NT « '»>1. J. (\ KllloH. «->:mty
a icrney els -i. former p •<*, maste- > cd
pro;• i f tr.e West Pob;t llenu ’l *>‘n.
been :j •nidnted a member of the city
coun.il to Mil the vn'Miiri • .sc j by t!?»
dcita of Councilman Ibcvdg of the Met - i
end ward.
WRST POINT T’l* terms of district j
co at for t .e yea” MM7 for t ie Ninth ju- I
dki.d district have hern sc-t t > .lodge# A.
A. Well h and William Y. Allen, .n fob i
lows; Matiir. n ■ • nitty, Januaix '_■?* and j
f • >t«*nM>* • *'•; Stanton • oin tv. Mar h * ;
ar .1 September 17: f>:' : e auty. .\f: tvh
p*. hr.d September LM: Antelo;.** » *. ity.
\ta 2 and i letuher 1: (’c'ciajr ■ i. tv
April !' an*; (> lob* K*n»x «*>urttv. April
U, .< t*<l ( >< to -r J Wa > i « onr.iy. A il
j: Oct- ».*•• A hktult v cases have :•
as .gned fo- the tire*, week in each \ ».V1
aid jury ••as** for t # **.- ■■•••I n . P r
t repn ter for Judge Alien i« X! -
I Ktcvj. * f Norfolk, and it r Ji • ?<. Welch.
V* if. Kr.ijf, «»f W%>n«.
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Morehead, In Address to Legis
lature, Suggests Many
Changes.
Lincoln, Neb,, Jan. 6.—In his mes
sage to the legislature, delivered to the
joint session this afternoon. Governor
Morehead took strong grounds in favor
of the adoption of the short ballot. He
declared that his experience of four
years as the executive head of the gov
ernment convinced him that greater
efficiency and economy would be pos
sible if only the more important of
ficers were elected and the power of
appointing a!! others delegated to these,
lie said that all close observers of poli
ties were of the opinion that voters
concentrated attention only on the
more Important officers, and he
thought the governor or some board
ought to do the governing and appoint
ing.
Need New Capitol.
Governor Morehead gave as his opin
ion that the present capitol building is
not in keeping with the present de
velopment of the state, and that any
money expended should he for per
manent results. If a wing is decided
upon then it should he built with the
future erection of a complete capital
in view. He recommends the creation
of a building committee of public
spirited citizens to superintend the ex
penditure of tlie money, if it is de
termined that a new building is neces
sary he suggests a small levy to create
a fund that will bring in the needed
money in time.
The governor is also convinced that
in order to safeguard the guaranty de
posit fund, the state banking hoard
should he given power to absolutely
limit the number of banks. He is also
id favor of a four-year term for state
officers and making them ineligible for
re-election.
.the governor thinks the primary law'
should bo amended so as to attract
higher grade men into office, and sug
gests a committee to consider the im
provement of the law.
Separata Schools From Politics.
Air. Morehead is also convinced that
the schools should be taken out of poli
tics and favors nonpartisan nomination
and election of superintendents. 11a
urges that associate justices of the su
preme court be elected by districts.
The water power situation, he thinks,
calls for attention. Other recommen
dations are:
Legislation that will unify the health
department and give the state better
sanitary laws; ample appropriations
for the state institutions; the inaug
uration of a system of good permanent
roads and tiie use of convict labor
where possible; consolidation of tlw
hotel department with the food, drug
dairy ami oil inspection, or at leas!
the use of the latter’s inspection force;
placing dairy inspectors under state
farm dairy department: placing addi
tional duties on the printing commis
sioner, particularly the purchase of all
stationery and office equipment.
1-1 is only pronouncement upon pro
hibition legislation is:
"At the last election the people of
this stale registered their will on the
liquor question. By many able law
vets. it is held that the constitutional
amendment is self acting, and that fur
ther legislation is not required. 1 do
not take issue U'ith this view; never
theless, I feel that some legislation is
necessary in order to get the desired
results from this amendment, and I
urge such action as in your wisdom
may seem best to carry out the will of
tin* people."
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♦ TREE GREW AROUND 4j
4 BLADE OF KNIFE 4j
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4 Harfington. Neb., Jan. fi.—J. ♦
4 D. (’lair Smith, the county sur- 4
4 veyor, has presented to the li- 4
4 brary a piece of scrub oak about 4
4 fix 18 inches, which has grown 4
4 completely around the blade of 4
4 an old pocket knife. It is thought 4
4 that the knife was stuck into 4
4 the tree when it was a sapling, 4
4 as only the handle now pro- 4
4 trtides from the tree. Mr. Smith 4
4 discovered the curiosity while 4
4 surveying for the Brooks’ Bot- 4
4 tom ditch and cut out the sec- 4
4 tion in which the knife was im- 4
4 bedded. Judging by the number 4
4 of rings in the wood the knife 4
♦ must have been there about 50 4
4 years. 4
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IdXrOLN v telegram from Plekrrll, a
small town in Gage county, tells of great
excitement ih that section because of
mysterious rappings and knockings which
have* been occurring at the home of Peter
Schank. out in the country. It began Sun
day evening and has continued at inter
vals both afternoon and evening. Its
source can not be traced, and the credu
lous of rlv* neighborhood are quite sure it
Is the work of spirits and portends some
thing awful. Mr. Srhank’s mother resides
in Germany and he thinks that she is in
trouble an<l is trying to communicate with
him. Hundreds f people have visited the
home and testify to hearing the rappings
on the windows
TIH'RSTOX—Fin* which started from
the chimney of Fuller «X- Co.’s general
merchandise store at about midnight
Tuesday, destroyed that store, the Thur's
ton posloffice and the store of the Thurs
ton Mercantile company. Lack of water
supply made efforts to restrain the flames
wholly useless. Apparatus was sent by
vail from i'lmer.Mcn, but li arrived too late
to be of any c.se. .The loss, which was es
tima'-ed at SjflMK*’ was protected by in*ui -
«nc» to the extent of i*> per cent.
McNamara balky, punished.
Sun Quentin, Cal.. Jan. A.—James B.
McNamara, serving a life sentence in
the state- prison here l4r dynamiting
tiie I,on Angeles Times building in 19ib,
when -b liv'-s were lost, has been or
tiere.fi ii ... me disciplinary dungeon for
iuv, to work in the jute mill. Ac
<,thing to the prison officials. McNa
mara had heekng doing unsatisfactory
work in tin laundry, where he hud been
employed f'*r three and ,u half years.
When McNamaiM persisted in his re
fusal to .go the jute mill. Warden .J. A.
Job-ton sent hint to the dungeon for
three days.
HURLEY QUITS TRADE
BOARD FOR BUSINESS
Washington, Jan. 4 — Kdwar.l X. Hur
ley. of • ’hi; ago. chairman «.f the feu
dal ‘rad. commission, unexpectedly re
jig; ned t« dav, to resume b 3.si ness in
('hie;:t.o. Hr had a personal conference
with President Wilson and hie resig
nation was accepted.
PARIS REPORTS QUIET NIGHT.
Paris. Jen. A The night was <a!m
over the whole front," >«ysi tenay's ci
Aicial statement.
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’ Mattes, Nebraska City Brewer.
Championed Liquor Cause
Last Session, Claim.
Lincoln. Neb.. Jail. 5.- Prohibition
leaders look upon the action of *'he
state senate yesterday in selecting
Senator John Mattes, of Nebraska City,
as notice to them that they have a fight
on their hands to get through tnat
body the kind of a statute, they desire
lo back up the amendment.
Mattes was the leader of the liquor
forces ill the senate ol two yea's ago.
.lie has been engaged for years »n the
brewing business. Last year he spent
I a part of his time organizing branches
of the German-American alliance, an
organization that in the last campaign
lought prohibition and President Wil
son at the polls.
Senator Beall, who led tlic unavail
ing fight against his selection, declared
on the floor that the democratic party
was challenging its own good faith in
the matter of prohibition when it se
lected as its floor leader a man with a
liquor record such as Mattes possesses.
He was supported by Senator Howell,
of Douglas and Senators Sawyer and
oberlies. of Lancaster. The other '
“dry" democrats who voted for Mattes
had prepared written explanations in
which they insisted ihe liquor issue
was dead and that the people had set
i tied it. Lahners, a "wet" republican,
; voted for Mattes.
Made Liquor an Issue.
I The Mattes supporters charged the
1 opposition with dragging the liquor
j issue into the fight, but to this it was
retorted that the "wet ’ issue had been
injected by the candidacy of Mattes,
which was a direct challenge to the
"drys.”
The republicans declined to take part
in the fight. But six of them voted
against Mattes, the others not voting.
Mattes served notice before the ballot
ing that if the fight was continued
against him it would result in an
alignment that would last the session
through.
Clever politics was played by the
Mattes men. With the aid of the pre
siding officer they pushed through a
program that left the selection of a
president pro tem to the very last.
After they had delivered the offices and
the committee honors as per their
promise, they called for the vote on
Mattes, and put it across with a vote
or two to spare.
GOVERNOR NEVILLE KEEPS
SECRETARY’S NAME SECRET
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 5.—Governor
Neville has disappointed a number of
ardent democrats by staying away
from the state capita] while the legis
lature is being organized. He is ex
pected to arrive some time during the
day in preparation for the inaugura
tion tomorrow. He will bring his pri
vate secretary with him. The man’s
identity is, not known. He has been
selected, but the governor has kept si
lent about his choice. There are a few'
other places to fill, and these the gov
ernor is expected to act upon at once.
G. P. Cooper, of Omaha, has been
named by State Land Commissioner
Shumway as his deputy. June H. land
mark, of Scott's Bluff will be chief
clerk; E. B. Zimmerman, of Lincoln,
bookkeeper; Joseph C. Pinker, of West
Point, recorder, and Genevieve Chris
tenson, of Valentine, stenographer.
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BOTH NEBRASKA HOUSES
ARE FORMALLY ORGANIZED
Lincoln, Neb., Jan. ■>.—With the for
mal organization of the Nebraska leg
islature by the selection of George
Jackson, of Nuckolls county, as speak
er of the house and John Mattes, of
Otoe county, as president pro tem of
the senate, both houses have started
the active work of the session by the
appointment of committees to make
selections of the standing committees
of house and senate.
Interest in coming legislation cen
tered in the effort of an influential
body of friends of the recently adopted
prohibition amendment to tone down
the bill drafted last Saturday by the
Nebraska “dry" federation. It is
claimed this bill is too drastic in its
provisions, and if adopted will serve to
make enforcement of the prohibition
law difficult.
LINCOLN—The authorities have been
unable to find trace of the relatives of
Jack Stearns, the cook who shot and
killed Mrs. Nora Nelson because she
would not agree to marry him. and then
committed suicide. Stearns has lived in
Lincoln for a number of years. In his
possession were found several hundred
letters from the woman, which were
signed, “your loving wife.” Mrs. Nelson
came here from Edgemont, S. D.
TEKAMAH—Levi D. Phipps, a promi
nent resident of Tekamah, (lied at his
home of cancer. Mr. Phipps served Buit
county as sheriff several terms. At the
time of his death lie was deputy grand
custodian of th* Masonic lodge of Ne
braska and was well known over the
staie. He leaves a wife and two children
—Laurence D. Phipps, of Herman, and
Miss Goldie Phipps, at home.
RANDOLPH — Much excitement was
caused in or.e of the stores when Howard
Reppart, who lives in Pierce county, met
his wife and gave her a severe heating.
Reppart came to the county a short time
ago and married a 15-year-old girl.
ALLEN—Miss Mabel Krause, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Krause, promi
nent farmers residing two miles west of
town, was married in Sioux City, la., to
day, to Lester Smith.
GERMANS CAPTURE TWO
TOWNS IN DOBRUDJA
Berlin. Jan. 3. (by wireless to Say
vill«s>—The towns of Malehin and Ji
ji 1mi. in northern Dobrudja, have been
captured, it is announced officially.
NAMES HIS SECRETARY.
Lincoln. Neb.. Jan. 3. Governor
Neville this afternoon named Lee Met
calfe. son of K. L. Metcalfe, of Omaha.
hs his private secretary.
The house passed a resolution order
ing the railroad commission to get
busy and end the car shortage. Both
houses met in a joint session thi.s
• afternoon to canvass the vote.
MANY WAR REFUGEES ARRIVE.
New Y a k, Jan. 3—Nine hundred and
sixty-five irfogees fr»»ni Belgium and
j Russian Poland arrived here last nigjhi
{ from Roiterdam on the steamship
Nieuw Amsterdam, of the flcdland
Americnn line The Belgians, numb- -
ing 221. were brought here by the Bel
gian Relief society, of Chicago.
With the Belgians were .'44 Russian
Poles, in *-hary.«- of Henry C. Zure. i'bev
had been sent over with lh«t aid ..f
various polish societies. Many «f • :*
children among the refugees were in
*dequalely li'bfctd.
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An Unusual Situation Develops
When Senate Forces Appear
Airncst Eveniy Divided
on Sheppard Bill.
“DRYS” FEAR VOTE FRAUDS
Sheppard Predicts Facsage ol
Bill, Which Iowa Delegation
Supports, and Defeat of
Referendum, Tuesday.
Washington, T>. C„ .Tan. 8 .^--Whether
the District of Columbia is to be “wet”
or “dry” will, in large part, be settled
next Tuesday, when the Senate Is un
der agreement to vote on the Sheppard
bill for prohibition in the national
capital.
On that day, the bill and all amend
ments will be voted on, including the
Underwood proposition for a referen
dum of prohibition to the. people of the
district.
“Wets” Favor “Dry" Vote.
Opponents of the Sheppard bill are
lined tip for the referendum on the
theory that on a vote the district will r
go against prohibition. “Dry” senators
uro lighting the referendum, alleging
that without any regular election ma
chinery in the District of Columbia, it
will be impossible to hold an election
without fraud.
Whether the referendum will prevail
is likely to be decided in the Senate by
a vote1 or two. In committee of the
whole, the referendum was beaten by
a tie, blit there will be another test in jU
the Senate proper. The Senate is so ~
fclosely divided that no positive predic
tion can be made how it will go on the
Referendum. That the Sheppard bill
will pass the Senate either with or
without the referendum is considered
certain.
House Will Follow Senate.
Senator Sheppard predicts passage of
his bill and defeat of the referendum.
The bill has not yet passed the House,
but its advocates say if the Senate
passes it it will be driven through the
House.
Tlie "dry” members of congress and
(he “dry" forces pressing the district
bill say that a good deal more is in
volved than the local question whether
the district be “wet” or “dry." In their
opinion, a great impetus will be giver,
national prohibition if congress makes ,
the seat of government “dry” territory. t
It is for the moral effect nationally, A
even more than for the local results. ™
that the passage of the bill is being
urged. That explains why both "wets”
and “drys” the country over have their
eyes fastened on the Sheppard meas
ure. If the bill becomes law the "drys”
will be much encouraged to press a
prohibition amendment to the consti
tution to a vote. While Ihis requires
a two-thirds vote and probably eaaaot
prevail this winter, the “drys" say pas
sage of the district bill will tend to re
inforce the national amendment.
Iowa Delegation For It.
The entire Iowa delegation iu cen
gross will line up for the Sheppard bill
when given the opportunity and, like
wise, it is expected to Oppose trie ref
erendum. Senators Cummins and Ken
yon will vote for the bill and against
the referendum, and the House mem
bers will do likewise. Representative
Steele has declared he will vole for the
prohibition national amendment be
cause he believes the country should
be allowed to settle whether it. wants
it and he is also expected to vote for
the district hill if the matter is laid
before the House. Senator Kenyon has
been the leader of the fight for the
Sheppard bill on the republican side of
the Senate.
PITT WINS in
CONTEST FOR SPEAKER
Harrison County Representative
Gets 48 Out of 94 Votes—
Ramsey Chief Clei'k.
Per, Moines. Tn.. Jan. fi. M. P. Pitt,
nf Harrison county, won the speaker
ship contest on the first ballot, with
4 8 out of 94 votes. Klwood, of How
ard, receive! 28: Shorters, of Tania,
15. and Neff, of Pottawattamie’, 9. Mc
Farlane. of Blackhnwk, was elected
speaker pro tern on the second informal
ballot. \V. B. Ramsay. of Behnond was
unanimously chosen chief clerk of the
house.
A spirited contest developed over the
fight for speaker pro tern, and two bal
lots were necessary before Me Fariane
won out with 50 votes. A. W. ShiUsHit,
of Ottumwa, was second with 40 v<kes.
and Huy W. Murray, of Buena Vjsia.
third with 9. Penresenlsttixc Griffin,
of Woodbury, presided.
After the caucus. Pitt. speaker to toe.
asserted that he is for a short session
am! a business one. lie deck.red that
hr not go home over Sunday, tout
nil! here and work on his erornit
.*o they can be announced early
in the week, instead of wf»iP*n vni.ll
after inaugural recess, as usual. “Tb*
sooner the committees arc nniMc, the
sooner the house can get to v i.* a, anti
that is what we are here for.” to* said
ASKS PAY FOR KEEPING
MRS. LESLIE “18 GOOD"*
New York. Jan. H.—Papers have been
Filed in the surrogate court here cy the
Baroness AH heat TV A verna»-Sav vj.ccr.
demanding $9,700 from the esinte uf
the late Mrs. Frank Leslie, widow «f
the publisher, for “personal servMes”
performed by her. The action will stiH
further delay the bequest of $:,!P)0feGto
left by Mrs. Leslie tn the cause *>f
woman suffrage, which had h*« > he!*}
up through a contest started by her
re!ati\ es.
Thr Baroness maintains that persons
of social standing in Paris to whom
she introduced Mrs. Leslie wo.;;l
dropped her acquaintance had the
baroness interceded. For her efforts
in this respect, the baronnes e» ntrnds
she is entitled tu compensation.
CHIEF OF BELGIAN STAFF DIES.
Havre. France. Jan. 6—Hep. Maxi
millian Wieimans. chief of the* L.cigiu-w
general xtaff. is dead ut pro nmoniu.
contracted in the trexeke*.