THE O’NBL FRONTIER
' D. H. CRONIN. Publishgr.
rf'NEILL. NEBRASKA
Mauritius Is a prosperous British
colony in the south Indian ocean, sit
uated about 500 miles east of Mada
gascar. The area of the mainland is
about 716 square miles, and that of the
small neighboring Islets about four
square miles. Of the 382.740 inhabit
ants at the end of 1915, 261,193 were
Indians, who make up the laboring ele
ment The industrial and commercial
activities of the colony are controlled
by the Maurftan descendants of the
former French and Dutch settlers and
Indian and British merchants. Most
of the commerce is carried on at l’ort
Louis, the capital and principal town,
on the northwest coast. The popula
tion of this place is about 42,000.
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In 1915 wireless reports were re
ceived as follows from various powers:
Austria-Hungary, 139,012 words; Eng
land, 1,275,908; Germany, 1,482,983;
France, 882,843; Italy, 170,407. In Mad
rid and in Barcelona the wireless men
cages are distributed to the press and
to subscribers In the form of bulletins,
blue for Austro-German news, and yel
low for news from the entente powers.
These bulletins included during the
year 1916, 3,964,978 words distributed
as follows: News from the allies, 2,
329,118 words; news from the central
empires, 1,621,995; various, 13,825. la
Madrid, alone, the wireless company
publishes an average of 6,500 words a
day.
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One of the oldest native Madagascar
industries Is the curing and manufac
turing of silk into what is called "lam
bamena;" “lamba" In Malagasy means
dress, shroud or clothing, and "inena"
means red. "Lambamena" Is made from
a heavy gray native silk principally lr.
the Betsileo country, in the southern
part of the Central plateau. This ma
terial was originally used for wrapping
the bodies of prominent natives for
burial. The more celebrated or weal
thy the deceased or his relatives were,
the more lambamena was Used; hut
this custom is boing gradually discon
tinued.
The general guild of the silk trade at
Shanghai, a Chinese organization, is
reported to have taken up on a prac
tical basis the question of tho im
provement of the methods of silk pro
duction in China. Japanese silk Is gen
erally regarded by experts os naturally
tnierior to Chinese, yet the export of
steam filature silk from Japan has
been increasing in recent years by
leaps a*d bounds, while that from
China has been at best no more than
holding its own. Two representatives
of the guild have been appointed to go
to Japan and study the methods in use
there.
It Is not generally known that honoy
is not thick and slrupy when Mrst gath
ered. It is called nectar by beekeepers,
and looks like water. When first gath
ered It can bo shaken from the combs
easily. Sometimes It is necessary to
shake bees from a brood comb and the
bees as they fall are so deluged by the
watery nectar that they look like the
proverbial "drowned rats.” This, how
•ver. does no harm, as they at once
proceed to glean each other, and when
bees dean up they do a good job.
Attention ,1s now being directed in
South Africa to the possibilities of the
“loog ash,” which Is the ash of an al
kali bush (Mesembrianthemum jun
ceum) that tjjrows extensively In many
parts of Karroo. This product has long
beon known to be rich In potash
(among other substances), and recent
analyses show that in Its potash con
tent alone Us manurial value is about
double the normal price of kainit. Tho
ash also contains materials used in
^ soap making.
A great many centuries ago, In whut
is called the prehistoric period, there
were ,strange, huge animals inhabiting
tile earth; and many of these do not
exist at the present day, and have not
existed since history began. One such
animal.was a reptile called l>y the long
name of “Tricerutops.” It was 30 feet
long and weighed about 30 tons, it
• h“J biK horns, a thick tail, an odd sort
of collar around its neck and great,
broad feet, its food, so we read was
plunt life.
According to the statistical bureau of
the Council of CongTessos of Miners, of
Manganese, Ore., there were shipped in
1916 from the Kussian ports of Poti
and Datum 9,769 short tons of Tchin
tursk mangnuese ore, against 9,7Butons
<n 191B and 793,214 tons in 1914. By the
Tchlatursk aide lineftthere were for
warded from the Tchlatursk district
(Kutuis province, TranscaucaA) 131 -
, 934 tons in 1916, of which 60™2 tons
were further forwarded by land.
The president of Peru has Issued a
decree providing for the conservation
and exploitation of all the. mineral
" springs in the country under the direc
tion uf the public health departi#nt
* This “department will disseminate In
formation on the curative properties of
the native mineral waters and will pre
vent the misuse of the springs, taking
charge of the baths anti depots where
the waters are taken.
J’he Abysslnians, who have just de
jK»se«J their emperor atul crowned-the
daughter of the Emperor Menelik in
his pia<*e, nre a race renowned for their
courage and good looks. Of a deep
browu In color, they are well formed
and handsome; intelligent and fond of
guitar, too, but their needs are very
sitnMf, and they live in primitive fash
ion |h rough, circular stone huts
• hatched with grass.
The discovery of America cost a lit
tle more than $7,000, at least so say
some documents that have Just been
* found in the achiWs of Genoa. These
documents give the value of Columbus'
fleet as $3,000. The great admiral wits
paid a salary of $300 a year, the two
captains who accompanied him received
a salary of $300 each, and the members
of the crews were paid at the rate of
$3.50 a month.
When Mrs. Mary 13. Petes, age 66.
Of Millville. N. J„ became the bride of
James Me Neal, age 68, the bride was
given in marriage by her mother, Mrs.
Janes Kacemife, age 89. The maid of
honor was Miss Blanche Hughes,
granddaughter of the bride. an«l the
bride's grandson, Harvey W. Hughes,
was best man. •
The game of golf goes back at leasj
five centuries. One of the pictures in a
Dutch illuminated Book of Hours, now
In the British museum, is a painting of
three men putting at a hole in the turf
« **■» in modem golf. Although the Dutch
men flirf play and paint golf, they did
•an write about it, so there are no rec
ord,' describing the game.
Oregon as a leader in the production
nf steel :a the ambition of Governor
Withycembp. * Th ■ state has almost
PROHIBITION IS
GIN II JOLT
“Drys” Declare Senate Amend*
ments Give “Wets” the
Best of It in Ne- •.
braska.
Bincoln, Neb.. 3faroh 24—Prohibi
tion leaders declare that if the amend
fluents offered by the "wets" to the pro
hibition bill in the senate are adopted,
the Idll might as well be killed. By a
careful comparison of the amendments
with the original bill it Is possible to
figure out an Insidious scheme, they
aver, lo render the whole law unenforc
ible and nugatory. A committee of dry
lawyers went through the amendments
section by section Thursday afternoon,
and in the wening addressed a meeting
of protest in the senate chamber, at
tended by a number of persons from
out In I he state.
The amendments apparently Justify
ihe complaints of the prohibitionists.
;The sections prohibiting clubs, prohib
iting advertising by newspaper, bulle
tin board or signs, and making coun
ties, cities and villages liable for dam
ages by reason of the unlawful sale of
booze are all stricken out. The amend
ments provide a. method whereby near
beer can be manufactured. No limit
is plneofl upon the amount a citizen
may stock up on by May 1. The pro
hibitionists say that to adopt tills or
to proscribe no limit would leave boor
legging a most profitable and well
stocked up business for an indefinite
period and would1 make the law a farce.
ou ways or urace,
The amendments also permit manu
facturers and retailers 30 days in which
to get rid of their stock after May 1,
and permits sale to retail druggists and
dealers outside the state. It strikes out
the manufacturer from the list of per
sons liubie iti civil damages for, the un
lawful sale of liquor. The section per
mitting a magistrate before whom a
persan 1s convicted of intoxication may
suspend the fine if the man will tell
where he got the booze is stricken out.
Nobody may swear out a search war
rant unless he is a resident freeholder
and nobody but regularly employed of
ficers of the law may serve these war
rants. The section permitting the coun
ty aUorney to ferret out violations by
subpoenaing for investigation persons
suspected of knowing something about
law violations is stricken out. Tho court
is not permitted, as in the original hill,
to order some other attorney to act R a
county attorney balks in n prosecutftin,
and prohibits the employment of any
lawyer paid by a private law enforce
ment association or ills appearance in a
court prosecution. The list of persons
who may sell ethyl alcohol is widely
extended. HuildtngH where joints are
permitted cannot be closed up unless
the state can prove they were run with
the consent or knowledge of the owner.
The section declaring that no one can
assert property rights in bars, fixtures
and jugs and barrels is stricken out.
because it permits the authorities to de
stroy them.
To Attack Bill.
All through the bill this thread of
logic runs. The law must be made dif
ficult of enforcement and easy of
evasion. At least that's what tho pro
hibitionists say they are prepared to
prove, and they will stage a strong at
tack on. the measure when it comes up
Tuesday.
Appropriations Piling Up.
At the request of tho legislators
Who are strong on economy. Auditor
Smith has prepared a statement show
ing how busy tho legislature has been
in lowering the cash balance that may
■be In the treasury. So far I he house
has passed bills carrying appropri
ations out of the general fund amount
ing to $5,758,134, and out of special lev
ies or funds, $5,020,762. a total of $10,
778,806. There are bills still pending
appropriating $175,000 more. The gen
eral fund levy necessary to meet the
sum appropriated from it is 5.50 mills,
which Is half a mill more than the con
stitution permits. It will probably be
changed so as to make the special
university levy i|A mills istead of 1
mill, ami pay other appropriations out
of it. The present levy for state pur
poses is 6.1 mills. If these bills carry
the total for the next two years will be
10.72. Part of the Increase comes from
special levies, aggregating 2.10 mills for
good roads, new capital wing and rural
school subsidy. .
Reed Will Not Sue.
Attorney General Heed has notified
the senate that he does not think it
possible or profitable to sue D. E.
Thojnpson and other solvent directors
of tlu> olil Capital National bank. It
failed 24 years ago with $236,000 of
state money inside. Recently persist
ent creditors of tho bank secured from
tlie federal supreme court n decision
which gave them $58,000 from Thomp
son and two other directors. This led
the senate and house to pass a reso
lution asking the attorney general to
get busy, because the statute of limita
tions that burs all individuals from
suing the directors does not run against
the state. The attorney general thinks
(lie suit would he useless, because tlie
courts do not look kindly upon, nor Is
M good public policy, to prosecute stule
or dormant suits.
T-9 MAKE TRAINING
• GAMP AT HARVARD
College Year Will Be Closed
Quickly in Case of War,
“Crimson" Announces.
Cambridge. Mass.. 24 — A
semi-official announcement that in the
event of war. the college sear at Har
vard university probably would be ter
minated within a short time and the
university turned into a military train
ing camp was made today. The an
nouncement was in the form of an edi
torial in the Harvard “Crimson.”
of ohile's lS7.ooo.huu acres of land
only about 22,h<MM>00 can be cultivated.
RUSH AIRPLANE WORK.
Washington. March 23. Measures to
spied up the construction ot airplanes
were discussed here at a meeting if
leading manufacturers with the oxeeu
tive committee ot' the national. ad vis
ory committee for ; • tonalities. The
conference named four members of tin
national advisory committee and three
represent a: Ives of tin aircraft manu
facturers* association, to consult furth
er on hurrying construction and
standardizing types.
Dealers in.Portugal are in the market
President Eogan, of Federal
Land Bank, Talks of
New Plans,
Omaha, Nob., March 24—D. P. li’o
giin. president of the Omaha Federal
Lind bank, has returned from Wash
ington where he attended a conference
of the presidents of the 12 federal lantl
banks, with Secretary of th< Treasury
MeAdoo and members of the federal
farm loan board.
He cxprei-sed gratification over the
fact that this conference had fixed a
flat interest rate of 5 per cent, apply
ing to all parts of the United Stater.
He declared that this interest rate
would prove a great boon to the far
mers of the middle west and predicted
that within a year the Omaha Federal
Land bank will have made loans ag
gregating $10,000,000.
Increase Size of Loans.
Mr. Hogan also announced that the
conference of bank presidents passed a
resolution requesting congress to In
crease the limit of the loans permitted
to an individual borrower from $10,000
to $25,000. He expressed the hope that
the special session of congress, soon to
convene, would make this change for
the special benefit of the Omaha bank
district, whore the average size of
farm loans Is larger than in any other
section of the United States.
In order that more funds may be
available for investment in farm loan
bonds, and in turn made available to
lend to farmers of this district, Mr.
Hogan urged that the legislatures of
Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wy
oming Immediately pass laws making
farm loan bonds approved investments
for trust funds, insurance companies
and savings banks.
Mr. Hogan announced that the bonds
issued by the 12 federal land banks
would be placed on the market at 4%
tier cent, but would probably be sold
at a premium. He expresse d gratifica
tion over the fact that the federal loan
board has anticipated that at least
$100,000,000 of these bonds will be is
sued during the coming year and Is
making arrangements which will assure
a ready market for them. All of this
money will be made available to the
farmers of the United States at 5 per
cent
To borrow from these federal land
banks, farmers are required to organ
ize themselves Into groups containing
at least 10 farmer-borrowers and each
group asking for at least $20,000 of loans.
The Omaha Federal Land bank Is new
prepared to furnish a blank form of
articles of association to make the or
ganization of these groups simple and
easy. Other necessary blanks will also
be furnished on application.
now to Borrow.
Fanners are permitted to borrow up
to r>0 per cent of the appraised value
of the land, plus 20 per cent of the
value of the permanent insured im
provements. Loans are to be made at
6 per eent find must be retired on the
mortization plan, which means repay
ment by fixed annual payments
throughout the period of the Iona. The
loans may run from fiye to 40 years,
at the option of the borrower. The
object of these long time lonas is to
enable the farmer to meet these small
annual payments out of the Increased
earnings of the land, made possible by
the investment of the borrowed money
This new bunking system is purely
cooperative. It is for the sole use of
farmers and prospective farmers. Far
mers will eventually own all of the
stock of the federal land banks and
they will elect the officers of these
banks. There is no opportunity for in
dividual profit in the entire system.
The preliminary organization of the
national form loan associations has
progressed to a degree for beyond the
expectations of the federal farm loan
board at Washington and everything
points to the unqualified success of this
new enterprise.
Create Publicity Department.
Lincoln, Neb., March 22.—The prop
osition to create a state department of
publicity was approved by the lower
house today wiien a bill to allow the
state conservation commission to em
ploy a director of publicity was passed
by a vote of CO to 27. The director is to
serve without pay, and is to have*
charge of the work of compiling, pub
lishing and otherwise giving publicity
to all the resources, industries, develop
ment find opportunities of the state,
when tile bill was up in the committee
of the whole two weeks ago, an effort
was made to tack on an amendment ap
propriating $25,000 for the work, but
this was voted down.
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AT LINCOLN CELEBRATION.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., March 24—Theo
dore Roosevelt announced that he had
accepted an invitation from the Com
mercial club of Lincoln, Neb., to be its
guest at the celebration of the semi
centennial of Nebraska’s admission to
the union, to he held at Lincoln, Juno
12, 13 and 14. lie will deliver the prin
cipal address at the celebration.
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DEPUTIES TO ENFORCE
THE GAME BIRD LAWS
Wakefield, Neb., March 24—To the
editor: Please print the following
article free of charge in the columns of
your valued newspaper:
Hunters Please Notice—Open seasons
for migratory birds, under federal reg
ulations:
Iowa and Nebraska—Waterfowl (ex
cept swans and wood ducks) coots, gal
linules and jacksnipes. September 16
to December 31 only.
No spring hunting allowed, under
penalty of laws and penitentiary.
Iowa and Nebraska—Black breasted
and golden plover and yellowlegs, open
season September 1 to December 15.
Insectivorous birds protected always.
No hunting between sunset and sun
rise in open seasons.
These are the latest rulings and will
be enforced by assistants in the work.
Deputy Richard Chinn.
NEBRASKA R. N. A. VOTE
AGAINST GIVING SUPPORT.
Fremont. Neb., March 24—At the tri
ennial convention of the Royal Neigh
bors of America, of Nebraska, here to
day. delegates voted not to instruct
delegates to support the present ad
ministration at the Buffalo convention.
Lincoln was chosen for the next tri
ennial convention. Mrs. Mary Allen,
Omaha, was elected oracle; Mrs. Klla
White. Sterling, vice oracle; Mrs. Mat
tie Carson, Lincoln, recorder.
WRST. POINT- Airs. There*** Siegel, of
Stuart, an inmate for some time or the
old people's home ar West Point, died In
that instill!Fun this morning of old age.
She was 81 years of age and a nat'w of
Austria, coming here with her family 40
years Ago and settling in Unit county,
where she leave* several children.
»VKST POINT News reached her
of the death at Plainview of Frank Mein,
a former resident of the east side. Mr.
Hein was the owner of a line farm here
which he sold and invested in a. home
>n Pierce county. He wus ®t y« ars of age
ami levee. •\ widow and four children.
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SENATE WANTS TO
BE “BOSS,” SI
So House Accepts Challenge of
Upper Body and a Fight
May Ensue—Lin
coln Notes.
Lincoln, Neb.. March 23—The house,
will take up the challenge of the sen
ate. That body passed without dissent
or debate a resolution to the effect
that It was no use for the house to send
over any hills the substance of which
tlie senate had already considered in
senate bills and indefinitely postponed;
It did thin because it considered it n
waste of time. The house has under
consideration a resolution reciting that
it will not place,,on the general file any
senate bill that covers matter the house
lias adversely acted upon. If it carries
out this threat it will kill the Robert
son bill for the sale of state school
lands, which the senate has passed.
The house has three times killed a sim
ilar measure. The enforcement .of the
rule will deny bills a second chance
and will also greatly shorten the ses
sion.
End Session in Early April.
The members are now figuring on
quitting somewhere between the 6th
and 10th of April. A sifting committee
lias charge of the general file in both
houses, and is feeding out only such
bills as the majority deems important.
In a week they will kill all bills origi
nating in the house or senate that hav<
not yet passed through the body where
It was introduced.
vj. r~. riqnis vsicrman di:i.
The Union Pacific is making a des
perate fight in the senate railroad com
mittee to prevent the Osterman hill
from being reported out. When the
Union Pacific got a right of way
through Nebraska it was given 400
feet, hut up until a few years ago it
permitted the farmers living along its
road to farm the land. The latter, when
they bought or homesteaded, were un
aware that the road, because it used
only 100 feet, had a 400 feet right of
way, and when the Union Pacific began
ejecting them they rose up and pro
tested loudly. The courts, however,
have uniformly held with the road. Mr.
Osterman has invented a plan which
ne thinks will automatically cause this
land to revert to the adjacent property
owners. The effect of the bill is to
make the company choose between
abandoning the extra right of way or
losing the right of eminent domain.
The house passed the bill. The railroad
people say they want the land to plant
trees on for tie raising purposes.
Medals to Troops.
Governor Neville has recommended
to tho legislature the appropriation of
$1,000 to purchase medals for the 1,800
national guardsmen from Nebraska
who served at the border. The bill was
introduced in the house Tuesday. This
follows previous custom and the cus
tom of other states.
Favor Murtey Plan.
After three hours’ debate the house
decided that the Murtey plan of leas
ing the school lands was preferable to
the Ollis plan. The latter proposed to
have the state land commissioner hire
expert land valuers to go over the stafe,
thus securing an appraisal without
local prejudice entering into the mat
ter. The Murtey plan was to require
the precinct assessors to do this work.
Jt was urged that the Ollis plan would
take two years and cost $15,000, while
the assessors could all do it in one year
arid at no extra cost. The vote stood
17 to 23 for the Murtey plan. The Ollis
method had the backing of most of the
members who voted to sell the lands. )
New House Bills.
The house passed the following bills:
S. F. 85, by Chappell, relating in sus
pension of sentence in misdemeanor cases;
86 for, 0 against. I t absent and not voting.
It. 11. 739. by Hughes and Radke, allows
library boards to exercise power of emi
nent domain; 56 for, 30 against, 11 absent
and not voting.
11. Jt. 152, by Dalbey. Richmond and
Dim. provides for establishment of coun
ty workhouses, 70 for, 15 against, 15 ab
sent and not voting.
11. It. 287. by Dalbey, road overseer
chosen by town board rather than by
town meeting; 64 for, 29 against, 7 absent
and not voting.
S. F. 125. by Spirk. prohibits fastening
of bills and signs on bridges and culverts;
60 for. 31 against, 9 absent and not voting.
New Senate Bills.
Tiie senate passed the following bills:
S. F. 121. by Hager, refining method of
submitting county seat removal proposi
tions.
11. Tt. 12. bases school apportionment on
enumeration of pupils.
H. R. 109. for rotation of ballot in coun
ties of 20.000 or more inhabitants.
H. K. 15, to perpetuate corners of land
surveys In highways and to pay the cost
out of the county general fund.
H. R. 155, changing date of railroad com
pany's reports to railway commission.
H. R. 103, declaring itinerant practice of
medicine and the taking of promissory
notes to bo unprofessional conduct.
II. R. 383, memorial to congress asking
for additional power for Interstate Com
merce commission to deal with car short
ages.
H. a. 50. to regulate fees of undertakers
H. U. 59. requiring counties to pay the
cost of conveying juvenile offenders.
II. K. 61, tuition of nonresident pupils
in free high schools to be paid by district
where the pupil maintained a legal resi
dence at time levy was made.
H. R. 24, changing Arthur county from
Thirteenth judicial district to the Seven
teenth. and Hogan from Thirteenth to
Twelfth district.
S. F. 143, by Wilson of Dodge, permit
ting an appeal under the railroad spur
track law either to the district court or
the railway commission and supreme
court.
PROMINENT SWEDES TO
BANQUET AT OMAHA.
Omaha, Neb.. March 21.—More than
200 persons of Swedish birth or de
scent. from Nebraska, Iowa and Kansas
will be present at the eighth annual
banquet of the Noon-Day club, which is
to be held here tonight. It will be the
occasion for the visit of several prom
inent Swedish persons, including vari
ous consuls stationed in the larger
cities of the middle west and l>r. fid ns t
F. FihlbHol. president of Bethany col
' » at l-indsborg. Kan.
Among those who are to speak to
night are Alvin F. oJhnson, of Omaha;
Nmsul C. F. Wallersterit, of Minne
iimlis, and Dr. Fihlblad. of Lindsborg.
Kan. An extensive musical program
has been provided on which is a selec
tion by the Swedish Glee club of
Amuha.
Vice Consul f\ A. Kdquist. of Omaha,
s president of the Noon-Day club, un
iler whose auspices the banquet is to
be held.
—4—
LINCOLN—Mrs. Mary Chapin, aged 91
years, tin* mother of L. C. and H. A.
Bhapfn. prcynlnent florists hero, was
burned to death in her homo. Her cloth
ing became ignited from a gas ranee anti
ihe was dead when firemen arrived.
PONCA--Patrick Gunn, aged 6s. s, pio
»cer of northeast Nebraska, died at his
home, rive miles west of Ponca, last Sun
fay night. The immediate cause f t his
• ath was cancer.
SENATE ‘ITS’ TO
Upper Chamber at Lincoln tc
Take Up House “Dry” Bill
—Still After R. B.
Howell.
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: WILL HOT BURDEN * ?
t PEOPLE FOR NORRIS ♦
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4 Lincoln, Neb.. Marf-li 22—In 4
4 answer to an inquiry from a 4
4 New York paper asking him 4
4 what course he wouW suggest 4
4 Senator Norris pursue if denied 4
4 a recall election. Governor Ne- 4
4 ville wired: “Senator Norris has 4
4 ample facility for determining 4
4 whether his action in preventing 4
4 a vote meets with the approval 4
4 of his constituents or not. I shall 4
4 not burden the people with a 4
4 special election at his sugges- 4
4 tion.” 4
4 Senator Norris is coming to 4
4 Lincoln next Monday to defend 4
4 his action. His secretary has re- 4
4 served, by telegraph, the city 4
4 auditorium for the 2Gtli. It is 4
4 presumed that the senator is 4
4 coming to the state to present 4
4 his case to the people. 4
4 4
Lincoln. Neb.. March 22—C'ontrary
to expectations, the senate has agreed
to give a speedy hearing and considera
tion to the prohibitory bill as it passed
the house. The sifting committee is
controlled by the "wets,” and as it
manifested no intention of doing any
thing to advance the bill, Senator Beal,
democrat and “dry,” moved that it be
made a special order for Thursday
afternoon at 2 o’clock. The opponents
of the bill as it came from the house
made no very strenuous opposition.
It is suspected that the "wet” ma
jority will attempt to so amend* the bill
that it will not be accepted by the
house or the governor, and thus bring
about what the “wets” most desire, no
law backing up the prohibitory amend
ment. It is necessary to create a new
machine for enforcing it, but as th^,
“wets” don’t want it enforced this ar
gument does not appeal to them.
Friends of the measure feel confident
that the “wets” will not he able to
hold all of their faction for the reason
that several of them were elected on
their pledge that they would accept the
verdict of the people as conclusive and
would see that their wishes were car
ried out.
The senat§ sifting committee has
placed at the head of the file a hill in
tended to get tile official scalp of R. B.
Howell as head of the Omaha water
hoard. Howell is also republican na
tional committeeman, and one bill that
did not get far provided that no man
could hold both of these offices. The
present bill seeks to accomplish the
same result by amending the present
law, which provides for a board of three
republicans and three democrats, and
providing that seven directors shall be
elected. As Omaha is generally demo
cratic this would mean the eventual
dropping of Howell. His activity on
behalf of other public service functions
be taken over By the people are at the
bottom of the effort.
Regan Will Investigate.
if anybody around Norfolk is plan
ning to sell a sandheap to the state at
4200 an acre, they must look out for
Representative Lick Regan. To quiet
tile fears of the house and to insure the
passage of a bill to appropriate $31,400
to buy tiie land, Mr. Regan promised tc
go to Norfolk and look it over, if it is
not worth $200 or is undesirable, he
will recommend that the bill be killed.
The board of control wants it for dairy
ing purposes. Chairman Rieschick of
the finance committee fought the bill,
hut was steam-rollered. The institu
tion now has 4110 acres of land, but
only S3 acres of it can be cultivated tie
cause of its sandy character. Of the
remainder 131 is in li.Yv. 100 in alfalfa,
34 accommodate the buildings and IS
tile barns.
Because the claim was made that the
hoard of control desired the land. Reis
ner launched a savage attack on the
members. He said Chairman Gerdes
was too old a man, Holcomb was not
physically able and Maytield was a po
litical regenado who had sold his birth
right for a mess of pottage. McAllister
as vigorously defended the board.
i iuwctiu wins a roiru.
On motion of its author, Jerry How
ard. a laborer in the South Omaha
stock yards, the action of the consti
tutional amendments' committee in
killing his bill providing for state own
ership of stockyards was overruled and
the biil placed on general file. The
amendment empowers the legislature
to buy or build stock yards to be owned
by the state.
The house sifling committee took
charge of the general tile at noon Mon
day, and the several hundred bills in
troduced by bouse members in the
hands of committees were killed at one
blow. Hereafter the house committees
will consider only bills that have passed
the senate.
In committee of the whole the house
recommended for passage a bill that
will require all persons who sell anti
hog cholera serum to have a liceijse
fiom the state or the government, and
penalizes them $1,000 for each pint
sold that is not of standard potency.
It also passed one that makes all crates
for shipments of live poultry or pigeons
have an enclosed bottom, three inches
tight from the bottom up and slats
not less than a quarter inch and more
than an inch apart.
OAKLAXD— Mrs. Margaret Boyd died
at her home in tills city after a short
illness. Mrs. Boyd was one of the early
settlers of this vicinity. Since the death
of her husband. John Boyd, some years
ngo. she had boon a director in the First
Xational hank. She leaves six daughters,
all grown.
LYONS—Wolves are getting to be very
plentiful north of here. Two large tim
ber wolves attacked stock on the farm
of Clinton Plooforr and killed a valuable
colt.
SUES C. & N. W. R. R. FOR $35,000.
Norfolk. Neb., March .0.— Deputy
Clerk Olgo Claud has rdPeived notice
of a suit just filed in the Norfolk divi
sion of the 1'lilted States District court,
in which William K. Tanner asks for
$35,000 damages from the Chicago A
Northwestern railway. Tl e plaintiff
alleges that while pursuing hi-s duties
as brakeman at Colonie, K. D„ on Oc
tober 10. 1016. he fell into a pit left un
covered through the negligence of the
company and received permanent in
juries. As a result he is incapacftat d
for work for all time. M. Harrington,
of O'Neill, is his attorney.
SAFETY SIGN
SHOT AWAY;
SHjPSU
Two Torpedoes Released After
Shell Destroys Electric Let
ters Revealing Iden
tity of Healdton.
FAINTING MEN ARE SAVED
Six of 13 Americans Known on
Board Ship Rescued, Ship’s
Sinking Drowning Occu
pants of One Boat.
Rotterdam. March 24—The stc
Americans saved from the Healdton arc*
Capt. Charles Christopher, of Brook
lyn: J. Caldwell, of New York, chief
engineer, and G. B. Embry, of New Or
leans. first assistant engineer, all
landed at '•nuiden; O. O. Wi’.lerup,
chief mate; Y. Swenson, second assist
ant engineer and S. L. C. Johnson, third
assistant engineer, who landed at
Terschelling.
SECOND BOAT RESCUED.
The Hague, March 24—A second boat
from the Healdton lias been brought to
Terschelling by a Dutch torpedo boat
with eight men, including one badly in
jured. One Dutchman had jumped
overboard, losing his life. The third
boat, containing 19 men, was over
turned when the ship capsized. All were
drowned, making a total of 20 lives lost
out of the crew of 41. Of the 13 Am- ri
cans aboard only six were saved. Two
Dutchmen also were, among the victims,
others of whom were Spaniards, Nor
wegians and a Finn.
Safety Sign Shot Away.
Detailed accounts of the sinking show
that the Healdton, after considerable
delay at Halifax on her way to Rotter
dam, proceeded to Bergen, Norway,
where she received orders to resume the
voyage to Rotterdam. Nothing of es
pecial importance happened until
Wednesday at about 8:15 p. m. Not
withstanding the electrically illumi
nated words “Healdton, New York” be
tween the masts the vessel was bom
barded suddenly by an invisible sub
marine. It first shot away the illumi
nated name and thereupon without
Warning, twice torpedoed the vessel.
Fire broke out at once forward by an
explosion in the machine room ami the
crew immediately sought safety ir. the
boats, not having a minute to dress or
collect any of their belongings
Helpless When Rescued.
All efforts to save the 19 men in the
overturend boats W'ere fruitless. The
boat with 13 men, including the cap
tain. was sighted on Thursday by the
steam trawled Jave, which had .inst put
to sea. but immediately returned to
Y'muiden with the shipwrecked men. A
number of these survivors were in their
underclothes and all were terribly ex
hausted by the n'ght's fatigue and ex
posure in the open bout to bitter cold
and snow. They had not ever: enough
strength to eorno along side the traw ler,
whose skippe r had to apply l>i» best
seamahship to apporach the boat with
out running it down. Once on board the
trawler, some of the survivors fell to
the deck in a faint from exhaustion.
According to the captain of the
Healdton, one of the torpedoes hit his
vessel in the stern and the other amid
ship. Dutch fishermen say they ob
served the glow' of the burning,steamer
in the distance, at first believing it to
be northern lights.
In a dispatch from Ymuiden it is
stated apparently the Healdton was
within or op the border of the German
danger zone east of the free channel.
Nothing could be distinguished of the
nationality of the submarine which
fired without emerging fully and dis
appeared immediately. In addition to
the illuminated sign the Healdton’s
nationality w’as indicated by the fact
that 'she was flying the American flag
and had hdV name painted on both
sides. The Dutch cook was among the
four survivors of a ship recently tor
pedoed.
Amsterdam^'iu Londoni. March 24
—The Handle?!dad says there arc only
six Americans among the survivors of
tlis Healdton.
SUNK WITHOUT WARNING.
London, March 23.—The American
steamer Healdton has been torpedoed
and sunk by a German submarine.
A boat containing seven of Ihe
Healdton's crew lias reached Terschel
ing (North seal, (ho dispatch adds.
The steamer Healdton is a tanker of
4.480 tons gross, and is owned by the
Standard Oil company, of New Jersey.
She was built In 1908. The Healdton
was last reported sailing from Phila
delphia January 20 for Rotterdam.
13 MEN AMERICANS.
Philadelphia, l-’a., March 24 The
crew on the tanker Healdton included
13 Americans, according to the per
sonnel as given out by the ship com
missioner here early tonight.
They are:
Charles Christopher, captain.
I. Willemp, chief mate. Now York.
W. Chandler, second mate.
C. F. Hudgins, third mate, Virginia.
S. W. Smith, able ecaman, Chicago.
•T. Caldwell, chief engineer.
G. W. Embrey, first assistant engi
neer, Louisiana
John Emery, second assistant engi
neer, New York.
Emery Leveaux, oiler. Michigan.
John W. Steiner, messmate Pitts
burgh.
K. S. Ralzano, wireless operator.
George Healey, second cook. San
Francisco.
WIRELESS OPERATOR SAVED.
Philadelphia. Pa., March 23.—Herman
Parker, the wireless operator aboard
the Healdton. was saved, according to
a cablegram received here today by
his father, William Parker. The mes
sage was dated Terschelling, Holland.
Hr. Parker said his son was pt years
old and a native .Philadelphian.
U. S. LOSSES $199,000.
Washington, D. C„ March 23. The
American tanker Healdton. torpedoed
and sunk off the Dutch coast Wednes
day night, was insured by the go. em
inent's war risk bureau for 44119,0011.
Amsterdam (via London). March 23,
—In its account of the sinking of the
Healdton the Handelsblad rays:
"The unreliability of th ■ German as
surances regarding the so-called s.,f«
Mine is shown by the reposes of the
crew of the Healdton and th? crews ul
iishing boats.