fHE O'NEIL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publisher._
^NEILL, ^NEBRASKA
The enormous cost of the present
*ar. is largely accounted for by the.
rast quantities of ammunition that are
laily being used. According to figures
compiled by United States ordnance
>ffiecrs, the material used in construct
ing torpedoes and the expert workman
ship that is required to perfect them
brings.the cost of tiring one torpedo to
about $7,000. (A torpedo must be accur
ate ir all parts to 1-6,000 of an inch or
It will not work properly). Shells and
shrapnel cost about $20 apiece and
machine guns eat up ammunition at the
rate of about $12 worth a minute Kill*
bullets cost 5 cents apiece and pistol
cartridges about 2 cents.
In addition to telling you the time of
day, your watch may be used for keep
ing track of the sun. When the orb of
day finishes its day’s journey and dis
appears in the west, note the time by
your watch. Then draw a horizontal
line (imaginary, of course) from the
point of the hour hand to the opposite
side of the dial. The time indicated by
the line on this side will be the time at
which the sun rises in the morning.
Thus.if the sun sets at 8 at night, the 1
line shows that it will rise at t in the
morning; if it sets at 7 it will rise at |
6; if at 6 it will rise at 7, and so on.
The liquor imported into Indo < '1 inn
is consumed almost entirely by IOu
ropeuns. The decrease in tin- Kiiropean
population, the closing of many rates
and places of amusement, tin* prohibi
tion of the sale of absinthe and the
closer regulation of tin* liquor trade
caused a decline in tin1 imports of
liquor of 26 per rent from the figures
of 1914, and of more than 40 per cent
from those of 1912. Franco enjoys a
practical monopoly of the liquor trade
of this district.
A new ruling which is expected lo
strengthen the law forbidding chauf
feurs to operate cars while under the
influence of liquor, and which is be
lieved to lie an important step toward
cutting down the number of auto acci
dents in the vicinity was issued recently
by the l'hiladelphi license court. Saloon
keepers of the city were warned that
their business certificates would lie
taken away from them if they sold li
quor to chauffeurs while on duty.
Hortlculturally, Porto KU o is a gem.
The island is nearly a rectangle 35
miles wide and ICO miles long, of great
fertility, great beauty and a healthful
and almost perfect climate. Although
the population is 3211 to tile square
/pile, nearly all are engaged In horti
culture. The chief crops art! citrous
fruits, coffee, cm oanuts, pineapples,
bananas and many other tropical fruits.
Although milk is selling for 10 cents
a quart In Middleboro, those who live
near the freight yards recently re
ceived a free supply. There was a car
load of Hi cows delayed in transit, and
people living near the tracks who had
palls handy had them filled by the
caretaker of the cattle. No money was
accepted for the milk as the milkers
were glad to get rid of it.
Straight hair is the longest known;
wooly hair Ihe shortest. The length is
almost the same in both sexes in cer
tain races having straight hair (Chi
nese, redskins), and also In the major
ity of races with curling hair; it is
scan ely so among the races with wav
ing hair, in whom it is more or less
manifestly longer In the female.
The Gaeeta do Madrid for October 3
contains the text of a law governing
t'<o teasing of tho.stute-owned quick
silver mines in Almadi a. The dimin
ishing prolit derived from the mines
because of the rising cost of produc
tion is assigned us the reason for
changing the present method of ex
ploitation.
Meat packers buying at the Chicago
markets one day recently struck and
refused to buy when the prices for live
hogs went above $15 a 100. Hearing
lest the 20,000 hogs st.111 unsold would
prove a white elephant to them, those
having control of the market permitted
the prices to fall back.
in audition to the plant to bo erected
on the southern I’acillc coast to manu
facture potash from kelp the depart
ment of agriculture is co-operating
witli cement mills and blast furnaces
to determine whether (lie potash now
lost warrants the expense necessary to
recover it.
In lfilti the California raisin crop
brought about $500,000 more than the
crop the preceding year. This was in
spite of the short erop. At tlie end of
January partial payments amoVinted to
$1,156,672.46. This brought the total for
tile year's erop to $8,503,288.76.
The earliest plaeer mining In Alaska
was done on Kounnllo river in 1SN6.
Tills led lo the opening up of inland
Alaska and the discovery of the fa
mous Klondike plui ers. Over $200,000,
OtiO worth of gold has been taken out of
the Klondike and Yukon placers.
In the presence of a large number of
citizens the radio station at San Diego
was tested tin- other day ami said
"good morning" to Australia and other
points on the globe. It cost *300,000 and
is the largest in the world.
While wo are gathering seaweeds for
fertilize r we should introduce one from
the British isles known as alariu eSou
lenta, and used In many parts as art
article of food. The Scotch mil jt pa|
derlocks.
During the year 1316 Mexico was the
largest trader sending goods to the port
of Dos Angeles. The total imports for
the 12 months were worth $5,462,706 of
which amount Mexico furnished $4,4ss
33 ti.
The number of hairs is proa tor in
the blond haired than among the black
haired or brown haired, for example,
147 black hairs, 162 brown hairs and
182 blond hairs a square inch.
Ten presidents of the United States
have been elected twice: Washington.
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson,
Lincoln, Krant, Cleveland. M. Kiniey
and Wilson.
A man who boasted he could "blow
up anything from a tin can to a battle
ship" was accepted at Chicago for the
marine corps. lie is a professional
dynamiter.
The easiest wav to spoil a good lawn
Is to put flower bids in it. Klowei-s in
mass are, or should be. incidentals and
placed ; t the edge of the lawn, but
neve- ia it.
The Aero Club of America recently
•aequiYo.l em.n„l of Jin.060 to lie offered
lifr; i i iht* < . ' u*p tif a I'm 1
niorf suitable for aeiial navigation than
gasoline
A machine ha: been invented by a
German that sews jl: open ■mi or side
of a filled bag mid . note the thread
antouiii ileully.
YOUNG WIFE SUED ON
LOVE THEFT CHARGE |
Widow Asks $25,000, Claimin'* '
Other Alienated Husband Be
fore Wedding Dentist.
Lincoln. Neb., April 30. Mrs. Vest 1 !
Prosaley, wife of ;i leading dentist, has j
been made defendant in a suit for $25,
000 for alienation of affections. The
complainant is the divorced wife of Dr.
Orossley. She* said that before her
divorce she found that her husband
was paying attentions elsewhere. On j
investigation she found Miss Vesta
Peek wa.s the recipient, she say; . She
says that she called on Miss Peck, tola
her (.‘rossby was married and had chil
dren and asked her to keep out. She
says the young woman promised, but
later she found she was still keeping,
company with Crossley. The latter was'
ordered to pay his wife $50 a month
alimony, but she says he* has not done
so. Miss Peck married the dentist
shortly after the divorce was given the
wife.
PROVIDES WAY TO BEAT
ALLEGED RISK COMBINE
fancoln, Neb., April 30. -Governor
Neville finished the last of the hills
bequeathed to him by the legislature
Thursday, when lie signed 1J. K. J 92
permitting "the organization of asso- ;
eiations for reciprocal insurance. These
concerns arc a new form of mutual, j
being interstate in composition of <
membership, and permit insurance of
firo and liability risks when 75 have
.joined together and the risks amount
to $1,500,000. The fire insurance com- 1
pantos came close to beating the bill .
in the senate, and they argued very i
strenuously with the governor that he
ought to veto it because it did not suf
ficiently safeguard the interests of the
assured. Most of I he big department
stores in the state are members, and
they claim their insurance costs them ,
but a small part of what the fire in
surance combine exacts.
The governor signed the university •
and the general maintenance hills,!
vetoing a $10,000 appropriation in the
former that was shown to be a dupli
cation. 'I’lie legislature passed 275
bills, of which 272 became laws. One
was vetoed by the governor because
<*f technical defects and another was
substituted. The other veto was of a
bill providing for the letting out of
state funds to tin* highest bidder, on
the ground that this would take active
funds out in the state where they
could not be readily used in the daily
transact ions.
SALOONS CLOSING DOORS AS
THEIR STOCKS ARE DEPLETED.
Fremont, Neb., April 30. -Six saloons
will go out of business seme time dur
ing Monday, lip to last May, Fremont
had 13 saloons and they had prevailed
under the license system for a score
of yearn. J.ast May the council reduced
the number to nine by refusing to grant
four petitions for licenses. Three more
saloons quit last week because of low
stocks and the approach of the "dry"
date. The Fremont brewery has been
doing a big business in the last few
days stocking Fremont cellars. Hun
dreds of barrels of beer have been sold.
The brewery will lie closed Monday
and it is announced by Vice President
Larson that it will be boarded up.
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EMMA MANCHESTER GIVEN
OFFICE PENDING INQUIRY.
Lincoln, Neb , April 30. Mrs. Kmma
Manchester, supreme guardian of the
Woodmen circle, was reinstated by or
der of the supreme court after a bear
in'; lasting most of Friday. This was
ordered pending an investigation by a
referee us to whether ..mention
held at Memphis that assumed to oust
her was legally called and legally con
stituted. Mrs. Manchester claims that
it was not. The record discloses that
the Manchester convention was held
at the same time in the same city and
she claims that stie had one more dele
gate than the oth->r, which placed Mrs.
Mary LaKocca. in charge of the or
ganization. The latter had taken phy
sical possession of the headquarters at
Omaha and Mrs. Manchester is re
stored to supremacy there,
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NEBRASKA RANKS NINTH IN
REGULAR ARMY RECRUITING
Omaha, Neb., April 30. -Nebraska
ranks ninth of the IS states of the
union in it* contribution of men to
the regular United States army, pro
portionate to population, according to
announcement by the war department
yesterday.
In the period from April 1 to April
24, the regular army recruited 570 Ne
braskans. The state's quota to raise
the army to war strength, divided
among the states according to popula
tion, is 2.3S4. Nebraska thus raised
23.S' per cent of it- quota in this three
week period.
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TEN WAHOO BOYS ENLIST
FOR SERVICE ON WARSHIPS.
Wahoo, Neb , April 30. A recruiting
officer for the United States navy. «>11
duty this week, signed up the names !
of 10 Wahoo boys for service in the j
navy. A farewell reception is to be!
given the Wahoo reemits before they \
leave. They are all well known and j
connected with loading families. The
10 are: Grand Johnson, Cleo Grown,
Bert Clever, Reuben ICckholm, Theo
dore Brabec, Charles Albert. Nelson
Klmelund, August Anderson. Allen
Olson and Daniel Robertson.
BABY BOY FOUND DROWNED
IN FOOT OF WATER IN TUB
Beaver City. Neb., April 30. When ;
Mrs. U. K. McKowa w» nt into the door- 1
yard to look for her little 2l*-year-old
son, who had been at play, she found
ais lifeless body in a water tank. The I
little one had climbed to the edge of
the tank and had fallen in. Although
there was but a foot of water, ho per
ished. An older brother was nearby,
but heard no outcry.
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FREMONT DRUGGISTS WILL
ABANDON FEDERAL LICENSES
Fremont, Neb., April 30. -Fremont
druggists at a meeting yesterday, de
nied unanimously to throw away theii
government licenses to sell liquor. They
signed an agreement to handle no al.
'ohoilc beverages. Dure alcohol will la
sold in prescriptions. Fremont will be
tin* dryest spot in Nebraska.
FAll’vliURY A Mag measuring 15x2« ‘
•Vet l ■ being manuf.u lured in Kansas City
for Falrbury The raising" will be a
municipal • vent. j
WKST POINT- \\h-st Point citizens, so]
lat enrolled in the •rvha of the govern- 1
meat ar U • - ■ - Korb, formerly a law
--•indent > • • t: Uivlghton university, a
•on of tie hit.* <''a:l's Korh: Geo Kiss$%
son ot the lat • Frank R!ssc: Homer Pet
'I'.oi, .-on • »• lat. Mayor Peterson,
and U'lward Ills.—--, a son of Anton Risse,*
a prominent farmer of this plaeo. All art
natives of Cumlr • county.
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an if t of intomationa; reputation. died in
l rooming luats-* in Ginroln yesterday.
He was 75 years old. Uis death !s at
tributed to won, ov« r the war and oy«t
I an estate ti d up I seat -. >r •' war.
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State to Back Project—Option
al Torrens Land Title Bill
Also Approved.
Idn'oln. Xdi., April 2* Governor
N* \ i.:W* disappointed the hail insurance
ni'ii Thursda.y when In* affixed his
itjiilure to jin* state hail insurance
law. The obj < tlon raised to it w.«
Jhat the rates are insufficient. Thr
jv-ports of hail insurance companion
doing business in the state during I •
years shows that the premiums wir‘.
pay only about half the losses. Th*
hill provides that if enough money *.■:
not collected tile losses shall be pre
ia ted.
'Phe bill creates a new office at $1,200
i year. It provides that the assessors,
in making their rounds, shall take ap
plications and collect premiums. These
ire paid to the county treasurer, who
remits to the state treasurer, who pay's
»ut the money on proved losses after
September ifi on warrants drawn by
(he auditor. lanes drawn north and
south with the west line of the counties
running from Nuckolls north to Knox
arid on the west line of counties run
ning north from Furnas to Key a J’aha j
divide the state into throe zones, the j
rate in the first per acre being 23 |
cents, in the second 35 cents and in j
tin* fourth 45 cents.
'Hie governor also signed the hi'*
amending the law which permits the |
Torrens system of transfer of land j
titles to be adopted. As amended the
law permits its inauguration where
10 taxpayers ask, if it. is not necessary
to buy a new set of books. The most I
important change, however. Is that it
provides that hereafter all proceedings
in court to clear title are to be consid
ered as suits against the land, which
means that they bar all claimants and
not only those who have hitherto been |
named in the suit.
Another important bill that met with
his favor provides for a system of in
spection of seeds so that farmers may
not be hereafter bilked. A state seed
analyist is to be appointed, to whom
samples taken by the state food inspee- \
tors shall be submitted. A standard ol '
purity and life is provided, and penal- I
ties are stiff for those who allow more :
than 2 per cent of foreign seeds or 1
inert matter to remain.
CAST IS CHOSEN FOR SENIOR
CLASS PLAY AT WAYNE NORMA1 :
Wayne, Neb. April 28- The senior !
class of the Wayne Slate normal win 1
present the play, “The Man From j
Home.” commencement week. Mian j
Josephine Mack, head of the depart- I
ment of expression, has chosen the !
following class members to compose
the cast:
Cooper Ellis, John R. Massie, Cttur
ence Sabin, Herman Siems, Louis
Leuck, Gustavo Rundquist, Will tern
Young, Ira McDonald. Maurice G. Phil
leo, Forrest Rockwell, V'ern Morgan,
Elsa Mildnor, Elizabeth Sc brad and
Henrietta Moler.
FAILURE TO READ PAPER IS
COSTLY TO POULTRY RAISER.
Parlett. Neb., April 2S -Just be
cause he did not read a newspaper for
more than six months cost Alfred Her
rington $75. Herrington, who resides 3d
miles from a postoffice, operates a
small poultry farm. He lives alone and
neighbors are few and far between. In
the hud half year be stored 500 dozen
eggs. A floater happened along and
bought the eggs at 15 cents a dozen.
The market price f->r eggs here is 30
cents a dozen.
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EAGLE STEALS CITIZENSHIP
PAPERS FROM MAN S POCKET. j
Greeley, Neb.. April :!s- Lawn-nee
Maeir is searching o\,r Greeley county
for his first naturalization papers. An
eagle took the document from bis coat
while Maeir was working in a field.
Maeir has petitioned the naturalization {
department at Washington to giant tl •• f
clerk of the district court here perm is- j
cion to reissue the paper's.
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HUNDREDS,OF NEBRASKANS TC
ATTEND FORT SNELLING CAMP.
Lincoln. Neb.. April ;.’S Rev. F. \\
Eu.u-igh. pastor of Congregational
clench at Cortland, (luge county, has
resigned to enter the army, lie served
in the rogts ar aiui;,. both in the in
fantry and tie coast artillery, for four
years and will be assigned to one or
the other corps. 11* passed the physical
examination and w ili be sent shortly
to th- Fort duelling officers' camp.
More than '00 enlistment blanks hue*
been given out by Commandant Par
ker for thin camp, mostly to former of
ficers of the university cad* t battalion.
A large number of fraternity men at
the university have asked permission to
g«> and a number have already gone.
Nebraska’s quota can be more than j
filled from the ranks of drilled students
and officers.
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LINCOLN—The Minneapolis & Omaha
railroad has til* d with the state railway
commission and been permitted a cancel a. (
commodity rate on beer from Omaha to s
Winside and Jackson. A commodity rate !
is one given where the freight moves In •
large quantities. It Is not expected that j
beer in large quantities will move any- .
where in the state, and the railroad do- *
sired it ollVninated from is tariff so that j
it might not be suspected of carrying |
beer in large quantities.
EMERSON Mrs. Sweeney, wife of j
Postmaster William Sweeney, of Emer- }
son. died this morning, aged 73 years (
She was born in Ontario, Canada, but had t
been a resident of this place for more I
than 30 years Funeral services will be {
held at Sacred Heart Catholic church *
Friday morning at 10:30 o’clock.
EMERSON—Sarah Murray and William !
C. Ryan, Jr., two of Emerson’s best I
known young people, were married at
Sacred Heart Catholic church by Rev.
Father Burke. The newlyweds will make
their home on a farm lour miles north of
this place.
LIEUTENANT LAW CAPTURED.
Amsterdam, (via London). April 27.
According to the Berlin Lokal An
zeiger, Lieut. C. F. Law. second son
of Andrew Eonar Law. the British
chancellor of the exchequer, was cap
tured by the Turks in the* recent fight
ing in Palestine.
A dispatch from London Wednesday
said Lieutenant Law w.ts reported to
have been wounded in Palestine and
was missing.
NEW COMMISSIONER COMING.
Paris, Apiil 27. Andre Tardieu! the
new 1 % appointed French high eomn
sioner to the United States, was tl •
guest of b«*nor at a luncheon at tin*
American club. M. Tardieu will be ;i,
companied to the United States by live
of th** leading e\i*rts on transport!
tion, food shipping. blockade an i
finance. Lawrence Y. Benet also will
accompany him as the r**pr* s--r.tative • f
the American chamber of common e n
Paris, of which he is president. Ela
borate statistics of the t equii cm*, nis *«f
France ar«* being gather'd by M. Ta
dieu to j . • sent to : -e Atu-ri an au
thorities.
GRAZED FARMER KtJ S
GHOSTS WITH BUL TS
Man ami Wife Adjudged Insane
—Babes Near Starvation
When Found.
Hartington. Nob.. April us. ■ Mv. of
the maddest of family tragedies brought
to light in Nebraska recently developc
here when William Stone, a prosperous
farmer of near (‘oleridge and his wife
both were adjudged insane and or
dered taken to the state hospital at
Norfolk. The Stones have four chil
dren. three hoys and a daughter. The
oldest hoy is only 7 years old and
the youngest 14 months.
According to the evidence the Stones
developed the delusion that their farm
was inhabited b; ghosts. For several
weeks neighbors had been disturbed bv
gun shots fired at frequent intervals
during the da> and night. It appeal’s
that Stone was shooting at the sup
posed spirits. Both parents also were
under the hallucination that every
thing was poisoned. They had existed
:>n a diet of boiled water so long that
when discovered, the entire fainih was
nearing exhaustion from starvation.
The little children could hardly be in
duced to eat when they were brought
to Hartington. so thoroughly had they
been led to believe that everything was
poison ed.
Mrs. Stone has been an invalid for
nearly four years. It. is thought by
physicians at Foleridge, who filed the
complaint, that long association with
liis wife, who was a constant care
caused the husband to become mental
ly unbalanced. The Stones own their
farm and are well off financially.
HARTINGTON BOOSTERS WILL
HELP INCREASE FOOD YIELD
Hartington. Neb., April 28.—At a
meeting of the Commercial club here
it was decided to plant all vacant lots
and the railway right of way in the
"ity limits. Se#*d will be furnished by
the club to those who are unable to
buy, and a committee was appointed to
ferret out the unemployed and employ
them in planting and taking care of
?rops. The club will also procure help
for farmers and furnish seed to en
courage the maximum production.
LIQUOR DEALERS SEE CHANCE..
OF AN ETRA DAY OF HARVEST
Lincoln, Neb.. April 28.—Liquor
dealers are looking hopefully in the di
rection of some attorney who has given
as his opinion that as a matter of law
prohibition does not take effect until
May 2. The amendment to the con
stitution and the prohibitory law both
say from and after May 1 liquor can
not be sold or manufactured in the
state. Does that mean beginning May
1 or May 2? That’s the question that
has been raised. It all depends on the
meaning courts have given to the word
“from.” It it means away from or after
then the booze dealers have one more
day for harvesting’ than they have been
figuring on.
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OFFER TO PAY FOR FILCHING
OF FRAT MEN CAUSES SURPRISE.
Lincoln. Neb., April 28.—H. .1. Hall,
manager of the Lindell hotel, is re
covering from an attack of heart fail
ure occasioned by a < all from the exec
utive officer of the state universi
ties, who expressed a desire t<• pay the
hotel man for the various ai tides that
fraternity members have taken from
Id place in the last year or two. It
is the noble and exalted custom of the
frat men to annex all m*.yoj;Ides they
can get awa> with, and this is the first
time stub ai. ofier was ever ma le m
t la* hotel men.
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NEBRASKA HOUSE LEADER
APPOINTED TO JUDGESHIP.
Lincoln. X«■•!».. April '.'8. -dovernot*
Xevilb ha: n an* 1 NY. < '. Dorsev. repre
sentative in the legislature from Frank
lin county, as halve of the T -nth dis
trict. a pi.' e ere- led by the* legislature
:i its cei ‘ r:Finn Tln'i »• is an- judge
now -n that d. s l r;« •,. .\1 r. 1 a e\- re
ned s . >er erf the 1 on a be
fore the a yioini I'-enj. wa«-‘ made and
takes chat ge at once.
is
vow- o; western N.-hra- L:i and was on"
it last
session. llr is a republican.
NEW THREE STORY HOSPITAL
TO BE ERECTED IN NORFOLK.
C.tJni la-ll and Raker, of Tilth 11. ■ x
, n to const met ;t third hospital in
Net-folk eon. I Mans for a three-story
tin proof .'.it-idom modern hospital
building are under way. Norfolk al
teady has two private hospitals.
l*da )(>M Id ELI ‘ At a patriotic meeting
lieM i, -c the op.a-a house, with a ca
pacity i !' about 5t.*0. wa.- vl’owiiid to tlm
i mit. Tim (:loomt , id. which has !*• eti
recently organized. made its first public
apia aranet*, and va> an or*h d an en
thusiastic reception Sp e.-i;, s w . r« madi
by Rev. Mr. SnicUerman and Mr. Harm,
who were forms I > German American-;,
but arc now -;mpl\ \mericans. In their
speeches th<\\ pledai-d unfaltering loyalty j
to America in behalf of both themselves
and tin r count rym pi.
OMAHA ' Not wit hsta tiding the fait
that seed potato-s ,,r. •. I hug at $250 to
per bushel. 11.• ■ a ;i•-• • • h< ing planted, in
Hawes. Box Butte, Sheridan and other
counties up in the northern part of the
state is going to ho full\ double that of
a ny formei > a sa> s R. A Lo\ elace,
assistant immigration agent of the Burl
ington. who has jus! returned from a tour
oi that section. "There are many who
have out luO and some 150 acres."
NORFOLK—County Attorney Tyler ami
Sheriff Clint Smith, of Madison county,
have come to the conclusion that Jay
Vaughn, of Meadow Grove, who died in
an automobile hit.- Sunday while en route
home from Norfolk, passed awa.v while
under the influence of liquor, and that
therefore, G M Klcinschiadt. the driver
of the ear. should be exonerated from all
blame attached to his death
BEATRICE—The Gage County Crop Im
provement association has decided to
conduct a labor bureau this year to meet
the unusual demand for help from Gage
county farmers.
NORFOLK—Coal prices went up 25
cents per ton this morning, the dealers’
combine asserting that a similar raise
has been made at the mines.
WOUNDED MINISTER DIES.
Camden, N. .1., April 2U. Rev. ,1. T.
Ohildrey. pastor of the First Baptist
church of Huddonfield. N .1.. who was
shot by a negro highwayman while on
his way to perform a marriage oere
j last night, died today.
STUDENTS OFF TO CANADA.
Chicago, April 2ih Five hundred stu
dents of the agricultural college of the
University of Illinois have left Chi
cago for Winnipeg. Man., mi their way
to the Saskatoon einmiry of northwest
ern Canada, vvhere the\ will h<dp pr<>
i duce the ."war winning wheat crop.”
Tie men will ho distributed t » indi
vidual farmers by the* dominion gov
ernment. which 1 as guarant • ■«'<.! -f mini
mum wage of $T'i a month ltd board:
j two-thirds of rich man's ra lroad fare
j in Canada and promised a homestead
of 150 acres to o • i who sta ves six
r * t.IUs iu the fields.
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NEVILLE HAS MADE
SOME NEW ENEMIES
Legislators Depart Grumbling
at the Treatment Accorded
Them by Governor.
Lincoln. Neb.. April 27. Governor
Neville has not as many warm admir
ers among ihe members of the legisla
ture as when the session began. The
rumbling and grumbling over his cava
lier treatment of those who called upon
him to give him advice about pending
legislation broke out in the house
Tuesday, when Taylor, of Custer, one
of the house leaders, rose to remark
that the governor had refused to listen
to suggestions that the building of a.
new capital be deferred and th ?t be bad
intimated very strongly that he would
veto any appropriation that would foe
made for repairs on the ground that the
money would be wasted on the old shell
of a building. Mr. Taylor said that he
proposed pulling t lie record on the
governor to show that he is responsible
if lie raises the issue against the legis
lature any time in the future. Several
other members complained that the
governor was inclined to think he knew
more about what was what in legisla
tion than they did.
The house and senate made a hard
job of it dying. Differences over appro
priations* and claims kept the two
bodies 24 hours longer than would
otherwise have been necessary. The
closing hours were marked by the adop
tion of the usual resolutions of con
gratulations, Lieutenant Governor
Howard was given a Knight’s Templar
watch charm.
Senator Howell, of Douglas, in the
last hours, withdrew and asked to be
expunged from me records the redhot.
speech he delivered in the early days of
the session in which he charged that I
the senate organization was in the !
hands of a gang of buccaneers, pirates j
and ship scuttlers. Senator Moriartv,
Ht whom the speech had been largely
ninnd, and who objected strenuously
to the remarks at the time they were
made, was lured from the chamber
Tuesday while Howell made his with
drawal in order that the incident be
closed without further debate.
Both houses agreed on an appropria
:ion of $5,000 to repair the state Capi
tol. but it is expected the governor who
held out for a new* building will veto
the item.
Committees were named to sue direc
tors of the defunct Capitol National
Dank, to recover $194,000 lost by its
failure 24 years ago.
Attorney General Heed gave an opin
ion that the state fair is not a state
nstitution, and that the appropriation
for .improvements there may be made
only by referendum.
24 NAVY RECRUITS GIVEN
BIG BANQUET AT NIOBRARA.
Niobrara. Neb.. April 27.—Boat
swain's Mate I*’. Harper, of Sioux City,
was here Monday getting recruits for
the United States navy. Twenty-four
signed up with the navy, seven from
Niobrara, two from Creighton, six from
Yerdigre, seven from Spent*' r. one from
Winner. S. D.. and one from Kau Clajre,
Wis. The town gave them a grand lull- i
<iuet at the opera house. and the hall
was prettily decorated with flags and |
bunting. Those enlisting wore:
Niobrara Henry Morvac, Wess 1.. i
Saunders. Otto Swanson. Charles II
Michel, lad win K*'*er\ Chief A I>. Wes
ton and .John U. Simpson.
Creighton Krim-r .lacohs ai «1 Carl
Nichole, isen.
trl L Haw) . Haw .
I iarley I l;i :. Lt».- S. Brun. <»11<» K.
Markitrm. Alien Good.
Spencer Burton N. \ n i ? i :■«v \.
Carlson, Charles S Adam-’, re-ward 1
I’orsi rh. .Morton I*. Christon.-r n Ale. n
Hi Cl, i i;. m< 1. ;: arm Janus \. Arnold.
Winnc'r. S. I). -Jess W. Schlaikiei.
Kan ('la ire, Wis. Leo F. Larson.
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rwo NIECES OF GENERAL HAIG
NOW LIVE ON NEBRASKA RANCH ]
Omaha. Neh.. April 27.- The aetivi- j
ii. of Field .M; r^h:: i Sir Dougin Haig, j
British eommauiler in Franc**. are I
watched with unusual interest by two ]
Nenr. 1 a gir •• nieces <-f ih*- famous !
British ■ en< rai. Both girls are well ac*- ’
■ iia.inted wi*h the held marshal, and i
•'bile in Lngh’.nd for several year? lived 1
II uis home at St.. Le; mu rd-1 yv-the-Sea.
Tin M! -n.es Jn iia and I'hyllis Haig
ire the daughters of a younger brothel
of C«aa rai G tig. who came to America
maty- sears ago and married an Ameri- 1
«•: n i irl. lie came west : nd purchased ;
a ranch in western Nebra.ska. Later j
i town grew up near by, which was
named Haigvillo in his honor. Henry ■
Unix dh d se\mal months ago. but liis ]
wife and daughters still make their ’
homo on the ranch.
It was at the personal solicitation <»f
General Flaig that his ireces were sent
to Hngland for part of their education.
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MISS CATON REFUSES TO
BE DISCHARGED FROM JOB
Lincoln. Neb., April 27.—The state
board of control has a woman scorned (
< n its bauds. The woman is Miss Etta
Eaton, who lias been superintendent of
the In^ne for dependent children for
y ears. Recently the hoard decided that
now that a line new building for the
home had been erected next to the
state orthopedic hospital, it was the
proper thing to save money by placing
the two under one management. As a
doctor was necessary to head the hos
pital it meant that Miss Caton must go.
When the hoard notified her she inti
mated she would go when she got ready
and maybe she wouldn’t go at all. The
board replied that it had discharged
her once, and it would not. do so again.
Miss Caton refuses to talk to the re
porters, but promises a warm little
statement when she steps out.
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PENDER REFUSES TO VOTE
NEW HIGH SCHOOL BONDS.
Pender. Neb. April 27.—The bonds
for enlarging the present high school
building wore defeated b> u vote of
J4ti to 1 K».
The Pender Woman's club reelected
the following officers for the ensuing
year. President. Mrs. R. A Thomas;
vice president. Mrs. K IT Goble; secre
tary. Mrs. IT R. Smith; treasurer, Mrs.
II. d. Arnholt.
Pender had a flag raising on the
school grounds which was well attend
ed. The 1* (lei a 1 hand furnished the
music. Judge (V !,. Day and IT A. Wiltsse
gave appro} riate addressee.
ANOTHER ELEVATOR BURNS.
Eric. Pa . \ >u24. Morr than
000 bushel: ».f wheat and a large wood
en grain elevator, 1 u wtl a - “el. at' :
A"
pany, wen d< troyed b; fnl \
estimated at SOue.The grain w
consigned t<> the alia s.
NO LIVES LOST IN MINE
.1 inn-. A: : \! i 1 : 1: . . j
lieved lid;.'\ l lai ; ».••! .' •; 11, ..;, >
life was ?t
‘ave-m, Ax< d ■■■ n . • ■ .•• x. ,o j
v n . !..,»% "in t. • <• , .
• -<-a.n IK;;;. ..a u . . n.
f&pros
OTLfll
Magnitude of Requirements
Brought About by Plunge of
U. S. into Conflict Re
vealed by Missions.
ALLIES’ CONDITION ALARMS
Men, as Well a.s Munitions,
Money, Food and Shipping, *
Must Be Furnished if
Germany Is Beaten.
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Washington, 1>. C., Apr.-] 30 -■ >ne
1 great thing the British and French com
missions now in this country are
ready beginning to accomplish. Before
t they go home they will hdve more lolly
achieved it, though by no means com
pletely. This is that they have, to some
extent begun to remove the scales 1mm
the eves of Americans as to the s<opo
and gravitv and staggering magnitude
of the task ahead of this country. Nei
ther Washington nor the nation, as a
matter of fact, has entirely awakened
to what it has to do.
•Complacency still obtains in many
quarters here and elsewhere, but it is
beginning to be jarred. Officials h> : e
are beginning to sense, the fact that
this war has settled down to a great
test of endurance among the fighting
nations, it has become, above alt els* .
a problem of food power, mum lions,
shipping capacity, money power and
I man power. Wonderful as are tne
| achievements of the entente there is no
■ use blinking the fact that Germany s
performances, too, are astounding.
Entente Couldn't Do It?
It is a real and .serious question
whether the entente allies by then:
! selves can win this war and it -
j voices on this country to pour forth
; out of its exhaustless resources all that
j is necessary to turn the st ale, fully,
completely and finally against the Teu
tonic powers.
On how long the war is going to last
j it is almost idle to talk. The fact that
is sure and which the visiting comrnis
sioners are driving home, is that this
country can clinch victory for democ
racy and can do it by providing food,
shipping all manner of war material
and men, as well as money. Food is
needed above all things else, but other
; resources are needed also.
It is impossible to exaggerate the
j magnitude of the organization problem
ahead of this government, it is not
insuperable, but it calls for big work
along many lines. It < alls for the fore
ing and driving of the productive ca
pacity of his country to the highest
degree and for military and naval re -
ganizations of the highest order. Far
; from checked, the submarine mermen is
as great as ever, if not gr« ater. It is
therefore not simply a matter of rais
ing foodstuffs in this country, produc
ing war material and organizing armies,
but of getting together the vast amount
of shipping needed to supplement Un
shipping of the entente ami to get it to
gether as quickly as possible.
On General Goethals and the shipping
board rests a great responsibility, but
there is reason to believe that by rea
son of the capacity of Goeth-ils, as
! shown in construction of the canal, this
responsibility will be met.
MUST TRAIN IN EUROPE.
Washington, April 30- iTa- military
section of the French mission, headed
! by Marshal Joffre, during conferences
j continued today with representatives of
j i lie war department, warned the United
I States that active participation in the
j war without absolute preparation and
i previous contact with field operations
i would invite enormous losses. This be
j came known today after Kmile ilove
I laque, general counsellor, had outlined
a statenn ht to be made tomorrow by
Marshal Joffre to the American press.
Invites Huge Losses.
"You must realize,” said M. Ilove
i laque. "that Americans cannot be
. trained in this country to play at war.
[ They should be there on the field
1 Americans should know these things
fii*st hand and what real war is fore
i they go in a large scale. Unless
America has accurate knowledge of
real conditions instead of play war, it
may cost you much.”
You will be surprised how rapidly
the conditions change. Lieutenant
. Colonel Redmond, who probably knows
| more about artillery thany any man in
! France, said to me only yesterday, "1
am afraid of getting stale before i ge
> back to France.”
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: British Publisher Offers U. S,
Newspapers 60,000 Tons
of Newsprint a Year
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Washington. D. April it*. Lord
Northeliffe. the British publisher, has
j nffered the output of his prim paper
mills in northeastern Canada, to Amer
ican newspaper publishers to relieve
j the print paper situation. The output
of the mills is 00,000 tons a year, and a
sufficient factor to probably break the
| present high price market.
! GATES CLOSED TO U. S.
CITIZENS IN AUSTRIA
Amsterdam. April SO- A Vienna dis
patch .says that all Americans who de
sire to leave the monarchy may travel
to Switzerland up to four weeks from
the date of tile rupture of relations
• April a. After that date no A met icons
will ho allowed to leave, but these re
. maining will not he interned unless
j they commit offenses
( THIEF LEAPS FROM WINDOW.
i 1-os Angeles. Ca!., April 2S. I)i Ray
mond A. Sweet, arrested in ...amotion
with a $411.0011 jewelry r. !•».. - IVieo
. nr> 2n tit the home of WiUtt.te v,Tig
ley. manufacturer in Pasadcru. Ps_
j coped tcilay by jumping from tin.- wie
1 d..w of his office which lie ! .. i.... ,j
j granted permission t*> visit
i A. I'. Mart, n detective, lump'd after
r •'si'cet tell and suffered a link -u arm
; Sweet had b n gr nt d pt rmi don tq
straighten papers in Ins desk, the nf
i t ears so. when he suddenly stepped
• to til" wind- w and I- ap. d <> • I-. . opf
) of the adjoining build'...»