Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEIL FRONTIER
D. H.^OROftlH. Rubll»h*r.
^NBILU NEBRABK*
Surprising conclusions are arCPM at
bv an aviation expert, who ha* been
examining the airoplano losses on the
Western front in the last six months.
”lf we allow 20 machines wrecked to
each one the enemy destroyed.” he
*ays, “we *ee at wlint .a huge cost
this war is in the air is being conduct
ed. The average cost of an airoplane
roughly is about £1,000, so that at this
rate the British loss in material has
been approximately over 4.000 mach
ines in six months, costing £4,000.000;
the French very nearly the same;
while the Germans must have lost 13,
32<: machines, with a total value of
about £13,320.000. it may be that the
German loss is not quite so great as we
have made out, because there appears
to be less actual flying done by the
German pilots in proportion to their
strength.
y.ord Davenport, the British food con
troller, an an interview at which he an
nounced a number of new regulations,
observed, with regard to the order pro
hibiting the feeding of game with grain
required for food < stock rearing:
"it’heasant rearing am. indulgences of
that kind, which were all right in hap
pier days/ are indulgences we do not
wish to see continued, and this if our
method of bringing them to an end. I
do not suggest that there is much of
this going on. We mean to be on I lie
right side. The broods will keep
themselves alive in the woods if a
man allows them to go in the woods. I
do not say we are giving the farmer
liberty to shoot them, but that is what
we mean in so many words. We mean
the order to be observed, and if there
are any abuses proceeding from it we
shall tako further and stronger meas
ures to put in in force.”
An ancestor of count von Bernstorft,
the, dismissed German ambassador
fought against America In our war for
freedom- The fast is brought out by a
passage In the "Souvenirs du Chevalier
de Cussy,” Among the acquaintances
made by the chevalier in 1820, when he
joined the staff of the French embassy
in Berlin, was the court chamberlain,
count von Bernstorff, grandfather of
the former ambassador. Countess
Bernstorff," wrote De Cuddy, "bears a
singular forename, ‘America.’ This was
bestowed on her because she was bona
in that country during the war of in
dependence. Her father as in com
mand of one of the regiments hired out
to the English by the elector of Hess**
One of the most remarkable naps oa
record is that of Caroline Oilson, a na
tive of the little island of Okuo, ott the
coast of Sweden, who fell asleep In 1875
and did not wake until 1917. For the
Itrst 14 years of her life CarcHlne Oilson
was in perfect health. Then she fell
ill and ultimately sunk into a trance
from which no one could awaken her.
Food was artificially administered, and
for years she exhibited no interest in
anyone or anything. Then suddenly
■he awoke, and the most careful exam
ination failed to reveal the slightest
weakness or mental defect. Since then
she has enjoyed eaceptionally good
health.
In effects, a recent bulletin of the
United States department of agricul
ture asks why the American farmer
can not put straw to the same use as
it is put by the European farmer. In
Europe the farmer knows as well as
the American farmer that straw is not
liked by stock, but instead of burning
It, or otherwise wasting it, the Euro
pean farmer chop* it up, mixes it with
beets, mangels, silage or other feeds,
and makes it so palatable that it can
be fed to good advantage.
Knitting in church is suggested by
the Hev. A. M. Mitchell, a Church of
England clergyman, in his parish mag
azine. "Better to knit in church for
our soldiers and sailors in sermon
time," he says than to talk and whis
per, laugh and giggle, flirt and misbe
have, criticise hats, gowns and fur
coats. Those constantly knitting learn
to do so quite mechanically and their
attention is not diverted from speech.
Knitting In sermon time would mean
a great saving of time.”
The torpedo from a submarine can be
fired either while the submarine is on
the surface or completely submerged.
I I Usually a submarine comes within 10
feet of the surface, with only the per
iscope showing, and discharges its tor
pedo. If there is danger of the sub
marine being ilred upon by the ship
the submarine gets the proper position
of the ship, submerges itself complete
ly and then liras.
Photographs purporting to have been
taken in Berlin ure displayed in London
shop windows, showing elephants ding
ing heavy vehicles through the streets
. of the Prussian capital. Captions un
der these photographs assert that the
war has so reduced means of locomo
tion in Berlin that elephnnts from the
zoological gardens have been pressed
• into the hauling service.
Thousands of British war widows
and their children are to lie transport
ed to Canada, with the expectation that
many of the women wilt be married to
Canadian farmers, according to the
plans of Commissioner David Lamb, of
the International Emigration society of
the Salvation Army.
Veldt Is a changed form of the Dutch
fft “veld.” the same ns our English word
Held. It moans simply open ground, or
prairie. Westervelt means west field;
Koosevelt, rose field; Plauvelt, blue
field. There are other Dutch names
ending in “velt,” and many parallel
' S names in German and other tongues.
Malaria is much less widely preva
lent in the United States now than
formerly. Tl.e northern boundary lias
S gradually receded, leaving here and
* there more or less localized endemic
foci. Ii lias all but disapproved from
Wisconsin and Michigun, states once
badly infected.
Four Hat steel cars were required to
carry a huge steel girder from Steel
ton, Pa., to Chicago. This girder,
which was for use in a railroad bridge,
measured 131 feet nine inches in
length, and 10 feet six inches in height
and weighed 98 tons.
China employs nearly -i.OOd experts
from Europe and America lo run her
S railways, portoffiees, etc. There arc
1.105'British and 174 Americans on the
job. many of the latter in the most im
. IKirtant offices.
k | I wndelion greens make good salad
and are also excellent when boiled and
jf served like spinach. Use the young
B plants. This will kill two birds with
am* stone, supply food and keep down
Last year the fisheries bureau of th
HHp1;: United Fda!**s 'distributed r..are than
3.5‘u,.*100.000 ill!'.' fish and 500.000,00.1
i vs to tile i;,-, witters of the couu
frtrm being run
t an invent
■ i1 : * ,etches
dedecta tiwm
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SAYS LOCAL COMPANY
GOT STRIKE BREAKERS
Charged Sioux City Service Co.
Recruited Men for Lin
coln Traction Co.
Lincoln, Nob., May 28. That officera
of the Sioux City Service company act
ed as recruiting officers for the Lin
coln Traction company was evidence
brought out at the hearing before the
state railway commission, where the
striking employes are seeking an
executive order to take them hack.
The testimony was furnished by E.
Mann, one of seven Sioux City men,
former employes of the company then .
Mann said that he met Superintendent
Benson, of the Sioux City company, at
Fourth and Pierce streets, late in
March or early in April anil was asked
If he desired to go hack to street car
work, Benson said that the Lincoln
company warned six men from Sioux
City as a part of a force they were re
cruiting to take the places of 20 or 25
men they were getting ready to dis
charge. Mann got six others and they
were given tickets to Lincoln by Gen
eral Manager Kirk, of the Sioux City
company.
The witness went to work April 2,
and quit the day after the strike, be
cause, as he said, he didn't want to
''scab” on the boys here. He Joined
the union after he quit. The signifi
cance of his testimony was that at the
".ime he was rounded up by the Sioux
City street railway men. the Lincoln
company was calling into tile mana
ger's office the respective leaders -I
the strike anil telling them they must
choose between their job and tin
union. It was also within a few day
after the formal organization of the
union among the men.
Other testimony in the hearing is tp
the Irregularity in the service of th<
company and the violation of rules by
the present employes; also that !h«
company has been paying strikebreak
ers time and a half for work and pay
ing them while they are learning tin
routes, a practice never before in
dulged in,
HUGE CROP GAIN OUTLOOK
FOR NEBRASKA THIS YEAF,
Omaha, Neb., May 28. The Ne
braska conservation congress closed
tonight after a three days’ session
during which time an Invoice of the
resources of the state was made am
the farmers and manufacturers of lbs
state were told what they should di.
to speed up the production of food
stuffs and supplies. It was brought out
at the meeting, among other things
that the Nebraska beef sugar crop this
year would be 140,000,000 pounds, ar
increase of 30,000,000 pounds over last
year. Seventeen million bushels of
potatoes are promised instead of 8,000.
000 raised last year. Four hundred
million, bushels of corn in place of 200,
000,000 bushels in 1016 were estimated
as the Nebraska crop.
RUNS SUBMARINE GAUNTLET;
DENMARK IS SUFFERING
Fremont, Neb., May 28. Mr. and
Mrs. Tlnus Peterson, who reside south
of l-'reinont in Saunders county, are the
first persons In this part of the country
to successfully run the German subma
rine blockade. They arrived home yes
terday after an absence of six months
in Denmark. They sighted no subs on
the voyage. Mr. Peterson says eon
dll ions in Denmark are very serious.
Food rations have been reduced to four
pounds of bread per person each week.
Goal supplies are exhausted and gaso
line is source and high and is used little
for pleasure motoring.
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MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE
WILL BE HELD IN JUNE
Omaha, Neb., May 28.—When Ne
hru ska celebrates 50 years of statehood
' in Lincoln on June 12, 13 and 14 one of
the most Interesting events will be a
conference of municipalities which, it is
declared, will be attended by no less
than ::00 mayors of Nebraska cities.
Kl cry city in the state has been asked
to send at least one delegate, it being
proposed to hold a half-day discussion
on June 12 of problems common to all
cities in the state. Suggestions for co
operating with the state council of de
fense will be made.
RAISE APPRAISEMENT OF
STATE’S SCHOOL LAND
Lincoln, Neb.. May 2K. The income
fit the state of Nebraska has been In
creased $1(1,000 a year through the re
cent appraisal* of state school lands
made by Secretary of State Pool and
liiud Commissioner Shumway. The
fact that In the lust legislature (lie
senate wanted to sell the school lands
and the house didn’t killed every law
Intended to make it possible for the
state to get more money out of these
lands, but under the old law the state
board can raise appraisals made by
county boards.
FRKMONT Tom Turner, Fremont pio
neer. who died yesterday, came here In
11-37 from Dubuque, la., with bis mother
and her seven children. They were among
the very first settlers. The mother was
■I widow. Stic promised Fremont a ho:el
lad tn return was donated a lot by the
tow n si to company. The lot today (s In
the very heart of the city and on It
stands the First National bank building.
HOOPER -Oltmann Gerhard Witte, n
well known pioneer citizen of the south
Hide, died at Hooper Friday at the ago
of 76 years. He had been in failing health
for some time. Mr. Witte was a native
of Oldenburg. Germany, and had resided
In Cuming county nearly -to years. He i?
Survived by Ids; wife, five sons and two
daughters. He leave® a valuable landed
estate.
EMERSON-The graduating exercise?
last night were attended by practically
everybody in town. The class was the
largest In the history of the school and
the crowd in attendance outnumbered any
public meeting ever held in Emerson. H,
M. Eaton, of Omaha, former superin
tendent of the Emerson schools, made the
principal address.
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WEST POINT The new brick yard
lately established here has placed tin
first batch of 150,000 brick in the kiln
The bed of clay surrounding the brick
yard is practically inexhaustible, con
taining millions of tons of raw material
d estroyefT on'rock s.
An Unnamed Port, May 26.—Unitec
States destroyer No. 9 ran aground or
the rocks of an American port todaj
and was badly damaged. Tugs went t<
her assistance and pulled her off. Non<
aboard was injured.
BERNHARDT WELL AGAIN.
New York. May 26.—Sara Dernhard
is well again. Having amazed surgo< in
by her rapid recovery from a reeen
operation, the famous actress will lcav<
the hospital tomorrow. She will lie.
at a hotel because she c-innat find ;
country home that suits her.
MOVIE FORCES MOBILIZED.
New York, May 26.—At a meeting o
the e.\e- -Hive officials of Uu lnOtiOl
picture industry here it was deckled t;
j mobility the entire industry in a mi
1 tionnl convention at Washington, Fr>
\ day, .»une1
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PLANNING MARKETS
FOR INCREASED CROP
Nebraska Will Attempt to See
That AH Surplus Yield
Is Disposed Of.
Omaha, Neb.. May 26 The scream
devoted to "garden crgps'' in Nebraska
| this Near is "surprising, twice the nor
j inal acreage, and will furnish an as
tonishing supply of food." in the opinion
of experts sent out by the Nebraska
college of agriculture to find out if the
general alarm that a world food short
age was probable had awakened farm
ers to the need of utilizing every foot
of fertile soil.
I’rof. VV. W. Burr, head of the agron
omy department of the college Of agri
culture. said Ills observations in all
.sections of the state convinced him
there were no slackers among tile farm
ers. nor the residents of towns who
could utilize vacant lots, hack yards
and other hitherto untilled acreage.
"Everywhere farmers are putting in
such crops as were neve" known in this
state before -using everV bit of land
lhat is available. I was surprised at
the garden crops that nave been plant
ed. at the large acreage in every sec
tion of the state. The production of
garden crops this year, with a normal
season, will be twice the usual pro
duction.
"In the towns the same thing has
happened. Every one is awake to the
need of food, the probability of a
famine ahead, and everything is being
done to make the crop of fond products
in Nebraska this year a record breaker."
It is expected a large number of
families who in other years purchased
garden products of professional venders
or gardeners will ihis year raise enough
to supply their own needs and perhaps
he able to market some.
In this connection farmers have been
fissured there will he a market for all
food products that can tie produced and
farmers’ and merchants' organizations
are now planning to expeditiously mar
ket the perishables, a question to which
such little attention lias been paid
that farmers complain they have often
suffered loss for want of a market,
need of labor or poor transportation
facilities.
HIGH COST OF FOOD HITS
POCKETBOOK OF NEBRASKA
Omaha, Neb., May 36.—Nine national
ot the population of tne 15 state insti
tutions for April shows 4,959 in ttuun at
the end of the month, a decrease of 30.
With the employes and men who take
care of them the total is around 6.0OU.
The highest point in the state's his
tory was reached March 1, when 5,001
were listed. The decrease since that
time has been due to deaths and pa
roles. The state hoard of control it at
its wits ends trying to keep down th.e
cost of living at these institutions. For
years there have been meat and pota
toes served at all three meals, iargely
because they were easy to cook and
serve, i>"d the board Is having a strug
gle wltn the chef to substitute vege
tables and fruit. No meatless days
have been ordered, but If the costs ad
vance the board will have to take that
up. The grocery bills of the state, in
cluding all articles of food, ran up to
$35,04)0 a month during the last two
years. Computations made on the
basis of expenditures for the past three
months indicate that this is now over
$33,000 a month.
BITTER FIGHT IS PROBABLE
OVER LINCOLN CAR STRIKE
Lincoln, Neb., May 36.—The census
railway commission assumes .jurisdic
tion over the controversy between the
strikers and the Lincoln Traction com
pany and orders the men taken back,
the company will appeal and go as fai
ls the United States supreme court, if
necessary. This fact has been made
plain in the three days that the hear
ing lias been in progress. So far the
commission has fought shy of claiming
any jurisdiction, and lias permitted a
raft of testimony to go into the record
on the theory that it lias relation to the
service, over which the commission has
undisputed control.
OMAHA BANKERS TO TAKE
BIG ALLOTMENT OF BONDS
Lincoln, Nib., May 26. -If the State
hanks of Omaha decided to double their
subscriptions to the Liberty loan, and
to take $4,000,600 worth of the bonds,
instead of the $2,000,000 fur which they
had formerly subscribed. The increased
subscriptions'were made after Secre
tary McAdoo had had a heart to heart
talk with them.
Secretary McAdoo addressed the Ne
braska State Conservation congress and
at the close live-sixths of the 3,000 in
the audience raised their hands in
agreement to buy at lea* one Liberty
bond and as many inoro as they could
afford to purchase.
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SEEK AN INJUNCTION
AGAINST NEW FOUNDRY
Norfolk, Neb., May 26.—Sheriff Clint
Smith of Madison was in the city yes
terday serving an injunction on the \Y.
<k- L foundry in process of construe
& L. foundry in process of construe
building. Six property owners of resi
dences In the district were the movers
behind tills step, the" declaring that
their property will depreciate in value
as soon as the foundry is put In oper
ation, on account of the smoke.
DENIES AMERICANS
DETAINE MANY
Berlin Explains Delays Are Due
to Red Tape Regulations
Impose.
Berlin, May 20i (via London).—The
foreign office today emphatic ally ddnictl
assertions alleged to have emanated in
the United States, that Germany is in
tentionally holding Americans desirous
of leaving the country. Thoir depart
ure, it was explained was delayed sole
ly by official routine, which in view
of existing circumstances was nntlll
ally slow in motion, even subjects ol
i neutral countries as well as German.
desiring to cross the frontier, bein'.
1 without exception called on to securi
! permission from the police and military
authorities.
LAW MAKES ARMY “DRY.”
Washington. I>. U., May 26. Report
i reaching the war department indicati
that tlie war army acts' prohibltiot
against the sale of liquor about mi'.i
, tary camps or to enlisted men and of
ficers In uniform is being observe)
rigidly. Even hotels and restaurant:
have refused to scree liquor to guest:
of army ■1 ('fivers wearing the uniforn
on the ground that such a sale wouli
| be to the officer and would make tic
management liable to a. tine of no
mere than $1,000 or not more than on
year's Imprisonment or both, tvhieh tie
act provides as penalty for violation
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BLACKMAIL PLOT IS
CHARGED TO SLEUTHS
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Chadron Officials Accuse Oma
ha Men—Rich Banker and
Wife Involved.
Chadron, Neb.. May 20.—The town of
Chadron has been greatly stirred by the
filing of information here by County
Judge E. M. Slattery and County At
torney E. D. Cr*tes charging Chief of
Detectives Steve Maloney, of Omaha,
anti eight others with conspiracy to
blackmail. The case involves the
names of Robert Hood, a wealthy and
aged banker and his young wife.
Complaints were filed against the fol
lowing:
Stephen Maloney, chief of detectives,
Omaha police force.
Harvey Wolfe, president of the Oma
ha Detective association.
C. W. Pipkin, former police detective,
its secretary.
Gus A. Tylee, detective.
Phil Winkler, private detective.
W. S. Dolan, private detective, Chica
go.
Allen G. Fisher, attorney, Chadron.
Charles I. Day, Chadron.
Louis K. Mote.
The complaint alleges that the de
fendants conspired to obtain the pres
cnee of Mrs. R. Hood, jtnung wife of
Robert Hood, an aged" a nit wealthy.
Chadron banker, and County Attorney
Crites in his office at Hi o'clock the
night of May 14, and that part of the
plan was to have three of the defen
dants, Philip Win< kler, Charles I. Day
and Louis K. Mote, enter the office anil
charge misconduct between Crites amf
Mrs. Hood.
The complaint further alleges that
Kinekler, Day and Mote came to the
office and found Mrs. Hood there with
Crites and with drawn revolvers at
tempted to force each of them to pay
$500 and sign written acknowledge
ments of misi onduet.
It is further alleged in the’complaint
that the purpose of these acknowledge
ments was to prevent the county attor
ney from completing prosecutions of
some of the dependants and to stop
him from again becoming a candidate
for public office.
The complaint also charges that Mrs.
Hood’s signature was to be used in an
effort to obtain $1,000 from Robert
Hood.
Philip Winckler was released or. a
$1,000 bond. Bonds for Stephen Malo
ney, chief of Omaha detectives and the
other defendants were plieed at $S,000
for their appearance at Chadron, May
31.
According to on Omaha dispatch, W.
S. Dolan charges the whole thing is a
frameup. He is quoted as saying that
politics is behind it. He declares that
the trouble originated in Omaha and
says:
“We were making an investigation
for Robert Hood, wealthy president of
the Chadron Milling company, with re
gard to the conduct of Mrs. Hood. Dur
ing our investigation our men found
Mrs. Hood visiting the office of E. D
Crites, county attorney, at late houn
In an effort to get th.e inside informa
tion, we sent up a woman operative.
“For this work we engaged Elsie
Phelps of the Central baths, 150fi Har
ney street. She was to get a line on
Mrs. Hood by getting • in with her
crowd and going to her parties.
“Apparently Elsie Phelps was a
friend of Paul Sutton of the Omaha
police, to whom she confided, and he.
told "Johnny” Lynch.
“Lynch was sore on us because we
did the work for Sheriff (’lark that
put the Lake Side resort out of busi
ness. The first thing Lynch did was lo
send Sutton up there to slug our
ga me."
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RAILROADS STRIKE SNAGS
IN PRESSING RATE RAISE
Lincoln. Neb.. May 26.—.The railroads
are up against one propostion in push
ing their application, filed Tuesday, for
a 15 per cent increase in rates, that is
certain to cause them trouble. They
are asking the commission to increase
rates on carload shipments of live
stock, potatoes, grain and grain prod
ucts. coal, lumber and building ma
terial, that were fixed by a legislative
act in 1907 at S5 per cent of the then
prevailing rates. The supreme court
lias held in a case involving the 2-eent
passenger fare law. passed at the same
time, that the commission has no powei
to raise rates fixed by a legislative act
but the railroad attorneys, being un
able to settle the'matter of procedure
themselves have put it up to the com
mission for the purpose of getting a
record to go elsewhere on.
The application excepts from tlie in
crease the jobbing rates fixed by ar
Interstate Commerce commission last
October, when Sioux City complained
that state commission rates discrim
inated against it. It does ask that the
rates in that order apply to all other
points instead of the distance tariff of
tlie Nebraska commission.
HEAVY LOSSES SUSTAINED
BY NORFOLK PACKING FIRM
Norfolk, Neb., May 26.—The plant of
tlie Norfolk Packing company is a mass
of smouldering ruins as the result of
a disastrous fire which broke out from
an unknown origin. Large quantities
of canned beans, the cost of which if
estimated at $50,000, were destroyed
A dozen carloads of coal and valuable
machinery also were destroy#!. The
total damage is estimated at from $00,
000 to $60,000. The brick wall of the
big building remains standing. Nor
folk firemen saved the wooden husking
sheds, located near the main buDdicg,
with chemicals.
Northwestern switching crews saved
several carloads of beans standing rx~«r
the building by running a locomoh'o
through the blaze and pulling out tiy
blazing cars. The flames were put oui
with the hose aboard the locomotive
It is believed the plant will be rebuilt,
FOUR LEGGED FISH IS
DISCOVERED IN NEBRASKA
Lincoln, Neb., May 2G.—Secretary ol
State Pool, just back from a tri ”
through the Sixth district. Insists thai
a new fish has been discovered in \bv
section. He describes it as a wAtov
puppy, and says it has four legs. Theso
are employed in locomotion between
t' - numerous lakes in Sheridan. Dawes
and Cherry counties. Land Commis
sioner Shumway, who was the compan
ion of Mr. Pool on the trip, says that he
did not see the fish, liul that Mr. Pool
and two companions on a fishing ex
pedition. claim to have caught (wo of
them.
WOULD KEEP ALL DOGS
ON PREMISES OF OWNERS
Fremont. Nob., May 24. A lively
fight is"in prospect growing out of the
introduction yesterday in the city coun
cil of an ordinance providing that dogs
kept in the city must be confined to the
premises of the owners, Premont is
: Nebraska's dog center, there being
many breeding pens here and the local
‘ association annually staging the big
gest bench show in the west. The ken
nel owners will fight the new bill.
KNOX COUNTY RAISES
AN AIRPLANE FUND
Citizens to Buy Fighting Ma
chine for Army by Popu
lar Subscription.
Grofton, Nob., May 25.—Residents ol
Knox county. Nebraska, are,raising 3
fund with which to purchase a military
airplane to be given to the l nitec
Stales army. Part of the fund has al
ready been subscribed.
Knox county hopes to be the first ii
the Knifed States to send a fightin?
plane to the battle lines. Rome R
Benedict, of Crofton, is in charge ol
the fund.
A committee composed of business
and professional men including George
Whistler, George Nelson. Dr. D. I). Tab
cott and F. L. liollen. will have charge
of selecting and placing the airplane or
exhibition in Crofton. it is hoped tc
procure the machine by September 1.
WILL MAKE REPORT SOON
ON RECOVERY OF FUNDS
Lincoln, Neb.. May 25.—Three sena
tors and three representatives, forming
a special committee of the legislatin'*
to investigate into the matter ol wheth
er the state has any chance to recover
the $154,000 lost in the failure of the
Fapital National bank four years ago.
held a meeting here Tuesday. The legal
matters involved were handed over t*
a subcommittee composed of the law
yers on the special committee. Senators
Sandall and Neal and Representative
Fultcs, and these will report June 12 at
another meeting of the committee.
Soon after the failure four depositors
filed suit against the directors, claiming
that they were relict in their duty and
certified the bank was solvent when it.
was not. They fought the case through
the courts for a score of years, going
back and forth between the Nebraska
supreme court cud the federal court
several times. Finally the directors
were stuck and forced to pay $58,000.
The success in this case spurred the
legislators to make this inquiry. The
attorney general said that the courts
would not permit tire state, after rest
ing or. whatever rights it possessed, for
so many years, to maintain such an
action, but both houses refused to take
his judgement.
SCORES OF LOCAL LABOR
BUREAUS ARE ORGANIZED
Lincoln, Neb., May 25.—Though little
mole than a week has elapsed since it
began active operation, the newly
created state labor bureau hds already
organized local labor bureaus in 60 Ne
braska towns.
Organization of * additional towns is
in full swing, and it is hoped that every
county seat in the state may be pro
vided with a labor bureau in a short
time. The force of men who are active
ly promoting th^ organization consists
of 15 special food agents of the Bur
lington railroad, nine county agricul
tural agents working under the direc
tion of the Agricultural Extension Ser
vice and the United States Department
of Agriculture, and six members of the
regular force of the PUxtersion Service.
In some cases, mayors of towns have
appointed men to take charge of a
local labor bureau; and in others, com
mercial club secretaries have taken
over the task of bringing work and
workmen together. Some commercial
club secretaries have been given extra
pay for conducting a labor bureau in
addition to their regular ^ork.
INDIAN AGENT TO LOOK
INTO RESERVATION PLAN
Lincoln, Neb., May 25.—Indian Com
missioner Sells and Senator Hitchcock
made prompt reply to the telegram of
Governor Neville calling their attention
to the fact that several thousand acres
i of cultivatable land on the Omaha and
Winnebago Indian reservations was not
i in crops. Both assured the!governor
| that a special representative*had been
| sent to the reservation with instructions
to see that immediate steps are taken
to prevent the land from remaining idle
this season.
The council of defense of Thurston
county, where the Winnebago and
Omaha reservations are located, has
notified Governor Neville that as soon
as permission to use the land is secured
farmers will be found to plant it to corn.
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PENDER HIGH SCHOOL TO
HOLD EXERCISES FRIDAY
Pender, Neb.. May 25.—The annual
commencement of the Pender high
school occurs next Friday evening.
Prof. i. R. Brittell, of the Wayne nor
mal will deliver the address. The
graduates are Eleanor Murray. Gene
vieve Hall, Emma Schweeis, Annie
Smith, Zabie Krause, llfmer Baker, Ar
thur Heyne, Adolph Wenke and I^eslie
Warne.
NORFOLK RED CROSS NOW
ENROLLING MANY MEMBERS
Norfolk, Neb., May 24.—The Madison
Red Cross association, under the direc
tion of Dr. and Mrs. F. A. Long, is grow
ing daily. Fifty members are already
secured and an honor list, of members
will be published in the Madison pfipcrg
from week to week.
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FREMONT- Because the Mardls com
pany, contractors, has had trouble with
plaster contracts in other cities its work
: on the new Pathfinder hotel has been
: tied up now for a week. Today officers
I of the hotel company ordered carpenters
i to go ah^ad with the finish over plaster
| in the first four stories, leaving the un
[ plastered fifth .and sixth stories to be
finished some time in the future.
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FREMONT Fremont high school girls
are volunteering their services to various
branches of the effort to organize Dodge
county for war. All the girls of the com
mercial classes have offered to act as
bookkeepers and stenographers for the
Y. M. C. A. work and Red Cross com
mittees. The high school domestic science
room will be used for demonstrations dur
ing the summer.
HOOPER A Red Cross society was or
ganized in Hooper with a large member
ship to start with. The following offjci is
were elected: President. Mrs. A M. Till
] man; vice president. Miss Julia Helnie;
secretary, Mrs. W. H. Crawford; treas
urer, Mrs. K. BeFreeso.
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HOOPER- Maurice Monnieh, Paul
Loose hen, (lii.« Harms and lister J.f
fers. Hooper boys who went to Omaha r »
enlist for army service, have all been
accepted. They have been assigned to
Fort l»gan. Colorado, for drill. Three of
these recruits are from German homes.
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TA.NCOLN Members of the state board
of control say that Harry' Runyan, the
Nebraska man arrested at Cincinnati
with a lot of dope in his possession, is
romancing when he says that he got :t
from the state insane hospital at Ingle
side. Runyan ai l hi. wife worked there
for a lime, but a c ireful inventory of the
narcotics on hand d»n\; not show thi dis
appim ranct• of any.
i
I VALLEY -Several hemes are still ouar
J an tilled in Valley account of scarlet
’ fever, M ss Eva Harrier, teacher at iion
I Sun. who ca no home from her school for
' u visit, is tfc. . test victim. Miss i|ai
< lar’d condition is not serious,
t
FRENCH PLAN
OF FiGli INC
SUBS TOLD
Lacaze, Minister of Marine,
Says It’s Foolish to Think
Germany Does Not
Know Them.
NETS, MINES, BOATS USED
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Complete Air Patrol of French
Coast Established—Nets
Tell When Plunger
Is Coming.
Paris, May 28. (delayed)—Hear Ad
miral Lacaze, the minister of marine,
outlined the means of defense France
had adopted against the undersea boats
in the chamber of deputies tonight.
“I see no reason why 1 should not
speak of these methods ’’ said Admiral
Lacaze. “It would be childish to think
they are unknown to the enemy. They
consist of a system of patrol boats, of
arming merchantmen and fitting them
with wireless, of seaplanes, nets, mines,
sm<»ke raising* devices and dragnets."
The minister said that France had
| 552 patrol boats in service and expected
j to increase the number to 900. fie also
said the government had 1.200 dragnets,
170,500 curtain nets and 5.000 20-foot
float nets which indicate the presence
«'f submarines. Discussing the use of
airplanes, he said:
“We have organized seaplane posts
ail around the coasts s< that the zone
of action of each post joins that of its
neighbor on either side. also have
special bombs for submarines a fid up
paratus to throw them. T
“The gi ins we mounted on the patrol »
boats have been referred to disdain
fully, but you cannot nut 10-i entimeter
guns on a small vessel. A i.atrol boat j
on guard, armed with »r>-millimeter
guns, met two submarines armed with
lOIi-mifliineter guns, sank one and put
the other to flight.”
Paris, May '.8.—Deputy Jules Cels
created a sensation in the chamber of
deputies in the course of a discussion /
on the interpellations concerning sub
marine warfare by producing statistics
showing that merchantmen aggregating
5,400,000 tons had been sunk since ibu
beginning of 1015. The chamber wen
into secret session.
FALORSI SAYS ITALY <
IS REALLY FIGHTING 1
Has Lost 200.000 rn Killec
Captured and Disabled.
Speaker Reveals. *
Washington, May 28.—Italy is fight
ing for the same iirincipies and ideals
in this war that President Wilson laid
down in his war address, said Vittorio
Falorsi, attache of the lia na war mis
sion in an address to the National Press
club.
"Some people say Italy is no< fighting
in this war. Her total number of men
under arms is 3,500,000. Her killed, to
tally disabled and prisoners already
reach 200,000 and slie is prepared to
meet four times that loss if necessary."
M. Falorsi said the pe< pie of the
United States do not understand Italy,
hut that the hope of the Italian mis
sion is “to bring about a closer under- (
standing and affiliation between t'p- . A,
two great countries."
ONLY 30 JEWS LEFT
OF 9,000 IN JAFFA
Jerusalem Dispatch Shows Ar- |
my of Civilians Expelled I
by Turks.
Copenhagen, May 2B. -The Jewish
Rundeschau. of Berlin, a Zionist organ,
has received a dispatch from Jerusalem
confirming foreign reports of the eco
nomic ruin of the Jewish population of
Jaffa through compulsory evacuation.
Between 8,000 and 0,000 Jewish resi
dents of the town have been expelled
by the Turks, only 30 being permit
ted to remain.
FIVE KILLEdTy TRAFN #
WHEN !T HITS AUTO
Akron, Ohio, May 28. -Five Akron
young people, two girls and three men,
were instantly killed at midnight at
at Mantau near Ravena when their auto
was struck by an Erie train. One man
was injured. The dead:
DAVID F. MUNSON
•JAMES BARBER, Akron .
MISS BUELAH SM1DRAFF, Wheel
ing. W. Va.
W. F-. VAN HORN. Akron.
MAY HARRIS. Akron.
The injured:
Henry Rose, Akron.
Parts of the auto were scattered for
1,000 feet along the track.
SOCIALISTS SURPRISED;
HOW CABLES PROTEST
Stockholm (via London). May 28._
Leading members of the socialist in
ternational conference expressed sur
prise at the news that Secretary of
State Lansing had refused passports
;o American delegates.
James Eads How. the socalled “mil
lionaire tramp” of America has sent a
message ot protest*.
Word lias been receive,j that the mod
erate Russian socialists will serai dele
gates.
IMPORTANT PLACE
OFFERED PROF. ROWE \
| Washington. D. f\. May j,r j •
j K. Rowe, secretary of the international
j high commission and prof*, ,,,- of ,)0
j litical science at the i niversity o*
! Pennsylvania, has been offered the as"
| sistant secretaryship of the treasury in
j charge of customs.