TOE O’NEIL FRONTIER
ft H. CRONIN, Publisher.
*»NEIuI NEBRA8K/
For one battalion to win six Victoria
grosses in a single action Is surely a
Record, yet the Lancashire fussillers, on
Whom the honor has been bestowed,
have won lasting distinction in every
battle in which they have fought. On
the historic field of Minden so great
Was their bravery and so heavy their
losses that Prince Ferdinand directed
the regiment to be excuse!! from fur
ther duty. This they declined to accept.
After the peninsular war the Duke of
Wellington gave it unstinted praise. 'T
declare," ho said, "that of the many
distinguished regiments of the British
army which I have had the honor to
Command, this, the best and most dis
tinguished, is entitled to all the eulo
giurns I may have bestowed upon it.”
The Jury was established by the
Frankish kings, being introduced into
England by the Normans at the time
of the conquest in 1066. At first it was
merely a royal prerogative, men being
brought in to givo what they under
stood to be the truth regarding a cer
tain matter which was being considered
by the king. Under King Henry II, it
became a regular privilege which was
given to the people to use in the set
tling of their disputes. By the end of
the 12th century it was established, and
It represented the collective knowledga
of the community. By the end of tha
15th century, it was already similar to
our Jury of modern times, having be
come an important liberty of English
men.
Germans and Austro-Hungarians con
stitute 31 per cent of the foreign
bom population of the country. Na
tives of the two countries in the United
(States number 1,171,915, Germans along
number 2,501,533. The large majority
has been naturalized. There are 136,
*11 German born citizens in New York
btate. Half of Cincinnati’s citizens were
born in Germany. The largest percent
*ge of New York city’s German born
population lives in Queens.
A successful scheme for eliminating
?• and Increasing speed for traf
I.c been the plan of throwing a
flood of light upon traffic policemen,
(o that their motions can be easily dis
tinguished. The Union Electric Lighj
& Power company, of St. Louis, ha|
tried increasing the illumination al
busy corners by lamps on high buildJ
Inga or well above the street, thui
benefiting police, car drivers and th(
general public.
Parcels Bent to prisoners of wal
abroad, mostly in Germany, average^
32,200 a week from England, whill
i5,000, mostly from Germany, Were ret
eived for prisoners in England. Monej
brders numbering 91,570, and repre
senting £56,900, went to British pris
bners in Germany, and 96,900, repre
benting £97,300, came to enemy pris
bners in Great Britain.
Frank Harold Speir, age 8, of Sal
Francisco, Cal., will make his seconf
ocean voyage alone, when he leaves foi
Australia to live with his grandparents
Last year the boy made the round tri#
from San Franclsoo to the Antipodal
unaccompanied. Frank Is the smaller
applicant for a passport who ever ap-'
plied in that city.
Men who ’“have never been able to
save a cent” might learn something
from the caterpillar who travels on th«
Instalment plan. Watch him put ou(
his forward legs and wait until the
bind ones come up, giving him a camel
hump at the middle. But ho arrives
all right_
The customs authorities of Sweden
already are anticipating the coming ol
peace. They have sent a circular ordei
to all customs stations, pointing out the
probability that, with the end of the
war, freight traffic, will in ali prob
ability assume overwhelming propor
tions.
An employe of the Chinese postoffice
having become interested in the gospel
by reading the small magazine. Gospel
Mail, registered a letter which he wrote
to a missionary, because it contained a
question, which to him was all import
ant, "What must I do to be saved?"
A new project of American engineers
Is a giant canai 250 miles long to con
nect the Arctic ocean and the Baltic sea
extending from Kandalaska on the
White sea to Tornes near the Swedish
frontier on the gulf of Finland. The
tost is estimated at}150,000,000.
Many Christians hymns are sung in
tb"' Buddhist Sunday schools of Japan,
the name of Buddha being substituted
lor that of Christ and of God the Fath
\r, in such songs as "Jesus Loves Me,"
and -God Is Love.”
Since the beginning of the war, Can
ada has provided 414,402 volunteers for
active military duty, and, in addition,
has sent 33,350 British reservists and
10.000 men for the aerial arid naval ser.
vice.
A student at Dubuque college, who
•pent last summer doing home mission
ary work, earns his way through col
lege by serving the members of the
tollege community as a barber.
Luke McLuke says the hardest tiling
* man can do is to swallow hi* pride.
Evidently Luke never boarded at a
restaurant and tried to swallow some of
the steak dished up.
The Puget Sound division of the
Northern Pacific railroad has adopted
the policy of employing women instead
bf men wherever women are able to do
the work required.
During a sale at Crook farm (Dur
ham, England.) on behalf of war chari
ties. one of the pullets laid an egg,
which was sold and resold until it had
realised £3.
Its mission at last ended, the society
for the suppression of the Indlo-t'hincse
opium trade, which was founded in
IS74, held its last meeting In London re
cently.
■ Tho "halt of Kerman (whence onr
word “shawl"), is either woven from
the down of the goat or from wool.
°nr large sugar-refining concern In
this (onntry employs 125,000 cars to
varry on its business.
Waste wood products from southern
raw mills ore to be used in the manu
facture of nnnei*.
Don't bln me the dog if you see a
woman >• iristnjr it. She is just one of
ti e “400" who is evading family re
ap nrihlUtleu.
Cldra sends thousands rf tons n(
pea uts abroad each year, and so does
India.
p China contains more American mis
sionaries ttrin American hm iners men.
In the city of Kerman, Persia, there
are 1,000 rug and carpet looms.
The belting of the heart aflePii the
TMtividuaUty of bond writing
^.' ’
NEVILLE STANDS BY
ANTI-BRYAN FACTION
Backers Brought Pressure to
Prevent Promotion of Lieu
tenant Governor.
Lincoln, Neb., July 16.—The secret of
why Governor Neville passed up the
opportunity to become colonel of the
Sixth regiment remains locked In his
breast. The belief nere is that it was
under pressure from the party faction
leaders whose cause he led to victory
and who would not consent to Lieuten
ant Governor Howard, a leader of the,
pryan faction, becoming governor. The
governor admits that he wanted to go,
os colonel, but that he could not name
himself or ask Mr. Howard to name him
and observe the proprieties. He hesi
tated a long timer, however, before re
nouncing his ambition, and before he
left for Washington a week ago told
applicants for military .appointments
Who asked for the facts that he had not
yet made up his mind.
BURLINGTON POSTS NOTICE
OF AN INCREASE IN WAGES.
Lincoln, Neb., July 16.—Thu Burling-1
ton has posted notice in its Havelock
shops that, effective on the first of this
month, an increase of 10 per cent will
be given on all piecework, and that i
pents an hour will be added to the pay
Tor machinists, boilermakers, black
smiths, copper fitters and skilled la
borers on the Lincoln. Omaha and Wy
more divisions. On the McCook, Sterl
ing and Alliance divisions, except at
Edgemont and Deadwood, the increase
will be 314 cents an hour. Apprentices
get a 2 cent boost. The new rate of
pay gives the tradesmen named from
p2V4 to 63 cents an hour.
RURAL PHONE COMPANY
CHARGES NONSUBSCRIBERS
Callaway, Neb., July 16.—It has re-|
,mained for a rural telephone com
pany, the Arnold and Callaway line, to
put into effect that which a number of
company managers have dreamed of
doing, that of charging and collecting
a regular yearly rate from persons who
use their neighbors' telephones. The
schedule now on file with the state rail
way commission shows that it collects
J6 a year from "subscribers who are
without telephone connections” when
purely rural service is furnished and $8
a year when they are permitted to talk
to Callaway, the market center of that
section.
NEW BOOTLEGGING METHOD
DISCOVERED IN NEBRASKA
Lincoln, Neb., July 16. -— Attorney
General Reed has been told In a letter
from a prominent citizen that boot
leggers are operating to the limit in
Saline county. The letter sets out that
before the saloons closed large amounts
of liquor were hidden in cellars, caves
and other secret places. When a
thirsty man wants a bottle or a case of
beer he pays the owner and then is
free to go to the cave or cellar and
"steal” what he has paid for without
fear of arrest.
RAILWAYS ASK FOR DELAY
IN RATE RAISE HEARING
Omaha, Neb., July 16.—Instead of
withdrawing their request for a hearing
on their application for a 15 per cent
Increase In state rates after being de
nied a similar increase in interstate
rates by the federal commission, the
railroads of Nebraska have asked for a
continuance until September 10. The
hearing was originally set for next
Monday, July 16.
SNAKE BURIES FANGS
IN LITTLE GIRL’S LEG
Broken Bow, Neb., July 16. — The
9-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Morrison, who live near Arnold,
was bitten by a rattlesnake when out
in the yard playing. The snake sprang
out at her, biting her viciously on the
ankle and with such force that she
was unable to shake it loose and had
to pull It off with her hands. The
child is recovering.
A
TURNS WEDDING FEES
OVER TO RED CROSS
Crofton, Neb., July 16. — The just
ice of the peace of Eastern town
ship will perform marriage cere
monies free if the groom will
give the $3 fee, to the Red Cross.
The Crofton Journal also promises to
give a six months’ subscription free to
the bride, provided the contracting
parties live within 10 miles of Crofton.
WEST POINT—A fire was discovered in
the Ideal theater at 1 o’clock Wednesday
morning and If It had not been for tlie
timely discovery the entire building
might have been burned down. Damage
of $50 was done, os the wall will need re
paperlng. The cause of the fire is thought
to have been'from lightning Btriking the
light wire.
HEBRON—A bolt of lightning at the
W. M. Sharp home affected the left side
of Mr. Shnrp’s head and ear, causing the
sensation of mumps to remain. The light
ning struck a telephone pole close to the
house, burning the line wire, burning out
the phone and a ball of fire shot across
the room, blackening the side of the
(louse and killed a dog lying near.
BROKEN BOW—Thirty thousand one
hundred and sixty dollars for 1,160 acres
of land six miles southwest of Broken
Bow was paid by Carl Jeffords and John
Cramer to J. S. Squires. They will use It
for a Btock and crop ranch and expect
to stock It heavily.
W AK BF1E DD — War conditions ore
blamed for Wakefield's turning down
sewer bonds, only 66 voting for them and
69 against out of a possible 250 voters.
SHIPS TAKE CHANCES
T° MAKE BIG PROFIT
An Atlantic Port, July 14.—Eleven
neutral steamers loaded with grain and
other cargo which could not be export
ed except under license after President
Wilson’s embargo proclamation be
comes effective Monday, cleared from
this port today for European ports
without British letters of assurance and
will attempt to run the allied blockade.
Ten of the vessels are Dutch and the
other Scandinavian.
Besides grain, the ships carry a great
quantity of meal cake and other cattle
feed included under the terms of the
embargo proclamation.
DUBUQUE POSTMASTER
COMMISSIONED CAPTAIN
Dubuque. Ia„ July 14.—Morris Con
nolly, postmaster here and former Iowa
congressman today received a com
mission as captain in the aviation
branch of the military service from
President Wilson. While Connelly has
no orders to report, he said he thought
lie would be In France within four
months. Connelly will tender his res
ignation as postmaster within a few
days.
NEBRASKA CORN CROP ~
LARGEST IN HISTORY
Constitutes Two-Thirds of the
State’s Entire Farm Yield
—All Crops Flourish.
Lincoln. Neb., July 14.—The govern
ment’s July forecast of Nebraska crops
indicates that 380,000,000 bushels of
corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye. potatoes
Pnd apples will be harvested in the
state this year, as compared with a
191# crop, ag estimated in December,
of 302,000,000 bushels.
Corn, which last year constituted
slightly more than half of the grain,
this year will form ovc'- two-thirds of
the grain crop.
The statistical summary for Nebras
ka follows;
Corn—July : forecast. 248.000,005 bushels;
production last year (December estimate),
192.400.000 bushels.
Winter Wheat—July 1 forecast, 12,200.000
bushels; production last year (December
estimate), 64.800,000.
Spring Wheat—July 1 forecast, 6,530.000
bushels; production last year (December
estimate), 3,760,06.. bushels.
Oats—July 1 forecast. 93,000,000 bushels;
Er2JLuct,on bist year (December estimate),
79.875.000 bushels.
Harley—July 1 forecast, 4.280,000 bushels;
production last year (December estimate).
3.080.000 bushels,
H>’e—July 1 forecast, 2,680,000 bushels;
Production last year (Dwember estimate),
3.072.000 bushels.
Potatoes—July 1 forecast. 13.340,000 bush
els; production last year (December esti
mate), 7,665.000 bushels.
All flay—July forecast, 7,590,000 tons;
production hist year (December estimate),
7.200.000 tons.
Apples—(Agricultural crop)—July fore
cast, 899,000 barrels of three bushels; pro
dy(j.i’oti last year (December estimate),
•>*><,000 barrels, Last year about 26 per cent
of the total crop and 38 per cent of the
total United States crop were estimated
to be ‘'commercial' (1. e., shipped out of
the country where grown). This year
about 20 per cent of the state crop and 37
por cent of the United States crop are esti
mated tentatively to be "commercial.”
Prices—The first price given below is the
average on July 1 this year, and the sec
ond, July 1 last year. Wheat, $2.24 and 8S
cents per bushel. Com, $1.53 and 66 cents.
Oats, 61 and 35 cents. Potatoes. $2.94 and .
95 cents. Hay, $11.80 and *5.60 per ton.
Eggs, 25 cents and 17 cents per dozen.
BOY IN SIX YEARS EARNS
MONEY TO PURCHASE LOT
Howells, Neb., July 14.—Tom Broz,
16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Broz, purchased a lot in South Howells ,
from Adolph Ritzdorf, paying for it
$350 in cash. The money so spent had
been earned by young Broz by doing
odd jobs ever since he was 10 years of
age. Blacking boots and other occu- I
pations outside of school hours netted
him the neat sum now invested in real
estate. At the same time his ‘ father
purchased an adjoining lot and the two
will use the plots for a family garden. (
GREAT WESTERN SUGAR
COMPANY PLANS PLANT
Hooper. Neb., July 14.—Teachers of
parochial schools from all parts of Ne
braska gathered at the parochial school I
six miles east of here for a three day
convention. Sixty educators were pre
sent. Rev. J. C. Lang delivered an ad
dress of welcome. Educators from
Seward normal, Omaha, Deshler, Co
lumbus and Arlington were among
those represented. Officers elected
were H. Hillman, president; E. E. Muel
ler, secretary, and Herman Bloch,
treasurer. The next convention will be
held at Seward, where the Nebraska
Lutheran normal school Is located. A
class was present and gave practical
demonstrations in methods of teaching
different subjects.
TEACHERS OF PAROCHIAL
SCHOOLS MEET AT HOOPER
Hershoy, Neb., July 14.—Just before
Its six months' option expired the Great
Western Sugar company, thrdugh Ed
mund Simmons, general manager, yes
terday closed a deal with G. L. MudtS
for a tract of land lying just north of
town and comprising 240 acres.
The site is ideal for a factory loca
tion and work is expected to commence
some time this fall. Simmons last week
secured trackage and drainage rights of
way.
HARRIES TO COMMAND
ALL NEBRASKA TROOPS
Lincoln, Neb., July 14.—Governor Ne
ville returned from Washington today
and will stick on the Job as governor of
Nebraska.
He announced at noon the following
appointments which have been con
tinued by the war department.
George H. E. Harries, Omaha, briga
dier general of Nebraska brigade, Na
tional Guards,
Philip L. Hall, Jr., colonel of the Sixth
Nebraska regiment.
Other officers appointed are:
Regimental Adjutant—Captain John
T. Madgett. Hastings.
First Battalion Major—Paul B. Skin
ner, Omaha, adjutant, Aubres S. Ken- j
worthy, Omaha.
SONINLAW IS CHARGED
WITH ST. PAUL MURDER j
St. Paul, Neb., July 14.—Vincent j
Grammer was arrested today for the j
murder of Mrs. Fred Vogt, whose body
was found on the roadside near St. Paul |
on July's. Grammer is soninlaw of the
murdered woman. He is now in jail j
here. Officers claim to have sufficient j
information for conviction, but arc say
ing nothing.
AINSWORTH—G. W. Chappell. Of the
Willow Lake ranch, sold a consignment
of wool here last week, 1.810 pounds, for
$900. It Is probably the most valuable load
of any sort ever marketed here and came
from a small flock of sheep, which do ex
ceptionally well In this county.
STANTON—The board of education has
accepted the resignation of Cooper Ellis,
of Wayne, Neb., teacher of manual train
ing, science and athletics. Mr. Ellis re
signs to enlist in the army. The board is
looking for u suitable candidate for the
vacancy.
HOMER—A county agricultural tour
will be made In this county Friday, July
90. All members of the family should be
interested In this trip. In which eight or
nine farms presenting objects ot special
Interest will be visited.
NORFOLK—Company T, the Norfolk
section of the Sixth Nebraska, new con
sists of 195 men, an addition of 25 from
Noligh swelling the ranks. They go into
the concentration camp here Monday to
remain until August 1.
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SAYS GERMAN SHRAPNEL
CONTAINS WOODEN PELLETS
Laurel, Neb., July 14.—An h/ticution
• hat the Gorman supply of metal is be
coming exhausted is contained in a let
ter received by Mr:.. J. A. Frederfokson
from her brother, Lyle Rathbun, ot the
Forty-ninth Canadian regiment, in
France. He said that German shrapnel
shells have been found to contain par
ticles of wood instead of lead or iron.
He says the German prisoners express
surprise that the seas are not closed to
enemy ships, that London is not in
ruins and that the Germans are not
holding I'arts.
'ADJUTANT GENERAL
TO LAND COLONELCY
Reported Hall Will Command
“Dandy Sixth”—Captain
Jess Reprimanded.
Lincoln, Neb., July 14.—It is persist*
ently rumored that Adjutant General
Hall has been selected as colonel of the!
Sixth Nebraska rej.riment, just formed,
i No confirmation has yet come to the
i ctory. Considerable confidence has been
shown in the story that Governor Ne
ville would take the place for himself,
but the trend of guessing now is that
Hall will be the man selected. He is the
pon of Dr. P. L. Hall, Lincoln bankj
president and former democratic na
tional committeeman, a party leader.
The regiment now has an enrollment of
45 officers and 1,413 men.
Captain Jess of the signal corps, re
cently before the military hoard of effi
ciency to answer charges, has been
found not guilty on nearly all counts,
but has been reprimanded for some
reason not yet given out. The hoard;
found, however, that there was no truth
to the charges against his patriotism.
He Is of German descent, but his record
was found to be spotless.
SECRETARY OF NORFOLK
CLUB MOVES TO IOWA
Norfolk, Neb., July 14. — Secretary
McClary, of the Norfolk Commercial
club, has resigned to accept a position
as manager of a sugar beet factory at
Mason City, la. Secretary McClary has
been acting head of the Norfolk club,
Bince June 1, 1916, coming here from
bolding a place as manager of a beet
factory in Michigan with a salary on
$5,000 a year. Being a native of Nor
folk he gave the year to upbuilding the
home club. His successor has not
been named, but a woman is thought
to be slated.
PROHIBITION PUTS STOP
TO DIPSOMANIA, HE SAYS
Lincoln, Neb., July 14.—The last dip
somaniac in the state hospital at Lin-,
coin was discharged Wednesday. Dr.
Williams, the superintendent, said
that the people of Nebraska had found
a cure, and that cure was prohibition.
In the eight years he has been in
charge 1,199 dipsomaniacs have been
treated. Not a single case has cqme to
him since 10 days after the saloons
closed. I
"When I look back over the stream
of wrecked humanity that has stag- ,
gered into this hospital,” says Superin- |
tendent Williams, “victims of alcohol- ;
ism, it seems incredible that relief ;
should follow so promptly the enact
ment of state prohibition. At times
such as this I cannot understand the
logic cf those who question the pro
priety of nationwide prohibition.”
CITIZENS BUY TRACTOR TO
GRADE ROADS NEAR MAGNET
Magnet, Neb., July 14.—Eighty-seven
subscriptions of $10 each have been sub
scribed here for the purchase of a trac
tor to be used in improving the roads
of the surrounding country. A big
meeting was held last week and many
more pledges were received from those
willing to give toward the project. A
committee of local men has been ap
pointed to investigate the merits of the
different tractors on the market. A
permanent organization was effected by
tlie election of A. E. Halmquist, presi
dent; J. M. McMurphy, secretary, and
T. F. Fenske, treasurer,
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BOOMING NEW HOTEL FOR
THE TOWN OF COLERIDGE.
Coleridge, Neb., July 14.—Those inter
ested in the welfare of the town insist
that Coleridge needs a new hotel. The
old structure burned down a year ago
and since then meager accommodations
have been the rule. It has been pro
posed that the town sell a quarter block
owned by the community to a corpora
tion composed of local stockholders who
promise to erect a frame building to
cost in the neighborhood of $7,000.
RAILWAY MAKES POSSIBLE
DEVELOPMENT OF RAEVILLE
Elgin, Neb., July 14. — Work was
begun last week on the new switch at
Raeville, and will be rapidly pushed to
completion. People in that community
have struggled long and hard with rail
way officials to be accommodated in
this manner. Now in a few weeks all
trains will stop at Raeville ana receive
mil emit passengers and load and un
load freight. A site has been secured
[or an elevator, a bunk lias been organ
ized and a site selected for it in the
village. The bank is capitalized with
money from Dodge, and Raeville farm
ers. Other businesses are in prospect.
Raeville will soon on the map.
PIERCE FAMILY PURSUED
BY STREAK OF BAD LUCK
Pierce, Neb., July 14.—Louis Herbol- j
sheimer, a young farmer east of Pierce, i
tell while working from the scafford of i
a. shed belonging to Prof. E. W. Eber- !
hard. The Herbolsheimer family have j
had an unfortunate streak of luck this j
Beason, a few weeks ago Will Herbol- j
sheimer, a brother, having one of his i
hands almost amputated in a farmer j
implement, a week later lighting killed
several head of cattle belonging to
tlie two brothers.
MUST INCREASE INTEREST
RATE TO SELL NEW BONDS
Aurora, Neb., July 14.—All efforts to j
dispose of $40,000 of school bonds of i
the Aurora district having failed, the j
board of education has decided to |
raise the ante. Accordingly, a special '
election has been called to vote on i
5 per cent bonds. It is said the gov
ernment’s offer of Liberty loan bonds
caused the 4 per cent school project tc
fail.
ROUTE OF NEW YANKTON
HIGHWAY IS SELECTED
Laurel, Neb., July 14.—The govern
ment aid road from Fremont to Yank
ton will come through Laurel, by way |
of West Point Wayne, and from hero
to Coleridge, Hartington and Fordyce,
making about 50 miles in Cedar county.
A committee from Laurel met the sur
veying engineer and his party at the
Cuming county line and came with
them through Wayne' county. The
contract for the road will be let this
fall, but work will not start probably
until spring.
PLAINVIEW—F. H. Sink, manager of
a local lumber company, lost a finger re
cently when driving In his automobile.
Me reached down to adjust a bolt and a
sudden jolt of the car threw,him so that
as he Jerked his hand the middle finger
was caught between tne drive chain and ,
the sprocket wheel and most of the flesh j
of the member was stripped to the bone. i
Amputation was necessary.
BBEMER—Bee-mer has just laid the cor- i
nerstone for a fine modern high school j
building, planned by an architect from I
Omaha. No expense is being spared to (
make it one of the most modern and i
convenient in the state for a place the j
site cf Becmcr. t
mmt goveies
KEEPS 'EM 60ESS80
Dc-es TTcviile Want Colonelcy or
Hot? Will Eryan Demo
crat Get Job?
TJnrolp, Neb.. July 13. — Adjutant
fin 11 doesn’t Iclievo that Governor Ne
ville will resign to take command an
.-olonnl of the new Sixth regiment. Tl’n
tential may or may nut know. Also
ie is an interested party, because if the
jovernor doesn't go as colonel the head
>t .he state militia has reason to bo
ieve that he will. The governor is now
it. Washington. Presumptively he went
there to find out more about the draft,
ttut it is pointed out by suspicious poli
ticians that other governors did not
’ind it necessary to travel all that dis
ance, and they suspect that the real
Jbject of the governor was to make
smooth his pathway into the colonelcy.
The anti-Bryan faction of the state
Jemocracy refus ■ to believe that the
fovernor will desert them and allow
i Bryan democrat, Lieutenant Governor
Utoward, to be governor. Governor Ne
ville. however, is known to have "a
treater longing for a I'ilitary career
ban to hold down the g^rVernor’s chair.
Jutside of legislative sessions there
Isn’t much for a governor to do, and
Meville is young and anxious to work.
The fact, too, that the governor persist
ently refuses to make a direct state
ment as to his intentions lias all the
anxious ones in the air.
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MAN BELIEVED KILLED
AND THROWN OFF TRAIN
Te’ramah, Neb., July 13.—The body
of a middle aged man was found be
neath a Northwestern railway trestle,
between this city and Craig, and from *
appearances the man had been killed
and thrown off a moving train. No
marks of identification were found to
give any clew as to whom he might be
nr where he came from. It is thought he
had been dead at least 24 hours be- >
fore being found by a group of boys
who hailed a passing automobile and
told of their gruesome find.
The man had been robbed of all but
his underclothes, and was lying face
down in a little creek, his hands and
feet buried in the mud, showing that
he had fallen writh some force and evid
ently was dead when he hit the ground,
as there was no signs of struggle. There
was a deep gash across his breast and
his head also was battered. At several |
places along the guard rail on the
bridge, masses of blood were found.
The body was in such a state that it
was taken to Craig and buried by the
county' officials, who have no other clew ,
than that the man met death at the .
hands of a band of robbers who relieved :
him of all his money and clothing and
threw him off a freight train after they
had killed him.
PLENTY OF OPENINGS IN
RESERVE OFFICERS’ CAMP
Lincoln, Neb., July- 13.—At the re
quest of the federal military authorities
it Chicago, Liehtenant Governor How
ard, acting governor, has issued a
proclamation to the young men of Ne- ,
tiraska to register for the next officers’ i
raining camp. He says that if the men I
whom Nebraska is to send to the front j
ire to be properly led there must be a
nore generous response from the men
)f Nebraska. He urges a speedy re
sponse. The government wants men
Iron 20 years and 9 months of age to
14, with a capacity' for leadership. No
previous military experience is neces
sary'. Governor Howard say's the work
s honorable and the pay' ample, and
jrges qualified persons to secure blanks
if the commandant at Fort Crook,
.vhere the officers’ training camp for
this section is to be held.
MOT RESPONSIBLE FOR
NEGLIGENCE OF EMPLOYE
Omaha, Neb., July 13.—On a rehear
ing the court set aside a verdict of
12,300 secured by Frank Poos against
ihe Krug Brewing company, of Omaha.
Poos was standing on a ladder working.
The ladder was held by a fellow em
ploye, who allowed it to slip. Poos got a
bad tumble and many hurts. The court
saye that if the ladder had been shown
to be defective or any other of the tools
used not in workable shape the em
ployer could be held, but he cannot an
ticipate criminal negligence on the part
if another employe, who has been em
ployed with reasonable care as to. his
fitness and carefulness. It says that
the rule has so long been established
that if it is to be abolished and a better
rule established in its place it must be
done by the legislature and not by the
courts.
NEW TRIAL IS GRANTED
GAMMELL, VOLUNTEER HEAD
Fremont, Neb.. July 13.-—Phil H.
Gammell, head of the Christian Volun
teers of America, an organization of his
own, was granted a new trial by the
supreme court on a charge of carnally
knowing his adopted daughter. Gam
mell was convicted in Fremont. His
attorney succeeded in convincing the
court that Gammell was coerced into
pleading guilty on a preliminary, being
at the time overwrought and uncon
scious of what he was doing. The su
preme court says that the verdict of the
jury was not supported by any evi
dence other than that of the girl, and
that this is insufficient to justify a con
viction.
MAY DIVERT RIVER TO
SAVE SCRIBNER BRIDGE
Scribner, Neb., July 13.—The board of
county supervisors met here to confer
with Claus Ehlers, W. H. Meyer and F. J.
Kerkow, who own the land north of
town through which the river has re
cently made its way. The purpose of
the meeting was to decide where and
how to straighten the river bed in or
der to save the wagon bridge and pre
vent destruction of land, which is
threatened. Supervisor Flanagan in
sists that the only way to accomplish
this is to run the ri,ver into the old
river bed at the point known as Parks'
lake and from there lead it straight
east to the brick yard hill. This im
provement will cost about $2,000.
• —4
HARTINGTON—The first farm loan
bank in northeast Nebraska was recently
organized at the Rose Hlil school house.
Applications for farm loans amounting
to $66,000 were filed. The officers elected
were: J. H. Edwards, president: Henry
Lange, vice president; W, S. Steele, sec
retary and treasurer.
HARTINGTON—Eire starting from an
oil stove completely destroyed the sepa
rator and wash room on the Joe Wohlman
place east of here. A cream separator,
power washer and a number of smaller
articles were buauied. The loss was in the
neighborhood of $600, with no insurance.
ALLEN—The framework is now up on
the new Harmony Hill school house
northeast of here. The board L3 putting
up a modern structure to replace the old
building destroyed by fire.
SHOLES—A ladies’ aid society has been
formed at this place with Mrs. C. O.
Sellon as president; Mrs. A. Mattingley,
vice president; Mrs. John Davis, secre
tary; Mrs. Butterfield, treasurer.
»MHMNKl«k . ■MllM'IC******'-*.
REPORT KAISER i
HAS ABDICATED
— 1
Roundabout Reports, Which Are ■
Largely Discredited, Declare 1
German Emperor Will
Surrender Throne. ,f
HOLLWEG IS OUT, REPORT
Prussian Minister of War, Von
Stein, Resigns — Reichstag
Strikes, Delaying Vote
of War Credits.
(By United Press.)
Washington, D. C., July 1G.—An un
confirmed rumor that the kaiser has
abdicated in favor of his son. Prince
Jochim, publbished here todav, brought
little response from officials. While
the tension growing out of the internal
political situation was regarded as in
creasing, it is not believed to have
reached the stage where the throne and
junker control of the government is
seriously threatened. The course of i
the rumor was Amsterdam, long known I
as the busiest rumor city in Europe. I
Copenhagen, July 16.—The Wolff
News bureau of Germany circulates
without accepting any responsibility
for it, a statement by the Taeglischo
Rundschau, that the resignation of Dr.
von Bethmann-Hollweg, the imperial
chancellor has been accepted.
Bazel, Switzerland, July 16.—A Ber.
lin dispatch from the semiofficial Wolff y
bureau of Berlin says that the retire
ment of Dr. Von Bethmann-Hollweg,
the German imperial chancellor, is \
considered certain. M
Berne, Switzerland, July 16.—(Brit
ish admiralty per Wireless Press).—
An official telegram from Berlin says
that General von Stein, the Prussian
minister of war, has resigned.
The Prussian war office is in reality
the imperial ministry of war. perform
ing the functions of that office for the
empire.
General Von Stein recently excited
the antagonism of the socialists by his
pan-German activities opposing peace
efforts.
By Associated Press. \
Germany's serious internal crisis i
overshadowed the pending military op- [
erations in the news of the day.
The reports from Berlin show that
the reichstag has gone on strike
against the crown and the military
party, apparently in the interest of a
parliamentary system of government.
There is even a rumor, although en
tirely unconfirmed and little credited,
that Emperor William has abdicated
in favor of his sixth and favorite son.
Prince Joachim.
The peace clamor is growing both in
Germany and Austria-Hungary. Part of
the trouble between the reichstag and
the governing class is over the gov
ernment’s persistent declination to state
Germany’s peace terms on the basis of
non-annexation demanded by what now
comprises a majority block in the
reichstag.
The war credit bill is being held up by
this majority until the political crisis is
settled. But more serious yet is the de
cision of the members not even to meet
meanwhile for discussion in regular
session or in committee.
Apparently the crown prince is wag
ing a fight for control on tyehalf of the
militaristic interests. Chancellor von
Bethmann-Hollweg is under fire from
the crown prince and his supporters, the
chancellor seemingly being too liberally
inclined to suit the heir to the throne.
On the military side, the situation
continues to bear a most encouraging
aspect for the formidable group of na
tions allied against the centrol powers,
this generally being taken into consid
eration in dealing out with the situation
in Berlin and Vienna.
ONLY PEACE AIMS NOW. I
Amsterdam, July 16.—Count Michael '
Karolyi, leader of the Hungarian inde- ,
pendent party speaking in the house ot
deputies, says a telegram from Buda
pest. declared:
“The central point of the present
German crisis is the question .of peace.
Everyone in Germany wants peace, but
it is not enough to desire it, the nation
must negotiate for it. Count Czerriin,
• Austro-Hungarian foreign minister),
has not confined himself to mere words,
but has openly declared that we are
ready for peace without annexations.
One of the prerequisite conditions o^
peace is the democratization of every
country.”
Baron Julius Beck said:
“There Is no war policy today, hut
only a peace policy. The peace must be
honorable, guaranteeing Hungary’s
frontiers and her political independ
ence.”
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OLD GUARD TO DEFY KAISER.
Berlin, July 15, (via London, July 16.)
—If the Prussian diet whose present
complexion is of a conservative view,
fails to meet the conditions set forth in
Emperor William's decree for electoral
reforms, it is not unlikely drastic meas
ures will be adopted to overcome the ob
structionists.
A significant feature of the emperor’s
edict is the specific stipulation that the
reform meiisure must be forthcoming in
time for the next elections. Introduc
tion of equal, direct and secret suffrage
In Prussia will put an end to plural vot
ing as well as to an electoral franchise
based on taxation.
It is a foregone conclusion that the
reactionary old guard will make a stub
born fight on the measure, but its
champions eonfidegtly predict victory
in the struggle wherein the monarch
and the people are pitted against the
junkers and big industry.
SOCIALISTS STILL BUSY.
Chicago, July 14.—American socialists
will participate in the conferences of
delegates of socialist parties ot all al
lied countries proposed by British so
cialists if their delegates can obtain
passports and if the Russians agree to
take part, Adolph Germer, national sec.
retary of the purty, has announced.
MINERS RESUME WORK.
Washington, July 14.—Miners who %
participated in the Kennecott copper >
strike in Alaska, in progress several *
days, have yielded to Secretary Wil
son’s request that they resume work
pending the arrival of department med
iators, according to a message received
at the department.