THE O’NEIL FRONTIER
ft H. CRONIN, Publishar,
'NEILLThEBRASK/
The Sumitomo family, which owns
iafimnita)g» bank and many valuable
>pper mines in Japan, has distributed
1,500,000 among its employes. Other
tpanese industries are prosperous, and
is reported that the Toyo Kasea
•amera make $150,000 clear profit on
rery trip from Hong Kong to San
nmcisco. The Nippon Tusen, which
Its kgovernment subsidy of $1,800,000
year; earned at the rate of 48 per
mt In the last half year, and the slop
ing of the subsidy is being agitated,
t the first 11 months of 1916 $4,767,000
as invested in Japanese mining enter
etses, against $2^85,000 in the full year
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The following poem was written by
. .Everett and was the one declamation
lat no boy or girl could squirm out of
letting in the little old schoolhonses
i New England 50 and more years ago.
Bens are th* lines:
*«a'd scarce expect one of my age,
*0 speak in public on the stage.
Ad if I chance to fall below
>emosthenes or Cicero,
•n't Wlew me with a critic’s eye,
Ot pass my imperfections by,
Argo streams from little fountains
flow,
All oaks from little acorns grow.
The !argest woman subscriber to the
or loan in England is Miss Emily
albot. of Galmorgan. Miss Talbot, who
i 77 years old, is the daughter of C. R.
L Talbot, who sat in the house of
Mnmons for 60 years and died in 1890.
taring a fortune estimated at £ 8,000,
90 to his daughter. Her land holdings
f over 40,000 acres include several
lOusand acres of valuable coal de
osits, and nearly the whole of Port
’albot and the Port Taibot railway
nd docks. Miss Talbot’s contribution
i the war loan is estimated at £4,000.
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Fifteen hundred German newspaper*
.nd periodicals have been compelled t*
j: " l publication owing to tho In
[ft'...-V cost of material and labor, say*
bo Wurzburg Landeszelturig in its last
Bsue before suspending for the period
< the war. According to this jounnai,
tewBprint paper has reached a price
vhich is ruinous to any but tho wealth
tefit papers, while grease and oil for
ubrleating machines are only obtaln
|le at usurious prices.
The ancient Egyptians reaped their
■rain close to the ear and afterward
«t the straw close to tho ground and
|dd it by. It was this straw that
'haroh refused to give to the Israel
ites. It was because of this refusal to
;ive the longer straw to the Israelites
hat they were compelled to gather
’Stuhble." This was a matter of con
iderablo difficulty, seeing that the
draw itself had been cut off near to
he ground.
The word “purim,” the name of tha
treat annual festival of the Jews,
beans “lots." This feast commemorates
he preservation of the Jowh in Persia
tom the massacre with which they
vere threatened by Hainan (Esther ix).
phey gave the name Purim or “Lots" to
ommemorato the festival because he
ited thrown lots to ascertain what day
vould be auspicious for the massacre.
The Duke of Veragua, last descendant
ft Columbus, has offered to the Spanish
overnnient his family archives, which
Include the original contract between
folumbus and Ferdinand and Isabella.
|e asks a cash payment of $200,000 for
nese documents, although he has al
eady been offered this sum for the Co
umbus contract alone by an American
Collector of Hispanic treasures.
JJlorth Dakota is making a gift of $50,
100 to Its national guqj-<|smen who
lerved on the MexTSan border. That
UBPlini was appropriatedjby the lasl
egislature and will bo available for 700
U&rdsmen q£out July 1, when the “pen
ions” will be delivered. A ma]orTfy"of
he men will receive about $80, the pen
ion being rated at $10 per month for
he period of actual service.
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A German shipping news service on
he lines of the British “Lloyds" was
'planned at a recent meeting at Hom
jurg, Germany, of 400 representatives
if shipping and commerce. Wireless
telegraphy will be used, new signalling
stations are to be established and 800
Lgents will be appointed to gather
Ihipping news.
!oseph Fenouil, a farmer of Scillans,
nee, has just received the military
ini for inventing a means for res
ting the aim of cannon. Fenouil, an
utunt in the 110th artillery, de
jped unsuspected technical knowl
e at the front His Invention has
n adopted by the army.
useful addition to the telephone
sists of a small, circular disc to
ch are attached a pair of ear tubes,
merely placing the receiver over the
! and the tubes fn the ears, the op
tor is left free to jot down memor
tnda or use both hands tor consulting
|tecords or indices.
I Raphael was "one of the seven holy
iungels” (Toblt xli, 16). According to
Smother Jewish tradition Raphael was
Ijnc of the “four angels" which stood
!*>und the throne of God. (Michael,
ttfriel, Gabriel, Raphael.) In Toblt ho
KVas the guide and counsellor of Tobias.
In each of the 30 or more air raids
ii by Austria on Venice, that city
leeo prepared. The electrical mtc
tones at the Venice observation
m are said to have been able to
t the sound made by the planes as
lelt Trlest, 60 miles away.
Shuddai, “God Almighty," was the
by which God was specially
n to the patriarchs (Genesis xvii,
il xxvlil, 3; Exodus vl, 3). It Is
■ally agreed that tho primary Idea
it of strength and power to effect.
th w.ieat and barley straw were
by the ancient Hebrews, chiefly as
esis, xxlv, 26; I Kings tv, 28; Isaiah
it for the horses, cattle and camels
; lvil, 250. There Is no Intimation
straw was used for litter.
e use of fetters goes back to an
titoes. Fetters were usually made
ass and also in pairs, the word be
n the dual number. Iron was oc
naJly employed for the purpose.
1ms ov, 18; cxlix, 8 >
extensive are precautions taken by
juds that link Argentina and Chile
Limbing the Ande3. which have the
est grades in the world, that not a
acucldent has happened since they
opened In 1910.
e Prussian minister of education
• nnounced that 10,950 public school
hate fallen during the war
that their places have been taken
£9ky women.
1 he Venezuelan government by law
in-: ( reaej'ibed a standard of purity for
NEBRASKA PREACHER
HURRIED TO PRISON
George W. Gregory Taken to
Lincoln to Avoid Possible
Mob Violence.
Lincoln. Neb., July 23. — George W.
Gregory, the former Johnstown, Neb.,
preacher who yesterday was convicted
of a statutory offense and sentenced
to 18 years Imprisonment was hurriedly
brought to Lincoln, following his sen
tence. •
It was said thht the reason for his
speedy removal was to avoid the possi
bility of friends and relatives of one of
his alleged girl victims taking venge
ance upon the former preacher.
The sensation caused a great stir in
the communities of Ainsworth where the
trial was held and Johnstown. While
there was no demonstration of violence,
it is said the officers were momentarily
in fear of an outbreak.
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METCALFE RENEWS DEMAND
THAT REGENT HALLER QUIT
Omaha, Neb., July 23.—Richard L.
Metcalfe renews his demand that
Regent F. L. Haller resign. In a state
ment to the press he declares that Hal
ler is the ‘‘head and front of the pro
German, ultra-pacifist propaganda in
the University of Nebraska," and for
that reason he should retire so that
the state can he put in “fighting trim
for America." Mr. Metcalfe insists
that while he was present at a meeting
of Germans in Omaha some years ago
to demand the passage of the Hitch
cock embargo bill, he dissented vigor
ously from the pro-kaiser speeches
there made. He closes his statements
with these remarks:
"Mr. Haller refers towny canal zone
experience. The records will show that
I cleaned out the commissary grafters
there Just as 1 atr. in favor of cleaning
out the pro-German propagandists in
the university. Mr. Haller says that he
will not resign, but the night is yet
young. There have been German ab
dications in Germany, and there may
yet. be German abdications in Ne
braska.”
SUPPOSED INSANE MAN
AT LARGE IN NEBRASKA
Star, Neb., July 23.—Considerable ex
cltebent has been caused In the Lieb
neighborhood, four miles south, by the
actions of a supposedly insane man who
is believed to have escaped from an
asylum.
According to the story, the man was
first noticed to be displaying five Jack
knives which he said he bought so
that when he lost one he would still
have another to use. He seemed to be
of Swedish or Danish descent.
After feeding the man lie was placed
In the school houso while the sheriff
was called. The sheriff did not arrive
on the scene until Tuesday morning
and in the meantime the stranger dis
appeared. It is believed that the man
is still at large. Fearful housekeepers,
It Is said, peer under their beds and In
their closets before retiring.
LITTLE GIRL’S WANT AD
CAUSES BIGAMIST’S ARREST
Fairbury, Neb., July 23.—A notice In
i Kansas City paper signed "Doris Sat
terlee, a Little Girl,” asking help to lo
sate her papa, led to the arrest of
Rrant Satterlee at Fairbury Wednes
day on a charge of bigamy. The notice
In the paper gave the description of her
papa as tall and a little lame. The
description was so accurate that a store
Keeper where he was trading recognized
Satterlee as the man wanted. A long
listance message to the child brought
:he information that he left u wife and
>ne child In Kansas City. The.family
will reuch hero today. The records of
Rage county show that he married
pearl Catherine Johnson, June i.6, 1917,
(it Beatrice. Both registered from Wy
more, where the bride lived. The couple
tame to Fairbury to live, the man
working for a construction 'company
Sere, .. ,
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“TAKES ONE PLUNGE, THEN
ABANDONS HIS AMBITION <
Mlnden; Neb., July 23.—John Press
ly, 7-year-old son of Rev. and Mrs. J.
W. Pressly, fell from the roof of the
house Thursday morning when he took
a notion to take a high dive. He had
witnessed "Dare Devil Wilson" who is
with a local carnival company. He
climbed to the roof at th.e house and
a sudden slip sent him to the ground.
A clothes line caught his body, holding
It for an instant. He was knocked un
conscious. Dr. Hapema was called and
examined the little body, finding no
wounds outside of scalp wounds. John
Is confined to his bed but hopes to be
out again in a few days. He has given
up the idea of being a high diver.
PERMIT TO CONSOLIDATE
EXCHANGES IS GRANTED
Lincoln. Neb., July 23. — The state
railway commission has issued an or
der approving the purchase by the Lin
coln Telephone & Telegraph company
of various exchanges of the Surprise
company in Butler county, and permits
the consolidation of exchanges at
David City and Bralnerd. It declares,
however, that this will be done only
upon condition that the Lincoln com
pany and the Surprise company agree
to an extensive zone system that the
commission has worked out. The re
sult qf this will be to give patrons in
the entire county the option to take
county service at a specified rate for
each exchange or to restrict their serv
ices to their local exchange and pay
message rates.
TO WAIT OFFICIAL WORD
BEFORE BOARDS MAY ACT
Lincoln, Neb., July 23. — Not until
Governor Neville receives official noti
fication from Washington of the num
bers drawn will he offictaly notify ex
emption boards that it is up to them to
act. He will transmit to each board
copies of the official list received. The
Washington end of the draft rather
muddled up things by changing the
tnethod of drawing numbers at the last
moment, and thus annulled much of the
work done in Nebraska.
CANADIAN WHEAT PRICE $2.40.
Toronto, Ont., July 21.—-The board of
grain supervisors for Canada has ruled
that dating from August 1. next, the
maximum price of wheat, basis No. 1
northern, in store at Fort William, shall
not exceed 32.40 per bushel. This holds
unt»l further notice and applies to the
balance of the present crop.
LICENSES OF GERMAN
CHEMISTS ARE REVOKED
Washington, July 21.—Licenses under
which German chemical ‘firms have
been exporting to the 1'nited States
through northern Kuropeun neutral
countries, serums, vaccines, anti-toxins
and other biological products were
formally revoked today by the treasury
department. The order of revocation
cites the inability of treasury depart
ment inspectors to inspect the plants
sf the companies because of the war.
FINDS LOOPHOLES IN "
THE PROHIBITION LAW
Chemist Points Out Ways of
“Doctortag” Alcohol to Re
tain the “Kick.”
Uncoln, Neb., July 21. — Uncoln
chemist claims to have discovered some
loopholes in the prohibition law that
will make it possible for soft, drink
dealers who are so disposed td get al
cohol to sprinkle in their concoctions
and thus give the kick to %hem that
the drinkers desire. He says that the
law permits a druggist to sell alcohol
that has been treated according to one
of the several formulas of the United
States revenue department so as to
make it unfit for use as a beverage.
This chemist says that two of these
formulas—there are 18 in all—do not
make alcohol unfit for use. One formu
la provides that a ga!lon»of alcohol into
which there has been put two drams of
carbolic acid and 20 drops of winter
green. This chemist says that the win
tergreen disguises the carbolic acid
taste and that alcohol being the stand
are antidote for carbolic acid poisoning,
the compound is not made u/ifit to
drink.
The chemist also mys that another
formula of the revwiue department
says that a gallon of alcohol to which
there has been added two ounces of
alum and one ounce of zinc sulphate is
denaturlzed, but he quotes^from 'tho
Pharmacopoeia of the UnifRl States,
the standard druggist authority, that
neither alum nor zinc sulphate are sol
uble in alcohol, and that, therefore, all
a man who wants alcbhol need Is to
buy denatured alcohol of this formula
and by the use of filter paper draw off
the alum and zinc sulphate.
WILL SUE NORMAL BOARD
TO GET TEST OF POWER
Lincoln, Neb., July 21.—Just as soon
as Land Commissioner Shumway re
turns from the trip home that he started
upon Thursday, he intends to start a
suit that will question the right of the
state normal board to control the nor
mal schools of the state. Mr. Shumway
has been sitting up nights with the
constitution, and he reads therein to his
satisfaction that when the governor at
tempts to appoint such a board he Is
“homing” in on the prerogatives of the
land commissioner.
In. a statement issued before he left
the city Mr. Shumway said that he cer
tainly had a right to have at least par
tial control of the normals, and thinks
that he is the only officer anyway who
can legally name a board. In addition he
says that even if the governor can
name the board the‘members thereof
cannot continue to hold office after the
governor has gone the way of ^.11 of
ficeholders and been superseded. As
four members of the board hold ap
pointments under previous governors,
he thinks the board is unconstitutional
ly constituted. It Is the creation of a
statute. Mr. Shumway relies on his
reading of the constitution.
WILL DRAFT NEW SET
OF INSURANCE RULES
Lincoln, Neb., July 21.—After having
summoned the representatives of var
ious Nebraska accident insurance com
panies to the state capltol Thursday to
agr.ee upon a new set of rules drawn
by the insurance board, the rules were
tossed overboard and a committee
named to draft some new ones. The
board desires rules adopted that will
permit a policyholder to cancel when
he pleases and thereby forfeits but 30
per cent of his acquisition cost, and
defines what shall constitute a proper
reserve. The companies do not object
to the increased reserve, but claim that
if the cancellation rules are adopted
the life insurance companies that do
accident business could raid the state
and put all the home companies' out ol
business. , . --
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NEBRASKANS PAY DEARLY
FOR OKLAHOMA OIL LANDS
Lincoln, Neb., July 21.—The state
railway'commission is wondering if it
has legal authority to stop the sale ot
a squthern oil company, under the
Blue sky law, of tracts of land 20 feel
square which It Is offering to Nebras
kans for $10. It says it is doing this in
order1 to raise money for oil develop
ment, and that it is not selling, any
stock that would bring it under com
mission regulation. At $10 for a 20
foot square tract this figures $171,240
for a section of land, and the commis
sioners think that it will make little
difference to the promoters whether
they strike oil so long as they can get
that price for Oklahoma real estate.
SUSPECT VIOLATION OF
REED PROHIBITORY LAW
Omaha, Neb., July 20.—Federal Dis
trict Attorney Allen has asked the de
partment of justice for a ruling upon a
circular now beimj sent to Nebraska
people by the Universal Products com
pany of New York. It offers for sale
cans of a compound that it says con
tains no alcohol but which, when added
to yeast and water as per directions,
will make real beer. The question is
whether this comes under the Reed
amendment. The matter will also be
referred to the state department de
voted to the enforcement of prohibition
to figure out if this violates that law.
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FREMONT DOG ORDINANCE
KEEPS CANINES AT HOME
Fremont, Neb., July 21—-The Fremont
police are vigorously • enforcing the
new city ordinance which requires that
dogs must be kept up by their owners
from March 15 to September 15. Dogs
are rarely seen in the streets. It is
said that a movement will be inaug
erated to require that dogs be kept
confined 12 months in the year. The
chicken ordinance was recently changed
to prevent fouls from running at large
all through the year.
THOUSANDS OF PERSONS
DRAWN BY BAND CONCERTS
Fremont, Neb., July 21.-r-Three thous
and people, many of whom drove for
many mileB in automobiles, assembled
at the city park this week to hear the
first of 10 concerts given by the new
Fremont band, led by Dr. James Stock
feld. A number of the best musicians of
Dodge county are enrolled in the band.
It Is announced from Petrogrud that
all government posts, including minis
terial appointments, will be open to
women.
A small bird of the parrot family now
rarely if ever seen in Indiana was, half
a century ago, somewhat numerous in
the southern pari of the state. This
bird.J.he paroquet, or as called by the
early settlers of this state, the “para
keet,” is t hi* Carolina parrot and is now
scarcely known outside the swampo q£
Florida.
Byron was a great fighter at Harrow.
He was very unpopular' at first among
bis schoolfellows until he fought hit
way into their affections and then lie
became a veritable champion and
leader.
LETTER PROVES LINK
IN MURDER MYSTERY
Alleged Slayer Said to Have
Written Pal for Balance
of His Fee.
St. Paul, Neb., July 21.—It was the
Writing of a letter from Aison Cole to
Vincent Grammer asking for the re
mainder of the money du,e him for
murdering Grammer's motherinlaw
Mrs. Lulu Vogt, that ‘spilled the beans
in Howard county’s latest murder mys
tery. Cole had fled from the county
after committing the crime and hul
himself in Wisconcin. Grammer had
paid him $25, and he was anxious about
the remainder. The authorities grot
hold of the letter, Grammer being a
suspect, and the arrest of the two men
followed. , . ,, „
T{iey are now at Linqoln, one in ute
county jail and the other in the state
penitentiary. Both have talked freely
about the case, and neither is at all
concerned over the outcome and does
pot evince any shame or remorse about
the crime, say the officers.
Grammer says that he and Cole, who
has J>een his chum for years, discussed
several plans for killing the old woman.
It was finally decided that an accident
to one of the girls should be the story
to lure her away from home. She ae-i
compttnied Cole in his tnachlne, and he
had intended'killing her and throwing^
her in the river. So many machines
were'on the road that he found it nec
essary to cut off into a side road where
he shot her and threw her into the
weed patch. Grammer’s car was used.
He said that he met Cole the day after
the murder in Grand Island, paid him
$25 and promised the balance as soon
ns he heard from Cole, whom he ad
vised to leave the state. Then he
traded his car, as he was fearful there
might be incriminating finger prints on
it.
Grammer still clings to his story that
he had planned the crime because Mrs.
Vogt had once tried to poison him by
putting some dope into his coffee. The
story is couched in vague terms. He
said” that on the day in question Mrs.
Voct had poured the cream, which he
says was of a funny color, into his cof
fee before handing it to him, her us
ual custom being to hand him the
cream. Cole had first advised giv
I ing her poisoned candy.
PROTEST FEDERAL METHOD
OF ESTABLISHING VALUES
Lincoln, Neb., July 21.—Commissioner
Taylor bas instructed the Washington
representative of the Nebraska com
mission to enter a protest on behalf of
the commission to the proposed method
of allowing compromise valuations on
railroad property. The Interstate Com
merce commission has found that the
railroads introduced so much testimony
every time a valuation of land contro
versy arises, that in the interest of sav
ing time it has suggested that com
promises be made. Mr. Taylor says that
this opens the door to favoritism and
certainty of concessions in favor of the
roads.
'mip federal valuators are now work
ing m the state on the property of the
Burlington. Notwithstanding the fact
that the state, several years ago, spent
several hundred thousand dollars valu
ing the property of all the railways in
the state the federal valuators are mak
ing an independent valuation of their
jwn and pay no attention to that taken
by the state. The same property is in
cluded in both valuations.
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MUSTERING OF NEBRASKA
STATE TROOPS IS BEGUN
Lincoln, Neb., July 21.-— The military
moguls have not yet decided whether to
muster all of the Fifth regiment in Lin
coln. Two arguments are urged against
it. One is the expense of returning
home the considerable percentage that
will not be able to pass the examination
and the other .the danger of disease
that prevails in larger camps than in
ynaifones.
The Sixth regiment will be inspected
at opce, each company in its home
town. Lincoln and Omaha companies
have already been inspected. Today
the Falls City company and the one at
Tecumseh are passing under the rod.
The other dates are: July 20, Colum
bus and Schuyler; July 21, Albion and
Norfolk; July 22, Chadron; July 23,
Walthlll. The latter company is com
posed in large part of Indians, and is
expected to be one of the feaures of the
regiment.
Colonel Paul, of the Fifth regiment,
has been called home by the sudden
death of his fatherinlaw, A. J. Covey;
who was stricken dead while in his
bath.
DEFENSE COUNCIL WILL
CANVASS DIXON COUNTY
Rmerson, Neb., July 21.—The Dixon
county council of defense in preparing
to get into action. One party will can
vass the northern part of the county
next Saturday, visiting Allen, Martins-'
burg, Ponca, Maskell, Dixon and Con
cord, taking speakers with them. An
other excursion party will look after the
southern section, starting at Wakefield
and winding up Saturday evening at
Emerson, where a patriotic meeting will
be held, which will be addressed by Rev.
Mr. King, of Wakefield, and P. F.
O'Gara, of Harlington. The Allen band
will fuPtiish music for the occasion.
MADISON TO IMPROVE
ITS LIGHTING SYSTEM
Madison, Neb., July 21.—Plans for the
expenditure of between $700 and $1,000
Dn improving the lighting system of the
city were completed at the last session
pf the Madison city council. Twelve new
electroliers have been ordered, each
containing a cluster of five large lights,
two of which will be placed In each
block within the city limits, except the
business sections where three will be
used. At this same meeting all hitching
posts were ordered removed from the
main streets.
NEWMAN GROVEl—Andrew Wallin, of
Nownum Grove, was mowing hay recent
ly and caught his foot in the mower,
lacerating it badly when he stepped in
front of the machine. Examination
showed that several muscles had been
severed and the bone severely mangled.
EMERSON—Considerable damage to
crops was done by hail which accom
panied a heavy fall of rain in this neigh
borhood Monday. The damage seems to
have been done by an undulating storm,
as only part* of some fields of grain were
destroyed.
FREMONT—Mrs. Herman Veith, aged
40, wife of a farmer, was killed when she
ran in front of a runaway team hitched
to a binder. Mrs. Veith was knocked
down and the heavy machine passed over
her; She was horribly mangled and lived
only a short time. A husband and several
children, survive her.
BEATRICE—A number of Gage county
women have been assisting their husbands
In harvesting the past week owing to the
shortage of farm labor. In the vicinity of
liberty the wife of one farmer donned a
pair of overalls and straw hat and as
sisted in cultivating corn for several days.
SCORES A HIT IN
HED CROSS PAGEANT
Miss Pauline Disston as “Hawaii.**
Miss Pauline Disston of Philadel
phia, costumed to represent “Ha
waii,” was a pleasing performer in
the big Red Cross pageant held at
the home of Mrs. Arthur Curtiss
James, at Newport, R. I. The affair
was one of the most elaborate out
doo spectacles Newport has enjoyed
for some while and Miss Disston was
•n attractive figure in it
FORMER GERMAN
OFFICER IN GUARD
Carl Desel, With Brother Now
Fighting for Kaiser, Jailed
on U. S. Orders.
Newark, N. J., July 21.—Carl Desel, a
member of the first regiment of the
New Jersey National Guard, said to
have been formerly a non-commissioned
officer in the German army and to
have a brother who is now an officer
In the German army, was today ar
rested here and put in jail on orders
from the department of justice at
Washington.
REICHSTAG VOTES
HUGE WAR CREDITS
Despite ,J?eace Pleas, 15,000,
000,000 Marks Are Appro
priated for Fighting.
Copenhagen, July 21.—The German
feichstag has voted without (tiscussion
the third reading of the bill providing
for a war credit of 15,000,000,000 marks.
The minority against the measure was
made up of independent socialists.
MISSING DRAFT NUMBER
FOUND TO BE 4,664
Washington, July 21.—Number 1,004
Is the number which should have been
in the empty capsule that came out of
the bowl early this morning in the
army draft lottery. It was discovered
several hours later by checking official
talley sheets. Officials in charge of the
detail of the scheme say, however, that
It probably will be placed finally in the
order in which it should have been
drawn, its rotation number being 10,
004. This would show each number
from 10,004 to 10,449, down one place
further on the list.
There is one case of a duplicated
number, 6,689 and 8,S99, Jioth were re
corded us the same number. Upside
down either number becomes the other.
The ruling made fa thaj the first
number recorded will be icgarded as
correct. _
EXEMPTION FAKERS GET
INTO ACTION AT ONCE
The ilraft exemption fakirs have
started their work, according to infor
mation received at the city hall. The
city officials place little stock In the
repor is, but nevertheless the citizens
are a.iked to report any attempt of per
sons to sel! exemption cards.
According to the reports today the
fakirs are selling memberships to an
orgai dzation which they claim will se
cure exemption from army service for
their numbers. The same report
reached the city hall shortly after reg
istration day.
according to the official bulletin of
thu New York city subway, it has ear
ri> d 2,915,200,205 passengers in the last
10 years, with the loss of only one life.
CLEARING HOUSE REPORTS.
New York, July 21.—The actual con
dition of clearing house banks and trust
ci mpanies for the week shows that they
told $144,045,710 reserve in excess of
1 9gul requirements. This is an increase
011 $107,900,770 from last week.
*OYS ARE IN DEMAND
FOR HARVESTING WORK
Emerson, Neb., July zf.—On account
r : the shortage of men a number of high
school boys are making full hands on
die section. Eddie Danielson, the ‘ infant
terrible” is one of these, who, though
mly 16 ‘cars of age, weighs 195 pounds.
FEAR MOB VENGEANCE;
PAIR SPIRITED AWAY
Stepson Accused of Hiring An
other Man to Murder St.
Paul, Neb., Woman.
St. Paul, Neb., July 20.—Fearing that
ft mob might wreak vengeance upon
two murder suspects. Sheriff Atwood
has taken Vincent Grammer, accused
of having caused the murder of l is
stepmother, Mrs. Voight, on July 4. to
the state penitentiary at Lincoln,
where he was joined by the other man
under arrest, Alson Cole, caught in
Wisconsin. The authorities charge that
Grammer employed Cole to do the kill
ing, and that Cole, on promise of re
ceiving $500, went to the home of the
old woman, who lived alone, induced
her to accompany him in an automo
bile by telling her that her daughter
had been hurt in an auto accident, and
on the road killed her and threw her
body into the weeds. Mrs. Voight was
wealthy. Grammer has .been under ar
rest for several days, but the additional
facts the authorities claim to have dug
up were not known to the people of that
community. County Attorney Dobry
told Warden Fenton that Mrs. Voight
was first choked and then shot ar.d
then thrown from the machine. Cole
was born and reared in Howard coun
ty. Grammer is but 22 years old aru*
lives at Palmer, 12 miles from St. Paul
CITY OF GRAND ISLAND
HAS MUNICIPAL MARKET
Grand Island, Neb., July 20. — The
people of Grand Island had their first
experience with a municipal market re
cently when different members of the
Gar den club, under the direction of Su
perintendent Catterson, opened a mar
ket at the postoffice square. Permis
sion to use the ground near the post
office has been obtained from the gov
ernment.
Ali the different vegetables usually
raised in the garden were offered for
sale by the differefit members. The
market is to be open every Saturday
morning, from 8 until 10 o'clock, and
plans are under way for holding the
market three times a week later in the
season. More benches and sun shades
are to be erected to care for the staples
as the sales increase.
UNIVERSITY ESTABLISHES
MUNICIPAL DRYING PLANT
Lincoln, Neb., July 20.—Exploitation
of the fan method of drying fruits and
vegetables to preserve them for wintet
use (a work that has been vigorously
prosecuted by the extension service ol
the college of agriculture the last two
months) has resulted in a second no
table achievement-—the establishment
of a municipal drying plant at Univer
sity Place, the first plant of its kind in
the United States. The firKt community
drying plant in the country was recent
ly established by the Lincoln Rotary
club in North Lincoln, through the ef
forts of the service, and now comes a
plant in which the city council has a
part.
The electric motor and the current for
the operation of the University Place
drier will be supplied by the city coun
cil. The school board permitted the
plant to be built in the school house and
gave the labor necessary to assemble
the trays and the cabinet. The Com
munity league and the Commercial
club supplied money for the purchase of
materials.
NEBRASKA LAND RENTS
FOR $800 PER QUARTER
Newman, Grove, Neb., July 20. — A
new record in land rents for this ter
ritory was made when John A. Nelson
leased his three farms south of New
man Grove, receiving $800 per year for
each 160 acres, for a period of five
years. This makes a total of $4,000 for
him each year. The farms are only
ordinarily improved and located several
miles from town, but in comparison
with rents in Iowa and Illinois, this
rate is considered ^very reasonable.
BUYS HALF INTEREST IN
THE MADISON STAR-MAIL
Madison, Neb., July 20.—William Ry
nearson, of Madison, has purchased a
half interest in the Madison Star-Mail,
one of the two weekly papers published
in itadison. Rynearson is a young man
born and reared in Madison county, and
was formerly foreman on the paper in
which he has now an interest. Frank
Conley is the other member of the
firm.
PLAN TO BUILD STOCK
PAVILION AT NORFOLK
Norfolk, Neb., July 20.—Twenty-five
stockmen from Norfolk and the sur
rounding territory went to Meadow
Grove Saturday to confer with other
breeders of Madison in the project of
erecting a sale pavilion at Norfolk. As
matters now stand all stock sales have
to be held in Omaha, w'hich is too far
from home to suit stockmen of the
county. Sentiment is favorable to
building in Norfolk.
OFFICERS ARE NAMED FOR
THE NEW SIXTH REGIMENT
Lincoln, Neb., July 20.—Governor Ne
ville has announced the following mili
tary appointments for the Sixth regi
ment: Majors, Eugene T. Harris, Oma
ha, now senior captain in the Fourth;
Otto E. Davis, Auburn, now senior cap
tain in the Fifth; J. R. Hogate, Blue
Hill, second captain in seniority in the
Fifth. H. H. Kline, a privation army
worker in Omaha, has been made chap
lain. The two battalion adjutants are
W. L. Crosson, Hastings, and Dwight
T. Griswold, Gordon; Ted Metcalfe, of
Omaha, first lieutenant Company C,
Omaha; Cecil T. Cool, North Platte,
first lieutenant of the machine gr:n
company, of Lincoln; Robert L. Fergu
son. Lincoln, first lieutenant of Com
pany B, and A. J. Tethoud, of Lincoln,
second lieutenant of Company M. No
appointment of lieutenant colonel has
yet been made.
NEWMAN & MORTEN PURCHASE
ATLAS ELEVATOR AT LAUREL
I_aurel, Neb., July 20.—Newman A.
Morten have purchased the Atlas ele
vator at this place and take possession
at once. In addition to handling grain
they will also handle coal. Last year
they operated the John McQuillen ele
vator here under a lease. That eleva
tor was recently purchased by J. F.
Westrand & Co., and is being operated
by them.
NORFOLK WOMEN TO PREPARE
TEN HOSPITAL EQUIPMENTS
Norfolk, Neb., July 20.—Fifty N- rfolk
women have been appointed as heads
of committees for carrying on Red
Cross work. Ten complete hospital
equipments will be the first goal aimed
for. Work will be done in the domestic
art department of the Norfolk junior
high school, which will be open from
8:30 a. m. to 5 p. m. Twelve girls have
volunteered and been assigned hours to
assist in overseeing the work through
out each df.y. It is expected that it
will take two weeks to finish the first
10 kits.