Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’Nflt FRONTIER
P, H. OBONIW, ^ibllsher.
#N«LU_____ NBBWABK*
The most singular of all created ani
mals bears the scientific name of oral
thorhynchus anatlnus. Ornithorhyncus
Is from the Greek. Ornls, a bird and
rhyncus, a beak. Anatlnus is Latin and
means pertaining to the duck. This
singular animal is the duckbill, as
aquatic, egg-laying mammal about
eighteen inches long, exclusive of the
tail which Is six inches long, with a
body somewhat like that of an otter,
and found only in southern and eastern
Australia and in Tasmania. The body,
of the duckbill Is covered wits short,
close fur with a wooly underfur. Tbsj
mouth has horny plates instead of
teeth. Duckbills are fine swimmers,
though they are awkward on tbs land.'
Rhine wine nearly four centuries’«M
was submitted the other day to a crit
ical test of a committee of connoisseurs
at Speyer, Germany. In that arlcient
cathedral city there is a “wine mu
seum" to which the king of Bavaria has
donated some bottles, the contents of
which date back to the time of the
reformation and the JO-years war. The
solemn business of tasting these ven
erable vintages was carried out with,
due decorum. Some brands dating back
to 1728, 1831, and 1540 were found to
have lost all boquet. The committee of'
experts afterwards proudly reported
that they had tasted wines of five suc
cessive centuries at one session; an
unprecedented feat, they say.
After war orders for typewriters
are already being booked in Austria in.
large numbers, says the Berlin Dokal
Anzeiger, which adds that the Austrian
depot of an American company is
making special offers on machines fei;
post war delivery on an Initial deposit
of 160. The German typewriter makers
ore unable to supply machines under
six months owing to scarslty of labor
and lack of materials. Nevertheless they
are overwhelmed with orders, one firm
having as many as 14,000 on its books.
An unavoidable result of this state of
affairs is a reckless and not always
over honest traffic In second band ma
chines, at prices far exceeding those for
new ones.
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The Dutch general staff as well as
one or two foreign military attaches,
are evincing considerable interest In a
new armor material devised by an In
ventor at The Hague, Netherlands. The
principal on which It as based is that of
distributing the pressure of projectiles
and explosives as rapidly as possible.
The armor consists of a system of
double plates with more or less space
between them filled with a material
that Is very similar to sand, bat Is of
extremely fine grain and at the same
timr extraordinarily hard.
An American flag that was flying
from a staff in front of the summer
home of Oliver a Poole, at Raccon
.island, Quincy, was struck by lightning
recently and torn to shreds. In the
exact center of the flag was a, rent
starting from the staff. Each of the
‘two pieces left was torn in three pieces,
aQd when the storm had 4i?d down if
was ai£*n that tht pieces had trees
braided together as though done by
human hands. The flag has two braids,
each about 30 inches long.
A swarm of bees have lived and made
honey for three years In the brick wall
of the home of Dr. Allan Wilson, of St.
Louis, Mo., having entered the wall
through a small hole apparently left by
the bricklayer when placing the bricks
around the anchor of an iron wall
brace. Dr. Wilson has never interferred
with the bees or eaten their honey,
and they have never harmed him.
*%he elephant, apparently invariably, j
and the horse, commonly, sleep stand
ing. This is really astonishing. Besides
the difficulty of maintaining the bal
ance of Mi6 body during long periods
of unconsciousness it would seem that
there must he some necessity for rest
ing the muscles of the legs. Cattle us
ually sleep lying down, and during
many hours of the day lie down.
Oregon and Washington were ones
the habitat of camels, long extinct in
this country, according to the an
nouncement of a discovery made by
Prof. John C. Merrian and John P.
Budwalda of the University of Califor
nia. Fossil remains of camels were
found in the "White Bluffs region along
the northern bank of the Columbia
river. _
A Norwegian scientist has advanced
the theory that Saturn’s rings are elec
trical phenomena, produced by the radi
ation of luminous particles from the
planet, which constantly renews them.
3 European experimenters have found
that explosions can be caused in gas
works by sparks from a telephone.
Captain Alfred L. Ganahl, age 22, of
Springfield, le said to be the youngest
captain In the United States army en
gineering corps. In his third year at
Springfield high school. In 1911, Ganahl
was appointed to West Point. In his
senior year at the military academy
he was one of the honor men.
A swarm of bees attacked an automo
bile party near Manover, Pa, and be
fore the machine could be stopped the
bees caused the driver to lose control
of it. The top and windshield of the
car was demolished, the occupants
thrown out and all of them were stung
by the bees.
According ‘ to the Hufvulstausblad,
communes containing 1,900,000 Inhabi
tants (of a total Finnish population of
1,200,0001, have reported that their sup
plies of flour will run out at least a
month before the reaping of this year's
crops. _
Soldiers read mostly books of travel
historical novels and romances, stated
the Italian minister of public instruc
tion. <n a recent circular asking ftir
contributions of books to be sent to
the front.
A section of land became detached
from the shore at Dexter, Me., during
tK»nt severe storms and has become
s routing Island in Lake Wassoaokeag.
The land bears many trees.
Florida contains about 4.000.000 acres
of land waiting to be reclaimed by
p-otyr dninase. Contracts for draining
a'most the entire Everglade region
ha'-e been made.
The council of the DuMln chamber of
-mnm«tce reports that Berlin wool has
noiv 1 een almost entirely replaced 111
Ireland hy Blarney fingering wool
After Oeor-re Isaacs, a farmer living
pear Sanford Pa., discovered that his
rows were giving levs milk than usual,
he rr,;, V an investigation and found
three f h'.s largest hogs helping them
teiviw.. _ _
ri'ces with quickly detachable soles
end 'heels lave been invented by a
l i,m; n for railroad men to enable
I' M! to e-cDoe should tlielr feet be
ItuMJht in tracks.
shops, carried on
NEBRASKA DEPOSITS
JUMP $74,000,000
Sixty-seven New Banking Insti
tutions Report on Call From
State Banking Board.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. It.—Nebraska
state bank deposits Increased $74,000,
000 during the last 12 months accord
ing to a statement issued by the Ne
braska state banking board. The de
posits of 901 state banks on August
21, the date of the last call for re
ports, aggregated $224,896,000, as com
pared with $154,000,000 a year ago.
Sixty-seven new banks have been
added to the list of state institutions
during that time. The number of de
positors has increased from 422,124 a
year ago to 486,162 at the present
time. The bank reserves have dropped
from 31 per cent to 27. Of the de
posits, it is estimated that $11,000,000
represent duplications of banks with
its correspondents.
PACK HALL IN MONSTER
SENDOFF FOR TROOPS
West Point, Neb., Sept. 22.—West
Point outdid itself Thursday night by
staging the biggest patriotic demon
stration ever held in West Point, the
occasion being the farewell reception
to the 56 young men leaving this county
for Fort RHey on Sunday, as the sec
ond selected contingent of the county's
quota of 141. The auditorium was
packed full and a large crowd was com
pelled to remain outside.
It is estimated that 3,000 persons
were present at the exercises. The
orator of the evening was Rev. John
S. Paiubicki, of Fullerton, who spoke
for two hours in an exposition of
“America and American Ideals.” The
outside crowds were addressed by local
speakers during the same time* The
greatest enthusiasm prevailed and the
departing soldiers were made to feel
that t,hey have the undivided support
of the citizens of Cuming county.
Presents were made to each of the
soldiers’ and a mess fund of large pro
portions was donated to the boys. Large
delegations were present from Wlsner,
Beemer and Bancroft and every town
ship in the county sent large numbers
of their citizens. Col. James C. Elliott,
county attorney, was chairman and'
master of ceremonies.
TWO PROMINENT WOMEN
OF WEST POINT ARE DEAD
West Point, Neb., Sept. 22.—Two
prominent women of West Point have
died within hours. The first death
to occur was that of Mrs. Mary Ann
Walter, the wife of Ferdinand Walter,
a pioneer of this city and county, re
sulting from heart failure. She leaves
an aged husband and three grown
children—Ludwig, Ignatius and Miss
Eulalie—residing here. Mrs. Walter
was a women of strong character and
active life; she took a prominent part
in charitable and social affairs and
was a leader in church circles. The
funeral will be held under the auspices
of the Catholic church. Date of funeral
Is'not yet fixed.
Mrs. A. R. E. Oelschlaeger, wife of
the pastor of Sr paul'ij Germs n
eran church at West Potnt, died at a
Fremont hospital early this morning of
a complication of diseases. Mrs. Oel
schlaeger has been in poor health for
some time, resulting from a complete
nervous breakdown and her death was
not unexpected. She leaves a hus
band and a large family of children.
She was a woman of most lovely Chris
tian character, gentle and kind in her
contact and dealings with everyone and
was universally beloved and esteemed
in the community for her many graces
Of mind and heart. The body will be
brought home for interment.
SUPREME COURT ASKED TO
RETURN BETROTHAL BONDS
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 22.—The su
preme court is asked t<) overrule the
judgment of the district couri which
deprived Mrs. Katharine Kauffmaft
Palmer of the $15,000 worth of stocks
and bonds which William Volk gave
her when she promised to be his. Volk
died not long afterwards. When she
went to the bank with the receipt that
institution had given Volk when he
placed the stocks and bonds with it
for safe keeping she was informed
that afterwards Volk had borrowed
money with the securities as collateral,
that later the company which Issued
them, the Long Distance Telephone
company had sold out to the Bell for
a price that netted the bank president
as holder of them, but $2,200 and that
this had been applied on the money
due from Volk.
Mrs. Palmer married since the suit
was begun. She says that as title
holder of the property she never con
sented to its use and that the action
of the bank president, Thomas E. Par
mole, constituted conversion in law
What she asks for is the sum repre
sented by the proportion her bond
holdings bears to the total issue ol
bonds.
4 NEBRASKA GERMAN WILL 4
4 NOT PUT ON UNIFORM; 4
4 PLACED IN GUARD HOUSE 4
Camp Funston. Kan., Sept 22.—P
H. Schlehnann, a German farmer from
Casper county, Nebraska, and a mem
ber of the quota of that county, was
placed In the guard house today be
cause he refused to don a uniform.
Schlelmann said he was a German re
servist and had never been naturalized.
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE WILL
ANALYZE PEDDLED GOODS
Lincoln, Neb, Sept 22.—The state
council of defense has organized a do
partment of science and research fot
the purpose of supplying the council
with definite scientific information
particularly on those subjects requlrlug
laboratory treatment. This department
will handle all suspected articles ped
dled about the state, presumably carry
ing infection, by German peddlers. II
will also test all materials' such at
fuels and other products so that people
may know what they are buying. It is
also to develope a system of treating
wheat, so that whole wheat flour may
be made at home.
Accurate information. Is to be fur
nlshed by a committee on economics
on bow to lessen the cost of living by
reducing tile distance between producer
and consumer.
Vice President Coupland is busy or
ganizing the working resources of the
state in order to take care of the corn
crop and of live stock. Putting idle
men to work is a necessity, now that
the draft is taking so many young men
off the farms. He believes there ought
to be a law permitting conscription of
men for work on the farms.
Charles H. Clark, of New York city,
has invented a new roller skate with
pneumatic tires which Is said to be
cheap, noiseless and efficient. These
skates require only about one-third of
i t fo*- walking
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CRIMINAL / (LS
IN SUP_E COURT
Reinhardt Case Given Hearing
at Lincoln—No Decision
Announced to Date.
Lincoln, Neb, Sept. 22.—The appefe.
of Louis Reinhardt from a conviction
on the charge of adultery with his
wife’s sister, Minnie Lee, was submit
ted to the supreme court today. Rein
hardt is a prosperous farmer living
near Coleridge, in Cesar county, 12
miles from Hartington.
The girl's story was, that while she
was living with the family in the fall
of 1915, Reinhardt during the absence
of his wife at the sewing circle, by ca
jolery and promises, and against her
will had relations with her which re
sulted in the birth of a child the follow
ing June. His wife and her mother
testified that the girl had told them
that a fellow In Coleridge was respon
sible, but the mother said, on cross ex
amination, that the girl also said Louis
had told her to say this and that if she
told on him he would go to the peni
tentiary. The girl is 19 years old.
Reinhardt steadily denied the chares,
and rather than spend three months in
the county jail, as sentenced, appealed.
His attorney Insisted to the court that
the girl’s story was preposterous In that
If she has four times been ravished, as
she stated, she would have complained
to somebody before her child was born.
It was also contended that as her story
that she was never away from the
Reinhardt home over night during the
time she claimed these things happened,
was contradicted by others, it proved
her entire story was false.
The appeal of Macario Romero, sen
fenced for life for the murder of an
Omaha railway company watchman In
its Douglas county yards, was also sub
mitted. Romero confessed that he fired
the shot that killed Cross,’ but repudi
ated this as having been secured by
fear and force. His attorney contended
that he was forced by another drunken
Mexican to accompany him, that he had
no gun and that as he ran away before
the killing by a companion he could not
be held for murder under the law that
makes It first degree murder to kill a
lruy? yhUe engaged in the commission
sufficient to warrant indictment, some
sensations are promised.
OBJECT TO APPOINTING
ATTORNEY TO VACANCY
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 22.—The board
of county commissioners of Thomas
county secured a hearing today before
the supreme court in a case where the
district court said they had to approve
the bond of S. L. O'Brien as county at
torney. He had been appointed to fill
a vacancy and, as this was not filled
when the term expired, he claims the
right to hold over. The board says It
rejected his application for reappoint
ment, on the ground that he had not
only neglected to enforce the law
against illegal sales of liqnor, but had
been associating with the county judge,
Whose place at Thedford was once
raided and a large amount’of liquor se
cured. They said that if they had to re
appoint him on the techinality asserted,
they would have to fire him the next
day because pf his actions while in of
fice.
GRAND JURY TO*HEAR
CASES OF SEDITION
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 22.—Federal Dis
trict Judge Munger, at the instance of
the district attorney, has called a grand
jury for Lincoln, on October 8. One
meets at Omaha next Monday. These
Will be the most important sessions ever
held by ^federal grand jury. A number
of cases against men who have violated
the federal law in their acts and utter
ances with respect to the war and the
president will be investigated.
Some of these meri, who are said to
be prominent in their home communi
ties, have not been arrested because the
government officials were convinced
they would not leave the state and
could be had any time. If the evidence is
of a crime.
BOO VETERANS WOULD GO
TO VICKSBURG REUNION
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 22.—Nearly 900
veterans have signified to the gover
nor’s office that they desire to accept
the invitation to attend the blue and
gray reunion at Vicksburg, in October,
the state to pay railroad fare. As only
about BOO round trip tickets can be pur
chased with the 225,000 appropriated
by the legislature, word Is being sent
out that the excess In the average coat
found by dividing the 225,000 among
all who will go, must be paid by the
veterans whp take the trip.
IOWA STATE NEWS.
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f WHO HAVE SERVED IN 4
4 WARS OF UNCLE SAM *
Marshaltown, la., Sept. 21.—Although
there is nothing unusual in the enlist
ment of a young man in Jhese days, it is
quite out of the ordinary for the young
man to be of the fifth generation of his
family to answer his country's call.
Elton H. Bennett, a native of Fort
Madison, la., and a grandson of Quar
termaster H. J. Bennett, of the Iowa
BOldiers’ home, has enlisted in the navy
at Bos Angeles, Cal., according to word
just received here by his grandparents.
He completes the chain of family rep
resentatives in his country’s wars. Not
only did his two grandfathers, Bennett
and Brookover, serve in the civil war,
but his greatgrandfather, Daniel Ben
nett, was also a veteran of that war.
The young man’s great greatgrand
father. Asa Bennett, was In the war of
1812, and his two great great great
grandfathers, Bennett and Harris, were
in the revolutionary war. Although not
in direct line of ancestry, young Ben
nett’s uncle, Harry Brookover, repre
sented the family In the Spanish-Amer
ican war.
ST. JOSEPH’S CHURCH HOLDS
TWO WEEK’S MISSION SERVICE
LeMars, la., Sept. 21.—Monseignor
W. A. Pape, pastor of SL Joseph’s Cath
olic church, assisted by Rev. Peter
Maas, of SL Bouts, and Rev. W. Stein
back, of Kansas City, is holding a two
weeks' mission service here. The ser
vices this week are for women only and
next week they will be for men only.
Preparations are being made in both
Catholic churches here for confirming
large classes in October.
GEORGE—Evert Tutje. of Grant town
ship, last week traded his quarter section
farm near George for a half section farm
in Osceola county, paying *165 for the
Osceola farm and receiving *250 for the
Byon county farm. The next day Charles
Eberllne, of Dale township, bought the
Byon county quarter for *240 per acre.
This was a cash deal. One of Mr. Eber
llne's sons will farm the place next year.
This gives him 720 acres of Byon county
land.
GEORGE!—Fred Schmidt, of near
George, is spending *12.000, or more than
the original price of the farm, for nett
farm buildings on his place In Wheeler
township.
SUPREME COURT HEARS
FRUM-LEAMER CONTEST
Frtun Asks Recount of Ballots
for Office Won by Learner
by 13 Votes. •
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 22.—The contest
of S. T. Frum for the office of county
attorney of Dakota county, now held
by George W. Learner, was heard by
the supreme court Tuesday afternoon.
From was defeated at the last elec
tion by Learner by 13 votes, and is
Beeldng a recount.
He charges In his petition that votes
were illegally counted for Learner that
shonld have been counted for himself,
and that others were counted for
Learner that should not have been. He
makes no specific allegations, and
Learner contends that it is merely a
dragnet affair, conducted with the hope
that a recount might seat contestant
and unsupported by any evidence.
No necessity exists for a recount,
as Mr. Learner views it, and no legal
reason has been assigned, he asserts,
for ordering one. Governor Neville re
cently-appointed Judge R. E. Evans as
special prosecutor for the county in
cases brought under the prohibitory
law, because he was not satisfied with
Learner’s handling of them.
LONG STRING OF CHARGES
AGAINST AUEN ENEMY
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 22.—Because he
declared that Germany is in the right,
and that this eountry.shonld never have
entered the war, and also because he
is an alien enemy and likewise a de
serter, because he refused to appear
for examination when ordered, Walter
Henrick Krohnert has been ordCfed in
terned for the duration of the war.
The president’s warrant directs his in
carceration at Fort Douglas, Utah.
Rudolph Bickert, another alien enemy,
who lived in Cass county, and who
had been denouncing the nation’s par
ticipation in the war and eulogizing
the kaiser’s government, has been or
dered to bear Krohnert company.
NEBRASKA TROOPS BEGIN
MOVE TO CAMP FUNSTON
Lincoln, Neb„ Seprt 22.—Nebraska’s
second quota under the selective serv- |
ice act Wednesday started to entrain
tor Camp Funston at Fort Riley, Kan., j
for training preparatory to embarka- '
tion overseas. 'Hie total movement of
troops from this state to the camp
will amount to 3,274 men, the entrain
ing being carried out through the rest
of the week.
PRISONER SEEKS RELEASE
THROUGH SUPREME COURT
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 22.—The appeal
of Carl B. Whitcomb, convicted in j
Adams county, of shooting with intent j
to kill, has been filed In the supreme
court. Whitcomb engaged in a duel
with Sheriff W. A. Cole, when the j
latter sought to serve him with papers,
dispossessing him from the land he oc- !
cupied. He shot at the sheriff eight
times and injured him so severely that
the latter had to have a leg amputated.
Whitcomb was sentenced to serve from
one to seven years, and is now in the
state’s prison.
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4 STATE BANKING BOARD 4
’ SAYS "NOTHING DOING” 4
4 TO BANK APPLICATION. 4
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Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 22.—The state
banking board has written “nothing do
ing" over the application of J. L. Win
ter, J. H. Barry and H. E. Winter for
a charter for a new bank at Ashland.
The men are directors of a bank at
Ceresco that has not paid all of its spe
cial assessments to the deposit
guaranty fund and this is the reason
assigned for the board’s action.
Last November the board ordered a
special assessment levied for the pur
pose of bringing up each bank’s contri
bution to the 1 per cent of deposits. A
number of banks organized to resist
paying it all at once. They offered to do
so in installments. The Ceresco bank
was ordered to pay 31,693, but has in
sisted on paying in installments, which
poyr total 3160. Halt a dozen others are
in the same position.
The board granted charters to the
Farmers State bank, of Piattsmouth,
capital 360,000; Antioch State bank,
310,000 capital, and Security State ■
bank, of Arnold, capital 326,000. I
MATRIMONIAL BUREAU TIE
13 BROKEN BY COURT JUDGE
Columbus, Neb., Sept. 22.—A mar
riage resulting from a three-days’ ac
quaintance through a matrimonial bu
reau ended in a divorce wlier^ Judge
George H. Thomas granted a decree
to Henry Boettcher, against his wife,
Minnie Boettcher. Hearing of the
case had previously occupied a day
and a half.
Mrs. Boettcher was the plaintiff, but
the evidence convinced the judge that
her husband was the one who had
suffered most, so the defendant was
granted the decree on his answer and
cross petition. The testimony was
spicy to a degree seldom heard in a
district court room, and the judge an
nounced that if the law had given him
the power to enjoin both from marry
ing again he would be tempted to exert
that right.
RANCH OF 2,240 ACRES
SOLD FOR $240,465
Bierce, Neb., Sept. 22.—The sale of
2,240 acres of Pierce county land at pub
lic auction took place wben the “Grass
lands,” the ranch belonging to Robert
Lucas was sold to a number of small
investors. The average price obtained
was $107.35 per acre and the total pro
ceeds were $240,465. All of the laffd ex
cept 275 fSSres was purchased by Pierce
county people. This is the largest sale
of land ever held in the county and has
established new prices for farm land.
ORCHARD-Ed Ashford for three
weeks past has been vainly searching for
trace of his 17-year-old son, Guy, who sud
denly disappeared. Thinking that the boy
had joined the army or navy the dis
tracted parents spent every effort to dis
cover his whereabouts. The young man
rode a horse to Clearwater, put It In a
stable. Instructed the keeper it would be
called for and wrote a card to his par
ents that the horse was at that place.
Word was received from him this week
that he Is running a tractor engine at
Long Pine.
PIERCE—When he saw his mother. Mrs.
Prank Pllger, fall down the basement
stairs and rendered unconscious, little 9
year-old Claude Pllger had the presence
of mind to phone to his father's bank for
help. His parent not being In, the young
ster summoned a doctor by phone, who
speedily relieved the injured woman.
RUSHVILLE—Rex Truman, formerly
assistant county agent In Box Butte
county, has be<;n elected county agent
of this county by the Sheridan County
Farm Bureau. Mr. Truman begins work
at once, and It is expected that the gov
ernment will approve this appointment in
I the near future.
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HALLER REPLIES TO
SEDITION CHARGES
Metcalfe Conies Back and Says
Real Charge Has Not Been
Denied—Not to Resign.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 21.—Regent
Frank Haller broke silence long enough
to declare that he never, either before
the war or since, has done anything,
either by deed, thought or word that is
d'doyal to the nation. In reply, Rich
' -r(! L. Metcalfe, his accuser, says that
he made no denial of the real charge
against him, and renews his demand
that he resign as regent of the state
|iniversity. Mr. Haller’s statement is:
; “Not in answer to attacks made on
me, but because I feel it due the citi
feens of this state who made me regent
Of the university, I deny that either be
fore we entered the war or after have
I in thought, word or deed been dis
loyal to the United States.
"I will not concede to any man,
whether native bom as I am or foreign
born, a higher standard of American
ism than mine. I am doing all 1 can
and will continue to do all I can to up
hold the administration and the govern
ment of the United States to which I
yield absolute loyalty and allegiance.
"I refuse to advertise what I have
done to help along the Red Cross, the'
Liberty bond, and other war campaigns
1 may with propriety say that It has
been my business for more than a quar
ter of a century to promote the yield
and conserve the agricultural products
of the state of Nebraska and It is a
matter of public record that as soon as
war was declared, without waiting to
be called, X began my active service
along these lines and shall continue the
fame so long as the war may last, alike
Indifferent to praise or blame.
F. I* Haller.”
j«r. Metcalfe replied:
"Frank Haller does not, and of course
cannot, deny that he is the author of
the Infamous letters appearing over the
[ signature of ‘Patricia Newcomb.' Those
letters were not only pro-German, but
j they were distinctly anti-American.
! They belittled our country, its purpose,
Its achievements, and its character.
They predicted wholesale destruction
pf ammunition plants in this country
fn the event we went to war with Ger
many. They compared the German
pouth with the American youth to the
marked disadvantage of the latter,,
charging that our brave boys were ef
feminate due to the ‘sissy influence of
,he women teachers.’ They said that
in the event of anyone traveling on the
seas and being blown up, as was later
done in the case of the Lusitania, We
would all say, ‘It served them right.’
“Never In the history of newspaner
literature have more outrageous attacks
been made upon the country by a man
who had grown rich in that country
and lived under its protection.
“The attacks themselves were bad
enough, but the peculiar manner in
which they were made, the author hid
ing as he did behind petticoats to make
them, makes his conduct all the more
reprehensible.
"If Haller had any consideration for
the university, he would retire imme
diately. He may be able to stand It,
but the university cannot stand it, and
the people of Nebraska will not stand
it. He will be driven from the presi
dency of the board of regents by the
power of an aroused public sentiment.”
PROSECUTOR AND REPORTER
TO WAR; CASE IS DROPPED
Hyannis, Neb., Sept 2L—Owing to
the fact that County Attorney Fetter
man and the district court reporters
have both gone to war, Lemuel Jones,
of Grant county, will not have his ap
peal ease passed upon by the supreme
court at its present sitting. Jones was
convicted in the district court for horse
stealing, and received a light sentence.
The charge against him was that he
stole one of two horses he had just
sold to obtain funds to pay the expenses
of his mother’s funeral. The state
charged that after Jones had sold the
horses, he went back, believing himself
to have been worsted in the deal and
took one of the animals back with him.
He claimed that he had received per
mission from the man to whom he had
sold the animal that he could take it if
he left the money with a neighbor. The
county attorney was unable to secure
the transcript of testimony in order to
present the case before leaving for the
front.
REED CLARIFIES POINTS
OF PROHIBITORY LAW
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 21.—Answering
an inquiry from the county attorney
of Richardson county as to whether it
was a violation of the prohibitory law
for a man to go to St. Joseph and get
a. case of beer and bring it into Ne
braska for personal use, if on the jour
ney he crossed a corner of "dry” Kan
sas, Attorney General Reed says that
It is. The point raised is that because
It came into Nebraska from Kansas it
was not a violation of tjie iaw which,
prohibits shipments from "wet” states'
into a “dry” one. Using an auto to
bring booze into the state is prohibited.
SUGGESTS USE OF WHOLE
WHEAT TO SAVE FLOUR
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 21.—Because the
use of whole wheat would save one
seventh more of the wheat crop for
human use, and because it is of great
dietetic value, the use of whole wheat
is urged in Emergency Bulletin No.
18, just issued by the agricultural ex
tension service of the University ef Ne
br8£k&.
In the milling of 100 pounds of
wheat, about 72 pounds appear as
white flour In the finished product, says
the bulletin. The remaining 28 pounds
go Into shorts and bran, which are not
used for human food. Furthermore,
whole wheat flour contains more of the
inorganic salts and recently discovered I
J'food principles” than does white flour, '
and hence it is more valuable as a food.
SANTEE INDIAN AGENCY
WILL BE TRANSFERRED
Creighton, Neb., Sept. 21.—Word has
reached here that the government has
decided to discontinue the agency for
the Santee Indians at Santee, and the
office will be transferred to Greenwood.
L. B. Crew and County Attorney Peter
son went to Santee recently to invest
igate the feasibility of taking over the
land and buildings from the government
and making use of them as a poor farm
for Knox county. One hundred and
sixty acres of land and numerous sub
stantial buildings comprise the agency,
and it would be most desirable for a
poor farm.
CHARGE WINNEBAGO MAN WITH
BURNING HIS NEW RESIDENCE
Ponder, Neb., Sept. 21.—August
Mickish, of Winnebago, is in the county
jail charged with the burning of his
new $2,000 home. The house burned
some time ago and authorities discov
ered cans of coal oil and gasoline scat
tered around the burning dwelling.
Mickish was found fully dressed in the
middle of the night when the fire took
place.
The county attorney accused him ot
burning the place, but he denied tha
charge.
J
Jaspar T. Darling Declares He
Believes He Was Made Tool
of German Plotters in
Opposing War.
MAGAZINE SHOWN PAID
Senator, Disclosing Receipt of
Money From Von Bernstorff,
Declares Germany’s Al
lies Help in Plot.
Washington, Sop*. 24.—Senator
King, of Utah, read into the Senate
record today correspondence and
photographic copies of checks to
show payments aggregating $6,500
by the German embassy here, to the
Fair Play Publishing company,
with receipts signed by Marcus
Braum and J. P. Bryan.
Senator King did not disclose the
•ource of his documents, but vouched
for their authencity. They also ehowed
payments by the Austrian embassy to •
nnall foreign language newspapers.
All the payments were for propaganda.
Allies Aiding Germany.
"We -will soon have to recognize,”
he said, "a state of war with Austria.
Bulgaria and Turkey because they are
siding Germany and using their in
fluence against ns.”
Other revelations, he predicted,
would be made of the “sinister and
slimy course of German diplomacy in
this and other countries."
“Many more revelations will come of
the intrigue and criminal conspiracies
of which Germany and also of Austria
Hungary for the purpose of embroil
ing this country in a war with other
nations," he said. "Efforts have been
made to stir up the people of this
country against Japan. I think we win
learn the source of very much of that
pctlvity.”
Among the letters were some signed
by Baron Zwiedinek. former charge of
the Austrian embassy, transmitting
checks for Polish and Rumanian news
papers, and also from the Austrian vice
consul at New York.
When the Utah senator concluded in
serting the correspondence, the Senate
adjourned until Monday.
Chicago, Sept. 24.—Jasper T. Dar
ling, one-time president of the Ameri
can Embargo conference, aroused by
the revelations made by the state de
partment regarding former Ambas
sador Von Bernstorff, in a signed
statement today said he was convinced
that he had been made the tool of
German plotters.
Darling, long prominent in O. A. R.
circles, said that he was convinced h«
was selected and misled by the plotter*
because of his reputation for patriot
ism. He said that the source of money
was always a mystery to him and that
a great deal of it passed through his
hands in opposing the export of muni
tions and other acts which he feared
would draw the United States into
the war.
Washington, D. C., Sept. 24.—Chair
man Flood, of the House foreign af
fairs committee, declared today- after
conferring with Secretary Lansing that
he thought there probably would be a
House investigation of Count von
Bernstorff s plans to influence congress
by spending $50,OOP, as revealed in his
dispatches to Berlin.
After his conference with Chairman
Flood, Secretary Lansing authorized
the following statement:
“If there is any misunderstanding I
wish to say very emphatically 1 do not
see how the Bernstorff message in any
way reflects upon congress or any
member.”
Washington, D. C., Sept. 24.—A con
gressional investigation of former Am
bassador Bernstorffs slush fund de
pends upon President Wilson. Leaders
of both houses are eager for it, as a
result of the state department's expose.
None of the leaders desires to oppose
the activities of the state department.
In view of the fact that the president
wants congress to quit soon and go
home, it is probable that the White
House will have little sympathy for
the proposed investigation.
Talk Probe of German Papers.
There is a strong sentiment for a
probe of foreign language newspapers
which have continued publication in
Bpite of the fact that subscriptions and
advertising has fallen off. One senator
Baid he could tell of one check signed
by Von Bernstorff himself which had
been given to an eastern newspaper. If
the investigation is made it wilt prob
ably take the following course:
Summoning of foreign language news
papers to show the source of their in
comes.
Summoning clergymen of German
churches.
Possible quizzing of some members
of congress.
Washington, I). C.. Sept. 22.—With
public men generally agreed that the
150,000 wanted by Ambassador von
Bernstorff to influence congress, was
but a fragment of the huge sums which
the German government spent here to
carry on its intrigues and to influence
public opinion.
Little doubt was entertained today
that one or both houses would order
an Investigation. Members of both
bodies take the position in most in
stances that the honor of congress is
attacked in a way that will make it
necessary to investigate in order to
meet nubile sentiment. At the same
time it is realized that the tracing of
a “yellog dog” fund really Is such a
task as a committee of congress can
uot thoroughly probe it.
As Senator Husting says, it is a mat
ter for •'intensive” inquiry through the
channels of the secret service.
In spite of talk ob Congressman Hef
lin and some others, there is much
doubt whether there has been any di
rect corruption of members. Rather, it
is believed, this German money went
for propaganda, for lobbying, for pah
licity, for spies and secret agents, and
ail those expenditures which the un
derground methods of Germany would
require.
Should an investigation take the
scope which it is possible for it to take,
it might be disclosed with some ac
curacy how much money Germany has
distributed in this country. TTie gen
eral belief is that it was many millions.