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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1918)
THE O’NEIL FRONTIER —'."T3 ft K OWONIW, Pubn.h--. In Dumas’ novel, "Le Vlscomte de Bragelonne," he Introduces the story •f the man with the iron mask, as bo S\g the brother of Louis XVI. This, Bbwever, has been proved the mere in vention of Voltaire, who i reated lhe •tory In one of his romances. While many still believe the mysterious •tranger was Charles 1 of England, his torians claim ho was but an obscure Italian political ad-, oturer known as Count Matthioli. X to this prisoner was accorded great > rence. The well known leinn library at Oxford was augmented by Sir Thomas Bodley. While there hud been a uni versity library, it was meager until 1598, when Sir Thomas started to in terest many in hi.s project and by 1602 It contained about 2,000 volumes, and on his death he bequeathed most of his fortune to maintain it. Among others who contributed was Lord Fair fax. Bodley was knighted by James I. Its oriental manuscripts life unsur passed in tho world. European manufacturers of small fire orms have, placed an order in Memphis for quartered red gain bloi ks for the making of gunstocks. This Is to he a substitute for walnut, which leaped into ■ueh demand when the war broke out. Among gun manufacturers there has been the belief that walnut alone was suitable for gunstocks, which required tensile strength and smoothness. -1-■ » ,-——~— Four hundred and twenty-three buildings, valued at $6J,70fl,000, have been acquired by the Young Men’s Christian association of Nortli Amer ica during the lust 16 years. The or ganization now bus 782 buildings, valued at $83,300,006. in 1915 It opened 23 new buildings, valued at $6,000,000, In the United Ktates. Uncle Ed Cnrey, age 84, pioneer citi zen of Delaware county, Oklahoma, has i • :i drinking cool water from a little spring his father walled with rock 81 years ago. With the exception of the four years Mr. Carey spent in the con federate army he has had no other drink save the water from his father'* spring. A Pittsfield (Mass.) man tolls of the landlady who always trimmed wicks in an irregular sort of way so that they would smoke If turned too vhigh. In this way she was able to economize on oil or thought she could until the boarders "got onto her” and trimmed the lamps to suit themselves. Ear off the coast of Malno Is a lagged ledge of rock, known as Saddlerock Island, on which the only means of landing is by a derrick to which a sort of chair is attached. A lighthouse Is maintained on this ledge, managod oy a keeper and two assistants with 10 men on duty at all times. The production of bituminous coal and anthracite In the United States In 1915 amounted to 531.619,487 net tons, valued at $686,691,186, an increase, compared with 1914, of 3.5 per cent in quantity, and of .8 per cent in value, according to C. E. Lesher, of the Uni ted States geological survey. Ed Weyer. of Centralla, Kan., sur prised ills friends by driving to town with a hog beside him on the front seat of his automobile. Weyer had been loading hogs Into a wagon to take to the stock yards and had Just one more than the wagon could hold, so he put It In his car. Mr. and Mrs. Young, of Carrollton, Ga., have four children who have only two birthdays; the elder two are twins and the younger two, though born four years apart, have their birthday on the same day of the year and wore born even at the same hour. The report of the United State* bureau of the census on the production of alums In the United States show* that the total output for 1914 wa* *13,712,000 pounds, valued at $3,467,969, compared with 276,294,000 pounds, valued at *3.022,355 in 1909. Because William Bell, a wild duck rearer for Sir Richard Graham, of London, already has nine sons in the army, all having volunteered at the outbreak of the war, his 10th son, Wil liam, ago 18, has been exempted from military duty. The number of Chinese girls attend ing schools and universities In Toklo Is rapidly growing larger. Many of them are fitting themselves for teach ers. Others are studying medicine with the Idea of becoming physicians when they graduate. Only two Philippine dye plants are commercially Important. Those are lndtgo and sappan or slbucao. Others are used locally, but scarcely enter Into domestic commerce, much loss Into the external commerce of the archipelago. Miss Gertrude Huntington, school teacher, of Rockford, 111., spent her va cation at Platteville, Wis., substituting for her father, a rural mall carrier. Miss Huntington covered her father's mall route each day by automobile. Rangor, Me, says that It has the distinction of being the only city la New England In which the city council has appropriated money for the aid of soldiers' families. With contributions, this fund now amounts to $10,036. Porous lead, filled with microscopic cavities, has been Invented by a Dan ish scientist to dlminsh the weight and increase the surface of storage batter ies. Japan's ambitious plan for making Its railways broad gauged will take un til 1943 for completion. It is estimated, and will cost something like $700,000 - 000. Chicago, quoting from a newspaper of August 8, 1851, “now has the enor mous population of 38,800. an increase of 10,000 In the last year.” William H. Gannett, of Augusta, Me, Is building a one-room house In a large tree on his estate. Binocular sights are used In aiming a sporting rifle that an Ohio man has Invented. Mrs. Adeline Smith, of New York, shares her home with 30 oats and 13 dogs. In a town In the heart of Russian salt fields many houses are built of salt. F. C. Elmer, of Cleveland, has made a fortune selling 6-cent pies. Thomas Manlon, of Mt. Carmel, Pa, owns a 30-year-old hen. More than 90,000 Japanese make their home In Hawaii. German helmets are nearly as light aa straw “nt" Italian olive trees ore being cut down tor fuel. ft'.Tst Hot Make Public Name? or Persons Called to Ex plain Action. — (,Pi,-,i'ii Neb., Jan. 26. The county I 1 ,eii;-- .,i ,1. tense that have been giv j Jug to (lie !,)C,-ii press detailed state ! i.n-ati.i or proceedings before them, are ; '.v- .--,,-d ii: notices sent out from the stale ooimeil, that they must quit this i-raetice. The slate council hits stead fastly r'-rus.d to give the names of men cited to appear before it, or to toil what was done with them or what a. ions,- tile.-, had to make. The local councils, particularly in Thurston, Itoone, Cedar, Nance and other north eastern Nebraska counties, have been giving names, nature of the charges mad,-, defense of the accused and the action taken. The state council calls attention to - the fact that the state law does not. permit any information of this sort in ins given out unless under orders of the governor, and it says this law ought to he obeyed by the local bodies. MORE TROUBLE FOR COUNTY OFFICIAL Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 26.—County Com I mlssioner Carl O. Johnson, indicted Wednesday for malfeasance in office, has been again indicted, this time on a charge of bribery. It Is alleged that he accepted a $50 check from P. Young, agent for a road machinery company of Minneapolis. The county attorney se cured possession of the check, which was made out to Young by Samuel Nathan, his employer, und also bears Johnson’s endorsement. Mr. Johnson says he never received any check from Young, but that he had on several occasions identified him at the local banks, when ho desired to get a check cashed and naturally had to write his name thereon. An attempt has been made to get Young, who is in Minne apolis, but. the governor refused to let him go out of Minnesota on the war rant. Another member of the county hoard, C. J. Mitchell, says Young sent him a check for services rendered, Young explained, but he never cashed it. Instead he turned it over to the county attorney. Young later tried to get the check returned. OMAHA JEWS LOOKING TOWARD PALESTINE. < >maha, Neb., Jan. 26.—"The Jewish nation once more takes its place on the roll of nutlons. It is the most dramatic moment in the history of Israel. The British government’s declaration of recognition that Palestine is the na tional homeland of the Jewish people marks the greatest climax in the 2,000 years of tin- dispersion of Israel. For , 2.000 years the .lews were of all na I tlons, yet were counted as none. Wo now sland at the turning point in the world history of a people. Their fu ture lies in our hands." So spoke Hchmarya A. Levin, Zion ist leader and the first Jew to serve in the Russian duma, in a powerful appeal to local Jews to help in the rehabilitation of Palestine, made be fore an audience of 500 in the Swedish auditorium. Contributions amounting to $1,700 were made to the restoration fund. Dr. Philip Sher pledged himself to give 10 per cent of the total collected in Omaha. Five thousand dollars is Omaha’s quota of the $3,000,000 emergency fund. GOVERNOR ASKS AID IN MOVING CORN Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 26.—Governor Neville has wired Director General Mc Adoo for aid in moving corn in north eastern Nebraska. This action was taken on a report sent in by Vice Chair man Keefe, of the Thurston county council of defense. lie says that over 1,000,000 bushels of corn are piled on the ground in that county for want of ele vator capacity and cars. In and about Rosalie there are 280,000 bushels, around Winnebago 300,000, and around Walthill 445,000 bushels. Mr. Keefe says that if the corn is not moved soon , great loss will be occasioned. The governor, in his telegram, told Mr. McAdoo: “We are greatly exer cised over the fact that this corn is likely to spoil and bo an entire loss un less quick relief is given. We earnestly ask you to assist in moving this corn at 1 mce.” _4_ PROFESSIONAL MEN OF WAYNE ORGANIZE Wavne. Neb., Jan. 26.—An organiza tion has been perfected among the pro i fessionul men of the town and the nor i mal under the head of “The League for International Cooperation.” The object i of the organization is expressed in its motto: "Win this war to end war.” The study has been along the lines of 1 current world issues, and for the crea tion of public sentiment for a league of ’ nations. BRAKEMAN FELL FROM TRAIN INTO SNOWBANK. Kearney, Neb., Jan. 26.—Frank Al vard. Union I’acific brakeman, was badly injured yesterday when lie fell off a fast moving train one mile east of Odessa. Alvard was attached to train No. 6. express and mail, and apparently he discovered something wrong on the rear coach, and while making his way there fell off. The train was traveling at high speed, usually going about 50 miles an hour at this point. Fortunate ly for Alvard he alighted in a deep snow bank where he was found by the crew of another train. Ho was removed to the hospital here unconscious. Ho suf fered bad bruises about the head, but there was no skull fracture. Alvard recovered sufficiently today to be re moved to Omaha for treatment. —•— BLAIR MAN DEAD IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. Blair, Neb., Jan. 26.—A1 Harris, 37, Fender, Neb., was killed instantly anil Frank Scott and Harry Albertson, slightly injured when Scott's automo bile overturned as the front wheels snapped off, when the machine made a quick turn. The accident happened four miles north of here when Scott gave the steering gear a sharp turn after the machine had left the main traveled part of the road. -+ NORMAL INSTRUCTOR AT WAYNE TO WED Wayne, Neb., Jan. 26.—Miss Sara J. Killen, who has been head of the art department of the state normal since the organization of the school, eight years ago. has resigned, and on Janu ary 2S. vill be married tc Dr. McKib bin, of Adams, Neb. Miss Martha Fierce, who for eight years has been supervisor of drawing and art in the Lincoln public schools, has been se cured to fill the position made vacant by the resignation of Miss Killen. OMAHA DETECTIVES HAVE BEEN INDICTED Charged They Hatched Conspir^ acy to Involve Fellow Of ficer in Scandal. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 26.—Indictments have been returned by a local gran} jury against Ellen Lowery Phelps and Paul Sutton, Omaha detectives, charg- j ing them with having hatched a con j splracy in this county for the purpose , of bringing Gus A. Tylee, ano'her i sleuth from the metropolis, into scandal and disgrace by causing his indict- ; merit. I This is an echo of the Chadron black mail case, which resulted in the arrest of a groufi of Omaha detectives, in eluding Sieve Melowney, chief ol the city detectives; Allen G. Fisher, an at torney of Chadron, and a number o: others, for conspiracy to blackmail I-.. IX Crites. county attorney, of Chadron. Fisher had been attorney for an agon millionaire, Robert Hood, wlio su.s peeled his young wife, and had Fisher, as the story is told, tdre detectives to watch her. There was no basis for these suspicions, and it was claimed that Elsie Phelps was hired by Melowney and sent to Chadron to put up a job on Crites and Mrs. Hood. Instead, Mrs. Phelps tipped it off to her friend. Sutton, with whom Mclow ney was at enmity, although both were on the city detective force, and tlie trappers were themselves trapped Judge Westover summarily ended tin case by holding that there was no crime committed when the parties ai leged to be the objects of blackmail willingly submitted to being placed in a position to be blackmailed, as the did when they met In pursuance to the trap laid. X LINCOLN BALLPARK ♦ x DESTROYED BY FIRE X 4 - ^ + 4 Lincoln, Neb., .Tan. 24.—In a 4 4 fire last night which partially 4 4 destroyed the stands of the Lin- 4 4 coin Western league ball park. 4 4 Mrs. Ed McConnell and 9-year- 4 4 old daughter were seriously, 4 4 perhaps fatally, burned. They 4 4 arc the wife and child of the 4 4 caretaker of the park. The 4 cause of the fire has not been 4 • determined. 4 4 4 * iiUl 444 *.*4. 444 ♦ 4 4 44 4 4 4 —$— SHOULD ELECT MAN OF KNOWN LOYALTY Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 2G.—Grant L. Shumway, democrat and state land commissioner, tipped over the political pot Wednesday by giving out a state ment in which he said that no division of the loyal men of the state should occur over the selection of a United States senator to succeed George W. Norris, and that the plain duty of the hour was for the plain patriots in the democratic and republican parties to get together and name a real American and then elect him. Mr. Shumway says that this action is necessary to prevent some man be ing elected whose selection will cause tlie Germans to rejoice, lie declares that, if necessary, the draft should be resorted to to get a man whose record is clear on the proposition and who need not explain that he has been for Amer ica from tlie beginning. Mr. Shumway did not declare himself to be a candidate. — ^— COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE UNDER INDICTMENT Lincoln, Nob., Jan. 26.—Indictments were returned by a county grand jury Wednesday afternoon against John R. Bennett and Carl O. Johnson, two of the three county commissioners. They are charged with having been guilty of malfeasance in office, with having pal pably neglected to perform the duties, with partiality, with approving claims that had already been paid, and with failing to supply records. Commission er Bennett is alleged to have said that record keeping was "all darned fool ishness.” tine charge is that the two commissioners wilfully paid a claim for dragging the roads that they knew had not been for work done. It is also charged that in a number of cases a total of $3,000 was paid twice by the county on claims filed by contractors. CHARGES RAILROADS ARE GRABBING COAL Kansas City, Mo.. Jan. 26.—How rail roads have stripped Nebraska towns of coal to run their engines, pulling trains filled with luxuries and not necessities, was told here by State Administrator John L. Kennedy, of Nebraska, at a meeting of fuel administrators of Ne braska, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Iowa. Kennedy said Nebraska towns had been left without fuel more than those in Ohio. SUES TO COLLECT RED CROSS SUBSCRIPTION Fremont, Neb., Jan. 28.—Fred H. Richards, treasurer of the Dodge coun ty Red Cross, has sued John Shaffer, receiver for Hope lodge No. 25, A. o. U. \V„ for $400. the amount of a lodge subscription to the Red Cross. The lodge, after subscribing to the fund, later attempted to rescind its action. Members of the todge contend that tlie lodge has no right to appropriate funds to undertakings outside the lodge. —4— O’NEILL PLANS TO ORGANIZE BOY SCOUTS O'Neill, Neb., Jan. 26.—Plans are in course of formulation to organize a bunch of about 30 O'Neill boys under the banner of the Roy Scouts. One ol' the tasks to be given the scouts Is work in the liny fields and on farms the coming summer. John Bernard O’Sullivan has been mentioned as scoutmaster. In due time it is planned to enroll about 250 youngsters and re quest each to help garner the coming crops. JUDGE BRITTON IS AN APOPLEXY VICTIM Wayne, Neb., Jan. 24.—Judge James Britton, a prominent citizen of this town and state, was stricken with cere bral hemorrhage a few days ago and his condition is critical. 4— STRANGE SUICIDE IN OMAHA GUN SHOP Omaha, Neb., Jan. 26.—A man be lievt d to be F. P. O’Connor, about 30 years old, of Taft. Cal., killed himself in the variety store of Joseph Schwart with a second hand revolver he bough: there. V bile the proprietor was getting change for a. $10 (bill the man obtained cartridges from behind the counter, loaded the revolver and shot himself through the ttemple. The man died 15 minutes later. A Knights of Columbus card indicated his name was F 1’. O'Connor. VALUABLE ESTATE IS I MUCH SOUGHT AFTER New York Will Contestants As sert They Are Children of Dead Nebraskan. Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 25.—Argument tvas hea-sl before the supreme court in the ease from Adams county, where a number of persons who think they are heirs of John O’Connor, late of Hast ings, are contesting the decree of the lower court that the property worth $100,000—escheats to the state for lack of heirs. O'Connor was a bachelor, a shoemaker who had invested his sav ings so judiciously that when he died his estate was very valuable. It has Vince increased in value. Four sons of Honora O’Connor, of Albany, N. Y„ who insists she was the wife of John O’Connor, who disappeared years ago, put up the principal contests. They relied, in large part, on the sim ilarity of the handwriting of the dead O'Connor with the O’Connor who filled for a time the position of Mrs. Honora's husband. The briefs they submitted were filled with reproductions thereof and arguments to prove their claim. Some months ago the state won a suite over this estate-, in which the claim to it was set forth by John Ouli van, claiming it under a will. —♦— SEVENTH NEBRASKA BOYS MEET ANOTHER REBUFF Lincoln, Neb.. Jan. 25.—The door of hope was again slammed hard in the face of tiie members of the late Seventh. Nebraska regiment when Governor Ne ville received a telegram from Adjutant General McClain saying that the war de partment could not entertain their re quest that they he inducted into ser vice as members of the Nebraska unit at Camp Cody. Governor Neville had wired Washing ton that this permission be given. There are three Nebraska national guard regi ments at Camp Codv now. The tele gram is reply is understood to mean that the government has adopted and will stick to me policy of breaking up state units and paying no attention to sta,te lines In forming brigades. The men late of the Seventh will, therefore, he compelled to go to Camp Green. N. C. CHANCELLOR AVERY GOES TO WASHINGTON Lincoln. Neb., Jan. 25.—The board of regents of the University of Nebraska last night granted a leave of absence until September to Chancellor Samuel Avery that he may go to Washington to accept the position of chemist prof fered by the national council of defense. —4— NORFOLK EXPERIENCES SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC Norfolk, Neb., Jan. 25.—Chief of Po lice Brush announces that approximate ly 24 homes are now in quarantine for smallpox. In some of the affected homes, two or three patients are con fined. How many more are at large endangering the public, whether be cause they do not know that they are suffering from smalpox, or because they are intentionally keeping the fact secret because they fear the quarantine restrictions, is not known by the au thorities. AURORA—Secretary W. C. Bloc, of the Y. M. C. A. announces that $3,900 had been subscribed by the citizens of the county for the Y. M. C. A. war fund, which is $000 more than its quota. J. R. Davidson was chairman of a mass meeting at which Judge Harry S. Dungan, of Hastings, de livered a patriotic address upon the sub ject of “What the Y. M. C. A. in the world Is doing for our boys at the front. He also spoke to a large company at the United Brethren church in the evening. AURORA—Lincoln’s birthday will be ! observed in every school in Hamilton county. A committee was appointed at a mass meeting to issue programs to every scholar and that the parents be invited to attend. It is planned to hold a county patriotic meeting in the high school build ing in Aurora on the evening of February 12, at which a speaker of national fame will be invited to address the assembly. STEJLIxA—The third annual session of the Stella Farmers' Institute is being held Monday. Professor Filley and Miss Mary Rokahr, of the state university, and Supt. D. H. Weber, of Richardson county, are in attendance atid having the various de partments in charge. W. J. Vandeventer is president; C. W. Beattie, vice president; Miss Eunice Haskins, secretary, and George Randall, treasurer. YORK—Paul Prohaska, a farmer and stock raiser near town, is doing his bit toward reducing the price of beef. He lias a supply of fat young cattle which he but chers and sells to the citizens at greatly reduced prices. For hind quarters he gets 1G cents a pound, and for fore quarters 13 and 14 cents. The local dealers sell steak at 30 cents a pound. Prohaska has dis posed of several head at his prices. AURORA—’District court began its ses sion here Monday, Judge E. E. Good, of Wahoo, presiding. The jury will not be called out for the May terms for the far mers will be busy at that time and the drafting of farmer boys will keep the farmer* on the job. BEATRICE—Ray Bohlman ha* been selected as physical director of the local Y. M. C. A. He was formerly on the Beatrice football team. He enlisted in the army and will serve as physical di rector when he is called. YORK—Charged with spearing fisli out of season. H. M. Harrington and H. F. Renquith, of Hampton, were arrested by Game Warden Geer. They were taken before the authorities and paid a fine of $10.85 each. O’NEILL—booth for the sale of sav ing stamps is to be opened in the lobby of the post office in charge of Mrs. C. B. Stout, TABLE ROCK—It is almost certain that Table Rock will make a second attempt for an oil well, the first being a failure. ICE CREAM PARLOR TO LOSE ATTRACTION Des Moines, la., Jan. 23.—No ices anil iherbert next summer, ice cream deal ers of Iowa decided in state conven tion here today. In addition to banish ing those delicacies the association agreed to reduce the sugar content of ice cream to 80 per cent of the .pres ent measure and to conserve butter fat These are war measures. TWO GERMAN EDITORS ARE STILL IN JAIL Aberdeen, S. D„ Jan. 23—F. W. Sal lett and Paul Gross, Get man news paper editors, were still in jail at 11 o'clock this morning, although attor neys for Sallett are confident approval of his cash bond for 35,000 will arrive from Sioux Falls todaj. Gross l-.aa not yet offered a bond. ALIMONY DODGER TO 1 HELD FOR JAIL TERM; Nebraska Supreme Court Up holds State Law—Not Debt Imprisonment. Lincoln, Xeb.; Jan. 24.—Imprisoning a man because he refuses to pay the alimony the court decrees is not im prisonment for debt, says the supreme court of the state. The case is one where LeRoy Russell, a resident of Nebraska City, refused to pay the tit) a month the court awarded to his wife and children. The lower court sen tenced Russell, who come of a good family, to three months in prison, fie attacked the law on a number of grounds, one being that the decree f< alimony was made before the law wert into effect, but the court says that the offense consisted of refusing to pay and was committed after the law went into effect. This is the first prosecution under this law', and it has excited much in terest because the attorneys insist that it is imprisonment for debt. The law had a peculiar legislative history. The Senate was about to kill the bill after it had passed the House, when a wom an who haii had an unfortunate matri monial experience went on the floor and got enoug votes to pass it. TWO KILLED IN OMAHA CROSSING ACCIDENT Omaha, Neb., Jan. 24.—Tw-o persons w-ere killed anti 15 injured last night in a collision between a Missouri Pa cific coal car and a street car. The coal car broke loose from a switch train on a slight grade about a mile and a half from the Street car cross ing and had attained a speed of about 40 miles an hour when it collided with the street car. The accident occurred at Twenty fourth and Boyd streets, where the Mis souri Pacific belt line cuts through the residence section of the city. James Hutchinson and John J. Bradesoft, both conductors employed by the street railway company, were instantly killed. Miss Mary Tighe, a passenger, received a fractured skull and internal injuries and is expected to die. Conductor Bradesoft, who was in charge of the street car, went ahead of his car at the crossing as is custo mary, but failed to see the coal car approaching in the dark. He signaled tlie motorman to go ahead and stepped to the rear platform of the ear. The front half of the car had just passed over the railroad track when the coal car plunged into it. Bradesoft and Hutchinson were both on the rear plat form of the car and were crushed to death. MANY PARTLY NATURALIZED MUST START AGAIN Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 24.—Naturaliza tion officials here have received notice from Washington that the supreme court has decided that all declarations of intentions or first citizenship papers are void for all purposes, which in cludes voting, after a lapse of seven years. This is a recent decision of the federal supreme court, and is different from previous holdings in that the stat ute of limitations is held to run against all papers whenever issued, whereas the former decision was that all issued prior to the passage of the seven year limitation were not affected. There is nothing to prevent foreign born persons taking out their first papers again, but the immediate effect of the decision is to bar many voters from participating in the next election, since many will never hear of it in time to correct the defect in their citi zenship. Many thousands have never taken more than their first papers out, enough to vote, but not to make th6m citizens. -4— SUPREME COURT TAKES HAND IN CHURCH CASE Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 24—The supreme court has affirmed the decision of the Boone count,y district court in the case of Mary Wagener vs. Henry Macke. A bar church row in a German com munity resulted in Macke executing notes to the woman, the collection of which he fought on the ground that they were given by him under threats that a slander suit would follow. The court says that notes given in settle ment of a claim for damages for tort are void, because undue influence was exerted by others than the payee. It says, however, that the case shall go back to Boone county, and if Mrs. Wagener desires to file suit for dam ages against Macke she may do so. -+ NORFOLK CONCERN HAS MANY VALUABLE FURS Norfolk, Neb., Jan. 24.—Five thou sand adders’ worth of wolf and red fox pelts piled in the big storage room of a Norfolk concern is an interesting sight. About 600 of the glossy, long tailed furs are piled on shelves, soon to be shipped east. During the past week $10,000 worth have been sent to Chicago. Beaver pelts are another in teresting exhibit, especially to one who has never seen a live beaver. The qualities vary. The beaver from west ern Nebraska and Wyoming is not so valuable as that from Oregon, nor is the latter, in turn, as much desired as the Canadian beaver. The fur of the latter is very, very soft. All of the longer, coarser hairs from the fur of all beavers trapped are combed out, leaving only the soft, downy hair tin derneath. A pelt that is worth in the raw state from $18 to $20, becomes, when processed, worth around $200. The red fox and wolf pelts come from Wyoming, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and Towa. BIG SAVING MADE BY CUTTING MEAT TRAINS Omaha, Neb., Jan. 24.—Government operation of railroads has eliminated 1( fresh meat trains dally between Oma ha and Chicago, and where formerly 12 meat trains were operated every day between this city and Chicago but tw*> such trains are now run. The running time of the trains has been lengthened from 27 to 42 hours per day. Under the old system each of the (tmaha-Chieago roads operated two short meat trains each day. Under the government operation plans all the meat business is hunched into two trains daily and the proceeds are jiooled among the six roads. \ —f— FIRST NATIVE NEBRASKAN TO BE KILLED IN FRANCE Omaha, Neb., Jan. 24.—It has become known here that Second Uieut. Scott McCormick, whose deatli in France was announced last week was the son of Harry McCormick, an Omaha capital ist and representatives of one of the pioneer families of Nebraska. Lieuten ant McCormick enlisted in New York. ' He was killed accidentally by the ex plosion of a hand grenade. He was the first native Nebraskan known to have been killed in the war. GERMAN NAVY MORALE WORSE THAN IN ARMY Deserter Tells of Mutiny of Trawler Crews, 44 of Whom Were Killed, 73 Wounded. London, Jan. 25.—A German .navat engineer with the rank of lieutenant, vvlio has deserted from Kiel, according to an Amsterdam dispatch to the Daily Express, states that dissatisfaction among the men of the German fleet is much more serious than in the army. He asserts there have been important revolt, generally among the crews of mine sweepers. Three weeks ag a squadron of mine rweeping trawlers entered Hamburg if ter an expedition in which three men were lost in an encounter with the British, and one of the trawlers was lamaged. Before the men were per mitted to go ashore, according to this l/ccount, they were notified that they must report hack for duty within an iiour. They asked for time for rest. The Hamburg commandant refused, whereupon 150 men declined ter obey the older. An hour later a lieutenant named Wagner arrived and ordered the inen. to return to their boats. They refused. The lieutenant swore at the man and struck two of them, the dispatch con tinues. He was thrown into the water and left to drown. The commandants, who had watched the mutiny dispatched a motor boat carrying two machine guns, which were fired into the crowd of sailors, killing 44 and wounding 73. The others were arrested and sentenced to terms of im prisonment varying from five to 20 years. CHIEF SHIP DESIGNER TENDERS RESIGNATION " Man Who Drew Plans for 400 Wooden Craft to Quit Ship ping Board. Washington, D. C.. Jan. 25.—The resignation of Theodore E. Ferris, chief ship designer for tlie emergency fleet corporation, was accepted today by Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board. Mr. Ferris designed the Perris type wooden ship. 400 of which arc being built by the fleet corporation and helped design special steel ship types tiie cor poration is having constructed. Mr. Ferris quit the corporation it is understood for fear that liin continued service would embarras the construc tion program. The Senate committee investigating shipbuilding bad ques tioned Mr. Ferris’ connection with shit building interests and Mr. Ferris it is said, felt that he should get out. Tlie Senate committee inquired par ticularly into Mr. Ferris’ connection with Clinchfield Navigation company, which he recommended to tlie fleet cor poration to build ships. The corpora tion. it was brought out is not an actual builder of ships, but has sublet con tracts to the Sloane Shipbuilding com pany, of Seattle. Japan and United States Slave Reached Full Agreement. Says Viscount Motono. Tokio, Tuesday. Jan. ‘-’2.- Viscount Motono, the Japanese foreign minister in his speech tonight to both houses oi parliament, announced that the mem bers of the Japanese mission recently sent to America had, after a frani; ex change of views, established a full, mutual accord between Japan and I In United State's in regard to military cooperation in the war. The foreign minister said: “The great r.'-.i • which has bathed Europe in blood c mtinues and it would seem difficult to predict the end. "Japan, faithful to lie?; international engagements, lias made every effort to aid the entente, allies to secure the ob jects of the war. “I am happy to bo able to state that Japan’s cooperation is highly appre ciated by the ['copies and the govern ments of the . ntente allies. Our alli ance with Or 4 Britain always has beer, the fund mental basis of our for eign policy. 1 vus, above all things the reason w’ Japan participated in this war. Sim then Japan lias spared no effort to u st her ally. It is an un deniable fact at tlie relations exist ing between r two countries huvs become more : n’.y cemented and morn Intimate. "Wo arc ui lo to foresee now what may be the si ition in the world aftet the war, but i i certain that while th* common ; of Japan and Great Britain in '.sic exist the governments and peoples of the two nations will under- ifend more and more the neces sity for the loyal maintenance of th« * alliance, and i am firmly convinced that this should he the guiding principl* of our nation.” GRANT RECEIVERSHIP FCR D._& RJG. RAILWAY Denver, Jan. 25.—Judge Walferj VV. Sanborn, sitting in the United States district court here today, announced1** would appoint a receiver for the Denvet & Itio Grande railroad. Previously the court had granted permission to ill* Equitable Trust company, of New York to intervene in the receivership suit brought by the Eliot Frog and Switch company against the road. LOOK FOR AID IN WEST Petrogiad, Jan. 25.—Confidence in the "coming assistance of the western proletariat” was expressed by Foreign Minister Trotsky in a speech to the congress of soviet deputies today. The western proletariat can only mean the people of Germany. WILL NOT PREJUDICE FUTURE OF RAILWAYS Washington, D. C.. Jan. 24.—The ad ninistration railroad bill has been mod ified to stipulate expressly that federal operation is undertaken as a war emergency measure and shall not prej udice the future policy of the govern ment toward ownership of the roads. No specific time, however, is fixed for turning tile roads back to private own ership.