Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEIL FRONTIER
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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.
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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.
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(,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.”
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.