TiJE O'NEiLL FRONTIER E. H. CRONIN, Publisher. 5L irtLL’_NEBRASKA American gold coinage, eagle*, half eagles and quarter-eagles, <>f the value of *10, *5 and $2.50, respectively, were first placed In circulation 125 years ago December 6, 1792. Since that date the United States mints have turned out in the neighborhood of 150,000,000 dou ble eagles. «r $20 gold pieces; over 50 000,000 eagles, about 100,000.000 lialf eagles and some 20,000,00 quarter-pa gles. One and $3 gold pieces were for merly veined, but they were dlscon tlnued In 1890. The first coin called an eagle was used in Ireland in the Thu teentli century, and was so called from the figure of an eagle impressed upon it but it was made the base metal, i he standard of the eagle was borne by th., ancient Perisians, and the Romans also coined gold and sliver eagles as en signs, and sometimes represented tnem with thunderbolts in their talons. Chartemagne adopted the double eagle as the standard of the holy Roman em pire. The eagle was the standard ol Napoleon I and Napoleon III, ana is to day the standard of Austria and 1 rus sta. while before the revolution Russia also claimed it.___ Mystery still attaches to certain ex plosive sounds, heard In various parts of the world and known to science as ‘‘brontides.” On the coast of Belgium these sounds seem to come from the sea. and are called locally mistpoeff ers." In the Ganges delta of India, sim ilar sounds are called “Barisal guns. Brontides are well known in some parts of Italy, where they bear a great variety of names. In Haiti a squad of this character is known as the gouf .. while in parts of Australia it is called the “desert sound.” Brontides mostly take the form of muffled detonations, of indefinite direction. Probably they are of subterranean origin. Studies of ec centricities in the transmission of sound through the atmosphere lead to the conclusion that some of the sounds hitherto reported as brontides were really due to cannonading or blasting. Shark fishing has evolved from a sport to an organized industry in the Pacific waters off the southwestern coast. The skin of various species of the fish when tanned forms a tough, durable leather that is in considerable demand, and the oil that is extracted from the carcass likewise has commer cial value. Of late a Japanese synch cate has undertaken the exploitation or this long neglected field, and, as a re sult large numbers of sharks arc being captured. The mottled skins of the tiger sharks are being made into slip pers, belts, gloves and other articles, while those of the great blue and bask ing sharks, which are especially thick and strong, are used for purposes that demand long lived material. Bermuda onions farmers of south Texas planted the largest crop that hus ever been grown in that state. It is estimated that there will be mole than 12,000 acres devoted to Bermuda onions in the Rio Grande border re gion this season. This is an increase of 4,000 acres over last season’s crop. Basing the possible revenue on present prices, the crop should bring to tho growers approximately $7,000,000. Jn several Instances large fortunes were made by growers from their last spring’s crop of Bermuda onions. Net clearance ranging from $30,000 to $50,000 each were made by growers. It was not unusual last year for a farmer to obtain net proceeds of $400 to $000 an acre from his onion crop. The remarkable career of Sir Samuel Romiliy, the British statesman, came to a tragic end 99 years ago. He was the first Influential man in England to at tempt to bring about the abolition of capital punishment. When he entered public life the English statutes pun ished with death nearly 300 crimes, ranging from murder and treason down to keeping company with gypsies. Ro miliy, who was of French descent, se cured the repeal of these codes. Ro miliy was devoted to his wife, and when she died, October 29, 1818, the philanthropist fell into n. delirium of grief. Four days later his grief had so preyed on his mind that he killed him self. One of the thickest skinned animals in existence is the walrus, which is found in great herds on the ice fields of the ocean and in winter on Bering ■ sea. Hides one inch or more thick, especially around the shoulders, are common, and they can be split many times, every layer a tough, strong, durable leather. The hides are used for making bags, trunks und buffers for polishing in tho shops of gold and silver smiths. Beneath the hide of the walrus is a layer of fat often six inches thick, which protects the walrus from the cold. He will sleep on the lee floe till he melts a great basin in it from the warmth of his ponderous body. California has but two species of na tive trees that are normally of weeping habit. One is Quercus lobata, the valley oak, having its most southerly range near Burbank. The other is Pfcea Brew eraine, the weeping spruce, which is found in a few isolated mountainous sections In the northwestern corner of the state. Asher Hoon, of East Carmi, 111., is not worried about meatless day, espe cially while the snow is 18 inches deep around his house. Recently he shot a fine fat ’possum which he saw In a persimmon tree in hi8 back yard, then In a few hours he found three rabbits in his woodshed. Chinese are proud of large families, for It is looked upon as a sign of good temper and right living. A large fainilv living together and not dividing the property is a sign of prosperity. One of the highest honors, ffu Fu Tung Fang or five generations under one roof, is coveted by all but attained by few. Dr. R. P. Oppenheimer, of Knoxville, Tenn., who recently assisted the stork In the arrival of little Morris Franklin Weisncr. received his free in GOO "buf falo" nlckles. The parents, in anticipa tion of the event, began saving the nickels. The child has received the nickname of Buffalo Bill Weisner. An apple tree In the yard of .Joseph Zavis, of Kent county, Delaware, blos soms every year with pink roses. The tree was planted years ago bv Julian Emerson, who grafted a rose bush on the tree. Last year it bore hundreds of roses, but it will never bear fruit. James Brown, who has an artificial arm and leg. is employed picking oranges in an orchard near Lindsav, Cal. He is considered the most rapid and efficient picker on the force und averages around 100 boxes of fruit daily. A normal man who can pick So boxes is considered an expert. Study of advertising is attracting more women than ever before tit the University of Wisconsin. Thirteen wo men, most of them students in jour nalism, are now enrolled in the adver tising class studying ad writing and soliciting advertisements along with out** CREDITS RECOVERY TO VIRTUE OF PRAYER Nebraska Woman Believed Fa tally 111 Is Quickly Fully Restored. Aurora, Noli., Feb. !).—Mrs. Herman Matticks,’ill nearly unto death on Sun day, is now hack at her old job of tak ing care of the family home. Mrs. Mat ticks and members of her family de clare that her restoration is directly due to prayers uttered at her bedside by her family. * Mrs. Matticks hud been ailing for some time. Last Friday the doctor told her she was in a serious condition, and lie sent for her children. These ar rived Sunday. By that time the doctor, who had made frequent daily visits, told the family that he had done all he could and tiiai death was a matter of only a few hours. The Matticks family lias always been greatly devotional. When the family gathered around her in the evening, she was scarcely breathing. A son sug gested that they utilize prayer for her recovery. A daughter, Mrs. Herman Tuepker, offered prayer and the others joined in the final supplication. Hardly had the prayer been con cluded than Mrs. Matticks sat up in lied with her hands outstretched. She said that she had suddenly felt wonder fully better. Within an hour she was sitting in a chair. The next day she came downstairs to eat with the fam ily and is now doing her family chores ns usual. URGES FARMERS TO MAKE POTATO STARCH Lincoln. Nob., Feb. 9.—C. W. Pugsley, oif the stute agricultural college has se cured the assignment of a federal ex pert to Nebraska for the purpose of teaching and inducing the people to turn the surplus potato crop into starch. Northwestern Nebraska, responding to the call to raise more potatoes now has 2,500 cars in storage that she can not sell because the storage ware houses in the population centers are filled witli potatoes bought at $1.50 and $1.65 per 100, and the commission men won’t buy any more, even though tht price has slumped to $1.25, until they have disposed at the city market prices what they have on hand. The government is fearful that unless something is done to take these pota toes off the hands of the growers, at a reasonable price which means a profit for them, there will be a very small acreage in the stute this year. Professor l’ugsley says that starch may bo made at home by washing the potatoes first then grind them and immerse them ir, a tub of water. The starch goes to the bottom, and can be -eadily retrieved. LIMITS PROFIT THAT MAY BE MADE ON COAL Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 9.—Fuel Adminis trator Kennedy lias issued an ordet placing in effect the following gross margin to be allowed all coal dealers in the state outside of Lancaster am) Douglas counties, where prices had pre viously been fixed on the same basis tin domestic coal, screened at the yard. $1.4*' a ton; on domestic coal, un screened, $1.25; steam coal, 90 cents; coke, $1.25. RED CROSS HEAD 0. K/S BOLSHEVISTS Col. William B. Thompson. Col. William B. Thompson, copper magnate, is one big man in the United States who champions the Russian bolshevists. Since his return from Europe*where he headed the American Red Cross mission to Russia, he has supported the bolshevists in numerous addresses. Colonel Thompson, during his stay from July to November in Petrograd contributed $1,000,000 to the bolshe vists to help spread their doctrines in Austria and Germany. "It was one way to deal a telling blow to autocracy,” said Thompson "The bolshevists are not and have not been pro-German. I believe the atti tude of the American press in failing to understand the Reds has tended to aid the kaiser’s cause.” The copper magnate believes that the bolshevists are heading the world The War Time Kitchen. From the London News. The private kitchen has go to go. It Is scarcely possible to doubt that new. With gas and fuel at their present price?, and likely to mount steadily higher, the great majority, as winter advances, wil’ certainly be driven to living in one room. The economy effected by that simple measure will be enormous, and it entails no very serious hardship, given a satis factory arrangement of the cooking prob lem. That problem could be practically solved tomorrow by the voluntary surren der, even in a very limited degree of the domestic isolation in which the British family lives. If every two households agree to dine together only. It would be more than half solved. Tt is a matter in which the merits of a voluntary system over any compulsory arrangement are more obvious even than usual. But if the public continues to set its face obstinately against it, the compulsion will certainly come. A Statue to Be Seen. The severest of Barnard's critics is Lin coln’s own son, Robert T. Lincoln, who sums up the statue thus: “The result is a monstrous figure which is grotesque is a likeness * * * and defamatory us an effigy.” It does fr-oom Indeed that if the statue ever is erected in London we shall be compelled for a time, at any rate, to depart from our customary attitude to ward public statuary—and actually in pect it! The present writer must add, though, that photographs of the statue which he lias seen give the impression that Barnard has Imparted to his work an Impressively grave, rough hewn beauty, x SUFFRAGE (Ml ON LIVE IN BASRA Effort to Prevent Unnaturalized Males Voting Brings Up the Woman Question. T-incoln. Neb.. Fob. 0.—Pressure is be ing brought by the state woman's suf frage association to induce the special committee of the state council of de fense to hack track on ilts plan of sub mitting the amendment agreed upon for submission to the voters this fal. and which will require foreign born males to become fully naturalized be fore they can vote. The amendment as drawn up by the attorney general provides that all males of 21 years of age and upward, horn in the United States or who have become fully naturalized may vote at all elec tions. This is a rewriting of the entire suffrage clause of the constitution, and if adopted would bar the women from all the voting privileges they now pos sess since all laws that give them lim ited suffrage are based upon tbe old provision. The women expect, if they cannot de feat in the courts the referendum peti tion that, has suspended the law passed last winter that give them the right tr vote at city elections and for president to submit a full suffrage amendment at the fall election. This, with that of the state council of defense, will mean twe amendments of the same section, and under the initiative clause of the con stitution the one receiving the highest number of votes is carried. What the women want the council tc do is to submit an independent amend ment, which can be done, and which will permit theirs to be declared carried if it gets votes enough. They point out that the aliens, who have heretofore op posed suffrage and who defeated it in 1914, will he sure to join with the wom en in order to give it more votes than the other, and think the obtuseness of the council is due to the fact that the committee is made up of anti-suffra gists. NEBRASKA AVIATOR RECEIVES DISCHARGE Ravenna, Neb., Feb. 9.—Dal Lantz, brother of Superintendent Lantz, of the Ravenna schools, now holding a posi tion as an instructor at the state in dustrial school at Kearney, was in Ravenna for a brief visit with his brothers this week. He was recently honorably dis charged from the aviation corps in the United States army because of injur ies received in a fall sustained at Hous ton, Tex., about five months ago. He spent about three months in a military hospital and recently returned to Ne braska and resumed his former posi tion at the industrial school. He and his flying partner fell several hundred feet, his partner was killed outright, and Mr. Lantz. was removed from the wrecked machine with a broken hip. a fractured leg and com pletely blind. His blindness was due to a nervous affection, and his sight has since been fully restored. His broken hip and leg confined him to the hospital for more than three months. IS FOUND DEAD ON WAGON LOAD OF HAY Fremont, Neb. Feb. 9.—J. W. Nation, formerly a Nebraska school man, but for several years past a traveling sales man for the Hammond & Stephens Co., of Fremont, was found dead yesterday afternoon, lying on a load of hay. An operator at West End station tele phoned the police station that he had found the body. The operator did not. know Mr. Nation. Members of the police force who hurried to the scene drove the team with its load to the city. Mr. Nation operated a small farm ad joining Fremont. He worked on the farm between trips on the road. He is survived by a wife and three daughters. Early this winter Mr. Nation suffered a severe attack of pneumonia and he ha/1 been In a weakened condition ever since. GOVERNOR NEVILLE TO VISIT CAMP FUNSTON Lincoln, Neb. Feb. 7.—Governor Ne ville, Vice Chairman Coupland of the state council of defense; Adjutant Gen eral Clapp, and Lee Metcalfe, private secretary to the governor, will go to Camp Funston tomorrow to be present tit the dedication of a community build ing for Nebraska men. The building has just been completed at a cost of about $10,000. It will serve the Ne braskans as a gymnasium and also as a place for receiving their relatives and friends who visit the vamp. Governor Neville and Mr. Coupland will deliver brief addresses in connec tion with the dedication. The parly will make a visit through the camp, meeting ns many of the Nebraska boys as they can, and will return to Lincoln on Saturday or Sunday. RAILROADS PREPARING FOR SPRING FRESHETS Omaha, Neb., Feb. 9.—With ice from five to seven feet thick on all Nebraska rivers. Nebraska railroads are getting ready for the worst ice jams and sub sequent floods In the past decade. Of fk'ials are mobilizing large quantities of dynamite and black powder at all the well known trouble points. Hundreds «f bridges on the Fnion Pacific and the Burlington will be guarded by watchmen equipped with explosives. GINGER ESSENCE SOLD TO BOOZE FIENDS Fremont, Neb., Feb. 9.—Essence of ginger scored a knockout and Bert Ken dall and Charles Madison, both under the influence, were haled into court. As a sequel to confessions wrung from them Otto Pohl. druggist, was arrested. Kendall and Madison say Pohl sold them the essence and that It bore a murk of 93 per cent alcohol. NEGRO MURDERER IS GIVEN LIFE TERM Omaha, Neb., Feb. 9.—Charles Smith, alias Larkin McCloud, negro circus roustabout found guilty of the shocking murder of Mrs. C. L. Nethaway on a shelf above the railway cut near her home August 20, 1917, was sentenced to life imprisonment by Judge Sears in criminal court, following a denial of a motion for a new trial. Smith denied his guilt when called upon for remarks, but accepted his sentence calmly. Of all the eccentric characters in Ja pan. one of the most famous and dis tinguished m Viscount Dr. Inajiro Ta jiri, president of the imperial board of audit. He flatters nobody, not except ing himself, and is feared by all who are not sincere. Fearlessness of public opinion or ridicule is dramatically ex emplified iu the simple and unpreten tious life that he is leading. His food is of the simplest variety. He daily car rier, to the office a box filled with rice and pickled plume and during the >st. to years he has ever stuck to this Spar tan lunch. Nebraska Appellate Body Bo Bents Criticism of Its Classi fication of Men. T.irvoln, Neb., Feb. 8.—Member: of the appellate board resent criticisms that have recently appeared i:i the newspapers to the effect that they were exempting from the call for immediate service by putting in a lower class!- | fieation practically ail farmers who had appealed to the board. Chairman \ Poilafd, in a statement issued, de- I dares that the policy of the board is | to look at each claim with the ques tion in view as to whether the regis trant will be of more use to his coun- ; try as a farmer or member of the in dustry to which he belongs, and that the viewpoint of tile board is that ol j the government. Mr. Pollard admits that the farmers , are looked on with a considerable de gree of favor. This is on the ground that the production of food is as neces sary as the army of the men in the trenches. The great scarcity of farm labor now existing would be greatly Increased during the coming harvest time if the board were to apply the same rule to a farm boy as it does to a town boy. It is not considered that both are on a parity so far as usefulness at home is concerned, ami what the hoard is aiming at, say the members thereof, is to provide against any shortage when the time comes to gather the crops needed to feed the men in the trenches. NONPARTISAN LEAGUE IS NOT WORRYING Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 8.—O. S. Evans, secretary anil in charge of the Farm ers' Nonpartisan league headquarters, has nothing to say in answer to the withering blast delivered against that organization by the state council of de fense. All that he would say was that the literature to which particular ob jection was made, a booklet entitled •‘War Aims and Statement or Prin ciples,” had been withdrawn from cir eolation two months ago because it had accomplished its purpose. The council laid special stress on its belief that this is no time for any agi tation or for creating an organization, based on antagonism between the farm er and the town, and upon this proposi tion it is likely that the leaders of the league will later go to the mat. They say that the town organizations, more particularly those that control the dis tribution of farm products, are In ac tive operation, and they do not see why the farmers should sit back and allow them to make big profits during the war time. — 4— HIGHER PRICES FOR CORN MEAL PREVAIL Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 8.—The millers of Nebraska and the food administration tiave gone to the mat on the price of cornmeal, anil the millers won the i count. The price has been 30 cents to the grocer for a six-pound sack. The food administrator said this was too much. The millers replied by asserting that they could get that price elsewhere and that if they were not permitted to charge it in this state they would sell their meal elsewhere. As cornmeal is a necessity since the 50-50 substi tute order went into effect, the food administration had to back down, and so this week’s fair food price list shows retail prices of 33 cents for the six pound suck as against 32 cents a week ago, and an increase of 6 cents in the 12-pound sack and 10 cents on the 21-pound bag -4— SECURES CONVICTION OF ILLINOIS CATTLE MAN Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 8.—John T. Milek, of Sturgis, S. D., a firmer University of Nebraska man, non a rancher and law yer, is in the city on his way home from Chicago whero lie had the satis faction of securing the conviction of James Dorsey, a millionaire cattle deal er of Gilberts, 111., for misuse of the mails. Mr. Milek h is been camping on Dorsey's trail for five years, when Dor sey sold him 25 head of tubercular cat tle under a personal guarantee that they were free from that disease. Mr. Milek says that much of his dif ficulty in getting at Dorsey lay in the fact that he had powerful political friends, lie was convicted on three counts, each of which carries a maxi mum of live years. Mr. Milek said that Dorsey had grown wealthy by buying rejected cattle at yards and on farms, taking them to his plant in Illinois and there treating them so that they sold readily for douple what he paid for them. lie had a veterinarian employed to sign certificates of good health in blank for his men to till out. In order to pass quarantine he had a man inject tuberculin in the cattle, which prevent ed the inquiring veterinarians on the way to the buyer from detecting their condition. The trial lasted two weeks Dorsey has sold thousands of head of cattle over Iowa, the Dakotas, Nebras ka, and other states. THIS ALIEN IS GIVEN DEED TO PIECE OF LAND Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 8.—After having declared that he would not issue a deed to an alien and having won consider able applause out in the state for such a patriotic attitude, Land Commissioner Shumway backed down when the state board of educational lands and funds confronted him with the state constitu tion and instructed him to issue a deed to Hans M. Obermiller, of Sherman county. Obermiller was born in Germany, but came to Nebraska 35 years ago. He took out his first papers in 1884, but neglected to complete his citizenship. He cannot do so at the present time while his native country is at war with his adopted country. He is represented to be a loyal citizen. He gets 200 acres of land under an old contract that binds him to pay $2,720 for it. The land is worth several times that sum. 4— GRAND ISLAND—George E. Gibbs, auto nalesman, is the father of triplets. Robert George and Richard John weigh four and three-quarter pounds eaeh and Lewis five and a half. All are well and evidently strong. Mr. Gibbs Is one of a twin and Mrs. Gibbs' father was a twin. SAYS DYNAMITE WAS LEFT BY ROBBERS Norfolk, Neb.. Feb. 8.—A. H. Holmes, who owns the pasture near the North western round house where several sticks of dynamite were found a short time ago by some South Norfolk boys thinks he knows where the explosive came from. He says it formed a pari of the bank robbing outfit left beliinc by the "Shorty” Gray gang after the robbing of the Meadow Grove bant October 9, 1910. The dynamite hat been in his pasture for several yean to his knowledge, but, he says, tests have shown that it will not explode ant is not dangerous. Hindenburg Reveals Strategy Of Pershing Has Him Guessing By J. W. T. Mason. New York, Feb. 9.—The German gen eral staff is completely confused over America’s campaign in France. General Hinde^nburg is revealing the fact he does not know where Pershing is going to strike, so is concentrating his re serves near Metz, and in southern Al sace, near the Swiss border. Reports of large masses of German troops arriving at these centers have become so persistent that they cannot be ignored. Metz and southern Alsace are about 150 miles apart by railway. The Ger mans never divide their troops by so wide a distance as this unless there are most imperative reasons for it. The separation of reserves against a reso lute enemy is always a dangerous poli cy. The only reason why Hindenburg has divided his forces is because his espionage forces have been unable to learn anything about the American chief’s commands designs and plans. General Pershing has got Hinden berg guessing and that is always the first score in the game. If Hindenberg was contemplating a major offensive at this time against the Americans he would under no cir cumstances separate his reserve into individual units. Instead of separating them lie would concentrate at a given* sector and would launch his blows with all the force at his command. The division of the German reserve between Metz and southern Alsace* therefore, suggest Hindenberg has been puzzled by Pershing’s strategy, and also that the general staff is content for the present to rest on the defensive against the fast growing American strength all along the Alsace-Lorraine border. Missourian Who Bagged Boche Airman on First Fiight Happy Proud? Yes, Indeed, and He Doesn’t Mind It a Bit That He Lost His Gloves and His Hands Were Nearly Frozen —Air Battle Over Saarburg. With the American Army in France, (Thursday), Feb. 7.—The young Ameri can lieutenant who had the honor of shooting down his first German air plane while accompanying a French es cadrille on a bombing expedition Tues day night, had never operated ,a ma chine before in his life while in flight, and never before had been over the enemy lines. He got his man over the German city of Saarburg. The bombing squadron was over Saarburg and m the act of dropping bombs when enemy airplanes were seen approaching rapidly. By the time the bomb dropping had been completed the enemy was close at hand and the French formation of which this Ameri can and another American aviator had accompanied as gunners was at an al titude of 12.000 feet. The lieutenant, who is a Missourian, took off his gloves so that he might operate his machine gun more effec tively, when he saw an enemy plane driving in from the side and firing its gun. The bullets whizzed close to the French machine, but the American, act ing as gunner, could get his piece into action. Then he turned a stream ot bullets into tlie enemy and before the first drum was exhausted the enemy machine toppled and started to spiral. Then It flopped and fluttered down with a flare of smoke and flame in ita wake. It crashed to the ground a short distance from the German city. The other American aviator, also a lieutenant, was not so lucky as the Mis sourian, for the machine he picked out to engage dodged away quickly and he was unable to get in any effective shots. When the squadron returned tHe Missouri lieutenant’s hands were swol len to twice their normal size from the cold, he having lost his gloves during the encounter. Otherwise he is today just about the happiest officer in the American expeditionary forces. lie lias been in France only a sliort time. VISITORS KEPT' Colonel, Attended by Three Nurses, Passes Fairly Rest ful Night—Family Near Bedside. New York, Feb. 9.—The condi- j lion of Theodore Roosevelt at 1:30 p. m. today was declared to be satisfactory in a bulletin issued at the hospital where he was recently operated on for abscesses. ‘‘Dr. Martin saw Colonel Roose velt at 1:30 p. m.” the bulletin read. “Colonel Roosevelt has had a very satisfactory morning and has retained all nourishment. Tem perature and pulse continue normal No additional symptoms have developed." New York. Feb. 9.—The condition of Colonel Roosevelt, who was operated on Wednesday for fistula and abscesses in both ears was pronounced as "un changed” by Dr. Harold K. Keyes, of Roosevelt hospital early today. Dr. Keyes added that Colonel Roosevelt hud slept all night and had rested comfort ably. Colonel Roosevelt's temperature and pulse were normal, a bulletin issued at the hospital this morning said. “Doctors Duel and Martin saw Colo nel Roosevelt as 8 a. m.” the bulletin reads. “He has had a very satisfactory night, having slept about six hours. He will be able to take nourishment at reg ular intervals during the day. His tem perature and pulse are normal.” Three special nurses and Dr. Keyes were in constant attendance at the former president's bedside during the night. Mrs. Roosevelt spent the night in an adjoining room of the hospital. His daughters, Mrs. Nicholas Longworth and Mrs. Richard Derby remained at the hospital until a late hour last night and then left for a nearby hotel, leaving word they .should he notified in case of any change in the Colonel’s condi tion. It was learned that it was not found necessary to communicate with them. rmrintr the night hundreds of tele grams from all parts of the country were received at the hospital and were turned over to Mrs. Roosevelt this morning. It was stated that visitors would not be allowed to see Colonel Roosevelt during the forenoon. Persons in touch with the sick room considered the colonel’s condition this morning “very encouraging.” It was not expected that the physicians would visit the former president again until 1 o’clock this afternoon. Mrs. Longworth and Mrs. Derby re joined Mrs. Roosevelt at the hospital this forenoon. There were many cullers, none of whom was allowed to see the colonel. They included George B. Cortelyou. who was his private secre tary at the White House. Rear Ad miral Gleaves, several army officers and a number of personal and political friends. , , Shortly before 11 o’clock, Douglas Robinson, relative of the colonel called at the hospital and talked with the physicians. .... , "1 am told the colonel s condition is very encouraging,” he said. Washington, D. C.. Feb. 8.-President Wilson today sent to Mrs. Roosevelt tlie following message of sympathy: "May I not express my warmest sym pathy and the sincere hope that Mr Roosevelt’s condition is improving. ’ HAYWOOD IS INDICTED FOR DRAFT CONSPIRACY An indictment charging 55 person! with conspiring with William D. Hay wood, secretary of the Industrie Workers of the World and the others to hinder the selective draft laws o the United States in the war v.itl llcrmany was returned today by thi United States grand jury. About 23,000.000 knives and forks ant 11.000.000 spoons have been supplied ti the allies in France since the com mencement of the war. Fall of Cabinet Said to Be Due To Opposition of Polish Deputies to Internal Policies. Amsterdam, Feb. 9.—A serious four-day peace demonstration oc curred at Lemburg, according to dispatches received here today, in the clashes between the authorities and the demonstrators three police men were killed and 40 civilians were wounded. Amsterdam, Feb. 9.—The resignation of the Austrian cabinet has been tend ered Emperor Carl, according to Vien na dispatches received here today. The dispatches were dated February 7, Austrian Premier Baron Von Seydler handed the resignations to the head of the dual monarchy. The resignation of the Von Seydler cabinet, it is understood in parliament ary circles in Vienna, is due to the op position of Polish deputies against special debates and the provisional budget. The opposition of the depu ties makes a majority for the budget doubtful. President Gross, of the lower house announcing the resignation, said that according to the constitution it was necessary to postpone temporarily t tie i sittings of the house. — j The cabinet of Dr. Von Seldlor. which I was formed last June, was reported to ; have resigned during the recent ichor ' crisis in Austria-Hungary. Tnis re port, however, was not confirmed Dr. Von S' dler was able to 1 "inf? j about the c- • ation of the strike by , forming lab< delegations on Je. u-y i JO that it w: the wish of tho ... I emperor to < 1 the war at t!v> cat possible m ent by an hone be peace. Otli members of hi- govern ment promi labor and military re forms, after ‘ ich the labor leaders or dered their ' iwers to return to v. -rk. This virtuu ended the strike ir Vienna. RES7ZCT . 3R LAW IN PI JSSiA VANISHING Amsterdam, Feb. 9—During a discus sion Wednesday in the Prussian lower house in regard to the estimate of the ministry of justice the deputies dis cussed the democratizing effects of tins habitual infringements of the war reg ulations, especially in connection .. Uh ! food. Respect for the laws was I dared to be vanishing. I Minister of Justice Spahn said that in Prussia alone nearly 500,ODo I sentences have been inflicted for in - j fractions of the war regulations. The | minister also declared that the figures I of juvenile criminality were extraordi | narlly serious. _ RAILROAD BILL IS REPORTED BY HOUSE Washington, D. C., Feb. 8. -The ad ministration railroad bill amended to limit government control to two years [ after peace, to vest ultimate rate fix ing powers in the president and to safeguard the short line railroads against loss by diversion of freight traffic to government controlled lines was ordered favorably reported to the House today by the interstate com merce committee. ST. LOUIS CAR STRIKE HEARING SETTLEMENT St. Louis. Feb. 9—A strike of 2.900 j employes of the Fruled Railways enm I pany which has been in progress here ; since Saturday ai midnight was united i 1 *arly this morning when representa tives of the company and the men ; aareed upon a basis of settlement.