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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1918)
JKE O’NEILL FBONTER B. H. CRONIN, Publisher. O’NEILL. NEBRASKA One of the things that make New Tork an Interesting city is the practice of some shopkeepers of putting In their windows attractive goods with price labels. An arresting Instance of this sort was seen recently In a Broadway Jeweler's window. Here was a finger ring of diamonds and an emerald, price $12,500; a marquise shaped diamond ring, $4,250; pear shaped diamond pen dant $2,250; diamond earrings, $5,800, and a galaxy of other resplendent gems to appeal to the frequenters of the “Great White Way.’' At the other ex treme of the social scale for the buy ing public are the push carts of New York's east slde.jsqually Interesting In their way. On one of these carts In Canal street an astonishing variety of things mechanical was found—among others, clocks and watches, music box es, all kinds of tools and at least a ■core of second hand cameras of vari ous makes. At Ann Arbor, Mich, workmen recent ly repaired the outside stairs of old University hall. The building was con structed In the '70s, and complaint was made at that time that tho stairway was too narrow to permit the co-eds to pass comfortably, as the era of the noopsklrt was on them. The stairway, though rebuilt, Is as narrow as the orig inal passageway. Mohammedans are supposed neither to drink wine nor to eat pork, but Allbed-Hamoun, dethroned sultan of Zanzibar, who now lives affluently In Paris, has a bold and original way of doing both. At the table he places his Koran beside him, urges “Oh, holy pro phet, may thy Koran protect me,” and falls to with a will. Seventy-eight gold watch fobs have been awarded employes of the Southern Pacific railroad who did efficient safety first work during the last year. The prizes are won under a point system, credit of so many units being given for suggestions which are classified as to value and the number of prize points merited by each. When Mrs. Mary E. Peters, age 66, of Millville, N. J., becnmo the bride of James McNeal, age 68, tho bride was given In marriage by lier mother, Mrs. June Faceinier, age 99. The maid of honor was Miss Blanche Hughes, granddaughter of the bride, and tho bride’s grandson, Harvey W. Hughes, 'was best man. Since the beginning of the European war American diamond buyers have shown a rlvlval of interest In the dia mond fields of Brazil, which have at tracted a considerable number of buy ers. The Brazilian garimpeiro, or native diamond miner, has seen prices rising steadily under tho competition ci tho foreigners. Mount Taishan, a famous sacred mountain of China, which has long boon denuded of woodland, Is to be refor ested by tho government. There it was that Emperor Shun offered sacrifices to heaven 2,300 years before the Chris tian era. The feast of the tomb was this year celebrated as an arbor day In China. Emory Anderson, of Syracuse, N. Y„ win weighs 250 pounds, saw a pheasant, on the ground, pursued it and finally caught it by making a flying tactile. After he recovered bis breath friends told him that the open season on pheas ants had not beuun and Mr. Andrews therefore had to give his bird to the too. The queen of Norway drosses economically to tho point of sl\abbiness, spending only $1,000 a year for her clothes. The queen of Spain Is the most extravagant of European royalties for her wardrobe, which costs more than $15,000 annually. Both are English prin cesses and first cousins. Tho one-mile derby run annually oi: watermelon day at the Arkansas valley fair, Rocky Ford, Colo., was this year won by a woman jockey (or the first time on record. Jaunltu Edgar rode Ni Ormondo home ahead, the mile being covered in 1:48, good time on the Sanut Fe racing circuit tracks. Rutebeauf and Jean de Meung were, the two most noted poets of the Thir teenth century. The former w*ns an* ex ponent of every form of poetry and prose, and is the oldest representative of personal uoe^y in France. Rute bealit died In the year 1280. » fie ru st carload ox suico-mangancse ever produced in California, nnd as far us recorded eve" produced in the United States, has been shipped to London. The substance takes the place of ferro-siH con and fprrb-manguneso in the manu facture of high grade steel. In order that Mrs. Elizabeth Evans, age S5, of Pittsburgh, the mother'of eight children, may share the Edwards estate without facing possible legal complications, Mrs. Elizabeth Edwards, wealthy Mt. Warhington woman, has adopted her. Gurdner Miflen, age SS, a veteran mason, of Washington. X. 11., has lie gun the mason work of the new house of i>r. William Snow. He is to build two fireplaces nnd chimneys and put on more than dUl) yards of plastering. The Importation into Australia of ex plosives containing more than 00 per cent of nitroglycerine lias been prohib ited. except after the < unseat, in Wilt ing. of the minister of state for trade and customs has been' obtained. While boring for oil near Port Eliza beth. South Africa, hot water was en counter* d in such volume at a depth of 8,ti0o feet Thai drilling operations ceased. The well developed a never failing supply of water. Saco, Me., is now without a hotel, a manufacturing concern having leased the only building of the kind for ac commodations for its employes, who could not find quarters elsewhere in the city. tom panics and corporations doing business in Turkey are compelled by a new law to use the Turkish language foreign corporations must use Turkish in their cotrespondence with the gov ernment. Prof. E. Livingston Harbour, of Rut gers college, who was the prohibition candidate Tor United States senator from New Jersey, was unable to vote, as he fui.ed to register. Cottage liorn.-s fur married teachers are being provided by the school auth or.ties of Washington state, with the hope of making the life of the rural teacher more attractive. A gray squirrel skipping along the noth volteee wire which supplies power to a rubber mill In Rockland, Muss., connected with its tail a second wire] causing an explosion which su.rtled the residents and set lire in the woods. A Chicago physician has invented ap paratus with which he says t.e can tell •/nether a person really is hungry or wo»th er v» appetite, a tier wap phe Sllll ll—. IS —-ow . v« RAIL COMMISSIONERS FEAR LOSS OF POWER Say Bill Before Congress Would Rob Them of Rights Given By State., J-incoln, Xeb., March 9> Nebraska state railway commissioners are (lls mayed over the discovery In the copy of the bill now before congress pro viding for the compensation of rail roads while in government hands, just received by them, that if it passes in that form their jobs so far as regulat ing Nebraska railroads is at an end "The bill takes away front all state commissions," said Commissioner Taylor, ‘‘all of the worth while powers they now possess. Section 16, which seems to have been added somewhere in the passage between Senate and House and without any publicity being given thereto, gives to the railroads the thing they have been fighting for for years, the lodging in the federal commission of sweeping powers over rates, service and stock and bond is sues." The last section of the bill says that nothing in this act shall be construed to take away from state commissions any of the powers of taxation or police power, with the exception of regulat ing tiie movement of troops, war ma tt rials and government supplies, the regulation of rates, the supervision of expenditure of revenues, uddttihns and imnrovements to property and stocks and bonds. “When the federal law takes away from state commissions,” says Commis sioner Taylor, “the power to regulate rates, to supervise and direct the ex penditures of revenues, to supervise and order the making of additions and Im provements to property and control of stocks and bond Issues, as this law does, there Is nothing left for the com missions to do." POTATO SITUATION IS NOT SO SERIOUS Lincoln, Nch„ March 9.—The potato situation In western Nebraska is nol ns Bloomy as it has been represented, ■according: to Prof. It. F. Howard, of the state university and secretary of the Nebraska Potato Improvement asso ciation, who has Just returned from an inspection trip throughout the potato section. The situation in a nutshell is embraced in the following facts: There are still 200,000 to 300,000 bush els of potatoes waiting for shipment. Seventy-five to 100,000 bushels art worthless, owing to dry rot, scab, frost and bruises. Potato growers who have had good potatoes will make a profit this year despite the large crop. “At I lie present time potatoes are moving out of the district very fast," said Prof. Howard. "Three weeks ago 500,000 bushels wore reported to be held at Morrill alone. In a talk with grow ers throughout the entire section and at several potato meetings 1 learned that, there a”?1 only between 200,000 and 300, ( 00 bushels that have not as yet been shipped-." —+ ■11 FINANCIAL TROUBLE CAUSE OF SUICIDE Norfolk, Neb., March 9.—Ed Mar quard, familiarly known as "Curley," ' committed suicide at ills home on youth Third street by drinking most of the contents of an ounce bottle of ■arbolic acid. Trie hody was found in tlie cellar and the police notified. Chief Brush immediately investigated and found that life had been extinct for about an hour. Marquard's friends had noticed that he had not appeared quite well for some time. He was employed at the Barrett soft drink place. He leaves a wife and several children. Marquard was 39 years old and has lived in Norfolk most of his life. His father, Dr. C. F, W. Marquard, form erly a Jeweler and optician in Norfolk, lives at Ashton, Id. EJSTIS PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO HANDLE GERMANS Lincoln, Neb., March 9.—The state council of defense is in receipt of word from Kustts to the effect that the newspaper reports of the trouble there with pro-Germans were overdrawn and that there is no danger of any up rising against authority. The local council announces its ability to handle the situation without any Help from outside. The first reports from there were that the German sympathizers had armed themselves after one drafted man hud attacked a member of the board that did the drafting, and that the governor would be asked to . end home guards there. The county council has begun a vigorous campaign to stamp out all disloyalty in the county, where there is a large settlement of Germans direct from the fatherland within the last ten years. The council preposes to summon the leaders to a conference and force a DOCTOR FEARS HE WILL LOSE PATIENTS Lincoln, Neb., March 9.—Dr. Hewitt, of Heaver Crossing, has appealed to the stale railway commission to save him from the loss of part of his patients, due to a recent rale of the Lincoln Tele phone company, that operates a group of exchanges in his section of tile state. The ease is an unusual one. The towns of Exeter and Heaver Crossing are la miles apart, with the town of Cordova half way between. The telephone ex changes weie formerly owned by dif ferent companies, hut have all been taken over by the Lincoln corporation. Under permission of the state commis sion it was permitted to offer all of its rural subscribers the choice of free con nections with the two market towns. In making this choice a group of farmers north of Cordova and within four miles of Heaver Crossing signed up for serv ice with Cordova and Exeter. A num ber of these were former patients of Dr. Hewitt at Heaver Crossing, and their choice put them beyond the free service zone of Beaver Crossing and makes it necessary for them to pay a small toll charge to talk to the doctor, who must also pay to talk to them. Rather than pay the 10 to 15-cent charge they transferred their patron age to Exeter doctors. Dr. Hewitt insists that the company oughtn't to he allowed tp make a rule that deprives him of part of his clients, but the commission and the company have not yet been able to figure a way out unless the farmer clients forego the pleasure of talking with Exeter and take Beaver Crossing instead. MARRIAGE LICENSE GOOD IN OTHER COUNTY Croftoa, Neb., March 9.—A few days ago a wedding party drove to the home of Rev. ^ . J. Tresidder and a marriage ceremony was about to be performed, when it was discovered the license had been issued in Cedar county, while ' rollon is in Knox county. The part., drove a mile across the cour.ty fi: into Cedar county, wnere the ceremony was performed in regulation fashion and the party returned to the parson age, where thn papers were made out in proper style. BEET GROWERS Will DEMAND MORE MONEY Commission Named by Food Administrator to Study Sit uation in Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., March 9.—A commis sion appointed by the national food administration to fix the price that the beet sugar manufacturers of the state shall pay for beets this year will meet tomotrow at Grand Island to hear what both the growers and the manufactur ers have to offer as to the matter of costs of seed and production and also af manufacture. licet sugar growers in the North Platte valley, tho principal growing urea of the state, have declared that they will not plant their land to beets but will use it for wheat and corn if they are not paid a larger sum per acre, amounting in some cases to a 50 per cent increase. Their complaint Is that the manufacturers are malting enormous profits, and can afford to pay a hotter price and one at which the growers can make good money. Tho commission is made up of Dean Burnett and Professor Filley, of the state college of agriculture; W. I. Far ley and A. E. Cady, business men, and Andrew Weiser, connected with the government reclamation service. SOCIAL DISEASE WILL HAVE CLOSE ATTENTION Oliama, Neb., March 9.—An ordi nance requiring the internment or quar antine of any person with social dis ease has been passed by the Omaha city council. The ordinance is to take effect immediately. Physicians, nurses, hospital attend ants and all other persons who have knowledge of such cases must report to the health commissioner under pen alty of not more than $100 fine or more than 30 days in Jail. Any person, according to the ordi nance, who exposes another to social diseases is liable to a fine of $100 or a jail sentence of 30 days. "The health commissioner shall hold all names and data given him under this ordinance as confidential and priv ileged," reads the ordinance, "and shall disclose the information to no one ex cepting interested officials and these In turn shall also be bound to secrecy.” Cases reported to the health commis sioner will be considered and the pa tient isolated. Commissioner A. C. Kugel introduced the ordinance. —♦— HORSE MEAT SERVED AT BIG BANQUET Fremont, Neb., March 9—When it leaked out that the roast served at the Y. M. C. A. volley ball banquet yester day was horse roast from the Grand Island horse yards, several Fremont business men who participated in the feast experienced all kinds of bad tastes In their mouths. Harvey Ken dall ar>d B. W. Hamilton bought the roast/hnd arranged the banquet. No body but the cook and the hotel pro prietor knew about it. Everybody present considered the meat exception ally good. Even the presence of many bottles of horseradish on the tables, and the serving of ice cream in the shape of horses, failed to tip oft! to the hun gry banqueters that they were being served with “war horse” meat. WILL SUPPLY CARS FOR FARMERS MOVING Lincoln, Neb., March 9.—The state railway commission has wrested from the national director of transportation a concession that will permit emigrants to move their household goods with uthem when they change locations this Umonth. The director recently issued "orders giving grair. preference over everything else. To move grain takes box cars and if box cars are taken at this time of year nobody can move. Many changes occur at this time of the year, particularly on the farms, and the commission was able to convince the national officials that this was a de mand so closely connected with food production as to make it of equal im portance. An order has been issued to the effect that necessary cars suitable for grain may be provided for emigrant moveables when destined to points in grain states as indicated. In one Ne braska county four farmers were pre vented from moving on to other farms leased because a fifth farmer could not get cars to move his household goods and farm implements to a distant point. MAN WHO ATTEMPTED SUICIDE WILL RECOVER Fremont, Neb.. March 9.—Will Brink ley, 30-year-old farmer near Hooper* who fired a charge of buckshot at Ids awn head because of “numerous trou bles,” will recover. Brinkley sat up today and wrote several letters. Ho talked freely, declaring he was heartily ashamed of himself. Brinlfley had trouble 10 days ago with another young matt who called on the gill who had promised to marry Brinkley. Brinkley had bought, stock and implements tc. go to farming and then could not gc-t a farm. He said at the hospital today that he would “turn over a new leaf." “Some of these hospital patients are so sick in my ward that it makes me ashamed to think my troubles were troubles.” —*— WEEK OF MARCH 9 TO EE PURE FOOD WEEK Lincoln, Neb., March 7.—Governor Neville has Issued a proclamation call ing upon the people of the state to ob serve me week of March 9 as pure food week', for the ournose of impressing upon everyone the facts connected with the noed for greater production and conservation of foodstuffs, to "the end that the pure food department of the state will be the better able to pro tect the health of the people and inci dentally render more efficient and ef fective assistance to the government in the winning of the war." The proclamation reads in part: “Never in the history of the nation has pure food been as essential to our well being as at the present time. In this period of national crisis when the obligation to feed a considerable por tion of the population of the world rests upon our country, when our people are asked to eat less that our allies may eat more, the question of pure food takes on an added importance and sig nificance.” CONDITIONS AT EUSTIS TO BE INVESTIGATED Omaha. Neb., March 9.—The state council of defense and the federal de partment of jiMtiec will immediate‘v investigate conditions at Kusris, NY., where pro-Germans are said to he threatening loyal Americans to such n extent that a petition is in cirvulati-.n a -king Governor Neville to son ', nos.'.: protection to that p’ace. "he sta:o council of defense fins sent thr^ men to Fusils, and i pee!::! A;;:::: Eberstein, of Omaha, head of the oe partment of justice in Nebraska, took the affair up an 1 said ho \<ouid at or co send an invertlyator to Eltstia. CAPITAL TAKES UP FRENCH WOMAN ( —..——^ Mme. J. Devilder. Mme. J. Devilder, wife of the French Aigh commissioner iij the United States, has taken a Washington residence and she and her husband are extensiv en tertainers and pursued guests. She has entered into war w»rk whole heartedly, too. Hardest Possible Bargain Is Driven by Germany But She Has Mo Course But to Accept. _________ Jassy. Rumania,. Monday, March 4, (By Wireless to Saloniki, Tuesday, March 5.)—Intense indignation is felt by the army and people of Rumania over the terms of the preliminary peace imposed upon Rumania by the central powers. With its military forces scat tered and it:; hopeless strategical posi tion, Rumania had no recourse except to yield to her powerful and ruthless Toe. The Rumanian example is pointed to as a repetition of the bitter fate suf fered by Serbia and Belgium. The royal family is greatly depressed over the disastrous course of events. Both the king and queen, through the Associated Press express the hope that the American people will have a sym pathetic appreciation of the tragical circumstances that forced peace on Rumania, that the warm friendship that has always existed between the two nations will in nowise be impaired. Hope is felt by the royal family and the people that when world peace comes some of the sacrifices now being made by Rumania will be recognised and compensated. The American Red Cross and all other foreign missions in Rumania are making plans to leave, their departure being compelled by the peace terms. Under the peace terms, Rumania not only will have to give up Dobrudja, lose control of the Danube and endure other great economic sacrifices, but she will be compelled to yield to Ger many large wheat, petroleum and salt concessions. It is understood that Germany will have control of the Ru manian railways for a period of 15 years and will have possession of the fouv principal fortified passes through the Carpathians. All German goods arc to enter into Rumania free of duty while all Rumanian goods will go into Germany under the old tariff. Germany served her final ultimatum on Rumania yesterday, leaving her only two hours in which to make final de- • cision. A ero,\vn council was held and it was decided that Rumania, com pletely isolated and without outside support would have to bow to the force of circumstances and take a course from which there appeared to be no escape. PE Shipping Board Meets Demand For Shipping to Supply U. S. Army. Washington, D. C., March 9.—Troops And supplies for General Pershing’s force.=i now are moving to France on schedule time, it was learned yesterday on high authority. While figures may not ho published, it was stated posi tively tint transportation requirements of the • ty are being met by the ship ping hoard and the immediate situation as to ships was described as satisfac tory. In view of this assurance that the Unitc:l States will be able to maintain Its place as a fighting unit on the bat tle fronts, reports from the western front are being scanned more eagerly than ever by officers here for the first signs of the 1918 campaign. It is felt strongly that the op,*n:ng of major operations in what President Wilson nas predicted will prove the decisive year of the'great war will not be much longer delayed. TWO FIFTHS OF 1917 CORN CROP ON FARMS » ____________ ■Washington, D. C„ March 9.—Grain n farmers' hands on March 1, as an nouncel today by the department of agriculture was: Core. 1,292,905,000 bushels, or 40.9 per coat of the 1917 crop; wheat, 111, 272.000 bushels, or 17.1 per cent; oats. 595.195.000 bushels, or 37.5 per cent; parley, - ;,404,COO bushels, or 20.S per cent. ANOTHER UPHEAVAL. IN SPANISH CABINET Madrid. March 9.—The Spanish cab inet, recently construct 1 by the Mar quis D? Alhucemus, who in a kktirn to being' premier held the pertfullj cf for eign affairs, resigned today | Great Tank Battle Soon to Be Fouqht On the West Front _ New York, March 9.—Tank against tank is the new kind of land warfare predicted by military observers recently back from France. , Germany has built ar.d mobilized a vast fleet of these crawling fortresses to hurl against the tank squadrons of the allies in her coming offensive. A gargantuan trial of strength -will result. Dispatches from Germany reveal the fact that the German high command is building thousands of monster “tur tles”—a new type of tank—larger than the first British tanks and armed with heavy guns—some reports say 6-inch and even 8-inch guns. The icaterpillar treads are entirely hidden by armour plate and there is a sharp projection at the front—for ramming. The allied governments are prepared to meet the threat. The British—first to develop the tank —are building still larger machines. The French are developing their own types. Our own government is turning out a fleet of tanks, the first of which are now going forward to General Per shing. 11 KILLED; 46 German Airplanes Again Suo ceed in Reaching London Despite Vigorous Defense. London, March 9.—Eleven persons were killed and 46 others were injured in last night’s airplane raid on Lon- " don. according to the latest police re ports, says an official announcement today. It is feared that an additional six bodies are in the ruins of houses wrecked. Another raider dropped bombs in the northern district of London,'demolish ing several houses The raid demonstrated that Gernjan aviators no longer depend upon moon light. It was the first time the enemy had attempted a night raid over Lon don when there was no moon. The stars were out. however, and there was little wind. Londoners were taken by sur prise when the warning signals were sounded. The theaters were just.clos ing. The streets were soon cleared. The warning to avoid danger from shrapnel was generally heeded, every one taking cover. For a time the gun fire was heavy Several persons were killed by the private houses‘in northeastern London. The house of a vicar was partially wrecked, but the clergyman escaped. He is a constable and had left home for duty when the warning came a few minutes before the explosion which damaged his residence. The vicar worked throughout the night assisting the wounded and homeless neighbors. Last night’s air raid appears to have been carried out by seven or eight en emy airplanes, of which two reached London. The first two raiders, which approached the Isle of Thanet at about lrt:D5 p. m.. and proceeded up/the Thames estuary. Both were turned back before reaching London. "Meanwhile the third raider came across the Essex coast at 11:20 p. m. and steered west. At 11:45 p. m. it was reported over East London. A few minutes later it dropped bombs on the southeastern and northwestern dis tricts. At 11:50 p. m. the fourth raider, which had also come in across Essex, dropped bombs to the north of Lon don and then proceeded south across the capital, dropping its remaining bombs on the northern district between 12: 20'and 12:30 a. m. "The remaining enemy machines, all of which came across the Essex coast, were turned ba'ck before they reached London. ! "A certain amount of damage was 1 caused to residential property in Lon ! don. Several houses have been demo! | ished." But American Troops Beat Off German Raiders in Latest Engagement onTcul Front. London. March 0.—A German attack with liquid fire on tlie American forces northwest of Toul in the St. Mihiel sec tor was repulsed Thursday, according to dispatches received here today. On the same front it was reported the American sentries drove off an en emy patrol of 40 men. MONTENEGRO REJECTS ENE _ Formal Proposal Sent King in France But He Turns It Down. London, March !).—Niko Haidouko viteh, Montenegrian minister of war and interior, who is now in London, in a. letter to the Daily Chronicle, in the name of his king and government, de nies that Montenegro will make a sep arate peace with the central powers. I The letter adds that if Montenegro ! had contemplated a separate peace, j she could have obtained it. Minister I Haidoukovitcli asserts that an offer of I peace reached King Nicholas since he took up his residence in France. He adds: "The offer was put forward formally by the central powers and was refused in terms of contempt and indignation." ADVANCE INTEREST TO ALLIES. Washington, 1). C., March 8.—The interest on loans to allies lias been raised from -1*4 per cent to 5 per cent ' as a result of the recent increase in , the rates on certificates of indeliter! , ness from 4 to 4 m pi : cent. NEBRASKA WOMEN TO STUDY CONSERVATION First of Series of Meetings to Be Held at Fremont—Dis cuss BaHng Problems. Fremont. Nob., March 8.—The first, of a scries of food conservation meet ings to be Held in country homes over Dodge county will be held at the resi dence of Mrs. Joseph Roberts, wife of ^ Joe Roberts, of the state fair hoard, to-^r morrow afternoon. Tl.i 'loberts’ home is five miles east of Freemont in Elk horn township. Those who have been invited to attend have been asked to bring along their best recipes f»r mak ing war bread and for using wheat flour substitutes. It is expected by comparisons of results on the part of housewives who attend the meetings, to clear up many perplexing problems that have been confronting country women. DISBARMENT OF CHADRON ATTORNEY IS DEMANDED Chadron, Neb., March 8.—Permanent disbarment of Allen G. Fisher, Ohad ron attorney, and former mayor, on the grounds of “sharp practices,” and "irregular, illegal and unprofessional conduct,’’ and because of “his evfl rep utation, which reflects on the bar and tile courts of the state,” is asked for in a petition filed with the Nebraska supreme court by Newton Rule, a resi dent of (’hadron. The case is brought as an original proceeding in supreme court and was filed without special permission. The information against Fisher is lengthy and contains seven different counts. It is accompanied by a motion asking the court to appoint a commission for the purpose of taking testimony and re porting its findings and conclusions. This motion will be heard at the next sitting, which starts March 18. —^ GERMAN SYMPATHIZERS ARE BECOMING UGLY Eustis, Neb., March 8.—Citizens of Eustis, fearing trouble with pro-Ger mans, are arming themselves and are circulating a petition to the state coun cil of defense, asking for protection from the pro-Germans. The stale coun cil has sent three agents to Sustis tc investigate conditions. eFnr of possible violence, owing to Strong German sentiment in the county is the reason for the precautionary movements of the loyal citibens. Many enemy aliens live in Eustis anil the county, and pro-German sympathizers are numerous. Several nights ago James M. Siil, of the local ex( mption board, was set upon and badly beaten by Fred Daalhorn. a draft select, after Sill had participated in a decision of the exemption board which made Daalhorn subject to im mediate draft. Since that event feeling has been brewing and yesterday a peti tion to tile governor and the state coun cil was put in circulation. The state council is investigating conditions. PROTECTION ASSURED AGAINST PRO-GERMANS Lincoln, Nob., March S.—Assurance was given at the office of the state council of defense today that loyal American citizens at Eustis, Net)., would be given protection against any possible trouble from pro-Germans re- ' ported to be numerous there. A report from Eustie last night said that citi zens of that place fearing trouble from pro-Germans were arming themselves, and were circulating a petition to the council, asking for protection. — CERMAN TEXT BOOKS BURNED AT GRAND ISLAND Grand Island, Neb., March S.—The burning of 300 German text books taken from the local high school, the paint ing yellow of a lumber company's of fice and the Liederkranz auditorium is said to 1,9 the result of resentment over an alleged remark made by Richard Goc-hring, jr„ manager of the lumber company and prominent in the man agement of the hall. Mr. Goehring de nies having made ;mj offensive re marks against American soldiers and sailors. —♦— DR. MULLEN IS HEARD EY OAKLAND PEOPLE Oakland. Neb., March S.—Dr. W. ZI Mullen, of Bloomfield, Neb., speaking under the auspices of the state council of defense, addressed a mass meeting at the opera house here Monday night and created a groat patriotic feeling, in the community an he is id to dj wherever ho goes. At the conclusion of the meeting a resolution pledging the support of the people of the (im munity to t o administration in tin prosecution < the war was adopted and wired to P; ident Wilson. INSANE Ci .VICTS MAKE THEIR ESCAPE Hastings Neb., March S.—l-Iarr.c Palmer, sc need to the penitentiary si:; years > in Hastings for killing his wife, c ned from Ingle-side. Pal mer had b . transferred and Was be ing held - criminally insane. Pm some mont he had been employed in the baker\ teorge Bond, another in sane : : a ■ .ently transferred from the l imit n'c y, escaped with Palmer It is 1 clievr ' the men went wc.-t on a f.eight tr. in. ..--— STUDENT AVIATORS ARE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS Washington. D. li.ech R.—Student aviators at the various flj ing fields are so keenly jealous of the records made by othi r fields that new records for the day's work are being estab lished frequently. Officials lure believe the competition is responsibl for the splendid morale among the fliers end the progress being m ule by them, one if the fields near Fort Worth, Tex., recently reported a total of Tfi.eno miles, or three tints around the world, flown by the students in one day. American students are not being1 crowded through their training as fast as students of the other allies, t very precaution being taken to o alify the man before he t ikes the air alone, so that accidents will b ■ kept to a min Imuni. A statinrnt showing the large number of men now in training and the distances flown by them probably M will be issued soon. DISCOURAGING VIEW J OF SHIP SITUATION 1 bum’on. M:n:'h G.--Sir John F!ler inun. controlling owner of several 9 .-team.-hip linos-, spoil kin-- ?j Any at & 1 meeting of tbo chamber of ‘-h;;pkng, i (it dared he I < . • e- v nr rid * in raying that the v. hole n t t.i : ping in this Cei.mnr*.- he ou*i •• .ar. of the war w... l-t ■ n r. h t : r ace the los-sos 1 y in; . > c nr • acne, leaving the Josses ’ey enemy .hut yet to be made up.