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O'NEILL. NEBRASKA
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A new kind of surgical splint In
Which galvanized wire netting takes
the place of wood, has been put on the
Earket, says the Popular Science
onthly. It has been tried and offers
many advantages. The steel entering
Into the construction of this woven
Wire splint is so tempered that It can
be molded by hand. Being galvanized,
the wire is sterilized and at the same
time welded into a single piece that
cannot fray out at loose ends. As the
splint is porous, it allows a certain
amount of evaporation and air circu
lation to the dressing beneath, which
Wood or plaster does not. The splint
comes rolled like a bandage and is
lighter and less bulky than wooden
■plints.
According to the Koran the soil of
paradise Is composed of musk and saf
fron, sprinkled with pearls and hya
cinths. The walls of the mansions aro
of gold and silver; the fruits are of a
flavor and delicacy unknown to mor
tals. Numerous rivers flow through
the paradise. Some are of wine, oth
ers of milk, honey and water. The peb
bles are rubies and emeralds; the
banks of mu3k, camphor and saffron.
The meanest Inhabitant of the Mo
hammedan paradise will have 80,000
•ervants and 72 wives. Wine, though
forbidden on earth, will there be freely
allowed and will not Inebriate.
Cloves are the dried, unexpanded
flower buds of a tree. The corolla
forms a ball on the top between the
four teeth of the calyx, and the stalk
la the immature ovary. They are at
first green, then turn yellow and finally
bright pink or scarlet. In this last
■tage they are ready to be picked, if
allowed to remain longer on the tree,
the flowers expand, become fertilized,
and the stalk of the clove then de
velops into a succulent purple berry
containing one or two seeds. ThlB is
known technically as the "mother
clove.”
James Chalmers, nn Englishman,
was the first to conceive the Idea of
the postage stamp as at present used.
In August, 1834, he drew a sample of
an adhesive stamp und then printed
a few gummed copies. The English
government adopted his adhesive
■tamp, according to a docrce of De
cember 21, 1839, and Issued the first
•tamp on May 6, 1840. A year later
the stamp was introduced In the Unit
ed States and Switzerland, and soqjt
afterward in France, Belgium and Ba
varia.
The Inventor of the system of short
hand established in Chino, must he
nothing less than a genius. The lan
guage has no written vowels and con
sonants and one syllable, spoken in as
many as nine different tones, has as
many meanings. In spite of these dif
ficulties the new system permits a
•peed of 140 words a minute. Schools
for teaching shorthand hre being estab
lished in various pnrts of the country.
"What will bo known as a Red Cross
pearl necklace Is being assembled at
London as rapidly ns possible. The
pearls are being given by Queen Alex
andria, Princess Victoria and from va
rious titled personages of the British
•mplre, also some aro being sent from
Canada and the United States. The ob
ject Is to get together the finest string
in the world and sell it to the highest
bidder.
A portable kitchen was used with
success In Wilmington, Del., to teach
the children how to conservo food. It
was transported from school to school
OS the work required. An exhibition
was given of the five varieties of Lib
erty bread that the children made
from conservation receipts in the prize
contest conducted by the woman’s
committee of the state.
Study a completely finished oriole’s
nest. What a mass of tangled fila
ments, strongs, grasses, fibers! I have
often wondered which was the first
Airing that was put on, how was it put
On and what enmo next In the order of
building, says Edward F. Bigelow, In
Soys’ Life.
In Australia cattle aiul sheep are fond
of grazing on the foliage of the weep
ing she-ouk or beef wood. Casaurlna
?iudrlvalvls, and soma farmers grow It
or that purpose. It thrives In Cali
fornia on poor sandy soil und is a de
cidedly ornamental tree.
Austrian women have discovered n
plan whereby they knit two socks at
once, and thus increased their output
from 60,000 pairs a month to 76,000
pairs a month. The Ked Cross women
of aiencoo, 111., have learned the trick
and It Is spreading.
The Japanese gardens were first
started in miniature landscapes In tem
ple gardens by Buddhist priests, so that
dwarfing of trees and shrub becamo a
necessity, copying the true landscape
and giving tho Impression a real one
conveys.
Sponges very often give shelter to
email submarine, animals and shell
fish. but the boring sponge is fatal to
oysters. It attaches itself to their
■hells and gradually bores its way in
side until it kills the oyster.
Ranging from Mexico down to Brazil
and Peru is a tropical, acuclallke tree,
ptthccolobium saman, known as the
rain tree. Its foliage and fruits are
■weet and much sought for by stock.
A new Arctic meteorological station
•quipped with a wireless outfit has
been established at the mouth of the
Yenesei, and is sending out dally re
ports to stations to the south of it.
Some of the monks of Tibet are
■till printing books in the manner fol
lowed a few hundred years ago, wher
printing was done from carved blocks
•f wood.
Miss Grace Shaw, a comely Indian
maid, who has been attending school
at Stewart, Ncv„ lias taken charge of
the elevator in a large office building
In Reno.
A mule in Greenwich, Conn., recently
sate every tiling In a bakery wagon ex
copt some lemon pies when the wagon
was left standing in front of him.
Italian scientists have compiled sta
tistics that corroborate a theory that
more earthquake shocks occur at night
than in the daylight hours.
The residue of the Indigo plant after
the extraction of the indican. known
commercially as Indigo, is used in India
ma a fertilizer for tobacco.
A Russian inventor claims to have
perfected a motor that can safely util
ize electricity drawn from storm
clouds.
By treating them with certain gases
■ Frenchman has succeeded in keeping
eggs fresh for 10 months.
The Hebrew word for prophet is de
rived from a verb slgpilylne "in bubble
torth" Uko a fountain. -
NEBRASKA WOMEN ARE
BATTLING FOR VOTE
Opposing Referendum Petition
Filed By Antis—Say Many
Fraudulent Signatures.
Omaha, June 1.—Taking of testi
mony by an examiner named by
the district court began here today in
support of the claim of the suffragists
that the referendum petition that sus
pended the limited suffrage iaw con
tains thousands of fraudulent signa
ture- and forgeries. Attorneys for the
women say they will be able to prove
that solicitors sat down In offices and
copied names out of the telephone or
city directory or manufactured them
and located their residences in railroad
yards, on vacant lots and in cornfields.
The suit has been in the courts for
four months, and lias finally been
Ironed out to the point where the is
sues are plain. The petition is being
defended by the anti-suffrage organi
zation, which is largely an Omaha
group of bankers' wives and spousee of
other rich men who, the suffragists
say, are not paying all the expenses.
Tlie byplay of the past few months
was largely for the purpose of keep
ing the women out of tlie Omaha elec
tion.
it is now expected that a decision
of tlie district court will be available
by July 1, and that the supreme court,
whence it will go, will have time
enough to decide its fate before elec
tion, although not before primafy day.
The law suspended by the referen
dum petition pillows women to vote
direct for president and vice president,
for municipal officers and for all coun
ty offices not enumerated In the con
stitution.
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NEBRASKA ONCE MORE
SWEPT BY STORMS
Lincoln, Neb., June 1.—Reports were
received today at the office of the Bur
lington Railroad company that a tor
nado had caused loss of property near
Sutton, Neb., about 60 miles west of
here. There wrh no loss of life and
none was injured, so fur as could be
learned.
A dispatch from Clay Center said
that damage also had been done near
Fairfield. Near Sutton one man had
been injured, the message said. No one
was hurt In the vicinity of Clay Center
or Fairfield, the dispatch added.
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CITIZENS OF CLARKS
TELL OF FELVER CASE
Clarks, Nell., June 1.—No denial is
made here of the truth of the story
told In Lincoln by B. A. Felver, an or
ganizer for the Nonpartisan league,
that ho was roughly treated In Merrick
county, but citizens of tills town de
clare lie was mistaken when he said
the crowd that decorated him with n
rope necklace was made up of town
people. Nobody is boasting that lie
was in the party, but It is known that
they were all from the country dis
tricts and included at least, one man
who had previously been induced to
Join tlie league, but who was angered
at the alleged deception practiced upon
him.
John T. Long, editor and county coun
cil of defense chairman, says that Fel
ver was sent for and examined in his
office because the council had evidence
that he was making his direct appeal
for membership to those farmers who
have been suspected of pro-Oerman
tendencies and that the man at whose
house he made headquarters had given
nothing to tlie Red Cross and was re
ported to have made seditious utter
ances. Felver wa» informed that tills
would not lie permitted and that lie
must retire from the county. He agreed
to do so, and that ended the incident so
far as Ciurks was concerned, as ho
headed at once for York in his machine.
Mr. Long says that the crowd with
the rope used it entirely for the pur
pose of scaring him, and that it was
all arranged in advance that ufter one
apparently bloodthirsty group had put
it around his neck and breathed hang
ing the others should interfere and
pose as rescuers. Felver denied that
there was any make-believe about It.
HEAVY RAINS DO MUCH
DAMAGE IN NEBRASKA
Norfolk, Nob., May 81.—Torrential
rains which reached cloudburst pro
portions northwest of here took Out
the piling from a Northwestern rail
road bridge near Verdlgre, cutting that
country off from railroad communica
tion for a number of hours. Three to
four Inches of rain fell In all parts of
this territory during the night. Home
cornfields are badly washed. About
two Inches of rain fell in Norfolk.
PROTESTS AGAINST
RELEGATING WOOD
Senator Johnson Believes the
General Should Be Given
Command “Over There.’’
Washington, D. C„ May 31.—Declar
ing the nation in this hour, "has dire
need for such a soldier and general."
Senator Johnson, of California, today
carried to the Henate floor, the pro
test against the action of the war de
partment in withholding Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood from service In
France.
Wood, according to Johnson, was
about to sail abroad with his division,
when orders were handed him at the
port of embarkation assigning him to
the western department.
"1 very much regret that In this
crisis the services of sue* a dis
tinguished soldier as General Wood
should not be utilized," Johnson said.
"1 do not know General Wood, except
as the nation knows him, as one of
our most accomplished, able and in
trepid commanders—an officer with a
brilliant record, whose services to tire
republic have entitled him to the high
esteem, indeed, the affection, of ova
people.”
AIRPLANES FLY TO HAVANA.
Havana, May 31.—Two U. S. naval
hydroaeroplanes arrived, today at a
Cuban port, having flown from an
American port.
KILLED IN PRACTICING
FOR TANK SERVICE
Council Bluffs, May 31.—Charles
Benton, 22, member of a prominent
Council Bluffs family, was killed at
Gettysburg, Pa.. yesterday In a tank
accident. He was undergoing in
structions in the tank service and was
to have sailed for France soon. He
was a graduate of the state universitj
of Iowa.
The bricks of Babylon were- cement
eel with hot bitumen and at every 13th
row crates of reeds were stuffed In.
LEAGUE ORGANIZER
IS NEARLY HANGED
Mob at Clarks, Neb., Took Law
Tnto Own Hands—Man Gives
Auto to Red Cross.
Clarks, Neb., June 1.—B. A. Felver,
organizer for the Nonpartisan league,
was nearly hanged here by a mob,«but
saved himself by giving up Ills list of
members, all his literature and promis
ing to give his automobile to the Red
Cross and to enlist in the army.
Felver has been working In this
county for 10 days and has secured
about 400 members. He Is being
watched by a delegation of his captors.
LITTLE SENSATIONAL IN
HEARING OF PROFESSOR'S
Lincoln, Neb., June 1.—Little of the
sensational lias so far occurred in the
hearing before the state university
regents of the charges preferred by the
state council of defense against 12 In
structors. The evidence so far .lias
been largely from friends and stu
dents who have given each of the ac
cused a clean bill of health as to their
support of the war and their work In
behalf of the various activities. A new
name was brought into the hearing
Wednesday when Dr. H. K. Wolfe,
head of the department of psychology,
was examined as to why he had not
signed fpod pledge and other cards. He
gave a satisfactory reason. He said
he had bought bonds because he con
sidered it his duty and not out of pa
triotism, but later defined patriotism
as buing a part of duty. He said that
he believed internationalism a* higher
principle than patriotism, but added
that all talk of internationalism had
been suspended during the war .He ad
mitted signing a telegram to the presi -
dent urging against a declaration of
war and a further trial of armed neu
trality, just before the declaration was
Issued. Testimony In support of the
loyalty of Professor Caldwell and Pro
fessor Perslnger of the history depart
ment was given.
Tt is apparent that bitter feeling ex
ists between the accused and another
group of Instructors, largely women,
whose Intense devotion to the cause of
the war have made them exceedingly
critical of their associates, all of whom
were pacifists at one lime. The lat
ter blame the loyalists, for most of the
trouble.
REFUSED PERMISSION
TO PREACH AT TILDEN
Nollgh, Neb., June 1. -The case of
ReV. Frank Klinschwesky, of Tilden,
who was seeking a license to preach,
occupied the attention of both Judges
of tills district, AV. V. Allen, of Madi
son, and A. A. Welch, of Wayne, a
greater part of the day.
At the conclusion of the case the
court gave him leave to withdraw his
application for a license to preach and
renew again within ftO days if he so
desired. In the meantime, however, ho
Is not allowed to preach or teach.
IOWA STATE NEWS
CAMP DODGE OFFICERS
ARE GIVEN PENALTIES
Des Moines, la., June 1.—Lieut.
H. H. Brown, of Omaha, Neb., was
sentenced to dismissal from service,
after having been found guilty at
Camp Dodge of falsifying during an
investigation by court martial. His
sentence has been commuted, how
ever, by President Wilson to one
month's confinement in camp and for
feiture of a month's pay.
Capt. Daniel Sullivan, former sup
ply officer of the Three Hundred and
Fiftieth infantry, was sentenced to
two years at Fort Leavenworth and
dismissal from the service on convic
tion of misappropriation of funds.
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FATHER STUART HEADS
COLLEGE AT DUBUQUE
Dubuque, la., June 1.—Rev. Father
John Charles Stuart has been named
president of Dubuque college to suc
ceed Bishop D. M. Gorman, of Boise,
Id., former head of the college
Since it became known that Bishop
Gorman was to leave Dubuque, inter
est centered in his successor and
many names were advanced as to who
•would be the next president of the
college. The matter was settled Mon
day through the announcement made
through Archbishop Keane.
The new president is a native Du
buquer, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Stuart, well known residents
of Dubuque for many years. He is an
nlumnua of the college and one of its
faculty for the past 16 years.
Completing his studies here in 1S95,
he continued in the higher branches
at Laval Grand Seminary, Montreal,
and the College of the Propaganda In
Rome. He has been professor of men
tal philosophy and sacred scripture at
the college since 1902.
LAWLER—A monument has been
erected In honor of the family that did
not buy Liberty bonds. It was the pa
triotic citizens of the community who
were responsible for the monument,
which was erected In the center of the
main thoroughfare of the town and
painted "f ellow. The family is said to
possess some wealth. It Is charged only
one member of the family, a young girl,
gave anything to the Red Cross and she
gave only $1. It Is said the family has
given nothing to any war activity.
DES MOINES—Traveling men of Des
Moines probably will protest against the
new X-cent passenger rate, according to
A. M. Brackett, secretary of the United
Commercial Travelers'Mr. Brackett said
the matter probably would be taken up
at the meeting here next Saturday and
also would be considered at the state-con
vention at Fort Dodge. June 6, 7 ami S
The cusk is a fish of the cod family
and has much tho same habits and
char tcteristics. It frequents rocky
ledges in the north Atlantic, especially
off the shore of Newfoundland and
Scandinavia. It is more extensively
used In northern Europe than in
America, but It Is sold in considerable
quantities at the fish markets in New
England.
A means of making use of the elec
trie magnet under water has been de
vised in Japan, and It promises to be
of great assistance in loenting sunken
vessels, to recover which salvage oper
ations on a'big scale are expected after
the \\ ur.
Neither the laburnum nor the com
mon lilac is indigenous to this country,
the former having been introduced from
the Alpine region of Europe and the
latter from Persia. where "lils-- or
"Ula.v" is the name given to its flowers.
The horse chestnut was originally a na
tive of Asia, probably of northern Indio,
whence it was :u.reduced
WEALTHY NEBRASKAN
IN MATRIMONIAL NET
Tells How Woaian of Street
Married and Bled Him For
Money and Property.
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Omaha, Neb., May 31.—George Curf
tnan, G2 years old, reputed wealthy
farmer of Garden county. Nebraska, in
district court has filed his answer to
a suit for separate maintenance
brought by his wife, Mary Curfman, on
May 7. In his answer, Mr. Curfman
set ferth a series of alleged “mulcing”
that bears a resemblance to the days
of Robin Hood.
Mr. Curfman, in his answer, alleged
that on October, 25, 1917, while In
Omaha on business, he was ap
proached on the street in front of a
local department store by the then un
known woman, who became so fa
miliar as to ask him to join her at her
room in a hotel. He refused at the
time, the petition alleges, but on a
later visit to Omaha called at the
hotel, where he alleges he remained
with Mary as man and wife for sev
eral days.
On January 23, Mr. Curfman al
leged in his answer. Mary and he were
married in St. Joseph, Mo., and re
turned to Omaha.
Shortly afterwards, Mr. Curfman, al
leged that his wife suggested a di
vorce, a proposition which he would
not listen to. In the events that fol
lowed, Mr. Curfman alleges that ho
placed a note for $10,500 in the hands
of his wife's attorney to act as a
promised settlement. Later, Mr. Curf
man alleges, his wife followed this
transaction by a request for $5,000 as
a further settlement, and she then
wanted possession of a G40-acre farm,
which he alleges he turned over to
her. Mr. Curfman alleges he paid his
wife various other sums during the
interim.
In Mr. Curfman's answer he asks
the deed to the property to his wife
be set aside and that his promissory
notes be nulled.
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NEBRASKA PROFESSORS
STILL ON THE GRILL
Lincoln, Neb., May 29.—The name of
Professor H. K. AVolfe, of the psychol
ogy department of the university of
Nebraska, was brought out today at
the hearing of the university's board
of regents into the recent charges of
the state council of defense that some
of the university instructors were un
American in their attitude on the war.
C. B. Towle, of Lincoln, chairman
of the secret service committee of the
state council, testified that Professor
Wolfe had declined to sign a _ card
showing his subscriptions to various
war activities. The committee had
found however, that Professor Wolfe
had subscribed to war funds in pro
portion to his means, the witness said.
AOMIN 1ST RATI ON FLAYED
BY SENATOR LENROOT
Lincoln, Neb., May 29.—Senator Len
root of Wisconsin was the oratorical
star of the republican state loyalty
convention, a get-together gathering,
held Tuesday afternoon. In his speech
the senator complained of the attitude
of the administration in making the
conduct of the war a partisan matter.
He said that notwithstanding the re
fusal of th'e president to draft repub
licans as members of a coalition cab
inet and to bar them from considera
tion and consultation in the framing of
policies, the party had ungrudgingly
supported/him, and when members of
his own party deserted him, had sup
ported him in his demands.
E. M. Pollard acted as chairman of
the convention and Harry S. Byrne as
secretary. The resolutions adopted
pledged the party to the limit in the
prosecution of the war to a victorious
finale, and denied support t any can
didate who did not measure up to the
ideals of loyalty and patriotism therein
set up as astandard. The convention
alsowent on record as favoring the dis
missal of every instructor at the state
university whose support of the war
and the cause of America was not
open, straighforward and unequivocal,
IOWA STATENEWS
DESPONDENCY CAUSES
DEATH OF A FARMER
Inwood, la., May 31.—Ole Nelson, an
Inwood retired farmer, died Tuesday
morning about 11 o’clock of a broken
heart. He had been worrying over the
draft ever since the registration last
June and failed rapidly when his first -
son, Naylor Nelson, was sent to Camp
Dodge several months ago. Monday
another boy, Morris Nelson, was sent
to Camp Dodge and this boy’s going,
coupled with the idea that the other
son had also been lost to him. caused
him to sink into a state of despond
ency, and Tuesday morning he passed
away. The attending physician diag
nosed the trouble as a broken heart,
as in every respect Mr. Nelson was in
good physical health.
SENATORS PROTEST TO
THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington, D. C., May 29.—Iowa.
Minnesota and Nebraska members
are much stirred over protests that
national guard troops at Doming are
being sent to France to fill up other
organizations, their officers being loft
behind. Protest will bo carried tq the
secretary of war today by Senators
Kenyon, Cummins and others.
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ROCK RAPIDS—Lyon county will reg
ister the young men of 21 years of age
since last June 5 this June at Rock Rap
ids. Alvord, Larch wood and Inwood. The
registrants are expected to register at the
place most convenient to them, and can
register anywhere in the county.
MASON CITY—William McConnell, a
middle aged man. was found dead in his
room here with a self inflicted cut across
hts throat with a pocket knife. He has
a wife and small son at Claire, la., neai;
Fort Dodge. NTn reason has been discov
ered for the deed.
DBS MOINES—A. 17. Coats, secrctary
of the Iowa National Prohibition Amend
ment association, declares that there is
danger that the federal prohibitory
amendment may be lost in Iowa. He de
clares the “wets" are distributing liter
ature through the state and are spread
ing verbal propaganda in communities.
IOWA (HTY All records of Iowa and
the world were smashed again as to
prices for Aberdeen Angus, at the sale on
Patrick Donahue’s farm at Holbrook,
when 52 head of cattle sold for $78,000. th<
average of $1,503 breaking the record set
by Tudor & Son’s kindred sale, hel l in
Iowa City a few days ago.
G.O. P.'S OF NEBRASKA
HOLDING CONVENTION
Delegates From All Over State
Gathered at Lincoln—Can
didates In Evidence.
Lincoln, Neb., May 30.—Between 600
and 800 delegates to the republican
state loyalty convention are in atten
dance at the gathering, which met
here at 2 o'clock this afternoon. State
Chairman Beach called the convention
to order and introduced Former Con
gressman Pollard as temporary chair
man. Mr. Pollard later gave way tci
Senator I^enroot of Wisconsin the ora
tor of the day. Mr. Lenroot is to leave
the city at 4:30, and the real business
of the convention is to follow his
•speech. *
The injection of the candidacy for
United States senator of Ross I,. Ham
mond, editor of the Fremont Tribune,
has added interest to that contest,
which has hitherto been confined to
Senator Norris, running for re-election,
and Congressman Charles H. Sloan of
the Fourth district. The candidacy of
Mr. Hammond represents those repub
licans who have been critical o£ the
war record of both Norris and Sloan.
The friends of the latter insist that
they should be judged as of the time
those records were made, and that as a
matter of fact their, votes against the
declaration of war represent the clear
ly prevalent opinion of the people of
Nebraska then. They urge that their
records since then should be the cri
terion.
S. C. McICelvle, editor of a farm
paper in Lincoln, who came within a
few votes of being the republican gub
ernatorial nominee in 1916, is the only
candidate for governor so far, but Mr.
Pollard's candidacy is expected to be
announced at this convention. The
onlv candidate for lieutenant gover
nor is H. P. Shumway, of Wakefield,
defeated-two years ago. Mr. Shumway
is in precarious health at a Lincoln
sanatorium, and may not be able to
make the race. The only other candi
date for a state office is Railway Com
missioner H. C5. Taylor, who is a can
didate for reelection.
Interest centers in the character of
the resolutions to be adopted. Friends
of Norris and Sloan are apprehensive
that an effort will be made to put the
party on record in such a way as to
make it embarrassing to them, and
this is the only fight that looms up.
The differences of 1912 seem to be en
tirely buried.
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FAMILY OF EIGHT DIE
IN TWENTY-ONE DAYS
Techuseh, Neb.. May 30.—Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. -Mitchell, who. formerly lived
north of Tecumseh, near the county
line, and,who are pow living at La
clede, Mo., have written to friends here
they have lost their eight children by
death this spring. All were taken by
pneumonia, following the measles, and
all died within a period of 21 days. Five
physicians and a number of trained
nurses wrere employed, but without
avail. The eldest child was a son, aged
17 years, and the youngest a daughter,
‘aged 2 years.
NEBRASKA UNIVERSITY
GRADUATES LARGE CLASS
Lincoln, Neb., May 30.—Three bun-,
died seventy-five graduates of the Uni
versity of Nebraska received degrees
at the annual commencement held on
Monday. Many of these were giwn to
students who are in the army;--One of
the conspicuous adornments of the
church where the exercises were held
was the service flag, indicating that
over 1.300 graduates and students of
the university were serving in the
colors, most of them as officers. Dean
Ringer, former football star and newly
elected police commissioner of Omaha,
was the commencement day orator.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
ARE HELD AT WINSIDE
Winside, Neb., May 30.—Memorial
services were observed in the Metho
dist Episcopal church Sunday. The
pastor, Rev. J. Rruce Wylie, preached
the memorial sermon. Special music
was rendered for this occasion. Ail the
old soldiers here and their wives were
given the front seats in the church as
honored guests.
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COMMENCEMENT V/EEK
IS ON AT ALLEN
Allen, Neb., May 30.—The baccalau
reate sermon was delivered Sunday
evening in the English Lutheran church
here by Rev. William Kilburn. Over
300 people attended the services. The
graduating class this year consists of
nine young people. The commence
ment program will be held in the
Methodist church Thursday evening ’
at which time Rev. D. R. Huber, of the
English Lutheran church of Sioux City,
la., will deliver tho address.
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WAYNE COUNTY GOES
STRONG FOR RED CROSS
Wayne, Neb., May 30.—Wayne coun
the recent Red Cross drive. The quota
for the county was $12,000 and $21,000
was contributed. Of this amount $5,957
was received from the sale of hogs
which were contributed by the farmers
of tho county.
FREMONT MAN WILL
ORATE AT ALLEN
Allen, Neb., May 30.—Decoration day
‘is to bo fittingly observed in Allen this
• year by a patriotic program and parade
to be' held under the auspices of the
Allen home uards. The parade starts
at 2 o'clock. The Hon. E. R. Gurney,
of Eremont, Neb., will deliver the ad
dress and vocal music will be fur
nished by a combined chorus from the
various churches.
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WHiTE HOUSE WOOL
SELLS FOR $5,000
Lincoln, Neb., May 30.—Two pounds
of wool donated by President and Mrs.
Wilson from the clip from sheep fed
on the White House lawn today
brought $5,000 when auctioned by Gov.
Keith Neville foiWflie benefit of the
Red Cross. The $5,000 bid was made
by C. G. Slama, of Wahoo, Neb., on
behalf of the citizens of his county.
FREMONT—Former State Representa
tive George W. Losey, who went from
here to Hagerman, N. M., three year-’
ago, was here, accompanying a big ship
ment of cattle owned by New Mexico
men to South Dakota, where the pastures
are green. No rain has faileii in two
years around Hagerman and the country
is drying up. Mr. Losey says. Herds
must be moved or slaughtered at once.
S''RIBNER—A mock trial in which!
leading attorneys of the county partici
pate 1 in the prosecution and defense of
Arthur Shulz, president of the Farmers
Grain company, netted $2t5 for the Red
Cross. The t'ial was held at Soli’s opera
house.
BOCHE BOMBS
KILL NURSES
AND INVALIDS
German Airmen Again Raid
British and American Hospi
tals Deliberately Shell
. ing Objectives.
IGNORE ALL WAR RULES;
Buildings Set on Fire By Ex<
plosions—Women Work He
roically With Sick and
Injured Patients.
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t WHY THEY’RE HUNS, t
4 4
4 WHAT THE ALLIES DID ON 4
4 CORPUS CHRISTI DAY: 4
-4 Strictly observed their prom- 4
4 ise to the pope, made at the re- 4
4 quest or the Gorman archbishop 4
4 of Cologne, not to bomb German 4
4 cities outside the war zone on 4
* this religious holiday. x 4
, WHAT THE GERMANS DID 4
4 ON CORPUS CHRISTI DAY: 4}
4 Shelled Paris with long range 4
4 guns, killing 18 persons. One 4
4 shell struck a church. 4
4 Attempted an air raid on 4
4 Paris. On being driven off by an 4
4 aerial barrage, they dropped 4
4 bombs outside the city. 4
4 Bombed a British hospital, 4
4 killing a large number of nurses, 4
4 attendants and wounded, after 4
4 dropping flares so as to plainly 4
4 reveal their targets. 4
4 Attacked three hospitals in the 4
4 rear of the American areas in 4
4 Picardy on Corpus Christi eve, 4
4 dropping bombs and pouring 4
4 gun fire into the tents. 4
4 4
By Associated Press.
With the British* Army in France,
June 1.—Another big British hospital
was bombed by German airmen early
yesterday mornlhg and once more
many medical workers -and some pa
tients were killed or wounded.
Tile hospital caught fire after a
large section of trie building had been
demolished by a bomb. Three women
nurses were among the slain and their
bodies, together with those of a con
siderable number more of the personnel
and patients are buried in the ruins,
according to the latest reports.
By Associated Press.
With the American Army In France,
Thursday, May 31.—German airmen
made a pretentious raid on the area
behind the American lines in Picardy
last night. Bombs were dropped on •
all sides of one of the largest hospitals
in a town many miles to the rear of
the front. American and -French
wounded soldiers were carried to cel
lars and caves by American nurs*s
and members of the American lied.
Cross.
Only a few persons were injured by
flying glass as most of the windows
in the hospital had been shattered by
bombs dropped the previous night.
Several private houses were wrecked
and a number of civilians, including
several babies, were killed and in
jured.
Came Over in Waves.
That the raid was planned on a
much larger scale than recent ones
over this territory is evidenced from
reports made by many Americans in
villages over which the raiders passed.
The Germans came in wave formation
and then scattered widely. One squad
ron dropped bombs a few hundred feet
from an American field hospital and at
the same time one of the long range
guns shelled a village a few hundred
yards away.
The first alarm was sounded at 11
o’clock. The dropping of bombs and
tlie firing of many anti-aircraft guns
began almost immediately. Later
there was a brief pause, after which
the raiders returned to remain almost
until dawn.
A new American evacuaation hos
pital had been opened only yesterday
in a certain village. A bomb fell in
front of it last niglit and shattered
windows, but none of the patients was
injured.
French Nurses Killed.
In some instances the bombs fell
within 30 and 40 feet of a hospital
building, but fortunately there were no
direct hits. A French nurse, her moth
er and two little sisters were killed
in a house a short distance from a
hospital.
Another nurse was standing on the
upper floor of the hospital ministering
to patients, when a piece of bomb
struck her, piercing her lung.
Five American nurses were in the
same hospital. They were Miss Na
talie Scott, of New Orleans; Miss
Helen Spalding, of Brooklyn; Miss
Marie Cadlish, of Atlanta; Miss
Blanche Gilbert, of Cleveland, and
Miss Constance Cook, of San Fran
cisco.
Whilo the raid was In progress they
went about cheering the patients. Al
though many serious cases of sick and
wounded were aggravated because they
had to be moved, the nurses had to
carry them to the lower floor and cel
lar.
"It was exciting,” said Miss Scott,
"but there was no panic. Some of our
hoys actually slept through it all, al
though their beds were showered with
broken glass.”
Three American ambulances were
caught in the raid. Sergeant Kthan
Wells, of San Francisco, who was driv
ing; the first ambulance, said;
"Our three ambulances were hurry
ing to hospitals with patients when a
bomb wrecked a building directly in
front of us, in a narrow street. Our
ambulance was perforated by flying
missiles. We were nil hurled out,’ but
escaped with, a few scratches.”
Private Robert A. Bowman, of Gal
veston, Tex., who was In the same car,
said:
“There was a terrific explosion. The
next thing 1 knew I was lying on
the ground. I looked around and heard
the patients groaning. I pulled my
self together and found the patients
uninjured except for the shock. Our
ambulance was shot to pieces.”
The second car apparently received
the full force of the explosion and was
Wrecked completely.
Private Roscoe Wiley, of Madison
ville, Tex., was driving the third car.
Sergt. J. W. Nolder, of Altoona, pa.’
end three patients were with him