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O'NEILL.NEBRASKA
Very few people are aware that the
royal house of Hritnln was established
and continued by drawing lots—a dis
tinct form of lottery. At Celle, in 1602,
William the Pious, of Hanover, had
seven ecus like the man In the fairy
tale, and they agreed, in accordance
with (he wishes of their father, and for
the Interests of the house, that only
one oPthem should marry to continue
the succession. Six silver halls and a
gold one were placed in the reputed
helmet of their ancestor, William the
I,ion, and drawn for. The prize fell to
George, the youngest but one of the
•even sons, who became the grand
father of George I of England, and the
great - great-great-great-great-great
^randfather of our present king, George
Though the use of tally sticks In
public offices was abolished by act of
parliament in 1783, they continued to
be used at the exchequer until 1834)
giving Charles Dickens cause to com
plain in a speech at the inaugural
meeting of the Administrative Reform
association that the national accounts
were kept very much as Robinson Cru
soe kept his calendar on the desert
Island. In 1834 orders were Issued to
destroy all the tally sticks in the ex
chequer, whereupon two cartloads were
•et fire to one morning in the basement
Of the house of lords, and, as though
by way of revenge, overheated the flues
and burned the whole building to the
ground.
That the Hlttltes were in constant
communications with other nations, is
•hewn by the fact that Egyption sca
rabs anfl amulets, Phoencian pottery
and Greek terra cotta figures are found
in the tombs of different periods.
Bronze daggers and jewelry are fairly
common, and a safety pin, 3,000 years
old, lias been found, that would still
work. Some stone age pottery, with
the very ancient emblem of thunder
or of the weather god, was found in the
original kiln.
The United States flag always is
hoisted over the Senate or House of
Representatives when in session. The
flag floats from tho flagstaff of the
White House while the president is in
Washington, and its absence indicates
the absence of the president from the
capital. It is displayed over the de
partment buildings in Washington from
» o'clock a. m. to 4:30 p. m. every w»ek
flay.
The safest way to guard against
spontaneous combustion in largo piles
of coal, according to the British fire
prevention committee, is to insert ver
tically in the fuel heaps, at the time
they are built, iron or earthenware
pipes, about four Inches in diameter.
A ventilator should be provided for
•very 300 square feet and the ends
•liould be at various depths.
The salary of the president remained
at $26,000 from tlie administration of
Washington to President Grant's sec
ond term in 1873, At that time It was
Increased to $60,000, and in the admin
istration of President Taft to $76,000,
where It remained. He has, besides, an
allowance of $25,000 « year for travel
ing expenses, which he does not have
to account for.
Charles Frey, famous as the "rat
catcher philosopher,” proposes to do
his bit to make the world safe for de
mocracy but extremely unsafe for rats.
He has sent a letter to President Wil
son offering his services in the work
of ridding the trenches and training
camps of rats. He lias made a lifelong
study of the extermination of pests.
The American eagle is shrieking at
Camp Custer, Westehi friends of the
810th engineers selected a full grown
baldheaded American eagle as mascot
for the fighters and the bird was re
ceived, not a bit disturbed from Its
long crated journey from the Rockies.
The headquarters company of the regi
ment is taking care of the bird.
A rate often recommended for calcu
lating interest for short periods is as
follows: To find the interest of any
given sum for any number of days,
multiply the principal by the number
of days and divide as follows: At 6
per cent, by by 72; at 6 per cent, by 60;
at 7 per cent, by 62; at 8 per Cent, by
45; and at 9 per cent, by 40.
The Jewell County Republican tolls
how dogs belonging to J. E, Shrove,
near Burr Oak. ran a coyote on to his
Inclosed porch. Hearing the noise Mrs.
Shrove got out of bed, ran out with a
gun and shot the coyote. The Repub
lican adds: "By the time her husband
got home for breakfast she had the
hide off.”
Peter X. Senger, of Danville, 111,
president of the Eastern Illinois Drug
feists' association, will either drop ills
middle initial or spell the name Xaviar
In full in the future. A document he
sent to to Washington was returned
with the question as to why lie had
made his "mark'" and not signed his
name.
The citizens of Albany, N. Y„ ex
perienced a thrill on February 28, 1795
when 500 emigrants’ sleighs passed
through that city on their way to the
distant and little known Genesee coun
try of western New York. The Genesee
valley was then considered the "far
west."
While cutting up felled timber Frank
Thelle, a farmer of Lena, 111., discov
ered in a hickory tree an almost exact
replica of the famous Liberty bell. The
timber, having been seasoned, had
cracked open on one side, duplicating
the crack in the old belL
The lowly peanut has developed into
an industry of some importance. The
1917 crop in the United States is valued
at $225,000,000. Besides still being the
standard circus delicacy, the peanut
Is now turned into vast quantities of
oil, butter and flour.
Crime in England is now showing an
upward tendency, after a remarkable
and continued fail since the beginning
of the war. The annual report of the
British constabulary attributes this to
restriction of street lighting and short
age of police.
Ail the public swimming pools and
«ome of the public baths In London are
tHdng used for communal kitchens.
With their steam plants and heating
Appliances they are very adaptable.
Fully 90 per cent of the moving pic
ture films now shown in large English
cities are American made. The Ameri
can serial feature play la constantly
growing more popular with British
movie fans.
The Boston Latin school is the oldest
school in the United States and was
founded April 23. 1635, a year before
Harvard university was founded and
three years before it was opened.
A great number of Portuguese labor
ers are working in the munition fac
tories of Fiance and England to rs>
liavs meq gagded ut the freni -
WIDE RANGE GIVEN
IN LEAGUE HEARING
Attorney For Nonpartisan Or
ganization Is Rigidly
Cross Examined.
Lincoln, Neb.. July 8.—What amounts
In fact to a joint trial of the Non
partisan league on the charge of dis
loyalty and of the state council of de
fense on the charge of having unjustly
lodged that charge against the league
was resumed before three district
Judges today. In general outlines It Is
the disloyalty trial of university pro
fessors by the state board of regents.
In each the state council of defense Is
the complainant and In each the widest
latitude In the introduction of testi
mony is allowed. Apparently any
thing that tends to throw light on the
subject is permitted with the rules of
evidence suspended for the time being.
The lawsuit began as an Injunction
against the state council of defense to
prevent It from Interfering with league
meetings, but the league attorneys
frankly say they do not care whether
they get an Injunction or not. What
they desire is a showdown by the coun
cil of defense, and a court decree de
fining what the constitutional rights
of citizens are In war time.
Unless the council refuses to Intro
duce any evidence and permits the case
to be submitted on the question raised
by Its attorneys that law courts have
no power to interfere with the discre'
tlon of coordinate branches of the gov
ernment, especially when on'y a poli
tical right Is involved, the case will he
long drawn out.
Arthur LeSueur. executive secretary
of the national Nonpartlson loague,
occupied the stand a whole day in the
hearing on the Injunction suit. Under
cross-examination he admitted that he
bad appeared ns an attorney for the I.
W. W. on a number of occasions, but
that his connection was purely profes
sional and that he was not in sympathy
with their philosophies.
He declared that the league had no
connection with either the I. W. W. or
the socialist party. He had been a
socialist, he said, but was not now.
He declared that most of the uproar
against the league had been occasioned
by the profiteers whose continuance in
business the program of the league
menaced. H. E. Gooch, of Lincoln, a
member of the state council of defense,
is a miller, and the inquiry squinted in
his direction when LeSueur testified
that because the league intended to
force government ownership of flour
ing mills, the millers were absolutely
hostile to it, and formed part of the
big business campaign organized to de
feat the league.
Mr. LeSueur said that the national
league was governed by a self ap
pointed committee that would remain
in power until the first national con
vention is held. On cross examination
the whole story of the recent Minne
sota primary campaign was gone over.
The witness denounced many of the
statements of Governor Burnquist as
lies and insinuations, and when con
fronted by extracts from a book Can
didate Lindbergh, of the league, in that
campaign, had written about the war,
he said that they did not represent the
position of the league. They said that
the farmers of Minnesota forced the
nomination of Lindbergh over the
Judgment of the executive committee,
and that this endorsement was In
spite of the anti-war sentiments in his
book rather than because they en
dorsed them.
QUESTION RIGHT TO
HOLD CONVENTION NOW
Lincoln, Neb., July 8.—Some question
has been raised whether the state con
vention of the Nonpartisan leaguev
culled for next Wednesday, can law
fully endorse any candidates. There
is a section of the direct primary law
that provides for the holding by poli
tical parties of platform conventions
on the last Tuesday of July, but which
forbids them to take any action for or
against anybody who is or may be
come a candidate. The Nonpartisan
leaguers say that this does not apply
to them because theirs is not a politi
cal party, hut an organization that
enters the primary of one or the ottier
of the dominant parties, and that even
If it were there eun be no bar placed
against any meeting of citizens to en
dorse candidates.
The political experts are beginning
to bet that the league will enter the
democratic primary as the most avail
able method of defeating Neville, who
as governor appointed the state council
of defense that the league claims has
prosecuted it. One reason advanced
Is that in the registration areas the
union labor and the German vote is
largely registered as democrats. There
Is nothing to prevent a farmer choos
ing his primary when he goes to get
his ballot, but under the law the pre
vious registration In cities determines
what primary a voter therein may
enter.
RICH NEBRASKAN IS
UNDER U. S. INDICTMENT
Lincoln, Neb., July 8.—Federal Dis
trict Attorney Allen has announced
that the federal granck Jury has indict
ed Tom Kerl, one of the richest and in
past years a very Influential citizen of
Burt county, under the espionage act.
Kerl's home at Oakdale Is one of the
finest in that section. His father was
private secretary to Secretary of War
Stanton In the cabinet of President
Lincoln. Kerl Is a man of education,
a graduate of two American universi
ties and also of the University of"
Heidleberg. He is at present In Cali
fornia.
Kerl is reputed to have been very
bltter In Ills denunciation of the war
and the authorities. He is charged with
having told Red Cross workers that
he would give them nothing but was
saving liis money to give to the Ger
man windows and orphans after the
war. He is also charged with having
tried to discourage enlistment by tell
'.ng men at draft age that if they want
ed to wade in blood they should go
down to a packing house and stick
Pigs.
LINCOLN—The republicans of the state
of Nebraska are called to meet in the
city of Lincoln on Tuesday. July 30, at
12 o'clock, noon, for the purpose of adopt
ing a platform and selecting a state cen
tral committee and for the transaction of
such other business as may properly
come before the convention.
THREE INMATES OF
HOME FOR AGED DEAD
West Point. Neb., July «.—Three
deaths occurred during the week at St.
Joseph’s Home for the Aged at West
Poinf> The first was thgt of Carl
Bloemer, gged 87. The next inmate to
pass awn' was Mrs. Augusta Reikft,
formerly pA Carroll. la., aged 85. She
was followeoiy ®y Beniamin Powley, a
former residetk’ of Pender, aged’ 62.
in each of these ivses the remains were
sent to the foimeb homes of the de
ceased for buried.
FATHER BEING HELD
ON SERIOUS CHARGE
'J. S. Commissioner at Omaha
Fixes Bond of Alleged White
Slaver at $7,500.
Omaha, Neb., July 12.—Charged with
"white slavery,” his own 18-year old
daughter being the alleged victim,
Henry Howard Biggerstaff, of Madi
son, S. D„ was held in $7,500 bond by
United States Commissioner Neeley,
before whom he had a hearing.
The decision of the court to bind
Biggerstaff on a heavy bail met with
the hearty applause of a court room
crowded with women. After court was
adjourned the women all gathered
around the girl, shook hands with her
and assured her of their sympathy and
support.
"This is one of the1 most revolting
stories to which 1 have ever listened,”
said Commissioner Neeley from the
bench, "and, if true, this defendant will
not want to face trial. I will fix his
bail at $7,600.”
Biggerstaff, the defendant, is well
connected In Nebraska. He formerly
lived In Sarpy county, and has a host
of relatives and friends in that sec
tion. His father is Samuel Bigger
staff. retired, and now living in Lin
coln, but formerly of Ashland. He sat
in the court room and listened to the
testimony, but did not speak to his son
during the hearing. Later, the father
and son arranged bail.
Senator Burkett and E. W. Brown, of
Lincoln, represented Biggerstaff at the
hearing.
“Biggerstaff” Not Known There.
Madison, S. D., July 12.—The name of
Henry Howard Biggerstaff Is not
known in Madison, but it is thought the
man named In the Omaha dispatches
was known here as Bob Baker who
came here from Iowa and farmed near
Wentworth about six years ago. He
later moved into Wentworth and still
later, about three years ago, came to
Madison with his wife and stepdaugh
ter who then was about 12 years old.
He ran a lunch counter for a time and
it is said was ordered out of town be
cause it was alleged he solicited for a
disorderly house which it was claimed
was operated by his wife. He has been
heard from since in Wisconsin and
Minnesota and is said to have done
time in the penitentiary at Stillwater
on a white slavery charge sworn to by
the stepdaughter.
FREMONT TO HAVE
NO RACES THIS YEAR
Fremont, Neb., July 12.—For the first
time In 20 years Fremont will have no
race meet this year owing to the war
and lack of Interest on the part of
those who usually support the game.
Secretary N. ,1. Ronin today announced
that the races scheduled for next week
had been cancelled.
Fremont is the oldest race town in
the state, from the standpoint of con
tinuous sessions. Nebraska City and
Beatrice both have cancelled their sum
mer schedule. West Point is having
races this week.
GIRL SUCCUMBS*TO
BURNS THREE MONTHS OLD
Allen, Neb., July 12.—Mabel Ander
son. 19-year-old daughter of Charles
Anderson, of this place, died at her
home Monday morning after three
months' illness resulting from burns
received on April 6. when a can of
shoe polish exploded and set fire to
her clothes. At the time of the burn
ing it was doubted if she would live,
as very nearly all the skin was burned
from her body, but she came out of it
in such shape that the doctors began
skin grafting a couple of months ago.
On June 30 she was brought to Allen
from the Samaritan hospital at Sioux
City in such critical condition that the
doctors there had given up all hopes
of her recovery. The funeral was held
from the Methodist church of this
place this morning at 10 o’clock.
REFORM SCHOOL-BOYS’
SENSATIONAL ESCAPE
Kearney, Neb., July 12.—Nine boys
made a spectacular escape from the
State Industrial school among them
four juvenile auto thieves sentenced
to the institution from Omaha, and
considered among the worst specimens
housed there.
Those who made their getaway are:
Lester Moore, John Evans, Donald
Comstock, Elmer Smith, Robert
Brown (colored), Albin Buskus, all of
Omaha: Bert Moore of Lincoln, John
Hull of Casper, Wyo., and John Maz
kie of Lead, S. D.
Lester Moore, trusty, acted as night
guard of the dormitory in the ab
sence of a guard, none being now so
employed by the. state.
He cut the gratings over one of the
windows with some steel nippera and
escaped with the eight boys so re
leased. Four of these stole an auto
mobile near this city and proceeded
westward.
At Elm Creek they abandoned the
machine and stole the George Knobel
car and proceeded on their journey.
They were seen there and several shots
fired at them. At Lexington a posse
had gathered, but the boys stormed
through amid rifle and shotgun bul
lets. But near Darr their machine
broke down and they took flight In
the underbrush along the river, where,
according to word received by Super
intendent Clark, the quartet was sur
rounded. Two were captured and two
escaped. No trace had been found of
the other five boys up to a late hour
today.
LEAGUE WOULD KEEP
MEMBERSHIP SECRET
Lincoln, Neb., July 12.“~Conjecture as
to the sudden turn in the Injunction
suit brought by the Nonpartisan league
against the Nebraska state council of
defense, wherein the league asked for a
dismissal of the action after bringing
its chief counsel from St. Paul, has
given rise to the view here that the or
ganization did not care to make its
membership list public.
The three judges hearing the case
had directed that the membership lists
be brought into court over the most
vigorous protests of the counsel for the
league. When the lists were finally
brought into court, the attorneys for
the league protested against the at
torneys for the council of defense be
ing allowed to examine them, and the
court had not ruled upon that point.
LINCOLN—The state of Nebraska has
lost its suit against former County Treas
urer William L're, of Douglas county, to
compel the latter to pay to the state In
terest on funds held back by L're after
State Treasurer George Hall had ordered
him to pay over the funds. The stat*
supreme court this afternoon hander
down its opinion adversely to the stat<
OMAHA—A car cf r.cw Net raska w
ter wheat has already been i -ipped
.he market, according to t e Bt. nglo
weekly crip and soil -epr. ri. i
crJj natCTj at Byron. In l > \V> nor* ''
sion, i wither.st part of the and
tbal fita' ‘or last Wednesday
ALLIES GAIN
15 MILES IN
GREAT DRIVE
%
Austrians Falling Back on the
Skumbi River 25 Miles
North of Berat, Objec
tive of Italians.
BULGAR LINES MENACED
- i
Germany’s Smaller Ally May Be;
Forced Out of War—Upris
ing of Southern Slaves
May Result.
London, July 12.—Italians on their
offensive in Albania continue to ad
vance, says a dispatch from Rome to
the Central News agency. The Austro
Hungarians ore falling back on the
£kumbi river, 25 miles north of Berat.
Washington, D. C., July 12.—An of
ficial dispatch from Rome today re
ports unchanged advance of Italian
troops in Albania with Berat as an
objective. From the Voynsa the Ital
ians have carried all positions to the
Semenl in an advance of approximately
15 miles over a 50-mile front.
BY ED L. KEEN.
United Press Staff Correspondent.
London, July 12.—Italian forces, aid
ed by French and Albanians, together
with British naval units, are sweep
ing northward across practically the
entire width of Albania in what may
be one of the most important military
and political offensives of the war. j
According to the latest dispatches i
received here the allied troop3, in ad- i
dliior. to making important gains on
the 60-miie front between the Adriatic
and tlio Devoli river, are threatening
the Bulgarian right wing in the vi
cinity of Monastic, 115 miles from the
r.ea.
Strike for Old Highway.
The main military objective of the j
allies evidently is the old Itoman road j
connecting Monasfir with the. sea. at j
L’urazzo, possession of which would ;
permit free movement of troops and i
supplies directly from the. Adriatic 1
into uthern Siberia and would ;
thru. . the enemy’s hold on a great
portion of the occupied areas of that1
country.
Starting at the Vojutza river, the 1
Italians, with the aid of British moni
tors have advanced to the Semeni
river, a maximum gain of 15 miles.
The nearest portion of the old Roman
highway lies just the same distance
northward along the Skhumbi river,
west of Elbasan.
But the. offensive also has far reach
ing political aspects. Already, con
siderable forces of Albanians, under
Esead Pasha, are fighting with the
allies and are rendering valuable as
sistance. Any considerable advance
by the French in the Monastir region
will have its effect, on Bulgaria, which
is reported to be low in morale, both
militarily and economically.
May Fire Slav Races.
The most significant angle, however,
is the probablo effect on the southern
Slav nations of Austria, already on the
verge of active revolt. A decisive al
lied victory in Albania may prove the
torch that will ignite the whole of the
discontented elements of the dual
monarchy.
One of the significant phases of the
Italian advance is the frank admission
of reverses by the Austrian war office.
The latest official statement from
Vienna said the Austrians "in the face
of pressure from strong enemy forces”
had withdrawn across the Berat-Fieri
line. Fieri already is in the hands of
the Italians and IJerat, the most im
portant city in southern Albina appears
about to fall.
LOCAL GAINS FOR BRITISH.
London, July 12.—In a local opera
tion carried on last night south of the
Somme cast of Villers-Bretonneux, the
British positions were improved, says
today's war office announcement.
The Germans bombarded somewhat
heavily the British positions east of
Amiens on both sides of the Somme
river.
FRENCH ENLARGE GAINS.
Faris, July 12.—French troops en
larged their gains between the Aisne
and the Marne, taking the village of
Corey, the war office announced to
day.
"On the borders of the Rettz forest,
the French enlarged their gains taking
the village of Corey, the station and
castle and St. Paul farm," the com
munique said. "We captured 50 pris
oners, including one officer.”
"Two raids in the region of Maison
Champagne and Mont Sansnom netted
10 prisoners.”
STOP ENEMY DRIVE.
Rome, July 12.—“An enemy attack
on Canove, on the Asiago plateau, was
repulsed,” the war office announced
today.
"In the Brenta valley there was ar
tillery fighting.” -_
SOLDIER IS EXECUTED
FOR ASSAULTING GIRL
Waco, Tex.. July 11.—Nat Hoffman,
A white soldier was executed today at
Camp McArthur. He attacked a school
girl last April.
Hoffman was 25 years old and from
Pennsylvania.
One evening last April Hoffman met
the 11-year-old girl in company with a
hoy about her age in a lonely wooded
cpot near Camp McArthur. The boy
was assaulted and ran away, after
which the girl was attacked. The boy
reported the affair to the military po
lice. Hoffman’s only utterance was
that he deserved his fate.
COFFEE PLANTATIONS
DAMAGED BY FREEZE
Washington, July 12.—Tremendous
damage from frost in Brazil was re
ported today in official dispatches. Un
usual freezing temperatures in Sao
Paulo have ruined the young coffee
plantations and reduced the production
of old plantations to an estimated 50
per cent of normal until 1921. A ma
jority of the plantations of sugar cane,
castor beans and fruits are destroyed.
112 DEATHS IN CAMPS.
Washington, D. C., July 11.—The
weekly army health report issued to
day lists deaths this week in home
cumos at 112. last week H.
Defenders of Barleycorn
Rallying in Last Trench
To Block Vote in Senate
BY L. C. MARTIN.
United Press Staff Correspondent.
Washington, D. C., July 12.—In a
final desperate effort to stave off war
time prohibition, Senate "wets'’ today
planned to call up the wire control
resolution. liy keeping this before the
Senate continuously until disposed of
they hope to persuade Senate leaders
to recess for the summer, leaving pro
hibition undisposed of.
A second move, counted on to be more
effective, is the sounding of a warn
ing that wartime prohibition, sudden
ly imposed will ruin banks holding
liquor obligations and seriously inter
fere with the raising of war revenues
under the new tax bill.
Senator Simmons, chairman of the
finance committee is to present figures
showing that more than $500,000,000
would be required to get out of the
bond 170,000,000 gallons of whisky now
on hand. The tax on this is $3.20 a
gallon.
Can’t Get Money, Claim.
Simmons will argue that it would be
impossible to get the money necessary
for withdrawal of the liquor. He will
point out that many banks are heavily
loaded with warehouse receipts and
notes against which they have loaned
large sums to distillers, wholesale
grocers and druggists to pay taxes.
Unless the banks are given time to
relieve themselves of this paper they
will fail, Simmons will warn.
He will submit figures showing how
prohibition will reduce the national rev
enues at a time when the need is for
every dollar that can be raised, even
at the expense of people’s clothing.
Upon the showing thus made Simmons
is being urged to ask that the Senate
allow the finance committee to work
out a plan for gradual reduction of the
revenues and for safeguarding banks.
If this is agreed to, it would mean
postponement of prohibition for a.
period considerable longer than the
five months provided for in the amend
ment now pending.
If proponents of the telegraph reso
lution are able to force consideration
of that measure Simmons will hold hia
arguments and figures in reserve, for
use when needed.
‘‘Drys” Are Confident.
"Drys" claimed today that all doubt
that prohibition is certain so far as
the Senate is concerned was revoked
by the vote late yesterday on the ruling
of Senator Saulsbury that the prohibi
tion amendment was out of order.
How They Voted.
The vote sustaining the chair on the
point of order follows:
Democrats—Gerry, Gore, Hitchcock,
Jones of New Mexico, King. Lewis, Mar
tin, Phelan, Pomerene, Ransdell, Reed,
Simmons, Smith of Arizona, Smith of
Georgia, Smith of Maryland, Swanson,
Underwood and Wolcott.—18.
Republicans—Baird, Brandagee, Calder,
France, Frelinghuysen, Harding, Johnson,
of California, Kellogg, Knox, New, Pen
rose, Smoot, Wadsworth, Warren and1
Watson.—15. Total for, 33.
Against sustaining the chair:
Democrats—Ashhurst, Bankhead, Beck
ham, Bennet, Chamberlain, Fletcher,
Henderson, Kendrick, McKellar, Myers,
Nugent, Overman, Pittman, Shafroth,
Sheppard, Shields, Smith of South Caro
lina, Thompson, Trammell, Vardaman.
and Walsh.—21.
Republicans—Borah. Colt, Curtis, Fer
nald, Hale, Jones of Washington, Ken
yon, Lenroot, Nelson, Norris, Poindexter,
Sherman, Smith of Michigan, Sterling
and Sutherland.—15. Total against, 36.
Allies' Plans Held Up Pending -
Future Developments in Russia
PEER'S KIN WEDS,
ENTERS WAR WORK
Lady Blanche Somerset.
Lady Blanche Somerset recently
married the Earl of St. Germains at
St. Margaret, Westminister, England.
Immediately after the ceremony Lady
Somerset left for France to continue
her work in the hospitals at the front.
THOUSANDS PAY FINAL
TRIBUTE TO MITCHEL
New York, July 12.—The body of
| Major John Pur roy Mitchel, former ]
mayor of New York, was borne to Us
grave today as lines of silent thou
sands stood uncovered along the route
of the impressive procession which es
corted the bronze coffin.
The bell in the tower of the city hall,
silent since the memorable day when
1 Mitchel, then chief executive of the
city, welcomed Marshal Joffre and his
party, tolled slowly as the parade
wound past. The subway hummed un
derneath, an airplane droned overhead,
the scuff of marching feet sounded,
sparrows twittered, but there was no
sound from the throng which stood
unti' the last man of that long proces
sion had passed the coffin which rest
ed on its black gun caisson at the en
trance to the historic edifice.
Former President Roosevelt fell into
line as the first man to follow the
black caparisoned horse of the dead
aviator. With him were others of re
! nown. Joseph P. Tumulty, secretary
to President Wilson, was in line as was
Lieutenant General Bridges, of the
i British army.
j Then came sailors, soldiers, police
and the fire department of the city.
Friends of the former mayor followed
| —all afoot. Three carriages were in
i line, in addition to the vehicle which
: carried the body.
| The aviator who had been wheeling
overhead while preparations were
made to start the cortege, followed the
! line up Fifth avenue, scattering flow
ers as he went.
OFFICIAL CHECK SHOWS
87 PERSONS MET DEATH
Peoria, 111., July 31.—An official
i check completed this morning shows
that 87 persons perished in the steamer
: Columbia disaster. So far 84 bodies
have been recovered and identified.
All 84 bodies recovered, but one show
bruises indicating, officials say, they
were struck by the pieces of flying
wreckage as the boat collapsed.
SUSPENDS DRAFT RULE.
Washington, D. C., July 11.—Provost
Marshal General Crowder today issued
an order temporarily suspending in
duction into military service of all sub
i jects or citizens of neutral countries
| pending regulations under an amen.l
i ment to the draft act which forever
! debars from citizenship neutral sub
i jects who, having declared their in
i tention of becoming a citizen, seek
'relief from military rervicc.
BY ROBERT J. BENDER,
United Press Staff Correspondent.
Washington, D. C., July 12.—A sud
den awakening of Russians—thus far
is cited—to the dangers of German
invasion, is adding zest to the Ameri
can allied plans for aid to Russia.
It is admitted that much of the suc
cess of the economic mission plus a
"police propaganda” force of soldiers
depends upon how the Russians rally
to its standard. Successes of the
Czecho-Slovaks in Siberia and the wel
come tendered them by the populace
there, the revolt of Ukraine against
German oppression, reported today and
the cooperation of Russians on the
Murman coast with the allies are re
garded as most encouraging by of
ficials here.
Should the Czecho-Slovaks forces
meet with defeat, however, the whole
problem would be seriously affected.
For upon that force the allies are
counting for "emergency aid.”
These changing events with their
possibilities merely emphasize the dif
ficulty confronting the allies in figur
ing out a definite course of action.
In his recent conferences with Lord
Reading, Viscount Ishii and other al
lied statesmen, the president discussed:
the general program.
The president, it is said, is holding
up discussion of the military feature
until a decision has been reached with
American military experts. After this-,
country has determined the part it will,
take, that phase of the question wilji
be laid before the allies.
POSSE PURSUES BAND
OF KANSAS ROBBERS
Three Persons Shot in “Katy’p
Train Hold Up—Express
and Mail Cars Looted.
Paola, Kan., July 12.—Bandits nho
heid up the M., K. & T. “Texas spe
cial” at Koch, Kan., last night were
reported today to be hiding in a wood
10 miles soutli of Paolo. Nearly 200
officers and armed citizens were try
ing to surround them. A battle was
expected.
Paola, Kan., July 12.—A posse to
day patrolled the banks of the Marais
De Cygne river near here In search of
a dozen men who late last night held
up a south bound Missouri, Kansas &
Texas passenger train south of Paola,
shot three, persons and looted the ex
press and mall cars.
Details of the robbery as related by
railway employes indicated the rob
bers “shot up” the train to terrorize
the passengers and crew.
No attempt was made to rob the
passengers. The train was flagged and
the bandits forced the engineer and
fireman into the smoking car.
Detaching the mail and express cars,
the bandits ran them ahead and rifled
them. The amount of the loot is not —
known.
Those wounded are:
Fireman R. E. Carter and Auditor
C. T. Witcher, both of Parsons, Kan.,
and Mrs. L. D. Williams of Achille.
Okla. None of the wounds is con
sidered serious.
According to one of the mail clerks
the robbers secured but little money
from the mails and American express
agents declare that jewelry valued at
$50 was the most valuable shipment the
express car contained.
SAYSMSSIANHEIR
HAS BEEN MURDERED
Report Circulated Alexis Ro
manoff Was Slain By Bol- •
shevist By Means of Bomb.
London, July 12.—Swedish newspa
pers publish a statement by a Swede
iust returned from Moscow that Alexia
Romanoff, son of the former Russian
emperor has been killed by a bolshevist
soldier by means of a bomb, says an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen today.
TRAWLER IS SUNK.
Boston, Mass., July 11.—The steam
trawler Georgia, of Boston, was sunk,
oft >bis harbor today in a collision with
the .'teamship Bristol, bound from New
York for this tort.