THE O’NEIL FRONTIER a H. CRONIN. Publl»H*r. y NEILL.NEBRASKA Brought from the shores of I^ake George, where they have rested for the last 150 years, the remains of Col. Ephraim Williams, founder of Williams college, were laid to rest in the college memorial chapel this week. Over his flag draped casket— for he was killed in 1775 at the bat tle of Lake George—the college also paid homage to its dead In the civil. Spanish and World wars. The pro cession was led by Col. Archibald Hopkins, of the civil war, and Lieu tenant Colonel Whittlesey, of the "Lost Battalion." The faculties of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology propose to do away with the Institution of final examinations. In the "Tech," a committee of facul ty members, alumni and undergradu ates have been appointed to investi gate methods of testing the college man's knowledge and proficiency In studies other than by the customary examinations. This step followed un successful attempts to have the stud ents accept the honor system. Exhumation of the bodies of 489 American soldiers which were washed to the rocky Isle of Islay after the sinking of the transports Tuscanla and Otranto, will be com menced next week. The Scottish clan which Inhabits the lonely spot pleaded that the bodies be left on the island, and promised that the clan would look after the graves as their own till the end of time. But rela tives in many cases wished the bodies returned, and the commission decided to remove them all. On the subject of "limitation of out put,” a writer in the London Times nays that before th war the total cost, of coinstruction work was ap proximated as ono third for labor and two thirds for materials; but now that the present proportions are seven tenths for labor and three tenths for material; and also that the builders only work about half the extent they should reasonably work, and that the output of all the building trades Is about 80 per cent of what It should be. From I’unta Arenas, which Is at the bottom of the world, where ships call In weathering the Straits of Magellan to leave supplies for the 35,000 inhabitants, comes a dispatch saying that the maritime' workers of the port have resolved that in the future they will not unload any liquors containing alcohol. The dispatch says: “This resolution has caused serious damage on account of having been taken without warning the liquor merchants.” A Chicago widow learns that she may sell her home, in which is stored her husband’s $100,000 stock of choice wine* wlskies, etc., but she can not Bell the stock. Neither can she move It. "Of course," said one authority, •‘it is her privilege to pick the pur chaser and It la likely that he might be some one who would be willing to pay a higher price for the place on the chance he would yield to tempta tion some day. But It would be naugh ty—very naughty.” The citizens’ transportation com mittee, an organization of New York business men, formed to prevent the paralysis of business threatened by the continuous dock and truckmen Btrikes has completed its second week of activity, and formed the “Citizens’ Trucking Company.” It has a pledged fund of $5,000,000, sub scribed by members of the commer cial associations of tho city. In one day it moved 349,000 pounds of freight on 62 trucks. Not to be outdone by the goose that saved Rome, a ehicken---a dead one at that—caused the disoovery of the great opal mines of Idaho, which ore about to be reopened. A woman found fine opals in the crop of the chicken, and tiien set about to learn where It was raised. Investigation revealed the opal deposit, tl is also recalled that a donkey, foraging for grass discov ered the great lead and silver mines of that state. Food riots have broken out in WurUenburg, Westphalia, Olden berg. Mayence and many other parts of Germany. At Bremen scores of shops were plundered. Food on the ■way to market was seised and dis tributed to all comers. A wagon load of policemen were thrown into the Rhine by the mobs protesting against hifhi Erf1'' 'JSgSSSBtom-•” ’' ^‘Germany's greatest trouble at th# present time is her decline in produc tion,” said Carl Friedrich von Sie mens. “Nowhere in Cerman^ is the imperative need for increasing pro ductive labor sufficiently appraised. "Far too many people ar* engaged in nonproductive work; the number of officials in the state and private en terprises is excessive. A suggestion comes from New York City that a National Roosevelt party be organized presenting as candidates for the next presidential election, for president General Leonard Wood, and Vice President Mrs. Douglas Robin son. To relieve the monotonous evenings of the inhabitants who have returned to the devasted regions in Northern France, the Junior Red Cross of America has provided a travelling moving picture show operated by two American women. Six hundred New York City sten ographers and factory workers are go ing to take their summer vacations by picking berries fer the farmers. Bar racks have been built tee them, and the girls will do their own cooking and washing in units. The Filipino people number 10,360, 940. of which 9,495,272 are Christians. Despite the fact that Hongkong takes American leaf tobacco to the value of almost $2,000,000 per annum and imports Philippine leaf tobacco to the value of $300,000 more, the ex port of tobacco and tobacco products from that port is nearly twice its im ports. Circulars are being distributed in Lima, Peru, protesting against the monopolization by the Asiatic and Japanese d our small industries.” Thete has ieen a large Increase of Jupnnuze immigration into Peru re MUSTJESMD Nebraska Farmers Warned Bj Bail Commission to Prepare to Hold Because of the Car Shortage. Lincoln, Neb., July 6.—The state railway commission is issuing a warlitng to farmers that they will have to hold indefinitely their new crop of small grain, and advises them to make storage arrangements at once. This statement followed a meeting with representatives of the Interstate Commerce commission. The commissioners find that while they propose to keep after the rail roads in the matter or car supply, they expect only limited results. Ordinarily at this time cars enough to carry a third of the wheat crop are on sidetracks in Nebraska waiting on a call for cars. This year there is no surplus at all, due to two things, increase of general business over pre-war demands and reduc tion of rolling stock available. Re lief from neith€;r cause of shortage is in sight, say the commissioners. —f WOMAN RETIRES FROM BOARD OF CONTROL Lincoln, Neb., July 6.—Mrs. A. G. Peterson, the first and only woman to hold membership in the state board of control, has handed in her resignation after a year of service, and will retire as soon as her suc cessor is named. Governor McKelvie has offered it to another well known woman, hut has not yet received her acceptance. Mrs. Peterson’s home is in Aurora. She had business train ing in the mercantile line. She re tires because her health will not per mit her to give the unremitting at tention to the job that the duties re quire. Mrs. Peterson has served a year, succeeding Eugene O. Mayfield, Omaha newspaper man, whose resig nation was forced as the result of a legislative investigation. The board is made up of two republicans, Mrs. Peterson and Mr. Allyn, and one democrat, L. C. Oberlles. ARRIVE IN NEBRASKA FROM BATTLE-SCARRED ZONE Fremont, Neb., July 0.—Bringing tales of the suffering In Europe to day, Mrs. Sarah Linkewiescz and daughters, Dora and Liba, have reached Fremont from Poland, where they lived during the war in a vil lage buffeted about between Ger mans and Russians. Conditions are no better today be cause of the pogroms against the Jews, they say, and they assert that the cloud of bolshevism over Poland makes the government very weak. For three years they had tasted no sugar, and had had little butter, eggs, meat or vegetables, their principal article of food being the bread made from bran and bark. It is hard for them, today, to eat the well-cooked meals of their daughter and sister, Mrs. Archie Kavlch of this city. Mrs. Linkewiescz rescued from her home a sack of fine old silver ware, that she had kept buried In the ground for four long years. She de clares that both Russians and Ger mans were relentless In persecution of the Poles, and that now porgoms are being pursued against the Jews. ~*— REPUBLICANS ORGANIZE FOR THE CAMPAIGN Lincoln, Neb., July 6.—The repub lican stale committee, not to be out done by the league-labor group which recently named a committee of 5,000 to have charge of its campaign, has made everyone of the 811 delegates to the late state convention members of the republican campaign committee. The committee was organized by se lecting Clyde H. Barnard, of Table Bock, and Mrs. Lulah T. Andrews, of Lincoln, as secretaries, the latter to have charge of the women. L. G. Brian, formerly of Albion, is to be assistant treasurer, with the special job of collecting a campaign fund. Reports to the committee at its meeting Friday were to the effect that the party \a untied behind its'na tional and state tickets, and that it is immaterial what is done at San Fran ! cisco so far as Nebraska results are concerned, NIOBRARA BRIDGE IS LEFT HIGH AND DRY O’Neill, Neb., July 6.—When spring floods from tributary streams raised tlie Niobrara river, that stream decid ed to establish a new channel and cut one at the south end of the Writ ing crossing bridge, leaving that structure high and dry. Efforts are now being made to have a new 200 foot span put across the new channel of the stream. State aid will be asked in erecting the new bridge. Decision to act was reached at a joint meeting of the boards of supervisors of Holt and Boyd counties. These two counties are affected by the change in the chan nel. LIBERALS TO HEAR GOMPERS. Chicago, July 6.—Samuol Gompers, president of the American Federa tion of Labor has been invited to ap pear before the platform committee of the labor party convention in Chi cago July 11 to 13, It was announced today. FIRE DESTROY8 HOME ON NEBRA8KA FARM Hartlngton, Neb., July 6.—The Geo. Hansen farm home about nine miles east of the fair grounds and all of its contents were destroyed by lire. The Ure was discovered by one of the girls of the home and the alarm given to Mr. Hansen who was working in a nearby Held. The fire had gained such headway that it was impossible to save anything The cause of the lire is unknown. The building and contents ,vere ^partially insured. - ---—*->-;— Attorney General of Nebraska Asserts Conviction of Wayne Normal Professor Was Regular. Lincoln, Neb., July 3.—Attorney General Davis has filed a brief in supreme court insisting that the Judg ment of the Wayne county district court be affirmed In the case wherein James M. Wiley, former dean of the commercial department at the state normal located at Wayne, was con victed of adultery. He was sentenced to a year in prison. The woman in the case was a pupli at the school. Miss Kate Adams. Wiley’s attorneys had previously filed an appeal in which they referred to the girl as a river rat and declared her story to be unfounded. They said that the evidence does not sustain the verdict, that under the law no one Is guilty of adultery on proof of a single offense, and complain that they were not given the right to cross-ex amine the prosecuting witness. The attorney general asserts that the girl’s story was corroborated by the conduct and statements of Wiley and that when he called at the house where Miss Adams and another girl with whomscandal had linked his name lived, and there asked the housekeep er fcr permission to talk to them. Mr. Davis says this statement of Wiley sworn to by the housekeeper, clinches the case: “I am denying nothing. I am re penting. I have nothing to live for. 1 do not want to live, but before I die I want to atone for my sins, and if you will give me an Interview with these girls I will make a statement exonerating them before the world.” Wiley is 50 years old, married and has been a school teacher all his life. AUTO SPEEDERS SENTENCED TO VIEW DEAD VICTIM Omaha,Neb.,July 3—Standing with bared heads bowed In grim silence, four men viewed the body of little Paul Raziskl, 14 years old, 2765 Arbor street, who was run over by a three ton Orchard & Wilhelm truck. The object lesson todk place In the Hoffman mortuary. Twenty-fifth and Dodge streets. All four men had been arrested for speeding and were fined in municipal court. RECEIVER IS NAMED FOR OMAHA CATTLE CONCERN Omaha,Neb., July 3—Federal Judge Woodrough named two receivers Thursday for the Missouri Valley Cattle Loan company of Omaha. The receivership petition on which the court acted was filed by five stock holders. C. H. Kelsey, attorney for the com pany, said the company was perfect ly solvent and that "the receivership amounts merely to the ordinary windup of a company unable to continue busi ness because of conditions of the fi nancial and livestock markets.” SKINNER HEARING IS TO BE POSTPONED Lincoln, Neb., July 3.—The sched uled airing of the affairs of the Skin ner Packing company will not take place next week before the supreme court. Neither the state nor the Skin ners are ready and the Judges would just as soon not hold any hearing whllo the mercury is roosting high. Meanwhile the committee of 31, named at the meeting last Saturday, dominated, the opposition says, by the Skinners and their friends, is seeking to bring pressure from the stockhold ers on the attorney general to Induce him to dismiss the suits. Attorney General Davis says that the state has attained most of the things it sought by these actions. TWO POOL HALLS GO UP IN SMOKE Spontaneous Combustion Is Blamed For $30,000 Loss at Lake Andes. Lake Andes, S. D., July 2.—Fire at S o’clock this morning destroyed two pool halls here. A building housing a novelty store next to the buildings in which the pool halls were located was somewhat damaged. The rooms over the pool halls were occupied as homes. The total loss is estimated at about $30,000, with half that amount of insurance. Spon taneous combustion Is blamed. GARAGE DESTROYED. Artesian, S. D., July 2.—Fire in the Williams & Scott garage, Thurs day, destroyed the building and con tents. The losers are: Williams & Scott, tools and stock, insured; P. E. Rugg, automobile; Mr. Carleton, of Ethan, building, and H. M. Rob erts, car load of cedar posts. TAXIDERMIST KILLED WHITE ROBIN, TO BE PROSECUTED Council Bluffs. la., July 2. — The only white robin ever seen In this section and one of the greatest rari ties in birddom, was kil od by Charles F. Perkins, a taxidermist of Omaha and deputy Boy Scout commissioner, whose prosecution is said will be made at once, ander both state and federal laws. CHICAGO STRIKE CONTINUES. Chicago, July 1.—Two thousand city employes continued on strike here today. The majority of the men are seeking the same seals of wages paid union craftsmen not in munici pal employ. BIG WEST*PC>iN7rCLASS. West Point, N. Y„ July 2.—The largest class of new cadets in its history was admitted to the United States military academy. It nuro bi red between 500 and 600. TO FORCE BRAND I ^ I Members of Degree of Honor In Nebraska Seek Court Action Against High Officers. North Platte, Neb, July 1. — Suit against the grand officers of the Ne braska Degree of Honor to compel them to call the biennial session of the grand lodge in October, will be begun in district court here soon, it was announced today by attorneys for plaintiffs, who are representatives of the 14,000 members in the state. The grand lodge officials recently gave notice that owing to lack of funds the biennial session would not be held, and that officers would hold over until 1922. Plaintiffs say the lodges they represent fear this will result in the perpetuation in office of these people, and that the local or ganizations are willing to stand the expense of the biennial. FISHING WITHOUT LICENSE COSTLY IN NEBRASKA Lincoln, Neb, July 1.—State Game Warden George Koster has received the following reports of convictions and fines for violations of the state game laws'. Herbert Adams, Lemoyne, Neb, seining, fined $15 and costs. Bert Brown, Lemoyne, Neb, sein ing, fined $16 and costs. Jack Beckard, Unadilla, Neb, fish ing without license, fined $10 and costs. Joe Johnson, Unadilla, Neb, fishing without a license, fined $10 and costs. Henry Beckard, Unadilla, Neb, fishing without a license, fined $15 and costs. Fred Schoiner, Syracuse, Neb, fish ing without a license, fined $5 and costs. Henry Brisendine, Scottsbluff, Neb, fishing without a license, fined $1 and costs. Allen Clemans, Scottsbluff, Neb, fishing without a license, fined $1 and costs. John Warren, Scottsbluff, Neb, fishing without a license, fined $1 and costs. Scott Shaner, Maxwell, Neb, fish ing without a license, fined $5 and costs. Elmer Waynan, Bayard, Neb, fish ing without a license, fined $5 and costs. ——F— CHRISTIAN SCIENCE IS CAUSE OF DIVORCE Fremont, Neb, July 1. — District Judge Button has signed a decree di vorcing Mary W. Hunter from Dr. Major H. Hunter, both of whom have been prominent in Fremont life for 30 years. The wife charged cruelty, one of the counts being her husband’s constant nagging of her because of her belief In Christian Science. Although denied alimony, Mrs. Hunter’s title to residence property worth $9,500 is quieted, and the hus band forever enjoined from entering the same. Two children, Mrs. Ralph Van Ors del and Byron Hunter, both of Oma ha, testified for their mother. —F NEBRASKA TEACHER VIOLATED LANGUAGE LAW Aurora, Neb, July 1. — Robert T. Meyer was found guilty In county dis trict court on a charge of violating a state law designed to regulate for eign language Instruction in Nebraska schools. Meyer was charged with teaching German during school hours in a parochial school. He was fined $25 and costs, but stated he would ap peal to the supreme court. NEBRASKA SUPREME COURT HANDS DOWN DECISIONS Lincoln, Neb., July 1.—The su braska supreme court has handed down the following decisions: Brower, administrator, vs. Umstead, on rehearing judgment of district court, affirmed. Jessop vs. Brown, affirmed. Oakes vs. Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Company, affirmed. Brightenburg vs. Mulcahy, reversed andPremanded. Nebraska state railway commission vs. Alfalfa Butter Company, affirmed. Harrahill vs. Bell, reversed and re manded. Nebraska state railway commission vs. Painless Withers Dental Company, affirmed. State ex rel Hopkins vs. Ams berry, appeal dismissed. State ex rel Ayre vs. Amsberry on motion for rehearing former judgment of this court vacated and set aside and appeal dismissed. ALIENATION DEFENDANT APPEALS FROM VERDICT Lincoln, Neb., July 1. — Hattie Schultz Bihler, of Omaha, has ap pealed to the supreme court from a judgment of $5,000 awarded against her in favor of Mrs. Anna Schmitz, for the alienation of the affection of Mrs. Schmitz's husband, John H. Schmitz. In her petition Mrs. Schmitz char ges that the Bihler woman, through her personal charm, not only induced the husband to seek her company and desert his own fireside, but that Schmitz had expended considerable money on Mrs. Bihler, including the buying of diamond rings and oil stock. New York, June 30. — Steling dropped another half cent at the opening of foeign exchange today. Demand sterling was 3.95; Francs, 12.17, up 2: lire, 16.87, off 5; marks, .0261; Canadian dollars, 8795. N. D. PRIMARY TODAY. Fargo, N. D., June 30.—A record vote is expected in the North Dakota primary election today, the principal element of which is the nonpartisan league's effort to continue control of the republican party candidates and * organization. _ Cost of Armenian Mandate. From the New York World. It will perhaps be conceded that Pre mier Venizelos of Greece has a knowl edge of conditions about Armenia al most 11 not quite equal to that pos sesed by the United States Senate. This fact lends some interest to what ho has to say in a Paris cablegram concerning an American mandate for that distracted victim of bloody Turkish oppression. The number of troops needed to ad minister the mandate would not be 100,000 but only about 20,000. The ex pense, accordingly, would not run into the tens of millions of dollars yearly, but should fall far short of the more conservative Senate estimates. The soldiers sent over would not have to be drafted and would not have to be drawn from the ranks of native Ameri cans who would not be exposed in suc cessive divisions year after year to "slaughter and disease and despair In a strange land." As Mr. Veniselos says, the United States has enough citizens of Armenian birth to volunteer and to fill all the military requirements of the Job and the civil list as well. What is chiefly wanted of this country Is the loan of its organizing power which would make Armenia capable of de fending Itself within five years. June In Iowa. From Christian Science Monitor. Going through Iowa in June, the tour ist from the city, or from the far west ern arid regions that have to be con stantly irrigated, wonders why so many natives of this pleasant state have emi grated to hon Angeles. With its rolling hills, Its cornfields, and Its hits of wood ed pasture along the smallest stream, Iowa is always refreshing to look at. For one who knows hpw to appreciate the true farm, it is even more refresh ing to spend a vacation In this state, or even to settle down in it for the summer. Along the Mississippi, for in stance, tn June one finds loaded cherry trees, strawberries and raspberries to make the Californian envious, enough foliage and green things generally to satisfy any man, and with it all a quiet feeling of enthusiasm that is neither quite eastern nor obtrusively western. Iowa, indeed, has never been properly boomed. A little judicious advertising on the part of its good citizens ought to do wonders in attracting there, at least for the summers, those who are needed to take care of maximum production, as well as some few others who merely wish a change. The Prodigal Returns. It lies, the valley of my content, Among New England hills; And daily, like a lifted cup. With night and morning fills; And for my soul's replenishment A goodly brew distils. For there are wise end friendly folk Who lend a helping hand— And sometimes, too, a neighbor's joket As those who understand My Innocent temerities With tool and seed and land. For there the thrushes sing at dawn And blossom-scented eves; And through the night the whippoorwill Reiterantly grieves; And the young grass Is delicate With shadows of new leaves. For there are talks beside the fire. And silences of gold; And little eager, furry beasts To watch at play, or hold. And life grows warm and kind again That once was polar cold. It lies, the valley of my content. Among New England hills; And dally, like a lifted cup, With night and morning fills; And for my soul's replenishment A goodly brew distils. —Elizabeth Kemper Adams, in the New York Post. The Sliver Lining. BVom the San Francisco Chronicle. ‘‘A stammering man has a great ad vantage,” said the busy citizen, "In what way?” "He can think before he speaks, and still hold on to your attention.” Gifts to Harvard university dur ing the past year, have totaled |8, 332,615. 1 j Holds Labor Union Responsible j t-- --A-----— Rochester Special to the New York Times. Justice Adolph Rodenbeck, In the supreme court of New York, has handed down a decision in the case of the Michaels-Stern Clothing Com pany against the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America for a per manent injunction and $100,000 damages. The attitude taken by Justice Rodenbeck throughout his decision, one of the most momentous from the point of view of the industrial world which has been handed down in the United States in recent years, is that no labor union has the right to mako Itself a labor monopoly and use force and Intimidation in any way to effect its end. The justice says: "The plaintiffs were required to win their way in the world of business by hard and honest competition and by the character and quality of their goods; but the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, instead of endeavoring to secure recognition by an example of enlightened and reasonable admin istration In other factories, chose to force their way into plaintiff's factory by seoreey and by a strike backed by its powerful influence and supported by acts that the law condemns. Ultimate success in the labor movement docs not lie along this line, but in the direction of a peaceful exemplification of a just and reasonable administration of affairs of the union with ad vantages not only to employers and employes, but to the public as well.”’ Regarding the stand taken by the Amalgamated union against ths United Garment Workers, the American Federation of Labor union, which had been recognized by the Michaels-Stern Company, the decision char acterized it as "selfish.” Justice Rodenbeck holds it to be purely and simply one of monopolization, which in the language of the decision would do no good to either-party, since “it would defeat its own purpose so far as wages were concerned by raising prices as fast as the cost of production was in creased," assuming that the clothing manufacturers were as closely affiliated, as the Amalgamated union seeks to be. The decision continues: In a proper case the law will protect the general public as well as tne Individual from oppression from any source. It is the duty of the govern ment to protect the one against the many as well as the many against the one. Monopolies and exclusive privileges are alike condemned, whether accomplished by combination of labor or capital. The law is opposed to all monopolies, whether of labor or capital, as experience has taught mankind that an economic or industrial despotism has no more consideration for the general good than a political despotism and is an undue barrier to the • Exercise of personal liberty and freedom of action, the development of Industries and reasonable competition in life.” The fundamental theory of American government is touched upon clearly and unequivocally. The decision reads. “This government is founded upon the theory of equal rights and equal opportunities for all, of personal liberty and freedom of action of Individuals. It was a protest against per sonal and political domination of individual thought and action, and this spirit has shaped and colored all our laws. There has been a constant effort to preserve th« character of our institutions and to condemn monopolies of all kinds as an undue interference with the fundamental principles of government." HOW WILSON LOOKED A FEW DAYS AGO is .»mfllitl sf President Wilson at his desk. This photograph of President Wilson was taken by George W. Harris, one of the heads of the noted Washington picture syndicate, while the president was transacting his regular morning work on June 19. It is, therefore, the latest picture of the chief executive. Mr. Harris says of his hour visit with the president: "He looks fine, better than I expected.”