THE FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN, PUBLISHER. W. C. TEMPLETON, Editor and Business Manager. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA **Court day,” a century-old Institution In Kentucky, has suffered a painful Jolt In Louisville. The circuit court through an abatement order has taken away "Cheapside,” a public square In the center of the business district, where farmers and traders for miles around gathered In numbers on the second Mon day of each month to swap horses and trade anything from harness to homes. And now, for the first time In more than 100 years, they are not permitted to meet in the historic old square, but have been shunted to ft less desirable place. The farmers say they will not submit tamely to what they regard as an Invasion of their rights, and Indi cate they will carry the case to the court of appeals. The lower court said they made of It a nuisance, at once un sanitary and unsightly. An American has been awarded the 10 guinea prize offered by the Pall Mall Gazette for the best suggestions on how to make London "the magnet of the world.” Miss Alice Young, Mishawaka, Ind., the winner, based her suggestions on what is done In America to make towns attractive. She advocated: "Brighter, cleaner stations, with good, warm waiting rooms and good restau rants. electrify railways with 20 miles of London. Central heating on Ameri can principle, or gas Area, or smokeless fuel or coke. More attractive window dressing, with good lighting after clos ing hours. Hotels permitted popular en tertainment and dancing at meals, at a popular price. Light wines to be sold at all hours. Introduce wastebaskets on bottom of lamp posts, knock down nil walls hiding gardens or green plots and plant trees. Lots of good muolo." An old promissory note, given by the commonwealth of Massachusetts to Btmuel T. Mather In 1784 for $63.62 with 6 per cent. Interest, may bring $30,000 to Mather’s great-grea*.-granddaughter, Mrs. Almyra Gaylord Conner, a kin dergarten teacher of Berkeley, Cal. She discovered the note In an old family trunk while in the east last Bummer. An attorney advised her a bill in the legislature calling for payment would be necessary. She has been notified to be ready to go east to attend a hearing on the matter. Workmen excavating ne^r the old cem etery in Boston, where the bodies of I’aul Revere and other New England forefathers were burled, set up a cry of burled treasure. They turned up a 60-year old cache of liquor, said to have been started away at the time of the great Boston fire In 1872. It consisted of two hogsheads of old New England rum and a quantity of Madeira wine, Thorn dyke rye and other rare liquors. In the confusion which followed the find, the liquor disappeared. The diggers said pedestrians got most of It, although a spirit of gaiety and good cheer is said to have prevailed on the workings the rest of tlie day. With Princess Mary nafely wedded and on her honeymoon, King George has now' turned his attention to Princess Pat’s marital affair. It Is said that the king and queen insist that the princess and Commander itamsay put an end to gossip by setting up house together again. Princess Pat had practically re turned to the parental roof, living with hep father, the Duke of Connaught. Chairman Lasker of tho shipping board says he will strongly recommend installation of rudlo telephone apparatus In each of the 700 first class cabins In the steamship Leviathan, soon to be re conditioned, so her passengers, w-hlle at sea. cpn converse with friends ashore. The Idea was suggested to him by the successful wireless conversations be tween New York and the steamer Amer ica, 850 miles at sea. News of the proposed retirement from congress of Rep. William A. Rodonberg at the expiration of his present term In 1913, struck like a bomb shell In Illi nois political circles. He will have served 20 years from the 22nd congres sional district. Members of the Illinois delegation older iu polil of service are Representative “Uncle Joe” Cannon and James R. Mann. A volunteer dress censor Is at work in Madison, Wls. He lurks In dark streets and uses a whip on unescorted girls who w’ear abbreviated skirts and flapping galoshes. A half dozen girls have been whipped In the last two weeks •ad police are puzzled. More than 4,000 acres of denuded and eeless lands In the national forests of Colorado, Wyoming. Nebraska, Minne sota and Michigan were reforested dur ing 1921. About 200 acres on the north •lope of PIk**s Peak were planted. That region was devastated by fire 60 years •go. Steam with an alcoholic flavor was found by customs officers in San Fran cisco. It was escaping from the boilers of the liner Ventura, ju3t in from the orient. Investigation of the sofl per fume of Scotch whisky disclosed 120 quarts cached In steam pipes. A dozen bottles had exploded under pressure of heat. Count von Bernatorff, former ambas sador to the United States, warned a relehstrtg commission against Insisting on undue curtailment of appropriations for foreign missions, especially those in South and Central America, which, he declares, Is “the land of the future" for Germany. Confessing ne had written 69 novels In the last 40 years. E. Philips Oppenhelm, dinner guest of the Ix>toa club In New York recently, and who came from Lon don to accept the honor, said so resist less Is the urge within him to write stories that he will continue to do so till the day of his death. After accumulating in the last six or seven years a fortune estimated near $50,000,000, even in depreciated marks, Hugo Herzfeld, one of Berlin's wealth iest men, died recently. He was not an ordinary war contractor, but a special ist in buying control of related indus tries and consolidating them Into trusts. Dressed as a woman and armed with toy pistol loaded with ammonia, a bandit “flred" on a bank messenger car rying $15,000, as the latter alighted from a street car in Pittsburgh. The mes senger. though blinded, held to the satchel and grappled with the bandit. Police aided in the capture. Because of demonstrations last year, the city council of Melbourne. Australia, has decided to prohibit tlie St. Pat rick’s day procession. The Irish or ganizations have expressed their de termination to defeat this ruling and have promised that the procession will be conducted In an orderly manner. The old German flag of black, white and red will no longer be tolerated as the insignia for the merchant fleet. The captain of the Steamer Anna of the f Hugo Stinnes fleet was fined 1,500 marks for entering I'.ebeck harbor flying the old commercial fia;*. One-fourth of t!ie population of New York state. 2,786,112,. arc immigrants, figures based on the 1920 census show. Of these, 45 per cent, have become nat uralized and many more have taken out first papers. Honeymoon tripi jd the Far East are becoming so common that a Japanese steamship Arm in San Francisco has ordered the installation of 12 bridal Buitts on each of Its six steamers plying ouf ** that port eg into ust Commissioner Osborne In structs County Assessors As to Their Duties in Matter. Lincoln, Neb., March 20 (Special) — —Tax Commissioner Osborne is in structing all county assessors who have occasion to assess hospital prop erty to Include the full value of that part of the institution which Is not used exclusively for charity or for religious purposes when It is af filiated with a church. All privately owned hospitals wlli go on the list without exemptions. A big fight Is scheduled on this proposition, as It Is claimed that none of these church In stitutions are run for gain. Another source of expected trouble comes from the order to assess busi ness colleges or corporately owned schools where they are run for profit or gain. All lodge property is to bo taxed as a unit. Mr. Osborne Is a strong advocate of the theory that no property ought to bo exempt where any element of profit exists, and he has Instructed the assessors that while ownership Is Important It Is use that will determine the taxable character of the property. FARMERS’ ELEVATORS MUST BE ASSESSED Lincoln, Neb., March 20.—Assess ment of farmers' elevators under the provisions applying to grain brokers, If they were doing a grain broker age business, was advised by W. H. Osborne, state tax commissioner, be fore the annual meeting of county as sessors here. Pensioners of the United States are exempt from poll tax, but this exception does not ap ply to those receiving compensation from the government, Mr. Osborne in structed. A reduction of 20 or 25 per cent. In farm land assessments below those of a year ago will be asked of the real estate committee on account of what he termed "shrinkage In values,” Ru dolph Brazda, of Cuming county, de clared. Some of the assessors from other counties expressed the belief that little If any reduction should be made on real estate. Three committees were named to formulate recommendations for as sessing real estate, automobiles and live stock on a uniform basis through out the state. -4— CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HAS A DEFENDER Lincoln, Neb, March 20 (Special). —The caustic reference of Dr. Dil lon, head of the state health depart ment, to the death of a child recent ly at Norfolk its due to diphtheria and Christian Science, has called forth a statement from L. B. McConn, who Is publicity man for the church. He says that (he parents exercised their privilege of choosing the character of treatment desired for their child, and they could at any time have changed It. The healer observed all the state laws, and Is not to bo censured, he says. Mr. McConn adds that Chris tian Science has had known success In overcoming this disease, and wants to know why the state health depart ment Is not just as zealous in point ing out the failures of the medical systems of healing when one of their patients dies. Until It can assure the people that it will always bo effec tive, he cannot see any reason for criticism of those who choose Chris tian Science. BULL FIGHTER,"saved BY MIRACLE, REFORMS Ramon, Impressed By Escape, Sends Pigtail to King and Decides to Join Church. Ixtndon—Ramon, the famous "to rero" (bullfighter) of Almerln, has given up the bullring to embrace the church. Ho lias sent his liRle pig tail—the mark of his profession—to the king as a sign that he has given up the ring forever. He has returned to his native town of Sarrla, and every day goes Into the town and the surrounding villages helping the poor aiul the sick, so that his name has now become more fa mous as Ramon the Good than it ever was as Ramon the Torero. It was a miracle, he declares, that caused his change. Ramon was face to face In the arena of Almerln with a tremendous bull and successfully dodged three of the animal's charges. The hull, already maddened by the wounds of the picadors, became abso lutely beside itself, and rushed in one last tempestuous charge at the In trepid "torero." This time It caught Ramon on one of the horns and tossed him high. He fell with a thud and lay unconscious. When attendants ran into the ring and drew off the bull. Ramon, to everyone's astonish ment, slowly regained his feet and stood upright absolutely unharmed. "A miracle," roared the crowd. "Yes.” replied Ramon, "you nre right. It is a miracle. By the grace of the Virgin I have been spared, and in return for this great blessing I now embrace the church." -+ BONDED WHISKY TAKEN BY FEDERAL AGENTS Lincoln, Nob* March 20.—One hun dred and fifty gallons of 100 bonded proof whisky, consigned to the New bio Drug Company, of Bu Chicago and they were married in that city. Moore went tinder the name of Howard Wilson and h« brought the Virginia girl to Norfolk. Moore work ed in the Parish bakery here two days and tUe'ii told his wife lie wanted to buy a bakery in Sioux City. She gave him $1,500 and he never return ed. She worked as a school teacher at Newman Grove, Neb., a short time, and then went to work in a lawyer's office in Omaha and secured a divorce from Moore. —4— RUSSIA TO CONFERENCE. Warsaw, March 20.—The Russian sirviet has officially accepted the in vitation extended by Poland to the sanitation conference which is to con vene here March 20, under the aus pices of the League of Nations. This will be the first European conference to ha\e the official participation of the soviet. Two delegates will bo sent. Dr. I. P. Kalina, chief of the bureau of foreign information of the commissariat of sanitation, and Dr. Sysu:, chief of the bureau of -j,j deuiioicgv. HARDING INSISTS Throws Bombshell by Reiter ating He'll Veto Certificate Scheme and Stands Pat For Sales Tax. Washington, March 21. — President Harding threw a bombshell into the scheme of republican House leaders to kill the bonus by means of the in surance certificate plan Monday by refusing to yield an inch in his de mand for a cash bonus bill with the sales tax. The president informed House lead ers at a White House conference that he will veto the certificate scheme If It reaches him. If congress goes ahead and passes the certificate scheme despite his warning, he told the House leaders, congress will have to assume responsibility for defeat ing the bonus. • The president's unswerving stand was a severe blow to the republican House leaders, who had gone to the White House confident that they would persuade him to accept the new bonus measure. Conference Is Stormy. The House adjourned soon after it met at noon, in order to give the sponsors of the certificate scheme an opportunity to try to find a way out of their dilemma. After a two hour rnnfprpnpp with SnMkpr ftlllptt hnw. ever, it was announced that nothing had been accomplished. Another con ference of representatives of factions in the bonus fight on the republican side will be held Tuesday morning, when an effort will be made to secure an agreement f#r calling up the bonus measure in the House this week. Representatives Mondell, Fordney, Longworth, Campbell, Fess and Towner were closeted with the presi dent for two hours Monday morn ing. It was reported later that the conference was stormy, with the pres ident adamant in his refusal to ap prove the bonus scheme of the House leaders. When the House met, Speaker Gil lett, who had been at the White House earlier but had failed to see the president, announced that he would not permit the certificate bo nus bill to come up Monday. The House then adjourned In a few minutes. Mondell Would Ignore Harding. Republican members of the ways and means committee, representatives of the farm bloc, veterans’ bloc, rules committee and steering committee were called into conference with the speaker. Representative Mondell in sisted that the House leaders go ahead with thir plan of forcing th certificate bill through the House re gardless of the president. The speak er, however, refused to agree to per mit a rule motion to be made. The sponsors of the certificate bill, Including Representatives Mondell, Fordney and Campbell, announced after the conference that the House leaders do not want the bonus situa tion referred to a caucus of the en tire republican membership. At Tuesday’s conference an at tempt will be made to agree upon a rule for consideration of the certifi cate plan in the House on Thursday. Those who attended the conference with the speaker Monday were dead locked on the question of a rule that would permit amendments, with sales tax advocates and sincere friends of the bonus demanding an opportunity to offer amendments in the House and also unlimited debate on the measure. Republican House leaders opposed such a rule. Call New Plan "Gold Brick.” The certificate bonus bill was de clared to be a "gold brick” for the veterans, In a minority report filed Monday by Representatives "Kitchin, Oldfield, Crisp, Carew and Tague, all county’s gravel plant in the event of no paving this year. Sympathy Expressed. The highway commission further "In making approval of these con tracts, the commission is not unmind ful of the objections that have been raised by property owners within the assessment districts on whose prop erty 25 per cent, of the cost of this hard surfacing must be assessed. The commission sympathizes very greatly with the condition in which some of these people find themselves, and has very earnestly and seriously consid ered the objections that have been raised. While considering the objec tions, the commission could not be unmindful of the necessities of the county for an adequate transporta tion system radiating out of the city of Sioux City, the second largest city In the state, neither could it be un mindful of the fact that under the method of raising funds for the im provement of the primary road sys tem, a very large percentage of the cost of this work will be borne by the people within the city of Sioux City, who will directly benefit through the construction of these improVe ments.” DR. ELLIOTfNOW 88 BUT STAYS YOUNG Cambridge, Mass., March 21.— Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard university, celebrated his S8th birthday today by doing his regu lar day’s work. He said he was en joying perfect health. He keeps in condition by light exercise daily and walks whenever the weather permits. MOTOR CAR POLICEMEN FIGHT N, Y. CRIME WAVE New York, March 21.—A fleet of 72 motor cars, each carrying half a dozen policemen was launched by the police department today in a further eilort to check the crime wave. The fleet will be in service day and night. One of the cars will be attached to each of the 72 police precincts. All , suspicious appearing persons will be i taken into custody. At night each car i is to be equipped with a searchlight. i STATE All OASIS WITH PROTECT! EOR SMUGGLERS Startling Stories of Runners Plying Enormous Trade Without Interruption Are Told to Haynes by Col. Nutt. Miami, Fla., March 21.—Liquor buried in the sand like a pirate’s treasure was found Monday night when federal agents raided 50 re sorts of Miami and Palm Beach in the biggest attack on bootleg gers in Florida history. Large quantities of imported whisky and gin were seized and many of the proprietors were arrested. Washington. March 21.—Rum run ners are plying their trade from the Bahamas and the West Indies to Flor ida without interruption, according to a report made by Col. L. G. Nutt, to Prohibition Commissioner Hayes on Monday. “We are startled by tire revelations, declared Colonel Nutt, who headed a specially selected force of agents who investigated conditions not only in Florida hut nn the mifUrirwr lolonrla “All the Liquor You Want.” The liquor operators transacted their business in the open, in much the same manner as bankers negotiat ing a loan, according to the report, and in some instances. Colonel Nutt stated, they even gave banks as refer ence. The report continues. "In substance, the operators pro posed: 'We will contract for all the liquor you want—Scotch, Irish or champagne. We will deliver it with in 24 hours wherever you say—at your hotel, at the courthouse or at the post office. We will deliver it at the rail way station if you wish it shipped. We will place it in the cars and provide the necessary grapefruit or tomatoes to cover it up. With the cars scaled, the shipment will go wherever you wish.' ” Banks Act as Trustees. The special investigating agents closed two such deals, with the aid of bankers, on the first day of their investigation, according to Colonel Nutt. He added: "Our investigators discovered that many of the operators on their own smuggling ships make night trips to nearby Nassau, Bimini or Gunkey, meet a schooner laden with liquor, make purchases at an average of $18 a case, return the next night and re- ^ celve double the price from the pur chasers and also make a snug profit on the fruit used for packing. In one instance, a flying boat was used for the purpose. The operators have no trouble in getting prominent banks to act as trustees for purchase funds, even after explaining that it is for a liquor deal. “So brazenly was the law violated in the city of Miami that in several instances the principal prizes of punch boards operated in cigar stores were bottles of liquor. Our invest! gators not only made winnings of Gordon gin, Johnny Walker Scotch and Bush Mills Irish, but carried away the punchboards as souvenirs.” STATE BRINGING ZEY FOR ARBUCKLE TRIAL Prosecution Seeks Challenge On Juror Brown, Charging He’s Prejudiced. San Francisco, March 21. — Mon day's session of the third trial of Roscoe "Fatty” Arbuckle on a man- i slaughter charge, was taken up with an effort on the part of the prose-, cution to exercise a peremptory chal lencre on Juror Flriwarrl W Rmw™ who had already been sworn In with , the 12 jurors who' will actually dejib- ! erate when the case Is finally sub mitted to them for a verdict. The defense strenuously objected to the state's contentions. The state's objection to Juror Brown is based on the contention that he is prejudiced against the prosecution because he has been prosecuted by the district attorney’s > office for violation of the pure food law. The afternoon session of one hour ; and 40 minutes was taken up with arguments for both sides and ad- I journment was taken at 1:40 p. m. [ until 10 o’clock Tuesday morning, at which time, Judge Harold Louder- { back, said he hoped he would be able , to render a decision, which he de- i :lared was of the utmost importance in this as well as future cases of a similar nature. I Before court adjourned Assistant District Attorney Milton U'Ren an nounced that his office had received i telegram from Zey Prevon, one of ' the state's star witnesses, who is now In New Orleans, in which she expressed her willingness to return to ' the jurisdiction of the court provid ing transportation was provided. He ! said transportation will be furnished i md expected her in court when j wanted. U'Ren said he made the an- i nouncement so that the defense could t not claim Miss Prevon to be a "sur- ' prise witness” when she appeared. j --- RAILWAY INJUNCTION I AGAINST RATE BILL! ——. j New York, March 21. — Injunction ^ nroceedings were instituted Monday igainst the government by counsel 'or nearly 100 railroads in connec lon with the rate ordered promul ;ated by the Interstate Commerce •ommission effective March 15, which he petitioners assert is arbitrary and tutside the powers of the commi» :ion. I