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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1923)
THE FRONTIER D. H. CRONIN, PUBLISHER, C. TEMPLETON. Editor and Business Manager. g’WEiLL, NfeBRASK^ **Fev people realise how great ns* been the Increase In the freight busi ness handled by the railways recently as compared with the corresponding weeks of previous years,” says, the Rail way Age. “It has been announced re peatedly that the number of cars loaded With freight has broken all records, for this time of year, but how completely all prevloue records have recently been ourparaed Is not generally known. In January, February. March and April the total number of oars loaded with freight was *15,094,38*. an Incresase over the previous high record of 1920 of al most 11 . per oont. That sounds big enough; but It does not make an ade quate Impression because the freight business has been increasing at an ac celerating rate. In the four weeks end ed April 2* the total number of oara loaded was 3,163,063, or 29 per cent, more than In tho corresponding weeks of 1920. What appeared to some as an epoch making event In the development of air plane and automobile motive power, Is the recent successful trip near Copen hagen, Denmark, of an airplane using petroleum as an engine fuel. It was ob served by experts who witnessed the test, that the plane flew Just as well as with gasoline, that there was less Vibration and no soot formed, nor was there any self-lgnltlon In the engine which ran 100 less revolution* than nor mally.—Popular Mechanics. The expected arrival In Loftdon of the treasures from the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamen has led British scientists to urge that a special room in tho Brit ish museum be set aside for their exhl >ltion and that only electrfo light bo Uso4 In their display. It Is feared that exposure to sunlight or diffused day light would fade the ancient banging* and cause them to lose their beauty. Annie Inurle's home Is to be sold at auction. It Is located near Edlnbusgh and has been In the hands of r*latlv*s of the woman around whom the famous «*llad wa8 written tor many genera tions, but financial need compels them to dispose of It. A relic of Annie Laurie'* taste Is still preserved In the beautiful Georgian gtrden In tho rear of the bouse. Annie Laurie died.In 17*1 at the age of 79 and lies buried la the old graveyard at Cralgdarroch, To celebrate the tercentenary of the death of Cervantes, the Spanish govern ment has Issued a special edition In four Volumes of "Don Quixote.” The edition " limited to 125 sets and la Illustrated with about 200 drawings by the Spanish artist. Senior Don Ricardo Marin. The sets will be given only to distinguished men In Spain, gad to Popo Plus. King George and the King of Italy. The seta for the Pope and King George have been autographed by King Alfonso. Junius Outtag, of New York, has a cent he values at *10,000. "It Is the first coin to bear the letters U. 8.”, says Mr. Guttag. “the first coin upon which the decimal system was based. Ths date of It Is 1783. It Is' ths slue of a dime and Is made of silver worth in trinsically about 3 cents.” 9 Christening of the little daughter, Gloria, of Japan'* national poet, Con mo-ko Komal. who make* his home In England, took place at St. Mary Le Boltons, Kensington, England. The only eastern touch to the ceremony was given by her father wearing his kimono. The Sixty-seventh congress received more than 16,000 bills and enacted about KOO of them Into law. State legislature* •nacted 16,000 new laws. An emlnsnt Student of comparative legislation says * that before the war congress snacted more legislation than was prosposed in local and national parliaments of Great Britain, Germany, France. Italy and Austria-Hungary. The brain of Richard M. Thompson, heralded as a boy genius after he had passed the Stanford-Blnet mental, teats with a rating of between 160 and 166, is to be given to the department of «uroI Ogy ef the University of Chicago by hts father, Dr. Thomas M. Thompson, who did post graduate work at the univer sity. The boy was drowned In a lake on the campus of Colgate university. Miss Takura, little Japanese tennis wlsard, now holder of East Japan wom an’s tennis championship. Is claiming attention of foreign champions. It has been rumored she may enter coming In ternational events. Probably the largest single organisa tion of workers In Great Britain Is the Workingmen's Club and Institute union, which has Just celebrated Its diamond Jubilee. It has a membership of 2.300 dubs, containing 1,160,006 members. The Gram' Army of the Republic was organised In Indianapolis In 1866. The •rest of the strength of the veterans was Reached In 1889 and 1890, when 409,480 were reported In good standing. Ths present membership Is fewer than 93,000 men. Two San Luts Obtspq county men re ceived 8400 for killing eight mountain lions. This Is the largest amouat In bounties path in one month. About one Hon a month is kllK.2. The ordinary housefly Is reputed to be the cleverest of Insects, Its intelligence surpassing that of the ant and the bee. An authority asserts that It can think 200 times quicker than a man. A wedding cerenlony recently was per formed by long distance telephone, the bride and Justice of the, peace being In Fort Worth. Tex., and the bridegroom In a hospital at Bremerton, Wash. A skeleton of an adult person was found under a residence where workmen were excavating for a foundation in Menominee, Mich. The body was burled In a sitting posture four feet under ground. Ojemljeshl, 78. Chippe wa Indian guide, better known as Jim Uaseka in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin along Lake Superior, died recently. Nearly $1,000,M0 will be expended In the celebration of the. wedding of hts Imperial liighnbas, the Prince Regent of Japan and the Princess Nagako Kunl. Peddlers receive $100 a week, distillers f75 ami "for watching the brew” a sal ary of $40 a week is paid, according to two men recently arrested In Los An geles who told about a bootleggers' union there. Mohammed Selehaddln. an Armenian, has seven degrees and speaks seven lan guages. but he makes his llv'/ig peeling potatoes for $i5 a week in a cafe in Wichita. Kan. Detroit Is one of the few cities In the United States where 6-cent street car fare prevails. Using a galvanise 1 iron roof as an ; aerial, a radio amateur in Hobart, Taa 1 mania, declares he has heard messages from Panama and Manila. Through the union of German war gtors the German government could ts •ue orders directly to more than 2.000.000 ax-aervice men In 48 hours. Canned fruit hereafter may not be ex ported from Australia unless so graded and labelled thW It would be able to compete suocw TfaUy with California produets. The theft of e-'-unjr morning news papers In a rest -t section of Wlnnl pea was im.tr Colonel”, a Hitts ■lack d«»- v (tubby tall and a DIVORCE TINGLE FOR THE COURTS Both Husband and Wife Se. cure Divorces with Much Different Pro visions Randolph, Neb., July 8— (Special) —What appears to be a badly tangled divorce case was divulged here today by Kimball Smith, a farmer living near here, whose wife was last week granted a divorce in district court on the charge of cruelty. It appears that after their separation Smith spent some time in Boyd county, be coming a citizen or that county. While there he asked for and was granted a decree of divorce from his wife on groifhds of inhuman treat ment. A counter Charge filed by his wife was passed upon in district court last week, Mrs. Smith being given a divorce, $1,600 alimony and her maid en name of Miss Anna Allar. It is possible that the case will be tired over again to straighten this tangle. FIND SKULL WITH HAIR STILL ATTACHED O’Neill, Neb., July 9.—Children at play along the Elkhorn river on the Strong ranch west of Emmet, Friday found a skull with portions of the scalp and long black hair, and an ear atta<^ied. A badly corroded ear ring of coiled copper wire still was at tached to the ear. Further investiga tion by the authorities located a grave in the bank of the river, which had been exposed by recent high waters. A copper finger ring was found on one of the finger bones in the grave. Soil indications are that the skeleton Is that of a race pos sibly antedating the Indian. The skull and portions of the bones, with the ornaments a're being preserved by sheriff Duffy at O’Neill. MORE PIGS SAVED IN 8. DAKOTA THI8 YEAR Watertown, S. D„ July 9. (Special) A pig survey of the entire United States which has been in progress for several weeks and is today deleased by the South Dakota office of the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics indicates that 32.0 per cent more pigs were saved in South Dakota this spring as compared with last spring (1922), compared with expressed in tentions last December to breed 20 per cent, more sows for spring pigs. It was also found that South Dakota farmers intend to breed 50 per cent more for fall farrowing this year than actually farrowed last fall, compared with their expressed Intentions one year ago last June for 73 per cent, in crease over actual farrowing the pre vious fall. The survey made last De cember Indicated actual farrowing of 12 per cent more pigs. In the eleven corn belt states it was found that 5.8 per cent, more pigs were saved this spring as com pared with their December expressed Intention to breed 16.6 per cent, more sows for spring pigs. The corn belt also reports its intention to breed 26.5 per cent, more sows for fall farrowing this year than actually farrowed last June for 49.3 per.cent. Increase over actual farrowlngs the previous fall. The December survey indicated an actual increase in farrowing of 27.8 per cent. LOST HER HAIR IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT Lake Andes, S. D., July 7. (Special) ■—L. J. Kass of Tyndall, driving to this place with his family, had a blow out near here which threw the car against an embankment and turned it over. Miss Catherine Flgge, who is visit ing at the Kass home, was badly bruised on the head and knee, and Mn. Kass, with her hair tangled up in the wreckage, was pinned under the car in such a manner that they had to cut off her hair to release her. Mr. Kass received a black eye and his daughter, Elizabeth, was slightly bruised. ♦♦♦♦♦4+++++V++++++4 * IOWA BRIEFS ♦ 44*44444+4+++++++44 Centerville—With 75 per cent, of cattle owners signing applcations, Appanoose county will be first county in the state to come under the new area test law for eradication of bovine tubeculosis. Fairfield—Warren Kirk, although hale and hearty at 60. had to retire from business temporarily when sheriff C. T. Campbell and two deputies visited him. Kirk was operating a 20-gallon still wt 'ii his callers arrived. They also took four gallons of hooch back with them. Massena—Injuries xecelved when he was kicks! In the stomach by a young mule caused the death of Leonard Cas teel, 24 years old. His condition was not regarded as serious at Aral, Audubon—Audubon citizens are pro testng vigorously against the Rock Island railroads action in taking off the passenger coach on the branch line from Atlantic. A mixed coach—comprising a chair and baggage car—is carrying the traffic. ' Centerville—An enrollment of 400 from 10 counties 1s expected at the short course poultry school here July 10-11. Who remembers when we had nothin’t’ fear but lightnin’ rod agents an’ th’ James Boys? A couple o’ reck less pedestrians ran int’ Lafe Bud last night bustin’ both headlights an’ bondin’ a fender.—Abe Martin. * A Moslem Concession. , From the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot The Turks are willing to extend com plete religious freedom to all Moham. jnedans. Twelve’s the Limit From the Burlington Republican. H. A. Smith was In Emporia a few days ago. and discovering that his watch had stopped aseked a boy standing nearby what time it was. "Just 12 o'clock.” replied the boy. “Only 12,’’ mused Mr. Smith. "I thought It was more than that.” “It s never more than that here, sir,* answered the boy. “It goes up to IS o’clock and then commences again at t ” SPEED PAYMENT OF BONUS CLAIMS Delay In Securing Records From Washington Deter mines Iowa Board To Use Discharge Records Des Moines, la., Jufle “-.-Delays In getting service records i«om Wash ington to check on disputed bonuf} claims, resulted In a new state bonus board rule going into effect Thursday. Cases in which the length of active duty is in question will be decided by discharge papers wherever possible, instead of by the documents from the war department. The new rule will expedite the pay ment of claims. Auditor of State, Glenn G. Haynes, member of the board, declared. Applicants whose claims are held up are asked to send In theiv army discharges or their nav.v call to active duty and releases to the bonus board A total of 57,750 warrants had been mailed out up to Thursday morning, tt was declared at the auditor's office. Nearly 99,000 veterans have filed ap plication for bonuses from the state. JOWA LEADS ALL IN USE OF TELEPHONE, Iowa City, la., June '--Iowa hat the highest telephone development ir the world, Nathan T. Guernsey, vice president of the American Telegraph and Telephone company, told the con. ferenee on public utility rate marking at the University of Iowa today. ."This single state," he continued, "has as many telephones as all of France and more telephones than any other foreign country except Germa ny. Great Britain and Canada. It has more telephones than Italy, Belgium, Austria and Switzerland combined." Mr. Guernsey made a plea for san« regulations. PICKPOCKETS RELIEVE HIM OF VALUABLES Cedar Rapids, la., June ' — Loca: police are searching for a man wh( picked the pocket of Joseph Wilkinson of Chelsea, of about $20,000 in non negotiable securities and $60 in cast, Wednesday afternoon. Wilkinson was passing through Cedar Rapids, en route home to Iowa City. At the unior, station, while boarding a train, he was jostled about In the crowd. A search of hls pockets on the train proved that the pocketbook with the securi ties was missing. FORMER DEPUTY SHERIFF IN BAD COMPANY Des Moines, la., June '_William Franck, a deputy under Sheriff W. E Robb, was among the four men undei arrest Thursday, following a raid by Chief of Police John B. Hammond and a squad of police on a farm neai here. Fifty-seven gallons of rubbing alcohol and two huge stills were seiz ed. One still, designed to redistill rub bing alcohol, was worth $2,000, police said. tTTTttttttrttttt -r-r ■+ j IOWA briefs. ; ♦♦♦++♦+++++♦++♦+♦++ Denison—Out of 94 cars stolen In Crawford county In the past two and one-half years, only three remain missing. That Is the record of Sheriff A- C. Greene who, the county claims, is the champion finder of stolen au tomobiles. Montrose—The voyage of ‘‘Louis Joliet” and “Father Marquette," down the Mississippi, re-enacting the his toric voyage of 250 years ago, ended here Wednesday, on the 250th anni versary of the date that white men first set foot on Iowa soil. Students of Iowa Wesleyan participated in a pageant NEBRA8KA BANKS WIN Fremont, Neb., June '-Two banks of Dodge count ywon their fight against the assessment levied on undivided profits when they ap pealed Friday to State Tax Commis sioner Smith at a hearing here. A decision wsa rendered in their favor. The banks are the State Bank of Dodge and the Logan Valley bank, of Uehling. The aggregate ‘saved to them is 92,300. The ruling may act as a precedent. MARY IS FOUND Los Angeles, Cal., June -Mary Miles Minter, motion picture actress, for whom friends began searching yesterday when they learned she hud been absent from her home for a week, is in a sanatarium at Pasadena near Los Angeles, taking "rest cure,” according to her grandmother, Mrs. Juliette Miles. VOLUNTEER WHEAT 18 PROPERTY LAND OWNER Lincoln, Neb,, June \—A new kind of unearned increment has been uncovered in Nebraska. The supreme court, in deciding a case from Deuel county, which involved th eownershlp of 110,000 worth of volunteer wheat, says that where a crop appears of Its own accord, It Is unearned incre ment, and belongs to the owner of the lund and no tto the man who cropped the ground the previous year. Public libraries in the United States now total 9,200, according to the secre tary of the American Library Associa tion* The W. I,, Clements L*brary dedicated as a "Temple of American History," at Ann Arbor. Mich.,. is one of the latest, as well as one of the most complete libraries of its kind in Mr*. Emma C. Bergdoli, mother of the two notorious draft evaders, is re ported making plans to visit her son Grover in Germany, now that Edwin is home, at least temporarily, .from the Leavenworth penitentiary. Mora than SO persons were held ud and robbed at the point of pistola In New York City one day recently. The loot totals about 16.000, y HARDING AND OBREGON TO MEET SOON Washington, July 9.—Presidents Harding and Obregon will meet in the near future on the , Mexican American boundary line to pledge themselves to work for lasting friendship between the two nations. The meeting will take place be tween Nogales, Sonora, and Nogales, Arizona. The date has not been fixed, but probably will be a day soon after President Harding's arrival at Los Angeles on his return trip from Alaska and before his departure for Porto Rico via the Panama canal. Arrangements for the event.are be ing made through Ralph H. Cameron, the first republican elected to the United States Senate from Arizona. t Harding Gives Approval President Harding is thoroughly in sympathy with the project, it was stated at Senator Cameron’s office Monday, and has given assurances to the latter that he will view With approval any measures taken to bring about the meeting. Just before the departure of the president for St. Louis, on the first leg of his Alaskan trip, he replied favorably to a letter from Senator Cameron on the subject and invited the senator to the White House, where they discussed the rifltitter at length. President Obregon, notified of the efforts on foot, at once signified his approval, indicating that should the meeetlng be brought about, he would prefer that the two Nogales should be selected, ns he is a resident of Nogales, Sonora. — AGREEMENT DELAYED Mexico City, July 9.—Two unsettled points are delaying the conclusion of the joint conference regarding recog nition. All other questions have' been settled and are actually in the hands of President Obregon. His approval is regarded as certain. The two issues still in doubt threaten to prolong the negotiations which otherwise would be completed this week. The American and Mexi can commissions are meeting inform ally in an attempt to effect a solu tion and put the conference minutes in final form. It is understood that the unsolved questions relate to the bonds for payments of lands expropriated by the government previous to this ad ministration. The success or failure of the conference now rests entirely with Mexico, as Commissioners War ren and Payne insist upon a com plete understanding under their in structions from Washingin. It is be lieved that the present delay is due to the time which President Obregon and his advisers are taking to ex amine thoroughly the minutes of the conference. — Sioux City Attorney Receives Unofficial Word to This Effect—Midland Re ceiver in Chicago Ouster proceedings against H. G. ^ McMillan, as receiver of the Midiland Packing Company, failed to start as per schedule Monday morning. Word was received by Attorney A. C. Mc Gill from Robert Healy, of Fort Dodge, who filed the petition against Mr. McMillan, that the case had been Indefinitely postponed. No official notice of postponement, was received by United States Marshal Fred Davis or J. H. Bolton, clerk of courts, how ever. Attorneys from Des Moines and F. B. McMillan, son of H. G. McMillan, had received no notice of postpone ment and were at the federal build ing Monday morning for the hearing. H. G. McMillan is in Chicago for an operation for gall stones, his son re ported. Pending word from Federal Judge R. D. Reeves, of Kansas City, Mo., who is to preside at the proceedings, federal officials in Sioux City said they were unable to give any definite reason for the postponement or what Its duration would be. The petition for McMillan’s removal , as receiver, sighed by five Buena Vis ta county stockholders in the com pany, charges gross neglect *f duties as receiver, squandering of money and allowing of unjust and excessive claims. CAESARIAN BABE HAD A SHOT LIFE Omaha, July 7.-—A baby born through a Caesarian operation Sun day after death of the mother, ^|rs. William Goodman, of pneumonia, is dead. BRITISH “FRANCONIA” PUT IN COMMISSION London, Designed principally to take a share In the traffic of the North Atlantic between Liverpool and 'New York and for pleasure cruises In all parts of the world, the Fran conia, the latest and most sumptuous addition to the Cunard fleet, has just been brought into commihsion. Self contained bedrooms and pri vate bathroom*! are among the luxur ies provided, while the facilities for physical exercise ynd recreation &re exceptionally complete for a 20,000 tnn liner. • m PACT ON BRITISH DEBTJ1LISHED Treasury Department Annouu ces DDetails of Agreement on Funding of World War Obligations. Washington, July 9.—The* treasury Monday made public the text of the $4,600,000,000 debt funding contract entered into between the United Stat'es and the British governments, as executed on June 18 by Ambassa dor Geddes for the British, and the following day by Secretary Mellon for this country. •fhe British government last week delivered to the treasury 1,000 bonds of $4,600,000 denomination each, dated December 15, 1922, and maturing December 15, 1984, cohering the 62 year period of the funding arrange ment. The bonds bear a 3 per cent interest the first 10 years and per cent thereafter. The contract provides that the bonds shall be payable in U. S. gold coin or its equivalent in gold bullion, or, at the option of Great Britain, up on not less than 30 days advance notice, in any bonds of the United States issued after April 6, 1917, the bonds to be taken at par and accrued interest. Payment of Interest. Upon liOi less than 90 days notice, Great Britain may at its option pay up to one-half of interest accruing up to December 15, 1927, in British bonds maturing December 15, 1984. The first interest payment under the funding plan was made by the British on June 16, three days before the contract was executed, in U. S. liberty bonds. All payments are to be made either at the treasury in Washington or the federal reserve bank in New York, the place of payment to be designat ed by the secretary of the treasury. Bonds Tax Exempt Principal and interest of all bond3 issued by Great Britain on this fund ing account shall be exempt from all British taxation, so long as they are held by the U. S. or any non-resident of the United Kingdom. Annual payments follow the sched ule laid down in the act of congress last February, authorizing the debt settlement. These range from $23, 000 in 1983 and 1984. 000 in 1923 and 1984. Great Britain has reserved the option, upon 90 days notice, of post poning any payment of principal to any subsequent June 15 or December 15, not more than two years from its due date, on condition that the pay ment falling due the next year can not be postponed more than one year from the due date. The pay ment falling due the second succeed ing year cannot be postponed at all until the payment due two years previous thereto shall have been made. In other words, no payment may lapse more than two years. Advance Payment Provisos Advance payments may be made by Great Britain upon 90 days notice, in addition to the specified regular payment. These advance payments must be made on regular June 15 or December 15 interest dates and must be in amounts of $1,000,000 or multi ples thereof. “The United States reserves the right at any time the secretary of the treasury may designate to change the bonds of $4,600,000 denomination for bonds of smaller denominations that will be in markable form. DRUNKEN MAN KILLS HIS WIFE AND BABY Tennessean Fires Bullet into Brain As Police Arrive for Arrest. Memphis, Tenn., July 9.—John Roe Monday killed his wife, his year-old baby and himself. He chased his wife into a neighbor's home when she fled with her baby. As she stood at bay he shot the baby' as it lay on a bed. He then killed his wife, and drank a half-pint of whis key as he waited for the police to come. When police arrived and rushed at him he sent a bullet into his brain. Dorqestic troubles caused the trag edy. morse Loses again. Washington, July 9.—Justice Staf ford refused today to idrect a verdict of acquital in the case of Charles W. Morse, his three sons and four, others, who are on trial on indictments charg ing conspiracy to defraud the govern- ' ment in connection with war-time ship construction and operation con tracts. LAST AMERICANS LEAVE Coblenz, July 9—The last official party of Americans left Coblenz, for mer headquarters of the American army of occupation, for Bremen Monday and will sail July 11 for New York. The party consists of Col. W. \V. Hartz, Major O. M. Peek and Major H. J. Weeks. HOOVER NAMES MEN TO STUDY U. S. BUILDING Washington, July 9.—A committee to study seasonal activities in the building industry with a view to re commending methods of eliminating irregularity of employment and low ering costs has bee appoited by Sec retary Hoover. Its first Bession will be a Atlantic City, July 10. Employ ers, labor leaders and engineers have been named on the committee. Members of the committee include : U P. Epp'ch, president of the Nation al Association of Real Estate boards. • APOLOGIZES FOR ROUGH TREATMENT Naval Officer Knocks Oppoient Down in Offfice Bout—Pas tor Admits ‘Pateral’ Kiss Ii> Meadow. Boston, July 9.—Resenting atten tions to his wife of two months. Lieutenant M. Hague of the U. navy Monday afternoon whipped th» Rev. George L. Paine, who said the marriage ceremony for them in Pain’s; office. Lieutenant Hague then tipped his; hat to the minister's typist, apolo—V gized for his roughness, and backed out. The Rev. Mr. Paine later admitted that he had recently asked Mrs.; Hague to go motoring, and had asked her while chatting with her in a mea^ dow for a kiss, and had kissed her—1 merely paternally, and she refused.! He then took her to her home 1m Cambridge. As Lieutenant Hague walked into? his office Monday the minister ex-i tended his hand, but the officer lg—j nored it and shot his fist to the Revj Mr. Paine’s jaw, knocking him down4 The clergyman went into a clinch oni arising and Lieutenant Hague the* shoved his head through a plate glassi door. The officer then pushed thet clergyman back into the office an* departed. The Rev. Mr. Paine is executive? secretary of the Boston Federation of! Churches, andi is a son of the l8te* Robert Treat Pain, and a, descend-! ant of one of the signers of the Dec laration of Independence. He is mar ried and has two sons. A $30,000 lodge and club room build— ng is being erected by the Masonfci lodge at Ketchikan, Alaska. "Texas Jack” Sullivan has establish-! ed a new canoe record by paddling? across Lake Erie in four minutes less* tnan 24 hours. .The engagcnnnt of the crown prlnce-i of Sweden and Lady Louise Mountbat daughter of Dowager Marchioness* Milford-Haven is officially announced^ at London. A 14-meter yacht- has just sailed from* Hamburg, Germany, for the port of New-i \ork. This is the first trans-Atlanta*! trip attempted by a German built boakJ of this size. Three brothers, farm hands, wero* electrocuted one day recently at Twin* Falls, Ida., when a hay derrick on* which they were riding came in con—i tact with a 40,000 volt electric trans—i mission line. The unemployment situation in Eng land is reported steadily improving. A.' tecent census of unemployed showedi the figure to be 50,000 less than that recorded two weeks previously, tcurs to ferries when on hurried calls Dog owners in Berlin are up in army over a proposed new tax on canlnes which they hold is out of reason. The levy would be 24,000 marks for thy first dog, 36,000 for the second and 60. 000 for each additional dog owned. Sumner I. Kimball, father of the Unit ed States Life Saving service, which-1 merged with the Revenue Cutter servlce has developed into the present Coast Guard, has just died In Washington v<. Statistics compiled by the National!' Educational Association show that in! 1920 this nation spent $17 for luxuries* and $8.50 for other forms of public ser vice for every dollar spent for educa tion. < When an officer in a Reno, Nev court left a prisoner chained to a court room bench for a moment one dav recently he came back to find both prisoner anefc bench gone. The fugitive was later captured in a machine shop where hor was trying to have the chain attaching? him to the bench cut off. Governor Blaine of Wisconsin hay vetoed the proposed tax on gasoline to provide more money for the road fund The Alberta and Saskatchewan whoa* crop for this year is now estimated at. 600,000,000 bushels, an exceptionally heavy crop. A cowboy radeo was the big feature-! of the Fourth of July celebration at Santa Barbara, Cal. The local post ok" the American Legion was in charge. The Italian government has refused to grant passports to socialist delegates* who wished to go to London to attend a socialist conference there. Miss Martha G. Gill of the Philadel phia public scbols has been selected by the English-Speaking Union of tne* United States to visit England thly rumrrer an 1 make a study of theii school system. She will be the guest or the English-Speaking Union of thy British Empire while there. START INVESTIGATION OF NICKERSON ROBBERY-, Fremont, Neb., July 9.—State Sher—' iff Tom Carroll arrived in Fremont'. Monday evening to take charge of the>jH investigation of the clever bank rob-' bery at Nickerson, early Mondajr morning that netted the bandits over $5,500 in cash and liberty bonds.. Over $700 in currency nearby was left, behind by «the robbers. ' The yeggs gained entrance through; a skylight in the bank buildiing an* forced an oak door to get to the maim floor. They evidently possessed;, knowledge of the combinations on the vault and the inner rhaganese steed safe, as neither was damaged to tho opening. _ JOHN BURKE BROKE New York, July 9.—John Burke„ former treasurer of the Unite* States, three time governor of Norths Dakota anad a member of the dlfuct; brokerage firm of Kardos and Burke,, today appeared at the office of tho-f district Attorney Bonton, offering tor. waive immunity and appear before th grand Jury, as well as aid the prose-' cutlon in every way he could, lie said he was “broke" having lost: everything In the failure.
