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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 31, 1924)
THE FRONTIER v"" P, H. CRONIN, PUBLISHER, * *V, C. TEMPLETON, Editor and Business Msnsgsr. y Re ill, . nebraIk^ Son of Huron Doctor Killed While Pulling Gun Through Fence Huron, 8. L., Jan. ' . (Special)-* (Vhlls hunting with two companion* a abort distance south of town Sat urday afternoon Eugene Burdick, 14 years, old, son of Dr. and Mrs. E. E. Burdick of Huron accidentally dis charged a shotgun he was carrying while crawling through a fence and killed himself, the charge striking j him In the head. The boy was rushed to a hospital where he lived but 10 minutes. His two companions say they were some distance from lilrn attempting to put r dog, tlhey -were hunting with, through a fence when tbe gun was discharged. LICENSES BROUGHT STATE FINE RETURN rierre, S. TX, Jan. , *—(Special)— Hunting, fishing and trapping licenses brought Into the state a total of $93. 278, according to the annual report of the game and fish department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1923, which has Just been completed and has been put Into the hands of the printer. In Ills report to the governor H. 8. Hedrick, slate game warden and head of the department, says that mors trapping licenses were Issued than ever before, due to the high prices of furs. There were 3,389 resident and 21 non-resident trapping licenses Is sued during the trapping season of the year. The report shows that there was a total of 43,917 small gams licenses Is sued to resident hunters and 1,819 to non-reaident hunters. Thera wers 771 resident and 9 non-resident big game licenses and 3,626 fishing licen ses which are required only from non-residents fishing for the game fish of the state. The returns on these various kinds of licenses were: Resident small game, $43,917; resident big game. $3,885; resident trapping, $16,945; non-resident small game, £24,286; non-resident big game, $226; non reldent trapping, $525; fishing licen ces $8,526, In the sale of trophies and animals from the state game park the state took In a total of $1,611.35. Another quite prolific return Is in the fines for violators of the laws of the state relating to hunting and trapping and the confiscation of furs. Fines and costs brought in $6,500 while confiscated furs gave a return of $1,700. Arrests and convlctrlous Were made In practically every coun ty of the state. In the number of arrests made Roberts county leads the state with a total of 43 for the fiscal year. Some of the other larger numbers of ar.ests were made In the following counties: Beadle 24, Brook ings 11, Brown 7, Charles Mix 9, Codington 19, Hand 24, Hutchinson 20, Marshall If, Pennington 8, Roberts 43. Spink 15, .L'anborn 7 and Tripp 17. The flnnncM report shows that the department took in from all sources a total of $114,000.64 while Its dis pursements totaled only $96,622.18 In cluding all salaries, Improvements at the state lodge in the state park and other expenses. Qrouse and prairie chickens have been on the increase in the past two years and the hunters have had suc cessful seasons and activity on the part of wardens has prevented won ten slaughter of the game birds. During the year the U. 8. bureau of fisheries planted a large number of fish In the waters of the state. This department put in 7,650 black bass, 699,400 brook trout, 2,800 catfish, 400 crapples, 26,660 Loch Leven trout, 103,600 rainbow trout, 310,440 rainbow trout eggs and 575 sunflsh. MEN TO 8ERVE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER BANQUET Colome, S. D„ Jan. (Special)— The Community club wil stage the Hirst community mother and daugh ter banquet Tuesday evening, Jan uary 22. The men of the club will prepare and serve the banquet. The Boys' Glee club will furnish the music and the address will be delivered by Mrs. Franklin D. Smith, of Deadwood. SCALDS ARE FATAL TO MENNO CHILD. Menno, 8. D., Jan. ' —The 3-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Mehlh&ff died as the result of scalds received when she pulled a teakettle full of hot water over herself while the mother’s back was turned for a ; moment. YOUNG FARMER 13 8ERIOU8LY INJURED. Gregory, 8. D., Jan. . (Special)— Richard Stoltenberg, f5 years old, * living south of ltere, was perhaps fatally injured, Friday, when he was caught in the belting of a corn sheller outfit. He sustained a fractured skull. He was taken to a hospital at ' Spencer, Neb. Heartless. From the Sydney Bulletin. “My husband has no sentiment." “How dreadful!" "Yes, 1 can cry for hours without get ting a penny out of him." FINE FARM H0U8E DESTROYED BY FIRE. Salem, 8. 1>., Jan. (Special)— The farm house on the Simon Scho j berl place 10 miles north of Salem, was burned Friday night. A defec tive chimney was said to b« the causa of the blaze. The loss ir * miniated at from $5,000 to $7,#*0. .he farm was being operated by Erick Carl son. Most of ths furniture was saved { but attempts to ebsek the flames yhJe$ t~ tpt tiw building were futile SEVERAL SEEK ALLEN’S PLACE Candidates for Vacancy Caused by Death Get Into Action West Point, Neb., Jan. (Spe cial.)—Many counties in this Judi cial district have been putting for ward candidates to fill the position left vacant by the late Judge William V. Allen of Madison. Among those mentioned are O. A. WDU lams of Ne ligh, M. S. McDuffie, C. H. Stewart. Donald Mapes and Frank Warner of Norfolk, A. It. Oleson of Wlsner and D. C. Chase of Stanton. It l« the duty of the governor to name the judge, who will fill the va cancy until after the fall election. A considerable amount of work on the dockets at this time, all that two Judges can handle, makes It more than likely that the governor will make his appointment without de lay. NEFF WILL BE CANDIDATE AGAIN Bloomfield, Neb., Jan. .—(Spe cial.)— I->. B. Neff, Knox county’s state representative, has returned to Bloomfield, after having spent sev eral months in an Omaha hospital. It is his first visit here since the ad journment of the legislature, he hav ing been seriously 111 since that time. He will be a candidate for re-elec tion. AGED RE8IDENT OF OMAHA 18 SUFFOCATED. Omaha, Neb., Jan. —Leo Jan kowski, 76 years old, a resident of Omaha since 1869, when he came here from Germany, was suffocated by smoke when a fire swept through a rooming house here Sunday. MUSKRAT FARM TO BE ESTABLISHED Gordon, Neb., Jan. (Special) — Burton Goddard, an enterprising young man. has bought Shell Lake, 16 acres, and a smaller lake and Is busy fencing them for the purpose of raising muskrats. Muskrat farming Is a new Industry for the Cherry county sand hills. He will stock the smaller lake with black muskrats which he will have to Import. This Is the only muskrat farm known in this part of the country. AUTO THIEF GANG TO HAVE ATTENTION Lincoln. Neb., Jan. '.—(Special)— The state sheriff has sent a force of men into Holt and Boyd counties, where a number of auto robberies have recently occurred. Evidence secured points to the existence of a carefully-organized gang which has men who steal cars and run them to a central point where clever me chanics change engine numbers in a way that makes detection and proof difficult. EPISCOPAL DIVISION COUNCIL MEET ENDS. Omaha, Neb., Jan. \ (Special)— The diocesean council of the Epis copal church of Nebraska closed Its sessions Thursday with election of committee members Including, Stand ing committee of the council: Rev. A. E. Marsh of Blair and Rev. W. A. Mulligan, Beatrice. Clergymen named to the executive council Included the Rev. L. M. McMillln of the Uni versity church of Lincoln. Laymen Included A. R, Edmlston, also of Lincoln. Boyd County “Dry” Law Violators Come to Grief Lincoln, Neb., Jan. • —(Special.) —Word reached state .aw enforce ment headquarters Thursday of the arrest and conviction In Boyd coun ty of three men alleged to have vio lated the "dry” law. Charles Ernst wpb fined $100 and costs, and his new sedan confiscated. His brother. Elmer, and John McClellan were fined $100 each. Austria Recovering. From the New York Times. Interesting as are the figures of Austrian production during the last year, and of the decline of unemploy ment along with greatly Increased savings bank deposits, the significant thing in Austria since the League of Nations took over the receivership of her finances is the restoration of con fidence. This has lured back Aus trian capital, which has been followed by foreign capital, with the reeult that Vienna begins the new year with a good prospect of recapturing her old importance as one of the great finan cial and business centers of Eastern Europe. ine Dare figure*, showing an in crease in agricultural yields of 20 to 30 per cent, and in savings deposits of 600 per cent., are indicative of this spirit of new confidence. When most of the crops were planted there was stiU great doubt whether the League could,pull Austria out of the hole, and most of the deposits have been made only within the last six months. Both sets of figures, therefore, show an improvement which did not really manifest Itself until the second half of the year. This fact is particularly important as indicating that Austria possesses even greater reserves of power than the most optimistic Aus trians themselves dared to hope. Revised Version From the Chtoago News At the end of a certain Sunday school treat the children were singing the verse which include* the words, 'Weak and etnful though we be.” One youngster with a weak theological background sang with all his heart and voice: “We can stng, full though we be.” Why the Parade? From Forbes Magazine Two Irishmen watching Shriners' pa rade. “Who are those fellows, Mike?” “they're Srinere.” “And whe'i are Bhrlnere?” "Why, they're Masons.” ’■8ur» and what the divil do they want now? They’re gettln* SIS a day.” WOODMAN CASE BE CARRIED UP Nebraska Decision In Miss ing Man Matter Not Satisfactory Lincoln, Neb., Jan. "'—(Special)— Because the supreme Court of Ne braska has refused to give full faith and credit to a decision of the su preme court of Illinois the Modern "Woodmen attorneys are going to ap peal to the supreme court of the Uni ted States. The Nebraska court re fused to follow the Illinois court In deciding that a bylaw was good. It attempts to force holders of policies on disappeared man to pay assess ments until his expectancy of life ha# ended, instead of following the old rule that seven years raised a pre sumption of death. SOUDER DEPUTY IS SENTENCED Was Convicted of Embez zlement of $4,000—Still Protests Innocence North Platte, Neb., Jan. v (Special) —Elmer Baker, deputy treasurer un der S. M. Souder, was sentenced Wed nesday to serve from three to 10 years In the state prison at haj-d labor for the alleged embezzlement of $4,000 from the office of county treasurer during the three years which he was In the office. Asked If he had anything to eay before sentence was pronounced, Baker declared his Innocence. Fire Hits Nebraska Town; Damage Great Greenwood, Neb., Jan. , (U. P.) —Fire of unknown origin starting early today threatened to destroy the business district here. Calls for aid from the Lincoln fire depart ment have been made. At 8:30 o’clock, the First National Bank, a drug store, the postoffice and two other business buildings had been destroyed by the flames. No loss of life was reported. There Is no water system here. Greenwood has a population o t approximately 350 inhabitants. Damage estimated at $40,000 was done. The fire was finally brought under control. COUNTY COMMISSIONER GOES ON TRIAL North Platte. Neb., Jan. '—•(Spe cial)—The trial of T. M. uohagen, county commissioner on a charge of embezzling $900, started Wednesday. A. 8. Allen, first witness for the state, told of Cohagen presenting a batch of his personal cancelled checks as claims against the county for work done upon the south river bridge at the time of the high water In June, 1921. Allen said that Cohagen hand ed him the checks, claiming to have paid for labor upon the bridge out of his own account, and asked that a claim be made against the coun ty for $900. According to Allen, the checks were added upon a machine pinned together, and filed as a claim for which Cohagen afterwards col lected. Search for the checks has failed to disclose but one. Allen cross examined, declared he knew of nothing wrong in the transaction. ATTEMPT MADE TO BURN COMMUNITY BUILDING West Point, Neb., Jan. “'--(Spe cial)—A probable attempt at arson was discovered here yesterday morn ing by city park commissioners F L. Boyer and W. T. S. Neligh, while they were on a tour of Inspection of the properties and buildings of the park. . Upon entering the structure known as the community building, formerly the 1. O. O. F. building used by the state encampment, they found a quantity of hay, kerosene, and rage on the second floor, which is used ns a hall. A hole about five feet In diameter was burned through the floor. It le thought by the police that the work waa noF~that of an amateur, but of an experienced fire bug. YOUNG MAN HELD FOR ATTEMPTED A88AULT. Lincoln, Neb., Jan. "*■ (Special)— Fred Hansen la In custody suspected of being the man who assaulted Miss Ellen Clegg, a stenographer, in a house she was temporarily occupying alone Monday. night. Hansen’s face and hands are cut and bruised, but he says these were secured In an auto accident and while shaving. The girl says she was attacked while in bed, and fought her assailant for an un known length of time until he be came frightened and left. Her hair had been pulled out In spots and she suffered from bruises. She fought him out of her room and down the stairs, In her effort to get outside and secure help. She gave the police the name of Hnneen. FARMER INJURED Wayne, Neb., Jan, (Special)—. George Thompson, a rarmer living two miles aouwest of here, had his right arm broken in several places here Wednesday when be slipped and fell Into a corn elevator. Physicians arc making an effort to save the arm. NEW P08T0FMCK POR WSIT POINT PROPOSED West Point* Neb., Jan. Special) —Congressman Edgar Howard has introduced a bill in confess asking for the erection of a hew $90,000 gov ernment building at this place ta house the post office. NEBRASKA MAN IS SHOT DOWN Bachelor in Lonely Shack Wounded by Auto Ban dit*—May Die Columbus, Neb., Jan, .—(Speoial) —Attempts were made to murder a Platte county farmer in his lonesome bachelor quarters more htan half a mile from a human abode by assail ants who drove their car to the door way at night, shot Constantine Mucks, 40 years old, as he stepped from the house, and sped away Into the darkness. Buffering a shotgun wound lr the right arm and side which he received at 10 o’clock Saturday and which had besn given no medical aid Mucks, caretker on the Fred Swanson ranch near Monroe was brought to St. Mary's hospital in Columbus Monday For more than 40 hours Mucks had lain In the shanty which he occupies without his wounds receiving atten tion and his arm was swollen to twice its normal size when the officers found him. Mucks’ story to the officers was that Saturday night shortly after he had retired he heard a car drive into the lane. He got up and stepped out of the door to investigate. As he did so some one shot at him from the shadows, dozens of the little shot entering his arm and side but the major part of the load passing him and burying itself in the wall. As he dodged back the car sned away. Weakened and almost unable to walk, the wounded mpn dragged him self to the door of the shack when officers arrived. Mucks, who has a brother, J. J. Mucks a banker qt Humphrey, Neb., has been twice married. Both women died. Since then he has been living a lonely life. He declared 11 was his conviction the assailants were in search of Swanson, owner of the ranch, not knowing the latter is in Texas at the present time. Another theory of farmers in the neighborhood is that Mucks, who always carried hla earn ings and savings on his person, was , sought for his money. A probe of the mysterious shooting which physicians declare may result in the man losing his arm or possibly his life has been begun by County Attorney Otto Walter, sheriff and police. The man's recital of the shoot ing gives authorities only a small clue to work on. TWO FOUND DEAD, ASPHYXIATED IN CAR. Grand Island, Neb., Jan. - , (U. P.) —Questions regarding the part her alleged statements may have played in the closing of the national bank here will not be asked of Miss Lena Elaine Veit, 24 years old, school teacher. Yesterday the bodies of Miss Veit and Claude Thompson, 26 years old, were found in a garage at his home. Police said motor gas had asphyxiated them. Authorities believed they died Friday night. Miss Veit was alleged to have made statements to her pupils that led indirectly to the "silent run" on the Grand Island National bank. On Saturday morning the bank was closed because of Inability to realize on its paper. RESCUED LATE SENATOR FROM BATTLE FIELD Santee, Neb., Jan. .—(Special)— Capt B. J. Young, a veteran of the Civil war Informed of the death of the laje Senator Wm. V. Allen, related an incident that is worthy of mention. It occurred on April 1, 1865, about one mile from Spanish Fort, In Ala bama, about eight miles across the bay froqn Mobile; that the northen troop* had been in a skirmish with the confedemtes, and while marching with his company, the sixth regiment of Minnesota! volunteer* of which Cap tain Young was drum major that he heard groans of some one wounded and upon investigation found a man partially hidden under the tops of pine trees that had been felled during bat tle. He administered first aid to the \ comrade and carried him to nearest ambulance where he was taken to a field hospital and eared for. Upon questioning Mr. Young found this comrade to be Wm. V. Allen, at that time a private but who was later advanced in rajnk. An acquaintance was struck up at this time between the two men and i several times when Mr. Allen was aspiring to the aenatorship he visited the home of Captain Young at Santee, and many times in his speeches throughout the country complimented him for bravery during the war. Captain Young is at present the youngest veteran in the G. A. R. camp here. NO REHEARING IN ROCK I8LAND TAX CASE Lincoln, Neb., Jnn ,—A rehearing will not be asked by the state board , of equalization in the Rock Island tax case which the Nebraska supreme court decided in favor of the rail road company a few weeks ago, it is announced in the tax office. CAPITOL ARCHITECT LOOK8 AFTER PAY Lincoln. Neb., Jan ' —B. O. Good hue, architect of the new state cap ltol, was In Lincoln Monday to con fer with members of the capitol com mission regarding a proposed change In his pay. DEMAND MORE CASH AT FARM SALES. Bloomfield, Neb., Jan. (Special) —Farm sales have been rather scarce in this vicinity so far this winter but many will be held between now and Spring. While the terms have always been 10 months' time at 10 per cent, with sums of $10 and under cash, many bills now read six and 10 months' time with cash required on all sums of $S5 and under. Sales so far reported appear to be going quite good. Washington Observations BY FREDERIC WIILIAM WILE. ...... ...-. . ' " ' ..■■■!■■■ . ■■ ■ * Alexander W. Gregg, a young Texan and world war aervlce man, hardly more than 80 years old, was the “actuarial,” if not the actual* genius who Inspired the Mellon revenue program. For the past few weeks Mr. Gregg has been at Secretary Mellon’s elbow in the Treasury as a special advisor on tax matters. He is the son of a deceased Texa* congressman. In 1920 Gregg went into the rules and regulations sec tion of the bureau of internal revenue, and later into the orflce of thw. bureau's solicitor. Then he was appointed chairman of the special com mittee on appeals aad reviews, to assist In clearing up the accumula tion of work that was inundating the internal revenue department. Re cently Gregg has been chairman of the committee on revision of thw Revenue Act. He is an LL. M. of Georgetown university and was ad mitted to vh# bar in Texas. Mr. Mellon considers Gregg one of tn» best-informed e/ithoritles on tax questions In the United States. On many Democratic lips In Washington thl*: week was the name* of the youngest American who ever aspired formally to be president of the United States. He is Judge Floyd E. Thompson, of Illinois. Judge< Thompson has just crossed the constitutional age-limit for the presi dency. He was tAlrty six years old In December. Calvin Coolidge, who was born on the Fourth of July, has very little on Floyd Thompson* who is a Christmas baby. A very notable career on the bench has been vouchsafed the young Illinois Democrat. He was a Justice of the State supreme court at thirty-two and chief justice at thirty-four. Judge Thompson lives at Rock Island and has proclaimed his readiness to •erve as Illinois’ favorite son in 1924. Carmi A. Thompson, of Ohio, who Is to be William M. Butler’ai personal assistant in the Coolidge pre-convention campaign, is said, to have wistful longings in the direction of a Cabinet «eat. It is those ambitions, Ohioans report, that Impelled Thompson to abandon the Re publican gubernatorial contest. At present no one dtaeercs a vacancy In the Coolidge cabinet. Yet if the President succeeds himself on March 4, 1926, changes In his official household are Inevitable. He would be relieved of his obligations to retain Harding appointees— that having, been his first publicly avowed pledge on acceding to cue presidency— and at liberty to surround himself with his own selections. At least, formally, all members of the Cabinet will place their resignations la> Mr. Coolidge’s bands when the time comes. Some of them wlU' mean, what they say. "Old Tecum seh” Sherman Is supposed to have patented and copy righted the maxim that "war is hell," but an animated discussion i» proceeding in the British press as to the aphorism’s real origin. A. participant in the controversy wrote the venerable Sunday Times o*. I.ondon that Dean Plumptre Invented the phrase and incorporated It; in verse which reads: "Some say that war is Hell—the great accursed; The sin impossible to be forgiven. And yet I look upon it at its worst, And 8till see blue in Heaven; For when I note how nobly natures form Under War’s red rain—I deem it true That He Who made the earthquake and the storm, Perchance made battles too!" We are at the period when campaign slogans—for candidates an<& for parties—will blossom forth endlessly. “Keep Cool with Coolldge” 1^ one of the seasonal suggestions. "Call for Cal" is another. "McAdoo'lL Do”—resurrected from 1920—is again in circulation. There must be a. large unused supply of "I’m for Hiram" buttons left over from four years ago. Near Civil War in Chile Due to Fight Between President and Senate Backers From the New York Times. A writer in the Nacion of Santiago has declared that the crisis through which Chile is passing is the most serious that has oc curred in that country since 1891. It is a purely domestic crisis. There is no suggestion that Chile is in danger of being attacked by any of her neighbors. The quarrel is one between President Ales sandri and his party on the one side, and the Senate and its sym pathizers on the other. Though the course of events that led up to. the present impasse are not altogether clear, there can be no doubt with respect to the results to which it has led. The President and the Senate have virtually declared war against each other. Senor Alessandri, it would seem, is a man who has made many enemies. The Senate so amended one of the President’s pet legislative pro jects—an income tax measure—that it became virtually a different, measure. The President refused to form a new Cabinet until the Senate passed the income tax bill, whereupon that body took the* offensive by refusing to approve a bill which would permit the: President to maintain troops within ten leagues of Santiago untill a new cabinet was called into being. Thus a deadlock was brought about and the ■wheels of gov ernment were brought to a stop. An effort has been made, how ever, to set these wheels again in motion. Senor Guillermo Rivera president of the special commission of Congress appointed under* authority of the constitution to act somewhat as a committee of" public safety in times of national emergency, has issued a call for nis commission to meet. A new factor has therefore been introduced into the situation and hardly less important than this, president. Alessandri has issued a decree suspending tbe extraordinary session of Congress. The actions of the Senate haVe been inspired in part, by its fear of a “man on horseback.” Many Chileans, having seen elsewhere the unfortunate conse quence of one-man rule, fear the advent of a dictator. It is not; easy at this distance to pass judgement upon the public acts of Senor Alessandri. It seems clear, however, that he hfta been instru mental in fanning into flames the fires of partisanship. Personal feelings run high, and although the President has a. atrong following of his own, his opponents both in Congress and outside seem to be at least as strong. As happens elsewhere when* the Executive tries to rule with too imperious a hand, the legis lative branch of the Government in Chile has not been slow to meet, the challenge half way. Much will depend upon the measures taker* by the Committee of Public Safety. If civil war, perhaps, is hardly to be looked for, a clash of arms is by no means impossible. Constitutional government is only as strong as the citizens whose votes are responsible for its working. From the Telegraph Table. The manufacture of cigarettes has grown to be one of Hong Kong's most Important Industries. At the present the factories in that city have a dally output of between 80,000,000 and 40,060,000 cigarettes. ...... A decree will shortly be published in Portugal raising postal rates by 30 per cent. M. I .eon Berard, the French minister of education, baa prepared a bill to provide for an expenditure of i,000,000f. (about $88,000 at the present rate of ex change) on new building for the College de France. It la expected that the votes will be spread over three or four years. C. B. Davie has bean elected chairman of the New Yorlt section of til* Ameri can Chemical Society for 1M4. He suc ceeds Dr. t’harles A. Browne, recently appointed chief o* the United States Bureau of Chemirflry. P. A. Levena, Rockefeller Institute, was named vice chairman. and D. H. Kllleffer, associ ate editor of the Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, secretary treasurer. The New Tear’s gift custom 1s sup posed to have been derived from the* Romans, but Is probably mtfch older Suetonius and Tactus mention It. Claud ius Issued a decree forbidding the de manding of presents except on New Year’s day. The Roman colonists In. Britain found that the Saxons kept New Year’}! In the same fashion. a. a. Hunt of Chicago has tried three, times recently to commit suicide by taking poison. Kach timo police havt* got him to the hospital in time to use a stomach pump and save his life. A steamship service for direct freight shipments between Chicago and Man chester Is proposed by a company which, has been formed In England. Sixteen. V*t!?«i«hWnlKb* n ,n tha ••'•vice. Joseph Churello of Chicago declare* t? V* J?romPl*d by chivalry to desert his family to entertain the wife of a friend who was In jail. The judge de Prompted him to sene Churello to jail for 90 days. In an endeavor to develop direct wire less communication with New York E!,mCt?,rVb«ut ,®00 feet h!«h bas bee. , built at St. Paolo, near Rome, and an other about 1.000 feet high at Coltano.
