THE FRONTIER
v"" P, H. CRONIN, PUBLISHER,
* *V, C. TEMPLETON,
Editor and Business Msnsgsr.
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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.
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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.
