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COVERS WIDE AREA.
GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT
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include* Whit I. Gw«9 On at Wash
ington and in Other Sections ef
the Country.
WASHINGTON.
A MU addin* >.*-su acres to Pike
Xatdui forest ia Colorado
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A total restrfotioa authorizing the
president to raise the regular am»
to aar strength
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The lair to extend time of payments i
fur settler* oe irrigated land* was .
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the ma t has roaOrated the noun |
t-s'am of Ira .Kelson Morris, of Cbica- j
CO. to be mni-s er to Harden
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A btU tr-alin* an aviation section
ta the army signal corps with sixty ;
•Son and 3M enlisted men.
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A btii for leasing a bole! mite ia the <
Towetaite valle* to private interests ,
was passed recently by tbr senate.
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Senator Burton declared fundamon
ta errors la the tS3.00S.M0 river and
harbor hi ! mere so gross an to justify .
Its defeat.
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A lull making it a ail-demeanor to
ase the Arner.a* flag or iU coat ot
am* or other insignia a* an adver
tisement trademark or label.
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W. G Muikey ba* been sworn in J
for the Thud Alabama district, sue-1
i«dtt« Hear* II Clayton, receatly .
app-iated to the federal bench
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Representative Tea fcych ha* intro- !
dared a Mil to appropriate f7MM«
tor continuing improvements and
maintenance of the Hudson river
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A Joint resolution z ih •rtz.ng the
president to tavue foreign nations to
a«nd repreomtalive* to the Intern*
Clonal Dry Phrm ag congress at
Wichita. K*s
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The total paymet.t to IfiS citiea luv- 1
tag * poputotsoe <f hjM or more, for
general gmarnrvatal expenses in
1*1; ant P‘ it; M« according «©
the teat in pare an
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The qaeatwa of criminal indict
nm't again*! fimnin of ’be New
Haven railroad probably will not be *
taker up by the Deportment ©f Justice
mil (be eoarltmiun at (be negotia
lav* fog S peaceful ditaoluttOO of that
eynaem
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Kiy t prugr- m to tbe organization ■
of the boards of dirortora of twehr
fede-al reserve banka ia the nation's 1
new carnrar) system war indicated
tn (be annowtaenscat by tbe organl- .
wv"* (tnaiiU* at nits» at several
rastdde* a boa* elect ton Jt>c been
as. nrwd_ ,
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Eaowerattoa of John 8. Williams. i
ewep’tatler of (be currency and of ail I
senators cmrefoad .a tbe charge of
sub.ua* of official letter paper for pco
atna at a North Carolina gold mine
a ---irai—f tn tbe finding* of an in
«*»• igatisr eommitee which baa com
parted ks repac
• to to
The Japanese amhaasador. Viscount
fhinda. introduced to l*r*»ident Wil
aoc Major General Gijurhi Tanaka, a
member of tbe Japanese army genera:
staff, who has been la Kurope iaves
tigaung stiltar n-tabiiabmenu. The
general ia accotnpaniod by Dr S. Nln
agaars. g di.t inguiebed authority OB
huuulwaal law.
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hcttury Daniels announced that
the latest four new dreadnoughts, be
g.aiuag with No 2*. would be named
*-California. Mississippi and
Idaho The last two were so named
la «'©rr that tbe states of Mississippi
and Idaho might not lose tbetr ships
because of the recent sale of two bat
tlriiblpt to Greer*
lor tbe esacttoeut of laws to reduce
tbe state tax levy, a special session
of tue Ohio legislature was ordered
by 'aimer Cox
see
Maintaining tie militia to tbe cop
per country during the strike last
winter coat the state of Michigan
M*;.nu*, it ia announced
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Absolute segregation of mental de
fect te. and tbe t rentiott of a depart
■ewf at physical diagnosis in courts
were ago——dad at tbe third day *
aesuion of the all* aists and neurolo
gists at Fhlladriphta.
see
11 Knaffman. a Una Francisco pun
bat. and one tune considered prime
timber tor the heavyweight champion
ship, ban announced b‘« re* in-men1
from she ring Kaufman was knicked
sal to toe firM fifteen seconds of a
trbdtod lour-round bout by Tim Me
Mahfto. an sas-ern fighter
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Authoritative quarter? declare that
unices a watch agreement is reached
to-.-era the contending faction* in
Merwo. Francisco Carbajal, minister
of foreign affair*, will sever bis con
aec'.am with tbe administration.
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powerful ebamptoaa yect to tbe
defense of too industrial relation*
caraktoa to the senate and de
feated. AC to 19. an appropriationa
gSd.aafi toe fSW.dM provided for the
uin]i. ii'as Inti by tbe bouao in tbe sun
dry Hail bill.
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It gas been earned that witnesses
warned by toe federal grand Jury la
_.ly..,.- toe aflhirs of the La
fMlle fftrwet bank, at Chicago, white
tt waa a r'^*1 concern. have fled
from t_te Ml
United Stales last year imported
122,422 pounds if mushrooms.
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St. I-ouic provides a small parking
spare for autos in front of the city
court house by narrowing the walk.
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As official Inspection of the navy
yard and naval prison at Portsmouth
vit made by Franklin D. Roosevelt,
assistant secretary of the navy.
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Charles Maibaum and his wife, who
< octroi led three disorderly houses in
the old Chicago levee, are to be re
turned to Europe as undesirables.
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No attempt was made by New York
anarchists to hold the proposed fun
eral parade in honor of the men who
were killed in the bomb explosion.
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lancing on a public street at Pitts
burgh brought to a close the third day
of »he convention of the National As
s -elation of Real Estate Exchanges
of America.
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Major tleneral Wood bade official
farewell to President Wilson before
leaving Hie (Governor's island to lake
command of the department of the
east.
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Winston Spencer Churchill, first
lord of the British admiralty, held a
reception in the house of commons
for a contingent of midshipmen from
the American battleship Missouri.
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Minister Suarez of Chile and Secre
tary Bryan has agreed upon the terms
of a peace commission treaty which
will bind Chile aud the United States
to submit to investigation all differ
ences whih cannot be settled by
diplomacy.
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The federal grand jury has return
ed indictments under the Sherman
anti-trust law against the members of
the so-ca'ied halibut trust, which con
trol- most of the halibut caught in the
North Atlantic. NorthPacific and
Bemg sea and sold in the l nited
Suites
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Because the aero club of America
has not received a guarantee that the
priz- set apart by the Panama-pacific
aronnd-tbe-world race will be paid
to the winners upon notification by
the club a contest committee, the club
is withholding its sanction to the
race. acording to a statement made
reewtly.
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The federal grand Jury at Chicago
ro'ed indictments against four pri
vate bankers charging them with us
ing he mails t" defraud. They were
Sol Lewinsohn. fonner head of the
Tracers bank. Joseph T. As'nurst and
Wiliam Forsberg. partners in the
Brookline and the Midway Commer
cial and Savings bank and Jerome
Sntrs. at one time postmaster at Argo,
111. and owner of The Industrial Sav
ings hank.
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Ecgar Murphy, a young farmer of
New Albany, has confesed according
to the authorities that he was the
slayer of Herman Fisher. 17 year old.
who was shot and killed as he was
returning home from a visit to his
>»H-'be»n. Ida Wilhelm. Murphy,
who is a married man. though sep
arated from his wife, said that he
killed Fisher because the latter in
lormed M'ss Wilhe'm Murphy had %
wife.
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A woman's head, found by work
men on the Seattle city garbage dump
which at first was believed to have
belonged o a murderer's victim, was
thrown away bv a physician who had
been conducting experiments on a
corp-< obtained from a hospital. A
preparation of red lead used in medi
cal laborator; work had been injected
into the head, giving it the appear
ance of having only recently beer
eeve-ed from a living body.
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FOREIGN.
Two hundred persons were reported
executed in Mexico City by Huerta,
according to news from the south re
ceived by the const.tutionalists.
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The unceasing criticism of press
and parliament is slowly reducing the
number at cases of mistreatment of
oldiers by their officers, but a recent
report shows that 41*0 n on-com miss ion
i ed officers were convicted of such of
fenses last year in Germrny. This
was a reduction of ninety cases from
the figures of five years ago.
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The collier Storwtsdt is held to
biaine for the Empress of Ireland dis
aster in the findings of the wreck
I commission handed down. The com
mission h»ids that the disaster was
' due to the Storstadt's change of
I cour-e. ordered by the third officer
without instructions from the first of
ficer. who was in charge of the col
1 Iter at the time.
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!n a boating accident on the Grand
river. Ontario. Thomas Garnet, a
wealthv farmer, his two children and
a-maid, lost their lives. The other oc
' c-ipant of the boat, a farm hand, swam
to the -bore and gave the alarm.
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Two hundred coal miners were en
tombed in the Vieile-Marihaye col
l.ery near Liege. Belgium, when fire
broke cut Two hundred of their
'comrades escap'd when the alarm
was given.
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The recent meeting bet ween Prime
Minister Asquith and the women rep
resentating Sylvia Pankburst's east
er.d suffrage ciub is unique in English
j history, for never before have women
workers and the lowest social cl; ,s
. to id their wage grievances to so high
: a personage.
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The new French cabinet, of which
Senator Iiibot is premier, was ae
’ fraud in the first division taken in
the new chamber of deputies by a
vote of 30 to 262. The premier Im
mediately resigned.
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Some of the unionists who have
been the strongest supporters or the
Ulster volunteers, including Andrew
Honar Law. Robert Cecil and Leopold
Charles Amerv, attacked the govern
ment in the British House of Com
mons tor itf failure to suppress the
. nationalist volunteers.
HUERTA'S RULE
HAS BEEN ONE
OFJLOODSHED
Killing of Madero Marked Begin
ning of Despotism.
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MADE VAIN BOAST TO TAFT
Dictator Declared He Would Restore
Peace at Once, but Refusal of
United States to Recognize
Him Assured His Downfall.
Victoriano Huerta took oath as pro
visional president of Mexico February
19. 1913, the day after President Fran
cisco 1. Madero, Jr., had been ar
rested at the national palace.
Three days later Madero and Jose
Maria Pino Suarez, vice-president,
were shot to death while on a mid
night ride under guard from the pal
ace to the penitentiary. The precise
manner of their death has never been
explained.
One of Huerta’s first acts as provi
sional president was to telegraph Will
iam H. Taft, then president of the
Vnited States, the following message:
"I have the honor to Inform you
that I have overthrown the govern
ment. The forces are with me, and
from now on peace and prosperity will
reign."
PROVOKES CIVIL WAR.
The Mexican republic, however, was
at once plunged into civil war again,
notwithstanding the issuance by
Huerta of a proclamation of general
amnesty. The Sonora state congress
officially repudiated the provisional
government before Huerta settled
himself comfortably in the presidential
chair.
Zapata, revolutionary leader to the
south of the capital, after negotiating
a few da\s with the new regime, went
back to his guerrilla campaign.
Salazar, one of the highest generals
In the army, denounced Huerta.
Carranza, constitutionalist leader in
Chihuahua, assailed Huerta in a bitter
statement made public at San Anto
nio.
Francisco Villa announced himself
an adherent of Madero and joined the
northern army.
Pasqual Orozco of the clan of the
northern revolutionists was the lone
notable figure among the disaffected
who de< lared for the new government.
TAFT LEAVES PROBLEM.
President Taft, nearing the end of
his term, left to his successor the
problem of adjusting diplomatic rela
tions with Mexico. To Woodrow Wil
son Huerta sent felicitations on the
day of the American president's in
auguration.
Hampered at the outset of his ad
ministration by the refusal of the
T'nited States to recognize him. Huer
ta scon faced growing difficulties in
raising funds to run his government.
His uneasy hold on affairs was weak
ened by minor constitutionalist vic
tories in the north and by recurring
rumors of a break with Felix Diaz,
nephew of Porfirio Diaz and Huerta's
ally in the overthrow of Madero.
HUERTA CALLS ELECTION.
May 1 Huerta announced that he
would urge congress to call elections
in October to choose his successor.
The congress selected October 26 as
the date of the election, and a decree
to that effect was issued by Huerta
June 3.
Feliz Diaz, who had announced him
self as a candidate for the presidency,
was sent to Japan July 17.
Henry' Lane Wilson, American am
bassador. was recalled to Washington,
and Nelson O'Shaughnessy, charge
d'affaires, was left in charge of Amer
ican interests in Mexico.
REJECTS PEACE EFFORT.
Early in August it became known
that President Wilson Intended to
send John Lind, former governor of
Minnesota, to Mexico as his personal
representative in an endeavor to ar
range a basis for the republic's peace.
Huerta announced that he would not
tolerate foreign interference.
Nevertheless Mr. Lind delivered his
note from President Wilson.
Huerta rejected all proposals made
by the American government, chief
of which were the suggestions that
he resign and not be a candidate elec
tion day.
Relations between Mexico and the
1'nited States became acute. President
Wilson proclaimed his policy in an ad
dress before congress to which was
attached the correspondence between
Mr. Lind and the Huerta administra
tion.
HUERTA ARRESTS DEPUTIES.
Huerta was attacked in the Mexican
senate October 5 by Senator Domin
guez. who had the hardihood to speak
what was in the minds of himself and
some of his colleagues. Dominguez
disappeared.
The chamber of deputies adopted a
resolution calling for an investigation.
To this Huerta’s reply was dramatic
and sv.ift. He marched a column of
trcops to the deputies' chamber,
seized 110 of them and threw them
into prison.
Through Mr. O'Shaughnessy the
1'nited States made representations
against violence to thek imprisoned
deputies
in the election campaign certain in
llueuce close to the dictator worked
for his return to the presidency, with
(ieneral Blanquet as his running mate,
and lent color to the persistent report
that Huerta really desired to be
elected and that his pretenses to the
contrary were a sham.
U. 8. DEMANDS HE RESIGN.
When It became certain that the
elections had resulted in no constitu
tional choice on account of the failure
of voters to go to the polls, the Amer
ican government peremptorily called
on him to resign.
In a statement to the diplomatic
corps November 9 Huerta announced
that he would declare the result of the
election null and order another elec
tion.
November 12 Huerta refused to ac
cede to the American demand for his
resignation, and Mr. Lind left Mexico
City for Vera Cruz.
Meantime the United States dis
patched warships to the Mexican coast
and Americans continued to leave
Mexico.
U. S. VEERS TO CARRANZA. -
Definite proposals were made by
the United States to Carranza and his
adherents.
Several of the European powers,
notably Great Britain. Germany and
France, gave strong support to the
policy of the United States.
The constitutionalists grew stronger
and continued their advance to the
south. They captured Victoria, Chi
huhua, Juarez and Tuliacan.
The situation became so critical
that Great Britain. Germany, France,
Spain and Japan ordered warships to
Mexican waters.
Fighting continued at Tampico and
many other centers. Torreon soon
was taken by the constitutionalists.
RAISES EMBARGO ON ARMS.
An embargo placed on the exporta
tion of arms from the United States to
Mexico was raised early In February
of the present year.
▲ large number of American troops
were concentrated on the border, and
the American fleet in Mexican waters
was strengthened.
The constitutionalists advanced on
Torreon and Monterey. The former
place was captured early in April.
Then came the departure of Mr.
Lind from Vera Cruz and the arrest
of a party of American bluejackets at
Tampico, for which an apology and
salute were demanded by the United
States and refused by Huerta.
AMERICANS TAKE VERA CRUZ.
April 21 American bluejackets and
marines were landed at Vera Cruz in
consequence of the reported arrival of
a large consignment of arms and am
munition for Huerta. A number of
Americans were killed In the street
fighting. The Mexicans retired and
destroyed a portion of the railroad
and the Americans held the port.
Shortly after a mediation proposal
from Argentina, Brazil and Chile was
accepted. A conference ensued at Ni
agara Falls
In the Interval American troops re
lieved the bluejackets at Vera Cruz.
These have since remained in occupa
tion of the port.
Tampico and Zacatecas fell into the
constitutionalists' hands and the vic
torious armies continued their march
on Mexico City, where rumors were In
circulation for many weeks of the res
ignation of Huerta.
With Huerta's retirement the con
stitutionalists feel that their revolu
tion has virtually triumphed. They
turned against him the moment he
overthrew Madero, the constitutional
president of Mexico, in February, 1912,
and have waged war with unrelenting
vigor ever since.
U. S. TROOPS REMAIN IDLE.
The prospect of an early solutiou of
the Mexican problem gave both presi
dent Wilson and Secretary Bryan
much joy. naturally. American forces
will not be withdraw n from Vera Cruz
until a stable government has been es
tablished in Mexico City and recogni
tion has been accorded the new gov
ernmenL
The feeling is general, however, that
if Carranza gives guarantees to politi
cal offenders as well as the people
generally recognition will be prompt
ly extended by the United States and
other nations of Central and South
America, as well as Europe.
LAWYER IN PLACE OF POWER
For the First Time In History Mex
ican Republic Haa a Civilian in
Presidential Chair.
Mexico City.—Francisco Carbajal
is forty-four years old. a native of
the state of Campeche, and a lawyer.
Almost ever since the start of his
career he has occupied posts In the
judiciary. In the Madero administra
tion he was a senator, but relin
quished his post to re-enter the su
preme court, of which he was chief
justice at the time General Huerta ap
pointed him minister of foreign rela
tions.
When General Porfirio Diaz deter
mined In 1911 to treat with the Made
ro revolutionists, Senor Carbajal pro
ceeded to Juarez as his commissioner.
Senor Carbajal has a reputation for
possessing considerable Intellectual
force and independence of character.
His demeanor is quiet. He shuns the
eXuberance In verbiage and gesticu
lation to which Latin-Amrricans are
prone. He is courteous, but a man
of few words and little given to elabo
rate compliments.
Besides, he is neat and well
groomed in appearance. His features
indicate pure European descent, with
out any admixture of Indian blood.
Altogether he is a man who con
veys an impression of reserve power.
He is a good man of business.
His probity has never been ques
tioned. He has been sagacious and
successful In investments and. while
not rich, is a man of independent
means. He is a man of family.
Tap Underground River.
Ten thousand acres of land in the
Santa Cruz valley, Arizona, are irri
gated with water obtained by tapping
an underground river. Twenty large
centrifugal pumps, driven by electric
power, bringing an underground
river to the surface. At times this
rivfi flows on the surface, during the
rainy season, but as soon as the dry
months come along the water recedes
beneath the surface of the earth.
Then the electrically-driven pumps
raise this water back to the surface so
it flows into the irrigation ditches.
These main canals are tapped by the
farmers fcr sufficient water to irrigate
their growing crops.
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Un-Romanlike.
Roman Banker (to American tour
ist)—I suppose you're doing as the Ro
mans do?
Tourist—Honestly, I haven’t the
nerve! Why, only yesterday a
stranger asked me for a match and
I didn't charge him a cent for It!—
Puck.
U. S. SEEKING PEACE
ADMINISTRATION SEES END OF
MEXICO’S TROUBLE.
NOTABLE ABSENCE OF CHIME
Mexico City Remains Tranquil Dun
ing Change of Leaders, Although
Unrest Is Apparent.
Washington.—Every influence and
diplomatic agency at the disposal ol
the United States government is
working for immediate peace in Mex
ico. •
The administration is convinced
that with ihe elimination of Huerta
for which it has been steadily press
ing for more than a year, the various
factions in Mexico' will be drawn to
gether. To aid in this and assure res
toration of normal conditions without
further bloodshed, officials here are
exerting themselves to smooth the
way for a new and stable administra
tion in Mexico, which shall be recog
nized by the powers of the world.
Not only is the American govern
ment at this moment counselling Gen
eral Carranza, the constitutionalist
chief, to arrange with Francisco Car
bajal; Huerta's successor, for the
peaceful transfer of the government
at Mexico City to the constitutional
ists without further fighting, but it
became known that the administra
tion is indirectly in communication
with Emiliano Zapata, leader of the
revolution in southern Mexico.
Epidemic of Suicides.
Mexico City.—An unprecedented
number of suicides and attempted
suicides have taken place since the
fall of the Huerta government. Four
suicides and three attempts have been
reported. The residents are appalled,
as such attempts are rare here.
There has been a notable lack of
crime and the tranquility of the cap
ital continues undisturbed, although
a feeling of uneasiness prevails.
Every representative of a foreign
power received two telegrams from
General Huerta. One of them was
for tie diplomat personally, bidding
him farewell and asking that he re
pose confidence in President Carba
jal; the other was for the government
| represented, requesting support for
| the new Mexican government. The
exception was in the case of the
I United States, for which the Brazilian
' minister received no message.
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Barrel Stave Booze Barred.
Chicago.—The future manufacture
of whisky from the staves of barrels.
| in which the liquor had aged, was
handicapped by Federal Judge Landis,
who dismissed the suit of the Western
Extraction company against the col
lector of internal revenue.
"Barrel stave" whisky is made by
extacning front the staves the whisky
which has been absorbed and adding
i alcohol. Two years ago the interna!
S revenue collector ruled that firms
i making this kind of whisky would
i have to prove a tax was paid on the
■ whisky which the barrels contained or
nay a second tax. The order virtually
! forced the companies out of business.
I it is said, and an injunction restrain
! ing the government from enforcing
the order was sought.
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Asks Receiver for New Haven.
Boston.— The appointment of a re
j ceiver, special master or other official
to prosecute claims aggregating $306,
000.000 against defendant directors
and estates of directors of the New
! York. New Haven & Hartford railroad
j is asked in a suit filed in the supreme
| court., The action is brought by
| Whipple, Sears & Ogden, represent
I ing minority stockholders of the com
| pany.
Beer Run Into River.
Parkersburg. W. Va.—To avoid pay
' ing the federal tax. a local brewing
! company had R. E. Hays, deputy in
ternal revenue collector, supervise the
destruction of 17.000 gallons of beer,
which had been left over when West
Virginfk went dry’ July 1. The beer
was run out of the vats into the Little
Kanawha river. Under the prohibi
tion law, intoxicants can no longer be
manufactured or sold in the state.
Opium Sent From Omaha.
Salt Lake City.—Six tins of pre
pared opium declared to have been
shipped by the Bell Drug company of
Omaha, was confiscated by the local
police, and J. H. Wright alias Joan
Seright, the consignee, was pi teed
under arrest and charged with viola
tion of the state drug law.
Up Five Miles in Biplane.
Leipsic. Germany.—The test of the
baragraph carried by Heinrich Oel
rich. who broke the altitude record
in his biplane, shows that he ascend
ed 26,246 feet.
Bride of Seven Days Murdered.
Dnbuqne, la.—Mrs. Joan Allen. 17
i years old. and seven days a bride,
was murdered. The police and rel
atives of the young woman are j
searching for George Delain. her cou
sin. who is said to have paid her at- j
tion before her marriage.
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Not Seeking Presidency.
Laredo. Tex.—General Venustiano j
Carranza, “first chief" of the ccnsti-!
tutionalist army, has no ambition to |
be. president of Mexico, according to j
a statement made to a friend.
Shot Aahes Sixteen Miles.
Mineral, Cal.—Lassen peak, which
has been in almost continuous erup
tion of late, has renewed its volcanic
activity. Ashes fell here, sixteen
miles from the crater, and the atmos
phere was strongly impregnated with
sulphur fumes.
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Trolley and Freight Crash.
Norfolk. Va.—Three persons were
kiled and forty injured when a trolley
car collided with a Virginia railway
freight train at a crossing three mi lea
from Norfolk.
NEBRASKA IN BRIEF.
Henry Watt of Guide Rock, who re
gently suffered his third stroke o
paralysis, is fatally ill.
The Fremont branch of the Atlantic
Canning company is installing JH.iKH
worth of new machinery.
Nick Sur, pioneer of Cuming coun
ty, has returned from a two months
visit to his old home in Oldenburg
Germany.
The wheat yield near Ohiowa is
averaging twenty-five bushels to th«
acre and the corn crop is in good con
dition.
The Harvard Community club is
planning for a fall festival. Commit
tees have been appointed to arrange
a program.
C. C. Sodman has just closed a
thirty-five-year term as members of
the school board in district No. 62, in
Nemaha county.
A divorce was granted Zoe Wallin
of Beatrice who was given lhe custo
dy of three minor children and $50 a
month alimony.
Judge G. T. Graves of Pender is
holding an adjourned term of the dis
trict court at West Point for equity
purposes only. ^
The fall festival at Fremont will
be held in October. A tractor and
farm machinery demonstration will be
given in August.
A. W. Hawkins of Norfolk has filed
•for the republican (nomination for
county clerk. F. J. Dover is also a can
didate for the nomination.
Charles Gerrish of Beatrice has
filed a suit asking for a divorce from
his wife on the ground that she has
cruelly refused to live with him.
Mr. and Mrs Paul Sciiissler, sr., of
Hastings, will leave this month for a
visit to their old home at Baden, Ger
many. They wiM return in October.
Ross Foster threshed a ten acre
field of fall wheat and got 440 bush
els. He lives on tiie O. B. 'Foster
farm, three miles northwest of Ans
ley.
E. E. Burr and L. W. Ely of Guide
Rock are erecting a cement and brick
building, fifty by one hundred feet,
on land formerly occupied by two
frame buildings.
When Marshal Caton of Grafton at
tempted to arrest a tramp the man re
sisted and was shot through the leg
by the officer. .The marshal was
bruised severely.
Olin Jl. Mayfield is suing the city
of Norfolk for $10,000 for injuries al
leged to have been sustained because
of a pile of bricks left in a street
Wheat in the vicinity of Fairfield
is ranging from fifteen to thirty-two
bushels an acre. Corn is in gocd
condition and the second crop of al
falfa is doing well.
John M. Ward of Geneva has filed
for the republican nomination for
float representative for the Forty
third district, comprising Clay. Fill
more and York counties.
Frank A. Brown of Sioux City, for
merly of Omaha, has brought suit for
divorce against Ella H. Brown of
Norfolk. He alleges cruelty and asks
for the custody of a minor child.
The southeast corner of Webster
ronnty and the southwestern part of
Nuckolls county are badly in need of
rain. Corn is not damaged as yet, but
it is in no shape to stand a continued
drouth.
Mrs. Bohart. the wife of Rev. C. W.
Bohart. an early pioneer of Hoosier
valley, is critically ii! at her home in
Anselmo. She is suffering from can
cer of the stomach and there is said
to be no hope for recovery.
J. W. Keana. jr.. oi Auburn sur
tained a broken foot when a wagor
load of sand passed over it. He was
standing near the wagon when the
horses became frightened and ran
away.
A. L. Roberts who filed for the dem
ocratic nomination fc school super
intendent of Nemaha county and by
petition became a republican candi-,
date also, has withdrawn from the
race.
Action to foreclose a |2F».000 trust
mortgage cn the People's State bank
building of Beatrice has been brought
on behalf of the bondholders by the
Union State bank against John Pen
ner. et al.
The Nemaha county commission
ers have voted to macadamize the
road east of Anbcns for a considera
ble distance. The oid wooden bridge
over the Nemaha will be replaced by
a concrete structure.
S. R. McFarland has filed for the
office of state senator from Madison,
Stanton and Colfax counties. C. H.
Sibley of Tilden has filed for the dem
ocratic nomination for representative
of the Tw enty-fourth district.
Charles Dwcrak was drowned near
Schuyler while bathing in the Platte
river with three companions. Two
of the men were caught in the eddy
where two currents came together.
The body has not been recovered.
Pete Albraredc. Eighteenth and
Burt streets, a Mexican laborer work
ing on a sewer ditch at Thirty-first
street and Lincoln boulevard.
Omaha, was buried alive. He died
before fellow workmen could remove
the dirt.
T. E. Conley of Beatrice has filed
for the republican nomination of rep
resentative from Gage. Jefferson and
Thayer counties.
A small tornado passing through ;
the section cf the country eight miles
east of Beatrice caused considerable
damage to crops and farm buildings.
Misse Bessie. May and Nina Hull,
Fremont' girls, have started a ranch
on their ciaims near Newell, S. D.
They were former school teachers
and stocked their ranch with the
money earned by teaching. They are
the daughters of the late A. C. Hull, a ;
well known Fremont man.
Marshal Casion of Grafton was
saved front injury when his deputy.
<3. C. Caston. shot a tramp in the leg,
jnst at* the tramp was about to attack
the marshal with a razor. The mar
shal had attempted to arrest the
tramp.
Superintendent Ernest F. Monroe,
superintendent of the Shelton schools,
has filed for state superintendent of
public instruction. Superintendent
Monroe was one cf the four candi
dates in the democratic primaries two
years ago. and was the second choice
of the democratic voters in the state
at the primary election.
1STINSTALLPH0NE
RAILWAY COMMISSION TO MAN
DAMUS M. P. ROAD.
STATE BUILDINGS NEED REPAID
Structures At Kearney Industrial
School Are Said to be In Danger
ous Condition.
Lincclm—District Judge Stewart
granted the state railway commission
a writ ot mandamus compelling the
Missouri Pacific railroad to place a
telephone in its station at Panama
The attorney for the road gave notice
that an appeal will be taken to the
supreme court. The case is a test
case to determine the constitution
ality of the law passed by the legislti- ,
ture in 1909. Yale Holland of Omaha
represented the railroad, and Deputy
Attorney General Ayres appeared for
the slate.
The railroad contends that the leg
Isiature exceeded its police powers in
passing a law forcing on the railroads
or the state the expense of installing
telephones in their stations. It was
also argued that such legislation con
stitutes an interference with the in
terstate commerce act. Another ob
jection raised was that anyway the
law was not properly passed, as it
war, signed by the presiding officer of
the senate.
Says Buildings Are In Bad Shape.
Lincoln.—“Every building at the
Kearney Industrial school for boys
is defective, and I consider the main
building dangerous,” said Henry
Gcrdes of the state board of control
recently on his return from a visit
to the state institution at Grand Is
lam Hastings. Kearney and Milford.
“Tlie state will have to spend a lot
of money for the repair of buildings,”
he continued. "The soldiers' home at
Grand Island is cracked, and is set
ting and must have attention. The
older buildings owned by the state
have not been repaired when they
should have been. The result is that
a considerable sum must now be
Bpant."
Hospital Liable for Negligence.
Lincoln. A hospital incorporated
and conducted for private gain is lia
ble in damages to patients for the
negligence of nurses and other em
ployes is the opinion of the supreme
cou. i in an opinion handed down in a
case brought by Fannio Wetzel, ad
ministratrix of the estate of Alva .1.
Wetzel, deceased, against the Omaha
Maternity and General hospital.
The action was brought to recover
$20,000 for alleged negligence which
resulted in the death of Mr. Wetzel,
who was a patient at the hospital suf
fering from typhoid fever. In the ab
sence of an attendant he jumped from
toe window of his room on the third
story 01 ilm hospital and was killed.
The case was tried in the Douglas
county district cotirt and damages
awarded in The sum of $5,300. The
court affirms the judgment of the low
er court, but Judge Sedgwick dissents
The judgment of the Douglas coun
ty district court is affirmed in a case
against the Omaha General hospital
p herein TilRe Broz, administratrix
! .secured a verdict for $7,000 against
i the hospital for the alleged death of
her husband. Adolph F. Broz, a far
mer. who lived in Saline county and
was a patient at the hospital.
It is alleged that Broz, though suf
fering from a mental disorder, was
left unattended and while alone took
poison, from which he died.
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Complains of Charge.
J. W. Shorthill, secretary of the
Nebraska Farmers' Co-operative
Grain and Live Stock association of
Hampton, has filed a complaint with
the state railway commission against
the South Omaha Stock Yards asso
ciation, claiming that the stock
yards company makes yarding charge
of 8 cents on hogs when but 6 cents
Is charged by Kansas Qity and St.
Joseph.
Arrests Alleged Fire Bug.
Lincoln.—Fire Commissioner Ridg
ell has received a letter from H. F.
Requartte. one of his deputies, stat
ing that he had arrested William
Carson, accused of setting fire to the
hotel at Sutton, and that he had con
Tested to the act and also to setting
fire to a livery barn in Hastings some
tHim ago. He has been bound over to
the district court.
New Depot Ordered.
Lincoln.—The State Railway com
mission lias issued an order to com
pel the Burlington railway to build
a new depot at David City, as the re
sult of a complaint made by the busi
ness men of that city some time ago.
The company is given ten days to
notify the commission of acceptance
of the order.
Azccepts Populist Nomination.
] inccln—Governor Morehead is now
a candidate for the populist nomina
tion for governor, the seme as Is G.
W Berge. as well as being in the
democratic race. A petition placing
Mr. Morehead in the populist race
filed and the governor filed an accept
ance under it. The petition was from*
Wc.hco and it contains twenty-eight
names, headed by Oscar Hanson.
A petition for rencmination as re
publican candidate for congress from
the Fourth district has been filed fOT
Charles H. Sloan.
Superintendent Delzell Returns.
Lincoln.—State Superintendent Del
zel! has returned from Minneapolis
where he attended the meeting of the
nnticnal educational association.
Eighty-three Nebraska teachers and
school officers were present. The na
tional association advocated a closer
union of rural schools by consolida
tion and that eugenics should be
taught in the home rather than in the
pnbI’,-3 schools. The state superin
tent-hat's association recommended
the county as a unit for the basis of
taxation and administration.