NEWS OF THE WEEK
CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
X BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and Other
Matters in Brief Form for All
Classes of Readers.
WAR NEWS.
The Roumanian army is being mo
bilized and students from the univer
sities are being ordered home, accord
ing to a Paris dispatch.
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A German official statement fixes
the losses to the allies during the
past four weeks in the west at about
150,000 and at the same time fixes
the German losses at less than one
quarter of that number.
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France’s foreign commerce dimin
ished in value 2,000,000,000 francs in i
ten months of 1914, compared with |
the total of a similar period in 1913, j
according to figures compiled by the
customs administration.
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The German minister of war. Lieu
tenant General Erich von Falkenliayn,
has resigned, and has been replaced by ■
Major General von Hohenhorn. The '
former war minister has been made a
general and retains his position as j
chief of staff.
Reports are that some of the Bel- !
gian municipalities have proposed to !
impose a special tax on well-to-do Bel- j
gians, who refuse to return to their
country. The German authorities,
thinking favorable of the idea, propose
to make the tax effective for all of
Belgium.
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“I not only hope but I know that we
shall be able to fight through this im
mense struggle. In the domain of
financial and economic affairs we are
equal to every demand, however long
the war may last.” is an utterance at
tributed to Rudolph Havenstein, presi
dent of the German Reichsbank. one
of the foremost financial authorities
in Germany.
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An air raid on the British isles,
■with towns in the county of Norfolk
as its objective, and the royal resi
dence at Sandringham as its especial
mark, is the latest enterprise under
taken by the Germans. Bombs were
dropped near Sandringham palace.
Other bombs fell on Yarmouth, King's i
Lynn, Cromer Sheringham and Bees
ton. Reports are that several per
sons were killed and a considerable
amount of material damage was done.
GENERAL.
A constitutional amendment grant
ing the ballot to women was intro
duced in both houses of the Missouri
legislature. If the amendment passes
- both houses of the legislature, it will
be submitted to a popular referendum
in November, 1916.
With the departure of the steam
ship John Hardie from Norfalk, Va.,
and of the steamer Kassala from Bal
timore, the commission for relief in
Belgium will have eight vessels cross
ing the Atlantic with food enough to
feed the Belgians for nearly three
weeks.
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John L. Outright, of Lincoln, Neb., i
American vice consul at Nottingham, j
England, was recalled according to a
statement by Secretary Bryan because
a letter written by Mr. Outright and
published in an Omaha paper “con
tained expressions of opinion in re
gard to the European war.”
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Moses Freedman, former superin
tendent of the Carlisle Indian school
at Sunbury, Pa., and C. J. Nort, for
mer chief clerk, were indicted by a
federal grand jury on charges of em
bezzling money belonging to the stu
dents and of burning receipts for
students’ money given ihem by the
financial clerk of the institution.
Members of the lower house of the
Illonois general assembly went on rec
ord as favoring the passage just as
soon as the speakership deadlock is
dissolved and the legislature organ
ized, of an appropriation to reimburse
live stock owners who have suffered
losses through the slaughter of cattle
Infected with the foot and mouth dis
ease.
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While employes of a St. Joseph
(Mo.) mill were waiting in line for
their weekly wages, a youth entered
the office, pointed a revolver at the
young woman cashier, and escaped
with more than $1,000.
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The sultan of Turkey has conferred
the decoration of the Grand Order of
Nichan-l-Chekafat on Mrs. Henry Mor
ganthau, wife of the American ambas
sador to Turkey and decorations of
the second class of the same order on
the three daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Morgaothau.
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A return to nearer the normal in
the shoe manufacturing business dur
ing the coming year was predicted by
President John S. Kent in his annual
address before the New England Shoe
and Leather association at Boston.
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The Marconi wireless station at
Siasconsett, Mass., closed for failure
to comply with the neutrality regu
lations several months ago, has been
ordered reopened under strict naval
supervision by President Wilson. The
station will not be permitted to re
ceive or send code messages.
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General Carranza has lifted the em
bargo on oil exportation from Mex
ico, though no explanation is given,
and it is believed the danger of in
ternational complications has been
averted.
Joseph May and William Brown
were convicted of coloring oleomar
garine without paying the required
federal tax in the United States dis
trict court at St. Louis.
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Resolution calling upon all social
ists to work for peace and interna
tional disarmament was adopted by
conference of socialists of neutral
countries at Copenhagen.
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Large engines and slack business
have combined to increase unem
ployment among enginemen, said G.
N. Deguire at the western railroad
wage arbitration hearing at Chicago
Deguire declared the railroads kept
a blacklist.
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Representatives of the railway com
missions of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas,
Oklahoma and Louisiana, in a confer
ence in Kansas City, agreed to fight
the increase in rates asked for by rail
roads west of the Mississippi before
the interstate commerce commission.
Francis H. Griffen, an attorney, and
his wife, Clara H. Griffin, pleaded
guilty at New York to indictments
charging them with using the mails Vo
defraud their acquaintances of high
social standing out of sums aggregat.
ing $300,000.
John W. Allbright, who, according
to private detectives, has in the last
fifteen years obtained more than
$250,000 through forged motgage
swindles, is under arrest at Wau
kesha. Wis, and, the detectives say,
has made a confession.
* • *
Medill McCormick of Chicago, who
as a progressive member of the Illi
nois legislature recently cast his lot
with the republicans, announced that
he had resigned two months ago as
the Illinois member of the national
progressive committee.
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W. R. Ellis, who represented the
Second Oregon district four terms in
the national house of representatives,
beginning with 1892. dh'd at Portland.
He was a native of Montgomery
county, Indiana, and an alumnus of
the University of Iowa, class of 1874.
A shipment consisting of 1,000 jacks,
purchased by the British govtrnment,
is being assembled at New Orleans.
The animals will be sent to India for
breeding purposes, the British govern
ment intending to raise mules on a
large scale for both the British and
Indian armies.
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Russian Consul Dogoravlenskv. at
Seattle, announced that the Russian
government had awarded a contract
for 15.000 railroad cars to a Seattle
firm. The consul said this order was
only the beginning of commercial re
lations between the Russian govern
ment and the Pacific northwest.
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The $100,000,000 gold pool organ
ized in New York to meet American
obligations abroad shortly after the
outbreak of the European war, will be
abandoned, because bankers believe
the necessity for it has passed. Bank
ers back of the pool have communi
cated their decision to the federal re
serve board.
WASMINOTON.
Abolition of the naval “plucking"
board is proposed in the Witherspoon
bill, favorably reported to the house
by the naval affairs committee.
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nous's committee hearings were
concluded on the McKellar bill to es
tablish a federal system of supervi
sion of cold storage warehouses and
limiting the time food products may
be kept in cold storage. It is gener
ally admitted, however, that the house
will not consider the -measure at this
session.
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Democrats of the senate banking
corrtmittee set to work in earnest to
perfect a bill for establishment of a
rural credit system. Senator Hollis
chairman of the subcommittee, which
with house members, drafted a meas
ure last summer, said the committee
probably would be ready to report a
bill within two weeks.
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House democrats who will be mem
bers of the next congress will caucus
on February 4 to agree upon the re
organization of the house. It is vir
tually conceded that Speaker Clark
will be chosen to succeed himself;
that Representative Claude Kitchen of
North Carolina will take the place of
Representative Underwood as floor
leader.
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Five times as much wheat and six
times as much corn were exported
from the United States in December,
1914, as in the same month in 191";
flour exports increased more than 08
per cent for the same period; fresh
beef incrased more than twelvefold,
and generally the exports of "bread
stuffs," w-hich includes practically all
the staple grains, increased five
times. These figures were disclosed
in a statment from the department of
commerce.
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After long consideration the Fed
eral board, acting in its unofficial ca
pacity as the central committee of
the $135,000,000 cotton loan fund, de
cided not to comply with requests re
cently received to extend the time
limit for loan applications beyond
February 1.
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The rivers and harbors appropria
tion bill, carrying more than $34,000,
00O, passed the house by a vote of 164
to 81. The bill now goes to the senate
where a protracted fight is expected.
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Government acquisition of all tele
phone properties was advocated be
fore the house postoflice committee by
Representative Lewis of Maryland,
author of a bill for that purpose, and
by Samuel H. Bell of Washington, D.
C„ representing the International
Typographical union.
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The senate bill to establish the
Rocky Mountain national park, com
prising 231,000 acres in Colorado,
mostly in forest reserves, was passed
by the hoi\se after adoption of some
minor amendments.
ARMY BILL PASSED
HOUSE MEASURE PROVIDES 101
MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE.
SHIP BRAVES BRITISH NAVY
Wilhelmina, Flying U. S. Flag, Starts
On First Voyage of Kind
Since War Began.
•
Washington.—After two days of de
bate on the general state of the na
tional defenses, the house passed
witiiout a roll call the army appropria
tion bill, carrying 1101,000,000
Advocates of immediate strengthen
ing of the national defenses fought to
the last for additional appropriations,
but met with no encouragement. The
last roll call, on motion of Represen
tative Gardner of -Massachusetts, to
commit the bill with instructions to
report back an amendment carrying
$1,000,000 for aviation, was defeated,
253 to 34. The bill, which carries
funds for all branches of the army
during the coming year, includes
$300,000 for the purpose of twenty
five airships and $50,0-00 for an ar
mored motor car. The appropriation
for the purchase of field artillery ma
terial was increased from $25,000 to
$170,000.
An amendment offered by Repre
sentative Deitrick of Massachusetts
and adopted without opposition, would
prohibit the use of stop-watches and
other “speeding-up” devices in con
nection with so-called scientific man
agement systems in any army arsenals
and shops. Representatives of union
labor have been fighting for this pro
hibition for several years.
The house also adopted an amend
ment by Representative Tavenner of
Illinois, to require that all of the mu
nitions of war provided for in the bill
shall be manufactured in government
plants.
Risks Seizure by English.
New York.—Risking possible seizure
by British warships' off the Atlantic
coast, the American-owned steamer
Wilhelmina. flying the American flag
and loaded w»ith approximately
$200,000 worth of foodstuffs consigned
by an American commission firm to
an American citizen in Germany, has
left here on the first voyage of the
kind undertaken by any vessel from
an American port since the war be
gan in Europe, nearly six months ago.
If the Wilhelmina is detained or
seized, the W. L. Green Commission
company of St. Louis, charterers of
the vessel and shippers of its cargo,
according to their counsel here, will
file a protest with the American State
department, declaring that the cargo
is not unconditional contraband, de
nying the right of a belligerent war
ship to confiscate it, and requesting
the United States to demand the im
mediate release of the ship and cargo.
Will Be Fourth Naval Nation.
Washington. — The United States
will drop from third to fourth place
among the world's sea powers with
the completion of all ships under con
struction up to July 1, 1914, accord
ing to the calculations in the navy
year book, issued by the senate naval
committee. France will move from
fourth to third place, according to the
official table. With the outbreak of
the European war, information as to
the naval programs of the belligerents
was no longer available, and the book
contains only a list of the vessels lost
in action during the war up to Jan.
1. 1915, to supplement figures for con
struction prior to last July.
Cooks Will Invade Europe.
Chicago.—Invasion of Europe by an
army of American cooks to introduce
corn bread, corn cakes and fried mush
to a peasantry, now familiar with
blackwlieat bread, is the plan advocat
ed here at the sixth annua’, meeting
of the Council of Grain exchanges, as
a means of avoiding a wheat shortage
in the United States. The plan to
feed Europe corn and keep the wheat
for home consumption was broached
by John W. Snyder, treasurer of the
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce. Mr.
Snyder pointed out that other coun
tries can compete with the United
States in raising wheat, but not in
the production of corn.
Jitneys Permitted in Ogden.
Ogden, Utah.—Permits have been
granted by the Ogden city commis
sion for the operation of three jitney
bus lines in the main residence and
business streets of Ogden, to be in di
rect competition with existing street
car lines. The three lines are to be.
operated by a corporation organized
with $25,009 capital. Only five auto
mobiles will be started, but there will
be immediate additions and exten
sions.
Woman Elected to Senate.
Roseburg, Ore. — Miss Katheryn
Clark, democrat, was elected state
senator over two male opponents at a
special election held to fill a vacancy
caused by death. She won by a plu
rality under 100. She is the first wom
an elected to the Oregon senate.
Drop Bombs Upon Krupp Works.
Arnhem, Netherlands.—Airmen from
the allies dropped several bombs upon
Essen, destroying a number of houses.
Essen is the home of the Krupp gun
works.
Terminal Fees Not Paid. ,
Omaha.—The Union Pacific has filed
suit in district court against the Rock
Island for $87,986.09, alleged due for
switching charges, use of the Union
Pacific’s tracks between Kansas City
and Topeka, and repairs on the termi.
nals here.
No Hope for Karluk Men.
Boston.—Capt. John Bartlett, com
mander of the steamer Karluk, which
carried the Stefansson expedition to
the Arctic, expressed the belief that
the explorers have perished.
CONDENSED NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
The Pierce county farmers’ insttute
was well attended.
Two large wolves were killed near
Wisner last week.
John Millnitz has been appointed as
sessor of Pierce county.
Work has been started on the new
Barnes store at Palmyra.
A successful farmers’ institute was
held at Bancroft last week.
Work on the Blair municipal light
ing plant will be started soon. I
Fire did $1,000 damage to the Scott’s
furniture warehouse at Beatrice.
Arthur Anderson lost his left hand
in a corn shredder near A.stel.
L. A. Scvibir’s moving picture thea
te* at Burwell was damaged by fire.
In one week citizens of Chadron
raised $4,500 for a commercial club
fund.
Stromsburg will hold a farmers’ in
stitute and corn show January 29
and 30.
One hundred and ten Box rfutte far
mers have signed for a farm demon
strator.
Edward Lowe of Nebraska City sus
tained a broken leg when he slipped
and fell.
For the first time in many years
the David City high school will put
out a year book.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Shannon of
Pawnee City celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary last week.
Charles Abbott of David City has
stored nearly 2,000 tons of ice for
next Eummer’s distribution.
Fire in the A. M. Davis block in the
center of the business district of Lin
coln caused damage estimated at
$110,000.
John Hemple of Hastings was fined
$25 and costs in police court after
driving his family from home with a
revolver.
Less prairie and alfalfa hay is com
ing to market this winter than for
many years, according to Hastings
stockmen
The officers, judges and directors of
the state poultry show were tendered
a banquet by the Hastings Commer
cial club.
Alfred Larson who was found near
Alliance. December 16, with both feet
badly frozen, underwent an amputa
tion operation.
Judge F. A. Mewis has been ap
pointed by the Cuming county board
as a justice of the peace for the
West Point precinct.
A man giving the name of “J. F.
Fitzsimmons" of Fremont, is in jail
at Huron. S. D.. on a charge of pass
ing worthless checks.
After a two year attempt Hastings
college has been recognized by the
New York Presbyterian college board
as a class A institution.
The estimate of expense for 1915
just made by the county commission
ers of Otoe county is $11,000 higher
than the expense for 1914.
Firmen of Alliance have been
granted permission by the city coun
cil to build a swimming pool. The
pool will be open to the public.
The W. C. T. U. at Weeping Water
has decided to request the school
board to have the Bible read in the
schools at least twice a week.
The biggest state poultry show
ever held by the Nebraska Poultry as
sociation opened with nearly 3,000
birds on exhibition, at Hastings.
The body of C. C. Christiansen of
Indianola. Ia.. was found along the
Missouri Pacific tracks at Nebraska
City. It is thought he fell from a
moving train.
The postotf.ee primary at Columbus
will be held February 9. Each five
candidates have paid the $30 filing
fee to defray the expenses of the elec
tion.
W. H. Lyman, jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Lyman of Weeping Water,
has been appointed mayor of Holyoke,
Colo., to till out the term of the may
or who recently resigned.
Appointment of a state good roads
commission was urged by W. S. Gar
heart of Kansas in an address before
the good roads section of organized
agriculture meetings at Lincoln.
At a meeting of the Box Butte far
mers’ club, held at Alliance, a resolu
tion was passed asking the state to
appropriate $15,000 for pump irriga
tion purposes in western Nebraska.
Ben Neal of Brownsville is the
owner of an old “one-horse shay”
more than forty years old. It was
twenty-five years the property of ex
Governor Furnas, and is well pro
served.
Kalph Vroman. a young machinist
of Nortli Platte, has recently fitted up
a motor ice boat which he is operat
ing on the river. The boat will carry
four persons, and is propelled by a
motorcycle.
The $fi,500 subscribed by All'ance
citizens for the purpose of erecting a
community building was decided by
the Commercial club too small a sum
to start the building, and the cam
paign will be renewed in the spring.
G. E. Johnson of Falls Cily was ap
pointed manager of the Nebraska en
gineering society wrhich was organ
ized at Omaha recently.
George Poore, carpenter at Hast
ings, is suing J. N. Lyman for $5,000
for personal injuries alleged to have
been sustained when he fell a distance
of eight feet while erecting the Ly
man building last August.
At a meeting of the York county
medical association the following offi
cers were elected: President. Dr. J.
N. Plumb; secretary-treasurer, Dr.
Rachel Watkins; delegate to state
convention. Dr. E. G. Zimmerer.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Kriz, pioneer
settlers of Dodge county, recently cel
ebrated their golden wedding anni
versary.
WT. M. Thompson of Pawnee county
is arranging for his second annual
corn growing contest for the boys of
that county.
Ben Neal of Brownville in Nemaha
county has an old vehicle of the “one
horse chaise” type that is a relic.
The vehicle is about forty years old.
It was owned for twenty-five years by
Governor Furnas, who bought it from
Senator Tipton. It is still in a very
good state of preservation.
NOTED JURIST DEAD
CHIEF JUSTICE HOLLENBECK EX
PIRES AT^LINCOLN.
WAS SICK FOB SEVERAL YEARS
Since Election Last Fall Unable to Sit
In But Two Cases; Was 68
Years Old.
Lincoln.—Judge Conrad Hollenbeck
of Fremont, elected last fall to be
chief justice of the supreme court of
Nebraska, died at his apartments in
the Lindell hotel at Lincoln after an
illness of two years with Bright’s
disease. Since his election last fall
Judge Hollenback has been able to sit
in but tw'o cases tyefore that court be
cause of his failing health. He took
the oath of office as chief justice
January 7. Judge Hollenbeck, who
went to Fremount, Neb., in 1877, and
lived there until he moved to Lincoln
following his election to the supreme
bench, had been judge of the Sixth
judicial district for sixteen years. In
1880 he was elected county attorney
of Dodge county, and in 1896 was a
delegate to the national democratic
convention in Chicago. Politically,
Judge Hollenbeck was a democrat
practically all his life. In 1901 he
was a candidate for supreme judge
on the fusion ticket, but was defeated
with the remainder of the ticket
Judge Hollenbeck was born in He
bron, Potter county, Pennsylvania,
November 19, 1847. He was educated
in the public schools of that county
and in 1869 was graduated from
Mansfield. Pa., college. He studied
law in an office in Coudersport. Pa.,
and was admitted to the bar in 1871.
He practiced law there until 1877,
when he came to Nebraska. He
served in the legislature of Pennsyl
vania in 1874-76.
Proposes Pipe Line.
Senator Bedford of Douglas sees
“billions of wealth” for the people of
Nebraska in a pipe line for oil. run
ning from Casper. Wyo.. to Omaha. In
a resolution introduced in the senate
the Douglas county solon proposes
that the governor of Nebraska co
operate with the governor of Wyo
ming in calling a joint convention,
composed of delegates from the two
states for the purpose of considering
ways and means. The proposed pipe
line would be built by the people of
the two states and operated at cost
for their benefit. It would be two
feet in diameter and would carry 10,
000,000 gallons of oil each day.
Regulate Practice of Nursing.
New rules and regulations govern
ing the practice of nursing are pre
scribed in a bill introduced in the sen
tte by Wilson of Dodge. Tlie measure
gives control of the situation into the
hands of a board consisting of the gov
ernor. attorrfey general and the state
superintendent, and gives them power
which the author of the measure be
lieves will tend to put nursing on a
higher plane in this st<*te.
Bill to Change Banking Law.
Rediscounts of state banks may
equal the value of the capital stock
end the surplus of the institutions,
instead of two thirds of the capital
stock, under the provisions of the
Smith-Seivers bill, introduced in the
house. The measure has the backing
of a large number of bankers of the
state, but the banking board has thus
far not denoted its stand on the legis
lation.
Butter Must Be Sold As Such.
Sale of butterine or any other mix
ture of butter with vegetable com
pounds or with animal oil is not al
lowed under the laws of this state. So
the head of the state food commission
has ruled. Sale of imitation butter is
allowed, but it must be sold as that
and not under any other name.
Votes Self Stamps.
The house of representatives have
finally voted to furnish its members
with a daily allowance of stamps. This
question has been up half a dozen
times, but heretofore the spirit of
economy has prompted a majority to
line up against free postage.
To Abolish Precinct Assessor.
Abolishment of the precinct asses
sor and substitution of the township
board plan of assessment of personal
and real property is proposed in a bill
introduced in the house jointly by
Fuller, Meysenburg. Nichols. Liggett
and Taylor.
House Has Eighteen Employes.
The first detailed report to the
house made by the committee on em
ployes. shows that there are eighteen
employes on the payroll, including the
chief clerk, sergeant-at-arms and chap
lain.
House Committees Reserve Rooms.
Ten rooms at the state capitol have
been reserved by lower house commit
tees for meeting places. Meetings
will be held between the hours of 2
and (i every weekday afternoon, save
Saturday.
Want Value Shown.
By introducing a bill providing
'or the taxation of all fran
chises at their actual value. Senator
Quinby of Douglas has laid the foun
dation for what probably will be one
of the hardest fights of the session.
Missouri Valley Great for Grapes
After visiting practically all the
grape-growing sections of the country,
Prof, T. J. Maney of Ames Agricul
tural college has found that the sec
tion of country around Council Bluffs,
la., and the southeastern part of Ne
braska is the best adapted to the
growing of grapes in the entire coun- j
ty. For tfcat reason he is urging the
growing of this fruit for both com
mercial ■ and home consumption,
amopg fruit growers, according to J.
P. Hess of Council Bluffs, in address
ing Nebraska horticulturists.
DR. KIGIN RESIGNS HIS PLACE
State Veterinarian Finally Yields to
the Fight Made Upon Him
in the State.
The squabble which has been on for
a time in the ranks of the veterinar
ians, stockmen, live stock sanitary
board and similar boards came to a
crisis when State Veterinarian Kigin
banded in his resignation to the Live
Stock Sanitary board. The resigna
tion was promptly accepted and the
name of J. S. Anderson of Seward, a
well known veterinarian, was recom
mended by the board to the governor
for appointment. The executive has
not yet signified whether the change
will be satisfactory or not, but it is
presumed that there will be no objec
tion.
About 190 items involving claims
against the state have been turned
over by the auditor's office to Chair
man Fries of the house committee on
claims and deficiencies for action by
the legislature. These will be tabu
lated. after which the committee will
go over them and decide which have
enough apparent merit to be incor
poratrd in the general bill for claims
and deficiencies. Practically one-half
of all the claims on file are by news
papers for printing the constitutional
amendments voted on last November.
The total of these claims will be in
the neighborhood of $17,000.
Alma H. Weed, serving a life term
in the penitentiary for participating
in the murder of Charles Sellars, the
Cherry county rancher, proved up on
a homestead in Cherry county during
the past year, according to the
records of the state auditor's office.
Weed has been in the penitentiary for
the past three years, ever since his
sentence, the prison officials say, but
under a special ruling of the depart
ment did not forfeit his homestead
rights.
The Board o' Control says a surplus
of dairy cattle in the herd at the Nor
folk insane asylum will bo parceled
out to the Boys’ Industrial home at
Kearney and to the Soldiers’ and Sai
lor|' home at Burkett. Henry Gerdes
ana Judge Kennedy of the Board of
Control went to Norfolk to attend to
the matter.
Among the Items included in a de
ficiency claim filed with Auditor
Howard by Adjutant General Hall is
a debt of $1,161.50 owing the Pull
man Palace company for the transpor
tation of troops to the construction
camp at Pole Mountain, Wyo., in
1912.
Steps were taken toward securing
a larger appropriation from the legis
lature for educational work along dai
rying lines at the opening session of
the thirtieth annual meet’ng of the Ne
braska dairymen’s association at the
state farm.
Establishment of a state athletic
commission of three members, with a
$1,500 a year secretary, to control
boxing in Nebraska and permit
matches of not more than ten rounds,
is the object of a bill introduced in
the house.
Abolition of the state normal board
and the placing of the normal schools
under direction of the university re
gents is the object of a bill introduced
by Representatives Liggett, Van Deu
sen. Bates and Trumble.
The bouse lias passed the first two
bills of the session. On sets aside
$84,000 for the salaries of the members
of both houses and the other $20,000
for the general exn'enses of senate and
house, $10,000 each.
Extension of the commission form
of government to all towns over 2.000
people is advocated in a bill by Sen
ator E. D. Mallery. Only cities of
5,000 or more are now eligible.
Over $00,000 has been paid into the
state school fund during the last two
years by the hunters and fishermen
of Nebraska, according to the bien
nial report of Game Warden Ruten
beck.
Right of the council to decide what
kind of pavement shall he laid in any
district will he taken away if a hill
introduced by Representative Burgess
is made a law.
An effort will be made at this ses
sion to secure $10,000 for Mrs. Ed Da
vis, whose husband was killed during
the convict outhreak at the peniten
tiary.
Representative La Bounty of Fron
tier county in one bill would permit
county treasurers to serve more than
two terms consecutively.
The State Railway commission'Tias
granted the Burlington road authority
to reduce it® rate on t inegar from
Falls City to Hastings and Grand Is
land to 13 cents a hundredweight in
carloads with a minimum weight of
30,000 pounds. Following the notifica
tion of the commission by the Nebras
ka Telephone company of the latter's
purchase of the exchange at Broken
Bow and the toll lines to Merna, the
commission has approved the rate
schedules which are not to be
chanced. The purchase was made of
the Central Telephone company.
Consolidation of the office of deputy
hotel commissioner with that of
deputy labor commission has not been
con.tmp!ated by Governor Morehead.
The appointment some time ago of
Deputy Hotel Commission Ackerman
to serve also as acting deputy labor
commissioner gave rise to the belief
that the governor intended finally to
consolidate the two offices. As it is
now understood the consolidation
proposed has nothing to do with the
labor commissioner, but will possibly
end by putting the hotel commission
in with the food commission.
SEEKING
HEALTH?
, This means
taking better
care of the
Stomach and
helping the
Liver and
Boweh in
their daily
work. If ac
sistance
needed, try
HOSTETTER’S
Stomach Bitters
It has proven very bene*
hcial in such cases.
The Soldiers Have Toothache.
From accounts which have come
from the front, toothache would seem
to be one of the hardsbip> of cam
paigning in the trenches. The >ec
tary of the British Dental assooi ition
says that a start has been made t.
provide an efficient staff of dent - .
geons for service at the fronr S \
dentists, Who have been giv- ;h»
temporary rank of lieutenant in t’l*
Royal Army Medical corps, have 't
for France, and further drafts of .
ified men are being chosen, if the>
not actually on the wav, for ser-.
near the firing line. They will a.
have the temporary rank of lieuten
ant.—London Telegraph.
MOTHER!LOOK AT
CHILD’SJONGUE
If cross, feverish, constipated,
give “California Syrup
of Figs”
A laxative today saves a si It ■ h i
tomqrrow. Children simply w II cot
take the time from play to empty th< r
bowels, which become clogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour.
Look at the tongue, mother’ U ■ oaT
ed, or your child is listless, cross. lev
erish, breath bad, restless, doesn't eat
heartily, full of cold or has sore ti - at
or any other children's ailment, stive a
teaspoonful of "California Syrup of
Pigs,’’ then don't worry, because it is
perfectly harmless, and in a few h • .
all this constipation poison, sour tile
and fermenting waste will gently
move out of the bowels, and you hav
a well, playful child again. A tho"
ough "inside cleansing ' is ofttime- a '
that is necessary. It should be the
first treatment given in any sickness
Beware of counterfeit fig s rues
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of
“California Syrup of Pigs,” which has
full directions for babies, children of
all ages and for grownups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
China Big Peanut Exporter.
One Chinese province exports more
than 150,000 tons of peanuts annual
all because an American missionar
20 years ago gave to a native ••mer
a quart of seed.
SAGE TEA AND SULPHUR
DARKENS YOUR GRAY HAIR
Look Years Younger! Try Grandma s
Recipe of Sage and Sulphur and
Nobody Will Know.
Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur properly compouuu
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streaked
or gray; also ends dandruff, iteh;ng
scalp and stops falling hair. Y-ars
ago the only way to get this mixture
was , to make it at home, w hich -
mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for ‘Wyeth's Sage and Sul
phur Hair Remedy.” You will get a
large bottle for about 50 cents. Every
body uses this old, famous recipe, be
cause no one can possibly tell that
you darkened your hair, as it do- s ;t
so naturally and evenly. You dampen
a sponge or soft brush with it and
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand at a time; by moru
ing the gray hair disappears, and
after another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully dark, thuk
and glossy and you look years youug-r.
Adv.
Frank.
The man who tells us of our f.-u s
Is our best friend,” quoth the philoso
pher.
\es; but he won’t be long. " added
the mere man.—Judge. 1
Stop That Backache
nothIn& more discount* nC
than a constant backache. You ar- t~i
wheni you awake. Pain* pierce you whr
den<*t,?r hard to re*t and
ne«t day it * the same old story.
ln y*e back l* nature* warn in*
wavkNeg,?ct may *h
5SiU0.?or&erave‘‘or olhtr •
Kid
over"fifty8y earil* a"d *“*"** ^
A Nebraska Case
Mr*. Martha
Wood*. 703 Tenth
St.. Aurora, Neb.,
says: "For four or
five years my health
was poor and 1 got
so weak I could
hardly walk. Sharp
*>ains darted all
through my body
* had awful
headaches. My feet
*n*,e® ■welled,
hiy bladder was In
flamed and I was
laid up In bed for
fourteen weeks. Thel
first box of Doans’
Kidney Pills relieved
h*e and four or fiv«
Doxe* permanently cured me.
CrtDom’, «t An* Stor.. SOc a Bom
DOAN’S VMv
F03TER^m-BmtN CO.. BUFFALO,**.
