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FIND LIKENESS
OF AUGUSTUS
Archaeologist Discovers Splendid
Statue of Roman Emperor
at fivoli.
LIFELIKE STUDY BY ARTIST
Valuable Addition to Portraits of Ro
man Emperors and Is Only One
Extant Done During Em
perore Life.
Home. Tlvoll, that lovely llttlo city
perched above Koine, called Tlbur by
the nnclcnt Romans, litis Just Klveu to
the archaeological world two new art;
treasures ua nugusteum, or hall,
and a splendid head of Emperor Au
gustus. Prof. Alesslo Valle, ono of the arch
aeologists who havo tnado Tlvoll a
special Btudy, long believed that
Tlvoll should revcul an ancient ball
of Importance, considering the flour
ishing stato of tho city in Roman
days. Ho began to dig near a newly
discovered weights and measures of
fice, nlso dating from the Roman em
pire, thinking that the public weights
and measures must surely be near
omo Important hall.
lie was not mistaken. Be has
opened up a hull with a Roman pave
ment of white and green marblo
which looks as if It were put down
this morning, so fresh Is It, and the
atatuo of Augustus, broken but with
the head Intact, as tho picture shows,
with tho lifelike lines cut out of tho
marblo by some unknown sculptor of
evident genius.
Likeness of Augustus.
' The statue is a likeness of Augus
tus when he had grown old. An In
Criptlon underneath It, which dcdl
tes the statue to the gods, "for tho
"happy return in good health of our
'Augustus Caesar," proves it was done
during tho famous emperor's lifetime,
votive offering to the gods by a
loyal Tlvoll citizen who signs himself
300 SPIES
AMERICAN ARMY
Amazing Story of German Es
pionage During the War
Is Disclosed.
DESERTER MAKES CONFESSION
Former Officer Tells of Being Sent
From Germany With Other Cadets
to Enlist In the United
States Army.
New York. An amazing story of
German espionage during tho war
waB disclosed when John Wlllet, for
mer captain in tho Forty-eighth Uni
ted States Infantry, confessd ho was
really liana Wlllers, n cadet In tho
German army until 1014, when ho was
sent to this country with 300 other
cadets to Joint tho American army und
become United States ofllcers.
Wlllet admitted he hud absconded
With $0,000 of Ills company's funds at
Camp Sevier on November 28, 1018, a
few weeks after tho armistice, and de
serted. It was this offense and not any sus
picion of his spy role which resulted
In his arrest here when Ilugh J. Ilan
nlgan, formerly a first lieutenant in
the Forty-eighth, recognized tho de
serter on tho street k! hailed a po
liceman. Hints at Treason Ir Washington.
"You would bo sumrl8cd how many
high German offlclnis held Jobs In
Washington 'during Jho war, Wlllet
fold Detective Swgdant O'Leary. Tho
prisoner mad this statement after ho
bad narrped how ho camo here and
what fc would have done had his regi
ment Been sent to France.
1 would havo led my men to
slaughter, and could huvo been use
ful to my own country in muny other
frays," Wlllet declared, according to
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In 1830 and has never stopped since then. Unaffected by shortage of coal or
"daylight saving" laws, it goes Btcadlly on, working four hours and then rest
ing four. As the moon Is nn hour slower each day compared with the sun.
however, tho miller has to chango his hours somewhat.
M. Vernnus Dllfllus. Tho sarao man
gavo the public weights und measures
to the city.
Ill8tory lets us date this statuo be
tween D. C. 81 and A. D. 14, when
Emperor Augustus died near Naples,
aged sevouty-slx. Experts say the face
is tho faco of a man of fifty. In tho
worn lines, tho Ill-tempered mouth. Its
upward twist at tho left side, wo havo
no flattering picture of tuo great
emperor, but a lifelike Btudy by un
artist who dared to cut his statuo as
ho Baw tho human model. For this
reason, and because of its surely be
ing dono In Augustus' lifetime, it is
a very valuablo addition to tho col
lection of portraits of tho Roman
emperors, and probably tho only ono
extant of Augustus dono during his
lifetime.
Tho ilgure, which originally sat on
tho pedestal at tho bend of tho hall,
is graceful, as Suetolus, that gos
sipy hlBtorian from whom later
scribes havo learned nearly nil they
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the police, in explaining why he and
othera were sent to the United States
to enlist In the American army. Wlllet
was taken to Fort Jay prison on Gov
ernor's Island.
Confronted by two cx-lleutcnants of
tho Forty-eighth infantry, Sidney P.
llowcll, a lawyer, and Francis Hatch,
Wlllet began to respond to questions.
As to his pedigree, ho said he was
born in Germany and educated there.
"I was trained for spy work when
I was a boy and later when I was a
cadet In a Germun military academy,"
tho detectives quoto Wlllet as snylug.
"When tho World war began In 1014
I wus selected to Join a band of cadets
who were to come to tho United States
with ord6rs to Join tho American army.
Other groups went to tho French army
and to the British. About 300 others
cumo overJiero with mo. I knew my
military training soon would bo recou
nted and that promotion would fol
low, so I enlisted as a prlvuto tho first
opportunity I got. I hud no citizenship
papers I did not need any.
Enlisted as Buck Private.
"I enlisted as a buck private In Al
bany soon after my arrival In this
country. Within a very short time my
ability as a soldier was recognized and
I was promoted.
"My heart was nearly broken when
I discovered my regiment probably
would not be sent to France. I would
havo died for my country gladly. So,
15 days after tho armistice, I took the
company fund money and left camp.
"I'm telling you this freely because
I might as well bo dead. Life does not
matter much to me."
Wlllet Buld that after bo deserted
Camp Sevier ho started traveling. He
toured tho Pacific coast.
In Chicago about a year ago he mar
ried on American girl named Craw
ford, It Is said.
Wlllet recently opened a mall order
business In this city under tho name
of Crawford.
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where the Italians and Jugo-Slavs formulated their treaty, and are settling their
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"Ho was a very graceful person
through all tho stngcB of life, though
ho was very careless in his dress and
would set several barbers to work
upon his' hnlr together, and would
sometimes clip and sometimes shave
ills beard, and at tho same time
would bo reading or writing."
Augustus, though emperor, called
himself a democrat and, says Sue
tolus, "always abhorred the title of
lord as a scandalous affront." Ilo
tells us, too, that the emperor caught
cold easily mid wore woolen under
wear In winter, "with n thick wool
toga."
This broken statue, with the baso
on which it stood, unearthed after so
long bridges tho gulf of centuries and
brings ono of tho greatest rulers tho
world ever saw very near.
Love of Music Trans
Robber of Poor Box i
Philadelphia. It was his lovo :;
for music which led to the ar- !;:
rest of Jacob Katz, twenty-four :;
years old. Kntz entered the
; Emanuel Lutheran church here :;;
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X found the poor box which he :
: emntled ot, its contents. S3. :
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f tvaiz naa musical raienc ami no :
ran his fingers over tho keys.
: Then ho became so absorbed in
tho instrument that ho forgot :
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ORE TOTALS 50,000,000 TONS
Great Lakes Shipments Show Increase
of 7,700,000 During Year, 8ay ,
Duluth Figures.
Duluth, Minn. The totnl shipment
of Iron oro for tho season reached ap
proximately 50.000,000 tons, according
to figures nnnounced here.
Iron oro shipped from tho head of
tho lakes thus far amounts to 47,707,
372 tons, with about 30,000 tons re
maining to go out from tho Duluth nnd
Iron Range railroad dockB at Two
Harbors nnd the Chicago & North-'
western railroad docks nt Ashland,
Wis.
Total shipments from nil tho dockB
for the season show an Increase of
approximately 7.700.000 tons over Inst
year, when 40.007,850 tons were
shipped.
Children Unshod in Big Shoe Town.
Brockton, Mnss. This city produced
shoes for world-wide distribution nnd
makes more of some kinds than any
other city, but Charles P. Brooks, at
tendance ofllccr of the school board,
reported that many of Its children art
unshod. There are at least tlfty chil
dren In the city who cannot go
school because they lack shoes, h
siJd, and some of them havo not been
to school lu weeks.
Negotiating
CORNHUSKER ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered From
- Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
Arthur has organized a company fo
drill for oil In that vicinity.
The price of milk at Columbus hns
been reduced to 10 cents a quart.
A conference of the Midwest Farm
bureau will be held at Lincoln early
In January.
A movement has been commenced
In West Point for the organization of
a commercial club.
A university press club has been or
KnnI zed at Lincoln by students Inter
ested In Journalism.
Fjirmcra in Gage county have been
plowing the Inst few weeks, a rare
thing for this season.
The staternonnnl school nt Kearney
has added 7,883 volumes to Its library
during the last two years.
Douglas county commissioners will
open bids December iH) on n 51,000,000
road Improvement project.
Alliance is 'already laying plnnB to
get tho 1022 convention of the state
volunteer firemen's association.
An effort Is being made by farmers
around Edison to organize nn equity
store und cream station there.
The Women's Public Scrvlco club at
Broken Bow lms started n movement
to establish a city swimming pool.
A recent drive for membership hns
Increased the roll of the Hnstlngs
Chamber of Commerce to nearly COO.
The abstract of reports of 1,009 state
banks shown a decrease of nearly ten
per cent in deposits for the quarter.
Rev. Charles W. Savldge, the
Omnhn "marrying parson," celebrated
his 4,000th tnnrrlago ceremony Inst
week.
Mrs. Etta Durland, well known Nor
folk woman, Is dead, following fatal
Injuries received when Elio was run
down by nn automobile.
Tho report of the Department of
State hall Insurance shows n de
ficiency of 503,754.73 for the year end
ing December 1, 1020.
'x'ho electro'cution of Cole nnd Gram
mer at tho Btato prison last week, was
tho ilrst time that method of punish
ment lias been used since Its adoption
by tho state.
' Less than 0 per cent tho usual num
ber of ftir-bcnrlng animals In Nebras
ka arc being trapped for their pelts
this year, according to buyers and
state game officials. v
Hay reached Its lowest price on the
O'Neill market last week, when buy
ers were paying only $0.50 a ton for
the best and were not anxious to buy
ven at that prlco.
Future University of Nebraska foot
ball games will be played on the
state fair grounds at Lincoln. The
Btato fair directors havo formally rati
fied this arrangement.
One week after celebrating his 08th
birthday William Thompson, resident
of tho Nebraska Masonic home nt
Plattsmouth, ono of the oldest Ma
sons In tho state, died.
Stato association of county agricul
tural agents, homo demonstration
agents and boys' nnd girls' clubs will
meet In nnnunl convention nt Lincoln
December 30 to January 2.
The Grand Island police forco un
covered n still In active operation
In the former Gold Curo Instltuto ut
that place, which went out of business
soon after tho state went dry.
A request thnt the people of Nebrns
ka donnto shiploads of corn for the
Btarvlng peoples of Europe Instend of
money has been made to the governor
by Walter I. Towle of Grand Island.
Tho new .$30,000 Methodist church
Just completed nt Lodgo Polo was
formally dedicated last Sunday. The
building is said to be one of the most
beautiful church edifices In thnt part
of the stale.
"Jock" Best, football coach ond
trainer at tho state university, nnd
well known to every student of that
Institution for over a quarter of n cen
tury, celebrated his seventy-fifth birth
day last week.
Delegates to the stato volunteer fire
men's convention, to be held In York
January 18 to 21, can ride on all rail
roads in Nebraska where the fure Is
raoro than $1 for one and one-half fure
for the round trip.
There are four aspirants for the
Job of United States district attorney
for tho Nebraska district. They are:
T. J. McGulro and M. O. Cunningham
of Omaha ; C. E. Matson, present coun
ty attorney of Lancaster county, nnd
O. F. Sandall of York.
Omaha's death rate, 6.8 per 1,000
of population, during the week ending
December 11, was the lowest In the
United States.
Dr. Charles Hershinan, nn Atlinnce
physician, dropped dead in his office
whllo trentlng a patient with an
X-rny machine. Ills death lu attrib
uted to u congested nrtery in the
brain.
Receipts of cattle at the South
Omaha market Inst week were tho
lightest seen there on n Monday In
many weeks, only 4,500 head being re
ported In, ngnliiRt 10,700 head the
week prior.
Tho Midwest Implement Dealers'
association will convpne in Omaha
January 5 to 7.
Tho careless throwing of a lighted
match was responsible for u serious
prnlrlo fire near the village of Ames
which tho farmers of tho neighborhood
nnd tho people of Ames fought for two
hours to conquer.
Rev. George Aglus, pastor of St,
Joseph's Catholic church at Geneva,
recently celebrated tho 25th anni
versary of ills ordination, nt that.
place. -Tho program covered Beveral
days and was attended by 10 visiting
members of the priesthood.
Frank Long of Alllnuce shipped tw
cars of nice, fat cattlo to the South
Omaha market from Buffalo, Wyo
one day list week.
Mrs. George E. Norman, wife of the
manager of a moving picture theater
nt Hastings, a bride of six months,
was killed when the car the was driv
ing collided with another machine
driven by Robert Smith.
The 1022 meeting of the Nebraska
State Teachers' association will bo
held at Omaha, the tlrst week In No
vember, according to the decision of
the executive committee, which met ut
Grand Island last week.
W. F. Cook, n David City restaurant
employe, was held up by two masked
highwaymen, who, ufter securely
Mndlug him up, took his keys, entered
the restaurant, nnd carried off the
contents of the cash drawer.
Forty-live nurses nt tho dormitory
of the University hospital at.Omahu
leaped or crawled In their night
clothes through windows to safety
when fire destroyed the bulldlnc last
week. Six young women wero badly
Injured.
John Carter, a former resident ot
Weeping Water, was trampled to
death by wild cattle at his ranch near
Haxtun, Colo. Ho had taken the cat
tlo to tho pasture and when he did not
return search wus made and his body
found near the gate.
J. II. Beverldge, city superintendent
of Omaha schools, will be president ot
the Nebraska State Touchers' associa
tion for the ensuing year, and other
ofllccrs nre: Vlco president, W. II.
Martin, Falrbury; treasurer, John F.
Matthews, Grand Isjnud.
Nebraska City commissioners at n
recent meeting passed an ordlnnnco
limiting the number of pool halls of
the city to four. This nctlon was
caused by tho application of a man
from Bethany who sought to estab
lish another parlor In tho city.
Newly elected legislators nre begin
ning to worry over the prospect of a
place-to stay when they arrive In Lin
coln to begin their work. Quarters
nre scurcc und rango from $80 to $12.1
n month. Many of them will lluil It
Imposslblo to bring their families.
Tho Nebraska Farm Bureau fed
eration, which inaugurated nn nctlvo
membership campaign on October 25,
nowt has n total membership of ap
proximately 15,000 In the 17 counties
that have been canvassed, according
to state headquarters.
The federal, government Is taking
care of Charles Young, the leper vie
tlm who csenpedfrom confinement
near Battle Creek somo time ago and
created a sensation when be stated at
Washington that he was helped to es
cape by officers of Madison county.
W. F. Thlchoff hns been nppolntcd
general manager of the Burlington
west of the Missouri river, to succeed
Georgo W. Ho'.drego who resigned af
ter fifty-one years' service with tho
Burlington. Mr. ThleholT assumes his
new post January 1. Ho hns been as
sistant genernl manngcr.
Miss Helen M. Davidson, u former
Omaha girl, has returned from Europo
nnd Asin, whero she engaged in social
welfnro work, visiting the ruins of
ancient cities nnd hnvlng n thrilling
experience when fired upon by bandits
nt Ephcsus, Asia Minor.
Nemaha county commissioners aro
of tho opinion that a new' survey of
the counties bordering on tho Mis
souri river In Nebraska will add con
siderable territory to this stato. Ac
cordingly they havo mndo arrange
ments to have tho state engineer as
sist County Surveyor, T. C. DaugU-
erty In n survey.
Harry A." Bralnerd of Lincoln, ex
president of tho Stato Press Associa
tion nnd ono of the oldest printers In
tho stntc, sustained serious Injuries
when ho was run down by un nuto a
few days ago. Ho Is still feeling the
elTects of an operation in n hospital,
whero his eyesight was partially" re
stored after two years of total blind
ness. Tho development of fruit growing
will constitute one of tho most Im
portant nnd Interesting programs of
tho week of Organized Agriculture, at
Lincoln, January 3 to 7. The Nebras
ka Stato Horticultural society has ar
ranged n three-day program covering
many of tho more Important phases
of that Industry.
Alex Negouka, Indian of Genoa,
Neb., graduate of the Indian schools
at Lawrence, Kns.; Chllocco, Okln.;
the Shoshone school nt Washakie,
Wyo. ; Genon, nnd of tho University ot
Nebraska, holder of a B. A. degree,
has cnl!stcdaB a prlvato soldier for
duty at Fort Omaha. Ho speaks ten
Indian languages, English, French,
German nnd Spunlsh fluently, nnd Is an
expert carpenter nnd machinist.
Frank Lcnlngcr, a York county
farmer, sold to tho York Milling com
pnny five thousand dollars' worth of
corn at 50 cents.
Farmers around Lodge Pole nre
aroused nnd mystified by the dcuth ot
large numbers of cattle which hnva
been turned Into cornfields. Death Is
evldentjy caused by polpon In certain
stalks, farmers say.-
According to census figures there nre
more women than men In Lincoln. The
women havo n majority of 1,781. The
number of men Is 20,582 and tho num.
her of women Is 28,300, making n to
tal population of 54,048.
Tho Cnmbrldgo municipal light
plant Is now furnishing lights to Bart
ley, Lebanon and Danbury. New street
lights havo also been connected.
Moro than 500 rubblt , shot us posts
by the sporting club at Pllger, wero
shipped In three big barrels to the Sal
vation Army at Omaha and dlstrlb.
uted to needy families, In that city by
Captain James G. Clieync
Women of the Nineteenth Century
club of Kearney have prevailed upon
tha board of education to qpproprlalo
$300 toward n fund nlrenily nvullnblo
which will be used In hfrlng'a school
nurfe for thnt place-
mruvti tnnrtiif ihteihatwmi
Lesson
By rtEV. p: n. kitzwateu, d. d..
Teacher ot English Ulblo In tho Moody
Ulble Institute of Chicago.)
((c). 1820. Wetrn NfWgpapof Union.)
LESSON FOR JANUARY 9
JESUS TEACHES FORGIVENES3. '
LESSON TEXT-Mntt. 18:21.35.
GOLDEN TEXT-K yo forgive men
their trespasses, your heavenly Father
will nlso forclvo you. Matt 6:14.
REFERENCE MATER1AI-Matt. 6:12
16; 18:16-20; Luke 17:3, 4; Eph. 4: 31, 32;
Col. 3:12-14.
PRIMARY TOPIC-ForglvIng One An
other, JUNIOR TOPIC-Lcarnlnj; to Forgive.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC
Forgiving and Forgiven.
YOUNG- PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC
Forgiveness: Its Meaning and Scope.
In this lesson wo have divine in
structions ns to our behavior in caso
of Ill-treatment.
I. Peter's Question (v. 21).
This question, "How often shall my,
brother sin against me and I forglvo
him?" probably was occasioned by the
111 treatment which Peter wus then re
ceiving nt the hands of his fellow dis
ciples. Christ's confession of Pdter
brought him Into the limelight. Tho
question of the disciples (18:1) "Who
Is the greatest in the kingdom of heav
en?" shows thnt there was some Jeal
ousy of Peter among the disciples and
consequent contention nmong them.
From the Lord's teaching hb to tho
efforts to bring about reconciliation in
case of offenses between brother nnd
brother He knew that it would requlro
the exercise of tho spirit of forgive
ness. Peter disposed to bo gracious in
quires "Till seven times?" allowing his
readiness to forgive his brother not
three times, but twice three times nnd
n little over.
II. Jesus' Answer (v. 22).
The Lord's unswer was an astonish
ing revelation to Peter. He snld "Not
until seven times, but until seventy
times seven." This shows that our-" .
willingness to forgive should bo llidlt
less. III. The Two Creditors (vv. 23-35).
This parable of the two creditors il
lustrates His principles of forgiveness.
1. The gruclous creditor (vv. 23-27).
The king In this parable represent
God, nnd the servant who Is greatly In
debt represents the sinner any sin
ner, every sinner, you and me. W
were hopelessly In debt to God. Ten
thousand tulcnts aro equal to some
twelve millions of dollars. To meet
this obligation would be an utter im
possibility. This man's plea for time,
promising to pay all, much resembles
our vain Imaginings that we can pay
our debt to God, that by our future
good works we can atone for our past
most grIveoti8 sins. By the Justice ot
God's law we were hopelessly con
demned ; by the grace of God we were
freely pardoned.
2. Tho cruel creditor (vv. 28-35).
This man who was forgiven so much
found n man who owed him a small
sum about fifteen or seventeen dol
lars. Ho shut his cars to tho man's
entreaty to be patient with him, flow
at his throat and cruelly nut him Into
Jail. The great mercy shown him did
not touch his heart, so hexefuscd to
be merciful. Being set Tree from so
great a debt ns our sins agulnst God,
we should make God's net of unlimited
forgiveness toward us tho standard of
unlimited forgiveness toward others.
In dealing with others wo should al
ways keep these considerations beforo
us: (1) We ourselves need it nnd do
every day contlnuo to need the for
giveness of God. With all our Imper
fections nnd positive Bins we need tho
continued mercy of God. When we
pray, "Forglvo us our debts ns wo for
give our debtors,".let us bo euro that
we have put away all thought of eln
held against others?" To pray that
prayer otherwise Is nn abomination.
(2) Thnt there Is n day of Judgment
coming and nt that day we shall bo
treated as wo treat others. No mercy
will be shown to those who have not
shown mercy.
The heart, then, of this lesson Is that
God's gracious act toward us should
be the standard of our actions to
ward others, and that we must exer
cise the same spirit of forglvonesa
toward our fellowmen If we would
contlnuo to enjoy God's forgiveness.
The proof that we are God's children
Is that wo manifest the spirit of God.
"Bo ye therefore perfect, even as your
Father which Is In heaven Is porfect"
(Matt. B:48).
Thank God Every Morning.
Thank God every morning when you
get up that you have something to do
that day which must be dono whethei
you liko It or not. Being forced to
work and forced to do your beat will
breed in you temperance, self-control,
diligence, strength of will, content, and
a hundred virtues which the Idle nevoi
know. Charles Klngsley.
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Jesus' Idea of Qod.
Jesus was filled with the Joy of life
becnuso He tiad tho most Joyous Idea
of God that was ever thought of. Je
sus taught the disciples that they
could take tho finest tilings In life and,
raising them to their highest power,
ascrlho them to God. He toldUthetu
about tho Fatherhood of God and said,
"If ye who aro evil know how to glv
good gifts unto your children, how
much moro .your heavenly Father I"
Jesus taught" men to interpret God la
the terms of the spiritually best.
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