THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL.
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NOUFOLK. NKItltASKA. KKIDAY Al'HII 21) ) 1010.
PAULHAN
GOT THERI
FRENCH AVIATOR WINS $50OC
ENGLISH DERBY PRIZE.
186 MILES IN TWELVE HOUR
FLIES BEAUTIFULLY FROM LOf
DON TO MANCHESTER.
GRAHAM WHITE APR
A Frenchman , Declared the Woru
Greatest Aviator , Wins the Fin
Aerial Derby Prize of. $50,000 , O
fered by an Englishman.
Manchester , April 28. The fin
aerial derby for n prize , offered by n
Englishman , has boon won by
Frenchman , and handsomely.
Upon landing here Louis Paulhn
was given a tremendous ovation ar
praise for his remarkable feat. At tl
Bame time his experienced but no lei
plucky competitor Is being shower *
with congratulations over his splend
attempt and because he has , show
himself a good loser. As soon as Gr
hntn White learned of Paulhan's"
cese he called for three cheers for tl
victor.
1 Paulhan Files Twelve Hours.
Paulhan , winner of the $50,000 pri ;
lor the first flight from London
Manchester made within twenty-foi
hours and with not more than tv
stops , arrived here nt 5:30 : o'clock th
morning , almost exactly twelve hou
after ho loft London last evening.
Numb With Cold , Exhausted.
Paulhan was benumbed with co
and thoroughly exhausted when 1
reached Cere. A 'great crowd awalU
him. Manchester first saw the Fren <
aviator n few minutes after 5 o'cloc
coining steadily as a steamer on
mooth sea and holding directly f
tn < > field which he had1 chosen as
landing place.
\
Lands In Beautiful Curve.
Flying at a height of 400 feet , Pai
ban came over a clump of trees , ai
then , bringing his biplane around wl
a beautiful curve , landed exactly
the center of the field.
Last 24 Miles In 24 Minutes.
Paulhan did the last twenty-to
miles In exactly twenty-four rninuti
outdistancing the special train bear !
his wife , Henry Farman and oth
friends , who had accompanied him ,
White a Good Loser.
When , at Polesworth , he was tc
of the Frenchman's success , Wh
mounted a seat of an automobile a
cned :
"Ladles and gentlemen , the $50C
prize has been won by Louis Paulh :
the finest aviator the world has e\
seen. Compared with htm I am ot
& novice. Three cheers for Paulhai
Then They Cheer White.
The crowd gathered about the Ei
* rH * "
lishman gave me cheers heartily , 1
lowing them with a round of chci
for White.
PAULHAN A RECORD BREAKI
Holds Belt for Long Distance a
Likewise for Height.
Louis Paulhau is the holder of b <
the long distance record and I
record for height. On April 18
broke all cross-country records , m
ing a single flight from Orleans
118 miles In !
Arcis-Sur-Aubo , ,
hours.
At Los Angeles last January
reached an altitude which was of
inlly announced at 4,165 feet.
The distance from London to M
Chester Is 186 miles.
IN AIR 4 HOURS , 11HINUT
That Was Paulhan's Actual Fly
Time In Great Aerial Derby.
Manchester , April 28. To sum
the great aerial race , Paulhan left I
don at 5:20 : o'clock last evening i
reached Manchester at 5:30 : o'cl
It this morning. Ho descended at LI
field at 8:10 : o'clock last night and
sumed the trip at 4:09 : a , m. Wl
started from London at 6:30 : lastnl
and alighted at Northampton at 1
in. He again started at 2:50 : o'clocl
this morning , but was compelled tc
descend at Polesworth after he hat
covered a little more than half of tin
ISO miles.
Paulhan did the 180 tulles In ( hour.-
and 11 minutes actual flying time It
the air , unofficial.
AGE 75 AND 68 , THEY ELOPE
Rich Bachelor and Rich Old Male
Marry But Not for Money.
St. Louis , April 28.Thomas H. El
llott , 75 years old , a millionaire banket
and tobacco grower of LaFayette , Ky.
and Miss Adeline Ledbetter , 08 yean
old , of Murfreesboro , Ky. , eloped to St
Louis yesterday and were married lasl
night. Before the ceremony , eacl :
signed an agreement waiving clalnu
on the other's estate. The bride If
said to be worth more than $1,000,000
TOLETTERS
LETTERS
LETTERS FROM WICKERSHAM TC
TAFT NOT GIVEN OUT.
BALLINGER COMMITTEE VOTES
The Investigating Committee by ;
Vote of 6 to 3 Denies the Reques
of Attorney Brandeis for all Corres
pondence With White House.
Washington , April 28 The Ballln
ger-Plnchot committee today deniet
by a vote of 6 to 3 a request of At
torney Brandeis for the original of al
the letters of the attorney general t <
the president bearing on the former's
summary of the Glavls cnarges datec
September 11 , 1909.
BALLINGER TO TAKE STAND.
Secretary of Interior Will Testify Be
fore the Committee.
Washington , April 28. Secretar ;
Bnlllnger and Land Commissioner Den
nett probably will appear before thi
investigating committee this week o
next. Attorney Vertrees said toda ;
he thought It probable that one o
both would begin testimony this week
HOOSIERS ENDORSE StNATOI
Governor Marshall's Resolution Win
by Hair Kern Leads Off.
Indianapolis , April 28. By a voti
of 881 to 87 & the Indiana democrat !
convention today adopted the propc
sitlon presented by Governor Marshal
that the convention should endorse i
candidate for the United States sen
ate.
ate.The
The names of ten candidates wer
presented to the convention whe ;
nominations for the United States set
ator were asked for. When the resul
of the first ballot was announced Ker
led with' ' 303 votes. Taggart was se <
end with 228. There are 1,747 in th
convention , 874 necessary to a choict
FIVE MEN KILLED ON BOAT
Explosion on Southern Pacific Freigh
Steamer Is Fatal.
New Orleans , April 28. Five me
were killed April 23 by the exploslo
on the Southern Pacific freight steau
er El Albia , which was picked up i
distress off the mouth of the Mlssi :
slppl yesterday. This announcemer
was made when the steamer reache
New Orleans today.
TAFT BEHEADS TWO OFFICIAL
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General Incompetency is Charge
Against Alaska Appointees.
Washington , April 28. Presldei
Taft has directed the removal froi
office of Daniel A. Sutherland , Unl
ed States marshal for the district (
Alaska , and of John J. Boyce , distrh
attorney for the first division (
Alaska General Incompetency we
the charge against the marshal.
Juneau , Alaska , April 28. Part
sans of United States District A
torney Boyce and Marshal Daniel
Sutherland held meetings In Junea
I Skagway , Haines and Sitka to pr
' test against the removal of these o
ficlals. Resolutions were adopted d
i mandlng congressional Investigate
of the removals , then Impendln
which were alleged to be due i
Guggenheim Influence.
In this city Governor Walter 1
Clark was burned In effigy. A me
sago was read from Senator Borah i
Idaho , promising that the protes
against the removals would have
hearing In Washington.
Marshal Sutherland produced
document which he said proved h
accusations that the Guggenheim 1
terests had corrupted witnesses ai
jurors.
The meeting demanded that grai
Jury Investigate the charges.
SETH BULLOCK TO LONDON
South Dakota Federal Marshal Go
to Meet Colonel Roosevelt.
Sioux Falls , S. D. , April 28. Coi
plying with an Invitation recelv
from Roosevelt Captain Setb Bulloc
United States marshal for South E
kota and a prominent politician , sta
ed for London yesterday afternoon ,
YES , RUTH
WILL WED AGAII
HER FATHER CONFIRMS REPOR'
OF COMING MARRIAGE.
SHE'LL MARRY AN ENGLISHMAt
Next Tuesday at the Bryan Horn
Near Lincoln Ruth Bryan , Formerl ;
Mrs. W. H. Leavltt , Will Becom
Bride of British Army Lieutenant.
Lincoln , April 28. When he reai
the dispatch announcing the engage
ment of his daughter to Lteuteuan
Reginald Altham Owen of the Brltlsl
army , Mr. Bryan said the announce
ment was correct.
London , April 28. The engagemen
Is announced of Lieutenant Reglnal
Altham Owen , one of the royal eng
ncers stationed at Jamaica , to Hut
Uryan , daughter of William J. Bryai
who formerly was Mrs.V. . II. Leavlti
New York , April 28. Ruth Brya
Leavltt will be married at Falrvieu
Neb. , on Tuesday next to Reglnal
Owen of the British royal engineer !
It Is thought Mrs. Leavltt met he
fiance In Colorado late last summe :
He Is 26 years old.
ALL KISS AND MAKE UP
Neligh Woman Swears on Stand Hu
band Didn't Choke Her at All.
Nellgh. Neb. , April 28. Special t
The News : Both parties intereste
in the late hour affair that dlsturbe
the peaceful slumbers of Justice Joh
M. McAllister , the city police and th
county sheriff have at this hoi
"kissed and made up. "
Mrs. Jarmar swore on the stand tin
her husband did not choke her an
her charges against him were brougl :
on the Impulse of the moment durln
n heated argument. She also wltl
drew the charge of cruelty and not
support. The judge fined the youn
man the sum of $1 on the first coun
In the Bertram affair it was a fare
from start to finish , and the presldln
official declared there was no evidenc
to convict the accused on the charge
made , and should have been trail
ferred to the head of the house.
PIERCE MAN WILL PREACH
Mr. Malon Gets License at Congreg ;
tlonal Meet in Alnsworth.
Alnsworth , Neb. , Sprll 28 , Specif
to The News : The Elkhorn Valle
issoclatlon of C on gr e ga 11 o n a
hurches held their twenty-eighth ai
lual meeting In this city this wee ]
There are twenty-nine churches i
he association and most of thei
were represented. The' meeting
were interesting to the laymen c
well as to the clergy. Mr. Malon ,
business man of Pierce was licensee
o preach.
Death of W. H. Baldwin.
Ainsworth , Neb. , April 28. Sped :
o The News : William Henry Bal
win , one of the old settlers of Ain
worth and Brown county , died at h
home in this city at 1 o'clock Wedne
day morning. The deceased wi
born near South Bend , Ind. , Septer
ber 30 , 1847 , and was , therefore , (
years old. He was married at E
wardsburg , Mich. , December 24 , 186
to Miss Emma Jane Gullck. Fh
children were born of this unloi
four of whom are living and wei
present at the demise. They an
Art , Maude , Sawyer , Joe and Fro
Lula Francis died at the age of aboi
lour years.
The deceased attended the eommc
schools and finished his education
S'otre Dame.
He engaged with his brother In tl
Implement business in Decntur
Mich. , later in South Bend in tl
grocery business , and still later
Grand Junction , Maple River Jun
tlon , Denlson , Cambridge and N
vada , la. He came to Alnsworth
1884. He took a claim northeast
town and engaged In the Impleme
business here. For the most part
the time since he has lived here at
been one of our wideawake , actlv
pushing business men. Ho was 01
of our best citizens and the who
community joins in mourning li
loss. The funeral was held Thui
day afternoon and was conducted 1
Rev. Mr. Julian. His sons are
business here.
Oakdale Cemetery Clean-up.
Oakdale , Neb. , April 28. Special
The News : Yesterday was clean-1
day at the Oakdale cemetery , and nei
ly 200 persons assisted in the wet
The work left undone will be co
pleted by persons hired for that pi
pose. Already the Oakdale cemete
is one of the most beautiful In tl
section of the state , and when the cc
templated Improvements , which
elude the planting of nearly 200 tre <
the erection of a cement block hou
and grading of the avenues , are co
pleted , the grounds will be a source
pride to our citizens and a delight
visitors.
Miss Malzacher Very III.
Oakdalo , Neb. , April 28. Special
The News : Hon. John Malzacher \ \
called to Deadwood , S. D. , yestord
evening by a telegram announcing t
serious condition of his daughter , 1
linn , who last Saturday underwent
operation for appendicitis. Mrs. Ma
zacher was already with her daiighte
TO TEST BLEACH FLOUR LAY
Updike Milling Company Files Suit t
Restrain Court Action.
Davenport , la. , April 28. A cam ? t
show Unit the law forbidding th
blenching of Hour Is unconstltutlonn
was llk'd by the Shawnee Mllllm
company and the Updike Milling con :
pany who asked a permanent Injnnc
tlon of Federal Juilgn Smith McPhei
BOH to prohibit federal anthorltle
from enforcing the pure food lav
against carloads of bleached lion
that wore seized here several month
> go.
go.NELSON
NELSON A , MILES INJURED
Thrown From Horse While Riding I
Washington Rib Broken.
Washington , April 28. General No
son A. Miles was thrown from a ne\
horse he was riding In Potomac par
late yesterday. One rib was broket
He received a slight scalp wound an
was bruised somewhat on his shoulde
and side. It Is not thought that h
suffered any Internal Injuries or thu
the scalp wound will prove serious.
DYNAMITE LIGHTER EXPLODED ,
15,000 , Buildings on Shore Were Dan
aged , Two People Killed.
Victoria. B. C. , April 28. Shakln
Kobe with the force of an earthquak
and leaving damage suggesting a t ;
phoon , a terrific explosion took plac
on a dynamite lighter In the harbor o
April 7 , according to news brougl
here by the steamer Awa Maru. Nc
only was immediate damage sustaine
ashore , where more than 15,000 bulli
ings were damaged , two persons kille
and eighty-three Injured , but the blu
funnel liner Myrmidon , and some otl
er vessels , narrowly escaped. Seven
steamers were quickly moved who
the dynamite laden lighter was see
on lire.
Associated Press Officers.
New York. April 28. At a meetin
of the board of directors of the A
soclated Press , the board electe
Frank B. Noyes of the Washingto
Evening Star as president ; R. ft
Johnston , of the Houston Post a
first vice president and Frank P. MI
Lentian of the Topeka State Journ :
as second vice president. The boar
also elected Melville E. Stone as sei
retary , Charles II. fatehl as asslstar
secretary and J. R. Youatt as trea
urer.
University Head Resigns.
Washington , April 28. Charles V
Needham , president of the Georg
Washington university , resigned ye
terday.
New Venezuelan President.
Caracas , April 28. Juan Vincenl
Gomez was elected constitutional pre
Ident of Venezuela for a term of foi
years by congress. All political pri
oners have been released In honor i
the event.
BIG FRAUD IS CHARGED
Fraudulent Manipulation in Bondir
Deals in Wyoming , is Alleged.
Cheyenne , April 28. Conspiracy 1
defraud , fraudulent stock manlpul
tlon and Irregular bonding deals ai
charged against E. W. Cobb , E. i
Norton and F. B. Draper , directors i
the Pennsylvania-Wyoming Copp <
company and fourteen other corpor
tlons , in a suit filed in the Unite
States circuit court here.
The complaint charges that tl
stockholders of the companies i
volved were defrauded of from sevt
to ten million dollars.
The suit was filed by David N. Pr
van and other stockholders of tt
Pennsylvania-Wyoming Copper cot
pany as interveners in a suit brougl
January 25 by L. W. Hawney of We
i Virginia asking for the appointmei
of D. N. Pennock of Ohio as recelvi
of the United States Smelters , Ra
1 way and Copper company. The Intc
veners claim the property In tl
hands of the court really belongs
the Pennsylvania-Wyoming Copp
company. The Interveners clal
Cobb , Norton and Draper and othe
organized the United States Stneltet
Railway and Copper company with
board of dummy directors and fra
dulently and without knowledge
stockholders , transferred the pro
I erty of the Pennsylvanla-Wyotuli
Copper company to the United coi
pany and in consideration of tl
transfer the United company agrei
to liquidate $3,600,000 alleged Indel
edr.ess of the Pennsylvanla-Wyomli
company.
The complaint says that the actu
debts of the Pennsylvanla-Wyomli
. company did not exceed $150,0
while the property Is worth frc
i $6,000,000 to $8,000,000. It also chai
. ed that the United company had
means of liquidating the indebtedne
, and that after the transfer the dumr
i directors resigned and Cobb , Nortc
. Draper and others were eiected.
t It is also alleged Cobb , Norton a
> Draper were concerned In the fn
dulcnt manipulation of the stock a
bonds of fourteen other corporatloi
most of which operate In the <
campment district of Wyoming.
3 Is claimed they secured from sev
(
f to ten million dollars from deals
I
3. stocks of these companies. T
stock of these companies Is wld <
i owned throughout this country.
HYOE DROPPED
,
POISON IN SNOW
THOMAS H. SWOPE , JR. , RECOC
NIZED THE ODOR.
IS WAS THE DEADLY CYANIDI
Dr. Hyde Dropped Capsules of Cyanld
of Potassium on the Street an
Stamped Them Into the Snow , DC
clares Son of Late Colonel Swopc
Kansas City , April 28. Thomas li
Swope , Jr. , told In the criminal com
today how he found capsules whle
Dr. Hyde had thrown away on a stree
and recognized the odor they emltte
as that of cyanide of potassium.
While working In a Nevada mini
said Mr. Swope , he became well ai
qualnted with the poison and was poi
Hive he could not be mistaken aboi
the peculiar odor of It. Cyanide , h
said , smelted like burned almond ;
Dr. Hyde was about 300 feet from hit
when the capsules were thrown awa ;
said Mr. Swope. The physician stam ]
ed them Into the snow after droppin
them , testified the witness.
Insofar as Mr. Swope knew , D
lyde did not know his actions wer
bserved by any one. Accompanle
jy John O. Paxton , said Mr. Swopi
e made a second visit to the poll
A'here he had seen Dr. Hyde and the
ound fragments of three capsule
II of the parts of the capsules wet
ent to Chicago and chemists announ
d they found traces of cyanide 1
hem.
The Tell-tale Odor.
After smelling wet cyanide on tli
hands of Hugo Breckletn , a druggls
n the court room , Miss L. E. Va
uys said It was the same drug sli
melt on the hand of Mr. Swope aft (
ie had handled the capsules he picke
up In the street.
Mr. Swope was still on the wltnes
tand when court adjourned for tl :
icon recess.
Jurors Don't Know Hyde's in Jail.
At noon Judge Lathshaw orderc
hat at all times Dr. Hyde should I
jroughtInto and removed from tl ;
ourt room out of the presence of tli
ury in order that the jurymen migl
lot know he Is In the custody of tli
uthorltles. The action of the com
leased Mrs. Hyde. She smiled who
he order was given.
OR , HYDE IS NOW IN JAIL
Kansas City , April 28. Dr. B. (
Hyde's bond of $100,000 was revokt
and the physician was placed In tl
ounty jail by the order of Jude
. .athshaw at the close of the crlui
ml court session last night.
This action means Dr. Hyde mu
emaln In prison until he Is declare
nnocent by a jury , or is permltte
> y the court to furnish a new bon
The action of the court was due 1
he nature of the evidence presente
by the state against Dr. Hyde.
Army Officer Drops in Airship.
San Antonio , April 25. Lleutenai
Foulols , while making a landing In tl
army's Wright aeroplane at Fort Sa
rlouston , struck the ground at
smashed one of the skids of the in
chine. Lieutenant Foulols was carr
ng a passenger , Private Eldredge i
; he signal corps , and both men we
> adly shaken up but otherwise unhui
The drop was about twenty feet.
HAM ME RUE IN QUITS OPER *
; aces Deficit for Season Just Closi
and Will Give Up Game.
New York , April 28. Oscar Hai
inerstein has abandoned the field
rand opera.
Through Samule Untermyer , h
counsel , and his son Arthur , he a
nounced that he had capitulated
'the exactions of the artistic temper
ment , which , aided and flattered 1
competition now demanded salarl
which If paid meant bankruptcy , at
if refused meant no performances
Both his own and the Metropolis
Opera company faced deficits , he sal
lor the season just closed. Therefo
he had concluded that the public he
and elsewhere would be better set
ed by one competitor In the field an
as the Metropolitan had , through I
stockholders , what amounts to
subsidy he left it to fill the pub !
demand.
PACKING HOUSE STRIKE SHOR
Men In Omaha Return to Work as F
suit of a Compromise ,
Omaha , April 28. As a result of
meeting of the striking packing lion
employes last night at which It w
decided that they were not propei
organized to win a strike , the m
this morning returned to work nt t
compromise wages offered by t
companies. The loaders get an
crease of one and a half cents
hour and others receive correspoi
ing concessions.
100 Japs Dead In Avalanche.
Victoria , B. C. . April 28. More tli
100 Japanese were killed on April
when an avalanche plunged down S
gese hill , overwhelming the village
Nlshlmoyamura , Japan , and buryl
It and the adjoining valley for a Ic
distance under sixteen feet of sn
and debris.
GONDIFION OF lilt WtAIHbl
Temperature for Tw nty-four HDUH
Forecast for Nebraska.
Maximum 8
.Minimum ft
Average 7
Harometor 29.7
Chicago. April 28. The bulletin It
sued by the Chicago station of tin
United States weather bureau give
the following forecast for Nebraska
Fair tonight and Friday ; cooler wea
portion tonight.
9 ELEPHANTS
IN STAMPEDE
RINGLING CIRCUS PACHYDERM !
BREAK AND RUN.
DANVILLE , ILL. , ALL TORN Ul
A Number of Persons are Injured
Two of Them Seriously by Belni
Picked up and Hurled Agains
Buildings Houses are Damaged.
Danville , 111. , April 28. Severa
let-sons were Injured and propert ;
damaged to the amount of severa
housand dollars when eight bull
and one female elephant of the King
ing show stampeded here yesterdaj
As the pachyderms were being ur
oaded after several hours' ride froii
Chicago one of tne bulls made a breal
'or liberty , bowling over the keepo
and escaping. He was followed b
several bulls. Later while the entlr
"orce of trainers and keepers wor
engaged In the unusual sport of hunt
ng elephants in automobiles the fc
iiale escaped.
For several hours the elephant
were at large , despite the fact tun
he entire force of police reserve
were called Into action and gav
chase. After escaping the elephant
iioved for some time In a bund
.hen separated.
Stop Only for Stone Buildings.
They stopped for nothing exccp
) rick and stone buildings and sum
frame structures , coal sheds , fence
and trees In their path were pushe
aside , turned over , unrooted an
thrown to one side.
At the home of William Mlllei
three elephants found there was nc
sufficient room for them to pass hi
tween the summer kitchen and th
residence and so pushed the kltche
aside , badly frightening the person
therein.
People Badly Hurt.
At the home of Joseph Peebles , n
: er overturning a shed and killing
: iorse , one of the animals attacke
Peebles and hurled him again the sid
of his residence. He Is now In a crlt
cal condition.
Barney O'Neill , liveryman , wa
thrown from his wagon when th
lord of elephants dashed down a sld
street and In front of his team. 1
Crabb , one of the keepers , who wa
assisting In the taking of three of th
bulls In their quarters In the car
after their capture , was hurled again :
the side of a nearby barn and so
lously injured.
Other persons were slightly Inju
ed when horses were frightened c
through their own fright during th
stampede.
Elephants Visit 100 Homes.
More than 100 homes were visltc
by the elephants and the damage wl
probably aggregate $9,000 or $10,00
Truck gardens , orchards and man
buildings were absolutely mined I
the north and east outskirts of tl
city by some of the elephants whi
shade trees and residences wei
greatly damaged by those who wei
to the southward , toward the bus
ness district.
One elephant was still at larg
two or three miles north of the cit
and a force of attendants with bu
and female elephants were sent forl
to effect a capture if-possible.
Rejection of Bill Costs $6,500,000. ,
London , April 28. Chancellor Lloy
George's finance bill , the rejection
which by the house of lords cost tl
nation , as Premier Asqulth announc <
in his final speech last night , $ G,50i
000 In actual money , passed the thl
reading in the house of commons by
majority of 93 amid enthusiast
cheers from the ministerialists ,
was Immediately carried to the hou
of lords , which was waiting in sessii
to receive It and in quiet uneventf
fashion , the house of lords passed tl
first reading of the bill.
Begin to Prosecute Helnze.
New York , April 28. After a seal
ing opening address by United Stat
District Attorney Wise , the govet
ment began In earnest the prosecutl
of F. Augustus Helnze , charged wl
misapplication of the funds of the Mi
cantlle National bank , and with ovi
certification of chocks of Otto Heln
and company. To Heinze's operatlo
the prosecutor referred as "flimflni
and "bunco games , " while he charg
that the Mercantile National bank h
been reduced to a gambling instl
tlon.
Roosevelt at Dinner.
Paris , April 28. The visit of .
President Roosevelt and his family
Paris was concluded last night wltl
gala dinner by the minister of forol
affairs.
i
BIG CROWD
TO COLUMBUS
NORFOLK SENDS DELEGATION TO
STATE CONVENTION.
RETURN IN A SPECIAL TRAIN
Paper of Norfolk Commercial Club
Member Says Every Town Can Ad
vertise With Effective Results at
Small Expense Bad News Good Ad.
Norfolk was well represented at the
convention of the Nebraska commer
cial clubs at Columbus. A large num
ber of Norfolk business men went to
Columbus Thursday and arrangements
for the special train for the return
trip were successful.
KEEP YOUR TOWN ON THE MAP-
Norfolk Club Member Urges State to
Buy Advertising Space.
Columbus , Neb. , April 28. The
tosebud Indian reservation land be
came the best known strip of govern-
nent territory In the country because
of the advertising gained through
ioneHteel'H notoriety during the first
and rush , declared N. A. Huse of the
Norfolk Commercial club In a paper
read before the Nebraska State Asso
ciation of Commercial clubs here to
day.
day.The
The paper declared that every vil-
age and city offering any Inducements ,
to new Industries should be spending
money advertising those facts , even It
only through want ads In the metro
politan dallies.
It was urged that Nebraska as a
state should appropriate a fund for ad
vertising purposes , and every town
and village was urged , too , to encour
age the maintenance of a live corre
spondent to the dally papers who
would send out every live bit of news
happening , for the sake of keeping the
town on the map.
The paper said In part :
There are two kinds of town adver
tising the kind you pay for and the
kind you don't pay for. The one may
range all the way from a 10-cent want-
ad in the newspaper to a two-page
spread In the Saturday Evening I.'ost
at $5,000 a throw. The other Includes
the good words spoken for a town by
Its loyal citizens avvay from home ,
the press agent stories sent out with
deliberate advertising intent and clev
erly slipped under the telegraph edi
tor's guard , and the real telegraphic
news dispatches bearing the town's
dateline and used for their news val
ue by the big newspapers of the coun
try. Under this last classification , of
course , must be Included the news re
ports of the good and the bad and
more often bad than good , but even
though the story told be a disagree
able one and one to make citizens of
the community In which the Incident
happened shudder at Us awfulness
even the very bad news emanating
from a town will prove on the whole.
It seems to me , to be remarkably good
advertising. And the bad stories have
this virtue the general public likes
to read the bad things that bad people
ple do and for that reason the tele
graph editor will jump at this kind
of a dispatch and eagerly call atten
tion of thousands of readers to your
town In the dateline on the story
where he would probably find room
only In the waste basket for the re
port of an uninteresting Sunday
School convention. An Incident toofe
place in Kansas City not many weeks
ago which was in itself of a degen
erate type , yet Kansas City got good
advertising out of that incident even
In spite of the low moral level from
which the strop sprang. For at least
a day the name of Kansas City was
given a conspicuous position In every
newspaper In the world , for two col
umns of that story were cabled to
Europe. The story in itself was nause
ating , but because of the prominence ot
the people concerned and the sensa
tional features In the affair It was
given first page space In every big
newspaper and millions of readers
were made to realize indirectly , It
not directly , that Kansas City was on
the map. By deductive and even un
conscious reasoning Kansas City was
made to appear In the minds of hun
dreds of thousands of people all over
the globe as a city of riches , as a city
where things happen and as a place
which has so far developed in wealth
and civilization as to afford the lux
ury of certain forms of aristocratic
corruption which seem to associate
themselves only with the great over
fed , overrich center of population.
And In speaking of the value of ad
vertising gained through publicity giv
en to the "bad" things that happen la
a community , one might point more
concretely to the Rosebud Indian res
ervation in South Dakota. During the
Gregory county land rush 100,000 people
ple went in droves from all parts ot
the United States to take chances In
Uncle Sam's big land lottery. Thous
ands of them went because they had
heard that land rushes hold the ele
ments of the sensational and the dra
matic ; thousands of them had heard
of Bonesteel and they heard of Bone-
steel because of the bad things that
happened there. Through that first
opening and the badness that cropped
out at Bonesteel , the Rosebud reserva
tion was glvcMi greater publicity
throughout the United States than
and when Trlpp county was opened
up farther west , a still greater throng ,
I to a largo extent as a result of the
publicity that had been given the
shootings during the first rush , took
a chance In lottery No. 2. The Rose
bud reservation never could have
gained the national attention that wan
thrust upon it If there had been no
murder In Bonesteel at the beginning
of the first land rush and If there
had been no crooks and ox-convicts
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