Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL
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\MliHM.K NKMUASKA FIJI DAY AIAIU'll 8 HMU.
GOT THERE
DENIES THAT HE SAID SCOTT
REACHED SOUTH POLE.
CLAIMS THE HONOR FOR NORWAY
CAPT. ROALD AMMUNDSEN SAYS
HE ARRIVED DEC. 14.
ALREADY TALKING OF LECTURES
He Refuses to Allow any Person to
Board His Ship , the Pram , Under
Any Pretext Whatsoever Planning
Circuitous Tour Home.
Christiana , March 8. Two local
newspapers today received dispatches
from Capt. Koald Amund. announc
ing that ho reached the sou \ ; u < > "
Dee. II , ! ) . The dispatcher/f re
soul from llobart , Tasmania w.
Amundsen arrived yesterday. The di
patches read :
"Polo reached Ilth-I7th December.
This evidently means that ho re
mained three days In the vicinity of
the pole , probably for the purpose of
taking accurate observations as to his
position.
New Yoik , March 8. The Now
Times received a dispatch today from
Itoald Amundsen at llobart , Tasma
nia , saying that he know nothing
about Capt. Scott , the British explor
er , and his expedition.
London , Mm eh 8. Capt. Koald
Amundsen states that no will submit
CONDITION OF HIE WEATHER
for Twenty-four Hour * .
The Forecast.
Mii\iiiMiin ill
Mltiliniiin H
Avet-age IS
| lnioiiu > U > r 3 < >
Dakota weather conditions at S
in. : Dcndwood , ( i above , clear ; Rapid
City , ncro , clour ; Proslm1 below.
Hoar ; Chamberlain , 2 above , clear ;
\Vlnnor , 8 below , clear.
Chicago , March S. The bulletin is-
uiicd by tliu Chicago station of the.
United Stnte weather buruiiu gives
the forecast UH follows :
Nebraska : riiHcttled weather , with
probably snow flurries In south portion
tion tonight or Saturday. Colder In
Month portion tonight ; Using tempera
ture Saturday.
South Dakota : Fair tonight and Sat
urday ; slowly rising temperature.
subject , dipt. AmnndHcii Intends to
stay ut llobart for a few days , he will
then go to Australia and give a few
lectures there , afterward departing for
Knropo by the circuitous route of
i.uenos Ayres , then around Capo Morn
to Horlng Straits and through the
northwest passage and the Arctic
ocean.
The confirmation of Capt. Kould
uindsen's attainment of the south
, on Dec. M , 1911 , received today
fit.1. ' 10 explorer himself at llobart ,
Tasmania , sets at rest the conflicting
reports current on the subject yester
day. A dispatch published by the
Dally Kxpress in London , dated Wel
lington , N. / . , declared that Amundsen
had stated that Scott had reached the
south pole. It was assumed that this
declaration Indicated that Amundsen
himself had not succeeded in attain
ing the object of his expedition , and
credit was given to the British ex
plorer.
Nothing had hitherto been heard of
Scott , and Amundsen now denies tnat
he suld or telegraphed anything re
ferring to his liritish rival or his ex
pedition.
The honor of the achievement of the
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I Photos bj Amork'un Press Association.
EXPLORERS AND ONE OF THE SHIPS IN SOUTH POLE HUNT.
his chaits and all Information as to
his expedition without delay , accord
ing to dispatches trom llobart. received
special correspondent at
ceived by a
Wellington , N. / .
After meeting Capt. Scott in the
Hay of Whales on .Ian. 19. 1911 , Capt.
Amundsen camped with nine men in
longitude IGl. west , latitude 78. He
has not revealed his subsenuent
movements.
Capt. Amundsen has settled his
plans to sail fiom llobart within a
week for Huenos Ayres. From that
port ho will go round Cape Horn to
San Kranclsco and then on to the
Uerlng Straits. Then he will drift
with the ice acioss the Arctic ocean
and expects to emerge at some point
between Greenland and Spltzbergen.
Capt. Scott's agent in New Zealand
expresses the opinion that Scott must
hnvo changed his plans and proceed
ed with new exploring and scientific
work , thus possibly delaying the re
turn of the Terra Nova for some
weeks.
The Royal Geographical society uc
copts unqualifiedly Capt. Amundsen'-
claim that ho reached the south pole
and takes it for granted that ho was
the first explorer to reach the goal
although Amundsen's brief dispatcl
does not mention that fact.
Hobart. Tasmania , March S.Capt
Hoald Amundsen , the Norwegian e\
ploror. denies having telegraphed any
thing regarding Capt. Robert Scott 01
the Hrltish expedition.
Capt , Amundsen , up to the present
Is the only member of the Antnrtli
expedition which has landed from tin
Kratu. Nobody Is allowed to po 01
board the vessel under any pretox
whatsoever.
The explorer says ho is pleased wit' '
the results of his expedition , but othei
wise maintains absolute silence on th
discovery of the south pole must nebo
bo given to the Norwegian explore
until Capt. Scott announces the resu
of his expedition.
Shonka Not Married.
Lincoln , Mnich S. Sylvester '
Shonka , captain of the 1911 footbn
team at the University of Nebrask
was not married to Miss Carol )
Hen/.lik of Cedar Rapids , la. , as wi
reported last Monday. The big tack
took out a marriage license , but
was later determined to postpone tl
wedding until late spring in ord
that his fiancee might graduate fro
the university.
Wlsner Stock Show.
Wisnor. Neb. , March S. At a i
cent meeting of the board of dlrecto
of the Wisnor Live Stock and Ag
cultural association. It was dectd
to hold the annual fall festival i
Sept. 10 , 11 and 12 , with Leo Moli
secretary and L. C. Thlmko manngi
who promises one of the best sto
show and entertainments ever held
Wlsner and that means something
Snlvey Starts Back.
Horkphig , France , March S. Hci
Salvey started again today to crc
the channel tor F.ngland. Salvey , w
yesterday traveled in his monopln
from London to Paris , a distance
222 miles. In 2 hours and 57 mlnin
and then started on the return jo
ney from Paris to London , was cc
pelled to land here by violence
the wind.
SOUTH DAKOTA AT A GLANCI
A big meeting of the Grant Com
Roosters' club Is planned for Mllun
on March 12.
The town of Hryant by a vote of
to fit ! adopted the commission plan
city government.
STRIPPED OF VITAL FEATURES , IS
NOW DEAD ISSUE.
AND FOR MANY YEARS TO COME
FRANCE AND.ENGLAND WON'T ' BE
ASKED TO ACCEPT.
NO ARBITRATION FOR AMERICA
By Cutting Out the Important Features
of the Arbitration Treaties Proposed
by Tnft , Senate Puts America Out
of Peace Game.
Washington , Marc h S. American
participation In general arbitration of
International difficulties Is a dead Is
sue so far as concerns this session of
congress , and probably for many jonra
to come , according to government offi
cials who today summed up the sen
ate's action yesterday in stripping the
proposed arbitration treaties with
France and Great Hritain ot their vital
features.
There is little thought that Presi
dent TaTt will submit the treaties in
the mangled form to either of the pow
ers tor possible appioval. The amend
ed treaties sent to the white house to
day will await the return to Washiim-
toii of President Taft , and if routine is
followed he will semi them to the state
department. Secretary Knox , who is
tod.iy due at Amapala , on the west
coast of Honduras , will be advised b.v
cable of what has happened , and as a
matter of form some consultation must
be held between the president and the
secretary before the next step can be
taken.
As a matter of courtesy the Hrltish
and French ambassadors will bo in
formed of the senate's action , but that
will not be regarded as an invitation to
them to accept the amendment unless
followed by further representations
Irom the state doplirtment.
Washington. March S. Stripped of
the clause which it was claimed would
invade the constitutional treaty-mak
ing power of the senate , and with
many other limitations added , the
general arbitration treaties between
the United States and England and
France , proposed by President Taft
and Secretary ICnox as a forerunner
for universal peace , were rat 11 led by
the senate by a vote of 70 to 3. The
senators who voted against the rati
fications were Lorlmer. Martin and
Uec'd. The latter two are democrats.
Moth the treaties , by the senate's
action , are up in the air , and in their
modified form they must be referred
to England and Franco.
Hy the terms of an amendment pro
posed by Senator Hacon of Georgia ,
the senate consented to the ratifica
tion of the treaties with the provision
that they did not authorize the sub
mission "to arbitration any question
which affects the admission of nlienf
into the United States or the admls
< don of aliens to the educational In
stltutlons of the several states or the
territorial integrity of the several
states or of the United States or con
renting the qm-stlon of alleged In
debtedness or monied obligation o
any state of the United States , or an.v
question which depends upon or In
volves the maintenance of the trndl
tlonal attitude of the United States
concerning American questions , com
monly described as the Monroe dor
trine or other purely governmenta
policy. "
t As amended the treaties provldi
that all differences with the exceji
lion of the subjects named in the Ha
con amendment , which It has not beei
possible to adjust by diplomacy am
which are justifiable in their nnturr
shall be submitted to arbitration a
The Hague tribunal.
Senator Lodge and others win
fought the senate's action declarei
that the alteration of tht much ills
cussed clause 3 of article 3 would 1m
peril the success of the treaties.
A Roosevelt Message Forged.
Washington , March S. Senator Jc
soph M. Dlxon , campaign manager fo
Col. Roosevelt denounced as a for ?
ery a telegram published in a Iocs
paper today purporting to bo th
text of a message by Senator Dlxo
to Col. Roosevelt yesterday. Th
supposed telegram was as follows :
"Theodore Roosevelt , New York :
"The senate has ratified your coi
tention in regard to the treaties. On
democratic friends have come to 01
rescue.
"Joseph M. Dlxon. "
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Wltten Goes Wet.
10
ne Wltten. S. D. . March S. Special I
of The News : The election passed o
OS quietly in Wilton. enl > fifty-two vote
ir- being cast. The question of wet ni
in- dry was decided by a vote of It ! to !
inof in favor of the wots. Hollenbock we
over Llndnhl for town trustee by
majority of 8 votes. For troasim
the vote stood a tie between 13. I
Hood and Charles Worcester and I
li tossing a dollar for choice Worcent
nk was the victor. It Is understood th
there will ho a contest for the
Ofi of trustee as Mr. Ilollenueek. a en
of didato , acted ns one of the judg
of the election.
SOFT WEATHER
CONGRESSMAN DIES OF TEXAS
ATTACKS BERGER ALSO.
HE CLASSES BRYAN WITH THEM
Declares These Three Are Greatest
Enemies of Free Government Says
They Belong to McNamara Class.
Grills Berger , Particularly.
Washington , March S. Former Pres
ident Roosevelt , William .1. IJryan and
Representative Victor Uerger of Wis
consin , socialist , woie branded 111 a
speech in the house Ii > Representative
Dies of Texas , democrat , us being
"among the foremost enemies of fiee
government in America today. "
Mr. Dies Insisted that both Mr.
Roosevelt and Mr. Uryan wore social
ists , and ho coupled their names with
those of Mr. Herger and the MeNa-
mara brothers.
"Mr. Herger Is over there , " stid Mr.
Dies , pointing dramatically at the
house building where the Lawrence
strike inquiry was proceeding , "posing
as the great friend of labor. It is high
time that the country shouU know
just what Mr. Herger stands for. I urn
not appealing to any district or to any
party , but to my colleagues here tu
recognize the peril of socialism "
The legislative activities of the Wis
cousin socialist member were then re
viewed by Mr. Dies. These , he sine
among ether things , included abolition
of the veto power of the president and
eliminated both the supreme court anil
the senate , two measurer which , Mr
Dies charged , were intended "to save
from the clutches of the law the Me
Namiira brothers and others who after
ward might find themselves similar ! )
in the toils of the law. Space forbids
me to describe all the Herger bills , '
said Mr. Dies , "but as illustrating u <
socialist interpretation of the doctrine
of 'eMu.il rights to all and special priv
ileges to none , ' when applied to a so
cialist in office , I call attention t <
house roll 110 2 Introduced by Mr. Her
ger , June S , 11)11. ) That measure , t <
use its own words , was 'a bill to pro
vide an automobile for the official usi
of the committee on District of LT
lunibia. '
"I need not sav that Mr. Herger wa :
a member of that committee at thi
time ho Introduced the bill. Mr. Dei
ger , I might say , yields to no man , liv
Ing or dead , In his desire to dlsrup
the constitution and destroy the 111
ertles of the people under a represei :
tativo democracy. In his desire for
re-enactment of chaos , Mr. Herger 1
as earnest , if not as vociferous , as th
lion tamer who roars from the peak
of Sagamore Hill. "
Contrasting Col Roosevelt and Ml
( Continued on fifth page. )
BRYAN PRAISES LAFQLLETTE
Says He Would Poll More Votes Tha
Roosevelt or Taft.
Fargo , N. D. . March S. Predlctlr
that Senator La Follotto would pc
more votes In the fall election thr
either Roosevelt or Taft , W. .1. Hry :
delivered an eulogy on Robert M. I
Folletto and directed a scorching r
tack on Theodore Roosevelt and W
Ham 11. Taft. A large audience hen !
the speech.
"When you name progressive mi
in the republican party , I am for I
Folletto. Ho was progressive befo
Roosevelt could spell the word ,
have gone to Wisconsin to help ole
La Follette governor of the state ai
I have refused to stump that stn
for democrats who were against hi
I hnvo seen La Follette when the
terests of his own state were agate
( CopyiiKht. )
him and I have seen him go on to
victory.
"There Is faith In La Follette. 1
have seen him in the senate when
members of his own pnity would turn
their backs on him and leave In the
middle of his speech and I have no
ticed that lie put them on thei backs.
Twelve of those senators were de
feated and their places filled by pro
gressives. If I were a republican 1
would be for La Follette. I would
want him for the leader of my party ,
lie will poll more votes than either
Roosevelt or Taft. This may seem
strange to my democratic friends , but
Mr. La Follette Is a progressive , and
1 want to see a progressive nominat
ed by the democrats to show that the
country will be saved , no matter who
is elected. I put my country ahead
of my party every time. "
MORE MORGANJRT TREASURE
Another Consignment , Valued at Three
Million , Reaches New York.
New York , March 8. Another con
signment of ,1. Plerpont Morgan's art
collection , which he is bringing from
abroad , was unloaded today from tin
JVVhite Star liner Oceanic , which docke <
hero last night. The collection un
loaded today was appraised abroad at
$ ; ! ,000,000. No detailed list of the con
tents was given in the ship's manifest
AMOUNT OF GRAIN ON FARM !
Government Issues Bulletin Showlm
March 1 Condition.
Washington , March 8.- The Marcl
crop report of the United States dej
partment of agriculture , issued a
2 : : > 0 p. m. today and made up iron
reports of its correspondents am
agents throughout the country , give
the following estimates :
Wheat Quantity remaining o
farms March 1 was about 122,02.1,00
bushels , or 19.0 percent of the 1'Jl '
crop , against 102,703,000 bushels , o
lij.G percent of the 1910 ciop , on farm
March 1 , 11)11 ) , and 100,211,000 busl
els , or 23.-1 percent of the 1009 cio
on farms March 1 , 1910. About f > 0.
percent of the crop will be shippe
out of the counties whore growi
against 53.C percent of the 1910 cro
and Cl.l percent of the 1909 crop s
shipped.
Corn Quantity remaining on farm
Marcli 1 was about 881,009,000 busl
els , or 00.0 percent of the 1911 cro ]
against llGr,37S,000 bushels , orJO ,
percent of the 1910 crop on farm
March 1 , 1911 , and UTT.Ml.OOO bushel
or uS.I ! percent of the 1909 crop a
farms March 1 , 1910. About SO.l po
cent of the crop will bo shipped 01
of the counties where grown , again :
22.0 percent of the 1910 crop and 21
percent of the 1909 crop so shippe
The proportion of the total 1911 en
which is merchantable , is about 00
percent , against SO.4 percent of tl
1910 crop and S2.5 percent of tl
1909 crop.
Oats Quantity remaining on farn
March 1 was about 12Sfl.9SS.000 bus
els , or 31.1 percent of the 1911 cro
against -112,005,000 bushels , or 37
percent of the 1910 crop on farn
March 1 , 1911. and 305,1:52,000 : bus
els , or 30.3 percent of the 1909 en
on farms Marcli I , 1910. About 2J
percent of the crop will bo shlpp <
out of the counties whore grow
against 30.G percent of the 1910 cr
and 32.7 percent of the 1909 crop
shipped.
Harley Quantity remaining
farms March 1 was about 21.7GO.O
bushels , or 15.5 percent of the IS
crop , against 33,408,000 bushels ,
o 19.3 percent of the 1910 crop
farms March 1 , 1911 , and -12,002,0
bushels , or 24.G percent of the If
crop on farms March 1 , 1910. Abe
57.2 percent will be shipped out
the counties where grown , against
percent of the 1910 crops and 5
percent of the 1009 crop so shipped
ACCUSED MURDERESS TESTIFIES
IN OWN DEFENSE.
TELLS OF THEIR LOVE AFFAIR
Relates Story of Her Relatlonshlf
With Ira Churchill , the Man She
Killed Interest in the Trial If
Growing Dally.
llartington , Neb. , March S. Ever :
seat in the courtroom was taken vvhei
the Maggie Davis murder trial was
resumed. The Snlc'csl In the case I.
glowing more Intense every hour
The work of taking testimony is be
Ing pushed forward as rapidly as pos
sible.
Mrs. Davis was called to the stain
at 11 o'clock as the first witness fo
the defense. She related the story o
her Intimate relationship with In
Churchill , the man whom she killed
and Identified a number of letters am
photographs in substantiation of he
statements.
The contention of the defense I
that the woman was made insane b ,
the cruel treatment of the man wh
Is alleged to have deceived her ani
abandoned her at the last moment fo
another woman. In the working on
of tills theory the defense will intn
duce expert medical testimony in th
way of hypothetical questions , whic
will ho offset by other expert test
mony Introduced by the state.
The witnesses called by the stat
included the hired man , the shcrif
the attending physician and other :
all of whom testified to the fact r
the killing and the means by which
was accomplished.
State's Star Witness.
The first witness called to tit
stand by the state late yesterday af
ernoon was H. A. Hall , the hired ma
who was with the late Ira Church !
at the time he was shot. Mr. Hall :
the state's star witness , for he ws
an eye witness to the tragedy and
very clear in ills testimony. Ho to
tifled that ho and his employer wei
milking in the barn shortly after su
per on the evening of the murdi
when Mrs. Davis walked Into tl
building and with the words , "I to
you what I would do to you if you He
to me , " shot Mr. Churchill dead. Tl
only reply when ho tumbled off tl
milk stool was , "You , I know. " Tl
testimony of the state's witnesses i
o the fact of the killing Is so clei
: hat the defense in the first trial mat
10 effort to break It down and w
probably follow the same course
this.
FOUR NEGROES DIE IN WREC
Nine Others Injured , Six Serlousl
When Trains Collide.
! ; Social Circle. Ga. , March & . Fo
" ' persons were killed and nine Injure
six of them seriously , when passeng
' "
train No. 4 of the Georgia railroi
' ' leaving Atlanta at midnight , collid
head-on with a freight train thr
miles from here nt 4:15 : o'clock tl
morning. Those killed were negroi
They were pinned beneath the nog
coach , which was telescoped by t
buggago car.
m The two locomotives , telescoped
)0 ) the force of the crash , were demolli
II ed. The first-class passenger coa
jrn and the Pullman cars remained on t
> n track , and while some of the slcepl
10 passengers were considerably shak
39
ut Concord Phone Office Burns.
of A sub-license telephone office
50 the Nebraska Telephone company
Concord , Neb. , northeast of Way
was destroyed by fire last night.
TAFT SPEAKS
PRESIDENT PREACHES PROSPER
ITY TO AUDIENCE.
HEARS "THINGS LOOKING UP"
The President Starts His Campaign
To Chicago by Holding a Long Po
litical Conference With Two Taft
Leaders In Buckeye State.
Alliance , o. , Mutch -I'icsldeiit
Tall began his three da > s' campaign
ihioiigh Ohio and Illinois today with
! > long talk about political conditions
in Ohio \\ith L. < ! . Laylln ami Wll
Ham II. Miller , two of the' Tall lend
eis Mr. Lnylln wild that "things vveie
looking up In Ohio. "
The piesldent probably will make
manv tear platform speeches In Ohio
At Salem the factories shut down for
Illteen minutes and a great crowd
awaited the arrival of the train. The
piesidcnt had no opportunity to ad
diess the crowd , and as the train
pulled out , ho waved his hand and
bowed to a ciovvd of girls carrying
Hags.
The pieshlenl made his first lear
platform speech at Alliance to a
crowd which members of his parly
estimated at 1,200. lie preached pros
perity.
Col. Roosevelt's comment on the
Stlmson speech Is exciting lutejiest
.inning politicians.
"In leg.ird to Mr. Stimson's state
ment that , against my original Inten
tion , I am being lorced by certain per-
OIIB into the aiena this year , I need
merel.v say , " declared Col. Roosevelt ,
"that the statement is corre'ct only
In the sense that It would he correct
to make ( lie same statement as my
advocacy for Mr. Stlmson for gover
nor in 1910.
"In that contest , as In this , I was
exceedingly leluctant to be drawn In
to the contest , as in this , I acted only
fiom a sense of duty to the people as
a whole , and in that contest I was
assailed with pieelsely the same ar
guments by the great majority of
those who aie now assailing me
"If I had considered only my own
personal Interests and personal pre
ference , I should , of course , have kept
out of the 1910 campaign , have let
the machine lemaln in control at Sar
atoga and seen the state go democrat
ic by 300,001) ) majority , as under those
cimimstnnces It ceitalnly would have
gone.
"I went in because I conscientiously
felt that It was my duty to take my
pait in the fight for honest govern
ment ; for genuine self-government by
the people , without regard to the con
sequences to myself ; and 1 am In
this fight on pieelsely the same basis
and for practically the samereasons. .
"Let me add , in view of the ques
tions of c'ertaln ' friends , that neither
Mr. Stlmson nor any other man whom
I have supported for public office
nwe > s me any gratitude for doing so :
I support a man not to gel his grati
tude but because I believe he will
render good service to the people ;
and I ask nothing from any man In
leturn except that he render such
good service to the people , and I
judge him accordingly. "
DID SHE SHOOT
WHILE SfDREAMED ?
THIS IS THE LATEST THEORY AD.
VANCED IN ATLANTA SHOOT
ING MYSTERY.
Atlanta , Ga. , March 8. That the wife
shot him unintentionally while dream
ing , was the unique theory said to have
been advanced by Ktigeno II. Grace ,
critically wounded , whoso wit'o IB In
jail in connection with the mysterious
case.
It came as a part of the nazo : of
conflicting charges which have been
baffling local police officers. Mrs
Grace , who was arrested yesterday
and whose husband from his bed caus
ed to be issued a writ to recover sev
eral insurance policies from her , is
still held without bail. Sh-3 persists
In saying she is Innocent.
There was little change In the
wounded man's condition this morning.
Mine Explosion Kills Four.
Merrill , I ! . C. , March S. An explo
sion of gas in No. 1 level of the DIa-
mondvale collieries killed four men ,
severely burned two others , and Im
prisoned four without hope of rescue.
Two of the dead are .John Hogg , aged
21 , and Harry Grimes. The first in-
limallon of trouble below was given
when Ale.x Patterson , who was stoopIng -
Ing to put the line In the sleeve at the
main slip , was blown thirty yards to
the engine house , A fan weighing more
than a ton was blown out.
Lawrence , Mass. , March 8. The
striking textile workers made a big ,
although quiet , demonstration this
morning prior to Iho lime for opening
Die mills. Thousands of men and
women crowded F.ssex slreet , and the
approaches to the factories were lined
with pickets , but no serious trouble oc
curred. Arrests of strikers were made
of for too strenuous picketing or disor
at derly conduct. No Increase In the
10 , number of employes resuming work
was noticed.