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- * * ' * 10 NOIIKOMC WHKKIA * NK\VS-.IOUKN'AL , FKIDAV. AtAKCtI Ifi. 1012. ROOSEVELT IN THE RING. A Fake Issue. Sioux Oily .Immml : In the conservative vative atmosphere of Boston Cul. Roosevelt undertook to demonstrate that Ills plan for recalling court ded- nlous H plan , by the way , which orig inated In WlHcousIn IH not radical. He pointed out that It applied only to matt- supreme court decisions. Ho Indicated that It could not ho used to express a sudden burst of passion because actual operation of the re versal could not he made effective In It-HH than two years , Carefully ho ex plained that thu puoplu now have thu power to recall court decisions by amending the constitution , and that tils proposal at most only hastened t ie process. All tills IH thu truth , but IK IH not the whole truth. The whole truth IH that thu recall ot state court decisions IH u fake IHKUU not in tended to he iiiado effective , but de signed to divert attention from the more radical proposal relating to thu recall of Judges Rooocvelt Not Gaining , Lincoln .Journal : Onu week ago this morning the presidential candi dacy of Mr. Roosevelt wan announced. The disappointment It caused among a considerable number of his friends IUIH not been dlfipolled by the events of , the week. Fully an they expected n disturbing storm , they were not pre pared for thu chorus of abuse and denunciation that Immediately broke around the head ot the ex-prusident. Everything In that line foreseen by this paper last Monday morning has arrived , but In greater volume and vir ility than could have been anticipated. The conservative press of the country has lost its oldtime poise and serenity. It is nervous to the point of flighty Irritability. There must be something extraordinary in thu situation to stir It up to such nn excess of excitement. So far as the practical progress of the Hoosovelt candidacy is concerned , It cannot bo said that It has gone any distance during the week. Apology to Allen. Sioux City Tribune : In an article discussing the somewhat incongruous position of former Senator Allen of Nebraska In supporting Harmon for the presidency , the Tribune made a statement referring to Allen's record In the sugar trust investigation. To this statement Mr. Allen objects and with some reason. In 180 J Allen was - \ member of thu senate committee investigating the sugar trust. Speak ing of his work on that committee , the New York World , on June 22 , 1804 declared that "he was the only mem ber who put honest questions to the witnesses for the purpose of finding out the guilt. If gnllt existed. " An- oilier New York paper said that "but tor populist Senator Allen , the senate inquiry into the sugar schedule scan dal would have been absolutely with out point , pith or moment. " It seems that whatever the Incon sistencies of the Nebraska ex-senator in his present political alignment , it would not be fair to charge him with anything discreditable in connection with the sugar investlgatons. Vote for Amendments. Norfolk. Neb. , March -Editor News : I want , with your permission , to call the farmers' attention that it is important that every voter in all parties vote at the April primaries for nil the amendmnets they wish car ried , so that those amendments may become a part of the party platform and receive the support of straight voters at the fall election. The first of these amendments submitted to the people the right of direct legisla tion through the Initiative and refer endum. The second fixes the term of office and changes the salary of mem bers of the legislators from $ > " > to $10 per day. The third creates a board of control for state institutions. The fourth provides for biennial elections or elections every two years. The filth allows cities of more than "i.OOO Inhabitants to make their own char ter. The second and fourth have nothing in particular to commend them. The three other amendments are good and ought to receive the sun- port of every voter. Particularly Im portant is the direct legislation amendment. Don't forget It. , T. A. Porter. T. R. Encounters a Frost. Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican : Col. Roosevelt's visit to Deacon hill Monday was not an abounding suc cess. Every courtesy was paid to an ex-president of the United States , bul the testimony of reporters and legis lators alike is that Mr. Taft's rlva for the republican nomination mei with something like a political frost This contrnst to the enthusiasm si lately in evidence during Mr. Reese \elt's Hoston visits was brought abou overnight , as It were. He evoked lesi applause than William .1. Hryan re reived on ills visit to the statehouse something to be accounted for wholl : because of dissatisfaction over tin acute political situation which tin ex-president of the I'nlted States ha : precipitated. "It Is doubtful If then arc more than twenty-five slncen Roosevelt men out of the 280 mem bers of the Massachusetts leglslal Mre , " estimates the statehouse report r of the Boston Transcript. Co1 Roosevelt's warm admirers In Massn chusottB have been very many , but i Is evident that lots of them are no following him In the latest adventure Well Financed. Washington correspondence of th Now York Tribune : There is on advantage which is generally conced ed to Col. Roosevelt , mid that is Urn his campaign will he hampers by no lack of funds. Not only hav his managers at their disposal th very liberal contributions collected t promote his boom by the comraittc headed by George W. Perkins and Frank Munsey , but the members of the Roosevelt executive committee are all "malefactors" beg pardon men of great wealth. Alexander II. Revell IH a millionaire furniture deal er , Truman II. Newbery Is a million- nlre manufacturer , Clifford Plnchot and bin brother , Amos Plnchot , each Inherited a million dollars , State Sen- tor Flynn of Plttsburg IH a wealthy man ; Walter Drown of Ohio ban made n fortune au attorney for Dan Hanna , and Mr. Hanna himself can contrib ute any amount of cash and not feel It ; Cecil Lyon of Texas , Is the owner of large ranching properties , and the old guard" committcuman from New- York , William L. Ward , IB understood to be fairly well off. All of which seems to warrant the assertion of one of the Roosevelt supporters , who said today : "This Is no plker'a game. We've got the chips and the play ers. " Questions for Roosevelt , The Taft headquarters in Omaha have Issued this postal card : Roosevelt men will please throw their hats In the ring and answer these ( mentions : Does .Mr. Roosevelt recognize there is a money trust In this nation which controls commerce and holds thu mortgage shackled farmer and wage earner as its slave ? HUH he Investigated the cause of the financial panic of 11)07 ) , during his last administration which caused ft- j nanclal loss of millions of dollars ? j Does he mean the Wall street people ple or the laboring people shall rule ? j j Is he ready to explain the giant steel merger which he permitted in 1007 , and in which the promoter alone received $20,000,000 bonus ? Will he explain soon to the public why that same promoter is now one of the chief promoters of his cam paign ? The Omaha promoter of the Roosevelt velt campaign is insisting on J. K. Daum and J. W. Towle as the Roosevelt velt delegates from the Second Ne braska district. Damn is the head of I the Damn Iron and Steel company. I and Towle is shown by the Omaha di rectory to be president of a steel bridge company and of a wholesale Iron and steel company. Are these selections dictated by Roosevelt , or by Steel Trust Perkins or Is the Oma ha promoter just a mind-reader run ning wild ? A Claim of Bad Faith. Fremont Tribune : Predicating their belief upon the theory that the coun try must have him , it is not likely that the devoted friends of Mr. Roosevelt velt will care much whether he violates lates any implied or direct confidenc es with Mr. Taft or whether he lias even gone further witlt respect to Mr. | La Follette. Now comes Mr. Walter j L. Honser , chairman of the La Fol-1 lette national committee , who says , j according to a reputed interview at Portland , Ore. . "Roosevelt , through a | mutual friend sent La Follette word that he would not have his name con sidered In any manner as a candidate. " i Whether he would like it so or not , if his be true it will have some effect ' n the large body of open-minded re- ubllcans who , as yet , have not defin- , 1 tely decided whose leadership to fol- ( 1 ow. Such a position as this is anew | ' ne for Mr. Roosevelt , if it can he established clearly that he did give 1 Mr. La Follette such assurance. The , ' easons given for not abiding by the tatement made on Nov. 8 , 1001 , is to a second term , as interpreted by very many persons , obviously ould not answer as an excuse for lot regarding a pledge given as late is three months ago. We do not know low many voters will stick to La 'ollette through thick and thin. Surely a great many will go over to loosevelt as Pinchot , McCorrnick and other antl-Taft men have done. It is o probable that the Tnft forces will be recruited pretty largely from he same source. Taft Sentiment Growing. Winner ( S. D. ) Journal : The sen timent in favor of President Taft is rowing daily and it seems reasonably certain that he will be nominated on the first ballot by a very largo plural ity of votes. If Roosevelt had become an active candidate sometime since and tile convention had been held a month ago. it is hard to tell what the result would have been , but the people ple are having time to consider the situation from a sane standpoint and this Is daily adding to Taft's popular ity. The American people are often carried off their feet by a wave of popular sentiment , but when they have time to think a proposition over soberly they usually do the right thing. The voters are beginning tc realize the absolute injustice of Col , Roosevelt's position and his inslnccr ity in the matter. It will be remem bered that Roosevelt was largely re sponsible for the nomination of Tafl and that he picked him out as an ideal candidate for president on nc count of Ills great mind and absolute honesty. Taft is a greater man todaj than he was when lie was electee president ; his Integrity is nnqucs tioned and even his most bitter one mles. while declaring he made mis takes , concede that all of Ills mis takes have been errors of the heai and not of the heart and that ho has been thoroughly honest and has done the very best he could. Notwithstand Ing this , lie had no sooner been nom Inated than the close personal am political friends of Roosevelt begat trying to discredit his administrate and as soon as Roosevelt returnee from his hunting trip ho Joined will his friends In n concerted effort t ( try to discredit Taft's administration There could be only one reason foi this , namely , that Roosevelt wantei to again be president and to that em ho has been willing to sacrifice hli great personal friend and one of thi best presidents the country has ever had. had.Tho The people realize this and they are going to rebuke this action on the part of Col. Roosevelt by u decisive vote. The most dangerous thing In connection with Roosevelt's candi dacy Is the precedent It would estab lish for a continuation Indefinitely of one man as president. The precedent of retiring after the second term was established by Washington and has been strictly adhered to by all presi dents with one exception , and he wan badly defeated. It has been predicted by some that If Roosevelt is nominat ed there will never be another repub lican president elected. Wo hardly take this view of thu matter , but It would be the worst calamity that "ould befall the republican party. His Enthusiastic Endorsement. Omaha Bee : The Roosevelt press bureau has pulled out for renewed circulation the recitals of the last re publican national platform praising the work and personality of the then occupant of the white house , and pledging a continuance of the policies under another republican president about to be named. Failure of a republican convention to approve the record of a republican executive would , Indeed , he anomalous and , as a matter of fact , this tribute to President Roosevelt was , In part , a I tribute to Mr. Taft , who , as secretary of war , had helped formulate and car ry through the Roosevelt policies. As to the execution of thu pledge to con tinue the good work' , the best evi- 1 deuce is found in tlie platform adopt ed two years later by the New York state republican convention , presided over and wholly dominated by Theo-1 I dore Roosevelt , which roads as fol lows : i i "We enthusiastically endorse the progressive and statesmanlike leadership - ' I ship of William Howard Taft , and de-j i clare our pride in the achievements of his first eighteen months as presi dent of the United States. Each suc ceeding month since his inauguration has confirmed the nation in its high' ' , esteem of his greatness of character , intellectual ability , sturdy common sense , extraordinary patience and per- ' . . severence , broad and statesmanlike comprehension of public questions pud unfaltering and unswerving ad herence to duty. He has strengthened our prestige with foreign nations and treated with vigor and wisdom im portant international problems , not ably our tariff relations with Ger many , France and Canada. Under his administration tlie prosecution of those implicated In tlie sugar and others customs frauds have been con tinued and convictions obtained ; there have been impartial and ener getic enforcement of the Sherman an titrust act ; a substantial reduction of governmental expenses : the establish ment of better business methods , which will result in greater efficiency and real economy ; remarkable prog ress in the construction of the Pana ma canal nr.d the withdrawal from private entry of over 71,000,000 acres of the public domain , to preserve for public benefit valuable coal and other mineral deposits , timber land and water power sites. On his recom mendation congress has provided for a commission to investigate and re- port on the regulation of the issuance of stocks and bonds by public serv ice corporations engaged in interstate commerce. He has advocated a new system of appropriations for river and harbor Improvements , under which each item , after investigation by experts , shall be approved and car ried to completion ns a separate measure. This recommendation we heartily endorse. " This is tlie platform upon which Col. Roosevelt campaigned the Em pire state in 1010 asking election of his preferred choice for governor , and if he could "enthusiastically" indorse the leadership of President Taft , and I take pride in the achievements of his I first eighteen months in the whtie , house , surely nothing has happened since to justify a reversal of this 1 certiticate of approval. Fremont Tribune : The candidacy of Mr. Roosevelt could not have been foreseen. When on Nov. 8 , 1004 , im mediately following his election , he said : "Under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination ; " and when after the election In 1007 the question was again raised , he said : "I have not changed and shall not change that de cision thus announced , " he apparently left open no avenue by which he ' could go back to the white house. He , now says that , believing as he does , ' In the rule of the people he will ac cept another nomination If tendered I him. Without raising the question , whether honor be Involved , wo maj appropriately inquire Into the politi cal expediency of the Roosevelt candi dacy. dacy.Mr. Mr. Taft was presented by PresI dent Roosevelt to the nation out ol his own cabinet and the nation tool * him with Mr. Roosevelt's warm am' unreserved endorsement. To Chair man McKlnley of the republican con grcssloiial committee , he wrote Sept 0. 1008 : "To elect Mr. Taft nt tin sumo time to elect a congress pledgee to support him , is the only way to per petnate the policy of the governmen as now carried on , " On the sami date he also wrote another letter gtv en to the public In which he said : "To permit the direction of 0111 public affairs to fall alternately Inti the hands of revolutionaries and re actlonarles , of the extreme radicals o unrest and of the bigoted consorvn lives who recognize no wrongs t < remedy , would merely mean that thi nation had embarked on a fevorisl course of violent oscillation whlcl would ho fraught with great temper ary trouble and would produce n < adequate good In the end. The trm friend of reform , the true fee of abue es , is the man who steadily perseveres In righting wrongs. In warring against abuses , but whose character and training are such that lie never prom ises what he cannot perform , that he always a little more than mr.kes good what he docH promise , and that while steadily advancing he never permltH himself to be led Into fool ish excesses which would damage the very cause hu champioiiH. In Mr. Taft we have a man who combines nil these qualities to u degree which no other man In our public life since the civil war has surpassed. To a < flam ing hatred of Injustice , to a scorn of all that Is base and mean , to a hearty sympathy with the opressed , he unit es entire disinterestedness , courage both moral and physical , of the very highest type and a kindly generosity of nature which makes him feel that nil his fellow countrymen are ills friends and brothers , that their Inter ests are his and that all his great qualities are to bo spent wtlh lavish freedom in their service. * * * For the last ten years while I have been governor of New York and presi dent , I have been thrown into the closest Intimacy with him and he and I have on every essential point stood in heartiest agreement , shoulder to shoulder. We have the same views as to what Is demanded by the nation al Interest and honor , both within our own borders and as regards the rela tions of this nation with other na tions. There is no fight for decency i nnd fair dealing which I have waged in which I have not had ills heartiest and most effective sympathy and sup-1 port , and the policies for which I stand are his policies as much as mine. " | It must be conceded that if .Air. Taft possessed these qualities three years ago he must possess them now. , A Politician's Undoing , Louisville Courier-Journal : Already the third term candidate is perspiring in an attempt to prop up his Colum bus platform. His speech to the Massachusetts legislature is a desper ate effort to throw a more favorable light on his Columbus speech. In stead of the Columbus war whoop nil- lying to him new cohorts , he has quickly found that it is driving from him old friends and repelling support' which otherwise he could have had , ' Declaring that he is "happy" because he is in "a strafght out fight" again , ' the valiant rough rider , within twenty- four hours after getting into the sad dle , is fighting on the defensive. I It is a losing fight , as he will real ize long before the republican na tional convention meets. If he Iimf , half the confidence In the people which he professes to have when he urges that they shall perform the functions of the judiciary , he would have realized that before entering the fight and would never have entered it. | The people's ( nullifications for self government are not such as to enable them to dispense with constitutions and courts , but they are such as to insure , that tiiey will put down any mch apostle of mob rule as Theodore Roosevelt has come to be. i No man in all the history of Ameri can politics ever made a worse blun der than he has made in launching this new issue of ills. As a blunder in principle it is fatal to any pretensions - ' ' tensions of his to statesmanship of tbe first rank and kills that confi dence in him which had survived his many other erratic performances and | outbreaks. And it is no less a blun der tactically , for already it has weakened instead of strengthened him. It was not necessary for him to put forth this new issue to hold the support of the hoboes and sand letters - tors of his party , nnd by putting it forth he has alienated an element among the progressives , and among even the conservatives who had been attracted to him by his aggressive methods , but who will not follow him in ills latest and wildest excursion in to folly. By concocting such an is sue for his new entry into politics he has gained nothing and lost much , j Instead of going into his campaign under the conditions which be an nounced not long ago were the only conditions which could induce him to consider another nomination the manifestation of a general and imper ative conviction that he was the one best man best fitted to do the "job" of governing the country at this junc ture he goes into it committed to two issues , either of which would in sure Ills crushing defeat even by a less meritorious antagonist than he lias in President Taft. On one of these issues , that of the third term , he , must fight on the defensive through- out. If he had no other handicap , that would be sufficient to put an end . to him. lie would have made a much . hotter race , however , if ho had not . hatched up his new issue of mob law. I On that his party , however favorably . It might be Inclined to him otherwise , i is bound to repudiate him. There is : not enough populism in its ranks to I swing it to the leadership of a man . who now out-Hcrods the wildest ol . populists. The republican party _ . knows that to nominate Roosevelt on j the platform which he has proposed I would mean the end of the republican . party. He may commit harikari with I1 his now weapon , if ho chooses , but 1 the republican party Is not ready to sign a suicide pact with him. Mr. Roosevelt has been considered r.n master politician ; In the past he has j often proved such ; but ho has stum . .bled to his undoing In this instance , His spectacular plunge into the cam paign with his new issue is merely n godsend to the man lie wishes to de feat. Thousands and thousands ol republicans who would have givou President Taft but lukewarm support for renomlnatlon will now pull ofl their coats and go to work for him ap the only salvation of their party from destruction by the new Rooseveltism ' G , L. Carlson Gives Lecture , About OOli Norfolk people. Includ ing about It'll school children , packed the Auditorium Friday night and heard O. L. Carlson give for the first time bits jf the subjects he will de liver on the chaiitauqua platform at the rate of $100 per day next sumnie . "The Value of the Child. " was the subject of Mr. Carlson's address and his audience was a very attentive and appreciative one. After several selections by a picked high school chorus of about 100 voices , Supt. M. 10. Crosier introduced County Supt. N. A. House ! , who brief ly told of the wave of Industrial edu cation which has reached this part of the country and for which he made a strong plea. Supt. Crosier then In troduced Mr. Carlson , who voiced ap preciation for the efforts of those as sisting him. The proceeds of the lect ure go to the benefit'of the Norfolk Corn and Tomato Growing club. After declaring that It was possible to pick out twenty horses or cows which would bo "just exactly alike In every respect , " the speaker said that If he should try to pick twenty men who would be "exactly alike physical ly , morally and similar in every re spect do you think you can fill that order In Norfolk ? " Mr. Carlson then plunged Into his subject , starting with the economic value of the child in our country , its worth in dollars. He had two ways of arriving at this conclusion. One was to show the cost of the child anil its earning capacity. We in America are paying two billion , two million dollars annually for children. ' Mr. Carlson then showed the cost of the child in all the progressive coun tries. The several states of this country were also mentioned and it was shown that the cost of the child from Its birth up to the ago of IS years was over $2,000. The average American children are capable of pro ducing $720,000,000 annually. Tfie speaker made a careful analysis along the lilies of criticisms made by other countries of the American pee ple. One of those criticisms was that we arc not inn king the most of our opportunities and another fs that we are not progressing Intellectually , j considering the entire mass. I Others declare we are not as moral as we should he , and that our morality is not as hfgh as that of people exist ing In the past. Mr. Carlson then de fined his meaning of morality , saying that many American people do not Know what the word means. lf < - cited , many instances of foreign countries' and showed tfiat the morals of the countries everywhere begin in the home. , The lecture demonstrated' a wide learning , deep study and a vast fund of informatfon on ancient and' modern historical facts , and Mr. Carlson held his audience in closest attention from the opening until the final word had been spoken. In keeping with the criticisms err the American people. Mr. Carlson read a letter written by the late Gen. LI Ifuan Chang of China , who wrote the letter to an American friend , giv ing Ins ile.crfptfon of our civilization social" life. Mr. r-i ! on also g.ue I'atif lilonet , known a * Mar OTteil's destiiption o' our social classes. ! ! > u-t'e'ved to the writing of a prominent minister of this country who says that "if Jesus Christ was elected president of the Ignited1 States. 50 percent of the people would taUe their money out i of the banks. " J Our national laws and their en forcement as well as our moral teach- ' nigs and our moral lives was empha sized by the illustrations of the things we do and the things we teach. "We tell our children they should not do u certain thing , but we do the same thin ? ourselves , " he said. I Our Three Problems. I Mr. Carlson then took up the three national problems of America and de clared them to be our inefficiency. ' 1 our social inegularities and our pub lic graft. These he demonstrated by observations of his own and showed that we can trace them all back to ( the source in the American nome. | After a brief touch about the daily newspapers , a mention not made in the way of n criticism , Mr. Carlson paid a tribute to the mothers. He showed the need of much help to the mother in America. The national loss is the result of poor cooking and the death rate of children before they reach their first year is generally caused by inefficiency , because of the want of proper training of the child in the home , he said. Ho showed the mothers place in our public life was to shape the mor als of our future citizens by making themselves the ideals of womanhood , by taking care of their children , but more especially of the boy. | Should Be Told at Home. In taking up the sex relations In the home , he told the mother that the certain things the boy and girl should know , should never be learned out of ithe home. The impression remaining with the boy and girl is made when these things are first learned. He il lustrated this phase of his lecture by stories of animal life , showing the purity of those relations under nor mal conditions , showing the mother how to handle the questions the child Is likely to ask. These questions are embarrassing , lie said , but the great est embarrassment Is the ignorance of the parent in not knowing how to answer such questions. The teacher was then talked of and the many peculiarities of the mind with which the teacher must contend were described. He took up the classi fication of animals in which the child can bo placed , showing that we can not get the attention of the children of the different races by the same means , The boy and girl question was tak en up at some length , during which Mr. Carlson cited the work of a moth er In France who was her son's cam- piilgn iiiiiii ( Kt > r. The MIII VMIH elected and during Um inauguration address which his iiuiffi'T attended , he prom ised the people tlut his mother would he his private secretary. Suffrage \ Coming. lie declared that th" work of the uoman has just begun , lie declared that women must fit themselves for suffrage. It Is bound to come ; noth ing can stop It , " he said. He then told a number of human Interest stories In which he cited the work of a number of women In rural com munities who were responsible In making their communities the social centers of attraction. In concluding his lecture , Mr. Carl son drew a pretty mental picture of n girl and hey growing into manhood and womanhood ; the marriage ; the lifrtlt of the first child ; Its worth to the community and the duty of every citizen toward that child. Saturday Sittings. K. J. Uocmcr of Crelghton was here. Dan King went to Orchard to visit his aunt. Robert Smith will leave for Omaha on n short visit. J. H. Conley of Presilio was here transacting f/TialncHH. .Mrs. Henry King and IMr , S. D. Paul went to Tilden to visit .Mrs. Whitzer. MHS | Llxzle labeling of Crelghton was here visiting with Miss Lena Schoenfeldt. Mrs. William O'Brien and ami , Pat rick , will leave Thursday for Allentown - town , Pa. , for a visit with her par ents. ents.Mrs. Mrs. llenson. motlk'r of Mrs. C. K. Ilirdsall , left for a imtnth's vfaft in Chicago. Herbert Fredericks , who attended the Norfolk business college , return ed to his home at Foster , Neb. .Mrs. Herman Brummuiiii' daugh ter , Louise , have gone Co- Meadow Grove to spend n few days with rela tives. Misses Minnie and Dtir.-u B't = rnhardt returned from a two weeks' visit with relatives at Hadar , Osmond1 and Pierce. Mrs. T. H. Waters returned' from a six weeks' visit with relatives at IJIoomington , Uelvidere and'ofllcr Il linois cities. .Miss Mac Rosenbaum returner ? from Omaha to resume her position a- , trimmer in Mrs. 10 .A. WaiUlelTs millinery store. Miss Augusta Mnchmucllbp return ed from Pierce where she visited at t/ie / Roy Hovee and Rudolph Mach- mueller homes. II. II. Mans is suffering fronv a.m infected foot. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Howard Groom , a daughter. The 4-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. August Bathke is suffering with1 niv attack of pneumonia. City Engineer Tracy lias about fin ished the work of drawing tlie plans for platting the Pasewalk estate on South Fourth street. The plat will be filed within a few days. Mrs. II. L. Snyder of Omnhu > and1 Mrs. J. F. Poueher of Stanton were out-of-town guests of the Methodist Aid society entertained at Mrs. Slw- peon's. G. W. Patterson , a Northwestern employe , is suffering from an injured' ' I'oot as the result of being caught un der a pilot while he was making- coupling at Stanton. The funeral of Burrill Reed was held from the family home Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Melmaker had charge of the services. Burial was in Prospect Hill cemetery. About twenty-three students of the Christ Lutheran school will graduate on March SI. Examinations will be held March 24. Most of those stud ents are to he transferred to the' pub lic schools. A letter received by L. Sessions from D. C. O'Connor , in Panama , vhcre Mr. and Mrs. O'Connor are just terminating a very pleasant visit , states that they expect to sail for home March 20. Four more lodgers found : home in the city jail last night. These lodgers represent the advance army of those enroute "west" for the sum mer. Last night's visitors were en- ronte to Montana. I Signs of spring are noticeable by the display of garden heeifs in several , places of business. Another sign Is peen in the big display of Shamrocks ] and pictures of Blarney castle for the St. Patrick's day celebration. The case of A. P. Boepel versus Mrs. Mary Kirby of Battle Creek was decided in favor of Boepel by a jury in Judge C. F. Eiselcy's court. Bee pel received a judgment of $15 and in terest for two years. H. F. Barnhart was counsel for Mrs. Kirby and Hurt Mapes was counsel for Boepel. II. L. Beveridge , who has been ap pointed a solicitor for the Nebraska j Bonding company with northeast Ne- hraska as his territory , returned from ills first trip yesterday. Mr. Bever idge finds that liquor dealers are en thusiastic over the new bonding com pany and that much more stock will be subscribed for. Rev. J. W. Kirkpatrick of the First Methodist church held short services I in the Pacific hotel over the remains of Bennie Pliant at noon. The remains - ' mains were taken to Stanton for In terment. Rev. J. F. Poncher had charge of the wervtces at Stnnton. The pallbearers were : Louis Beck- | ondorf , August Dignan , Hnrvoy , O'Brien , Warren Heltzman , Herbert Lough , Donald France. I Ed J. Duncan , n drayman in the em ploy of M. R. Green , fell from the Schlltz beer vault on Seventh street and Norfolk avenue at 1 o'clock Sat urday afternoon and his right leg Is thought to be broken. Duncan , as sisted by another employe , was stand ing on the top of the ladder leading . Into the vault when one of the steps ; suddenly gave way. Duncan fell feet first on top of some old boards. Ho was In mniire pain for some lime Constable Cmkhouxo took the Injured man to the wfflce of a physician where his Injuring were looked after. The men were at work putting now xuwdust Into the vniiHlieu the acci dent occurred. South Norfolk. Harry Johnson went to Hcrltmer yesterday on business. Clement Thlllen , who wait hurt a few days ago IIH a result of a fall from an engine , was at the loundliotixr yesterday. Miss Olive House IH quite III. Thi * Is the third Illness In the family. Mr. house and two daughters being quite 111. J. H. Conroy , general storekeeper of Missouri Valey , was at the HhopH here yesterday on business. O. A. Ilnrahmnii , formerly of South' Norfolk , but now of Winner , was here last night. Miss Marie Millmaii of Deadwooil was here between trains last evening enroute home from Stanton , when * she visitevf frleridM. Jack Welsh , who was taken sick1 | j with pneumonia in Fort Dodge , la. , : v week ago. is getting along as well as might he expected. To Fight English. Indianapolis , Ind. , March ! . Rny Bronson of IndirgnnpoIiH and Clarence English of Omaha today were match' ed to box fifteen rounds at 142 pounds at St. Joseph , Mo. , April 2. Gov. Aldrich S nd Advice. Lincoln , March 0. Gov. Aldrich lust evening sent the following message to Representative McKlnley , urging him , as director of thu campaign of President Taft , to arrange for a pretv- Idential primary In cvcny atate of the union : "Hon. William B. AlcKinley , Man ager Taft Campaign , WaHWugton : For tlie success of the republican party , I urge and Insist that you do arrange for a f referential presidential pri mary in each state of this union. The rank and file of thu republican party demand this. The rank and flit ; will lie called upon to support thu iioml net. They and they alone have the right to nay who our nominees shall In ; . The party machine may run the stcuni roller over the rights o the rank and file in the national couvcu- tlon but they cannot do it at the polls lu November. "Chester H. Aldrich , Governor. " DIXON WRITES ONCE MORE , Asks McKinley if He Will Urge Leg. islature to Adopt Primary. Washington , March It. Senator Jo seph M. Dixon Issued another "chal lenge" from the Roosevelt national headquarters to Director McKinley of 4Ji national Taft bureau , upon the subject of presidential primaries. Re plying to Mr. McKinley's letter , Sen ator Dixon characterizes it as a "flat refusal" to aid in getting presidential P'ffffcrt-ncc ' primaries and he makes a new demand on the Taft managers. Director McKinley in his reply to Chairman Dixon said he was in abso lute accord with the selection ofi tile delegates to the national convent-ion b-T the primary system wherever pri maries are or may he legally provld- fl , fairly conducted and surrounded by the restrictions of the law. Col. Roosevelt's manager sayrt iu his letter that through political manip ulation , particularly in tlie south , tdere has been an absolute stifling : of expression on the part of republican voters , and he submits the following ( jaestions to Mr. McKinley as man- ? IRT for President Taft : "I now usk you specifically : "First Are yon willing to join' ' me in an appeal to the republican state committees to provide for an expres sion of the republican voters of the several states on the choice of the republican presidential candidate ? "Second Will you immediately join with me in a telegram to the republi can members of the legislature in Massachusetts , Maryland and Michi gan , now In session , where presiden tial preferential bllln are now pond 'ng ' p"dMere it is reported that your friends are trying to defeat their pasu- age , urging them to support these measures ? " Postoffice Key System. There are $100 in the forfeiture fund of the postoffice box department of the local postoffice , which repre sents the forfeiture for private box keys since the opening of the federal building in October , 1004. There are r 22 private mail boxes in the postof fice , and the amount named means that so much money has been turned back to tile postoffice by Norfolk people ple who have lost the keys to their boxes. For every key lost , 20 cents must he put into the forfeiture fund which is maintained for the purchase of new keys. When the postoffice was thrown open to the public the govermiient hud on hand five keys to each box. The boxes range in size , and rent from CO cents to $1 a month. Twenty cents , however , had to be deposited for the keys. This money was held until the patron had no further use of the serv ice and returned the key , or , should the key be lost , the deposit was for feited and he deposited another 20 cents for another key. All the keys are similar In appear ance , but there are no two alike. In some cases one box IB used by five persons , each of whom have a key. Each must make the 20-cent deposit. It has occurred on several occaslonB that two of these five per sons have lost keys , and to usauro good service the postofflco officials have either made new keya or changed the lock of the box. Another interesting key Byyatetn iu the postoffico IB the regular door sys tem. No two keys will unlock the same door , but a master key In the possession of Postmaster Hays will unlock any door in the federal build ing.