The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, March 22, 1912, Page 8, Image 8
TIIK NOKKOLK WKKKLV NKWS-.JOUKXAL , FRIDAY , MARCH 22 , 1912. ' DEFENDS HONOR OF STAGE. Showgirl Wife of Millionaire Declare ; Censure Unjust. Now York , March li. ! Wiry doe ; tlio millionaire's HOII marry the show girl ? Ilucaiirin In1 want a avlfo who wll bo a gjiod comrade , Instead of i statue on a pedestal , says .Minn Eleanor nor Pcndloton. MHS | Poiidloton IH tin1 wlfo of Lowh Marshall Itoain. whoso father IH wort ) tilt mlllioiiH. Since her marriage lu i himliand lin.s boon living with his par iris. MlBH I'cnilloton or Mrs. Itcan continues her stage career. " 'I'lii' man who marries n woman 01 Hie stage generally docs BO bocausi lie want a to got out of the rut , " slu declares. "Tim woll-hrcd stage girls and there an- plenty of them , make wonderful wives. "She Is often criticised for hoi worl : . for displaying her charms or the stage. lint Is there very miieli difference botweoii .the showgirl eland the stage and the showgirl of so dety ? Moth exhibit their beauty ami thdr flno clothes before as large ar audience as possible and devote theli lives to obtaining the approval of the beholders. "The difference is that the stage showgirl makes no pretenses , bill ppi'foims her part for a salary. Tin society showgirl goes through her dally performance with the tacit tl mm vowed object of getting .1 ilch husband who will offer a salary for life. Where Is her moral superiority to her slstei on the stage ? "Concerning the morals of stage1 favorites , 1 must , insist that there has been gross exaggeration and nils- judgment. It is all a result of the old Puritanic Idea that the stage was an evil place , and that everyone con nected with It must necessarily be contaminated. That's hideously un fair. " PACKER ARGUMENTS BEGIN. It Will Take a Week to ivlake the Closing Addresses. Chicago , March -Closing t ! ) argu ments of counsel to the jury in the trial of the ten packers charged with violation of the criminal sections of the Sherman anti-trust law were be gun today before United States Dis trict .ludgo Carpenter. It is expect ! that the arguments will take a week or ten days after which the case will be given to the jury. .lames M. Sheean , special govern ment counsel , delivered the opening argument for the government. Mr. 'Sheean began by enumerating three questions which he said the jury should disregard In the consideration of the verdict. They were : "Whether It was wise for congress to pass the Sherman law ? " "The true meaning of the Sher man ? " .WIFE SHOULD BE A PAL. That's the Idea Advanced by Countess Warwick of England. New York. March 19. Countess Warwick , England's socialist countess - oss , told the reporters her idea of marriage , and what she considered the best time of her life. "Marriage will revolutionized through economic independence of women plus the ballot , " she said. "I , fortunately , am one woman of eco nomic independence. 1 have my own iiuome and my husband has his. I believe It is better for a woman to live in fine comradeship with a man , u congenial , sympathetic man , than to prostitute the most sacred of rela tionships , marriage , by living , as most married women live , simply as the spouse of a man who pays for the bread the woman eats. "And please don't misunderstand me. I'm not advocating immorality. Par troin it. I think you understand. 1 am happily married , and am glad I am. " When the last gasp has been gasped , Lady Warwick was asked what she considered the best time of life. She answered readily. "The bust of life , " she said , "Is always after the age of 30. Better than that is after -10. The very best of life Is 50 , which is my age. I just now am having the best time I ever had. I never had so good a time In my life as I'm now having. At 18 I was pessimistic. Now 1 know. And because of what I've learned b > putting my experiences , my know ledge , to the best uses I , like ; all women of my age , know better how to enjoy the da > s that are given to mo. " Countess Warwick formerly was l.ady Brooke. "Babbling Brooke" they called her In England , because she xold of the baccarat scandal Involving Edward VII , then Prince of Wales. She is an active socialist leader now. Minimum Wage Bill. London , March 1't. Premier As- quith announced in the house of com mons today that the government would introduce a minimum wage bill for miners tomorrow. He will ask the house to read It a second time on Wednesday and complete the remain- aug stages on Thursday. SHOCK TO SCIENCE. Disproves Theory That Ice Mountains Miles High Mark South Pile. Chicago , March 10. Scientists are just beginning to recover from the shock administered to them by Capt. Roald Amundsen , the discoverer of the south pole , why reported that the polo lies on a plateau. They had ex pected the discoverer would find mountains of Ice , miles high , at the region of the pole. In consequence theories long hold and almost uni versally accepted are shattered. Thcso are some of the assertions ' of Prof. Ellas Colbert. The discover ies of Amundsen , according to Prof. Colbert , will put most geological text hooks out of date. For nearly a century it has been the generally accepted fact tli t moiin tains of Ice estimated to vary li thlckticnB from two to twelve mllca existed about the south pole. Tlili was thought to be caused by HUCCCB slvo periods of heat and cold at tin ! poles , coming every 11,000 years , ap proxlmately , and causing the moun tiilim of Ice to rise at one pole whlh the \UHt quantities of Ice at the othei [ molted , little by little. ! The formation of the le.e , It wai believed , caused the center of gravltj of the earth to change Its position tliuii causing much of the water ol 'one ' hemisphere to pass across tin 'equator ' to the other hemisphere. Al present the greater amount of watei 'lies ' In the southern hemisphere. II was thought to have passed there from the north In a former period 1 "A good many scientific men arc amazed at the statement of conditions [ at the south pole by Capt. Amundsen [ They expected great quantities of Ice or snow would be found , if human explorers o\er went there , " said Prof Colbert. "There have been mountain ranges alluded to by Amundsen and Shackle 'ton ' , but they are not referred to as being possible accumulations of Ice If they were they should not meet the expectations of scientific thinkers , who .have counted .on finding an Ice cap from two to twelve miles thick at the pole and shaded off to something - thing like a quarter of a mile in thickness at a latitude of about 7C degrees south "At this time tlie accumulation of water in the southern hemisphere would seem not far from its maxi mum , and correspondingly the de pression of ocean surface In the north ern hemisphere would seem not far from Its minimum. Yet we must arrive at the startling conclusion that there Is not now in the neighborhood of the south pole a sufficient quantity of Ice to cause a shifting of the earth's center of gravity and the consequent transference of the earth's waters. Consequent 1 > there Is no good scien tific reason to apprehend any return of the waters to the north in the near geological future. "The whole of this carefully built system of reasoning is left without sufficient amount of fact basis , so far as can be ascertained. " ARIZONA LEGISLATURE MEETS Factions Among the Democrats to Create Excitement. Phoenix , Ariz. , March 19. The first state legislature of Arizona convened here today. Although the democrats have an overwhelming majority in both housesj It is believed the "pro gressives" ami "conservatives" of that party will oppose each other on many questions. The election of the two United States senators cannot be accom plished legally until after the legisla ture has been In session ten days. Marcus A. Smith of Tucson , and Henry P. A&hhurst of Prescott , demo crats , who receive' ! the highest votes in the advisory primaries , will be elected. Cotton Mill Wages Advance. Providence , H. I. , March 19. An In crease in wages was announced by the large cotton manufacturing com panies of Hhocle Island today. The mills would not say , however , what the amount of the increase , which will go Into effect March 2. , will be. The mills employ about 20,000 operatives. A Bribe Trap. Santa , Fe. , N. M. . March 19. The trap set by the republican state cen tral committee last night through which were arrested four members of the house , charged with accepting bribes to vote for certain senatorial candidates , today was declared byethe accused men to have been set by themselves to catch the "higher ups. " Both Factions Send Delegates. Poplar Bluff , Mo. , March 10. Re publicans of the Fourteenth congres sional district today elected two sets of delegates to the republican nat ional convention. The Tuft men nam ed George L. Green of N'aylor and Byrd Duncan of Poplar Bluff. The Uoosovelt followers elected Sam Ulen of Dexter and John C. Harlan of Gaynesville. TUESDAY TOPICS. D. Mathewson returned from Wake- field. A. L. Killian went to Cedar Rapids , la. , on business. P. II. Taylor of Madison was here transacting business. Miss Bessie Warren and Moss Sax- ton of Tllden were here visiting with friends. Miss ( Catherine Baker , who has been here visiting with Mrs. A. .T. Krahn for the past three days , has returned to her home at Wayne. Ilobert Y. Appleby of Portland , a former Stanton county resident , was in Norfolk enroute to Stanton to at tend the funeral of Mrs. Nathan Chase. Miss Evelyn Koenlgsteln accompan ied Miss Edith Undorburg to her homo in Stanton , following a visit of the latter at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwlg Koenlgsteln. Born to Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Mashek. a daughter. Herbert Kauffman is suffering from an attack of lumbago. A regular meeting of the boy scouts will be held In the Commercial club rooms tonight. The Degree of Honor will meet at I. O. O. P. Hall , Wednesday at 2:30 : p. m. for Installation of officers. The son of Mr. and Mrs. August Bathke , who was suffering from an attack of pneumonia , is reported out ot danger. The Knights of Pythias will install officers tonight. A banquet is to ho held at a local restaurant after the installation. Hev. 1) . C. Hollltt , secretary to the Sixth missionary department of tli Episcopal church , will speak this ev ' oning on missionary work , at Trlnlt ; church. , I Miss Elsie Matquardt has bt'ci transferred /roin the Norfolk Kllllai t store to the Killian store at Coda Rapids , ln > Miss Marquardt leave : for hoi' new place this evening. Mayor Prlday and four cofinellmci waited patiently for a quorum Mon day night until long after ! i o'clocl j One member of the council was re ; ported out of the city and iinotho was Indisposed , It lu said. i There will be a special meeting o , the household economic departmen i of the Woman's club at the homo o ; Mrs. Culmsee , Prlday afternoon a I 2:30. : Miss Vernii Coryell will gv ! < ! a demonstration on mime of the worl I accomplished at the state university. | Ployd A. Holt a M year old brake l man employed by the M. & O. road | sustained a broken arm yesteidaj when ho was thrown from a car whlcl was being pushed across the 'rail road tracks at Norfolk avenue , IIol was setting the brakes at the time lie was taken to his home at Emer son. son.D. D. E. Lulz ( representing the Oil Insky Prult company of Omaha wltl headquarters , at Dallas , will move t < Norfolk , -ery soon. Mr. Lutz Is Ii the city conferring with W .11. Hlake man. Ho reports It is possible thai his employers may open a brand wholesale fruit house In Norfolk , tak ing up the place vacated by the Evans Fruit company. Half a dozen volunteer carpenters are making the Interior of the now Y. M. C. A. building look better every day. The work going on in the build , ing is all voluntary work on the part of local workmen and Is significant the universal desire for the comple tion of the building. The executive committee will be pleased with any volunteer subscriptions in the way of a few hours' work on the building. Harold Morrison , a university stu dent home for a week's vacation , re ports that the escape of the three convicts and the assassination of three penitentiary officials caused great excitement in Lincoln when the crime became known. It was at first reported that 100 convicts had es caped. The cars had stopped running because of the heavy snow storm and no communication could be had with the penitentiary. The topic of conversation in Nor folk is the battle between the con vict murderers and posses near Gret- na , Neb. , Monday afternoon. The fact that "Shorty" Gray operated in .Madison county so frequently has made the culmination of his career one of the most interesting subject for discussion and the fact that E. G. Heilman , a Norfolk pioneer , was one of the innocent men whose lives were lost , has aroused talk concerning the loose metluids which permitted the convicts to get guns. After an Investigation of the Oscar Dederman farm house Monday after noon , the interior of which was badly besmeared with everything from vas eline to cream and apple butter , it was discovered that a young man well known to the Dederman family was the originator of therampage. . Strong liquor , it is believed , was the cause of the damaging work. Every mirror in the house was broken. Most of the stove was thrown out of the window ; the celling of every , , room was besmeared with cream and apple butter , and some clothing belonging to Mr. Dederman was damaged by grease. The family was in the city when the damage was done. No ar rests have been made. TAFT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. The President Invades State Headed by Roosevelt Governor. Boston , March lit. President Taft left Boston at S.r.5 : . today for New Hampshire to "invade" the state of Gov. Bass , one ot the state executives who has announced he will support Col. Uooosevelt. During the day the president ex pected to lay the cornerstone of a Y. M. C. A. building at Nashua and make an address in the Colonial theatre there : speak to the French- American league ; hold a reception in honor of Gov. Bass and his staff at Concord , and address the citizens of the New Hampshire capital In Phoenix hall. The president is duo back In Boston late this afternoon and will leave for Washington tonight. COAL MINE BILL GOES IN. Premier Asquith Introduces Measure in House of Commons. London , March 19. Premier As- qulth today introduced In the house of commons the coal mines bill , whose intention Is to establish a fixed min imum wage for underground workers. The premier explained that the measure was only a temporary ono whose specific purpose was to settle the present difficulty in the coal trade in Great Britain. A JAP ATTACKS AMERICA. Calls American Bill Insult to Oriental Country. Toklo , March 19. Count Hattori , a member of the opposition , today In the Japanese house of representatives condemned Senator Dllllngham's bill amending the immigration laws of the United States as an insufferable insult to Japan. The Japanese gov ernment's willingness to participate In the Panama exposition , ho said , was contrary to Japan's honor and In terest. No reply was made from the gov ernment side. One of the members of the cabinet promised that a writ ten response would bo given later. Senator Dlllinghaiu's bill provides for the exclusion of laborers and ar tisans of races ineligible for Ameri can naturalization. It was understood that this meant both Japanese and Chinese and later , on the suggestloi of Senator Lodge , the clause wa amended so that the Japanese wotil not bo offended. New Mexico In Deadlock. Santa Pe , N. M. , March 10. Tin first ballot for two United States senators ators are In a deadlock. There wane no election of senators today. WANTS BACHELOR OR WIDOWEF Chicago Girl With Fetching Descrlp tlon Wants Position Here. Postmaster John It. Hays is look Ing for go6d bachelor who wants i housekeeper. The postmaster rocolv ed a letter from an Omaha womai who Is looking for a position and d dares she will give good references She Is not particular about the man just so ho is a bachelor or a widower "I am looking for a position ai housekeeper for a bachelor or a wld ewer , " says the woman in her lotto to the postmaster. "Do you know o anyone wishing one ? I have been li Omaha one month having came dl rect from Chicago. I am 10 ! years old single , auburn hair , blue eyes , H ( pounds and 5 feet ! inches tall , can furnish the best of reference ! and would send photo. " BOMBARDING CANTON TODAY. i Chinese Gunboats Open Fire May j Shell Foreign Quarters. I Hong Kong , March 111. A llotillii of Chinese gunboats opened lire on the liopiie forts at Canton today. The forts have been In the hands of the followers of I.uk , the brigand chief , for a week past , since the soldiers mutinied and handed them over to the robbers. The robbers replied vig orously to the bombardment of the gunboats. Luk yesterday declared that if his followers , whom he calls the people's army , falls to gain victory over the government they would shell the for eign quarters , to bring about a for eign intervention. An Illinois Suit. Springfield , 111. , March lit. In a demurrer filed in the Saugamon county court today by attorneys for Gov. Deneen , in answer to the amend ed petition of Lou Small for a writ of mandamus to give him first place on the list of republican candidates for governor , it is contended that the law does not recognize any preferred place on the ballot and the provision that tlic names of candidates shall be placed on the ballot in the order the petitions are filed , is merely a rule of administrative convenience. There fore , says the answer , the petitioner has no prhate right to protect by mandamus. It is further' contended that if the secretary of state has omitted to perform an official duty affecting the public , the suit should have been brought by the attorney general or the states attorney. Attorneys for Mr. Small have asked the court to order Secretary of State Hoot to change the filing time stamp ed on the Small petition so as to give Mr. Small priority. Plan British Navy. London , March 19. Winston Spen cer Churchill , first lord of the admir alty , introduced the na\al estimates for the year coming , in the house. The appropriations called for the amount of $220,1127,000 , a decrease of S1r.r ; ( > ,000 from the amount spent last year. Mr. Churchill accompanied the Introduction with a promise of an aug mentation of a retardation of British naval construction to correspond with Germany's naval program. He said the "two-to-onc" standard was not nec essary at present , although it would possibly become so. SUMMER HATS ARE OUT. Snow and Sleighs Greet the Summer Girl on Streets of Norfolk. Winter and summer meet in Nor folk. folk.Norfolk Norfolk has competed and tied a score with Omaha in the "rusnlng of the season. " Recently an Omaha man surprised his friends and the public by appearing on the streets In a sum mer suit , a linen duster and a clean straw hat. A woman appeared on Nor folk avenue yesterday with a summer suit and a midsummer hat not the small spring style , but the enlarged midsummer hat with the regulation trimmings of lilacs and the rest of the garden. Her appearance did not even create a stir , nor did it attract much notice except that a few women who took a casual backward glance at the advanced season's representa tive. The snow was piled high on Norfolk avenue and some were enjoy ing sleigh rides. There are plenty of spring hats visible in Norfolk. These early sea son headpieces are of the regulation smallness , but as the summer comes on , It will ho noticed that the hats will grow wider and larger. "They either want to rush the sea son or else they are very tired of the old hat they have been wearing all winter , " explains a local trimmer. Thought He Heard Robins , Madison. Neb. , March 19. Editor News : Will you allow me a little space in the way of news as I thought news was scarce and hard to find In this deep snow. In fact I don't see how you get news no trains , no mails and the post offices all flitted. But what I want to say 1st I got robins on the brain. The day It stormed so pleasantly , 1 wont out to the barn and I thought I heard robins. Can't see very well , but I kept looking around , but coudl see nothing , so I opened one of my hen houses and there were several robins or chicks I should say , so I found my robins , thirty-five of them. Then I wont to town. Near the mill I heard geese calling ami I could see nothing. I thought It was not possible that the wild geese were flying hut I looked around and found them below the dam. They weie gray , that Is the.v looked that way , hut somebody Is see Ing things around Madison. I had not been up town yet. So 1 did not sa > anything to anybody. I just kept qulel for fear the boys worn ! get goosi crazy and go down and shoot sonu geese. You know boys get awful mill tary when there are geese around , bin the storm saved the flock. J. S. MeElhues. NORTH DAKOTA VOTING. First Presidential Primary Is Being Held In That State. Pargo. N. D. , March 19. Heavy voting ing recorded the opening of the first presidential preference primary today , Apparently responding to Senator La- Pollette's personal appeal Issued dur ing his rapid trip across the state during the last five days , followers of the Wisconsin man were busy at the polls In many precincts. This was particularly true In Pargo , Grand Perks and other points in the eastern end of the state. Campaign managers for Theodore Roosevelt said reports Deceived from Bismarck , and other polios In the western end of the state , showed that Roosevelt had lost nothing as a re sult of Senator La Polletto's speechmaking - making tour. , SNOWPLOW BURIES HIM. Life Crushed From Kansas Lad Play ing in Wake of Rotary. Smith Center , Kan. , Manh IH Har ry Agnew was buried alive by the spray from a snowplow. llariy , who was 12 > eai-h old , was playing in the wuKe of a big rotary snowplow on the Rock Island. With other boys he was allowing the clouds of snow to full over him , running fiom under when the snow became too heavy. He was not missed until night. Seaichers dug his body from under the mass of snow. His thigh was broken It is believed the snow crushed out his life almost Instantly. LESS STRIKE TALK. Feeling Gaining Ground That Coaf Strike is Not Imminent. New York , March 19. There was a subsidence of the anthracite strike scare toda > , and in consequence there was a falling off In the pressing de mand for hard coal from frightened consumers. The belief is gaining ground that both sides will reach'an agreement and that if there is a sus pension of work on April 1 , it will not last long. The operators say they are ready to confer with the men on anv reasonable proposition and consider the situation from all angles. There are also reports from the hard coal region that miners' officials are ready to meet the operators half way. way.The The report from the west that President Taft may be asked to take a hand in the situation to avert a strike was read with interest but no comment was made by the operators. Meanwhile the operators are said to- be doing nothing toward preparing for a coal strike. Local hotels , hos pitals and transit lines are well stock ed with cwil in preparation for a long- strike. Etllng-Sivers. Madison , Neb. , March 20. Special to The News : Judge McDuffee Issued a marriage license to John P. Etllng , son of Peter Etllng , and Miss Anna C. Sivers , both of Newman Grove. _ _ Pneumonia Takes Child. Ma"tllson , Neb. , March 20. Special to The News : The little 10-months- old infant girl of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hide died from pneumonia. Puneral services will be held at the residence Thursday morning and interment will be in Crown Hill cemetery. BRIGGS IS BOWLING TODAY. South Omaha Police Chief Entered In Chicago Tournament. Chicago , March 20. Jimmy Smith j of Buffalo , all-events champion for , 1911 , and John E. Briggs , chief of po lice of South Omaha , who led the j posse which killed two of the Lincoln , j Neb. , penitentiary murderers and cap tured the third Monday , were the cen ter of attraction in the minor events of the American Bowling Congress tournament today. Both wore sched uled to roll in the Individual and two- men team events. Smith Is regarded as the best bowler in the country. Emperor Goes , Alter All. Berlin , March 20 Misgivings arous ed by the Hiuiounceinent of the change In the emperor'o plans were quickly allayed by another statement issued by the office of the court marshal , that old arrangements for the em peror's departure on Friday will now be carried out. Mrs. Grace Gets Bail. Atlanta , Ga. , March 20. Mrs. Daisy Opie Grace , charged with shooting her husband , Eugene H. Grace , who Is not expected to live , was released on $7,500 ball from the jail In this city at midnight and left at 12:2'J : this morning for Philadelphia , where It is stated , she will visit her mother. Real Estate Tranfers. Transfers of real estate for the past week compiled by Madison coun ty Abstract & Guarantee Co. Office with Mnpes & Hazen , Norfolk. E. R. Hayes and wife to Burton C. Gentle , warranty deed ; consideration , $625.00 ; part of lot 2 , block C. Haase's Suburban Lots to Norfolk. Llllle M. Scott to Jennie A. Whltla , warranty deed ; consideration , $2,500 ; lots 1 and 2 , block 7 , Days' Addition to Battle Creek. Charles Strong and wlfo to Ernest Raasch , warranty deed ; consideration , $2200 ; northeast quarter , northwest quarter section 13-23-1. Prederick C. Werner and wife to Christian J Chrlstenson ; warranty deed ; consideration , $200 ; lot II. lilocl 2. Lewis' Addition to Meadow Grove. Hettle Kllliurn and. husband ti James Wells ; warranty deed ; consld oration , $1,000 ; pail of northeast quai tor. ti-211-2. Hadassah Woods and huslmnd t < Anton Popelar ; warranty deed ; con slderatlon , $2100 ; part of Out Lot I Lewis' Addition to Meadow Grove. Sarah E. Smith ami husband ti Prank Klein , warranty deed ; conshl oration , $950 ; block 3S and north ono third of block 3.1. Prltz Addition ti Madison. John M. Ledei'or to Henry Hoffman warranty deed : consideration. $18,000 east half , (1-21-2. ( Willis Hawkins to Clarence Haw inks , warranty deed ; consideration $25. < i50 ; northeast quarter and par southeast quarter , 7-21-1. Citizens National Hank to Wallei Poster , quit claim deed ; consldoratloi $1.00 , lot 12. bloc klO , Vergess third addition to Norfolk. Sylvester Lewis and wife to Albert D. Holbrook , quit claim deed ; conuld oration , $ l.Mi ( ; one-fifth Interest li southwest quarter , 2-2l-l. : ! Andrew Schwank to City of Madl sou ; warranty deed ; consldeiation $2sno , lots 5 and < ! , blouk 10. Mndison Walter Poster to Eugene Best , war ranty deed ; consideration , $ SOO ; lots- II and 12. block 10 , Vergoss Ilrd ad tlltlon to Norfolk. k Arthur C. Apfel to .lames E. Ruan warranty deed ; consideration , $20Sflii north one-half , I-2I--I. K. Lannmn to William M. Wltl warranty deed ; consideration , $ SOO ; lot 15 , block I , Mndimiiller addition to Norfolk. James I. Osborn and wife to T. K. Hanson , warranty deed ; consideration ? 2,0 : ( ) ; part of Out Lot D to Tilden. Maggie Schwank to Henry Peter son , warranty deed : consideration , 50,500 ; part southeast quarter. HI-22-2. llermlne Bartz and husband to C. F. Lenser , warranty deed ; considera tion , $000 , lot , - . block II. C. S. Hayes addition to Norfolk. Joseph Dobbin to John McKerigan , warranty deed ; consideration , $225. lot 10 , Fleming's Sub-division to Nor folk. Matilda D. Brlese and husband to Luella 7 . Alert/ , warranty deed ; con sideration , $ .100 , lot 7 , block 27 , Kim- ban & Blair's addition to Battle Creek. Louis Sutter to Emil Moehnert , war rant.v deed : consideration , $8,800 ; west one-half , southwest quarter , 1C- 21-1. 211.S. S. H. Hoesley , et ai , to P. P. Schmitt , warranty deed ; consideration , $400 ; two-thirds interest fn north one-half of lot ( j , block 1. ! , F. W. Barnes first addition to Madison. Goo. II. Bishop anrf wife to L. Z. Calmsee ; warranty deed ; considera tion , $ rS.-)0 ; lot 11 amf south 28 one- half of lot 12. block 5 , Koenigstcin's second addition to Norfolk. Walter P. Rowfotr , et al. to Rosn B. Phillips , warranty ( feed ; considera tion , $ rr-l28 ; fi-7 interest in north one- half , northwest quarter and southwest quarter , northwest quarter , nO-2.-l. ! Harolrf D. Conover to his wife V. Alice Conover ; warranty deed ; con sideration , $1.00 ; lot , r > , block T , Dur- land'a ffrst addition to Norfolk. Stanton Pitcher toVancouver. . Stanton , Neb. , March 20. Special to The News : Herman Seidel , Stan- ton's 19-y.oar-old baseball pitcher who signed with Vancouver , B. C. , last fall has received his transportation by wire and will leave today for a tryout in that city. Young Seidel is a grad uate of the local high school and is now taking two years of law course In Lincoln state university. Ho play ed on the Stanton team and last year pitched Sunday games for Battle Creek. He has lots of steam , good curves , and his friends believe he will make good. James Tegjey Drops Dead. West Point , Neb. , March If ) . Spe cial to The News : James Fegley , a veteran of the civil war , dropped dead yesterday while on his way to town from his residence. He served with distinction with a Pennsylvania regi ment during the whole of the war. He lias resided in West Point for thirty- fire years and enjoyed the esteem of the entire community. Mr. Fegley was a native of Pennsylvania anil vva-s the father of a numerous family of children , who with his aged wjfe survive him. Ho was 72 years of age iit the time of his death. The inline- ilfate cause of his demise is suppos ed to bo a heart affection. When leaving home he appeared to be In his usual health and spirits and to have no premonition of his sudden end. Funeral services will bo held under the auspices of D.S. Crawford , post of the Grand Army of the Repub lic , of which the deceased was a char ter member. Will Joe M'Kay Go Free ? Nellght , Neb. . March 19. Special to The News : A declaration that the Nebraska supreme court may penult ii legal technicality to Interfere with the administration of justice was made a few clays ago by M. P. Harr ington of O'Neill In support of a mo tion for a rehearing In the case of lee AlcKuy , convicted of murder in this county and sentenced to life Im prisonment. The court reversed the decision of the lower court Oct. 0 , 1911 , and re manded the case for a new trial on three grounds. Ono was that the In formation against McKay , charged lilm with committing the murder at i date subsequent to the filing of : he charge. Another was that it was \n error to allow the bloody garments > f the defendant to be flaunted before ; ho jury when they were not properly fieforo the court. A third error , ac- rordiug to the supreme court , was the mployment of special private conn- ; ol to assist the county attorney. According to the verdict of the Jury McKay murdered A. G. Brown , a tachelor shoemaker of Brunswick Every Indication Is that the case will be brought back ( o this city for te trial , since ( he comity attorney tim takenly charged that the eilme was committed In December. 191(1 ( Instead of 1901) ) . making It an Impossible dud The district Judge allowed the amend ment of the Information and this , sayn ( ho supreme court , was an error. Attorney llairlnglon has argued that the grounds on which the cane was reversed were not nmlerhil and thai they should not be allowed to Interfere with the carrying out of Justice. Revival at Stuart. Newport , Neb. . March 19. Speila * ( o The NewsRev. . Theo. Ludwlg and wife are holding special roMvii. meetings at Stuart. Mr. Ludwlg and his wife ha\i > assisted in six differ out meetings and been in twelve weeks of special service since Nov ember. I1MI. Revival meetings begin , here n ( Newport. April I I. Winter Signs Mill Contract. The contract formed between thi city council and the Sugar Clt.v t'oi eal Mills which gives ( he hitler , i five year contract to furnish eleitn- Ity al the rate of 2" " , cents per K U lor the purpose of pumping wat-i was placed Ifofoie President II. U Winter of the city council yesd-rd i afternoon by two conncllinon I'n N dent Winter signed the contract , all Hun Is now necessary lo put li M force is the attest and signature < > ( he city clerk , it Is said. The Suc.i Clt.v Cereal mills will begin furru-l Ing power to the city at the rate met. . t loned as soon as a transformer an < - ether necessary supplies have beet Installed at the mill and an automat i > pump Installed ut the city pumping station. The signing of the contract 1 th > president of the council Is the lesulf of the flat refusal on the part of the mayor to sign the contract. In hi- refusal to sign the mayor declared In would "Hi-hi ( be contract to a finish C' . II. Krahn , the democratic noin ineo for councilman in the second ward , was a visitor In the council chamber last night. Mr. Krahn IhN morniijg declared that it was the In tention of the mayor to appoint him to fill the vacancy In the council fron , the second waul. Mayor Friday do dared that he bad no idea who he would appoint for that vacancy. I It- lid not know whether he would ap mint anyone or not. A meeting will be held next Friday evening for the purpose of naming an election board White Slavery Is the Charge. Randolph , Neb. , March 19. Special to the News : Deputy United States Marshal John Sides , of Dakota Citj. irrivod in town and placed under ai est G. P. MiHer of Harlan , la. , on i charge of seduction. Miller Is a real estate agent and owns lands in his vicinity and was hero looking tltor these Interests when arrested. He was charged in tour counties vith enticing 17 year old Miss Risi ! vinzie , of Harlan , la. , to Omaha fet mrnoral purposes , which under the federal law Is known as violations > f the white slave act. Ho was taken to Tokamah where le will be given a hearing before he I" . S. commissioners. Consider ible excitement was created in tins icinlty by the arrest. German Band Leads Parada. Niobrara , Neb. , March 19. Special o The News : The German band vhich was organized a few weeks ago or the purpose of attending a miu > querado ball and who secured th irst prize at the time , gave a St. Pat rick's ball Saturday night. A very arge crowd was In attendance. The Verdigre Military orchestra furnish ed the music which was rendered in heir usual excellent manner. The proceeds of the ball were donated to ho K. C. B. J. society to aid them n paying for their hall. Iithe af- ernoon a street parade In which icarly every business firm in town vas represented was an interesting eature , the parade being led by the German band In Irish costume. Irish , lags were seen floating with our own national emblem on different julldings. At the dnnce prizes worn awarded to those vho held tickets vlth certain numbciis on them. The irst prize , a cultivator , was given to oseph V. Holeck ; second , a washing nachlne to Charles Bonge ; third , a able to John Nell , all of Nlobrara lie fourth , a rug , went to a stranger rom Monowl , Valentine Polftics Warm. Valentine , Nob. , March 19.--Special o The News : Local politics prom- ses to grow rather warm here he- ore the spring erection. The question hat is agitating the voters Is wheth er the town shall become a city of he second class or retain the pres ent form of village government. Tin oport of ilK' late census shows Valen lire to have over l.dOO Inhabitants , 'pon a petition , the village board nude this a city of the second class , lowovor if the majority of the voters leslro they can vote for the oldl \ age form of government at the spring lection. There are some that claim hat Valentine has not the required lumber of people to make It a city jf the second class in spite of the 'act that the census returns so show. \nother count will bo made by those nest interested in the now form and 'or the satisfaction of both sides. A L'lrcumstanl.'e that Is worrying the jleetors In the West ward In case > lty rule Is decided upon , Is the fact hat there Is a scarcity of available nen in the ward for aldermen. T ie nembers that live In that ward and low act as coundlmen , state that they vlll not run as candidates on city orm of government. The East ward s filled with available material and ho only question with them is select- \ A ng the best man. The election prom- BOB to bo close between the two firms of government