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VOL. XLll-NO. 2!J3.
OMAHA, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, lS)i:i-TKN PAUKS.
SINGLE COPY TWO CENTS.
The
Omaha
CENSUS BULLETIN
TO
Bureau at Washington Gives Faots
About Population of Nebraska
by Latest Count.
NEARLY 54 PER CENT NATIVES
Foreign Born Make Up Fifth in
Seven Counties.
MALES SLIGHTLY IN THE LEAD
Proportion is Less, However, Than
it Was Ten Years Ago.
FEWER ' ILLITERATES SHOWN
I'crrcntnKc In Ncbrnakn In ltUO Une
nml Nine-Tenths, ns Annlimt
Two n nil Three-Tenths Ten
Tcnm Attn.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, Match . 1(1. (Special
Telegram.) An exceedingly interesting
bulletin, dealing with the composition and
characteristics of tho population of Ne
braska has Just bepn Issued by tin.
bureau of tho census. Of tho total
population of the 'state, 612,075 or 53.0 pel
cunt arc native whites of native parent
age: 302,353 or 30.4 per cent aro native
whites of foreign or mixed parcntuge;
173,863 or H.8 per cent are foreign born
whites and 7.GS9 or .00 per cent aro ne
groes. In seven of the ninety-two counties,
foreign born whites constitute as much
as one-fifth of the population, the pro
portion being highest In Colfax county.
In fifty-four counties, however, mote
than one-fourth of the population are
native whites of rorcfgl. or mixed
parentage, tho maximum percentage
(D2.9) being that of Cuming county.
In the total population of the state are
W7.783 males and 5(51,432 females or 1U.2
males to 100 females. In 1900 the ratio
was 112.fi to 10). " Of the native population,
Unit Is population born in the United
States, 18.6 per cent were born In Ne
braska and 41 per cent outside the state.
Of the foreign born whito population of
Nebraska, natives of Germany como first,
then Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Russia.
Ireland, England, Canada, Italy and
Greece. Urban population of the state
shows a smaller proportion of children
than the rural and a larger proportion of
persons in the prime of life. Migration
to tho city explains this at least in part.
There are 18,009 illltreates in the state,
representing 1.9 per cent of tho total
population 10 years' of 'age- and'over as
compared with 2.3 per cent In 4900.
That there Is a larger proportion of
widows than of widowers may Indicate
says the bulletin, that the men more
often remarry than women, but since
husbands are generally older than their
wives tho marriage relationship Is more
often broken by death of the husband
than by death of the Wife. The total
number of dwellings in Nebraska is
6JS.967 and tho total number of families
203,549, Indicating that In comparatively
few cases docs more than one family
occupy n dwelling.
There are 3,502 Indians In the state, 112
Chinese, 590 Japaneso and twenty eight
of all other nationalities.
There aro C621 negroes in the cities and
t.CKJS In rural communities.
Inspection of Unl vrrnl t leu.
Captain William II. Raymond of the
general staff has been ordered to pro
f .ecd to Inspect tho military departments
nf a number of educational Institutions in
the middle and southwest section of the
country", among them being the Univer
sity of Nebraska, state university of Iowa
at Iowa City, the Iowa State College of
Agriculture at Ames and the South Da
kota Stato college at Brookings.
Hitchcock's Appointments.
Senator Hitchcock Is greatly pleased
over his committee assignments, tho
Philippine committee, of which he be
comes chairman, coming Into unusual
prominence by reason of the agitation
now going on for Phllllpplne Independence.
He Is second member on tho new bank
ing and currency committee, which will
also play an Important part In legisla
tion during the next two years. Then he
retains his place on foreign relations and
military affairs and gets a place on terri
tories and the Joint committee on print
lmr. Senator Norrls Is assigned to the tall
end of tho committee on agriculture and
places on the following additional com
mittees: Claims and forest reservations
and game preserves.
Cnnnl to Cerlnsr.
Judge H. W. Hobart, Scotts Bluff county,
lias written a letter to Senator Hitrhcock
to "poko up" the Interior department
(.Continued on Pago Two.)
The Weather
For Nebraska. Iowa and South Dakota
Not much change In temperature.
Tempera tun- it I OiiuiXm Ycateriliiy.
Hours. Deg.
5 a. m 18 I
a. m IS ,
7 a. m 1
8 a. m 20
9 a. in 21
10 a. m 25
H a. m 2
12 ni 27
1 p. m 27
2 p. m 2?
3 p. m 2?
I p. m 28
S p. m 28
t p. m 27
" P. m 26 I
Local Itecord. I
1912. 1912. 1911. J'JIO. !
1KMT1N&-
Highest yesterday 20 41 46 58
lowest yesterday IS 20 21 3S
Mean temperature 31 32 34 4
Pieclpttutlon 00 .00 .00 .00
Temperature and precipitation depar
tures from the normal:
Normal temperature y,
Deficiency for the day 12
Total excess Blnce March 1 35
Normal precipitation Oi Inch
Deficiency for the day ... 04 Inch
Total rainfall since Mttic-h 1 .. 2.91 Inches
Excess since Man hi J 74) Inches
Excess for cor. period. 1912 . 1 10 Inches
Deflclem-v for cor period. 1911 .24 Inch
I A. WELSH. Local Forecaster.
Bryan Says Island
Will Have Home Rule
Inside of Ten Years
WASHINGTON. March lfi.-llonio rule
In Ireland within ten years is the pre
diction last night by William J. Bryan,
secretnry of stato, In an address at n St.
Patrick's day banquet, given by Irish
Americans. Mr. Bryan based his pre
diction upon the fact that In that time
the Irish home rule bill would again be
before tho English Parliament and that
the House of Commons being controlled
by the Irish members It again would be
passed by that body and would not re
quire tho concurrence ov me r.alist of
Lords. In his Introductory remarks Mr.
Bryan paid a tributo to the Irish char
acter, which he declared was responsible
for the great fight being waged for home
rule and thus bring about the beginning
of the end of hercdltnry rule.
"The degradation of the Housii of
Lords," Secretary Bryan said. "Is duo to
Its opposition to the home rule bill which
brought about an amendment to the Hng
ltsh constitution, thus making the con
currence of the House of Lords unneces
sary after a bill has passed tho House of
Commons a second time. The Irish can
point to this ns one of the greatest
achievements In history, having brought
to a vital end hereditary rule In the
British empire. Within two years tin
Irish all over the world can celebrate tho
freedom of Ireland." I
Referring briefly to the change of ad
ministration in tho United States the
secretary said tho Government of a great
country had been transferred from one J
party to another of diametrically opposite I
views, "without a ripple without a pro- I
test and without a murder."
Mother and Father
and Four Children
Frozen on Prairie
LONDON, Ontario. March lft Twelve
Telegram.) A. F. Peiry, his wife and
four children were found on Box Klder
divide, sixteen miles east of this city
this morning, having perished In the
blizzard which raged over western South
Dakota fiom Wednesday until Friday.
Mrs. Perry ur"l 'lel' four children were
seated In a wagon dead. Mr. Perry had
evidently gotten out of the vhlcle an.l
liberated the horses and being too ex
hausted to regain his seat had fallen and
died. Mrs. Perry had Just nursed her '
baby boy. the Infant lymg- In her exposed
bosom as he had died.
The party was found by foll&wlng tho
track of a pair of blindfolded horses,
who came Into the corral of Milton
Freaso this morning. Another son and
the men who were searching for the
Perrys are missing. The party was
Journeying aoross country to the Holcomb
ranch which Perry had leased from Big
Bend In the Black Hills, where he was
postmaster.
Is Saved from Mob
By State Militia
SALEM, 111., March 16.-Frank Sullens,
who was saved from mob vengeance here
last night by tho efforts of Sheriff Pur
cell and deputies and by the arrival of
four companies of National Guard, was
bound over to the grand Jury this after
noon on a charge of kidnaping Dorothy
Holt, the 16-year-old daughter of Charles
W. Holt, assistant state's attorney.
Ernest Harrison, who Sullens testified
was Implicated in the crime, also was
bound over to the grand Jur. Sullens
was taken to Mount Vernon, 111., for sate
keeping tonight and Harrison will be
taken to Vandalla, 111., tomorrow.
At tho preliminary hearing, Sullens con
fessed that he attacked the girl, but
testified that the original plan was to
kidnap her and hold her for ransom. Tho
court held the two men under the kid
naping charge as that crime is punishable
by death,
Sullens said that tho kidnaping and
ransom plan was suggested to him by
Harrison, who gave him J3 to carry It
out. In accordance with this plan, he
captured the girl as she was returning
home from a moving picture show. He i
Bald that he took her to a coal mine,
where Harrison agreed to meet him, but i
Harrison did not como and that then i
he took the girl to "the slaughter pens
where he attacked her.
No trouble was experienced here today
from the men who yesterday threatened
to storm the Jail. Sullens was well
guarded, however, and when he wbb
taken to the train It was under the pro
tection of National guardsmen.
Friedmann Treats
Twelve More Oases
NORFOLK, Neb., .March 16.-(Speclal.)
patients at the Public Health institute
were Inoculated today by Dr. Friederlcn
F. Friedmann with his tuberculosis vac
cine. Nearly eighty had been gathered
for the test, but the physician tound
there was only vaccine for the treatment
of a dozen. Preference was given to
those suffering from tuberculoma of the
bones. The demonstration was given in
tho presence of many local nicdl(.al men.
At the conclusion of the test Dr. r'rloU
mann left for New York.
SIR HORACE PLUNKETT BUYS
APARTMENT HOUSE IN OMAHA
WASHINGTON. March 16,-PelIagra Is
ment house at the northeast .'orner of
Thirtieth Btrect and Poppleton avenue,
has been sold by Ed Johnston, a real esta'e
dealer at 040 Bee building, to Sir Hora-o
Plunkett of Dublin, Ireland. Tho deal
Involved a JfO.OOO cash payment und a
room residence on the lot adjoining the
Chula-Vlsta also was transferred to Sir
Horace.
The Chula-Vista, Is considered ono cf
the pretty apartment houses In Omaha.
It sits in a lawn 100x150 feet, surround
ing twenty-five feet on all ld. The'
are twelve apartments of five rooms eacii
In the house It was built by Johnston
and completed for occupancy J. l ember
1 There arc entrances both c Poppb"
ton avenuo and Thirtieth street
NEBRASKA COLONELS
Sw?X-fsemen in Na-
Rer-nme Vnnwn
Slow Degrees.
'ENJOYABLE INCIDENTS" TOLD
Truth Gradually Leaking Out About
Those Incidents in East.
GOVERNOR RODE AN OLD PLUG
Animal Not Up to Specifications and
Dropped to Street.
EQUINE PRIZES VERY COSTLY
Recent Iniitiiiuriil I'lirtldimnt Itf
vcnl limlilo DrtnlU of Fine Times
In AVnnuliiKton, Mint IMn
nlty Suffer.
"Flno time! Fine time! That is the
unanimous expression of Governor More
head's staff of colonels since their return
from Washington where they participated
in the InauKUrnl parade. "Fine Itmc,"
may have been all that there was to
thnt trip, but the details of tho Incidents
that made up that "fine time" aro be
ginning to leak out ns one after the oilier
of tho colonels gets tnlkntlvc.
It was somo time before any of them
would admit that In spite of the fact
that they were all from this great cow
state of Nebraska thero wero but two
or threo In the aggregation that could
rido their horses off a walk without roll
ing overboard. It was somo tlmo bofore
they admitted that r.orso rent In Wash
ington wan higher than the Woodmen of
tho World building In Omaha, and that
to get a dray horse to ride cost so much
that somo had to wire their banks at
Omaha before they could get n ticket for
home.
More hcml's Horn Drops In Cutter.
They didn't like to acknowledge that
Governor Morchcad himself had a plug
so poor and weak that ho laid down in
the gutter whilo waiting for the parad
to start and the governor got his nice
suit soiled with dust of tho capital and
mado a most undignified spectacle goug
ing his churger In tho ribs with his knee
and heel In an effort to make him stand
up.
Still, as the colonels como back one by
me, these stories leak out, and as divers
witnesses at different times and at differ
ent places ndhcrc to the same story,
thero is no good reason why the stories
should bo doubted.
Washington does not keep severnl
thousand fine saddle horses on shelve
In the congressional library Just to be
used every four years when a president
Is to bo Inaugurated. Nebraska's colunela
did not think of that -until It came to
get horses. Horses can bo had readily
In Ncbinska. In cosmopolitan Washing
ton it is different.
A Home Worth n Kingdom.
Time to get horses arrived. Thero was
a scramble for telephones and a hurried
culling of livery barns. "All out," was
tho reply received from many barns.
Washington is a city of automobiles. The
panic grew. Colonel Al V. Dresher proved
tho Moses of tho occasion when he rushed
out and stopped a inllk wagon. Ho dick
ered for tho use of the hmse. it was
hard dickering. Mcaw'mc tb nther Ne
braRkans began to s.ap drn wagons, mlllc
wagons, coal wagons, express wagons and
anything except United states mall
wagons. They dickered ana drove their
bai gains hard. But woe to Dresher. the
n an who started the crusade on tho milk
wagens! AVhen he closed tho deal for
hh. horse he was out $21.10. High rent,
thought Dresher. Ho almost forgot to
a.sk tho addiess of the milk man to Irtiow
where to return the horse.
"Oh, that's .nil right," replied the milk
map. "You can keep the horse If you
want to."
When notes were compared after
wards, it was lound that Colonel O'Brien
and Colonel Metz had paid over $21 for
the use of their horses.
Compelled, to Hide Mmmlrr,
Saddles, too. grew scarce before tba
vast horde of paraderx was mounted.
This explains why Colonel L. J. PUttl
had to ride an old Cossack saddlo that
one of Buffalo Bill's Cossacks had once
left In Washington. Sir. Plattl also was
unfortunate enough to draw nn I.MjO
pound dray horse. It was u long way
to the back-of that horse and a longer
way to the seat of that high Cossack
saddle. Plattl cocked his eye up at the
sky line and surveyed the saddle out
lined agalnbt tho sky ut the dizzy height.
"Men, I never rode a horse In my life."
ho pleaded. Someone camo along with
u step ladder, slammed It against tho
horse's side, and In eight minutes Plattl
was perched on the crazy saddle.
"Stop him! Stop him!" was next heard
from Plattl. This was Just after the
parade started. Old "Jumbo." with the
Cossack saddle, was charging down
ahead of tho Nebrasku line, lifting his
ponderous hoofs In a lumbering ele
phantine trot. "Catch him! Catch him! '
roared Plattl. "He's throwing me! lies
throwing me!"
In a moment" Plattl. on his Cossack
saddle, was charging down through the
ranks of tho band, tugging helplessly at
the reins, his feet In the short stirrups
and his knees under his chin. One of
the regular army officers in the parade
had to dash Into the midst of the band
and Ird the Nebraskan's horse out.
This was one of the Incidents that need
not be doubted, as there Is every reason
to believe that an account of tho rescue
may bo found In the official report of the
activities of the army officers on that
occasion.
Fall to Imitate the Conqueror.
Govornor Morohead had the only black
horse In the Nebraska cavalcade. To that
extent he made a fine showing. But his
borne jrew tired and most unceremoni
ously flopped down In the gutter, which
made the govornor exceeding wroth
When William of Normandy landed
in England with his sturdy warriors to
conquer the Saxona there, he stumbled
and fell flat upon the shore as soon as
Ids foot struck land. Even as he was
falling he perceived that his fall would
be regarded hh an evil omen by hla in n
a. foreboding ill fortune to- the exploit
With qukk presence of mind he Jalibe!
(Continued on Pag Two.)
Achieva-SEa!
The
.From the Washington Herald.
COLT IS BORN ABOARD SHIP
Fed on Condensed Milk, Lives to
! Travel to Nebraska.
MAKE HARD FIGHT FOR LIFE
I'nptnln Wood of Ntrimier Utiiiilim
Help FrnnU Wont of Wood
Illver, Nell., Save Fnnl of
Tliorollulllired,
NEW YORK, .March 16. (Special Tele
gram) Bringing a .thoroughbred colt In
the world and keeping It allvo on con
densed milk because the mother developed
cramps while a big sea pounded the
stoamshlp Etonian of the Leyluud line
on Its trip from Antwerp which ended
here. Is the only one of the .many In
cidents that go to make life on the sea
anything but monotonous according to
Captain William Ferry Wood In a state
ment mado today.
Both the colt and tm marc arc doing
well, so well In fact that thoy are now on
their way to Wood River, Neb., accom
panied by their wealthy owner, Frank
West, who never Is so happy ns when In
tho company of a score or more blooded
horses. The mother of the colt, which
has been named after Cuptiiln Wood, is
Induction, n black Percheron.
Tho foaling of tho colt came near cost
ing the marc her life and the fact that
both maro and colt are alive Is credited
by Mr. West to the efforts of Captain
Wood, Who, with several of his crew,
worked day and night over tho two
horses when not on the bridge of the big
ship.
Colt Fed from Mottle.
The Etonian left Antwerp February 23,
and when four days out tho colt was
born. But the maro developed crumps
and the colt was fed on milk from bottlss.
A rubber bulb was pluced over the top of
the bottle and with one part condensed
milk to five parts water the colt was kept
alive. Night and day he was watched
and on the third day it was believed
tho maro was well enough to nurse the
colt.
The cold developed colic and both
owner and Captain Wood for a time
thought all their efforts would go for
naught, for tho mare's temperature went
up to 105 and the colt was unable to
stand even with assistance.
Soon after the sea steadied, both horses
grew strong, and on the fifth day after
foaling, tho colt was beside the mare
and about the hungriest thing on the
steamship. When Sandy Hook was
sighted both the marc and colt were
feeling rather frisky.
Mr. West had twenty-one horses, when
he left Antwerp, but one of them con
tracted cold and died, so that with tho
foalUig of the colt the number of horses
he arrived with here was exactly tho
same ns when he started.
"You Bee, when induction fouled tho
colt," Bald Captain Wood today, "und
then got ill we all thought she was a
goner. We had to make her perspire,
and wo certainly did so by giving her
stimulants, wrapping blankets about her
and keeping off draughts. It was a hard
fight for awhHe. but I have had lots t-f
Will Permit Thaw's
Counsel to Visit Him
NBWBURG, N. YTMarch 16,-Supreme
court Justice Joseph MOrsehauser Issued
an order today permuting counsel for
Harry K. Thaw and Thaw's counsel for
consult with him privately at the
Matteawau asylum during the hours tho
rules of the Institution permit visitors.
The order Is In force only until Tues
day when Justice Tompkins will pass on
the ruling by the state prison depart
ment, which barred Mrs. Thaw and
Thaw's counsel from private conferences
with the prisoner.
Weeplnu Wntrr City Ticket.
WEEPING WATER, Neb., March IS -(Special.)
The city tloket nominated last
night Insures another year of good ad
ministration. For mayor, Fred H Oor
der: clerk, W. H. Lyman; Measurer, J.
M. Teegarden; ootinrllman First ward. J.
W. Colbert. Second ward I J, F Marshall;
Third ward. J W llaslain Members
of the school board, O. G Cog'lzcr und
S. J, Ambler.
Top of the Mornin' to
Man is Accused of
Swindling Woman
By Mock Marriage
CHICAGO. March Hi.-Davld A. Ware
dell, 33 years old, u San Frnnclseo real
estate dealer, who Is alleged to have used
the namo of Donald Coleman when ho
married Miss liura Crow In Los Angeles
early In February, was brought to Chi
cago from Rochester, N. Y.. today by
detectlvcsj Threo thousand dollars of
the $4,500 which tho woman had turned
over to her alleged "husband," was re
covered by tho police. He was booked
on a charge of operating n confidence
game.
Miss Crow now Is convinced that ant
was lured Into a faise marriage by Wni
dell for tho purpose of getting her inonoy.
He persuaded her to soli her hotel busi
ness in Los Angeles when they wera mar
lied, sho told the police und: she In
trusted tho procecds-4,CO0 to him when
they reached Chicago last month. War
den did not know his wife was In Chi
cago until she met him at tho police
station today. Mrs. Wardcll throw her
arms around hla neck, declaring her for
giveness. "You'll go back hoinn with int and we'll
live fine," Bald tho wlfo, apparently for
getting that her husband was charged
with n crime.
Recovering from his surprise, Wardell
said:
"I have only one wife and she Is here."
Ho would not talk about Miss Crew.
Reveals Big Tourist
Swindling Gang
LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 16,-Dr. O.
L- Wllcoxou, formerly a well known
physician of Pasudemi, surrendered to
the police to answer a charge In connec
tion with his alleged activities ni ono of
the heads of tlio "national tourist bunco
trust."
The speciflo charge against Wllcoxon
Is that he swindled a tourist out of $5,000,
Tlie police havo been saarchlng for
Wllcoxon ever slnoe the arrest of Leo
Rial and E. C. ("Poker") Davis revealed
what the police assort Is a regularly or
ganized band for the fleecing of unwary
tourists by various j swindling methods.
Briggs Confesses
Killing Martin
BOONE. la.. March 16. Johan Briggs,
who Saturday night stabbed and killed
Olllce Martin at Mongolia, la,, was ar
rested here today by Officer John Held
and has been placed In the county Jail.
Briggs mulntulns that he stabbed .Mar
tin In self-defence. The dead man Is
horribly cut and slashed. Investiga
tions by the local police show that Mar
tin had spent tile afternoon Saturday
jdrlnklng and that Briggs was sober
when Martin attacked him. It Is tint
known what the altercation between tho
two men wan about.
Pope Pius Omits
Usual Palm Speech
ROME, March 16. It la customary tor
the pope to deliver a short address when
receiving the palms. Under the ndvlce
of his physicians, however. Pope Plus
today omitted that ceremony The latest
announcement by his physleluns Is that
the pope has practically recoverd from
his Illness.
PEOPLE'S PARTY CHOOSES
TICKET IN CITY OF ASHLAND
ASHIAND. Neb. March 16.-(8peclal
Tclf gram.) A people' party caucus waa
held at the city hall tonight to nominate
candidates for the April election. Ex
iiiayor J. ('. Itallsback was elected chair-
. niHP and L. J. Clayton, secretory. It
. WlvKPtiliorn was nominated for mayor.
J H. J.achapille for city clerk, E. A.
iggviiliorii foi tity treasurer and Jcaie
N Moo a for police Judge were renoml-
Ye!
MAKE FIRST CONVICTION
New York District Attorney's At
tack on Police Graft Scores.
OFFICER GUILTY OF PERJURY
Whltninn, In MtinimlnK Up Cnae for
State, Declared Officer llnrtlitnn
In Victim or the
"HyMcni."
NEW YORK. Mnrch lt).-Tho first con
viction In tho district attnrnoy'a crusade
against gratters In tho police department
was obtained yesterday. John .1.
Hartlgan, a patrolman, waa found guilty
of perjury.
Hartlgan acted ns agent for hluh police
officials to bribe, witnesses -against ihpjn
tt leave the state. Harttann was al
luded to by District Attorney Whitman
In summing up As n discarded victim of
the "system" sacrificed to protect one of
Its pillars. Tho prosecutor rcferrod to
Dennis Sweeney, tho demoted Inspector
who awaits trial on thirteen graft Indict
ments, as the man for whom Hartlgan
had perjt'red himself.
Und "H tcm" llnck at lllm.
"Sweeney Is standing llko a rock," Mr.
Whitman crlod, "with the 'system' back
of him, declaring to the world that ho
never took a cent. Sweeney la the man
that has put this young policeman where
he is. Thero was never a more perfect
picture of the 'system' than you havo
before you."
Hartlgan, according to the prosecution's
caso working directly for Sweeney, aided
the 'system' in bribing Gcorgo A. Slpp,
an Informer, to leave the Jurisdiction of
tho New York courts. The charge of
perjury against Hartlgan arose from his
denial before the grand Jury that ho car
ried the bribe money from Sweeney to
Pollco Captain Walsh. Hartlgan re
Iterated his denial as a witness In hla
own 'defense today,
Dcnlea He la (Jiillty.
Ho said ho did not carry nn envelope
from Sweeney to Walsh, but that when
ho called at Walsh's home, nt the cap
tain's request, Walsh, from his sickbed
handed him the envelope with Instructions
to take It to Policeman Fox, who later
pleaded guilty In connection with the po
llco graft cases.
Sweeney took the Bland for the de
fense and denied ho sent Hurtlgan to
Walsh us his agent to carry money or
for any other purpose.
The district attorney employed the op
portunity of Sweeney'H appearance under
oath to question him concerning his al
Itged guilt as a grafter. He named
various resorts and asked Sweeney It
he levied tribute upon them. To every
qvery Sweeney responded negatively.
Hartlgan appeared dazed by the ver
dict. He was remanded for sentence tfn
Tuesday.
Greeks Incensed at
Bulgaria's Greed
ATHENS, Greece, March l.-Strong
feeling against the Bulgarians Is spread
ing with great rapidity among the Greek
population. Only the strong hand of the
government prevents an outbreak. Irri
tation of Greeks arises from the Bulgar
ian claim to great stretches of erst
while Turkish territory, which Greece
considers Its own by right of conquest.
The editor of the newspaper Chronos,
wus sentenced today to a week's Imprison
ment for editorial denouncing Bulgarian
avarice. Proceedings have been begun
against several other pcisons for similar
offenses.
LONDON. March 16.-Irrltatlon met
the "extravagance" of the demands by
the Balkan allies In their repiy to the
offer of meditation by thu powers was
expressed by somo of the European am
bassadors at their meeting today to dis
cuss the situation. T.ie ambassadors ns
a whole, however, oo not regard the
conditions laid down by the allies ns
closing tho dour to mediation. The next
step taken by the powers will, It is ex
pected, be recommendations with a view
to approximating the demands of the
allies with what the powers consider a
more equitable basis of negotiations. Tile
diplomat! adjourned until March 19.
BLAMED
FOR GOTHENBURG
WRECK ON THE U, P
Board of Inquiry Holds Weinberger
Responsible for the Loss of
Life Friday.
SAYS HE RAN BY THE BLOCK
Should Have Stopped Train Ion;;
Before Wreck Occurred.
MAKES MENTION OF BLIZZARD
Report Shows that Safety Appliances
Were All Working.
STATE COMMISSION ATTENDS
Mrmliern Proceed to Sidney to Tn
vcntlwnle Cnnnc of lite Wreck nt
llcrntlon, Where Fire
Were Killed.
CrOTHENIU'RG. Neb., March 16.-(Spe-elal
Telegram.) Responsibility for thn
wreck on the Union Pacific railroad at
Gothenburg Friday morning, which cost
the lives of four persons and caused In
juries to a score, wus placed on John
Weinberger, engineer of train No. 12, by
a iMinrd of Inquiry which concluded Its
Investigation and announced Its decision
today.
Mention Is mndo of the fact that a,
sevcro blizzard was prevailing at tho
time. Tho report says that all the safety
appliances In tiso on the rnllrond were
working perfectly. Train No. 12 ran Into
the rcur end of No. 4.
Tho board's inquiry constituted the of
ficial Investigation of tho railroad. Tho
report follows:
"The board of Inquiry convened at
Gothenburg March IS. 1913, for tho pur
pose of placing responsibility for tho
wreck between Union Pacific trains No.
12 and No. 4 nt Gothenbvg. Neb., nt 3:37
a. in.. March 14, finds aTter a thorough
Investigation Into all tho facts and cir
cumstances In connection with said acci
dent and nfter an exhaustive examination
of nil tho witnesses having knowledge In
regard to same:
"Thnt nt tho time of tho accident nn
extraordinary nnd unusual blizzard wa.i
prevailing at and In tho vicinity of
Gothenburg;
"That the safety appliances for tho
safety of travel on said railroad of tho
Union Pnclflo Rullnu-i company wero
operating porfectly nt thti time!
"That tlio- cause of tho accldant wan
due to the failure of the engineer, JohA
Weinberger, of train No. 12, to property
observe tho slgnnls and place his troiu
under control passing the second blocK
.signal-west jCqothcnburg. the distance
Mgnnl. niTd tSSXo stop at tho
block signal located i, 100 feet west ut
the point of tho accident.
"CHARllES WARE.
"General Manager of tho Union Paclfio
Railroad.
"W. R. CAHILL,
"Superintendent of tho Union Paclllo
Railroad.
"IV, C. MAY,
"General Manager of
Telephone eoinjiany.
"G. C.
the Gothenburg
HAMPTON,
Cashier of the Gothenburg National
Bank."
Membora Hall and Clarke of the State
Railroad commission nnd a representa
tive of the Interstate Commctoe com
mission also heard tho testimony. -I'hey
went today to Sidney for tho Inquiry Inta
the wreck at Herndon.
11 nil I iik nf Jury.
Tho verdict of the coroner's Jury was
returned Inst night, ascribing the collision
to weather conditions and absolving the
trainmen from felonious Intent. Tho
finding reads In substance:
"The deaths were duo to a. rear-end
collision between trulns Nos. 4 and 12 on
tho morning of March 14, 1913; thai in
the Judgment of tho jurors the accidental
death of the passengers was duo to tho
very unnsunl severity of tho storm,
making observation of signals very diffi
cult; that the death of the parties was
not due to felonious Intent."
Tho verdict was signed by Dr. W. J
Bartholomew. Don F. Hlnklcy, A. ci
Wnmbach, John J. Jennings, W. P. By
ron and Walter Dale, Jurors, and J. E.
Olson, coroner.
The Inquest started this nftornoon In
the Masonic lodgo rooms and was con
ducted on the part of the Union Pacific,
load by Superintendent George Cahlll,,
Assistant Superintendont J. V. Anderson
and Assistant Superintendent N. T,
! Berry; for the State Rnllwuy commission,
H. T. Clarke and T. h. Hnll, commission
era, and Rate Expert U. G. Powell; for
the Interstate Commerce commission, J
II. Rtrtcklan, inspector, und for Dawson
county, County Attorney George C
Glllau.
O'llrlen Tells iory.
Engineer O'Brien of tiain No. 4 testi
fied ho had been with the Union Paclfio
company twenty-six yeais and had" been
mi engineer for sixteen years. He de-
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