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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1915)
THE BEE: OMATTA. TTKRHAY. PECEMBEH 21. 1915. Nebraska SAUNDERS DEMOS FILE HALL'S NAME E. E. Placek and Dr. Webber Sub mit Petition Suggesting Com mitteemaa for Governor. DR. HALL AGAIN DECLINES From a Staff ConosKndrnt.1 LINCOLN, Neb., I 2. (Spctal Tele rram) The name of Dr. P. L. Hall a filed for democratic nomination for grov frnor today by a'O Saunders comity voter. When anked If he would accept the filmg. Pr. Hall replied In very em phatic language that he would not un der any r-lrcumstanoes. The petition was filed by Seniitor E. E. riaceW and Dr. Weber of Wahoo. The petition placing IV. Hall In nomi nation hia ben expected for consider able time. Friends of the doctor In Saunders county, where he formerly lived, said It would contain 1.000 names. As filed the petition lacks 600 of the num ber and Ur. Hall again states that he will tiof under nnv rlrrimrnce accent the flllaz or become a candidate. This sentiment was expressed to The Bee a week ago and was given out at thst time as conclusive, but many demo crats who recognize that there Is little show for democrats In Nebraska next year unless some such man as Dr. Hall heads the ticket, -were of the opinion that thn doctor would sacrifice every thing: for the empty honor of leading a forlorn hope for tho governorship. Senator Plnoek and Ur. Webber spent mine time with Dv. Hall today but they got little satisfaction and came away with the belief that all efforts to get the national committeeman Into the con flict as a gubenatorlal nominee will not be successful. Who will take up the burden Is a prob lem. As the time draw near it looks as If Mayor Charles Bryan would be the man upon whom the honor would fall, because first, the mayor lias been ung- IIiib for It for a long time, and second is defeat stares the man In the face who vt it. the enemies of the Lincoln execu tivo would iust as soon soo him defeated as any other democrat and some of them are not adverse to giving it to him aim letting him tako his medicine. With Senator Hitchcock for the senate and Mayor Bryan for governor, this would doubtless "harmonize" the warring elements of democrats, but some of them ay, "What In thunder Is the use or harmony, whtm we can't elect anbody." Then again the brand of harmony which might come from an alliance of the Hitchcock and Bryan forces, in the opinion of many, fould be of the bulldog variety and would work only when the liclllgerent hurmonlsts were facing each nthcr. Conductor Killed by Train at Auburn AL'BCrtN. Neb.. Dec. 20.-(Special Tele gram.) Micbuel Cunningham, Missouri Pacifh; conductor on line between Au Mim and Crote. was struck by a moving r..iht train and Instantly Willed early this morning. He had been a conductor aneut thirty-nine years and was ono of tttti oldest men on the road. He was about 60 years of age. His home la In Kansas City and he had been on his present run week. He Is surviveu u, . ..v and adopted daughter. ANOTHER O'CONNOR WILL ftA5lE ON AT LANCASTER VrM"afc (From a Staff Correspondent.) 1LNCOLN. Dec 20.-8peclal.-Ths Thomas O'Connor estate matter pending before the county court was continued today until December 28 at the request of Kate O'Connor, who sets up her claim as x widow of the deceased. Mrs. Kate O'Connor was the first wife of Thomas O'Connor, but for some reason they had not lived together for twenty veers and over. O'Connor married Mrs. lid Butler of lleatrlce, then a widow, and the two have lived together as hunband and wife Hineo 101. Mrs:. Butler brought considerable money to her husband now dead, and he In vested it 1n business and property, taking title In hU own name. The estate con sist of two valuable residence In Lincoln ard one In Omaha, estimated at Itf.OGO, ml nc.t). and money In the bank. rt'Cnnnnv has two sons, born to To n O'Connor, and they ore now trying ... tobiiNh their mother o the legal lfo oT. the'v frfthev. FAIRBURY BUYSTON OF CANDY AND 1,503 HORNS FAIEBL'RY. Neb.. Pec. -tFpecial.)- l'aiihuiy's ' flrit muniefpil Christmas ,rtee now.sdrns the :;o:ith lilde of tha, .:effertn eoi;nty court yard, and exten tlve arrangements aie telr.B made to make the cenl an enjoyable on. It will hi opmed nt p. m. next Friday evrn.ng. The city hn ordered SiJU elc lHc Tghts to be plaid oil the tree, 1) bite hite and red. The committee has ' . . I I ! ...Ll.k ordered nearr-' a ron ji rauuirc, wnnn will be racked by the high school girls rr.d distributed during the program by tho boy scouts. Fifteen hundred tin horns will be tlven away at the close to make tho occi.sion a merry one. Prof. Patholey of the Falrbury band and Miss Khanafett of the Falrbury ' hools are tra'nlng a horus of voices for the occasion. The Fairbury band will fur niili music from the stand in the middle of the street. A committee, composed of Cliff Crooks. Elmer Young. R. K. Creasy. Roy Riley and Clel Fhelley. Is In charge. WHAT COUNTIES PAY FOR TAXES IN STATE (From a Staff Correspondent.) UNCOLN. Pec. .-Speclal.)-eventr-elgbt counties reporting to Secretary Bemecker of the State Board of As sessment show that money raised by taxation for all purposes, which Include iUtte, city, school and al luxes needed to run all departments of staU and mu nicipal government, amount to 1 30,063. ML This amount nearly equala the total mount raised by the entire eountiea of the state last year, which was U0.M6.457. While the state tax Is I mill lower than last year, county and municipal taxes ire higher. ' fcek Imf Mister Coach. Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar Honey will stop . your cough and strengthen your lungs. Nebraska STATE WANTS TO CELEBRATE Requests for Information Already Coming to Supt. Thomas About Semi-Centennial. IDEA IS TAKING HOLD WELL i Prom a Stuff Correspondent. LINCOLN. Pee. 10. Special. Com mercial clubs ore getting ready to take hold of mtinlcli nl celebrations of the semi-centennial birth of the stnte In good shape, according to State Superintendent A. O. Thonns. who. with Ross Hammond of Fremont and Peter Jcsnrn of Fillmore county, are the committee selected to take up the work In connection with a cele bration by cn h town In the statv Pr. Thomas believes thst the celchrti.i n Idfa is taking In good shape and nlr-ady Utters ere coming to him asking for in formation regarding the method to be employed. Judge Itprif at Mat- House. Judpe Reose. former chic Justice of the supreme court, vlslte; the state house this morning and called on Chief Clerk Lindsay and his force. Judge Reese bears all the resemblcnce to a Kentucky col onel, having developed a mustache and chin beard that gives him all ti e appear ance of the Kentuoklsn of the old school, without the usual pocket decorations. Oklahoman on ilt North. A. T. Boyor. wife and daughter of Oi Jk -horn are visiting at the home of W. R. Mellor, secretary of the Plate Board of Agriculture. Mr. Boyer bears the dis tinction of being a brother-in-law of Mr. Mellor, and a defeated candidate for the supreme court of Oklahoma, which means that ho is a republican, and it Is consid ered an honor to be defeated on that ticket in Oklahoma. They expect to stay through the holidays. Reward for taden. Money cute no figure with State Fire Commissioner Ridgell. Notwithstanding it is foi'r long months since he has drawn any pay. by reason of court pro ceedings started by State Treasurer Hall, he today offered a reward of tort for the arrest of Ray Ogden, wanted for com plicity in the charge of setting fire to a store building In Winnebago. An Indian, who was supposed to know something about the tatter has con fessed that Opden set the fire and that he was given a bottle of whisky to do It. Ogden has soveral aliase's. among them being Jack McCarthy and Jack Kinney. Franklin Seeks Depot. Argument is being made before the State Railway commiss'on today in a hearing brought by the people of Frank lin, asking that the Burlington railroad erect a new depot In that city. It is al leged that the present station Is Inade quate to meet the demands of the busi ness which Frir,klin furnishes and Is unfit for the purposes It is intended to cover. 0. P. LIST0N OF BEATRICE IS DEAD OF PNEUMONIA BEATRICE. Neb., Dec. M.-(SpeciaJ Tel egram.) O. P. Liston, one of the best known employes of the Rock Island rail road, and for many years commercial agent of the company a this point, died at his home here this morning of pneu monia. He served as agent at Lincoln and points In Kansas for a number of years. He was about 65 rears of age and leaves a widow. ote from -ase Coanty. Herman Vols, an old resident of Stein auer, died at his home at that place Fil day afternoon, aged SO years. Henrietta M. Kiben, wife of William 1M - Elbon of thi county, who is serving J a term In the penitentiary for attempting to murder John Trauernicht, a farmer living near Wymore, Saturday began di vorce suit in the district court against her husband, whom she charges with ex treme cruelty and jealousy. She asks for a decree and the custody of their three children. Vat to Hold Tonrney. BOSTON. Dec. Th national duck and candleplu congress at Its annual meeting today voted to hold a champ'on- shln tournament next spring. The place of the competition will be decided upon later, urncers were re-eieciea. to be SKlatty The Modern Kind -Sw' m'Wr ' A World of New 12 TOESEMTS 109 South 16th Street ELOPING "PRINCESS" ILL. BOY HUSBAND WITH PARENTS. m&$ CI I I 1 v..-t V 1 . . K . I itw rim iiiijiMaiiMiij;iJiii1l iiirtnin-iwnrTTT-'l' v- NEW YORK. Pec. IS. Mrs. Donald Shields Andreas, who before her elope ment with the Tale senior last April was Mrs. Alma V. Hayne and before that Princess Alma Vetsera, is suffering from a nurvous breakdown in a private sani tarium here. Meantime her son of 11, "heir to Australia's throne," Is In school In London and her youthful husband la at the home of his parents in Cleveland. After Andrews' elopement with the princess last April the pair went to Lon don. A few months later he returned alone. Mrs. Andrews followed. She says he deserted her there without a'cent. She got here, she said, by selling her automo biles and horses. The parents of young Andrews, who Is heir to a fortune, opposed the match and took sensational steps to prevent 1t. Mrs. Andrews at the sanitarium said that she aa to have returned to London to spend the hollduys with her son, but her phjslclans forbade her. Estabrook Filing from Thedford is Rejected by Pool (From a Staff Correspondent.) LINCOLN. Doc. 20 (Special Telegram.) The mall to tho offlco of Secretary of State Pool brought a petition from Thed ford. Neb., filing tho name of 11. D. Esta brook of New York for the republican nomination for the presidency. Because the petition lacked the required number of names and but two give the postoffice address of the signers the petition aa rejected. LITTLE GIRL BURNED TO DEATH NEAR TECUMSEH TECL'MSEH, NcIh. Pec .. (tfpeolal.) Little Laura Mao Whistler, the 3-year-old daughter- of Mr. -and Mlrs. Itlley Whistler, suffered fatal burns Saturday. The family home Is on a farm a half nillo from Muyberry, In Pawnee county. Mr. Whistler had gone to his work and Mrs. Whistler stepped out of doors for a pail of water, lielng absent from the house but for a few minutes. The little girl went up to the cook stove with x newspaper In her hands. The newspaper became ignited, eet fire to the child's clothing, and all the clothing was burned off and the flesh was burned to a crisp In places. The child lived until 7 o'clock In tho evening, being conscious most of the time. The mother of the child was formerly Miss Clara Puvull of Tecumaeh and has relatives here, as has the father. The funeral was held st the family home this morning. pleased (Kleins Nebraska FATHER OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY ALLEN DEAD LINCOLN". Neb , P. egrsm.V-H. I Allen States Pistil. ( Attorr. of a piiralyt'e stroke . ;v.--iSiei-il Tel- 1 f.-it iier of 1 nlleil v T. S. Mien, died j t III, home In this I city this mi'inlnK. noil '. em. Mr. Allen came l.i elitskn felt sx years sn find settled In Cass leunlv. moving to Lincoln nbout twelve enrs aso. lie was one of the lender In 1'ie tlrenback movement tnanv eavx hum and later In the Farmers' Alliance :m.1 nnti monopolr movements of t wenty-i l i e:un ngo. SC0TTSBLUFF CITIZEN ! FILES FORI - EGlSLSTUREj (.From a Staff Correspondent 1-lNCOrX. Pec. JiV tSpeclnl.1 -Tli first legislative filing to rem h the secretary nt state's office came In to(ll from Scott's rtiuff county. W. M. Harbour delres the epnl'lietin nomination from tho Seven! fifth dls- j trlct. represented In the li.t two ses sion by !'. K. Stem-iie. j j 7 taehliie I pnets. BRADICAW, Nch., Pei . IV.-iSi'ec'.nl.) Pr. Frhby and fnmllv nut with nn accident yesterday evening when their automobile upset. The ncctilcnt happened about two miles north r town. None of I the occupants received any serious In- j Juries,' but all were more or less bruised and cut. The machine w :-. badly j wrecked. ' DEATH RECCR0. Kit Webb. WEST POINT. Neb.. Pec. i Special. I Death removed one of the earliest and best known pioneer settlers of Cuming county In the pern of Alva Webb, who expired at the home of his father-in-law. William Sorensen. of the east side, on Saturday morning. Mr. Webb runic to this county with his parents fifty years ago and was brought up In this commun ity, where he lived until a few years ago. when he removed to Orient. S. D.. and engaged In farming. He was on a visit to his relatives In Cumlnr. county with his wife when death overtook hlni. He was 6 years of ago and Is surv'ved by his wife, one son and one daughter. Interment wss made today st West Point. ARTHUR WILLAIM WRIGHT, A NOTED SCIENTIST. DEAD NEW HAVEN. Conn., Pec. f'.-l'rof Arthur William Wright, a noted scientist nn' professor of experimental physics at lolo from to WW, died at his home here today In his 80th year. In 1STS he vas sent by the Vnlted States government to Colorado to observe a total eel Ipso of the sun, and at that time made the first measurement of the polarization of the so'ar coronal. He was said to have been tho first American to obtain definite re sults from X-ray experiments. Some folks know Ask your friend n n r: Tune trwo - CyIinder Novelties In FOC3 MEM ; -:- Same Old Stand SUNDAY RECEIVES $23,112.270FFERING Evangelist Winds Up Syracuse Cam paign with Over 22,000 "Trail Hitters." STAGES A WHIRLWIND CLOSE SYRAC'VSK, N. Y.. Dec. 20.- (Spoclal Telegram.) With a record) or "trail hitters." Rev. "Hilly" Sunday cloned Ms seven wcekr. whirlwind rutnpuign tn Syra cuse lust nlftlit and left Immediately for Winona Lake, Wis., for a brief rent before opening his campaign at - ;,,,,,,,, tended the service at the tabernacle and when "Hilly"' lefl he carried with him a draft for 123.112.27, re presenting the collections taken at four aervicea yesterday. The acene when tho Sunday party boarded the train was a remarkable one. yore than 10,000 personr, crowded Into the New York Central train shed to say goodby and sing their farewell to the man who has stirred Central New York to a high pitch of religious ferver. Million Persons Working in British Munitions Plants I.ONPON, Pro. 20. "The successes of the Germans have been due almost en tirely to the mechanical preponderance thry achieved at the beginning of tho war," ald laivld Uoyd George, minister of munitions, today. He added: "But tho superiority of the central powers In these respects was brought to an end at the earliest possible moment." In one direction, ha said, the allies had the superiority on the mechanical side. "Our command of the sea," he said, "Is due not to the excellence. of our sail ors, hut to our overwhelming superiority of machinery." Mr. Lloyd George's statements wer made in the Uouso of Commons. In ex plaining the work of the ministry of mu nitions, which now controls more than 2.U0O munition factories, employing about 1,000,000 workers, he said: "In May. when tho Oermana were turn ing out awMiOn of high explosives dally mi were, producing only 1.600 and Ll.OtiO shrapnel." The house listened with closet atlen- ELL-ASMS Absolutely Removes Indigestion. One package proves it 25c at all druggists. ti i tlen as Mr. Uoyd George took up the shortage of munitions for the allies In the early taea of the war. "Our troops knew it; the enemy knew It. but neither knew how short we were In some very essential partliiilars," he said. "Tske guns and ammunition; F.ng tish military opinion was wedded to shrapnel, hen we suddenly found the high explonlve was the thing. We still have a higher opinion of shrspnel than the French or the tlermsns. "Ijist May. when the Hermans were making V0 times the number of high ex plosives we were, three-fourths of our factories ero working on naval muni tions. The munitions organlratlon at the war off.ee had not grown with the de mand. They had to set up a great busi ness oriianlxxtion o cope with the prob lem.'" Killed la Auto t rash. WM (i, T , Pee. LM. Fav Clanton and Ceorge II Smith were killed anil Oeorgo Neitle seriously Inlured today when Net tlea lent control of the au'oniohlle In which thev were riding and It plunged rnroiiRn a nrniae niio a ravine. fw fil Charming Gifts Electrical Electrical gifts combine beauty and distinction with usefulness and dura ability. They save work and trouble. An Electric Toaster Always Acceptable For a bit of toast with afternoon tea as well as on the breakfast table an Electric Toaster is just the thing. There is no end to the variety of Electrical gifts which pn b obtained suitable for every member of the family. 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